Which Brice Pursell are we talking about? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Tinsley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [PABUCKS] Moore Just a little of what I have. The Williams & Iliff families are in my line. I also have Pursell but have not yet been able to connect to Brice Pursell. Lynn Tinsley -------------------------------------------------- First Generation -------------------------------------------------- 1. John Moore. Born 26 Aug 1752. Died 19 Oct 1807 in Nockamixon Twp, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Buried Oct 1807 in Pursell Cem, Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA. Will Book 7, page 298: John Moore and Ann Moore his wife of Nockamixon Twp. June 16, 1807. Proved November 9, 1807. Son William and son-in-law John Williams [Christiana] exrs. Farm in Alexander Twp., Hunterdon Co., N.J. to be secured for the use of ch. that are minors. Codicil October 6, mentions nephew John Buffaloe Moore and son John Moore Junr. Wits: John Moore Junr. and Jacob Moore. ®160 John Moore, born Aug 26,1752, died Oct 19,1807, age 55y-1m-23d (PA-Roots Genealogy DataBoards - transcribed by Terry Ruth) He married Ann Kimball. Born 22 Aug 1761. Died 14 Apr 1843. Buried Apr 1843 in Pursell Cem, Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA. Anna, wife of John Moore, born Aug 22, 1761, died Apr 14, 1843, age 81y-7m-22d (PA-Roots Genealogy DataBoards - transcribed by Terry Ruth) They had the following children: 2 i. Christiana Moore 3 ii. Elisabeth Moore 4 iii. Catherine Moore Second Generation -------------------------------------------------- 2. Christiana Moore. Born 5 Mar 1781 ®283 in Pennsylvania. Died 27 Jan 1876. Buried Jan 1876 in Pursell Cem, Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA. Daughter of John & Ann Moore ®160 Daughter of John Moore & Ann Kimball/Kimple ®283 1860 Census: Tinicum Twp, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania living with son Barzilla Christianna, wife of John Williams, born Mar 5, 1781, died Jan 27, 1876, age 94y-10m-22d; Pursell Cem, Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA (PA-Roots Genealogy DataBoards - transcribed by Terry Ruth) She married John Williams, son of Jeremiah Williams & Mary Blackledge, 1804. Born 27 Jan 1780 ®283 in Tinicum Twp, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Died 7 Jun 1858 in Tinicum Twp, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Buried Jun 1858 in Pursell Cem, Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA. Occupation farmer. First lived on his father's property near Lodi in the northeast corner of Tinicum Twp. After 1834 he purchased another property in Tinicum Twp, consisting of 300 acres, from the estate of William Erwin and moved there in 1837. ®283 June 16, 1807: named executor in will of father & mother in law, John & Ann Moore of Nockamixon Twp ®160 March 29, 1816: named executor in the will of John Pursell of Nockamixon Twp. ®160 After 1834 John purchased 300 acres of the Erwins in Tinicum including the present day site of the village, Erwinna. ®12 The village of Erwinna, across the Delaware River from Frenchtown, New Jersey, was founded about 1856 on the ground sold by John Williams and his wife in the spring of that year. ®12 Died June 7,1858, 78yrs, of Tinicum twp. (Source Bucks Co. Intelligencer July 6,1858) ®408 Died June 6, 1758 ®283 John Williams, son of James [sic] & Mary (Blacklidge) Williams, born Jan 19, 1780, died June 7, 1858, age 78y-4m-18d (PA-Roots Genealogy DataBoards - transcribed by Terry Ruth) They had the following children: i. Mary Williams 5 ii. Newbury Davenport Williams iii. James Williams iv. Ann Eliza Williams 6 v. Barzilla Newbold Williams vi. Caroline Williams 3. Elisabeth Moore. Born 4 Nov 1786 ®478 in Pennsylvania. Died 3 Mar 1858 ®478 in Newton Twp, Sussex Co, New Jersey. Buried Mar 1858 in Iliff Cem, Andover, Sussex Co, New Jersey. Headstone inscription: wife Elizabeth, d. March 3, 1858, in 72nd year She married James Iliff, son of John Iliff & Margaret Mercy Williams, 14 Feb 1807 ®478 in New Jersey. Born 22 Feb 1786 ®23 in Nockamixon