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Ch: Elizabeth
Nathan b 15- 5-1797
b 16-12-1795 d 23- 7-1816 "in 21st yr", m Isaac Milner
Amelia b 18- 9-1798 Isaac b 21- 7-1800
Sarah
b 28-11-1802
Mary
b 20- 6-1804
m Reah
Deborah Anne b 4- 8-1808 d 27-2-1843 Susan Jane b 2-10-1814 d 3-3-1838
both rocf Thred Haven MM, MD, 27-9-1755, dtd 28-7-1755 b 22- 9mo (Nov) 1750 OS b 22-10mo (Oct) 1753 NS b 20- 2mo (Feb) 1755
b 3- 1mo (Jan) 1757
b 2- 9mo (Sept) 1758
b 8-12mo (Dec) 1761 =
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WILSON (Cont) Benjamin
Lydia Job
s Thomas & Elizabeth (Trafford) of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
d"abt 1st of yr 1798", bur at Brick MH Grvyd
b 27- 4mo (June) 1735 OS, dt Thomas & Elizabeth (Maxwel1) of same place
d 31- 1-1817, age 81y 8m
m
7-12mo (Dec) 1752 at E Nottingham MH
Ch: Elizabeth
Hannah
b 18- 8-1753 b 3-11-1754
Ann
27-12-1756
Rachel
b 21- 9-1758
James
b 30- 8-1760
Lydia
b 31- 8-1761
Sarah
b 20- 6-1763
Thomas
b 18- 5-1765
Rebekah
b 25- 4-1767
Benjamin
b 20-11-1769
m Anne Sidwell (1795)
Anna
b 22- 4-1772
Job
19-12-1774
Samuel
b 2-10-1776
d 30- 8-1855 "in 80th yr", m Phebe Brown
Elizabeth w of Thomas, rocf Philadelphia MM, PA, 20-1mo (Mar) 1730/1 dtd 29-6-1730
(Note: Philadelphia MM, PA lists: Thomas Wilson rmt Elizabeth Trafford, 26-4-1713; see H-v2, p 688. No cert for Thomas Wilson is listed as rec, though his name is frequently found in the Nottingham Minutes; the implication is that he also came with Elizabeth, his wife.)
Henry
& wife & fam rocf Herring Creek Mtg, issued by West River MM, MD, 24-7-1748, dtd 3-12mo (Feb) 1747/8 (Note: West River Minutes, p 178 show: Henry Wilson, 7-11mo (Jan) 1742/3 m Priscilla Gover) (The cert for Henry & wife was combined with that for William Wilson & wife)
Henry Wilson & w Priscilla (Gover) & their ch gct Gunpowder MM, MD, 19-5-1753 (Also at the same time, his brother William Wilson & w Cassandra (Gover) & their ch get to same Mtg.)
Henry
s of Thomas, complained of 15-12-1753 by E Nottingham PM for "failure to pay to Isabel Edwards a debt justly due, notwithstanding his fair promises from time to time"; frequently treated with, he failed again & again to keep his promises to pay, "which being scandalous to our Society this mtg disownes him"; dis 16-3-1754.
John
ack his mou in writing, which was acc 24-10-1753; acc in mbrp 24-4-1754 John Willson appt for Little Falls PM instead of Joseph England, who has rem fr that Mtg, 22-3-1758
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WILSON (Cont) John
s of Joseph, is rptd 19-7-1755 by Deer Creek PM as: "hath lately taken a wife out of unity with Friends & that he was timely precautioned"; his paper of ack rec 16-8-1755, but its acc as satisfaction is left for further consideration by him & the mtg; his ack was acc 15-11-1755.
John Catharine
Both & 4 eldest ch (1st listed below) rocf London Grove MM, PA by Little Brittain MM, PA, 6-7-1805 dtd 5-6-1805; now listed as of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
Ch: Elizabeth
b
Nathan James
Joseph Milner Mary S Stephen Catharine Esther
b
b
b
b 19- 3-1807 d 1- 5-1807 "1mo & some ds old"
b 21- 6-1808 d 4- 3-1811
b 15- 3-1812 b 3- 4-1817
John
of Baltimore Co, MD & Gunpowder MM s Samuel & Catharine (Brown) of E Nottingham, Chester Co, PA
d 5- 8-1837
b 12- 5-1752, dt William & 1st w Grace, dec, of E Nottingham, Chester Co, PA d 12- 5-1826 (B&D Gunpowder MM, p 39) m 2- 5mo (May) 1771 at E Nottingham MH (For ch, see Gunpowder MM, MD)
Jonathan Sarah Jackson
s Stephen & Lydia of New Castle Co dt of Ephraim
Ch: Elizabeth Pusey Theodore Lydia J
b 17- 9-1825 b 8- 3-1827 b 21-12-1828 b 27- 3-1831
Joseph Willson
rptd 20-5-1745 by Bush River, to which mtg he belongs, to have "lately been overcome by strong drink, while at a pupet show". He brought a paper condemning his actions to the next Mtg, which was acc.
