Mathew Gracie

• Name	Mathew Gracie
  Gender	Male
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Indentured servant
  Departure	11 Jul 1684	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin
  Arrival	Oct 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Imported by Thomas Pearson on a four year indenture. Sold to Benjamin Clarke on 5 Nov 1684
  Name	Matthew Gracy  [1]
  Property	1689	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Took a seven year lease with Justinian Hall on 'DeSents' [John Decent's] plantation
  	Source: Craig, Robert W., ‘Benjamin Clarke Sr. and His Diary of the Early Raritan Valley’, The Princeton University Library Chronicle, 66.3 (2005), 393-438
  Property	1 May 1691	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Matthew and Justinian Hall entered into an agreement with Benjamin Clarke to rent some cows. They also laboured on Clarke's farm and borrowed plows and oxen.
  	Source: Craig, Robert W., ‘Benjamin Clarke Sr. and His Diary of the Early Raritan Valley’, The Princeton University Library Chronicle, 66.3 (2005), 393-438
  Property	20 Jan 1695/96	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Patent to John Cockburn of Newark, mason for 205 acres there, of which 55 acres are paid for, 30 are given in right of Benjamin Griffith and 120 are for the headland of Robert Anderson, Mathew Gracie, John and George Sharp
  Residence	16 Jul 1722	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	When witness to a deed between brothers Thomas and William Smith
  Person ID	I45239	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin - 11 Jul 1684 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Property - Took a seven year lease with Justinian Hall on 'DeSents' [John Decent's] plantation - 1689 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Matthew and Justinian Hall entered into an agreement with Benjamin Clarke to rent some cows. They also laboured on Clarke's farm and borrowed plows and oxen. - 1 May 1691 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Patent to John Cockburn of Newark, mason for 205 acres there, of which 55 acres are paid for, 30 are given in right of Benjamin Griffith and 120 are for the headland of Robert Anderson, Mathew Gracie, John and George Sharp - 20 Jan 1695/96 - Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA Residence - When witness to a deed between brothers Thomas and William Smith - 16 Jul 1722 - Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Monmouth Co Deeds Volume G: Folio 98-100 (CMNCL001). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p272.