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Issue of Anthony Paschall and Anna (Husband) Morris :-
Mifflin, b. May 30, 1821, d. 2mo. 1, 1887; in. June 14, 1848, Jerusha K. Howell;
Joshua Husband, b. Sept. 12, 1822, d. Dec. 23, 1885; m. Nov. 18, 1847, Anna Morris, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Buckley (Morris) Wistar; had issue :
Elizabeth B. Morris, b. May 30, 1849; m. Sept. 13, 1871, Dillwyn Wistar, Esq., of Philadelphia bar ;
William Canby Morris, b. Feb. 26, 1856, d. Mch. 8, 1856;
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Joshua Husband Morris m. (second) Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. John and Tabitha (Jenkins) Stokes; had issue :
Stokes Morris, d. y .;
Joshua H. Morris Jr., d. y .;
John Stokes Morris, b. 6mo. 24, 1873; m. May 23, 1894, Mary Eastburn Fox; Anna Stokes Morris, b. Aug. 28, 1879;
Charles Wistar, b. Oct. 27, 1824, d. Nov. 4, 1893; m. Aug. 24, 1848, Frances E. Skerrett; Sarah, b. June 26, 1826; m. Nov. 3, 1852, Henry Haviland ;
Anthony P., born July 24, 1828, drowned May 13, 1844;
Edward S. Morris, b. Dec., 1830, d. Dec. 20, 1890; merchant of Philadelphia; Consul for Republic of Liberia, West Africa; m. 6mo. 5, 1860, Hannah L. Pennock ;
Thomas Husband, b. Dec. 29, 1832, d. Jan. 19, 1834;
Margaret Husband, b. Nov. 3, 1834; m. Apr. 27, 1886, Dr. Robert C. Moon;
Anna Husband, b. Dec. 6, 1836, d. May 15, 1898; m. (first) Nov. 27, 1856, John S. Powell; (second) Nov. 6, 1867, John H. Carels.
ISAAC PASCHALL MORRIS, third son of Isaac Wistar and Sarah (Paschall) Morris, born at "Cedar Grove", July 24, 1803, was educated for a druggist, and in 1826, with Charles Ellis, purchased of Elizabeth Marshall, the old Marshall drug establishment at No. 56 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, established by her grandfather. Christopher Marshall, 1740. The new firm of Ellis & Morris at Once took front rank in the drug business in the city, but Isaac P. Morris found the business distasteful, and at the end of one year sold his interest to William Ellis and the firm of Charles Ellis & Son Company continued the business.
Mr. Morris took up the business of manufacturing machinery in 1827, and in 1828 with his brother, Joseph Paschall Morris, entered into partnership with their cousin, Levi Morris, who a year previous had started the iron works at what is now Sixteenth and Market streets, and founded the firm of Levi Morris & Company, which later became the prominent firm of I. P. Morris & Company, of which Isaac Paschall Morris was for many years senior member and became one of the leading ironmasters of Pennsylvania. Lewis Taws became a member of the firm in 1834, Joseph P. Morris retiring, and removing to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, and in 1841 Levi Morris retired, at which time the firm name changed to I. P. Morris & Company. In 1847 John J. Thompson, a brother-in- law, became a member of the firm, and they removed to Port Richmond and erected the plant since known as the Port Richmond Iron Works. In the man- agement of the company and throughout his life, Mr. Morris displayed and exercised that rare business ability and judgment that had characterized his fam- ily for many generations, and continued his personal interest in the affairs of the company to his death, though in his later years his health was much impaired. He was a highly esteemed citizen, of great public spirit, taking a deep interest in all that pertained to the interest and prosperity of his native city. He mar- ried, IImo. 17, 1841, at the Friends' Meeting House, on Orange street, Rebecca, born February 4, 1811, daughter of James B. and Lydia (Poultney) Thompson. Mr. Morris died at his residence, 826 Pine street, January II, 1869, his wife surviving until March 22, 1881.
