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John HARTSHORNE, Sr.

Male 1725 - 1810  (84 years)


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  • Name John HARTSHORNE 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 6 Aug 1725  Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Resided Shrewsbury, NJ
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Jun 1810  Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Alt DOB 15 Feb 18183, WILL 21.6.80 & WILL Proved 8 Sep 1813.
    Person ID I875  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2018 

    Father William HARTSHORNE, Sr.
              b. 22 Jan 1678, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Feb 1747, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .ii
              b. 3 Dec 1690, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Apr 1750, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1717  Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy SALTAR
              b. 1728, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Jul 1752  Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lawrence HARTSHORNE, Sr.
              b. 1 Jul 1755, Black Point, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Mar 1822, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John is the son of Elizabeth Lawrence & Wm. Hartshorne.

      . Shrewsbury Quakers, John Hartshorne & Richard Lawrence, freed their 21 years males slaves. See Shrewsbury Scrapbook 5, 7. {verify 1775)
      Ref: Slavery & freedom in the rural North, by Graham Russell Hodghes.

      John lived at Black Point at the mouth of the Shrewsbury River, where he kept a tavern & ran the first Summer Resort on the Atlantic Seaboard. It was a favorite retreat for Philadelphia's "Fashionable".
      Ref: This Old Monmouth of Ours - Honor.

      . 1748 - Hartshorne, John, son of William Hartshorne, inherited land on Claypit Creek, conveyee of land at Passage Point, 1753.

      . 1810 Jun 21, WILL of John Hartshorne, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth co., NJ
      all estate, including plantation house & lot at Black Point to be sold.
      Son Lawrence $750. Son John $750, Niece, Elizabeth Robinson $300.
      Residue divided between 3 children: Lawrence, Hannah & John.
      Executors: Sons John, Cousin Wm. Hartshorne, son of Robert.
      Witnesses: Abraham Wooley, Archibald Heviland, Thomas Riddle.

      . 1813 Aug 3 - Inventory $1,081,14. made by Thos. Borden, Job Throckmort.
      Note: Inventory of the estate is about $700 less than bequests. - PJA
      Proved Sept 8, 1813. - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S30] Calendar of New Jersey Wills.