Margaret (Roberts) Paul (abt. 1660 - 1717)

Born about 1660 in Taunton, Somerset, England

Wife of Joseph Paul — married 2 May 1680 in Cullompton, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1717 at about age 57 in Oxford Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Margaret (Roberts) Paul was born in Somerset, England.

Margaret (Roberts) Paul migrated from England to Pennsylvania.

Margaret (Roberts) Paul was an early settler in Pennsylvania.

Margaret was a Friend (Quaker)

Margaret Roberts, daughter of Lewis Roberts and granddaughter of John Roberts,^[1] was born about 1660 (probably in Taunton, Somerset, England).^[2].

She married Joseph Paul, a sergemaker (from an ancestry of wool-combers) of Ilminster, Somerset, at Cullompton, Devon, England on 2 May 1680.^[2][3][4] At the time of their marriage, Margaret was living in Bur Liscombe and Joseph in Holcombe Regis, Devonshire, but their certificate came from Taunton, Somerset.^[5]

Children's birth records show them members of Mid Somerset Quaker Monthly Meeting, England. In 1682 her husband Joseph was among 31 Friends, accused in a fight, and he was imprisoned for a short time.

By 1685, the Pauls left for America, after having purchased 250 acres in Oxford Township, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania. Her husband continued to expand his land ownership, eventually forming a plantation located on Bristol Pike between Fox Chase and Frankford.^[5]

Her husband was prominent in civic activities in Philadelphia County. With John Worrell in 1698, he was also appointed to purchase land for temporary meetings and to erect a permanent meeting house (Oxford Meeting).

Among their children were:^[5]

1. Ann (Paul) Knowles (born Paull, 21 September - Quaker 7th month - 1681, Ilminster, Somerset^[6][7]), who married in 1705 John Knowles
2. Joseph Paull (born 23 July - Quaker 5th month - 1683, Ilminster, Somerset^[8][9]), who married in 1711 Elizabeth Roberts and secondly, Elizabeth Bridewell
3. Henry Paul (4. 23. 1686, Oxford Township-1775), who married in 1716 Ann Gillingham
4. John Paul (2. 1. 1689, Oxford Township-1721), who married in 1709 Mary Livezey
5. James Paul (6. 11. 1692-1761), who married in 1716 Jean Wilmerton (died 1716), in 1723, he married Ann Jones (died 1739) and in 1743, married Sarah Morris

Margaret (Roberts) Paul died after her husband yeoman Joseph Paull, who wrote his will 4 June 1717 (proved in Philadelphia County 3 Sep 1717) in Oxford, Philadelphia County, a will in which she was named as sole executor with their son Joseph as assistant executor.^{[2] [5]}

Research Notes

• Oxford Township Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania is not yet listed in the available categories, but this was a fledgling meeting likely with small membership; it is noted as having been replaced by Abington Meeting, for which the location listed among categories states Jenkintown: it is unclear if this is the same location.
• A source for her death date is needed.

Sources

1. ↑ Email from R. Cohen dated 3 Feb 2016
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} England&Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013
3. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1033, DEVON: Monthly Meeting of the East Division of Devon (comprising Exeter, Barnstaple, Collumpton, etc): Collumpton, etc, FindMyPast
4. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWFT-1ZH : 11 December 2014), Joseph Paull, 02 May 1680, Marriage; citing p. 21, East Devon, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Hough, Mary Paul Hallowell, 1858-1941, and Anna Hallowell Penrose. The Hallowell-Paul Family History: Including the Ancestry of the Related Families of Worth, Lukens, Jarrett, Morris, Scull, Stokes, Heath, And Others. 1924, p. 58-66. Philadelphia: Henry Ferris, Publisher.
6. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1439, BRISTOL AND SOMERSET: Monthly Meeting of South Somerset (to 1783), FindMyPast
7. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWKZ-M2N : 11 December 2014), Anne Paull, 21 Sep 1681, Birth; citing p. 40, South Somerset, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
8. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1439, BRISTOL AND SOMERSET: Monthly Meeting of South Somerset (to 1783), FindMyPast
9. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWKS-QJ2 : 11 December 2014), Joseph Paull, 23 Jul 1683, Birth; citing p. 40, South Somerset, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London

Acknowledgements

Roberts-11068 was created by Carol Miller through the import of McKnight-Wilkin_2014-10-03.ged on Oct 3, 2014.