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Return to Woodward Home Page Return to Richard Woodward, Jr. Page We wish to thank Entrikin descendant Debra Chapman for her kind assistance in developing this page. She has also pointed us to the Entrikin genealogy A Family History: George Entrikin 1710-1785: Descendants and Related Families by Mary Entrikin Porter, 1975. It is available on microfilm from LDS Family History Libraries (film #928059). We have obtained a copy of this film and find it to be well researched. Mary Woodward was daughter of Richard Woodward, Jr. and his second wife Deborah Stanfield Woodward. George Entrikin's ancestry is not known, although the Entrikin History suggests that his father may have been George Entergun found on the 1729 Chester County, Pennsylvania tax list. There were other Entrikins in Chester County but we do not know the connection. The name is spelled both Entriken and Entrikin, as well as several other variations. |
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Mary Woodward
born Chester County, Pa died after 1784 |
George Entrikin
born abt 1710 died bet 1784-86 Chester Co Pa |
| Married: 11th or 12th month 1736 at Newark Monthly Meeting. On 10/4/1736 George and Mary published their intent to marry at Newark. On 11/1/1736 they were given liberty to accomplish their marriage. On 12/5/1736 it was reported that the marriage had been accomplished orderly but the date was not recorded.
Children: Samuel Entriken born about 1740 Chester County, Pa; married third cousin Mary Strode |
Land Records for George EntrikenGeorge Entriken bought land on 4 February 1746 from Henry Willis of East Bradford. George was listed as of East Bradford in his marriage record and in this land deed. His occupation is given as miller. The land contained 133 acres and was sold for 300 pounds to George "Enterhin." The land was bounded by other land of George Enterhin, by the Welsh Tract, and by land of Anthony Arnold & William Hughey. The deed was witnessed by John Strode, Edward Bennett, and Thomas Woodward, all Woodward relatives (Abstracts of Chester County, Pa Land Records, Vol 3, p 15).) We did not find another deed record though this deed states he owned other land. When this tract of land was willed to Henry Willis by his father John in 1739 it mentions it bounded by land of George �Enterkins�, so he owned land by 1739. Chances are he purchased it around the time of his marriage. He was taxed on 250 acres of land in 1766 as George �Entrican.�Will of George EntrikenWe find an abstract of the will of George Entrikin in Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825.�Entrikin, George, E. Bradford, 3-30-1779. Codicil 6-29-1784. Oct 12, 1794 [proven]. To grandson George Entrikin the house and land where I now dwell, containing about 25 acres, with 40 acres I purchased of John Davis, also 10 acres of woodland at 21. To son Samuel the remainder of my lands where he now dwells, paying to James Entrekin a debt of 60 pounds. Remainder to wife Mary. Executors: Son Samuel. Codicil gives to niece Hannah Underwood 1/2 of household furniture at death of wife. Also, to brother-in-law Joseph Underwood, my dwelling house and lands, belonging for 3 years after expiration of his present lease. Wit to Codicil: Isaac Yearsley, Nathan Sharples.� The James Entrikin mentioned was probably George�s nephew, son of his brother Samuel. There is a will for a Samuel Entrekin in Goshen written 12 May 1800 and proven 13 March 1801 which appears to be George Entrekin�s brother�s will and it names sons James, George, Samuel, and Thomas, and daughters Rebecca, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, and Hannah. George�s will must not have been immediately available to his family as there was an administration on 28 August 1786 for George Entriken, decedent , with Samuel Entriken named as administrator. The actual will with the codicil was proven in 1794 so evidently turned up somewhere. We have based the probable death date of George Entriken on this administration. We have assigned the death of Mary Woodward Entriken as after 1784 as she appears to be still alive in the 1784 codicil to the will. Descendants of George and Mary Woodward EntrikenGeorge and Mary apparently had only the one child, Samuel Entriken and we do not know his exact date of birth as if it is entered in Quaker records it is missing.Samuel Entriken married Mary Strode on 11/21/1765 at Birmingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, according to the Entrikin History. Mary Strode was daughter of John and Mary Woodward Strode, and granddaughter of Richard and Mary Nayle Woodward of the line of Robert Woodward, brother of Richard Woodward, Sr. , grandfather of Mary Woodward Entriken. Mary Strode�s grandfather, George Strode, was brother of William Strode, who was married to Deborah Woodward, daughter of Richard Woodward, Jr. and sister to Mary Woodward Entriken. Any descendants of Samuel & Mary Strode Entriken had this rather complex Woodward ancestry. From various sources it appears that Samuel and Mary Strode Entriken had children: George Entriken, born 8/6/1766; Caleb born 12/30/1768; Samuel, born about 1778; Emmor born 5/17/1781; and a daughter Mary who died unmarried. There may have been more because of the gap from 1768 to 1778. George and Phebe Brinton EntrikenThis grandson of George Entriken is proven by being named in George's will above. He married Phebe Brinton, daughter of John and Phebe Osborn Brinton. There is a fairly lengthy list of supposed children that can be found on the Internet but we have problems with the list and no way to sort out which are correct and which are not. We are not even sure that this George is the one that married Phebe as there was more than one George Entriken in Chester County in that time period. In evaluating information that is not proven by primary records one has to bear firmly in mind that children were spaced roughly two years apart to allow for the requisite period of nursing by the mother. Exceptions did of course occur but the child then rarely survived unless a wet nurse could be found. Major exceptions occurred in slave owning families as the children often had slaves as wet nurses. The list of children put forth for this family contains several exceptions to the two year rule and that would not often be seen in a family other than a slave owning family.The list we have found shows seven male children born between May 1792 and June 1800 but the Chester County census for George Entriken in 1800 in Westtown shows 2 male children under 10 and 3 female children under 10. The latter would be pretty exactly in line with the normal number of births for that time period. This simply doesn't match and we have no handy way to sort out the information, or even to know if George of Westtown is the correct one. It is possible that some of the children on the list belong to the correct George, such as Strode Entriken and Brinton Entriken likely named for grandmother Mary Strode Entriken and mother Phebe Brinton Entriken, but all of them being correct is very nearly impossible. Caleb and Ann Way EntrikenCaleb is also proven as a grandson of George and Mary Woodward Entriken as their marriage record gives him as son of Samuel. Caleb Entriken and Ann Way, daughter of Jacob and Phebe Pennock Way, married 8/1/1793 at Kennett Monthly Meeting. They supposedly had children Sarah, Jacob, John, Phebe Way, Hannah, Emmor, and Ruth Ann. The children's birthdates all look credible for a single family.If anyone has proof for these two families, such as a will we would appreciate hearing from them. We would also appreciate any proof for the other alleged children of Samuel and Mary Strode Entriken. |