Mary Heald

Mary married Joshua Harlan on 17 Mar 1719 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. Joshua (son of George Harlan and Elizabeth Duck) was born on 15 Jan 1697 in New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America; died in Jul 1744 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; was buried in Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Deborah Harlan was born on 15 Nov 1720; died in in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
2. Joseph Harlan was born on 17 May 1723 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; died on 22 Dec 1803 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
3. Joshua Harlan was born on 17 Apr 1726; died on 11 Sep 1804.
4. Samuel Harlan was born on 1 Nov 1730; died on 26 Nov 1811.
5. Sarah Harlan died in 1749.
6. Rebecca Harlan and died.
7. Caleb Harlan was born in UNKNOWN.

Other Events:

• Immigration: Bef 30 Jul 1703, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
• Religion: 30 Jul 1703, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; received on certificate from Morely MM, Chester, England dated 1702, 10, 3; Address:
  Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
• Will: 30 Mar 1736, Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
• Probate: 1 Oct 1736, Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Notes:

May 30, 1703 - Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (pg. 547), Samuel Heald and wife Mary, received on certificate from Mobberly Monthly Meeting, Chester County, England, dated October 3, 1702.

Samuel, eldest child of William and Jane (Donbobbin) Heald, was born at the Healdmill Farm in Mobberly. Samuel and Mary Heald were the parents of eight children. They emigrated to America, bringing with them a certificate bearing the date October 3, 1702 from Mobberly Monthly Meeting and were received on certificate by the Monthly Meeting of the Philadelphia Society of Friends on May 30, 1703. At the time of their emigration to Pennsylvania in 1702/1703, the Healds had five children ranging in age from less than 1 year to about 10 years: Sarah, William, Mary, Jane and Samuel. Records of birth for Sarah and Mary were found inthe records of Quaker Quarterly Meeting, Cheshire, indicating Samuel and Mary were probably following the Quaker faith at the time of their marriage in 1691. After their arrival in America, they had four additional children born in Kennet Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania: Bancroft, Dinah, Jacob and Joseph. Samuel and Mary were the last of the Hackney/Harlan/Heald family of Quakers to arrive in America. Samuel died in Kennet township, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1736 and is buried in the Friends Burial Ground there. Mary (Bancroft) Heald is buried beside her husband.]

Birth:
[12da 9mo 1668]

Will:


WILL
I, Samuel Heald of the Township of Kennett in the County, of Chester, being at this time weak of Body but of an understanding mind & memory & calling to mind the certainty of Death, do make & ordain this my last will & Testament in manner & form following. Impremis (first) I committ my Soul into the merciful hand of God that gave it and as touching my Body to be buried in a Christian life & decent manner at the descretion of my Executris here after named. And as touching the finals (part) of wordly estate where with it has (surely) pleased God to bless me with I give dispose and (devise) the (same) as follows. I bequeath to my son William all my wearing apparell except my thin worsted druggett coat & vest & worsted pair of stocking to whom I give the same to my Son Samuel & my Riding Saddle to my son Joseph (also) the rest & residue of my Estate of what nature or kind Soever I give & dispose unto my dearest well beloved wife for and during her natural life and what remains at her death I leave to her disposing among all my children in such parts & shares as she concieves their necessity most reguires. Lastly I constitute, nominate & appoint my well beloved wife Mary my sole Executris hereby revoking & disannuling all former will & wills heretofore by me made declaring this & no other to be my last will & testament in witness whereof I have here unto (set) my hand & seal this 30th day of March 1736.
Samuel Heald
Sealed published (pronounced) &
declared by the testator to be his
last will & testement in the presence of us.
Wm. Webb
Joseph Harlan
Abraham Parker
[Source: Carmen J. Finley, "Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors", (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 19, 20, 45

Samuel married Mary Bancroft on 16 Apr 1691 in Cheshire, England. Mary (daughter of John Bancroft and Mary Janney) was born on 13 Jul 1673 in Etchells, Cheshire, England; was christened on 21 Aug 1673 in Whitegate, Cheshire, England; died in 1736 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; was buried in Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Bef 30 Jul 1703, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
• Religion: 30 Jul 1703, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; received on certificate from Morely MM, Chester, England dated 1702, 10, 3; Address:
  Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
• Beneficiary: 30 Mar 1736; in the will of her husband, Samuel Heald
• Executor: 30 Mar 1736; Mary Heald was named executrix in the will of her husband, Samuel Heald

Notes:

Mentioned in the Will of Samuel Heald as son wife Mary and also Executrix.

