from a lookup in Early Court Records 1697-1710; There are several possibles for the name Swafford....also included are Swafard, Swaford, Swaffer, Swafer, Swafford, Swaffers.. You'll need to give me a given name to go with the surname and I'll see what I can find Sandra -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.0/353 - Release Date: 5/31/2006

Sometimes inheritance accounts for large jumps in net worth. > [Original Message] > From: Nadine Holder <nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com> > To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/21/06 1:06:08 PM > Subject: Paschall Woodward of Chester County and points west > > The list seems a bit quiet so thought I would ask a question that has bugged me for some time. > > "In 1850, an Act of Assembly was passed, creating the office of District Attorney and making the officer elective by the people. The first choice of the electors fell upon Paschall Woodward, who acted in that capacity until 1853, when he resigned and removed to the West." Tells of a murder case tried by Paschall in Jan 1851. From Side Lights on the Bench and Bar of Chester County, by Wilmer W. MacElree 1918 > > Then I find Paschall in the 1850 census in Chester County: > 1850 #362 West Chester Chester Co, Pa > Paschall Woodward, 25, lawyer, $2500, Pa; Elizabeth J., 22, Pa; Anna Mary Woodward, 17, Pa; Margaret Mills, 19, Pa. They are next door to a girls' school run by Palmer Evans and thus probably the two girls staying with them. Anna Mary is Paschall's sister. > > Then he did indeed remove to the west and is found in 1860: > 1860 New Lenox Will Co Ill > 1119 Paschall Woodward, 35, farmer, Pa, 72,000 real estate 20,000 personal property > Elizabeth J., 34, Pa; Harry Woodward, 9, Pa; Emma J, 4, Il; John Yertze 60, farm hand, Pa; John Conwell, 30, carppenter, NY; Wm Edwards, 24, farm hand, Pa; James Brenan, 30, farm hand, Ire; Henry Law, 25, farm hand, NY; Angus McFadden, 25, farm hand, Scotland; Charlotte Weston, 56, servant, England; Lydia Cramer, 14, servant, NY > > My question is how did this guy go from a net worth of $2500 in 1850 to nearly $100,000 in 1860. That is an enormous amount of money in that day and time. A currency comparison site online using comparative cost of living gives the value in 2004 of $100,000 from 1860 as over two million dollars. > > Paschall is only distantly related to me - second cousin, four times removed and it is mainly prurient curiosity on my part. He descends from William and Eliza Marshall Woodward and I have his family information. Didn't find much on him by Googling and wonder if anyone out there knows his story , i. e. anything about the murder trial and how Paschall may have come into his wealth? > Nadine Holder

Just an FYI http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp Origins: Despite dire warnings about the imminent release of cell phone numbers to telemarketers that continue to be circulated via e-mail year after year, no such thing is about to occur, nor do cell phone users have to register You can read the full article from the link above. Always check that link or breakthechain.org for hoaxes before passing on / forwarding emails. There are only out there for one reason..... to gain access to all our email address which is why we all get spam mail. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 7:52 AM Subject: [PaOldC] DO NOT CALL list > I googled what Chris sent me (you know me...always doubting), and it appears > that much of it is incorrect. However, it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and > register. Unlike me, who never has their phone on, you do sometimes, and > could actually get a phone call you don't want, but will have to pay for if > you get. > S. > > > > While it's true that the major wireless phone providers (Verizon excepted) > have announced their intention to establish a 411 directory of customers' > cell phone numbers beginning in 2006, it is not true that they plan to > "publish" said directory for any and all to read. Participating companies > say the numbers will be made available only with customer consent, and only > via telephone to users who dial directory assistance and pay a fee. > The companies swear the numbers will never be accessible to telemarketers. > In fact, per FCC regulations, telemarketers are already prohibited from > calling cell phone numbers using automated dialers, which are standard in > the industry. > > Not everyone is convinced that consumers' privacy will be adequately > shielded, however, as evidenced by a privacy protection bill already > introduced in Congress which would modify the plan to allow 411 callers to > be directly connected to requested parties without the latter's phone > numbers being given out. Lawmakers have yet to act on the legislation. > > In any case, the Federal Trade Commission does allow cell phone users to add > their numbers to the National Do Not Call Registry — the same one already in > force for landlines — either on the Web or by calling 1-888-382-1222. > > Contrary to what some variants of the email rumor claim, there is no 31-day > or December 15 deadline for adding cell phone numbers to the Do Not Call > list — indeed, there is no deadline whatsoever. > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.0/353 - Release Date: 5/31/2006 > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing.... To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot. > > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY ferg@ntelos.net > > please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area photos, helpful URLs and lots of county information > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

