Individual Details
John Pancoast/Panckhurst
( - Bet 1 Dec 1694 and 20 Dec 1694)
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Biographical Sketch
John PANCOAST was one of the early colonists of West Jersey and the founder of the American family of his surname. He was a signer of the "Concessions and Agreements," and owned proprietary rights in Burlington county, West Jersey. His homestead was in Mansfield Township. In 1681 he was appointed regulator of weights and measures for Burlington county; was chosen constable two years later, and in 1685 was elected a member of the Assembly f West Jersey.Will
1694 Nov 30 - Pancoast, John of Mansfield Twp., Burlington, NJ; will of. Wife Jane. Children - Mary, Ann, William, Joseph, Elizabeth, Sarah, Hannah, Susannah. Real and personal property. Executor - Son, William. Witnesses - James Antrum, Benjamin Wheate, Daniel Leeds. Proved - 22 December 1694.1694 Dec 12 - Inventory of estate (L 126.3.0 personal, a dwelling house and 150 acres near William Woods L 100, a house and 40 acres bought of Samuel Ogborn
L 14, debts due by estate of L 42.--.9); made by Thomas Brian, John Woolston and Benjamin Wheate.
1694 Dec 22 - Bond of William Pancoast, as executor. Benjamin Wheate, cordwainer, and Thomas Brian, yeoman, fellow bondsmen.
1694 Dec 22 - Will proved and letters testamentary granted to his son and executor, William Pancoast, of said county, yeoman.
Endnotes
1. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905).
2. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905).
3. Charlotte D. Meldrum, compiler, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey - Vol. 2 (65 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157-5026: Heritage Books, 2007).
4. Charlotte D. Meldrum, compiler, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey - Vol. 2 (65 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157-5026: Heritage Books, 2007).
5. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905).
6. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905).
7. William Nelson, compiler, New Jersey Calendar of Wills, Vol. I, 1670 - 1730 (269 Main Street, Patterson, NJ: The Press Printing & Publishing Company, 1901).
8. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905).
9. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905).
10. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905).

