HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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The earliest lineal ancestor of the 

 American family of Janney of whom 

 there is any authentic record was Ran- 

 dull Janne3% of Stiall, parish of Wilmes- 

 lome, Cheshire, Enghvnd, who died about 

 the year 1596, being mentioned in the will 

 of his son Thomas Janney, made in 1602, 

 as having left legacies to daughters of 

 Thomas, the youngest of whom was 

 baptised in 1595. Thomas Janney, before 

 mentioned, was married at least twice, 

 if not three times. Investigations re- 

 cently conducted in Cheshire by Miles 

 White, of Baltimore, indicate that he 

 married first Ellen , who was bur- 

 ied February 7, 1578, and by whom he 

 had a daughter Alyce, who was baptised 

 Novemoer 7, 1570, but as no further rec- 

 ord of this Alice is found, and she is not 

 mentioned in Thomas's will, there is no 

 proof that the record above refers to 

 'J. hom;iT of Stiall. 1 He married, Decem- 

 ber 7. 1578, Jane Worthington, who was 

 Duried August 10, 1589, and (second) on 

 Movember 4, 1590, Katharine Cash, of 

 Stiall. By the first marriage he had two 

 sons, Randle and Henry, and daughters 

 Margerie and Maud. By the second 

 marriage he had six children, two at least 

 of whom died in infancy. He was pos- 

 sessed of a considerable freehold of lands 

 in Cheshire, which he devised to his sons 

 Randle and Harry, and personal estate 

 to Thomas and daughters Maud, Mar- 

 garet and Anne. 



Randle Janney, the eldest son of 

 Thomas and Jane (Worthington) Jan- 

 ney, was baptised February 23, 1579-80, 

 and was buried October 30, 1613. He 

 married, July 14, 1602, Ellen Abrodd, and 

 lived and died at Stiall, Cheshire. They 

 were the parents of four children: 

 Thomas, baptised June 27, 1605, died 12 

 mo. 17, 1677. married September 3, 1625, 

 Elizabeth Worthington, who died 12 mo. 

 19. 1681-2; Randle, baptised May 26, 1608, 

 married July 16. 1636, Anne Knevet; 

 Heine, baptised March 24, 1610, buried 

 March 3. 161 1; and Richard, baptised 

 February 20, 1613, settled in Ardwick, 

 Lancashire, where he died in 1691, wife 

 Mary. Of these four children of Randle 

 Janney, of Stiall, only the two eldest 

 has special interest to the Janneys of 

 America, as through the two sons of the 

 former, Thomas and Henry, and Will- 

 iam, son of the latter, are descended all 

 the Janneys who today are scattered 

 over the United States. 



Thomas Janney, eldest son of Randle 

 and Ellen (Alrodd) Janney, baptised 

 June 27, 1605, was married September 3, 

 1625, to Elizabeth Worthington, and 

 both joined the Society of Friends soon 

 after it came into existence, and are fre- 

 quently mentioned in the early annals 

 of the Society, meetings being frequently 

 held at their house at Stiall, and later 

 at Mobberly, Cheshire. He suffered 

 distress of goods, was imprisoned, and 

 otherwise persecuted on account of his 



faith as related in Besse's sufferings. He 

 and others purchased and presented to 

 the Meeting the land for the t)urial 

 ground and meeting house at Mobberly. 

 He was evidently possessed of consider- 

 able property, and in his will made in 

 1677 left a legacy to the poor of the 

 town. He died 12 mo. 17, 1677, and his 

 widow Elizabeth on 12 mo. 19, 1681-2, 

 and both are buried in the Friends' bury- 

 ing ground at Mobberly. His will is stfi' 

 preserved at Chester, and his name 

 thereto is spelled Jannej^ though men- 

 tioned in the records as Janey. His will 

 names the children mentioned below, 

 his brother Richard, and William Janney 

 of Handworth. The children of Thomas 

 and Elizabeth (Worthington) Janney 

 were: 



1. Mary, baptised March 19. 1625-6, 

 died 7 mo. 3, 1698, married 12 mo. 3, 

 T663-4, Robert Peirson, of Pownall Fee, 

 Cheshire, and had a son Enoch, born il 

 mo. 30, 1665, died 8 mo. 2, 1680-I. 

 Thomas and Robert Pearson, who came 

 to Pennsylvania in 1683 and 1682 respec- 

 tively, were probably related to Robert. 



2. Margaret, baptised March 16, 1627, 

 died II mo. 11, 1673, is buried at Mob- 

 berly. 



3. Martha, baptised June 6, 1630, died 



2 mo. 4, 1702, married 12 mo. 12, 1672, 

 Hugh Burges, of Pownall Fee, who died 



3 mo. 23, 1713, aged seventy-four years. 

 Both are buried at Mobberly. It was at 

 their house, that her brother Thomas 

 Janney, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 died in 1696, while on a religious visit 

 to England. 



4. Randle, baptised December 16, 1632, 

 died 3 mo. 17, 1674, buried at Mobberly. 



5. Thomas, the ancestor of tlie Jan- 

 neys of Bucks county, baptised January 

 II. 1634. died 12 mo. (Feb.) 12, 1696, and 

 is buried at IMobberly; see forward. 



6. Henry, baptised January r, 1637, 

 died at Eaton Norris, Lancashire, 6 mo. 

 3. 1690. and is buried at Mobberly. He 

 married at the house of Thomas Potts, 

 Pownal - Fee. i mo. 3. 1674, Barbara 

 Baguley, of Stockport, was a tailor and 

 chapman or cloth dealer. His daughter 

 Elizabeth, born 9 mo. 7, 1677. came to 

 Philadelphia in 1698. and married in 1710 

 Pentecost Teague. a distinguished Friend 

 of Philadelphia. Mary, born 11 mo. I, 

 1680, and Tabitha. born 7 mo. 29. 1687, 

 also came to Philadelphia, the former 

 marrying in 1708 Joseph Drinker, and the 

 latter in 1709 William Fisher. A son 

 Thomas and daughter Martha died in 

 infancy. 



Before proceeding to give an account 

 of Thomas Janney, the distinguished an- 

 cestor of the Janneys of Bucks county, jt 

 might be well to say a word or two in 

 reference to William Janney, (son of 

 Randle and Mary, and grandson of 

 Randle and Ellen Alrodd Janney), 

 whose two sons. Randle and Thorn'as, 

 also came to Pennsylvania. 



