BIOGRAPHY - NATHANIEL SKINNER, SR.:
Born 1705 or 1706 at Woodbridge, based upon age at death. (Rush-15)
A Babtist minister. (Monnette-10, Thurston-11, Rush-15)
1737-1745 - Had an account with storekeeper Jacob Janeway, living near Wright Skinner at or near Papack, Somerset County. His brother, Cornelius, Sr. also lived in Somerset County at the town of Lamington. Nathaniel and Cornelius were brothers-in-law to Benjamin Manning. (Janeway-6)
1762 - Witnessed Will of William Godly, Sussex Co. (will-14)
This entry could just as easily pertain to Nathaniel, son of Cornelius, Sr. Also note, Benjamin and Daniel Skinner, descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, MA were in Newtown, Sussex County as early as 1760. However, they had no known brothers or other family members with the name Nathaniel.
1785 - Nathaniel and descendents relocated to Somerset County, Pa. (Rush-15)
October 1, 1801 - Nathaniel passed away at age 95. (Rush-15)
After 1800 - many descendents left Pa. and relocated to Perry Co., Ohio. (Rush-15)
Nathaniel, Sr. and Cornelius, Sr. were both brothers-in-law to Benjamin Manning (probably Jr.) and thus brothers. Both were likely relatives of, but not brothers to, Wright Skinner, whom they lived near while in Somerset Co., NJ in the 1730's and 1740's.
None of the source references appear to relate to a different Nathaniel (born 1748) who was reported to be a child of Cornelius, Sr.
Note that (Holcombe-2) indicated some confusion as to the geneaology of Nathaniel Skinner of Somerset Co., Pa:
"It is believed that Nathaniel Skinner of Turkeyfoot Twp.; Somerset Co., Pa. was a brother to Cornelius, Sr. It is also contended by some that he was a direct descendant of Thomas of Malden, Mass."
Nathaniel's tombstone (tombstone-15) answers the question. The Nathaniel Skinner, Senior of Somerset Co., PA was born in Woodbridge in 1705 or 1706. This clearly connects him to the Deacon Richard, Frances and John Skinners of Woodbridge. This connects his brother Cornelius as well.
Some descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, Mass - an unrelated family line, were located in Sussex Co., NJ. Brothers Daniel and Benjamin, as well as their father Joseph, were recorded in Newtown, Sussex Co. in 1760. Joseph and son Daniel later returned to their homeland in the Cocheton area of PA and NY. Benjamin was still recorded in Newtown for many years after that. There is no record of a Nathaniel Skinner associated with this Sussex Co. family line. (See discussion of this family elsewhere).
I have not done any research on the offspring of Nathaniel Skinner myself. But it appears that the PA Archives have information on this family line beyond that provided by Mr. Rush. Samuel Skinner, son of Nathaniel is the first of the family to appear in PA. He is listed as a 'renter' in Bedford Township, Bedford Co. in the years 1773 and 1775. By 1784, he had 200 acres and a dwelling house at Bedford. His primary residence at Bedford is probably the reason why he received little attention by Rush (Rush-15) - Rush seems to have focused solely on the settlement of the Skinners at Turkeyfoot, Somerset Co. which began in the 1780's. The PA records also include numerous other Skinners in Bedford Co. not covered by Rush.
Turkeyfoot is not on the maps today, but encompasses the current towns of Confluence and Draketown. PA records show Turkeyfoot to be part of Bedford Co. - I suppose Somerset Co. was created later.
Exhibits 1 thru 5 - removed.
Exhibit 6 - "The Janeway Account Books", The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vols. 33-35, 10/9/1995/KDS:
Exhibit 7 thru 9 - removed.
Exhibit 10 - p1586 (Monnette), Genealogy - "Deacon Richard Skinner of Woodbridge":
"He prob. had two
sons, Jonathan and Nathaniel Skinner
appearing later at Woodbridge.
Rev. Nathaniel Skinner,
b. 1706, d. 1801, Somerset Co., Pa. (Jer. Gen. No. 3908, Apr. 20, 1912)"
Exhibit 11 - "Newark Evening News", Mary K. Thurston, March 30, 1918, per copy in files of DSW/VEM:
"Another Skinner, Nathaniel, was born Woodbridge, 1706, died Somerset County, Pa., 1801 - a Baptist minister. Have met some of his descendants.
