The  Huggs  were  large  land-owners  on  Timber
Creek,  and  became  the  owners  of  the  ferry  and
tavern,  at  one  of  the  public  landings.  William
Hugg,  in  1778,  was  keeping  the  ferry  and  tavern,
and  it  was  at  his  house  the  Fox-Hunting  Club
was  in  the  habit  of  meeting.  The  family  siill  own
the  fishery  there.  John  Burrough,  who  was  the
first  of  the  name  in  the  county,  was  a  weaver,  and
was  engaged  in  his  occupation  at  Gloucester  in
1688.  In  that  year  he  bought  a  tract  of  land
between  Great  and  Little  Timber  Creeks,  and,  about
1690,  moved  upon  it.  Richard  and  Thomas  Bull
were  lot-owners  in  the  first  division,  as  also  was
Widow  Sarah  Bull.  Thomas  Bull,  in  1710,  married
Sarah  Nelson,  at  the  Newton  Friends'  Meeting-
house. He  was,  doubtless,  a  member  of  this  fam-
ily. Richard  Bull  was  still  a  resident  of  Glouces-
ter in  1717.  Jacob  and  Thomas  Clement,  who
came  from  Long  Island  with  the  Harrisons,  were
among  the  early  residents  of  the  town.  Jacob
Clement  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Samuel  Har-
rison, of  the  same  place.  He  was  a  shoemaker
and  followed  his  trade  by  going  from  house  to
house,  as  was  the  custom  in  those  early  days.  In
1733  John  Brown  was  taxed  10s.  as  a  merchant.
Sarah  Bull  was  then  conducting  a  mercantile  busi-
ness, for  which  she  was  assessed  2s.  Medcalf's
ferry  was  assessed  12s.,  and  Tatem's  7s.  M.  It  is
probable  that  Tatem  was  then  keeping  one  of  the
Cooper  ferries.
A  Deserted  Village.— The  removal  of  the  seat
of  justice  from  Gloucester  to  Woodbury  caused  the


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HISTORY  OF  CAMDEN  COUNTY,  NEW  JERSEY.
