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HISTORY
OF
BUCKS COUNTY
W
PENNSYLVANIA
FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE DELAWARE TO THE PRESENT TIME
BY WILLIAM W. H. DAVIS, A.M.
President of the Bucks County Historical Society, Member of the American Historical Society, the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, the Western Reserve
Historical Society; Author of "El Gringo, or New Mexico and Her People, " " History of
Gen, John Lacey: " " The Spanish Conquest of New Mexico ; " " History of the One
Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment;" ""History of the Hart Family;"
" Life of Gen. John Davis;" "History of the Doylestown Guards;" "The
Fries Rebellion; " " History of Do3lestown, Old and New;" Etc.
SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED
WITH A
GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNT\ Prepared Under the Editorial Supervision of
WARREN S. ELY
Genealogist, Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Librarian of the Buck^
County Historical Society,
AND
JOHN W. JORDAN, LL.D.
Of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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'^OLUME III — ILLUSTRATED
NEW •)RK CHICAGO
THE LEWIS JL,TIBLISHING COMPANY
^?05
•,'**f
-^^ i l4Q
Entered According to Act of Congress
IN THE
Office of the Librarian of Congress, in the Year 1905,
BY
The Lewis Publishing Company.
INTRODUCTORY
The present volume forms a fitting supplement to the ample historical nar- rative from the pen of General W. W. H. Davis. For its preparation especial thanks are due to Mr. Warren S. Ely, of more than merely local fame as a genealogist and historian. Out of his abundant store of material and through familiarity with the official records of Bucks and adjoining counties, he has been enabled to write with care and intelligence the genealogical history of various branches of leading families in Bucks county, and his sketches will be readily identified by all who are familiar with the methods which he has observed so successfully in making investigations into ancestral fields in response to many exacting requisitions by individuals and family associations. He has also, in this work, dealt largely with the personal history of leading men of affairs in his native county, and his facile pen can be readily traced by the great mass of readers in that region who for years have been familiar with his clear and cogent writings along the lines which he has pursued with that genuine enthusiasm becoming to one who holds in proper appreciation the sturdy race from whom lie sprang and among whom he was reared, and who possesses the ability of rightly weighing their lives and achievements.
An earnest effort has been made to give an authentic history of most of the early settlers, as well as of those who later found homes in this historic county, and their descendants down to the present time, giving special attention to the part taken by them in its history and development. It has been impossible, however, to give as full an account of some of the old families as might have been desired, by reason of the paucity of data furnished, many families of more or less prominence in the aff'airs of the county, at different periods, being with- out exact records of their family line, and it being, of course, impracticable in a work of this general character for the publishers to undertake extensive and expensive researches in untrodden paths. Neither was it possible for Mr. Ely to revise and verify all the data furnished by the representatives of the families treated of in the work. It can be said, however, with reference to the bio- graphical matter contained in this volume that in its preparation the publisher^ have observed the utmost care as to accuracy and authenticity, so far as lay in their power. In all cases the sketches have been submitted to the subject, or present representative of the family, for correction and revision, and the pub- lishers believe that they are placing before the public, in the contents of this volume, a valuable adjunct t,'^ the narrative history of the events in this historic county, to which General Dcv'is has devoted nearly a lifetime of painstaking
iv INTRODUCTORY
and intelligent research, by giving some authentic account of most of the families that have participated in those events, and following these genealogical and historical sketches with some account of the present gei '.'ation, on whom and their descendants the grand old county must depend for the maintenance of the high standard of citizenship that has characterized her in the past. An effort has also been made to give some account of the descendants of Bucks county ancestry who have wandered from their alma mater and distinguished themselves in the various- walks of life in other sections. We believe, therefore, that we have rendered a lasting service to posterity in gathering together and placing in enduring form much valuable information that would otherwise soon have been irretrievably lost through the passing away of many custodians of family and other records, and the consequent dispersion of such matter.
The publishers desire to express their appreciation of the assistance ren- dered them and their editors in the preparation of this work, by various persons wdio have placed at their disposal the result of valuable researches made on genealogical and historical lines for private purposes. As stated therein, much of the data in reference to the Holland families who w^ere the first actual settlers on the Neshaminy in Northampton, Southampton and adjoining parts of War- minster, Bensalem, Middletown and Bristol townships, is the result of more than twenty years of research conducted on these lines by R. Winder Johnson, of Philadelphia, very little if any of which has been heretofore published. Again, much of the data in reference to the early German settlers in upper Bucks, whose part in the history of the county has probably never received proper recognition, is the result of exhaustive researches made by Mr. Ely, in which he was materially aided by the Rev. A. J. Fretz, of ]\Iilton, New Jersey,, who has devoted years of unselfish work to these lines. ]\Iany others have con- tributed more or less to the value of the work by giving us the benefit of their
valuable researches.
THE PUBLISHERS.
INDE
PAGE
Abbott, Francis.' *. I95
Abbott, John I95
Abbott, Joseph 195
Abbott, Joseph D 195
Abbott, Mary S 196
Abbott, Timothy 195
Adams Family T]
Adams, James 7^
Adams, John 78
Adams, Joseph \V 80
Adams, Samuel 79
Afflerbach, Abraham 532
Afflerbach, George 531
Afflerbach, John F 531
Afflerbach, John H 532
Alderfer, John K 597
Alderfer, John Isl 597
Alderfer, Joseph 597
Allabough, David W 505
Allabough, Henry 50^
Allabough, Henry S 505
Althouse, Albert C i^d
Althouse, Arndt 34°
Althouse, Daniel 340
Althouse, Elias 341
Althouse, Elmer E 340
Althouse, Frederick 341
Althouse. "Milton D 341
Althouse, Samuel K 367
Altho ise, Tobias 366
Andalusia 1 58
Anders, Asher K 368
Anders, INIatilda 369
Anders, Solomon 369
Anders, William 368
Andres, William \\' 369
Anderse, Paul 368
Andress, Jacob 3^58
Angeny. Davis F. . . . .' 424
Angeny, Jacob 424
Angeny, John 424
Armitage, Amos 622
Armitage, Amos, Sr 622
Armitage. Samuel 622
Atkinson Family 163
Atkinson. Howard W 168
Atkinson, Silas C 166
Atkinson, Stephen K 167
Atkinson, Thomas 6
Atkinson, T. Howard 165
Atkinson, Thomas 0 164
\tkinson, William 6
Atkinson, William H 166
PAGE
Bachofer, John C 618
Bailey, Emily 504
Bailey, George 503
Bailey, George W 504
Balderston, Charles S 573
Balderston, David 671
Balderston, John 573
Balderston, John W 573
Balderston, Oliver 573
Balderston, Robert L 671
Banes Family '/22
Banes, Samuel T "22,
Baringer, Henry 444
Baringer, Irvin Y 410
Baringer, William 410
Barnsley Family -3^4
Barnsley, John 243
Barnsley, John 314
Barnsley, Joseph 314
Barnslej', J. Herman 243
Barnsley, Lydia H 315
Barnsley, Thomas 243
Barnsley, William .314
Barrow, John 615
Bartheman, Francis 667
Bartleman. Theodore 667
Bassett, Samuel 4*^8
Bassett, Samuel T 408
Baum, Heinrich 235
Baum Henry 235
Baum, Joseph 235
Baum, William , 234 ,
Bean, Henry W^
Bean, Wilson W 3?->
Beans, Nathan 349
Beans, Stephen 349
Beaumont, Andrew J 406
Beaumont, Charles F 406
Beaumont. John A 683
Beaumont, Thomas B 683
Beck, John B 593
Beck, Joseph 593
Bell, Frank F 264
Bell, John 265
Berger, Henry 640
Berger, J. Fennell 640
Bergey, Jonas G 645
Bergey, Wilson S 645
Beringer. Amos N 329
Beringer, Amos S \^^
Beringer, John 329
Beringer, Nicholas 32S
Betts.' Charles IM 389
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VI
INDEX
PAGE
Betts, C. Watson 5 • 5
Bctls, John . 389
Betts, Stephen 5^5
Betts, Thomas 5I5
Betts, Wilham 5i5
Biddle, Charles 15H
Biddle Family 158
Biddle, Nicholas 159
Biehn, Michael M 334
Biehn, Milton A 334
Bigley, Adam 248
Bigley. Charles. D 248
Bigley, Isaac 248
Birkey Family 625
Birkey, Henry W 628
Birkey, Isaac M 629
Birkey, John 627
Birkey, John W 629
Birkey, John Y 625
Birkey, Peter 626
Birkey, feter 625
Birkey, Samuel 625
Birkey, Thomas H 627
Birkey, William J. A., Jr 628
Birkey, William J. A., Sr 627
Bishop, John H 643
Bishop, Samuel 643
Black, Andrew A 427
Black, Clarence R 259
Black, George E 427
Black, John 258
Black, John P 258
Black. Wilmer S 259
Bloom, Peter D 598
Bloom, William 598
Bond, Cadwalader D 710
Bond, Lewis R 709
Boutcher, Benjamin 641
Boutcher, Benjamin W 64T
Boutcher, Joseph 641
Boyer, Daniel M 436
Boyer, John S 436
P.raddock, Katherine 615
Bradshaw, James 430
Bradshaw. John W 429
Bradshaw, Samuel 429
Biadshaw, Thomas 429
Bradshaw. William. Jr 43°
\ Branson, Edwin R • 693
vBranson, Isadore C 693
I'ranson, Isaiah 692
B/anson, Jacob 692
Branson, James L 692
Branson, Sarah E ; 693
Branson, William 692
Breen, James 3,^6
Breen, Patrick 336
Brinker, Aden H 588
Brinker, John 588
Broadhurst, Horace G 392
Broadhurst. Samuel E 392
Brooks, Abram 593
Brot)ks, William L 593
Brown. Benjamin 240
Brown, Charles 240
Brown, John 240
Brown, Joseph 352
Brown, Levi 352
Brown, Robert 239
Brown, Robert S ,, . . . 240
PAGE
Brown, Samuel 239
Brown, Stacy 352
Brown, William 683
Brown. William B 352
Brown, William H .- 683
Brunner, Harvey S 484
Brunner. Solomon 484
Buckman, Abden 684
Buckman, Benjamin 684
Buckman. Edward H 233
Buckman, Elihu S 233
Buckman, Franklin 232
Buckman. James R 684
Buckman. Walter 233
Buckman. Zenas 232
Buehrle, Frederick F 377
Buehrle, Josejjh 377
Buehrle, William 377
Bunting. Edwin M 185.
Bunting Family 184.
Bunting John S . . . . 186
Bunting, Joseph 185
Burges, Daniel 214
Purges, Family 214
Burges, Joseph 214
Burson. Benjamin 614
Burson, Edward 614
Burson Family 614
Burson, Joseph 614
Burton, Anthony 22S
Burton, Elwood 229
Burton, John 228
Cadwallader, Algernon S 604
Cadwallader, Charles AI 375
Cadwallader, Eli. Jr 718
Cadwallader, Franklin 588
Cadwallader. George S 588
Cadwallader. Jacob 588
Cadwallader. Jacob 663
Cadwallader. James L 663
Cadwallader. John 375
Cadwallader. Samuel C 663
Cadwallader. Washington 717
Cadwallader, Yardly 376
Candy, James B 528
Candv. Thomas D 52S
Carrel!, Ezra P 299
Carrell, Ezra R 390
Carrell, Jacob 300
Carrell. James 300-
Carrell. James .591
Carrell, Joseph ,^or
Carrell, Joseph 391
Carrell, Joseph, Jr .3«/0
Carter, James 61 g
Carter. J. Harris 619
Carver. A din (^185
Carver. Charles H 084
Carver. John 040
Carver. Mahlon '>4f>
Case. Alexander J 433
Case. Peter 433
Case. Theodore L 433
Cassel, Isaac 27 f
Cassel, Levi 271
Cassin. Isaac S \99
Cavanaugh, Francis 606
Chambers, Alexander 508
Chambers, Thomas P 5^7
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INDEX
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PAGE
Chapman, AlM-ahani 380
Chapman, Arthur 380
Chapman Family 379
Chapman, Henry 380
Chapman, John 379
Chapman, Joseph 380
Christy, Alexander 615
Christy, Henry 615
Church, Eleazer F 501
Church, Richard 501
Church, Watson P 500
Clarendon, Thomas 550
Clarendon, Thomas, Sr 550
Claxton, George 555
Claxton, John B 555
Claxton, Thomas B 555
Clayton, Amos K 556
Clayton, William B S56
Clunn, Joseph F 652
Clunn, Robert 652
Clymer, Christian 1 236
Clymer, Christian T 236
Clymer, Eli L 270
Clymer, Henry, Jr 270
Clymer, Henry S 236
Clymer, Jacob F 88
Clymer, John H 2S^
Clymer, Lee S 86
Clymer, Robert L 282
Clvmer, William C 88
Clymer, William H 87
Comfort, Annie 203
Comfort, George 204
Comfort, George M 127
Comfort, Henry W 126
Comfort, John 203
Comfort, Samuel 204
Conrad, Charles 2,S7>
Conrad, James 257
Convent of the Blessed Sacrament.... 526
Cooley, William J 281
Cooper, Alfred M 330
Cooper, John W 686
Cooper, William B 330
Cooper, William R 330
Cope, Adam 567
Cope, Addison C 566
Cope, Amandus H _^22
Cope, B. Frank 286
Cope, Charles E 349
Cope, George B 349
Cope, Jacob 322
Cope, John 567
Cope, John 67S
Cope, John F 678
Cope, jNIilton L 678
Cope, Tobias G 567
Cope, William S 567
Cornell, Adrien 52 .
Cornell Family Sr
Cornell, George W 53
Cornell, Hiram 684
Cornell, Ira H 684
Cornell, James C 684
Cornell, John S 237
Cornell, John S., Sr 238
Cornell, Joseph M 54
Cornell, Wilhelmus 52 ~^
'Courter, Jacob 607
*Courter, Jacob H 607
PAGE
Cox, Ezekiel B ^, 623
Cox, Reeder 023
Craven, Charles 712
Craven, James R 71 j
Craven, Joseph 248
Craven, Linford R 247
Craven, Thomas 712
Cressman, Abraham S 579
Cressman, Anthony 579
Cressman, Anthony 079
Cressman, David D 579
Cressman, Henry 679
Cressman, Henry 579
Cressman, Jacob 405
Cressman, Jacolj 579
Cressman, Josiah L 405
Cressman, Philip S 679
Cressman, Tobias H 405
Crewitt, Alfred 496
Crewitt, John A 496
Crewitt, Richard C 496
Crispin, Silas 43
Croasdale, Jeremiah W 546
Croasdale, John W 546
Croasdale, Roliert 546
Croasdale, Robert M ..... 545
Crouse, Andrew J 704
Crouse Family 702
Crouse, Frederick 703
Crouse, Jacob W 703
Crouse, Michael, Jr 703
Crouthamel Family 55S
Crouthamel, George 538
Crouthamel, Jacob S.
Crouthamel, Noah O.
Crouthamel, Peter R
Crouthamel, Washington O.
Cunningham, Joseph T
Cunningham, Matthew
Cunningham, Matthew C. .
Cunningham, Thomas
Curley, John
Curley, Thomas
Dager, Charles T. . . Dager, Frederick
Dager, John
Dana, Anderson, Jr
Dana, Richard
Dana, Robert S
Dana, Sylvester
Darlington, Edward !*> Darlington, Hemy T. Darlington, Thomas
Davis, John
Davis, William W. H Deemer. Charles ...
Deemer, Elias
Deemer, George li.. Deemer, Johan G . . . .
Deemer, John
Deemer, John
Deemer, Michael ... Deemer, Michael ...
Deemer, Oliver J
Delp, George
Detweiler, Aaron C. Detweilef, Christian Detweiler, George . , Detweiler, Henry
67 r
558 .S58 67 1
537
5.36 536
.11)0
325 3-^5 3^5
5-'T
5-2 ^'
5-: I 522 510 510
Sro 46
45 359 470
359 358 470
47 1 3> > 47 f 358 731 68.=^ .56 r 677
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INDEX
Delwciler, Henry . . . . Detwciler, Isaac C... Detweiler, Isaac H. . . Detwciler, Jacob . . . . Detwciler, Jacob L... Detweiler, John A... Detweiler, John C... Detweiler, Joseph . . . Detwciler, Mahlon C. Detweiler, Martin . . .
Doan, Amos
Doan, Harry P
Doan, J. Oscar
Doan, Wilson
Dobbins, Joseph K . . .
Doll, Charles M
Dolton, Charles
Dolton, Richard L...
Dorland, John
Doron, Thomas E. . . Doron, William E. . . Douglass, George . . . . Douglass, James . . . .
Doyle, Charles C
Doyle, Edward
Doyle, Henry H
Doyle, Joseph
Doyle, Lemuel H....
Doyle, Samuel
Doyle, William
Drexel, Joseph W. . '.
Drexel, Lucy W
Du Bois, Charles E.. .
Du Bois Family
Du Bois, Jacob
Du Bois, John L. . . . Du Bois, John L., Jr.
Du Bois, Louis
Du Bois, Louis
] )u Bois, Peter
Du Bois, LTriah
Dungan Family
lungan, Isaac
)ungaiM /ames
Dungan, Jesse ,
Dungan, John
Dung?n, Thomas ... Dungan, Thomas . . Dungan, Wallace » . . Duvner, Charles E. . . Duiiicr, Charles F. . . .
?AGE
68 ^ 677 561 631 561 561 b77 S6i 631
561 685 685
323 43S 726 348 348 496 620 620 617 617 456 454 456 455 454 455 454 525 525 194 192 192 . 194 194 192
193 193 193
~2o6 20S 206 20S 207 208 206 331 331
Eastburn, Charles T . . 19
Eastburn Family 15
Eastburn, H ugh B 17
Eastburn, Joseph ... lO
Eastburn, Moses \6
Eastburn, .Robert 16
Eastburn, Robert 15
Eastburn, Robert 17
Easlliurn, Robert K 21
Eastburn, Samuel 21
Eastburn, Samuel C ....,,.. 20
Eastburn, William T 18
Edwards, Benjamin R 335
Edwards, Hugh 335
Ellis, Charles • ■ . 5^4
Ellis. Joseph A 564
Ellis, Rowland ' 564
i*' - Daniel 426
PAGE
Ely, Edward N 451
Ely Family 127
Ely, Heman 448
Ely, Joseph 451
Ely, Justin 448
Ely, Warren S -. : 132
Ely, William L 426
Erdman, Andrew 305
Erdman. Daniel 305
Erdman, George 686
Erdman, John ' 305
Erdman, Milton K 686
Erdman. Owen 305
Erdman. William S 305
Erwin, John 313
Erwin. John 314
Erwin, Joseph 314
Erwin, Joseph J 313
Evans, Caleb 388
Evans, Wilson C 388
Everitt, Aaron 413
Everitt. David 413
Everitt. Ezekiel 412
Everitt. Jesse C 412
Everitt, Samuel 413
Fackenthal, Benjamin F 451
Fackenthal, IMichael 451
Fackenthal. Peter 451
Fackenthal, Philip 450
Faust, Alfred H 356
Fell. Benjamin 186
Fell, Benjamin 266
F"ell, Byron ,M 266
Fell, David 219 ■
Fell. David X 73
Fell, Ely 266
Fell, James. B 266
Fell, Jesse 186
Fell. Tohn 266
Fell, John A 186
Fell, Jonathan 219
Fell, Joseph y^
Fell, Joseph 218
Fell, Joseph "oo
Fell. Lewis W 218
Fell, Preston J 187
Fell. Seneca 266
Fell. Wilson D. .37
Felty. Victor H ." -^i,7
Felty, William 547
Flack. Joseph, Jr ^7Z
THack, Joseph. Sr :^72,
Flack, Roland 37?,
Flagler. George W 428
Flagler, Peter 428
Flower^, Amos S .^55
Flowers, Thomas K 554
Flowers, William 5.S4
Flum, Frank H ' . . 272
Flum, Frederic 272
Folkir. Howard 0 205
Forrester. George W 626
Foulke. Benjamin G 90
Foulke, Caleb 90
Foull.e. Charles E o 'i
Foulke, Eleanor ■.-. 0 1)
I'Vudke. Everard i... o. ■
J'oulke Family Bf <
Toulke, Hugh 9 ^
IXDEX
IX
PAGE
Foulke. Hugh 89
Foulke. Job R 91
Foulke. Thomas QO
Foulke. William H 91
Freed. Henry 444
Freed, Henry W 444
Freed, John 444
French, Bennett M 714
French, J. Andrew 713
French, William 714
Fretz, Abraham 360
Fretz, Abraham 401
Fretz. Abraham J 401
Fretz. Alfred E 307
Fretz, Christian 401
Fretz, Clayton D 307
Fretz, Ely 433
Fretz. H. Erwin 432
Fretz. Henry L 3('r
Fretz, Jacob 3>(^o
Fretz, John 360
Fretz, John 401
Fretz, John E 146
Fretz, John S. . : I47
Fretz, Joseph H • 3f>o
Fretz, Mahlon M 43-2
Fretz, ?^Iartin 401
Fretz, Oliver H i-'O
Fretz, Philip H I43
Fretz, Philip K 43-^
Fretz, Ralph J '. i47
Fretz, S. Edward 30H
Fretz, William 120
Fulmer, Daniel 406
Fulmer. Xoah 406
Fulmer. Oliver A 406
Garges. Abraham 257
Garges. Edward 3 '6
Garges. Henry 257
Garner. Samuel 344
Garner. Sannul J ' 344
Garner. Samuel S 344
Geil, John 15-
Geil. Samuel I5-
Geil, William E 15^
George, Jacob, Jr 43'^
George, Jacob. Sr 4.^8
Gibson. Andrew 653
GibsGii. Andrew J 653
Gilbert Hiel 647
Gilbert. Maris 647
Gilke^on. Andrew W 345
Gilkeson. Franklin 345
"Gillam. Harvey, Sr 540
Gillam, Simon 540
Gilliam. Harvey H . 540
Gilliam, William 54°
Girton. Garret B 367
Girton. James 5^8
Gotwals. Daniel 581
Gotwals. Jonas 581
Gray. Dean (191
Gray. John .\55
Gray. John ]M 365
Gray. Samuel 355
Gray, Samuel S J56
Gray, Thomas H (")i
Greup, John +3'
Griffee, Howard ^I ' >5-'
PAGE
Griffee, Peter 652
Griffith, Amos 616
Griffith, Austin E 616
Griffith, John W 616
Grim, Adam 301
(irim, F. Harvey 301
(irim, George M 306
Grim, George W 301
(irim, George W 306
Grim, Webster 210
Groff. Charles S 571
Groff, Isaac S 477
(iroff, Jacob • 477
Groff, Jacob 571
Ciroff, James E 477
Groom, Ezekiel A 543
Groom, Jonathan 543
Groom, Thomas 543
Groover. Andrew 711
Gross, Daniel 209
Gross, Henry W 209
Gross, Jacob 362
Gross, John 363
r,ross, John A 362
Gross, John L ;j63
Gross, Joseph N 209
Grundy, Edmund 365
Grundy, Joseph R 365
Grundy, William H 365
Gruver, John 711
Gruver, Jonas H 711
Gulick. Christopher S 289
Gulick h'amily 288
(iulick. Hendrick 288
(iulick, Joachim 288
Gulick, Merari 289
Gulick, Samuel 288
Gulick, Samuel S 289
Gumpper, John J i' 347
(iumpper. Thomas K 347
Hagerty, James 443
Hagerty, John 44 '
Hagerty, Preston W 4'^
Haldeman, Abel G 6'^^
Haldeman, Charles (\^^
Haldeman. Daniel "^^
Haldeman. Edwin K ^^^
Haldeman. Tohn • ^~
Hall, C. Harry W2 o
Hall Family I4T '
Hall, ^ifatthias H tji;
Hall, William W 150
Hancock. Charles W 516
Hancock. John 516
Hancock, Joseph L 5f6
Hancock, Samuel 516
Haney, Anthony 051
Haney, Michael 65 1
Haney, Michael G 651
Haring, Charles C 611
Haring, Charles C, Sr 611
Harley. Jrjhn 647
Harlcy, Jonas S 647
Harpel, Amos 405
Harpel, Conrad ^.05
Harpel, Harvey F 404
Harpel, John 405
ITarrar. James S 240
1 larrar, Joel J . 249
INDEX
PAGE
Harris, Theopliilus 336
Hart, B. Frank 42
Hart, George 45
Hart, George 320
Hart, James 45
Hart, James 319
Hart. John 42
Hart, John 318
Hart, Joseph 45
Hart, josnua 2t)4
Hart, JosialT 320
Hart, William 319
Hart, William H , . 45
Hartley, George W., Jr 279
Hartley, William H 279
Hartzel, Abram G 609
Hartzel, l-'rancis D 609
Harvey, George T 158
Harvey, Joseph 488
Harvey, Lydia A . 488
Harvey, Theodore P 488
Heacock, J^oel 636
Heacock, Joel L 636
Headley, Amos B 612
Headley, Joseph J 612
Headley, Heaney, Heaney, Heaton, Heaton, Heckler, Heckler, Heckler, Heckler, Heckler, Hedrick, Hedrick, Heinlein Heiulein, Heller, Heller, Heller, Heller, ' leller, eller.
Thomas 612
Nicholas L 424
Thomas 424
Frank ■....; 727
Mathias 72J
Allen H 333
Calvin F 33^
John R 333
Nari F ■ ■ 333
Samuel 33o
David ■...-■ 646
John K 646
Family .' 308
George . ■ 308
David 310
el Iyer, llyer, llyer, llyer,
Jacob 310
Johan M ■ • 310
Josiah B 310
William J .-• • 309
Yost 310.
Amos S 381
Anderson 381
Howard A -55^
Valmore M 381
William -55^
485
485
Benjamin 495
Cornelius 495
Family 494-
495
496
335
335
Edwin John
r
D Di Dv
^^'-llyer, I:cmmerly, Hei.-rierly, Hendricks, Hendricks, Hendricks Hendricks, John C Hendricks, Joseph A Heritage, John B . . . . Heritage, John F. . . Heritage, Joseph B . Heritage, Joseph D.. Heston, George T. . Heston, Jesse S. . .
Hibbs, James C
Hibbs, John G . . . Hibbs, Si)encer H Hibbs, William . . Hicks, Fdward I' Hicks Family . . . . Hicks, George A . . .
5^9 5-^9 532 53-2
576 576 576 576 1 12 no 112
PAGE
Hicks, Penrose 1 14
Hiester, Maria C 87
Hiester. William 87
Hill. Harry C 469
Hill. Humphrey 469
Hill. John H 469
llillborn, John 621
Jlillborn, William 621
Hillpot, Samuel S 231
Hinckle, Casper 380
Hinckle, Philip 380
Hines, A. J 473
Hines, William C 474
Hhikle, Albert G. B 380
Hinkle. Elias 707
Hinkle, Joseph 381
Hinkle, Tobias C 707
Hinkle, William 381
Hobensack, B. Frank 369
Hobensack, Isaac 369
Hobensack, Isaac C 720
Hobensack, Wilkins 610
Hobensack, William 719
Hogeland, Abraham 396
Flogeland, Daniel 395
Hogeland, Derrick K 39c;
Hogeland, Elias 396
Hogeland Family 395
Hogeland, Frank 396
Hogeland, Horace B 397
Hogeland, Isaac 396
Hogeland. John 397
Hogeland, JNIorris 398
Hogeland. William S 397
Hoguet, Louis A 241
Holbert, Nathan 706
Holbert, William 705
Holbert. William M 705
Holcomb. Isaac W 608
Hplcomb. John 608
Hoi combe, Charles 320
Flolcombe, John 321
Holcombe, IMary 320
Holcombe, Oliver H 320
Holcombe, Richard 320
Holcombe. Sarriuel 321
Hotchkiss, Clarence D 478
Hotchkiss, George W 478
Hotchkiss, Samuel 478
Hough. Benjamin 12
Hough. John 8
Hough. John S 8
Hough. Oliver 11
Hough, Richard 5
Plough. William H 74
Howell. David 562
Howell. Timothy ....". 562
Hunsicker. Abraham 514
Hunsicker. Isaac 514
Hunsicker. Isaac ]\f . . 514
Hunsicker. Jacob 514
Hunsicker, Valentine 514
Hutc-hinsr>tvEdward S ^44
1
i 'isinger. Albert 688
1 iisinger. Edward 6SS
Iredell. Charles T ■;63
Ire.loll. Robert 364
Ireland, Charles G 705
Irif land. Rachael P 704
INDEX
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PAGE
Irwin, John 689
Irwin, Nathan D 637
Irwin, Mrs. N. D 637
Ivins, Aaron ^_^^
Ivins, Aaron 62T
Ivins, Edward A 344
Ivins, Edward A 343
- Ivins, Moses H 687
Ivins, William ' H 621
Jacoby, Benjamin 142
Jacoby, Edwin J 589
Jacoby, Henry S 141
Jacoby, John 589
Jacoby, Peter 142
Jacoby, Peter L 142
James Family 60
James, Henry A ' 6^
James, Howard 1 64
James, Irvin M 65
James, Oliver P 66
James, Thomas A 67
James, Wynne 64
Janney Family 54
Janney, Randle j^. . ^z,
Janney, Stephen T 50
Janney, Thomas ^6
Janney, William S 60
Jarrett, Alvin J 661
Jarrett, Solomon 661
Jenkins, John [^34
Jenkins, Joseph ^34
Jenkins, Phineas 534
Jenkins, Stcphei),' . 534
Jenkirs, Wilii^m . 5*^4
Jenkii Zirhary T 534
Jet;'-- .'ctmily .. ' -^,S
Jenks, George A \o
Jenks, John S -^
Jenks, Phineas 39
Jenks, Thomas -. 38
Jenks, William H 41,
Jenks, William P 41
Johnson, Casper ! . . . 347
Johnson, Charles ;^T^y
Johnson, Clark 242
Johnson, Edward W 98
Johnson, Elmer L 242
Johnson, H. Watson 221
Johnson, Isaac S 102 .
Johnson, Jesse L : . . . . 243
Johnson, John 237
Johnson, John R 237
Johnson, Lawrence gS
.Johnson, Martin 237
Johnson. JNlilton 347
Johnson. O. James 337
Johnson, Richard M 347
Johnson, R. Winder \36
Johnson, Robert M 266
Johnson, Samuel A 715
Johnson.' William 254
Johnson. William 266
.Tones, Catherine J 667
Jordan, Alexander 475
Jordan, A. Hayes 474
Jordan, Frederick. Jr 475
■Jordan, Henry ^75
"Kanll, George 6^8
Kaiill, John H 6,^?>
Keeler, Keeler, Keeler,
Eli E.
K.
PAGE
^ Wesley ^^q
John ,75
Kemi, Daniel D jgf,
Keim, Daniel M ig6
Keim, Nicholas 196
Keith, Sipron C ocQ
Keller, Abraham 509
Keller, Christopher "' c;o9
Keller, Joseph ;;;;' rog
Keller, Lewis cnR
Keller, Mahlon .... J',
Kelly, William F.. Jr... . 387
Kelly, William F., Sr [[[] 3X7
Kerbangh, Benjamin F 642
Kcrbaugh, Josiah ] * 642
Kilcoyne, John J . . 242
Kimble, Al)el ^^q
Kimble, Richard 51^0
Kimble, Seruch T 550
Kimble, William 550
King. John F 472
King, John G 472
King, ]\Lnrtin 472
King, ^lorton 612
King, Peter gj
King, Samuel M 612
Kirk, Amos W: 551
Kirk, Charles '^-y
Kh-k, Edward R ^^j
Kirk, Isaac ^'c^i
Kirk, Thomas \'^i
Kiser, Edwin 479
Kiser, Harvey S 478
Kiser, Samuel 47Q
Kline, George H 342
Kline, Henry K 341
Kline, Isaac 347
ynight, Alfred ggi
H-o -'ht, 'Amos 5g8
KniglK r A iiej-, ggj
Knight. 1 sirlc 7 s^gg
Knight. Jonathan * . . c;gg
Knight. ., Sarah J 660
Knoll, Frank L ^4^
Knoll, Lewis ' / _ ,^^'-
Kolb. Henry \j]
Kooker, Henry ., ^j
Kooker, Jacob , - , . 442 .^
Kooker, Peter ' 442 ^l^
Kramer, Abraham ,, '
Kramer, Samuel R
Krause, Carl G
Krause, Charles B 680
Krauskopf, Joseph 276
Kratz. Abraham 268
Kratz. Abraham 689
Kratz. David N 577
Kratz. Henry M 268
Kratz. Henry R 648
Kratz. Jacob 268
Kratz. John c,yj
Kratz, John S . . 68g
Kratz. Philip 1577
Kratz. Valentine 268
Kratz. William 648
Kratz. William D 348
Kreiss, Peter 5 f8
Kreiss, Peter L 518
Krusen, Wilmer 261
•5" . ()8o
INDEX.
PAGE
Kulp, Abraham 316
Kulp, Abraham' M 587
Kulp, Harry N 410
Kulp, Harvey S 586
Kulp, Jacob H 586
Kulp, Jacob S 411
Kulp. John L 316
Kunser, Andrew 553
Kunser, Henry 553
Kunser, ]\Iichael 553
Lampen, Garret H 407
Lampen. Michael 407
Lampen, Michael, Jr 407
Lamnen, Simon 407
Landis, Isaac M 619
Landis, George 354
Landis, George M 354
Landis, Henry 436
Landis, Jacob 354
Landis, Jacob S 619
Landis, John M 693
Landis, Michael A 436
Landis, Samuel B 353
Lapp, Abraham 594
Lapp, Henry B 594
Lapp, Jacob 594
Large, Henry C 484
Large, William M 484
Larue, Albert C 282
Larue. John B 282
LaRue Family 180
LaRue, Moses 182
LaRue, Nicholas 183,
LaRue, William H 183
Larzelere, Benjamin 446
Larzelere, Jacob 446
Larzelere, Nicholas 446
Larzelere, William 446
Laubach, Anthony 499
Laubach, Charles -, ■• 500
Laubach, Christian . . /T" 498
Laubach Family • • ' 49^
Laubach, Fredenv k 385
Laubach. Joha/i ' G 499
Laubach. Jobh G 499
Laubach, Samuel H 498
Lauderbach, Charles J 659
Lauderbach, Harris V 659
Li ar, George 385
i.ear. Henry 386
1 eatherman. Aaron 690
Lcatherman. Eli 440
Leatherman. Henry L 361
.[>eatherman, Jacob 41S
l-eatherman, Jacob Y 361
Leatherman, Joseph 690
Leatherman. Joseph 418
Lehman, Arthur C 483
Lehman, Harry C 483
Lehman, Michael 483
Lehman & Sons : 483
Leidy. Cornelius W 4.15
Leidy Family S87
Leidy, H. Frank 588
Leidy. Levi 435
Leidv, Samuel G 587
Leigli. Thomas 306
Leigh, Wiliiam B 306
Leister, John 53S
P.^GE
Leister, Johnas 539
Leister, Thomas R 538
Lengil, Peter 542
Lengel, Samuel R 542
Lerch, David 429
Lerch, George W 429
Lerch. Samuel 429
Lewis, David M 324
Lewis, Joseph M 324
Lippincott, Joshua 668
Lippincott, Theodore 668
Livezey, Edward 728
Livezey, Edward, Sr 728
Lodge, Abel 607
Lodge, John 607
Longstreth, Daniel 302
Longstreth, Edward 302
Loux, Andrew 439
Loux, Mathias i 439 .
Loux. Mathias J 4.S9
Lovett, Daniel 661
Lovett, Henry 307
Lovett. Jonathan 307
Lovett, R. Pittield 661
Lovett, William 307
Lundy, J. Wilmer 114
Lundy, Richard 114
Lynn. Alexander 574
Lynn, Lewis M 574
Lynn, Victor V 574
IMacKenzie, Farrell 610
MacKenzie. Richard 610
Alagill, Alfred 602
Magill, Edward W 449
iSIagill, C. Howard 601
Magill, w atsoi. r" 4;
M -.gill. William 449
Magill, William 602
IMarple, Alfred . 283
]\[arple, Frank H 284
^Larple, F. M 2^i
Marshall, Alfred 501
Marshall, Caleb H 502
]\Iarshall, George M 447
Marshall, Harriet P 44S
]\Iarshall. Robert 502
]\Iarshall. Se.th 447
Marshall, Thomas 501
Jklartin, Adam 37-
Martin, A. Oscar 4S2
:Martin, Allen S -'S'8
Martin, George ,-72
^Lartin, George ' ■r)2
Martin. Jonas iSj
]\Iartin, Michael '02
Martin, Reul)en A r -
Martindell, Edwin W -N i
Martindell, John 507
Martindell. Jonathan \V 580
Mason, Ernest ' 3.^8
]\Iason, Joel v-^
Mason, Joel M ...v^
]\rathew, Simon I'li
^ilathews, Charles H i^'O
]\Iathews, Charles H 1 ' 3
Mathews. Charles J 417
Matliews, Lawrence J 417
Matlack. William .i<io
Matlack. \\'i]liam. Jr 490
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xm
PAGE
Mawson, John B 654
Mawson, William 654
INIayne, David C 657
jMayne, William C '57
JMcbowell, Major 3>.|
McDowell, Robert 374
McDowell, William 374
McTlhatten, D. J 3H7
;McIlhatten, Samuel P 387
]\IcKinstry, George 327
McKinstry, Henry 246
INIcKinstry, H. Martyn 247
jMcKinstry, Jesse 328
McKinstry, Nathan 246
McKinstry, Nathan 327
IMcKinsfry, Oliver 328
McKinstry, Robert 246
IMcKinstry, Samuel 328
McKinstry, Wilson B 246
McNair, James 637
IMcNair, James M 637
INIcNair, Solomon 637
Mershon, Joab C 644
Mershon. William C 644
]\feyer. Christian 269
jMeyer, Hans 224
IMeyer, Henry 440
Meyer, John 224
IMeyer, "Samuel 269
Meyers, Isaac 441
IMeyers, John H 440
IMeyers. John 0 44T
Michener, Burroughs 367
jMichener, Ezra 584
INIichener, Isaiah 584
]\Iichener, IMarmaduke 367
Michener, Meschach 367
IVIichener, Samuel 367
]\Iiles Family 665
Miles, Griffith 665
Miles, Joseph 665
Miles, Sanmcl 665
Miles, William G 665
TMill. George 589
Mill, George G 589
Mill, Solomon 589
Miller, A. J 281
Milnor, J. Cambv S7S
Milnor, William "B 575
Mininger, William H 232
Minster, Ell wood W , 362
INTinster, Nicholas 362
INIinster, William S 362
Mintzer, St. John W 411
iMitchell, Allen R 520
Mitcliell. Gove 520
INIitthell, Henry 520
IMitchell, Joim 520
Mitchell, Pearson 520
Moll, James D 435
]\[oll. John 435
Moll, John G 435
Mollov, Harry F 262
Molloy, John B 581
TMolloy, Nicholas E 262
Moon, Charles 602
Moon, Daniel 215
TMoon Familj . . 212
Moon, James .... 602
PAGE
Moon, Mahlon 213
Moon, Moses 213
Moon, Moses 602
Moon, Owen, Jr 214
Moon, Roger ' 212
Moon, William 214
Moore Family 440
Moore, Henry ■ 449
Moore, Henry 11 579
Moore, Jesse H 579
Moore, Jesse P 579
Moore, Mordeci 449
Moore, Richard 449
Morgan, Daniel 308
Morgan, David 416
Morgan, Enoch 416
Morgan Family 308
Morgan, John M 416
Morgan, j^Irs. Lizzie Bell 311
Morris, Effingham B 456
Morris, Israel W 456
Morris, Mrs. Robert J , 180
Morris, Peter H 601
Morris, Theodore 601
Morris, William T 601
Morrison, A. J 137
Morrison, Joseph 138
Morwitz, Edward 463
Morwitz, Joseph 464
Moyer, Abraham '. 269
Moyer, Abraham D 234
Moyer, Abraham G 220
Moyer, Abram F 708
Moyer, Allen G 219
IMoyer, Christian 219
Moyer, Harvey W 221
Moyer, Henry A 1 70
Moyer, Henry G 169
Clover, Flenry 0 269
IMoyer, Isaac H 708 ^ —
Moyer, Levi S 2Sj
Moyer, Peter 233
Moyer, Samuel 220
Moyer, Sanniel B 269
IMoyer, William G 245
Murphy, Felix A 67S
Murphy, John 676
Murray, Charles 357
[Murray, Joseph D 331
Murray, Mahlon 357
Murray, William H 33^
T^Iyer, Benjamin 630
Myer Family • 630
Myer, Isaac 630
Myer, Isaac, Jr 630
Myers, Aaron F 359X-_
Myers. Abraham F 431
Myers, Abraham G 25T
Myers, Abraham M 2ST
Myers, Christian 582
Myers, Christian M 224
Myers, Eliza B 226
Myers, Emma E. B 259
Myers, Francis F 25T
IMyers, Henry 251
Myers. Henry 431
Myers, Henry F 725
Myers. Jacob 582
IVfycrs, Joseph F 359
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INDEX
PAGE
Myers, Newton 582
Myers, Oliver 725
Myers, Samuel 225
Nase, Barndt 574
Nase, Herbert S 574
Nash, Abraham 423
Nash, Abraham 571
Nash, Abraham D 571
Nash, Mary A 423
National Farm School 276
Naylor, Jesse P 662
Naylor, William 662
Neamand. Harry 403
Neamand, John 403
Neamand. William 403
Negus, John 426
Negus, Stephen W \ . . . 426
Negus, Thomas C 426
Newell, William C 157
Nichols, H. S. P 138
Nightingale, Charles R 464
Nightingale, Henry B 465
Nightingale, Samuel 464
Nonamaker, Aaron 239
Nonamaker, Henry 239
Nonamaker, Noah S 239
Ozias. George 700
Ozias, John A 700
Paddock, Naomi A 635
Paddock, Phineas 635
Paist, Andrew C 554
Paist, James ]\I 553
Paist, Jonathan 553
Paist, Joseph H 553
Parry, Benjamin 68
Parry, Daniel yi
Parry, Edward R 70'
"^arry Family 67-
Parry, George R 70-
Parr}% Henry C 287
Parry, Isaac 226-
Parry, Isaac 227
Parry, Isaac C 25(?
