True, however this may be a slightly unusual situation. Wm Dockwra was a wealthy and renown East Jersey proprietor. He was known to have taken an active part in promoting immigration to the province through "contributions" of money, and by sending over settlers on his own account. In addition, I find it unusual for an East Jersey proprietor to send settlers to West Jersey. With all the "wheeling and dealing" that was happening at that time, I'm wondering if the actual account records might indicate something different since Henry didn't work on land owned by Wm Dockwra, and since the Warranty Deed Henry finally received indicates the property was previously owned by a Hugh Hutchin. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Hadlund" <[email protected]> To: "Carol Payne" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [NJ] Records of the West Proprietors > If I remember my history correctly, an indentured servant worked off their > debt to the person who sponsored their passage to the new world from Europe. > > Mark > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Payne" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:25 AM > Subject: [NJ] Records of the West Proprietors > > > > Hello Everyone! > > > > My 8th great grandfather came to America in 1684. In the NJ Sec of State > > Archives is the Calendar of Records of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703 > > [this is the Secretary for West Jersey in Burlington County]. In Libra A, > > page 155 of those records.... > > > > 1684 Dec. 1. "The names of such p'sons as were imported into this > > province > > and brought to bee Registered in the Secretary's books of Records are as > > follows: > > Upon Accompt of Governor Lawrie:..... > > Upon Accompt of Wm Haige:..... > > Upon the Accompt of such of the Proprietors as belongs to Scotland:..... > > Upon the Accompt of Wm Dockwra:..... > > Upon the Accompt of John Barclay:....." > > > > Under the account of Wm Dockwra is listed my Henry THOMPSON as Indentured > > for 7 years. > > > > I know that the "allotment of land" for Henry, per The Concessions and > > Agreements, was in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, (West) New > > Jersey. > > > > I know that "accompt" means "account", and that Wm Dockwra was given > > "credit" for Henry and each of the 22 other persons he sent to America to > > help "more speedily promote" the planting of the Province. > > > > What I don't understand is the "Indentured for 7 years" part of all this. > > Does Henry owe the cost of his passage to Wm Dockwra? - or do the West > > Proprietors owe the money to Wm Dockwra, who was an East Proprietor? > > > > Henry's "indenture of 7 years" would have ended in 1691, but (I assume > > because of all the fuss over boundary lines, etc.), he did not receive his > > Warranty Deed for the land until 1710. The Warranty Deed/Land Indenture > > indicates that the land originally belonged to a Hugh Hutchin. Could Hugh > > Hutchin have been the one who paid "the debt" to Wm Dockwra? > > > > I would like to know the "who, what, when and how" of this "7 year > > indenture". I assume the information would be in the records of the West > > Proprietors. Does anyone know where those records are and how I can > > research them? > > > > Carol Payne in Oklahoma [email protected] > > > > > > > > ==== NJ Mailing List ==== > > To post messages to the NJ-L discussion list, send them to > > [email protected] > > > >