John Jarman, Jr.

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John Jarman, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wales (United Kingdom)
Death: July 16, 1768 (70)
Shiloh, Cumberland County, Province of New Jersey, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Shiloh, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Jarman and Mary or Martha Jarman
Husband of Catharine Jarman
Father of Esther Jarman; Mary Bond; John Jarman, III; Beriah Jarman; Reuben Jarman and 2 others

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About John Jarman, Jr.

Alternate parents: John Jarman (died 1697/8) and Margaret Elizabeth Jarman
John Jarman and Mary or Martha Jarman

John Jarman, who was the third man to sign the church covenant, is mentioned in an early court record in Salem, 1704, with his father, John Jarman Sr. In those days, and for a 100 years later, cattle and swine roamed the country without fences. The owners had their brands which they registered at the court house. This is his registry. "John Jarman his cattle and swine are marct with aslitt right down inn ye Near Ear. The above mark being relinguished by the above John Jarman is now taken by his son John Jarman jun the 24th 1704." We do not know how the Jarmans came to Cohansey, whether any of that name were with those at Swansea or not. But they are said to have been originally from Wales. This John Jarman married Esther, a daughter of Robert Ayars, and had his house right across the road from where the first church was built in Shilo. He owned a tract of land between Shilo corners and George More's place on the north, and from the corners east to a few rods from the road east of Shilo and north to Judson Harris's house. He had other Shilo land to make up his 420 acres. A letter abstrct speaking of this piece of land says: "in part of 420 acres said John Jarman bought of Robert Ayars by deed of lease and release dated 4th and 5th days of March 1716/17 (corrected to March 15th and 16th 1718)." One may wonder why Jarman's wife did not sign with him. It is believed that his wife, Esther had died before that time, so that now he was a widower. Soon after this, he is believed to have married Catherine Ayars, daughter of Isaac Ayars, and niece of his first wife. He probably had John, Esther, and Mary Jarman by his first wife. We cannot say which wife was mother of his sons Reuben and Beriah. Jonathan and Susannah were born to his second wife.

Source: History of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Shilo, New Jersey: Prepared for the 200th Anniversary Celebration of the Constituting of the Church, August 23, 1937: Part I, by John H. Bonham privately published by the Shilo Seventh Day Baptist Church, Shilo, New Jersey, 1937



John Jarman, who was the third man to sign the church covenant, is mentioned in an early court record in Salem, 1704, with his father, John Jarman Sr. In those days, and for a 100 years later, cattle and swine roamed the country without fences. The owners had their brands which they registered at the court house. This is his registry. "John Jarman his cattle and swine are marct with aslitt right down inn ye Near Ear. The above mark being relinguished by the above John Jarman is now taken by his son John Jarman Jun the 24th 1704." We do not know how the Jarmans came to Cohansey, whether any of that name were with those at Swansea or not. But they are said to have been originally from Wales. This John Jarman married Esther, a daughter of Robert Ayars, and had his house right across the road from where the first church was built in Shilo. He owned a tract of land between Shilo corners and George More's place on the north, and from the corners east to a few rods from the road east of Shilo and north to Judson Harris's house. He had other Shilo land to make up his 420 acres. A letter abstrct speaking of this piece of land says: "in part of 420 acres said John Jarman bought of Robert Ayars by deed of lease and release dated 4th and 5th days of March 1716/17 (corrected to March 15th and 16th 1718)." One may wonder why Jarman's wife did not sign with him. It is believed that his wife, Esther had died before that time, so that now he was a widower. Soon after this, he is believed to have married Catherine Ayars, daughter of Isaac Ayars, and niece of his first wife. He probably had John, Esther, and Mary Jarman by his first wife. We cannot say which wife was mother of his sons Reuben and Beriah. Jonathan and Susannah were born to his second wife.

John Jarman Jr. is buried in the Shiloh Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery Shiloh, Cumberland County, New Jersey

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John Jarman, Jr.'s Timeline

1697
November 12, 1697
Wales (United Kingdom)
1727
1727
NJ
1733
July 4, 1733
Hopewell, Cumberland County, Province of New Jersey, British Colonial America
1735
1735
Alloways Creek, Salem County, Province of New Jersey, British Colonial America
1740
1740
Shiloh, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States
1741
1741
Swansea, Bristol, Plymouth
1753
1753
1768
July 16, 1768
Age 70
Shiloh, Cumberland County, Province of New Jersey, British Colonial America