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1. Charles Woolverton [LT7P-J35] [25110885] [21] was born circa 1660 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England? and died in 1746 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, West Jersey, USA aged about 86. FamilySearch ID: LT7P-J35.

General Notes: FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF41
DEAT: RIN MH:IF42

From Dr. Newton Wolverton
An intimate anecdotal biography of one of the most colorful characters in Canadian History
By A. N. WOLVERTON:

Many branches of the family in the United States and
Canada trace back to (1) CHARLES WOOLVERTON,
who came to America in 1682. Charles was a Quaker.
There was little religious liberty in England and either at the
suggestion of Charles' friends George Fox and William Penn,
or perhaps in their company, Charles sailed from Dorsetshire for the new land. There is a well established tradition
that he brought along with him his two brothers Gabriel and
John, but if so, no records have ever been discovered regarding
these brothers. Charles' great-granddaughter, Elizabeth
Woolverton, who married her cousin Robert Wolverton,
July 21, 1798, and who died March 23, 1863, took great
delight in telling her children and grand-children of the
olden time when Charles, Gabriel and John came to America
and founded the family. She always named the three
brothers in the same order.

Charles Woolverton settled in Long Island and lived there
for some years, undetermined how long, but tradition mentions
the year 1689 as the date of his removal to Burlington
County, 'Province of West Jersey,' where it is recorded that
on August 20th, 1693, he bought a hundred acres of land
from William Biddle. That deed named the purchaser as
'Charles Woolverton of the County of Burlington, Province
of West Jersey, Husbandman'.

Charles Woolverton married Mary Chadwick, daughter of
John and Elizabeth Chadwick (said to be from Virginia)
about 1696 or 1697.

Charles bought 1665 acres of land in Amwell Township,
Hunterdon County, "Province of West Jersy" on March 2,
1714, which is the earliest record of his residence in Hunterdon
County. This land was also bought from William Biddle,
with whom he appears to have carried on much trading
during many years residence in "Jersey". This purchase was
a very beautiful tract of land lying along the banks of the
Delaware River, some of which is still owned by his descendants.
It is inferred that he moved to this property about
1714, and after that date very many records appear of his
purchase and sale of lands. The Records of the Society of
Friends (Quakers) mention his name frequently, and the
Court Minutes, of 1721, name him "Justice of the Peace for
Hunterdon County" equivalent today to Judge of the
Supreme Court.

Charles Woolverton owned a very valuable family bible
which is still in existence and is owned by Rev. F. J. Tomlinson,
Pittstown, N.J. It is a "Breeches Bible", and was printed
in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 10, 15 60, by Roland Hill
and other eminent Protestants who were forced to leave
England on account of religious persecution by Queen Mary.
The Bible is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, and calls upon
her to avenge the wrongs done the Protestants during the
reign of her predecessor. It is called a "Breeches Bible" because
of the peculiar translation appearing in Genesis 3-7--"And they made unto themselves breeches out of fig
leaves." The bible is valuable from an antiquarian point of
view as well as being a priceless heirloom in the Woolverton
family.

As will be seen from some of the original entries in the
owner's own handwriting, this Bible was bequeathed to
Charles' eldest son (Charles), but it appears to have passed
out of the family at some time during the 18th century. A
hundred years later it was purchased at an auction sale, and
by the purchaser presented to an ancestor of Rev. F. J. Tomlinson,
whose family is descended from Dinah Woolverton,
who married Francis Tomlinson (Dinah being Charles'
granddaughter through his son Dennis).

On the fly leaves left for family records appear the following
important entries:

"Charles Woolverton, his book. I bought it of Hugh
"Huddy, of Burlington, and it cost thirty shillings."

"This book I give to my eldest son,
"God give him grace to use it,
"That he may give his heart and mind,
"Rightly for to use it.
"Whoever shall defraud him on it,
"Will violate my will,
"And he that wrongs the fatherless,
"Assuredly do ill.
"This caution in my life I wrote,
"Mistakes to prevent,
"And leave it in this holy book,
"A standing monument."

"January 17th, 1698, my son Charles was born."
"The first day of December in the year 1700 my son Roger was born."
"March the 11th, 1702, my daughter Mary was born."
"March the 6th, 1704, my son Daniel was born."
"April the 24th, 1706, my son Isaac was born."
"January 26th, 1709, my son Dennis was born."
"March 26th, 1711, my daughter Dinah was born."
"May 31st, 1715, my son Joel was born."
"May 1 1th, 1717, my son Thomas was born."

