The Proeger Family · Generation 7 — Earl's earliest known

Samuel Timberman

Probable father of John H. Timberman

Samuel Timberman

Probable

Probable father of John H. Timberman

Sources
5

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — added 24 September 2026 and entered in the family tree the same day, labelled probable there too; the marriage of John H. Timberman and Rebecca A. Harris, 16 August 1857, Swedesboro, New Jersey, gives the groom as a carpenter and a widower, son of Samuel Timberman; the county marriage index names “Saml Timberman” in the family field. Index records only; his own dates are not yet documented

Evidence: John H. Timberman's 1857 Swedesboro marriage record, “son of Samuel Timberman”. Weak or missing: Index records only; Samuel's own dates are not documented. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

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Marriage1850
🆕 His probable wife: Mary Burroughs Timberman Probable confirm or correct →
Samuel Timberman, 71, and a Mary head a Pilesgrove household in 1850 S861, and are named as Harriet Timberman's parents in a marriage index S862; a Mary Timberman, 70, daughter of Benjamin Burroughs, died on 6 June 1858 at Upper Alloways Creek S860. No record names her as Samuel's wife, and a Samuel Timberman–Mary Ann Applegate marriage is also indexed. added 28 September 2026.

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Probable
Probable father of John H. Timberman, and so great-grandfather of James Harris Timberman Jr.
Probable
🆕 Probably him in 1830: Samuel Timberman, 40–49, heading a household of 12 in Upper Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, with two sons 15–20; William and Ann Timberman lived next door (Upper Alloways Creek Township, 1830) Probable confirm or correct → S996. Evidence: the name, and the township where Mary Timberman died in 1858 S860. Weak: 1830 names only the head, and the age bracket is a decade younger than his 71 in 1850 S861. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
Probable
🆕 Probably him in 1840: Samuel Timberman, 60–69, in Upper Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, with a woman 50–59, a boy 10–14 and a girl 5–9. He is listed between Benjn Timberman and Samuel Timberman Jr, both 20–29, who may be older sons Probable confirm or correct → S1017. Evidence: his age fits the 71 of 1850 S861, the woman fits Mary, and the boy fits John H., born about 1830. Weak: 1840 names only the heads, and the 1830 entry gives him an age of 40–49, which does not agree. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026

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Samuel Timberman · Sources

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Sources cited on this card

5 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. S8611850 U.S. census — Samuel Timberman household, Pilesgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey. Ancestry collection 8054, record 4598891 (image 4201733_00195). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Enumerated 5 September 1850, stamp 191, dwelling 381, family 389: Samuel Timberman, 71, farmer; Mary Timberman, 32 [sic]; Jonathan, 22, farm hand; Judith, 30; Harriet, 20; Charles, 6; all born New Jersey. No relationships are stated. The index turns Mary's 32 into a birth in 1788; the image says 32. John H. Timberman is not in the house.
  3. S862FamilySearch index, New Jersey marriages — Harriet Timberman and Moses Thomas. FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:HW84-6G3Z and Q29L-M4Z7. Index only; no image read (checked 28 September 2026). Probable Harriet Timberman married Moses Thomas; her parents are given as Sam'l and Mary Timberman. Independent, but gives no maiden name for Mary. FamilySearch also indexes a Samuel Timberman x Mary Ann Applegate marriage in Salem County (VW5G-Y2Y, FZK4-M9S), a second Samuel or a second wife.
  4. S9961830 United States Federal Census — Upper Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey, page 376. Ancestry record 1436234. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28–29 September 2026. Probable Samuel Timberman, head, a man of 40–49, in a household of 12: five boys and five girls under 20, two of the boys 15–20, and a woman of 30–39. William Timberman and Ann Timberman head the next two households. 1830 names only the head. Upper Alloways Creek is where Mary Timberman died in 1858 (S860). His age bracket is a decade younger than his 71 in 1850 (S861).
  5. S10171840 United States Federal Census — Upper Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey. Ancestry record 3279458. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Probable Samuel Timberman, male 60–69, with a female 50–59, a male 10–14 and a female 5–9. He is listed between Benjn Timberman (20–29) and Samuel Timberman Jr (20–29). 1840 names only the heads of households.

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