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Record for John Roberts Sr - Passengers on the Ship Kent - Gregory Marlow, Master Arrived at Raccoon Creek, West Jersey 8-23-1677 ... Roberts, John Roberts, Sarah, wife of John ________________________ - more info about Chester, New Jersey... - Roberts Landing Monument - Early Settlers, Early Maple Shade (Chester) Citizens
From Salem County Genealogical Data, Vol. 1, by H. Stanley Craig
H. Stanley Craig, Publisher, Merchantville, N.J.
Passengers on the Ship Kent - Gregory Marlow, Master
Arrived at Raccoon Creek, West Jersey 8-23-1677
Acton, Benjamin, surveyor, tanner and currier
Alinn, John
Ash, Jane
Barnard, Mary
Beckett, Martha
Bradway, Edward, London
Bradway, Mary, wf. Edward
Bradway, Mary, dau. Edward
Bradway, Susannah, dau. Edw'd
Bradway, William, s. Edward
Buckell, Thomas
Button, Thomas
Clayton, William
Cripps, John
Drewett, Morgan
Emery, William
Eves, Thomas
Farnsworth, Thomas
Foulke, Thomas
Guy, Richard
Harding Thomas
Helmsley, Joseph
Hibbs, William
Jennings, Henry, Clemond Deane, Surry, England.
Jennings, Margaret, wife of Henry
Kinsey, John
Lovett, Samuel
Macklack, William, Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, Eng.
Nossiter, Thomas
Olive, Thomas
Peachy, William
Penford, John
Penton, William
Powell, Robert
Power, Mary wife of Robert
Power, Robert
Roberts, John
Roberts, Sarah, wife of John
Saunders, Christopher
Scott, Benjamin
Stacy, Benjamin
Stokes, Thomas
White, Christopher, London
White, Esther, wf. Christopher
White, Esther, dau. Christopher b. 1669
White, John, s. Christopher, b. 9/18/1663
White, Josias, s. Christopher, b. 1675
Wills, Daniel, physician
Wills, Daniel, son of Dr. Daniel
Wills, Elizabeth, dau. Dr. Daniel
Wills, Jane, dau. Dr. Daniel
Wills, John, s. Dr. Daniel
Wills, Joseph, s. Dr. Daniel
Wills, Mary, wf. Dr. Daniel
Wills, Mary, dau. Dr. Daniel
Wills, Samuel, s. Dr. Daniel
Wills, Samuel, s. Dr. Daniel
Wills, Samuel, s. Dr. Daniel
Woodmancy, William
Woolston, John
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more info about Chester, New Jersey
Maple Shade (Fomerly Chester) Township was first settled by the Roberts family in 1682 and developed in the early years, before the independence of the colonies, as primarily agricultural. For its first one hundred years, only Kings Highway served the area, providing poor travel, and residents chose travel by boat rather than overland as a result, until 1794 when the road that was to be Main Street was constructed to connect Kings Highway with the Cooper River ferry. Afterwards, new settlers and the families of the original settlers encouraged the division and sharing of the large plantations into smaller holdings, still agricultural in nature. .
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The Settlement became more firmly established as a community in 1811 when the property was set aside by Joseph Burrough for the construction of a one-room brick school house, now known as the Little Red Schoolhouse, on Main Street, just west of Coles Avenue. The school served the residents of the Township for 97 years, closing in 1909. About the time of the establishment of the schoolhouse, a sawmill was built on the Pennsauken Creek where Mill Road now crosses Route 38. In 1847 a blacksmith shop and wagon works, constructed on the south side of Main Street just west of Spruce Avenue, operated until it was destroyed by fire in 1940. As in many settlements in the country, the coming of the railroad right-of-way purchased in 1864 and placed in operation in 1867 - brought identity to the area in the form of a station and a rail stop. The railroad also changed the complexion of the community, giving it the potential to have single family residents commuting by rail to employment outside of the Township. The railroad also brought other businesses and industry including brick making in 1867, butchering and meat processing, as well as clothing manufacturing in 1883. As the population grew, so did the community. Naturally, the establishment of churches followed, beginning in 1888 with the Episcopal congregation and adding through the years, Roman Catholic, Congregational, Baptist, Lutheran, and Jehovah’s Witness congregations. With the establishment of the community came the demand for public services which, in turn, required the creation of provisions to govern the methods of offering public service, the types of service to be offered to the community, and their future maintenance. The demand for a public water source let to the first water works in 1893; telephones in 1893; a local post office in 1887; and the first police officer in 1911. The first fire company formed in 1899, and it received its first hand pump in 1912. Following the closing of the Little Red Schoolhouse in 1909, in that year, a new two-room facility was opened on North Poplar Avenue. A second school was built in 1920 on Chestnut Avenue and, ultimately, two more grade schools and a high school.
