Benjamin Burroughs

Name: Benjamin Burroughs 1

Sex: M

Birth: 1742 in Trenton, Hunterdon Co., NJ 1

Death: 1803 in Pittsgrove, Salem Co., NJ 1

Change Date: 28 AUG 1999 1

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DEED: COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL WRITTEN ON PARCHMENT BY AMANDA F. MEA D BY J.A.

WAMSLEY, M.D. 1826 DIAMOND ST. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

"THIS INDENTURE MADE THE TWELFTH DAY OF JUNE IN THE YEAR OF OUR lOR D ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT BETWEEN WILLIAM BILES O F THE FALLS TOWNSHIP, ELIZABETH BILES, HANNAH LAMBERT, ASCHSAH LAMBER T AND MARGARET LAMBERT, DAUGHTERS OF THOMAS LAMBERT, LATE OF NOTTINGH AM IN THE COUNTY OF BURLINGTON AND PROVINCE OF WEST JERSEY, TANNER, D EED OF THE ONE PART AND JOHN HUTCHINSON OF THE FALLS TOWNSHIP IN TH E COUNTY OF BUCKS AND PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, THOMAS MARRIOTT OF TH E BOROUGH OF BRISTOL IN THE SAME COUNTY AND MAHLON KIRKBRIDE OF MAKEF IELD TOWNSHIP IN THE SAME COUNTY AND PROVINCE YEOMAN OF THE OTHER PAR T, WHEREAS THERE IS A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND BEING AT QUOHOC KING IN THE COUNTY OF SALEM AND PROVINCE OF WEST NJ AFORESAID ...BEGINNING AT A POST BEING A CORNER OF THE LAND OF CORNELIUS NEWKIR K AND JOHN MATHEW, THENCE EXTENDING BY THE LAND OF JAMES GRAHAM EPHRA IM SAYRE, GRABRIEL NELSON AND SAMUEL ELWELL WEST BY SOUTH TWO HUNDRE D AND FORTY ONE CHAINS TO A CORNER TREE MAKED IV, THENCE BY LAND OF L EWIS DUBOIS AND HENRY VANMETER SOUTH BY EAST ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY S EVEN CHAINS TO ANOTHER CORNER TREE MAKED IW, THENCE BY LAND OF GARRE T DUBOIS, LEWIS DUBOIS AND BERNARD DUBOIS, EAST BY NORTH TWO HUNDRE D AND EIGHTY EIGHT CHAINS AND HALF CHAIN TO ANOTHER TREE MARKED I W T HENCE BY LAND OF ROBERT STRETTLE, NORTH BY WEST ONE HUNDRED AND FORT Y CHAINS AND SEVENTY LINKS TO A HICKORY TREE THENCE BY LAND OF CORNEL IUS NEWKIRK AND JOHN MAYWEW WENT BY SOURTH ONE HUNDRED AND TWO CHAIN S TO A CORNED TREE MAKED M I,ETC...FOR 1500 ACRES OF LAND IN SALEM CO UNTY, NJ, PURCHASED BY BENJAMIN

BURROUGHS IN 1773 BEING PART OF THE ORIGINAL TRACT OF LAND OWNED BY D R. JAMES

WAAS, A SURGEON OF LONDON, ENGLAND, IN 1707.

BENJAMIN AND MARY'S RURAL HOME WAS SITUATED HALF WAY BETWEEN ELMER AN D DARETOWN, SOUTH OF THE ROADWAY NEAR WHERE WILLIAM B. MEAD, A GREA T GREAT GRANDSON NOW RESIDES. AT THE TIME BENJAMIN SETTLED IN PITTSG ROVE THERE WERE SEVERAL REMNANTS OF INDIAN TRIBES.

WILL: NJ STATE LIBRARY: BENJAMIN BURROUGHS OF PITTSGROVE..WIF E, MARY...SON, JOHN A CERTAIN LOT OR OR PIECE OF LAND BEING PART OF T HAT TRACT OR PLANTATION WHEREIN I NOW LIVE....BELOVED SON, CORNELIUS. ..THE REMAINDER OF MY PLANTATION WHERE I NOW LIVE BY COMPUTATION ON E HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES OF LAND, SWAMP AND PREMISES...GRANDCHILDREN ; MARY ROSE, ABRAHAM ROSE, PHEBY ROSE, CORNELIUS ROSE, AND JOHN ROSE , BEING THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HANNAH ROSE, DECEASED...SON, BENJAM IN THAT PLANTATION OR TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED AND FIFT Y ACRES, MORE OR LESS...UNTO MY BELOVED DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH DUBOIS, W IFE OF ISAAC DUBOIS, THE JUST AND FULL ...OF FIFTY POUNDS GOLD OR SIL VER MONEY...I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY BELOVED DAUGHTER, CATHERINE N IEUKIRK, WIFE OF MATTHEW NIEUKIRK, THE JUST AND FULL SUM OF FIFTY POU NDS...TO BE PAID TO THE DAUGHTERS AT THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE...SON, CO RNELIUS SOLE EXECUTOR OF WILL...23 JAN, 1799.DEED FOR 4500 ACRES OF L AND IN SALEM COUNTY, NJ ORIGINALLY BELONGING TO DR. JAMES WAS S, A SURGEON OF LONDON, ENGLAND A.D. 1707. BEING PART OF THE TRACT O F LAND THAT BENJAMIN BURROUGHS PURCHASED IN 2773. COPIED FROM THE OR IGINAL, A WRITTEN ON PARCHMENT NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF MISS AMANDA F . MEAD, A GREAT GREAT GRANDAUGHTER.

HE SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, ENLISTING AT PITTSGROVE (POLE TAV ERN), SALEM COUNTY, NJ. THIS WAS THE MILITARY TRAINING GROUN DS, THEN AND DURING THE WAR OF 1812-1815. A PRIVATE FROM SEPTEMBER 1 0, 1775 FOR THREE YEARS IN THE COMPANY OF JACOB DUBOIS.