John Calvert (1648 - 1699)

Born 6 Oct 1648 in Belfast, County Down, Ireland

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Husband of Judith (Stamper) Calvert — married 29 May 1673 in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ulster, Ireland

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Died 23 Sep 1699 at age 50 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony

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John Calvert was a William Penn fleet passenger.

John Calvert migrated from Northern Ireland to America.

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Calvert (Thomas1) was born on October 6, 1648, at Stranmillis, near Belfast, Ireland, and died in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. John Calvert was buried 7th mo. (September), 23, 1699.^[1][2]

John married Judith Stamper on May 12, 1673, at Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, daughter of Hugh Stamper (see below).^[3] “John Calvert son of Thomas Calvert, of Drumgor, Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, Ireland, and Jane, his wife, was born 8 Mo. 6, 1648, in Stranmillis, near Belfast; was married 3 Mo. (May), 29, 1673, at the house of Roger Webb, to Judith Stamper, daughter of Hugh Stamper and Bridget, his wife, of Lurgan, County Armagh. Judith Stamper was born 3 Mo. 12, 1652, at “Boulton wood,” County Cumberland, England.”

John and his wife Judith, with their children Ruth, Isaac, Thomas, and Joshua, left Ireland and came to Pennsylvania in 1683. (12) The family settled in Upper Providence Township, now Delaware County, where he owned 300 acres of land, granted to him by William Penn, 1 Mo. 13, 1683 (March 13, 1683). An adjoining tract of 300 acres was also granted at the same time for Thomas Calvert, the father. Still another tract of 100 acres, contiguous to the above, was granted on the same date to Margaret Calvert, probably the daughter of Thomas.

Chenoweth researcher Gregory George Walker provided the following information on John Calvert, his wife Judith, and his daughter Mary Calvert (13): “Mary Calvert, the wife of John Chenoweth, was born February 19, 1687, in Upper Providence Township, (Delaware County 1789), Pennsylvania. According to J.R. Buckey, who wrote ‘The Calverts Who Were Quakers’ Mary was the daughter of John Calvert and Judith Stamper. John Calvert was born on the 6th of October 1648, near Belfast, Ireland. He was married on the 29th of May 1673 in Stranmillis, Belfast to Judith Stamper, the daughter of Hugh Stamper and his wife Briget. John Calvert was later living in county Armagh, Ireland, and began to embrace the Quaker faith, along with his future brother-in-law Valentine Hollingsworth. Both men were living in the town of Lurgan, Calvert listed as a landowner, and Hollingsworth as a yeoman. A map of Lurgan dated 1703, still showed the name Calvert on a town lot, possibly a brother to John.

“The immigration of this Calvert line into Ireland from Yorkshire, England was for religious freedom, as this line had chosen to follow the Quaker faith, and were being persecuted and jailed for their beliefs. Hugh Stamper, Mary Calvert Chenoweths’ grandfather (Mary, daughter of John Calvert), had been imprisoned in Carlisle Castle Prison in 1663 (Cumbria County, England) for his beliefs, and also fined. Shortly after, he must have fled to Ireland. County Armagh had become somewhat of a safe haven for Quakers, . . . The Calvert family line along with other Lurgan Quakers was instrumental in helping to perpetuate the Quaker religion in County Armagh and the rest of Ireland. Armagh saw more Quaker immigrants come to America than any other county in Ireland, and John Calvert was among them. He came with William Penn’s Quakers into Pennsylvania in 1683. John Calvert's’ father and mother-in-law, Hugh and Briget Stamper continued to follow Quaker teachings, and both remained near Lurgan. When they died, they were buried in what is believed to be the oldest Quaker burial ground in Ireland. The graveyard called Lynastown . . . Both John Calvert and Valentine Hollingsworth were listed as lsquo; commissioners’ of the graveyard at one time. Hugh Stamper was buried in 1676, Briget in 1681, a son Daniel in 1684, and daughter Sarah in 1674. There are no gravestones, reflecting the early Quaker belief. “When Mary Calvert’s father, John, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1683, he purchased of William Penn, land in Upper Providence Township. He became one of the largest landowners in what became Delaware County, Pennsylvania. After his arrival, he brought his father, Thomas Calvert, and his wife, Jane Glassford, to America. Thomas had purchased another 300 acres but died shortly after arriving. His will, dated 1684/85 in Philadelphia, mentions his wife Jane, but that is the last we hear of her. John Calvert acquired upwards of 800 acres from his original purchase, his father’s land and sisters. . . . This land became the focus of a dispute between John Calvert and his Hollingsworth in-laws (see below). At the same time, the Quakers asked John Calvert to settle the dispute. He refused to answer them and this must have been the reason for John Calvert to leave the Quaker faith. He had been elected constable of Upper Providence in 1687. There is no indication that John joined another church. When he died in September 1699, the Philadelphia Quaker Meeting graveyard recorded his burial as one, not of the Quaker faith. “Judith Calvert, however, had joined another faith, and in 1697 she was baptized in Ridley Creek, near her home, by Thomas Martin. She was baptized into the Seventh Day Baptist Church but this union did not last long. About 1700, a difference arose about which day to observe the Sabbath, and the society was dissolved. In 1702, and before, a group was forming; some from Christ Church, Philadelphia, and many who were former Quakers. They started a church near the Delaware River and the church was to be called St Paul’s Episcopal on Delaware. In the records of the church were found Judith Calvert and her son Isaac, both who became wardens of the church (found on a list dated 1704). . . . Land records of Bristol, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from Burlington (New Jersey), record the name of John Chenoweth as a witness to three separate land transactions, dated 1706, 1707, and 1708. It is believed that he was living in Bristol, Pennsylvania, crossing over by way of a ferry to St. Mary’s church.

