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Ch: Hanson William Samuel Hanson Mary Hanson Frances Susannah Hanson Elizabeth
b 3-20-1802
d 10-18-1839
Rachel A
m George Craig
Jemima
273
ROBINSON (Cont) William
b 5-23-1804, s William & Elizabeth (Hanson) Birthright In 1827 List
s George & Catherine (Hollingsworth) Birthright
m 1740
b 8-31-1741
b 9- 7-1843
RODGERS
Margaret
Ch: Rachel
Mary
Mary
dt & Margaret Rodgers Cert fr Gunpowder MM rec 9-16-1789
Cert fr London Grove 8-12-1795
In 1827 List
Rachel
dt & Margaret Rodgers Cert fr Gunpowder rec 9-16-1789
m 3-20-1793 Robert Leslie (Lasley)
Sarah
Cert fr Gunpowder MM rec 9-16-1789
Cert to London Grove 6-10-1795
ROGERS Mary
d 10-23-1831, bur in Mtg Yd Cert 8-1-1824 fr Goshen acc 10-1-1824 m Thomas A Rogers
ROTHERAM Catherine
Cert fr E Nottingham 12-16-1750/1
Catherine
৳ 2- 4-1756, dt Joseph & Rotheram Mbr by req 11-10-1780 m Wilson
Dis 11-13-1793 -- fornication & living with the man some time as his wife before being married by an hireling priest.
Elizabeth
dt Joseph & - Rotheram Mbr by req 11-10-1780
m Moses Foreman, s Alexander & Esther
Dis 10-10-1787 -- married by assistance of a Baptist teacher
Joseph
Ch: Catherine
Elizabeth
Dis 5- ?- 1770, neglect of debt long since due m
b 2- 4-1756 m Wilson
b m Moses Foreman
In 1752 John Richardson deeded New Castle Meeting property to a Board of Trustees consisting of Benjamin Swett, John Lewden, Joseph Lewden, Eliakim Garrettson & Joseph Rotheram.
Valentine Elizabeth Booth
Ch: Charles
Thomas
Cert fr Gunpowder MM rec 9-16-1789 Cert to London Grove 8-12-1795
b b
274
ROTHERAM (Cont) Joseph (Cont)
8-16-1780, Catherine & Elizabeth Rotheram, dts of Joseph Rotheram, req to be looked upon by this Mtg as mbrs of our Society, their mother having a right among Friends and their father not.
ROWLAND Ann dt John & Ruth Cert fr Nottingham rec 3-3-1820 Cert to Radnor 10-29-1824
Ann Johns
dt Joseph G & Ann Cert fr Motherkill 7- ?- 1825 Cert to Philadelphia 12-4-1835 In 1827 List
Charles
s Joseph G & Ann Cert fr Motherkill 7- ?- 1825 Cert to Philadelphia 12-4-1835 In 1827 List
Eleanor
Cert fr Nottingham acc 3-3-1820 Cert to Radnor 10-29-1824
Hannah F dt Joseph G .Rowland d 7- 3-1828, bur in Mtg Yd, age 4 to 5 yrs In 1827 List
Isaac Potts
s John & Ruth Rowland Cert fr Nottingham rec 10-1-1819 Cert, as a minor, to Radnor MM 10-1-1824
Isaiah (Josiah) s of Joseph d 3-26-1826, bur in Mtg Yd, age abt 13y Burial records -- "Isaiah Rowland, s of Joseph, a mbr", either Isaiah or Joseph, or both, were mbrs
Joanna
Cert fr Nottingham rec 3-3-1820
Cert to Radnor 10-29-1824
John Ruth
d 5- 2-1820, bur in Wilmington, late res Wilmington Cert fr Nottingham rec 10-1-1819 b b
Ch: Isaac Potts Joseph
Joseph G
b 4-13-1780
Cert fr Motherkill 7- ?- 1825 Cert to Philadelphia 12-4-1835, W St
d 4- 5-1835, bur in Mtg Yd, late res Wilmington d 3-21-1826, about 13 yrs of age
4-19-1826
5-24-1830
d 7- 3-1828, age 4 to 5 yrs
Ann
Ch: Isaiah (Josiah) b Hannah b Sarah b Joseph Galloway b Ann Johns b Charles
b Paid $15, Collection 1827 In 1827 List
275
ROWLAND (Cont) Joseph
s John & Ruth Cert fr Nottingham rec 10-1-1819 Cert (as a minor) to Radnor MM 10-1-1824
Ruth
Cert fr Nottingham rec 3-3-1820 Cert to Radnor 10-29-1824
Sarah
b 4-19-1826, dt Joseph G & Ann In 1827 List
