Reprinted from American Genealogy Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 19-29.
The following lists the sponsors of Charles Drellincourt’s The Christian’s Defence of Death; With Seasonable Directions How to Prepare Ourselves to Die Well. A list of book subscribers was given in the conclusion of the volume, which was published by James Oram in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1808.
NEW-JERSEY
- Trenton: Rev. James F. Armstrong, Dr. James Agnew, James Alexander, John Anderson, Joseph Anderson, John Armstrong, William Anthony, Gov. Joseph Bloomfield, Joseph Bradhurst, Nathaniel Burroughs, Selah Belden, Eliza Bunting, Samuel Bellerjeau, William Bills, John Burroughs, Edward Baker, Joseph Bond, Alexander Chambers, Jesse Coleman, Charles Cain, Thomas Cain, Benjamin Clark, Israel Carle, John Dowers, Nicholas Dubois, John Dory, John Downing, Ezekiel Dye, John Dean, Dr. Colin Frazier, Nathaniel Furman, Israel Fish, Joshua Galbreath, John Guild, Nathaniel Green, William R. Green, Israel Green, Peter Gordon, Margaret Hunter, Abigail Hunt, George Hunt, Thomas Hunt, Thomas Hunt, Richard Hunt, Joseph Higbee, Charles Higbee, Andrew S. Hunter, Charles Howell, Ezekial Howell, Asher Howell, Samuel Howell, John Howell, sen., Silas Halsey, John Heaver, Benjamin Hendrickson, Charles Hepbern, Joseph Hill, Richard Hill, James Hillman, David Howe, Daniel Hart, Samuel Hart, Elijah Hendrickson, John Irwine, William Jackson, Benjamin Jones, William Kerwood, Isaac Kreson, Daniel Laning, Ralph Laning, jun., Sarah Mattison, Robet M’Neeley [McNeeley], Stephen Mershon, Stephen Moore, William S. Moore, Asa Monjoy, John Morbon, Jacob Mulford, John Moore, John Morris, David Ogden, Daniel Orr, John Potts, David Pinkerton, James Potter, Aaron Philips, John L. Philips, Joseph Palmer, Susannah Reid, Keziah Roberts, Sarah Rozelle, John Rozelle, Jonathan Rhea, John Runyan, John Reeder, John Reeder, Amos Reeder, Lucius Horatio Stockton, Elizabeth Smith, Benjamin Smith, William Smith, William Scott, Abner Scudder, John Scudder, Elias Scudder, James Stack, John Titus, Joseph I. Thompson, Benjamin Talyor [Taylor?], Rev. Henry Waddell, James J. Wilson, Daniel Wilmurt, Joseph Wright, William Wright, Isaac Wynkoop, Ogden Woodruff
- Nottingham: Joshua Anderson, Thomas Ashmore, John Abbott, Josiah Appleton, Henry Bellerjeau, Looe Baker, Thomas Carman, Nathaniel Coleman, David Cubberly, William I. Cubberly, Samuel S. Clayton, Isaac Combs, jun., Stacey Decow, Samuel Doudle, Daniel Fenton (10 copies), Philip Fester, Abel Fagan, William Ford, William Grant, Thomas Grant, John Garwood, James Hagerty, John Glass, Benjamin Hutchinson, Joel Hutchinson, Amos Hutchinson, William Hill, Richard Hunt, Joseph Hunt, Peter Jackson, Joseph M. Lowry, James Lovess, James Morford, Samuel Moore, Andrew Moore, William Mount, Mathias McMakin, Daniel Mershon, Peter Nevius, James Newgint, Jonathan Paul, Joseph Parker, George D. Pierson, James Phares, Sampson Peters, Asher Quigley, Robert Quigley, Abigail Rogers, William Rogers, Evan Reynolds, Daniel C. Runyan, James Reid, John B. Sartori, John Stockton (10 copies), Levi Stiles, John Titus, Alexander Thompson, Samuel Van Nort, Gideon H. Wells, William West
