1754 On 28 of month 2, Elizabeth Schooley, of Mendham, and Richard Dell, of Morris County, were married at Mendham. Witnessed by William Schooley, Mary Schooley, Elizabeth Schooley, Robert Schooley, Alse [perhaps Alice] Schooley, Mercy Brotherton, and others. [1]
1754 On 27 of month 6, James Brotherton and Alice Schooley were married at Mendham. Witnessed by Elizabeth and Richard Dell and others. [2]
1760 On 12 of month 6 and on 10 of month 7, Richard Dell and wife Elizabeth and children Jane and Thomas were received by the Kingwood meeting, with a certificate from Woodbridge meeting. [3]
1760 On 27 November, William Schooley Jr and Elizabeth Dell, were married in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Witnessed by Elizabeth and Richard Dell and others. [4]
1760 On 27 of month 11, Jacob Bonnell and Mary Schooley both of Mendham, were married at Mendham, Morris County. Witnessed by Elizabeth and Richard Dell and others. [5]
Research Notes:
A eulogy was written for Richard Dell at Mendham [6]:
He was born the 16th day of the 10th month 1726 and from his youth was much inclined to seriousness ... In the year 1760 he settled within the limits of Mendham particular meeting .. he was called to the work of the ministry about the 37th year of his age ... departed this life the 3rd day of the 8th month 1804, and was interred in friends burying grounds at Mendham the 5th of the same, aged near 78, a minister upwards of 40 years ... Read and approved in our quarterly meeting for Shrewsbury ... 2nd mo 14th. 1805 ...
A descendant chart of Thomas Schooley shows grand-daughter Elizabeth Schooley, born 7/20/1729 [7], married to Richard Dell in 1754 [8]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Union, New Jersey, Births 1705-1901, Deaths 1705-1908, Marriages 1712-1805, 280, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Union, New Jersey, Births 1705-1901, Deaths 1705-1908, Marriages 1712-1805, 280, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Union, New Jersey, Register of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, 1687-1871, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Union, New Jersey, Births 1705-1901, Deaths 1705-1908, Marriages 1712-1805, 283, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Union, New Jersey, Births 1705-1901, Deaths 1705-1908, Marriages 1712-1805, 283, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] Richard T. Irwin, The Religious Society of Friends in Randolph Township; A History (1973), [AncestryImage].
[8] Richard T. Irwin, The Religious Society of Friends in Randolph Township; A History (1973), [AncestryImage].