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Subject: [NJ] New Jersey Wills, 1670-1750 - CAMFIELD/CANFIELD
Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE
STATE
OF NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I,
1670-1730;
Paterson NJ, 1901
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B,
etc., are of East Jersey Wills)
CAMFIELD, page 80:
1672-3 Mar. 19. Camfeild, Mathew; will of. NJ Archives, XXI,
p.
35.
1673 June 11. Inventory of the estate (£120 real, £204.4.3
personal);
made by John Brown and John Ward. Sarah and Samuel Camfiedl
mentioned. Essex Wills
CANFIELD, page 81:
1694 Nov. 11. Canfield, Ebenezer, of Newark; will of. NJ
Archives,
XXI, p. 216.
1695-6 March 21. Inventory of the movable estate of, £55.4.6.
Essex
Wills.
1684-5 Jan. 31. Canfield, Jonathan, of Essex Co.; will of.
Brothers
- (paper destroyed), Eabinezer and Sam; sisters - Sarah and Mary.
Witnesses
- John Couch and William Shores. Proved December 5, 1688. NJ
Archives,
XXI, p. 264, and Essex Wills.
1688 Dec. 1. Canfield, Jonathan, of Essex Co. (died November
26).
Inventory of the estate of (£13.16.-, all personal); made by John
Brown, junior, and John Curtis. Debts due from the estate, £15.
The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references
being
> as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees,
> witnesses, etc., but not wills of:
>
> CAMFIELD - Samuel
> CAMPFIELD - Mathew
> CANFIELD - Anna, Deborah, Eabinezer, Israel, Jonathan, Sam
>
Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE
STATE
OF NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXX, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME II,
1730-1750;
Paterson NJ, 1918
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B,
etc., are of East Jersey Wills)
CAMFIELD, page 82:
1739, Oct. 24. Camfield (Canfield), Rachel, of Essex Co., about
16
years of age. Bond of Nathanile Wheeler, Junr., as guardian.
Nathaniel Wheeler, Senr., fellow bondsman, both of Newark. Witness -
Thomas Clark. Lib. C, p. 393.
CANFIELD, page 83:
1745, Dec. 2. Canfield, Abiel, of Newark, Essex Co.; will of.
Wife,
Joanna. Son - Abiel, under age. Nephew, Jabez Canfield. Sisters -
Bethya
Wheeler, Rachel Cutler. Lands devised to me in will of father,
joining lands of Uzal Ward, John Harrison, David Ward. Executors -
brother, Ebenezer Canfield, and Isaac Lyon. Witnesses - Caleb Wheler,
Isaac Ogden, David Ogden. Proved Feb. 14, 1745-6.
1745-6, Feb. 13. Ebenezer Canfield refuses to accept the
executorship. Lib. D, p. 364.
1738, Oct. 14. Canfield, Benjamin, of Newark, Essex Co.,
yeoman;
will
of. Son, Jabez Canfield, under age. Sword which was my
father's.
Land joining lands of ------ Crane, James Nutman, Israel Canfield,
Daniel Tichnor; land willed me by my father, Joseph Canfield, in his
will dated Dec. 6, 1733; land in the Great Neck, joining lands of
Moses Ball, John Ogden, Mr. Pierson. Wife, Mehetabell, sole
executrix. Witnesses
- Wm.
Turner, Joseph Truman, Thos. Jackman. Proved Oct. 23, 1738. Lib.
C,
p.
216.
1744, April 24. Canfield, Israel, of Newark, Essex Co.,
shoemaker;
will of. Children - Phebe Breun, Abigail Beach, Hannah Ward, Sarah,
Thomas,
David, Ephraim, Israel, and Abraham. Meadow, called Luddington, by
Wheeler
Creek; also club meadow; lands called Chestnut Hill and Tompkins
Point. Ephraim, when of age, to pay £10 fpr maintenance of
Presbyterian Ministry. Executors - wife, Sarah, and eldest son,
Thomas. Witnesses
- Nathaniel
Johnson, Silas Halsey, David Bostwick. Proved Sept. 24, 1744. Lib.
D,
p.
178.
1733, Dec. 8. Canfield (Camfield), Joseph, of Newark, Essex Co.,
yeoman; will of. Children - Benjamin (to have my sword), Ebenezer,
Abiell,
Bethyah and Rachell. Daughter, Bethyah, to have all things given her
by deed of gift March 15, 1731. Lands joining lands of James Nuttman,
John Ogden, Mr. Pierson, Israel Canfield, Daniell Tichinor, and
------- Creane; also lands adjoining lands of John Harrison, John
Wall, Mr. John Plum, Joseph Rogers; land on Maple Island Creek.
Executors - son, Benjamin, and friend, John Crane. Witnesses - Jno.
Cooper, Joseph
Riggs, Junr., Abyah
Olive. Proved Jan. 10, 1733-4. Lib. B, p. 490.
1733-4, March 4. Inventory of personal estate, £237.07.10, made
by
S.
Cooper, thomas Longworth.
CAMFIELD - APPENDIX, page 57:
1672-3, March 19. Camfield, Mathew; will of. Wife mentioned
but
not
by name. Sons - Samuel, Ebinezar, Mathew, Jonathan. Daughters -
Mary, Hannah, Ruth, Sarah. Lands at Norwack already given to son
Samuel; other lands next to Sergeant Ward's, to Goodman Waters, to Mr.
Pierson on
Robard's
Neck, at Wheeler's Point. Executors - the wife, brother Deten
Tompkins, brother Henry Lion and son Mathew. Witnesses - John Brown,
senior, and
Tho.
Pierson, senior. Proved June 1, 1673.
1673, June 11. Inventory made by John Brown and John Ward
(£324.4.3).
1673, June 30. Administration granted to his widow, Sarah.
E.
J.
D., Lib. 3, pp. 88-90.
CANFIELD - APPENDIX, page 57:
1694, Nov. 11. Canfield, Ebenezer, of Newark; will of.
Wife --------;
son Joseph; dau. Rachel; brother Mathew Canfield mentioned. Real and
personal estate. The wife executrix, with Mathew Canfield and Joseph
Harison as overseers. Witnesses - James More, John Foreman, Gawin
Lockhart.
Proved Nov. 21, 1694.
1694-5 Jan. 5. Letters issued to the widow, Wathia Camfield.
E.J.D.,
Lib. E, pp. 152, 153.
1684-5, Jan. 31. Canfield, Jonathan; will of. Brothers -
Ebenezer,
Mathew, Samuel. Sisters - Sarah, Mary. Real and personal property.
Witnesses - John Couch and William Shoores. Proved Dec. 5, 1688.
(See
also
NJ Archives, Vol. XXIII, p. 81). E.J.D., Lib. D., p. 24.
The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references
being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees,
witnesses, etc., but not wills of:
CAMFIELD (see CAMPFIELD; CANFIELD)
CAMPFIELD - Francis
CANFIELD (CAMFIELD) - Abiell, Abraham, Benjamin, Bethyah, David,
Ebenezer, Ephraim, A. Frederick, Hannah, Israel, Jabez, Joanna,
Jonathan, Joseph, Kesiah, Mary, Mathew, Mehetabell, Rachel, Ruth,
Samuel, Sarah, Thomas.
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