- Hopewell: Levi Atchley, Daniel Atchley, Mary Barber, Dr. Henry W. Blackly, Jonathan Bunn, David Baldwin, Henry Baker, Andrew Burrows, John Burroughs, Stephen Burrows, William Bainbridge, Samuel Beakes, Mary Baker, Eliza Christopher, Jesse Christopher, John Carpenter, William Cornell, Martin Drake, John Field, Jonathan Gray, John Hunt, John Hunt, Israel Hunt, Ralph Hunt, Asher R. Hart, Elijah Hart, Aaron Hart, Joseph Hart, Israel Hart, Jacob Huff, Thomas Hendrickson, Samuel Hubbard, James Hill, Enoch Ketcham, Levi Light, Amos Lanning, Charlotte Merselour, Joseph Moore, Amas Moore, John Moorehead, Henry Perine, Job Philips, Benjamin Price, John Primmer, John Paradise, jun., Pennington Library Comp., Rev. Joseph Rue, Henry Roscoe, Edmund Roberts, Henry Simmons, William Smith, Joseph Smith, Nehemiah Sexton, James Stevenson, Benjamin Temple, Nathaniel Temple, Timothy Temple, Stephen Titus, Samuel Titus, Uriel Titus, Joseph Tindall, Daniel Terhune, John Van Kirk, Daniel Woodmansee, Ephraim Woolsey, John Welling, Charles Welling, William Young
- Amwell: Samuel Abbot, Asher Atkinson, David Bishop (10 copies), Joseph D. Byles, John Barcroft, James Barber, Daniel Brittain, Samuel Britton, Alexander Bonnell, John Barrack, Sebastian Boughner, William Bennett, Dr. Gershon Cravan, Samuel Corwine, Joseph Capner, Lewis Dunn, Jacob Deats, Charles Ent, Thomas Ekers, Jacob Fisher, Jr., Rev. Thomas Grant, Jacob A. Gier, William Godley, Jr., Cornelius Hoppock, Cornelius Hoppock, Cornelius Hoppock, Jr., Dennis Hagerman, Samuel Holcombe, Samuel Holcombe, Jr., Joseph Higgins, Jacob Holcomb, Abner Hurs, Zebedee Hughes, Amos Hartley, Samuel Hill, Henry Hogeland, Richard Hooley, Noah Knoles, Gershom Lambert, John Lambert, Sr., Samuel Landis, Solomon Landis, Joseph Landis, Abraham Lisk, Peter Moore, Geo. C. Maxwell, William Marts, John Praul Jr. (10 copies), Arthur Praul, Nathan Price, David Phililps, Peter Risler, Daniel Reading, Thomas Reading, Thomas Reading, Jr., Charles Reading, John Reading, Geo. Rea, Jr., Jacob Schenck, John Schenck, John Schenck, Jr., Arthur Schenck, Robert N. Stout, Josiah Stout, Isaiah Stout, Josiah Stout, John Sharp, John Smith, Andrew Slack, Isaac Skilman, Derick Sutphen, John Trimmer, Lucretia Williamson, Cornelius Williamson, Abraham Williamson, Thomas Williams, Ruth Wilson, John Wickhoff, Cornelius Wyckoff, John Williamson, Peter Williamson, William Williamson, John Young
- Maidenhead: Rev. Isaac V. Brown, Benjamin Baker, Samuel Brearley, David Brearley, George Brearley, John C. Brown, Samuel Coxe, John Flock, Richard M. Green, Caleb Smith Green, John Hughes, Reuben Hunt, Sarah Hunt, Fanny Hutchinson, Mary Howell, Phillip Hendrickson, Henry Mershon, Prudence Mershon, John Mount, Joseph Philips, Ralph Philips, John Philips, Ephraim Philips, Caleb Shreve, Joseph Smith, James Smith, Joseph Scudder, Jacob C. Van Cleve, Joseph W. Van Cleve, Joseph Welling
- Alexandria: Samuel Arnwine, Abraham Bloom, Joseph Beavers, Joseph Chamberlain, Henry Eckle, Joshua Hogeland, Joseph King, Jacob Kagler, Wilson Parker, William Tharp, David Tunny, Francis Thompson, William Vanderbilt, Benjamin Wright
- Lebanon: Richard Anderson, Huldah Bray, Jacob Runkle
- Bethlehem: Catharine Apgar, Nicholas Apgar, Mathias Abel, George Beavers, Clement Bonnell, Charles Bonnell, Jacob Craling, Peter Creveling, Luther Calvin, Cornelius Garhart, James Dunham, Jacob Emary, Benjamin Egbert, Mary Foster, John Holmes, Samuel Hope, Adam Hope, Nehemiah Hope, George Hoppock, Abraham Howell, Tunis Huff, Robert Johnston, Samuel Kase, Henry Staats, Peter Smith, William Sine, Aaron Van Syckel, James Van Kirk, Henry Waterfield
- Redington: William Bloom, Obadiah Cole, Daniel Kinney, Adrian Kinney, J. Moorhead, John Smith, John D. Stryker, David Scharry, Samuel Taylor, Ruliff Vorhees
- Kingwood: Mary Chamberlin, John McVay, George C. Brown
