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- Jun 1759 may have been a Will.
Moreover, "At a meeting held this 20th day of September, 1759, at the house of Widow Wolverton in Newtown ... "
Something happened 11 July 1760; it was probably a will proving
As well as Henry Hairlocker he was licenced as a tavernkeeper in 1753 on the Andover side of Newton.
In 1750 he was located at Huntsville in Green Township
The Sussex county seat and the courts of justice were removed to the residence of Thomas Woolverton at Huntsville, (in what became Green Twp) in February, 1756. In 1750 Thomas had purchased 91 acres on the Pequest River, right on the imaginary line dividing East and West Jersey. Here he built a drop hammer and air bellows, water powered and used to create bars of iron ingot.
This was the precursor to the one at Andover Forge, 4 miles away. In 1753 he was licenced as an inn and tavernkeeper.
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1717 - 1759 (42 years)