Benjamin SMITH

28 Jan 1687 - 8 Jun 1732

• BIRTH: 28 Jan 1687, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ
• DEATH: 8 Jun 1732, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ

• MARRIAGE: 19 Apr 1712, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ

                                                  _Thomas SMITH _______
                  _John SMITH ___________________|
                 |                               |_____________________
 _Samuel SMITH __|
|                |                                _Samuel HINCKLEY ____
|                |_Susannah HINKLEY _____________|
|                                                |_Sarah SOULE ________
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|--Benjamin SMITH 
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|                                                 _Richard SINGLETARY _
|                 _Jonathan Singletary \ DUNHAM _|
|                |                               |_Susannah COOKE _____
|_Esther DUNHAM _|
                 |                                _Thomas BLOOMFIELD __
                 |_Mary BLOOMFIELD ______________|
                                                 |_Mary _______________

[1244] Benjamin was a man of public esteem in Woodbridge, where he held several civil offices and was, at one time;
Justice. He adhered to the Quakers and was an "Overseer" at the Friends Meetings. He served in Capt. John
Moore's 3rd Company of Col. Farmar's Regiment of New Jersey Militia in 1715. His will dated 5 Jan 1731, and
proved in 1732; names his elder son John, son Abraham, daughters Esther, Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth and
beloved brothers John and Abraham Shotwell.

"Quaker Records: Rahway & Plainfield Monthly Meetings
Essex County, New Jersey."
Cox, John, Jr., comp.
http://www.ancestry.com/
"Name: Benjamin Smith; Spouse's Name: Sarah Shotwell
Marriage Date: after 2nd intent 19/4 Jun 1712
Child: Esther; John; John; Benjamin; Elizabeth; Sarah; Mary; Abraham
Birth Date: 04/1 Mar 1712/13; 17/5 Jul 1714; 22/8 Oct 1715; 25/7 Sep 1717; 11/4 Jun 1719; 05/6 Aug 1721; 27/2 Apr 1723; 25/10 Dec 1724
Death Date: -; 26/7 --- 1714; -; -; 26/10 --- 1731; -; -; -"

"Vital Records of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ"
from "The Story of a New Jersey Town"
Rev. Joseph W. Dally, New Brunswick, NJ, 1873
[Transcribed by Jane Devlin ]
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/nj/woodbridge_nj_vrs.htm
"Benjamin SMITH, son of Samuel SMITH & Easter, his wife, b. 28 Jan 1687"

"Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc."
Newark, NJ: New Jersey Historical Society, 1901.
http://www.ancestry.com/
Page: 432: (will of father)
"Samuel Smith, 16 Dec 1719, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.
yeoman; will of. Wife Elizabeth. Children--Elizabeth Bunn, Susanna Pittney, Benjamin.
Proved October 15, 1729. Lib. B, p. 140"
Page: 438: (his own will)
"Benjamin Smith; 05 Jan 1731; Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.
planter; will of. Children, John (at 21); Esther (at 20 years the 6d, 11mo., 1743); Elizabeth
(at 20 years the 6d, 11mo., 1745); Sarah (at 20 years the 6d, 11mo., 1747); Mary and Abraham.
Land bought of John Ayers, Jun'r, and James Smith, June 11, 1722, and Feb. 21, 1729; land
bought of Moses Rolph Nov. 19, 1711; land bought of Samuel Lewis and John Loofborrow;
bonds from Edward Freeman and Edward Harned; cows in the care of Nathan'll Harned and
Moses Freeman. Executors--wife (not named), and brothers John and Abraham Shotwell.
Witnesses, Sam'll Smith, Elizabeth Laing, Thomas Young. Proved June 8, 1732. Lib. B, p. 268."

[1243] [S90] Ida Florence Crozier & Mary Victoria Sanderson, "Building our Pe