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Terrys of Bucks Before downloading, check at www.29deadpeople.com for the most up-to-date .pdf version of the essay Thom Terry 1711 August 4, 2018 Addendum 2. Descendants of Thomas Terry (1711-1792) of Bucks Co., Pennsylvania By Richard L. Tolman, Ph. D. This essay is a part (subdivision) of the ‘Five Generations of the Terry of Bucks County Pennsylvania’, describing the descendants of Thomas Terry, a grandson of Thomas Terry born abt 1653, the first Terry settler of Bucks County. The genealogy which follows begins at the third generation after Thomas Terry of Bucks, b. 1653. There are several direct descendants of this Thomas whose Y-DNA SNPs are presented and discussed in ‘Addendum 1. Analysis of Terry Y-DNA Markers.’ 1 Generation Three 1. Thomas John Terry (Jasper2 Thomas1)2 was born abt 1711 in Makefield Township, Bucks and died3 22 May 1792 at Southampton, Bucks.4,5 There are no Thomases in the 1786 tax enumeration (he owned no land?). There is one Thomas Terry (Byberry Twp, Philadelphia Co.) in the 1790 census6 and none in the 1800. He married7 18 Mar 1736 at Fallsington, Bucks Jane Neeld daughter of John and Elizabeth Neeld. She was born abt 1715 of Makefield Township, 1 The generations 1 and 2 are part of ‘Five Generations of the Terry Family of Bucks County Pennsylvania’ (www.29deadpeople.com) 2 McNeely, T. A. and F. W. Waite, compilers, Bucks County Tax Records 1793-1778 (Bucks County Genealogical Society: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1983), Bensalem 1765 and 1778. 3 Thomas Terry death: Horsham Monthly Meeting records, unpaginated, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 4 McNealy, Terry A., main author, Index to Bucks County references in the Pennsylvania Gazette 1728- 1789, (Doylestown, Pennsylvania: Bucks County Genealogical Society, 1990), p. 256; FHL US/CAN 974.821 B3m; ‘1765, May 2; Bucks County commissioner (15:157); 2 other citations from 1783, acting as an auditor of accounts’. 5 Ibid.; ‘1751, Dec. 31; Thomas Terry of Falls Twp., notice of horse found (9:306)’. 6 1790 U. S. Census of Byberry Twp, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Roll M637_9, Page 289, Image 561, FHL Film 568,149, household of 4: 2 males over 16 and 2 females—this leads one to conclude this is the elder Thomas and not his son who would have had children under 16; online at ancestry.com (accessed 23 May 2016). 7 Watring, A. M. and F. E. Wright, Bucks County Church Records of 17th and 18th Century, Vol. 2 ,(Willow Bend Books: Bowie, Maryland, 2003) p. 42 also Falls Meeting House, W. W. Hinshaw, American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2, p. 1032. 29deadpeople.com Page 1 Before downloading, check at www.29deadpeople.com for the most up-to-date .pdf version of the essay Thom Terry 1711 August 4, 2018 Bucks8 and died 15 Sep 1777 at Byberry Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.9 While still single Thomas and Jane were part of the wedding party of Jonathan Palmer of Makefield 17 Aug 1734.10 See Figure 1. 8 Thomas and future wife Jane Neeld (with her brother James?) were on the list of attendees at a wedding (Palmer/Durrance) at the Middletown Publick House in 1734, Pennsylvania Vital Records 1700s-1800s, Vol. 1, Marriage Certificates (Abstracts), Family Tree Maker CD172, p. 27. 9 Society of Friends, Byberry Monthly Meeting, Deaths 1736-1823, Byberry, Philadelphia County, FHL Film US/CAN 20410, also Horsham Monthly Meeting records, unpaginated, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. 10 Marriage Bonds of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Vital Records 1700’s-1800’s, Vol. 1, Marriage Certificates, p. 27; Family Tree Maker, Pennsylvania Vital Records CD172. 29deadpeople.com Page 2 Before downloading, check at www.29deadpeople.com for the most up-to-date .pdf version of the essay Thom Terry 1711 August 4, 2018 Figure 1. Palmer Wedding Party The Terrys and their children requested a certificate from Falls Monthly Meeting to attend the Middletown Monthly Meeting in 1758.11 Thomas and Jane (Neeld) Terry had seven children:12 + 2 i. JASPER TERRY, born 20 Mar 1737 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and died 10 Nov 1815 at Wrightstown, Bucks. He married Lucy Linton. + 3 ii. DAVID TERRY, born Mar 1739 at Bensalem, Bucks and died 24 Jan 1820 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario, Canada; buried in the Sharon cemetery, Gwillimbury. He married Grace Davis. 4 iii. SUSANNA TERRY, born abt 1743 of Bucks and died13 24 Oct 1805 at Upper Makefield Township, Bucks. She was buried in the Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery.14 Never married. 5 iv. JOHN TERRY, born abt 1745 at Bucks and died 6 Nov 1805. He married15 31 May 1770 at Wrightstown, Bucks Sarah Richardson. He had no issue that survived him (from sister Susanna’s will). + 6 v. DANIEL TERRY, born abt 1747 of Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania and died at Southampton, Bucks. He married 1789 at Bucks County Sarah Reed. + 7 vi. BENJAMIN TERRY, born 1741 or 1748 in Bucks County; died 1805 at York, Ontario, Canada. He married Esther ____. + 8 vii. THOMAS TERRY, born abt 1749 of Bucks and died Dec 1798. He married 14 Oct 1772 at Bucks Olly/Olive Davis. She was born abt 1753 and died 5 Oct 1841 at Pennsylvania and is buried at Pennepack, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 11 See original record: U. S. Quaker Meeting Records, Bucks County, Falls Monthly Meeting (1731-1767), 4th of the 1st mo: 1758, p. 274; online at Ancestry (accessed 9 May 2018). 