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The community was known as Chester Township, and existed essentially as a neighborhood of Moorestown Township. In 1922, the residents of Chester Township voted to separate from Moorestown, electing a Township Committee. The first Municipal Building on Main Street was completed in 1927, and in it was placed the first public library in 1930. In 1945, the community chose to become Maple Shade Township.
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- Roberts Landing Monument
Location: Entering Maple Shade from Moorestown over the "Iron Bridge" which crosses the north branch of Pennsauken Creek, on the left hand side of the road, between the north and south ramps on Main Street leading to Route 73. It is across the ramp from the Maple Shade VFW building. Large brown-colored electrical generators are adjacent to the site. It is best to park at the VFW parking lot. .
Significance - "On the 14th day of November, 1698 (er, 1898 -jcw20141130) about 100 persons, more or less related to each other, gathered on the pasture of John R. Mason, in Chester Township, near what is known as the "Iron Bridge" over the north branch of the Pennsauken Creek on the Moorestown and Camden turnpike road at about 2:30 o'clock" according to a publication memorializing the event. They were there to dedicate the obelisk-shaped monument which can be seen today on this site. The monument marks the spot of the original settlement of the Roberts family in New Jersey, in 1682. The inscription on the monument reads: "John Roberts and his wife Sarah from Northampton, England 1677 settled here 1682. Erected by their descendants, 1898". .
John and Sarah Roberts were among about 230 people, most of them Quakers, who, having sailed from England, arrived in New Jersey on August 16th, 1677 on "The Kent". They made their way first to Burlington, and with their fellow Quakers, established a community there. John had purchased a 267-acre plantation on the north branch of the Pennsauken Creek and laid claim to it in 1682. He and Sarah took a boat up the Pennsauken Creek, disembarking at their new property and while they were building their first home lived in a cave at the spot marked by the Roberts monument today. .
Directions: Take Rt. 537 (Camden Avenue in Moorestown; Main St. in Maple Shade) west into Maple Shade. Access to this main street in Maple Shade can be via Rt. 73, Lenola Road (Rt. 608), Forklanding Road or Coles Avenue. The monument is just off the Rt. 73 ramp. It is just over the border from Moorestown on the left hand side of the road, across the ramp from the Maple Shade VFW. .
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Early Settlers
Early Maple Shade (Chester) Citizens
Stiles, Lippincott, Roberts, Coles, Matlack, and Rudderow.
Trace Your Home's deed back and you will come across a few of these Early Maple Shade residents. Several streets are named after them. Rudderow Ave., Stiles Ave., Lippincott Ave., and Coles Ave., Mill Road (The Roberts family saw mill was on it)
In England the Quakers came under serious persecution from 1660 onwards and suffered great hardship. Many were imprisoned for their Quaker beliefs, for refusing to swear oaths in court, not doffing their hats to local magistrates, and for non-attendance at the Parish Church. As a result of this intolerance, many decided to emigrate to America.
The Foundation of Burlington, New Jersey
From: "Friends in Burlington" by Amelia Mott Gummere (held by the Friends Library, London, on reference 098.4961 GUM).
"King James 11, while Duke of York, received by a grant from his brother Charles, possessions that included the entire territory between the Hudson and the Delaware rivers. Previously this land had been in the hands of the Dutch. Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret purchased the land from the Duke of York in 1664 and held it during the many Dutch versus English disputes that followed. By 1674 Lord Berkeley, elderly and in poor health, had determined to sell his portion and made it immediately known in England that the land was available."
