John Matlack (1683 - 1765)

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Horner) Matlack — married 20 May 1708 in Northampton, Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died Feb 1765 at about age 82 in Waterford, Gloucester, New Jersey

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John was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

John Matlack bought 200 acres from Francis Collins in 1705, upon which he settled three years later when he married Hannah Horner.^[1]

John Matlack of Chester married Hannah Horner of Northampton on 20th of the 3rd mo. [May] 1708 at the house of Hannah Horner in Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey.^[2]

John had the following children:

1. Isaac Matlack
2. John Matlack
3. Hannah Matlack; m John Maxel
4. Kezia Matlack; m Benjamin Heritage
5. Esther (Hester) Matlack; m Jonathan French
6. Sarah Matlack; m Joseph Browning
7. Jacob Matlack d before 1765; m __
8. Bathsheba Matlack; m Ezekiel Lippincott
9. Benjamin Matlack
10. Ephraim Matlack
11. Lydia Matlack
12. Mary Matlack; m Joab Hillman^[3]

1765, Feb. 26. Matlack, John, of Waterford, Gloucester Co., yeoman; will of. To son, Isaac; son, John; daughter Hannah Maxel, wife of John Maxel; daughter Kezia Heritage, widow of Benjamin Heritage; daughter, Esther French, wife of Jonathan French; and daughter, Sarah Browning, wife of Joseph Browning, 5 shillings each. To the heirs of my son, Jacob Matlack, deceased, 5 shillings. To Samuel Lippincott, son of my daughter Bathsheba, late wife of Ezekiel Lippincott, 5 shillings. My son, Benjamin, the plantation where he lives, which was divided from the place where I now live some years ago. Son, Ephraim, plantation where I live. Daughter, Lydia Matlack £7 and things she calls hers. Daughters Lydia Matlack and Mary Hillman, wife of Joab Hillman, the residue. Executors-friends, Nathaniel Lippincott and his son, Caleb Lippincott. Witnesses-Joshua Stokes, William Bates, Abraham Allen. Proved. March 14, 1765.

1765, March 9. Inventory £125.9.1, made by Joshua Stokes and William Bates. Lib. 12, p. 76^[3]

Research Note

5 April 2020 - I can find no sources showing the existence of Minnie Lee marrying John Matlack. C.L.

John Matlack (1683-1765) married Mary Lee ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ The Township of Delaware. George Reeser Prowell, The History of Camden County, New Jersey (L. J. Richards & Co.Philadelphia, published in 1886), p 656.
2. ↑ Copy of their marriage record. Burlington Monthly Meeting. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Index: New Jersey> Burlington> Burlington Monthly Meeting> Minutes, 1677-1777 Image
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} New Jersey Historical Society. Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the State of New Jersey. Volume 33, pp 276-277

• Will. Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary ... v.33 1928 "Calendar of Wills -- 1761-1770" page 277 digitized here: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435069730687&view=1up&seq=241

• Genealogy of the Stokes Family : Descended From Thomas and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, N.J. (Indexed) about John Stokes