Twp, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Died 10 Dec 1840 ®478 in Newton Twp, Sussex Co, New Jersey. Buried Dec 1840 in Iliff Cem, Andover, Sussex Co, New Jersey. Occupation farmer. Religion Methodist. Bucks Co Grantee Index, 1 March 1808, Solomon Housewert, et al; Grantors: John Pursel et ux, Robert McCoy et ux, Margaret Iliff, John Iliff, James Iliff, guardian Jeremiah Williams, guardian John Iliff; settlement of father's estate 1812: settled 4 miles north of Andover on a portion of the old Andover tract (further in the book it says 4 Apr 1814 & on 200 acres); first in a log cabin that was already there & later in a stone house he built ®478 Settled In Newton Twp, Sussex Co, New Jersey in 1814 ®264 1840: Presidential elector ®478 State of New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc Author: David S. Crater Call Number: F133.N54 vol.3 1913 Iliff, James, 2268S. Inv. 1841. Headstone inscription: Iliff, James, Esq., d. Dec. 10, 1840, in 55th year They had the following children: 7 i. Jane Iliff 8 ii. William Moore Iliff 9 iii. Margaret F. Iliff 10 iv. Richard William Iliff 11 v. John Iliff vi. Benjamin Iliff 12 vii. Mary Iliff 13 viii. James Iliff 14 ix. Joseph W. Iliff 4. Catherine Moore. Born 25 May 1784 in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Died 12 Aug 1848. Buried Aug 1848 in Pursell Cem, Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA. ®194 Catharine, dau of ? Moore, wife of Brice Pursel, born May 25, 1784, died Aug 12, 1848, age 64y-2,-18d (PA-Roots Genealogy DataBoards - transcribed by Terry Ruth) She married Brice Pursell ®12, son of John Pursell & Anne W. Coomb. Born 15 Aug 1776 in Nockamixon Twp, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Died 26 Sep 1830 in Nockamixon Twp, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Buried Sep 1830 in Pursell Cem, Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA. 1806: His share of the homested was devised to him. He later purchased considerable other land adjoining. ®45 March 29, 1816: mentioned in the will of his brother, John. ®160 He was a justice of the peace for twenty-one years. ®12 http://thegodowns.com/d6/i0006302.htm#i6354 Estate file #06163: 1830 Brice Pursel ®347 Brice Pursel, son of John & Ann (Coomb) Pursel, born Aug 15, 1776, died Sept 26, 1830, age 54y-1m-11d (PA-Roots Genealogy DataBoards - transcribed by Terry Ruth) They had the following children: 15 i. John Moore Pursell 16 ii. Brice Moore Pursell iii. Thomas Pursell iv. Ann Pursell v. Evaline Pursell 17 vi. Hugh M. Pursell 18 vii. Daniel M. Pursell viii. Hannah Pursell ix. Mary Pursell Reference Note 12 W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905 editions Reference Note 23 "Early Germans of New Jersey" by Theodore Chambers Reference Note 45 Davis, William W. H., A. M. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Volume III New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905 Transcribed October 2001 by Barrie Olsen of as part of the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project, www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html Reference Note 160 Abstracts of Bucks Co, PA, Wills, 1685 - 1785 Author: F. Edward Wright Reference Note 194 The Story of the Arndts Christopher Sower Company. Philadelphia. 1922. Reference Note 264 The Iliff Genealogist George Ely Russell 1985 Catocin Press, New Market, MD Reference Note 283 History of Bucks County, PA, Volume l & II, Bucks County Genealogies Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, Baltimore, MD, 1975, 1992, 1994, 1999 Reference Note 347 Bucks Co Register of Wills Doylestown, PA Reference Note 408 Bucks County Genealogy Project Marriage Record Board Reference Note 478 History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey James P. 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The Brice I was referring to was the husband of Catherine Moore, but I was wrong. Brice's brother John married Martha Mercy Iliff. Just a little brain fade. What's that expression? Look before you leap! Lynn Linda Huff Muessig wrote: >Which Brice Pursell are we talking about? > > >