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Notes for John Cheshire and Ann White

1692 John Cheshire married Ann Sutton, both from Shrewsbury on 14th day of 2nd month, 1692. [1] [2]

1706 John King and Elizabeth Woodward were married on November 13, at Chesterfield. Witnessed by John Cheshire and others. [3]

1706 John Black and Sarah Rockhill married on December 4, at Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. Witnessed by John and Ann Cheshire and others. [4]

1735 John Cheshire, of Chesterfield, Burlington County, yeoman, dated his will on April 16. Wife, Ann. Children: Jonathan, Benjamin, Samuel, Ann and Sarah. Grandchildren mentioned but not named. Tract of land between William Chapman and William Kirby, and other lands. Executors: son, Samuel, and friend, John Steward. Witnesses: Abraham Farington, Caleb Raper, Isa. DeCow. Proved November 3, 1739. [5]

1739 1st dav 9th mo (Nov.). John Steward declined executorship. [6]

1739, 18th day, 8th mo. (Oct.). Inventory of personal estate, £334.1.10, made by Joshua Wright and Benjamin Robins. [7]

1783 Isaac Ivins, of Chesterfield Twp, Burlington County, purchased land from Richard Kirby and wife Hannah. Dated April 12, 1783. Richard and Hannah had inherited the land from Benjamin Cheshire, by Burlington will 2C-4, dated September 30, 1740. Benjamin Cheshire had purchased the land from his father John Cheshire on March 16, 1735 [Deed EE-71]. [8]


Footnotes:

[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), item 11, [AncestryImage].

[2] Chesterfield Township Tercentenary Committee, Chesterfield Township Heritage: Burlington County, New Jersey (1964), 23, Names 6 children and spouses, [GoogleBooks].

[3] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 66, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[4] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 67, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[5] 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), 92, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[6] 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), 92, citing Lib. 4, p. 189, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[7] 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), 92, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[8] Burlington County, New Jersey Deeds (1785-1901), E-14, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].