He was the founder of the Applegate Family in America. Also, he was a ferryman, planter and weaver. He left England and settled in Leiden, Holland with a group of fellow Englishmen during the Puritan disorders. About 1635, he came to Massachusetts Bay Colony and on March 31, 1635, he was licensed for a year by the General Court to run a ferry between Weymouth, Massachusetts and Braintree, Massachusetts.
Thomas Applegate," Birth: 1604,Norfolk, England .Death: 1662,Middlesex County.New Jersey, USA .Thomas married Elizabeth Mary Wall in 1620. They had the following children: Bartholomew, Helena, Margaret, John and Thomas. .
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MERCER COUNTY
“The APPLEGATE family.”
It is an honor to have had a noble ancestry, but it is still better to be an honor to our ancestors. But regardless of ancestry, “A mon's a mon for a’ that.” This article will treat of the Applegate family in this country, and especially that branch which settled in New Jersey and to which belongs George F. Applegate, the optician residing in the city of Trenton, New Jersey.
Before entering into the history of his immediate family, it is well to review several of the characters found in past generations, both in the old world and those who emigrated to our shores in the past centuries. Lowers’ work, published in London in 1860, entitled “Patronymica Brittanica” states that Applegarth is derived from an enclosure for apples, or apple trees, an orchard, and that Applegath and Applegate are corruptions of Applegarth. Being an author noted for his research into the origin of names, he is accepted as authority. The ancient Saxons and Britons had great respect for trees and groves, in some cases amounting to reverence, and the owner of an apple orchard was looked upon as a fortunate man.
The Applegarths were a noted family of Hampshire, England. Further back Apeliard is found and is doubtless the most ancient form. This was applied to an ancient family in Norfolkshire, England. The last syllable of the name Apeliard pronounced, “Yard” was rendered as Aplegarth and Aplewaithegarth, meaning the same as yard. Nicholas de Apelyard and Robert del Apelgath were prominent men among the first of this origin.
In tracing back the noted family of Appleyard in Norfolkshire, England, there is found a striking coincidence of family names with those of the first Applegates in New Jersey. In 1419, a branch of the Appleyard family, who adopted the orthography of Appleyard, came into possession of the manor of Dauton. Will Appleyard, in 1481, bequeathed to his son, Thomas and names his mother, Elizabeth and brothers, John and Bartholomew. This Bartholomew died in 1492, but their names, Bartholomew, Thomas, and John were handed down in the family and these were also the prominent given names of the original Applegates of this country. It was not uncommon in the past for names to undergo changes in orthography as they were handed down from one generation to another. Sometimes this was done for euphony, but was generally due to carelessness or ignorance of recording clerks. A number of changes have occurred since the first settlement of the family in America. In 1674, the name was written Applegadt, in the petition of Bartholomew and Thomas Applegadt, for leave to purchase land of the Indians. Richard, the son of Thomas, in his will in 1732, gives his name as, Aplegate. Some of the descendants of Bartholomew, who settled in Middlesex county, write their names today as Appleget.
Another theory of the origin of the name is that it is a combination of two Saxon words, “Apple”, meaning fruit in general, and “Gate”, meaning a street or way. For example, if a man lived on a street where fruit was sold, he would be called Applegate, or on a street fronting the south, Southgate, or on a street exposed to high wind, Windgate, or on a street exposed to the cold, Colgate. While this is a plausible theory, the name Applegate is not to be found in any genealogical or heraldic work over three centuries ago.
(I) Thomas Applegate was among the first settlers of Gravesend, Long Island, and is beyond question the founder of the Applegate family in this country. He was an Englishman, who is named among the patentees of Flushing, Long Island, in the patent dated October 19, 1647, issued by Governor Kieft. Gravesend was divided, in 1645, into thirty-nine lots, and among those receiving shares were, Richard Stout, John Buckman, Samuel Spicer, Nicholas Stillwell, John Bowne, William Goulding, William Compton, and others whose names are familiar in the early history of Monmouth. The following year, 1646, John Buckman sold his share to Thomas Applegate, who was probably the same Thomas Applegate who with the colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1635, was licensed to keep a ferry between Weymouth and Braintree. His wife was, Elizabeth and the court records of the Bay colony show that she had some trouble, probably growing out of ecclesiastical tyranny of that bigoted age, when it was considered a dishonor to worship God in a faith other than believed in by the Puritans, and those who did so worship, were fined or “well whipt” by the order of the court. The record referred to reads: 1636 Sept. 6, Elizabeth Apelgate, wife of Thomas Apelgate, was censured to stand with her tongue in a cleft stick for “swearing, reviling, and railing”.
The following entry in the court records of Massachusetts Bay Colony are found, dated “1638, Dec. 4, William Blauton appearing was enjoyned to appeare at the next court with all the men that were in the canoe with him, and Apelgate wch [sic] {-ed.} owned the canoe out of which the three persons were drowned; and it was ordered that no canoe should be used at any ferry upon paine of 5-1 nor no canoe to be made in our jurixdiction [sic] {-ed.} before the next general court upon paine of 10-1”.
The name Thomas Apelgate (usually spelled with one “p”) frequently appears in the early records of Massachusetts between 1635 and 1640. Like many others he found refuge in Rhode Island and afterwards at Gravesend, Long Island, where he was of a party that resided in Holland before they came to Long Island, and their residence in Holland indicates that they left England because of their religious and political views and were objectionable to the government of Charles I.
Thomas Apelgate seems to have figured largely in petty slander cases, for which the court imposed a fine and costs. Some of these cases were indeed amusing. The following is copied from Stiles History of Kings County, vol. I, page 167: “In 1650, one Nicholas Stillwell brought action against Thomas Apelgate for saying, “he thought if plaintiffs debts were paid, he would have little left.” As he had nothing to say to the charge the court admonished him and fined him twelve gilders and costs of court.” Notwithstanding Thomas Applegate's persecutors, he prospered in a worldly waym as he became owner of much land in that vicinitym and the name of his widow, Elizabeth, frequently appears in the records of land titles after his decease. The name of the original Thomas ceases to appear in the Long Island records after 1652. Hence, it may be conjectured safely, that he died between 1652 and 1660. The names Bartholomew, John, Thomas, and Hannah Applegate appear in the Long Island records. They were probably children and grandchildren of Thomas and Elizabeth Applegate.
About 1674, the Applegates left Gravesend, Long Island. John settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and Bartholomew and Thomas Jr. in Monmouth county, New Jersey, as is seen by numerous records and land transfers. In 1674, Bartholomew and Thomas Applegate (II), and Richard Sadler, on March 8, petitioned the governor general, at Ft. William Hendrick, to be allowed to purchase, from the Indians, a tract of land, “situate about two leagues on this side of Middle Towne, near the Neversink fit for a settlement of 6 or 8 families,” which was granted. This was under the Dutch rule, but within a few months, the English resumed sway in this part of New Jersey, hence, it became necessary to obtain a new warrant from English authority. In 1677, such warrant was granted to Thomas Appelgate. He located on the Raritan Bay, at what is now known as Applegate Landing, probably a part of the same tract he had sought to buy of the Indians, under the Dutch authorities. About the same date, his son, Thomas Jr. (III) had issued to him a warrant, by the proprietors, for one hundred and twenty acres. It is believed that Bartholomew (II) soon after located in Middlesex county, near Cranbury.
(III) Thomas Applegate, Jr. who settled in Middletown, married Johanna Gibbons, the daughter of the noted Richard Gibbons, one of the patentees for lands at “Sandy Point”, (Sandy Hook), and on Raritan Bay. October 9, 1678, Gibbons made a bill of sale to one hundred acres of this land to “his son-in-law Thomas Applegate.” Thomas Applegate died about 1699, leaving as his survivors, a wife, six sons, and a daughter, whose names were: Thomas, John, Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Richard. His will bears date February 1, 1698, naming his wife, Johanna as executrix, and bequeathed the old homestead at Applegate Landing, to his youngest child. Richard.
(IV) Richard Applegate died near the close of 1732. He held the old homestead and materially increased his realty holdings. His will was dated November 7, 1732, and gave all of his lands to his wif, Rebeka, and at her death, was to go to his son, William Applegate. The names of his children were: John, Abagall, Elizabeth, Joseph, Hannah, Rebekah, Johannah, William.
The following is a copy of Richard Applegate's will, which owing to its peculiar wording, orthography and family historical value, is here given:
In the Name of God Amen.
The seventh day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-two, I, Richard Applegate, of Middletown, in the county of Monmouth, and province of New Jersey, yeoman, being sick of body, but of perfect mind and Memory, thanks be given unto God, therefore, calling unto mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye, do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, Principally, and first of all, I give and Recommend my sole unto the hands of God, that gave it and for my body, I recommend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my executors, not doubting, but in the General Resurrection I shall receive it again, by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise, and dispose of the same, in the following manner and form:
IN PRIMIS:
It is my will and Order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied.
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I give and bequeath unto Rebeka, my dearly beloved wife, all my lands, goods, and chattles, as long as she remains my widow and Also apint [sic] {-ed.} and Ordain my loving wife and friend George Crofort my executors, of this my last Will and Testament.
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I give and bequeath unto my son John, three cows, one pair Oxen, and mare and six plates.
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I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Abagall, three cows and all the pewter in the trunks and the Shoats and all that is within the trunk.
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I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Elizabeth, one silver seal and two cows.
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I give and bequeath unto my son John Appelgate one cow. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah one cow. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca one cow.
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I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Johanna. one cow.
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I give and bequeath and Devise unto my son, William Appelgate, all my lands as soon as my wife is dead or married, if he be of the age of one and twenty years, and if not, when he is of age, then for him and his heirs and assigns, for to heir and inherit forever.
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I give and bequeath to my son, John. ten pounds to be paid by my son, William, in five years time, after said land comes to him.
