Bracken, William
1671 - 1749 (78 years)-
Name Bracken, William [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Birth 9 Sep 1671 Salterforth, Lancashire, England 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Christening 9 Sep 1671 Melling in Halsall, Lancashire, England [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Gender Male FSID LDLB-V8X [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Religion Between 1699 and 1749 [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Quaker or Church of England (Episcopal) Death 17 Nov 1749 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Burial Aft 17 Nov 1749 New Castle, Delaware, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] - Hockessin
Person ID I31726 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Father Bracken, Thomas, b. 19 Oct 1638, Melling in Halsall, Lancashire, England d. 6 Feb 1682, Salterforth, Lancashire, England (Age 43 years) Relationship natural Mother Bleasdale, Margret, b. 1632, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England d. 9 Sep 1671, Salterforth, Lancashire, England (Age 39 years) Relationship natural Family ID F12157 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Booker, Hannah, b. 9 Sep 1671, Lancashire, England d. 28 Dec 1749, New Castle, Delaware, USA (Age 78 years) Marriage 26 Jan 1692 Slaidburn, Yorkshire, England [2] Children 1. Bracken, Thomas, b. Bef 4 Apr 1695, Yorkshire, England d. 14 Nov 1780, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Age > 85 years) [natural]Family ID F12155 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 9 Sep 1671 - Salterforth, Lancashire, England 
Christening - 9 Sep 1671 - Melling in Halsall, Lancashire, England 
Marriage - 26 Jan 1692 - Slaidburn, Yorkshire, England 
Death - 17 Nov 1749 - Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA 
Burial - Aft 17 Nov 1749 - New Castle, Delaware, USA = Link to Google Earth
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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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- His will was probated Dec 28, 1749. Burial presumed
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