1853 Smith map of Philadelphia and Vicinity (Maple Shade area) Has things from 1849 Smith And Wistar map (I think Otley and White surveys) like K. Burrough for "Collins Lane house." It would actually be Stiles for 1853. Hi everyone interested in Maple Shade, NJ history. As you probably know I had an extensive history website up for about 5 years that I took down a year ago or so. Well Iam still researching here and there and am still in the Maple Shade Historical Society. Where are you??? OK enjoy some history and come out to the events!!!-Dennis Weaver Maple Shade Historical
Society Events-
Hi Den:
Here are a few activities that are going on in the next two
weeks.
Rich
1. Saturday October 17th 1:00pm at North Pine ave and Main Street a
dedication of the new street sign is being made for Bob
Sauselein.
2. Saturday October 17th 2:00pm at the Train Station Allen Hauss
will be the guest speaker talking about his book on South Jersey Movie
Houses.
3. Saturday October 24th 8:00am
All are invited to help with clean-up, painting, lawn work and misc. chores at
the Historic Collins Lane House, 57 Collins Lane.
4. Saturday October 31th 8:00am
All are invited to help with clean-up, painting, lawn work and misc. chores at
the Historic Collins Lane House, 57 Collins
Lane. Haunted House (Prison)open many nights this month of October at Mt. Holly. (Plenty of nearby parking in court parking lots.) A good scare for you and the kids and learn history abit as well! I think second oldest remaining prison in US. And designed by man who designed other famous structures.Prison Museum (Mt. Holly) Past Historical Society
The Cutler family is probably mostly responsible for
alot of structure and way was for years.
Had two "programs." well 3 -
Maple Shade: Past and Present-
A slide show of varying length shown by Arthur Cutler,
or Edith (Mrs. Charles Cutler) then Joe Dugan, of old Maple Shade pictures to
which you roughly followed notes and narrated.
Maple Shade: Before Electricity-
Edith Cutler, etc...
This would suplement the School childrens trips to the
Little Red School House and help teach about the past. A start would be to ask
the kids what things they use at home that use electricity then to show how it
was different by showing a lantern, ice tongs, a wash board, hand tools, coal
stove, etc...
3- would be the teaching of Maple Shade history at
Schoolhouse with "Electricity talk interwoven slightly or not nmuch or the
start. Telling about How school was back then and about the few town residents
then who lived on farms (plantations) and early fire dept, etc...
Lately besides Meetings with speakers, we have open
houses , currently at the Train Station on Parade or Main Street Event days such
as 4th of July, and Christmas Main Street night.
And are working on Collins Lane house (town is slow
progressing on, I heard new windows and doors are being ordered.)
Arthur (ed's younger brother, and Edith parker Cutler,
wife of Charles Cutler the son of Ed Cutler, didnt know many things we know
now.
Stiles Corners and train station was never
moved.
Off dates on alot of farmhouses.
Emmanuel Beagary She kinda knew about and prob was first
teacher at Chesterford School.
School built 1811 but 1812 prob first full year of
use.
Iam seeing school yrs were longer then like 10
months!
Anyhow......
We have to get the classromms visiting again cause who
else will continue the Maple Shade Historical Society if nobody gets interested.
etc....
-Dennis
New Page in the works-Asa Matlack Notes Travels and Events of Nathan Perkins Book-I skim read this the other night.
Meaning ran eyes across each page and only read parts
I am interested in.
Nathan Perkins Farm is on N. Coles Ave. It was called
Evergreen Terrace at least in his later yrs. In 1908 obit.
N. Clinton Ave. was named Evergreen and Terrace Ave is
still Terrace Ave. as per the subdivision plan.
His father had nursery business in Moorestown (Perkins
Memorial area.) and the family is related to the French family.
DeOlliers last owned Perkins Memorial before Twp. and
followed wish of Perkins (related) DeOlliers gave 100,000 to Moorestown
Friends in about 1970. (figure what that equals today!)
Anyhow
Jan 1874 he says he leaves Maple Shade which if this
was a diary would be extremely important. AS Maple Shade Station was named
that by Railroad in June 1874. Of course the area might have been called this
and R.R. copying not originating the name. Nathan can be talking from "time he
wrote book" so not as important.
Nathan's son Charles became a doctor, His younger son
John went into business in Philly or Camden with his brother but then got
sick. Nathan BTW had a cough sickness that sometimes layed him up at
home.
Nathan was involved in real estate buying, selling and
even developing (built some houses in Camden!)
He first raised trees on farm but then went to
orchards and strawberries etc...
He had several people hired to look after farm while
he was away. The first ones all fired for not doing well enough. Finally the
black guy did good.
Nathan traveled a few trips to Cuba and talked about
the slaves on Sugar Cane plantations. He would go to bed at night and still
hear them singing as they worked until late. Other stories of Civil War and
slaves in South.
He was robbed twice. One time Ellisburg by bandits
with a gun. Police came by with no guns so did nothing. Another time in
Merchantville are and cut across the face which left a scar.
Anyhow alot of interesting pages in
there.
-den
Maple Shade Historical Society table at the 2009 Sidewalk Sale. New Page-Maple Shade Village- A German Town Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:51
PM
Subject: Thoughts
Two good studies here.
One William Matlack was an Indentured Servant to
Daniel Wills- You will find about 5 or 6 books that say this
Including one(s) by Matlack family. Chalkley's
"Retrospect of Colonial Times in Burlington County"
OR William Matlack was an Indentured servant to Thomas
Ollive- Its in Moorestown And Her Neighbors and in Matlack book(s) and other
places. One account says a paper stated He was to Wills but
because Thomas Ollive was land commissioner and acted to give the 100 acres of
land that there is the misyunderstanding.
Third view is that he served both- Even DeCou in
Burlington book I think says this and Tale of Three Towns goes that
way.
William was a carpenter so I would imagine even if he
was indentured to Daniel Wills , he would have helped Thomas Ollive build his
Mill etc...
Basically Daniel Wills, and Thomas Ollive were in Co-
hoots.
Thomas Hooton was also close and John Roberts etc...
which brings next THOUGHT TOPIC
Hooton a Tallow Chandellor (candle maker) and other
trades now had 100s acres and were supposed to now be "farmers"
This book would indicate a lack of farming and perhaps
most of their land in 1700s was woods they hunted game in.
I know the ASA MAtlack text of a landing on Rudderow's
land in early 1800s mentions the "landing of ashes" It was around 1811 or 1812
that they started using the Marl in Marlton as fertilizer.
When Heulings had Fork Landing starting in 1840s or
whenever they had boats of lime come in for fertilizer.
-dennis
Starting to work on neglected stuff-I just added the John S. Collins section to the Collins Lane House page.The Collins Lane House 
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