William Kimble was born in Buckingham, Bucks County, around 1730 to 1735, the youngest child of Anthony and Matilda Kimble.1 William grew up on land given to Matilda by her father Richard Morrey, of the wealthy Morreys of Philadelphia and Cheltenham. William might have known his grandfather Richard, who died in 1753. Richard and his children fell away from the Quaker faith and joined the Church of England. When William married Sarah Worthington in 1770, they married at Christ Church in Philadelphia.2

Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Worthington and Mary Carver, from two good Quaker families of Buckingham township, although they were falling away from the Society by this generation. One of Sarah’s sisters, Esther Worthington, married William’s brother Anthony. Samuel named his daughters Sarah and Hester Kimble in his will of 1775.3 The marriage in 1770 was a late one for William, but they nonetheless had a large family.

William and Sarah lived in Buckingham. The tax records for Buckingham Township, starting in 1761 and extending for years, include William Kimble and his brother Anthony.4 In 1763 William added to his farm by buying 92 acres in 1763 from his nephew Thomas Hicks. He also received land, another fifty acres, from his mother’s estate in 1750.5 This entire tract of 275 acres in Buckingham adjoined the land of Benjamin Worthington.6 In 1790 there were three Kimble households living close to each other in Buckingham: William, Anthony and John.7 There is also a William Kemble living in Abington, Montgomery County. This William appears in the census with two older males, two younger males, and two females, which would closely fit the profile of his family. This would also make it easy for William’s daughter Martha to meet her husband Peter Tyson of Upper Dublin. In the direct tax list of 1798 (the “windowpane tax”) William Kimble was listed as the owner of a stone house in Abington, 30 feet by 18 feet, with two floors but no outbuildings. The occupant was William’s son Jonathan. If this is the same William, then he must have been renting out the Buckingham land, since he still owned it.

William Kimble died in 1812 or early 1813. On February 1, 1813, letters of administration were granted to his son-in-law Peter Tyson. Sarah had died before him, since she was not named in the court record.8 The Orphan’s Court of Bucks County noted that he owned 264 acres in Buckingham.9

After William’s death, Richard Kimble sold the family homestead, placing an advertisement for it.

Plantation of 269 Acres in Buckingham Township, 24 miles from Philadelphia – and 4 ½ miles from Doylestown. The later Property of Wm. Kimble (dec.d) Adjoins land of Benjamin Worthington, Wm. Titus (Anthony Kimble’s homestead) and others. Improvements are – good two story Stone House. Well of excellent Water near Door. Log Barn with Stabling. The place is well watered and divided in 2 Farms by a Road leading from Doylestown to Newtown (Swamp Road). Apple Orchard is in Prime of bearing, with many other Fruit Trees. With the Buildings, is proposed to sell about 100 A. – with a sufficient proportion of Meadow and Timber. The remaining 169 A. the Principal Part of which is under Timber will be sold in Lots of 5 A or more as may suit the Purchaser.10

Children of William and Sarah:11

Jonathan, died 1852. He served as administrator of William’s estate along with Peter Tyson. He owned a tract of 150 acres in Plumstead. He died in 1852, unmarried and with no children.12

Martha, died 1832, married about 1793 Peter Tyson, son of Rynear and Mary. Peter and Mary lived in Upper Dublin, Montgomery County, and had children Rynear, William, Peter, Martha, Sarah, Mary, Rebecca and Jesse.13 After Peter died, the daughter Mary took care of Martha. Martha and Peter are buried at Upper Dublin Friends, although they were not Quakers. Peter had close relations with his Kimble in-laws. He administered William’s estate, sued Isaiah, borrowed money from Richard and Jonathan.14

Richard, born about 1775, died in 1843, married Mary Jane Kerr, lived in Moreland, Montgomery County.15 Children: Abel, Chalkley, Isaiah, Sarah, Owen, William and Richard.16 His sons Owen and Isaiah were the administrators.