Issue of Isaac Paschall and Rebecca (Thompson) Morris :-
James Thompson, b. Sept. 18, 1842, d. Sept. 23, 1874; m. Dec. 5. 1872, Jane Glover Montague. He with his brother, John T., and Lewis Taws, continued the iron busi- ness after the death of his father. He was a very eminent engineer ;
Isaac Wistar, b. July 14, 1844, d. Nov. 5, 1872, unm .;
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John Thompson, b. July 12, 1847, unm .; living with his sister, Lydia T., at the old home, 826 Pine street, and the country home at "Compton". He continued one of the proprietors of the Port Richmond Iron Works until its sale to the Cramps in 1891 ; Lydia Thompson Morris, living at 826 Pine street and at "Compton". "Compton", the country seat of John T. and Lydia T. Morris, at Chestnut Hill, erected in 1887, and their residence during the summer months since 1888, is an imposing structure in Nor- man style of architecture. It is situated on an elevation overlooking the beautiful valley of White Marsh and is surrounded by tastefully arranged grounds. A portion of it has been furnished almost entirely with the antique furniture removed from "Cedar Grove", most of which had been in the family for centuries.
THOMAS MORRIS, fifth son of Anthony and Sarah (Powell) Morris, and brother to Capt. Samuel Morris, born IImo. (January) 25, 1745-6, in Philadel- phia, died there October 2, 1809. He was associated with his brother Joseph in the ownership and operation of the brewery on Second street, and occupied the old family Mansion House on Second street above Arch, where he received the corpse of his elder brother Anthony, after the battle of Princeton. He was elected an Overseer of the Public School, November 1, 1782; was one of the Commission having charge of the building of Philadelphia Library in 1789; was a contributor to Pennsylvania Hospital in 1780, and a member of its board of managers from 1793 to his death in 1809; was one of the Committee of Friends to build the Westtown Boarding School, 1800, and a Director of the Hand in Hand Company, 1791. He was member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, and was married under the auspices of that Meeting, October 6, 1768, to Mary, born April 14, 1748, died July 22, 1774, daughter of Joseph Saunders, who was born at Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England, February 8, 1712-13, and died in Philadelphia, by his wife, Hannah Reeve, born at Whitby, Yorkshire, England, 9mo. 15, 1717, died in Philadelphia, February 8, 1788.
Issue of Thomas and Mary (Saunders) Morris :-
Sarah, b. Aug. 3, 1769, d. May 10, 1780; Anthony S., b. Feb. 28, 1771, d. of yellow fever, Sept. 10, 1793; Joseph S., b. Sept. 15, 1772, d. Feb. 16, 1817; m. 6mo. 18, 1795, Abigail Marshall; THOMAS, b. July 13, 1774, d. April 14, 1841, of whom presently.
THOMAS MORRIS, youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Saunders) Morris, born at the old Morris Mansion, Second street above Arch, Philadelphia, July 13, 1774, resided at the place of his birth and at his country seat called "Swarth- more", on the Old York road, near Philadelphia. He was member of State in Schuylkill, March 18, 1800, and became its fourth Governor, May I, 1828, serv- ing until November 6, 1834. He was a member of Common Council; manager of Pennsylvania Hospital, 1817-40; treasurer of Philadelphia Library; prison inspector, and filled a number of other positions of trust and honor. He and his wife were members of Society of Friends.
He married at Philadelphia Meeting, June 8, 1797, Sarah, daughter of Charles and Patience (Parrish) Marshall, and granddaughter of Christopher Marshall, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, November 16, 1709, came to Philadelphia, 1729, joined Society of Friends, and married, June 1, 1735, Sarah Thompson. He was a druggist in Philadelphia, and served as a member of the Committee of Safety, 1775, and was a Justice of the Philadelphia Courts. He later joined the Society of Free Quakers. Had sons, Christopher, Charles, above mentioned, born May 8, 1744, died, 1826, Philadelphia ; married, August 15, 1765, Patience
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Parrish, born Baltimore, Md., November 10, 1745, died Philadelphia, 1834,-two daughters married Morrises, Sarah becoming wife of Thomas, and Abigail, wife of his brother Joseph. Sarah (Marshall) Morris died in Baltimore, Maryland, · 4mo. 2, 1824, and her husband died 4mo. 14, 1841.
Issue of Thomas and Sarah (Marshall) Morris :---
Sarah Saunders Morris, b. Nov. 22, 1799, d. Feb. 26, 1883; m. (first) Oct. 19, 1819, Elisha Tyson; (second) Clement Biddle ;
ELIZABETH MARSHALL MORRIS, b. Feb. 2, 1802; m. Francis Perot, of whom presently;
Anthony Saunders Morris, b. Dec. 5, 1803, d. March 25, 1885; m. June 13, 1837, Anne Emlen Jones ;
Samuel Powel Morris, b. April 18, 1807, d. Oct. 23, 1808;
Powel Morris, b. Dec. 25, 1809, d. y .;
Lewis S. Morris, b. Nov. 19, 1813, d. Oct. 8, 1872; m. Oct. 15, 1845, Lucy Tucker ;
Charles Marshall Morris, b. Oct. 22, 1816, d. Dec. 30, 1816. Mary Ann Morris, d. inf.
