Solomon Birckhead

Solomon married Ann Child on 21 Apr 1704 in SF West River, Anne Arundel County, MD. Ann (daughter of Henry Child) was born before 1687 in England; died on 27 Aug 1708 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ann Birckhead was born on 18 Dec 1707; died after 1749.
2. Christopher Birckhead was born on 17 Jan 1704/05 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA; died before 26 Aug 1740 in Talbot County, MD.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 26 May 1676, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA

Notes:

Christopher Birckhead II acquired several large parcels of land in Maryland but was a mariner by trade and apparently retained his residence in England. He wrote his will at Bristol on 11 November 1675 and it was proved there on 25 October the next year. He bequeathed his 500-acre plantation in Anne Arundel Co., MD known as "Birkheads" to his wife Joane and son Nehemiah, the latter to have it all after his wife's decease. He gave to his son Solomon 400 acres in Talbot County, MD known as "Bristoll" and "Brickheads Lot" in Anne Arundel County. The rest of his land was given to his son Eleazer. He also gave his wife and son Nehemiah each a 1/16 share in a shop "Society of Bristol"; his ship "Friendship" was bequeathed jointly to Solomon and Eleazer. He also mentioned his brother Abraham and his sister Margaret Smith, a widow.

Christopher Birckhead b. 1630, Parish of St. Mary's Redclift, Bristol, Eng. He was a shipwright & mariner as his family was. He 1st appears among the records of the society of Friends 1654. He was sent to jail for unsolicited preaching in the Anglican Church of St. Stephens, Bristol, Eng. From there he went to New Rochelle, France where he suffered imprisonment for the same unsolicited outcries against the established church. He fled to Holland (Zealand) where he suffered the same punishment. Copies in Dutch & the original of this tract is on file at the Friends Library in London, Eng. The tract was sent from Holland to George Fox, the acknowledged founder of Quakerism in 1657. (Karen Childs on genforum.com)

Christopher married Joane Day in 1666. Joane was born in St. Phillips Par., Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1721. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christopher married Elizabeth Cornish on 24 Feb 1612/13 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Cornish and Elizabeth Pullen) was christened on 3 Apr 1594 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth Pullen. Elizabeth was born before 1578. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]