Notes:

Francis Goelet married Elisabeth Leonard of Middlesex on 20 Jun 1752.
& Peter Goelet of NY, married Elizabeth Farmar, on 26 Oct 1775.

. 1767, Sept. 4. WILL of Francis Goblet, (senior) of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.
Int. Admx: Elizabeth Goelet, the widow.
Fellowbondsman: Samuel Sarjant [ brother-in-law]; both of said place.
Witness: John Berrien.
1767 Sep 12. Inventory £137 12 .7 made by Johnathan Deer & John Griggs. Ref: Lib I, p 152.

. Remainder to my wife, Anna, both personal & to my grandson, John Goelet.
Rest of my estate to my daughters, Sarah, Rachel & Elizabeth. The share of Elizabeth Goelet is to be managed by my Executor during the life of her present husband, Francis Goelet, &, after his death, if it should please God he should die, then her share is to be given to her.
Executor: My son-in-law, John Berrien.
Witnesses: John Smyth, Norris Thorp, Alexander Watson.
Proved June 13, 1761. Lib. H, p. 9.
repeated in
Ref: NJ, G 57, G 236.

. 1758, Aug. 31 - WILL of Anne Brooks Leonard, her mother:
Daughter Elizabeth Goelet during her life my brick house contiguous to the Court House which Samuel Leonard, my late husband, bought of William Hodshan & the new house by it to be finished;
& after her death the same is to go to my daughters Sarah Billop, Rachael Sarjant & my grandson John Goelet.
Rest of estate to daughters Sarah, Rachel & Elizabeth. "The share of Elizabeth Goelet is to be managed by my Executor during the life of her present husband, Francis Goelet, & after his death, if it should please God he should die, then her share is to be given to her."
Note: Thus protecting Elizabeth Leonard Goelet from her husband's creditors. - PJA.

. 1760 Apr. 21. WILL of Mary Farrington, of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.; Divides real & personal estate between nieces, Sarah Billop, Rachal Sarjant & Elizabeth (wife of Francis Goelet), the Springhill meetinghouse & John Brown.
Executors: John Berrien & Samuel Sarjant. Witnesses David Gosling, James Reed and Miles Weeks. Proved Dec. 19, 1760. Lib, G, p. 334.

. 1767, Sept. 4. WILL of Francis Goblet, (senior) of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.
Int. Admx: Elizabeth Goelet, the widow.
Fellowbondsman: Samuel Sarjant [ brother-in-law]; both of said place.
Witness: John Berrien.
. Remainder to my wife, Anna, both personal & to my grandson, John Goelet.
Rest of my estate to my daughters, Sarah, Rachel & Elizabeth. The share of Elizabeth Goelet is to be managed by my Executor during the life of her present husband, Francis Goelet, &, after his death, if it should please God he should die, then her share is to be given to her.
Executor: My son-in-law, John Berrien.
Witnesses: John Smyth, Norris Thorp, Alexander Watson.
Proved June 13, 1761. Lib. H, p. 9.
- 1767 Sep 12. Inventory £137 12 .7 made by Johnathan Deer & John Griggs. Ref: Lib I, p 152.
Witnesses: John Smyth, Norris Thorp, Alexander Watson. Proved June 13, 1761. Ref: Lib. H, p. 9.

Saint Peters Churchyard, Perth Amboy, NJ; 2 red sandstone tombstones:
. James F Goelet, died Sept 1, 1797, son of James F & Sarah Goelet, 4y, 3 [born May 1793] Standing stone has some flaking.
. In Memory of James F Goelet who deceased Nov 20 1809, Aged 49 years [born 1769] Monument is fall on the ground.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Died:
Aged 70 years. d. Jan 7 xxxx Badly broken & repaired red sandstone Monument.

Buried:
Perth Amboy

Elizabeth married Francis GOELET, .1 on 20 Jun 1752. Francis (son of Jacobus GOELET and Jannetje COESSART) was born on 20 Nov 1724 in New York City, New York; died on 4 Sep 1767 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried in Saint Peters Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1764, Dec. 27. WILL of Leeds, Vincent, of Northampton Twsp., Burlington Co., yeoman; To Mary Knight, alias Mary Roswell, £50. To Barbary Inger, £10. Remainder to my wife, Anna, both personal
&
to my grandson, John Goelet. Rest of my estate to my daughters, Sarah, Rachel & Elizabeth.
The share of Elizabeth Goelet, [i.e. Elizabeth Leonard,]
is to be managed by my Executor during the life of her present husband, Francis Goelet, &, after his death, if it should please God he should die, then her share is to be given to her. Executor: my son-in-law, John Berrien.
Witnesses: John Smyth, Norris Thorp, Alexander Watson. Proved June 13, 1761. Lib. H, p. 9.

