{"1": {"fulltext": "F\\nBe .tte\\nA\\nFirst Houses\\n\u00c2\u00ab3 0Ft\\nBound Brook\\nY", "height": "3682", "width": "2293", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class /V r^\\nBook j ^-Z/^ i", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nDELIVERED BEFORE THE\\nWASHINGTON CAMP GROUND ASSOCIATION\\nBY REV. T. B. DAVIS,\\nAT THE RESIDENCE OF THE HON. GEORGE LA MONTE,\\nJb WASHINGTON S BIRTHDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1X93.\\nPUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION.\\nft A.. 6\\nBOUND BROOK, N. J.:\\nThe Chronicle: Steam TniNTERY,\\n1893.", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "F\\nI *3\\nPREFACE.\\nSince this address was delivered, many additions and cor-\\nrectlons have been mjiHe \u00c2\u00ab4,;*.i,\\nform. appear m this enl ged\\nI have made a long and careful research of the old literature\\nthe vanous historical societies, and among the conn, e Cord s\\nof i p\u00c2\u00b0 s,v r comp,ete and auth tk a t S\\nof the Fmsr Houses or Bound Brook. I am under special\\nohhgatmn to Messrs. John Bush and A. C. Mo.hson and nay\\nothers for valuable information. y\\nMy thanks are due to many kind friends of the Camp Ground\\nAssoc.at.on, who have greatly encouraged and helped me h\\narduous work of thus revealing the historic pas, of Bound Brook\\nBound Brook, June 2? l8g3 T E DaV,S", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "StaAts House.\\nSee page", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "pirst Rouses of Bound BrooR.\\nMr. President, members of the Washington Camp\\nGround Association, and invited guests\\nfE ARE gathered to-day on historic ground.\\nAround us are a hundred reminders of that\\nmost eventful period in American history,\\nwhen these colonies became an independent nation.\\nAcross these fields, and o er these highways, passed\\nthose noble men who laid the foundation stones of\\nthis Temple of Liberty. The soil we tread is con-\\nsecrated ground, hallowed by the sorrows and blood\\nand dust of that patriot band, who struggled, suffered\\nand died for their country.\\nLoyal men and true women were they who lived in\\nBound Brook in 1776. No greater honor was ever\\npaid to any American citizen, than when it was de-\\nclared that, because of continued resistance to the\\nauthority of Great Britain, Hendrick Fisher, Tobias\\nVan Norden, Abraham Staats and Peter Harpending,\\nall of Bound Brook, should not be included in the\\ngeneral amnesty offered to all the citizens of the\\nAmerican colonies in 1776. Noble men, indeed, were\\nthey, and these old houses where once they lived,\\nthese fields they tilled, their ancestry still with us,\\nare all reminders of the heroic past. And to-day\\nfrom every road and hilltop, from many a Revolu-\\ntionary house still standing, from yonder old camp\\nground where every national holiday there floats the\\nilag of freedom, from yonder mountain top where\\noften stood the Father of his Country, from every\\nmemorial stone above our sleeping heroes, there arises\\na cloud of witnesses through whose testimony we are\\nv\\nA", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nbrought to love and keep this priceless heritage of our\\nnative land. We are, indeed, on historic ground, for\\nto-day we are on the very site of the first house in\\nBound Brook and in Somerset county, and so it is\\nfitting that I should take as my subject\\nTHE FIRST HOUSES OF BOUND BROOK.\\nAt the time of the Revolution, as nearly as I can\\ndetermine, there were thirty-five houses between the\\nBound brook and the Middle brook, the Raritan\\nriver and the Blue hills. South of the Raritan\\nriver, in South Bound Brook and vicinity, there were\\nten or twelve houses, and about the same number in\\nthe vicinity of Greenbrook and Fieldville. With one\\nor two exceptions, I shall only speak of those houses\\nthat were located between the brooks and on the\\nnorth side of the river.\\nThe tract of land in which is the borough of Bound\\nBrook was purchased from the Indians in May, 1681.\\nThe purchasers were eight men, among whom was\\nPhilip Carteret, Governor of the Province of New\\nJersey. This land was bought for speculative pur-\\nposes probably, as only one of the purchasers occu-\\npied any portion of it, the remainder being divided\\nand sold to other parties. Thomas Codrington, one of\\nthe original purchasers, received as his share of the\\nland 877 acres, lying between the Middle brook and\\nwhat is now Vosseller avenue, fronting on the Raritan\\nRiver and running back to the Blue hills.\\nCODRINGTON HOUSE.\\nHere he built a house in 1683, which was the\\nfirst dwelling house in Bound Brook and in Somerset\\ncounty. The present residence of the Hon. George\\nLaMonte is on the exact site of the original house of\\nCodrington. Codrington gave to his place the Indian\\nname of Racawachanna (the loomy flat by the run-\\nning brook.) The house was built on a slight\\nelevation of ground, sloping on all sides, which\\ntradition says was an Indian mound where the\\nRaritan tribe buried their dead. If this be true, it\\nis the cause for the belief of the past -generations that", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nthe house was haunted. So strong was the fear pro-\\nduced by this belief that many of the colored servants\\ndared not go out alone at night, expecting that some\\nIndian ghost would surely carry them away.\\nThomas Codrington sold his property in 1700 to\\nAaron Lazaider, and from that time for nearly 100 years\\nthe house was owned and occupied by the Lazaider\\nfamily through three generations. A large addition\\nwas built to this house in the early part of this cen-\\ntury, probably by Alexander Campbell, who was the\\nowner until August 4, 1817. In the spring of 1854\\nDaniel Talmage took down the entire building erected\\nby Codrington, removed the Campbell addition to its\\nsite, and built an entirely new house adjoining on the\\nsouth. This was the end of the history of the first\\nhouse in Bound Brook, it having stood for over one\\nhundred and seventy years, and having been the\\nhome of many a prominent man among its twelve\\nowners. Thomas Codrington three times received an\\nappointment as a member of the Governor s council.\\nDr. Samuel Swan, who resided here from 1827 to the\\ntime of his death in 1844, was a United States Con-\\ngressman for twelve years. Thomas A. Hartwell,\\nliving here in 1845, was one of the most prominent\\nlawyers of Somerset county. By persons now living,\\nand who once resided in the original Codrington\\nhouse, it is described as a most quaint and curious\\nbuilding, unlike any other house of ancient date in\\nBound Brook. There was no second story or no\\ncellar. The roof was very steep, with a wide pro-\\njection coming nearly to the windows. The upper\\nand lower window sashes were of different sizes, the\\nupper containing three rows of glass, the lower only\\ntwo. The size of the panes of glass was about five by\\nseven. The house contained seven rooms, four of\\nwhich were for sleeping. The fire places were very\\nlarge, covering nearly one whole side of the room, and\\nit is said were large enough to receive a cord of wood\\nat once. Hard wood shingles, very large in size, were\\nused for siding. The present name of this old home-", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "6 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nstead, The Evergreens, was given by Daniel Talmage,\\nwho also set out the beautiful arbor vita? hedge. This\\nold homestead during the two hundred and ten years\\nof its existence has had twenty-one owners.\\nCAMPBELL HOUSE.\\nThis was the second house erected in Bound Brook.