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HORNER John, Jr.

Male 1630 - 1688  (58 years)


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  • Name HORNER John 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 1630  Riding, Northumberland, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1683  Burlington County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 25 Feb 1688  Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alt. Death 25 Feb 1689  White Hill, Burlington, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • John Horner in the Family Data Collection - Deaths

      Name: John Horner Death Date: 25 Feb 1689 City: Mansfield County: Burl State: NJ Country: USA
    Notes 
    • John Hornor (10), son of John (9) was born in Tadcaster, England, about 1630, and died "suddenly" at White Hill, West Jersey, 2/25/1689. He was a man of substance, and a Friend, who left his native land on account of the religious persecutions of his fellow Christians. He reached Burlington, on the ship New Providence, 11/1/1683, accompanied by his 3d wife and four children, with ten servants. In 1684 he purchased from William Black, the White Hill property of 200 acres, on the Delaware just south of the Farnsworth estate, where King Joseph Bonaparte afterwards made his home. The Hornor homestead is now the site of a State Industrial School.
      John Hornor was three times married. His first wife, Isobel, died 1/2/1667. He married, secondly, 3/24/1668, Sarah, daughter of Edward Wilberforce, who died 9/22/1673, leaving children, John (14) and Mary (15). He married, third, 11/13/1675, Mary Pearson, of Tiffenthwaite, Cumberland, said to be a descendant of the Percys. By her he had two children, Joshua (16) and Isaac (17).
      Taken from "This Old Monmouth of Ours" by William S. Hornor. Originally published by Moreau Brothers of Freehold New Jersey, 1932. Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, Maryland 1990,1999. Library of Congress Cataloue Card Number 73-89903 International Standard Book Number: 0-8063-7

      Google Books "Isaac Horner Genealogy"
      ( https://books.google.com/books?id=k4zStKaPmsEC&pg=PA363&dq=Isaac+Horner+Genealogy&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TMzTVI_mHoqkgwTk4YP4DA&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Isaac%20Horner%20Genealogy&f=false)

      In 1683 John Horner and his wife and children settled in Burlington Co., NJ. On July 16, 1684, William Black, late of Mansfield, stuffweaver, and Robert Murfin, late of the same place, planter, sold to John Horner, late of Burlington, yeoman, and his wife Mary, 2 plantations in Mansfield for 200 acres, above Crosswicks Creek, next to Robert Scholey's property. John Horner died intestate in 1689. On April 27, 1689, John Snowden, Samuel Andrews, Francis Daven- port, William Watson, Percival Towle, William Biddle, and Isaac Homer (his cousin) made an inventory of his estate, which was valued at L196.15.11. In 1690 and 1691 Isaac Horner, as admin-istrator, rendered his account against the estate. On Dec. 4, 1691, court proceedings were instituted in the estate of John Horner. Wiliam Biddle, Francis Davenport, and John Horner (eldest son of the deceased man) were appointed guardians of Homer's younger children, Joshua, Isaac, and Mary; they gave bond on May 10, 1692. On the same date, "Isaac Horner, late administrator of John Horner's estate, delivers to them what he has of it.
      John Horner's children by 1st (or 2nd) wife, Sarah Wilberforce,

      29. John; not mentioned in the Yorkshire Friends' records; stated by W. S. Hornor to have been born ca. 1670; d. between Apr. 4, 1715, date of will, and Aug. 22, 1715, date of probate (.NJ. Archives, XXIII, 239); m. Mrs. Frances Bunson (widow); no issue. In 1698 John and Frances Homer were indicted for asssault on a constable.
      This document is an interesting survival of the feudal period of English history. Besse, ofp cit.,fit.. Vol. II, p. 97.
    Person ID I9476  Booth Family
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2015 

    Father HORNER John, Sr.,   b. 1608, Leeds, Yorkshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1671, White Hill, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother NICHOLS Isabel,   b. 30 Dec 1611, Leeds, Yorkshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1667, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jun 1635  Leeds, Yorkshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family PEARSON Mary,   b. 1636, Tiffenthwaite, Cumberland, , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1700, Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 13 Nov 1675  Tadcaster, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. HORNER Joshua,   b. 14 Sep 1676, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1721, Springfield, Burlington, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     2. HORNER Issac, Sr.,   b. 17 Feb 1677, Riding, Northumberland, , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1760, Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F3148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2009