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Nicholas Waln

Nicholas Waln

Male 1742 - UNKNOWN

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  • Name Nicholas Waln  [1, 2
    Born 14 Nov 1742  Northern Liberties Neighbors, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died UNKNOWN 
    Person ID I5658668757  Master Tree
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2006 

    Family Sarah Richardson,   b. 11 Oct 1746, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1825  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F5259723613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Nov 1742 - Northern Liberties Neighbors, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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    1. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 54.
      Sarah Richardson, only child of Joseph and Sarah (Morris) Richardson, born October 11, 1746, died March 13, 1825; married May 22, 1771, Nicholas, son of Nicholas and Mary (Shoemaker) Waln, and grandson of Nicholas Waln, who came from Chapelcroft, near Settle, Yorkshire.

    2. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 209.
      Nicholas Waln, eldest son of Richard and Anne (Heath) Waln, was born March 19, 1709-10, died in August, 1744, having been born and passed most of his life on the old Waln estate in the Northern Liberties, which he inherited; though in later years he resided in the city proper.
      Nicholas Waln married May 23, 1734, under the care of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Mary, daughter of George and Rebecca (Dilworth) Shoemaker. She was a distant cousin to her husband, her mother, Rebecca (Dilworth) Shoemaker, being the youngest daughter of James Dilworth by his Wife Ann Waln, sister to Nicholas Waln, emigrant, grandfather of the Nicholas Waln now under consideration.
      After her husband's death, Mary (Shoemaker) Waln resided on his Northern Liberties property and died there in 1756.
      Issue of Nicholas and Mary (Shoemaker) Waln:
      Ann Waln, eldest child, d. unm.;
      Richard Waln, b. about 1737, m. Elizabeth Armitt;
      Rebecca Waln, m. Abraham Howell. Their only child who survived infancy, Mary Howell, m. Henry Drinker, eldest child of John and Rachel (Rynear) Drinker, and nephew of Henry Drinker, whose wife was Elizabeth Drinker, the diarist. His father, John Drinker, was one of the most acitve of the Quakers in opposing the Revolution, on religious grounds. Henry and Mary (Howell) Drinker had five children: (John; Henry Waln; Rebecca; Richard; William Waln);
      Nicholas Waln, b. Nov. 14, 1742, m. Sarah Richardson.