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Will Abstracts - 1789-1850: A - B
Wills extracted from 1789 to 1850
| Allen, Aaron | N. Providence | F#:438 | F:3/4/1814 P:5/2/1815 |
| Spouse:Mary | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Thomas |
| Elizabeth |
| Orasher |
| Alfred |
| Harriet |
| Allen, Thomas | Springfield | F#:64 | F:3/10/1794 P:4/30/194 |
| Spouse:Sarah | |||
| Andrews, James | Darby | F#:214 | F:12/6/1802 P:4/11/1803 |
| Spouse:Martha | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Hannah |
| Josiah |
| John |
| James |
| Sarah |
| Rebecca |
| Arment, John | Concord | F#:153 | F:6/3/1798 P:10/25/1799 |
| Spouse:Cathren | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Isaac |
| William |
| Arnold, James | Springfield | F#:149 | F:4/8/1799 P:5/15/1799 |
| Spouse:Martha Ogden | |||
| Art, James | Lower Chichester | F#:253 | F:1/1/1803 P:5/27/1805 |
| Spouse:Ann | |||
| Siblings: William Art | |||
| Ashford, William | Chester | F#:333 | F:1/14/1810 P:10/29/1810 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Susan, married ___ Armstong |
| Asken, Elizabeth | U. Chichester | F#:550 | F:5/9/1818 P:6/9/1821 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Joseph |
| Benjamin |
| Samuel |
| Mary, married ___ Hall |
| Askew, Joseph | U. Chichester | F#:220 | F:5/24/1801 P:10/17/1803 |
| Spouse:Elizabeth | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| John |
| William |
| Benjamin |
| Parker |
| Samuel |
| Mary, married ____ Hall |
| Joseph |
| Atkinson, Elizabeth | Providence | F#:329 | F:4/7/1810 P:6/8/1810 |
| Baker, Aaron J. | Birmingham | F#:453 | F:1/15/1816 P:1/31/1816 |
| Spouse:Hannah | Father: Richard Baker | ||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Dilworth |
| Baker, Esther | Middletown | F#:420 | F:9/20/1814 P:10/6/1814 |
| Siblings: Mary Newlin, Elizabeth Baker | |||
| Ball, John | Upper Darby | F#:559 | F:3/12/1818 P:12/19/1821 |
| Siblings: Joseph, Nathan, Thomas, Mary Lobb, Elizabeth Ball, Susanna Earl, Hannah Powell | |||
| Barker, Jacob | Chichester | F#:608 | F:3/2/1824 P:3/9/1824 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Eli |
| Lydia, married ___ Martin |
| Susan, married ___ Howell |
| Isabella, married ___ Bigart |
| Jacob |
| Eliza, married ___ Lee |
| Thomas |
| James |
| Sarah Ann |
| Evelina |
| William |
| Barnard, James | Chester | F#:264 | F:2/16/1806 P:2/25/1806 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| James |
| Elizabeth |
| Isaac |
| Thomas |
| Barnard, Susanna | Chester | F#:591 | F:12/9/1822 P:8/18/1823 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Thomas |
| Isaac |
| Elizabeth (dec'd) |
| Barr, Joanna | Darby | F#:308 | F:3/16/1808 P:4/5/1809 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Mary |
| Ann |
| Tacy |
| Bartholomew, Sarah | Chester | F#:613 | F:5/6/1814 P:4/15/1824 |
| Bartleson, Bartlet | Radnor | F#:405 | F:2/1/1814 P:3/8/1814 |
| Spouse:Ann | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| George |
| Rachel |
| Mark |
| Jonathan |
| Cephas |
| Hannah Lee |
| Lydia |
| Barton, James | F#:269 | F:7/17/1806 P:9/1/1806 | |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Isaac |
| Jane |
| Ziba |
| Adam |
| Sarah, married Peter Longacre |
| Elizabeth, married Robert Sneath |
| Abner |
| Eden |
