Bronze plaque for John Catlin: 1643-1704
Somebody asked about this plaque - here is the wording and the reference.His memory is perpetuated in the following marker tablet erected
in 1911 at the corner of Broad and Commerce Streets in Newark.
The wording on the placque is all upper case.Each line as
follows should be centered.
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
Reference:
History of the City of Newark, New Jersey, Volume I, Lewis
Historical Publishing Co., 1913 - plate of the Catlin Tablet