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	Benjamin Shotwell House; Shotwell-Runyon House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	26 Runyon's Lane; Edison, New Jersey
Built	ca. 1750-1775
NRHP reference No.	87000875
NJRHP No.	1840
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 4, 1987
Designated NJRHP	April 28, 1987

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The Benjamin Shotwell House, or the Shotwell-Runyon House, is a historic house in Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The house was listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The farm on which is located in part of Route 287. ^[3] The Shotwells were early settlers of "The Plains", an early reference to Plainfield, New Jersey.^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 19. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
^ Spies, Stacy E (2001), Edison, Acadia Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7385-0549-7
^ Dudley, William L. (March 29, 1929). "Friendly Families: The Shotwells". The Story of the Friends in Plainfield Including A History of Early Quaker Families. Retrieved 2011-07-17. Prominent in the early beginning of the society in this vicinity was Abraham Shotwell, who, though not himself a Quaker, was warmly in sympathy with the common people in their contentions with the Lords Proprietors' government about titles to land. Shotwell's independence resulted in the confiscation of his property in Elizabethtown. After his death two sons, Daniel and John, succeeded, under the Quaker management of 1683, in securing restoration to the family. John, in 1679, married Elizabeth Burton. For generations since descendants have lived in Union county. Marriage with the Thorns, Laings, Websters, Vails, Marshes, Pounds and other pioneer settlers has given the State some of its most useful and prominent citizens. At the opening of this century the names of eighty-six Shotwells are recorded in the Society. The first mention of this locality as Plainfield is noticed in connection with the register of the birth of one of John Shotwell's grandchildren. His daughter Elizabeth, had married John Laing in 1705, and their daughter Elizabeth, the record states, was "born at Plainfield ye 11th of ye 10th month, 1707". Earlier reference to this place had been made as the "Quaker settlement on the Plains", to distinguish it from the small colony at Scotch Plains. The first marriage in the present Plainfield Meeting House was that of Amy Shotwell to Charles Brooks.

External links

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NJRHP-2] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 19. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

[3] Spies, Stacy E (2001), Edison, Acadia Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7385-0549-7

[4] Dudley, William L. (March 29, 1929). "Friendly Families: The Shotwells". The Story of the Friends in Plainfield Including A History of Early Quaker Families. Retrieved 2011-07-17. Prominent in the early beginning of the society in this vicinity was Abraham Shotwell, who, though not himself a Quaker, was warmly in sympathy with the common people in their contentions with the Lords Proprietors' government about titles to land. Shotwell's independence resulted in the confiscation of his property in Elizabethtown. After his death two sons, Daniel and John, succeeded, under the Quaker management of 1683, in securing restoration to the family. John, in 1679, married Elizabeth Burton. For generations since descendants have lived in Union county. Marriage with the Thorns, Laings, Websters, Vails, Marshes, Pounds and other pioneer settlers has given the State some of its most useful and prominent citizens. At the opening of this century the names of eighty-six Shotwells are recorded in the Society. The first mention of this locality as Plainfield is noticed in connection with the register of the birth of one of John Shotwell's grandchildren. His daughter Elizabeth, had married John Laing in 1705, and their daughter Elizabeth, the record states, was "born at Plainfield ye 11th of ye 10th month, 1707". Earlier reference to this place had been made as the "Quaker settlement on the Plains", to distinguish it from the small colony at Scotch Plains. The first marriage in the present Plainfield Meeting House was that of Amy Shotwell to Charles Brooks.