| Bates, Richard | Concord | F#:291 | F:12/12/1807 P:1/8/1808 |
| Battin, Sarah | L. Providence | F#:596 | F:9/4/1821 P:10/23/1823 |
| Beale, John | Bethel | F#:580 | F:6/23/1815 P:10/21/1822 |
| Spouse:Olive | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Aaron |
| Ann, married ___ Chamberlain |
| Phebe |
| Mary, married ___ Graves |
| Lydia |
| John |
| Olive |
| Beaumont, Joseph | Newtown | F#:123 | F:3/3/1798 P:3/12/1798 |
| Spouse:Margaret | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| George |
| Beaumont, William | F#:441 | F:2/9/1810 P:7/1/1815 | |
| Siblings: brother-in-law Joseph Davis | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Mary, married ___ Weaver |
| Elizabeth, married ___ Griffith |
| Hannah, married ___ Carpenter |
| Sarah, married ___ Supplee |
| Ann, married ___ Moore |
| Beckerton, Elizabeth | Chester | F#:134 | F:9/7/1798 P:9/18/1798 |
| Spouse:Jesse Beckerton (Dec'd) | |||
| Siblings: James Shaw, Samuel Shaw | |||
| Beckerton, Jesse | Chester | F#:133 | F:8/25/1798 P:9/6/1798 |
| Spouse:Elizabeth Shaw | |||
| Bentley, Ruth | Birmingham | F#:383 | F:9/21/1796 P:5/14/1813 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| RobertFrame |
| Rebecca, married ___ McKinly |
| JohnFrame |
| ThomasFrame |
| JamesFrame |
| Bevan, Davis | Chester | F#:499 | F:8/30/1814 P:4/14/1818 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Ann, married Matthew Lawless |
| Tacy Anna, married ___ Stacy |
| Isabella |
| Matthew |
| Bevan, Isabella | Chester | F#:569 | F:6/1820 P:4/23/1822 |
| Siblings: Tacy Ann Stacy, David Bevan | |||
| Bishop, George | Edgmont | F#:53 | F:6/11/1793 P:9/28/1793 |
| Spouse:Mary | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Joseph |
| George |
| Thomas |
| Phebe, married Oliver Pharo |
| Mary |
| Sarah |
| Jane, married ____ Grubb |
| Bishop, Mary | Edgmont | F#:539 | F:4/27/1817 P:10/17/1820 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Joseph |
| George |
| Thomas |
| Phebe, married ___ Pharoh |
| Margaret, married Robert Forwood |
| Sarah, married Jonathan Howard |
| Black, Ann | Edgmont | F#:283 | F:12/9/1797 P:9/25/1807 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Margaret, married ___ Bishop |
| Mary, married ___ McMin |
| Samuel |
| Black, James | Upper Providence | F#:237 | F:6/18/1804 P:7/19/1804 |
| Siblings: Joseph, Thomas, Mary Cochran, Christian, Eliza | |||
| Bond, Benjamin | Chester | F#:127 | F:11/16/1792 P:5/16/1798 |
| Spouse:Rosanna | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Abraham |
| Amos |
| Elizabeth, married _____ Barton |
| Bond, Isaac | Haverford | F#:607 | F:3/10/1823 P:2/6/1824 |
| Spouse:Mary | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Anna Maria |
| Sarah |
| Jonathan |
| Isaac |
| Bonsall, Ann | Darcy | F#:523 | F:8/28/1819 P:9/16/1819 |
| Siblings: William, Moses | |||
| Bonsall, Benjamin | Upper Darby | F#:292 | F:1/8/1806 P:1/22/1808 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Benjamin |
| Esther |
| Bonsall, George | Haverford | F#:554 | F:4/22/1821 P:8/22/1821 |
| Spouse:Mary | |||
| Siblings: mary Palmer, wife of John | |||
| Bonsall, Hannah | Upper Darby | F#:16 | F:8/21/1790 P:9/16/1790 |
| Siblings: Sarah, Isaac, Benjamin, Enoch, Joshua | |||
| Bonsall, Jonathan | Upper Darby | F#:470 | F:4/3/1815 P:8/14/1816 |
| Spouse:Margaret | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Reuben |
