Nathaniel Walton and Martha Bowling
Husband Nathaniel Walton
Born: Abt 1656 - Byberry Parish, Gloucestershire, England Christened: 19 Sep 1662 - Oxhill, Warwickshire, England 1 Died: 31 Mar 1733 - Philadelphia, Pa Buried:
Father: William Walton (1629- ) Mother: Alice Martin ( -1662)
Marriage: 10 Feb 1686 - Philadelphia Mtg., Philadelphia, Pa
Wife Martha Bowling
Born: Abt 1663 Christened: Died: 15 Sep 1741 - Philadelphia, Pa Buried:
Children
1 M Nathaniel Walton
Born: Apx 1690 - Byberry Twp, Philadelphia Co., Pa Christened: Died: 1747-1756 Buried:
2 M Benjamin Walton
Born: - Byberry Twp, Philadelphia Co., Pa Christened: Died: 1737 - (Philadelphia, Pa) Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth ( - )
3 M Joseph Walton
Born: Christened: Died: 7 Sep 1760 - (Chester Co., Pa) Buried:Spouse: Sarah Roberts ( -After 1776)
4 M Malachi Walton
Born: Christened: Died: 1745-1754 Buried:Spouse: Mary Gandonett ( -Bef 1772) Marr: Bef 1737
5 F Mary Walton
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Addis ( -Abt 1746) Marr: Bef 1726
6 F Elizabeth Walton
Born: Christened: Died: After 1737 Buried:Spouse: James Waterman ( - ) Marr: Bef 1737
7 F Esther Walton
Born: Christened: Died: After 1737 Buried:Spouse: Joseph Roberts ( - ) Marr: Bef 1737
8 F Margaret Walton
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Powell ( - ) Marr: Bef 1737
9 F Martha Walton
Born: Christened: Died: Between 1732 and 1737 Buried:Spouse: Davids ( - ) Marr: Bef 1732
10 F Lydia Walton
Born: Christened: Died: Between 1732 and 1737 Buried:Spouse: John Roberts ( - ) Marr: Abt 1732
General Notes: Husband - Nathaniel Walton
The following, slightly reformatted to improve readability, is from Byberry Waltons (Norman Walton Swayne, 1958), pgs 3-6. See map on page 5.
2 NATHANIEL WALION (2), born about 1656, died 31 March 1733 aged 77, son of 1 William Walton & Alice Martin of Oxhill, County of Warwick, England, married 12th mo 10th 1685 in Phila. under care of Phila. Mtg, Martha Bownall or Bownel or Bowling of there, born about 1663, died 15 Sep. 1741 aged 78. These records are from Trinity Oxford Church, as copied in the Mervine Collection, which has also the marriage of daughter Lydia. Abington Mtg, held that day at Buyberry, says 26th of 11th mo 1685 Nathaniel to Phila. in order to Marriage with Martha Bownel of Philadelphia." Phila. Mtg says 12.1.1685 Nathaniel Walton to marry Martha Bowling. The Gilbert Cope Collection says the date of the marriage certificate was 12.10.1685/6. American Marriage Records Before 1699, by Clemens, gives this marriage 1 Dec. 1685. Probably this was the result of two errors, one in style, the other in taking the date of the meeting minute for that of the wedding. Likely Feb. 10, 1685 is right.
Nathaniel & Martha seem to have spent their lives in Byberry Twp, at least until his death. In 1691 at the time of the Keithian Separation among Friends, Byberry Mtg went Keithian. Nathaniel remained there, although his three brothers withdrew with those who met at the house of Henry English. The Keithian Mtg at Byberry seems to have broken up after two or three years, when its members joined Episcopals, All Saints, Quaker Baptists and other denominations. Thus it has been easier to trace the descendants of the other three than those of Nathaniel, because the early Friends' records give a pretty fair start on those of the three who remained Friends. An article in The Friend, Vol. 28, page 381, says Nathaniel, eldest of the four brothers, probably was not far from 30 in 1682. It relates that Nathaniel, after the Keithian defection, once attended the other meeting, and when one of his brothers was preaching became angry and interrupted with "Brother, thou lyest."