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I give and bequeath to my son, Joseph, ten pounds by my son, William, within ten years after my land comes to my said son, William.
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If my wife Rebeka should marry again, then my will is that she should keep one of the best beds and furniture, and her side-saddle, Bridle, and lot of iron and pewter. This is my last Will and Testament and no Other.
Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seale, the Day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Richard Appelgate, as his last Will and Testament, in the Presents of us, the under-scribed.
RICHARD APPELGATE (L.S.)
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By virtue of the foregoing will the title of Richard Appelgate's lands became vested at his decease in his son William.
(V) William Appelgate was born October 16, 1726. At the age of sixteen, he was bound by written indenture, with the consent of his mother, Rebeka, as an apprentice to one Patrick Jackson of New York, to be taught “the art trade, and mystery of a joiner, and to serve the full term of five and one half years.” It was provided, however, that he should be boarded and at the end of the apprenticeship he was to be given a “new suit of apparel, broadcloth or drugget,” and that he should be taught “writing and ciphering” in the winter nights. He served his full apprenticeship and then followed his trade in his native state, living upon the old homestead and working the lands devised to him by his father at Bay Shore. Pieces of the furniture made by his own hands are still in possession of his descendants. At his death, he possessed a large landed estate, and was an uncommonly prosperous man.
He married Elizabeth Ogborn, daughter of John and Mary Ogborn. She was born, April 3, 1738, and was married to Mr. Appelgate, March 9, 1758. Their children were: 1. Mary, called Polly, born January 5, 1759; 2. Lydia, born October 5, 1760; 3. Richard, born October 10, 1762; 4. Rebecca, born November 14, 1764; 5. Sarah, called Sally, born February 5, 1767; 6. Rhoda, born September 13, 1769; 7. Elizabeth, called Betsey, born July 25, 1772; 8. Annie, born January 10, 1775. William Appelgate, the father of this family, died October 24, 1776, aged fifty years. He left no will, though possessing a large estate in lands, slaves, and personal property. His wife, Elizabeth Ogborn Appelgate, died December 21, 1786, aged forty-eight years.
(VI) Richard Appelgate, only son of William Appelgate, born October 10, 1762, had the responsibility of taking care of his father's estate and seven sisters, when he was but fourteen years of age. The war of the Revolution had then begun, and to protect his interests from refugees quartered at Sandy Hook, was no easy task. At night time, they would plunder the country and maltreat and murder its loyal inhabitants. At times, the family would be frightened and go to neighbors, while he remained secreted beneath the barn floor, or in the nearby swamps, with his gun beside him. At the age of fourteen, he was enrolled as a soldier of the cause for independence. In 1787, letters of administration were granted upon his father's estate, by Governor, Livingston of New Jersey. Richard Appelgate spent his life on the old homestead, where three generations of his ancestors had lived and died before him. In connection with farm life, he carried on a general store in a portion of the homestead house, between 1802 and 1818. He owned a large number of slaves, and among his papers were found, the bill of sale for a negro boy called, “Jacob,” which he sold for eighty pounds, “current money of New York”. He died in 1821, aged fifty-nine years, having made a will in 1810, but living longer than it was thought he might, he destroyed its value by cutting his signature from the lengthy document, which is in existence.
He married Mary Stillwell, daughter of John Stillwell, who lived near Garrets Hill, Middletown township. The Stillwells had a history in revolutionary days.
(VII) Joseph Stillwell Appelgate, son Richard and Mary (Stillwell) Appelgate, born December 5, 1789, died October 17, 1881, married Ann Bray, daughter of Samuel and (Ogborn) Bray. She was four generations removed from Rev. John Bray, from England, who founded the Baptist church known as “Bray’s Meeting House”.
John R. Applegate, born April 13, 1766, died August 31, 1840. He owned a farm on Cranbury Neck, Middlesex county, where his occurred. His farm was then occupied by son, Daniel Duncan Applegate, afterward Alf. Bennett, now deceased, and now owned by Mr. Scott, who recently purchased it. John R. Applegate married (first) Catherine Wagner, December 31, 1786, who died, January 20, 1804. Their children were: Henry, born January 11, 1787; Sarah, born September 11, 1789, died October 2, 1902; Richard, born February 16, 1792, died November 30, 1860; John, born August 29, 1794; Elizabeth, born March 4, 1797; Duncan, born December 11, 1800; Joseph, born December 18, 1802, died, July 25, 1803. Mr. Applegate married (second), Sarah Grove, December 5, 1805, who died, August 26, 1851, children were: William, born May 1. 1804; Catherine A., born January 10, 1807, died 24, 1891; Mary, born December 28, 1807, died August 31, 1813; Martha J., born January 11, 1809, died, July 11, 1814; Abigail, born 25, 1810; Davidson, born December 7, 1812, died September 30, 1882; Rose E., born 10, 1814; Disborough, born November 2, 1815; Reuben, born December 15. 1818; Elias, born May 12, 1821, died November 1, 1826.
Henry Applegate, son of John R. and Catherine (Wagner) Applegate, was born October 11, 1787. He married ???? Lyon. Their children were: John H., married (first) ???? Davidson, from Jamesburg, New Jersey; (second) Mary Ann Updike. Charles H., married Mary Ann Labaw. Catherine married (first) Caleb Johnson; married (second)
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Henry Halfield. Emiline, married Theodore Updike; Gideon L., married (first) Ann L????.; married (second) Mary Martin. Sarah E., died in Kansas City; married John Savage. Joseph married, Julia Hill. Mary S., married George Atchley.
John H. Applegate, son of Henry and ???? (Lyons) Applegate, married (first) Rebecca Davidson. Their children were Sarah E., married, William Updike, three children. Augusta married, Henry B. Bayles of Princeton, New Jersey, three children. William H. married, Bell Hough. John H. Applegate married (second) Mary A. Updike. Their children were: George F., mentioned hereafter. Melvina A., married Wilson Cutter, one child, Georgiana, married June 14, 1906, Frank Fell.
George F. Applegate, son of John H. and Mary A. (Updike) Applegate, born September 19, 185?, married Mary H. West, daughter of Hon. James G. and Martha McKee (Hutchinson) West. Their children are: Norman, Clarke, Edwin, Golding, Macpherson, and Franklin (twins).
WILLIAM H. APPLEGATE, one of the representative citizens of Lawrenceville, Mercer county, New Jersey, who has been for a number of years, prominently identified with the business interests of that town, is a descendant of one of the families who settled in this country at an early date. William P. Applegate, father of William H. Applegate, married Maria Kerr, and had children: 1. George E., married Mary Davis, and had children: Wilson, Clarence, Manville, Arthur, and Cora. 2. Mary E., married (first) Peter Conover (second) Cornelius Pierson. No issue. 3. William H., see forward. 4. Frances Clymer, married James C. Margerum, and had one child. Mary married Dolton Pardoe, and they have one son, James Margerum Pardoe. 5. Sarah Jane, married Charles Craig, and had children: Bessie, and Nellie. 6. Bertha, married Giles Hullfish, and had children: Harvey, Florence, and Mildred. 7. Laura, married John Berger, and had one child: Elizabeth. 8. Caroline, married Harvey Mershon, and had children: Ethel, Ernest, Roland, and John. 9. Harvey A. married Carrie Applegate, and had children: Grace, Beatrice, John, and Walter. 10. Warren T., unmarried. Their deceased children were: Celia in infancy. Cora died aged eight years. Amos, died aged twenty-one years.
William H. Applegate, second surviving son and third surviving child of William P. and Maria (Kerr) Applegate, was born in Cranbury Middlesex county, New Jersey, November 20. 1857. His entire education was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and upon its completion, he turned his attention to farming. He was engaged in the cultivation of a farm in Cranbury for a period of three years, then migrated to Jamesburg, in the same county, where he established himself in business as a grocer, and conducted a store there very successfully for four years. He removed to Lawrenceville, Mercer county, New Jersey, in 1890, and there, opened a store for students’ supplies, and in addition to this commenced an express and livery business. His strict attention to the details of these various business enterprises, his energy and unvarying courtesy have gained for him an enviable reputation in the business circles of the town and its vicinity, and all his undertakings are in most flourishing and satisfactory condition. He takes an intelligent interest in the public affairs of the community, affiliates with the Republican party, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. His fraternal affiliations are with Hopewell Lodge, No. 155, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Applegate married (first) December 15, 1880, Johanna M. Pullen, born February 4, 1858, and had children: William H., Jr., Ada M., married Frank Bosson, and has one child, a daughter, Joie. The mother of the aforementioned children died March 5, 1885. He married (second) March 15, 1888, Mary E. Hullfish, born March 18, 1865, daughter of James and Margaret (Long) Hullfish, and had children: Edith, Elsie, Margaret, Kathleen, Louise K., Leroy, James, Clifton, Mary, and George E.
GIDEON APPLEGATE, for many years a resident on the Roscdale road, Princeton township, Mercer county, New Jersey, where he is the owner of a well cultivated farm, is descended from a family which was among the earliest and most patriotic of the state. For the genealogy of this family see sketch of George F. Applegate, which appears elsewhere in this work.
Gideon Applegate, grandfather of Gideon Applegate, was born on the family homestead, and was a farmer. He married (first) Ann L. ????, and (second) Mary Martin. Among his children was a son, Lewis.
Lewis Applegate, son of Gideon Applegate, was born on the farm in the Rosedale road, and was also a farmer. He married Caroline Clark, and had a son, Gideon, of whom later.
Gideon Applegate, son of Lewis and Caroline Clark Applegate, was born on the farm in the Rosedale road, on which he is at present residing, February 1870. He received his education in the public schools of Stony Brook and Princeton, and then took up the occupation of farming as his forefathers had done for many generations. His farm consists of one hundred and seventy-five acres, all under the highest state of cultivation, and very productive. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose affairs, he takes an active and beneficial interest. He married Emma A. Updike, daughter of George and Mary A. (Hartrick) Updike, and they have children: Walter, Bertha, Willard, George, Elmer, and Marion.
