Dear Carol and Anita - your correspondence is very interesting to me. John "Selpath" (which is really Silpath) and Rebecca Thompson were my 8th grandparents. I have been trying to find out more about Rebecca and her family but haven't had much luck. I especially want to know about John and Rebecca's children. I have that Rebecca and John raised Rebecca's sister, Elizabeth's, daughter Acky but I don't know much more than that. Any information that you could share would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to patch the gaps in the Silpath line. Thank you! Suzanne Moller [email protected] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. > [Original Message] > From: Carol Payne <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 3/11/2006 12:57:37 PM > Subject: Re: [NJBurlin] Records of the West Proprietors > > Anita, > I know that Rebecca Thompson was the 7th child of John Thompson and > Elizabeth Staples, and born in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, NJ, > about 1736.... > > I also know that in that same marriage source, on pg 404, there is a record > for "John Selpath, Mansfield, and Rebecca Thompson, Burlington, 1761 Dec 15" > > Since Rebecca is not my "direct" line, I have not yet delved into the > situation very thoroughly. I was inclined to believe Henry Delatush was the > correct husband because his name shows up as a witness on several documents > for this family. However, John Selpath also turns up as a witness on the > marriage bond for Rebecca's brother, Uriah Thompson. So, I honestly don't > know which is the correct husband yet. > > I can give you Rebecca's family back to Henry Thompson who arrived in 1684, > but I have not yet researcher her beyond the husband question. > > May I ask why you have a Rebecca Thompson in your files?.... are we > connected? > > Carol > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anita G Clayton" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:28 AM > Subject: Re: [NJBurlin] Records of the West Proprietors > > > > Carol, > > > > I noticed the Thompson in Mansfield, Burlington county. > > > > I have a Rebecca Thompson married to Henry Delatush (also many spelling > > variations) - > > From New Jersey Marriages Colonial Era 1665-1800, vol XXII page 105 Henry > > Delatush Burlington, to Rebecca Thomspson 1761 Dec 15 > > Do you know anything about her? > > Anita > > > > > > On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:25:34 -0600 "Carol Payne" <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > Hello Everyone! > > > > > > My 8th great grandfather came to America in 1684. In the NJ Sec of > > > State > > > Archives is the Calendar of Records of the Secretary of State, > > > 1664-1703 > > > [this is the Secretary for West Jersey in Burlington County]. In > > > Libra A, > > > page 155 of those records.... > > > > > > 1684 Dec. 1. "The names of such p'sons as were imported into this > > > province > > > and brought to bee Registered in the Secretary's books of Records > > > are as > > > follows: > > > Upon Accompt of Governor Lawrie:..... > > > Upon Accompt of Wm Haige:..... > > > Upon the Accompt of such of the Proprietors as belongs to > > > Scotland:..... > > > Upon the Accompt of Wm Dockwra:..... > > > Upon the Accompt of John Barclay:....." > > > > > > Under the account of Wm Dockwra is listed my Henry THOMPSON as > > > Indentured > > > for 7 years. > > > > > > I know that the "allotment of land" for Henry, per The Concessions > > > and > > > Agreements, was in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, (West) New > > > Jersey. > > > > > > I know that "accompt" means "account", and that Wm Dockwra was > > > given > > > "credit" for Henry and each of the 22 other persons he sent to > > > America to > > > help "more speedily promote" the planting of the Province. > > > > > > What I don't understand is the "Indentured for 7 years" part of all > > > this. > > > Does Henry owe the cost of his passage to Wm Dockwra? - or do the > > > West > > > Proprietors owe the money to Wm Dockwra, who was an East > > > Proprietor? > > > > > > Henry's "indenture of 7 years" would have ended in 1691, but (I > > > assume > > > because of all the fuss over boundary lines, etc.), he did not > > > receive his > > > Warranty Deed for the land until 1710. The Warranty Deed/Land > > > Indenture > > > indicates that the land originally belonged to a Hugh Hutchin. > > > Could Hugh > > > Hutchin have been the one who paid "the debt" to Wm Dockwra? > > > > > > I would like to know the "who, what, when and how" of this "7 year > > > indenture". I assume the information would be in the records of the > > > West > > > Proprietors. Does anyone know where those records are and how I > > > can > > > research them? > > > > > > Carol Payne in Oklahoma [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >