Joseph Ambler (1725 - 1813)

Born 13 Oct 1725 in Montgomery Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Naylor) Ambler — married 17 Oct 1749 in Montgomery Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Province

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1813 at age 87 in Montgomery Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Joseph was a Friend (Quaker)

Joseph was born at the Ambler Homestead to Joseph Ambler and Ann (Williams) Ambler. Joseph married twice, first to Mary Naylor, then to Sarah (Jones) Meredith.

Joseph Ambler married Mary Naylor on "the seventeenth day of the Eighth month in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Forty Nine" or 17 October 1749 in at the Gwynedd Meeting house in Montgomery Township, Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania.^[1] Joseph and Mary had no children. Mary died in 1776.

Joseph Ambler married Sarah (Jones) Meredith on "the eleventh day of the first month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred & Eighty" or 11 January 1780 at Gwynedd Meeting house in Montgomery Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^[2] With Sarah, his children were:^[3]

1. Joseph Ambler (1780 - 1813)
2. John Ambler (1783 - 1859)
3. Mary (Ambler) Forman (1787 - 1878)
4. David Ambler (1790 - 1871)
5. Benjamin Ambler (1793 - 1794)

He died suddenly at the homestead on April 22, 1813. His son Joseph died about four months later.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
   Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #136027 (accessed 15 March 2023)
   Joseph Ambler, son of Joseph Ambler of Montgomery, County of Philadelphia, Province of Pensilvania, marriage to Mary Naylor, daughter of Joseph Naylor (deceased) of the same place, on 17 Oct 1749 in Gwynedd.
   The certificate shows their signatures, his parents signatures, signatures of his siblings Sarah, John, Edward and Mary, her brother Joseph, and others of unknown relationship (John Williams, Jane Williams, Elizabeth Foreman, Priscilla Naylor, Joseph Leed, Isaac Cook Evan Griffith, and Anthony Williams), as well as the many others who attended the marriage.
2. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
   Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #136026 (accessed 15 March 2023)
   Joseph Ambler Jun Widower, son of Joseph Ambler of Montgomery, County of Philadelphia in Pensilvania, marriage to Sarah Meredith, daughter of John Jones of the Township of Whitemarsh in the county and province afforesaid, on 11 Jan 1780 in Gwynedd.
   The certificate shows their signatures, and signatures of his father Joseph Ambler, her parents John and Catharin Jones, his siblings John, Sarah, Mary, Hannah and Ann, John's wife Ann & children Edward and Tacy, Sarah's children Joseph and ?Mercy (Mary?), Mary's husband Thomas Shoemaker and daughter Hannah, Ann's husband Isaac Jones, unknown relations (Abigail Shoemaker, Phebe Meredith, Joseph Williams, Hannah Williams, Letitia harry, John Meng) as well as others who attended the marriage.
3. ↑ Children of Joseph and Sarah Ambler: "U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940"
   Monthly Meeting: Gwynedd Monthly Meeting; Archive Reference: EE 140
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2705 #53799 (accessed 15 March 2023)
   Name: Joseph Ambler; State: Pennsylvania; Monthly Meeting: Gwynedd Monthly Meeting.

• Ambler, Frank Rhoads Sr. "The Ambler Family of Pennsylvania [1688-1968]", Jenkintown, Pennsylvania : Old York Road Publishing Company, Copyrighted 1968. 300 copies privately printed. - Not available as an e-book. See WordCat.org for current library availability (WorldCat.org: accessed 5 Jun 2021).

• Death: "U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940"
  Monthly Meeting: Gwynedd Monthly Meeting; Archive Reference: EE 140
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2705 #53806 (accessed 15 March 2023)
  Joseph Ambler death 22 Apr 1813 in Pennsylvania.

See Also:

• Probate Index: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993"
  Probate Records, 1784-1973; Author: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Montgomery, Pennsylvania
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8802 #340611 (accessed 15 March 2023)
  Joseph Ambler probate on 27 May 1813 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.
• "Ancestry Family Trees," Online publication, Ancestry.com
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Acknowledgements

• Ambler-372 was created by Sandi Ambler through the import of Ambler Family Tree-09.ged on Jul 25, 2014.