John Biddle (1707 - 1789)

Born 1707 in Mansfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Owen) Biddle — married 3 Mar 1736 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1789 at about age 82 in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

John Biddle was born in 1706 or 1707 in Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey. He was the son of William Biddle II and Lydia Wardell Biddle.^[1][2]

He moved to Philadelphia with his brother William and was quite successful in business there.^[1]

He married Sarah Owen on March 3, 1736 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[3] They had five children:

Owen

Clement

Sarah

Ann

Lydia

John died on October 29,1789 in Philadelphia and is buried in the Arch Street Meeting House Burial Ground there.^[2]

Research Notes

Picton^[1] gives his birth day in 1707, while Find a Grave^[2] says 1706. I have used 1707, but there is no particular reason to choose between them.

Chadwick-1021 13:59, 18 August 2017 (EDT)

Sources

^{[1] [2] [3]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Biddle Descendants Family Tree, The Picton Website
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Find A Grave Memorial# 152618575
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Biddle, Henry D., "Notes on the genealogy of the Biddle family : together with abstracts of some early deeds", Philadelphia : W.S. Fortescue & co., 1896, page 13, Archive,org