YIKES, folks......I meant to send this to my husband, and by mistake, clicked on the wrong email to send it to (my husband's was ahead of a list posting in my inbox list of emails). It could have been worse, though, and I can think of a few emails I've sent in the past that I sure would NOT have wanted to go to everyone! LOL Sorry about that. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> To: <pa-old-chester-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 7:52 AM Subject: DO NOT CALL list I googled what Chris sent me (you know me...always doubting), and it appears that much of it is incorrect. However, it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and register. Unlike me, who never has their phone on, you do sometimes, and could actually get a phone call you don't want, but will have to pay for if you get. S. > While it's true that the major wireless phone providers (Verizon excepted) > have announced their intention to establish a 411 directory of customers' > cell phone numbers beginning in 2006, it is not true that they plan to > "publish" said directory for any and all to read. Participating companies > say the numbers will be made available only with customer consent, and > only via telephone to users who dial directory assistance and pay a fee. The companies swear the numbers will never be accessible to telemarketers. In fact, per FCC regulations, telemarketers are already prohibited from calling cell phone numbers using automated dialers, which are standard in the industry. Not everyone is convinced that consumers' privacy will be adequately shielded, however, as evidenced by a privacy protection bill already introduced in Congress which would modify the plan to allow 411 callers to be directly connected to requested parties without the latter's phone numbers being given out. Lawmakers have yet to act on the legislation. In any case, the Federal Trade Commission does allow cell phone users to add their numbers to the National Do Not Call Registry — the same one already in force for landlines — either on the Web or by calling 1-888-382-1222. Contrary to what some variants of the email rumor claim, there is no 31-day or December 15 deadline for adding cell phone numbers to the Do Not Call list — indeed, there is no deadline whatsoever. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.0/353 - Release Date: 5/31/2006

I googled what Chris sent me (you know me...always doubting), and it appears that much of it is incorrect. However, it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and register. Unlike me, who never has their phone on, you do sometimes, and could actually get a phone call you don't want, but will have to pay for if you get. S. While it's true that the major wireless phone providers (Verizon excepted) have announced their intention to establish a 411 directory of customers' cell phone numbers beginning in 2006, it is not true that they plan to "publish" said directory for any and all to read. Participating companies say the numbers will be made available only with customer consent, and only via telephone to users who dial directory assistance and pay a fee. The companies swear the numbers will never be accessible to telemarketers. In fact, per FCC regulations, telemarketers are already prohibited from calling cell phone numbers using automated dialers, which are standard in the industry. Not everyone is convinced that consumers' privacy will be adequately shielded, however, as evidenced by a privacy protection bill already introduced in Congress which would modify the plan to allow 411 callers to be directly connected to requested parties without the latter's phone numbers being given out. Lawmakers have yet to act on the legislation. In any case, the Federal Trade Commission does allow cell phone users to add their numbers to the National Do Not Call Registry — the same one already in force for landlines — either on the Web or by calling 1-888-382-1222. Contrary to what some variants of the email rumor claim, there is no 31-day or December 15 deadline for adding cell phone numbers to the Do Not Call list — indeed, there is no deadline whatsoever. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.0/353 - Release Date: 5/31/2006

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/morris.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/wcalnbap.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/stagnes.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/pughtown.txt -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.0/353 - Release Date: 5/31/2006

