Jonathan Heacock Sr. (abt. 1680 - 1764)

Born about 1680 in Stafford Meeting, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Till) Heacock — married about 1710 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

Descendants

Died 1764 at about age 84 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Jonathan Heacock Sr. was a William Penn fleet passenger.

Jonathan Heacock, Sr.

"Jonathan Heacock was born in Slindon, parish of Eccleshall, County of Stafford, England, about 1680, was the virtual founder of the family in Pennsylvania, since his father after spending a few years in Bucks County, returned to England and died there in 1695. He came to Pennsylvania with his wife, Ann Till, in the ship "Three Sisters" which sailed from London, 1 mo. 14, 1710-11, bringing a certificate from the Wolverhampton Monthly Meeting of Friends Staffordshire England, dated 12 mo. 13, 1710, only a few months after their marriage at the same meeting. A fragmentary diary in his handwriting has been preserved from which we learn that while in England he was a dealer in wool and manufactured worsted goods, and traveled to London and other parts in the prosecution of his business. At the time of his sailing for Pennsylvania, he is mentioned as a resident of the "Borough of Stafford, in Staffordshire." The diary above referred to shows that he was in London on 12 mo. 27, 1710, and sailed from there as above stated on 1 mo. 14, 1710-11. They evidently touched at Belfast, Ireland as he wrote a letter from "Belfast Lough" on 1 mo. 20, 1710-11, to Staffordshire. They were at Koughrane, Scotland, on 2 mo. 23, 1710-11, and "sayld from thence the 26th, at one o'clock in the morning." The certificate from the Stafford Meeting was deposited at Chester Monthly Meeting, 7 mo. 29, 1718. Their whereabouts in the interim between their arrival and that date are unknown, but they were probably in Philadelphia and that part of Chester County now composing Delaware County. There is no evidence of record in Bucks County of his having contested the title of the land taken up by his father in Falls Township, Bucks County and confirmed to him by his uncle William Heacock and Mary, his wife, on the eve of his sailing to Pennsylvania. The family finally settled in Marple Township, Chester (now Delaware) County, where he was first a renter but later purchased a farm near the Springfield Township line on which he lived until his death in 1764 at an advanced age. [r4p242][r7p7],,,, [After pointing out that they arrived in America in 1710 or 11, but did not present papers to Chester Meeting until 1718.] Their whereabouts during this seven year interval are unknown; however, it was during this interim that four of their six children were born, and it may cover the period of their renting prior to purchasing a large tract of land which was beautifully situated near Springfield Meeting House.[r8p1],,,, Jonathan and Ann Heacock settled in Chester, Pa. He rented a small store in Chester and was a dealer in wool and manufactured worsted ??. Several years later he purchased a farm near the Marple Meeting and near the Springfield township line. He lived on the farm until his death 1764. The brick house is still standing between Media and Chester [date written unknown]"^[1][2]

Marriage

Jonathan Heacock and Ann Till married shortly before setting out for America. They married at Wolverhampton Monthly Meeting, Staffordshire, England in about 1710.^[3][4] "The date of their marriage shown in the Till family tree is obviously false, as Ann Till was only twelve years old on the date shown there."^[5]

"Prior to their departure the Heacocks obtained a certificate from the Friends Monthly Meeting at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, which was dated 12 mo. 13, 1711. This certificate was not presented to the Chester Monthly Meeting until 7 mo. 29, 1718, and the whereabouts of Jonathan and Ann during the seven-year interval are unknown."^[6]

Immigration

Jonathan Heacock sailed from England in 1711 for America on the “Three Sisters”. He came with his wife Ann Till and two brothers. They arrived 13 March 1710/11.

Occupation

“It would appear from his accounts kept with individuals that he was a dealer in wool and manufactured worsted drugget, tammy &c. At first he rented, but afterwards he purchased a farm in Marple near the Springfield Township line, and cleared it."^[7]

Children

1. Mary born May 26, 1712
2. John born November 23, 1713
3. Jonathan born May 10, 1715
4. William born March 13, 1716
5. Ann born February 11, 1719
6. Joseph born May 31, 1722.^[8]

Death

Jonathan Heacock died in 1764 at Marple, Pennsylvania at about 84 years old.^[9]