Exhibit 12 - Unsourced notes of DSW/VEM
"Nathaniel Skinner - of Hunterdon, Somerset and Sussex County, NJ to Turkeyfoot Twp., Somerset Co., PA. Some descendants of Perry Co., Ohio to settle beside those descendants of Cornelius, above, who also went to Perry Co., Ohio."
[KDS note - Cornelius or descendants did not go with Nathaniel to Perry Co., Ohio.]
Exhibit 14 - Will Abstracts
"1762, Aug. 18. Godly, William, of Mansfield Woodhouse, Sussex Co., yeoman; will of. Real and personal to be sold. ... Executors - my wife and Joseph King, Sr., of Amwell. Witnesses - Nathaniel Skiner [KDS - sic], Robert Laning, Richard Shackleton. Proved Nov. 16, 1762. Lib. 11, p. 366."
"Abstracts of Wills, 1761-1770", NJ Archives, Vol XXXIII, p162, 1/5/1996/KDS.
[KDS note - Amwell is just northwest of Princeton, NJ. This is in the general vicinity of the Somerset/Hunterdon/Morris Co. Skinners. King is a name associated with a son of Nathaniel - Reuben. Laning is a name associated with one of the Morris Co. Skinners - James.]
Exhibit 15 - Rush & Skinner Families of Lower Turkeyfoot Township, PA, Harry S. Rush, 1943, LDS library system microfilm # 1035781 item 5, 3/19/1996/KDS:
Actual Text:
"NATHANIEL SKINNER - b. about 1700 Woodbridge, NJ; d. 10/1/1801
married ELIZABETH ___ - b. about 1718; d. 9/7/1799
He was born at Woodbridge, New Jersey and came to Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, PA with the migration of some fifteen or twenty families who came to that region about 1773 and formed what came to be known as the "Jersey Settlement". He and his wife are buried side by side in the Jersey Baptist Churchyard near Ursina. The stones over their graves read:
|
The body of NATHANIEL SKINNER, Sen. who was born at Woodbridge in New Jersey lieth here who departed this life October 1, 1801 aged 95 years |
Here lieth the body of ELIZABETH SKINNER wife of Nathaniel Skinner, Senr., aged 81 years - - - - Sept. 7, 1799 |
Exhibit 15a - KDS summary of records in the Church of Latter Day Saints library system, originally researched by Harry S. Rush, received by Mrs. D.A. Lamoreaux of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1966. Microfilm #1126475 - IGI Batch Records of Skinner, Deacon Richard (Batch 7903103):
Exhibit 15b - reference the work of Ed Moyle at www.hctc.com/~emoyle/
Exhibit 15c - PA Archives, Third Series, Vol xxii, Returns of Taxables, p217, 6/95/KDS:
"Bedford, Turkeyfoot Township - 1783
Skinner, John - 200 acres .......
Skinner, Nathaniel - 80 acres ......
Skinner, Samuel - 80 acres ......
Skinner, Reuben, Esq'r - 200 acres ......"
Exhibit 16 - King Family per King Family Forum at www.genealogy.com, 2003:
KING family info NJ - 1670-1750
Posted by: Dave Tourison
(ID *****4838) Date: July 04, 2003 at 15:06:36
posting #14330 of 14919
Extracted from DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, VOLUME
XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I, 1670-1730; Paterson
NJ, 1901
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are
of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc., are of East Jersey Wills)
KING, beginning page 274:
1726 Sept. 1. King, Hermanus, of Nottingham Township, Burlington Co.; will of. Wife Mary. Children – John, Mary French, Joseph, Thomas, Francis. Real and personal estate. Son Francis executor. Witnesses – William Quicksall, Mary Quicksall, Edm’d Beakes. Proved March 14, 1727-8. Lib. 2, p. 501.
1727-8 13th d. 1st m. (March). Inventory of the personal estate, £315.13; made by Edm’d Beakes and John Quicksall.
1719 Oct. 25. King, Robert, late of Ireland. Inventory of the personal estate of (£46.19.10); made by William Broun and Benforce (?). Middlesex Wills.
