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Susanna, b. Oct. 22, 1696, remained in Ireland ;
Rebecca, b. Nov. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker ;
Rachel, b. Oct. 26, 1700, m. John Robison ;
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Jean. b. Feb. 6, 1703, d. Feb. 12, 1705, and is bur. at the Friends' burying ground at Ballikaely, Ireland ;
THOMAS, b. Jan. 13, 1704-5, m. April 26, 1739, Jane Edge, was a farmer in Chester county, d. there, Oct. 17, 1758; -; Abel, b. Dec. 22, 1706, d. July 1757, m. Deborah -
Jonathan, b. Feb. 18, 1709, m. Deborah Taylor ;
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1710, d. April 16, 1746, m. John Jackson.
Issue of Thomas Jr. and Jane (Edge) Parke :-
Robert, b. 1740, m. Oct. 18, 1770, Ann Edge; d. Oct. 14, 1777, Sarah, b. March 29, 1742, d. Aug. 16, 1794, m. Owen Biddle ;
Rebecca, b. 1744, m. William Webb, a ship builder ;
Hannah, b. 1747, m. Benjamin Poultney ;
Thomas, b. Aug. 6, 1749, became a distinguished physician of Phila. Was one of the founders of the Phila. College of Physicians, m. Rachel Pemberton; James, d. inf. ;
Jacob, d. unm. March 10, 1877.
Owen Biddle and his family resided during the Revolution at "Peel Hall," oc- cupying the present site of Girard College. His wife failing in health, removed to the place of her nativity at Downington, Chester county, where she died 1794.
Issue of Owen and Sarah (Parke) Biddle :-
Jane, b. July 29, 1761, d. Sept. 28, 1793, unm .;
JOHN, b. Oct. 2, 1763, d. Aug. 16, 1815, m. Sept. 15, 1796, Elizabeth Canby, of whom presently ;
Rebecca Owen, b. Jan. 26, 1766, m. 1796, Peter Thompson ;
Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1767, d. Sept. 1795, unm .;
Tacy, b. April 8, 1770, d. March 3, 1778;
Thomas, b. Nov. 13, 1772, d. Dec. 17, 1773;
Owen, b. April 28, 1774, d. May 25, 1806, m. Elizabeth Rowan;
Robert, b. March 3, 1776, d. July 15, 1777;
CLEMENT, b. Aug. 6, 1778, m. 1810, Mary Canby; (second) 1851, Sarah (Morris) Tyson; d. Feb. 10, 1856; of whom presently ;
Anne, b. July 23, 1780, m. John Tatum.
JOHN BIDDLE, eldest son of Owen and Sarah (Parke) Biddle, born in Phila- delphia October 3, 1763, was an apothecary and druggist, and died August 16, 1815. He married, September 15, 1796, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Frances (Lea) Canby, of Wilmington, Delaware, granddaughter of Oliver Canby, the pioneer miller of Wilmington, by his wife Elizabeth Shipley, and great- granddaughter of Thomas Canby, the eminent Friend of Bucks county, many years a member of Provincial Assembly, by his second wife Mary, daughter of Evan Olver, who came from Wales and settled in Philadelphia county. Eliza- beth (Canby) Biddle died in Philadelphia, April 26, 1832.
Issue of John and Elizabeth (Canby) Biddle :-
Samuel Canby Biddle, b. June 10, 1797, d. unm. Feb. 14, 1826;
Sarah Biddle, b. Feb. 28, 1799, d. Jan. 22, 1879;
Joseph Biddle, b. Jan. 26, 1801, d. Aug. 26, 1835, m. April 27, 1831, Ann P. Hopkins ; they had issue :--
Elizabeth M. Biddle, m. April 17, 1866, Matthew Baird, and d. July 9, 1871. Joseph Biddle, Jr., d. s. p., Sept. 23, 1865.
