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.

Family/Spouse: 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:

Joseph is the son of Rebecca Chesseman, b 1628 Gravesend, NY - d. Oct 1686 d. & Rev. James Grover, born 8 Nov 1607 in Gravesend, Buckingham, England & Dec 1685 Middletown, NJ. Monmouth Patentee.

. Christopher Allmey was charged with taking a whale on the NJ coast & converting it to his own use. Allmey was found guilty only in matter of fact in taking & keeping one boat load of blubber, but matter of law & costs of suite we leave to yet Court. Jurors: James Ashton, Robt Hamilton, Henry Marsh, Wm White, Joseph Grover, Jos. Huitt, Thos Cox, Richd Stout, Sr., Geo Mount, James Dorsett, John Stout, Chas Eccles.

. 1688 December 7, LAST WILL & testament of Joseph Grover, Middletown, Prov. East Jersey. Land patent 13 June 1676, to son James. if it so happens that the chyld which my wife now goeth prove to be a son, then I bequeath all the remainder of land; but if it shall be a daughter, than all he aforesaid land, unto my sone James.

2ndly, Unto my loving wife Hannah, whole & sole command of aforesaid land, until my sone James be 1 & 20 years. The old house & land to his Mother then to James.
3rdly, Until my daughters, land at Crosswick bought of John Throckmorton & Robt Turner to be equally divided between them.
4thly, To James 2 cowes & 2 working steers of 4 year; 2 sowes, 2 horses, a feather bed, furniture, an ax &an hoe & plough shere at 21 years of age.
Lastly, Sole executors, loving wife Hannah & her brother William Lawrence Jr. sealed the 7 Dec., 1688. Joseph Grover.
Wit: Peter Tilton, Wm. Lawrence Sr., Daniel Applegate, Wm. Leeds, Sr.
Proved March 26, 1689.
Ref: NJ Calendar of Wills, D., Lib D, pp. 88, 91.

An Inventory of The Estate of Joseph Grover, taken 25 March, 1689.
2 oxen & 6 steers
11 Cows & 7 Calves
7 heiffers & one Bull, 6 Yeareling, 9 horses Kind. 27 Swine. 17 sheepe, 180 bushell of wheate, four beds & Bedding, Brass pewter potts & other household goods, plough Irons Chaines hows ax & other Tooles, One Cart & Wheeles & two xx one Negro.
This Inventory taken by us Peter Tilton, William xx, Samuell Forman. Freehold Deeds, Lib. A. B. C, p. 70. - - -

Died:
Property inventoried on 25 Mar 1689.

Joseph married Hannah LAWRENCE, .i in 1681 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Hannah (daughter of Capt William C. LAWRENCE, .1 and Elizabeth SMITH) was born in 1668 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York; died in 1714 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Verify.

Died:
/ resided 1717.

Family/Spouse: John GIBBONS. John was born est 1851 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. In the Name of God Amen, I James Grover, Senr., of Middletown, in the County of Monmouth, in New East Jersey, WILL of Abigail Grover, daughter of James Grover, 1, died Jan. 8, 1720, aged 66 years; married, Sept. 22, 1670, Benjamin, son of Richard and Joan (Fowler) Borden, born May 16, 1649; died after 1718.
. 1670, he was of Shrewsbury; was a Justice and a Commissioner, in Monmouth County.
. 1690 May 3. Benjamin Borden, of Middletown, yeoman, and Abigail, his wife, sold to William Winter, of the same place, cordwainer, lands, left to the said Abigail, by her father, James Grover, in his will dated Dec. 1, 1685.
. 1716, he was of Eversham, Burlington County, when he deeded land to his son, Joseph, of Freehold 1718. He was of Auchweas, Burlington County, when he deeded his son, James, land.

Issue:
. Richard Borden, born Jan. 9, 1672; died July 9, 1744; is said to have married April 7, 1695, Mary Worthey, but I am extremely doubtful of it., pg. 265
. Benjamin Borden, born Apr. 6, 1675; died 1728; married Susannah; lived in Middletown, N. J.
. James Borden, born Sept. 6, 1677; died December, 1727; married Mary xx; lived in Freehold, N. J.
. Rebecca Borden, born June 8, 1680.
. Safety Borden, born Sept. 6, 1682; died, November, 1757, in Bordentown, N. J., married Martha. He is supposed to have married his first cousin, a daughter of Capt. Safety Grover, whose name is unknown. She may have been this Martha, or perhaps he married twice.

