Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 15

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed; Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 710

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Mary Shippen, b. Aug. 15, 1757, became the second wife of Dr. William McIlvaine, of Burlington, N. J .;

EDWARD SHIPPEN, M. D., b. Dec. II, 1758, d. Burlington, N. J., Oct. 22, 1809; m. Elizabeth Juliana Footman; of whom presently ;

Margaret Shippen, b. July II, 1760, d. in London, England, Aug. 24, 1804; m. April 8, 1779, Gen. Benedict Arnold, then commanding the Continental forces in Philadelphia ; John Francis Shippen, b. Nov. 24, 1762; bur. Jan. 8, 1763;

James Shippen, b. Philadelphia, Oct. 9, 1766; bur. Nov. 10, 1769.

EDWARD SHIPPEN, M. D., only surviving son of the Chief Justice, born in Philadelphia December 11, 1758. graduated at University of Pennsylvania, with

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degree of A. B., and took up the study of medicine, taking degree of M. D. at University of Edinburg. After traveling a short time on the continent, he returned to Philadelphia and took up the practice of medicine there, settling for a time at White Marsh, Mongomery county, and later removed to Burlington, New Jersey, where he practiced until his death, October 22, 1809. He mar- ried at Christ Church, Philadelphia, November 23, 1785, Elizabeth Juliana, born in Philadelphia, January 21, 1762, died August 17, 1848, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Footman of Philadelphia.

Issue of Dr. Edward and Elizabeth (Footman) Shippen :-

Margaret Shippen, b. Philadelphia, Oct. 18, 1786, d. unm., Burlington, N. J., July 23, 1853; Elizabeth Shippen, b. Philadelphia, Dec. 16, 1787, d. unm., Burlington, N. J., Aug. 11, 1871; Edward Shippen, b. Upper Merion, Montgomery county, Pa., Feb. 22, 1789, d. unm. Lou- isville, Ky., Dec. 23, 1832. Was an official of U. S. Bank at Philadelphia, when in its full tide of success, went to Louisville to establish a branch bank, and was stricken with Asiatic cholera ;

Mary Coxe Shippen, b. Upper Merion, April 23, 1790, d. unm. in Philadelphia, Dec. 29, 1871 ;

Anne Coxe Shippen, b. Upper Merion, May 20, 1792, d. s. p., Belvidere, N. J., Aug. 13, 1836; third wife of Richard H. B. Mitchell;

RICHARD SHIPPEN, b. Upper Merion, Feb. 2, 1795, d. Burlington, N. J., May 18, 1868, of whom presently ;

Sarah Shippen, b. Burlington, Feb. 7, 1798, d. unm. Dec. 1819.

RICHARD SHIPPEN, youngest son of Dr. Edward Shippen, born at White Marsh, Upper Merion township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1795, was sent to India and China when a mere boy, and succeeded to the command of an East Indiaman, when barely of age. He followed the sea for some fifteen years, and had quite a reputation as a navigator. On his marriage, 1825, he left the sea, and settled as "Singletree", near Trenton, New Jersey. On the inception of the Camden & Amboy Railroad, he became connected with that enterprise, and remained with the company until his death, a period of forty years, during which he resided some time at Bordentown, New Jersey, later in Philadelphia, and finally at his seat "Green Bank" in Burlington county, New Jersey, where he died May 8, 1868. He married (first), March 8, 1825, Anna Elizabeth, only child of Lawrence Farmer of White Marsh, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and a descendant of one of the oldest and most promi- nent families of that section, who was the mother of his children. He married (second) Catharine, daughter of Francis Binney, Esq., of Philadelphia.

Issue of Richard and Anna Elizabeth (Farmer) Shippen :-

Edward Shippen, M. D., b. New Jersey, 1826, present head of the Shippen family in America. Graduated at Princeton with degree of A. B., entered Medical Dept. of Univ. Pa., and received degree of M. D. He entered U. S. N. as Assistant Surgeon Aug. 7, 1849, and was commissioned Surgeon April 26, 1861. On March 8, 1862, he was on the "Congress" off Newport News, Va., when she was destroyed by the "Merrimac", and was injured by a shell. In 1864-5, he was on the iron-clad frigate, "New Iron- sides" in both battles of Fort Fisher, and in operations at Bermuda Hundred. He made the Russian cruise with Admiral Farragut, 1871-3; was commissioned Medical Inspector in 1875, Surgeon of European Squadron, 1871-3. He was Surgeon of U. S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1873-4; had charge of Navy Hospital, Philadelphia, 1874-5; was commissioned Naval Medical Director, 1876, and President of Naval Examining Board, 1880. M. Mary Catherine, dau. of Dr. J. Rodman Paul;

William Watson Shippen, b. New Jersey, m. Georgiana E. Morton ; Richard Shippen, d. y.

