The Hooten/Hooton Families of England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

THE HOOTEN/HOOTON FAMILIES OF ENGLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, AND NEWJERSEY by Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG * T here were two early immigrant families with the surname Hooten. Both were Quaker; both had property in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey; both frequently used the given names Thomas and Elizabeth. It appears that the two families were unconnected (the surname is not uncommon in England). Several respected writers have worked on one or both of the families, including Gilbert Cope,1 Charles Gardner,2 Milton Rubincam,3 Emily Manners,4 and Hannah Benner Roach.5 None put together a comprehensive genealogy of the families. One family origi¬ nated in Nottingham and had a branch in Barbados; the other originated in London.6 None of these earlier researchers identified Elizabeth Hooten’s birth family, but it is surely that of another Quaker immigrant family, the Snoden [Snowden] family.7 Elizabeth Snowden, daughter of John, was bap¬ tized 2 October 1603 at Worksop, Nottinghamshire.8 On 17 July 1632 at Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, Elizabeth Snowden married widower Oliver Hooton 9 Patricia Law Hatcher is editor of the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine [PGM]. l “Hooton," Gilbert Cope’s Collection of Family Data, Genealogical Society of Penn¬ sylvania [now at Historical Society of Pennsylvania] (FHL #517,032). 2 “Hooton,” Charles Carroll Gardner’s collection, NewJersey Historical Society (FHL #941,116). 3 “Hooton,” Milton Rubincam Collection, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (FHL #1,685,990, item 2). This is the most thorough study. 4 Emily Manners and Norman Penney, Elizabeth Hooton, First Woman Quaker Preacher (1600-1672); Supplement #12 to The Journal of the Friend's Historical Soci¬ ety (London: Headly Brothers, 1914, and New York: D. S. Taber, 1914). It appears that Manners wrote the biographical material on Elizabeth, and Penney may have been the author of the Appendix that contains some genealogical material. 3 Hannah Benner Roach, “Philadelphia Business Directory, 1690,” PGM 23(1963): 112. 6 This compilation differs in a many details from these others, some of which also had internal inconsistencies; individual differences are not pointed out in this article. 7 An article on the Snoden/Snowden family will appear in a future issue of the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 8 George W. Marshall, The Registers of Worksop, co. Nottingham, 1558-1771 (Guild¬ ford: Billing and Sons, 1894), 27 (FHL #459,652). 9 Edwinstowe Bishop’s Transcripts, 1609- 1856 (FHL #503,490, item 2). Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 (2007) 105 106 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 HOOTEN OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE The Hootons left records in the Nottinghamshire parishes of Edwinstowe, Mansfield Woodhouse, Ollerton, Skegby, and Worksop. EDWINSTOWE10 1627 christenings— Marye Hooton the daughter of Wm Hooton bapt the xvth day of June de Edwinstow 1629 marriages— John Carnill & Anne Hooton maried the xxiiijth day of September de Edwinstowe 1631/2 christenings— Olliver Hooton the sonne of William Hooton bapt the xvth day of January de Edwinstowe 1631/s burials— William Hooton the yonger buried the vijth day of January de eodem [Edwinstowe] 1632 burials— William Hooton was buried the xxith day of Aprill de Edwinstowe 1632 marriages— Olliver Hooton and Elizabeth Snowden maried the xvij* of July de Ollerton Buried 1639—7 April. Richard Hooten Maried 1644— 11 June. John Kershie and Alice Hooten. Budby Buryed 1650— 2 July. Oliver Hooten. Edwinstow Buryed 1653—13 March. Hooton. Edwinstow Buried l656[/7]— 14 March. William Hooten. Edwinstowe Buried 1658— 30 January. Mary Hooten materfami’. Edwinstow — MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE11 Christenings 1626 September: 24— Mary the daughter of Georg Hooton: bapt Christenings 1626 December: 16— William the sonne of William Hooten: bapt Burials 1628— George Hooton bur: Septemb ye 24th Christenings 1630— Mary ye daughter of William Hooton baptised the same day [xxviijth of March] Burials 1630— Mary ye daughter of widdow Hooton buryed seacond of June Christenings 1633— John ye sonne of William and Margaret Hooton baptised the xxixth of September Christenings 1636— Edward ye sonne of William & Margaret Hooton baptised the xviijth of Aprill Churchwarden Thomas Hooton signed the Bishop’s Transcript for 1636-37 with his t mark Christenings 1641— Kathrine the daughtr Wm & Margrett Hooton baptised May ye 9th [There are no Bishop’s transcripts for 1642-1659 ] Baptisms 1653— October 11. Mary daughter of Jervis & Elizabeth Hooton, born 2 October Baptisms 1653— December 28. Anne d. Thomas Hootton Baptisms 1655— January 5. Jarvice s. Jarvice & Elizabeth Hooton Was Borne January 5 (“baptized October 11 1662” added in another hand) Baptisms 1656— April 25. Margarit d. William & Judeth Hooton Baptisms 1657[/8]— March 12. Jane d. William & Judeth Hooton Events from 1627 through 1632 are from Edwinstowe Bishop’s Transcripts, 16091856 (FHL #503,490, item 2). Events beginning in 1634 are from George W. Marshall, The Registers of Edwinstow in the County of Nottingham, 1634-1758 (Worksop: Rob¬ ert White, 1891), 5, 10, 15, 19, 26, 30 (FHL #432,130). 11 Events from 1627 through 1641 are from Mansfield Woodhouse Bishop’s Tran¬ scripts, 1626-1849 (FHL #503,791). Events beginning in 1652 are from W. H. Challen, “Transcript of Parish Registers, volume 84, Mansfield Woodhouse, 1653-1712” (FHL #416,756). 