MY CARVER FAMILY ANCESTRAL LINE

If anyone has information regarding the ancestry of John CARVER [Sr.] or any other information about him or his wife Mary LANE, please contact me.

(1) John CARVER [Sr.], b. about 1657 possibly in Headley, Hants., England, d. 1714 in Byberry, Philadelphia Co., PA; m., about 1680, in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, to Mary LANE (b. unknown; parents unknown); they resided in Byberry, Philadelphia Co., PA; their children:

[#2]    i. Mary, b. 28 Oct 1682, d. 3 May 1769, m. Isaac KNIGHT Sr.;
       ii. Richard, b. 18 Jul 1686, m. Hannah BOLTON;
      iii. John [Jr.], b. 21 Jan 1687;
       iv. Ann, b. 12 Jan 1689;
        v. James, b. 20 Dec 1691.

(2) Mary CARVER, b. 28 Oct 1682 in Philadelphia Co., PA, d. 3 May 1769 in Abington Twsp., Philadelphia Co., PA; m., 7 Jun 1699 in Abington Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia Co., PA, to Isaac KNIGHT [Sr.] (b. 1665, d. 22 May 1750).

Mary (CARVER) KNIGHT was a minister in the Friends "Quaker" Church.

1. Carver, John. "[Abstract of his will, written 26 April 1713, proved 8 November 1714]". Abstract of Philadelphia County Wills, book 2, no. 12.

2. "The First Purchasers of Pennsylvania 1681-1685". Title, publisher and date not known, page 640.

3. "Knight, Mary". Pennsylvania Vital Records, Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, 1983, page 58.

4. Martindale, Joseph C. "The Carver Family". The History of the Townships of Byberry and Moreland, In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, George Jacobs Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1909, pages 263-264.

5. Martindale, Joseph C. "The Carver Family". Title, publisher and date not known, pages 9-10.

6. Scharf, J. Thomas, & Westcott, Thompson. "[Mary Knight]". History of Philadelphia 1609-1884, Everts & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1884, page 1251.

7. Society of Friends (Quakers). Records of the Abington Monthly Meeting, PA.

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