Person:Samuel Lundy (21)

Samuel came to Warren Co., NJ with his parents in 1747. Samuel was a judge of the Sussex County Court. In 1765 there was a great scarcity of bread-stuff throughout the northern part of the province, and the people had eaten up all their seed grain. The legislature came to the relief of the people and voted toloan money to the sufferers... Samuel was appointed a member of the committee to supervise the loaning of these provincial funds. Samuel was the sole executor of the the last will and testament of his father, Richard Lundy II, and by the terms therof, inherited all the real estate which his father then held (1772), a large farm having been deeded to in 1768 to Jacob. On 20 Sep 1759, the Board of Justices & Freeholders in and for the county of Sussex and elected Samuel Lundy to be County Collector. He served in that capacity for 13 yrs, 1759-64 and 1767-76. In 1776 his retirement from that office became necessary because soon the financial strength of the community was soon to be devoted to warlike purposes, a policy contrary to the principles of the Society of Friends. He was a member of the Township Committee for 2 yrs, 1774 & 1775; and he represented Hardwick Twp on the Board of Justices & Freeholders for 7 yrs, 1765-1772. Samuel was appointed a judge of the Pleas for Sussex County in 1772. Judge Lundy built on his homestead a substantial stone dwelling-house, which is still used as a residence, a frame addition having since been built at the end; one of the stones in the chimney bears the inscription, "Aug., 1780." He married (1) Ann Schooley in 1751 and (2) Sarah Willets in 1765. He had 12 children, 3 by his 1st wife and 9 by his 2nd." Pages 266-268. "In 1780, Judge Samuel Lundy built a stone dwelling-house along Pine Run on his share of the old plantation. When the Judge died in 1801, he left the farm by will to his son Samuel Lundy, Jr., who, in 1802, mar. Elizabeth Shotwell and dwelt on the homestead until 1816." page 45. SOURCE: "The Lundy Family & Their Descendants" by W. C. Armstrong.

!This source lists his birthplace as Plumstead, Bucks, PA. SOURCE: "A Genealogical & Personal History of Bucks Co., PA", by William H. Davis, GPCO, Baltimore, 1975.

!Appointed county judge of Sussex county, NJ, by the Governor, 27 Oct.1772. SOURCE: History of Sussex & Warren Counties, NJ by Snell; page 161.

!Downloaded from Ancestral File; Dec. 1991 version.

MARRIAGE: No issue. From "The Lundy Family & Their Descendants" by S. C. Armstrong.

MARRIAGE: Quaker Records: Rahway & Plainfield Monthly Meetings Essex County, New Jersey

         Name: Achsah Laing
            Relative: daughter of Samuel & Sarah
         Spouse's Name: William Shotwell
         Marriage Date: 1827

Essex County, New Jersey Quaker Records Source Information: Ancestry.com Essex County, New Jersey Quaker Records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Electronic reproduction of Cox, John, Jr., comp.Quaker Records: Rahway & Plainfield Monthly Meetings Essex County, New Jersey.