Andy:
Here is a detail that covers Crowleytown from the 1849 Otley and Whiteford Burlington County map:
The black squares will provide you with the location of the various houses associated with the community.
Henry Bisbee reports the following about Crowleytown
CROWLEYTOWN (Washington Township). Site of a village on Mullica River between Batsto and Herman. It is part of the Wharton State Forest and is now called Crowleys Landing. According to the map Samuel Crowley lived here prior to 1849. In 1851 Crowley built the first of two glass houses which made glass bottles. The name Crowleytown first appears ont he 1859 map and was named after Crowley who became postmaster in 1862. The place has the honor of making the first Mason jars.
On November 30, 1858, John Landis Mason of New York City, took out his first patent for the “Improved Jar.” the famous legend, “Masons’ Patent, November 30, 1858,” was to be inscribed on glass jars for the next three-quarters of a century. The metal tops, which were covered by the patent, were made in New York while the jars were ordered from glass blowers.
The first producer of Mason jars was Samuel Crowley of Crowleytown. It is said that Clayton Parker, Crowley’s glass blower, blew the first jar. Around 1862 the factory was sold to a New York group who renamed it the “Atlantic Glass Works.” The factory was abandoned in 1866 after a series of fires.
After Crowley sold out he built another glass house at nearby Bulltown. Here bottle glass, jugs and demijohns were blown from 1858 to 1870. (
Sign Posts: Place Names in History of Burlington County, N.J. 1971:64-65).
Here is the 1859 (actually 1858) map to which Bisbee refers:
If you have additional questions, please let me know.
Best regards,
Jerseyman
