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The first black man to vote in America, Thomas Mundy Peterson, was a member of St.
Peter's and is buried in its graveyard. He voted in the Perth Amboy mayoral election of
March 31, 1870, one day after adoption of the 15th Amendment to the United States
Constitution.
''We are probably one of the best-integrated parishes in the diocese,'' said Father
Croes.
''There is a tremendous potential in the urban challenge - the challenge of racial
harmony, housing for the poor, environmental detoxification, etcetera. And we're ready
for it.
''Our parish motto is: 'Nothing is hopeless.' ''
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Perth Amboy Township was formed on October 31, 1693, and was enlarged during the
1720s to encompass Perth Amboy city. Perth Amboy served as the colonial capital
from 1686 until 1776. Perth Amboy's city hall, first built as a courthouse in 1685,
survived major fires in 1731 and 1764 and is the oldest city hall in continuous use in the
United States. From the formation of Perth Amboy Township in 1693 there was no
county designation until Burlington County formed in 1710.
• Marriage: 22 Aug 1714, St. Peter's Parish Church, Perth Amboy, Burlington County,
New Jersey. Marriage by visiting Mister Edward Vaughn, Rector of St. John's Church
in Elizabeth City New Jersey.
Noted events in her life were:
• Information: 1691, Brugge, , Brabant, Belgium. Martha was the first child born to
Edward and Susanna, she was born no later than September 1691. She was of legal age
when she married Morgan Bryan, and for her to marry him without consent of guardian
or parent, she had to be aged 18 years. Moreover, unless there was a large dowry paid
to Martha's family, and she were not born until 1697 as purported by her family, in no
way would the Strode family allowed her to marry a man more than twice her age.
Besides, if she were born 1697 per the tombstone record of some fame held by the
museum in Salisbury North Carolina, she would have been under age 18 when she
married Morgan Bryan, and she could not have married without permission of her
guardian.
Children from this marriage were:
66 M i. Joseph Bryan Sr. was born in 1716 in Perth Amboy, Burlington County,
New Jersey and died in 1805 in Jefferson County, Kentucky at age 89.
Joseph married Hester Simpson (d. 1741) in 1736 in Orange County,
Virginia.
Joseph next married Alice Linville (d. 1807) in 1741 in Frederick County,
Virginia.
67 M ii. Col. Samuel Bryan was born in 1721 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and
died after 15 Aug 1798 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Samuel married Elizabeth McMahon (d. Bef 1810).
68 F iii. Eleanor Bryan was born in 1722 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and died
in 1792 in Madison County, Kentucky at age 70.
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