1685 Ralph Trenoweth purchased 100 acres betweeen Hananiah Gaunt and Thomas Shinn. "This [was] sold to John Schooley [in 1687]". [1]
1687 Syman Charles, Deputy Surveyor, surveyed lands adjoining land of Mathew Champion, John Schooley, Thomas Shinn; these lands were conveyed in 1687 to 1697 to John Scholey, Jr." [2]
1687 On 10 June, 1687, John Schooley purchased land in New Jersey [3] [4]:
John Scholey dwelling house and one hundred acres from Ralph Trenowith. This indenture made the tenth day of ye fourth month called June in the year of our Lord according to English Acc't one thousand six hundred eighty & seaven between Ralph Trenowith of ye County of Burling[ton] in ye province of West Jersey yeoman of ye one part and John Scholey of or near Chesterfield in ye province aforesaid, Husbandman of ye other part. Witnesseth that ye said Ralph Trenweth for & in consideration of ye summe of thirty pounds of current money within the sd province of West Jersey to him in hand paid by the sd John Scholey at & before the sealing & delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he ye said Ralph Trenoweth doth hereby acknowledge & thereof & of every parte & parcell thereof doth acquitt Exonerate release & discharge ye said John Scholey his Heirs ex'ec' & Admits & every one of them forever by these presents hath granted bargained & sold Alyened enfeoffed & confirmed and by these presents doth fully clearly & absolutely grant bargain & sell Alyen enfeoff & confirme unto the said John Scholey his heires & assigns forever all that dwelling house or tenement & buildings with the lands & plantation conteyning one hundred Acres thereunto belonging now in ye tenure or occupation of the said Ralph Trenoweth or of his assignes or" ... assignees situate & being in the said County of Burlington which said one hundred acres were late purchased by the said Ralph Trenoweth of Daniell Stanton by indenture bearing date the six and twentieth eighth month called October Anno 1685. And also all and every ... Witness: Anthony Burges, Elizabeth Revell, Thomas Revell.
1687/88 A deed in New Jersey named John Schooley of Aughton, Aston parish, Yorkshire [5] [Photocopy, 1687 deed naming John Scholey of Burlington County, New Jersey as John Scholey of Aughton, Aston Parish, Yorkshire, England [file size 1.4 megabytes].]:
This indenture made ye ninth day of ye eleventh month called January in ye fourth yere of ye reign of ... James ye second over England, and in the year according to ye Acc't used in England one thousand six hundred and eighty seven between John Scholey [Schooley], late of Aughton in ye parish of Aston in ye county of York within ye Kingdom of England husbandman of the one part and William Watson late of Farnsfield in ye county of Nottingham within the kingdom of England aforesaid yeoman of the other part. Whereas by indentures of lease and release bearing date ye first & second days of May in ye five and thirtieth year of the reign of ye late sovereign Lord King Charles ... of England and in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty two, which between Godfrey Newbold by the name of Godfrey Newbold of Woodhouse in parish of Hansworth in ye county of York, yeoman of ye one part & John Scholey (aforesaid?) of Aughton, Aston parish, York county, husbandman of ye other part. Also the said Godfrey Newbold hath granted bargained sold ... and confirmed unto the said John Scholey his heirs forever one full equall undivided sixty fourth part in sixty four parts to be divided of all ye land of him ye said Godfrey Newbold lying & being in West New Jersey (except such part or parts share or shares as are lying & being in Burlington in West New Jersey aforesaid) and all & every mines minerals woods fishings huntings & fowlings & all other profits comodities herediments whatsoever unto ye sd sixty fourth p'rt belong ing or apperteyning with all & every ye appurtenances as by ye sd indentures of ... being thereunto ... more plainly may appoint now thisindenture witnesseth that ye sd John Scholey for & in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds of good & by ye said William Watson unto him ye said John Scholey in hand att or before ye sealing & delivery of these presents ... whereof the sd John Schooley doth hereby acknowledge & thereof & of every part thereof doth hereby acquit release & discharge ye sd William Watson his heires Executors & adminstr' hath given granted bargained sold Alyened enfeeoffed & confirmed & ...th by these presents fully clearly & absolutely give grant bargain sell Alyen enfeeoffe & confirm unto ye sd William Watson his heires & assigns forever all that his plantation where upon he now dwelleth situate lying and being upon ye creek commonly called Doctor's Creek and adjoining to