George Matlack

George Matlack¹

• Marriage*: 16 November 1709; Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey; <16th day 9th mo 1709>
  His 1st; Spouse:Mary Foster^2,1
• Marriage*: 1730; His 2nd. Her 2nd.
  Dornan puts the marriage after the 9th month 1730, when George Matlack deeded land, without his wife being named (under English law the wife's permission was required), but in the year 1730, as the Haddonfield Women's meeting cited the couple in that year, per Stewart's abstracts.; Spouse:Mary Gurnell^3,4
• Death*: between 29 November 1739 and 11 December 1739; Burlington Co., New Jersey; Will written & inventory

Parents:

Family 1:

Mary Foster b. 10 Aug 1687, d. b 1729

• Marriage*: 16 November 1709; Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey; <16th day 9th mo 1709>
  His 1st; Spouse:Mary Foster^2,1

Children:

Mary Matlack⁷
Josiah Matlack⁷
William Matlack⁷ d. b 1729
Martha Matlack⁷
Benjamin Matlack⁷
Elizabeth Matlack⁷
Joshua Matlack⁷
George Matlack+ ⁷ b. 3 Nov 1717, d. 6 May 1766

Notes

• Note*: "George Matlack was a carpenter by trade. As we have noted hereof his father by deed of 21 December 1714 gave to him one half of the 'Waterford' tract [Libre A, page 9] and George and his wife settled theron. Where he lived between the dates of his marriage 1708 and the above deed does not appear. His house, which he erected on the Waterford tract, stood on the south side of the present road from Haddonfield to Berlin near Glendale. And it was there, on the south branch of the creek, that he erected the saw mill run by him as an adjunct of his trade. His brother Timothy owned the adjoining tract, composed of the other half of the land purchased by their father, having purchased it from his father the same day that George had bought his one half. Timothy apparently never settled on his property, at least he did not as early as George did, for it appears, by a deed of May 3rd 1717 [Libre A page 53 of Gloucester Deeds] wherein he was described as of 'Chester township, Burlington County' that Timothy sold to George Matlack of Waterford township, Gloucester County for the consideration of £50 300 acres in Waterford 'as it is now divided from the rest of the said Timothy Matlack's land and by virtue of which division he the said George Matlack is in actual possession of the same, being part and parcel of the land the said Timothy purchased of his father William Matlack by deed of December 1st 1714. [The actual date was 21 Dec 1714].
  "Thirteen years later George sold the above tract of 300 acres to Joshua Woolstan of Evesham township for £60 making a profit on the sale of £10. The deed, bearing date the 23d of November (9th month) 1730 and recorded in Libre E, folio 148, recites that it is the same 300 acres in Waterford township which George Matlack purchased of his brother Timothy Matlack on Mary 3d 1717 recorded in Gloucester County in Libre A folio 53 and 54 and was by the said Timothy purchased with other lands [i.e. the 200 acres Timothy retained] of his father William Matlack by deed of December 21, 1714 recorded in the same book on folio 9. This deed of 1730 was acknowledged by George on August 27th 1735.
  ...
  "After his marriage to John Hancock's widow Mary, George removed from his Waterford plantation and settled with her on the Hancock place in Evesham township in Burlington County for by deed of 4 September 1732 he purchased a farm in Rodmantown (the present Moorstown) being therein described as of Evesham and in that village he spent the remainder of his life. The farm however he sold. The deed recites that George Matlack of Chester township yeoman and Mary his wife for the consideration of £3, 10 shillings to him in hand paid on September 27th. 1734 by John Meanes of the same place, taylor, sells to the said Meanes premises as follows: ...250 acres of the land... George died in 1739 and the deed was recorded on February 12th, 1741/2...[Libre K, folio 206].⁵
• Note: Will: "1739, Nov. 29. Matlack, George, of Chester, Burlington Co., yeoman; will of. Sons - Josiah and George. To the latter the saddle that belonged to his deceased brother, William. Children - Benjamin, Joshua, John, Thomas, Jonathan, Samuel, Martha and Elizabeth, each £5 at age. Wife's dau., Elizabeth Hancock, £5 at age. Real and personal estate. Executor - brother John Matlack. Witnesses - Thomas Parker, Sam'l Atkinson, Michael Tolman. Proved Dec 12, 1739. Lib. 4. p. 200.
  
  "1739, Dec 11. Inventory of the personal estate. £240.9.8; made by Thomas Lippincott and Joseph Stoakes."⁶