Source Citations for George Maris

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Source Citations

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885: George L. Maris and Annie M. Maris (compilers), The Maris Family in the United States: A Record of the Descendants of George and Alice Maris, 1683–1885; West Chester, Pennsylvania: F. S. Hickman, 1885; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed 20 Apr 2018), held by General Library of University of Michigan [Source includes abstracts from wills and other documents, along with interviews with contemporary descendants.]

book-memorial-record-of-iowa-v1-1896: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa, Volume 1; Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1978; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed 19 Apr 2018); reprint of 1896 edition published Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896; provided by the University of Wisconsin at Madison

book-mendenhalls-a-genealogy-1969: The Mendenhalls; database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed on multiple dates); citing "Henry Hart Beeson, The Mendenhalls: A Genealogy; Houston, unknown, 1991" [This is a privately published genealogy, and appears to be typed rather than typeset. Reference is made to some original records, but there are no images or transcripts included.]

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970: Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed on multiple dates); citing “Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. (comp. and ed.) (et.al.), Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970, for the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania” [Consists of reprints of articles (with corrections and additions) of port documents from England.]

book-sufferings-of-the-quakers-v2-1753: Joseph Besse (comp.), A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers for the Testimony of a Good Conscience, From The Time of their being first distinguished by that name in the year 1650, to the time of the Act, commonly called the Act of Toleration, grated to Protestant Dissenters in the first Year of the Reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary, in the Year 1689, Volume II [2], London: Luke Hinde, 1753; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: downloaded 18 Apr 2018)

Source Reference Details

Name Details

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Page 1 (PDF page 52)

Comment Detail: Source includes name (George Maris).

book-mendenhalls-a-genealogy-1969:

Reference Detail: Page 2 (image 4), accessed 29 Aug 2009

Comment Detail: Source includes name (George Maris).

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Page 90 footnote 55 (image 102), accessed 30 May 2009

Comment Detail: Source includes name (George Maris). See research notes for conflict spelling not noted here.

Birth Details

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Page 1 (PDF page 52)

Comment Detail: Source includes year (1632) and location (England).

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Page 90 footnote 55 (image 102), accessed 30 May 2009

Comment Detail: Source includes approximate age at death (76) and date of death (15 Jan 1705/06). Using these gives an approximate birth year of 1629, old-style. However, the age is only approximate and no error range is provided. This database presumes an error range +/- 5 years (1624 to 1634), so any year in this range should not be considered a conflict.

Death Details

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Page 1 (PDF page 52)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (11, 15, 1705 [old style]).

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Page 90 footnote 55 (image 102), accessed 30 May 2009

Comment Detail: Source includes date (15 11m 1705 [old style]).

Marriage Details

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Page 1 (PDF page 52)

Comment Detail: Source notes that Alice _____ was the wife of George Maris.

Miscellaneous Facts Details “Events”

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Page XII (PDF page 25)

Comment Detail: Source notes that prior to leaving England [on 25 Jul 1683], George purchased 1000 acres in Pennsylvania from Robert Toomer. However, the land is described as "unlocated" -- whatever that means. It sounds like a promissory, but it is also described as a purchase, suggesting money changed hands.

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Page 90 (image 102), accessed 30 May 2009.

Comment Detail: Source includes date (25 July [1683]), location (Bristol [, England]), and ship (Bristol Comfort).

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Page 1 (PDF page 52)

Comment Detail: Source includes year (1683).

book-memorial-record-of-iowa-v1-1896:

Reference Detail: Page 43 (PDF page 62)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (⟨conflict⟩). See research notes for conflict details.

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Page 90 (image 102), accessed 30 May 2009

Comment Detail: Source includes date of arrival (1 8m (October) [1683] [old style]), location (Upland [, Chester County, Pennsylvania]), and ship (Bristol Comfort).

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Pages 228-229 (PDF pages 359-360)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (sixth day of the eighth month one thousand six hundred and eighty-three), size (four hundred Acres), and location (County of Chester [, Province of Pennsylvania]). Note the date is of the original land grant warrant, confirming the purchase. It should not be confused with the date of the patent, 30 Jul 1684.

Miscellaneous Facts Details “Attributes”

book-sufferings-of-the-quakers-v2-1753:

Reference Detail: Chapter 3, page 71 (PDF page 80).

Comment Detail: Source includes date ([1670]) and location (Grafton-Flyford [, Worcestershire, England]).

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Page XII (PDF page 25)

Comment Detail: Source includes location (Grafton Flyford, and county of Worcester [, England]). While a year is not provided, George Maris, his wife Alice, and their six children are defined as being "of Grafton Flyford" just before their move to Pennsylvania, so a date before 1683 is presumed.

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Page XIII (PDF page 26)

Comment Detail: Soure notes his devotion to the Society of Friends, including his being a minister.

book-sufferings-of-the-quakers-v2-1753:

Reference Detail: Chapter 3, page 71 (PDF page 80).

Comment Detail: Source notes that a meeting of the Society of Friends was held in George's home.

General Notes Details

book-maris-family-in-the-us-1885:

Reference Detail: Page 1 (PDF page 52)

book-sufferings-of-the-quakers-v2-1753:

Reference Detail: Chapter 3, page 71 (PDF page 80).

Research Notes Details

book-memorial-record-of-iowa-v1-1896:

Reference Detail: Page 43 (PDF page 62)

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Page 90 footnote 55 (image 102), accessed 30 May 2009