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Simeon Woodrow Jr. (abt. 1706 - bef. 1752)

Simeon Woodrow Jr.
Born about in Burlington, Burlington, New Jerseymap
Son of and [uncertain]
Brother of
Husband of — married 1730 in East Nottingham Township, Chester, Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
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Died before before about age 46 in East Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

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BIRTH
Based upon the birth of his oldest child Simeon Woodrow, Jr. was born about 1706 give or take. His father was Simeon Woodrow, Sr. who family tradition says was from Scotland or from Northern Ireland probably the Ulster area which was heavily populated by Scots.

Not all pertinent Quaker records have been reviewed but Simeon, probably like his parents, was a Quaker as demonstrated after his death by a record in the Nottingham Monthly Meeting:

“On the 19th day 6th mo. (Aug) 1756 Hannah and Phebe, daughters of Simeon Woodrow, deceased, having a membership birthright, married men "not of our Society and that they were timely precautioned" and both were Disowned 17th d. 7th mo. 1756 "It doth not clearly appear that the said Phebe was really married, tho she cohabitted [sic] with the man." [1]

In the year 1725 Simeon Woodrow's name is included in a list of taxables for Sadsbury Town residents for Chester County. [Futhey, p. 203] [2]

In the year 1728 Simeon's name continues to be included in a Sadsbury town record of taxables. [Futhey, p.175] [2]

4th mo. 16th day 1744 Simeon Woodrow, Jun., brought a Certificate of Removal from the Goshen MM to the East Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County. [3]

MARRIAGE and CHILDREN
Based upon the Nottingham Monthly Meeting (MM) Simeon married Jane Wells, daughter of John Well's who also was a neighbor of the Woodrow's. The probably married about 1729 when Jane was about nineteen years old.

That the two families (Wells and Woodrow's) were neighbors is evidenced in the physical description of land being sold, in a Patent Deed dated 9th June 1747 held by Thomas & Richard Penn, Proprietors of Pennsylvania, which was sold to John Marsh of Chester County in the amount of two-hundred thirteen (213) acres of land with allowance (easement) in East Nantmeal Twp., Chester County. The physical description records that Simeon Woodrow, (Sr.) owned land which bordered the surveyed acreage which also abutted the land of John Wells (Sr.). [4] The known (and primary sourced) children of Simeon and Jane Woodrow were:

  1. John, b. abt 1730 ; "John, son of dec'd Simeon Woodrow, requests his guardian be uncle Isaac Woodrow" [5] John appears to have been named for his maternal grandfather ; he is found in the 1753 East Nantmeal Twp., town list of taxables [Futhey, p. 187] ; 1768 & 1789 he is included in the town taxables at West Nottingham, Chester County, Penn. as a tenant farmer.
  2. Hannah Woodrow [1] b. abt 1732
  3. Phebe Woodrow, [1] b. abt 1734 ; "Phebe, dau of Simeon & Jane" d. 8th day Eleventh (Jan) 1813, Chester, Penn. father Simeon Woodrow [6]
  4. Henry, b. abt 1740 ; "Henry, son of dec'd Simeon Woodrow, court appoints uncle Isaac Woodrow & John Reece to be guardians" Henry was less than 14 years of age when his guardians were named in 1752[5] ; Henry is found in the 1774 Oxford Twp. town list of taxables [Futhey, p. 198]
  5. William, b. abt 1742 ; "William, son of dec'd Simeon Woodrow, court appoints uncle Isaac Woodrow & John Reece to be guardians" [5]
  6. Jeremiah, b. abt 1744 ; "Jeremiah, son of dec'd Simeon Woodrow, court appoints uncle Isaac Woodrow & John Reece to be guardians" [5]
  7. Jane , b. abt 1746 ; "Jane, dau of dec'd Simeon Woodrow, court appoints uncle Isaac Woodrow & John Reece to be guardians" [5]

RESIDENCY
1742 [before the 19th day of the 2nd month 1742.] "Simeon Woodrow and John Wells with the approbation of Uwchlan [Chester County, Pennsylvania] Preparative Meeting request to join themselves to our religious Society who are received by us as their Conversation and Conduct proves agreeable with our principles." [7] The distance between Uwchlan and Goshen is about eight U.S. miles.