John, married a woman named Charlotte. They lived in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, where he died in 1812, leaving Charlotte with seven children under 21. Children: John, Sarah, Mary Ann, Martha, William, Isaiah, Azor. John did not leave a will, and his estate of 94 acres was handled by the Orphan’s Court.17

William, died before 1852, married Rachel Dungan in 1794.18 William was living in Northampton when he married Rachel at the Neshaminy Presbyterian Church of Warminster. Children: William, Garret, Sarah.19

Isaiah, married a woman named Anna Maria. They lived in Abington, where Isaiah died in 1848, leaving his widow and seven children: G. Washington, Tamysan, Harriet, Jonathan, Juliana, Isaiah, Mary Jane.20 Isaiah owned 120 acres in Abington, on the Welsh Road and Limekiln Road, which was sold in two pieces after his death, part to Owen Kimble and part to Isaiah Kimble.21

Christopher, alive in 1830 but died before 1852.22 Christopher was unable to manage his own affairs, and Peter Tyson was appointed trustee for him. “Peter Tyson was appointed trustee for his brother in law Christopher Kimble a lunatic, amount unascertained but supposed to be on the 18th June 1830 to be about 6831.00.”23

Sarah, alive in 1813, died before 1852. No further records.24

Frances, died before 1852.25

Matilda Morrey, daughter of Richard and Ann Morrey, married a man named Kimble between 1710 and 1720. His name is usually given as Anthony, but there are no contemporary records showing this.1 There are no immigration records, church records, marriage records, or birth records for any Anthony Kimble. The only reference to Matilda Kimble is a cryptic one. In 5^th month (July) 1710, Ann Kemble was buried in Philadelphia, the daughter of John and Matilda Kemble.

Although the burial record appears amid papers of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Ann was buried as a non-Friend.2 If in fact this was a daughter of Matilda Morrey Kimble, then the name John was either a mistake in the record or researchers have gotten the name of Matilda’s husband wrong.3 There is another record of a John Kemball in early Philadelphia.4 In March 1696/97, a long list of inhabitants of the city signed a letter to Governor William Markham complaining about proposed changes to the frame of government. Among the signers was a John Kemball.5 There were other Kimble or Kemball families in the area; the name was not unusual, but the name Matilda was rare at the time.6

Matilda and her husband were married about 1710. The marriage does not appear in any Quaker meeting records. Matilda’s grandfather Humphrey Morrey had been a Quaker, but his children fell away from the Society and became Anglicans. The Morrey family was wealthy, due to Humphrey’s successful land speculation. They were also well-connected, with marriages with prominent members of the “Philadelphia elite” such as the Budd family. However these connections did not continue into the next generation. Matilda and her family lived in Bucks County, instead of Philadelphia, probably because Matilda inherited land there from her father. The Kimble children married into families surrounding them in Buckingham, such as Carver and Worthington.

In 1735, Jane Laurence died in Philadelphia. She was a wealthy spinster and friend of the Morrey family. In her will Jane Laurence named Matilda and two of her daughters: Rose and Ann Kemble. The same year Matilda inherited 200 acres in Buckingham Township from her brother Thomas, while her children were to share another 200 acres. This land later passed to her children William, Anthony, Rose, Ann and Mary, along with additional land from Matilda’s father Richard and cousin Humphrey.7 After Anthony’s death, Matilda married a man named Carty, and later married again, to a man named Flannagan.8  She died in 1749 or 1750. She did not leave a will, and her heirs petitioned the Orphan’s Court to divide the land.

The court ordered four men to view and partition the land, “in the township of Buckingham of which Matilda Flannagin, late Matilda Carty and theretofore Matilda Kimble died seized”. The map shows the shares allotted to the five claimants: Thomas Watson, William Kimble, Mary Hickst, the children of Charles Hickst, and the children of Rosa Wilkinson. Watson got the largest share, because he had already bought one-third of the land from Anthony Kimble. Ann and John Bewley had sold their share to Charles Hickst.9

Children of Matilda and her husband: There are no birth records for them, but they must have been born about 1715 to 1735.

Mary, died 1758, married Charles Hickst by Sept 173610, had children Edward, Kimble, Matilda, and Thomas. They lived in Buckingham, on land given to Mary by her grandfather Richard Morrey.11 Charles died in 1753. He did not leave a will, but Mary did, naming her three sons.12

Ann, married 1739 John Bewley at Christ Church. They lived in Buckingham and had seven children: Anthony, George, Nathan, Isaac, John, Jesse, Christopher.13 Some of the children ended up in Virginia.