RUDOLPH Mary
Cert fr Darby rec 12-13-1797 Cert to Philadelphia MM, S Dist, 8-6-1801
RUMFORD Jonathan b 1-11-1705, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA s John & Mary (Scaife) Rumford
d 7- 3-1782
Cert 7-26-1738 fr Gwynedd to Philadelphia MM Cert to Newark MM 2-28-1749 by Philadelphia MM
Susanah Noockes
Cert to Concord MM to marry by Gwynedd 3-30-1738 Cert 7-26-1738 fr Gwynedd to ? b 12-11-1715 in Worcestorshire, Old England, dt William & Elizabeth Nookes
d 8-14-1775
m 4- 8-1738, Birmingham
Cert dtd 6-7-1738 fr Concord to Philadelphia MM Cert to Neward MM fr Philadelphia MM, dtd 2-28-1749 b 5-13-1739 m 12-27-1753 William Shipley
b 4-28-1743 d 8-24-1790 m 4- 9-1771 Sarah Way
b
d m Dawes Signed cert for Thomas Canby Jr to Cork & Liverpool 9-8-1750 Signed wedding cert of Robert Richardson & Sarah Shipley, 1750
Commissioned as Captian of a company of Foot in the First Regiment of Delaware militia by President Caesar Rodney, 9- 4-1778
Jonathan Rumford was a shopkeeper, S.W. side of High Street Jonathan Rumford was a brother of Miriam Dawes.
Jonathan Jr
b 4-28-1743, in the Northern Liberty of the City of Phila- delphia, s Jonathan & Susannah (Noockes) Rumford
d 8-24-1790 on S. W. side (High) Fourth St, cast of Market St, Wilmington, Del
m 4- 9-1771, in Old Swedes, dt Francis & Mary Way b 2- 2-1772 b 1-14-1774
b 5-13-1776
d 8- ?- 1840 m Margaret Cope
b 5-25-1780
b 3- 6-1782
b 11- 6-1783 in Wilmington, Del, m Catharine Cope In 1814 Wilmington Directory:
John Rumford, hatter, brickmaker, etc, 92 Market Sarah Rumford, 11 E High
Samuel Rumford, hatter, Hanover between King & French Thomas Rumford, printer, Hanover between King & Franch Wm Rumford, hatter, 67 & 135 Market
Ch: Sarah Jonathan, Jr Miriam
Sarah Way Ch: Jonathan 3rd John Samuel Sarah Wm Smallwood Thomas
276
RUMFORD (Cont) Martha d 3-21-1790 m 7- ?- 1743, Wilmington Mtg, Newark MM, Richard Carsan who d 7-26-1782
Ch: (of Richard & Martha (Rumford) Carsan)
Dinah
b 4- 2-1744
Phebe b 1-22-1746
Hannah V
b 4-30-1748 d 10-17-1801
Richard
b 7- 3-1750
Miriam
b 5-14-1753
Richard Carsan was married 1st on 8-19-1738 at Willington, Newark MM, to Ann James
Sarah
dt Jonathan & Susanah (Noocks) m 12-27-1753, Wilmington MM, William Shipley, s Wm & Elizabeth (Levis) Shipley
William Smallwood b 3- 6-1782 d 4-30-1841, bur in Mtg Yd W St
Mbr by req 5-8-1806
Sarah S
d 9-20-1867
Cert fr Piles Grove 5- ?- 1828
Ch: Mary B
Cert to Center 7-23-1858 b 6- 8-1829 m Cyrus Pyle
William W
0
6- 2-1831
Cert to Center 3-23-1860
Rebecca
b 2-24-1836
Francis Ellwood b 6- 5-1838 Cert to Center 1858
In 1827 List In the 1815 Wilmington Directory, William Rumford is listed as a hatter at 67 & 135 Market
RUSSELL Ann
In 1827 List
Rebecca
at Joseph Shallcross's Cert to Alexandria MM 4-28-1820
Cert fr Indian Springs 9-8-1824 acc 10-1-1824 Cert to Sandy Spring 8 -?- 1832
Samuel
at Robert Wilkinson's Cert fr Motherkill MM rec 6-7-1810 Released fr W St 11- ?- 1838
Sarah
gr-dt of Ann Baily Cert fr Kennett MM rec 9-30-1814 Cert to New Garden 2- ?- 1817
SALKELD John Jr
Cert to Wilmington granted by Chester MM at Providence 5-26-1760
Dis 6-16-1762 -- "hath erred by joining too often with unprofitable company & places of diversion & for being concerned in a company at Wilmington Fair where such company abused a woman with ill language & cut her clothes"
