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Notes for John Abbott and Susannah Bullock

1776 George Bullock and Edith Wood were married on 7 of month 2, at Springfield. Witnesses: Suannah Bullock and many others. [1]

1778 John Abbott, son of Timothy and Ann, and Susannah Bullock of New Hanover Twp, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth, were married on the 17th, 9th month, at Upper Freehold meeting. Witnesses William, Marmaduke, Samuel and Lucy Abbott, Joseph, Elizabeth, George, Edith, Jemima, Elizabeth, Jr., John, Sarah, Rebecca and Amos Bullock, Abner Wright and others. [2] [3] [4] [5]

1780 Joseph Bullock Jr and Lydia Lawrie were married on March 16, at Chesterfield. Witnesses: John Abbott Jr, and others. [6]

1805 Ann Rickey, daughter of John and Amy Rickey, and Joseph Abbott, all of Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey, were married on 7 of month 3, in Trenton New Jersey. John and Susannah Abbott, and many others, witnessed the marriage. [7]

A biosketch reports [8]:

John Abbott, son of John and Anne Satterthwaite Abbott, was born in 1748. He inherited the entire estate by reason of the law of primogeniture, and continued the business of his father, as well as farming the land. He abandoned the former in 1800, and died in 1809. Anthony Bullock, his brother in law, purchased the Abbott estate in 1826. John Abbott married Susannah Bullock, who died in 1835, and they had several children.

A biosketch reports [9]:

John Abbott, born 1748, died 1809. He married Susannah Bulloch. He succeeded to his father's estate and
was actively engaged in the business instituted by his father, continuing the mercantile phase of it until 1800, when his large land-holdings demanded all his attention. He took an active part in local public affairs and in those of the religious body to which he belonged. John and Susannah (Bulloch) Abbott had, with other issue, …

Research Notes:

There is a descrepancy about the parents of John Abbott: Timothy or John?


Footnotes:

[1] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 143, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[2] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 114, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[3] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 650, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[4] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Chesterfield Meeting, Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal, 1685-1756, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[5] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 1.

[6] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 119A, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[7] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 181, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[8] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1907), 109, right, person IV, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[9] William W. H. Davis, with Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan, ed., History of Bucks County Pennsylvania, 2nd ed., Vol. III (1905), 195, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].