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Anna Elizabeth Shippen, m. Robert M. Lewis Jr., b. in Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 1822, son of Lawrence and Anna Mary (Stocker) Lewis. Issue :-

Lawrence Lewis Jr., A. B., A. M., Univ. of Pa., 1876; b. in Philadelphia, June 20, 1856, d. Frazer, Chester co., Pa., Sept. 2, 1896; principal counsel for French Spoliation Claimants; member Historical Society of Pa., author "Original Ti- tles in Philadelphia", "History of Bank of North America", "Memoir of Ed- ward Shippen, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania"; editor of "American and Eng- lish Corporation Cases", "American and English Railroad Cases." M. Dora, dau. of Henry R. Kelly, of Philadelphia ;

Anne Shippen Lewis.

SARAH SHIPPEN, only surviving daughter of Edward Shippen of Lancaster, by his wife Sarah Plumley, born in Philadelphia, February 22, 1730-1, married, May 14, 1748, Col. James Burd, born at Ormiston, near Edinburg, Scotland, March 10, 1726, son of Edward and Jane (Halliburton) Burd, the latter a daughter of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He came to Pennsylvania when a young man, and on his marriage located on a farm in Lancaster county. He entered the Provincial service at the first outbreak of hostilities with the French and Indians, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, 1755; Major, December 3, 1757, and Colonel, May 28, 1758. In December, 1756, he was placed in com- mand at Fort Augusta, and his daily journal from December 8, 1756, to October 14, 1757, published in the Pennsylvania Archives, gives a vivid picture of the state of affairs in the frontiers of Pennsylvania in those troublous times. He served with especial distinction throughout the different Provincial wars, and was a Justice of Lancaster county, 1764-73. When the first clouds of the strug- gle against the oppression of the mother country appeared on the horizon, he came at once to the front in his own country. He was chairman of a meeting of the inhabitants of Lancaster county held on June 8, 1774, when resolutions were adopted, setting forth in no uncertain tone their intention "to oppose with decency and firmness every measure tending to deprive us of our just rights and privileges," and pledging themselves "to abide by the measures which shall be adopted by the members of the General Congress of the Colonies", and appointed a committee to confer with other committees with reference to such a congress. A similar meeting was held in the borough of Lancaster just one week later, at which Edward Shippen, Col. Burd's father-in-law, presided, and was made chairman of Committee of Observation. At a meeting of the Committee of In- spection of Lancaster county, January 14, 1775, of which Edward Shippen was Chairman, James Burd was named as one of the deputies from Lancaster to the Provincial Convention to be held January 23, 1775. Col. Burd was a member of the Committee of Safety for Lancaster county, assisted in the military organiza- tion of the county, and was commissioned Colonel of the first Battalion from the county, but became disgusted with the dissensions and desertions from the ranks at the expiration of the short term of service for which the first recruits enlisted, and resigned in December, 1776. He resided for a time shortly after his mar- riage at Lancaster, later at Shippensburg, and finally at "Tinian", his seat in the present county of Dauphin, near Harrisburg, where he died October 5, 1793.

Issue of Col. James and Sarah (Shippen) Burd :-

Sarah Burd, b. Jan. 1, 1748-9, d. Lancaster, Oct. 25, 1829; m. Dec. 30, 1767, Jasper Yeates, Justice of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1791-1817;

Edward Burd, b. Feb. 5, 1750-1, d. Philadelphia, July 24, 1833; member of Bar of Berks county, practicing at Reading until 1776: commissioned Major of a Volun- teer Corps, and captured at battle of Long Island Oct. 23, 1776; on being exchanged was too broken in health to re-enter the service, and was appointed Register of

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High Court of Errors and Appeals, and later Prothonotary of Supreme Court, holding the latter position until his death. M., Dec. 17, 1778, his cousin, Elizabeth, daughter of Chief Justice Edward Shippen;

