1670 William Quicksall, son of Henry Quicksall, was baptized on October 23, at Dronfield Parish, Derbyshire, England. [1] [2] [3] We speculate that William Quicksall of Derbyshire, was the immigrant to New Jersey, whose notes are below, based on coincidence of name and time and on William Quicksall's use of Bolsover as a plantation name in New Jersey. We seek further evidence to support or refute this hypothesis.
1688 William Quicksall witnessed the sale of land in Burlington County, New Jersey by Daniel Baron to John Snape. Dated January 5. [4]
1688 William Quicksall witnessed the sale of land in Burlington County, New Jersey by Anthony Woodward to Robert Chapman, carpenter. Dated February 4. [5]
1689 Thomas Foulke, son of Thomas Foulke, of Chesterfield, married Elizabeth Curtis, daughter of John Curtis, of Ogston, on February 21, 1688/89, at Chesterfield. Witnessed by William Quicksall and others. [6]
1689 George Hutchinson, merchant of Burlington, sold land in New Jersey to William Quicksall, linen weaver of Chesterfield township, Burlington County. Dated April 8. The payment was fourteen pounds. The land was described as "two hundred acres of land, to be taken up anywhare within the province of West Jersey, when lawfully purchased of the Indians, and not heretofore lawfully surveyed." Witnessed by James Budd, John Dewilde, and Thomas Revell. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
1689 Symon Charles surveyed a tract of land for William Quicksale. Dated 6th month (August). The tract was described as beginning at [North side of] Crosswicks Creek in an old line of ye Indian purchase by which it runs West 67 chains to a white-oak marked for a corner in ye lines of partitions between East and West Jersey, with which it runs near N. W. W. 35 chains, then to ye said creek 11 ½ chains to a hickire corner in Anthony Woodward's land, and are surveyed for 309 acres beside allowance for wages. Adjacent to Thomas Gilberthorp. [14] [15] [16]
1689/90 William Quicksall was a witness to the will of Thomas Farnsworth, of Chesterfield, Burlington County. [17]
1690 Robert Chapman, carpenter late of Nottingham, Burlington County, New Jersey, conveyed to William Quicksall, of Boulsover, in the same county, linen-weaver, for forty-six pounds, a plantation of three hundred acres with mansion-house, on Crosswicks Creek in the First or Yorkshire Tenth called Bolsover. Dated December 28, 1690. [18] [19] [20] [21]
1691 William Quicksall, Francis Davenport and Robert Chapman witnessed the sale of 60 acres for 8 pounds by William Hixson to John Melbourne, of Burlington County, blacksmith. Dated April 1. [22]
1691 William Quicksall sold 40 acres to Samuel Overton, husbandman, both of Burlington, for 11 pounds on Crosswicks Creek, previously owned by Richard Harrison. Dated the second day of second month [April]. Witnessed by Thomas Folks. [23] [24] [25]
1691 William Quicksall of Chesterfield, weaver, sold 10 acres, for 20 shillings, to John Melbourne, of Burlington County, blacksmith. Dated May 9. The land was part of a larger tract purchased by William Quicksall from Richard Harrison. Witnessed by Francis Davenport, William Hixson, Tho Folks and Samuel Overton. [26] [27] [28] [29]
1691 William Quicksall, George Hutchinson, and Rebecca Decow witnessed the sale of 100 acres, for 10 pounds, by Francis Davenport to Anthony Woodward. Dated November 10. [30]
1693 William Quicksall was listed as a taxpayer of Nottingham Twp, Burlington County on 7 of month 12 1692[/93]. [31] [32] [33]
1695 William Quicksall was listed among the residents of Nottingham Twp, Burlington County. Dated 1 month [March], day 25. [34] [35] [36]
1695 William Quicksall was on the grand jury of the Burlington court. [37]
1695 William Quicksall was called for the traverse jury of the Burlington court. [38]
1697 and 1698 William Quicksall was appointed constable of Nottingham. [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44]
1701 William Quicksall was taxed in Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [45]
1702 Richard French and Mary King were married on January 13, 1701/02, at the house of Harmenus King, Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. Witnessed by William and Mary Quicksall and others. [46]
1703 William Quicksall was taxed in Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [47] [48]
1703 William Quicksall owned 300 acres in Nottingham Twp. [49]
1708 William Quicksall was overseer of the highways for Nottingham. [50] [51] [52]
1716 William Quicksall lived at Farnsworth Landing [later Bordentown], where the mill for Burlington was then found. [53]
1719 Land transactions between Mahlon Stacy and Edmund Beakes were described as on the line of William Quicksall [Quicksell]. [54]
1723 A survey was made for Joseph Quicksall. The survey was of land of William Quicksall, Joseph's father. The land was adjacent to land of Francis King. Dated February 5, 1723[/24?].
