>From George Reeser Prowell, 1886, The History of Camden County, NJ... pp. 725-726... The Matlacks The Matlacks came from a small village in Nottinghamshire, England. William Matlack came in the first boat that came up the Delaware, and was the first person to put his foot upon the shore where Burlington now stands; this was about the year 1677. In 1682 he married Mary Hancock, and removed to a tract of land between the north and south branches of Pensaukin Creek, in Chester township. In 1701 William Matlack purchased of Richard Heritage a tract of one thousand acres of land, now part in Waterford and part in Delaware townships, Camden County. In 1705 John Matlack purchased two hundred acres of land of Francis Collins, in Waterford township, and in 1708 he married Hannah Horner, and settled upon his purchase. A part of this estate is now owned by the heirs of John Wilkins, and the old house stood a short distance from the handsome residence of the present owners. In 1714 William Matlack gave his son George five hundred acres of land, upon which his son Richard died in 1748 and was the second person buried there. In 1779 the estate passed out of the name to William Todd, and was subsequently bought by Richard M. Cooper, father of Alexander Cooper, the present owner, who, as before stated, is a lineal descendant of William Cooper, the first settler of Camden. The Matlacks are a numerous family and are mostly Friends. Some of the name still reside within the township and others in Chester township, in Burlington County. William Ellis (a son of Simeon) married Amy Matlack, one of the descendants in a direct line, and who, thereby, became owners of part of the estate. Levi (a son of William and Amy) became the owner, and his grandson, Charles E. Ellis, is the possessor of and resides on the estate. William and Amy settled on the land, and the house they occupied is still standing. John Shivers appears as the first settler of the name in these parts, and purchased a tract of land in Delaware township, of Mordecai Howell, in 1692, upon which he erected a dwelling. He died in 1716, and his widow, Sarah Shivers, was appointed administratrix. In 1720 she purchased an adjoining tract of land, which extended the estate east of the mill-pond. The dwelling on the farm now belonging to the estate of Richard Shivers, deceased, is though to be the spot where John Shivers erected his first house, and doubtless some of the material in the present edifice was taken from the old. John Shivers dying intestate, there is some doubt as to the exact number of his children, although they are supposed to be as follows: Samuel, who married Mary Deacon; John, who married Mary Clement; Mary, who married THomas Bates; Hannah, who married John Matlack; and Josiah, who married Ann Bates. In 1720 Samuel purchased two hundred acres of land from Francis Collins, and the following year he conveyed his interest in his father's estate to his brother John, who remained on the old farm and whose descendants still occupy portions of the original tract represented in the farms now occupied by Richard Levis Shivers and William A. SHivers, the descendants mentioned. JOHN CAMPBELL wrote: > > I did not post the original query, but would love to have the material. > Thanks. > > >I would not feel quite right if I failed to offer a lookup on this > >name. I have three entries, one most major, on the MATLACK family. > >Please send me an email, whoever posted the original query, asking > >me to do a lookup in the HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, on the surname > >MATLACK, and, as I can, I will send the data, which should be very > >worthwhile, to you. > > > >Yours, > >Vince > > > >