May 30, 1703 - Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pg. 547, Mary Heald, received on certificate from Mobberly Monthly Meeting, Chester County, England, dated October 3, 1702.

Will dated 25th day 11th month 1706/07 (LDS #22775 part 230). "Bancroft" means a bean farmer (tender of the bean farm); from the Anglo-Saxon bean (bean) and croft (a farm).

Birth:
[13da 5mo 1673]

Notes:

William Heald, father of our immigrant ancestor, Samuel, was also born in Mobberly in 1647, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hobson) Heald. He married Jane Donbobbin in 1667 and in addition to Samuel, they had children William and Mary. William, his wife, Jane and their youngest child, Mary all died in 1677 within a month's time of each other suggesting they may have been stricken with some epidemic or other catastrophe. At least one Heald researcher believes that Samuel, orphaned at age 9, was then reared by his uncle, James Heald, who lived on Broadoak Farm. [Source: Carmen J. Finley, Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors, (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 19]

William married Jane Dunbabin on 17 Nov 1667 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Jane was born in 1647 in Lancashire, England; died on 9 Oct 1677 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England; was buried in Oct 1677 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
[17da 9mo 1667]

Notes:

John Bancroft was born 1633 in Etchells, Cheadle Parish, Cheshire. At the time of his death in 1699/1700 he was said to have been a Quaker "minister" for forty years. If this is so, he must have become a Quaker not later that 1659/60. Considering that 1652 is generally accepted as the beginning of Quakerism in England, John Bancroft must have been almost a charter member. He married Mary Janney of Wilmslow in 1663 in Handforth, Cheadle Parish. The birth of their children, Jacob, David, Dynah, Joseph, Mary, Sarah and John dated 1664 to 1682, all in Etchells, were recorded in the Quaker Quarterly Meeting Records for Cheshire. John was the son of Richard and Ellen (Burgess) Bancroft and had at least two brothers, Robert and Alexander and a sister, Mary. Richard Bancroft was a Churchwarden at Crossacres, Northenden Parish in 1630. He died in Northenden November 18, 1634 and in inventory of his estate was taken shortly after. The Bancrofts of Cheshire date back two more generations to John's grandfather, William who married Anne and wo lived at Scowhill. He left a will dated March 1631 and was mentioned in the wills of his father, William (1596), and brother Robert (1610). The earliest Bancroft record is for John's great-grandfather, William of Cheadle. William left a will dated January 26, 1596/97 and proved October 1600. [Source: Carmen J. Finley, "Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors", (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 19,20]

Buried:
[28da 12mo 1699]

John married Mary Janney on 6 Sep 1663 in Pownall Fee, Cheshire, England. Mary (daughter of Randle Janney and Ann Knevett) was born on 6 Jan 1639 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England; died on 5 Mar 1706 in Stockport, Cheshire, England; was buried on 9 Mar 1706 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The most comprehensive work found on the Janneys is "The Quaker Janneys of Cheshire" by Miles White, Jr., compiled in 1904 and based on earlier work by Samuel M. Janney of Loudon County, VA. Much of the following is based on his work which was very carefully documented.

White gives many variations in the spelling of the Janney name. Included among them are Jeny, Jenny, Jenninges, Genys, Genynges (in York) and Janion, Janny, Jannye, Jannyon, Jannyne, Jannys, Jenion, Jenney, Jenny, Jennys, Jenyngs, Jenyus, Jenys, Guynes, Gynes, Gynney, Gynny, Yannes and Yannis (in Lancashire and Cheshire).

Mary (Janney) Bancroft of Wilmslow was christened 1639/40, daughter of Randle and Ann (Knevett) Janney of Handforth. Wilmslow records show there was also a younger child, William, christened in 1641. It is a bit puzzling that no other children of Randle and Ann were found in that they apparently, lived to an advanced age. The will of Ann Janney, of Ashton under Lyne, was proved in 1676, but there is no external evidence to lead to the supposition that it was the will of Randle's wife. Friends records show the death of an Anne Janney of Etchells February 28, 1698/99; and Etchells was where her daughter, Mary, was living at the time.

