resided at Bath, Somersetshire, England.
1038. Nathaniel Chambless (Champnes) Sr.
Emigrated from England with John Fenwick on the ship Griffin [Griffith],
arriving "in the Delaware River" 9-23-1675 (23 Nov 1675). Had a son, Nathaniel
Jr., who came with him to America in 1675. (Hinshaw, p. 45.) He was followed
in 1681 by his wife Elizabeth and his daughter Mary who came on the ship Henry
and Ann, landing "in the Delaware River the later end of the seventh mo in the
yeare 1681". (Hinshaw, p. 30.) Resided at Alloways Creek, Salem County, NJ.Will dated 12-13-1698 (13 Feb 1699) and recorded 11-18-1700 (18 Nov 1700):
Wife Elizabeth. Children Nathaniel, Mary Hancock. Grandchildren Mary and
James Champneys and Elizabeth Hancock. Salem Wills 3, p. 58. (Salem Co. Gen.
Data, v. 1, Craig.)The name of Chambless is the presently accepted spelling of the family name,
which had previously been spelled in a variety of ways -- Champneys, Champness,
Chamness, Chamless, Champnes, and possibly others, including Champleys.An Edward Champleys (Champneys) married Priscilla Fenwick, daughter of John
Fenwick, in 1671 at Reading, England. (The Salem Tenth, Craig.) Nathaniel and
Edward both came on the Ship Griffin in 1675 with Fenwick. There is no estab-
lished relationship between Nathaniel and Edward.
In 1681 Elizabeth and her daughter Mary came on the ship Henry & Ann, landing
"in the Delaware River the later end of the seventh mo in the yeare 1681". Her
husband, Nathaniel Sr., and her son, Nathaniel Jr., had arrived there in 1675.
(Hinshaw, p. 30.)Will of Nathaniel Champneys, Sr., Alloways Creek, dated 12-13-1698 (13 Feb 1699)
and recorded 11-18-1700 (18 Nov 1700): Wife Elizabeth. Children Nathaniel, Mary
Hancock. Grandchildren Mary and James Champneys and Elizabeth Hancock. Salem
Wills 3, p. 58. (Salem Co. Gen. Data, v. 1, Craig.)
From A Genealogical Dictionary Of New Jersey (Gen. Mag. of NJ, vol. 10):
"Widow Abbott was probably in Salem by 1685 at the latest." Listed were her
children:
John - b. 1660's; d. between 9 Mar 1692/93 and 21 Nov 1693; m. Elizabeth
Nicholson (b. 22 May 1664). Elizabeth, widow of John Abbott, and John Walker passed meeting on 27 Aug 1644.
John Abbott and Thomas Abbott jointly owned 500 acres near the head of "Munmouth River, alias Allowayes Creek".From Shourds' History of Fenwick's Colony:
Thomas Abbott with his two brothers, George and John, and their sister, Mary
Abbott, emigrated from England to the State of Connecticut in the year 1690.
George left New England with his wife, Mary, and his sister, Mary Abbott [James Acton says "Probably May - daughter of Brother John."], and they located in the Township of Elsinborough, Salem County, New Jersey.
Will dated 20 Jan 1695; rec. 4 April 1696.
Resided at Back Neck, Salem Co. (now Cumberland Co.), NJ. Baptist Minister -- "non-conformist minister" -- 1683ca
With his three brothers, Thomas, John and James, David emigrated from England
by way of Tipperary in 1683 . David is the one of the three about whom the most is known.We now know that there were the four Sheppard brothers from Ireland.
According to Shourds, however, David and John [Sheppard] had a brother
Thomas and the three of them arrived from Tipperary, Ireland in (probably)
Shrewsbury, East Jersey and subsequently moved to the Shrewsbury Neck/ Back
Neck area of (present day) Cumberland County. They had been Baptists in
Ireland and "were also among the few persons that organized the First Cohansey Baptist Church, in 1690, at Shrewsbury Neck."The early spelling of the surname was "Sheepherd"; in later generations it
apparently became "Sheppard".
Inventory dated 13 Oct 1710
John Gilman, Sr., Cesariea River, wd 10-14-1695; inv 10-25-1695; rec 12-9-1695. Wf. Rachel. Chd. Edward, Mercye, Mary, Rachel, Charles, Elizabeth and Sarah Huckings. Salem Wills A, p. 176. (Craig - Salem Co. Gen. Data, V.1.) No mention is made of John, Jr. in the will.