\\nIt was built in 1684 by John Campbell, son of Lord\\nNeill Campbell, of Scotland. The exact location I\\nhave been unable to fix, but I think it was near the\\nnorth bank of the Baritan river, and south of the\\npresent Central railroad depot, and not on the south\\nside of the river as some early histories indicate. This\\nis not what the old people of Bound Brook know as\\nthe Campbell house, to which reference will after-\\nward be made. Lord Neill Campbell, with his brother\\nthe Duke of Argyle, and the two sons of each, had\\nbeen engaged in a rebellion against their own govern-\\nment which ended disastrously. Lord Neill s sons, John\\nand Archibald, fled from Scotland and came to New\\nJersey. Archibald settled on the north side of the\\nRaritan river, near the mouth of the Millstone river.\\nJohn came to Bound Brook and built a large and\\npretentious dwelling. He probably lived here for\\nonly one year, for in 1685 he bought a tract of land in\\nSouth Branch, and from that year we hear nothing\\nmore from him in Bound Brook. Of the history of\\nthe Campbell house almost nothing is known. During\\nits last days it was in a very dilapidated condition\\nand was occupied by a family of Jews. All the rains\\nof the house had disappeared as early as 1815. John\\nCampbell s son Archibald had a daughter Jannette\\nwho married Tobias Van Norden. She was the great-\\ngrandmother of Archibald Campbell Van Norden\\nMollison, our honored citizen.\\nJEW HOUSE.\\nMany of our older citizens call this the Campbell\\nhouse. This is due to the fact that a few years before\\nits destruction if was in possession of Ellas Campbell.\\nAaron Lazaider, a Jew, had been a merchant in New\\nYork City. He retired from business in 1698, cam* 1 to", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nBound Brook and built the Jew House. He lived\\nhere only two years and in 1700 bought Racawacahana\\nfrom Thomas Codrington and lived there until his\\ndeath, in 1744. He still retained possession of the\\nJew House. Two children survived him, a son\\nMoses, and a daughter Catherine who married her\\nfather s employe, John R. Myers. Moses inherited\\nRacawacahana, and Catherine the Jew House She\\nwith her husband had already been living in this\\nsame house since 1738. They continued to reside here\\nuntil they died, she in 1762 and he in 1765, both being\\nvery old. His age is given as 92. The Jew House\\nwas left to a daughter, who was then a widow, and\\nwho was living in the house during the early period of\\nthe Revolution. She was an enthusiastic Tory, and\\nwhen in the spring of 1777 Lord Cornwallis with the\\nBritish army had possession of Bound Brook, he and\\nhis staff, by invitation of its mistress, made the Jew\\nHouse their headquarters. She was a rich widow\\nand was wooed and won by one of the officers of Corn-\\nwallis staff. Soon after, she left Bound Brook with\\nher husband and never again visited her early home.\\nThe property was confiscated and sold to other owners,\\nwho occupied it until 1784, when John R. Myers, Jr.,\\nthe son of John R. Myers and Catherine Lazaider,\\nreturned to Bound Brook and brought suit for the\\nproperty. The regular form of confiscation had not\\nbeen complied with and he won his suit, regaining\\npossession of the house with lands attached. He sold\\nit in 1785 to Tobias Van Norden. It afterward passed\\ninto the hands of Elias Campbell. It was sold to\\nJeremiah Fisher after Campbell s death, and was\\nfinally bought by the railroad company, who tore it\\ndown to build their roadway. The house stood almost\\ndirectly south of the Presbyterian Church and about\\none hundred yards east of the present Central railroad\\ndepot. The Jew House was probably the finest\\nbuilding in Bound Brook for many years. It had\\nlarge and handsome double parlors, a luxury only\\nenjoyed by the very wealthy in those early days. The", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\npartitions between those rooms were inlaid with alter-\\nnate stripes of black walnut and white oak. The\\nclosets and cupboards had beautiful glass doors, the\\nsashes of which were entirely covered with gilding,\\nas were also the shelves inside. The exposed beams\\nin the house were ornamented with beautiful carvings\\nin high relief, and to show these more perfectly the\\nbeams were painted white. Some of our oldest citi-\\nzens still remember the old Mew House 1 in its latter\\ndays, when the glory had departed from it and decay\\nwas seen on every side.\\nThese were the first houses in Bound Brook and\\nprobably the only ones built before 1700. During\\nthe year 1700 nearly all the land included in the pres-\\nent borough of Bound Brook, the western line being\\nthe mountain road, now Vosseller avenue, was sold to\\nGeorge Cussart, Jacob De Groot and Samuel Thomp-\\nson, each of whom erected houses during this same\\nyear.\\nCUSSART HOUSE.\\nThis house stood on the present site of the Mansion\\nHouse. It was built in 1700 by George Cussart, who\\nowned all the land between the Bound Brook and\\nMountain avenue, fronting on the Raritan river.\\nGeorge Cussart died about 1740 and David Cussart,\\nprobably his son, came into possession of the prop-\\nerty. During the Revolution the Cussart house was\\nused as a hotel. It was known as the Washington\\nHotel, from a large swinging sign in front of it, on\\nwhich was painted a portrait of Washington on\\nhorseback. Peter Staats was the landlord. He was\\na brother of Col. John Staats, of Revolutionary fame,\\nand like him was a true friend to the cause of Ameri-\\ncan liberty. More than one Tory who dared to uphold\\nthe British cause in the presence of Peter Staats, felt\\nthe power that lay in that strong patriot s arms. As\\na result of his loyalty he suffered very much from the\\ndepredations of the British soldiers. When Col.\\nSimcoe with the Queen s Rangers, 1 a band of\\nnative Americans who had enlisted in t)\\\\t army of", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook. 9\\nGreat Britain, passed through Bound Brook on the\\nmemorable raid of October 26, 1777, they stopped at\\nthis hotel and robbed it of everything valuable which\\nthey could carry with them. After many changes\\nand improvements the old Cussart house was entirely\\ndestroyed by the great fire of 1881.\\nDE GROOT HOUSE.\\nThis house was about one hundred and fifty feet\\nback from Main street, its site now being covered by\\nthe chapel of the Roman Catholic Church, and the\\nbarn belonging to Mr. O. B. Reynolds. It was built\\nin 1700 by Jacob De G-root, who was the son of Peter\\nDe Groot, a French Protestant, who came from\\nRochelle, France, to America and settled in New\\nYork City. Jacob De Groot owned over one thous-\\nand acres of land all in one tract, although purchased\\nof different parties and at different times. His first\\npurchase of 585 acres, of which the present Mountain\\navenue was the eastern line, was in possession of the\\nDe Groot family for 143 years, no portion of it being\\nsold until after the death of Judge Jacob De Groot,\\nthe grandson of Jacob De Groot, the original owner.\\nThe house was a frame building, a well-built, sub-\\nstantial structure, as were all the dwellings of that\\nperiod. It faced to the south and had a large kitchen\\non the west end, which was occupied by the slaves, of\\nwhom the De Groot family always had a large num-\\nber. One of these, known as Mammy Betts, lived to\\nthe extreme age of 115 years. During Washington s\\nencampment near Bound Brook he accepted the\\ninvitation of Jacob De Groot, Jr., and was hospitably\\nentertained at his home. This Jacob De Groot of the\\nRevolution was a captain of the militia, and a loyal\\ncitizen. The British made several attempts to cap-\\nture him, but unsuccessfully. At one time his wife,\\nseeing the enemy coming, hid him in the large brick\\noven, filling the front with wood, which she was in\\nthe act of setting on fire as they entered the house.