Biography of Henry MADDOCK; Delaware County, PA

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In 1681, Henry Maddock, of Loom Hall, Cheshire, England, and his brother-in-law,
James Kennerly, purchased 1500 acres of land from William Penn, and arrived here 
some time before the Proprietary in 1682. In 1683 part of this joint purchase,
supposed to be 800 acres, but really more than 1100 acres, was located in 
Springfield township, adjoining Ridley, and James established his residence upon 
it. After a few years he died, when his share of the joint purchase passed to 
Henry Maddock, who, returning to England, conveyed the whole to his eldest son,
Mordecai Maddock. Jane Maddock, daughter of Henry, m. 1690, George Maris Jr.
Mordecai Maddock was appointed a trustee for Chester Meeting, 10-5-1687; and in 
8-13-1690, to receive subscriptions in Marple township towards building a meeting 
house in Chester. After this he returned to England, but was again in this country,
1701-1703, at which time there is no evidence of his being a married person. In 
1727 he produced a certificate for himself and wife, Sarah, from Nottingham 
Monthly Meeting, England. Mordecai Maddock, of Springfield, and Dorothy Roman, of 
Chichester, widow of Philip Roman, were married Nov. 8, 1733,at Springfield 
Meeting. In 1736 Friends of Chester Meeting sold their old meeting house to Edward 
Russell, and Mordecai Maddock, as surviving trustee, was requested to execute a 
deed for the same. No further mention of him appears on the records, nor can any 
will or administration on his estate be found. He had probably disposed of all his 
property prior to his second marriage, reserving only a life interest therein. His 
children, so far as known, were Henry, John, Benjamin, Elizabeth and James. To 
Henry he conveyed 200 acres of land, Sept. 29, 1733, and to his son John 300 acres 
more on the same date including the present site of Swarthmore College. He had 
previously, 1698-1702, disposed of the residue of the Springfield lands. Benjamin 
Maddock, m. 1734, Elizabeth, dau.of John Hart of Phila., and continued to reside 
in Springfield. Beside a son Benjamin they had a daughter Elizabeth who married 
Thomas Manley. Benjamin Maddock Jr. received a certificate from Chester to Phila.
Monthly Meeting, 8-25-1766, and is supposed to have been the father of William L 
Maddock.



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