Sale-Hickling-Burton

GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA. SALE— HICKLING— BURTON. PROM MANUSCRIPTS IN POSSESSION OP OGDEN D. WILKINSON. My ever HonnorM Father William Hickling * was Born in Suttonbuninton Notinghamshire in Old England 25th 0f March 1704. Came over into New England in 1730, and was MarriM Thursday November 25th 1734 to my ever HonnorM Mother [Sarah Sale], My HonnorM Mother Sarah Hickling was Born [in Boston, Mass.,] November 11th 1714 and was MarriM Thursday November 25th 1734.f My Brother Penn Hickling was Born November 5th 1735 of a wensday. Myself Ann Hickling was Born Tuesday Jan’y 5 1737. My Sister Sarah Hickling was Born Thursday September 19 1739. My Sister Susannah Hickling was Born Friday Feby 6th 1740. My Brother William Hickling was Born Friday May 21st 1742. My Brother John Hickling was Born Sunday Augt 14th 1743. My Brother Thomas Hickling was Born Thursday Feby 21 1744. My Sister Mary Hickling was Born Sunday Feby 8th 1746. My Brother Ephraim Hickling was Born Sunday Augt 7th 1748. My Sister Sarah Hickling was Born Saturday Augt 11th 1751. My Sister Rebecker Hickling was Born Tuesday Decbr 4th 1752. DEATHS. My HonnorM Grand Mother Ann Sale [wife of Captain John Sale f ] Departed this life Saturday Feby 25th 1740. My Sister Sarah Hickling Departed this life Friday June 22d 1750 at 4 of the Clock in the morning after 5 Days Illness of Plurisie fever Aged 11 years 9 months & 3 Days. * William Hickling, a noted distiller of Boston, joined Church, January 17, 1730. He died December 10, 1774. the Old South f By the ltev. Thomas Foxcroft of the Old South Church. X John Sale, a well known Boston innholder of the early eighteenth cen¬ tury, son of Obadiah and Sanah Sale was born July 23, 1680, was third sergeant of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston in 1714 and its ensign in 1719. He married June 5, 1714, Ann, daughter of Hon. Penn Townsend one of his Majesty’s Council for Massachusetts, by his first wife Sarah Addington. As the only surviving executors of Judge Townsend, at his death Chief Judge of the Superior Court for Suffolk County, John Sale and Ann his wife petitioned the General Court, in 1739, for author¬ ity to sell the house and land, “ on Treamont Street in Boston,” the prop¬ erty of the deceased. (88) Genealogical Memoranda. 89 My eldest Brother Penn Hickling was cast away in his Voyage to London Jany 10th 1753 he was 17 years 2 months & 5 Days Old the Oapt John Kilby and all the Ships Crew Perished but one Pasenger . My Brother John Hickling Died on Board Capt Ozier Coming from Newfoundland 9 Days before he Arrived. Ephraim Sale and Penn Townsend Sale, grandsons of Captain John and Ann Sale, 1799, now at Norfolk, Virginia. William Burton & Mary Hickling were married in Boston by Mr Walter on the 3d of December 1772. Marion, was born in Boston on Sunday November 28th. 1773, and was baptized on the Sunday following by Doetor Cooper. William, was born in Boston on Thursday June 1st 1775, & was bap¬ tized on the Sunday following by Doctor Eliot he died on Sunday September 3d 1775, & was buried on the Tuesday following. William, was born in Boston on Thursday October 3d 1776, & was bap¬ tized on the Sunday following by Doctor Cooper he died in New York on Friday September 5th. 1777, & was buried next day. Robert, was born in New York on Sunday August 16th 1778, & was baptized on the 30th of same month by Mr Walter he died in New York on Tuesday January 23d 1781, & was buried on the Thursday' fol¬ lowing. Alexander, was bom in New York on Tuesday August 22d 1780, & was baptized on Thursday September 21st following, by Mr Walter. Charlotte, was born in New York on Saturday December 11th 1784, & was baptized on the 19th of same month by Mr Mason. Catherine Thomas, was born in Boston on Friday March 16tb 1787, & was baptized on the Sunday following by Mr Thatcher. --- -------- JONES-SHOBER-BAXTER. CONTRIBUTED BY WALTER ROSS MCSHEA. In an ancient leather-bound volume,* containing Paraphrases of the Epistles of St. Paul, of which the title-page is missing, there is a mar¬ ginal inscription in lead pencil, “By John Lock,” together with copious other marginal notes throughout the book relating to the Epistles. In addition thereto are the following entries: (Last page of the Preface.) Phebe M. Jones as on the Other side was Born / July 22, 1769 and de¬ parted this life Nov. 26 / following being the same Year. * This volume, the property of Major Mylin Joseph Pickering of Phila¬ delphia, is, doubtless, one of the early editions of the famous Paraphrases of St. Paul’s Epistles (published 1705-7), by the great philosopher, John Locke, 16112-1704, who was befriended by William Penn, and who, In 1687, was a refugee in Rotterdam, Holland, in the house of the Quaker merchant, Benjamin l-'urk-y. 90 Genealogical Memoranda . (Back of concluding page of “The Epistle X To The Romans ”.) Blathwaite Jones * / Departed this life / January 21 1789 [lead