. After the Battle of Monmouth, John Goelet of New Bridge was brought down by camp fever. The family moved to New Bridge from NYC after a British man-of-war, fired on the city. ...he hired a cart to take him home, but because of the camp fever, he was left on the cart for the night. They left him water. During the night another man with him, John Bogert died during the night. Goelet being too sick to notice.
- Affidavit of John Goelet, Pension Records recorded in The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack. - - -

Birth:
Sponsors Jacob, James Goelet & mother, Jane Goelet, Trintiy Ch., New Rochelle.

Notes:

[James' surname is sometimes spelled Goelette - La goelette is French for a type of wooden ship. - PJA]

. Goelet wrote her WILL in 1773 & named "my godson James Goelet, son of my brother Francis, Dec'd." who had died 4 Sep 1767.

. 1793 May 15, Wed. Just imported into Perth Amboy, In the Ship Thomas Wilson, James F Goblet, Master; from Tobago & Turks Island, Muscovado sugar, rum & a large quantity of salt & to be sold on reasonable terms for cost or country produce, by John Henry & co. they have also at their stores at Perth Amboy & New Brunswick, a general assortment of dry goods & Groceries.
Ref: Guardian & NB Advertiser Newspapers.

. 1807 Dec 10 - WILL of James F Goelet, City of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co, NJ
. First, funeral expense & just debts be paid by Executors;
. Second, beloved wife Sarah Goulet given all Real Estate as long as she remains a widow, then to my children now living, or how said wife Sarah shall divided between the share & share alike;
. Third, if not enough money for debts, then sell, the money arriving from, bequeath to said wife for her support & maintenance of educating my children.
Signed & sealed, James F Goelet.
. Wit: Abagail Compton, James Skinner, Philip Kearney.
. 1809 Dec 29, Sarah Goelet, sole Executor in the within testament of James F Goelet, she will pay firs the debts of said deceased & then legacies. & she will exhibit into the Surrogate Court a true & perfect inventory of all goods & chattel.
. Signed, Given at New Brunswick, NJ, 29 Dec, 1809, Sarah Goelet.
Ref: NJ Wills & Probate Records, 1739-1991, Middlesex Co.,#s 100991 p. 771

Record for research:
. 1849 Apr 19, Thursday, Newark Daily Advertiser (Newark, New Jersey
. Perth Amboy, NJ some residents: Rachel Goelet, Thomas Billopp Goelet with 4 children; Sara Goelet.
Ref: WILL Sarah Howard of Perth Amboy, d 15 Apr., 1796.

. 1892 Jun 30, An auction of rare books, The Voyages & Travels of Francis Goelet of the City of NY, 96 pages, seven colored drawings of ships at sea. Capt. Francis Goelet ancestor of the wealth Goelet family.
Ref: NY Times Newspaper.

. John Goelet - Robert Guestier Goelet - dgt? (Goelet) Mrs Elber Kip - Beatrice (Goelet) Manice - Anne Marie (Guestier) Goelet - Robert Ratsey Goelet d 1820 NYC - Almy Goelet - Peter Goelet 1727-1811, NYC
. Peter P. Goelet 1764-1828, NYC - Peter Goelet III 1800-1879, NYC- Hannah Greene (Goelet) Gerry - Robert Goelet II 1809-1879, NYC - Robert Goelet III 1841-1899, NYC - Ogden Goelet 1846-1897 NYC -Mary Wilson "May" Goelet(-Innes-Kerr (Duchess of Roxburghe).
. Robert Goelet (IV) 1880-1966, NYC- Robert Walton Goelet 1880-1941.

