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Rachel \Vas ley. Jonathan Cooper and Rachel Wasley before locating in Whitchurch.
7 · were m · · on July 24, 1806 Francis Wasley rece· ed
d July 5 1786. (Docket of John Chaprnan
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Esq .. 1783-1787, in the Bucks County Historicat 20o acres emg o , 5th Concession fU a CroWn grant of
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Society Llbrary. Doylestown] members of his family m us t have !iv ~ hxbrtdge, and he or
a wasley is refer red to as "my friend and order tohave fulfilled the settlement dut~ t ere ~forehand in
8. Susann · f J h f
relation" in the will o Lawrence o nson o Falls thiS lot when he died in 1831, but hisle:~lr~an~lS Still OWned
Tp., dated 28 Oct 1800 and pro~ed 29 Decernber 1
horne farm was in Whitchurch. The patent to ~!~cates that his
in the same year. [Bucks Co. Wtll Bk. 6:305] 34
Whitchurch was not secured until 18 and th· d • Con 3 of
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·d
have been caused by this lot having been Cl S elay is sat to
2 Francis wasley was born about 1751. He was probably Francis Wasley helped to organize the y ergy Reserve 1 d
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the · Francis \\'asly who took the oath of allegiance on June 1, . · d · onge treet Monthl'l,
Meetmg of Fnen s m1806, and he was an act· J
1778. He was ta.'<ed as single in Falls Township from 1779 to · tve member until
his death. He dted !Omo. 29, 1831 aged 80years [F . .
1783 when he married Hannah, the eldest daughter of Henry l . · am1 1 y Btble
of John Was ey] Hts year of birth has been est;...,., t d f .
and 1\Iary (Dean) Scott of Muncy Township, Northumberland . . u..u.a e rom thts.
Hts wtfe Hannah Scott was bor n in Upper Makefield, Bucks
County (now Lycoming Co.) Pa. On March 8, 1785 he was re-
County, Pa. , !Omo. 14, 1762 [Family Bible]. In the 1 ïïO's her
corded as the administrator of the es tate of his brother Daniel
par ents moved westward with their family, and on Marcb
and one of the administrators of his father's estate. His bond 6
1795 they purchased a farrn in Muncy Tp., Northumberland
describes him as "Francis Wasly of Muncy, in the County of
{now Lycoming) Co. , Pa. Her fa ther Henry Scott was the son
Northumberland,- yeoman." In 1786 he was taxed in Muncy Tp.
of John and Hannah (Merrick) Scott. John Scott was a son of
as Francis Wesley and his name appears from 1792 to 1795 in
John and Jane Scott from Thet, Yorkshire, England whoarrived
the Day Book of Muncy Farm as Francis Westley.
in Philadelphia in 1699 on the ship Brittania. [Min. Phila. Mo.
In 1801 Francis Wasley's eldest daughter Hulda was married
Mtg. , Pubs. Geneal. Soc. of Pa. 4:255-261] Hannah Merrick
to Joseph Randall and with her husband went to Upper Canada
was a daughter of John and Eleanor (Smith) Merrick of Lower
to settle on a part of the Lundy grant in Whitchurch Township,
Dublin, Philadelphia County, as is shawn by her father's "ill
York County. (Samuel Lundy and Isaac Phillips, two Friends
dated July 28, 1732. [Phila. Will Bk. E:279J John l\1errick \\as
of the l\Iuncy Monthly Meeting, had secured a grant of land for
was from Herefordshire, England, "son of Thomas of \\"eston
twenty of more families in Whitchurch and vicinity). On 9mo.
under Penyard, born 14th 12mo. 1654". [Records of Friends
3, 1801 Franc1s Wasly requested to be joined in membership
~eetings in Herefordshire, transc r ibed by Gilbert Cope, in the
with the Society of Friends at Muncy and was received into
Ltbrary of the Geneal. Soc. of Pa.] For the Scott family. see
membership llmo. 21, 1801. Three years later on 8mo. 22,
180 also: "Henry Scott - A Pioneer of ear ly 1\Iuncy Township" by
4 he made application for a cer tificate to Pelham Monthly
Meeting in Upper Canada. The minutes of the Pelham Monthly Mary Elizabeth Whitaker in Now and then. 1932. IV. N'os. 10

~eeti?g dated on 2mo. 6, 1805 state that this certificate was and 11. Hannah Wasley d;ed 5mo. 21, 1835 in her 73rd year.
recelved and excepted." [Pelham M. M. Records at the Univ. The Will of Francis "Wesley" is listed in the probate records
of Western Onta · L of York County although neither the original papers nor the
. rlü, ondon] The date when Francis wasley
and h1s fa mi ly ttl d · copy book containing it can now be found in that office. For-
se e m Whitchurch is not definitely known
smce the applic r f . tunately a . f'l . the n.-.üli Re!!istrv at
100
. l 9?7'> 1 QT>J f ht.' \\ ill is dated ~"th
aft th . a or this certificate may have been made . , regtstered copy is on 1 e m J.A; -=~ ~ .~s
er e fam1ly mov d It · ·t Wlutby [Dxbrt'dge M ... . v....
lived f or at least tw e · lS family tradition that the fanu Y Oc emona OJ ,.., ,... t
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year s m Markharn Tp., York County, 1 tober 1830 With a codicil 9 Jul~· 1$:31 and \\aS pro\·ed ' ::;ep
832 . · . · \\'hitchurch,
· In tt he is described as Francis \Vt'sle) 01