West Jersey Wills - John Hancock, husb., Alloways Creek, d 2-26-1709.
Wf. Mary; chd. John, William, Edward, Nathaniel, Joseph, Jonathan, Elizabeth,
Mary, Sarah and Hannah (Craig, The Salem Tenth). Will dated 2-22-1709/10;
pr. 3-23-1709/10 (Craig, Salem Co. Gen. Data v I).
519. Mary Chambless (Champnes)
The name of Chambless is the presently accepted spelling of the family , which
had previously been spelled in a variety of ways -- Champneys, Champness,
Chamness, Chamless, Champnes, and possibly others, including Champleys.Mary Hancock's inventory was dated 4-13-1713, hence her death date was prior to
that. (The Salem Tenth, Craig.)
He emigrated circa 1669 from Lyme Regis, County of Dorset, England. He was a mariner and soldier circa 1680.
Resided England, Philadelphia, Nantuxit/Autuxit (Newport), NJ.
He was involved in a letter from Attorney William Wright of Boston to Charles Pickering of Philadelphia for a sum of money due from William Dare of Cohansey, New West Jersey on 26 Jun 1698 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA.
Owned land on Back Neck.
Occupation: Mariner, farmer, Sheriff, Ranger (animals), Justice.
He was Sheriff of Salem County in 1705. Capt. of NJ Militia, 1706. He was appointed Justice of the Peace, 15 Dec 1708 in Salem, Salem Co., NJ.
Operated the Blue Anchor Tavern in 1680 at the future site of the city of Philadelphia.
He left a will dated 15 Mar 1719/20, Salem County, NJ; he died circa 1720.
inventory 17 Jun 1720
acct. 12 Feb 1721
will pr. 22 Jun 1721, Burlington, West Jersey.He is believed to be buried on his farm at Nantuxit (Newport), Salem Co., NJ.
Constant Dare's account as Executrix for the will of Capt. William Dare was
signed and dated 12 Feb 1721.
Resided in Cohansey. Thomas and his brother John jointly owned 500 acres near the head of "Munmouth River, alias Alloways Creek". Thomas was a farmer and cooper (maker of barrels). Religion: Baptist.
Thomas Abbott with his two brothers, George and John, and their sister, Mary Abbott, emigrated from England to the State of Connecticut in the year 1690.
George left New England with his wife, Mary, and his sister, Mary Abbott, and they located in the Township of Elsinborough, Salem County, New Jersey. (From Shourds' History of Fenwick's Colony.)Source: The Salem Tenth, Craig. Thomas [Abbott], husbandman, will 12-14-1718, pr. 5-1-1719; wf. Margritt; chd. Mary, Ruth, Naomi; son Benoni Dare; bros. Stephen Abbot, George Abbot, Dickason Shepherd.
There is a big controversy raging over who was the first wife of Thomas Abbott (b.166-). Craig says on page 198 of his Cumberland County Genealogical Data that Abbott's wife was Eve Sheppard, daughter of David the immigrant. On the other hand, Craig says on page 199 of the same book that the lady in question was Ruth Sheppard, daughter of John Sheppard "the settler". Further raising hackles is the report in "A Genealogical Dictionary Of New Jersey", page 33 in volume 10 of The Genealogical Magazine Of New Jersey, that Abbott was married "as early as 1695 to Ruth, daughter of David Shepherd". But I think that the "clincher" is the statement by Craig on page 224 of his Salem County Genealogical Data, Volume 1 that David Shepherd's 1695 Will lists, among his other children, "Ruth Abbott". (This same statement appears on page 65 of Craig's Genealogical Data - The Salem Tenth.) Thus it would appear that, although Craig contradicts himself twice, we should probably conclude that Thomas Abbott first married Ruth Sheppard, daughter of David Sheppard the immigrant. Craig's two (contradictory) statements on pages 198 and 199 of his Cumberland County Genealogical Data occur in what was his attempt at writing a genealogy of the Sheppard family. I think he was clearly careless with the facts. On the other hand, his two references to the Will of David Sheppard were consistent with one another and were not contradictory to the reference given in the Genealogical Magazine..., although the Will of David Sheppard does not say that Ruth Abbott's husband was indeed Thomas Abbott.
Now, to compound things (and confound us), Thomas Abbott's wife Ruth had a relative -- a cousin or a brother (?) -- Dickason/Dickenson Shepherd, for Thomas Abbott mentions in his will "brother, Dickason Shepherd". (Salem County Genealogical Data, v I, Craig.) This use of the term "brother" frequently meant "brother-in-law"; it also frequently meant "Brother in Christ". If Dickason was his brother-in-law, then his wife Ruth would have to have been a daughter of John Sheppard since John was the father of Dickason Sheppard. But I don't think this is anywhere near as strong evidence of who was the father of Thomas Abbott's wife as is the Will of David Sheppard cited above.
will dated 14 Dec 1718; proved 1 May 1719 -- Salem Co., NJ
Ruth was not mentioned in the will (dated 9 Jan 1715/16) of her brother, John, as were the other five siblings, so she was probably already dead.
