George
Maris
Born in Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England
Ancestors 
Son of George Maris
and Alice (Unknown) Maris
Brother of
Alice (Maris) Simcock, Elizabeth (Maris) Mendenhall, Ann (Maris) Worrilow, John Maris and Richard (De maris) Maris
Husband of
Jane (Maddock) Maris
— married
Oct 1690 in Delaware, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah (Maris) Owen
Died
at about age 90
in Chester, Pennsylvania
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Biography
- Birth: 02 Dec 1662
- Place: Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England [1] [2] [3][4]
- Note: Some have recorded with the middle name of Edward, however, it was not listed that way in the Maris book, and middle names were pretty rare at the time he was born.
- Arrival: 1683
- Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[5][6]
- Ship: Bristol Comfort
- Will: 23 Apr 1753
- Place: Springfield, Chester, Pennsylvania; Yeoman[19]
GEORGE MARIS was born on 02 Dec 1662 in Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England. He died in 1753 in , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. He married (1) JANE MADDOCK on 07 Jul 1690 in Delaware, Pennsylvania. She was born in 1668 in Loom Hall, Cheshire, , England. She died on 28 Jun 1705 in Chester, Pennsylvania. He married (2) JANE REES on 07 Jun 1718. She was born on 11 Sep 1682 in Merion, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 13 Oct 1769 in Merion, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
- George Maris and Jane Maddock had the following children:
- i. MORDECAI MARIS was born on 22 Sep 1691 in Chester, Pennsylvania.
- ii. GEORGE MARIS was born on 25 Sep 1694 in Springfield, Delaware Co., PA. He died on 08 May 1696 in Chester, Pennsylvania.
- iii. HANNAH MARIS was born on 17 Feb 1698 in Chester, Pennsylvania. She died in 1752. She married JOHN OWEN on 31 Aug 1719 in Delaware, Pennsylvania. He was born on 26 Feb 1692 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He died in 1752.
- iv. ESTHER MARIS was born on 24 Apr 1703 in Chester, Pennsylvania. She married MORDECAI TAYLOR.
Be it remembred that I George Maris Senior of Springfield in ye. County of Chester and Province of Pensylvania, yeoman, being sick and weak of body, but of sound and disposing mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament: viz:
First my Will and desire is that all my just debts and funeral charges be clearly paid and discharged as soon as may be after my decease, and so to my personal estate, I dispose of as followeth.
Item, I give and bequeath to my dear & well beloved wife Jane Maris, my two best beds and furniture, and ye warming pan, also one black walnut chest, one high case of drawers, one oval table and a large looking glass likewise one spice box, a dressing box and all ye linnens. Also one large Bible, and my watch, likewise all the pewter, one large brass pot, with all the rest of the brass. Also, six walnut chairs, two cows and a mair, saddle and bridle.
Item my will is that my wife have four pounds a year from the place where my sister Susanna Maris lives, and ten pounds a year from the place where William McCoy lives to be paid to her yearly and every year by the tennants or their assigns during her life:
Item I give and bequeath to my wife all my bonds, bills notes, and book debts, and my will is that the above mentioned things be at my wifes disposall, and all ye. residue of my personal estate, to sold by my Executors hereafter named, and ye. money arising from such sale to be equally divided between my five grand-daughters and as for my real estate, know ye that according to my direction to my brother John Maris and my cousen George Maris in ye year 1746 there was a line run through my lands, which sd. line was run by Samual Levis. Beginning at the East side of Morda. Taylor's land, and the Northerly corner of ye. field where John Weybourn lived, and thence along the several courses to a corner of Joseph Yarnell's line, which being marked I do hereby ratifie and confirme the sd. line:
Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife all my houses, lands and appurtenances, on the South West side of ye. aforesaid line, to have all and singular the profits of the same untill my grandson George Taylor comes to age.
Then I give and bequath to my grandson George Taylor all the afore mentioned premisses,to him and his heirs forever, he paying to his sister Hannah Taylor the sum of fifty pounds currant lawfull money, ten pounds to be paid to her in two years after he coms into possession, and ten pounds a year after till the whole is paid.
Item my will is that my wife shall have that part of the house, where I now live, called the parlour and the chamber over it, and priviledge of ye. kitchen and seller, and ye. oven to bake in with liberty to pass and repass, and to have apples out of the orchard sufficient for her own use during her natural life,
Also my grand son George Taylor to keep two cows and a horse winter and summer for my sd. wife (the creatures to well kept) likewis my grandson George Taylor to cut and hall to the door as much firewood as is nessary for my wife during her life & further my will is that if my grandson George Taylor happen to die without issue lawfully begotten of his bodey then the sd. plantation to go to his sister Hannah and her heirs forever. But in default of issue to my grand daughter Hannah then to be equally divided between the rest of my grand children.
