Blaithwaite Jones

Notes:

Died:
Bible Record- Blaithwaite the of Blaithwaite and Mary Jones departed this life 7/4/1780 aged 15 years 6 months 12 days. buried in the Church ground in Burlington the fifth.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: St Paul's Ch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Born between 11 and 12 o'clock in the day. Departed this life January 25th, 1789, aged 62 years 9 months and 14 days.

In early life Blaithwaite Jones followed the sea, and was registered, 25 January, 1759, Master of the ship Somerville, 120 tons, built in Philadelphia and owned by William Grinths and Samuel Morris. At the out break 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, 1776, Captain lieutenant of the Artillery Company fo the United Colonies raised for Canadian service. Among the descendants of the former were the Late Mrs. Robert Adams, Jr. and the late well-known physician, John B Shober. (Sanuel Shober married at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Susanah Jones, 14 October, 1784.

Publication of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Volume 7

http://books.google.com/books?id=wdUUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=gibbs+jones+1748&source=bl&ots=h_kqo1R8xv&sig=gkSclOdnGxRxwej9OgJPkVc43lc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mCXSULWoHuKG2wX3_ICoCQ&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=gibbs%20jones%201748&f=false

Blaithwaite married Mary Morris on 25 May 1762 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary (daughter of James Morris and Elizabeth Kearney) was born in 1735; died before 08 Mar 1800 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 08 Mar 1800 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

married St. Paul's Church.

Buried:
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
Mary, wd Blathwait, bur 3-8-1800, ae 65

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 14 Aug 1736, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Bible Records: Bible dated 1753, published in DAR Magazine, p 691 - five generations.

From the records of Abington Friends Meeting:
Gibbs 3rd of 6m 1701

Bonham Family says Susannah's father's name was William. The information posted here came from Colonial Families of Philadelphia, and was sent to me by Susan Chiaverini
(chiagscn@pil.net)



Will:
is will dated 2nd Jan., 1728, was proved 14th Aug.,
1736, and names wife Jane, and children ? Susanna, John, and
Blathwait, and his mother, Margaret Bolton. Jacob Jones (his
brother) and William Paschall were the trustees of his Estate.

Gibbs married Jane Crapp on 2 Aug 1721 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jane (daughter of John Crapp, Jr and Susannah Budd) was born about 1701; died before 7 Dec 1765 in Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 7 Dec 1765, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

from Philadelphia County Births:
Crapp, Mary bt 8 Oct 1732 parents: John & Mary Christ Church

Will:
Abstract of Wills, Philadelphia Co. PA, Book N Craddock, Jane - City of Phila. (Reliability: 3).
Widow Signed Aug 15, 1760 Children Susan na Bonham, Blathwaite Jones. Son in Law - Ephraim Bonham. Exec - Blathw aite Jones, Ephraim Bonham, John Baynton. Witnesses - Downham Newton, Jn o Reily, John Gillingham. Provd Dec 7, 1765. Recorded p. 478

Notes:

SURNAME Index to "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," Philadelphia, PA
name maiden date pgs comments
Crapp, Jane 75 MD Gibbs Jones
Crapp, John 75 MD Susannah Budd
Crapp Susannah Budd 75
Crappe, Jane 1447 MD Gibbs Jones
Crappe, Priscilla Claypoole 1666 1447 CH James Claypoole

James married Elizabeth Kearney about 1730. Elizabeth was born about 1700; died after 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 15 May 1683, Barbados, West Indies; to Philadelphia
• Will: 11 May 1708, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

certificate of Friends Meeting dated 5m July 15, 1683
Common Council of that city named in charter of 1691

John Jones:
Alderman: 1701 
Member: 1691, of Common council 
Office: one of the Justices of the County courts.

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Subj: Re: JONES/BONHAM, CRAPP/BUDD Philly
Date: 8/10/98 10:34:15 PM Central Daylight Time
From: kmilano@libertynet.org (ken milano)
To: Lumoto@aol.com

Sherry,

I noticed the names of John Jones of Barbados in your researches. I am researching a man named Anthony Palmer, who came to Philadelphia about 1704, he was friends with a Jon.Jones of Barbados, as the appear together on the will of Thomas Dodd, f Barbados (1701). Dodd was my Palmer's
father-in-law. Have you come across any Palmer's in researches? The Palmer's were also related through marriage to other Barbadian families, namely the Hassell's, Bickles, Beresford's, Walcott's,Scott's, Pilgrim's, and some god-children of the Gibb's family. Allot of these families moved to Philadelphia, or at least some of them, and kept business connections in Barbados. Some of their friends and business associates were the Dixwell's of St.John's Parish- Barbados, John Vaughan, Charles Buttall, both of Barbados.