Hi Dottie & All, The information for Howell JAMES in the Smith book is basically correct. However, the information for David JAMES is incorrect. I've been researching that particular family since 1979. There were TWO men named David JAMES. Once was a Quaker who came from Radnorshire, Wales in 1682 with wife Margaret and daughter Mary. He died before 1702 and left his daughter Mary "his sole child and heir" everything. She sold all his land, and then got married in a Quaker ceremony. Another David JAMES also came from somewhere in Wales sometime before 1718. He was a Baptist. He bought land near where the Quaker David had made his original purchase back in 1682. His gravestone at the Great Valley Baptist Church states that he was age 70 at the time of his death in 1739; making him born about 1669. So he was only 13 at the time of the Quaker David's arrival in PA. It was the Baptist David who had a son named Evan, NOT the Quaker David!! The Baptist David had NO daughter named Mary, but the names of the other children are correct--David left a will naming all these children. His wife Jane was probably not the mother of any of his children, but we don't know who David was married to prior to Jane. Evan James died in 1794, so he could not be the born in 1682, when the Quaker David came over. Evan was probably born on whatever ship the Baptist David came over on, but I have never found any records to indicate when Baptist David came over, and from what area of Wales, or on what ship. Unfortunately the two Davids have been combined together into one David in several old books, and the errors have persisted in many genealogies (such as on many Rootsweb Worldconnect trees) to this day. Susan --- Original Message --- From: Dott114029@aol.com To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Howell JAMES & also DNA project and David James >Here is some information on Howell James. > >Quote from Biographical Notices from the book, The History of Delaware >County, by George Smith, M.D. published byHenry Ashmead. > >"James Howell was from Pontmoel, in Monmouthshire, England. His certificate >is dated, 5th mo. (July) 1684. The meeting from which it emanated, was held >in a court in front of the meeting-house, that had been locked up for more than >a year. He settled in Radnor, where his wife Gwenlin died in 1686, and from >the record, would appear to be the first corpse buried in the graveyard at >Radnor Meeting. In 1690, he contracted a second marriage with Maudlin Kinsey, a >widow, and in 1698 made a visit to his native country. He took a very active >part in the meeting affairs of the Society of Friends in which he was held in >much esteem." page 474 > >"David James with his wife Margaret, arrived in Pennsylvania in August, 1682. > They were Friends, but having neglected to bring the usual certificate with >them, one was forwarded the next year, which names a daughter Mary, and >informs us that they came from the parish of Llangeley or Llandegley and Glascum, in >Radnorshire, Wales, and that "they owned the truth several years." This >certificate is signed by John Jarman, David Meredith and other early settlers of >Radnor, and was probably brought over with them. Tradition says, a son named >Evan was born in the passage over. A David James, supposed to be the same >person, purchased a large tract on the eastern border of the township of Radnor, >upon which he resided and upon which his descendants continued to reside till >within a recent period. This David James, died in 178 or 1739, leaving a wife >named Jane, who was a second or possibly a third wife. Beside Mary and Evan, >his children, so far as is known were Sarah, Rebecca, Isaac, and Thomas. >Evan, to whom the mansion property was devised, married Margaret Jones of >Tredyffrin. Dr. Thomas P. James and John F. James, Esq., of Philadelphia, are >descendants from Evan." page 474 and 475 > >This might help you in your dna project too. Dottie > >______________________________

Thank you Liz for these Links, there is a lot of data and information and shows the area our ancestors roamed.... very informative, thanks again, Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Thomas PEARSON purchase from Penn > Oops, I forgot to put in a date. > >> Map showing these two halves of NJ: >> >> Or ca : >> http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HISTORICALMAPS/east_west_jarsey_copy.jpg > > This map of East-West Jersey (see link in last post) was made about 1706. > > While we're at it, here is another nice map. In this one it's easy to > see the proximity of the Old-Chester area to West Jersey. Certain > Chester place-names also appear on this map. > http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HISTORICALMAPS/province_of_NJ_1777%20copy.jpg > > Enjoy, > Liz J > > ______________________________ >

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/stcecilia.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/cemeteries/greatvalleyp.txt -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.4/351 - Release Date: 5/29/2006