There is a big controversy raging over who was the first wife of Thomas Abbott (b.166-). Craig says on page 198 of his Cumberland County Genealogical Data that Abbott's wife was Eve Sheppard, daughter of David the immigrant. On the other hand, Craig says on page 199 of the same book that the lady in question was Ruth Sheppard, daughter of John Sheppard "the settler". Further raising hackles is the report in "A Genealogical Dictionary Of New Jersey", page 33 in volume 10 of The Genealogical Magazine Of New Jersey, that Abbott was married "as early as 1695 to Ruth, daughter of David Shepherd". But I think that the "clincher" is the statement by Craig on page 224 of his Salem County Genealogical Data, Volume 1 that David Shepherd's 1695 Will lists, among his other children, "Ruth Abbott". (This same statement appears on page 65 of Craig's Genealogical Data - The Salem Tenth.) Thus it would appear that, although Craig contradicts himself twice, we should probably conclude that Thomas Abbott first married Ruth Sheppard, daughter of David Sheppard the immigrant. Craig's two (contradictory) statements on pages 198 and 199 of his Cumberland County Genealogical Data occur in what was his attempt at writing a genealogy of the Sheppard family. I think he was clearly careless with the facts. On the other hand, his two references to the Will of David Sheppard were consistent with one another and were not contradictory to the reference given in the Genealogical Magazine ..., although the Will of David Sheppard does not say that Ruth Abbott's husband was indeed Thomas Abbott.
Now, to compound things (and confound us), Thomas Abbott's wife Ruth had a relative -- a cousin or a brother (?) -- Dickason/Dickenson Shepherd, for Thomas Abbott mentions in his will "brother, Dickason Shepherd". (Salem County Genealogical Data, v I, Craig.) This use of the term "brother" frequently meant "brother-in-law"; it also frequently meant "Brother in Christ". If Dickason was his brother-in-law, then his wife Ruth would have to have been a daughter of John Sheppard since John was the father of Dickason Sheppard. But I don't think this is anywhere near as strong evidence of who was the father of Thomas Abbott's wife as is the Will of David Sheppard cited above.
According to Shourds, immigrant John Sheppard of Tipperary, Ireland had an eldest son named Dickenson, born by 1685. Also, David and John had brothers Thomas and James. Probably, the four of them arrived from Tipperary, Ireland in Shrewsbury, East Jersey and subsequently moved to the Shrewsbury Neck/ Back Neck area of (present day) Cumberland County. They had been Baptists in Ireland and "were also among the few persons that organized the First Cohansey Baptist Church, in 1690, at Shrewsbury Neck."
The spelling of the surname was "Shepherd". In later generations it apparently became "Sheppard".
Resided Cohansey -- identified as "Edward, Cohansey".
The name Gilman was sometimes spelled "Gillman".
Will dated 10-13-1715 and pr. 5-7-1716 "at Cohansey".
The following article is from THE NEW JERSEY GENESIS, v. 14, no. 4 - July, 1967
GILMAN BIBLE RECORD
In, or about, 1683, a small group of Irish Baptists settled on the south
side of the Cohansey River in Salem County, New Jersey (now Cumberland County) at a place called Shrewsbury Neck. These Baptists, David Shepherd (Sheppard), Thomas Abbot, William Button and others came from County Tipperary. This small group was soon increased by the arrival of Obadiah Holmes from Rhode Island, who came by the way of Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, in 1685, and about 1687, appeared John Gillman (Gilman) from that great Baptist stronghold, Piscataway in Middlesex County, New Jersey.The Cohansey Baptist Church was constituted in 1690 at Shrewsbury Neck and a small meeting house was built on land of David Shepherd. This farm was later owned by Ephraim Mulford and more recently was known as the Wetherill or "Brick House Farm". The graveyard that adjoined this Church existed within the Editor's memory. In 1714, the Cohansey Baptist Church removed to the site of the ancient Baptist Graveyard in Lower Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, near the former Sheppard's Mill.
John Gillman, from Piscataway, obtained a survey of 400 acres in
Shrewsbury Neck. He died there in October, 1695. Of his children, mentioned
in his will, Edward Gillman was the ancestor of the Cumberland County family.
