Elizabeth MERCER

1692 - Aft 1751  (> 60 years)

• Name	Elizabeth MERCER  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Birth	14 Jun 1692	Banbury, Oxfordshire, England   [13]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1751	Cane Creek, Orange, NC, USA   [14]
  Person ID	I15792	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas MERSER,   b. Abt Dec 1655   d. 12 Dec 1716, Thornburg Twp., Chester, PA, USA (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary GREENAWAY,   b. Abt 1665, , , , England d. Bef Jun 1723, West Town, Chester, PA, USA (Age < 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1687
  Family ID	F5437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William VESTAL, Jr. *,   b. 16 Sep 1692, Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA d. Bef Mar 1745, Winchester, Frederick, VA, USA (Age < 52 years)
  Marriage	9 Sep 1716	Westtown, Chester, PA, USA
  Children	1. Jangs VESTAL,   b. Abt 1731, , , VA, USA d. , , VA, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Thomas VESTAL,   b. 8 Sep 1727, , Chester, PA d. 12 Jun 1813, , Chatham, NC, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James VESTAL,   b. Abt 1730, , Baltimore, MD d. Bef 14 May 1793, , Surry, NC (Age < 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John VESTAL,   b. Abt 1718, , Chester, PA d. Abt 1776, , Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William III VESTAL,   b. Abt 1721, , Chester, PA d. Bef May 1787, , Berkely, VA, USA (Age < 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mary Elizabeth VESTAL, *,   b. 1723, , Chester, PA d. 1818, New Burlington, Fulton, OH, USA (Age 95 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Jemima VESTAL,   b. Abt 1729, , Chester, PA, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. David VESTAL,   b. 16 Jun 1736, , Orange, NC d. 26 Oct 1819, Cane Creek, Rocky River, NC, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph WOODWARD   d. 1715
  Marriage	9 Nov 1712	Elkton, Cecil, MD, USA
  Family ID	F5434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth's birthdate is different in the American Quaker records than in the English christening records. I'm going with the English version as they occurred at the time of the event. They two dates were 2 months apart when Quaker recorddn't have the date corrected for the current calendar. Elizabeth who was a Quaker, married Joseph Woodward in 1712. She became of member of at the Chester MM where her husband belonged. He died in 1715 and she returned to her home monthly meeting at Concord with at least one child. She apparently married out of unity a year later to William Vestall, a Baptist. She was to be disowned for that marriage by the following year in the same meeting where satisfaction was accepted by the Quaker records. This occurred in the women's minutes of the 5th mo., 29th day 1717. Prior to 1729, her second husband also became a Quaker. On 9/7/1737 she was given a certificate of recommendation for the Hopewell MM where she had lived for several years. On Aug. 11, 1750, Elizabeth granted Steven Emory Power of Attorney. Elizabeth Vestal and her sons, William and Thomas then moved to Orange Co., NC (now WV) in 1751 after the death of her husband where they helped establish the Cane Creek M.M.. (C-803) They were received the 10th month, 7th day, 1751 from Hopewell, Virginia at Cane Creek, North Carolina. (C-804)

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. [S121] Vickie Leimback to Linda Coate Dudick E-Mail letter dated Sept. 16, 1995 at VLeimback@aol.com In possession of Linda Coate Dudick at 648 Ulverston Dr., Gahanna, OH 43230 1995 (C-611). [S128] Rasch, Peggy to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated May 26, 1984 at N11W27909 White Oak Ct., Waukesha, WI 53186 In L. Dudick files (C-165). [S122] Minnie Speer Boone, Our Family Heritage (Salsbury, NC: Tennessee Studio). [S129] Mrs. Oscar Markus, The Vestals of Pennsylvania, USA and Allied Families (1964, unpublished). [S113] Eileen Davis and Judith Ireton, comps, Quaker Records of the Miami Valley of Ohio (McDowell Publications, 1980). [S344] Cassius Jay Jay Family Index Partially in L. Dudick Files (C-167). [S345] Record, Tom, Gedcom and sources dated 1996. [S29] Vestal Family Group Sheet Type Lineage Received 1984 Preparer unknown very well sourced. [S2317] Michael S. Caldwell to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated April 13, 1984 in Linda Coate files (C-159) Current Status: Lost. [S136] Alloa Cavinis, Henry Cavinis, Infant Immigrant and some of his Descendants 1971 (C-1380). [S2860] Vestal, Pat, Email dated 2004 from mimipat@triad.rr.com written to L.Coate. [S1452] database (www.myheritage.com), ). [S2859] Ginny Bumgarner to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated Nov. 5, 1996 at gbumgarner@dayton.net In Linda Coate files (C-848).