Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 47

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa.
Number of Pages: 1482


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lector, he became extensively interested in building and real estate operations. Hle is now the superintendent and manager, and a member of the Broome Street Improvement Company, of Wilmington. This company has erected one hundred and fifty dwelling houses, principally on the old ahnshouse property, six-tenths of which the company purchased, including that portion of Wil- mington bounded by Fourth, Front, Broome and Harrison streets. Mr. Neary was active in politics in early manhood, and soon be- came an important factor in the local con- tests. He allied himself with the Democratic party, worked with energy in the ranks for a time, and rose to the position of a trusted and successful leader. He held a high place in the councils of his party, and often secured a victory for its candidates when defeat seemed assured. While always an aggressive and fearless leader, he won the esteem of his opponents and their generous recognition of his ability as a campaign manager, and when he engaged in business he received their hearty support.


On May 26, 1870, Patrick Neary was mar- ried to Mary, daughter of Michael and Brid- get (Bracken) {Quinn. Their children are: I. Catharine, died in infancy; II. Mary E .; III. Elizabeth G .; IV. John F .; V. Anna A .; VI. Gertrude M .; VII. Lucy; VIII. Helen, died in infancy. All the children reside at home, with the exception of John F. Neary, who is a student in Princeton University, N. J. Mr. Neary and his family are members of the Sacred Heart R. C. church.


FREDERICK W. TUNNELL, Philadel- phia, Pa., son of Charles and Sarah A. (Short) Tunnell, was born in Georgetown, Del., May 3, 1854.


His early life was spent in Georgetown, and his education was obtained in the George- town Academy. When he was seventeen years old he removed to Philadelphia, and has been engaged in business in that city since 1870. For a number of years he has manu- factured glue on an extensive scale. Mr. Tunnell is a member of the Sons of Delaware of Philadelphia. In his political opinions he is independent.


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Welch. Mr. Welch is a native of England, and Mrs. Welch was born in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Tunnell have children as fol- lows: 1. Raymond W., born January 19, 1879; 1I. Harold, born April 23, 1885; III. Bertram A., born December 31, 1896. Mr. Tunnell and his wife are members of the First M. E. church of Germantown, Pa., of which congregation Mr. Tunnell is a trustee, and chairman of the finance committee. He is also superintendent of the Sunday-school, and a member of the general board of the Ep- worth League, besides holding other church offices.


PEMBERTON BURTON WEST, Phila- delphia, Pa., son of George H. and Matilda (Burton) West, was born in Philadelphia, June 1, 1850. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Delaware; the Wests are widely connected, and hold their place among the most honored families of the state. Pem- berton B. West is a representative of the sev- enth generation of the family in America; its records present the following facts:


Robert West, the pioneer settler, was born , in England during the latter half of the sev- enteenth century, the exact date not being preserved, and came to America during his minority. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Grace Lewis, born November 1, 1697, between the hours of 1 and 2 a. m. Their children were: I. William; II. John; III. Wrexham; IV. Robert, 2; V. Joseph; VI. Lewis; VII. Peter. Robert West died October 23, 1742; Elizabeth (Lewis) West, March 26, 1751.


I. William West, eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Lewis) West, was born April 15, 1720; died April 4, 1743. His son, William West, 2, was born February 29, 1743; he married Esther, daughter of Jacob and Han- nah Art, and had children: I. Wrexham; II. William, 3; III. Jacob; IV. John M .; V. Bailey A .; VI. Elizabeth (Mrs. - Rod- ney); born in 1744, died in 1842; VIT. Hen- rietta (Mrs. -- MeMain); VIII. Hannah (Mrs. Wiltbank).


I. Wrexham West, eldest son of William and Esther (Art) West, married Rebecca Conwell. Their children were: i. Joseph, married Lydia MeIlvaine, had children, 1. James Mc --- , 2. Joseph II .. 3. Henrietta M. (Mrs. - Ware), 4. Mary T .. ( Mrs.


Carpenter); ii. Jacob, married Clara Brooks, had children, 1. Jacob, 2. Samuel, 3. Wrex- ham, 4. Rebecca (Mrs. - Hudson), 5. Mary (Mrs. - Wolfe), 6. Elizabeth, 7. Henrietta, 8. Sarah, 9. Hannah; ifi. Elizabeth (Mrs. -- Clifton); iv. Hannah (Mrs - - Wilson).


11. William West, 3, second son of Wil- liam, 2, and Esther (Art) West, married Mary Westley. Their children were: i. John; ii. James, married Rebecca, daughter of George and Abigail (Fisher) Hazzard, of Sussex county, Del., and had children, 1. Wil- liam, 5, married Eliza Vessels, 2. George H., married first Matilda Burton, second Sarah G. Williams, third Caroline M. Parker, had children, Pemberton Burton, Franklin and Ilenry Fisher, died January 8, 1890, 3. Abi- gail (Mrs. John G. Todd), 4. Mary (Mrs. John A. Clampitt), 5. Sarah (Mrs. Henry C. Maull), 6. Margaret (Mrs. G. G. Capron); iii. Samuel, married Rhoda Duffield, had chil- dren, 1. Edward, married Elizabeth Vent, had one son, Samuel, 2, 2. William, 3. John, 4. Deborah ( Mrs --- Long), 5. Eliza, 6. Katherine ( Mrs. ---- Cottingham), 7. Emily (Mrs. James W. Zimmerman); iv. William, 4; married Ruth Duffield, had children, 1. Mary (Mrs. - Schellinger), 2. Martha


(Mrs - Ross); v. Bailey, married Mary Ann, daughter of Arthur West, had children, 1. William Arthur, married Margaret, daugh- ter of Robert West, 2. David, 3. Samuel, 4. Mary, 5. Elizabeth, 6. Victoria, 7. Katherine; vi. Mary (Mrs. John T. Hazzard); vii. Eliza- beth (Mrs. John Marshall); viii. Rebecca (Mrs. -- Warrington); ix. Emily Cornelia (Mrs. Thomas Maull).


IV. John M. West, fourth son of William 2, and Esther (Art) West, married Sarah White, had children, i. Wrexham, 2, mar- ried Martha Finley, had children, 1. Henry 11., 2. Marshall; ii. Benjamin, married Phebe Cutter, of Amboy, N. J., had one son, Daniel; iii. Caleb, married Elizabeth Smith; iv. George Edward, married Almira Guilder, of Philadelphia, had children, 1. Charles, 2. William, 3. Guilder, 4. ; v. Daniel, married : vi. John, married Sarah Hitchins, had one son, Rich- ard; vii. Henrietta; viii. Sarah Ann. John M. West died in January, 1869.


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Mary Landreth, and second Pamela Hughes, of New Jersey, and had children: i. Joseph; ii. William; iii. Rachel; iv. Mary; v. Clemen- tine; vi. kiizabeth K. Bailey A. West died March 5, 1872, aged eighty-four years.


All of the above-named members of the West family were residents of Lewes, Del.


II. Jolm West, second son of Robert and Elizabeth (Lewis) West, was born August 16, 1723, married, January 10, 1749, Ann Prettyman, who was born October 14, 1731, had children: I. Elizabeth, born August 4, 1751; 11. Joseph, born April 2, 1755; III. Comfort, born November 25, 1757. Ann (Prettyman) West died December 12, 1760. The second wife of John West was Hannah They had one child, John, 2, born October 29, 1764. John West died No- vember 26, 1765.


III. Wrexham West, third son of Robert and Elizabeth (Lewis) West, was born July 30, 1726, married Ann Feb- ruary 13, 1752, had children: I. Mary, born December 31, 1752; II. Benjamin, born May 8, 1757, married, August 16, 1775, Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth Vaughn, had one child, Elizabeth, born October 4, 1776, who married first Samuel Tingley, and afterwards Robert Burton, and died June 30, 1825; Benjamin West died May 8, 1771; III. John, born November 10, 1756, died March 20, 1772; IV. Elihu, born April 1, 1758, died September 13, 1759; V. Ann, born February 19, 1766. Mrs. Ann


West died in 1766; her husband, Wrexham West, survived her eleven years, dying March 27, 1777.


