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- Mary is the daughter of Susan Estell & Samuel Willson.
* 1900 Jan. - Second Generation
Seventh child: Mary, who settled, lived & died on part of the farm, not in my possession, married William Chadwick. [Mary Willson was the third wife of Wm. Chadwick]
They had one son, Asa Chadwick, who went to the Western part of Pennsylvania, & there died, leaving a small family.
. 1792 Jul 4 - Mr. Chadwick as the contractor to carry the mails between Elizabethtown & Sussex Court House. Asa Chadwick probably lived in the vicinity of Sussex Court House, due to the fact that “he expects to get his sureties near you.” The extent that the Postal System was willing to go to accommodate the public, not only in mail deliveries but also in coordinating, if possible, the mail deliveries with the printing of newspapers is quite interesting.
The contract entered into by Asa Chadwick required that he make the mail trip between Elizabethtown & Sussex Court House with the interim stops once a week, leaving Elizabethtown each Wednesday & returning again on the following Tuesday. However, his responsibilities expanded very quickly by the authorization on June 12, 1792 of a post office in Rockaway, Morris County. Then on October 11, 1792 a post office would be authorized for Booneton, also Morris County. These post offices were added to the postal route being ridden by Asa Chadwick as indicated in the letters below from the General Post Office in Philadelphia.
. SUSSEX COURT HOUSE, First Sussex County P.O. Len Peck
Vol. 35/No. 4 NJPH Whole No. 168.
The following letter addressed to Mr. Chillon Ford confirms the establishment of the post office at Rockaway, New Jersey. General Post Office Philadelphia 23 July 92 Mr. Chillon Ford [Postmaster at Rockaway] Sir; 1 am pleased to find by your letter of the 16th Instant enclosing your Bond & oaths, that you have accepted the appointment of Postmaster for Rockaway.
The Postmasters at Newark & New York shall be informed of the establishment of your office. Asa Chadwick, the Postrider will be told to inform you on what days he will arrive at Rockaway. His contract obliges him to leave Elizabethtown every Wednesday & return again the Tuesday following. I am etc. P.W.
. General Post Office Philadelphia, Oct. 11, 1792 , To Jno. Jacob Faisch, Esq. [manufacturer] .
I have received your letter of the 6th inst. by Mr. Chadwick, & have agreed with him to carry the mail from Booneton to & from Sussex Court House & from Elizabethtown to New York, the times to correspond with his & your wishes as practicable, preserving a due connection with other mails. I also herewith send an appointment of Postmaster with the necessary papers to Mr. Rudolphus Kent whom you recommended for Booneton. I will write to the Postmaster at New York informing him of your plan of delivery & receiving letters there, but Mr. Chadwick must pay him the postage when he takes from the office those which you & they advise him to deliver at New York.
For those extra services beyond his former engagement I allow Mr. Chadwick, (what he proposes) $10. a year. Signed, T.P.
. 1793 Jan 10, Asa Chadwick paid $49.72 pay.
Asa Chadwick continued to serve as post rider on the route between Elizabethtown. Numerous similar correspondence may also be found here. - PJA
Ref: NJ Postal History Society, Leonard Peck, 1972.
Mary Willson & Wm Chadwick's children:.Thomas L., married a Beardsley of the old Beardsley family near North Church & left sons, Edward (near Unionville), Samuel, Leeport & Thomas.
. Samuel Chadwick & Peter Chadwick. - - - [1]
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1777 - 1849 (72 years)