Research by J. Kelsey Jones in 1988:
John Price m. Esther Smith b. 16 Jan 1746 daughter of Hezekiah Smith and his wife Mary. Hezekiah Smith was residing in Sussex County, New Jersey in 1753 when he joined the First Baptist Church of Wantage and "Hezekiah Smith and wife" were baptised in the Walkill River. Hezekiah was assessor for Sussex County, 4 Oct 1755; board of freeholders, 1769/73 for Newton and paid tax in 1774 on 75 acres and 22 horses and/or cattle. Member of Sussex County grand jury. He often practiced medicine. On 24 Mar 1779, Hezekiah Smith of Newton, Sussex County, purchased 233 1/2 acres of land in Piscataway, New Jersey where he removed to and died 6 Oct 1801 88y (ts) First Baptist Church Cemetery, Piscataway.
In 1782 Hezekiah Smith prepared a Will in his own hand, apparently unrecorded, which was found in 1949 by a descendant, Mrs. Margaret Stelle Pool, in a hidden compartment of an old chest, believed to have been Hezekiah's, which she inherited. Along with the Will was found a receipt (in Hezekiah's handwriting) from Phebe Ogden, dated 9 Nov 1770, with an acknowledgement 13 Nov by Robert Ogden in payment of Hezekiah's mortgage of 44 78/100 acres recorded in Newton in 1766. One provision of the unrecorded Will reads "to my daughter Esther Price 1/6 part of my land, mortgages, investments, and salt meadows while she continues to be the widow of John Price."
John Price was thus deceased before 7 Jan 1782, the date of Hezekiah's unrecorded Will. Esther d. 9 May 1799. One son named in later Will of Hezekiah Smith, dated 22 June 1799, proved 7 Nov 1801.
John Price m. Esther Smith b. 16 Jan 1746 daughter of Hezekiah Smith and his wife Mary. Hezekiah Smith was residing in Sussex County, New Jersey in 1753 when he joined the First Baptist Church of Wantage and "Hezekiah Smith and wife" were baptised in the Walkill River. Hezekiah was assessor for Sussex County, 4 Oct 1755; board of freeholders, 1769/73 for Newton and paid tax in 1774 on 75 acres and 22 horses and/or cattle. Member of Sussex County grand jury. He often practiced medicine. On 24 Mar 1779, Hezekiah Smith of Newton, Sussex County, purchased 233 1/2 acres of land in Piscataway, New Jersey where he removed to and died 6 Oct 1801 88y (ts) First Baptist Church Cemetery, Piscataway.
In 1782 Hezekiah Smith prepared a Will in his own hand, apparently unrecorded, which was found in 1949 by a descendant, Mrs. Margaret Stelle Pool, in a hidden compartment of an old chest, believed to have been Hezekiah's, which she inherited. Along with the Will was found a receipt (in Hezekiah's handwriting) from Phebe Ogden, dated 9 Nov 1770, with an acknowledgement 13 Nov by Robert Ogden in payment of Hezekiah's mortgage of 44 78/100 acres recorded in Newton in 1766. One provision of the unrecorded Will reads "to my daughter Esther Price 1/6 part of my land, mortgages, investments, and salt meadows while she continues to be the widow of John Price."
John Price was thus deceased before 7 Jan 1782, the date of Hezekiah's unrecorded Will. Esther d. 9 May 1799. One son named in later Will of Hezekiah Smith, dated 22 June 1799, proved 7 Nov 1801.
Research by J. Kelsey Jones in 1988:
John Price m. Esther Smith b. 16 Jan 1746 daughter of Hezekiah Smith and his wife Mary. Hezekiah Smith was residing in Sussex County, New Jersey in 1753 when he joined the First Baptist Church of Wantage and "Hezekiah Smith and wife" were baptised in the Walkill River. Hezekiah was assessor for Sussex County, 4 Oct 1755; board of freeholders, 1769/73 for Newton and paid tax in 1774 on 75 acres and 22 horses and/or cattle. Member of Sussex County grand jury. He often practiced medicine. On 24 Mar 1779, Hezekiah Smith of Newton, Sussex County, purchased 233 1/2 acres of land in Piscataway, New Jersey where he removed to and died 6 Oct 1801 88y (ts) First Baptist Church Cemetery, Piscataway.
In 1782 Hezekiah Smith prepared a Will in his own hand, apparently unrecorded, which was found in 1949 by a descendant, Mrs. Margaret Stelle Pool, in a hidden compartment of an old chest, believed to have been Hezekiah's, which she inherited. Along with the Will was found a receipt (in Hezekiah's handwriting) from Phebe Ogden, dated 9 Nov 1770, with an acknowledgement 13 Nov by Robert Ogden in payment of Hezekiah's mortgage of 44 78/100 acres recorded in Newton in 1766. One provision of the unrecorded Will reads "to my daughter Esther Price 1/6 part of my land, mortgages, investments, and salt meadows while she continues to be the widow of John Price."
John Price was thus deceased before 7 Jan 1782, the date of Hezekiah's unrecorded Will. Esther d. 9 May 1799. One son named in later Will of Hezekiah Smith, dated 22 June 1799, proved 7 Nov 1801.
John Price m. Esther Smith b. 16 Jan 1746 daughter of Hezekiah Smith and his wife Mary. Hezekiah Smith was residing in Sussex County, New Jersey in 1753 when he joined the First Baptist Church of Wantage and "Hezekiah Smith and wife" were baptised in the Walkill River. Hezekiah was assessor for Sussex County, 4 Oct 1755; board of freeholders, 1769/73 for Newton and paid tax in 1774 on 75 acres and 22 horses and/or cattle. Member of Sussex County grand jury. He often practiced medicine. On 24 Mar 1779, Hezekiah Smith of Newton, Sussex County, purchased 233 1/2 acres of land in Piscataway, New Jersey where he removed to and died 6 Oct 1801 88y (ts) First Baptist Church Cemetery, Piscataway.
In 1782 Hezekiah Smith prepared a Will in his own hand, apparently unrecorded, which was found in 1949 by a descendant, Mrs. Margaret Stelle Pool, in a hidden compartment of an old chest, believed to have been Hezekiah's, which she inherited. Along with the Will was found a receipt (in Hezekiah's handwriting) from Phebe Ogden, dated 9 Nov 1770, with an acknowledgement 13 Nov by Robert Ogden in payment of Hezekiah's mortgage of 44 78/100 acres recorded in Newton in 1766. One provision of the unrecorded Will reads "to my daughter Esther Price 1/6 part of my land, mortgages, investments, and salt meadows while she continues to be the widow of John Price."
John Price was thus deceased before 7 Jan 1782, the date of Hezekiah's unrecorded Will. Esther d. 9 May 1799. One son named in later Will of Hezekiah Smith, dated 22 June 1799, proved 7 Nov 1801.
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