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I'm not related to this family. Found this in:
RELAT1NG TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXI. CALENDAR OF RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 1664-1703. EDITED BY WILLIAM NELSON. PATERSON, N. J. :
George Deacon was born in London, in 1642 or 1643. son of George Deacon, of a family of Church Waltham. Essex county. England. He was a felt-maker, by occupation, in England. He came to America with his father, his wife France-.. of Dedford. in Kent, and servant. Thomas Edwards. in the ship Willing Xina, arriving November 3. 1077. and settled at New Salem. but soon removed to Alloway-. Creck, near Hancock's Bridge. Salem county. He was a prominent meirber of the Society of Friends. and in 1670-80 was of a committee appointed to purchase lands for a meeting house and burial plot. He was frequently a delegate to the Yearly Meetings at Newton and Philadelphia, so late as 1684 He signed the West
Jersey Concessions. March 3. 1676-7; was a member of the West Jersey Assembly or House of Representatives. 1682-1683. and again in 1667: was a member of the Provincial Council in 1761. and in 170i was commissioned a member of Gov. Cornbury's Council. being reappointed with Gov. Lovelace and Gov. Hunter, serving in that body so late as January 20. 1716. He was a Justice of the Peace for Salem
many years; was appointed a commissioner for laying out highways. in 1685; was King's attorney in 1606. and in 1761 was a Judge of the courts. He m. 3d. in 16W.
Margaret Denn; 3d. in 1602. Susannah. dau. of Robert Ashton. of New Castle, on Delaware; 4th. in 1603. Martha Charles, widow of Simon Charles Farm. of Northampton,
Burlington county. He removed to the latter place about 1704. He died in 1725. and was burled in Friends' ground at Burlington.
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