Hi Erika...... I'm jumping in on this conversation.......but I don't know how much help I can give. In my database I have 7 John Sinnickson's........so can you give me any dates for the John you are searching for? Barbara in Wilmington, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Byron Hoffman" <bhoffman@nc.rr.com> To: <njsalem@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [NJSALEM] Division of the Real Estate of Christopher Linmire 1824 > Hello: > > I saw the surname SINNICKSON and decided to see what you might know about > a > John Sinnickson who is buried in Salem, NJ in the same area as Ann > HOPKINS. > I think John was married to Ann's niece. > > Here is my connection. Ann Hopkins was my great great great grandma. She > spent some of her life in Demerara. But, her dad was Robert Tuckniss who > was a hatter on Market Street Philadelphia during the Revolution and I > believed is the same one who signed Continental currency. The Tuckniss > family were Quakers from Burlington, NJ. > > I can't figure out why Ann is not buried next to her husband William > unless > he died at sea or down in Demerara or at war. No idea. > > Anything you know about the Sinnicksons I appreciate. I think Ann's > sister, > Lydia Tuckniss married Ebenezer Howell who was a physician in Salem and > their child married John Sinnickson. Lydia married another physician > later-- John Rowen. Their child married Gideon Scull of Salem. > > > Thanks. > > Erika Hoffman ( My husband's ancestral family of Hoffmans came from PA.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: njsalem-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njsalem-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of vinca1@mindspring.com > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 10:38 AM > To: NJSALEM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NJSALEM] Division of the Real Estate of Christopher Linmire 1824 > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Burden,Curriden, Dalbow, Hillman, Hoffman, Holiday, Kiger, > Linch, > Linmire, Nelson,Newell, Pitts, Sherron ,Sinnickson,Smith, Springer, > Thompson, Wiley, Wright > Classification: Deed > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oRB.2ACI/1837 > > Message Board Post: > > Cover Page:Division of the Real Estate of Christopher Linmire Rec'd June > 30, > 1824 and recorded in Book DD of deeds P. 145 & etc. Newell, Clk. > (Original > in Denver, in possession of my mother's cousin Edie Ascel, who sent me a > copy at my request. Transcribed by me 11/24/2006 vnc) > > 2nd page;A map, showing what appears to be a stream or creek (unnamed, but > I > suspect must be Salem Creek or a branch thereof - near Courses Landing) > all > along one side of a long parcel, which is divided into 3 lots - # 1 - 20 > acres, # 2.- 34 acres and Lot # 3, 30 acres, which is subdivided again > into > Part A - 14 acres and B - 16 acres. Only defining labels is Holdiay's > land > on one short end, by lot #1. > > By Hedge Thomson, Anthony Nelson and Thomas Sinnickson, Esquires, Judges > of > the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Salem > > Notice is hereby given that on application to us by William Pitts, Esq. > and > John Smith trustees, who claim an undivided third part of ------- that > tract > of land and premises, late the property of Christopher Linmire, adjoining > lands of David Wiley and others, containing 80 or 90 acres, we have > nominated David Wiley, John Burden and Joseph Dalbow, Commissioners to > divide the said tract of land with three equal parts of shares and unless > proper objections are made to us on the first Tuesday of March next at the > house of James Sherron, Innkeeper in Salem, at on o'clock PM the said > David > WIley, John Burden and Joseph Dalbow will then be appointed commissioners > to > make partition of the said lands pursuant to an act entitled "An act for > the > more easy partition of lands held by ..... Joint tenants and tenants in > Common"___the 11th day of November 1789. > > Given under our hands this 3rd day of September 1823. > signed; Hedge Thompson, Anthony Nelson and Thos. Sinnickson. > > To all whom these presents shall or may come, Greetings: Whereas > application was made to us the undersigned Judges of the Inferior Court of > Common pleas of the County of Salem by William Pitts Esq.. and John Smith > trustees & etc. who claim an undivided third part of all that tract of > Land > and premises late the property of Christopher Linmire, deceased, adjoining > lands of David Wiley and others, containing eighty or ninety acres being > the > same more or less, > > And we being satisfied that the foregoing notice has been duly published > agreeably to the act there in mentioned and all the parties therein > em----? > having appointed before us at the time and place in the foregoing notice > specified and mentioned and all consenting and agreeing that Samuel Linch > Esq., Hudson Springer and Aaron Wright be appointed Commissioners to > divide > the said lands in the room of David Wiley, John Burden and Joseph Dolbow > the > persons nominated in said notice on account of objections having been > made, > now therefore we the said Judges do hereby appoint the said Samuel Linch > Esq, Hudson Springer and Aaron Wright Commissioners to divide the said > tract > of land mentioned in said notice into three equal parts or shares, > viz; one third part thereof in value to Mathias Kiger & wife as the part > of > share of the said Kiger claims by right of his said wife as daughter and > heir of Christopher Linmire, dec'd. > > One third part thereof also in value to Lawrence Hoffman and wife as the > part of share the said Hoffman claims by right of his said wife as > daughter > & heir of the aforesaid Christopher Linmire, deceased. > > And the other third part thereof in value to be subdivided into two equal > parts of shares, viz One half of said third part or share to William > Pitts, > trustee of and to Sarah Curriden and the other moiety or half part of the > last mentioned third part to John Smith trustee of and to John Smith, Jr, > his son which said third part of the whole to be divided the said Pitts > and > Smith as trustees as aforesaid hold by from and under George Linmire > deceased for and also heir of the said Christopher Linmire, deceased. etc > etc. > > signed and sealed > Hedge Thompson > Anthony Nelson > Thos. Sinnickson > > There are two more pages, describing how lots were divided then names > pulled > out of a hat by another party (Wm..Hillman) to decide who got which > portion. > Mathias Kiger and wife got lot #1, Laurence Hoffman and wife got lot #2 > and > the trustees of heirs of George Linmire dec'd got the third which was > again > divided between their trustees Pits or Petts (looks like Pettz in another > place) and Smith. > > > So, ok, know that Christopher Linmire had a daughter with his wife Rebecca > Mink, Rebeckah who m. Mathias Kiger Sr. > > Her sister Elizabeth, as is now obvious, m. Laurence Hoffman and so gets a > third. > > George was their brother, and I have his as well as their birth dates from > the Moravian Church records, but nothing that explains who/how we get > probable Curriden and Smith grandchildren via George. Right now assume he > had girls, or at least a girl that may have married 2x? > > BTW, for those of you still with me - this Linmire line is how I finally > get > related to Barb McCormick - via a Longacre grandmom further back. Damn > the > luck. I'd avoided being blood kin to that crew for over 6 years we've been > doing our Dead Tours. I must be slipping in my old age. ha. > > Intersted in any information on George Linmire and how his inheritance > passed down to these minors who split a share. > > Val > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSALEM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSALEM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >