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Notes for Joshua Wright and Thomasin Pancoast

1724 John Pancoast, son of Joseph of Mansfield, married Elizabeth Ogborne on October 20, at Springfield Meeting, Burlington County. Witnessed by Thomasin Pancoast and others. [1]

1729 Joshua Wright, son of Joshua, and Thomasin Pancoast, daughter of Joseph, made their second declaration of intention to marry, on April 3, as recorded in the Chesterfield, Burlington County, monthly meeting minutes. [2] [3]

1729 Thomasin Pancoast, daughter of Joseph Pancoast of Mansfield, and Joshua Wright, son of Joshua Wright of Chesterfield, were married on April 16, at Upper Springfield meeting, Burlington County. Witnessed by Joshua Wright, Joseph Pancoast, Rebeckah Wright, Thomasin Pancoast, Elizabeth Wright, Isaac Wright, Robert Wright, Elisabeth Wright, Sarah Wright, Tho Wright, Thomas Foulke, Preserve and Mary Brown, Anne Curtis, and many others. [4]

1733 Son Joshua Wright was born on November 29, 1733.

1736 Son Joseph was born on January 13, 1735/36.

1738-42 Joshua Wright, perhaps this one, was assessor in Chester Twp, Burlington County. [5]

1741 Benjamin Pancoast, son of Joseph Pancoast of Mansfield Twp, married Sarah Hugg on May 20, in the city of Burlington. Witnessed by Thomasin Wright and others. [6]

1745 Joshua Wright, perhaps this one, was a freeholder in Chester Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, on April 15. [7]

1750-51 Joshua Wright, of Chester, Burlington County, yeoman; dated his will on March 22. Wife, Thomasin. Children: Joshua, Joseph (both under age), Elizabeth, Mary, Thomasin, Anna and Susanna. Homefarm on Delaware River, near Plum Point, adjoining Robert Bishop; house and smith shop, now occupied by John Jackson; land (200 acres) above or back of Bristol, Pennsylvania; 200 ac. near the head of Timber Creek, Gloucester County; land on S. B. side of the new great road; 1-3 of 27 acres a mile out of Trenton, held with Mahlon Wright and Isaac Knight; personal property. Executors: the wife, brother-inlaw, Thomas Folkes, of Bordentown, and Samuel Stokes, of Chester. Witnesses: Thomas Potts, Rabekah Potts, Charles Farguison. Proved July 20, 1751. [8]

1751 The inventory of the estate of Joshua Wright, dated July 15, recorded value £612.11.10, incl. bills, bonds and book debts, £169.11.8; "libria," £1; "chinia" and silver tea spoons, £2.5; a looking glass, 8s.; a "cofey" mill and sundries, 12s.; a servant man's time, £6.10. The inventory was made by Darling Conarroe and Joseph Stokes. [9]

1754 Thomas Folkes and Samuel Stokes, executors for the estate of Joshua Wright, deceased, took John Sands to court to collect a debt. [10]

1762 The will of Joseph Pancoast [Thomasin's father] mentioned daughter Thomasin Wright's 3 daughters and 2 sons named Joshua and Joseph. [11]

Research Notes:

1729 Joshua, son of Joshua (of Chesterfield) and Rebecca Wright, married Thomasin, daughter of Joseph (of Mansfield) and Thomasin Pancoast, on 3rd day, 2nd month, at Chesterfield Meeting. Joshua and Thomasin both of Burlington meeting, Burlington County. [12] [13]


Footnotes:

[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Marriages, Births in Burlington Monthly Meeting (Rancocas and Burlington Monthly Meeting), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[2] Lewis D. Cook, "Marriage Intentions, 1685-1730, Burlington County, New Jersey," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 53 (1965), 129-32, at 132.

[3] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685-1730," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885), 347-352, at 352, [GoogleBooks].

[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), 226, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[5] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 254, [HathiTrust].

[6] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), 284, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[7] Carlos E. Godfrey, "A List of the Freeholders for the City and County of Burlington," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 29 (1905), 421-26, at 425, [InternetArchive].

[8] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 32. (Wills and Administrations 3, 1751-1760) (1924), 370, citing Lib. 7, p. 105, [InternetArchive].

[9] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 32. (Wills and Administrations 3, 1751-1760) (1924), 370, citing Lib. 7, p. 105, [InternetArchive].

[10] Court of Common Pleas, 1730-1789, Burlington County, New Jersey, 153, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[11] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 33. (Wills and Administrations 4, 1761-1770) (1928), 318, [InternetArchive].

[12] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 56.

[13] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 51.