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James Canby Biddle, b. Dec. 23, 1802, d. March 31, 1841; m. April 27, 1828, Sallie -, b. in Phila., May 9, 1803, d. there April 3, 1828, dau. of Henry Sandwith Drinker, of Phila., and of "Drinker's Folly", Penn's Manor, Bucks county, Pa., by his wife Hannah, dau. of James Smith, of Burlington, N. J., by his wife Esther Hewlings; and granddaughter of Hon. John Smith, of Phila. and Burlington, N. J., by his wife Hannah, youngest dau. of James Logan, Proprietary Secretary, etc. On the paternal side Mrs. Biddle was descended from John Drinker, and his wife Ruth Balch, (whose father Benjamin Balch, was the first white child born in Massachusetts Bay Colony) who came to Phila. from Beverly, Mass., where Philip Drinker, from Exeter, England, the grandfather of John, had settled with his family in 1635.
James Canby Biddle went to Montrose, Susquehanna county, Pa., as agent of the Drinker estate.
Issue of James C. and Sallie (Drinker) Biddle :-
Elizabeth Hannah Biddle, b. March II, 1830, d. July 19, 1881, m. Oct. 22, 1861, Rev. William F. Halsey, rector of St. David's Radnor, 1866-1882;
Henry Drinker Biddle, b. July 17, 1831;
Emily Biddle, b. March 29, 1833, d. Aug. 16, 1834;
Hetty Drinker Biddle, b. Oct. 31, 1834;
Frances Garrett Biddle, b. Dec. 16, 1835, d. Dec. 15, 1841 ; Mary Drinker Biddle, b. July II, 1838.
Frances Biddle, b. Nov. 29, 1803, d. Sept. 5, 1873; m. Oct. 18, 1827, Thomas C. Gar- ret, b. in Phila. March 30, 1805, d. there Nov. 18, 1888. Was a number of years mem- ber of firm of Garrett, Eastwick & Harrison, machine manufacturers in Phila .; later, with his father Philip C. Garrett, the founder of the watch and jewelry business, since close of the Civil War carried on by their successors, Bailey, Banks & Biddle. Philip C. and John B. Garrett, sons of Thomas C. and Frances ( Biddle) Garrett, composed the prominent manufacturing firm of P. C. & J. B. Garrett, succeeded in 1873, by firm of Philip C. Garrett & Co. Philip C. Garrett, elder of the brothers, has been many years prominently identified with numerous business and financial institutions of Phila., as well as with leading philanthropic and charitable institutions of the city ;
WILLIAM BIDDLE, b. May 17, 1806, d. June 7, 1887; m. May 8, 1828, Elizabeth Cres- son Garrett; of whom presently ;
Edward C. Biddle, b. Jan. 5, 1808, m. May 14, 1832, Hetty H. Foster; founder of firm of E. C. & J. B. Biddle, publishers and booksellers-later Key, Mielke & Biddle, and E. C. Biddle & Co .; 1857-1884 president West Moreland Coal Co .; many years a director of Northern Central R. R. Co., and a director and controller of public schools of Phila .;
Margaret Biddle, b. June 8, 1810, d. Sept. 25, 1810.
Rebecca, b. Jan. 8, 1812; m. Oct. 14, 1851, Alfred Cope of firm of Henry & Alfred Cope, proprietors of a line of Packet ships plying between Philadelphia and Liverpool;
John Biddle, b. June 28, 1814, d. Oct. 19, 1884; m. Dec. 15, 1852, Mary B. Foster; in early life agent at Calcutta of firm of Foster & Chapman; 1841 became member of firm of E. C. & J. Biddle; several years secretary of Board of Managers of House of Refuge; 1859-1884 president of Locust Mountain Coal & Iron Co .; one of founders of night schools in Philadelphia ;
OWEN BIDDLE, second surviving son of Owen and Sarah ( Parke) Biddle, born in Philadelphia, April 28, 1774, died there May 25, 1806, was an architect and builder, and designed and built the first permanent bridge over the Schuylkill at Market street. He was author of the "Young Carpenter's Assistant", designed for the instruction of young mechanics in the art of building, published in 1805. He married in 1798, Elizabeth, daughter of Moses and Hannah (Jackson) Rowan, who after his decease married( second) John Broadbent, from York- shire, England, and had five children by him. She died November 26, 1832.
