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David James 1660 – 1739 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jun 1660

Birth Location: Glascum in, Radnorshire, Wales

Death Date: 27 June 1739

Death Location: Devon, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: Thomas James

Mother: Mary Thomas

Spouse(s): Margaret Mortimer

Children(s): Mary James, Evan James, Thomas James

David James was born in 1660 in Glascum in, Radnorshire, Wales, the child of Thomas James and Mary Ann JAMES Thomas. David James later married Margaret Jane JAMES Mortimer, and together they raised children including Mary James, Evan Mortimer James and Thomas James. In 1739, David James passed away in Devon, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Parents

Thomas James
1637 – 1662
Birth Location: Newchurch, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom
TJ
Mary Thomas
1637 –
Birth Location: Cardiff, Wales
MT

Spouses(s)

Margaret Mortimer
1660 – 1684
Birth Location: Wales, United Kingdom
MM

Children(s)

Mary James
1681 – 1739
Birth Location: Wales
MJ
Evan James
1682 – 1790
Birth Location: Onboard "The Bristol Factor" to America
EJ
Thomas James
1690 – 1753
Birth Location: Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
TJ

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Jun 1660
    Event Place: Cardiff, Wales Slandsley Parish, Glascum, Rodnorshire
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Source number: 1276.009; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Jun 1660
    Event Place: Glascum in, Radnorshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: of PA
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1276.009; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1682
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1682; Page Number: 55

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 26 Jun 1682
    Event Place: Bristol, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Pennsylvania, Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750, Place: Pennsylvania; Page Number: 498, Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1682; Page Number: 55, Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1682; Page Number: 7

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 27 June 1739
    Event Place: Devon, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Great Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Devon, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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