Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 49

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

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WILLIAM FREDERICK WELLER, Wilmington, Del., son of John and Mary (Meyers) Weller, was born in Wilmington, Del., November 7, 1857. His father, John Weller, was a native of Germany and is now deceased. Mrs. John Weller is a Philadel- phian by birth, and resides in Wihnington, Delaware.

After receiving his education in the public schools of Wilmington, William F. Weller became a machinist apprentice with the Pusey & Jones Co. This trade he abandoned to learn the bakery business, to which he gave his attention for four or five years. During the ensuing six years, Mr. Weller was sales- man in a merchant tailoring and retail cloth- ing establishment. In September, 1887, he began business as merchant tailor, with R. T. Connelly, under the firm name of Connelly & Weller. In March, 1898, Mr. Connelly re- tired, and since that time Mr. Weller has car- ried on the business in his own interest at 722 Market street. Mr. Weller is a member of Eureka Lodge No. 23, F. and A. M .; Delta Chapter No. 6, R. A. M .; St. John's Com- mandery No. 1, Knights Templar; Lu Lu Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. Oasis of Philadel- phia; Eden Lodge No. 34, and Christine En- campment I. O. O. F .; Clayton Lodge No. 4, K. of P .; Wilmington Lodge No. 1, A. O. U. W .: Blue Rock Council, Royal Arcanum. Mr. Weller is liberal in his political views.

William F. Weller was married at Wayne, Pa., January 13, 1894, to Lilian E. Under- wood, of Wilmington, Del. Mr. and Mrs. Weller are members of the Presbyterian church.

WILSON M. PRUTZMAN, Wilmington, Del., son of Abner D. and Sarah (Meinder) Prutzman, was born in Berks county, Penna., May 31, 1864.

His ancestors came to this country from Germany and helped make up that sturdy population which has pushed Berks county to the front among the rich and substantial com- munities of Pennsylvania. ITis father was a locomotive engineer on the Wilmington and Northern railroad. Both his father and mother are dead.

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Wilson M. Prutzman was an only child. Ile received a good public school education in Reading, Pa., and at the Normal School, Kutztown, Pa. He inherited from his father a love of mechanics and machinery, and when he was fifteen years of age was apprenticed at steam boiler making. Three and one-half years later he entered the wheel and machine shop of the Philadelphia and Reading R. R., and was employed there eighteen months. Then he secured a position on the P. & R. R. R. and eighteen months later went to the Wil- mington & Northern Railroad as fireman. A year afterwards, in 1886, he was promoted to the position of engineer, and has been contin- uously engaged in that capacity ever since. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers, the Sons of America, the Knights of St. John and the Knights of Malta. Ile purchased his handsome home in 1892.

Wilson M. Prutzman married, August 10, 1886, Emma, daughter of David and Elmina (Best) Greenawald, of Reading. He is a member of St. Stephen's Lutheran church; Mrs. Prutzman is a member of St. Stephen's Reformed church.

HENRY ELMER SHERWOOD, No. 813 Washington St., Wilmington, Del., son of William Wesley and Caroline (Griffin) Sherwood, was born at Smyrna, Del., March 4, 1863.

His parents were natives of Delaware. His father was a painter and died in Wilmington, May 10, 1877. His mother resides on a farm near Wilmington.

After attending school for some years, Henry E. Sherwood went upon the P. W. & B. R. R., at the age of fourteen, as newsboy. Being an intelligent lad, his experience in that line of business taught him many valuable lessons, and partly supplied his previous lack of advantages. Four years later he secured a position as fireman on the road and on De- cember 26, 1886, was promoted to engineer. He is now engineer on local passenger trains between Philadelphia and Wilmington. Mr. Sherwood is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and of the A. O. U. W. On January 15, 1880, Henry Elmer Sher- wood was married to Laura Virginia, daugh- ter of Rev. William J. Potter. Their children are: I. Henry Ehner (2); IT. Llewellyn Lee; III. Lavinia May.

ERASMUS BURTON WAPLES, A. M., principal of Rittenhouse Academy, Philadel- phia, Pa., is a son of William D. and Mary G. (Walter) Waples, and was born in Indian River hundred, near Millsboro, Sussex coun- ty, Del.

The Waples family has had its home upon the soil of Delaware since the date of the set- tlement by William Penn. A partial account of its genealogy coneludes this sketch.

