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- : In 1681 the ship 'Paradise' brought a body of colonists to New Jersey among w ho were Timothy Hancock and his sister Mary, from Warwickshire. Mary married William Matlock, who came in the 'Kent'. Timothy settled on a tract of 100 acr es of land in Burlington County, between the forks of the Pensauken Creek, abou t two miles from the present town of Moorestown. In 1682, in connection with Wi lliam Matlock and John Roberts, he bought a piece of land of the Indian chief T allaca, the original deed that is now preserved by a descendant of William Matl ock. "[The following is the deed, verbatim:] 'Know all people that I tallaca h ave had and Received of and from John Roberts with the consent of the neighborh ood at pimsawquin one match coate one Little Runlit of Rum and two bottles of R um In Consideration whearof I the said taleca doe hearby grant Bargain and sell unto the said John Roberts Timothy Hancock and William Matlock all those plant ations at pimsawquin promising for Ever to defend the said John Roberts etc fro m all other Indians Laying any Claime theareto in wittness whearof I the said t alleca have hear unto my hand and seale the twelveth day of April 1684. [Then t he mark_of Z talleca.'] "Timothy was a young man when he came to New Jersey. Three years later, -- November 16, 1684, -- he married Rachel Firman, in Evesh am monthly meeting. Rachel died before 1690 and Timothy married Susannah Ives. He was a prominent man in the colony. Timothy Hancock and his sister, then a bout fifteen, came from their home in Brayles, Warwickshire, England in the shi p 'Paradise' arriving in West Jersey on March 7, 1681. Timothy was able to pay the passage money for the two of them. When they landed they had little worldly goods; they were a humble pair and the community readily accepted them. A year later Mary let several suitors know that she was spoken for as her heart favor ed William Matlack. The Quaker ceremony in 1682 was a joyous event; William was thirty-four and Mary sixteen. Timothy Hancock married first in 1684 Rachel Firman. His second marriage was to Susannah Ives. His 100-acre tract adjoined t he Matlack homestead. As more settlers came into the area, William Matlack and Timothy Hancock thought it a good idea to set up a Friends Meeting and with the consent of the Burlington Friends this was established in the Hancock home in 1685. There on what the Quakers called 'first days' the neighbors met to medita te and pray as they wished.
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1653 - 1745 (43 years)
