1 George Mount, M
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Birth: abt
1625, England
Death: 1705,
Middletown, NJ
Occupation: Blacksmith
Religion: Baptist
Father: Richard
Mount , M (1588-1640)
Mother: Joan
Owre, F (~1588-1631)
1. One of the "Associates" in the purchase
of the Monmouth Tract in 1665-67.
2.
Received town lot 10 and outlying lot 19 (The lotts that are in the
Poplar field and mountany field are numbered as followith begining at the west
end upon the south side) in the first division of land on 30/31 Dec 1667.
3. July :
26 : 1669 At a court holden in the Towne of Middleton : where was present James
Ashton : Constable : Richard Stoutt Jonathan Hulmes : Edward Smith : Overseers
: Richard Gibbins : William Lawrence : Daniell Estall, George Mount Towne
Deputies x upon debate: it was at length putt to the vote by agreement of the
Constable and Overseers to gether with the Deputies : whether this ffollowing
should pas ffor a towne order or noe : it was by the maior vote caried in the
affirmative : That it should pas : viz : The Constable and Overseers: with the
asistance of the Towne Deputies : considering the towne to bee now wholly
compleated beeing full acording to their number : and beeing carefull to
obstruct and hinder any charge that may arise by meanes of any persons beeing
non residents : coming to soiourne with in the limits of the Towne : ffor the
future prevention of all such charges as may arise by any persons soe coming to
soiourne: doe hereby order and enact: that noe person beeing an inhabitant in
the towne after publication hereof shall harbour or entertaine any such persons
what soever: nott exceeding the time of ten daies: without aquainting the
officers of the Towne upon penalty of forfeiting twenty shillings a night above
the tearme of Ten daies : and it further ordered that if any inhabitant soe
entertaining any such person or persons and aquainting the officers as above sd
: shall bee bound to putt in such securyty as the officers of the towne shall
thinke fitt and upon refusall of putting in such security : shall bee liable to
such a fine as above said x x After this above sayd order was by the consent of
the Constable and Overseers and Deputies subiected to a maior vote and resolvd
in the affirmative: William Lawrence one of the deputies protested against it
and desired to have it soe entred Richard Gibbins likewise another of the
Deputies dissinting therefrom: desired to have it soe entred The Towne Clearke
was ordered by the court to publish this order : by fixing it upon some
publicke station ::
Testis : Edw : Tartt : Cleark :
Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: New York and
New Jersey, Vol 2, pg. 21
4.. 1672,
George's name was coupled together with Benjamin Borden in the purchase of
lands from the Indians.
5. Middletown
Town Book: (entry had been
cancelled by an X across its face.)George mount his marke is the left eare the
top cropt off
6. 21 Oct
1676 George Mount and Benjamin
Borden warrant of survey for lands adjacent to each other in Cohansey,
West Jersey bought of John Fenwick.
23 Oct 1676 to George Mount of Middle Town, NJ, of 490 acres in the
allotment of Chohanziek, along Cohanziek R., between Burden's and Mount's
Creeks, adjoining Burden's plantaion.
23 Oct 1676 to Benjamin Burden of Middle Town, NJ., weaver, 290 acres in
the allotment of Chohanzik, along the South East side of Mount's plantation and
along the N.W. bank of Chohanzick River.
(NJ Colonial Documents, Liber B, Part 2.)
7. George
Mount 240 & Meadow 20 Nov. 1676 2 39 Midletown .
8. 28 Feb
1677-78 Patent. John Fenwick to
George Mount of Middletown, NJ, blacksmith, for 500 acres in Fenwick's Colony,
whereof 490 a on Chohansick River and Mount's Creek, adjoing Burden's
plantation; the remaining 10 a. to
be laid out as a townlot in Chohansick. (Salem Deeds, Liber B)
9. 20
June 1677 received 284 acres in 7 parcels. (East Jersy Patents, etc., Liber No.
1)
10.
George Mount 284 May 1677 2 59 D 5 Midleton
Patentees Names. Quant?? of Acres. Date. Year. Mon:
dy. Recorded Llb: fol. Rate of quit rent Yearly. Total of Yearly Quit rent
George Mount 284 1677, June 20 1 - 171 1/2 0-11-10
Do: paymt:
11. 8 Nov
1684 Assignment. George Mount of
Middle Towne, E.J. and wife Katherine to John Throgmorton, of all their right,
title, interest and claim in and to the within written bill of sale. (Salem Deeds, No 2.)
12.
