Monday, May 4, 2009

Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey By New Jersey Historical Society

Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey By New Jersey Historical Society:

"Your Memorialist being in the Company of two other Gentlemen at the House of John Pridmore at Crumbury 1 on the 4th of August Last & about to Mount their Horses to depart, one other of the Gentelman swore an oath, whereupon a man came out of the house and took your Memorialist by the shoulder, saying I fine you for swearing, whereupon your Memorialist being provoak'd at the assaul........."

This is a portion of a letter from Lewis Asfield to His Majesty's Council of New Jersey dated 24 Sep 1751. Memorialists were Royalists.

The full text is available at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=XC0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA325&ci=89,132,817,411&source=bookclip#PPA324,M1
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2 comments:

  1. G Daniel PrigmoreMay 4, 2009 at 2:47 PM

    I believe this is John Pridmore, 1715, son of Benjamin and brother of Joseph 1720.

    From this I would conclude John was a Loyalist, perhaps this is one of the reasons Joseph left for other territory.

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  2. G Daniel PrigmoreMay 4, 2009 at 2:56 PM

    I also suspect this Crumbery is Cranbery and this John is stagecoach John Predmore.

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