Jane* Elizabeth James

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1764, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware

Notes:

Residence:
In 1764 William and wife appear to have removed to or near Wilmington, soon after which Jane died and he returned the following year.

http://www.ramagefamilyhistory.com/getperson.php?personID=I1086&tree=Ramage

Jane* married William E.* Hayes, I (immigrant) on 19 Feb 1726 in London Grove, Chester Co, Pennsylvania. William (son of Henry Hayes, Sr. (immigrant) and Rachel Cloud (?), (immigrant)) was born on 22 Oct 1694 in Spelsbury, Fulwell, Oxfordshire, England; died between 19 Feb 1771 and 18 Jun 1783 in East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Following is the marriage certificate of William Hayes and Jane James:

"Whereas William Hayes of the Township of Marlborow in the County of Chester and Province of Pensilvania and Jane James of the same township and County having declared their intentions of marriage with each other before several monthly meetings of the people of God called Quakers at New Garding in the county aforesaid according to the good order used amongst them and having consent of parents concerned their said proposall of marriage was allowed of by the said meetings.Now these are to certifie whom it may concern that for the full accomplishing of their said intentions this Nineteenth Day of the Eleaventh Month of the year of our Lord one thousand seaven hundred and twenty five they the said William Hayes and Jane James appeared in a Publick Meeting of the said people at Londongrove in the County aforesaid and the said William Hayes taking the said Jane James by the hand did in solemn manner openly declare that he took her the said Jane James to be his wife promising by the Lord's assistance to be unto her a loving and faithfull husband until death should separate them and then and there in the said assembly the said Jane James did in like manner declare that she took the said William Hayes to be her husband promising by the Lord's assistance to be unto him a faithfull and loving wife untill death should separate them, and moreover they the said William Hayes & Jane James, she according to the custom of marriage assuming the name of her husband as a further confarmation thereof did then and there to these presents set their hands.And we whose names are hereunder subscribed being present at the solomnization of the said marriage and subscription have as witnesses thereunto sett our hands the day and year above written.
http://www.ramagefamilyhistory.com/getperson.php?personID=I1086&tree=Ramage

(this site
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/o/l/s/Joan-E-Olsson/GENE6-0027.html

includes the list of witnesses:
Caleb Pusey
Thomas Wickersham
William Hayes
John Smith
Jane Hayes
Tho. Jackson
Elizabeth Swaine
Caleb Pusey Junr.
Ann Jackson
Isaac Smith
Ann Smith
Joshua Johnson
Henry Hayes
John Jackson
Richard Hayes
Tho. Jackson
Joseph Hayes
Saml. Jackson
Thomas Hayes
Joseph Taylor
Rachall Hayes
William Warders
William Webster
George Casoner
Sarah Webster
William Swaine
Hannah James

1. John Hayes was born on 2 Aug 1726 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died between 30 Aug 1762 and 10 Dec 1762 in West Marlborough, Chester Co, Pennsylvania.
2. David Hayes was born on 14 Aug 1728 in East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died in 1785 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania.
3. Sarah Hayes was born on 24 Dec 1730 in East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Oct 1759 in Chester Co (now Delaware) Pennsylvania.
4. William Hayes was born on 8 Aug 1733 in East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, Pennsylvania.
5. William* "Guillermo" Hayes, II (son?) was born about 1730 in Halifax, Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania (New England); died in 1828 in Branch, Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
6. John Hayes, (son? bro of Guillermo?) died after 1754 in of, Fairfax Co, Virginia.
7. Hannah Hayes was born on 1 Jan 1736 in East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died on 13 Sep 1799 in New Garden MM, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; was buried in Marlborough Friends Burying Ground, Chester Co, Pennsylvania.
8. Mordecai Hayes was born on 29 May 1738 in East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died in 1824 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania.
9. Thomas Hayes, (twin) was born on 24 Mar 1740 in East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died before 9 Mar 1784 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania.
10. Joshua Hayes, (twin) was born on 24 Mar 1741 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Apr 1797 in Granville Co, North Carolina.
11. Abraham Hayes was born in Sep 1743 in East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1743.
12. Rachel Hayes was born in Mar 1747 in Pennsylvania; died after 1770.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: Bef 1707

Notes:

~~must be the immigrant James



http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PACHESTE/1998-
11/0910268036
From: "William Rogers"
Subject: Re: George James-Woodward Connection
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 21:23:25 -0500

(snip)
Dear Linda:

"Ann Woodworth and George James declared their intentions of marriage at
Chester Monthly Meeting 6th months 27 and 7th month 26th 1698, and were,
doubtless, married soon after the last date. Their residence was in
Springfield Township, Chester (now Delaware) County, where George died in
1720. As executors of his will he appointed his wife, Anne, and
brother-in-law, Richard Woodward, of Bradford. The only Richard then of
Bradford was the above, son of Robert."

I don't know why it says "Ann Woodworth" instead of "Ann Woodward."
__________________________

From: Candy Roth <74243.1612@compuserve.com>
Subject: George James-Woodward Connection
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 07:13:56 -0500


Linda ..... re: George JAMES married to Ann WOODWARD:

I have children for the family of George and Ann Woodward/Woodworth JAMES,
but not parent information. In the ref. below 'Early Church Records of
Delaware Co., PA' Ann is referenced as WOODWORTH.