230 George Mount 100. 11 Sep. 1685 L 38 Midleton
145 George Mount 100 12 Dec.,
1685 L 92 155.
155 Geo: Mount 100 20 Dec.,
1685 L 117 145.
George Mount 100. 1686, July 13 A. 350 1/2 0. 4. 2
In Middletown , S.E. by Safety Grover W: with the
brook on other parts unsurvey'd. Covt: & distress.
7(15) Sundry parcels in and about Middletown , 6d for
the 468 and 1/2 pr Acre for the 148. Covt: distress the 468 is same as 248 the
148 is drawn out No: 107.
George Mount 100 1686, Dec. 15 B- 30 0. 0. 6.
13.. 22
Apr 1688 was one of two deputies chosen to the General Assembly to be held at
Portland Point. Re-elected on 20 July 1689. (Stillwell, Vol IV, pg. 111)
14. Stillwell says he also served as Juryman, Town
Overseer and Surveyor.
15. 1698,
Apr. 13. George Mount conveyed to his son, Richard Mount , one hundred and
eighty-five acres of land, in Middletown township , which, in 1710, formed part
of the two hundred acres of land which Richard Mount sold to Eden Burrowes ,
and inasmuch as Richard Mount is not mentioned in his father's will, this land
probably represented his interest in his father's estate and the gift cut him
off as heir-at-law.
16. "The village of Middletown is in a fertile
country, near the heart of the township....The Baptist church is worthy of
note, from its having been the first of this deomination established in the
State.
The annexed sketch of its origin is from Benedict's
History of the Baptists: "For the origin of this church, we must look back
to the year 1667, for that was the year when Middletown was purchased from the
Indians by 12 men and 24 associates. Their names are in the town book. Of them, the following were
Baptists: "Richard Stout,
John Wilson, William Layton, John Stout, Walter Hall, William Compton, James
Grover, John Cox, James Ashton, Jonathan Bown, Jonathan Holmes, John Bown,
Obadiah Holmes, George Mount, Thomas Whitlock, John Beeckman, William
Cheeseman, James Grover, Jr.
"It is probable that some of the above had wives
and children of their own way of thinking; however, the forenamed 18 men appear
to have been the constituents of the church of Middletown, and the winter of
1668 the time." (N. Jersey Hist. Collections: Barber & Howe, p. 354)
1668- "The Baptist Church at Middletown-The First
Baptist Church in New
Jersey,Its Members.Pastors,Trials and Triumphs-The
following sketch of the
noted church is from"Morgan Edwards Materials
& c. of the State" published in
1792, with additions by Rev. David Benedict of Rhode
Island, and published in
his "History of the Baptists" sixty years
ago,(1813).
"This is the oldest Baptist Church in the State;
it is thus distinguished for
the village where the meeting house stands in a
townships of the same name
and county of Monmouth, about seventy nine miles
E.N.E. from Philadelphia.
The meeting house is forty-two feet by thirty-two
erected on the lot where
the old place of worship stood." For the origin
of this church we must look
back to the year 1667, for that was the year when
Middletown was purchased
from the Indians by 12 men and 24 associates. Their
names are in the town
book. Of them the following were Baptists: Richard
Stout,John Stout,James
Grover,Jonathan Brown,Obadiah Holmes,John Ruckman,
William Cheeseman, John
Wilson,John Cox,Jonathan Holmes,George Mount,William
Layton, William
Conpton,James Ashton,John Brown,Thomas Whitlock, James
Grover Jr.
It is probable that some of the above had wives and
children of their own way
of thinking;however the forenamed 18 men appear to
have been the constituents
of the dhurch at Middletown, and the winter of 1668
the timeÉ.(Ministers
were) John Bray and John Okison in 1711Éthe first who
preached was John
BrownÉcontemperary with him was Mr (James)AshtonÉafter
himÉOkison and
BrayÉGeorge Eaglefield was anotherÉRev James Ashton
was probably ordained by
Rev Thomas Killingsworth at the time the church was
constituted in 1688;for
Killingsworth assisted at the constitution which gave
rise tot he tradition
that he was the first ministerÉRev John Barrowes
thence to Middletown in
1713,Rev Abel MorganÉbecame pastor in 1748ÉRev Samuel
Morgan Éat Middletown
November 29th,1785." From Old Times in Old Monmouth,by William Horner, pages
105 & 106
17. Old Town Book of Middletown - ear mark: "left ear the top cropt
offe".
18. WILL
of GORGE MOUNT, of Middelltowne, "being Sick and weak of bodey."
