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117 William Throckmorton born Saturday, Jan. 31, 1761, at 7 p.m .; baptized, at Shrewsbury, Apr. 5, 1761, godfathers, Samuel Throckmorton and John Forman, godmother, Catharine, wife of Samuel Throckmorton; died Sept. 2, 1830; buried in Christ Church Yard, Shrewsbury.
118 Jane Throckmorton born Monday, Jan. 22, 1749-50, about 9 a.m .; baptized, Mch. 11, 1750, godfather, Samuel Throckmorton, godmothers, Jane For- man and Elizabeth Throckmorton; married, Thomas Forman, Nov. 2, 1769; moved to Kentucky.
119 Thomas Throckmorton born Saturday, Aug. 18, 1764, at II p.m .; baptized, Sept. 15, 1764, privately; died, Saturday, Sept. 15, 1764, aged 4 weeks [28 days]; buried, Sept. 16, 1764, at Shrewsbury.
61 SAMUEL THROCKMORTON, son of John Throckmorton, 25, resided at South Amboy, N. J. - He married Nov. 4, 1755, by marriage license dated Nov. I, Catharine, daughter of Richard Francis, of Middletown Point, N. J. She died July 24, 1820, aged 86 years and 7 months, and is buried at St. Peter's Church, Freehold, N. J. Her will is recorded at Freehold, and is an interesting instrument. It was written Aug. 14, 1817, when she was "at an advanced age," and proved Sept. 11, 1820. She men- tioned her late brother Richard Francis; her son Richard; her daughter-in-law Abigail,
*Inasmuch as this name, Mary, does not appear in the record of births in the Allen Bible, and if we exclude the possibility of its being an error in the entry of the Church register, it shows that Joseph Throckmorton, 60, had an earlier wife than Mary Forman, whom he married in 1747, and who could not therefore have been the mother of a child baptised in 1746.
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who is to receive all her medicines and her plum colored gown; Phebe, the widow of her son Samuel; her daughter Sarah, wife of Dr. Samuel Forman; Catharine, Mary, Ann and Richard S. Throckmorton, children of her son Samuel; to the first of these, Catharine, she gives profiles of her father and mother, and the testament; to her daughter Sarah Forman she gives "my grand mother's picture and a small picture of my aunt Catharine Morris, hoping they may remain in the family." She mentioned also granddaughter Ann Forman, and grandsons David, Richª T., and John F. G. Forman, the latter to receive "profiles of his uncle John F. Throckmorton and wife." She also speaks of her niece Catharine Carman and her daughter Susan Carman.
1746-7. Samuel Throckmorton, Jr., (presumably 61), received one hundred and thirty acres situated between Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, from the East Jersey Proprietors.
1760, Feb. 24. Samuel Throckmorton, of the South Ward of Perth Amboy, was one of the executors of James Denham.
1760 and 1782. Samuel Throckmorton was Sheriff of Middlesex County.
1760, April 3. Bond of Samuel Throckmorton, as Sheriff of Middlesex County, in the room of William Crawford, Esqr, deceased. He signs: Sam11 Throckmorton. In a later reference to him, as Sheriff, Samuel Throckmorton is mentioned as "gentleman."
Court Records, Middlesex County, New Brunswick, N. J.
1762, January Term. The King vs William Jolly, for an assault on Samuel Throck- morton, Esq', Sheriff, in the execution of his office.
1762, April Term. The King vs Thomas Newton for an assult on Samuel Throck- morton, Esq', Sheriff, in the execution of his office.
1763, April Term. Samuel Throckmorton, Esq', a witness for the Crown, in the suit of the King vs William Jolly, Jur, for assault on Throckmorton, as Sheriff. Defendant guilty.
1763, April 4. Samuel Throckmorton, bondsman, with others, for James Brooks, as Sheriff, of Middlesex.
1773, July 3. Samuel Throckmorton was probably he who was of Freehold, and was buried on this date, as per Christ Church Records, yet there was a Samuel Throckmorton unaccounted for, if he is not the son of Samuel Throckmorton, 28, who was a Sergeant in the First Regiment, of Monmouth County, N. J., in the Revolutionary War.
