JOHNSON and SCHAUFELBERGER GENEALOGY
FORD Correspondence
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To
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Dated
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William D. Johnson, Jr.
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November 10, 1985
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LETTER
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ENVELOPE
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To:
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William D. Johnson, Jr.
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Addressed To:
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(no envelope)
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From:
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Gertrude N. Brick
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Return Address:
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PO Box 86
Crosswicks, NJ 08515
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Date:
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November 10, 1985
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5 pages handwritten in blue ink on both sides of three sheets; first sheet on the letterhead of Chesterfield Township Historical Society (2 sheets are an enclosure)
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Loose ends to unsolved NJ Ford connections.
(1) Corydon L. Ford, spent over 50 years studying Ford records, left all misc. to New England Historical & Genealogical Soc. (101 Newbury St., Boston 02116) He writes in 1894 "I am firmly convinced after weighing all evidence that the NJ Fords are descendents of Andrew of Weymouth, and that John of Morristown is the son of Samuel."
(2) F.B. Lees NJ Genealogy Vol. 10 p. 1562
Andrew Ford of Weymouth & Hingham
m. Eleanor Lovell dt/o Robert
ch. Andrew of Plymouth, Joseph, Mary, James, Samuel b. 7-30-1656
Nathaniel b. 3-31-1658
Ebenezer b. 3-28-1660 d 1695/6 Int at Woodbridge NJ
Silence b 12-16-1661
Prudence b 12-22-1663
Jacob b 2-20-1665
Elizabeth b 11-12-1667
Israel b 6-7-1670
Sarah b 5-28-1672
(3) from Thomas C. Carman = Phebe (Pruden) p. 35 by Albert Pruden Carman 1935
Martha Ford, wid. + 4 ch. landed at Plymouth on the Fortune July 1621
William md. Sarah Dingley - ch. Mary, Joseph, John b. 1659 - d. 1721
to Woodbridge m. Elizabeth Freeman, she died 1772 @ 91y 2m ______Lindsley
ch. Jacob 1704-1773 m Hannah Baldwin Morristown NJ
Samuel 1710-1752 m. Sarah Baldwin
(4) Jacob Ford, Morristown NJ Washington's Headquarters during Revolution is fairly well done on his descendents.
(5) Chesterfield Monthly Meeting Minutes (originals at Friends Library, Swarthmore Collete, Swarthmore PA 19081)4m 3 - 1736
Thomas Ford - Tabitha Allen rec from Shrewsbury
(6) Thomas Ford, wife Anna d. 8-4-1813 @ 47yr
ch. George b. 9-12-1788
Sarah b. 6-24-1790
Aaron b. 8-13-1792
Stephen b. 10-27-1795
Joel b. 8-18-1797 d. 2-20-1798
Lydia b. 3-9-1799
Mary b 5-20-1801 d. 8-5-1806
Elizabeth b 7-7-1803
Charles b 3-3-1806
Thomas Jr. b 2-2-1811
(7) NJ Archives Wills abstractsThomas Ford - wife Ann
wd. Sept 5, 1787, wp March 21, 1791
Windsor Twp, Middlesex Co. NJ
son Stephen, his sons Thomas & James & dt Sarah
dt. Margaret Webster
dt. Margaret Appleton
wits. Vanroom Robins, Daniel Hendrickson, Robert Lawrence
Inv. 1791 David Rulon
"use of plantation for 10 years after dec'd (1801) or dec'd (?) of wife"
(8) John Ford 1759c d. 6-10-1839 @ 80 yr
son of m. Hannah 1747c d. 5-26-1739 @ 83
ch. Susannah, James + Robert 1792-1874
1m. 1813 Margaret Dye
2 m 1825 Sarah Dye
14 ch.
(9) from Zerox of Radford Bible
John Hendricks Ford 1817-1896
sof Thomas m. Maria Radford 1818-1896 buried at Crosswicks ME Cem.