IV. Robert West, fourth son of Robert and Elizabeth (Lewis) West, was born September 16, 17 -.


V. Joseph West, fifth son of Robert and Elizabeth (Lewis) West, was born September 22, 17-, died July 13, 1768.


T'I. Lewis West, sixth son of Robert and Elizabeth (Lewis) West, was born January 16, 1732, or 1733, married, February 13, 1761, Esther, daughter of Benjamin and Pa- tience Stockley, who was born October 19, 1735; had children: I. Sarah, born December 24, 1761, died October 30, 1762; II. Robert, 3, born August 16, 1763; III. Lydia, born May 9, 1766; IV. Esther, born June 12, 1768; V. Wrexham Lewis, born November 2, 1772. Mrs. Esther (Stockley) West died


February 25, 1775; Lewis West died Febru- ary 26, 1795.


VII. Peter West, seventh son of Robert and Elizabeth (Lewis) West, was born Octo- ber 28, 1734, married Comfort -, had one daughter, Ruth, born November 19, 1765. Peter West died May 8, 1770.


The above records, so far as they relate to the eldest branch of the West family, were compiled in 1869, by a granddaughter of William West, 2, who was born in 1797, just a century after the birth of her great-great- grandmother, Elizabeth (Lewis) West. The remaining data are in the possession of the Prettyman family, of Indian River, from whom they were obtained by Mrs. Mary, daughter of Elizabeth (Burton) -, and wife of Henry T. Rodney.


The maternal ancestry of George II., son of James and Rebecca (Hazzard) West, and father of Pemberton B. West, includes the Fisher and Hazzard families, of whom the following interesting records are preserved.


Dr. Henry Fisher was born in 1700, in Queen's County, Ireland, upon an estate named Raleigh, which was owned in 1800 by Sir John Pringle. Henry Fisher had three sisters: Sarah ( Mrs. - Somers), Eliza- beth (Mrs. Diamond), and (Mrs. Lechester). Ilis father died while he was a minor, and his mother mar- ried again. Before he attained his majority, his step-father, having purposely made him intoxicated, prevailed upon the young man, by threats and promises, to assign the family estate to him. Overwhelmed by chagrin on account of his own misconduct, and unavail- ing regret for the wrong he had inflicted on his family by alienating their inheritance, Henry Fisher set sail for India, but being shipwrecked, and barely escaping with his life he returned to Ireland. Not long after, he married Diana, daughter of Colonel Thomas and Cornelia (IIeinesse) Wood; Miss Wood was at the time of their marriage visit- ing the wife of Colonel Christmas. Her mother, Cornelia Heinesse, was a Dutch lady, a descendant of the princely House of Orange; her father discarded her on account of her marriage with Col. Wood, who was an officer in the British army, a native of Eng- land. Colonel Wood, after escorting his bride to England, returned for a short time to Holland. While there, he was challenged


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to fight a duel. Having accepted the chal- lenge, and being allowed the first shot, he dis- charged his pistol into the air; his antagonist, in return, shot him dead. His body reached his home in England at a moment when his wife and some friends whom she had invited to greet him were hourly expecting his arri- val, in anticipation of a joyful reunion.


Soon after his union with Miss Wood, Dr. Fisher sailed for Pennsylvania, and arrived at the mouth of the Delaware Bay in Octo- ber, 1725. Landing at Cape Henlopen, he was prevailed upon to settle in that region; there being no physician in the county, the urgent requests of the colonists there out- weighed the solicitations of the governor and others in Philadelphia, who warmly invited him to make his home in that city. Dr. Fisher bought a house and 100 acres of land at Pilot town, where his son afterwards lived; during the next year, having met with suc- cess in his professional labors, he sent to Ire- land for his wife, who landed at New Castle and rode to Lewes on horseback.


