William Welsh

- 1684

• Name	William Welsh
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1657	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Merchant
  Residence	1657	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Occupation	1659	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Clerk to the Admiralty
  	Mentioned by Spurlock. May also have been Secretary to the Commissioners of Sequestrations in Leith in 1654 NRS (GD157/1829)
  Religion	Jul 1659	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Quaker. A signatory of a petition calling for religious toleration.
  Residence	1661	Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  Residence	1663	London, England
  Property	1664	West Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Purchased land
  Residence	1672	London, England
  	When a member of an inner ring of Quakers, and an associate of William Penn
  Role	1681	West Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Proprietor (West Jersey)
  Name	William Welch  [1]
  Property	2 Sep 1681	West Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2, 3]
  	Memorandum of lease and release (conveyance) Edward Byllinge of London, gentleman, Gawen Lawrie
  Property	11 Dec 1683	Mill Creek, New Castle, Delaware, USA
  	Warrant for 1,000 acres on the north side of White Caly Creek
  Occupation	1684	Pennsylvania, USA
  	Appointed a Provincial Judge by William Penn.
  	Proud, Robert (1780) The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742. https://ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.12024/N24706/N24706.html
  Death	1684	New Castle, Delaware, USA
  Burial	Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I45421	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Sarah (Welsh)
  Children	1. Sarah Welsh   d. Bef Oct 1701  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Welsh   d. Bef Oct 1701  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Susannah Welsh  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Merchant - 1657 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - 1657 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Clerk to the Admiralty - 1659 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Quaker. A signatory of a petition calling for religious toleration. - Jul 1659 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - 1661 - Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Residence - 1663 - London, England Residence - When a member of an inner ring of Quakers, and an associate of William Penn - 1672 - London, England Property - Warrant for 1,000 acres on the north side of White Caly Creek - 11 Dec 1683 - Mill Creek, New Castle, Delaware, USA Occupation - Appointed a Provincial Judge by William Penn. - 1684 - Pennsylvania, USA Death - 1684 - New Castle, Delaware, USA Burial - - Chester, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p678. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p473. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, B Pt2 (WJ): Folio 511 (SSTSE023).