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Thomas Applegate," Birth: 1604,Norfolk, England .Death: 1662,Middlesex County.New Jersey, USA .Thomas married Elizabeth Mary Wall in 1620. They had the following children: Bartholomew, Helena, Margaret, John and Thomas. .
Genealogical and personal memorial of
Mercer County, New Jersey.
[Volume 2]
edited by Francis Bazley Lee
The text reproduced below, begins on page 697 (of the original work, as cited above)…
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MERCER COUNTY
“The APPLEGATE family.”
It is an honor to have had a noble ancestry, but it is still better to be an honor to our ancestors. But regardless of ancestry, “A mon's a mon for a’ that.” This article will treat of the Applegate family in this country, and especially that branch which settled in New Jersey and to which belongs George F. Applegate, the optician residing in the city of Trenton, New Jersey.
Before entering into the history of his immediate family, it is well to review several of the characters found in past generations, both in the old world and those who emigrated to our shores in the past centuries. Lowers’ work, published in London in 1860, entitled “Patronymica Brittanica” states that Applegarth is derived from an enclosure for apples, or apple trees, an orchard, and that Applegath and Applegate are corruptions of Applegarth. Being an author noted for his research into the origin of names, he is accepted as authority. The ancient Saxons and Britons had great respect for trees and groves, in some cases amounting to reverence, and the owner of an apple orchard was looked upon as a fortunate man.
The Applegarths were a noted family of Hampshire, England. Further back Apeliard is found and is doubtless the most ancient form. This was applied to an ancient family in Norfolkshire, England. The last syllable of the name Apeliard pronounced, “Yard” was rendered as Aplegarth and Aplewaithegarth, meaning the same as yard. Nicholas de Apelyard and Robert del Apelgath were prominent men among the first of this origin.
In tracing back the noted family of Appleyard in Norfolkshire, England, there is found a striking coincidence of family names with those of the first Applegates in New Jersey. In 1419, a branch of the Appleyard family, who adopted the orthography of Appleyard, came into possession of the manor of Dauton. Will Appleyard, in 1481, bequeathed to his son, Thomas and names his mother, Elizabeth and brothers, John and Bartholomew. This Bartholomew died in 1492, but their names, Bartholomew, Thomas, and John were handed down in the family and these were also the prominent given names of the original Applegates of this country. It was not uncommon in the past for names to undergo changes in orthography as they were handed down from one generation to another. Sometimes this was done for euphony, but was generally due to carelessness or ignorance of recording clerks. A number of changes have occurred since the first settlement of the family in America. In 1674, the name was written Applegadt, in the petition of Bartholomew and Thomas Applegadt, for leave to purchase land of the Indians. Richard, the son of Thomas, in his will in 1732, gives his name as, Aplegate. Some of the descendants of Bartholomew, who settled in Middlesex county, write their names today as Appleget.
Another theory of the origin of the name is that it is a combination of two Saxon words, “Apple”, meaning fruit in general, and “Gate”, meaning a street or way. For example, if a man lived on a street where fruit was sold, he would be called Applegate, or on a street fronting the south, Southgate, or on a street exposed to high wind, Windgate, or on a street exposed to the cold, Colgate. While this is a plausible theory, the name Applegate is not to be found in any genealogical or heraldic work over three centuries ago.
(I) Thomas Applegate was among the first settlers of Gravesend, Long Island, and is beyond question the founder of the Applegate family in this country. He was an Englishman, who is named among the patentees of Flushing, Long Island, in the patent dated October 19, 1647, issued by Governor Kieft. Gravesend was divided, in 1645, into thirty-nine lots, and among those receiving shares were, Richard Stout, John Buckman, Samuel Spicer, Nicholas Stillwell, John Bowne, William Goulding, William Compton, and others whose names are familiar in the early history of Monmouth. The following year, 1646, John Buckman sold his share to Thomas Applegate, who was probably the same Thomas Applegate who with the colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1635, was licensed to keep a ferry between Weymouth and Braintree. His wife was, Elizabeth and the court records of the Bay colony show that she had some trouble, probably growing out of ecclesiastical tyranny of that bigoted age, when it was considered a dishonor to worship God in a faith other than believed in by the Puritans, and those who did so worship, were fined or “well whipt” by the order of the court. The record referred to reads: 1636 Sept. 6, Elizabeth Apelgate, wife of Thomas Apelgate, was censured to stand with her tongue in a cleft stick for “swearing, reviling, and railing”.
The following entry in the court records of Massachusetts Bay Colony are found, dated “1638, Dec. 4, William Blauton appearing was enjoyned to appeare at the next court with all the men that were in the canoe with him, and Apelgate wch [sic] {-ed.} owned the canoe out of which the three persons were drowned; and it was ordered that no canoe should be used at any ferry upon paine of 5-1 nor no canoe to be made in our jurixdiction [sic] {-ed.} before the next general court upon paine of 10-1”.
The name Thomas Apelgate (usually spelled with one “p”) frequently appears in the early records of Massachusetts between 1635 and 1640. Like many others he found refuge in Rhode Island and afterwards at Gravesend, Long Island, where he was of a party that resided in Holland before they came to Long Island, and their residence in Holland indicates that they left England because of their religious and political views and were objectionable to the government of Charles I.
Thomas Apelgate seems to have figured largely in petty slander cases, for which the court imposed a fine and costs. Some of these cases were indeed amusing. The following is copied from Stiles History of Kings County, vol. I, page 167: “In 1650, one Nicholas Stillwell brought action against Thomas Apelgate for saying, “he thought if plaintiffs debts were paid, he would have little left.” As he had nothing to say to the charge the court admonished him and fined him twelve gilders and costs of court.” Notwithstanding Thomas Applegate's persecutors, he prospered in a worldly waym as he became owner of much land in that vicinitym and the name of his widow, Elizabeth, frequently appears in the records of land titles after his decease. The name of the original Thomas ceases to appear in the Long Island records after 1652. Hence, it may be conjectured safely, that he died between 1652 and 1660. The names Bartholomew, John, Thomas, and Hannah Applegate appear in the Long Island records. They were probably children and grandchildren of Thomas and Elizabeth Applegate.
About 1674, the Applegates left Gravesend, Long Island. John settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and Bartholomew and Thomas Jr. in Monmouth county, New Jersey, as is seen by numerous records and land transfers. In 1674, Bartholomew and Thomas Applegate (II), and Richard Sadler, on March 8, petitioned the governor general, at Ft. William Hendrick, to be allowed to purchase, from the Indians, a tract of land, “situate about two leagues on this side of Middle Towne, near the Neversink fit for a settlement of 6 or 8 families,” which was granted. This was under the Dutch rule, but within a few months, the English resumed sway in this part of New Jersey, hence, it became necessary to obtain a new warrant from English authority. In 1677, such warrant was granted to Thomas Appelgate. He located on the Raritan Bay, at what is now known as Applegate Landing, probably a part of the same tract he had sought to buy of the Indians, under the Dutch authorities. About the same date, his son, Thomas Jr. (III) had issued to him a warrant, by the proprietors, for one hundred and twenty acres. It is believed that Bartholomew (II) soon after located in Middlesex county, near Cranbury.
(III) Thomas Applegate, Jr. who settled in Middletown, married Johanna Gibbons, the daughter of the noted Richard Gibbons, one of the patentees for lands at “Sandy Point”, (Sandy Hook), and on Raritan Bay. October 9, 1678, Gibbons made a bill of sale to one hundred acres of this land to “his son-in-law Thomas Applegate.” Thomas Applegate died about 1699, leaving as his survivors, a wife, six sons, and a daughter, whose names were: Thomas, John, Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Richard. His will bears date February 1, 1698, naming his wife, Johanna as executrix, and bequeathed the old homestead at Applegate Landing, to his youngest child. Richard.
(IV) Richard Applegate died near the close of 1732. He held the old homestead and materially increased his realty holdings. His will was dated November 7, 1732, and gave all of his lands to his wif, Rebeka, and at her death, was to go to his son, William Applegate. The names of his children were: John, Abagall, Elizabeth, Joseph, Hannah, Rebekah, Johannah, William.
The following is a copy of Richard Applegate's will, which owing to its peculiar wording, orthography and family historical value, is here given:
In the Name of God Amen.
The seventh day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-two, I, Richard Applegate, of Middletown, in the county of Monmouth, and province of New Jersey, yeoman, being sick of body, but of perfect mind and Memory, thanks be given unto God, therefore, calling unto mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye, do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, Principally, and first of all, I give and Recommend my sole unto the hands of God, that gave it and for my body, I recommend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my executors, not doubting, but in the General Resurrection I shall receive it again, by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise, and dispose of the same, in the following manner and form:
IN PRIMIS:
It is my will and Order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto Rebeka, my dearly beloved wife, all my lands, goods, and chattles, as long as she remains my widow and Also apint [sic] {-ed.} and Ordain my loving wife and friend George Crofort my executors, of this my last Will and Testament.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto my son John, three cows, one pair Oxen, and mare and six plates.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Abagall, three cows and all the pewter in the trunks and the Shoats and all that is within the trunk.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Elizabeth, one silver seal and two cows.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto my son John Appelgate one cow. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah one cow. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca one cow.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Johanna. one cow.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath and Devise unto my son, William Appelgate, all my lands as soon as my wife is dead or married, if he be of the age of one and twenty years, and if not, when he is of age, then for him and his heirs and assigns, for to heir and inherit forever.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath to my son, John. ten pounds to be paid by my son, William, in five years time, after said land comes to him.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath to my son, Joseph, ten pounds by my son, William, within ten years after my land comes to my said son, William.
ITEM.
If my wife Rebeka should marry again, then my will is that she should keep one of the best beds and furniture, and her side-saddle, Bridle, and lot of iron and pewter. This is my last Will and Testament and no Other.
Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seale, the Day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Richard Appelgate, as his last Will and Testament, in the Presents of us, the under-scribed.
RICHARD APPELGATE (L.S.)
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DARKUS X HUGHES.
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By virtue of the foregoing will the title of Richard Appelgate's lands became vested at his decease in his son William.
(V) William Appelgate was born October 16, 1726. At the age of sixteen, he was bound by written indenture, with the consent of his mother, Rebeka, as an apprentice to one Patrick Jackson of New York, to be taught “the art trade, and mystery of a joiner, and to serve the full term of five and one half years.” It was provided, however, that he should be boarded and at the end of the apprenticeship he was to be given a “new suit of apparel, broadcloth or drugget,” and that he should be taught “writing and ciphering” in the winter nights. He served his full apprenticeship and then followed his trade in his native state, living upon the old homestead and working the lands devised to him by his father at Bay Shore. Pieces of the furniture made by his own hands are still in possession of his descendants. At his death, he possessed a large landed estate, and was an uncommonly prosperous man.
He married Elizabeth Ogborn, daughter of John and Mary Ogborn. She was born, April 3, 1738, and was married to Mr. Appelgate, March 9, 1758. Their children were: 1. Mary, called Polly, born January 5, 1759; 2. Lydia, born October 5, 1760; 3. Richard, born October 10, 1762; 4. Rebecca, born November 14, 1764; 5. Sarah, called Sally, born February 5, 1767; 6. Rhoda, born September 13, 1769; 7. Elizabeth, called Betsey, born July 25, 1772; 8. Annie, born January 10, 1775. William Appelgate, the father of this family, died October 24, 1776, aged fifty years. He left no will, though possessing a large estate in lands, slaves, and personal property. His wife, Elizabeth Ogborn Appelgate, died December 21, 1786, aged forty-eight years.
(VI) Richard Appelgate, only son of William Appelgate, born October 10, 1762, had the responsibility of taking care of his father's estate and seven sisters, when he was but fourteen years of age. The war of the Revolution had then begun, and to protect his interests from refugees quartered at Sandy Hook, was no easy task. At night time, they would plunder the country and maltreat and murder its loyal inhabitants. At times, the family would be frightened and go to neighbors, while he remained secreted beneath the barn floor, or in the nearby swamps, with his gun beside him. At the age of fourteen, he was enrolled as a soldier of the cause for independence. In 1787, letters of administration were granted upon his father's estate, by Governor, Livingston of New Jersey. Richard Appelgate spent his life on the old homestead, where three generations of his ancestors had lived and died before him. In connection with farm life, he carried on a general store in a portion of the homestead house, between 1802 and 1818. He owned a large number of slaves, and among his papers were found, the bill of sale for a negro boy called, “Jacob,” which he sold for eighty pounds, “current money of New York”. He died in 1821, aged fifty-nine years, having made a will in 1810, but living longer than it was thought he might, he destroyed its value by cutting his signature from the lengthy document, which is in existence.
He married Mary Stillwell, daughter of John Stillwell, who lived near Garrets Hill, Middletown township. The Stillwells had a history in revolutionary days.
(VII) Joseph Stillwell Appelgate, son Richard and Mary (Stillwell) Appelgate, born December 5, 1789, died October 17, 1881, married Ann Bray, daughter of Samuel and (Ogborn) Bray. She was four generations removed from Rev. John Bray, from England, who founded the Baptist church known as “Bray’s Meeting House”.
John R. Applegate, born April 13, 1766, died August 31, 1840. He owned a farm on Cranbury Neck, Middlesex county, where his occurred. His farm was then occupied by son, Daniel Duncan Applegate, afterward Alf. Bennett, now deceased, and now owned by Mr. Scott, who recently purchased it. John R. Applegate married (first) Catherine Wagner, December 31, 1786, who died, January 20, 1804. Their children were: Henry, born January 11, 1787; Sarah, born September 11, 1789, died October 2, 1902; Richard, born February 16, 1792, died November 30, 1860; John, born August 29, 1794; Elizabeth, born March 4, 1797; Duncan, born December 11, 1800; Joseph, born December 18, 1802, died, July 25, 1803. Mr. Applegate married (second), Sarah Grove, December 5, 1805, who died, August 26, 1851, children were: William, born May 1. 1804; Catherine A., born January 10, 1807, died 24, 1891; Mary, born December 28, 1807, died August 31, 1813; Martha J., born January 11, 1809, died, July 11, 1814; Abigail, born 25, 1810; Davidson, born December 7, 1812, died September 30, 1882; Rose E., born 10, 1814; Disborough, born November 2, 1815; Reuben, born December 15. 1818; Elias, born May 12, 1821, died November 1, 1826.
Henry Applegate, son of John R. and Catherine (Wagner) Applegate, was born October 11, 1787. He married ???? Lyon. Their children were: John H., married (first) ???? Davidson, from Jamesburg, New Jersey; (second) Mary Ann Updike. Charles H., married Mary Ann Labaw. Catherine married (first) Caleb Johnson; married (second)
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Henry Halfield. Emiline, married Theodore Updike; Gideon L., married (first) Ann L????.; married (second) Mary Martin. Sarah E., died in Kansas City; married John Savage. Joseph married, Julia Hill. Mary S., married George Atchley.
John H. Applegate, son of Henry and ???? (Lyons) Applegate, married (first) Rebecca Davidson. Their children were Sarah E., married, William Updike, three children. Augusta married, Henry B. Bayles of Princeton, New Jersey, three children. William H. married, Bell Hough. John H. Applegate married (second) Mary A. Updike. Their children were: George F., mentioned hereafter. Melvina A., married Wilson Cutter, one child, Georgiana, married June 14, 1906, Frank Fell.
George F. Applegate, son of John H. and Mary A. (Updike) Applegate, born September 19, 185?, married Mary H. West, daughter of Hon. James G. and Martha McKee (Hutchinson) West. Their children are: Norman, Clarke, Edwin, Golding, Macpherson, and Franklin (twins).
WILLIAM H. APPLEGATE, one of the representative citizens of Lawrenceville, Mercer county, New Jersey, who has been for a number of years, prominently identified with the business interests of that town, is a descendant of one of the families who settled in this country at an early date. William P. Applegate, father of William H. Applegate, married Maria Kerr, and had children: 1. George E., married Mary Davis, and had children: Wilson, Clarence, Manville, Arthur, and Cora. 2. Mary E., married (first) Peter Conover (second) Cornelius Pierson. No issue. 3. William H., see forward. 4. Frances Clymer, married James C. Margerum, and had one child. Mary married Dolton Pardoe, and they have one son, James Margerum Pardoe. 5. Sarah Jane, married Charles Craig, and had children: Bessie, and Nellie. 6. Bertha, married Giles Hullfish, and had children: Harvey, Florence, and Mildred. 7. Laura, married John Berger, and had one child: Elizabeth. 8. Caroline, married Harvey Mershon, and had children: Ethel, Ernest, Roland, and John. 9. Harvey A. married Carrie Applegate, and had children: Grace, Beatrice, John, and Walter. 10. Warren T., unmarried. Their deceased children were: Celia in infancy. Cora died aged eight years. Amos, died aged twenty-one years.
William H. Applegate, second surviving son and third surviving child of William P. and Maria (Kerr) Applegate, was born in Cranbury Middlesex county, New Jersey, November 20. 1857. His entire education was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and upon its completion, he turned his attention to farming. He was engaged in the cultivation of a farm in Cranbury for a period of three years, then migrated to Jamesburg, in the same county, where he established himself in business as a grocer, and conducted a store there very successfully for four years. He removed to Lawrenceville, Mercer county, New Jersey, in 1890, and there, opened a store for students’ supplies, and in addition to this commenced an express and livery business. His strict attention to the details of these various business enterprises, his energy and unvarying courtesy have gained for him an enviable reputation in the business circles of the town and its vicinity, and all his undertakings are in most flourishing and satisfactory condition. He takes an intelligent interest in the public affairs of the community, affiliates with the Republican party, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. His fraternal affiliations are with Hopewell Lodge, No. 155, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Applegate married (first) December 15, 1880, Johanna M. Pullen, born February 4, 1858, and had children: William H., Jr., Ada M., married Frank Bosson, and has one child, a daughter, Joie. The mother of the aforementioned children died March 5, 1885. He married (second) March 15, 1888, Mary E. Hullfish, born March 18, 1865, daughter of James and Margaret (Long) Hullfish, and had children: Edith, Elsie, Margaret, Kathleen, Louise K., Leroy, James, Clifton, Mary, and George E.
GIDEON APPLEGATE, for many years a resident on the Roscdale road, Princeton township, Mercer county, New Jersey, where he is the owner of a well cultivated farm, is descended from a family which was among the earliest and most patriotic of the state. For the genealogy of this family see sketch of George F. Applegate, which appears elsewhere in this work.
Gideon Applegate, grandfather of Gideon Applegate, was born on the family homestead, and was a farmer. He married (first) Ann L. ????, and (second) Mary Martin. Among his children was a son, Lewis.
Lewis Applegate, son of Gideon Applegate, was born on the farm in the Rosedale road, and was also a farmer. He married Caroline Clark, and had a son, Gideon, of whom later.
Gideon Applegate, son of Lewis and Caroline Clark Applegate, was born on the farm in the Rosedale road, on which he is at present residing, February 1870. He received his education in the public schools of Stony Brook and Princeton, and then took up the occupation of farming as his forefathers had done for many generations. His farm consists of one hundred and seventy-five acres, all under the highest state of cultivation, and very productive. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose affairs, he takes an active and beneficial interest. He married Emma A. Updike, daughter of George and Mary A. (Hartrick) Updike, and they have children: Walter, Bertha, Willard, George, Elmer, and Marion.