"Sufferings of the People Called Quakers" by Joseph Besse, published in 1753 in London, gives accounts of many persecutions of the Quakers because of their religious beliefs. Ann Janney, in 1663, is listed along with William and Thomas Janney as the subject of persecution and she 'suffered distress of goods.' It seems likely that this is the mother of Mary (Janney) Bancroft. White also believes Randle was not a Friend. It would appear that they may have lived elsewhere for a period and the records of other children have not been found. Mary's brother, William, was born in Staffordshire, and these records have not been searched. [Source: Carmen J. Finley, "Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors", (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 21]

Buried:
[9da 1mo 1706]

Notes:

Married:
[6da 7mo 1663]

Notes:

Thomas Heald, father of William and grandfather of Samuel, the immigrant, was also born in Mobberly about 1622. He married Elizabeth Hobson in 1645 and they had at least 7 children born between 1647 and 1666. An effort to trace the Hobson family uncovered a William Hobson in Mobberly, contemporary of Elizabeth (Hobson) Heald, possibly her brother and a John Hobson family in Stockport, who appears to be of a younger generation (Quaker Quarterly Meeting records for Cheshire). [Source: Carmen J. Finley, Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors, (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 19]

Thomas married Elizabeth Hobson on 2 Feb 1641 in Davenham, Cheshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1624 in England; died on 10 May 1664 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Randle's father was also Randle Janney. He married Ellen Alrodd/Alredd July 14, 1602 at Wilmslow and they had children Thomas, Randle, Heline and Richard born between 1605 and 1613/14. While not much is known of Randle, Jr., a good deal of information is known about Randle, Jr.'s older brother, Thomas. Thomas was born and lived most of his life in Styall. He and his wife, Elizabeth Worthington, joined the Society of Friends a short time after it came into existence. Thomas is mentioned several times in the early annals of the Friends, and their meetings were sometimes held at his house. He suffered "distress of goods", was imprisoned and otherwise persecuted on account of his faith. Thomas, along with others, purchased and presented to the Meeting the burial ground at Mobberley. In his wil he left a legacy to the Poor of his town. He may have been the Thomas Janney who was Mayor of Stockport in 1639. His will, dated April 10, 1677, is on file at Chester; his estate amounted to L53, 19s, 10d. [Source: Carmen J. Finley, "Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors", (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 21, 22]

It does not appear that he joined Friends.

Whether it was Randle's widow who married Thomas Cotley May 29, 1620, or whether she was the "Elen Jany Widdow" who was buried Jany. 13, 1644 is not now known. If Randle left a will it has been lost or destroyed, the inventory of his estate being all that is now to be found in Probate Registry. In 1601 he was one of the appraisers of his estate, and his name is given as Rondull Janyon. In 1607 he was churchwarden of Wilmslow Parish. His only daughter died in infancy, his three sons survived him, and all married and had families. [Source: "The Quaker Janneys of Cheshire and Their Progenitors", Article by Miles White, Jr., Baltimore, Md., pg. 196-211]

Randle married Ann Knevett on 16 Jul 1636 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. Ann (daughter of William Knevett and Ellen Cash) was born about 2 Nov 1617 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England; died on 28 Feb 1700 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England; was buried on 2 Mar 1700 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ann Knevett, who married Randle Janney, was christened November 2, 1617 at Wilmslow, the first child of William and Ellen (Cash) Knevett. There was at least one other child, Robert. Both christenings show the family to be of Handford (Handforth). William Knevett's father was probably John Knevett. He is described as of Handford in the christenings of three children (1593/94, 1597, 1602) and of Hough when William was christened in 1594/95. The Knevett family appeared to have been somewhat prominent and the window in one of the county churches contains their coat of arms. There is an inventory for John Knivett, of Handforth prepared in 1624. [Source: Carmen J. Finley, "Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors", (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 22, 23]

Buried:
[2da 1mo 1700]