John Loofborow

- Aft 1723

• Name	John Loofborow
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1683  [1]
  	Miller
  Arrival	Feb 1683/84	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	'Imported himself'
  	The final part of the year is a little smudged on the original record, but looks like 'four'. As it is included after a note of arrivals to the province in October 1684, this suggests that 1684 is correct.
  Name	John Loofborrow  [3]
  Name	John Loofbourrow
  Name	John Luefbourrow  [4]
  Name	John Lufberry  [5]
  Name	John Luffburrow  [6]
  Property	7 Oct 1686	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Leased a gristmill from Samuel Moore
  Residence	9 Nov 1687	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Announced his intention to marry Gurtrude Holland at the Amboy Monthly Quaker meeting
  Religion	1688	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker
  Property	1689	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Deed by Thomas Gordon granting his headland
  Property	24 May 1690	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Confirmation to Thomas Gordon of tracts of land in Monmouth including headlands ranted to John and others
  Death	Aft 3 Oct 1723	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	Reported to the Rahway and Plainfield Quaker Monthly Meeting
  Will	5 Oct 1723	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7, 8]
  	Executors: friends John Vail and John Kinsey Jr.
  Probate	29 Jan 1731/32	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  Person ID	I45069	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Hannah Miles Bunn,   b. Abt 1662, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	22 Nov 1688	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7, 9]
  Children	1. Catherine Loofbourow,   b. 1711, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 6 Oct 1776 (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Thomas Loofborow,   b. 6 Jun 1690, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Loofborow,   b. 6 Jun 1692, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 30 Mar 1749, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Loofborow,   b. 5 Nov 1694, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Nathan Loofborow,   b. 23 Mar 1705/06, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Benjamin Loofborow,   b. 31 Mar 1705, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 21 Apr 1705, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Hannah Loofborow  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Ruth Loofborow  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Arrival - 'Imported himself' - Feb 1683/84 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Leased a gristmill from Samuel Moore - 7 Oct 1686 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Announced his intention to marry Gurtrude Holland at the Amboy Monthly Quaker meeting - 9 Nov 1687 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Religion - Quaker - 1688 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 22 Nov 1688 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Confirmation to Thomas Gordon of tracts of land in Monmouth including headlands ranted to John and others - 24 May 1690 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - Aft 3 Oct 1723 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: friends John Vail and John Kinsey Jr. - 5 Oct 1723 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 29 Jan 1731/32 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  There appears to be no evidence that he 'imported himself' from Scotland, arriving separately in February 1684 from the ships from Scotland

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p65. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 196 (SSTSE023). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p174. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p205. [S3739] Monnette, Orra Eugene, First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, p257. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p191. [S3728] Mulford, Edith L., "John Loufbourrow of Woodbridge Founder of the Loofbourrow Family in America". [S3700] Honeyman, A. Van Doren, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 2, 1730-1750, p305. [S3604] Dally, Joseph W., Woodbridge and Vicinity, p335.