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Stephen BETTS

Male 1758 - 1834  (76 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Stephen BETTS was born 31 May 1758, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA (son of Thomas BETTS and Sarah SMITH); died 19 Nov 1834, Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA
    • Probate: 26 Nov 1834, Bucks Co, PA
    • Will: 20 Jun 1831, Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • _UID: 2138467B90FC4A9CAF9A5898E3A52B83FB69

    Notes:

    1790 census, pg 53, Bucks, 1-2-4
    1800 census, pg 274, Bucks, 11001-32010
    1810 census, pg 937, Solebury
    1820 census, pg 017, Solebury
    1830 census, pg 032,Solebury

    at Buckingham MM:

    Children of Stephen and Hannah (Blackfan) Betts:
    William Betts b. 29th day of 1st month, 1787
    Sarah Betts b. 1st day of 5th month, 1788
    Martha Betts b. 3rd day of 5th month, 1790
    Stephen Betts b. 19th day of 8th month, 1792
    Hannah Betts b. 19th day of 7th month, 1794
    Esther Betts b. 4th day of 2nd month, 1797
    Anna Betts b. 25th day of 5th month, 1799
    Latitia Betts b. 11th day of 11th month, 1801
    John Betts b. 10th day of 8th month, 1804

    from History of Bucks County, pg 1149
    Stephen... was born 5th mo,31st, 1758. He learned the trade of blacksmith,
    at which he worked until middle age, when he bough a farm in Solebury
    township, on which he lived till hisdeath, on 11th mo, 19th, 1834.

    Stephen married Hannah BLACKFAN 19 Apr 1786, Friend's Meetinghouse, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA. Hannah was born Abt 1758; died Abt 1843, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas BETTS was born 1 Nov 1716, Newtown, Long Island, NY (son of Thomas BETTS and Susannah STEVENSON); died 6 Jun 1783, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; was buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Unknown: Bef 1744, PA; Migrated
    • Probate: 19 Jun 1783, Bucks Co, PA
    • Will: 12 Apr 1783, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • _UID: F21788B7EEF84B109145CBF37B31658AB841

    Notes:

    Name Suffix: III

    will 1814

    Land warrant, Bucks Co, 100 acres, 24 May 1776 (same guy?)

    1752 tax list, Newtown, $12.3.0
    1754 tax list, Newtown,$12.1.0, 12.3.0
    1761 tax list, Buckingham, $13.2.2
    1764 tax list, Buckingham, $14.3.6
    1775 tax list, Buckingham, 150A, 3H, 6C, $15.0
    1778 tax list, Buckingham, 17.10
    1779 tax list, Buckingham, 150A,3H, 6C
    1781 tax list, Buckingham, 170A,1H, 4C
    1782 tax list, Buckingham, 170A, 1H, 2C
    1783 tax list, Buckingham (-> William)

    an interesting web site:
    http://www.cartar.com/families/betts/betts_family.htm

    birth and death in Wrightstown MM listing

    History of Bucks County, pg 1149
    John Betts, PO Horsham, Pa. This gentleman's ancestors on both
    sides were of English origin, coming here about hte time of Penn. For
    several generations they were residents of Solebury and Buckingham townships,
    where Thomas Betts, the great-grandfather of our subject, lived. He died in
    Newtown in 1747. His son THomas was grandfather of John. He was married
    to Sarah, daughter of William and Rebecca Smith, who was a descendent
    of William Smith, formerly of Yorkshire, England, who came to this country
    in 1690.

    Thomas Betts died in Buckingham in 1783, and his wife Sarah ided in the same
    place, in 1804. They had eleven children, all now deceased, one of whom,
    Stephen, was father of our subject.

    Thomas married Sarah SMITH 21 Jun 1744, Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA. Sarah (daughter of William SMITH and Rebecca WILSON) was born 12 May 1724, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 25 Jan 1804, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; was buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Sarah SMITH was born 12 May 1724, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA (daughter of William SMITH and Rebecca WILSON); died 25 Jan 1804, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; was buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: Friend's Meetinghouse, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • Probate: 14 Feb 1804, Bucks Co, PA
    • Will: 16 Aug 1800, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • _UID: 6E0268F013F640AFB05635DE5AE4E76866B3

    Notes:

    Nickname: Phebe

    Name is listed as "Phebe" in Wrightstown listing which calls her daugher
    of William. Marriage record calls her Sarah.

