WHAT? SLAVE OWNERS IN NEW JERSEY????

     Did you know that New Jersey was a slave state?  Did you know that New Jersey did not pass laws  to abolish slavery until 1804 and then emancipation was granted very gradually?  by 1827 New York State has outlawed and emancipated all slaves held in New York State.  New Jersey continued to hold slaves until 1865.  The last 16 slaves in New Jersey were released only  because of the passage of the 13th amendment to the constitution.  In 1850 New Jersey recorded 235 people in bondage within the state.  The following is the list of New Jersey Slave owners appearing in the 1850 slave census.  I will list these by county, township and then slave holder.  As slaves were considered property names were not given just sex and age.  Freed slaves often took the last name of their former masters.

Passaic
 New Jersey
      Jacob E. Vreeland:  (female 95, males 75,) Elias A. Vreeland: (female 70,)Daniel A. Vreeland: (male 57) John Riker: (male 70,) Catherine A. Bean:(male 88,Female 67,)John P. Merselis : (male 87,) Jack Jackson : (Female 81,) Jacobus J. Blauvelt: (Male 80) Jane Powlison:(female 78) Richard Westervelt: (Female 76,)Richard Powlison: (male 75, female 70,) Edo E. Merselis :(female mulotto 73,)Peter M.Ryerson: (male 67,)Adrian R. Vanhouten: (Female 66,)John R. Bonta: (female 55,) Cornelius Vanwinkle : (female 65,)John A. Post:(male 65,)Richard J. DeGray:(female 63,)Archan Vanriper:(female 59,)Hannah Vanhouten:(female 58,) John Riker :(female 58,)George J. Rogerson: (female,58) Ruliff Romine:(female 55,) Cornelius P. Hopper:(female 54,) Cornelius Schuzler : (female 51,) John Hogancamp: (female 50,) John D. Michelis: (female 45,)Rachael VanHouten:(female 70,)

Hunterdon
Bethlehem
Joseph Exton:(female,90,)

Rariton
Robert K. Reading:(female 75,)John Hagaman:(female 62,) Elizabeth Waldron: (female 60,)Isaac G. Farlee:(male 80,)

Tewksbury
Robert Craig:(male 65)

Lebanon
Joseph Jenston:(female60,)

Clinton
Paul Apgar : (male 58)

Monmouth
Middletown
J.B.Crawford:(female 90,)Nathaniel S. Wykoff:(male 87, )William Herbert:(male 83,)William Bennet:(female 73,)Wainwright:(female 70,)Chas Higgins:(male 65,)John Hendrickson:(male 60,)William J. Connard:(male 60,female Mulatto 45)JosephEly:(female 58,) Hendrich Plonorred:(male 56,) John W. Holmes:(male 56,) Robert K. Wilson:(female 55,)Jonathan McClam:(male 70,)James A. Keid:(female 63,)


Atlantic
Mary Hulschert:(male88,)John Polhemus:(male 70,)William Haight:( female 60,female 55)John Stoutenborough:( male 51,)


Freehold
Henderson:(male 85,)Alice Vanclief:(female 70,)James W. Holmes:( female 55,)David Stillwell:( female 52,)Johnathan F. Rogers:(female 52,)Thomas C. Thorockmerton :( female 49,)William J. Bowne:( female 46,)Edward Clayton:( female 45,)


Marlboro
David J. Vanderveer:(female 83,)John R. Schanck:(female 70,female 60,) John J. Ely:(female 70,)Thomas B. Conover:( female 50,)John Whitlock:( male 24,male 23,)

 Raritan
Holmes Conover:(female 75, male 67,)Elizabeth Stillwell:(female 74,)Hendrick Longstreet:(male 70,Male 50)Courtenus Hiers:(male 65,)Obadiah Stillwell:(female 62,)Barnes B. Smock:( female 60,Male 23, male 23-Mulotto,female 16,)David Williamson:(female 55,)Cyremis Hendrickson:( female55,female 7,male 17, male 11)William Hendrickson:( female 50,male 25, Male 8, female 12,male 22, male 19,)Samuel Stillwell:( female 47,)John Whitlock:( male 24,)Gilbert H. Vanmater:(male 23,)John H. Holmes:( male 22, male 20,)Garret H. Hendrickson:( male 15, female 20, male 19, male 18,)Elizabeth Longstreet:(male 20, female 16,)David Holmes:( female 13, male 14,)


Pequannock
Jacob Berry:(female 75,)Garrett G. Demott:(female 70,)Henry H. Berry:(female 70,)Peter Roome:(female 65,)Abraham A. Jacobus:( female 62,)John L/ Wessels:( female 60,)Giles B. Jacobus:( male 52,)Cornelius Mandeville:( male 50,)


Milstone
John W. VanSchoick:(female 65,)

