169? Samuel Dennis, son of Samuel and Increase Dennis, was born on the 18th of month 6, in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey. [1]
1710 Samuel Dennis Jr was commissioned as clerk of the peace and pleas in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Dated February 14. [2]
1719 Samuel Dennis Junior purchased land from Jacob Dennis, both of Shrewsbury Twp, Monmouth County. Dated January 18. The land was adjacent to land of Thomas Leonard, deceased and had been purchased by Jacob Dennis from John Bibbe in 1719. Witnessed by Sam'l Dennis, Zibiah Dennis, and Richard Rundels. [3]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), 145, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Mrs Harry Rogers and Mrs Alexander H Lane, "Abstracts of New Jersey Commissions," Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 7 (1920), 62-9, 147-57, and 236-44, at 153, citing p 132, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Monmouth County, New Jersey Deed, G-86, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].