Notes for JOSEPH BRACKENRIDGE:
History of Sussex and Warren Counties, by Snell (c1881)
the first court of justice held in sussex now warren was opened in the house of johnathan pettit in what is now the village of johnsonburg 11-20-1753... joseph brackenridge was duly qualified to serve as high sheriff of the county.NJ Calendar of Wills
Joseph Breackenridge, Sussex Co., NJ
Intestate 1 October 1754; Inventory 19 March 1755
Children of JOSEPH BRACKENRIDGE and ESTHER are:
Generation No. 2
2. MARTHA BRACKENRIDGE was born about 1742 in --?--, and died 28 June 1827. She married HUGH HUGHES (of Philadelphia) 25 July 1764 in NEW JERSEY.
Notes for HUGH HUGHES:
History of Sussex and Warren Counties, by Snell (c1881)
...john hughes father of the above mentioned hugh hughes was the son of hugh hughes a wealthy gentleman of welsh descent who settled in hughesville warren cty long before the revolution and who worked at the forge at that place making cannonballs ,it is said for the american army. he was a lawyer by profession and came from philadelphia where he married martha breckenridge, a relative of rev.robt.j.breckenridge of kentucky...
Children of MARTHA BRACKENRIDGE and HUGH HUGHES are:
3. ANN BRACKENRIDGE was born about 1750. She married MARK THOMSON 01 November 1768 in SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
Children of ANN BRECKENRIDGE and MARK THOMSON are:
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