“As noted above, John Calvert moved with his family, late in 1682, to Pennsylvania (it is probable that he came with Valentine and his family), and settled in Upper Providence Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (now Delaware County), where he owned 300 acres of land granted to him by William Penn, 1st month, 13, 1683. (14) An adjoining tract of 300 acres was also granted, at the same time, for his father, Thomas Calvert. Still another tract of 100 acres, contiguous to the above, was granted on the same date to Margaret Calvert, the daughter of Thomas, and a sister to John and Ann. On 2 Mo (April) 11 1691, it was ordered that a patent for the whole track should be made to John Calvert, to whom it was made appear to belong. At Chester Monthly Meeting, 4 Mo (June) 6 1687, mention is made of a difference between John Calvert and Thomas Hollingsworth (stepson of John Calvert’s sister Ann, who married Valentine Hollingsworth) about dividing their lands in Upper Providence. This difference arose between John Calvert and Thomas Hollingsworth over the division of their lands in Upper Providence Township in Chester Monthly Meeting, of which John Calvert was then a member. . . .”

John and his wife Judith gave testimony in a case of trespassing and a boar in Chester County: (15) “Joshua Hasting Plt. in an Action of trespass Francis Yarnall Defendt Names of ye Petty Jury: Robert Vernon, Joseph Richards, Edmond Carleidge, John Edge, Edward Carter, Walter Ffaussett, John Taylor, Thomas Minshall, Nathaniel Evins, Caleb Pusey, John Child, John Mendenhall. The Declaration was read. The answer was read. Judith Colvert being attested declareth there was a Boore yet kept Company with their Swine Butt afterward she did hear yet ye Boore was ye Plaintiff’s Boore and that he went from thence and was away some time and when he came again he had been bitten on ye right side of ye stones as she thinks Butt when Francis Yarnall came to their House to see ye Boore he said he did think this Bourses market was very much like his and that ye Boore was a lighter Color then his and further saith not. John Calvert being Attested for ye Defendant declareth that ye Boore which Francis Yarnall took away was about three months att times att his House and afterward about ye 1st month Fran Yarnall ye Defendant took him away and that ye Boore was Bitten behind on ye right side of ye stones. John fox being Attested for ye Defendant declareth yet he Knew ye Boore and yet he had one stone hanging down lower than ye other and that he was Bitten by the dogs on ye right side of ye Stones. Jane Calvert being Attested declareth that Francis Yarnall came to John Calverts and did there drive a Boore into ye Hog yard and did there say that he thought his Boore was a lighter Color and that ye make was not altogether like his market and further saith not. Margrett Hollingsworth being Attested declareth that ye Bourre was a Right Boore Before he was Bitten and that he was supposed to be Joshua Hasting bore by ye neighborhood and that ye Boore was there most part of ye Winter. After much testimony of other witnesses - The Jury find for ye Plaintife twenty-five shilling with Cost of Suite Hereupon Judgment is granted upon which ye Defendant makes his Appeal to ye next Court of Equity held for this County” John and Judith are said to have had fourteen children, those found are:

Ruth Calvert, born 6 Mo. 2, 1674 (August 2, 1674), at Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, married circa 1697, Edward Paviour of Upper Providence. “Thomas Jones and his wife and Joseph Phips and his wife were ordered to come to the next meeting to give an account of their going to the marriage of Edward Paver and Ruth Calvert” (16)

Isaac Calvert, born on 9 Mo. 2, 1676 (November 2, 1676), at Lurgan.

Thomas Calvert, born on 9 Mo. 27, 1678 (November 27, 1678), at Lurgan. Thomas bought a lot in Chester, in 1700, and sold it in 1702.

Joshua Calvert, born on 8 Mo. 18, 1680 (October 18, 1680), at Lurgan. At a Chester County court, held 6 Mo. 25, 1702, the sheriff made a return of execution on the estate of John Calvert, which was sold to Joshua, and Thomas Calvert for 243 pounds. Joshua was the constable of Upper Providence in 1704. In 1724, he had 370 acres of the Calvert land in Upper Providence. The remainder seems to have been in possession of Daniel Calvert. Joshua Calvert married, in 1709 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Deborah, daughter of George and Elizabeth Harlan. Deborah was born August 28, 1690, in New Castle County, Delaware. Joshua and Deborah are thought by Gilbert Cope to have been the parents of Thomas Calvert, who married Sarah Williamson, about 1739, lived in Edgmont, now Delaware County, and probably in East Marlborough, Chester County. Deborah’s parents were Quakers who came from Ireland to Pennsylvania in 1687. John Calvert was a witness to the marriage record of Deborah Harlan’s father in Lurgan, Ireland.