Rosa, married 1740 Josiah Wilkinson at Christ Church. They had two children, Matilda and Israel, before Rosa’s death.14 He then married Mary Carver, daughter of William Carver Jr. and Elizabeth Walmsley and had more children.15

Anthony, died 1796, married first by 1750 Esther Worthington, daughter of Samuel & Mary. Esther died in 1779 and Anthony married a woman named Sarah.16 Between his two wives, Anthony had ten daughters and three sons, named in his will of 1791, probated in 1796.17 The children were Phebe, Esther, Rachel, Matilda, Sarah, Ann, Mary, Elizabeth, Christopher, Cinthia, Tabitha, Anthony, and John. He left his son Anthony “the plantation whereon I now live”, conveyed from Richard Morrey in tracts of 100 and 40 acres. All of the ten daughters except Cinthia lived to marry.

William, born about 1735, died 1813, married 1770 Sarah Worthington, daughter of Samuel and Mary.18 They were married at Christ Church, Philadelphia.19 This was a very late marriage for William, but Sarah must have been considerably younger, since they went on to have nine children.20 For over twenty years starting in 1761, William and his brother Anthony were taxed in Buckingham township.21 By the time he died William was living in Moreland, Montgomery County and renting out his property in Buckingham. The inventory of his estate was taken in February 1813.22 Children of William and Sarah: Jonathan, Richard, Martha, John, Isaiah, William, Christopher, Sarah and Frances.23

William Jeanes was born in 1754, the son of Isaac Jeanes and Isaac’s second wife Mary Walton, Quakers of Moreland, Philadelphia County.1 William would not have known his father. Isaac died in 1757, leaving Mary with three children: William, Levi, and a daughter Mary from his first wife, Abigail Sands. Four years later the widowed Mary married James Tyson. But she died in 1762 or 1763, leaving James with the Jeanes children, and in 1764 James Tyson married Sarah Harper at Oxford Meeting. James and Sarah became the step-parents of the Jeanes children, and went on to have a large family of their own children. William may have lived with them, as one of the older children, or he may have been apprenticed out to another family.

In the tax assessment of Cheltenham for 1776 William was listed as a single man.2 He probably married Elizabeth McVaugh the next year, since he was disowned by Abington meeting in 11^th month 1778 for going out in marriage.3 From her last name and the name of her son Edmund, Elizabeth was from the McVaugh family of Montgomery County, but her parentage is not yet known.4 It is also not known where William and Elizabeth were married or when their children were born. William and Elizabeth were not members of a Quaker meeting, although two of their children applied to join as adults, and when their daughter Rebecca married the Quaker Seth Holt, it was contrary to discipline and Holt was disowned.5

William and his brother Levi inherited their father’s property in Moreland, over 170 acres. In 1788 Levi sold his share of the land to his brother for £100.6 William and Elizabeth probably moved into the house, if they didn’t already live there. In 1788 William paid taxes for the land with one dwelling, 3 horses and 4 cows.7 He was shown there in 1790 census, in the “windowpane tax” of 1798 (with a stone house 38 feet by 20 feet, assessed at $450) and in the 1800 census.8 In 1820 William is still in Moreland, in a household with 17 people.9 William died in March 1828, leaving no will. His estate was administered by Isaac and Isaiah Jeanes, two of his sons. The inventory was taken on March 20, and showed the usual household goods and farm tools, along with horses, cows, sheep and pigs.10 Isaiah Jeanes and Seth Holt petitioned the Orphans Court of Montgomery County for partition of a tract in Moreland of 189 acres. It was sold in two pieces, to William Hallowell and to Joseph Wood.11 After paying the usual charges for the funeral and estate, there was almost $8,000 to be distributed to the heirs. After setting aside a one-third share for the widow’s dower, each of the eleven children (or the husbands, in the case of the daughters) received $482.63. Elizabeth died intestate around 1847, in Abington. Her son-in-law Seth Holt administered her estate.12 She had outlived all but seven of her children.