2007 Hooten/Hooton Families 107 Baptisms 1658— June 6. Joseph s. Jarvis & Elizabeth Hooton borne, & baptised October 14 1662. Baptisms 1660— April 7. Elizabeth d. William & Judeth Hooton Baptisms 1660— September 17. Mary d. Thomas Hooton Baptisms 1662— October 16. Sarah d. Jarvis & Elizabeth Hooten (See also 1655, 1658.) Baptisms 1664— November 19 George s. Tho. & Elizabeth Hutten Baptisms 1665-June 9. William s. William Hutton Baptisms 1668— July 17. Hannah d. Jarvis & Eliz. Hutton Baptisms 1670— March 10. John s. Will. & Judith Hutton Baptisms 1685[/6]— Frances d. Gervas & Frances Hooton Burials 1655— November 28. widdow Hooton daughk mother Thomas Hooton Burials 1655[/6]— March 14. Olive wife of Thomas Hooto [sic] Burials 1658 November 11. M hooto mother of Jarvice Hooton Burials l658[/9]— January 27. John s. Will Hooton Burials 1660— March 31 • George Hooton Burials 1660— April 12. William Hooton Burials 1662— May 31- Elizabeth d. Will Hooton Burials 1664— September 1. William Hooton Burials 1669— December 22. Sarah d. Jervas & Eliz. Hutton Burials 1670— April 5. Thomas Hutton Burials 1672— April [blank].Jacob s. Edward & Ann Hutton Burials 1672— December 1. Margaret d. Will. u. [ux] Judith Hooton Burials 1677— April 2. Gervas Hutton Burials 1677— May 11. Anne wife of Edward Hutton Burials 1684[/5]— February 22. Edward Hooton OLLERTON12 Burials 1593— Katheren Hooton. April 6. Baptisms 1594— Ales Hooton. August 9. Burials 1594— Ales Hooton. September 2 Burials 1596— Robert Hooton. June 12 Burials 1623— Alice Hooton. February 24 Baptisms 1629— John s. Oliver Hooton. May 2 Burials 1629— John s. Oliver Hooton. May 3 Elizabeth w. Oliver Hooton. May 4 Burials 1631— Ann ux. Oliveri Hooton. June 17 Baptisms 1633— Samuell s. Oliver and Elizabeth Hooton. May 4 SKEGBY13 1636— Thomas the sonne of Oliver Hooton & Elizabeth was baptized July the sev¬ enth 1639— John the sonne of Oliver Hooton & Elizabeth baptized the second of June [about 1641; very dark, preceding entry seems to be for 27 April, very few entries in any single year]— Josiah Hooton the sonne of Oliver Hooton and Elizabeth his wife was baptized [ 165714]— Olliver Hooten ye Elder was buried July ye 2th. 12 George W. Marshall, The Parish Registers of Ollerton, in the County of Nottingham, 1592-1812 (Exeter: W. Pollard, 1896), 1-2, 8-11. Parents are not named in baptisms. Skegby Parish Registers, 1571-1668, (FHL #352,100). The parish register is very dark, often unreadable, and the pages are not chronological. A few later pages are only fragments. 14 The preceding page contains entries for 1664, but later entries on this page are for 1657, compatible with the Quaker digest, below. 108 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 WORKSOP15 Weddings Anno 1637— John Howton and Anne James. June 22 Buryings Anno 1637— Kethereine Howton wid. February 13 Weddings Anno Domini 1695— Richard Hooton & Dorothy Beardley. March 1 QUAKER RECORDS Records at Mansfield Monthly Meeting confirm several of the familial relationships:16 28 4th month [June] 1669- Thomas Lambert and Elizabeth Hooten Jr. declare intentions of marriage, and “Elizabeth Hooton her mother & Samuell her brother did there give their consent.” 26 10th month [December] 1670. To friends at the Monthly Meeting This doe I certifie concerning my sonne Samuell I spoke to George Fox about taking the young woman to wife & he asked what she new, & I tould him as near as I could of her behaviour & he bad me let him take her, & soe that makes me willing that he should take her to wife. Elizabeth Hooten HOOTEN WILLS The will of Oliver Hooton of Barbados, son of Oliver and Elizabeth (Snowden) Hooton, helps greatly in establishing the residences of his siblings. Investigating the other names mentioned therein clarifies infor¬ mation about his wife. Will of Oliver Hooton of the Island of Barbados, merchant, written 19 March 1686, mentions Isabella, daughter of Thomas Pilgrim (£10);17 Sarah, daugh¬ ter of Walter Newbury of “Road Island,” (£80);18 Jno. Snowden of West New Gerson [Jersey] (£5) and his mother and brother (50 shillings each); the nine children of Thomas Lambert in West New Jersey, “which he hath by my sister Elizabeth Lambert his wife,” (£20 each child; £180); Elizabeth Hooton, “daughter of my brother Samuel Hooton in East New Jersey,” (£60); Martha Grove, wife of Joseph Grove, (£50);19 remainder divided, moiety to wife Martha, “other moiety to be divided between my three brothers Sam[uel] Thomas and Jno Hooton, my sister Elizabeth Lambert abovementioned and my nephew Oliver, the son of my brother Thomas Hooton, each an equal share. Two of my said brothers my sister and my nephew are in New Jersey in America and my brother Thomas in old England about Mansfield in 15 George W. Marshall, The Registers of Worksop, co. Nottingham, 1558-1771 (Guildford: Billing and Sons, 1894), 96, 143, 170 (FHL #459,652). 16 Transcripts in the Gilbert Cope Collection. Thomas Pilgrim was a prominent Quaker merchant in Barbados. 18 Sarah was born 4 September 1679, daughter of Walter Newbury and Ann Collins who were married 13 April 1675 (abstract of Newport Monthly Meeting at New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Births:28, Marriages:8 [FHL #22,488]). !9 Martha was Oliver Hooten’s stepdaughter, referred to in the will of her mother. 2007 Hooten/Hooton Families 109 Nottinghamshire.” Friends William Bicknall and Joseph Grove to be executors; witnesses Jno: Pilgrim, Tho: Horner, and Tho: Quintyn.20 Only four years later, another Oliver Hooten wrote his will. Although he does not name his father, he was the son of Thomas of Mansfield, Not¬ tinghamshire, mentioned above. 9 9th month [November] 1690. Olliver Hooten signed his will at the falls of Delaware River in West Jersie. He mentioned Unckle Lambert and John Snowden (executors, £5); cousin Elizabeth (£60);21 cousins Thomas, John, James, and Mary Lambert (£5 each);22 cousin John Snowdon’s two [unnamed] children (£5 each); “all that appertaineth to me at sea or land I give to my Dear Father in England; But if my Father dye & not be posesed of it; I give it to my two cousins in England that is Thomas Sharp of Lincoln, Elisabeth, Elisa: Smith of Balmby [Barnby] in Nottinghamsheir; witnesses Samuell Bunting and John Bunting; probated 17 4th month [June] 1692.23 The bequests and reference to “cousin John Snowden” in both wills strengthens the conclusion that Elizabeth, the Quaker minister and wife of Oliver Hooton, was a Snowden by birth. John Snowden of the Falls married Anne Barret of Burlington in 1686. By the time of Oliver’s will, they had two children living at the second will.24 “Unckle Lambert” was the husband of Oliver’s father’s sister. Oliver’s mother was Mary Sharp. The Smith connection has not been identified. JERSEY RECORDS Documents filed among West Jersey deeds reveal a sad family situation and help clarify some statements in Oliver Hooten’s will, including a new residence for brother Thomas, who had remained in England, but moved from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, about fifty miles to the east at Helpingram, Lincolnshire. 