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Early New Jersey Poll List, Burlington, New Jersey
Following is a copy of the poll list of an election held in Burlington, New Jersey, October 9, 1787, for members of the Council and Assembly. Two hundred and fifty-eight votes were cast. At that period the New Jersey law granted suffrage to "all inhabitants of this state, of full age, who are worth fifty pounds proclamation money, clear estate in the same", and the words ''all inhabitants of full age", were construed by many election officials to include women. The poll list shows that two voted Iona Curtis number 114 and Selvenia Lilvey, number 213. The law provided that the poll should be open two days, but might be adjourned for short periods. Apparently all the qualified voters presented themselves on the first day of the poll, for the list is endorsed on the back as follows:
Votes and Proceedings of the Election begun at the Court House in the County of Burlington the 9th day of October 1787 and ended the same day.
At an election holden at Burlington in and for ye County of Burlington on third day the 9th of October 1787. Votes taken as followeth. No explanation is given for the numbers before some of the names.
Voters' Names
| Isaac Cogal Esq.
Thom's Rodman Joseph Fenimore Job Prickett John Butler Sam'l Rodgers Caleb Haines Thom's Matthew Gardner 5 Joseph Newbold John Phillips Esq. Nathaniel Middleton Henry Jones Thom's Hollinshead Will'm Wood 15 Robert Pearson John Thorne Joshna M. Wallis John Thorne Jun. Thorn's Smith 20 Andrew Hisler Joseph Stokes Joseph Bromley John Hancock Robert Pearson 25 Peter Stretch Esq. John Fort George Woodward Aaron Taylor Sam'l Pierce 30 Joseph Read Esq Israel Ridgway Phillip Bound Job Lippincott Jos'h Moar 35 Sam'l Atkinson John Taylor Benjamin Hough Thom's Eyrie Mannaduke Watson 40 Reheboam Bradach Jos'h Brown Jos'h Pancost Benj'm Brown George Langstaff 45 John Eyrie Joseph Budd Bruce Edwards Esq. Sam'l Wright Peter Wright 50 Will'm Hazelton Joseph Wright Caleb Haines Sam'l Jones Thorn's Taylor 55 Nathan Folwell Henry Chambers Thorn's Haines James Fenimore Will'm Smith 60 Thorn's Fenimore Esq. Joseph Eyrie Joseph Shin Richard Watkin Michael Eyrie 65 Edward Taylor Sam'l Coles Will'm Matlack Joseph Biddle Esq. Jos'h Lamb 70 Abraham Jones Benah Taylor Sam'l Jones Sam'l Woolston Japheth Garwood 75 Will'm Curlis Will'm Hutchin Barzillai Newbold Job Jones James Ewe 80 John Curlis Sam'l Harvey John Elton Jos'h Burr John Wright 85 Jos'h Gaskill Jacob Piatt |
Job Stockton Elihu Gant Isaac Budd 90 Will'm Duglas Josiah Foster Esq. Levy King George Hancock 95 Josh'a Saterthwait Will'm Saterthwait Robert Lucas Sam'l Hough Benj'm Atkinson 100 Will'm Whitton Thom's Thorne James Wilkins Jacob Austin Will'm Wright 105 Alexander Peacock Arney Lippincott Aaron Shinn Thom's Newbold Will'm Watkins 110 Abedingo Wright Caleb Newbold Abraham Hewlings Jun. Joseph Ridgaway Iona Curtis 115 Richard Stockton John Rodman Uz Gant Daniel Lilley Joshua Bearton 120 Sam'l Fenimore Caleb Shreve Daniel Eevets Job Stockton Benj'm Shreve 125 John Deacon Sam'l Newton Joseph Lewis Robt. Stout Jones Thorn's Reynolds Esq. 130 Barzillai Deacon Daniel Newton John Pope Isaac P. Rodman Sam'l Eyrie 135 James Murdock John Ler Jos'h Atkinson Solom'n Mason Uriah Woolman 140 Acquillai Shin Isaac Bunton Jun. Sam'l Woolston John Stockton John Morford 145 Zachariah Prickitt John Manns Joseph Barber Will'm Cowperthwait Benj'n Holloway 150 Levy Budd George Smith Hugh Costelow Will'm Faris Chesterfield John Chiles 155 George Lilly Nev Haines Sam'l Stockton John Neal Thorn's Merritt 160 Caleb Eyrie Jonathan Stockton John Sager John How Sam'l Bloomfield 165 Elijah Birdsall Jos'h Edwards Will'm Black Jun Daniel Newbold Thorn's Stewart 170 Paul Crispin Will'm Rodgers Thorn's Burr _____ adjourn |
James Edsal George Eyves 175 Isaac Lippincott Amos Hutchin John Allen John Mullen John Harber 180 Will'm Newbold Esq. Boaz Bead Clayton Newbold Job Hollins'h Josh Bloomfield 185 Jos'h White John Burr Sam'l Peacock Thorn's Piatt John Shreve 190 Dan'l Bacon Isaac Newton John Allen Thorn's Neal Dan'l Hancock 195 Dan'l Goise Uriah Wilkins Thorn's Kerlin Joseph Campion Abraham Winner 200 Richard Cox John Meirs Umphrey Wall Will'm S. Sprag George Mitchell 205 Joseph Garwood Amos Stratton Benjamin Pine Jacob Wills Will'm Thimble 210 Will'm Deacon Cornelias Branen John Tompkins John Roberts Jacob Lamb 215 John Fenimore Joseph Grouce John Wilkins John Ridgaway Selvenia Lilvey 220 Joseph Hollinshead Esq Sam'l Phillips Pearson Fenimore Joseph Stacy Joseph Deacon 225 Will'm Bowadaill James Graft James Wills Abraham VanSciver Robert Deacon 230 Will'm Henry George Homes John Dobbins James Fenimore Herbert McRoy 235 Ellis Wright John Folwell John Kelley Thorn's Addams Isaac Witherel 240 George Budd Josiah Costelow Francis Will'm Shippen Ebenezer Tucker Esq. Robert Thomas 245 Nathan Coleman Will'm Cooper Thorn's Curtis Jun. John Kays Sam'l Eyves 250 Andrew Craig Abraham Scott Will'm English Edwards Collins John Rodgers 255 John Fenimore James Sterling Thorn's Ruckels John Smich |
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