Children of William and Elizabeth: (born between 1780 and 1800)

William Jr., born about 1783. He requested membership at Horsham Meeting in 9^th month 1807 and married Hannah Webster there in 3^rd month 1809. They were disowned later that year for fornication.13

Edmund, born about 1793, married Mary Eastburn. She was a distant cousin, daughter of David Eastburn and Elizabeth Jeanes.14 Edmund died 5 February 1828 of a “remitting fever”, possibly malaria.15 His estate was administered by his wife Mary, Seth Holt, Isaiah Jeanes and Joshua Jeanes.16 The account of Edmund’s estate showed that he was a grocer like some of his cousins. It included cigars, beeswax, raisins and currants, pepper, mustard, ginger, tea and coffee, soap, crackers, scrubbing brushes, wine and spirits.17 Edmund was not a Friend, but was buried at the Cherry Street burying ground because his wife was a member.18

Isaac, married and left a child.19

Benjamin, alive in 1830

Sarah, alive in 1847, no further information.

Isaiah, possibly born about 1799, married Sarah LNU, moved to New Garden, Chester County, and kept a store in Toughkenamon. He appeared in the 1850 census with Sarah and two children. He was in the census there in 1870 and 1880, but as a widower.  Children: Catherine and Joshua.

Hiram, born about 1802, died 1860, probably in Moreland. 20 John Smith was the administrator for his estate, because the widow Agnes renounced.21 Hiram and Agnes were members of Horsham Monthly Meeting and the names of their children were recorded there as Mary, Sarah, and Arthur.

Jonathan, a “lunatic”, died 1831 in Moreland. Seth Holt was the administrator of his estate.22

Mary, married Samuel Lloyd or James Lloyd.23 No further information.

Martha, died between 1807 and 1828.24

Elizabeth, born about 1785, married Aaron Richardson. By 1847 she was married to David McCartney.

Eleanor, born about 1795, died 1876, married Rynear Tyson, born about 1800, the son of Peter and Martha. Rynear was the oldest son of Peter Tyson and Martha Kimble. He and Eleanor married around 1818 and lived in Upper Dublin, where they had six children. Rynear died young, only a year after his father. Eleanor did not remarry and  lived with relatives in Montgomery County. Children: Edmond, Peter, Sarah Ann, William Jeanes, Seth Holt, Ephraim.25 Only Edmond and Ephraim married. Sarah Ann lived with Seth and Rebecca Holt before she died of consumption at age 40. Seth Holt Tyson, named for his uncle, headed west for the gold rush and died in California.

Rebecca, born in 1799, died 1883, married Seth Holt and lived in Philadelphia. Seth Holt was disowned at Philadelphia MM in 1824 for marrying contrary to discipline. In 1850 they were living in the Spring Garden ward where Seth was a confectioner. In 1860 they were in Plymouth, Montgomery County and in 1870 in Germantown. Seth died in 1876 and Rebecca died in 1883; both were buried at Laurel Hill with several of their children. Children: J. Franklin, Seth, Allan, Chalkley, Ann Rebecca, Sarah Cordelia.

Keziah, married in 1829 Thomas T. Webster. Thomas Webster was a birthright Friend but disowned in 4^th month 1829 by Frankford Monthly Meeting for marrying outside the Society.26 They were probably in the 1840 census in Lower Dublin, with three children under ten, and probably taxed in 1864 on Darkrun Road, north Philadelphia.27 Thomas was probably buried at 1889 at Belvue Cemetery, in north Philadelphia, just south of Frankford.28

According to lore passed down in the Jeanes family, Esther Brewer was one of the first white children born in Philadelphia.1 This suggests that her parents, whose names are unknown, arrived in the first rush of Quaker settlers in 1682.2 This is a fine story, although improbable given the ages of Esther’s children.3 When Esther grew up and married William Jeanes, the marriage was not recorded in Quaker meeting records, and their first child was baptized in the Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in August 1713. However William and Esther remained Friends. At least four of their children married as Friends, and William himself got a certificate from Abington meeting when he married his second wife.

