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- "He lived in East Nottingham and died at an advanced age in the winter of 1753..." -- Bill Jobe
"He settled in Philadelphia by by 1704. "the 27th of the 6mo 1706, Elisha Gatchell and wife Rachel of Philadelphia signed a release of real estate. Rachel was the daughter of Barnabas and Sarah Wilcox of Radnor Meeting. Elisha and Rachel went to Nottingham in 1715' He was on the East Nottingham tax list 1718-1753, having joined the Friends in 1722: 'Elisha Gatchell of Nottingham appeared att [sic] this meeting signifying his sincere desire to be joined as a member to this meeting, he believing yt to be ye truth which we make profession of which request of his being considered was granted by the meeting,' Elisha was 'one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Chester,' involved in the boundary difficulties between Maryland and Pennsylvania. He died in the winter of 1753-4, and Rachel (Wilcox)died in1760." -- "Early Settlers of the Nottingham Lots." The Genealogist. nv, nd, p 287
To be fair, he should have had some share of the Marblehead lots. Why isn't he mentioned in these transactions. as reported in "Grimstone Boude and his Family?"
According to "Grimstone Boude and his family" his will was probated on the 23th of February, 1754.
After this marriage, the Gatchells moved to Chester County from which Elisha was elected in 1724-25 to the Provincial Assembly, served as J.P. and was thereafter called "gentleman. Many of his letters survive. Had seven children
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Taylor Family Genealogy
Abt 1684 - 1753 (~ 69 years)