[page 275]
1719 Nov. 15-16. King, Robert, of Woodbridge. Inventory of the personal estate of (£86.13.11 incl. payments made at the vendue by Peter Cleton, Robert Heays, Samuel Smith, David Donin, Hugh Clark, Jeremiah and Joseph Blompheld (Blomfield), William Buk, Abenezar Williams, Matthew Moor, John Edey, Dr. Colance, James Thomson, Justice Raph, Charles Tams, Yana Parker, John McDowell, James Clarkson, John Muttry, John Foreman, Jonathan Ansly, Joseph Gillman and John Black); made by John McDowell, administrator. Middlesex Wills.
1719 Nov. 9. Administration on the estate granted to John Mack Dowell. Lib. A, p. 131.
The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses, etc., but not wills of:
KING - Abe, Alexander, Charles, Elce (Ealce), Elias, Elizabeth, Francis, Fred., Harmanis, Harmanus, John, Joseph, Marie, Mary, Rachel, Robert, Thomas, Thos.
Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXX, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME II, 1730-1750; Paterson NJ, 1918
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc., are of East Jersey Wills)
KING, beginning page 282:
1737, Aug. 17. King, Abraham, of Newark, Essex Co. Int. Adm’x Susannah King, the widow. John King, yeoman, fellow bondsman. Witnesses – John Foster, Jacobus Bargan.
Lib. C, p. 175.
1739, Nov. 20. King, Elizabeth, of Monmouth Co., widow; will of. Son, Harmanus, 102 acres, bounded by Edmund Beakes, Crosswicks Creek and Peter Sonman. Son, William, plantation where testatrix lives, bounded by Crosswicks Creek and Anthony King. Daughter, Mary, £20 towards paying debt testatrix’s husband was bound for [page 283] (her) husband at Philadelphia. Children – Hannah, Elizabeth, Samuel and Joseph, when of age. Executors – sons (Anthony, crossed off), John, Benjamin, Harmanus and William. Witnesses – John Quicksall, Daniel Robins, and Edmund Beakes. Proved March 31, 1741. Lib. 4, p. 306.
1741, March 30. Inventory (£460.11.03) includes debts, bonds, etc., from Harmanus, Thomas, Anthony, Benjamin and William King, William Woodward and John Quicksall. Due from Jon. Barker at his mill, 5,000 ft. pine boards. Made by John Quicksall and Robert Montgomerie.
1735, Nov. 8. King, Francis, of Nottingham, Burlington Co., yeoman. Int. Inventory of the personal estate, £197.7.8; made by Edw’d Beakes and Thos. Miller.
1735, Nov. 20. Adm’x Catherine King, widow; John Thorne, Jr., fellow bondsman.
Lib. 5, p. 515.
1739, Oct. 15. King, John, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., yeoman. Int. Inventory of estate (£503.13.4) includes servant girl, (£7); 27 sheep, 10 cows, 2 steers, etc., bonds of Francis Garvis, Anthony and Benjamin King. Made by Joshua Wright, John Ashton, Edmund Beakes, John Steward. Lib. 4, p. 200.
1739, Oct. 19. Adm’rs Elizabeth King, the widow, and Anthony King, son. Obadiah Ireton, of Burlington, yeoman, fellow bondsman.
1747-8, Feb. 22. King, John, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co. Int. Adm’x, Anderiah King. Benjamin Doty, fellow bondsman. Lib. E, p. 127.
1748, Feb. 25. Inventory, £45.19; made by Isaac Manning and John Pound Jun’r.
1749, Aug. 31. Account showing debts due to Mr. Lagrange, Thos. Clawson, Peter Sharp, Lawrence Reuth, Thomas Poole, William Worrall, Marcey Smalley, John Leforge, Benjamin Doty, William Jones, Charles Robison, Daniel Barto, Nathaniel Blackford, John Whitehead, David Laing, Amariah Bonham, Joseph Sutton, James Barto, James Alexander, And’w Johnstone, Esq., Cornelius Low, Justice Thomson, John Pound. Signed by “Anderiah Grimes, late Anderiah King,” and George Greems.
------, --------, -----. Account of sale of land to Benjamin and Benajah Doty, for £129.15. Paid Solomon Comes, Mr. Alexander.
1746, Nov. 27. King, Robert, Esq., of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co. Int. Adm’r, widow, Judith King. Elias Grazeillier, fellow bondsman. Lib. D, p. 438.
