Dellett Family

I know very little about this family so far; only that they lived somewhere in Washington Township. The only census entry I have found so far is for 1860, although some of the other censuses I have not completed yet so they may still turn up.

According to another visitor to this site, Walter, this is originally either French or Spanish, originally spelled 'DeLlette'.

Dellett Family-1860 Washington Township

House #	Family #	Surname	Given Name	Age	Birthplace	Occupation	Real Estate Value	Personal Estate
1	1	Dellett	Manass	45	NJ	Master Collier	$5000	$16000
			Rebecca	39	NJ
			Thomas	17	NJ
			Ann	10	NJ
		Tucker	Samuel E.	27	NJ	store clerk	$100
		Wooley	(illegible female name)	15	NJ
4	4	Dellett	John	36	Ohio	Innkeeper		$300
			Mary	32	Ireland
			James	10	NJ
			Mannass	1	NJ
			Alexander	1	NJ
		Sutts	Mary	20	NJ
		Sampson	William	21	Ireland	Collier
5	5	Dellett	Moses	30	NJ	team driver
			Mantham?	20	NJ
			Thomas	1	NJ
			Aaron	1 mo.	NJ

Many members of this family are buried in the cemetery that once served St. Mary of the Pines, the Catholic church that once stood just up the road from Batsto and Pleasant Mills. It has been said that the church was built by the Richards family of Batsto for his Catholic workers, but I believe a good case can be made against at least some residents of that cemetery as having resided in Batsto. The Dellet family I believe did not live at Batsto for several reasons:

Several of them own both personal and real estate. Batsto was a company town and it is not likely anyone working there owned land.
Samuel Tucker lived with the Delletts and worked as a store clerk, but as far as is known Batsto did not have such a man working in it's store.
None of the families located near the Delletts on the census have come up in my research as Batsto residents.

These are the headstones of the Dellett family found in St. Mary's cemetery. As several of these do not appear on the census above, perhaps they are a differnet part of the family that did work at Batsto; more research is needed in this area. Another researcher has told me that he believes Manass Dellett, above, actually lived in Indian Mills (Shamong Township) at least part of his life. Part of Washington Township was taken away to form Shamong in 1852, so the Dellets may show up in both townships depending on the year. E.W. Woodward mentions a hotel outside of Indian Mills that was at that time, 1883, being run by a M. Dellet. Since a Dellet shows up on the census in 1860 in Washington Township, 8 years after the creation of Shamong township, this is not the same hotel but possibly the same person, managing a different hotel in Washington Township?
Dellet, ??? died 1851 rest of stone illegible
Dellett, Aaron died 1855
Dellett, Daniel d. 23 March 1899, age 16; Corp Co. I 5 Regt NJ Vol
Dellet, James died 8 July 1850 age 62
Dellet, James, Sr. 1819-1898
Dellet, James 1851-1889
Dellet, John 1853-1887
Dellet, John b. 6 Feb 1824; d. 11 Oct 1892
Dellet, Lydiah d. Aug 6, 1879 age 18 yrs
Dellet, Mary C. 1823-1898

Melinda D., who has contributed absolutely volumes to this web site, and whom we can never thank enough for all her work, sent me the following Dellet tidbits (quite awhile back, actually and I just now reached that part of the "to do" pile!!)

Fred S. Fielder, Collier's Mills, 22, father Charles Fielder and Elizabeth Archer to Annie T. Dillett of Whiting, parents Manus Dillett and Maggie Bowers January 4, 1896. Frank Youmans and Orlando Ware were witnesses

Manas Dellett married Lizzie Sexton in 1886

Mrs. Annie Fielder, 70, widow of Fred Fielder, died Friday at her home in Colliers Mills. She is survived by a daughter Mrs. Arthur Hurley; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Four brothers; Alex Dillet of Cream Ridge and Lewis and Manus Dillet of asbury Park. Funeral was held on Tuesday at 2 o'clock from the Zion Methodist Church with the Rev. Albert Manus officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Anyone with information regarding this family can contact myself or visit this page, where Donald has set up a Dellett family page.

This page was last updated on August 22nd, 2000