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John
& family rocf Chester MM (held at Providence) 15-7-1733 dtd 25-4-1733 (Note: the names of wife & ch are not listed; but this was John & Sarah (Bowater) Beals, this John Jeals being John Jr, s of John & Mary (Clayton) Beals
Sarah (Beals) Mills, w of John Mills & dt John & Sarah (Bowater) Beals, was rocf Chester MM, PA, 15-7-1733, dtd 25-4-1733, having come with her parents, after having been mou & her ack acc by Chester MM, PA
John
Historical (by James Trimble)
(the emigrant) "was an early settler in the lower part of Aston, Delaware Co, PA; he m 1682 Mary Clayton, dt Wm & Prudence Clayton. Their ch were John, William, Jacob, Mary & Patience. The fam rem to E Nottingham 1704."
Mary Clayton Ch: John Jr
m
1682
b 20- 1mo (Mar) 1685/6; m 14-9-1711 Sarah Bowater, dt Thomas
William b 1- 2mo (Apr) 1687 m 26- 4-1712 Rebeckah Chambers, dt John
Jacob
b 28- 7mo (Sept) 1689 m 20- 4mo (June) 1714 Mary Brooks, dt John, dec
Mary Patience
b 24- 4mo (Jun) 1692 m 1- 4mo (June) 1710 Richard Harrold b 16- 1mo (Mar) 1695/6 m 20- 4mo (June) 1717 Joseph Jones, s John
(Note: All are of Nottingham, then in Chester Co, PA; all except John Jr m at Nottingham MH.)
John Beals Sr d in 1726; he is supposed to have taken up land of the late Thomas Clement, 4 miles east of Nottingham MH, about 1704. The above marriages of his ch were authorized by Concord MM, PA, except that of Patience, authorized by Kennett MM, PA; most of the ch of John Beals Sr rem to Shenandoah Valley, VA & are listed in Hopewell MM, Frederick Co, VA; & rem to NC later. John Beals Sr is said to have been a resident of Chester Co, PA as early as 1677, according to Gilbert Cope. He was a farmer. Being my ancestor, I have looked him up. W.W.Hinshaw
(Note: The name Beals has been written in several ways, including Bales, Beals, Beall & Baels.)
Ch: John Jacob Mary William
Jacob & Mary (Brooks) Beals & family gct New Garden MM, PA 20-7-1735 OS
ר.
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BEESON Edward
gct Hopewell MM, VA by Nottingham MM, MD, 1-18-1737/8 (In 1700 the Beeson Family was listed as an Original Lot Holder of Nottingham
BELL Abraham
Sarah Trump
of Susquehannah Hundred, Cecil Co, MD b 1- 9-1800, s Richard, dec, & Rachel b 15- 2-1801, dt Abraham & Jemima of W Nottingham Hundred, Cecil Co, MD
Ch: Robert Moore
Samuel Thomas b 4- 3-1823
Mary Anna
b 16- 2-1825
Rachel I
b 15- 1-1827
Rebecca I
b 4- 3-1829
William b 5- 4-1831 d 15- 4-1831
Richard b 7- 4-1832
Richard Rachel Ch: Mary b 1-12-1798 d 7-10-1801
Abraham b 1- 9-1800
m Sarah Trump
Elizabeth
b 16- 2-1804
d 24- 2-1804
Mary (2)
b 25- 3-1805
Robert
b 3- 3-1807
m Ziba Moore d 4- 8-1888 "age 81y 5m ld"
Phebe Ann Elizanna
b 17-11-1812
BERRY Hannah of W Nottingham, dt Samuel, dec, of same place m 28- 8-1741 at W Nottingham MH, Hugh Sidwell, s John of same place (See Hugh Sidwell) (She was mou, as rptd 15-2-1749 in the name of Hannah Sidwell, widow of Hugh Sidwell; precautioned; dis 20-3-1749) (She m McMahan)
John
s Samuel, dec, & Margaret of Little Brittain Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
Patience Gregg
dt David, dec, & Lydia of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA m 20-12-1753 "in a Public Mtg" (place not stated) W Nottingham PM rptd 17-8-1754 that John & w Patience had had a ch b too soon after marriage; they freely owned it; their ack acc 17-5-1755.
