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Notes for Mary Scott

1729 Mary Scott and Thomas Tully both of Burlington were married on September 13, 1729. [1]

1742 John Hancock sold land to Thomas Tuly. An extensive description of the prior landowners and a description of the land was given. The land was in Mansfield Twp on Assinconk Creek. [2]

1746 The will of Thomas Tuley of Burlington County was dated September 12 with inventory on September 19, 1746. Wife Mary received the plantation and lands bought of Margaret Ellis and John Hancock, to bring up and educate my children, and after her decease to our son John. Other children Jonathan, Abraham, Sarah, and Judith. Witnessed by Bartho. Gibson, Isaac DeCow, Thomas Atkinson. Inventory September 19 made by Henry Scott [Mary's brother] and Thomas Atkinson valued at £433.7.1. [3]

1749 Thomas Bowlby of Morris County and Mary Tully of Burlington County were married on June 12, 1749. [4] [5]

Notes for Jonathan Tuley, perhaps a son of Mary Scott and Thomas Tully:

1765 Jonathan Tuly, of Mansfield Twp, Burlington County, yeoman, dated his will on February 12. Son, Thomas, a part of my plantation, which was left to me by my father, when he is 21. Son, John, a tract I bought of Joseph Kemble. Son, Joseph, the house that I live in, with the land on north side of the York road. My sons, Thomas, John and Joseph, to pay to their sister, Mary, £50. Wife, Martha, to have a small house built for her, and 6 acres. Executors: my father-in-law [perhaps step-father?], Thomas Bowlby, and my wife, Martha. Witnesses: Henry Scott, Leah Ellis, John Watkinson. Proved June 9, 1768. [6]

1768 The inventory of the estate of Jonathan Tuly, £367.9.0, made by Henry Scott [perhaps brother of Mary Scott-Tuley-Bowlby] and Abraham Scott, and sworn to by Thomas Bowlby and Martha Archer (late Martha Tuly), the Ex'rs. Dated June 9. [7]

1771 Account of Jonathan Tuly, by Thomas Bowlby and Martha Archer, late Martha Tuly. Dated November 11. [8]

1792 Thomas Bowlby (nephew to the widow) made the account of the estate of James Baird of Bethlehem Twp, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The account included interest paid to Henry Scott [relationship unknown, Mary's brother Henry had died previously] and mentioned a [court?] suit of Henry Scott. [9]


Footnotes:

[1] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 367, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[2] Burlington County, New Jersey Deeds (1785-1901), R-299, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[3] 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), 490, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[4] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 30, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[5] New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1683-1802, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[6] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 33. (Wills and Administrations 4, 1761-1770) (1928), 440, [InternetArchive].

[7] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 33. (Wills and Administrations 4, 1761-1770) (1928), 440, citing Lib. 13, p. 426, [InternetArchive].

[8] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 33. (Wills and Administrations 4, 1761-1770) (1928), 440, citing Lib. 14, p. 409, [InternetArchive].

[9] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 34. (Wills and Administrations 5, 1771-1780) (1931), 28-29, [InternetArchive].