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Note: Moses Husted 1659 - ?
Moses Husted was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1659, the son of Angell and Rebecca Husted, and little is known of his early life. Any marriages are unknown. By the year 1710, Moses would have been 51 years old when his son Moses was born in 1710 and 54 years old when his son David was born in 1713.
Moses was granted 6 acres of land in Greenwich Connecticut on March 2, 1693, and on September 15, 1697, he sold the land to Joseph Marshall.
Colonial History Documents Vol. XXI 1664-1703 [Nelson], records show a deed of sixteen acres of land from Jeremiah Bacon to Moses Hewsteed, late of Chohansey, Salem County, New Jersey on October 24, 1697.
Moses Husted and Captain Joseph Seeley founded the settlement in Fairfield Township, Cumberland County [then Salem County], New Jersey.
January 10, 1701-1702, Enoch Moore, for 16 acres in said town, on the street and branch of Mill Creek, adjoining Moses Hughstis.
These records also list January 31, 1703-1704, Robert Barrow to Moses Hughstis of Greenwich, Salem County, husbandman, of the within granted land and premises.
Who Moses married, and any children other than Moses Husted jr. and David Husted, are so far unknown.
Joseph Seeley was at Stratfield and Fairfield, Connecticut up to 1697 when he went to Cohansey, NJ and bought land there May. 3, 1697. The last record of him there was Dec. 13, 1716, when he was one of the 16 signers to the "agreement of Fairfield" concerning the settlement at Cohansey. There are several deeds and other papers on record at Fairfield where he signed as of Cohansey, NJ between 1697 and 1716. Joseph settled at Fairton, near Bridgeton in Cumberland Co. NJ and his name appears on records there. Joseph was one of the signers of the "Cohansey Compact" June 10, 1697. He was also an elder in the old Cohansey Church and his name appears on a monument which stands on the original church site. Joseph was a Captain of Militia, and some early records refer to him as "Captain Seeley" This information from SGS VOL 1, page 8,9.
The book " History of Cumberland County" tells of Deerfield Township, and "Husted Station" located on the West Jersey Railroad, seven miles north of Bridgeton, and close to the Salem County line.
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