Dated Feb. 16,
1702. Proved by oath of Richard Hartshorne and
Jeremiah Stilwill, Esqrs., "two of the
euidences," before J. Bafs, Shrewsbury, 31 Aug.,
1705, and by Jeremiah Stilwell, one of the
wits., who saw the testator and wits., Richard
Hartshorne and Joseph Coxe, sign; before
Edward, Vifcount Cornbury, Shrewsbury, Jan. 25, [?]
1708.
Gives: "unto my louing wife Katherne Mount all my
land Houfing and falt Medow Dereing her
naturall Life"; "unto "my louing wife
all my Money and personall eftate wheresoeuer
excepting
Six Sheepe which I giue to my Daughter Katherne "and all fo one Cow
... to my
Daughter Katherne ... "; "unto my granfonn
Mathias Mount & his heires if "he fhall liue with his granmother Kathern Mount and be
helpfull to manage her Affares deuering her naturall and "not otherwise,
one hundred Acers land, Houfing and orchards begining at the newfand [?]
or North R uer and fo running
"into the woods the whol breadth of my land whereon I now live that will Make one hundred
Acers ... to haue it "when he attanes the Age of twenty-one yeares and if
My Granfonn fhould Dye before he attanes ... twenty
one "yeares ... to my granfon Thomas
Mount when he fhall Attane the Age of twenty one
yeares for him ... "and his heires"; "to my
Granfon Thomas Mount and his heires Sixty fiue Acers
of land when he fhall Attane ... "twenty
one yeares which land Joynes to the Hundred Acers ...
which I haue giuen to his brother Mathias
Mount "And if my granfonn Thomas Mount fhould Dye
before ... twenty one yeares ... I Deuife
the ... Sixty "fiue Acers to my granfon Mathias
Mount when ... twenty-one ..."
Constitutes "my louing wife Sole Exsectrix
..."
Wits.:
GORGE MOUNT [his mark]
Richard Hartfhone
Jeremiah ftilwell
Joseph Cox
19.
INVENTORY of GORGE MOUNT, by Richard Stout and James Cox, Middeltone,
Sept. 18, 1705.
Proved by James Cox, appraiser, before Thomas Revell,
Esq., Surrogate. [No date.]
Items of Interest:
Cattle, household goods etc.
Total œ21--12--00
20. 1690
May 24 - Confirmation to Thomas
Gordon of Amboy Perth of the
following tracts in Monmouth County:
George Mount and Elisha Lawrence; 9 , 25 a., on Bog Pond Neck.
21. Patents and Deeds of New Jersey, 1664-1703, East
Jersey Deeds, Liber D, Page 197
1692 June 9.
Do. John Reid to thomas
Morfoot, both of Monmouth Co., for a lot at the N.E. corner of granteeÕs land
on Horse neck, bet. George Mount and Elisha Parker.
22.
Patents and Deeds of New Jersey, 1664-1703, East Jersey Deeds, Liber C,
Page 134
1688 May 1 - Patent to William Cheeseman of Middletown
100 acres at naversinks, Monmouth Co.,
S, N. and E. George Mount and Safty Grover, W. unsurveyed land.
23.
Patents and Deeds of New Jersey, 1664-1703, East Jersey Deeds, Liber B,
Page 92
1686 Dec. 15. Do. to George Mount of Middletoun, for
100 acres, bounded S. E. by Safty Grover, W. by brook, N. and E. by unsurveyed
land.
24.
Patents and Deeds of New Jersey, 1664-1703, East Jersey Deeds, Liber A,
Page 83
1686 July 30.
patent to George Mount of Midletoun, Monmouth Co., for 100 acres,
bounded S. E. by Safty Grover, W. by a brook, on the other sides by unsurveyed
lands.
Spouse: Katherine,
F
1. Family
tradition has always claimed that Katherine, wife of George, was a Borden. However Borden researchers in the US
find no evidence that one of their kinswomen ever married into the Mount line. Katherine is NOT a name common to any
of their lines although there have been a few going back to the 16th and 17th
century. I think that because
George Mount and Benjamin Borden were coupled in several land transactions and
their lands were close to each other, researchers assumed that there was a
closer tie between the families than friendship. Eventually one of the Mounts marries into the Potts line
which is intermarried with the Bordens but that is as close as I have come to a
link.(1999)
2. Several
folks claim she, in fact, is a Katherine Borden from Playden.
