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Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle says that this paper is signed by one hundred and seventy-seven names, that some of these names are splendid specimens of penmanship, but others are scarcely legible; that eighteen signers made their mark. Doubtless, as Mr. Tuttle remarked, "many of these signers knew better how to hold a musket than a pen." It is said that "Colonel Joseph Jackson had the fact from his father that this association of Whigs in this township had 400 signers." It is believed that each member of the "committee of safety" had a copy of the foregoing agreement, and that if all those papers could be obtained we would find the names of over two hundred more signed thereto. But the foregoing is sufficient to show that a large majority of the leading citizens were openly pronounced in their determination to support the measures of the Continental and Provincial Congresses, and to stand firmly together for self-protection amid the perilous circumstances in which they were placed.Articles of Association of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Pequannock, in the County of Morris, pledging themselves to sustain the action of the Continental and Provincial Congresses, in defending the Constitution, signed by 180 persons.
[May] 1776We, the Subscribers, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the township of Pequannock, in the county of Morris and the province of New Jersey, having long viewed with concern the avowed design of the ministry of Great Britain to raise a revenue in America, being deeply affected with the cruel hostilities already commenced in Massachusetts Bay for carrying that arbitrary design into execution, convinced that the preservation of the rights and privileges of America depends, under God, on the firm union of its inhabitants, do, with hearts abhorring slavery, and ardently wishing for a reconciliation with our parent state on constitutional principles, solemnly associate and resolve under the sacred ties of virtue, honor and love of our country, that we will personally, and so far as our influence extends, endeavor to support and carry into execution whatever measures may be recommended by the Continental and Provincial Congresses for defending our constitution and preserving the same inviolate, according to the resolutions of the aforesaid Continental and Provincial Congresses, firmly determined by all means in our power to guard against the disorders and confusions to which the peculiar circumstances of the times may expose us.
We do also further associate and agree, as far as shall be consistent with the measures adopted for the preservation of American Freedom, to support the magistrates and other civil officers in the execution of their duty agreeable to the laws of the colony, and to observe the directions of our committee acting.
{Alphabetical List}
David ALLEN
Job ALLEN
George G. BARR
Alexander BATES
Joseph BEDFORD
David BEMAN
Josiah BEMAN
Josiah BEMAN
Henry BERRY Jr.
John BIARD
Jan BIGELOW
Aaron BIGLOW
Daniel BIGLOW
Jabez BIGLOW
Josiah BIGLOW
Samuel BLAIR
John BROWNE
James CARDIFF
John CARDY
Jonathan CARRINGTON
John CONE
Nathan CONE
Joseph CONGER
William COUGH
James COULTER
Charles CRAWLEY
James DAILY
Benajah DANELS
Humphr DAVENPORT
Hugh DAVIS
John DAVIS
John DEBOW
John DOREMUS
Philip DORMAN
William DRUMMAN
Louis Demorest DUNZOY
William EDWARDS
Conrad ESLER
John ESSELER
Benjamin FAIRCHILD
Garrett FARRALL
Phineas FARRAND
Samuel FARRAND
William FISHER
Peter FRANCISCO
Martin FREDERICK Sr.
John GALLOWAY
Robert GASTON
Josias GOLDSMITH
John GOULD
John HARRIMAN
Joseph HARRIMAN
Richard HARRIMAN
Samuel HARRIS
Jake HARRISON
Silas HATHAWAY
Daniel HAYWARD
Aaron HEDDEN
Henry HENNION
Jacob HILER
John HILER
Nicholas HILER
Peter HILER Jr.
Peter HILER {listed as Hyler}
Philip HILER
James HINDES
Charles HOFF Jr
Garrett HOFF
John HOFF
Joseph HOFF
Christian HOFFMAN
Philip HOLENKOUS
Joseph HOLMES
Jacob HOPPON
Hiram HOWARD
William HOWARD
Joseph HULL
Daniel JACKSON
Edward JACKSON
J. JACKSON
Stephen JACKSON
Abraham JACOBUS
Brant JACOBUS
Cornelius JACOBUS
Cornelius A. JACOBUS
James JACOBUS
James JENNINGS
Jonathan JOHNSON
Peter JOHNSON
Isaac KELLY
Helmer KENT
John KING
Edmund KINGSLAND
John LEE
Elijah LEONARD
Samuel LINDLEY
Henry LINK
Peter LITTLE
Abraham LOUGHENNER
Henry LOWERUS
Eliphalet LYON
Jacob LYON
John MAGIE
Seth MAHURIN
John MARINUS
Samuel MARTIN
John McCONNEL
Gillis McPHERSON
Edward McRANKE
James McURDY
Isaac MILLER
John MILLER
John MILLER Jr. of Jrs.
James MITCHEL
Michael MONTGOMERY
Joshua MOORE
Hinery MOURISSON
Mouris MOURISSON
John MUNSON
John NIX
James NORTON
James NOX
John PARLAMAN
John PEAR
Abraham PEER
John PEER
John PIERSON
Joseph PORTER
Philip PRICE Jr.
Samuel PRICE
Thomas PRICE
William PRICE
Hugh QUIGG
John REYNOLDS
John RICHARDSON
Luman ROBEARDS
John ROBESON Jr.
John ROBESON Sr.
Peter ROBURDS
Joseph ROGERS
James RONAL
William ROSE
Isaac ROSS
William ROSS
Jonathan SALSBURY
James SHANE
Ada SHOWEN
Moses STILES
Henry STOCK
Charles STUART
Daniel TALMAGE
James THARP
Peter TICE
Ebenezer TUTTLE
Moses TUTTLE
William UPHAM
Richard VAN COCK
Henry VAN HOUTEN
David VANDERPOOL
Isaac VANDUYNE
Jacob VANDUYNE
Coon VREELAND
Mark WALTON
Benjamin WANKLE
Thomas WELSHEAR
John WHITE
Gershom WIGGINS
Aaron WILLIS
John WILSON
John WILSON
John WILSON
Robert WILSON
Arthur YOUNG
Henry YOUNG
Martin YOUNG
Israel YOUNGS
{Original List}
Robert GASTON
John MUNSON
Moses TUTTLE
John GOULD
Joseph CONGER
Edward JACKSON
Elijah LEONARD
Benajah DANELS {Daniels?}
Samuel MARTIN
Joseph HOFF
Garrett HOFF
John HOFF
Charles HOFF Jr.
Robert WILSON
Samuel BLAIR
Alexander BATES
John REYNOLDS
Benjamin FAIRCHILD
James COULTER
Jonathan JOHNSON
John CARDY
Charles CRAWLEY
John ROBESON Sr. {sen.}
John ROBESON Jr.
David VANDERPOOL
Peter JOHNSON
Eliphalet LYON
William COUGH
Gershom WIGGINS
James NOX
John DEBOW
John WHITE
William UPHAM
John WILSON
John GALLOWAY
Richard VAN COCK
James CARDIFF
Joseph HOLMES
Gillis McPHERSON
James RONAL
Thomas PRICE
George G. BARR
John MAGIE
James NORTON
William EDWARDS
John BROWNE
John WILSON
Isaac MILLER
Peter LITTLE
Edward McRANKE
Jonathan SALSBURY
Hugh QUIGG
Charles STUART
John LEE
Samuel HARRIS
Christian HOFFMAN
John BIARD
John DAVIS
Ada SHOWEN
J. JACKSON
William ROSE
Louis Demorest DUNZOY
James McURDY
James MITCHEL
James DAILY
Henry STOCK
Hugh DAVIS
John RICHARDSON
Henry LINK
Jan BIGELOW
James THARP
Daniel TALMAGE
Jonathan CARRINGTON
John WILSON
Joshua MOORE
Mark WALTON
William ROSS
David BEMAN
Isaac VANDUYNE
Joseph HARRIMAN
Richard HARRIMAN
Josias GOLDSMITH
William DRUMMAN
John KING
Samuel LINDLEY
Joseph PORTER
Aaron WILLIS
Job ALLEN
Stephen JACKSON
Israel YOUNGS
Ebenezer TUTTLE
Jabez BIGLOW
David ALLEN
Henry BERRY Jr.
Joseph ROGERS
Seth MAHURIN
Silas HATHAWAY
Joseph HULL
Aaron BIGLOW
John HARRIMAN
Aaron HEDDEN
Joseph BEDFORD
Isaac ROSS
John PIERSON
Daniel JACKSON
William FISHER
Josiah BIGLOW
John MILLER
Michael MONTGOMERY
John McCONNEL
Peter HILER {listed as Hyler}
Josiah BEMAN
William PRICE
Daniel BIGLOW
Josiah BEMAN
Isaac KELLY
William HOWARD
Helmer KENT
Hiram HOWARD
James HINDES
Arthur YOUNG
Jacob LYON
John PEER
Luman ROBEARDS {Roberts?}
Benjamin WANKLE
John MARINUS
Daniel HAYWARD
Moses STILES
Phineas FARRAND
Philip PRICE Jr.
Peter FRANCISCO
Philip DORMAN
John DOREMUS
Philip HILER
Samuel FARRAND
Jake HARRISON
Henry YOUNG
Samuel PRICE
Humphrey DAVENPORT
Thomas WELSHEAR
Martin FREDERICK
Abraham LOUGHENNER
John ESSELER
Mouris MOURISSON {Morrison?}
Peter HILER Jr.
Brant JACOBUS
Philip HOLENKOUS
Abraham JACOBUS
Cornelius A. JACOBUS
Henry HENNION
John CONE
Martin FREDERICK Sr. {sen.}
Hinery MOURISSON {Henry Morrison?}
James JACOBUS
Nathan CONE
Coon VREELAND
Henry VAN HOUTEN
John PEAR {Peer?}
John PARLAMAN
Abraham PEER
Nicholas HILER
Edmund KINGSLAND
John HILER
Henry LOWERUS
Cornelius JACOBUS
James JENNINGS
Peter TICE
John NIX
Conrod ESLER {Conrad}
Martin YOUNG
Jacob VANDUYNE
Jacob HOPPON
James SHANE
Garrett FARRALL
Peter ROBURDS {Roberts}
Jacob HILER
John MILLER Jr. of Jrs.
