Notes
Ref#17:
Feb 25th, 1683 - Item - Samuel Lyon hath Liberty to give Zopher Beach two
Acres of Land, to build on.
From Ric Schroeder on Zophar. B. May 27, 1662. Removed to Newark, N.J. He
followed a married sister and it is recorded in the Newark records on
2/25/1683, that "Samuel Lyons hath liberty to give Zophar Beach 2 acres
of ground to build on." He did not build on this land, however, but
traded the same for another piece of ground and received a deed from
Samuel Lyons and Sarah his wife on 3/2/1687-8. He was town assessor in
1695-1697 and 1699; a townsman in 1691-93 and in 1709 on a committee to
provide a man for Surveyor General. Witnessed the will of Steven Bond,
11/6/1694. Received a patent for a house lot of two acres 4/27/1696.
Witnessed the will of Thomas Pierson, Sr. of Newark on 1/12/1697-8; that
of John Curtis of Newark on 9/11/1704.
He married Martha, daughter of Deacon John PRATT of Milford, CT. b.
1679. Children born in Newark, N.J.: Josiah b. 1695, Epenetus b. Aug
1696 d. 6/14/1750, md. 1st Mary ?, 2nd Phebe widow of Mr. Kinney, Samuel
b. 1698, md. Sarah ?, Zophar md. Jane Davis.
Ref#168:
pg. 124
1704 Sept. 11. Curtis, John, of Neworke; will of. Wife Hannah,
sole executrix, and heiress of personal estate; the real property is given
to William Wilson of Nework and cousin John Curtis of Stratford, the son
of brother Benjamin Curtis of Stratford. Rev. Iabos Wakeman and
{The Rev. Jabez Wakeman, pastor of the First Church, in Newark, now the
First Presbytarian Church.}
Lieut. Eliphalet Johnson to be overseers. Witnesses--Joseph Harison,
Nathaniel Ward, Joseph Baldwin, ** Zophar Beach **. Proved Jun 7, 1705.
Lib. 1, p. 111, and Essex Wills
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