Ch: Samuel David
b 24- 7-1754 b 14-11-1755 b 16- 8-1757
Margaret John Lydia Aaron
b ca 1759
b 7- 2-1761 b 22- 1-1763 (See Warrington MM)
Thomas
b 10- 3-1765 b 10-11-1766
Joseph
Patience b 17- 2-1770 (See Hopewell MM) John & Patience Berry & ch get Warrington MM, PA, 29-5-1762
Susanna
b 11- 5-1802
b 25- 6-1809
4-10mo (Oct) 1820 at W Nottingham MH m b 29- 7-1821
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BERRY (Cont) Samuel
rptd 16-7-1732 by W Nottingham PM to have been "disguised" with strong liquor at the Vendue of Alexander Ross's, and causing him to offer to fight; his ack acc 21-8-1732
At the mtg held 19-2mo (Apr) 1735 OS, W Nottingham PM rptd that Margaret Berry, widow of Samuel Berry, "is mou by ("a priest") to a man whom she had ye allowance of W Nottingham PM to propose their marriage, to our last MM, but for some reasons could not pass at ye said mtg, upon which she was immediately married as above." John White & Thomas Brown are apptd to visit her, At the Mtg held 20-7-1735 Margaret Berry (alias Medcalf) made ack of her mou, which was acc; on 15-11-1755 Margaret (Berry) Medcalf was rptd not clear regarding her dt Sarah Berry's mou; her ack was acc 20-3-1756. (See Medcalf)
Sarah
dt Samuel & Margaret Berry (the former dec, and the latter m to Medcalf) is rptd 27-9-1755 by W Nottingham PM as :: "hath m a man out of our Society notwithstand- ing she was precautioned; & with other disorders scandalous sufficient to dis her"; left to Men's Mtg, which rpts 18-10-1755 that "it appears she has been guilty of scandalous familiarity so as to be seen several times in bed with the man before their mar- riage"; dis 20-12-1755. (Her husband's name not listed.)
Thomas
gct Sadsbury MM, PA 16-11mo (Jan) 1747/8 to marry Margaret McClun, a mbr belonging thereto. Margaret (McClun) Berry rocf Leacock Mtg, issued by Sadsbury MM, PA, 18-4-1748
The abovesaid Thomas Berry was rptd 18-3-1751 by W Nottingham PM to have "spread a scandalous & utterly false report about a woman mbr of that Mtg," which he has acknowledged to be false; he is dis 20-5-1751. Margaret Berry, w of Thomas Berry (above) gct Hope- well MM, VA 19-7-1755
BOLTON (or BOULTON ?) Charles Mattheas
rptd 15-6-1741 by Bush River PM as mou; after wait- ing long for his promised ack, which he failed to produce, he was dis 17-5-1742 (Note: This name is written in the minutes both as Bolton & Boulton)
Sarah
dt Isaac of Abington MM, PA Aquilla Massey gct Abington MM, PA, 18-10-1755 to m Sarah Bolton, dt of Isaac, a mbr of that Mtg; Sarah (Bolton) Massey, w of Aquilla, rocf Abington MM, PA 15-5-1756, dtd 23-2-1756 (They are supposed to have been m in 10 mo-1755 at Abington Mtg.)
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BOND Ann
w of Samuel, rocf Chester MM, PA 18-4mo (June) 1737, dtd 30-3-1737
Historical: Minutes of Chester MM (PA) show:
1726-9-28 Bond, Ann (form Sharples) rptd mou; her ack acc 31-5-1727.
