Benjamin Shreve b. 9 Jun 1706 Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America d. 14 Mar 1751 Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America: Tangled Roots

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Name	Benjamin Shreve
Born	9 Jun 1706	Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America [1, 2]
Christened	9 Jun 1706	New Jersey, British Colonial America
Gender	Male
Died	14 Mar 1751	Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America [2, 3]
Person ID	I1206	TangledRoots
Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

Father	Caleb Shreve, b. Abt 1652, Portsmouth, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America , d. Between 1740 and 1741, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 88 years)
Mother	Sarah Areson, b. 1660, d. Aft 1699, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age > 40 years)
Married	Abt 1680	Long Island, New York
Family ID	F672	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Rebecca French, b. 1709, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. Aft 1750, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age > 42 years)

Married 23 Apr 1729 Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial Ameirca [1, 2, 4, 5]

Address:
Springfield Friends Meeting

23da 2mo 1729

Children

	1. Keziah Shreve, b. 8 Mar 1730, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Richard Shreve, b. 10 Aug 1732, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Caleb Shreve, b. 25 Oct 1734, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 21 Jun 1792 (Age 57 years)
	4. William Shreve, b. 4 Oct 1737, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 1812 (Age 74 years)
	5. Israel Shreve, b. 24 Feb 1739, Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 14 Dec 1799, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 60 years)
	6. Benjamin Shreve, Jr., b. 7 Dec 1747, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 18 Nov 1801 (Age 53 years)
	7. Samuel Shreve, b. 25 Mar 1750, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America
	8. Sarah Shreve, b. 18 Oct 1744, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 16 Jan 2022

Family ID F426 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Born - 9 Jun 1706 - Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, Brithsh Colonial America

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...The Shreve family were among the earliest settlers of New England, Caleb, the progenitor, being recorded as a resident of Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1641. Two of his sons, Caleb and John, located in Rhode Island, the former, in 1680, marring Sarah, daughter of Dirick Areson, of Flushing, L. I.. Soon after he removed to Shrewsbury, East Jersey, in the vicinity of which he remained from 1685 until 1699, when he purchased a large tract of over 300 acres from Richard French, Mt. Pleasant, Mansfield Township, Burlington County, West Jersey. This notable homestead has remained in the possession of successive generations of the family until this day.
...Caleb Shreve had seven sons and three daughters. At his death in 1740, sixty years after his marriage, his wife was still living. His will bequeathed to her one third of his personal property and a life interest in his real estate. In a note "inferted before signing of ye same,' he requested that his wife, at her death, leave her personal property to Benjamin, the youngest son to whom was left the entire estate, after his mother's death, except certain small legacies to his brothers, Thomas, Joshua, Joseph, Caleb, Jonathan and David five shillings each; the same to his daughters, Mary (Shreve) Gibbs and Sarah (Shreve) Ogburn; five shillings to his son-in-law, Benj. Scattergood and some personal property to Sarah Shreve, daughter of his son Joshua. It is supposed that the older sons were provided for in his life time. The daughter who was the wife of Benj. Scattergood evidently was deceased.
...Benjamin Shreve added to his valuable patrimony by various land purchases some 450 acres. Tradition says he died prematurely in consequence of a fall from his horse. He was not yet fifty years of age. His will shows his solicitude for his minor children and their careful bringing up. Several of his sons and one grandson distinguished themselves in the war for national independence. Although the Shreve family were honored and esteemed Friends, meeting and government records show that the various branches of the family were possessed of a martial spirit to an eminent degree. A portion of the old house was built by Caleb Shreve in 1725, and another part by Benjamin in 1742, these figures being conspicuous on the eastern end. it stands upon high ground commanding a fine view, and within has many colonial features, in old Dutch tiling, fireplaces, cupboards, etc. From Caleb the property passed to his son, Benjamin, who died in 1844. In 1902 it descended to the present owner, B. F. Haywood Shreve, of Philadelphia. (Source: Compiled and Published by Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French - Volume I: With some account of Colonial Manners and Doings(Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1909), pg. 223)