Parry, Jacob 227'
Parry, John , ; . . 68^
Parry, John 287
Parry, Old Mansion 71
Parry, Oliver 69
Parry. Oliver P 71-
Parry, Philip 287
Parry. T?icliard R 70
Parry, Thomas 67-
Parry, Thomas 227
ifarry, Thomas 287
Parry. Thomas F 287
Parry. William B 288,^
Parsons, Charles A > . 400
Parsons Family 400
Parsons, Isaac 400
Patterson, Daniel T 50
Patterson, James 513
Patterson, James 411
Patterson, Jesse 41 r
Patterson, Samuel A. W 50
Patterson, ThoiDas H SO
P^.xsnn, AMiert S 693
Paxson, Charles 693
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PAGE
Paxson, Edward M 154
Paxson, Jacol) 155
Pax=on, James 154
P' son, J. Warren 350
xson, Mrs. J. Warren 349
1 axson, Phineas 693
Paxson, Thomas 754
Paxson, Thomas 155
Paxson, William 154
Pemberton Family i
Pemberton, Henry 4
Pemberton. Phineas 4
Penrose, Evan 699
Penrose Family 293-
Penrose, Jarret 294
Penrose, Jonathan 382
Penrose, Robert 293
Penrose, Robert 294.
Penrose, Samuel 294
Penrose, Samuel J 296-
Penrose, William 294
Penrose, William 295
Penrose, William 699
Percy, Frank 434
Percy, Thomas ^ 434
Phillips, Francis M 339
Phillips, Horace G 339
Pickering, H. Augustus 530
Pickering, Henry Y 517
Pickering, Henry Y 669
Pickering, Isaac, Jr 530
Pickering, John 517
Pickering, John 669
Pickering, Jonathan C 531
Pickering, Joseph 531
Pickering, Thomas E 670
Pickering, Yeamans 317
Pickering. Yemans 670
Pollock, James 480
Poore, Daniel 697
Poore, John B 696
Poore, Robert A 698
Praul, Amos T 447
Praul, Elias 662
Praul, Elisha C 569
Praul, Francis 447
Praul, Isaac 447
Praul, John 447
Praul, John 569
Praul, William 662
Preston, Albert W 666
Preston, Joseph G 666
Preston, Paul 666
Preston, Silas 666
Price, Daniel B 213
Price, David 260
Price, David 40^
Price Family - 1 3
Price, James j.'v
Price, John i .^
Price, John ^^^ 260-
Price, John ^^^5
Price, John N ^JBfck.
Price, Nathan
Price, Nathaniel
Price, Samuel G .^o
Price, Samuel G , 466
Price, Smith 2U0
Price, William H 665
Purdy Family 45?
IXDEX
XV
PAGE
Purely, Harry R 460
Purely, John 458
Purdy, John M 459
Purdv, Thomas 459
Purdy, William 458
Pursell, Brice 151
Pursell, Howard 150
Pursell, John 151 _
Quick, Armitage B 546
Quick, Ezekiel 546
Quick, Joseph G . 5.16
Quinby, George H 386
Quinby, Henry R 597
Quinby, Isaiah 386
Quinbj', James 386
Quinn. Hiel G 55^
Quinn, John 558
Radcliff, Elisha 453
Radcliff, George W 660
Radcliff, James 453
Radcliff, Jarrves 660
Radcliff. John 452
Radcliff, John L 704
Radcliff, Rachael P 705
Radcliff, Samuel K 452
Radcliff, Thomas S 704
Ramsey, Edward 425
Ramsey, John. Jr 425
Ramsey, John, Sr 425
Ramsey, William 425
Randall. Amos 2^2
Randall, Eber 253
Randall, James V 2^2
Reed, Andrew 468
Reed, David 600
Reed, George I\I 694
Reed, Jacob 467
Reed, Johann P 467
Reed, Michael H 468
Reed, Robert 600
Reed. Willoughby H 467
Reeder, Eastburn 22
Reeder, Frank K 694
Reeder. Joseph E 23
Reeder, Mahlon H 694
Reeder, Merrick 2,^
Renner, Adam 422
Renner, Jr.cob • 422
Renner, John 422
Renner, William 422
Rhoades. Charles H 25S
Rice, Charles 569
Rice, Hampton W 506
Rice, Joseph 506
Rice, Oliver J 568
Rice, Robert 568
Rice, Samuel H 506
Rice, William 506
RicharcKf .n, Edward 256
Rich" -d -en, Joseph 256
Richardson, Joshua 255
Richardson Mary ; 256
Rickert. Hei v R 713
Rickert, Isasf^ 713
Rickert. John • : 44°
Rickert, Mary L 440
Rickert. Reuben 1 713
Rickey, John ' 727
PAGE
Rickey, ^largaret W 727
Ricke}', Randal ^27
Rickey, Randal H ^^27
Ridge. Daniel 585
Ridge, Lloyd 585
Ridge, Louis A 355
Ridge. William W 585
Riegel, Ida J 423
Riegel, John L 423
Riggs Family 631
Riggs, Joseph 631
Riggs. Samuel 631 X^
Robbins, Isaac 1 570
Robbins, John 57a
Robbins, Joseph 570
Roberts, Annie E ;i26
Roberts, Edwin 326
Roberts Family ;^26
Roberts, Lewis 251
Roberts, Robert ^^26
Roberts, William P 251
Rockafcllow, William 657
Rockafellow, William H 657
Rodman, John 162
Rose, Edward B 712
Rose, John 658
Rose. OHver P 658
Rose, Thomas 658
Rosenberger, Abraham B 675
Rosenberger, Artemus 418
Rosenberger. Daniel 563
Rosenberger. Harrington B 563
Rosenberger. Henry 418
Rosenberger. Isaac 67^ ■
Rosenberger, Isaac R }.6t,
Rosenberger, Jacob D 419
Rosenberger, Joseph 563
Ross, George 81
Ross, George 83
Ross, Henry P 82
Ross, John 82
Ross, Thomas 81
Ros^, Thomas S2
Roth, Jacob B 258
Rubinkam, G. W 393
Rubinkam. Nathaniel 393
Rufe. George 302 -
Rufe, John 30::
Rufe, John Z 596
Rufe, Reden 302 —
Ruff. Jacob ^02 ^
Rumpf. Frederick 055
Rumpf, Joseph F 655
Rush, Jacob ^i 293
Rush, William 293
Ruth, Henry P 539
Ruth. Joseph S 539
Ryan, John 476
Ryan, William C 4/6
Satterthwaite. Giles 646
Satterthwaite, Henry W 646
Savacool, Aaron 291
Savacool, Enos 291
Savacool Family 290
Savacool. Jacob 290
Savacool, Jacob 291
Savacool. W. Elmer 292
Savacool. William P. 291
Scarborough, Enos T) . I7S>'
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PAGE
Scarborough Family 1/5
Scarborough Family 178
Scarborough, Henry W 178
Scarborough, Hiram 179
Scarborough, Isaac 180
Scattergood, Caleb 578
Scattergood, William A 578
Schaeffer, Andrew '. 624
Schaeffer, John .' 624
Schaffer, Conrad ' 681
Schaffer, Gotfrey '575
Schaffer, John . ' 575
Schaffer, Joseph B 575
Schaffer, Samuel 68r
Scheerer, Christian 238
Scheerer, Jacob 238
Scheetz, Albert F 384
Scheetz, Conrad 383
Scheetz, Erwin 385
Scheetz Family 383
Scheetz, George 383
Scheetz, Harvey '. 385
Scheib, John 541
Scheip, George \V 541
Scheip, John L 541
Schenck, Courtland 660
Schenck, Joseph H 660
SchloUer, Abraham 565
Schmitt, Harry B 488
Schmitt, Leonard 488
Schneider, Jacob 583
Scott, Abraham 512
Scott. Joseph ]M 547
Scott, Josiah 512
Scott, Josiah E 512
Scott, Josiah N 513
Scott, Rachel 513
Scott, Samuel 512
Scoit, Thomas 346
Scott, Wilford L 547
Scott, William 346
Search, Christopher 592
Search, Jacob M 326
Search, Jacob ]\I 592
Search, Theodore C 592
Sells, Holmes T,2y
Sells, John D 327
Shaddingcr. Abraham 653
Sbaddinger, Andrew 653
Shaddingcr, Edward E 572
Sh;ddineer, Hannah G 653
-iliacidinger. Henry R 572
Sbaddinger, Jacob L 572
Sbaddinger. John W 675
Shamp, David 429
Sliamp, Jonathan 429
Shari)loss. Charles W 669
Shearer, Jesse 488
Shellenberger. Conrad 292
Shellenberger Family 292
Shellenberger, John L 292
Shellenberger, Jacob S 293
Shelly, Andrew B 200
Shel ',y, Emanuel N 353
Shcilv, PTenry S 58^
Shelly, Henry S 682
Shelly, Jacob L 585
Shell}', Joseph W 200
Shell} , Samn. i t,^t,
Sboll\ S;:mml qS;
PAGE
Shelly, Samuel D 353
Shelly, Samuel M 682
Shepherd, Carlile 480
Shepherd, Cornelius 481
Shepherd, Henry C 481
Shepherd, John C 481
Shepherd. Joseph 481
. Sherm, John 677
Sherm, John B 677
Sherm, William H 577
Sherwood Catharine J 667
Sherwood, Harry M 596
Sherwood, John 667
Sherwood, William 595
Sherwood, William E 595
Shoemaker, Harry J 296
Shoemaker, Isaac 297
Shoemaker, James 297
Shoemaker, James 298
Shoemaker, Jesse 298
Shoemaker, Peter 296
Shoemaker, Peter, Jr 297
Siddall, John E 556
Siddall, Joseph H 556
Siegler, Charles L 304
Siegler, C. Louis 304
Siegler Family 303
Siegler, INIathevv .' 303
Siegler. Peter 304
Sine, Darius 542
Sine, John 542
Sine, Joseph 542
Slack, Abraham 562""
Slack, Abraham 654 -
Slack, Abraham 673 ,
Slack, Abram K 562 -
Slack, Albert 6^9 -
Slack, Albert E ■. . 673
Slack, Cornelius 562 -
Slack, Cornelius 654-
Slack, David 639 .
Slack, Edward M 654 -
Slack, Edward T 639 _
Slack, Elijah T 673 ^
Slack, John 639 -
Slotter. Jacoh 674*
Slotter, J. Titus 67^
Slotter, John F 565
Slotter, Samuel 565
Smith, Charles J (134
Smith, Charles B . 511
•Smith, Fdnumd 618
Smith, Elias E 5tt
Smith, Horace T 6\y
Smith, James 656
Smith, James P 656
Smith, John D 339
Smith, Jonathan 635
Smith Joshua ^118
Smith, Joseph L 2O,-
Smith. i\Iartin H. 339
Smith, Robert fnr
Smith, Thomas M>'
Smith, Thomas S fii.^
Smith, William -'03
Smith, William 635
Snyder, y\mos H 591"
Snyder, George 583
Snydev, Henry H 583
Snvdcr, John 19S
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Snyder, John H
Snyder, Martin L
Snyder, Martin L
Snyder, Robert B
Solliday, Jacob
Solliday, Peter
Souder, Cliristopher
Souder, Henry
Souder, Henry H
Springer, John
StackhoTise, Amos
Stack-house, Asa INI
Stackhouse, Benjamin
Stackhouse, Charles
Stackhouse Family
Stackhouse, Henry
Stackhouse, Henry W
Stackhouse, Isaac
Stackhouse, Isaac
Stackhouse, James R
Stackhouse, John H
Stackhouse, John H
Stackhouse, Robert
Stackhouse, Thomas, Jr
Stackhouse, Thomas, Sr
Stapler, John
Stapler, John M
Staplery Stephen
Stapler. Susanna ,
Staplerl Thomas,
Staveley, William
Staveley, William R
Steeb, Friedrich
Stever, Abraham
Stever, John
Stever, John H
Stever, Reuben B
St. Francis Industrial School.
Stintsman, Samuel
Stintsman, Silas
Stintsman, Thomas
Stockton, Isaiah V
Stockton, John
Stockton. Lendrum
Stonebach, Jacob T
Stonebach, Sylvester H
Stoneback, Robert
Stoneback, Worman
Stout, Abraham
Stout, Abraham B
Stout, Enos
Stout, Jacob B
Stout, Harrison C
Stout, Henry H
Stout, Jacob
Stout, Lewis K
Stout, Mahlon H
Stout, Oliver
Stout, Oliver A
Stover, Abraham F
Stover, Henry S
Stover, Jacob
Stover, Jacob
Stover, John J
Stover, Ralph
Stover, Samuel . .
Strawn, Charles F
Strawn, Daniel
Strawn, Johnson
Strawn, Thomas ... ......
'AGE
198 197 198
591
730 ■
730
613
613
61S
686
489-
489^
420
420
419
682
6S2
419
420
682
■420
420
490 '
419
419
4S6
486
4S6
604
486
649
649
.^56
402
402
40.>
402
414 232 232 232 600 600 600 63s 635 676 676 84 345 203
85 345 202
84 203
84 20 r 203 428 582 226
583 582 428 226 590 =;9o 678 500
PAGE
Strawn, Thomas 678
St. Stephen Reformed Church 531
Stuckert, Amos 278
Stuckert, Henry 277
Stuckert, Henry C 277
Stuckert, William H 277
Stuckert, William R 27S
Summers Family 490
Summers, ]\Iartin 491
Summers, Philip 491
Summers, Samuel 491
Summers, William 492
Swallow, Charles R 313
Swallow, Francis R 313
Swartley, Abraham M 267
Swartlej^, George 439
Swartley, Henry D 241
Swartley, Henry S 267
Swartley, John 222
Swartley, John 223-
Svvartley, John C 85
Swartlc3% Levi 222
Swartley, Levi M 223
Swartley, Philip R 85
Swartley, Philip 222
Swartley, Philip 439
Swartley, Philip C 240
Swartz, Abram 680-
Swart /c, Abram V 679
Swart/C, Andrew 670
Swartz, Jacob i I ! 230
Swartz. Thomas I' 230
Swartzlander. Frank 187
Swartzlander. Frank B 189
Swartzlander, Gabriel 18S
Swartzlander, Jacob 188
Swartzlander, Joseph R 190
Swope, Reuben 0 276
Taylor. Benjamin • 536
Taylor, Benjamin J 109 ■
Taylor, Charles L 104-
Taylor, Joseph ^;^~
Taylor, Timothy ^t,/ ■
Taylor, Thomas 104 •
Taylor, William S 267
Terry. Charles B, 603
Terry, Millard F 603
Terry, William 603
Thatcher, Samuel B 716
Thomas, .Abiah 494
Thomas, Hiram 494
Thomas, Job 40 .^
Thomas, Joseph 223
Thomas, Oliver M 492
Thomas, Thomas 403
Thompson, Albert 66ji
Thompson, Albert J 663
Thompson, John 502
Thompson, Warner C 663
Tierney, J. J., Country Home 44S
Titus, PYancis, Jr 437
Titus, Jacob 437
Titus, Oliver P 437
Titus, Tennis 437
Titus. William 437
Tomlinson. Aaron 342
Tomlinson, B. Palmer 714
Tomlinson, George 343
Tomlinson, Homer 675
xvm
INDEX
PAGE
Tomlinson, John 6y^
Tomlinson, Joshua 342
Tomlinson, Richard 342
Tomlinson, Robert K 714
Tomlinson, William 342
Torbert Family 724
Torbert, James 72 y
■Torbert, James, Jr 724
Torbert, John K 725
Trauch, Edward H 323
Trauch, Peter . 434
Trauch, William H 322,
Trauch, William H 434
Trauger, Elias 368
Trauger, Xoah G 36S
Trego, Amos K 35^
Trego, Edward 398
Trego, Harry R 350
Trego, Jacob 350
Trego, James 35^
Trego, John 2,31
Trego, John K 351
Trego, Mahlon 398
Trego, William 351
Trego. William . . . .' 35 1
Troemner, Eliza B 427
Trumbauer. George 43 ^
Trumbauer, Henry 431
Trumbauer, John 695
Trumbauer, Micliael S 695
Trumbauer, William P 43^
Turner. Mary A 166
Twining, Amas H 7or
Twining, Charles 4.09
Twining, Cyrus B 624
Twining, David 70 r
Twining, Edward W 410
Twining, F. Cvrus 624
Twining, Jacob, Jr 62},
Twining. Sara E 701
Twining, Stephen 409
Twining, Stcohen B 408
Twining, William. Jr ! 408
Twining, Wilmcr A 623
Umstead. David R 445
Umstead. Jonathan R 445
Umstead, William 4J5
L'ndcrwood. Owen L 360
Underwood, Reuben L 360
V'anarlsdalen, Cyrus T 279
^'an Artsdalen, Garret ?8o
Van Artsdalen, Henry H 2X1
Van Artsdalen, Isaac 28c
Van Art-dalen, Tames 28r
Van Artsdalen. James, Jr 281
Van Artsdalen, John 2S0
Van Artsdalen. Silas 2.8r
Van Artsdalen, Simon 279
Vandegritt. Charles S. 2>3
Vandea:rift Family 3'^
Vandegrift Frederic B ?,?,
Vandegrift, George V .36
Vandegrift. John G 34
Vandegrift. J. Wilson },7
Vandegrift. Lewis H 3(J
Vandegrift. Lemuel 34
Vandegrift. Moses 34
\'andegrift. Sanuiel A 35
PAGE
Van Hart, Charles 430
Van Hart, Charles 670
Van Hart, David 430
Van Hart, Frank W 645
Van Hart, Jacob 570
\'an Hart. Jacob 645
\'an Hart, IMichael A 570
Van Hart. Michael A 645
\3.n Horn. Christian 94
Van Horn Family 92
Van Horn. Henry 96
Van Horn. Isaiah 96
\"an Horn, Richard H 97
\'an Horn, Samuel S 97
Van Pelt Family 102
Van Pelt. Joseph 104
Van Pelt. Seth C 103
\'an Pelt. William 104
Van Sandt. Albert 26
Van Sandt, Cornelius 25
Van Sandt, Garret ■ 27
Van Sandt, George 27
Van Sandt, Jacobus . . . 26
Van Sandt, Johannes 26
Van Sandt, Stot^el 24,
\'ansant Family 24-
Vansant, Howard 28
Vansant, James T 28
Vansant, John F 261
Vansant, John H 261
Winsant, Martin Y. ^ 29
Vansant. Nathaniel 29
Void, Frederick R 329
Void, Frederick, Sr 329
Waidelich, John H 544
\\'aidelich, Michael F 544.
Walker. Edwin C 542
Walker. Elias 542
Walker. Holcombe 633
\\'a!ker. Peter 542
Walker. Phineas 633
\\'alker, Rober-t 633
Walker. William L 6,^2
Wallace, James 462
Wallace, James 463
Wallace, John B 463
AN'allace. Robert 462
Wallace. William S j6r
Walter. John 672
Walter. John B 317
Walter. Jo^^enh B 672
WaUcr, Michael 672
Walton. Heston J54
Walton. Isaiah 255
Walton. Jeremiah 254
Walton. Thomas 25,=;
Walton. William 298
Wambold, Abraham H 404
Wambold. Xoah 404
Wanger. George 1.34
Wans ?r. Irvinsr P 133
Washhvrn. J. H 277
Watson. Henry 1^7
Watson. Henr}- ^^' 664
Watson. Jenks G 620
Watson. Josep'i 66a
Watson, John 136
Witson. Samuel \ 620
\\'atson, William 136
INDEX
XIX
PAGE
Weaver, Brice 382
Weaver, Isaac 382
Weaver, Stacy L 382
Weber, Frank 560
Weber, George . . . ^ 560
Webster, Hugh B.. 557
Webster, Jesse G 557
Weisel, Ehner P 729
Weisel, Francis S 7:^^
Weisel, Henry 730
Weisel, Oscar W 731
Weisel, Samuel 730
Weiss, George 44'
Weiss, Henry W 441
Wharton, Thomas L 525
White,-^ Charles A 726
White, George 698
White, Howard P 244
White, James , 638
White, Jonathan 244
White, I,ednum L 726
White, Thdmas 658
White, William 244
White. William H 698
Wildman, Alfred M 651
Wildman. Charles 648
Wildman, George K 315
Wildman, John 657
Wildman, Joshua 315
Wilkinson, Abraham 421
Wilkinson, Charles T 420
Wilkinson, Eleaser 421
Wilkinson, Frederick R 174
Wilkinson. John 421
Wilkinson, Lawrence 420
Wilkinson. Ogden.D '. 171
Wilkinson, Samuel 420
Wilkinson. William 420
Willard Family 398
Willard. Jacob 695
Willard, James V ^()S
Willard, James V 399
Willard, Jes-e 399
Willard. J. Monroe 399
Willard, Lewis ()95
Williams, Anthony 701
Williams, Barzilla \* 2~s
Williams, Benjamin 272
Williams, Benjamin 274
Williams, Carroll R 273
Williams. Charles 701
Williams, Cyrenious 497
Williams, Edward 272
Williams Family 27 ^
Williams, Henry T 72S
Williams, Jeremiah 273
Williams, John 275
Williams, John 728
W^illiams, John S 272
Williams, Neri B 497
Williams. Samuel 272
Williams, Thomas 497
Williamson, Edward C 664
Williamson Family 216
Williamson. Jesse 664
Williamson, John 218
Williamson, Josephus 218
PAGE
Williamson, Mahlon 217
Williamson, Mahlon . 664
Williamson, Peter 217
Williamson, William 217
Wilson, Ebenezer C 378
Wilson, Isaac 378
Wilson, John D 205
Wilson, Joshua ^78
Wilson, Joseph H 378
Wilson, Samuel 519
Wilson, William E 519
Wilson, William E 520
Winder Family 100
Winder. Jacob M loi
Winner, Samuel 565
Winner. William P 565
Wismer. Christian 505
Wolfingcr, Jacob D 6og
Wolfinger. Reuben S 6og
Wood. Benjamin G 715
Wood, George 715
Wood. Joseph 715
Woodman, Edward 548
Woodman. Henry 549
^Voodman. Isaac N 548
Worstall. Edward D 371
Worstall, Edward H 191
Worstall. George C 190
Worstall. John igo
Worstall, Joseph 190
Worstall, Joseph 191
Worstall. Josepli. Tr 371
Worstall, Joseph, Sr 371
^X^irthineion. Amasa 721
Worthington, Amos S 352
Worthington, Amy 672
Worthington, Benjamin M 672
Worthington. Elisha 559
Worthington. Harriet L 559
Worthiifgton, John 710
Worthington. Joseph 559
Worthington. Lewis 352
Worthington. Lewis 710
\\'orthington. T. S 721
Wright. William P 650
Wynkoop, Garrett 354
Wynkoop, John 354
Wynkoop. Philip 354
Wynkoop, \Villiam 118
Yardley, Achsah 604
Yardley, Charles G88
Yardley Family 122
Yardley, John 122
Yardley. Mahlon 688
Yardley, Robert ^[ 125
Yardley, Samuel 124
Yardley, William 604
Yardley. William 688
Yardley. William W 688
Yerkes, Harman 75
Yerkes, Herman 75
Yerkes, Stephen 76
Yocum. Israel 599
Yocum. Jonathan 599
Yocum, William D 599
BUCKS COUNTY.
THE PEMBERTON FAMILY. Four miles south of Morrisville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on the mainland, near the Delaware river, opposite Biles' Island, there is an old family graveyard, dating back to the ninth decade of the seven- teenth century. It is one of the oldest graveyards in the county, if not in the state. Within its walls, measuring two rods square, lies the remains of four gen- erations of one family, all of whom died in the short space of fifteen years. There rest the five j'oung children of Phineas and Phebe (Harrison) Pemberton, as well as both the parents of these children. Near them also repose their grandparents. Ralph Pemberton, and James Harrison and Anne his wife; and adjoining lies the remains of their great-grandmother, Agnes Harrison, born in one of the last years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Not often, even in a well settled and long established country, is found such a number of generations, en- compassed by one enclosure. The early history of the family that lies buried in this ancient burying ground is so closely inter- woven with the history of the founding of Penn's colony on the Delaware and the causes that led up to that event, and so typical of that of most of the early families that formed the van guard of the Quaker emigrants to Pennsylvania, — ex- plaining, as it does, the motive that led these early settlers to leave the land of their birth' and seek homes in an unknown wilderness — that we wish to preface a brief account of the family with some account of the early sutTerings of the Society of Friends, of which they were representa- tive members. Let us take a glance at the condition of the Friends in England, prior to Penn's establishment of his colony in America.
The development of Quakerism in Eng- land under, let us say, the reign of Henry VIII, would have been an impossibility: but the growth of popular government and freedom of thought which were so firmly established by the genius and power of Oliver Cromwell, rendered possible that which would have been entirely impossible a century earlier. All the force of gov- ernment, however, and all the power of the church were thrown against the So- ciety of Friends, and no means were spared 1-3
to persecute them and subject them to ignomy and contempt. No class of life- or society was spared in these persecutions. Many of the early converts to Quakerism were of noble birth or people of power and influence in the realm. William Penn was "the companion of princes and the dispenser of royal favors." Thomas El- wood was «of gentle birth, being nearly related through his mother to Lady Wen- man. George Barclay was of good stock and a fine classical scholar. Yet all these men, because of their religious convictions, were frequently imprisoned, sometimes herded with the lowest felons and vilest prostitutes — "nasty sluts indeed they were," says Elwood in his autobiography. "Re- member," said Phineas Pemberton, in an epistle that was intended as a preface to the "Book of Minutes of the Yearly Meet- ing of Friends," on the setting up of that body at Burlington, New Jersey; "Remem- ber, we were a despised people in our native land, accounted by the world scarce worthy to have a name or place therein ; daily liable to their spoil ; under great sufferings, by long and tedious imprison- ments, sometimes to the loss of life — ban- ishment, spoil of goods, beatings, mock- ings, and ill treatings ; so that we had not been a people at this day had not the Lord stood by us and preserved us." (Friends' Miscellany, vol. vii, p. 42.) His descrip- tion is not overdrawn : "Come out," they cried before Phineas Pemberton's door in 1678 ; "Come out, thou Papist dog, thou Jesuit, thou devil, come out." He was several times imprisoned in Chester and Lancaster castles, being confined in the latter prison in 1669 nineteen weeks and five days, and this, too, before he was twenty-one years of age.
James Harrison, who lies buried beside Phineas Pemberton and who was his father-in-law, was very active as a minis- ter among Friends and was imprisoned in 1660, in Burgas-gate prison for nearly two months; in 1663 in the county jail of Wor- cester; in 1664, 1665 and 1666 in Chester castle : "But none of these things," says Phineas. were done unto us because of our evil deeds, but because of the exercise of our tender consciences towards our God." Nor were these cases exceptional ; to such a pitch of nervousness had the government
HISTORY OF BUCKS COUXTV.
been wrought by the various plots, and so great was the fear of Catholic ascen- dency among the people at that time, that later, in t6S6, when James 11 issued the general pardon to all who were in prison on account of conscientious dissent, over twelve hundred Quakers — perfectly inof- fensive and harmless subjects as they were — were released, "many having been im- mured in prison, some of them twelve or fifteen years and upwards, for no crime but endeavoring to keep a good conscience to- wards God."
It was from this English barbarism and English oppression that William Penn in- vited his fellow Friends to join him in what he called his "Holy Experiment" in America. Accordingly, on the sth of the 7th month (September), 1682, the Pember- tons and Harrisons, with other families, sailed from Liverpool in the ship "Sub- xnission" for Pennsylvania. As it may be of interest to their descendants we give below the list of passengers on the "Sub- mission." This list is taken ,from James Pemberton Parke's mss. account of the Pemberton family, 1825. It is from this >manuscript that the account of the family ^published in the Friends' miscellany, vol. vii, is drawn. The latter, however, con- tains only a partial list of the passengers given below. Our list also contains some particulars not included in the list given :in the "Sailing of the Ship Submission" in vol. i, no. i, of the "Publications of the Genealogical Society of .Pennsylvania," Philadelphia, 1895.
Passengers on board the ship "Sub- xnission."
Ralph Pemberton, Bolton, Lancashire, age 72; servants, Joseph Mather, Eliza- beth Bradbury.
Phineas Pemberton, Bolton, Lanca- shire, age 33 ; servants, William Smith, servant of Phineas Pemberton, came in Friends' Adventure, arrived 7th mo. 28, :l682.
Phebe Pemberton, wife of Phineas, daughter of James Harrison, age 23
Abigail Pemberton, daughter of Phineas, age 3 years.
Joseph Pemberton, son of same, aged pne year.
James Harrison, Bolton, Lancashire, age 57 years: servants, Joseph Steward, Allis Dickerson, Jane Lyon.
Agnes Harrison, Bolton, Lancashire, mother of James, age 81.
Ann Harrison, his wife, Bolton, Lanca- shire, age 61.
Robert Bond, son of Thomas Bond, of Waddicar Hall, near Garstang, Lancashire, age 16; being left by his father to the tu- ition of sd. James Harrison.
Lydia Wharmsby, of Bolton afsd., age
42-
Randolph Blackshaw, Hollingee, in the Co. of Chester, servants, Sarah Brad- bury. Roger Bradbury, and Elinor his wife and their children Hager, Jacob, Joseph, Martha, and Sarah.
Alice Blackshaw, his wife, and their chil- dren, l^liebe, Sarah, Jacob, Mary, Neiie- miah, Martha and Abraham, the latter died at sea, 8 mo. 2d, 1682.
Ellis Jones, and Jane his wife. Coun- ty of Denby or Flint, in Whales, and their children, Barbara. Dorothy, Mary and Isaac Jones. "Servants of the Gov- ernor Penn these came."
Jane Mode and Margery Mode of Wales. daughters of Thomas Winn, and the wife of sd. Thomas Winn ; servants, Hareclif Hod- ges, servant of Thomas Winn.
James Clayton, of Middlewitch, Chester, blacksmith, and Jane his wife, and cliil- dren James, Sarah, John, Mary, Joshua and Lydia.
The list conforms to the account given in the original "Book of Arrivals" in the handwriting of Phineas Pemberton, now in possession of the Bucks County Historical Society. The list given in the Publications of the Genealogical Society, above referred to, gives, in addition to the above, "Rich- ard Radclif, of Lancashire, aged 21," and Ellen Holland, whose name adjoins that of Hareclif Jones ; "Joseph* Clayton, aged 5," and omits Joshua Jones ; and gives age of Barbara Jones as 13, gives "Margery and Jane Mede, aged 11 1-2 and 15, respective- ly. It also gives "Rebeckah Winn. 20 years," but omits the name of — Winn, wife of Thomas. In re, Winn and Mode, see "Pen- na. Magazine of History and Biography," vol. ix, p 231, also "Genealogy of Fisher Family, 1896, pp. 15, 199, and "Ancestry of Dr. Thomas Wynne," 1904.
James Settle, captain of the ship "Sub- mission," was by the terms of his agree- ment to proceed with the ship to the "Del- aware River or elsewhere in Pennsylvania, to the best convenience of the freighters," but through his dishonesty they were taken into Maryland, to their very great disad- vantage where after a severe storm they had enconntered at sea, on 8 mo. 2. 1682, they arrived in the Patuxent river, on the 30th of October, and unloaded their goods at Choptank. Here James Harrison and Phin- eas Pemberton, his son-in-law, left their respective families, at the house of Will- iam Dickenson, and proceeded overland to the place of their original destination, the "falls of the Delaware," in Bucks county. William Penn, who had arrived on Octo- ber 24, was at that time in New York ; Harrison and Pemberton had hoped to meet him at New Castle. When they arrived at the present site of Philadelphia they could not procure entertainment for their horses, and so "spancelled" them and turned them into the woods. The next morning they sought for them in vain they having strayed so far in the woods that one of them was not found until the following January. After two days searching they were obliged to proceed up the river in a bont. Philadelphia was not then founded, and the country was a wilderness.
James Harrison had received grants of 5,000 acres of land of Penn, when in Eng-
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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY,
land, a short time before his departure for America. Most of this land was sub- sequently located in Bucks county. In the following spring, 1683, Harrison and Pem- berton brought their families and house- hold goods from Maryland to this county, Harrison stopping at Upland, now Ches- ter, on the way south, to attend the first Assembly, to which he had been elected. Until Phineas could erect a house in Bucks county, he and his family stayed at the house of Lyonel Brittian, who had arrived in Bucks, 4 mo. (June) 1680. On 11 mo. ly, 1683, Phineas Pemberton purchased a tract of 500 acres on the Delaware, oppo- site Grecian's (later Biles') Island and built a house there. It must have been a satisfaction to him, after the storms at sea and wanderings on land, to have his fam- ily at last under his own roof-tree. This plantation he called "Grove Place." He appears, however, at first to have called it "Sapasse." since letters to him from friends in England in 16S4 were addressed, . "Sapasse, Bucks County." It was part of a tract of over 8,000 acres of land, pur- chased by Penn from an old Indian king, and had once been a royalty called "Sep- essain." (On Peter Lindstrom's map of 1654, in Sharp and Westcott's "History of Philadelphia," vol. i, p. 75, the name ap- pears as "Sipaessing Land"). The old bury- ing ground before referred to was located on this tract. Being desirous of erecting • a more comfortable home for his family, Phineas Pemberton finished one in 1687. •On the lintel of the door was this inscrip- tion :,
'P.
P. 7 D. 2 mo. 1687.
The initials signifying Phineas and Phebe Pemberton. This lintel is now in the pos- session of the Historical Society of Penn- sylvania, Philadelphia. This house Pem- berton moved after his second marriage to another tract of land five miles distant and more in the interior. It was taken ' down in 1802 by his grandson, James Pem-
■ berton. In the year 1687 a great deal of sickness prevailed in the colony, and Phin- eas Pemberton lost his father, Ralph Pem- berton, and his father-in-law, James Harri- son. Agnes Harrison, the mother of James, also died. Three years later Anne (Heath) Harrison, the widow of James died; and in 1696 Phineas lost his wife Phebe, who died 8 mo. 30, i6g6, exactly fourteen years after her arrival in Patuxent river, Mary- land.
On the i8th day of May, 1699, Phineas
■ Pemberton married, at the Meeting House at Falls. Alice Hodgson, "of Burlington, in the Province of West Jersey, spinster, daughter of Robert Hodgson, late of Rhode Island, deceased." The following names, as witnesses appear on the marriage certifi- •cate :
Ann Elett, Ann Jennings, Elenor Hoopes, Mary Baker, Abigail Sidwell, Eliz. Browdon, Sarah Surket, Mary Webster, Phebe Kirkbride, Sarah Jennings, Grace Lloyd, Mary Badcoke, Elizabeth Badok, Ann Borden, Elizabeth Stacy, Sarah Stacy, William Croasdell, George Browne, John Surket, Junr., Joseph Large, Peter Webster, Seth Hill, Edwd. Penington, Tho. Brock, Joseph Kirkbride, John Jones, Jeremiah Langhorn William Ellett, John Biles,
Saml. Beakes, Arthur Cooke, ' John Simcocke, Saml. Jennings, • Thos. Duckett, Jos. Growdon, Mahlon Stacy, Henry Baker, Richard Hough, Will. Dunkin, Isaac Mariott, Peter Worrall, Edward Lucas. Abraham Anthony, John Cooke, -^ John Sidwell, Robert Hodgson, Philip England, Mary Yardley, Abell Janney, Jos. Janney, Mary Williams, Abigail Pemberton, Eliz. Janney. Joseph Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, Thomas Yardley, Rand'l Blackshaw, Joseph Mather.
Alice Dickerson, Martha Drake,
Joseph Borden, John Borradaill,
The original certificate is in the posses- sion of p descendant. Mr. Henry Pember- ton, of Philadelphia. Phineas had no chil- dren by his second wife. After his death she married, in 1704, Thomas Bradford, being also his second wife. She died Au- gust 28, 1711.
James Harrison was at an early date the friend and confidant of Penn. "He was," says Proud, "one of the Proprietor's first Commissioners of Property, was divers years in great esteem with him, and his agent at Pennsbury, being a man of good education and a preacher among the Quak- ers." In the library of the Historical So- ciety of Pennsylvania at Thirteenth and Locust streets, Philadelphia, (Penn mss. Domestic Letters) there are many original letters from Penn to Harrison, some of them written before Penn left England. They undoubtedly belong to the collection of Pemberton mss.* now owned by the His-
*This collection, mounted in about one hundred volumes, extends over a period of about two hundred years from a date before the birth of Penn to within modern times. It was presented to the Society in 1891 by Henry Pemberton, of Philadelphia, and com- prises mss. of the Pemberton, Harrison, Galloway, Rawle, Shoemaker, Clifford and other families. Two volumes of letters now in the " Etting Collection" of the same Society, belonged originally to this collec- tion as they are docketed on the outside in the liand-. writing of James Pemberton. Harrison was a member of the first provincial council, which met in Philadel- phia on tlie tenth day of the first month, 1682-3. In the same year lie was a member of the committee to draw up the charter of the colony. In 168.5 he was appointed by Penn as chief justice of the supreme court, but declined to serve: but the following year he accepted the position of associate justice. He was Penn's steward and agent in Pennsylvania until his death, on October 6, 1687. His daughter Phebe mar- ried Phineas Pemberton, the 1st day of 11 mo. ( Janu- ary ) 16T6-7. at the house of John Haydock, in Coppull, near Standish. Lancashire. England, under the super- vision of Hardshaw Monthly Meeting of Friends.
HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY.
torical Society, since they contain an index drawn in the handwriting of Phineas Pem- berton. Many of these letters from Penn are interesting in that they contain refer- ence to matters current in the earliest days of the colony, and also occasionally give a picture of political life in England.