9 June 1747, In a East Nantmeal, Chester County land transaction both Simeon Woodrow (Sr.) and John Wells (Sr.) are included in the description as owning the lands bordering that land which was being sold. [4]

DEATH
The estate of "Simeon Woodrow of East Nottingham" was probated at Chester County beginning with the 25 May 1752 posted administrative Bond of L600 required by the Court; Jane [Wells] Woodrow, wife, was appointed Administratrix. [8] Jane signed her name on several of the Administrative Papers which indicates she could write. [8] In the estate papers is an itemized Balance Sheet totaling: L224.10.2. (Assets equaling Liabilities) [8] a bond of L600 was posted 25 May 1752 by Jane Woodrow, Thomas Brannon and James Wilson all of Chester County. Jane Woodrow is noted as being the estate Administratix. [8]

Several of Simeon's children petitioned the court requesting that their grandfather John Welles be their guardian [9] : Year 1753 "[Regarding the] estate of the children of Simeon Woodrow: John Woodrow, Henry Woodrow, William Woodrow, Jeremiah Woodrow, Jane Woodrow." [9]

"The Humble Petition of Simeon, Hannah and Phebe Woodrow Humbly showeth to the Honorable Court that our desaire [desire] is that our grandfather John Welles should be our guarding [guardian] so we shall be in ____ ever bound to pray. Signed Simeon, Woodrow, Hannah Woodrow, Phebe Woodrow." [9]

The petition was rejected. [9]

Other Matters: Family members leaving the Faith
East Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania. Simeon Woodrow had passed away some of his children were admonished by the Friends for their drinking habits : Henry. William, Jeremiah, and Jane Woodrow were 'put out' of the Quakers as non-members.

Additionally, daughters Hannah and Phebe married outside the faith as noted on the 19th day 6th month 1756 at the Nottingham Monthly Meeting:

"The Women's Meeting Informs us that Hannah & Phebe the Daughters of Simeon Woodrow, Deceased having a birthright amongst us, are lately married to men not of our Society and that they were timely precautioned, this meeting therefore in the usual manner appoints Tho Barrett, Sam'l England & Nathan Brown to prepare a Testimony against them & bring to next mo Meeting." [10]

Location Errata
Author Meyers explains that about 1701 a company of Friends, prominent among them John Churchman, William and James Brown, Andrew Job and Henry Reynolds, removed from the old settlements and settled on a tract which totaled 18,000 acres called Nottingham on Octorara Creek. [Meyers, p.158]

Explaing their history, "When [the] Nottingham Monthly Meeting [Chester County, Pennsylvania] was set off from New Garden MM, no record was made of the persons composing the Nottingham Meeting. We can only arrive at a partial list of the different families." Woodrow is included among those names. [11]

