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Notes for Joseph Platt and Susannah Dennis

c 1721 Joseph Platt's birth is recorded in notes of Franklin Platt. [1]

before 1754 Joseph Platt married a Dennis sister, whom we assume to be Susannah, since the other sisters married other persons. Susannah was named as Susannah Platt in the will of her brother Joseph Dennis, dated 1754. [2]

1754 Joseph Platt was named as "my brother Joseph Plats" in the will of Joseph Dennis, apparently indicating brother-in-law. The will was probated in Burlington County, likely where Joseph Platt lived. [3]

1764 Joseph Platt and his brother John were taxed in Shrewsbury Twp, Monmouth County, New Jersey. [4]

1772 Joseph Platt moved to Upper Greenwich Meeting in Greenwich Twp, Gloucester County, New Jersey

1772 Joseph Platt, son of Thomas, and Martha Pinyard, widow of John Pinyard were married at Upper Greenwich, Gloucester Co. [5] [6]

1774-88 Joseph Platt was taxed in Greenwich Twp, Gloucester County, New Jersey between 1774 and May 1788. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

1777 Joseph Platt was a private in Colonel Richard Somer's regiment, Gloucester County Militia. [15]

1789 Joseph Platt died. [16]


Footnotes:

[1] Charles Platt Jr, Thomas Platt of Burlington, New Jersey and his Descendants (Peterborough: Richard R Smith Co, 1967), 38.

[2] Charles Platt Jr, Thomas Platt of Burlington, New Jersey and his Descendants (Peterborough: Richard R Smith Co, 1967), 38.

[3] Charles Platt Jr, Thomas Platt of Burlington, New Jersey and his Descendants (Peterborough: Richard R Smith Co, 1967), 38-39.

[4] Edwin Salter, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties (1890), 46, [GoogleBooks].

[5] Charles Platt Jr, Thomas Platt of Burlington, New Jersey and his Descendants (Peterborough: Richard R Smith Co, 1967), 41.

[6] Charles Platt Jr, Thomas Platt of Burlington, New Jersey and his Descendants (Peterborough: Richard R Smith Co, 1967), 38.

[7] Charles Platt Jr, Thomas Platt of Burlington, New Jersey and his Descendants (Peterborough: Richard R Smith Co, 1967), 40.

[8] New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, August, 1774, [AncestryRecord].

[9] New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, February, 1777, [AncestryRecord].

[10] New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, February, 1779, [AncestryRecord].

[11] New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, May, 1780, [AncestryRecord].

[12] New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, January, 1881, [AncestryRecord].

[13] New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, August, 1881, [AncestryRecord].

[14] New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, May 1888, [AncestryRecord].

[15] Charles Platt Jr, Thomas Platt of Burlington, New Jersey and his Descendants (Peterborough: Richard R Smith Co, 1967), 43.

[16] Charles Platt Jr, Thomas Platt of Burlington, New Jersey and his Descendants (Peterborough: Richard R Smith Co, 1967), 38.