Phineas Pemberton took an active part in the public affairs of the colony as well as of Bucks county. He was a member of provincial council in 1685-7, 1695, and 1697- 9; was a member of assembly 1689, 1694, 1698 (the latter year he was speaker), and in 1700, and a member of Penn's council of state in 1701. But it was in the affairs of Bucks county, where he lived, that his activity and usefulness was the greatest and his work of the most value. He was beyond doubt the most prominent man of his time in the county and the most ef- ficient, as shown by the mass of records he has left behind him in his own hand- writing, and by the number of official po- sitions he filled. In addition to filling the local positions of register of wills, recorder, and clerk of all the courts, he held for a time the positions of master of the rolls, register general, and recorder of proprie- tary quit-rents for the province ; and the records of the county up to the time of his fatal illness are entirely in his handwrit- ing, and are models worthy of imitation by officials of our day. The records of the different courts left by him are invaluable to the historian, and greatly superior to those of his successors in office in the matter of lucidity and completeness. Many of our historians have noticed and acknowledged this fact, which is apparent to all that have had access to them. Buck, in his "His- tory of Bucks County," referring to the records left by Pemberton, ;says, "they comprise the earliest records of Bucks coun- ty offices, and, though they have been re- ferred to by different writers, comparative- ly little has been heretofore published from them. To us they have rendered valuable aid and we must acknowledge our indebt- edness for information that could, possi- bly, from no other source have been ob- tained." In like manner Battle, in his "His- tory of Bucks County," writing on the same subject, states. "From that period (i. e. 1683) until disabled by a fatal illness, save an unimportant interval, the records of the county were written wholly by his hand; and in them he has left a memorial of him- self that will not be lost so long as the his- tory of the commonwealth which he helped to establish shall be read."*
Phineas Pemberton died March i, 1701- 2, at the age of fifty-two years, and was_
*The Records of Arrivals " published in vol. ix. of Penna. Mae. of History and Biography, was compiled by Phineas Pemberton. although through an editorial oversight it is not accredited to him therein. Tin's record has proved very vahiable in Keneali^siral and historical research. The original Kecord of .<\rrivals in Bucks County in Pemberton's handwritinK is in possession of the Bucks County Historical Society, while that of Philadelphia and elsewhere is in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
buried in the old graveyard above referred to. "Poor Phineas," wrote Penn to Lo- gan on September 8, 1701, "is a dying man, and was not at the election, though he crept, (as T may say) to Meeting yester- day. I am grieved at it ; for he has not his fellow, and without him this is a poor country indeed." Again, in a letter from London to Logan in 1702, Penn writes, "I mourn for poor Phineas Pemberton, the ablest as well as one of the best men in the Province. My dear love to his widow and' sons and daughters." Samuel Carpenter, in a letter to Penn. quoted in J. Pemberton Parke's niss., writes, "Phineas Pemberton- died the ist mo. last, and will be greatly missed, having left few or none in these parts or adjacent, like him for wisdom, in- tegrity, and general service, and he was a true friend to thee and the government. It is a matter of sorrow when I call to mind and consider that the best of our men are taken away, and how many are gone and how few to supply their places."
()f the nine children of Phineas and Phebe (Harrison) Pemberton, but three survived him for any length of time : Abi- gail, who married, November 14, 1704, Stephen Jenkins, and settled in Abington township — her descendants being the founders of Jenkintown — Priscilla, mar- ried, 1708-9, Isaac Waterman, and set- tled at Hohnesburg; and Israel, the only son, who lived to manhood, mar- ried 2 mo. 12, 1710, Rachel Read, daughter of Charles Read, a provincial councillor. He was an active and in- fluential Friend, and for nineteen consecu- tive years a member of colonial assembly. He left three sons: Israel Jr., born 1715; James, born 1723; and John, born 1727. Of these, John, who was a prominent preacher among Friends, left no issue, and James left only daughters, one of whom married Dr. Parke, and another Anthony Morris. Israel Jr. married Sarah Kirkbride of Bucks county, and had two* daughters, and one son, Joseph, who married Ann Gallo- way of Maryland, first cousin of Joseph Galloway, the Bucks county loyalist, and died at the early age of thirty-six, leaving a large family, of whom John Pemberton' born in 1783, was in 1812 the only male representative of the family in America. He married Rebecca Clifford, and left a large family, of whom Henry Pember- ton, of Philadelphia, referred to in this sketch, was the fifth. A complete geneal- ogy of the descendants of Phineas Pem- berton will be found in Glenn's "Geneal- ogy of the Lloyd, Pemberton and Parke Families," Phila., 1898. Isreal, James and John, the sons of Israel and grandsons of Phineas. were prominent in the religious, political, social and business life of Phlia- dclphia, where their descendants are still found.
Further accounts of the Pemberton Fam- ily, may be found in Appleton's "Cyclo- paedia of American Biography," vol. iv, p. 706; Westcott's "Historic Mansions of
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Philadelphia," p. 494; Sarah E. Titcomb's "Early New England People," p. 52 j "Glenn's Genealogy;" and "Friends' Mis- cellany," vol. vii, both before referred to.
RICHARD HOUGH AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. Richard Hough, Provincial Councillor from Bucks county, for many years one of the most prominent figures in the Provincial Assembly, as well as in all the affairs of the Province and Bucks county, justice of the county court, etc.. was a native of Macclesfield, in the county of Chester, England, and came to Pennsyl- vania in the "Endeavor" of London, arriving in the Delaware river 7th mo. 29, 1683 (O. S.), bringing with him four servants nr de- pendents— Francis Hough, (probably a younger brother or nephew), Thomas Wood (or Woodhouse) and Mary his wife, and James Sutton. He settled at once in Bucks county on land doubtless previously pur- chased, though patented later. This land consisted of two tracts fronting on the Delaware in Makcfield township, one of them in what became later Upper Make- field and covered the present site of Tay- lorsville, and the other' lying along the original (bift not the present) line of Falls township in Lower Makefield. On the lower tract fronting on the river about one- fourth of a mile and extending inland about three miles, Richard Hough made his home and erected his tirst and only I'ucks county home, a stone house, (one of the earliest to be erected of that material) from a quarry on his plantation which Penn con- sidered of so much importance that he or- dered a memorandum be entered in the land-office, "that ye great quarry in Rich- ard Hough's and Abel Janney's lands be reserved when they come to be confirmed, "being for ye public good of ye county." On this plantation lived six generations of the eldest male branch of the family, part of it remaining in their possession until about 1850, when they removed to Ewing township, Mercer county, New Jer- sey.
Richard Hough took an active part in all the affairs of the county, political, so- cial and religious. He was a member of Falls Meeting of Friends and his character and attainments gave him an important place in its proceedings. Prior to the erec- tion of the Falls Meeting House, the Bucks Quarterly Meeting as well as meetings for worship were frequently held at his house. He was there, as elsewhere, intimately as- sociated with Phineas Pemberton, Thomas Janney, William Yardlej-, William Biles, Nicholas Wain, Joseph Kirkbride and others, who, with him, were the leaders in the affairs of the county and province, though some of them, notably William Biles, with whom he was intimately associated in private affairs, differed from him in provin- ■cial politics. Biles being the Bucks county leader of the Popular party, with strong
Democratic tendencies, while Richard Hough was a strong adherent of the Pro- prietary party headed by James Logan. Richard Hough began early to engage in public affairs, and represened Bucks county in the Provincial Assembly in 1684, 1688, 1690, 1697, 1699, 1700, 1703, and 1704-5; and member of Provincial Council, 1693 and 1700. He was one of the commission to divide the county into township in 1692; was one of the justices of the coun- ty count, and appointed in 1700, with Phin- eas Pemberton and William Biles, by Will- iam Penn, a "Court of Inquiry" to inves- tigate the affairs of the province. This bare record of the positions filled by Richard Hough can give but a very inadequate idea of the real position he filled in the af- fairs of the county and province, careful perusal of the records of both disclosing that he was one of the foremost men of his day. William Penn in a letter to Lo- gan, 7 mo. 14, 1705, replying to one of Lo- gan reporting the death of Hough, says : "f -lament the loss of honest Richard Hough. Such men must needs be wanted where selfishness and forgetfulness of God's mer- cies so much abound." Richard Hough was drowned in the Delaware March 25, 1705, while on his way to Philadelphia from his home in Bucks county. By his will dated May I, 1704, his home plantation of 400 acres was devised to his eldest son, Rich- ard, one half to be held by his wife Mar- gery, for life. His upper plantation, next the Manor of Highlands, went to his sec- ond son John ; 350 acres and his Warwick plantation mentioned as 570 acres, but real- ly nearly 900 acres, was devised to his youngest son Joseph; 271 acres, "next to John Palmer's," and 475 acres in Bucking- ham, purchased of his brother John, in 1694, were to be sold. The Warwick tract was one originally taken up by his father- in-law, John Clows, and purchased by Rich- ard Hough of the heirs, and remained the property of his descendants for many gen- erations, some of it for nearly two centu- ries. His daughters Mary and Sarah were given their portions in monej'. His wife Margery, son Richard, and "friend and brother," William Biles, were made execu- tors.
Richard Hough married 8 mo. 17, 1683T 4, Margery Clows, daughter of John and Margery Clows, theirs being the first mar- riage solemnized under the control of Falls Meeting. John Clows and Margery his wife and their children, Margery, Rebec- ca and William, came to Pennsylvania in the same ship with Richard Hough, from Gawsworth, Cheshire. Three other chil- dren, John, Joseph and Sarah, had pre- ceded their parents, arriving in the "Friends' Adventure" 7 mo. 28, 1682. John Clows be- came a large landowner in Bucks county and represented the county in the Pt-ovin- cial Assembly in 1683 and 1684. He died 7 mo. 4, 1687, and his widow Margery '' mo. 2, 1698. The eldest son John fV '^'"~
1683; Joseph married ElizabetK^^ ^ ^ ^^~ "" -^ ^ .800-67; was
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William. Sarah ITanfield; Sarah, John Bainbridffe, of New Jersey; Margery, Rich- ard Hough ; and Rebecca, John Lambert^ of Nottingham, New Jersey.
The children of Richard and IMargery (Clows) Hough were:
2. Marj' Hough, born 6 mo. i, 1685, died November ii, 1720; married April 6, 1690, William Atkinson, of Bristol, Bucks coun- ty, 'Pennsylvania.
3. Sarah Hough, born 4 mo. 7, 1690, married first, 4 mo. 23. 1708, Lsaac Atkin- son, brother of William; and (second) Leonard Shallcross. in 1724.
4. Richard Hough, married first, 171 1- 12, Hester Browne, and (second) 7 mo. 27, 1717, Deborah Gumley.
5. John Hough, born 7 mo. iS, 1693, married, 1718, Elizabeth Taylor.
6. Joseph Hough, born 8 mo. 17, i695_. died Mav 10, 1773; married 1725, Elizabeth West, daughter of Nathaniel and Eliza- beth (Dungan) West.
Thomas Atkinson, father of William and Isaac Atkinson, was a minister of the So- ciety of Friends, and was born at Newby_. Parish of Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire. England. He married Jane Bond at Knar- esborough Meeting. 4 mo. 4, 1678, and in 1681, with his wife and son Isaac, born March 2, 1679, came to America and set- tled for a time in Burlington county. New Jersey, but soon after removed to Bristol township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he bought a plantation. Thomas died
9 mo. I, 1687, and the following year his widow Jane became the second wife of William Biles, before mentioned in this narrative. Another son, Samuel Atkin- son, married Ruth Beakes, widow of Will- iam Beakes and daughter of Mahlon Stacy_, of West Jersey. This family of Atkin- son held high rank in colonial times. An account of Thomas Atkinson was published in a "Collection of Memorials of Deceased Ministers and others" (Phila. 1787) and also in "The Friend." vol. 27. In vol. 28 of "The Friend" is also a memorial of his wife, under the name of Jane Biles.
William Atkinson was a resident of Bris- tol borough and a member of town council there ; was collector of excise eleven years, 1738-1749. coroner of Bucks county 1721, I73I-5' and 1737-1740; county commissioner 1722. He was for nearly thirty-three years an elder of Falls Monthly Meeting and a trustee for its real estate. He died in Bris- tol, October 29, 1749. The children of William and I\Iary (Hough) Atkinson were as follows :
(l). Sarah, born i mo. 10, 1704-S, died
10 mo. 1706.
(2). Hannah, born January 25, i7o6-7_, died December 9. 1760; married May, 1734. John Hall, of Bristol, his third wife. John Hall was a son of Robert Hall from the city of Westminster, England, who was the first coroner of Bucks county, and by his sec- d. .jvife, Elizabeth, daughter of George possessu-om Buckleburv. Berkshire, Eng-
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possession d.cestor of the WhUe family of
Bucks county. John Hall was a councilman of Bristol; member of Assembly 1717 and 7740 to 1750; several times sheriff of Bucks county; a justice of the county courts, and succeeded his father-in-law, William Atkinson, as collector of excise. He was born 6 mo. 12, 1686. and died 11 mo. 10, 1768; married first Rebecca Rad- cliffe, daughter of James Radcliffe, an emi- nent minister among Friends and an early settler in Bucks county, for whom Radcliffe street in Bristol is named. He married (second) January, 1715, Sarah Baldwin^ daughter of John and Sarah (Allen) Bald- win, and granddaughter of Samuel Allen, who came from Chew Magna, Somer- set, England, and founded a family of high standing in Bucks county and Philadel- phia.
(3). William Atkinson, born 9 mo. 19, 1707. married 7 mo. 24, 1734. Sarah Pawley, daughter of George and Mary (Janney) Pawley, of Philadelphia (see Janney fam- ily). William Atkinson, Jr., was one of the early shipbuilders of Philadelphia, an industry for which that city is famous.
(4). Mary Atkinson, born 7 mo. 19, 1713, married July 9, 174S, at the First Presby- terian Church, Philadelphia. Daniel Bank- son, of Bensalem, son of Daniel and grand- son of Captain Andreas Bankson, one of the leading men among the early Swedish settlers at Philadelphia, whose descendants still hold a high place among the old families of that city.
(5)- Joseph Atkinson, born 10 mo. 5,. 1716, married first, 10 mo. 8, 1743, Janet Cowgill and (second) in 1762 Sarah Silver. He was a prominent man in Bristol borough, where his descendants are still people of high social standing. He succeeded his father as trustee of the real estate of Falls Meeting.
(6). Sarah Atkinson, born 9 mo. 4. 1719, died 2 mo. 7, 1726.
William Atkinson married (second) June 5, 1722, Margaret Baker, daughter of Henrv Baker, well known in the early annals of Bucks county and had five children : Ra- chel, Rebecca, Samuel, Isaac, and Thom- as. Rachel, the eldest, born 2 mo. 23^ 1723, died 5 mo. 8, 1803, married 10 mo. 18. 1750, Thomas Stapler, son of John and Esther. (See Stapler Family).
3. Sarah Hough married Isaac Atkinson,, another son of Thomas and Jane, born in Yorkshire, March 2, 1679, died in Bris- tol township, Bucks county, January 3,. 1720-1, where he was a landowner. They had issue : Jane, born 6 mo. 6, 1709, married 172S. John Wilson, of Middletown. son- of Stephen and Sarah (Baker) Wilson, and grandson of Henry Baker above men- tioned, and left numerous descendants in Bucks: (2) John; (3) Thomas. Sarah (Hough) .Atkinson married second in 1724, Leonard Shallcross, by whom she had nO' children.
4. Richard Hough, eldest son of Richard and Margery, (Clows) Hough, inherited his father's home plantation of 416 acres
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and lired thereon during his life. He sold ICO acres and his heirs about lOO acres more, the remainder going to his son Hen- ry, and from him it descended to his grand- son Phineas Hough, who sold it about 1850. Richard Hough, Esq. was one of the lead- ing men of his time in Bucks county and took an active part in public affairs at a time when they were almost entirely in the hands of his cla.ss of gentlemen of landed estate. He was a justice of the peace and of the county courts for many years, and a member of Falls Meeting. He married February, 1711-12, Hester Brown, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Hardman) Baker, before mentioned, who had been the widow of Thomas Yardley, and of William Brown of Chichester, Chester county, Pennsylvania. Richard and Hester had one child, Richard, who died young. He married (second) 7 mo. 27, 'ijf?, Deborah Gumley, (widow of John Gumley, of Philadelphia, formerly New Castle county) and had issue as follows :
8. William Hough, died without issue prior to 1755. 9. Deborah, married Thomas Davis, of Lower Makefield. 10. Margery, married Jonathan Saults, of Philadelphia.
11. Henry Hough, born 8 mo. 11, 1724 (O. S.) died 8 mo. 27, 1796, married 10 mo. 22, 174S, Rebecca Croasdale: see forward.
12. Mary, born 1726, died 1802 ; married 2 mo. 12, 1752 (O. S.) Anthony Burton, Jr., of Bristol. (See Burton Family).
II. Henry Hough, son of Richard and Deborah, inherited 215 acres of the Make- field homestead and lived thereon the life of a country gentleman, taking little part in public affairs. He was a member of Falls Meeting. He married 10 mo. 22, 1748, Re- becca Croasdale, born 1727-8, died 1800, daughter of William and Grace (Harding) Croasdale of Newton township and had eight children as follows: 13. Sarah, born 1751, married 1775, John Watson. 14. John, born 1753, married Hannah Watson and Mary Yardley. 15. Deborah, born 1755, died 1773, unmarried. 16. Mary, born 1759- 17. Jesse, born 1761, died 1794, married Mercy Merrick. 18. Rachel, born 1764, died 1793, married David Heston. 19. Rebecca, born 1766, married Isaiah Ross, grandson of Thomas Ross, an eminent, minister among Friends and the ancestor of the eminent jurists, an account of whose family is given elsewhere in this work. 20. Henry, born 1768.
14. John Hough, born 9 mo. 16, 175,3., eldest son of Henry and Rebecca (Croas- dale) Hough, lived on his father's planta- tion in Lower Makefield. He was a mem- ber of Falls Meeting, but was married by the Rev. William Frazer, a Church of Eng- land minister, in 1782, to Hannah Watson, and they had one child, Beulah. He mar- ried (second) about 1790, Mary Yardley, daughter of Richard and Lucilla (Stack- house) Yardley, and a great-granddaughter of Thomas Janney, Provincial Councillor. (See Yardley, Stackhouse and Janney fam- ily sketches in this volume.) The children of John and Mary (Yardley) Hough, were:
22. Phmeas, born 12 mo. 20, ijdo, died 5 mo. 6, 1876; 23. Lucilla, born 12 mo. 24, 1788, died 2 mo. 9, 1883, married Abraharti Bond nf Newtown, son of Levi and Hannah (Merrick) Bond, and a descendant of Phineas Pemberton, whom James Logan styles "The Father of Bucks County." (See Pemberton Family).
Phineas Hough (22) inherited a part his grandfather's plantation in Lower Make- field and lived thereon until sixty years old ; selling it in 1850 he removed to Ewing township, Mercer county, and resided with his son William A. Hough until his death in 1875. He married Elizabeth Carlile, by whom he had no issue. On February
25, 1819, he married Deborah Aspy, daugh- ter of William and Elizabeth Aspy, of Makefield, and had the following children: 24. William Aspy Hough, born December 4, 1819, died December it, 18S8, married Eleanor Stockton ; see forward. 25. John Hough, born November 26, 1879, became a Methodist minister and removed to Dela- ware, where he married Rebecca E. Dukes.
26. Mary S., born July 7, 1824, married Ja- cob Hendrickson, of Mercer county. New Jersey. 27. Samuel Yardley Hough, born, February 14, 1827, died August, 1862, mar- ried Wealtha Allen, from Massachusetts, and removed to Kansas, where he died. 28. Phineas, born January 24, 1830, died May 28, 1869, . in Philadelphia ; married Lizzie E. Lynn. 29. Benjamin Franklin, born March 16, 1833, lived in Philadelphia, unmarried 30. Edwin W., born April 27, 1837, died in Philadelphia, April 30, 1863, of disease contracted in the army, having served in the celebrated Anderson Cavalry, i6oth Regiment, P. V.
William -Aspy Hough (25) was born on the old homestead near Yardley, but in early life removed to property purchased in Ewing, New Jersey, and died there. He married Eleanor Stockton, of the disting- uished family of that name in New Jersey and they were the parents of five children : 31. John Stockton, see forward.- 32. Will- iam Henry, died while a student at Rut- gers College. S3. Horace G., who inher- ited and is living on his father's plantation in Ewing. 34. Thomas J., and 35. Mary Emma, both died young.
John Stockton Hough, M. D. (31) eldest son of William A. and Eleanor (Stockton) Hough, was born on the old Hough planta- tion in Lower Makefield, Bucks county, December 5, 1845, and while a child removed with his parents to New Jersey. His edu- cation was obtained in the Ewing school, 1850-58; Trenton Academy, 1858-60; Mod- el School, Trenton, 1860-61 ; Fort Edward Institute, New York, 1861-62; Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., iS-'6?-63: Polvtechnic College, Philadelphia, civil engineering course, 1864-67; Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, 1865-68 ; received degree of M. D. at the University in 1868, and of Master of Chem- istry at the Polytechnic in 1870. He lec- tured on botany, Philadelphia, 1866-67; was
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appointed adjunct professor of Chemistry. Central High School, Pheladelphia. i868_^ resident physician, Philadelphia Hospitalj 1868-9; lecturer on Physiology, Wagner In- stitute, Philadelphia, 1868-69 Philadelphia Dispensary, 1869; Lying-in Charity Hospit- al, 1869; medical adviser U. S. Life Insur- ance Company, 1869-73 ! Berkshire Life In- surance Company. 1875 ; and practiced medi- cine in Philadelphia 1S69-74. While physi- cian at Philadelphia Hopsital he made orig- inal discoveries in reference to trichinae. He invented a plan for fireproof huilding construction in 1870, and was the inventor of various surgical instruments in 1868- 70. He was the author of about thirty pa- pers and pamphlets on hygiene, biology, speculative physiology, social science, vital statistics, population and political economy, published in medical and scientific journals in this and foreign countries, from 1868 to 1886. These papers attracted much at- tention, and some were translated, and published in foreign languages, and through them membership in various learned socie- ties was conferred on him. and a sketch of his life was published in Johnson's and Appleton's Encyclopaedias, and in the En- cyclopaedia Britanica. His magnus opus was a bibliography of medical literature of the fifteenth century, intended to be en- titled ''Incunabula Medica." He had lists printed of all the known medical books oj that time, of which there were about 1.500, and sent copies of it to public libraries and private collectors all over the world, with the request to mark on the list such books as they had copies of. and to make certain remarks about them and return the lists. He also visited many important li- braries and most of the famous Universi- ties in France, Germany, and Italy, and mas- tered the languages of these countries, mak- ing eleven voyages to Europe in connection with this mammoth work, and traveled extensively in this country. Before his death nearly all the lists sent out had been returned, but he had not finished the com- pilation (which, besides the matter con- tained in the lists, was to include biogra- phies of all the authors) when death over- took him. It is to be sincerely hoped that some day the work so well begun will be taken up and finished. During this period of his life he also gathered together a li- brary on medical and related subjects es- timated to contain lo.ooo titles. It was his desire that this library should be kept intact. I-iut leaving no will, it was sold by his administrators to the College of Physi- cians, who transferred about 1,900 volumes to the library of the University of Pennsyl- vania. He was much interested in local history and the history of old Bucks county families, and furnished considerable mater- ial for Davis's "History of Bucks County," first edition. 1876. In 1890 he purchased a property in Ewing township, where he had always retained his voting residence, and named it Alillbank, and spent the remainder of his life there. He also owned, with his
brother Horace, a farm in Hopewell town- ship, and a half interest in the Ewing flour mill near his home. He took a deep interest in that section where his boyhood was spent, and devoted great efforts for work of road improvements in that section, capably serv- ing in the capacity of county supervisor of roads.
John Stockton Hough. M. D., as eldest son, back to Richard Hough. Provincial Councillor, was the head of the Hough fam- ily of Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He was one of the revivers of the Aryan "Order of St. George, of the Holy Roman Empire in the Colonies of America, which was found- ed by Sir Thomas Forsythe, Viscount de Fronsac, a British-American officer, with the allies fighting the Revolution in France, who in 1798 was given authority by Em- peror Joseph II to organize the American families who were descended from noble European blood, or from officers holding royal commissions in the colonies. A num- ber of persons were admitted during the early j'ears of its existence, but it was not thoroughly organized until 1879. when some of the members met in Boston for that pur- pose, and it was more formally organized in the rooms of the IMaryland Historical Society. October 28, 1880.
Dr. Stockton-Hough, as he styled himself, was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, being confirmed by Bishop Stev- ens in Philadelphia in 187^. He married first, January 29, 1874. Sarah Macomb Wetherill. daughter of Dr. William Weth- erill, of Fatland. Montgomery county. Penn- sylvania, a descendant of Christopher Wethrul. of West Jersey, ancestor of the well known Philadelphia family of that name. She died in Florence, Italy, in 1875, leaving an only daughter, Frances Eleanor Agrippina Etrusca Hough, who was born in Florence, December 30, 1874, and died un- married at Millbank, April 4, 1893. Dr. Hough married (second) June 30. 1887, in New York City, Edith Reilly, daughter of Edward and Anna Russun (Rogers) Reilly, of New York. Her father was a graduate of Yale, and a large mine owner in the west, and her mother's ancestors were prominent in Delaware and the eastern shore of Mary- land. Dr. Stockton-Hough was a member of the Grolier Club and University Club of New York. He died at Millbank, May 6, 1900.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOUGH. SECOND SON OF RICHARD AND MARGERY HOUGH. 5. John Hough, second son of Richard and Margery (Clows) Hough, born 7 mo. 18, 1693. in- herited his father's upper tract adjoining the Manor of Highlands and included in Upper Makefield in 1737. It comprised 359 acres. It is not known how he disposed of it, and he left no will, and none of his children are known to have resided upon it in later years. It is probable that he conveyed a portion of it to the Taylors, his wife's brothers, as a descendant of Mah- lon K. Taylor, who married Elizabeth
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Hough, a great-granddaughter of John_ Hough, inherited it and founded Taylors- ville. John Hough was a justice of the Bucks county courts for several years, and his death is said to have occurred while filling this position some time after 1733. He married 11 mo. 1718, at Falls Meeting. Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Philip and Julianna Taylor, of Oxford township, Phila- delphia county. Her brothers removed to Bucks county and founded a wealthy and in- fluential family there. The children of John and Elizabeth (Taylor) Hough were:
40. John, born 11 mo. 3, 1720, died 1797, married Sarah Janney ; see forward.
41. Joseph, born 5 mo. 20, 1722, died 1777; married 1746, Lydia Hurst, and their descendants removed to Loudoun Coun- ty, Virginia, w'here one of his children married a Washington.
42. Benjamin Hough, born 4 mo. 14, 1724, died 2 mo. 10, 1803, removed to Phila- delphia when a young man, accumulated a fortune, and spent the latter part of his life in traveling in the interests of religion. He lived for a time in Wilmington, Dela- ware, later at Nottingham, Cecil county, Maryland, and about 1771 located in Little Britain township, Lancaster county, where he died. He married first, 1748, Elizabeth West, daughter of Thomas, of Wilmington^ by whom he had three children, of whom only Benjamin survived his father. He mar- ried (second) 1781, Sarah Janney. widow of Isaac Janney, of Cecil county, Maryland. Their only child, John, died at the age of seven years.
43. Isaac Hough, born 9 mo. 15, 1726, died 4 mo. 13, 1786, married Edith Hartj see forward.
44. William Hough, born 11 mo. i, 1727-8, married 1749, Sarah Blaker. daugh- ter of Samuel and Catharine of Warwick, Bucks county.
45. Thomas Hough, born 11 mo. 2, 1729-30, died 5 mo. 18, 1810; married 1857, Jane Adams; 1784, INIary (Bacon) Wistar. He removed to Philadelphia in early life and became one of the wealthy men of that time. He lived at No. 20 Pine street. By first wife had six children, all except two of whom died young; Elizabeth married James Olden, of the New Jersey family, and "Betsy Hough's wedding" is referred to in the "Journal of Elizabeth Drinker," one of Mrs. Drinker's daughters being a brides- maid. Jane, the other daughter, married Halladay Jackson, of the Chester county family, well known in Friends' annals. One of her sons was John Jackson, the min- ister. One of her descendants is Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier. Mary (Bacon-Gilbert) Wis- tar, the second wife of Thomas Hough, was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Test) Bacon, of Bacon's Neck, Cumberland county. New Jersey. She married first, Thomas Gilbert, of Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, and (second) Richard Wistar, whose family is prominent in the social life of Philadelphia to this day. There was no issue by the second marriage.
46. Septimus Hough, born 4 mo. 21, 1731, died in Philadelphia 9 mo. 3, 1749.
47. Elizabeth, born 12 mo. 15, 1732-3, married Nathan Tomlinson.
48. Bernard, born ir mo. 15, 1734-Sj said by an old record to have died "in France."
49. Martha, born 4 mo. 22, 1737, married David Bunting, son of Samuel and Priscilla (Burgess) Bunting, of the Bucks county branch of the descendants of Anthony Bunting, who came from Matlock, Derby- shire, and settled in Burlington county. New Jersey.
50. Samuel, born 2 mo. 15, 1739.
John Hough (40) eldest son of John and Elizabeth (Taylor) Hough, removed to Loudoun county, Virginia, where he became a very large landed proprietor, and built a fine mansion known as "Corby Hall." He was an elder of Farfax IMonthly Meeting, and represented his Quarterly Meeting in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; was well known in northern Virginia, and held in high esteem not only by the members of the Society of Friends but by the "cava- lier" gentry of that section, with whom some of his children and grandchildren intermar- ried. When a number of prominent Phila- delphia Quakers were exiled to Winchester. Virginia, during the Revolution, by or- der of the supreme executive council, John Hough visited them and was active in se- curing their release. A number of his let- ters on this subject are preserved in the Pemberton mss. collection in the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He is mentioned in the diary of George Wash- ington, on the occasion of the latter spend- ing a night at Corby Hall, and in other places. John Hough married, in 1742, in Bucks county, Sarah Janney, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Biles) Janney, a granddaughter of Thomas Janney and of William Biles, both provincial councillors from Bucks county, and among the greatest of the founders of the county. Their nine children all married and reared families, most of them intermarrying with Virginia families, though some of the married into Bucks county families who had migrated to Virginia. They have left many disting- uished descendants, among whom may be mentioned, Emerson Hough, of Chicago, novelist, historian and journalist, author of "Mississippi Bubble," and "The Way to the West," etc.
Isaac Hough (43) fourth son of John and Elizabeth (Taylor) Hough, removed early in life to Warminster township. Bucks county, where he purchased about 236 acres of land. He married, September 24. 1748, Edith Hart, born May 14, 1727, died March 27, 1805, daughter of John and Eleanor (Crispin) Hart, of Warminster, and sister of Colonel Joseph Hart, of the continental army, county lieutenant ; member Bucks County Committee of Safety, etc., one of the most prominent figures in the Revolu- ionary struggle in Bucks county. (See Hart family). Her father, John Hart, was sheriff
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of Bucks county, justice of the county courts, coroner, etc. She was a granddaugli- ter of Thomas Holme, surveyor-general of Pennsylvania and sometime president of Provincial Council. of Pennsylvania, former- ly of the Parliamentary army in the civil war in England. Also great-granddaughter of Captain William Crispin, acting rear admiral in the British navy, and one of Penn's commissioners for settling the Col- ony in Pennsylvania ; and of Captain John Rush, also of the Parliamentary army, an- cestor of the celebrated Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence, etc. She was granddaughter of John Hart, from Witney, Oxfordshire, an early minister among Friends who joined the Keithians, and finally became a Baptist preacher, one of the most learned men of the colony, and of Silas Crispin who, through his mother, Anne Jasper^ was a first cousin to William^ Penn. Isaac Hough left the Society of Friends and joined the Baptists, to which sect his wife belonged. In 1775 he joined the Warminster Company of Associators, in the Second Battalion of Bucks County Mi- litia, Colonel John Beatty. In July, 1776, he was appointed by the County Committee of Safety one of the committee to distribute allowances to families in need whose hus- bands were in the military service. On Au- gust 29, 1777, he was appointed one of the members of the committee from Warminster to attend to the driving off of cattle to pre- vent them from falling into the hands of the British. The children of Isaac and Edith (Hart) Hough were as follows:
60. Eleanor, born August 20, 1749, died March i, 1802; married 1766, Thomas Cra- ven, and had nineteen children. The fam- ily removed to Virginia during the Revo- lution.
61. Elizabeth, born August 21, 1751; married 1771, Silas Gilbert, her first cousin, son of William and Lucretia (Hart) Gil- bert, and removed to Maryland. He was lieutenant in ist Battalion, Bucks County Militia, 1777.
62. Susannah, born June 28, 1753 ; mar- ried 1773, Benjamin Jones, whose family furnished several members of Assembly and justices of Bucks county in colonial times.
63. John Hough, born March 12, 1755 ;■ married 1774, Charity Vandoren. He was a member of Warminster Associators 1775, and afterwards in Virginia militia. He moved to Philadelphia after the Revolution, and .later to Moreland, Montgomery county.
64. Mary, born May 19, 1757, died un- married.
65. Isaac Hough, born September 15, 1759, died March 17, 1801 ; member Warm- inster Associators; removed to Philadelphia after Revolution ; many years chief clerk of United States Mint. One of his descend- ants is Judge Robert T. Hough, of Hills- borough, Ohio, sometime solicitor of Intern- al Revenue at Washington, D. C, recently candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohio. Isaac married first
Elizabeth Houghton ; second, Mrs. Elizabethi Eberth.
66. Thomas Hough, born October 7, 1761 ; removed to Philadelphia ; said to have been on otlficer in war of 1812; married' 1790, Hannah Tompkins.
67. Oliver Hough, born August 27, 1763^ died January 18, 1804; see forward.
68. Rev. Silas Hough, born February- 8, 1766, died May 14, 1823. Baptist minister^ also practiced medicine in Bucks and Mont- gomery counties. Married his cousin, Eliza- beth Hart, daughter of County Treasurer John Hart.
69. Joseph Hough, born June 17, 1768, died July 3, 1799: married Elizabeth Marple.
70. William Hough, born September 12, 1770; died unmarried.
Oliver Hough (67) son of Isaac and Edith (Hart) Hough, became a large land- owner in Upper Makefield, Bucks county. Hough's Creek, (formerly Milnor's Creek) took its name from him. In the latter part of his life he resided in Dolington. He mar- ried at Horsham Meeting, 4 mo. 16, 1790, Phebe Cadwallader, born 11 mo. 5, 177^, died 7 mo. 13, 1842, daughter of Jacob and Phebe (Radcliffe) Cadwallader, of War- minster. She was a descendant of Henry Baker before alluded to in this narrative, and from John Cadwallader, one of the prominent ministers among Friends, who died while on a religious visit to the Island of Tortola in 1742; also of Johannes Cas- sel and Thones Kunders, two of the princi- pal founders of Germantown, and from Jan Lucken, the founder of the Lukens family in America. Her brother, Hon. Cyrus Cadwallader, before referred to in this volume, was in state senate 1816-25. The children of Oliver and Phebe (Cad- wallader) Hough were; 71. Elizabeth, died young. 72. Rebecca, born 1792, married 1820, Joseph Johnson. 73. Mary, born 1794; married 1822, Samuel Yardley, a well known merchant of Doylestown, later of Philadelphia. 74. Elizabeth, born 1796, married 1817, Mahlon Kirkbride Taylor, founder of Taylorsville. 75, 76, 77. Isaac, Rachel and Phebe, all died young. 78. Oliver, born 2 mo. 14, 1804, died 7 mo. 20, 1855 ; born at Dolington, lived there until his marriage, when he removed to the Doron farm in Middle- town township ; soon after removed to a farm just outside Newtown borough on Yardley turnpike, where five of his chil- dren were born. In 1842 removed to Doy- lestown, and in 1846 to Philadelphia. Dealt largely in real estate, owning besides Bucks county property, coal and timber lands in Upper Lehigh Valley, also in Michigan, Tennessee and elsewhere. He died in Au- gusta. Georgia, July 20, 1855, while on a trip to Louisiana to view the property of the Louisiana Canal Company, of which he was a director. He was a member of Spruce Street Friends' Meeting, Philadel- phia.
Oliver Hough married. 3 mo. 15, 1832. Martha Briggs, daugiiter of Joseph and
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Martha (Dawes) Briggs, of Newtown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and had issue : Rebecca Jarrett Hough, died unmarried ; Phebe Alice, unmarried, member Civic Qub and Browning Society, Philadelphia, and of Bucks County Historical Society ; managing committee of Friends' Central School, Philadelphia ; ]\Iary Yardley Hough, unmarried; from 1876 to 1897 proprietor and editor of "The Children's Friend," a juvenile magazine; author of numerous short stories for children; Elizabeth Tay- lor, died in childhood. Martha Dawes Hough, unmarried, elder of Spruce Street, Meeting, manager of Friends' Home for Children. Philadelphia, and Friends' Board- ing House Association, Philadelphia. Oliver, died 1863 at Nashville, Tennessee, of camg fever, was a private in i6oth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunters, 15th (Anderson's) Cavalry. Isaac, see forward. The Misses Rebecca J., Phebe A., Mary Y. and Martha D. Hough lived for over forty years at 1340 Spruce -street. Philadelphia. In April, 1904, they removed to the old William Linton Mansion, 24 South State street. Newtown, Bucks county, a picture of w'hich ap- pears in this volume. They inherited this house from their aunts Letitia and Fran- cenia Briggs.
Isaac Hough, son of Oliver and Matha (Briggs) Hough, was born in Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania and moved to Philadelphia, with his parents when a child. He was a merchant, and engaged in the shipping trade with the West Indies. He was a charter member and director of the Maritime Exchange of Philadelphia, is a member of the Philadelphia Bourse ; direc- tor of the Finance Company of Pennsjd- vania, and member of the Philadelphia Fencing Club, the Merion Crick- et Club, of Haverford, Pennsylvania, and of the Union League. He married first, in 1867, Anna Alexander Duff, daugh- ter of Edward Duff, common councilman, and member of the board of health of Phila- delphia, by his wife, Mary Jane Diehl, a descendant of Captain Nicholas Diehl, a Revolutionary soldier and a member of the Committee of Safety of Chester county, of noble birth in Frankfort, Germany. Isaac and Anna A. (Duff) Hough were the par- ents of one child, Oliver Hough, 2d Lieutenant. Company 8.. 3d Regiment, Infantry. Penna. Vol. Spanish American war, T898. to whom we are indebted for the foregoing history of the Hough fam.ily as well as data on numerous other 'families published in this volume. He is a member of the Bucks county Historical Society and has contributed a number of valuable papers to its Ar- chives. He is the author of a number of papers on genealogy and local his- tory and is now- at work on an exhaust- ive history of the Hart and Atkinson families. Is a member of a number of patriotic Societies. Isaac Hough mar- ried (second) in 1877. Emilia Antionette, vsndow of Francis Thibault, of Phila-
delphia, and had one son, John Boyd, who died in 1895.
OLIVER HOUGH, son of Isaac and Anna A. (Duff) Hough, was born in Philadelphia, September 3, 1868, has lived in that city until the present time, and for about two years past has had a transient residence with his aunts, the Misses Hough, at the William Linton Mansion, at 24 South State street, New- town. He received his early education at private schools, and entered the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in the class of '88, re- ceiving the degrees of B. S. and P. C. on completion of course. He has been presi- dent, vice-president, secretary and treasurer,. Class of '88, and two terms secretary of the University of Pennsylvania Cricket As- sociation. For thesis required for technical degree (P. C.) he made three original re- searches in chemistry, described under the titles : I. "An Attempt to Introduce Iodine into Parabroma-benzoic Acid"; II. Some Salts of Meta-nitro-para-bromo-benzoic Acid" ; HI. Some Compounds of Monochlo- ro-dinitrophenol". Nos. I and II were pub- lished in the "Journal of the Franklin In- stitute," December, 1891. No. HI resulted in the discovery of twelve previously un- known chemical compounds.
.He has written a number of magazine and newspaper articles of historical or bio- graphical character, the principal ones be- ing: "Richard Hough, Provincial Council- lor," (Penna. Mag. Hist, and Biog., XV- III, 20) ; "Captain Thomas Holme, Sur- veyor-General of Pennsylvania and Provin- cial Councillor,"' (Penna. Mag. Hist, and Biog., XIX, 413. XX 128, 248) : "Cap- tain William Crispin, Proprietary's Commis- sioner for Settling the Colony in Penna." (read before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, January 10, 1898, and pub- lished in Penna. Mag. Hist, and Biog.. XXII, 34) ; and "Thomas Janney. Provin- cial Councillor," (read before Bucks Coun- ty Historical Society, July 20, 1897, and published in Bucks county newspapers).
In politics Oliver Hough has been secre- tary and chairman of the Seventh Ward Association, Municipal League of Philadel- phia ; a member of several committees in charge of independent candidates' cam- paigns (one of which resulted in the elec- tion of Alexander Crow, Jr., as sheriff of Philadelphia county) ; and from 1896 to date has represented the Fourteenth Divis- ion, Seventh Ward, in many conventions of the Republican party. ]\Ir. Hough joined the National Guard of Pennsylvania as a private in Company D, First Regiment, In- fantry, August 10, 1893 ; elected second lieutenant Company G, Third Regiment, Infantry, June 10, 1897. Served again with Company D, First Infantry, on riot duty at Hazelton, Pennsylvania, October, 1902. Is a member of the "Old Guard" of Company D. He was mustered into the United States service for the Spanish War as second lieutenant. Third Penna. Volunteer Infantry, July
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22, 1898; detailed as acting assistant quar- termaster, A. A. commissary of subsis- tence, and A. A. ordinance officer ; served in camps at Fernandina, Florida, and Hunts- ville, Alabama ; mustered out October 22, 1898.