Daniel Calvert, born 5 Mo. 6, 1685 (July 6, 1685) in Pennsylvania, married Elizabeth Pritchett circa 1709. Daniel’s estate was administered on May 4, 1759, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. An Ezekial Harlan died intestate and Daniel Calvert was made his administrator on May 13, 1754. This may refer to this Daniel or a son of Daniel’s brother Joshua and his wife Deborah Harlan who may have had a son Daniel. Ezekiel Harlan mentioned is their nephew.

Mary Calvert was born on 12 Mo. 19, 1687 (February 19, 1687) in Upper Providence Township, (later became Delaware County), Pennsylvania, and died in Baltimore County, Maryland. (17) Mary married John Chenoweth in 1705. According to J.R. Buckey, who wrote The Calvert's Who Were Quakers, Mary was the daughter of John Calvert and Judith Stamper.

Judith Calvert, born August 1688 in Pennsylvania, married 10 Mo. 8, 1725 (December 8, 1725), Daniel Broom, of Marple, now Delaware County. The children of Judith and Daniel are said to have been James, Mary, Daniel, and twins Thomas and Elizabeth. (18) It is thought that their son Daniel was the one who was “reported for fighting, keeping loose company and neglecting meetings” in the Chester Monthly Meeting minutes of 1759 and for “drinking to excess and swearing” in 1760. In 1766 and 1771, there are bills settled for the “maintenance” of Judith Broom, suggesting that husband Daniel had died before that time. In 1772, it was her son Thomas’ turn to be reported for Drinking and neglecting meetings. These records indicate that the Daniel Broom - Judith Calvert family remained in the Chester area and members of the Friends at least through the mid-1770s.

John Calvert, born circa 1689, see below. John Calvert (John2, Thomas1) was born circa 1689 at Upper Providence Township, now Delaware County, Pennsylvania (son of John Calvert and Judith Stamper). He moved to Orange County, Virginia in 1732 (became Frederick County in 1743), with a group of Quakers who had secured land through Alexander Ross. He is listed as one of the “Fathers of the Colony” (see information on Hopewell Meeting). On November 12, 1735, the State of Virginia granted John Calvert 850 acres of land beginning at two white oaks and hickory near Abraham Hollingsworth’s line. (24) This land was located in what is now Frederick County, Virginia, east of the village of Kernstown, is a few miles southwest of the town of Winchester. John Calvert’s land of 850 acres was located next to Abraham Hollingsworths on Red Bud Creek. Abraham Hollingsworth's house, “Abram’s Delight,” built-in 1754 is the oldest house in Winchester, Virginia, and now houses the Winchester/Frederick County Historical Society. His home is said to have served as the first Quaker Meetinghouse.

The will of John Calvert dated October 2, 1738; proved June 28, 1739; was recorded in Orange County, Virginia (now Frederick County). (25) He called himself of the Colony of Virginia, and county of Orange, and willed his wife Jane Calvert one-third of all his lands, during her life. To his sons Robert and Isaiah the remainder of the land, 850 acres, whereupon John Stephens now lives; to daughter Margaret, 300 acres of land called Hogg Run. To Rebecca and Ann Calvert, 200 acres each. To son Richard Calvert [or Robert, two transcriptions differ] the remainder of 992 acres at the death of his mother. To wife Jane Calvert my young mare 2 years old, with a bald face, and the old mare. To son Robert Calvert the gray horse. To son Isaiah Calvert his choice of horses. To niece Elizabeth Carey or Cory, the brindle cow, and calf. To daughters Margery, Rebecca, and Ann a mare each. Rest of the estate to the children. Sons Robert and Isaiah Calvert executors. Witnesses, Terence Notley, and Henry Jones. The widow Jane Calvert then married John Stephens. The children of John Calvert were:

Robert Calvert, born circa 1715, died before August 1756 in Frederick County, married Mary _?_. Robert was executor for the estate of Hugh Parrell, which was probated October 5, 1748. On August 3, 1756, administration of the estate of Robert Calvert, deceased, was granted to Richard Calvert, his brother – Mary, the widow of the said deceased, relinquishing in Court her right of Administration. (26) On November 4, 1777, there was an Indenture between Isaiah Calvert, son and heir at law of Robert Calvert, deceased, of County of Frederick, and Margaret his wife, and Samuel Calvert of the second part of said County and Colony, conveying 206 acres . . . granted by Patent bearing date November 12, 1735, to John Calvert, deceased, who in his last will and testament among other things had willed said Tract to the above mentioned Robert Calvert, deceased, who died intestate, etc. (27) In 1762, Richard Calvert was the assignee of the Robert Calvert who was an executor of the estate of Hugh Parrell, deceased. The children of Robert and Mary:

Isaiah Calvert, born circa 1743, Frederick County, died probably before 1800 in Washington County, Kentucky. Isaiah married Margaret _?_, probably circa 1773 in Frederick County. Margaret died after 1820, probably in Washington County, Kentucky, as she was recorded as over 45 years of age on both the 1810 and 1820 census records for Washington County. On November 3, 1777, there was a deed between Isaiah Calvert (son and heir at law of Robert Calvert, deceased, of County of Frederick, Virginia) and Margaret his wife, and Samuel Colvert of sd. County and Colony, conveying 206 acres of land on the drains of Opequon and being a part of a greater tract of land containing 850 acres granted by patent bearing the date November 12, 1835, to John Calvert deceased, who in his last will and testament, among other things, willed said tract to the above mentioned Robert Calvert, deceased, who died intestate, etc. Isaiah Calvert was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. It is not known just when Isaiah Calvert left Virginia. He paid taxes in Nelson County, Kentucky in 1793, 1794, 1795, but owned no land. His name then disappeared from all lists. No will has been found. His wife Margaret was in the 1810 and 1820 census records for Washington County, Kentucky, aged over 45 years. The 1810 census also had the names of William and Richard Calvert aged between 26 and 45; and John Calvert under 26. From such sources as these are compiled the names of Isaiah’s children. The children of Isaiah and Margaret may have been: Daniel Calvert, born circa 1774, married (1) _?_, (2) Margaret Calhoun; Mary Calvert, born circa 1776, married Isaac Coffman on August 3, 1796, Washington County, Kentucky; Agnes Calvert, born circa 1778, married John Williams on June 6, 1800, Washington County, Kentucky; John Calvert, born circa 1780, married Mary Servant on January 12, 1803, Washington County, Kentucky; Susan Calvert, born May 1782, married _?_ Calvert; Robert Calvert, born circa 1783, married Nancy Hopewell on May 26, 1803, Mercer County, Kentucky; William Calvert, born circa 1784, married Peggy Askins on December 3, 1804, Washington County, Kentucky; Richard Calvert, born circa 1788, married Margaret Crowder on November 21, 1808, Lincoln County, Kentucky; Isaiah Calvert, born February 6, 1795, married Mary Taylor Sandifer, “Polly.”

Samuel Calvert, born 1745 in Frederick County, died in May 1807 in Winchester, Virginia, married Milly _?_, probably circa 1774. Of the three sons of John and Jane Calvert, progenitors of the Frederick County, Virginia Calverts, the youngest, Richard, left a will; the second, Isaiah, died intestate in 1748, with no record of wife or that guardians were appointed for any children. The conclusion is that this Samuel Calvert was a son of neither Richard nor Isaiah, but was a child of Robert, the eldest son. Samuel’s name appeared on lists of Revolutionary soldiers. At a Court held on August 4, 1779, it was ordered that Samuel Calvert be recommended to the Governor as a proper person to be appointed Lieutenant. (28) On November 3, 1775, for consideration of One Hundred pounds, Isaiah Calvert, son and heir of Robert Calvert, conveyed to Samuel Calvert 206 acres on Opequon Creek in Frederick County, Virginia, which had been part of a larger tract patented to John Calvert and willed to his son Robert Calvert, deceased. On December 9, 1784, Samuel Calvert of Frederick County conveyed to John Brady of Borough of Winchester, Virginia, 10 acres situated in Frederick County being part of the same tract Samuel purchased from Isaiah Calvert. (29) On September 23, 1802, Samuel Calvert of the Borough of Winchester conveyed to Henry Calmes of Frederick County, a lot of lands containing 1¾ acres, known as lot No. 22. (30) The will of Samuel Calvert, dated May 1, 1807, was proved on May 29, 1807: (31) Samuel Calvert bequeaths to his son Samuel Calvert of Lexington, Kentucky, the sum of one thousand dollars. To his loving wife Milly Calvert, the house and lot in town. To his children Mary Calvert, Ann Morris, and Milly Calvert, the Plantation near Winchester. To Gilbert Noakes his greatcoat, one cow and calf. Executors: Beatty Carson and Obed Waite. Witnesses: Adam Kurtz, James Walls, John Crockwell, Geo. R. Frye. The appraisement of “Samuel Calvert, weaver,” was made by James Wall, Adam Kurtz, and George Fry, June 10, 1807.(32) In 1808, the Will Book 2, p. 33, shows that Samuel Calvert was paid on account of a legacy. At a Court held for the Corporation of Winchester on February 4, 1825, the estate account of Samuel Colvert, deceased, was produced to the Court and recorded. The children of Samuel and Milly were: Samuel Calvert, born circa 1771, married _?_; Mary Calvert; Ann Calvert, married Thaddeus Morris, January 5, 1802, Frederick County, Virginia; Milly Calvert.