In addition to the 100 acres bought in 1688 from Thomas Fairman, Nathaniel received at least four other tracts in Byberry Twp and a large one in Bucks Co., all or part of which was later in Warwick Twp.:
a) 16th of 10th mo 1689 he rec'd by patent 100 acres apparently part of the land of John Hart in the SW corner of Byberry Twp, but never patented to him;
b) the .... day of .... mo 1691 he rec'd from Thomas ffairman for ffour pounds 40 acres in the Twp of Bybury, bounded SE by Andrew Griscom, SW by Richard Collett, NW by a road threw Mooreland, NE by said Nathaniell Walton, no distances given; 1st day of 10th mo 1691 Thomas Ffairman appointed James Cooper his attorney to declare and deliver these presents as his act and deed;
c) 4th day of 4th mo 1695 he rec'd from Sarah Griscomb for 42 pounds 16 shillings 239 acres in the Twp of Biberry, rec'd by will of husband Andrew Grescomb dated 4th day of 7th mo 1694, beginning at an Ash Tree, being corner of land that was John Harts now Nathaniel Waltons, standing by Poquessin Creek, NW & N by said Nathaniel Walton's land 403 perches, NE & by E by John Turner 98 perches, SE & by S by Daniel Jones 373 perches to Poquessin Creek, down the creek to the beginning;
d) in 1695 or a little later he rec'd 48 acres in a narrow strip just upcreek from the last, by a deed from Daniel Jones to Thomas Prichard, assigned or endorsed by him to Anna Salter, by her to William Gage, and by him to Nathaniel Walton;
e) 11 March 1718 he rec'd from Nathan Stanbury of Phila. for 225 pounds 500 acres in Bucks Co. by John Tatham and Benjamin Forley or Furley.
This last he deeded Apr. 10, 1727 to sons Joseph and Benjamin, two contiguous tracts of 250 acres each, for five pounds each. May 27, 1732 he with wife Martha deeded to youngest son Malachi 107 acres, beginning at a corner stone, NE by N by John Rush's children 40 perches, SE by S 35 perches, NE by N 120 perches to line of Ellis, bounded on both the last courses by John DeGrift, SE by S 100 perches by Ellis, SW by S 160 perches by Nathaniel Walton's other land to line of James Rush's children, NW by N 130 perches by same and John Rush's children to the beginning, parts of three contiguous tracts in Bibury containing 385 acres in all, 100 acres patented 20 Sep. 1693 to William Markham, Robert Turner and John Goodform, 237 acres deeded 14 June 1695 by Sarah Griscom whose later husband John Kaighn confirmed this by his deed 26 Dec. 1698, 48 acres by assignment or endorsement of William Gaige and others on a deed by Daniel Jones, who 12 Feb. 1685 deeded these 48 acres to Tho. Prichard; this began at Poquessing Creek and was part of 100 acres Jones had, running NW by W 800 perches by land of Ellis, SW by S 20 perches, SE by S by William Campian 800 perches to Poquessing Creek; John Turner's land was next up the creek and Jones had deeded him the other 52 acres. This deed to Malachi included the NW ends of the three tracts. Except for one slight discrepancy in the length of one course, the description was the same as when Malachi in 1737 sold to Job Walton. It was witnessed by Nath'l Walton Junr and M. Davies, perhaps 2 Nathaniel's daughter Martha or her husband; it was recorded 1848.