The family lore about William was that he was French, probably because of the sound of the name.4 “William Jeanes is believed to have come to this country with his father and two brothers from England, and settled at New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York– the family being originally from LaRochelle in France.”5 However the Jeans name is quite common in southeast England, appearing in Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, and Gloucestershire. It is more plausible for Quakers to move to early Pennsylvania from England than from anywhere else.6

There is some circumstantial evidence for William’s origin and parentage. His oldest son was named Joseph. In February 1713, William and Mary Jeanes were the administrators of the estate of Joseph Jeanes of Bucks County. Joseph was either William’s brother, or—less likely—his father. In either case—brother or father—it is plausible that William’s own father was named Joseph. In fact the baptismal records of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, show a Joseph and Elizabeth Jeynes with four children born at the right time: Elizabeth in 1681, Joseph in 1683, William in 1687, Nathaniel in 1691.7 Tewkesbury had a Quaker community, with a cemetery reportedly dating to 1660.8 Jeanes is a common name in Gloucestershire, and there is no evidence yet that this is the family of the immigrant William, but the pattern fits well.9

The first record of William in Pennsylvania is not an immigration record, but rather the death of Joseph Jeanes in 1713. Letters of administration were granted to William Jeanes, of Bucks County, and Mary Jeanes. Mary was not William’s wife; she was probably Joseph’s widow and William’s sister-in-law. Joseph’s estate was small; the bond of administration was for only £50.10

William and Esther were probably married about the same time. There is no record of a marriage for them in Pennsylvania or England.11 By tradition her last name was Brewer. It is possible that they were Quakers who did not marry under the care of a Monthly Meeting. This often happened when the woman was already pregnant and they did not want to wait for the multi-step Quaker approval process. In any case the birth of their first child, a daughter Mary, was recorded at a Presbyterian Church.12 After that they either joined Abington Monthly Meeting or reconciled with the meeting, since the birth of their next child, Joseph, was recorded there in 1716. The births of later children were not recorded at the meeting, but it was common for Quaker families to omit the recording step. At least four of their children married under the auspices of Abington Meeting, and in 1739 Abington gave William a certificate to proceed in marriage with his second wife Elizabeth.

The first record of William buying land in Pennsylvania is in November 1732, when he bought a 142-acre tract in Moreland Township, Philadelphia County, from John Van Boskerck.13 William paid £88.19. In 1739 he extended his land by buying another 30 acres from Benjamin and Elizabeth Cooper. How was William making a living between 1713 and 1732? It is very likely that he was working for others as a farm laborer. The inventory of his estate shows no special tools of a craftsman, and in deeds he is listed as a yeoman, the typical description for a landowner.14 Since he was married, he was probably not an indentured servant. Hired labor was in demand at the time, and he probably saved up his earnings to buy his own land.

William and Esther had seven known children from 1713 to 1735. This suggests that Esther was born about 1690, so that she would be no more than 45 or so at the birth of her youngest child.15 She died in 1737 and William married Elizabeth Baker in 1739.16 He died in 1747.17 In his will he named his wife Elizabeth, children Joseph, James, Isaac, Jacob, Mary, Esther, and Rebecca, as well as grandchildren William and Esther Walton (the children of James Walton and Mary Jeanes). He left his plantation in the Manor of Moreland to Joseph, with a provision that Joseph should pay his brother James £25 “if he ever arrives in Pennsylvania”.18 William also left land to sons Isaac and Jacob, and money to the daughters, in the traditional legacy pattern of the time. He required Jacob to provide Elizabeth with “one-third of the grain and apples, the keeping of one horse and one cow the year through, the best chamber upstairs to reside in, necessary firewood, a part in the kitchen and at the spring house”. He left his son Joseph a suit with white metal buttons, but specified that Isaac should have the leather breeches, the great coat, and the “last wedding suit of worsted apparel”.19 The executors were the son Joseph and William Walmsley. The inventory showed the usual household goods and farm tools, much livestock including 9 horses, 40 sheep, 11 cows, 8 hogs, and 376 bushels of wheat.

Elizabeth lived until 1785, probably in the house with Jacob’s family. In her will she named her stepdaughter Esther Bond, and her step-son Jacob Jeanes as executor. The sons Joseph, Isaac and Jacob all lived in Moreland.

