John Woolston
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John Woolston (abt. 1633 - 1698)

John Woolston
Born about in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
Husband of — married 8 Sep 1681 in Burlington, New Jerseymap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 64 in Mansfield Township, Burlington, New Jerseymap
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Biography

John was born in 1633. John Woolston ... He passed away in 1698.
The baptism record of John was recorded by the parish records of Irthlingborough, giving his parents as John Wolston and his wife Anne.[1]https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/28621744?h=671f10

Research Needed

Because of the following, the parentage of John Woolston, b. 1633 is in question:

JohnThe Senior was the Uncle of John Woolston, sometimes called The Junior. The Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey account of the details of John Woolston appear to be partially incorrect in that Hannah Cooper was married to John The Senior (Woolston-63) and not John The Junior (Woolston-56). Don't know if the details on the children of John The Junior are accurate. Still researching on this relationship.Priest-412 23:02, 3 August 2014 (EDT) The book "Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey : a book of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation" states that John Woolston, the progenitor of the Woolston family in America, arrived with William Penn about 1668 and was one of the first settlers of Burlington, NJ. Much of the account of him was incorrect in this book as it attached the wrong children to him. It was correct in his marriage as John Woolston did marry Hannah Cooper, the daughter of William Cooper, in Burlington in 1681. This book is also unsourced. (26 Sept 2018)

Birth

1633 [2] https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo05leef

Immigration

August 1677 http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lesson16.htm

Marriage and Children

First Marriage - Margery Olive. B: 1635 in England; died Abt. 1680 in Burlington Co., NJ. Note: Need to confirm this with source. Second marriage - Hannah Cooper. 1681 [3] [4] http://www.pa-roots.org/data/list.php?661

John and Hannah had the following children:[5]

  1. Johnathan Woolston b last day, 5th mo. 1682; m. Sarah Pearson
  2. Hannah Woolston b 24th 3rd mo. 1684; m. George Nicholson
  3. Samuell Woolston b 5th 1st mo. 1685/86; unmarried
  4. Mary Woolston b 1st 6th mo. 1688; m. Samuel Bunting Jr.
  5. Sarah Woolston b 9th 7th mo. 1690; m. Edward Barton
  6. Rebecca Woolston b 4th, 9 mo. called November 1691
  7. Elizabeth Woolston b 25th 2 mo. called April 1695; m. Daniel Wills

Death

1698 - [6] [7]

Name: John Wolston Death Date: Abt 1698 Will Date: 12 May 1698 Will Place: Mansfield, Burlington Co. Comments; will of. "My now wife" Hannah. Children--Jonathan, Samuel, Hanah, Mary, Sarah, Rebeckah, Elizabeth. Real and personal estate. The wife sole executrix with John Day and Joseph Cooper of Newtown as overseers. Witnesses--William Cooper, Elisabeth Day and Isaac Horner. Proved February 27, 1699-1700.;1698 June 20. Inventory of the estate (£393.13.-, all personal); made by John Shinn, John Day and Samuel Fornis.; 1699-1700 Feb. 27. Bond of the widow Hannah Woolston as executrix. John Day and Samuel Fornis fellow bondsmen. Page 517 The children named in his will match the Quaker record of births of children of John Woolston and Hannah.

Burial

~05 May 1698 [8]

Rootsweb - Ladd, Reed, Cook, Engle, Hamilton, Lennon Ancestors - [1]

Books

  1. Lee, Francis Bazley. (1910) Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey Volume 2 (pp. 824-825). New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.

https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo05leef

Sources

  1. Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812
  2. Lee, Francis Bazley. (1910) Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey Volume 2 (pp. 824-825). New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
  3. Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1677-1777; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994; Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 2189 #8727465
  4. Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, June, 1900, Philadelphia, The Wickersham Printing Co., Lancaster, Pa., Vol. 2, Marriage Certificates (Abstracts), pp. 60 - 62.)
  5. Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Minutes, 1678-1805; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #1100504015
  6. New Jersey, Calendar of Wills, 1670-1760; Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 4723 #10403
  7. Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Deaths Certificates of Removal, 1678-1805; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH 55; Burlington Monthly Meeting Records; U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994, Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 2189 #2605318
  8. Find A Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163528485 memorial page for John Woolston (unknown–3 Mar 1698), Find A Grave Memorial no. 163528485, ; Maintained by L Evans (contributor 47540766) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Burlington MM.




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