Mary Burd, b. at Shippensburg, Jan. 15, 1753, d. at Hopewell Forge, Lancaster county, Feb. 23, 1774; m., Nov. 28, 1771, Col. Peter Grubb, of the Revolution, a prominent ironmaster of Lancaster county;

Allen Burd, b. at Shippensburg, Dec. 23, 1754, d. at Lancaster, July 10, 1764; Jane Burd, b. Aug. 12, 1757, m., May 8, 1783, George, son James and Mary Patterson; Anne Burd, b. at Lancaster, Sept. 3, 1759, d. there Aug. II, 1760;

Margaret Burd, b. Feb. 3, 1761, m., Nov. 3, 1786, Jacob Hubley, Esq., of Lancaster; Elizabeth Burd, b. at Lancaster, Nov. 3, 1762, d. April 12, 1763;

James Burd, b. Jan. 4, 1765, m. Elizabeth Baker;

Joseph Burd, b. Jan. 8, 1768, m. (first) Catharine Cochran; (second) Harriet Bailey ; Elizabeth Burd, b. Feb. 18, 1772; d. unni.

JOSEPH SHIPPEN, youngest son of Edward Shippen "of Lancaster", by his wife Sarah Plumley, and brother of Chief Justice Edward Shippen, born in Phil- adelphia October 30, 1732, graduated at Princeton, 1753, with degree of A. B. He entered the Provincial army as captain and was at Fort Augusta and Sha- mokin with Col. James Burd, (his brother-in-law) in 1756-7; rose to rank of Colonel and served under Gen. Forbes in the expedition which captured Fort Du Quesne, November 25, 1758. After the disbandment of his command, he went to Europe, partly on a mercantile venture, but chiefly for the advantage of foreign travel. Returning to Philadelphia in December, 1761, he was appointed January 2, 1762, Secretary of Provincial Council, and served in that capacity until the dissolution of the Council in 1775. In 1773 he removed to near Ken- nett Square, Chester county, purchasing a plantation which he named "Plum- ley" in honor of his mother, where he resided until 1786, when he was appointed Judge of the Lancaster county Courts, to which position he was appointed June 16, 1786. He died at Lancaster, February 10, 1810. He became a member of American Philosophical Society, January 19, 1765, and took a lively interest in its proceedings. He was an accomplished scholar of fine literary taste, and pos- sessed some talent as a poet. He was one of those who early noted the artistic genius of Benjamin West and assisted him to pursue his studies abroad. He filled his several military and official positions with much honor and was esteemed by all who knew him as an eminently, just and upright man. He married at Christ Church, September 29, 1768, Jane, daughter of John Galloway, Esq., of Maryland, by his second wife, Jane, the widow of William Fishbourne of Phil- adelphia. She was born September 1745, died at "Plumley", February 17, 1801, and is buried at Radnor churchyard.

Issue of Joseph and Jane ( Galloway) Shippen :-

Robert Shippen, b. Philadelphia, July 10, 1769, m. Priscilla Thompson, of Chester county ; lived for a time at "Tivoli" a 400-acre plantation opposite "Plumley", and later at "Fons Salutis", Lancaster county, where he d. Dec. 31, 1840. A fine classical scholar and cultured gentleman;

Sarah Shippen, b. Sept. 3, 1770, d. March 3, 1773;

John Shippen, b. Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1771, d. at Shippensburg, Sept., 1805; m., June 25, 1789, Abigail Caroline Reynolds;

MARY SHIPPEN, b. Philadelphia, May 17, 1773, d. there June 2, 1809; m., Feb. II, 1793, Samuel Swift, of whom presently;

Charles Shippen, b. Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1774, d. July 31, 1775:

Anne Shippen, b. Philadelphia, Oct. 12, 1775, d. July 28, 1776;

Elizabeth Shippen, b. at Kennett, Feb. 21, 1780, d. at Shippensburg, 1801, unm .;

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Margaret Shippen, b. Kennett, Oct. 31, 1782, d. Philadelphia, May 9, 1876, unm .; Joseph Galloway Shippen, b. Dec. 25, 1783, d. s. p. Sept. 6, 1857, graduated at Medi- cal Dept. of Univ. of Pa .; m. Nov. 10, 1814, Anna Maria, dau. of Daniel and Sarah (Brooke) Buckley of Lancaster county;

Henry C. Shippen, b. Dec. 28, 1788, d. Meadville, Pa., March 2, 1839; member Lan- caster county Bar; member Pa. Legislature; President Judge Sixth Judicial Dis- trict; m., May I, 1817, Elizabeth Wallis Evans.