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 The '''Benjamin Shotwell House''', or the '''Shotwell-Runyon House''', is a historic house in [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], New Jersey. The house was listed on the [[New Jersey Register of Historic Places]] and [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1987. The farm on which is located in part of [[Route 287]].
-<ref>{{Citation   | last = Spies   | first = Stacy E   | title = Edison   | place =    | publisher = Acadia Publishing   | year = 2001   | volume =    | edition =    | url = http://books.google.nl/books?id=w0DW3qVsn08C&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=Benjamin+Shotwell+House&source=bl&ots=D4TQK2LYzb&sig=F0WxP9L3Q3Ul-Qced2P7xzmSIpY&hl=nl&ei=fP4ZTuH9HIqfOsK8_fUI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Benjamin%20Shotwell%20House&f=false   | doi =    | id =    | isbn = 978-0-7385-0549-7   | quote = }}</ref> The Shotwells were  early settlers of "The Plains", an early reference to Plainfield, New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web   | last = Dudley   | first = William L.   | title = Friendly Families: The Shotwells   | work = The Story of the Friends in Plainfield Including A History of Early Quaker Families   | publisher =    | date = March 29, 1929   | url = http://www.plainfieldquakers.org/history/dudley.asp   | format =    | doi =    | accessdate = 2011-07-17   | quote = Prominent in the early beginning of the society in this vicinity was Abraham Shotwell, who, though not himself a Quaker, was warmly in sympathy with the common people in their contentions with the Lords Proprietors' government about titles to land. Shotwell's independence resulted in the confiscation of his property in Elizabethtown. After his death two sons, Daniel and John, succeeded, under the Quaker management of 1683, in securing restoration to the family. John, in 1679, married Elizabeth Burton. For generations since descendants have lived in Union county. Marriage with the Thorns, Laings, Websters, Vails, Marshes, Pounds and other pioneer settlers has given the State some of its most useful and prominent citizens. At the opening of this century the names of eighty-six Shotwells are recorded in the Society. The first mention of this locality as Plainfield is noticed in connection with the register of the birth of one of John Shotwell's grandchildren. His daughter Elizabeth, had married John Laing in 1705, and their daughter Elizabeth, the record states, was "born at Plainfield ye 11th of ye 10th month, 1707". Earlier reference to this place had been made as the "Quaker settlement on the Plains", to distinguish it from the small colony at Scotch Plains. The first marriage in the present Plainfield Meeting House was that of Amy Shotwell to Charles Brooks.}}</ref>
+<ref>{{Citation   | last = Spies   | first = Stacy E   | title = Edison   | place =    | publisher = Acadia Publishing   | year = 2001   | volume =    | edition =    | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=w0DW3qVsn08C&pg=PA69 | doi =    | id =    | isbn = 978-0-7385-0549-7   | quote = }}</ref> The Shotwells were  early settlers of "The Plains", an early reference to Plainfield, New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web   | last = Dudley   | first = William L.   | title = Friendly Families: The Shotwells   | work = The Story of the Friends in Plainfield Including A History of Early Quaker Families   | publisher =    | date = March 29, 1929   | url = http://www.plainfieldquakers.org/history/dudley.asp   | format =    | doi =    | accessdate = 2011-07-17   | quote = Prominent in the early beginning of the society in this vicinity was Abraham Shotwell, who, though not himself a Quaker, was warmly in sympathy with the common people in their contentions with the Lords Proprietors' government about titles to land. Shotwell's independence resulted in the confiscation of his property in Elizabethtown. After his death two sons, Daniel and John, succeeded, under the Quaker management of 1683, in securing restoration to the family. John, in 1679, married Elizabeth Burton. For generations since descendants have lived in Union county. Marriage with the Thorns, Laings, Websters, Vails, Marshes, Pounds and other pioneer settlers has given the State some of its most useful and prominent citizens. At the opening of this century the names of eighty-six Shotwells are recorded in the Society. The first mention of this locality as Plainfield is noticed in connection with the register of the birth of one of John Shotwell's grandchildren. His daughter Elizabeth, had married John Laing in 1705, and their daughter Elizabeth, the record states, was "born at Plainfield ye 11th of ye 10th month, 1707". Earlier reference to this place had been made as the "Quaker settlement on the Plains", to distinguish it from the small colony at Scotch Plains. The first marriage in the present Plainfield Meeting House was that of Amy Shotwell to Charles Brooks.}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 *[http://www.historicmapworks.com/Buildings/index.php?state=NJ&city=Metuchen%20vicinity&id=23928 www.historicmapworks.com]
 *[http://www.plainfieldquakers.org/history/dudley.asp www.plainfieldquakers.org]
-*[http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofourcolon00shot/annalsofourcolon00shot_djvu.txt Annals of our Colonial Ancestors and their Descendants, text-only version]
+*[https://archive.org/stream/annalsofourcolon00shot/annalsofourcolon00shot_djvu.txt Annals of our Colonial Ancestors and their Descendants, text-only version]
-*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Annals_of_Our_Colonial_Ancestors_and_The.html?id=QLpRAAAAMAAJ Shotwell Family Annals - Annals of our Colonial Ancestors and their Descendants, Google Books]
+*[https://books.google.com/books/about/Annals_of_Our_Colonial_Ancestors_and_The.html?id=QLpRAAAAMAAJ Shotwell Family Annals - Annals of our Colonial Ancestors and their Descendants, Google Books]
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