Isaac B
b 10-14-1833
2.77
SALTHOUSE 0111132
Cert fr New Castle MM held at Sunderland, G. B., dtd 9-15-1819, rec via New York MM on 3-31-1820 Dis 3- ?- 1826
Stanton
Cert fr Goshen rec 8-15-1792
Cert of clearness for marriage to Kennett MM 6-14-1797 Dis 5-9-1811 -- accused of being a father of a woman's bastard child and then marrying another woman not a mbr of our Religious Society. m Kennet MM
d 6-16-1805, bur at Stanton Cert fr Kennett rec 9-13-1797 b b
b
d 1-23-1809, bur in Stanton
b
b
dt Amos & Grace (Pennock) Sanders Cert to Kennett 12-29-1815
b 9-24-1819, dt Benjamin & Eleanor Stanton d 12-24-1820, bur in Stanton
৳ 2- 4-1826, dt Benjamin d 2- 8-1858 W St m Comly In 1827 List
.r
dt of Ellis Sanders
Dis 10- 3-1817 -- "committed fornication with her first cousin whom she afterward married by the assistance of a justice of the peace."
In (Saunders) b 7-30-1778, s John & Ann
d 11-29-1860, age 82y, bur in Mtg Yd Made ack 11-30-1813 of accomplishing his marriage with a woman of another profession by the assistance of a Methodist minister. Ack acc 12-3-1813 b 4- 7-1792 d 9-14-1872, bur in Mtg Yd W St
b 1- 6-1814 d 3- 2-1814
৳ 1-22-1815 d 11-26-1820
b 5- 9-1817
b 9-24-1819 d 12-24-1820
b 9- 1-1821 m - --- Wood b 10-20-1823
b 2- 4-1826 m 2- 8-1858 J Comley
b 2- 9-1828 5-31-1842
b 7-23-1830 d 2- 1-1858
৳ 3- 7-1833
In 1827 List
s of Amos
("aunders)
. .. Tennock
alch John :11is Ann
.
278
SANDERS (Cont) Caleb s Ellis & Hannah (Mendenhall) Cert to Kennet 12-29-1815
Charles
s John & Hannah Birthright Cert fr Duck Creek dtd 8-13-1801 & rec 10-8-1801 Cert to Philadelphia MM 8-4-1820 Cert fr Philadelphia MM, N Dist, dtd 1-28-1823, rec 2-23-1823 m
Dis 8-29-1823 -- accomplished marriage with a woman not in mbrp with us by the assistance of a Justice of the Peace
Elizabeth
b 9- 1-1821, dt Benjamin & Eleanor Cert to New Garden 1858 W St m - Wood In 1827 List
Elizabeth Clark
dt John & Hannah Sanders Cert to New York 8- ?- 1827
Ellen
In 1827 List
Ellen
Cert fr New Garden acc 1-1-1819
Cert to Goshen 8-3-1821
Ellis
Stanton b 10-31-1765 d 3-26-1843 W St Cert of clearness to marry Hannah Mendenhall, Kennett M, 10-15-1794 Made ack 3-4-1802 of taking an oath Ack acc dt Ephraim & Sarah, White Clay Creek
Edith Yarnall
Cert fr Kennett MM 5-16-1781
4- 1-1789, Wilmington MM m b
Ch: Ann
2nd w Hannah Mendenhall m Kennett MM
Ch: Ellis
Cert fr Kennet rec 3-11-1795 b 8-15-1795 In 1827 List
Ellis g Amos & Grace (Pennock) Sanders
Ellis Jr
৳ 8-13-1795, s John Sanders Jr Cert fr Concord 3- ?- 1816 Dis 8- ?- 1817 Restored 1-29-1829 W St
In 1827 List
Ellis M b 8-15-1795, s Ellis & Hannah (Mendenhall) Birthright Released fr W St 11- ?- 1838
Esther
b 2- 9-1828, dt Benjamin & Eleanor d 5-31-1842 In 1827 List
279
SANDERS (Cont) Evan
s of John Sanders, Jr Cert 4-1-1817 fr Concord rec 5-2-1817 7-4-1823, Stanton Prep Mtg informs that he returns without cert to near Pittsburgh
Dis 11-28-1823 -- kept company with & married a woman not in mbrp
10-31-1823 -- Committee rptd having received a communica- tion from him imparting that though he felt an attachment to our society, yet he was also sensible of a want of qualification to make a suitable acknowledgment of his deviation.
