1759 Michael Schooley was a bondsman and made inventory for the estate of widow Mercy Harris of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, administered by Benjamin Harris of Somerset County. [1]
1778 August 24. The estate of Michael Schooley, of Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, carpenter, was administered. Int. Adm'x—Hannah Schooley, of Bound Brook. Fellowbondsmen: John Ross and Joseph Annin, yeomen: all of said Co. [2]
1778 September 4. Inventory of the estate of Michael Schooley, £938.19.3, was made by John Ross and John Miller. [3]
1780 August 15. Account by Hannah Schooley, Adm'x. [4]
1780 October 13. Hannah Scouly [Schooley], of Somerset County. Int. Adm'rs: Alexander Kirkpatrick and Mathew McDowel. Fellowbondsman: John Voorhees; all of said Co. (See foregoing estate of Michael Schooley.) [5]
1780 October 25. Inventory [of Michael Schooley], £77.16.0, made by John Miller and Thomas McElrath, being the goods of Hannah Schooley, deceased. [6]
Research Notes:
Hannah Anderson, daughter of William and Mary Anderson of Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey, was named as a potential wife of Michael Schooley. [7]
[1] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 32. (Wills and Administrations 3, 1751-1760) (1924), 146, citing Lib. G-106, [InternetArchive].
[2] 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), 447, [InternetArchive].
[3] 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), 447, [InternetArchive].
[4] 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), 447, citing Lib. 16, p. 530; Lib. 23. p. 128; Lib. M, p. 127, [InternetArchive].
[5] 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), 449, citing Lib. M, p. 127, [InternetArchive].
[6] 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), 447, [InternetArchive].
[7] Thomas H. Schooley. Trails of Our Fathers (1937), 205.