Newton Township, originally part of Old Gloucester County in

West New Jersey, was the site of some of the earliest settlements

along the Delaware River. The area today roughly encompasses the

city of Camden plus Haddon Township within Camden County.

Lest the founding fathers of Newton Township be as forgotten as the

county they settled, John Clement has prepared a number of detailed

genealogical and biographical sketches of these patriarchs and matriarchs.

Each sketch traces the principal and his families members through

several generations, beginning with the family's place of origin or first appearance in Newton Township.

The volume concludes with a collection of marriage entries-a number

from Quaker meetings-for Burlington, Salem, Newton, Chester,

Evesham, and Woodbury. The principal families covered in the

sketches are as follows: Albertson, Bates, Burroughs, Carpenter,

Champion, Clements, Cole, Collins, Cooper, Eastlack, Ellis, Estaugh,

Gardiner, Gill, Graysbury, Hillman, Hinchman, Howell, Hugg, Kaighn,

Kay, Lippincott, Mathews, Matlack, Mickle, Morgan, Newbie,

Nicholson, Sharp, Shivers, Spicer, Stacy, Stokes, Thackara, Tomlinson,

Turner, Woods, and Zane.