Person:Richard Mount (6)

Information on Richard Mount

RICHARD MOUNT4 SR. (GEORGE3 MOUNT, RICHARD2, GREGORY1) was born 1665 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, and died January 25, 1722/23 in Cranberry, Middlesex County New Jersey. He married REBECCA WALL 1687 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, daughter of WALTER WALL and ANN WALL. She was born 1665 in Gravesend, Kings, Long Island, New York, and died 1723 in Cranberry, Middlesex County New Jersey.

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Records of Richard Mount

Richard Mount, Purchases and Re Conveyances 1698-1723

• 13 April 1698: George Mount conveyed 185 acres of land in Middletown to his son, Richard Mount. Since his son, Richard, is not mentioned to receive anything in the will of George Mount, his father, in
• 1702, it is believed that this gift cut him off as an heir-at-law.

• March 17, 1703: Middletown Deed Book I, page 342: Richard Mount as heir of George Mount, to Richard Marsh, 8-9 acres at Poplar Field. This was part of the George Mount patent of 20 June 1677, lying next to land formerly owned by John Throckmorton.

• March 28, 1703: Richard Mount of Middletown was referred to as son and heir to George Mount, now deceased. He made his mark to documents rather than a signature. March 13, 1710: Richard Mount sold land to Eden "Burroues" of Jamaica, Long Island, New York. Eden Burroughs had a wife, Rachel, who may have been a daughter of Richard and Rebecca (Wall) Mount.

• June 5, 1710, Deed Book B2, page 422: 500 plus 40 acres from John Harrison in Cranbury lying between Cranbury Brook and Millstone Brook, next to Thomas Morford. This same deed was recorded again in Deed Book C2, page 516, February 19, 1719. On the back of the second deed is an addendum: Richard Mount made a deed to Joseph Dennis for 200 acres of this parcel for 5 schillings.

• March 12, 1711, Deed Book B2, page 421: Richard Mount of Middlesex County, yeoman, conveyed "...to my son, Richard Mount, Jr. of the same place, 200 acres at Cranbury, adjoining Thomas Morford and bounded on the west by land intended for my son, George Mount and his wife, Rebecca.

• March 3, 1717, Deed Book C2, page 475: Richard Mount and Rachel, his wife, made a conveyance to Joseph Dennis, Cooper for 200 acres (See Deed Book C2, page 516, Feb 19, 1719, addendum on reverse side). Jan 5,

• 1723, Deed Book F2, page 274 (recorded 10 July 1744): Richard Mount, Sr., of Middlesex County and Rebecca, his wife, conveyed to Humphrey Mount, yeoman, 200 acres on the south side of Cranbury Brook adjoining his brother, Richard Mount, land for 200 pounds, witnessed by Matthias Mount, who acknowledged the deed, May 15, 1774, and Joseph Britton, Matthias Mount was his son, while Joseph Britton was his son-in-law

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