James PHARO, Sr.
(Abt. 1650 - Abt. March 31, 1688/9)

GENETIC PARENTS

Father: Jarvos PHARO
Mother:

SPOUSE

GENETIC CHILDREN

OTHER RELATIONS

BASIC DATA

Names: James PHARO
Born: Abt. 1650, Great Drayton, Nottinghamshire, England
Married: Anne MURFIN December 13, 1673 at Mansfield MM, Bawtry, Nottinghamshire, England.
Resided: Nottinghamshire, England and Nottingham Township, Burlington Co., NJ.
Died: Bef. March 31, 1688/9
Buried: March 31, 1688/9, Nottingham Township, Burlington Co., NJ.

HISTORY

Emigrated 1678 from England on the ship Shield. One of the first settlers in Burlington City, NJ.

Will of James Pharo - May 30, 1688
Burlington Co., NJ Wills

I give unto my son Gervas Pharow this plantation whereon I now live with all the (unreadable) to him and his heirs forever when he comes of age. I give unto my son James Pharow that plantation that John Milburn, the smith, lives on lying near the land of John Bainbridge to him and his heirs forever when he comes of age. My wish is that my dear wife Anne Pharow have the (unreadable) of the above said land until my sons come of age. Also all of my personal estate for long as she remains unmarried, but if she does marry (unreadable) And the rest to be divided equally among all my children but it is my will that my son Gervis pay unto my two daughters, Anne and Mary each of them a (unreadable) out of his share when they comes to age or be married whether shall happen first. And whereas I have a certain share of land I (unreadable) by my deed of the farm I give the share to my two sons Gervis and James and to them their heirs forever to be equally divided between them. And now I leave to my dear wife Anne Pharo (unreadable) I make constitute and appoint her to be executrix of this last will and testament. I have here unto put my seal the 30th of the 3rd month called May in the year of our Lord, 1688.
Robert Scholey
Roger Park
Robert R. Morfin
Matt Watson

 

A PIONEER SCHOOLEY FAMILY
By MAY SCHOOLEY IVEY
THE FRANKLIN PRESS, INC., MIAMI, FLORIDA

Page 5
ROBERT SCHOLEY.
Smith's History also furnishes us with the information that the next year, 1678, the ship, THE SHIELD, after sixteen weeks' voyage, in the 10th MO. (December) old time, arrived at the Falls of the Delaware, a few miles north of Burlington. Robert Schooley, with his wife and children, came on the Shield this trip with many old friends
and neighbors. He was the second Scholey in America.

Robert had lived a little while at Warsup, in Nottinghamshire, Eng., after his marriage with Sarah Bingham, a daughter of Richard and Frances, in the year 1675, at John Hooton's home at Skegby in Notts. Robert and Sarah were then members of the Friends Society there, as they were in later years in America. Smith's History mentions the names of the following friends and neighbors of the Scholeys in England who came
over on this trip of THE SHIELD from the neighboring localities within twenty miles southeasterly from Sheffield. Among them were:
William Emley, wife and two children, and two men and two women servants. 'This was Emley's second trip. Mahlon Stacy, wife and children and servants; John Wood, wife and children; Thomas Lambert, wife, children and servants; Thomas Potts, wife and children; John Lambert and servant; Thomas Revell, wife and servants; Thomas Wood, wife and children; Robert Murfin, wife and two children; James Pharo, wife and children; Susannah Farnsworth, children and two servants; Richard Tattersall,
wife and children; Godfrey Newbold, Richard Greene, Peter Frettwell, John Frettwell, John Newbold, Francis Barwick, George Parks, George Hill, John Ayers.

Extracts From Genealogy of the Holloway Family in America
Olin E. Holloway, MD.
Knightstown, Ind.

Chapter 1 - Pages 7-8-9

The Early Holloways in America

...
John Holloway, of whose descendants this work deals principally, resided at Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, and he may or may not have been the above mentioned John. He was a member of the Society of Friends, a contemporary of Tobias and may have been a brother and it is our belief had a close connection with the Friends of Bristol.

So it is possible that John may have come from New England stock, but there were members of the "Society of Friends settled in Nansemond County, Virginia, in the late sixteen hundreds as is evidenced by the record that Nansemond Meeting, House was built in February 1702, and was twenty by twenty feet. Also the record shows that in 1680 Henry Holloway, son of Thomas of Elizabeth River and Elizabeth Cotching, daughter of Thomas of Chuckatuck were married. William Holloway, a Friends Minister, died May 27, 1677.