pencil]. Phebe Morris Jones the Daughter of Blathwte / and Mary Jones was Born July 22 1769 and departed / this life Nov 26 following and Buried in the Friends Ground Philadelphia [ink]. Gibbs Jones my Eldes Son Departed this Life / Jany 14 1788 at Lam¬ bert Town was brought down / to Burlington and Buried in the Church ground of / St Marys by his Brothers Aged 39 years 10 months. (Opposite to above and on title-page of “The First Epistle X To The Corinthians J \) Blathwaite the Son of Blathwaite and / Mary Jones departed this life July 4 1780 aged / fifteen years Six months and twelve / days Buried in the Church Ground in Burlington / the fifth. Isaac the Son of Blathwaite and Mary / Jones departed this life Febr 11 1786 near / Mantua Creek Bridge Brought up the City of / Burling¬ ton and buried by his Brother 13 / Aged 19. 6. 24 days. . (Back of title-page to “Second Epistle X To The Corinthians } \) Martha Levy Jones the Daughter of / James Morris Jones, and Arabell Jones was / Born May 6 half past Ten OClock at Night / in the year of our Lord 1785 Philadelphia. (Back of concluding page of “The Second Epistle To The Corinthians”.) Blathwaite Jones Shober was born at Burlington / in New Jersey August 23 1785. Blathwaite Jones Shober the son of Samuel f and / Susannah Budd Shober was born at Burlington August 23 1785. Hedwig Regina Shober the Daughter of Samuel / and Susannah Budd Shober was born in Jenkintown / in the Township of Abington County * Blaithwaite Jones, son of Gibbs and Jane (Crapp) Jones, baptised at Christ Church, Philadelphia, 21 July, 1726. Ilis paternal grandfather, John Jones, was a member of Common Council, 1691, Alderman 1701 and one of the justices of the County Courts. In early life Blaithwaite Jones fol¬ lowed the sea, and was registered, 25> January, 1759, Master of the ship Somerville, 120 tons, built in Philadelphia and owned by William Griffiths and Samuel Morris. At the outbreak of the Revolution he espoused the American cause, was a delegate to the Provincial Convention of Pennsylvania, 23 January, 1775, member of the Philadelphia Committee of Safety, 1775, and Chief Engineer of Construction, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of the works at Billingsport, by appointment of 15' February, 1777. He was twice married. His son, Gibbs Jones, son of his first wife Jane, bap¬ tized at Christ Church, 6 June, 1748, was appointed, 9 February, 1776, Captain Lieutenant of the Artillery Company of the United Colonies raised for Canadian service. Among the descendants of the former were the late Hon. Robert Adams, Jr. and the late well-known physician. John B. Shober. t Samuel Shober married at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Susannah Jones, 14 October, 1784. Genealogical Memoranda. 91 of Montgomery / in the State of Pennsylvania Tuesday October 24 / About 6 OClock in the Morning 1786. Mary Morris Shober the daughter of Samuel / and Susannah Budd Shober was born at Jenkingtown / County of Montgomery in the State of Pennsylvania / January 12. 45 Minutes past Six OClock in / the Morning 17f8. (On the opposite page in lead pencil.) 1830 1833 45 1786 1786 44 47 — 24 Octr [? October], BAXTER. The following entries are to be found in my copy of the 1 Seventh Edition in English,” of Robert Barclay’s “An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: Being An Explanation and Vindication of the Prin¬ ciples and Doctrines Of the People called Quakers,” London: Printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark. MDCCLXV. ‘ (On front board.) Tho : E. Baxter / Presented by / Schuyler Baxter / his Grand Father / 1830. (On back of title-page.) The Nativity of Schuyler Baxter * by / Penelope his wife. Schuyler Baxter was born April 10th day 1761. Penelope Baxter his wife born May 17th day 1767. Sarah Baxter their Eldest daughter born September / 6th day 1784. Isaac Baxter their eldest son born June 25th / day 1786. Fanny Baxter their Second daughter born April / 13th day 1788. (Then in another’s handwriting.) Mitehell Baxter was born July 11th day / in the year 1789. Samuel Baxter was born December 21st / day in the year 1792. Margaret Baxter was born Oet. 18th day / in the year 1794. Violetta Baxter was bom Oet. 8th day / in the year 1796. --- (On back fly-leaf, in still another’s handwriting.) Penelope Baxter Died . [no date given]. Schuyler Baxter Died at Cincinatta / Ohio December 5th 1843 Aged 82 years 7 mos & 27 days .f .. — =/ * Schuyler Baxter, son of Captain John Baxter by his wife, Mary Schuyler. See “ BAXTER FAMILY NOTES,” by James W. T. Scott of Philadelphia, published in The new York Genealogical and. Biographical Record, vols. xxxl, pp. 3-8 et seq. ; xxxvlll, p. 84. t The above record Is that of Schuyler Baxter’s first marriage to Penelope Dodge of Cow Neck, Queens County, N. Y., who died during the New York Yellow fever epidemics of 1797-8-9. He married, secondly, at Flatbush, L. I., 22 May, 1800, Magdalen Bogart by whom he had four children.