Martha (Shreve) Scattergood (1682 - 1735)

Born 1682 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Scattergood — married 4 May 1704 in Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1735 at about age 53 in Springfield, Burlington, New Jersey

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Martha was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Martha Shreve; b. 168- ; m. Benjamin Scattergood in Burlington County, New Jersey in 1704 (declared March 3) by Friend's Ceremony at Chesterfield Meeting.^[1]

Martha Shreve was the daughter of Caleb Shreve of Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey.^[2]

Martha married Benjamin Scattergood in 1704.^[2]

Research Notes

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1735, April 5. Shreve, Caleb, of Mansfield, Burlington Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Sarah. Sons-Benjamin, Thomas, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, and David. Daughters-Mary Gibbs and Sarah Ogburn, Son-in-law, Benjamin Scattergood. Granddaughter, Sarah, dau. of son Joshua. Goods bought at Preserved Brown's vendue. Real and personal estate. Executor-son Benjamin. Witnesses-Thomas Newbold, Barzillai Newbold, Nathan Richardson, Robert Bland, Proved Feb. 18, 1740. Lib. 4, p. 267^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ [https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.genealogyhistory00alle_0/?sp=38&r=0.2,0.613,1.039,0.516,0 L.P. Allen, The Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mercy Shreve and James White (Greenfield, Illinois: Privately Printed: 1897), p. 20.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Certificate of Cleanness issued to Benjamin Scattergood, dated 6th of 1st mo. 1703/4, to Chesterfield Monthly Meeting from Burlington MM. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Index: New Jersey > Burlington > Chesterfield Monthly Meeting > Removals and Miscellaneous Papers 1684-1829, page 71 of 119, Image
3. ↑ Ancestry, New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 Image

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U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994; Chesterfield Monthly Meeting page 2

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994; Chesterfield Monthly Meeting page 42

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