James Dunlap (abt. 1725 - 1773)

Husband of Anne (Hunter) Dunlap — married 1746 in Salem County, New Jersey

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Biography

James Dunlap Jr., of Pittsgrove, New Jersey "was the son of Captain James Dunlap Sr., of Penn's Neck [by his first wife, identity unknown]. The Dunlaps came from Delaware to Penn's Neck, and are supposed to be of Irish descent."^[1]

James is named in his father's will of 1758^[2].

James Jr. married Anne Hunter, applying for the marriage license January 24, 1746^[3].

James passed away September 19, 1773, leaving a will written September 17, 1773 and proved October 4, 1773^[4]. It names

• wife Ann
• daughters Barshaba Vanmetor and Mary Craig
• son-in-law Benjamin Vanmeter

Executors were his wife Ann and son-in-law Benjamin Vanmeter. Witnesses were David Dubois, John Miller, and Elias Craig.

Sources

1. ↑ Shourds Page 304
2. ↑ Documents Relating Colonial History New Jersey: Vol. 32, Page 100
3. ↑ Documents Relating Colonial History New Jersey: Vol. 22, Page 209
4. ↑ Documents Relating Colonial History New Jersey: Vol. 34, Page 154

• Find A Grave: Memorial #11547672

• Shourds, Thomas. History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey. (Bridgeton, N.J., G.F. Nixon, 1876)

• Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey (The Daily Journal Establishment, Newark, New Jersey, 1880-1949)

• TURNER, JOSEPH BROWN. “VITAL RECORDS OF THE PITTSGROVE, N. J., PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1740 TO 1768.” Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society (1901-1930) 9, no. 2 (1917): 65–94. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23323265.