There is a lot of information on Valentine Hollingsworth, in this list's archives....I've posted a lot myself....so, I suggest you visit and see what you can find, using Valentine as your search subject. Concerning the Welcome Society....you must prove your line of descent from one of the "accepted'' passengers of the Welcome, OR prove both that another individual was both on the Welcome, AND your ancestor. (this if from a few years ago. If interested I suggest you visit their online site.) It was on the Chester list, under Quaker Info....... Sandra THE WELCOME SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA aims to perpetuate the memory of those who came to America with William PENN and to bring together the descendants of these Quaker travelers. Currently, the membership is composed of descendants of those ancestors who traveled with fellow Quakers to America in 1682. This includes 20 ships and 22 crossings of the Atlantic. Ancestors approved for membership (with ship's name): Nathaniel ALLEN, Samuel ALLEN, John BEZER, Elizabeth BEZER, Randle BLACKSHAW, John BLUNSTON (foregoing all on the Bristol Factor); Thomas BRASSEY, Friendship; William BUCKMAN, Welcome; Ruth BUCKMAN, Welcome; Ellen COWGILL, Lamb; Silas CRISPEN, John & Sara; Alis CROSDALE, Friendship; Thomas CROSDALE, Lamb; James DILWORTH, Lamb; Sarah DOLE, Friendship; William EDWARDS, Lyon; Anthony ELONN, Unicorn; John EVANS, Bristol Factor; John FISHER, Lamb; Thomas FITZWATER, Welcome; Richard HAINES, Amity; Cuthbert HAYHURST, Lamb; Robert HEATON, Lamb; Valentine HOLLINGSWORTH, Antelope; Thomas HOLME, Amity; Giles KNIGHT, Society; Tobias LEACH, Bristol Factor; Jane LYON, Submission; Joseph MATHER, Submission; Margery MAUDE, Submission; Thomas MINSHALL, Friendship; David OGDEN, Welcome; Evan OLIVER, Bristol Factor; Thomas PALMER, Elizabeth, Ann & Catharine; William PAXSON, Amity; Phineas PEMBERTON, Submission;William PENN, Welcome; George POWNALL, Friends Adventure; Abrahan PRATT, Jeffrey; John RHOADES, Bristol Factor; Joseph RICHARDS, Amity; John SHARPLES, Friendship; Adam SHORT, Welcome; Ann SHORT, Welcome; John SIMCOCK, Mary; William SMITH, Friends Adventure; John SONGHURST, Welcome; William TAYLOR, Mary; Richard TOWNSEND, Welcome; Robert VERNON, Friendship; Thomas WALMSLEY, Lamb; Nichlas WALN, Lamb; Francis WORLEY, Welcome; Thomas WYNNE, Welcome. http://www.welcomesociety.org/ "........ wonder what the requirements > for Membership are, to the Welcome Society" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.4/351 - Release Date: 5/29/2006

________________________________________ Thank you for the link to Ashmead.  I found mention of my ancestor, Neeles Laerson FRIEND. Pat-T http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ashmead_pg355.htm By patent dated April 9, 1669, Francis Lovelace, Governor-General under the Duke of York, granted unto Neeles Laerson, alias Friend, a large tract of ground comprising one hundred and fifty acres, but which by subsequent survey proved to include in the boundary lines one hundred and eighty-three acres. The patent reserved a yearly rent of one and a half bushels of winter wheat, payable to the king. Laerson entered into possession of the land thus allotted him, built upon and improved the premises. By will, dated Dec. 17, 1686 (he died the following year), Laerson gave authority to his wife to sell the real estate in her discretion. In exercise of this power, Ann Friend (the family had by this time assumed the English alias as their family name, and had abandoned the Swedish patronymic absolutely), the widow, Andrew Friend, son and heir of Laerson and Johannes Friend, the second son, by deed dated May 27, 1689, conveyed the estate to David Lloyd. Lloyd, however, after he built the house whose history I am writing, seemed to have had some doubts of the sufficiency of the title, and therefore, thirty-four years subsequently, July 13, 1723, he had Ann Friend (then one hundred and five years old), and Gabriel Friend and Laurence Friend, the younger sons of Neeles Laerson and Ann, his wife, execute a deed conveying the premises he had purchased in 1686. Parts of the estate thus acquired were sold by Lloyd to Joseph Richardson, and to Rodger Jackson, but he subsequently repurchased the land thus conveyed, and in addition acquired from Jonas Sandelands a considerable tract, until the estate had increased to about five hundred acres.  Pat (Friend) Thompson www.friendfamilyassociation.org