The following article is from THE NEW JERSEY GENESIS, v. 14, no. 4 - July, 1967
GILMAN BIBLE RECORD
In, or about, 1683, a small group of Irish Baptists settled on the south
side of the Cohansey River in Salem County, New Jersey (now Cumberland County) at a place called Shrewsbury Neck. These Baptists, David Shepherd (Sheppard), Thomas Abbot, William Button and others came from County Tipperary. This small group was soon increased by the arrival of Obadiah Holmes from Rhode Island, who came by the way of Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, in 1685, and about 1687, appeared John Gillman (Gilman) from that great Baptist stronghold, Piscataway in Middlesex County, New Jersey.The Cohansey Baptist Church was constituted in 1690 at Shrewsbury Neck and a small meeting house was built on land of David Shepherd. This farm was later owned by Ephraim Mulford and more recently was known as the Wetherill or "Brick House Farm". The graveyard that adjoined this Church existed within the Editor's memory. In 1714, the Cohansey Baptist Church removed to the site of the ancient Baptist Graveyard in Lower Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, near the former Sheppard's Mill.
John Gillman, from Piscataway, obtained a survey of 400 acres in
Shrewsbury Neck. He died there in October, 1695. Of his children, mentioned
in his will, Edward Gillman was the ancestor of the Cumberland County family.
He married Hannah, daughter of David Shepherd, from County Tipperary, Ireland. Edward Gillman died 1715 and, of the children mentioned in his will, Abraham and David left descendants in Cumberland County. Abraham Gillman was born in 1703, but his brother, David, was considerably younger. He was still a minor on February 2, 1728.Prior to the Revolution, David Gillman settled on the farm where the
Townships of Stow Creek, Hopewell and Greenwich meet. It is on the road from
Roadstown that leads to Greenwich through Springtown. David Gilman, of this
Bible record, (b. 1749) was a son of David Gillman, I. In his will, dated
March 20, 1810,David Gilman, II, mentioned his "brick house". This is the
ancient Gilman homestead, yet standing, on the farm referred to here.[The Bible record referred to is not duplicated here, but has been used to construct our family record.]
"A copy of Gilman family records contained in a Bible owned by the late
Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd Gilman Hires of Bridgeton, New Jersey. These records were transcribed in this Bible, printed at Philadelphia in 1842, in part, from an ancient manuscript still preserved within, but doubtless from a much older Bible."
probably the mother of the first 8 children of John Gilman, Sr.
Arrived with John Fenwick on the ship Griffin on 5 Oct 1675, Joseph Ware, of
Monmouthshire, Wales.Joseph bought 500 acres in (present day) Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem
County, NJ. -- part of it being in the village of Hancock's Bridge where his
son built (in 1730) the house which became the residence of Thomas Shourds.Joseph Ware was a Quaker.
According to Craig, Salem Co. Gen. Data (v.1), the Salem Friends Meeting
Records include the following entries:
Joseph Ware and Martha Becket pass meeting 3-13-1683.
Joseph Ware and Hester Glaves, wid., Chester Co., Pa., pass
meeting 6-26-1691.
Joseph Wair (sic) and Marey Williams, Egg Harbor, declare
intention to m. 12-26-1704.According to the authors of "Descendants of Joseph Ware", Franklin Ware, et al,
the following will is found among the records at the Archives at Trenton, NJ:
In the name of God, Amen.
I, Joseph Ware, Senior, of Alloways Creek in the County of Salem & Provine
of Novasesarea, alias New Jersie, and in the Western Division, yeoman, being
sick & weake in body but of Sound & Perfect mind, memory & judgment, Thanks be
Therfore to Almighty God for the same, calling to mind of the uncertainty of
This Life & the certainty of Death do make and ordain this my Last Will &
Testament in manner following, Revoking all others either Will or Testament by
mee fformerly made or Done.
1st. I give & bequeath my Soul into the hands of God my creator & my body
to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent manner ass Executors shall think fitt.
2ly. I give & Bequeath to my Dear and Beloved Wife Mary Ware one-third pt.
of all & singular my personall estate & the new End of the house now affinishing
with ffree corse & Recorse to the halfe seller that is under the old House and
the use and bennifitt and Proffitt of the Garden Dureing her Widowhud and that
my son Joseph Ware shall pay to her the sum of four pounds in money or in other
pay of the Country produce at the Common Markett price yearly and every year
Dureing the time that she Remaineth my Widow.