Mr. Hough is or has been a member of the following organizations : Society of Co- lonial Wars (by descent from Richard Hough, Thomas Janney and other early Bucks countians) ; Sons of the Revolution (by descent from Isaac Hough of the Bucks County Associators) ; Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and local historical societies of Bucks county, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and Harford county, Maryland ; Genealogical Society of Penn- sylvania (historian and member board of di- rectors) ; American Catholic Historical So- ciety of Philadelphia ; Friends' Historical Society (England) ; Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain) ; Franklin Insti- tute of the State of Pennsylvania ; ]\Ierion Cricket Club of Haverford, Pennsylvania ; and Markham Club of Philadelphia.
ANCESTRY OF BENJAMIN HOUGH, OF WARRINGTON.
Joseph Hough, youngest son of Richard and Margery (Clowes) Hough, a sketch of whose life and distinguished services is given in the preceding pages, was born in Lower Makefield, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, September 19, 1693, and died in Warwick township, now Doylestown, May 10) '^773- By the will of his father he inherit- ed the Warwick plantation, originally taken up by his grandfather, John Clows, and pur- chased by his father in 1702. It comprised 841 acres as shown by a survey when di- vided between his two sons Joseph and John by deeds dated May 2, 1761, and lay on "both sides of the Neshaminy, on the lower line of the present township of Doyles- town, extending from the Bristol road to Houghville, or "The Turk." It was divided almost equally between the two sons in 1761, the Neshaminy being the dividing line for about one-third of the distance. John getting the end next Houghville, and Joseph the western end. Joseph Hough, Sr., married "out of meeting," his wife being Elizabeth West, daughter of Nathan- iel and Elizabeth (Dungan) West, and granddaughter of the Rev. Thomas Dun- gan, who came from Rhode Island to Bucks county in 1683, and of Nathaniel West, of Rhode Island. Nathaniel West, Jr., was living at the time of the marriage of his daughter, on the Rodman tract, adjoining the Hough farm, which would imply that Joseph Hough had taken up his residence in Warwick prior to his marriage. A Jo- seph Hough was dealt with at Falls Meet- ing for marrying out of unity May 9, 1726, but whether Joseph of Warwick, or Joseph Hough, son of John and Hannah, who was about the same age, cannot be ascertained from the records. He evidently retained
a nominal membership, as his son Joseph was considered a member at Buckingham at the time of his marriage in 1756. The children of Joseph and Elizabeth (West) Hough, were as follows :
1. Sarah, married James Radcliffe. son of Edward and Phebe (Baker) Radcliffe, and grandson of James Radcliffe, the preacher, and of Henry Baker, whose dis- tinguished services have been previously referred to.
2. Martha, born 1728, died 1785, married William Evans, son of Lewis Evans, a trooper in the battle of Boyne. For their children, see "Fox, EUicott & Evans Fami- lies," Chas. W. Evans, Buffalo, N. Y., 1882. Four married Ellicots.
3. Mary, married Samuel Gourley, of Wrightstown, Bucks county.
4. Rebecca, married (first) a George, and (second) Samuel Williams, of Gwynedd.
5. Joseph, born 1730, died January 6, 1818.
6. John Hough, second son of Jeseph and Elizabeth (West) Hough, lived on the 414 acre tract conveyed to him by his father in 1761, as before recited, in Warwick township. Was probably not a member of the Society of Friends, though he adhered to their principles. His name appears on the roll of "Non-Associators" in 1775. He married, October 31, 1767, at St. Michael's and Zion Church, Philadelphia, Ruth Will- iams, and' had issue five children, viz: Jo- seph, who married Eleanor Miller, who after his death married John Meredith ; Thomas married (first) Ann Mathews, and (second). Lydia (Mathews) Drake, her sister: John, married Rebecca Thomp-. son ; Mary, married Robert Walker of War- rington; and Charlotte, died January 14, 1 81 5, married John Meredith, who after her death married her brother's widow, Eleanor (Miller) Hough. John Thompson Hough, the wealthy inventor and manufact- urer of safes, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is a descendant of John and Rebecca (Thomp- son) Hough.
7. Margery Hough, married Hugh Shaw.
8. Elizabeth Hough, married Robert Tompkins.
9. Hannah Hough, died April 18, 1819, married Simon Meredith, an uncle to John", who married Charlotte, daughter of John Hough. A grandson of Simon and Han- nah married Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Hough ; see below.
5. Joseph Hough, Jr.. eldest son of Jo- seph and Elizabeth (West) Hough, born 1730, lived on the 420 acres conveyed to him by his father in Warwick. He was a -mem- ber of the Society of Friends and was dis- owned for marrying out of meeting in 1756, but continued to adhere to their principles and was a "Non-Associator" in 1775. He married, in November, 1756. Mary Tomp- kins, daughter of Robert Tompkins, Esq., of Warrington. She died August 8, 181 1, at the age of seventy-five years. They had issue: i. Joseph, died 1796, married Re- becca Radcliffe, daughter of John and Re- becca (West) Radcliffe, niece of his aunt
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Sarah's husband, and a descendant of Na- thaniel West, as was her husband. 2. John who died young. 3. Richard, who married Pamela Walton. 4. Elizabeth, who married Henry Ditterline. 5. John, who married Mary Meredith. 6. Robert, who married (first) Francis Martin, of Maryland, and (second), Rachel Hopkins, of the Johns Hopkins family of Maryland, lived and died in Baltimore, and has left many distin- guished descendants there. 7. Septimus Hough married Edith Wilson, daughter of Robert and Mary (Lundy) Wilson, of New Jersey. See Lundy Family. 8. Ben- jamin Hough. See forward. 9. Jacob, died young. 10. Lydia, who married Elias Anderson. 11. Charlotte, died unmarried. 12 and 13. Isaac and Jacob died young, and 14. Mary, married (1808) Dennis Con- rad, a descendant of Thomas Kunders, one of the founders of Germantown.
John Hough, son of Joseph and Mary (Tompkins) Hough, was a prominent man in the community. He inherited a part of his father's plantation near Houghville. generally known as "The Turk," and when the county seat was about to be removed from Newtown laid out streets there and made a plan of a town, and offered the site for the court house and public buildings. He was a large land owner and owned the Turk Mills at Houghville, and exten- sive warehouses in Philadelphia. He donat- ed the land on which the Doylestown Acad- emy was built, and was one of the commis- sioners of the lottery authorized by the legislature to raise $3,000 to complete the Academy. He married Mary Meredith, daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Mathew) Meredith, and niece of Simon Meredith, who married Hannah Hough, and had issue : John, who married Eliza Stuck- ert, and Harriet Ann Pierce, and Mary, who never married.
8. Benjamin Hough, son of Joseph and Mary (Tompkins) Hough, was born Janu- ary 25, 1770, and died May 16, 1848. He purchased from his father in 1797 and 1806, and later of his brother, Septimus Hough, portions of the old ancestral homestead, and at his death owned the greater part of the 400 acre tract, and lived thereon all his life. He was a prominent man in the community and filled many positions of pub- lic trust. He was a director of the poor in 1818, and served as a director of Doyles- town Bank in 1832. He married, August 24, 1791, Hannah Simpson, born July 26, 1770, died April 3, 1848, daughter of John and Hannah (Roberts) Simpson, of Hors- ham, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and a sister to John Simpson, the grand- father of General Ulysses Sirnpson Grant.* John Simpson, her father, was iDorn in 1738, and died August 16, 1804. His wife, Hannah,
was a daughter of Lewis Roberts, of Ab- ington, and a sister to Colonel William Roberts, of New Britain, colonel of milit- ia during the Revolution and a sheriff of Bucks county. Hannah (Roberts) Simp- son died at the residence of her son-in- law, Benjamin Hough, in Doylestown township, January 22, 1821, aged seventy- nine. The children of Benjamin and Han- nah (Simpson ) Hough, were as follows: I. John Simpson, born 1792, married, 1818, Elivia Lunn. 2. Joseph, born 1798, mar- ried Jane Cowell, and lived for many years in Tinicum ; was brigadier general of Penn- sylvania Militia. 3. Anne, born 1794, mar- ried George Stuckert. 4. Benjamin, see forward. 5. Silas, born 1804 married Sophia F. Moser, and their son, John S. Hough, was a candidate for governor of Colorado on its admission in 1876. 7. Hannah, born 1807, married, November 16, 1826, Daniel Y. Harman, member of Penn- sylvania legislature in 1836, etc. 8. William Simpson, born i8og. married Elizabeth Neely. 9. Samuel Moore, born 1812, mar- ried Elizabeth N. Harman, sister of Dan- iel Y., and (second) his wife's niece, Ara- minta Beans, daughter of Isaac and Biie»-'M7a^ U»^ (Harman) Beans. He was adjutant of 33d Pennsylvania Regiment, of which his brother, Joseph, was colonel. 10. Mary_, born 1814, married John Barnsley, of New- town. See Barnsley Family in this work.
Benjamin Hough, Jr., son of Benjamin and Hannah (Simpson) Hough, was born on the old homestead in Warwick, now Doylestown township, January 25, 1801. He was a merchant and farmer, and at one time owned and conducted the store at Buckingham. He later purchased the Bar- clay farm, later the Radcliffe farm at War- rington, which then included the site of the present store at Warrington, across the turnpike from the farm, a small triangular piece of land, whereon he erected a store building and conducted the mercantile busi- ness there for many years. He also pur- chased the farm now occupied by his grand- son, Benjamin Hough, where he died in 1853. He was married by the Reverend John C. Murphy, February 5, 1824, to Ma- ria Wentz, of New Britain, and they were the parents of ten children, viz : John, who removed to Valva, Illinois; Ellen, who married John S. Bryan; Silas, see forward; J. Finlay, who was a miller, lived first in Bedminster, later in Buckingham, died at Atlantic City, was the father of Dr. Hough of Ambler ; Mary Jane, who married Ed- ward Buckman, of Newtown, she died Sep- tember 27. 1905; Anna, for many years a school teacher, died at Newtown in Septem- ber. 1900; Simpson and Samuel H., twins, the former removed to Illinois and the latter for many years a miller in Warwick, War-
*General U. S. Grant twice visited the section where his maternal ancestors resided, the first time soon after his graduation at West Point in 1843. The young cadet then was entertained at the liouse of his great-uncle and aunt, Benjamin Hough, Sr., and wife Hannah Simpson, and was conveyed thence to visit
the old Simpson homestead in Horsham, where his grandfather , John Simpson, was born. In 1J<,53 he re- visited Bucks county and' stopped at the house of his relative, Robert McKinstry, vihose mother, Mary Weir, was a sister to Grant's grandmother, the wife of John Simpson.
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minster and Hatboro, died in Hatboro in 1903; Benjamin, a soldier in the civil war, died at Leadville, Colorado, March 13, 1890; Henry, for many years a teacher in Doyles- town and elsewhere, was appointed during President Grant's term to a position in the Pension office at Washington, D. C, and died there in 1901 ; and George, still liv- ing in Valva, Illinois.
Silas Hough was born and reared on the Warrington homestead, and on his marri- age removed to the farm on which his son Benjamin now resides. He was a successful and prominent farmer, and filled many positions of public trust, frequently acting as guardian of minors and as execu- tor and administrator in the settlement of estates. In politics he was a Republican^ and took an active interest in the questions of the day, but never sought or held pub- lic office. He married, March 3, 1855, Han- nah Horner, daughter of James and Ann (Long) Horner, of Warminster, Bucks county, both of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Si- las and Hannah (Horner) Hough, were the parents of four children, of whom three died in childhood, leaving Benjamin Hough as only surviving heir. Hannah Hough died in 1890, and Silas in 1892.
Benjamin Hough, only son of Silas and Hannah (Horner) Hough, was born on the farm on which he still resides, in Warring- ton township, March 12, 1854, and it has been his place of residence almost continu- ously to the present, covering over half a century. He acquired a common school education, supplemented by a course at the Doylestown English and Classical Seminary. He was reared to the life of a farmer, and on his marriage he brought his bride to the old farm which he conducted until 1883, when he removed to Chester county and spent two years there on an experimental farm. After the death of his father he re- turned to the homestead, having in the meantime gained new knowledge of modern farming methods which he adapted to the use of the home place. He made substantial improvements and greatly improved the ap- pearance of his beautiful home on the Doylestown and Willow Grove Turnpike and Trolley line, overlooking the beautiful valley of the Neshaminy. Mr. Hough is a Republican in politics and takes a keen in- terest in public affairs, but has never been an aspirant for office. He has filled the position of school director and other town- ship offices. He married, September 28, 1876, Sarah Patterson, daughter of Jesse R. and Mary (Myers) Patterson, both na- tives of Bucks county, and granddaughter of William and Sarah (Rubinkam) Patter- son, the former a native of Pittsburg, and the latter of Bucks county. William Patter- son was of Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock, and inherited the sterling as well as the genial qualities of his ancestors. He was a farmer in Bucks county, and reared a family of seven children, viz : Jesse, the father of Mrs. Hough; Mrs. Susan Bolin- ger, Margaret, William, of Doylestown :
Sheridan T., a farmer near Peoria. Illinois; Joseph, who died in the army during the civil war; and Thomas, who died in Illi- nois. Jesse Patterson, father of Mrs. Hough, was reared on his father's farm and early in life learned the miller's trade which he followed for many years. He was at one time the owner of the mills at Edisob, Bucks county, which he operated when the mill was destroyed by fire. He rebuilt and operated the mill during the civil war, and later turned his attention to farming. In 1880 he removed to Chester county, where he bought a farm and carried on agricul- tural pursuits until his death in 1885, at the age of fifty-eight years. His wife, Mary Myers, who was a daughter of Tobias My- ers, of German descent, died in 1901. Her mother, a Miss Puff, was of English de- scent, and her brothers were Philip Puff, a merchant of Philadelphia, and Henry Puff, a carpenter. Jesse and Mary Myers Pat- terson were the parents of three children, of whom the youngest died in infancy, Sa- rah, Mrs. ^ Hough, was the eldest. Her brother William is a prominent farmer in Chester county. Mrs. Hough is a member of the Baptist Church of Doylestown.
Benjamin and Sarah (Patterson) Hough, are the parents of two children, Frederick F., born September 27, 1879, at present a school teacher in Bucks county, who was born on the old homestead in Warrington, and William P., who was born in Chester county, September 7. 1885.
WILLIAM H. HOUGH. More than a century has passed since the Hough family was established in Bucks county, for here occurred the birth of Charles Hough, the grandfather of William H. Hough, his na- tal year being i8or. He followed farming throughout his entire life and gave his political support to the Republican party. He held the office of supervisor for a num- ber of years and was always faithful in matters of citizenship. The moral develop- ment of the community was also of deep interest to him. and his life was in harmony with his professions as a member of the Society of Friends. He married Miss Sus- an Neal, and they became the parents of ten children, six of whom have passed away. The living are: Rachel, the wife of Tames Lonsdale; Jasper, a carpenter of Lang- horne. Pennsylvania: Henry; and Martha, the wife of James Subers.
Henry Hough, son of Charles Hough, was born in Edgewood, Pennsylvania, in 1838, and when a lad of twelve j-'ears went with his parents to the farm upon which his son William now resides. There he as- sisted in the development and cultivation of the fields and continued to engage in agri- cultural pursuits until 1861, when he estab- lished a hardwnre business in Yardley. con- tinuing it for thirly-three years. In 1894 'le sold this and removed to Solebury. where he has since given his attention to farming. Throughout his mercantile career he en- joyed an unassailable reputation, and his business life has ever been characterized by
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.straightforward dealing and persistency of purpose. His efforts, too, have been directed along lines that have proved of value to his community, and at the same time have pro- moted individual success. He was one of the organizers of the Yardley Building and Loan Association, and for twenty-five years served as its treasurer. He was also one of the organizers of the Yardley National Bank. He held the office of school director for a number of years, the cause of educa- tion finding in him a warm friend; and his political allegiance has ever been given to the Republican party. He married Miss Elizabeth Parent, of New Jersey, and they l)ecame the parents of two children : Mar- tha, deceased; and William H.
William H. Hough was born November 17, 1856, and acquired his education in the •common schools of Yardley. When not occupied with his text books he assisted his father in the store, and was thus identiefid with mercantile interests for twenty-four years. In 1880 he opened a grocery store in Yardley, which he conducted with fair success for ten years. Since that time he has been engaged in the butchering busi- ness in connection with farming, and his "keen discernment and enterprise have brought to him very creditable and grati- fying success. Socially he is connected with the Improved Order of Red Men, No. 170, of Trenton, New Jersey, in which he has passed all of the chairs, a fact which indicates his popularity with his brethren of the fraternity. William H. Hough was married to Miss Anna Ford, a daughter of George and Anna Ford, of West Chester, Pennsylvania. They becarne the parents of seven children, of whom one died in infancy. The others are : Bertha J., wife of William J. Wilson ; Edward T., Lillian I., Mabel C, Elsie and Bess, all at home.
EASTBURN FAMILY. The name of Eastburn is an old and honorable one. It originates in Yorkshire, England, where the Manor of Esteburne, (East stream) was created early in the Elev- enth century. It comprised the par- ishes of BingJey and Thwaite-Keighly, from whence the Eastburns emigrated to America six centuries later. The name "de Eastburn" appears as a sur- name as early as 1200, and the more familiar names of Robert and John East- burn in 1583. The first of the name to migrate to Penn's Province was John Eastburn. of the parish of Bingley. who brought a certificate from Brigham Monthly Meeting of Friends to Phil- adelphia, dated 5 mo. 31, 1682. He pur- chased 300 acres of land in Southamp- ton towMiship, Bucks county, in 1693, and married Margaret Jones, of Philadelphia 5 mo. 2, 1694. He died in Southampton about 1720. His children were: Eliza- beth, born 8 mo. 16. 1695: John, born ■ 6 mo., 22, 1697; Peter, born i mo. 5, 1699;
Thomas, born 9 mo. 22, 1700. Their mother died in 1740. There was also a daughter Mary, who married Thomas Studham. Elizabeth married Thomas \Valton. of Southampton. Thomas died in 1748, leaving a widow Sarah and daughter Margaret. The eldest son John left several descendants.
ROBERT EASTBURN, probably a brother of John, at least son of another John, of the parish of Thwaite-Keighley, Yorkshire, married Sarah Preston, daughter of Jonas, of the parish of Rostick. near Leeds, England, 3 mo. 10, 1693. Their children were:
Esther, born 8 mo. 27, 1694, married 1717. Jonathan Livezey, ancestor of the Solebury family.
Benjamin, born 7 mo. 15, 1695, died ,1741; surveyor general of Pennsylvania from 1733 to 1741, w'ho married Ann Thomas in 1722, but left no issue.
John, born i mo. 12, 1697, married Grace Colston, and settled in Norriton, Montgomery county, Pennsj-lvania, where many of his descendants still re- side.
INIary, born 11 mo. 17, 1698, died un- married.
Samuel, born 2 mo. 20, 1702, died 1785 in Solebury, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania; married Elizabeth Gillingham.
Joseph, born l mo. 21, 1704, died un- married.
Sarah, born 12 mo. 10, 1706; married 1734, Hugh Thomas, of Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania.
Robert, born 2 mo. 7, 1710; married 1733, Agnes Jones; was captain in French and Indian w-ar of 1756-8 under General Forbes, and was captured by the Indians in March, 1756, and carried to Canada and held until November, 1757. He, however, lived to render valuable service to Philadelphia Committee of Safety at the outbreak of the Revolu- tion. He was the father of Rev. Joseph Eastburn, founder of the Mariners' Presbyterian Church, in 1818, and sev- eral other children.
Elizabeth, the youngest child of Rob- ert and Sarah (Preston) Eastburn, was born after the arrival of her parents in Philadelphia.
The family as above given brought a certificate from Brigham Friends' Meet- ing in Yorkshire to Philadelphia, dated 12 mo. 6, 1713, and removed to Abing- . ton in 171.-;. Robert died 7 mo. 24, 1755, and Sarah 8 mo. 31, 1752.
Samuel Eastburn, third son of Robert and Sarah, born in Yorkshire, 2 mo. 20, 1702, came to Philadelphia with hi^ pa- rents in 1713. In 1728 he married Eliza- beth, daughter of Yeamans Gillingham of Oxford, Philadelphia county, and re- moved to Solebury township, Bucks county, near Centre Hill, where he fol- lowed' his trade, that of a blacksmith, as well as the conduct of a farm of 250 acres which he purchased in 1734. He
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brought a certificate from Abington Meeting, dated March 6, 1729, to Buck- ingham Meeting, of which he became one of the most active members, serving as overseer and clerk for several years. He was recommended as a minister m 1770, and travelled in that capacity through various parts of this state, as well as in New Jersey, New York and New England. He was also a prom- inent man in the community in which he lived. He donated the land upon which the first school house was built at Cen- tre Hill, which was known for many years as "The Stone School House" be- fore Centre Hill was known as a vil- lage. He died in 1785. His children were:
Benjamin, born 2 mo. 11, 1729, died II mo. 21, 1735.
Joseph, born 12 mo. 18, 1730, died 10 mo. 29, 1780; married 1753, Mary Wilson.
Ann E., born 12 mo. 18, 1732; married 1754, Joseph Pugh, son of Daniel, of New Britain.
Mary, born 2 mo. 16, 1734; married William Edwards.
Sarah, born 3 mo. 23, 1736; married 1756, Benjamin Smith.
Robert, born 6 mo. 23, 1739; married 1763, Elizabeth Duer; 1784, Rachel Pax- son.
JOSEPH EASTBURN, born 1730, died 10 mo. 23, 1780, inherited from his father one-half of the homestead, 125 acres, and purchased considerable other land in Solebury, part of it being a tract of land purchased of Richard Pike in 1763, a portion of which is still in the tenure of his great-great-grandson, Eastburn Reeder. He married, i mo. 17, 1753. Mary, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Canby) Wilson, of Bucking- ham, and had by her eleven children, as follows:
Joseph, born 7 mo. 16, 1754; married ^777, Rebecca Kitchin, daughter of Will- iam and Sarah Ely Kitchin.
Benjamin, born 7 mo. 4, 1756; married 1778, Keziah Ross and removed to Maryland.
Samuel, born 6 mo. 20, 1759; married 1781, Macre Croasdale, and in 1786, Han- nah Kierkbride.
John, born 4 mo. 28, 1760; married 1788. Elizabeth Wiggins, and in 1808, Hannah Hillborn.
Rebecca, born 4 mo. 4, 1762; married i8to. George Pierce.
Thomas, born 5 mo. 14, 1764; married 1795, Mercy Bailey.
Mary, born 6 mo. 22, 1766; married 1790. Joseph Phipps.
James, laorn 8 mo. 27, T768, married 1/91, Merab, daughter of John and Sarah (Simcock) Ely.
Amos, born 12 mo. 25, 1770; married T7QS. Mary Stackhouse.
David, born 4 mo. 7. 1773; married 1801. Elizabeth Jeanes and removed to Delaware.
Elizabeth, born 1776, died 1777. Mary, the mother, died 11 mo. 19, 1805.
JOSEPH EASTBURN, born I7S4, died 5 mo. 16, 1813, inherited from his father the Pike tract of land in Sole- bury, and lived and died thereon. He married Rebecca Kitchin, 9 mo. 19, 1777, and had seven children, of whom only five, all daughters, grew to maturity, and only the eldest, Elizabeth, born 9 mo. 13. 1778, married. She became the wife of Merrick Reeder, Esq., in 1802. An account of their descendants is given on another page of this work.
ROBERT EASTBURN, youngest son of Samuel and Elizabeth Gillingham Eastburn, born 6 mo. 23, 1739, died 1816, married (first) 11 mo. 22, 1763, Eliza- beth Duer, and took up his residence on a part of the homestead farm where he was born, and spent the rest of his life there. His children by Elizabeth were: Sarah, born i mo. 12, 1766; married Thomas Phillips. Moses, born 4 mo. I, 1768; married 1790, Rachel Knowles. Elizabeth, born 1770, died 1775. Aaron, born I mo. 10, 1773; married 1796, Mercy- Bye. Ann, born 12 mo. 27, 1775, married 1798, John Comfort. Robert married (second) Rachel Paxson, a widow on 9 mo. 16, 1784, and had two children: Letitia, born 1793. married 1816, Samuel Metlar; Samuel, born 1800, married 1821, Mary Carver.
MOSES EASTBURN, born 4 nio. i, 1768, died 9 mo. 28, 1846, married 10 mo. 21, 1790, Rachel, daughter of John and Mary Knowles. Mary Knowles, the elder, was a daughter of Robert and Mercy (Brown) Sotcher, and grand- daughter of John and Mary (Lofty) Sotcher, Penn's faithful stewards at Pennsbury, and also granddaughter of George and Mercy Brown, and a cousin to General Jacob Brown. The children of Moses and Rachel Knowles Brown who grew to maturity were: John, born 1791, removed to the west; Elizabeth, born 1793, married 1813, Samuel Black- fan; Robert, born 1794, removed to the west; Jacob, born 9 mo. 14, 1798, married 1829, Elizabeth K. Taylor; Mary, born 9 mo. 15, 1800, married 1829, Thomas F. Parry; Sarah, born 1804, married John Palmer; and Moses, born 5 mo. 9, 1815, married 1845, Mary Anna Ely. Rachel Knowles Eastburn died 4 mo., 1843.
Moses Eastburn, son of Moses and Rachel, born 5 mo. 9, 1815, died 9 mo. 27, 1887, was a worthy representative of this old family. He was possessed in a marked degree of the best elements of good citizenship, quiet and unassuming in demeanor, but determined and un- swerving in his devotion to principle and right. Though never holding any political office he held many positions of trust, and was always active in promot- ing and maintaining local enterprises for the benefit of the people of his na- tive county. He was for many years a
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manager and afterwards president of the Bucks County Agricultural Society; one of the organizers and most active mem- bers of the Solebury Farmers' Club; a manager of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Mutual Insurance Association of Bucks County, probably the largest local in- surance company in the county, and for many years its president, (1877 to 1886); a manager of the Lahaska and New Hope Turnpike Company, and its president for many years prior .to his death; a manager of the Doylestown and Buckingham Turnpike Company from 1864 until his death; a manager of the Lambertville National Bank, and school director for many years. He was an active member of Solebury Monthly Meeting of Friends, being for thirty-tive years clerk of the Meeting, and in every position he discharged its duties with ability and fidelity. Few men have been more honored and respected for sterling qualities than he. He was married 4 mo. 16, 184s, to Mary Anna, daughter of Hugh B. and Sarah M. Ely, of Bucking- ham, where she was born, 11 mo. 30, i8t6. She died in Solebury, 7 mo. 2, 1879. Moses Eastburn inherited the farm upon which he was born and spent nearly his whole life there. It is now the property of his only son, Hugh B. Eastburn. The children of Moses and Mary Anna (Ely) Eastburn were: Hugh B., born 2 mo. 11, 1846; and Fannie, born 10 mo. 27, 1847, died 1851.
HUGH B. EASTBURN, of Doyjes- town, lawyer and banker, was born on the Solebury farm, 2 mo. 11, 1846. He attended the public schools of the neigh- borhood until 1859, and then entered the Excelsior Normal Institute at Carvers- ville. graduating in 1865. For two years he taught in the Boys' Grammar School at Fifteenth and Race streets, Philadel- phia, and subsequently in the Friends' Central High School. While there he began the study of law under the pre- ceptorship of Hon. D. Newlin Fell, now justice of the supreme court, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in the spring of 1870. In June, 1870, he was appointed by State Superintendent Wick- ershani to fill a vacancy in the office of county superintendent of schools in Bucks county, and was elected to that position in 1872, and re-elected in 1875. Mr. Eastburn resigned the office of county superintendent in 1876 and en- tered the law department of the Univj^r- sity of Pennsylvania, and was admitted to' the Bucks County bar in August, 1877. In 1885 he was elected district at- torney on the Republican ticket, receiv- ing a handsome majority, though the county was at that time Democratic. Mr. Eastburn was one of the organizers of the Bucks County Trust Company in 1886, and has been one of the board of directors since organization and its pres- ident since 1895, and trust officer since 2-3
1892. He has always been deeply inter- ested in educational matters, and his voice and pen have been potent in every movement for the advancement of -edu- cation in his native county and state. He was for several years a member of the board of trustees of the West Chester Normal School, and has been a member of the Doylestown school board since 1890, and is now its president. In poli- tics he is an ardent Republican, and has taken an active interest in the councils of his party. He has been its represen- tative in many district, state and national conventions.
He was married 12 mo. 23, 1885, to Sophia, daughter of John B. and Eliza- beth S. (Fox) Pugh, of Doylestown, and has two sons: Arthur Moses, born 9 mo. 27, 1886; and Hugh B., Jr., born 2 mo. II, 1888.
ROBERT EASTBURN, of Yardley, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was born in Solebury township, Bucks county, 3 mo. -J 1833, is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth K. (Taylor) Eastburn. Jacob Eastburn was a son • of Moses and Rachel (Knowles) Eastburn, mentioned in a foregoing sketch, and was born oh the old Eastburn homestead in Solebury, September 14, 1793. He married in 1829 Elizabeth K. Taylor, who, like Rachel (Knowles) Eastburn, was a descendant of John and Mary (Lofty) Sotcher, through the marriage of their daughter Mary to Mahlon Kirkbride.
On the marriage of Jacob Eastburn his father purchased for him the farm now owned by John H. Ely, adjoining the homestead, and he spent the re- mainder of his life thereon. Jacob East- burn was a prominent and successful business man and farmer. His elder brother Robert had heired a farm at Limeport, but, going west when young, had died without issue, whereby the farm descended to his brothers and sis- ters, subject to the life estate of the father, Moses Eastburn. During the life- time of Moses the farm, which was a valuable one, as it included the then profitable lime kilns, quarries and wharfage on the canal, was occupied by Phineas Kelly. At the death of Moses Eastburn, in 1846, Jacob, as the eldest surviving son, was induced to take charge of this valuable plant and man- age it for the heirs. He entered into a partnership with the late George A. Cook, who had been a clerk under Mr. Kelly, and the new firm built up a pros- perous and profitable business. They eventually purchased the interest of the other heirs and continued the business until the death of Jacob Eastburn, which occurred August 26, i860. Jacob East- burn was an active and prominent man in the community, though never holding any elective office other than school di- rector and was frequently called upon to act as guardian.' trustee or executor
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in the sclllcniciil of estates, ami held many positions of trust, lie was an ac- tive anil consistent member of Sole- bury Friends' Meeting. Jacob and Eliz- abeth Eastburn were the parents of ten children, viz.: William T. and Anna, both of whom died in infancy; Robert, the subject of this sketch; Ellen Y., wife of Samuel Hart, of Doylestown township, born 10 mo. 27, 1834; Mary Anna, born 2 mo. 29, 1837, now widow of J. Simpson Belts; George, born 11 mo. 25, 1838, a prominent educator of Phil- adelphia; Elias and Timothy, twins, born 12 mo. 28, 1840 — the former, now deceased, was a sheriff of Bucks county, and the latter is still living in Solebury; Rachel, died in infancy; Sarah, born 10 mo. 15, 1845, now deceased, was the wife of Mark Palmer, of Lower Makefie'ld. Elizabeth K. Eastburn the mother, died 8 mo. 21, 1877.
Robert Eastburn was born and reared on the Solebury farm, and received a good education. Arriving at manhood, he was married, 2 mo. 12, 1857, to Eliza- beth, daughter of Joseph E. and Letitia (Betts) Reeder, and in the following spring began farming on the Pownall farm at Limeport, purchased by his father-in-law. His wife Elizabeth died there 11 mo. 6, i860, and the following spring he sold oi.it and returned to the homestead. His father having died the preceding summer, he as eldest son and executor was occupied in the settlement of the estate and the conduct of the business for the next two years. These were trying times for the Quaker-bred youth of our section, the civil war hav- ing broken out, and excitement ran. high. Though bred and trained as non-com- batants, religious principles and parental injunction and restraint were insufficient to restrain many from responding to the numerous calls for men to go to the front in defense of our country. This family of four grown-up sons was no exception to the rule, and only the con- tention as to who should go and who remain at home to care for the widow and faim, probably prevented their early enlistment. Finally, when the rebels had entered our own state, the strain was too great, and three of the boys (Robert, George and Elias) enlisted in an emergency company formed at Doylestown, and started for the front, leaving Timothy to care for the home interests. Fortunately the tide of in- vasion was turned and the boys were gone but a few weeks, and came home to make peace with the grim elders of the meeting for their transgression of the discipline. In' 1866. one year after the close of the war by the active work of our late friend, John E. Kenderdine, a prominent and active worker in Sole- bury Meeting, assuming the position that the boys going to the front were no
more guilty than those at home con- tributing to the war, an acknowledg- ment of their deviation from one of the cardinal points of their faith (that of opposition to war) by in any way giv- ing encouragement to the government in its armed support, was prepared and signed by forty-seven of the fifty male members of that meeting. Of that list but fourteen are living at this time.
In the summer of 1863 Robert East- burn purchased the interest of his father in the lime business and removed to Yardley, where an ofifice for the sale of the lime had been long established, and formed a partnership with George A. Cook, under the firm name of Eastburn & Cook, which lasted several 3^ears. Later he embarked in the coal and fer- tilizer business at Yardley, which he continued until 1897. In addition to this business, having been elected a justice of the peace in 1874, he started a real estate and general business agency, which he has continud to the present time in connection with the settlement of many estates and the transaction of official business, Mr. Eastburn having held the oftice of justice until the pres- ent time, a period of thirty years,
Robert Eastburn married (second) on Octootr 1:0, 1863, Elizabeth, daughter of Charles White, of Solebury, and took up his permanent residence in Yardley. His wife died 11 mo. 5, 1866, and on 8 mo. 12, 1875, he married (third) Anna Palmer, who died 3 mo. 8, 1901. By his first marriage, with Elizabeth Reeder, Mr. Eastburn had two children: William T., born 8 mo. 31, 1859, married Alada Blackfan, and is now living at New Hope; and Jacob, born 11 mo. 6. i860, now living in New York city. By his marriage with Anna Palmer he has one son, Walter N., born 2 mo. 6, 1881, mar- ried II mo. II, 1902, Isabel Frances Stanbury, and now living in New York.
WILLIAM T. EASTBURN, of New Hope, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Reeder) Eastburn, was born in Sole- bury, 8 mo. 31, 1859. At the death of his mother, 11 mo. 6, i860, he went to live w'ith his grandparents, Joseph E. and Letitia Reeder, and was reared in their h-^me in Solebury. He received a good ec'ucj.tion. and upon his marriage began farming at his present residence, where he has ever since resided. At the death of his grandfather in 1892 he was devised this pronerty and the farm upon which he was born at Limeport. Mr. Eastburn is a progressive and intelligent farmer, and has gradually improved the propertv since it came under his tenure. He is a member of Solebury Friends' Meeting. He was married 10 mo. 5, 1887. to Alada E., daughter of the late'William C. and Elizabeth (Ely) Blackfan, a lineal de- scendant of Edward Blackfan and Re- becca Crispin, the latter being a first
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cousin to William Penn. William T. and Alada E. B. Eastburn have four children; viz.: Sybil Ethel, born 4 mo. 6, 1890; William B., born 4 mo. 30, 1894; Edward B., born 2 mo. 9, 1898; and Jo- seph Robert, born 10 mo. 20, 1901.
CHARLES TWINING EASTBURN, ■of Yardley, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, one of the most active and successful young business men of Bucks county, w^as born in Newtown township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1873, and is a son of Franklin and Mary Eliza- beth (Twining) Eastburn, both of whom -are descendants of the earliest English settlers in Lower Bucks. Mr. Eastburn' is a descendant in the seventh genera- tion from Robert and Sarah (Preston) Eastburn, who migrated from Yorkshire, England, in 1713, through their son Samuel, who settled in Solebury town- ship, Bucks county, in 1729. An account of the first three generations of this family is given above.
Amos Eastburn, son of Joseph and Mary (Wilson) Eastbtirn, and grandson of Samuel, above mentioned, was born in Solebury township, 12 mo. 25, 1770, be- ing the ninth of eleven children. His father died when he was ten years of age. Early in life he learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, and followed that vocation in connection with' fafm- ing in Buckingham and Solebury town- ships, until 181 1, when he removed to Middletown township and settled upon 135 acres of land that had been the prop- erty of the ancestors of his wife since 1699, nearly the whole of which is now included in the borough of Langhorne Manor, where he died 10 mo. 16, 1823. He married, 4 mo. 23, 1795, Mary Stack- house, born in- IMiddletown township, ■daughter of Jonathan and Grace (Com- fort) Stackhouse. granddaughter of Isaac and Mary (Harding) Stackhouse, and great-granddaughter of Thomas and Ann (Mayos) Stockhouse, an account of whose arrival in Bucks county in 1682 is given in another part of this work. The land upon which Mrs. Eastburn spent nearly her whole life was part of a tract of 350 acres taken up by her great-grandfather (the last named Thomas Stackhouse) in 1699. and had been successively occupied by her di- rect ancestors down to the death of her father, Jonathan Stackhouse, in 1805, when fifty-five acres thereof was set apart to her as her share of her father's estate. Her husband later purchased of the other heirs an additional seventy-six acres adjoining, and it was her home from 181 1 until her death, i mo. 31. 1831. Amos and INIary (Stackhouse) Eastburn were the parents of three chil- ■dren: Grace, born in Buckingham, i mo. 29. 1796, died in Fallsington in 1875,
unmarried; Jonathan, born in Bucking- ham, 12 mo. 25, 1797, died in Middle- town, 4 mo. 9, 1840, married Sidney Wil- son and had children: Mary Ann, Amos, Joseph Wilson and Isaac S.; and Aaronj born m Buckingham, 8 mo. 23, 1804, died in Newtown township, 2 mo. 6, 1889.
Aaron Eastburn, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was reared from the age of seven years on the Langhorne Manor farm. His father died when he was nineteen years of age, and he re- mained with his mother until 1828. when he purchased the farm where the subject of this sketch was born, in Newtown township, and spent his remaining days thereon, dying 2 mo. 6, 1889, in his eighty-fifth year. He was an active member of the Society of Friends, and a trustee of P^alls Meeting. He married 5 mo. 22, 1831, Sarah Cadwallader, daughter of Cyrus and Mary (Taylor) Cadwallader of Lower Makefield town- ship, granddaughter of Jacob and Phebe (Radclifife) Cadwallader, great-grand- daughter of Jacob Cadwallader, and great-great-granddaughter of John Cad- wallader. a native of Wales, who wa= an early settler in \\'arminster township and a noted minister among Friends. Through her mother, Mary Taylor, she was a great-granddaughter of John and Mary (Lofty) Sotcher, William Penn's trust- ed stewards at Pennsbury. the former of whom was for many years a member of colonial assembly.
Aaron and Sarah (Cadwallader) East- burn were the parents of five children: Mary C, born 5 mo. 10, 1832, married Charles Moon; Cyrus, of Lower Make- field, born 12 mo, 2, 1833, married Ase- nath Haines; Charles, died in infancy: Mercy, born 7 mo. 11, 1838, married Charles Albertson; and Franklin.
Franklin Eastburn; father of the sub- ject of this sketch, was the youngest child of Aaron and Sarah, and was born on the Newtown homestead, 11 mo. 2, 1842, and resided thereon until 1896 when he moved to 2107 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, where he now resides. He married. 10 mo. 28, 1869. Mary Elizabeth Twining, daughter of Charles and Eliza- beth (West) Twining, of Yardley, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of two children: Sarah C, born in 1871, now the wife of George William Balderston. of Trenton, New Jersey, and Charles.
Charles Twining Eastburn was born and reared on the old homestead in Newtown township, and acquired his education at the public schools and at Friends' Central School at Fifteenth and Race streets. Philadelphia, and Stew- art's Business College at Trenton, New Jersey, leaving the latter February 28, 1892. The day following his leaving bus- iness college he entered the employ of Stephen B. Twining, in the stone quarry business, at Stockton. New Jersey. Upon
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the death of Mr. Twining, in July, 1894, he assumed charge of the entire opera- tions. The following year he purchased the business, and has increased and ex- panded it from year to year until he is now the largest cleaier in his line of trade in Eastern Pennsylvania, operating ex- tensive quarries at Stockton, New Jersey, Lumberville, Yardley, Neshaminy Falls, and in Clearrteld, Elk and Jefferson counties, Pennsylvania, and filling large contracts for furnishing stone to the Pennsylvania and other railroad com- panies, and for many large public and private building operations all over the country, employing from four hundred to seven hundred men in the conduct of his business. He also owns and con- ducts the homestead farm in Newtown township.
