↑ The Quaker record reports the birth on 8th mo. 14th da 1734. By the modern calendar this translates to 25 Oct 1734. The 8th month was October, add eleven days to bring the old Julian Calendar inline with the seasons and the result is 25 Oct 1734.
↑Salem New Jersey Monthly Meeting Births & Deaths 1686-1798 From Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 181, Phila., 1907 (Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa., p. 61, image 36. Note that this book of records is misfiled at the ancestry.com website. The book is filed under "New Jersey>Union>Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meetings". The book should be filed under "New Jersey>Salem>Salem Monthly Meeting."
↑Salem New Jersey Monthly Meeting Marriages 1724-1899, p. 97 image 70. Note this record book is incorrectly identified at ancestry.com under the heading "New Jersey>Union>Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meetings>Index to Marriages".
↑ H. Stanley Craig, Salem County Genealogical Data, Vol 1, first print apx 1930, reprinted 1980, p 252.
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