Hannah Corbet
dt John & Hannah Sanders
Israel s John & Hannah Sanders Cert fr Duck Creek dtd 7-11-1801, rec 10-8-1801 Cert to New York 6- ?- 1832
Dis 1- ?- 1834
John
s Benjamin & Eleanor In 1827 List
John
Stanton "A valuable minister" Made ack 3-4-1802 for allowing his dt to keep company with & accomplishing marriage with a man not in mbrp without manifesting his disaprobation. d 8-16-1821 in 84th yr, bur in Stanton d 12-28-1810, bur at Stanton m Alice Pennock b
b
m Eleanor
Ann Ch: Nathan Benjamin A dt b
John Hannah Cert fr Duck Creek dtd 7-11-1801, rec 10-8-1801 Cert to New York 8- ?- 1827
Ch: Israel
b
Charles
b
Mary Ann b Elizabeth Clark b John C b
Hannah Corbett b
Lewis Henry b
John
s of Amos
John Jr (Saunders) Cert of clearness for marriage with Sarah Evans to Goshen 10-10-1792
Cert to Kennet 5-22-1793
Sarah Evans
Cert fr Goshen MM rec 5-13-1793 Cert to Kennet 5-22-1793
b
Ch: Ellis Jr Sally Ann b Evan b
280
SANDERS (Cont) John b 1-22-1815, s Benjamin d 11- 6-1820, bur in Stanton
Stanton
John C
s John & Hannah Resigned fr W St 6-28-1828
John Pennock
s Ellis & Hannah (Mendenhall) Resigned fr W St 10- ? - 1830
Joshua
Stanton d 10-21-1809, bur in Stanton
Lewis
Stanton d 1-23-1809, bur in Stanton
Lewis Henry
s John & Hannah
Mary dt Sarah Sanders Cert 4-3-1817 fr Concord rec 5-30-1817 Cert to Goshen 3-30-1821
Mary
m -- Wollaston Dis 1-7-1802 -- married a man not in mbrp by the assistance of a justice of the peace
Mary
b 5- 9-1817, dt Benjamin & Eleanor Dis 8-29-1845 W St
In 1827 List
Mary Ann
dt John & Hannah Cert to New York 8- ?- 1827
Nathan
s of John
Cert to Goshen (as apprentice) 6-6-1793
Cert of clearness for marriage to Alice Pennock of Kennett MM, 11- 4-1798 Dis 7-7-1803 -- neglect of attending religious mtgs, playing cards, taking strong drink to excess, & challenging a man to a fight
Alice Pennock
m
Kennett MM
Cert fr Kennett rec 8-15-1798
Cert to Kennett 1-5-1809
Sally Ann
dt John Sanders Jr, lived at Ellis Sanders Cert fr Concord accepted 4-1-1814 Dis 3-2-1827
Samuel
b 1- 6-1814, s Benjamin & Eleanor d 3- 2-1814
Sarah Cert 4-3-1817 fr Concord rec 5-30-1817 Cert to Radnor 4- ?- 1830 m Sanders
Ch: Mary
b In 1827 List
William b 10-20-1823, s Benjamin & Eleanor d 8-11-1877, bur in Mtg Yd In 1827 List
281
SAWYER Susannah
Cert fr Philadelphia MM, N Dist, dtd 4-28-1807, rec 5-7-1807 Cert to Philadelphia MM, N Dist 5-4-1809 Cert rec fr Philadelphia MM, N Dist 6-4-1812 d 7-19-1862, age 84y, bur in Mtg Yd m Joseph Sawyer In 1827 List
SCHOFIELD Andrew
Cert fr Concord MM 5-15-1782 Cert to Fairfax MM (VA) 8-13-1783
SCOTT Elizabeth
d 10-14-1784, age 75y m 6- ?- 1741 at Wilmington Mtg, Newark MM, Zachariah Ferris
Rebecca
Cert 1-9-1817 fr New Garden m ca 1820, - - Pearson Dis 11-3-1820 -- married a man not in mbrp with the assistance of a magistrate
SEAL Abraham
Cert fr New Garden rec 7-15-1795
Benjamin
s of William Cert to Wilmington fr Concord 11-11-1762
Caleb
1st w Lydia
Cert 10-4-1755 fr Newark at Center
đ 4- 9-1780
b 6-18-1756 d 12-16-1774
b 9- 5-1759 m Lydia Richards
Sarah b 3- 2-1763
Hannah b 1-21-1769 d 2-16-1838
Lydia Rachel
b 6- 3-1771 d 10-28-1792
b 4- 6-1774 d 12-16-1774