Children of William and Esther Jeanes:20

Mary, baptized 1713, married James Walton, son of Thomas and Priscilla in 9^th month 1730 under the care of Abington Monthly Meeting.21 They had two children, William and Esther, before James died.22 In 1745 Mary married Thomas Carrington, also at Abington. In 1755 they moved to Richland, Bucks County, but moved back the following year.23 Thomas bought land in Abington in 1758. In 3^rd month 1760, Mary and their son Thomas died within a day of each other. Thomas moved to Londongrove Meeting, Chester County, where he was approved as a minister. He married Mary Baker in 1762.24 Thomas died in 1781. In his will he named his wife Mary, sons Aaron and John, and six daughters.25

Joseph, born in 1716, died 1762, married 1738 Sarah Roberts at Abington Meeting.26 He bought land in 1752 in Moreland Township, and later lived in Whitemarsh, Montgomery County.27 Like his father and brothers, he was not very active in Abington meeting, but did serve on a few committees. Joseph wrote his will in 9th month 1762 and died the next year. The inventory of his goods showed a typical farmer. His heirs sold the plantation the next year, placing the customary ad in the Pennsylvania Gazette. It containing about “100 Acres of good land, about 25 or 30 acres of woodland, 10 or 12 acres of good meadow ground, but not all cleared, Water very convenient in every Field, a young bearing Orchard, a good Stone and Log house, with a Spring house near the Door, and a Log Barn”.28 In his will Joseph named his wife Sarah, and eight children: William, Esther, Joseph, Sarah, George, Abel, Daniel and Isaac.29 The son Daniel became a Loyalist, joining the “British Army when they were in possession of the city of Phila and continues to adhere to them by means whereof his one third part of the lands became forfeit to the Commonwealth”… and his share of the estate was sold in 1781 to Benjamin Harbeson.30

James, not in Pennsylvania in 1747 when his father wrote his will, no definite records of him.31

Esther, died 1809, married Joseph Bond, son of Joseph and Ann.32  Although Joseph and Esther were both from Quaker families, they were married in October 1750 at the German Reformed Church in Philadelphia. It is not known when Esther died. She is named in the will of her stepmother Elizabeth Jeanes in 1782. Her husband is probably the Joseph Bond, age 70, who died in 1803 in Philadelphia and was buried as a Friend.33 Children of Esther and Joseph: Elizabeth, Joseph, Rebecca, Sarah, Isaac, Mary, Esther, Rachel, Anna.34

Rebecca, born in 1725, living in 1759. Was she the Rebecca Jeans who was disowned in 1756 by Abington Meeting for marrying contrary to discipline?35 As Rebecca McVeagh, she signed a wedding certificate for her brother Jacob in 1759 and for James Tyson’s second marriage in 1764. Her husband cannot be placed in the family of Edmund McVaugh and Alice Dickinson, although he was probably a grandson of theirs. They were not Friends, and their descendants are poorly documented.

Isaac, born about 1726, died 1757,  married first, in 1749 at Middletown Meeting, Abigail Sands, daughter of Richard and Mary. Isaac married second in 1753 at Horsham Meeting, Mary Walton, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Walmsley).36 They lived in Moreland, Philadelphia County on a 170-acre farm. Isaac died in 1757, leaving his wife Mary and three children: Mary, William and Levi.37 The inventory included typical household goods, farm tools, horses, cows, sheep, and hogs. After Isaac died, Mary married in 1761 James Tyson, son of Henry and grandson of Rynear and Margaret.38 Children with Abigail: Mary (married Timothy Roberts, son of William Roberts). Children with Mary: William (born 1754) and Levi (born 1757).

Jacob, b. 1735, d. 1812, m. 1) — Roberts39, 2) Priscilla Waterman in 1759 at Abington40, 3) 1768 Leah Harmer at Abington41; lived in Moreland, a cabinetmaker42^. Jacob Jeans had to turn in a paper of acknowledgement to Abington Meeting in 8^th month 1766, for fighting and marrying contrary to good order. Was this because of his first marriage? He was on the tax list of 1798 with two stone houses. He married Priscilla Waterman in 12^th month 1759 at Abington Meeting and married Leah Harmer in 1768, also at Abington Meeting. He died in 1812, age 76. Leah died 1833, age 87, as his widow. He and Leah had children: Isaiah, Elizabeth, Jane, William, Jacob, Leah, Rachel, Keziah, Anna. The son Isaiah married Anna Thomas and had eight children, including the wealthy philanthropist Anna T. Jeanes, who died in 1907.

