Joshua Hadley was born on May 6, 1703 in Ireland. He was the son of Simon Hadley.
He married Mary Rowland on November 22, 1725 at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Mary and Joshua's children included:
Ruth Hadley, (1726, married John Marshall),
Thomas Hadley (1728), and
Sarah Hadley (1730, married Joseph Fredd).
Mary died in 1733.
In 1735 he married Patience Brown. Patience was born July 25, 1712. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Brown and Mary Royal. Their children included:
Simon Hadley (1737),
Mary Hadley (1739),
Jeremiah Hadley (1741),
Joshua Hadley, Jr. (1743),
Joseph Hadley (1745),
Deborah Hadley (1749),
Hannah Hadley (1752), and
Catherine Hadley (1746).
In the first month in 1736, Joshua was accused of fathering a child with Margery Lindley.
Margery Lindley says she is with Child by Joshua Hadley which he denyes yt she says true & he has since gone and married an other young woman by a priest therefore this meeting appoints Michael Lightfoot, Joseph Sharpe & Wm Miller to Endeavor to have Joshua and Margery together & here what they have to say & to prepare a Testimony for ye Clearing of Truth. (from New Garden Monthly Meeting Men's Minutes)
The second month the minutes read
Joshua Hadley declining to meet those appointed before Margery Lindley A Testimony is signed against each of them & Isaac Jackson Senr to see them read to Newgarden and send Joshua's to Notingham that friends there may have such use of it as they think proper.
Joshua and Patience were disowned by the New Garden Monthly Meeting on February 24, 1736
The third month James Harlan was implicated he
was assistant to Joshua Hadley in his marriage by ye priest and it was intimated several times Drinks strong Liquor to excess.
Joshua and Patience acknowledged their guilt, they were re-installed on May 30, 1737.
Joshua moved to a part of Augusta County, Virginia that is now in Botetourt County.
In 1756 they moved to Cane Creek, North Carolina. They were early members of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting.
Joshua died about 1760 in North Carolina. |
