William Paxson

1675 - 1719  (43 years)

• Name	William Paxson
  Birth	25 Dec 1675	Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jul 1719	New Castle County, Delaware
  Person ID	I720	Parlett-Stancliff
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	James Paxson,   b. 16 Aug 1640, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England d. 29 Sep 1722, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Jane Gurden,   b. Abt 1641, Buck, Oxfordshire, England d. 7 Apr 1710, Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1670	St. Mary's Church, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England
  Family ID	F737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Pownall,   b. 4 Feb 1678, Lostock, Cheshire, England d. Abt 1749, Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	20 Dec 1695	Langhorne, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. Marrabel Paxton   2. Amy Paxton   3. Mary Paxson,   b. 26 Nov 1696, Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania   4. Abigail Paxson,   b. 20 Aug 1700, Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. Bef 13 Jul 1778, New Castle City, New Castle, Delaware, USA (Age < 77 years)   5. James Paxson,   b. 5 Sep 1702, Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 25 Feb 1747, Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 44 years)   6. Reuben Paxson,   b. 6 Dec 1705, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Aft 1770, South Carolina, USA (Age > 66 years)   7. Esther Paxson,   b. Abt 1711, Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA   8. Thomas Paxson,   b. 20 Sep 1712, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 17 Oct 1782, Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  {{Pennsylvania Settlers}} [[Category:Fleet of William Penn]] [[Category: Amity, sailed April 1682]] == Biography == {{Quakers Sticker}} William's father [[Paxson-12|James Paxson]] ... William's mother [[Gurden-2|Jane Gurden]] ...Christened 22 January 1676 in Marsh Gibbon<ref>JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.</ref>Per the Middletown Monthly Meeting records which recorded the births of James Paxson and his wife Jane, William was born the 10th month, 25th 1675 (25 Dec 1675 Julian calendar)<ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1664-1807; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 305; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|99997102}}</ref> Contemporaries would call him William Junr. to differentiate him from his uncle William. He arrived with his parents in 1682<ref>Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1682; Page Number: 197; Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s {{Ancestry Record|7486|3094325}}</ref>On 20 Feb 1695 he married Abigail Pownall at the Middletown Monthly Meeting<ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Record of Commery 1683; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 303; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|2212258}}</ref> ==Research Needed==The Middletown Monthly meeting recorded his death as the 18 Dec 1733<ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1664-1807; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 305; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|99997651}}</ref>Another source gives his date of death as 1719 in Delaware. (MJP Grundy). The 1733 date is incorrect as the will which matches this date gives his wife as Mary and different children. This is likely his uncle, William Paxson, Sr. ==Documentation Needed==In 1704 William Jr. and his family removed to Falls.[66a] He apparently purchased a farm from Solomon WARDER, that had been in the BILES family and was originally owned by Thomas and Jane ATKINSON.[66b] William was disowned from Falls Monthly Meeting 1 July 1712, for "being overtaken with drink also for uttering several extravagant expressions against the whole body of friends, and he not condemning his actions". The following year William sold his property to John and mary SOTCHER, and took his family to St. George's Hundred, Newcastle County (in what became Delaware). Abigail and some of the children carried a certificate of removal dated 5 March 1713.[67] Children born after one parent's disownment were generally not recorded by the meeting. After William Jr.'s death intestate at the age of forty-three, his uncle Henry1 (#1) Paxson posted bond on 22 September 1719 and administered the estate. ''No more info is currently available. Can you add to this biography?'' == Sources == <references />* http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/PaxsonCol.html * Wesley, Rusha. ''Our Quaker Ancestry'' (1945) Author: Kenneth Kinman Author: Kenneth Kinman Author: Robin Lee Author: Andrea Powell Author: Andrea Powell Author: Andrea Powell Author: Andrea Powell