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He was the founder of the Applegate Family in America. Also, he was a ferryman, planter and weaver. He left England and settled in Leiden, Holland with a group of fellow Englishmen during the Puritan disorders. About 1635, he came to Massachusetts Bay Colony and on March 31, 1635, he was licensed for a year by the General Court to run a ferry between Weymouth, Massachusetts and Braintree, Massachusetts.
Thomas Applegate," Birth: 1604,Norfolk, England .Death: 1662,Middlesex County.New Jersey, USA .Thomas married Elizabeth Mary Wall in 1620. They had the following children: Bartholomew, Helena, Margaret, John and Thomas. .
Genealogical and personal memorial of
Mercer County, New Jersey.
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edited by Francis Bazley Lee
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MERCER COUNTY
“The APPLEGATE family.”
It is an honor to have had a noble ancestry, but it is still better to be an honor to our ancestors. But regardless of ancestry, “A mon's a mon for a’ that.” This article will treat of the Applegate family in this country, and especially that branch which settled in New Jersey and to which belongs George F. Applegate, the optician residing in the city of Trenton, New Jersey.
Before entering into the history of his immediate family, it is well to review several of the characters found in past generations, both in the old world and those who emigrated to our shores in the past centuries. Lowers’ work, published in London in 1860, entitled “Patronymica Brittanica” states that Applegarth is derived from an enclosure for apples, or apple trees, an orchard, and that Applegath and Applegate are corruptions of Applegarth. Being an author noted for his research into the origin of names, he is accepted as authority. The ancient Saxons and Britons had great respect for trees and groves, in some cases amounting to reverence, and the owner of an apple orchard was looked upon as a fortunate man.
The Applegarths were a noted family of Hampshire, England. Further back Apeliard is found and is doubtless the most ancient form. This was applied to an ancient family in Norfolkshire, England. The last syllable of the name Apeliard pronounced, “Yard” was rendered as Aplegarth and Aplewaithegarth, meaning the same as yard. Nicholas de Apelyard and Robert del Apelgath were prominent men among the first of this origin.
In tracing back the noted family of Appleyard in Norfolkshire, England, there is found a striking coincidence of family names with those of the first Applegates in New Jersey. In 1419, a branch of the Appleyard family, who adopted the orthography of Appleyard, came into possession of the manor of Dauton. Will Appleyard, in 1481, bequeathed to his son, Thomas and names his mother, Elizabeth and brothers, John and Bartholomew. This Bartholomew died in 1492, but their names, Bartholomew, Thomas, and John were handed down in the family and these were also the prominent given names of the original Applegates of this country. It was not uncommon in the past for names to undergo changes in orthography as they were handed down from one generation to another. Sometimes this was done for euphony, but was generally due to carelessness or ignorance of recording clerks. A number of changes have occurred since the first settlement of the family in America. In 1674, the name was written Applegadt, in the petition of Bartholomew and Thomas Applegadt, for leave to purchase land of the Indians. Richard, the son of Thomas, in his will in 1732, gives his name as, Aplegate. Some of the descendants of Bartholomew, who settled in Middlesex county, write their names today as Appleget.
Another theory of the origin of the name is that it is a combination of two Saxon words, “Apple”, meaning fruit in general, and “Gate”, meaning a street or way. For example, if a man lived on a street where fruit was sold, he would be called Applegate, or on a street fronting the south, Southgate, or on a street exposed to high wind, Windgate, or on a street exposed to the cold, Colgate. While this is a plausible theory, the name Applegate is not to be found in any genealogical or heraldic work over three centuries ago.
(I) Thomas Applegate was among the first settlers of Gravesend, Long Island, and is beyond question the founder of the Applegate family in this country. He was an Englishman, who is named among the patentees of Flushing, Long Island, in the patent dated October 19, 1647, issued by Governor Kieft. Gravesend was divided, in 1645, into thirty-nine lots, and among those receiving shares were, Richard Stout, John Buckman, Samuel Spicer, Nicholas Stillwell, John Bowne, William Goulding, William Compton, and others whose names are familiar in the early history of Monmouth. The following year, 1646, John Buckman sold his share to Thomas Applegate, who was probably the same Thomas Applegate who with the colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1635, was licensed to keep a ferry between Weymouth and Braintree. His wife was, Elizabeth and the court records of the Bay colony show that she had some trouble, probably growing out of ecclesiastical tyranny of that bigoted age, when it was considered a dishonor to worship God in a faith other than believed in by the Puritans, and those who did so worship, were fined or “well whipt” by the order of the court. The record referred to reads: 1636 Sept. 6, Elizabeth Apelgate, wife of Thomas Apelgate, was censured to stand with her tongue in a cleft stick for “swearing, reviling, and railing”.
The following entry in the court records of Massachusetts Bay Colony are found, dated “1638, Dec. 4, William Blauton appearing was enjoyned to appeare at the next court with all the men that were in the canoe with him, and Apelgate wch [sic] {-ed.} owned the canoe out of which the three persons were drowned; and it was ordered that no canoe should be used at any ferry upon paine of 5-1 nor no canoe to be made in our jurixdiction [sic] {-ed.} before the next general court upon paine of 10-1”.
The name Thomas Apelgate (usually spelled with one “p”) frequently appears in the early records of Massachusetts between 1635 and 1640. Like many others he found refuge in Rhode Island and afterwards at Gravesend, Long Island, where he was of a party that resided in Holland before they came to Long Island, and their residence in Holland indicates that they left England because of their religious and political views and were objectionable to the government of Charles I.
Thomas Apelgate seems to have figured largely in petty slander cases, for which the court imposed a fine and costs. Some of these cases were indeed amusing. The following is copied from Stiles History of Kings County, vol. I, page 167: “In 1650, one Nicholas Stillwell brought action against Thomas Apelgate for saying, “he thought if plaintiffs debts were paid, he would have little left.” As he had nothing to say to the charge the court admonished him and fined him twelve gilders and costs of court.” Notwithstanding Thomas Applegate's persecutors, he prospered in a worldly waym as he became owner of much land in that vicinitym and the name of his widow, Elizabeth, frequently appears in the records of land titles after his decease. The name of the original Thomas ceases to appear in the Long Island records after 1652. Hence, it may be conjectured safely, that he died between 1652 and 1660. The names Bartholomew, John, Thomas, and Hannah Applegate appear in the Long Island records. They were probably children and grandchildren of Thomas and Elizabeth Applegate.
About 1674, the Applegates left Gravesend, Long Island. John settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and Bartholomew and Thomas Jr. in Monmouth county, New Jersey, as is seen by numerous records and land transfers. In 1674, Bartholomew and Thomas Applegate (II), and Richard Sadler, on March 8, petitioned the governor general, at Ft. William Hendrick, to be allowed to purchase, from the Indians, a tract of land, “situate about two leagues on this side of Middle Towne, near the Neversink fit for a settlement of 6 or 8 families,” which was granted. This was under the Dutch rule, but within a few months, the English resumed sway in this part of New Jersey, hence, it became necessary to obtain a new warrant from English authority. In 1677, such warrant was granted to Thomas Appelgate. He located on the Raritan Bay, at what is now known as Applegate Landing, probably a part of the same tract he had sought to buy of the Indians, under the Dutch authorities. About the same date, his son, Thomas Jr. (III) had issued to him a warrant, by the proprietors, for one hundred and twenty acres. It is believed that Bartholomew (II) soon after located in Middlesex county, near Cranbury.
(III) Thomas Applegate, Jr. who settled in Middletown, married Johanna Gibbons, the daughter of the noted Richard Gibbons, one of the patentees for lands at “Sandy Point”, (Sandy Hook), and on Raritan Bay. October 9, 1678, Gibbons made a bill of sale to one hundred acres of this land to “his son-in-law Thomas Applegate.” Thomas Applegate died about 1699, leaving as his survivors, a wife, six sons, and a daughter, whose names were: Thomas, John, Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Richard. His will bears date February 1, 1698, naming his wife, Johanna as executrix, and bequeathed the old homestead at Applegate Landing, to his youngest child. Richard.
(IV) Richard Applegate died near the close of 1732. He held the old homestead and materially increased his realty holdings. His will was dated November 7, 1732, and gave all of his lands to his wif, Rebeka, and at her death, was to go to his son, William Applegate. The names of his children were: John, Abagall, Elizabeth, Joseph, Hannah, Rebekah, Johannah, William.
The following is a copy of Richard Applegate's will, which owing to its peculiar wording, orthography and family historical value, is here given:
In the Name of God Amen.
The seventh day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-two, I, Richard Applegate, of Middletown, in the county of Monmouth, and province of New Jersey, yeoman, being sick of body, but of perfect mind and Memory, thanks be given unto God, therefore, calling unto mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye, do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, Principally, and first of all, I give and Recommend my sole unto the hands of God, that gave it and for my body, I recommend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my executors, not doubting, but in the General Resurrection I shall receive it again, by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise, and dispose of the same, in the following manner and form:
IN PRIMIS:
It is my will and Order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto Rebeka, my dearly beloved wife, all my lands, goods, and chattles, as long as she remains my widow and Also apint [sic] {-ed.} and Ordain my loving wife and friend George Crofort my executors, of this my last Will and Testament.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto my son John, three cows, one pair Oxen, and mare and six plates.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Abagall, three cows and all the pewter in the trunks and the Shoats and all that is within the trunk.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Elizabeth, one silver seal and two cows.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto my son John Appelgate one cow. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah one cow. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca one cow.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Johanna. one cow.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath and Devise unto my son, William Appelgate, all my lands as soon as my wife is dead or married, if he be of the age of one and twenty years, and if not, when he is of age, then for him and his heirs and assigns, for to heir and inherit forever.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath to my son, John. ten pounds to be paid by my son, William, in five years time, after said land comes to him.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath to my son, Joseph, ten pounds by my son, William, within ten years after my land comes to my said son, William.
ITEM.