3dly. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law William Williams one 2 year old
heiffer and to my son-in-law Nathaniell Williams one 2 year old heiffer, and to
Sarah Williams 2 yews.
4th. I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Patienc Ware 2 cows & 2 calves and
one-third part of my personall Estate when she shall attaine to the age of
Eighteen or Day of marriage, but if she should dye before marriage or Eighteen
that then her share should be equaly Divided betwixt my son Joseph Ware & my
wife Mary Ware.
5thly. I Give and Bequeath to my Son Joseph Ware one-Third part of all my
Personall Estate and The plantation and all my lands with the houseing and out
Housing orchard, fields & ffencing only what is before expresed to him the said
Joseph Ware his heirs Executors or Assigns for Ever and all my clothing with
working geare and tools for Plowing or any other business I give to my son
Joseph Ware.
6thly. I give to the Repairing of Alloways Creek meeting House and the
bureing ground fencing the sum of one pound and after all my above said
Legaceys and Debts with ffunirall charges be paid and discharged the remainer
to be equally divided as abovesaid Betwixt my son Joseph & my Wife Mary & my
Daughter Patience Ware. I do hereby make, nominate and appointe my son Joseph
Ware and my Wife Mary Ware ass Executor and Executorix of this my last Will &
Testament Revoaking all other Will or Wills Testament or Testaments ass Witness
my hand and seall this 28th day of 1st month and in the year 1711.
Signed sealed Declared & Published
in the presence of us.
[Ephraim Allen]
[Joseph Sneethin] [Joseph Ware] (L.S.)
[John Ffirth]
[Josiah White]Memorandom that this the 20th day of Aprieli Anno 1711 That Ephraim Alin
Joseph Sneathen and John Frith Came before me Isaac Sharp of the County of
Salem Surraget and Being solmily atested in the presents of God that they saw
Joseph Weare in his Sound and perfect memory sign seale and declare this within
will to be his Last Will and testament teaken before me this ye 20th Day of
Appril anno 1711 at my office at Blesingstoune the day abovesaid in the county
of Salem.
[Isaac Sharp]Patience Ware (b.12 Nov 1705) was Joseph's daughter by his second wife Mary,
and Mary apparently had two sons - William Williams and Nathaniel Williams -
and a daughter - Sarah Williams - by a prior marriage. (It was the practice
then to speak of a stepson as a "son-in- law".)"It is noteworthy that in the will no mention is made of the second son,
John. This is probably due to the fact that early in life John became a
follower of George Keith, known as the Quaker Baptist, and left the religious
denomination of his father to join the new sect."
Martha Beckett arrived 23 Sep 1677 aboard the ship Kent.
Martha was the daughter of John Beckett of Essex, near Kingston on Thames.
Martha was a Quaker and she and Joseph Ware "pass meeting" on 13 Mar 1683.
Craig, SCGD-1:
John Walker m. Mary Smith 2-19-1683/4 (NJ marr. lic.).
John Walker and Elizabeth Abbott (wid. John), pass meeting 6-27-1694.
John Walker, Elsinboro, will 2-26-1704/5; pr. 3-18-1704/5. Wf. Elizabeth.
Chd. John and Elizabeth.Regarding the second wife of John Walker -- Elizabeth Abbott nee Nicholson,
widow of John Abbott:Abbott, John - b. 1660's; d. between 9 Mar 1692/93 and 21 Nov 1693; m. Elizabeth
Nicholson (b. 22 May 1664).
Craig, SCGD-1:
John Walker m. Mary Smith 2-19-1683/4 (NJ marr. lic.).
John Walker and Elizabeth Abbott (wid. John), pass meeting 6-27-1694.
John Walker, Elsinboro, will 2-26-1704/5; pr. 3-18-1704/5. Wf. Elizabeth.
Chd. John and Elizabeth.
Resided at Swansea, Bristol Co., MA and then at Bowentown, Cohansey District,
Salem Co., NJ (1687 c).Will dated 1-21-1728/9; will proved 3-4-1728/9 at Bowentown.
._._.
