I am not sure if this is in anyway connected with the aforementioned sawmill and gristmill. If anything some of the parcels my be in the general area.
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The Pennsylvania Gazette
August 13, 1767
Willy:
The David Oliphant who placed this advertisement in
The Pennsylvania Gazette is the same David Oliphant who operated the mills pictured above, but he had extensive landholdings as the sale notice suggests. The 1859 Parry, Sykes and Earl
New Map of Burlington County still depicts the Oliphant Tract almost a century after David advertised to sell portions of it:
Some published sources indicate David Oliphant started the mill in 1685, while other such sources state that the Oliphants acquired the mill in 1763. I have not had the time to conduct deed research into its history, so I am not certain which one, if any, of these two sources is correct. According to the older of the two published sources—Woodward’s 1883
History of Burlington County—David sold the mill to David Cole, who sold it to the Ballingers, who excahnged it with Shinn Oliphant for another mill. When Shinn Oliphant acquired the mill, it remained in the family until its demise.
Best regards,
Jerseyman