James Stell Cubberley, Sr.

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Mother and father not known. Came to this country from England (Coverley = Cubberley = Cuthbert's ley, a hamlet on the estate of Sir Thomas de Berkeley). As a sailor, presumably in 1714 or 1716, in 1718 he purchased 350 acres in Nottingham Township and by 1725 owned 800 acres. He adhered to The Church of England; his wife came from Quaker background. Her parents came over to America in the ship "Shield". He owned three slaves.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17673745/james-stelle-cubberley

Notes from his wife's memorial: "Mary's husband James Cubberley is shown as "James Stelle Cubberley" in his memorial, linked below, and in family trees online. The inclusion of Stelle as a middle name is undoubtedly an addition by modern genealogists. Middle names were extremely rare among the English during James's lifetime, and his signature and contemporary references to him do not include a middle name or initial.

Finally, 22 June 1754 is not documented as James Cubberley's death date (despite it being shown as such in his memorial). Rather, this is the date on which his estate was inventoried."