"And this I give to my eldest son,
"That he may learn the just man's steps,
"When I am dead and gone.
"For in my life much love I had,
"To read this holy book,
"And therefore leave it to my son,
"That he may in it look.
"For 'tis the path the just man trod,
"This holy book leads to,
"And he that truly fears the Lord,
"The mysteries o' it shall know.
"God give the grace, my son,
"This book to look upon."

No further family records appear in this old bible with
the exception of the birth of Dinah Woolverton, who was a
daughter of Dennis (born 1709) and who was born in 1738.
Perhaps this last entry was the reason for the recovery of the
bible many years later and its presentation to Dinah's descendants,
instead of to the descendants of Charles, the eldest
son of the original owner, and to whose family the heirloom
should naturally belong.

The last official record bearing Charles' own signature was
dated June 13, 1737, but on July 29th, 1746, a deed was
given by the "Son and Heir" Charles, in which document
are mentioned both father and son. It is therefore concluded
that Charles Woolverton, the founder of the Woolverton (or
Wolverton) Family in America, was born in England about
1660-1665, came to America in 1682, married Mary Chadwick
about 1696-7, and died in Hunterdon County, (New)
Jersey, 1746. All authenticated records of American and
Canadian lines trace back to him."

From Schenectady County History:
"Charles Woolverton, of Amwell, Hunterdon county (formerly a part of Burlington county), New Jersey, is the first ancestor of the Mohawk Valley Woolvertons of which we have absolute records. In a deed to him in the west Jersey records, consisting of a hundred acres of land and bearing date August 20, 1693, he is described as a husbandman of Burlington county, in that colony. In "Snell's History of Hunterdon County, New Jersey," [Editorial note: this may be James P. Snell's History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey] it is stated that on March 2, 1714, he purchased a tract of one thousand six hundred and sixty-five acres, in and about Rosemont, New Jersey, and upon his death left two hundred and eighty acres to each of his six sons; that he came from Long Island, and that the family originally came from Wolverhampton, England.

There are reasons for believing that Charles Woolverton emigrated from England with his brothers, John and Gabriel, and after living a short time on Long Island, moved about 1680 to the Pennsylvania bank of the Delaware river, from which locality he soon removed to Burlington county, on the opposite bank. Besides being a man of considerable means, he appears to have been one of the leading men in his community. On the erection of Hunterdon county, he was in 1721 elected one of its first five justices of the peace, and thereafter was frequently called on to witness his neighbors' wills. He is supposed to be the Charles Woolverton who, in 1731, was appointed overseer of the Friends (Quakers), settled at Bethlehem. All his children were probably born near Rosemont, New Jersey."

From Annals of the Forty No. 9:

"The Woolverton family is of very ancient lineage. The name
appears frequently in old English records and in the Doomsday book
as far back as the thirteenth century. It has several forms of spelling
as Wolfreten, Wolfestan, Woolverstone, Wolverton, and Woolverton.

Charles Woolverton, a Quaker, probably from Staffordshire, sailed
from Dorchester, England to America on the vessel “Welcome”, William
Penn’s ship. He was described as “Gentleman, a man of means”. He
reached Newcastle on the Delaware river in 1682, later going to Long
Island. He returned to Burlington, West Jersey, in 1693, and bought
from William Biddle 100 acres of land. Many transactions are recorded
in his name from this time on. In 1714 he bought 1,605 acres of land
near the present village of Rosemount, Hunterdon County and settled
there. Charles Woolverton was a Justice of the Supreme court of West
Jersey from 1721 to 1729, holding many positions of trust until his
death in 1746. He and his wife, Mary Chadwick, lie buried in the Rosemount
churchyard together with many of their children and grandchil­ dren.

Charles owned a very valuable Breeches Bible printed by R.
Hill, Geneva, Switzerland, 10 April, 1560. He purchased it in 1704
and inscribed in it these words:—

'Charles Woolverton, his book, bought of Hugh Huddy of Burlington
NJ. and it cost thirty shillings. (In 1900 it was owned by Rev.
Francis Tomlinson of Pittstown, NJ.)

Charles left no will unless the following in his handwriting and
concerning his Bible may be accepted as such:——

This I give to my eldest son, Charles, that he may learn the
just‘man’s steps, when I am dead and gone.

