The Lanning Family of Newtown, Queens

THE LANNING FAMILY
Of
Lanning of Newtown, L.I., N.Y., And of Hunterdon Co., N.J.
Lewis died Cook, F. A. S. G., of Philadelphia
The Rev. Eli F. Cooley (1781 - 1860) stated in his "Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, Old
Hunterdon County, N.J., 1883", that "There is a tradition in this family that three brothers of the
name of Lanning came originally from Wales and settled on Long Island (N.Y.). They removed
soon afterward to New Jersey. One bought land in the northern part of the colony, another in the
southern part, and Robert, from whom the Lannings of this part of the colony descend, settled at
Maidenhead, now Lawrenceville." A documented study is now presented of Dr. Cooley's
Lanning Family:
JOHN LANNING is found in the records of Newtown, which fronted on the East River, in
Queens County, L.I., opposite Manhattan Island, in the following items of 1681 and 1682, his
surname spelled phonetically by the town clerk as "Lennen". He was deceased by 1683, in which
year the name of "the widow Lanning" appears in the town minutes. She was evidently the
Elizabeth Laning of Newtown who conveyed to "my two sons Robert Laning and Richard
Laning, after my decease" her house and ten acre lot in Newton by deed of gift dated 16 April
1688. Those two sons removed to Maidenhead Township, Burlington County, NJ by 1699, as
hereinafter is shown. The 1698 Census of Newtown lists no Laning. (TAG 24: 133)
6 Dec 1681, John Lennen enters an action of debt against Thomas Etherington. 7 Feb. 1681/2,
the Court finds Etherington to pay 3 pounds and the cost of suit. By deed of 16 Aug. 1681,
Theopilus Phillips of Newtown conveyed to Henry Mayle, Sr., of the Island of Nevis, a tract of
land at Mashpat Kills, in the bounds of Newtown, bounded east by the highway, west by the land
of
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John Lennen, on the north by the commons, and on the south by Justice Betts' land, with also an
orchard at the same Kills, bounded by land of John Lennen and Justice Betts.
"Know all men by these presents, that I, Elizabeth Laning, of Newtown in Queens County, do for
divers and good considerations moving me thereunto, do freely give unto my two sons, Robert
Laning and Richard Laning, after my decease, my now dwelling house and land, ten acres more
or less, lying in the bounds of Newtown, fronting north on the highway that goes to the Kills, on
the west by Joseph Reed's lot, on the east by Thomas Stevenson's lot that he bought of John Hart,
and on the south by Jeremiah Reeder's land. The aforesaid house and land I do freely give as
aforesaid to my two sons Robert and Richard Laning as their free land of inheritance, to them
and their heirs forever, as witness my hand and seal this sixteenth day of April in the year of our
Lord one thousand six hundred eighty eight, in the third year of His Majesty's Reign."
(signed) Elizabeth (her mark) Laning.
Children of John and Elizabeth (
) Laning:
2.
i. Robert Laning, Sr., born in or before 1667; died after 1752.
3.
ii. Richard Laning born in or before 1670; died after 1742.
3-a.
iii. John Laning born in or before 1675; died in 1733 - 1739.
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2.
ROBERT LANING, born in or before 1667, son of John an d Elizabeth Laning of
Newtown, Queens County, L.I., NY, removed to Maidenhead Township, Burlington County, NJ,
now Lawrence Township, Mercer County, where his name is found of record as one of the 28
men "all of Maidenhead", to whom a 100 acre tract there was granted by deed of 18 March
1698/9, for a "meeting house, burying ground, and school house", part of the West Jersey
Society's 15,000 acres tract above the Falls of Delaware, by the Society's agents, Jeremiah Basse
and Thomas Revell, (NJ Archives 21: 517). "The inhabitants above Assenpink (Creek) ordered
by the Court to be a Township of themselves by the name of Maidenhead", per minutes of
Burlington County Court of 20 Feb. 1696/7, (published 1944, page 191); it was thus set off from
Hopewell.
Robert Laning was appointed Constable of Maidenhead on 10 December 1706, and Collector of
Taxes there on 13 September 1709. He was named one of three executors in the will of
Theophilus Phillips of Maidenhead, dated 18 November 1708, and with John Read he made the
inventory of the personal estate of Johannes Opdyck of Hopewell Township, dated 24 March
1728/9, (NJ Archives 23: 364, 347).
Robert Laning settled in that part of Hopewell Township which was set off as Trenton in 1720,
as the following abstract of a mortgage given by him in 1737 indicates. Maidenhead, Hopewell,
Trenton, and Amwell formed Hunterdon County, set off from Burlington in 1714. The list of
Freeholders eligible for jury duty in Hunterdon County in 1741 included: Trenton Township:
Robert Laning, Stephen Lanning; Maidenhead Township: Robert Lanning; Amwell Township:
Richard Lanning (Genealogy Mag. NJ 37: 50).
Quote: The 26th August 1703. We underwritten, having the day and date hereof, at the house of
Ralph Hunt in Maiden Township, heard and read the agreement made the 20 April 1703 between
Doctor Daniel ...........
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mortgaged his 244 acres plantation in Trenton Township, said County, to the Loan Office
thereof, for 36 pounds, with description same as in the above deed, and "excepting thereout 20
1/2 acres formerly sold to Thomas Lambert." Robert Laning discharged this mortgage on 26
April 1739, and on that date mortgaged the same plantation again to the Commissioners of the
Loan Office, for 73 pounds 3 shillings, which he discharged on 24 April 1752, as shown in the
Mortgage Book C; nos. 111 and 139, now in the office of the Secretary of State, Trenton, NJ.
The estate of Robert Laning, Sr. is not found in the probate records of Hunterdon County, so the
year of his death, after 1752, and the name of his wife or widow, have not been recovered here.
Cooley says, in his Trenton and Ewing, 1883, page 152, that "Robert Laning is thought ot have
married Miss Hart,: evidently confusing Robert Laning, Sr., with his son Robert Laning, Jr.
Children of Robert Laning, Sr. (Named by Cooley, above)
4.
i. Stephen Laning born about 1710; died 1781
5.
ii. Daniel Laning bapt. 6 May 1713; died 1772
6.
iii. Richard Laning born about 1718; died after 1786
7.
iv. Robert Laning born about 1702; died after 1749
v. Frances Laning bapt. 13 Sept. 1715 in Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon County, NJ,
(Penna. Genealogy Mag. 19: 283); she married, as his first wife, Jonathan Furman of
Trenton Twp., said Co., who died testate in 1779, (NJ Archives 34: 194; and Cooley p.
152)
vi. Mercy Laning died after 1777; married Elijah Jones of Trenton Twp., said Co., who
died testate in 1779, (NJ Archives 34: 277)
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3.
RICHARD LANING, Sr., son of John and Elizabeth Laning of Newtown, Queens
County, L.I., NY, removed with his brother Robert Laning thence to Hopewell Township,
Burlington Co., (now in Mercer County), NJ. Richard Laning was among those listed as debtors
to the estate of Thomas Smith of Maidenhead Township, Burlington County, NJ, in the inventory
thereof dated 8 October 1702; and among the 72 debtors to the estate of William Blow of
Hunterdon County, NJ, in the inventory dated 21 April 1722; but was a creditor so listed in that
of the estate of John Muirhead of Hopewell Township, dated 9 March 1725/6; and again, in the
inventory of the estate of Samuel Fitch of Hopewell Township, dated 14 May 1729, (NJ
Archives 23: 433, 43, 332, 165).
Richard Laning's farm on the northwest side of the Roger Park Road from the Falls of Delaware
(Trenton village) to Hopewell, bounded southwest by that of his brother Robert Laning's, was so
described in the latter's Deed of 15 January 1714/15, stated in brief above. Richard Laning died
after 1742, on 29 April of which year his son "Richard Laning, Junr." appears of public record,
but his estate is not found in the Hunterdon County probate records. The name of his wife or
widow has not been recovered here. One Neshea Lanning was admitted to membership in the
Presbyterian Church of Trenton on 12 September 1734. The name is a Dutch diminutive of
Annatje (Anna).
Children of Richard Laning, Sr.
i.
Richard Laning, "son of Richard Laning”, was bapt. 6 May 1713 in Maidenhead, (Penna.
Genealogy Mag. 19: 281). On 29 Apr. 1742, Richard Laning, Junr. so signed the mortgage to the
Hunterdon Co. Loan Office for 22 pds., on his 133 acres tract in Amwell Twp., bounded east by
Thomas Gordon and John Lewis, north by William Williamson, west by Johannes Wandel
Holfer, and south by Edward Milner. He
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discharged this mortgage on 24 Apr. 1745, and on the same date, Richard Laning (signature) of
Amwell Twp., mortgaged to the Loan Office his 150 acres tract in that Twp., bounded south by
Martha Moray, west by Henry Kitchen, and north by Nicholas Albertson, which mortgage was
discharged on 25 Apr. 1751 "for Richard Laning by Jo. Robins," (Hunterdon Mortgage Book C,
nos. 164 and 202). The estate of Richard Laning, Junr., who died after 1745, is not found in the
Hunterdon Co. probate records. Compare no. 6 Richard Laning, son of Robert Laning, Sr.
One Richard Laning and Martha Laning witnessed the Will of Thomas Morgan, Jr., of
Middletown Twp., Bucks Co., Penna., dated 12 July 1764, but no Laning estate is found in
Bucks Co. probate records through 1825. One Daniel Doughty, young man, and Martha Laning,
maiden, were married on 19 Dec. 1766 , per the register of the Reformed Dutch Ch. of North end
Southampton, Bucks Co., Pa., (Penna. Genealogy Mag. 20: 177),
ii. Isaac Laning died in 1781
iii. Susanna Laning married by license of 21 married 1733/4, John Reed of Maidenhead Twp.,
Hunterdon Co., NJ, (NJ Archives 22: 247, and Genealogy Mag. of NJ 16: 70). The will of John
Reed of Hopewell Twp., said Co., dated 18 married 1749/50 and proved 12 Apr. 1750, named
wife Susanna, Isaac Laning, and James Deen Execrs.; ordered his estate sold when youngest
child is aged 18, and devised property to his children: Susanna, Nathaniel, Jemimah, Mary, and
Alse, (NJ Archives 30: 392)
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3-a. JOHN LANNING of Newtown, L.I., Queens County, NY, in 1695, and of Maidenhead
Township, Burlington County, NJ, in 1699, here supposed a third son of John and Elizabeth
Lanning of the former place.
Apparently, he was the man of that name who signed his name by mark as a witness to the
transfer of a right to purchase land by Gersham Moore to John Hunt, dated 26 April 1695,
recorded in the Newtown, L.I. Town Register.
John Lanning joined the migration from Newtown to Maidenhead, abovesaid, as is evident from
the Deed of 2 June 1701, by which John Brearley conveyed to William Read, bachelor, and John
Laning, yeoman, all of said Maidenhead Township, Burlington County, NJ, a tract of 150 acres
there to Read, and 50 acres to Laning, of a 200 acres tract on Shabbacunck Creek in said
Township, reciting grantor's purchase of same from Mahlon Stacy by Deed of 22 June 1695, (NJ
Archives, 1st Series, vol. 21: 466 and 531).
The grantor, William Read, died testate in Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ in 1762,
(Ibid. vol. 33: 347).
And, Robert Lanning and John Lanning, in that order, were among the 38 purchasers of land in
Maidenhead and Hopewell Townships who signed their consent to the agreement between
Doctor Daniel Coxe and their agent, Thomas Revell, on 26 August 1703 at the house of Ralph
Hunt in Maidenhead, recorded in West Jersey Deed Book AAA, p.8.
Robert Lanning and John Lanning were also named among the 36 grantees for the lot on which
the Presbyterian Church in Maidenhead, now Lawrenceville, was to be erected, dated 8 Jun
1711, granted by Ralph Hunt and Benjamin Harding of that Township, which Deed was not
recorded until 1801 in the Hunterdon County Deed Book, (Journal of the Presbyterian Historical
Society, vol. 12, p.87).
But no survey of land in the name of John Lanning is found in the Index of Surveys for the West
Jersey Proprietors, of which a microfilm is in the Collections of the Historical Society
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of Pennsylvania.
This John Lanning may have been the man of that name, described as "late of Burlington
County, NJ, but now of Bucks County, Penna." in a Deed of 2 April 1729, in which he and his
wife Hannah conveyed to Gisbert Hendrickson of Burlington County, for 230 pounds, a 174 acre
plantation there, on Doctor's Creek, with the houses, buildings, etc., without recital of title,
recorded in West Jersey Deed Book DD, p.60. The grantee, Gisbert Hendrickson, died testate in
Nottingham Township, Burlington County, NJ, in 1777. (NJ Archives, 1st series, vol. 34: 240).
The name of John Lanning is not found in the Indices of Grantors and Grantees in the Deed
Books of Bucks County, Penna., so it is suspected that his residence there was temporary.
This is indicated in the record of a mortgage given by John and Samuel Lanning of Burlington
County, NJ, yeomen, dated 1st May 1733, by which they gave a tract of 100 acres in
Wellingborough Township, said County, as collateral for the loan of 32 pounds by the
Commissioners of the Loan Office of that County, the witnesses being Benjamin Kirby and
Joseph Ross, (Typescript digest of the Loan Office register, Collections of the Historical Society
of Penna., shelf no. UNJ / .553).
The estate of John Lanning is not found in the probate records of Burlington County, NJ, but it
appears that he died between 1733 and 1739.
One Hannah Laning, widow, of Evesham Township, Burlington County, NJ, and Thomas
Bishop, of Northampton Township, said County, were married with a license of 1st August 1739,
(NJ Archives, 1st series, vol. 22: 245). It was Thomas Bishop's second marriage, as is indicated
by the fact that his will of 14 August 1741, which was proved on 2 August 1746, names four
married daughters, (Ibid. vol. 30: 47). Further proof of this intermarriage
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appears in the license for the marriage of (his son) Joshua Bishop of said Northampton
Township, Burlington County, NJ, and "Martha Laning, spinster, daughter of Hannah Bishop,
late Hannah Lanning:, dated 29 January 1739/40, (Ibid. vol. 22: 247)
Children of John and Hannah (
(hypothetical list)
) Lanning:
i. Samuel Laning, born say 1701; named as of Northampton Twp., Burlington Co., NJ,
in the license of 20 Sept. 1732 for his marriage to Anne Elkinton, widow, (Ibid. vol. 22: 236, and
Genealogy Mag. NJ, vol. 15: 101). The bride was then widow of George Elkinton, of said
Northampton Twp., who had died testate in 1729, and daughter of Samuel Kemble of said
County, (Ibid. vol. 23: 250 and 271) Administration upon the estate of Samuel Laning, of
Northampton Twp., Burlington Co., NJ, was granted 19 April 1749 to Anne Lanning, widow, of
the same place, with George Elkinton, fellow bondsman, (Ibid. vol. 30: 290). See Arthur Adams,
The Elkinton Family, (1945), p. 23.
ii. Mary Laning, born say 1713; named as of Willingborough Twp., Burlington Co., NJ,
spinster, in the license of 21 Jan. 1730/1 for her marriage to William Price of Burlington Town
and Co., wheelwright, (NJ Archives, 1st series, vol. 22; 247 and Genealogy Mag. NJ, vol. 15:
74). The estate of William Price is not found in the Burlington Co. probates.
iii. Joseph Laning, born say 1715; named as of Willingborough Twp., Burlington Co., NJ,
in the license of 2 Jan. 1741/2 for his marriage to Mary Jaquatt of same place, spinster, (Ibid. vol.
22: 236, and Genealogy Mag. NJ vol. 19: 95). By Deed of 30 March 1743, Joseph Laning, of
Bridgetown, Burlington Co.,
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NJ, carpenter, and wife Mary, conveyed to James Barkley, of Pennsylvania Neck, Salem
County, NJ, a tract of 190 acres on Anthony's Creek in Salem County, reciting that said Mary
Laning is the only surviving child of Peter Jaquatt, deceased intestate, recorded in West
Jersey Deed Book GH, p. 442. The estate of this Joseph Laning is not found in NJ probates.
The above Deed corrects the statement in the Jaquett Family, (1907), pages 158 - 159, which
names this Mary Jaquett as the fifth of the six children of John Jaquett of Pennsylvania Neck,
Salem Co.
iv. John Laning, born say 1717; died intestate in Chester Twp., Burlington Co., NJ, and
his widow Anne Laning gave bond as the administratrix upon his estate, dated 29 May 1759. (NJ
Archives, 1st series, vol. 32: 191). Apparently, they were parents of:
1. Samuel Laning, who married by license of 12 Feb. 1763 Esther Gaskill, both of
Chester Twp., abovesaid, with Isaac Rogers of that place and Samuel Atkinson witnesses,
(Ibid. vol. 22: 236). This Samuel Laning died testate in Moorestown, Chester Twp.,
Burlington Co., NJ, on 8 Dec. 1820, aged about 83 yrs., per notice in the True American,
Trenton, NJ. this couple "were married by a magistrate in Mount Holly." Samuel Laning,
carpenter, bought a lot in Moorestown of Edward French, and built a house for his
family. His wife, Esther Gaskill, was born in 1739, daughter of Samuel and Theophila
(Cripps) Gaskill. She died in 1823 in Camden, NJ, where her son Samuel Laning lived.
Children: Samuel, who married Mercy Crispin, (per register of Gloria Dei Church,
Philadelphia, 22 Aug. 1785); James: Isaac: Benjamin: and Hannah who married 18
October 1804 Edward Bullock under Chester Monthly Meeting, (Asa Matlack's Notes, in
Collections of the Genealogical Society of PA). Samuel Laning, a builder, was the Mayor
of Camden, NJ, 1828 - 1830. The Will of one Samuel Laning was proved in 1843 in
Gloucester Co.
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v. Martha Laning born say 1720; died after 1768. She, as "spinster” daughter of Hannah
Bishop, late Hannah Laning, married first, by NJ license of 29 Jan. 1739/40, Joshua Bishop of
Northampton Twp., Burlington Co., NJ, (NJ Archives, 1st series, vol. 22: 247). He died there
testate in 1758, his will naming wife Martha and mentioning children, all minors, not by names,
and the account of his estate, dated 25 May 1762, was made by Edward Stiles and wife Martha,
late Martha Bishop, the executrix, (Ibid. vol. 32: 30). Martha married 2nd Edward Stiles. They
had been married by NJ license of 14 March 1761. Vincent Bishop, of Burlington Co., son and
heir of Joshua Bishop, had his mother, Martha Stiles, appointed his guardian, and she gave bond
dated 2 March 1768. But the said Vincent Bishop had John Briggs appointed his guardian on 28
Dec. 1769, (Ibid. 34: 44).
vi. Hannah Laning born say 1726. Samuel Cripps and Hannah Laning declared intentions
of marriage to Burlington Monthly Meeting of Friends on 5 Nov. 1744, and the ceremony was
reported accomplished to the Meeting of 7 Jan. 1744/5. The Will of Samuel Cripps, of
Northampton Township, Burlington Co., NJ, dated 10 Oct. 1761 and proved 3 Nov. 1761, names
daughters Grace Cripps, Martha Cripps, Mary Cripps, and eldest daughter Hanna Cripps,
dividing his plantation lying next to Bridgetown, and appoints his friends Henry Paxson, Esq.,
and John Woolman executors, (Ibid. vol. 33: 100).
"Samuel Cripps, son of Nathaniel and Grace, married Hannah Laning, and settled on the
plantation of his father, near Mount Crips. Their children:
(a) Hannah married Benjamin Hooton,
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son of John;
(b) Martha married Jeptha Moon or Moore, and settled at Dutch Neck near
Burlington;
(c)Mary married one Schuyler at Burlington; and Grace married Christopher
Shuff, and settled first at Darby, Pa., and at Crosswicks, (Burlington Co., NJ). Asa
Matlack's Notes, p. 730, in Collections of the Genealogical Soc. of Penna."
