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James Wollerton
1731 - 1805 (73 years)-
Name James Wollerton Born 18 Sep 1731 East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, British America 
Gender Male Died 2 Jul 1805 Person ID I3325 Bird-Metcalf Last Modified 27 Jan 2016
Father Charles Wollerton, b. 11 Jun 1699, Hickling, Nottinghamshire, England , d. May 1781, Uwchlan, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 81 years) Relationship Birth Mother Jane Chilcott, b. Abt 1703, of Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, British America Relationship Birth Married 18 Mar 1726 Concord, Delaware, Pennsylvania, British America Family ID F626 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Dorcas Few, b. 5 Mar 1738, d. 24 May 1815 (Age 77 years) Married 5 Mar 1758 Children 1. Joseph Wollerton, b. Abt 1759 2. Charles Wollerton, b. Aft 1758 3. Hannah Wollerton, b. Aft 1758 4. Mary Wollerton, b. Aft 1758, d. Bef 1805 (Age ~ 45 years) 5. Isaac Wollerton, b. Aft 1758 [Birth] 6. James Wollerton, b. Aft 1758 7. Dorcas Wollerton, b. Aft 1758 + 8. John Wollerton, b. Bef 1805 9. Jane Wollerton, b. Bef 1805 Last Modified 27 Jan 2016 Family ID F1388 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
A Summary of the Will of Charles Wollerton in 1781
Children listed:
John, Sarah, Mary, Jane, and James
Jane, his wife is not mentioned.
Source Information
Lineages, Inc., comp.. Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
The Will and Inventory of the Estate of Charles Wollerton
Charles divides his estate among his five children with his son James as the executor of his will. The will was written on 11 September, 1773 and proved on 19 May 1781.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Chester County, Pennsylvania, Estate Papers, 1714-1838 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
1800 Census with the Wollerton's of East Bradford, Pennsylvania
East Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania
Listing brothers John (abt 1727) and James (abt 1731) Wollerton and James (abt 1764), son of John.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
The Will of James Wollerton written 7 February 1805
Dorcus, his wife, is to get the downstairs east room as well as a load of cut wood delivered to her door, among other things. The children mentioned are:
Joseph Wollerton
Charles Wollerton
Hannah Wollerton
Dorcus Pierson and her husband William
Jane Pierson
Mary Spackman's children
James Wollerton's child
The Estate Papers of James Wollerton, filed 23 January 1810
Contains his will as well as the inventory of his estate. Dorcus, his wife, renounces the right as executorship of the will. Among the inventory is a balance owed for "a negro boy" and a blind horse. The will was proved 24 August 1805
Name: James Wollerton
Record Type: Wills
Year: 1810
Title: Wills 5193-5289
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Chester County, Pennsylvania, Estate Papers, 1714-1838 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Histories 
The Wollerton's in the History of Chester County, Pennsylvania
A brief detail of the family from Charles and Jane who settled in East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania with details on their sons James and John. Also tells of William Wollerton, the eldest son of John and Rebecca being a saddler and land owner. It states that he and Rebecca did have thirteen children.
History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches by Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928; Published in 1881;
website: archive.org.
"History of the Chain of Title"--Tracing the Wollerton Family Lands in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Estelle Cremers of Pottstown, PA brought together this impressive paper of the Historical Land Research of the Chain of Title for lands that the Wollerton family owned in Chester County. It traces the first known owners in the 1600's and goes through to 1920. She attempts to unravel all of the Williams, James, and Zibas in the Wollerton line.
There are very few conflicting finds such as the guardianship of the children of James Wollerton who died in 1820. Court documents attached to this family on My Family Online state that Mary, Moses, John, Ziba, and Sarah were given guardianship by George Mechem? and Anthony Gray. She says that court documents appointed William Newlin, Charles Wollerton and Eli Shugart guardians in 1821. This researcher has not found these court records as of yet so will leave things as they are for now.
Creamers, Estelle (1999); "History of the Chain of Title, Historical Land Research"
The Chain of Title of the Wollerton Homestead
Researched by Estelle Cremers in 1999 in preparation for the restoration of the "Guthrie Farm" that originated with the Wollerton family.
Website: http://renovation.guthrieland.com/history/cot.html