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- {{Pennsylvania Settlers}}
[[Category:Fleet of William Penn]]
[[Category: Amity, sailed April 1682]]
[[Category:Upperside Monthly Meeting, Buckinghamshire]]
[[Category: Middletown Monthly Meeting, Langhorne, Pennsylvania]]
== Biography ==The baptism of William Paxson, son of James & Jane (Clerk) Paxton, on December 21, 1648 was recorded in the records of St. Mary's Church in Marsh Gibbon.<ref name=Grundy>MJP Grundy, ''Paxson Family in Colonial Bucks County'' (2002), online [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/PaxsonCol.html#2William rootsweb] (3/3/2015)</ref>
He first married while in England Mary Sydenham<ref>''Grundy'', citing "an old family bible" as the source for William's first wife's maiden name</ref>. William emigrated with his family and brother James to Pennsylvania aboard ''[[:Category: Amity, sailed April 1682|Amity]]'' in 1682. They were [[:Category:Pennsylvania Quakers|Quakers]] and each carried certificate of removal dated April 3, 1682 from the [[:Category:Upperside Monthly Meeting, Buckinghamshire | Upperside Monthly Meeting]] in Bucks England.
William's second wife was widow Mary (Packingham) White, whom he married in Pennsylvania probably before September 1698<ref>''Grundy'', citing a marriage certificate signed by Mary as "Mary Paxson" and Grace White, her daughter</ref>
William was buried at the burial grounds of Middletown meeting on January 2, 1709/10. His will was signed August 23, 1709 and proven January 26, 1709/10.<ref name=Grundy/>
=== Children ===Children of William Paxson with his first wife Mary Sydenham<ref name=Grundy/># [[Paxson-91| Elizabeth Paxson]], baptised February 1676/7 at St. Mary's Church in Marsh Gibbon; died before 1682# [[Paxson-87|Mary Paxson]], baptised March 15, 1678/9 at St. Mary's Church in Marsh Gibbon; died before 1682; emigrated with her parents in 1682; married Thomas Walmsley April 4, 1698 and with him had 9 children.# [[Paxson-105 | William Paxson]].; born June 4, 1685, Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; married Mary Watson in 1711; died December 1733
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* [[Bradley-3871 | John Bradley]], entered Thursday, July 10, 2014;
* [[Kerr-1233 | Bob Kerr]], import of kerr2012.ged on Nov 4, 2012;
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Author: Andrea Powell
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My Family History
1648 - Abt 1710 (61 years)