Isaac was born about 1726 in Moreland, Philadelphia County, one of seven children of William and Esther Jeans. He was one of their younger children, and his older sister Mary probably helped take care of him. Isaac and the others grew up in Moreland, on land bought by their father William in 1732 and 1739. Isaac’s mother Esther died in 1737 and two years later William married again, to Esther Baker. William was a Quaker at this time, and he got a certificate from Abington meeting for the marriage. Most of the children, including Isaac, considered themselves Friends and married according to Quaker customs. In 1747 William died. He left his land to his three sons, Joseph, Isaac and Jacob. Isaac’s portion was 170 acres.

Two years later, in 1749, Isaac married Abigail Sands, daughter of Richard and Mary. She was a member of Middletown Monthly Meeting and Isaac got a certificate from Abington Meeting to show his clearness for the marriage.1 Isaac and Abigail probably lived on the land he had inherited, but their marriage was short-lived. Abigail died between 1750 and 1752, leaving Isaac with a baby daughter Mary. Isaac soon remarried, possibly as soon as the customary one-year mourning period allowed. His second wife was Mary Walton, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Walmsley).2 They were married in 8^th month (August) 1753 at Horsham Meeting, probably the closest meeting house to Isaac’s farm in Moreland.3 The marriage was witnessed by Isaac’s stepmother Elizabeth, several of Isaac and Mary’s brothers and sisters, his Sands in-laws Richard and Mary.4 Mary was one of nine children, two of whom had died young. The Waltons were a large, well-established Quaker family, so she had many relatives.

Isaac and Mary had two sons, William and Levi.5 But in 1757, Isaac died, leaving Mary with three small children.6 He left a will, written a month before his death.7 He left the plantation to Mary until his two sons reached the age of 21, to support and school them. After they reached the age of 21, they were to have the plantation in Moreland to share, paying £20 to their sister Mary as her inheritance. The inventory of the estate included typical household goods, farm tools, horses, cows, sheep, hogs and hives of bees.8

Four years later Mary married James Tyson, son of Henry and grandson of Rynear and Margaret.9 James became the stepfather of the three Jeanes children. Mary died a few years later and James married Sarah Harper in 1764. In a chain of parenthood, James and Sarah were now the stepparents of Isaac’s children, and they added more children of their own.

Child of Isaac and Abigail:

Mary, born about 1751, married in 1772 Timothy Roberts, son of William Roberts10. They were married at St. Michael’s Church in Philadelphia. Timothy was a farmer. They lived in Moreland, Philadelphia County, where he wrote his will on 11 Nov 1786.11 It was proved 2 weeks later. His wife Mary was to stay on the farm until their youngest son Timothy reached 21. A Negro man Ishmael was to have his freedom after ten years, and to be maintained by the estate if necessary after that.12 The sons Timothy and Williams were to be placed out as apprentices, in trades suitable to their abilities and with respectable men who would use them well. The daughters were Martha, Catherine, Abigail, Elizabeth. Mary was the executor.

Children of Isaac & Mary:13

William, born 7th month 1754, died in 1828, married Elizabeth McVaugh, probably in 1778, since he was disowned by Abington meeting in 11^th month 1778 for going out in marriage.14 When William reached the age of 21, he inherited a tract of land, shared with his brother Levi. William bought out his brother Levi’s share in 1788. William died intestate in 1828, leaving his widow Elizabeth and children Edmund, Benjamin, Isaac, William, Isaiah, Hiram, Jonathan, Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Rebecca and Keziah.15

Levi, born 3^rd month 1757, died in 1807, m. Hannah —, no surviving children. He wrote his will on September 2, 1807 and died three days later. He was buried in the Quaker cemetery at Mulberry and 4^th Streets, Philadelphia.16 His still-born daughter died the day after him and was probably buried on the same day, perhaps in the same plot.17 His will of 1807 named four of the  daughters of his brother William: Mary, Martha, Elizabeth and Rebecca.18 (William had other children as well.) Levi lived in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia County when he made his will.