Benjamin Parkhurst

Benjamin is on record as being in Woodbridge, New Jersey about 1670 as one of the first settlers. He exchanged his properties at Woodbridge on 8 Aug 1672, with Claude Vallot of Elizabethtown, and became a permanent resident of Elizabethtown.

He was appointed Lieutenant of the Company of Foot on 22 March 1679/80, and was listed as Justice of the Peace on 4 February 1682/3, Judge of Small Causes on 28 March 1683, and Captain of the Company on 3 December 1683.

When he died, probably in February 1683/4, the inventory of his estate established a value of 188 pounds 16 shillings.

He married Martha Homan, daughter of William Homan and Winnifred unknown, circa 1675, in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ.

Links

• GEORGE-1 PARKHURST SELECTED DESCENDANTS 15 MAY 1997 Prepared by: Peter George Parkhurst (dead link)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parkhurst-22
• New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 Benjamin* Parkhursh[Benjamin* Parkhurst] State: NJ County: Essex County Township: Elizabethtown Year: 1685 Page: 238 http://search.ancestry.com/collections/3562/records/18383688
• History of Union County, New Jersey, 1664-1923 Section: Vol. I. Chapter VII. Under the Dutch rule p 57 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11426