Notes on Mary King who Married Obediah Garwood

This family apparently originated in Burlington Co., NJ, and eventually turned
up in Crawford Co., PA. The family was apparently documented in a book by Ruth
Inskeep called Meet the Families of Inskeep and Garwood (1975), which I have not
seen. According to a post at the Garwood family message board at Rootsweb:

Ruth INSKEEP's _Meet the Families of INSKEEP and GARWOOD_, 1975, page 380,
states the following:

Homer BALDWIN (Caroline GARWOOD, James, John, Isaac, Noah, Samuel, John,
William, Thomas), born in Crawford Co., PA, 25 Dec 1885; d. 8 Jan 1969, was a
son of Alvirus and Caroline (GARWOOD) BALDWIN. Mr. BALDWIN spent many years in
collecting data on the GARWOOD family and especially this branch (John GARWOOD
b 1675). His papers have been placed with the Crawford Co., PA, Historical
Society.

http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.garwood/115/mb.ashx

Some Rootsweb dbs make Mary King, wife of Obediah Garwood, the daughter of
Joseph King and Mary Simcock of NJ. This is highly doubtful. Quaker meeting
records (which I have not seen) apparently have their daughter Mary married to
someone else. Therefore, we must say that Mary King's ancestry is unknown.

The following GenForum post is relevant to this:
The minutes of Kingwood Monthly Meeting in New Jersey (where Joseph King and
Mary Simcock resided) of 12 Feb 1756 record the marriage intention of David
Marsh and Mary King, Jr and the minutes of 8 Mar 1756 record that the marriage
was accomplished.

She is probably referred to as Mary King, Junior because her mother was also
Mary King - Mrs. Mary (Simcock) King.

The Kingwood Minutes also record only two children for David and Mary: Joseph
1756 and Phillip 1759

Mary (King) Marsh is not named in her father's will in 1764, so it is likely
that she died soon after the birth of Phillip. It is likely David Marsh died
soon also. No removals for David Marsh or Mary Marsh are recorded in Kingwood
but a Phillip Marsh was granted a certificate from Kingwood to New Garden
Monthly Meeting (North Carolina) in 1791

Apparently the marriage of a Mary King and Obediah Garwood occurred in 1756 in
Burlington Monthly Meeting. Some have mistakenly identified her as the daughter
of Joseph King and Mary Simcock, but she is more likely some other Mary King.
Here is why:

No marriage intention was recorded in Kingwood meeting as would have happened
had it been Joseph King's daughter who was marrying Obediah Garwood. Mary
(King) Garwood lived until about 1823 and so would likely have been named in
Joseph King's will if she were his daughter.

Obviously Mary, daughter of Joseph King and Mary Simcock, was not married to
both as the marriages and children overlap.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?King::garwood::461.html

Her husband Obediah Garwood is said to have been born in Evesham, Burlington
Co., NJ, in 1729. Their marriage is noted in the ancestry.com data base called
New Jersey Marriages, Colonial Era, 1665-1800:
Garwood, Obadiah, Burlington, and Mary King, Burlington, 1756 Aug 17

Other early King marriage licenses in Burlington Co. from this source:
John Budd and Hannah King, 1750 Dec 31
Mary Boulton and Isaac King, 1768 Nov 4
Theodocia Briggs and Samuel King, 1757 Jan 28
Mary Britton and Benajah King, 1784 Jan 29
Sarah Cannan or Carman and John King, 1765 Oct 8
Jeremiah Dawson and Anne King, 1778 Jul 29
Obediah Hireton and Mary King, 1728 Jul 29
Samuel Ireton and Achsah King, 1779 Apr 3 (does not say she from Burlington)
Francis Jervis (Philadelphia) and Catharine King, 1737 Dec 28
John Norcross and Rachel King, 1765 Sep 18 (does not say she from Burlington)
Edward Pancost and Hannah King, 1761 Aug 15
Elizabeth Simons and Thomas King, 1764 Sep 10
Jacob Swiger and Elizabeth King, 1766 Sep 7 (does not say she from Burlington)
Mary West and William King, 1778 Jun 6

Relevant to Mary King "Hireton":
1745, Dec. 10. King, William, of limits of City of Burlington, yeoman; will of.
Brothers - Samuel and Joseph. Sisters - Mary Ireton, [page 284] Hannah, and 
Elizabeth King. Nephew, William Ireton. Real and personal estate. Executors - 
brother, Obadiah Ireton, and friend Thomas Miller. Witnesses - Ebenezer Gaskill,
Benj’n Kemble, Edward Noble. Proved Jan. 1, 1745-6. Lib. 5, p. 212.
1745, Dec. 20. Inventory, £444.3.4; made by Joseph Pearson and Tho’s Atkinson.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Jersey::king::14330.html

Kings in Burlington Co., NJ, from the early New Jersey tax lists (ancestry.com
database New Jersey Census, 1643-1890):
Harmenus King, Nottingham, 1701
John King, Nottingham, 1701
Joseph King, Nottingham, 1701
Mary King, Nottingham, 1701
Mary D of Harmenus King, Nottingham, 1701
Hermanus King, Nottingham Twp., 1703
Hermanus King, Nottingham Twp., 1703
Benjamin King, Nottingham, 1706
Harmennis King, Nottingham, 1706
John King, Nottingham, 1706
Joseph King, Nottingham, 1706
Mary King, Nottingham, 1706
Anthony King, Nottingham Twp., 1758
Francis King, Nottingham Twp., 1758
Esau King, Springfield Twp., 1773
Joseph King, Springfield Twp., 1773
Isaac King, Mansfield, 1774
John King, Evesham Twp., 1774
John King, New Hanover, 1774
Moses King, Northampton Twp., 1774
Peter King, Chester Twp., 1774
Daniel King, Chesterfield Twp., 1780
Levi King, voter list, 1787
Aaren King, Chester, 1793
Dioclesion King, Northampton, 1793
George King, Northampton, 1793
Levi King, New Hanover, 1793
Levy King, Evesham, 1793
Peter King, Chester, 1793
William King, Northampton, 1793
William King, New Hanover, 1793
William King, Northampton, 1793
William King, Willingboro, 1802
William King, Willingboro, 1802
[Note: Nottingham Twp. became part of Mercer Co. in 1838.]

