Joseph Need (bef. 1649 - 1741)

Born before 14 Feb 1649 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Unknown) Need — married about 1693 in Chester, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1741 after age 92 in Darby, Chester, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

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Biography

Joseph was a Friend (Quaker)

Joseph Need, yeoman, eldest son of Nathaniel Need and Ann ______, was baptized at Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, on 14 February 1648/9.^[1][2]

Joseph immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1686.^[3] He settled at Darby, Chester County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Richardson states that Joseph married Rebecca ______.^[1] However, the 20 September 1693 Darby Meeting records the first intentions of Joseph Need to marry a Rebecca Hinde, with the second intention recorded at the Darby Meeting on 4 October 1693.^[4][5]

They had children:

• Rebecca, who married John Davis,^[1] was a twin, born 11 October 1694,^[6] and died 8 November 1772^[7]
• Humphrey, twin, born 11 October 1694,^[6] died 26 January 1695^[8] (not named by Richardson)
• Anne, who married Nicholas Fred,^[1][9] was born 23 December 1696^[10]

Joseph and his children were legatees in the 1701 will of Joseph's father, Nathaniel Need.^[1]

Joseph purchased land from Samuel Levis and Thomas Brassey, settling next door to Samuel on his southern boundary in Springfield, Pennsylvania.^[11]

Joseph's wife Rebecca died 14 June 1727.^[12]

Joseph died 15 June 1741,^[1] in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, aged 93.^[13] His will dated 28 December 1740, proved 26 August 1741, named his daughters Rebecca Davis and Ann Fred. He directed that his plantation should go to his son-in-law John Davis and Rebecca his wife, with them paying his daughter Ann Fred £6 yearly. He named his Davis grandchildren: Joseph, Lewis, Rebecca, Anne, Hannah, John, Mary, and Sarah. He also named his son-in-law Nicholas Fred, and his children with Ann: John, Mary, Joseph, Sarah, and Catherine. The executors were son-in-law John Davis and grandson Joseph Davis.^[14] The inventory of Joseph's estate was filed 11 October 1741 and totaled £278:17:0.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, page 206, NEED 22.i.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol III, page 223, NEED 18.i.
3. ↑ Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., comp. Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684. (Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970). Online at Ancestry.com [$], page 182.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 2189 #1729363.
5. ↑ William Wade Hinshaw. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College. Ancestry image.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Hinshaw, Ancestry image.
7. ↑ Hinshaw, Ancestry image.
8. ↑ Hinshaw, Ancestry image.
9. ↑ Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the Descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson. (Philadelphia: Committee for the Family, 1878). Online at Ancestry.com, page 76.
10. ↑ Hinshaw, Ancestry image.
11. ↑ Carter, Jane Levis. The Paper Makers, Early Pennsylvanians and their Water Mills. 1982. pg 36. Not available online/citation not checked.
12. ↑ Hinshaw, Ancestry image.
13. ↑ Ancestry.com. "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Births and Burials, 1682-1835. Ancestry image.
14. ↑ Ancestry.com. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993" [database on-line]. Wills, 1713-1854; Index to Wills, 1713-1923; Chester County (PA). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, PA. Will Books A-C, Vol 1-3, 1713-1755. Ancestry image (Will).
15. ↑ Ancestry.com. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993" [database on-line]. Estate Papers, 1713-1810; Chester County (PA). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, PA. Estate Papers, No 625-752, 1700-1810. Ancestry image (Probate documents): Estate #0745.

See also:

• Walker, Michael L. History of the Family of Need of Arnold, Nottinghamshire (London, 1963). Not available online. (Google)

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project 19 Mar 2021 by Thiessen-117 and reviewed/approved for the Project by Michael Cayley on 29 March 2021.

Joseph Need is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. II, pages 221-223 NEED). Joseph is also the Gateway in trails identified by the Magna Carta Project to surety barons Saher de Quincy, John de Lacy, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare and John Fitz Robert. These trails were developed as part of the Levis trail by John Sigh, were badged in February 2020 by Michael Cayley, and are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of his sister's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

See also Samuel Levis trail.