ELIZABETH MARSHALL MORRIS, second daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Mar- shall) Morris, born February 2, 1802, married, June 17, 1823, Francis Perot, born August 23, 1796, son of Elliston Perot and Sarah Sansom. The Perot fam- ily were of French extraction and were among the Huguenot refugees who, at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685, embarked from Rochelle and sought an asylum in America, and landing at New York formed a settlement at New Rochelle, New York. James Perot, born in New York, 1710, migrated from there to Bermuda and married there Frances Mallory, born in the Bermudas, 1712. He died there February 29, 1780, and his wife March 1, 1780, of putrid fever. They were the parents of eight children : Martha, Mary, Elliston, John, James, William, Frances and Angelina. Elliston Perot, born on island of Ber- muda, May 15, 1747, was sent to New York to be educated under the care of his uncle, Robert Elliston, then the Comptroller of Customs, when seven years of age. When he had been five years at school at New Rochelle, his uncle died, and he returned to Bermuda and remained there until of age, when he returned to New York and embarked in West India trade, 1772, in partnership with his brother John, under the firm name of Elliston and John Perot, and located on island of Dominica, where he remained until 1778, when he removed to St. Christopher and soon after to island of St. Eustacia, then under the Dutch government. In 1781, when the island was captured by the British fleet, the Perots were taken prisoners and their goods confiscated and sold at public auc- tion. Elliston went to England in the hope of obtaining restitution from the English government and remained in Europe three years, visiting Holland, Ire- land and France. John Perot came to Philadelphia, 1781 ; married there in 1783, Mary Tybout; purchased land on Water street, between High ( Market) and Mulberry streets, and his brother Elliston joined him in 1784. The latter was admitted as member of Society of Friends, 1786; married at Bank Meeting House, Imo. 9, 1787, Sarah, born 1764, daughter of Samuel and Hannah San- som. He became a prominent business man of the city; was a manager of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1789-1806; president of Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; director of Philadelphia Insurance Company. His wife died 8mo. 22, 1808, and he on November 28, 1834, in his eighty-eighth year. They had issue :-
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Hannah, b. June 12, 1792, d. July 6, 1831; m. June 16, 1825, Samuel B. Morris; Sansom, b. Nov. 24, 1794, d. unm .;
FRANCIS, b. Aug. 23, 1796, d. March 24, 1885; m. June 17, 1823, Elizabeth Marshall Morris, above mentioned ;
Joseph, b. Feb. II, 1799, d. Jan. 19, 1876; m. June 5, 1827, Sarah Wistar Morris; William S., b. gmo. 23, 1800, d. 3mo. 14, 1833; m. Iomo. 9, 1822, Mary Williams Poultney.
FRANCIS PEROT was apprenticed "to learn the art and mystery of brewing," with Thomas and Joseph Morris; his indenture showing that he paid to them $1,000, previous to entering upon his apprenticeship, and was to serve five years without compensation. This was in 1812. Soon after the close of his appren- ticeship, he started a malt house and brewery on Vine street, between Third and Fourth streets, the present location of the establishment that still bears his name, and a year later, 1819, took his brother, William S. Perot, into partner- ship, under the firm name of Francis & William S. Perot. In 1823 he married Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of his old employer, Thomas Morris, and the latter and his son, Anthony S., who had been operating the old Morris brewery, founded by Anthony Morris in 1687, soon after gave up business at the old place on Second street and turned the business over to the Perot firm. The Perot brothers carried on brewing until 1850, when they abandoned that branch of the business and turned their attention entirely to malting. Francis retired from the business in 1868, and was succeeded by the firm of Francis Perot's Sons, which some years ago became incorporated under the name of Francis Perot's Sons Company, who continued a business founded by the ancestors of the leading members of the firm over two centuries before. T. Morris Perot, of the present firm, represents the eighth generation in descent from the founder of the firm.
Both Francis Perot and his estimable wife, Elizabeth Marshall Morris, lived to a serene old age. They celebrated their golden wedding in the old home at 1032 Arch street, June 17, 1873, when five generations of the family were pres- ent, "Aunt Mary Ann Marshall" being the first and little Elliston Perot Bissel, the fifth. Francis Perot died March 24, 1885.
Issue of Francis and Elizabeth Marshall (Morris) Perot :-
Elliston Perot, b. July 24, 1824, d. Feb. 25, 1865; m. April 2, 1845, Caroline R. Corbit; Thomas Morris Perot, b. May 8, 1828; m. Nov. 3, 1858, Rebecca C. Siter ; Sarah Morris Perot, b. Nov. 6, 1831 ; m. Dec. I, 1853, Edward H. Ogden.
Issue of Edward H. and Sarah Morris (Perot ) Ogden: -
Francis Perot Ogden, b. Jan. 4, 1855, d. Jan. 10, 1887 ;
Elizabeth Morris Ogden. b. May 19, 1856; m. Dec. 7, 1876, Henry Howard Ellison, of Philadelphia, and has one child, Henry Howard Ellison, b. Dec. 31, 1877; Harriet Middleton Ogden, b. Sept. 7, 1859; nı. October II, 1888, Rev. Charles Wordsworth Nevin, b. 1857, son of Rev. Edwin H. and Ruth Channing (Little) Nevin, of Philadelphia .; children :
Dorothy Nevin, b. Aug. 31, 1889; Ogden Nevin, b. May 10, 1891 ; Charles W. Nevin Jr., b. June 24, 1895; Perot Nevin, b. April 27, 1897.
LUKE MORRIS, second son of Anthony and Elizabeth ( Hudson) Morris, born
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in Philadelphia, April 10, 1760, died March 20, 1802, was commissioned Cap- tain in the Fifth Batallion, Philadelphia Militia. He was a gentleman of high standing in the early days of the Republic. He died at his residence, "Peck- ham", district of Southwark, March 20, 1802. He married, March 9, 1786, Anne, born August 28, 1767, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Hannah (Car- rington) Willing, who resided for many years after her husband's death in a fine old Colonial house at the southeast corner of Main and High streets, Germantown. She was a lady of remarkable attainments and of great energy. She died Janu- ary II, 1853, and was buried in the graveyard of St. Luke's Church, Germantown, of which she was one of the originators, her name appearing on the list of first subscribers for its erection in 1811.
Issue of Luke and Anne (Willing) Morris :-
Abigail Willing, b. March 20, 1787, d. Aug. 18, 1858; m. March 27, 1815, Justus Johnson ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1789, d. April 15, 1789;
Anne Willing, b. March 30, 1790, d. July 9, 1820; unm .;
THOMAS WILLING, b. Oct. 23, 1792, d. May 12, 1852; m. June 19, 1823, Caroline Maria Calvert, of whom presently;
Elizabeth Carrington, b. July 7, 1795, d. Feb. 12, 1865, unm., was a scientific botanist; Margaretta Hare, b. Dec. 3, 1797, d. May 29, 1867; unm .; was a naturalist of high attainments ;
Susan Sophia, b. Aug. 11, 1800, d. July 15, 1868; m. March 13, 1832, John Stockton Littell.
THOMAS WILLING MORRIS, only son of Luke and Anne (Willing) Morris, was born in Philadelphia, October 23, 1792. He studied law and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar, July 3, 1819, and practiced his profession there for a number of years. He was appointed an aide-de-camp to Gen. Cadwalader, May 15, 1819, with the title of captain, and was promoted to major, May 30, 1824, and was appointed Inspector of the Pennsylvania Militia, August 3, 1828. He was elected to General Assembly of Pennsylvania, October 13, 1829. He later removed to Maryland and died at "Glenthorne", his country seat in How- ard county, May 12, 1852. He married, June 19, 1823, Caroline Maria Calvert, born July 15, 1800, died November 25, 1842, at Baltimore, where she had gone for medical treatment. She was a daughter of George and Rosalie Eugenia (Stier) Calvert, of Riverdale, Prince George county, Maryland, and grand- daughter of Benedict Calvert, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Charles Calvert, Governor of Maryland, 1720-27. Benedict Calvert was a son of Charles Calvert, fifth Lord Baltimore, and both he and his wife were direct descendants of George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore and Proprietor of Maryland.
