Samuel Heald

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]

1. Sarah Heald was born on 19 Jul 1692 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England; died on 6 Feb 1748 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; was buried in Feb 1747/8 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
2. William Heald was born on 20 Apr 1694 in Eccleston, Cheshire County, England; and died.
3. Mary Heald was born on 15 Dec 1697 in Adswood, Cheshire, England; and died; was buried in Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
4. Jane Heald was born on 19 Jul 1700 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England; and died.
5. Samuel Heald was born on 22 Sep 1702; and died; was buried in Cheshire, England.
6. Bancroft Heald was born about 1704 in American Colonies; died on 24 Jul 1704 in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
7. Dinah Heald was born on 15 Feb 1709 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; died about 1759.
8. Jacob Heald was born on 27 Dec 1711 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; and died.
9. Joseph Heald was born on 25 Mar 1718 in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; and died.

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:

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]

William married Alice Strettel in 1618 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England. Alice was born about 1585; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]