Historical records matching John Laing, Jr.
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About John Laing, Jr.
This is some information that has been attributed to an obituary in the Rochester Post Express, 1902 for Thomas Laing, John's great great grandson. This information comes down to me through my Laing ancestors. The article claims that It was John's son that gave a plot of land for the building of the Friends" meeting house in Plainfield, N.J. and his son Isaac Laing was appointed by this Society to oversee the building of the meeting house. This was in 1787. The article also relates that John Laing "came to this country accompanied by his wife Margaret from Laingside, near Glasgow, Scotland, on the good ship Caledonia. They landed at Perth Amboy, N.J. at the time of the persecution of the Quakers in their own country." note by Sandra Sidman Larson. Apparently other information is that he is from Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen.
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ANNALS of OUR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS
A. M. Shotwell
pg. 125
2. Elizabeth"; m. in Woodbridge, N. J., in 9
mo., (Nov.), 1705, John Laing, Jr., b. 1680 ±, who came from Scotland with his parents, John and Margaret Laing, as is believed, in the year 1685, when about 4 to 6 yrs. old. He resided at what was for a long time called Plainfield, in Piscataway Tp„ Middlesex Co., N. J., and there d. in 1728, before 21 of 9 mo., leaving by his will half an acre of land on which to build a meeting house for Friends in that neighborhood, as it had been found inconvenient to attend the meetings in Woodbridge. Meetings had for several years previous to his decease been held on first and fourth days in his house; but the Monthly Meetings were held only at Woodbridge, On the ground given by him, a meeting house was built in the year 1736, which was occupied until the year 1788, when the present house was erected about two miles to the west, and was still called Plainfield Meeting, from which has grown up the present city of that name, one of the finest and most flourishing towns of the state.
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John Laing, Jr.'s Timeline
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1680
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Craigforth, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
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| 1706 |
September 16, 1706
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Plainfield, Middlesex, NJ, United States
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November 11, 1707
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Plainfield, Middlesex, NJ, United States
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April 28, 1709
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piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, United States
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| 1710 |
December 9, 1710
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Plainfield, Middlesex, NJ, United States
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July 1, 1712
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Plainfield, Middlesex, NJ, United States
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February 5, 1714
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Plainfield, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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| 1715 |
October 11, 1715
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Plainfield, Middlesex,, South Plainfield, Middlesex County, NJ, United States
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April 8, 1717
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Somerset County, West Jersey
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