Hi, All: I happen to own a deed which transferred part or all of the Francis Stanfield estate in Marple Township to Pearson/Pierson in 1703. My ancestor, Bernardus VanLeer, purchased the land from Pearson/Pierson, and by custom, the old deed went to the purchaser and has come down in the family. The deed is most interesting as a genealogical source since it has on it the names and signatures of the Stanfield children and their spouses. If this particular item is of interest to anyone, I've transcribed it and can send you that transcription. Marj in NC -----Original Message----- From: Nadine Holder [mailto:nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:14 PM To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Marple Township and Thomas Pearson There is a link to a 1780 Chester County Map on the Chester Archives Web Site that shows the township of Marple http://dsf.chesco.org/archives/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=609913 I was a bit surprised at where it was as Francis Stanfield is my ancestor via Deborah Stanfield, wife of Richard Woodward, Jr., but I do see that she was born in Marple Township. Nadine Holder ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dott114029@aol.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:19 AM Subject: [PaOldC] Marple Township and Thomas Pearson > Re: the subject Marple Township from genlove@comcast > > The questions was.....Also, I am interested to know where "Marple" is > located > in reference to today? Is it in New Jersey and about what location? > Hi List - here is an answer to your question about Marple township, > Pennsylvania > >>From a very old map I have of Delaware county, Pennsylvania, Thomas >>Pearson, > the surveyor, settled in Marple, which was located below Newton township > and > above Springfield township, west of Haverford and northwest of Darby. > This map > is old, about 1692. The owners of land in the area of Marple are Jonathan > Hayes, Peter Worrall, Henry Hamuns, James Stanfield, Francis Stanfield, > Joseph > Selby, Thomas Pearson, Ralph Dracott (2nd owner), George Willard. The > road > from Radnor to Chester seperates the township. David Morris, John Pugh, > Jonathan > Tayler, Josiah Tayler, Richard Thomson, Daniel Williamson, John Howell, > Thomas Massey, Joseph Rhoads and Barthl Coppock Senior own land on the > east side of > the road from Radnor to Chester. Marple was laid out in 1691. Darby > Creek > is the eastern boundary of Marple and Crum Creek is the Western boundary > for > Marple. It is in Pennsylvania, not New Jersey. > > Hope this clarifies it for you, Dottie > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing.... To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot. > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY > ferg@ntelos.net > > If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list > contact me personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

This whole discussion about the naming of Chester could be irrelevant. The Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, M. A. wrote a genealogy of some Virginia families with lots of references to Pennsylvania in 1891. In addition to the Virginia families he has a lot of information on Pennsylvania families as he lived in Pennsylvania and was a member of numerous Pennsylvania Genalogical Societies. He has some excellent notes on the two Thomas Pearson/Pierson families that explains them very clearly. He then mentions that neither of them was responsible for the naming of Chester as tradition states. He had been researching the families as descendants of Major John West and his wife, Sarah Pearson, daughter of Thomas Pearson of Marple, intermarried with numerous Virginia families.

I was a bit surprised at where it was as Marple Township and Thomas Pearson is my ancestor via Deborah Stanfield, wife of Richard Woodward, Jr., but I do see that she was born in Marple Township. Nadine Holder I have some information for you regarding Richard Woodward.... This quote from History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania page 515 by George Smith, M.D. printed by HenryB. Ashmead "Richard Woodward, with his wife Jane, was an early settler in Middletown, but the precise time of his immigration is not know. They were Quakers, and so far as has come to the knowledge of the writer, their children were Richard, Edward and William. Richard Jr. intermarried with Esther Davis, of Concord, and subsquently with Mary Britain, a daughter of Bartholomew Coppock, and Edward with Abigail, daughter of John and Jane Edge. Richard the elder died in 1706 aged seventy years." "Francis Stanfield with his wife Grace and family were among the earliest settlers of Marple township, (168). They were Friends and probably advanced in years at the time of their arrival from England. Francis died in 1692, and his wife one year earlier. James Stanfield, the son of Francis, intermarried with Mary Hutchinson of Burlington, N.J., in 1689. His daughters were Mary, who intermarried with William Huntly of Birmingham; Elizabeth with Thomas Hoops; Grace, with Francis Chadds, and Hannah with Isaac Few. Francis Stanfield represented Chester County in the Provincial Aassembly in 1685. One or more meetings of Friends was held at his house before a meeting was established at Bartholomew Coppock's." page 504 Hope this helps you in your research. Dottie