\\nNever for a moment supposing that the object of\\ntheir search could be in that oven, they looked care-", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nfully in other parts of the house and then left confi-\\ndent that he was beyond their reach. At another\\ntime a band of British marauders broke into the\\nhouse and took such things as pleased them. Jacob\\nDe Groot was sick in an upper room. One of the\\nofficers finding him, drew his sword with the intention\\nof killing him. Mrs. De Groot sprang forward,\\ngrasping the blade of the sword, and saved the life of\\nher husband, but her hand was so severely cut that a\\nscar remained until her death. Jacob De Groot and\\nhis wife lived to a good old age, and died in the old\\nhomestead on July 13 and July 22, 1848; she dying\\nfirst, and only nine days before his death. They had\\nlived together for 68 years. The three families of De-\\nGroots, Jacob, John and Jacob, father, son and\\ngrandson, had lived in this house for 143 years. The\\nfather and son were buried on their own farm, while\\nthe grandson rests in his vault in the old Presbyterian\\nburying ground. The De Groot house was burned in\\n1852.\\nTHOMPSON HOUSE.\\nSamuel Thompson owned 438 1-2 acres of land east\\nof Vosseller avenue. Here he built his house in 1700.\\nIt was east of the Fisher Hotel in Middlebrook, and\\nat the union of Main street and Vosseller avenue.\\nThompson lived here only a few years, for soon after\\nwe find the property in possession of Thomas Clawson,\\nwho sold it to William Wortman in 1720. In 1786 it\\nwas bought by Dr. Clarkson Freeman, who sold it to\\nTunis Ten Eick, and by him was sold to the Trustees\\nof the Presbyterian Church, and used as the parsonage\\nfor the pastor of the church, Rev. Israel Read, who\\nlived here until his sad death from an accident on\\nNovember 28, 1793. When the Rev. David Barclay\\nbecame pastor of the church, he bought the property\\nof the trustees, and resided there until he removed\\nfrom Bound Brook in 1805. The house was finally\\nbought by the Central Railroad of New Jersey and\\npulled down in 1856.\\nThere were two houses standing in the western part", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook. 11\\nof Bound Brook, known as Middlebrook, in the very\\nearly part of the 18th century, perhaps as early as\\n1700, according to some ancient records. These\\nhouses were both built by William Harris. They\\nare known at the present day as the Merlett house\\nand Fisher Hotel.\\nMERLETT HOUSE.\\nOf its early history very little is known. About\\n1810 it was owned by Israel Harris, who was the\\nsheriff of Somerset county, and who sold it to Peres\\nBonney. George Heberton, a store-keeper in Bound\\nBrook, was living in Middlebrook from 1784 to 1805.\\nFrom the deeds still in existence, there is good reason\\nto believe that he owned this property, and lived in\\nthis house. The house is still standing, and is now\\noccupied by a family of Hungarians.\\nFISHER HOTEL.\\nThis was originally called The Harris Tavern.\\nIt was the first hotel in Bound Brook and was built,\\nand I believe has always been used, for this purpose.\\nIt is said that the first Masonic lodge in Somerset\\ncounty was organized here. It is certain that in later\\nyears a Masonic lodge held its meetings in this build-\\ning. During the Revolution this house was called\\nThe Middlebrook Hotel. It was a favorite resort\\nof many of the officers of the army. In the low ceil-\\ning may be seen to-day many marks made by the\\nbayonets of the British soldiers. Very few changes\\nhave been made in this ancient building. In outward\\nform and appearance, and in the arrangement of the\\ninterior rooms, it is a true representation of the style\\nof architecture in the Colonial days.\\nIn the year 1720 there was a boom in the real\\nestate business in Bound Brook. As a result no less\\nthan eight houses were erected, six of them on Main\\nstreet, during the year. Of these six, two are still\\nstanding. These six houses, taking them in order\\nfrom east to west, were the Riddle house, Prant,\\nHarpending, Van Court, Van Wagoner and Bonney\\nhouses.", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nriddle house.\\nThis was built by William Riddle, who was prob-\\nably a son of Rev. Archibald Riddle, a Scotch min-\\nister who left his native land on account of the per-\\nsecution, and was one of the party of Sir George Scot,\\nwho came over in the ship Henry and Francis, in\\n1685, landing at Perth Amboy. William Riddle s\\nhouse was on Main street, near the western line of\\nthe Presbyterian Church property.\\nPRANT HOUSE.\\nThis was built by Dr. Cornelius Prant and stood\\na few feet east of the present residence of B. B. Mat-\\nthews, M. D. Less than two years ago a pile of\\nbricks and debris marked the site of the house, which\\nis still remembered by marjy of our citizens. After\\nthe death of Dr. Prant the house was occupied by\\nMrs. Harpending, a daughter or niece of Dr. Prant,\\nand her husband. It was sold to Dr. J onathan F.\\nMorris in 1790, but he probably never lived in it. In\\n1802 the property was sold to Joseph Bonney.\\nHARPENDING HOUSE.\\nThis was the present house on Main street, owned\\nby Dr. B. B. Matthews, part of which is used for his\\ndrug store and office. The eastern part of this build-\\ning is of more modern date, but it is quite certain that\\nthe western portion, with some changes, is the original\\nhouse. Hendrick Harpending came from Lingen,\\nHolland, to Bound Brook. He bought a strip of land\\nabout 200 feet wide fronting on Main street, and run-\\nning back to the Trembly line, now High street. His\\neastern boundary was Dr. Prant s land, and the west-\\nern the land of Jacob De Groot. The only record we\\nhave of Hendrick Harpending is in the old deed con-\\nveying the land to him by George Cussart. From this\\nwe learn that he was a cordwainer a shoemaker and\\nprobably the first of that occupation in Bound Brook.\\nHe died some years before the Revolution. His prop-\\nerty passed into the hands of his son Peter, who used\\nthe house as a hotel, giving it the name of The\\nFrelinghuysen House, in honor of Major-general", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook. 13\\nFrederick Frelinghuysen, of Somerset county. A\\nlarge portrait of the General hung on the outside.\\nThis house was the scene of many notable gatherings\\nduring the Revolution. After the Declaration of\\nAmerican Independence was made public, the people\\nall assembled on the street in front of this house and\\nlistened to the reading of the declaration of freedom\\nby Hendrick Fisher, who was then President of the\\nProvincial Congress of New Jersey, and who had\\nexerted a strong influence in favor of independence.\\nWhen he had finished reading, so great was the joy\\nand enthusiasm of the people, that they mounted him\\nupon their shoulders and paraded him through the\\nstreet, while the old bell of Kell s Hall, then hanging\\nin the belfry of the Presbyterian Church, was rung,\\ncannons were fired and toasts drank by the patriots at\\nthe bar of the Frelinghuysen House.\\nIn 1793 the house and lands attached were pur-\\nchased by Ambrose E. Cook, M. D., who came from\\nSussex county. He had a large and profitable prac-\\ntice. He was a man of Herculean strength, and\\nmany stories are told of his wonderful power. He\\nhad many enemies, especially among the friends\\nof his brother physicians. On one occasion a party\\nof three came to the hotel, saying that they had\\ncome to give Dr. Cook a good thrashing. They sent a\\nmessage to him stating their object. Without delay\\nhe hastened to the bar-room of the hotel, where he\\nfound the intended thrashers in waiting for him.