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Note: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cw4peterk&id=I045316 From NY Gen. & Bio. Record Sutro. Vol. 38, page 132. Mary's parents were Peter Groom or Groome and Elizabeth Groom, the father living Brunswick Twp, Burlington Co., NJ and in his will dated 12-9-1726, mentions his wife, Ellizabeth and 9 children, among them Mary. Her grandfather, Samuel Groom, with his mother, Elizabeth Groom, executed a Power of Attorney in 1683 to the Governor of NJ authorizing the sale of property in NJ left him by the will of his father, Mary's great grandfather, Samuel Groom, Senior, a mariner, who died in Ratcliffe, Middlesex County, England leaving a will dated 8-21-1682, which was filed in London, E. where his wife Elizabeth and the son llived. The son, subsequently came to America and settled in Brunswick Twp., Middlesex, NJ. http://books.google.com/books?id=uLYyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=%22peter+groom%22+brunswick&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DQ0uUoz_LKeiyAHwsYD4BA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22peter%20groom%22%20brunswick&f=false Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 23 edited by William Nelson 1726 D00. 9. Groome, Peter, of Brinswick Township, Middlcsex Co., yeoman; will of. Wife Elizabeth. Children-Peter, Samuel, Thomas, William, all under age; Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Margret, Sarah, John, grandson Peter Groom; bequest to William Page and wife Johanna, who have son Groom Page. Real and personal estate. ExecutorsThomas Lambert, Benjamin Clark and James, son of Benjamin Clark. \Vitnesses--_Ionas Ingliarn, John Severns, John van Laer. Proved November 25, 1728. Lib. 2, p. 561 1728 Oct. 1. Inventory of the personal estate, �337.1.g, incl. bills and bonds �120.1g.3, a negro woman �25; made by Benj. Lawrence, \Villiam Tindall and Jonas Ingham. 1728 Oct. 14. The executors, named in the will, refuse to act. 1728 Oct. 17. The widow declines the administration of estate and recommends her son-in-law (stepson) Peter Groome as administrator. - . Petition of Peter Groome of Brunswick for letters of administration on his father�s estate. 1728 Oct. 21. Bond of Peter Groome as administrator. Isaac Stelle and Anthony Sloeb fellow bondsmen. 1748 July 4. Order of Governor Belcher, directing Peter Groome to render an account of the estate, Richard Cearns (Ceams) of Perth Amboy, tailor, who intermarricd with Anne, one of the daughters of the deceased, having complained that Peter, the administrator, had refused to do so. 1767 May 1. Account of the estate by the administrator, who has increased it to �505.12 at 85. per 02. 1767 May 1. Report of referees, appointed by the Supreme Court, for auditing the account.
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