John Dole (abt. 1660 - bef. 1715)

Born about 1660 in Wales [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 8 Feb 1715 before about age 55 in Newton Township, Gloucester County, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Mary Williams was born about 1656,

She married 1.) Thomas Jessup on 23 Nov. 1683 in Southampton, Long Island and 2.) John Cole or Dole, and supposedly moved to Gloucester Co., NJ. (Continued in Children of Sarah Washburn and Robert Williams.)

From Sandra Ferguson:

Sarah Dole's brother, John Dole, married Mary Williams d/o Robert and Sarah Washburn Williams of LI and removed to Newton Twp in late 1690. Thier son Joseph Dole married Hanna Somers, d/o John Somers and Hannah Hodgkins Somers, Somers Point NJ and Somerton PA.^[1]

John arrived in the Delaware River aboard the Friendship in 1682. He is recognized by the Welcome Society as an Ancestor Approved for Membership.

John was mentioned in the will of his brother-in-law Andrew Griscom in 1694. ^[2]

According to Clement, John Dole and his siblings Sarah and Jacob immigrated from Wales. In a deed dated 6 April 1699, he purchased land " Fronting on the Delaware River, Gloucester County" from his brother-in-law John Kaighn (second husband of sister Sarah).^[3] "He was a shoemaker, and came from Long Island, N.Y., where he had married Mary Jessup of Jericho, in 1688. He died in 1715, and by his will gave this land to his two sons John and Joseph.^[4]

Children

1. John Dole -- died intestate; Clement knew of no descendants
2. Joseph Dole

Death and Legacy

John Dole of Newton Township, Gloucester County, wrote his will 27 Nov 1714, naming wife Mary and sons John and Joseph. Inventory was conducted 8d 12m 1714/5 indicating he died before this date.^[5]

Research Notes

• Cannot be born same time as parents. Disconnected from Tobias Dole Mortimer-1706 17:32, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Sources

iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/sketchesoffirste01clem" width="560" height="384" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe> . (Joseph,John and Sarah Dole) . https://njahgp.genealogyvillage.com/township-book-of-great-egg-harbor-cloucester-county-new-jersey.html (Joseph Dole)

• Griscom family history

http://www.maltbyfamily.net/genealogies/washburn/washburn_hempstead_1.html#Sarah46ú

1. ↑ Ferguson, Sandra. [PaOldC] Sarah Dole (name on Edgmont map). PA-OLD-CHESTER-L Archives, 27 June 2003. access 1/11/2015
2. ↑ Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900. A:264 ancestry.com
3. ↑ New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records, 1650-1900s (database). https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx
4. ↑ Clement, John. Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. (Camden, N.J, Sinnickson Chew, 1877), pages 150-151
5. ↑ Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 23, page 138-139

Date of birth estimated from date of sister's marriage.