\\nPlacing himself in a corner of the room, he said,\\nCome on now, boys. They came. The first one\\nreceived a terrific blow from the doctor s fist that\\nbroke his arm; the second one was thrown so violently\\nagainst a table that his limb was broken, and the\\nthird, seeing the fate of his comrades, ran away. The\\nvictorious physician could afford to be magnanimous,\\nand he very kindly set the broken bones, no doubt\\ngiving some good advice without extra charge. Dr.\\nCook died in this house in 1828, and was buried in the\\nPresbyterian burying ground. At this time there", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nwere no handles on the coffins. Three sticks were\\nplaced underneath, and six men at the ends carried\\nthe body to its resting place. Dr. Cook gave orders\\nbefore his death, that a bier should be made, on which\\nhis coffin should be carried, and afterward should be\\nplaced on his grave and left there until it was needed\\nat the next burial. This was done, and it remained\\nthere for twenty days. Some one wrote the following\\nlines on a piece of paper and tacked it to the bier\\nThe lamented Dr. Cook did die,\\nYet memory ever brings him nigh\\nWe ll strew his grave with early flowers,\\nAnd mourn his loss for that is ours.\\nThe two large maple trees in front of this house\\nwere set out by the two daughters of Dr. Cook,\\nAlthea and Ann, who afterward married Rev. John\\nBoggs, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Dr.\\nAbraham Skillman bought the property after the\\ndeath of Dr. Cook, and lived here until his decease\\nin 1862. He was a skillful and successful physician,\\nand had the confidence of those among whom he\\npractised. His son, Rev. Charles H. Skillman, a\\nPresbyterian clergyman, was born in this house.\\nAfter the death of Dr. Skillman the property was\\nbought by Dr. Morey, who for several years was a\\npractising physician here. In 1869 Dr. B. B. Mat-\\nthews, the present owner, came into possession of the\\nproperty. Thus for one hundred years it has been\\nowned and occupied by physicians.\\nVAN COURT HOUSE.\\nOf the early history of this house we know only its\\ndate and first owner, who was Daniel Van Court.\\nJacob De Groot bought the house in 1830, and at his\\ndeath left it by will to his nephew, who bore his name,\\nJacob DeGroot Swan, who was the son of Dr. Swan and\\nAletta De Groot. Alfred Cammann bought it in 1851\\nof Clarissa Swan. His widow, with her son, Elias H.,\\nand his wife, now reside there. Many changes have\\nbeen made in this house, which have changed its\\nappearance. The dormer windows were put in by", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook. 15\\nJacob D. Swan. New windows, chimneys and a\\nkitchen were added by Alfred Cammann.\\nVAN WAGONER HOUSE.\\nThis is another of the early houses of Bound Brook,\\nregarding which history is silent. It was built in\\n1720, by Garret Van Wagoner, M. D., and stood\\non the south side of Main street, a short distance\\neast of the Middlebrook railroad crossing. Many years\\nago there was an old building in this vicinity where\\nJacob Van Deventer made fanning mills. He had a\\nsecret for weaving screens, known only to himself.\\nThis was probably the old Van Wagoner house.\\nBONNEY HOUSE.\\nThis is the last of the 1720 houses on Main street.\\nTo many of our citizens this is known as the Rocka-\\nfellow house. It was built by Joseph Bonney, the\\ngreat-great-grandfather of Benjamin J. Bonney, now\\nliving at South Bound Brook. The house, which\\nstood on the site of James Brady s house, was de-\\nstroyed by fire May 8, 1882. It was the first house on\\nthe north side of Main street, east of the railroad\\ncrossing at Middlebrook. During the Revolution,\\nthis tragic deed was performed that made the Bonney\\nhouse famous in history and aroused the patriot s\\nanger against the Tories. At this time Benjamin\\nBonney, the son of Joseph, was living here. A com-\\npany of British cavalry made a raid through Bound\\nBrook. A number of Tories were with them as guides,\\namong whom was Bill Stewart, a man well-known in\\nSomerset county, and thoroughly hated by every loyal\\ncitizen, and in whose hand his life would have been\\nworthless. When the British entered the town, Mr.\\nBonney took his little boy Peres, then only four years\\nold, and hid in the cellar. Stewart, prowling around\\nthe house, saw him sitting on the cellar steps with his\\nboy in his lap. He fired upon him, the ball striking\\nhim in the left groin, from which he died the third\\nday after. The boy Peres was not injured, but lived\\nto become an active and useful citizen, filling im-\\nportant positions in the county and in the church.", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "16 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nBenjamin Bonney had been a blacksmith, and at his\\ndeath left his wife with two little children in very-\\ndestitute circumstances. Through the kindness and\\ncharity of Jacob DeGroot and his wife, they were kept\\nfrom actual suffering throughout the war.\\nANDERSON HOUSE.\\nThis house was located south of the lane leading to\\nthe residence of Hon. George LaMonte. It was built\\nin 1720, by John Anderson, who resided here until\\n1744. He sold the house to Tobias Van Norden, who\\nprobably never occupied it, and who sold it to Mat-\\nthew Harrison, who was living there during the Revo-\\nlution. A few years ago when Isaac J. Fisher owned\\nthe place, he plowed up a cow-bell with the inscrip-\\ntion, 1777, M. H. When Alexander Campbell\\nlived at Racawacahana he owned the Anderson house,\\nand used it as a dwelling place for his slaves. The\\nhouse has been destroyed for a number of years.\\nAfter 1720, there is no record of any house being-\\nbuilt in Bound Brook until 1744, except the\\nSCHOOL HOUSE,\\nwhich stood on the church lot and a few feet west of\\nthe Presbyterian Church. This was built about 1742.\\nThe first teacher was John Wacker. He was followed\\nby William Hedden, who taught until 1768, when he\\nremoved to Newark. Peter Welsh, a Scotchman,\\ntaught in this building until the new academy was\\nbuilt on Main street in 1800. This first school house\\nwas a long, low one-story building, and tradition says,\\nIt was originally built as a meeting house for re-\\nligious purposes.\\nIn 1744 there was evidently another boom in\\nBound Brook, for no less than seven houses were\\nbuilt during that year, and all on Main street. These\\nseven, beginning at the East, were the Kelso house,\\nWilliamson, Hude, Blackford, Stansbury, Irvine and\\nVan Norden houses.\\nKELSO MOUSE.\\nBartholomew Kelso bought the land of George Cus-\\nsart and erected this dwelling. Its location was near", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook.\\n17\\nthe present lower railroad crossing, on the east side of\\nthe street, and was the last house in the village. It\\npassed away before the memory of the older persons\\nnow living had become active.\\nPETER WILLIAMSON HOUSE.\\nThis is what is better known as the Battery house.\\nIt received this name during the Revolution when\\nGen. Benjamin Lincoln, who had his headquarters\\nhere, erected a block house almost in front of his\\nhouse, in which cannon were placed to guard the\\ncrossing of the river and the road from New Bruns-\\nwick. This house has met with as few changes,\\naccording to tradition, as any of the ante-Revolu-\\ntionary houses. It stands to-day more dilapidated\\nBonney House.