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- RICHARD CANTRIL WAS BORN IN THE EARLY 1660s IN DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND. THE ESTIMATED PERIOD OF HIS BIRTH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT HE HAD REACHED HIS MAJORITY WHEN HE CAME TO AMERICA IN THE 1680s. HIS SHIRE OF BIRTH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FROM A PETITION THAT HE SUBMITTED TO JOHN BLACKWELL, ESQ., GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN JULY 1689, STATING THAT HIS NEPHEW, JOSEPH CANTRIL HAD DROWNED IN THE SCHUYKILL RIVER, 10 MAY 1689, AND THAT JOSEPH HAD OLDER AND YOUNGER BROTHERS IN DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND. HE POSTED A BOND OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, WHICH WAS CONSIDERABLE MONEY AT THAT TIME. THIS DOCUMENT IS ON FILE AT THE REGISTER OF WILLS, CITY HALL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ADMIN. BOOK "A" PAGE 66, FILE NO. 54, 1689. WE KNOW FROM THE HEARTH TAX RECORDS OF DERBYSHIRE IN THE EARLY 1660s THAT THERE WAS SEVERAL CANTRIL FAMILIES LIVING IN THE SHIRE. OVER THE YEARS, SEVERAL DESCENDANTS OF THE FAMILY HAVE TRAVELED TO DERBYSHIRE AND SEARCHED FOR RICHARD'S BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. IN 1986 AND 87, A FAMILY RESEARCHER, LOCATED A BAPTISMAL RECORD OF A RICHARD CANTRIL, SON OF RICHARD AND ALICE CANTRIL WHO WAS BAPTIZED 13 MAY 1666 IN BAKEWELL PARISH, DERBYSHIRE. IN THE NEARBY PARISH OF ASHOVER, WE FIND WHERE A JOSEPH CANTRILL, SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH CANTRILL WAS CHRISTENED 23 DEC. 1666. THERE IS RECORD OF A RICHARD AND MARY CANTRILL IN BAKEWELL PARISH IN 1694 AND 1697. ACCORDING TO TRADITION AND LAND RECORDS, WE BELIEVE THAT BY PROFESSION, RICHARD WAS A BRICK MAKER AND PERHAPS A MASON, AND OPERATED A BRICKYARD IN PHILADELPHIA. NO RECORD HAS BEEN FOUND OF THE IMMIGRATION OF EITHER RICHARD OR JOSEPH TO THE PENNSYLVANIA COLONY IN THE 1680s. THERE IS TRADITION IN THE FAMILY THAT HE ERECTED THE FIRST BRICK HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA. WE KNOW FROM PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY THAT THE 1ST BRICK HOUSE BUILT WAS THE HOUSE OF ROBERT TURNER, BUILT AT THE SW CORNER OF FRONT AND MULBERRY (ARCH) STREET. FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY ROBERT TURNER TO WM. PENN, IN ENGLAND DATED 3RD OF AUGUST 1685, "AND SINCE I BUILT MY BRICK HOUSE, THE FOUNDATION OF WHICH WAS LAID AR THY GOING--". WILLIAM PENN HAD SAILED FROM ENGLAND IN AUG. 1682 AND LANDED IN OCT. 1684 AT WONDER IN SUSSEX. HE WAS NOT TO RETURN TO PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL THE WINTER OF 1699. HE STAYED UNTIL 1701, WHEN HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND, NEVER TO RETURN. TURNER WENT ON TO SAY IN HIS LETTER THAT, "THOMAS SMITH AND DANIEL PEGG ARE PARTNERS, AND SET TO MAKING OF BRICK THIS YEAR, AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD."
RICHARD MARRIED DOROTHYJONES IN THE EARLY 1690s. SHE WAS BORN IN 1672 IN WALES, ENGLAND. THE NEXT RECORD WE FIND OF RICHARD AND DOROTHY CANTRIL WAS IN 1703 DELAWARE COURT PROCEEDINGS AS EXTRACTED BY SCHARF. AMONG THE GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS. "DOROTHY, WIFE OF RICHARD CANTRELL, PRESENTED FOR MASKING IN MEN'S CLOTHES THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, "WALKING AND DANCING IN THE HOUSE OF JOHN SIMES AT 9 OR 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT." JOHN SIMES, WHO GAVE THE MASQUERADE PARTY, WAS PRESENTED FOR KEEPING A DISORDERLY HOUSE, "A NURSERY OF DEBOTCH YE INHABITANTS AND YOUTH OF THIS CITY..TO YE GRIEF OF AND DISTURBANCE OF PEACEFUL MINDS AND PROPAGATING YE THRONE OF WICKEDNESS AMONGSTUS."
FOUR CHILDREN CAN BE VERIFIED FROM A WILL AND BURIAL RECORDS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A JANE______ AND MARY PRICE MENTIONED IN THE WILL MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN THEIR CHILDREN. IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON IN THOSE DAYS TO NAME A SECOND CHILD, THE SAME AS ONE WHO DIED IN INFANCY: 1. MARY CANTRIL. THE RECORDS OF THE RACE STREET MEETINGHOUSE CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING UNDER "BURIALS OF THOSE NOT FRIENDS." MARY 1-6-1695, PARENTS, RICHARD AND DOROTHY CANTRIL. 2.* JOSEPH CANTRIL 3. ZEBULON CANTRIL 4. DOROTHY CANTRIL, UNMARRIED IN 1730, AND MENTIONED IN THE WILL OF HER GRANDMOTHER JONES. NO OTHER RECORDS LOCATED.
SONS & DAUGHTERS OF THE PILGRIMS Lineages of members of The National Society of the Sons and Daughters ofthe Pilgrims Page 353
I, Mrs. Edna Edith Cantril Betts, resident of Denver, Colorado born December 1, 1890; married Clifford Allen Betts, January 7, 1914; hereby apply for membership in the Society by right of descent from Richard Cantrill. Services: Came to America and was a resident of Philadelphia, Pa., 1689, being mentioned as the administrator of a nephew's estate. I was born in Denver, Colorado. 1. I am the daughter of Simeon Walker Cantril, born August 8, 1854, died December 2, 1909; married Frank Nagle, December 28, 1875, born June 9, 1856. 2. My father was the son of Newton Strange Cantril, born April 16, 1833, died February 26, 1858; married Elizabeth Shuster. 3. My grandfather was the son of John Cantrill, born September 18, 1800, died 1869; married Mary Williams. 4. My g. grandfather was the son of Zebulon Cantrill; married Polly Morrow. 5. My 2d g. grandfather was the son of Jacob Cantrill, born in New Castle County, Pa., now Delaware; married Mary 6. My 3d g. grandfather was the son of John Cantrill, born October, 1724, died 1803; married--Britian. 7. My 4th g. grandfather was the son of Joseph Cantrill, born 1695; married Catharina 8. My 5th g. grandfather was the son of Richard Cantrill mar- ried Dorothy Jones, who came to America in September, 1682, in ship "Submission" which sailed from Wales and landed presuma- bly near Philadelphia.
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1666 - Bef 1753 (87 years)