Fabulous stories of the American provinces had reached the ears of the persecuted Quakers. Their leader, George Fox, had travelled widely in New England and, in 1672, reported the soil and water good. Hardships at home determined some of the Quakers to purchase all the land for £1,000. However there was an argument between them, which resulted in a division of the land. One tenth was retained by John Fenwick, who ultimately settled on the lower Delaware. The remaining nine tenths was kept by Edward Billynge. This land was sold in small portions chiefly to Quakers willing to emigrate, with William Penn, Gawen Lawrie and Nicholas Lucas acting as trustees. From 1677-81 over a thousand families sailed to New Jersey. When the ship ‘The Kent’ sailed from London there were 230 Quakers on board, half from London and half from the northern counties. The ship ‘The Shield’ followed a few months later. .
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Maple Shade's first settlers of the West Jersey settlement.
On November 14th, 1682, Daniel Leeds surveyed 267 acres for John Roberts and his wife Sarah, at the Indian town of Penisoakin between the two branches of the Cimsissinck Creek.
Also on the same day, November 14th, 1682, was surveyed for Timothy Hancock, 100 acres at Pemisoakin, adjoining John Roberts, and for William Matlack, 100 acres at Pemisoakin betw. the two branches of Simsissinck Cr. next to Timothy Hancock.
William Matlack married, in 1682, Mary Hancock, who came from Brayles, Warwickshire, England, with her brother Timothy, in the ship "Paradise" in 1681. He was granted one hundred acres of land by Thomas Olive, between the branches of the Pennsaukin creek, in Chester township, adjoining lands of his brother-in-law, Timothy Hancock.
Timothy Hancock settled on a tract adjoning the Matlack homestead. Hancock's land also was reckoned to be 100 acres. In 1684, about three years after his sister became Mrs. Matlack, Timothy Hancock took as his bride Rachel Firman.
These three settlers were the first to settle on the Pennsauken Creek. My theory is that they all came the same day with surveyor Daniel Leeds down the Delaware River from Burlington, NJ in a small boat or two, then traveled up the North branch of the Pennsauken Creek. It wasn't a long voyage as they would have knew the waterways.
Maybe the place they all landed the first day was the reason for the spot of the latter Pensauken Graveyard. Historian Purdy believes that the graveyard's location was chosen so relatives could travel by boat to visit the cemetery since it was located on the North branch of the Pennsauken accessable from the Delaware River.
OR... that was just a first survey of the land and John Roberts and William Matlack didn't settle there until 1684. George DeCou thinks John Roberts, and some others settled on their tracts at later dates then their land surveys. Roberts after 1683 or 1684. I think William Matlack has another survey dated in 1684 which also throws a question as to his date of settlement.
In October of 1684, 100 acres were surveyed on the Pensauken Creek adjoining the Roberts tract to the east for William Clarke, and shortly after on December 10th, 1684, for John Clarke and John Rudderow, was surveyed 650 acres between the North and South branches of Pemisoakin Cr., adjoining Wm. Clarke's land, and extending to the forks of the creek. A little later, 475 acres of this tract was resurveyed for John Rudderow.
1684 was about the time when John Rudderow and his wife Lucy settled on the creek adjoining lands of his brother-in-law, Robert Stiles.
Robert Stiles arrived from England about 1682 and settled for a few years in Philadelphia. In 1695 he purchased 425 acres on the north branch of the Pensauken Creek about two miles west of Moorestown from Charles Reade of Philadelphia. One historian, George DeCou thinks that his settlement and first survey was probably in 1684, and that 1695 refers to a later survey.
Another theory is that Robert Stiles first lived North of the South branch near land of latter Samuel Roberts', then him or his son came to the South side of the North branch near the Rudderows later. That would coinside with a 1698 writeup that said he was from Gloucester County. There wasn't a Camden County then and this could be what is now Cherry Hill.
On May 13th, 1682 for Samuel Cole, was surveyed 500 acres on the South branch of Pemisoakin Creek. This is his first tract, near Kings Highway and the Colestown Cemetery. He bought later tracts and Crooked Lane which passed into Burlington County and Chester Township was the site of early Colestown.
The following excerpt is from the book, and some are Moorestown area ones.- Moorestown Old And New by James C. Purdy, on page 189- At the western end of the township, between and at the junction of the north and south branches of the Penisaukin Creek, there was surveyed and laid off to John Clark and John Rudderow, in the tenth month, 1684, six hundred and fifty acres of land. About the same time, and in between the branches of the said creek, land was located or settlements made by John Roberts, Timothy Hancock, William Matlack, Samuel Coles, and John Cowperthwaite, and on the north side of the north branch of said creek by John Appleton, Matthew Bellows, Thomas French, Thomas Wallis, Robert Stiles, Thomas Moss, Peter Long, and Stephen Day.
