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Humphry Scarlett married Anne (Richards) Weaver FU2, JO8. He received a deed for fifty acres of land
from John Kingsman in early June, 1690 RE6. On
February 28, 1692 (probably 1692/3), he was called a husbandman of Chester
County when he purchased 125 acres of land in Chester County for the sum of
twenty pounds from William Weaver, a brass pounder of Boston, who was his
wife’s former brother-in-law BR19, RE6, FU2. On
March 2, 1692 (probably 1692/3), he sold seventy-five of those acres to
Nathaniel Richards for the sum of fifteen pounds BR19, RE6, which he acknowledged at the Chester
Court on March 14, 15, or 16, 1693 RE6. He
was elected as the supervisor of the highways for the Township of “Aishtown” for the year 1694, on September 11 of that year RE6. He was still the supervisor of the highways on March 10, 1695/6,
when the Grand Jury presented the Township of “Aishtown”
for not cutting or clearing the highway through their town; as the supervisor,
Humphry promised that this task would be accomplished RE6.
Humphry
and Ann were witnesses to Nathaniel Richards’ will, signed on February 6,
1699/1700 DI1. He and seven other men presented evidence for Nathaniel
Lamplugh, the defendant in a case which was held on March 11, 1700/1 at the
Court of Quarter Sessions at Chester, in which the jury found for the defendant
RE7. His brother-in-law, Joseph Richards, Jr., threatened to shoot
Humphry, for which both Joseph Jr. and Humphry were called into the Court of
Quarter Sessions at Chester on February 23, 1702/3, where they came to an
agreement and Joseph was cleared, but was instructed to pay the court costs RE7. Humphry was a juror at the Court of Quarter Sessions at Chester
on May 28, 1705, and his land was mentioned in court on February 25, 1706/7
regarding the route of a road from the Great Road in Aston to the town of
Chester, on the west side of Chester Creek RE7. This
road began “at a black oak standing in Edgmont Aston
Road from thence through Joseph Richards old field and Humphrey Scarletts to a small black oak standing in Ruth’s land...” RE7.
He was
appointed as the constable of Chichester on May 27, 1707 RE7. John Eayr (Eyre), a weaver of Newberry
in Essex County, sold one hundred acres of land to “Humphrey Scarlett of
Chichester, yeoman” on July 2, 1709, for the sum of thirty pounds BR19. He resided in Upper Chichester, Chester County (now Delaware
County), Pennsylvania in 1715, when his name (“Humphrey Scarlet”) appeared on a
tax list FU2. He and three other men witnessed the will of James Whitaker of
Chichester on January 25, 1721 CH6.
Humphry
wrote his will on September 16, 1745, which was witnessed by John Brown, Edward
Whitaker, and Elizabeth Whitaker PE7. It
was proved at Chester on March 27, 1746, and letters of administration were
granted to Nathaniel Scarlett and Thomas Hall on the same day; they were
instructed to bring in an inventory of Humphry Scarlett’s inventory on or
before May 1, 1746 PE7. A
transcription of Humphry’s will follows PE7:
In the
Name of God amen I Humphry Scarlett Sen.r of the
Township of Chichester… the County of Chester and Province of Pennsylvania
Yeoman being Weak in Body But of Sound Mind and Memory thanks be Given unto God
for the Same And Considering the Uncertainty of this Life it being appointed
for all Men once to die Therefore for the Better Settling of Such… Temporall Estate as it hath pleased God in his Mercy to
bless me with all I make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form
following (that is to Say), Imprimis I Will that my Debts and Funerall Charges be paid and Discharged by my Executors
herein after named Item I Give and Bequeath unto my oldest Son John Scarlett
five Shillings Item I Give unto my Loving Wife Anne Scarlett the best feather
Bed and Bedstead and all other things thereto Belonging, one Brass Kettle and a
Warming Pan two Mortars and Box Iron and Likewise Seven Pounds in money which
is to be levied out of Personall Estate all which
Goods and Money I freely Impower her to dispose of as She Shall [see] fit also
I Give unto my said wife my whole Estate
Real and Personall during her Life Item I Give &
Bequeath unto my Son Nathaniel Scarlett thirty Pounds Item I Give and Bequeath
unto my Sone Humphry Scarlett Thirty Pounds Item I Give and Bequeath unto my
Grandson Shadrach Scarlett one Shilling Sterling to be paid him as he Attains
the Age of twenty one Years also to his Sisters Anne Else and Phebe I Give one
Shilling Sterling Each Item I Give unto my Son in Law Richd Cox
one Shilling Sterling Item I Devise unto my Son Nathaniel Scarlett and my Son
in Law Thomas Hall the Messuage or Tenement where I now dwell with the tract or
Parcell of Land Thereunto belonging Computed to be
one hundred and thirty five Acres be the Same more or less / together with my Personall Estate Tohold to them
the said Nathaniel Scarlett and Thomas Hall their Heirs and Assigns for Ever
