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Woodward & Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties. 1883
Southampton Township: Early Settlers and Poineer Incidents (pages 420-421)

       Previous to the organization of this township by the State Legislature, the territory embraced in this as well as Lumberton township was called Coaxen (or Quakeson, as spelled by some), and, as will be seen by the proceedings of the first town-meeting which we herewith give, a resolution was passed asking that the name of the new township be Southampton, in contradistinction, no doubt, from the name of the township on the north of it:

“ At an annual Town-meeting of the Township of Coaxen, in the county of Burlington, opened in front of the house of Charles H. Shinn, in Vincentown, on Tuesday, the 11th day of March 1845.
“The moderator of last year, Isaac W. Eayre, called the meeting to order.
“ On motion it was.
“ Resolved, that Isaac W. Eayre be the judge of the present Town-meeting.
“ 2d. Resolved that Oliver Cox be Clerk.
“The Clerk then read the Riot Act, and the seventh section of the act incorporating Townships , their powers and duties.
“ 3d.  The statement of the Township presented by the old township.
“ 4th. Two resolutions in relation to the changing the name of the township were read and adopted.
“ 5th. Dog tax, fifty cents a head.
“ 6th. Amount raised for school fund by township, $500.
7th. Next town-meeting to be held at Vincentown.
“ 8th. Surplus revenue to be appropriated to pay the debt of the township, and not to School purposes as heretofore.
“ 9th. Next election to be held at the upper house in Vincentown.
“ 10th.  A motion was made to dispense with overseers of the roads.  Motion lost.
“ 11th.  On motion, Resolved that it be discretionary with the Township Committee how much shall be expended for repairs on roads, any Overseer going beyond the same does it on his own responsibility.
“ 12th.  Next town-meeting to be opened at the upper-house in Vincentown.

“ Resolved, by the inhabitants of the township of Coaxen, in the county of Burlington, in their first Annual Town meeting assembled, that it is the sense of this meeting that the name of said township should be changed to Southampton, and that the Senators and members of the Assembly from this county be respectfully requested to aid in effecting such legislative enactment as may be necessary for that purpose.

“ Resolved, that a copy of the foregoing resolution, signed by the moderator of this meeting, be sent to the chairman of the committee on corporation of the house of assembly of this state as soon after the close of this meeting as practicable. 

“Signed,
“Isaac W. Eayres, Moderator

“March 11, 1845.”

       Clerk, Caleb Lamb; Assessor, Robert P. Haines; Collector, Theodore Bodine; Chosen Freeholders, John S. Irick and Benjamin B. Peacock; Commissioner of Appeal, John Kirkbride, Thomas Haines, and Edward Black; Surveyors of Highways, John Cox and Franklin Hilliard; Overseers of Poor, E. Royce and James Worrell; Judge of Election, Thomas B. Woolston; Constables, Joseph G. Prickett and John Gaskill, Overseers of Highways: East District, Job Cline; North District, Joseph Wells; West District, Joseph Allen; South District, William Shemely; Township Committee, Aaron Harker, Edward B.Thomas, Charles Bowker, Lewis Butterworth, and Amos Taylor; School Committee, Joseph P. Rowand, Josiah I Prickett, and Samuel Dobbins; Justices of the Peace, Arthur Haines, John B. Taylor, Daniel Wells, William S. Fort, and Joseph Lippincott; Pound-Keepers, Joseph Bowker and Charles Wilson.

We herewith give a list of town clerks, collectors, chosen freeholders, assessors, and town committee, as found in the records , from the organization of the township to the present time:

CLERKS

COLLECTORS

CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS

ASSESSORS

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE