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GENEALOGICAL
NOTES AND ANECDOTES
ANTECEDENTS AND DESCENDANTS
of
JOHN COX
(1 November 1727 - ABT 1804/05)
G0498A:
Thomas COX I [008]
Birth: BEF 1645, Herefordshire, England
Death: BEF 16 August 1681, Freehold,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Marriage: 22 April 1665, Maspeth
Kills (Newton), Long Island, New York, British North
America
Spouse: Elizabeth BLASHFORD (BEF 1645 -
AFT 1690/91, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America)
Child 1: Thomas COX II (11 February
1667/68, Long Island, New York, British North America -
AFT 16 February 1722/23 and BEF 25 March 1723, Freehold,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [M]:
m. Mary WRIGHT (25 September 1679, at sea - AFT 6 August
1757 and BEF 29 July 1760, Freehold, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America), ABT 1694, New Jersey,
British North America
Child
2:   John COX (ABT 1670,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT
9 April 1728 and BEF 22 October 1729, Middletown,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [M]:
m. Mary UNKNOWN, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America
Child 3: James COX (18 August 1672,
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America - 14 October 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America: interment at Cox's Corners,
Imlaystown, New Jersey) [M]: m1. Anne UNKNOWN (16 January
1672 - 25 November 1747, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America): m2. Rebecca STILLWELL (born ABT
1684, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, British
North America - AFT 1757)
Child 4: Joseph COX (15 September
1679, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America - BEF 17 November 1750, Upper Freehold,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [M]:
m. Catherine SHEPHERD, BEF 1713, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America
Child 5: Unknown COX (BEF 9 September
1681, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America - AFT February 1688/89, New Jersey, British
North America) [F]: m. Nathaniel ROBBINS, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America
Child 6: Unknown COX (BEF 9 September
1681, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America - AFT February 1688/89, Monmouth County,
New Jersey, British North America) [F]
Note 1: In the Public Records Office
in London, a Thomas COX was licensed, with 2 others, to
pass to Virginia in 1650. The first definite record of
Thomas COX I is his marriage license, dated 22 April
1665, issued in Newtown, Long Island. In the autumn of
1665, a colony settled at Middletown and Shrewsbury, New
Jersey. Most of the settlers were Baptists and Quakers,
however there are no records of Thomas COXes belonging to
either church. He obtained land in Middletown, New Jersey
by the Nicolls patent, but (unusual for the time) Thomas
COX recognized the right of the Indians to their lands
and paid them for his share of the patent. He was chosen
an overseer of the fences in 1667, and registered an
earmark for cattle on 4 January 1668 - "Thos Cocks
his marke is the top of the right eare cutt off and a
swallow taile and a hole in the left ear." Thomas
COX served in a variety of public offices, including
'rate maker' of the town, constables' assistant, town
deputy and town overseer. He initialled a document
"Tc" on 8 November 1673. By 1676 he was chosen
a deputy to meet the Governor and his council at
Woodbridge. At his death, he is described as having left
a widow and six children, two of them very small.
Note 2: Thomas COX I married
Elisabeth BLASHFORD, at the head of Newton Creek, Long
Island, by license dated 22 April 1665:
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Whereas I have received
information of a mutual intent and agreement
between Thomas COX of Marshpath Kills in ye
Lymmits of New Towne, and Elizabeth BLASHFORD to
enter into the state of matrimony, and that there
lyeth no lawful obstacle or obligation on either
part to hinder the performance thereof, I do
hereby grant unto them Lycences so to do -- and
do also require one of ye Justices of ye peace of
ye North Ryding of Yorkshire upon Long Island or
ye Minister of some Parish therein to Joyne the
said Thomas COX and Elizabeth BLASHFORD in
Marryage, and to pronounce them man and wife and
so to record them according to the law made in
that behalf, for doing whereof this shall be
sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and
Seal at James Hart in New York this 22nd day of
April, 1665.
Rich. Nicolls.
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Note: Sir Richard
Nicolls (1624, Ampthill, Bedforshire,
England - 28 May 1672, in battle at sea),
who gave license to Thomas COX I and
Elizabeth BLASHFORD to marry, was the
first English governor of New York. The
marriage license is printed in George
William Cocks, assisted by John Cox, Jr.,
History and Genealogy of the
Cock-Cocks-Cox Family Descended from
James and Sarah Cock of Killingworth Upon
Matinecock, in the Township of Oyster
Bay, Long Island, New York (New
York, privately printed: 1912).
Transcription of the marriage license was
made at the New York State Library at
Albany in 1908. About Sir Richard
Nicolls, the following is taken from Appleton's Cyclopedia of
American Biography, edited by James
Grant Wilson and John Fiske, six volumes
(New York, D. Appleton and Company:
1887-1889) and further edited by Stanley
L. Klos:
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NICOLLS, Sir
Richard, first English governor
of New York, born in Ampthill,
Bedfordshire, England, in 1624;
died at sea, 28 May, 1672. He was
the fourth son and youngest child
of Francis Nicolls, of the Middle
Temple, and of Ampthill. The
civil war put an end to his
studies at one of the English
universities, and he joined the
king's army, though only eighteen
years old, and was made captain
of a troop of horse. On the fall
of the royal cause he fled to
Holland, entered the service of
the Duke of York, served with him
in the continental wars, and at
the restoration of Charles II.
was appointed gentleman of the
bed-chamber to the Duke of York.
Being of fine presence, clear
head, and pleasant manners, and a
good linguist, speaking French
and Dutch as well as he did
English, he was appointed the
chief of the coInmission that was
charged by Charles II., in 1664,
to settle disputes between and
with the New England colonies,
and "to reduce" New
Netherland from the Dutch.
Nicolls sailed with his fleet
from Portsmouth, 15 May, 1664.
Stopping at Boston, and directing
Winthrop to meet him at the west
end of Long Island, he reached
Gravesend bay, 25 August, 1664,
but three of his ships did not
arrive till the 28th. He demanded
the instant surrender of New
Netherland. A successful
resistance being out of the
question, Stuyvesant reluctantly
negotiated. After long discussion
between the representatives of
Stuyvesant and those of Nicolls,
articles of surrender were agreed
to on Saturday, 6 September, at
Stuyvesant's Bowery house, which
Nicolls signed the same day. On
Sunday the Dutch council
considered them, and early Monday
morning, S September, 1664, they
were signed by Stuyvesant, and
the ratifications were exchanged.
Nicolls took possession of New
Netherland the same day, the
Dutch troops marching out of the
fort at New Amsterdam and the
English marching in. Nicolls at
once gave to the conquered
territories the names of the
titles of his patron, calling the
province and city " New
York." Long Island and
Westchester county
"Yorkshire." and the
northern portion of the province
"Albania" and its chief
town "Albany." By his
prudent and mild conduct and
pleasing manners, Nicolls so
overcame the prejudices of the
Dutch that, on 25 and 26 October,
1664, Stuyvesant, Van Cortlandt,
and all the other officials and
chief men of New Amsterdam took
the oath of allegiance to Charles
II. as sovereign, and the Duke of
York as lord proprietor of New
York, and acknowledged Nicolls to
be the duke's deputy governor,
under the latter's commission,
dated 2 April, 1664. On 8 March,
1665, he published, in a
convention of delegates at
Hempstead, "the duke's
laws," the first code of
English law in New York. It was
drawn up by Matthias Nicolls (q.
v.), secretary of the province,
from the laws in the other
British colonies, the common law
of England, and the former
Roman-Dutch law of New
Netherland. On 12 June, 1665, he
established the English municipal
government of the city of New
York by a mayor, alderman, and
sheriff, in place of the Dutch
burgomaster and schepens, and
appointed Nicholas Bayard,
Stuyvesant's nephew, the first
clerk of the common council. In
1666 he was engaged in settling
difficulties with the Indians and
the French, and reconciling minor
disputes among the Dutch and
English people of the province.
In 1667 he applied to the Duke of
York for permission to resign,
which, after some delay, was
granted, but, at the duke's
request, he remained till the
arrival of his successor, Colonel
Francis Lovelace, with whom he
made a journey through the
province to introduce him to the
magistrates and people. On 25
August, 1668, after a notable
dinner that was given in his
honor by the city authorities, he
was escorted to the vessel by the
largest procession of military
and citizens that had then been
seen in New York, and sailed for
England, amid the regrets of the
people among whom he had come as
a conqueror. Nicolls's rule was
honest and wise: his decisions as
chief of the court of assizes
under " the duke's
laws" were just, and his
government was marked with
moderation and integrity. On his
return to England he took his
former place in the Duke of
York's household, and at the
beginning of the war with Holland
in 1672 served with him in the
fleet under his command, and lost
his life in the battle with De
Ruyter on 28 May, 1672. He lies
buried in the chancel of Ampthill
parish church, where a white
marble monument is erected to his
memory, its upper part inclosing
the cannonball that killed him,
with the words "Instrumentum
Mortis et Immortalitatis."
Below it is a Latin inscription
testifying to his merits as a
soldier, governor, and scholar,
and, as he requested in his will,
mentioning his family. Sir
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Inventory was taken on the estate of Thomas COX I of
Middletown on 16 August 1681. It amounted to amounted to
£20, real, and £45-17-0, personal estate.
After the death of Thomas COX I, Elisabeth BLASHFORD
was married to Thomas INGRAHAM (died ABT 1690):
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"September ye 9: 1681 Tho.