Peter Mary Churchman
s Exekial & Rachel b 6- 4-1800, dt Edward & Rebecca (Peirce) (who were m at Concord MH, PA, 18-9-1782)
m ca 1821 (?)
Ch: Edward James
b 4- 2-1822 at Springfield b 19- 9-1823 11 11
Rebecca
b 29-11-1825 at E Nottingham d 22- 9-1831; bur Center
Deborah Rogers
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WILSON (Cont) Samuel
& Katharine Brown rptd 20-1mo (Mar) 1741/2 by E Nottingham PM to "have lately been m by a Priest & to have previously committed fornication with each other." Both dis 15-3-1742
Katharine (Brown) Wilson, wife of Samuel (above) made ack which was acc & she rein 25-5-1750
Samuel
b 2-10-1776, s Benjamin, dec, & Lydia (Job) of E Nottingham Hundred, Cecil Co, MD
Phebe Brown
d 30- 8-1855 "in 80th yr" b 4- 6-1776, dt Wm, dec, & Elizabeth (Knight) of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
d 9- 3-1832 "in 56th yr of her age" bur 11th of sd month at E Nottingham Grvyd m 30- 5mo (May) 1799 at E Nottingham MH
Ch: Judith
Lydia
b 2- 1-1801 d 15- 2-1885 "in 85th yr"; widow of Andrew Passmore b 14-10-1806 d 17- 6-1875, bur E Nottingham m Job Kirk
Thomas
s Thomas & Elizabeth (Trafford) of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA d bef 1763 dt Arthur & Margaret of Cecil Co, MD d 15-12-1799
Sarah Murphy
7- 3mo (May) 1747 OS at E Nottingham MH (Note: Sarah (Murphy) Wilson, widow of Thomas Wilson, m 2nd 13-1-1763 John White, Jr, as his 2nd wife & had 6 more ch, surnamed White)
Ch: George Lydia
b 14-11mo (Jan) 1749/50 OS b 21-11mo (Jan) 1751/2 11
Thomas Wilson Jr (above) drinks to excess & refuses to pay debts, & is dis after long care, 21-10-1751
William & w & fam rocf Herring Creek Mtg, issued by W River MM, MD, 24-7-1748, 3-12mo (Feb) 1747/8 (Note: W River Mar records show that William Wilson Jr m 19-7-1740 Cassandra Gover; W River Minutes, p 178)
William Wilson & w Cassandra (Gover) & their ch gct Gunpowder MM, MD 19-5-1753 (Also at same time his brother Henry Wilson & w Priscilla (Gover) gct same mtg.)
William b 8- 3-1832, s Samuel Dixon & Mary Wilson Mary Francis Taylor b 20- 9-1840, dt Zimri & Julia Ann m ca 1864 (?)
Ch: Samuel Dixon b 3- 1-1865
Anna Mabel b 23- 8-1867
Alfred Taylor b 20- 5-1869
b 15-12-1872 b 22- 4-1874
William Ivan Hanson Z Frank P F Ross b 188?
