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Judge John Lindsly Jr.

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Judge John Lindsly Jr.

Birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
9 Mar 1750 (aged 56–57)
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot 837 in the deep southwest corner behind the church, next to a large boulder on the Ford family and about nine feet in from the iron fence.
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He was born circa 1693. He married Sarah Plum in 1716 in Newark, New Jersey. He and his family removed to Hanover in Morris County, New Jersey about 1721. He was the first judge in Morris County, when he was appointed on 25 March 1740. He wrote a will in 1750. His descendants used the common spelling of their surname of LINDLEY. He and Sarah Plum had 10 children: Hannah, Junia, Caleb Sr., John III, Levi, Demas, Philip, Silenus, Phoebe and Stephen.
For more information about him refer to: Scott Sherpherd's "Who's Who in the Graveyard, The Presbyterian Church of Morristown, Interments of Record Dating From 1731", Morristown NJ, @2002, in which the author made use of church records and two earlier compilations of inscriptions, one from 1931 and another from 1851.
He was born circa 1693. He married Sarah Plum in 1716 in Newark, New Jersey. He and his family removed to Hanover in Morris County, New Jersey about 1721. He was the first judge in Morris County, when he was appointed on 25 March 1740. He wrote a will in 1750. His descendants used the common spelling of their surname of LINDLEY. He and Sarah Plum had 10 children: Hannah, Junia, Caleb Sr., John III, Levi, Demas, Philip, Silenus, Phoebe and Stephen.
For more information about him refer to: Scott Sherpherd's "Who's Who in the Graveyard, The Presbyterian Church of Morristown, Interments of Record Dating From 1731", Morristown NJ, @2002, in which the author made use of church records and two earlier compilations of inscriptions, one from 1931 and another from 1851.

Inscription

Here Lyes ye Body of John Lindsly Esqr. Decd March ye 9 1750 in ye 56th Year of his Age



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  • Maintained by: Diane Gravlee
  • Originally Created by: Rich H.
  • Added: Nov 7, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12277408/john-lindsly: accessed ), memorial page for Judge John Lindsly Jr. (1693–9 Mar 1750), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12277408, citing First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Diane Gravlee (contributor 47083760).