INGHAM and ye widow Elizabeth COX were maried by
Cap. John Bowne, Justis of the peace in Midle
Toune." |
On 10 February 1686, Thomas INGRAHAM became the
administrator of the estate of Thomas COX I:
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1686 February 10. COCKS, Thomas,
of Middletown, administration on [page 101] the
estate of, granted to Thomas INGHAME. [New
Jersey Archives, XXI, p. 110] 1687/78
February 9. Bond of Thomas INGHAM, of Middletown,
as administrator of the estate. [Monmouth
Wills]
See Documents Relating to the Colonial
History of the State of New Jersey, vol. 23,
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, vol. 1, 1670
- 1730 (Paterson, New Jersey: 1901), p. 100.
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Note 3: The Will of Thomas COX II:
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COX, THOMAS of the Township of
Freehold, Monmouth County, "Yeoman, Being
Very Sick and Weak in Body." Dated February
16, 1722/23. Proved by deposition of Thomas
Taylor, James COX, and Robert LAWRENCE, before
Michael Kearny, Surrogate, "allins town,
25th March, 1723." Gives: "to my three
Chilldren Thomas COX, my son and heir, Mary
LAWRENCE and Lydy Cox fifty pounds apeice. My
"sons fifty to be paid as soon as
Conveniently it Can. My Daughter Mary's fifty
pounds to be paid a Year after my Decease,
"and my Daughter Lydys fifty pounds to be
paid two Years after my decease;" "to
my Daughter Cathrine's Husband "Cornelius
VANHORNE Thirty pounds And if it shall please God
that my Daughter Cathrine's son Thomas VANHORNE
shall live "till he comes to the age of
Twenty and one years Then I do Give him Thirty
pounds." "If John Estill do live with
my "Wife till he comes to the age of Twenty
one years Then I do Give him a Cow and a
Mare." "The Remaining .... moveable
Eftate .... to my Loveing wife Mary COX Dureing
her life, and at her Decease to be Disposed of as
she shall think fitt .... likewife ... to my
Loveing wife, with the remaining part of my
moveable Estate .... in Leiue of her Dower, My
Dwelling house and barn with the half of my
Improved land Meadow and Wood Land as long as she
shall remain my Widow, To be Divided from the
other half of my Orchard Improved land meadow and
Wood land By Thomas Taylor and John Ashton both
of freehold .... Who I .... Impower to Divide my
land ...." "Allso Give an Acre Square
of Land where my Chilldren lyes buryed on ye hill
above my Orchard Containing the present Burying
Yard in the Middle of it, for a burying place
forever for me my Wife and Chilldren and for a
burying place for my Brother John COX and for his
familye forever And .... the said Acre of Ground
shall not be sold Granted nor Given Nor ....
Conveyed from the Two Familyes abovesaid, But by
them to be Kept without ... Molestation For a
burying place for them and their children
forever;" "to my Cousins Sarah ROBINS
and Meribah ROBINS the Dauthers of Nathaniell
ROBINS Deceased Ten pounds apeice to be paid them
when my wife sees fit." Appoints "my
Loveing wife Mary COX to be Sole Executrix ...
And if .... she shall Dye before the Legacys
herein .... shall be paid and my will performed
Then I ... appoint my son Thomas COX, Executor
...." Witnesses.: thomas COX Elias HOLMAN
Thomas taylor James COX Robert LAWRENCE
Deposition of Mary COX, Executrix, before Michael
Kearny, Surrogate, "att allens town, ye 25th
day of march, 1723." [Documents Relating
to the Colonial History of the State of New
Jersey, vol. 23, Calendar of New Jersey
Wills, vol. 1, 1670 - 1730
(Paterson, New Jersey: 1901), pp. 113 - 114] 1722/23
March 15. Inventory of the personal estate,
630.13.2; made by Thomas Taylor, John Ashton and
Robert LAWRENCE. [Lib. A, 242, and Monmouth
County Wills]
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Mary WRIGHT, the wife of Thomas COX II, appears to
have been born at sea on 25 September 1679 as the
daughter of Samuel WRIGHT and Mary STARKEY [See
Burlington Quaker Monthly Meeting Records in Charlotte D.
Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County,
New Jersey (Westminster, Maryland, Family Line
Publications: 1994), 3 vols.] But, since the Will of Mary
COX, the widow of Thomas COX II, was signed on 6 August
1757 and gives her age as "about 86," her date
of birth has also been proposed as about 1671.
The Will of Mary COX:
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1757, August 6. Will of Mary COX,
widow of Thomas COX , deceased, of Upper Freehold
, about 86 years of age; proved 1760, mentioned:
Her son and heir, Thomas COX, received 6
shillings. William CHEESMAN, son of my daughter,
Lydia, received 6 shillings. Her two grandsons,
Richard and Thomas COX, received 6 shillings,
each. Her two granddaughters, Elizabeth and
Rebecca COX, received £5, each. Other
grandchildren, Thomas VANHORNE, Joseph LAWRENCE,
Mary LAWRENCE and Elizabeth HUTCHESON, the
balance of her estate. She willed money for the
use of the Baptist congregation in Upper
Freehold, for the relief of travelling Baptist
ministers, repairs to building, etc.
Executors: Her grandson, Richard COX, and John
Coward , Jr. 1760, July 29. Inventory of Mary
COX, widow, of Upper Freehold , amounted to
£1472-15-3. [Elsewhere the amount is given as
£1471-15-5.] Among the items were
"mortgages, bonds and bills," amounting
to £1332-6-4.
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A child of Thomas COX II and Mary WRIGHT was Thomas
COX III (7 June 1700 [Julian Calendar] = 18 June 1700
[Gregorian Calendar], Middletown, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America - 5 June 1783 [Gregorian
Calendar], Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, New Jersey:
interment at Yellow Meeting House cemetery, Cream Ridge,
Monmouth County, Upper Freehold, New Jersey) who was
first married to Hannah MORFORD and second married, about
1725, to Rebecca POTTS (1702, Springfield, Burlington
County, New Jersey, British North America - 1754,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America).
The gravestone of Thomas COX III, at the Yellow
Meeting House cemetery, reports that he died 5 June 1783
at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 18 days. Reckoning
his date of birth according to the Gregorian calendar
yields the date 18 June 1700. This is equivalent, in the
Julian Calendar, to 7 June 1700. Thomas COX III was born
previous to the British Calendar Act of 1751 which specified that 2 September 1752, under
the Gregorian calendar, would be followed by 14 September
1752, under the Gregorian calendar.
A child of Thomas COX III and Rebecca POTTS was
Rebecca COX (ABT September 1733, Middletown, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America - 9 May 1814,
Warren County, Georgia) who was first married to Unknown
HARRISON and who, on 1 November 1760, was second married
to Thomas ANSLEY (14 January 1736/37, Upper Freehold,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 14
January 1809, Warren County, Georgia) in Freehold,
Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of 1776, Thomas ANSLEY
and Rebecca COX were residing in Warren County, Georgia
and Thomas ANSLEY was serving in the Revolutionary War at
the rank of Private in the Georgia troops.
A child of Rebecca COX and Thomas ANSLEY was Abel
ANSLEY (ABT 1761, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America - 1822 [Will proved 6 May 1822], Warren
County, Georgia) who married Lydia Harrison MORRIS (ABT
1765, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
- ABT 1838, Warren County, Georgia) on 30 January 1790 in
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.
A child of Abel ANSLEY and Lydia MORRIS was Ann ANSLEY
(ABT 1801, Warren County, Georgia - ABT 1848, Warren
County, Georgia) who married James Wiley CARTER (ABT
1798, Schley County, Georgia - 4 March 1864, Schley
County, Georgia) on 18 February 1821 in Warren County,
Georgia. James Wiley CARTER was second married to Sarah
ROSS.
A child of James Wiley CARTER and Ann ANSLEY was
Littleberry Walker CARTER (1832, near Plains, Sumter
County, Georgia - 1874, Georgia) who, on 5 January 1851,
in Warren County, Georgia, married Mary Ann Diligent
SEALS (1838, Sumter County, Georgia - 27 November 1873,
Georgia).
A child of Littleberry Walker CARTER and Mary Ann
Diligent SEALS was William Archibald CARTER (12 November
1858, Sumter County, Georgia - 3 September 1903, Georgia)
who married Nina PRATT (5 December 1863, Abbeville,
Abbeville County, South Carolina - 8 March 1939, Plains,
Sumter County, Georgia) on 8 September 1885 in Abbeville
County, South Carolina.
A child of William Archibald CARTER and Nina PRATT was
James Earl CARTER, Sr. (12 September 1894, Arlington,
Sumter County, Georgia - 22 July 1953, Plains, Sumter
County, Georgia) who, on 27 September 1923, in Richland,
Stewart County, Georgia, married Bessie Lillian GORDY (15
August 1898, Richland, Stewart County, Georgia - 30
October 1993, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia).
A child of James Earl CARTER, Sr. and Bessie Lillian
GORDY was James ("Jimmy") Earl CARTER, Jr.,
born 1 October 1924 in Plains, Sumter County, Georgia.
James ("Jimmy") Earl CARTER, Jr. was the 39th
President of the United States.
Note 4:
Rebecca STILLWELL, the daughter of John STILLWELL (18
May 1660, Gravesend, Long Island, Kings County, New York
- 1724, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York) and
Rebecca THROCKMORTON (died AFT 1724), was first married
to Ebenezer SALTAR (died 1749) and second married to
James COX whom she survived. About Ebenezer SALTAR, see below under G0496A:
John COX, "the Cordwainer."
Note 5: The Will of James COX, Upper
Freehold, Gentleman, signed 22 December 1747 and proved 7
November 1750, mentioned:
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(1) John COX, son of my son
Thomas, decsd, at 21 a legacy (2) Mary COX
"so lately called, but now married" and
(3) Ann COX ("both daughters of my son
Thomas")
(4) son, John COX, heirs land
(5) son, Joseph COX, heirs land
(6) daughter, Elizabeth, heirs land
(7) four daughters of "my late dec'd
daughter Anna JEWELL"
(8) grandson, James COX
(9) five daughters, Elizabeth, Alice, Rachel,
Dorothy, and Rebecca
He reserved ground where his wife and
"others of my family lyes buried for a
burying ground forever."