According to Mrs. Carol Roberta (Clark) Johnson, author of "Our Yeoman
Ancestors", Richard Bowen -- along with his wife Ann and seven children -- left
Wales and went to Salem, MA where they were living in 1638. By 1642 they were
at Weymouth, MA and by 1643 Richard and his son Richard, Jr. were among the
first settlers in Seekonk, MA. About 1644, they had arrived in Rehoboth, MA.
and soon thereafter Richard's wife Ann died. In November of 1648, Richard
married (second) at Weymouth, Elizabeth -- widow of George Marsh. Richard and
Ann Bowen were the grandparents of Samuel Bowen.._._.
The Following Is An Excerpt From The BOWEN FAMILY, By Shourds
"It is proper that I should refer to the ancient family of the Bowens. They
evidently belonged to an ancient family of Wales. Judge Elmer thinks that the
name has been corrupted from Bowmen to Bowen, that is warriors armed with bows.
I think he is correct in his assertion, for Jonathan Davis, the Baptist clergy-
man that settled at Trenton, when he left Long Island, married Elizabeth Bowen
of Bowmantown. I presume the family in Wales were numerous. About the year
1662, (some antiquarians think it was in 1664), quite a number of Bowens and
Davises left Swansea in Glamorganshire, Wales. The Bowens settled in
Massachusetts, and called the place Swansea, after their native town. They
were Baptists, and consequently were obnoxious to the rigid Puritans. The
Davis family soon left and located on Long Island. Part of the Bowen family,
agreeably to their history, left Massachusetts and formed a settlement in East
Jersey, and called the place Bowmantown. I think their stay was of short
duration, for as erly as 1687 a number of the family purchased of the original
proprietors, lands within Fenwick's Colony, known at that time as North
Cohansey precinct, some two miles southwest of the present city of Bridgeton,
and at that place they made a settlement and called it Bowentown, which name it
has at the present time. Why it should receive the name of town I am unable to
understand, although it is probable several of them built themselves small log
dwellings contiguous to each other, similar to the firs New England settlers on
the south side of the Cohansey, which went under the name of New Englnd town.
The Bowens and others located and became large owners of as fertile lands as
there are in West Jersey. This fertile land commences on the north side of
Cohansey river, includes what is known as Dutch Neck, (formerly Cohansey Neck),
the general course is northeast, embracing all of Hopewell, part of Stoe Creek,
and the whole of Deerfield township, the eastern part of Upper Alloways Creek,
and all of Upper Pittsgrove, in Salem county....
In "Corrections of Shourd's History of Fenwick Colony" by James N. Acton, 1977,
is found the following entry:"Origin of the name Bowen
"A study by Mr. George Bowen's cousin Miss Mary Carpenter Bowen shows that the
family came from an estate called LLWYNGWAIR in Pembrookshire, Wales. The name
changed from Ap Owen to Bowen about the year 1500."Miss Frances Bowen of Salem, N.J. recently visited distant cousins in Wales,
who gave her the pedigree book to 922 - 56 A D which agreed with the above."
dau. of ______ WOOD
widow of Samuel Wheaton of Mass.
Two Wheaton children moved to Cohansey [with their stepfather and mother,
Samuel and Elizabeth Bowen (formerly Wheaton)]. 1. A will for Noah Wheaton
of Cohansey, written 12-20-1715 and proved 5-5-1716, mentions wife Sarah,
children Isaac, Noah and Sarah and brother Samuel Bowen. 2. A Jonathan Wheaton
of Cohansey had an inventory taken 10-23-1713. These two could be the Wheaton
[brothers] who came to Cohansey with their mother and stepfather (Bowen).
From the book, Samuel Carpenter of Philadelphia and His Descendants, Edward
Carpenter (and his son) General Louis Henry Carpenter,U.S.A. (1912) p 35:
1. Joshua emigrated with his brother Samuel from the Barbadoes to
Philadelphia about 1686.
2. "He built and resided in a large house, afterwards called Graeme Hall,
which stood on a part of the lot since occupied by the Arcade, on Chestnut
Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets (now removed)." This was previously
referred to as "The Carpenter Mansion".
3. 18 May 1693, he was Justice of the Peace for Philadelphia County.
4. First Alderman appointed under the Charter of 1701.
5. 1702, 1706, 1707, 1708 and 1721 he represented the City of Philadelphia
in the Provincial Assembly. 6. Was one of Penn's Commissioners of Property in 1708.
Same reference, p. 14:
At a meeting of Council held at Philadelphia on the 5th of the Fifth Month,
1686, a license was granted to Joshua Carpenter to keep an ordinary in the
house erected for that purpose by his brother Samuel Carpenter on the wharf.
