John Hamton

Abt 1653 - 1703  (50 years)

• Name	John Hamton
  Birth	Abt 1653	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1669	Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Quaker - year he became convinced, at Ury
  Religion	1676	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Quaker - member of the Edinburgh Meeting
  Occupation	1682	Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland
  	Gardener
  Property	23 Nov 1682	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Deed by the East Jersey Proprietors granting 10 acres and a fee of £15 sterling for his role
  Legal	1683	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Indentured for four years
  Departure	10 Aug 1683	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton with family members
  Occupation	Nov 1683	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Overseer - appointed with John Reid
  Arrival	19 Nov 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA   [4]
  Role	1684	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Indentured servant
  Name	John Hampton
  Name	John Hantoun  [6]
  Religion	1685	New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker
  Property	8 Jan 1684/85	Cheesequake, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Patent for 164 acres from the East Jersey Proprietors, land by the Neversink River
  Property	8 Jul 1686	Wickatunk, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	Petitioned for 175 acres for headland for himself, wife and five children
  Property	25 Oct 1693	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Purchased land by the Burlington Path from George Keith
  Property	12 May 1698	Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA   [10]
  	With his wife, sold land to John Borradail
  Property	14 Dec 1701	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [11]
  	Sold land to Thomas Hankinson
  Death	1703	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Will	23 Jan 1702/03	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Executors: wife and Robert Ray [Rhea]. Witnesses: Andrew Burnett, John Trot, William Laing
  Probate	26 Feb 1702/03	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Inventory dated 12 Feb 1703: £202.19.10, made by Walter Ker, Andrew Burnett and William Laing
  Property	10 Sep 1703	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  	Sold land to John Mathie
  Origin	Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I44735	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Hamton
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Kathrine Cludslie   d. Abt 1684
  Marriage	7 Dec 1675	Glassford, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [6]
  	At the house of Alexander Hamilton of Drumbuoy. Reported at the West of Scotland Quaker Monthly Meeting.
  Children	1. Lydia Hampton,   b. 14 May 1678, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Hamton,   b. 11 Oct 1676, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1724 (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Hampton,   b. 6 Sep 1681, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1751, Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. David Hamton,   b. 1682, Scotland d. 1710, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Curtis
  Marriage	1698	Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. Joseph Hamton,   b. 1702, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 1767, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Martha Brown   d. 1697, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	3 Mar 1686/87	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [13]
  	At the Shreswbury Friends Meeting
  Children	1. Noah Hamton,   b. 1694   d. 1775, Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Jonathan Hampton,   b. 1693   d. 7 Mar 1744/45, Rahway, Union, New Jersey, USA (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Andrew Hamton,   b. 1688, New Jersey, USA d. 1725 (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1653 - Scotland Religion - Quaker - year he became convinced, at Ury - 1669 - Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland Marriage - 7 Dec 1675 - Glassford, Lanarkshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - member of the Edinburgh Meeting - 1676 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Gardener - 1682 - Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland Property - Deed by the East Jersey Proprietors granting 10 acres and a fee of £15 sterling for his role - 23 Nov 1682 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Indentured for four years - 1683 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton with family members - 10 Aug 1683 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Overseer - appointed with John Reid - Nov 1683 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Arrival - 19 Nov 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Role - Indentured servant - 1684 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Religion - Quaker - 1685 - New Jersey, USA Property - Patent for 164 acres from the East Jersey Proprietors, land by the Neversink River - 8 Jan 1684/85 - Cheesequake, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Petitioned for 175 acres for headland for himself, wife and five children - 8 Jul 1686 - Wickatunk, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 3 Mar 1686/87 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Purchased land by the Burlington Path from George Keith - 25 Oct 1693 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 1698 - Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA Property - With his wife, sold land to John Borradail - 12 May 1698 - Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold land to Thomas Hankinson - 14 Dec 1701 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - 1703 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: wife and Robert Ray [Rhea]. Witnesses: Andrew Burnett, John Trot, William Laing - 23 Jan 1702/03 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory dated 12 Feb 1703: £202.19.10, made by Walter Ker, Andrew Burnett and William Laing - 26 Feb 1702/03 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold land to John Mathie - 10 Sep 1703 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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