Marriott Marriott This page intends to explore as much information as possible about Richard Marriot whose son Isaac Marriot who married first Joyce Olive, their son Thomas Marriott who married Martha Kirkbride, and their daughter Anna Marriott who married William Paxson. It is not intended as a Marriott surname page. If a reader has additional information or corrections about these individuals, please contact me at 
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The first proved ancestor is Richard MarriotA of Wappingham in Northamptonshire. He was a husbandman who died before Eleventh Month [January] 1680/1. More research is needed on him, his wife, and whether or not they were Friends. We do know that Richard had a son, Isaac.[1]
Isaac Marriot1, son of Richard, may have been born in Wappingham. He died in 1712 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Isaac married Joyce OLIVE in about 1681. After her death he married Susannah __.
At some point Isaac had an opportunity to gain more skills than his father, a husbandman, and became a joiner. Presumably he served an apprenticeship for this. In the winter of 1680/81 he was practicing his trade as a joiner in Holbourn, a district of London. He was a member of Peel Monthly Meeting.[2]
Isaac and Joyce OLIVE decided to marry. I do not know when this decision was made, or where. Following Friends' good order Isaac approached his monthly meeting for a certificate stating that he was clear to marry. Joyce was living in West Jersey. On 26 Eleventh Month [January] 1680/1 Peel Monthly Meeting in London recorded the following minute:[3]
at the Peell meeting the 26 of ye xi mo. 1680/81.
Izack marriot of Holbourn Joyner the sone of Richard marrit of Wappingham in Northampton Shyer husbandman deceased did propose to take to Wiff Joyce Ollives the Sister of Samuell Jenings Wiff, & now in new Jersy & doth desyer A certificate by consent of this meeting to the 2 weekes meeting wch was consented unto by the meeting & John Edge & Tho : Zachary ar desyrd to get a Certificate & present him to the 2 Weeks meeting
Joyce was not only the sister of the wife of Samuel Jennings, she was also the sister of Thomas Olive, said (erroneously) to be Governor of New Jersey. Presumably, certificate in hand, Isaac sailed fairly quickly to the Delaware Valley. No doubt his brother-in-law's connections helped, and Isaac served as a member of the New Jersey Assembly from 1682 to 1685. In 1701 he was high sheriff.[4]
A family story holds that when the Yearly Meeting met in Burlington about 1684 the family needed some fine flour in order to host some of the Friends coming to attend the meetings. Isaac took some wheat and rode 26 miles on horseback to a mill to have it ground.[5]
Although he had trained as a joiner, in New Jersey Isaac was quickly established as a merchant. He also acquired land. His first was probably 175 acres on the Delaware between "Wm. PEACHEE and the Rankokus R[iver]", the Return of Survey recorded 10 February 1681/2. On 26 July 1682 a Return of Survey was recorded for Isaac Marriott for 10 acres "on the point at the mouth of Racokus R., adjoining Wm. HULIN". On 4 Twelfth Month [February] 1683/4 a Return of Survey was recorded for 160 acres "in the Second Tenth, adjoining his new settlement and Richard FENIMORE, on Rancokus R." In 5th Month [July] 1691 another Record of Survey noted "by Daniel LEEDS, for William BIDDLE, of 1 a. ½ rood in the Island of Burlington, 9 perches 4 yards front on Wood St., 18½ perches long. Sold to Isaac MARRIOT."[6] The New Jersey state archives page explains the "survey" and "return" process this way:[7]
The survey serves as an application to the Board/Council for severance of title to a parcel laid out by the Surveyor General or one of his deputies. The return of the survey is issued and signed by the Surveyor General in fulfillment of the warrant and recorded. Once the return is made, the land can be conveyed to or by the shareholder. Surveys were recorded into books in both East and West Jersey, . . .
