Timeline for the Life of John Test




Year Event
1644 William Penn baptized at All Hallows Church, London
1649 Charles I King of England executed. The Commonwealth of England was declared.
1651 John Test born

Battle of Worcester - Cromwell’s forces defeat Charles II who flees to France
1660
Age 9
King Charles II restored to the throne of England.
1661 William Penn attends coronation in London.
1664
Age 13
King Charles II ignores any Dutch claims giving the entire country to his brother James, the Duke of York.
1665
Age 14
The Great Plague of London kills about 100,000 people or 20% of the population of the city. The last major out-break of the plague in England.

William Penn begins study of law at Lincoln’s Inn.

The Second Anglo-Dutch War begins. England takes New Amsterdam (renaming after the Duke of York) and New Jersey from the Dutch.
1666
Age 15
The Great Fire of London destroys 3000 houses and almost 100 churches. The fire created a stream of refugees who contributed significantly to social unrest in London.

William Penn sails with his father and the Duke of York against the Dutch. Before the battles Penn is sent to deliver dispatches to the King.
1667
Age 16
John Milton publishes Paradise Lost. Impoverished and blind, he sells the copyrights to it for £ 10.
1668
Age 17
1670
Age 19
Trial of William Penn which helped establish the principle of jury independence. The jury stands between the arbitrary power of the state and the rights and liberties of individuals.
c. 1673
Age 22
John Test marries Elizabeth Sanders (age about 22) late in the year.
1674
Age 23
In September of 1673 John and Elizabeth Test's daughter Elizabeth (age 3 weeks) died.
1675
Age 24
June 11, 1675 | The Malster Receipt shows that John Test purchased 1,000 acres of land in West Jersey.

Oct 5, 1675 | The Griffin lands at Ft. Elsborg, West Jersey and later goes upstream close to present-day Salem, N.J.
1676
Age 25
January 21, 1676 (Julian Calendar) | John Test buys 22 acres of land from Niels Matson at Upland.
1677
Age 26
John Test Jr. born.
John Test listed in Upland Census.

Mr John Test brought In Court a certaine man servant named William Still, being a taylor by traede.
1679
Age 28
April 10, 1679 | William Malster orders Richard Hancock to survey and set out 1000 acres for John Test in Salem County.
1681
Age 30
John Test becomes the sheriff at Upland (later the name is changed to Chester).
October 1682
Age 31
William Penn lands at New Castle
March 1683
Age 32
Becomes sheriff of Philadelphia
February 1683
Age 32
Prosecutor in Philadelphia Witchcraft Trial
1689
Dec 1 (Julian) Age 38
His wife Elizabeth Sanders Test dies at age 38.
1689
Dec 1 (Julian)
Age 38
1690
Marries Grace Wooley Lippincott of Shrewsbury widow of Jacob Lippincott who died in February 1689/90.
1692
Age 41
John Test purchases the lot on the bank of the Delaware River at the southeast corner of Walnut and Front Street. This is the probable location of The Skales.

He was recorded as an Inn Holder as early as 1689.
1705
Age 53
Grand jury indicts John Test for selling alcohol without a license.