Upon This Speciall Trust and Confidence that the sd
Nathaniel Scarlett and Thomas Hall Shall Sell the said Messuage and Premises
with my personal Estate as Soon as may be after my wifes
Decease to Such person or persons as Shall Purchase the same in Fee Simple or
Otherwise by Such Conveyances and Assurances as Council learned in the Law Shall
Reasonably advise or require and with the money Arising by the said sale to pay
my Just Debts and Legacies and the Residue I dispose of in manner and form
following (that is to say) Two thirds of it to be Equally Divided Between my
three Daughters Namely my Daughter Mary Hall, Susannah Brown and Rebecca Brown
& the other third to be Equally Divided between my three Sons John Scarlett
Nathaniel and Humphry and I Nominate and appoint my trusty and Well Beloved Son
Nathaniel Scarlett and my Son in Law Thomas Hall my only and
Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other
Wills by me formerly made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and
Seal this Sixteenth day of September Anno Dom one Thousand Seven hundred and
forty five
Anne Richards (Joseph, Jone) first
married Anthony Weaver and second married Humphry Scarlett FU2, JO8, SM1. At the time of her marriage
to Anthony Weaver, she was of Northley in Chester
County, Pennsylvania, which is now called Aston Township in Delaware County FU2. They married on July 5, 1686, as documented in the records of
the Chester Monthly Meeting FU2. Anthony
Weaver was still alive in the first week of
March, 1686/7, when he served on the Grand Inquest for the Chester Court, but
on June 7, 1687, the court records indicated that he was dead RE6. Anthony
was the brother of William Weaver BR19. A letter of administration on his estate was granted to
Anne on “4, 10, 1689” FU2, which could have meant June 10, 1689, or December 4,
1689, as in 1689 the first month was March. Anne Weaver of Astone
was presented at the Chester Court on March 3, 1688/9 “for being with Child and
having noe Husband” RE6. At the
Chester County Court on June 3, 1689, she was convicted for this crime RE6:
Anne
Weaver of Astone Widdow
being on ye 29th day of ye 2d moneth
Convickted before John Simcocke
and John Bristow Justices Sitting att Chester for
having two Bastard Children shee there Confessed ye fact & that William Weaver of Boston in New-England was the
true father of them upon which by her surtyes Joseph
Richards and Nathaniel Richards shee was bound over
to this Court and accordingly made her appearance and was Indickted
The
grand Inquest finde ye bill… Shee being atteste
in Open Court declared as before & that ye abousd [abovesaid] William Weaver was
ye true father of her two Children
Her
midwife and mother Jone Richards being attested declareth that att ye time of her labour shee
Confessed ye Same to her
Whereupon
Judgment is granted that shee receive tenne strips
upon her bear Backe well laid on and halfe ye
Charge of her owne and Wm Weavers tryall
William
Weaver of Boston in New England upon ye
attestation of Anne Weaver that he was ye true
father of her two Bastard Children was for ye same
apprehended and brought before John Bristow Where upon Examination he denyed the fact and was by his Surtyes
Albertus Henrickson and John Child bound over to this
Court and accordingly made his appearance and was Indickted
The
grand Inquest finde ye bill… Whereupon he is Called
to the Barr and Pleads not Guilty and by Petition putts himselfe
upon ye mercy of ye King
and Governour.
Whereupon
Judgment is awarded that he should give in Security that ye Children should be brought up till they can Shift for themselves
and to pay 20s [shillings] for a fine to ye Governour
She
was probably the mother of John, Shadrach, Susannah, Nathaniel, Humphry, Elizabeth,
Mary, and Rebecca FU2. Her
husband’s will stated that his sons were John, Nathaniel, and Humphry Scarlett,
and his daughters were Mary Hall, Susannah Brown, and Rebecca Brown, and it
also mentioned his son-in-laws, Richard Cox and
Thomas Hall, and his grandson, Shadrach Scarlett, which implies that his
daughter, Elizabeth Cox, had already died, and that he probably had a deceased
son PE7 who may have been named Shadrach.
John
Scarlet, the son of Humphrey and Ann Scarlet, was born on April 9, 1691
in Chester County, Pennsylvania US11. In
this compilation of genealogical records of Berks County Friends in
Pennsylvania, the compiler, John Eshelman, stated that John Scarlet’s mother
was Ann (Richards) Weaver, the daughter of Joseph and Jane Richards who was
also a widow at some point US11. The minutes of the Chester Women’s Meeting in Delaware County,
Pennsylvania recorded that John Scarlett and Eliner
Martin declared their intent to marry for the first time on March 28, 1715 US11. John Scarlet and Eleanor Martin, the daughter of Matthias and Ethelaw Martin, married on February 25, 1715 at the
Chichester Meeting in Pennsylvania US11.
