Margaret Waln (1681 - abt. 1720)

Born 10 Jan 1681 in Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Died about 1720 at about age 38 in Pennsylvania, British America

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Biography

note: imported profile noted "Margaret (Same name as sister)". More research required Powell-5629 02:58, 3 January 2015 (EST)

note: Geoffrey Walne gives dates b. 1/10/1681 (is this old calendar?) Burholme, Slaidburn, Yorkshire, England; d. ca 1720 PA

Sources

• Hewitt, Helen Title: Hewitt, Helen, Waln Family Group sheets and cover letter Text: Bearacuda1 (Helen Hewitt) "Most of my dates came from Quaker records in various places. I did copy the marriages of Frederick Co., VA on these families. A lot of dates came from Sharon Hinkle who followed this line further than I did." Hewitt also contributed Waln info to Wilmer Kerns for his book, "Frederick Co VA: Settlement and some First Families in Back Creek Valley." Hewitt got much of her information from Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania by John W. Jordan, and A Quaker Saga. She states that she used Quaker records, census reports and marriage records including the Hopewell Encyclopedia, American Quaker Genealogy v. V, VI, DAR records 410190 and 661120. She also cites correspondence with Sharon B. Hinkle, descended from Henry Waln.
• Passengers & Ships Prior to 1684 Title: Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr. Compiler, editor, Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684-Publications of the Welcome Society of PA #1 Reprints, corrections and additions re: passengers aboard the 23 ships sent to PA by Wm Penn Deals with Waln, Hayhurst, Walmesly, Stackhouse, and other interrelated families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company) Text: Summary: Genealogist Edward Armstrong (and others) mistakenly assumed the Quaker families listed in the Settle Meeting certificate of removal (including the Walns) came to PA on board Penn's ship WELCOME. These families from Yorkshire would likely NOT have traveled to London to board the WELCOME. The Settle district was located in the north of England. The difficulty of traveling on badly maintained roads, some just rough tracks, of taking beds, food, tools, household goods (loaded on carts pulled by slow plodding oxen,) and livestock,over 250 miles w as highly unlikely, especially with a much closer port available at Liverpool. Quakers were a marked group, fair game for vagabonds and highwaymen. Liverpool port books for 1682 in Public Record Office, London E 190/1345/11 Settle certificate in Comly MHSP,II 182 n. Names listed are Cowgill, Chroasdale, Hayhurst, Stackhouse, Walmsley, Waln, and Wrightsworth. Free List-things loaded onto ships that were not to be sold for profit. A variety of things were brought: iron, haberdahery, window glass, sjoes, saddles,dried peas, flitches of bacon, nails, gunpowder, tinware, red and white lead, shovels, oatmeal, butter, chease, candles, copper,felt hats, cottons,serges, pipes, 400lbs.of clothing, fustian,.
• Waln Families Title: George A. Chandler, newspaper entitled "Philadelphia of Our Ancestors, conducted by Frank Willing Leach: Old Philadelphia Families--Waln-- by George A. Chandler, dated Feb 29, 1907. (Philadelphia Newspaper Feb 29, 1907) Text: The typescript is tiny and sometimes illegible. Obviously it was cut and pasted and not necessarily in order. In only one instance heretofore since the beginning of this series of "Old Philadelphia Familes have we traced the line of descent back to the ship Welcome, which, with William Penn as its most notable passenger, dropped anchor down at Upland, a few miles below the present Quaker City, October 29, 16 We were able to add a second family to this list in the case of the Walns, for Nicholas Waln, the ancestor of the present Waln family, was unquestionably a Welcome passenger. [Ship records subsequently show that the Waln family came on board the "Lamb" of Liverpool-ssp] Beyond the fact that Nicholas Waln had come from Yorkshire, nothing has heretofore been known of his antecendents in England. Recently Oliver Hough, one of the most reliable and painstaking of our "local genealogists, has located Nicholas Waln "upon the other side," so to speak: an accomplishment which is the chief objective with all true genealogical enthusiasts. From the registers of Settle Monthly Meeting Yorkshire it has been ascertained by Mr. Hough that the founder of the Waln family in America was a son of Richard and Jane (nee Rudd) Waln, of Bur...