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(VII) Rebecca, daughter of Daniel Dough- ty and Elizabeth (Schooley) Smith, was born March 29, 1787, and died January 3, 1865. December 17, 1807, she married Joseph, son of John and Rebecca (Haines) White, of Mt. Holly (q. v.) (see White line above).
(The Shoemaker Line*).
From Besse's "Sufferings of the People Call- ed Quakers," published in London in 1753, it appears that William Ames and George Rolf, who were ministers of the Society of Friends, in 1657 visited Cresheim, a village in the Pala- tinate, on the right bank of the Rhine, not far from Worms. It is now known as Kriegsheim, and of the little band of converts to their preaching, George and Peter Schumacher were prominent members. In 1663 the latter were fined because of joining an assembly for wor- ship "from George Shoemaker bedding worth seven rix-dollars and from Peter Shoemaker goods worth two guilders," and in 1664, for refusing to bear arms, "George Shoemaker, pewter and brass worth three guilders and a half, and Peter Shoemaker two sheets worth two guilders." "In 1666 the aforesaid George Shoemaker and Peter Shoemaker, together with John Hendricks and Christopher Moret, had each of them a cow taken away for fines, for their religious meetings, which four cows were worth fifty rix-dollars, though the fines amounted to but sixty guilders from them all." Hearing of their persecutions, William Penn in 1677 visited Kriegsheim, and the following is quoted from his letter regarding this visit :
"Worms 25th of the 6th Month 1677.
which being done, and refresh- ed ourselves, we returned that night by the Rhine to Worms, from whence we the next morning, (being the First Day of the Week) walked on foot to Crisheim, which is about six English miles from Worms. We had a good Meeting from the Tenth until the Third Hour, and the Lord's Power sweetly opened to many of the inhabitants of the town that were at the meeting ; yea, the Vaught or Chief Officer him- self stood at the door behind the barn, where he could hear, and not be seen; who went to
the Priest and told him, that it was his work, if we were Hereticks, to discover us to be such, but for his part, he had heard nothing but what was good, and he would not meddle with us. In the evening we had a more retired Meeting of the Friends only, very weighty and tender ; yea the power rose in an high operation among them, and great was the love of God that rose in our hearts at the meeting to visit them; and there is a lovely, sweet and true sense among them. We were greatly comforted in them, and they were greatly comforted in us .- Poor hearts, a little handful surrounded with great and mighty countries of darkness; 'tis the Lord's Great Goodness and Mercy to them, that they do so finely keep natural in the seed of life. They were most of them gathered by dear William Ames."
A few years later, when Penn founded the Province of Pennsylvania he extended an in- vitation to these Germans to join him in the wilderness, where at least religious toleration would be theirs. They gladly accepted, and formed the Frankfort Company, which secured 5350 acres of land about six miles north of Philadelphia, where they located. The first who came arrived in 1683, under the lead of Francis Daniel Pastorius, and included in the number were Jacob Schumacher, who it is supposed was a brother of George and Peter, both of whom afterward came over and joined him; Peter, in the "Frances and Dorothy," from London, Richard Bridgeman, com- mander, in 1685, with five children ; and George in the ship "Jefferies," Thomas Arnold, master, from London, in 1688, with his wife and seven children, although he himself died upon the voyage. The widow and her seven children, however, after first landing at Chester, came and settled on what their English neighbors subsequently called German Town (now Ger- mantown, comprising the northern part of Philadelphia), where the sons George Jr. and Isaac, and their two uncles, Jacob and Peter, were prominent and useful members of the little band of Germans comprising about eighty male members who had accepted Penn's invita- tion. In 1708, according to Benjamin Frank- lin's editions of the Laws, printed in 1742, page IIO, there was passed by the Pennsyl- vania legislature the following Act :
"An Act for the better enabling of divers inhabitants of the Province of Pennsylvania, to hold and enjoy lands, tenements, and planta- tions in the same Province."
The first preamble to the act states that under the Royal Charter all persons not spe-
*"The Shoemaker Family," by Thomas H. Shoe- maker, published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Phil- adelphia, 1893.
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cially forbidden can settle in the Province and hold lands, etc .; but, as appears below these arose for some reason the question as to whether this prerogative was enjoyed by these Germans; hence the act was specially passed for their benefit. The second preamble is,-
"And Whereas divers of the Protestant or Reformed Religion, who were inhabitants of High and Low Germany, about five-and-twen- ty years ago, (out of a desire to come under the power and protection of the Crown of England, and partake of the advantages pro- posed for the Encouragement of the adven- turers to settle this new Colony) imbraced the Invitations they had from the Proprietary, to transport themselves and estates here; and since they came, did contribute the utmost of their Power to enlarge this part of the Eng- lish Empire, and always behaved themselves as dutiful and peaceful subjects, and several of them have made and subscribed the Decla- rations and Test by Law appointed, instead of the Oaths of Supremacy: And the rest are ready and willing to do it when required or admitted so to do.