Palmer moved up in Pennsylvania society and became the acting governor in 1748, before dying in 1749. His daughter's married into the Keith, Allaire, and Chevalier families.

I would be interested in knowing more of the Jone's family, as well as any of the other families I mentioned above.

Ken
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Date: 8/11/98 12:46:27 AM Central Daylight Time
From: kmilano@libertynet.org (ken milano)
To: Lumoto@aol.com

Sherry,

I don't recognize the Palmer name's that you mentioned, but I'm still in the first half of the 18th century when it comes to doing the Palmer research. I think more likely that my Palmer family and your family of Jones, were more of business asociates.

Samuel Preston and Clement Plumstead were friends and associates of my Anthony Palmer. The Claypoole family were also fellow Barbadians. There were also Budd's in Barbados, but I haven't tracked their immigration to
America. The Budd's were a prominent family in the early annals of the District of Northern Liberties. The current New Market street in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, use to be called Budd Street in the early part of our city's history.

The historian Gary Nash, wrote an article about early merchants of Philadelphia. I forget the title of the book, but I have a copy of the article. It was a collection of various historical articles, by various historians. In any event, he mentins Palmer and your Jones as being from
Barbados, and while not going into particulars about any of our folks, he does paint a pretty good picture of the early merchants of the day.

My Palmer was a long time member of Christ Church. The bell there was suppose to have been first rung when his wife Tomasine died. I don't know the Bonham's. Taggert is a name I am vaguely familiar with. There is a small street in Fishtown named Taggert, they had some property up here in earlier days.

Your Palmer's were probably the Quaker Palmer's, descendents of William Palmer (& Elizabeth, I think). Don't know this for sure, but there were other early Palmer's who were Quaker, my Anthony Palmer was always of the Church of England (here and in Barbados). There is a six volume set of Barbados; Will & Administrations, Baptisms, and Marriages. It is edited by I believe Sanders. It is available at the Pennsylvania Historical Society.
It has proven very helpful in tracking down Barbadian families.

Take care, and keep me posted of any of my interests. If I could be of help, let me know.

KEN

c/o Ken Milano
Kensington History Project
2313 E. York Street
Phila., Pa. 19125
(215) 426-2019
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Subj: Re: JONES/BONHAM, CRAPP/BUDD Philly
Date: 8/12/98 6:31:16 AM Central Daylight Time
From: kmilano@libertynet.org (ken milano)
To: Lumoto@aol.com

Sherry,

There are a number of books you could read about the history of Barbados.
This is an area that I studied quite a bit some years ago. Basically, Barbados was the jewel of the British empire. Starting around the 1630's, it was "THE" sugar producer in the world. By about the 1680's or so, other islands in the Carribean caught up to her (Jamaica, Antigua, etc.). The
middling planters and the free indentured servants, tended to migrate out of Barbados, and to the emerging North American colonies of Virginia, New England, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. South Carolina was literally
founded by these types of Barbadians. A lot of the leading merchants of Philadelphia's early days were ex-Barbadians (your Jones, the Claypoole's, Carpenter, Palmer, etc). Also, a lot of other folks from other islands (Norris and Masters, from Jamaica, various other folks from Bermuda, etc).

Living in the islands was rough. Hurricanes, heat, etc. Once they made a coule of bucks, if they didn't go back to England like allot of the very wealthy planters, they tended to immigrate to America. Thousands and Thousands of white Englishmn left Barbados in the 1670's thru the 1690's.

