Richard L Cantrill Jr. (bef. 1666 - bef. 1753)

Born before 13 May 1666 in Blakewell, Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Jane (Jones) Cantrell — married 5 Mar 1691 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died before 31 May 1753 at about age 87 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Richard Cantrill was born in 1666 in Derbyshire, England. Although he was baptized May 13, 1666 in Bakewell Parish, years of research have still not proved his parentage.Note: I have added the record of birth as an illustration that actually verifies Richard's birth to Richard Cantrell, being "baptized" on 13 May 1666, added by Glenn Cantrell^[1]

Bakewell Parish was a brickmaking area, and very likely Richard grew up in the brickmakings trade. He was a brickmaker in Philadelphia after he moved to Pennsylvania. His place of birth has been established from a petition he submitted to John Blackwell, Esq., Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, in July 1689, stating that his nephew, Joseph Cantrill, had drowned in the Schuykill River, May 10, 1689, and that Joseph had older and younger brothers in Derbyshire, England. He posted a one hundred pound bond. This document is on file at the Register of Wills, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Admin. book “A” page 66, file no. 54.1689. We know from the records of Derbyshire that there were a number of Cantrill families in the shire and that they were closely associated with the St. Alkmunds Church in Derby. Warren Cantrell, probably the most dedicated, prolific Cantrell genealogist, in his search of the Derbyshire Parish Registers in 1979, however, failed to reveal a record of Richard’s ancestry. Further, because he could not find Richard Cantrill’s name listed on any ship’s log, he believed that Richard came to America as an indentured servant to William Penn who sailed for America on the ship Welcome (Robert Greenway, Master), arriving in Pennsylvania, June 24, 1682. We know that the ship was ballasted with English brick instead of the usual stone. Penn had decided he would live in adequate shelter instead of the caves or log huts of the New World. The roster of the Welcome does not list a Richard Cantrill or other brickmason. A number of other ships arrived in the next three months. The surviving rosters do not list Richard or his nephew. A Mary Cantril, servant to Nicholas Schull, arrived in America, May 10, 1685. It is not likely that William Penn would have brought his bricks to the province without a brickmason. There is now documentation to prove that Richard came as an indentured servant of Captain William Smith.

Pennsylvania. Land Office. Copied Surveys, 1682-1912. Harrisburg, Penn: Pennsylvania State Archives, and., Survey Book D-85, p112.

Pensilvania

By the Commissioner of Property

At the Request of Philip Howel That we would Grant him to take up fifty acres of head land in right of Richard Cantril who came into this Province about the first Settling therof Servant to Capt. Wm. Smith and fifty acres in right of Daniel Thomas who came in Servant to Rees Rodderagh and fifty acres in right of Elenor Thomas wife to the Daniel formerly – who came in Servant to David Lawrence and fifty acres in right of Jn Lloyd who came in Servant to John Bevan being in all two hundred acres These are to require thee to survey and lay out to the said Philip Howell the said quantity of two hundred acres of land appropriated to Servants where not already survey’d nor taken up nor sealed nor Seated by the Indians, according to the Methods of Townships appointed and make Returns into the General Surveyors Office at Philadia where this Warrant is to remain and a Copy thereof to be delvd to thee Certifyed be ye Secretary Given under our hands and Seal of the Province at Philadia ye ninth of 9br 1702. (To David Powel Surveyor) Edwd Shippen Griffith Owen Tho Story

IN TESTIMONY

That the above is a copy of the original remaining on file in the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania, made conformably to an Act of Assembly approved the 16th day of February, 1833, I have hereunto set my Hand and caused the Seal of said Department to be affixed at Harrisburg, this fourth day of April, 1910.

(Signature) Henry Howell Secretary of Internal Affairs

From “Digest of Ship and Passenger Arrivals in the Delaware” by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. (Publications of the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania): gives this information: “1683: no. 1; name: Bristol Merchant; Size: 300 T; Master: William Smith; Port of Registry: Bristol; Loading dates: 24 Oct-3 Dec 1682; Arrival in Delaware: by 9 Feb 1683; No. Pass…?”

There is a tradition common in the family that the first Cantrill in Philadelphia had a brick yard and built the first brick house in that city for William Penn; in 1980 it was still standing in Fairmont Park. It can be assumed that Richard brought his nephew with him as an apprentice brickmason. The second house built was for Robert Turner, a wealthy merchant from Dublin, who arrived in 1683 and had his house built in 1684-85. In that same year, Daniel Pegge, a future brother-in-law of Richard, had a brick house built on “Pegge’s Run.” Since it is possible that Richard contracted to erect both houses, this could very easily account for the family tradition.

