from wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us BEGIN Groom Grooms Residence Bride Brides Residence Date Reference Lake, Daniel Gloucester Steelman, Gartara Gloucester 14 Sep 1730 1727-1734 (Licenses) : 150 END transcription of Records->Wills->111.11.jpg Archives of the State of New Jersey First Series Vol. XXXIV Vol. V of Calendar of Wills Documents relating to the Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Sate of New Jersey Volume V--1771-1780 1931 pg. 294 BEGIN 1772, Oct. 30. Lake, Daniel, of Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester Co., will of. Wife, Garteriff, 1/3 of personal estate, and use of the 1/3 the plantation. Eldest son, William, 40 acres on southwest side of the plantation, where he now lives, from the Bay to the headline, during his life, and then to his son, William. Son, Abraham, 40 acres joining to William's. Son, Daniel, the rest of my plantation, and, after his death, to his son, Daniel. Son, Andrew, 5 (lbs)., to be laid out for schooling. Daughter, Sarah Ireland, 5 (lbs). Daughter, Jemima Risley, 10 (lbs). Executors--son, Daniel, and my wife, Garteriff. Witnesses--Alexander Fish, Martha Greaves, Nathan Lake, Gideon Scull. Proved April 13, 1774. 1774, April 2. Inventory, made by Alexander Fish and Joseph Ingersull. Lib. 16, p. 365 END from https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NJProprietors.aspx BEGIN TO: Jeremiah Risley FROM: SURVEY. 50 acres. Great Egg Harbor; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: Alexander Fish (Owner of adjoining land); [Unrecorded] Iliff (Owner of adjoining land); Daniel Lake (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 19 Aug 1751 Book H (WJ Surveys) : Folio 190 (PWESJ004) TO: Jeremiah Risley FROM: SURVEY AND MAP [2 COPIES]. 50 acres. Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: Alexander Fish (Chain Bearer); [Unrecorded] Iliff (Owner of adjoining land); Daniel Lakes (Owner of adjoining land); Japhet Leeds (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); Soloman Lewis (Chain Bearer) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 19 Aug 1751 WJ Loose Records : 1751 - Risley, Jeremiah (41041) (PWESJ004) END from "Revolutionary Census of NJ" by Kenn Stryker-Rodda in 1972 (contents derived from tax lists) BEGIN 1773 & 1774 Lake: Abraham Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester Co Daniel & Daniel Jr Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester Co END "The Baileys of Baileytown", Norman Walter Bailey, 1945 BEGIN STEELMAN ANCESTRY 1. James Steelman. The earliest mention of the Steelman family is found in the census records for New Sweden, then part of Pennsylvania. In 1693, "Jonas Stillman was listed there as the head of a family of four. By 1695 he had removed to Great Egg Harbor, and was known by the Anglicized version of his name, James Steelman. James, who was born in 1665, was brought to this country about 1665 by his father, the Elder Steelman. James married Susannah Toy (or Tay), a daughter of Christianna Toy, and a sister of Elias Toy, all of Cinnaminson Township, Burlington County, N. J. Susannah died before 1730, for James married Katherine Ouster on June 13, 1730. She died on January 10, 1734/5; James died on August 2, the same year. Called the "Egg Harbor Gentleman", James was Justice of the Peace for six years. He was also Assistant Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. The following record occurs of him: "James Steelman was elected overseer of ye highways to mark and make the Road from Egg Harbor towards Glouster and that he have power to summon together ye inhabitants of Egg Harbor to ye purpose". James was a wealthy man, owning both Negro and Indian slaves; his estate included a considerable portion of the southwest end of what was then called Absequam Beach, the present site of Atlantic City. Children (by first wife): i. Andrew, b. 1691. His wife's name was Judith. He died in 1736. ii. Susannah, b. 1693. She married John Keen. iii. Hance, b. after 1697. He married and his daughter, Gartara, married Daniel Lake on September 14, 1730. (For more about them, see Lake Ancestry.) iv. John. He married Sarah Adams. v. James. He married Katherine Keen. vi. Elias. He married Sarah Lake, daughter of William Lake, and a sister of Daniel (see above). vii. Mary, married a Blackman. viii. Peter. He married Gertrude. It is said that all of the Steelmans in South Jersey descend from this original family. END