"Now, for as much as the value of lands in this Province being generally but the effects of the peoples labour, their plantations are deemed by our laws, but as chattels to pay debts, and as strangers have been rendered capable to hold what they purchased as fully and freely as if they had been natural-born subjects to this Province; but since the repeal of the late laws made (after the example of other governments) for encouragement of the peopling and settling of this colony, some doubts and questions have arised whether the said Germans are capable to hold what they purchased as aforesaid ; for removing of which doubt, be it enacted, etc., etc., That Francis Daniel Pastorius, Peter, Jacob, George, and Isaac Shoemaker, etc., (there being seventy- three others) and every of them, who shall within six months after the first day of Sep- tember 1709, at some Court of Quarter-Ses- sions of the Peace for the said County of Philadelphia, etc., make and subscribe the Declarations and Professions of Faith allow- ed to those that cannot swear instead of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, or shall otherwise quality themselves as the Court shall require."
The act goes on to state that it shall enable them to be capable of holding lands, etc., with all the advantages that would accrue to them, the same as if they were "free and natural
born Subjects of this Province." Thus did our ancestors by a special act become citizens of the Province of Pennsylvania.
Isaac Shoemaker married Sarah Hendricks, daughter of Gerhard Hendricks. Their son Benjamin and their grandson Samuel were successively mayors of Philadelphia, and their granddaughter was the wife of William Rawle, of that city. Their son Benjamin was also in the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, 1745, and their grandson Samuel also sat in the Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania.
Isaac's eldest brother, George, became ac- quainted, on the voyage from London, with Sarah Waln, daughter of Richard Waln, who had received a deed from William Penn for 600 acres of land in Cheltenham township, on the Quesenonoming creek, now called Tacony, and 12 mo. 14, 1694, George Shoemaker and Sarah Waln were married at the home of Rich- Waln, which was then frequently used as a Friends' Meeting House.
. George and Sarah (Waln) Shoemaker had a son Isaac, who married Dorothy Leech, daughter of Toby Leech, and their son Isaac married Ann Roberts in 1761.
Isaac and Ann (Roberts) Shoemaker had a son, Thomas Shoemaker Jr., who was born at Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, Montgomery county, June 24, 1762, and September 8, 1785, he married Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Comley) Shoemaker, his second cousin, who was a sister to Jane Shoemaker, who married Anthony Hallowell, who were the parents of Benjamin Hallowell.
Thomas and Mary Shoemaker settled at Shoemakertown (now called "Ogontz"), where he was a justice of the peace and conveyancer. They had three children: Ann, married Bar- tholomew Mather, in 1808; Martha, who mar- ried Hugh Foulke, in 1826 (whose children were Thomas Shoemaker Foulke, many years superintendent of Swarthmore College, and Hugh Foulke) ; and Nathan Shoemaker, born September 4, 1788, who graduated in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and commenced the practice of medicine at Frankfort. Soon afterward he married Fran- ces Maria, eldest daughter of Joseph Kirkbride and then removed to Bridesburg, where he built a house opposite that of his father-in-law. In a few years he removed to Philadelphia, at No. 210 Chestnut street, above Eighth, in which house John J. White married his eldest daughter, Mary Kirkbride Shoemaker (see White line). Dr. Nathan Shoemaker had a
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very extensive practice, and was an active member of the Society of Friends and an ap- proved minister.
(The Kirkbride Line).
In the town of Kirkbride, twelve miles west of Carlisle, Cumberland, England, there lived about the middle of the seventeenth century Matthew Kirkbride and Magdelen, his wife, who are supposed to have been of Scottish de- scent. In 1652 they united with the Society of Friends, and between 1659 and 1668 were born their five children-John, Joseph ( hereafter mentioned ), born November 7, 1662, Matthew, Sarah and Thomas.