Mr. Eastburn married, January 8, 1903, Margaret B. Phillips, daughter of Theo- dore F. and Emma B. Phillips, of Lang- horne, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of one child, Sarali P., born June 17, 1904- Mr. and Mrs. Eastburn are members of the Newtown Presbyterian church. Mr. Eastburn is a Republican in politics, and has taken an active interest in the success of his party. He is a member of Newtown lodge, No. 426, F. and A. M.
SAMUEL COMFORT EASTBURN. Among the most enterprising business men of lower Bucks county is Samuel Comfort Eastburn, of Langhorne bor- ough. He is a son of Joseph and Eliza- beth (Comfort) Eastburn, and was born in Middletown township, Bucks county, August 2, 1848. An account of the first three generations of the paternal ances- tors of the subject of this sketch is given in other pages, he being a descendant in the sixth generation of Robert and Sarah (Preston) Eastburn, who came from' Yorkshire to Philadelphia in 1713. and settled near Abington. Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, a year later. Sam- uel Eastburn, the great-great-grand- father of Samuel C, removed to Sole- bury township, Bucks county, in 1729. His son, Robert Eastburn, and his first wife, Elizabeth Duer, were the great- grandparents of both the subject and his wife, Elizabeth (Maule) Eastburn.
Aaron Eastburn, youngest son of Rob- ert and Elizabeth (Duer) Eastburn, born I mo. 10, 1773, married in 9 mo., 1796, Mercy Bye, of Buckingham, and lived in Solebury, dying at the age of seventy-three years, 3 mo. 24, 1846, and Mercy, his widow, dying 2 mo. 21, i8j8. aged seventy-four years. They were the parents of ten children, seven daughters and three sons. Joseph Eastburn, the ninth child of Aaron and Mercy, and the only son who married, was born in Solebury township, 4 mo. 18, 1814. He
was reared in his native township of Solebury, but on his marriage, 11 ma. 19, 1846, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sam- uel and Elizabeth Comfort, of Middle- town, settled on a portion of his fath- er-in-law's farm in Middletown. At the death of Samuel Comfort in i860 this farm descended to his daughter, Eliza- beth C. Eastburn, and a part of it is the present home of the subject of this sketch. The children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Comfort) Eastburn were: Samuel C, born 8 mo. 2, 1848; Anna^ born 6 mo. 24, 1852, married John G. Willetts; and Thomas, born 8 mo. 21,. 1853. Joseph Eastburn, the father, died 10 mo, 31, 1891.
The maternal ancestors of the subject of this sketch were among the early Quaker settlers of this section. John Comfort was a resident of Amwell tovvn- ship, Hunterdon county, where he died' in 1728. He brought a certificate from Flushing, ■ Long Island, to Falls Meet- ing, 12 mo. 3, 1719. In 1720 he married Mary, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Baker) Wilson, and had by her three children: Stephen, Sarah and Robert. Stephen Comfort married Mercy Croas- dale, and settled in Middletown town- ship, where he acquired several large tracts of land. He died in 1772, leaving sons Stephen, John, Ezra, Jeremiah, Moses, and Robert; and daughters Grace and Mercy. Stephen Comfort (2), mar- ried Sarah Stevenson, and settled on his father's farm on the Neshaminy, near Parkland, and later purchased consid- erable adjoining land, most of which be- came the property of his son Samuel at the death of his father in 1826. The other children of Stephen and Sarah Comfort were, Stephen, David and Jeremiah. Samuel Comfort lived upon the Nesh- aminy homestead until about 1850, when he removed to the village of Attleboro, where he died in i860, leaving children: Mary Ann; Jesse; Elizabeth, wife of Jo- seph Eastburn, and Samuel. He was a prominent man in the community and filled many positions of trust.
Samuel Comfort Eastburn was reared on the Middletown farm, and received his education at the Langhorne Acad- emy and at Westtown Boarding School. He later took a course at Crittenden's Commercial College, Philadelphia. He engaged in railroad surveying for a few- years, and then in the dry goods busi- ness in Philadelphia, where he remained for ten years. In 1880 he took an agency for the Provident Life and Trust Com- pany of Philadelphia, in the life in- surance department, and has been con- nected with it ever since, now holding" the position of general agent for Cen- tral Pennsylvania. Mr. Eastburn is an enterprising and successful business man. and has been closely identified with most of the vast improvements in and about his native town of Langhorne in
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the last twenty-five years. In 1886 he organized and developed the Langhorne Improvement Company, purchasing for it the 620 acres of land upon which the present borough of Langhorne Manor is built. In 1887 he built the Langhorne water works, which now supply water to the three boroughs of Langhorne, Langhorne Manor and Attleboro, and in the same year he built the Langhorne brick works. In 1888 he organized the Langhorne Electric Light Company. He was treasurer and superintendent of the Langhorne Manor Inn, now the Foulke and Long Institute. Me has been largely instrumental in the sale and development of suburban real estate, and has been for many years a foremost advocate of the improvement of the public roads. He has always been an ardent advocate of progress and improvement, and has been a potent force along these lines in the communit)^ in which he lives. In religion he is a member of the orthodox branch of the Society of Friends. In politics he is a Republican, though never a seeker or holder of other than local office, be- ing for some years a justice of the peace, and filling other local offices.
He married May 3, 1876, Elizabeth L.. daughter of Joseph E. and Sarah (Com- fort) Maule, of Philadelphia, who was torn 2 mo. 10, 1851. She is a grand- daughter of John and Ann (Eastburn) Maule, the latter being a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Duer) Eastburn, and a sister to Aaron Eastburn, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. The children of Samuel C. and Eliza- beth (Maule) Eastburn are: Herbert Maule, born 3 mo. 25. 1877; Samuel Arthur, born 10 mo. 3. 1878; Joseph Maule, born 4 mo. 25, 1880: and Howard Percy,' born 2 mo. 15, 1887. Herbert is the general agent of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company at Trenton, New Jersey; Samuel A. is district agent for the Provident Life and Trust Com- pany at Williamsport. Pennsylvania; Jo- seph M. is superintendent of the Red- wood Lumber Manufactory, at Samoa, California, for Hammond & Co.; How- ard P. is a civil engineer in the em- ploy of the Good Roads Commission of Pennsylvania. All of the brothers are successful in their chosen careers, and all are single.
ROBERT KIRKBRIDE EAST- BURN, Decea.sed, of Langhorne. Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was born in Mor- Tisville, Bucks county, January 20, 1825, and was a son of Samuel and Huldah (Wooley) Eastburn and grand-on of Samuel and Hannah (Kirkbride) East- burn, the last named Samuel being a son of Joseph and Mary (Wilson) Eastburn, of Solebury, Bucks county, g-randson of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gil-
lingham) Eastburn. and great-grandson of Robert and Sarah (Preston) East- burn, who were married in Yorkshire, England, 3 mo. 10, 1693. An account of the first three generations of the de- scendants of Robert and Sarah (Pres- ton) Eastburn, and some account of their earlier antecedents in England, is given in the preceding sketches.
Samuel Eastburn, son of Joseph and Mary (Wilson) Eastburn, of Sole- bury, was born in that township, 6 mo. 20, 1759. He was reared on the old Solebury homestead, still in the tenure of the descendants of Joseph and Mary, and early in life learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed during the active j^ears of his life, in connec- tion with farming in -various parts of the county. His father died when Sam- uel had just arrived at the age ot twen- ty-one years, and prior to the death of the grandfather, who died in 1785. Under the will of the latter, Samuel acquired title to a part of the old homestead on the borders of the present borough of New Hope, and he followed his trade there until 1787, when he purchased a farm of loi acres adjoining the home- stead, which he conducted in connec- tion with his trade until 179^- At about this time, having sold his farm, he re- moved to White Marsh, Montgomery county, where he operated a smith shop until 1803, when he removed to Morris- ville, Bucks county, and purchased a portion of the Robert Morris tract and located thereon. He followed his trade in connection with farming at Morris- ville for some years, and died at that place, 4 mo. S, 1822, at the age of six- ty-four years. He was twice married, having married 4 mo. 12, T781, Macre Croasdale, who died 4 mo. 31, 1782; his son Joseph, by this marriage, horn i nio. 13, T782, died in infancy. He married again, 5 mo. 15. 1788, Hannah Kirk- bride, daughter of Robert and Hannah (Bidgood) Kirkbride, of Doylestown, granddaughter of Mahlon and Mary (Sotchcr) Kirkbride, and great-grand- daughter of Joseph Kirkbride and John Sotcher. both of whom, as well as Mah- lon Kirkbride, were provincial pustices and assemblymen for many years, and the most prominent men of their time in Bucks countv. Samuel and Hannah (Kirkbride) Eastburn, were the parents of nine children, viz.: Robert, born i mo, 31, 1789. died 7 mo. 28, 1796; Samuel, see forward: Jonathan, born 9 mo. 2, 1792. married first Beulah Gaskel. and second Sarah Crozier; David, born 2 mo. 23, 1795, married Louisa Willing; Mahlon. born 9 mo. 9, T797. died unmarried, 12 mo. 7, 1870; Hannah, born 12 mo. 7, 1799, married Aaron Ivins, in 1839; Kirkbride, born i mo. 23, 1803, married Ann Reeves; Macre, born 2 mo. 14, 1806, died unmarried; and Ruth, born i mo. 20, 1810, also died unmarried.
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Sanuul Eastbiini. son of Sam- uel and Hannah, was born in Solebury, Bucks county, lo mo. 7, J 790. His early boyhood days were spent at White Marsh, where his parents resided until he was in his thirteenth year, the re- mainder of his life being spent in Falls township and Morrisville borough, Bucks county. He married, in 1813, Huldah Wooley, and they were the pa- rents of seven children, viz.: Lewis, born 8 mo. 5, 1814; Elwood, born 11 mo, 22, 1816; Robert K., the subject of this sketch; Caroline, born 3 mo. 17, 1832; Maria Ann, who married and removed to the west; Hannah K., born g mo. 13, 1835; and Edward.
Robert Kirkbride Eastburn, third son of Samuel and Huldah, was born and reared at Morrisville. At the age of nineteen years he became a school teacher and taught in the nearby townships of Bucks county for several years. He later removed to Philadelphia, and w-as engaged in the manufacture of furniture, after some years becoming a member of the firm of Reeves & Eastburn, in which he con- tinued for a member of years. His health failing, he was induced to accept a position as book-keeper for a mining company in New IMexico, and removed there with his family, and remaiped twelve years, entirely regaining his health in that delightful climate. While in New JNIexico his duties required him to make his home in a rough mining camp among a turbulent element, not al- ways controlled or animated by the re- fining influences of civilization, where every one except he went armed, and human life was held exceedingly cheap. Mr. Eastburn always refused to carry arms, and, by his fearless though kindly defense of right and justice, won an in- fluence among the rugged miners, and successfully enacted the role of peace- maker in many little disturbances in the camp, where he had the respect of all who knew him. He returned to Bucks county in 1894 and purchased a handsome home on Richardson Avenue, Langhorne, where he lived until his death on Febru- ary 26, 1897, and where his widow still resides. He held to the faith of the So- ciety of Friends, in which he and his ancestors had been reared, and his firrn though kindly disposition won the re- spect and esteem of all who knew him. Mr. Eastburn married, April 12, 1859, Aliriam Ivins, daughter of George Mid- dleton and Sarah (Buckman) Ivins, of Penns Manor, Bucks county, where her paternal ancestors had resided for sev- eral generations, she being a grand- daughter of Aaron and Miriam (Middle- ton) Ivins, and great-granddaughter of Aaron and Ann {"Cheshire) Ivins. On the maternal side she is a granddaughter of James and Sarah (Burroughs) Buck- man, the former of whom was a son of
William and Jane I'uckman, and a de- scendant of William Buckman, who* came from England and settled at New- town in 1684, and the latter a daughter of John and Lydia Burroughs, and granddaughter of Henry and Ann (Palmer) Burroughs, who came from New Jersey and settled in Lower ]\Iake- field, being a son of John Burroughs,, who was born at Newtown, Long Island, in 1684, and died in Ewing, New Jersey,, in 1772, and the last named John being a son of John and Margaret (Wood- ward) Burroughs, of Long Island and a grandson of John Burroughs, who came from England to Massachusetts prior to 1639, and died at Newtown, Long Island, in 1678, at the age of sixty- one years. To Mr. and Mrs. Eastburn were born two children, both born in Philadelphia, viz.: Henry Kirkbride, born November 19, i86i; and Edward Ivins, born March 17, 1866. Henry K. Eastburn is now engaged in the wool business in Philadelphia; he married, January 17. 1884, Carrie Gideon, of Phil- adelphia. Edwin I. is also a resident of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Eastburn, accompanied her hus- band to New Mexico, and spent twelve years in that territory. She now resides in Langhorne borough where she is highly esteemed by a large circle of friends.
EASTBURN REEDER, one of 4he most prominent farmers and dairymen- in Bucks county, was born June 30, 1828, upon the farm on which he now resides, and which had been the prop- erty of his ancestors for five generations from 1763.
Charles Reeder, great-great-grand- father of the subject of this sketch, born in England, 6 mo. 24, 1713, came to America in 1734 and settled first near Philadelphia, removing later to Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, where he purchased 200 acres of land in 1765; he died there in 1800. He mar- ried in 1737, Eleanor Merrick, daughter of John and Eleanor (Smith) ]\Ierrick, of Lower Dublin township, Philadelphia county. John Merrick was a Friend, a native of Herefordshire, England, v«ho came to Pennsylvania and settled in Lower Dublin township. In first month, 1702. he declared intentions of marriage, at Abington Friends' Meeting, with Elea- nor Smith, and was married the follow- ing month. He died in 1732. His eldest son John subsequently removed to Wrightstown, having married Ilananh Ilulme. and was the ancestor of the Merricks of lower Bucks. Charles and Eleanor (Merrick) Reeder were the pa- rents, of eleven children, viz.: Joseph, born 0 mo. 3, 17.18, removed to New Jer- sey, (his son John is supposed to be the ancestor of the Rceders of Easton,
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Pennsylvania) ; Charles, born 6 mo. 15, 1743; Benjamin, born 3 mo. 29, 1746, settled in NorthumberlancJ count3% Penn- sylvania; Jesse, born 8 mo. 25, 1748, was drowned in the Delaware river when a young man; David, born S mo. 3, 1750, married, in 1776, Elizabeth Montgom- ery; Abraham, born 7 mo. 8, 1752, mar- ried in 1780; Elizabeth Lee, of Wrights- town; Merrick, born 7 mo. 31, 1754, mar- ried in 1773, Elizabeth Collins; Hannah, born 8 mo. 15, 1756; Eleanor, born 2 mo.
3. 1758; John, born li mo. 29, 1761; and Mary, born 9 mo. 15, 1764.
Merrick Reeder, seventh son of Charles and Eleanor, was reared on the Makeficld farm, and on arriving at man- hood married Elizabeth Collins, and followed the vocation of a farmer. He was a tenant on the "Canaan Farm" in Upper Makefield for several years. Hi t8io he and several of his children re- moved to Muncy, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He had thirteen children, viz.: Benajah, born 11 mo. 30, 1774, mar- ried Elizabeth Pownall, of Solebury, and removed to Muncy, in 1810; Merrick, born 2 mo. 8, 1776, .was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch; Jonathan, born 6 mo. ID, 1777, married Sarah Palmer, and removed to Muncy; David, born 8 mo. 23, 1778, married Rachel Pownall, and removed to Muncy; Han- nah, born 4 mo. 11, 1780, married Sam- •uel Winder, and removed to Muncy; Mary, born 10 mo. 29, 1781, married John Robinson; Rebecca, born 5 mo. 20, 1783, died unmarried; Elizabeth, born 4 mo. 3, 1785, married Thomas Osborn and re- moved to ]\Iuncy; Charles, born 4 mo. 18, 1787, married Elizabeth Clark and re- moved to Baltimore. Maryland, where he has descendants; Andrew, born 6 mo. 12, 1789, married Anna Kemble, and re- moved to Muncy: John, born 5 mo. 18, 1791, married Rebecca Ellis, and re- moved to Muncy; Eleanor, born 11 mo.
4, 1793, married John Ross, and re- moved to Muncy, Lycoming county, with her parents; Jesse, born 8 mo. 19, 1796, married first Elizabeth Fell, and (sec- ond; Mary Fell, her sister; settled in Buckingham and is the grandfather of E. Wesley Keeler, Esq., of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Merrick Reeder, Jr., second son of Merrick and Elizabeth, born in Make- field, 2 mo. 8, 1776, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was reared on a farm in Upper Makefield, and received a good education. He came to Solebury as a school teacher in 1800, and in 1802 married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Kitchin) East- burn. He was a man of good business ability, and was for many j^ears a justice of the peace in Solebury and New Hope borough. Soon after his marriage he settled on a portion of the Eastburn farm, (purchased by Joseph Eastburn, Sr., in 1763), and at the death of his
father-m-law, Joseph Eastburn, Jr., in 1813, it was adjudged to him in right of his wife, and is now the property and home of Simpson B. Michener, of New Hope. Merrick Reeder was a surveyor and scrivener, and an active and useful man in the community. P^is wife, Eliza- beth Eastburn, died 9 mo. 7, 1833, and he married (second) in 1836, Sarah Simpson. He died in i mo., 1851, aged seventy-five years. (For Eastburn an- cestry of subject of this sketch, see East- burn Family). Merrick and Elizabeth (Eastburn) Reeder were the parents of three children: Joseph E., born 3 mo. 28, 1803; David K., born 10 mo. 29, 1804, married Elizabeth M. Reeder, a daughter of Charles M. Reeder; and William P., born 4 mo. 26, 181 5, married Mary Reeder, also a daughter of Charles M. Reeder. David K. Reeder heired his father's portion of the old plantation in Solebury and lived and died in that township in 1887. William P. removed to Philadelphia, and died in 1885.
Joseph E. Reeder, son of Merrick and Elizabeth, born in Solebury township, 3 mo. 28, 1803, was a farmer, and resided during his whole life on the parental acres. He married 4 mo. 11, 1827, Le- titia, daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Blackfan) Betts, of Solebury, who bore him two children; Eastburn, the subject of this sketch; and Elizabeth, born i mo. 20. 1831, died November 7, i860, married Robert Eastburn in 1857. Joseph E. Reeder died 7 mo. 28, 1892. aged eigh- ty-nine years, and Letitia, his wife, died 12 mo. 2, 1892, aged ninety-one years.
Eastburn Reeder, born on the old homestead of his ancestors, June 30, [828, has spent his whole life thereon. He received a good education, and on arriving at manhood turned his whole attention to the farm. He married, 12 mo. 15 1853, Ellen, daughter of John E. and Martha (Quinby) Kenderdine, and the following spring took charge of the home farm, which he conducted person- ally until 1898 a period of forty-four years, since which time he has retired from its active management. In 1872 he becv.me interested in the breeding of Jer- sey cattle, and his handsome herds were the pride of the county for many years. He has always taken an active interest in the elevation of the calling of a farrner and the improvement of methods of till- ing and utilizing the soil- He was one of the original thirty-three members of the Solebury Farmers' Club organized in 1871, and its first secretary, and is still one of its most active members. He was the representative of Bucks county in the State Board of Agriculture from 1877 to 1893, sixteen years; was ap- pointed by Governor Robert E. Patti- son. May, 1893, State Dairy and Food Commissioner, the first commissioner under the law creating the office, and served until JuJy, i89S. He was active
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in the prosecution of the manufactures of oleomargarine and other imitations of pure food, and placed the office on a high plane of usefulness to the farmer. He is also the author of numerous pa- pers on farming and dairying, and has done much to influence legislation for the protection and betterment of the farmer. He was a member of the Sole- bury school board for nine years, from 1865 to 1874, and its secretary for six years. In politics he is a Republican of the independent type. In religion is an active and earnest member of Solebury Meeting of Friends, as were his ances- tors. Since his retirement from the ac- tive management of his farms he has devoted considerable time to literary pursuits, and has published a book en- titled "Early Settlers of Solebury," and also a "History of the Eastburn Earn- ily."
Eastburn and Ellen K. Reeder are the parents of four children: Watson K., born October 3, 1854, the present sta- tion agent for the P. & R. R. R. at New Hope, who married 1879, Mary C. Beans, of Johnsville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, born 6 mo. i, 1857. married in 1880, Newton E. Wood, of Moreland, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania; Letitia, wife of Dr. George W. Lawrence, of East Berlin, Connecti- cut, married in 1892; and Martha, wife of Charles Janney, of Solebury, married in 190.3.
THE VANSANT FAMILY. The Vansants of Bucks county are descend- ants of a common ancestor, Gerret Stof- felse Van Sandt or Van Zandt,* (other- wise Garret Van Sandt, son of Stoffel or Christopher), who emigrated from the Netherlands, probably from Zaan- dani in North Holland, or Zandberg in Drenthe, in or about the year 1651, and settled in New Utrecht, Long Island, on the records of which town he is fre- quently mentioned as Gerret Stoffellse. He was one of the fourteen patentees mentioned in the patent from Governor Thomas Dongan, May 13, 1686, for the Commons of New Utrecht, "on behalf of themselves and their associates, the present freeholders and inhabitants of the said towne." His land was located at Yellow Hook, "under the jurisdiction of the town of New Utrecht." He was a magistrate of New Utrecht in 1681.
* For much of the information contained in this sketch, more especially that pertaining to the early generations of the family, we are indebted to R. Win- der Johnson of Philadelphia, who has made extensive researches covering nearly twenty-five years pertain- ing to the ancestry of the Vansants and other Holland families from whom he is descended. He is himself a descendant of Garret Vansandt, through liis son, jacobus (') . and his fourth son, Isaiali X'iinsant. who married Charity VanHorn, and their daugliter. Sarah, who married Christian Van Horn, tlie descent being shown more in detail in the article in this volume on the VanHorn Family.
By deed dated July 31, 1695, lie con- vej'ed his Yellow Hook plantation to Derick Janse Van Zutphen, and re- moved to Bucks countj', where Joseph Growdon on 12 mo. 10, 1698-9, conveys to him 150 acres in Bensalem township, and on the same date conveys a like tract adjoining to his son Cornelius. It is probable that he was located for a time in New York, as he had two chil- dren baptized at the Dutch Reformed church there in 1674 and 1676, respec- tively. It is generally conceded that he was twice married, as the record of the baptisms above mentioned gives the name of his wife as L3'sbeth Gerritz, while the later baptisms at New Utrecht and Flatbush churches give it as Lys- beth Cornelis. It is, however, possible that in one instance her father's sur- name is used and in the other his first name as was common on the Dutch records. Cornelius Gerrets was a mem- ber of the Dutch church at New Utrecht.
Garret Vansand died intestate in Ben- salem township, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, prior to June 5, 1706, the date upon which his ten children make a con- veyance of his land purchased as before stated in February, 1698-9. The record of baptism of seven of his ten children appears at the Dutch church of New Netherlands, and will be given in con- nection with a sketch of each child, ta- ken in regular order of birth, later in this article. The names of the ten chil- dren were: I. Stoffell; 2. Cornelius; 3. Josias; 4. Harman; 5. Albert; 6. Johan- nes; 7. Jacobus; 8. George; 9. Jesina, and 10. Garret. (Harman was really the third child in order of birth, and Josias fourth).
I. STOFFEL VAN SANDT, eldest son of Garret, was born in the province of New York about the year 1670, and took the oath of allegiance at New Ut- recht, Long Island, as a native of New Netherlands, in 1687. He probably re- moved to Bucks county at the same time as his fatlier, in 1699. He was a member of the Bensalem Dutch Re- formed church, with wife Rachel Cour- son ; having joined by certificate in 1710. He seems, however, to have become a member of Abington Presbyterian church at its organization in 1714, and was made one of its elders. He purchased of Henry Paulin on May 23, 1706, 300 acres of land in Middletown, 200 acres of which he con- veyed to his sons Garret and John, and died seized of the balance in 1749. He was a justice of Bucks county. 1715-18, 1723-27, and a member of colonial as- sembly, 1710, 1712, 1714, 1719. His chil- dren were: i. Jannctje. baptized at Brooklyn, September 3. 1693, married November 3. 171 1, William Renherg. 2. Garret, baptized at Brooklyn. May 4, 1695. probably died young, as the soii Garret, mentinned later, was ceriai^ily
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a younger man. (These children above were by Stoffel's first marriage with An- netje Stoffels, who probably died prior to the removal to Bucks county.) The chil- dren of Stoffel by his second marriage with Rachel Corson, daughter of Hen- drick Courson, were eight in number and as follows:
3. Joshua, married February 20, 1728, Catharine Johnston, and settled in Kent county, Maryland, on land conveyed to him by his father, October 28, 1728.
— >4. John, who married Rebecca Cox, of Philadelphia, August 19, 1728, and set- tled in Middletown, on land conveyed to him by his father in 1738, and died there in 1750. leaving daughters Ann, Elizabeth, Catharine, Rebecca and Mary and one son, John.
S. James, who was baptised at Abing- ton as an adult September 16, 1716, and had children, i. Rebecca, 2. Flora, 3, John, 4. Jacobus, baptized there 1719- 1733-
— 6. Garret, purchased land of his fath- er in Middletown in 1742, died there in 1789. leaving large family of children; see forward.
7. Elizabeth, who married John Enoch in 1718, and left a large family.
8. Alice, or Alshe, married Samuel Rue and left a number of children.
9. Rachel, married Lewis Rue, March 24. 1736, and left children.
ID. Je.sina. who never married.
II. CORNELIUS VAN SANDT, son of Garret (i) was born in New York, probably about the year 1672. On 12 mo. ID, 1698-9. he purchased 150 acres of land adjoining his father in Bensalem township. Bucks county. On May 4, 1714. he conveyed this tract to Thomas Stevenson. It was probably in exchange for land in Cecil county, Maryland, as on the same date Stevenson conveyed to him 1,035 acres on the west side of Elk river, in New Mnnster township, Cecil county, Maryland. He was bap- tized at Pennypack Baptist church, Sep- tember 14, 1712, and in 1714, with wife Dericka. was "dismissed to Welsh Tract" Baptist church in Pencader Hun- dred, New Castle county. This church was organized by a colony of Welsh Baptists at Milford Haven, wdien about to embark for America, in 1701. On ar- riving in America they located at Pen- nypack. where they remained until 1703. when they located in New Castle on land donated to them by James James, and were ever after known as the "Welsh Tract Baptist Church." Cor- nelius Vansarjt remained a member of this church, and was buried there May I. 1734- His will, probated in Cecil county, mentions wife Mary and chil- dren Cornelius, Garret and Rebecca, all apparently minors. He evidently mar- ried a second time after his removal.
III. Harman' Van Sandt, son of Gar- rett and Lysbeth Gerritz, was baptized
at the Dutch Reformed church of New York, June 10, 1674, and died in Bensa- lem township, Bucks county, in 1759. He purchased August i, 1704, 250 acres of land in Bensalem of Thomas Stevenson, and on April 26, 1712, 250 more. On May 26, 1713, he purchased 125 acres which had belonged to his brother Johannes, and devised it in his will to his daughr ter Catharine, wife of Daniel Severns. On May 20, 1741, he purchased 100 acres for his daughter Gazina, wife of Jacob Titus. He also purchased in 171 1 56 acres in Southampton, which he con- veyed to his brother Jacobus. Harman Vansant was three times married. His first wife, whom he married in New Utrecht, was Elizabeth Brouwers. He married (second) in 1733 Jane Joudon, and (third) oji November 9, 1738, Judith Evans, who survived him. She had been twice married before becoming the wife of Harman Vansant, first to Cornelius McCarty, and second to John Evans, both of Basalem township. The children of Harman Vansant were as follows, all probably by Elizabeth, his first wife:
I. Garret, who died in 1755, leaving a widow Mary and four children — Har-'' man, Peter, Elizabeth and Garret. Har-" man, who married Eleanor Vandegrift, was the administrator of his father in I7SS> and executor of the will of his grandfather in 1759. He was devised by the latter 125 acres of the land whereon his father had lived, and subsequently purchased considerable other land in Bensalem where he died in 1815. His children were: Jacob, baptized at South- ampton church, July 7, 1754: Joseph; Mary Van Horn; Eleanor, wife of Rob- ert Wood; Sarah Cox; Ann Pleamess and Garret. Peter was devised 100 acres of land by his grandfather. Elizabeth and Garret were the ancestors of practically all the Vansants of Bensalem.
2. Gazina, who married Jacon Titus and lived on land devised to her by her father. She died prior to April 30, 1772, leaving children; Elizabeth, who mar- ried Ephraim Phillips, of Burlington, New Jersey; Olshe. who married Joseph Seaborne, of Warwick, Bucks county; Catharine, who married John Baker, of Mt. Holly, New Jersey; Charity, wife of Samuel Sutton, of Byberry, Jacob. Se- ruch and William, of Bensalem; and Sa- rah of Byberry.
3. Elizabeth, who married May 6, 1719, Volkert Vandegrift, and had nine chil- dren, and died before her father. See Vandegrift Family.
' 4. Katharine, who married Daniel Severns and lived on land in Bensalem devised to her by her father.
5. Harman, who married Alice Craven, daughter of James Craven, of Warmins- ter, Bucks county, and died in 1735, leaving four children, mentioned in his father's will in 1755. three of whom were James, Harman and William. James
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was born in 1731, and died in Nortlianip- ton, January 31, 1798; he married Aug- ust 23, 1756, Jane Bennett, daughter of William and Charity Bennett, and set- tled in Northampton in 1764; James and Jane were the ])arents of thirteen chil- dren: Harman, married Alice Ilogeland and settled in Warminster; Charity, wife of John Corson, Esq.; William; Charles; Elizabeth; Eleanor, wife of John Brown; Richard; Isaac; John; Alice; James; Aaron, and Mary. Harman, son of Har- man and Alice (Craven) Vansant, mar- ried Catharine Hogeland, and died in Warminster in 1823; was many years a justice; he left but one child, Elizabeth, wife of James Edams. William died in Warminster in 1805
IV. Josias Van Sandt, son of Garret and Lysbeth Gerritz, was baptized at the Dutch Reformed church of New York, October 29, 1676. but as we find no further record of him he probably died in childhood.
V. ALBERT VAN SANDT, son of Garret (i) was baptized at Flatbush, May 13, 1681. He married November 8, 1704, Rebecca Vandegrift, daughter of Leonard and Gertje (Ellsworth) Van- degrift. He probably removed with the rest of the family to Bensalem, Bucks county, as he joined in the deed conveying his father's real estate, but in 1708-9, in connection with his bro- ther-in-law, Jacob Vandegrift, purchased 500 acres of land in St. George's Hun- dred, New Castle county. He seems also to have purchased land in Georgetown, Kent county, Maryland, which he con- veyed to his brother George, May 14, "^737- 111 1743 lie and his wife Rebecca, of St. George's Hundred, New Castle county, Delaware, joined in the deed for his father-in-law's real estate in Bensa- lem. After this date and prior to De- cember 16, 1751, the date of his will, he married a second wife, Sarah, who is named as executrix. His children were: Elizabeth, baptized October 3, 1705, mar- ried a Joudon; Leonard, baptized No- vember 5, 1707, probably died young, not mentioned in will; Harmanus; James; John; Garret; Christina, mar- ried a Dushane; Rebecca, married a Mar- tin; and Ann, who married a Brown.
VI. JOHANNES (or John) VAN SANDT, born on Long Island, son of Garret (i), married at the First Pres- byterian church of Philadelphia, 12 mo. 17, 1702, Leah Grocsbeck, probably daughter of Jacob Groesbeck, who ac- companied the Vansants from Long Isl- and .to Bensalem and purchased land there. John Vansand, as he signed his name, purchased August I, 1704, 125 acres of land in Bensalem of Thomas Stevenson, but reconveyed it to Stev- enson, May 17. 1714, and the latter im- mediately conveyed it to Harmon Van- Sandt before mentiontd. On the same date Stevenson conveyed to him 500
acrs of land on Elk River, Cecil county, Maryland. It is probable that his in- tention to move to Maryland was- frustrated by his sickness and death. His will is dated October 30, 1714, and was proved the sixth of the following January. It devises to son John forty shillings, and to his wife Leah his per- sonal estate and the use of his Mary- land real estate, if not sold, during life for "the educaticui and maintenance of. herself and children." Believing that it will be necessary to sell his Maryland real eistate, he empowers Stofifel Van- sand and Bartholomew Jacobs to sell it. If not sold, to be valued and divided between the two boys, they paying their sisters their equal shares. The only child mentioned was John. It is possible that the other of "the two boys" was Gar- ret, who had a number of children bap- tized at St. Stephen's church, Cecil county, beginning with 1721. A daughter Rachel was baptized June 5, 1711. TJ^'-ijACOBUS (or James) VAN SANDT, son of Garret (i), was baptized at Flat- bush, Long Island, February 15, 1685, and removed with his father to Bensa- lem, Bucks county, in 1699. He married at the First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, on January 7, 1707-8, Re- becca Vandegrift, daughter of Nicho- las and Barentje (Verkerk) Vandegrift, who had come to Bensalem from Long Island at the same date as the Vansants, (See Vandegrift Family). Jacobus and his wife joined the Bensalem church, Neshaminy branch, at its institution in 1710. On April 7, 1711, Benjamin Hop- per conveyed to Jacobus Vansand, of Bensalem, yeoman, 100 acres of land in Southampton, and on January I, 1712, his brother Harman Vansandt and Eli- zabeth his wife conveyed to Jacobus fif- ty acres adjoining the 150 which had been purchased by Harman of Ezra Bowen, June 13, 171 1. He later purchased 144 acres of land of Cornelius Egmont, which he devised to his son Nicholas. The will of Jacobus Vansandl, of South- ampton, is dated December 12, 1744. a"fl was proven January 9, 1745- It devises to son Jacob the 150 acre farm on which he dwelt, reserving certain p-ivileges to his wife Rebecca: the Egmont farm to son Nicholas: mentions daughters Eliza- beth and Rebecca as having received their shares, the latter being ceceased; sons Jacobus, Garret and Isaiah, and grandson Charles Inyard, to have equal shares. The will names "kinsman John Vansand" and friend Nathaniel Brittian as executors, but they renouncing, as also did the widov/, letters were granted to the sons James and Nicholas. The will is signed "J. V." His widow Re- becca survived him two years, leaving will dated November 18, 1746, and ])roved January 13, 1746-7. and men- tions the sanfe children, and grandson diaries Inyar<l. The cliildren of Ja-
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cobus and Rebecca Vandegrift Vansandt were: Jacobus (or James) baptized De- cember I, 1708; married 10 mo, i, 1732, Margaret Rreece. daughter of Hendrick and Hannah (Field) Breece of Bensalem; see ancestry of Lewis R. Bond, in this volume.
2. Elizabeth, baptized May 21. 17 10; married 4 mo. i, 1732, Charles Inyard, ef Warminster, and left one son, Charles Inyard.
3. Garret, married May 13, 1739. Ann Groome of Southampton.
4. Nicholas, baptized January i, 1711-12, married May 18, 1744, Mary Brittian.
5. Rebecca baptized August 7, 1716, married Isaac Larue.
6. Isaiah, married June 6, 1732, Char- ity (or Gertrude) VanHorn.
7. Jacob.
James, who married Margaret Breece. was a mason, and in 1734 purchased of Gidean de Camp 100 acres in Warmin- ster, which he sold in 1748. At about the same date he signed a release to his brothers-in-law, Hendrick, and John Breese for legacy left his wife by her father, and probably accompanied his brother-in-law Hendrick Breece to Har- ford county, Maryland. Garret, the sec- ond son, was a blacksmith in Southamp- jton. His will dated 9 mo. 29, 1779, is on file in the register of wills' office of Bucks county, but does not appear to have been proven. It mentions wife Ann and the following children: Will- iam; Phebe, who married ]\Iiles Strick- land, December 24, 1760; Mary and Re- becca Walton; Margaret Foster; "daugh- ter Elizabeth's three sons, Amos, Breece and Mahlon Vansant; John; Ann Rich- ardson; Esther Vansant and James.
Nicholas, the third son. married Mary Brittian and had two children. Captain Nathaniel Vansant, of the Revolution; and Rebecca, who married January 9, 1768, Daniel Boileau. Nicholas died about May i, 1801, and his widow Mary in March, 1808.
Isaiah, the fourth son, rr\arried Gertje (or Charity) Van Horn, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Van Horn of Mid- dletown. On March 18, 17^6-7, he pur- chased at sheriflf's sale 178^4 acres of land in Makefield township. In 1754 he purchased a small tract adjoining, and in 1768 purchased of John Scott 100 acres in Upper Makefield. His children w^ere: Isaiah; Elizabeth, wife of Cornelius Van- degrift; Rachel, wife of George Merrick, married 4 mo. T2. 1769; Charity; Sarah, who married Christian VanHorn, June 14, 1764; Mary, who married Gabriel VanHorn, January 18, 1772; Joshua; Peter, who married Elizabeth W^ollard April 8. 1778, and (second) Alethia Cur- tis; Gabriel; and Cornelius, who married Mary Larzelere. The will of Isaiah Van- sant is dated April 15, 1786, and was proved September 28, 1786. It
devises to son Joshua the land bought of John Scott in Upper Make- field, and to Gabriel and Cornelius the home plantation, "reserving one-fourth of an acre for a graveyard, where I have began to bury, for myself and my rela- tions;" mentions Elijah, eldest son of Isaiah, daughter Rachel's three children; daughter Charity's four children, and daughter Mary, and her daughter Char- ity; and daughter tElizabeth.
Jacob, the youngest son of Jacobus and Rebecca Vansant, inherited from his father the homestead in Southampton, and died there in 1812, devising ninety acres thereof to his daughter Elizabeth Vansant. His other children were: Jane, who married Samuel Dickson; and Mar- garet, wdio married Jacob Roads.
VIII. GEORGE VAN SANDT, son of Garret (i) was baptized at Flatbush, Long Island, April 24, 1687, and re- moved with the family to Bensalem, Bucks county, in 1699. He married 12 mo. 17, 1706, Micah Vandegrift. He joined his brother Jacobus in the pur- chase of his father's Bensalem farm in 1706, and purchased his brother's inter- est on- April 2, 1711. On May 17, 1714, he and wife Micah conveyed this 150 acres in Bensalem to Thomas Stevenson, and removed to Cecil county, Maryland, where he purchased of Gideon Pearce, February 20, 1721, a tract of land called "Forks and Revision," and in 1737 pur- chased of his brother Albert part of a tract called "Tolchester." On October 17, "^733, he and wife "Mary" convey to his son Nicholas, a tract called "Nich- olas' Inheritance," and on same date, they convey to son George other lands. In 1745 they convey parts of "Tolches- ter" to sons Ephraim and Benjamin. From the w-ill of George Vansant, proven :\Iarch 22, 1755, we learn that his chil- dren were Nicholas, Cornelius, George, Benjamin, Ephraim, John; Elizabeth, wife of Peter Cole; Hester Newcombe, Resultah Salisbury, and Ann Smith.
X. GARRET VAN SANDT, young- est son of Garret (i) was a minor when his father's real estate was conveyed in 1706. He settled in Wrightstown town- ship, near Penn's Park, where he had a large plantation. He died in 1746, leav- ing a widow Claunchy, sons Garret and Cornelius, to whom he devised the plan- tation; and daughters Sarah Sackett, Rachel Dungan and Rebeclcah Vansant. the latter a minor. Cornelius married Mary Lee, December 6, 1748, and died in March, 1789, without issue. His wife Mary died in August, 1808. Garret, eld- est son of Garret and Claunchy, inher- ited one-half of the Wrightstown home- stead, and died there in June; 1806. He married April 30, 1760, Rebecca Evans, who survived him. She was possiblv his second wife. Their children were Eliza- beth Addis, Rebecca McClellan. and Marv, wife of Joseph Carver. Rebecca^
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daughter of Garret, Sr.. married a Brit- tian, whose son Joseph and grandson Cornelius are mentioned in the will of Cornelius Van Sant.