    will mentions
    John
    William
    Isaac
    Stephen
    Zachariah
    gdns Thomas s/o Thomas
    Ann Sample
    Mary ___
    child of Sarah
    Rebecca's children Thomas and Sarah and others

    death in Wrightstown MM listing

    Children:
    1. Thomas BETTS was born 3 Oct 1745, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died May 1783, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA.
    2. Sarah BETTS was born 14 Jun 1747, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 6 Aug 1797, Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA; was buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA.
    3. Ann BETTS was born 1 Jul 1749, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1800, PA.
    4. Rebecca BETTS was born 18 Jul 1751, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1788, Bucks Co, PA.
    5. William BETTS was born 3 Dec 1752, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 5 Jan 1813, Fairfield Twp, Highland Co, OH.
    6. John BETTS was born 8 May 1755, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 27 May 1841, Bucks Co, PA.
    7. Susannah BETTS was born 20 Dec 1756, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died PA.
    8. 1. Stephen BETTS was born 31 May 1758, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 19 Nov 1834, Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA.
    9. Mary BETTS was born 2 Oct 1760, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 15 Dec 1810, Northampton Twp, Bucks Co, PA; was buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA.
    10. Isaac BETTS was born 2 Jan 1763, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1800, Bucks Co, PA.
    11. Zachariah BETTS was born 21 Oct 1764, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 1821, Davidson Co, TN.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas BETTS was born 14 Aug 1689, Newtown, Long Island, NY (son of Thomas BETTS and Mercy WHITEHEAD); died Apr 1747, Newtown, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Unknown: Abt 1724, Chesterfield, Burlington Co, NJ; Migrated
    • Unknown: Abt 1726, Newtown, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; Migrated
    • Probate: 6 Apr 1747, Bucks Co, PA
    • Will: 23 Feb 1747, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • _UID: 160163563C2C410885D48D4FCD26A3004C76

    Notes:

    Name Suffix: Junior

    will 558
    mentions
    wf Susanna, extx
    1st wife's children: Thomas, John, Stephen Betts and Susanna Field
    2nd wife's children: Patience, RIchard, Mercy, Zachariah, Meriom and Wm.
    Int. in land in Chesterfield, Burlington NJ now in possesion of Meriom Wright

    Thomas married Susannah STEVENSON 5 May 1713, Bucks Co, PA. Susannah (daughter of Thomas STEVENSON and Ann FIELD) was born 22 May 1694, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died 21 Mar 1723, Newtown, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Susannah STEVENSON was born 22 May 1694, Newtown, Long Island, NY (daughter of Thomas STEVENSON and Ann FIELD); died 21 Mar 1723, Newtown, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: ECC39941AFB8435291EC2217096C9B287375

    Children:
    1. Ann BETTS was born 14 Dec 1714, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died PA.
    2. 2. Thomas BETTS was born 1 Nov 1716, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died 6 Jun 1783, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; was buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA.
    3. John BETTS was born 15 Sep 1718, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died PA.
    4. Stephen BETTS was born 26 Mar 1720, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died 1758, Bucks Co, PA.
    5. Susannah BETTS was born 18 Feb 1723, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died PA.

  3. 6.  William SMITH was born 2 Nov 1697, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA (son of William SMITH and Mary CROASDALE); died 29 Sep 1777, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 15 Apr 1782, Bucks Co, PA
    • Will: 13 Mar 1770, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • _UID: C2AF2513C46043128441CAF4A3440A39CFFA

    Notes:

    Name Suffix: Junior

    uncertain about birth date since father's will says William Jr was oldest

    He was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly from 1753 to 1765

    Owned land in Wrightstown and Upper Makefield

    1733 tax list, Upper Makefield, $10.2.6
    1742 tax list, Upper Makefield, $10.2.6

    one sourcehas dates 2 Jan 1698 - 29 Sep 1777 - source?

    will mentions sons Stephen an Isaac Exrs.
    oldest son Thomas.
    daus. Sarah Betts, Mary, Rebecca, and Rachel

    from Davis history of Bucks:
    His son William, who married Rebecca Wilson, in1722, purchased
    nearly all the original tract of his brothers, and considerable in Upper
    Makefield, and died wealthy in 1780. The land remained in the family down
    to 1812. The original tract embraces several of the finest farms in that
    section.

    also...

    William Smith, son of William Smith who settled in Wrightstown in 1684,
    purchased 201 acres in Upper Makefield in 1708. The surveyor was
    instructed to lay out the land "at a place called Windy bush in Penn's
    manor of Highlands, near Wrightstown." The deed was executed April 28,
    1709, and the purchase money, £50 Pennsylvania currency, paid. His son
    Thomas lived several years in a cave in the woods, and when he moved into
    a new log house the Indians occupied the cave.