1746-7, Feb. 16. Inventory, £171.9; made by Tho’s Fox and Rich’d FitzRandolph.
1748, June 12. The widow, Judith, administratrix of Robert King, being deceased, administration on the estate granted to Elias Grazillier of the Borough of Elizabeth, cousin german to the decedant. Th’o. Fox, fellow bondsman. Lib. E, p. 194.
1745, Dec. 10. King, William, of limits of City of Burlington, yeoman; will of. Brothers – Samuel and Joseph. Sisters – Mary Ireton, [page 284] Hannah, and Elizabeth King. Nephew, William Ireton. Real and personal estate. Executors – brother, Obadiah Ireton, and friend Thomas Miller. Witnesses – Ebenezer Gaskill, Benj’n Kemble, Edward Noble. Proved Jan. 1, 1745-6. Lib. 5, p. 212.
1745, Dec. 20. Inventory, £444.3.4; made by Joseph Pearson and Tho’s Atkinson.
The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses, etc., but not wills of:
KING - Alexander, Anderiah, Andrew, Anthony, Benjamin, Catherine, David, Deborah, Elias, Elizabeth, Francis, George, Hannah, Harmanus, Isaac, John, Joseph, Judith, Katherine, Mary, Mercy, Rachel, Robert, Samuel, Stacy, Susannah, Thomas, William, Mr.
Exhibit 16a - King Family per King Family Forum at www.genealogy.com, 2003:
Re: King Family of
Hunterdon Co., NJ
Posted by: Cliff Hunter
II Date: July 05, 1999 at 21:01:04
In Reply to: King Family
of Hunterdon Co., NJ by Shirley
posting # 1581 of 14919
Harmanus King & wife Marcia, with a colony of Friends from Holland, wither he had gone from England to escape religious persecution, came to America about the year 1676 and settled in Burlington Co., West Jersey. They had sons, Joseph,Sr,* and John.
Joseph* King, Sr., was a farmer in Burlington Co., N.J., Afterward in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., whence he finally removed , in 1729, to what is now Franklin Township, in the central part of Hunterdon Co., N.J., where he purchased of Mary Tomkins 954 acres of land situated along the south branch of Raritan River, and settled on it, built there, in 1733, a grist-mill about four miles from Kingwood Friends' Meeting House. He was one of the first trustees of the Meeting property there, associated with Edward Rockhill, John Stevenson, Samuel Willson, & Samuel Large; he was appointed an Elder in Kingwood, M.M., 14 of 11 mo., 1744, and an overseer 12 of 7 mo., 1745. A Meeting for worship was begun in this part of Hunterdon Co., about the year 1729, and Bethleham (afterward called Kingwood) Monthly Meeting was established as early as 1744, The oldest records of the meeting, dating from this time, are kept at Newtown, Pa. Hardwick meeting for worship was established in 1745, but it continued to be a branch of Kingwood M.M. until 1797. Among the Elders for that M.M. in 1756, beside Joseph King Sr., for the Hunterdon Co. Friends, Richard Lundy and Thomas Lundy were named for the Hardwick Branch.
A memorial of the time of Death & Burial of Joseph* King, Senior, [ 1683?-1761 ].
Our antient Friend Joseph King departed this life the 10th day of the 12th month 1761, In the Seventy-eight year of his age, and was Inter'd in Friends Burying Ground at Kingwood the Eleventh day of the same Month. He was not, as could be perceived, attended with any Violent illness, and he departed quietly as one going to sleep. He was esteem,d amongst us to be an Honest, Sober, Innocent, well-minded man, a good & Inoffensive Neighbor, well beloved of Friends & others, for which reasons he was appointed an Elder amougst us before the Select meeting was settled here, and for the same reasons hath been continued an Elder amoungst us ever since until his Death, and we doubt not but that he is gone to Eternal rest.
Copied from records of Kingwood Monthly Meeting.
This Info is from a book called: OUR COLONIAL ANCESTORS by A.M. Shotwell., copyright 1895-7. Dose this match your Info? I'm descendant from the Shotwell Line.. Have more If interested..