Issue:
. Amey Borden; married, as set forth further on, consecutively, William Maghee, Daniel Herbert and James Mott.
. Amey Borden, born Mch. 4,1684.
. Joseph Borden, born May 12, 1687; died Sept. 22, 1765; married, . Susannah, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Lawrence) Grover; he was the founder of Bordentown, N. J.
. Jonathan Borden, born Apr. 14, 1690.
David Borden, born Mch. 8, 1692.
. Samuel Borden, born Apr. 8, 1696. - - -

Abigall married Benjamin BORDEN, Sr. on 1 Sep 1670. Benjamin was born in May 1649 in Newport, Rhode Island; died in at 1718 in Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Verify.

Died:
/ resided.

Family/Spouse: John GIBERSON. John was born est 1653 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Verify

Died:
/ resided 1717.

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

Notes:

By an affidavit, taken Apr. 26, 1707, it appeared that he was 49 years of age, hence born 1658. New Jersey Archives, Vol. III, p. 211.

1683 - He was appointed Ensign in the local militia.
1686, July 21 - The Proprietors, of East Jersey, granted to Safety Grover of Middletown. 68 acres, in said town, South of his father's land; 32 acres of land, S. W. of his father's land, on the Navesink River. and another piece, of 20 acres, on the East side of Shoal Harbor. West of his father's land.
1687/8, January - Safety Grover was one of the bondsmen of Hanna Gardiner of Middletown. administratrix of her late husband, Richard Gardiner .
. 1688. In deeds of this date, he is called Capt. Safety Grover .
. 1691 Mar 8 or 28 - Safety Grover bought of Richard Hartshorne 20 acres, which, with 200 acres of upland adjoining, was patented, Nov. 23, 1676, to Charles Haynes.

. 1692, Mar. 5 - He was commissioned Lieutenant, of a Foot Company, in Middletown.
Book C., Commissions, p. 180, Trenton, N. J.
. 1701 - He was mentioned as Capt. Safety Grover. in the uprising against the Court, sitting at Middletown.
. 1711 - Elisha Lawrence of Freehold, late of Middletown, yeoman, sold to Safety Grover of Middletown, yeoman, for £3, three acres, lying at the East side of Shoal Harbor.
. 1711 Feb. 19 - Edward Taylor of Freehold, yeoman, son and heir to Edward Taylor, late of Middletown, deceased, sold to Safety Grover of Middletown, gentleman, for £3, one acre, of meadow, at Shoal Harbor. adjacent to the above mentioned land.
. 1720, Dec. 5. Gawin Drummond of Lochaber, in Shrewsbury. Gent., sold, for £5, to Safety Grover, Gent., and William Winter, yeoman, both of Middletown, 10 acres of his 705 acres, to be taken up in right of his Property, formerly Thomas Cooper 's and which, he, Drummond, bought from Obadiah Bowne. Aug. 21, 1714.
. 1721, Feb. 27 - He was a Juryman.
. 1724 - He was appointed, by the Court, an Overseer of the Highways, for Middletown .
. 1726 - He was a bondsman for James Grover, apparently his son.
. 1727 - He appeared, as Capt. Grover, in an old account book.
There was a Mercy Grove, one of the witnesses to the WILL of Thomas Applegate. Sr., of Middletown. Feb. 1, 1698-9.
Note: Was she the wife of Safety Grover?

. Issue:
Hannah Grover; married William. son of Edward Taylor. the First, born 1688.
James Grover
Two, Daughters
Mordecai Grover [?]
And perhaps other children; among them, supposed, Elizabeth. wife of John Bowne, cordwainer. - - -

Birth:

Notes:

Mary Grover Daughter of the aforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah his late wife; lately
deceased did make choice of William Lawrence Senir, her grandfather to be her guardian.

All which was Allowed by the Court and ordered to be Recorded, By order of the Court
Tho. Webley, Clerk. Freehold Deeds, Lib. A. B. C, p. 103.

Mary Grover on 27 Apr 1713 married Capt. David Johnston. Their children are:
David, John, Hannah, Mary and James Johnston at Middletown, NJ.