\\nbut yet the same in form and outline as when first\\nbuilt one hundred and forty-nine years ago. In the\\nearly morning of April 13, 1777, Gen. Lincoln was\\nsuddenly awakened by the cry from his guards to\\narms! He hastily arose to find himself and his\\nlittle army almost surrounded by the British under\\nthe command of Lord Cornwallis. Springing to his\\nhorse, he with one of his aides, rallied his troops with\\ngreat rapidity and led them between the two rapidly\\nclosing columns of the enemy and escaped to the\\nmountain, with the loss of sixty men. All his bag-\\ngage, papers and artillery fell into the hands of the\\nenemy. After the war a family by the name of Con-\\nnet lived in this house. One of the sons, John Connet,", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "18 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nwas murdered by Samuel McDaniels, son of Col. Mc-\\nDaniels, of Pluckamin. McDaniels came to Bound\\nBrook one day, and after drinking freely, became\\nreckless and quarrelsome. He finally became engaged\\nin a fight with John Connet, whom he stabbed fatally\\nwith a knife. McDaniels was arrested, and upon\\nbeing tried was found guilty, and was sentenced to be\\nhung. Though every effort was made to get him\\nclear, and a reckless band of men had determined to\\nbreak open the jail and free the prisoner, yet justice\\nhad full sway, and Samuel McDaniels was hanged.\\nHe was the only white man ever hanged in Somerset\\ncounty under civil law. History relates that no less\\nthan five men were executed in the county under\\nmilitary law during the Revolution, three near Wash-\\nington s Camp on the Middlebrook and two at Mt.\\nPleasant, near Finderne. Three men were also hung\\nfor horse-stealing across the street from the Elm Tree\\nTavern soon after the Revolution. This, however, is\\nin Middlesex county. A family of Connets were still\\nliving in the Battery house as late as 1840. At one\\ntime, it is said, this house was kept as a hotel by a\\nMrs. Nester. This house is sadly neglected and in a\\nvery few years it will be numbered with the historic\\nhouses of the past.\\nHUDE HOUSE.\\nBuilt in 1744 by James Hade, son of Adam Hude,\\nwho had early taken up land near the mountain. It\\nwas located between the Presbyterian Church and the\\nBattery House, on about the site of F. S. Carr s old\\nmeat market. Of the other residents after Hude, we\\nknow only that David Van Norden, son of Tobias, a\\ncaptain in the Revolutionary army, once lived here.\\nBLACKFORD HOUSE.\\nThis was built in 1744 by Anthony Blackford on\\nland purchased from David Cussart. The house stood\\nalmost directly south of the Presbyterian Church\\nacross Main street. The house now owned by Law-\\nrence Wells occupies the exact site. Anthony Black-\\nford had three sons, Daniel, Benjamin and Joseph.", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook.\\n19\\nThe former two were soldiers in the Revolution.\\nJoseph was the father of Hon. Isaac N. Blackford,\\nJudge of the Supreme Court of the United States.\\nDaniel Blackford continued to reside in the original\\nBlackford house, and kept a store until his death, in\\n1814. Ephraim Runyon lived in this house and had a\\ntailor shop until about 1830, when he built the house\\nnow owned and occupied by P. O. Belding, on High\\nstreet. The old house was torn down many years ago.\\nSTANSBURY HOUSE.\\nThis house was situated at the foot of Hamilton\\nstreet, and on the south side of Main street. It was\\nbuilt in 1744 by Joseph Stansbury and occupied as his\\nBe Groot House. (See page 9.)\\nresidence. How long he lived here we do not know.\\nIn 1754, according to an old deed, he sold the western\\nportion of the vacant lot on Main street, now owned\\nby A. C. Mollison, to Dr. Cornelius Prant. The\\nStansbury house in 1810 came into possession of John\\nH. Voorhees, Esq. He resided here until 1835, when\\nhe built the residence on the hill now owned and\\noccupied by the family of the late L. D. Cook. Mr.\\nVoorhees built an addition to the old Stansbury\\nhouse on the west end, which he used for a store and\\nj)ost office. He was the second postmaster in Bound\\nBrook, and retained the position for over twenty-five\\nyears in succession, from 1814 to 1839. In 1841 he was\\nagain appointed postmaster, and was succeeded by\\nJeremiah R. Field in 1853. During this second term\\nthe post office was kept in the same building. John\\nH. Voorhees was also for a number of years a Justice\\nof the Peace. In this house John D. Voorhees and", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nhis two sisters, Mrs. Van Deventer and Mrs. Brokaw,\\nwere born. John D. Voorhees was in partnership\\nwith his father for a number of years in this same\\nstore. Afterward he bought the entire business and\\ncontinued as a merchant in the same building for a\\nyear, when he bought a house across the street and\\nmoved his business. Hiram Bush afterward kept\\nstore in the old Stansbury house, leasing it from John\\nD. Voorhees. The land attached to the house was\\nsold to Cook Young, who used it for a coal and\\nlumber yard, but John D. Voorhees retained possess-\\nion of the dwelling, renting it to different tenants\\nuntil about 1860, when he took it down. It was here\\nthat our honored townsman, John Bush, was married\\nMay 15, 1839, to Mary Jane Anderson. After the\\ndeath of Gilbert Stryker, at Gateville, his widow and\\nchildren resided here, among them the late James\\nStryker and Mrs. James Vosseller. The house was a\\nlong, low, one-story building fronting to the north.\\nAn attic had two windows in the eastern end. Only\\none room was partitioned off and furnished in this\\nattic.\\nIRVINE HOUSE.\\nThis house was on Main street on the corner of the\\npresent location of Hamilton street. It was built by\\nThomas Irvine. The house was afterward known as\\nthe Marsellus house. It was here that Theodore F.\\nRunyon, United States Minister to Germany, lived\\nwhen a boy.\\nVAN NORDEN HOUSE.\\nThis is the last of the houses in the village that\\nwere built in 1744. Tobias Van Norden had come to\\nBound Brook in 1738 and opened a store in a part of\\nthe Jew House. He continued here in business for\\nsix years, when he bought a lot and built a house on\\nthe north side of Main street about thirty feet from\\nthe corner of Maiden lane, which was then simply a\\npassage way to the buildings and lots in the rear.\\nThis building is described as a long, low, one and a\\nhalf-story building, standing broadside to the street,", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook.\\n21\\nand having two dormer windows projecting from the\\nroof.\\nIn the two west rooms, front and rear, he carried\\non his business as a merchant. He was also a baker.\\nFor this he had a separate building in the rear of his\\nresidence. His baking was mostly confined to ship\\nbread, which he sold in New York, or exported direct\\nto the West Indies by way of New Brunswick. He\\nsold out his business in 1784 to George Heberton.\\nThe building was destroyed in 1856.\\nMC EWER HOUSE.\\nMany people remember a small house that stood\\nback from Main street about two hundred feet, and\\nnear the eastern side of Cook Co. s lumber\\nyard. This was built in 1746 by Charles Mc Ewer, of\\nwhose further history we know only this: that he sold\\nhis property in 1774 to Thomas Darby for \u00c2\u00a335. It\\nwas sold in 1793 to John Bray. In the last days of\\nThompson House. (See page 10.-)\\nthe old house it was occupied by John Larney, who\\nlived alone and who was said to be a miser, although\\nhis condition, by those who knew best, was said to be\\none of poverty. The building was destroyed many\\nyears ago.