The Sharples Family History (by Cope) pp 87,93, 145: Ann Sharples, dt John & Hannah (Pennell) was b 23-6 (Aug) 1708; d 22-6-1786, at Shiloh, Cumberland Co, NJ aged, according to her tombstone in the Seventh-Day Baptist Churchyard, 77y 9m 29d; m 1726 to Samuel Bond, b Jan 1, 1692/3, d Apr 10, 1783, "aged 90y 3m 10d", s of Richard & Sarah Bond
Ch: (of Samuel & Ann Bond)
Richard C
b Oct 4, 1728 d Jan 14, 1819; m Mary (Jarman) Wells & Mary (Passmore) Booth
Sarah Margaret
Susannah
b Feb 9, 1729/30 d Dec 30,1812; m Ebenezer Howell b Oct 4, 1732 d Oct 6, 1822; m Jonathan Davis b Oct 21,1735 d Apr 12,1820; m Elnathan Davis (Note: for further historical narratives on this fam see Sharpless Family)
On 18-11mo (Jan) 1745/6 Ann Bond, w of Samuel Bond, was rptd by E Nottingham PM to have "deliberately joined herself with the 7th Day Baptist; she is there- fore deemed no longer a mbr of our Society."
Jacob
was rptd 24-7-1748 by Bush River PM as "hath lately taken a wife not of our Society & was m by a priest"; his ack of 15-8-1748 acc.
Joshua & Jacob (brothers) quarrel & fight & make ack which was acc 17-4-1749.
On 17-7-1756 Deer Creek PM rptd that Jacob Bond "hath been charged with being assistant & encouraging in the enlisting of men for military services, which charges he owns to be true"; at next Mtg it was rptd that the comm found that Jacob had lent fire-arms to an enlisted man to defend himself against a Civil Officer; dis 20-11-1756.
James
a mbr of this mtg rptd 16-3-1747 by Bush River PM "has for some time accustomed himself to play on a fiddle, the which being contrary to the practice of Friends." After long care, to no avail, as he per- sisted in playing the fiddle and doing other things frowned upon by this Mtg, he was dis 17-12mo (Feb) 1749/50.
John Elizanna Webster
of Baltimore Co, MD, s Thomas of Bush River Mtg of same place, dt John
m 26-1mo "usually called March" 1734 (OS) at Nottingham MH
On 21-2-1756 Deer Creek PM (form known as Bush River PM) rptd that John Bond (above) "hath been guilty of fighting with his brother, Thomas Bond"; after long care, he made ack 21-8-1756 which was acc.
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BOND (Cont) Joshua
s of Thomas of Bush River, having been mou "did appear at this mtg held 20-8-1744 & gave in a paper condemning the same, which was acc & the paper direct- ed to be published at Bush River."
On 15-2-1749 Bush River PM rptd that Joshua & Jacob Bond (brothers) quarrel & fight; their ack acc 17-4- 1749.
On 18-4-1752 Bush River informed that Joshua Bond, s of Thomas, had again been fighting; his ack acc 20-6- 1752; on 19-6-1756 Deer Creek PM informed that Joshua Bond, s of Thomas, was "guilty" of playing cards; his ack of 21-8-1756 was acc.
Samuel
s of John, is rptd 20-3-1756 by Deer Creek PM as: "hath taken the oathes of ye Government & accepted the office of Ensign in the Military"; dis 21-8-1756.
Thomas Jr
rptd 21-8-1738 by Bush River PM as "hath lately fallen into that disorder of fighting or striking another man." Thomas Miles & Robert Love apptd to treat with him. His ack acc 21-2-1739; Bush River again rptd 16-4-1744 that he had again fallen into drinking liquor to excess; he made a written promise to stop this practice on 20-8-1744 which was acc. On 15- 2-1749 Bush River PM informed that Thomas Bond Jr had been again drinking to excess; and that Joshua & Jacob Bond have lately differed with each to that degree as to fight. Joshua & Jacob made ack which was acc 17-4-1749.
Thomas Jr's ack acc 15-5-1749 "The Mtg desires he may be careful in future."
On 23-7-1749 Bush River PM rptd that. Thomas Bond had again been drinking to excess, since he gave in his ack in 5mo last; he was dis for same 16-10-1749.
BOOTH Thomas
w Elizabeth (Buller) & fam rocf Concord MM, PA, 27-7-1746, dtd 3-7-1744
(Note: Thomas Booth & Elizabeth Buller were m at Concord MH, PA, 2-4-1736.)