During his boyhood, which was spent in Indian River hundred and in Baltimore hun- dred, Sussex county, Del., Erasmus B. Waples attended the public schools. He sub- sequently received instructions in a private school in Farmington, Kent county, Del., and prepared for college at the Collegiate Institute of Milford, Del. In 1873 Mr. Waples be- came a student at Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., and was graduated from that time- honored institution in 1877. For three years after completing his course, he taught in the public schools of Maryland, one year at Fed- eralsburg, and two years at Elkton. In 1880, in connection with De Bonneville K. Lud- wig, A. M., he took charge of the Ritten- house Academy, Philadelphia, and has ever since occupied the same honorable and useful position. The reputation of Rittenhouse Academy is second to that of no similar insti- tution in the city. Mr. Waples is a scholarly gentleman and a successful teacher. He is a member of the Sons of Delaware. Mr. Waples is a deacon of the Second Presby- terian church, Philadelphia, and was for sev- eral years superintendent of the Sunday- school connected with that congregation.

William Derickson Waples, fourth child of Major Isaac and Ruth (Nichols) Waples, was born in Indian River hundred, Sussex county, Del., and passed his entire life in the same county, actively and usefully occupied with agricultural pursuits and mercantile en- terprises. He did not neglect the interests of his native state, but became influential in public affairs, and served in the Delaware legislature. He was a Presbyterian. In poli- ties he was a Whig until the breaking up of that party, when he became a Democrat.

William D. Waples' first wife was Jane MeCray; no issue living from this marriage. His second wife was Mary Godwin Walter, daughter of Ebe Walter, of Baltimore hun- dred, Sussex county, Del., and their children

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are as follows: I. Catharine, born 1843, died 1883, who was the wife of Dr. A. M. Day, of Farmington, Del., and left two children, i. Dr. William W., of Farmington, ii. Clara (Mrs. Willie E. Tlall), of Winston, N. C .; II. William Alexander, deceased; III. Ruth Jane, deceased; IV. Mary E., deceased; V. Erasmus B .; VI. Rufus K., of Farmington, married Jennie P. Ewing, Baltimore, Md., and has one son, William E .; VII. Ebe W., born 1857, died 1895, who was a merchant in Farmington, and clerk of the House during the session of the Delaware Legislature of 1883; VIII. Martha Elizabeth, born 1861, died 1887, was the wife of Dr. J. B. R. Powell, of Kansas City, and left two children, i. Harold A., ii. Kate D. William Derickson Waples died July 17, 1863, in Baltimore hun- dred; his wife died at Farmington, August 3, 1894, and the remains of both are interred in the cemetery at Harrington,. Delaware.

Rufus Waples was born at Millsborough, Sussex county, Del., in 1825, son of Robert Waples and Mary II. Harris. [For their par- entage, their other children, etc., see the Waples Genealogy. ] He worked on his father's farm, when not at school, till of age. Then he taught in Georgetown and became co-principal of the Academy there. Going to New Orleans in 1849, he became principal of the Lafayette High School there. In 1852, he was graduated from the University of Louisiana, Law Department. He practiced first with his brother, Stephen. H. Waples, sub- sequently in the firm of Waples & Eustis- the latter, Ambassador to France. This firm continued for some years. When the war be- gan, Mr. Waples returned to Delaware and was admitted to the bar there, also in Philadel- phia, but practiced in neither place. He went to Washington, was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, and was employed in the civil service of the govern- ment till 1863, when he was appointed U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana by President Lincoln.

Returning to New Orleans, by sea, in May of that year, he entered upon the duties of the office. The business was unprecedentedly large, necessitating the sitting of the federal courts continuously, without even summer vacation, for the first two years. There were probably more prize cases than elsewhere, un- less New York exceeded; yet these comprised

much less than half of the litigation. More than nine-tenths of the goverment cases were gained by Mr. Waples, without associate coun- sel, though some suits were not contested. His fees greatly exceeded the maximum fixed by law, at the semi-annual settlements; at the end of one-half year he paid $21,000 into the Treasury, as surplus fees. This is believed to be unprecedented in the history of the coun- try.

After the war, Mr. Waples was special at- torney for New Orleans, for two years; was in private practice several years; was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1868; he was also a member of the Board of Public School Directors, of the Academy of Sciences, and other organizations, before and after the war.