When Penn changed the name of Upland to Chester at the suggestion of Thomas Pearson, the surveyor, Pearson said Chester, referring back to Chichestershire, England. They wanted it to be a place that was familiar to the English that they thought their fellow Friends would recognize and be a welcoming, familiar name to them. I'm not sure which township in England that Thomas Pearson came from, but when he spoke out about Chester, it must have been a place close to his heart and perhaps his homeland. Where was Penn from or raised? Answer: William Penn was born in October 14, 1644, in Parish of St. Katharine, Walthamstow, Essex, England. The following information is taken from Colonial and Revolutionary Familes of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III Penn Family: "Within a few weeks, his father sailed as captain of the "Fellowship", in the Parliament's navy, and his wife and child took up their home at Wansted, Essex, a suburb of London, where the Admiral and his family made thir home during the better part of his life. William Penn received an excellent education at private schools and with tutors at home, and on Oct. 26 1660 was entered as a "gentleman commoner" at the University of Oxford, (Christ Church). His stay there lasted less than two years, as he had attend a meeting of the Society of Friends, where Thomas Loe, formerly of Oxford University, preached, and he was strongly impressed with the purity and simplicity of the faith of that sect, and with a number of fellow students refused to attend the divine services at the University or to wear the gown of a student'. He was finally expelled from the University for insubordination. He spent two years in travel and study in France and Italy and began studdying law at Lincoln's Inn in 1664-5. He was presented to Court and was in attendance with his father who put him in command of the fleet operating against the Dutch. He was sent by the "Great Captain Commander" with despatches to the King. In 1654 his father sent to him to Ireland where he was received at the court of the Duke of Ormond, then Lord Lieutenant, and remained about two years, serving under the Duke at the siege of Carrickfergus, in May, 1666. It was there that the "portrait in armor," of which the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has a copy, was painted. He attended meetings of Friends while in Ireland which were addressed by Thomas Loe, and became finally convinced in the doctrines and on September 3, 1667, suffered his first arrest for his religious convictions, and was actively identified with the Friends. He began to write and speak on their behalf. His "Sandy Foundation Shaken", was published in 1668 and he suffered imprisonment in the Tower of London. He was also later imprisoned at Newgate and in Wheeler street, London, for these same type of activities." "At the death of his father, William Penn came into possession of a large estate amounting to at least 1500 pounds per annum. He married, April 4, 1672, at "a publick Assembly of the People of the Lord" at King's, Charle-wood, in the county of Hertford, Gulielma Maria Springett, daughter of Sir William Springett, (1620-1644) by his wife Mary Proude, (1624-82) daughter of Sir John Proude, by his wife Anne Fagge. At the time of her marriage Gulielma Maria Springett was living with her stepfather, Isaac Pennington, who had married the widow Springett. After his marriage William Penn and his family resided for about five years in Basing House, Rickmansworth, in the county of Hertford, near the line of the county of Buycks, removing to Worminghurst, Sussex, a property inherited by his wife, in 1677, where he continued to reside until 1697, after his second marriage. In that year he removed to Bristol, and seems to have had his principal residence until 1710, when he removed to Ruscombe Manor, in Berks, near Twyford, now on the Great Western railway, where he died, July 30 , 1718." "Of the four years spent in Pennsylvania by the Founder, in two period of nearly equal length, the major part was doubltess spent in the city of Philadelphia, laid out by his direction prior to his first arrival, though his Pennsylvania home was at Pennsbury, Bucks county, from the early in the year 1683. For several months after his arrival in Pennsylvania in the "Welcome", October 18, 1682, Penn seems to have made his home at Chester, later residing at Philadelphia and at Pennsbury, until his return to England in August 1684. In his second visit to his province of Pennsylvania, arriving in Philadelphia, December 3, 1699, he was accompanied by his second wife, Hannah Callowhill, and their eldest child, John Penn, who was born in Philadlephia, January 29 1699-1700. This visit extended to September 1701, and almost his last official act in Pennsylvania was the signing of the charter of incorporation of the city of Philadelphia. From the date of the grant of the the province to him, February 24, 1680-1, to his death thirty-seven years later, practically his whole time and energy was devoted to her interests, and his great regret was that he was prevented from spending the greater part of his time in his beloved province." William Penn appointed,on Sept 14 1682, Wm Biles and Robert Lucas, Justices of the Peace; Commissioners: William Crispin who married Annie Jasper; John Bezar and Christopher Allen, and James Harrison as the Land agent. Each servant was to receive 50 acres and 50 acres for each child. Silas Crispin was Surveyor General and Thomas Holme was appraiser. Silas Crispin, son of Silas Crispin married Ester. Dottie