BOWEN Mary
(doubtless wife of Wm Bowen, tho not proven in this record) rocf Radnor MM, PA, 19-4-1742 (date unlisted)
Thomas Jane Edwards
s William & Mary of W Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA b 9- 1mo (Mar) 1721/2 (OS), dt Jonathan & Isabell of same place m 5- 3mo (May) 1742 (OS) at W Nottingham MH
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BOYD John
s Samuel of Little Brittain Mtg, is rptd 15-3-1755 as "lately mou to a woman not a mbr of our Society & was precautioned"; James Brown & George Churchman appt to draw up a testimony against him; & Henry Reynolds Jr & Michael King appt to enquire how his parents kept their places in respect their son's mou; John Boyd dis 19-4-1755; his parents not clear. John Boyd appeared at the mtg held 16-8-1755 with a paper of ack. Intending to stop testimony against him, but the mtg did not feel sure of his sincerity; & on 27-9-1755 Friends rptd that "On the whole are of opinion that on good behavior he may come in hereafter to satisfy Friends but the testimony is now ordered published and read at Little Brittain.
Samuel
& w & fam rocf Ballynachree MM, County Antrim, North of Ireland, 19-1mo (Mar) 1736/7 dtd the 10th of 2nd mo (Apr) 1736. (He settled in Little Brittain Twp, where he was appt Overseer in Little Brittain PM in 1750) When on 15-3-1755 their s, John Boyd, was rptd mou, his parents, Samuel & Margaret, were questioned as to "keeping their places in respect to the mou"; on 19-6-1756 they appeared & produced a paper as follows: "We the subscribers do confess our shortness in relation to keeping our places steadily about our son John's marriage & are sorry for the same." Signed: Samuel Boyd & Margaret Boyd; which was acc as satis- faction.
BRADWAY Thomas s Mark of Salem MM, NJ b 1787 at Salem, NJ d 5-11-1861 at Little Elk in his 75th yr
Rachel Worthington
b 1793 ?, dt David
d 21- 5-1864 in her 71st yr
Thomas, w Rachel & their minor ch David W, John & Rachel W rocf Salem MM, NJ, dtd 9-6-1819
Ch: David W
b 18- 6-1814, Salem, NJ b 13- 2-1817, 11
11 John Rachel W b 21-12-1818, 11 11
Elizabeth H Thomas
b 12- 6-1821, E Nottingham
b 21- 5-1825, 11 =
Mark Jarah Jaels
b ? - 6-1827
b 6-10-1831 d 20-11-1862 in 32nd yr, m - Leonard (Note: Edward & Mary Bradway (ancestors of the above Thomas Bradway) with 2 dts Mary & Susannah, & 3 ser- vants came fr their res in the Parish Paull Shadwell, London, Eng, to Salem, NJ, leaving London in the 3rd mo & arriving in Salem in the 7th mo, 1677.)
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BRINTON Ellis P
b 26- 4-1804 d 16- 2-1871, bur W Nottingham "aged 66y 6m 12d"
Lydia Eavenson
s Weldon & Esther (Wilson) of Chadd's Ford, Pennsbury b 26 (or 8th) -4mo-1802, dt Joseph of Concord Mtg, PA d 31- 1-1870, "aged 67y 7m 5d', bur W Nottingham m 1st (or 2) 12mo-1826
Ch: Esther Ann Mary
b 11- 4-1827; m Caleb Clayton Speakman
Benj Franklin
b 8- 9-1829 b 16-11 (or 7-10) 1830; killed by accident 24-5-1882 "age 51y 6m 8d"
Ruthanna b 25- 9-1834; m Wm McClenahan
Hannah E b 4- 4-1836
George Washington 26- 9-1839
d 26- 5-1912; m Martha A Speakman (of Wilmington)
Sarah L b 8- 9-1841; m James Nelson
Henry H b 30-10-1843; m Hattie Jane McClun
Ellis P Jr b 28- 5-1846; m (1)Lydia Purcil; (2)Louisa Purcil; (3) ?
Note: (a) Cope lists a son: Joshua W, b 18-11-1832 (b) Cope lists above marriages
(c) Benj Franklin Brinton "was killed by being caught in a belt while attempting to put the grindstone "in gear" to grind his hatchet"; leaving a widow.
