James Applegate

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• Voress Number: 5A3
• Residence: 1744, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

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Buried:
So Young
Section B

James — ? ?. [Group Sheet]

James married Elizabeth Buckalew 21 Feb 1744. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3A

Joseph — Margaret ?. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3F

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• Voress Number: 5A3B

James — Susanna Letts. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C
• Date of Will: 25 Jun 1831

Robert — ?. [Group Sheet]

Robert married Rhoda F Fry 08 Nov 1787. Rhoda was born 13 Apr 1765; died 04 Jan 1849, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3E

Lewis — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Lewis — Isabella Letts. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3B1

James — Susannah ?. Susannah was born 08 Dec 1769; died 11 Jan 1850; was buried , St Peters Episcopal Church, Spotswood, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C3

Abigail — Hethcote Disbrow. Hethcote died Bef 1850. [Group Sheet]

Abigail married Cornelius Covert 19 Mar 1812, First Presbyterian Church, Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. Cornelius died 1814. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C4

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• Voress Number: 5A3C5
• Baptism: 27 Jul 1809, St Peters Episcopal Church, Spotswood, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

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• Voress Number: 5A3C2

Mary — Peter Hann. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C6

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note cousin marriage

Robert married Charlotte Applegate 29 Nov 1826, First Presbyterian Church, Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C8

Joseph married Anna ? Abt 1831. Anna was born Abt 1813, New Jersey, USA; died 24 Apr 1869, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA; was buried , Rusha Cemetery, Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: New York City, New York, USA

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Occupation:
Printer

William — Hester Martin. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3B1B

Catherine — James Brown. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3B1A

James married Elizabeth Heyers 29 Apr 1813, Cheesequake Baptist Church, Cheesequake, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3B1C

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Based on the age of her siblings and geography, I believe she is the Martha Ann Applegate who married Noah Furman in 1819. Jack Furman wrote in his unpublished monograph "The Applegates of the Lower Part of South Amboy":

The record of the 1822 marriage of William Furman and Matilda Wood appears in the series in the GMNJ on marriages performed at the Cheesequake Baptist Church between 1798 and 1835 by Rev. John Fountain. On 11 March 1819 Rev. Fountain also officiated at the marriage of Noah Furman and Martha Applegate (with Andrew Bowne and Susan Furman as witnesses). See 44 GMNJ at 131.

The household of Noah and Martha Furman will be found in the 1830 Census in the Lower Part of South Amboy at page 259. Noah died of cholera in 1832 (see 14 GMNJ at 84); in the 1840 Census, at page 029, Martha Furman is reported as the head of the household.

Martha — Noah Furman. Noah (son of Edward Furman) died 1832; was buried , Cheesequake Methodist Graveyard, Cheesequake, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3B1D
• Occupation: 1850
• Residence: 1850, South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

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Occupation:
Tavern Keeper

William married Matilda Wood 03 Jan 1822, Cheesequake Baptist, Cheesequake, New Jersey, USA. Matilda (daughter of Wynant Wood and ? ?) was born 30 Sep 1803, New Jersey, USA; died 30 Jun 1873, South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3B1E
• Occupation: 1850
• Residence: 1850, South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
• Occupation: 1870
• Residence: 1870, South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

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Birth:
or NY, according to the 1870 census

Occupation:
Laborer

Occupation:
Clay Miner

Stephen — Ann Heyer. Ann (daughter of Tunis Heyer and Martha Hutchinson) was born Abt 1805, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C6D

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• Voress Number: 5A3C6A
• Occupation: 1850
• Residence: 1850, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA

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Occupation:
Laborer

George — Caroline V ?. Caroline was born Abt 1823, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C6B
• Residence: 1850, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA

Lucretia — William Beecroft. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C6E

