Chesterfield Friends’ Monthly Meeting Marriage Records, 1686-1800; Burlington Co., NJ Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by David Tourison Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ********************************************************* Extracted from "Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXII, Marriage Records, 1665-1800; Edited, with an Historical Introduction on the Early Marriage Laws of New Jersey, and the Precedents on which they were Founded; by William Nelson; Paterson, N.J. 1900. [[beginning page 650, unpagenated]] CHESTERFIELD (BURLINGTON COUNTY) FRIENDS' MONTHLY MEETING Marriage Records, 1686-1800 Note. --- The following records were transcribed in 1881 for the New Jersey His- torical Societyt, by John P. Hutchinson, Esq., of Bordentown, from the original man- uscript volumes of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting. The manuscript gives all the facts in the records, but does not name all the witnesses at each marriage. The place where the marriage took place is given before the date. MALES A Abbott, John, of Nottingham, Burlington county, husbandman, and Anne Man- leverer, of Chestefield, spinster, dau. of Edmund and Anne, at the house of Matthew Watson 26th 3d mo. 1696 Witnesses--Matthew Watson, Anne Watson, Matthew Watson, Jr., Marma- duke Watson, Mahlon Stacy, William Emley, Susan Farnsworth and others. Abbott, John, of Nottingham (son of Timothy and Ann), and Susannah Bullock, of New Hanover Township, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth, at Upper Freehold Meeting 17th 9th mo. 1778 Witnesses--William, Marmaduke, Samuel and Lucy Abbott, Joseph, Eliz- abeth, George, Edith, Jemima, Elizabeth, Jr., John, Sarah, Rebecca and Amos Bullock, Abner Wright and others. Abbott, William, of Nottingham (son of Timothy and Ann), and Helena Lawrie, of Nottingham, dau. of Thomas and Ann, at Chesterfield Meeting 13th 3d mo. 1783 Witnesses--Samuel, Lucy, John Jr., and Timothy Abbott, Thomas, Anne, James, Mary, Joseph M., William, Amelia, John and Achsah Lawrie, Benjamin and Hannah Lawton and others. Abbott, William, of Chesterfield (son of Timothy and Ann), and Rebecca Holloway, of same place, dau. of James and Rebekah, at Chesterfield Meeting. 11th 1st. mo. 1787 Witnesses--John, Susannah, Samuel, Abel and David Abbott, Rebekah Nois, Benjamin and James Holloway, Joseph M. Lawrie, Joshua Wright, Thomas Newbold, Michael Taylor, William Harrison and others. Chesterfield Friends' Marriage Records. 651 Allen, Ralph, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co. (son of Judiah and ----------), and Ann Wright, of New Hanover, dau. of Mahlon and Mary, at Upper Freehold Meet- ing. 21st 10th mo. 1762 Witnesses--Miriam and William Allen, Mahlon, Mary, David, Sarah, Isaac, Jonathan, John, Stacey, Thomas, Jr., Robert, Joseph, Theodosia and Amos Wright, Joseph Borden, Wm. Lawrie and others. Allen, Samuel, of Nottingham (son of Samuel and Ann), and Margaret Borden, of Upper Freehold, dau. of -------------, at Robin's Meeting House. 6th 4th mo. 1785 Witnesses--Mary, Lydia, Henry, Michael and Nathan Allen, Frances, Lydia, Sarah, Asher, William, Nathan and Joseph Borden, Isaac Antrum, Rob- ert Wright and others. Arney, Daniel, of Chesterfield (son of Joseph and Margaret), and Elizabeth Wright, of Bordentown, dau. of Israel and Alice, at Bordentown Meeting. 3d 12th mo. 1794 Witnesses--Elizabeth Arney, Mary Arney, Sarah, John, Hannah, Fretwell and Isaac Wright, Stacy Potts, Jos. Kirkbride, Isaac Thorn, Marmaduke Wat- son, Jr., and others. B Barber, William, of Chesterfield Township, and Ann Burtice, of Nottingham, at Ches- terfield 7th 10th mo. 1784 Witnesses--Isaac and Isaac Barber, Jr., James Lawrie, Anthony Bullock, Joseph Thom, Joshua W. Satterthwait, Ann Wright and others. Beaumont, John, of Falls Township, Bucks Co., Penna., and Sarah Pancoast, of Mansfield Township, dau. of William, at Chestefield. 