Eleanor (Baines) Duer was a part of William Penn's Pennsylvania Settlers community.
Eleanor "Ellen" Baines was the daughter of Matthew and Margaret (Hatton) Baines.[1] Her birth record is found among the Quaker records held at Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The record indicates 'Elin' was born 22 October 1673 and her father was Matthew Baines[2] Elin immigrated to America in fall 1686 with with her parents and siblings.[3] On board, disease broke out and many of the passengers died, including her parents and two brothers, Thomas and Timothy.
Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, Index of Names - Baines (see Barnes) (Beanes) Elhenah (Ellen), Page 115,
Sometime after landing at Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, orphans Elin and William Baines, the surviving siblings had their cause heard before the Chester County Orphans Court on 6 March 1687.[4] Both siblings were placed with Quaker families: Elin with John Simcock; William with Joseph Stedman.[1]
On "7 mo. 26, 1694,"(26 Sep 1694) in Bucks County, Pennsylvania under the guidance of the Middletown montly meeting 'Elhenah Beans' married Thomas 'Dure'.[1][5] Thomas was born circa 1665 in England and died December 11, 1709, in Bucks County Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania, U.S., Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821, -7/26/1694 - Elhenah Beans and Thomas Dure.
Eleanor and Thomas had at least eight children, as shown in the "Falls Monthly Meeting" report by the Quaker, "Society of Friends," of Bucks County, PA.
From Global, Find A Grave, Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations - Elinor Beans Duer, birth 10/22/1677 in Lancashire, England, death 02/20/1745, aged 67, in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, burial details unknown.
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2 History of Bucks County Pennsylvania: from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, editors William Watts Hart Davis, Warren Smedly Ely, John Wolf Jordan, 2nd edition, vol IIi, New York & Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1905. Biographical Sketches, p722. https://archive.org/details/historyofbucksco03davi/page/722
↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch.org, Mathew Baines in entry for Eling Baines, 22 Oct 1673, Birth; citing p. 103, Lancaster, Lancashire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQJK-JMP
↑ Jordan, John W., LL. D., Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume Ii, New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, 1210. Closson Family: Josephine (Banes) Closson. https://archive.org/details/cu31924092544133/page/n331
↑ Court records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1712, FamilySearch.org citing p83, image 46. Top of page: "At an Orphans Court held at Chester on ye 6th day of 1th month 1687". Fifth and last entry on page before Court adjourned: "Ordered that Francis Little give security to this Court to pay unto John Simcock and Thomas Brasse as trustees to William and Elin Baines for ye sum of twenty eight shillings." https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-R94N-Q
↑ Record of Pennsylvania marriages prior to 1810, vol II (ser 2, vol 9), C.M. Busch editor, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1896, chapter 11, p219 citing Marriages Authorized by the Middletown Montly Meeting of Friends, 1685-1810, FamilySearch.org, online database, image 117. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99C5-C7J?i=116&cat=489145
Clan MacBean in North America, Volume II, Fifth Edition, Revised 1993, by Joseph S. Bean, page 818
Ancestry.com: American Marriages Before 1699, Elhenah Beans (Elinor Baines), spouse Thomas Dure (Duer), married on 07/26/1694 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Ancestry.com: U.S., Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821.
Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations website: Memorial #231104975.
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