Issue
120 Richard Throckmorton baptised at Freehold, Aug. 10, 1760.
12I Samuel Throckmorton
122 Sarah Throckmorton baptised Apr. 12, 1767, at Freehold.
123 John Fisher Throckmorton baptised Oct. 8, 1758, at Freehold.
62 JAMES THROCKMORTON, son of John Throckmorton, 25, was under twenty-two years of age in 1741, and was the youngest son, as per the wills of his father, John Throckmorton, and of his nephew, Richard, son of Samuel Throckmorton. He married Jan. 7, 1787, Rosina Van Note, in license issued Jan. 2, 1787, called Rosina Vumost, of Shrewsbury, and in the family Bible, owned by the Allen family, of Shrews- bury, Rozi Ann Van Note. They resided in Shrewsbury.
In 1749, a James Throckmorton obtained sixty-two acres of land from the New Jersey Proprietors.
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1750/51. James Throckmorton had three hundred and eleven acres in Monmouth County.
1759. James Throckmorton was taxed, in Shrewsbury, N. J., for £2-9-2.
1764. James Throckmorton was on the Assessors' List, for the Poor Rate, of Shrews- bury, N. J., for £o-4-5.
1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773. James Throckmorton was a Justice in Shrewsbury, N. J. Town Poor Book.
The Jurors, in Behalf of the State of New Jersey, for Monmouth County, upon oath present, That this State of New Jersey and the United States of America, are at open War & Enmity with the King of Great Britain, and that Rozina Throckmorton, late of Shrewsberry, Widdow, on the ioth of Sept., 1782, from Shrewsberry, Monmouth County, procured and had a Quantity of Provisions, to wit, Cheese and Fowls, and with intention to traitorously convey the same to the Subjects and Troops of the said King of Great Britain & did so.
Wm PATERSON, Atty. Gen1. Supreme Court Records, Trenton, N. J.
Issue
124 Job Throckmorton born 1768; married Jane Woolley .*
125 Mary Throckmorton married William Martin
126 John Throckmorton married Zilpha Green
127 Ann Throckmorton born Apr. 30, 1775; died Dec. 15, 1852; married Amos White. He died Aug. 19, 1833; born Sept. 21, 1768.
128 James Throckmorton married Abigail Worden
129 William Throckmorton married Abigail Woolley*
130 Sarah Throckmorton born May 3, 1780; died Jan. 18, 1858, aged 77, 8, 15, and is buried in Friends' Burying ground, Shrewsbury; married Mch. 21, 1807, Samuel Tucker. He died Apr. 20, 1853; born Jan. 2, 1776.
65 ELIZABETH THROCKMORTON, daughter of John Throckmorton, 25, was born Dec. 20, 1731; married June 17, 1754, John Stevenson. Mr. Charles Carrol Gard- ner, of 853 South 11th Street, Newark, N. J., is their descendant, and had made research into his branch of the family.
Issue
131 Hannah Stevenson baptised Jan. 31, 1755
132 Robert Stevenson baptised Apr. 14, 1756
133 William Stevenson baptised Oct. 23, 1760
66 JOHN THROCKMORTON, son of John Throckmorton, 25, was born Feb. 20, 1718, and married Sarah Holmes Dec. 28, 1739, as per Christ Church Record, Shrews- bury. He was a resident of Shark River in 1746, and was called "Mr.," in the records. He died prior to Jan. 25, 1791.
1791, Jan. 25. Will of John Holmes, of Middletown, brother of Sarah Throck- morton; proved Apr. 3, 1804, devised his estate to the following mentioned persons:
Samuel, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Elisha and Stout Holmes, sons of his brother Samuel Holmes; "my sister" Sarah, widow of Jno. Throckmorton, and her children, James, her eldest son, Holmes Throckmor- ton, Sarah Throckmorton, and her daughter Rebecca Large; Lydia and Parmela Stillwell, and Catharine Hegeman, daughters of my brother Samuel; Rebecca Bachelder, daughter of my sister Rebecca. Execu- tors: Joseph, John and Jonathan Holmes.
