Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Tenth Generation
832. Benjamin PRICE, son of 1664. Benjamin PRICE & 1665. Mary SAYRE. Born in 1676. Benjamin died on 27 Nov 1773; he was 97. Buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, NJ. Occupation: Turner.
Benjamin married Mary UNKNOWN.
They had one child:
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Benjamin Jr. (1708-1759)
834. Timothy WOODRUFF, son of 1668. John WOODRUFF & 1669. Sarah COOPER. Born in 1683. Timothy died on 15 Nov 1766; he was 83.
Timothy married Mary BAKER.
835. Mary BAKER, daughter of 1670. Nathaniel BAKER & 1671. Catherine SCHELLINGER. Born on 21 Nov 1688.
840. Jonathan OGDEN, son of 1680. John OGDEN & 1681. Jane BOND. Born 11 Jan 1638/1639 in ENG. Jonathan died 3 Jan 1731/1732; he was 92. Buried in Elizabethtown, NJ.
Was in Southampton 21 Oct 1664 when he witnessed the deed of John Davis to Joh Oldfield of a fifty pound commonage.
Moved with his family to Elizabethtown, NJ in 1665 and was oe of the original Assocates. Took the oath of allegiance to King Charles II 19 Feb 1665 (and was then called one of the “5 full grown boys of Good Old John”). Took the oath of allegiance to the Dutch government of NY 11 Sept 1673. Appointed overseer of his father’s will 21 NOV 1681. Receiver of taxes for Essex County in 1692.
Zealous churchman and in 1691 is referred to as Deacon Jonathan Ogden.
Jonathan married Rebekah WARD (WOOD).
They had the following children:
i.
Jonathan 2nd (ca1676-<1731)
ii.
Samuel (1678-1715)
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Robert (1687-1733)
iv.
Hannah
v.
Rebecca
842. Jasper CRANE Jr., son of 1684. Jasper CRANE Sr. & 1685. Alice *CRANE. Born on 2 Apr 1657 in East Haven, CT. Jasper died in Newark, NJ, on 6 Mar 1712; he was 54. Buried in Presbyterian Chruch, Newark, NJ.
Alternative birth dates 1650 or 1651.
Born at East Haven, CT but removed with his parents to NJ. In 1684 her purchased the property of Robert Lyman who returned to England. He was a member of the Assembly in 1704, and also a magistrate.
With his brothers (John and Deliverance) he owned seats in the first Church if Newark. He held various offices: fence viewer, surveyor of highways, constable, selectman, committeeman, deputy to the Provincial Assembly in 1697-1702, and to see to settling the minister, as well as to settling a border dipute between Newark and Elizabethtown.
He is recorded as receiving two warrants for and on 27 April 1694 and 10 April 1696, a total of 120 acres on branches of the Elizabethtown River.
Located in the part of Newark called Cranetown, later West Bloomfield, then Montclair.
Jasper married Joanna SWAINE.
They had the following children:
i.
Joseph (1676-1726)
ii.
Jonathan (1678-1744)
iii.
Sarah (1683-)
iv.
Elihu (1689-1732)
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Hannah (1691-1726)
vi.
Lieutenant David (1693-1750)
843. Joanna SWAINE, daughter of 1686. Capt. Samuel SWAINE & 1687. Johannah WARD. Born in 1659. Joanna died on 16 Sep 1720; she was 61.
Also cited in Lyon Memorial by S. E. Lyon (1907) p. 93.
848. Samuel OLIVER Sr., son of 1696. William OLIVER & 1697. Mary ACKERLY. Born on 14 Apr 1662 in Stamford, CT. Samuel died in Elizabethtown, NJ, in 1722; he was 59. Occupation: Yeoman.
Bef 1683 when Samuel was 20, he married Mary HIGGINS.
They had the following children:
i.
Mary (ca1684-)
ii.
Samuel (ca1686-1744)
iii.
Sarah (ca1688-~1720)
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David Jr. (1692-1747)
v.
Elizabeth (ca1694-)
vi.
Mercy (1697-<1732)
vii.
Jonathan (ca1699-1733)
viii.
John (ca1703-)
ix.
Dorcas (ca1705->1747)
x.
Abigail (ca1707-)
849. Mary HIGGINS, daughter of 1698. Richard HIGGINS & 1699. Mary *YATES. Born on 27 Sep 1652 in Eastham, MA. Mary died on 23 Jan 1729; she was 76.