Same reference, p. 16:
"The Globe Tavern" (in which Joshua Carpenter obtained a license from the
Council to keep an ordinary) was in later days called "Peg Mullin's Beef Steak
House".Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey (1910), p.736:
Joshua Carpenter, along with Philadelphia Alderman Griffith Jones, procured
"a public burial ground for the interment of strangers dying in the city".
He enclosed "in the centre of the ground a small plot which he reserved for
the use of his own family, and here, July 24, 1722, he was buried, his wife
Elizabeth being interred in the same plot October 30, 1729. This "Strangers'
burying ground", acquired 13 Jan 1706, was the site of what later became
Washington Square.From a scrapbook of clippings in the Seattle Public Library:
"In 1693 Joshua Carpenter was rated the richest man in the Province
(Pennsylvania) next to his brother Samuel. ... Joshua was a member of the first
Select Council of Philadelphia in 1705, also a member of the Assembly. ..."The following material (due to Thomas Shourds ?) regarding Joshua Carpenter
(1631? - 1722) was copied in Oct 1985 from the Carpenter folder at the Salem
County Historical Society:
"He [Joshua] purchased a large tract of land of William Penn, in what is now
Lancaster county, Pa., where one of his sons settled; also a considerable
quantity of land in New Castle county [DE], lying between St. George's creek and
the ancient town of Fort Penn. Part of the property is still [circa 1860 ?] in
possession of James Carpenter, one of the lineal descendants of Joshua, of the
sixth generation. William Carpenter, the grandson of Joshua, came from Delaware
to Salem county [NJ], married Mary, the daughter of Jeremiah Powell, 2d."Samuel Carpenter of Philadelphia and His Descendants, Edward Carpenter (and his
son) General Louis Henry Carpenter,U.S.A. (1912) pp.36,37:
"He never joined the Quakers, but retained his connection with the Church of
England, and was actively interested in the organization and building of
Christ Church, Philadelphia. He purchased the lot on which it stands in his
own name, and subsequently executed a declaration that he held it in trust for
the sole use and benefit of that corporation, and it so stands unchanged (1912),
the legal title remaining in the representative of Joshua Carpenter, trustee.
"He died in 1722; buried July 24, 1722 (Christ Church Records). His wife
died in 1729; buried October 30, 1729 (Christ Church Records). They were
interred in the centre of Washington Square. Mrs. Susan Shober informed me
that she remembered, and had often seen, the iron railing that enclosed the
space where the grave was situated. There is a tradition that this place was
selected from the circumstance that a daughter [Hannah ?] of Joshua Carpenter
had committed suicide, and was excluded from burial in the church grounds.
If this is true, we have no record of the birth, death or name of this member
of the family. I have frequently heard it stated by my grandfather Thomas
Carpenter, and others, that the lot of ground now constituting Washington Square
was at one time in the possession of Samuel Carpenter, who gave it for a free
burial place for strangers. It was called the Potter's field, and was used as
a common burial ground until after the yellow fever of 1799.
"Thousands of silent dead sleep beneath the greensward and gravel walks
which now adorn it.
[Footnote] "Washington Square was never owned by Samuel Carpenter. It
was one of the squares set out in the original plan for public use and
to be reserved for ever. Notwithstanding this, however, on the recommen-
dation of the Mayor and others, William Penn issued a patent January 29,
1706, authorizing its use for burial purposes as a Potter's field.
March 30, 1706, Joshua Carpenter leased it for twenty-one years from the
corporation, for a small rent, agreeing to fence it. Afterwards it was
leased by Jacob Shoemaker, as it afforded good pasturage, and April 14,
1766, Jasper Carpenter leased the ground for seven years at an annual
rent of L10.
[Footnote continued] "Many prisoners who died in the old Walnut Street
jail during the Revolution were buried in the square opposite, and
hundreds who died of yellow fever in the epidemics which ravaged
Philadelphia later. The square was not used as a burial place after 1815.
L.H.C.
"The will of Joshua Carpenter, of Philadelphia, brewer, was signed August 7,
1720, with a codicil signed July 23, 1722. He leaves all his property, real
and personal, to his wife Elizabeth, who is appointed sole executrix. The
following legacies are to be paid six months after his wife's decease by her
executors: Robert Story, L25; Patience Story, L75 -- the children of his
daughter Sarah Story. His son-in-law Enoch Story, one shilling. His sisters
Mary ________ and Damaris Hunt, near London, in Great Britain, L5 each. Cousin
[possibly niece] Ann Busfill, L5; her children, William, Mary, Mercy, and
Joshua Busfill, L5 to each. Two cousins [possibly nephews], Abraham and Thomas
Mitchell, L5 each. Recorded, office Register of Wills, Philadelphia, Book D,
page 325.