b 10-29-1776 d 9-20-1842 m Rachel Taylor
William 2nd w Alice m Ch: Caleb b 10-13-1792
Caleb
b 10-13-1792, s Caleb & Alice Cert to Philadelphia MM, N Dist, 3-5-1812 Dis 2- ?- 1828 W St
m
Ch: David
b
In 1827 List
Caleb
b 4-19-1784, s Joshua & Lydia (Richards) d 3- 8-1789
Ch: William Joshua
Appointed an elder 4-13-1796 d 1824, age 93y
282
SEAL (Cont) Caleb s of William
Cert to Wilmington fr Concord 11-4-1762
David
gr-s of Caleb Mbr as an infant by request of grandfather 3-11-1795 Dis 1-2-1818 -- "guilty of using profane language and other disorderly and immoral conduct."
David
s of Caleb Jr Cert to Philadelphia, N Dist 3-5-1812 Dis 1-2-1808
Elizabeth Pusey dt William & Rachel (Taylor) Seal In 1827 List
Hannah 1-21-1769, dt Caleb & Lydia đ 2-16-1838 W St
Hannah
dt of William Cert to Wilmington fr Concord 11-4-1762
Isaac b 7-11-1786, s Joshua & Lydia (Richards) Dis 5-10-1810 -- married a woman not a mbr by the assistance of a justice of the peace
Joseph Cert fr Philadelphia MM, S Dist, rec 8-29-1817 Cert to Philadelphia MM, S Dist granted 11-28-1817
Joseph T s William & Rachel (Taylor) Birthright Cert as a minor to Philadelphia MM 4-30-1824 Cert fr Philadelphia 6- ?- 1826 Resigned 4-23-1852 W St In 1827 List
Joseph
s of William Cert to Wilmington fr Concord 11-4-1762 Made ack for being married by a priest
Joshua Lydia Richards
s Caleb & Lydia dt Isaac Richards of New Garden Cert fr New Garden 8-13-1783
Cert to Kennett 5- ?- 1821
b 4-19-1784
b 7-11-1786 b 11-21-1788 b 12-19-1790
৳ 3- 1-1793 b 9- 5-1795
b 5-29-1798
Joshua granted cert of clearness for marriage with Lydia Richards of New Garden, Wilmington MM, 4-16-1783 Lydia m 3-8-1821 William Chandler of Kennett
Ch: Caleb Isaac Joshua William Thomas Mary R Lydia
b
In 1827 List
283
SEAL (Cont) Joshua T s William & Rachel (Taylor) Birthright Dis 12- ?- 1825
Joshua
b 11-21-1788, s Joshua & Lydia (Richards) d 1-21-1790
Joshua Jr
Cert fr New Garden rec 7-15-1795 Cert Philadelphia MM, S Dist, 4-11-1798
Ann
Cert fr New Garden rec 7-15-1795 Cert to Philadelphia MM, S Dist, 11-4-1798 Cert fr Kennett rec 3-5-1801
Cert to Kennett 2-5-1807 b
Ch: Taylor William b
Lydia
dt William & Rachel (Taylor)
Lydia
b 6- 3-1771, dt Caleb & Lydia d 10-28-1792 Cert to Kennett 12-15-1790, end back to Wilmington & rec 1-11-1792
Lydia
b 5-29-1798, dt Joshua & Lydia (Richards) Cert to Kennett 5-1-1835, W St Cert fr Kennett 8- ?- 1838, W St m 12- 9-1824, Wilmington MM, William Richards
Mary Jackson
Cert to Concord MM 11-12-1788 m 9-17-1788, Wilmington MM, John Polas Seal (Johann Parlus Seal) fr Palatine, Germany in 1753 -- Rupps 30,000 Names of Immigrants (German) 1st wife Ann Mercer
Mary T
b 12-17-1816, dt William & Rachel (Taylor) d 1-20-1854 m 5-23-1844 George S Grubb who was b 1-9-1820
Ch: (of George S & Mary T (Seal) Grubb)
Edward b 2-19-1845 d 1- 6-1852
Hester K b 5-15-1846 Elizabeth b 12-25-1851
George S Jr b 1-15-1854 In 1827 List
Mary
dt of William Cert to Wilmington fr Concord 11-4-1762
Mary R b 9- 6-1795, dt Joshua & Lydia (Richards) m 10- 8-1818, Wilmington MM, Mahlon Betts, s Jesse & Hannah
Rachel b 4- 6-1774, dt Caleb & Lydia d 12-16-1774
Rachel
dt of William Cert to Wilmington fr Concord 11-4-1762
