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• FSID: LDLB-V8X
• Religion: Between 1699 and 1749; Quaker or Church of England (Episcopal)

Notes:

His will was probated Dec 28, 1749. Burial presumed
He married Hannah (Devers? Booker?) January 26, 1691/92 in Slaidburn (Yorkshired) Eng.

PA Archives (Quaker records) states that William Bracken came to America on the Quaker ship " The Britannia" and landed in Philadelphia on August 25, 1699. William and his wife Hannah had three children when they arrived in America. The records of his children and grandchildren are in "The Olde Swedes Church" in Wilmington, Delaware.

On July 25, 1699, while on this ship William Bracken witnessed George Goodsell's will. So he was probably a young man but not a child, old enough to witness a will 50 years before his death. Because of the illness on the ship, the Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) in Philadelphia appointed a committee on August 25, 1699, "to assist the sick and weak passengers from Liverpool," which probably included William Bracken.

Fifteen years later, on August 29, 1714 the Friends in their meeting resolved "whereas 30 shillings were lent to William Bracken, he being now able to repay, therefore Anthony Morris and William Hudson are appointed to write to him so he might return the money again for the use of other poor Friends." Although this story suggests he was a Friend, this family was later connected with Holy Trinity (Old Swedes Church) in Wilmington, Delaware, a Swedish Lutheran congregation until 1790.
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Buried:
Hockessin

William married Booker, Hannah on 26 Jan 1692 in Slaidburn, Yorkshire, England. Hannah was born on 9 Sep 1671 in Lancashire, England; died on 28 Dec 1749 in New Castle, Delaware, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bracken, Thomas was born before 4 Apr 1695 in Yorkshire, England; was christened on 4 Apr 1695 in Clapham, Yorkshire, England; died on 14 Nov 1780 in York, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried after 14 Nov 1780 in York, Pennsylvania, USA.

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• Birth: 19 Oct 1638, Melling in Halsall, Lancashire, England
• Death: 6 Feb 1682, Salterforth, Lancashire, England

Thomas married Bleasdale, Margret. Margret was born in 1632 in Goosnargh, Lancashire, England; died on 9 Sep 1671 in Salterforth, Lancashire, England; was buried on 9 Sep 1671 in Salterforth, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1632, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England
• Death: 9 Sep 1671, Salterforth, Lancashire, England