the lands of ye said William Watson aforesaid containing by estimation one hundred acres more or less with all the houses farmes & other buildings formings Ditchings & all & singular ye improvements thereupon in any kind were made with all ye mines minerals woods fishings hawkings huntings & fowlings & all other profits comodities herediments whatsoever unto ye sd hundred acres of land belonging with all every ye appurtenances and all ye estate right tytle interest yearly (... & demand whatsoever of him ye sd John Scholey of in unto and out of sd hundred acres of lands & premises hereby granted or mensioned or intended to be granted by seller with ... remainders thereof & of every part thereof to have & to hold the sd hundred acres of land with all the house lands buildings & all the improvements in any kind ... with their appointments unto ye sd William Watson his heirs & assignes ... only ... of the sd William Watson his heirs & assigns forever ... ye sd John Scholey for himself his heires e... & Instr doth covenant grant & agree to ... with ye sd William Watson his heirs & assigns by those presents that it shall ... be lawful ... for ye sd William Watson his heirs & assigns from bind to him & at all times forever hereafter presently & quietly to have hold ... possess & enjoy ye sd hundred Acres & all other . premises with their appurtenances w'hout . lawful lott suite ... of the sd John Scholey his heirs or assigns or any of them or of them or of or from any other person or persons lawfully clayming or to claym by from or under him them or any of them or by his or their or any of their consent absent priority of ... (except the rents therout issueing unto . Lord the King & his heires with the increase if any be, and also that hee the sd John Scholey & his heires shall will at all times hereafter divising the ... of seven years ... the date of those presents at the request & at ...Cost Charges in the law of him ye sd William Watson his heires & assigns due & suffer any further or after that matter or thing whatsoever for ye further better & more perfect ... making and conveying the premises hereby granted or any part or parts of the same ... to ye purport ... of those presents soe as the person or persons to whom such request shall be made be not compelled or compellable to travell above ye spread of twelve miles from the place of his or their usual abode for the ... & ... thereof and ... as such further assurance contained not further co... then in these presents are confirmed in witness whereof ye ... abovenamed to these presents indentures hand ... their hands & seales the day & ... first above ... 1687". John Scholey with a [seal] ... 12th -3d month May 1694. acknowledged before William Biddle Ffrancis Davenport Com'
1688 On May 30, Robert Scholey and others witnessed the will of James Pharow, of Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. A debt was due to the estate by John Scholey. [6]
1690 John Scholey, was named as creditor in the will of James Pharo of West Jersey. [7]
1691 John Scholey, husbandman, of Burlington County, West New Jersey, sold land to Katherine Beard, widow. [8]
1691 On May 3, return of survey by Simon Charles, for Katharine Beard, of 100 a. at Oneanickon, between George Hutcheson, Wm. Bustill, John Scholey and Isaac Leet; part of it between John Scholey and Robert Stacy. [9] [10]
1691 On 10 July, Deed. John Scholey, husbandman, to Widow Katharine Beard, both of Burlington County, for 50 acres between grantor, grantee and John Scholey. [11]
1694 On 16 November, deed. George Hutcheson of Burlington, distiller, to John Scholey of Oneanickon, Burlington County, planter, for 125 acres to be surveyed out of the land bought of Thomas Hutcheson and Mahlon Stacy July 1, 1687. [12] [13]
1694 On 23 November, John Scholey and others prepared the inventory for the estate of Peter Harvey of Burlington County, New Jersey. [14]
1695 On 1 March, return of survey by Daniel Leeds, for John Scholey, of 181 a. between John Warren, Joshua Wright and Wm. Emley, crossing a run. [15]
1695 The will of John Schooley was dated "March ye 29th, 1695 [16] [17] [18]:
I, John Scholey, being weak of body, but of good memory, do ordean this my laste will and testament." "First, I commit my Soule into the hand of Almighty God; next my body to be buried att my wife and sonn discretion.
"I give to my wife Isabel all my chattels and my plantation where I now live, until my sonn John Com att age, and then my plantation, goods and chattels to be equally divided betwixt them." I give to my son Thomas, my land liing next to John Wareing (Warren) to him and his Heirs an asignes forever;" Likewise I give to my sonn Thomas, a piece of meadow, to him and his heirs forever, containing quaintitie of 6 acres."