Rachel
Cert 7-3-1765 fr Concord m William Scal
2.84
SEAL (Cont) Sarah
b 3- 2-1763, dt Caleb & Lydia
Sarah dt William & Rachel (Taylor) In 1827 List
Taylor
s Joshua Jr & Ann Cert fr New Garden rec 7-15-1795 Cert to Philadelphia MM, S Dist 11-4-1798 Cert fr Kennett rec 3-5-1801 Cert, as a minor, to New Garden 6-9-1803
Thomas
Maria
Ch: ---
b 3- 1-1793, s Joshua & Lydia (Richards) Dis 12-3-1819 -- accomplished his marriage with a woman of another religious profession by the assistance of an hireling preacher m ca 1819 d 3- 3-1827, bur in Mtg Yd d 10-20-1826, bur in Mtg Yd b
Thomas
s of William Cert to Wilmington fr Concord 11-4-1762
William
b 6-18-1756, s Caleb & Lydia d 12-16-1774
William b 10-29-1776, s Caleb & Lydia 9-20-1842, bur in Mtg Yd Cert to New Garden 9-12-1782, as apprentice
Cert fr New Garden rec 10-11-1797 Cert of clearness to marry Rachel Taylor of Kennett MM, 12-12-1798
Rachel Taylor
b 10-13-1775 d 9-18-1857 W St
Cert fr Kennett rec 4-10-1799 Kennett MM
m
b
b
b
b
b
b 12-17-1816 m 5-23-1844 George Grubb In 1827 List
William Cert to Wilmington fr Concord 11-4-1762 for both
Joseph William
b
b
b
b
b
Rachel Mary b
b
William
s of William Cert to Wilmington fr Concord 11-4-1762
Ch: Lydia
Joshua Joseph T Elizabeth Pusey Sarah Mary T
Ch: Hannah b
Caleb Benjamin Thomas
285
SEAL (Cont) William b 12-19-1790, s Joshua & Lydia (Richards) d 1794
William
s Joshua Jr & Ann Cert fr New Garden 7-15-1795 Cert to Philadelphia MM, S Dist 11-4-1798 Cert fr Kennett rec 3-5-1801 Cert to New Garden 6-9-1803
SEATON
Alexander Rebecca Robinson
of Wilmington dt George & Catherine Robinson of Newark in Brandywine Hundred m 2- 2-1740 at Newark Mtg (Newark MM) Record of marriage, Kennett MM, p 104
SEEDS Adam
Cert 11-5-1806 fr Concord rec 12-4-1806 d 10- 1-1823, bur in Wilmington, age 79y, late res New Castle
Alice
Cert 11-5-1806 fr Concord rec 12-4-1806 d 9- 7-1823, 85y, bur in Wilmington, late res New Castle m
Hannah
b 1776 d 12-10-1840 Cert 11-28-1822 fr Concord rec 1-3-1823
In 1827 List
SELL
Elizabeth
m 4-21-1744, Wilmington Mtg (Newark MM) John Dawes
SELLERS
Hannah b 7- 2-1758, dt Joseph & Hannah
John
of Darby Mtg
b 9-29-1789 in Philadelphia
d 7-20-1878, Millbourne, Upper Darby
b 4-28-1792, dt William & Sarah
Elizabeth Poole
d 1- 3-1859
4-10-1817, Wilmington MM
Ch: Mary
b 6- 2-1818 m Edward Bancroft
Sarah
b 2-18-1820 d young
William John
b 9- 5-1823
d young
William
b 9-19-1824
m Mary Ferris
John
b 7-27-1826
m Ann Caroline Kern
George
b 8-21-1828
m Annie Wilson
Sarah Ann
b 8-21-1828
m Clement B Smyth
Martha
b 10- 2-1830
Frances
b 9-23-1833
m Eli Garrett
Nathan
b 7-18-1836 m ---- - Kern
See Cope Sharpless Family
b 4-13-1822 d young
286
SELLERS (Cont) Joseph Hannah Ch: Hannah
Cert to Wilmington fr Sadsbury 12-4-1752 for both m ৳ 7- 2-1758
SEWELL John (Serrill)
d 1-13-1788
John Serrill signed cert for Hugh Judge 10-11-1784 See Hugh Judge's Journal, pp 30-31
SHALLCROSS Hannah m - Hollingsworth Dis 9-10-1788, mou with a non-mbr
Isaac
Dis 1-14-1801 -- "hath neglected the attendance of our religious mtgs, greatly deviated in dress & address, & entered as a hand on board an armed vessel."
