This  was  re-surveyed  in  1733.     He  was  married
three  times,— first  in  1722,  to  Sarah,  a  daughter  of
Samuel  Burroughs  ;  second  to  Rebecca  Saint ;  and
third  to  Jane  Albertson,  widow  of  William  and
daughter  of  John  Engle.  The  last  was  successively
the  widow  of  John  Turner,   William  Albertson,
Samuel     Nicholson    .and      Thomas     Middleton.
Samuel  Nicholson  died  in  1750,  and  left  children,—
Joseph,  Abel,  Abigail,  Hannah  and  Sarah.  Joseph
in  1749,  purchased  the  lot  in  Haddonfield,  north
of  the  Methodist  Church,  now  owned  and  occupied
by  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Tatem,  and  probably  built  the
house       Abel    married    Rebecca,   a  daughter  of
Aaron    Aaronson,   and  died   in   1761,   before  his
child  was  born.    This  child  was  named  Abel,  and
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married  Rebecca  Ellis,  a  daughter  of  Isaac.  It  is
from  this  branch  the  family  in  this  region  descend.
Abigail,  in  1748,  became  the  wife  of  Daniel  Hill-
man,  and  in  1767  of  John  Gill.  Hannah  married
John  Hillman,  and  Sarah,  the  youngest  child,  died
single  in  1756.  The  Nicholson  homestead  was
owned  for  many  years  by  Abraham  Browning,  and
is  now  occupied  by  several  factories.
