Mahlon Stacy Jr. (1686 - 1742)

Born 7 Apr 1686 in Ballifield House, Falls of the Delaware, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Bainbridge) Stacy — married about 1712 in New Jersey

Died 1742 at about age 55 in Northampton, Burlington, New Jersey

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Biography

Mahlon was born in Ballifield House, Falls of the Delaware, New Jersey, The birth date given in sources is Old Style date, 7th day, 2nd month, 1686. ^[1]

Given that his parents were members of the Society of Friends, Mahlon would have been a birthright Quaker.

He inherited the family home "Ballifield" and lived there for ten years following the death of his father. In 1714, shortly after his sister Ruth was married to her second husband in this house, Mahlon sold the house and much of his inherited land to a Philadelphia merchant, William Trent, who built a handsome brick house near Ballifield in 1719. Trent's house went by a number of names through the years, but most recently was restored and is called the "William Trent House." The village that grew up on the land that had been owned by the Stacy family was called "Trent's-town" and is now known as Trenton and is the capitol of New Jersey. ^[2]

In the year 1715, after selling off the inherited properties, Mahlon made a trip to England where he resided a "considerable time," according to the writings of a nephew, with his cousin Thomas Stacye "at his Seat of Ballifield" in Yorkshire. Returning to New Jersey, he settled in Bridgetown, which later became Mt. Holly. ^[3]

This Mahlon was the last of the Stacy surname in America, but out of respect, many families used both the names Mahlon and Stacy in the given names of their children. The surname continued in England for another 200 years, ending with the Rev. John Evelyn Stacye, Rector of the Parish church of Grenoside, near Sheffield, who died in 1905. ^[4]

Mahlon married Sarah Bainbridge. ^[5] A record was made of their intentions to marry on 1 March 1712 (May in the record, Old Style) ^[6]

Mahlon Stacy, Esq. died before 14 may 1742 in Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey. In his will he mentions his three sisters Ruth Stacy Atkinson, Rebecca Stacy Wright and Mary Stacy Pownell. ^[7]

Mary Pownell, Ruth Atkinson and Rebeccah Wright request that administration on estate of their brother, Mahlon Stacy, be granted to Jos. Wright and Sam'l Atkinson. Witnesses--Mahlon Kirkbride, Stacy Beaks.; 1742, May 17. Bond of Samuel Atkinson and Joshua Wright of Chester, yeomen. Thomas Budd, of Northampton, and Samuel Lovett, of City of Burlington, yeomen, fellow bondsmen.; Lib. 4, p. 376.; 1742, 16 and 18, 3rd mo. (May). Inventory, £1903.11.10; made by Thomas Shinn and James Lippincott. Includes silver tankard and cup, £9; library of books, £18; accounts between deceased and Company in the Iron Works, £820.19; negro man, £20.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey
2. ↑ Collins, Margaret Hill and Aird, Ellinor Collins, "The Collins Family" Vol. III Ancestors of the Distaff Side of the First Five Generation of The Collins Family in America, Privately Printed, Ardmore, Pennsylvania (1980), pp.49-50
3. ↑ Ibid, p.50
4. ↑ Ibid, p.50
5. ↑ Colonial Families of the U.S.A., p.534
6. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal, 1685-1756; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH-109
7. ↑ New Jersey Historical Society. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc. Newark, NJ, USA: New Jersey Historical Society, 1901. Reprinted as New Jersey Calendar of Wills, 1670-1760; pg.451; "Mahlon Stacy, Esq., Will dated 14 May 1742, Northampton, Burlington County, NJ." Online db thru Ancestry.com accessed 16 Aug 2019.

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