| Ann |
| Charles |
| Bonsall, Lydia | Upper Darby | F#:463 | F:10/6/1807 P:6/11/1816 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Margaret |
| Martha |
| Susannah |
| Lydia |
| Sarah |
| James |
| Joseph |
| Bonsall, Mary | Darby | F#:175 | F:9/8/1794 P:2/1801 |
| Siblings: John Hind | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Hannah |
| Mary |
| Bonsall, Obadiah | Birmingham | F#:82 | F:4/6/1795 P:5/6/1796 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Samuel |
| Obadiah |
| Elizabeth, married _____ Gregg |
| Sarah, married _____ Hannum |
| Joseph |
| Hannah |
| Jane, married _____ Taylor |
| Tacy |
| Rebecah |
| Bonsall, Samuel | Concord | F#:156 | F:8/1799 P:11/23/1799 |
| Siblings: Rebekah, Joseph, Sarah Hannum, Hannah, Jane Taylor, Tacy, Obadiah | |||
| Bonsall, Sidney | Darby | F#:610 | F:1/1/1824 P:3/20/1824 |
| Siblings: Hannah wife of Samuel Palmer, Joshua, Joel | |||
| Boom, Rebecca | Ridley | F#:166 | F:2/20/1795 P:6/6/1800 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Lydia, married ____ Davis |
| Elizabeth, married ____ Hall |
| William |
| Boon, Joseph | Darby | F#:218 | F:4/23/1802 P:6/25/1803 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Rebecca |
| Joseph |
| John |
| Boon, Rebecca | Darby | F#:233 | F:10/6/1803 P:4/24/1804 |
| Father: John Boon | |||
| Booth, John | U. chichester | F#:603 | F:11/1/1823 P:11/26/1823 |
| Spouse:Elizabeth | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Joseph |
| Sarah (dec'd), married ___ Macay |
| Bottomley, John | Aston | F#:532 | F:12/9/1815 P:6/24/1820 |
| Siblings: Thomas Bottomley | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Martha, married ___ Murphy |
| Bowman, Ann | U. Providence | F#:448 | F:12/20/1812 P:10/9/1815 |
| Bratten, James | U. Chichester | F#:617 | F:12/30/1823 P:5/6/1824 |
| Siblings: William Bratten | |||
| Briggs, Samuel, Sr. | Haverford | F#:367 | F:2/7/1809 P:8/10/1812 |
| Spouse:Mary | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Isaac |
| unnamed dau. (dec'd?), married William Garrigues |
| Brinton, Christianna | Thornbury | F#:472 | F:8/19/1810 P:10/25/1816 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Joseph |
| Caleb, married Hannah Bowen |
| John, married Sarah Steinmetz |
| Thomas, married Catherine Odenheimer |
| Mary, married John Jacobs |
| Phebe, married James Dilworth |
| Hannah, married John Norris |
| Jane, married Joseph Trimble |
| Brinton, George | Birmingham | F#:44 | F:5/11/1792 P:6/4/1792 |
| Spouse:Esther | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Amos |
| Edward |
| William |
| Joseph |
| Jane, married John Thatcher |
| Brinton, George | Thornbury | F#:122 | F:12/22/1796 P:2/27/1798 |
| Spouse:Christianna | Father: Joseph Brinton | ||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Joseph |
| Caleb |
| Thomas |
| John |
| Mary, married ____ Jacobs |
| Phebe |
| Hannah |
| Jane |
| Brinton, John | Thornbury | F#:392 | F:10/25/1797 P:10/19/1813 |
| Spouse:Margaret | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Mary, married William Meston |
| Esther, married ___ Trimble |
| Joseph |
| Britton, Richard | Tinicum | F#:196 | F:12/252/1801 P:2/25/1802 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Ezekiel |
| Richard |
| Ann, married William George |
