1668 "Mahlon Stacy of Dorehouse of Dorehouse in ye parish of Hansworth & County of York & Rebecca Ely of Mansfield in ye County of Nottingham took each other in Marriage w'th ye consent of Friends & Relations concern'd at Godfrey Walkinson's house in Clowne ye 29th of ye 5th Month 1668." [1]
1668 "These may Certifie any who may doubt or be dissatisfied concerning Mahlon Stacy of Dorhouse in the parish of Hansworth in the County of Yorke Taking Rebecca Ely of Mansfield in the County of Nottingham to be his wife; And the said Rebecca taking the said Mahlon to be her husband: we whose names are hereby subscribed do testifie & affirme that this action of Marriage was solemnized & in the feare of the Lord performed at Godfrey Watkinson's house in Clowne the 29th day of the ffifth month & in the yeare 1668. Thomas Samson, Robert Moore, Oliver Hooton, John Bingham, Robert Stacy, Thomas Lambert, John Stoned, Godfrey Newbold, Joseph Clarke, Thomas Cocharan, Joseph Bingham, Thomas Brocksopp, James Gibson" [2]
1676 On March 3, Mahlon Stacy 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] [3] [4] [5]
1677 This indenture made the tenth of the fifth month ... 1677 between Thomas Hutchinson of Beverley, Thomas Burson of Berwick, Joseph Holmsby of Kolke, George Hutchinson of Sheffield distiller, Mahlon Stacy of Dorchester? raimer? all in the county of York, [England] on ye one part and George Porter of Kolbe in ye county aforesaid silkweaver of the other part ... for & in consideration of the sum of twenty five pounds of lawful English money ... sold land in New Beverley [Burlington].
The birthdates of 8 children of Mahlon Stacy were listed in the Chesterfield meeting records, New Jersey. [6]
1680 Ruth daughter of Mahlon and Rebeccah Stacy of ye falls was borne on September 30, (month 7). [7] [8]
1685 On May 13, Mahlon Stacy was elected to be a justice in Burlington County, New Jersey. [9]
1695 On 1 month, day 25, Mahlon Stacy was listed among the residents of Nottingham Twp, Burlington County. [10]
c 1700 Mahlon Stacy, 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). [11]
1704 "Mahlon Stacy came out of yorkshire in old England from a place called Dorehouse near Lindergreen was buryed the 5th day of 2th mo 1704 att a burying place in Nottingam in the county of Burlington & province of New Jersey" [12] [13]
The spouses of five daughters (sisters of son Mahlon) were named in a deed. [14]
Research Notes:
See also, which names Mahlon and Rebecca Ely Stacey as parents of Sarah. Reports Mahlon as founder of Trenton, New Jersey: [15] [16]
[1] England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, Piece 1115: Monthly Meeting of Balby (comprising Sheffield, Doncaster, etc): Marriages (1655-1837), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, Piece RG6/1376: Monthly Meeting of Balby (Sheffield, Doncaster) (1646-1729, 1646-1729), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, The Grants, Concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New Jersey (1881), 408, of 408-10, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[4] William A. Whitehead, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 1. (Administration 1631-1687) (1880), 268, left column, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[5] John Edwin Pomfret, The Province of West New Jersey, 1609-1702 (1956), 89, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 9, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Hannah Benner Roach, "Seventeenth Century Birth Records in the Delaware Valley," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 27 (1966), 83-91, at 84.
[8] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 1.
[9] Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, The Grants, Concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New Jersey (1881), 536, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[10] Trenton Historical Society, Nottingham Township, New Jersey Minute Book 1692-1710; 1752-1772 (1940), 3, [World_Cat], [GoogleBooks], [FHLFilmCatalog].
[11] 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].
[12] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 20, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[13] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 9A, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[14] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 180, left column, bottom, [HathiTrust].
[15] John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), 547-548, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[16] John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), 584, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].