Person:David Laing (1)

BIRTH: Source data is from O. B. Leonard Collection; Salt Lake City Genealogy Library (LDS); film #s 0945947 - -945950.

BIRTH: MARRIAGE: DEATH: Death date listed as 29 March 1768 or 1777. Source: See Ambrose M. Shotwell, "Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors, 1895-7, pages 103, 130, 188. Also consult Film SLC 0017346. Also, in New York Public Library, Genealogy Branch, see letter of "J. C., Jr." cited above: on a genealogical study of Quaker records of Shrewsbury, Rahway and Plainfield, NJ to Mr. G. I. Laing, 1524 Chestnut St., Phila., PA on Dec. 8, 1927, "A. P. T. F." uncatalogued in Vertical File, pages 3, 7, 9. Records of Allan R. Knight, Winterberry, 113 Waverly Drive, Cambridge, WI 53523-9245; dated 3 Dec. 1994.

BIRTH: Quaker Records: Rahway & Plainfield Monthly Meetings Essex County, New Jersey Name: John Laing Comment: mbr 1684, Meeting at his house in winter, 1721 Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Shotwell Child: Sarah; Elizabeth; John; Margaret; Ann; David; Martha; Mary; Abraham; Isaac; Jacob; Christiana Birth Date: 16/9 Nov 1706; 11/10 Dec 1707; 28/2 Apr 1709; 09/9 Nov 1710; 01/7 Sep 1712; 05/2 Apr 1714; 01/10 Dec 1715; 08/4 Jun 1717; 08/12 Feb 1718/19; 10/10 Dec 1720; 08/12 Feb 1722/3; 02/1 Mar 1724/5 Death Date: -; -; -; 16/8 --- 1713; -; -; -; -; -; -; -; - Comment: Cert to Kingwood 4-18-1770, John & family Essex County, New Jersey Quaker Records Quaker Records: Rahway & Plainfield Monthly Meetings Essex County, New Jersey

         Name: Mary Thorn
         Spouse's Name: David Laing
         Marriage Date: 1741

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.

1. ↑ Clarke, Robert Gordon. Early New Netherlands Settlers.
2.   Email from Martie Carreon martie56 add the at gmail add the dot com.

   Martie Carreon has full birth date and a copy of David's Will.

3. ↑ David Laing, in U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014).

   born 5 Apr 1714 (5 of second month 1714)
   parents: John and Elizabeth Laing
   reported in Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting

4. ↑ David Laing, in U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014).

   died 29 Mar 1768
   reported in Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting

5. ↑ David Shotwell Laing, in Find A Grave.

   includes an extract of his will, beginning: "1768, March 1, Laing, David, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co."
   
   This entry also lists his children - note that (as of Dec 2024) there are clearly some typos in their birth years.