Joseph Endicott, Jr.

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My 6th great grandfather, Joseph Endecott, Jr., was born about 1711, at Mt. Holly, near Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey, the son of Joseph Endecott and Hannah Gosling.

Joseph, Jr. married my 6th great grandmother, Anne Gillam, on May 12, 1736, in Burlington County. Anne Gillam was born about 1715, near Mt. Holly, in Burlington County.

Joseph, Jr. inherited only "5 shillings and no more" from his father in 1746. Sources indicate that Joseph, Sr. may have objected to Joseph, Jr.'s marriage, as Joseph, Sr. was a Quaker and the Gillam family was not Quaker. Quaker records indicate that both Joseph, Sr. and Joseph, Jr. were in trouble with the church and the militia.

Joseph, Jr. was a farmer. He and Anne established their home near Mt. Holly, in Burlington County. Joseph died there a mere thirteen years later, between July 13, 1748 and December 31, 1748, leaving Anne with small children and "very meager finances". Joseph left a will instructing his executors to sell his plantation and use the money for his debts and to perform his agreement with his mother, Hannah Endecott, the residue to go to his beloved wife, Ann Endecott, to "bring up my children and I advise said wife that she put out my children to trades at suitable age, I having no estate to leave them". Joseph appoints his wife, Ann, and his friend, John Wills, executors. (Information from Mabel McCloskey's book.) Anne Endecott married Reuben Eldridge in 1751. Various sources have provided us with the following children.

Children of Joseph Endecott, Jr. and Anne Gillam

1. Thomas Endicott, b. 1737, Mt. Holly, Burlington Co, NJ

2. Joseph Endicott III, b. 1738, Mt. Holly, Burlington Co, NJ   (my line)

3. Samuel Endicott, b. 1741, Mt. Holly, Burlington Co, NJ

4. Barzilla Endicott, b. 1743, Mt. Holly, Burlington Co, NJ

5. Sarah Endicott, b. 1744, Mt. Holly, Burlington Co, NJ; m. Benjamin Gaskill, Jr. on June 18, 1767

6. Prazillia Endicott, b. Dec 9, 1746, Mt. Holly, Burlington Co, NJ; may have died young

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