Oops, I forgot to put in a date. > Map showing these two halves of NJ: > > Or ca : > http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HISTORICALMAPS/east_west_jarsey_copy.jpg This map of East-West Jersey (see link in last post) was made about 1706. While we're at it, here is another nice map. In this one it's easy to see the proximity of the Old-Chester area to West Jersey. Certain Chester place-names also appear on this map. http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HISTORICALMAPS/province_of_NJ_1777%20copy.jpg Enjoy, Liz J

Here is some information on Howell James. Quote from Biographical Notices from the book, The History of Delaware County, by George Smith, M.D. published byHenry Ashmead. "James Howell was from Pontmoel, in Monmouthshire, England. His certificate is dated, 5th mo. (July) 1684. The meeting from which it emanated, was held in a court in front of the meeting-house, that had been locked up for more than a year. He settled in Radnor, where his wife Gwenlin died in 1686, and from the record, would appear to be the first corpse buried in the graveyard at Radnor Meeting. In 1690, he contracted a second marriage with Maudlin Kinsey, a widow, and in 1698 made a visit to his native country. He took a very active part in the meeting affairs of the Society of Friends in which he was held in much esteem." page 474 "David James with his wife Margaret, arrived in Pennsylvania in August, 1682. They were Friends, but having neglected to bring the usual certificate with them, one was forwarded the next year, which names a daughter Mary, and informs us that they came from the parish of Llangeley or Llandegley and Glascum, in Radnorshire, Wales, and that "they owned the truth several years." This certificate is signed by John Jarman, David Meredith and other early settlers of Radnor, and was probably brought over with them. Tradition says, a son named Evan was born in the passage over. A David James, supposed to be the same person, purchased a large tract on the eastern border of the township of Radnor, upon which he resided and upon which his descendants continued to reside till within a recent period. This David James, died in 178 or 1739, leaving a wife named Jane, who was a second or possibly a third wife. Beside Mary and Evan, his children, so far as is known were Sarah, Rebecca, Isaac, and Thomas. Evan, to whom the mansion property was devised, married Margaret Jones of Tredyffrin. Dr. Thomas P. James and John F. James, Esq., of Philadelphia, are descendants from Evan." page 474 and 475 This might help you in your dna project too. Dottie

Sally asked for a link... > Please can you give us the Link for the N. J. old land > transactions ? Sure. Main link to the overal NJ-List: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJ/ These postings began in April 2006. This is what's being transcribed and posted, a little at a time: Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series; Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXI; Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703; edited by William Nelson; Paterson NJ 1899. NB: David is posting alternately papers from East Jersey and papers from West Jersey. An explanation of what you can expect is here, along with the first few pages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NJ/2006-04/1143906314 Documents designated East Jersey are concerned with lands & events in what people think generally of as "North Jersey" now; the area called West Jersey was along the Delaware River and part of the Atlantic coast and inland from there, up to Egg Harbor, roughly where Atlantic City is now. PA-Old-Ches members might be interested in both series --West Jersey was right across the river, but on the other hand, there was a lot of shipping and trade interaction with persons/places in East Jersey also. So here are a couple of maps to go along with the archives. Map showing these two halves of NJ: Ca 1784: http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/BoundaryLines_1784.jpg Or ca : http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HISTORICALMAPS/east_west_jarsey_copy.jpg In both maps, note the long line going from the middle of the coastline there, up to the northwest corner of the state. That is the boundary between "East" and "West" jersey. In the second map here note that NJ is sideways --north is to the right-ish rather than at top. This map here would be useful to those PA-Old-Ches members who want to know about the rivers and streams amptying into the Delaware. For orientation, note that Philadelphia is a little to the left of top center in this map. Have fun in the NJ-List archives. More will be posted every few days --this is an ongoing project. We are also posting Newspaper extracts from the Colonial period. Best wishes, Liz J