For in my life much love I had to read -this Holy Book and
therefore leave it to my son that in it -he may look.

For ’tis the path the great man trod the Holy Book leads to, and
he that truly fears the Lord, the mysteries shall know. God give thee
grace, my son, this book to look upon.'

Children of Charles and Mary (Chadwick) Woolverton, as re­corded in his Bible:—
Charles, b. 17 January, 1698, wife’s name Margaret.
Roger, b. 1 December, 1700, wife’s name Mary.
Mary, b. 11 April, 1702. No data.
Daniel, b. 6 March, 1704, date of his will, 1786.
Isaac, b. 24 April, 1706, wife’s name Abigail (probably Pettit).
Dennis, b. 26 January, 1709, m. Elizabeth Pettit.
Dinah, b. 26 March, 1711, m. Francis Tomlinson,
Joel, b. 31 May, 1715, wife’s name Elizabeth.
Thomas, b. 17 May, 1717, wife’s name, Mary. As his father before
him Thomas was a Justice of the Supreme Court of West
Jersey. He lived at Newton, Sussex County."

From David Macdonald:
"The most complete treatment of Charles Woolverton is to be found in Emma Ten Broeck Runk's 'The Woolvertons, Early Legal Records of the Family in New Jersey and the Descendants of Charles Woolverton to the Seventh Generation' (Harris & Partridge Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 1932) 5-11. He was a Quaker.

Charles Woolverton is said to have been one of three brothers: Charles, Gabriel, and John, who sailed to America from Dorsetshire, England, in 1682, perhaps with his friends George Fox and William Penn, and to have settled at first on Long Island, from which he removed in 1689 to Burlington County, West Jersey. None of those statements can be traced beyond Elizabeth Wolverton (1774-1863) a Canadian descendant. The story later became more specific: Charles was said to have come with William Penn on the 'Welcome', Gabriel and John having died of small pox, and to have landed at Newcastle, Delaware, on 1 November 1682. However, the Welcome landed at Newcastle on 26 October 1682, and had moved on to another port by the next day. G. E. McCracken's 'The Welcome Claimants Proved, Disproved and Doubtful' (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1970), the most exhaustive study of the subject, does not list any Wolvertons as claimants or as passengers. There is no sound reason to believe that Charles Woolverton settled on Long Island or that he arrived in America substantially before he can first be found in 1693 in Burlington County, West Jersey. He did not name any of his five sons Gabriel or John which suggests that he had no brothers who bore those names. The name Gabriel first appears in the known family around 1750, when Charles' son Joel gave the name 'Gabriel' to a son. It is unlikely that Joel would have named a son after an uncle who had died thirty years before his own birth."

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Birth: 1660, England Death: 1746
New Jersey, USA
It is unsure that Charles is indeed buried here but it is definately in this area.

Husband of Mary Leet Chadwick Woolverton.

Father of Charles Woolverton, Jr., Roger Woolverton, Mary Woolverton, Daniel Woolverton, Isaac Woolverton, Dennis Woolverton, Dinah Woolverton, Joel Woolverton, and Thomas Woolverton.

Charles immigrated to America from England in ca. 1682 from Doecetshire with two brothers, Gabriel and John. They sailed on the "Welcome" a William Penn flagship (over 20 flagships total included in the fleet). His parents are not known at this time. They landed at New Castle, NJ.

Both of his brother, Gabriel and John, died from smallpox as did about 1/3 if those who took the journey from England. It is unsure at this time if they died while on the ship or soon after landing.

He ended up settling in New Beverly (Burlington) New Jersey ca. 1693 where it is assumed that he first met his future wife Mary and it is also where he first appears as a land-owner.

He married "Mary Leet Chadwick", daughter of John and Elizabeth (_____) Chadwick of Burlington, NJ. She was born in ca. 1672.

It is noted that he first purchased 100 acres of land from one William Biddle on August 20, 1693 in New Beverly (Burlington) New Jersey. During his life time there are sixteen transactions made concerning land that are recorded ( see some of these transactions noted below ).