1730, August 8. WILL of Johnston, Mary, of Freehold, Monmouth Co.;
Son, John Johnston, Son, James Johnston, executor, and to have lands at Crosswicks, which were bequeathed to testatrix by her parents, Joseph and Hannah Grover, by wills dated December 7, 1688,
and May 8, 1690, respectively.
Above lands, purchased by testatrix's mother from James Johnston, October 16, 1690, on east side of testatrix's husband's land on Doctor's Creek.
Witnesses: William Kinnan, James Poullown and Richard Douglass. March 15, 1732-3,
David Johnston, husband of the above Mary, then deceased, declares he gave full liberty to make said will.
Witnesses: William Kennan, James Poullon. Proved May 7, 1733. Lib. D, p. 292. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB 1688

Died:
Will 1730, and Proved May 7, 1733.

Notes:

. James Grover, yeoman, took an affidavit, in 1709, that he was thirty years of age or thereabouts, hence born 1679.

. In his early career, he was known as, James Grover, Jr., but some years after the death of his uncle, James Grover, who died in 1715, his suffix, Jr., was dropped, and he was occasionally called James Grover, Sr., to distinguish him from his own son, James, and from James Grover, the son of Capt. Safety Grover. The simultaneous occurrence of three James Grovers , makes it difficult, if not impossible, to assign correctly to each their special references.

. 1699 Nov. 25 - Confirmation to John Reid of Freehold, in right of Jeremiah Basse, of the following tracts in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties: I, a lot adjoining Mordicay Gibbons & Crawford; 2, a lot, adjoining said Gibbons, Wm. Jones and Thomas Applegate; 3, a lot, S. Wm. Leeds, formerly Richard Stout junior, W. James Grover junior, grandson of the patentee James Grover, N. and E. unappropriated..."

. 1683-4 March 5. WILL of Swyny, Swiny, Therlagh, Thurlow, of Middletown; Wife Mary. Son John, under age. House and land in Middletown Township, to go to James, son of Joseph and Hannah Grover, who are appointed executors and guardians, if son John dies with-out heirs. Witnesses: Peter Tilton, William Lawrence Jur., John Fish, Richard Gardiner. Proved March 12, 1683-4.

1780, July 6 - WILL of Grover, James, of Middletown, Monmouth Co.; Wife, Sarah Grover, sheep, cows and horses, provided she stands by an agreement made between us before marriage, by which she may receive a certain sum of money; and, if my negro girl, Ruth, should return from Long Island or elsewhere, then my wife is to have the use of her.
I give the use of the lower place to Patience Burdge & Nancey Burdge, daughter of said Patience, during their lives; and the use of 3 acres of salt meadow, which joins Daniel Dalpower's meadow; and, after their deaths,
I give the same to Samuel Bray and John Walling, deacons of the Baptist Church in Middletown, for the use of the said church. To David Herbert, land on the river, and 2xx acres of woodland, along the line of John Mount. To Grover Taylor and John Taylor, sons of William Taylor, of Freehold, the house where I live, with the land and orchard, as the same is now in fence; also a small lot on the front of the house. All the rest of my lands I give to Samuel Bowne, son of Samuel, deceased, of Middletown, Grover Taylor and John Taylor, sons of William, of Freehold, when they are 21. To Edward Taylor, son of William, of Freehold, deceased, £40. To Hester Taylor, wife of William, of Freehold, a chest of drawers. To John Tate, or Mary Tate, daughter of said John, £5.
To Deborah Cooper, James Cooper, Deborah Compton, Deborah Patterson and Martha Shepherd, the rest of my money. To Samuel Bowne and William Taylor, my apparel.
Executors: friends, Joseph Stilwell, son of John, and John Taylor, both of Middletown.
Witnesses: John West, Samuel Carman, Timothy Mount.
Proved Aug. 26, 1780.
1780, Aug. 17. Inventory, £387.15.11, made by William Crawford & Edward Burrowes. Lib. 22, p. 221.

. MARY TILTON, daughter of John Tilton, 2, born Oct. 21, 1686; married, prior to Nov. 6, 1717,
James, son of Joseph and Hannah (Lawrence) Grover.
They were witnesses on that date to the marriage of her brother to Elizabeth Powell,
and on Oct. 15, 17 19, of her sister, Esther, to William Lawrence.
Historical Miscellany of NY & NJ, by Stillwell.

