New Jersey
Quarterlies, Books & Newspaper Articles
Colonial History of New
Jersey, Vol. XXIV, p. 356
(Extracts from New Jersey Newspaper)
October 28, 1765: JOSHUA
LIPPINCOTT: "A white man was taken up, and brought to Trenton Goal, on the 24th
Instant, he calls himself by the name of John Stanforth, about 5 feet 10
inches high, about fifty years of age. He has an Iron Collar, with two prongs to it,
about his Neck, is full faced, wears his hair; has on a black old under jacket, and a
brown outside one, with long trowsers; he says the reason of the collar being about his
neck was, that he was caught in bed with a married woman in New England, and was judged by
two Justices to wear the same, or else be branded in the forehead. And whereas he
was brought here on suspicion of being a Runaway Servant, any man that has anything to say
against him, is desired to come and prove his property before the 19th of November, or
else he will be sold out for the cost by me."