*Jane and Abigail Woolley were sisters, daughters of William and Charity (White) Woolley.
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1804, June 28. Sarah (Holmes) Throckmorton made her will; proved at Freehold, Aug. 30, 1805, and mentioned:
Rebecca Large, my daughter; Polly and Caty Holmes, daughters of John S., and Sarah Holmes; Polly Fish, my grand-daughter; Joseph Holmes, my grandson, of Upper Freehold; Elizabeth Wikoff, my granddaughter; Elizabeth Bacholar; Holmes Throckmorton, my son. Executors: her "cousin" (nephew as now expressed) John S. Holmes. Enoch Stillwell was a witness.
1805, Aug. 24. Sarah, wife of John Throckmorton, died, on this date, aged 86 years and 6 days, and is buried on Joseph Holmes' farm, Holmdel, N. J.
Issue
134 Lydia Throckmorton born 1745; died Feb. 14, 1783; married Jonathan Holmes, born Dec. 2, 1738; died Aug. 4, 177(7?). Both buried in Yellow Meeting House yard.
135 Sarah Throckmorton baptised at Shark River (South River) June 30, 1746, at home, as per Christ Church Record; buried Nov. 15, 1750.
136 John Throckmorton, son of John and Sarah, born 1749; baptised Oct. 24, 1750; buried Oct. 26, 1750.
137 James Throckmorton, eldest living son; baptised Nov. 10, 1751, at Freehold, aged two months.
138 Rebecca Throckmorton baptised May 26, 1754, at Freehold; married Mr. Large.
139 Sarah Throckmorton born Dec. 11, 1757; baptised Nov. 6, 1757 or 1758; died unmarried, Mch. 8, 1805, aged 47 years, 2 months and 25 days; buried at Yellow Meeting House Burying ground.
140 Holmes Throckmorton, Sr., baptised Apr. 22, 1759, at Freehold.
68 JOB THROCKMORTON, son of Joseph Throckmorton, 26, was born Dec. IO, 1720, and died Feb. 2, 1765, aged 44 years, I month and 23 days. He married Apr. 7, 1743, Mary Morford, who died Apr. 19, 1790, aged 66 years, 10 months and 28 days. Both are buried in Topanemus graveyard.
1743, Apr. 4. The marriage license bond of Job Throckmorton, (minor), and Mary Morford, states that her parents Thomas and Hannah Morford give consent. Also that his father, Joseph Throckmorton, sr., says he consents to his son Job Throckmorton, Minor have a license to marry Mary Morford. Apl. 3, 1743.
Job Throckmorton probably resided in Freehold, and was probably the one who headed the subscription list, May 17, 1763, with £5, for a fund to raise the debt of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in that village.
1776. She was assessed, in Freehold, for 5 acres, 5 horses, value £40.
It was probably he that was named as executor, by Nicholas Stillwell, of Shrews- bury, in his will 1759, and mentioned as "my kinsman Job Throckmorton."
1765, Jan. 14. Will of Job Throckmorton, of Freehold, Monmouth County, N. J., yeoman, being sick and weak of body; proved by witnesses, George Rhe, Catherine Rhe and Mary Leonard, Feb. 11, 1765, and mentioned:
beloved wife Mary, the use of remainder of the plantation after South part is sold to pay debts, and the use of the real and personal estate, during her widowhood, to maintain children; "my Children which have Not Learning be Learned at the Expence" of his estate. If wife marries, the estate is to be sold, and after reserve for education, to be divided into nine parts: My wife Mary to have one part in lieu of dower; six daughters, Sarah, Jemima, Mary, Anne, Susanah and Hannah, each, one-ninth, and son Job, two full shares. Testator signed his name in full.
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1765, Feb. 11. Qualification of executors, Joseph Morford, Thomas Leonard and James Hankinson.