Garret Vansant of Middlctown. son of Stophel, received by deed of gift from his father on October 21, 1742, gsYj acres of land, part of 300 acres purchased bj' Stophel of Henry Paulin in 1706, and on January 10, 1748, purchased 214 acres in Middletown of Charles and Ann Plumlj'. On June 25, 1789, he conveys the last mentioned tract in about equal parts to his sons, Garret, Jr., and John, and on July 31, 1789, he convej'ed to his son George the 95^ acres conveyed to him by his fatliei. No record appears of the name of his wife. A Garret Vansant married Leah Nixon at Churchville, April 15, 1747, which was probably this Garret, although it may have been his cousin Garret, of Wrightstown. The will of Garret Vansant is dated July 7, 1789, and was proven August 7, 1789, only a week after the couA'eyance of his land. It mentions the children of his son Jacob, and their mother Mary Vastine; daughters Rachel Harrison, Keziah Sweetman, Vashti Vansant and Sarah Hise; sons John, Garret and George, and grandson James Vansant. Jacob, the eldest son. married Mary Richardson, daughter of Joseph Richardson, and set- tled in Falls township, Bucks county, where he died in April, 1785. leaving chil- dren: Elizabeth, James, Catharine and Garret. His widow married Benjamin Vastine prior to 1789. George Vansant married Sarah Johnston, December 24, 1783. He sold the old homestead to Joshua Woolston in 1794, and removed to Bristol township. John married Le- titia Leaw and died in Middletown in 1812, leaving a son John, and daughters Ann Leah Lovett and Amelia Booz. Gar- ret Vansant. Jr.. remained on the home- stead purchased of his father in 1789 un- til 1822, when he convej^ed it to his sons James and John, and soon after removed to Newtown, where he died in 1842 at an advanced age. His wife Mary had died many years previously. The children of Garret and Mary Vansant were John, James, Martha: Jane, wife of Isaac Ran- dall; Rachel wife of Eber Randall; and Mary, wife of Jonathan Hunter. James died in Middletown in 1833, leaving a widow Amy and two children. Elizabeth, born March 11, 1821, and James born May I. 1826.
JAMES TITUS VANSANT, of Mid- dletown township, son of John and Mary (Hunter) Vansant. and grandson of Gar- ret and Mary Vansant, last mentioned, was born in MiddletowMi township May -^• ^837. where he was educated at the public scliools. and has spent his whole life on the farm that has been the prop- erty of his direct ancestors since 1748, and part of it since 1704. On January 21, 1863. he married Lucy Ann Carman,
daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Brown) Carman, of Bensalem townships and granddaughter of Barzilla and Beu- lah Carman. Her maternal grandparents were Israel and Sarah (Hellings) Brown, the latter being a daughter of Nathan and Rachel Hellings, of an old Middle- town, Bucks county, family whose pro- genitor was Nicholas Hellings, an early settler in Northampton. Mr. and Mrs. Vansant are the parents of eight chil- dren, viz.: Samuel Jennings, born Au- gust IS, 1865. died February 28, 1904; William Carman, born May 14, 1867; John Andrew, born August 11, 1869; Howard, born September 12. 1871; Clar- ence, born August 22, 1873; James Mer- ton. born November 15, 1875. Joseph Winder, born January 10, 1879; Lucy Ann. born June 16. 1883. Samuel Jen- nings Vansant married August, 1891, Martha A. Tomlinson of Fox Chase, and they are the parents of three children — Roy. Arthur and Frederick. William Carman Vansant married January I, •1894, Melvina Search, and they have four children — Charles Search, James Merton, Mary, and Edward. Mrs. Mel- vina Search died in December, 1904. John Andrew Vansant married April 13, 1900, Ella. Sickle, and had one child Esther Helen. Clarence Vansant married, January 25, 1898, Clara Worthington, and their children are: Harriet, born Oc- tober 21. 1898; and Samuel, born Octo- ber 19. 1901. James M. Vansant married, March 6, 1900, Ada K. Hibbs, and their children are: Albert Hunter, born De- cember 31, 1900; and Clifford Randall, born July 31, 1903. Joseph Winder Van- sant married June i, 1904, Matilda Pre- vost McArthur.
Mr. Vansant is one of the prominent and successful men of the county, and has held many positions of trust. He owns a large amount of real estate, in dwellings and farms and takes a lively interest in the affairs of the county. He and his family are members of the Meth- odist church. In politics he is a Re- publican. He is a member of Nesha- miny Lodge, No. 422, I. O. O. F., of Hulmeville.
HOWARD VANSANT. fourth son of James T. and Lucy Ann (Carman) Van- sant. was born in Middletown township, September 12, 1871. and received his ele- mentary education at the public schools. He graduated from Pierce's Business C>)llege in 1891. and for one winter filled the position in that institution as teacher in the banking department. He then accepted the position of bookkeeper for .Augustes Beitney, which he filled for six j-ears. and then entered into the em- ploy of Walton Bros., grain merchants of Philadelphia, as bookkeeper, and after a short time was promoted to the posi- tion of general superintendent, haying general charge of their large warehouse. The firm has for many years done a
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large business, and is one of the largest dealers in that line in Philadelphia. In politics Air. Vansant is a Republican, and takes an active interest in the af- fairs of the town in which he lives. He has been for many years a member of the borough council, and is now filling the position of clerk of that body. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with Bristol Lodge No. 25, F. and A. M. He is also a member of Neshaminy Lodge, No. 422, L O. O. F., of Hulmeville, of which he is a past grand. He married, November 12, 1895. Cora Wilson, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Snyder) Wilson, of Trenton, New Jersey, and a granddaughter of Chris- topher and Sarah (Snyder) Wilson. They are the parents of two children, Ella Praul, born February 23, 1900; and Elisha Praul, born March 9, 1904-
ANCESTRY OF MARTIN V. B. and NATHANIEL VANSANT, of South- ampton.
Captain Nathaniel Vansant, only son of Nicholas and Mary (Brittian) Van- sant, of Southampton, was born on the old homestead in that township, March 13- 1745- At the outbreak of the Revolu- tion he was a resident of Bensalem town- ship having purchased a farm there in 1777. He was commissioned first lieu- tenant of the Associated company of that township. From the very beginning of the arming for the conflict with the mother country, the Vansants were fore- most in oft^ering their services for home defense and militia service. Garret and Peter were members of the Bensalem company; Garret. of Southampton, brother of Nicholas, ^.nd uncle to Cap- tain Nathaniel, was second lieutenant of the Southampton company in 1775. and was second lieutenant of the Fifth Com- pany of the First Battalion in the re- organization of 1777- Nicholas, father of Captain Nathaniel, and Jacob, his brother were both members of the Southampton company in 1775. In i\Iid- dletown. George and John, sons of Gar- ret and grandsons of Stophel, were mem- bers of the Associated company of that township. James, son of Harman and grandson of Harman. Sr.. the only mem- ber of the family in Northampton, joined the Associated company there in 1775. Peter, of Lower Makefield, son of Isaiah and grandson of Jacobus, was captain of the company of that township, and his brother Cornelius was second lieutenanh^
The member of the family, however, who rendered pre-eminent service and suffered untold hardships in the defense of his country was Captain Nathaniel Vansant. of Bensalem. He was commis- sioned a captain January 5, 1776. in Col- onel Robert Magaw's Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp, in which there was a large number of Bucks coun- tians. who through the treachery of Ma-
gaw's adjutant, were badly routed at Fort Washington, New York, on No- vember 16, 1776, and 2,700 American sol- diers were taken prisoners, including Magaw and almost his entire command. Captain Vansant was captured with the rest, and for two years suffered the hor- rors of imprisonment in the floating hells in New York harbor and the loathsome warehouses in the city. Many of the let- ters written home to his wife while a prisoner are in the possession of the Bucks County Historical Society and of members of the family. The quaint chapeau worn by him in the service is also in possession of the Historical So- ciety.
Captain Vansant married August 27, 1768. at the Dutch Reformed church of Southampton, Hannah Vansandt. There seems to be some dispute about the maiden name of Hannah Vansant; both the church records and that of the grant- ing of the license by the civil authorities give it as Vanzandt, while his descen- dants claim that her name was Brittian, the same as that of the Captain's mother. It seems to be conceded that she was his cousin, and it is probable that she was the daughter of his uncle, James Vansandt. who married Margaret, daugh- ter of Hendrick and Hannah (Field) Breece. Hannah was born January 16, 1746, and died August 19, 1818. The chil- dren of Captain Nathaniel and Hannah Vansant were as follows: Harman, who died of yellow fever in Philadelphia dur- ing the epidemic of that disease in the city, about the close of the century; and Nicholas, born February 25, 1771. died April 19. 1850.
Nicholas, as only surviving child of Nathaniel and Hannah Vansant, inher- ited the real estate of his father, who died August 8, 1825. intestate. He lived and died on the old homestead in South- ampton, which remained in the family for six generations and until 1889, when it was sold, a period of at least one hun- dred and fifty years. Nicholas married Alary Larzelcre. daughter of Nicholas and Hannah (Brittian) Larzelere of Ben- salem township. She was born Septem- ber 8, 1772, and died October 27, 1863. The children of Nicholas and Mary (Larzelere) Vansant were:
1. Alary, born September 6. 1795, mar- ried Jacob Vansant, and had two chil- dren, Franklin, who married a Hogeland, and Angelina.
2. Nathaniel, born April 14, 1797, mar- ried z\lice Vanartsdalen; see forward.
3. Elizabeth, born February 24. I799, married Silas Rhoads, and had one child, Alary Ann, who married William Go- forth.
4. Benjamin, born February 14, 1803. died June. 1869; married (first) Sarah Campbell, born Alarch 7. 1810, died Alarch to. 1853: and (second) Jane Lu- kens. The children of the first marriage
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were: Lendrum L., born October 4, 1832; Elizabeth R., who married J. Paul Knight; Harriet P., who married George Shoemaker; and Charles R., who mar- ried Carrie Saurman. The only child of the second marriage was Dr. Benjamin Vansant.
5. Nicholas L., born September 7, 1807; married Margaret Vandegrift, and had two children, Mahlon and Marj^ Ann.
The children of Nathaniel and Alice (Vanartsdalen) Vansant, were:
1. Mary Amanda, born March 26, 1824, married Anderson Leedom, and had three children: Thomas, deceased; Alice, wife of John Tomlinson; and Nathaniel, who married Martha Comly.
2. Casper R., born April 3, 1826, died June 26, 1881, married Ellen Field, and
had two children: Nathaniel, born Oc- tober 12, 1859; see forward; and Levi, who married Ida Sickle.
3. Nicholas B., born January 28, 1828, went to California, where he probably died.
4. Hiram R., born January 12, 1831, •died September 19, 1888.
5. Jacob W., born March 7. 1833: mar- ried Esther Buckman, and had five chil- dren: Alice, who married William Brad- field; Watson, who married a VanReif; Howard, who married Lydia Stout; Leonard, who married Sarah Yerkes; and Mary who married Horace Blaker.
6. Howard S., born February 13. 1835; married Elizabeth Fetter. He died July 9, 1866.
7. MARTIN VAN BUREN VAN- SANT, born on the old homestead in Southampton, February 4, 1839. He was reared on the old homestead and edu- cated at the public schools. He learned the trade of a miller, and was engaged in the milling business at Churchville for a number of years. At his father's death in 1883 he purchased the old homestead in Southampton, and subsequently sold it to Dr. Benjamin Baer, of Philadelphia. Mr. Vansant was never married. In pol- itics he is a Democrat. He never held other than local offices, having filled that of assessor, which office, by the way, was held by his great-great-grandfather under Colonial authority, the original commission being in possession of the Bucks County Historical Society.
NATHANIEL VANSANT, son of Casper (4) and Ellen (Field) Vansant. was born at Somerton. Philadelphia county. October 12,. 1859, but was reared in Southampton township, Bucks county, and educated at the local schools. His father purchased a farm in Southamp- ton in 1870, which he conveyed to Na- thaniel in 1888, and he has always fol- lowed the life of a farmer. In politics he is a Democrat. He has filled the of- fice of school director for several years. He was married in September, 1888. to
Wilhelmina Depew, and they are the parents of two children: Blanche, born March 10, 1890; and Viola E., born Oc- tober 8, 1892.
THE VANDEGRIFT FAMILY is of Holland descent, their progenitor being Jacob Lendertsen Van der Grift (that is, son of Lenerd) who with his brother Paulus Lenertsen Van der Grifc, came from Amsterdam about 1644 and settled in New Amsterdam. Both of the Van der Grift brothers were in the employ of the West India Company. Paulus was skipper of the ship "Neptune" in 1645, and of the "Great Gerrit"' in 1646. He was a large landholder in New Amster- dam as early as 1644. He was a member of council, 1647-1648; burgomaster 1657- 1658, and 1661-1664; orphan master 1656- 1660; member of convention, 1653 and 1663. On February 21, 1664. Paulus Leendersen and Allard Anthony were spoken of as "co-patroons of the new settlement of Noortwyck, on the North River." He had five children baptized ai the Dutch Reformed church, and he and his wife were witnesses to the baptism of five of the eight children of his brother Jacob. Paulus Leendertsen Van der Grift sold his property in New Amster- dam in 1671, and returned with his fam- ily to Europe.
Jacob Lendertsen Van die Grifte, bot- tler, of New Amsterdam, in the service of the West India Company, on Septem- ber II, 1648, granted a power of Attor- ney to Marten IMartense Schoenmaker, of Amsterdam, Holland, to collect from the West India Company such amounts of money as he (Van die Grift) had earned at Curocoa, on the ship "Swol". em- ployed by that company to ply between the island of Curocoa and New Nether- lands. The early records of New Am- sterdam give a considerable account of this ship "Swol." It carried twenty-two guns and seventy-six men. In 1644 it was directed to proceed to New Amster- dam, and on arriving, "being old." it was directed to be sold. Another boat was', however, given the same name, be- ing sometimes mentioned as the "New Swol."
On July 19, 1648. Jacob Lendertsen Van der Grist was married at New Am- sterdam to Rebecca Fredericks, daugh- ter, of Frederick Lubbertsen. On March 7. 1652, he sold as attorney for his father-in-law, fifty morgens and fifty-two rods of land on East river. On Febru- ary 19, 1657, Jacob Leendersen V.nn die Grift was commissioned by the burgo- masters and schepens of New Amster- dam as a measurer of grain. To this ap- pointment was affixed instructions "that from now nobody shall be allowed to measure for himself or have measured by anybody else than the sworn meas- urers, any grain, lime or other goods
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which are sold by the tun or schepel. or come here from elsewhere as cargoes and in wholesale, under a penalty of £3 for first transgression, £6, for sec- ond and arbitrary correction for the third." In 1656 Jacob Leendertsen Van- dergrift was made a small burgher of New Amsterdam. In 1662 he was a resi- dent of Bergen, New Jersey, where he subscribed toward the salary of a min- ister. On April 9, 1664, he and his wife, Rebecca Fredericks, were accepted as members of the church at "Breukelen," upon letters from Middlewout, (now Flatlands); his residence on the west side of the river must, therefore, have been of short duration. On May 29, 1664. then living under the jurisdiction of the village of Breukelen, Long Island, he applies to council for letters of ces- sion with committimus to the court, to relieve him from his creditors on his turning over his property in their be- half, he being "burdened with a large family, and on account of misfortune be- fallen some years ago, not having been able to forge ahead, notwithstanding all efforts and means tried by him to that end, etc." There are records of a num- ber of suits prior to this date, in which he appears either as plaintiff or defen- dant. In 1665 he was living on the strand of the North river, New Amster- dam, where he is assessed towards pay- ing the expense of quartering one hun- dred English soldiers on the Dutch burghers. On. October 3, 1667, he re- •ceived a patent from Governor Nicolls for land on the island of Manhattan, on the north side of the Great Creek, which he sold to Isaac Bedloe, in 1668. He probably removed at this date to Noord- wyck. on the North river, where he pur- chased in 1671 the land of his brother Paulus, who had returned to Amster- dam. In 1686 he appears as an inhabi- tant of Newton, Long Island, where he probably died, though the date of his death has not been ascertained. His widow removed with her children to Bensalem, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1697, and was living there in 1710. The children of Jacob Lendertsen and Re- becca Fredericks Van der Grift, baptised at the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam, were as follows:
1. IMartje. baptised August 29. 1649, married Cornelius Corsen. March^ 11, 1666. He was baptised at New York, April 23, 1645. being the son of Cor- nelius Piterse Vroom. and Trynt.ie Hen- dricks. After the death of Vroom, Tryntje had married Frederick Lub- bertsen. the grandfather of Marytje, father-in-law of Jacob Lendeert=en Van der' Grift. Many descendants of Corne- lius Corssen and Marytje Van de Grift still reside in Bucks county.
2. Christina Van de Grift, baptised February 26, 1651, married (first) Oc-
a widower, by whom she had two chil- dren, Abraham and Jacobus. She mar- ried (second) April 14, i68r, Daniel Veenvous, from Beuren, in Gelderland, by whom- she had five children — Wil- helmina, Rebecca and Contantia; two others also named Rebecca died in in- fancy.
3. Anna Van de Grift, baptised March 16, 1653, married, September 29, 1674. *Jacob Claessen Groesbeck. They re-
;^tober 9, 1678, Cornelius Jacobse Schipper, moved to Bucks county with the rest of the Vandegrift family in 1710, but little is known of them other than that he pur- chased land in Bensalem adjoining that of his brothers-in-law, and that two of • his daughters married into well known families of Bucks. Their children were; Rebecca, baptised June 23, 1673; Eliza- beth, baptised September 4, 1677; Leah, baptised February ir, 1680, married 12 mo. 17, 1702, Johannes Van Sandt; Rachel, baptised November 21, 1682, mar- ' ried November 8, 1704. James Biddle; and •' Johanna, baptised August 9, 1685.
4. Leendert (Leonard) Van de Grift, baptised December 19, 1655, died in Bensalem, Bucks county, 1725; married, November 20, 1678, Styntje Ellsworth. He, with his three brothers and two brothers-in-law, purchased land in Ben- salem in 1697 of Joseph Growdon, Leon- ard's purchase being two tracts of 135 and 106 acres respectively. He subse- quently purchased seventy-four acres of his brother Frederick. He and his wife were received at Bensalem church in 1710, and he was appointed junior elder. On December 30, 1715- he was commis- sioned a justice of the peace. Letters of administration were granted on his estate February 18. 1725, to his eldest son Abraham, known as "Abraham. Van- degrift, by the River." The children of Leonard and Styntje (Ellsworth) Van- degrift were: i. Jacob, baptised Septem- ber 20, 1679; 2. Christoffel, baptised Au- gust, 1681, married July 7, 1704, Sarah Druith; 3. Rebecca, baptised December 15, 1683, married November 8, 1704, Al- bert Van Sandt; 4. Abraham, baptised July 4, 1686, married October 17, 1716, Maritje Van Sandt, died March, 1748, leaving six children — Leonard, of Ben- salem; Garret and Abraham, of Philadel- phia: Christine, wife of Yost Miller, of Salem county. New Jersey; Mary, wife of Mathew Corbet, and Jemima, wife of George Taylor, of Chesterfield, New Jer- sey. 5. Anneken, baptised April 7, 1689, married Andrew Duow. 6. Elizabeth, baptised at Brooklyn, October 8. 1691, married May 23, 1710, "Francis Kroeson. 7. Annetje, baptised June 12, 1695, mar-
*Nicholas (or Claes^ Groesbeck. father of Jacob: was a carpenter of Albany. New York, in 1662. On October 10. 1696 deoosed th^t he was seventv-»wo years old. His will dated January 3. 1706-7, mentions wife Elizabeth, son Jacob and others.
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ried December 22, 1715, Cornelius King. Ail of the above children of Leonard Vandegrift removed to New Lastle count}', Delaware, prior to the dealh of their father, except Abraham, to whom they conveyed the real estate in Bensa- leni in 1743. The above named heirs of Abraham conveyed the same to Leonard, eldest son of Abraham, in 1761.
5. Nicholas Vandegrift, baptised May 5, 1658, married at New Utrecht, Long Island, August 24, 1684, Barentje Ver- kirk, daughter of John Verkerk. They settled at New Utrecht, where he took the oath of allegiance to James II in 1687, and where he purchased land in . 1691. He removed to Bucks county with his brothers and bothers-in-law in 1697, conveying his Long Island land after his removal. On July i, 1697, Joseph Grow- don conveyed to him 214 acres in Ben- salem. He joined the Bensalem church in 1710, and became a junior deacon. The records of the Dutch Reformed church show the baptism of three children, viz.: Rebecca, baptised July 26, 1685, mar- ried II mo. 7, 1707, Jacobus Van Sandt; Jan, baptised January i, 1691, married ]\Iay 5, 1721, at Abington Presbyterian church, Anna (or Hannah) Backer; and Deborah, baptised April l, 1695, mar- ried Laurent Jansen,* or Johnson. Nich- olas Van de Grift removed to Sussex county, Delaware, conveying his land in 1713 to Jacob Kollock, whose .w'idow Mary in 1722 conveyed it to Folert, son of John Vandegrift.
6. Frederick Vandegrift, baptised Au- gust 20, 1661. purchased of Joseph Growdon on July i, 1697, 106 acres ad- joining that of his brothers in Bensalem township, Bucks county, a part of which he conveyed a year later to Leonard Vandegrift. If ever a resident of Bucks count}', he probably remained but a short time.
7. Rachel Vandegrift. youngest daugh- ter of Jacob, was baptised at New York, August 20. 1664, and. married, in 1689. Barent Verkerk, son of Jan, and brother to his brother Nicholas's wife. Barent Verkerk purchased in 1697 a tract of land in Bensalem adjoining his brothers- in-law, all the deeds being from Joseph Growdon. and bearing the same date, July I. 1697. He died in 1739, leaving children: Jacob: John; Mary, married Niels Boon; Constantina. married James fitchet; Dinah, married James Keirll; and another daughter, who married an Underwood.
8. Johannes Vandegrift, youngest son of Jacob Lendertsen and Rebecca Fred- erics Van der Grift, was baptised at New York. June 26. 1667, and died in Ben-
*Laurent Jansen, or Lawrence Johnson, was doubt- less son of Clans Jansen. who purchased several tracts of land in Bensalem some years earlier than the Vandegrifts. He died in 1723. 'devising his lands to his sons Lawrence, John and Richard. The fami- lies later intermarried. •
salem township, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1745- He married, September 23, 1694, Nealkie Volkers, widow of Cor- nelius Cortelyou, who was living at date of his will in 1732, but died before 1740. He married (second) July i, 1741, Eliza- beth Snowden, a widow. He purchased 196 acres in Bensalem of Joseph Grow- don, adjoining the tracts of his brothers and brothers-in-law, the deed bearing date July i, 1697. He was an elder of the "Sammeny" church, having joined it at its organization in 1710. His will dated March 16, 1732, proved March 28, 1745, devises to son Abraham the farm he lives on, for life, and if he die with- out issue it is to go to his surviving brothers and sisters. Some years later the children of Johannes entered into an agreement by which the land was to vest in the heirs of those deceased, even though they did not survive Abraham, and inasmuch as Abraham died without issue in 1781, the subsequent conveyances of the land throw light on the family connections. In 1786 the representatives of Jacob, Rebecca, Christana, and Hel- ena conveyed the land, 160 acres, to Jacob Jackson and later a partition thereof was had between Jackson and Abraham Harman and Cornelius, sons of Fulkert. The children of Johannes and Nealke (Volkers) Vandegrift were: i. Fulkert, born 1695, died 1775; married May 6, 1719, Elizabeth Vansandt. and (second) August 10, 174^, Marytje Hufte. He was a considerable landholder in Bensalem. He had five sons: Folkhart, Harman, Abraham, Cornelius and John; and three daughters: Alice LaRue, Elizabeth Krusen and Elinor, most of whom have left descendants in Bucks county. 2. Jacob, baptised at New York, October 14, 1696, died in Bensalem in 1771, mar- ried Choyes Toulej^ October 23, 1716. 3. Abraham, born 1698, died 1781, mar- ried, but had no issue. 4. Rebecca, mar- ried John Van Horn, died 1786. 5. Chris- tiana, married November 8. 1722, Joseph Foster. 6. Lenah, married a Fulton. 7. Esther, baptized in Bucks count}'. May 10. 1710.
Most of the Vandegrifts of Bucks county are descendants of Johannes and Nealke (Volkers) Vandegrift. Leonard, grandson of Leonard, remained in Ben- salem, and the land originally settled by his grandfather descended to his son. Captain Josiah Vandegrift. John, son of Nicholas, became a large landholder in Bensalem; he died in 1765, leaving sons: Nicholas. Jacob, John. Joseph, for many years an innkeeper in Bensalem; and daughters: Catharine Sands; Esther, who married John Houten; and Rebecca Vansciver. Of the sons, John married' Ann Walton, May 28. 1761. and had chil- dren: Joshua. Joseph, John, Jonathan, and ]\Iary. The father died in 1777. and the widow Ann married Charles Fetters a jear later.
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Jacob Vandegrift, son of Johannes and Nealke (Volkers) Vandegrift, baptized at New York, October 14, 1696, was but an infant less than a year old when his parents settled in Bensalein township, Bucks county. He married, October 2;^, ■ 1716, Charity Touley. He became a large landholder and a prominent man in the community. He died in 1771. His children were,! John, died 1805, in Ben- salem, leaving live children, viz. :i Jacob, who settled in Northampton township; ( John;VjJane, who married a Johnson; _, Bernard, settled in New Jersey; and Ab-"" ' raham, who married Catharine Vande- grift a granddaughter of Fulerd. 2. Ber- nard, who was devised 200 acres in Up- per Dublin township, and settled there- on; 3. Jacob, who was devised by his father 200 acres of land whereon he was living at his father's death. 4. Charity (or Catharine) who married John Praul, January 20, 1757. 5. Helen (or Elinor) who married Harman Vansant.
Jacob Vandegrift, third son of Jacob, married first Catrintje Hufte, May 19, 1753. and (second) Sarah Titus, Febru- ary 5, 1775, as before stated he settled on 200 acres belonging to his father which descended to him at his father's death. He died in May, 1800, leaving
five children; Jacob, married Elinor ;
David, married Sarah — '■ ; William
Bloomfield, the grandfather of Senator
Vandegrift; Mary married Bennett;
and Elizabeth, who married Daniel La- Rue. William Bloomfield Vandegrift in- herited from his father considerable real estate. He was the youngest son, and had just arrived at his majority when the will of his father was proved in 1800. He married Christiana Saunders. His death occurred in 1854! HTs' children were seven in number, viz.; Sarah Ann, married Charles Tomlinson; Eliza L., married Jacob Johnson ; Eleanor, married Enos Boutcher; Alfred; Charles Souders ; William M., married Eliza Boutcher and Susan, married Peter Conover.
Alfred Vandegrift was born in Ben- salem township in 1807, and died there ' in 1861. In 1849 his father conveyed to him and his brother jointly a store prop- erty at Eddington, where they conduct- ed a mercantile business until the death of Alfred in 1861. In 1849 he also pur- chased of his father 31^^ acres on the Buck road, which had been the prop- erty of his ancestors for several genera- tions. He married Catharine Gibbs, daughter of John Gibbs, and granddaugh- ter of Richard Gibbs, who was sheriff ^of Bucks county in 1771, and a promi- nent public man. His children were: John Gibbs, born September 2, 1834; William Bloomfield; Elinor, wife of William Lynesson Sayre; Charles Soud- ers, Jr.; Augustus: Henry S.; Lewis H.; Susan ; Mary : Christina ; Alfred and Eliza- beth LaRue.
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HON. CHARLES SOUDERS VAN- DEGRIFT, son of Alfred and Catherine (Gibbs) Vandegrift, is a worthy representa- tive of an old and eminent family. He was born in Bensalem township, August 20, 1839. He was reared on his father's farm, and attended the public schools until fifteen years of age, when he entered Captain Alden Partridge's Military School at China Hall, in Bristol township, where he remained for two years. At the age of seventeen he entered the employ of his uncle and namesake, Charles S. Vande- grift, Sr., in the country store at Ed- dington, where he remained as clerk and proprietor until 1873, when he sold out the store, and in connection with J. and E. Thomas opened a lumber yard on the Delaware at Eddington. This partner- ship continued until 1890, when he re- tired from the firm. Since that time he has been employed in the settlement of estates and the transaction of public business. In 1882 he was elected to the state senate and served four years. He was an active member of the upper house, and served on the ways and means, agriculture and other important committees. In politics he is a Democrat, and has served as representative to Dis- trict, State and National conventions. He has always taken an active interest in local matters, and served his township officially at dififerent periods. He is presi- dent of the Good Roads Association of Bensalem township, and one of its most active and efficient members. He is a di- rector of the Farmers' National Bank; president of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Mutual Insurance Company of Bucks and Philadelphia counties; president of the Doylestown Publishing Company; and treasurer and trustee of the Vande- grift Burial Ground at Cornwells. He is a past master of Bristol Lodge, No. 25, A. Y. F. and A. M.; of Harmony Chapter, No. 52, R. A. M.: and St. Johns Coni- mandery. No. 4, K. T., of Philadelphia, and is the district deputy grand master for the eighth district. He is a member of The Netherlands- Society of Phila- delphia.
Mr. Vandegrift married, March ir, 1862, Mary Hannah Rowland, daughter of Charles Rowland, of Chester county, Pennsylvania. To this marriage have been born two children : Frederic Beas- ley, born December 22, 1862: and George Bloomfield, born May 22, 1864. The lat- ter died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Van- degrift are members of the Presbyter- ian church.
FREDERIC BEASLEY VANDE- GRIFT, son of Senator Charles S. Van- degrift, was educated at the public schools of Philadelphia, and at Smiths' Commercial College, after which he en- tered the office of John W. Hampton, Jr.,
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custom house broker of Philadelphia, where he remained for eight years. He then entered into the business himself with offices in Philadelphia, New York and Chicago, and was also import freight agent. He continued to conduct the busi- ness of a custom house broker until his death. In 1893, feeling the necessity of a technical knowledge of the law in the transaction of his business, he entered himself as a student at law in the office of William S. Stanger, Esq., in Phila- delphia, and was admitted to the Phila- delphia bar in 1897, and was admitted to practice in the United States courts in January, 1899, but died on March 7, 1899.
Frederic B. Vandegrift made a close study of the tariflf on imports and be- came an expert on that subject. Among the papers prepared and published by him on the subject was one on the Mc- Kinley Tariff, and another on the Ding- ley Tariff. He received an order for 1,500 copies of his work on the Dingley Tariff from the United States government, a copy of which was to be sent to every United States consul throughout the •world. He received the prize offered by the United States government for the most perfect paper on the tariff. Mr. Vandegrift became a distinguished mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity. He was made a Mason on March 8, 1884, by his father, Past Master Charles S. Vande- grift, and became master of Bristol Lodge, No. 25, in 1888; joined Harmony Chapter, R. A. M.. in 1889, and was elected king in 1899, which office he held at the time of his death. He joined St, Johns Commandery, K. T., in 1894, and held the office of captain general at the time of his death. He joined the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, January 18, 1895. and on June 21st re- ceived his thirty second degree, S. P. R. S. He was also a member of Lulu Tem- ple^ A. A. O. N. M. S., and was repre- sentative of University Lodge in the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania at the time of his death. On November 16. 1887, he married Harriet Elizabeth Har- vey, of Philadelphia. This marriage was blessed with four daughters: Gertrude, Evelina, Lorame and Genevieve, all of whom are being educated at the Friends' Schools of Philadelphia.
JOHN GTBBS VANDEGRIFT, eldest son of Alfred and Catharine (Gibbs) Vandegrift, and brother to Hon. Charles S. Vandegrift. the subject of the pre- ceding sketch, was born in Bensalem township, Bucks county, September 2, 1834. He was educated at the public schools, and later received an academic education. He was reared on the farm, ^nd for several j'cars followed the vo-
cation of a farmer. In /§73 he pur- chased the store at Eddington and fol- lowed the mercantile business there for the rest of his life. He was a 'justice of the peace for twenty years, and filled many positions of trust. He took a deep interest in educational matters, and was for many years a member of the school board, acting as its secretary. He was a vestryman of the Episcopal church. In politics was a Democrat, but never sought or held other than local office. He was a member of Bristol Lodge, No. 25, A. Y. F. and A. M.; of Harmony Chapter, R. A. M.; and St. Johns Com.- mandery, K. T. Mr. Vandegrift married March 27, 1861, Mary Jane Creighton, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Ash- ton Creighton. She was born May 10, 1832, at Holmesburg, Philadelphia, and died May 4, 1895. John G. Vandegrift died April 11, 1901. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Vandegrift, Kath- erine and Lemuel.
Lemuel Vandegrift was born August 13. 1864. He was reared on a farm and attended public school. At the age of seventeen years he entered his father's store to assist him in the business, and at his death succeeded him in its con- duct. He was also elected a justice of the peace to succeed his father. He is a vestryman of the Episcopal church. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a mem- iaer of Bristol Lodge, No. 25, A. Y. F. and A. M., Philadelphia Chapter, R. A. M., and St. Johns Commanderj^ K. T. Mr. Vandegrift was married, April 6, 1893, to Mary Ella Carey, daughter of Seneca and Mary Ella (Moore) Carey. They are the parents of two children: Lem- uel Creighton, born July 26, 1895, and Marian Katharine, born July 8, 1897. Their eldest child, John G.. Jr., died in infancy. These children are being edu- cated in the public school of Bensalem.
MOSES VANDEGRIFT. In the pre- ceding sketch of the descendants of Ja- cob Lender tsen Van der Grifte, who came from Holland in 1644 to New Am- sterdam, where he married in 1648, Re- becca Fredericks Lubbertsen. is given an account of the baptism and marriage of Johannes Van De Grift, youngest son of Jacob and Rebecca, and of the birth and marriage of his children. From two of the sons of Johannes and Nealkc (Volk- ers) Vandegrift is descended the subject of this sketch. Folkhart, the eldest, and Jacob the second son.
Folkhart (or Fulkerd) Van de Grift, eldest son of Johannes, was born in the province of New York in 1695. and was therefore but an infant when brought into Bucks county by his parents in 1697. He became a large landholder in Ben- salem, a man of importance in the Dutch
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colony in Bucks, and a member of the Bensalem church. He was twice mar- ried, first on May 6, 1719 to Elizabeth Van Sandt, and second on August 10, 1742, to Marytje Hufte. Neither wife survived him. He died in November, 1775. Of his nine children, Fulkhart, Elizabeth, Harman, Alshe, Abrahaiii, John, Cornelius and Elinor, the first eight are mentioned in his will.
Abraham Vandegrift, borrt about 1725 married Femmentje Hufte about 1752 and had six children. He died in Ben- salem township about 1800. The children were: Elizabeth, baptized at Southamp- ton church August 18, 1754, married John DeCoursey, and had eight children; Mary, married Benjamin Severns; Ab- raham; and Catharine, who married Ab- raham Vandegrift, her second cousin.
Jacob Van de Grift, second son of Jo- hannes and Nealke, baptized at New Amsterdam, October 14, 1696, was the grandfather of Abraham above mention- ed. John Vandegrift, eldest son of Ja- cob, known as "John Vandegrift, Es- <iuire," to distinguish him /rom his cous- ins of the same name on the records, married November 14, 1750, Maria (or Mary) Praul, who died prior to 1786. He died in 1805; his will dated Septem- ber 7, 1804, proved May 3, 1805, devised to his eldest son Jacob, (baptized at Southampton, April 18, 1753) a stone house "I am now erecting"' and one acre of land, he having been "advanced 400 pounds towards purchasing a plan- tation." This plantation was in North- ampton, where Jacob removed in 1783 and died leaving a large family. The will of John Vandegrift further devises to his son John, \62Y2 acres on the Dunk's ferry road where the testator lived; to his daughter Jane Johnson a lot on same road; to son Bernard a tract of land in New Jersey purchased of John Long- streth, and to his son Abraham seventy- two acres, "part of the land where he now lives, beginning at brother Jacob's lane end." etc.
Abraham, son of John and Maria (Praul) Vandegrift, was born in Bensa- lem in 1766. On his marriage his father set apart to him seventy-two acres of land and built a house for him thereon which has since been the home of his descendants. He was twice married; by his first wife he had a daughter Mary who married John Brodnax. His second wife was Catharine Vandegrift, daughter of Abraham and granddaughter of Fol- hart, as previously shown. By this mar- riage Abraham had two sons, John and Samuel, and two daughters: Elizabeth, who married Joseph Myers; and Phebe, who married Thomas Darrah. Abra- ham died in .May, 1800, leaving a will made eleven ' years previously, which was contested by the widow and daugh- ter Phebe, but proved in the court of common pleas in December of the same
year. The bulk of the landed property mcluding the homestead descended to the son John.
John Vandegrift was born on the old homestead August 12, 1806, and died there m March. 1878. He was a success- ful farmer, a Democrat, and a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife was Susanna Sipler. She died July 3, 1898. John and Susanna (Sipler) Van- degrift were the parents of eight chil- dren: Jesse, who died young; Jesse (2); Moses; John; Philip, who served three years in the civil war and died January 12. 1900, in his fifty-eighth year; Sam- uel; Letitia; and George W.
Moses Vandegrift, the subject of this sketch, was born on the old homestead June 5, 1840. He was reared on the old farm and received his education at the Eddington school. On arriving at man- hood he settled on the old homestead that had been the property of his an- cestors for many generations, and has spent his whole life there. He is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church and po- litically is a Democrat. He was elected supervisor of Bensalem township in 1888 for two years and was re-elected in 1900 for an additional term. He married January 26, 1879, Sarah Knight, daughter of Strickland and Caroline (Briggs) Knight, by whom he has six children: Eugene, born January 4. 1880; Walter, born January 5, 1882; Roland and Oscar, twins, born Maj^ 27, 1884, (Oscar died in infancy) ; Fannie, born November 4, 1885, and Russell, born November 8, 1887.
SAMUEL ALLEN VANDEGRIFT. eldest son of the late George V. and Mary Ann (Allen) Vandegrift, was born at Bridgevvater, Bensalem township, Bucks county. Pennsylvania, March 21, 18,30.
The educational advantages enjoyed by Samuel A. Vandegrift were obtained in the common schools of the neighbor- hood, and he remained a resident on the paternal homestead until he attained his majority. He then settled on the Jon- athan Paxon farm in Bensalem town- ship, and after a residence of twenty years there located on the farm owned by his brother William A., remaining nine years, and the following six years he resicj'ed on the Thomas Hamilton farm. He then took up his residence on the farm in Byberry, owned by Colonel Morrell, remaining three years, after which he located on the farm in Ben- salem owned by his brother Frank, and in 1903 removed to the old Black farm in Bensalem township, owned by his son Charles, where he has since resided. Being practical and progressive in his methods of management, he met with a large degree of prosperity in the va-
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rious localities where he resided, and his honorable and reliable transactions won for him an enviable reputation which he has always fully sustained. He is a firm advocate of the principles of Republicanism, and his support has al- ways been given to the candidates and
^ measures of that party.
On March 12, 1857, Mr. Vadegrift mar- ried Julia Ann Luck, born in Philadel- phia but reared in Bucks county, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Les- lie) Luck. Joseph Luck was a native of England, from whence he emigrated to
y\ the United States, entered the service of the United States government, and for many years had, charge of the United States arsenal at Frankford, Pennsyl- vania. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Vandegrift: George, born Jan- uary 28, 1858, engaged in agricultural pursuits in Bensalem township, married Julia Miller, of Philadelphia, and they are the parents of one child, Frederick Vandegrift; Joseph, who died at the age of four years; Mary Ann, born P'ebru- ary 19. 1863; Charles W., born December 16. 1865. The mother of these children, who was a most excellent' woman in every respect, faithful and conscientious in the performance of her duties as wife and mother, died June 9, 1902.
LEWIS HERBERT VANDEGRIFT, of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, was born at that place, October i, 1845, the son of Alfred and Catherine (Gibbs) Vande- grift. He was educated in the public schools of Bensalem, after which he en- gaged in farming, as an employe of his brother, John, with whom he remained until 1870, when he removed to the old homestead farm in Bensalem, which he purchased in 1892. After thirty years of farm life, he sold his farm and re- moved to Philadelphia, when he entered the employ of the Western Union Tele- graph Company, with whom he is still engaged. Mr. Vandegrift has been twice married — first, January 7, 1874, to Mar- garet, daughter of James and Margaret (Ballantyne) Harvinson. By this union four children were born: i. Alfred Eu- gene, born November 22, 1874, married, February 20, 1901, to Susannah Keifer, of Brooklyn, New York, daughter of John Colder and wife, Susannah (Jen- ninker) Keiffer. and they have one child, Margaret Susannah, born November 10, 1902; 2. Clara May, born January 29, 1877. married March 7, 1905, Eugene Gaskill, of Philadelphia; 3. Maud, born May 13, 1882; married, first Elwood E. Porter, by whom the issue was Milton Harvinson, born December i. 1899; sec- ond, to Frank Peabody Hedges, of Trenton, New Jersey, May i. 1904; 4. Bertha Irene, born May 20. 1883. Mrs.