1726 William Quicksall and Mary Quicksall witnessed the will of Harmanus King of Nottingham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. John Quicksall (possibly William's brother) made the inventory. [55]
1728 William Quicksall, of Nottingham, Burlington County, weaver, dated his will on August 28. Wife, Mary. Children: Joseph, William, John, Joshua and Sarah. Real and personal estate, including Proprietary Rights. Daughter, Sarah, sole executrix. Witnesses: Mercy King, Francis King. William Clark. Proved January 6, 1740 (at which time Martha, wife of Thos. Miller, of New Hanover, did affirm that she saw William Quicksall sign foregoing will). [56] [57]
1736 Sarah Miller, wife of William Miller of Nottingham, late Quicksall. requested that John Quicksall may be appointed administrator of the estate of William Quicksall. Dated on August 21. Witness: Joseph Rockhill. [58]
1736 Receipt of William Miller and his wife Sarah to John Quicksall for £20 from her father's, William Quicksall's, estate. Witnesses: Rob't Lawrence, Elizabeth Lawrence. Dated August 21. [59]
1741 Inventory for William Quicksall £113.12; made by Edward Beakes and Harmanus King. Dated January 3, 1740-41. [60]
1728 John Quicksall, son of William, married Elizabeth, daughter of Aaron Robins, of Monmouth County, in 1728, and resided on the old homestead.
1751 All four of the sons were listed in the town directory for Bordentown Twp, New Jersey. [61] [62]
Research Notes:
Two books name John Quicksall as a brother of William Quicksall. Both books make errors by naming John Quicksall in deeds which actually name William Quicksall (we have seen only abstracts of those deeds, which name William. We have not seen the original deeds.). We have not yet found evidence that William Quicksall had a brother. "Two brothers, John and William Quicksall, linen-weavers, emigrated from England to New Jersey at an early date." [63] [64] We seek evidence about John Quicksall, brother of William.
1666 "Surrender by Mary Quicksall of Whittington, widow, of the cottage in Mosborough in which William Burhouse sen. lived with a garden pertaining thereto and containing 1 rood lying between lands of Michael Burton, gent., east, west, and north, and the highway, south then in the tenure of the said William Burhouse sen., to the use of William Whicksall of Sheffield, [Yorkshire], his heirs and assigns." Dated February 8 [18 Charles II]. [65] Eckington is a parish in northeast Derbyshire. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Eckintune, the ancient parish and Manor includes Mosborough, Bramley, Plumbley, Renishaw, Spinkhill and Troway. Many of the records of the Manor Court have survived from the mid-14C onwards and are mostly in the possession of of the descendants of the last Lords of the Manor. Bolsover is a parish in Derbyshire.
1614 John Quicksall evaluated the estate of Roger Lee, late of Sheffield, England. [66] [67]
1678 William Quicksall was overseer of the poor in Sheffield, England. [68]
1609 John Quicksall was constable of Sheffield, England. [69]
1609 "We amercy John Quicksawe for not rynginge of his swine." Sheffield. [70]
1651 William Quicksall was baptized to John Quicksall in Limber Magna, Lincolnshire, England. [71]
Mary Church has been named as William's wife, perhaps through confusion with the wife of son Joshua Quicksall.
The role of Harmanus King in William's will suggests a relationship to that family.
"the parents of William Quicksall (known as William of Boulones) who settled in Crosswicks New Jersey in the 1680s … The former family apparently had owned land in Nottingham County, England, and the father of John P. Quicksall sold it to pay his son's war debt from the American Revolution." [Genforum response by Larry Quicksall]
William and Mary Quicksell were named as the parents of William Quicksell. [72]
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