Go to your local library or University Library, and do a little research.
KEN
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Milton E. Botwinick [professional genealogist] miltone@aol.com POB 13464
Philadelphia, PA 19101-3464 phone #215-WA5-0379 #609-869-0368
http://members.aol.com/botwinick
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Immigration:
Pennsylvania, Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia (Meeting), 1682-1750
Name: John Jones
Location: from Plantation Meeting, Island of Barbadoes
Date: 15 May 1683
Comments: Desiring to remove with his family to Pennsylvania


Will:
from Abstracts of Philadelphia County Wills 1682-1726, p 103
John Jones: Philadelphia, Merchant
28 Feb 1708, 11 May 1708, codicile, 2 May 1708
Wife Margaret and unborn child, son John and his wife Margaret. Other children, Richard, Grace, Samuel, Rebecca, Sarah, Jacob and Gibbs. Testators deceased wife Rebecca.
Executrix: Wife Margaret.
Trustees: Samuel Preston and Clement Plumsted
Witnesses: John Webb, James Cooper, Thomas Story, Richard Jones, Marthe... Claypolle, and Ann Webb.
Quakers, records of Abington Friends Meeting, list children and their perspective mothers.
From Colonial Families of Philadelphia: He came from Barbados to Philadelphia. Certificate of Friends Meeting dated 5m July 15, 1683. Common Council of that city named in charter of 1691.

John married Margaret Knowles on 30 Nov 1696 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. Margaret was born about 1677; died after 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Philadelphia Marriages
JONES, MARGARET KNOWLES 1557 MD ROBERT JONES
JONES, MARGARET 74 WIDOW OF JOHN WATERMAN

Notes:

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol II
(New Jersey and Pennsylvania Monthly Meetings)
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
Deaths of Persons Not Friends
John Crapp, s John & Susannah, bur 5-14-1700
John Crapp bur 8-22-1712
Joseph Crapp bur 6-22-1704
Mary Crapp, dt John & Priscilla, bur 8-25-1714

John married Susannah Budd about 1700. Susannah (daughter of Thomas Budd) was born about 1680; died after 1718 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: Between 1700 and 1718, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two deeds

Notes:

from Philadelphia County Births:
Budd
James Apr 1728 Thomas & Mary Christ Church
Mary ca Aug 1729 Thomas & Mary Christ Church
Whilly ca May 1732 Thomas & Mary Christ Church
Charles bp ca Jul 1733 Thomas & Mary Christ Church
James bp 9 Jan 1708/9 John & not given Presbyterian Church
Mary bp 9 Jan 1709/9 John & not given Presbyterian Church
William bp 1 Dec 1715 John & Rebecca Presbyterian Church
Rebecca 13 Jan 1728/9 John & not given Presbyterian Church

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol II
(New Jersey and Pennsylvania Monthly Meeting)
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
Deaths of Persons Not Friends
John Bud s John & Rebekah, bur 7-6-1696
John budd, s John & Rebeckah bur 5-27-1698
John Budd bur 9-18-1704
Martha Bud, dt Thomas, Jr. & Martha, bur 1-15
Mary Budd, dt. thomas, Jr. & Martha, bur 9-30-1706
Rebeckah Bud, dt. John & Rebeckah, bur 5-2-1702
Susanna bud, dt John & Rebecka, bur 4-24-1702
Susanna Bud, wd Thomas, Sr., bur 12-4-1707/8
Thomas Budd bur 12-15-1697
Thomas Budd, a Thomas, bur 7-19-1699
Thomas Bud, s John & Rebeckah, bur 7-2--1724


BONHAM, EPHRAIM 75 MD SUSANNAH JONES
BONHAM, HANNAH FULLER M1699 1674 CH OF SAMUEL FULLER
BONHAM, NICHOLAS M1659 1674 TO HANNAH FULLER
BONHAM, SUSANNA JONES 1722 75 CH OF GIBBS JONES
JONES, BLATHWAITE 876
JONES, BLATHWAITE 1726 74 75 MD JANE & MARY MORRIS
JONES, ELIZABETH PRESTON 1169 MD JOHN JONES
JONES, GAINOR OWEN 1681 265 455 629 1100 CH OF ROBERT


Property:
Dates approximate, but she made two deeds to her son William Paschall, one before her marriage to Crapp and one in 1718. The deed of 1718 mentions her father as Thomas Budd.
1718 Phil/PA DB F1 p261 widow, Susanna Crapp to son, Wm, now over 21. many relations & explanations; only one child as heir

Notes:

SURNAME Index to "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," Philadelphia, PA
name maiden date pgs comments
Crapp, Jane 75 MD Gibbs Jones
Crapp, John 75 MD Susannah Budd
Crapp Susannah Budd 75
Crappe, Jane 1447 MD Gibbs Jones
Crappe, Priscilla Claypoole 1666 1447 CH James Claypoole