Will

Will of Jonathan Heacock of Marple, written 14 April 1753, proven 9 May 1764 -

I, Jonathan Heacock of the Township of Marple County of Chester and Province of Pennsylvania being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory do make and publish this my Last will and Testament in manner and form follow (that is to say) first it is my will and mind that my executors herein after mentioned shall make and I do empower them to make a good and sufficient Title to my son Joseph Heacock for fifty acres of Land according to an article obligatory on mee (sic) for that purpose Secondly I give and devise to my dear wife Anne Heacock all the Remainder of my Messuage Tenements and Tract of Land situate lying and being in Marple afforesaid together with all ways passages easements profits commodities and appertinences (sic) thereunto belonging to have and to hold unto her my said wife, Anne Heacock and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural life she making no wast (sic) or distruction there upon but keeping the same in good and Sufficient Repair and immediately from and after her decease I give and devise the said Messuage or Tenement Land and premises to my son Joseph Heacock his heirs and Assignes (sic) forever He paying the sum of one hundred and twenty pound therefor lawfull money of Pennsylvania into the hands of my Executors within nine months after the decease of my wife, Anne Heacock. It is also my will and mind that within one year after the decease of my wife, Anne Heacock all the Remainder of my personal estate (not herein disposed of after my Just debts and funrall (sic) expenses are paid) as well as the one hundred and twenty pound to be paid by my son Joseph shall be equally divided between five of my Children viz John Heacock, Jonathan Heacock, William Heacock, Mary Penrose and Anne Morgan but if son Joseph should Refuse or neglect to pay the Hundred and twenty pounds for the Land as afforsaid then it is my will and mind that my Executors shall sell the Land and premises whereon I now dwell and divid (sic) the money ariseing (sic) from the sail (sic) thereof between my six Children equally to wit my son Joseph and the five above mentioned and also it is my will and mind that if it should happen that the profits of the Land and premises devised to my wife should not be sufficient for amentenance (sic) for her that my Executors provide for her out of my personal Estate untill she have a sufficient mentenence (sic) I also give and bequeath unto my son John Heacock one large Bible and a hand gun or fowling peace (sic) Item I give to my son Jonathan Heacock all my wearing aparrill and a Book intitled Howgells works Item I give to my son William Heacock a Book called Barcleys appolegy also it is my will and mind that my Exeuctors shall cancell all the Bonds that the (sic) shall finde due from aney (sic) of my Children to me except my son Joseph Heacocks Bonds and I do hereby make and appoint my son John Heacock and my friend John Lewis (Levis?) Joynt Executors of this my Last will and Testament devising of them to take upon them the Charge and ?trouble thereof and to see the same performed according to my true intent and meaning and Lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other wills or wills by me made and declare this only to be my Last will and Testament. In witness whereof I the said Jonathan Heacock have here hereunto set my hand and seal the fourteenth day of the fourth month one thousand seven hundred fifty three . . . signed Jonathan Heacock

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Jonathan Heacock the Testator as and for his Last will and Testament in the presents of us who have subscribed our names as witness there to in the presents and at the Request of the said Testator . . . signed Rebekah Fell, Wm Fell, Seth Pancoast

Chester May 9th 1764 Then personally appeared William Fell and Seth Pancoast and on their solemn Affirmations according to Law did declare and say that they were personally present and did see and hear Jonathan Heacock the Testator with named sign seal publish pronounce and declare the within writing as and for his last will and Testament and that at the doing thereof he was of a sound and well disposing mind and memory to the best of their understanding . . Affirmed Before H.H. Grahame D.Reg.

Be It Remembered that on the ninth day of May Anno Domini 1764 the last Will and Testament of Jonathan Heacock Deceased was proved in due form of Law and Letters Testamentary were granted John Heacock & John Lewis (Levis?) Sole Executors therein named they being being (sic) solemnly affirmed well and truly to Administer and bring in an Inventory of the deceaseds Estate into the Register Office at Chester on or before the ninth day of June Next and to Render a true and Just account of their Administration in a year or when legally Required. Given under the seal of said office . . H.H. Graham D.Regr.^[10][11]

Notes

Note NI1341r121p347 - Bio of Jonathan in Bucks County, PA. - In 1748 Jonathan purchased 200 acres from Thomas and William Penn, upon which he erected a stone house. Owing to the excellent facilities for obtaining water power a grist and linseed oil mill was operated, later to be a saw mill. This was the family homestead, farm and mill for four generations of Heacock's. (This appears incorrect, his son William made the purchase according to r123p655.)

Lloyd Manuscripts:

“JONATHAN HEACOCK, was the son of John Heacock and Jane his wife, and was of the borough of Stafford, England. He brought a certificate from Wolverhampton Meeting, dated 12th month 13th, 1710. He settled in Middletown township, County of Chester (now Delaware), Pennsylvania, and married Ann, daughter of John Till, of the Green, Whitgreave, Staffordshire. She was born 5th month 13th, 1681.”^[12]

Acknowledgements

This profile was created through the imports by Ronald Heacock and Joseph Conner.

Sources

1. ↑ Heacock, T. Reece. The Heacock Family, Jonathan and Ann Heacock Who Emigrated to America from England, And Settled in Chester County Pennsylvania in 1711, And Their Descendants. Lima, PA 1869.
2. ↑ Lloyd, Howard Williams. Lloyd manuscripts : genealogies of the families of Awbrey-Vaughan, ... Lancaster, PA 1912. Page 103.
3. ↑ Roberts, Clarence Vernon & Ely, Warren Smedley, Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks, with Some Account of Their Descendants: Historical and Genealogical Information about the Early Settlers in Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania., Genealogical Publishing Com, 1975, 680 pages.
4. ↑ Marriage date acknowledgement by Chester, PA Quaker Meeting, Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).
5. ↑ Heacock, Roger Lee. The Ancestors of Charles Clement Heaock 1851-1914, 1945. Page 29.
6. ↑ Heacock, Roger Lee. The Ancestors of Charles Clement Heaock 1851-1914, 1945. Page 29.
7. ↑ Heacock, T. Reece. Jonathan and Ann Heacock Who Emigrated to America from England, And Settled in Chester County Pennsylvania in 1711, And Their Descendants. Lima, PA 1869.
8. ↑ Heacock, T. Reece. Jonathan and Ann Heacock Who Emigrated to America from England, And Settled in Chester County Pennsylvania in 1711, And Their Descendants. Lima, PA 1869.
9. ↑ Heacock, Roger Lee. The Ancestors of Charles Clement Heaock 1851-1914, 1945. Page 29.
10. ↑ USA GenWeb Archives.
11. ↑ Chester Co. Probates, Wills, #2144, Book 4, P461, LDS film #020845, transcribed by Mary Trace, Calgary, Alberta.
12. ↑ Lloyd, Howard Williams. Lloyd manuscripts : genealogies of the families of Awbrey-Vaughan, ... Lancaster, PA 1912. Page 103.

• Cope, Gilbert, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, Descended from John and Jane Sharples, Settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Bi-Centennial Committee, 1887. Pages 282-283.