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William Dallas, Jr.
(aka Dollas, Dolles)
Born 1740 - Died 1788
Married to Rebekah (Lore) Dallas who was born 1738 and died 1798 in Cumberland County, NJ
On November 16, 2008, William Dallas was recognized as a Legend of Port Norris.
Sources: Geni.com
DESCENDANTS
Source: wikitree.com/wiki/Dallas-466
Biography
When William Dallas was born around 1740, in Cumberland, New Jersey. [1] [2] He married Rebekah Lore in 1758 in his hometown. They had five children in 14 years. [3] [4]
On 6 December 1796, William's children executed an indenture of division of the property they had inherited from their father.[5] The parties were:
- Jonathan Dollas, party of the first part
- John Lore and Sarah his wife, Joel Clark and Ann his wife, Nathaniel Busby and Melecent his wife, and Eunice Dollas of the second part
The deed names Jonathan, Sarah, Ann, Melecent, and Eunice the children of William Dollas the Younger, who died intestate and seized of lands on Downs Twp., which descended then to these children. The children divided this land by deed dated 22 November 1796, and then the December deed showed Jonathan quitclaiming his portion to the others for a pittance.
Notes
From the Maurice River Recollections Project; In 1728, William Dallas purchased a large parcel of that tract from Dr. Wasse. On the edge of the Maurice, he built a log cabin, established a tavern, and operated a ferry across the Maurice. By 1749, the woodsmen and watermen who came to do business with Mr. Dallas took to calling the settlement Dallas Ferry Landing.
There is one reference that predates the Dallas Landing name. Many decades ago a Port Norris resident, Uriah Lore, related that this point on the Maurice River was once called Yock Wock Landing.
But from the timeframe when William Dallas and then his son Jonathan built up their cordwood business and operated their ferry, this point on the Maurice River was called Dallas Ferry. William Dallas died in 1784. Jonathan continued to operate the ferry until he sold it to a wealthy Philadelphian in 1810. That man was Joseph "Coffee" Jones. (It is surmised that Joseph's nickname was a reference to the wealth he accrued as a result of his father's financial success in the coffee market.) In 1812, Coffee Jones renamed the town in honor of his son Norris and thus it became Port Norris.
Research Notes
Records of William are sometimes confused with those of his father William Sr. For instance, this profile originally said that William the Younger died sometime before April 27, 1784 when his will was proven in Port Norris, New Jersey. But this will is clearly that of his father (see his father's profile for an abstract).
Sources
- ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
- ↑ Port Norris Historical Society [1]
- ↑ New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1931." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
- ↑ A Book of Strattons : being a collection of Stratton records from England and Scotland, and a genea
- ↑ Cumberland County, New Jersey, deeds vol. 1 pages 353–6
See Also:
- Maurice River Recollections Project [2]
Also See
The Maurice River Reaches Project
Peak of Moon Dallas Ferry
The Maurice River Reaches Project
Ferry Crossings Clue to Reach Names - Part II