- Princeton: Rev. Enoch Burt, Rev. David Bartine, Susan T. Beatty, John I. Craig, Jonathan Davidson, John Guilick, John Gifford, Charles Goldsmith, Matthew Griggs, Rev. Andrew Hunter, James Hamilton, William Hamilton, Phebe Hamilton, John C. Houston, S. D. Honeyman, William Hollingshead, Thomas Hutchinson, William Hight, Philip Hagerman, Francis D. Janvier, Jacob Kean, Phillip Lindsey, Dr. John McLean, Mary Minto, Zebulon Morford, John S. Nevius, John Passage, James Patterson, Rev. Samuel S. Smith, William Smith, John Smith, William S. Schenck, Ruth Stryker, E. Stockton, J. Stockton, Jacob Stockton, Samuel Scott, John Van Dike, John S. Wilson, Gideon Anderson, John Price, Charity Vandike
- Kingston: David Brittain, Rev. David Comfort, Jonathan Everit, Lewis Heath
- Greenwich: John Bullman, Thomas Bullman, John Barber, Jesse Barber, Abraham Biddleman, William Carter, Charles Carter, Jonathan Duckworth, Jr., George Hidley, Lefferd Haughwout, Harbert Hiner, Rachel Stewart, Michael Zink
- Asbury: Samuel Bradford, Imlay Drake, William McCullough, Peter Wilson
- Philipsburgh: Adam Ramsay
- Belvedere: L. W. Stockton
- Sussex: David Cochran, Benjamin Cole, William Fishbrook, Robert Kennedy, Barnabus Swayse, Thomas Scureman, Robert Stewart, William Smith, Jr.
- Montgomery: A. Amerman, Dowe Ditmars, George Kershaw, Olly Hagerman, Henry Miner, Isaac Skilman, Abraham Skillman, Rem Stryker, Stephen Terhune, Mary Vorhees, Christopher Van Pelt, John Van Pelt, Alexander Van Pelt, William Williamson, Peter Wyckoff
- Hillsboro: Philip Aursdalen, Powel Amerman, Ann Blakney, Joseph Chamberlin, Ganet R. Garretson, John Lalourritte, John Purlee, Margaret Quick, Abraham G. Schanck, John I. Staats, Derick Vorhees, Dennis Van Liew, John Van Doren, Nicholas Williamson, Peter Wykoff
- Boundbrook: Mary Coon, Ambrose Cook, Alfordi I. Harriotte, George McDonald, Joseph Mollison, Gilbert B. Stryker, Charles Scanck
- Bridgewater: John B. Dumont, William Henry, Garrett Probascos
- Six Mile Run: John Bayles, Frederick Davis, Robert Priest, James Yerks
- Franklin: Wm. Bayard, Elizabeth Brazier, Gabriel Fourt, John Garritson, Elbert Hogeland, Daniel Nevius, John P. Nevius, Margaret Staats, Peter Stoothoff, Menah Vorhees, Cornelius Van Duyn
- Green-Brook: Isaac Gulick, John Harris, Abraham Irvin, David Kelley, John Stine, George Seabring
- Middle-Brook: William McKissack, George McDonald
- Millstone: George I. Van Nestle
- New-Shannack: Rev. William R. Smith
- Bedminster: Guisebert Van Dorn
- Somerville: John Cox, Rebecca Coxe, Philip P. Tunnison
- Bridgewater: John B. Dumont
- Middlebrush: Garrett Polhemus
- Somerset: Daniel Abbott, Keziah Cowenhoven, Cornelius Cowenhoven, Samuel C. Swan, John Elmendorf, John Harriot, James Harris, Peter Monfort, Josiah Scank, Martin Schenck, Winant Winans
- Mendham: Abraham Spear
- Washington: William Osmun
- Newark: Abraham Spear
- New-Brunswick: Abraham I. Buckalow, Phineas Carmer, Jacob Clady, Rev. Ira Condict, William Dunham, Robert Eastburn, William Elliott, Abraham Potts, Staats Van Dewsin, John Van Harlergen
- Raritan: Margaret Vorhees
- Piscataqua: David Durn, William Degrot, James Harris, John G. Seabring, Elias Van Corut, Aaron Van Natta, Daniel Vail, Isaac Van Dorn
- West-Windsor: William D. Jewell
- East-Windsor: Joseph Hutchinson
- Cranberry: Joseph Branson, David Cowenhoven, J. Van Kirk, George C. Woodhull
- Heights-Town: Rev. Peter Wilson
- Allentown: William Arnell, Peter Bills, Ann Cafferty, John Dickson, Rebecca Furman, Nathaniel Foster, Henry Harper, John Imlay, David Lee, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dr. Thos. W. Montgomery, Mary Middleton, John Middleton, Jr., David McKean, Lucy Quay, William M. Reynolds, Isaac Winson