Issue of Owen and Elizabeth (Rowan) Biddle :-
John Rowan Biddle, b. Feb. 15, 1799, d. Oct. 26, 1854; m. Nov. 21, 1821, Jane Marsh ; Anne Biddle, b. Jan. 2, 1801, d. Nov. 30, 1850;
Rebecca Biddle, b. Aug. 30, 1802, d. March 25, 1804;
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Owen Biddle, b. July 21, 1804, d. Oct. 19, 1884, m. (first), March 4, 1831, Mary Ann Thompson; (second), June 15, 1851, Sarah Lavery ;
Elizabeth Biddle, b. May 6, 1806, d. July 17, 1833.
CLEMENT BIDDLE, youngest son of the distinguished patriot Owen Biddle, by his wife Sarah Parke, born in "Peel Hall", on the present site of Girard College, Philadelphia, August 6, 1778, was educated in Philadelphia, and on the comple- tion of his education, being threatened with a pulmonary disease, he made sev- eral voyages to the West Indies and South America 1800-05. Having entirely ergained his health, he returned home, and in 1807, engaged in the sugar-refining business for twenty-five years. Clement Biddle was a prominent mem- ber of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, of which he was an Overseer and Elder for many years prior to his death. He was one of the active promoters of Friend's Asylum for the Insane, at Frankford, first insti- tution of its kind in America, and served as its clerk until the division of the Society of Friends disrupted its management, and its control passed into the hands of the Orthodox branch. He took an active interest in the philanthropic and educational enterprises instituted and supported by Friends, until his death, February 10, 1856.
Clement Biddle married, November 2, 1810, Mary Canby, born at Wilming- ton, Delaware, February II, 1780, died in Philadelphia, April 12, 1849; daugh- ter of William and Martha ( Marriott) Canby of Wilmington, and granddaughter of Oliver and Elizabeth (Shipley) Canby; first cousin to Elizabeth Canby, who had married his elder brother John Biddle. He married (second), 1851, Sarah Saunders (Morris) Tyson, born in Philadelphia November 22, 1790, died there, February 26, 1883, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Marshall) Morris, of Phila- delphia, granddaughter of Thomas and Mary (Saunders) Morris; a descendant of Anthony Morris, the pioneer merchant of Philadelphia, and widow of Elisha Tyson.
Issue of Clement and Mary (Canby) Biddle :-
Martha, b. Oct. 21, 1811; d. Jan. 25, 1833, unm .;
Robert Biddle, b. Aug. 10, 1814; founder of firm of R. & W. C. Biddle, now the Biddle Hardware Co. Many years Treasurer of Swathmore College and was succeeded by his son Charles M. Biddle, the present treasurer ; m. Anna Mliler ;
WILLIAM CANBY BIDDLE, b. Sept. 25, 1816, d. Dec. 22, 1887; m. Feb. 21, 1838, Rachel Miller, b. Oct. 11, 1818;
Henry Biddle, d. young ;
CLEMENT BIDDLE, b. Nov. 17, 1819; m. (first) Susan T. Walton; (second) Susan W. Cadwalader ;
Anne Biddle, b. Nov. 18, 1822.
WILLIAM CANBY BIDDLE, second son of Clement and Mary (Canby) Biddle, born in Philadelphia, September 25, 1816, was educated in Friends' schools of Philadelphia and elsewhere, and was with his elder brother Robert Biddle, founder of the firm of R. & W. C. Biddle, now the Biddle Hardware Company, with which one of the sons and two of the grandsons of Robert Biddle are still associated. William Canby Biddle was known in business circles as a man of business ability, energy, and integrity. He was an influential member of Society of Friends, and a promoter and supporter of Swathmore College, of which he was many years a trustee. He was also one of the managers of Preston Retreat, and associated
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with other philanthropic and charitable institutions. He married, February 21, 1838, Rachel, born October 11, 1818, died October 7, 1892, daughter of Daniel L. and Hannah (Nicholson) Miller. William Canby Biddle died December 22, 1887.