In 1858, he married, in Texas, Margaret J. Alsworth, (daughter of A. G. Alsworth and ITester W. Copes,) who bore him seven chil- dren, as follows: 1. Rufus, Jr., b. 1859, now representing Seligman & Co., bankers, in Philadelphia; 2. Grafton, b. 1862, druggist at Houston, Tex .; 3. Robert Hall, b. 1864, d. 1871; 4. Belmont, b. 1866, practicing law at Ironwood, Mich. ; 5. Frank Alsworth, b. 1871, late medical missionary in China, now practic- ing medicine in Battle Creek; 6. Margaret Evelyn; 7. Edward Harris, editor and proprie- tor of a periodical published at Ann Arbor, Mich. [For marriages, etc., see the Waples Genealogy. ] All the children have been educated in the University of Michigan, for which purpose Mr. Waples removed, with his family, to Ann Arbor, in 1878. Since his arrival there he has devoted himself mainly to authorship, and has written five successful law books, besides much other legal and liter- ary matter. He has been the recipient of sev- eral honors, among them the degree of LL. D. His life abounds in interesting events, for which our space is too limited, even were he to consent to their narration.

GENEALOGY OF THE WAPLES FAMILY.

(By Rufus Waples, of Ann Arbor, Mich.)

The name is from a manor in Norfolk, Eng- land, called Walpol or Walple. The first of the name known was Sir Reginald De Walpol, at the time of the Conquest. His descendants have been traced through his great-grandson, Sir Henry, (1216) down to Sir Robert, with

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various spellings." The identity of Walpol, Waple and Walpole has been fully demon- strated.t One branch of the family treated the l of the first syllable as silent (as in Walker) and finally dropped it. The addi- tional s was added in the seventeenth century. The De was dropped in the fourteenth.

Peter Waples, in 1692-3-4, bought tracts of land on both sides of Indian River, Sussex Co., and the earliest known of him there is by the dates of the deeds. He had two sons: Wil- liam, who inherited the lands on the north side of the river, and Paul, who succeeded to those on the south side. Peter lived at War- wick, where he established a ferry, under grant of the Dutch government at New York, in 1692. In 1712 he marked a cane with his name and the date, of which Dr. Marshall HI. Waples, of Dubuque, Ia., is now the custodian.

DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM, FIRST SON. OF PETER, 1ST.

William first married - by whom he had Mary, who married Derickson; and Elizabeth, who married - Carey. IIe had sons, named in order in his will, as fol- lows: Peter, (2), Paul, Thomas, Murton. He next married Mrs. Margaret Newbold, (pre- viously widow of John Holmes) by whom he had William (2).

LINE OF PETER WAPLES 2.

Peter (2) first married . Their chil- dren were: I. William(3); II.John; III. Benja- min; IV. Joseph; V. Nancy. He married sec- ondly Margaret Rowe. Their children were: VI. Margaret; VII. Littleton; VIII. Mary; IX. Jane; X. Elizabeth; XI. Peter (3).

I. William (3) married Jump (?), and they had William B., 1772, Polly, 1776, Derickson, 1778, Peter (4), 1782. I. William B. d. 1812, without issue; 2. Polly, m. Nehe- miah Dorman, 1797 and left descendants; 3. Derickson, not traced later than 1812 and left no issue (?); 4. Peter (4), who lived in Reho- both and was long an elder in the Presbyte- rian church, married , and their

* Collins, in his Peerage of England. Vol. I. p 631, writes most of the progenitors of the Earl of Oxford without the final e. In Burke's Extinct Peerages the e is mostly used.

t In the report of the Royal Society of Anti- quaries, 1890, it is shown that Waple and Walpole were used interchangeably and applied to the same persons as late as 1590, 1606. 1625 and 1041.

children were, i. Thomas, b. - , d. 1850,. ii. James (f., b. 1807, d. 1892, iii. Mary, b. -, d. -- , iv. William Derickson, D. 1813, d. 1883, v. Peter (5), who lived in Du- buque, Ia., b. 1814, d. 1870, vi. Robert C., b. -, d. - , vii. Ann, viii. Elizabeth, ix. Sarah, and x. Benjamin. Peter (4), by his second wife, - - Killum, had xi. Marga- retta, xii. Cornelius M., and xiii. Joanna.