- Freehold: Richard Throckmorton
- Middletown: Nathan Baker, William Davis, and Joseph Edwards
- Monmouth: Henry Perine, Thomas Mount
- Crosswicks: James Brown, Abel Edwards, Elizabeth Gordon, Charles Gordon, Elizabeth Idle, William McKnight, Joel Middleton, Thomas Wilkinson, Apollo Woodward
- Mansfield: Mary Boulton, Hannah Boulton, Joseph Nutt, Drawbridge
- Bordentown: Samuel Quicksall
- Mount-Holly: Jacob W. Senton
- Burlington: Rev. William Boswell, Jett Benvish, William Borden, James Craft, William Coxe, Charles Ellis, Hannah Earl, John Fisher, A. Griffith, Isaac Howell, Sr., Hannah Kinsey, William McChesney, Milcah M. Moore, Maria McIlvanie, Lydia Richie, James Sterling, Thanna Boudinot, Samuel Wooley, Joseph Smith, Bulah Walker, Hugh M. Wallace, Jacob Ward, Joshua Wright, Jacob Myers, Joseph Sharpless (2 copies), Stephen C. Ustic
- Eversham: Joseph Coles
- Rancocus: Aaron King
- Woodbury: Benjamin Rulow
- Gloucester: Joseph V. Clark
- Pilesgrove: Nathan Bassett
- Pittstown: Jeremiah Dubois
- Lower-Pennsneck: Daniel Garrison
- [No Town Given]: William H. Green, James Miller, William Skelton, Richard Williamson, Thomas Woodmansee, John Van Horne
PENNSYLVANIA
- Philadelphia: Rev. David Abbott, Rev. Archibald Alexander, Abijah Ayers, Stephen Addington, William Applegate, Thomas Anderson, Thomas Allibone, Jane Aitken, Rev. Thomas Billings, Anne Burne, George Barcley, P. B. [sic], John Bradley, Binny & Richardson, J. E. Biddle, Stephen Beasbey, Rev. Nicholas Collin, Alexander Cooke, Robert Cochran, John Connelly, John Clark, Robert D. Carr, Rev. Thomas Dunn, George Dickson, Joseph L. Dickerson, William Davis, Elijah Davis, Rev. William S. Fisher, Rev. Ashbel Green, Philip A. Good, Mary A. Guerin, Rev. S. C. Harvey, I. G. Harker, John M. Hartley, John Haw, Jeremiah Hukel, William Howel, W. H. [sic], Samuel Harnell, William Haslett, Samuel Hodgdon, Rev. Samuel Helfeustein, George Helmbold, Richardson Hughes, John Hewson, Alexander Hemphill, Thomas Jacquet, Charles Johnson, John Keene, Jacob Keene, B. & T. Kite (6 copies), Stephen Little, Lewdon Sawyer, Thomas Lattimore, John Lawson, John McClellan, William McGowan, Daniel H. Miller, Hugh McCurdy, Thomas McIlwain, Thomas A. M Calla [McCalla?], Adam May, John Mabin, John McCrelish, Benjamin Newport, S. Nurtsyou, William Patterson, Joseph Purfil, Margaret Painter, Isaac Pearson, Daniel I. Rhodes, Alexander Runkin, John Reel, George L. Reedy, Rev. W. Stoughton, John Shaw, John Sexton, George C. Shiveby, George Simmington, Thomas Thomas, Robert Thomas, Robert Underson, Rev. James P. Wilson, L. Wright, J. Withante, M. Wallace, Thomas White, James Waite, Matthias Wirts, Samuel Weasy, W. W. Woodward (6 copies), Thomas Whitecare
- Chester: Rev. William Latty
- Morrisville: Gershom Craft, Jacob Chapman, Henry Clymer, Jonathan Kitchen
- Falsington: Reading Beatty, Aaron Lanew, Mahlon Milner
- Bristol: Parthena Bessonett, David Headley, M. Ellory, Mary M Cully [McCully?], Abel Van Zant, Nathaniel Walton
- Newton: N. Burroughs, William Cole, A. Chapman, Charles Dotton, Joseph Fell, Christopher Flanagan, Jacob Glover, Andrew Gilkyson, William Hart, J. Hicks, Samuel Heath, John Hibbs, Jacob Kisler, Moses Kelly, M. D. Lewers, Jesse Ludom, E. Monnel, Joseph Mood, Francis Murray, Thomas Ross, J. Yardley
- Milford: Levi Anderson
- Easton: Jacob Abley, Joseph Dawes, Christ. Eyerman, P. Gervinner, Benjamin Green, John Green, Ezekiel Howell, John Hutchinson, Abraham Horn, J. Kinsey, Hugh McFall, J. Miscell, Francis B. Shaw, Sarah Schoolery, Abraham Reeder, Jacob Waggener, George Wolf Jr.
