Avis (Holloway) Schooley (1706 - 1785)

Born 9 Feb 1706 in Chesterfield County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Schooley Sr. — married 27 May 1725 in Chesterfield, Burlington county, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 24 May 1785 at age 79 in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey

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Biography

Avis was a Friend (Quaker)

Avis Holloway - b. Nov. 2, 1706, Burlington Co., New Jersey; d. bef. May 24, 1785, Newton Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey.

Avis received £20 at age 18 in her father's will.

She was married the 3rd month (May), 27th day, 1725 in Burlington Co., New Jersey to Samuel SCHOOLEY (b. Feb. 25, 1697/8, Chesterfield Twp, Burlington Co., New Jersey; d. Feb. 8, 1761, Mendham, Morris Co. , New Jersey).^[1] He was the son of Thomas SCHOOLEY and Sarah PARKER, and Grandson of George and Sarah PARKER. They declared their intentions before the Friends April 1, 1725 and consent was given April 6, after their 2nd declaration.^[2]

Sussex County was formed in 1753 from Morris, Morris in 1739 from Hunterdon, and Hunterdon in 1714 from Burlington County.

Avis' birth date is given as 2d of the 9th month 1706, and she was age 15 in 1721. Samuel's birth date is given as 25th of the 12th month 1698, marriage date as 7th of the 3d month 1725, and death date as 8th of the 2d month 1761, aged "nearly 64." ^[3]

Thomas SCHOOLEY arrived in America in Nov. 1677 aboard the 'Willing Wind'. ^[4]

Children

1. Asenath married John SIMCOCK;
2. Anne married Samuel LUNDY;
3. Joseph married Sarah BROWN;
4. James married Margaret;
5. Benjamin married Martha LUNDY;
6. Rachel married Josiah DYER, Jr.;
7. possibly Jehoaden married Ebenezer WILLSON;
8. Samuel II married first Margaret (BROWN) GIBBON, second Elizabeth WILLSON.

Will

Note: As far as can be reliably ascertained, Samuel Schooley died intestate. No mention of a will of his making can be found of record anywhere, but his widow Avis, made a will date "June the Twentyeth, Anno Dom. 1771.

"I, Avis Schooley, of Newton, in the county of Sussex, and in the Western Division of the Province of New Jersey, being of perfect mind and memory and knowing the mortality of my Body, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament.

Fifthly, I give and bequeath unto my Granddaughter, Avis Dyer . . .

Avis Schooley (seal) Witnesses.

Isaac, Daniel, and Samuel Lundy.

Avis died in the year 1785 at Newton. Samuel Lundy, aforementioned, was Judge Lundy, formerly the husband of Ann Schooley in her life time; she was the second daughter of Avis. George and Daniel were sons of Ann Schooley Lundy. Samuel Schooley, as sole executor, was "affirmed and qualified, 24th. of May, in 1785, at Newton."

Holloway DNA Project

If you descend from this Holloway family please consider getting a DNA test.

• Men with the Holloway name should get a 37 marker YDNA test from Family Tree DNA.
• Women and Non-Holloway men should get an Autosomal DNA test. I recommend getting an Ancestry.com test first and then transfer those results to Family Tree DNA where the project is hosted.
• Join the Holloway Project at FTDNA
• If you have tested, add yourself to the Holloway DNA Study here on Wikitree.

Sources

1. ↑ Satterthwaite Pdf pg 381 from Marriages of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting; commencing 1684 Marriage Certificates RecordedLib. L; Pg 49 Samuel Scholey of Chesterfield, Burlington Co. and Avis Holloway of said Co. married 3 Mo. 27, 1725.
2. ↑ Satterthwaite Pdf pg 296 from Minutes of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting of Friends Declarations of Intentions of Marriages Liber A of Minutes Pg 217 Samuel Scholey and Avis Holloway, declare intentions of marriage, 2 Mo. 1, 1725. 3 Mo. 6, 1725 the meeting gives consent.
3. ↑ The Holloways in America by Stephen Lawson
4. ↑ IVEY, MAY SCHOOLEY; A PIONEER SCHOOLEY FAMILY; THE FRANKLIN PRESS, INC., MIAMI, FLORIDA; 1941 Page: 21-22

• Genealogy of the Holloway families, by Olin E. Holloway, Knightstown, Indiana, 1927.
• Satterthwaite, Elizabeth B., Historhy of the Religious society of Friends of Trenton and Vicinity 1931; A. Crozer Reeves publisher (Counselor of Chesterfield MM of Friends).

• Chronology and sources