Thomas BETTS
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Name Thomas BETTS Born 1 Nov 1716 Newtown, Long Island, NY Gender Male Unknown Bef 1744 PA Migrated Will 12 Apr 1783 Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA Died 6 Jun 1783 Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA Probate 19 Jun 1783 Bucks Co, PA _UID F21788B7EEF84B109145CBF37B31658AB841 Buried Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA Person ID I625333298 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 May 2014
Father Thomas BETTS, b. 14 Aug 1689, Newtown, Long Island, NY , d. Apr 1747, Newtown, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 57 years)
Mother Susannah STEVENSON, b. 22 May 1694, Newtown, Long Island, NY , d. 21 Mar 1723, Newtown, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 28 years)
Married 5 May 1713 Bucks Co, PA Family ID F549247735 Group Sheet
Family Sarah SMITH, b. 12 May 1724, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 25 Jan 1804, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 79 years)
Married 21 Jun 1744 Friend's Meetinghouse, Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA Children 1. Thomas BETTS, b. 3 Oct 1745, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. May 1783, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 37 years)
2. Sarah BETTS, b. 14 Jun 1747, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 6 Aug 1797, Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 50 years)
3. Ann BETTS, b. 1 Jul 1749, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. Aft 1800, PA
(Age 51 years)
4. Rebecca BETTS, b. 18 Jul 1751, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. Aft 1788, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 37 years)
5. William BETTS, b. 3 Dec 1752, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 5 Jan 1813, Fairfield Twp, Highland Co, OH
(Age 60 years)
6. John BETTS, b. 8 May 1755, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 27 May 1841, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 86 years)
7. Susannah BETTS, b. 20 Dec 1756, Newtown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. PA
8. Stephen BETTS, b. 31 May 1758, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 19 Nov 1834, Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 76 years)
9. Mary BETTS, b. 2 Oct 1760, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 15 Dec 1810, Northampton Twp, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 50 years)
10. Isaac BETTS, b. 2 Jan 1763, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. Aft 1800, Bucks Co, PA
(Age 37 years)
11. Zachariah BETTS, b. 21 Oct 1764, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 1821, Davidson Co, TN
(Age 56 years)
Last Modified 17 May 2014 Family ID F549247734 Group Sheet
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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.
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