Issue of William Canby and Rachel (Miller ) Biddle :-
Clement Miller Biddle, b. Dec. 24, 1838; m. Oct. 11, 1860, Lydia Cooper, b. Jan. 4, 1841; and they had issue :
Lucy, b. Sept. 26, 1861 ; m. Sept. 25, 1884, J. Reece Lewis;
William Canby Biddle, Jr., b. June 2, 1864;
Robert Biddle, Jr., b. May 31, 1867 ;
Caroline Cooper, b. March 13, 1871;
Lydia, b. Sept. 13, 187 -;
Clement M. Jr., b. Aug. 22, 1876.
Frances Canby Biddle, b. Aug. 1I, 1840; m. June 18, 1862, Clement Acton Griscom, b. March 15, 1841;
Helen Biddle, b. March 25, 1844, d. March 28, 1877; m. Sept. 17, 1866, George Brinton Thomas ;
Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1849; m. Jan. 28, 1869, Howard Wood;
Hannah Nicholson, b. April 18, 1855, m. Oct. 18, 1877, Charles William, b. Nov. 22, 1851.
THE GARRETT FAMILY, from which Thomas C. Garrett, who married Frances Biddle, and Elizabeth Cresson Garrett, who married William Biddle, are de- scended, was founded in this country by William Garrett, or "Garrat" (as his name is spelled in the old family Bible, printed 1634, which he brought to this country with him) who came from Harby, county of Leicester, England, 1684, and settled in Upper Darby, Chester county, removing shortly prior to his death, to Philadelphia, where he died 1724. He was a son of John and Mary Garrat, born August 21, 1643, and baptized September 3 following. He became a member of the Society of Friends, and married, April 19, 1668, Ann Kirke, born March 19, 1642. They resided at Harby, 1672-84, and by deeds of lease and release, dated August 9 and 10, 1684, he and Samuel Levis, also of Harby, an account of whom and some of his descendants is given in these pages, purchased of William Penn, one thousand acres of land to be laid out in Pennsylvania. Both families obtained certificates from Friends at Harby, dated 5mo. (July) 20, 1684, and came to Penn- sylvania the same year ; Samuel Levis locating in Springfield, Chester county, and William Garrett in Upper Darby, the same county. William Garrett was a prom- inent member of Darby Meeting of Friends for thirty-seven years, his wife was buried there April 7, 1721, after which he removed to Philadelphia, where he died, as before stated, 1724. He was member of Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1706-7.
Issue of William and Ann (Kirke) Garrett :-
Anne, b. Feb. 4, 1668-9, at "Hosse" England, bur. at Harby, Leicestershire, Nov. 10, 1672;
Mary, b. Nov. 1670, at "Hosse" d. in Pennsylvania, January 16, 1703-4; m. Abel Noble of Warminster, Bucks county, Pa. ;
SAMUEL, b. at Harby, Leicestershire, July 7, 1672, d. on the old homestead at Upper Darby, March 4, 1743-4; was elected to Provincial Assembly in the years 1714-15-17; m. 1698, Jane, b. July 13, 1678, d. Aug. 27, 1736; dau. of Robert and Hannah Pennell, of Middletown, Chester county; of their descendants later.
Hannah, b. June 23, 1674; m. (first) George Emlen: (see Emlen Family) and (second) William Tidmarsh ;
Sarah, b. June 23, 1676; m. Randal Croxon;
Alice, b. June 24, 1678; d. Sept. 13, 1748; m. Joseph Pennell ; 12
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William, b. Harby, Leicestershire, England, April 4, 1679, d. March 5, 1726-7, in Darby, Chester county, Pa .; m. Nov., 1709, Mary, b. at Darby, Nov. 1, 1686, d. there, Feb. II, 1742-3, dau. of John and Elinor (Dolby) Smith, of Darby, who came from Leicester- shire in 1684, and both of whom were ministers of Society of Friends.
