Thomas Pancoast (1740 - bef. 1786)

Born 21 Nov 1740 in Burlington County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Ridgway) Pancoast — married 24 Apr 1766 in Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died before 25 Apr 1786 before age 45 in Mansfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas Pancoast^[1][2][3]

Thomas was born on 21 Nov 1740 Burlington County, New Jersey.^[4]

Parents -Thomas Pancoast and Ann Curtis^[5]

Thomas married Hannah Ridgway, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Ridgway on 24 Apr 1766 at Burlington Monthly Meeting, Burlington County, New Jersey.^[6]

24 April 1766 Mount Holly Monthly Meeting Records, Burlington County, New Jersey^[7]

Thomas and Hannah had the following children:

1. Pancoast b. 6 June 1767
2. Thomas Pancoast b. 22 Aug 1768, d. 12 Sep 1775
3. David Pancoast b.15 Jul 1769
4. Curtis Pancoast b. 3 Dec 1770
5. Ann Pancoast b. 6 Aug 1772
6. Catharine Pancoast b. 2 May 1774, d. 30 Aug 1775
7. Thomas Pancoast b.16 Oct 1775
8. Joseph Pancoast b. 1 Jan 1777, d. 8 Jan 1777
9. William Pancoast b. 31 Dec 1777
10. Henry Pancoast b. 15 Dec 1779, d. 27 Dec 1783
11. Joseph Pancoast b. 18 Jul 1781, d. 2 Feb 1784
12. George Pancoast b. 2 Feb 1784^[8]

In 1766, Thomas was living in Mansfield Township., Burlington County, New Jersey^[9]

In 1776, Thomas was a member of the Old Springfield Particular Meeting, under Burlington Monthly Meeting. ^[10]

Thomas passed away before 25 April 1786 ^[11][12]

This is the date inventory was taken for his will.

Death location - presumed by the fact that he lived in Mansfield Township, New Jersey at the time of his death.

Will

1784, April 29. Pancoast, Thomas, of Mansfield, Burlington Co., farmer; will of. Son David ½ of the farm where I live, lying to the westward, after 15 acres are surveyed off across the north end, and the other ½ I give to my son, Curtis; both when they are 21. My said sons are to have shares of cedar swamp on Wading River. Son, Thomas, the farm which I bought of Jacob Ridgeway, and the said 15 acres. Son, William, the swamp I bought of Thomas Reynolds. Daughter, Ann and my son, George, personal estate. Executors – brothers-in-law, Joseph Pancoast, of Chesterfield, and Solomon Thomas, of Springfield. Witnesses-David Ridgeway, Cornell Stevenson, Thomas Enoch.

1786, Feb. 7. Codicil. Son, Thomas to have 5 acres of woodland. Witnesses-Thomas Enoch, David Ridgeway, Ann Smith. Proved April 26, 1786.

1786, April 25. Inventory, £1.270.8.4, made by David Ridgeway and William Wright. Lib. 28, p. 64^[13]

1797 Division of Thomas Pancoast Estate

Petition of Thomas Pancoast, one of the heirs of Thomas Pancoast deceased, late of the Township of Mansfield, Burlington

Only heirs of Thomas Pancoast (still living) are his three sons: George and William - who are still minors, and Thomas.

Asks for estate to be divided between the three of them. (nice map and pages of details on division of property)

Dated 14th February, 1797, signed Thomas Pancoast

Report of some interesting expenses from 1886 to 1897 (pages of them):

Aug 27, 1787 - paid for Curtis Pancoast for medicines

Jan 17 1788 - paid for Curtis Pancoast for medicines

Feb 4 1788 - expenses for nursing C Pancoast in his last illness

Oct 17, 1788 - paid for Curtis Pancoast for medicines

Dec 1789 - paid for David Pancoast for medicines

Feb 19, 1789 - expenses in burying David Pancoast

Burlington, New Jersey Misc Probate Records File P, image 193/696:

Sources

1. ↑ Burlington Monthly Meeting - Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland 2000, www.WillowBendBooks.com), Volume 1, page 16.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.), Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; List of Members, 1831-1837; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes.
3. ↑ John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia"" (The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.), page 888.
4. ↑ Bennett S. Pancoast, The Pancoast Family in America (Published by the Gloucester Historical Society, Woodbury, NJ copyright 1981), page 70.
5. ↑ Burlington Monthly Meeting - Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland 2000, www.WillowBendBooks.com), Volume 1, page 16.
6. ↑ Burlington Monthly Meeting -Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland 2000, www.WillowBendBooks.com),Volume 1 page 61.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.), Mount Holly Monthly Meeting, Membership 1776-1942, original page 221. Subscription - [1]
8. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.), Burlington Monthly Meeting, Births & Deaths 1679-1805, original page 107. Subscription Image
9. ↑ Burlington Monthly Meeting - Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland 2000, www.WillowBendBooks.com), Volume 1, page 61.
10. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935' (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.), Burlington Monthly Meeting Lists of Member 1776, with particular meetings listed. page 12 of 18. Subscription - [2]
11. ↑ Only the death year is given. Bennett S. Pancoast, The Pancoast Family in America (Published by the Gloucester Historical Society, Woodbury, NJ copyright 1981), page 70.
12. ↑ Elmer Hutchinson, New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Volume XXXV, page 297. Subscription - [3]
13. ↑ Elmer Hutchinson, New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Volume XXXV, page 297. Subscription - [4]