Fox and Anderson and Taylor families in USA » William Worrall (1730-1826)

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1. 1.MyHeritage.com, via https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-t...

   (I.) Peter Worrall, a native of Cheshire County, England, purchased March 21, 1681, of William Penn, five hundred acres of land in Marple township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. He cleared and improved this and, in 1699, conveyed one hundred and sixty acres of it to his son, Peter.
   
   (II.) Peter (2), son of Peter (1) Worrall, the immigrant, died at an advanced age in 1749.
   
   (III.) Jonathan, son of Peter (2) Worrall, was an orthodox Quaker. In 1752 he purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land in Ridley township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. He married, 1727, Mary Taylor, who was a daughter of an early provincial legislator.
   
   (IV.) William, son of Jonathan and Mary (Taylor) Worrall, was born December 29,1730, died December 23, 1826. He had nine brothers and sisters, of whom four lived to more than ninety years, and one attained the advanced age on one hundred and four years. He built a large stone house on the land purchased by his father in Ridley township, and so excellent was the construction of this, that it is still in use by some of his descendants. He also built the first barn in that secion of the country, and people came from far and wide to see it. During the time of the revolution, the British were destroying millstones wherever they could. William Worrall's neighbor, a miller, came to him for advice as to how he could protect his millstones. Mr. Worrall advised him to bring hem to him and he would conceal them in his hay-mow; this was done and the ruse was a decided success, the sones being saved. Later the British were quaretered on the farm, and Mr. Worrall was in great alarm lest they discover the millstones, as they were using the hay for fodder, but they reminaed undiscovered, as the troops were called to the battle of Brandywine before a sufficient quantity of hay had been used. The county treasurer brought the public funds to Mr. Worrall, and he buried them under the path which led from his house to the bar. Before the stone residence was built they lived in a log cabin and some of its doors with latch strings are still in use, and they are still "hanging out." The locks on some of the doors, which were sent from England, had been put on upside down, and they are used in this condition up to the present time. Mr. Worrall was a Quaker, but, although it was against the belief of this denomination to enter into warfare, his brother Jacob took part in the battle of Trenton against the Hessians. Mr. Worrall married Phoebe, daughter of Nathaniel and Ann Grubb, of Grubb's Mills, Chester county, Pennsylvania; Nathaniel Grubb was for ten years a member of the Continental Congress.
   
   (V.) Nathaniel, son of William and Phoebe (Grubb) Worrall, was born August 14, 1769, died in January, 1836. He married Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Edith (Daws) Paul. Children of Nathaniel and Mary (Paul) Worrall: 1. Edith Paul, 2. Jonathan. 3. William. 4. Phoebe. 5. Eliza. Edith Paul Worrall married Jacob Parry and had children: Mary Worrall, Elizabeth and Phoebe Ann. Mary Worrall Parry married William P. Lukens (see Lukens).

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Événements historiques

• Jour de naissance 29 décembre 1730
• Jour du mariage 3 mai 1759
• Jour du décès 23 décembre 1826

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• Egalement décédé(e) le 23 décembre

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