HORNER John, Jr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1683, Burlington County, NJ
• Alt. Death: 25 Feb 1689, White Hill, Burlington, New Jersey

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"
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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.

Alt. Death:
John Horner in the Family Data Collection - Deaths

Name: John Horner Death Date: 25 Feb 1689 City: Mansfield County: Burl State: NJ Country: USA

John married PEARSON Mary on 13 Nov 1675 in Tadcaster, Yorkshire West Riding, England. Mary was born in 1636 in Tiffenthwaite, Cumberland, , England; died in 1700 in Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Issac married SYKES Elizabeth on 19 Mar 1708 in New Jersey. Elizabeth was born in 1694 in Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey; died in Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Issac married POTTS Mary on 16 Nov 1757 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. Mary was born on 15 Mar 1736 in Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey; died on 31 May 1776 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Added by DianeHaymond on 27 Jun 2008
Isaac Horner claimed to have been a drummer and blacksmith in the State of New Jersey under Captain Peter or Phillip Snook(s) and served a total of 18 months during the years 1777-1778. He also supposedly was in the Battles of Monmouth & Princeton as claimed in the declaraton for a pension No. R.5,233 in 1847. He also stated that he & his father, prior to his entering the service, had a brigade of horses and received a certificate for service but was unable to find it when he applied. In 1849, Jacob Horner on behalf of his mother, Zilpha, aged 92, as widow applied for his pension and was still trying to make claim as late as Oct 1854 but was rejected as they failed to furnish proof of Isaac's services in the Revolution.
I researched the National Archives and could find no service or muster records for Isaac Horner. I could not find any record of a Captain Peter or Phillip Snook(s) either.

Transcript of Revoluationary War Pension Request
Applied for by Zilpha Horner August 13, 1849

Before James Wise a Justice of the Peace in for the above
county and state. Personally appeared Zilpha Horner aged
92 who being duly sworn ? to law declared an oath that she makes
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of
the provisions of the Acts of Congress passed June 17th 1832.

Husbands account up to his death February 4th (aged 94) 1849.
Act of February 2 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow
of Isaac Horner who served as a Drummer and Blacksmith in the
State of New Jersey. That he resided new New Market, N.J. that
she said Isaac Horner served as a Militia Man under Capt Phillip
Snooks. A term of 18 months at two different times. That he was
in several skirmishes and at the Battles of Monmouth and Princeton
that she has no documentary evidence to substantiate her claims or
any other evidence than her own knowledge and traditions together
with what her husband has told her & others that knew him in the
service. That she was married to the said Isaac Horner at Pennytown (sp),
N.J. in April 1786 that she has had by her husband Isaac Horner 11
eleven children 9 now living. ?, Nathan, Charles, Jacob, John,
Euria (sp), Zilpha, William and Joseeph.

Eldest aged 62, the youngest 40 that she lived with her husband
about 63 years that she resides near the line of Monongahela and Wetzel
in Wetzel that she is not able to attend court on account of the
distance 30 miles in Marthisville (sp) that is more convenient
for her to have the business done in Monongahela County that she
is carried in a chair 1/4 miles over the line to meet the Justice
that she ? her name to be entered on the pension roles that she
has resided where she now resides about 39 years and near the
Battles of Dunkard (NOTE: This doesn't look right but can't
fully make it out).

Isaac married HORNER Zilpha --LNU-- on 2 Apr 1780 in Pennytown, Mercer, New Jersey. Zilpha was born on 24 Dec 1765 in New Hanover, Burlington, New Jersey; died after Oct 1854 in Wetzel, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]