1720 The sloop Margaret, of John Kirle, left Philadelphia for New Providence on April 28. [1]
1720 The sloop Margaret, of John Kirle, left Philadelphia for South Carolina. [2]
1720 The sloop Margaret, of John Kirle, arrived in Philadelphia from South Carolina, on August 11, after 10 days. John Kirle reported that an Irish renegade had taken several English vessels to St Augustine. [3]
1720 The sloop Margaret, of John Kirle, left Philadelphia for South Carolina on August 25. [4]
1720 The sloop Margaret, of John Kirl, left Philadelphia for South Carolina on October 6. [5]
1736 John Kirl, of Bristol Twp, purchased a lot from Edward Southwood. The lot was in Bristol Boro at the intersection of Cedar and Mulberry Streets. [6]
1741 John Kirl purchased a lot, in the Boro of Bristol, from Mathias Keen, carpenter, on April 9. [7]
1742 John Keirl [Gale] was taxed in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
1743 John Keirl [Gale] was taxed in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
1746 John Keirl [Gale] was taxed in Bristol Borough.
1748 John Keirll and William Atkinson witnessed a deed of Alice Nelson, Thomas Nelson, and cordwainer Euclidus Longshore to William Bidgood in Bucks County. [8]
1758 A letter addressed to John Keirl was left in the post office of Philadelphia on 21 December 1758. [9]
1764 John Keirll received land from John Booz, both of Bristol Twp, in payment for a debt due to John Keirll, on July 17. [10]
1764 The will of John Keirll of Bristol Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Yeoman, was dated August 24, 1764 and proved July 4, 1769. Plantation where I live on Borough of Bristol to be sold, proceeds to Kinsmen and Kinswomen Thomas, John, Alexander, James, Keirll, Rachel, and Mary Rickey, Catharine Hutchinson, and Ann Kirkbride, children of Alexander and Ann Rickey. Kinsman Kairl Rickey, Plantation adj. Wm. Bidgood, Thos. Stanaland, John Brown and John Pemberton. Bro. Joseph Keirll's children. Sister Mary Dungan's children. Sister Catharine Wilmerton. Kinsmen Kairl Rickey, plantation adjacent Wm Bidgood, Thomas Stanaland, John Brown and John Pemberton. Brother Joseph Kevill's children. Sister Mary Dungan's children. Sister Catharine Wilmerton. Executors: kinsmen Kairl Rickey and Mahlon Kirkbride. Wit: Anthony Wright, Aaron Wright, Martha Wright. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
1769 "To be sold by the subscriber, executors to the estate of John Keirll, deceased, a plantation, in Bristol township, containing 117 acres (be it more or less) pleasantly situated on the river Delaware, about 2 miles from Bristol, on the road leading from thence to Trenton Ferry, about 50 acres thereof cleared, whereon is a frame dwelling house, and barn, the other part wood land, part of which is good swamp, which, when cleared, will make excellent meadow. Also a lot of ground in the brought of Bristol, extending in length, 6 perches and 3 quarters, on Mulberry street, and in breadth 5 perches, and 3 quarters, on Cedar street, containing near one quarter of an acre. For further particulars, enquire of Keirll Rickey, and Mahlon Kirkbride, junior, executors." [17]
1770 "To be Sold at public vendue, on the 21st of April inst. by the subscribers, executors of John Keirll, deceased, on the premises, a plantation in Bristol township, Bucks county, containing 117 acres, be it more or less, pleasantly situated on the river Delaware, about 2 miles from Bristol, on the road leading from thence to Trenton Ferry, about 50 acres thereof cleared, whereon is a good frame dwelling house, and good barn, the other part woodland, part of which is good swamp, which, when cleared, will make excellent meadow. Also a lot of ground in the borough of Bristol, extending in length 6 perches and 3 quarters on Mulberry street, and in breadth 5 perches and 3 quarters on Cedar street, containing near one quarter of an acre. For further particulars, enquire of Keirll Rickey, and Mahlon Kirkbride, jun. living in the Falls township, Bucks county, near the Falls meeting house. All persons indebted to the estate of John Keirll, late of Bristol township, deceased, are desired to pay off their respective debts by the 1st of June next, or they may expect further trouble." [18]
1770 Keirll Rickey and Mahlon Kirkbride, both of Falls Twp, acting as executors for the estate of John Keirll, deceased, sold a lot of land to Simms Betts, of Bristol Twp, on September 29. The lot was in Bristol Boro at the intersection of Cedar and Mulberry Streets. John Keirll had purchased the land from Edward Southwood on May 5, 1736. [19]
1771 Orphans court ordered a review of John Rickey's estate. [20]
Estate of John Keirle, deceased Bucks Orphans Court Dec. 9th 1771
Richard Gibbs, High Sheriff of Bucks County returns a citation against Keirle Rickey and Mahlon Kirkbride to be and appear at the sitting of this Court to exhibit to the justices, a full, true and just account of their adm of the estate of the said John Kerle & c upon the complaint of Simes Betts, and John Kerle Legatees in the said last will and testament named and the sd shff. to wit, Richard Gibbs, Esqr. says that he has cited the sd Keirle Rickey & Mahlon Kirkbride Junr to be and appear before the Justices of the Orphans Court as by the sd Citation to him directed. He was commanded. and now Mahlon Kirkbride Jun, appears and prays the Court will appoint men to audit and settle the accounts of his Admin. as Exr. to the last will and testament of John Keirle dec'd, upon this prayer of Mahlon Kirkbride Jnr the Court do order and appoint, Thomas Richlagr Thomas Yardley and Daniel Clarke to - Audit and settle the accounts of the sd. Mahlon Kirkbrides Admin as Exr to the last will & testament of John Kerle dec'd, and that they make report of their proceedings to the Orphans Court to be held at Newtown for the County of Bucks the ninth - day of March next.
