1691 John Scott was constable of Willingborrow. [1]
1691 On 17 November, John Scott yeoman of Burlington deeded 200 acres, purchased from John Kinsley, to James Bingham for £12. [2]
1692 John Scott was a juror in Burlington. [3]
1692 John Scott was named regarding a road through Wellingborrow. [4]
1692 John Scott was named regarding a fee for carts crossing the mill dam in Wellingborrow. [5]
1693 On 4 November, James Bingham sold land to John Scott, £36.5. Signed James Bingham. Wit: Joseph Appleton & Thomas Eves. [6]
1695 On 4 April, Hannah Lambert and John Scott made their second declaration of intention to marry, as recorded in the Chesterfield, Burlington County, monthly meeting minutes. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
1696 On May 7, John Scott, of Willingboro Township, and Hannah Lambert, of Nottingham, married at the house of Thomas Lambert. Witnesses: Martin Scott, Thomas, John, John Jr, Samuel, Margaret, Mary and Rebecca Lambert. Mahlon Stacy, Samuel Jennings, Matthew Watson, Samuel Bunting, Daniel Smith, William Emley and others. [13] [14] [15] [16]
1695 John Scott was named as overseer for Wellingborrow. [17]
1696 John Scott of Wellingborrough indentured a Scotch boy for 9 years. [18]
c 1690-1700 John Scott, perhaps this one, was named several times in the Burlington County Court records.
1699 On 3rd day, 2nd month, Hannah and John Scott were granted certificates of removal from Burlington Meeting to England. [19]
c 1700 John Scott, perhaps this one, and other Quaker members of the House of Representatives of West Jersey, signed a letter to uphold the interests of the King of England (in response to an apparent plot against King William). [20]
1700/01 On 20 February, John Scott and others were present at the Court of Sessions and Pleas in Burlington County. [21]
1702 On April 6, John Scott, of Wellingborough, Burlington County, yeoman, dated his will. Wife Hannah and an expected child or children to have the plantation of 400 acres near Burlington and all other real and personal estate, with legacies to brother Martin Scott, sisters Margaret, Bridget, and Elizabeth, brother Thomas Lambert and dau Mary Lambert; John Lambert, Mary Lambert, Ruth Lambert, Elizabeth Meredith, Samuel, Jenings, Thomas Gardiner, Mary Lucas, dau of sister Bridget; five youngest children of John Snoden, three youngest of James Bingham Margaret Stiles. The wife sole executrix. Witnesses: Samuel Jenings, Robert Lodg, and Edward Hunloke. Proved November 3 1702. [22] [23]
1702 Sept 30. Inventory of the estate (1506 pounds personal incl. debts due by Samuel Jenings, Joshua Wright, John Snowdon, Abraham Bickley, Henry Grubb, Henry Bowman, and Jonathan West; 150 pounds in real estate, to wit: 300 acres bounding on William Fisher and John Wills in Burlington along the river, 100 acres on Mill Creek and 24 acres of marsh) made by Thomas Gardiner. [24]
1702 Nov 3. Bond of the widow Hannah Scott as executrix Thomas Lambert and John Lambert, both of Burlington County, fellow bondsmen. [25]
1704 Hannah Scott, unmarried, had a certificate of removal from the Quaker Monthly Meeting at Burlington, New Jersey, dated 5 mo 3, 1704, presented to the Philadelphia Meeting. [26]
[1] H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, The Burlington Court Book. A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey 1680-1709, Vol. 5 (1944), 131.
[2] John David Davis, West Jersey New Jersey Deed records 1676-1721 (2005), 54, [FHLBook].
[3] H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, The Burlington Court Book. A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey 1680-1709, Vol. 5 (1944), 137.
[4] H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, The Burlington Court Book. A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey 1680-1709, Vol. 5 (1944), 149.
[5] H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, The Burlington Court Book. A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey 1680-1709, Vol. 5 (1944), 150.
[6] John David Davis, West Jersey New Jersey Deed records 1676-1721 (2005), 54, [FHLBook].
[7] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Book of Records, 1684-1756, 41, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Lewis D. Cook, "Marriage Intentions, 1685-1730, Burlington County, New Jersey," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 53 (1965), 129-32, at 129.
[9] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685-1730," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885), 347-352, at 347, [GoogleBooks].
[10] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 42.
[11] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 67.
[12] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 257, 237, [HathiTrust].
[13] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 52, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[14] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 668, 676, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[15] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Chesterfield Meeting, Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal, 1685-1756, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[16] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Meeting, Minutes, 1688-1809, 12, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[17] H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, The Burlington Court Book. A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey 1680-1709, Vol. 5 (1944), 185.
[18] H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, The Burlington Court Book. A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey 1680-1709, Vol. 5 (1944), 197.
[19] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 47.
[20] William A. Whitehead, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 2. (Administration 1687-1703) (1881), 147, of 147-48, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[21] H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, The Burlington Court Book. A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey 1680-1709, Vol. 5 (1944), 246.
[22] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 409, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[23] Betty Porter Hall, Governor Robert Lucas: His Ancestors and Descendants (LaVerne, California: University of LaVerne Press, 1989), 7, [GoogleBooks].
[24] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 409, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[25] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 409, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[26] Albert Cook Myers, Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750 (1902), 34, [GoogleBooks].