--------------------------* “ An account of the names and ages of the inhabitants of the Township of Northampton as they
were given in at the town meeting the 28th of the third month called May, 1709”, includes:
“Bishop, Thomas age 44, Ann age 30, Samuel age 15, Margrett age 13, Sarah age 10, Elizabeth
age 6, Thomas age 4, William age 3, Hannah age 1.” (Minutes published in Proceedings N.J.
Historical Society, 1st ser., 4: 33.)
The Will of Thomas Bishop, of Northampton Twp., Burlington Co., N. J., yeoman, dated 14
Aug. 1741 and proved 2 Aug. 1746, names his children: Thomas, John, Joshua, William, Ann
Smith, Mercy, Elizabeth Warrington, Hannah Prickett, and Mary Atkinson. Grand-daughter
Sarah Gaering, under age. Appoints sons-in-law Henry Warrington and Jacob Prickett execrs.,
(N.J. Archives, 1st ser., 30: 47).
Children of Thomas and Ann (
) Bishop:
i.
Samuel Bishop born in 1694; not named in father’s willl 1741
ii.
Margaret Bishop born in 1696; ditto.
iii.
Sarah Bishop born in 1699; ditto.
iv.
Elizabeth Bishop born in 1703; married under Burlington Mo. Mtg., 9 – 11 mo. (Jan.)
1728/9, at Evesham, Henry Warrington, of Chester Twp., Burlington Co., N. J., who
died there testate in 1769, (N.J. Archives, 1st. ser., vol. 33, p. 465).
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v.
Thomas Bishop, Jr., born in 1705; died after 1741. He married, under Haddonfield,
N.J., Monthly Meeting, in 2nd month (Apr.) 1736, Rachel Matlack, who was born 116 month (August) 1718, daughter of William and Ann (Antrim) Matlack, Jr., of
Chester Township, Burlington Co., NJ. She died 5-2 mo. (February) 1762, having
married 2nd, by NJ license of 29 March 1758/9, Philip Wichard of said County, (Ibid.
vol. 22, p. 437). GMNJ 3: 67.
vi.
William Bishop born in 1706; died after 1741; he married by NJ license of 13 Nov.
1729, Mary Indicott, (Ibid. 22, p. 25).
vii.
Hannah Bishop born in 1708; died after 1741; she married by N.J. license of 20 Sept.
1733, Jacob Prickett of Burlington Co.
viii.
John Bishop, born after 1709; died testate in Northampton Twp., Burlington Co., N.J.,
in Feb. 1761, (Ibid. 33, p. 43). He married by N.J. License of 22 Oct. 1737, Rebecca
Matlack, (Ibid. 22: 25). She died after 1760.
ix.
Joshua Bishop born after 1709; died testate in Northampton Twp., Burlington Co.,
N.J., in Nov. 1758, (Ibid. 32: 30). He married by N.J. license of 29 Jan. 1739/40,
Martha Lanning, “spinster, daughter of Hannah Bishop, late Hannah Lanning”, (p.
12). She married 2nd. In 1758 – 1762, Edward Stiles.
x.
Ann Bishop born after 1709; died after 1741; she married by N.J. license of 3 Nov.
1740, Ralph Smith, (Ibid. 22: 25).
xi.
Mercy Bishop born after 1709; not named in father’s will, 1741.
xii.
Mary Bishop born after 1708; died after 1741; she married by N.J. license of 3 Feb.
1731/2, William Atkinson of Burlington Co., (Ibid. 22: 25).
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4.
STEPHEN LANING born about 1710, son of #2 Robert Laning Sr., of Trenton
Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died there testate in March 178 1. His wife Abigail Hart,
whom he had married before 1749, was baptized 21 February 1713/14 in Maidenhead, said
County, daughter of Major Ralph and Sarah (Furman) Hart of Trenton Township." (Pennsylvania
Genealogical Magazine 19; 282; and The American Genealogist 20: 313). She died after 20
March 1780, the date of his Will, in which she was named a devisee, as see below. Trenton
Township was created from Hopewell in 1720.
The Will of Ralph Hart, of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, N.J., dated 2 July 1749 and
proved 22 August 1749, names sons Benjamin and Samuel, to whom the home plantation is
devised, Benjamin to have the part on the south side of the road to Maidenhead, and Samuel that
on the north side of the road, with the dwelling house and orchard; to eldest son Ralph testator's
sword and walking cane; sons Josiah and Benjamin; grandson John Carpenter, son of daughter
Mary, a large Bible at decease of testator' s wife; daughters Sarah wife of Robert Akers, Mercy
wife of Joseph Tindall, Martha wife of Robert Laning, Jr., Elizabeth wife of Joseph Jones, and
Abigail, wife of Stephen Laning; residue of estate to wife Sarah; appoints wife and sons Ralph
and Samuel executors, (N.J. Archives 30: 224).
The funeral of Major Hart was held on 30 July 1749, per memorandum of the Rev. David
Cowell, pastor, (Hlst. Presb. Ch., Trenton, N.J., 1912 . p. 88).
The Will of Stephen Laning, of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, N.J., dated 20 March
1780 and proved 6 April 1781, devises to wife Abigail certain goods and livestock, daughter
Mercy to live with her mother while single and to have 60 Pounds; to son Robert 34 acres where
he lives and 45 acres at the upper end of the plantation where I live, along the lines of Israel
Reed and Jacob Carle;
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to son Stephen 70 Pounds, to son Elijah my other land; to daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah,
and Abigail 5 Pounds each; to son Ralph's six children 10 Pounds each; and appoints wife
Abigail and my sons Robert and Elijah executors. Inventory of his personal estate was dated 14
March 1781. (N.J. Archives 35; 241).
Children of Stephen and Abigail (Hart) Laning;
9.
i. Ralph Laning died before the date of father's Will, 1780.
10.
ii. Robert Laning born in or before 1740; died after 1770.
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iii. Elijah Laning born in 1753; died 6 Oct. 1793.
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iv. Stephen Laning born in or before 1745; died In 1798.
v. Sarah Laning mar., as his 1st wife, Joseph Scudder, of Maidenhead Twp., who died
Intestate. Administration upon his estate was granted 25 April 1823 to his brother- inlaw, George G. Bergen. (Cooley, p. 224).
vi. Abigail Laning married Israel Jones, who died intestate. Administration upon his
estate was granted 10 March 1820 to his son- in-law, Henry Howell. Daughter Rebecca
Jones married Henry Howell, who died 16 Feb. 1826 aged 63 years, per gravestone in the
Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewing Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J., and had issue:
(a) Isaac Howell married Elizabeth Hart
.
(b) Henry Howell married Elizabeth Ann Latouretta,
(c) James Howell married -----;
(d) Christopher Howell died 20 Aug. 1829 aged 40 years, per gravestone in the
Churchyard abovesaid.
(e) Elijah Howell unmarried
(f) Joseph Howell unmarried
(g) Ralph Howell went West
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(h) Mary Howell born 9 Feb. 1788; married no. 26 Nathaniel Laning.
(i) Rhoda Howell married Ralph Laning. See under no. E8.
(j) Obadiah Howell unmar.
(k) Abigail Howell died in 1831 aged 34 yrs.
(l) Hannah Howell married William Marcellus. (Cooley p. 139.)
vii. Elizabeth Laning married Henry Pierson.
viii. Mary Laning married one Cook, and had issue: (a) Rebecca Cook; (b) Elias Cook.
and (e) Hanna Cook.
ix. Mercy Laning died 21 Aug. 1859, aged 85 yrs., unmar. in Ewing Twp., per obit In
the N.J. State Gazette, Trenton.
5.
DANIEL LANING, baptized 6 May 1713 in Maidenhead, now Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, NJ, son of #2 Robert Laning Sr., (Penna. Genealog. Magazine 19: 281); died testate in
Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, early in 1772, having survived his wife who is not
named or mentioned in his will of 30 October 1771. "He married a sister of Jonathan Furman"
states Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, p. 158.
As the will of Richard Furman of Trenton Township, dated 13 February 1752, names sons
Jonathan and Josiah Furman, and daughters Frances, Sarah Closson, Mary Clark, and Elizabeth
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Kitchen, it was apparently the daughter Frances Furman to whom Dr. Cooley referred. Some
indication of correctness of his statement is afforded by the will of son, Jonathan Furman, dated
14 September 1771, as it was witnessed by both Stephen and Daniel Laning, who were brothers
of testator's first wife, Frances (Laning) Furman, (NJ Archives 32: 124, and 34: 194).
Daniel Laning was named one of the 16 members of the Common Council in the charter for the
Borough of Trenton, NJ, dated 6 September 1746, (Penna. Genealog. Magazine 9: 227). In the
Presbyterian Churchyard at Ewingville, Ewing Township, formerly part of Trenton Township,
now Mercer County, NJ, is found a fieldstone inscribed "D D", marking a grave in a Laning plot,
which probably refers to the abovesaid Daniel Laning who died in 1772 in Trenton Township.
Other such markers in the group are inscribed "E L", "I L", and "P L", possibly referring to
Enoch or Edward, Israel or John, and Phebe Laning, named hereinafter.
The Will of Daniel Laning, of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, dated 30 October 1771
and proved 7 March 1772, devises to son John Laning 20 shillings; orders his real and personal
estate to be sold, and of the proceeds, to son Robert Laning 80 pounds, and the residue to my
children: Robert, Daniel, James, Enoch, Hannah, and Prudence; and appoints friend Samuel
Tucker, Esq., and sons Robert and Daniel Laning, executors. The witnesses were Stephen
Laning, Benjamin Hart, and Charles Axford, Jr. The inventory of the personal estate, made by
Stephen Laning and Richard Laning, was appraised at 77.5.0 (NJ Archives 34: 296).
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SHERIFF'S SALE OF DANIEL LANNING'S PLANTATION IN TRENTON TWP.,
1768(Quote) By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to me directed, will be exposed to sale, by way of
public vendue, to the highest bidder, at the house of Daniel Lanning, in Trenton Township, on
Saturday, the 30th day of April next, to begin at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, horses, cattle, sheep,
hogs, beds and bedding, tables, chairs, a cupboard and sundries. Also to be sold the same day, on
the premises, between the hours of 12 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, a certain piece or tract of
land and plantation, in Trenton aforesaid, bounded east by Joseph and William Green, west by
Jacob Carle and Abias Davis, north by Stephen Lanning, and south by David Howell and David
Holden, containing 200 acres, more or less, late the property of Daniel Lanning, seized and taken
in execution at the suit of Ebenezer Cowell, executor of David Cowell, deceased, and to be sold
by Micajah How, Sheriff, (The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, March 13, 1768;
reprinted in NJ Archives, 1st. ser. 26: 73).
The Rev. David Cowell, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Trenton, died testate in 1760, (Ibid,
33: 94).
Children of Daniel and Frances (Furman) Laning:
12-a
i. Jemima Laning born in 1744; died 28 Aug. 1836; married Jasper Smith
ii. Hannah Laning died "about 1830, aged 88 yrs.; married William Hart, son of
Benjamin and Hannah (Cook) Hart, who died in 1826, aged 88 yrs. "They had issue: (a)
William Hart (b) Israel Hart married Mary, dau. of Robert Laning. (c) Jemima Hart
married Joseph Pierson. (d) Elizabeth Hart (Trenton and Ewing, p. 100)
iii. Elizabeth Laning died "at 90 yrs. of age; married Robert Furman, son of Jonathan and
Frances (Laning) Furman. "They had issue: (a) James Furman (b) Frances Furman
married Anthony Reed. (c) Elizabeth Furman unmar." (Ibid, p. 75.)
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iv. Prudence Laning, born in 1752; died 6 June 1839 aged 87 yrs., widow of Samuel
Cook, per grvst. in Presb. Chyd., Pennington, Hopewell Twp., Mercer Co., NJ,
(Genealog. Magazine of NJ, 43: 38). She married Samuel Cook, born in 1754, eldest son
of Henry and Eleanor (Hunt) Cook of Maidenhead, now Lawrence Twp., said Co., and he
died (testate) in Hopewell Township on 16 Jan 1816 in his 63rd yr. per grvst. abovesd.
They had sole issue: Daniel Cook, born 16 July 1780, who died (testate) in Hopewell
Twp., on 20 July 1837 per grvst. He married 26 may 1804, with the Rev. Joseph Rue, of
the Presb. Ch. of Hopewell, Pennington, officiating, Keziah Smith. She was born 7 Oct.
1784, dau. of Joshua and Mary (Smith) Smith of Lawrence Twp.; and died (testate) in
Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., NJ, on 19 Jan. 1866 per grvst. with his. See Lee,
Genealog. & Personal Memorial Mercer Co., pp 515, 717.
v. John Laning, "a physician, died unmar., aged 80, at Reading, Pa., where he practised."
- Cooley, p. 158. His estate is not found in Berks Co., Pa., probate records.
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vi. Robert Laning, born 24 Feb 1747; died 4 Oct. 1828.
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vii. Daniel Laning, born say 1760; died in Nov. 1815.
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viii. James Laning born 17 Apr. 1756; died 20 Aug. 1844.
ix.. Enoch Laning named in father's will of 1771; died young.
x. Israel Laning, not named in father's will of 1771; died young, says Cooley, p. 158.
-------------------* See “Anthony Cook of Ulster County, New York, and His Descendants In Mercer County, NJ,
in The American Genealogist, vol. 48, (1972), page 53.
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6.
RICHARD LANING, born about 1718, son of #2 Robert Laning, Sr., of Trenton
Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died there after 1786, in the assessment roll for which year he
was listed as an householder. But his estate is not found in the County probate records. Richard
Laning gave bond as administrator on the estate of Christopher Rose, of Hunterdon County,
deceased intestate, dated 14 January 1762, with Stephen Rose fellow-bondsman, both of Trenton,
(NJ Archives 33:363)
Richard Laning and Stephen Laning made the inventory of the personal estate of (their brother)
Daniel Laning of Trenton, deceased, dated 3 March 1772, (Ibid. 34: 296). Cooley states that this
Richard Laning married Sybil Rose, sister of the first Stephen Rose who came from Long Island
to Trenton Township, and who died there (testate) 16 August 1775, (Ibid. 34: 433; Trenton and
Ewing, pp 156 and 212), and that they had issue:
i. Phebe Laning born in 1748; died 21 July 1832 in her 85th yr., unmar., in Trenton Twp,
per Trenton Newspaper item.
ii. Zenos Laning married Rachel Garretson.
iii. David Laning born in 1758; died 4 June 1824.
iv. Sarah Laning married Ralph Hart, who died 14 Oct. 1829, aged 80 yrs., having
removed to Elizabeth, Miami Co., Ohio, with son Zenal.
v. Rachel Laning married Joseph Knowles.
vi. Hannah Laning born in 1763; died 2 Feb 1828, widow of Joseph Green, who died
(testate) 23 Feb. 1826, aged 75 yrs., per grvsts. in the Presb. Chyd., Trenton (now Ewing)
Twp., Hunterdon (now Mercer) Co., NJ, (Cooley, p. 86) Their dau. Ann Green, born 6
Dec. 1785, died 25 Jan. 1842, wife of Abijah Laning, per grvst. there.
vii. Rhoda Laning, born in 1771; died 5 Apr. 1860 in Washington, D.C. She married 12
May 1799 in Trenton, NJ, as his 2nd wife, Capt. William O'Neale, who was born 1751 in
Trenton, and died (testate) 26 Oct. 1837 in washington. See the National Genealog. Soc.
Quart. 53: 83.
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7.
ROBERT LANING, Jr. , born about 1702, son of no. 2 Robert Laning, Sr., of Trenton
Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died after 1749, but his estate is not found in the county
probate records.
The will of (Major) Ralph Hart, of Trenton Township, dated 2 July 1749, devises to his
daughters Sarah wife of Robert Akers, Mercy wife of Joseph Tindall, Martha wife of Robert
Laning, Jr., Elizabeth wife of Joseph Jones, and Abigail wife of Stephen Laning, and to John
Carpenter, son of Daughter Mary, (NJ Archives 30: 224). See also the American Genealogist 20:
213, and Trenton and Ewing, p. 100.
By deed of 14 December 1744, John Coxe, Gentleman, of Trenton, Hunterdon County, NJ,
conveyed to Robert Laning, Junr., of Maidenhead, in said county, for 210 pounds, "that
plantation where the said Robert Laning now dwelleth," 210 acres, bounded southeast by a road
and by land of Anthony Cook, and southwest by land of Edward Hunt; recorded in West Jersey
Deed Book HH: 327.
This generation is omitted in Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, in assigning the following named sons
Ralph and John Laning to Robert Laning, Sr.
Children of Robert and Martha (Hart) Laning, Jr.:
17.
i. Ralph Laning born in 1723; died in 1800
ii. Martha Laning named as sister in the above Ralph Laning's Will of 24 June 1798, and
as then widow of John Phillips.
18.
iii. John Laning born 25 married 1740; died in 1816
19.
iv. Robert Laning born 27 Jan. 1737; died 11 Feb. 1808
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8.
ISAAC LANING, son of #3 Richard Laning, Sr., of Amwell Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J., died testate in June 1781 in Hardwick Township, Sussex County, N.J.
He married by 1741 Sarah Hunt, a daughter of Edward Hunt of Maidenhead Township,
Hunterdon County, N.J., whose Will dated 28 ,October 1757 names Son-1n-law Isaac Laning
co-executor, (NJ Archives 32: 170). She died after 1774.
The Will of Isaac Laning of Hardwick, Sussex County, N.J., dated 15 Jan. 1774 and proved 8
June 1781, bequeaths to eldest son Richard the land he now has; to son Isaac the land I possess,
but out of the same he to pay to Ellener, wife of Thomas Lacee, my eldest daughter, 10 Pds., and
to my youngest daughter, Else wife of Benjamin Weelcox, 14 Pds., and to my wife Sarah onethird of the land during her life.
Appoints Isaac Laning and Levi Howell execrs.
The Inventory of personal estate was dated 7 June 1781 (-Ibid. 35: 241).
Children of Isaac and Sarah (Hunt) Laning
20.
i. Richard Laning
ii. Eleanor Laning married Thomas Lacey.
iii. Elsie Laning married Benjamin Wilcox.
21.
iv. Isaac Laning born 1748; died 30 Apr. 1811.
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9.
RALPH LANNING, born about 1735, son of #4 Stephen and Abigail (Hart) Laning of
Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, evidently died there before 20 March 1780, the date
of his father's Will, in which is the devise to "my son Ralph's six children."
He married about 1760, Elizabeth Jones, who was born 16 May 1739 and died (testate) 17 March
1808, per gravestone inscription in the Ewing Presbyterian Churchyard.
The Will of Elizabeth Laning, of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, dated 3 married
1808 and proved 2 Apr. 1808, devises to daughter Abigail Laning; to grand-daughter Lydia Reed
and grandson Abner Reed, children of Joshua Reed, 5 Pds. each; the residue of estate to be
divided between my daughters Sarah Beavers and Elizabeth Hendrickson and my sons Samuel
Laning and Joseph Laning, and appoints said two sons the execrs.
Inventory of personal estate dated 25 March 1808 (NJ Archives 40: 209).
Children of Ralph and Elizabeth (Jones) Laning:
i. Samuel Laning died intestate in Trenton Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ, 17 May 1814, aged
46 yrs., per grvst. in the Presb. Chyd., Ewingville, and a Trenton newspaper item. The
inventory of his personal estate includes blacksmith's tools and book accounts, sworn to
by Joseph Laning, adminr., 12 Nov. 1814, (NJ Archives 42: 248) Unmarried
ii. Joseph Laning died 24 Apr. 1823 aged 54 yrs.
iii. Mary Laning married about 1795, as 1st wife, Joshua Reed, who died 11 Sept. 1831,
aged 64 yrs., per grvst. in the Presb. Chyd., Ewingville, Trenton Twp., Hunterdon, now
Mercer Co., NJ. They had issue:
(a) Abner Reed died 24 Feb 1847, aged 50 yrs. He married Isabella Laning, dau.
of no. 28 Ralph Laning. No Issue.