Isaac, second son of William and Mary (Smith) Garrett, b. Oct. 19, 1714, d. in Birmingham, Chester county, Jan. 19, 1793; m. (first), 1742, Elizabeth Hatton ; (second) 1757, Agnes Lewis, and was for a time resident in Philadelphia; was great grandfather of Edwin Thatcher .Garrett, and Casper S. Garrett and Sylves- ter Garrett, composing at different periods firm of commission merchants of C. S. & E. T. Garrett, C. S. Garrett & Bro. and C. S. Garrett & Son. The latter firm also owned and operated the Keystone Paper Mill, and the Marley Paper Mill, in Chester county, with store and offices in Philadelphia; and both Casper S. Garrett and his son and successor, William Garrett, have been prominently identified with the business and financial institutions of the city;
Thomas, b. Harby, Leicestershire, Jan., 1681-2; d. Chester county, Pa., Feb. 1716-17; m. Rebecca Vernon ;
John Garrett, the only child of William and Ann (Kirke) Garrett to be b. in Pennsyl- vania was b. at Darby, March 22, 1685-6, d. unm. Oct. 21, 1713.
Issue of Samuel and Jane (Pennell) Garrett, of Upper Darby :-
Mary, b. June 7, 1699, m. (first) Thomas Oldman; (second) Obadiah Eldridge; Joseph, b. April 25, 1701; m. April 25, 1722, Mary Sharpless, and settled in Goshen, Chester county, where he was a farmer and weaver. D. about 1770, leaving three sons and three daughters;
Hannah, b. Sept. 17, 1704; m. 1728, William Lewis;
Samuel, b. Oct. 22, 1708, d. Jan. 29, 1747; m. 1731, Sarah Hibberd, who after his death, became the second wife of Amos Yarnall ;
NATHAN, b. Feb. 13, 1711-12, d. Sept. 16, 1802; m. Ann Knowles; of whom presently; James, b. June 17, 1714, d. Aug. 13, 1736, unm .;
Thomas, b. Dec. 26, 1717, d. March 16, 1748-9; m. Rebecca Sykes;
Jane, b. June 20, 1719, m. Jacob Hibberd.
NATHAN GARRETT, son of Samuel and Jane (Pennell) Garrett, and grandson of William and Ann (Kirke) Garrett, born in Darby February 13, 17II-2, was the owner of 200 acres of land in Upper Darby, on which he resided until his death, September 16, 1802. He married, 1739, Ann, born 1710, died 1787, daughter of John and Ann (Paul) Knowles of Oxford, Philadelphia county ; and they were parents of five children, viz. :-
Hannah, b. 1740, d. 1746;
Jane, b. July 12, 1742; m. 1765, David Jones ;
Nathan, b. May 18, 1745, d. April 9, 1827; m. first, June 9, 1768, Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. John Sellers of Phila., and Darby, by his wife Ann Gibson; and second, July 6, 1780, Hannah Rhoads; third, June 26, 1799, Elizabeth (Davis) Dunn;
THOMAS, b. March 9, 1749-50, d. Aug. 24, 1839; of whom presently ; Ann, b. Sept. 24, 1752; m. May 24, 1770, Henry Paschall.