His apparel was to be divided between three
sons, James, John, and Joseph COX
Executors: sons, John and Joseph and my
kinsman, Thomas COX
Witnesses: Samuel STEELE, John HARTSHORN, and
John LAWRENCE, Jr.
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The inventory of James COX's personal estate amounted
to £743-9-10½
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| Account of Inventory and Sales Over
Appraisement |
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| Disbursements |
£1010-4-5¼
267-15-3 |
February 14, 1756
Balance |
742-9-21¼ |
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| Among the disbursements,
"£50 Bond given to Rebecca COX, his
wife, by said James COX before their
marriage." |
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| Paid balance of estate to
legatees as follows: |
| Dorothy |
£56-8-5 pr. Jno COX
64-2-6 pr. Jno COX p rect &c
£120-10-11 Ball. £3-3-11 |
| Elizabeth |
£123-14-10 & over pd. |
| Else |
123-14-10 & over pd. |
| Rachell |
123-14-10 & over pd. |
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| four daughters of Ann, daughter of
testator, one share |
£123-14-10
30-18-18, ½ each |
| children of Rebecca, daughter of
testator, one share which are now alive |
£123-14-10
20-12-5, ½ each |
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Note 6: The tombstone of James COX,
at Cox's Corners, Imlaystown, New Jersey, reads as
follows: "Here lies the body of James _ox who
departed this life ye 24th of October Anno Domini 1750
aged seventy-eight years _ow (= two) months and six
days."
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G0497A:  John COX [007]
Birth: ABT 1670, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America
Death: AFT 9 April 1728 and BEF 22
October 1729, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America
Father:
Thomas COX (BEF 1645, Herefordshire, England - BEF 16
August 1681, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America)
Mother: Elizabeth BLASHFORD (BEF 1645 -
AFT 1690/91)
Marriage: Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America
Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN
Child
1:
John COX, "the Cordwainer" (1696, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America - 1768,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America:
interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream
Ridge, New Jersey) [M]: m1. Rachel UNKNOWN (ABT 1700 - 16
October 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery,
Cream Ridge, New Jersey), BY 1698, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America: m2. Elizabeth HOLMAN, 1
January 1768, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America
Child 2: Joseph COX (1698, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America - ?) [M]
Child 3: Samuel COX (1700, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT 1737
Child 4: Elisabeth COX (ABT 1707,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]:
m. Richard COMPTON (Jr.) (ABT 1698, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America - BY 6 July 1782 [Will
proven], Somerset County, New Jersey), 15 January 1727
Child 5: Rachel COX [F]
Child 6: Mary COX [F]: m. William
ENELMAN, 1729
Child 7: Mercy COX [F]: m. Ephraim
ROB(B)INS
Note 1: John COX signed his Will 9
April 1728. It was proved, in Monmouth County, 22 October
1729. The Will mentions wife Mary, children John, Joseph,
Samuel, Elisabeth, Rachel, Mary, Alice, and Mercy, and
brother James COX [Monmouth County Wills, Book
B, p. 169]
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1728 April 9. COX, John, of
Freehold, Monmouth County, yeoman; Will of. Wife
Mary. Children John, Joseph, Samuel, Elizabeth,
Rachel, Mary, Alice and Mercy. Real estate to be
divided by brother James COX, Richard Mount
junior and William LAWRENCE junior; personal
estate. Executors the wife and brother James COX.
Witnesses Thomas COX, junior, William Andrews,
William LAWRENCE junior. Proved October 22, 1729.
[Lib. B, p. 169, and Monmouth County Wills] |
Note 2: John COX belonged to the
Baptist church in Middletown, along with his brothers. He
figured prominently in the riots in Monmouth County, New
Jersey in 1701. In the Court of Sessions 6 March 1701,
John COX and other citizens were fined 10 shillings each
for contempt and misbehavior before the court. A few days
later, a mob seized the Governor and the Justices and
held them as prisoners from the 25th to 29th of March.
Note 3: Joseph COX may have moved to
Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Note 4: Richard COMPTON (Jr.), the
husband of Elisabeth COX, was the son of Richard COMPTON
(Sr.) (ABT 1672, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America - ABT 1710, Hunterdon County, New Jersey,
British North America) and Prudence Providence ISSELTON
(ABT 1664, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America), who were married 13 December 1694, by the deed
which, in Monmouth County, Justice of the peace Lewis
Morris issued (See Marriage Deeds, Monmouth County, New
Jersey: 1667 - 1697, p. 60). The Will of Richard COMPTON
(Jr.) was proved, in Somerset County, 6 July 1782
[interim administrator: James Castner, cordwainer;
fellowbondsman: Zebulon COMPTON, both of Somerset County.
New Jersey Colonial Documents, vol. 35, p. 88]. Jacob
Vosseller and Philip V. Arsdalen inventoried the estate
of Richard COMPTON (Jr.) on 9 August 1782 and assessed
its value at £77.17.4. [Lib. M, p. 130] Zebulon COMPTON
(ABT 1730, <Somerset County>, New Jersey, British
North America - BEF 1824, <Somerset County>, New
Jersey) was the son of Richard COMPTON (Jr.) and
Elisabeth COX.
Note 5: Map of Monmouth County, New
Jersey (1895):
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G0496A:
John
COX, "the Cordwainer" [006]
Birth: 1696, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America
Death: 1768, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America
Interment: Old Yellow Meeting House
Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New Jersey
Father:
John COX (ABT 1670, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America - AFT 9 April 1728 and BEF 22 October 1729)
Mother: Mary UNKNOWN (died AFT 22
October 1729)
Marriage: ABT 1725
Spouse:
Rachel UNKNOWN (ABT 1700 - 16 October 1750, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America: interment at
Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New
Jersey)
Child 1: Mary COX (ABT 1725, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America - 1786/87,
North Carolina) [F]: m. John LEAMING (LIMING or LEMING)
(ABT 1716, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America - ABT 1792, Pennsylvania), 4
November 1740, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America
Child
2:
John COX (1
November 1727, Middletown, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America - ABT 1804/05, Lincolnton,
Lincoln County, North Carolina) [M]: m1. Margaret MORRIS
(1 October 1732, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 15
August 1799, Lincoln County, North Carolina), by license
dated 29 October 17<50>, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America [See G0495A:
Margaret MORRIS in Descendants
of Andrew Morris (ABT 1685 - 1728).]: m2. Mary CARPENTER, 27 July 1800,
Lincoln County, North Carolina
Child 3: Rebecca COX (1734,
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America - AFT 15 August 1750): m. Joseph NORCROSS (ABT
1725, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, British
North America - AFT 15 August 1750), 1 August 1748,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Other Marriage: 1 January 1768, Upper
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America
Spouse: Elizabeth HOLMAN
Note 1: For the construction of this
family-group, the following paragraphs constitute an
argument:
On 11 February 1762, Richard SALTAR, Jr., the son of
Richard SALTAR (died AFT 1728) and Sarah BOWNE (27
November 1669, Gravesend, Long Island, New York - AFT
1714), signed his Will. The document was recorded at
Trenton, Middlesex County, New Jersey and was proved 17
November 1762. From the Will, the following can be
extracted:
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(1) "I have already given to
my three sons Joseph, John, and Lawrence the
plantation on which I now live." (2)
Richard SALTAR, Jr. had a daughter, Elizabeth
SALTAR.
(3) "My grandson, Richard SALTAR, son of
my son, Elisha SALTAR, and my nephew, Thomas
SALTAR, . . . who I beg and desire to take the
friendly office of giving their advice and order
in the premises."
The siblings of Richard SALTAR, Jr. were:
(1) Thomas
SALTAR (ABT 1695 - AFT 13 June 1722 and BEF
25 April 1723, Freehold, Monmouth County, New
Jersey) [M]: m. Rachel UNKNOWN.
(2) John SALTAR (22 October 1694 - 29 August
1723: interment at the graveyard of the Yellow
Meeting House, Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, New
Jersey) [M]: m. Elizabeth LAWRENCE (died 1741).
(3) Hannah SALTAR (died by 1714?) [F]: m. Mordecai LINCOLN (24
April 1686 - AFT 22 February 1735 and BEF 7 June
1736, Amity, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania).
[Mordecai LINCOLN and Hannah SALTAR were the
great-great grandparents of Abraham LINCOLN,
president of the United States.]
(4) William SALTAR (not traced) [M].
(5) Ebenezer SALTAR
(died 1749) [M]: m. Rebecca STILLWELL. See above,
note 4,
under G0498A:
Thomas COX.
(6) James SALTAR (not traced) [M].
(7) Deborah SALTAR (not traced) [F].
(8) Oliver SALTAR (not traced) [M].
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Of these siblings of Richard SALTAR, Jr., Thomas
SALTAR who, in a deed of 5 March 1716/17, is called a
"yeoman of Freehold" is of particular interest.
He is not mentioned in the deed of trust of Capt. John
BOWNE (died 13 March 1715/16, at the age of 52, and
interred in Presbyterian Burying Ground, Monmouth County,
New Jersey), the brother of Sarah BOWNE and, therefore,
by marriage the uncle of Richard SALTAR, Jr. and Thomas
SALTAR the Yeoman:
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"5 February 1715/16. John
BOWNE of Middletown, merchant, gave a bond of
£5260, at eight shillings the ounce, to William
LAWRENCE, Sr., and Richard HARTSHORNE, in trust,
for use of said John BOWNE’s wife, Frances;
and John BOWNE, Anne BOWNE, and Lydia BOWNE, son
and daughters of Obadiah BOWNE; and Richard
SALTAR, William SALTAR, Ebenezer SALTAR, James
SALTAR, Deborah SALTAR, and Oliver SALTAR,
children of Capt. Richard SALTAR; and Margaret
HARTSHORNE, Richard HARTSHORNE, and William
HARTSHORNE, children of William HARTSHORNE; and
Thomas TAYLOR, James BOWNE, and Samuel WILLET,
their executors, administrators, and assigns. "To
Frances BOWNE, there was to be paid, yearly,
£45, during her life, at the dwelling of said
Richard HARTSHORNE or William LAWRENCE.
