Document: Census of the several towns at Achter Col

At the Meeting of the Commanders and Honorable Council of War, holden on the 14th of September 1673.

Captain Knyff and Lieut. Snel having returned yesterday from Aghter Coll, report: That pursuant to their commission, they have administered the oath of allegiance in the form hereinbefore set forth, under date [ ] to the inhabitants of the undernamed towns, who are found to number as in the lists delivered in to the Council.

Elizabethtown, 80 men, 76 of whom have taken the oath; the remainder absent.

New Worck, 86 men, 75 of whom have taken the oath; the remainder absent.

Woodbridge, 54 men, all of whom have taken the oath except one, who was absent.

Piscattaway, 43 men, all of whom have taken the oath.

Middeltowne, 60 men, 52 of whom have taken the oath; the remainder absent.

Schrousbury, 68 men, 38 of whom have taken the oath; 18 who are Quakers, also promised allegiance, and the remainder were absent.

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