Shrewsbury

Garrett Morford:(male 65,)Archibald Haviland:(female 59,)

Morris

Elias R. Williams:( female 60,)Stephan Gawin:( female 60,)

Ocean

Charlotte Hubbard:( male 60,)

Somerset
Bedminister
William Vliet:(female 90,)Philip Vanderveer:(male 90,)Theodore Todd:(female 80,)Paul Vandevoort:male 70,)William A. Vanderen: (Male 60,)Thomas Blackwell:(female 55)Henry Vanderven:(male 52,female 0) Robert C. Todd:(male 46)


montgomery
Abraham Cruser:(male 80,)Henry Duryee:(male 60,)Cornelius Cruser:(female 50,)John S. Hogland:(female 47,)


Branchburg
Issac H. Hall:(male 90,)Maria Hall:(male 70,)David Nevius:(female 65,)James Ten Eick:(female65,)Henry Vonderveen:(male 58,)Mary Sisen:(female 48,)


Hilsborough
Petronella Vandoren:(male75,)Abraham D. Quick:(female 70,)Tunis Tunison:(MALE 65,)Rynear Vachrur :(male 60,)Catherine Vachtur:(male 60,)

Bernards
Bergun Vandover:(female,72,)Isreal Bedell:(female 55,)Daniel Whitmack:(male 53,)Peter Coryell:(female 52,)

Bergen
Hackensack
James Paulison :(female 90,)Mary Demott:(male88,)Jacob Edsoll : (female 86, male 62,)Nicholas Kipp: (female 80,)Garret Garrison:(female 79,)Cornelius Ireland:(male 77,) Albert C. Westerett: (female 75,)Lerina Cole:(male 75,)John G. Banta:(male 75,male 60,)Peter J. Ackerman:(female 72,)George Vanriper:(female 69,)Jacob C.Tishum:(male 69,)Margaret Parkis: (female 65,)John DeGroot :(male 65,male 55, male 50,)Cornelius Port:(female 62, Male 50,)James Brinkerhoff:(female 60,)Jacob H. Kipp:(male 60,)Adrianna Ely:(female 55,)Henry C. VanHouten:(male 55,)Richard P. Terhum:(female 52,)Henry J. Brinkerhoff:(female 50,)William H. Day:(female 50, female 50)

New Barbados
Abraham Dermaurt:(female 80,) Elizabeth Boyd :(Female 76,)Isaac A. Panderbrch:(male 68,)John Marinus:(female 66,)Herny J. Paulaus:(female 62,) Henry J. Terhune:(male 62,)Andrew Hopper:(male 55,)

Ho Ho Kus
William G. Hoppe: (female 78,)Henry A. Hoppe:(female 50,)Albert V. Acherum:( female 50,)


lodi
David Anderson:(male 75,)

Washington

John VanWayne:(male 55,)Abraham J. Blanner:(male 55,)Thomas Herrig :(male 53,)

sussex
Wantage
John Titsworth:(female 83,)

Middlesex
North Brunswick
John Conever:(female 80,)Augustus Taylor:(female 70,)Henry Vanlicey:(female 70,)John R. Couenhovin:(female 68,)John Hagaman:(female 65,)Peter Spader:( female 64,)Vincent Barkelew:(male 64,)Fredric Richmond:(female 60,)Hannah Sehenck:( female 60,)John Outcalt: female 60,)Henry Vanarsdale:(female 53,)

Hudson
Franklin
Jacob Race:(female 75,)

North Bergen
John M. Newkirck:(female 67,)Able S. Smith:(male mulotto 57,)
Morris
Hanover
Hiram Smith:(male 75,) John H. Vreeland:(female 70,Male 70,)
Harrison

Henry Tereance:( female 62,)
Mercer
Trenton
Sarah Leake:(female 72,)Clara Leake:(female 72,)

Hopewell

John P. Stout:(female 59,)

Lawrence

Theodore Lanning:(female 58,)

Atlantic
Harbour
Abigail Holdcraft:(female 70,)

Warren
Harmony
Thomas D. Fair:(female 70,)
Franklin
Abram Warren:(female 67,)
Warner

Mercer
Lawrence
Martha Lanning:(male 69,)Edward Lanning:(female 65,)


Hopewell
Andrew MD Lenning:(female 65,)

Essex
Caldwell
 Jonathan Beach:(male 72,)

Belleville

Daniel Vanwink :(male 60,)

plainfield
James J. Compton :(female 57,)Ezra Miller:(female 49,) John Denman:(female 0,)

Newark
Mary Fredricks:(female54,)

Morris
Hanover
Susanna SGH:(female 65,) Samuel Fanand:(male 65,) Samuel P. Smith:(female 63,)Adrianna Boudindt:(female 60,)William Dehert:(male 47,)