Hello= Thank you for this List, I see the name of VALENTINE HOLLINGSWORTH.. I am descended from him, and wonder what the requirements for Membership are, to the Welcome Society... Thanks, Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Rosine" <S.JAMES.CLARK@prodigy.net> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:38 PM Subject: Re: ship list smedley etc >I don't see George Smedley on the list of approved > ancestors for The Welcome Society. If you could prove > he came over on any ship (not just The Welcome)in > 1682, you could join that society. Here is the link > to already approved ancestors. > > http://www.welcomesociety.org/Welcome_ancestors.htm > > Susan > > --- Original Message --- > From: "George Smedley" <smedley.george@att.net> > To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: ship list > >>Cope indicates that most of the signers of George > Smedley's marriage certificate were also shipmates on > the voyage over >>They are >>George Wood >>Richard Bonsall >>Thomas Worth >>John Blunston >>Joshua Fearne (fferne) >>Thomas Hood >>I cannot find any of these names on any ship list. >>I fear they were never recorded or the list was lost >> > > ______________________________

Hello - Please can you give us the Link for the N. J. old land transactions ? Thanks, Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:16 AM Subject: Thomas PEARSON purchase from Penn > In NJ Archives Volume XXI, comprised of records of old land > transactions (which I have not seen but am involved in proofing & > fixing up for posting), there is one Thomas PEARSON contemporary with > the one recently discussed here on this list in conjunction with the > visit of William Penn. I don't know if this man is the same as one of > those two or three already discussed here, or if he is another man, > but he is is mentioned first in 1677, when he purchsed shares from > WIlliam Penn. He was still selling parcels of these shares as late as > 1687. > > > In March 1677, Thomas PEARSON/PIERSON "of Bonwick", along with others, > bought shares in West Jersey from William Penn. West Jersey being that > part of NJ along the Delaware River. Shortly after their purchase > --even before a receipt was issued by Penn -- these partners, as many > other shareholders did, began dividing off and selling parcels of > these shares. PEARSON sold land to various persons, including to > those living on the Pennsylvania-Delaware side (e.g. Upland, Whorekil, > Maryland). > > > 1676-7 March 1. Deed. William PENN at Rickmersworth, Co. of > Hertford, Esqre, Gawen LAWRIE of London, merchant, Nicholas LUCAS of > Hertford, maulster, and Edward BYLLINGE of Westminster, gentleman, to > Thomas HUTCHINSON of Beverly, Thomas PEIRSON of Bonwick, Joseph > HELMSLEY of Great Kelke, George HUTCHESON of Sheffield and Mahlon > STACY of Hansworth, Co. of Yorke, tanner, for 7 shares of W. J. [p. 131] > 1676-6 March 1. Do. Same to same, for 3 shares. [p. 138] > 1677 April 5. Receipt to Thomas PEARSON of Bonwick and Joseph > HELMSLEY from William PENN et. al. for 1-6 of ten shares of West Jersey. > > > By 1684, a Robert PEARSON appears in West Jersey land transactions, > buying land between Crosswicks and Rancocas; I had thought he was also > from "Bonwyck" and had been the father of Thomas, but would have to > look again for where I found that. > By 1693, an Isaac PEARSON has a patent for land in Salem NJ (Fenwick's > colony). There are a few others; I don't think the surname is very > unusual. > > > From time to time, persons living in the Old-Chester area or in > Philadelphia do seem to appear in NJ archives. If anyone is interested > in reading more early NJ land transctions, transcriptions can be found > in archives of the NJ-List, starting sometime in early 2006. These > transcriptions will continue to be posted for a while yet. > > > Good luck & Best wishes, > Liz J > > ______________________________