15 February 1692. Andrew Hamilton, Governour of East and West Jersey, appointed Elizabeth Hooton, wife of Samuel Hooton of Shrewsbury, Mon¬ mouth County, Elizabeth his daughter, and her husband Thomas Hilbourne guardians of said Samuel, he being “rendred uncapable to act through a dis¬ temper of lunacy.”25 20 Joanne McRee Sanders, Barbados Records, Wills and Administrations, 3 vols. (Houston: Sanders Historical Publications, 1979-80), 2:179, citing RB6/40:5l6. The will is transcribed in full in the Hilborn Family Journal, #22(June 1984):20, copy in Rubincam papers (note 3). 21 This refers to Elizabeth wife of Thomas Lambert rather than Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Lambert because Thomas’s will specifically says “to four of my children,” not including Elizabeth, who was living at the time. 22 No explanation has been found as to why the other five children were omitted. 23 Will of Olliver Hutton, Philadelphia Will #82, A:208-9 (FHL #21,721). 24 Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 1:2, 49; 2:8, 32. The Sno den/Snowden family will be covered in a future article. 25 East Jersey Deeds D:372, E:ll, abstracted in Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey 1664-1703, 21:193-94, 201. 110 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 Articles of agreement, 2 4th month [June] 1693: Thomas Lambert, adminis¬ trator of John Hooton of West Jersey deceased and attorney for Thomas Hooton of Helpingram, England, with Elizabeth Hooton, Thomas Hilbourne and wife Elizabeth, guardians of Samuel Hooton, shall stand seized of 1/12 of a share of the Province with the mansion house &c., while they renounce all claims to John Hooton’s personal estate.26 Deed of gift, 24 October 1693: Thomas Hooton of Helperingham, County of Lincolne, yeoman, to his brother Thomas Lambert of Delaware Falls, West Jersey, and Wife Elizabeth of his personal estate in the Falls or elsewhere in West Jersey and all other real and personal property derived from his brother John Hooton and son Oliver Hooton [i.e., the son of Thomas of Helpringham], both dec’d also all the estate in Barbadoes, derived from brother Oliver Hooton deceased.27 GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY— HOOTON OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE William of Edwinstowe, Ann of Edwinstowe, George of Mansfield Woodhouse, and possibly Thomas of Mansfield Woodhouse are of an age to be siblings or cousins of Oliver*. William named a son Oliver. However, there are insufficient early entries for family construction. 1. OLIVER* HOOTON was born say 1603 (estimating marriage at 25). Oliver Hooton of “Seckbie” died 30 4th month [June] 1657 and was bur¬ ied the same day at “Seckbie,” recorded at Mansfield Monthly Meeting.28 He married first 11 May 1628 at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, ELIZABETH CARRIER;29 she was buried 4 May 1629 at Ollerton, two days after the baptism of their son and one day after his burial.30 He married second ANN—?—; Ann, ux Oliveri Hooton was buried at Ollerton 17 June 1631.31 He married third 17 July 1632 at Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, ELIZABETH SNOWDEN.32 Elizabeth Snowden, daughter of John, was bap¬ tized 2 October 1603 at Worksop, Nottinghamshire.33 Elizabeth Hooton 26 William Nelson, editor, Part 1: “East Jersey Records,” Part 2: “West Jersey Records Liber B Part 2; New Jersey Colonial Documents,” Patents and Deeds (note 25); New Jersey Archives 21:441. 27 West Jersey Deeds B:387, in New Jersey Archives 21:448. 28 “Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Quarterly Meeting; Quaker Digest: Registers of Births, Marriages, and Burials for England and Wales, c. 1650-1837” (roll 19). Complete sets are at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Swarthmore and Haverford Col¬ leges, and at the Dallas [Texas] Public Library; also Skegby Parish Registers, 1571-1668, (FHL #352,100). 29 George W. Marshall, The Parish Registers of Ollerton, in the County of Nottingham, 1592-1812 (Exeter, England: W. Pollard, 1896), 9. 30 Marshall, Parish Registers of Ollerton (note 29), 10. 31 Marshall, Parish Registers of Ollerton (note 29), 10. 32 Edwinstowe Bishop’s Transcripts, 1609-1856 (FHL #503,490, item 2). 33 George W. Marshall, The Registers of Worksop, co. Nottingham, 1558-1771 (Guildford: Billing and Sons, 1894), 27 (FHL #459,652). Hooten/Hooton Families 2007 111 died about 8th month [October] or 9th month [November] 1671 in Jamaica.34 Children of Oliver A and Elizabeth (Carrier ) Hooten. i. JOHN HOOTON, son of Oliver, baptized 2 May 1629 at Ollerton, Notting¬ hamshire;35 buried there 3 May.3** Children of Oliver* and Elizabeth (Snowden) Hooten: ii. SAMUEL1 HOOTON, son of Oliver and Elizabeth Hooton, baptized 4 May 1633 at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire;37 buried 4th day of 10th month [December] 1709, Middletown Monthly Meeting, Bucks County;38 found mentally incompetent before he was sixty;39 Samuel Hooton of Skegby, son of Elizabeth Hooton, married 30 9th month [November] 1670 at E. Hooton’s house at “Seckbie” ELIZABETH SMEDLEY of Skegby. Children of Samuel1 and Elizabeth ( Smedley) Hooten: 1. Oliver Hooton, son of Samuel and Elizabeth of “Schegby,” born 9 5th month [July] 1671, recorded at Mansfield Monthly Meeting, Notting¬ hamshire; Oliver Hooton, son of Samuel and Elizabeth of Park at “Seckby,” died 14 11th month [January] 1671, buried 14 12th month [February] at Skegby, recorded at Mansfield Monthly Meeting.40 2. Elizabeth Hooton, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was born 8 7th month [September] 1673 or 25 3rd month [May] 1673, recorded at Mansfield Monthly Meeting, Notting¬ hamshire;41 Elizabeth Hutton married 12 10th month [December] 1688 at Elizabeth Hutton’s house Thomas Hillborn of Shrewsbury; the marriage and their six children are recorded at Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, New Jersey 42 3. Thomas Hooton, born say 1672 (estimating marriage at 25); Thomas Hooton, living in West New Jersey near Burlington, married 28 [29 in margin] 8th month [October] 1697 Maty Lippincott of Shrewsbury on the 5th day of the week [Thursday] at [Shrewsbury] Friends’ Meet¬ ing House. Both signed by mark. Witnesses included Thomas Hill- 34 Rufus M. Jones, The Journal of George Fox (New York: Everyman’s Library, 1949), 181-82. 