They were part of the settlers of Western NJ with William Penn being one of its organizers.
"The Concessions and Agreements of the Proprietors, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Province of West New Jersey in America" was drawn up and signed in England on March 3rd, 1676. This document was signed by 151 men, including William Penn, who were directly interested in West Jersey. John Roberts and William Matlack signed it..
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Record for Sarah Marks $Eng-NJ - Journey to America - Northamptonshire, England
Journey to America
In 1677, John and Sarah Roberts of (Market) Overton, Northamptonshire, England, embarked on a journey of a lifetime when they and 230 other passengers, nearly all Quakers, set forth for America from England on the sailing ship, the "Kent." When King Charles II, in his royal barge out on the Thames as the boat passed, inquired where such a host of people were headed. When he was told they were of the Society of Friends and embarking on a new life in the New World, the English king gave them his personal blessings. .
The Kent was the first ship to bring English or Quaker settlers to Burlington County at the request of and facilitated by William Penn and his co-proprietors of West Jersey. After their initial landing in what is present-day New Castle, Delaware, the ship and its passengers headed north and for some unknown reason anchored at the mouth of Raccoon Creek opposite the village of Chester in West Jersey. .
Before leaving England, John Roberts had purchased one-sixteenth of a share of land in the province of West Jersey from Thomas Olive (Ollive) as shown by the following record dated 26 Dec., 1676-7:.
“Thomas Ollive of Wellingborough, County of Northampton, haberdasher, to John Roberts of 'Ourston’ same County, yeoman, for one-sixteenth of a share of West Jersey bought of William Penn et at, January 23d, 1676-7.” .
The price paid for this tract, which contained approximately 400 acres, was 10 Pounds Sterling. In 1682 (no month given in the record) he purchased 68 acres on the northern side of the Rancocas about one mile above the road leading from Bridgeboro to Burlington. The following deed dated 14 Nov., 1682, indicates that they settled on this tract:.
“John Roberts inhabitant upon Rancocas Creek, yeoman, to John Hollinshead for a wharf lot in Burlington belonging to the one-sixteenth of a share bought of William Penn et at on January 23d, 1676-7.”.
On Nov. 14th, 1682, Daniel Leeds surveyed 267 acres for John Roberts “at the Indian town of Penisoakin between the two branches of Cimsissinck Creek.”¹ They apparently did not settle on this tract before 1683 or possibly 1684, as the Burlington Meeting record of the birth of their daughter, Hannah, reads “Hannah, daughter of John and Sarah Roberts of Northampton River, born in Sixth month, 1683.” The Roberts Monument on the southern side of Camden Pike just over the bridge across the north branch of Pensauken Creek, marks the approximate location of their first home. Family tradition says they lived for a time in a cave on the bank of the creek. .
John Roberts died in 1695 and was buried in the old burying ground on the Pensauken, a little above the Club House of the Valley Brook Country Club which was formerly the home of Charles C. Haines. His widow, Sarah Roberts, a woman of exceptionally strong character and executive ability, died about 1712. .
Their children were John, Sarah, Mary and Hannah. John, the only son, married Mary Elkington, daughter of George and Mary Core Elkington, the founders of the Elkington family of Burlington County..
By the way, "CimsIssinck" sometimes spelled "Simsisslnck," was the Indian name for Pensauken Creek. The word Pensauken, which is spelled in many ways in the early records, was the name of an Indian tribe who lived between the two branches of the creek, probably on the Roberts plantation. .
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Northamptonshire, England
Northamptonshire is situated in the middle of England, and has more borders with surrounding counties than any other county in the country. It is approximately 60 miles long and 25 miles wide. .
Six major rivers run through Northamptonshire, and they are the Nen, Welland, Ouse, Avon, Leam and Cherwell. Traditionally it has been a county of cattle, horse and sheep rearing, with associated butter and cheese making. Woad for dyeing was grown and there was also a sprinkling of orchards. Northamptonshire was not a large centre of manufacturing, but silk stockings weaving, lace-making and wool-spinning took place. Additionally shoes were made at Northampton and Wellingborough..
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