"To John BOWNE, son of Obadiah BOWNE,
there was to be paid £400, when he reached the
age of twenty-one years.
"To Anne and Lydia BOWNE, there was to be
paid £200, each, when they reached the age of
eighteen years.
"To Richard SALTAR, William SALTAR,
Ebenezer SALTAR, Deborah SALTAR, James SALTAR,
and Oliver SALTAR, there was to be paid £125,
each, when the boys reached the age of twenty-one
years, and the girl the age of eighteen years.
"To Richard HARTSHORNE, Margaret
HARTSHORNE, and William HARTSHORNE, there was to
be paid £150, each, when the boys reached the
age of twenty-one years, and the girl the age of
eighteen years.
"Thomas TAYLOR, James BOWNE, and Samuel
WILLET were to be discharged from all debts.
"Witnesses: Joseph DENNIS and John
SALTAR.
"Freehold Deeds, Book G., p. 101"
[Extracted by John Edwin Stillwell, Historical
and Genealogical Miscellany: Early Settlers of
New Jersey and Their Descendants, vol. 4 (New
York: 1916; reprinted by Baltimore, Genealogical
Publishing Company: 1970), pp. 181-182.]
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Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman, however, was mentioned in
the Will of Capt. John BOWNE and, for that reason, can be
said to have attained his majority by 14 September 1714:
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"BOWNE, Jno of Midletowne,
merchant, 'Being sick and weake in body.’ Dated
September 14, 1714. Proved by James PAUL [his
mark], witness, who saw Joseph DENNIS and Magaret
FRAZER, 'formerly CUMMEN,’ sign; before
Robert HUNTER, Esqr., Governor, April 11, 1716.
Also by Margaret FRAZER and Joseph DENNIS, who
each saw the other witnesses sign; before Robert
HUNTER, Esq., Governor, April 11, 1716.
"Gives: 'to my wife Frances Bowne the fum
of four hundred pounds money of the province
aforsaid in right of her 'dowry . . . ;’ 'to
my sister Sarah SALTAR all my plate and the bed
whereon I Lye and furniture . . . ;’ 'to
Gershom MOT the sum of two hundred pounds for the
use of his children . . . ;’ 'to Joseph
DENNIS one hundred & twenty pounds & to
Jeremiah WHITE the sum of one hundred and twenty
pounds . . . ;’ 'to Thomas SALTAR & Jno
SALTAR & Hannah LINCON and to William
HARTSHORNEs three oldest children the sum of two
hundred and fifty pounds to each of them;’
'the rest of my estate both real and personall I
will to be equilly devided betweene my brother
Obadiah BOWNE & my brother Richard SALTAR
their heirs . . . whom I do hereby Appoint sole
Excecutors . . . .
"Witnesses: JNO BOWNE
James PAUL
Joseph DENNES
Marget COMMEN
"Oath of Executors, Obadiah BOWNE and
Richard SALTER, before Robert HUNTER, April 11,
1716."
On 13 June 1722, Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman
signed his Will which, on 25 April 1723, was
proved at Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New
Jersey. It mentions:
(1) Wife, Rachel
(2) Father, Richard SALTAR, executor
(3) Daughter, Hannah SALTAR
(4) Daughter, Deborah SALTAR [who died after
15 February 1755 and who may have been the spouse
of William LEMING (LIMING, LYMING, LEAMING) (ABT
1686, Monmouth County, New Jerey - January
1747/48, Monmouth County, New Jersey), the
brother of John LIMING
(LYMING, LEMING, LEAMING) about whom, see below.]
(5) Son, Richard SALTAR
The Will was witnessed by James COX, Thomas
COX, and Jan Geisbertson.
"Trenton Wills, Book 2, p. 248." and
Calendar of New Jersey Wills: 1670 -1730,
vol. 1, p. 400.
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All of this is of interest for understanding the
place, in the system of kinship of the family SALTAR, of
the Thomas SALTAR who was the
nephew of Richard SALTAR, Jr. and who was a maritime
merchant of Philadelphia. Thomas SALTAR the Merchant was
the owner or part owner of a number of commercial sailing
vessels which plied the Atlantic coast of North America.
It seems that, on an island at the mouth of the Savannah
River and as of 1741, he - or a person of the same name -
owned a brickyard. This island, which came to be the site
of Fort Jackson, has been known ever since as
"Salter’s Island." A Thomas R. SALTAR is
known to have resided in Charleston, South Carolina from
1816 to 1828.
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 Detail of Nicholas Scull's
survey of Philadelphia,
published by James Clarkson and Mary Biddle in
1762.
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In 1785, Captain
John MacPherson compiled a directory for the city
of Philadelphia and, in the process, was the
first to assign numbers to its houses. He
identified "Thomas SALTER, merchant" as
occupying a property at 348 Front Street, very
near the intersection with Margaretta Street, and
as occupying another property at 109 Water
Street, near the intersection with Callowhill
Street. In the map of Philadelphia which was made
by Nicholas Scull, the Surveyor General, and
which, after his death, James Clarkson and Mary
Biddle published in 1762, Water Street is shown
as the narrow artery running parallel to, and
immediately to the east of, Front Street. Water
Street, not included in the original plan of
Philadelphia, was laid out by the merchants whose
wharves and houses of commerce fronted the
Delaware River. More recently, Water Street has
been all but obliterated by the construction of
Columbus Boulevard (Delaware Avenue) and
Interstate Highway 95. Both of the addresses
shown for Thomas SALTAR the Merchant were located
in the District of Northern Liberties the
southern boundary of which was at Vine Street.
His address at 109 Water Street is likely to have
been adjacent to, or at, the wharf designated on
Scull's map as "Allen & SALTER'S"
and is undoubtedly the location at which he kept
office. The wharf was located on Water Street
about 200 feet north of the intersection with
Callowhill. In contemporary Philadelphia (2003),
that site is occupied by Pier 24N. SALTAR's
address at 348 Front Street, perhaps immediately
north of what was Margaretta Street, must have
been his place of residence.
Thomas SALTAR the Merchant's partnership in
the wharf is likely to have been with Chamless
Allen, the merchant who kept office at 221 Water
Street, near Chestnut Street, and whose residence
appears to have been at 281 Market Street, on the
north side, between Fourth and Fifth Streets.
Chamless Allen, who must have been somewhat
younger than Thomas SALTAR the Merchant, appears
to have been the son of Jedediah (Judiah) Allen,
of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America, and Mary Chamless of Salem
County, New Jersey, British North America.
Thomas SALTAR the Merchant (as "Thomas
SALTER of Philadelphia"), on 5 December
1764, obtained a Mediterranean Pass, number 2879,
for the sloop Africa, displacing 15
tons, of which he was the owner and of which
Leonard Hammond was the master. The destination
of the sloop was given generically as
"Africa." Because the pass furnished
SALTAR, under the flag of Great Britain, with
entry to the Mediterranean, the destination of
the Africa must have been some one or
another of the Barbary States of North Africa,
that is, Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli.
Because most of the slaves imported from Africa
and Madagascar were carried in sloops outfitted
for the slave-trade and because slaves were the
major stock in trade of the Barbary States of
Islamic North Africa, it may certainly be deduced
that Thomas SALTAR the Merchant obtained some
profit by the traffic in slaves. [See Pennsylvania
Archives, Second Series, published under the
direction of Matthew S. Quay, Secretary of the
Commonwealth, edited by John B. Linn and William.
H. Egle, MD, Vol II, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, B.
F. Meyers, State Printer, 1876, page 627.]
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Thomas SALTAR the Merchant, who died AFT 21 May 1790
and BEF 7 June 1790, was first the spouse of Susannah
ULRICH (died AFT 4 October 1785 and BEF 21 May 1790) and
second the spouse of Sarah STEWART. By both marriages, he
was without issue.
From the indenture which he made to John COX (1
November 1727, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey -
1804/05, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina), on
23 April 1782, and from his Will, which was proved 7 June
1790 (see Thomas Saltar (d.
1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of
1782 and the Testament of 1785), it may certainly be
deduced that Thomas SALTAR the Merchant was the
half-brother of John COX (1727), that he was the uncle,
in some sense, of Rachel WOOLMAN, and that he was the
brother, in some sense, of Mary LEAMING (LIMING).
Rachel WOOLMAN was born Rachel NORCROSS (15 August
1750, Burlington County, New Jersey - 15 February 1796,
Burlington County, New Jersey) and was married to Asher
WOOLMAN (27 June 1722, Rancocas, Burlington County, New
Jersey - 15 February 1796, Burlington County, New
Jersey). She was the daughter of Joseph NORCROSS (ABT
1725, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - AFT 15
August 1750) and Rebecca COX (1734, Middletown, Monmouth
County, New Jersey - AFT 15 August 1750), who were
married 1 August 1748 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Rebecca COX, therefore, was full sister to John COX
(1727) and half-sister to Thomas SALTAR the Merchant.