1. Thomas m. Lydia - and they had a son Peter, whose children were, i. George B., ii. Peter C., iii. Lydia Ann, iv. Eunice T., v. Martha J., and vi. Sarah Louisa; .

2. James G., m. widow Sally Dutton, nee Mellvaine, and their children were, i. a boy, who died young, ii. Mary, iii. Anna, who m. Rev. Caleb Rodney, iv. Harriet, who m. Ed- ward Burton, and has a son, Waples Burton;

3. Mary, m. Thomas Wilson, and their daughter Mary m. Thos. Futcher;

4. William D., m. Elizabeth Burton, daugh- ter of Dr. Robert Burton, and they had i. William, who died a child, and ii. Eugenia, who m. Dr. David Hall, and left a son, Dr. W. D. W. Hall;

5. Peter (5), m. -- -- Burton, and their children are, i. -, m. R. A. Babbage, ii. Julia, m. C. J. Rogers, and iii. Dr. Marshall H., who m. and had daughters 1, Laura and 2, Marcia;

6. Robert C., m. and had i. James, ii. Peter and iii. Mary, who m. Wil- liam Harper;

7. Ann, m. George Bell, next m. Zadok Milby and had a son, William;

8. Elizabeth, m. Isaac W. Mariner, and sec- ondly - Christie. Issue not reported;

9. Mary, m. Thos. Wilson and had Mary who m. Frank Futcher;

10. Sarah, m. Woodman Stockley and they had issue, not reported;

11. Benjamin O., m. Matilda Lingo; sec- ondly, m. - - and had i. Kate, who m. Aaron Marshall, and ii. Olive who m. N. B. Davis.

II. John's family not known.

III. Benjamin, m. Comfort West, (1778); next, Elizabeth - -; last, Elizabeth Pret- tyman. His children were, i. Benjamin, b. 1792, ii. Burton, b. 1795, iii and iv. Polly and Patience, twins, b. 1798, v. Elizabeth (?) who m. Eli Carey.

IV. Capt. Joseph Waples in. ITester White in 1775, (who d. 1793) and their children

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were, i. Isaac, ii. Polly, iii. Letty, iv. Joseph, v. John, vi. Cornelius, vii. Robert, viii. John. Secondly he m. Widow Leah Prettyman, nee Cannon, in 1794, (who d. 1800) and had ix. Hester White; thirdly he m. the widow of Thos. Waples, 2, who had been widow Mary Burton, nee Lamb, and they had a daughter, x. Eliza. i. Isaac, son of Capt. Joseph and Hes- ter ( White) Waples, b. 1777; d. 1853; m. Widow Ruth Hudson, nee Nichols, b. 1775, d. 1832. Their children were (1) Joseph, (2) Susan, (3) Letty, (4) William D., (5) Philip D).

(1) Joseph (2) first m. Amelia A. Williams, 1832, and had no issue. He next m. Mary W. Colbourn, and had William Alexander (b. 1:33), who m. Harriet E. Harris, 1854, who d. 1557, leaving their son Joseph, (3) b. Dec. 3, 1854, and Wm. A., b. June 1867, who d. in that year. Win. Alexander Waples, (1st) next m. Eliza E. Ballard, 1859, and their chil- dren were Arnold Edward, b. 1860, d. 1871; Laura Virginia, b. 1862, m. 1895 to Samuel F. Miles, Baltimore, Md .; William S., b. 1864, m. Rose A. - and had Margaret Esther, b. 1893, d. 1896; L. Ballard, b. 1866, -. Joseph, of Isaac, died in Texas, where he was in office under the Re- publie;

(2) Susan, m. Zadok Hart. Their children: Ruth, Hetty and Isaac;

(3) Letty m. Kendall B. Stockley. Their children : Charles, William, Margaret, Emma, Albert, George and Ann. The issue of these not reported.

(+) William D., first married Jane McCray who left no issue. He next married Mary G. Walter, and their children were as follows: (1) Catharine Ann, who married Dr. A. M. Day, died at Farmington, Del., (2) Clara, wife of Willis G. Hall, Winston, N. C., (3) Eras- mus B., unmarried, of Philadelphia, (+) Rufus K., m. Jennie P. Ewing, of Baltimore, Md., and has a son, William, (5) Ebe, diedin 1895, (6).Elizabeth, m. Dr. Jas. B. Powell, of Kan- sas City, Mo., and they had Harold and Kate.

