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Elizabeth Acton[1, 2]

Female 1690 - Abt 1760  (69 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Acton 
    Born 26 Apr 1690  Salem MM, Salem County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Abt 1760  Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10809  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2019 

    Father Benjamin Acton,   b. Est 1760, Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Christina England,   b. Est 1760, Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Francis Reynolds,   b. 15 Aug 1684, Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1760, Chichester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1712  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Reynolds,   b. 31 Jan 1735, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1786, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     2. Prudence Reynolds,   b. 16 Jan 1713,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lydia Reynolds,   b. 24 Feb 1716, Chichester, Chester Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Christian Reynolds,   b. 22 Apr 1718, Chichester, Chester Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +5. Henry Reynolds, Jr.,   b. 12 Jun 1720, Delaware Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1765, Chichester, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     6. Benjamin Reynolds,   b. 26 Aug 1722, Chichester, Chester Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1798, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     7. John Reynolds,   b. 13 Dec 1725, Chichester, Chester Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2017 
    Family ID F3450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Henry Reynolds-Sarah Davis Quaker Marriages (Chester County, Pennsylvania) Participants, Family Attending, and Relatives
    Henry Reynolds-Sarah Davis Quaker Marriages (Chester County, Pennsylvania) Participants, Family Attending, and Relatives
    henry reynolds-sarah davis marriage.jpg
    Will of Elizabeth Acton Reynolds
    Will of Elizabeth Acton Reynolds
    elzactonreynolds.jpg

  • Notes 
    • http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s1400/s1437/html/1437ch.html
      Maryland State Archives
      Charles Co., Maryland
      1783 Land Deeds
      Further Research Underway:
      Henry Acton, Sr. 100 acres. CH 4th District, General p. 1. MSA S 1161-4-12 1/4/5/47
      Henry Acton, Jr. CH 4th District, General p. 1. MSA S 1161-4-12 1/4/5/47
      Henry Acton. CH 4th District, General p. 1. MSA S 1161-4-12 1/4/5/47
      John Acton. 374 acres. CH 4th District, General p. 1. MSA S 1161-4-12 1/4/5/47
      John Acton, Jr. CH 4th District, General p. 1. MSA S 1161-4-12 1/4/5/47
      John Roby Acton. CH 4th District, General p. 1. MSA S 1161-4-12 1/4/5/47
      Osborn Acton. 100 acres. CH 4th District, General p. 1. MSA S 1161-4-12 1/4/5/47
      Smallwood Acton. CH 4th District, General p. 1. MSA S 1161-4-12 1/4/5/47

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Francis_Reynolds_%286%29.
      Francis REYNOLDS was the third of Henry and Prudence REYNOLDS' ten children, all born in the village of Chester.

      He married fellow Quaker Elizabeth Acton in the fall of 1712. She was the daughter of Benjamin Acton and Christiana England and was a member of the Goshen Montly Meeting. Apparently after the marriage he moved to her home area of Chester County, Pennsylvania, just to the west of Delaware County where his home village of Chester was located. There they raised a family of five sons and three daughters.
      The early and middle 1700's saw a torrent of immigrants flood into eastern Pennsylvania, with what had been predominantly English colonists being joined further to the northwest by a large contingent of Germans pouring into Berks, Lancaster and Lebanon Counties. This incursion of white faces alarmed the Indians, who cast aside the peace that William Penn had fostered and began sporadic attacks against the new settlers. The raids were often incited by the French, who had built forts in Western Pennsylvania to stem the advance of the British and maintain their tenuous claim to the region spreading eastward from the Mississippi River. They enjoyed good relations with the Indians because they were traders and did not set up permanent colonies.
      There is no record of any REYNOLDS family victims during this period, probably because they lived in the more established and protected southeastern corner of the colony. Both Francis and Elizabeth died around 1760 at ages 76 and 70, respectively. (Taken from: A Family History, by Donovan Faust)

    2. [S40] Will, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8802/005547221_00836?pid=2030514&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D8802%26h%3D2030514%26ssrc%3Dpt%26tid%3D81961532%26pid%3D202090946526%26usePUB%3Dtrue&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.202786193.1466837950.1567809426-662522564.1567638394#?imageId=005547221_00837.

    3. [S100] Internet Source, https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/databestanden-boezeman/I21000.php.