He married Hannah, daughter of David Shepherd, from County Tipperary, Ireland. Edward Gillman died 1715 and, of the children mentioned in his will, Abraham and David left descendants in Cumberland County. Abraham Gillman was born in 1703, but his brother, David, was considerably younger. He was still a minor on February 2, 1728.Prior to the Revolution, David Gillman settled on the farm where the
Townships of Stow Creek, Hopewell and Greenwich meet. It is on the road from
Roadstown that leads to Greenwich through Springtown. David Gilman, of this
Bible record, (b. 1749) was a son of David Gillman, I. In his will, dated
March 20, 1810,David Gilman, II, mentioned his "brick house". This is the
ancient Gilman homestead, yet standing, on the farm referred to here.[The Bible record referred to is not duplicated here, but has been used to construct our family record.]
"A copy of Gilman family records contained in a Bible owned by the late
Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd Gilman Hires of Bridgeton, New Jersey. These records were transcribed in this Bible, printed at Philadelphia in 1842, in part, from an ancient manuscript still preserved within, but doubtless from a much older Bible."
Called Hannah Shepherd in her father's will (1695) and called Hannah Gilman in her brother's (John) will (1716). Her husband, Edward Gilman, died in 1716. She died in 1722 [bef. 8 Nov 1721], leaving one son David Gilman (Shourds).
The spelling of the surname was "Shepherd". In later generations it apparently became "Sheppard".
Whitten did not seem sure of the wife of Daniel Fogg, or she may have thought
it was Anne Bacon, the daughter of Samuel and Martha.
Probably the daughter of Samuel and Martha married, instead, Edward Gilman and
this reference by Whitten is in error.
Was a Quaker.
Joseph, Jr. apparently died 1753. From Craig, Salem Co. Gen. Data:
Joseph Ware, Alloways Creek, will 4-18-1753; pr. 10-20-1753. Chd. John,
Joseph (and his wife and their chd. Rebecca, Joseph, Eliza and Jane), and
Elizabeth Thompson. Son-in-law Benjamin Thompson, [m. 2, 4, 1745].
[Solomon is not mentioned in the will.]
Was a Quaker.
Craig, SCGD-1:
John Walker m. Mary Smith 2-19-1683/4 (NJ marr. lic.).
John Walker and Elizabeth Abbott (wid. John), pass meeting 6-27-1694.
John Walker, Elsinboro, will 2-26-1704/5; pr. 3-18-1704/5. Wf. Elizabeth.
Chd. John and Elizabeth.
(Parents were probably John Walker and Mary Smith.)Elizabeth is not mentioned in what seems to be the 1753 will of her
husband, Joseph Ware, Jr.Joseph, Jr. apparently died 1753. From Craig, Salem Co. Gen. Data:
Joseph Ware, Alloways Creek, will 4-18-1753; pr. 10-20-1753. Chd. John,
Joseph (and his wife and their chd. Rebecca, Joseph, Eliza and Jane), and
Elizabeth Thompson. Son-in-law Benjamin Thompson, [m. 2, 4, 1745].
[Solomon is not mentioned in the will.]Regarding Elizabeth's stepmother -- Elizabeth Abbott nee Nicholson, widow of
John Abbott:Abbott, John - b. 1660's; d. between 9 Mar 1692/93 and 21 Nov 1693; m. Elizabeth
Nicholson (b. 22 May 1664). Elizabeth, widow of John Abbott, and John
Walker passed meeting on 27 Aug 1694.John Abbott and Thomas Abbott jointly owned 500 acres near the head of
"Munmouth River, alias Allowayes Creek".
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The Following Is An Excerpt From The BOWEN FAMILY, By Shourds
"It is proper that I should refer to the ancient family of the Bowens. They
evidently belonged to an ancient family of Wales. Judge Elmer thinks that the
name has been corrupted from Bowmen to Bowen, that is warriors armed with bows.
I think he is correct in his assertion, for Jonathan Davis, the Baptist clergy-
man that settled at Trenton, when he left Long Island, married Elizabeth Bowen
of Bowmantown. I presume the family in Wales were numerous. About the year
1662, (some antiquarians think it was in 1664), quite a number of Bowens and
Davises left Swansea in Glamorganshire, Wales. The Bowens settled in
Massachusetts, and called the place Swansea, after their native town. They
were Baptists, and consequently were obnoxious to the rigid Puritans. The
Davis family soon left and located on Long Island. Part of the Bowen family,
agreeably to their history, left Massachusetts and formed a settlement in East
Jersey, and called the place Bowmantown. I think their stay was of short
duration, for as early as 1687 a number of the family purchased of the original
proprietors, lands within Fenwick's Colony, known at that time as North
Cohansey precinct, some two miles southwest of the present city of Bridgeton,
and at that place they made a settlement and called it Bowentown, which name it
has at the present time. Why it should receive the name of town I am unable tounderstand, although it is probable several of them built themselves small log
dwellings contiguous to each other, similar to the first New England settlers on
the south side of the Cohansey, which went under the name of New England Town.
