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Members of the Colonial New Jersey Legislature

This page will list all pre-1776 members of the Legislative Council and the General Assembly to facilitate locating, creating, and categorizing their profiles.

The West Jersey Assembly met at Burlington, New Jersey, the East Jersey Assembly met in Perth Amboy. After unification of the Jerseys, the Assembly switched between the towns (at least for the first session, will note where served as additional sources added).

I started with lists in C. Miller Biddle's book, but he only includes legislatures in which William Biddle served; will look for official sources. He also lists justices and other officials.

The West Jersey "Governor's Council" was elected by WJ Assembly, it seems like. After unification of the Jerseys, this body became known as the "Provincial Council" and were appointed by the Crown. Eventually this became the "Legislative Council" and then the "Senate".

"The governments of East and West Jersey are surrendered to Queen Anne, April 15, 1702."

West Jersey General Assembly

1682, May 2-6 [1]

1683, May 2-15[2]

First Tenth

Second Tenth

Salem Tenth

Third Tenth

1684, May 12-14[3]

First Tenth

  • George Hutcheson (not on WT with this spelling)
  • Robert Stacy
  • William Biddle
  • Francis Davenport
  • Elias Farre
  • Richard Guy
  • Percivale Towle
  • Mahlon Stacy
  • William Emley
  • Godfrey Hancock

Salem Tenth

Second Tenth

  • Thomas Ollive, speaker
  • Robert Dimsdale
  • Thomas Gardiner
  • John Gosling
  • Daniel Wills
  • William Peachee
  • Benjamin Scott
  • Isaac Marriott
  • John Borton
  • Richard Basnett

Third Tenth

  • William Cooper
  • Robert Turner
  • Francis Collins
  • Henry Tradway
  • Henry Wood
  • Marcus Lawrence
  • William Bates

1685, May 12-13[4]

First Tenth

  • Thomas Barton
  • George Hutcheson
  • Percivale Towle
  • Francis Davenport
  • Robert Stacy
  • John Pancoast
  • Mahlon Stacy
  • John Horner
  • William Biddle
  • William Emley

Salem Tenth

Second Tenth

  • Thomas Ollive, speaker
  • Robert Dimsdale
  • John Gosling
  • Daniel Wills
  • Thomas Gardiner
  • William Peachee
  • John Borton
  • William Evans
  • James Budd
  • Richard Basnett

Third Tenth

  • Robert Turner
  • Thomas Sharp
  • Samuel Coles
  • Samuel Carpenter
  • Richard Russell
  • Richard Arnold
  • William Albertson

Fourth Tenth

  • Peter Dalboe
  • William Warner

1685, November 25[5]

First Tenth

  • Mahlon Stacy
  • Thomas Lambert
  • William Emley
  • William Biddle
  • Francis Davenport
  • Joshua Wright
  • George Hutcheson
  • Elias Farre
  • Robert Stacy
  • Richard Guy

Salem Tenth

Second Tenth

  • Thomas Ollive, speaker
  • Samuel Jennings
  • Robert Dimsdale
  • Thomas Budd
  • Daniel Wills
  • James Budd
  • Thomas Gardiner
  • John Borton
  • William Peachee
  • William Budd

Third Tenth

Fourth Tenth

  • Andrew Robeson
  • Israel Helme
  • Woola Dalboe
  • Anthony Nealson
  • Benjamin Bramma
  • John Wood
  • Richard Lawrence
  • William Warner
  • Henry Tradway
  • Thomas Mathews

1686, May 12-15[6]

Per Biddle, same members as 25 Nov 1685, except

  • Salem Tenth: Richard Tindall replaced Samuel Carpenter
  • Third Tenth: Thomas Sharp replaced Thomas Howell

1687, May 12

1697, May 12[7]

Quakers

Non-Quakers

  • John Holmes
  • John Reading
  • George Taylor
  • Andrew Robeson, Jr.
  • Timothy Brandreth
  • Samuel Hedge
  • Jacob Dayton
  • Joseph Woodroofe
  • John Shaw
  • John Rambo
  • Peter Matson
  • Benjamin Bramma
  • John Ashbrook
  • John Crawford

1701, May 12[8]

West Jersey Governor's Council

East Jersey General Assembly

New Jersey General Assembly

1703, November 10-December 13[9]

First Assembly, first session met at Perth Amboy.

West Jersey Delegates

  • Thomas Gardiner, Speaker
  • Thomas Lambert
  • William Biddle
  • William Stevenson
  • Restore Lippincott - Restore Lippincott (1653-1741)
  • John Kay
  • John Hugg, Jr.
  • Joseph Cooper
  • William Hall
  • John Mason
  • John Smith
  • Peter Fretwell

East Jersey Delegates

1704, September 7-28 [10]

First assembly, second session met at Burlington.

West Jersey Delegates

  • same as first session


East Jersey Delegates


Sources

  1. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 369
  2. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 369
  3. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 370
  4. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 371
  5. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 372
  6. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 373
  7. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 374
  8. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 375
  9. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 376
  10. ↑ Biddle, C. Miller. William and Sarah Biddle, 1633-1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America. Moorestown, N.J: C. Miller Biddle, 2012, page 376

Need to incorporate from these

  • Purvis, Thomas L. “‘High-Born, Long-Recorded Families’: Social Origins of New Jersey Assemblymen, 1703 to 1776.” The William and Mary Quarterly 37, no. 4 (1980): 592–615. https://doi.org/10.2307/1919401. https://doi.org/10.2307/1919401
  • Batinski, Michael C. The New Jersey Assembly, 1738-1775: The Making of a Legislative Community. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987.




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