Robert Calvert, born probably before 1750. Maybe the Robert Calvert who settled in Botetourt County, VA. November 21, 1757, on the petition of Robert Calvert an orphan of Robert Calvert, deceased. James Perkins was appointed his guardian (Orders 7, p. 304). (33)

Isaiah/Isaac Calvert, born circa 1718, died 1748. letters of administration for his estate granted to Robert Calvert. (34)

Margaret Calvert, born circa 1721.

Rebecca Calvert, born circa 1723.

Ann Calvert, born circa1725, married Hugh Parrell. See Bruce history

Richard Calvert, born circa 1727, died in August 1770 in Frederick County, married Sarah _?_. In 1757, Richard Calvert made a tobacco payment of 100 for Clerk Fees in Frederick County, Virginia. (35) He was on the rent rolls for Frederick County in 1759 and 1764. On March 1, 1762, Richard Calvert and wife Sarah of the Parish of Frederick in the Colony of Virginia conveyed 95 acres on the west side of Opequon on a Branch called Red Bud, being part of a larger tract of 352 acres conveyed to Richard Colvert by deed from the Proprietor, April 10, 1760. On August 3, 1762, Richard and Sarah Colvert sold this land to Benjamin Blackburn. On August 7, 1766, Richard Calvert and Sarah his wife, deeded to Robert Rutherford, 52 acres - part of 352 acres on the west side of Opequon, a branch of Red Bud. Then on February 8, 1768, Robert Rutherford and Mary his wife conveyed to Richard Calvert 277 acres of land, situated on the head branches of Mill Creek, a branch of Opequon in Frederick County. Richard and Sarah sold this land on August 1, 1769, to William Boyd, the 277 acres lying on Mill Creek near the foot of the North Mountain in Frederick County, Virginia.

The will of Richard Calvert, dated February 27, 1770, was proved on August 7, 1770: (36) “First: I recommend my soul to Almighty God who gave it and my body to the earth from whence it was taken, . . . I will that all my just debts and funeral charges be fully paid and discharged. Item: Loving wife Sarah Colvert to have plantation and house, together with all moveable estate for the support of herself and maintenance and bring up and educate my children all to be and remain hers for and during her natural life or widowhood, and after her decease or marriage my will is that said land to be sold and equally divided between my two sons John and Robert Colvert after paying their sister, my beloved daughter Jean Colvert the sum of 20 pounds. If the wife marries she shall have her thirds. Sarah Colvert and Morgan Morgan named executors. Witnesses: John Albin, William Milburn, Andrew Milburn.

Sarah married, second, William Milburn, a witness to her husband’s will. On November 8, 1771, there was a petition of Joseph Janney against William Millburn and Sarah his wife, executors, etc. of Richard Calvert, deceased, for a debt due by account. This day the plaintiff by his attorney and the defendant having been duly served with a copy of the petition and account and summoned to appear were solemnly called but came not . . . It is therefore considered by the Court that the plaintiff recovers against the Defendants two pounds five shillings and sixpence and his costs by him in the behalf expended to be levied of the Goods and chattels of the said decedent in the hands of the Defendant to be administered. The children of Richard and Sarah:

John Calvert, born circa 1765, died circa November 1838, married on January 21, 1821, Anne Parrell. Apparently, they had no children. In his will dated April 1838, proved December 3, 1838, he bequests to his sister, Sarah Parrill, widow of Joseph Parrill, deceased, and her three single daughters, viz: Eleanor, Sarah, and Mary Y. Parrill, all his real and personal estate when and wheresoever it is found: viz; Thirty-one acres and a half of land, lying in Frederick County adjoining Arthur Carter and others, also some revolutionary claims, and furniture of all descriptions to them and their heirs forever. Lastly, I appoint Sarah Parrill and her three daughters above named my sole executors without any security whatever. John Calvert signed his will by mark. On October 1, 1827, John Calvert, aged 62, of the County of Frederick, Virginia, said he enlisted for the war in the spring of 1781, near Winchester, in a troop of Cavalry or Light Dragoons, commanded by Capt. Armand Vangiuson. He was a native of Frederick County. In 1854, Sarah Parrell asks that her lawful Attorney may make an investigation of the service of her brother, John Colvert, a Revolutionary pensioner.

