Henry Child III (1684 - bef. 1736)

Born 21 Oct 1684 in Coleshill, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Preston) Child — married 20 Nov 1709 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Descendants

Died before 25 Jun 1736 before age 51 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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Henry was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Henry was born on 21 October 1684, Amersham Parish, Hertfordshire (now Buckinghamshire), England (October being the eighth month in the Quaker calendar). "Henry Child, son of Henry & Ann Child of Coleshill in the parish of Amersham & County of Hertford, was born at Coleshill aforesaid, on the one & twentieth day of the eighth month in the year One thousand six hundred eighty & four."

Henry was married 20 November 1709, West River Monthly Meeting, Anne Arundel County, to Margaret Preston. He is mentioned in the 1731 will of his father. He died before 25 June 1736, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (date of the Inventory of his estate). The administratrix of his estate was his daughter Margaret Childs (who became Margaret Plummer due to her marriage in 1737).

Arrival in Pennsylvania

Arrived in Philadelphia 3 December 1699 aboard the ship Canterbury with William Penn.^[1]

Probate records

Probate records (found online at: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I22901&tree=Tree1):

Henry Childs 21.426 AA £980.8.6 Jun 25 1736 Aug 18 1736 Appraisers: Thomas Wells, D. Weems. Creditors: John Hamilton, Richard Hill. Next of kin: William Wilson, Nathaniell Smith. Administratrix: Margret Childs.

Henry Childs 15.101 A AA £980.8.6 £2.10.0 Aug 18 1736 Payments to: Dr. John Hamilton. Administratrix: Margret Childs.

Henry Childs 14.373 A AA £113.6.2 Sep 6 1737 Received from: Samuel Cover, Joseph Adams (merchant in London). Payments to: Dr. Richard Hill, John Sanders who married a daughter (unnamed, her portion), Nathan Smith who married a daughter (unnamed, her portion), Nicholas Maccubbin, Zachariah Maccubbin for Daniel Dulany, Esq. Administratrix: Margaret Plummer (Quaker), wife of Jerome Plummer (Quaker).

Henry Childs 16.325 A AA £959.17.10 Nov 14 1738 The amount of the accounts also included £101.2.7 in sterling. Payments to: Nathan Smith who married a daughter (unnamed, her portion), John Sanders who married a daughter (unnamed, her portion), Micajah Plummer who married a daughter (unnamed, her portion). Distribution to: widow (unnamed, 1/3). Residue to (children, minors): Ruth, Henry, Ann, Cephas, William, Lawrence. Administratrix: Margaret Plummer, wife of Jerome Plummer (Quaker).

Sources

1. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9-rPCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 The Papers of William Penn, Volume 4: 1701-1718 (p. 181 fn). University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987.

• Page 36 of the following: http://www.saundersfamilyhistory.com/images/Chapter%201%20-%20The%20Saunders%20Family%20in%20England.pdf

• Maryland Marriage Evidences, 1634-1718. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2005.

• Probate record abstracts (in notes): https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I22901&tree=Tree1

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWWM-DXB : accessed 2018-02-01), entry for Henry CHILDS ;[Jr.].

• https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9-rPCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181&dq=%22henry+child%22+william+penn&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjil7Gu8ILZAhWoSN8KHWmKAbwQ6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q&f=false