When William Penn invited Friends to leave the scene of religious persecution, among the men of Cumberland who entered largely into the enterprise was Joseph, a youth of nine- teen, son of Matthew Kirkbride. He took passage in a vessel, "British Factor," and ar- rived in the Delaware 7 mo. 19, 1682. After remaining for a time in Pennsburg he settled- in West Jersey, or New Cesarea, as it was then called. During his stay in Pennsylvania he be- came acquainted with Phebe Blackshaw, daugh- ter of Randall Blackshaw, who lived at Fals- ington, and was the owner of a large tract of land in that vicinity. Joseph Kirkbride and Phebe Blackshaw were married according to the Order of Friends I mo. 14, 1688, and set- tled at or near Falsington. Phebe died in a few years, leaving several young children. Jo- seph Kirkbride married (second) Sarah Stacy, daughter of Mahlon Stacy, who came to Amer- ica from Hadsworth, England, in 1678, when Sarah was but two years old. Mahlon Stacy owned a large tract of land in New Jersey and settled on a part of it, now known as South Trenton, and became a prominent man in the affairs of that Province.
Joseph Kirkbride and Sarah Stacy were mar- ried October 17, 1702, but Sarah died Sep- tember 28, 1703, aged 29 years, leaving their cne child, Mahlon Kirkbride (hereafter men- tioned), who was born September 13, 1703, and died November 17, 1776.
Joseph Kirkbride married (third) Mary Yardley, widow, September 17, 1704. They had six children, making the children of Jo- seph thirteen in all. He was an educated man, active in business, and of much impor- tance in the community, being frequently sent as a member to the Assembly. Proud, in his history, says of him: "He maintained a rank of eminence and esteem through industry and a virtuous life." He was a minister among
Friends, and after the death of his second wife went on a religious visit to England, returning in 1704. He died at the age of seventy-five, leaving nearly 14,000 acres of land in Staten Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, besides a farm to each of his three sons, Joseph, John and Mahlon, and three negroes to John.
Mahlon Kirkbride was brought up under the care of his mother's sisters, and when twenty- one married Mary Sacher, September 12, 1724, daughter of John and Mary Sacher, and settled on his farm in Lower Makefield. Mary Sacher was born July 15, 1704. In 1730 he built in Lower Makefield a noble stone house, which stood in good order until taken down in 1853 by his great grandson Mahlon Kirkbride to give place to a more modern structure. He had twelve children, the eldest of whom, Stacy, is hereafter mentioned, and the third. from the last of whom, Jonathan, was the ancestor of the late Dr. Joseph Kirkbride of Philadel- phia. It was while Mahlon Kirkbride was in the Assembly that the Indians ravaged Tulpe- hocken, and the people of Reading becoming panic-stricken because Friends in the Assem- bly refused to vote appropriations to carry on war with the Indians, the populace threatened to pull down Friends' houses. Kirkbride, Hoge, Dicks and Pennock thereupon resigned their seats as Friends upon the insistence of the ministry at home.
Stacey (or Stacy) Kirkbride, was born May 29, 1725, and in 1753 was married, at Wood- bridge Meeting, according to the order of Friends, to Francis Smith, who died September 2, 1770, age thirty-nine years, and was buried at Falsington. Stacey Kirkbride died March 6, 1789, age sixty-four years, and was buried at Haverford. They left four chilldren; the youngest, Joseph, born March 31, 1761, is the one hereafter mentioned. Stacy Kirkbride being a Quaker, could not consistently take any active part in the Revolutionary war, and con- sequently fell under the suspicion of both parties. Whichever side happened to be in possession of the country seized upon what- ever goods, animals, or grain of his that they could get hold of, and upon one occasion he was arrested by the American troops and sent to Philadelphia charged with being a spy. Every effort was made to establish his inno- cence and procure his release, but the papers were not forwarded to headquarters, and his health began to fail under the confinement. In the midst of this perplexity his sister Sarah, learning that General Washington was to pass through the city, determined to make a bold
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effort to accomplish his release. ^Armed with sufficient proofs of her brother's entire inno- cence of the charge, she went to the hotel on Front street where Washington was stopping, but to her chagrin was denied admittance be- cause he was dining with some officers, nor would the sentry at the door carry any papers to him. The opportunity, however, was too precious to be lost, and the brave sister seeing an open window at the rear of the second story where the company were assembled, seized a handy ladder, and making an unceremonious entrance among them in this novel style, earn- estly pleaded her cause, demonstrated the in- justice of the charge, and left armed with an order from General Washington for the instant release of her brother, as well as being most courteously escorted down the stairs she had been forbidden to ascend.
