Benjamin Applegate (abt. 1686 - 1753)

Born about 1686 in Middlesex Co; New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Morford) Applegate — married 1720 in Monmouth, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 16 May 1753 at about age 67 in Nottingham, Burlington Co; New Jersey

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Biography

Benjamin Applegate was born about 1686 and died 1753. He married Elizabeth Morford, who apparently died before him. She was a daughter of John Morford. Benjamin was a farmer and was constable in 1732 for New Windsor. In 1750, he was living in New Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. His will was proved on May 16, 1753 in Nottingham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey and it bequeathed, "son Thomas, 5 shillings and demand of 13 pounds; sons Benjamin, William and Richard, each 5 shillings; daughter Johannah, a bed, real and personal estate. Son, Daniel, to be put to a trade, and when 21, to have 1/3 of the estate. daughter Alse, when 18, and daughter Jomine, the rest". Executors—Richard Sparkes and Walter Ward

Natal Family

Father : Thomas Applegate

Mother : Johanna Gibbons

Marriage : 1678, Monmouth County, East Jersey Province.

Siblings [1] :	Thomas
	John
	Daniel
	Joseph
	Elizabeth (Compton)
	Benjamin
	Richard

Birth

About 1689, Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey. ^[2]

Occupation

farmer and a constable. New Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Marriage

about 1712

Husband : Benjamin Applegate

Wife : Elizabeth Morford

Children :	Johanna (Feavel, Sparks) [3]
	Jomine
	Thomas
	Richard
	Benjamin
	William
	Alse (Wall)
	Daniel

Residence

1712 - 1737, New Jersey. ^[4]

Death

1753 Feb 3, Nottingham Township, Burlington County, West Jersey province. ^[5]

Will 1753 Feb 23 ^[6]

Research Notes

• This Benjamin is often confused with the one that wed Elizabeth Parent ^[7]

For additional information about the Applegates and their origins in the Americas, please see History of Thomas Applegate, Great Migration Immigrant, and Applegates Listed in Stillwell's Genealogical Works.

Sources

1. ↑ ApplegateProject: 1698-02-01 Will of Thomas Applegate 5 (transcribed) Unrecorded Wills, II:105; Film 460030, LDS, East Jersey Deeds, Liber G, pp. 1 3

   To all persons who shall see these presents: Know ye that I, Thomas Appell, (Sinour) of Middletowne, in East Jersey, being sick of body but of sound mind and disposing, doe make and ordain this my last will and Testament.

   Item I will all my debts be paid.

   Item I give my sonn, Thomas Aplegate, one shilling.

   I give my sonn John one shilling.

   I give to my sonn Danaiel one shilling.

   I give to my sonn Joseph, one shilling.

   I give to my daughter Elizabeth one shilling to be paid by my executrix, hereinafter named.

   I give, bequeath and devise unto my sonn Beniamin, fifty acers of land to him and his heirs.

   I giveth and devise to my sonn Richard and his heirs fifty acers of land, which aforementioned one hundred acres I had of my father-in-law Richard Gibbons, as will appear on my record, and lyes at the nutt-swamp, for the aforesaid Beniamin and Richard Applegate to possess and injoy the said land at the age of twenty one years, and if either of my said two sonns, is to say, Beniamin or Richard, should die before they attain the age of 21 years my will is the survivor of them shall have the aforementioned one hundred acers of land and their heirs.

   Item I give, devise and bequeath to my loving wife, Johanah, all the land and real estate I have in the world (except one hundred acres before given) to her and her heirs forever.

   I give, bequeath and devise my house and one hundred acers of before mentioned land given to my sonns, Beniamin and Richard, unto my loving wife, Johanah, till my sons Beniamin and Richard attain the age of twenty-one years.

   After my debts and legacies are paid, I give unto my loving wife, Johanah, all my personal estate (effects) in the world, and I make my loving wife sole and whole executrix of this my last will and testament.

   Dated in Middletown the first day of February in the year one thousand six hundred and ninty eight

   Thomas Applegate (his mark) Sin his mark

   Thomas / Apellgate

   signed sealed and published in the presence of

   Richard Hartshorne

   Mary +her mark+ Grover

   John +his mark+ Vaughn

   corn…compton

   Salter, Edwin. A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties p iv. Pubishers: E Gardner & Son, Publishers, Bayonne, NJ, 1890.

   Applegate — Thomas Applegate and Bartholomew Applegate are named in Freehold records in 1674. They were from Gravesend, Long Island. Though Bartholomew visited the county, it is not probable that he settled in it. Thomas Applegate m. Johannah Gibbons, d. of Richard, who was one of the twelve Monmouth Patentees. He d. about the beginning of the year 1699. He left sons, Thomas, John, Daniel, Joseph, Benjamin and Richard. His w., Johanna, survived him and she and her father, Richard Gibbons, were his executors. His will was dated Feb 1 1698, and proved Feb. 29, 1699. His eldest son Thomas, settled at Perth Amboy. He had w. Ann and sons Thomas, John, James and Andrew.

   Lee, Francis Bazley, editor. Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey Vol II, p 699. Publisher: the Lewis Publishg Co., New York/Chicago, 1907.