Item. I give and bequeath to my grandson George Owen all my houses and lands on the North East side of the aforementioned line, to him his heirs and assigns forever, except one hundred and twenty acres off that end next adjoining my cousen George Maris's land to be equally divided between my Three granddaughters Elizth. Rhoades, Susanna Owen and Rebecca Owen to them their heirs and assigns forever, they paying to their sister Jane West the sum of Three pounds a year each paying one pound a year during her life ye. sd. land to be divided by two persons that all three shall chuse, and I do hereby nominate and appoint my well beloved wife Jane Maris, my cousen George Maris and James Rhoades, Executors of this my last Will and Testament revoaking all former Wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d of April A.D. 1753..
George (X) Maris {seal}.
Signed, Sealed, Published and declared by the sd. George Maris as and for his . last Will and Testament in ye. presence of us..[20]
John Hall.
William McCay.
Js. Maris.
Chester May 17th. 1753. Then personally appeared John Hall William Mc.Cay and James Maris (the witnesses to the within Will) the said John Hall and James Maris on their solemn affirmations according to law. And the said William McCay on his oath on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God did declare and say that they were personally present and did see and hear George Maris the Testator within named, sign, seal, publish pronounce and declare the within writing to be his last Will and Testament, and that at the doing thereof he was of sound mind and memory to the best of their understandings, and also that their names suscribed thereunto as witnesses were of their own proper hand writings respectively. Coram Jo Parker, D. Regr..
Be it remembered that on the 17th. day of May Anno Domini 1753 the last . Will and Testament of George Maris the elder late of the said County Yeoman deceased, was proved in due form of law and Probate and Letters of admin-. istration was granted to his well beloved wife Jane Maris, his cousin George . Maris and James Rhoads sole Executors in the said Testament named, being . first attested well and truly to administer and bring in an Inventory of the . deceased's estate into ye. Register General's Office at Chester on or before the
Seventeenth day of June next ensuing and rendering a true & just accompt of their admon when legally thereunto required. Given under the seal of the . said Register Office.Jo Parker D Regr..[21]
Merle Ronald Haggard - Hall of Fame country and western singer, most famous for "Okie From Muskogee". 7th great grandson of George and Jane (Maddock) Maris.
Notes on Interpreting Quaker Records
Sources
Born 1652 Grafton-Flyford, Worcestershire, England. [22]
Died 1753[23]
Note: #NI441.
Marriage Marriage Bef 1652. , England. [24][25]
Notes
Note NI441Member of Pennsylvania Assembly in 1717.
Sources
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication -Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 80.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RH1. .
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 265.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGA. .
- ↑ Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.), Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 960.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WW1.
- ↑ Gale Research, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Online publication -Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: GaleResearch, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenge), Ancestry.com, Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1683; Page Number: 104
- ↑ Arrival Year: 1683. Arrival Place: Pennsylvania, Family Members: Wife Alice; Child John; Child Richard; Child Alice; Child Elizabeth; Child George; Child Anna. Source Publication Code: 8370. Primary Immigrant: Maris, George Annotation: This excellent work contains over 3,000 names and an index to vessels. Reprints the following articles with corrections, additions, and new materials: "The Real Welcome Passengers," by Marion Balderston (no. 242) pp. 1-26; "Pennsylvania's 1683 Ships," (no Source Bibliography: SHEPPARD, WALTER LEE, JR., compiler and editor. Passengers and Ships prior to 1684. (Publications of the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, 1.) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. 245p. Reprinted by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1985. Page: 90
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 960.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WW1.
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 80.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RH1.
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 265.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGA.
- ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 960.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WW1.
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 960.000;Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WW1.
- ↑ 9 Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 80.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RH1.
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 265.000;Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGA.
- ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 960.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WW1.
- ↑ Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA:The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.), Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Lineages, Inc., comp., Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Records Service.Original data: Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Record), Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Lineages, Inc., comp., Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Records Service.Original data: Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Record), Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Lineages, Inc., comp., Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Records Service.Original data: Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Record), Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Lineages, Inc., comp., Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Records Service.Original data: Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Record), Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Source: #S543 V IV p. 657 Certainty: 3 George Maris had a son, George (1652-1753)...
- ↑ Source: #S543 V IV p. 657 Certainty: 3 George Maris had a son, George (1652-1753)...
- ↑ Source: #S474 Page 3 Certainty: 3 "George Maris....[and] his wife Alice...."
- ↑ Source: #S543 V VI p. 791 Certainty: 3 MARIS, George...m. Alice ______ (1623-1699).
- Source: S543 MARI-PA-0001 - The Compendium of American Genealogy. Vols. IV, V, & VI Virkus, Frederick Adams, editor. Publication: The Institute of American Genealogy, Chicago:1930, 1933, & 1937 Repository: #R528 Call Number: GenR 973 D2vf v. 4 1930, v. 5 1933, & v. 6, 1937 V IV p. 657 Certainty: 3 George Maris had a son, George (1652-1753) who was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1717. He had married Jane Maddox (1688-1705) in 1690.
- Repository: R528 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
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