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(b) Ralph Reed died young.
(c) Lydia Reed married Joseph Furman. (CF Cooley, p. 203).
iv. Elizabeth Laning died in Oct, 1840, aged 75 yrs., wife of Elijah Hendrickson, who
died 7 July 1863, aged 85 yrs., per grvsts. in the Presb. Chyd., Ewingville, Mercer Co.,
NJ. They had issue:
(a) Rebeckah Hendrickson who married Elias Welling
(b) Reuben Hendrickson died 29 Nov. 1859, aged 67 years, per gravestone in the
Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville abovesaid. He married Isabella Laning,
daughter of no. 31 Noah and Theodosia (Smith) Laning of Hopewell Twp.,
Hunterdon, now Mercer, Co., NJ. (Cf Cooley, p. 121)
v. Abigail Laning died 13 Apr. 1838, aged 78 years, unmarried, per gravestone in the
Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville, abovesaid.
xi. Sarah Laning, born 1 Nov. 1760; died 15 March 1841, testate. She married by license
of 20 May 1781, George Beavers, who was born 31 May 1757 and died 2 Sept. 1820, son
of Col. Joseph and Anna Beavers of Alexandria Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ. (History of
Col. Joseph Beavers, 1948, p. 35)
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10.
ROBERT LANING, born in or before 1740, son of #4 Stephen and Abigail (Hart)
Laning of Trenton Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ, died after 1770, the year in which his fourth, and
apparently youngest, child was born. But his estate is not found in the probate records of the
County, so the year of his death cannot be ascertained thereby.
Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, 1883, page 152, says that this Robert Laning married Jemima
Smith, daughter of John Smith of Maidenhead (now Lawrence), in said County. One John Smith
of Maidenhead Township died intestate, and his administrators, Isabel Smith, widow, and (her
brother) Joseph Tindall of Trenton Twp., gave bond dated 22 Nov. 1779, (NJ Archives 34: 478)
Cooley names the following:
Children of Robert and Jemima (Smith) LOaning:
i. Nancy Laning died in 1847 aged 84 yrs. No gravestone in the Ewing Chyd. or obituary
notice in a Trenton Newspaper found to confirm this.
23.
ii. John Laning born in 1766; died 28 May 1852.
iii. Stephen Laning died young.
24.
iv. Joshua Laning born in 1770; died in Aug. 1863.
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11.
ELIJAH LANING, born in 1753, son of #4 Stephen and Abigail (Hart) Laning of
Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died on 6 Oct 1793, aged 40 years, per gravestone in
the Presbyterian Churchyard, in that part of Trenton which was set off in 1834 as Ewing
Township. He married in 1770-1774,
Sarah Mershon, eldest daughter of Houghton Mershon of Somerset Co., NJ, who was born in
1752, and died 11 December 1831, aged 79 years, per gravestone. (Cooley, Trenton and Ewing,
1883, page 153 and NJ Archives 38: 251 and Lee, Genealog. and Personal Memorial of Mercer
County, 1907, p. 133)
Children of Elijah and Sarah (Mershon) Laning:
i. Mary Laning, died in 1845; married 7 Apr. 1799, Theophilus Furman, per Trenton
newspaper item, (Cooley, p. 75)
ii. Eunice Laning born 12 Dec. 1779; died 14 Aug. 1839. She married 17 June 1815, with
the Rev. Joseph Rue of the Presb. Ch. of Hopewell, Pennington, Hunterdon Co.,
officiating, Timothy Hendrickson. He was born 30 married 1772, son of Thomas and
Ruth (Burt) Hendrickson, and died 23 Feb. 1848, an Elder in the Presb. Ch. of Ewing,
abovesd., (Lee, supra, p. 411).
25.
iii. Elijah Laning born 23 July 1791; died 16 Apr. 1845.
26.
iv. Nathaniel Laning born 2 June 1775; died 25 Jan. 1845.
v. Abigail Laning died 10 March 1845, aged 64 yrs., per grvst.
vi. Angelina Laning born 15 January 1786; died 6 March 186-, per gravestone in
Churchyard abovesaid.; married 16 Mar 1811, with the Rev. Joseph Rue, abovesaid,
officiating, John Paxson. He was born 4 Nov. 1786, and died 8 Apr. 1866, per
gravestone; and had issue.
[Grandchildren] --- Sarah -- Julia -- Rachel -- Jemima -- Hannah
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12.
STEPHEN LANING, born in or before 1745, son of Stephen and Abigail (Hart) Laning
of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died in 1798, says Cooley in Trenton and Ewing,
1883, page 152. But his estate is not found in the probate records of that County. No gravestone
for him is found in the Presbyterian Churchyard in Ewing.
Cooley names the following:
Children of Stephen and Elsie (Reed) Laning:
i. Samuel Laning married and had issue:
(a) Susan Laning married Mr. Morris.
(b) Mary Ann Laning married in Phila.
(c) Amy Laning married in March 1815, Stout Lee, per Trenton newspaper item;
they resided in Ohio.
(d) Phebe Laning married and resided in Penna.
(e) Elizabeth laning married mr. McKinney.
(f) Hetty Laning married and resided in Ohio.
(g) Martha Laning married Mr. Jones of Phila.
(h) Rebecca Laning
(i) Mahala Laning
(j) Nicholas Laning married in Ohio
ii. Nathaniel Laning married Miss Lee, and had issue:
(a) John Laning, who married in Warren Co., NJ.
(b) Amos Laning married 26 Feb. 1826 Hulda Thorn of Bordentown, Burlington Co., NJ, per
Trenton newspaper.
(c) Nathaniel Laning mar.
(d) Samuel Laning married and resided in Luzerne Co., Pa.
(e) Thisbe Laning, probably the Thisba Laning deceased, (intestate) 6 Feb. 1867 in Warren Co.,
NJ
(f) Peninah Laning, probably the one of this name who married 5 Dec. 1852, James Liddell, per
Trenton newspaper
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iii. Daniel Laning born in 1773 in Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; died 14 Feb. 1863 aged
90 yrs. and 2 days per gravestone inscription in the Presbyterian Churchyard in MansfieldWoodhouse Township, Sussex, now Warren, Co., NJ. This Daniel Laning and Frances
Bainbridge were married on 23 Nov. 1795, by the Rev. Joseph Rue, of the Presb. Ch. of
Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. "Fannie Laning" died 9 July 1855 aged 76 yrs., per gravestone
inscription with her husband's, abovesaid. They had issue, among possible others:
(a) Charles Laning born in 1796; died (testate) 2 Sept. 1870 aged 74 yrs. and 8 days, per
gravestone inscription in the Mansfield Twp., Warren Co., NJ cemetery abovesaid.
Elizabeth, wife of Charles Laning, died 3 Jan. 1887 aged 80 - 9 - 10 per same. Son: (1)
Charles Laning, Jr., died at Bell Plain, Va., 9 married 1862, aged 21 yrs 7 months, private
in the 31st Regt., Company I, of NJ Volunteers, per gravestone.
(b) Daniel Laning died (testate) 9 Jan. 1864 aged 57 - 5 - 9, per gravestone inscription in
the Mansfield Twp., Warren Co., NJ, Cemetery abovesaid.
iv. John Laning married Rachel Young, daughter of Patrick Young, in Warren Co., NJ, and had
issue:
(a) Jesse Laning who married Lucretia Wetherill, of the vicinity of Princeton, NJ.
(b) William Laning married Mary Wetherhill, daughter of Matthew Wetherill.
(c) Isaiah Laning married Lydia Carter of Burlington, NJ.
(d) Elizabeth Laning
(e) Naomi Laning
(f) Susan Laning
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v. Stephen Laning died in 1826; his estate not found in Hunterdon Co., NJ, probates; married
Mary Smith, daughter of Isaac Smith, and had issue:
(a) Horace Laning married in Apr. 1833, Jane W. Beatty, per notice in a Trenton, NJ,
newspaper.
(b) Smith Laning married Elizabeth Know.
(c) Samuel Laning married 30 Jun 1840, Mary Beatty, per notice in a Trenton, NJ,
newspaper, sister of Jane W. (Beatty) Lanning, abovesaid. Married by the Rev. George
Hale, Presb. Ch., Pennington, Hopewell Twp., Mercer Co., NJ.
(d) Joseph Laning married in Philadelphia.
(e) Susan Laning married William Wells.
vi. Naomi Laning died unmarried 17 March 1836, aged 29 years, per notice in Trenton, NJ,
newspaper.
vii. Mary Laning died unmarried
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12-a. JEMIMA LANING, born in 1744, daughter of Daniel and Frances (Furman) Laning of
Trenton Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; died 28 August 1836 in her 93rd year, per gravestone in the
cemetery in Lawrenceville, formerly Maidenhead, said County, now in Mercer. She married in
1760 - 1769, JASPER SMITH, who was born in 1740, second son of John Smith of Maidenhead
Twp., and grandson of Jasper Smith of Bedford, Brooklyn, L.I., and of said Maidenhead Twp.,
Hunterdon Co., NJ, who died testate in March 1770. (NJ Archives 33: 394) He died (testate) 10
April 1820 aged 80 years, per gravestone with his wife's as abovesaid.
The Will of Jasper Smith of Lawrence Twp., Hunterdon County, NJ, dated 7 May 1817 and
proved 4 May 1820, devises his estate to wife Jemima; to grandson Charles Clark $150.00; to
son Asher Smith; to daughters Hannah Clarke, Sarah Scudder, and Elizabeth Hill; to son Asher's
daughters, not named; to my daughter Prudence Patterson; to grandson Samuel Mershon; to son
Enoch's Children, not named; and appoints wife Jemima Smith, son-in-law Richard Hill, and
nephew Daniel Cook execrs. Witnesses: Prucence Cook, Daniel Laning, William Wilgus. (Cf
Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, p. 158)
Children of Jasper and Jemima (Laning) Smith:
i. Asher Smith married by 1794, Sarah Smith, who was born 12 Oct. 1773, and bapt. 28 Nov.
1773, dau. of James and Mehitabel Smith, (Hist. First Presb. Ch. of Morristown, NJ, part 2, p.
218). James Smith and family removed to Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co., NJ, where he died testate
in Jan. 1811, (NJ Archives 41: 344). Mehitabel Smith, dau. of Asher and Sarah, born 1795; died
25 Feb. 1855, wife of James Bearley, per grvst., Lawrenceville.
ii. Hannah Smith died intestate in 1831; married Daniel Clark, who died intestate in Maidenhead
Twp., in 1803, (Ibid. 39: 84); son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Lott) Clark, (Trenton and Ewing, p.
40).
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iii. Sarah Smith born in 1770; died 30 Jan. 1853 aged 83 yrs. per grvst. in the Presb. Chyd.,
Ewing Twp., Mercer Co., NJ. She married Elias Scudder, who died intestate in Trenton Twp.,
said Co., (NJ Archives 41: 328), 20 Feb. 1811, aged 44 yrs., per grvst. as abovesaid, son of
Daniel and Mary (Snowden) Scudder. Issue:
(a) Daniel Scudder, who died in Jan. 1829 in Milton, Pa., deputy Atty. Genl. for
Northumberland Co., Pa. He married 20 Oct. 1813, his first cousin, Grace Smith, dau. of
Daniel Smith of Lawrence Twp., Hunterdon, now Mercer, Co., NJ, later of said Milton,
Pa., (Hist. Northumberland Co., Pa. 1891, p. 249).
(b) Jasper Smith Scudder, who died 20 Oct. 1877 aged 80 yrs., presdt. of the Mechanics
and Manufacturers Bank of Trenton, NJ.
(c) John Scudder, accidentally killed in 1840.
(d) Abner Scudder, born 6 May 1800, who died 10 Nov. 1878 per grvst. in the Presb.
Chyd., Ewing Township abovesd, (Cooley, p. 219).
iv. Elizabeth Smith born in 1771; died 28 Jan. 1837; married Richard Hill, who died intestate in
Ewing Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, in Dec. 1826, aged 67 yrs. per grvst. in the Presb. Chyd. abovesd.
(Cooley, 123)
v. Prudence Smith born in 1778; died 6 June 1867 in her 90th yr. per grvst. in the Presb. Chyd.,
Lawrenceville, Mercer Co., NJ. She married 1st William Mershon, who died testate in
Lawrenceville, in April 1814, (NJ Archives 42: 268). They had issue:
(a) Samuel Davies Mershon, born 5 Dec. 1804 an d died 12 Sept. 1888, per grvst. as
abovesd. He married 12 Dec. 1825, Mary Stockton Shreve, born 5 Aug. 1809 and died 18
Jan. 1892, dau. of Caleb and Frances (Hunt) Shreve of Lawrenceville. (Our Pioneers,
Mershon, 1953, p. 31)
(b) Mary Mershon, died young.
Prucence (Smith) Mershon married 2nd. Joseph Patterson, who was born 6 March 1780
and died 1 July 1838, per grvst. with hers. Issue:
(c) Mary Patterson born 18 May 1817 and died 3 Jan. 1893; who married 25 May 1836,
Allison Ely Perrine, M.D. He was born 23 Oct. 1805
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and died Feb. 1881, per grvst., Lawrenceville, NJ. They had issue: Daniel Perrin, 1910, p.
178)
vi. Jasper Smith born in 1765; A.B. Princeton College 1787; d 1810, in Milton, Northumberland
Co., Pa. His dau Grace Smith married her cousin, Daniel Scudder, abovesd. (Hist.
Northumberland Co., Pa., 1891, p. 246)
vii. Enoch Smith born before 1765; admitted to the bar in Aug. 1798; died 9 Feb. 1817, in
Sunbury, Pa., (Ibid. p. 246). He married and had issue mentioned in his father's Will of 7 May
1817, above, but is omitted in Cooley's account in his Trenton and Ewing, 1883, p. 158,
substituting one son "Jasper, died 1832, young," of whom no evidence is found.
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Can not find a page 33
i.
Mary Ann Laning Roset, wife of Dr. John Livingston Lud??
ii.
Elizabeth Virginia Roset, wife of John Brodhead.
iii.
George H. Roset
iv.
Ellen born Roset, wife of Anthony J. Drexel
v.
Sarah Emily Roset, wife of Charles M. Smith
--------------------------------------------------------6. Sarah Laning married Dr. Ezekiel Phelps of Owego
7. Emily Laning married John Taylor of Owego
--------------------------------------------------------* See Memorials of the Reading Family, pp. 56, 70
################
Addenda by me, L. died C., Nov. 6, 1969, Phila.
The Van Sickle Family, 1880, p. 149: - #23 John Van SICKLE, son of Rynier and Rebecca
(Firman) Van Sickle of Hunterdon County was born about the year 1779. He was married in
Sussex Co., Oct. 7, 1802, to Prudence Laning, by whom he had three children: Robert, Rebecca,
and John F.
--------------------------------------------------------Memorials of the Reading, Howell etc. Families, 1898 p. 70
William Reading, son of Montgomery and Sarah (Reid) Reading of Independence, Sussex Co.,
N.J., now Warren, born 15 Jan. 1786, died at Tranquility, in that County, 25 August 1835;
married 25 ?? 1807, Sarah Lanning, born 10 March 1788; died 11 November 18??, daughter of
Robert Lanning by his wife Sarah Coryell. In the returns of Warren County, they are styled “of
Oxford”, in the (Footnotes: See Lanning Family in Cooley’s Trenton and Ewing)
Children of William and Sarah (Lanning) Reading: 9 q.v.
-------------------------------------------------------From the Sussex County Clerk’s Marriage Records, (New Jersey) published in New Jersey
Genesis, vol. 18, page 774:
“1798 – James Howell, son of Samson Howell ye younger and his wife Elizabeth, of Hardwick,
and Amelia Lanning, daughter of Robert and Sarah Lanning, of Independence, May 6, ???? John
Coryell, J.P.” (See page opposite: )
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No page 35
13.
ROBERT LANING born 24 February 1747, son of no. 5 Daniel and Frances (Furman)
Laning of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died 4 October 1828, and was buried in
Danville, Independence Township, Warren County, NJ. He married, in or before 1778, Sarah
Coryell, who was born 5 February 1756, and died 15 December 1839, daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Harvey) Coryell of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, and of Independence
Township abovesaid, as see NJ Archives 38: 83, and the Robert Laning Bible records in the
Penna. Genealog. Magazine 7; 268. (Copy hereinbefore) – page 33.
Children of Robert and Sarah (Coryell) Laning:
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i.
John Laning born 5 June 1779; died 12 Feb. 1820 in Owego, NY
ii.
Elizabeth Coryell Laning born 1 Oct. 1781; married David Fleming
iii.
Amelia Laning born 1 Oct. 1781; died 28 married 1823; married 6 May, 1798, James
Howell, son of Samson and Elizabeth Howell.
iv.
Prudence Laning born 24 Aug. 1783; died 12 Aug. 1869; married 7 Oct. 1802, John Van
Sickle in Sussex Co., NJ, son of Rynier and Rebecca (Furman)Van Sickle, (Van Sickel
Fam. P.13)
v.
Daniel Laning born 9 Sept. 1785; probably the Daniel Laning “who lived in Owego, NY,
where he married Miss Waring, and afterwards removed to Canada, where he died,
leaving children: Amos, Daniel, John, Robert,
Huldah, Sarah, and Mary”, (Coley, Trenton and Ewing, 1883, p. 158).
vi.
Sarah Laning born 10 March 1788; died 11 Nov. 1864; married 25 Jan. 1807, William
Reading, who was born 15 Jan. 1786 and died 25 Aug. 1835, son of Montgomery and
Sarah (Reid) Reading of Independence Twp., Sussex, now Warren Co., NJ, (Reading,
Howell, Elkins Families, 1898, p. 70).
vii.
Mary Laning born 10 March 1788; died 14 Oct. 1857; gravestone in Lawrenceville,
Mercer Co., NJ; married 11 Nov. 1819, Israel Hart, son of William and Hannah (Laning)
Hart. (Cooley p. 100)
viii.
Nancy Laning born 29 Feb. 1790; died 8 Nov. 1874 unmarried, Lawrenceville
ix.
Frances Laning born 15 July 1792; died 10 Apr. 1884.
x.
Letitia Laning born 25 January 1796; died 18 May 1848.
xi.
Hetty Laning born 25 January 1796; married Joseph Garrison
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14.
DANIEL LANING, born say 1760; died in Nov. 1815, son of Daniel and Frances
(Furman) Laning
By Deed of 20 February 1816, William Laning of Lawrence Township, Hunterdon County, NJ,
quitclaimed to (his sister’s husband) Samuel S. Hart, of the same place, for $133.33, his half of
the tract of land in said Township invested in him by his father, Daniel Laning’s will, with the
buildings, bounded south by Henry Cook, west by the road (from Lawrenceville to Pennington),
north by Edmund Roberts, and east by Richard M. Green. Acknowledged by said William
Laning before Daniel Cook, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Hunterdon
County, 5 March 1816.
Children of Daniel Laning:
i.
Vallaria Laning born say 1787; married 14 Sept. 1805, with the Rev. Joseph Rue, of
the Presbyterian Church, Pennington, officiating, Richard Burt Cornell, who died (testate)
about Dec. 1st 1853; a farmer and landowner in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, NJ;
and had issue:
(a) Daniel L. Cornell born 9 Oct. 1809; died 27 Apr. 1888, Ewing Twp.
(b) William Cornell died 1879 in Philadelphia.
(c) Joseph H. Cornell, inherited the homestead; removed later to Hightstown, East
Windsor Twp.; died before 1907, (Genealog. & Personal Memorial Mercer Co.,
NJ, 412).
The above lineage corrects that in D.A.R. Book no 80: 131.
ii.
Jemima Laning married 20 Dec. 1810, with the Rev. Joseph Rue, abovesaid,
officiating, Samuel Stockton Hart. He was a son of Asher and Abigail (Hunt) Hart,
(Trenton & Ewing, p. 97).
iii.
