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.
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.
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.
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.
