Person:John Coleman (68)

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Genforum has the following about "John Coleman and unknown wife of Nottingham, Burlington Co., NJ. (Now called Hamilton Square in Mercer Co. and physically part of Trenton)

The will of this John Coleman was probated in Burlington Co. in 1806 and names the following children: John, James, William, David, Rhoda, Jesse, Mahlon, and Barshaba.

John Coleman lived in Maidenhead, Lawrence Township where he was elected tax collector in 1753.
He bought the farm in Nottingham, which is just a couple of miles away, on 2 Jan 1760 and spent the rest of his life there."

Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series; Documents Relating to the
Colonial, Revolutionary & Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New
Jersey, Volume XL; Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Volume
XI, 1806-1809; Edited and Indexed by Elmer T. Hutchinson; Trenton, NJ, 1947.
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p. 70: William Ford named as friend and Executor, along with William West, of estate of
John Coleman, Sr., of Nottingham Twsp., Burlington Co., will date 10 Oct 1802,
proved 14 Feb 1806. (File 12256 C.).