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/ resided 1717.

Family/Spouse: John VANE. John was born est 1654 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Original settler of Monmouth, East New Jersey:
JAMES GROVER, Patentee, had lot No. 16 in the 1667 apportionment of Middletown lots. He came from Gravesend. One of the most active & useful of the first settlers, he had charge of the early land surveys. He was a Baptist.

The Christian name of his wife was Rebecca. His death took place in 1685 or 1686. His children were:
Joseph, (1), who married Hannah, daughter of William Lawrence (she marrying as second husband, 1694, Nathaniel Leonard), by whom a son, Thomas, & 2 daughters;
James, (2), the given-name of whose wife was Alice, & who was the father of Rebecca, who married Mordecai Gibbons;
Safety, (3),
Abigail, (4), who married Benjamin Borden; &
Hannah, (5), who married, first, Richard Gardiner, & secondly, William Winter.

The home farm of James Grove the first was at Tinton Falls. This he sold to Lewis Morris in 1673. The family has been largely represented in Upper Freehold, as well as along the shore.

. 1715, May 11. James Patterson recorded the "Ear-mark that was formerly his Grandfather James Grover ."
Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 3

. 1669 NJ Early Census Index: James Grover, Mouth.

. 1685 Dec. 1 - In the Name of God Amen, I James Grover, Senr., of Middletown, in the County of Monmouth, in New East Jersey, being Sensible of my mortality & at present of perfect & sound mind & memory, thanks be to Almighty God, Doe make, Constitute, Ordain & desire this my last Will & Testament in Manner & form following, revoking any Annulling, by these presents, all & every Testament & Testaments, Will & Wills heretofore by me made & declared, either by word or writing, & this to be taken only for my last Will & Testament, & none other. I Bequeath my Soul to Almighty God that gave it, & my body to the Earth, to be buried in decent manner & in such place as my Executor hereafter named shall appoint. As for such Temporal Estate as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I doe give, order & dispose of the Same in manner & form following; that is to say:

First I Will that all those debts & duties as I owe in right or conscience to any man whatsoever, shall be well & truly contented & paid, in convenient lime after my Decease, by my Executor hereafter named.
. Item I Give & bequeath & my will is that my mansion house, my Mill with all that belongs thereto, & all my land lying on the NE side of the Mill Creek, together with all my meadow l& adjoining, shall be divided into 3 equal parts,
one third I give to my son, James Grover,
one third to my Son-in-law, Benjamin Borden, for the Sake of his Wife, my daughter Abigail, & the other third part I give to my Son-in-Law Richard Gardiner, for the Sake of my daughter, Hannah his wife;
. Item all the rest of my estate, moveable & immoveable, both household stuff, tools, implements, cattle, horses, swine, & everything else that is mine, my will is that after the decease of me & my Wife, it shall be equally divided between my 5 Children, James, Joseph, Safety, Abigall & Hannah.
. Item My WILL is that after my decease, all my Estate, both real & person all, shall be & remain in the possession of my deare wife, Rebecca, for her Support & Maintenance, so long as she shall live or remain a widow, & afterwards to be disposed of as above specified.
Lastly I doe ordain & Appoint my son James Grover, & my Son-in-Law, Richard Gardiner, to be my Executors & none other, after my decease, to see this my Will & Testament performed.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & fixed my Seal, this 1 December, 1685.
James Grover, Sen. sealed.
Signed & Sealed & declared to be the last Will & Testament of James Grover, in presence of us Richard Hartshorne & Tho. Webley.
Proved Jan. 28, 1685 Monmouth Wills Proved by testimony of Richard Hartshorne & Tho. Webley, before John Throckmorton.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Died:
Will proved 28 Jan 1685.

James married Rebecca CHEESEMAN. Rebecca was born est 1621 in Gravesend, Long Island, New Amsterdam; died after 1 Dec 1685 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1685 Dec. 1. Grover, James, senior, of Middletown; WILL of.
Wife Rebecca.
Children: James, Joseph, Safety, Abigail, wife of Benjamin Borden, & Hannah, wife of Richard Gardiner.
Land on N. E. side of Mill Creek. Personal property.
Executors: son James & son-in-law Gardiner.
Witnesses:Richard Hartshorne & Tho. Webley.
Proved Jan. 28, 1685-6. Monmouth Wills, pg. 197

1685-6 Jan. 5. Inventory of the estate: £120.0.0 real estate: house, land & mills, £108.13.0 personal;
made by John Throckmorton, John Williams & Wm. Layton.
1685-6 Feb. 3. Bond of Richard Gardiner of Neversinks & James Grover junior as executors of the last will. Samuel Leonard of Neversinks fellow bondsman.

1686 June 14. Account of the estate by James Grover junior & Richard Gardiner, executors, showing payments to David Browne, John Perce, James Robinson, John Stout, widow Abigail Lippincott, Joseph Grover, John Wilson junior, Jobe Throckmorton, Robert Hamillton,
Benj. Borden. - - -