b 2- 4-1878
F
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WINTER Mary
rocf Ballyhagen MM, Ireland, 18-10-1742 (date of cert not listed)
WOLLASTON Joseph
Deborah Kirk
s Jeremiah & Katharine, of Mill Creek Hundred, in the County of New Castle, upon Delaware, yeoman dt Roger & Elizabeth of W Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA, yeoman
m 2-10mo (Dec) 1742 OS at E Nottingham MH rem with husband, Deborah (Kirk) Wollaston, w of Joseph, gct Newark (Kennett) MM, PA, 19-12mo (Feb) 1742/3
WOOD David
Hannah Carter
b 21-11-1779, s Joseph, dec, & Katharine (Daye) of W Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA d 4-10-1854, age 74y plus, bur Eastland b 20- 3-1784, dt Samuel & 2nd w Ruth (Taylor) Carter
Ch: Elizabeth Samuel C Abner
b 27- 3-1804
b 26- 1-1807 b 4-10-1809
Joseph
of W Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
b ca 1730 OS, s Thomas, dec, & Mary
d 10-12-1797, age 67y
Katharine Daye
b 25- 6mo (Aug) 1743 OS, dt John & Lydia (Ross) of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
d 22- 6-1822, age 79y
m 12- 1mo (Jan) 1769 at E Nottingham MH
Ch: Thomas
b 30- 9-1769 m Elizabeth Gray, dt Joseph & Ann, 8-11-1797
William
b 8-12-1770
d in yr 1772 "bet 1 & 2 yrs old"
Joseph
b 7- 3-1772
Jesse
b 21- 7-1773
Samuel & Ruth
Lydia
b 5- 4-1775
d 8- 1-1852 m Rachel Carter, dt (Taylor) & m (2) Sidney Yarnall m Isaac Richards, s Thomas & Hannah (Cox) 1808
Elizabeth
David
b 21- 9-1777 d 6 mo-1803 b 21-11-1779 d 4-10-1854 "age 74y" m Hannah
John
b 11 mo-1781
d 1 mo-1839 m Ruth Cutler 1827 (See Little Brittain MM) d 16- 6-1810
Nathan of the Borough of Wilmington, New Castle Co, PA s Nathan & Hannah, dec, of same place
Rebekah Trimble*
of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA dt John & Mary, dec, of the Borough of Wilmington m 3-11mo (Nov) 1774 at E Nottingham MH *Name spelled both Trimble & Tremble, for same families.
Carter, 9-2-1803
Day
b 7 mo-1786
d 31- 7-1850, age 66y, bur Eastland MH, PA m 9- 2mo (Feb) 1803 at Eastland MH, Little Brittain Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
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WOOD (Cont) Thomas
Elizabeth Gray
b 30- 9-1769, s Joseph & Katharine (Daye) of W Nottingham, Chester Co, PA
d 25-12-1812 "nr 44y", bur Eastland
b 14- 7-1776, dt Joseph & Ann of Little Brittain Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
d 2- 8-1850, age 74y 18d, bur Eastland
m 8-11mo (Nov) 1797 at Eastland MH, in Little Brittain
Ch: Joseph Gray Lydia Day
b 3- 8-1798
Ann
b 25- 9-1802
Thomas Jr
Hannah R
b 20- 9-1805 d 7- 1-1877 "age 71y 3m 17d" b 11-12-1807 d 7- 3-1841, age 33y 6m 22d, bur Eastland
Margaret Sarah
b 10- 2-1810 b 6-12-1811
Note: This is the first mention of Eastland MH
WOODROW Hannah
& Phebe, dts of Simeon Woodrow, dec, rptd 19-6-1756 by E Nottingham PM as : "having a birthright among us, are lately m to men not of our Society and that they were timely precautioned"; both dis 17-7-1756, with a clause saying: "It doth not clearly appear that the said Phebe was really married, tho she co- habitted with the man". (Names of husbands not listed.)
Jane
widow of Simeon Woodrow, is rptd by the Women's Mtg, 16-2-1754 as: "hath been in the practice of keeping company with a man not of our Society & of bad character, which has caused the spread of scandalous reports & of fornication"; she is dis 18-5-1754.
John
rptd 20-1-1753 by E Nottingham PM as: "hath accustomed himself to that of drinking strong liquor to excess & to very loose behavior"; dis 19-5-1753
Simeon
Judith Brown
s Henry & Eleanor d 4-11-1839, bur W Nottingham b 23- 7-1768, dt William (a minister), & Elizabeth (Knight) of W Nottingham, the former dec 13-3-1794 d 2-11-1820 "age 52y 7m & upwards"
Ch: Elizabeth
b 20-10-1797
m Rebecca Stapler
Stephen Phebe
b 15- 1-1799 b 26- 9-1801 d 8-11-1813, bur W Nottingham
Eleanor
b 5-10-1803 =
Henry
William B
b 28-12-1806 b 5- 8-1810
d 23- 1-1806, bur E Nottingham
Deborah (twins) b 13- 1-1806
Rachel
Susanna b 11- 8-1812
b 9- 3-1800
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WOODROW (Cont) Simeon
rocf Goshen MM, PA, 16-4-1744, dtd 21-3-1744; on 21-1mo (Mar) 1746/7 E Nottingham PM rptd that Simeon Woodrow "hath lately taken strong drink so as to be disguised therewith; he being here offered ack which was acc; on 21-11mo (Jan) 1748/9 E Notting- ham PM rptd that Simeon Woodrow is recently in the practice of taking strong drink & using bad language; & that he hath been dealt with & admonished; Friends who visited him rptd 18-12-1748/9 that "he promises to be more careful in the future if Friends will not testify against him; so this mtg condescends to wait for some time to prove him." Other complaints for same offenses were made, until at last, he was dis 17-9-1750.
