In a message dated 12/3/05 6:32:24 PM, [email protected] writes: << Does anyone have any information on the Micah Willits family in Burlington, especially interested in his daughter Hepzabah who married Joshua Cline. Thank you in advance. -- Rochelle >> Source Information: HISTORY OF BURLINGTON AND MERCER COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY, by Major E.M. Woodward & John F. Hageman. PHILADELPHIA: EVERTS & PECK. 1883 PRESS OF J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA. Early Settlement. - As to the time when the township of Shamong began to be inhabited by the whites, and who the first families were that removed within its borders, no accurate account can be given. The first white settler of whom any authentic facts are known was Micajah Willets, who settled in the western portion of the township prior to the Revolutionary war, and chose a spot on which to dwell near Indian Mills, where he erected for himself and family a rude dwelling, and cleared up a small farm, and engaged in tilling the soil. His family consisted of Benjamin, Richard, John, Mary, and Hephzibah. Benjamin married Rebecca Howard, and resided on a portion of the old homestead. His children were Samuel, Amos, Micajah, Benjamin, Joseph, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Lidie, Beulah, and John. Samuel, Amos, Micajah, and Benjamin are all dead. Joseph married Edith Jones, and resides in Southampton township. Elizabeth married Vincent Prickett, and resides at Tabernacle village. Rebecca married John Alloway, and lives at Marlton. Lidie married S.C. Mason, and resides at Trenton, NJ Beulah married Joshua Jones, and removed to Southampton township. John married Rachel Huston, and resides at Tabernacle. First Branch. - Richard married Hannah Howard, and resided at Tabernacle until the time of his death, which occurred in 1847. He had several children. John married and lived at Tabernacle until his death in 1827. He raised a large family. Mary married John Corry, and resides in the township. Hephzibah married Joshua Cline, and resides in the township, and reared up a large family of boys and girls. It's not much, hope it helps