MARY SHIPPEN, daughter of Joseph and Jane (Galloway) Shippen, born in Philadelphia May 17, 1773, married, February 11, 1793, Samuel Swift, Esq., of Philadelphia, son of Joseph and Margaret (McCall) Swift. He was born in Philadelphia January 12, 1771, and graduated at University of Pennsylvania, with degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1786. He studied law with Judge Jasper Yeates at Lancaster, and practiced at the Philadelphia Bar, living at his country place "The Grove" in Philadelphia county. He was a man of fine literary taste, with a natural poetic talent which he cultivated and exercised to some extent. He took a lively interest in political questions; was educated as a Federalist, but espoused Democratic principles and advocated them in a number of articles greatly esteemed for vigor, candor, polish and careful research. He died at Germantown, November 28, 1847. He and his wife are buried at Trinity Church, Oxford township, Philadelphia county, of which they were members. Mrs. Swift died June 2, 1809.

Issue of Samuel and Mary (Shippen) Swift :-

Margaret McCall Swift, b. Philadelphia, June 2, 1796, m. her cousin John, son of Robert and Priscilla (Thompson) Shippen, above mentioned, on May 19, 1831; William Swift, b. at "The Grove" Aug. 3, 1797, d. unm., Nov. 2, 1838; extensive writer on free trade;

Mary Swift, b. at "The Grove", Nov. 22, 1798, d. Feb. 15, 1877, m., Sept. 9, 1824, Mathew Brooke, son of Daniel Buckley, ironmaster of Lancaster county, by his wife Sarah Brooke. He was b. Oct. 31, 1794, and d. March 8, 1856; President of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company.

Their son, Edward Swift Buckley, b. Philadelphia; ironmaster, trustee of Episcopal Academy, Director Phila. Saving Fund, etc .; m. (first) Hannah J. dau. of Hon. Thomas Smith, M. C., who d. 1853; m. (second) Catharine, dau. of Col. John G. Watmough, who d. 1859; m. (third) Mary Waln, dau. of Hon. Richard Vaux, M. C.

JOSEPH SWIFT, b. at "The Grove" Dec. 26, 1799, d. July 1, 1882, m. Eliza Moore, dau. of George and Rebecca Harrison (Blackwell) Willing;

George Swift, b. March 9, 1801, d. July 16, 1801;

Samuel Swift, m. Mary R. Royer ;

Elizabeth Shippen Swift;

John Swift, d. y .;

Sarah Bordley Swift;

Jane Galloway Swift, m. May 6, 1834, John Swift, of another branch of the family, b. March 25, 1808, d. March 10, 1872, bur. at Easton, Pa.

JOSEPH SWIFT, second son of Samuel and Mary (Shippen) Swift, born at his father's country seat "The Grove", December 26, 1799, was educated at a classi- cal school in New Jersey. He came to Philadelphia in 1818, became associated with brokerage firm of Thomas A. Biddle & Company, bankers and brokers, and remained with them until 1842, when he retired from active business and travelled extensively abroad, living when at home at his country seat "Wood- field". He was an excellent business man and was associated with a number of financial and business institutions as Director and Manager, among them the Philadelphia Bank, and Philadelphia Saving Fund, being connected with the

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latter institution until his death, July 1, 1882, a period of twenty-six years. He was President of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Club from 1854 to 1859. He was married by the Right Rev. William White, November 24, 1831, to Eliza Moore, daughter of George Willing, by his wife Rebecca Harrison (Blackwell). She died September 8, 1840.

Issue of Joseph and Eliza Moore (Willing) Swift :-

Emily Swift, m. Thomas Balch; George Swift, d. y .; Mary Swift, m. Horace G. Browne.

POWELL FAMILY

Samuel Powell, pioneer ancestor of the Philadelphia family of that name, was born in Stoke parish, St. Gregory, Somersetshire, England, IImo. 2, 1673, of a Somersetshire family originally from Wales, and claimed descent from the princes of Powis, through Einion Efell, Lord of Cynlaeth, who flourished in the twelfth century. Their coat-of-arms bore "Party per fesse argent and or, a lion rampant gules", crest, "A star of eight points above a cloud,-all proper."