1782, Aug. 19. In an affidavit of John Forman, of this date, he recited that: being called on by Samuel Ellet and his wife Rebecca, to give evidence, in the matter concern- ing them, on account of the affairs between them and Eden Norris and his wife Mary, vs the Estate of Job Throckmorton, deceased, he made affidavit as follows: Job Throck- morton, in his will, made Thomas Leonard his executor, and said Leonard was Sheriff, and so could not serve writs against said estate, and "I, as Coroner for the County, served certain writs against said Leonard, as executor to said Job Throckmorton's estate," levied execution, and sold the whole estate Oct. 2, 1769. Among such execu- tions was one of Rebecca Throckmorton, the wife now of Samuel Ellit; another was of Alice Throckmorton, now dead, who died some little time after her brother Job, died, and another was of Mary Throckmorton, [77], now widow of Eden Norris.
Deeds H., p. 337, Freehold Records.
One of Job Throckmorton's six daughters married Samuel Thomas, for, in the pos- session of his descendants, at Sycamore, Pa., is an old book, on the fly-leaf of which is: "Job Throckmorton [146] his book, bought of his brother, Samuel Thomas, Oct. 14, 1804."
Issue
14I Sarah Throckmorton born May 10, 1746, "daughter of Job, son of Joseph;" baptised June 22, 1746, at Shrewsbury; married, by license dated Dec. 4, 1765, Edward Clayton.
142 James Throckmorton died May 28, 1749, aged 5 years, 2 months and 19 days; buried in Topanemus graveyard.
143 Mary Throckmorton born May 25, 1751; baptised July 14, 1751.
Shrewsbury Church Records.
144 Susanna Throckmorton baptised July 18, 1756, at Freehold; died Apr. 20, 1792, aged 35 years, 10 months and 21 days.
Shrewsbury Church Records.
145 Jemima Throckmorton born Jan. 31, 1748; baptised Mch. 31, 1749, aged 2 months.
146 Job Throckmorton baptised, at Freehold, Aug. 23, 1761.
147 Ann Throckmorton baptised Apr. 14, 1754, at Freehold; married Major- General James Green.
148 Hannah Throckmorton baptised Dec. 25, 1758, at Freehold. She died, single, May 6, 1809. .
75 CATHARINE THROCKMORTON, daughter of Joseph Throckmorton, 26, was born Mch. 6, 1732-3, and it was probably she who married John Fisher, and had a son Samuel Fisher baptised, at Freehold, Oct. 8, 1758.
Issue 149 Samuel Fisher
77 MARY THROCKMORTON, daughter of Joseph Throckmorton, 26, was born July 20, 1738; baptised Feb. 9, 1746; married, by license dated Sept. 3, 1767, Eden Norris.
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Issue
150 William Norris born Feb. 8, 1769
151 Joseph Norris born July 21, 1770
152 Rebecca Norris born Feb. 18, 1772
153 John Norris born Apr. 4, 1774
From the old Throckmorton Bible, at Waynesburg, Pa.
78 JOHN THROCKMORTON, son of Joseph Throckmorton, 26, was born Feb. 24, 1741-2.
Issue, supposed
154 Joseph Throckmorton. There was a "Joseph Throckmorton, son of a sup- posed John Throckmorton, born June 14, 1765, in Monmouth or Sussex County, N. J., who [Joseph] married a Miss Miller. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and received a pension. He removed to Schuyler County, N. Y., about 1802; and, about 1824, removed to Hector County, Pa., where he died Apr. 12, 1851. His father, [John?], fought in the Colonial Wars against France, and had three brothers and, perhaps, sisters."
1809, Sept. II. Joseph Throckmorton and Mary Miller, both of Upper Freehold, were married. Court House Records, Freehold, N. y.
This Joseph Throckmorton is also reputed to have married Sarah A. Brewer.
There was also a Joseph Throckmorton married to Nelly Brewer Sept. 18, 1788. Dutch Church Record, Freehold, N. y.