In 1963 Hanna Roach wrote, “ Richard Cantrill, brickmaker, arrived on the Bristol Merchant as a servant to Captain William Smith, probably in Feb 1683.” “The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vol. X111, page 112.” She was writing the history of Pennsylvania and William Penn and not of the Cantrill family.

A number of records regarding Richard Cantrill, in addition to the ones previously mentioned, are found in the Archives of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.

In “Making of Pennsylvania”, Fisher states: “Quite a number of Virginians migrated from that Colony [Virginia] to the Banks of the Delaware before the settlement of Philadelphia by William Penn, in 1678, under the rule of the Duke of York.”

From “Pennsylvania Archives”, Vol. XIX: “At a meeting of the Commissioners, 6th of July, 1692. Present Captain William Markham, Robert Turner, John Goodson ... Richard Cantrill, requested a warrant for a lot of 30 ft. upon Third Street, near the Burying Ground. The warrant was granted.”

From “Original Records, Deed Book “ D” page 50”: “Richard Cantrill to Thomas Hall, Sold 30 ft. x 190 ft., May 13, 1693, Third and Market Streets.”

In “Patent Book “A” Vol. II, page 344,” there is a lease for 21 years (May 5, 1702) made by Edward Shippen, Griffith Owen and James Logan, as Proprietary and Governor in Chief of Pennsylvania and Territories thereunto belonging ... of a ... “Certain tract of land between Fifth and Sixth Streets containing three acres and sixty perches” (here follows a full description by metes and bounds) “to Richard Cantrill, Brickmaker, with all woods and underwood and trees, ways ... water courses ... advantages and opportunities whatsoever.” The rent was forty shillings per year, “current silver money of the Province.” “Said Richard Cantrill shall build, erect and set up a substantial brick house one story and a half in height and in breadth eighteen feet and in length thirty-six feet; the first story of one brick and a half and the second story of one brick, and further that said Richard Cantrill shall make an orchard upon some part of the hereby granted land, with at least eighty good bearing apple trees planted theron, and shall also well and sufficiently fence and enclose the said demised land.”

In “Pennsylvania Archives” we find: “Cantrill, Old Rights: Richard Cantrill, city lot 3 acres, 10 day, 10 month, 1701. Rich. return 3 acres, 3 month 1702.” Later, the archives record a “Caveat against surveying of land adjoining Richard Cantrill’s estate, issuing to the heirs, or executors of the said Richard Cantrill, or any under him, May 31, 1753.” In 1684, a law was passed in the Courts of England directing that all inhabitants in the colony register in their respective counties, so their movement between counties and colonies would be known to county and other authorities. The lists now available in the possession of the Historical Society are not complete, indicating that the law was never completely carried out. The lists cover the period, May 1684 to August 1687. In the partial list of families who resided in Bucks County, PA, prior to 1687, we find the following: “Ellis Jones of Wales, in County of Denby or Flint, and Jane, his wife, came on the ship Submission and arrived at the time aforesaid. Children, Barbara, Dorothy, Mary and Isaac. Servants to the Governor these came.” In the preceding entry, we find: “James Harrison ... sailed from Liverpool for this province on the ship Submission of Liverpool, the Master, James Settle, the 5th of the 7th month 1682, and arriving at Choptank in Maryland, the 21st of the 9th month, following, being brought thither thru the dishonesty of the Master, and arrived at Apoquinemene, in this province, the 15th of the 11th month following.”

From the log of the Submission: Ellis Jones, age 45 Jane Jones, age 40 Barbara Jones, age 13 Mary Jones, age 12 Dorothy Jones, age 10 Isaac Jones, age 4 mos.

The “Pennsylvania Historical Magazine” in a list of names of “Important Colonists who came on the Submission” mentions Ellis Jones. Mr. Jones did not remain in Bucks County, since we find he purchased one hundred acres of land in Nantonell parish, Radnor. This is recorded in the Welsh Tract Purchases. Barbara Jones married Daniel Pegge; Mary Jones married her cousin, Isaac Jones; and Dorothy Jones married Richard Cantrill about 1693. Since Ellis Jones and his family were Quakers, and Richard was a member of the Church of England, Richard and Dorothy were married, to use a Quaker term, “Out of Meeting.” In spite of her religious training, Dorothy wed the man of her choice and seemed to like the vivacious social life in early Philadelphia. To the dismay of her quiet Quaker friends, she once attended a masquerade ball.

