The Proeger Family · Generation 8 — Earl's 5th-great-grandparents

Benjamin Burroughs

Father of Mary Burroughs Timberman · Salem County, New Jersey

Benjamin Burroughs

Confirmed

Father of Mary Burroughs Timberman · Salem County, New Jersey

Married
Judith
Children
Mary Burroughs Timberman
Sources
4

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as the father of Mary Burroughs Timberman. The New Jersey return of deaths for Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, read from the image, records the death of Mary Timberman, married, 70, of consumption, at Upper Alloways Creek on 6 June 1858, gives her birthplace as Upper Pittsgrove, and names her parent Benjamin Burroughs S860. A FamilySearch index of New Jersey church records independently gives a Mary Burroughs, daughter of Benjamin Burroughs and Judith, with a Salem birth of 8 June 1788, the year agreeing with her age at death S1076

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children
Father of Mary Burroughs Timberman. Her wife-of and mother-of links to Samuel Timberman and John H. Timberman are Probable, so his place in Earl’s line rests on hers
Marriage1764
His wife is Judith by the church-record index alone S1076; she has no card. His own birth and death are on no record read. The “K., Jr.”, the birth of 20 July 1764 and the death of 14 March 1826 that online trees give him are not used
Marriage1830
A later Benjamin Burroughs of Salem, father of a Mary born in 1830 to a wife Hannah, is a namesake in the same index and is kept apart

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable
🆕 Probably his marriage: a later fair copy of a church marriage register, indexed to Daretown, Pittsgrove, Salem County, has “Benjamin Borans to Judah Lummus” on 30 March 1784 Probable confirm or correct → S1150. The evidence is the year, both names and the place, which fit Benjamin and Judith, parents of Mary born at Salem in 1788 S1076, and a published family history’s Judith Loomis, married 1784. What is weak: the spellings are phonetic, the copy names no church, and the family history is not a primary record. If you know more, use “Add to this record”.
Probable
🆕 Probably his will: on 6 January 1826 Benjamin Burroughs of Pilesgrove Township, Salem County, “weak in body”, left his clothes to his son James, a furnished bed, a looking glass, chairs and silver teaspoons to his daughter Hannah, and the rest to “my children” equally, with his son Cornelius as sole executor Probable confirm or correct → S1168. The evidence is the county and the generation: Upper Pittsgrove, where Mary was born in 1788, was split from Pilesgrove. What is weak: the will does not name Mary or a wife, and its proof, on the next page, has not been read, so it gives no death date. A Salem County record naming Mary among his heirs would settle it. If you know more, use “Add to this record”.

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Benjamin Burroughs · Sources

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Sources cited on this card

4 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S860New Jersey return of deaths, Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, 1 June 1858 – 31 May 1859, p. 519, entry 3 — Mary Timberman. Ancestry collection 62483, record 715000 (image 004210790_00530). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Mary Timberman, female, married, 70, died [June] 6th [1858] at Upper Alloways Creek, born Upper Pittsgrove; parent Benjamin Burroughs; cause, consumption. It names her father, not her husband or children.
  2. S1076FamilySearch New Jersey, Church Records, 1675–1970, index 1:1:QLY8-VG38 — Mary Burroughs, born 8 June 1788, Salem. Index only; the image (3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-RZW6) is in a restricted collection and returned “access denied”, so it has not been read. Checked 30 September 2026. Mary Burroughs, born 8 June 1788, Salem, New Jersey; father Benjamin Burroughs; mother Judith. Independent of the 1858 death return [S860] and agreeing with it on the father’s name and on the birth year (70 at death in June 1858). The same search returns a Mary Burroughs born 16 December 1830 at Salem to a Benjamin and Hannah, a later namesake kept apart.
  3. S1150Marriage register (fair copy in a later hand), pp. 134–135, indexed to Daretown, Pittsgrove, Salem County, New Jersey — 1784. Ancestry record 5783762. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 30 September 2026. Probable Among the 1784 marriages: “[March] 30 Benjamin Borans to Judah Lummus.” The spellings are phonetic and in a copy, and the pages name no church; the place comes from Ancestry’s index. The identification rests on the fit of the year and both names with a published family history’s Benjamin Burroughs and Judith Loomis, married 1784, and with the Salem record of Benjamin and Judith’s daughter Mary (S1076), not on the letters.
  4. S1168New Jersey wills, Salem County will book (Vol. C–D), p. 275: will of Benjamin Burroughs of Pilesgrove Township, dated 6 January 1826. Ancestry record 209307. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Probable Benjamin Burroughs of the township of Pilesgrove, County of Salem, “weak in body but of sound and disposing mind”, leaves his wearing apparel to his son James Burroughs; a bed and bedding, the largest looking glass, half a dozen chairs, the table in the west room, teacups, teapots and half a dozen silver teaspoons to his daughter Hannah Burroughs; and the residue to “my children” equally. His son Cornelius Burroughs is sole executor. Signed with his seal; witnesses William Mayhew[?], Garret Dubois and Solomon Dubois. The proof is on the next page, not read; the index’s “probate 6 Jan 1826” is the date the will was signed. Mary (Timberman) is not named, and no wife is mentioned. The identification rests on Salem County and the generation: Upper Pittsgrove, where Mary was born in 1788, was split from Pilesgrove.

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