John and Eleanor were the parents of John Scarlet, Jr., born on January 20,
1716, as well as Hannah and Eleanor Scarlet, whose birthdates were not recorded
US11. John was was called the “oldest Son
John Scarlett” in his father’s will dated September 16, 1745 PE7. John Eshelman stated that John Scarlet was an elder in the
Friends society for thirty years, died on April 30, 1772, and was buried at the
Robeson Meeting in Pennsylvania US11. Hinshaw’s
Index indicated that John Scarlet died on April 30, 1773 US21.
According
to the Concord Monthly Meeting Minutes, Shadrach Scarlet and Phebe
Bowater declared their intent to marry on April 8, 1717 PE2. The Women’s Minutes of the Concord Monthly meeting recorded on
July 8, 1717 stated that “Those appointed to attend ye marriag of Shadrach Scarlet &
Phebe Bowater make report that it was accomplished orderly” US11. Shadrach Scarlett of London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
died by April 20, 1739 when an inventory of his estate was conducted on that
date PE7. John Allen and Nathanell Scarlet of
Chester County were the administrators of his estate and gave an account of
their administration on June 16, 1741 PE7. A
petition dated June 5, 1741 to the Orphan’s Court of Chester County,
Pennsylvania of “Shadrach Scarlett Eldest son & heir at Law of Shadrach
Scarlett late of the Township of London Grove” and his sister, Ann Scarlett, by
their guardians, Nathaniel Scarlett and John Allen showed that Shadrach and Ann
Scarlett were the infant children of Shadrach Scarlett who had died intestate PE7. At the time of his death, he was seized of a messuage or
tenement and a share of a water mill or a grist mill as well as 375 acres of
land in Chester County PE7.
The petition further stated that Shadrach’s children were Samuel (who died
prior to the writing of the petition), Alice, Phebe, Shadrach, and Ann. The
petition stated that Alice was the wife of Morrell Allen and Phebe was the wife
of John Allen PE7. Shadrach Scarlett
was called a grandson of Humphry Scarlett and still a minor in Humphry’s will
dated September 16, 1745 PE7.
The sisters of Shadrach were named as Anne, Else, and Phebe in that same will PE7. On an unknown date and year, Ann Scarlet, a daughter of
Shadrach Scarlet of Londongrove, married Thomas Linwill of Upper Chichester Township PE2.
Susannah
Scarlett (“Sushanah”) and Daniel Brown
declared their intent to marry on October 9, 1721; Susannah Scarlett and Daniel
Brown married on November 22, 1721 at the Chichester Meeting House PE2. Neither Humphry or Anne were mentioned in
the 1721 marriage record of Susannah Scarlett and Daniel Brown PE2. Susannah Brown was mentioned in her father’s will dated
September 16, 1745 PE7.
Nathaniel
Scarlett, the son of Humphrey Scarlett of Chichester, was called a
yeoman when he married Hannah Dutton, the daughter of John Dutton, on October
29, 1730 in Chichester PE2.
They received a certificate to New Garden on September 6, 1731 PE2. Nathaniel Scarlett was mentioned in his father’s will dated
September 16, 1745 PE7. Nathaniell Scarlet of New Garden Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania wrote his will on February 28, 1783 which was proved on December
7, 1784 PE7. He named his sons, John and Joseph Scarlet, his daughters,
Mary Cox and Hannah Bailey, his sons-in-law, Isaac Bailey and Caleb Wiley, and
his grandchildren, Hannah Wiley, Nathaniel Scarlet, Nathaniel Cox, and
Nathaniel Baily PE7.
Humphrey
Scarlet married Mary Flower, the widow of John Flower of Chichester,
who died in February 1737 PE2. He
was mentioned in his father’s will dated September 16, 1745 PE7. Humphry Scarlett of Chichester, Chester County, Pennsylvania
wrote his will on January 6 or 9, 1746/7 in which he named his wife, Mary
Scarlett, and his nephew, John Scarlett (the son of his brother, John
Scarlett); this will stated his father was then deceased (“my father Humphry
Scarlet dec[ea]ced”) and it
was proved in March 1746/7 (perhaps on March 10, 1746/7) PE7.
Elizabeth
Scarlett was not mentioned in the will of her father which was dated
September 16, 1745, but Humphry Scarlett did refer to Richard Cox as his
son-in-law in his will PE7. Mary
Hall was mentioned in her father’s will dated September 16, 1745, which
also named Humphry’s son-in-law as Thomas Hall PE7. Rebecca Brown was mentioned in her father’s will dated
September 16, 1745 PE7.
Anne
was not mentioned in the 1730 marriage record of Nathaniel, which stated that
he was the son of Humphrey Scarlett of Chichester, but the record of
Elizabeth’s marriage to Richard Cox stated that Elizabeth Scarlet was the
daughter of Humphrey and Ann Scarlet PE2.