Robert Calvert, born circa 1767 near Red Bud, Frederick County, Virginia, died October 1852, near Guysville, Athens County, Ohio, married (1) _?_, (2) circa 1793, probably in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), to Ruth Selby. Ruth died circa 1839 near Guysville, Ohio, daughter of Nathan and Agnes Selby. Robert Calvert was a farmer and a teacher. In 1801 he was living in Hampshire County, Virginia, where William and Sarah Millburn conveyed to him 214¼ acres of land on the southeast side of the North River. (37) Sarah Millburn was Robert’s mother. After his father’s death, she married William Millburn, one of the witnesses to Richard Calvert’s will. 1801, Robert Calvert and Ruth his wife sold to Joseph Tucker (all of Hampshire County), 44 acres on North River. (38) 1808, they sold the land to Archibald Linthicum and also to Josephus Tucker. (39) 1810, a deed from Robert and Ruth Calvert to Elisha Thompson, land on the southeast side of North River, part of the Millburn land. (40) No further record of Robert Calvert was found in Hampshire County. He is said to have purchased a farm near Guysville, Athens County, Ohio, in 1810, where he lived the remainder of his life. The children of Robert and his first wife were John and Nancy. Children of Robert and Ruth were: Nathan Calvert, born May 15, 1794, married Nancy Jackson; William Calvert, born January 20, 1797, married Mary _?_; Eleanor McGruder Calvert, born June 7, 1799; Richard Calvert, born September 17, 1801; Joshua Calvert, born October 4, 1803, married Charlotte Moore; Robert Bruce Calvert, born May 3, 1805, married Olive Arnold; Elisha Calvert, born March 11, 1808; Amos Calvert, born August 25, 1812; Jonathan Calvert, born September 1, 1817, married Mary Ann _?_.

Sarah Jean Calvert, born circa 1769, married Joseph Parrell (see above and Bruce history).

History of the Springfield Monthly Meeting Posted 13 Jan 2017 by PinkieJ1 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/graphics-pax/mtghse.html#SpringfieldDelComtg Springfield (Del. Co.) The meeting was established in 1686 by Chester, at the home of Benjamin Coppock the younger. The first meeting house was built in 1700. It burned down and was replaced in 1738 by a stone building with a gambrel roof. In 1851 Orthodox Friends built the present meeting house. [A Little Book of Information on the Particular Meetings composing Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (n.d.), 37.] A slightly different version holds that it was in 1696 that the monthly meeting of Chester agreed that a meeting should be settled every First and Fourth day at John Bowater's house. It was first called by the name of the person in whose house it was held but eventually became Springfield Meeting. After the 1827 separation, the Springfield Orthodox Meeting was quite small, and in 1849 the meeting was discontinued. [Ezra Michener, A Retrospect of Early Quakerism;... (Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Zell, 1860; reprinted facsimile, Washington, DC: Cool Spring Publishing Company, 1991), 66.] Yet another version states that Chester Quarterly Meeting recognized the first Springfield meeting at Frances Stanfield's house, Third month 3, 1686, but at the next Quarterly Meeting, Sixth Month 2, it was moved to Bartholomew Coppock the Younger's. At the Twelfth Month 6, 1698/9 Quarterly Meeting, Springfield Friends announced their intention to build a meeting house at their graveyard. Since a burial place was needed while worship could still take place in homes, Friends had already arranged for it. The building was soon constructed but burned in 1737. The drawing (by John Sartain in 1837) shows the 1738 stone replacement that was used until it was taken down in 1850. [Henry Graham Ashmead, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Phila.: L. H. Everts & Co., 1884) pp. 716-7, the drawing is on p. 716.]

The stone meeting house is at 1001 Old Sproul Road in Springfield. By 2010 there were few active Friends in the meeting and the building now provides space to the Peace Center of Delaware County. The Peace center is under the care of the Chester Quarterly Meeting. There is a newer wind added to the building, seen in this photo with a few of the old headstones in the burial ground. Color photos by MJP Grundy, July 2010.

History of Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, PA Posted 13 Jan 2017 by PinkieJ1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania Upper Providence Township is a census-designated place and township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, located around and north of the borough of Media, and about 30 minutes away from center city Philadelphia. The population was 10,142 at the 2010 census.[1] Ridley Creek State Park is inside the township towards the northern edge and the township also contains Ridley Creek and Crum Creek. The township is zoned 98% residential, 1% commercial, and 1% industrial, with minimal space zoned to commercial business.[2] The area was settled about 1683 and formed into Providence Township. On October 17, 1683, the residents of Providence Township petitioned the Court of Chester County, of which they were then apart, to establish a road from Providence to Chester. The court approved the creation of Providence Great Road (now Route 252). Upper Providence Township and Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania split in 1687. The borough of Media was formed in 1850 from pieces of both townships.

Water power was used extensively in the townships early history, with local mills including Sycamore Mills or Bishop's Mills built on Ridley Creek in 1718, Robinett Grist Mill (1687), Malin's Grist Mill (1770), Register's Nail Factory (1812), and Palmer's Mills (1802). Formal education began when local Quaker, James Turner, left money in his 1787 will to establish Blue Hill School near Chapel and Providence Roads. The Union Library on Sycamore Mill Road opened in 1813 and had over eight hundred volumes by 1843. Sandy Bank School opened in 1836 and was rebuilt in 1905 and enlarged in 1926. Lower Banks School opened in 1872. The Rose Tree Union School District was established in 1947. The Rose Tree Tavern, built-in 1739, was a well-known inn in the late 19th century as a summer resort for Philadelphians. Steeplechase races and fox hunts were held there by the Rose Tree Hunt Club.[3] It still stands after having been moved to Rose Tree Park and was recently renovated, reopening its doors in 2011 as a tourism office.[4] Sale of Calvert Land in Upper Providence Township to John Worrall Posted 13 Jan 2017 by PinkieJ1

