224. Morris Liston was born about 1660. He died on 10 February 1709 in New Castle county, Delaware. He was buried in the Old Burial Grounds, on the Liston Property, in New Castle county, Delaware. He married Jane Milcom on 8 August 1685 in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.
Sources of information:
1. "The Listons of America, 1665-1987", by Gail Ann Stanley, in association with Roger Lee Liston, Liston Publishing, P.O. Box 14975, Freemont, Califorina 94539, copyright 1988, Roger Lee Liston
(ISBN 0-929001-00-1), #0001
2. "The Longs, The Listons, and some related families", by Sara Lapsley Liston Long
3. Ancestral File Number: PDXC-9HExtensive history included in Liston Family History, source 1 above.
Source 1: "Morris Liston is depicted as a mariner of a sailing vessel in the seventeenth century. He was issued a parcel of land in the region of the British empire called Delaware as compensation for his service in His Majesty's military. This warrent was granted under a Royal Charter from King Charles II to his brother, James, Duke of York on the 10th day of January 1665.
Source 2: Page 51, Born in England or Ireland, will probated in New Castle County, Delaware, Feb. 15, 1709.
Source 3: Born: [1664]
225. Jane Milcom was born about 1668. She died in 1712 near Blackbird Creek, in New Castle county, Delaware. [Parents]
Sources of information:
1. "The Listons of America, 1665-1987", by Gail Ann Stanley, in association with Roger Lee Liston, Liston Publishing, P.O. Box 14975, Freemont, Califorina 94539, copyright 1988, Roger Lee Liston (ISBN 0-929001-00-1)
2. Ancestral File Number: PDXC-BNExtensive history included in Liston Family History, source 1 above.
Source # 1, "Jane Greaves was very desirous to leave her home in Ireland and come to the American continent. She appeared at a Ballyhagen monthly meeting of the Society of Friends in the parish of Killmore, County Armagh, Ireland with her mother, Ann Millcum(Malcom), and declared her intentions of removal in 1682. An entry from the Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1662-1750 included her intentions.
"She arrived on the Delaware river aboard the ship Antelope on the 10th of October 1682. Her mother, Ann Milcom, and two sisters, Grace and Mary Millcum were also passengers.They had the following children:
M 1. John Liston was born about 1690. He died in 1709/1712.
F 2. Sarah Liston was born about 1692.
M 3. Edmund Liston was born on 13 July 1694. He died in 1960.
226. Benjamin Richardson was born about 1670. He died in New Castle county, Delaware. He married Anne about 1695.
Sources of information:
1. "The Listons of America, 1665-1987", by Gail Ann Stanley, in association with Roger Lee Liston, Liston Publishing, P.O. Box 14975, Freemont, Califorina 94539, copyright 1988, Roger Lee Liston (ISBN 0-929001-00-1)
2. "The Longs, The Listons, and some related families," By Sara Lapsley Liston Long, page 58Source # 2, "Benjamin Richardson's will is in Delaware Wills Book C at page 131, in the Court House in Wilmington, Delaware."
227. Anne was born about 1674. She died in New Castle county, Delaware.
Sources of information:
1. "The Listons of America, 1665-1987", by Gail Ann Stanley, in association with Roger Lee Liston, Liston Publishing, P.O. Box 14975, Freemont, Califorina 94539, copyright 1988, Roger Lee Liston (ISBN 0-929001-00-1)
2. "The Longs, The Listons, and some related families," By Sara Lapsley Liston Long, page 58They had the following child:
F 1. Sarah Richardson was born in 1696 in New Castle county, Delaware.
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