John_Estaugh (1742) was an American

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minister in colonial New Jersey. He was a minister who first met

Elizabeth Haddon Elizabeth Estaugh, née Haddon (May 25, 1680 – March 30, 1762) was an American pioneer. She was the founder of Haddon Township and Haddonfield, New Jersey. Early years Elizabeth Haddon was born in Southwark, London, England, May 25, 1680.Ingham, ...

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. He came to America to preach and later settled in

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. Haddon met up with John and proposed to him and they were married in 1702. Their love story is immortalized in the work of

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's ''

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''.

Later years

John went on a religious trip to Tortola in the

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in 1742. He died there, and is presumed to be buried there as well.

References

1670s births 1742 deaths People from Southwark People of colonial New Jersey People from Haddonfield, New Jersey 17th-century Quakers 18th-century Quakers American Quakers English emigrants {{US-reli-bio-stub