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Notes for John Stevenson and Mercy Jennings

1687 Mercy Jennings, daughter of Samuel Jennings and Ann Olive, was born on June 27. She married John Stevenson. [1]

1699/1700 On 2 February (twelfth month), Isaac Marriott and Susannah Field were married in Newtown, Long Island. Witnessed by John Stevenson and others. [2]

1706 John King and Elizabeth Woodward were married on November 13, at Chesterfield. Witnessed by John and Mercy Stevenson and others. [3]

1706 John Stevenson and Mercy Jennings were married at Burlington. [4]

Mercy Stevenson was the daughter of Samuel Jennings, first governor of New Jersey. [5]

Three daughters of Samuel Jennings married three Stevenson brothers, who emigrated on the same vessels that brought Samuel Jennings and his family. [6]


Footnotes:

[1] William Henry Jennings, A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families, 00366, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[3] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 66, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[4] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Marriages in Burlington Monthly Meeting (derived from other sources), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[5] Barclay White, "Early Settlements in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey," Proceedings, Constitution, By-Laws, List of Members, &c. of the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey (1870), 83-92, at 89, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].

[6] Barclay White, "Early Settlements in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey," Proceedings, Constitution, By-Laws, List of Members, &c. of the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey (1870), 83-92, at 89, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].