This is a transcription of a quit claim involving my 8th great-grandfather, Archibald Craig, and his neighbor Henrich VanVoorhis on 8 APR 1726 in Freehold, NJ. They appear to be clarifying a boundary dispute. I thought it was excessive language – even for the time – but clearly it wasn’t. The memorandum attached implies that…
This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer between John Craig, my 9th great-grandfather and Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather on 2 SEP 1717 in Freehold, NJ.
This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer between John Craig, my 9th great-grandfather and Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather on 10 APR 1702. It was enacted the same day and in the same area as a purchase by James Craig, my 8th great-uncle on my maternal grandfather’s side.
One of my Forman ancestors loaned money to Henry VIII – bad idea. One arrested the governor of NJ for holding court while Scottish. There was a patriot tarred as a traitor for ages, and a religious refugee who persecuted Quakers on Long Island. Knights, vicars, patriots & scoundrels – 12 generations of Formans.
This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer between Jacobus Romine and Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather on 25th of May 1720. Reference: C-2:Folio 60.
This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer between Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather and Jacob Zutvan / van Zutphen / Sutphen, my 7th great-grandfather, on 24 APR 1733 regarding a property in Freehold, NJ.