Call Number:

SC.164

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))

Language:

English

Date:

1705-1809 (inclusive)

Creator:

Rumford family, Rumford, John, ca. 1674-1738, Rumford, Jonathan, 1705-1782, Shipley, Sarah, b. 1739, and Way, Francis, 1702-1784

Abstract:

Estate papers of the Rumford family of Delaware, 1705-1809. Includes: will and witness affirmation, Feb. 3, 1730, revised will, Nov. 26, 1738, and inventory, Dec. 5, 1738, of John Rumford; will, March 10, 1784, and witness affirmation , May 2, 1772, of Francis Way, as well as a statement of repeal of Francis Way's will by John Rumford, Oct. 25, 1784; the will of Jonathan Rumford, Jan. 24, 1772; the will of Sarah (Rumford) Shipley, Dec. 2, 1805; the will of Jonathan Rumford, Sept. 1790; Samuel Hollingsworth's account of Jonathan Rumford's estate, 1809.

John Rumford was a Quaker. He died in 1738. Jonathan Rumford was a Quaker and the son of John Rumford. Sarah (Rumford) Shipley was the daughter of Jonathan Rumford and married William Shipley in 1753. Francis Way was a Quaker and died in 1784.