If my wife Rebeka should marry again, then my will is that she should keep one of the best beds and furniture, and her side-saddle, Bridle, and lot of iron and pewter. This is my last Will and Testament and no Other.
Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seale, the Day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Richard Appelgate, as his last Will and Testament, in the Presents of us, the under-scribed.
RICHARD APPELGATE (L.S.)
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DARKUS X HUGHES.
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By virtue of the foregoing will the title of Richard Appelgate's lands became vested at his decease in his son William.
(V) William Appelgate was born October 16, 1726. At the age of sixteen, he was bound by written indenture, with the consent of his mother, Rebeka, as an apprentice to one Patrick Jackson of New York, to be taught “the art trade, and mystery of a joiner, and to serve the full term of five and one half years.” It was provided, however, that he should be boarded and at the end of the apprenticeship he was to be given a “new suit of apparel, broadcloth or drugget,” and that he should be taught “writing and ciphering” in the winter nights. He served his full apprenticeship and then followed his trade in his native state, living upon the old homestead and working the lands devised to him by his father at Bay Shore. Pieces of the furniture made by his own hands are still in possession of his descendants. At his death, he possessed a large landed estate, and was an uncommonly prosperous man.
He married Elizabeth Ogborn, daughter of John and Mary Ogborn. She was born, April 3, 1738, and was married to Mr. Appelgate, March 9, 1758. Their children were: 1. Mary, called Polly, born January 5, 1759; 2. Lydia, born October 5, 1760; 3. Richard, born October 10, 1762; 4. Rebecca, born November 14, 1764; 5. Sarah, called Sally, born February 5, 1767; 6. Rhoda, born September 13, 1769; 7. Elizabeth, called Betsey, born July 25, 1772; 8. Annie, born January 10, 1775. William Appelgate, the father of this family, died October 24, 1776, aged fifty years. He left no will, though possessing a large estate in lands, slaves, and personal property. His wife, Elizabeth Ogborn Appelgate, died December 21, 1786, aged forty-eight years.
(VI) Richard Appelgate, only son of William Appelgate, born October 10, 1762, had the responsibility of taking care of his father's estate and seven sisters, when he was but fourteen years of age. The war of the Revolution had then begun, and to protect his interests from refugees quartered at Sandy Hook, was no easy task. At night time, they would plunder the country and maltreat and murder its loyal inhabitants. At times, the family would be frightened and go to neighbors, while he remained secreted beneath the barn floor, or in the nearby swamps, with his gun beside him. At the age of fourteen, he was enrolled as a soldier of the cause for independence. In 1787, letters of administration were granted upon his father's estate, by Governor, Livingston of New Jersey. Richard Appelgate spent his life on the old homestead, where three generations of his ancestors had lived and died before him. In connection with farm life, he carried on a general store in a portion of the homestead house, between 1802 and 1818. He owned a large number of slaves, and among his papers were found, the bill of sale for a negro boy called, “Jacob,” which he sold for eighty pounds, “current money of New York”. He died in 1821, aged fifty-nine years, having made a will in 1810, but living longer than it was thought he might, he destroyed its value by cutting his signature from the lengthy document, which is in existence.
He married Mary Stillwell, daughter of John Stillwell, who lived near Garrets Hill, Middletown township. The Stillwells had a history in revolutionary days.
(VII) Joseph Stillwell Appelgate, son Richard and Mary (Stillwell) Appelgate, born December 5, 1789, died October 17, 1881, married Ann Bray, daughter of Samuel and (Ogborn) Bray. She was four generations removed from Rev. John Bray, from England, who founded the Baptist church known as “Bray’s Meeting House”.
John R. Applegate, born April 13, 1766, died August 31, 1840. He owned a farm on Cranbury Neck, Middlesex county, where his occurred. His farm was then occupied by son, Daniel Duncan Applegate, afterward Alf. Bennett, now deceased, and now owned by Mr. Scott, who recently purchased it. John R. Applegate married (first) Catherine Wagner, December 31, 1786, who died, January 20, 1804. Their children were: Henry, born January 11, 1787; Sarah, born September 11, 1789, died October 2, 1902; Richard, born February 16, 1792, died November 30, 1860; John, born August 29, 1794; Elizabeth, born March 4, 1797; Duncan, born December 11, 1800; Joseph, born December 18, 1802, died, July 25, 1803. Mr. Applegate married (second), Sarah Grove, December 5, 1805, who died, August 26, 1851, children were: William, born May 1. 1804; Catherine A., born January 10, 1807, died 24, 1891; Mary, born December 28, 1807, died August 31, 1813; Martha J., born January 11, 1809, died, July 11, 1814; Abigail, born 25, 1810; Davidson, born December 7, 1812, died September 30, 1882; Rose E., born 10, 1814; Disborough, born November 2, 1815; Reuben, born December 15. 1818; Elias, born May 12, 1821, died November 1, 1826.
Henry Applegate, son of John R. and Catherine (Wagner) Applegate, was born October 11, 1787. He married ???? Lyon. Their children were: John H., married (first) ???? Davidson, from Jamesburg, New Jersey; (second) Mary Ann Updike. Charles H., married Mary Ann Labaw. Catherine married (first) Caleb Johnson; married (second)
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Henry Halfield. Emiline, married Theodore Updike; Gideon L., married (first) Ann L????.; married (second) Mary Martin. Sarah E., died in Kansas City; married John Savage. Joseph married, Julia Hill. Mary S., married George Atchley.
John H. Applegate, son of Henry and ???? (Lyons) Applegate, married (first) Rebecca Davidson. Their children were Sarah E., married, William Updike, three children. Augusta married, Henry B. Bayles of Princeton, New Jersey, three children. William H. married, Bell Hough. John H. Applegate married (second) Mary A. Updike. Their children were: George F., mentioned hereafter. Melvina A., married Wilson Cutter, one child, Georgiana, married June 14, 1906, Frank Fell.
George F. Applegate, son of John H. and Mary A. (Updike) Applegate, born September 19, 185?, married Mary H. West, daughter of Hon. James G. and Martha McKee (Hutchinson) West. Their children are: Norman, Clarke, Edwin, Golding, Macpherson, and Franklin (twins).
WILLIAM H. APPLEGATE, one of the representative citizens of Lawrenceville, Mercer county, New Jersey, who has been for a number of years, prominently identified with the business interests of that town, is a descendant of one of the families who settled in this country at an early date. William P. Applegate, father of William H. Applegate, married Maria Kerr, and had children: 1. George E., married Mary Davis, and had children: Wilson, Clarence, Manville, Arthur, and Cora. 2. Mary E., married (first) Peter Conover (second) Cornelius Pierson. No issue. 3. William H., see forward. 4. Frances Clymer, married James C. Margerum, and had one child. Mary married Dolton Pardoe, and they have one son, James Margerum Pardoe. 5. Sarah Jane, married Charles Craig, and had children: Bessie, and Nellie. 6. Bertha, married Giles Hullfish, and had children: Harvey, Florence, and Mildred. 7. Laura, married John Berger, and had one child: Elizabeth. 8. Caroline, married Harvey Mershon, and had children: Ethel, Ernest, Roland, and John. 9. Harvey A. married Carrie Applegate, and had children: Grace, Beatrice, John, and Walter. 10. Warren T., unmarried. Their deceased children were: Celia in infancy. Cora died aged eight years. Amos, died aged twenty-one years.
William H. Applegate, second surviving son and third surviving child of William P. and Maria (Kerr) Applegate, was born in Cranbury Middlesex county, New Jersey, November 20. 1857. His entire education was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and upon its completion, he turned his attention to farming. He was engaged in the cultivation of a farm in Cranbury for a period of three years, then migrated to Jamesburg, in the same county, where he established himself in business as a grocer, and conducted a store there very successfully for four years. He removed to Lawrenceville, Mercer county, New Jersey, in 1890, and there, opened a store for students’ supplies, and in addition to this commenced an express and livery business. His strict attention to the details of these various business enterprises, his energy and unvarying courtesy have gained for him an enviable reputation in the business circles of the town and its vicinity, and all his undertakings are in most flourishing and satisfactory condition. He takes an intelligent interest in the public affairs of the community, affiliates with the Republican party, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. His fraternal affiliations are with Hopewell Lodge, No. 155, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Applegate married (first) December 15, 1880, Johanna M. Pullen, born February 4, 1858, and had children: William H., Jr., Ada M., married Frank Bosson, and has one child, a daughter, Joie. The mother of the aforementioned children died March 5, 1885. He married (second) March 15, 1888, Mary E. Hullfish, born March 18, 1865, daughter of James and Margaret (Long) Hullfish, and had children: Edith, Elsie, Margaret, Kathleen, Louise K., Leroy, James, Clifton, Mary, and George E.
GIDEON APPLEGATE, for many years a resident on the Roscdale road, Princeton township, Mercer county, New Jersey, where he is the owner of a well cultivated farm, is descended from a family which was among the earliest and most patriotic of the state. For the genealogy of this family see sketch of George F. Applegate, which appears elsewhere in this work.
Gideon Applegate, grandfather of Gideon Applegate, was born on the family homestead, and was a farmer. He married (first) Ann L. ????, and (second) Mary Martin. Among his children was a son, Lewis.
Lewis Applegate, son of Gideon Applegate, was born on the farm in the Rosedale road, and was also a farmer. He married Caroline Clark, and had a son, Gideon, of whom later.
Gideon Applegate, son of Lewis and Caroline Clark Applegate, was born on the farm in the Rosedale road, on which he is at present residing, February 1870. He received his education in the public schools of Stony Brook and Princeton, and then took up the occupation of farming as his forefathers had done for many generations. His farm consists of one hundred and seventy-five acres, all under the highest state of cultivation, and very productive. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose affairs, he takes an active and beneficial interest. He married Emma A. Updike, daughter of George and Mary A. (Hartrick) Updike, and they have children: Walter, Bertha, Willard, George, Elmer, and Marion.
