Richard Bonsall (b. 17 March 1640/41, d. 13 September 1699)
Richard Bonsall (son of Joseph Bonsall)534 was born 17 March 1640/41 in Mouldridge, Parrish of Bradburne, Derbyshire, England534, and died 13 September 1699 in Darby Twp., Delaware Co., Pa.534. He married Mary Wood on February 1671/72 in Ashford Meeting, Ashford, England534, daughter of George Wood and Hannah.
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Note: Colonists Richard and wife Mary (Wood) Bonsall, five daughters and Mrs Joseph Bonsall Jr. (Elizabeth Wood), her son Obadiah Bonsall, all immigrated to Darby Pennsylvania, America, from Moulderidge and Bonsall, Derbyshire England, 1682 with Wm. Penn in order to escape religious persecution and held a certificate from Monthly Meeting at Ashford 23 day of ye month 1682 Derbyshire England. In America they were members of Darby Friends Monthly meeting, Darby Pennsylvania, then Chester Co.PA. === Title: Abstracts of Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1726 Author: Family Line Publications Publication: Family Archive CD #209, Introduction to Genealogical Records: Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 Note: Secondary source Note: Excellent Repository: Note: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Probate Court Records Call Number: 209 Media: Genealogy.com Data CD Page: 218 Text: BONSALL, RICHARD. Darby, Chester Co., PA Yeoman. July 12, 1699. September 15, 1699. A. 500. He died September 13, 1699. Nuncupative will. Estate to his children whose names are not given. [The original will is missing.] Witnesses: John Wood, Michael Blunston, John Hood, Senr., Thomas Smith. Title: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania Author: Cope, Gilbert and Ashmead, Henry Graham Publication: The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1904 Note: Good Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Vol. II, 104-105 Text: Daniel Hibberd came in 1682 or 1683 from Wales as a servant in order to obtain the fifty acres of land offered by William Penn to such as came in that capacity. He was married in the 8th month, 1697, to Rachel Bonsall, daughter of Richard and Mary Bonsall, of Darby, and afterward resided in that township. He is believed to have had the following children: Mary, born 5 mo., 22, 1698, married John David, of Radnor, 1718; Aaron, born 2 mo., 1, 1700, married Elizabeth ___; Moses, born 2 mo., 14, 1702, married Sarah Bradshaw, 1732, and died 1762; Phebe, born 12 mo., 28, 1703; Hannah, married in 1729 to Thomas Hall of Philadelphia; Martha, married (by license dated March 19, 1730) to Joseph Lees, of Darby; Rachel, married (by license dated July 30, 1735) to John Pearson, of Darby. Moses Hibberd left a daughter Mary, wife of John Palmer, and a daughter Hannah, wife of Abel Moore.. Title: History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania Author: Smith, George, M.D. Publication: Henry B. Ashmead, Philadelphia, 1862 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 447-448 Text: Bonsall, Richard, with his wife Mary and family, came from Mouldridge, in Derbyshire, England, and settled in Darby (now Upper Darby) in 1683. They had not been very long married at the time of their arrival here, as a number of their children were born in this county. Richard died in 1699, and his wife one year earlier. Their son Obadiah, born in England, was married to Sarah Bethell; their daughter Rebecca to Daniel Hibberd, and their daughter Ann to Josiah Hibberd. Title: History of Chester County, Pennsylvania Author: Futhey, J. Smith and Cope, Gilbert Publication: J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1881 Note: Excellent Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 485 Text: Bonsall, Richard, with wife, Mary, daughter of George Wood, came from Mouldridge, in Derbyshire, and settled in Darby (now Upper Darby) in 1683. Richard died 7, 13, 1699, and his wife 6, 24, 1698. Their children born in this country were Jacob, 10, 9, 1684; Benjamin, 11, 3, 1687; Enoch, 11, 2, 1692; Eleanor, 9, 8, 1694. Their daughters were married,--Rachel to Daniel Hibberd, 1697; Ann to Josiah Hibbard, 1698; Abigail to Joseph Rhoads, 1701. Elizabeth Bonsall was married, 9, 10, 1686, to James Hunt, but whether a daughter of Richard is uncertain. Title: Genealogy of Dunwoody and Hood Families and Collateral Branches Author: Cope, Gilbert Publication: Minneapolis: Tribune Printing Company, 1899 Note: Excellent Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 145 Text: Richard Bonsall, from Mouldridge, in the county of Darby, England, with his wife, Mary, and some children, settled in Darby township, in the year 1683 according to the township book. Mary died 6 mo. 24, 1698, and Richard, 7 mo. 13, 1699. As the latter died intestate it is difficult to determine the names of all his children, but an Obadiah Bonsall, who was formerly believed to have been a son, is now believed to have been a nephew and the son of Elizabeth Bonsall, widow, who was married in 1686 to James Hunt. Obadiah Bonsall married Sarah Bethell, in 1701. The wife of Richard Bonsall is said to have been the daughter of George Wood and their children were these, if not more: Rachel, m. in 1697 to Daniel Hibberd. Ann, m. 9 mo. (Nov.) 9, 1698, to Josiah Hibberd. Abigail, m. in 1702 to Joseph Rhoads. Jacob, b. 10 mo. 9, 1684, m. in 1716 to Martha Hood. Benjamin, b. 11 mo. 3, 1687; m. Martha Fisher 9 mo. 27, 1712. Enoch, b. 11 mo. 2, 1692; m. in 1717 to Anne Hood. Eleanor, b. 9 mo. 8, 1694. Title: Genealogy of Dunwoody and Hood Families and Collateral Branches Author: Cope, Gilbert Publication: Minneapolis: Tribune Printing Company, 1899 Note: Excellent Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 145 Text: George Wood, from Bonsall, in the county of Darby...George Wood died 2 mo. 27, 1705. In his will, dated 5 mo. 20, 1696, and proven Aug. 24, 1706, he mentions children, Elizabeth, Mary, John, and Eleanor. Mary was the wife of Richard Bonsall, and it is suspected that Eleanor had married a brother to Richard Bonsall, and a 2d husband, James Hunt. John Wood married Jane Bevan, 1687, and Rebecca Faucit, 1707. Eleanor married Evan Bevan, 1693. Title: Early Church Records of Delaware County, Pennsylvania Volume 3 Author: Launey, John Pitts Publication: Family Line Publications, Westminster, Maryland 1997 Note: Includes Darby Monthly Meeting Records Radnor-Haverford-Merion Monthly Meeting Records St. David's Protestant Episcopal Church in Radnor Note: Excellent Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 159 Text: Richard Bonsall and his wife Mary, children: Jacob Bonsall b. 9th da, 10th mo, 1684; Benjamin Bonsall, b. 3rd da, 11th mo, 1687; Enoch Bonsall, b. 2nd da, 11th mo, 1692; Elenor [Eleanor] Bonsall, b. 8th da, 9th mo, 1694. Title: Lloyd Manuscripts Author: Lloyd, Howard William and Glenn, Thomas Allen Publication: Press of The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1912 Note: Very Good Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 343 Text: Children of George Wood: Mary, born in England; died in Darby, 6th month 24th, 1698; married in England, circa 1675, Richard Bonsall, he died in Darby, 7th month 13th, 1699. Elizabeth, born circa 1655, in England; believed to have married there a man named Bonsall, and as his widow married in Darby, Pennsylvania, in 1686, on the 9th month 10th, James Hunt. George, born in England; died in Darby, Pennsylvania, 10th month 7th, 1682, unmarried. His is the first burial recorded in the Darby Meeting Books. The entry is as follows. "Georg Wood sonne of Georg Wood and Anne his wife deceased ye 7th day of 10 mo., 1682, and was buried in ye burying place in Darby." John, born in England; died, in Darby, Pennsylvania, 1728; married twice. First, on 10th month 1st, 1687, at the house of William Howell, Haverford, Jane daughter of John and Barbara Bevan. She died 10th month 12th, 1703. Secondly, 12th month 5th, 1707, to Rebecca Fearne, widow of Walter Faucet of Ridley, whose first wife was named Grace; she died in1686, he married Rebecca Fearne in 1694, and he died in 1704. Elinor, born in England, circa 1670; died in Merion, Pennsylvania 11th month 28th, 1744; married, 11th month 9th, 1693, at Darby, Evan Bevan, brother to Jane Bevan; he died circa 1720. Letters of Administration were granted on his estate, 13th of August, 1720, as of Merion. Title: Early Church Records of Delaware County, Pennsylvania Volume 3 Author: Launey, John Pitts Publication: Family Line Publications, Westminster, Maryland 1997 Note: Includes Darby Monthly Meeting Records Radnor-Haverford-Merion Monthly Meeting Records St. David's Protestant Episcopal Church in Radnor Note: Excellent Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 175 Text: Richard Bonsall, d. 13th da,7th mo, 1699. Title: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. XXIV Author: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Publication: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1912 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: 182-183 Text: The Names of the Early Settlers of Darby Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Thomas Worth from Oxton in the County of Nottingham; John Blunston and Michael Blunston from Littel Hallam in the County of Darby; George Wood from Bonsall in ye County of Darby; Joshua ffearne from Darley in ye County of Darby; Henry Gibbins from Parwidge in ye County of Darby; Samuel Sellers from Belper in ye County of Darby; These came in the year 1682. Richard Bonsall from Mouldrige in ye County of Darby; Thomas Hood from Brason in the County of Darby; John Bartram from Ashburn in ye County of Darby; William Wood from Nottingham; These came in the year 1683. Robert Scothorne from Oxton in ye County of Nottingham; John Hood from Casteldunington in ye County of Leic[ester]; William Garratt from harby in the County of Leices[ter]; Samuel Levis from harby in ye County of Leices[ter]; John Smith from harby in ye County of Leices[ter]; William Smith from Croxton in ye County of Leices[ter]; Thomas Smith from Croxton in The County of Leiceste[r]; Richard Parker fro upper broughton in ye County of Nottingham; Adam Roades from Codnor in The County of Darby; The came in the year 1684. Thomas Coates from Sprixton in the County of Leicester; Joseph Need from Arnold in The County of Nottingham These came in the year 1686. Edward Peirson from Winslow in ye County of Chester; John Kirke from Allfreetown in The County of Darby; John Marshall from Elton in The County of Darby; These settled in the year 1687. John Wood from Nottingham. These settled in the year 1689.
More About Richard Bonsall: Emigration: 22 February 1682/83, Mouldrige, Derbyshire, England to Darby, Chester County, Pennsylvania.534 Occupation: 1699, Yeoman .534 Researched: 18 October 2004, http://www.ancestry.co.uk/default.aspx (0).534
More About Richard Bonsall and Mary Wood: Marriage: February 1671/72, Ashford Meeting, Ashford, England.534
Children of Richard Bonsall and Mary Wood are:
+Ann Bonsall, b. 1685, Derbyshire, England535, 536, 537, d. 17 June 1749, Darby Twp., Delaware Co., Pa538, 539.
Richard Bonsall (b. 17 March 1640/41, d. 13 September 1699)
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