(Burholme) in Bolland, Yorkshire, and that he was living at Chapelcroft, County York, at the time of his marriage, to wit: October 1, 1673, to Jane Turner, daughter of William Turner, of Windyeats, of the same county. They were married at the house of the bridegroom's stepfather, William Birket, at Slaineme.... county indicated.... fellow-voyages, wended their way--unless they journeyed by boat up the Delaware --through what was destined to be the city of Philadelphia, but what was then only a paper town, into the regions above, and thereafter known as Bucks county. Waln took up a large tract of 1000 acres-purchased of Penn in England, April 22, 1682--near the Neshaminy, and also contiguous to the present villages of Langhorne and Newtown. He speedily erected a dwelling for himself, and here, 1st of 11the month, 1682, old style, which means January 1, 1683, the first Quaker meeting of the locality was held, since known as Middletown Monthly Meeting. Very pronounced results had thus been attained within the two months which had followed the arrival of the Welcome at Upland. LEADER OF COLONISTS Waln was unquestionably the leader of the little party which had accompanied him into the wilderness region along the Neshaminy. He was a member of the first Assembly, which met at Philadelphia March 12, 1682-3, and he also represented Bucks county in that body in 1687, 1688, 1689, 1692, and 1695. He was a mem- ...In 1696 Waln removed to Philadelphia county, taking up his residences in what was then known as the Northern Liberties, which embraced at that time a much larger part of the county than was comprised within the subsequently incorporated district of the same name, extending a few squares above Vine street. His new neighbors seemed to place the same value upon his abilities as had those of Bucks county for he was immediately chosen a member of Assembly to represent Philadelphia county, and served during the sessions of 1696, 1697, 1700, 1701, 1713, 1714, 1715 and 1717. He was also named in 1711 one of the directors of the public school with James Logan, Isaac Morris, Edward Shippen, etc. As had already been indicated, Nicholas Waln was active in the councils of the Quakers. He was practically the founder of the Middletown Monthly Meeting as previously set forth, and in 1703 the Philadelphia Meeting authorized him, in conjunction with John Goodson, to purchase four acres in the Liberty Lands for the use of the Friends. Here was established the Fair Hill Burying Ground--on Germantown road--and about 1706 or 1707 the Fair Hill Meeting House was erected. He continued active in the Society of Friends until his death, which occurred in 1721. According to a certificate granted by the Settle Monthly Meeting, dated 4 mo. 7, 1682, Nicholas Waln was accompanied to Pennsylvania by his wife (nee Jane Turner) and three children. the Settle register shows the birth of the following children in YOrkshire: Jane, 5 mo. 16, 1675; Margaret, 8 mo. 3, 1677; Richard, 4 mo. 6, 1678, and Margaret, 11 mo. 12, 1682; the first Margaret died in infancy. The Middletown Monthly Meeting register exhibits the dates of birth of the three children who came from Yorkshire, together with those of five others born in Bucks county. Two of the three dates relative to the elder children do not exactly correspond in the two records. The youngest three of the twelve children were born in Philadelphia county, and the dates of their respective births are found on the register of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. The eleven children, with dates of birth, as taken from the registers of the two meetings were as follows: Jane 6 mo. 16, 1675; Richard 4 mo 6 1678; Margaret 11 mo. 10 1680; Hannah, 7 mo. 21, 1684; Mary, 2 mo 7, 1687; Ellen, 1 mo. 27, 1690; Sarah, 4 mo. 9, 1692; John, 6 mo. 10, 1694; Elizabeth, 1 mo. 27, 1697; Nicholas, 1 mo. 24, 1699; and William, 1 mo. 15, 1700-1. It will be observed that of these children seven were daughters. These will be disposed of first, and briefly. The eldest, Jane Waln, was married. 3 mo 27, 1691, to Samuel Allen, Jr., son of Samuel Allen, who arrived at Chester in the ship Bristol Factor, December 11, 1681. The Allens were settled on Neshaminy creek in what was afterward Bensalen township. They were prominent in early times in Bucks, and intermarried with the leading county families. Margaret Waln, the next daughter, died young. Hannah Waln became the wife, first, of Thomas Hodges and secondly, of Benjamin Simcock. Mary Waln married John Simcock, brother of the above. Ellen Waln died unmarried in 1707. Sarah Waln married Jacob Simcock, another brother. It may be well to state here that Benjamin, John and Jacob Simcock were sons of Jacob and Alice (nee Maris) Simcock, and grandsons of John Simcock and John Maris, both members of the Provincial Council and otherwise promintent in the early history of Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Waln, the...."

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sara Patton for creating WikiTree profile Waln-75 through the import of hayzlett-hughart-black-waln-adams.ged on Mar 10, 2013.
• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.