Essex County, NJ - Matthias, Jacob
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Hope Coslett Pees
Seguin, Texas
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(1) 1 Jacob DEHART Esq.
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Father: Jacob DEHART Sr.
Mother: (DeHart, Jacob I, wife of)
The following is copied from Documents Relating to the Colonial and Revolutionary History of the State of
New Jersey
First Series--Vol. XXXIV; Volume V-1771-1780, edited by A. Van Doren Honeyman.
1777, Feb. 9, De Hart, Jacob, of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co.: will of.
Grandson.William De Hart, $154, which I lent to his wife last summer, and $135 she received of Michael Woodruff, and $169 which she received of John De Hart (which two last sums she paid Col. Ford); also $110 which he received of Elihu Crane, and 2 bonds which I have against him for 50 pounds each; also a lot of law books, bought of the Executrix of Augustine Moore; but provided he does not bring any account against me for board, expences or disbursements for me, his brothers, sisters or mother.
Grandson, Cyrus De Hart, the east 1/2 of the lot of land which I bought of Joseph Man, and the west 1/2 of a lot of land, which formerly belonged to Richard Miller, deceased, which I bought of my son, Mathias, which lot contains about 9 acres, and 6-1/2 acres of salt meadow in the Great Meadows, which I purchased of Thomas Mitchell and George Jewell, and also the south 1/2 of that tract, which I bought of Benjamin Crane, bounded east on Joseph Magie, and west by land of Cavalier Jouet.
Grandson, Jacob Morris De Hart, the west 1/2 of the lot which I bought of Joseph Man, and the east 1/2 of the lot which formerly belonged to Richard Miller, and the 1/2 of my salt meadow on Statten Island, which was patented to Lambert Dorland by Governor Andros; also 8 acres of salt meadow which I bought of Cornelius Jewell, lying in Great Meadows.
Grandson, Jacob De Hart, son of my son Jacob, the house and land in Elizabeth Town, which Samuel Man bought of my father, Mathias De Hart; also 1/2 of the meadow on Statten Island, which {rest is missing} . .
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Spouse: Sarah JOUETT
Father: Reverend Cavalier JOUET (~1734-1810)
Mother: Abigail HATFIELD (1740-1770)
Children: Jacob
(2) 1.1 Jacob DEHART III
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