Justice Of The Peace
Morris County, New Jersey

Morris Co. Up


From 1776 to 1844 the justices of the peace of each county were appointed in joint meeting, to hold their office for five years, and were considered county officers. Besides those who were also judges, there were appointed for Morris county the following:
   Munsells History of Morris County, pp76-77.


Name  Year Appointed  
ALBRIGHT, Robert — 1839, 1844

ALLEN, David — 1844

ALLEN, William — 1837

ARROWSMITH, Michael — 1831

ARROWSMITH, Nicholas, Jr. — 1821, 1826, 1836

BABBIT, William — 1815, 1820, 1825, 1831, 1837, 1842

BABBITT, Seth — 1777, 1782

BALL, Aaron — 1798, 1803, 1816

BALL, Isaac — 1832

BALLENTINE, John J. — 1843

BARD, Elisha — 1836

BATES, David S. — 1807

BEACH, Benjamin — 1796, 1801, 1806, 1811

BEACH, Isaac, Jr. — 1831

BEACH, Moses — 1831

BEACH, Samuel S. — 1816

BEAM, Moses — 1844

BIRD, Isaac — 1838, 1843

BLEECKER, John A. — 1829, 1834

BOCKOVER, George — 1794, 1799

BOWMAN, Lambert — 1815

BREWIN, David — 1776

BRITTIN, William — 1829, 1834

BRITTIN, William P. — 1841

BROADWELL, Simeon — 1793

BROOKFIELD, John — 1776, 1781

BROOKFIELD, Moses A. — 1836, 1843

BURNET, David — 1843

BURNET, David, Jr. — 1836

BURNET, Matthew — 1776

CAMPFIELD, Jabez — 1793, 1798

CANFIELD, Abraham C. — 1841

CANFIELD, Israel — 1812

CARMICHAEL, Alexander — 1790, 1795

CARTER, Azariah — 1825, 1830, 1836, 1843

CASKEY, Samuel C. — 1836, 1844

CHERRY, Moses — 1840

CHILD, Francis, Jr. — 1833

CLARK, Silas C. — 1833

CLARK, Silas C. — 1838

CLARK, William M. — 1843 resigned 1845

COBB, John — 1777, 1794, 1799, 1803 resigned 2 Oct 1778

COBB, Lemuel — 1813, 1818, 1822, 1827

COE, Ebenezer — 1793, 1798, 1804, 1809, 1814, 1819, 1824

COE, Thomas — 1843

COLE, Henry — 1838, 1843

COLFAX, Robert — 1796, 1812, 1818, 1822

CONDICT, Benjamin L. — 1840

CONDICT, Edward — 1807, 1812, 1817, 1822,1824,1827,1829,1834

CONDICT, Silas — 1833, 1839, 1843

CONDIT, Benjamin — 1803, 1808, 1813, 1818, 1823, 1828

CONDIT, Lewis — 1818

CONGAR, Stephen — 1822, 1827, 1832, 1837, 1842

COOK, Abraham — 1817

COOK, Daniel — 1784, 1789

COOK, Ellis — 1793

COOK, Silas — 1805, 1812, 1817, 1826, 1833, 1838, 1843

COOPER, Daniel, Jr. — 1776, 1781

COOPER, David T. — 1838, 1843

COOPER, Henry, Jr. — 1808, 1813, 1818

COOPER, John G. — 1812, 1817, 1822

COOPER, Nathan A. — 1834

COOPER, Sylvanus — 1826, 1831

CORWIN, Nathaniel — 1829, 1834

CORWINE, William — 1792, 1797, 1803, 1808, 1813

CRANE, Benjamin — 1822, 1827, 1832

CRANE, Obadiah — 1814, 1819

CRATER, David, Jr. — 1840

CUMMINGS, Gilman T. — 1843

DALRYMPLE, John — 1839

DALRYMPLE, Joseph — 1829

DAVENPORT, Cornelius — 1813

DAVENPORT, Enos — 1839

DAY, Artemas — 1791

DAY, David — 1817, 1821, 1826, 1836, 1842

DAY, Stephen — 1777, 1782

DE CAMP, David S. — 1843

DE CAMP, John — 1796, 1801, 1806, 1812, 1817

DE HART, William — 1829 of Pequannock

DEBOW, John — 1791, 1833, 1838

DELLECKER, William — 1819, 1823, 1828, 1833

DEMOUTH, Jacob — 1815, 1820, 1826, 1832

DENNISON, James R. — 1842

DICKERSON, Alexander — 1829, 1834, 1839

DICKERSON, Mahlon — 1811

DICKERSON, Stephen — 1812, 1817, 1821, 1826, 1831, 1836

DICKERSON, Thomas — 1824, 1829

DICKERSON, William H. — 1843

DIXON, Calvin — 1833, 1838

DIXON, Lot — 1807, 1812, 1817

DOLEY, Jacob — 1776

DOTY, Aaron — 1838, 1843

DOUGHTY, John — 1805, 1812

DOUGLASS, Nathaniel F. — 1837, 1842

DRAKE, Ebenezer — 1796, 1801

DRAKE, Eliphalet — 1844

DRAKE, Jacob — 1844

DRAKE, Jacob, Jr. — 1815, 1820

DRAKE, Paul — 1816, 1825

DRAKE, Zephaniah — 1829

ELY, James — 1835, 1843

EMMONS, Nicholas — 1798, 1803, 1808

FAESCH, John Jacob — 1776, 1781

FAIRCHILD, Abraham — 1792, 1797, 1803

FLEMING, James M. — 1832, 1838

FLOCK, Andrew — 1831, 1842

FORD, Charles — 1838, 1843

FORD, William O. — 1833, 1838, 1839, 1843

FREEMAN, Charles — 1829

FREEMAN, Peter — 1825, 1830

GARRIGUS, John, Jr. — 1836, 1841

GENUNG, Wickliff H. — 1843

GOULD, Jacob — 1777, 1782, 1787

GOULD, Robert — 1776

GRAY, John — 1844

GREY, Richard — 1821, 1826, 1830 resigned 1830

GUERIN, Stephen O. — 1833

HAGER, Morris — 1832

HAINES, Stephen R. — 1833

HALSEY, Joseph — 1807

HANCOCK, John W. — 1831

HAND, Robert — 1832

HARDY, John — 1834

HARVEY, Joseph C. — 1841

HAZEN, Ziba — 1799

HEADLEY, William — 1833

HEDGES, Joseph — 1801, 1806, 1812, 1819

HEDGES, Samuel — 1835, 1843

HENN, Lawrence — 1813, 1818

HILTS, Samuel — 1833, 1838, 1843

HOFFMAN, Henry J. — 1839

HOLLOWAY, Jacob — 1840

HOPPING, Daniel — 1805, 1810, 1816, 1820, 1825, 1832

HOPPING, James F. — 1839

HORTON, Daniel — 1801, 1806, 1812, 1816, 1821, 1826

HORTON, David — 1831

HORTON, Elijah — 1776, 1782

HOWELL, Benjamin — 1776, 1781

HOWELL, Calvin — 1839

HOWELL, Jared — 1840

HOWELL, Nelson — 1832

HUNT, John — 1823, 1828, 1837, 1842

HURD, Daniel — 1803, 1808

JACKSON, Joseph — 1813, 1818, 1822, 1827, 1831, 1836, 1841

JACKSON, Stephen — 1791

JACKSON, William — 1833

JENNINGS, Joshua — 1797

JOHNSON, Gabriel — 1819, 1823, 1828

JOHNSON, Jacob — 1833

JOHNSON, Peter A. — 1830, 1835, 1840

JOHNSON, Richard — 1803, 1808, 1813, 1818, 1823, 1828

JOHNSON, William B. — 1843

KELSO, John — 1808

KEMPLE, Peter — 1823, 1828, 1833, 1839

KENNEDY, Henry — 1836, 1844

KING, Constant — 1776

KITCHEL, Aaron — 1777, 1782, 1822, 1827

KITCHEL, Abraham — 1782, 1803

KITCHEL, Ezekiel — 1808

KITCHEL, John — 1792

KITCHEL, Matthias — 1829, 1834, 1839

KNAPP, Josiah P. — 1836, 1843

LA FEVER, William B. — 1840

LAMSON, Benjamin — 1803, 1808, 1813

LANDRON, Thomas — 1843

LEWIS, Joseph — 1796

LINDSLEY, Benjamin — 1782 resigned 1 Jun 1786

LINDSLEY, Eleazer — 1783

LINDSLEY, Isaac — 1806, 1811

LINDSLEY, Silas — 1815, 1820, 1825, 1830

LINDSLEY, Simeon — 1830, 1835, 1844

LOGAN, Thomas, Jr. — 1812, 1818, 1821

LOGAN, William — 1786, 1822, 1827, 1832

LOSEY, John M. — 1835

LUDLOW, Benjamin — 1803

LUDLOW, Cornelius — 1822, 1827

LUDLOW, George H. — 1828

LUM, Benjamin P. — 1822, 1827, 1832, 1837, 1841, 1842

LUM, Israel — 1799, 1804

LUM, Squier — 1816, 1821, 1826, 1831, 1836, 1842

MANDEVILLE, Cornelius W. — 1832, 1844

MANDEVILLE, Henry, Jr. — 1776, 1777, 1781, 1783

MANDEVILLE, Nicholas — 1799, 1803, 1808, 1813, 1818

MARSH, Ephraim — 1832

MC CARTY, Cummins — 1843

MC CORMICK, Daniel — 1831

MEAD, Isaac — 1833

MEEKER, Stephen W. T. — 1844

MERCHANT, Daniel P. — 1834

MILLER, David — 1817

MILLER, David W. — 1833, 1843

MILLER, Jacob — 1804

MILLER, Jonathan — 1815, 1820, 1825, 1838, 1843

