Janett Hamton

1668 - 1761  (93 years)

• Name	Janett Hamton
  Birth	1668	Scotland   [1]
  	Aged 93 at her death
  Gender	Female
  Departure	10 Aug 1683	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton with family members
  Arrival	11 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
  	Imported on a four year contract, imported by the 'Proprietors as belongs to Scotland'
  Role	1684	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Indentured servant
  Legal	Jan 1684	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Indentured for four years
  Name	Janett Hampton  [2]
  Religion	1688	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker
  Residence	Jan 1688/89	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Will	1 Apr 1752	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Executors: son David and son-in-law James English; witnesses: Robert English, James Cole, James English Jr, David English
  Death	15 Jan 1761	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Probate	29 Jan 1761	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  Burial	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	In a private family plot on the farm of D.D. Denise, one mile west of Freehold
  Person ID	I44736	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Robert Rhea,   b. Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 27 May 1718, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	9 Jan 1688/89	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	In Quaker usage before 1752, the 'ninth' month was January In Janett's home
  Children	1. David Rhea,   b. Abt 1691   d. Bef 23 Jun 1761, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age < 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elisabeth Rhea,   b. Abt 1693  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Catherine Rhea,   b. Abt 1695  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Margaret Rhea,   b. Abt 1697  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Isabel Rhea,   b. Abt 1699  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mary Rhea,   b. Abt 1701  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1668 - Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton with family members - 10 Aug 1683 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Imported on a four year contract, imported by the 'Proprietors as belongs to Scotland' - 11 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Role - Indentured servant - 1684 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Indentured for four years - Jan 1684 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Religion - Quaker - 1688 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - Jan 1688/89 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 9 Jan 1688/89 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: son David and son-in-law James English; witnesses: Robert English, James Cole, James English Jr, David English - 1 Apr 1752 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - 15 Jan 1761 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - 29 Jan 1761 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Burial - - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Hypothesis. Janet may have been John's niece, given the wording of his will

  
  

• Sources

  [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p399. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p61. [S3613] The Society of Friends, Marriages (U.S. Quaker Meeting Records), Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting: Abstract of Marriage, Birth and Death Records 1641-1876, p21. [S3732] Honeyman, A. Van Doren , Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc, Vol.4, 1761-1770, pp351-352. [S3551] Smith, Henry Goodwin, The History of the ‘Old Scots’ Church of Freehold, p viii. [S3732] Honeyman, A. Van Doren , Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc, Vol.4, 1761-1770, p351.