Good Morning Everyone - Here's another page I brought back, again, feel free to pass it along. Since this is primarily about the Carll family, I shall put that surname in regular type and other surnames in all caps. Taken from the Gloucester County Historical Society - From N.J. Genesis? - hand written, hard to read Vol. 16 No. 2 - that is all it says on the page. I have no idea what year this article was written or by whom. Jeremiah CARLL - Was born in 1767, a son of John and Phebe (LOPER) Carll. The first of this family name noticed in Cumberland and Salem Counties were John and Abiel Carll, brothers and Eliakim Carll. The relationship, if any, of the latter to the brothers is unknown to the editor. John Carll was in East Hampton, Long Island, New York as early as January 21, 1668 when he purchased various parcels of land. He died at East Hampton on October 1, 1691 and his widow, Remember Carll, was appointed admr'x. (*my note, this must mean administrator) of his estate on October 21, 1691. They had sons, John and Abiel Carll. (Riverhead Parchment Book, page 14, and Riverhead Records, Liber A, page 144) (*my note, these must be in East Hampton) John and Abiel Carll, described as brothers in deeds for land at East Hampton, appear frequently in local records until 1714 when they apparently sold all of their lands at East Hampton. Between 1715 and 1723 they had moved to Salem County, New Jersey and registered their earmarks for cattle, etc. On the same page and written by the same hand in the Salem County Earmark Book with the marks of "John Carll Snr." and "Abiel Carll" is the mark of "Elicum Carrole". After he registered his earmark, nothing further is found in Salem County public records concerning "John Carll Snr.". Directly beneath the earmark of the latter is recorded one for "John Carll Junr". It is believed that he was the same as John Carll who settled in the Cohansey Precinct of Salem County (Cumberland County since 1747/8) early in the 18th century along with Eliakim Carll. More about these men will appear later in this article. Abiel Carll settled in Greenwich, Salem County (Cumberland) as early as 1719. He bought a town lot on the east side of the main street in Greenwich at the upper corner of the intersection of the road leading through Bowentown from Bridgeton. For many years a one story stone building long used as a blacksmith shop stood on part of this lot. It is opposite the brick house long occupied by the late Charles EWING. Abiel Carll and his wife, Sarah, died in 1739. Their son, Abiel Carll, Jr., by deed dated May 6, 1740 sold the town lot of his father to Samuel CLARK. Abiel Carll and Sarah Carll had several children; Abiel Carll, Jr. married Sarah TURNER, widow of John TURNER of the Town of Salem. Hannah, daughter of Abiel Carll was baptized at East Hampton on June 15, 1701. Martha, daughter of Abiel Carll, was baptized at East Hampton on January 10, 1714. She married Jeremiah FITHIAN, son of Joshua and Sarah (DENNIS) FITHIAN of Greenwich. Jeremiah FITHIAN was born April 5, 1713. His wife, Martha Carll, survived him and died in 1779. They had three children. Their son, Sylvester FITHIAN, was an idiot from birth and lived until about 1787. Hannah FITHIAN married 1st, April 10, 1799, William BARKER. She married 2nd, December 19, 1771, David MULFORD. He was killed in a skirmish with the Hessians near Haddonfield in 1777. His body was brought home and buried in the ancient graveyard of the Cohansey Baptist Church near the former Sheppard's Mill. Esther, daughter of Jeremiah and Martha (Carll) FITHIAN, married, as his 2nd wife, Thomas MASKELL, Esq. of Greenwich. On the road from Shiloh to Friesburg in Cumberland County was a settlement anciently called Carll Town. The precise time that John and Eliakim Carll came there has not been learned, but it was between 1735 and 1741. The road there is a boundary between the Townships of Hopewell and Stow Creek. On the west, or Stow Creek side, March 4, 1741, Eliakim Carll purchased a farm of 100 acres Zachariah DUNN. It is interesting to note that the records of the Shiloh Seventh Day Baptist Church show the marriage of Zachariah DUNN and Rachel Carll on January 28, 1739/40. Her identity has not been learned, but she was possibly a sister of either Eliakim or John Carll. Early settlers at Carll Town were Hugh, Zachariah and Benjamin DUNN, sons of Hugh DUNN of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. They were Seventh Day Baptists. Zachariah DUNN returned to Piscataway and he and his wife, Rachel Carll, died there. A little north of the farm bought by Eliakim Carll, on the Hopewell Township side of the road, John Carll bought a plantation of 155 1/2 acres. It was made up of lands of the West New Jersey Society and Cornelius MASON's "Winchcomb Manor". The Harmony M.E. Church was later built on this farm and in the last quarter of the 19th century it was owned by Reece HURFF. Joh Carll is said to have married Catherine DUNN. He died at Carll Town in 1768 and his son, Samuel Carll, succeeded him on the farm there. John and Catherine Carll had five children. Their son, John Carll, was baptized by Rev. David EVANS at the Pittsgrove Presbyterian Chruch on Mya 6, 1744. He settled in Deerfield Township and bought a farm near the present Woodruff M.E. Church. It is on the west side of the old Parvin's Mill Road. John Carll married Phebe, daughter of James LOPER, Sr. That's all for today, hope someone finds it of use :-) Take care - Deb