John Powle, buried February 27, 1618, probably grandson of Morgan Powell of Taunton, married Elizabeth Savidge. Their son Godfrey, baptized June 7, 1599, was grandfather of Samuel Powell, first above mentioned. Samuel Powell, son of Godfrey and father of Samuel was baptized September 20, 1642, at Stoke, St. Gregory, Somersetshire, England, and was an early con- vert to Quakerism. He married, at Friends' Meeting, 3mo. 6, 1670, Deborah Powle, of Stoke, baptized at St. Gregory October 12, 1640, died 2mo. 6, 1679. Ann Powell, daughter of Godfrey, of North Curry, Somerset married at Greinton, Somerset, 6mo. 23, 1685, John Parsons, of Middlezoy, Somerset, and emigrated to Philadelphia the same year, bringing with them Mrs. Parson's nephew Samuel Powell, then a lad of twelve years. John Par- sons was a carpenter of high ability, and Samuel Powell was trained to that trade. John Parsons was a man of some means and a member of council, and at his death in 1695, and that of his widow Ann Powell in 1712, Samuel Powell fell heir to the greater part of their joint estates. He became a prominent builder and architect. He erected the bridge over Dock Creek at Walnut street in 1718. He was an elder of Friends' Meeting in 1712, was elected member of Common Council in 1717, was advanced to the position of alderman in 1743, and served until his death, 6mo. 27, 1756, in his eighty-third year. He was the owner of over ninety houses, and lived on the north-east corner of Second and Pine streets. Pine Street Meeting House was erected on land devised to the meeting by him for that purpose. He married, 12mo. 19, 1700, Abigail, born 7mo. 28, 1679, died 7mo. 4, 1713, daughter of Barnabas and Sarah Wilcox, who came from Bedminster parish, near Bristol, Somersetshire, England, in 1683. Barnabas Wilcox was a merchant and a member of Colonial Assembly 1685; Justice of Philadelphia, 1686 to 1690.

Issue of Samuel and Abigail (Wilcox) Powell :-

Ann, b. 12mo. 10, 1702, d. Iomo. 10, 1707;

SAMUEL, b. 12mo. 26, 1704, d. Iomo. I, 1759; m., 9mo. 9, 1732, Mary Morris, of whom presently :

Deborah, b. 8mo. 24, 1706, m. 9mo. 28, 1728, Joshua Emlen ;

Ann, b. 7mo. 24, 1708, d. 8mo. 26, 1714;

Sarah, b. 4mo. 29, 1713, d. 2mo. 10, 1751, m. Anthony Morris Jr.

SAMUEL POWEL, son of Samuel and Abigail ( Wilcox) Powell, born in Phil- adelphia 12mo. 26, 1704-5, always spelled his name with one "1", the form in which the name was written by his remote ancestors. He became a prominent merchant of Philadelphia, was elected to Common Council of the City October

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6, 1730, and became an alderman October 4, 1743. He died October 1, 1759, in the prime of a life of usefulness and business activity. He married, Novem- ber 9, 1732, Mary, daughter of Anthony and Phoebe (Guest) Morris, and sister to Anthony Morris, who married his sister Sarah. She was born October 13, 1713, and died October 31, 1759.

Issue of Samuel and Mary (Morris) Powel :-

ABIGAIL, b. July 21, 1735, d. Nov. 16, 1797; m. William Griffitts; of whom later ;

SAMUEL, b. Oct. 28, 1738, d. Sept. 29, 1793; m. Aug. 7, 1769, Elizabeth Willing, of whom presently ;

Sarah, b. Sept. 22, 1747, d. Jan. 7, 1773; m. Jan. 20, 1768, Joseph Potts, previously m. to her cousin Mary Morris.

SAMUEL POWEL, only son of Samuel and Mary (Morris) Powel, born in Phil- adelphia October 28, 1738, entered College of Philadelphia, now University of Pennsylvania, May 25, 1756, and graduated with degree of Bachelor of Arts, class of 1759. After graduation he made an extended visit to Europe, traveling extensively in Great Britain and on the Continent. During his travels he kept up a constant correspondence with friends and relatives in Philadelphia, and many of his letters have been published in the Pennsylvania Magasine; while those to his uncle, Capt. Samuel Morris, have been preserved by the family, and many of them appear in a history of the Morris family prepared by Dr. Robert C. Moon. This correspondence shows that he was entertained in the best society of England and Scotland and "had the honor of being presented to his majesty."