Cliff Hunter II
Exhibit 17 - Rev. Nathaniel Skinner per Skinner Family Association Website at http://129.119.44.153/skinner/files/update.html, 2003:
A Sketch by William
Harrison Skinner
My profession has taught
me to procure all the available evidence, before arriving at a
conclusion, in giving an opinion. In this sketch I shall make no
assertion of facts unless I have the evidence to prove them; and
suggestions or beliefs will be given as such.
The emigrant patriarch of
our family, which, for convenience I have termed the New
Jersey-Pennsylvania Branch, was Richard SKINNER, who came over from
England with Phillip CARTERETT, first Governor of the Colony of New
Jersey; and with the first colony of English settlers in that
Province, landing in Hew Jersey in August, 1665. Their first
settlement was Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth, N.J.).
On May 1, 1666, Richard
SKINNER was married to Susanna POULAIN, who is supposed to have been
of French descent, and to have come with other colonists. I have a
copy of the record of their marriage.
Soon after their marriage
they removed to Woodbridge, N.J. They were evidently the grandparents
of the first, or older, Rev. Nathaniel SKINNER, although I have not
been able to obtain positive proof of that fact; but the
circumstantial evidence is sufficient to establish the fact beyond doubt.
The tombstone of the
first Rev. Nathaniel SKINNER in the graveyard of the Jersey Baptist
Church in Turkeyfoot tp., Somerset Co., Penna. shows - "born at
Woodbridge, N.J. died - 1801, aged 95 years." A part of the
inscription is illegible, but that quoted is plain to read. This
shows that he was born 1706. He settled on a farm near where he is
buried about 1771, as his name appears on the first tax lists of
Turkeyfoot tp., made in 1772 for year 1773.
The records of the Jersey
Baptist Church where he is buried show that the church was organized
in 1775, and he and his son Reuben and Reuben's wife Sarah were
charter members. This church is still in existence, and the records
are well kept and preserved.
I have no knowledge of
who Nathaniel's wife was, and believe that she died before he came to
Penna. as no grave of hers has been found, and no wife joins in the
only deed he is known to have made in Penna. I have not even the name
of all of his children; there was Robert, Reuben, & James that we
know of only; and we are concerned, in this sketch, with only Robert
and Reuben, the writer being descended from both of them, as will be
shown later on.
Reuben SKINNER, son of
1st Rev. Nathaniel SKINNER, is buried in the same graveyard as his
father, and his tombstone shows that he died April 21, 1814, aged 78
years. This shows that he was born in 1736. His wife's name was
Sarah. We do not know her maiden name. They had 9 children, as
follows -
1-Mary, who married Jacob
RUSH; 2-Nathaniel, whose first wife was Elizabeth HARNED, and 2nd
wife was Hannah KING; 3-Joseph whose wife's name is unknown; James,
whose wife is unknown; 5- Anne, or Nancy, who married Thomas KING;
6-Samuel, who married Mary RUSH; 7-Phoebe, who married Samuel Hull;
8-Richard, whose wife is unknown; 9 - Reuben, whose wife is unknown.
In this sketch we will not try to trace the descendants of any of
Reuben's children except those of Nathaniel.
This Nathaniel, son of
Reuben, was born about 1776, and died in Belmont Co., Ohio, in 1824,
and is buried in a graveyard near Bealsville, in that County. The
records of the Jersey Baptist Church in Somerset Co. Penna. above
referred to, show that he was ordained as a minister at that church,
Oct. 8, 1797. His first wife was Elizabeth HARNED, and by her had 3
children -- 1 - Amy, married Samuel RUSH; 2 -- Sarah, married John
IMEL; 3 -- Samuel B. married Elizabeth HAZELTON. After the death of
his first wife, he married Hannah KING, by whom he had the following children:
Phillip, b. Sept 13,
1793, m. Hannah COON
Jacob, b. May 5, 1802. m,
Rachel SEALS
Phoebe, b.-- d. unmarried
James, b, July 2, 1804,
m. Elizabeth JUMP
Rachel, b, Dec. 18, 1806
m. Henry MOORE
Nancy, b.-- m. George STEWARD
Catherine, b. Jan. 19,
1809 m. Lemuel MOORE
Rhoda, b. Mar. 20, 1811
m. Utty MOORE
Lavinia, b. - 1813 m.