Issue of Thomas Willing and Caroline Maria (Calvert) Morris :-
Rosalie Eugenia, b. May 5, 1824, d. July 17, 1878, unm. ;
Anna Maria, b. March 23, 1826, d. March 6, 1900; m. Sept. 7, 1848, Captain Francis Key Murray, U. S. N .;
GEORGE CALVERT, b. Oct. 16, 1828, d. April 29, 1882; m. July 15, 1856, Elizabeth Kuhn ; Julia Meta, b. Dec. 27, 1830, d. June 8, 1857, unm .;
Henry Thomas, b. Oct. 10, 1833, d. Dec. 17, 1833; Carrington, b. March 29, 1835, d. Aug. 23, 1835;
Eugenia Carrington, b. Feb. 12, 1836, d. April II, 1837; Caroline Maria, b. March 5, 1838, d. same year.
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GEORGE CALVERT MORRIS, eldest and only surviving son of Thomas Willing and Caroline Maria (Calvert) Morris, was born in Philadelphia, October 16, 1828. He was educated at St. James Hall, an educational institution near Hagerstown, Maryland. He read law with Henry Williams Esq., and was ad- mitted to Philadelphia bar, May 31, 1851 ; he received degree of Bachelor of Laws at University of Pennsylvania, July 6, 1852, and practiced his profession until failing health compelled him to relinquish it. He died of consumption at his home, 1600 Locust street, April 29, 1882, and is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. He was deeply interested in church work, was vestryman of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church from April, 1870, until his death; served for some years on the standing committee of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. He was a manager of Christ Church Hospital, and a director of Philadelphia Contributionship from 1871. He married at St. Peter's Church, July 15, 1856, Elizabeth, born April 24, 1833, died October 13, 1890, daughter of Hartman and Ellen (Lyle) Kuhn, of Philadelphia.
Issue of George Calvert and Elizabeth (Kuhn) Morris :-
Julia, b. Sept. 10, 1857, d. April 3, 1859;
Ellen Lyle, b. March 6, 1859, d. April 1, 1900; m. Oct. 26, 1885, Pierre Camblos;
Hartman Kuhn, b. Dec. 30, 1860, d. July 29, 1861 ;
Caroline Calvert, b. May 19, 1862; m. Sept. 21, 1892, James Cheston Jr .;
ROSALIE, b. Jan. 17, 1864, d. Aug. 5, 1903; m. Nov. 10, 1887, Robert Winder Johnson ; Eugenia, b. July 5, 1865; m. Oct. 28, 1886, Radcliffe Cheston, M. D.
ROSALIE MORRIS married at St. Peter's Church, November 10, 1887, Robert Winder Johnson, of the firm of Lawrence, Johnson & Company, shipping and commission merchants and foreign bankers. He is the ninth child of Lawrence and Mary (Winder) Johnson, and was born at 727 Pine street, Philadelphia, May 7, 1854. His father, Lawrence Johnson, the prominent typefounder of Philadelphia, was born in Hull, England, January 23, 1801, and came to Amer- ica with his parents, Edward and Ann (Clayton) Johnson, 1818, and located in Philadelphia two years later, where he established a type foundry, under the firm name of L. Johnson & Company, and built up an immense business, main- taining branches in different parts of Pennsylvania. He became interested in many prominent business enterprises in Philadelphia and elsewhere, being prominently identified with the building of a number of street car lines in Philadelphia, and in the development of coal lands in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. He was for a number of years president of the Commonwealth Bank of Philadelphia and associated with a number of other financial institutions. He lived for a number of summers prior to his death at "Lansdowne", the present country seat of the family on the Neshaminy in Bucks county, near Bristol. He died in Philadelphia, April 26, 1860. His wife, Mary Winder, was born in Bucks county, June 18, 1814, died February 16, 1877. She was descended from Colonial families, prominent in the social, civil, and military affairs of the county from the time of its first settlement. Robert Winder Johnson was reared in the city of Philadelphia, and prepared for col- lege at Mr. Gregory's private school on Market street. He entered the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, September 1870, but left there in the spring of 1871 to accompany his mother to Europe, where he travelled extensively and continued
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his studies until 1876. Returning to Philadelphia in 1876, he entered the office of Lawrence, Johnson & Company, and three years later became a member of the firm, with his brother, Lawrence: Johnson.
