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