At a court held 6-25-1702, the sheriff made a return of execution on the estate of John Calvert, which was sold to Thomas and Joshua Calvert for Lb.243.These were probably sons of John. Joshua was the constable of Upper Providence in 1704. Thomas bought a lot in Chester in 1700 and sold it in 1702. After this, the land in Upper Providence appears to have been held by Joshua and Daniel Calvert, of whom the first had 370 acres in 1724. It seems, however, to have been patented Feb. 6, 1739, to John Worrall (608 1/2 acres), who, with Ruth, his wife, conveyed a part to Daniel Calvert.

Joshua Calvert,m.1709, Deborah Harlan, daughter of George and Elizabeth Harlan, and it is conjectured that they were the parents of Thomas Calvert the husband of Sarah Williamson. The latter presented an acknowledgment to Goshen Monthly Meeting 6-20-1739, for marriage by a magistrate, and on 8-16-1756, received a certificate from Goshen to Chester Monthly Meeting, with their children, who are not named. They appear to have lived after this in Edgmont and perhaps he is the same Thomas Calvert who was in East Marlborough,1762-3-4, and perhaps later. He does not appear to have been in membership with Friends, and when or where he and his wife died has not been discovered.

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View Tree for John Calvert (b. 06 Oct 1648, d. 23 Sep 1699) John Calvert (son of Thomas Calvert and Jane Glasford)124, 124 was born 06 Oct 1648 in Stranmillis, Belfast, Ulster, Ireland124, 124, and died 23 Sep 1699 in Philadelphia, PA124, 124. He married Judith Stamper on 29 May 1673 in Roger Webb Home, Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland124, 124, daughter of Hugh Stamper and Bridget. Includes NotesNotes for John Calvert: John Calvert and his family settled in Pennsylvania about 1683 on 300acres located in Upper Providence Township, which is now Delaware county. This land was granted to John by William Penn, March 13, 1683. There were 8 children, the sixth was Mary who married John Chenoweth. August 10, 1697, they were no longer members of the Quaker faith. Ruth and Isaac, children of John were undoubtedly born in Lurgan, Ireland, and also possibly Joshua. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682-1750 With Their Early History in Ireland Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting Of Chester County, Pa., and New Castle County, Delaware. Established in 1686.__ "John Calvert, son of Thomas Calvert, of Drumgor, Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, Ireland, and Jane, his wife, was born 8 Mo. 6, 1648, in Stranmillis, near Belfast; was married 3 Mo. (May), 29, 1673, at the house of Roger Webb, to Judith Stamper, daughter of Hugh Stamper and Bridget, his wife, of Lurgan, County Armagh. Judith Stamper was born 3 Mo. 12, 1652, at "Bolton wood, "3 County Cumberland, England. John Calvert removed with his family about 1683 to Pennsylvania and settled in Upper Providence Township, now Delaware County, where he owned 300 acres of land, granted to him by William Penn, 1 Mo. 13, 1683. An adjoining tract of 300 acres was also granted at the same time for Thomas Calvert, the father, who probably did not come to this country. Still another tract of 100 acres, contiguous to the above, was granted on the same date to Margaret Calvert, probably the daughter of Thomas. On 2 Mo. 11, 1691, it was ordered that a patent for the whole track should be made to John Calvert, to whom it was made appear to belong.1 At Chester Monthly Meeting, 4 Mo. 6, 1687, mention is made of a difference between John Calvert and Thomas Hollingsworth (stepson of John Calvert's sister Ann, who married Valentine Hollingsworth) about dividing their lands in Upper Providence. Children of John and Judith (Stamper) Calvert: I. Ruth, b. 6 Mo. 2, 1674, at Lurgan, Ireland; m. about 1697, Edward Paviour, of Upper Providence. II. Isaac, b. 9 Mo. 2, 1676, at Lurgan. III. Thomas, b. 9 Mo. 27, 1678, at Lurgan, bought a lot in Chester, in 1700, and sold it in 1702. IV. Joshua, b. 8 Mo. 18, 1680, at Lurgan. At a Chester County court, held on 6 Mo. 25, 1702, the sheriff made a return of execution on the estate of John Calvert, which was sold to Thomas, Joshua, and Thomas Calvert for £243. Joshua was the constable of Upper Providence in 1704. In 1724, he had 370 acres of the Calvert land in Upper Providence. The remainder seems to have been in possession of Daniel Calvert. Joshua Calvert m., in 1709, Deborah, daughter of George and Elizabeth Harlan, and is thought by Gilbert Cope to have been the parents of Thomas Calvert, who married Sarah Williamson, about 1739, lived in Edgmont, now Delaware County, and probably in East Marlborough, Chester County. V. Daniel, b. 5 Mo. 6, 1685, in Pa.; m. about 1709, Elizabeth Pritchett. VI. Mary, b. 12 Mo. 19, 1687, in Pa. VII. Judith, m. 10 Mo. 8, 1725, Daniel Broom, of Marple, now Delaware County. More About John Calvert: Immigration: Bet. 1682 - 1683, Sailed to the colonies from Ireland. More About John Calvert and Judith Stamper: Marriage 1: 29 May 1673, Roger Webb Home, Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland.124, 124 Marriage 2: 29 May 1673, Stranmillis, Near Belfast, Co Armagh, Ireland.124 Children of John Calvert and Judith Stamper are: +Mary Calvert, b. 19 Dec 1687, Cumberland, PA124, 124, 124, 124, d. 1737, Frederick, VA124, 124, 124. Ruth Calvert, b. 02 Aug 1674, Flurgan, Armagh, Ireland124, d. date unknown. Thomas Calvert, b. 27 Nov 1678, Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland124, d. Aug 1680124. Daniel Calvert, b. 06 Jul 1685, Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland124, d. 01 Dec 1736, Chester, PA124. John Calvert, b. 1689, Upper Prov, Delaware, PA124, d. 1793, Orange, VA124. Joshua Calvert, b. 18 Oct 1680, Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland124, d. 1753, Kennet, Chester, PA124. Judith Calvert, b. 1688, Upper Prov, Delaware, PA124, d. 1782124.