17th 3d mo. 1744 Witnesses--Hannah, William, Joseph, Joseph, Jr., Samuel, John, Seth, Elizabeth Mary, Abigail Mary and Mary Pancoast, Isaac Horner, Joseph Bor- den, Jr., Joseph Curtis and others. Black, John, of Chesterfield, and Sarah Rockhill, of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield. 4th 10th mo. 1706 Witnesses--Edward, Mary, John and Mary Rockhill, Jr., Thomas Folkes, John Abbott, Daniel Farnsworth, Ambrose Field, Joseph Reckless, Samuel Taylor and others. Borden, Joseph, of Nottingham, and Rebekah Middleton, of Nottingham, at Chester- field. 15th 2d mo. 1759 Witnesses--Francis, Lydia, Mary and Francis Borden, Jr., Preserve Brown, Anthony Woodward, John Lawrie, David Kelley, James Lawrie and others. Brannin, John, of Chesterfield, and Rachel Vanderbeck, of Chesterfield, at Borden- town. 5th 10th mo. 1791 Witnesses--John, Sarah, Samuel and Sarah Brannin, Jr., Peter and Sarah Vanderbeck, John Curtis, Isaac Horner, Marmaduke Watson, Jr., Joshua Fen- nimore, Jr., and others. Brown, Preserve, of Philadelphia, Penna., and Mary Sykes, of Chesterfield, dau. of John and Joanna, at Upper Springfield. 21st 8th mo. 1747 652 New Jersey Colonial Documents. Witnesses--Thomas, John, Richard and Sarah Brown, John, Joanna, An- thony, Benjamin, Samuel and Joanna Sykes, Michael Newbold and John Kirk- bride, Jr., and others. Brown, Preserve, Jr., of Mansfield, and Mary French, of Mansfield, dau. of Richard and ------------, at Chestefield. 15th 8th mo. 1724 Witnesses--Preserve, Abraham and Abraham Brown, Jr., Richard, Thomas, Richard, Jr., Thomas, Jr., French, Thomas Newbold, Joseph Newbold, Joshua Shreve, John Abbott and others. Brown, Richard, of Nottingham, and Sarah Taylor, of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield. 15th 5th mo. 1755 Witnesses--Mary, Mary, Jr., Preserve and William Brown, Samuel, Jr., John, Achsah, George, Anthony, Benjamin, Samuel, Medius1 and Mary Taylor, John Sykes, Caleb Shreve and others. Bullock, George, of New Hanover (son of Joseph and Elizabeth), and Edith Wood, of Chesterfield, dau. of William and Hannah, at Springfield. 7th 2d mo. 1776 Witnesses--Joseph, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Jr., Susannah, Jemima and Re- bekah Bullock, William, Hannah, Polly, Ann and John Wood, Anthony and Margaret Bullock, Joseph Newbold, Cleayton Newbold and others. Burllock, Joseph, Jr., of New Hanover (son of Joseph and Elizabeth), and Lydia Law- rie, of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., dau. of James and Mary, at Chesterfield. 16th 3d. mo. 1780 Witnesses--Joseph, Elizabeth, Amos, George, Edith, Jemima, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Jr., and Anthony Bullock, James, Mary, Thomas, Joseph, Thomas Lawrie, Jr., John Abbott, Joseph Borden, William Abbott, Michael Rogers, Jr., and others. Bullock, Anthony, of New Hanover (son of Joseph and Elizabeth, dec'd), and Hannah Wood, of Chesterfield, dau. f William and Hannah, dec'd, at Chesterfield. 10th 5th mo. 1798 Witnesses--George, Sarah, David, Isaac, Margaret, John, Jr., and Eliza- beth Bullock, Margaret, Elizabeth and Thomas N. Wood, Thomas and Joseph M. Lawrie and others. Bunting, Samuel, of Chesterfield, and Mary Folkes, of Chesterfield, dau. of Thomas Folkes, at Francis Davenport's house. 18th 9th mo. 1684 Witnesses--Thomas S. and Thomas, Jr., Foulks, Francis Davenport, Pe- ter Fretwell, Robert Murfin, Samuel Sykes and others. Bunting, William, of Chesterfield, and Abigail Horseman, of Monmouth couty, dau. of Marmaduke and -----------. 11th 8th mo. 1716 Witnesses--John, Sr., Sarah, Sr., Samuel, Mary, Anthony and Phebe Bunting, John Bunting, Jr., Marmaduke, Sarah and Susannah Horseman, Wm. Wood, Joseph Reckless and others. Bunting, Joshua, of Chesterfield, and Mary Large, of Nottingham, at Chesterfield. 17th 11th mo. 1785 ------- 1 Medius, in the sense of junior, or second ? Chesterfield Friends' Marriage Records. 