William Huddleston

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1. William Huddleston

William was born 1702, Bucks Co, PA. He inherited the bulk of his father's estate and was said to have had a considerable amount of wealth.

He married Nov., 1727 in Burlington Co, NJ to Dorothy Walsh (NJ license issued Nov 14; both from Bucks Co., Pa.) .

Four years after his marriage is this record from:

"Bucks County Criminal Papers 1697-1786 - Court of Common Pleas" -

1. 111 - 1731 Sep 18 - Petition of Wm. HUDDLESTON that court designate term that Eliz. THOMAS should serve him (she a minor indicted for murder of child of Robert DAVIS and was left with William HUDDLESTON by sheriff Timothy SMITH on trial until she was put out by order of court).

3 Apr 1743, William & Dorothy Huddleston, cordwinder, of Middlestown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania to William Blakey, yeoman, of same, L12.1, 100 acres, line of James Dilworth, purchased 1706, of William Hayhurst by Henry & Elizabeth Huddleston, (parents of said William and said Elizabeth later married Thomas Davis) and said Thomas and Elizabeth, sold 1729 to said William. Signed William Huddleston and Dorothy Huddleston. Wit. John Cawley and Euetydus Longshore. [from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Deed Records 1684 - 1763, p159, by John David Davis, 1997 by Heritage Books]

This family may have been Presbyterian since several of the children were married in the Presbyterian church in Churchville, (Bucks Co.) Pa.

- Churchville Presbyterian Church Marriages Records 1738-1810 :

1768, Aug. 17, Huddleston, Henry, and Elizabeth Bennet.

1768, May 8, Huddleston, Joseph, and Margaret Thomas.

1762, Oct. 11, Huddleston, Sarah, and James Price.

1763, Aug. 26, Huddleston, Thomas, and Elizabeth Slygar

He died Aug 3, 1776 in Bucks Co, PA. In 1779 his 5 sons were in Middletown Twp., Bucks Co., Pa. In 1790 4 of his sons were still in Bucks Co.; Joseph was in Chester Co., Pa. Many of his descendants adopted the spelling “Huddleson”.

Children: (unsure of order)

. . . 1.1) HANNAH HUDDLESON, b 1728; m Richard Tomlinson. They built the “signature house.”

. . . 1.2) WILLIAM HUDDLESON Jr., 1730-1796; was a private in the Bucks Co. Militia in 1775; m 1781, Sarah Harman. He lived in Middletown Twp., Bucks Co., Pa. where he is shown on the tax lists show him there in 1779 (with 2 acres); 1781 (no property); 1782; 1790. He died in 1797; Ch: Amos, Mahlon, John

. . . 1.3) GEORGE HUDDLESON, b 1735, was a private in the Bucks Co., PA Militia in 1775. He lived in Middletown Twp., Bucks Co., Pa. He is shown on the tax lists there 1779-1787; in 1779 (with 4 acres he paid $1.18 in taxes); 1781 (no property, 1 cattle); on the 1790 census (with no wife or children). Ch: William

. . . 1.4) HENRY HUDDLESON, b 1740; m 1768, Elizabeth Bennett, Presbyterian Church, Churchville, Pa. He lived in Middletown Twp., Bucks Co, Pa. He is shown in the tax lists there in 1781 (a cordwinder with 4 1/2 acres, 1 horse, 1 cattle); and on the 1790 census (probably with wife and 4 children); Ch: Isaac, Henry

. . . 1.5) JOSEPH HUDDLESTON/HUDDLESON, b 1742, m 1768 to Margaret Thomas in the Presbyterian Church in Churchville, Pa. He lived in Middletown Twp., Bucks Co., Pa. and is on the tax lists there from 1779 to 1787. (In 1779 there were 2 Josephs: one with 200 acres & one with 4 acres. In 1781 his estate had 200 acres.)

. . . 1.6) THOMAS HUDDLESON, b 1744, m 1763 to Elizabeth Stiger in the Presbyterian Church in Churchville, Pa. He was a private in the Bucks Co. Militia in 1775; He lived in Middletown Twp., Bucks Co, Pa. and is on tax list 1775-87 (in 1779 & 1781 with 4 acres and 3 cattle); and on the 1790 census (with wife, 1 son under 16 and 4 daughters); and the 1800 census. He moved to Hamilton Co., Ohio about 1805

. . . . . . . . 1.6.1) CHILD: Susanna Huddleston, b Apr. 8, 1789, Bucks Co., Pa.; m. in Newtown, Ohio (near

                   Cincinnati) March 22, 1806 to Rezen Bryant Newell; d May 13, 1864, Cincinnati. 

. . . 1.7) ELIZABETH HUDDLESON, 1746-1799, m 1761 to George Walker. Ch: George, Joseph

. . . 1.8) SARAH HUDDLESON, 1746-1804, m 1762 to James Price in the Presbyterian Church, Churchville, PA.

. . . 1.9) Her father, William, built Elizabeth and Sarah a “twin home” (duplex) as a wedding gift ca. 1760 in Langhorne. Elizabeth married in 1761 and Sarah in 1762. (see picture at right)

. . . 1.10) REBECCA HUDDLESON, b 1749; m Robert Adair in 1768 in St. Mary’s Church, Burlington Co., New Jersey

. . . 1.11) AGNES HUDDLESON, b 1750; m Jacob Stiger