864. Henry JAQUES Jr., son of 1728. Henry JAQUES Sr. & 1729. Ann KNIGHT. Born on 30 Jul 1649 in Newbury, MA. Henry died bef 23 Dec 1679; he was 30. Occupation: Planter And Blacksmith.
Henry Sr was interested in the new settlement in NJ that was ultimately to be named Woodbridge after Reverend John Woodbridge. In 1665, Phillip Carteret, the Governor of New Jersey sent agents around New England to invite emigration and Henry Sr petitioned for and obtained in 1666 a grant for land “for a township” in NJ. He and his son, Henry Jr. received patents totalling 368 acres along Rahway Creek.
Henry Jr. at this time was a teenager and had an “alliance” with Eleanor BRYER (or BRYNER) of Newbury, who became pregnant. Henry Jr. found himself in court twice March 1666 and fined 30 pounds and again in May 1666. At this point he moved to New Jersey.
He took the Oath of Allegiance 8 September 1673.
He worked as a blacksmith. He died intestate with a widow and three children. His widow’s subsequent husband Samuel MOORE was named executor of the estate.
On 10 Nov 1670 when Henry was 21, he married Hannah TRUEMAN.
They had the following children:
i.
John (1674-)
ii.
Henry (1675-)
iii.
Sarah (1677-1678)
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Jonathan (1679-1720)
v.
Sarah
866. John BLOOMFIELD, son of 1732. Colonel Thomas BLOOMFIELD & 1733. Mary WITHERS. Born on 15 Mar 1646 in Newbury, Essex County, MA. John died in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ, on 10 Apr 1713; he was 67.
On 27 May 1684 when John was 38, he married Elsie HEARD in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ.
They had the following children:
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Ruth (1686-1720)
ii.
Phoebe (1688-)
iii.
John (1693-1760)
iv.
Elsie (1693-)
v.
Nathaniel (1695-)
vi.
Benjamin (1697-)
872. Laurence Janszen DE CAMP, son of 1744. John DE CAMP. Born ca 1645 in France. Religion: Huguenot.
Often referred to as Laurens Janszen. Full name of Laurens Janszen DE CAMP appears on Kings County, NY rolls. Hugeunot emigrant, possibly with Antoine du Chaine, Nicolas de La Plaine, Jean de la Warde of Normandy. He may have come with his wife to be on the ship De Trouw (Faith), a private trader bound for Manhattan. Of the almost one-hundred passengers, there was only one French: “De Ruine.” This MAY have been Laurens Jansen de CAMP: the city Rouen in Normandy, France is one of the possible but not proven sites of origin of the American De Camp line. Jean De Camp, a saddler, was killed in the St. Bartholomew massacre in August 1572 in Rouen, Normandy, France.
French Huguenot who arrived in about 1664. In 1687 appears on rolls of Kings County, NY. In 1675 he is on rolls of New Utrecht. In 1677 he and his wife are on church rolls of New Utrecht. After 1688 removed to Staten Island, NY where there was a large Huguenot settlement and a french church established as early as 1680. On 30 Dec 1701 he joined a petition to King William III as one of the inhabitants of Richmond County.
Ca 1676 when Laurence Janszen was 31, he married Elsie DE MANDEVILLE.
They had the following children:
i.
Joannes (ca1677-)
ii.
Johanis (ca1679-ca1765)
iii.
Styntje (ca1681-)
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Hendrick (ca1682-ca1771)
v.
Agidius (Gideon) (ca1683-)
vi.
Weraichie (Marytje) (ca1685-)
vii.
Altje (ca1690-)
Sailed 13 Feb 1659 with her father on ship De Trouw (Faith), a private trader bound for Manhattan. Of the almost one-hundred passengers, there was only one French: “De Ruine.” This MAY have been Laurens Jansen de CAMP: the city Rouen in Normandy, France is one of the possible but not proven sites of origin of the American De Camp line. Jean De Camp, a saddler, was killed in the St. Bartholomew massacre in August 1572 in Rouen, Normandy, France.
Child:
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Will dated 9 April 1702, N.J.Archives Volume XXI, p 148, proved 8 May, 1702. He may have been one of the eight children of Dennis Morris, probably of Irish birth, who settled in Morris County.
Dennis married Jane *MORRIS.
John married Mary TOWNSEND.
They had one child:
439i.
Eliphal (-1740)