(5) Philip D. died a young man at Vicks- burg, Miss.

ii. Polly, daughter of Capt. Joseph and Hes- ter (White) Waples, first in. Jonathan Bell and had (1) Robert, (2) George, who m. Ann Waples and had a son Peter, (3) Nancy who m. John M. Collins and had children: Rob- ert B., Susan, Stephen and Mary. Polly next

m. Philip W. Mariner, and their children were, (4) Isaac W., who m. Elizabeth Waples, and (5) Joseph W., who m. Sarah Wise, and their children were, (1) Gardiner, and (2) Elizabeth who m. Beckett;

iii. Letty, daughter of Capt. Joseph and Hester (White) Waples, first m. Rev. Joseph Copes and had one child, Hester, who m. Allen G. Alsworth, of Miss .; and their chil- dren were, (1) Margaret, (2) Mary, (3) La- vinia, (4) Calvin Washington, (5) Josephann, (6) James C., (7) John A., (8) Lillian G., (9) Katy B. and (10) Benjamin C. Of these only four have issue, viz: (1) Margaret m. Rufus Waples. (For their children see post., Rufus W.);

(2) Calvin Washington m. Nora Speke (Houston, Tex.,) and their children: Calvin, Lillian, Willett and Harriett M. (3) Lillian m. B. T. Bell. Their children: Manson, Allen, Margaret, Barclay, Grayson, Hester, James Hall, Albert, Emily and Calvin.

(4) Kate B., m. P. M. Alsworth. Their children: Minerva and Benjamin D.

iv. Joseph, son of Capt. Joseph and Hester (White) Waples, died without issue.

v. John, son of Capt. Joseph and Hester (White) Waples, died in childhood;

vi. Cornelius, son of Capt. Joseph and IIes- ter (White) Waples, in. Sallie B. Vickers. Their children were Thomas, Sharon, Hetty, Robert, John, George and Cornelius. He next m. Jane Maull. Their children were Eliza, Mary, Peter, Cornelius, Burton, Joseph, James, David and Alfred. Of these Sharon, John, George, Eliza, Mary, Burton, Joseph and David left issue. Cornelius, of Capt. Jo- seph, was an elder in the Presbyterian church. Sharon's children were Sarah, Emma and Sharon 2. John's children were Rev. Robert Waples, (now of New Jersey), Cornelia, Cor- nelius (3) and Cora. George's children were Magnus and Erasmus .. Several of these have issue;

vii. Robert, son of Capt. Joseph and Hester (White) Waples, b. 1789, was married (1816) to Mary HT. Harris. He served four years in the legislature. His children were (1) Frances, d. in childhood, (2) Stephen II., b. 1818, d. 1873, was a member of the New Orleans bar, (3) Isaac, d. in childhood, (4) Robert White, d. in youth, (5) Lemuel Wilson, b. 1823, m. Mary Short, and their children are (a) Sallie B., (b) Robert Rufus, and (e) Walter. Lemy

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uel served in the legislature, (6) Rufus, b. 1825, m. Mary J. Alsworth 1858. Their chil- dren are (a) Rufus, Jr., b. 1859, m. Christine Isham, and has a son, Douglas; (b) Grafton, b. 1862, m. Amy D. Hemes, and their chil- dren: Margaret A. and Samuel HI .; (c) Rob- ert Hall, b. 1864, d. 1871, (d) Belmont, b. 1866, m. Esther Jireau, and they have a son, Harold J .: (e) Frank Alsworth, b. 1867, m. Cora Riggs, and their children: Donald, de- ceased, and Dorothy; (f) Margaret Evelyn; (g) Edward II. Robert Waples' second wife was Matilda Burton, daughter of Ion. Joshua Burton, by whom there was no issue. Robert lived, raised his family and died on the farm of which William (1) had tenancy upon his mar- riage to Widow Newbold, and may have lived there. Her son William, (2), inherited it from her, (his mother), but dying childless, it fell to the Newbolds by provision of her will; Capt. Joseph Waples bought it of them, and it is still in the family. It was bought of the Penn proprietaries by John Holmes. The house is a wooden structure, and may be 200 years old, if it was built by Holmes;

viii. John, (2), son of Capt. Joseph and Hester ( White) Waples, m. Sally Burton, and their children were (1) Benjamin F., and (2) Mary. (1) Benjamin F., m. Mrs. - , and their children: Dr. Joseph B., Benjamin F. (2), John, Susan, Charles, Willard and Mary. Dr. Jos. B. m. Miss Pepper. Their children Delema (who m. Dr. Jas. P. Lofand), Ethel and Joseph Benjamin. (2) Mary, m. Capt. Jas. Atkins, and left issue.