In the Will of John LIMING (LEAMING), the son of Mary
COX(E) (ABT 1725, Monmouth County, New Jersey - 1786/87,
North Carolina) and John LIMING
(LEAMING) (ABT 1716, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New
Jersey - ABT 1792, Pennsylvania), dated 25 February 1799
at Nottingham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania,
reference is made to the legacy from Thomas SALTAR the
Merchant:
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"Will of John LIMING,
February 25, 1799, Nottingham Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania. Mentions a
legacy that he inherited from Thomas SALTER. Wife
not mentioned. Children: Mary, Jane, James,
Isiah, Rebecca, M. Rachel Tommelin in St. Paul,
Pennsylvania. November 1, 1783."
[Sam K. Leming, The History and Genealogy of
the Leming Family (Waldron, Arkansas: 1947),
p. 29] |
And, in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey
19 (January 1944), p. 24, the following was extracted
from the marriage bond of Mary COX(E) and the elder John
LIMING (LEAMING):
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"November 4, 1740, John
LIMING, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, weaver,
and Mary COXE, single woman, daughter of John
COXE of same, cordwainer." |
Mary COX, therefore, was full sister to John (1727)
and Rebecca COX and was the half-sister of Thomas SALTAR
the Merchant. Furthermore, on the basis of this report of
the marriage of Mary COX and John LIMING, it is
demonstrably true that John COX the Cordwainer, of Upper
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, was the father of
John (1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX.
Because Thomas SALTAR the Merchant was half-brother to
John (1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX, they must all have
had a mother in common.
By 25 April 1723, Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman was
deceased, leaving Rachel UNKNOWN as his widow. During the
1720s, there was a John
COX (1696 - 1768), in Monmouth County, New Jersey,
who had attained his majority by 1717, who was the son of
John COX (ABT 1670, Monmouth County, New Jersey - AFT 9
April 1728 and BEF 22 October 1729, Monmouth County, New
Jersey) and Mary UNKNOWN (died AFT 22 October 1729), and
who was himself first married to a Rachel UNKNOWN (died
BEF 1 January 1768) and second married to Elizabeth
HOLMAN.
From the marriage bond which was obtained for his
second marriage, it seems that the first marriage of John
COX (1696) may have been respectably long and that his
second was disappointingly brief:
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"#443: John COX and Gisbert
GIBERSON, both of Upper Freehold of the County of
Monmouth . . . [bound to] . . . William FRANKLIN,
Governor . . . 500 pounds . . .1 January 1768. .
. . John COX and Gisb't GIBERSON obtained license
of marriage for the said John COX . . . and for
Elizabeth HOLMAN / HOLMON . . . [witnesses] Jos
POTTS and Samuel QUICKSELL." |
Elizabeth HOLMAN, the second wife of John COX the
Cordwainer, is most likely to have been the same person
as Elizabeth GIBERSON who was born about 1734 in Upper
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey and who was first
married to Unknown HOLMAN. Elizabeth GIBERSON was the
daughter of Guisbert GUISBERTSON, Sr. (ABT 1710 - BY 19
May 1766, Allenstown, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County,
New Jersey, British North America) and Hannah PARENT (ABT
1710 - BY 3 January 1767, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America. Her siblings were: John GIBERSON
(ABT 1730, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America - BY 13 April 1758, Upper Freehold,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [M]:
m. Margaret ROBBINS, 29 October 1750, Monmouth County,
New Jersey, British North America; William
("Loyalist") GIBERSON (1733, Upper Freehold,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT
1816, <York County>, New Brunswick, British North
America [M]: m. Unknown UNKNOWN, ABT 1760, New Jersey,
British North America; Esther GIBERSON (born ABT 1735,
Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America) [F]; Hannah GIBERSON (born ABT 1736, Upper
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America) [F]: m1. John EVERINGHAM, 11 July 1761, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America: m2. Lewis
CHAPMAN, 16 April 1777, Burlington County, New Jersey;
Helena GIBERSON (born ABT 1737, Upper Freehold, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]; Meribah
GIBERSON (born ABT 1738, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County,
New Jersey, British North America) [F]: m. Thomas
ROBBINS, 9 October 1758, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America; Lydia GIBERSON (born ABT 1738,
Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America) [F]; Mary GIBERSON (born ABT 1739, Upper
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America) [F]: m. John HARRISON, 21 September 1759,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America; and
Captain Guisbert ("Loyalist") GIBERSON, Jr. (22
September 1752, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, British North America - 21 December 1843, at the
age of 91 years, 2 months, 29 days, Monmouth County, New
Jersey: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery,
Cream Ridge, New Jersey) [M]: m. Rachel STILLE (March
1753 - 23 June 1833, Monmouth County, New Jersey:
interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream
Ridge, New Jersey).
The Will of Guisbert GUISBERTSON, Sr. is dated 13
April 1750 and was proved in Monmouth County, New Jersey
on 19 May 1766:
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1750, April 13: GUISBERTSON,
Guisbert, of Monmouth County, yeoman, Will of:
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Wife, Hannah, use of all my lands, a
house in Allentown and three lots near
the same town; and after her death, all
to be sold, and £50 given to each of my
son, John's children, and the rest to be
given to my own daughters. To Guisbert
GUISBERTSON, the son and heir to my
eldest son and heir, John, deceased, five
shillings. To Guisbert GUISBERTSON and
William Guisbertson, (my sons), the
plantation where I live. Moveable estate
to be sold and money divided between my
daughters, Elizabeth, Esther, Hannah,
Meribah, Helena, Lydia, and Mary
GUISBERTSON; but Elizabeth and Esther
shall have L20 less than the others. Executors
-- wife, Hannah; son, Guisbert
GUISBERTSON, and my brother-in-law,
Samuel Parent.
Witnesses -- Daniel Williams, John
COX,1
William Lawrence.
Proved May 19, 1766
[New Jersey Colonial Documents,
Calendar of Wills 1761-1770, p. 167]
Note: 1.
The John COX by whom this document
was witnessed in 1750 is likely to have
been John COX the Cordwainer.
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1766, May 9: Inventory, 1,147 Pounds and 13
Shillings, made by David Gordon, Samuel Forman,
Jr., and Moses Laird. [Lib 12, p 443]
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About Captain Guisbert "Loyalist" GIBERSON,
Jr.:
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Gregory Palmer, Biographical
Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution
(Meckler, Westport, Connecticut: 1984), p. 313:
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"GIBERSON, Gilbert [Audit Office
12/15/376 and 12/109/158]: Of New Jersey
and New York. A native of America, when
the Revolution began GIBERSON was living
in Monmouth County, New Jersey where he
had 205 acres in Freehold Township (about
half cleared). In 1775 he was appointed a
captain in the American militia, but he
resigned following the Declaration of
Independence. He claimed that he had only
accepted the office at the request of
Loyalists, who did not want a
"troublesome" man named.
GIBERSON also at one point signed an
association with the Whigs. When he
attempted to join the British, he was
charged by the Americans, but later
acquitted. GIBERSON joined Cornwallis at
New Brunswick, New Jersey, and served for
the rest of the war. While employed on
secret service, he was able to return to
Monmouth to see his family. "After
the war he went to Shelburne, Nova
Scotia, but in the fall of 1784 he
returned to Monmouth, where he remained
until the spring of 1786. GIBERSON then
moved with his family to Pennsylvania
because of harrassment in New Jersey,
returning to New Brunswick only to give
evidence in support of his claim. His
land was not confiscated. He claimed a
loss of L682 sterling, and received L430
sterling. He was buried in 1843 in Old
Yellow Meeting House Cemetery,
Imlaystown, New Jersey. He died on 21
December 1843 in Monmouth, New Jersey.
2nd Battalion of Foot Militia, County of
Monmouth, New Jersey."
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E. Alfred Jones, The Loyalists of New
Jersey, their Memorials, Petitions, Claims, Etc.
From English Records (1988), p. 81:
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"Gilbert GIBERSON
(GUISBERTSON), Captain: He is described
as a farmer, of Monmouth County, New
Jersey, where he was born. Here he was
appointed, in 1775, Captain of the
American Militia and continued in this
service until the Declaration of
Independence, when he resigned." |
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The surname GUISBERTSON is Dutch, that is, as
GYSBERTSZEN.
Guisbert GUISBERTSON, Sr. died in 1766 and Captain
Guisbert "Loyalist" GIBERSON, Jr. was born in
1752. And there was a Guisbert GIBERSON, born about 1751
in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey and died
about 1791 in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, who
was the son of John GIBERSON and Margaret ROBBINS. As a
result, the identity of the Guisbert GIBERSON who stood
bond for the marriage of John COX the Cordwainer and
Elizabeth HOLMAN in 1768 is unclear. He was perhaps an
untraced nephew of Guisbert GUISBERTSON, Sr.
If the Rachels UNKNOWN, who were the spouses of Thomas
SALTAR the Yeoman and John COX (1696), were the same
person then, with regard to familial association with
Thomas SALTAR the Merchant, John COX the Cordwainer
should perhaps be identified with John COX (1696) who was
married to Rachel UNKNOWN. That the Rachel UNKNOWN who
first married Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman and who second
married John COX the Cordwainer was indeed one and the
same person is proven by the deed which Thomas SALTAR
signed on 30 May 1787 and which was recorded in Lincoln
County, North Carolina in January 1789. In this document,
SALTAR says very plainly that he and John COX were
brothers "on the
mother’s side." The abstract of
this deed is reproduced below in G0495A: John
Cox, note 7.