WILL
Benjamin Shreve
...In the Name of God Amen The Fourteenth Day of March in the Year of our Lord 1750.51 One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty, Fifty One, I Benjamin Shreve of Mansfield in the County of Burlington in the Province of West new jersey Yeoman being weak and Sick in bodey but in perfect Mind and Memory thanks be given to God for the Same, therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is Appointed for all Men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give devise and dispose of the Same in the following manner and Form. Imprimis it is my Will and I do order, That in the first place, all my just Debts and Funeral Charges be paid and Satisfied by my Executors hereafter mentioned.
...ITEM I give to my well beloved Wife Rebecca Shreve One Third part of all my personal Estate, to her Heirs and Assigns forever, And also the Benefit of my Real Estate if She continue my Widow till my Children come of Age each in their Order it being to enable her to bring them up, but if she happen to Marry again She Shall have no power any longer in my Real Estate or the bringing up of my Children, Saving at the Discression of my Exrs. as they Shall Appoint or order. ITEM I give to my Two Daughters (Viz) Kezia Shreve and Sarah Shreve Share and Share alike of the remainder of my Personal Estate to be paid them as they attain to the Age of Eighteen Years. Now it is my Will tat Kezia she Shall have her Portion within a Year after my Decease Seeing She is of Age and Sarah as above said now if either of my Daughters Die within a Year after my decease She that Surviveth Shall have the Portion of the Deceased. ITEM I give to my Son Caleb Shreve all and Singular the Estate of Lands and Tenements I now live on to him his Heirs and Assigns forever. ITEM I give to my Son William Shreve all and Singular the Lands Farm or Plantation I lately purchased of Preserve Brown lying and being in Mansfield and part in Chesterfield in ye Said County of Burlington to be enjoyed by him when he Attaineth to the Age of Twenty One Years, his Heirs and Assigns forever. ITEM I give to my Son Israel Shreve all that Farm or Plantation I lately Purchased of Jacob Ong of Hanover and also the One Hundred Acres of Land I had by Virtue of my Fathers last Will & Testament which Land my Father Purchased of Daniel Smith, to him his Heirs and Assigns forever. And also a right for One Hundred Acres of Land which I Purchased of Preserve Brown all which to be enjoyed by him when he attaineth to the Age of Twenty One Years his Heirs and Assigns for ever. ITEM I give to my Three Sons (Viz) Caleb, William and Israel all & Singular my Cedar Swamp to be equally Divided amongst them by North and South Lines, Caleb to have the West Side, William the middle part and Israel the residue to be enjoyed by them their Heirs and Assigns forever. Further it is my Will that if my Son Caleb Should Die before he come of Age that William Shall have the Portion that was given to Caleb, and Israels Portion shall be that is given to William and if either of ye younger Ones die before they come of Age the Survivor to enjoy both their Portions his Heirs and Assigns forever. ITEM I give to my Two Youngest Sons Benjamin and Samuel each of them Five Hundred Pounds to be paid them as they attain to the Age of Twenty One Years, and if either of them die before they come of Age the Survivor to have the whole and to be paid as followeth Caleb to pay to Benjamin Four Pounds and William to pay to Benjamin One Hundred Pounds lawful Money of the Same Place. And William to pay unto Samuel Four Hundred Pounds & Caleb One hundred Pounds to compleat their Portions to be paid them out of their Estates given them as abovesaid. Also it is my Will that my Nigro Man Jack be immediately Set free he paying to them that enjoyeth the Homestead forty Shillings per Year for Five Years after my Decease and the Money to be kept in order to keep him in his Old Age, and the rest they that enjoyeth the Homestead Shall make up in Maintaining him. I likewise order that no Timber be cut to waste or destroyed Saving for the necessary use of ye places, nor no more upland to be cleared neither any of ye Meadows & Swamp land to be plowed. Lastly I Constitute and appoint Daniel Doughty and Michael Newbold my trusty and well beloved Friends, my only & Executors of this my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke & disanul all and every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies, & Executors, by me in any ways before this Time Named, Willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.
Benjaman Shreve (seal)

Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared by the Said Benjamin Shreve as his last Will & Testament in ye Presence of us ye Subscribers
Barzillai Newbold
Levi Nutt
Robt. Bland
Daniel Doughty & Michael Newbold Executors in the within Testament named being duly affirmed according to Law did declare that the within Instrument contains the true last Will and Testament of Benjamin Shreve. (Source: Compiled and Published by Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French - Volume I: With some account of Colonial Manners and Doings(Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1909) pg. 227, 228)

