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not remain there long, and in the Welsh Tract Purchases his name appears as
having purchased one hunderd acres in Nantonell parish, Radnor. Barbara
Jones married Daniel Pegge, of "Pegge's Run;" Mary Jones married her cousin
Isaac Jones, and Dorothy Jones married Richard Cantrill.
Ellis Jones and his family were Quakers and as Richard Cantrill belonged
to the Church of England, Richard and Dorothy were married, to use a Quaker
term, "Out of Meeting."
Dorothy Jones Cantrill seems to have been a young lady of considerable
spirit and independence of character. She not only married the man of her
choice, irrespective of her religious training, but later evidence is found
of her love of gayety and society in an old history of Philadelphia, where
she figured at a masquerade ball, much to the horror of her more quiet Quaker
friends. She seems to have inherited her love of society from her mother,
for the name of Jane Jones appears as a witness to the marriage of a great
many Quakers of her day, and the Quaker weddings were probably the principal
events affording those of that sect an expression to there social instinct.
The will of Jane Jones, relict of Ellis Jones, executed at Philadelphia,
Aug. 3, 1730, and recorded at Philadelphia, Dec. 27, 1732, mentions her
grandchildren: "Zebulon Cantril, Joseph Cantril, and Dorothy Cantril," to
each of whom she bequeaths: "One English shilling, or the value of it in coyn
current."
Children of Richard and Dorothy Cantrill:
2.i. Mary. The Records of the Race Street Meetinghouse contain the following
under "Burials of those not Friends" Mary, 1-6, 1695, parents Richard and
Dorothy Cantrill."
3. * ii. Joseph.
4. * iii. Zebulon.
5. iv. Dorothy, about whom we have no record.
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The Descendants of Joseph Cantrill of Philadelphia
3. Joseph Cantrill (2) (Richard 1) was born about 1695 in Philadelphia,
Pa., and spent his early boyhood in that city. Married Catharina _____.
They were living in New Castle county, Pa., on or near the site of the
present city of Wilmington, Del., and were attendants at Holy Trinity (Old
Swedes) Church before 1720. It is probable that Catharina was a daughter of
one of the Old Swedes, first settlers of this section but we could not verify
this. Their first three children were baptized at the old historic church
still used and known as Old Swedes, which is one of the oldest and quaintest
churches in this country.
Christina parish was mostly situated on both sides of Christina creek,
partly on both sides of Brandywine creek in New Castle county, and in the
Hundreds of New Castle, Christina and Brandy-wine. It stretched two Swedish
miles in length and one in breadth. The most remote families of the parish
were not more than six and a half English miles distant from the church. The
city of Wilmington is built on the Swedish "church land" and the charter for
the town was granted in 1735. At the time Joseph Cantrill went there it was
known as Christina.
Many of the earliest records of this locality have been lost, or
destroyed, and at best are very incomplete. There is evidence, however, from
scattered records in New Castle county to-day, that descendants of Richard
Cantrill lived there from before 1720 until 1797, though the majority moved
south during this period.
Children:
6. i. Hannah, b. Mar. 20, 1720; bapt. Apr. 25, 1720, at Old Swedes.
7. * ii. John.
8. * iii. Joseph.
9. * iv. Zebulon.
10. * v. Isaac.
11. vi. A daughter (name unknown).'
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More About RICHARD CANTRILL:
Occupation: July 06, 1692, (Source: 'The Cantrill-Cantrell Family', Susan
Cantrill Christie, 1908, 'Brickmaker.'