Joseph Zane (1702 - 1759)

Born 1 Aug 1702 in Newton Township, old Gloucester County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hinchman) Zane — married 23 May 1723 in Newton, Gloucester County, NJ

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1759 at age 56 in Newton Township, old Gloucester County, New Jersey

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Biography

Children listed on Ancestry include

1. Milton Joseph Zane 1728 – 1728
2. Rachel Deborah Zane 1729 –
3. Esther "Hetty" Zane 1730 – 1781
4. Nathaniel Zane 1732 – 1761
5. Elizabeth Zane 1735 – 1774
6. Hannah Zane 1738 –
7. Rhoda Zane 1740 – 1766, m. Thomas Heppard^[1].

Death and Legacy

Abstract of will:^[2]

1757, May 23. Zans, (Zanns, Zane), Joseph, of New Town, Gloucester Co.; will of. Wife, Mary. Daughters, Esther Collins, Rhoda Zanns, and Rachel Jones, the first two called "dutiful," the third "undutiful." Real and personal estate. Executors--brother, Isaac Zanns and son-in-law, Richard Collins. Witnesses--Henry Hill, Anne Hill, James Mulock. Proved June 12, 1759.

1759, July 16. Inventory £475.5.8, incl. bills and bonds, £297.2.4; a looking glass, 7s; made by James Graisbury and Jacob Stokes."

This from the Granny's Bible website is more shocking, will review actual will to verify:

"Will dated 23 May 1751: proved June 12 1759: wife Mary, at one time "eloped from Joseph": Mary called "undutiful wife" in his will and Deborah R. called "undutiful daughter"^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Clement, John, 1818-1894. Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers In Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. Camden, N.J.: Printed by Sinnickson Chew, 1877, page 28. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t9f488495&view=1up&seq=28
2. ↑ Joseph Zans. Calendar of Wills 1751-1760. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, XXXII, 373.
3. ↑ Anne Brown. "Descendants of Simon Zane," Granny's Bible. Accessed 26 August 2017 from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~abrown/Zane.html

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