Sources

[S485] Book: The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641, Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson, p20-21.
Caleb Shreve m. Sarah Areson, dau. of Diedrich o(or Deric) Areson, of Long Island, about 1680. He d. in Burlington Co., New Jersey, in 1741.
Children:
...Martha Shreve; b. 158_; m. Benjamin Scattergood in Burlington Co., N. J., in 1704 (declared Mar. 3) by Friends Ceremony at Chesterfield Meeting.
...Thomas Shreve; b. 169_; m. Elizabeth Allison in Burlington Co., N. J., May 26, 1711, by Friends Ceremony at Burlington Meeting; d. in Burlington Co., N.J., July _, 1747.
...Joseph Shreve; b. 168_; m. Hope Harding in Burlington Co., N.J., in 1711 (proposed second time July 3), by Friends Ceremony at Burlington Meeting; d. before 1757.
...Joshua Shreve; b. Apr. 5, 1692; m. Jane_____; d. 1752 (?)
...Caleb Shreve; b. 169_; m. 1st, Mary Hunt in Burlington Co., N. J., May 8, 1713, by Friends Ceremony at Chesterfield Meeting; 2d, Ann_____; d. 1746.
...Mary Shreve; b. 169_; m. Isaac Gibbs, Jr., in Burlington Co., N.J., Jan. 5, 1722, by Friends Ceremony at Chesterfield Meeting.
...Sarah Shreve; b. 169_; m. John Ogborne in Burling Co., N. J., Jan. 18, 1724, by Friends Ceremony at Chesterfield Meeting.
...Jonathan Shreve; b. 169_; m. Hannah Hunt in Burlington Co., N.J., Feb. 4, 1720, by Friends Ceremony at Chesterfield Meeting; d. 1756.
...David Shreve; b. 169_; d. after 1735.
...Benjamin Shreve; b. June 9, 1706; m. Rebecca French in Burlington Co., N.J., Feb. 23, 1729, by Friends Ceremony at Springfield Meeting; d. 1751.
[S602] Book: Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French vol. 1, Rebecca French and family, p222.
Rebecca French
m. 2nd mo. 23rd, 1729, Benjamin Shreve, son of Caleb and Sarah (Areson) Shreve of Mansfield Township, Burlington Co., N. J.
He b. 6th mo. 9th, 1706. d. 1751
Children:
...Sarah Shreve b. March 8th, 1730. m. about 1752, Moses Ivins.
...Richard Shreve b. th mo. 10th, 1732. d. unmarried.
...Caleb shreve b. 8th mo. 25th, 1734. m. 11th mo. 18th, 1755, Grace Pancoast.
...William Shreve b. 8th mo. 4th, 1737. m. First, May 8th, 1756, Anna Ivins. m. Second, 12th mo. 15th, 1768, Rhoda Ivins. m. Third, February 21st, 1779, Anne (Woodward) Reckless.
...Israel Shreve b. 12th mo. 24th, 1739. m. First, 2nd mo. 1760, Grace Curtis., m. Second, 5th mo. 10th, 1773, Mary Cokley.
...Sarah Shreve b. 10th mo. 18th, 1744. m. First, May 4th, 1768, David Scattergood. m. Second, April 24th, 1779, Joseph Beck. m. Third, John Nixon.
...Benjamin Shreve, Jr. b. 10th mo. 7th, 1747. m. First, 7th mo. 10th, 1770, Hannah Mark. m. Second, 1786, Susan Wood.
...Samuel Shreve b. 1st mo. 25th, 1750. m. First, ___ ___. m. Second, ___ ___
[S485] Book: The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641, pg. 15.
His will is dated March 14th, 1750-51 and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, at Trenton, in Book 7, page 47.
[S49] CD: Quaker Genealogy in America, Vol.II, pg. 222.
French. 1729, 2, 23. Rebecca, daughter of Richard, Burlington County, Married Benjamin Shreve, son of Caleb, Burlington County, at Meeting House in Upper Springfield Township, Burlington County
[S13] Book: Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Volume 2, pg. 51.
3rd da, 2nd mo, 1729 - Marriage of Benjamin Shreve, son of Caleb and Sarah Shreve and Rebecca French, dau of Richard and Mary French accomplished, their parents present and consenting.