George Willocks

1661 - 1729  (67 years)

• Name	George Willocks
  Birth	Feb 1660/61	Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  Baptism	20 Feb 1660/61	Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	20 Feb 1678/79	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Merchant apprentice, to George Willox in Cromarty
  Residence	1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Departure	Jul 1684
  Arrival	Bef Nov 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  Occupation	9 Apr 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 27 Oct 1705
  Role	1686	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Fractioner
  Property	27 Sep 1686	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Confirmation to George Willox, late of Scotland, now of Amboy Perth, for his 1/8 of 1/24 share, bought of Robert Burnett, in all 300 acres
  Property	24 May 1690	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Confirmation to George Willox, late of Scotland and "one of our proxies in the province," in right of 3-32 and 3-20 shares, purchased from Dr John Gordon, Thomas Gordon and John Barclay, of 1-16 from Andrew Jeffery, and 1-40 from George Mackanezie of Killdaine, of 400 acres at Barnegatt
  Property	13 Feb 1692/93	West Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Deed by Benjamin Rudyard in Barbados, eldest son and heir of Thomas, to George Willocks and his wife Margarate for all the land in E and W Jersey formelry belongong to his father
  Legal	12 Feb 1694/95	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	Granted letters of administration on the estate of Thomas Rudyard, the other executors in his will having refused to act
  Departure	Apr 1698	England   [9]
  	Aboard the Despatch, master William Fiddler, with responsibility for £500 goods being imported for the Proprietors
  Legal	15 Apr 1702  [10]
  	As an East Jersey Proprietor, agreed to the Surrender of Government of East and West Jersey to the Crown via his proxy Joseph Ormston
  	Witnessed by Gilbert Falconer and Daniel Wild
  Title Suffix	of Rudyard
  Name	George Willoks  [11]
  Residence	1724	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	1729	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	St Peter's Episcopal Church
  Death	Jan 1728/29	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  Will	3 Jan 1728/29	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12, 13]
  	Includes legacies to niece and nephew, friends and Episcopal Churches of Shrewsbury, Burlington and Hopewell.
  	Executors: Rev. Wm. Skinner, Rev. Edward Vaughan, with George Leslie [his nephew] as adviser. Witnesses: John Barclay, Andrew Hay, Robert Arkeny (? Arking), John Burnet junior.
  Probate	13 Feb 1728/29	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12, 13]
  	Inventory of £1,638 13s made by Messrs. Johnston and Parker
  Person ID	I45181	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Mr James Willocks,   b. Abt 1619, Scotland d. 19 Feb 1694/95, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anne Lindsay   d. 26 Nov 1708, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Rudyard   d. 1722, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	1699
  Family ID	F31293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Feb 1660/61 - Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Baptism - 20 Feb 1660/61 - Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant apprentice, to George Willox in Cromarty - 20 Feb 1678/79 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 27 Oct 1705 - 9 Apr 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Granted letters of administration on the estate of Thomas Rudyard, the other executors in his will having refused to act - 12 Feb 1694/95 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Departure - Aboard the Despatch, master William Fiddler, with responsibility for £500 goods being imported for the Proprietors - Apr 1698 - England Residence - 1724 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Burial - 1729 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - Jan 1728/29 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Includes legacies to niece and nephew, friends and Episcopal Churches of Shrewsbury, Burlington and Hopewell. - 3 Jan 1728/29 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory of £1,638 13s made by Messrs. Johnston and Parker - 13 Feb 1728/29 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Note: George Willox, merchant in Crombartie [Cromarty], was made a Burgess of Aberdeen on 20 Sep 1673 and his son, George, jr on 19 Jan 1676 (The Miscellany of the New Spalding Club, Vol. II, p440 and 444)

  
  

• Sources

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