Vandegrift died February 13, 1888, andl for his second wife Mr. Vandegrift mar- ri-ed, January 14, 1892, Margaret Brown^ of Eddington, who was born May 4^ 1854, daughter of Henry Jackson and Sarah (Staats) Brown, and the grand- daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Darrah) Brown; also the granddaugh- ter of Jacob and Maribel (Shaw) Staats. By his second marriage Mr. Vandegrift has one child — Lucy Eccleston, born Oc- tober 13, 1893. Each of the above chil- dren, except Lucy, were educated in Ben- salem. Alfred was graduated from Pierce's Business College of Philadel- phia, and Lucy is attending Lincoln^ Grammar School in Philadelphia.
Mr. Vandegrift is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and affiliates with- Newton Lodge, No. 427, A. F. and A. M. Both Mr. and Mrs. Vandegrift are members of the clmirch of Christ (Epis- copal) of Eddington, where they are ef- ficient, earnest workers. Mr. Vandegrift has served on the school board very ably for three years, and has been its secretary. He has ever been much in- terested in educational matters, and is counted among the loyal citizens of his place.
GEORGE V. VANDEGRIFT. The death of George V. Vandegrift, April 24, 1853, removed from Bensalem town- ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he resided all his life, one of its promi- nent, influential and public-spirited citi- zens. His birth occurred in 1804, a son' of Joseph and Sarah (Byson) Vande- grift, and grandson of John Vandegrift. Joseph Vandegrift (father) was also a native of Bensalem township, Bucks county, the year of his birth being 1776. In early life he served an apprentice- ship at the trade of weaver, and this he followed successfully throughout his active career. He was a member of the Episcopal church, the service of which he attended regularly. By his marriage to Sarah Bankson the following named' children were 'born: Lydia, Rebecca, Mary, Amy, George V., Frances, Sarah Ann, Joseph, Julia Ann, and Jane. Mr. Vandegrift died in 1839, survived by his wife, who passed away in 1857.
George V. Vandegrift attended the common schools adjacent to his home, after which he learned the same trade as his father, that of weaver, but after following this for a nimiber of years turned his attention to farming, which proved both a pleasant and profitable occupation. Upon attaining his majority he cast his vote with the Whig party, to whom he gave his allegiance up to the formation of the Republican party, and from that time up to his decease he advocated the principles of that great organization.
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Mr. Vandegrift married, May 17, 1828, !Mary Ann Allen, who wasjjorn in Ben- salem township, October 26, 1808. and they were the parents of nine children, namely: Samuel Allen, born March 21, 1830, a sketch of whom appears in this work; Joseph T., born August 24, 1832, was twice married and had two children ty each marriage, and died February 16, 1904; Jesse S., born August 24, 1836, resides in the western section of the Uni- ted States; Georgianna, born September 23, 1839, resides on the old Allen farm with her brother; William Allen, born June 23, 1841, resides in Philadelphia; Israel Thomas, born August 24, 1843. and resides in Philadelphia; George W., born August 24, 1845; Jonathan, born March 25, 1848, died September I, 1888; and Benjamin Franklin, born June 18, 1853, and resides in Philadelphia. Mr. Vandegrift and his wife held member- ship in the Neshaminy Methodist Epis- copal church. Their deaths occurred re- spectively April 24, 1853, and March 19, 1864.
Mrs. Vandegrift was a daughter of Israel Allen, born May 29. 1766, and his wife Elizabeth Titus, born December 14, 1771. Isreal Allen was a son of Joseph and Sarah (Plumley) Allen. Joseph Al- len was a son of William and Mary (Walsh) Allen. William Allen was born at what is now Bridgewater, Bensalem township, on the site of the Bridgewater Inn, a son of Samuel and Jane (Wain) Allen. 'Samuel Allen was a son of Sam- uel and Mary Allen, who came from England in 1681 and settled on the farm now owned by William Allen Vande- grift, in 1682, and one hundred acres of the original tract has never passed out of the possession of the family. The members of the Allen family have al- ways adhered to the tenets of the Society ■of Friends.
J. WILSON VANDEGRIFT. Among the successful agriculturists of Bucking- Tiam is J. Wilson Vandegrift, who was born in that township January i, 1863, being a son of Bernard and Mary Ann (Folker) Vandegrift, and a grandson of Lawrence Vandegrift of Northampton township, Bucks county, where his fath- er Bernard was born June 30, 1829. The family is of Holland descent, being de- scendants of Jacob Lendert Van de Grift, who migrated from Holland in 1644, and settled on Long Island, from whence three of his sons (Leonard, Nicholas and John,) came to Bucks county in the latter part of the same century and set- tled in Bensalem, descendants of the last mentioned of whom settling in Northamp- ton township a century later.
Bernard Vandegrift was a farmer all ■his life. In 1877 he purchased the farm now owned and occupied by the subject
of this sketch, and resided thereon un- til his death, in September, 1900. He married, December 27, 1851, Mary Ann Folker, daughter of James and Mary (Herlinger) Folker, of Buckingham, where she was born August 8, 1829. Her parents were both natives of Bucking- ham, her mother being a daughter of Captain Mathew Herlinger, who married the widow Else, whose husband died at sea on the voyage to America. Bernard and Mary Ann (Folker) Vandegrift were the parents of six children; Harry, of Elizabeth, Colorado; Susanna, wife of William Orem, of Buckingham; Wilmer, a wholesale commission merchant of Philadelphia; Mary, wife of William H. Atkinson, of Forest Grove, Bucking- ham township; J. Wilson; and Theodore, of Warwick township, Bucks county.
J. Wilson Vandegrift was reared on the farm and acquired a good common school education. In 1885 he purchased , the home farm, which he has since suc- cessfully conducted. By industry and careful business methods he has acquired a competence. In 1899 he purchased an adjoining farm of 102 acres and in 1903, purchased a farm of 160 acres in War- wick township. He married, in Novem- ber, 1894, Olive M. Fell, daughter of Wilson D. and Mary Jane (Trunibower) Fell, of Buckingham. She was born on the Fell homestead in Buckingham that had been in the tenure of her ancestors for over a century, January 19, 1863. She is still the owner of the farm, which is a portion of a tract purchased by her great-great-great-grandfather. Benjamin Fell, in 1753. This Benjamin Fell was born in 1703 in Cumberland, England, and came with his parents Joseph and Bridget (Wilson) Fell to America when an infant. His son John, born in 1730, married Elizabeth Hartley, and their son Seneca born 4 mo. 5, 1760, married Grace Holt of Horsham, among whose chil- dren was Stacy Fell, the grandfather of Mrs. Vandegrift. He was born in Buck- ingham in 1790, and died there in 1864, He married 10 mo. 14, 1812, Elizabeth Kinsey, of Buckingham, who was born in 1791 and died in 1863. They were the parents of seven children, the young- est of whom was Wilson D., father of Mrs. Vandegrift, who was born 12 mo. 2, T832, and died April 28, 1895.
To Mr. and Mrs. Vandegrift have been born five children, Harry E. W., William Orem, Edwin Taylor, Wilson Fell and Gladys. Mrs. Vandegrift is a member of Doylestown Presbyterian church.
Wilson D. Fell married Mary Jane Trunibower December i, 1854. She was the daughter of Philip and Catharine Trumbower of Bridge Point, nOvv' Edi- son, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. She was born April 11, 1833. and died April 15, 1904.
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JENKS COAT-OF-ARMS.
THE J E .\ K S FAMILY is of Welsh origin and can be clearly traced in the county of Mont- gomery, Wales, and the adjoining couniy of Salop, or Shrop- shire, England, from A. D. 900 down to the middle of the seven- teenth century. On the records of the College of Arms, Lon- ^j^ don, England, there '^ is an Act in the year 1582, during *i\\Q reign of Queen Elizabeth, by which "The Coat of Arms of the Anciente Family of Jenks, long in the possession of the same" at Wolverton Manor, Wales, was confirm- ed to them in the person of their repre- sentative. Sir George Jenks. of Salop, Gentleman, as certified by Robert Cooke, alias Clarencieux. one of the two first Provincial Kings-of-Arms, in England, whose jurisdiction of Clarenceux ex- tended to all of England south of the Trent, Norroy holding a like jurisdic- tion north of the Trent.
The Jenks family of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, trace their descent from Thomas Jenks, of Shropshire, who, as shown by the will of John Penn. of the adjoining county of Montgomery, Wales, dated 1660. was a son of Thomas Jenks. Thomas Jenks the elder died 10 mo. 19, 1680, as shown by the records of the Monthly Meeting of Friends in Shrop- shire. He was one of the earliest con- verts to the principles of George Fox, and "Besse's Sufferings'' gives a rec- ord of his arrest in 1656 as one of a party of Friends while attending a meet- ing of people of his faith. He was again arrested and fined in 1660. Thomas Jenks, son of the above, born in Shrop- shire, was married there and is supposed to have embarked for America with his wife Susan, and infant son Thomas, born January, 1699-1700. All that js definitely known, however, is that Susan Jenks. his widow, and her young son, Thomas, arrived in Bucks county soon after 1700, and located in Wrightstown. Susan Jenks married Benjamin Wiggins, of Buckingham, in 1708. and died soon after the birth of her son, Bezeleel Wiggins, in 1709.
. Thomas Jenks was reared in the neigh- borhood of Wrightstown. We have little record of him until i mo. t, 1725-6. when he applied for membership in Wrights- town Meeting. He was doubtless a birth- right "member of the Society, but the death of his father while on the voy- age to America, or immediately preced- ing their sailing and the subsequent mar- riage of his mother to a non-member
and her early death leaving him an or- phan at ten years of age, his birth- right privilege was no doubt neglected to be recorded. It was therefore neces- sary for him to be regularly admitted when he desired to become a member or> reaching manhood.
Thomas Jenks married, 3 mo. 19, 1731, Mercy Wildman, daughter of John and Marah (Chapman) Wildman, of Middle- town. The former, born in Yorkshire, England, in 1681, came to America with his parents, Martin and Ann Wildman, in 1690, and the latter, a daughter of John Chapman, the pioneer settler of W'rightstown, had married first John Croasdale, John Wildman being her sec- ond husband. Thomas Jenks, on his mar- riage, settled first in his home in Buck- ingham and three years afterward re- moved to a tract of land in Middletown township, two miles southeast of New- town, along Core creek, containing 600- acres. Upon this tract he erected prior to 1740, a fulling mill one of the first in the county which was operated (by the family) until his death, doing a large business in dyeing, fulling and finishing the homespun goods of his neighbors, the early settlers of lower and middle Bucks. His ledger "C," ex- quisitely written and kept still in good preservation, is now in possession of his great-grandson, William H. Jenks. of Philadelphia. It covers the years 1743- 56, and contains his accounts with near- ly all the early families of Bucks east of the Neshaminy. He was an active and energetic business man, and retained his mental and physical faculties in a re- markable degree to extreme old age. He died at Jenks Hall (erected by him ir» 1734) from the effects of injuries re- ceived in being thrown from a wagon, 5 mo. 4, 1797, in the ninetj'-eighth year of his age. He had in the truest sense of the word "grown up with the country."" Arriving in Bucks county w^hen far the greatest part of it was a primeval w-il- derness, still inhabited bj' the Indians,, he lived through its entire colonial per- iod, and saw his country recover frorr» the shock and trials of its war for in- dependence, and become a thickly settled prosperous and enlightened community. He w-as six years older than Dr. Frank- lin, and thirty-two years older than George Washington, yet he survived the former seven 3'ears. and the latter sur- vived him but little over two years, though both had lived to see the fruition of their long and noble struggle for their country's good. His wife Mercy died 7 mo. 26. 1787. aged seventy-seven years, after a married life of over fifty- six years. They were the parents of six children, as follows:
T. Mary, born 4 mo. 20. ^JH- died 1803: married Samuel Twining.
2. John, born 5 mo. I. 1736. died 1791, married in 1785, Sarah W^eir. His son
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John Wildman Jenks, born 6 mo. 21, 1790, studied medicine and removed to Jefiferson county, Pennsylvania, where he died 4 mo. 4. 1S50. He married in 1816, Mary Day Barclaj', who bore him ten children, most oi whom were distin- guished in their professions, the young- est, George Augustus Jenks, being a member of the Forty-fourth United States Congress, and the Democratic nominee for governor of Pennsylvania in 1898.
3. Thomas, born 10 mo. 9. 1738. died 5 mo. 30, 1799, married, in 1762, Rebec- ca Richardson, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Paxson) Richardson, of Middle- town.
4. Joseph, born 12 mo. 22, 1743, died 5 mo. 1820; married 6 mo. 22, 1763, Eliza- beth Pearson, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Duer) Pearson; see forward.
5. Elizabeth, born 3 mo. 15, 1746, died 12 mo. 30, 1808; married 12 mo. 23. 1762, William Richardson, son of Joseph and Mary (Paxson) Richardson.
6. Ann. born 9 mo. 8, 1749. died about 1812; married 2 mo. 20, 1770, Isaac Wat- son.
Thomas Jenks, second son of Thomas and Mercy, was born and reared on the homestead in Middletown, and spent his whole life there. He was a prominent and influential man in the community. He served as a member of colonial as- sembly for the year 1775, and w^as a member of the constitutional convention of 1790, and was the first member of the state senate from Bucks under the con- stitution then adopted, and served con- tinuously in that body until his death. May 4, 1799. For the first six j^ears of his service the district which he repre- sented was composed of the counties of Delaware, Chester and Bucks, while dur- ing his last two terms the district con- sisted of Chester, IVIontgomery and Bucks. He was an active member of the upper house and served on many im- portant committees. He married, in 1762, Rebecca Richardson, and they were the parents of nine children, eight of whom lived to mature age. They were as follows :
1. Rachel, born 5 mo. 23, 1763, died 2 mo. 12, 1830; married 10 mo. 19, 1786, Thomas Story.
2. Mary, born 3 mo. 12, 1765, died in infancy.
3. Joseph R., born 9 mo. 16. 1767, died 6 mo. 26, 1858: married first to mo. 10, 1792, Sarah Watson; second, 6 mo. 6, 1809, Ann West; and third. 2 mo. 29, T844, Ann Ely of Philadelphia, a widow. Joseph R. Jenks was a prosperous and prominent merchant in Philadelphia.
4. Mercy, born 10 mo. 20. 1769. died 10 mo. 19. 1836; married 10 mo. 18, 1792, Abraham Carlile.
5. Thomas, born 2 mo. 4. 1772- died 2 mo. 27. 1828: married first, in I797. Thomazine Trimble, and second, in 1816, Rachel Wilson.
6. Rebecca, born i mo. i, 1775, married I mo. 15, 1801, Jonathan Fell.
7. Mary, born 7 mo. 9, 1777, died in 1854, unmarried.
8. Phincas, born 5 mo. 3, 1781, died 8 mo. 6, 1851, married first, Eliza Mur- ray, and second, Amelia Snyder, see for- ward.
g. Ruth, born 8 mo. 19. 1788. died 2 mo. 16, 1843, married 11 mo. 8, 1810, Joseph Dickson.
DR. PHINEAS JENKS, eighth child of Thomas and Rebecca (Richardson) Jenks, was reared on the old homestead in Middletown. He chose the medical profession, and was a student of the cele- brated Dr. Benjamin Rush, and a gradu- ate of the University of Pennsylvania. He began the practice of medicine in Newtown, and continued to practice there until his death in 1851, becoming one of the eminent physicians of his day. He was the first president of the Bucks County Medical Association, and con- tinued at its head until his death. He took an active interest in the affairs of his county; state and neighborhood, and was one of the influential and prominent men, outside of his profession. He was a member of the state legislature for five years, 1815-19, and a member of the con- stitutional convention of 1837-38. He was one of the organizers of the St. Lukes Protestant Episcopal church at Newtown, of which he was rector's war- den for many years. He was a good extemporaneous speaker, and was al- ways counted on to lend his aid to any meritorious project in the neighborhood. He was twice married. His first wife was Eliza Murray, daughter of General Francis Murray of Newtown, wdiom he married 3 mo. 20, 1806. She died 3 rno. 16, 1807, leaving one daughter, who died in' infancy. He married (second) on 3 mo. 28, 1820. Amelia Snyder, daughter of Governor Simon Snyder. She was born June 21. 1791. and died August 6, 1859. They were the parents of seven chil- dren, three of whom, (Simon Snyder, Frederick A. and Henry L.) died in childhood, the latter being a twin broth- er of General A. Jenks. Esq. Those who survived were: Elizabeth M.. born July 29. 1822, died March 29, 1887; married Rev. Joseph I. Elsegood, rector of Trin- ity Protestant Episcopal church of East New York, Long Island, who died in 1884. William Wallace Jenks, born il mo. 2, 1825, a merchant in Philadelphia; he died 7 mo. 20. 1857. P. Frederick Jenks. born February 27. 1832, studied medicine and located at St. Louis, Mis- souri, soon after his graduation. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in the First Missouri Light Artillery, and was in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and Pittsburg Landing. He
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died at St. Louis, t mo. 9. 1863, from diarrhoea contracted in the service.
George A. Jenks, Esq., the only surviv- ing child of Dr. Phineas and Amelia (Snyder) Jenks, was born at Newtown, October 9, 1829. He received his ele- mentary education at the Newtown Academy, and then entered the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated July 4, 1850. He entered him- self as a student at law with James C. Van Dycke, Esq., of Philadelphia, then United States district attorney, and also entered the law department of the Uni- versity, where he took a full course, and on July 3, 1853, the degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws were con- ferred upon him.
On April 16, 1853. he was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia, and on October 8, 1855, was admitted to practice in the circuit and district courts of Pennsyl- vania, having. been admitted to practice in the supreme court on January 13, 1854. He practiced law in Philadelphia from 1853 to '1859, when he removed to Newtown, and was admitted to the bar of his native county, of which he is now the senior member. He is a careful stu- dent, and his thorough knowledge of the law and sound judgment have made him a safe counselor. In his long practice he has had many intricate cases to un- ravel, and in the vast number of dis- puted cases as to questions of law, re- ferred to him by the courts as auditor, he has seldom been reversed in either the lower or upper courts. He has filled the office of justice of the peace for forty-four years, and has served his bor- ough in the position of school director for nineteen y^ears ; and filled the ofiice of chief burgess for seven years. He has always been actively interested in all that pertains to the interest of the local- ity in which he lived, and has been con- nected with nearly all the meritorious local enterprises of his town. He is president and one of the directors and active supporters of the Newtown Li- brary, as was both his father and grand- father, George A. Jenks having served as a director for over forty years, and presi- dent for about thirty years. He is a member of the Bucks County Historical Society, and has always been actively interested in its work, and has furnished several historical papers for its archives. He is a member of Newtown Lodge, No. 427, F. and A. M., of which he was the first master, and Newtown Chapter, No. 229, R. A.-M., of which he was the first high priest, and served as district deputy grand master for the district for five years. He is a member of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church of Newtown, of which his father was one of the founders. He was married, June 15, i860, to Ella Davis, daughter of Jesse and Susan B. Davis, and they have been the parents of two children, Sylva P.
and Elizabeth M., both of whom died in early childhood. In politics he has been a lifelong Republican, but has never sought or held other than local office.
Joseph Jenks, third son of Thomas and Mercy (Wildman) Jenks, was boni and reared on the old homestead in Middletown. He married, 6 mo. 22,
1763, Elizabeth Pearson, born in 1744, died 1768, daughter of William and Eliza- beth (Duer) Pearson, and granddaugh- ter of Enoch and Margaret (Smith) Pearson, of Buckingham, Enoch Pearson being a native of Cheshire, England, hav- ing come to Bucks county with his par- ents, Edward and Sarah (Burgie) Pear- son, in 1687. Joseph and Elizabeth (Pearson) Jenks were the parents of three children: Margaret, born 6 mo. 6,
1764, died 1841; married li mo. 12, 1783, Samuel Gillingham. William, born 8 mo. 12, 1766, died 12 'mo. 5, 1818; mar- ried 10 mo. 28, 1790, Mary Hutchinson. Elizabeth, born 10 mo. 21, 1768, died 1828, married, in 1787, Isaiah Shinn, of New Jer- sey, who was a general in the war of 1812. Joseph Jenks married a second time, 4 mo. 25, 1770, to Mary Ingham, who lived but a few years after tlTe mar- riage, and he married a third time, on 5 mo. 30, 1776, Hannah Davids; neither of the last two wives left issue.
William, only son of Joseph and Eliza- beth (Pearson) Jenks, was a lifelong .resident of Bucks county, following the vocation of a farmer and miller on the homestead. He died at the early age of forty-two years, leaving a widow and ten children, six of whom were minors at the time of his death. His wife Mary was a daughter of Michael and Margery (Palmer) Hutchinson, of Lower Make- field township, a descendant of two old and prominent families of Makefield. The children of William and Mary (Hutchinson) Jenks, were:
1. Joseph, born 9 mo. 12, 1792, died il mo. 19, 1869, married 5 mo. 29, 1827, his second cousin, Eliza Jenks, daughter of Joseph R. and Sarah (Watson) Jenks.
2. Rebecca H., born I mo. 30, 1794, died 4 mo. 21, I797-
3. Michael Hutchinson Jenks, born S mo. 21, 179s, died 10 mo. 16, 1867. He was a surveyor and conveyancer, as well as a justice of the peace, for very many years, and did an immense amount of local business, and was a very fine pen- man and draughtsman. He was county commissioner for the term of 1830-2, county treasurer in 1834, ^n associate judge of the county, and represented his district in the twenty-eighth congress, as well as filling a great number of other positions of trust. He was four times married; first, in 1821, to Mary Ridg- way Earl, who was the mother of his nine children. His third daughter, .^.nna Earl, became the wife of Alexander Ramsey, first governor of Minnesota, and United States senator from that
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rstate. His other wives were Mary Can- by, Ann Higgins and Sarah Leeclom.
4. Eliza Pearson Jenks, born 2 mo. 14, 1797, died 12 mo. 13, 1884; married 10 mo. 13, 1825, George Yardley. • 5. Charles, born 12 mo. 31, 1798, died 8 mo. 5, 1823; married 4 mo. 16, 1823, Mary Ann Newbold.
6. Margery, born 8 mo. 5, 1800, died I mo. 31, 1802.
y1 Hannah, born 6 mo. 17, 1802, died 9 Ano. 17, 1822, unmarried.
8. Mary Palmer Jenks, born i mo. 25, 1804, died 2 mo. 15. 1875; married 12 mo. 27, 1827, Edmund Morris.
9. Margaret, born 9 mo. 24, 1806, died 12 mo. 20. 1825, unmarried.
ID. William Pearson, born 12 mo. 17, 1807, die*d 9 mo. 17, 1886, married 5 mo. t6, 1837, Elizabeth Story; see forward.
11. Ann, born 2 mo. 26, 1810, died 4 mo. 15, 1870, married 10 mo. 12, 1831, Charles M. Morris.
12. Susan W., born 6 mo. 3. 1812, died 7 mo. 25. 1857; married 7 mo. 4, 1838, Franklin Fell.
WILLIAM PEARSON JENKS, the tenth child of William and Mary (Hutch- inson) Jenks, was born and reared in the old homestead at Bridgetown, in Middle- town township. After finishing school he went to Paterson, New Jersey, where he learned the trade of a machinist. In 1828 he became interested in the manu- facture of cotton yarns at New Hope, where he remained until 1832. In 1833 he went to Madison, Indiana, in the in- terest of the firm in Paterson with whom he had learned his trade, and remained there two years, establishing a factory -for the manufacture of cotton goods. In 1835 he accepted the position of man- ager of the Union Factories near Elli- cott's Mills, Maryland, then the largest plant for the manufacture of cotton goods south of New England. He re- mained there until the autumn of 1846, when he was obliged to resign his posi- tion on account of failing health, and took a trip to Brazil to recruit. He re- turned in the summer of 1847 and joined Tiis wife and three children in Phila- delphia. Having regained his health, he was desirous of again engaging in busi- ness, and in the fall of that year joined Evan Randolph and formed the firm of Randolph & Jenks, cotton merchants, and did an extensive and prosperous bus- iness. He retired from active participa- tion at the close of the year i860. The firm continued, however, under the same name, the present members being his two sons. John Story Jenks and William H. Jenks, Evan Randolph, his partner, who married his only daughter, Rachel Story Jenks, in 1864, having died 12 mo. 3, 1887. William Pearson Jenks died 9 mo. 17, 1886, aged nearly seventy-nine years. He was a man of marked ability
as a merchant, and his life was full of active and intelligent energy. He pros- pered in his business and business enter- prises, and took an interest in many of the financial institutions in Philadelphia. His wife, Elizabeth Story, born 3 mo. 6, 1807, was a daughter of David and Rachel (Richardson) Story, of New- town, and a great-granddaughter of Thomas Story, a native of Northumber- land, England, who came to Pennsyl- vania with William Penn on his second visit, in the ship "Centerbury," arriving at Chester 10 mo. i, 1699. He settled in Bucks county, and in i mo., 1718, mar- ried Elizabeth (Wilson) Buckman, widow of William Buckman, of Newtown, who bore him one son, John Story. Thomas Story died 9 mo. 10, 1753, at the age of eighty-two years. His son, John Story, was born 11 mo. 26, 1718-19. He married 5 mo., 1747, Elizabeth Cutler, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor (Lane) Cutler, and lived all his life in the neighborhood of • Newtown. He died 11 mo. 10, 1804, at the age of eighty-six, and is buried at Wrightstown. His son, David Story, was born 4 mo. 20, 1760, and died 2 mo. 23, 1833. He married 4 mo. 19, 1792. Rachel ^Richardson, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jenks) Richardson. They had six children: i. Rebecca, born i mo.
15, 1793. died 9 mo. 22, 1870; married 5 mo. 20, 1824, Dr. Ralph Lee, of Newtown. 2. Hannah, born 3 mo. 23, 1794, died 4 mo. 13, 1876: married 5 mo. 16, 1837, John C. Parry, of New Hope. 3. John, born i mo. 15, 1796, died 10 mo. 22, 1844:. mar- ried 4 mo. 28, 1831, Esther A. Allibone. 4. William Story, born 9 mo. 10, 1797, died 9 mo. 16, 1822. unmarried. 5. Mary, born 3 mo. 23, 1800, died 5 mo. 22, 1846, un- married. 6. Elizabeth, born 3 mo. 6. 1807, died I mo. 11, 1878, married 5 mo.
16, "1837, William Pearson Jenks.
John Story Jenks was born near Elli- cott City, Maryland,' 10 mo. 29, 1839, and came with his parents to Philadelphia in 1846. He married, 10 mo. 27, 1864, Sidney Howell Brown, and has three daughters, all of whom are married and reside in Philadelphia.
William H. Jenks was born in Mary- land, II mo. II, 1842, and married in Philadelphia, 9 mo. 9, 1869, Hannah Mif- flin Hacker He has two sons, William Pearson Jenks and John Story Jenks, both of whom are business men of New York City, and two daughters who are married and reside in Philadelphia.
John Story Jenks and William H. Jenks, as before stated, succeeded their father, William Pearson Jenks, in the firm of Randolph & Jenks, and now com- prise that firm. They have been pros- perous merchants, and are interested in many of the financial, beneficial, social and political institutions of the city. They are worthy descendants of their Bucks county ancestors, for whom they entertain the most profound love and re-
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spect. They are both members of the Bucks County Historical Society, and take a lively interest and pride in the county where their first ancestors on all branches were early settlers, and where all their later ancestors were born and reared.
B. FRANK HART, of 2010 Wallace street, Philadelphia, retired manufacturer and business man. was born in Warminster, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1825, and removed to Philadelphia when a young man and engaged in manufacturing interests there, where he has since resided. He has, however, always kept in touch with the county of his birth, and takes spe- cial pride in his distinguished Bucks county ancestry. On the paternal side all his direct ancestors from his father, John Hart, to his great-great-great-grandfather, John Hart, were prominent officials of the countv and members of the law making body of the province and state, from Bucks county, making five successive generations to serve in tliat capacity.
John Hart, the ancestor of the Warmins- ter (Bucks county) family of the name, was a son of Christopher and Mary Hart, of Witney, Oxfordshire, England, where he was born November 16, 1651. A brother, Robert, remained in England, a younger brother Joseph migrated to Jamaica, and the only sister Mary, born April i, 1658, accompanied her brother to Pennsylvania in 1682. The family were members of the Society of Friends, and John brought a certificate from Friends at Witney. He had purchased of William Penn, July 16, 1681, 1,000 acres of land to be laid out in Pennsylvania. Of this 480 acres were lo- cated on the Poquessing, in Byberry, Phila- delphia county, and the balance in War- minster township, Bucks county. The for- mer was surveyed by virtue of warrant dated September i, 1681, and on this John Hart located on arriving in Pennsylvania, and erected a house on the banks of the Poquessing. The Warmin,ster tract was surveyey 7 mo. 25, 1684, and lay along the north side of the street road near Johns- ville. It became the residence of John Hart in 1697 and remained the home of his des- cendants for several generations. John Hart was early identified with public af- fairs. He was a member of the first as- sembly of the province, from Philadelphia county, and his name is attached to the first charter of government, granted by Penn to his colonists, dated at Philadelphia, Feb- ruary 2, 1683. He was a minister among Friends, and the earlj' meetings of the So- ciety were held at his house from 1683 to 1686, when the meeting house was erected "near Takony." He was clerk of the meet- ing for many years. In i6gi he joined George Keith in his famous schism against Friends, and was one of his ablest advo- cates, and, when Keith's radical doctrines had carried him and his followers out of the Society, he united with the Baptists in
1697, and became their preacher at the meeting house originally erected by the Friends. He later became assistant preach- er at Penncpack Baptist church, but was never ordained. He removed to Warmins- ter in 1697. selling his land in Byberry, ex- cept one acre which was reserved as a burying ground. He died in Warminster, September, 1714. in his sixty-third year. He had married in the fall of 1683, Susannah Rush, daughter of William and Aurelia Rush, who had come to Pennsylvania in 1682 and settled in Byberry, and a grand- ■ daughter of John Rush, who commanded a troop of horse in Cromwell's army. Sus- annah, after the death of her husband, re- turned to Byberry and died there February 27, 1725. John and Susanna (Rush) Hart were the parents of five children ; John, the ancestor of all of the name who remained in Bucks county ; Joseph who married Sarah Stout, April i, 1713, and died in 1714, without issue; Thomas, who inherited a portion of the land and conveyed it to his cousin, James Rush, in 1731, and left the county ; Josiah, who removed to New Jer- sey, and ]\Iary, who died unmarried.
John Hart, eldest son of John and Sus- annah (Rush) Hart, wa^ born in Byberry; July 16, 1684. He does not appear to have occupied so important a place as his father in public affairs, though he held many posts of honor and responsibility. He was sheriff of Bucks county, 1737-8-9. and 1743-4-5, and 1749; coroner of Bucks county, 1741 and 1748; was commissioned justice June g, 1752, and was succeeded by his son Joseph in 1761. When he was sworn in 1757, the record states he was "old. and impaired by apoplexy." He followed his father in mat- ters of religion and united with the Bap- tists and was baptized at Pennepack November 15, 1706, by the Rev. Evan Mor- gan, and was thereafter closely associated with the sect. He was one of the organ- izers of Southampton Baptist church in 1746, and served as clerk, deacon &nd trustee, until his death ]\Iarch 22, 1763. He inherited from his father a large por- tion of the Warminster homestead and erected the family mansion there in 1750. He married November 25. 1708. Eleanor Crispin, daughter of Silas and Esther (Holme) Crispin, and grand-daughter of Thomas Holme, Penn's surveyor general, and oi Captain William Crispin, one of Penn's commissioners for settling the col- ony of Pennsylvania. Though the latter never reached Pennsylvania, he was so closely identified with Penn and his family as to be of interest to Pennsylvanians. He was born in England in 1610, and was commander of the ship "Hope" in the ser- vice of the Commonwealth, under Crom- well, in 1652. In May. 1653. he was sent with the expedition against the Dutch, as captain of the "Assistance." under Rear Admiral William Penn. the father of the founder, and remained the remainder of that year cruising on tlie Dutch coast and preying uiion their commerce. In 1654 'i^
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was captain of the "Laurel," in the British squadron, sent against the Spanish pos- sessions in America, arriving at Bar- badoes, January 29, 1654-5. He partici- pated in the capture of jamica, May 17, 1655, was named as one of the commis- sioners for supplying Jamica, and remained there when Penn returned to England, but following him soon after, and with him retired to Kinsale, Ireland, where he lived for about twenty years. On Penn re- ceiving the grant of Pennsylvania he named Captain Crispin as one of the three "Commissioners for the Settleing of the present Colony this year transported into ye Province," as stated in his letter of in- structions, dated September 30, 1681. Cap- tain Crispin, with his fellow commissioners John Bezar and Nathaniel Allen, sailed for Pennsylvania, but in different ships, Crispin sailing in the "Amity," which was blown off after nearly reaching the Dela- ware capes and put into Barbadoes for repairs. Crispin died there, and the "Amity" returned to England, and, return- ing to Pennsylvania in April, 1682, brought over Thomas Holme, Penn's surveyor gen- eral, who also succeeded Crispin as com- rnissioner. Captain William Crispin mar- ried Anne Jasper, daughter of John Jasper, a merchant of Rotterdam, and a sister to Margaret, wife of Admiral Sir William Penn, and mother of the great founder. William and Anne Crispin were the parents' of four children: Silas, above referred to, who came to Pennsylvania^ with Thomas Holme, and later married his daughter Esther; Rebecca, who married. August 24, 1688, Edward Blackfan, son of John Black- fan, of Stenning, county of Sussex, Eng- land ; Ralph, who remained in Ireland and Rachel who married Thomas Arm- strong and also remained in Europe. Edward Blackfan prepared to come to Pennsylvania, where William Penn had directed land to be laid out to him, but died before sailing, in 1690. His widow Rebecca and their only son William came to Pennsylvania and located in Bucks county at Pennsbury, where she lived for a number of years. She married, in 1725, Nehemiah Allen, son of Nathaniel, the com- missioner. William, the son, married Elea- nor Wood, of Philadelphia, and located in Solebury, Bucks county. They are the ancestors of the now numerous family of Blackfan. Captain Crispin married a second time, and had eleven children, most of whom located in the West Indies.
Silas Crispin, only son of the Captain by his first marriage, in 1684 located in Upper Dublin township, Philadelphia county, where he lived the rest of his life, dying May 31, 171 1. He married a second time. Mary, daughter of Richard and Abi- gail Stockton, and widow of Thomas Shinn, who after his death married a third time, September 11, 1714. Richard Ridgway, Jr.. son of Richard Ridgway, who was one of the earliest English settlers on the Delaware in Bucks county. Silas and Esther (Holme)
Crispin were the parents of eight children^ six of whom lived to maturity: Sarah, married Lesson Loftus, of Philadelphia; Rebecca, married Joseph Finney ; Marie^ married John Collett ; Eleanor, married John Hart; Esther, married Thomas Rush; Thomas, married Jane Ashton, and lived on his father's plantation in Lower Dublin ; and William and Susanna who died young. By the second marriage Silas Crispin had six children ; Joseph, who removed to Dela- ware; Benjamin, of Chester county; Abi- gail, married John Wright, of Chester county ; Silas ; Mary, married Thomas Earl, of New Jersey; and John.
John and Eleanor (Crispin) Hart were the parents of ten children, viz :-
T. John, born September 10, 1709, went to Virginia, where he was killed June ir, 1743 by the accidental discharge of a gun.
2. Susanna, born April 20, 171 1, mar- ried March 31, 1731. John Price, and died two years later, leaving an only child^ Joseph Price.
3. William, born JMarch 7, 1713, died October 7, 1714.
4. Joseph, born September r, 1715. died February 25, 1788; see forward.
5. Silas, born May 5, 1718, removed in early life to Augusta county, Virginia. • At the organization of Rockingham county ht became a resident of that county, filling the position of judge, sheriff, etc. He died without issue October 29, 1795.
6. Lucretia, born July 22. 1720, died December 15, 1760; was twice married, first, October 15, 1741, to William Gilbert, who died about 1750, and on March 5, 1752, to John Thomas ; had three sons by first marriage, and a son and two daughters by the last.
7. Oliver Hart, born July 5, 1723, was for thirty years pastor of a Baptist church at Charleston, South Carolina, 1749-80, and fifteen years at Hopewell, New Jersey; died December 31, 1795.
8. Edith, born 1727, married Isaac Hough ; — see Hough Family.
9. Seth, died at age of nine years.
10. Olive, died in infancy.
Colonel Joseph Hart, fourth child and eldest living son of John and Eleanor (Crispin) Hart at the death of his father, was born in the old family mansion in Warminster. September i. 1715, and died there February 25. 1788. He was an active member of the Baptist church of South- ampton, and a deacon from its organiza- tion in 1746. and succeeded his father as clerk and trustee in 1763. He entered into public life at an early age; was sheriff of Bucks county 1749-51 : justice of the county courts 1764 to the time of his death. He was ensign of Captain Henry Kroesen's company of Bucks County Associators in 1747, and captain in 1756 of a Bucks county company. His most valuable services were however rendered during the Revolutionary contest, during which period to write of him is to write the history of the struggle in Bucks county, where he was in the fore-
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front from the "protest" at Newtown. July 9, 1774, when lie was appointed one of the committee from Bucks to meet the "Com- mittee from the respective counties of Penn- sylvania" at Philadelphia, July 15, 1774. until independence was established, almost always representing his county in the var- ious conferences and conventions, serving as chairman of the committee of safety, county lieutenant, etc. He was commis- sioned colonel of the first battalion raised by the committee of safety, and took it through the Jersey campaign of 1776. He was vice-president of the convention that met in Carpenter's Hall. June 18, 1776, and was twice chairman of the committee of the whole in that famous convention. In 1777 he was elected to the supreme exe- cutive council, and served until October, 1779, when he became lieutenant of Bucks county. He was register of wills and re- corder of deeds of Bucks county, 1777 to his death in 1788, being the first person com- missioned for these offices by the surpreme •executive council. He was elected in 1782 to represent Bucks county on the "board of censors," and on June 7, 1784, was commissioned by council as judge of the courts of common pleas and quarter ses- ■sions. The records fully verify the truth of the lines inscribed on the tomb erected to the memory of him and his wife at South- ampton; "His long and useful life was almost wholly devoted to the public ser- vice of his country; while the lives of both ■were eminent for piety and virtue."
He married October 8. 1740, his cousin Elizabeth Collett, daughter of John and Marie (Crispin) Collett. and granddaughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Rush) Collett. She was born in Byberry, May 14, 1714, and died February ig, 1788, six days be- fore her husband's death. They were the parents of six children, all sons, William, John, Silas, Josiah. Joseph, and another Joseph, the first having died in infancy. William, the eldest died in 1760, at the age of nineteen, unmarried.
John the second son of Colonel Joseph and Elizabeth Hart, born November 29, 1743, was treasurer of Bucks county during the revolution, and was filling that position when the treasury at Newtown was robbed by the Doans and their gang of outlaws, October 22, 1784. He died at Newtown June 5, 1786. He married, September 13, 1767, Rebecca Rees, daughter of David and Margaret Rees, of Hatboro, and they were the parents of five sons and two daughters, of whon three died in youth. His son William was a physician in Philadelphia; John was a merchant at Jacksonville for many years, married Rachel Dungan and left numerous descendants; Elizabeth mar- ried Dr. Silas Hough, see Hough family ; Joseph died unmarried.
Silas, the third .son of Joseph and Eliza- beth (Collett) Hart, born October 4, 1747, was a farmer and lived and died in War- minster; married Mary Daniel, and had ten children :
Joseph, the sixth son of Colonel Joseph Hart, born July 17, 1749, is treated of in the sketch of General W. W. H. Davis, whose grandfather he was.