He was a brithright member of the Society of Friends, but, while in England, was baptized by the Rev. Richard Peters, on his return to Philadelphia became a prominent member of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, and was lay deputy of that church at the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church held at Christ's Church, November 24, 1785. He was elected to Common Council of Philadelphia in 1770, advanced to position of alderman, October 4, 1774, and, October 3, 1775, was elected Mayor, the last to serve in that office under the old charter of 1701, under which his wife's grandfather, Edward Shippen, had been the first: when the charter had been renewed in 1789, he was again elected Mayor, and from the fact that he was the last magistrate under the old charter and the first under the new, he was known as the "Patriot Mayor".

He was a man of high scholastic attainments and took a lively interest in liter- ary and scientific subjects ; he became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1760, and took an active interest in their work. A man of public spirit and well known business ability, he was frequently consulted in affairs of state. He was intimately associated with George Washington, who was a frequent visitor at his house, now number 244 S. Third street, between Walnut and Spruce streets, and the first president held him in high esteem, as is evidenced by his journal and correspondence. Mr. and Mrs. Powel were likewise frequently entertained at Mount Vernon.

Samuel Powel was commissioned a Justice of the Philadelphia Courts April 27, 1772, and probably served until his elevation to the Mayoralty. He was made one of the board of managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1778, but resigned in 1780. He was Trustee of University of Pennsylvania, and first president of Philadelphia Society for Promotion of Agriculture. He was elected to the

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Morris Mansion on Front street between Chestnut and Walnut streets, devised to him by his greataunt, Deborah Morris, by whose will it was directed that Senate of Pennsylvania, 1792, and filled the position of Speaker. He inherited a large fortune from his father, and gave liberal support to many philanthropic and charitable enterprises. In 1780 he contributed five thousand pounds toward provisioning the Continental troops from Pennsylvania. He died of yellow fever September 29, 1793, at his country seat "Powelton", on the west side of the Schuylkill.

He married, August 7, 1769, Elizabeth, daughter of Charles and Anne (Ship- pen) Willing, born February 10, 1742-3, died January 17, 1830, and they had two sons, both of whom died in infancy. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Powel adopted the youngest son of her sister Margaret (Willing) Hare, by Robert Hare.

JOHN POWELL HARE, born April 22, 1786, died at Newport, Rhode Island, June 14, 1856. To him she devised the greater part of the large estate left her by her husband, including "Powelton". He changed his name by act of legis- lature, to John Hare Powell. He was a colonel in the War of 1812-14, and Secretary to American Legation at the Court of St. James. He married Julia de Veaux, and descendants of his bearing the name of Powell, still reside in Philadelphia.

Abigail Powel, eldest daughter of Samuel and Mary (Morris) Powel, born in Philadelphia 5mo. 21, 1735, died November 16, 1797; married April 16, 1752, William Griffitts, of Welsh descent, said to have been a son of James Griffitts, of Swanset, South Wales, and nephew of Thomas Griffitts, who came from Jamaica to Philadelphia and engaged in the shipping trade with Isaac Norris, whose daughter Mary he married in 1717. Thomas Griffitts became prominent in the community; was a Provincial Councillor 1733-42; Keeper of the Great Seal of the Province 1732-4; Judge of Supreme Court from 1739 to his death in 1743; Mayor of Philadelphia from October, 1729, to October, 1730, and from October 1, 1733, to October 4, 1737. William Griffitts was a prominent business man of Philadelphia.

Issue of William and Abigail (Powel) Griffitts :-

Mary Griffitts, b. June 6, 1753, d. Aug. 4, 1753;

Hester Griffitts, b. Dec. 6, 1754, m. Sept. 5, 1777, Capt. James Montgomery ; James Griffitts, b. Sept. 9, 1756, d. March 22, 1836; m., Sept. 12, 1793, Sarah Havens; SAMUEL POWEL GRIFFITTS, M. D., b. July 21, 1759, d. May 12, 1826; m., Jan. 3, 1787, Mary Fishbourne.

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Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 15

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed; Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 710

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed; Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 710