79 JOHN THROCKMORTON, eldest son of Job Throckmorton, 27.
1748. John Throckmorton, administrator upon his father's estate, and a resident of Freehold, N. J.
1750. John Throckmorton was an appraiser of the estate of Hugh Taylor, of Middle- sex County, N. J.
1755. John Throckmorton was a legatee in the will of his aunt, Sarah Nichols.
1756, Feb. Io. Samuel Serjant vs John Throckmorton. Debt £25.
1756, July 6. Wm Tapscott vs John Throckmorton. Debt £16-18-0.
1761, Mch. II. Joseph Burdy vs John Throckmorton. Debt £10-13-0. Non est.
1762, December. Robert Schooley vs John Throckmorton. Case £40. 1764, March. Frederick Temoth vs John Throckmorton. Debt £80. Non est. 1764, March. Caleb Lindsley vs John Throckmorton. £46. Non est.
Morris County, N. J., Court Records.
82 JOB THROCKMORTON, son of Job Throckmorton, 27, married Mary, daughter of John and Hannah (Colton) Russell, by license dated Nov. 10, 1769; both of Shrewsbury.
"Mary Throckmorton died May 23, 1840, at the advanced age of almost 4 score years & Io, having lived to witness her posterity to the 3rd generation, comprising 103 souls, some of whom anticipated her in the realms of glory," etc.
Tombstone in First Methodist Churchyard, West Long Branch, N. J.
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1764, Mch. 14. Job Throckmorton went surety for Samuel Grandin on his applica- tion to keep a public house.
1764, September. Job Throckmorton petitioned for a license to keep a public house. Sam1 Grandine and Tho® Hallock were his sureties.
1765, March. Justus King vs Job Throckmorton. £42.
1765, Dec. 17. The King vs Job Throckmorton. "Recog. to answer & being Called Makes Default."
1766, September. David Ogden and Richard Morris, executors of Robert Hunter Morris, deceased, vs Job Throckmorton.
Morris County Court Records.
In 1775, there was a Job Throckmorton taxed in Shrewsbury, who, however, may have been Job Throckmorton (124), son of James Throckmorton (62).
Issue
156 William Throckmorton married, Apr. 30, 1808, Ann Crum.
157 Elizabeth Throckmorton
158 Hannah Throckmorton born 4mo., 13, 1787; died 3mo., 20, 1864; married Feb. 11, 1806, Michael, son of Frederick Mapps.
159 Ann Throckmorton married, July 10, 1802, Benjamin Wardell.
160 Zilpha Throckmorton married James Hazlet, of New York City. She died June 8, 1848, aged 76 years, and is buried in First Methodist Churchyard, West Long Branch, N. J.
85 WILLIAM THROCKMORTON, son of Job Throckmorton, 27.
1754. William Throckmorton had a deed for fifty acres in Morris County, N. J.
1754, July 2. John Tice vs Wm Throckmorton. Debt £18-4-0, York money. Committment ordered Dec. 25, 1754.
1758, Sept. 6. William Throckmorton inventoried the estate of Thomas Langlee, of Morris County.
1759, Dec. 15. William Throckmorton, of Morris County, and Sarah, daughter of Elijah Giller or Gillet, of the same place, had a marriage license issued. They were mar- ried at the Morristown, N. J., Presbyterian Church, Dec. 26, 1759.
1760. Wm Throckmorton was one of the largest creditors and administrators of John Lafollet, of Newtown, Sussex County. Wm Throckmorton was of Roxbury, Morris County.
1761, Mch. II. Henry Johnson vs Wm Throckmorton. Debt £500; agreed.
1762, Mch. 10. Wm Throckmorton petitioned for a license to keep a public house. 1762, Sept. I. Wm Throckmorton vs Henry Johnson. Debt £203. 1762, December. Samuel Grandin and Wm Throckmorton vs Wm Gest.
1763, March. Wm Throckmorton petitioned for a license to keep a public house and went surety for Peter Salman on an application for the same purpose.
1763, July 6. Wm Throckmorton was a member of the Grand Jury in General Quarter Sessions.
