1791 Isaac Schooley, son of James, was born at Hamilton Square, Mercer County, New Jersey, as reported in his death record [1]. Isaac Schooley, son of James and Mary was born on 17 of month 7 [2] [3].
1815 Benjamin Schooley and Ann Kirkbride Ivins were married on May 4, at the Chesterfield Meeting of Friends. Witnessed by Isaac Schooley and others. [4]
1820 Isaac Schooley was taxed in Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey.
1821 Isaac Schooley and Mariah Hutchinson were married on December 20, 1821 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. [5]
Isaac and Maria Schooley lived on part of the 185 acres that Isaac's grandfather Joseph Schooley had purchased in 1766.
1830 Isaac Schooley (age 30-40) and family lived in Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. Nearby were brothers James and Benjamin Schooley. [6] [7] [8]
1840 Isaac Schooley (age 40-50) lived in Nottingham Twp, Mercer County, New Jersey. The household had a male age 10-15 (Edward or Enoch?), a male age 40-50 (Isaac), female age 0-5 (Mary?), female age 5-10 (Ann?), female age 40-50 (wife Mary). Several Hutchinson families were listed on the same census page. [9] [10]
1850 Isaac Schooley (age 58) and Maria (age 50) lived in Hamilton Twp, Mercer County, New Jersey with Edward Schooley (age 20), Enoch Schooley (age 19), Ann Schooley (age 18), and Mary J Schooley (age 10). Estate valued at $1500. [11] [12] [13]
1852 "James S Schooley, deceased, without having made a will, of Hamilton Twp, Mercer County (formerly Nottingham Twp, Burlington County). Applicant: On 26 January, James Schooley of Hamilton Twp, a son, petitioned for a partition of the estate. Other children: Joseph Schooley; Benjamin Schooley; Isaac Schooley; Sarah (Schooley) wife of Charles Hughes; Ann (Schooley) wife of James Ivins; Mary (Schooley) wife of Daniel Wainwright; and grandchildren of James S Schooley, dec'd, namely Mary, Sarah, and Clement Rockhill, the children of a deceased daughter, Rebecca (Schooley) Rockhill, the former wife of Joseph Rockhill. Each claiming an undivided 1/8th share. Dated April 29th 1852." [14] [15]
1853 Isaac Hutchinson sold land in Hamilton Twp, Mercer County, to Robert Hutchinson, Joseph Schooley, and Able R Taylor by 3 separate deeds. [16]
1853 A sale was made of lands from the estate of James Schooley, deceased, of Burlington County, now Mercer County. The heirs were Joseph Schooley, Benjamin Schooley, Isaac Schooley, Sarah the wife of Charles Hughes, Ann the wife of James Ivins, Mary the wife of Daniel Wainwright, and James Schooley, and three grand children who are children of Deceased daughter Rebecca, spouse of Joseph Rockhill. The grand children were Mary Rockhill, Sarah Rockhill, and Clement Rockhill, all under age 21. Lots 4 and 5, in Hamilton Twp, Mercer County, were sold to Robert C Hutchinson, Sylvanus Hutchinson, and Clark Hutchinson. The lots were adjacent to land of Tindall. Deed dated March 15. [17]
1860 Isaac Schooley (age 69) and Maria (age 61) lived in Hamilton Twp, Mercer County, New Jersey with Enoch Schooley (age 21), Rachel Schooley (age 34), and Mary Schooley (age 19). [18] [19] [20]
1865 Mary Jane Schooley, daughter of Isaac Schooley, married Charles H Thompson on January 8, in Hamilton Twp, Mercer County, New Jersey. [21]
1870 Maria Hutchinson, wife of Isaac Schooley, died on March 12(?) and was buried at Hamilton Square Baptist Church Cemetery, Hamilton Square, Mercer County, New Jersey. [22] [23]
1870 Isaac Schooley (age 77) lived in Hamilton Twp, Mercer County, New Jersey with Enoch (age 48) and Elizabeth Schooley (age 49). Rachel Rogers (age 18) domestic servant, lived with them. [24] [25]
1872 Isaac Schooley, farmer, died on March 2, at Hamilton Square, Mercer County, New Jersey at age 81 with father James Schooley. [26] Isaac was buried at Hamilton Square Baptist Church Cemetery, Hamilton Square, Mercer County, New Jersey. [27]
1872 Letters of administration were issued to Edwin Good for the estate of Isaac Schooley in Mercer County. [28]
1872 Elizabeth H Schooley petitioned the Mercer County Orphans Court on April 23, for partition of the estate of Isaac Schooley into seventh part among herself and 6 other named heirs: Mary Jane Thompson, Deborah H Rogers, Rachel Brannin, Enoch Schooley, Anna C Schooley, and Rachel Schooley, the guardian of Tacy B Schooley, minor daughter of Edward H Schooley, deceased. The land was in Hamilton Twp, Mercer County, on the road from Hamilton Square to Quaker Bridge. [29]
Research Notes:
See also [30]
[1] New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 56, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 89, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 213, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] US census, 1830, Reel 0080, Image 298, line 4 from bottom, [InternetArchive].
[8] United States Federal Census, 1830, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[9] United States Federal Census, 1840, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[10] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[11] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[12] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[13] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[14] New Jersey Probate Records, 1678-1980, Mercer, Orphans Court Minutes B-353, [FamilySearchImage].
[15] Virginia Alleman Brown, Abstracts of Partitions & Divisions of the New Jersey counties of Monmouth, Mercer, & Burlington (Baltimore: Clearfield, 1993), 38, Mercer County partitions, p. 67.
[16] Mercer County Clerk, Mercer County, New Jersey, Deeds 1838-1919, Deed index citing deeds Z-175, Z-437, and Z-502, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[17] Mercer County Clerk, Mercer County, New Jersey, Deeds 1838-1919, 27-18, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[18] United States Federal Census, 1860, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[19] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[20] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[21] New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985, [FamilySearchRecord].
[22] Find A Grave Memorial 30945267, [FindAGrave].
[23] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[24] United States Federal Census, 1870, family 5, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[25] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[26] New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988, [FamilySearchRecord].
[27] Find A Grave Memorial 30945289, [FindAGrave].
[28] New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1656-1999, B2-11, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[29] New Jersey Probate Records, 1678-1980, Mercer, Orphans Court Minutes 5-311, [FamilySearchImage].
[30] James B. Schooley. Trails of Our Fathers, revised (1988), 289, 352, [GoogleBooks].