THOMAS GARRETT, youngest son of Nathan and Ann Knowles Garrett ; married, first, at Springfield Meeting, November 18, 1773, Margaret, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Thompson) Levis of Springfield, who died August II, 1776, leaving one son, Samuel Garrett, born July 19, 1775, who married Hannah Davis. Thomas Garrett married (second), at Darby Meeting, April 15, 1779, Sarah Price, born at Kingsessing, Philadelphia, June 30, 1759, died at Darby, May 30, 1839, daugh- ter of Philip Price of Kingsessing, by his wife Hannah Bonsal, daughter of Ben- jamin and Martha (Fisher) Bonsal and granddaughter of Richard and Mary Bonsal, who came from Derbyshire, England, 1682, and settled at Kingsessing. Philip Price, the grandfather of the above named Philip, was born in Wales, 1623,
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came to Pennsylvania with the first Welsh Colony, and settled on the borders of the Welsh Tract in Haverford township, where he died 1720-1. His son Isaac, also born in Wales, married, March 4, 1696-7, Susanna Shoemaker, born in Cresham, Germany, daughter of George and Susanna Shoemaker, and accom- panied her widowed mother to Pennsylvania in the "Jefferies", 1685; and settled in Plymouth township, Philadelphia county, where Isaac Price died, February, 1706-7. Isaac Price Jr., son of Isaac and Susanna, born 1705, died 1738, married Margaret, born October 17, 1700, daughter of Henry Lewis, member of Colonial Assembly, 1715-1718, by his wife Mary, daughter Robert Taylor, who came from Cheshire, England, in the "Endeavor," 1683; and granddaughter of Henry and Margaret Lewis, who came from Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1682, and settled in Philadelphia county ; Henry Lewis being a member of the first Grand Jury drawn for Philadelphia county.
Philip Price, only surviving child of Isaac and Margaret (Lewis) Price, born at Plymouth, Philadelphia county, January 5, 1730-I, married Hannah Bonsal, May 13, 1752, and they settled on the Bonsal homestead in Kingsessing, where they resided half a century, Mrs. Price dying May 17, 1802, and Philip, Septem- ber 17, 18II. Their home was the headquarters of Gen. William Howe for two weeks, December, 1777. They were parents of five children, Margaret, married to Edward Garrigues ; Sarah, wife of Thomas Garrett, above mentioned; Philip, who with his wife, Rachel Kirk, superintended Westtown Boarding School, 1818- 1850; and later established Price's Boarding School for Girls at West Chester ; Benjamin, who married Ruth Kirk; and Isaac, who died in Philadelphia in 1798, during the yellow fever epidemic, while serving on the Board of Health then created to assist in stamping out the dread disorder. Eli K. Price, late eminent member of Philadelphia Bar, was a son of Philip and Rachel (Kirk) Price. Sarah (Price) Garrett died in Upper Darby, May 30, 1839, and her husband Thomas Garrett, survived her three months.
Issue of Thomas and Sarah (Price) Garrett :-
PHILIP C. GARRETT, b. May 13, 1780, d. Feb. 14, 1851; m. Rebecca Cresson; of whom presently ;
Sarah, twin to Philip;
Thomas, d. in childhood ;
Charles, b. April 4, 1785; m. 1811, Mary Hibberd;
Margaret, b. Oct. 8, 1787, m. George Malin;
Thomas, b. Aug. 21, 1789, d. in Wilmington, Delaware, Jan. 25, 1871; a most prom- inent and unselfish Abolitionist, his house being one of the stations of the under- ground railroad, and it is said nearly three thousand slaves passed through his hands to freedom. He was prosecuted, 1848, for assisting slaves to escape their mas- ters, and was so heavily fined as to sweep away his worldly possessions. He was assisted by friends to again establish himself in the iron and coal business, in which he was quite successful, and continued his activity in behalf of the runaway slaves. M. (first), Mary Sharpless, 1813; she d. 1827, and he m. (second), Rachel Menden- hall;
Benjamin, b. Oct. 17, 1791, d. in Delaware, April 4, 1884; m. Mary Haines, and had three sons, David Haines, Isaac Price, several years a representative of Delaware county in the State Legislature, cashier of the Custom House at Philadelphia, dur- ing Pres. Harrison's administration, and since 1897, Postmaster of Landsdowne; and Thomas Pugh Garrett;
John Knowles, b. Dec. 4, 1793; m. in 1816, Henrietta Levis;
Isaac Price, b. Jan. 18, 1796, d. Jan. 24, 1869; m. 1838, Phebe Rhoads;
Ann, b. May 5, 1798, d. Feb. 17, 1892, unm .;
Edward, b. Dec. 17, 1800, d. Sept. 16, 1863; m. 1837, Abigail Sellers, dau. of George and Ann (Ash) Sellers of Darby.
