Cooper,  now  occupied  by  Jesse  L.  Anderson,  about
a  mile  east  of  Ellisburg.  The  tract  embraced  the
farm  of  Isaac  M.  Kay,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the
creek,  and  which  has  regularly  descended  to  the
present  owner,  who  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  John
Kay.'  There  is  a  tradition  that  John  Kay  first
lived  in  a  cave  on  the  hill-side  near  the  creek,  but
the  location  of  the  place  is  unknown,  although  the
story  is  not  improbable.  In  1685  a  religious  meet-
ing was  established  at  the  house  of  John  Kay,  by
consent  of  Burlington  Friends,  in  connection  with
one  of  a  similar  character  held  at  the  house  of
Timothy  Hancock,  at  Pensaukin,  on  alternate
First  Days.  These  meetings  were  continued  until
1707.  During  this  period  several  marriages  took
place,  the  last  one  recorded  being  that  of  Benja-
min Thackara  and  Mary  Cooper,  in  1707.  These
meetings  were  attended  by  Friends  from  Evesham
(Mount  Laurel)  and  Marlton,  and  serve  to  show
how  strongly  these  people  were  attached  to  their
principles,  and  what  difficulties  they  were  willing
to  overcome  in  order  to  observe  the  requirements
of  the  society.  In  this  connection  it  may  be  proper
to  mention  that  another  meeting  was  held  at  the
house  of  Thomas  Shackle,  from  1695  to  1721,
when  John  Estaugh  gave  the  ground  for  a  meet-
ing-huuse  at  Haddonfield.  The  house  of  Thomas
Shackle  stood  upon  the  farm  now  owned  by  Amos
E.  Kaighn,  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Kaighn,
who  located  near  Kaighns  Point  in  1696.  In  1735
the  farm  became  the  property  of  John  Burrough,
who  most  probably  built  the  brick  part  of  the
house,  still  standing,  in  the  year  1736.  John  Kay
located  several  tracts  of  land  near  his  first  pur-
chase, fronting  generally  on  the  north  branch  of
Coopers  Creek.  In  1710  he  purchased  the  man-
sion-house and  corn-mill,  on  the  north  side  of
Coopers  Creek,  now  belonging  to  the  estate  of  Jo-
siah  B.   Evans   (deceased).      This   corn-mill   was

1  See  Haddouflcld  Borough.