35 Marshall, Parish Registers of Ollerton (note 29), 9. 36 Marshall, Parish Registers of Ollerton (note 29), 10. 37 Marshall, Parish Registers of Ollerton (note 29), 11. 38 Anna Miller Watring and F. Edward Wright, Bucks County Church Records of the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, Volume 2, Quaker Records: Falls and Middletown Monthly Meetings (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1994), 2:199. 39 East Jersey Deeds D:372, E:11, abstracted in Patents and Deeds (note 25), 21:193- 94,201. 40 “Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Quarterly Digests” (note 28). There are separate entries for the death and the burial; the month on one is in error. 4i “Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Quarterly Digests” (note 28). This was recorded twice; the month and day on one is in error. 42 John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany. Data Relating to the Set¬ tlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey, 5 volumes (New York: the author, 1903), 1:244. 112 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 born, Elizabeth Hooton, and Elizabeth Hillborn, which suggests his placement here in this family.43 iii. THOMAS HOOTON, sonne of Oliver Hooton & Elizabeth, baptized 7 July 1636 at Skegby, Nottinghamshire;44 Thomas Hooten of Helpringham, Lin¬ colnshire, buried 5 7th month [September] 1704 “in his own ground, Hel¬ pringham,” recorded at Spalding and Wainfleet Monthly Meeting;45 living near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in 1686; in Helpringham in 1693 (see above); Thomas Hooton of Sibsey, Leicestershire [“?Lincs” penciled in] married 15 12th month [February] 1662 MARY SHARP of Barnby at John Pidds house, Barnby, Nottinghamshire, recorded at Broughton and Gainsboro Monthly Meeting 46 Children of Thomas and Mary (Sharp) Hooton: 1. Oliver Hooton, born say 1663 (if father’s first child); died between 9 September 1690 (will) and 17 April 1692 (probate); he wrote his will at the falls of the Delaware.47 iv. JOHN HOOTON, baptized 2 June 1639 in Skegby.48 He was in New Jersey by 14 2nd month [April] 1686 when John Hooten signed as a witness to the marriage of Samuel Taylor and Susanna Horseman 49 but died by 20 February 1692/3 when letters of administration were confirmed to Tho¬ mas Lambert on behalf of John’s wife.50 He may have been briefly in Bar¬ bados with his brother Oliver, if various records there for “John Hutton” apply to him. v. JOSIAH HOOTON, baptized about 1641 in Skegby.51 vi. OLIVER1 HOOTON, born say 1643 (had married stepdaughter in 1686); died in Barbados between 19 March 1686 (will) and 4 November 1687 , who died between 3 (probate); married by 167752 widow MARTHA day 5th month [July] 1704 (will) and 3 January 1704 (probate). The will of Martha Hooton widow of St. Michaels, Barbados, asks that she be buried as a Quaker “near unto my Deare Daughter Martha Grove.” There is no indi¬ cation in her will or Oliver’s that Martha was his daughter. In her will she — 43 Stillwell, Miscellany (note 42), 1:24944 Skegby Parish Registers, 1571-1668, (FHL #352,100). 45 “Lincolnshire Quarterly Digests” (note 28). 46 “Lincolnshire Quarterly Digests” (note 28). Question marks about the county are in the Digest. Barnaby, Nottinghamshire, was assigned to Lincolnshire Quarterly Meeting. 47 will of Olliver Hutton, Philadelphia Will #82, A:208-9 (FHL #21,721). 48 Skegby Parish Registers, 1571-1668, (FHL #352,100). 49 William Nelson, editor, “Marriage Records, 1665-1800,” New Jersey Archives, 1st series (Paterson Press Printing and Publishing, 1901), 22:669. 50 “Calendar of Wills 1670-1730,” New Jersey Archives 25:256-57. Unsuccessful application was also made by Richard and Thomas Hillbourne, on behalf of Samuel Hooten, whose wife Elizabeth and daughter Elizabeth (wife of Thomas Hillbourne) were Samuel’s guardians during his lunacy. An affidavit from John Snoden was submit¬ ted stating that John Hooten had said, shortly before his death, he did not intend his brother Samuel should have his plantation; William Black and John Birch attested that he had said John, the son of his brother Thomas Lambert should have it. 51 Skegby Parish Registers, 1571-1668 (FHL #352,100). 52 in that year “Martha Hutton” was a member of Windward Meeting (Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society 9:195). 2007 Hooten/Hooton Families 113 manumitted one slave and provided for payments of twenty shillings per year to nine others.53 By 1671, Oliver Hooten was in Barbados where in January he was cho¬ sen one of the overseers of the poor in St. Michael’s parish, a post he still held in November 1672.54 That year he was fined 1594 lb [of sugar] “for not appearing in arms.”55 After his death, Martha Hooton also was fined 4 /. 19 s. “for Defaults of sending a Man and Horse armed in to the Troop.”56 In Twelfth Month 1677/8, “the People called Quakers” presented a paper to the Governor, Council, and Assembly of Barbados detailing their suffer¬ ings; Oliver Hooten was among the nine signers.57 Oliver Hooten was listed in John Codrinton’s Company in the Barbados census of 1679/80.58 On 22 December 1679, Olliver Hutton of the parish of Christ Church, Barbados owned 36 acres of land, no white servants, and no Negroes. In the spring of 1680, Oliver Hooton merchant signed a 30-year lease for house and land from Nicholas Moulder.59 In 1680, the household of Olliver Hutton & wife in the town of St. Michaells included 1 child, no hired servants and prentices, no bought servants, and 4 Negroes.60 As a merchant, Oliver Hooten traveled. On 8 2nd month [April] 1682 he wrote to George Fox: I am now ging to see ye new Countreys of New Jersie and Pensilvania, I cannot say to setle there but hope if ye Lord plese to be back before ye year expires. 61 During that trip, he was present at an incident that has became part of traditional ghost lore. In July of 1682, Oliver Hooton, with distinguished company, was staying in New Hampshire at the Great Island tavern of George and Alice Walton (in present-day New Castle) and was a witness to one of many strange episodes of an apparent poltergist known as the “stone-throwing devil,” which manifested itself both inside the tavern and in the fields, reported in a published narrative by Richard Chamberlain, the secretary of the colony of New Hampshire: 53 Sanders, Barbados Records (note 20) 3:173, citing RB 6/16:188. The will is tran¬ scribed in full in the Hilborn Family Journal, #22(Jiine 1984):21, copy in Rubincam papers (note 3). 