Maskell EWING 11
 | Born: 31 Mar 1721, Greenwich, Cumberland Co., New Jersey 32 |
| Married: 31 Mar 1743 32,39 |
| Died: 16 Apr 1796 23,39 |
General Notes:
Maskell Ewing attained much prominence in Cumberland Co, being appointed to various local offices. In 1757, he was appointed Sheriff of Cumberland Co., from which he retired in 1760. He was commissioned on March 12, 1762 as one of the Surrogates for West Jersey, holding that office until 1776. He is said to have been the County Clerk also, and Judge of the Common Pleas court. He and Mary Padgett had ten children.
Maskell Ewing had but a common education, yet being of an inquiring and literary mind, he became well versed in history, geography, religion and the literature of his age. He was pleasant in company and agreeable in his family. He used to entertain his children with his adventures with the wolves and panthers, having once been chased by a panther. His father had left him, as the eldest son, a good farm, but his mother was to possess it during her lifetime. She gave it to one of his brotherrs who improved nothing and worked the land to poverty. In the meantime, Maskell lived on a rented farm where he prospered, so that when his ruined patrimony fell into his hands when he was sixty three years of age, he had means to build a house and barn and restore his place to its original value. 43,73
Marriage Information:
Maskell married Mary PADGETT, daughter of Thomas PADGETT and Dorothy, on 31 Mar 1743 32,39. (Mary PADGETT was born on 15 May 1725 32 and died on 30 Oct 1798 23,39.)
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