Margery (Woolston) Kirkbride (1721)

Born 3 Aug 1721 in Bucks, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

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Biography

Daughter of Jonathan Woolston and his wife Sarah, b. 1721. Twin to Samuel Woolston^[1]

Her siblings were:

1. John Woolston (1708 - 1791)
2. Thomas Woolston (1709 - 1735)
3. Jonathan Woolston (1711 - 1730)
4. Samuel Woolston (1721 - <1771)
5. Jeremiah Woolston (1723 - )

Married John Kirkbride 9 Jan 1750.^[2] The marriage certificate does not give the parents of John Kirkbride, but it is likely that his parents were Joseph Kirkbride and his wife Mary. John was born in 1706 and his first wife was Hannah Sykes. Margery's husband, John Kirkbride died about 1752.

Margery was disowned by the Quakers in 1753 for having an incestuous affair with her step-son John Kirkbride, Jr. and she was reported as being pregnant.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Record of Commery 1683; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 303; U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994, Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 2189 #2212215
2. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Falls Copy Births, Deaths and Marriages; Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/F35 3.1; U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994, Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 2189 #4155380
3. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1731-1767; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 177; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #99904653