Children: Richard,
M (~1665->1723)
Katherine,
F (~1663-)
Matthias,
M (~1667-1694)
1.1 Richard Mount, M
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Birth: abt
1665, Providence, RI?
Death: aft
1723, Cranbury, Middlesex Co., NJ
1. 8 Aug 1694 he recorded his cattle mark in
Middletown.
2. 28 Mar
1703 Richard Mount, of Middletown, was alluded to as son and heir to George
Mount, of the same place, late deceased.
He made his mark to documents.
3. In a
deed dated 13 Mar 1710 and recorded 24 Apr 1827, recited that Richard Mount was
a yeoman, of Middletown; that the consideration was pounds 200 and that the
lands were (1) 76 acres in Middletown...adjoining Thomas Cox (2) a tract of 100
acres adjoining Safety Grover (3)a tract of nine acres, at Poplar Field,
"being ye same which George Mount, ye father of ye said Richard Mount,
late purchased of Richard Hartshorne" (4) 6 acres of meadow at Shoal
Harbor, bounded N by Sarah Reape and S by Richard Hartshorne (5) 9 acres of
salt meadow at Waycake bounded N by the Bay, W by Richard Gibbins, East by John
Bowne. All to be two hundred
acres.
Wit: W.
Laurie, Benjamin Laurie and William Lawrence Jr. With this transfer to Eden Burrowes, Richard divested
himself of his Middletown lands and removed to Cranbury, Middlesex Co.
4. June 5, 1710 in Deed Book B2, page 422: 500 plus 40 acres from John Harrison in
Cranbury lying between Cranbury Brook and Millstone Brook, next to Thomas
Morford. This same deed was
recorded again in Deed Book C2, page 516 on February 19, 1719. On the back of this second deed is an
addendum: Richard Mount made a deed to Joseph Dennis for 200 acres of this
parcel for 5 schillings.
5. 12 Mar 1711, Richard Mount of Middlesex, yeoman,
conveyed to Richard Mount, Jr., 200 acres at Cranbury adjoing Thomas Morford
and bounded on the W by "land intended for my son George Mount". Signed by both Richard Mount and
Rebecca, his wife, both by their marks. (Deed Book B2, p. 421)
6. 1715, Lietenant on the Muster Roll.
7. 23 Mar
1717, Richard Mount, of Cranbury,
in the city of Perth Amboy, yeoman, and Rebecca, his wife, made a conveyance to
Joseph Dennis, cooper. (Deed Book C2, p. 475)
(See Deed Book C2, p. 516 19 Feb 1719 addendum on
reverse side.)
8. 25 Jan 1723,
Richard Mount Sr. of Middlesex and Rebecca, his wife, for pounds 200,
conveyed to Humphrey Mount, yeoman, two hundred acres, on the South side of
Cranberry Brook, adjoining Richard Mount, Jr.'s land. Witnessed by Matthias Mount (acknowledged by him 15 May
1774) and Joseph Britton.(Deed Book F2, p. 274, recorded 10 Jul 1744)
9.
Marriage to Rebecca Wall was prior to 1687 as Court Records at Freehold,
NJ, Lib. B. shows Garret Wall gave evidence concerning the mare he gave his
sister Rebecca, Richard Mount's wife.
10.
Associated with Baptist Church in Middletown while residing in
area. After move to Cranbury,
Middlesex Co., he was associated with the Presbyterian Church. (He resided in
Middletown and moved to Cranbury with his family about 1711. It has been said
that this move was over an argument with the elders of the Baptist Church in
Middletown, but whatever the reason, he associated with the Presbyterian Church
in Cranbury after this date. )
11. May
5, 1735. Joseph Ashton & Joseph Holmes have agreed that ye church shall
appoint men to deside their difference & settle the bounds of their land.
Church appoints Saml Ogborne , Jarrot Wall & Richd, Mount .
12. 4
Oct., 1736. Richd Mount to Susana Pew to know reason for entertaining Elinor
White , prisoner, under sentence of death, and Mary Bowman , servant, not known
by her husband.
Spouse: Rebecca
Wall, F
Father: Walter
Wall , M (~1619-~1702)
Mother: Ann
(Annetje), F (1628-1678)
Children: Richard,
M (<1691->1777)
John,
M (<1691-1772)
George,
M (<1695-1772)
Humphrey,
M (<1699->1761)
Matthias,
M (1706-1791)
Ann,
F
1.2 Katherine Mount, F
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Birth: abt
1663
1. Left
goods in her fatherÕs will.
1.3 Matthias Mount, M
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Birth: abt
1667, New Jersey?
