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Abraham VERNON

Male 1731 - Bef 1766  (35 years)


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  • Name Abraham VERNON 
    Born 1731 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef Aug 1766 
    Person ID I547339805  Primary
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2010 

    Father Jacob VERNON,   b. 27 Nov 1708,   d. 1748  (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth HICKMAN,   b. 19 Mar 1704,   d. 1788  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 20 Apr 1730  Christ's Church, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • From Records of the Courts of Chester County:

      Att an Orphans Court held at Chester the Nineteenth day of December Anno dom 1749...

      ...ABRAHAM VERNON one of the sons of JACOB VERNON deceased having petitioned the Court for Liberty to Choose his Guardian wch is allowed of and he makes Choice of ROBERT MENDENHAMM to be his Guardian who is thereupon admitted.

      ELIZABETH VERNON petitioned the Court on Behalf of LYDIA, ELIZABETH and JACOB VERNON Children of JACOB VERNON deceased for ye Court to Appoint proper persons to be their Guardians wch was allowed of and the Court appoints JOSEPH GIBBONS and RICHARD MENDENHALL to be their Guardians &c.
    Family ID F518391850  Group Sheet

    Family Mary BENNETT  [2
    Married 30 May 1751  Birmingham Friends, West Chester, Chester Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
    +1. Lydia VERNON,   b. 24 Dec 1760,   d. 1843  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2010 
    Family ID F518391851  Group Sheet

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  • Sources 
    1. [S94] PA Delaware Co.: Early Church Records, Vol 2, Peden, Henry C & Joh PItts Launey, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1997), 264.
      Jacob Vernon, Jr., son of Jacob and Ann (Yearsley) of Thornbury, and Elizabeth Hickman Cheyney m. out of Friends 20 Apr 1730 at Christ Church Episcopal, Philadelphia.

    2. [S523890159] First Families of Chester County, PA Vol 1, Launey, John Pitts, (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1999), 147.
      Abraham and Mary has one child, Lydia, b. 24th of 12th mo., 1760, m. 1781 Thomas Taylor, Jr., son of Thomas and Martha (Woodward) Taylor, Sr.
      Though Launey cites the Concord records as showing that Lydia is the child of Abraham and Mary, the book does not actually state such.

    3. [S523890158] Birmingham Quakers, Birmingham Friends, (West Chester, PA: 1990), 128.
      Marriages at Birmingham Meeting

      3.30.1751
      Abraham Vernon, son of Jacob, late of Thornbury, yeoman
      Mary Bennett, daughter of William, of E. Bradford, yeoman