\\nCOOPER HOUSE.\\nThomas Cooper settled in Bound Brook in 1746.\\nHis house was one of the few on the south side of\\nMain street in those early days. It was near the\\npresent Union hardware store, and I have reason\\nto believe was the old building owned by the late\\nHumphrey Mount, which he destroyed in 1869, for the\\npurpose of erecting a new and more commodious\\ndwelling. This new dwelling was burned in the great", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nBound Brook fire. It was in the old house that Elias\\nVan Arsdale, a shoemaker, lived. He was one of the\\nleading men in the organization of the Reformed\\nChurch of South Bound Brook. It was in this house\\nthat the Rev. Nathaniel H. Van Arsdale, D.D., of\\nPaterson, assistant editor of the Christian Intelli-\\ngencer, was born.\\nHEDDEN HOUSE.\\nWilliam Hedden was the second school teacher in\\nthe old school house. He bought a lot of Hendrick\\nHarpending in 1750, and built a house in which he\\nlived until he left the village in 1768. The house was\\non Main street, on the site of the store of A. E. Grid-\\ndes. Hedden sold it to Thomas Coon, who sold it to\\nDr. Cook. He removed it to the rear of his lot and\\nused it for a carriage house.\\nFISHER HOUSE.\\nIn several old deeds there is mention of a house\\nwhich stood on the north side of Main street, some-\\nwhere near the present store and residence of James\\nT. Ferry. This land was sold before 1720 to Hendrick\\nFisher, of South Bound Brook, and by him was sold\\nin 1765 to John Compton. It is certain that the\\nhouse was already built at this last date. In 1767\\nJohn Compton sold it to Tobias Van Norden. By\\nthe old residents the house is still remembered and\\nis called the Jennie Bailey house. Jennie Bailey was\\na daughter of John Larney, who lived in the Mc Ewer\\nhouse. She was a widow and lived ht?re with her\\nthree children. The old house has been destroyed\\nmany years.\\nCOL. STAATS nOUSE.\\nCol. John Staats, of Revolutionary fame, lived in\\nan old house north of the Presbyterian burying\\nground. It was on the west side of East street, which\\nwas then a road leading up to Trembly s, now Shep-\\nherd s. The house stood fronting the east, and was\\nbuilt on the side hill, having a basement kitchen.\\nCol. Staats had married Hannah, daughter of Peter\\nTrembly. At her father s death, in 1797, she received", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook. 23\\nas her portion one hundred and fifty acres of land, be-\\ning the southern half of the Trembly farm, extending\\nto the present High street, and between East street\\nand what is now Mountain avenue. She with her\\nhusband lived on this farm in the house above men-\\ntioned until their death. The property passed into the\\nhands of their son-in-law, Nathan Van Kirk, who\\nlived here. The house is still remembered by many,\\nand called the Van Kirk house. John ^taats was a\\ncolonel in the war of the Revolution, probably of the\\nMinute Men, who were not regularly enlisted soldiers,\\nbut who were called on for local defense or in times of\\nspecial danger. He rendered valiant service to the\\nAmerican cause, and more than once saved life and\\nvaluable property from the hands of British raiders.\\nThis old house is also one of the things of the past.\\nTREMBLY HOUSE.\\nThis is still standing in a very dilapidated con-\\ndition, at the good old age of one hundred and\\nseventy-three years. It stands a few feet east of the\\npresent Shepherd residence, and for many years was\\noccupied by the Shepherd family. Thomas Rudyard\\nbought this property in 1683 from the eight pro-\\nprietors, who bought all of the present borough of\\nBound Brook, their land extending to the Blue hills.\\nGeorge Cussart bought it in 1700, and in 1720 sold\\nthree hundred acres of it to Ebenezer Trembly. He\\nbuilt the old house in the same year. After his death\\nthe property was owned by his son Peter Trembly,\\nwho, dying in 1797, left his land in two equal parts to\\nhis two daughters, Susan, wife of Tunis Ten Eyck,\\nand Hannah, wife of Col. John Staats. Tunis Ten\\nEyck and wife occupied the old Trembly homestead.\\nThey afterward sold it to Henry Shepherd, the father\\nof Reune and L. V. D. Shepherd. In the old deeds of\\nthe Trembly estate, the brook on the eastern boundary\\nis called the Bound brook. It is now known as the\\nGreenbrook. Why, and when the change of name, I\\nhave not been able to ascertain.\\nAt Middlebrook, there were standing a century ago,", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24 First Houses of Bound Bkook.\\nthree old houses of whose origin I can get no informa-\\ntion.\\nWhere the\\nMC BRIDE HOUSE\\nNow stands, was a very old building which was taken\\ndown by the late J ames McNabb, who built the pres-\\nent house on the same ground. In the early part of\\nthis century, the old house was occupied by William\\nBeardsley until 1835. He was a tanner and currier,\\nand also carried on the shoe-making business. Caleb\\nC. Brokaw also lived in this house.\\nMO KISSACK HOUSE.\\nThis original dwelling stands east of the former\\nhouse, and near the western end of Middlebrook, on\\nthe south side of Main street. The first owner and\\nbuilder of the house is not known. It certainly is\\none of the very oldest in this vicinity. In 1731 it was\\nsold by the executors of William Stewart to Dr. John\\nGriffith. Before Stewart owned it, the old deeds state\\nthat it had been in possession of William Wortman.\\nDr. Griffith sold it to Dr. Jonathan F. Morris. Dr.\\nSamuel Swan bought it of Dr. Morris, and sold it to\\nJoseph Bonney, from whom Dr. William Mc Kissack\\nbought it in 1803, and lived in it until his death in\\n1831. Dr. McKissack was a successful physician,\\nhaving a large practice both in Somerset and Middle-\\nsex counties. His wife was a daughter of Col. Wil-\\nliam McDonald, of Revolutionary fame. His son,\\nWilliam D. Mc Kissack, was also a physician, and a\\ncaptain in the war of 1812, and afterward a Brigadier\\nGeneral of the state militia. The old house has met\\nwith many changes during its long history, but in its\\nessential features it is still the original building.\\nA short distance north of the western Middlebrook\\nrailroad crossing are four large trees. These mark\\nthe site of what was known as the\\nCALEB MORTON HOUSE.\\nCaleb Morton was for many years the principal of\\nthe Bound Brook Academy. It was from him that\\nthe Hon. Theodore P. Runyon, the present United", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook. 25\\nStates Minister to Germany, received his first school\\ninstruction. Caleb Morton owned this house and\\nlived in it while teaching. He afterward sold it to\\nJames Mc Nabb, now deceased. It afterward came\\ninto possession of George La Monte, by whom it was\\ndestroyed. The date on the corner stone was 1752.\\nBy whom built or occupied, history or tradition does\\nnot relate. During the Revolution there is some rea-\\nson for believing it was the home of Isaac Davis, an\\nintimate friend of Washington, and at whose house\\nthe great general spent many a pleasant hour.\\nBetween Bound Brook and the Blue hills, there\\nwere and are yet, some very old buildings.\\nMC ELRATH HOUSE.\\nWhere the heirs of Stephen Brown now live, on\\nVosseller avenue, was a house built in 1700, and occu-\\npied by Thomas McElrath, and afterward by his son\\nThomas, who was a soldier in the Revolution. Both\\nwere at different times elders in the Presbyterian\\nChurch of Bound Brook. This house was a long, low\\nbuilding, facing the south, with three front rooms\\neach having an outside door. The roof on the rear of\\nthe house was much wider than in front, and extended\\nto within a few feet of the ground. A part of the\\nbuilding was made of logs. This house was re-placed\\nby the present dwelling a few years ago.