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FAMILY ANCESTORS.

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BY THOMAS MAXWELL POTTS.

- . Those who do cot treasure up the memory of

their ancestors, do not deserve to be remembered by posterity.=Enmmvo BURKE.

CANONSBURG, PA. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.

1895

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The Searle Family. 31 5

CHAPTER XXXIX.

THE SEARLE FAMILY.

Of the Searle family the writer knows but little, hav-ing had sparse opportunity for research or inquiry. Among the passengers in the "Paule of London, Leon-ard Betts, Mr," bound for Virginia, "vj Julij 1635," * was one Francis Searle, aged 28 years. These passen-gers brought with them a Certificate from the minister at Gravesend, of their conformity to the Church of England. Beyond this we have found no further infor-mation of him, and know not whether the Francis Searle, who afterward appears in Pennsylvania, was re-lated or not.

FRANCIS SEARLE, (220), was in Pennsylvania, at least as early as 1697, when he and John Carver, on 9 mo. 1, of that year, jointly purchased of Joseph Fisher, Executor of Thomas Terwood, deceased, 200

acres situate in Philadelphia County; and also on to mo. to, 5o0 acres joining the above, from Silas Crispin,

Sas flottan's Lists of 30,000 Emigrants. page ro5.

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316 Our Family Ancestors.

Executor of Thomas Holme, deceased. Searle seems to have sold his share in 1700.

He eventually settled in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, where he died in 1722. He left a will, from which it appears that his wife's name was Joan. His wife, two sons, Thomas and Arthur, and a daughter, Mary wife Henry Walmsley, survived him.

CHILDREN OF FRANCIS AND JOAN SEARLE.

i Thomas Searle. Had children, r Grace, 2 Mary..

2 Mary Searle, M. Henry Walmsley.

3 Arthur Searle, (11o). See In/ra.

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Appendix. 403

Chapter XXXIX. The Searle Family. Page 316. 3d line from bottom. Thomas Searle

married Sarah Naylor about 1707, as it appears from the following entry in the minutes of Abington Month-ly Meeting of Friends, under date of 7 mo. 26, 1709, "A Certificate was granted Thomas Searle in order to proceed in Marriage with Sarah y' daughter of John Nailor."

Page 317. ADDITIONAL. Arthur Searle sold his land in Bensalem Township, settled in Middletown Township, and died in 1737. His will dated 6 mo. 20,

1737, was proven Oct. 3, 1737. He meations his sons Thomas, Arthur and John; daughters Elizabeth Ste-venson, Jane, Mary, Rebeckah and Sarah Searle; son-in-law Samuel Stevenson,'and father-in-law John Nay-lor. At least three of the daughters were under age, as at Orphans' Court, March JO, 1739, (Bucks County), Thomas Searle and Thomas Janney were appointed guardians of Mary, Rebecca and Sarah Searle, minor daughters of Arthur Searle, deceased.

Arthur Searle married a daughter of John and Jane (Cutler) Naylor, but her Christian name has not been learned.

CHILDREN OF ARTHUR Arm - (NAYLOR) SEARLE-

Thomas Searle. 2 Arthur Searle. 3 John Searle, m. Mary Hicks (?), 1749• 4 Elizabeth Searle, (55), in. Samuel Stevenson, (s), 8 mo. 26,

t730. See Axle, pages 3or, 301. 5 Jane Searle. 6 Mary Searle.

7 Rebecca Searle, in. William Hayhurst (7), 1745. 8 Sarah Searle.

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The NAYLOR FAMILY. JOHN NAYLOR, (222),

of Neshamina, (Bucks County), and JANE CUTLER,*

(223), were marrried 5 mo. f 1, [685, at the house of James Dilworth. John Naylor, of Southampton Town-ship, died about 1735. His will dated Feb. 24, 1732, was proven Aug. 16, 1735. The legatees under the will were, his son John Naylor; grand-sons John Naylor, Thomas Tomlinson and Benjamin Tomlinson; son-in-law Arthur Searle; son-in-law Benjamin Scott; and the children of daughter Sarah Evans. Jane, wife of John Naylor, died or was buried 12 mo. i i, 1727-8.

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND JANE (CUTLER) NAYLOR.

I.. A daughter, b. I I mo, 5, 16834 2 Sarah Naylor, m. 1st, Thomas Searle; 2d, - Evans. 3 A daughter, ( III), in. Arthur Searle, (110). See ante, pages,

317 and 403. 4 Mary Naylor, m. Joseph Tomlinson, 10 mo. 22, 1708. 5 John Naylor, b. 5 mo. 16, 1692; M. Margaret Greenup, 8 me. 30,

1713. 6 Jane Naylor, b. so mo. r6. 1694; Di 1st, Flia,er Twining, so mo.

26, 1716; 2d, Benjamin Scott, 4 ma. 2, 1725. 7 Susanna Naylor, b. 7 Ito. i I, 1699: d. 7 mo. 28, 1699.

Chapter XL. The Baker Family.

Page 323. ADDITIONAL. An old Bible, now in the possession of Henry B Pratt, of Markham, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, contains death records of both Joseph Baker, Jr„ and Martha his wife, which also fixes the dates of their births. The following is the record.

* NOTE. Jane Cutler may have been a sister of Edmund and John Cutler, who came from Woodhouse in Rolland, Yorkshire. 'their certificate from Settle Monthly Meeting was dated' 4 me. 3, 1685.

t NOTE. It is probable that this daughter was identical with one of the three which follow next below.

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