From The Coalfield Progress article, “Dorothy Jones – far ahead of her time”, by Rhonda Robertson (Wise County Historical Society): Dorothy Jones was born 1672 in Wales and emigrated with her parents, Ellis and Jane Jones, to the colonies aboard the ship Submission in September of 1682. Her father was a weaver and served the Governor of Pennsylvania for many years. The Joneses were Quakers, and very early in her life Dorothy showed her considerable spirit and independence of character by embracing the freedom of the New World and selecting a husband “out of meeting”, which means she chose a man of a different religion. Dorothy’s mother was an upstanding member of the Quaker church and her father was a pillar in the church and the community. Not only did she marry the man of her choice, irrespective of her religious upbringing, but she was shortly to take her parents’ breath away by her demonstration of her love of gaiety and society. One could say Dorothy followed in her mother’s footsteps, but in a rather different way. The year was 1703, the place Wilmington, Pa., now located in Delaware and according to genealogist and descendant, Joanne Rabun, Dorothy was about to be known as probably the first cross-dressing Quaker. According to an old History of Pennsylvania, Dorothy is found in the grand jury indictments when she was presented for masking in men’s clothes the day after Christmas, “walking and dancing in the house of John Simes at 9 or 10 o’clock at night.” John Simes, who gave the masquerade party, was presented at the same time for keeping a disorderly house, “a nursery of Debotch ye inhabitants and youth of this city…to ye greef of and disturbance of peaceful minds and propagating ye Throne of wickedness amongst us.” In other words, they were dancing and having a good time! It seems that after appearing in court, unrepentant Dorothy paid her fine and went about her business. I feel fairly sure that by this time, her mother, Jane, a good and devout Quaker, had taken to her bed from the shock! Dorothy must have thought that was enough excitement for one lifetime, because she lives quietly after the debacle and disappears from the records of the day. Dorothy’s husband isn’t mentioned in the presentment of the Grand Jury, so whether he was in attendance at the masquerade ball is unknown, but one would assume that as her husband he probably was with her. However, it was undoubtedly all right for him to stay out until 9 or 10 o’clock. But is it possible that Dorothy might have been really daring and left him at home? Her husband seems to be a staid fellow and little is known about his personal life. We do know that he was a brick mason and owned and operated his own brick factory in Philadelphia, after having arrived in America from England sometime around 1682. He was known to have built the first brick house in Philadelphia. Dorothy must have recognized a good thing when she saw it -- a man with money and the prospects of making more! That could have been one reason for her to marry out of faith. I know, by this time, you must be asking yourself what Dorothy Jones and her escapades have to do with Wise County? Well, a lot! You see, Dorothy’s son, Joseph, left Philadelphia around 1718 and moved to the New Castle County area in Delaware. His family began the move down the Valley of Virginia, living there around the 1730s. From the Valley, they continued their southward move to Orange County, N.C., where they appeared around 1754. Joseph’s son, Isaac, strayed further from his grandparents’ faiths when he became a devout Baptist preacher. But then, what can you expect from having grandparents who were daring enough to marry out of their faiths? Isaac, in response to his call to the ministry, moved back and forth between Orange County, N.C., and Spartanburg, S.C. many times. I’ll bet you Isaac never told his congregations about Grandma! Isaac’s son, Abraham, born in N.C., also inherited the family wanderlust and headed toward Southwest Virginia and the area later to become known as Wise County, with his son Hiram. Abraham and Hiram moved to Pike County, Ky., where Abraham died. Hiram must have liked the look of Wise County, for he returned and lived out the rest of his life here. The majority of his descendants live here to this day. The husband of Dorothy Jones, you see, was Richard Cantrell, and according to Cantrell genealogists and historians, all the people of Wise County who have a Cantrell bloodline can trace their roots back to Dorothy and her husband. All I can say is, Dorothy Cantrell was a woman way ahead of her time!

In 1927, one writer indicated that there was strong objection to the marriage. He based this observation on the fact that Mrs. Jones in her will left the children of Dorothy only one shilling each. It was customary in those days to leave each possible heir a minimum of one shilling or another small sum to insure that the will would be safely probated. Richard was at least 12 years older and, from all indications, a successful colonist. The intriguing part is how did they meet, this older artisan and a daughter of the Governor’s weaver. Since we have been unable to locate the log of any ship showing his arrival in America, this seems to corroborate Warren Cantrell’s account that Richard signed on as Penn’s indentured servant in order to leave England. It is more likely that Richard met Dorothy while building the house of Daniel Pegge, her brother-in-law. ^[2]

Vital Information

Name

Richard Cantrell

Richard L Cantrill

Richard Cantril

Birth

13 May 1666 Blakewell, Derbyshire, England ^[3]

Baptism / Christening

13 MAY 1666 ^[4]

Wesleyan Methodist Church ^[4]

Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

Immigration

1682 Migrated to the Province of PA ^[4]

24 Aug 1682

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Ship: "Welcome"

Occupation

Brick Mason and Brick Master. ^[4]

Bricklayer / Mason

It is the tradition that he erected the first brick house in Philadelphia, PA. ^[4]

Marriage

abt 1690 / 1693 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA

Richard Cantrell married Dorothy Jones in the early 1690s. As she was a quaker and Richard may have been of the Church of England, to use the Quaker term, they were married. Out of Meeting.