"sealed and delivered in the presence of" Mathew Champion, and William Bustill. "The seaventh day of Aprill, Anno. 1696," then proved ye Codocill, or Testatis Mentis of John Scholey within named.
Edward Hunloke, Nathan Westland, Thomas Revell, Sec'y. and Reg't. As the Executrix of John Scholey's will, Isabel was required to give bond. Her fellow signers on her bond, were Mathew Champion and Daniel Smith, both of Burlington county in ye Province of West Jersey." This bond was sealed on the "Seaventh day of Aprill anno dom 1696." By this bond Isabel was required to give account from time to time concerning the estate.
1695 John's will, dated March 29, named son John, not yet of age, and son Thomas. Isabel was named executrice.
1695 On 2 April, return of survey by Daniel Leeds, for Isaac Watson, of 40 a. at the back end of John Scholey's next to Wm. Watson. [19]
1695 On May 3, Return of survey by Daniel Leeds, for Mary Wright, of 230 a. adjoining Wm. Emley, Joshua Wright and John Scholey; also of 30 a. near the East Jersey line on a small brook. [20]
1695 On 2 July, Daniel Smith married Mary Murfin at Francis Davenport's house, Burlington County, New Jersey. Witnessed by John Schooley, perhaps this one or his son, and others. [21]
1696 On 7 April, Isabel Schooley proved the will of her late husband, John Schooley, made inventory, made bond, and was granted letters of administration. [22] [23]
Research Notes:
The 1695 will of John names sons Thomas and John. Could Thomas, Robert, and John have been sons of John and Isabel? [24] Robert died in 1689, so he might not be named in this will, even if he had been a son.
1698 Rebeck, the wife of John Scoley was buried in Salem, New Jersey the 15th of the 3 month 1698. [25]
1617 On 20 June, the birth of Isabella Hancock was registered at Saint Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Father: Robert Hancock [26]. Also recorded as 16 December, 1627 [27].
1640 Some researchers have reported that John Schooley married Isabell Hancock, daughter of Robert Hancock, at Sheffield, England about 1640.
1660 John Scoobie married Isabel Hancock on 25 February in Sheffield parish, Yorkshire. [28] This marriage would have been after the birth of son Thomas, who was apparently of age in 1676 when he signed the concessions and agreements for New Jersey [29].
1676 On 15 October, "John the sonne of John Scholey, was born Oct. 15, 1676." and the birth was registered at All Saints Church (Church of England), Aston parish, Yorkshire [30].
One account of the family of John Schooley was given in 1886 by Barclay White [31] [32]:
John Schooley, Jr. was the son of John Schooley of Handsworth Parish, County of York, England. By location and purchase he became the owner of 615 acres of land in the township of Springfield, Burlington county, New Jersey. Upon the northerly portion of said plantation he built a dwelling-house having walls of adobes or sunburnt bricks, and resided there until his death, which occurred 10th mo. 17th, 1725. He married in 1697 Rebecca Bennett, daughter of William and Rebecca Bennett, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and sister of Elizabeth Bennett, who in 1684 had married Richard Lundy I. John and Rebecca had one child; after the death of Rebecca, John married on 25 of 2, 1711, Frances Taylor, widow of Joseph Nicholson and daughter of Samuel and Susannah Taylor, of Dore, County of Derby, England. John had one child by his first wife and nine by his second. Children of John Schooley, Jr., immigrant: I. Ann, who in 1725 m. Thomas Scattergood, Jr. II. Susannah, born 12 mo., 1711-12, died before 1757; m. in 1730, Michael Newbold, and left children. III. John III., born 11 mo. 22, 1714-15, of Hanover, Burlington county, New Jersey, m. in 1743 Rachel Wright and had one child, Frances, who m. John Leonard. Mr. Leonard joined the Loyalists during the Revolutionary War, and in consequence the lands which his wife Frances had inherited from her grandfather Schooley were confiscated and sold. IV. Thomas, born 12 mo., 5, 1718-19, d. aged ten weeks. V. Mary, born 12 mo. 21, 1720, m. 1st, in 1740, Jonathan Barton; 2d, in 1746, Thomas Black; and 3d, Samuel Wright. VI. Isabel, born 2 mo. 28, 1721; m. in 1750 Jacob Ridgeway. VII. Samuel, born 5 mo. 25, 1723, sold the land bequeathed to him by his father, removed to Schooley's Mountain, which was named after him, married and removed with all or a part of his family to Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, and finally settled in Ohio. To this account of Samuel given by Mr. White, I add the following details: Samuel Schooley married Mary Albertson of Warren county, New Jersey, daughter of Nicholas Albertson and his wife Anglechea Van De Water, and granddaughter of Cornelius Albertson, a merchant of Amsterdam, Holland. On 12 of 3 mo., 1761, Samuel requested for himself, his wife and his two daughters, Phebe Meyers and Ann, a certificate of membership from the Kingwood M. M., in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, addressed