I don't have an answer regarding the marriage you're looking for, but I can offer a few suggestions on where to look for more clues. One is a Taylor/Broadwell marriage in 1689 that appears to be the sister of your Mary. Try the list archives, especially with the name Broadwell instead of Brodwell and in the years 2002 and 2005. There is a marriage of an Isaac Taylor of Delaware Co. m. 9-14-1689, Sarah Broadwell, d. 9-14-1748. And there's references in the 2005 archives to your Mary Broadwell having married a Wyatt, noting: Mary Broadwell, the daughter of Richard and Mary, was born 10 December 1767 in Gloucestershire, England. She married twice. 1-4th day 9th mo (November) 1689 to James Wyatt of Philadelphia. 2-Yeoman Gillingham, deceased before Mary Broadwell wrote her will on 8 January 1727/28 . I suspect that Wyatt and Pratt could be the same record misread in transcription but the dates don't seem to match. You could also be looking at more than one Mary Broadwell since we see many marriages and some dates very close that don't match. There is another Broadwell family in the NJ area that appears to have immigrated earlier and has a Mary and a Richard. See http://www.richmondancestry.org/broadwell/wmbroadwell.shtml There is a Taylor surname mentioned in these pages, and a Mary Broadwell widow of William. It seems close enough in date and location to look a little further. http://www.richmondancestry.org/broadwell/wmbroadwell.shtml Unfortunately it seems many of the early meeting records may have occurred from Quaker Meetings in homes and records may be non-existant. I see some other Gillinghams later appear in Falls MM records in mid 1700's. The earliest records there appear to be circa 1703 in that list of marriages. I'd also try asking on the Quaker Roots list if you haven't already as there are some folks there with a pretty good idea of what records exist and where to find them.

I have a copy of that Abington MM 7D 9M 1689 where Isaac Taylor and Sarah Brodwell were married and listed as witness are James Pratt and Mary Pratt. But never found the Yeamans/Mary marriage. Thanks for your response> Allan Gillingham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mal Humes" <mal3@mal.net> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "'gillinghamgeneology'" <gillinghamgeneology@cox.net> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 2:04 AM Subject: RE: [PaOldC] Yeamans Gillingham/Mary Brodwell I don't have an answer regarding the marriage you're looking for, but I can offer a few suggestions on where to look for more clues. One is a Taylor/Broadwell marriage in 1689 that appears to be the sister of your Mary. Try the list archives, especially with the name Broadwell instead of Brodwell and in the years 2002 and 2005. There is a marriage of an Isaac Taylor of Delaware Co. m. 9-14-1689, Sarah Broadwell, d. 9-14-1748. And there's references in the 2005 archives to your Mary Broadwell having married a Wyatt, noting: Mary Broadwell, the daughter of Richard and Mary, was born 10 December 1767 in Gloucestershire, England. She married twice. 1-4th day 9th mo (November) 1689 to James Wyatt of Philadelphia. 2-Yeoman Gillingham, deceased before Mary Broadwell wrote her will on 8 January 1727/28 . I suspect that Wyatt and Pratt could be the same record misread in transcription but the dates don't seem to match. You could also be looking at more than one Mary Broadwell since we see many marriages and some dates very close that don't match. There is another Broadwell family in the NJ area that appears to have immigrated earlier and has a Mary and a Richard. See http://www.richmondancestry.org/broadwell/wmbroadwell.shtml There is a Taylor surname mentioned in these pages, and a Mary Broadwell widow of William. It seems close enough in date and location to look a little further. http://www.richmondancestry.org/broadwell/wmbroadwell.shtml Unfortunately it seems many of the early meeting records may have occurred from Quaker Meetings in homes and records may be non-existant. I see some other Gillinghams later appear in Falls MM records in mid 1700's. The earliest records there appear to be circa 1703 in that list of marriages. I'd also try asking on the Quaker Roots list if you haven't already as there are some folks there with a pretty good idea of what records exist and where to find them.