The children of Dr. Henry and Diana (Wood) Fisher were: I. Henry; II. Wood, who died very young; III. Cornelia ( Mrs. Daniel England), of Philadelphia; IV. Eliza- beth ( Mrs. William Scott), of Waterford, Ireland. At the age of eighteen, Elizabeth Fisher visited her father's native land, hop- ing to regain the family inheritance; her bright expectations were doomed to disap- pointment, but the journey was none the less a momentous one for the ardent girl. While in Waterford she became acquainted with Mr. Seott, who was a merchant of that city, and whom, not long after, she married; they had one son, Matthew Scott. In 1773, Mrs. Scott paid a visit to her mother in Delaware, and stayed until the following year, when she returned to Ireland.


Henry Fisher, 2, was born March 22, 1735. In accordance with the plans of his father, who wished to qualify the youth to be his professional assistant and successor, his carly studies were so directed as to prepare him for a course in medicine. But Dr. Fisher died in 1748, and after his death, the boy manifested so strong a desire for a sea-faring life, that. his mother, with the hope that the faszination might, on nearer acquaintance, give way to disgust, put him on board of a pilot-boat. The measure, however, failed to have its intended


effect, and Henry Fisher continued in the same useful service until the Revolutionary struggle became imminent. He received from the governor of Delaware a commission as major in the First Delaware Militia, and the Committee of Safety, then in session in Philadelphia, sent for him, and empowered him to call in and dismantle all the pilot boats employed in the Delaware river except his own, which was used for the special ser- vice of looking out for the enemy, and giving notice of his arrival. In March, 1776, the English fifty-gun frigate Roebuck, Captain Hammond, arrived off Cape Henlopen, and Major Fisher dispatched his boat, the Mar- quis of Granby, to Philadelphia, with notice; the trip to the city was made in about ten hours. For about two years the Roebuck re- mained off the cape, harassing American commerce, and doing it great damage by the destruction of merchant vessels. Major Fisher continued to serve the Continental government throughout the war, giving aid in various ways. In the darkest hour of the war, when General Washington's suffering troops at Valley Forge were on the verge of disbanding in despair, Henry Fisher loaned the government several thousand dollars. At the close of the war, Congress ordered all claims to be brought in for settlement; but, knowing the exhausted condition of the Fed- eral treasury, and the difficulties that would embarrass the infant government, the major forbore to present his claim. Two payments were subsequently made to his heirs, one in 1849, and one at an earlier date; but, al- though the justice of the claim is fully ac- knowledged, full settlement has never been made.


Henry Fisher, 2, was married in 1756 to Margaret, daughter of Luke Shields. The children of this marriage were: I. Penelope, wife of Captain Peter Day, born March 22, 1757; II. Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Joseph Hall, born December 3, 1759; III. Esther An (Mrs. Philip Ingraham), born January -- , 1763; she afterwards became Mrs. Thomas MeHam; IV. Margaret Shields (Mrs. Samme] Thompson), born March -, 1765; V. Sarah (Mrs. Daniel Rodney), born September 5, 1767; VI. Abigail (Mrs. George Hazzard), born January 3. 1770; VII. Henry, born -, 1772, died when nine months old; VIII. Mary, born ----- , 1773, diel


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at the age of five months; IX. Rebecca (Mrs. Christopher L. Bennett), born March 20, 1775.


James West, son of William, 3, and Mary (Westley) West, and grandfather of Pem- berton Burton West, was born in Lewes, and there spent the greater part of his life. He had charge of the building of the first break- water at Lewes; he was for some years a river pilot, and was afterwards treasurer of the Pi- lots' Society. As above stated, he married Rebecca Hazzard, and their children were six in number. James West died in Lewes, No- vember 16, 1559. His second son, George Hazzard West, was also born in Lewes, and resided there until he was sixteen years old, when he went to Philadelphia. For nearly fifty years, he was very successfully engaged in the wholesale boot and shoe business at No. 21 North Third street, in that city. George IT. West married Matilda, daughter of Burton; his second wife was Sarah G. Wil- liams, and his third, Caroline M. Parker. His children are: I. Pemberton Burton; II. Franklin; III. Henry Fisher. George II. West died in Philadelphia, January 8, 1890.