   (III) Thomas Applegate, Jr., who settled in Middletown, married Johanna Gibbons, the daughter of the noted Richard Gibbons, on of the patentees for land at "Sandy Poin," (Sandy Hook), and on Raritan Bay. October 9, 1678, Gibbons made a bill of sale to one hundred acres of this land to "his son-in-law Thomas Applegate." Thomas Applegate died about 1699, leaving as his survivirs a wife, six sons and a daughter, whose names were: Thomas, John, Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Richard. His will bears date February 1, 1698, naming his wife Johanna as execurtix, and bequeathed the old homested at Applegate Landing to his youngest child Richard.

   Nelson, William, editor. New Jersey Archives: Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey Vol XXIII; Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol I, 1670 - 1780, p 16. Pubishers: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., Paterson, NJ, 1901.

   1698-9 Feb 1. Applegate, Thomas, senour, of Middleton; will of. Wife Johanah; sons— Thomas, John, Danell, Joseph, Benjamin, Richard, the last two under age; daughter Elizabeth. Land bought of father-in-law, Richard Gibbons, and other real estate, John Uahhan(? ?), Cornelis Compton, Merey Crover. Proved March 29, 1699.

   1699 Sep 8. Inventory of the personal estate (£37.18.0), made by William Lawrence, junior, Francis Harburt and John Cox. Monmouth Wills.

   Nelson, William, editor. New Jersey Archives: Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey Vol XXI; Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664 - 1703, p 295. Pubishers: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., Paterson, NJ, 1890.

   1698-9 Feb. 1. Will of Thomas Appellgate senior of Midlton. Wife Johanna, children Thomas, John, Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Richard. Real estate, partly derived from father-in-law Richard Gibbons, personal propery. The wife executrix. Witnesses— Richard Hartshorne, John Uahhan, Cornelis Compton, Mary Grover. Proved March 29, 1699.

   Hughes, Thomas Patrick. American Ancestry Vol. XI (1898), p 59. Publisher: Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY, 1898.

   Applegate, John Stillwell . . . son of Joseph Stillwell . . . son of Richard . . . son of William . . . son of Richard . . . son of Thomas of Middletown w Johanna Gibbons had children: Thomas, John, Daniel, Richard, Joseph, Elizabeth, and Benjamin.

   Stillwell, John E, M. D. Historical and Genealogical Miscellany; Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants Vol. III, p 5. Publisher: New York, NY, 1914.

   1698 Feb 1, Thomas Applegate made his will and mentioned: Son, Benjamin Applegate; fifty acres, at Nutswamp.

2. ↑ Ancestry.com: Family Data Collection - Births. Edmund West, comp. Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing.
3. ↑ NJ Archives: Colonial Marriage Bonds 1665 -1799 Ref: 1727-1734 Licenses, 30, and FamilySearch: "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985," Benjamin Applegate in entry for John Feavel and Joanna Applegate.

   1737 Mar 11. Husband: John Feavel, resides in Monmouth. Wife: Joanna Applegate, single, resides in Middlesex, daughter of Benjamin Applegate.

4. ↑ marriage and the birth of his children.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com: Family Data Collection - Deaths. Edmund West, comp.

   Age: 68

6. ↑ ApplegateProject: 1753-02-23 Will of Benjamin Applegate (transcribed) New Jersey Wills 5137

   In the name and feer of God Amen

   The Twenty third Day February and In the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred fifty and three I Benjamin Appelgate now of the township of Nottingham and Burlington County and Province of West New Jersey Being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory Doe make this my Last Will and Testament In form as followith

   First I give and bequeath to my well Beloved Son Thomas Appelgate the sum of five shillings and a demand of thirteen pounds as may appear in full of his portion

   Second I give to my son Benjamin five shilling in full of his portion

   Third I give to my son William five shillings

   Forth I give to my son Richard five shillings

   Sixth I give to my daughter Johannah a feather bed in full of her portion

   and all the rest of my estate both Rale and personall to be put out att Interest by my executors and they to put my son Daniel to a trade

   and one third of said estate I give to son Daniel when he shall arrive at the age of twenty one years

   and the second third of sd estate I give to my daughter Alse att the age of eighteen years

   and all the rest of my estate I give to my daughter Jomone and if any of three children shall die before age than money to be divided equally between the other two last named

   and I appoint Mr. Richard Sparks and Walter Ward [Wall] executors of this my last will and testament.

   Benjamin his mark Appelgate

   Samuel Redford

   Elizabeth Redford

   William Miller

   Proved May 16 1753

7. ↑ FamilySearch: "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," Burlington, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.

   1729 Jul 18, Burlington. Husband: Benjamin Applegate, single, of Middlesex province of New Jersey. Wife: Elizabeth Parent, single, of Middlesex, province of New Jersey.

   FamilySearch "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," Benjamin Applegate in entry for Rebeca Applegate.

   1735 Oct 5, christening of Rebeca Applegate at Old Tennent Scotch Presbyterian Church, Tennent, Monmonth. Parents: Benjamin Applegate.

• Thanks to Marie Allen for starting this profile.
• WikiTree profile Applegate-221 created through the import of Carter Family Tree.ged on Dec 19, 2011 by Sandy Smith.
• by Rachel Bayer, Thursday, October 30, 2014.

• FamilySearch: "Pedigree Resource File," accessed 2016-12-26, entry for Benjamin Applegate.
• FamilySearch "Pedigree Resource File," accessed 2016-12-26, entry for Benjamin Applegate.
• Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 SAR Membership Number: 87078
  • Note: No record found for member 87078 and no patriot named Benjamin Applegate in NJ at NSSAR on 2017 May 20.
• Ancestry.com: U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.
• Ancestry.com: New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802.