Check out Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. As soon as you said first into Burlington, I figured you were talking Quakers. On page 163, a history of Burlington Monthly meeting is given, including a line..."Following the first meetings in the sailcloth tent, Burlington Friends met successively in the houses of John Wollston and Thomas Gardner, until they completed a meeting house in 1682." Looks like that's the first guy in.. Val Inn118@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/3/02 4:40:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gsage@webtv.net > writes: > > > Hi, fellow researchers, > > Have'nt posted in awhile, and realized haven't seen any Burlington Co. > > mail on my mail list. Anybody out there ?? Have hit a brick wall, with > > my GARDNERS at Charles, 1779. Thought I might take a differ'nt approch, > > Does any one know when the org. Gardner came to Burlington Co. and who > > he was ???? We [ my family] intermarried with the John Mathis Family, > > and the Flitcraft [ Witcraft] families, I understand they were among the > > first to settle in the Burlington Co. area [ West Jersey] Can anyone > > offer any information on the Gardners of the Burlington Co. area ,or > > give me some clues as to where to look. Thank you, Gerri Gardner Sage > > researching Gardner, Mathis, Lake, Flitcraft[ Witcraft] , Collins , > > Lear, Leair, and Shaffer among others. > > > > Hi, > There were and still are many Mathis descendants in the Tuckerton and Little > Egg Harbor area of Ocean Co/Burlington/Gloucester Co. lines. This whole area > was part of Gloucester Co. and Burlington Co. many years ago. Joan