Pemberton B. West has resided both in Delaware and in Philadelphia, but most of his life has been passed in the latter place, where since early manhood he has been engaged in the boot and shoe business. In 1879, both he and his brother, Henry Fisher West, were admitted to partnership with their father in his extensive wholesale establishment. For the past eight years, the business has been prosperously conducted by the brothers. Mr. West is a member of Crescent Lodge, No. 493, F. and A. M .; of Temple Chapter, No. 247, R. A. M., of Philadelphia; and of the Sons of Delaware, of Philadelphia. In his political views he is a Republican.


On October 19, 1876, Pemberton Burton West was married in Philadelphia, to Eliza- beth, daughter of George W. and Rebecca Stull, born in that city, July 21, 1850. Their children are: I. George II., born May 13, 1882; 1I. Maida, born May 3, 1885. Mrs. Elizabeth West died March 20, 1887. On April 18, 1889, Pemberton B. West married Isabella, daughter of Archibald and Nancy Holmes, born in Philadelphia, November 5, 1867. Their only child, Pemberton B., Jr., was born November 8, 1897. Mr. and Mrs.


West are members of the Nineteenth Street M. E. church; Mr. West is a trustee and the treasurer of the congregation.


THOMAS C. BRADLEY, Philadelphia, Pa., son of James and Ann (Simpson) Brad- ley, was born in South Murderkill hundred, Kent county, Del., March 3, 1851.


Mr. Bradley's parents, James and Ann (Simpson) Bradley, were natives of Kent county, Del .; both are now deceased. Their children are: I. Joseph, of Milford, Del .; IL. Phebe ( Mrs. A. W. Emery), of South Mur- derkill hundred, Kent county, Del .; III. Lina (Mrs. O. G. Knight), of Kent county, Del .; IV. William H., of Pencader hundred, New Castle county; V. Thomas C.


Thomas C. Bradley received his education in the public schools of his native county. He remained at home until he attained his majority, assisting in the cultivation of the homestead. In 1873, Mr. Bradley removed to Philadelphia, Pa., and began business for himself as a commission merchant, dealing in fruit and produce. For twenty-five years he has carried on this business with success, respected and esteemed for his honorable and straightforward methods. Mr. Bradley is ac- tively interested in local polities and casts his vote for men and measures, unbiased by party considerations. He is a member of the Sons of Delaware, of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Brad- ley attends the Presbyterian church.


JAMES BENJAMIN CANBY, Phila- delphia, Pa., son of James, Jr., and S. Ma- tilda (Price) Canby, was born at Betterton, Kent county, Md., September 14, 1848.


The Canby family is English by descent. Mr. Canby's great-great-grandfather, Oliver Canby, son of Thomas Canby. was born in Bucks county, Pa. He was a prominent man in the colony, and held office under the Eng- lish goverment before the beginning of the war of the Revolution. He was the founder of the Delaware branch of the family, and set- tled at Wilmington, New Castle county. Mr. Canby was a merchant miller and built the first mills on the Brandywine, mills which have been owned and managed by his de- scendants for generations, and which were for one hundred years the largest in the United States. ITis son, Sammel, who was his successor in the mills, was the great-grand-


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father of James B. Canby. Samuel Canby was born in Wilmington, Del. He was mar- ried to Frances Lea, and spent his life on the homestead.


