William Matlack

1648 - 1738  (89 years)

• Name	William Matlack  [1]
  Birth	10 Apr 1648	Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1738	Burlington County, New Jersey   [2]
  Burial	Matlack Family Burial Ground, Cherry Hill, Camden, New Jersey   [2]
  Person ID	I41474	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	George Matlack,   b. 27 Mar 1606, Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, England d. 15 Nov 1658, Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Jane Hall
  Marriage	7 Nov 1636	Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, England   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F24432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hancock,   b. 29 Mar 1668, Brailes, Warwickshire, England d. 20 Nov 1728, Burlington County, New Jersey (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1682  [2, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Matlack,   b. 1704, Camden County, New Jersey d. 1774, Burlington County, New Jersey (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F24264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He emigrated in 1677 on the Kent and settled in New Jersey. He was a Quaker. John Clement (citation details below) calls him a "mechanic"; Lee (citation details below) calls him an "artisan". In New Jersey, he was a slaveowner, and unusually among Quakers, he refused to free his slaves even after other Quakers turned against the practice. He was cited many times for this by monthly Meetings, and was visietd by committees of women lobbying for the slaves' freedom. A record of the Women's Meeting of Haddonfield, 8 mo. 1777, reads "28 slaves in the compass of Haddonfield Meeting freed, but, Jacob Jennings, Samuel Clement, William Cooper, Isaac Horner, Joseph Morgan, John Barton, Hannah Ladd, Elizabeth Mickle, not yet complied but appear uneasy on account of the Slavery of their negroes, Richard Matlack, Jacob Stokes, Marmaduke Cooper, Joseph Nicholson and Elizabeth Iredell seem not disposed to set theirs free."

  
  

• Sources

  [S7825] Richard Haines and His Descendants: A Quaker Family of Burlington County, New Jersey since 1682 by John Wesley Haines. 1961. [S7985] Find a Grave page for William Matlock Matlack. [S7987] Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey by John Clement. Camden, New Jersey: Sinnickson Chew, 1877., place only. [S7988] Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume 2, ed. Francis Bazley Lee. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910., year and place only. [S7990] Nottinghamshire Marriage Registers, Vol. 2, Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, on findmypast.co.uk., month, year, and place only. [S7989] Nottinghamshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1837, on ancestry.com., date and county only. [S7988] Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume 2, ed. Francis Bazley Lee. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910., year only.