653 Witnesses--Amy, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Rebecca Bunting, Amos, Lydia, Elizabeth, Hannah, Anne and Nathan Middleton, John Large, Joseph M. Law- rie and others. Bunting, Samuel, of Chesterfield (son of Joshua and Amy his former wife), and Deborah Middleton, dau. of Jacob and Hannah, at Chesterfield. 8th 5th mo. 1800 Witnesses--Joshua, Mary, Elizabeth, Newberry, Amos and Hannah Bunt- ing, Jacob, Hannah, Jediah, Miriam, Ann, Aaron, Jacob, Jr., Samuel, Jr., Na- than, Lydia, Jr., Abigail, Increase, Hannah, Jr., Sarah, Jr., George, Jr., Amos, Lydia, Elizabeth and Sarah Middleton and others. Burr, Joseph, of Northampton Township (son of Henry and Elizabeth), and Jane Abbot, of Nottingham, dau. of John and Anne, at Chesterfield. 17th 12th mo. 1726 Witnesses--Henry, Elizabeth, John and Rebecca Burr, John, Anne, John, Jr., Abbott, Joseph Reckless, Richard French, John Sykes and others. Burton, Charles, of Bordentown (son of David and Catharine, dec'd), and Lydia Moore, widow, of Bordentown, dau. of John Taylor and Hannah, at Borden- town. 8th 10th mo. 1800 Witnesses--William and David Burton, John and Anthony Taylor, David Arney, John Wright, Isaac Thom, Joseph Kirkbride and others. C Cathrall, Benjamin, of Burlington (son of Edward and Rachel, dec'd), and Sarah Parker, of New Hanover, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth, at Upper Freehold. 14th 1st mo. 1779 Witnesses--Samuel, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Edward and Anne Parker, Thomas Earl, Thomas Harrison, Alexander Howard, John Lawrie, Richard Walen, Amos Bullock, Fretwell Wright and others. Clark, Benjamin, of Middlesex county (son of Benjamin, dec'd), and Hannah Law- rie, of Monmouth county, dau. of William, at Upper Freehold. 13th 12th mo. 1764 Witnesses--James, William, Caleb and Isaac Clar,, William, Thomas, Annie, James, Mary, James, John, Achsah, Jacob and Mary Lawrie, Jr., John Bullock, Joseph Newbold, and others. Clark, Isaac, of Windsor (son of James), and Mary Lawrie, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth county, dau. of William, at Chesterfield 19th 11th mo. 1767 Witnesses--James, Hannah, Ann, Hannah, Rachel, Benjamin and Caleb Clark, William Lawrie, Miriam, James, Mary, Elizabeth and Lucy Lawrie, Alexander Howard, John Black and others. Clark, Enoch, of Windsor (son of Benjamin and Hannah), and Elizabeth Wood, of Chesterfield, dau. of William and Hannah, at Stony Brook 15th 2d mo. 1792 Witnesses--Benjamin, Hannah, Elisha, mary, Joseph, Caleb, Thomas, David, Phebe, William and Julia Clark, Hannah and Susannah Wood, Anthony Bullock, Job and Joseph Olden and others. 654 New Jersey Colonial Documents. Clark, Elisha, of Somerset county (son of Benjamin and Hannah Clark), and Ann Olden, of Middlesex county, dau. of Joseph and Ann 9th 1st mo. 1793 Witnesses--Benjamin, Hannah, Enoch, Elizabeth, Jr., David, Phebe Esther, Rachel, Charles, Thomas, William, Hannah, Jr., and Caleb Clark, Anne, Joseph, Mary, Jr., Giles W., Samuel, Mary, James, Jr., Catharine, Sam- uel, Jr., Elihu, Job, Hart and Nathaniel Olden and others. Clark, Charles, of Middlesex county (son of John), and Mary Shinn, of Somerset county, dau. of Abraham, at Stony Brook 5th 3d mo. 1794 Witnesses--Hannah, William, Edna, Julia, Hannah, 3d, Esther, Joseph, William, Jr., Sarah, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Mary, Rachel, Thomas, Elisha and Benjamin Clark, Jr., Joseph Shinn, Job Olden, Robert White and others. Clauson, Cornelius, of Chestefield, and Anne Burcham, of the same place, at Ches- terfield 21st 9th mo. 1728 Witnesses--Abraham Farrington, Richard French, Ralph Cowgill, Sam'l Woodward, Joseph Reckless, Wm. Wood, Sam'l Satterthait and others. Collings, Joseph, of Burlington county, and Katharine Huddleston, of Mansfield township, at Burlington 8th 7th mo. 1698 Witnesses--Francis Collings, Elizabeth Collings, Joseph Kirkbride, George Deacon, Daniel Smith, Thos. Biddle, Peter Fretwell, John Hogg, Jr., John Gos- lin and