Husband: John QUAINTANCE
Birthdate:Jan 30, 1757
Birthplace: East Caln Twp., Chester County, PA
Death date: Jun 21, 1835
Place of death: Chester County, PA
Burial: unknown
Father: William QUAINTANCE
Mother: Tamson ORSON

Marriage date: May 29, 1783
Marriage place: Chester County, PA

Wife: Mary SHIELDS
Birthdate:1760
Birthplace: Chester County, PA
Death date: Jul 22, 1806
Place of death: Chester County, PA
Burial: Hepsibah Baptist Church
Father: James SHIELDS
Mother: Margaret BENTLEY

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James QUAINTANCE
Sex: M
Birthdate: Apr 7, 1784
Birthplace: Chester County, PA
Death date: Jul 7, 1865
Place of death: Churchtown, PA
Burial: Bangor Eliscopal Church
Marriage date: Jan 24, 1814
Marriage place: Churchtown, Lancaster County, PA
Spouses' names: Ellen CUTLER

Child No. 2: John QUAINTANCE Jr
Sex: M
Birthdate: about 1790
Birthplace: Chester County, PA
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Burial: Hepsibah Cemetery
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: unknown
 
 
Documentation:
* Bangor Episcopal Church Records,
* Federal Census,
* Chester County Wills,
* Chester County Tax lists.
* DAR letter,
* Service pay records of original rolls of the 11th VA regiment under Capt Charles Porterfield, records at the VA State Library. Also pension records for John in Chester County, PA where he collected his pension til 1835 when he died.
* Also credit to Alfred QUAINTANCE for all the research he did on the QUAINTANCES in America, but I do not have any of his sources.

Notes:
* There is a John QUAINTANCE buried aside of Mary Shields @ Hepsibah Baptist Church cemetery in Chester county. The stone marker says "John QUAINTANCE veteran of the War of 1812". I believe this may be a son of Mary and John, but I don't have the proof. John remarried, he may have been buried aside of his second wife. His second family will be on a separate family sheet. John QUAINTANCE the elder was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He was with George Washington when he camped at Valley Forge. Documentation proves that he was the correct John QUAINTANCE, but the DAR has the wrong JOHN. They have a son of John's brother William as being the REV soldier, but he would have been too young for that war. Apparently there was a mixup because of John also having a father named William, but this was the wrong generation. So please anyone doing any research on this man, let's try to give credit where it is due ... to the right person who suffered during that long hard winter.