Joseph Kirkbride, only son of Stacy and Frances Kirkbride, was born March 31, 1761, and married, about the year 1788, Mary Paul, daughter of John and Mary Paul. They lived at Princeton, New Jersey, for a while, and then removed to Occuquan, Virginia. Subse- quently, however, they returned to Pennsyl- vania and settled at Chalkley Hall, about three miles from Bridesburg, which village Joseph Kirkbride planned out and named after his family, leaving off, however, the first syllable for euphony. Their eldest daughter was Fran- ces Maria, who married Dr. Nathan Shoe- maker of Cheltenham, in 1811, at Frankfort Meeting. (See Shoemaker line). The young couple settled at Frankfort, and here was born their eldest daughter Mary Kirkbride, who married John J. White (see White line).
The youngest daughter of Joseph and Mary (Paul) Kirkbride was Eliza P. Guerney, who, writing in her diary of her elder sister ( Fran- cis Maria, who married Dr. Shoemaker as above mentioned) says: "After a short time the little family removed to a house which Dr. Shoemaker had built near the homestead, with a pretty lawn sloping down to the Delaware. I liave often heard my grandmother describe the delight and awe with which she watched the approach of a sudden storm over the river. She had a fine feeling for all the beauty and sub- limity of nature, and her language when de- scribing this grew unconsciously poetic and elo- quent. Among her reminiscences was one of Lafayette's visit to America, when he was entertained for a night at "Point no Point" by hier father, who occupied Chalkley Hall at that place ; also the pressure of their two cream colored horses into service to assist six others
of the same color to draw the coach in which the Honored Guest of the Nation was paraded through the streets of Philadelphia."
The marriage of Mary Kirkbride to John J. White took place in October, 1834, at the Spruce Street Meeting House in Philadelphia, and was the first marriage ever solemnized in that meetinghouse.
(The Doughty Line).
The Rev. Francis Doughty, who married the sister of Hon. William Stone ( III), Proprietary Governor of Maryland, was born about 1605. He was vicar of Sadbury, Gloucester county, England, but was dismissed for contempt of his Sacred Majesty, having spoken of him in prayer as "Charles, by common election, and general consent, King of England."
He is reported to have come to Massachu- setts in 1639, and was the first minister settled at Cohannet, now Taunton. At that place, differing from Mr. Hook, a "controversie" arose between them which ended in Doughty being forced to go away with his wife and chil- dren. They sought refuge in the island of Aquebueck, now Rhode Island. Here he re- solved, with certain of his friends, to remove to the Dutch territory in order to enjoy free- dom of conscience, being undone in worldly resources, though he was a man of estate when hc came to the country. Upon application the authorities at Fort Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan, in New Netherland, on March 28, 1642, gave and granted to Francis Doughty and associate 6666 Dutch acres of land or thereabouts, comprehended within four right lines each 2000 Dutch perches long. This settle- ment was at Mespat ( Newtown), Long Island, New York. In 1643 Mespat was depopulated on account of Indian hostilities. In 1647 Mr. Doughty accepted a call from the people of Flushing, Long Island, and settled there at a salary of 600 guelders, but in certain of his discourses, commenting on the conduct of the government, he so aroused the indignation of Captain John Underhill, who declared that Mr. Doughty did preach against the present rulers, who were his masters, that he ordered the church doors shut against the minister, and he was denied access to the pulpit. Mr. Doughty requested leave to depart the country, which was obtained, and he took his departure for the English Virginias in 1648 or 1649. His brew- ery or farm on Flushing Bay he had previously conferred on his daughter Mary at her mar- riage in 1645 with that "distinguished Doctor of both laws," Adrian Van Der Donk.
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Elias Doughty, son and second child of Rev. Francis Doughty, lived at Flushing, Queens county, New York, in 1666. He was a justice of the peace, and received various grants of land at Flushing, Hemstead, and Cow Bay, Long Island. He and his wife Sarah were the parents of eight children, who intermarried with the families of Palmer, Hinchman, Jack- son, Taylor, Whitehead, Hicks and others, of Long Island, New York.
Jacob Doughty, fourth child of Elias and Sarah, about 1713 removed to Hunterdon county, New Jersey, from which county he was a member of the legislature. He died at Bethlehem about 1737. His wife "Amme" died about 1742. They had fourteen children-two sons and twelve daughters.
Daniel Doughty, sixth child of Jacob and Amy, was born 10 mo. 17,1703. He married Anne Stevenson, granddaughter of Samuel Jennings, governor of New Jersey. He was justice of the peace and a member of the pro- vincial assembly in 1750. In 1750 he purchased the farm known as "Sharon," from Charles Reed, secretary of the province, and this he gave with his name to his grandson Daniel Doughty Smith, who married Elizabeth Scho- ley, and their eldest daughter Rebecca Smith married Joseph White (see White line above).
(THE ALLEN LINE).