- Northampton: Enoch Addis, John Addis, John Bennett, Gilliam Cornell, James Cornell, John Carson, Giles Cravan, Aaron Cornell Jr., Susannah Dubois, Isaac Edwards, Joseph Finney, David Feaster, Henry Feaster, Benjamin Jones, Derick Kruson, Richard Leedom, John Livingston, Edward Lowry, William Purdy, Edward T. Stille, Thomas M. Thompson, Johannes Van Artsdalen, William Van Zant, David Wynkoop
- Southampton: Benjamin Croasdale, Joseph Fenton, J. Abraham Stevens, William Stoner, Jonathan Roberts
- Yardley-Ville: Andrew Black
- Holmesburg: James Wilson
- Lower-Makefield: Moses Harvey
- Greg’s-Town: Abraham Staats, Ann Van Doren, Mary Veighte
- Plumbstead: Daniel Thomas
- Greenville: Aaron Kerr
NEW-YORK
Rev. Abraham Beach, Rev. John H. Hobart, Samuel Cox, David Jenkins, Roderick M’Leod [McLeod], Robert Macgill (3 copies), George Gosman (3 copies), Ichabod Prall, E. Duyckinck (50 copies), John Tiebout (50 copies).
- Winchester: Daniel M. Gold
ADDITIONAL NAMES
- Rockingham: Frederick Cruser
- New-Albion Mills: Daniel Moore
- Newport: Henry Tomlinson
- Milford: Samuel Ely, Susannah Whiles
- Chester: Isaac Huling, Isaac Fennimore
The following List has been handed in since the foregoing was printed
NEW-JERSEY
- Trenton: Deborah Hedger, Barzillai Wright
- Nottingham: John Hagerman
- Maidenhead: Jasper Smith
- Cranberry: Hugh McChesney
- Greenwick: John Henshaw
- Upper-Freehold: Lewis Dey
- Lower-Freehold: John Baird
- Mansfield: Thomas Brown, Solomon Emby, Aaron Ellis, John Willits
- Mount-Holly: Francis Austin, Joseph Bennett, Richard Cox, Vincent Sleeper
- New-Hanover: John Blake, Joseph English
- Chesterfield: Richard Reed
PENNSYLVANIA
- Philadelphia: Thomas Branagan (12 copies), William Brown, Samuel Fox, John Fox, John Gardiner
- Falsington: Benjamin Albertson, Samuel Bunting, Robert Bethell, Jane Cooper, Jesse Larrew, William Morton, Abraham Harding
- Bristol: I. H. Baldwin, William H. Boggs, Amos Carlile, Reuben Pownall
- Bensalem: Mark Hapeny, Samuel Hibbs, Robert Magonagin, Ann Palmer
- Holmesburg: William Bartolet, Thomas Holme, Robert Hilbour, William Maghee, William Martin, Jonathan Johnson, Jacob Johnson, Joseph Van Zant, Jacob Waterman
- Biberry: Josiah D. Banes, James Birch, Eli Carver, Samuel Paul, John Rich, Isaac Striker, John White
- Oxford: Hannah Keen, John Shallcross, Nicholas Wenzall
- Lower Dublin: Jonathan Enoch, Thomas Foster, Elias Johnson
- Frankfort: Terissa Carpenter, Abraham Duffield, F. Ford, Nehemiah Mills, William Neff, Jane Pawling, Thomas Stewart, Edmund McVaugh, Moore Wharton, L. Werneway