Ruth (Stacy) Atkinson (1680 - 1755)

Born 30 Mar 1680 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of William Beakes — married 3 Mar 1705 in Burlington, New Jersey

Wife of Samuel Atkinson — married 12 Sep 1714 in Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1755 at age 75 in Chester, Burlington, New Jersey

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Biography

Birth
30th da, 7th mo. [Sept.] 1680 in the falls NJ^{[1] [2]}

Parents Mahlon and Rebeccah Stacy of the Falls, Burlington Monthly Meeting - Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland 2000, www.WillowBendBooks.com), Volume 1, page 185, typed journal image.

Marriages:
(1) 3 Mar 1705 (3 m. 2 1705) William Beaks granted Certificate to Chesterfield MM, West Jersey to marry Ruth Stacy ^[3]

(2) Ruth Stacy married secondly Samuel Atkinson on September 12, 1714, Chesterfield, Burlington, Monthly Meeting, New Jersey Colony. ^[4]

Ruth's youngest sibling, brother Mahlon Stacy, Esq. whose will is dated 14 May 1742 mentions Ruth Stacy Atkinson and her sisters:

Mary Pownell, Ruth Atkinson and Rebeccah Wright request that administration on estate of their brother, Mahlon Stacy, be granted to Jos. Wright and Sam'l Atkinson. Witnesses--Mahlon Kirkbride, Stacy Beaks.; 1742, May 17. Bond of Samuel Atkinson and Joshua Wright of Chester, yeomen. Thomas Budd, of Northampton, and Samuel Lovett, of City of Burlington, yeomen, fellow bondsmen.; Lib. 4, p. 376.; 1742, 16 and 18, 3rd mo. (May). Inventory, £1903.11.10; made by Thomas Shinn and James Lippincott. Includes silver tankard and cup, £9; library of books, £18; accounts between deceased and Company in the Iron Works, £820.19; negro man, £20.

Research Notes
Note on 12 July 1714 marriage date with Samuel Atkinson the date may need adjusting for the old style calendar? George Norbury Mackenzie, ed, Colonial Families of the United States of America (Originally in Baltimore, 1912, Republished by the Genealogical Publishing Company Inc., 1966, 1995). Vol. V., page 534. Subscription - [1] All sources quoted exactly as found.

Sources

1. ↑ Burlington Monthly Meeting - Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland 2000, www.WillowBendBooks.com), Volume 1, page 1.
2. ↑ U.S. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I-VI, 1607-1943; Vol. II: Burlington Monthly Meeting; Online image file made available thru www.ancestry.com. accessed 15 Aug 2019.
3. ↑ Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 1607–1943 vol 2; ($) Ancestry.com; STACY, vol. 2, page 1029
4. ↑ See Encylopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; vol 2; pg.1029.

• Historical collections relating to the Potts family in Great Britain and America Authors; Potts, Thomas Maxwell, b. 1836; Potts, William John, 1842-1895. Published; 1901. Thomas Potts Jnr & Sarah Beakes, Page 148 Last Paragraph.
• Cook, Lewis D., Beakes of Backwell, County Somerset, England and Bucks County Penn'a, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1975) Vol. 51, Page 206