27 Feb. 1734 Nathaniel Wa1ton and Malachi Walton, yeomen of Bibury, exrs of Nathaniel, deeded to Benjamin Walton of same for 250 pounds, 150 acres, beginning at a post in the middle of Southampton Road which leads to Swift's Mill, a corner of Joseph Walton's land, thence along middle of road the several courses dividing this from Joseph Walton to land late of Josiah Ellis dec'd, by same SE by S 176 perches to Potquessing Creek, down creek the Several Courses to Evan Thomas, by same NE by N 1l8 perches to the beginning. This too included parts of three tracts, 239 acres which was part of 495 acres patented to Andrew Griscom, whose widow Sarah Griscom 14th of 4th mo 1695 deeded the 239 acres to Nathaniel, 48 acres which was part of 100 acres of Daniel Jones, who 2nd Feb. 1685 deeded the 48 acres to Thomas Prichard, who granted it to Anna Salter, who granted it to William Gage, who granted it to Nathaniel, and 100 acres patented 16th of 10th mo 1689 to Nathaniel; this piece now granted taketh in the ends next Potquessink Creek of the above three tracts; witnesses were two Joseph Waltons, one of them of Warwick. About two and a half months previous, 12 Dec. 1734, the same exrs had deeded to Joseph Walton of Warwick Twp, yeoman, for 150 pounds, 150 acres, being half of what Nathaniel held when he died, beginning at a road from Southampton Twp to Swift's Mill on Poetqusink Creek called Southampton Road and in line of John Jackson, by this and John Rush's NW by N 196 perches to a corner of Malachi Walton, NE by N 160 perches to a corner in line of Ellis, also another corner of Malachi Walton, by Ellis SE by S 1l6 perches to the afd Road, by Severall Courses of the s'd Road to the beginning; this included the midsections of the same three tracts as in the two deeds next above.
The exrs stated Nathaniel had 287 acres in Bibury Twp when he died, having granted Malachi 100 acres out of 387. Many discrepancies occur among these three deeds, not only in spelling, but also in dates and acreage. What became of the l40 acres Nathaniel owned on the Moreland boundary of Byberry has not been discovered. Possib1y that tract went to son Nathaniel by an unrecorded deed. The other 387 acres had become 407 by the above three deeds to Ma1achi, Joseph and Benjamin. William Penn allowed seven acres for roads with each 100 acres patented. Later the deeds went to the middles of roads, which were inc1uded in the computation of acreage. At one time on a straight line from Poquessing Creek to Moreland Twp 808 perches bounded Daniel Jones and 233 bounded 4 Daniel Walton. As Daniel bought toward the creek, Nathaniel bought toward Moreland, thus by 1734 there remained but 152 perches on that line across Byberry Twp between Daniel's son 26 Daniel and Nathaniel's son 9 Malachi. When Nathaniel drew his will, Sep. 19, 1732, he said he still had 287 acres in Byberry. The will was proved in Phila. Apr. 4, 1733. Martha's will, drawn Feb. 10, 1736, then of Phila., proved there Sep. 25, 1741, taken with his, gives the only list found of these ten children and clues to the mates of some:
6 Benjamin d 1737 m Elizabeth, alive 1737
7 Joseph d prob. 1759 m Sarah, prob. Roberts, alive 1776
8 Nathaniel, alive 1736
9 Malachi d between 1745 and 1754 m by 1737 Mary Gandonett d prob. between 1768 and 1772
10 Mary, alive 1736, m by 1726 John Addis d by 1746
11 Elizabeth, alive 1736, m by then James Waterman
12 Esther, alive 1736, m by then Joseph Roberts
13 Margaret, alive 1736, m by then John Powell
14 Martha, alive 1732, d prob. by 1736, m by 1732 a Davids
15 Lydia, alive 1732, d prob. by 1736, m 1732 or later John Roberts
CHRISTENING:
England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963 at familysearch.org:
Warwickshire, Oxhill, "Baptisms, marriages, burials 1658-1747", image 10/37:
1662 Nathaniell: Daniell, & Hester the sonnes & Daughter of William Walton were Baptized 19th of Sept.
BIRTH:
Speaking of Nathaniel's father, Swayne says that the birth place of the four sons was in the parish of Byberry in the southeast corner of Gloucestershire, and he cites The Friend, Vol. 28, page 381 as the source. The Friend is a Quaker magazine that began publication in London in 1842. Volume 28 presumably corresponds to about 1870 -- 200 years after the facts. We need to know exactly what was said in The Friend, but its reliability seems dubious.
Since three siblings were christened at the same time, we know that the christening was delayed. We don't know when the children were born nor where.
General Notes: Wife - Martha Bowling
In "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935" at ancestry.com there are multiple references to Nathaniel Walton's marriage. In 6 cases the bride's name is Martha Bowling, in 2 cases Martha Bolling, and once Mary Bowling.
1 "Familysearch.org," "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHXL-3FB), Nathaniell Walton, 19 Sep 1662; citing Christening, Oxhill, Warwickshire, Warwick County Record Office.
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