. Joseph Grover Jr. & Mary Tilton's children are:
Sylvanus, 1712, Joseph 1714, Hanna 1716, James 1718 and Rebecca Grover, 1721, Monmouth, NJ.-

. James Gover.1 was the son of Hannah Lawrence & Joseph Grover. His son was Barzilla Grover.
(1800 Apr 12 WILL of Barzillai Grover south of NB Twp., Middlesex Co., wife Catherine.)

. 1683 Mar 5 - Thurlow Swyny, in his WILL, dated March 5, 1683/4, makes him the legatee of his
house and land, in Middletown township, in case his own son, John, then under age,
should die without issue.

. 1695/6, Jan. 29. He recorded the earmark that had belonged to his father, Joseph.

1686 June 14- Account of the estate by James Grover, junior and 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 Hamilton, Benj. Borden. (Duplicate.)
Note: Verify: These appear close to this James Groves birth date.
. . 1701 - James Grover, Jr., was among those who assaulted the members of the Court, sitting at Middletown, at the time of the popular uprising.

. 1714 March 18 - WILL of James, of Middletown, Monmouth Co.;
To All people whom this writing may Andy Wayes concern Know yea That I James Grover of Middletown in the county of Monmouth In the Provence of New Jersey being Sick and Weake of body but of A sound mind and disposing memory doe make this to be my last Will and Testament My will is my body be decently buried by my Executors here After named--my will is all my debts be paid And what I here in this my will and Testament give my loving wife Alice Grover is in lieu and Instead of her Dowry, I give to my wife during her widowhood one tract or piece of land about eighty acres lying and being in Middletown on the west side of the road or highway over Against my house where I now dwell.

Whereas I have 20 acres of land my house and orchard standing on part of it, my will is that my orchard be equally divided for quantity and quality into two parts beginning on the western side on the road and so running easterly to Lambath Johnson land. I give to my Daughter Rebecka Gibbons during my wife widowhood one part or halfe of my orchard being at the north end all the remainder of the Aforesaid 20 acres with the half of my orchard and all my housing and fencing I give to my wife during her widowhood I give to my wife during her widow one halfe of A piece or tract of Salt Meadow the whole being about 18 acres and Joins to Daniel Henderickson meadow.
I give and bequeath to my wife 4 cowes and three two yeare old heifers, one 3 year old steer one yearling neat beast, 14 sheep, 6 lames, all my Swine, all my poultry, one chest with a lock to it, Spinning wheel, gridiron Iron, tramel, frying pan, fire shuffle and tongs, one leather chair, one looking glass, all my wooll cards, two plows, 2 shares,
one halfe of all the blankets and coverlets my wife hath spun,
one pewter dish, being the biggest I have except two Iron pots, I only except my biggest Iron pot.
I give my wife the use of my two working horses during her widowhood and at the expiration of her widowhood, I give the said 2 horses to my grandson James Pattisson .
I give my wife the use of my two young oxen for 3 years if she remains a widow so long otherwise so long as she remains a widow less then 3 years. I give my wife A pare of horse harness .
If my Daughter Hester Giberson and my Daughter Mathew Vane shall and doe pay all my debts And pay
my Daughter Rebeckah Gibions £20 which I now give her,
Then I give and Devise to my two Daughters Hester and Mathew afore saide and their heirs equally or part and part like one piece or tract of land about 90 acres and Joins to the land of John Wilson and Peter Weycoff; also another piece or tract of land about one hundred acres lying at the north end of A neck of land called Cockawders Neck or thereabouts also all my salt meadow excepting what I have here before given my wife and at the expiration of my wife's widowhood, I give and Devise to my Daughter Hester Giberson and my Daughter Matthew Vane and their heirs equally or part and part like all my lands Meadows, Houses, orchards, fences in Middletown, aforesaid for them to hold as Tenants In Common. I give to My two Daughters Hester Giberson and my Daughter Mathew Vane all the Remainder of my personal estate whatsoever or wheresoever. And of this my last will and Testament,
I make and appoint my two son-in-laws, John Giberson and John Vane my Executors in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the 18 day of March in the yeare 1714. James Grover.