William Laning the grantor in the above Deed of 1816.
iv.
Daniel Laning born after 1793; named in father’s will of 1814. In the Presbyterian
Churchyard, Pennington is a gravestone of one Charity, wife of Daniel Laning, who died
9 may 1832, aged 35 yrs., possibly this Daniel Laning’s wife. His estate does not appear
in Hunterdon or Mercer Co. probate records.
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15.
JAMES LANING, born 17 April, 1756, son of no. 5 Daniel and Frances (Furman)
Laning of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died 20 August 1844. Died at Lamberton,
on the 20th instance, James Lanning, a soldier of the Revolution, aged 89 years. He was at the
Battle of Trenton. Being a good accountant, he was employed in the galley service on the
Delaware and in various other duties of the same kind. (The NJ State Gazette), Trenton, NJ, of
23 august 1844.
On 9 April 1835, James Laning applied for a Pension, stating his residence at Lamberton, then in
Burlington County, NJ, the last 27 years; his birth date as abovesaid in Trenton Township and
residence there as a boy; that he entered the Service about 1 July 1775 as a minute man in
Captain James Sterling’s Company of Colonel Borden’s NJ Regiment, and was a guard over
Governor William Franklin in Burlington and took him before the Provincial Congress; that in
August 1776 he collected fines in Burlington County from men subject to militia duty; that on 20
October 1776 he was 2nd Lieutenant on board the row galley ‘Bull Dog’; Captain Potts, and was
engaged in sinking the cheval-de-frise in the Delaware River at Billingsport; that in August 1780
he was on board the privateer Enterprise at Philadelphia and cruised three months; and that he
resided in New Jersey after the Revolution. – File R_6154 in the National Archives, Washington,
D.C.
James Laning married Nancy Edge, of Philadelphia, who was born 10 August 1753, and died in
August 1826, per Bible records of their son George Laning, now in collections of the
Genealogical Society of New Jersey. (Transcript, page 40)
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Children of James and Ann (Edge) Laning:
i.
George Laning born 14 Apr. 1782; died 7 Oct. 1866 in Morrisville, Bucks Co., PA across
the Delaware from Trenton, NJ; grvst. In Trenton - Lamberton Baptist Ch. Yard, Trenton;
married 6 March 1804, Mary Furman, who was born 26 July 1787, and died 24 May 1861, per
Bible records. Issue:
(a) Enoch Laning born 24 Dec. 1804; died 16 Aug 1863; married 16 March 1826, Ann
Eliza Gillingham of Morrisville, who was born 31 Oct. 1805 in Frankford, Phila.,
Morrisville, and Baltimore, (Gillingham Family, 1901, p. 44). She was disowned by Falls
Monthly Meeting of 11 Nov. 1826 for her marriage out of meeting. She died 24 May
1861. Enoch Laning, school teacher, Lawrence Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, 1850.
(1) William Laning, son of (a) Enoch Laning.
(2) Enoch Laning Jr. died 13 March 1864 age 27 yrs. Per grvst., in the Trenton –
Lamberton Baptist Chyd., abovesaid.
(3) James Laning, son of (a) Enoch Laning.
(b) Andrew Laning born 16 July 1806; died 1 June 1840
(c) Sarah Ann Laning born 30 March 1810; married Matson Preston of Morrisville, PA
(d) James Laning born 15 June 1812; died 22 Nov. 1820.
(e) Joshua Furman Laning born 16 Nov. 1814; married 6 Dec. 1838, per register of First
Ref. Dutch Ch., Phila., Phebe born Howell, dau. Of Dr. John Howell of Phila.
(f) Rebecca Laning born 6 Sept. 1816; married William Kitson of Morrisville, PA, who
died 27 married 1885 aged 68-6-21.
(g) William born Laning born 18 July 1818; died 10 Oct. 1864; grvst. In Trenton –
Lamberton Baptist Chyd. He married 25 June 1837, per Burlington Co., NJ, Clerk’s
record, Rachel Margerum, who was born
(continued on page 44)
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In 3 Pages
Bible Records
Collections of The
Genealogical Society of N.J.
Laning Family
From the Family Bible of George and Mary (Furman) Laning, his wife; Quarto; published 1832
by Charles Gaylord, Boston; Bible in the possession (1949) of Mrs. Spencer born Clayton, 315 Spring
Street, Trenton, NJ.
(This GEORGE LANING 1782 – 1866, of Morrisville, Bucks Co., Penna., was son of James and
Nancy (Edge) Laning. (See Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, 1883, p. 159)
Marriages
George Laning was married to Mary Furman March 6th 1804.
(End of Page 1)
Births
No. 15 – i
George Laning was born April 14th 1782
Mary Furman was born July 26th 1787
Enoch Laning was born December 24th 1804
Andrew Laning was born July 16th 1806
Sarah Ann Laning was born March 30th 1810
James Laning was born June 15th 1812
Joshua Furman Laning was born November 16th 1814
Rebecca Laning was born September 6th 1816
William born Laning was born July 18th 1818
Mary Laning was born November 8th 1822
Mary Ann Laning Daughter of William born and Rachel Laning was born March 16th 1838
Phebe M. Laning Daughter of William born and Rachel Laning was born April 14th 1840
Letitia Doble Laning Daughter of William born and Rachel Laning was born March 1842
(End of Page 2)
Births
Frances Furman November 24th 1776
Frances Furman Born 24th November 1776
James Laning Sen. Was Born 17 April 1755
Ann Adge was Born August 10, 1753
(End of Page 3)
Deaths
Thos Harrop Died July 30/71 aged 72 yrs. (Written in upper left corner of page)
James Laning departed this life November 22nd 1820 being 8 years 4 months 7 days old
Andrew Laning departed this life June 1st 1840 being 33 years 10 months and 16 days old
Francis Vanpelt wife of Henry Vanpelt departed this life January 5th 1845 in her 79 year of her age
Mary Laning wife of George Laning departed May 24th 1861 being 73 years 10 months 5 days of age
Mrs. Alfred P.S. Bellis, Genealogist, Morrisville, PA
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Deaths
Enoch Laning departed this life August 16th 1863 aged 58 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day *
George Laning departed this life Oct. 7th 1866 aged 84 years 5 months 17 days *
Eliza Wife of Enoch Laning departed this life Feb. 16, 1873 in the 68th year of her age.
James Laning, Sen. Departed this life august 18, 1844 in 89th year
Ann Laning Wife of James Laning departed this life August 1826
William born Laning departed this life October 10th 1864 *
Rachel Laning wife of W. born Laning departed this life June 11th 1866 *
Mary E. Bailey wife of Thons. E. Bailey in the 62 year of her age died in Tennessee on July 2nd 1883.
Wm. Kitson died March 27th 1885 aged 68 years 6 months and 21 days. **
(End of Page 4)
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Notes: -- These records tie in with the Bible Records of William born and Rachel (Margerum) Laning, his
wife; also with the records from the family Bible of Abner Margerum.
* Buried in the First Baptist Church Cemetery, cor. Centre and Bridge Streets, Trenton, NJ.
** Buried in the Morrisville (PA) Cemetery.
James Laning, Sen. and Ann (Edge) Laning, his wife were the parents of George Laning (1782 – 1866).
Frances (Furman) Vanpelt was the sister of Mary (Furman) Laning, wife of George Laning.
___________________________________
Notes: -Marriages
Enoch Laning (1804 – 1863) married March 16, 1826, Eliza Ann Gillingham.
Sarah Ann Laning (1810 - ? ) married Matson Preston of Morrisville, PA.
Joshua Furman Laning (1814 - ? ) married Phebe Howell of Philadelphia, daughter of Dr. John Howell.
Rebecca Laning (1816 – 1885) married William Kitson (lived in Morrisville, PA)
(Mrs. Spencer born Clayton is the granddaughter of William and Rebecca (Laning) Kitson, his wife.)
William born Laning (1818 – 1864) married June 25, 1837, Rachel Margerum.
Mary Laning (1822 – 1883) married, Dec. 1, 1842, Thomas E. Bailey of Morrisville, PA.
Sources: -- Cooley’s “Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing”; Newspaper files of Vital Statistics, NJ State
Library; Family Bible of William born Laning.
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Bible Copied November 5, 1949
By
Mrs. Alfred P. S. Bellis, Genealogist, Morrisville, PA
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Mrs. Spencer born Clayton died soon after this Bible was copied. It is supposed that the
Bible is now in the possession of Mr. Clayton, supposedly of Trenton, NJ (but not at the old
address). However, the copier has in her possession a photo static negative of the record pages.
(IGB) (1952)
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Bible Records
Laning Family
Collection, Genealogical Society of New Jersey
Two Pages
From the Family Bible of “W. born & R. Laning” (in gilt letters on the outside of the front cover);
Quarto; published by Whilt & Yost, 805 Market Street, above Eighth St., Philadelphia, PA 1857. Bible in
the possession (1947) of Mrs. Alfred P. S. Bellis, 847 Crown St. Morrisville, PA.
No 15 – I – (2)
Marriages
William born Laning married Rachel Margerum June 25, 1837
Births
William born Laning was born July 18th 1819
Rachel Margerum was born April 17th 1882
Mary Ann Laning was born March 17th 1838
Phebe McC Laning was born April 12th 1840
Letitia died Laning was born March 28th 1842
Rebecca K. Laning was born July 31st 1844
George Laning was born September 18th 1846
Enoch Laning was born May 1st 1849
Matson P. Laning was born March 12th 1852
William Laning Jun. was born September 11 1854
John S. Laning was born February 16th 1857
William Spracklen was born Aug. 27th 1863
(End of page 1)
Deaths
Letetia Laning died October 11th 1843
Matson P. Laning died April 12th 1852
William Laning Jun died September 18th 1854
William born Laning died October 10th 1864
Rachel Laning died June 11th 1866
Edmund Hold died January
Mary Holt died Dec. 25th 1881 in the 77 year of her age
Mary Ann Holt died Jan. 11th 1897 in the 58 year of her age
John Laning died April 22nd 1920
Abraham Holt died March 26th 1906 in the 74 years of his age
(End of page 2)
Births
On the back of page 2
Ellen Mora Holt born ten minutes past 8 oclcok a Sunday Morning February 16th 1861
Albert William Holt born twenty minutes to 8 oclock a Thursday morning August 21st 1866
Frank Edmund Holt born ¼ past 9 oclock a Friday night July 22th 1870
Elmer Abraham Kemp born at ten minutes to 8 oclock on Monday morning Aug. 5th 1895
Bible copied September 2, 1947
By
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Subject – Bible Records of William born and Rachel (Margerum) Laning
Notes – by Mrs. APSB
The Rachel Margerum of this Bible is the daughter of Abner and Rachel Margerum, as shown in the Bible
of her parents.
William born and Rachel (Margerum) Laning, his wife, are buried in the Cemetery of the First Baptist
Church, Trenton, NJ.
Mary Ann Laning, born March 17, 1838, daughter of Wm. born and Rachel (Margerum) Laning, m.
Abraham Holt, born 183304; died March 26, 1906, and the three Holts listed on the back of page 2 are
their children.
Ellen Nora Holt, born Feb. 16, 1861, m. Charles Kemp. Elmer Abraham Kemp, born August 5, 1895, is
their son.
Blanche Estelle Holt, born Nov. 17, 1887, in the Davies Family Records is the daughter of Albert William
Holt, born Aug. 21, 1866.
----------------------------------------------------GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS, TRENTON-LAMBERTON BAPTIST CHURCH YEARD
Lanning, William, died Jan. 15, 1845, aged 12 yrs.
Lanning, George, died Oct. 7, 1866 in 85th year.
Lanning, Mary, wife of George, died May 24, 1861 in 73rd yr.
Laning, Enoch, died Aug. 16, 1863, aged 59 yrs.
Laning, Enoch, Jr., died March 13, 1864, in 45th year.
Laning, William B., died Oct. 10, 1864 in 45th year.
Laning, Rachel, widow of William B., died June 11, 1866, in 44th yr.
Lanning, Charles, son of Wm. And (illegible) Lanning, died Aug. 10, 1837 (?), aged 7 mos. and 18 days.
---------------------------------------------------------(From the Collections of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, The Library, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ ---- L. died Cook)
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17 Apr. 1822, and died 11 June 1866, dau. Of Abner and Rachel Margerum of Morrisville, PA; buried in
the Trenton – Lamberton Baptist Chyd., Trenton, NJ, with grvst. Markers. They had issue:
(1) Mary Ann Laning born 17 March 1838; died 11 Jan. 1897; who married Abraham Holt, who
died 26 March 1906; and had issue:
(a) Ellen Mora Holt born 16 Feb. 1861, married Charles Kemp;
(b) Albert William Holt born 21 Aug. 1866;
(c) Frank Holt born 22 July 1870.
(2) Phebe McC. Laning born 12 Apr. 1840
(3) Letitia died Laning born 28 March 1842; died 11 Oct. 1843.
(4) Rebecca K. Laning born 31 July 1844.
(5) George Laning born 18 Sept. 1846.
(6) Enoch Laning born 1 May 1849.
(7) Matson P. Laning born 12 March 1852; died 12 Apr. 1852.
(8) William Laning Jr. born 11 Sept. 1854; died 18 Sept. 1854.
(9) John S. Laning born 15 Feb. 1857
(h) Mary Laning born 8 Nov. 1822; died 2 July 1883 in Tennessee; married 1 Dec 1842, per Trenton, NJ,
newspaper notice, Thomas E. Bailey of Morrisville, PA.
ii.
William Laning married Harriet Smith of Trenton, NJ. She and these four children were baptized
on 5 Apr. 1822, per register of St. Michael’s P.E. Ch., Trenton, NJ. Issue:
(a) Julia Ann Laning born 27 Dec. 1812.
(b) Caroline Laning born 26 Apr. 1815.
(c) Catharine Laning born 31 Oct. 1817.
(d) Elizabeth Laning born 6 Feb. 1820.
iii.
Elizabeth Laning married 2 Apr. 1811, Joel Gordon of Phila.
iv.
Rhoda Laning married Henry Ashmore.
v.
Nancy Laning.
vi.
Hannah Laning. (cf. Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, 1883, p. 159).
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16.
DAVID LANING, born in 1758, son of no. 6 Richard and Sybil (Rose) Laning of
Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died there (testate) on June 4, 1824, per notice in the
Trenton Federalist. He was married in Pennington, Hopewell Township, said County, at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Hannah Hard, on 13 September 1788, to Mary Palmer. She was born 4
November 1763, and died 21 September 1852, aged 88 years, per notice in the NJ State Gazette,
Trenton, daughter of Philip Palmer, (Trenton & Ewing, 157).
As his widow, she applied for a pension on 4 September, 1838, on account of her late husband
David Laning’s service record, stating that he resided in Trenton Township from the time he was
a boy; was employed as a cooper in Mott’s Mills in 1775; enlisted in 1776 and served tours as a
private under Captains John Mott, John Hunt, Timothy Titus, Gui9ld, and Ralph Phillips, and
Colonel Joseph Phillips, in the New Jersey Troops. Also, that he was in Amwell Township with
General George Washington at the time he crossed the Delaware, and proceeded with him and
two other soldiers before the Battle of Monmouth, and that he returned home to Hunterdon
County, (Rev. War File W-3830, Natl. Archives, Washington, D.C.) Further details in Barber
and Howe, Histl. Collections NJ, 296.
Children of David and Mary (Palmer) Laning:
i.
Ralph Laning married 6 Nov. 1819, Phebe Ashton, and had issue:
(a) Amanda Laning married 8 Apr. 1843 Joseph Stout;
(b) Margaret Laning married 22 Sept. 1842, William Burroughs;
(c) Letitia Laning married William Doran
(d) Sarah Laning born 20 Sept 1833, married 27 Feb. 1858, Peter Hoagland, who was
born 16 May 1831; res. Lambertville, NJ, (Hoagland Fam. 247)
ii.
William Laning married Nancy Pidcock, dau. Of Emanuel Pidcock
iii.
Elizabeth Laning
iv.
Susan Laning married in Nov. 1821, Nathaniel Snook; died 1832, age 30, (Cooley &
Trenton p. 157)
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17.
RALPH LANING, born in 1723, son of no. 7 Robert and Martha (Hart) Laning, Jr., of
Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died testate in December 1880, in Hopewell
Township, said County, and was buried in the Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville, with
gravestone marker inscribed “R.L. died (illegible) 1800, aged 77 years”. Ralph Laning, 2nd
Lieutenant in Captain Hunt’s Company, 1st. Regiment of Hunterdon County Militia; scout and
guide to General Washington, (Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution, page 445).
Ralph Laning married first Elizabeth, sister of Jasper Smith, and second Mary, daughter of Amos
Hart, says Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, 1883, page 155, but the order appears reversed. For, the
will of Ralph Laning, Sr., of Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, dated 24 June 1798
and proved 31 January 1801, devises his estate to his wife Elizabeth; to sister Martha, widow of
John Phillips; to sons Amos and Daniel the lands they live on; to grandson Abijah Laning 10
acres, and to grandson Ralph Reed 10 pounds; to son Noah the remainder of lands, my wagons,
plow and harness, he paying to his brother Ralph 50 pounds; to daughters Elizabeth Cornell and
Mercy Reed 50 pounds each; and appoints son Amos Laning and son-in-law William Cornell
executors, (NJ Archives 39: 266).
Children of Ralph Laning, Sr.
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i. Ralph Laning born 11 March 1759; died 31 Aug. 1843
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ii. Amos Laning born about 1763; died in 1826
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iii. Daniel Laning born in 1778; died in 1821.
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iv. Noah Laning born in or before 1768; died in 1819
v. Elizabeth Laning born 29 Oct. 1765; died 16 July 1845; married William Cornell, who
was born 30 March 1759 and died 12 Feb 1833, per grvsts. In Cornell cemetery, north of
Pennington, Mercer Co., NJ, (Genealog. Mag. NJ, 25: 72)
vi. Mercy Laning married one Reed; had son Ralph Reed in 1798.
vii. Jasper Laning died before 1798; married Keziah Reed, who died in 1812, (NJ
Archives 41: 229); had son Abijah Laning who married Ann Green, born 6 Dec. 1785
and died 25 Jan. 1842, dau. Of Joseph and Hannah Green, per grvst. In Ewing Chyd.; had
sole issue: Jasper Laning, who married 1 Jan. 1846, Rebecca Garwood, per Trenton
newspaper item. CF (Trenton and Ewing p. 86)
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No Page # 47
Two (2) Pages -- From the
Collections of the Genealog. Soc.
N.J.
This John Laning, born 25 March
1740, son of Robert and Martha
(Hart) Laning, Jr. of Trenton Twp.,
Hunterdon, now Mercer, Co., NJ;
died testate in Maidenhead, now
Lawrence Twp., Mercer Co., in
November 1816.
These Bible records serve to correct
the statements in the History of
Burlington and Mercer Counties, NJ
1883, page 847
John Laning was born March 25th,
1740
Martha Laning was born July 24th,
1745
Sary Laning was born August 4th,
1764
Elizabeth Laning was born March
23, 1766
Mary Laning was born May 15th
1769
Martha Laning was born April 2nd,
1771
Edward Laning was born May 10th,
1775
Charity Laning was born December 19th, 1779
Abigail Laning was born June 11th, 1782
Martha, wife of John Laning deceased May 8th in the year of our Lord 1786.
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John Laning was married to his second wife Rachel Hankens, August 28th, 1788
Rachel Laning was born March 22nd, 1754
Susannah Laning was born February 2nd, 1789
This Bible was presented to Hopewell Museum by Miss Inez Snowden
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18.
JOHN LANING, born 25 March 1740, son of no. 7 Robert and Martha (Hart) Laning,
Jr., of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died testate in Maidenhead, now Lawrence,
Township, in said county, now Mercer, in November 1816. John Laning settled in what is now
Lawrence Township prior to the Revolution, purchasing a large tract of land on the King's Road,
about two miles from Lawrenceville to the northeast.