54 Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society 15:209, 211. 55 Joseph Besse, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers for the Testing of a Good Conscience, from the Time of Their Being First Distinguished by That Name in the Year 1650, to the Time of the Act, Commonly Called the Act of Toleration, Granted to Protestant Dissenters in the First Year of the Reign of King William the Third, 2 volumes (London: Luke Hine, 1753), 2:290. 56 Besse’s Sufferings (note 55), 2:339. 57 Besse’s Sufferings, 2:313 (note 55). 58 James C. Brandow, Omitted Chapters from Hotten’s Original Lists of Persons of Quality and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 16001700: Census Returns, Parish Registers, and Militia Rolls from the Barbados Census of 1679/80 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982), 174. 59 Harold G. Hutchinson, “Exercise book No. 16,” Archives of Barbados, Hilborn Family Journal #22(June 1984), 22; in Milton Rubincam Collection. 60 John Camden Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600-1700: .. . (London: the author, 1874), 439, 479. 61 Journal of the Friends Historical Society 33(1936):58. 114 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 Some Persons of Note being then in the Field (whose Names are here under-written) to visit Mr. Walton there, are substantial Witnesses of this same Stonery, both in the Field, and afterward in the House that Night, . . . These Persons under-written do hereby Attest the Truth of their being Eye-Witnesses of at least half a score Stones that Evening thrown invisibly into the Field, and in the Entry of the House, Hall, and one of the Chambers of George Walton’s. Viz. Samuel Jenings, Esq; Governour of West-Jarsey. Walter Clark, Esq; Deputy-Governour of Road-Island. Mr. Arthur Cook. Mr. Matt. Borden of Road-Island. Mr. Oliver Hooton of Barbados, Merchant. Mr. T. Maul of Salem in New-England, Merchant. Captain Walter Barefoot. Mr. John Hussey. And the Wife of the said Mr. Hussey.62 vii. ELIZABETH1 HOOTEN, born say 1646 (estimating traveled with her mother at age 14; married at 21; last child born at 40); Elizabeth Hooten Jr, daugh¬ ter of Elizabeth Hooton, of Skegby, Nottinghamshire, married 21 7th month [September] 1669 at E. Hootens house at Seckbie Thomas Lamberd [THOMAS LAMBERT] of Hainsworth [Handsworth] Woodhouse, Yorkshire, recorded at Mansfield Monthly Meeting.65 Thos: Lamberd of Heansworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire & Elizabeth Hooton of Skegby in Nottinghamshire, Daughter of Elizabeth Hooton did take one another to be husband & wife according to the Church order & ye practice of ye holy men of God in ye Scripture in ye House of Elizabeth Hooton, upon ye 21 of ye VII mo in ye year 1669, unto ye Truth of which we have set to our names, [signed] William Malsom, Thomas Cockram, Robert Stacy, Robert Hassehurst, Mahlon Stacy, John ffretwell, Thomas Brocksop, John Ringher, Thomas ffouke, George Cockram, William Clay, Godfrey Newbould, Abraham Senor, Robert Grace.64 John Lambert, Thomas Lambert, and Thomas Hooton [the London man of the name], and John Snowden were among the 151 men signing the “Concessions and Agreements of the Proprietors, Freeholders, and Inhabi¬ tants of the Province of West New-Jersey, in America” on 3 March 1676[/7].65 Thomas died between 3 6th month [June] 1694 (codicil) and 5 Decem¬ ber 1694 (inventory). Will of Thomas Lambert, tanner of Nottingham, Burlington County, West New Jersey, written 23 9th month September 1693, proved 8 December 1694. Legacies to my children from Brother Oliver Hooton may be satisfied (about £31 each), legacies to sons James and Olliver Lambert dec’ed divided amongst the rest; wife Elizabeth (£250, and provided that my wife shall care to live at the hall where I now live, she 62 George L. Burr, Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1914), 55-77. 63 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Quarterly Meeting Digest Register. 64 Manners, Elizabeth Hooten (note 4), 64. Members of the Foulke, Fretwell, New¬ bould, and Stacy families also are found in records at Burlington and Chesterfield monthly meetings in New Jersey. 65 New fersey Archives, First Series, 1:241-70. 2007 Hooten/Hooton Families 115 shall have a convenient room, rent free, and a cow or two), son John (100 acres not yet taken up); son Samuel (400 acres lying by William Watson’s land); Olliver Hooton the younger, batchelor, deceased, left £5 each to four of my children (Thomas, John, James, and Mary Lambert; James’s £5 to go to Samuel); daughter Elizabeth (£20); eldest son Tho¬ mas (plantation whereon I now live of 400 acres, plus 400 acres Asenpinck, and town lots in Burlington); remainder divided between chil¬ dren Thomas, Samuel, Hannah, Mary, and Ruth. Executors: His wife and eldest son Thomas. Advisor: Francis Davenport to assist. 3 6th month [June] 1694, codicil giving a place in Philadelphia he had purchased since his will to eldest son Thomas, but expecting him to put it back into the estate to help pay Samuel, and the legacy of a negro woman called Phillis to his wife. Witnesses: Jno. Lambert, Senr., Elizabeth Wright, Mary Embley.66 Children of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Hooten) Lambert 67 1. Elizabeth Lambert, born 5 8th month [October] 1670; died after 1693 (father’s will). 2. Thomas Lambert, born 24 10th month [December] 1671, probably at Handsworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire; died between 12 12th month [February] 1732[/3] (will) and 12 June 1733 (probate); Thomas Lam¬ bert of West New Jersey married first 2 3rd month [May] 1695 at the house of John Scott, recorded at Burlington Monthly Meeting, Margaret Scott a spinster;68 Thomas Lambert of Nottingham Town¬ ship married second 31 11th month [January] 1710/1 at Chesterfield Monthly Meeting Anne Wood, daughter of William Wood of Chester¬ field;69 married possibly third soon after 4 3rd month [May] 1724 (second intentions) Mary Gardiner;70 married possibly fourth soon after 5 2nd month [April] 1731 (second intentions) at Chesterfield Monthly Meeting Ann (Jenings) Stevenson, daughter of Governor Samuel Jenings.71 66 Will of Thomas Lambert, Philadelphia Will #111, A.276 (FHL #21,721). 