Capt. Joseph Waples m. secondly widow Prettyman, nee Cannon, and their child was fester White, who m. Gilbert T. Poal, and their children were Rev. John W., who In. Maria Smith and their children are Hetty and Ida; Leah who m. George Howard, and their children are Clara, Mary, George, Fred- erie, Rhoda, William and Sallie; Mary Eliza- beth who m. Benj. Howard, and their chil- dren are John, Alfred, Benjamin, Mary, Em- ma, Clara, Leah, Elizabeth, Erasmus, Robert Waples, William and George.

The third wife of Capt. Joseph Waples was Mary, widow of Thos. Waples (2) nee Lamb, by whom he had Eliza who m. Capt. John Cade and left issue.

In the Revolutionary war, Joseph Waples was captain of militia; in the war of 1812, Isaac was a major and rendered valuable ser- vice when the British attacked the town of

Lewes; Cornelius, Robert and John were also in the army there; John was the strongest man physically in the whole force, it is said. Capt. Joseph Waples was an older in the Presby- terian church.

V. Nancy, daughter of Peter Waples (2), m. Thomas Bartlett, and had a son, James, who left no issue;

VI. Margaret, daughter of Peter, 2, m. James Oliver and their children were Charles, Isaac and James;

VII. Littleton, son of Peter, 2, and Mar- garet (Rowe) Waples, died in childhood.

VIII. Mary, daughter of Peter, 2, and Margaret ( Rowe) Waples, m. - --- Haz- zard, and had no issue;

IX. Jane, daughter of Peter, 2, and Mar- garet (Rowe) Waples, m. - Lewis; then, HIall, and had a son, Purnell, whose children were Rev. S. B. Hall and Mary. S. B. HI. left several children and has many grandchildren;

X. Elizabeth, daughter of Peter, 2, and Margaret (Rowe) Waples, m. Thos. Waples (2) and their children were, Comfort, who m. Jacob Hayes and left sons, Thomas and Ja- cob; Betsey, who m. - Brazier and had a son, John, and perhaps others;

XI. Peter, son of Peter, 2, and Margaret (Rowe) Waples, born 1767, who lived in An- gola, elder in Indian River church, married Sarah - Their children were, 1. Dr. Peter, married Catharine Robinson Har- ris, 1821, who left a daughter, Sarah, who died unmarried, 2. Elizabeth Sirman, b. 1792, married James Fossett, 1810, and had issue, 3. Nancy, b. 1794, m. James Burton 1811 and had Peter Waples Burton who m. Mary Lamb. Nancy's second husband was Paynter Jeffer- son, and their daughter, Elizabeth, married -- Jones and had seven children. 4. Payn- ter, married Comfort Mariner, and they had Capt. Joseph Waples of Philadelphia and probably others, 5. Mary, who died in 1828.

The second wife of Peter, son of Peter, 2, Waples, was Lovey Harris, (m. 1812); the third was Rhoda Coleman, (m. 1829), and the fourth was widow Pool, nee Houston. No is- sue reported of the last three wives.

LINE OF PAUL WAPLES.

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I. Derickson m. Mary Their children were Nancy and Mary. No issue of them reported; he d. 1775;

II. Paul (2) who left no issue;

III. Col. Nathaniel, member of the legis- lature in 1782, elder in Coolspring church, married Agnes Their children were, 1, Mary; 2, Penelope, m. Chas. Vaug- han; 3, Lewis, who died young; 4, Burton; 5, Comfort B., m. Col. William D. Waples, and their children are given post under his name. Col. Nathaniel d. 1797;

IV. Samuel, b. 1755, was an offi- cer in the Revolution, fought in sev- eral hard battles, was taken prisoner, escaped in Quaker garb and went to Valley Forge to Washington's headquarters. On his discharge, he went to Virginia, married Ann Custis, daughter of Thomas Custis and Cassa Wise. Congress voted large tracts of land to him and Custis for gallantry, President Jefferson sign- ing the patents. The children of Samuel and Ann were as follows:

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 49

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

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