According to the rootsweb message board post referenced above:
17. Obed GARWOOD (Samuel2, John1), born abt 1729/30; died 1798 in , Fayette,
PA. He married on 17 Aug 1756 in , , NJ Mary KING.
Notes for Obed GARWOOD
MFIGs p 381.
Notes for Mary KING
Marriage license.
Children of Obed GARWOOD and Mary KING were as follows:
39 i Rebecca GARWOOD. [mar. Isaac Paden, d. 1838 in Crawford Co.]
40 ii Rachel GARWOOD.
41 iii Samuel GARWOOD.
42 iv Tacy GARWOOD. "Tacy or Tracy".
43 v Joseph GARWOOD.
44 vi John GARWOOD.
45 vii Obed GARWOOD (Jr.). [mar. Mary Perkins, d. 1853 in Crawford Co.]
46 viii Elizabeth GARWOOD. [d. 1854 in Crawford Co.]
47 ix Mary GARWOOD. [d. 1856 in Crawford Co.]
48 x Jesse GARWOOD.

Obediah Garwood was supposedly the son of Samuel Garwood, b. 1707, and Rebecca
Crosby/Crosley. Obediah had a younger brother Noah Garwood, b.c. 1740, d. 1800,
who married Mary Engle (still referencing the Inskeep book). Their children:
23. Noah GARWOOD (Samuel2, John1), born abt 1740; died 1800. He married in 1763
Mary ENGLE, daughter of John ENGLE and Hannah MIDDLETON.
Notes for Noah GARWOOD
MFIGs p 381.
Notes for Mary ENGLE
Married 4 mo. 14, 1763.
Children of Noah GARWOOD and Mary ENGLE were as follows:
57 i Noah GARWOOD (Jr.). [d. 1816 in Burlington Co., NJ]
58 ii Joshua GARWOOD.
59 iii Mary GARWOOD.
60 iv Isaac GARWOOD. [d. 28 Mar 1868 in Sadsbury Twp., Crawford Co., NJ]
61 v Elizabeth GARWOOD.
62 vi Samuel GARWOOD.
63 vii John GARWOOD.

[Note: Obediah Garwood was deeded land in Crawford Co. in 1797 but apparently
died in Fayette Co., 1798, before he could move there. Or possibly this is the
son, who did eventually live in Crawford Co.]

Noah Garwood occurs in the NJ tax lists for Burlington Co. in 1774. Obediah
Garwood never occurs (at the ancestry.com index anyway). Some of their
descendants turned up in Crawford Co. as follows.

The evidence of the censuses suggests that Isaac Garwood was in Crawford Co.,
PA, by 1840 and also occurs in 1850 but has disappeared in the 1860:
1850, Sadsbury Twp., Crawford Co. (so faded as to be nearly unreadable)
Isaac Garwood, 76, b. NJ, and Rebecca, 74, b. PA, and family
[Note: one internet source of unknown reliability says Isaac's first wife was
a cousin, Rebecca Garwood, who d.c. 1810 in Burlington Co., NJ]

John Garwood, said to be Isaac's son, was b. 18 June 1798 in PA, and apparently
died in Crawford Co., PA. One source says in 1851, but I cannot find him in the
1850 census. He is said to have married Anna Hill, dau. of William Hill and
Ruth Paden. [William Hill was supposedly b. in NJ but came to Crawford co., PA,
possibly via Fayette Co., PA, very early. See rootsweb db 9100 for extensive
notes.] Anna appears in 1860:
Anna Garwood, age 58, b. PA, is in Sadsbury Twp., in hh of Silus Garwood.

According to an obituary published in the New Castle (PA) News, 10 Jn 1922,
they were the parents of Mary Ann Garwood:
Pulaski Township Woman Dies At Age Of Ninety-three Years
Mrs. Mary Ann Porter, aged 93 years, the last member of a pioneer family of
Lawrence county, died Monday evening at 6:30, January 9, 1922, at her home in
Pulaski township, near the Number Five school building, after an illness of ten
days due to complications.
Mrs. Porter was one of the oldest and most highly respected women in the
community. She was born September 3 [possibly 8], 1829 in Crawford county, the
daughter of John and Anna H[ill] Garwood, and had been a resident of this
county for many years.

Her husband was John Porter (unknown ancestry), who was b.c. 1827 in PA and
d. 1906 in Lawrence Co., PA (executor's notice, letters testamentary to Ella
Porter, New Castle News, 11 & 18 July, 1 & 8 Aug, possibly other dates as
well). The marriage occurred shortly before the 1850 census, possibly 1849.
Their children:
1) Newell, b. 1851 in PA, mar. Emma Kerr, went to Colorado
2) an unknown child apparently died young
3) Edwin, b. 1855 in PA, d. 1937 in Lawrence Co., PA, mar. Elizabeth Lockhart
4) Leroy, b. Dec 1857, d.bef. 1910 possibly in Manhattan, New York, NY
5) Ella, b. 21 Mar 1860, d. 26 Oct 1954, unmarried
6) Ada, b. 1862, mar. possibly W.S. Mason, liv. Colorado Springs