67 The births of all their children are recorded in a family group at Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, New Jersey, but the first five were probably born in Handsworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 2:2223. For discussion of this, see Patricia Law Hatcher, “English Records for Members of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting,” Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 82(2007):2-8. 68 Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County , 1:50, location from “Lambert,” Milton Rubincam collection (FHL #1,685,991, item 1). 69 Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 2:5; William Nelson, editor, “Marriage Records, 1665-1800,” New Jersey Archives, 1st series (Paterson Press Print¬ ing and Publishing, 1901), 22:661. Witnesses included John Lambert, Ruth Lambert, John Bainbridge, John Wood, William Wood Junr, John Snowden Junr, Thomas Hooten, and Sarah Bunting; “Lambert,” Milton Rubincam collection (FHL #1,685,991, item 1). 70 He was granted a certificate to marry from Chesterfield 3 2nd month [April] 1724 (the woman not named). Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 1:71; 2:49. This may belong to another Thomas, but Milton Rubincam suggested this third marriage, and there is no clear indication of another Thomas. 71 He was granted a certificate to marry from Chesterfield 1 2nd month [April] 1731. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 1:73; 2:52. Her maiden name and father from “Lambert,” Milton Rubincam collection (FHL #1,685,991, item 1), citing 116 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 3. John Lambert, born 4 8th month [October] 1673, probably at Handsworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire; John Lambert senior, yeoman of Not¬ tingham, Burlington County, died between 1 July 1696 (will) and 13 July 1706 (inventory);72 married 2 7th month [September] 1686, reported at Chesterfield Monthly Meeting and at Falls Monthly Meet¬ ing (Pennsylvania), Rebecca Clowes, daughter of John Clowes of Pennsylvania,73 who predeceased him. At the time of his death, he had three underage daughters. 4. James Lambert, born 17 4th month [June] 1675, probably at Handsworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire; died between probably 9 September 1690 (Oliver Hooten’s will) and 23 September 1693 (called deceased in father’s will). 5. Hannah Lambert, born 4 11th month [January] 1676, probably at Handsworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire; Hannah Lambert of Nottingham Township married 7 3rd month [May] 1695 or 1 2nd month [April] 1695 at Chesterfield Monthly Meeting John Scott of Willingborrow, Burlington 74 who died between 6 April 1702 (will) and 3 November 1702 (probate);75 Hannah Scott widow of Philadelphia married sec¬ ond 12 7th month [September] 1717 at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Henry Hodge of Philadelphia.76 6. Samuel Lambert, born 12 8th month [October] 1679, recorded at Burlington Monthly Meeting;77 living 23 September 1693 (father’s will). 7. Mary Lambert, born 2 2nd month [April] 1681, recorded at Burling¬ ton Monthly Meeting; Mary Lambert of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting married 3 April 1707 (accomplished) at Chesterfield Monthly Meeting John Biles of Pennsylvania, parents consenting, also reported at Falls Monthly Meeting (Pennsylvania).78 8. Ruth Lambert, born 11 9th month [November] 1685; Ruth Lambert of Nottingham Monthly Meeting married 6 December 1711 (accomplished) Thomas Adams of Newton Monthly Meeting, with his mother’s consent.79 9. Oliver Lambert, born 10 1st month [March] 168_ [probably 1687/8 or 1688/9]; died before 23 September 1693 (called deceased in John R. Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson of London (Flemington, N.J.: Hiram Edmund Deats, 1902), 30, 37, 39. See note 70. At his death, Thomas had a wife Anne, so either both the 1724 and 1731 marriages belong to him or neither one does. 72 “Calendar of Wills 1670-1730,” New Jersey Archives 23:280. 73 Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 2:40; also William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 6 vols. (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1936-50), 2:1009. 74 Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 2:8, 42. 75 “Calendar of Wills 1670-1730,” New Jersey Archives 23:409-10. 76 Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (note 73), 2:644. She is called Hannah Hodge of Philadelphia in the 1732 will of her brother Thomas. 77 Recorded in the chronological list of births at Burlington Monthly Meeting; Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 1:1. 78 Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 2:44; Hinshaw, Encyclope¬ dia of American Quaker Genealogy (note 73), 2:100979 Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, 2:45. Hooten/Hooton Families 2007 117 father’s will), possibly before 9 September 1690 (not named in Oliver Hooten’s will). GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY-THOMAS HOOTON OF LONDON Hannah Benner Roach, writing in this journal in 1963, discussed Thomas Hooton of Blackfriars (London), New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.80 Milton Rubincam equates Thomas of Black Friars with Thomas of Helperingham, Lincolnshire, and places both as the son of Elizabeth, the Quaker minis¬ ter,81 which seems unnecessary. Thomas of Helperingham is clearly part of the Nottingham family, as shown above, but other than the apparent coincidences of Quakerism and residence in New Jersey and Pennsylva¬ nia, there is no reason to connect the London family to the Nottingham family, given the frequency of the surname in England. Although there are inconsistencies of occupation for the original land¬ holder, the following records all seem to belong to one family. ■ ■ ■ ■ 6 November 1676. Penn et al to Thomas Hooten of the Parish of St. Ann, Black Friars, London, “one full equall and undevided ninetyeth part ... of West Jer¬ sey.” [chain of title in Maddocks-Boarton and Stokes deeds]82 5-6 April 1677, Thomas Hooton to John Woollman, 1/32 share.83 12-13 April 1677, Thomas Hooton to Bernard Devonish, 1/8 share.84 20 April 1677. Thomas Hooton of London sold 100 acres to Barnard Devonish of Burlington yeoman.85 ■ 1 June 1677. Tho: Hooton of Black Fryars, London, chandler, sold 1/16 of a share to John Hewson of Long Lane, London, trunkmaker. The deed says Hoo¬ ton had the share “by virtue of a deed from Wm. Penn, et al, 6 November 1676. [chain of title in Maddocks-Boarton deed] 86 ■ 1-2 June 1677. Tho: Hooton of Black Fryers, London, chandler, had sold 1/8 of a share of the province to Thomas and Henry Gerrish of Bromham, Co. of Wilts., yeoman and John Harris.87 ■ 2 June 1677. Thomas Hooton of Black Fryers, London, chandler, sold 1/8 of 1/90 of 90/100 parts of West Jersey to John Pope of Abery and Anthony Elton of Yattsbury Parish, both Co. of Wilts., yeoman.88 ■ 1677. Thomas Hoton is named as among the passengers landing at Burlingon from the Flie-Boat Martha 89 80 Roach, “Philadelphia Directory, 1690,” (note 5) PGM 23(1963):112. 