Joseph
b 30-11mo (Jan) 1692/3 OS, s Wm & Jane (Thatcher) Brinton (emigrants), of Thornbury, Chester Co, PA., "The Colonists";
d December 1751
1st w Mary Peirce
dt George & Ann (Gainor)
2nd w Mary Elgar
m 6-10mo (Dec) 1711 (OS) at Concord MH, PA widow of Joseph Elgar, of Chester Co, PA, dec m 14- 2mo (Apr) 1748 (OS) at E Nottingham MH, MD Mary (Elgar) Brinton, w of Joseph, gct Concord MM, PA, 18-4-1748
(Note: Mary (Elgar) Brinton m 3rd 6-3mo-1766 Thomas Lloyd of Moreland Twp, Phila. Co., PA)
Ch: (of Joseph & Mary (Peirce) Brinton)
Ann b 28- 7-1712; m Benjamin Cock
Jane b 22-10-1714 d 8-10-1826
Mary
b 3-11-1716; m Wm Jones
Joseph
b 24-12-1719 d 1742
John
b 17- 6-1721; m Margaret Williamson
James
b 13-10-1723; m Mary Ford
Moses b 27- 9-1725; m Elinor Varman
Caleb b 22- 7-1727; m Letitia Yansewn & Mary Harvey
William
b 29-11-1729 d young
Jane (2) b 14-12-1731; m Thomas Temple
Hannah b 25- 2-1734; m William Hall
Phebe b 27-11-1736; m James Eves (of Del) & Richard Jacobs
George b 27-10-1739; m Christiana Hill
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BRINTON (Cont) Samuel
Lydia P. Jackson
of Sadsbury Twp, Lancaster Co, PA d 6- 5-1857 b 3- 2-1789, s Joseph, dec, & Susannah (Rigbie) of Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, PA b 30-10-1798, dt James & Ann of W Nottingham Hundred, Cecil Co, MD
Ch: James J
m 26-11mo (Nov) 1823 at W Nottingham MH, MD b 25-12-1824 d 7- 4-1891; m (1) Elizabeth H Lewis (2) Lydia T Jackson
Susanna b 27- 9-1826 d unm
Lewis
b 19- 5-1829
d 26-5-1883; m Mary L Boak
Cyrus
b 28-12-1830 d 9- 2-1917; m Rebecca Whitson
Mary Ann
b 26- 9-1833 d 29- 5-1916; m Thomas Stubbs
William P
b 20-10-1835 d 6- 5-1917; m Mary E Cooper
BROOMELL
Seneca P of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA b 24-12-1840, s John & Esther, dec, of Upper Oxford Twp, Chester Co, PA
Hannah Ann Passmore b 3-10-1842, dt Andrew Moore & Judith (Wilson) Pass- more, of E Nottingham, Chester Co, PA d 30(?) -6-1880 of typhoid fever, bur 2-7-1880 at Brick MH, Cecil Co, MD
m 30- 5mo (May) 1867 in a public mtg of Frds & relatives at the house of Andrew M Passmore
Ch: Esther b 5- 5-1868
Emma Judith
b 15- 1-1870
Mary Elizabeth b 29- 6-1872
Bertha L b 12-12-1873
John Pearl b ?
BROWN Abner b 20- 4-1767, s Jeremiah & Anna (Wilson) of Little Brittain Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
Esther Allen
d 10 mo-1804 "in Berkley Co, VA" b 11- 2-1773, dt James, dec, & Rebeccah of W Notting- ham Hundred, Cecil Co, MD m 11- 6mo (June) 1795, at E Nottingham MH (Note: Esther (Allen) Brown, wid of Abner, m 2nd 15-11-1809 at Berkley MH, VA, John Gregg Jr, s John & Ruth, both dec, of Loudon Co, VA, under auspices Hopewell MM)
Annah dt Daniel, gct Sadsbury MM, PA, 16-12-1752, "for settlement."
