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Thomas Paxson was b. 1712, the son of [[Paxson-11|William Paxson]] and [[Pownall-11|Abigail Pownall]]. On the 2nd day, 3rd mo. 1732 {2 May 1732) the Buckingham Monthly Meeting recorded that the marriage of Thomas Paxson and Jane Canby was orderly accomplished.<ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1722-1763; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 44; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|99475466}}</ref>The children of Thomas and Jane were recorded by the Buckingham Monthly Meeting.<ref>Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births, Burials and Marriage Certificates, 1720-1801; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 47; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 {{Ancestry Record|2189|2572166}}</ref>
Thomas PAXSON, son of William and Abigail (POWNALL) PAXSON, in the division of the real estate in Solebury fell heir to the farm lately occupied by the JOHNSON family near Centre Bridge, and the island lying opposite. He later purchased other large tracts of land in Solebury, some of which still remain in the tenure of his descendants.
Thomas died in 1782. He married in 1732 Jane CANBY, daughter of Thomas CANBY, an eminent preacher among Friends, (son of Benjamin CANBY of Thorn, Yorkshire) who had come to Pennsylvania with his uncle Henry BAKER. He was three times married, and had nineteen children who intermarried with the most prominent families of Bucks county and have left numerous descendants. The children of Thomas and Jane CANBY PAXSON, were: Joseph, born 9mo. 10, 1733, married 6mo. 28, 1758, Mary HESTON; Benjamin, born 8mo. 1, 1739, married 6mo. 16, 1763, Deborah TAYLOR, (second) in 1797 Rachel NEWBOLD; and (third) in 1807 Mary PICKERING; Oliver, born 7mo. 9, 1741, married, 1766, Ruth WATSON; Rachel, born 3mo. 6, 1744, married, 1764, John WATSON; Jacob, born 11mo. 6, 1745, married in 1769 Lydia BLAKEY; Johnathan, born 11mo. 14, 1748, married, 1771, Rachel BILES; Isaiah, born 9mo. 20, 1751, married, 1775, Mary KNOWLES; and Martha, who died young. Of the above named sons of Thomas and Jane (CANBY) PAXSON, Joseph was devised a farm at Limeport, Solebury township; Benjamin, a farm at Aquetong, still owned by the children of his grandson, Elias Ely PAXSON, one of whom is the wife of Colonel Henry D. PAXSON; Oliver, who married (second) Ruth JOHNSON, was left a farm in the Pike tract, near New Hope; Isaiah, the island known as paxSon's Island, where he died without issue; Jacob, the homestead farm at Centre Bridge; Jonathan, the farm at Rabbit Run, now owned by Thomas MAGILL.<ref>History of Bucks County, Pa Volume 3 by William H. Davis</ref>
==NOTE==The above biography is difficult to follow and can be read as Thomas Paxson was married three times. Thomas Paxson was only married once, and died before his wife Jane Canby. The person who was married three times with 19 children is Thomas Canby, the father of Jane.<ref>MJP Grundy, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/PaxsonCol.html Paxson Family in Colonial Bucks County] (2002)</ref>Thomas Paxson's marriage and children are also found in the book Early Settlers of Solebury, PA<ref>Early Settlers of Solebury, PA by Eastburn Reeder; The Bucks Co. Historical Society, Doylestown, PA 1971 pg 36.</ref>
== Sources ==
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* "Our Quaker Ancestry" by Rusha Wesley 1945
See also:* MJP Grundy, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/PaxsonCol.html Paxson Family in Colonial Bucks County] (2002)
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My Family History
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