In time Isaac became one of the proprietors of West Jersey.[8]
Typical of men with at least some property in colonial Delaware Valley, Isaac took his turn administering estates and taking inventories. For example, he and two others inventoried the estate of Benjamin SCOTT, near Burlington, 3 April 1685. He was bondsman for Samuel JENNINGS, his wife's brother-in-law, to execute the will of James MARTIN in 1693, and was a bondsman for the will of Thomas PERKINS of Burlington Co., 14 July 1694, and for the will of Thomasin TOWLE of Burlington, widow, 14 December 1695. With Jeremiah BASSE he inventoried the estate of Capt. John RODNEY of Philadelphia on 28 February 1694/5. John was the father of Caesar Rodney who signed the Declaration of Independence.[9]
Also typical, Isaac was part of the informal banking system of the time. James Marshall's estate inventory of 5 January 1694/5 showed Isaac owned a debt to him. He also owed something to the estate of Elizabeth Tatham of Burlington, widow, dated 31 January 1700/1.[10]
Isaac signed his will 3 May 1712, and it was proved 6 October 1712. He mentioned his now wife Susannah, and children Isaac, Samuel, Anna, Richard, Joseph, Benjamin, and Thomas, a granddaughter Sarah Marriott, and kinsman Abraham Marriott. He named as executors his wife and son Thomas with Samuel Carpenter and Thomas Raper as assistants. On 14 July 1712 Isaac's personal estate was inventoried by Thomas RAPER, John BORRADAILL, and Isaac DECOU. It totalled £213 17s 10d and included 51 5/8 ounces of silver plate valued at £20 13s, a silver watch worth £6, a Bible and several books valued at £1, and a negro woman and her husband worth £50. On 6 October 1712 Thomas Marriott officially renounced and refused to act as executor for his father's estate and "gives bond not to intermeddle in the administration of the estate by Susannah, widow of Isaac."[11]
Children of Isaac and his first wife Joyce (Olive) Marriott:
Thomas Marriot1, son of Isaac and Joyce (OLIVE), was born in 1691 in Burlington, New Jersey, and died in 1747 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married Martha KIRKBRIDE at the Falls Monthly Meeting 1713/4. Martha was born 9/13/1695 and died 12/11/1742, the daughter of Joseph and Phebe (BLACKSHAW) Kirkbride. Thomas married second a woman, Mary FOULK, who died 15/11m/1747. According to Falls minutes, she "was a considerable time concerned in the ministry."[14]
Thomas and Martha settled in Bristol, Bucks County. He was an elder in Falls Monthly Meeting and helped found the Bristol Preparative Meeting. He served in the Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania in 1733, 1734, and 1738.[15]
Thomas had a lot of real estate, of which a few public records can be found. In the 12 April 1745 Pennsylvania Gazette he posted the following notice: "1250 acres of land in the Jerseys a little above the forks of Delaware and fronting said river; 500 acres choice land at Quohoking near Pile's Grove in Salem County. Apply to Thomas Marriott, owner, in Borough of Bristol."[16]
Ten years later the following ad appeared in the Penna. Gazette: "To be sold or let, house in Trenton, 36 foot front, 18 foot deep, with kitchen adjoining; also 6 acre lot part of it orchard. Enquire of Edmund Beaks of Trenton or Thomas Marriott of Bristol. N.B. Marriott also has two wheel chairs to dispose of."[17]
Thomas was buried at Bristol Friends Cemetery on 11/1/1747. His will was proved 1/20/1748.[18]
Children of Thomas and Martha (Kirkbride) Marriott (order uncertain, may be incomplete):[19]
Anna Marriot1, daughter of Thomas and Martha (KIRKBRIDE) Marriott was born in Bristol Borough. She married 25/1st mo/1740 under the care of Falls MM in the meeting house in Bristol Borough, William Paxson. Taking each other by the hand they in turn promised "through the Lord's assistance" to be "loving and faithful" spouses "until Death should separate them." It was a large wedding, with 88 signatures in addition to those of the bride and groom. The parents signed: Thomas and Martha Marriott, and Mary Paxson. Siblings and relatives: Thomas Paxson, Henry Paxson, Thomas Marriott Jur, Sarah Marriott, Joseph Richardson, Mary Richardson, Mary Marriott, Joseph Marriott, Jane Marriott. In the next column closest to the family, are: Mary Kirkbride, Anna Clitford?, John Watson, Jos Penington, Jos Kirkbride, Jno? Watson, John Hutchinson, John Kirkbride, John Hutchinson Junr, Jacob Luihe, Mahlon Kirkbride, Thomas Walton, Deborah Paxson, Joseph Hutchinson, Joshua Richardson, Thomas Stanaland. Weighty Quaker names: Is[rael] Pemberton Jr, Jael Blakey, Robt. Collison, En[nion] Williams. Many additional signatures.
Anna and William went to live in Middletown, where both were active in Middletown Monthly Meeting. Anna served on many committees, as a representative to Quarterly Meeting, and as an Elder from 2 February 1758 until her death in 1773.[20]
William died 29 August 1767. Anna died 1 May 1773 and left a will. In addition to the kinds of items listed in the estate inventories of the previous generation, in Anna's household there was a clock, books, spice box, hat box, several sets of andirons, fire shovel and tongs, tea kettles, pepper mill, and a coffee pot. £250.4.8 of the estate was in the form of bonds and the interest due on them.[21]
Children of William and Anne (Marriott) Paxson:[22]
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