Children

Four children of Richard and Dorothy can be verified, and the possibility exists that Mary Price and the Jane ___ mentioned in Jane Jones’s will could have been other children. It was not uncommon in those days to name a second child the same as one who died in infancy.

Children:

1. Mary Cantrill, b. 1694, New Castle Co., PA*
2. Joseph Cantrill, b. 1695, Philadelphia, PA
3. Zebulon Cantrill, b. 1697, Philadelphia, PA; d. May 1752, Frederick Co., VA
4. Dorothy Cantrill, b. 1699, Philadelphia, PA; mentioned in the will of her grandmother; unmarried in 1730

*The Records of the Race Street Meetinghouse contain the following under “Burials of those not Friends” : Mary, 1-6, 1695, parents Richard and Dorothy Cantrill

Property

• 6 JUN 1692 - Was granted warrant for a 30 x 190 ft lot on 3rd St. at Market, Philadelphia, PA. ^[4]

• 13 MAY 1693 - He sold the 30 x 190 ft. lot. ^[4]

• 1701 - Received a lease for 21 years on a 3 acre lot between 5th and 6th St., Phila, PA. ^[4]

Death

On or Before 31 May 1753

Philadelphia, PA., United States

Will

A search of the wills and probate records of Philadelphia and of New Castle County, Del. have failed to reveal a will for Richard. In the PA archives we find a record as follows. Caveat against surveying of land a joining Richard Cantrill's estate, issuing to the heirs, or executors of said Richard Cantrill, or any under him, May 31, 1753. As the two sons left the New Castle area in the late 1720's or early 1730 and moved to the valley of VA by 1738, Richard may have also made the move.

A search of the record books of Philadelphia, 1682-1782, failed to reveal a will or administration papers of Richard or Dorothy Cantrill. Also, the will records of New Castle Co., PA were negative. From the preceding, we know that Richard was deceased by May 31, 1753. Dorothy d. Aug 30, 1755, Philadelphia, PA.

Burial

Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Find A Grave

Memorial# 75617345

Birth

Date: May 1666

Place: Bakewell, Derbyshire, England^[5]

Death

Date: 31 May 1753

Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States^[6]

Baptism

Date: 13 May 1666

Place: Bakewell, Derbyshire, England^[7]

Residence

Place: England^[8]

Note

Note: Immigration of a Richard Cantrell 1682

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=6ff4de1a-b97d-4e5c-9939-8af6ba1d6619&tid=23138780&pid=579

Note: Early Pennsylvania Land Records

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=ad597482-feee-46c0-9b95-9c6376cc9cc5&tid=23138780&pid=579

Marriage

Husband: Richard Cantrell

Wife: Dorothy Jones

Child: Dorothy Cantrell

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joseph Cantrell

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Cantrell

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Zebulon Cantrell

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Dorothy Cantrill

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1693

Place: Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

• Source: S-2071486970 Repository: #R-2141038929 Title: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: APID: 1,5769::0
• Source: S-2071487146 Repository: #R-2141038929 Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: APID: 1,5771::0
• Source: S-2071602194 Repository: #R-2141038929 Title: The Cantrill-Cantrell genealogy : a record of the descendants of Richard Cantrill, who was a resident of Philadelphia prior to Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Christie, Susan Cantrill,. The Cantrill-Cantrell genealogy : a record of the descendants of Richard Cantrill, who was a resident of Philadelphia prior to 1689, and of earli Note: Includes index. APID: 1,11702::0
• Source: S-2071602537 Repository: #R-2141038929 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• Source: S-2075550252 Repository: #R-2141038929 Title: England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.Original dat Note: APID: 1,1351::0
• Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr. Digest of Ship and Passenger Arrivals in the Delaware. In: Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., compiler and editor. Passengers and Ships prior to 1684. (Publications of the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, 1.) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. 245p. Reprinted by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1985. pp. 21-25., 122-123. As cited on Cantrell Family Forum, Message 7077, 29 April 2009

1. ↑ "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB6M-62V : 29 December 2014), Richard Cantrill, 13 May 1666; citing Christening, Bakewell, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, Record Office, Matlock; FHL microfilm 1,041,679.
2. ↑ Warren Cantrell, shared by Tobby Cantrell, 11/12/2013
3. ↑ LaVonna Wood, 8/28/1998
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Warren G. Cantrell, 8/31/1998.
5. ↑ Source: #S-2071486970
6. ↑ Source: #S-2071487146
7. ↑ Source: #S-2075550252
8. ↑ Source: #S-2075550252