Benjamin Quillen (bef. 1735)

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Benjamin Quillen. Given Name: Benjamin. Surname: Quillen. ^[1]

Census: 1783 Worcester County, Maryland. 1790 Worcester County, Maryland. Note: 11-3.

Marriage Husband Benjamin Quillen. Wife Easter Unknown. Marriage Abt 1736. ^[2] Child: Nathaniel "Nathan" Quillen.

Husband @I46062@. Wife @I46061@. Marriage Abt 1710. ^[3] Child: Benjamin Quillen.

Notes

Birth year of 1712 seems to be based on the assumption that Benjamin was the son of the elder Thomas Quilling. However, he was actually the grandson, son of a deceased Thomas Quilling, Jr.

The 1783 tax list of Worcester County shows a Benjamin Quillen with 100 acres.

There are administration records for a Benjamin Quillen in Worcester County, Maryland, but he cannot have been the same Benjamin who appeared on the 1783 tax list and 1790 census of Worcester County:

Prerogative Court Abstracts, Inventories. Benjamin Quilline Inventory Worcester County £46.7.0 Inventory 11 January 1745, approved by executor 8 May 1746. Appraisers: William Wallon, Adam Bravard. Creditors: Lebith Mecor, John Campbell. Next of kin: John Fosstt, John Quillin. Administrator/Executor: Joseph Quillen.

Court Abstracts, Administration Accounts. Benjamin Quillen Worcester County, inventory £46.7.0, total payments £34.4.3, approved by executor 8 October 1751. Payments to: Adam Hall, Elisabeth Holland, John Fassitt, John Campbell, Joshua Mores per Comfort Paynter per Doegood Paynter (in Pennsylvania Currency), Alexander Mills, Col. John Henry, William Luker, administratrix of John Burton, Henry Lawrence, Rous Fassitt, Obed Gault, Thomas Goddard, Dr. Woodbridge, Zachariah Bold, John Newbold, adminstratrix of Duncan Murray, Daniel Dulany, Esq., Major Arbuckle, B. Harris.

Mentions: widow (unnamed, dead).

Adminstrator: Joseph Quillen

From Prerogative Court Abstracts, Balance Books.

8 Oct 1751 - Worcester County.

Joseph QUILLLEN, Administrator of Benjamin QUILLEN.

Sureties - Paul ALEXANDER and Elias EVANS.

To - William QUILLEN.

Sources

1. ↑ McCabe, 1996.
2. ↑ McCabe, 1996.
3. ↑ McCabe, 1996.

• Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, page 93. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 27 Sept 2021.

QUILLING, THOMAS. Admin. of, to Barbara Quilling, widow. Feb. 13, 1741 (1741/42). Reg. of Wills, Liber I, folio 59. Note: -- Arch. vol. A42, page 6 shows sons Teague, Alexander, Joseph; daus. Sarah, Lydia, Elizabeth Quilling; Benjamin, son of Thomas Quilling, Jr., dec’d.

• De Valinger, Leon, Miscellaneous Church Records. Published by Delaware State Archives. Digital Copy at FamilySearch.org, accessed 28 Sept 2021.

Records of St. Martins Parish (Episcopal), Worcester County, Maryland, 1723-1817. Page 3, Image 166 [1]

William, son of Benjamin & Ester Quillen 1744, 8, 10 (10 October 1744)

• McCabe, Vernon Jr., Descendants of the Quillen Family (Quillin) of the Delmarva Penninsula (Ocean City, Maryland, 1996).