John
b 10-12-1756 d 10- 8-1831, bur in Mtg Yd W St Dis -- gave some assurance of obedience to the government. Ack acc 3-6-1806
Cert fr Philadelphia MM, S Dist, 6-3-1807, rec 7-9-1807 In 1827 List
John
s Thomas & Deborah (Claypool) đ 5-31-1794
Jonathan Potts s Thomas & Deborah (Claypool) d 9- 3-1794
Joseph Jr
Birthright Dis 2-13-1782 -- has much deviated fr plainness of speech, manner & apparel of Chester MM
Catharine
m Cert fr Chester MM rec 5-11-1791
Cert to Darby 10-14-1785
Mary
Birthright m Samuel Lovering Dis 9-14-1791 -- accomplished her marriage out of the approved way
Ch: (of Samuel & Mary (Shallcross) Lovering) Sarah b
John S b
Mary S b 11-11-1796 d 5-12-1824 m 11-23-1820 John Ferris Gilpin
Orpha Cert 1-6-1755 fr Concord
Sarah dt Thomas & Deborah (Claypool) d 4- 5-1794
287
SHALLCROSS (Cont)
Thomas
Deborah Claypole Potts, widow of Potts Mbr by req 7-15-1789 d 1797 m 10-22-1789, Wilmington MM
Ch: Jonathan Potts b d 9- 3-1794
Sarah John
b d 4- 5-1794 b
5-31-1794 Hugh Judge's Journal, p 129, 9-16-1787 -- "In the company of Samuel Canby, I visited the widow Potts' family, & had a good open time of communication among them; was glad I attended to the intimation."
Thomas
White Clay Creek Birthright Friend Dis 7-11-1798 -- "hath erred so far as to greatly neglect the att of our religious mtgs, repeatedly falsifying his work & breaking his engagements, getting into his possession the property of other people, by which they are likely to suffer considerable loss & finally withdrawing fr his creditors by absenting himself fr the neighborhood." Dealt with & made ack on 3-11-1789 of being present at his sister's marriage which was conducted in a manner not agreeable to Friends discipline. Evidently a sailor.
SHARP Mary
Cert fr New Garden rec 2-14-1798
m ---- Chalfont Dis 6-11-1800 -- for fornication with a man to whom she is since married.
SHARPLESS Edith (Sharples)
b 9-13-1764, dt Benjamin & Hannah (Hollingshead) Sharples of Middletown Twp, PA d 4-11-1789, unm Edith Sharples was a niece of Edith (Sharples) Ferris Ref: Anderson, Bart -- The Sharples-Sharpless Family
Edith
b 2- 2-1797, dt Nathan & Lydia (Painter) Birthright 8-20-1867, bur at Concord d
Cert to Concord 5-10-1804 m 1st 3-3-1824, Concord to George Martin, s George & Elizabeth (Reynolds), b 2-28-1787 & d 7-26-1847 Ch: (of George & Edith (Sharpless) Martin b m Ann Trimble b m Susanna B Eves
George Nathan S John
b 1- 8-1831 d 9- 9-1834 m 2nd 5-4-1864, Concord to John Benington, s Robert & Rachel, b 1800 & d 1901, bur at Concord Mtg Ref: Anderson -- The Sharples-Sharpless Family, p 192
Edith
Cert to Philadelphia 5-3-1816
288
SHARPLESS (Cont) Elizabeth
b 12-29-1794, Redstone, Fayette Co, PA dt Jonathan & Edith Sharpless Birthright d 5- 7-1839 at Millington, Kendall Co, IL m 4-20-1815 at Redstone, Jesse Jackson, s Samuel & Rebecca (Dixon) who was b 5-14-1793 at Redstone & d 12-12-1870 at Millington, IL (Cert to Redstone 9-16-1795 for Elizabeth) Ch: (of Jesse & Elizabeth (Sharpless) Jackson)
