YARNALL FAMILY
FRANCIS YARNALL and
his brother Philip came from Claines (or Cloines), a small village in
Worcestershire, near the city of Worcester. They first settled on 100 acres of
land in Springfield township, adjoining George Maris, about a mile from
Springfield Meeting, on the road to Clifton. This land was surveyed to Francis
Oct. 17, 1683, and patented 12, 6, 1685. They were at first members of Darby
Meeting. Francis Yarnall, "of Stone Creek head," and Hannah Baker
were married 8 mo. 1686. He afterward purchased 510 acres in Willistown, adjoining
Edgmont line, and died there in 1721.
PHILIP YARNALL m. 2
mo. 1694, Dorothy Baker, dau. of John Baker from Edgmond, in Shropshire, Eng.,
and settled in Edgmont township, where he had purchased 480 acres of land from
George Maris, in 1687. He also purchased 240 acres more in 1713, which he
conveyed to his son Philip, and 250 acres in Ridley, in 1723, which he devised
to his son Job. His will is dated 6, 16, 1733, and proven May 20, 1734. His
wife was recommended as a minister, 5, 31, 1727, and died in 1743. Issue:
JOHN, b. 1, 5, 1694-5; d. 7, 5, 1749; m. Abigail Williamson.
PHILIP, b. 9, 29, 1696; d. 11 or 12 mo. 1758; m. Mary Hoopes.
JOB, b. 1, 28, 1698; d. (???), 1740-1; m. Rebecca Lownes.
SARAH, b. 8, 25, 1700; m. Evan Ellis.
BENJAMIN, b. 8, 20, 1702; d. young or unmarried.
THOMAS, b. 6, 10, 1705; d. 6, 13 (?), 1764; m. Martha Hammans.
NATHAN, b. 12, 27, 1707; d. 1, 10, 1780; m. Rachel Jackson.
SAMUEL, b. 2, 12, 1710; d. (???); m. Sarah Vernon.
REBECCA, b. 6, 6, 1712; m. William Jones.
MARY, b. 8, 23, 1718; m. Samuel Milnor.
John Yarnall, the
eldest son, m. 9, 11, 1719, Abigail Williamson, dau. of Daniel and Mary
Williamson, of Newtown (p. 60), and settled in Edgmont. Issue:
MARY, b. 7, 21, 1722; d. (???), 1792; m. Thomas Pennell and John Lea.
THOMAS, b. 12, 27, 1724-5; d. (???), 1759; m. Margaret Hill.
ANN, b. 9, 30, 1729; d. (???), 1797; m. John Thomson, 10, 10, 1747.
ISAAC, b. 6, 3, 1732; d. (???), 1765; m. Mary Bennett.
ABIGAIL, b. 11, 22, 1738-9; d. 12, 26, 1803; m. Jesse Garrett.
HANNAH, b. 10, 4, 1741; d. 12, 29, 1818; m. Thomas Garrett, 1759.
Isaac Yarnall, son
of John and Abigail, was complained of by Middletown Meeting, 8, 27, 1753, for
marriage out to one not a member, and without his mother's consent, for which
he was disowned 10, 29, 1753. His wife was Mary, b. May 10, 1733, dau. of James
and Elizabeth (Albin) Bennett, of Middletown. On Aug. 25, 1761, he petitioned
for license to keep tavern, representing "that your Petitioner's House is
very conveniently Situated for a publick House of Entertainment on Edgemont
Great Road leading to the great Valley, &c., about Eight Miles nearer
Chester than the Sign of the Boot, where Jonathan Davis lately kept publick
House, and about four Miles above Talbot's Tavern." This was also signed
by sixteen of his neighbors, and his request was granted. It is believed that
the tavern was kept in the present residence of James Thorp. After the death of
Isaac Yarnall, in 1765, his widow continued the business until her death, about
the 1st of Nov. 1766. John Hoopes (No. 150) rented the property and kept tavern
till 1771, when John Neal succeeded him for six years. William Dunwoody was
perhaps the landlord (at this place?) for two years, after which it does not
appear that the license was renewed. The children of Isaac and Mary Yarnall
were:
JAMES, b. Aug. 27, 1753; d. 2, 21, 1817; m. Jane Cox.
JOHN, b. Sept. 12, 1755; perhaps died young.
BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 27, 1757; perhaps died young.
THOMAS, b. Sept. 16, 1759; d. March 8, 1760.
ABIGAIL, b. March 24, 1761; m. Thomas Smedley (No. 61).
Jane (Cox) Yarnall
was disowned by Goshen Mo. Mtg., 11, 5, 1779, for marriage by a priest to one
not a member, but an acknowledgment was accepted 1, 10, 1783, and a certificate
to Chester Mo. Mtg. granted her 7, 11, 1783. Her husband and children, Mary,
Isaac, Sidney, Rachel, James and Albin, were admitted into membership 8, 26,
1799. She was appointed an overseer of Middletown Meeting, 6, 29, 1807, and
again in 1810, for three years longer. In 1787 James Yarnall was assessed with
250 acres of land in Edgmont, 4 horses and 4 cattle.