to the M. M. at Fairfax, Virginia. On 9 of 4 mo., 1761, Jonathan Meyers requested a similar certificate for himself and his wife (Phebe) and children. I find that a certificate for a Schooley was taken about 1803 from the Goose Creek M. M. in Virginia to the Westland M. M., Pennsylvania; also that a family by the name of Schooley took a certificate of membership, before 1822, from Fairfax M. M. to Short Creek, Harrison county, Ohio. VIII. Rebecca, born 8 mo. 3, 1725, m. in 1747 Joseph Wright. IX. Sarah, born 6 mo. 6, 1727, m. in 1752 Joseph Horner. X. Jonathan, born 8 mo. 3, 1729, m. in 1750 Mary Wright; left daughters only; on February 1, 1806, Jonathan Schooley and his wife Mary gave a deed for land in Hanover township, Morris county, New Jersey.
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[2] Barclay White, "Early Settlements in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey," Proceedings, Constitution, By-Laws, List of Members, &c. of the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey (1870), 83-92, at 84, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[3] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 423, Abstract cites West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 1, page 188, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[4] Thomas H. Schooley. Trails of Our Fathers (1937), 29.
[5] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 449, Abstract cites West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, page 392, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[6] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 363, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[7] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 363, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[8] John David Davis, West Jersey New Jersey Deed records 1676-1721 (2005), 103, [FHLBook].
[9] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 365, citing Revel's Book of Surveys, page 89, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[10] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 389, citing Revel's Book of Surveys, page 147, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[11] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 485, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, page 553, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[12] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 470, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, page 499, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[13] John David Davis, West Jersey New Jersey Deed records 1676-1721 (2005), 84, [FHLBook].
[14] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 216, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[15] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 387, citing page 147 of Revel's Book of Surveys, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[16] Thomas H. Schooley. Trails of Our Fathers (1937), 32.
[17] David S. Crater, New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc, Vol. 3 (1913), 1430, citing will 3-377, [InternetArchive].
[18] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 406, citing Burlington Records, page 27, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[19] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 390, citing page 152 of Revel's Book of Surveys, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[20] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 387, citing page 148 of Revel's Book of Surveys, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[21] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 49, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[22] Thomas H. Schooley. Trails of Our Fathers (1937), 32-33, lists inventory.
[23] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1906), 26, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[24] James B. Schooley. Trails of Our Fathers, revised (1988), 34, [GoogleBooks].
[25] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, New Jersey, Salem, Salem Monthly Meeting, Original Record of Marriages and Deaths, 1682-1702, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[26] FamilySearch.org, 599995, 599996, [FamilySearchRecord].
[27] FamilySearch.org, 599995, 599996, [FamilySearchRecord].
[28] Charles Drury and T. Walter Hall, The Parish register of Sheffield in the County of York. Pt. III, Burials 1635 to 1653, baptisms marriages 1653 to 1686 (Leeds: Yorkshire Parish Register Society, Vol. 68, 1921), 219, [InternetArchive].
[29] James B. Schooley. Trails of Our Fathers, revised (1988), 29, [GoogleBooks].
[30] Parish Register of All Saints Church, Aston, Yorkshire, England, FHL film 919215, [Image].
[31] Barclay White, "Sketch of the Schooley Family," Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society 9 (1886-87), 245-49, at 247, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[32] Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society 9 (1886-87), 247, [GoogleBooks].