. 1715 Apr. 16. John Giberson and John Vane qualified, as executors.

Witnesses: Benjamin Colman, Hugh Hartshorne, Barnes Lambson, Hannah Willett.
Executors: sons-in-law John Giberson and John Vane.
Proved April 16, 1715. Proved by oath of Hugh Harthorne and Barnes Lambson, wits., before Thomas Gordon, Surrogate, Lib. I, p. 12.

. 1715 April - Inventory of the personal estate (£129.2.6); made by Capt. Richard Stout, Moses Lippet and Andrew Wilson; sworn to by John Giberson and John Vane, executors, April 16, 1715.

. 1715, May II. James Patterson recorded the "Ear-mark that was formerly his Grandfather James Grover. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Proved April 16, 1715.

James married Mary TILTON, .2 on 1 Oct 1686 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Mary was born in 1670 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah is the daughter of Hannah Lawrence & Joseph Grover of Gravesend, NY.

The children of Hannah Grover and James SeaBrook are:

1. Hannah Seabrook, b: 1706 in Middletown, Monmouth, NJ
2. Rebecca Seabrook, b: 08 JUN 1708
3. Daniel Seabrook, b: 1709
4. Thomas Seabrook, b: 1713 i
5. Elizabeth Seabrook, b: 1717 in Middletown, Monmouth, NJ. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB c 1683, 1689 Princeton, NJ.

Buried:
Lincroft, Monmouth Co., NJ.

Hannah married James SEABROOK in c 1706 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. James was born in 1685 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died in 1735 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph Grover's mother Hannah Lawrence remarried 9 Jan 1694 to Nathaniel Leonard.

At a Court of Sessions held for y" County of Monmouth March ye 26 Anno 1605. It is the order of the Court that upon application made by James Grover Senior, Esq.'
Safety Grover, William Lawrence, Sen' and William Lawrence, Junr; The nearest relations to Joseph Grover & Hannah Leonard late wife of the said Joseph Grover Deceased; that William Lawrence Sen., Grandfather of ye Children of the aforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah his lxx wife shall Have the oversight of the said Children.

James [Joseph?] Grover son of the aforesaid Joseph Grover Late deceased came into Court and did make choice of his Grandfather William Lawrence Senir and his Uncle William Lawrence Junir to be his Guardians.

Mary Grover Daughter of the aforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah his late wife; Lately Deceased did make choice of William Lawrence Senir her grandfather to be her Guardian.

All which was Allowed b*- the Court and ordered to be Recorded, By order of the Court, Tiio Webley Clerk.
Ref: Freehold Deeds, Lib. A. B. C, p. 303.

1771, March 24. WILL of Grover, Joseph, of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co.; Eldest son, James Grover, £30. Wife, Theodocia, £60, and negro girl, Patt. Sons, Thomas and Samuel, £50 to each, and they are to be put to trades.
Daughter, Elizabeth Grover, £50. when 21. Son, John, a negro boy. Sons, John, Joseph, Barzillai and William, rest of personal and real estate.
Executors: brother, James Grover, and my sons, John and Barzillai.
Witnesses: Peter Imlay, William Imlay. Thomas Herbert. Proved March 6, 1772.

1772, March 3. Inventory, £994.12.11, made by John Leonard and Anthony Woodward, Jr. Lib. 15, p. 405. - - -

Notes:

ELIZABETH GROVER, daughter of Joseph Grover, 2, born June 7, 1685; died Jan. 18, 1763; married Gershom Stillwell, of Middletown, about 1715.

Issue of Elizabeth Grover & Gershom Stillwell:
John Stillwell, born Mch. 15, 1716.
Mary Stillwell, born Apr. 2, 1718.
Hannah Stillwell, born Nov. 11, 1720.
William Stillwell, born Sept. 20, 1722.

1711, Aug. 22. Elizabeth Grover, of Middletown, single woman, sold to Capt. David Johnston , of Freehold, blacksmith, for £62, land, at Crosswicks, which she received, with her sisters, in the WILL of her father, Joseph Grover, deceased, bearing date Dec. 7, 1688; also 150 acres, received from her mother, Hannah Grover, by deed, Jan. 5, 1690.