Mr. Canby's grandfather James Canby, son of Samuel and Frances (Lea) Canby, who . was born in Wilmington, Del., inherited the mills and the business which had been built up by his ancestors. Besides his interests in the east, he made large investments in the west. He also dealt extensively in real es- tate in Baltimore, Md., and was for many years president of the Union National Bank, and president of the P., W. & B. R. R. James Canby was maried to Elizabeth Rob- erts, of Germantown, Pa. Their son, James Canby, Jr., father of James B. Canby, was born at the old home in Wilmington, Del. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, Mr. Canby engaged in milling, increasing the productive capacity of the old mills, and, by improved machinery, manu- facturing flour and meal of a higher grade. James Canby, Jr., was married to S. Matilda Price. Their children are: I. Catherine Rob- erts, widow of the Rev. Edward Hale, re- sides in Philadelphia, Pa .; II. Esther Roberts, deceased; III. Laura, deceased; IV. James Benjamin.


James Benjamin Canby was four years old when his mother removed to Wilmington, Del. He was educated in the Friends' School, completing his course at Clarkson Taylor's Academy. After leaving school, Mr. Canby entered the Brandywine Mills of James E. Price & Co., where he remained until he was twenty-five. In 1873, Mr. Canby removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he obtained a po- sition in the counting house of Alexander C. Cattell & Co., and in 1877 succeeded the firm in business. Mr. Canby is not only an ener- getic and progressive business man, but as an intelligent citizen, is interested in all that concerns the welfare of the community. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society; of the Union League of Philadel- phia; of the Trades League, the Maritime Ex- change, and the Grocers' and Importers' Ex- change, of Philadelphia; he is a director of the Sons of Delaware, and has twice been chosen president of the Commercial Ex- change, of Philadelphia, the largest trades organization of the city.


James Benjamin Canby was married, in Philadelphia, Pa., June 23, 1880, to Clara Greenough, daughter of Franklin and Clara A. (Greenough) Platt. Their children are: I. Clara Greenough, born in Philadelphia, March 15, 1881; II. Franklin Platt, born in Philadelphia, April 23, 1884; III. James Benjamin, Jr., born in Atlantic City, Sep- tember 22, 1887. Mr. Canby and family at- tend St. James P. E. church, Philadelphia, Pa.


WILLIAM HENRY MARVILL, 1924 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa., son of Henry N. and Sarah ( Heathers) Marvill, was born at Marvill's Cross Roads, Kent county, Del., November 20, 1845.


Mr. Marvill's grandfather, Adam Marvill, a farmer, owned and . cultivated extensive tracts of land in Kent county, Del., where he spent the greater part of his life. In the ab- sence of family records it is impossible to de- termine accurately, but it is supposed that he was born in Sussex county, Del. Adam Mar- vill was married to Elizabeth Heathers. Their children are: I. Henry N .; II. Parmelia (Mrs. Levi Johnson); III. Ann (Mrs. James Vineyard). All are now deceased. Mr. Adam Marvill is buried on his farm in Sus- sex county, Del.


Henry N. Marvill, farmer, was born in Sussex county, Del., in 1807. ITis whole life was spent in the cultivation and improvement of his farms. He was quiet and unassuming, intelligent and deeply interested in all that concerned the welfare of his native land. Henry N. Marvill was married to Sarah Heathers. Their children are: I. William HI .; II. Thomas, of Milford, Del., married Mary Clark. Mr. Henry Marvill and his wife were earnest Christians, devout members of the M. E. church. Mrs. Marvill died at Mar- vill's Cross Roads, Kent county, Del., in 1854; she is interred in the family burial place on the farm in Sussex county, Del. Mr. Henry N. Marvill is buried in Hollywood cemetery, Kent county, Del.


William HI. Marvill grew up on the home- stead in Kent county, Del, and was educated in the public schools of that district. He be- gan his business career as a salesman in a general store in Harrington, Del., and after- wards secured a similar position in Milford, Del. In 1876, W. II. Marvill removed to.


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Philadelphia, Pa., where he obtained a posi- tion in a wholesale notion store. Six years afterwards he became a member of the firm of J. R. Keim & Company, wholesale dealers in woolen goods. For twenty years Mr. Mar- vill has been connected with this firm; he is active and energetic, a thoroughly practical business man. He is a Republican, interest- ed in all that concerns the true prosperity of the country. Mr. W. II. Marvill is a mem- ber of the Sons of Delaware, and one of the board of governors.




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