That John COX (1696) and John COX the Cordwainer were
- in fact - the same person is indicated by the Records
of the Baptist Church (Yellow Meeting House), Middletown,
New Jersey. The extracts below refer to John COX (1696),
who is known to have resided at Lane’s End:
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"May 10 day 1755 at a Church
Meeting at the hows by John Brays Mr. John Coward
and Thomus COX had a hearing: Coward [note: John
Coward was the Baptist minister] complained that
said COX: Abused him in letters which he
produced: Which letters ware uery reflecting and
agriuating: And further said COX reflected much
on said Coward on account of his preaching: And
shuld be glad if he preached no more: Thare was
also laid before the Church how when Mr. Coward
published a meeting on a weak day and desiered
the members to attend: That COX said in publick I
shall not be thare: And that he treated the
brethren with much contempt: And did not kepe his
place in the Church. "After hearing the
hole the Church ware of opinion: That COX had
treated Coward ill: and his brethren in general:
That he had neglected his place in the Church:
And that he was wrong in saying: When Mr. Coward
published the meeting I shall not be thare. Which
opinion the Church made knone to COX but he
continued obstinate: For wich he was suspended by
the Church.
"On Saturday the 6 day of June 1761 at
the General Meeting at Craswicks report being
made of the misbehauer ower John COX that he
drunke to exces and that a diffrence had arose
betwen said COX and Brother Joseph Taylor which
said COX and Taylor agreed to leue to the
determination of Tapscot and Brother Wilkey and
promised to abide by thare determination:
Accordingly said Tapscot and Wilkey gaue a
judgment: And said COX refused to abide it: The
brethren present agreed Brother Cokron and
Brother Tapscot shuld discorse said COX on said
affair that euening: Which thay did reported next
day that said COX continued obstinate: Agreed
that Brother Cokron shuld acquaint said COX the
brethren desiered his attendance: On Munday
betwen meetings which he refused: And said thay
might do what thay would: On considiration of the
whole affair: The brethren agreed to debar said
COX from communion in the Church til he culde be
heard: And satisfaction ware made: For said
offences: And agreed said Tapscot shuld acquaint
said COX thareof.
"On Saturday 11 day of December 1762 at
the Meeting House at Crawswicks Brother Tapscot
said he deleuered the message with him intrusted:
in June 1761 to Brother John COX: Brethren then
present said Brother COX continued in the same
excess for which he was debared communion in the
Church: Agreed at said Meeting that Brother
Tapscot and Brother Farr inform Brother John COX
that the brethren require his atendance on
Saturday the 12 of February at said Meeting
House.
"On Monday the 22 day of August 1765 the
Church met at Freehold Meeting House: Brother
Thomus COX meeting allso: Confesed his sencear
repentance: For his past conduct and desiered he
might be admitted to Church prūelig [note:
"prūelig" = "privilege"]:
Was admited again a member of said Church: in
full comunion: to the comfor of his brithren. At
said Meeting: the Church appointed Brother Farr
and Brother Tapscot: To go and discours Brother
John COX: Shumaker: And Brother Joseph Estel:
Concearning thear negligant and luse life: And
make report the next Church Meeting Crauswicks:
allso to site Brother Thomus Averinggame [note:
This was Thomas Everingham] to appear at said
Meeting: And Brother John COX at Lane End [note:
John COX resided at Lane’s End]: to appear:
And Mr. Jones to site James Willson to appear: If
a member.
"On Saturday the 12 day of October 1765
the Church according to appointment met at
Crawswicks: Brother Far and Tapscot made report:
Thay had discorsed Esteel and COX: Mr. Jones said
he had spoken with Wilson who said he would
appeard: But did not appear: Brother Tapscot said
he had spoken with Aueringgame who said he would
appear but did not: Brother John COX appeared:
the Church layd before him the crimes he stud
charged with: furst drinking to exses: Secondly
that he would not abide: By the judgment of
Brother Wilkey and Tapscot: In the case of said
COX and Joseph Taylor: As to that of Taylor he
said the Church might do what thay wod: He neuer
wod pay Taylor for the sheepe: And as to that of
drinking he said he had eat two much and drank
two much: But as to drinking to exses he had not
exceaded any man in the Church: On hearing said
COX: The Church agreed to bare with said COX for
a time: to see if any sines of repentance might
appear: But not to take of his supspenshon from
communion."
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Since, in these records of the Baptist Church, John
COX (1696) is said to be a "shumaker"
(shoemaker), he can only be identified with John COX the
Cordwainer, a "cordwainer" being a worker in
leather goods (that is, in cordovan) who was - in the
colonial era - invariably a cobbler.
During the pastorate of John Coward, the Baptist
Church in this locale was congregated in the Yellow
Meeting House the land for which was donated, in fact, by
Thomas (the Yeoman) and Rachel SALTAR in 1720. John
SALTAR, the brother of Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman, lies
buried in the church cemetery. John SALTAR’s
gravestone, which is the earliest dated stone in the
cemetery, shows him to have died 29 August 1723, aged 28
years, 10 months, and 7 days. The father of John COX the
Cordwainer was a member, as noted above, of this
congregation of Baptists.
It may, therefore, be granted as proven (1) that
Thomas SALTAR the Merchant was engendered by Thomas
SALTAR the Yeoman and Rachel UNKNOWN and (2) that John
(1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX were engendered by John COX
the Cordwainer (1696) and the same Rachel UNKNOWN. For
showing the mother in common for Thomas SALTAR the
Merchant and John (1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX, an
alternative configuration of credibly related persons has
not yet been found. Rachel UNKNOWN, the widow of Thomas
SALTAR the Yeoman and the spouse of John COX the
Cordwainer, lies buried in the Yellow Meeting House
Churchyard. To see a complete list of COX interments in
this cemetery, see The Family Cox:
Yellow Meeting House.
That Thomas SALTAR the Merchant could have been the
son of Ebenezer SALTAR and Rebecca STILLWELL, as some
researchers claim, is logically possible but not at all
probable in a manner that allows for kinship with John
(1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX. That John COX (1727) could
have been the son of James COX (18 August 1672,
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey - 24 October
1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey) and Rebecca STILLWELL,
as many of these same investigators report, is absolutely
implausible.
In support of the argument that John COX the
Cordwainer was the father of the John COX (1727) who
married Margaret MORRIS, the following is cited from Rev.
Henry Miller Cox, The Cox Family in America (New
York: 1912), p. 164:
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"JOHN4 COX,
Minor, [or Junior] (John3, John2,
Thomas1), -- son of John3
and (?) Rachel COX; had deed from his father for
222 acres, Upper Freehold, 1757; m. Margaret
MORRIS; license, October 29, 1769." |
The date of 1769 which Henry Miller Cox gives for the
marriage of John COX (1727) and Margaret MORRIS is
incorrect and was based on an incorrect inference. See Note 2 under G0495A: John COX.
For further details, see Thomas
Saltar (d. 1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The
Indenture of 1782 and the Testament of 1785,
especially Note 6.
John LEAMING (LIMING or LEMING), the husband of Mary
COX, was the son of John LEMING (LIMING, LYMING, LEAMING)
(ABT 1683, Monmouth County, New Jersey - December 1757,
Monmouth County, New Jersey) and Dinah DEWILDE (ABT 1694,
Lambeth County Surrey, England - AFT 1 August 1760 and
BEF 6 November 1773, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New
Jersey), the daughter of John DEWILDE (died AFT 30
November 1708 and BEF 28 February 1709) and Unknown
UNKNOWN. John LEMING and Dianah DEWILDE were married, ABT
1714, in New Jersey. It is worth mentioning that Dinah
DEWILDE, by her father's Will, was the ward of Richard
SALTAR (died AFT 1728):
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WILL of JOHN DEWILDY, of
Monmouth County: "finding my-Self much
indisposed of body and being under aprehentions
ytt my time may be short in this world."
Dated "Att Doctors Creek," 30 November
1708. Proved by oath of James Lawrence, witness,
to testator's signature, and those of the other
witnesses, Wm White and Aron Robins, before
Richard Ingoldesby, Esqr, Governor, Burlington,
28 February 1708 [or 1709?]. Directs that, after
his funeral expenses are paid, his estate be
divided among his creditors: "and if there
shall be found Enugh to pay them & any thing
to spare ye ouer plush I giue to my Daughter
Dinah & whearas my sd Daughter is young and
not fitt to be att her one Dispossall I ... make
Choice of Mr Anthony Woodward & Richard
SALTAR Esqrs & both of freehol . . . to Be
gaurdians to my afforsd Daughter & Do
Earnistly Recommend Her to the protection of God
. . . and the Conduct of my two frinds . . .
Intill She Come off age of twenty years unless
she shall marry before ytt time . . . and I pray
. . . anthony woodward & Richard SALTAR ytt
they would take Care yt the profit or Rents of my
Real Estate which I haue now made ouer to my sd
Daughter By Deed of Gift, bearing Date with this
last will . . . Be Imployed towards the bringing
up of my sd Daughter . . . ." JOHN
deuwilldy
Witnesses: James Lawrence
william white [his mark]
Aaron Robins [his mark]
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Note 2: Rebecca COX and Joseph
NORCROSS were the parents of Rachel NORCROSS (15 August
1750, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North
America - 21 February 1812, Burlington County, New
Jersey). Rachel NORCROSS was married to Asher WOOLMAN (27
June 1722, Rancocas, Burlington County, New Jersey,
British North America - 12 February 1796, Burlington
County, New Jersey) BET 15 February and 13 December 1769
in Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America.