He married first, 8 February 1764, Martha Hunt Hart, who was born 24 July 1745, and died 8
May 1786. She was a daughter of Edward Hunt of Hopewell Township, whose will dated 24
February 1792 names grandchildren: Edward Laning, Sarah and Elizabeth Laning, Polly (Mary)
Lawrence, Abigail, Martha, and Charity Laning, (NJ Archives 37: 191).
John Laning married secondly 28 August 1788, Rachel Hankens, who was born 22 March 1754,
per his Bible record, (collections of the Genealogical Society, NJ).
The will of John Laning of Maidenhead Township, Hunterdon County, NJ dated 6 February
1811 and proved 28 November 1816, provides for wife Rachel:
bequeaths to son Edward a 12 acres woodland adjoining Nathaniel Hunt, Esq., two upper fields
and 5 acres meadow, he to pay to my daughter Abbe Hooper $266.67, said daughter to have the
1 acre meadow; daughter Elizabeth Hart to have the field adjoining Ephraim Phillips and George
Bullock, and after her death the same to her children when of age;
daughter Mary Lawrence to have the lot purchased of Samuel Opdyke, with the improvements
thereon, and after her death, the same to be sold and the proceeds divided among her children
equally;
to my three daughters Sarah, Martha, and Susannah, each a bed and bedding and the residue of
the estate equally with my wife;
to daughter Charity Allen $333.33;
and appoints daughter Martha Laning and son-in-law Thomas Hooper, and John Flock executors.
Witnesses: Daniel Agnew, Theophilus Phillips, Samuel Hunt, (Ibid. 42: 247). See also Ibid, 2nd
series, 3: 394.
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Names and dates of births from his Bible record
Children of John Lanning and first wife Martha Hunt
i.
Sarah Laning born 4 Aug. 1764; died after 1811
ii.
Elizabeth Laning born 23 March 1766; married Elijah Hart, who died 1 March 1846,
aged 81-2-0, per gravestone in the Presbyterian Churchyard, Lawrenceville, Mercer
Co., NJ. He was son of Benjamin and Hannah (Cook) Hart. They had issue:
a. Nathaniel Hart (Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, p. 100)
b.
Edward Hart
c.
Elijah Hart
d.
Benjamin Hart
e.
Martha Hart 1793-1878, wife of Elias Golden, 1789-1859, per gravestones in the
Presbyterian Churchyard, Pennington, Mercer County, NJ
f.
g.
Charity Hart born 27 Jan. 1802; married John Hogeland, who was born 11 May
1788, son of Daniel and Sarah (Prull) Hogeland, of Amwell Twp., Hunterdon
Co., NJ, (Hoagland Family, p.227)
Issue:
1. Peter Hoagland born 16 May 1831; married 27 Feb. 1858, Sarah Ann
Laning, whom see under no. 16, and they resided in Lambertville, said
Co.;
2. Martha Hogeland born 21 Nov. 1834, married in Feb. 1861, Thomas
Pryor, of Trenton, NJ
Permelia Hart born 3 Jun 1800; married John W. Golden, who died 21 May
1879, in his 82nc yr., per grvsts. In the Presb. Chyd., Pennington, Mercer Co., NJ
iii.
Mary Laning born 15 May 1769; married John Lawrence, of Princeton, NJ, a teacher,
and they located on a portion of her father’s homestead. They had issue:
1. Andrew Lawrence who married Eliza Slack; and
2. Edward Lawrence who married Jane Slack and had issue.
iv.
Martha Laning born 2 Apr. 1771; died after 1811
v.
Edward Laning born 10 May 1775; also located on a portion of his father’s
homestead in Lawrence Township He died (testate) 30 Oct. 1859, in his 85th yr., per
gravestone in Lawrenceville Cemetery He married 23 Sept. ____
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with the Rev. Joseph Rue, of the Presb. Ch., Pennington, officiating. Nancy, wife of Edward
Laning, died 30 Oct. 1857, in her 82nd year, per grvst with his. They had issue: (a-i):
a) John Laning died young
b) Benjamin Laning died young
c) Margaret Laning died young
d) Ann Laning died young
e) Elizabeth Laning born 28 Dec. 1801; died 12 Feb. 1893; married 29 Jan 1818,
Cornelius Van Dyke, of Hopewell Twp., who was born 13 married 1793, and died 1
May 1852 per grvsts. In the Presb. Chyd., Pennington, Mercer Co., NJ
f) Sarah Laning born 30 Sept. 1808; died in 1888; married 1 Nov. 1832, Horace Dibble
Varian, of Hopewell Twp., farmer, who was born 11 married 1808, and died in 1888,
per grvsts. In the Presb. Chyd., Pennington, NJ (Varian Family, p. 35). They had
issue:
1. William Hunt Varian born 13 Nov. 1834, a farmer near Princeton, NJ; married 4
Dec. 1862, Mary Amanda Stults
2.
Ann Eliza Varian born in 1838; died 17 Dec. 1840;grvst
3.
Maria Clewell Varian born 9 June 1840; married 7 Dec 1864, Liscomb Blackwell
Reed, who was born 9 March 1842, son of Francis H. and Mary Ann (Gray)
Reed, of Lawrence Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, (Memorial of Mercer Co., NJ, p. 743)
4.
Nancy Laning Varian born 11 May 1844; died 13 May 1844
5.
Price Laning Varian born 21 June 1845, a farmer near Princeton, NJ; married 27
Jan. 1862, Jane C. Flock
6.
Miles Alexander Varian born 27 Aug. 1847; mgr. of Carson’s book Agency,
Baltimore, MD; married 18 Nov. 1874, Bessie L. Baker
7.
Margaret Ann Varian born 25 Feb. 1849; died 1 Apr 1849
g) Martha Laning born in 1793; died in 1878; married Jacob Golden, who was born in
1789 and died in 1859; per grvsts in the Presb. Chyd., Pennington, Mercer Co., NJ,
son of Isaac and Amy (Vannoy) Golden, of Hopewell Twp., said County. They had
issue:
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George Golden married Sarah Reed, dau. Of Noah Reed
2.
Sarah Golden married W.W. Meredith, Baptist clergyman
3.
Edward L. Golden married Emma Van Dyke, dau. Of Peter Vanderveer Van
Dyke of Hopewell. H died soon after, and Emma V.D. Golden married 2nd John
Q. McPherson, Pennington, NJ
4.
Elizabeth Golden married Charles Pierson, born 1843 and died 12 March 1905, a
farmer above Lawrenceville, son of Joseph and Cahterine Pierson, (Memorial
Mercer Co., p.702)
5.
Ebenezer w. Golden married Anna Savage, dau. Of Reuben Savage, mercht. Of
Mt. Rose, Mercer Co., died 30 Nov 1899; his widow and children resided in
Hopewell, NJ
6.
Margaret Golden married Reuben L. Savage Jr. of Mt. Rose
7.
J. Price Golden married Eliza Drake, dau. Of Jefferson Drake; resided near
Hopewell (Pioneers Old Hopewell, 69)
(h) Absalom Price Laning born 18 Sept. 1809; died (testate) 26 Sept. 1886, per grvst. In
Lawrenceville, NJ, Cem. He married 27 Dec 1836, Henrietta Drake, with the Rev. John
Boggs, of the Baptist Ch. Of Hopewell, officiating. She was born 23 Sept. 1813 and died 8
Jan. 1896, per grvst. They had issue:
1. John Edward Laning born 22 June 1840; died 9 May 1919; A. born Princeton 1860,
Prosecutor of the pleas of Monmouth Co., NJ married Mary Rue Scudder, who was
born 3 May 1840 and died 23 Dec. 1916, per grvsts. In the Lawrenceville Cem.
2. Mercer born Laning married Emma born Gordon
3. Thomas C. Laning born in 1853; died in 1921; married Mary A. ----, who was born
in 1872 and died in 1925, per grvsts. In the Lawrenceville
(i) Mary Laning
vi. Charity Laning born 19 Dec. 1779; died in 1829; married in 1804, Moses Baldwin Allen, who
was born in 1781 and died in 1840 in
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Warren Co., NJ, and had issue, (D.A.R. Lineage Book 120: 43)
vii. Abigail Laning born 11 June 1782; married 25 Feb. 1802, Thomas Hooper, per Middlesex
Co., Clerk’s record, (Proc. NJ Hist. Soc. New ser. 9: 287). They had issue: (a) John L. Hooper;
(b) Moses Hooper. (c) Thomas Hooper (d) Laning Hooper (e) Stephen Hooper (f) Mary Hooper
(g) Sarah Ann Hooper and (h) Martha Hooper.
Child of John Laning and second wife Rachel Hankens:
viii. Susannah Laning born 2 Feb. 1789; married John Fisher, and they settled near Hightstown,
East Windsor Twp., Mercer Co., NJ. They had issue: (a) John Fisher (b) Robert Fisher (c)
Samuel Fisher (d) and others.
The names and dates of birth of the above listed eight children of no. 18 John Laning are from
his Bible record, and supply the data missing in the accounts of this family in Trenton and
Ewing, 1883, p. 157, and the History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, NJ, 1883, p. 847.
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THE ROBERT LANNING BIBLE RECORDS, AMWELL TWP., HUNTERDON CO., NJ
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Copy of a copy made about 1850, source unknown, made by Hiram E. Deats, genealogist, of
Flemington, Hunterdon Co., NJ, f Feb. 1939
(For page 58) See also Gravestone Inscriptions, page 56 hereof.
No. 19
ROBERT LANING was born Jan. 27th 1737; died Feb. 11, 1808
Judith ‘Baker’ Laning was born Oct. 11th 1740; died June 2, 1829
Children of Robert & Judith
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Deborah Laning was born Sept. 22nd 1760
Martha Laning was born Aug. 20th 1762
Enoch Laning was born married 30th 1765; died Nov. 5th 1828
Judith Laning was born Aug. 30th 1767
Robert Laning was born Feb. 17th 1770; died July 28th 1828
Achsah Laning was born Feb. 22nd 1772
William Laning was born Dec. 13th 1774; died Jan. 19th 1817
Hester Laning was born May 1st 1777; died March 11th 1860
Susanna Laning was born Feb. 12th 1780; died Feb. 23rd 1817
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Sophia Laning was born June 5th 1776; died Feb. 7th 1810 (born Holcombe, wife of
William Laning)
Sarah Laning died Oct. 16th 1855 (In 76th year per gravestone, wife of Enoch Lanning,
born Abbott)
Elizabeth Brittain died May 30th 1849
John A. Laning died March 4th 1850 (Aged 62-10-0 per gravestone)
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“Children of William & Sophia Holcomb Laning”
Hannah Laning born Sept. 30th 1798
Jacob Holcomb Laning born Aug. 13th 1799
Hester Laning born Dec. 4th 1800 (Married 1 July 1826, Robert Liverton)
Judith Ann Laning born Jan. 14th 1806
Robert Baker Laning born Sept. 17th 1809; died July 19, 1867 per gravestone
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Enoch Laning Jr. and Martha Wilson married January 26th 1828
Enoch Laning Jr. born June 29th 1800 (son of Enoch & Martha Wilson)
Enoch Laning Jr. died 18 Jan 1866, aged 65-6-20 per gravestone
Martha (Wilson) Laning born Aug. 12th 1806
Hiram Laning born June 13th 1831; died March 31st 1851
Sarah Elizabeth Laning born Oct. 2nd 1833
Sarah Laning born June 4th 1760 (Died Oct. 16, 1855, as abovesaid)
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LANNING OF AMWELL TOWNSHIP, HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ
GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS, MOUNT AIRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHYARD
SEE PAGE 55)
Copied by Dr. W. H. Mitchell and Hiram Deats, Oct. 2nd 1920.
Laning, Amanda, died July 11, 1872, age 45-3-0 (Inventory 1872) & newspaper
Laning, Andrew J., born 1823; died Feb. 3, 1899; age 75-4-0 – pg 76 & 64 (Will 1899)
Laning, Enoch died Nov. 5, 1828 in 64th year (Inventory 1828) (b. 1765)
Laning, Enoch, Jr., died Jan. 18, 1866, age 65-6-20 (b. 29 June 1800 – Bible records)
Hiram, son of Enoch and Martha, died married 31, 1851 in 20th year
Laning, John A. died married 4, 1850 age 62-10-0 (b. 1787 Enoch/Sarah)
Laning, Martha Wilson, wife of Enoch, Jr. died Oct. 23, 1889 age 83-2-10 (testate 1889)
Sarah Abbott Lanning, wife of Enoch, Sr. died Oct. 16, 1835 in 76th year (b. 1760)
Sarah Laning, born Apr. 25, 1800; died Apr. 18, 1881
Susan died Laning, born Oct. 4, 1804; died Sept. 12, 1882
Susan P. Laning, wife of Andrew J. Laning, daughter of John A. and Sarah Laning, formerly
wife of Lavoice Tidd (he died testate 1853 in Hunterdon County), born Sept. 30, 1826; died July
19, 1890 see pages 76 & 64 -- married 31 December 1857 –Susan died testate)
Theodosia Laning born 1803; died Aug. 29, 1863, age 60-4-12
William Laning, son of Enoch and Martha Wilson, died Jan. 25, 1830 in 2nd year
William Laning, born May 31, 1792; died Oct. 18, 1877
Lanning,
Aaron V. died born married 17, 1804; died Sept. 23, 1867 age 63-2-6
Alchey Van Doren, wife of Robert Lanning Sr., died Dec. 6, 1819 age 83-1-17
Elizabeth Holcomb, wife of Robert, died Feb. 9, 1829 age 25-9-4
Elizabeth, wife of Robert B., died June 16, 1864 in 50th yr; born 1815
Enoch P., son of * William and Keturah, died Nov. 16, 1824; 6-3-17
Hester, wife of Robert Liverton, born Dec. 4, 1800; died Dec. 26, 1884
(Robert Liverton died June 1, 1867 in 72nd year)
Judith Baker, wife of Robert, died June 2, 1829 in 90th year (Inventory 1830)
Rachel Prall, wife of # William, died Feb. 24, 1813, age 62-9-2
# William Laning & Rachel Prall 29 Jan 1813 –
*William Laning married 9 Mar, 1814 Keturah Prall (by Rev. Kirkpatrick per Hunterdon Co.
clerk record)
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LANNING,
Robert, died Feb. 11, 1808 in 71st year (page 33 & 64)
Robert, died July 28, 1828, age 38-1-8 (Inventory 1828)
Robert, Jr., born Aug. 18, 1800; died Sept. 4, 1830
Robert, Baker, died July 19, 1867, age 57-10-2
Robert V.D., died married 28, 1818, aged 15-0-5
Sarah Ann, dau. Of Robert and Alchey VanDoren, died July 1, 1853
Sophia, died Feb. 7, 1810 in 34th year (born Holcombe)
Susan, dau. Of William and Keturah, died May 28, 1817
William, died Jan. 19, 1817 age 43 years (married 1795; Estate Inventory 1817)
William B., son of Robert and Alla, died married 13 1868 born 1867
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19.
ROBERT LANING JR, (Robert and Martha Hart)of Trenton Township, Hunterdon
County, NJ; was born Jan. 27th, 1737 and died (testate) 11 February 1808, in his 71st year, in
Amwell Township, said county, and was buried in the Mount Airy Presbyterian Churchyard
there, with gravestone inscription thereof. He married, in or before 1760, Judith Baker, who was
born 11 October, 1740, and died 2 June 1829, per gravestone inscription likewise. Cooley,
Trenton and Ewing (1883), page 159, confuses this Robert Laning of 1737-1808 with his father,
No. 7 Robert Laning hereinbefore. Judith (Baker) Laning was a sister of William Baker, Sr., of
Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, who died testate in 1817, (NJ Archives 42: 20).
The will of Robert Laning, of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, dated 18 January 1808
and proved 5 March 1808, devises to his wife, not by name, 100 pounds, household furniture, a
room in the house, a mare and riding chair, a cow and three sheep, she to be supplied with
provisions by son William during her life. After wife’s decease, the legacies given her are to be
divided between my five daughters, Deborah, Martha, Hester, Achsah, and Susannah, said
daughters to have also 100 pounds each. To daughter Susanna two cows, three sheep, and as
good outset as my other daughters have had. To grandchildren, children of daughter Judith,
decd., Elias, William, Laning, Judith, Catharine, Deborah, and Allshe Abbott, 10 pounds each
when aged 21 years. To eldest son Enoch, in addition to the property he has, 20 shillings. To
second son Robert 20 shillings besides the property he has had; to youngest son William the
plantation whereon I now live, 115 acres, and the residue of my personal estate, he paying the
legacies. He appoints sons Enoch, Robert, and William executors. The inventory of the personal
estate was appraised at $272.31 by John Wilson and Der- ??
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Children of Robert and Judith (Baker) Lanning: *
i. Deborah Laning born 22 Sept. 1760; married by 1808 per father’s will
ii. Martha Lanning born 20 Aug. 1762; married by 1808 per her father’s will
iii. Enoch Laning born 30 March 1765; died (intestate, Hunterdon Co., NJ) 5 Nov. 1828, per
grvst. In Presb. Chyd., Mt. Airy, abovesd. He married by license of 6 March 1785, Sarah Abbott,
who was born 4 June 1760, and died 16 Oct. 1835 in her 76th yr., per grvst. With his, daughter of
William and Catherine Abbott of Amwell Twp., Genealog. Mag. NJ 20: 79. They had issue incl.
(a) John A. Laning born 4 May 1787; died 4 March 1850 per grvst.
(b) William Laning born 31 May 1792; died 18 Oct 1877 per grvst. He married 9 March
1814 Keturah Prall.
(c) Robert Laning Jr. born 18 Aug. 1800; died (intestate, Hunterdon Co., NJ) 4 Sept.
1830 per grvst. As abovesd. He married 31 Dec. 1822, Elizabeth Holcombe, who died 9
Feb. 1829, aged 25-9-4 per grvst. With his.
iv. Judith Laning born 30 Aug. 1767; named as deceased in father’s will of 1808, and with issue:
Elias, William, Laning, Judith, Catherine, Deborah, and Allshe Abbott, all under 21. Evidently,
she married Isaac Abbott, who was born 22 May 1765 and died 13 June 1808, son of William
and Catherine Abbott of Amwell Township, cited above.
v. Robert Laning born 17 February 1770; died (intestate, Hunterdon County, NJ) 28 July 1828
per gravestone as abovesaid. He married 31 January 1798, Alchey Van Doren, who died 6
December 1819, aged 43-10-19 per gravestone. Issue:
(a) Enoch Lanign Jr. born 29 June 1800; died (intestate, Hunterdon County, NJ) 18
January 1866 per gravestone as abovesaid. He married 26 January, Martha Wilson, who
was born 12 August 1806, and died (testate) 23 October 1889 per gravestone as
abovesaid. Issue:
(1) William Laning born 20 November 1818; died 25 January 1830
(2) Hiram Laning born 13 June 1831; died 31 March 1851
(3) Sarah Elizabeth Laning born 2 October 1833; died 19 March 1894; married
William W. Fisher, who was born 23 March 1824, and died 29 May 1910 per
gravestones in Larson’s Corner Cemetery.
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(b)Aaron V.D. Laning, died (intestate), Hunterdon County, NJ 23 September 1867 per
gravestone in Mt. Airy Churchyard. He married 28 April 1830, Mary Ann Holcombe,
born 23 March 1803, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Runkle) Holcombe, (The
Holcombes, p.282).
(c) Robert V. died Laning born 23 March 1803; died 28 March 1818 per gravestone.