\\nMORRIS HOUSE.\\nWhere the Mather house was burned a few years\\nago, Dr. Jonathan F. Morris lived after the Revolu-\\ntion. By whom and when built I do not know. Dr.\\nMorris was a surgeon and lieutenant in the Revolu-\\ntionary army. After taking up his residence here, he\\ncontinued the practice of medicine, in which he was\\nevidently very successful, for among the old records of\\ndeeds in Somerset county, his name appears very fre-\\nquently as having sold property. Dr. Morris removed\\nto Somerville, where he died in 1810. He is buried by\\nthe side of the. Presbyterian Church in Bound Brook.\\nThe Morris house was afterward purchased by", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nThomas Smith, and was the birthplace of his son ex-\\nCouncilman Peter H. Smith. The house was taken\\ndown by Thomas Smith in 1844, and the new house\\nbuilt in its place which was burned.\\nBROWN HOUSE.\\nNear the camp ground, and a few hundred yards\\neast of the house of the late Benjamin Brown, is still\\nstanding a very old dwelling. This is j robably the\\nhouse built by Israel Brown, a tailor, early in 1700.\\nA mention of the First Houses of Bound Brook\\nwould not be complete, without the\\nVAN HORN HOUSE.\\nThis is still standing on the west side of the Midclle-\\nbrook, north of the mill, and is known as the Herbert\\nHouse. During the Revolution, this was one of the\\nmost famous houses in Bound Brook and its vicinity.\\nIt was then called a large mansion. Philip Van\\nHorn, formerly a merchant in JSTew York, lived here.\\nThis house was the headquarters of Major Lee, and\\nseveral other American officers. Cornwallis and Grant,\\nafter driving Lincoln to the mountain on April 13,\\n1777, took breakfast at Van Horn s. Simcoe on his\\nraid through Bound Brook, on October 26, 1777, stop-\\nped at this house, hoping to capture Col. Moyland, an\\nAmerican officer, who had married one of Van Horn s\\ndaughters. The Duke De Chastellaux, Maj. Gen. of\\nthe French army, at one time dined with Philip Van\\nHorn. Van Horn, though very hospitable, was not a\\ntrue patriot. Washington had him arrested, and com-\\npelled him to promise allegiance to the American\\ncause. Van Horn had five beautiful daughters, who\\nwere a special source of attraction to the young army\\nofficers. Two of his daughters married American\\nofficers during the war. After the Revolution the\\nproperty was sold, and the family moved away.\\nThe most highly prized of all our First Houses of\\nBound Brook, is the\\nSTAATS HOUSE\\nIn South Bound Brook, now owned by Cornelius W.", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook. 27\\nLa Tourette, and occupied by himself and family, and\\nAmos Mc Donald and wife. In the frontispiece may\\nbe seen a picture taken from a photograph of the\\nbuilding as it now exists. The central part of this\\nhouse is the original. The old fashioned doable doors\\nwith the bull s-eye glasses; the window sashes and\\npanes; the roof; the broad stairway; the low ceilings\\nwith heavy hewn beams; the wide fireplaces, all show\\nus that this is an ancient building. It is the only\\nhouse in this vicinity where you can really feel amid\\nits architecture and interior adornments that you are\\nback in the early days of the nation. In this house\\nyou may feast your eyes on its wealth of revolutionary\\nrelics. Here you can look upon oil paintings of those\\ntrue American patriots, Abraham Staats, and his wife,\\nin their quaint Dutch dress. You may be honored by\\nsitting in the very chairs that once held Washington\\nand his amiable wife, and many of the distinguished\\nmen of the Revolution. You may walk upon the same\\nrugs they walked upon, look upon the same ornaments\\nand pictures, and even quaff the elixir of life from\\nvessels that were old when Washington was young.\\nThe old Staats house is indeed an ancient relic, worthy\\nto be highly prized. It was here that Baron Steuben,\\nMaj. Gen. of the American forces, had his headquart-\\ners while the army lay in camp on the mountain side.\\nAbraham Staats, who resided here during the Revolu-\\ntion, was always true to the cause of Liberty. The\\nBritish and Tories were his bitter enemies, but al-\\nthough they used every effort to capture him, they\\nnever could succeed, for their plans were always re-\\nvealed by a slave Jack, who though a Tory, and\\nmingled freely with the British learning all their se-\\ncrets, yet he was faithful to his master. This house\\nwas built as early as 1700, by a man named Staats,\\nwho at that date was living here. It afterward was\\nowned by his son, and by him sold to Abraham Staats\\nsome time before the Revolution, with three hundred\\nacres of land.", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "28 First Houses of Bound Brook.\\nFrom the earliest history of Bound Brook, one of\\nthe prominent buildings has been the old\\nPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.\\nTradition says that the first church was of logs, and\\nwas in the willows near the river. On the present\\ngrounds there have been three buildings used for\\nchurch purposes. The first was built in 1725, and was\\nused until 1760; after 1742, it was also used during the\\nweek for school purposes. This stood a short distance\\nwest of the present building. In 1760, a building was\\nerected on the same site of the present church. Part\\nof the money for its erection was secured by a lottery.\\nThis church building stood through the Revolution.\\nIt retained, until its destruction in 1829, many marks\\nof the bullets. This church contained 70 pews. The\\nseats were unpainted, with straight backs and without\\ncushions. The floor was without carpets. There was\\nno ceiling, but the building was open to the roof. The\\npulpit was a huge box with a door on the east side.\\nAbove it was a large sounding board. The seats for\\nthe elders were on each side of the pulpit. This\\nbuilding was taken down, and the present structure\\nerected, in 1829. This building was struck by light-\\nning in 1851. When the necessary repairs were made,\\nthe church was also enlarged by the addition of\\ntwelve feet to the south end, and an entire new front.\\nThus I have imperfectly sketched the houses of\\nBound Brook up to the Revolution. I have been\\ncareful in verifying dates, names and locations. I\\nhave not put too much faith in tradition, or in the\\nerring memory of individuals. Some may think that\\nI have failed to mention all of the first houses. But\\nI have mentioned all for which I had substantial\\nproof of their existence before 1775. These old\\nhouses should be to us precious memorials of the\\nhistoric days, of which we have no reason to be\\nashamed, either of our town or our ancestors who\\ndwelt here. Men may take long pilgrimages to visit\\nthe birth-places of poets, artists or statesmen. We", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook. 29\\nhave houses here more worthy of veneration, for here\\nwere born noble men, sons of Liberty, who gave their\\nlives for the nation, and with that sacrifice chains\\nwere burst asunder, prison doors thrown open, and a\\nnation came forth into freedom, equality and happi-\\nness.", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30\\nFirst Houses of Bound Brook.\\nLOCATIONS OF HOUSES.\\nOn the opposite page is a modern map showing the\\nlocations of the first houses erected within the limits\\nof the present borough of Bound Brook. Below are\\ngiven their names corresponding to the numbers on\\nthe map.