Below is the Promo for the Maple Shade Historical Society Meeting that we had last October. It was meant to be shown and distributed at the Maple Shade Sidewalk Sale. But.... that got rained out.

We had one ad in the Progress (sort of-it was an article), and one ad in the Trend, and mailers to members and friends.

John Rudderow Jr., son of the pioneer, owned all of his father's original 475 acres located between the forks of the two branches of the Pennsauken Creek. He died in 1769, and by will divided up the land already occupied by his three sons, Joseph, Samuel, and William. It was common in the 1700s to have sons "homestead" a part of the land and never get around to subdividing the tract. This was probably a plus as there was a high mortality rate in those days.

1771 was a bad year for the neighbors (and relatives), the Stiles family. Their 425 acre tract had been divided in half, about 1728, after Robert the 2nd's death, to his sons Robert and Ephraim, both of who died in 1771. Robert's son Isaac was raised by the Mickle family until he reached adult age to own "the Old Place of the Stiles." Ephraim's son Thomas sold part of his land along the South branch of the Pennsauken Creek to the Burrough family who owned much land and a grist mill on the other side of the creek in Waterford (now Cherry Hill).

In August of 1772, Samuel Burrough purchased, for the sum of 560 pounds lawful money, Joseph Rudderow and his wife Mary's plantation of 125 acres situated in the Township of Chester, County of Burlington, and Western Division of the province of New Jersey (the country then being owned by England).

The Samuel Burrough who bought this plantation already owned one in Waterford and then moved to Evesham (three plantations).

His father's grist mill on the Waterford side of the Pennsauken Creek along the old Ferry Road, which went through what is now Alden Park, and was replaced in 1794 by our Main Street, would be owned after him by his son Joseph (brother of Samuel) and then grandson Reuben (son of Joseph who died in 1810, and brother of Joseph who granted the Chesterford Schoolhouse lot to neighborhood subscribers in 1811).

Reuben Burrough moved to live on this side of the creek, as his will starts with "Reuben Burrough of Chester Township." His land, containing also a scant bit on the Waterford side of the creek having the grist mill, would then be purchased from the Reuben Burrough Estate by Charles B. Coles who married Rachael Burrough, and the plantation named the "Coles Mill Farm."

In 1793 Samuel Burrough Sr. of Evesham died. In his will he stated that when his son Samuel Jr. reached the age of 21 years of age ( August 4, 1808), he would inherit the plantation in Waterford (brick home on the north side of Maple Avenue, Cherry Hill), and the plantation in Chester ("Collins Lane house," Maple Shade).

What does the "Collins Lane house" have to do with the building of the Friends Cropwell Meeting House in Evesham? Who was Emmanuel Beagary, that lived in it for years? In 1795 what addition was added to the house?
Come to the upcoming meeting and historian Dennis Weaver and others will tell more of the house and about the 1700s and early 1800s time period of Maple Shade!
Also learn about the Thorne family, Perry Frisby, a black farmer in Maple Shade in 1818, the Stiles family and their mid 1800s time of when Maple Shade was "Stiles Corners," the Collins family, and more!!!
Then we'll all enjoy some birthday cake and tour the Collins Lane house.

Is it pony rides for the kids and balloons and costumes that are wanted??? OK hands on is good but. What we had was descendants of the Burrough family speaking about the real estate aspect of West Jersey for the Quakers. Me showing a DVD movie about the history of the Collins Lane house. My friend Tim Brown in his militiaman army uniform with powder horn, flintlock rifle, etc... Then we had birthday cake for Samuel Burrough Jr. (who has been dead now for like 150 years.) The cake had a picture of the Collins Lane house on it made out of icing! Then we went over to the house and walked about the grounds and talked some more.

The DVD movie is avaliable through the Maple Shade Historical Society for 5 dollars. It was a very very good meeting!