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Joseph Trotter 1697–1770 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1697

Birth Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: November 25, 1770

Death Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Rebecca Theach

Mother: William Trotter

Spouse(s): Dinah Shelton

Children(s): Mary Trotter

Joseph Trotter was born in 1697 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Rebecca Theach And William J Trotter. Joseph Trotter married Dinah Shelton, and had children including Mary Trotter. Joseph Trotter passed away in 1770 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Trotter was born in 1697 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Rebecca Theach And William J Trotter.
  • Joseph Trotter married Dinah Shelton, and had children including Mary Trotter.
  • Joseph Trotter passed away in 1770 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rebecca Theach
1673–1731
Birth Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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William Trotter
1659–1699
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Dinah Shelton
1694–1769
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Mary Trotter
1727–1793
Birth Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Joseph Trotter's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Trotter
1697–1770
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Rebecca Theach
1673–1731
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
William (J) Trotter
1659–1699
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Mary (Marshall) Ormond
1655–
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
John (Edward "Blackbeard") Teach
1650–1718
Bristol, England
Great-Grandparents
Mary Ormond
1636–
David ORMOND
1625–1702
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mary Phillips
1605–1690

Joseph Trotter's Descendants

1.
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Joseph Trotter (1697–November 25, 1770) m. Dinah Shelton (1694–12 May 1769)
  1. 1. Mary Trotter 1727–1793
    1. 1. Hannah Bacon 1765–1829 m. Jonathan Evans 1759–1839
      1. 1. Hannah Evans 1793–1865 m. Joseph Rhoads 1787–1861
        1. 1. Mary (Rhoads) Haines 1819– m. William (Ellis) Haines 1816–1846
        2. 2. Charles Rhoads 1828–1903
        3. 3. Jonathan (Evans) Rhoads 1830–1914
        4. 4. Joseph Rhoads 1822–1896

Joseph Trotter's Timeline

2 Records

1697
1697
Birth of Joseph Trotter in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1770
November 25, 1770
Age 73
Death of Joseph Trotter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1697
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: November 25, 1770
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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