Daniel s William of Back Creek Hundred, Cecil Co, MD (gr-s of James Brown, the emigrant, who m 8-6-1679 at Burlington MH, NJ, Honour Clayton, dt Wm & Prudence Clayton)
Susannah 0ldham dt Thomas of E Nottingham, Chester Co, PA & his 1st w, Susannah (Few), dec d 6- 3-1751 (OS)
m 11- 9mo (Nov) 1736 (OS) at E Nottingham MH 2nd w Susannah Elgar b 3- 2mo (Apr) 1725 (OS), dt Joseph & Mary of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA d ca "the middle of" 8mo-1805, age 80y m 3- 5mo (May) 1753 at E Nottingham MH
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BROWN (Cont) Daniel
& w Elizabeth (Kirk) consent to their dt, Elizabeth's, mou to ---- Haines, nm, 17-5-1742; they ack same, but are dis 6-9-1742
Daniel Jr
S Daniel & Elizabeth (Kirk) of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
Miriam Gregg dt David, dec, & Lydia of same place m 27-12-1759 at E Nottingham MH
Daniel & Miriam & ch Joel, Miriam, Elizabeth & Daniel gct Hopewell MM, VA 1773
Ch: Abigail
b 9-11-1760 d 6- 9-1769
Joel
b 2- 5-1762
Joseph
b 13- 9-1763 d 3- 9-1769
David
b 24- 4-1765
d 24- 7-1765
Miriam
b 14- 6-1766
Elizabeth b 3- 3-1768
Daniel b 4- 3-1770
Ch b in VA (see Hopewell MM)
Jeremiah b 17-12-1773
William b 15-12-1775
Isaac b 14- 1-1778
David (2)
b 14-12-1780
David of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA b ca 1731, s Messer Brown, dec, & his 2nd w Dinah (Churchman) (who is now m 2ndly to Mordecai James, as his 2nd w)
Sarah Brown
b 6-11mo (Jan) 1740/41 OS, dt Joshua & Hannah (Gatche11) of W Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
d 17- 1-1759 m 3- 7mo (July) 1757 at E Nottingham MH
d 3- 3-1802, age abt 73y
2nd w Elizabeth
Ch: (by Sarah) David (by Elizabeth) Uriah
b 18-12-1758
b 18- 4-1769 m Mary Brown
Ebenezer gct Haddonfield MM, NJ, 17-7-1737, clear of m engagements Ebenezer & w Elizabeth rocf Haddonfield MM, NJ, 10- 6-1739, dtd 11-4-1739 Ebenezer & w Elizabeth gct Haddonfield MM, NJ, 18-2-1741
Edward s James & Miriam (Churchman) dec, is rptd 17-4-1756 by E Nottingham PM as "hath practiced keeping company with Sarah Oldham, a mbr also of our Society (the dt of Edward Oldham) until they were guilty of fornica- tion & she with child by him which occasioned their marriage by a Justice"; both dis 15-5-1756
Elizabeth
(dt of Wm & Margaret (Davis) Brown, the former dec) & her step-father, Wm Kirk (husband of Margaret (Davis- Brown) Kirk) rptd 17-3-1735 by E Nottingham PM to have "frequently used unbecoming familiarity with each other to the scandal of our profession". Her ack acc 17-6-1735
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BROWN (Cont) Elizabeth
(widow of Wm Brown, the Sawyer, dec, & form Elizabeth Haines, dt Wm Haines of Burlington Mtg, NJ) rptd 18-4-1743 as mou before a Priest to William Allen (nm); dis 16-5-1743
(Note: She was m 1738 at Burlington MH, NJ to Wm Brown, called "The Sawyer".)