Elma N b
Samuel J b
Mary S b
Jonathan b 6-18-1822
Joseph b
Edith Nichols b 6-24-1827
Rebecca b
d 10-15-1829 m Hugh L Hannah & Joshua R Holston m Mary Augusta Pendleton m Alexander M Hannah d 7- 2-1839
William Sharpless b
Elizabeth Nichols b Sabina b 4- 2-1839
In the spring of 1836 Jesse & Elizabeth Jackson removed fr Fayette Co, PA to Millington (then called Millford) IL Ref: Anderson, Bart - The Sharples-Sharpless Family, p 98
Elizabeth b 8-17-1801, dt Nathan & Lydia (Painter) Birthright d 8-19-1844 in Lancaster Co, PA
Cert to Concord 5-10-1804 m 9- 8-1824 Concord Mtg, Ferree Brinton, s Wm & Lydia (Ferree) who was b 10- 9-1800 & d 11- 6-1874 in Lancaster Co, PA
Ch: (of Ferree & Elizabeth (Sharpless) Brinton)
Lydia Sharpless b
m Daniel Ostrom Tinlow
John Ferree b
m Anna Binney
Nathan Sharpless b
m Mary D Buckley
William P b Susan T b 7-23-1834
m Miria Rogers
Joseph Painter b
d 7-23-1834 m Kate Mallet Provost m William White Wiltbank
Edith Anna
Henry D Robert Morton b
b b 8-12-1840 d 8-12-1840 m Octavia Eliza Fosdick
Ref: Anderson The Sharples-Sharpless Family, p 193
George
s Thomas & Martha (Preston)
b probably in Chester Twp d 1828 in Belmont Co, OH Cert as a minor fr Chester, dtd 9-27-1802 rec 1-6-1803 Cert to Concord MM, OH 10-8-1807 b 11- 9-1790, dt Samuel & Sarah (Manning)
Ann Sackett
Ch: Edward
b
b
d in childhood m Priscilla F (Crain) Smith m Hiram M Smith
b
George Sharpless went to Wilmington, Del, to learn the trade of a potter
Ref: Anderson -- The Sharples-Sharpless Family, p 79
Isaac Edith
Cert fr Nottingham MM 4-11-1781 for both
m
3-28-1820 Concord Mtg, OH
m
Samuel
Martha Jane
m Joseph Grove m Barbara Misher m Fletcher Misher d 8-10-1839 m Mary Emily Lewis & Barbara Trumbo
289
SHARPLESS (Cont) Jonathan
b 10-17-1767 in Middletown Twp, PA (Chester Co) s Joseph & Mary (Pyle) d 1-20-1860 in Franklin Twp, Fayette Co, PA Cert fr Kennett rec 7-11-1792 for both Cert to Redstone 9-16-1795 for both
b 2-12-1769, dt Samuel & Elizabeth (Jordan)
d 5- 5-1823 in Fayette Co, PA
m 4-18-1792 Hockessin Mtg, Kennett MM b m Elizabeth Picrsol
Ch: Samuel
Elizabeth
b b 12-17-1796
m Jesse Jackson
Joseph William
b
b 5-16-1800
d 11- 4-1804
Mary Edith
b
m William Piersol
Jonathan
b 6- 8-1807 d 9-24-1821
Sabina
b 1-25-1810 d 1891, unmarried
2nd w Margaret Miller, dt Peter & Tacy Miller
b 4- 5-1788 d 3-31-1863
m b
4-27-1825, Center MM, Fayette Co, PA m Morgan Campbell
Ch: Priscilla Hunt Hannah Penne11 b 1-19-1828 d 10-23-1828
Jonathan Sharpless was a useful mbr of Friends. Jonathan Sharpless was noted as a skillful inventor.
He worked as a blacksmith in his younger days, but was involved in much milling work after moving West. Ref: Anderson, Bart -- The Sharples-Sharpless Family, p 54 Edith Nichols Sharpless was appointed an overseer for Redstone Mtg 6-3-1808 & served until 12-31-1813.
Joseph
b 6-12-1757, s Jacob & Ann (Blakey) d 10- ?- 1796, unmarried, bur 10-27-1796, Philadelphia MM, N Dist
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