1763, September. Wm Throckmorton went surety for Aaron Sutphin on an applica- tion for a license to keep a public house. He also petitioned for a license for himself.
1763, September. Wm Throckmorton vs Elenor Johnson, Richard Johnson and John Vantyne.
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1764, March. Samuel Kemble vs Wm Throckmorton. £140; and the former vs Aaron Gillett and Wm Throckmorton for £200, discontinued; and the former vs Samuel Grandin and Wm Throckmorton for £200, discontinued.
1764, September. Wm P. Smith vs Wm Throckmorton and Jos. Kitchell. Debt £360.
1765, March. James Parker, Esq., vs William Throckmorton, Confesses judgment. £IO10-1-9.
1767, December. William Throckmorton vs Elinor Johnson, et al., executors of Henry Johnson.
1770, Sept. 2. Wm Throckmorton, of Roxbury Township, Morris Co., was a witness to a will. Court Records, Morris County, N. J.
The Jurors, in behalf of the State of New Jersey, for MiddleSex County, on oath present that on 4th of May, 1782, at Spot/wood, MiddleSex County, a certain Horse Race was made "for money and the Lucre of Gain.'
William Throgmorton, Late of Spot/wood, Yeoman, unlawfully did aid, promote, etc., the same, "by laying Money thereon, and riding one of the Hor fes, that run for the Pur fe."
Wm Paterson, Atty. Gen1. "I plead Guilty." Signed "WILLIAM THROCKMORTON" Supreme Court Files, Trenton, N. J.
1797, November. He was sued by James Sirling (also Stirling) Bondsman Bailey Stout (?); also spelled John B. Stout.
1797, November. Wm Throckmorton was sued on a plea of trespass and a bill for £200, by James Sirling (also Sterling). Bondsman Bailey Stout (also signed John B. Stout). Judgment against him and a levy on goods and land at Spotswood.
Supreme Court Files, Trenton, N. J.
1807, November. Wm Throckmorton, of Spotswood, was sued by Samuel Norse- worthy for $235., for a note signed by him and witnessed by Catharine Throckmorton. Defendant claimed he paid the note; judgment by default.
Supreme Court Files, Trenton, N. J.
Issue 161 James Throckmorton
86 THOMAS THROCKMORTON, son of Job Throckmorton, 27, was mentioned in the will of Sarah Nichols.
He made his will Feb. 13, 1763; proved May 3, 1763, resident of Roxbury, Morris County, and mentioned:
son Thomas to receive when he reaches the age of 5 years, which will be in 1768, one-half of the joint movable estate of his father Thomas, and one-half of the remainder which belongs to Thomas' brother Daniel (i. e. uncle), and the balance of the estate at the age of twenty-one; testator's wife Meriam all that she brought upon her marriage, etc .; brothers and sisters contingent legatees, i. e., John, William, Daniel, Job, Lewis, Mary Foster and Rebecca Throckmorton. His inventory was made Mch. 7, 1763, and amounted to £945-5-7.
1762, Sept. 28. Thoª Throckmorton presented a petition to keep a public house.
1763, March. Tho8 Throckmorton vs Jeremiah Dunn. Debt £18.
1764, March. John Simson vs Hartshorn Fitz Randolph, Job Throckmorton and Miriam Throckmorton, executors of Tho Throckmorton. £40.
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1784, December. W. Kennedy vs Hartshorn Fitz Randolph, Job Throckmorton, Wm Young and Miriam his wife, late Miriam Throckmorton, executors of Tho Throck- morton.
Morris County Court Records.
87 DANIEL THROCKMORTON, son of Job Throckmorton, 27, was mentioned in the will of Sarah Nichols, and in the will of his brother Thomas Throckmorton, in 1763. 1764, December. Samuel Buttler vs Daniel Throckmorton. £17.
1765, July. Daniel Throckmorton, a creditor, in Jacob Mitchel vs Charles Richards, for £80-17-9. Morris County Court Records.
