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Mercy Sotcher

Female 1740 - 1819  (~ 79 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mercy Sotcher was born in cir 1740 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Robert Sotcher and Mercy Brown); died on 7 Jun 1819 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Mercy Sotcher Baldwin was disowned by the Falls Monthly Meeting of Friends on 7 July 1763, for marrying out of unity. One source gives her birth date as 22 Dec 1732, but most sources say she was born cir 1740.

    Mercy married John Baldwin on 4 Apr 1763 in Dutch Reformed Church, Churchville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. John (son of Joseph Baldwin and Ann Tomlinson) was born in cir 1740 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in cir 1806 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Phebe Baldwin was born in cir 1762 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA; died between 1819-1835 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA.
    2. John Baldwin was born in cir 1764 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in cir 1825 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA.
    3. Samuel B. Baldwin was born in cir 1766 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 1 Mar 1830 in Muskingum County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Salt Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Smith Mill, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA.
    4. Mary Ann Baldwin was born in cir 1770 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. Stacey Baldwin was born in cir 1774 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA.
    6. Mahlon Baldwin was born in cir 1776 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 1 Jan 1834 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA.
    7. James Baldwin was born in cir 1777 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA; died in 1847 in Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA.
    8. Joseph Baldwin was born in cir 1778 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA; died in cir 1815 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Sotcher was born on 3 Sep 1706 in Pennsbury, Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of John Sotcher and Mary Loftus); died in 1753 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Robert Sotcher was married "out of meeting" in 1731, but was cleared by the Falls Friends Monthly Meeting and reinstated on 4 June 1731. He and his family lived in New Jersey.

    Robert married Mercy Brown in 1731. Mercy (daughter of George Brown and Mercy Wright) was born in cir 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mercy Brown was born in cir 1708 (daughter of George Brown and Mercy Wright).
    Children:
    1. Mary Sotcher was born on 22 Dec 1732; died on 7 Jun 1819.
    2. John Sotcher was born in cir 1735.
    3. 1. Mercy Sotcher was born in cir 1740 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 7 Jun 1819 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA.
    4. Sarah Sotcher was born in 1740; died in 1799.
    5. Robert Sotcher died in 1804.
    6. Ann Sotcher was born in cir 1740.
    7. Philip Sotcher was born in cir 1740.
    8. Samuel Satcher died in 1814.
    9. Rachel Sotcher was born in cir 1740.
    10. Phebe Sotcher was born in cir 1740.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Sotcher was born in cir 1674 in Sussex, England (son of Robert Sotcher and Elizabeth Shelle); died on 19 Nov 1729 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Falls Friends Meeting Cemetery #1, Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    John Sotcher was from Sussex, England. He was a barber by trade, and came with William Penn to America in 1699. Some sources say that he came to America as early as 1687. In either case, he became the steward of Penn's estate, Pennsbury Manor, where he married Mary Loftus (or Lofty). She had come from Bristol, England, to Pennsylvania in 1694, on a certificate prepared by Thomas Callowhill, father of Penn's second wife, Hannah. William Penn and his wife witnessed the marriage and marriage certificate of the Sotchers. Letitia Penn gave the bride a chest of drawers. John Sotcher went to England late in 1701 to collect a legacy from his brother. The Sotchers continued working at Pennsbury until 1714, when they moved to operate a ferry nearby. They owned land on the Pennsylvania side of Burlington ferry. William Penn considered John Sotcher his "trusted friend, whom he delighted to call 'Honest John' and to whom the great founder consigned the care of his domestic affairs at Pennsbury on his first departure from America." (J.H. Battle, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania) John Sotcher was also for many years a member of the colonial assembly.

    John married Mary Loftus on 16 Oct 1701 in Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Loftus and Katherine Ford) was born in 1677 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1728 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Loftus was born in 1677 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (daughter of Thomas Loftus and Katherine Ford); died in 1728 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    Children:
    1. Hannah Sotcher was born on 25 Nov 1702 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Dec 1732 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Mary Sotcher was born on 18 SEPT 1704 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 Nov 1778.
    3. 2. Robert Sotcher was born on 3 Sep 1706 in Pennsbury, Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1753 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. Ann Sotcher was born on 27 Mar 1710 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Aug 1787.

