EARLY HISTORY OF CAPE MAY COUNTY. 189 



The following (synopsis of an) Indian deed, and believed to be 

 the only one that has been handed down, was found among the 

 papers of Jacob Spicer, and is now in the possession of Charles 

 Ludlana, Esq., of Dennisville. 



It was given January 1st, 1687, by Panktoe to John Dennis, for 

 a tract of land near Cape Island, viz. : " Beginning from the creek 

 and so running up into the woodland, along by Carman's line to a 

 white oak tree, at the head of the swamp, and running with marked 

 trees to a white oak by a pond joining to Jonathan Pine's bounds. 

 All the land and marsh lying and between the bounds above men- 

 tioned and Cape Island." 



The witnesses were Abiah Edwards and John Carman. Pank- 

 toe's mark bore a striking resemblance to a Chinese character. 



In 1758, the commissioners appointed by the legislature, of 

 whom Jacob Spicer of our county was one, for the purpose of ex- 

 tinguishing the Indian title in the State, by special treaty, met at 

 Crosswicks, and afterwards at Easton, and among the lists of land 

 claimed by the Indians were the following tracts in Cape May and 

 Egg Harbor. " One claimed by Isaac Still, from the mouth of the 

 Great Egg Harbor River to the head branches thereof, on the east 

 side, so to the road that leads to Great Egg Harbor ; so along the 

 road to the seaside, except Tuckahoe, and the Somers, Steelman, 

 and Scull places." 



" Jacob Mullis claims the pine lands on Edge Pillock Branch 

 and Goshen Neck Branch, where Benjamin Springer and George 

 Marpole's mill stands, and all the land between the head branches 

 of those creeks, to where the waters join or meet." 



" Abraham Logues claims the cedar swamp on the east side of 

 Tuckahoe Branch, which John Champion and Peter Campbell have 

 or had in possession." 



" Also, Stuypson's island, near Delaware River."* 



* Smith's New Jersey. 