It is known that Charles was a devout man based on the inscriptions made by him in his family Bible. The bible was purchased from Hugh Huddy for thirty shillings. It was printed in Geneva, Switzerland on April 10, 1560. Charles wrote the following in the Bible which must also be his Last Will & Testament:

This I give to my eldest son, Charles,
That he may learn the just man's steps
When I am dead and gone.
For in my life much love I had To read this Holy Book,
And therefore leave it to my son
That he in it may look.
For 'tis the path the just man trod
This Holy Book leads to,
And he that truly fears the Lord
The mysteries out shall know.
God give thee grace my son,
This Book to look upon.
This Book I give to my eldest son,
God give him grace to use it,
That he may give his heart and mind
Rightly for to use it.
"Whoever shall defraud him of it,
will violate my Will,
And he that wrongs the Fatherless assuredly do ill.
This counsel in my life I wrote,
mistakes to prevent and leave it in
this Holy Book a standing monument."

The name of the wife of Charles, Mary Chadwick, appears in deeds, & three of these transactions make it explicit, particularly one under the date of 1702, in which Charles is Grantee for fifty acres of land near Mount Carmel, in Burlington Co., from John Dixon & Elizabeth his wife. This land was part of a tract purchased by John Chadwick on March 18, 1689. Charles later sold this land back to John Dixon on July 20, 1704.

The largest tract of land purchased by Charles, which is important because it led to the removal of his family from Burlington County, was made by a deed bearing the date of March 2, 1714. He purchased from William Biddle, who he had purchased land from previously, 1,665 acres in Amwell Township (Rosemount, NJ area) for the price of 350 pounds silver.

It is known that he remained there the rest of his life and raised his family. This land is noted as being next to John Reading's land. John served on the State Supreme Court along with Charles. John Reading's son later inherited this father's land and he served as a Governor of New Jersey.

Charles is noted in the State Records as being a Judge of the New Jersey State Supreme Court.

He also farmed the land that he purchased. The family Bible is reportedly in the possession of a Woolverton family member in the St. Petersburg Florida area.

Family links:
Spouses:
Mary Leet Woolverton (1672 - 1741)*
Mary Chadwick (1674 - 1751)*

Children:
Dennis Woolverton (1709 - 1774)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Rosemont Cemetery </cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=woolverton&GSiman=1&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=361&GRid=25110885&CRid=1274872&df=all&>
Rosemont
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA
Created by: Russ Pickett <fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46575736>
Record added: Mar 07, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 25110885

Russ Pickett repeats the Elizabeth Wolverton story of the three immigrant brothers even though as stated by David Macdonald, there is no evidence to support it.

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Birth: 1660
Dorset, England
Death: 1746
Amwell
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA

Charles was the first immigrant to United States.

Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Chadwick Wolverton (1674 - 1751)

Burial:
Rosemont Cemetery
Rosemont
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA

Created by: Eleanor Cross Koepke
Record added: Jun 10, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 91733655

Charles married Mary Elizabeth ? [22] [LCCC-13K] [25111360] [MRIN: 11] in 1697 in West Jersey, USA. Mary was born circa 1674 in Springfield, Burlington, West Jersey USA, died in 1751 in Kingwood, Hunterdon County, NJ aged about 77, and was buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Rosemont, Hunterdon County, NJ. Other names for Mary were Mary Chadwick and Mary Elizabeth Leet.

Marriage Notes:
Number of children:9

FTM
RIN MH:FF568
MARR: RIN MH:FF11

General Notes: FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF43
DEAT: RIN MH:IF44

From "Dr. Newton Wolverton
An intimate anecdotal biography of one of the most colorful characters in Canadian History"
By A. N. WOLVERTON:

"Charles Woolverton married Mary Chadwick, daughter of John and Elizabeth Chadwick (said to be from Virginia) about 1696 or 1697."

From David Macdonald:
"Charles Woolverton married Mary _____. Her mother is known to have been Elizabeth ____, wife of Isaac Leet, and later wife of John Chadwick and then of John Dixon, but it appears Mary was a daughter by an even earlier marriage...

The identity of Mary _____ Woolverton's father remains undetermined. It has been claimed that there is in England a record of the birth of a John Chadwick in 1640, at Rochdale, Lancaster, England, and of his marriage to an Elizabeth Scholefield, but the location and identity of the actual documents have not been specified. It has not been indicated that there is evidence showing that the John Chadwick who married in England was Mary Woolverton's father. In fact, if the John Chadwick who married Elizabeth Scholefield were Mary Woolverton's father, he could not still have been living when in 1685, his widow, Mary's mother, married Isaac Leet, Hence he could not have been the John Chadwick who married Elizabeth Leet in 1688. In sum, there is no known evidence that Mary's father was named John Chadwick and no known reason to look in the Chadwick family for her father."

