George Lundy Sr. (1756 - 1833)

Born 3 Jun 1756 in New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Willson) Lundy — married 15 Mar 1780 in Hardwick Meeting of Friends, NJ

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1833 at age 76 in Johnsonburg, Warren, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

George Lundy Sr. is the son of Judge Samuel Lundy and Ann Schooley. (Willson 20)

"By deed dated March 6, 1784, George Lundy, yeoman, of Hardwick, obtained seventy acres of land from Nathaniel Pierson and his wife Ann, the consideration therefor being one hundred and thirty pounds lawful money in hand paid, and said land lying in Hardwick and being butted by lands belonging to Samuel Lundy, Charles Coxe and others.

By deed dated November 5, 1787, George Lundy obtained from James Kinsey of Burlington county, N. J., 130 acres of Proprietary Rights, land that had never been located. The consideration was £15 12s. This transaction is a good illustration of the method of securing real estate in colonial times. The instrument shows that John Hind had obtained on August 4, 1773, from the West Jersey Proprietors a land warrant for 40,000 acres of land unlocated ; and that James Kinsey had purchased from Hind's estate a right to 200 acres of this land "to be laid forth and surveyed anywhere in the Western Division of New Jersey not before legally located." Kinsey now subdivides his warrant, retaining 70 and selling the remaining 130 acres. George Lundy, as soon as he received his deed for the 130 acres of Proprietary Right, selected that amount of land in Hardwick adjoining that which he already owned, called in an authorized surveyor to stake it and map it out for him, and completed his title by going to the land-office at Burlington and filing papers given to him by the surveyor.

On January i, 1794, George Lundy, farmer, of Hardwick, obtained by deed from Thomas Lundy, mason, of the same place, in consideration of £55, thirty-eight and one-quarter acres of land, abutting land already owned by George Lundy." (Armstrong, p. 281)

Sources

• Willson, Richard Eugene. comp. The Willson Family 1672-1979 Ottawa, IL:[s.n.],1979. Print. This edition incorporates 2 previous volumes which are available from Hathi Trust online.

• Armstrong, William C., The Lundy Family and Their Descendants of Whatsoever Surname with a Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Lundy, (A.M.), Print, 1902, Online at Archive.Org

• "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5N-X17 : accessed 15 November 2015)

• Hardwick and Mendham Monthly Meeting & Warren and Morris Counties, New Jersey: Quaker Records