This monument, erected in his honor in 1911, is located on the corner of Broad and Commerce Streets in Newark, NJ., and reads:
On this Site
John Catlin
Newark's first schoolmaster
opened his School in 1676, holding
it in his home as was the custom
in those days. By vote of the
town's men he was engaged to
"Do his faithful honest and true endeavour
to teach the children or servants of those
as have subscribed...English and also
arethmetick...as much as they are capable
to learn and he capable to teach them."
He was a man of mark in the
community, serving as town's attorney
and later as town's man.
In 1683 he became one of the early
permanent settlers of Deerfield, Mass.
where his services gained for him
the honorable title of "Mr."
He was killed Feb. 29, 1704, in the
defence of his home against an
attack of French and Indians.
He was a guide of youth
and a leader of men
Erected by the Newark Schoolmen's Club
Newark Day, Nov. 6, 1911
4 comments:
Thank you for posting this photo! I'd heard of the marker but have had no luck getting my few New Jersey contacts to photograph it for me. I, too, am a Catlin/Baldwin descendant.
I am a Catlin/Baldwin descendant. My name is also John Catlin. That name has been passed down generation after generation and my son is also John.
He is my 10th Great Grandfather on Ancestry.
Thank you for posting this. I just recently discovered that I am a descendant of Elizabeth Corse,who was taken captive in the Deerfield Massacre. Her mother, also Elizabeth Corse ,was the daughter of John Catlin. She was killed on the way to Canada.
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