8i “Hooton,” Milton Rubincam Collection (FHL #1,685,990, item 2). 82 West Jersey Deeds B:494, in New Jersey Archives 21:469; West Jersey Deeds BBB 191-92 (FHL #460,048). 83 West Jersey Deeds B:1, in New Jersey Archives 21:394. 84 West Jersey Deeds B:l, in New Jersey Archives 21:394. 85 West Jersey Deeds B:421, in New Jersey Archives 21:453. 86 West Jersey Deeds B:494, in New Jersey Archives 21:46987 West Jersey Deeds B:471, in New Jersey Archives 21:462. 88 West Jersey Deeds B:l62, in New Jersey Archives 2 1:420. 89 Samuel Smith, The History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or Newjersey (Burlington: James Parker, 1765), 103. 118 ■ Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 29 8th month [October] 1677. Thomas Hooton wrote home to his [unnamed] wife, who had remained in London: My dear, I am this present at the town called Burlington, where our land is; it is ordered to be a town for the ten Yorkshire and ten London proprietors. I like the place well; our lot is the second next the water side: It’s like to be a healthful place, and very pleasant to live in. I came hither yesterday, being the 28th of October, with some friends that were going to New-York. I am to be at Thomas Olive’s house, till I can provide better for myself: I intend to build a house, and get some corn into the ground: And I know not how to write concerning thy coming, or not coming hither; the place I like very well, and believe that we may live here very well: But if it be not made free, I mean as to the customs and government, then it will not be so well, and may hinder many that have desires to come: But if those two things be cleared, thou may take thy opportunity of coming this summer, /s/ Thomas Hoo¬ ton90 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 10 October 1678. Tho: Hooton sold 1/16 share of the province to Thomas Anderson of St. James Parish, Clerkenwell, Co. of Middlesex, chandler.91 21-22 February 1678/9, Thomas Hooton to John Stokes, 1/32 share 92 30 May 1679. Thomas Hooton of Blackfryars, London, sold 270 acres to Walter Humphris of Burlington, broadweaver.93 [chain of title in Humphris-Horner deed] 1 June 1679, Thomas Hooton to Walter Humphreys alias Powell, 1/16 share 94 19 and 20 May 1682. Although the letter of 1677 indicates that Thomas Hooton was then in New Jersey, he quite possibly went back to England, because he shipped goods on the Samuel (2 small minikin bayes, 4 cwt. cheese, 6 small gross tobacco pipes, 46 lbs. serges, 1 chest window glass, cwt. copper; 1 small minikin baye, 10 goads cottons, 30 lbs. Dornix hangings, 30 lbs. wool).95 7 November 1682. Thomas Hooton was present at the Burlington court.96 5 6th month [August] 1684, Philadelphia. Thomas Hooton first appeared in records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 97 4 1st month [March] 1685, Philadelphia. Thomas Hooton signed a marriage certificate as a witness. Between then and 8 1st month [March] 1687, Thomas senior and Elizabeth senior signed five certificates and Thomas junior signed one.98 90 West Jersey Deeds B:625, in New Jersey Archives 21:507. The letter also appears in Smith, Nova-Caesaria (note 89), 105. 91 West Jersey Deeds B:480, in New Jersey Archives 2 1:465. 92 West Jersey Deeds B:l, in New Jersey Archives 21:394. 93 West Jersey Deeds B:625, in New Jersey Archives 21:507. 94 West Jersey Deeds B:1 -2, in New Jersey Archives 21:394. 95 Marion Balderston, “William Penn’s Twenty-Three Ships with Notes on Some of Their Passengers,” PGM 23(1963): 46. 96 H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, The Burlington Court Book; A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey 1680-1709 (Washington: American Historical Asso¬ ciation, 1944), 14. 97 “Early Minutes of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting,” PGM 1(1898):270. 98 Philadelphia Monthly Meeting marriage certificates; PGM 37(1992): 229, 238, 243, 246, 255. 2007 Hooten/Hooton Families 119 20 9th month [November] 1685, place not given. Elizabeth Hooton was the midwife and witness at the birth of Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary ■ Day." 1686 and 1690. Thomas Hooton resided in Philadelphia.100 7 11th month [January] 1688[/9]. In his will, Thomas Hooton, Senr., cordway- ■ ■ ner of Philadelphia Town and County, left his estate to Thomas Hooton the younger (executor), with legacies to “my nephew Thomas Hooton son of Wm Hooton my Brother German [full-blood brother]” (225 acres in New Jersey and £25); to his wife Elizabeth (executor, use of property in Philadelphia); to his grandchild Thomas Hooton the youngest, son Thomas Hooton the younger (land in Burlington), and the wife101 of Thomas Hooton the younger. He had several hundred acres of land in West Jersey, houses and lots in Burlington, and houses and lots in Philadelphia.102 7 October 1689. Thomas Hooton of Philadelphia, cordwainer, son and heir of Thomas Hooton of Philadelphia, cordwainer, dec’d, sold a lot in Burlington to Richard Love. Presumably this was the 50 acres “in the town bounds” surveyed for Thomas Hooton in 7th month [September] 1687. When Richard Love sold the land, it was described as adjoining High Street and Wood Street. 103 29 7th month [September] 1693- Thomas Hooton of Philadelphia, “under some weakness of body” wrote his will, naming wife Elizabeth (executrix), and mak¬ ing bequests to his mother Elizabeth Hooton and mentioning children Thomas and Mary. He ordered that “My Plantation Lott and Land in West Jersey, except¬ ing such as is given by my father to my son Thomas, shall be sould.” After he came of age, son Thomas was to have “my great Brick house and Lott in ye Front Street in Phil[adelphi]a.” Proved 5 9th month [November].104 ■ ■ GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY 1. — ?