(d) Sarah Ann Laning born 19 March 1808; died unmarried 1 July 1853 per gravestone.
vi. Achsah Laning born 22 February 1772; died 8 December 1850; married 16 March 1802,
Jeremiah Lambert, who died 30 August 1844 in 80th year per gravestones.
vii. William Laning born 13 December 1774; died (intestate, Hunterdon county, NJ) 19 January
1817 per gravestone. He married 23 December 1795, Sophia Holcombe, who was born 5 June
1776 and died 7 February 1810 per gravestone, daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Hyde) Holcombe
of Mt. Airy, Amwell township, Hunterdon County, NJ, (Ibid. p. 250). William Laning married
2nd 29 January 1813, Rachel Prall, who died 24 February 1843, aged 62-9-2, per gravestone.
Issue by first wife, Sophia (Holcombe) Laning:
(a) Hannah Laning born 30 September 1798.
(b) Jacob Holcombe Laning born 13 August 1799; died 13 February 1885, in Petersburg,
Illinois; married (1)Theodosia Gray; (2) Hannah Silver.
(c) Hester Laning born 4 December 1800, died 26 December 1884. She married 1 July
1826, Robert Liverton, who died 1 June 1867 in 72nd year per gravestones.
(d) Judith Ann Laning born 14 January 1806; possibly the one of this name who married
in 1829 Andrew S. Opdyke in Milford, NJ, and died in 1831, as first wife, (Opdyck
Genealogy, 1889, p. 347)
(e) Robert Baker Laning born 17 September 1809; died 19 July 1867, per gravestone. His
wife Elizabeth Laning died 16 June 1864 in 50th year.
viii. Esther Laning born 1 May 1777; died 11 March 1860. She married 17 April 1796,
Christopher Van Doren, who died 5 August 1848, aged 77-3-10, per gravestones in Pleasant
Ridge Cemetery, Raritan township, Hunterdon County, NJ.
ix. Susanna Laning born 12 February 1780; died 23 February 1817. She married 14 December
1815, as his second wife, Captain John Wilson, who died 6 February 1856, aged 83-10-10, per
gravestones in the Presbyterian Churchyard, Mt. Airy, abovesaid.
NOTE: The names and dates of birth of the above are from Bible records; the gravestone
inscription dates from the Presbyterian Churchyard, Mt. Airy; marriages from Hunterdon County
Clerk’s Records………..
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19A. ANDREW J. LANING, born3 April 1823, probably great-grandson of no. 18 Robert
Laning, above; died (testate in Hunterdon County, NJ) 3 February 1899, per gravestone
inscription in the Presbyterian Churchyard at Mr. Airy, Amwell Township, abovesaid. He
married first, 1 June 1855, Jane Maria Phillips, who was born 5 June 1831 and died 30 April
1856, per gravestone inscription in the Presbyterian Churchyard at Pennington, Mercer County,
NJ, daughter of William Titus and Martha (Van Cleve) Phillips of Lawrence Township, in that
county. He married secondly, 31 December 1857, Susanna P. (Laning) Tidd, widow of Lavoice
Tidd, who had died testate in Hunterdon County 24 November 1853 in his 35th year. She was
born 30 September 1826, daughter of John A. and Sarah Laning, great-grand-daughter of no. 18
Robert Laning, and died 19 July 1890 per gravestone. CF The Lott Family, 1942, p.91
20.
RICHARD LANING, elder son of no. 8 Isaac and Sarah (Hunt) Laning of Hardwick
Township, Sussex County, NJ, resided there near the Yellow Frame Church, but his estate is not
found in the probate records of either Sussex or of Warren County which was set off from it in
1824.
The inscribed gravestones in the Yellow Frame Cemetery, Warren County, do not include his,
(Genealogy Magazine of NJ 33:11).
Richard Laning is said to have married one Elizabeth Hunt, (History of Sussex and Warren
Counties, NJ, 1881, p.694).
Children of Richard and Elizabeth (Hunt) Laning:
i. Richard Laning
ii. Edward Laning born 15 May 1764; died 20 January 1843
iii. John Laning
iv. Catherine Laning married Samuel Stroud
v. Rebecca Laning married one Bebout
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ISAAC LANING, born in 1748, second son of no. 8 Isaac and Sarah (Hunt) Laning of
Hardwick Township, Sussex County, NJ; died (testate) 30 August 1811 in his 64th year, per
gravestone inscription in the cemetery at Dark Moon, in that Township, (Genealogy Magazine of
NJ, 4: 70). His wife Lavinia, whose maiden surname is not recovered here, died in 1838 in her
86th year, per gravestone inscription in Marksboro. Isaac Laning, Sr., an elder in the Hardwick
Presbyterian Church, resided a mile and a half west of Log Gaol, in the present Frelinghuysen
Township, Warren County, NJ, originally part of the Hardwick Patent, (William C. Armstrong,
Article no. 40 in the Hackettstown Gazette, 1934).
The will of Isaac Laning, Sr., of Hardwick Township, Sussex County, NJ, dated 10 April 1807
and proved 26 November 1811, devises to wife Lavinia an horse, two cows, two beds and
bedding, the dwelling house and farm whereon I now live, and the profits there-from, during her
life; to son Isaac all lands and moveable estate, he paying the legacies to my daughters Nelly
Hasen $400, and Jane $400; and appoints son Isaac Laning executor. Inventory of personal estate
dated 14 October 1811, (NJ Archives 41: 229).
Children of Isaac and Lavinia Laning:
i. Isaac Laning Jr. born 19 December 1783; died 8 October 1842
ii. Eleanor Laning born 18 September 1769; died 18 June 1854 at Cattlets, VA; buried in White
Hall Cemetery; married (1) Thomas Hazen, who was born 9 August 1768, and died 9 September
1816 at Hope, NJ, son of Thomas and Mary (Giles) Hazen of Sussex, now Warren County, NJ.
Eleanor (Laning) Hazen married (2) Joseph Newman, who died testate in 1848 in Warren
County, NJ (Hazen Family, 1947, p.110).
iii. Jane Laning, named in father’s will of 1807
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JOSEPH LANING, born in 1769, son of no. 9 Ralph and Elizabeth (Jones) Laning of
Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died there (testate) on 24 April 1823, aged 54 years,
per gravestone in the Presbyterian Churchyard in the present Ewing Township. He was married
on 26 January 1799, with the Rev. Joseph Rue, of the Presbyterian Church of Hopewell in
Pennington, said county, officiating, to Mary Jones. She died 10 May 1819, aged 44 years, per
gravestone with his.
The will of Joseph Laning, blacksmith, of the city of Trenton, Hunterdon County, NJ, dated 9
April 1823 and proved 17 May 1823, devised to son George W. Laning all tools, coal, etc.
belonging to the shop, and $100.00; to sons George W. and Samuel Laning and my daughter
Mary Elizabeth Laning all residue of estate, real and personal, equally divided; and appointed
son George W. Laning and friend Evan Evans executors. (Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, page
153).
Children of Joseph and Mary (Jones) Laning:
i. George W. Laning born in 1800; died (testate) 3 August 1830, per Trenton newspaper
obituary, unmarried.
ii. Samuel Laning born in 1807; died 26 October 1841, per gravestone as abovesaid; married
Frances Britton, who died 20 June 1858, in her 51st year per same.
iii. Mary Elizabeth Laning married 31 December, per Trenton newspaper item, Gilbert Roe of
Trenton. They had issue:
(a) George Roe
(b) Joseph Roe
(c) Sarah Roe
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JOHN LANNING, born in 1766, son of no. 10 Robert and Jemima (Smith) Laning of
Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died (testate) 28 May 1852, aged 86 years per
gravestone in the Presbyterian Churchyard in Ewing Township, said county, now Mercer. He
married Elizabeth Hart, daughter of Samuel Hart. Elizabeth, wife of John Laning, died 21
January 1853, aged 81 years, per gravestone with his. (Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, 1883, page
153) names these
Children of John and Elizabeth (Hart) Laning:
i. Samuel Laning died 23 September 1851, aged 58 years, per gravestone in the Ewing
Churchyard abovesaid. He married about 1814 Eleanor Cook, who was born 22 January 1798
and died 5 March 1888, per gravestone. She was a daughter of Henry and Mary (Burroughs)
Cook of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, NJ. They had issue:
(a) Eliza Ann Laning born 1825 who married 12 September 1850, William L. Ashmore,
per Trenton newspaper item.
(b) Henry C. Laning born 1828; died in 1882, intestate, in Mercer County, NJ; married 18
September 1850, Hannah Green, per Trenton newspaper item, who died 14 October 1851,
aged 23 years. He married 2nd, 14 January 1857, Matilda Hillman, per same.
(c) Mary F. Laning born 1836
(d) Enoch Laning died 27 February 1845, aged 24 years, per gravestone.
ii. Jemima Laning died 4 October 1853 aged 54 years; married Aaron Furman who died 10
August 1882 aged 83 years, per gravestones in Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewing Township,
abovesaid.
iii. Martha Laning died 15 March 1841, aged 37-2-20, per gravestone in the Presbyterian
Churchyard, Pennington, Mercer County, NJ. She married 5 February 1831, Amos Furman, son
of Ezekiel and Rebecca (Hart) Furman, as his first wife, and had issue: (a) Gilbert Furman who
married Amanda Reed, and (b) Ann Eliza Furman. He married 2nd Clarissa Reed, widow of
Samuel McMurray, (Cooley pg 75)
iv. Ann Laning died 21 October 1837, aged 37 years per gravestone
v. Cornelia Laning died 4 October 1854, aged 44 years per gravestone, unmarried.
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JOSHUA LANING, born in 1770, son of no. 10 Robert and Jemima (Smith) Laning of
Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died testate in 1862 in Ewing Township, said county;
“in August 1863, aged 93 years”, per Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, 1883, page 153. But no
gravestone to verify his statement is found in the Presbyterian Churchyuards of Ewing or
Pennington. He married first, Catharine Van Kirk, by whom the children named below, and he
married second, 21 June 1821, Leah Hoagland, per register of the Presbyterian Church of
Kingston, Somerset County, NJ, (Genealogy Magazine NJ 29:63). She was born 19 September
1783, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Prall) Hoagland of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County,
abovesaid. She died testate in Mercer County, NJ in 1873 (Hoagland Family, 1891, p. 206).
Children of Joshua and Catharine (Van Kirk) Laning:
i. Charles Laning married 20 November 1818 Hannah Mount Perrine, per Middlesex County, NJ
Clerk’s records, (Proc. NJ Historical Society, new series, 9: 390). She was born 19 March 1796,
daughter of Matthias and Anna (Knott) Perrine of Jamesburg, NJ, (Daniel Perrin and
Descendants, 1910, p. 75).
ii. John V. Laning died intestate in Mercer County, NJ in 1863. He married 18 June 1836, per
Trenton newspaper item, Sarah Temple, daughter of Asher Temple, (Cooley, abovesaid, p. 266).
iii. Stephen H. Laning married 6 January 1829, Margaret Keller, daughter of Henry Keller.
iv. Jemima Laning married 14 February 1829, per Hunterdon County Clerk’s records, George
Hunt. He was born 4 October 1810, and died 13 January 1886, per gravestone of the Presbyterian
Churchyard, Titusville, Mercer County, NJ, (Genealogy Magazine NJ, 30: 25).
v. Elizabeth Laning married 12 May 1814, per Trenton newspaper item, Nathaniel Tomlinson,
(Cooley, abovesaid, p. 277).
vi. Mary Ann Laning married Samuel Craft, son of George Craft.
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Elijah Laning , born 23 July 1791, son of 11 Elijah and Sarah (Mershon) Laning of
Trenton Township, Hunterdon, now Mercer, County, NJ, died (intestate) 16 April 1845, “Fifer in
Capt. Garret died Wall’s Co. of Infantry of Col. John Dodd’s Regt. In the war with Great Britain,
1812-1815”, per gravestone inscription in the Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville, said county.
He married Mary Burroughs, who was born 29 June 1798 and died 26 July 1870, daughter of
John and Rhoda Burroughs. (Bible Records)
Children of Elijah and Mary (Burroughs) Laning:
i. Randolph H. Laning born 23 July 1820; died 17 June 1900
ii. Edward Laning born 2 Feb. 1825; died 24 Dec. 1887
iii. Sarah Laning born 6___1829; died 24 married 1868 in 39th year
iv. Angelina Laning born 18 Sept. 1831; died 5 Jan. 1917; married 9 dec. 1865, with the Rev. T.
Gray of Easton, PA, officiating, Amos Smith Phillips, of Titusville, Mercer County, NJ, who
was born 19 July 1835 and died 15 Dec. 1913; buried in Ewingville, Mercer County, NJ, son of
John and Mary (Smith) Phillips. They had issue:
(a) Sarah L. Phillips, born 16 June 1867; died 27 Nov. 1931
(b) Mary born Phillips, born 25 July 1869; died 9 Aug. 1935, unmarried.
v. Mary Frances Laning born 16 Jan. 1834; died 30 ___ 1908; married 23 Dec. 1856, Edward M.
Phillips, son of John and Mary (Smith) Phillips, and had issue:
(a) James Hendrickson Phillips, born 19 Aug. 1863 in Ewing, Mercer County, NJ, who
died 27 Apr. 1902 in Hopewell, Mercer County, NJ; married 12 Nov. 1901, blanche
Elvinah Duck of Spring Mill, PA; and resided in New York City.
(b) Frances L. Phillips
(c) Mary Phillips
vi. Charles H. Laning born 12 Sept 1842
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NATHANIEL LANING, born June 1775, son of no. 11 Elijah and Sarah (Mershon)
Laning of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died there (Intestate) 25 January 1845,
aged 70 years, per gravestone in the Presbyterian churchyard, Ewing township, said County, now
Mercer, and a Trenton newspaper notice. He married on 25 May 1820, per newspaper notice,
Mary Howell. She was born 9 February 1788, and died 25 May 1840, aged 52 years, per
gravestone as abovesaid, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Jones) Howell. See under no. 4.
Children of Nathaniel and Mary (Howell) Laning:
i. Elijah Laning born 23 May 1821; died 3 Nov. 1906
ii. Elizabeth Laning
iii. Rebecca Laning married 28 Jan. 1847, James L. Woodward, of Bordentown, NJ
iv. Nathaniel Laning married 7 Sept 1853, per Trenton, NJ newspaper notice, Harriet E. Gustin,
who was born 1 May 1828, daughter of John S. and Susan (McComb) Gustin. Issue:
(a) Mary G. Laning born 3 Aug 1854
(b) Ella F. Laning born 21 Apr. 1856; married 1 Dec. 1880, Roderick A. Pepper
(c) John G. Laning born 27 Sept. 1857; married 11 June 1882, Sarah E. Kimball
(d) Edward Laning born 3 Nov. 1858
(e) James H. Laning born 3 Apr. 1860
(f) Susan McComb Laning born 22 Sept. 1861
(g) Addie G. Laning born 24 Oct. 1862
(h) Violetta Laning born 7 Nov. 1864
(i) Anna E. Lanign born 7 married 1867
(j) Charles died Lanign born 3 Apr. 1868 (Gustin Comp., p. 22)
v. James Laning married 15 May 1851, Rebecca W. Boyd, per register of First Reformed Dutch
Church, Philadelphia.
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Their son, Frederick born Laning, 1861-1908, married 28 June 1888, Elizabeth born Perkins,
born18 June 1860, daughter of John and Christiana (Slim) Perkins, and died in 1921; both buried
in Colestown, Camden County, NJ. Issue:
(a) James Norman Laning married Elizabeth Warren
(b) Christine Laning born in 1891 and died in 1892
(c) Gertrude Laning born 6 March 1893; married William C. Roberts
(d) Miriam Cadwallader Laning married Charles Winner
(e) Elizabeth Laning married William Massie
vi. John Laning married Frances Sophia Beach
vii. Sarah M. Laning born 29 December 1831; died unmarried 8 June 1856, per gravestone in the
Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville, Mercer County, NJ
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JOHN LANING, born 5 June 1779, eldest child of no. 13 Robert and Sarah (Coryell)
Lanning of Sussex County, NJ, was commissioned adjutant in Broome County, NY, in 1811;
ensign in Steuben County, NY, in 1811; lieutenant in Steuben County, NY, in 1814; colonel of
the 53rd Regiment of Infantry in Broome County n 1817; and Brigadier General of the 41st
Brigade of Infantry in that County, in 1819, (Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment,
State of NY, 1901, vol. 2, and 3, p. 2059). In the town of Owego, Tioga County, NY, is the
gravestone inscribed: “Sacred to the memory of Gen. John Laning, who died February 12th 1820,
aged 40 years 4 months.”
John Laning married, on 9 June 1806, Mary Ann (Hollenback) Deshong, widow of Welmar
Godfrey Deshong. She was born 27 February 1783 in Wilkes-Barre, Lucerne County, PA,
daughter of Col. Matthias and Sarah (Hibbard) Hollenback; and died 1 March 1854 in Owego,
abovesaid, (Genealogy, and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, PA,
1906, p. 213).
The will of Mary Ann Laning of Owego, NY, dated 9 February 1850 and proved 12 February
1855, devised to daughter Mary Ann Roset, wife of John Roset of Philadelphia, the old
homestead of my deceased father Matthias Hollenback in Wilkes-Barre; to son Augustus C.
Laning that part of my father’s farm of 450 acres on the canal; to daughter Ellen H. Bicking, wife
of George H. Bicking of Philadelphia, my farm in Kingston, Luzerne County, PA, on which the
paper mill stands; to son Matthias H. Laning my farm in Wysox, Bradford County, PA; to
Doctor Ezekiel born Phelps of Owego, late husband of my deceased daughter Sarah H. Phelps,
$1000; to my brother George M. Hollenback of Wilkes-Barre, PA, in trust for my son John C.
Laning, a farm in Bradford County, 168 acres, the Brewster farm adjoining it, 143 acres, and a
farm adjoining them, 148 acres;
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to my daughter-in-law Juliette Laning, wife of my said son John; to my daughter Emily G.
Taylor, wife of John J. Taylor of Owego, NY, the tavern there, corner of the public square and
front street; to my grandson John Laning, son of Augustus C. Laning, 230 acres in Kingston,
Lucerne County, PA; to my daughter Emily g. Taylor, until my grandson John Laning Taylor
attains age 24, my dwelling house where I live now in the village of Owego; to my granddaughters Mary Ann Ludlow, wife of Dr. John L. Ludlow of Philadelphia, and Mary Ann
Laning, daughter of my son Matthias H. Laning, of Wysox, PA, my brick store in the village of
Elmira, Chemung County, NY; to grand-daughter Emily H. Taylor of Owego my pianoforte;
residue of estate to said daughters Mary Ann, Ellen H., and Emily G., and sons Augustus C. and
Matthias H., equally, son John in trust; and appoints son Augustus C. Laning and son-in-law
John J. Taylor executors. (Lucerne County Will Book C, p. 39)
Children of John and Mary Ann (Hollenback) Laning:
i. Mary Ann Laning born 28 Feb. 1807; died 2 Jan. 1880 in Philadelphia; married John Roset,
eldest son of Jacques Marie and Elizabeth (Stubert) Roset of Philadelphia, (Pennsylvania
Magazine of History and Biography, 6: 9) Issue:
(a) Mary Ann Laning Roset, born 13 December 1824; baptized 18 December 1836 in
First Reformed Dutch Church of Philadelphia; married 15 July 1844, Dr. John Livingston
Ludlow of Philadelphia, (A.B. 1838, A.M. and M.D. 1841, University of Pennsylvania).
He was born 14 May 1819 in New Brunswick, NJ, son of the Rev. John Ludlow, D.D.,
(Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, 1834 – 1853), and wife Catlyntje Van Slyck
Ryley; died 21 June 1888 in Philadelphia.
