Nov., 7, 1775. Jamaica. The polls were opened from Tuesday till Saturday 5 o’clock, afternoon. The persons nominated for Deputies to Congress, were
Col. Jacob Blackwell, N., | Wm. Townsend, Esq., O., |
Samuel Townsend, Esq., O., | Waters Smith, J., |
Benj. Sands, C. N., | Jeromus Remsen, Jr., N., |
Stephen Van Wyck, F. |
The vote stood against Deputies 788; for Deputies 221, as follows:
Micajah Townsend | Andries Hegeman, Jr. | Wm. Creed, Jr. |
John J. Skidmore | Obadiah Demilt | Samuel Seaman |
Ephraim Bayles | John Waters | Isaac Hendrickson |
Alexander Wheyley | Robert Morrell | Wm. Forbus |
Samuel Riker | Matthias Van Dyck | Wm. Seaman |
Philip Woodard | Andries Hegeman, Sr., | Christopher Robert |
Benjamin Cornish | Uriah Mitchell | Jonas Fredericks |
Robert Field | Thomas Redman | Cornelius Losee |
Stephen Field | John Parker | Joseph Higbie |
Morris Hazard | John Thorne, H., | Thos. Dodge |
Simon Sands | Thos. Thorne | Peter Onderdonck |
Lambert Woodard | John Thorne, F. | Thos. Wiggins |
Daniel Lawrence | Cornelius Van Wyck | George Bennet |
Fordham Burtis | Wm. Thorne | Albert Nostrand |
John Rodgers | Thomas Mitchell | John Mills |
Elbert Hegeman, Jr., | John Montaine | Benj. Hinchman |
Elbert Hegeman, Sr., | James Doughty | Wm. Willis |
H. Hendrickson, Jr. | John Yates | Benjamin Akerly |
Elias Bayles | James Burling | Philip Valentine |
Henry Stocker | Richard Rapalje | Benj. North |
Benjamin Coe | Gilliam Cornell | Benj. Sands |
Jonathan Coe | Increase Carpenter, Jr., | Gabriel Smith |
Abraham Keteltas | Jacob Carpenter | Richard Valentine |
Wait Smith | John Luyster | Jno. Fish |
Daniel Bayles | Rem. Hegeman | George Brinckerhoff |
Samuel Waldron | Jacobus Luyster | Benj. Moore |
Simon Horton | Samson Crooker | Zebulon Williams |
John Burtis | Lieut. Charles Hicks | Doctor Latham |
Wm. Furman | John Brimner | Doctor Townsend |
Nicholas Everitt | Thos. Woodard | Richard Lawrence |
Daniel Ludlam | Joseph Bazly | Richard Betts, N.T. |
Whitehead Skidmore | David Laton | Wm. Sackett |
Richard Berrien | Jotham Townsend | Edmund Penfold |
Thomas Burroughs | Daniel Burr | Samuel Denton |
John Pettitt | John Burtis | Isaac Roades |
Martin Schenck | Isaac Bayles | Samuel Edsall |
Samuel Burr | James Townsend, O., | Hope Roades |
Othniel Smith | Zeb. Seaman, Jr., O., | Samuel Lawrence |
Gabriel Furman | George Townsend | Wm. Penfold |
Wm. Ludlam, Jr., | J. Williams Seaman, O., | Thos. Lawrence |
Nehemiah Everitt | Gilbert Searing | Nath. Tom |
Robert Mitchell | John Schenck | Daniel Everitt |
Nicholas Smith | Joseph Coles | Robert Hinchman |
Daniel Hitchcock | Daniel Searing | John Thurston |
John Roades | John Searing | Hope Roades, Jr. |
Richard Roades | Jacob Searing | Augustin Betts |
Nathaniel Smith | John Sands | James Hinchman |
Adrian Onderdonck | Pepperel Bloodgood | Jonathan Roberts |
Amos Denton | Water Dalton | Robert Denton |
Ephraim Marston | John Skidmore | Samuel Higbie, Jr., |
Noah Smith, Jr. | John Skidmore, Sr. | Jacob Wright |
Noah Smith, Sr. | Jonah Roades | Uriah Rider |
Walter Smith | John Coe | Nicholas Van Dyck |
Benjamin Everitt | Philip Edsall | Peter Smith |
John Burroughs | Charles Boerum | Benj. Birdsall |
Benjamin Field, Jr., | Stephen Pettitt | Jeseph Bowne |
Aaron Hendrickson | Benjamin Farrington | Jacob Johnson |
Wm. Ludlam, Sr. | Philip Edsall, Jr. | Andrew Oakley |
Daniel W. Kissam | John Brush | Robert Coe |
Wm. Howard | Wm. Betts | Abm. Brinckerhoff |
Nicholas Smith, Jr. | John Way | Howard Furman |
Nathaniel Box | John Hendrickson | Jonathan Thurston |
Samuel Morrell | Hendrick Hendrickson | Jonathan Wright |
Jonathan Lawrence | Jonah Hallet | Wm. Glean |
Capt. Samuel Moore | Thos. Denton | Moses Higby |
Joseph Robinson | John Smith | Gilbert Hicks |
John Riker | Wm. Creed, Sr. | Jacob Mott |
Samuel Smith | Stephen Rider | John Eagles |
John Cockle | Christopher Rider | Stephen Cornell |
Samuel Higby, Sr. | Isaac Hendrickson | Is. Hicks |
Rem. Remsen, N. T. | Garret Murphy | David Lamberson |
John Burtis | Luke Remsen | Adam Mott, Cow N., |
Benjamin Field | Samuel Messenger | Jacob Valentine--221 |
Platt Smith | John Vanieaw, J. |
Certified by Joseph Robinson, Inspector of the Polls. Queens county therefore had no representation in the Congress till May 14, 1776.