Simeon
s Simeon, dec, is rptd 21-2-1756 by E Nottingham PM as: "hath been guilty of drinking strong liquor to excess so as to be disguised therewith"; dis after much care, 21-8-1756
Stephen Rebecca Stapler
Ch: Sarah Rebecca
b 15- 1-1799, s Simeon & Judith (Brown), dec, of W Nottingham, Cecil Co, MD dt Stephen & Sarah (Reynolds) of same place m 18- 3mo (Mar) 1835 at W Nottingham MH, MD b 11- 3-1836
WOODWARD Thomas
s Richard & Mary of E Bradford, Chester Co, PA pref Concord MM, PA, 21-10-1745 showing his clearness to marry
Elizabeth (Kirk) Jacob, wid & relict of John Jacob, dec, & dt of Roger & Elizabeth (Richards) Kirk, of W Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
m 26-10mo (Dec) 1745 OS at E Nottingham MH rem with husband, Elizabeth (Jacob-Kirk) Woodward, get Concord MM, PA, 19-2-1746 (For their ch, see New Garden MM, PA, B&D Records)
WOOLMAN
Hannah & Esther
(dts of John, dec, of Burlington MM, NJ) rocf Philadelphia MM, PA, 18-10mo (Dec) 1731 OS, dtd 30-5mo (July) 1731 OS
(Note: Hannah & Esther Woolman, above, were rocf Burlington MM, NJ by Philadelphia MM, PA 28-9-1729, dtd 7-5-1729. See H-v2, pp 275-693)
Esther Woolman (now Allen) rptd mou 15-11mo (Jan) 1731/2 by the Women's Mtg; her ack acc 17-4mo (June) 1732 OS
Hannah Woolman (now Burgoine) rptd mou "some time ago" 20-7-1735; her ack acc 20-10-1735; her paper to be sent to Goshen, where she res, to be read there.
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WORRELL
Thomas Rachel Stackhouse
Ch: Grace
d 2- 3-1837, bur E Nottingham MH dt Jonathan o d 18- 1-1823 "in the 46th yr of her age" m 19- 1-1797 at Middletown Mtg, PA b 1798 d 16- 9-1858 "in her 61st yr"
WORTHINGTON
Ann Husbands (Coale), dt Skipwith & Ann (Matthews) Coale d 6 mo-1888, bur W Nottingham "fr her late res with her son-in-law at Vinegar Hill."
William Elizabeth
Ch: Mary
b 11- 8-1819
Rebecca b 19- 1-1821
Elizabeth b 10-10-1822
Priscilla b 31- 3-1824
Jesse b 28- 8-1825
Zennas
of W Nottingham, s Jonathan d 27-11-1823, bur E Fallowfield "in his 40th yr"
Ann Taylor m ca 1805 (?)
Ch: Charles Taylor b 26- 9-1806
Mary
b 23- 8-1807
Sarah Moore
b 26- 8-1809 b 29- 5-1811
Jacob b 20- 4-1813
Grace
b 28- 4-1815
Anna b 22- 6-1817
Zenas b 9- 8-1819
WYAT Thomas
produced a cert to this mtg fr Chelmsford MM, in Essex, Old England 28-7-1751, dtd 11-12mo (Feb) 1750/51 & req one back, which was issued at the next mtg; his cert rec him as free of marriage engagements; he brought back a cert fr same mtg 19-5-1753, dtd 16-4-1752 & req a cert back, which was issued, after some delay on acc of an obstruction, 22- 9-1753 & placed in the hands of George Churchman to be delivered to him as soon as the objection is fully removed. On 20-10-1753 George Churchman rptd the objection removed, & the cert sent to him.
VATER Mary
(form Jones, dt of Joseph Jones of Bush River) rptd 21-6-1736 by Bush River PM, as follows: "She is m by a Priest, she being with child previously by this man." Her ack acc 15-8-1737. Her paper is to be read by Wm Coale in a First Day Mtg at Deer Creek. (See Mary Jones)
d 1-10-1806 "in infancy"
Elizabeth
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