Issue: Sarah Charlotte Ludlow, born 24 August 1861, baptized 22 June 1862, 3rd
Reformed Church, Philadelphia;
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married 14 November 1827, George H. Bicking of Philadelphia, merchant, who was born 4
January 1800 and died 16 March 1862. Issue:
(a) Mary Ann Bicking married William Brisbane
(b) Ellen Hollenback Bicking married Louis Emory
iv. Matthias Laning born 20 April 1812; died 3 May 1890 in Wysox, Bradford County, PA;
married 29 October 1835, Ann H. Overton.
v. Sarah Laning born in July 1814; died 3 November 1842 aged 28 years; “wife of Doctor
Ezekiel born Phelps, and daughter of Gen. John and Mary Laning,” per gravestone in Owego,
NY
vi. John C. Laning born 14 June 1816; died in May 1897 in Owego, NY; married 15 January
1839, Juliette Truman.
vii. Emily G. Laning born 5 October 1818; died 25 November 1879 in Owego, NY; married 18
May 1837, John J. Taylor.
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RALPH LANING, born 11 March 1759, son of no. 17 Ralph and Mary (Hart) Laning of
Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died (testate) 31 March 1843, aged 84-5-20, per
gravestone in the Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewing Township, said county. On 12 October 1832,
resident in Lawrence Township, said county, he applied for a pension, on his service record as a
private in the New Jersey Troops: 3 months in 1776 in Capt. John Mott’s and Capt. Philip
Phillips’ Companies: 3 months in 1777 in Capt. John Mott’s and Capt. John Hunt’s Companies,
(his father being Lieut. Ralph Hunt, under Cols. Seeley and Skinner, and was in the expedition
against Loyalists on Staten Island, NY). He served under General Dickenson in June 1778 one
month, under Capt. John Hunt in the Battle of Monmouth, NJ; and three weeks under him in
1781. Pension was allowed accordingly. Ralph Hunt’s application also stated his marriage in
March 1781 to Rebecca Smith, born 16 February 1767. His file further states that the soldier,
Ralph Hunt, died 31 August 1843, and that the pension was allowed to his widow, Rebecca
Laning, of Lawrenceville, Mercer County, NJ, on her application of 22 September 1843. George
W. Laning, age 39 years, submitted to the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County, NJ, the
next day, the record of the names and dates of birth of the eleven children of this Ralph and
Rebecca Laning, written on two leaves from an old family Bible. (File no. W-3829, Rev. War,
Nat’l Archives)
The date of marriage, above, does not agree with that of the license of 30 July 1782 for the
marriage of one Ralph Laning and Rebecca Smith, (NJ Archives 22: 236), supposedly the same
couple.
Rebecca (Smith) Laning, widow of Ralph Laning, abovesaid, died 15 May 1854, aged 87 years
and 3 months, per gravestone with his, (Genealogical Magazine of NJ 31: 81).
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Children of Ralph and Rebecca (Smith) Lanning:
i. John Laning born 10 November 1782; died testate 3 November 1861 in Mercer County, NJ;
gravestone in Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville.
ii. Sarah Laning born 7 November 1784; died 4 April 1863; married 31 January 1805, per
Trenton, NJ, newspaper notice, Stephen Laning Jones of Trenton Township, who died 7 January
1863 aged 80 years.
iii. Asa Laning born 26 November 1787; died testate 16 February 1863 in Mercer County, NJ;
gravestone in Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville.
iv. Elizabeth Laning born 22 June 1789.
v. Theodosia Laning born 26 June 1790; died 19 July 1865; married Joel Jones, who died in
1850 aged 70 years, brother of Stephen Jones abovesaid, (Cooley, Trenton And Ewing, 1883, p.
152).
vi. Isabel Laning born 22 January 1796, married Abner Reed, who died 24 February 1847 aged
50 years, son of Joshua Reed and his first wife, Mary Laning, grandson of no. 9 Ralph and
Elizabeth (Jones) Laning of Trenton Township, (Ibid. p. 203).
vii. Israel Laning born 22 March 1798
viii. Deborah Laning born 22 November 1799
ix. Ralph Cornell Laning, born 9 January 1803; died intestate 20 October 1881 in Mercer
County, NJ; married 8 December 1827, Rhoda Howell, who was born 27 May 1806 and died 15
February 1851 per gravestones in Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville. See under no. 4, for her
ancestry.
x. George W. Laning born 10 July 1805; died 14 September 1886 per gravestone in Ewingville
Churchyard. His wife Elizabeth Laning born 24 October 1805, died 25 April 1884 per
gravestone.
xi. Theodore Laning Sr. Born 3 December 1808; died testate 30 December 1884 in Mercer
County, NJ; gravestone in Ewingville Churchyard.
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AMOS LANING, born in 1760-64, son of no. 17 Ralph and Mary (Hart) Laning of
Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died there intestate in 1826. Administration upon
his estate was granted on 24 October 1826 to John Carpenter of said county. No gravestone in
the Pennington or Ewing Presbyterian Churchyards. “He married Lois, sister of Hezekiah Reed,”
states Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, 155.
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Children of Amos and Lois (Reed) Laning:
i. Amos Laning born in 1783; died 16 July 1860
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ii. Ralph Laning born 26 November 1785; died 4 may 1843
iii. William Laning married Anna Applegate; removed to western New York
iv. Hezekiah Laning married Susan Boswell
v. Elizabeth Laning married Richard Hart, son of John R. and Mary (Dean) Hart of
Hopewell or Ewing Township, Hunterdon Count y, NJ. Richard Hart died 22 February
1844 in his 63rd year, per gravestone in the Presbyterian Churchyard, Pennington,
abovesaid. Issue:
(a) Jerusha Hart married Moses Burroughs
(b) John R. Hart married Elizabeth Burroughs; resided in Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, NJ
(c) Amos Laning Hart married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Isaac Smith, (Trenton
and Ewing, p. 970
vi. Jasper Laning married 1st, 24 November 1810, with the Rev. Joseph Rue, of the
Presbyterian Church, Pennington, NJ, officiating, Mary Van Kirk. He married 2nd her
sister, Phebe Van Kirk. Resided in western New York, (Ibid., p. 155)
vii. Sarah Laning married Asa Reed, who died in January 1847, aged 67 years, an elder in
the Presbyterian Church, Ewingville, NJ. Issue:
(a) Amos Reed died young
(b) Charles Reed
(c) Phebe Reed married William Barlow
(d) Lois Reed, 2nd wife of Jesse Smith
(e) William Reed (Ibid. p. 203)
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DANIEL LANING, born in 1778, son of no. 17 Ralph and Mary (Hart) Laning, of
Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died in Lawrence Township, in that county, nor
Mercer, on 23 August 1821, per notice in a Trenton newspaper. Administration upon the estate
of Daniel Laning, late of Hunterdon County, deceased intestate, was granted on 5 September
1821 to (his widow) Elizabeth and (her brother) William H. Welling. On 3 August 1835,
Elizabeth Laning, guardian of Caroline Allen Laning and Mary Elizabeth Laning, testified in
writing to the Orphans Court that Daniel Laning, late of Lawrence Township, died in 1821,
leaving a widow and two minor children, the said Caroline Allen Laning and Mary Elizabeth
Laning, surviving him, and prayed for an order for her to sell his real estate for their benefit,
which was granted.
Daniel Laning married first, on 8 October 1798, Esther Moore, per the Middlesex County, NJ
Clerk’s records, (NJ Archives 22: 63). She was deceased, and he married secondly, on 13
December 1819, Elizabeth Welling, per Trenton newspaper item. “Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph
and Mary (Howell) Welling of Maidenhead Township, married Daniel Laning of Lawrence
Township.” (Trenton and Ewing, p. 303).
The will of Joseph Welling, dated 19 February 1803, names wife Hannah; daughters Elizabeth,
Susanna, Charity, Abigail and Marian, and son William, all under 14 years. (NJ Archives 42: 4)
The date of death of the widow Elizabeth (Welling) Laning has not been recovered here.
Children of Daniel and Elizabeth (Welling) Laning:
i. Caroline Allen Laning, born in 1822; died in 1882; married 1 June 1841, Amos Sickel, per
Trenton, NJ, newspaper
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item. He was born in 1820, son of John and Elizabeth (Searles) Sickel of Bucks County, PA; and
died in 1894 in Trenton, NJ, (Memorials of Mercer County, NJ, 1907, p. 138). They had issue,
including:
(a) Welling G. Sickel born 15 November 1858
(b) Josephine Yard Sickel born in Trenton, NJ; married Frederick Frelinghuysen
Katzenbach, who was born 12 August 1854, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Imlay)
Katzenbach of Trenton, and had sole issue:
(1) Welling Sickel Katzenbach born 18 April 1884, who graduated from
Princeton University in 1904, (Ibid. p. 236). He died in 1913 per gravestone in
the Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ.
ii. Mary Elizabeth Laning named above as under 14 years in 1835 born 24 November 1820; died
in February 1908. She married 26 September 1839, Henry Drake Cook, who was born 9 August
1802, son of Jonathan and Harriet (Drake) Cook of Trenton, NJ. He died 9 May 1862, at 139
Willow St., Trenton. Issue:
(a) Emma Cook born 14 June 1840; died 16 June 1840
(b) Harriet Elizabeth Cook born 11 May 1841
(c) Mary Cook born 25 February 1843; died 10 July 1845
(d) Caroline Sickels Cook born 1 December 1844
(e) Henry Cook born 25 November 1846; died in August 1924
(f) Andarine Cavender Cook born 5 August 1849; died 28 February 1922
(g) Leona Bates Cook born 15 September 1851
(h) Daniel Lanning Cook born 13 February 1854; died 21 December 1941
(i) Cordelia Florence Cook born 27 October 1856
(j) Jonathan Cook born 25 January 1860
From the Bible Records of Henry died and Mary Elizabeth (Lanning) Cook, in possession of
great grand-daughter, Alice L. (Cook) Bennett, Mrs. George K. Bennett, Newtown, PA, 1973
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-------------------------------# Jonathan Cook and Miss Harriet Drake were married on 10 May 1802, both of Trenton, (True
American, Trenton, of 18 May 1802). Jonathan Cook, carpenter, of Trenton, died in Pittstown,
(in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, NJ) on 8 August 1808, “where he had gone to work,
cut off in the prime of life. He left a sick wife, four small children, the youngest but a few weeks
old, an aged and infirm mother, several fond sisters, affectionate brothers and other relatives,”
(True American, 15 August 1808).
Administration upon the estate of Jonathan Cook was granted on 8 September 1808 to Harriet
Cook, widow, of Hunterdon County, (Admin Book no 1, page 59, at Flemington, NJ). By deed
of 1 February 1818, Harriet Cook, widow and administrator of Jonathan Cook, deceased, and
Henry Cook, Elisha Cook, and Jonathan Cook, heirs at law of said Jonathan Cook, deceased,
conveyed real estate. (West Jersey Deed Book A-W, page 1) Query: Was this Jonathan Cook,
who died 1808, a son of Elisha Cook who died 22 September 1802?
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NOAH LANING, born in 1766-68, son of no. 17 Ralph and Mary (Hart) Laning of
Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died there intestate, and the administration upon his
estate was granted 17 December 1819 to (his son-in-law) Charles Cook, of that county, with
Daniel Cook and J.S. Blackwell as his securities. No gravestone or Trenton newspaper notice of
his death has been found. This Noah Laning married Theodosia Smith, reports Cooley in Trenton
and Ewing (1883), page 155.
Children of Noah and Theodosia (Smith) Laning:
i. Isabella Laning married Reuben Hendrickson, who died 29 November 1859, aged 67 years, per
gravestone in the Presbyterian
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Churchyard, Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ; son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Laning)
Hendrickson. See no. 9 Ralph Laning.
ii. Sarah Laning born in 1796; died 18 April 1864 in her 69th year, per gravestone in the
Presbyterian Churchyard, Pennington, Mercer County, NJ. She married 23 January 1813 Charles
Cook, per Trenton newspaper item. He was born in 1793, and died 5 January 1838 in his 46th
year per gravestone with hers, (Genealogy Magazine of NJ, 43: 38). He was a son of Anthony
and Sarah (Cain) Cook of Trenton Township, said county. Issue includes:
(a) Theodosia Cook born in 1813; died in 1899 per gravestone
(b) Sarah Ann Cook born in 1820; died 24 February 1875
(c) George S. Cook born 12 November 1825 in “Federal City” tract in Hopewell
Township, Hunterdon, now Mercer, County, NJ; died in 1904 in Ewing Township,
said county; gravestone in Presbyterian Churchyard, Pennington. He married 10
November 1852, Cornelia Green, who was born in 1833, and died in 1906 per
gravestone, daughter of Charles Green, manager of the Farmers’ Inn, Trenton, NJ,
later a farmer in Ewing Township. They had issue:
(1) Charles Green cook born 29 April 1859 in Ewing Township, a police justice
in Trenton; he married 15 December 1886, Elizabeth A., daughter of James
and Elizabeth Brooks.
(2) Alfred R. Cook
(3) Theodosia Cook
(4) Lillian Cook
(5) Frederick born Cook
(6) George S. Cook
See Genealogy and Personal Memorials, Mercer County, NJ, p. 161.
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EDWARD LANING, born 15 May 1764, son of no. 20 Richard and Elizabeth (Hunt)
Laning of Hardwick Township, Sussex County, NJ; died there (testate on 20 January 1843, aged
78-8-5, per gravestone in the Yellow Frame Churchyard, Warren County, NJ (set off from
Sussex in 1824). He married on 1st April 1792, Jane Smith, a daughter of Michael Smith. Jane,
wife of Edward Laning, born 18 January 1768, died (testate) 15 October 1863, aged 95-8-27, per
gravestone with his, (Genealogy Magazine of NJ, 35: 36; History of Sussex and Warren
Counties, NJ, p. 694).
Children of Edward and Jane (Smith Laning:
i. Richard Laning born 10 February 1793; died 1 November 1864, unmarried, per gravestone in
Yellow Frame Churchyard abovesaid.
ii. Jeremiah Laning born 3 July 1794; died (intestate) 8 April 1861; buried in Yellow Frame
Churchyard; married 25 January 1821 Elizabeth Dives.
iii. David Laning born 11 September 1795; died (testate) 25 November 1878 in Sussex County,
NJ; buried in the old part of the Stillwater Cemetery, with gravestone marker. He married 1st
Susan Wintermute on 12 February 1823; married 2nd Elizabeth Pittinger, and had issue: Baptized
Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, Sussex County, NJ:
(a) Emma Elizabeth Laning born 12 July 1845; baptized 24 October 1845.
(b) Levi Laning baptized 4 November 1848
(c) Sidney Louisa Laning baptized 1 November 1850
(d) David Whitfield Laning baptized 16 April 1853
iv. Isaac Laning, born 23 April 1797; died (intestate) 26 March 1878, in Warren County, NJ;
buried in the old yard near the M.E. Church, Blairstown, with gravestone marker; married 15
February 1821, Hannah Ann Anderson of Hunterdon County, NJ. Issue:
(a) Isaiah Laning married Miss Teel
(b) Mary Laning married Isaac Wilcox
(c) Hulda Jane Laning died in January 1916 aged 85; married Roderick Byington
Andress who died in 1906 in 81st year,
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in Blairstown, Warren County, NJ and had issue
(d) Levi Laning married Elizabeth Savercool
(e) Elizabeth Laning married Isaac born Wintermute (Northwestern NJ, 1927, vol. 3:54)
v. Levi Laning Sr. born 31 October 1799; died (testate) 6 March 1881 in Warren County, NJ;
buried in Yellow Frame Churchyard, with gravestone marker, unmarried.
vi. Margaret Laning born 18 September 1801; died 25 November 1812
vii. Sarah Laning born 28 March 1803; died 24 January 1892; married 12 February 1824,
Charles Dodder of Stillwater, NJ.
viii. Huldah Laning born 9 February 1805; died 24 January 1901; married 22 January 1839,
Henry Teel, and removed to Philadelphia.
ix. Edward Laning born 16 October 1806; died unmarried 6 August 1837 in Michigan
x. Hannah Jane Laning born 5 September 1810; died 25 January 1899; married 3 February 1825,
Stephen O. Hart of Green Township, Warren County, NJ, who was born 27 December 1811 and
died 11 March 1853, per gravestones in Yellow Frame Churchyard, Frelinghuysen Township,
said county, NJ.
These names and dates of birth and marriage, above, are from the Edward Laning Bible records,
copy of which is in collections of the Genealogical Society of NJ, and a Xerox thereof page 89.
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ISAAC LANING, Jr., born 19 December 1783, son of no. 21, Isaac and Lavinia
Laning, Sr., of Hardwick Township, Sussex County, NJ, died there (testate) on the paternal
homestead, 8 October 1842, and was buried at Marksboro, in what is now Frelinghuysen
Township, Warren County, NJ. He married Mary Hankinson, who was born 17 February 1789
and died 26 December 1872, daughter of Captain Joseph and Margaret (Goble) Hankinson. (The
Hackettstown Gazette, 1934, articles nos. 40 and 42).
Children of Isaac and Mary (Hankinson) Laning, Jr.:
i. Eleanor Laning born 3 June 1805; died in 1888; married Abraham Newman, Jr., son of the
Rev. Abraham and Elizabeth (Burge) Newman, and had issue:
(a.) Elizabeth Newman married James Gibbs
(b) Isaac Newman settled in Illinois
(c) Mary Newman married John Jones
(d) Phebe Newman married Thomas S. Dedrick
(e) Jerome Newman died young
(f) Amy Adams Newman married George Simmons
(g) Eleanor Newman died at 89 years, unmarried
(h) Victoria Newman married Edward Albertson
ii. Phebe Laning born 19 January 1807; died in 1896; married 5 December 1826, Amos
Hoagland, who was born 2 April 1805 and died 31 August 1886, (Hoagland Family, p. 264).
iii. Katurah Laning born 21 July 1809; married 2 October 1827, William Boyd Howell
iv. Aaron Hankinson Laning born in November 1811, died in 1863
v. Lavinia Laning died young
vi. Ira Kerr Lanning died young
vii. Isaac Hankinson Laning born 4 August 1818; married 8 November 1842, Caroline A.
Hoagland, born 28 November 1820 in Danville, Warren County, NJ, (Ibid. p. 264).
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viii. Joseph Reading Laning born 22 February 1820; died 7 September 1856 aged 36-3-15. He
married Susan Mott, who was born 26 April 1827, and died 12 October 1894, daughter of Col.
George and Nancy (Shaw) Mott. They had issue:
(a) Isaac Newell Laning who died 37 June 1850 aged 1-1-15
(b) Milton Reading Laning born 23 December 1850, who married Elizabeth A. Budd
(c) George Mott Laning born 3 August 1854; died in August 1929. He married Elizabeth
Goldberg, and had issue.
ix. Mary Jane Laning born in 1822; married Martin Kays, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Tuttle)
Kays, and settled in Iowa.
x. Levi Howell Laning, died young
xi. Rachel Harriett Laning born 24 June 1826; died 25 March 1887. She married, as his 2nd wife,
David H. Armstrong. No issue.
xii. Abner Bunting Laning died young
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ELIJAH WEBSTER LANING , born 23 May 1821, son of no. 26 Nathaniel and Mary
(Howell) Laning of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died there 3 November 1906, per
gravestone in the Presbyterian Churchyard in that Township, now Ewing, a farmer and an Elder
in that church for over 50 years. He married first, on 23 March 1848, per Trenton newspaper
notice, Cornelia Ann Mershon. She was born 18 December 1825, daughter of William and
Catherine (Gulick) Mershon, and died 22 January 1854, per gravestone as abovesaid, (Our
Pioneers, Mershon, 1957, p. 31). Elijah Webster Laning married secondly, on 6 January 1857,
Sarah Coleman, daughter of Nathaniel and Jane (Green) Coleman, (Genealogical & Personal
Memorial Mercer County, NJ, 1907, pp 133, 421, 422).