\\nErected\\n1683\\n1720\\n1752\\nunknown\\nunknown\\n1700\\n1700\\n1700\\n1720\\n1720\\n1720\\n1700\\n1746\\n1750\\n1720\\n1720\\n1744\\n1700\\n1744\\n1744\\n1765\\n1720\\n1746\\n1742\\n1725\\n1744\\n1698\\n1744\\n1744\\n1777\\n1744\\n1684\\nunknown\\nNo.\\nName.\\n1.\\nCodrington\\n2.\\nAnderson\\n3.\\nMorton\\n4.\\nMcBride\\n5.\\nMcKissack\\n6.\\nMerlett\\n7.\\nFisher Hotel\\n8.\\nThompson\\n9.\\nBonney\\n10.\\nVan Wagoner\\n11.\\nVan Court\\n12.\\nDe Gfroot\\n13.\\nCooper\\n14.\\nHedden\\n15.\\nHarpending\\n16.\\nPrant\\n17.\\nVan Norden\\n18.\\nCussart\\n19.\\nStansbury\\n20.\\nIrvine\\n21.\\nFisher\\n22.\\nKiddle\\n23.\\nMcEwer\\n24.\\nSchool House\\n25.\\nChurch\\n26.\\nBlackford\\n27.\\nJew\\n28.\\nHude\\n29.\\nWilliamson\\n30.\\nBlock House\\n31.\\nKelso\\n32.\\nCampbell\\n33.\\nCol. Staats", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "First Houses of Bound Brook.\\n31", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32 Washington Camp Ground Association.\\nCONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS\\nOP THE\\nWashington G am P 6 round Association.\\nCONSTITUTION.\\nArticle I. Name. This organization shall be called The\\nWashington Camp Ground Association.\\nArt. II. Object. The object of this Association shall be to\\ncultivate a spirit of patriotism, to maintain a memorial of George\\nWashington and the Continental Army while encamped in our\\ncounty during the winters of 1777-1778 and 17 78-1 7 79, and\\nthe collection and preservation of papers, documents, relics and\\nobjects of interest connected with the War of the Revolution.\\nArt. III. Members. Any man or woman may become a\\nmember of this Association by election. Honorary membership\\nmay be conferred on persons who have rendered special service\\nto this Association.\\nArt. IV. Officers. The officers of this Association shall be\\na President, three Vice-Presidents, Secretary. Treasurer and a\\nBoard of Six Trustees.\\nArt. V. Duties of Officers. The President, who shall be ex\\nofficio a member of the Board of Trustees, shall preside at all\\nmeetings, and shall have a general care of the interests of the\\nAssociation. The First Vice-President shall preside at any\\nmeeting in the absence of the President, and shall discharge the\\nduties of that office during a vacancy. The Secretary shall keep\\na record of the acts and proceedings of the Association, and\\nshall conduct the correspondence. The Treasurer shall collect\\nand keep all funds belonging the Association, and shall only\\nmake such disbursements as shall be authorized by the Execu-\\ntive Committee. The Board of Trustees shall be entrusted with\\nthe care and keeping of all papers, relics, etc., owned by the\\nAssociation, and shall make an annual report of the collections\\nduring the year. The President, Secretary and Treasurer shall\\nconstitute an Executive Committee, who shall arrange for all\\ncelebrations, and direct all the expenditures of the Association.\\nArt. VI. Meetings. The annual meeting shall be held on", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "Washington Camp Ground Association. 33\\nthe 22nd of February, or on the legal holiday observed as\\nWashington s Birthday. Three additional meetings shall be\\nheld on the third Mondays of May, August and November.\\nSpecial meetings may be called by the President.\\nArt. VII. Election. The election of officers shall be held at\\nthe annual meeting and shall be by ballot, a majority vote of\\nall members present being necessary for an election.\\nArt. VIII. Term of Office. All the officers shall be elected\\nonly for one year, with the exception of the Board of Trustees\\nwho shall be elected for three years. At the first election, how-\\never, two of the Trustees shall be elected for one year, and two\\nfor two years.\\nArt. IX. Membership Fees. Each member shall pay as dues\\none dollar each year in advance.\\nArt. X. Quorum. Ten members in good standing shall\\nconstitute a quorum.\\nBY-LAWS.\\nArt. I. The name of any person desiring membership may\\nbe proposed in any meeting by a member.\\nArt. II. Honorary members will not be expected to pay\\nannual dues.\\nArt. III. No name will be enrolled until the annual dues\\nare paid.\\nArt. IV. Annual dues are to be paid in advance. If not\\npaid within s.ix months the member shall be suspended. After\\none year without payment the name shall be erased from the\\nroll.\\nArt. V. All officers shall continue to perform the duties of\\ntheir respective offices until their successors are chosen.\\nArt. VI. All changes or amendments to the Constitution or\\nBy-Laws shall require two-thirds vote of all the members present.", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34 Washington Camp Ground Association.\\nMEMBERS\\nOF THE\\n\\\\Y)asbin^ton G am P 6 roun Kssoeiafion.\\nOFFICERS.\\nPresident George La Monte.\\nVice-President W. H. Whiting.\\nSecretary Gaius Hoffman.\\nTreasurer R. H. Brokaw.\\nMusical Director E. E. Shaw.\\nHistorian T. E. Davis.\\nMiss C. J. Allen,\\nW. H. Alpaugh,\\nSylvanus Ayres, Jr.,\\nL. S. Bache,\\nA. J. Bailey,\\nMrs. A. J. Bailey,\\nHarry L. Bailey,\\nJ. W. Ballantine,\\nF. S. Carr,\\nD. D. Clark, Jr.,\\nJohn B. Coddington,\\nT. H. S. Cone,\\nFrederick Davey,\\nMrs. Frederick Davey,\\nJ. K. De Mott,\\nC. R. P. Fisher, M. D.,\\nField G. Garretson,\\nG. De Witt Garretson,\\nHerbert Harney,\\nH. G. Herbert,\\nTaylor W. Jelliffe,\\nHon. W. J. Keys,\\nRansom Lamb,\\nMrs. Ransom Lamb,\\nHon. George La Monte,\\nMiss C. B. La Monte,\\nGeorge M. La Monte,\\nW. H. Ayres,\\nMrs. W. H. Ayres,\\nJ. J. Bach,\\nM. W. Baxter,\\nP. V. Bergen,\\nR. H. Brokaw,\\nMrs. R. H. Brokaw,\\nCharles Byer, Jr.,\\nL. S. Cook,\\nA. S. Coriell,\\nMrs. A. S. Coriell,\\nC. E. Dunham,\\nE. T. Davis, M. D.,\\nMrs. E. T. Davis,\\nC. P. Fraleigh,\\nA. E. Giddes,\\nWm. Griscom, Jr.,\\nH. M. Herbert,\\nJ. E. Hillpot,\\nGaius Hoffman,\\nW. G. Killmer,\\nC. H. Libbey,\\nJ. I. Livingston,\\nMrs. J. I. Livingston,\\nMrs. George La Monte,\\nRobt. R. La Monte,\\nAndrew Lane,", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "Washington Camp Ground Association. 35\\nE. D. La Tourette,\\nW. B. R. Mason,\\nMrs. W. B. R. Mason,\\nWalter Mc Bride,\\nJames Mc Donald,\\nCharles Mc Nabb,\\nJohn Olendorf,\\nP. H. Oakley,\\nC. H. Perry,\\nW. H. Peeples,\\nO. B. Reynolds,\\nL. A. Riffert,\\nWm. Schure,\\nM. W. Scully,\\nMrs. M. W. Scully,\\nE. E. Shaw,\\nMrs. E. E. Shaw,\\nW. W. Smalley,\\nJohn G. Smith,\\nJohn G. Smith, Jr.,\\nPeter H. Smith,\\nCharles Tappen,\\nW. J. Taylor,\\nMrs. W. J. Taylor,\\nMrs. Anna L. Voorhees,\\nF. N. Voorhees,\\nW. H. Whiting,\\nMrs. W. H. Whiting,\\nIrving S. Whiting,\\nA. W. W. Mapes,\\nJames Mc Nabb,\\nMrs. James Mc Nabb,\\nGeorge Mollison,\\nH. L. Moore,\\nW. S. Negus,\\nMrs. John Olendorf,\\nW. H. Powelson,\\nMrs. C. H. Perry,\\nR. A. Ross,\\nJohn Rowland,\\nP. J. Staats,\\nR. R. Stelle,\\nGeorge Stryker,\\nGilbert B. Stryker,\\nPeter Stryker,\\nWillis Stryker,\\nH. C. Suydam,\\nR. H. Swayze,\\nMrs. R. H. Swayze,\\nKnox Taylor,\\nC. W. Thomae,\\nC. H. Tucker,\\nJohn D. Voorhees,\\nJames Vosseller,\\nJohn Vosseller,\\nRalph D. Whiting,\\nT. C. Whitlock,\\nC. M. Woods, Jr.,\\nL. A. Zohe.\\nHONORARY MEMBERS.\\nRev. J. B. Cleaver,\\nMrs. J. B. Cleaver,\\nRev. T. E. Davis,\\nMrs. T. E. Davis,\\nRev. L. B. Goodrich,\\nMrs. L. B. Goodrich,\\nRev. A. H. Lewis, D. D.\\nRev. H. B. MacCauley,\\nRev. A. M. Mann,\\nRev. F. A. Mason,\\nMrs. F. A. Mason,\\nRev. A. S. Phelps,\\nMrs. A. S. Phelps,\\nJ. Newton Voorhees.", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3549", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS", "height": "3571", "width": "2240", "jp2-path": "firsthousesofbou00davi_0046.jp2"}}