Marah B. Chapman

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Family Immigration

"Two years and three months after William Penn and his immediate followers had landed upon the banks of the Delaware, John Chapman, of the small town of Stannah (2), in Yorkshire, England, with his wife Jane, and children Mara, Ann, and John, took up his residence in the woods of Wrightstown, the first white settler north of Newtown. Being a staunch Friend and having suffered numerous persecutions for opinion sake, including loss of property, he resolved to find a new home in the wilds of Pennsylvania. Of the early settlers of Wrightstown, the names of John Chapman, William Smith and Thomas Croasdale are mentioned in "Bessies' (more properly Besse's) Collections," as having been frequently fined and imprisoned for non-conformity to the established religion, and for attendance on Friends' meeting. Leaving home June 21, 1684, he sailed from Aberdeen, Scotland, and reached Wrightstown sometime toward the close of December. Before leaving England Mr. Chapman bought a claim for 500 acres of one Daniel Toaes, which he located in the southern part of the township, extending from the park square to the Newtown line, and upon which the village of Wrightstown and the Friends' meeting- house stand." ~• note 'Bessie's Collection' in most probably Besses Sufferings (See Quaker Persecution Project) ~• from Davis' History of Bucks County

John Croasdale died intestate leaving a widow, Marah, and three children: Thomas, Ruth and Agnes. Marah Croasdale (widow) married 1709 neighboring Friend John Wildman, son of Martin and Ann, and had two daughters: Mercy Wildman who married Tho. Jenks and Elizabeth Wildman who married John Woolston.

Thomas and Agnes Croasdale's six children, as shown by their wills and that of their son, William, are as follows:

1. John Croasdale
2. William Croasdale, Bristol, died 1715. He was Chief Ranger of Bucks County in 1687. Was ranger again in 1714.
3. Mary, born 1672, died 1716, married September 20, 1690, William Smith, died 1743.
4. Alice, married David Potts. They are the ancestors of President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
5. Bridget, married Cowgill
6. Morrah, married Wildman. aka Marah Wildman ~ but Marrah is their widowed daughter-in-law... not their daughter

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The salient point being that Morrah husband is a WILDMAN