I am beginning to look at the Quaker and also the early Elliott family lines found in the area in which Jeff Houghton's Houghton line are also visible in the 1600s. I have asked Jeff to help me with this project and this blog post will be where I jot down ideas and thoughts. Jeff has mentioned Wirksworth, so I will start with that. His comment was:
Been going through the Elliot's of Wirksworth and the earliest mention is of one that had one of the first rifles in Liz the 1st time (1500s) NO mention of Houghton before 1620, also noticed at a quick glance of the records that several of our line married Elliot's although far to late for our quest. .....
The red marker on the below map shows location of Wirksworth in England. It is in the County of Derbyshire. This seems to be a good place to start.
Who moved from this area to Pennsylvania c.1682? One family was George and Hannah Wood with son-in-law, Richard Bonsall. They moved with six other families from Derbyshire (not named by the author of this blog post) and settled in Darby, PA. Darby is shown win the below map outlined in Red practically next door to what is now the Philadelphia International airport.
This family had roots in the Netherlands and had moved to Wirksworth for iron mining. After becoming Quaker in Wirksworth, they decided to move to Pennsylvania by 1682.
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