. NYC - Francis Goelet
Goelet, Aefje, 1700, & 1704, NYC
Goelet, Francis, 1691, NYC
Goelet, Jacob, 1688, NYC - Translator of Dutch for the Province of New York"
Goelet, Jan, 1694, NYC
Goelet, Leah, 1702, NYC
Goelet, Phillipus, 1699,1701, 1708, 1743- NYC, 1701
Goelet, Raphael, 1696, NYC 1747. - - -

Birth:
Alt Spelling: Golet / Goelette / Goulet.

Buried:
Perth Amboy. Red sandstone monument is born off on lies on the ground (2006).

James married Sarah Brown LAWRENCE, .vii on 19 Jul 1788 in Burlington County, New Jersey. Sarah (daughter of John Brown LAWRENCE, Esq., U.E. and Martha TALLMAN) was born on 20 Apr 1764 in Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey; was christened on 20 Apr 1764 in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, NJ; died on 1 Oct 1828 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter Goelet was born 13 Jan 1764, at Perth Amboy, NJ.
Baptized Feb 23, 1764, by Rev. Robert McKean.
Sponsors: John Berrien & John Lawrence*.
Buried. St. Peter's churchyard, Sept. 7, 1828.

1730 (G65) 1786 May 10 - 1792 July 28 GOELET, Catherine, of NYC, spinster,
Goddaughter Elizabeth, dau of bro. Peter Goelet, sister Jane, wife of John Zebriska of Hackensack, NJ, children of brother Francis Goelet, vizt: James & Peter,
children of bro. Peter Goelet, vizt: Elizabeth, Alice, Lott, Jennet, John Peter, Robert, Ratsey, Thomas, Billopp & Christoper Billopp Goelet, son of sister Jane Zebriska, vizt: John Zebreiska, jun.
Real & personal estate (plate). Executors nephews John & Peter Goelet of NYC, merchants.
Witnesses: Theophilus de Bow, Thomas Hicks, both of NYC, gentlemen, & Vincent Mathews.

. 1752 Jun 20 - Goelet, Francis, New York, & Elizabeth Leonard, Perth Amboy,
. 1775 Oct. 26th. - Goelet, Peter, New York, & Elizabeth Farmar,

. 1791 Sep 20 New York
About half after one this morning a fire was discovered in the Mill St, nest to the Custom House, which threatened destruction to all the adjoining buildings in Duke & Princess St. The wind
blowing south added forty to the fames, notwithstanding the known activity & vigilance of the citizens of NY on such trying occasions, the whole block of buildings at the upper end of Mill St. through into Duke St. were entirely confused. The fire was not got under until six o'clock.
. Sept 21. New York. List of 10 houses burnt, inc.. the house of Rev. Mr Seixas, the house of the widow Miller; & the coach house & stables of Mr. Goelet in Mill Street; Mr. Goelet's horses perished in the stables.
the wind being very high greatly quantities of coal & burning shingles were carried over the city to a great distanced. Several houses & sites adjoining. the burnt building are much injured. Two children are reduced from the flames of a house in Duke St. by means of the pole & blanket. They were asleep in the third story of the house & were not awakens till the staircase was all on fire.
Ref: Philadelphia Federal Gazette.

