Deliverance (Willets) Birdsall (abt. 1715 - abt. 1763)

Born about 2 Feb 1715 in Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Birdsall Jr. — married 1738 in Little Egg Harbor, N. J.

Descendants

Died about 1763 at about age 47 in Barnegat, Monmouth, New Jersey Colony

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Biography

Deliverance Willets was born on 2 Feb 1715 in Burlington, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Ridgeway) Willets.^[1]

Deliverance Willets married Stephen Burdsall on 13 Apr 1738 in New Jersey. The marriage was recorded in the Society of Friends Great Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting minutes.^[2]

Their children were:^[3]

• John, born 12 3 mo 1742.
• Stephen born 15 12 mo 1744.
• Mary born 2 day 8 mo 1740.
• Sarah born 9 day 4 mo 1746.
• Nathen born 22 day 3 mo 1748.
• Elisabeth born 11 day 1 mo 1750.
• Phebe born 11 day 9 mo 1753.
• Richard born 19 day 3 mo 1756.
• Joseph born 28 day 4 mo 1758.

The will of Stephen Birdsall Jr. of Monmouth County, New Jersey, was dated 2 Feb. 1763 and proved 25 Oct. 1761. It mentioned his wife Deliverance and children except John and Nathan, both deceased. (Vol. IV, p. 67, New Jersey, Abstract of Wills.)

Research Notes

Deliverance was a granddaughter of Hope and Mercy (Langdon) Willets and a great granddaughter of Richard and Mary (Washburn). Willets of Hempstead, Long Island

Deliverance was born in 1716. She passed away about 1763.

Sources

1. ↑ Deliverance Willets, bornt 2 day 12th month 1715, Ocean New Jersey, recorded in Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends. Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes. Ancestry Record 2189 #8378000
2. ↑ Deliverance Willets and Stephen Burdsall, marriage 13 Apr 1738, New Jersey. Great Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting. Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes. Ancestry Record 2189 #8798515
3. ↑ Children of Stephen and Deliverance Burdsall, p.38 in Births, Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting records., Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes. Ancestry Record 2189 #28378733

See also:

• "Smith, Grant, and Irons families of New Jersey's shore counties," Hook, James W. (James William), 1884-1957. babel.hathitrust.org.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Heather Stengel for starting this profile.
• Quaker records