The children I have are:
Sarah JAMES b 1699
Mary JAMES b 1702
Mordecai JAMES b 1705 d 1776 m 1727 Gainor LLOYD (2) 1736 Dinah CHURCHMAN
and (3) 1767 Susanna BUTCHER
Jane JAMES b 1707 m William HAYES
Hannah JAMES b 1711
Anne JAMES b 1714
Elizabeth JAMES b 1717

I have not included any birth date info. other than the year, as I believe
you will need to make the adjustment for dates prior to 1752 to reflect the
record keeping of day/mo/year....therefore making Jane's birthday to be
actually the 28th of November....as you can see, the references I have gives
the year at 1707, however.

I do have the 10 children of William and Jane James HAYES and some of them
carried down if this is your line and would like to have it.

Here are some reference points to find this family information:

"Wills of Chester Co., PA 1713-1748" abstracted by Jacob Martin, pub. Family
Line Pub., Westminster, MD 1993; pg. 16

"Early Church Records of Delaware Co., PA" v.1 by John Pitts Launey & F.
Edward Wright, pub. Family Line Pub., Westminster, MD 1997; ppg. 3, 13, 80

"Births, Deaths and Marriages of the Nottingham Quakers 1680-1889" by Alice
L. Beard, pub. Family Line Pub., Westminster, MD 1989; ppg. 5, 25, 52, 53,
127, 152

"History of Delaware Co., PA" by George Smith, M.D., printed by Henry B.
Ashmead, Philadelphia, PA 1862; pg. 452

"Quaker Marriage Certificates, New Garden M.M., Chester Co., PA 1704-1799"
compiled by Gwen Boyer Bjorkman, pub. Heritage Books, Inc 1990; pg. 19, 27

"History of Chester Co., PA" by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, pub. Louis
H. Everts, Philadelphia, PA 1881; pg. 675, 593

"Marriages at London Grove in Marlborough, Chester Co., PA: from the Gilbert
Cope Collections of Manuscripts housed at the Genealogical Society of PA
[Jane m Wm. HAYES in this collection]

Good hunting! ...Candy :)

ps: I carry down the lines of Mordecai and Jane, children of George and
Ann, but not the others.

George* married Anne* Woodward after 26 Jul 1698 in Springfield Twsp, Chester Co (now Delaware) Pennsylvania. Anne* (daughter of Robert* Woodward) was born before 1683 in Cheshire, England (pos); died in 1720 in Chester Co (now Delaware) Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Quaker
• Immigration: Abt 1682
• Emigration: Bef 1707

Notes:

Quakers - listed as "Woodworth" instead of "Woodward"

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Quaker
• Immigration: Abt 1686

Notes:

http://www.woodward-mattson.com/woodward_history.html

As the primary source of earlier Chester County, Pennsylvania Woodward lineage before John Jackson Woodward (1812-1875), we have relied on Dr. Lewis Woodward's Woodward Genealogy of 1879. A copy of this book is located in the Chester County Historical Society Library, West Chester, PA. The Woodward-Mattsons can thus trace our line back to Robert Woodward (abt 1638-1698). The following is written about Robert in the "Woodward of Chester Co." file in the PA Historical Society, Phila. PA: "Robert Woodward came to Chester Co., PA about 1687....Robert first settled in Lower Providence Township, [then in Chester County, PA; after 1770, in Delaware Co. and now called Nether Providence Township], but in 1696 he was of the Manor of Rockland, Brandywine Hundred, [now New Castle County, DE]. Later he was in Birmingham and East Bradford Township, Chester Co., PA. He had two children: Ann, d. 1720; m. 6/27/1698 or 7/26/1698 to George James of Springfield Township; and Richard (1673-1748), m. Mary Nayle"

Now here is the mystery. Most research agrees that Robert had a brother Richard. The two are mentioned as early as 1688 in court documents as having served as jurors. An Elizabeth Woodward, possibly a sister, married a Thomas Eavenson on 26 Jul 1688.. However, NO ONE, to my knowledge, has yet been able to link Robert and Richard Woodward definitely to England! My own conjecture is that the brothers may have originated in the Cheshire area, since many of their neighbors in Lower Providence Township, Chester County, PA came from that region. Neighbors John Simcock and John Sharpless both arrived in Upland, PA, 14 August 1682 on The Friendship out of Liverpool. Both neighbors were from Cheshire, England.

The religion of the early Woodwards, like that of their neighboring farmers, was Quaker.

The origins of the name Woodward: The American Genealogical Research Institute (AGRI) tells us that Woodward is an occupational name derived from the combination of "wood" with the Old English "weard," a guardian. The woodward (warden of the woods) was employed by estate owners to guard their private timber stands and game reserves. However, some researchers assert that "Woodward" is the anglicization of the Norman knight, Garde du Bois, "guardian of the wood." Further, the Norman Garde du Bois is an adaptation from the Norse "Videvarde." Norsemen settled in Normandy about the 8th c. AD. In England, some early variants of the name were Wadard, Wodeward (1272), and Woddeword (1379). AGRI says that the name Woodward is most abundant in the English counties of Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and Gloucestershire. The 1970 U. S. Census shows Woodward to be the 722nd most frequently occurring surname in the nation. In 1980, there were more than 40,000 adult Americans named Woodward.