NJSA Early Land Records — F-2 (EJ) Folio 33 — Reziah Runyon (Piscataway, yeoman) → Daniel Cooper (Weaver, of Hunterdon Co.): Runyon resigns his undivided half (moiety) of Lot No. 2 on the Passaic River, Hunterdon Co. Deed dated 20 June 1735, acknowledged 14 Aug 1740, recorded 1 April 1742. Recites the 10 Nov 1733 joint purchase of Lot No. 2 by Daniel Cooper + Reziah Runyon from David Jamison of NYC for £293 (= the C-3 f.77/78 deeds, [K.31]). CORRECTS the prior catalog date '14 Dec 1720' — that was an NJSA-database artifact, NOT a Daniel Cooper transaction; manuscript pulled + read 2026-06-23.

Transcription and notes

DATE CORRECTION (2026-06-23) — this is NOT a 1720 record

The catalog formerly recorded K.2 (from the NJSA Early Land Records database abstract) as a "14 Dec 1720" conveyance "Reziah Runyon → Daniel Cooper," and built a " Daniel-Sr-1720-breakthrough" narrative on it: a Cooper-Runyon land tie 6 years before the 17 Apr 1726 marriage. The manuscript (pulled via NJSA Order 202606-87390, read 2026-06-23) shows that date was wrong. The deed body recites a 10 November 1733 joint purchase and is itself executed 20 June 1735, acknowledged 1740, recorded 1 April 1742. No 14 Dec 1720 date appears anywhere in the manuscript. The "1720" was an NJSA-database field artifact (it does not correspond to any Daniel Cooper transaction).

Net effect: the earliest Daniel-Cooper-Weaver-of-Hunterdon attestation is 1733 (the joint purchase, also recorded at [K.31] C-3 f.77/78), not 1720. The Cooper-Runyon joint landholding is a post-marital venture (1733, seven years after the 1726 marriage), not a pre-marital one. The Weaver trade datum survives (the manuscript calls him "Daniel Cooper… Weaver"). Downstream corrections applied to [p.1], [p.148], [p.261], [pr.63]. (Cautionary parallel to the 1868-document lesson in CLAUDE.md: a database abstract is not the manuscript.)

Source identification

Verbatim transcription (key clauses; secretary hand, [?] = uncertain)

Left margin (recording docket):

Reziah Runyon / [to] Daniel Cooper / Rec[orde]d & Exam[ine]d / 1 April 1742

Opening recital (folio 33):

To all Christian People to whom these Presents shall come Reziah Runyon of Piscattaway in the County of Middlesex and Province of East New Jersey yeoman sendeth Greeting Whereas Daniel Cooper of the County of Hunterdon and Province aforesaid Weaver and the said Reziah Runyon did on the Tenth day of November in the seventh year of his Majesty's reign Annoque Domini 1733 joyntly purchase from David Jamison of the City of New York Gent[leman] for the Sum of Two hundred and ninety three pounds current lawfull money of the Province of New York All that certain Lott of Land called and known by the name of Lott No. two being part of a certain Tract of Land formerly belonging to Doctor John Johnston George Willocks John Harrison and Cornelius Longfield Deceased Situate lying and being on Passaick River or branch thereof in the County [of] Hunterdon…

Metes (folio 33):

…Beginning thirty five Chains and fifty links West from the North East corner of the said entire Tract of Land from thence running West in breadth thirty one Chains and seventy[?] links thence South one hundred and sixty Chains be the same more or less to the River or branch of Passaick thence down the Stream thereof until it makes upon an East line in breadth thirty one Chains and twenty links thence North…

Granting clause (folio 33→34):

…Together with all meadows &c as relation to the Deed from said David Jamison to said Daniel Cooper and Reziah Runyon (now upon Record) being had may more fully and at large appear And Whereas the said Reziah Runyon is desirous to throw up and resigne unto him the said Daniel Cooper his moyitie or equal half part of the said Lott of Land in consideration of the said Daniel Cooper's paying unto the said David Jamison [the purchase money + interest] … [+ folio 34: in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds[?] paid to Reziah]…

Execution (folio 34):

In Witness whereof the said Reziah Runyon hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal this twentieth day of June in the eighth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith &c Annoque Domini One thousand Seven hundred and thirty five [20 June 1735] Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of us Edw[ard] Antill [·] Daniel Sutton } Reziah Runyon [seal]

Acknowledgment (folio 34):

Memorandum that on this fourteenth day of August anno Dom 1740 Reziah Runyon personally appeared before me [name [?]] one of his Majesty's Council for the Province of New Jersey and acknowledged that he was and is party to the within Instrument and that he Signed Sealed and Delivered the Same as his voluntary act and Deed to the use therein mentioned. [signed] J[no]? Lyell [?] Examined by Tho[mas] Bartow [Jr?]

Data from the document

• Grantor: Reziah Runyon, yeoman, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co.
• Grantee: Daniel Cooper, Weaver, of Hunterdon Co.
• Property: Reziah's undivided moiety (equal half) of Lot No. 2 on the Passaic River (or a branch), Hunterdon Co. — part of the former Johnston / Willocks / Harrison / Longfield proprietary tract.
• Recited prior transaction: Daniel Cooper + Reziah Runyon jointly purchased Lot No. 2 from David Jamison (Gent., of NYC) on 10 Nov 1733 for £293 (NY money). [= the [K.31] C-3 f.77 (9 Nov) + f.78 (10 Nov) 1733 deeds.]
• Consideration (this deed): Daniel Cooper to assume payment to David Jamison of the purchase money + interest; £20[?] to Reziah.
• Deed dated: 20 June 1735 (8 Geo. II). Witnesses: Edward Antill, Daniel Sutton.
• Acknowledged: 14 Aug 1740, before a member of HM Council for NJ ([?] Lyell). Recorded: 1 April 1742; examined by Thos Bartow.
• Net result: Daniel Cooper becomes sole owner of Lot No. 2 (held the other half himself since the 1733 joint purchase).

Catalog significance (verbatim-relevant only; identity analysis → [p.1])

• Weaver of Hunterdon trade + residence attestation for the candidate Daniel Sr — intact, redated to 1733–1735.
• Cooper-Runyon partnership documented 1733 (joint purchase) → 1735 (Reziah sells Daniel his half). A post-marital land venture (the 1726 marriage predates it), consistent with Reziah being a Runyon kinsman of Grace ([p.148]) rather than evidence of a pre-marital arrangement.
• Edward Antill + Daniel Sutton (witnesses) and [?] Lyell (acknowledging councilman) are new network names; no Coriell/Coryell appears on this deed (the "Coriell-witness test" is negative for F-2 f.33).

Cross-references

• K.31 — the C-3 f.77 (9 Nov 1733) + f.78 (10 Nov 1733) David Jamison → Daniel Cooper + Reziah Runyon joint-purchase deeds that this deed recites (manuscript read same day; see K.31 for their witnesses/signatures)
• K.1 — parent NJSA Cooper-Hunterdon search meta-entry
• p.1 Daniel Cooper Sr · p.261 Reziah Runyon · p.148 Grace Runyon Cooper
• pr.63 Daniel Sr 1720-1744 catalog gap — earliest Hunterdon attestation revised 1720 → 1733
• pr.2 Daniel Sr father search