89 ELIZABETH THROCKMORTON, daughter of Job Throckmorton, 27, was mentioned in the will of Sarah Nichols, 1755, as the daughter of Job Throckmorton, deceased. This allusion may be to Elizabeth Throckmorton, 89, to Elizabeth Throck- morton, 109, or to Elizabeth Throckmorton, 157. One of these Elizabeths had a license to marry James Hankinson, May 25, 1757.
90 HARTNESS THROCKMORTON, son of Samuel Throckmorton, 28, was baptised in Topanemus Church, Freehold, Aug. 28, 1735; died, and buried at Shrews- bury, Aug. 22, 1760, aged 25 years and I day. He married, by marriage license dated Apr. 21, 1757, Susannah Williams, of Freehold. He was also mentioned as of Freehold. 1755, Mch. 27. He was mentioned as one of the legatees in the will of his aunt Sarah Nichols.
101 JOHN GRANDIN, son of Daniel Grandin and Mary (Throckmorton) Grandin, 31, born April 28, 1721; died Aug. 5, 1777; resided in Hunterdon County, N. J. He married Abigail Lippincott. She died Mch. 18, 1788, and both are buried at King- wood (Quakertown) Friends' Cemetery. No issue.
102 MAJOR PHILIP GRANDIN, son of Daniel and Mary (Throckmorton) Grandin, 31, was born Aug. 13, 1731 ; died Feb. 23, 1791; married Mch. 18, 1753, Eleanor, daughter of Capt. John and Jane (Wykoff) Forman, born Mch. 24, 1734; died Mch. I, 1791; buried at Kingwood. He was a fuller, dyer, Justice, etc., etc.
Issue 162 Dr. John Forman Grandin, of Hunterdon County, N. J. He served in the U. S. Navy during the latter part of the Revolution. A fragment of his commission and his sword now belong to Jane Grandin, of Clinton, N. Y. He married Mary, daughter of Dr. James Newell, of Allentown, N. J., by his wife Elizabeth Lawrence. He died July 21, 1811.
Issue
I Elizabeth Grandin born Apr. 18, 1785; married Dr. Benjamin Hunt; moved to Ohio.
2 Eleanor Grandin born Sept. 15, 1786; married Joseph Reading.
3 Mary Grandin born Feb. 3, 1788; married John W. Bray; moved to California.
4 Lucy Grandin born Apr. 2, 1790; married Elmore Williams, of Cin- cinnati, O.
5 John Grandin born May 28, 1792; married Elizabeth H. Reading.
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6 Philip Grandin born Feb. 11, 1794; married Hannah Platt; moved to Ohio.
163 Rachel Grandin married William Loyd born 1757; died 1837. She died July 9, 1858, aged 86 years.
164 Elenor Grandin married William Godley
Issue
Augustus Godley married Elizabeth Paul Forman.
Issue Miss M. E. Godley, of Milford, Pa., in 1895.
Grandin F. Godley married a daughter of Richard Stillwell, of New York City.
165 Philip Grandin married Mercy Gray; no issue.
166 Mary Grandin married Watson, son of John and Susanna Bray, of Hunter- don County, N. J.
167 Jane Grandin
168 Abigail Grandin
103 SAMUEL GRANDIN, son of Daniel and Mary (Throckmorton) Grandin, 31, was a distinguished lawyer and prominent Tory whose effigy was burned by the Whigs in 1776. He lived at Flanders, N. J., and married Dec. 23, 1752, Susannah Johnston, born July 8, 1729, daughter of Hon. Samuel Johnston, Colonial Judge of Hunterdon County, N. J., (the son of William Johnston, of Trenton) and his (i. e. Samuel John- ston's) wife Sara Oakley born 1707; died June 1, 1739; married 1728; of Trenton, N. J. Susan, daughter of Samuel and Susannah (Johnston) Grandin married Colonel (or Squire) John de Camp, and wrote a diary now (1915) in the possession of her great-great- granddaughter Mrs. Mary de C. Moor (Mrs. Maurice Moore) of 611 Pearl St., Lynch- burg, Va.
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