Solomon SEAL
Wm. 0., b. Mar. 15, 1816
m, Rachel SEAL (cousin of Jacob’s wife)
Charlotte, b, May 9, 1818
m.David WATSON
In this sketch I shall
only follow the descendants of Samuel B. SKINNER only son of 2nd Rev.
Nathaniel SKINNER by his first wife, as by that way I follow my own
line of descent, which will enable anyone whom this will be sent to
trace the line of relationship, as their immediate ancestors are
given above.
Samuel B. SKINNER married
Elizabeth HAZELTON, Jan 23, 1817, in Penna. and they immediately
removed to Perry Co., Ohio. Their moving time was winter, and they
traveled in a sled. They settled on a claim, quarter section about 1
I will now refer to
Robert SKINNER, the other son of the 1st Rev. Nathaniel SKINNER, with
which we are concerned. Robert died in Somerset Co. Penna., Mar. 22,
1822. I have not, so far found his grave, (it is probably unmarked),
and do not know his age at death, or his wife’s maiden name. The
suit brought in 1823 to divide the land owned by him at his death,
shows that he had the following children 1-John, who married
Susanna--; 2-Wilets, who married Sarah COLBORN; 3-Frances, who
married Burget MINOR; 4-Sarah Olive, who married John SMALL; 5-Mary,
who married David RUSH; 6-Elizabeth, who married John COLBORN;
7-Courtland, who married Sarah JONES and who had died before his
father, leaving five children--to wit--Jabez, Elinor, Elizabeth,
Martha, William H,(the writer’s father).
When my grandfather,
Courtland SKINNER, died, (his wife having died before him) his five
children, which included my father, who was the youngest, were taken
to Ohio, and reared in the family of Thomas and Nancy (or Anne)
SKINNER KING.
My father, William H.
SKINNER, grandson of Robert, and my mother, Polly SKINNER, great
grand daughter of Reuben SKINNER, were married Dec. 5, 1843. My
father died May 10, 1844. I was born Nov. 26, 1844, I never saw my
father, and knew but little of his family until I had traced it out,
a little at a time. I show by this that I am descended from 1st Rev.
Nathaniel SKINNER on both sides, I have almost a complete genealogy
of the descendants of his sons Robert and Reuben, and expect to
complete it and have it printed in the near future, if enough of the
family want to pay the expense of printing.
Exhibit - Willetts History per
CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06
(File: wafam.txt)
History: Family: Wa-Wi
Surnames: Genealogy Tidbits: Monmouth County, NJ.
WILLETT
Looking for information
on William Willett, son of Samuel of
Middletown. Would like to
know when and where he was born. He is
reported to have had two
wives, Hanna Skinner or Foster and when he
died Isabella. William
left Middletown around 1756 and went to
Hunterdon County where he
had a mill. After the Revolution, he went to
Saratoga, NY where he
died in 1792. Any information would be
appreciated.
RESPONSE:
I checked all the books I
have but could only find information on a
Samuel Willett. One set
of data is probably yours as it is of a Samuel
from a Readington, the
others may be too early.
"HISTORICAL
AND GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY,"
by John Stillwell, M.D.
Vol. II
pg. 155: 5/4/1670 (1676?)
Samuel Willit gave his mark as a slit in the
right ear and a halfpenny
under the left--found in the First Town Book
of Middletown.
pg. 380: Account of Quit
rents--Sam. Willets land was the S. E. border
of Thomas Renshal's land
in 1688 in Middletown.
pg. 398: In March 1678/9
Sam. Willets had 120 acres of land in
Middletown surveyed.
Vol. V
pg. 145: 11/28/1752
Daniel Tilton's widow, nee Sarah Wyckhoff, m. by
license of aforementioned
date, Samuel Willett; Thomas Ratton surety
on bond.
pg. 217: marriage license
at Trenton--
1752, Nov 28.
Sarah Tilton of Freehold and Samuel Willet of
Readington.
"OLD TIMES IN
OLD MONMOUTH"
by William Hornor
pg. 263: Tradition claims
Samuel Willett kept tavern at Waykake
Landing. (I believe this
is the general area of Keansburg today, then
it was all Middletown)
In 1707, Samuel
Willett participated in disrupting the trial of
Moses Butterworth, a man
who admitted sailing with the pirate Capt.
William Kidd.