From Austin's "One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families" we learn that George Allen, who came from Weymouth, England, to New England, 3 mo. 1635, was thought to have been the son of Ralph Allen, of Thurcaston, Leicester county, England. However that may be, we find that in 1636 he was living at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1637, at Sandwich, and in 1641, at Plymouth, where he was buried May 2, 1648. His first wife was Catharine Collins, and his second wife H. S. Smith. Aside from other proofs from which the above was pro- cured, there is an interesting record of New Bedford, Massachusetts (which was formerly part of Rhode Island), in the shape of the manuscript of one Elisha Leonard, who col- lected from the town records of Dartmouth and other New England towns much data as to early settlers, parts of which he put into genealogical tables. This collection was esteemed of such value by the city of New Bedford that it was purchased from his estate at a cost of several thousand dollars, and is now on record in their Public Library. In this there appears the following genealogical table of the Allen family :
(I) George Allen, died 1648, married wife Catharine Collins. He married a second time, second wife H. S. Smith. Children: George, wife Hannah; Matthew, married Mary Kirby, 1637 ; Ralph, married Esther Swift (line drawn through this name) ; William, married Pris- cilla Brown, 1650; Francis married
Barlow, 7, 20, 1662; Henry, went to Melford, Conn .; Samuel; James, moved to Tisberry ; Richard Boune and Ralph Allen, overseers of George Allen's will, 1648. Was in Lynn in 1636, and went to Sandwich next year, where he was in Plymouth 1641 to 1642. He was of the church in Sandwich as early as 1642, and is recorded with Ralph Allen. There are vari- ous indications that he was an old man at his death. His name is not mentioned in the list of those between sixteen and sixty years of age in 1643 "able to bear arms." Bowden says he was an Anabaptist. In 1655, among those fined for "tumultuous proceedings in Meeting," were Ralph Sr. and Ralph Jr. I am inclined to think the latter was the son of George. Bowden, in his "History of Quakers," says that Ralph was among the first to join the sect, and six brothers and sisters also, all of the family of George. There is also in the genealogical register (vol. 25, p. 144) a sketch of the family of Ralph Allen, of Newport, in 1637. He married Esther Swift, daughter of Mistress Joan Swift, of Sandwich. Their first child, Zebediah, was born January 3, 1646. The older Ralph is cited as of Boston in 1659, where he was imprisoned for being a Quaker."
He had nine children, namely : Ralph (here- after mentioned) ; Samuel ; George, born 1619, died 1693, twice married; William, born 1627, died 1705, married Priscilla Brown, 1649; Matthew, born 1629, died 1695, married Sarah Kirby in 1657; Henry, died 1690, married Sarah Black; Francis, died 1698, married Mary Barlow; James, born 1637, died 1714, whose wife's first name was Elizabeth; Gideon, died 1693, whose wife's name was Sarah.
(II) Ralph Allen, son of George Allen, born in 1615, died 1698; married Esther Swift, daughter of William and Jean Swift, of Sand- wich. They had fifteen children, namely : Ralph, John, Increase, Zacharriah, Joseph (hereafter mentioned ), Jedehiah, Josiah, Esther, Ebenezer, Experience, Mary, Patience, Ephraim, Benjamin and Philip.
(III) Joseph Allen, son of Ralph and Esther (Swift) Allen, died about the year 1704, at Freehold, New Jersey. He was a wheelwright by trade. He was married in July, 1662, his wife's first name being Sarah, and they had
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children : Benjamin, Tristran, Ralph, Daniel, Reuben; Abigail, born 4, 1, 1663, married Ed- ward Cottell, of Edgerton, Martha's Vineyard ; Rose, born 10, 1, 1665, married Nathaniel Howland; Joseph, born March 4, 1668, mar- ried Rachael Tenetray, May 17, 1721; John, born July 15, 1669; Philip, July 3, 1671 ; Will- iam, August 10, 1673; Josias; Sarah, married Jeremiah Dibel, May 24, 1711; and Hannah.
(IV) Benjamin Allen, son of Joseph Allen, disposed of his possessions in Freehold about the year 1710, and moved to Evesham, where he acquired a beaver-dam farm. He left a son, Benjamin Allen (hereafter mentioned).
(V) Benjamin Allen (2), son of Benjamin Allen (1), died in 1752, in the township of Evesham, county of Burlington, in the western division of the province of New Jersey, after having married, in 1749, Rebecca Sherwin, who died in 1753, and who was his second wife. He left children: Benjamin, who left a daughter Mary, who married David Fisher ; Abraham (hereafter mentioned) ; Agnes, who married - -- Barker, and Sarah.
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