Isaac
Lyddia Slater
s Jeremiah & Mary (Cole) of W Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA (his 1st w Mary (Cole) Brown being the wid of Wm Cole, when she m Jeremiah Brown) d 23- 1-1781, bur Brick MH, E Nottingham dt George & Sarah of E Nottingham, Chester Co, PA d 14-11-1811
Ch: George
m 3- 9mo (Nov) 1743 (OS) at E Nottingham MH b 17- 6mo (Aug) 1744 (OS)
Jeremiah Sarah
b 25- 7mo (Sept) 1746 11
b 1- 1mo (Mar) 1749/50 "
Isaac
b 19-10mo (Dec) 1751 11
b 19- 2mo (Feb) 1754 (NS)
b 23- 8mo (Aug) 1756 =
b 19- 2mo (Feb) 1759 11 b 2- 1mo (Jan) 1762 d 2- 8-1772, age 10y 7m
b 7- 6mo (June) 1764
Isaac
Jacob
Elizabeth Cook
the carpenter, of Chester Co, PA s Wm, dec, & Phebe, of W Nottingham, PA dt John & Rebecca of London Grove d 25- 5-1813, bur in family graveyard near her house m 25-11-1772 at London Grove b b
Rebecca William Margaret John Jacob
b
b b 17- 1-1783 b 9-11-1785 dis for drinking
Thomas b 17- 7-1788 d 29-10-1842; m "Betty" Way Brown
Nathan
b 26- 4-1790 d 14- 3-1864, bur Little Brittain
Isaac
b 11- 3-1792 trained in militia, dis
b 19- 1-1794 d 6- 7-1873; m - Griest
Elizabeth Elisha
b 11- 6-1799 d
?
Jacob, the carpenter, paid military fine, dis 7-28-1778 3-3-1821, Elisha Brown, s of Jacob, the carpenter, married, dis.
Jeremiah Jr
Esther Gatchell
Ch: Mary Rachel
s Jeremiah of W Nottingham, Chester Co, PA, & 1st w Mary, dec, (who was widow of Wm Coales) dt Elisha & Rachel of E Nottingham, Chester Co, PA d 10- 4-1776
m 31- 3mo (May) 1739 (OS) at E Nottingham MH b 10- 1mo (Mar) 1739/40 (OS) d 8-11mo (Jan) 1740/41 b 2- 1mo (Mar) 1741/2 11
d 8-10-1780; m John Lewdon
Jeremiah Sr, d 7-3-1767, aged about 80y Mary. last w of Jeremiah Sr, d 19-11-1769 Stephen, s Jeremiah Sr & half-bro of Jeremiah Jr, d 24 - 11-1754
Elihu Steven James Nathan Samuel
rptd 20-11-1756 by E Nottingham PM as "hath some time ago in passion struck a man"; his ack acc 15-1-1757
Ch: Phebe
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BROWN (Cont)
Jeremiah & Esther (Cont)
(Note: Jeremiah Brown Jr was a miller; he res in "the tenent house" until the death of his father, 1767, when he moved into the "larger" house.)
Jeremiah
b 15- 2mo (Apr) 1750 (OS) , s Joshua & Hannah (Gatche11), dec, of Little Brittain Twp, Lancaster Co, PA d 7- 7-1831, aged ca 86y
1st w Hannah England b 3- 3mo (May) 1748 (OS), dt Samuel & Sarah (Slater) of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
d 25- 9-1801 m 15-11-1770, at E Nottingham MH
2nd w Ann (Shipley) Jones, widow of John Jones; an elder in Nottingham MM d 10-12-1803 "in her 46th yr"; bur Little Brittain Grvyd m 9-12-1802
3rd w Mercy Shreve
Jeremiah Brown (above) was trans to Little Brittain MM, PA, 1804, his res being within the compass of that new MM. He was a prominent mbr of Little Brittain MM. On 6-10-1804 he req cert to Upper Springfield MM, NJ, to m Mercy Shreve; his cert was issued, but he ret it with the explanation that he had decided not to proceed with this marriage; the affair was settled satisfactorily between the two Mtgs; altho he did not marry her then, he married her 4 yrs later; Mercy's death (as his wife) is listed in Nottingham as of 25-10-1823 "in her 60th yr."