. 1894 Jul 29, Extracted from much longer article: (This is apparently Peter Goelet.2)
Down in Mechanics' Row, Where Peter Goelet Build Shops for His Friends The Carpenters, Coopers & Blacksmiths - Old home of the Industrial Arts. Rebuilt, although the merchants offered High rents for stores. The tap of the mallet upon oaken staves, the clang of anvils & roar of might sledgers are seldom heard now down in Mechanics Row at west side of Broad St. extending from south to Front St. from # 126 to no. 140....the place when old Peter Goelet walked in the shops & watched the mechanics at work. Gold & silent is the forge of Isaac Hall, the ships smith, the shops where sturdy John Reed & Hale, John Beam made casks & barrels have not tenants now. Cast in raised letters of the iron lintels are the names of some of artisans from whom Peter Goelet built shops...Mechanics row was the home of master workmen & throngs of apprentice boys. Steam & electricity are taking the place of human muscle.
The heirs of Peter Goelet, merchant & mechanic, have kept Mechanics' row unchanged all these years. In years gone by the tradesmen & merchants petitioned Peter Goelet to tear down the row of low buildings & to erect big warehouses upon the site. He would always refuse with the same smile & shake of the head. "What would the mechanics do then? They must have a place somewhere, you know. They can't afford to pay the rent in such buildings as you want me to build."
The heirs of PF gave never disturbed it. Every lease that is drown specified that the room rented is to be used for "mechanical purposes". There was no truer friend of the skilled mechanic that old PG who early in this century was a prosperous merchant in Hanover square. He accumulated a large fortune, which he invested principally in real estate. He was a bachelor. The old house where he lived still stands in Broadway at 19th Street. In the basement of this venerable mansion PG had his shop. There he had a forge, carpenter's bench & tools of many trades. After business hours he was nearly always found there, in his old age whenever any wished to see PG they known he wold be in this little basement shop.
The queer little wooden shop stood for decades with the little public house on the South st. Corner. PG's idea that mechanics need a little refreshment once in a while, so there was a queer little tavern there where well cooked dinners & a good beer & ale could always be had ...is now a modern saloon. ...One chill winter day in 1851 the shops went in in flames. PG said " Where will the mechanics go? No, they shall always have a place while I'm alive."PG planned a new Mechanics row built 6 two story brick buildings. ..old tenants had the first choice.
Palatial office buildings & mammoth stores have been built on other portions of the Goelet estate, but the row has known no change on South street.
Ref: New York Herald. 1894. - - -

Notes:

Died:
Aged 4 years 3 months.

Buried:
Perth Amboy. Red sandstone monument, some chipping repairs.

Notes:

. Dear Friend, I have done extensive research on John Brown Lawrence and the Lawrence Family. I think you may have copied some tree that had a number of incorrect attachments: Briefly, John Brown Lawrence, born 1728, Upper Freehold,
His only TWO wives: Anne Alice Leoanrd (1 child) & Martha Tallman (10 children).
John B is indeed the son of Elizabeth Brown & Elisha Lawrence.
. John was an Anglican, but not a reverend. He was involved in raising a salary for the unpaid Anglican minister in Burlington, NJ. He is a very interesting person with a great many references. Further info can be found on my tree All2gether, on the Rootsweb.com

So the question is which John Lawrence is your ancestor. For instances, he is not the John Lawrence, from Connecticut, who signed many documents for Gen. Washington.

During the Revolution, John B Lawrence, was the Mayor of Burlington, NJ - after NYC, then the 2nd largest city in the USA - John Lawrence protected Burlington from burning & pillage by the German Hessians mercenaries hired by the British. For this bravery, on the contrary, he was falsely accused of siding with the British, dispossessed of his property, imprisoned & lost his lawyer's practice. From 1783 to 1795 he participated in NJ elections - i.e. he did not flee to Canada, as sometimes asserted.

While in the Burlington Goal, he met the injured British General John Graves Simcoe. It is my belief that it was here the John Lawrence discussed with Gen. Simcoe, JB Lawrence's previous attempts to establish an new utopian settlement on the Ohio River. In 1793 John G Simcoe was appointed Governor General (like a commander/ president) of Upper Canada, now known as Ontario. Gov. Simcoe invited John Brown Lawrence (& others) to Toronto to help in the administration of the new utopian Canada as envisioned by Simcoe himself. Some ground work was done but either Simcoe nor John Lawrence lived must longer after that time.
I hope this is not too confusing. Most sincerely, Pat Ahlberg, U.E.

So the question is which John Lawrence is your ancestor. For instances, he is not the John Lawrence, from Connecticut, who signed many documents for Gen. Washington. - - -

Birth:
Confirmation, St. Peter's Ang. Church, 12 Oct 1812.

Mary married John PATRICK on 8 Feb 1817 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. John was born est 1792 in Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 31 Oct 1826 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried on 2 Nov 1826 in Saint Peters Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph W RECKLESS after 1833 in St. Peter's Anglican Church, Perth Amboy. Joseph was born est 1872; died in 1833 > in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth Goelet, born 176, d Mar 27, 1832. She was confirmed in Christ Church, NB, NJ, Dec 22 1816 by Bishop Croes.
Married May 24, 1820, Wm. Van Hook, of NY. No issue.

They had an adopted daughter called Medora Kearney, born 1826, died Mar 24, 1832, who is buried in St. Peter's churchyard.

Family/Spouse: Mrs. Mary RECKLESS. Mrs. was born in 1826 in New York City, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]