1724 On 2 of month 2, Mary Horseman and James Paxton of Buckingham declared their intentions of marriage at the Chesterfield monthly meeting. [1] [2]
1724 On 7 of month 2, James Paxson delivered a certificate from the Bucks meeting to the Chesterfield meeting to marry Mary Horseman. [3]
1724 James Paxton, of Buckingham, Pennsylvania, and Mary Horseman, of Monmouth county, daughter of Marmaduke, were married on May 28, at Chesterfield. Witnesses: Marmaduke Horseman, Sarah Horseman, Sarah Horseman Jr., John Taylor, Tho Paxton, Ruben Pownal, Francis Scholey, Mary Scholey, Mary Janney, Elizabeth Paxton, John Clowes, Joseph Clowes, Henry Janney, William Paxton, Mary King, Abigail Doughty, Mary Ellis, Eliz Watson, Anne Abbott, Sarah Murfin, Eliz Tantum, Phebe Bunting, Hannah Pancoast, Rachel Abbott, John Wood, Sam'l Furnis, Richard French, J? Wright, Peter Treron, Richard Harrison, Joseph Reckless, John King, Wm Murfin, Walter Harbour, John Tantum, Abra Farrington, Rob't Murfin, Tho: French, Wm Bunting, John Abbott, John Sykes, Thomas Canby Jr, John Dyer, Tho Hartly, Roger Hartly, John Scarbrough, Wm Woodward, James English, Thomas Folkes Jr., Jos: Woodward, Benj: Doughty. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
1748 Mary Paxton was named as a daughter, perhaps deceased, in the will of Marmaduke Horseman. [10]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Book of Records, 1684-1756, 188, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Men's Minutes, 1684-1738, 205, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Certificates received, 1694-1836, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 89, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 46, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 665, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[7] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 7.
[8] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685-1730," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885), 347-352, at 351, [GoogleBooks].
[9] Lewis D. Cook, "Marriage Intentions, 1685-1730, Burlington County, New Jersey," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 53 (1965), 129-32, at 131.
[10] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 30. (Wills and Administrations 2, 1730-1750) (1918), 247, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].