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Thomas Applegate," Birth: 1604,Norfolk, England .Death: 1662,Middlesex County.New Jersey, USA .Thomas married Elizabeth Mary Wall in 1620. They had the following children: Bartholomew, Helena, Margaret, John and Thomas. .
Genealogical and personal memorial of
Mercer County, New Jersey.
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edited by Francis Bazley Lee
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MERCER COUNTY
“The APPLEGATE family.”
It is an honor to have had a noble ancestry, but it is still better to be an honor to our ancestors. But regardless of ancestry, “A mon's a mon for a’ that.” This article will treat of the Applegate family in this country, and especially that branch which settled in New Jersey and to which belongs George F. Applegate, the optician residing in the city of Trenton, New Jersey.
Before entering into the history of his immediate family, it is well to review several of the characters found in past generations, both in the old world and those who emigrated to our shores in the past centuries. Lowers’ work, published in London in 1860, entitled “Patronymica Brittanica” states that Applegarth is derived from an enclosure for apples, or apple trees, an orchard, and that Applegath and Applegate are corruptions of Applegarth. Being an author noted for his research into the origin of names, he is accepted as authority. The ancient Saxons and Britons had great respect for trees and groves, in some cases amounting to reverence, and the owner of an apple orchard was looked upon as a fortunate man.
The Applegarths were a noted family of Hampshire, England. Further back Apeliard is found and is doubtless the most ancient form. This was applied to an ancient family in Norfolkshire, England. The last syllable of the name Apeliard pronounced, “Yard” was rendered as Aplegarth and Aplewaithegarth, meaning the same as yard. Nicholas de Apelyard and Robert del Apelgath were prominent men among the first of this origin.
In tracing back the noted family of Appleyard in Norfolkshire, England, there is found a striking coincidence of family names with those of the first Applegates in New Jersey. In 1419, a branch of the Appleyard family, who adopted the orthography of Appleyard, came into possession of the manor of Dauton. Will Appleyard, in 1481, bequeathed to his son, Thomas and names his mother, Elizabeth and brothers, John and Bartholomew. This Bartholomew died in 1492, but their names, Bartholomew, Thomas, and John were handed down in the family and these were also the prominent given names of the original Applegates of this country. It was not uncommon in the past for names to undergo changes in orthography as they were handed down from one generation to another. Sometimes this was done for euphony, but was generally due to carelessness or ignorance of recording clerks. A number of changes have occurred since the first settlement of the family in America. In 1674, the name was written Applegadt, in the petition of Bartholomew and Thomas Applegadt, for leave to purchase land of the Indians. Richard, the son of Thomas, in his will in 1732, gives his name as, Aplegate. Some of the descendants of Bartholomew, who settled in Middlesex county, write their names today as Appleget.
Another theory of the origin of the name is that it is a combination of two Saxon words, “Apple”, meaning fruit in general, and “Gate”, meaning a street or way. For example, if a man lived on a street where fruit was sold, he would be called Applegate, or on a street fronting the south, Southgate, or on a street exposed to high wind, Windgate, or on a street exposed to the cold, Colgate. While this is a plausible theory, the name Applegate is not to be found in any genealogical or heraldic work over three centuries ago.
(I) Thomas Applegate was among the first settlers of Gravesend, Long Island, and is beyond question the founder of the Applegate family in this country. He was an Englishman, who is named among the patentees of Flushing, Long Island, in the patent dated October 19, 1647, issued by Governor Kieft. Gravesend was divided, in 1645, into thirty-nine lots, and among those receiving shares were, Richard Stout, John Buckman, Samuel Spicer, Nicholas Stillwell, John Bowne, William Goulding, William Compton, and others whose names are familiar in the early history of Monmouth. The following year, 1646, John Buckman sold his share to Thomas Applegate, who was probably the same Thomas Applegate who with the colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1635, was licensed to keep a ferry between Weymouth and Braintree. His wife was, Elizabeth and the court records of the Bay colony show that she had some trouble, probably growing out of ecclesiastical tyranny of that bigoted age, when it was considered a dishonor to worship God in a faith other than believed in by the Puritans, and those who did so worship, were fined or “well whipt” by the order of the court. The record referred to reads: 1636 Sept. 6, Elizabeth Apelgate, wife of Thomas Apelgate, was censured to stand with her tongue in a cleft stick for “swearing, reviling, and railing”.
The following entry in the court records of Massachusetts Bay Colony are found, dated “1638, Dec. 4, William Blauton appearing was enjoyned to appeare at the next court with all the men that were in the canoe with him, and Apelgate wch [sic] {-ed.} owned the canoe out of which the three persons were drowned; and it was ordered that no canoe should be used at any ferry upon paine of 5-1 nor no canoe to be made in our jurixdiction [sic] {-ed.} before the next general court upon paine of 10-1”.
The name Thomas Apelgate (usually spelled with one “p”) frequently appears in the early records of Massachusetts between 1635 and 1640. Like many others he found refuge in Rhode Island and afterwards at Gravesend, Long Island, where he was of a party that resided in Holland before they came to Long Island, and their residence in Holland indicates that they left England because of their religious and political views and were objectionable to the government of Charles I.
Thomas Apelgate seems to have figured largely in petty slander cases, for which the court imposed a fine and costs. Some of these cases were indeed amusing. The following is copied from Stiles History of Kings County, vol. I, page 167: “In 1650, one Nicholas Stillwell brought action against Thomas Apelgate for saying, “he thought if plaintiffs debts were paid, he would have little left.” As he had nothing to say to the charge the court admonished him and fined him twelve gilders and costs of court.” Notwithstanding Thomas Applegate's persecutors, he prospered in a worldly waym as he became owner of much land in that vicinitym and the name of his widow, Elizabeth, frequently appears in the records of land titles after his decease. The name of the original Thomas ceases to appear in the Long Island records after 1652. Hence, it may be conjectured safely, that he died between 1652 and 1660. The names Bartholomew, John, Thomas, and Hannah Applegate appear in the Long Island records. They were probably children and grandchildren of Thomas and Elizabeth Applegate.
About 1674, the Applegates left Gravesend, Long Island. John settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and Bartholomew and Thomas Jr. in Monmouth county, New Jersey, as is seen by numerous records and land transfers. In 1674, Bartholomew and Thomas Applegate (II), and Richard Sadler, on March 8, petitioned the governor general, at Ft. William Hendrick, to be allowed to purchase, from the Indians, a tract of land, “situate about two leagues on this side of Middle Towne, near the Neversink fit for a settlement of 6 or 8 families,” which was granted. This was under the Dutch rule, but within a few months, the English resumed sway in this part of New Jersey, hence, it became necessary to obtain a new warrant from English authority. In 1677, such warrant was granted to Thomas Appelgate. He located on the Raritan Bay, at what is now known as Applegate Landing, probably a part of the same tract he had sought to buy of the Indians, under the Dutch authorities. About the same date, his son, Thomas Jr. (III) had issued to him a warrant, by the proprietors, for one hundred and twenty acres. It is believed that Bartholomew (II) soon after located in Middlesex county, near Cranbury.
(III) Thomas Applegate, Jr. who settled in Middletown, married Johanna Gibbons, the daughter of the noted Richard Gibbons, one of the patentees for lands at “Sandy Point”, (Sandy Hook), and on Raritan Bay. October 9, 1678, Gibbons made a bill of sale to one hundred acres of this land to “his son-in-law Thomas Applegate.” Thomas Applegate died about 1699, leaving as his survivors, a wife, six sons, and a daughter, whose names were: Thomas, John, Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Richard. His will bears date February 1, 1698, naming his wife, Johanna as executrix, and bequeathed the old homestead at Applegate Landing, to his youngest child. Richard.
(IV) Richard Applegate died near the close of 1732. He held the old homestead and materially increased his realty holdings. His will was dated November 7, 1732, and gave all of his lands to his wif, Rebeka, and at her death, was to go to his son, William Applegate. The names of his children were: John, Abagall, Elizabeth, Joseph, Hannah, Rebekah, Johannah, William.
The following is a copy of Richard Applegate's will, which owing to its peculiar wording, orthography and family historical value, is here given:
In the Name of God Amen.
The seventh day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-two, I, Richard Applegate, of Middletown, in the county of Monmouth, and province of New Jersey, yeoman, being sick of body, but of perfect mind and Memory, thanks be given unto God, therefore, calling unto mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye, do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, Principally, and first of all, I give and Recommend my sole unto the hands of God, that gave it and for my body, I recommend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my executors, not doubting, but in the General Resurrection I shall receive it again, by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise, and dispose of the same, in the following manner and form:
IN PRIMIS:
It is my will and Order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied.
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I give and bequeath unto Rebeka, my dearly beloved wife, all my lands, goods, and chattles, as long as she remains my widow and Also apint [sic] {-ed.} and Ordain my loving wife and friend George Crofort my executors, of this my last Will and Testament.
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I give and bequeath unto my son John, three cows, one pair Oxen, and mare and six plates.
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I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Abagall, three cows and all the pewter in the trunks and the Shoats and all that is within the trunk.
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I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Elizabeth, one silver seal and two cows.
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I give and bequeath unto my son John Appelgate one cow. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah one cow. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca one cow.
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I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Johanna. one cow.
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I give and bequeath and Devise unto my son, William Appelgate, all my lands as soon as my wife is dead or married, if he be of the age of one and twenty years, and if not, when he is of age, then for him and his heirs and assigns, for to heir and inherit forever.
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I give and bequeath to my son, John. ten pounds to be paid by my son, William, in five years time, after said land comes to him.
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I give and bequeath to my son, Joseph, ten pounds by my son, William, within ten years after my land comes to my said son, William.
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If my wife Rebeka should marry again, then my will is that she should keep one of the best beds and furniture, and her side-saddle, Bridle, and lot of iron and pewter. This is my last Will and Testament and no Other.
Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seale, the Day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Richard Appelgate, as his last Will and Testament, in the Presents of us, the under-scribed.
RICHARD APPELGATE (L.S.)
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By virtue of the foregoing will the title of Richard Appelgate's lands became vested at his decease in his son William.
(V) William Appelgate was born October 16, 1726. At the age of sixteen, he was bound by written indenture, with the consent of his mother, Rebeka, as an apprentice to one Patrick Jackson of New York, to be taught “the art trade, and mystery of a joiner, and to serve the full term of five and one half years.” It was provided, however, that he should be boarded and at the end of the apprenticeship he was to be given a “new suit of apparel, broadcloth or drugget,” and that he should be taught “writing and ciphering” in the winter nights. He served his full apprenticeship and then followed his trade in his native state, living upon the old homestead and working the lands devised to him by his father at Bay Shore. Pieces of the furniture made by his own hands are still in possession of his descendants. At his death, he possessed a large landed estate, and was an uncommonly prosperous man.
He married Elizabeth Ogborn, daughter of John and Mary Ogborn. She was born, April 3, 1738, and was married to Mr. Appelgate, March 9, 1758. Their children were: 1. Mary, called Polly, born January 5, 1759; 2. Lydia, born October 5, 1760; 3. Richard, born October 10, 1762; 4. Rebecca, born November 14, 1764; 5. Sarah, called Sally, born February 5, 1767; 6. Rhoda, born September 13, 1769; 7. Elizabeth, called Betsey, born July 25, 1772; 8. Annie, born January 10, 1775. William Appelgate, the father of this family, died October 24, 1776, aged fifty years. He left no will, though possessing a large estate in lands, slaves, and personal property. His wife, Elizabeth Ogborn Appelgate, died December 21, 1786, aged forty-eight years.
(VI) Richard Appelgate, only son of William Appelgate, born October 10, 1762, had the responsibility of taking care of his father's estate and seven sisters, when he was but fourteen years of age. The war of the Revolution had then begun, and to protect his interests from refugees quartered at Sandy Hook, was no easy task. At night time, they would plunder the country and maltreat and murder its loyal inhabitants. At times, the family would be frightened and go to neighbors, while he remained secreted beneath the barn floor, or in the nearby swamps, with his gun beside him. At the age of fourteen, he was enrolled as a soldier of the cause for independence. In 1787, letters of administration were granted upon his father's estate, by Governor, Livingston of New Jersey. Richard Appelgate spent his life on the old homestead, where three generations of his ancestors had lived and died before him. In connection with farm life, he carried on a general store in a portion of the homestead house, between 1802 and 1818. He owned a large number of slaves, and among his papers were found, the bill of sale for a negro boy called, “Jacob,” which he sold for eighty pounds, “current money of New York”. He died in 1821, aged fifty-nine years, having made a will in 1810, but living longer than it was thought he might, he destroyed its value by cutting his signature from the lengthy document, which is in existence.
He married Mary Stillwell, daughter of John Stillwell, who lived near Garrets Hill, Middletown township. The Stillwells had a history in revolutionary days.
(VII) Joseph Stillwell Appelgate, son Richard and Mary (Stillwell) Appelgate, born December 5, 1789, died October 17, 1881, married Ann Bray, daughter of Samuel and (Ogborn) Bray. She was four generations removed from Rev. John Bray, from England, who founded the Baptist church known as “Bray’s Meeting House”.
John R. Applegate, born April 13, 1766, died August 31, 1840. He owned a farm on Cranbury Neck, Middlesex county, where his occurred. His farm was then occupied by son, Daniel Duncan Applegate, afterward Alf. Bennett, now deceased, and now owned by Mr. Scott, who recently purchased it. John R. Applegate married (first) Catherine Wagner, December 31, 1786, who died, January 20, 1804. Their children were: Henry, born January 11, 1787; Sarah, born September 11, 1789, died October 2, 1902; Richard, born February 16, 1792, died November 30, 1860; John, born August 29, 1794; Elizabeth, born March 4, 1797; Duncan, born December 11, 1800; Joseph, born December 18, 1802, died, July 25, 1803. Mr. Applegate married (second), Sarah Grove, December 5, 1805, who died, August 26, 1851, children were: William, born May 1. 1804; Catherine A., born January 10, 1807, died 24, 1891; Mary, born December 28, 1807, died August 31, 1813; Martha J., born January 11, 1809, died, July 11, 1814; Abigail, born 25, 1810; Davidson, born December 7, 1812, died September 30, 1882; Rose E., born 10, 1814; Disborough, born November 2, 1815; Reuben, born December 15. 1818; Elias, born May 12, 1821, died November 1, 1826.
Henry Applegate, son of John R. and Catherine (Wagner) Applegate, was born October 11, 1787. He married ???? Lyon. Their children were: John H., married (first) ???? Davidson, from Jamesburg, New Jersey; (second) Mary Ann Updike. Charles H., married Mary Ann Labaw. Catherine married (first) Caleb Johnson; married (second)
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Henry Halfield. Emiline, married Theodore Updike; Gideon L., married (first) Ann L????.; married (second) Mary Martin. Sarah E., died in Kansas City; married John Savage. Joseph married, Julia Hill. Mary S., married George Atchley.
John H. Applegate, son of Henry and ???? (Lyons) Applegate, married (first) Rebecca Davidson. Their children were Sarah E., married, William Updike, three children. Augusta married, Henry B. Bayles of Princeton, New Jersey, three children. William H. married, Bell Hough. John H. Applegate married (second) Mary A. Updike. Their children were: George F., mentioned hereafter. Melvina A., married Wilson Cutter, one child, Georgiana, married June 14, 1906, Frank Fell.
George F. Applegate, son of John H. and Mary A. (Updike) Applegate, born September 19, 185?, married Mary H. West, daughter of Hon. James G. and Martha McKee (Hutchinson) West. Their children are: Norman, Clarke, Edwin, Golding, Macpherson, and Franklin (twins).
WILLIAM H. APPLEGATE, one of the representative citizens of Lawrenceville, Mercer county, New Jersey, who has been for a number of years, prominently identified with the business interests of that town, is a descendant of one of the families who settled in this country at an early date. William P. Applegate, father of William H. Applegate, married Maria Kerr, and had children: 1. George E., married Mary Davis, and had children: Wilson, Clarence, Manville, Arthur, and Cora. 2. Mary E., married (first) Peter Conover (second) Cornelius Pierson. No issue. 3. William H., see forward. 4. Frances Clymer, married James C. Margerum, and had one child. Mary married Dolton Pardoe, and they have one son, James Margerum Pardoe. 5. Sarah Jane, married Charles Craig, and had children: Bessie, and Nellie. 6. Bertha, married Giles Hullfish, and had children: Harvey, Florence, and Mildred. 7. Laura, married John Berger, and had one child: Elizabeth. 8. Caroline, married Harvey Mershon, and had children: Ethel, Ernest, Roland, and John. 9. Harvey A. married Carrie Applegate, and had children: Grace, Beatrice, John, and Walter. 10. Warren T., unmarried. Their deceased children were: Celia in infancy. Cora died aged eight years. Amos, died aged twenty-one years.
William H. Applegate, second surviving son and third surviving child of William P. and Maria (Kerr) Applegate, was born in Cranbury Middlesex county, New Jersey, November 20. 1857. His entire education was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and upon its completion, he turned his attention to farming. He was engaged in the cultivation of a farm in Cranbury for a period of three years, then migrated to Jamesburg, in the same county, where he established himself in business as a grocer, and conducted a store there very successfully for four years. He removed to Lawrenceville, Mercer county, New Jersey, in 1890, and there, opened a store for students’ supplies, and in addition to this commenced an express and livery business. His strict attention to the details of these various business enterprises, his energy and unvarying courtesy have gained for him an enviable reputation in the business circles of the town and its vicinity, and all his undertakings are in most flourishing and satisfactory condition. He takes an intelligent interest in the public affairs of the community, affiliates with the Republican party, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. His fraternal affiliations are with Hopewell Lodge, No. 155, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Applegate married (first) December 15, 1880, Johanna M. Pullen, born February 4, 1858, and had children: William H., Jr., Ada M., married Frank Bosson, and has one child, a daughter, Joie. The mother of the aforementioned children died March 5, 1885. He married (second) March 15, 1888, Mary E. Hullfish, born March 18, 1865, daughter of James and Margaret (Long) Hullfish, and had children: Edith, Elsie, Margaret, Kathleen, Louise K., Leroy, James, Clifton, Mary, and George E.
GIDEON APPLEGATE, for many years a resident on the Roscdale road, Princeton township, Mercer county, New Jersey, where he is the owner of a well cultivated farm, is descended from a family which was among the earliest and most patriotic of the state. For the genealogy of this family see sketch of George F. Applegate, which appears elsewhere in this work.
Gideon Applegate, grandfather of Gideon Applegate, was born on the family homestead, and was a farmer. He married (first) Ann L. ????, and (second) Mary Martin. Among his children was a son, Lewis.
Lewis Applegate, son of Gideon Applegate, was born on the farm in the Rosedale road, and was also a farmer. He married Caroline Clark, and had a son, Gideon, of whom later.
Gideon Applegate, son of Lewis and Caroline Clark Applegate, was born on the farm in the Rosedale road, on which he is at present residing, February 1870. He received his education in the public schools of Stony Brook and Princeton, and then took up the occupation of farming as his forefathers had done for many generations. His farm consists of one hundred and seventy-five acres, all under the highest state of cultivation, and very productive. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose affairs, he takes an active and beneficial interest. He married Emma A. Updike, daughter of George and Mary A. (Hartrick) Updike, and they have children: Walter, Bertha, Willard, George, Elmer, and Marion.
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Note: There have been several surveys done of the cemetery and no Applegate names are entered in the 1882 survey done by Wm H. Stillwell for the King's County Geneogical Club. Perhaps they were too old even then to read the stones.
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