Ch: (All by his 1st w Hannah)
Sarah
b 15- 3-1772; m Timothy Haines
Joanna b 11- 3-1774 d 4- 7-1775
Levi b 24- 2-1776 d 11- 9-1846; m Harriett (See L.B.MM)
Hannah b 15-10-1778; m Isaac Stubbs
Deborah
b 25- 5-1782 d 21- 5-1845 "aged 63y"; m John Kirk
Jeremiah Jr b 14- 4-1785; m Ann Kirk
Slater
b 27- 3-1787 d 5- 6-1855; m Mary
Jeremiah s Daniel & Elizabeth (Kirk) of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA
Anna Wilson dt Samuel & Katharine of same place
m 14-11mo (Nov) 1765 at E Nottingham MH
Ch: Abner
b 20- 4-1767 d 10 mo-1804 in Berkley Co, VA; m Esther Allen
Katharine b 5- 2-1769
d 10- 8-1837, aged abt 68y; m Wm Rogers
Rebekah
b 21 - 1-1771
d 21- 1-1771
1790
Jeremiah
b 14-12-1771 d 8- 7-1773
Anna
b 23-10-1774
Jeremiah (2)
b 25-11-1776 d 15- 7-1779
Rachel
b 16- 9-1779 b 9- 9-1781 d 4 mo-1804 in Hardford Co, MD
Ezra
William
b 1-11-1784
21
BROWN (Cont) Job Sarah P
Ch: Anna Mary Amos Ross Calvin P b 8- 3-1860;
b 8- 9-1854; resigned b 7- 9-1857; 11
John of West Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA b 1729 (OS), s Messer & 2nd w Dinah (Churchman) Jane Pugh dt John & Jane (Rees) of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA d 10- 9-1805 m 25- 9mo (Nov) 1751 (OS) at E Nottingham MH
Katharine dt Messer & 1st w Jane (Richard) Brown rptd 20-1mo (Mar) 1741/2 mcd before a Priest to Samuel Wilson; also that they had previously committed fornication with each other; both dis 15-3-1742. Katharine rst & her ack acc 25-5-1750
Lewis
of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA b 23- 4-1799, s Jacob & Hannah (Barnard), dec, of same d 16-12-1848
place
Rachel Brown Rogers b 31- 7-1802 in Cecil Co, MD
dt Jeremiah & Ann (Brown) Rogers of E Nottingham, Cecil Co, MD m 19- 4mo (Apr) 1827 at E Nottingham MH, MD
Ch: Thomas R
b 11- 6-1828
b 3-11-1829
Lewis Kersey Charles Howard b 7- 7-1832 d 2- 8-1834, "aged 2y 25d"
Sarah Ann b 1- 6-1834
Anna Elizabeth b 16-12-1836
Lewis H
of Little Brittain Twp, Lancaster Co, PA b 6- 9-1816, s Jeremiah & 3rd w Ann (Kirk), dec, of same place d 31-10-1851, bur Philadelphia, PA, his late res
Elizabeth H Bradway b 12- 6-1821, dt Thomas & Rachel (Worthington) of E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA d 18- 4-1880; bur Philadelphia, PA; "in FH Cem" m 16- 2-1841, at E Nottingham MH
Mary
(form Dutton, dt Robert & Ann (Brown) Dutton) rptd 21-9-1730 by the Women's Mtg, as mou, recording only the name Mary Dutton, dt Robert & Ann Dutton; Mary Dutton was dis under her maiden name, without a clue to her husband's name. But on 29-9-1753 Mary Brown (form Dutton, dt Robert & Ann Dutton, the former dec) offered a full ack of her "misconduct in her mou" which was acc & she was rein in full mbrp. (The Clerk of the Mtg wrote in a full identification of her and the details of her disownment; see Mary Dutton)
22
BROWN (Cont) Messer
(name originally written Mercer, for his mother) b 27-12mo (Feb) 1685/6 (OS) d about 1733 s William Sr. & 2nd w Ann (Mercer), dec Jane Richards m rptd 13-9 (Nov) 1710 (OS) (by Concord MM, PA, "both of Nottingham"; ami 11-7mo-1710; 1tm 9-8mo-1710) 2nd w Dinah Churchman, dt John & Hannah (Cerie) of Chester Co, PA b 7- 6mo (Aug) 1699 d 1- 1mo-1766, bur E Nottingham m 11- 2mo (Apr) 1728 (OS)at Nottingham MH (Note: Dinah m 2nd Mordecai James, as 2nd w; had 3 more ch)
Ch: (by 1st w Jane) Ann b 28- 5mo (July) 1711 (OS) m 15-10-1730 OS Richard
Katharine b 20-10mo (Dec) 1712 "
Hannah b 27-12mo (Feb) 1714/5 " b 11-11mo (Jan) 1717/8 "
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