"The will of Elizabeth Carpenter, widow of Joshua Carpenter, of
Philadelphia, signed July 5, 1729, gives to her son Samuel Carpenter a gold
shirt buckle, his father having already settled a very good estate on him. To
her granddaughter Patience Annis, the daughter of Sarah, one silver tankard,
six silver spoons, six silver forks, new case of drawers, table, large looking-
glass, six cane chairs, a feather bed, bolster, and two pillows, a sacking-
bottomed bedstead, blankets, quilts, blue curtain, a great copper kettle, one
dozen new pewter plates, 3 dishes and a bell-metal skillet. To her friend
Peter Evans, for many services rendered, two nego women, named Ambo and
Phillis, and also a negro girl named Nanny. The residue of the estate is given
in trust to her son Samuel Carpenter and Peter Evans, for the benefit of her
daughter Sarah Low, during the time of her natural life. All of the rents,
issues, and profits to be for her use and the maintenance of her children.
Appoints her daughter Sarah Low sole executrix. Recorded in office Register of
Wills, Philadelphia, Book E, page 118."
Samuel Carpenter of Philadelphia and His Descendants, Edward Carpenter (and his
son) General Louis Henry Carpenter,U.S.A. (1912) pp.36,37:
"He [Joshua] died in 1722; buried July 24, 1722 (Christ Church Records). His
wife died in 1729; buried October 30, 1729 (Christ Church Records). They were
interred in the centre of Washington Square. Mrs. Susan Shober informed me
that she remembered, and had often seen, the iron railing that enclosed the
space where the grave was situated. There is a tradition that this place was
selected from the circumstance that a daughter [Hannah ?] of Joshua Carpenter
had committed suicide, and was excluded from burial in the church grounds.
If this is true, we have no record of the birth, death or name of this member
of the family. I have frequently heard it stated by my grandfather Thomas
Carpenter, and others, that the lot of ground now constituting Washington Square
was at one time in the possession of Samuel Carpenter, who gave it for a free
burial place for strangers. It was called the Potter's field, and was used as
a common burial ground until after the yellow fever of 1799."
Continuing with the above reference:
"The will of Joshua Carpenter, of Philadelphia, brewer, was signed August 7,
1720, with a codicil signed July 23, 1722. He leaves all his property, real
and personal, to his wife Elizabeth, who is appointed sole executrix. The
following legacies are to be paid six months after his wife's decease by her
executors: Robert Story, L25; Patience Story, L75 -- the children of his
daughter Sarah Story. His son-in-law Enoch Story, one shilling. His sisters
Mary ________ and Damaris Hunt, near London, in Great Britain, L5 each. Cousin
[possibly niece] Ann Busfill, L5; her children, William, Mary, Mercy, and
Joshua Busfill, L5 to each. Two cousins [possibly nephews], Abraham and Thomas
Mitchell, L5 each. Recorded, office Register of Wills, Philadelphia, Book D,
page 325.
"The will of Elizabeth Carpenter, widow of Joshua Carpenter, of
Philadelphia, signed July 5, 1729, gives to her son Samuel Carpenter a gold
shirt buckle, his father having already settled a very good estate on him. To
her granddaughter Patience Annis, the daughter of Sarah, one silver tankard,
six silver spoons, six silver forks, new case of drawers, table, large looking-
glass, six cane chairs, a feather bed, bolster, and two pillows, a sacking-
bottomed bedstead, blankets, quilts, blue curtain, a great copper kettle, one
dozen new pewter plates, 3 dishes and a bell-metal skillet. To her friend
Peter Evans, for many services rendered, two nego women, named Ambo and
Phillis, and also a negro girl named Nanny. The residue of the estate is given
in trust to her son Samuel Carpenter and Peter Evans, for the benefit of her
daughter Sarah Low, during the time of her natural life. All of the rents,
issues, and profits to be for her use and the maintenance of her children.
Appoints her daughter Sarah Low sole executrix. Recorded in office Register of
Wills, Philadelphia, Book E, page 118."