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-G-M-5-1%2F0113&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FBIR%2F007383: accessed 21 September 2019), the birth of John Calvert in 8mo (Oct) 1648, father: Thomas, Mother: Jane; citing Archive Reference LGM5.1, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
2. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Record of Birth, Deaths, and Burials, 1688-1826, for John Calvert who passed away on 23 September 1699 [1]
3. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.ie/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F14808G: accessed 21 September 2019), the marriage of John Calvert and Judith Stamper daughter of Hugh and Bridget Stamper of Lurgan in Roger Webbs on 29d 3mo (May) 1673; citing Register of marriages, LURGAN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.

See also:

• The history of the Calverts who were Quakers, by Buckey, J. Richard (John Richard), https://archive.org/details/historyofcalvert00buck/page/2/mode/2up?q=John+Calvert
• the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Record of Birth, Deaths, and Burials, 1688-1826, for John Calvert who passed away on 23 September 1699 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/31906_284126-00183?pid=3095082&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2189%26h%3D3095082%26tid%3D155419797%26pid%3D272049222177%26hid%3D1048268468741%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DqRY4%26_phstart%3Ddefault%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue&treeid=155419797&personid=272049222177&hintid=1048268468741&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qRY4&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true
• "John Calvert" Geni.com http://www.geni.com/people/John-Calvert/6000000001589771176
• Coverdale, Karen. "John Calvert," http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=calvert&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=41635156&df=all&
• Source: S525 Abbreviation: Jonathan Paul Title: Jonathan Paul, Jonathan Paul's Genealogy Subsequent Source Citation Format: Jonathan Paul, Jonathan Paul's Genealogy BIBL Jonathan Paul. Jonathan Paul's Genealogy. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Jonathan Paul, Jonathan Paul's Genealogy FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Jonathan Paul, Jonathan Paul's Genealogy FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Jonathan Paul. Jonathan Paul's Genealogy.
• Source: S537 Abbreviation: Laura Henderson Title: Laura Henderson, The Family History and Genealogy of Laura Henderson Subsequent Source Citation Format: Laura Henderson, The Family History and Genealogy of Laura Henderson BIBL Laura Henderson. The Family History and Genealogy of Laura Henderson. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Laura Henderson, The Family History and Genealogy of Laura Henderson FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Laura Henderson, The Family History and Genealogy of Laura Henderson FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Laura Henderson. The Family History and Genealogy of Laura Henderson.
• Death of John Calvert[2]
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 February 2018, 00:15), entry for John Calvert(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L2TF-SMJ); contributed by various users.
• Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
• Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750: with their early history in Ireland by Myers, Albert Cook, 1874-1960, pages 316,-322, John Calvert https://archive.org/details/immigrationofiri00myer/page/316

• Source: CALVERT DESCENDANTS https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/164037268/person/282185350204/media/a9e4647b-3db8-4dd7-a5e0-9fe5a8dd1fea?_phsrc=wcn420&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=1&albums=pg&showGalleryAlbums=true&tab=0&pid=282185350204&sort=-created

• Source: Thomas Calvert in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3034626:7486?ssrc=pt&tid=164037268&pid=282300369562

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Calvert-261 was created through the import of Lupton file.ged on Jul 7, 2011, by Kim Ostermyer
• WikiTree profile Calvert-343 was created through the import of Chambers Barnes history.ged on Oct 19, 2011, by Charlene Chambers.
• WikiTree profile Calvert-483 was created through the import of JOSEPH~1.GED on Jul 14, 2012, by Joseph Stalnaker.