Gobitha (Powell) Woolleson (1696 - 1767)

Born 9 Feb 1696 in Radnor Township, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania

Wife of Samuel (Woolaston) Woolleson — married 1724 in Berks Co, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1767 at about age 70 in Province of Pennsylvania

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Biography

Gobitha was a Friend (Quaker)

Gobitha was born "12-19-1695," a Quaker date that represented the 19th day of the 12th month of 1695: 19 February 1696.^[1][2]

She married Samuel Wooleston/Wolleson.

She passed away in 1767.^{[citation needed]}

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Research notes

• Primary sources: Ancestry.com Search Results ($)

• Inferred evidence of marriage to Samuel Woolison: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", database with images, "Ancestry" (Ancestry.com Image 36($): Accessed 31 May 2021), entry for Gobitha Woolison citing: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Radnor Monthly Meeting, Certificates of Removal Received, 1730-1780; Issued, 1709-1784. - Certificate to Exeter, 9 Apr 1745 (9th day 2nd mo 1745).

• Birth location: Radnor township, currently located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania was located in Chester County until the creation of Delaware County in 1789 (citing Wikapedia for Delaware County and for Radnor Township: accessed 31 May 2021)

• Gobitha's married family name varies in spelling. Woollson, Woolaston, Woolston, and Wooliston have all been found. Woolleson is the name on husband Samuel's Last Will and Testament, and has thus been chosen as her current last name.^[3]

• Death: Samuel Woolleson does not mention his wife, but does mention all five children (Samuel jr & wife Rebecca, Elizabeth & husband William Davis, Gobitha wife of Thomas Withers, Joseph & wife Rebecca, Martha & husband Edward George). One might infer that his wife Gobitha preceded him in death.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Index, 1709-1749; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:537. Accessed 31 May 2020 by SJ Baty at Ancestry ($). Ancestry shared record.
2. ↑ "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", database with images, "Ancestry" (Ancestry.com Record ($): accessed 31 May 2021), entry for Gobitha Powel born 9 day, 12 mo 1695/6; citing Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry.com images 853-865($):accessed 30 May 2021)(Ancestry.com record($):accessed 31 May 2021), entry for Samuel Woolison, 1858; citing Berks County (Pennsylvania), Register of Wills; Estate Files, 1752-1915, Probate Estate Files, Wert, Christina-Zwerentz, Ludwig, 1752-1799.

See also:

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/l/a/Max-Blanton-Lockhart/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0368.html

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