Pleasant Satterthwaite

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Pleasant MEAD 1717 married William SATTERTHWAITE

Children

1. Michael SATTERTHWAITE 1737-1737
2. Esther SATTERTHWAITE 1739 mar. James WORSTALL
3. William SATTERTHWAITE, Jr. 1740-1826 married Mary KNIGHT
4. Ann SATTERTHWAITE 1742 married Edward BAYLEY
5. Pleasant SATTERTHWAITE 1745 mar. Robert HUSTON
6. Rebecca SATTERTHWAITE 1748
7. Susannah SATTERTHWAITE 1749
8. Sarah SATTERTHWAITE 1752 mar. Timothy WRIGHT
9. Mary SATTERTHWAITE 1755 married Nathan BALL
10. John SATTERTHWAITE 1758
11. Clement SATTERTHWAITE 1760

DATA NOTED FROM THE TEXTS "MEAD FAMILY" BY PRITCHARD AND THE SATTERTHWAITE GENEALOGY IN ADDITION TO DATA FROM BUCKS COUNTY COURT SYSTEM.

MOTHER IS NOTED TO RESIDE WITH HER IN 1747 AS NOTED IN A LETTER FROM HER

BROTHERS WILLIAM AND SAMUEL, INQUIRING ABOUT THEIR MOTHER.

Dear Brother, if thee has inclination of buying land here, that piece of land of Cox which thou came down in order to buy is now at liberty and to be disposed of and I have it engaged for thee such time t hat I can hear from thee for there is several others wanted to get it but Ratlif hath the disposal of it and he hath given me his word to keep it till I can have an answer from thee therefore if thou ever de sign to buy land here know to have thee to embrace this opertunity and if desire thee not to fail sending me thy mind about it by the firs t oportunity for fear some other body should get it. I have nothing to say in praise of it for though has already see n it thyself and therefore let it prais itself.

Our children hath all had the measels and are all got well.....

Give our love to thee and all they family and with mother and desire thee if thou see any of our friends at the fals (Falls Meeting) let the m know that we are all well. I Remain thy affectionate brother, William Mead

William Williams is of the mind of selling his land but David Potts will sel his if he can get a ...more. My love to the and they family and to mother....Well and remain thy loving brother Saml Mead

PLEASANT'S MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE IN MIDDLETOWNSHIP IN BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AT THE MIDDLETOWN M.M. 1736. ON THE CERTIFICATE, WHERE ALL THE WITNESSES SIGN THAT THEY WITNESSED THE MARRIAGE, ELIZABETH MEAD SIGNED IN THE PLACE USUALLY DESIGNATED FOR PARENTS. WILLIAM'S PARENTS WERE IN ENGLAND AND DID NOT ATTEND.

sources

1. http://mrslaron2002.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=mrslaron200...
2. Callahan, G. C. “Some of the Meads.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, 1902, pp. 191–97. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1915231.