    William married Rebecca WILSON 8 Feb 1723, Friend's Meetinghouse, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA. Rebecca (daughter of Stephen WILSON and Sarah BAKER) was born 20 Aug 1701, Hunterdon Co, NJ; died 20 Nov 1771, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Rebecca WILSON was born 20 Aug 1701, Hunterdon Co, NJ (daughter of Stephen WILSON and Sarah BAKER); died 20 Nov 1771, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: Friend's Meetinghouse, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • _UID: 51F3C11B19CF441AB9AD57176FC4EC78D135

    Children:
    1. 3. Sarah SMITH was born 12 May 1724, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 25 Jan 1804, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; was buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA.
    2. William SMITH was born 12 Jul 1726, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 6 Feb 1749, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA.
    3. Thomas SMITH was born 30 Oct 1728, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 1797.
    4. Mary SMITH was born 16 Mar 1730, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1771.
    5. Stephen SMITH was born Abt 1736, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Abt 1799, PA.
    6. Rachel SMITH was born 3 May 1737, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 18 May 1824, Bucks Co, PA.
    7. Rebecca SMITH was born Abt 1742, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1779, Bucks Co, PA.
    8. Isaac SMITH was born 12 Oct 1744, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 4 Jan 1830, Fallowfield Twp, Chester Co, PA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas BETTS was born Abt 1655, Newtown, Long Island, NY (son of Richard BETTS and Joanna CHAMBERLAIN); died 1709, Newtown, Long Island, NY.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: A04D218C99904A2286702AAC346BE904875E

    Notes:

    Name Suffix: Senior

    http://www.geocities.com/rhpabp/Betts.html

    Thomas married Mercy WHITEHEAD Abt 1683. Mercy (daughter of Daniel WHITEHEAD and Abigail STEVENSON) was born Abt 1663, Long Island, NY; died Newtown, Long Island, NY. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mercy WHITEHEAD was born Abt 1663, Long Island, NY (daughter of Daniel WHITEHEAD and Abigail STEVENSON); died Newtown, Long Island, NY.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: A8C913E407854B24B04C8D9C69ED3083915E

    Notes:

    familysearch.com has estimates of birth through 1666, 1670, 1675

    Children:
    1. Richard BETTS was born 7 Jul 1685, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 4. Thomas BETTS was born 14 Aug 1689, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died Apr 1747, Newtown, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA.
    3. Daniel BETTS was born Abt 1691, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Mercy BETTS was born Abt 1693, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Abigail BETTS was born Abt 1695, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Joanna BETTS was born Abt 1697, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Mary BETTS was born 4 Sep 1699, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Elizabeth BETTS was born Abt 1701, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Deborah BETTS was born Abt 1703, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  Thomas STEVENSON was born Abt 1669; died Aft 1707, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Unknown: Bef 1701, Bucks Co, PA; Migrated
    • _UID: 9E8B84C07CD147CCBDF7CC280A3BBA3FB37F

    Notes:

    ?a Thomas Stephenson will of 1719 (#179)
    Thomas Stevenson -Strafford Co. Dover Twp, NH - 1648 tax

    Deed 3-72, 2000 acres to Thomas Stevenson of Long Island, NY 20 Jan 1701
    Deed 3-76, parcel of land in Bucks to Thomas Stevenson of Bucks Co (land in Bensalem)

    Thomas married Ann FIELD Bef 1689, NY. Ann was born Abt 1669; died NY. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Ann FIELD was born Abt 1669; died NY.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: ECA986EC27F443B98CC4BA2A426E70A91B2B

    Children:
    1. 5. Susannah STEVENSON was born 22 May 1694, Newtown, Long Island, NY; died 21 Mar 1723, Newtown, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA.

  5. 12.  William SMITH was born 1660, Yorkshire, England; died Apr 1743, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: 1684, PA ("Friend's Adventure")
    • Occupation: Farmer
    • Probate: 20 Apr 1743, Bucks Co, PA
    • Will: 13 Dec 1740, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • _UID: 3F02362FB39649988BCFCFBB5A1ACD07FC46

    Notes:

    Name Suffix: Senior

    will 480 lists:
    wf Mercy
    sons William (eldest),Thomas, Joseph, Ralph, John, Samuel, and David
    daus Margaret Pearson, Sarah Blaker, Mary Atkinson, Hannah Lee,
    Lydia Heaton, Esther and Elizabeth.
    John Penquite and Joseph Chapman exrs.
    Land adj John Chapman, Abrm Chapman and John Turning

    land warrant, 3/10/1718, resurvey land purchased about 20 years ago from John Rowland.