Children of Elijah Webster and Cornelia Ann (Mershon) Laning:
i. William Mershon Laning, born 1 January 1849; died 16 February 1912, per gravestone in the
Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ. He was admitted to the bar in
1880, and practiced in Trenton; was elected to the U.S. Congress 1903-1904; U.S. District Judge
for NJ; U.S. Circuit Judge 1909 – 1912, (Biogr. Dir. Amer. Congr., p. 1436; Cycl. NJ Biogr. Pp
168-171). He married 3 August 1881, at Hermon, St. Lawrence County, NY, Jessie Hemenway,
daughter of Levi Hemenway. Issue:
(a) Kenneth Hemenway Laning born 7 November 1886; A.B., Princeton University,
1908, (New Jersey, A History, vol. 5: 126).
(b) Robert Salisbury Laning born 9 October 1889, Trenton, NJ.
ii. Wallace Laning, born in Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ; removed to a 55 acre farm in
Hopewell Township until 1903, when he took up the 60 acre Brook farm. He married in
December 1879, Anna Belle Cadwalader, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Leigh) Cadwalader of
Ewing Township and had issue:
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Children of Elijah Webster and Sarah (Coleman) Laning:
iii. Alfred Muirhead Laning born 30 April 1858 in Ewingville, Mercer County, NJ; farmer; clerk
of Ewing Township; general superintendent of the Fisk place of 100 acres dairy farm. He
married 7 December 1882, Ella Cox, daughter of William Henry and Sarah (Skillman) Cox.
(Genealogical & Personal Memorial Mercer County, 1907, p. 422).
iv. Cornelia Jane Laning born 10 September 1860; married Samuel Cadwalader, superintendent
of the Globe Rubber Company, Trenton.
v. Herbert Laning born 18 October 1868; married Laura Anderson
vi. Harry Webster Laning born 8 February 1877; of Elizabeth, NJ, 1907.
The 1850 Census of Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ, listed family no. 170: Elijah W.
Laning, age 29, farmer; real estate valued $50001 wife Cornelia, 23; and William Laning, 1; all
born NJ.
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AMOS LANING, born in 1783, son of no. 29 Amos and Lois (Reed) Laning of
Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ; died there (intestate) on 18 July 1860, per Trenton
newspaper notice. He married first, Jemima Furman, daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Jones)
Furman, in 1815; and second, Catharine Anthony, daughter of John Anthony, of Dutch Neck,
East Windsor Township, Mercer County, NJ, (Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, 1883, pages 74 and
155).
The 1850 census of Hopewell township listed this family: Amos Lanning, age 58, tailor; real
estate valued $700; wife Catharine H. Lanning, age 42; William H. Lanning, age 13; Theodore
Lanning, age 16; Henry born Lanning, age 11; Emma Lanning, age 9; Martha Lanning, age 6;
Caroline Lanning, age 2; and Fredrick A. Lanning, age 2 years.
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Children of Amos and Jemima (Furman) Laning:
(1) Jasper Laning married Miss Budd; removed to Wisconsin
(2) Amanda Laning married Mahlon Fulton of Philadelphia
(3) Eliza Laning married Smith Michener of Bucks County, PA, and of Philadelphia. He
was born 3 October 1800, son of Jonathan Michener, (Micheners in America, p. 305).
(4) Mary Ann Laning married Andrew Stanley of Salem, NJ
(5) Sarah Matilda Laning married Henry C. Furman, son of Joseph
Children of Amos and Catharine (Anthony) Laning:
(6) Amos Laning married Mary Ann Neil
(7) Charles Wesley Laning married Sarah M. Wyckoff, who was born 6 June 1842,
daughter of Jacob and Mary (Hageman) Wyckoff of East Amwell Township,
Hunterdon County, NJ, and died 18 October 1896; they resided in Trenton, NJ,
(Wyckoff Family, p. 82).
(8) Theodore Laning born 1834; married Mary Jane White
(9) William H. Laning born 1837; married 31 December 1857, Sarah McChesney of
Trenton, NJ, per Trenton newspaper notice.
(10) Henry born Laning born 1839; married Mary Gardner, daughter of Edward
Gardner of Elizabeth, NJ.
(11) Emma Laning born 1841; married 5 February 1860, Jacob Cruzer Snedeker, per
Trenton, NJ, newspaper notice.
(12)
Martha Laning born 1844
(13)
Caroline Laning born 1848
(14)
Frederick A. Laning born 1848
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RALPH LANING, born 26 November 1785, son of no. 29 Amos and Lois (Reed)
Laning of Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, now Mercer County, NJ; died (intestate) there 4 May
1843, aged 57-5-8 per gravestone in the Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville. He married on 10
March 1808, with the Rev. Joseph Rue of the Presbyterian Church, Pennington, Hopewell
Township, officiating, Mary Wynkoop. She died 8 November 1842, aged 56-1-24, per
gravestone with his, daughter of Isaac Wynkoop. (Cooley, Trenton and Ewing, 1883, p. 155)
Children of Ralph and Mary (Wynkoop) Laning:
1) Isaac W. Laning died intestate in 1880, a lawyer in Trenton, admitted to the bar in
1834; member of the NJ Assembly, 1838; married 2 October 1834, per Trenton
newspaper notice, Ruth R. Van Schaick. (History of Burlington and Mercer
Counties, p. 564)
2) Phebe Laning married 22 January 1834, per same, Charles Torbert. He was the
son of James and Margaret (McNair) Torbert of Upper Makefield Township,
Bucks County, PA.
3) Theodore Laning married 21 March 1840, per same, Eliza died Van Schaick
4) Rebecca Laning married Simon Prall of PA
5) Amos Laning married Elizabeth Wilkins
6) David W. Laning born 1819; died 9 February 18890, per Trenton newspaper
notice and gravestone in the Presbyterian Churchyard, Ewingville, Mercer
County, NJ. He married 14 January 1847, Caroline Bearley, who was born 23
February 1825, daughter of James and Mehitabel (Smith) Bearley of
Lawrenceville, said County, and she died 29 March 1891, per newspaper and
gravestone as aforesaid. They had issue: Mary Elizabeth Laning died 22 January
1853 aged 4 years; Janet born Laning born 1855; and Eva born Laning born 1861,
(Gillingham Family, 1901, p. 75); The American Genealogist, 40: 210 for
Bearley Family).
7) Elizabeth Rose Laning married 19 February 1840, per Trenton newspaper notice,
Simon Van Arsdalen of PA.
8) Gerardus W. Laning married 11 January 1849, Elizabeth A. Norton
9) William Laning married Catharine Burroughs, (Cooley, p. 21)
10) Ralph Augustus Laning
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JOSEPH LANING of Burlington Co., NJ, and MARCY LOWNSBERRY had marriage license
of 7 Dec. 1756 (Ibid. 22: 236).
His estate is not found in NJ probate records.
Possibly, he was the Joseph Laning, born 16 Nov. 1731 (Bible record in possession of Edward
Lanning of Lexington, NC, in 1966), who removed from Burlington Co., NJ, to Rowan Co., NC,
and was of Allen Co., KY, in 1820, whose son John Laning, born 27 Feb. 1757 in Bordentown,
NJ, died 10 Aug. 1839 in Buncombe Co., NC, having married in Oct. 1783 in Rowan Co., NC,
Sarah Whitaker, and had issue (Rev. War Pension Application).
Joseph Laning was listed in the 1790 Census of the Salisbury District, Rowan Co., NC, as head
of a family of 2 males over 16 yrs. and 5 females.
The Rev. Jesse H. Lanning, Linwood, NC, a descendant, has further details.
JOHN LANING of Chester Twp., Burlington Co., NJ, died intestate shortly before 29 May
1759, on which date his widow ANNE LANING gave Bond as administratrix upon his estate (NJ
Archives 32L 191).
GEORGE CRAFT of Burlington Co., N.J., and MARY LANING had marriage license of 14
Jan. 1760, with Thomas Hay and Samuel Garwood, Jr., both of said Co., as fellow bondsmen,
and Joseph Laning, Jr. and William Imlay as witnesses (Ibid. 22: 246). George Craft and wife
Mary, and children, Mary, Joseph, John, James, George, Mercy, and Samuel, were received into
membership among Friends on their request by Burlington Monthly Meeting of 2 Nov. 1772. Of
those children, Mary Craft married 6 Sept. 1785 Joseph Vanlaw; George Craft married 11 March
1789 Rebecca Gibbs; James Craft married 14 Nov 1793 Mary Watson at Falls Mtg. House;
Mercy Craft married 13 Nov. 1793 Caleb Engle, and Samuel Craft married 5 May 1803 Hannah
Shinn, as recorded by Burlington Monthly Meeting. Probably, the father was the George Craft
whose will was proved in Monmouth Co., N.J. in 1818.
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JOHN LANING of Burlington County, NJ, and Grace Craft had marriage license of 11
November 1761 (Ibid. 22: 236). Was he the JOHN LANING of Evesham Township, said county,
who married AMEY ARNEL by license of 12 November 1777, a second marriage in that case?
That John Laning, of Evesham Township, said county, died intestate shortly before 25
September 1790, on which date Thomas Hollinshead gave bond as administrator on the estate,
the widow Amey Laning having renounced her right in favor of said Hollinshead (Ibid. 36: 132)
SAMUEL CRAFT OF Burlington County, NJ, and Hannah Laning had marriage license of 29
December 1763 (Ibid. 22: 246). The will of Samuel Craft of Mansfield Township, Burlington
County, NJ, dated 19 October 1797 and proved 28 November 1797, names wife Hannah Craft,
and children: Margaret Craft, Rachel Craft, and George Craft (Ibid. 38: 88).
SAMUEL LANING OF Chester Township, Burlington County, NJ, and ESTHER GASKILL
had marriage license of 12 February 1763, with Isaac Rogers of Chester as fellow bondsman, and
Samuel Atkinson as the witness (Ibid. 22: 236). Samuel Laning died (testate) in Moorestown,
Burlington County, NJ, 8 December 1820, aged about 83, per obituary in the True American,
Trenton, NJ. Esther Gaskill, born in 1739, daughter of Samuel and Theophile Gaskill, was
married by a magistrate at Mr. Holly to Samuel Laning, a carpenter, who bought a lot in
Moorestown of Edward French and built a house for his family. He served his apprenticeship to
George Matlack. His widow remained there until after the vendue of the house and lot, sold to
Edward French. She was a member of Friends. She went to Camden, her son Samuel living
there, and died at the end of June 1823, age about 84 years. Children of Samuel and Esther
Laning: Samuel
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James, Isaac, Benjamin, Hannah married Edward Bullock 18 October 1804 under Chester
Monthly Meeting (Asa Matlock’s Notes, collections of the Genealogical Society of PA).
Samuel Laning, probably the son, was mayor of Camden, NJ, 1828-1830. One “Mr. Samuel
Laning, engineer, aged 31 years, a native of Moorestown, NJ, and for the last 9 years a resident
of New Orleans, MS,” died on 9th May 1834, per obituary in Poulson’s American Daily
Advertiser, Philadelphia.
One Samuel Laning of Moorestown, Burlington County, NJ and Mercy Crispin were married 22
August 1785, per register of Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, with a Pennsylvania License of
same date, (Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography 55: 25)
ABRAHAM ALLOWAYS of Evesham Township, Burlington County, NJ, and Hannah Laning
of same place, had marriage license of 29 July 1773, with John Phillips, of same place, fellow
bondsman, and Joseph Read as witness (NJ Archives 22: 246; Genealogical Magazine of NJ 19:
57)
WILLIAM LANING of Burlington County, NJ, and Esther Campbell had marriage license of 6
January 1783 (Ibid. 22: 236). The will of Esther Holme of Waterford Township, Gloucester
County, NJ, dated 19 March 1786, names “grand-daughter Esther Lanning, formerly Camble,”
(Ibid. 36:114).
JOHN LANING of New Hanover Township, Burlington County, NJ, in his will dated 22
December 1796 and proved 25 May 1797, names wife Abigail, sons Asa and John, daughters
Mary McBride, Sarah Webb, Elizabeth Lanning, and Abigail Lanning (Ibid. 38: 221)
JAMES LANNING, SADDLER, AGE ABOUT 21 OR 22, RAN AWAY FROM THE CITY
OF Burlington, NJ, on 24 September 1776 with a considerable sum of money, goods and papers
belonging to Burlington County, guilty of deceiving and defrauding the Public, supposedly
intending going to sea in some vessel from Philadelphia. Forty dollars
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reward to whoever secures him in gaol in this country, from Peter Tallman, Chairman of the
Committee of Observation (Advertisement in the Pennsylvania Packet, Philadelphia, 12 October
1776, reprinted in NJ Archives 2nd ser. 1: 197)
JOHN LANNING, BORN 19 March 1738 (Old Style) in Burlington County, NJ; died (testate)
in Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ, 14 June 1826, aged 88-5-6, per Bible records. He was
received into membership among Friends by Salelm Monthly Meeting of 2 April 1770, but
disowned by that of 31 January 1774 for his marriage out of Meeting. He married first, by
license of 20 May 1773, Rhoda Izard of said Cumberland County (NJ Archives 22: 236), who
died 26 October 1780. He married secondly, by license of 10 March 1785, Ann Ewing, also of
Cumberland County. She was born 12 October 1748, and died 27 June 1826, aged 75-10-26, per
Bible records.
Children of John Laning and 1st wife Rhoda Izard:
i. Samuel Laning born 22 February 1776; died 14 October 1779 age 2-8-8
ii. Richard Laning born 2 August 1777. “Supposedly died on the coast of Africa; the last certain
account received from him a letter dated Charleston, December 1798, he being then bound for
Africa,” (Bible records).
iii. John Laning born 16 October 1780; married 30 May 1804, Judith, daughter of David
Westcott of Fairfield, Cumberland County. He was a member of the NJ Legislature; died 11
November 1850. Had issue: Mary Ann, Richard, David W., Julia A., Rhoda, and Phoebe,
(History of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland Counties, NJ, 1883, p. 676).
Continued:
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Children of John Laning and 2nd wife Ann Ewing
iv. Ann Laning born 6 August 1786; died (testate, Cumberland County, NJ), 1 March 1829;
married 3 October 1804, Jacob Wheaton.
v. Rhoda Laning born 18 November 1787; died 4 April 1854; married 22 March 1817, Ephraim
Mulford, (per Cumberland County Clerk’s records).
vi. George Laning born 29 March 1789; died 7 April 1829, Steubenville, Ohio
The above statement is from the Bible records, Vineland Historical Magazine, 21: 387. The
account in the History and Genealogy of Fenwick’s Colony, Salem County, NJ, 1876, page 535,
obviously the source for that in the History of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland Counties, NJ,
1883, p. 676, that the father of John Laning (1738 – 1826), abovesaid, was one David Laning
from Wales, who settled in Burlington County, NJ, in 1705, and married a young woman of the
same place, about 1731, cannot be proved by the public records.
More likely, since John Laning named his eldest son Samuel, and he had a brother named
Samuel, they were sons of one Samuel Laning, probably the man of that name, of Northampton
Township, Burlington County, who married Ann (Kemble) Elkington there in 1731, as see p. 10
above.
JOHN LANING, born 27 February 1757 in Bordentown, Burlington County, NJ, son of Joseph
Laning. While residing in Rowan County, NC, he served as a private in the NC Troops. In 1776
he substituted for his father (Joseph Laning) in Capt. Robert Moore’s Company, Col. Alexander
Martin’s Regiment, and was in the expedition against the Cherokee Indians. On 20 March 1779
he served in Capt. Armstrong’s Company n the battle of Stono, and was discharged on 2 July
1779. He was allowed a pension on his application dated 18 October 1832, he then residing in
Buncombe County, NC. He died 10 August 1839.
The soldier married in October 1783, in Rowan County, NJ, Sarah Whitaker, who was born 7
December 1767, daughter of Joshua and Mary Whitaker, who survived him. Pension was
allowed her on her application dated 25 September 1843, a resident of Buncombe County, NC.
Children: Enos Lanning, born 8 October 1784, Amos Lanning, born 18 November 1786, Joseph
Lanning born 4 January 1788, and Mary Lanning born 23 September 1790.
From the Pension Application no. W-4711 in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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JOSEPH LANNING, of Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, N.J., by his Will dated 15
March 1814 and proved 12 April following, devises to each of his sons, James, Benjamin, John,
Nathaniel, and Cornelius, $220; to each of his daughters, Elizabeth and Ann, $220; to daughter
Ann also a bed and bedding; to Mary, daughter of John Lanning, $30; to Eliser Ann, daughter of
Joseph Lanning Jr., deceased, $30; and appointed David Park and John Strader his executors.
The Inventory of his personal estate was appraised at $1,951.10½, dated 2 April 1814 (Abstract
published in the N.J. Archives 42: 248).
One Joseph Lanning, a pew-holder in the Mansfield Woodhouse Presbyterian Church, Sussex,
now Warren, County, N.J., (located just across the Musconetcong Creek from Bethlehem and
Lebanon Townships abovesaid), paid 2-15-0 towards the pastor's salary in 1791 (History of
Sussex and Warren Co.s, N.J., 1881, p.567).
In the D.A.R. Lineage Paper of Mrs. Olin P Smith, now (1971) of Providence, R.I., the name of
this Joseph Lanning's wife was stated as Anna, and her death "after 22 January 1808" without
reference.
Children of Joseph Lanning, as named in his Will of 1814:
i. James Lanning living in 1814; no further record found
ii. Benjamin Lanning, ditto
iii. Nathaniel Lanning, born in 1775; died intestate, Warren Co., N.J., and the administration
upon his estate was granted 17 Dec 1839 to Jacob Shank. (I believe that this was a typo, and
should have been 17 Dec 1859 (PMB)) The Orphans Court of 17 Apr 1860 ordered sale of a 3acre lot in Harmony Twp., in which Nathaniel Lanning and wife held a life interest by a
conveyance from Thomas A. Keyser and wife, dated 23 Mar 1837, and one-fifth of the proceeds
to
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each of their five heirs, viz. Delilah Metler*, Abigail wife of John Bender, David Lanning,
Joseph Lanning, and the ten children of a deceased daughter Elizabeth Keyser, viz. Henry,
Christian, Anna Maria wife of Augustus Curtis, Joseph, George, Thomas, John, William B.,
Edward, and Nathaniel Keyser, the last three being under age. Warren Co. Orphans Court Bk.5:
254.
iv. Cornelius Lanning living in 1814; no further record
v. John Lanning, ditto. His daughter Mary a legatee in the Will, 1814.
vi. Elizabeth Lanning died before 1834 in Putnam Co., Georgia. She married in 1783, Richard
Lake of Bethlehem Twp., Hunterdon Co., N.J., and they removed thence to North Carolina in
1784, and to Green Co., Georgia, in 1793, where his Will dated 4 Aug 1799 was proved 24 Apr
1800. Their son, Abraham Lake, born in 1784 in Hunterdon Co., N.J., died 2 June 1866 in
Monroe Co., Georgia. He married 10 Jan 1810 Elizabeth Acree, who was born 14 Feb 1793 in
Georgia, and died 18 Feb 1861 in Monroe Co., Ga. (D.A..R. Lineage Paper of Mrs. Olin P.
Smith, abovesaid).
vii. Ann Lanning, living in 1814; no further record
viii. Joseph Lanning, Jr., named as deceased in father's Will of 1814, survived by daughter Eliser
Ann, a legatee therein. No further record. In Marksboro, Hardwick Twp., Warren Co., N.J., the
gravestone inscribed "In Memory of Mary Lanning, wife of Joseph Lanning, who died January
17, 1837, aged 52-2-21," unidentified.
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* Delilah Lanning, born 1802 by first wife, Hannah Beer, in Oxford Twp., Sussex, now Warren,
Co., N.J.; died in Phillipsburg, Warren Co., N.J. She married 16 Aug 1826, Orason Metler, with
W. Kinney, J.P., officiating, per the Warren Co. Clerk's records. Orason Metler died testate in
Phillipsburg in 1869. They had a son Joseph Lewis Metler.
(D.A.R. Lineage Paper of Mrs Kratovil, no.403707).
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Last row reads: abeth Salyar, and Debora Williamson. (NJ Archives, vol. 42, 366)
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