Their children were: (1) Beulah WOOLMAN (20 September
1770, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, British
North America - AFT 10 March 1801) [F]: m. Joseph BUZBY,
16 April 1794, Ancocas Meeting House, Burlington County;
(2) Rebecca WOOLMAN (29 January 1772, Burlington,
Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America -
1844, St. Joseph County, Indiana) [F]; (3) Granville
WOOLMAN (1 January 1774, Burlington, Burlington, County,
New Jersey, British North America - 7 October 1854) [M]:
m. Hannah STOKES (1775, British North America - 27
January 1868), 11 February 1795, Ancocas Meeting House,
Burlington County, New Jersey; (4) Edith WOOLMAN (20 May
1776, Northampton Township, Burlington County, New
Jersey, British North America - 18 November 1850,
Rancocas, Burlington County, New Jersey) [F]: m. George
HAINES (4 November 1769, Northampton Township, Burlington
County, New Jersey, British North America - 27 September
1844, Northampton Township, Burlington County, New
Jersey), 13 April 1796, Ancocas Meeting House, Burlington
County, New Jersey; (5) Ann WOOLMAN (21 April 1778,
Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - 27 May 1796,
Burlington County, New Jersey) [F]; (6) Elizabeth WOOLMAN
(30 March 1780, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey
- ?) [F]; (7) Rachel Wilson WOOLMAN (Burlington,
Burlington County, New Jersey, 18 August 1782 - 30
November 1848, Long Beach, New Jersey) [F]: m. Hudson
BUZBY (2 January 1777, Burlington County, New Jersey -
?); (8) Abigail WOOLMAN (8 June 1784, Burlington,
Burlington County, New Jersey - 1787) [F]; (9) Hannah
WOOLMAN (1 December 1786, Burlington, Burlington County,
New Jersey - 1792) [F]; (10) Abigail WOOLMAN (10 October
1789, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - 25
February 1859) [F]; (11) Samuel WOOLMAN (3 November 1793,
Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - 23 May 1834)
[M]; (12) Asher WOOLMAN (7 October 1795, Burlington,
Burlington County, New Jersey - 2 January 1866, Rancocas,
Burlington County, New Jersey) [M].
Asher WOOLMAN (1722), it should be noted, was the
brother of the celebrated John WOOLMAN (19 October 1720,
Northhampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey,
British North America - 7 October 1772, York, Yorkshire,
England), progenitor of Abolitionism and, therefore, the
patriarch of the civil-rights movement. Both were the
sons of Samuel WOOLMAN (14 March 1689, Mansfield,
Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 31
August 1750, Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey,
British North America) and Elizabeth Hudson BURR (1695,
Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 8
September 1773, Burlington County, New Jersey, British
North America). Samuel WOOLMAN was the grandson of
William WOOLMAN (1632, Painswick, Gloucestershire,
England - 1692, Burlington, Burlington County, New
Jersey, British North America).
Of the self-effacing John WOOLMAN, no portrait was
ever made.
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Biography of John WOOLMAN.
© 2001 PageWiseMan's ideas of liberty and
life have always harbored a conflict of civil law
and civil rights. Disobedience of civil law takes
place when an individual's conscience interferes
with society's rules. Socrates, Plato, Jesus, the
Sadducees and the Pharisees of Biblical times,
all, displayed civil disobedience by going
against government, current philosophy, tax
collectors and the worship of idols. People are
continuing to increase their stand on issues of
conscience. Individuals great and small have
influenced and inspired enthusiasts for every
cause. One such man, perhaps, the most prominent
man of his day, was "the earnest
Quaker," a man who not only preached
brotherhood, but also practiced it. John Woolman,
early Quaker abolitionist, devoted much of his
life to freeing black slaves through civil
disobedience.
The Woolmans came to the new world in 1678.
They settled in West New Jersey and were
prominent businessmen and substantial landholders
by Quaker standards. Woolman, as was his father,
was active in politics, business and religion. He
achieved the knowledge of reading, surveying,
accounting, medicine and the drawing of legal
documents without the benefit of conventional
schooling. Woolman's life was based on morals of
love and conscience. At an early age, he learned
the writings of God's word and amplified his
interpretation of the Bible into his life. This
strong belief in the scripture systematically led
him into a life of trying to correct the evils of
society. He used his belief in God to justify his
defiance of the keeping of slaves. Woolman
claimed it a sin to keep slaves; and insisted,
"[t]he black men and women in bondage in
America must be freed." Woolman believed all
life precious and deserving of freedom. As a
young boy, he took the freedom of life from
another creature and was haunted by it.
On his way to the home of a neighbor, he spied
a robin on her nest. Being curious, he
approached. The mother robin flew off darting
everywhere in protection of her young.
Woolman began throwing rocks at her,
eventually, striking and killing her.
Excitement--horror--pain--arose in Woolman as he
took joy in his marksmanship -- shook in fear of
the life he took -- and hurt for the young that
would surely die without the care of their
mother. So, he climbed the tree and took the life
of the young robins feeling this to be the more
merciful measure. For hours, he was unable to
think of anything other than the horrifying
exploits of the day. Woolman's, convictions bore
heavy on all his decisions from that day forward.
Woolman chose the writing of legal documents
and merchandising as his career. Hearing the talk
of buying and selling men and women, no matter
what color, bore heavy on Woolman's mind and he
found himself often in prayer for guidance. One
day his boss came to him for the writing of a
legal document. It involved a slave the
shop-owner had sold. This troubled him; but
obligated by duty, to his employer, he executed
the bill.
Being deeply disturbed in conscience, he
revealed to his employer and the buyer "that
. . . slavekeeping . . . be a practice
inconsistent with the Christian religion.”
With this action, Woolman began his gentle,
movement for the cause of the Negroes, in the
writing of his first essay, "Some
Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes."
Although this writing would not be published
until after his father's death, Woolman began
dedicating his life to the cause of the blacks.
Days before Woolman's father died, in 1750, he
asked his son if he had yet considered submitting
his manuscript to the Overseers of the Press.
Woolman responded with this statement: "I
have all along been deeply affected with the
oppression of the poor Negroes, and now at last
my concern for them is as great as ever."
Though Woolman at times was not able to
perform his duties -- he always excused himself
in a manner of politeness, respectfulness and
consideration of his fellow man. In search of a
method to ease his mind, he took to the road with
a fellow friend. Woolman felt if he visited other
members of the Quaker society, he could make them
aware of their disgraceful sins thus helping to
ease the pain of the cause he was dedicated to.
Through these travels though he found his
heart saddened even more by the number of Friends
who kept blacks. Some for labor, some for
pleasure and some importing blacks for profit.
Feeling distressed of mind they returned home.
Soon after his return, home an elderly man,
respected in the community, approached Woolman.
This man desired Woolman to write his will.
Knowing this man kept slaves, Woolman spoke
with him concerning their treatment. The man told
him they were to go to his son. Woolman said,
"I cannot write thy will without breaking my
own peace!" The man accepted and had someone
else write it. Some years later, the same man
returned with changes to be made in his will.
Woolman again spoke to the man and refused to
write the will. The man then left, but before
going to far returned to Woolman and ordered the
blacks freedom written into his will. Woolman
agreed and executed the document.
Woolman believed all men, regardless of color
or position, are equal in the eyes of God and
should be equal in the eyes of man. He also
believed no man should support a cause he felt
wrong. One evening when approached by a justice
of the peace, concerning the paying of taxes,
Woolman commented in this manner: "Men put
in public stations are intended for good
purposes, some to make good laws, others to take
care that those laws are not broken. Now if those
men thus set apart do not answer the design of
their institution, [they are] . . . freely
contributing to support them in that capacity
[sic] when we certainly know that they are wrong
is to strengthen them in a wrong way and tends to
make them forget . . . when . . . we are . . .
uneasy with the application of money, and in the
spirit of meekness suffer distress to be made on
our goods rather than to pay actively, this
joined with an upright uniform life may tend to
put men a thinking about their own public conduct
. . . Civil government is an agreement of free
men by which they oblige themselves to abide by
certain laws as a standard, and to refuse to obey
in that case is of like nature as to refuse to do
any particular act which we had covenanted to do
. . . should a man make such a commitment unto
another man to totally obey and said man chose to
disobey the law and enjoined you to help, being
promised to him would only add "one evil to
another; that though by such promise I should be
liable to punishment for disobedience, yet to
suffer rather than act to me appears most
virtuous.""
Woolman considered the matters of civil
society to be an infectious pestilence and while
some rules approved in civil society and
conformable to human policy, so called, are
distinguishable from the purity of truth and
righteousness . . . it is a time for us to attend
diligently to the intent of every chastisement
and consider the most deep and inward design of
them. Putting aside, the keeping of slaves for
any reason was always on Woolman’s mind.
John Woolman wrote three major essays and a
journal. The essays are entitled: "Some
Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes,"
"Considerations on Keeping Negroes: Part
Second" and "A Plea for the Poor".
His journal is simply, "The Journal of John
Woolman." He was like Henry David Thoreau,
who followed many years later, in that the
similarities of their lives and
their strong religious and moral beliefs set
the path they would follow through life. One
thing Woolman maintained through his life was his
religion: When Woolman had outgrown his failing
culture and become a sojourner with his family,
he held onto something never letting go of it
while Thoreau in the end desperately lost because
he let go and Woolman held on. To the finish
Woolman's religion worked for him, Thoreau's
failed.
John Woolman, Quaker, lover of mankind,
forgotten by those he rose up so vehemently to
protect and fight for, will live on. His work
inspired many and found its way into many hands.
Some recognize his influence some do not. Some of
the civil disobedience actions taking place daily
across this land would never have been if it had
not been for John Woolman the gentle Quaker. One
fact that is clear is Woolman opened the door for
today's civil rights movement. This humble man
lived, breathed, and shared the love of God and
the love for all mankind, red, yellow, white or
black. A man who may have moved this country
with, as much or more intensity than Martin
Luther King, James Baldwin or Jesse Jackson, John
Woolman is "A Man for All Souls.”
References:
Burwell, Basil. "A Man for All
Souls." American Heritage. New York:
American Heritage, Dec. 1971.
Cady, Edwin H. John Woolman: The Mind of
the Quaker Saint. New York: Washington
Square, 1966.
Marietta, Jack D. The Reformation of
American Quakerism, 1748-1783. Philadelphia:
U of Pennsylvania P, 1984.