1771 A review was made and distrtibution of the estate was ordered. [21]
Research Notes:
The name Keirll has been transcribed as Kevill by some abstractors.
1731 Sarah, daughter of Jonathan (deceased) and Martha Carle, was baptized on September 16, at St. George's Church in Hempstead, Long Island. [22]
1782 John Keirl [Kirle] carpenter was taxed in Falls Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [23]
1783 John Keirl was taxed in Falls Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [24]
1785 John Keirl [Kirle] was taxed in Falls Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [25]
1786 John Keirle was taxed in Falls Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [26]
1787 John Keirl [Kirle] was taxed in Falls Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [27]
1766 Peter Keirl [Kirl] (relationship unknown) was named in the estate of John Schooley who died in Nottingham in 1748.
[1] The American Weekly Mercury, Vol. 1, 1719-1720, (The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 1848), 41, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[2] The American Weekly Mercury, Vol. 1, 1719-1720, (The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 1848), 58, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[3] The American Weekly Mercury, Vol. 1, 1719-1720, (The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 1848), 88, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[4] The American Weekly Mercury, Vol. 1, 1719-1720, (The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 1848), 92, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[5] The American Weekly Mercury, Vol. 1, 1719-1720, (The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 1848), 110, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[6] Recorder of Deeds, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1684-1866, 43-210, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[7] Recorder of Deeds, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1684-1866, 6-441, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[8] John David Davis, Bucks County Pennsylvania Deed Records 1684-1763 (Heritage Books, 1997), 256, Deed 7-555.
[9] Kenneth Scott and Kenn Stryker-Rodda, Buried Genealogical Data, Abstracted from the Pennsylvania Gazette (1977), 115, [GoogleBooks].
[10] Recorder of Deeds, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1684-1866, 11-301, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[11] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks, Will, 3-194, [FamilySearchImage].
[12] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks, Will, 3-194, # 615, [FamilySearchImage].
[13] USGenWeb, Bucks County Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (Gateway website), Will 3, [USGenWeb].
[14] Alfred Rudulph Justice, Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan genealogy (Philadelphia: Franklin Publishing, 1911), 125, [HathiTrust].
[15] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1685-1785 (1995), 83.
[16] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, Abstract of Bucks County Will 3-194. The transcription by Ancestry.com had many errors as of 6-19-2023, [AncestryRecord].
[17] Newspaper, Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), December 14, 1769.
[18] Newspaper, Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), April 5, 1770.
[19] Recorder of Deeds, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1684-1866, 43-211, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[20] Bucks County, Pennsylvania Orphans Court Records 1683–1776, A2-206, image 249, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[21] Bucks County, Pennsylvania Orphans Court Records 1683–1776, A2-225, image 258, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[22] Benjamin D. Hicks, "Records of St George's Church, Hempstead, L.I. Baptisms," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 9 (1878), 182-187, at 185, [HathiTrust].
[23] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 13 (Proprietary Tax Lists Bucks 1779-1786) (1897), 280, [InternetArchive].
[24] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 13 (Proprietary Tax Lists Bucks 1779-1786) (1897), 324, [InternetArchive].
[25] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 13 (Proprietary Tax Lists Bucks 1779-1786) (1897), 514, [InternetArchive].
[26] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 13 (Proprietary Tax Lists Bucks 1779-1786) (1897), 618, [InternetArchive].
[27] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 13 (Proprietary Tax Lists Bucks 1779-1786) (1897), 726, [InternetArchive].