The Nottingham Monthly Meeting constituted a part of the Concord MM until about 1715 when it was transferred to Newark MM. In 1718 it became part of the New Garden MM until 1730 when the Nottingham MM was established which consisted of East and West Nottingham Tpw. and Bush River. [Meyers, p.158-9] Finally: The Friends of Nottingham were residents of Chester County until about 1765 when the Mason and Dixon line brought them within the limits of Cecil County, Maryland. [Meyers, p.159]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Maryland Quaker Records: Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Cecil County” taken from “1st Book of the Monthly Meeting of East Nottingham for the Recording of the Minutes Containing the Necessary Business and Affairs belonging to the Same.” 382pp. [No publisher info. for this digitized book.] https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/419822/?offset=&return=1#page=7&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Futhey, J. Smith and Cope, Gilbert "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical & Biographical Sketches" p.175, 187, 198, 203. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Louis H. Everts Publishing, 1881. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/795508/?offset=&return=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Woodrow
  3. ↑ "Records of Nottingham Monthly Meeting, from 1730-1726, 26 years, 469 pages" p.202 of the original ledger. Reprinted ($ online db) U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Pennsylvania, Chester County, Nottingham Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1730-1756. Accessed 27 Jan 2024. {Ancestry Sharing|9448584|7b22746f6b656e223a22326970786d6f436e702f716137436870507a74424433314e77774364776b554b4e786e4e4c5054567079453d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}} - Ancestry Image (accessed 27 January 2024)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Myers, Albert Cook, M.L. "Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750" 'The Marsh Family' p.417; Appendix, Certificates of Removal and Genealogical Notes [with deeds, Wills, Footnotes, etc.] Swarthmore, Penn., USA: Swarthmore College, 1902. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1969, 1985, 1994. Reprinted ($ online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 10 Apr 2023. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/3029840?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22704b7844314764554d7a4d6d50656f49556343686b6241645063654b6c676e4c44596b55705945715970303d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Record of the Courts of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1697" p.112. Philadelphia, PA., USA: Pub. Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 1910, Patterson & White Co. Reprinted ($ online db) "Chester County, Pennsylvania, Record of the Courts: Records of Orphans Court for Chester County from 1752-1761 inclusive" Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 1 Jan 2023. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/949454?mark=17de890861b33783a4ed830fdfafd9b4fdc6aa1e3bbd0c5737959ddcfef46a57
  6. ↑ "U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Nottingham MM, Chester, Penn: Births & Deaths, 1691-1883" Reprinted ($ online text & image db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Source image of an original Quaker register (vellum) contains 4 death records for various Woodrow family members of several generations." https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/3023703?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a225431396b61746d38633039474653376b4a3844732b622b54376756743679374168714d66482b744c746e6b3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
  7. ↑ "Minutes of the Goshen Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania" Gilbert Cope, transcriber. p.296. Source text quoted verbatim. Reprinted ($ online db) U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Pennsylvania > Chester > Goshen Monthly Meeting > Minutes, 1722-1755 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 24 September 2023)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Estate Papers, 1714-1838" covering Wills No. 1408-1532: Case No. 1429, 30 July 1753, Simeon Woodrow. "Pennsylvania. Chester County. Estate Papers, 1700–1820. Gale Cengage Learning. Microfilm, 85 rolls. Chester County Archives, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
    Title Pg. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948244?mark=12b36992d3c077c13f947ccf863c1397327c870f4be629fbd4c7aa8ac58a88da
    Detail of Estate Balance Sheet (Assets and Liabilities) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948232?mark=2a3f8b4e3e92ac2a25885fabc9d5a10a0494ebaae4aa9a29f4b80c3ba06a2382
    Cover Pg. Bond Admin Paper, Case No. 1429 dated 25 May 1752 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948273?mark=1847bf7c1d97ee7c99160ebd4cf7bb1d596701803c696063080dc2dfe234e516
    Bond, Detailed Administrative Paper https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948419?mark=d0c2be0db418e6d63d62eb9ca91ee83747716c6aa5d3d22ee6f5a44ab1397dd0
    Appraised Estate Inventory Cover Pg. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948458?mark=511ce48bec3c127e5ce0cca72f92e0f97489d7a07409d08538cf31fcefa3244c
    14 May 1752 Detail of Appraised Estate Inventory totaling L184.15 and carried over to 2nd pg. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948479?mark=0cac7091baec0837a0f8fc3adf68a9dc7b87ba123b50707c67a68d17c4ae784a
    2 Oct 1752 Detail of Estate Inventory totaling L189.8.6. Entered into Court Admin. Papers https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948499?mark=33cdd9828f917d8eb3fd86eb96a4d63d6a7df192f326c7098746a34450bc745c
    Misc. 3rd p. of Detail of Appraised Estate Inventory https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948528?mark=a5542a88a2d2d5beb21c0b1c8c7d2a112b0608803bece598a7fb5d1e1a14c275
    Additional appraised property detail not included in original Appraised Estate papers https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948571?mark=c750cb618746ae72ecd4967282b6a0d0756bdf84d7338deae0c33b647210b1c6
    Detail of Debts due from Estate https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948671?mark=076b55725e8d81830ba3c0fd4cce54acf607fe19868102ceee5315da48b054fb
    Signed Admin Paper 30 Jul 1753 for charge against the estate: Maintenance of Clothing & Schooling of William, Jerremiah & Jane, children of the dec'd. to 13 May 1753 (charge of L15.) ; Other Estate charges ; Jane Woodrow Signature https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948797?mark=a0d851ca13bd066ccdda67626343ad0abb3aa4d8b1744e7cc6fd64ffbde75906
    Admin paper of Balance Due to Children {L34.17.5 3/4] at Settlement dated 2 Oct 1753. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/948823?mark=1c532d8362fc20cca0a626ef044ac42453b7827ba9ceb035b6e48f1aecb49171
    17 Sep 1753 Final Court Admin. Paper https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/949118?mark=f56d7158aa13ac0374a2b45e9127bece3ae0f947dccced5c36c8ada87daaac01
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "The Dorothy Lapp Collection: Chester County, Pennsylvania Orphans Court minors Estate Papers, 1700-1820" "Chester County [Pennsylvania] Minors, surnames W-Z, 1720-1820" Microfilmed by Chester County Historical Society, et al. Reprinted ($ online db) "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993" Chester County, [Children] Minors, surnames W-Z, 1720-1820. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 4 Nov 2023. Source text quoted verbatim.
    Title page with names of Simeon Woodrow's Living Children
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image
    2nd page cover dated 18 March 1755 "Petition of Simeon Woodrow's Children shown as being Rejected Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image
    Actual 1753 petition made by Simeon, Hannah and Phebe Woodrow which was rejected 18 Mar 1755 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image
  10. ↑ "Records of Nottingham monthly Meeting from 1730-1756, 26 years, 469 Pages" p.455. Reprinted "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935; Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania Monthly Meeting minutes, 1730-1756" ($ online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 2 Jul 2023. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/4691347?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226e4d58467078484774354e45586c4a414f4b6b415047595752726136365538636352395836324f653777513d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
  11. ↑ "Bi-Centennial of Brick Meeting-House, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland, 7th day Ninth month (September) 1901." p.46-7. Lancaster, Penn., USA: Wickersham Printing Co., 1902. Source text quoted verbatim. Reprinted ($ online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 23 Sep 2023.

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Johnson-43462 Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
Woodrow-598 and Woodrow-347 appear to represent the same person because: This merge request was denied without a reason. If they are not the same person then profile Woodrow-598 still needs to be edited because it uses the Quaker and other vital records from Woodrow-347.
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