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PHILIP C. GARRETT, son of Thomas and Sarah (Price) Garrett, born in Dela- ware county, Pennsylvania, was reared and educated in that county, but on attaining man's estate, came to Philadelphia, and engaged in the manufacture of car wheels and other machinery, in partnership with Andrew M. Eastwick and Joseph Harrison, under the firm name of Garrett, Eastwick & Harrison. He later engaged in the watch and jewelry business with his eldest son Thomas C. Garrett, which continued until his death as the result of an accident, while crossing the tracks of Pennsylvania Railroad, at Green Tree, Chester county, February 14, 1851.
Philip C. Garrett married Rebecca, daughter of James and Sarah Cresson.
Issue of Philip C. and Rebecca (Cresson) Garrett :-
James C., b. Oct. 13, 1802;
Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1804;
THOMAS C., b. in Phila. March 30, 1805; learned trade of machinist in his father's manufacturing establishment, and later entered into business with him. M. Oct. 18, 1827, Frances, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Canby) Biddle, b. Nov. 29, 1803, d. Sept. 5, 1875. D. Nov. 18, 1888;
ELIZABETH CRESSON, b. Sept. 18, 1806, d. Jan. 21, 1881; m. May 8, 1828, William Biddle, of whom presently ;
Hannah, b. Jan. 1, 1808;
Margaret, b. Feb. II, 1809;
Rebecca, b. April 10, 1810; Martha H., b. June 25, 1811;
Anne, b. July 5, 1813;
James C., b. Dec. 26, 1814;
Susan H., b. June 15, 1817;
PHILIP C. GARRETT, son of Thomas C. and Frances (Biddle) Garrett, born in Philadelphia November 1, 1834, graduated at Haverford College 1851, and after a short mercantile experience in Philadelphia, 1854, became member of firm of Wood, Starr & Garrett, who operated a cotton mill, dye works and bleachery at Millville, N. J. In 1879, with his brother John B., under the firm name of P. C. and J. B. Garret, he engaged in the textile manufacturing business in Philadelphia, the firm later becoming known as Philip C. Garrett & Co. Philip C. Garrett was identified with numerous financial and business institutions, and active in civic affairs.
WILLIAM BIDDLE, son of John and Elizabeth (Canby) Biddle, born in Philadel- phia, May 17, 1806, married, May 8, 1828, Elizabeth Cresson Garrett, whose ancestry is given above, and became associated with her brother Thomas C. Gar- rett, in the watchmakng and jewelry business, was doubly his brother-in-law, having married his sister Frances Biddle. He was actively interested in the affairs and institutions of his native city. He was elected a member of the City School Board, 1834, and continued a member for many years, for a time filling the position of Controller of Schools.
In 1840 he was elected a member of the Board of Managers of the Magdalen Asylum, and filled that position for upward of forty years. The same year he was selected as one of the Directors of Girard College, and held that position for fourteen years, taking an active part in the organization and management of the college. In 1849 he was elected a member of the Board of Managers of Pennsyl- vania Hospital, and continued an active member of that board for nearly thirty-
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eight years, during the last fifteen of which he was its president. Becoming interested in the development of the mining interests in the Schuylkill region, he was in 1855, elected Secretary of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company, 1882, became its president, and held that position until his death, June 7, 1887. His wife died January 21, 1881.
Issue of William and Elizabeth Cresson (Garrett) Biddle :-
Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1829, d. Nov. 2, 1842; Rebecca G., b. July 17, 1831, d. Dec. 4, 1842; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1833, d. inf .; JOHN W., b. Aug. 2, 1835; of whom presently ;
Philip G., b. Nov. 30, 1839, d. March 10, 1855;
SAMUEL, b. July 10, 1844; many years member of firm of Bailey, Banks & Biddle; Presi- dent of German American Title Trust Co., and connected with a number of other in- stitutions, of Philadelphia : m. (first) Aug. 3, 1865, Katharine T. Harned, b. April 26, 1845, d. July 12, 1892; (second ) June 8, 1899, Elizabeth Harned, b. June 19, 1850; for issue see forward.
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