The Bowens and others located and became large owners of as fertile lands as
there are in West Jersey. This fertile land commences on the north side of
Cohansey river, includes what is known as Dutch Neck, (formerly Cohansey Neck),
the general course is northeast, embracing all of Hopewell, part of Stoe Creek,
and the whole of Deerfield township, the eastern part of Upper Alloways Creek,
and all of Upper Pittsgrove, in Salem county....
In "Corrections of Shourd's History of Fenwick Colony" by James N. Acton, 1977,
is found the following entry:"Origin of the name Bowen
"A study by Mr. George Bowen's cousin Miss Mary Carpenter Bowen shows that the
family came from an estate called LLWYNGWAIR in Pembrookshire, Wales. The name
changed from Ap Owen to Bowen about the year 1500."Miss Frances Bowen of Salem, N.J. recently visited distant cousins in Wales,
who gave her the pedigree book to 922 - 56 A D which agreed with the above."
w.d. 4-9-1739; affirmed 10-3-1739 (Craig, The Salem Tenth)
Benjamin Allen and Elizabeth Allen were cousins.
The following material (due to Thomas Shourds ?) regarding Joshua Carpenter
(1631? - 1722) was copied in Oct 1985 from the Carpenter folder at the Salem
County Historical Society:
"He [Joshua] purchased a large tract of land of William Penn, in what is now Lancaster county, Pa., where one of his sons settled; also a considerable
quantity of land in New Castle county [DE], lying between St. George's creek and the ancient town of Fort Penn. Part of the property is still [circa 1860 ?] in possession of James Carpenter, one of the lineal descendants of Joshua, of the sixth generation. William Carpenter, the grandson of Joshua, came from Delaware to Salem county [NJ], married Mary, the daughter of Jeremiah Powell, 2d." William Carpenter and Mary Powell were the forebearers of the Carpenters in that part of New Jersey.We suspect that the Samuel Carpenter of this record is the link between Joshua Carpenter of Philadelphia and his "grandson" William Carpenter of Salem County, New Jersey (mentioned above). None of this can be proved until we know that the name of the father of William was Samuel and that this Samuel was the son of Joshua. We do not even have proof that our William was the "grandson of Joshua". Records from Delaware for that period when William arrived in Salem County are very meager. The evidence strongly suggests that our suspicions are correct, however.
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From the book Samuel Carpenter of Philadelphia and His Descendants (1912) by
Edward Carpenter and his son General Louis Henry Carpenter U.S.A.:
Note.--Calendar of the Society of Friends.--Soon after the arrival of
William Penn the following law was enacted in Pennsylvania. "Past at an
Assembly held at Chester, the 7th day of ye 10th Month called December, 1682.
"Section 35. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the dayes of the week, and ye months of the year, shall be called as in Scripture, and not by heathen names, (as are vulgarly used) as the first, second and third days of ye week, and first, second and third Months of ye year, and beginning with ye day called Sunday, and ye month called March."
On account of the change from Old to New Style and the action of Parliament thereon, in the minutes of the Yearly Meeting held at Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania and New Jersey, from the 14th to the 18th day of Seventh Month, 1751, it was decided that thereafter the method of computing time among Friends should be changed. January to be called the First Month of the year, instead of computing from the month called March, to commence January 1, 1752. Eleven days were to be omitted in September, 1752.--From the article by Spencer Bonsall in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography._____________________________________________________________________________
New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750:
1742, 5 mo. (July), 8 da. Stretch, Joseph, Sr., of Alloways Creek
Precinct, Salem Co., husbandman; will of. Sons -- Broadway, part of my
estate, real and personal, in Stow Creek; Joseph, land on north side of
the Great Ditch on plantation where I live; Peter, land on south side of
the Great Ditch and residue of moveable estate. Daughter -- Sarah Ware.
Executors -- sons, Broadway, Joseph and Peter. Witnesses -- James McGinnis,
Mary Smith, Rich'd Bradford. Sworn and affirmed 28 March, 1745.
1745, March 30. Inventory (124.1.6 pounds) includs clock, 4 pounds;
Bible; smith's tools, 5.7 pounds; cattle 50.5 pounds. Appraisers -- Joseph
Ware, Jonathan Bradway.
Not mentioned in the will of her husband, Joseph Stretch, dated 7 Jul 1742 and
affirmed 28 Mar 1745.
"wife Mary"
will dated 12 May 1761; proved 1 Aug 1763
came to America in 1713
came to America in 1713
The name BUXCEY was given in Gilbert Cope's book on the genealogy of the
Sharpless family, relating to the Passmore family; the name BUXSEY was given
in the book American Ancestry by Thomas J. Hughes (Vol. 5 [or 4], Pg. 15), as
copied by Lillian B. Harmon at Multnomah Co. [OR] Library on Oct. 24, 1972.
"of Lower Darwen, Lancashire", England