Marty, Martin E. Pilgrims in Their Own
Land: 500 Years of Religion in America.
Boston: Little, 1984.
Moulton, Phillips P., ed. The Journal and
Major Essays of John Woolman. New York:
Oxford UP, 1971.
Woolman, John. "The Journal of John
Woolman: 1720-1742." Moulton 23-33.
---. "The Journal of John Woolman:
1749-1756." Moulton 44 - 51.
---. "The Journal of John Woolman:
1755-1756." Moulton 90 - 93.
---. "The Journal of John Woolman:
1758-1759." Moulton 104 - 105.
---. "Considerations on Keeping Negroes:
Part Second." Moulton 212-13.
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Joseph BUZBY and Hudson BUZBY were the sons of Amos
BUZBY and Patience SPRINGER.
For the COX-SALTAR-NORCROSS-WOOLMAN connections, see Thomas Saltar (d. 1790) and John
Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of 1782 and the
Testament of 1785.
Note 3: It is possible that Rachel
UNKNOWN, first the spouse of Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman and
second the spouse of John COX the Cordwainer, was born a
ROBBINS. Whatever her maiden identity, the notes above
establish that, by Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman (ABT 1695 -
AFT 13 June 1722 and BEF 25 April 1723, Freehold,
Monmouth County, New Jersey), she was the mother of
Hannah SALTAR (who married Thomas
BRITTON), Deborah SALTAR, Richard SALTAR, Sarah
SALTAR (who married Thomas LEAMING), Meribah SALTAR (who
married Joseph ROBBINS); and that, by John COX the
Cordwainer, she was the mother of Mary COX (who married
John LEAMING), John COX of North Carolina (who first
married Margaret MORRIS and then Mary CARPENTER), and
Rebecca COX (who married Joseph NORCROSS). Also see Thomas Saltar (d. 1790) and John
Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of 1782 and the
Testament of 1785.
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____________________________
G0495A:
John COX [005]
Birth: 1 November 1727, Middletown, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America
Death: ABT 1804/05, Lincolnton, Lincoln County,
North Carolina
Interment: 4 1/2 miles north of Lincolnton,
Lincoln County, North Carolina, 1/4 mile to the left of
the Morgantown Road, near small creek in a forest of
large oaks
Father:
John COX "the Cordwainer" (1696, Monmouth
County, New Jersey, British North America - 1768,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America:
interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream
Ridge, New Jersey)
Mother: Rachel UNKNOWN (ABT 1700 - 16
October 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery,
Cream Ridge, New Jersey)
Marriage: by license dated 29 October
17<50>, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America
Spouse: Margaret MORRIS
(1 October 1732, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 15
August 1799, Lincoln County, North Carolina) [See G0495A:
Margaret MORRIS in Descendants
of Andrew Morris (ABT 1685 - 1728).]
Child 1: Morris COX
(24 September 1751, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America - 22 April 1804, Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, North Carolina) [M]: Catherine HUTCHINSON (11
February 1754/55 - 14 July 1796) 21 June 1773, New Jersey
Child 2: Rebecca COX
(22 March 1755, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America - ?) [F]: m. Absalom
BONHAM (1739 - 1794), by license dated 8 April 1785,
North Carolina
Child 3: Aaron COX, Sr.
(2 October 1757, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America - AFT 1840, Lincoln County, North Carolina)
[M]: m. Olly BAKER (1760/65 - AFT 1840), by license dated
4 January 1787, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Child 4: Mary COX (14
October 1761, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey,
British North America - 15 December 1847, Lincolnton,
Lincoln County, North Carolina) [F]: m. James SULLIVAN (1754 - 27
August 1825) ABT 1790
Child 5: Paul COX (14
July 1763, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North
America - ?, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South
Carolina) [M]
Child 6: Rachel COX (3
September 1765, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British
North America- ?) [F]: m. Peter
CARSON, by license dated 5 July 1786, North Carolina
Child 7: Nancy
Ann(e) COX (19 August 1767, Monmouth or Middlesex
County, New Jersey, British North America - 6 September
1847) [F]: m. Moses MOORE (29
November 1762 - 7 December 1832), by license dated 29
July 1785, North Carolina
Child 8: Elizabeth COX
(16 February 1769, Monmouth or Middlesex County, New
Jersey, British North America - 1844, Johnson County,
Missouri) [F]: m. Moses Hiram FERGUSON (February 1762,
Baltimore [aboard ship], Baltimore County, Maryland,
British North America - 1845, Johnson County, Missouri:
interment at Old Blackwater Cemetery, northeast of
Holden, Johnson County, Missouri), 1785, North Carolina
Child 9: Elisha COX, Captain, (6 October
1771, Lincoln County, North Carolina, British North
America - 26 January 1824, Lincoln County, North
Carolina: interment at Olney Presbyterian Church
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina) [M]: m. Margaret
HOLLAND (26 January 1774, Lincolnton, Lincoln County,
North Carolina - 31 January 1825, Gastonia, Lincoln [in
1846, Gaston] County, North Carolina: interment at Olney
Presbyterian Church Gastonia, Gaston County, North
Carolina), 19 December 1792 (Bible record) [See G0494A:
Margaret HOLLAND in Antecedents
and Descendants of Isaac Holland, Sr. (12 May 1745 - 10
September 1810 and see Gaston
County, North Carolina: Cox and Holland Memorials.]
Child 10: Susannah COX
(24 March 1773, Lincoln County, North Carolina, British
North America - BET 1845 and 1850, Lincoln or Gaston
County, North Carolina: interment at Big Gullies
Cemetery, Gaston County near the Lincoln County line)
[F]: m. "Hairy" Peter
CARPENTER (ABT 1762 - 1845, Lincoln or Gaston County,
North Carolina: interment at Big Gullies Cemetery, Gaston
County near the Lincoln County line), ABT 1790, North
Carolina
Child 11: Elijah COX
(17 January 1775 - ?, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County,
Tennessee) [M]: Jane HUGGIN, by license dated 8 December
1796, North Carolina
Other Marriage: 27 July 1800, Lincoln
County, North Carolina
Spouse: Mary CARPENTER
Note
1: Concerning the parentage and juvenile relations of
John COX, see Thomas Saltar
(d. 1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of
1782 and the Testament of 1785. John COX had a
sister, Rebecca (born 1734, Middletown, Monmouth County,
New Jersey; married 1 August 1748), who was the wife of
Joseph NORCROSS (born ABT 1725, Burlington, Burlington
County, New Jersey). Any account of the parentage of John
COX must also explain that of Rebecca COX.
Note 2:
Among the extracts which, in 1999, Patricia M.
Bergener made from microfilmed copies of original
marriage bonds in possession of the New Jersey Department
of Education, Division of State Library Archives &
History, and which were microfilmed in 1966, is the
following:
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"John COX minor and Peter
WATSON, both of Upper Freehold in the County of
Monmouth, yeomen . . . [bound to] . . . Jonathan
BELCHER, Governour . . . 500 pounds . . . 29 Oct
17__ (rest of year left blank) . . . John COX
minor . . . obtained license of marriage for
himself and for Margaret MORRIS of the place
abovesaid, spinster . . . [w] Henry VAN HOOK,
Jos: ARNEY" [FHLC
0888706; Vol. M; 1735-1794 (602 bonds) #301 -
#350, #347]
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Because this document was filed between bonds dated in
October and December 1769, some investigators have been
misled into thinking that this item should be dated 29
October 1769. Jonathan Belcher, however, was the governor
of the New Jersey colony from 1747 to 1757, which would
require that it be dated no later than 1757. On the
assumption that this, indeed, is the marriage bond of the
John COX who was born 1 November 1727 and Margaret
MORRIS, who was born 1 October 1732, the date of their
marriage seems likely to have been shortly after 29
October 1750.
In this context, the word "minor" need not
suggest that John COX had not attained the age of
majority. It may suggest that, in Monmouth County, there
was another John COX of greater social prominence or that
there was some other John COX, most likely a kinsman, in
relation to whom this John COX was junior. It certainly
does suggest that the senior John COX was alive at the
time of the marriage which the bond of 29 October 1757
anticipates. In 1750, John
COX (1696, Monmouth County, New Jersey - 1768, Monmouth
County, New Jersey) who, in this account, is
identified with John
COX "the Cordwainer," the father of John
COX "minor," was still living.
On the subject of Jonathan Belcher, as the founder of
Princeton University, see the following:
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Belcher,
Jonathan (1681/82-1757), governor of the
Province of New Jersey from 1747 to 1757, granted
Princeton its second charter and helped its
advancement in many other ways; the College, his
fellow trustees declared in 1755, viewed him as
"its founder, patron, and benefactor." A
native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, he graduated
from Harvard in 1699, second in a class of
twelve, accumulated a fortune at an early age as
a merchant in Boston, and then occupied himself
with a succession of public offices: tithingman
and town accountant of Boston, member of the
Massachusetts Council, governor of Massachusetts
and New Hampshire, and finally, during the last
decade of his life -- to quote from his
commission, which is preserved in the University
Library -- "Captain General and
Governor-in-Chief of the Province of New Jersey
and territories thereupon depending in America,
and Vice-Admiral of the same."
Belcher had a quick temper and a sharp tongue,
which aggravated the troubles that every royal
governor faced in reconciling colonial interests
with those of the Crown, and earned for him many
enemies in Massachusetts and New Hampshire whose
intrigues brought about his dismissal in 1741. He
was, however, able to convince the English court
that he had been maligned by his political
enemies, and after living in England for several
years he was appointed to the New Jersey
governorship.
Soon after his arrival in New Jersey in 1747,
Belcher, a Congregationalist, adopted the infant
college of the dissenting Presbyterians as his
own and busied himself in its promotion for
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