Joseps, the sixth son of Colonel Joseph and Elizabeth Hart, and the ancestor of B. F. Hart, was born in Warminster, December 7, 1758. He was a man of liberal education and extensive information on public affairs, in which he took a deep interest, and always enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citi- zens. During the famous Whiskey Insur- rection he was paymaster of Colonel Han- na's brigade, and accompanied the army in its march to western Pennsylvania. He was a member of the state senate 1804- 1809, and as such in 1805 was chairman of the committee which reported favorably the bill for building an alms-house in Bucks county, and in 1808 introduced the first resolution in the senate for the removal of the county seat from Newtown to a more central part of Bucks county, and which resulted in the location at the pres- ent site, Doylestown, two years later. He enjoyed a wide acquaintance with the dis- tinguished men of his time in the state, as is evident by his correspondence. He mar- ried, December 25, 1783. Ann Folwell, of Warminster, whose family was one of the most respectable and influential in the county, and they were the parents of seven children, viz : Thomas, John, Charles, Lewis Folwell, Thomas, Eliza Ann, and Clarissa Maria. The first Thomas and Charles died in childhood. At the death of the father, on April 15, 181 1, the home- stead buildings and part of the home farm became the property of Thomas, the fifth son, who died in 1838, the balance being divided between John and Lewis F., who erected buildings thereon. The mother, Ann, died March 11, 1843. Eliza Ann, the eldest daughter, born December 8, 1797, married December 2, 1817, David Marple; and Clarissa Maria, the other daughter, married Joseph Carver.
John Hart, the eldest son of Joseph and Ann (Folwell) Hart, born in Warminster, April 9, 1787, was a man of prominence in the county, and for many years had a considerable political influence. When the British threatened Philadelphia in 1814 he and his brothers, Thomas and Lewis, en- listed in Captain William Purdy's com- pany in Colonel Humphrey's regiment, and served in the fleld until December, when the danger having passed, they were mus- tered out of service. After the return of peace he took an active interest in the military of the county, serving at one time as colonel of militia. He served one ses- sion in the state legislature. 1832, and filled a number of local offices. He was a warm patron of Hatboro Library, founded in 1755 by his grandfather and others. He married, IMarch 10. tSio, Mary Horner, daughter of John and Mary Horner, of Warminster, who was born May 3, 1790, and they were the parents of eight children as follows
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Joseph, the oldest son of John and Mary (Horner) Hart, born January 21, 1811, receiving a liberal education and grad- uated at Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. He followed the profes- sion of teaching for many years, and was deeply interested in public affairs up to the time of his death in 1898. He married Jane, daughter of William and Ellen Vansant, and had four children, — George W., Charles H., Mary E., and Ella S. George W. followed the vocation of a farmer, married Jennie Valentine, had one child, Charles Vincent, who received a public school education, then graduated from West Chester Normal school, re- ceiving a scholarship to Dartmouth, grad- uated from that institution and afterward from Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is now practicing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Charles H. was also a teacher, and at the time of his death, in 1881, was principal of a school in the Twenty-third Ward, Philadelphia. He was also connected with several news- papers, and enjoyed the reputation of being a deep thinker. Mary E. died in infancy. Ella S. taught school in Horsham. Mont- gomery county, for a few years, then re- turned home to attend her father in his de- clining years. She now lives in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
William H., second son of John and Mary (Horner) Hart, was born April 23, 1813. In 1845 he married Rachel Ayers, of Moreland, Tvlontgomery county. They had three children, all of whom died in infancy.
James, the third son of John and Mary (Horner) Hart, born December 15, 1820, married Rachel, daughter of Isaac and Emilie Hobensack. With his family he moved to jNIaryland and located near IBalti- more, where as a farmer he continued to reside until the beginning of the civil war. Owing to the hostile feeling entertained toward northerners he was obliged to sacrifice his property and return with his family to Bucks county. He then enlisted in the First New Jersey Cavalry Regiment, in the company commanded by his cousin, Captain John H. Shelmire. In recognition of his bravery and courage he was promoted to major of the regiment, and at the same time held the commission as major in the United States army. He was repeatedly wounded, and finally killed, after the evacuation of Richmond, at the battle of Five Forks, Virginia, April i, 1865. His remains were brought home and in- terred in the Southampton Baptist burial ground, along with his kindred. He left a widow and six children, all of whom are living.
George, the fourth son of John and J^Iary (Horner) Hart, born April 18, 1823, re- ceived a good thorough home education, and afterwards graduated at YalQ. In 1849 he went to California, returned to Phila- delphia, became a partner in the mercantile house of Shunway, Hart & Co., married
Louisa Webb, and had four children, one of whom is still living.
B. Frank, the fifth son of John and Mary (Horjaer) Hart, and the subject of our sketch, born March 22, 1825, like- wise received a liberal education and taught different schools in his native county and also in Philadelphia. He then located in Philadelphia, and was for many years associated with John P. Veree's rolling mill in Kensington, then became exe- cutive officer and general manager of one of the city passengers railways. After many years of close attention to business he retired from active life, and now resides with his family at 2010 Wallace street, Philadelphia. He is a member of the Bucks County Historical Society, and takes a lively interest in the affairs of the county with whose history his distinguished an- cestors were so closely identified. April 9, 1867, he married Anna H., daughter of Thomas Barnett, Philadelphia, and had five children. John Davis, born March 25, 1868, died in infancy; Sarah, born May 23, 1869; Mabel, born November 10, 1870, died March 14, 1873; Walter, born October 5, 1874; and Lydia, born September 11, 1876. Sara, daughter of B. Frank and Anna (Barnett) Hart, married Rev. Madi- son C. Peters, the distinguished preacher, author and lecturer of Philadelphia, and has three children, Dorothy, Anna and Frank H. Walter Horner, son of B. Frank and Anna (Barnett) Hart, gradu- ated from Colonel Hyatt's [Military School and is now one of Philadelphia's rising business men. Lydia, daughter of B. Frank and Anna (Barnett) Hart, remains at home with her parents.
Thompson Darrah, sixth son of John and Jilary (Horner) Hart, born August 14. 1827, went to Philadelphia, where he engaged in business. He married Susan Snedecar, and had one child. At the be- ginning of the civil war he enlisted as first lieutenant in his cousin's (Colonel Alfred Marple's) company in Colonel W. W. H. Davis's 104th Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, and was later commis- sioned as lieutenant-colonel and commanded a brigade at the siege of Charleston, South Carolina.
Ann Eliza, daughter of John and Mary (Horner) Hart, born January 17, 1817, died June, 1900.
Mary Darrah, daughter of John and ]\Iary (Horner) Hart, born July 18, 1818, died.
GENERAL WILLIAM WATTS
HART DAVIS, a veteran of two wars, author, journalist and historian, was born at Davisville, Southampton township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1820, and comes of English, Welsh and Scotch-Irish ancestry, representing the commingling of the blood of these different nationalities to which we are indebted for many of the finest types of American citizenship.
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father, William Davis, was an early settler in Solebury or Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, and while tradition makes Tiim of Welsh descent, his environment and associations indicate very strongly to the the writer of these lines that he was either a native of the north of Ireland, or a son of an Ulster Scot, who had made his way to Pennsylvania with the great army of Scotch Covenanters from the province of Ulster in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. He married, about 1756, Sarah Burleigh (or Burley) daughter of John Burley, of Upper Makefield, an Ulster Scot, who had settled in Upper Makefield about 1735 with the Torberts, IMcNairs and others with whom his family later intermarried. Little is known of the life of William Davis other than that he was a farmer in Solebury and Upper Makefield, and died in the latter part of the century. William and Sarah (Burley) Davis were the parents of seven children, viz : Jemima, born December 25, 1758, married John Pitner, and removed with him first to Maryland and later to New Castle. Delaware ; John, the grand- father of General Davis, born September 6, 1760; Sarah, born October i, 1763, married Lott Search, of Southampton, Bucks county; William, born September 9, 1766, became a sea captain and died at sea ; Joshua, born July 6, 1769, removed to Maryland about 1800; Marv, born October 3, 1771, and Joseph, born March i, 1774, of whom we have no further record.
John Davis, second son of William and Sarah (Burley) Davis, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in Solebury, and at the age of six- teen years became a member of William Hart's company in the Bucks county bat- talion of the Flying Camp, under Colonel Joseph Hart, and participated with it in the New Jersey and Long Island campaign of 1776. Returning with the battalion to Bucks county he participated with General Washington in the Christmas night attack on Trenton. In 1777 he enlisted in Caotain Thomas Butler's company in the Third Pennsylvania Regiment, later becoming a part of the Second Pennsylvania Regi- ment ; then transferred to Captain Joseph McClelland's company, was at the storming of Stony Point, and wounded in the foot at Fort Lee on the Hudson. 1780. He was in the Ninth, under IMcClelland. at the time of revolt in New Jersey, proceeded from there to York in January. 1781, and from there the company was ordered south under Lafayette and participated in the battle of Yorktown.- after which Davis was dis- charged on account of his disabled foot and returned to Bucks county. In 1782 he was commissioned ensign of Captain Neclev's company. Colonel John Keller's battalion, Bucks county militia, and was one of the members of that battalion to enter into active service for seven months. At the close of his military service John Davis married. June ■ 26. T783. Ann Simp'^on. daughter of William and Ann (Ilines)
Simpson, of Buckingham, and rented the Ellicott farm in Solebury, where he lived until 1795, when he removed with his fam- ily to Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, where they resided until 1816, when he removed to Franklin county, Ohio, where he died January 25, 1832, at the age of seventy-two years. His wife, Ann, survived him, dying June 6, 185 T, in her eighty-seventh year. Her father, William Simpson, was born in Ireland in 17,32. and is said to have come to Pennsylvania about 1740 with his widowed mother and a- brother John, who was the great-grandfather of General U. S. Grant. William Simpson married Ann Hines, daughter of Mathew Hines, of New Britain, and lived for a time in that town- ship, removing later to Buckingham, where he died in 1816. The children of John and Ann (Simpson) Davis were: Sarah, born in Solebury, October 12, 1784; William born August 22, 1786; John, born August 7, 1788; Ann, born November 6, 1790; Samuel, born 1792, died in infancy; Joshua, born in Maryland, June 27, 17^\ Samuel S., born September, 1798 ; Joseph, born January 27, 1803, and Elizabeth, born November 18, 1805. Most of these children removed with their parents to the banks of the Scioto, where they became useful and active members of the community and en- gaged in different • branches of business and professions.
John Davis, the second son of John and Ann. born in Solebury. August 7. 1788. was the father of the subject of this sketch. He removed with his parents to Rock Creek, on the banks of the Potapsico, Maryland, at the age of seven years, and was reared' to the life of a farmer. At the age of sixteen years he began to drive his father's Cone- stoga wagon with produce to Baltimore, and before he was seventeen was sent with his father's team to remove the goods of a neighbor to Pittsburg, crossing the Alle- ghenies and passing through what was then a wilderness with scattering settlers ; tUe trip occupying about sixty days. In 1808, at the age of twenty, he bought his time of his father and began farming for him- self. His opportunities for an education being limited, he supplemented what schol- astic knovvledge he had gained in his boy- hood bv the reading of books and period- icals of the day in the midst of a life of business activity. He had a thirst for knowledge, and. possessing a retentive memory, became exceptionally well in- formed on history and the issues of Amer- ican politics of the day. On one of his visits to his uncle. Lott Search, in South- ampton township, he made the acnuain- tance of his future wife, Amy Hart, daugh- ter of Josiah and Ann (Watts) Hart, who was living with her widowed mother on the old Watts homestead in Southampton, and from that time until March 13. 1813. the date of his marriage, was a frequent vis- itor at his uncle's house. '
.^my Hart was born June 30. T784. and came of distinguished ancestry, her father.
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Josiah Hart, being the fourth son of Colonel Joseph* and Elizabeth (Collet) Hart, born July 17, 1749, and died October 25, 1800. He was captain of one of the Bucks county companies of militia during the Revolutionary war, under his father, who was commissioned colonel of the first battalion organized in Bucks county, in 1776, for the Jersey campaign. Colonel Hart was one of the most prominent men of his day in Bucks county, serving as sheriff, 1747-1751 ; justice of the courts of Bucks county, 1764, to the time of his death in 1788, ensign of militia, 1747. In the Revolutionary struggle he was one of the leading spirits from the time he was ap- pointed on the committee of Bucks county, July 9, 1774, to attend "a meeting of the several committees of the respective coun- ties of Pennsylvania, to be held in Phila- delphia the 15th of July, instant," until independence was achieved. He was born September i, 1715, and died February 25, 1788, and was a son of John and Eleanor (Crispin) Hart, grandson of John Hart, who came from Witney, Oxfordshire, in 1682, and married Susanna Rush, of Byberry. On the maternal side Mrs. Davis was a granddaughter of Stephen, and great- granddaughter of Rev. John Watts, born at Leeds, England, 1661 ; came to Lower Dublin, Philadelphia county, 1686, and married Sarah Eaton. He become pastor of the Pennepack Baptist church, 1690, and died 1702. William Watts, brother of Mrs. Josiah Hart, was prothonotary, clerk of quarter sessions, and associate justice of Bucks county. Mrs. Hart, mother-in-law of John Davis, died in 1815, at Doylestown, of typhoid fever ; also William W. Hart, a young member of the bar, her son, and Mrs. Miles, another daughter of Mrs. Hart, all dying in the George Brock house, Doylestown, within a few days, of the same fever.
Soon after his marriage John Davis settled on his mother-in-law's farm in Southampton, and, at her death, in 181 5, it was adjudged to him in right of his wife, and he resided in that immediate neighbor- hood the remainder of his long and active life. He at once became active in the af- fairs of his native county, to which he re- turned while the second war with Great Britain was in progress. On news of the burning of Washington reaching Bucks county, a meeting was called at Hart's Cross Roads, now Hartsville, on Thursday, September i, 1814, to raise volunteers to take the field. The list of the men enrolled is in the handwriting of William Watts Hart, brother of Mrs. John Davis, and John Davis's name heads the list. He became ensign of the company then formed, which, after two months' camp and drill at Bush Hill, Philadelphia, proceeded to Camp Dupont, in Delaware, where their three months' service was completed. Ensign Davis, soon after his discharge, entered
* See preceding sketch.
the volunteer militia of the county, became active therein, and was in constant commis- sion for thirty-four years, holding in suc- cession commissions as captain, brigade in- spector, major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and was three times elected major-general of the division composed of Bucks and Montgomery counties. General Davis was a natural politician, a Democrat from con- viction, and became a power in that party in Bucks county. Sturdy in the advocacy of what he conceived to be right and strong in the reasons and facts on which his con- clusions were founded, he became a strong and eloquent advocate and was "on the stump" in many of the political campaigns of his day. He was appointed by Governor Wolf, 1833, a member of the board of ap- praisers of public works and held the office three years. In 1838 he was elected to congress from the Bucks county district, and made a splendid record as a congress- man. His speech in favor of the passage of the Independent Treasury Bill, June 2/, 1840, was commented on throughout the country as a masterly and able one. He served on many important committees and took an active interest in all that pertained to the best interest of his district and ,the country at large. On March 4, 1845, he was appointed surveyor of the port of Pniladelphia, and filled that position for four years. During the forty years from 1820 to i860, General John Davis's position in the political arena was a prominent one and he was closely associated and in constant correspondence with the leading political lights of that time, A lifelong friend of James Buchanan, he used strenuous efforts to accomplish his election to the presidency. He, however, disapproved of Buchanan's Kansas and Nebraska policy, and refused to indorse it, and became estranged from many old-time comrades in the party.
During all these years General Davis remained a resident of Davisville, where he operated a farm and saw mill for many years. In 1829 he built a store building there, and conducted a general merchan- dise store for many years, and filled the position of postmaster. He was an ex- cellent business man, frank and straight- forward in his dealings, and of unswerving public and private integrity. He and his family were members of the Baptist church, and he took a deep interest in religious and educational matters. At the outbreak of the Civil war he was amongst the very first to raise his voice in favor of maintaining the Union and putting down the rebellion with a strong arm. Had his age permitted would have gone to the front, as did his only son, in defense of the government he loved and served.
Amy, the wife of General John Davis, died August 17, 1847, and he on April 8, 1876, and both are buried in the old graver yard at Southampton Baptist church. Their children were : Ann, who married, Decem- ber 10, 183s, James Erwin, of Newtown,
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whose only surviving child married Henry Mercur, of Towanda, Pennsylvania ; Re- becca, who married, January 5, 1840, Alfred T. Duffield, who succeeded the General as storekeeper at Davisville, and died in September, 1871, and his wife in 1884, leav- ing three children : J. Davis Duffield, T. II. Benton Duffield, and Amy, wife of Judge Gustav A. Endlich of Reading; Sarah, who married Ulysses Mercur, of lowanda, later chief justice of the supreme court of Penn- sylvania; Amy, who married Holmes Sells, a practicing physician at Dublin, Ohio, later a prominent physician and druggist at Atlanta, Georgia, where they resided during the Civil war; Elizabeth, who never married, and resides at the old homestead at Davisville; and an only son, William Watts Hart Davis, the subject of this sketch, who was named for his mother's brother, William Watts Hart, a member of the Bucks county bar, who was clerk of the orphans' court of Bucks county in 1814, and resigned to go in defense of his country when Washington was burned, and was adjutant of Colonel Humphrey's Bucks county regiment. At the close of the war he returned to Doylestown and died m 1815 of typhus fever.
William Watts Hart Davis was born at at Davisville, July 27, 1820. He was reared on ttie old homestead and his earliest educational advantages were ob- tained at a private school Kept by Miss Anna Longstreth, at the Longstreth home- stead nearDy; later he attended the cele- brated classical school at Southampton Baptist church, and the day school, a mile from Davisville, on the Bucks and Mont- gomery county line road. In 1832 he came to Doylestown and attended the Academy there, boarding at the public house of his father's old captain and friend, William Purdy; a few years later he attended the select school of Samuel Long, near Harts- viUe, and the Newtown Academy, finishing his elementary education at the boarding school of Samuel Aaron, Burlington, New Jersey. From the age of ten years the time not spent in school was spent behind the counter in his fathers' store, where he learned practical business methods and habits of industry from the best of teachers, by both example and precept. In 1841 he entered Captain Alden Partridge's Univer- sity and Military School at Norwich, Ver- mont, and concluded a three years' course in sixteen months, graduating in 1842 with the degrees of A. M. and M. M. S. In the same year he was appointed an instruc- tor of mathematics and commandant of cadets in the military academy at Ports- mouth, Virginia, where he remained three years.
He then began the study of law in the office of Judge John Fox, at Doylestown, and in 1846, after his admission to the bar, entered the law department of Harvard University. On December 5, 1846, while a student of Harvard Law School, at Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the
First Massachusetts Infantry for the Mex- ican war ; was commissioned first lieutenant, December 31, 1846, of Captain Crowning- shield's company, Colonel Caleb Cushing's regiment; adjutant, January 16, 1847; aide- de-camp June I, 1847; acting assistant ad- jutant general, July 18, 1847; acting com- missary of subsistence, October 9, 1847; act- ing qtiartermaster and inspector, October 29, 1847; captain. Company I, First Massa- chusetts Infantry, March 16, 1848, spending the winter of 1847-1848 with Scott's con- quering army in the Valley of Mexico. He was one of the officers who participated in the capture of General Valencia, in a night ride of seventy miles. He was mus- tered out July 24, 1848, at the close of the war.
He now returned to Doylestown, where he practiced law until 1853, when he was appointed by President Franklin Pierce (with whom he had served in the Mexican war) to the position of United States dis- trict attorney of the territofy of New Mexico, and spent the next four years in that territory, during which time he filled the offices of attorney-general, secretary of the territory, acting governor, superintend- ent of Indian affairs and of public build- ings. While there he also published a newspaper at Santa Fe in Spanish and English, and, with the assistance of an in- terpreter and his clerk he saved the valuable Spanish manuscript in the secretary's office which afterward furnished him the material from which he wrote "The Spanish Con- quest of New Mexico," that was issued from the press of the "Doylestown Dem- ocrat" in 1869. While at Santa Fe he wrote his first work on New Mexico, entitled "El Gringo, or New Mexico and Her People," which Harper & Brothers puD- lished in 1857. While exercising the func- tions of government in our new territory, Mr. Davi^ met with some unique experi- ences. On one occasion, himself and party, while traveling on the plains, were cap- tured by the Arapahoe Indians, but, by the exercise of a little diplomacy, escaped seri- ous molestation.
Returning to Doylestown in the fall of 1857, lie purchased the "Doylestown Dem- ocrat," then as now the organ of the Demo- cratic party in the county, and owned and edited it until 1890, when he sold out to the Doylestown Publishing Company, but continued as its editor until 1900, since which time he has devoted his time to his- torical and literary work.
General Davis raised and took to the front the first armed force in the county for the defense of the country in the civil war, known as the "Doylestown Guards," of which he had been captain since 1858 as a volunteer militia organization. He served with this company through a campaign in the Shenandoah Valley under General Robert Patterson, an account of which cam- paign he later published, and which is con- sidered an authority on that subject. The company was ordered to Washington in
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1861, and was the first military force to pass through Baltimore after the riots of April 19, 1861. The company being mus- tered out at the end of their three months' service, Captain Davis, by order of the secretary of war, raised at Doylestovi^n the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteers, and a battery known at its inception as the "Ringgold Battery," but later as "Durell's Battery," an excel- lent history of which has lately been writ- ten and published by Lieutenant Charles A. Cuffel, of Doylestown. Colonel Davis went to the front with his regiment November 6, 1861, and served throughout the war as its colonel, though frequently filling positions and exercising commands commensurate to a much higher rank. His military record during the civil war, as briefly summed up from the records of the War Department, is as follows : Captain Company I, Twenty- fifth Pennsylvania Regiment (Doylestown Guards), April 16, 1861, in the Shenandoah Valley campaign; mustered out July 26, 1861 ; colonel One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Sep- tember 5, 1861 ; provisional brigade com- mander, November 11, 1861 ; commanding First Brigade, Casey's Division, Fourth Corps, November 30, 1861 ; wounded at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862 ; commanded First Brigade, Second Division, Eighteenth Corps, January II, 1863 (Second Division, First Corps, March 10, 1863; commanded United States forces at Port Royal Island, South Carolina, May 27, 1862, post of Beau- fort, South Carolina, June 14, 1863; First Brigade, Terry's Division, July 8, 1863, at siege of Charleston, S. C. ; commanded U.
5. forces at Morris Island, South Carolina, January 19, 1864; District of Hilton Head, Port Pulaski, St. Helena and Tybee Islands, South Carolina, April 18, 1864; First Brigade. Hatch's Division, July 4, 1864; wounded at siege of Charleston, July
6, 1864, losing fingers of right hand ; mus- tered out September 30, 1864; brevetted brigadier-general. United States Volun- teers, March 13, 1865, "for meritorious ser- vices during the operations against Charles- ton, South Carolina." In connection with the distinguished services rendered by Gen- eral Davis in the operations before Charles- ton we publish below a letter written by Major General Gilmore, then in command of the forces there, which shows in what light his services were held by his superior officers :
"Headquarters, Department of the South, "Folly Island, S. C, Nov. 26, 1863. "Col. W. W. H. Davis. 104th Pa. Vol. Inf., Commanding Brigade, Morris Island
S. C.
"Dear Sir :— Although entirely unsol- icited by you, directly or indirectly, I deem it my duty, as it is certainly a pleasure, on the eve of your departure for a short leave of absence in the North, to express to you, officially, my high appreciation of the zeal, intelligence, and efficiency which have marked your conduct and service during 4-3
the operations against the defences of Charleston, still pending. Much of our service here has been trying, indeed, upon both officers and men, but I have been most nobly sustained by all, and by none more zealously than yourself. I wish you a suc- cessful journey and a safe return to us.
Very Respectfully, Your Obt. S'vt., (Signed) Q. A. Gilmore,
"Maj. Gen'l. Com'd'g."
The above letter, received on the eve of his departure for a short visit to his family and friends in Bucks county, was an en- tire and gratifying surprise to the general and is -much prized by him.
The One Hundred and Fourth passed through the thick of the fight, and rendered valiant service in the defense of the Union, and left many of its numbers in their last sleep under Southern skies. General Davis was largely instrumental in securing the erection of a monument to the memory of his fallen comrades at Doylestown.
At the close of the war General Davis re- turned to the management and editorship of the "Democrat." He was honorary com- missioner of the United States to the Paris Exposition in 1878; was Democratic candi- date for congress from the seventh district in 1882, and for the state at large in 1884. In 1885 he was appointed by President Cleveland United States pension agent at Philadelphia, and filled that position for four years. In the midst of a life of busi- ness activity General Davis has devoted much time to literary and historical work. In addition to numerous lectures, addresses and papers on historical and other subjects, he is the author of the following publica- tions, "El Gringo," 1857 ; "Spanish Con- quest of New Mexico,"* 1869; "History of One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteers," 1866 ; "History of the Hart Family of Bucks County," 1867 ; "Life of. General John Lacev," 1868; "History of Bucks County," 1876; '"Life of John Davis," 1886; "Doylestown Guards," 1887; "Cam- paign of 1861. in the Shenandoah Valley," 1893; "The Fries Rebellion." 1899: "Doyles- town, Old and New," 1904, and a revised edition of the "History of Bucks County," 1905. All of these publications are consid- ered the best authorities on the subjects treated and most of them now bring in the market double and treble their original subscription price. General Davis has been
*The eminent historian, George Bancroft, read the entire manuscript of the " Spanish Conquest of New Mexico" prior to its publication, and in a letter to General Davis, from Berlin, under date of February 17, 1869, said: "You are the only American I know who had the opportunity and the curiosity to investi- gate the subject, and our new acquisition is rising so rapidly in greatness and value that a new interest attaches to the romantic career of the adventurers who discovered it, and I trust that you will publish your valuable work." Thomas A. Janvier, author of the " Mexican Guide," and an extensive contributor to Spanish-American literature, in a letter to the General says: "Your history is one of the most scholarly and thoroughly satisfying works in the whole range of Spanish-American literature. It has the charm of style of the old chroniclers, and much of their charm of quaintness. with an exactneFS that is not, in all cases, an old chronicler's characteristic."
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president of the Bucks County Historical Society almost from its organization, and its success as an organization .is largely due to his untiring efforts in its behalf. Nearly his whole time since his retirement from the editorship of the "Democrat," in 1900, as well as a large part of his time prior to that has been spent in its rooms and in its service, and hundreds of books, pamphlets and curios on its shelves are of his con- tribution. At the age of eighty-five years his highest ambition is to live to see the Society successfully installed in its hand- some new building, for which it is largely indebted to his untiring zeal in that behalf.
General Davis was married, June 24, 1856, to Anna Carpenter, daughter of Jacob Carpenter, of Brooklyn. New York, and of their seven children three survive: Jacob C, of Doylestown, now in the employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company ; Margaret Sprague, wife of Cap- tain Samuel A. W. Patterson, of the U. S. Marine Corps, son of Rear Admiral Thomas H. Patterson, U. S. N.. and grand- son of Commodore Daniel T. Patterson, U. S. N., who commanded the Naval forces at the battle of New Orleans, 1865; and Eleanor Hart, residing with her father.
General Davis is a companion of the mil- itary order of the Loyal Legion, a member of the Aztec Club, Survivors oi the Mex- ican War, of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Post No. i, G. A. R., Philadelphia, the American Historical Association and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and a member and one of the founders of Historical So- ciety of New Mexico.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL AUCHMUTY WAINWRIGHT PATTERSON. U. S. Marine Corps, on board the United States battleship "Kentucky," of the North At- lantic squadron, U. S. N., was born at Washington, D. C, December 3. ^^>9, and is a son of Rear Admiral Thomas Harman Patterson. U. S. N., by his wife. Maria Montresor Wainwright. daughter of Colonel Richard D. Wainwright. first colonel of the United States Marine corps : and grand- son of Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson, U. S. N.
Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson was born on Long Island. New York, in 1786. He entered the U. S. navy in t8oo, and was a mid'^hipman on board the frigate "Phila- delphia" in the expedition commanded by Captain William Brainbridge, engaged in the blockade of Tripoli. October 31. 1803, when the frigate ran upon the rocks and the vessel and entire crew were captured and held prisoners in Tripoli for three years, until peace was declared. On Janu- ary 24. TS07. he was promoted to the rank of lieutenanl, and on July 24. 1813. to master-commander. As commander of the naval forces he co-operated with General Andrew Jackson in 1S14-15 in the defense
of New Orleans, lending such support as to assure the victory over the British, and received the expression of their apprecia- tion from the U. S. congress. He com- manded the expedition sent to capture the defenses of the corsair Lafitte, on the is- land of Grand Terre, in Batavia Bay, hav- ing been made captain February 28, 1815. He commanded the frigate "Constitution," 1826-29, and was appointed navy-commis- sioner in the latter year, holding the posi- tion for four years. In 1832-36 he was in command of the Mediterranean squadron, and on his return was made commandant of the navy yard at Washington, which he held at the time of his death in 1839.
Rear Admiral Thomas Harman Patter- son was born at New Orleans, May 10, 1820, entered the navy from Louisiana as actmg midshipman April 5, 1830, was pro- moted midshipman March 3, 1837, passed midshipman July i, 1842. He spent the next five years on the frigate "Macedonia " the sloop-of-war "Falmouth," acting mas- ter and lieutenant on the brig "Lawrence," West India squadron, and on the brig 'Washmgton," Coast Survey, from April 17, 1844, to October, 1848, when he was commissioned master. He was commis- sioned lieutenant June 23, 1849. and served on the sloop-of-war "Vandalia," Pacific Squadron, until October 12, 1852.
At the breaking out of the civil war he was serving on the steam sloop -'jMohickan," on the coast of Africa; returning home he was put on active duty; was commissioned commander of sham gunboat "Chocura," July 16, 1862, in Hampton Roads, Vir- ginia; and was present .at the siege of iorktown, and opened up the Pamunkey river for McClellan's army, co-operating with the Army of the Potomac. In Novem- ber, 1862, he was ordered to the South At- lantic Blockading Squadron in the steamer "James Adger," which he commanded untjl June. 1865. participating in the capture of a flying battery near Fort Fisher, in Aug- ust. 1863; captured the "Cornubia" and "Robert E. Lee," and the schooner "Ella" off the North Carolina coast. He 'was senior officer in the outside blockade off Charleston. South Carolina, September 15, 1864; commanded the steam-sloop "Brook- lyn," flagship of the South Atlantic Squad- ron, from September 19, 1865. to Septem- ber 18, 1867. being commissioned captain July 25, 1866; promoted to commodore November 2. 1871, and commanded Wash- ington Navy Yard 1873-6; was commis- sioned rear admiral March 28. 1877. and commanded the Asiatic Squadron until 1880, which completed his twenty-five years of active sea duty. He retired May ro, 1882. He was elected Januarv 2. 1868. a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He died at Washington. D. C. after a, long and painful illness, April 9. 1889. He mar- ried Maria Montresor Wainwright. daugh- ter of Colonel Richard Wainwright. of the United States Marine Corps, who died in
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1881. They were the parents of three sons and one daughter.
Captain Samuel A. VV. Patterson entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1876, and graduated in 1882, after making sev- eral cruises as a student. After gradua- tion he was attached to the flagship "Hart- ford," of the Pacific Squadron, where he served twcr years. He left the navy in 1884, and in 1885 was appointed as a clerk in the United States Pension Office at Phila- delphia under General W. W. H. Davis, pension agent, and filled that position for four years and six months. From 1886 to 1896 he resided in Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. In May, 1896, he entered the U. S. Revenue Cutter service, where he served until January 17, 1900. He Vfas in the blockading squadron at Cuba during the Spanish- American War. He re- entered the U. S. navy in January 1900, and was stationed at the Boston Navy Yard until ordered to China, June, 1900, as second lieutenant of the U. S. Marine Corps, and was promoted to first lieuten- ant, July, 1900, during the Boxer troubles in China, where he participated in the famous march to Pekin to relieve the im- prisoned legations. At the close of the Chinese imbroglio he was ordered to the Philippines, and served on the U. S. S. "New Orleans," at China and Japan, and at Cavite and Olongapo, Philippine Islands. After two years and eight months' service abroad he was stationed for a time at the New York Navy Yard, from whence he was ordered to the Isthmus of Panama, where he served for six months. Return- ing to the New York Navy Yard he was promoted captain in November, 1903, and is now (1905) cruising on board the U. S. battleship "Kentucky," of the North At- lantic Fleet.
Captain Patterson. February 18, 1886, married Margaret Sprague Davis, daugh- ter of General W. W. H. Davis, of Doyles- town. Bucks county. Pennsylvania, a sketch of whose distinguished career and ancestry is given in this volume. Captain and Margaret (Sprague) Davis Patterson have been the parents of three children, Anna Davis, born December 27, 1886, died December i. 1894: Thomas Harman, born April 15. 1889. died August 12, 1889; and Daniel Walter, born April , 14, 1891, who survives.
CORNELL FAMILY. Gulliame Cor- neille, (variously spelled. Cornele, Cor- nale, Cornelise. in the Dutch records of New Netherlands) wa<: of un- doubted French origin, probably a Hue- guenot. and possibly of the same family as Pierre and Thomas Corneille, the noted dramatists and poets of Rouen, a supposition strengthened by the fact that he named his eldest son Peter, the French of which would have been '"Pierre." He settled on Long Island •early in the seventeenth century, and
died at Flatbush prior to July 17, 1666, at which date his son Pieter Guilliamse paid for the burial of both his father and mother, as shown by the town rec- ords. On August 9,-1658, he procured from Director Stuyvesant, a patent for a large plantation at Flatbush, and in i66r he and his son Pieter purchased a "bouwery" and several building lots in Flatbush. He left five children Pieter, Gulliam or Gelyam, Cornelis, Jacob and Maria, who have left numerous descen- dants in Kings county. Long Island, New York, New Jersey, and in Bucks county and other parts of Pennsylvania. The name for nearly a century was spelled Cornele, with the accent on the e.
Pieter Wuellemsen, as he wrote his name, the eldest son of Guilliam Cornele, was a prominent man in the early history of Flatbush and Kings county. As above stated he was joint purchaser with his father of a large plantation in Flatbush, and later was alloted other building lots in the town. He was commissioned as "Pierre Guilleaum" on October 8, 1686, a lieutenant of the Flatbush company of Kings county militia. His will is dated May 23, 1689. He married in 1675 Mar- gueritie Vercheur, or Vernelle, as the marriage record gives it. and they were the parents of at least five children: Gulliame. born 1679; Cornelis, 1681 ; Ja- cob, 1683; Maria, 1686, and Pieter. Cornelis, the second son, married Jan- netje — and had children: Johannes, bap- tised September 21, 1718; Adrien, bap- tised November 19, 1721; Cornelis, mar- ried Anne Williams in Philadelphia in 1746. and probably several others, some of whom are said to have settled in Bucks county. Pieter, the j^oungest son of Pieter and Margaret, married Catharine Lanning and settled in New Jersey. Adrien, son of Cornelis, is erroneously" confounded with Adrien, son of Guilliam, who settled in Bucks county; the former probably never lived in Pennsylvania.
Gilliam Cornell, eldest son of Peter and Margaret, was born at Flatbush, Long Island, in 1679, married November 4, 1714. Cornelia Van Nortwyck, daugh- ter of Simon and Folkertje Van Nort- wyck, of Blanckenbufg, in the Nether- lands, and remained until 1723 at Flat- bush. removing from there to New Utrecht, and is said to have accompan- ied some of his children to Bucks county prior to 1750. of which latter fact we have no proof, unless a tombstone, be- side those of his sons Gilliam and Wil- helmus. in the old Dutch Reformed burying ground near Feasterville. marked "Q x C," maybe considered as such. He purchased a. "house and lot in Flatbush as early as 1708. His children as shown by the records of the Dutch Reformed churches of Flatbush and New Utrecht and from the Bucks county records, were: Adrien: Jacobus, baptised October 2, 1720: Wilhelmus, baptised July 29,
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1722; Gilliam, baptised October 23, 1724; Johannes, baptistnl June 16, 1727, married May 23. 1750, Maria Lott, and remained in Flatbush; Simon, baptised July 13, 1729; and Abraham, baptised October 10, 1731. Margaretta Cornell, who married Rem Vandcrbclt, of Southampton, and had a son Gilliam baptised at South- ampton in 1742, is also supposed to have been a daughter of Gilliam. Of the above named sons of Gilliam and Cornelia Cor- nell, four (Adricn, Wilhelmus, Gilliam and Simon) came to Bucks county, and settled in Northampton and Southamp- ton, and where the first three left nu- merous descendants. Adrien was the an- cestor of most of the Cornells who now reside in Bucks, and a more detailed ac- count of him will be given below.
^WILHELMUS CORNELL, born at Flatbush, Long Island, July 13, i7.-2f. probably came to Bucks county with his elder brother Adrien and their pa-- rents prior to 1740. He was married at the Southampton church, April 14, i744- to Elshe (or Alice) Kroesen. H'ls first purchase of land was in connection with his younger brother Gilliam in 1755, and consisted of three tracts of land near Churchville, eighty-two acres on the Northampton side of the Bristol road, and IIS acres opposite in Southampton, including the present site of the church. In 1762 he conveyed his interest in these tracts to Gilliam, and purchased of Jacob Duffield 2331^ acres in South- ampton, and subsequently acquired con- siderable other land there. He died Oc- tober 14, 1783, and his wife Elshe died October 8, 1802, at the age of seventy- seven years; they are buried side by side in the old grave yard af Feasterville. They were the parents of Seven children: Gilliam, born January 2, 1745, died Au- gust 17, 1755; John, born January, 1750, died January 24, 1811. leaving sons Gil- ; Ham, Wilhelmus, Jacob, John and Isaac, and daughters Elizabeth, wife of Henry Feaster, and Cornelia, wife of Gilliam Cornell; Cornelia, baptised February li, 1753, married William Craven; Margaret, baptised December 14, 1755, married Henry Courson; Elizabeth, baptised June 7, 1761; and Gilliam, baptised September 17, 1758, married Jane Craven. The lat- ter was known locally as "Yompey Cor- | nell." He was buried on his farm at Southampton Station.
Gilliam Cornel, born on Long Island in 1724, married there May 23, 1750. Mar- garet Schench, and removed to Bucks county. He purchased land as above recited in 1755 in connection with his brother Wilhelmus, and purchased the latter's interest therein six years later. He died in Northampton, July 17. 178=;. and his wife Margaret died September 5, 1805. They had seven children: I. Phebe, who married her cousin Cor- nelius Cornell, the son of Simon. 2.
Cornelia, baptised April 11, 1757, mar- ried William Bennett. 3. John, baptised December 31, 1758, married Catharine Sleght. 4. Abraham, baptised January 28^ 1760. died August 31, 1801, married Agnes Bennett. 5. Gilliam, baptised August 27,
1764, married Rachel and left
Bucks county. 6. Margaret, baptised 1767. 7. John, baptised June 12, 1774, died young. 8. Maria, baptised August 24, 1778.
Simon Cornell, born on Long Island in 1729, married Adrienne Kroesen and settled in the neighborhood of South- ampton, though probably in Philadelphia county; his sons Cornelius and John were baptised at Southampton church in 1761 and 1772 respectively. The former mar- ried Phebe, daughter of his uncle Gil- liam, and had children Gilliam, John, Cornelius, Isaac, Jane, who married Peter Bailey, and Margaret.
ADRIEN CORNELL, eldest son of Gelyam and grandson of Peter Guil- liamse Cornel, was born in Flatbush, Long Island, August 22, 1713, as shown by his family Bible now in possession of Thompson Cornell of Philadelphia, a great-great-grandson, and died July 28, 1777. He was eldest son of Gelyam Cor- nell by the first marriage of Gelyam, who was a landholder in Flatbush as early as 1708. Historians have erroneously stated that he was a son of Cornelis, the brother of Gelyam. Bergen, in his "Early Settlers of Kings County," makes that statement and gives the date of his baptism as November 19, 1721, but this is effectually disprove!! by the Bible record, as well as by the will of Gilliam of Bucks county, who is shown to be a son of Gelyam and Conelia, and makes "my nephew Gilliam Cornell, son of my brother Adrien," one of the executors of his wilj^' Adrien Cornell married Mattie Hegeman, born at Brooklyn. Long Island, November I, 1718, daughter of Rem and Peternella (Van Wycklen) Hegeman, grand-daugh- ter of Elbert and Marytje (Rappalye) Hegeman, great-granddaughter of Jo- seph and Femmeltje (Remse) Hegeman,. and great-great-granddaughter of Adrien and Catharine Hegeman, who emigrated from