| Amy, married John Ferman |
| Mary, married Isaac Stidham |
| Catherine, married Caleb T. Bennett |
| Sarah |
| Brooke, David | Radnor | F#:342 | F:7/22/1808 P:6/17/1811 |
| Spouse:Rachel Egbert | |||
| Siblings: Brother-in-law Lawrence Egbert | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| James |
| Sarah, married ___ Ogleby |
| Ruth, married ___ Willis |
| Nathan |
| Margaret, married ___ Manlove |
| Brooke, Nathan | Radnor | F#:431 | F:1/2/1815 P:2/27/1815 |
| Spouse:Mary | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Jones |
| Mark |
| Benjamin |
| Mary |
| Brooke, Samuel | Radnor | F#:108 | F:1/2/1797 P:4/25/1797 |
| Spouse:Margaret | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| David |
| John |
| Samuel (dec'd) |
| Jesse |
| Broomall, Daniel | F#:574 | F:9/10/1821 P:7/15/1822 | |
| Spouse:Rachel | |||
| Broomhall, Daniel | Thornbury | F#:479 | F:6/14/1816 P:4/8/1817 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| James |
| John |
| Isaac |
| Nehemiah |
| Jacob |
| Joseph |
| Nathan |
| Rachel, married Caleb Temple (dec'd) |
| Brown, James | U. Chichester | F#:94 | F:2/29/1796 P:4/28/1796 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Jeremiah |
| Daniel |
| Agnes, married ____ Smith |
| Elizabeth, married ____ Talley |
| Susannah, married _____ Martin |
| Hannah, married ____ Hartley |
| Brown, Nathaniel | U. Chichester | F#:366 | F:6/29/1812 P:7/20/1812 |
| Spouse:Esther | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Nathaniel |
| Collet |
| Jeremiah |
| Rebekah, married ___ Enochs |
| Elizabeth |
| Sarah |
| Susannah, married ___ Truman |
| Brown, William | Ridley | F#:300 | F:8/3/1808 P:9/17/1808 |
| Spouse:Mary | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| William |
| George |
| Archibald (dec'd) |
| Jane (dec'd) |
| Nancy, married ____ Wrigley |
| Bullock, Isaac | Concord | F#:203 | F:9/19/1797 P:6/11/1802 |
| Spouse:Margery | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Thomas |
| Moses |
| John |
| Mary, married ____ Hall |
| Jane |
| Bullock, Thomas | Birmingham | F#:618 | F:4/14/1824 P:5/12/1824 |
| Spouse:Elizabeth | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Thomas |
| Aaron |
| Robert |
| Jane |
| Marjory |
| Elizabeth |
| Bunting, Josiah | Darby | F#:391 | F:5/7/1808 P:10/15/1813 |
| Spouse:Sarah | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Elizabeth |
| Martha, married ___ Andrews |
| Hannah |
| Ann |
| Joseph |
| Josiah |
| Burn, Jane | Marple | F#:211 | F:12/1/1798 P:3/14/1803 |
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Joseph |
| Isaac |
| Rachel, married ____ Dunwoody |
| Burn, William | Marple | F#:34 | F:5/19/1791 P:12/3/1791 |
| Spouse:Jane | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Joseph |
| Isaac |
| Rachel, married _____ Dunwoody |
| William |
| Burns, John | L. Chichester | F#:581 | F: P: |
| Spouse:Mary | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Gilliad |
| James |
| Eliza |
| Burns, Joseph | Chester | F#:561 | F:12/11/1821 P:1/2/1822 |
| Spouse:Hannah | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| Margaret |
| George |
| Burns, William | Marcus Hook | F#:423 | F:8/28/1814 P:12/6/1814 |
| Spouse:Hannah | |||
| Children mentioned in will: |
| David |
| James |
| Henrietta |
| Byers, Elizabeth | Concord | F#:73 | F:6/30/1791 P:12/6/1794 |