Alice Maris

Evidence needed to support as daughter of Thomas Welsmith & Anne Percy Wellsmith

Biography

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Alice (Unknown) Maris was born in Worcestershire, England.
Alice was a Friend (Quaker)
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Alice (Unknown) Maris migrated from England to Pennsylvania.

Alice was born in the 1630s (based on the ages of her children) in Worcestershire, England (based on the birthplace of her husband and known place of emigration). My tradition her maiden name may have been Wellsmith or Wilsmith.

She married George Maris, in about 1659[1], based on the birth of her first child in 1660.

Together with her husband and with their five children, she migrated to Pennsylvania in 1683[2].

They lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania[3][4]. The entire family were active Quakers[5].

Alice died on 11 Mar 1699, in Springfield, Chester, Pennsylvania.[6]. Shew was buried in the Chester Friends' Cemetery[7].

Disputed origins

Birth seen as January 16, 1632 Hadswell Parish, Inkborough, Worcestershire, England; citation needed.

Birth seen as January 1638 in Worcestershire, England; citation needed.

Wikitree: Alice (Unknown) Maris (1638–1699)

• LNAB [Last Name at Birth] and Parentage – "I can find no record of her LNAB. I plan to change it to Unknown unless one appears. Trueblood-273 20:27, 27 May 2022 (UTC) — Likewise, I am disconnecting the parents. One has no sources at all. The other was born in Norfolk."

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Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Maris-17

Immediately thereafter, [about 1659 in Worcestershire] George Maris married a woman named Alice based on the birth of their first child in July 1660[2].

Children of George Maris and Alice

Children information came from Pgs 1-2; 2nd Generation; the MarisFamily; George Lewis Maris Pg 2; Bryan, Jesse. Paxon ancestry: an adjunct to the Moorman-Johnson family (1906)

1. Alice, b. 8, 17, 1600; m. 11, 15, 1684, at an appointed meeting at Chester, to Jacob Simcock (Simcox) son of John and Elizabeth Simcock; d. 10-10-1726
2. George, b. 10-2-1662; m. 1690 to Jane Maddock (Maddox), daughter of Henry; she died 6-28-1705; he m. 2nd 6-17-1718. Jane Hayes, widow of Jonathan of Merion, and daughter of Edward Rees; he d. 1753
3. Elizabeth, b. 2-3-1665; m. 1685, to John Mendenhall of Concord
4. Ann, b. 6-18-1667; m. 8-14-1690 to John Worrilow, son of Thomas of Edgemont
5. John, b. 3-21-1669; m. 9-21-1693, Susanna Lewis of Haverford; he died1-8-1747
6. Richard, b. 9-20-1672; m. 1698 Elizabeth Hayes, daughter of Jonathan and Ann of Marple; he died 1745;

George Maris was a shoemaker and leather worker[3] as can be deduced from the materials he brought with him to Pennsylvania. He became a prosperous man and remained a Quaker.

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83477791/alice_maris

The Maris Family, practiced the Quaker Relgion, she was buried in the Friends Cemetery. Alice and her husband George Maris came to America with their daughter Elizabeth who was born in England, and married John Mendenhall they were married in the Darby Mennonite Meeting House in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4066065:61157
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Her married name was Maris. Alice Wilsmith was born in 1638 at Inkborough, England. She married George Maris, son of George Maris and Alice ?, in 1659 at England. Alice Wilsmith died on 11 March 1698/99 at Springfield, Pennsylvania.

Child of Alice Wilsmith and George Maris

Elizabeth Maris+ b. 3 Apr 1665, d. 1708

Referenes

1. Alice Wilsmith/Wellsmith Maris Find A Grave Memorial# 83477791
2. Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jun 29 2016, 1:41:14 UTC
3. WikiTree contributors, "Alice (Unknown) Maris (1638-1699)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-605367 : accessed 13 September 2024). cites
   1. "The Genealogist" (Volume 13, No.2 - Fall 1999)
   2. Source: Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1683; Page Number: 90 and Number 84
   3. Author: John Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope Title: History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches (1881) Publication: Name: L H Everts; Location: Philadelphia; NOTE John Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope Page: p 649
   4. Source: Author: George Smith M.D. Title: History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania Publication: Name: US Gen Web Archives by Cyndie Enfinger; Date: 1862 (online 2004); https://web.archive.org/web/20111226070430/http://usgwarchives.org/...
   5. Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
   6. "Our Quaker Ancestry" by Rusha Wesley 1945.
   7. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2020), memorial page for Alice Wilsmith/Wellsmith Maris (16 Jan 1638–11 Mar 1699), Find A Grave: Memorial #83477791, citing Chester Friends Cemetery, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Donna Sutiff (contributor 46786711) . Text: No grave marker photo See also:
   8. “George Maris of Chester County, Pennsylvania,” The Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 2, Fall 1999.
   9. Maris, George L. and Annie M. Maris, The Maris Family in the United States: A Record of the Descendants of George and Alice Mari s 1683-1885, West Chester, Pennsylvania: F. S. Hickman, Printer and Publisher (1885), 1.
   10. Bryan, Jesse, Paxson Ancestry: An Adjunctd to the Moorman-Johnson Family, St. Louis: Unknown (1906), 4.
   11. Harris, Joseph Smith, The Collateral Ancest ry "of Stephen Harris, Born September 4, 1798 and of Marianne Smith, Bor n April 2, 1805, Philadelphia: George F. Lasher, Printer (1908), 185.
4. National Society Descendants of Early Quakers" Founded 10 d 9 mo 1980 ANCESTOR ROSTER as of 20 Jul 2024 < PDF > Maris, George m Alice Wellsmith, settled in PA