Hello David, I assume by "is the quotation you gave" you are referring to "The names of such p'sons as were imported...". What I have is a photocopy (on 11" x 17" paper) of the original handwritten entry made in the Secretary's book (Libra A, page 155) - plus a photocopy from a book "Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. VVI," (pgs 61 & 62), which is a published printed transcription of "New Jersey Colonial Documents / East Jersey Deeds, etc., Libra A". (I believe these are William A. Whitehead's books.) I also have photo copies (on 11" x 17" paper) of the original handwritten land indentures from "N.J. Sec of State Archives, Libra D, pg 54-55; Libra D, pg 56, and Libra D, pg 57". These land indentures were "selected" for me by Bette Epstein of the NJ Archives (I assume from an index of some sort) when I inquired about what land had been "allotted" to my Henry Thompson. They were not translated/transcribed, and I spent many a night learning to read "old English script"!! The 3 land indentures are between Henry Thompson and (1) Nathan Holwell on May 4, 1710; (2) Hugh Hutchin on June 10, 1710; and (3) Joshua Smith on October 8, 1724. All of the indentures state "Henry Thompson of Mansfield Township of the County of Burlington...". This tells me that Henry didn't just decide to move there from somewhere else. It's the 2nd one that states: ".... thirty and four acres of land being that land whereon the said Henry Thompson now Dwells having been part of the present allotment of him the said Hugh Hutchin....". Since, as you say, Hugh Hutchin was an early Proprietor and there are many "transactions" involving his name, my thought was that perhaps Mr. Hutchin and Mr. Dockwra had struck some kind of debt swapping deal.... so I would (I guess) have to follow the property from Mr. Hutchin's back to see how he obtained it in the first place.... In the meantime, I was thinking the Account Books of the West Proprietors might tell me whether Henry paid his debt to Mr. Dockwra or Mr. Hutchins.... I appreciate you trying to help! All thoughts and ideas are most welcomed! The question now is, did I answer your question?.... Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Carol Payne" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [NJ] Records of the West Proprietors > Howdy Carol - love your question. But have one of my own. > > The quotation you made is correct, and if I read how other entries of > indenture > are written, persons brought into the 'colony' by another were often > indentured > for a certain number of years based on the cost of their passage. > > My question to you then is, is the quotation you gave, from a single document > you own, or is it from the 'Records' volume. > > Hugh HUTCHINS was a busy man, buying and selling property for a good length of > time, and in different parts of the state. > > Since I have the book, I've been reading through all the different > transactions > which is how I came to my conclusion. Henry Thompson, unfortunately is only > mentioned the one time, on page 62. But then again these records of deeds, > etc., don't go past 1703. > > If you don't have the book, perhaps I can help. Maybe not too, since > the dated > limits of this book (1703) don't reveal what land changed hands till > your Henry > received his in 1710. Perhaps, between this volume and wills book 1, which > covers 1670-1730, there might be enough of a trail of deeded lands in will > abstracts to show how the land finally came to Henry. > > I don't know. Just grasping in hopes of trying to help. You know me. > > David - [email protected] > >