Isaac Buzby (1704 - 1803)

Born 14 Feb 1704 in Burlington, New Jersey

Ancestors

Died 11 Apr 1803 at age 99 in Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Isaac Buzby was born February 14, 1704, in Burlington County, New Jersey, a son of Nicholas Buzby and Mary Catherine French. ^[1] On April 25, 1743, in New Jersey Isaac married Rachel Sharp, a daughter of William Sharp. ^[2] On March 15, 1776, in New Jersey, Isaac Buzby married Naomi Pevon. ^[3]

Isaac died April 11, 1803, in Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey.

Researchers Notes

There was a heavy Swedish migration to Maurice River, in New Jersey, which began about 1700 and was heaviest between 1720 and 1740. The position of Isaac Buzby's land was used in surveys and land transactions like these Elmer to Garrison, Liber AG pp. 449-51 digitized here: https://www.cumauriceriver.org/burchamfarmthesis2.pdf

1825 Brannon’s property sold by Dan Simkins, Sheriff, reverts to Daniel Elmer temporarily. Elmer grants property to Garrison in 1825, but the deed is not registered until November 16, 1832 Daniel and Martha Elmer of Bridgeton to Cornelius Garrison of Downe Township, 60 acres $1200:

BEGINNING AT A WHITE OAK STANDING BY THE EDGE OF THE UPLAND ON THE LOWER SIDE OF AN ISLAND CORNER OF ISAAC BUZBY’S MEADOW THENCE BINDING THEREON NORTH 39DEGREES EAST SIX RODS TO THE? OF A DITCH THENCE ALONG THE DITCH NORTH 12-1/2 DEGREES WEST 21 RODS TO A CORNER OF ISAAC BUZB’(S AND JACOB SUTTON’S LAND THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID SUTTON’S LINE 27 1/2 DEGREES WEST 19 RODS TO A CORNER AT THE EDGE OF THE UPL.ANDAND NEAR THE HEAD OF A DITCH 7 THEN TO SHEEP MEADOW THENCE NORTH 80 1/2 DEGREES WEST 54 RODS AND 13 LINKS ALONG SAID DITCH TO A CORNER OF JACOB SUTTON’S MEADOW THENCE SOUTH TWO DEGREES WEST 27 RODS AND FOURTEEN LINKS TO LOW WATER MARK OF MAURICE RIVER THENCE DOWN THE SAME AND BINDING THEREON TO THE SAID ISAAC BUZB’(S CORNER THENCE BINDING ON HIS MEADOW NORTH 3 1/2 DEGREES WEST 14 RODS 10 THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 15 ACRES 1 ROD AND 20 PERCHES OF UPLAND AND MEADOW BE THE SAME MORE OR LESS. ALSO ALL THAT 2 WAY AND RIGHT OF GOING OVER THE LAND OF THE SAID ISAAC BUZBY ADJOINING THE ABOVE TRACT AS CONVEYED TO JOHN BRANNON BY DANIEL ELMER, FORMER OWNER OF SAID PREMISES...

BEGINNING AT A STAKE IN THE DITCH WHERE FORMERLY THERE WAS A BRIDGE AND IS 6 CHAIN AND 75 LINKS UPON THE LINE ABOVE AN OLD WHITE OAK TREE BEING THE ORIGINAL BEGINNING OF THE ISLAND PLACE AND CORNER OF MEADOW BELONGING TO ISAAC BUZBY THENCE FROM SAID STAKE BINDING ON ISAAC BUZBY’S LINE NORTH 19 DEGREES WEST 48 RODS AND 20 LINKS TO A GUM TREE OUTSIDE OF BANK THENCE NORTH 48 DEGREES WEST 8 RODS MORE OR LESS TO LOW WATER MARK OF MAURICE RIVER THENCE BINDING ON SAID RIVER AND DOWN THE SAME THE SEVERAL COURSES THEREOF TO A STAKE STANDING IN THE BANK A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE POINT OF MEADOW OPPOSITE WILLIAM HEALEY’S THENCE NORTH 2 DEGREES EAST 27 RODS AND 17 LINKS TO THE CENTER OF A LARGE DITCH THENCE NORTH 80 1/2 DEGRESS EAST 54 RODS AND 13 LINKS ALONG SAID DITCH TO A STAKE IN THE EDGE OF THE UPLAND, THENCE NORTH 77 1/2 DEGREES EAST 19 RODS ACROSS THE ISLAND OF UPLAND TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING CONTAINING 15 ACRES, ONE ROAD AND 20 PERCHES OF LAND AND MEADOW BE THE SAME MORE OR LESS WHICH IS PART OF A TRACT OF LAND JOSEPH BUTCHER BECAME SEIZED OF FROM CORNELIUS GARRISON

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHKJ-FX2
2. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKX-KB4 : 20 January 2020), Isaac Busby, 1743
3. ↑ "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-3KGP : 22 July 2021), Isaac Buzby and Naomi Pevon, 15 Mar 1776; citing Marriage, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 007719781