This  ferry  was  maintained  until  1762,  when  a
bridge  was  built  at  the  place  and  the  locality  was
known  as  Spicer's  Bridge  many  years.  In  the  year
1687  Samuel  Spicer  was  appointed  one  of  the
judges  of  Gloucester  County  and  continued  in  the
office  several  years.  He  was  active  in  the  Society
of  Friends,  of  which  he  was  a  prominent  member,
and  died  soon  after  1792.  His  widow,  Esther,  sur-
vived him  until  24th  day  of  Seventh  Month,  1703,
when  she,  with  a  servant  and  Richard  Thackara,
a  lad  of  about  eleven  years  of  age,  were  struck  by
lightning  and  killed.  An  account  of  her  burial  at
night  is  given  in  connection  with  the  old  Newton
burying-ground  in  the  history  of  the  township  of
Haddon.  They  had  eight  children,  all  of  whom
were  born  at  Gravesend,— Abraham,  Jacob,  Mary,
Martha,  Sarah  (who,  in  1695,  became  the  second
wife  of  Daniel  Cooper),  Abigail,  Thomas  and
Samuel.  Samuel  Spicer  left  in  his  will  to  his  son
Jacob  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  attached  to  the
homestead,  and  on  the  Delaware  River  and
Coopers  Creek,  and  to  his  other  sons,  Samuel  and


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HISTORY  OF  CAMDEN  COUNTY,  NEW  JERSEY.
Thomas,  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres  each.
Samuel  died  young,  and  his  land  passed  to  Jacob.
