Chesterfield Friends' Monthly Meeting Marriage Records, 1686-1800; Burlington Co., NJ
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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
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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.
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1 Query: Medius. See note on page 652, ante.