Death: 1694,
Middletown, NJ
1.
INVENTORY of MATTHIAS mount, by Safty Grouer, Francis Harburt, Jarat
Wall and Ed. [?]
Lawrence. Dated Apr. 10, 1695.
"ye 27 of
March Where an order of Cort was made, at middletowne, That wee,
underwritten, fhould aprife the
Eftate of matThias mount, of midletown, deceecd., now by vertew of a
warant from Capt. andrew Bown, one of "Thire magefties of the peace, dated
the forth of this inftant, in order there unto wee haue aprifed it as
folloeth:"
Items of Interest:
Cattle, grain, household goods etc.
Total œ 24--11--08
"Refeiued of faifty Grouer the Juft fum of one
pond faifteen fhilling & on penney which ballances the full & Juft account
"of Mathias Mounts defeafed on the behalf of Mary Mount widdow of the faid
Mathias Mount I fay Refeiued by me."
"defember ye 17th, 1695."
ABIGALL lippincott"
ESTATE of MATHIAS MOUNT. A receipt.
"December the 21st, 1695."
"Then Receued of Mary Mount late widowe to
Mathias Mount decafed the Sume of fortenn fhillings to fay 9s dew "from her hufband decafed
and fiue fhillings for writing his will I fay Receued by me"
"RICHARD HARTSHORNE"
ACCOUNT of ESTATE of MATHIAS MOUNT, Late deceased. [No
date.]
œ s d
"pd to Anthony Painter [Pintard?] p receipt
04--09--00
"pd to Peter White p receipt
00--15--00
"pd to Abigail Lippincut pr receipt
01--15--01
"pd to Tho. Cool pr receipt
00--09--09
"pd to Nicholas Windwright
00--07--06
"pd to Roger Sparks
00--03--00
"pd to John Vauhan
00--05--00
"pd to Tho. Morford
00--08--00
"pd to Will Stanyard
00--02--00
"pd to Richard Hartshorn pr receipt
00--14--00
"for Lookeing after the ftock & buying of hay
& charges for paying the debts
03--00--00
"pd to Safty Grover for one bufhel of wheate
& 1 day expended about the Eftate
00--07--00
"pd to Safty Grover for twice goeing to Amboy to
gitt Letters of Adminiftration
01--00--00
"for Carrying the Inventory to Amboy
00--10--00
"pd to 4 men for prizing the Eftate
00--12--00
"for goeing to Capt Andrew Bown for an order for
the Aprizmt
00--05--00
"for a day goeing to give notice to the prizors
00--03--00
"for funerall Charges p receipt
01--03--00
"for letters adminiftration &ct filing Inv
& Accpt
01--04--00
"for Capt Grovers Coming to Amboy to make up ye
accpts
00--10--00
"for Capt Grovers Coming to Amboy to make up ye
accpts
00--10--00
fume is œ18: 13--01
"for ye womans third part of ye Clear Estate
remaining ye whol being 10œ 12s.
10d.
3--10--11
œ22--04--00
[The following two receipts are folded in the
preceding account.]
"fhroufbury, decem th 17, 1695."
"Receiued from Capt fafety Grouer vpon the acompt
of mathias mount deceafed, the sum of nine fhilins and nin "penc in full of all acompst.
"I say Receiued p me
"Thomas Cooke"
"Rec the 10th of Janr, 1694, The fume of 2s.-6d.,
of Georg Mount by the appointmt of Mary Mount for board to make "her
hufbands coffin.
"JOHN BROWN"
"Rec the 11th of Janr., 1694."
œ s d
"the fume of 3s of Richard Mount for digging a graue for Mattheas Mount
"
0--3--0
"by me WILL PURDANE"
ESTATE of MATTHIAS MOUNT. Receipts.
[The following two receipts appear on the same paper.]
"Receued By the hand of Richard mound the Sum of
tree [?] pounds, and By the hand of Saftare Grouer the Sum of "tunty nin
Shiline bein full fatisfation of the aconte of mathayes mound, ... att
Shrowsbery, the 17th of xber,
1695."
"A. PINTARD."
"fhrofbery, the 18th, 1695."
"Receiued of Capt fafety grouer upon the accompt
of mathias mount deceafed the fum of fiftene fhillings beeing in "full of all accounts I
fay Receiued p mee
"PETER WHITE."
Spouse: Mary
Wall?, F
Children: Mathias
II, M (<1692->1739)
Mary,
F (1694-)
Thomas,
M (<1694-)