1676 Thomas Lambert and other "proprieters, freeholders, and inhabitants of the said Province of West New Jersey", signed "In Testimony and Witness of our consent to and affirmation of these present laws, concessions and agreements" [for the government in New Jersey] Dated March 3. [1] [2]
1684 Thomas Lambert was named on the assessment list for Burlington County, New Jersey as owning 400 acres. [3]
1695 Thomas Lambert announced his intent to marry Margaret Scott and requested, from the Chesterfield meeting, a certificate of clearness for marriage to take to the Burlington meeting, where Margaret Scott was a member. Minutes dated February 7, 1694/95. [4]
1695 Thomas Lambert and Margaret Scott made their second declaration of intention to marry, as recorded in the Chesterfield, Burlington County, monthly meeting minutes dated March 7, 1694/95. [5] [6] [7] [8] Thomas Lambert had a certificate. [9]
1695 Margaret Scott, spinster, and Thomas Lambert were married on May 2, in the house of John Scot. Witnessed by John Scott, Bridgett Watson, Jams Bingham, Martin Scott, Bridget Scott, Hanna Scott, and others. [10]
1695 Daniel Smith married Mary Murfin on July 2, at Francis Davenport's house, Burlington County, New Jersey. Witnessed by Thomas Lambert, perhaps this one, and others. [11]
1695 Thomas Lambert was listed among the residents of Nottingham Twp, Burlington County. Dated on 1 month, day 25. [12]
c 1700 Thomas Lambert, 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). [13]
1706 John Black and Sarah Rockhill were married on December 4, at Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. Witnessed by Anne Wood and others. [14]
1710 Anne Wood and Thomas Lambert were married on January 31, at Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. Witnessed by W'm Wood, Jno Lambert, Hanna Scott, Mary Clayton, Ruth Lambert, Jno Biles, Jno Bainbridge, Jno Wood Junr, Jno Snowden jun'r, Thomas Newton, and others. [15] [16] Ann Wood, daughter of William Wood and Mary Parnell, married Thomas Lambert, his second wife. [17] [18]
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[2] William A. Whitehead, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 1. (Administration 1631-1687) (1880), 268, of 268-69, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[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), 32.
[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Book of Records, 1684-1756, 41, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Lewis D. Cook, "Marriage Intentions, 1685-1730, Burlington County, New Jersey," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 53 (1965), 129-32, at 129.
[6] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 42.
[7] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 257, 237, [HathiTrust].
[8] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685-1730," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885), 347-352, at 347, [GoogleBooks].
[9] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1688-1809, 12, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[11] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 49, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[12] Trenton Historical Society, Nottingham Township, New Jersey Minute Book 1692-1710; 1752-1772 (1940), 3, [World_Cat], [GoogleBooks], [FHLFilmCatalog].
[13] 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].
[14] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 67, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[15] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 73, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[16] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685-1730," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885), 347-352, at 349, [GoogleBooks].
[17] Milton Rubincam, "William Wood of Burlington County, N. J.," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 59 (1971), 8-11, at 11.
[18] Chesterfield Township Tercentenary Committee, Chesterfield Township Heritage: Burlington County, New Jersey (1964), 23, [GoogleBooks].