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There is some indication that the emigrant ancestors of Daniel Maddox were John Maddox and Margaret Kent. I have not been able to make a direct connection yet. If anyone has the link please CONTACT US.

The following story is a gathering of lots of facts that fit and may be John's story.

From the Encylopedia of American Quakers Vol II "1638. John Maddocks son of Ralfe Maddocks in Cheshire England in or about the year 1638. The Welcome Society of Pa, Penn's Colony vol. 1, page 88-89 says "John Maddocks, joiner, from Nantwich, Cheshire.

The Cheshire Public Records Office is in Chester. There is a multi-volumed book listing the Parish Records of Nantwich beginning in 1539. We recorded all the Maddock records from 1539 to 1644. Then we ran out of time. There is still a lot more to learn there.

There were many Maddocks in Nantwich. Too numerous to list here. There was a Raphe born to Thomas and Ellen (Miles) Maddock 1578 and then another Raphe born 1583. The first apparently died.

In 1621 a Ralpe Maddock of Tarporley parish wed ? Wilkerson of Westason parish in Nantwich. There was no further mention of this couple.

There is John Maddock born to Henrie Maddock in 1639. Two previous records are of Henry Maddock Jr. joyner, having children Griffith 1634 and Jane in 1637.

If John did become a Quaker perhaps his parent did also. The Friends House Digest Register of Cheshire Quaker Meetings, film MR -L26, Reel 14, can be found at the Swarthmore College library in the Friends Historical Society Room In Swarthmore PA. For the middle 1600s two Maddocks families listed. One was Nathan & Alice, parents of 9 children none of them named Ralfe or John. The other was Joseph & Mary of Flint Cheshire, with 7 children, none Ralfe or John.

The great Black Plague swept through England in the 1650-60s. It devastated whole families and villages. In London the Great Fire of London stopped it in 1666. John left Cheshire in 1668 when he was 30 years old to go to London. We believe he could have had a young family that died of the Plague. As he arrived in America as a "joiner", he probably worked in the building trade. He may have learned the trade on the job or perhaps he was a joiner in Cheshire.

If you know the answer please CONTACT US.

1. Check the Cheshire Quaker records more thoroughly.

2. Check Cheshire court and church records.

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