Thomas BETTS

1716 - 1783  (66 years)

• 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

  
  

• 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.