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Birth: 1672
Death: 1741

Mary was believed to have been born in Virginia.

Daughter of Daniel Leet & Elizabeth Owle Leet.

Step-Daughter of John Chadwick (b. ca. 1630 Rochedale, England, d. ca. 1689-1695 New Jersey).

John Chadwick was 1st married to Elizabeth Scholefield Chadwick in ca. 1644 in England.

John Chadwick "adopted" Mary when he married (ca. 1688 in New Jersey) her mother, Elizabeth Owle Leet after her husbands passing.

Mother of Charles, Jr., Roger, Mary, Daniel, Isaac, Dennis, Dinah, Joel, and Thomas Woolverton.

Family links:
Spouse:
Charles Woolverton (1660 - 1746)

Children:
Dennis Woolverton (1709 - 1774)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Rosemont Cemetery
Rosemont
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA

Created by: Russ Pickett
Record added: Mar 07, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 25111360

http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91733652

Birth: 1674
Virginia, USA
Death: 1751
Amwell
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA


Family links:
Spouse:
Charles Wolverton (1660 - 1746)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Rosemont Cemetery
Rosemont
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA

Created by: Eleanor Cross Koepke
Record added: Jun 10, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 91733652

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91733810

Birth: 1674
Springfield
Burlington County
New Jersey, USA
Death: 1751
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA


Family links:
Spouse:
Charles Woolverton (1660 - 1746)

Burial:
Rosemont Cemetery
Rosemont
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA

Created by: Eleanor Cross Koepke
Record added: Jun 10, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 91733810

Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 M    i. Charles Woolverton Jr. [37] was born on 17 Jan 1698 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA and died on 31 Oct 1765 in Amwell, Washington County, PA aged 67.

Charles married Margaret ? [45] [MRIN: 14] (d. After 1765) circa 1730.

Charles next married Elizabeth ? [63331] ¹ [MRIN: 21693].

+ 3 M    ii. Roger Woolverton [LTFM-TKF] [38] was born on 1 Dec 1700 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, West Jersey, USA and died in 1761 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA aged 61.

Roger married Mary Milburn [819] [LHFX-XPL] [MRIN: 290] (b. 1702, d. After 1761) circa 1730 in Hunterdon County, NJ.

+ 4 F    iii. Mary Woolverton [LTF9-31F] [39] was born on 11 Apr 1702 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, West Jersey, USA and died on an unknown date.

+ 5 M    iv. Daniel Woolverton [LCLY-MMV] [40] was born on 6 Mar 1704 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, West Jersey, USA and died in 1789 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA aged 85.

Daniel married Ruth Wright [3742] [LH52-2RR] [MRIN: 1228] (b. 4 Apr 1706, d. 3 Oct 1775) in 1738 in Hunterdon County, NJ.

+ 6 M    v. Isaac Woolverton [LTF9-4PP] [41] was born on 24 Apr 1706 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, West Jersey, USA and died in 1770 aged 64.

Isaac married Abigail ? [5157] [MRIN: 1683] before 1731.

+ 7 M    vi. Dennis Woolverton [LRBJ-1MC] [27168083] [19] was born on 26 Jan 1709 in Burlington County, New Jersey, USA, died on 19 Aug 1774 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA aged 65, and was buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, NJ.

Dennis married Elizabeth Pettit [20] [M6S8-KNN] [27180157] [MRIN: 10] (b. 1714, d. 2 Jan 1785) in 1733.

+ 8 F    vii. Dinah Woolverton [LZJW-WR3] [42] was born on 26 Mar 1711 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, West Jersey, USA and died after 1779.

Dinah married Andrew Pettit [8660] [MRIN: 2871] (d. Cir 1748) circa 1732.

Dinah next married Jonathan Furman [8762] [MRIN: 2910].

+ 9 M    viii. Joel Woolverton [LTF9-W2T] [43] was born on 31 May 1715 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA and died on 25 Feb 1795 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA aged 79.

Joel married Elizabeth Robbins [8763] [MRIN: 2911] in 1740.

+ 10 M    ix. Thomas Woolverton [LZJW-4MK] [44] was born on 11 May 1717 in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA and died in 1759 in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey aged 42.

Thomas married Mary Pettit [9562] [MRIN: 3166]. (b. 1719, d. 1765)

1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 16 Jul 2017), entry for Elizabeth, person ID LTF9-9FB.