  3. 6.  George Brown was born in 1644 in Lancashire, England; died in 1726 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    George and Mercy Brown were from Leicestershire, England, and arrived in America in 1679, landing at New Castle in what is now Delaware. They settled on the Delaware near Biles Island, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. They may have had as many as fifteen children, eight of whom survived to adulthood. George was the first English Justice commissioned in Bucks County, in 1680.

    George married Mercy Wright in 1679 in New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, USA. Mercy was born in cir 1660 in Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mercy Wright was born in cir 1660 in Leicestershire, England.
    Children:
    1. J. Elias Brown was born in cir 1681.
    2. John Brown was born in cir 1692 in Yardville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Samuel Brown was born on 8 Sep 1694 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 10 Mar 1769 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. George Brown was born on 3 Apr 1695 in Barking, Essex, England.
    5. Thomas Brown was born in cir 1700 in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. 3. Mercy Brown was born in cir 1708.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert Sotcher (son of Richard Sotcher and unknown); died in cir 1674; was buried on 28 Jul 1674.

    Robert + Elizabeth Shelle. Elizabeth died on 28 Feb 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Shelle died on 28 Feb 1680.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Sotcher died in 1668.
    2. Mary Sotcher died in 1670.
    3. Robert Sotcher was born in 1665; died on 18 Aug 1701.
    4. Anne Sotcher was born in cir 1670.
    5. 4. John Sotcher was born in cir 1674 in Sussex, England; died on 19 Nov 1729 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Falls Friends Meeting Cemetery #1, Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 10.  Thomas Loftus was born in 1644 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was christened in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (son of Nicholas Loftus and M. Elizabeth ?); died on 25 Mar 1694 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

    Notes:

    Thomas Loftus (Lofty, Loftis, etc.) was from St. James Parish, Bristol, England.

    Thomas + Katherine Ford. Katherine was born in cir 1648 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 7 Apr 1697 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Katherine Ford was born in cir 1648 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 7 Apr 1697 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Loftus was born in 1670 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 10 Apr 1670 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. Mary Loftus was born in 1672 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 20 Jan 1675.
    3. Thomas Loftus was born in 1674 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 20 Feb 1677.
    4. 5. Mary Loftus was born in 1677 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1728 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. Thomas Loftus was born in 1679 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 17 May 1721.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Richard Sotcher (son of Richard Sotcher, of Strowd and Rose Hurst); died in 1646.

    Richard + unknown. unknown died in cir 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  unknown died in cir 1650.
    Children:
    1. 8. Robert Sotcher died in cir 1674; was buried on 28 Jul 1674.
    2. Susan Sotcher died in 1638.
    3. Elizabeth Sotcher died in cir 1660.
    4. William Sotcher died in cir 1660.
    5. Thomas Sotcher died in 1661.
    6. Richard Sotcher was born in cir 1615.
    7. John Sotcher was born in cir 1615.

  3. 20.  Nicholas Loftus was born in 1611 in Ireland.

    Nicholas + M. Elizabeth ?. M. was born in 1617 in Ireland; died on 19 Mar 1693 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Clifton Churchyard, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 21.  M. Elizabeth ? was born in 1617 in Ireland; died on 19 Mar 1693 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Clifton Churchyard, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, England.
    Children:
    1. 10. Thomas Loftus was born in 1644 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was christened in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 25 Mar 1694 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.


Generation: 6

  1. 32.  Richard Sotcher, of Strowd (son of William Sotcher, of Strowd and unknown); died in 1613; was buried on 16 Nov 1613 in Petworth, West Sussex, England.

    Richard married Rose Hurst on 2 May 1588. Rose was born in cir 1565. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 33.  Rose Hurst was born in cir 1565.
    Children:
    1. 16. Richard Sotcher died in 1646.
    2. Elizabeth Sotcher was born in cir 1590.
    3. Joane Sotcher was born in cir 1590.
    4. Dorothy Sotcher was born on 27 Jan 1594.
    5. Rose Sotcher was born in cir 1590.
    6. Alice Sotcher was born in cir 1590.


 

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