— HOOTON was born say 1600. Children of—?— and—?— (—?—) Hooten: 2 i. THOMAS HOOTON, born say 1639; Thomas Whooten Senr buried 11 12th month [February] l688[/9] at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting; married 15 7th month [September] 1664 in London ELIZABETH HUCKLE. ii. WILLIAM HOOTON, born say 1639. Children of William Hooten: 1. Thomas Hooton, born say 1665; living in 1689 (uncle’s will). 2. THOMAS1 HOOTON was born say 1639 (estimating marriage at 25). Thomas Hhooten [sic] Senr was buried 11 12th month [February] 99 “Seventeenth-Century Birth Records in the Delaware Valley,” PGM 37(1991): 88. loo Roach, “Philadelphia Directory, 1690,” PGM 23(1963):112 (note 5). 101 There is one point at which the will says “wife Successive,” confirmed by Rubin- cam, which he interprets to be her name, but it seems, instead, to be defining a residual inheritance. 102 will of Thomas Hooton Senr., Philadelphia Will #60, A:138-4l (FHL #21,721). Probated 1 3rd month [May] 1689; bond was £1500. 103 Revel’s Surveys, 73, 103 (adj.); West Jersey Deeds B:277, 331, in New fersey Archives 21:362, 370, 432, 441, 512. 104 Will of Thomas Hooton, Philadelphia Will #91, A237-40 (FHL #21,721); . 120 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 1688[/9] at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting,105 one month after he wrote his will (above). He married first SARAH ?— . Sarah Hooton, wife of Tho¬ mas, died 17 3rd month [May] 1664; recorded at Bunhill Fields Monthly — Meeting, London.106 Thomas Hooton of Blackfriers, London, shoemaker, married second 15 7th month [September] 1664 [no monthly meeting] in London ELIZABETH HUCKLE spinster of London.107 Elizabeth Houton was buried 8 7th month [September] 1694 at Philadelphia Monthly Meet¬ ing.108 There is a possibility that this burial is for her daughter Elizabeth. Children of Thomas1 and probably Sarah (— ?— ) Hooten: i. JOHN HOOTON, infant, of Blackfriars, London, son of Thomas Hooton, died 5 10th month [December] 1663; recorded at Bunhill Fields Monthly Meet¬ ing, London.109 Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Huckle) Hooten. ii. THOMAS2 HOOTON, son of Thomas and Elizabeth, Paved Alley in Blackfryers, born 7 4th month [June] 1665, recorded at Devonshire Monthly Meeting, London; 110 died between 29 September (will) and 5 November (probate) 1693. On 26 9th month [November] 1686, Thomas Hooten, Jr., requested from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting a letter to marry ELIZABETH STANLEY; they married 30 9th month [November] 1686, the certificate calls him son of Thomas and Elizabeth and her the daughter of William, deceased. Wit¬ nesses included Thomas Hooton senior and Elizabeth Hooton senior.111 In his will, written 14 2nd month [April] 1689, William Stanley gave lega¬ cies to sister Elizabeth Hooton and her son Thomas.112 At first it appears there is a conflict in the records concerning Elizabeth. In her 15 October 1700 will, Elizabeth Tatham of Burlington, widow of John, left a bequest to “Thomas and Mary the children of the late widdow Hooton of Philadelphia five pounds a piece.”113 However, 12 October 1711, Elizabeth wife of Alexander Paxton of Bucks County was party to a deed and referred to as wife of Thomas Hooton and daughter of William Stanley of Philadelphia.114 On 27 October 1719, administration on the 105 Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (FHL #20,405). The word Senr was interlined, in the same handwriting. 106 London and Middlesex Quarterly Meeting Digest Register (note 28). 107 London and Middlesex Quarterly Meeting Digest Register (note 28). 108 Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (FHL #20,405). 109 London and Middlesex Quarterly Meeting Digest Register (note 28). 11° London and Middlesex Quarterly Meeting Digest Register (note 28). in Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (note 73), 2:376, 552; also Philadelphia marriage certificate; PGM 37(1992): 247; also “Early Minutes of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends,” PGM 2(1902): 101, 102. H2 Will of William Stanley, Philadelphia Will #58, A:132 (FHL #21,721). H3 Will of Elizabeth Tatham, Philadelphia Will #59, B:154 (FHL #21,721); also in “Calendar of Wills 1670-1730,” New Jersey Archives 23:452. She had three children of her own and was expecting. There is no indication of the reason for the bequest. Her property included a number of items of gold and silver. H4 Bucks County Deeds 5:79, abstracted in John David Davis, Bucks County, Penn¬ sylvania, Deed Records, 1684-1763 (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1997), 144. Hooten/Hooton Families 2007 121 estate of Thomas Hooton of [blank], deceased, was granted to widow Elizabeth Paxton of Philadelphia, widow.115 A 18 June 1723 mortgage mentions land in Philadelphia formerly Thomas Hooton’s, now Alexander Paxton’s.116 Thus, the phrase “late widdow Hooton” must refer to her name, rather than indicating that she was deceased. Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stanley ) Hooten: 1. Thomas3 Hooton, born 6 7th month [September] 1687, son of Tho¬ mas & Elizabeth Hooton, recorded at Philadelphia Monthly Meet¬ ing.117 2. Elizabeth Hooten, born 4 9th month [November] 1689, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Hooton, recorded at Philadelphia Monthly Meet¬ ing;118 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth, buried 6 6th month [August] 1690, recorded at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.119 3. Mary Hooten, born by 29 September 1693; living in 1711. iii. ELIZABETH HOOTON, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Hooton, baptized 21 December 1676 at St. Ann Blackfriars, London [Church of England].120 115 “Philadelphia Administration Book B, 1702-1720,” PGM 20(1955):60, citing page B:l69. Mrs. William M. Mervine, “Abstracts of General Loan Office Mortgages,” PGM 6(1917):277. H7 Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (FHL #20,405). 11® Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (FHL #20,405). H9 Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (note 73), 2:376. 12° St. Ann Blackfriars United with St. Andrew by the Wardrobe Parish Register (FHL #374,416).