Research Notes:
1729 On 7 of month 6, Robert Murfin, son of William, and Sarah Wells, late of Shrewsbury, declared their intent to marry at the Chesterfield meeting, his parents being present. [1] "she having had her residence here aways for some time of late" [2] Sarah Wells produced a certificate from Shrewsbury monthly meeting. [3]
1729 On 4 of month 7, Robert Murfin, son of William, and Sarah Wells declared their intent to marry at the Chesterfield meeting. John Middleton and Nathaniel Stevenson were appointed to make enquiry. [4] [5] [6]
1729 On 2 of month 8, at the Chesterfield meeting, "The Friends appointed last meeting to attend the marriage report that things were orderly. [7]
1753 On 28 April, the estate of Robert Murfin, of Nottingham, Burlington County, was administered with bond of William Murfin, with inventory 13 Sept 1753 by Preserve Brown and William Bunting. [8]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Men's Minutes, 1684-1738, 256, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1688-1809, 150, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Women's Minutes, [Burlington County, New Jersey,] 1794-1796, 267, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Book of Records, 1684-1756, 234, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Lewis D. Cook, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal 1685-1756 (NJ/B2F.3) (1970), 008, [AncestryImage].
[6] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685-1730," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885), 347-352, at 352, [GoogleBooks].
[7] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Men's Minutes, 1684-1738, 257, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 32. (Wills and Administrations 3, 1751-1760) (1924), 233, [InternetArchive].