1711, Sept. 14. John Bowne, merchant, of Middletown, gave his bond, for £134-12-4, to Elizabeth Grover, maiden, of the same place, for payment of £67-6-3.

1711, Aug. 22 - Elizabeth Grover, of Middletown, single woman, sold to Capt. David Johnston, of Freehold, blacksmith, for £62, land, at Crosswicks, which she received, with her sisters, in the WILL of her father, Joseph Grover, deceased, bearing date Dec. 7, 1688; also 150 acres, lying between the branches of Rack Pond, devised to her by her father; also land, at Crosswicks, received from her mother, Hannah Grover, by deed, Jan. 5, 1690.

1711, Sept. 14. John Bowne, merchant, of Middletown, gave his bond, for £134-12-4, to Elizabeth Grover, maiden, of the same place, for payment of £67-6-3.

Recorded for further research
Elizabeth married John Browne, of Monmouth, NJ.
Their children: Safety Browne, b 1720, Middleton, NJ,
Samuel, James, William, and Andrew Browne. - - -

Died:

Elizabeth married Gershom STILLWELL in 1715. Gershom was born est 1685 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Susannah married 1717 in NJ, Joseph Borden. b 12 May 1687, Middletown, NJ.
Ref: Boston Transcript 1906-1941.

. Verify: Their children:
Amy Borden.1, born 1723, Bordertown, Shrewsbury, NJ
Joseph, 1 Aug 1719.

. Hannah, b 1711 Bordertown, Burlington Co., NJ who married John Lawrence born Monmouth & died 1767, Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.

. Rebecca, b 1717 Middletown, NJ
Abigail, b 1727 Farnsworth Landing (Bordertown), NJ
Amy.2, born 1723, Bordentown
Ann Borden, b 1718, Middletown.

. Children of Joseph Borden & Susannah Grover are:
Jonathan Borden, born Apr. 14, 1690.
David Borden, born Mar. 8, 1692.
Samuel Borden, born Apr. 8, 1696.

. SUSANNAH GROVER , daughter of Joseph Grover , 2, married Joseph, son of Benjamin & Abigail (Grover) Borden, born May 12, 1687; died Sep. 22, 1765.

. 1787, Mch. 16. "Silvanus Grover, of Middletown, a Quaker, affirms that he is well acquainted with the state of Joseph Grover his grandfather's family. That his grandfather had 6 daughters, legatees to the said Joseph Grover by his last will & testament, to whom he bequeathed all his proprietary rights, of whom Susannah & Hannah were two.

. Susannah intermarried with Joseph Borden, by whom she had issue one daughter, Rebecca, who married Joseph Brown, reputed heir of Susannah Borden, & thereby inherited her mother's share of her grandfather's rights.

. Hannah married James Seabrook, & had a son, Daniel, reputed heir of James & Hannah,
& the said Daniel had issue, with others, Thomas Seabrook, who is the reputed heir of Daniel his father." - - -

Birth:
Resided Bordentown, NJ

Died:

Family/Spouse: Joseph BORDEN. Joseph was born on 12 May 1687 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; died on 22 Sep 1765 in Bordentown, Burlington Co., New Jersey; was buried in Borden Hopkinston Burial Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rebecca is the daughter of Hannah Lawrence & Joseph Grover.

Birth:

Rebecca married Mordecai GIBBONS in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Mordecai (son of Richard GIBBONS, .2 Patentee and Mrs. Elizabeth (Richard) GIBBONS) was born in c 1655 in Gravesend, Long Island, New Amsterdam; died on 24 Aug 1684 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deborah Grover married Thomas Shepherd. They had nine Shepherd children.

Birth:

Family/Spouse: Thomas SHEPHERD. Thomas was born in 1678 in Ireland; died in May 1751 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
/resided.

Notes:

. Safety Borden, born Sept. 6, 1682; died, November, 1757, in Bordentown, N. J.
married Martha. He is supposed to have married his first cousin, a daughter of Capt. Safety Grover, whose name is unknown. She may have been this Martha, or perhaps be married twice.

