INTRODUCTION

This blog has been created for the sole purpose of finding out my ancestor Sarah Walton's family. It's a place to sort through my info and have access to it as I am researching away from home. If you have stumbled across this blog because you are looking for information, or better yet, if you have information, :) please contact me at denianek@gmail.com to share.

MY CONNECTION: William Decatur Kartchner>Prudence Wilcox Kartchner>John Wilcox (m. Sarah Walton)

For more on the Willcox Family see www.thomaswillcox.blogspot.com


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Baptism records at St. Joseph's

The following entries for baptisms were made in the sacramental registers at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA from January to December, 1791. (339 baptisms for the year)

I've transcribed information about anyone I think might be remotely related.

p. 147:
Willcox, same day*, at Concord [in Delaware county, probably at the Willcox mansion], by Rev. F. A. Fleming, James, born April 12, 1791 of Mark Willcox and his wife Mary, Catholics, sponsors Lawrence Cauffman and Deborah Sutton, Catholics.
*22 May 1791

p. 149:
Walton, the 13th*, by Rev. F. A. Fleming, Charleton Alexander, born May, 1772, of John Walton (Prot.) and his wife Sarah (Catholic), sponsors James Alexander Cosksin (?) [or Corksin] and Mary Byrne, Catholics.
*13 June 1791

p. 156:
Cottringer, 10th*, by Rev. L. Graessl, Elizabeth, born August 23, 1791, of James Cottringer and his wife Elizabeth, Catholics, sponsors Michael Conner and Mary Carell.
*10 Sept 1791

p. 161:
Webb, same day*, by Rev. F. A. Fleming, Robert, born March 26, 1791, of Robert (Quaker) and Sabina Webb (Cath.), sponsors John and Anna Carson, Catholics.
2 Dec 1791

p. 162:
Willcox, same day*, by the same**, Thomas, born January 7, 1787, of Thomas (Cath.) and Hannah Willcox (Quakeress), sponsors William Doyle and Mary Willcox, Catholics.
*12 Dec 1791 **Rev. C. V. Keating

Wilcox, same day*, by the same**, Mary, born July 31, 1791, of John Wilcox [ought to be Willcox] (Cath.) and his wife Sarah (Prot.), sponsors William Doyle and Deborah Sutton, Catholics.
*12 Dec 1791 **Rev. C. V. Keating

p. 163:
Corkrin, same day*, by the same, Anna, born December 18, 1791, of James and Mary Corkrin, sponsors Thomas Lilly and Mary Byrne, Catholics.
*22 Dec 1791

http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=cZVJAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=webstore_bookcard&pg=GBS.PA162

WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS RECORD:
If I have interpreted other records correctly, Thomas Wilcox, Sabina Webb, and John Wilcox are all children of James Willcox, making their children first cousins.  It would make sense then, why, Thomas--who was born in 1787--would be baptized in 1791 on the same day as Mary. I also wondered if by a slim chance "Cottringer" is "Kartchner" spelled phonetically, and if Charleton Alexander Walton might lead me to the Walton family, if his parents John and Sarah are related at all to our Sarah Walton. Sarah is a very common name. :(

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