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Notes for William Murfin and Mary Tantum

1734-1747 The names and birthdates of six children of William and Mary Murfin were recorded in the Chesterfield Meeting records. [1] [2]

1742 John, Daniel, and Ann were named as children of William Murfin in the will of William's father. [3]

1745 On 15 April, William Murfin, perhaps this one, was a freeholder in Nottingham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. [4] [5]

1751 William Murfin [Mierfin], a Quaker, in Nottingham, was at the monthly meeting. [6]

Research Notes:

1760 Thomas Lawrie, of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth county, and Ann Murfin, of Nottingham, married at Chesterfield 19th 6th mo. 1760. Witnesses: William, Mary, John, James, Joseph, Mary, Hannah and Jacob Lawrie, William, Mary and John Murfin, Benjamin Field, William Bunting and others. [7]


Footnotes:

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

[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 30, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[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), 352, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[4] Carlos E. Godfrey, "A List of the Freeholders for the City and County of Burlington," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 29 (1905), 421-26, at 424, [InternetArchive].

[5] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1907), 29, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[6] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1907), 11, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[7] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 662, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].