Mr. Johnson is a life member of Historical Society of Pennsylvania, a mem- ber of Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Colonial Society, Netherland So- ciety, and a life member of Bucks County Historical Society. He is one of the vestry of St. Peter's Church of Philadelphia, and a member of the Society of Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania. He is also one of the board of inanagers of the Christ Church Hospital, and was until recently a member of the board of managers of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
He has for a number of years taken a deep interest in local history and for over twenty years has devoted considerable time to the collecting of data relat- ing to the ancestors of his wife and himself. In 1902 he published "Winders of America"; in 1905 a volume relating to the ancestors of his wife, and in 1907 a second volume of "The Ancestry of Rosalie Morris Johnson."
Issue of Robert Winder and Rosalie (Morris) Johnson :-
Morris Winder Johnson, b. July 5, 1889; Lawrence Edward Johnson, b. Julv 9, 1892; Robert Winder Johnson Jr., b. Aug. 19, 1894; Rosalie Eugenia Johnson, b. Oct. 13- 1900.
JAMES MORRIS, second son of Anthony and Phoebe (Guest) Morris, born in Philadelphia, September 8, 1707, was a prominent business man of Philadelphia and early became identified with city and Provincial affairs. He was elected to the Colonial Assembly 1739, re-elected continuously until his death, January 29, 1750-I. He served almost constantly on most important committees and was named as a signer of Provincial paper money in 1744-46. He married at Phila- delphia Monthly Meeting, March 12, 1729-30, Elizabeth, daughter of Philip and Rebecca (Britain) Kearney, of Philadelphia. granddaughter of Lionel Britain, one of the earliest English settlers in Bucks county.
Issue of James and Elizabeth (Kearney) Morris :-
James, d. Oct. 12, 1738, inf; Anthony, d. Feb. 25, 1736-7;
Isaac, b. 1736, d. May 29, 1821 ; m. Oct. 21, 1810, Sarah Marriott ;
Anthony James, b. 1739, d. May 27, 1831, unm .;
Mary, bur. March. 9, 1800; m. May 25, 1762, Col. Blathwaite Jones.
JOHN JONES came from Barbados to Philadelphia bringing certificate to Friends' Meeting dated 5mo. (July) 15, 1683. He was a member of the Com- mon Council of that city named in the Charter of 1691 ; was one of the peti- tioners for the establishment of the public school, February, 1697-8; was appointed Regulator of streets and water-courses, May 17, 1699, and was Jus- tice of City and County Courts, 1700 to his death, May, 1708. He was a promi- nent and wealthy merchant, and owned large tracts of land in Philadelphia and Bucks counties and elsewhere. He married (first) Rebecca -, who died 1694, and (second) November 30, 1696, Margaret, widow of John Waterman.
Issue of John and Rebecca Jones :-
John Jones, m. March II, 1702-3, Margaret Waterman.
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Issue of John and Margaret (Waterman) Jones :-
Gibbs Jones, b. Aug. 3, 1701, d. 1736; m. Aug. 2, 1721, Jane, dau. of Dr. John and Susanna (Budd) Crapp, who married (second) William Craddock.
Gibbs and Jane (Crapp) Jones had issue :-
Susannah, b. Dec. 12, 1722; m. Ephraim Bonham;
John;
BLATHWAITE, b. April 21, 1726; m. (first) Jane and (second) Mary Morris.
COL. BLATHWAITE JONES was an ardent patriot during the Revolution. He was appointed February 15, 1777, to have charge of the erection of fortifica- tions at Billingsport, New Jersey, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and served as Chief Engineer of fortifications later. His son, Gibbs Jones, by his former marriage, was Lieutenant and later Captain of a company raised for the cam- paign against Canada and was later Captain of a ranging company.
Issue of Col. Blathwaite and Mary (Morris) Jones :-
James Morris, b. April 12, 1763; m. June 24, 1784, Arabella Levy ;
Susannah Budd, b. July 26, 1767, d. Dec. 15, 1835; m. Oct. 14, 1784, Dr. Samuel L. Shober.
ANDREW SHOBER, father of Dr. Samuel L. Shober, was a son of John and Katharine Shober, of Neuhoffmansdorf, Jannowiz, Moravia, and was born near Olmutz, Moravia, November 17, 1710. In 1743, with his wife, Hedwig Regina, he joined a colony of Moravians under Count Zinzendorf, fitted out at Marien- born and Herrnhaag, and sailing in the ship "Little Strength", settled at Naza- reth, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1743. Andrew Shober was a mason by trade and superintended the building of most of the buildings in the Moravian settlements. In 1756 he removed to Bethlehem and died there July 12, 1792. He had married at Marienborn, Germany, Hedwig Regina Schubert.
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