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JOSEPH HENRY APPLEGATE, a well known resident of Trenton, for many years engaged in the manufacture of bricks, is one of the oldest men in the city to be still engaged in active business affairs.
Robert applegate, father of Joseph Henry Applegate, married Charlotte Applegate, and they had a number of children, five of whom attained maturity: 1. George, was a member of the United States navy, and was drowned of Barnegat. He married in the south, but all trace of his family was lost after his death. 2. Lucretia, married William Beecroft, has children: William and George. 3 and 4. Mary and Hugh, both died unmarried in Philadelphia. 5. Joseph Henry, see forward.
Joseph Henry Applegate, the youngest of the above mentioned children, was born on the site now (1907) occupied by the battle monument at the Five Points, April 27, 1837. His education was acquired in the public schools and this was supplemented by a course of two years in the George Miller School. He then worked on the Pennsylvanis canal for a period of two years, and after this accepted a position with Henry Nice, one of the pioneer brick manufacturers of the city, remaining with him six years to learn the business of making and burning brick in all details. He then worked for a period of time on the Mississippi river boats which plied between St. Louis and New Orleans, and was thus engaged at the outbreak of the Civil War. From 1861 to 1863 he was employed in the brick yard ofd William Pitcher. In the latter year, at the earnest solicitation of D.P. frost, he entered the employ of that gentleman, remaining with him for the long period of twenty five years. During a part of this time he was a driver and the remainder of the time was spent as superintendent meat department. In association with A.H. Dey, of Trenton, and J.V.D. Beekman, of Hightstown, in 1888, the firm of Applegate and Company was organized, each partner contributing five thousand dollars, and this in existence at the present time. The land on which they commenced ooperations was owned by S.K. Wilson, and produced three millions annually. They purchased the W.W. Fell propwerty in 1899, and commenced operations on a more extensive scale. During this period they had been producing between five and six million of building and pressed bricks per year, and giving employment to about eighty hands. Mr. Applegate has all his life taken a keen interest in all that concerned the community. His support has always been given to the Republican party. He was elected a member of the city council three times from the old seventh ward of the city, which was strongly Democratic, but nevertheless elected him by a majority of three hundred. The fourth time he was nominated for this office he was defeated by the small number of ninety votes, showing his personal popularity. He was a member of the state assembly in 1883-84. He is a member of the Methodist church, and was formerly a member of the I.O.O.F.
Mr. Applegate married Eliza Naylor, and has one child, Daniel B., unmarried. Mrs Applegate is a dauighter of the Benjamin and Cornelia (Phillips) Naylor, who were the parents of children; Charles, drowned in the Potomac, during the Civil war, Aaron and Benjamin, both residents of Baltimore, Maryland, and both have large families, William , Jane and Cornelia, deceased. Ruth married Daniel Snyder, and has two daughters. Eliza, mentioned above.

Joseph married Eliza Naylor 1858. Eliza (daughter of Benjamin Naylor and Cornelia Phillips) was born 24 Dec 1837; died 18 Nov 1914, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; was buried , Greenwood Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C8A
• Occupation: 1850
• Residence: 1850, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
• Occupation: 1870
• Residence: 1870, Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA

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Occupation:
Farmer

Occupation:
Farmer

Buried:
43y 7m 22d

John married Matilda Fulton 06 Dec 1856, Salem Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA. Matilda (daughter of Martin Fulton) was born 26 Feb 1836, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA; died 08 Feb 1917, Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA; was buried 11 Feb 1917, Union Cemetery, Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C8B
• Occupation: 1850
• Residence: 1850, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA

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Occupation:
Farmer

Buried:
Plot: Row 11, Section A

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• Voress Number: 5A3C8C
• Residence: 1850, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
• Occupation: 1870
• Residence: 1870, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA

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Occupation:
Farmer

Charles married Charlotte Green 31 Jul 1858. Charlotte was born 1840, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C8E
• Residence: 1850, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA

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• Voress Number: 5A3C8D
• Residence: 1850, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA

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Buried:
Plot: Row 11, Section A
Note: GAR marker - age 29y 3m 21d

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• Voress Number: 5A3C8F
• Residence: 1850, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
• Occupation: 1870
• Residence: 1870, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1880, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA

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Occupation:
Farmer

Buried:
Plot: Row 19, Section A

Austin married Lucy Ann Fulton 12 Sep 1869, Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA. Lucy was born 25 Dec 1848, Ohio, USA; died 25 Mar 1910, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA; was buried 26 Mar 1910, Rusha Cemetery, Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Voress Number: 5A3C8G
• Residence: 1850, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA

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• Voress Number: 5A3E1

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5A3E1A William Applegate
William was born in 1803, died 26 November 1847. He married Elizabeth Price.
William was a printer in New York City. According to son Edwin:
“he was the first man who made a business of doing press work for a trade. He had six cylinder presses and commenced business for himself in 1840 as a successor to Jared W. Bell. He did a large business in theatrical, book and messotint plating and press work for New York Newspapers.”
From the History of Monmouth County (Lewis, 3:416):
“The New York Typothetae states that William Applegate was "the first man who made a business of doing press work for the trade." The office was on the east corner of Ann Street and Theatre alley, the first floor was his composing room. The building is still standing (1888) as a front of the Everett building, but completely changed in appearance. He had six cylinder presses, and commenced business for himself, in 1840, as a successor to Jared W. Bell, whose name is first found in the New York City Directory in 1822. Bell had a large office for those days, but was always in pecuniary difficulties. As early as 1837 Bell had a mortgage of $10,000 on his concern. The earliest theatrical New York printers were Bell & Conrad. Applegate, upon his purchase of the plant, ordered one of the new plan cyclinder presses from London, and after its arrival waited three months for a mechanic to come from England to put it together. This was the first cylinder press that was operated with any great degree of success in New York City, and its improvements were viewed and utilized by various inventors in the United States, and its endless driven movement is about the same as now used. This press was exhibited at the Crystal Palace in 1854, after which it was broken up. William Applegate did a large business in theatrical, book and mezzotint printing, and also did the press work for the "Sunday Times," "Sunday Mercury," "Daily Arena," "Sober Thought," "New York Dispatch, etc. William died in New York City on 26 November 1847.”
As a commercial printer, William became involved in the scandalous “flash press” in New York City in the 1830s and 1840s. A history of the flash press gives a description:

How did the flash papers make money, and how could such young men enter the business? In general, start-up costs for any new four-page weekly produced on speculation were low if an editor subcontracted production to print jobbing firms, an option increasingly available in the 1830s and 1840s in New York City. Or, if an editor already worked on another paper (as did Thaddeus Meighan), he might have access, either ready or after-hours, to a printing press.

Because of a legal dispute over a promissory note that stretched out for a year, we have an unusually clear picture of how the Sunday Flash was produced. Snelling and Wilkes testified in a trial in November 1842 that they wrote their fall 1841 articles in Brooklyn and in West Broadway, probably in their living quarters. The type was set at various jobbers’ shops, after which the locked-up forms of the type for each page were conveyed to William Applegate, a major print jobber. Applegate ran frequent ads soliciting business for his shop at 17 Ann Street, on the corner of Theatre Alley, where he had thirteen presses including a “mammoth” press for printing large wall signage.

When Myer Levy sued the Sunday Flash for libel, Applegate worried about his own liability. He had printed the paper for four months, on a cash-and-carry basis, but now he wanted to stop. He offered to sell a press to the men for $750 so they could print the Sunday Flash themselves. Lacking cash reserves, Snelling approached Adeline Miller, and the wealthy female entrepreneur endorsed a note for the full amount to Applegate, who made it abundantly clear that he preferred Miller’s credit rather than Snelling’s. The press was removed to a rented site in Jersey City and one of Applegate’s pressmen was hired to run it. Wilkes and Snelling intended to pay Miller back out of the future earnings of the paper, but in fact the paper had only a short future. The Jersey City site was unheated and the cold weather chilled the ink, producing marred copies. Three issues were printed in December, followed by a long break until late January when the final two issues were struck. The trial of the two editors for libel against Myer Levy and for obscenity ended in a hung jury, Wilkes quit the paper. By the end of January Snelling, unable to carry it alone, shut down the Sunday Flash. Applegate demanded either full payment on the note, or partial payment of $500 plus return of the press; Mrs. Miller refused, and their legal battle dragged on for ten more months, at which point a court rendered a judgment of $422 in favor of Applegate.

“The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York”, Patricia Cline Cohen, Timothy J. Gilfoyle, and Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 2008)

Following his death, wife Elizabeth took over the business (Voress).

Willam — Elizabeth Price. [Group Sheet]