    1693 tax list, Middletown, $31.1.7

    children of second wife listsed at Wrightstown MM

    From Davis history of Bucks:
    Although John Chapman was the first to penetrate the wilderness of
    Wrightstown, he was not long the only white inhabitant, for within two
    years William Smith, of Yorkshire,came to dispute with him the honors and
    hardships of pioneer life. He bought 100 acres of Mr. Chapman and
    afterward patented several hundred acres adjoining, extending to Newtown
    and the Neshaminy. His dwelling stood near where Charles Reeder lived. He
    was twice married, first to Mary Croasdale, of Middletown,in 1690, and
    afterward in 1720, and was the father of fourteen children. He died in
    1743.

    http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=davideyre&id=I112

    William married Mary CROASDALE 20 Nov 1690, John Chapman's House, Bucks Co, PA (Middletown Mm). Mary (daughter of Thomas CROASDALE and Agnes HATHORNTHWAITE) was born 31 Oct 1669, Yorkshire, England; died 16 Oct 1716, Bucks Co, PA; was buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Mary CROASDALE was born 31 Oct 1669, Yorkshire, England (daughter of Thomas CROASDALE and Agnes HATHORNTHWAITE); died 16 Oct 1716, Bucks Co, PA; was buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: Friend's Meetinghouse, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • Immigration: 1682, PA ("Lamb")
    • _UID: 7789086A93FC416585421DAC9D4E6947D28F

    Children:
    1. Margaret SMITH was born 20 Oct 1691, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 4 Aug 1770, Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA.
    2. Mary SMITH was born 9 Feb 1696, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 4 Jul 1756, Upper Makefield Twp, Bucks Co, PA.
    3. Thomas SMITH was born 20 Dec 1696, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 27 Feb 1750, Bucks Co, PA.
    4. Elizabeth SMITH was born 2 Nov 1697, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Abt 1729, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA.
    5. 6. William SMITH was born 2 Nov 1697, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 29 Sep 1777, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA.
    6. Sarah SMITH was born 26 Nov 1700, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 15 Jun 1791, Bucks Co, PA.
    7. Hannah SMITH was born Abt 1705, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1740.
    8. Lydia SMITH was born Abt 1707, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1740.

  7. 14.  Stephen WILSON was born Abt 1668, Cumberland Co, England; died Mar 1707, Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.

    Other Events:

    • Unknown: Abt 1698, Hunterdon Co, NJ; Migrated
    • Immigration: Abt 1688, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
    • Occupation: Farmer, carpenter
    • _UID: 4017548C02FB4B87974AF5DCF5C6CC7DBC9E

    Notes:

    Name Suffix: Senior

    1693 tax list, Middletown, $32.2.10

    deed 2-263, mentions Stephen Wilson, carpenter, of Burlington Co, West New Jersey,
    selling land to Thomas Rowland, 17 Jul 1698

    Stephen married Sarah BAKER 13 Aug 1692, Henry Baker's House, Makefield Twp, Bucks Co, PA (Falls Mm). Sarah (daughter of Henry BAKER and Margaret HARDMAN) was born 18 Aug 1672, West Darby, Lancashire, England; died Feb 1715, Bucks Co, PA; was buried 29 Feb 1715, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Sarah BAKER was born 18 Aug 1672, West Darby, Lancashire, England (daughter of Henry BAKER and Margaret HARDMAN); died Feb 1715, Bucks Co, PA; was buried 29 Feb 1715, Bucks Co, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: 17 Jul 1684, PA ("Nine")
    • _UID: 78D33CB2D4C148C3B37D9B3FD72703EDD1B9

    Children:
    1. Stephen WILSON was born 29 Apr 1694, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died 1761.
    2. Sarah WILSON was born 20 Aug 1695, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1758.
    3. Mary WILSON was born 2 Mar 1696, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
    4. John WILSON was born 2 Apr 1699, Hunterdon Co, NJ; died Aug 1702, Hunterdon Co, NJ; was buried 20 Aug 1702, Bucks Co, PA.
    5. 7. Rebecca WILSON was born 20 Aug 1701, Hunterdon Co, NJ; died 20 Nov 1771, Bucks Co, PA.
    6. John WILSON was born 14 Sep 1703, Hunterdon Co, NJ; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Samuel WILSON was born 6 May 1706, Bucks Co, PA; died 1787, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA.


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