JOHN MADDOX
John Maddox was born to John Maddox and Margaret Kent probably in Salem New Jersey about 1692. The family is active in the Quaker Monthly Meeting.
The Salem Monthly Meeting chapter of Early Church Records of Salem County records how father John gets disowned in 1686. No reason is given. The next time he appears in the monthly reports is on 1689/90, 12, 24 when he is reinstated AND he gets a certificate from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting to marry Margaret Kent. Which he did 1690, 1,28.
Salem is about 30 miles downstream from Philadelphia.
They continued in Salem New Jersey until 1695. The also had deed and court appearances until 1695 in Chester County PA, which is just across the Delaware River from Salem. Then the family disappears from the records.
In 1700 John and Margaret Maddox appear in Virginia at a Quaker wedding. It really helps that the Quakers kept such extensive records. Everyone who attends a wedding signs the certificate.
We know from court records that John and Margaret had an older son John born between 1690 and 1700. Also, the only Kent I could find in the Philadelphia Monthly minutes was a Robert Kent who died 1688, 1,8. The first son born in Virginia to John and Margaret was Robert Maddox. They also had a son Michael Maddox.
The Goochland County, VA court Orders May Court 1746 named John Maddox, "the elder brother of Michael", who had died. Robert took the lead role in settling Michael's estate. John had given up his right to do so, but at least we know he goes with this family
John married Elizabeth Sherwood about 1718 probably in Goochland County. Her family lived there and John and Elizabeth continued there after their wedding. They had the following children:
1. William born 1719 married Mary Sampson in 1750 in Goochland
2. Benjamin
3. Jacob married Susannah Clarkson in 1758 in Goochland
4. James
5. John married Mary Boyd in 1755 in Goochland
6. David married Sally Perkins in 1768 in Goochland County VA
7. Sarah, wife of Joseph
8. Eliza
9. Susannah
10. Ann
11. Elebeth
These eleven children were mentioned in John's will when he died in 1749. His wife Elizabeth lived until 1773.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
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1. Check the various Quaker records more thoroughly In NJ and PA.
2. Track John's children Benjamin and James.
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