Captain John Barclay

1702 - 1786  (84 years)

• Name	John Barclay
  Title	Captain
  Birth	1702	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Gender	Male
  Title Suffix	Esq
  Will	26 May 1782	South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1, 2]
  	Appendix E in Moffat provides a full transcription of the will and codicil dated 9 June 1782
  Death	16 Feb 1786	South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Probate	19 Apr 1786	South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Inventory of £1,130 6s made by William Vanderipe and Samuel Potts
  Burial	Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Old Topanemus Cemetery
  Person ID	I44783	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Barclay,   b. Abt 1651, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. Abt 24 Apr 1731, South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katharine Rescarrick,   b. Abt 1661   d. 6 Jan 1702/03, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1700  [5]
  Family ID	F31197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katharine Gordon,   b. 14 Jun 1705, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 26 Oct 1757, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1725  [5]
  Family ID	F31199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Van Dyke
  Marriage	1763
  Family ID	F31200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1702 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - 26 May 1782 - South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 16 Feb 1786 - South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory of £1,130 6s made by William Vanderipe and Samuel Potts - 19 Apr 1786 - South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Burial - - Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3818] Hutchinson, Elmer T., Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Volume VI, 1781-1785, p33. [S3616] Moffat, R. Burnham, The Barclays of New York, p400. [S3616] Moffat, R. Burnham, The Barclays of New York, p56. [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p257. [S3616] Moffat, R. Burnham, The Barclays of New York, p57.