others. Combs, John, Jr., of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth county, and Mary Ash- ton, of the same place, at Upper Freehold 4th 11th mo. 1795 Witnesses--John, Sr., Rebekah, Thos., Isaac, Stephen, Benjamin, Ezekiel, Rebecca, Jr., Abigail, Euphemia and Hannah Combs, George Craft, Joel Cheshire, Joshua Wright, Richard Potts and others. Combs, Benjamin, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth county (son of John and Rebekah), and Charity Craft, of the same place, dau. of George and Mary, at Robbins Meeting House 12th 12th mo. 1798 Witnesses--John, Rebekah, Thomas, Hannah, John, Jr., Isaac, Euphemia, Stephen, Abigail, Rebekah, Ezekiel, Rachel and Nancy Combs, George, Mary, Grace and Samuel Craft and others. Cooper, John, of Gloucester county, and Anne Clark, of Somerset county, dau. of Benjamin and Anne, at the house of Joseph Worth 18th 1st mo. 1712-13 Witnesses--William, Joseph and Lydia Cooper, Benjamin, Anne, Elizabeth, Sarah and James Clark, Samuel Bunting, John Olden, Jos. Reckless, Joseph Worth and others. Curtis, John, Jr., of Mansfield Township (son of John and Patience), and Sarah Tay- lor, of Nottingham, dau. of John and Sarah, at Chesterfield 10th 3d mo. 1785 Witnesses--Rachel Curtis, John, Sarah, John, Jr., Joel, Ann and Stacy Tay- lor, Joseph, Isaac and Samuel DeCou, Joseph M. Lawrie, Benjamin Linton and others. Crues, James, of Chestefield, and Sarah Forsyth, of the same place, dau. of Matthew and Rebecca, at Chesterfield 23d 3d mo. 1734 Chesterfield Friends' Marriage Records. 655 Witnesses--John, Matthew, Susannah and Rebecca Forsyth, John Bacon, I. Decow, Med.,1 Wm. French, John Abbott, Wm. Murfin, Mich. Newbold and Joseph Reckless. Curtis, Thomas, of Ogston (son of John), and Elizabeth Ellis, of Burlington, dau. of Thomas, dec'd, at the house of John Brown 21st 9th mo. 1694 Witnesses--John and David Curtis, Thos. Revell, John Warren, Michael Newbold, Wm. Wood, Michael Buffin, Richard French and others. D Danford, Samuel, of Burlington county, and Mary Wright, widow of Joseph, at Ches- terfield 5th 9th mo. 1717 Witnesses--Joshua, Thomas, Rebecca and Samuel Wright, John Bunting, Wm. Wood, Thomas Harrison, Isaac Ivins, Jos. Reckless and others. Davenport, Francis, of Chesterfield (widower), and Rebecca Decou, of Burlington, relict of Isaac, at Burlington 12th 8th mo. 1692 Witnesses--Jacob and John Decow, Daniel Smith, Mahlon Stacy, Thomas Olive, John Woolston, Thos. Folkes, John Curtis, John Bunting, Samuel Jen- nings and others. DeCow, Isaac, of Burlington, and Anne Davenport, of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield. 24th 2d mo. 1705 Witnesses--Jacob and Elizabeth Decow, Rebecca, Francis, Jr., Isaac, Abi- gail, Esther and Rebecca Davenport, Jr., Thos. Folkes, John Black, John Bacon, Isaac Horner, Richard French, Joseph Reckless and others. DeCow, Joseph, of Burlington county (son of Eber), and Achsah Taylor, of same place, dau. of John, at Chesterfield. 15th 10th mo. 1778 Witnesses--Eber, John, John, Isaac and Mary DeCow, Sarah, Joel, Mercy, Edith, Ann, Stacy, Daniel, John Taylor, Jr., James Lawrie, Thomas Lawrie, Wm. Abbott, James Holloway and others. DeCow, Samuel, of Nottingham (son of Isaac, dec'd, and Mary), and Mary Lawrie, of the same place, dau. of Thomas, dec'd, and Anne, at Chesterfield. 8th 12th mo. 1796 Witnesses--Mary, Achsah, Stacy, Isaac, Mary, Jr., and Eber DeCow, Anne, Mary, Joseph M., Ann, Thomas, Jr., Mary Lawrie, Amos Middleton, Samuel Abbott, Joshua Bunting, Jacob Middleton and others. E Earl, Thomas, Jr., of Springfield Township (son of Tanton and Mary), and Edith Sykes, of Chesterfield Township, dau. of Anthony and Mary, at Springfield. 15th 4th mo. 1778 Witnesses--Tanton, Mary, John, Caleb, Joseph, Mercy, Mary, Samuel, Michael, Thomas and Elizabeth Earl, Anthony, Mary, Samuel, Thomas, Cath- arine, Mary, Jr., Benjamin, Benjamin, Jr., John and Anthony Sykes, Jr. and others. ------- 1 Query: Medius. See note on page 652, ante.