12 Susanna’s will, proven 6 Nov 1805, is undoubtedly the most valuable Terry genealogical document of the period: this document names all living sibs and many of her nieces and nephews (does not name her brother John who only survived her two weeks); Bucks County Wills, Book 7, p. 117, abstracted in Pennsylvania Wills 1682-1834 also online at files.usgenwarchives.net/pa/bucks/will/willabstbk5.txtor7; hereafter Susanna’s Will. 13 Susanna’s will vide supra. 14 Burial in Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery; online at Findagrave #147972842 (accessed 1 Sep 2016). 15 Terry/Richardson Marriage: Anna Miller Watring, Bucks County Pennsylvania: Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, (Heritage Books, Bowie, MD – 2003) Vol. 3, p. 55. 29deadpeople.com Page 3 Before downloading, check at www.29deadpeople.com for the most up-to-date .pdf version of the essay Thom Terry 1711 August 4, 2018 Generation Four 2. Jasper Terry (Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1)16 born 20 Mar 1737 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and died 10 Nov 1815 at Wrightstown, Bucks and was buried in the Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery.17 He requested a certificate from Falls Monthly Meeting for the Middletown Monthly Meeting in 1762.18 He was a weaver.19 He married20 9 Nov 1774 at Middletown, Bucks Lucy Linton daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Cowgill) Linton. She was born 11 Feb 1734 at Makefield Township, Bucks and died 2 Mar 1818 at Wrightstown, Bucks21 and was buried in the Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery.22 Jasper and Lucy (Linton) Terry had four children: + 9 i. MARTHA TERRY, born 19 May 1778, Upper Makefield Township, Bucks23 and died 19 Dec 1866 at Short Creek, Harrison, Ohio. She married Ezra Wharton 19 Apr 1797 at Fallsington, Bucks. 24,25 10 ii. JASPER TERRY, born 1782; may have died young. 16 Brittingham, J. and M. C. Williams, 1784 Transcript Tax of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Jaminson, PA: Will-Britt Books, 1997), p. 52 (‘Jesper’, Middletown Twp., household of 7). 17 Burial at Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery; online at Findagrave #150169261 (accessed 1 Sep 2016). 18 See original record: U. S. Quaker Meeting Records, Bucks County, Falls Monthly Meeting (1731-1767), 7th of the 7th mo: 1762, p. 359; online at Ancestry (accessed 9 May 2018). 19 Clement Terry, Lower Makefield Twp.: Carol Dawn Croft, James Croft, his antecedents and descendants (Tacoma, Washington: C. D. Croft, c 1983); hereafter Croft Antecedants, Appendix VIII, Terry Family Tax Records 1779-1787, pp. 231-232. 20 Watring, A. M. and F. E. Wright, Bucks County Church Records of 17th and 18th Century, Vol. 2 ,(Willow Bend Books: Bowie, Maryland, 2003) p. 48 also Falls Meeting House, W. W. Hinshaw, American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2, p. 1032 and Pennsylvania Marriage Records, 1700-1821, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 28 Nov 2012). 21 Wrightstown Meeting of Friends Records, Croft Antecedants, p. 139 and Humphrey, J. T. Pennsylvania Births, Bucks County, 1682-1800 (Washington [Dist. Of Columbia]: Humphrey Publications, 1993), alphabetical; FHL US/CAN 974.821 K2h, p. 298. 22 Burial at Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery; online at Findagrave #150152315 (accessed 1 Sep 2016). 23 Martha Terry birth: Anna Miller Watring, Bucks County Pennsylvania: Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, (Heritage Books, Bowie, MD – 2003) Vol. 3, p. 17. 24 Middletown Township, 7 white occupants; J. Brittingham and M. C. Williams, 1784 Transcript Tax of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: return of land (Jamison, Pennsylvania: Will-Britt Books, 1997), p. 52 29deadpeople.com Page 4 Before downloading, check at www.29deadpeople.com for the most up-to-date .pdf version of the essay Thom Terry 1711 August 4, 2018 11 iii. THOMAS TERRY, born 1786; may have died young. 12 iv. DANIEL TERRY, born 1788; may have died young. 3. David Terry (Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1)26,27 born Mar 1739 at Bensalem, Bucks28 and died 24 Jan 1820 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario, Canada; buried in the Sharon cemetery, York County, Ontario. He married29 20 Jul 1763 at Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania Grace Davis. She was born30 abt 1740 of Bucks and died after 1805.31 About 1801 David and Grace Terry joined a migration of some of their children from Bucks County to Upper Canada (Ontario).32 The attraction was the promise of cheap land and exemption from military service, which was important to them as Quakers.
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