1696 Daniel Leet was granted land above the Falls of Delaware. Daniel was a son of Elizabeth Dixson by her former husband, Isaac Leet of Burlington, carpenter. [1]
1696 John Dixson and wife Elizabeth, late the wife of John Chadwick granted land to Henry Beck of Burlington County. [2]
1714 Abigail Stockton partitioned land from the estate of her deceased husband Richard. The plantation of Oneanickeon was in Springfield Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. Several of the tracts of land were adjacent to lands of Daniel Leet. [3]
1716 William Bunting and Abigail Horseman, daughter of Marmaduke, were married on October 11. Witnesses: Marmaduke and Sarah and Susan Horseman and others. [4]
"This Isaac Leet was a son of Daniel Leet, who died in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in 1727; his wife was Susanna, probably a daughter of Marmaduke Horseman." [5]
1727 An abstract of the will of Daniel Leet states, [6]:
Oct. 27. Leet, Daniel, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co.; will of. Wife Susannah. Sons—Marmaduke and Isaac, both under age; daughters —Elizabeth and Abigail, an expected child. Home farm of 650 acres. Personal property. Executors—the wife and son Marmaduke. Witnesses —Samuel Ruckman, Alexander Day, Sam'l Green. Proved December 7, 1727. Lib. 2, p. 476
1727 The inventory of the estate of Daniel Leet was made on December 7. "Inventory of the personal estate, £58.7.6, incl. an old Bible and Testament 2s.; made by Daniel Howell and Samuel Green." [7]
1728/29 The account of the estate of Daniel Leet was made on February 4. "Account of the estate by the executrix, Susannah, now wife of Jonathan Paine, who has overpaid the valuation by £7.13.7, by funeral charges £8, by fees for probate £7.2.9, and debts due to Marmaduke Horseman and Thomas Lambert." [8]
A biosketch of Daniel Leet, son of Isaac, perhaps refers to Isaac, son of this Daniel Leet. [9] [10]
[1] West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, page 493 citing page 579, image 311, [FamilySearchImage].
[2] West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, page 493 citing page 579, image 311, [FamilySearchImage].
[3] New Jersey. Genealogies 1650–1900, pages 54-58, image 77, [FamilySearchImage].
[4] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 85, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Boyd Crumrine, The Courts of Justice Bench and Bar of Washington County, Pennsylvania (1902), 280, [GoogleBooks].
[6] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 290, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[7] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 290, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[8] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 290, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[9] History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men: Philadelphia. Local Histories 1882, page 226, image 123, [FamilySearchImage].
[10] New Jersey. Genealogies 1600–1960, image 1742-45, image 1744 refers to the 1727 will cited above, [FamilySearchImage].