MILLS, David — 1814, 1818, 1822 resigned 1819

MINTON, Jacob — 1781

MOORE, Loammi — 1833, 1838

MOORE, Martin S. — 1839

MOTT, Elisha B. — 1840

MOTT, John, Jr. — 1833

MUNN, Jeptha B. — 1834

MUNRO, William — 1803,1808,1818,1822,1824,1833,

		 1834 resigned 1835

MUNROE, William T. — 1844

NEIGHBOUR, Lemuel — 1828

NEIGHBOUR, Leonard — 1814, 1819, 1824

NEIGHBOUR, Nicholas — 1799, 1804, 1809, 1814

NICHOLAS, Rheace — 1835, 1843

NICHOLS, William — 1841

OGDEN, Jonathan — 1805, 1812

PARROT, Thomas — 1811, 1818

PEARCE, Andrew — 1829

PHILLIPS, Henry W. — 1813

PIER, David — 1805, 1810

PIERSON, Benjamin — 1809, 1814, 1819

PIERSON, Ebenezer H. — 1813

PITNEY, Mahlon, Jr. — 1836, 1841

POWERS, Jacob — 1844

QUIMBY, Isaac — 1824, 1829, 1834

RIGGS, John — 1784

RIGGS, Preserve — 1806, 1811

RIGHTER, John — 1831, 1836

ROME, Benjamin, Jr. — 1825, 1833

ROSS, William — 1778

RUNYON, Daniel — 1833, 1838, 1843

RUSSELL, Caleb — 1787

SALMON, Aaron — 1823, 1832, 1837, 1842

SALMON, Stephen — 1833, 1838, 1843

SALTER, John — 1791, 1796

SANDFORD, David — 1843

SAYRE, Samuel — 1825 of Roxbury

SAYRE, Samuel — 1833 of Morris

SCHUYLER, Philip — 1808

SEWARD, John, Jr. — 1833, 1838, 1843

SHARP, John, 3rd — 1818, 1824, 1829, 1834

SHARP, Morris — 1839

SHERMAN, John — 1826, 1836

SHUILER, Jacob — 1786

SMITH, Benjamin — 1806, 1811, 1813, 1816, 1818, 

		1819 resigned 1820

SMITH, Ebenezer — 1820, 1824, 1829, 1833, 1834

SMITH, Hiram — 1788, 1793

SMITH, John — 1812, 1817, 1820

SMITH, John — 1821 of Roxbury

SMITH, John F. — 1826, 1831, 1832

SMITH, Joseph — 1819, 1823, 1829, 1839

SMITH, Peter — 1805, 1811

SOUTHARD, Timothy — 1844

SPENCER, William — 1809, 1813 resigned 1814

SPRIGGS, William — 1833

STAGHT, Robert — 1820

STARK, Aaron — 1776, 1777

STARK, John — 1783, 1789, 1794, 1799

STARK, John, 3rd — 1813

STEPHENS, Archer — 1837, 1842

STEPHENS, Henry — 1830

STEPHENS, Robert C. — 1833, 1838, 1843

STEVENS, Henry — 1837, 1842

STICKLE, Francis — 1833

STICKLE, Hubbard S. — 1841

STILES, Ephraim P. — 1818

STILES, Jonathan — 1776, 1781 resigned 10 Jan 1779

SWACKHAMER, Jacob — 1843

SWAYZE, Samuel — 1839

TERRY, Nathaniel — 1791

THOMPSON, Calvin — 1833

THOMPSON, Daniel, Jr. — 1829

THOMPSON, David — 1781, 1828

THOMPSON, Jonathan — 1835, 1843

THOMPSON, William — 1824

THORP, David — 1822, 1827

TRIMMER, George, Jr. — 1831, 1836

TUTTLE, Daniel L. — 1828

TUTTLE, Ebenezer — 1783 resigned 1 Jun 1786

TUTTLE, Moses — 1776, 1788 resigned 23 Nov 1790

TUTTLE, Robert K. — 1829, 1834, 1843

VAIL, Stephen — 1829, 1834

VAN WINKLE, Thomas — 1811, 1816, 1820, 1825, 1832, 1837

VANDUYNE, Alfred — 1844

VOORHEES, Cornelius — 1787, 1807

WALDRUFF, John — 1775

WARD, Elijah — 1814, 1818, 1835, 1844

WARD, Enos — 1791

WEISE, Jacob — 1817

WEISE, Samuel — 1822

WELLS, John — 1841

WELSH, David, Jr. — 1789, 1794, 1799, 1803, 1809, 1814, 1819

WELSH, Jacob — 1829, 1834, 1839 of Washington Twp.

WELSH, John — 1833

WHITEHEAD, Isaac — 1832

WILLS, Samuel — 1776

WOOD, James — 1825, 1830, 1837

WOOD, Joseph — 1782

WOODHULL, William — 1780, 1790, 1795, 1803, 1806, 1808

YOUNG, John T. — 1837

YOUNG, William — 1777, 1782 resigned 13 Aug 1784

YOUNGS, John J. — 1842 

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