. 1683 - He was appointed Ensign in the local militia.
. 1686, July 21 - The Proprietors, of East Jersey, granted to Safety Grover, of Middletown, 68 acres, in said town, South of his father's land; 32 acres of land, S. W. of his father's land, on the Navesink River and another piece, of 20 acres, on the East side of Shoal Harbor , West of his father's land.
. 1687/8, January - Safety Grover was one of the bondsmen of Hanna Gardiner of Middletown, administratrix of her late husband, Richard Gardiner.
. 1688 - In deeds of this date, he is called Capt. Safety Grover.
. 1691, Mar 8 or 28 - Safety Grover bought of Richard Hartshorne, 20 acres, which, with two hundred acres of upland adjoining, was patented, Nov. 23, 1676, to Charles Haynes.
. 1692, Mar. 5 - He was commissioned Lieutenant, of a Foot Company, in Middletown.
Book C., Commissions, p. 180, Trenton, N. J.
. 1701 - He was mentioned as Capt. Safety Grover. in the uprising against the Court, sitting at Middletown.
. 1711 - Elisha Lawrence of Freehold, late of Middletown yeoman, sold to Safety Grover of Middletown, yeoman, for £3, three acres, lying at the East side of Shoal Harbor.

. 1711, Feb. 19 - WILL of Edward Taylor of Freehold, yeoman, son and heir to Edward Taylor late of Middletown, deceased, sold to Safety Grover, of Middletown, gentleman, for £3, one acre, of meadow, at Shoal Harbor adjacent to the above mentioned land.
. 1720, Dec. 5 - Gawin Drummond of Lochaber, in Shrewsbury, Gent., sold, for £5, to Safety Grover, Gent., and William Winter, yeoman, both of Middletown, ten acres of his seven hundred and five acres, to be taken up in right of his Propriety, formerly Thomas Cooper 's and which, he, Drummond, bought from Obadiah Bowne, Aug. 21, 1714.
. 1721, Feb. 27 - He was a Juryman.
. 1724 - He was appointed, by the Court, an Overseer of the Highways, for Middletown.
. 1726 - He was a bondsman for James Grover, apparently his son.
. 1727 - He appeared, as Capt. Grover, in an old account book.
There was a Mercy Grover, one of the witnesses to the will of Thomas Applegate Sr., of Middletown, Feb. 1, 1698-9.
Note: Was she the wife of Safety Grover?

Issue:
1. HANNAH GROVER, daughter of Safety Grover, 4, married William, son of Edward Taylor, the first, of Middletown, N.J. William Taylor and his wife, resided at Freehold, N. J. He was born 1688, and died 1767, leaving a will proved Oct. 12, of that year, in which he set forth that he was a resident of Upper Freehold, and mentioned among others, his wife, Hannah, and his brother-in-law, James Grover.

2. James Grover, resided Middletown, NJ.
. 1733 - James Grover was indicted for fornication; pleaded not guilty. Bonds signed by himself and Safety Grover .
. 1737 - James Grover, Jr., was prominent in local politics. Holmes ' Journal.
. 1740, Dec. 9 - James Grover, Jr., recorded his cattle-mark, formerly Walter Wall 's.
. 1748 - James Grover was a deacon in the Baptist Church, Middletown .
. 1754 - James Grover was appointed a Justice, in Monmouth County, N. J.
. 1769 - James Grover was prominent in Baptist Church affairs, in Middletown .
. 1774, July 19 - He was one of the Committee sent, from Monmouth County, to the Provincial Convention held at New Brunswick .
. 1777 - Justice James Grover was suspected of being a Tory, and because of his supposed sentiments, was rebuked by the church, which he bluntly told was rudely trespassing upon his individual rights, and was lodged in jail, at Bordentown, pending an examination before the Governor and Council of Safety.

3. Two, Daughters
5. Mordecai Grover [?]
And perhaps other children; among them, supposed, Elizabeth, wife of John Bowne, cordwainer.

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

Birth:
/ resided.

Notes:

Rebecca Borden married Joseph Brown.

Notes:

Catharine is the daughter Deborah Grover and Thomas Shepherd.

Deborah Grover married JOSEPH COX, b. Sept. 15, 1679; d: between 1748 and 1750.

This matrimonial alliance introduced him to one of the oldest families of the colony. Catharine Shepherd was a great granddaughter of William Lawrence Sr., one of the founders of Middletown, who is said to have been a son of Sir Henry Lawrence, President of Cromwell's Council, and Amy Peyton, whose family afterwards became prominent in Virginia.
Ref: Cox family in America.