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Sue Loder 1999-2006
Janice Brown 2007-2008
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Laverne Tornow
Welcome to Cape May County
Early Settlers of Cape May County
SOURCE: Early History of Cape May County by Dr. Maurice Beesley 1857
The following named persons purchased of the Agents of Dr. Cox and the West Jersey Society, mostly previous to 1696, some few as early as 1689. [From a Sketch Of The Early History Of The County Of Cape May, by Maurice Beesley M.D., 1857]
From the Trenton and Cape May County records
Names in blue are linked to other pages on this site regarding that person.
| Christopher Leamyeng William Mason William Jacoks Henry Stites Abigail Pine Cornelius Skellinks Humphrey Hughes Cornelius Skellinks Samuel Matthews Arthur Cresse Jonathan Osborne Peter Causon [Corson] Nathaniel Short John Causon [Corson] Caesar Hoskins John Townsend Shamgar Hand Wm. Golden & Rem Garretson Joseph Weldon [Whilldin] William Johnson Joseph Houlding John Page Dorothy Hewit |
John Parsons Thomas Hand William Smith John Taylor George Taylor John Curwith Dennis Lynch John Shaw, 2 surveys William Whitlock Timothy Brandreth Jacob Spicer, 2 surveys John Crawford Benjamin Godfrey Ezekiel Eldridge Randal Hewit Oliver Russel Elizabeth Carman Samuel Crowell John Reeves John Carman Benjamin Hand Thomas Gandy James Stanfield Caleb Carman |
In addition to those who located land previous to 1700, on the foregoing pages, the following-named persons had resided, and were then residing in the county, many of whom possessed land by secondary purchase.
From State and County Records
| Thomas Leamyeng Thomas Hand Alexander Humphries Joseph Ludlam, Sen John Briggs Anthony Ludlam Abraham Hand Jonathan Pine Shamgar Hand Jr. John Wolredge [Worledge, non-resident] Benjamin Hand Jr. John Jervis Daniel Johnson Jonathan Foreman Oliver Johnson Thomas Goodwin William Harwood Jonathan High Jacob Dayton Edward Howell Richard Ha [Hand]? George Crawford Jonathan Crossle Joseph Badcock William Lake William Dean Theirston Raynor Richard Jones Thomas Matthews John Howell William Stillwell Thomas Stanford John Cresse George Noble Morris Raynor John Wolly Joshua Howell Peter Cartwright Arthur Cresse, Jr. Abraham Smith William Blackburry John Hubard |
Daniel Carman Thomas Miller Joseph Knight Robert Crosby John Stillwell John Fish John Else Lubbart Giberson John Steel Edward Marshall James Cresse Thomas Bancroft William Simpkins Edward Summis [Lummis]? Thomas Goodwin Henry Gray Thomas Clifton Abraham Weston Joshua Carman Thomas Going [Golding, Golden] William Duboldy Jonathan Edmunds James Marshall Nicholas Martineau John Baily John Garlick William Richardson Samuel Matthews, Jr. Thomas Foster William Shaw Thomas Hewit Robert French George Taylor, Jr. Jeremiah Miller John Dennis Zebulon Sharp Isaac Hand William Sharwood Daniel Hand John Story Jeremiah Hand Richard Townsend Joseph Hand Robert Townsend |