GLOVER, Alice ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Her name is spelled Allice, Alice and Alica depending on which first had source she is found in. (C-804) Vickie Leimback believes her birth place to be Ichingswall, Kingsclere, Southhampton, England. (C-611) She is mentioned owning land under her first husband's name in a description of the Birmingham/Concord road passing it in Oct. 1687. It suggests that she was a widow at the time, not yet married to William Vestal. Her first husband and her parents were Quakers. She was condemned for marrying her second husband out of unity, but was taken back into the Quaker church when she made a public apology for it. Within several years, she converted to the Baptist faith where she was baptized at Brandywine on the 6th month, 10th day, 1697 or 1698. Researchers suggest that her husband was probably already a member when Alice joined. The other possibility is that she and her daughter, Hannah, also baptized, were led away from friends by George Keith who had caused many problems for the Quaker church. (C-804, 2141)
After her second husband's death, on March 26, 1709, Alice Vastall and son William were officially deeded 125 acres of land previously agreed upon by her late husband William Vastall and Benjamin Mendenhall. Her late husband had built a house on the land and willed it to his wife and son William at his death. This son owned this same land in 1729 indicating that she had died by then. (C-2141)

Alice married William VESTAL Sr., son of William VASSAL and Unknown, about 1692 in , Chester, PA. (William VESTAL Sr. was born about 1667 in London, Middlesex, ENG and died about Feb 1700/01 in Weston Twp., Chester, PA, USA.)

  Marriage Notes:

Some sources give 1692 as their marriage date. JJay gives it as between 1694 and 1697. We know for sure that they married several years prior to 1696 when their daughter, Sarah drowned. According to Caviness, they married about 1692 in the Brandywine Baptist Church in Chester Co., PA. (C-869, 1380) According to second hand info in the GAB, Volume 15, Jan 1986, they married in Bucks Co., PA. (C-2251g)

Alice next married John BRUNSDEN on Oct 19, 1680 in Brumpton, Bucks, PA, USA. (John BRUNSDEN died before Oct 4, 1687.)

  Marriage Notes:

or Oct. 12, 1680 in England or Pennsylvania.