1681 "Elizabeth daughter of Benjamin and Margrett Scott was born ye 7th of ye 5th month 1681 on the ship "Henry and Ann" at gravesend. Robert Dimsdell and Mary his wife and Brigett Bingham present." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Research Notes:
1703 Robert Lucas and Elizabeth Scott were married at Burlington. [6]
1704 On May 10, Robert & Elizabeth Lucas, (said Elizabeth is the daughter of Benjamin Scot deceased), yeoman, of Burlington County, West New Jersey was married (by?) Thomas Wallock, gentlemen, of Peleg, Suffix Co, England. Signed Robert Lucas & Elizabeth (X) Lucas. Wit: Elizabeth Basse, Susenne Petty & J. Basse. [7] [8] [9] [10]
1737 The will of Robert Lucas, yeoman, dated Nov 1737-8; Jan 1737-8 at Wellingborrow, Burlington County, names Son, Benjamin. Grandson, Seath Lucas. Daughters: Hannah Gibbs, Elizabeth and Margaret. Land in Chester I bought of Lucy Bore. Executors--son, Benjamin, and daughters Hannah Gibbs and Elizabeth Lucas. Witnesses: William Heulings, Joseph Fenimore Junior, Henry Nordik. Proved April 18, 1740. [11]
1740 Inventory on April 14 of the personal estate, £200.15; made by Joseph Fenimore and Peter Parker. Includes debt due from Francis Gibbs. [12]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), 4 or 28, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Marriages, Births and Deaths, 1677-1765, 4, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 183, [HathiTrust].
[4] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 1.
[5] Hannah Benner Roach, "Seventeenth Century Birth Records in the Delaware Valley," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 27 (1966), 83-91, at 85.
[6] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Marriages in Burlington Monthly Meeting (derived from other sources), [AncestryImage].
[7] John David Davis, West Jersey New Jersey Deed records 1676-1721 (2005), 54, [FHLBook].
[8] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 257, [HathiTrust].
[9] Amelia Mott Gummere, Friends in Burlington (Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1884), 85, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[10] Betty Porter Hall, Governor Robert Lucas: His Ancestors and Descendants (LaVerne, California: University of LaVerne Press, 1989), 6, [GoogleBooks].
[11] 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), 309, citing Lib. 4, p. 229, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[12] 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), 309, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].