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Long live the Pine Baron. He will be greatly missed by many.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what they used to dig these oyster ditches??

Guy, Swimming-Over Point was where the Leeds Point Quakers swam with their horses across the river on their way to the Little Egg Harbor Meeting.. It was supposedly here: http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.55519739874023&lng=-74.4189190864563&z=17&type=h&gpx= Not exactly a walk in the...

From the 27th Annual Report of the NJ State Agricultural Experiment Station: "The main part of last season's work was done at the Barnegat laboratory, but frequent trips were made to Tuckerton and also up the Mullica to Swimming Over, where the Messrs. Sooy have vast oyster plantations of an...

Thanks, Guy. I also found in the 26th Annual Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station that several of these large ditches had been excavated in 1904. Incidentally, there is an interesting legal case involving the Sooy Oyster Co. that you might be interested in.

Just found this in The 41st Annual Report of the Department of Health of the State of NJ (1917): "An extensive business in raising Seed Oysters is being conducted by the Sooy Oyster Company. They have secured from the State large riparian rights near the mouth of the Mullica, and in addition...

Ben and all, Looks like some of those ditches (the larger ones) were dug out for reasons other than mosquito control. From the 41st Annual Report of the Department of Health of the State of NJ (1917): "An extensive business in raising Seed Oysters is being conducted by the Sooy Oyster...

Hehe. I think this is what was in mind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_docent

Say Jeff, ya gots any 12 strings for sale??

Too cool! You're on a roll, woodjin!

Good job, Jeff, and congratulations! That is quite an accomplishment. I bet it feels great!

LOL!

"The pines were roaring on the height, The winds were moaning in the night. The fire was red, it flaming spread; The trees like torches blazed with light."

I'll keep my eyes out, Noelle.

$400? Who does this guy think he's kidding?

Relayer, Is Volume 21 of the NJ Archive series available online by any chance?

Yes. Apparently the name "Sweetwater" was first applied to the area in Charles J. Peterson's Novel, Kate Aylesford (Pearce, p. 145). That would be in 1853.

I was thinking of his work on the 1693 census. http://nc-chap.org/cranehook/pdfs/census_1693.pdf Edit: But Dr. Craig provides some good info on Mullica in his work on the 1671 census as well.

Also, Eric Mullica did not move to Mullica Hill. He died by 1704 in his home along the river that bears his name. His sons settled Mullica Hill after his death.

Mark, What a mess! 1637? That was the date that, according to the Sooy Family Geneaology, Eric's family arrived in America aboard either the Key of Calmar or the Griffin. So Hall, or someone else, was confused on that matter. It has been shown that Mullica actually arrived in America in 1654...