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Notes for Charles Jones Wister and Rebecca Bullock

1776 George Bullock and Edith Wood were married on 7 of month 2, at Springfield. Witnesses: Rebekah (perhaps) Bullock and many others. [1]

1778 John Abbott and Susannah Bullock of New Hanover Twp, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth, married at Upper Freehold meeting 17th, 9th month, 1778. Witnesses Rebecca Bullock and others. [2]

1780 Joseph Bullock Jr and Lydia Lawrie were married on March 16, at Chesterfield. Witnesses: Rebecca Bullock, and others. [3]

1783 Joseph Bullock and wife Elizabeth and children Elizabeth, Jemima, Rebecca, and Anthony were members at Upper Freehold meeting, Burlington County, New Jersey. [4] [5]

1807 On 17 December, Rebecca Wister applied for membership at the Philadelphia Meeting. [6]

1808 On 28 January, Rebecca Wister applied for membership at the Philadelphia Meeting. [7]

1812 Rebecca Wistar died on 23 of month 12, at age 28y 10m. [8]

1812 Rebecca Wistar was buried on 25 of month 12, at Philadelphia. [9]

Research Notes:

"Charles Jones Wister died July 23, 1865, ...first wife, Rebecca Bullock, died September 20, 1812, shortly after the conclusion of a tour through western Pennsylvania, undertaken for her health. On December 4, 1817, he married Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah Whitesides, of Philadelphia, at St. Luke's Church, Germantown. Mrs. Wister survived her husband, and died May 31, 1869, in the seventy-first year of her age." [10]


Footnotes:

[1] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 143, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[2] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 114, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[3] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 119A, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[4] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Upper Springfield Monthly Minutes, 1707-1842, 8, date on page 10, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[5] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Records of Marriage Certificates from Upper Springfield Meeting, commencing 1783, 8, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[6] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Preparative Meeting, 1806-1817, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[7] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Rough Minutes, 1806-1808, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[8] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch Street, Record of Births, Deaths and Burials, 1688-1826, 356, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[9] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch Street, burial records, 1806-1828, 43, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[10] John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), 272, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].