John might have come up from Virginia, but we think not, for the Holloway records which we have from Bristol together with the fact that the wife, Mary Pharo, was of the Pharo Family, which came from Somersetshire, of which Bristol is really a part, justifies us in our belief that he was of Bristol stock.

Chapter 3 - Pages 14-15-16-17-18.

The Family of John and Mary (Pharo) Holloway

(22) John Holloway, son of Thomas and Gartery. He was probably born at Froom, Somersetshire, Aug. 3, 1686, and m. about 1706-7 Mary Pharo b. Sept. 11, 1681, daughter of James and Anne (Murfin) Pharo of Great Drayton, Nottinghamshire. She died Dec. 12, 1749.

The only reference we have of him is the will of John Holloway, of Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, which was dated Dec. 12, 1716, in which he bequeaths 'Daughter Avis, 20 Pounds when 18, Sons George, John and -James 2 Pounds each when 21.Wife, Mary, the rest. Son George is given to brother James Pharo.
Executors: My wife and my brother James Pharo.
Signed by mark.
Witnesses: - Ralph Cowgill, Margaret Reckless, Joseph Reckless.
The Will was proved April 20, 1717. (695-697 C (2.72) of Wills)

Pharo, Pharow, Pharraw, Pharra, Pharoh, etc.

The material for this chapter was given to us by Mary DuBoise Holloway as furnished to her by Alfred C. Justice of Philadelphia.

"The first member of this family of whom we have record was James Farra of Great Drayton, Nottinghamshire. m. 10. 13. 1673 at Bawtry (Garthred Ross' house)
Ann Murfin, of Hains Greane, Nottinghamshire. The Will of James Pharow of Nottinghamshire Township, Burlington, County, New Jersey, dated May 30, 1688, proved Nov. 4, 1690, mentions wife Anne: children, Gervis, James, Anne and Mary. Witnesses: - Robert Scholey, Roger Parke, Robert Morfin (Murfin) and Mathew Watson.

Sept. 8, 1688, Inventory of personal estate 171-8-6, including debts due by Gilbert Wheeler, Jonathan Eldridge, made by John Scholey, John Murfin, William Watson, Francis Davenport, Robert Morfin. Debts due Estate by John Wilkinson, Hugh Stailand and Robert Lambert.

Chapter 3 - Pages 14-15-16-17-18.

Nov. 4, 1690, Bond of Widow Ann Pharoe as Executrix, Francis Davenport and Robert Murfin, Bondsmen. Letters Testamentary to Ann, widow and Executrix.
(Burlington Records page 15).

The following record of the children of James and Ann Phare is taken from the
Chesterfield, N. J. Friends Records.
Gervis Pharo b. July 1, 1675.
Ann Pharo b. Dec. 14, 1678.
Mary Pharo b. Sept. 11, 1681.
James Pharo b. June 30, 1685.
James Pharo, the father, buried March 31, 1688.

I. Jervis Pharraw, son of James and Ann (Murfin) Pharew, born March 30, 1675 at Hanes Greane, Nottinghamshire. M. Jan. 1701, at Hempsted, Elizabeth Willits, daughter of Hoop and Mary Willits. His brother James' will dated 1757 mentions "cousin James, son of Jarvis Pharo, deceased"

II. Anne Pharo b. Dec., 14, 1678 daughter of James and Anne (Murfin) Pharo.

III. Mary Pharo b. Sept. 11, 1681 died Dec. 12, 1749, daughter of James and Anne
(Murfin) Pharo. m. John Holloway who died 1717 (See John and Mary family).

IV. James Pharrow, b. June 30, 1685, son of James and Ann (Murfin) Pharow.

Will of James Pharo of Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. Seeman, dated Nov. 17, 1757, m. proved March 28, 1760, mentions cousin James, son of Jarvis Pharo, deceased, and his children:-
Jarvis, Amos, Timothy, James, Elizabeth and Ann; Avis, wife of Samuel Scholey; cousin George Holloway and his sons Issac and George; John and George, sons of cousin John Holloway, dec'd.
Owned 126 acres at Barnegat, home farm and personal property.
Executor and residuary legatee: -cousin James Holloway
Witnesses:--Joseph Reckless, Issac Decow, Sam Harris.
Inventory 126-14-8, including bonds:-
made by Issac Decow and Joseph Reckless March 25, 1760.
Account of Rebekah Holloway, sole Executrix of James Holloway, the Executor named, who reports the estate her debtor of 73-2-5, Feb. 4, 1765. (N.J. Wills, Liber 9, page 427.)

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