Oorzaak: Fever
Hij is getrouwd met Hannah Baldwin.
Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1726 te Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ, hij was toen 20 jaar oud.
Kind(eren):
Wikitree ID: Ford-
Birth: Apr. 13, 1704
Woodbridge
Middlesex County
New Jersey, USA
Death: Jan. 19, 1777
Morristown
Morris County
New Jersey, USA
Born one of three children of John and Elizabeth Ford of Woodbridge, New Jersey. He married Hannah Baldwin in 1724 and established a residence in the county seat of Morristown, NJ. They would have eight children. In 1724, Ford served as both a Justice of the Peace and as a judge in the town courts, and in 1738 applied for permission to keep an inn in New Hanover. He also established an iron foundry and served as a mortgage broker. In 1772, he was elected a member of the New Jersey House of Assembly. In 1774 he was chosen as a delegate to represent Morris County at the meeting of the Committee of the Province of New Jersey which elected the delegates for the First Continental Congress. By 1776, in partnership with his son, Jacob, Ford won a loan from the Committee of Safety to build a gunpowder mill on the Whippany River. The mill went into production by June. On January 15, 1777 Ford wrote his will. He died of fever four days later at the age of 73.
Had a daughter named Mary Ford Dunham, b.9-22-1734 d.5-4-1802.
(bio by: Iola)
Family links:
Spouse:
Hannah Baldwin Ford (1701 - 1777)
Children:
Elizabeth Ford (____ - 1746)*
John Ford (1728 - 1767)*
Phebe Ford Phillips (1729 - 1819)*
Sarah Ford Tuthill (1732 - 1811)*
Mary Ford Dunham (1734 - 1802)*
Jacob Ford (1738 - 1777)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
First Presbyterian Churchyard
Morristown
Morris County
New Jersey, USA
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Record added: Sep 24, 2001
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