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Issue of Thomas and Hannah Hooloway (Morgan) Woodnut:
Abigail Woodnut, b. at Cincinnati O., Nov. 30, 1858; m. in 1884, Charles R. Miller, of Wilmington, Del. where they still reside; Mrs. Miller is president of the Delaware Society Colonial Dames of America, and is identified with the social, literary, educa- tional, and philanthropic interests and institutions of the city; they had issue :
Thomas Woodnut Miller, b. June 28, 1886;
Margaretta Miller, b. July 29, 1889;
Clement Woodnut Miller, b. Oct. 23, 1890;
William Lloyd Woodnut, b. in Cincinnati, O., March 4, 1860; m. 1885, Jessie Hale, of Hutchinson, Kansas, and they now reside in Seattle, Washington; they had issue :
Lloyd H. Woodnut, b. Nov. 23, 1886;
Hannah M. Woodnut, b. Feb. 24, 1800.
Clement Acton Woodnut, b. in Cincinnati, O .. Jan. 29, 1864; graduated from the Medical Department of Univ. of Pa., and after serving one year as resident physician in Phila.
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hospitals, went abroad to take a three years course in medicine at London, Vienna and Berlin; while at the latter place he was associated with Dr. Koch in his experiments on bacteria, when his health failed him, and developed lung trouble; he sought to stay the ravages of the disease by travel in Africa and Spain, and at last returned to Amer- ica, and took up his residence in Colorado, where he died of consumption, Oct. 17, 1888, closing a life of great promise at the early age of twenty-four years.
PENNYPACKER FAMILY.
HENDRICK PANNEBECKER, a Dutch Patroon, was ancestor of American family, now generally bearing the name Pennypacker, which has furnished a United States Senator to Virginia; a Major-General from Pennsylvania to the United States Army; a State Treasurer to Tennessee; a State Agent to Kentucky; a Canal Commissioner and a Governor to Pennsylvania, and which sent into the War of the Rebellion two generals, four colonels, twenty-two other commissioned officers, in all one hundred and forty-eight men, the largest ascertained contribu- tion of any single family in that war.
Hendrick Pannebecker was born in the little rural village of Flomborn, on the Rhine, not far from city of Worms, March 21, 1674. He was, however, of Dutch lineage, his immediate ancestors having removed from Holland to the locality of his birth. A large proportion of the inhabitants of the present village of Flom- born, comprising five hundred souls, bear the name of Pannebecker. The name Pannebakker is of Holland origin, meaning in the Dutch language a maker of tiles.
Hendrick Pannebecker was one of those who sought an asylum from religious persecution, and a new field for advancement, in Penn's Colony in Pennsylvania, soon after the first thirteen families of Dutch and Germans had formed their settlement at Germantown. The exact date of his arrival is not known, the earliest record we have of him being his marriage at Germantown, 1699, to Eve Umstat, who had come with her parents, Hans Peter and Barabara Umstat, in the "Francis and Dorothy" from Crefeld, 1685. On February 28, 1702, a patent was granted to Matthias Van Bebber for 6166 acres of land on the Skippack and Perkiomen creeks, comprising the present townships of Skippack and Perkiomen, thereafter for many years known as "Bebber's Township." This patent was made by virtue of the purchase of 5000 acres by Dirck Sipman and 1000 acres by Govert Remke, which Van Bebber had acquired after about 750 acres had been laid out in Germantown. Immediately on the location of this tract a number of the Germantown residents settled upon it, among whom were Hendrick Panne- becker, and his brother-in-law, Johannes Umstat.
The first purchase by Pannebecker was 200 acres by deed dated December 25, 1702, and six years later he added 204 acres. Van Bebber never settled in the township, and removing to Bohemia Manor, Maryland, 1704, did not return to Pennsylvania. The management of his township and the affairs of the growing settlement therein devolved upon others, the leading spirit of whom was Hendrick Pannebecker, who possessed many qualifications that fitted him for a useful man of business in this growing community.
He spoke fluently the three languages common to the community in which he lived, Dutch, German and English; was a competent surveyor and wrote deeds and other legal papers in both German and English. For the Penns he surveyed the manors of Manatawny, Gilberts, and other of the Proprietaries' manors, and he laid out most of the roads in that part of Philadelphia county, now constituting the county of Montgomery. He held a power of attorney from Van Bebber to
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make conveyances of land and deliver seizin thereof, and was his principal repre- sentative in all matters pertaining to the Colony on the Skippack. In 1727 his interest was transferred from that of attorney to that of proprietor, he in conjunc- tion with Lodowick Christian Sprogell, purchasing of Van Bebber the unsold portion of Bebber's township ; Sprogell dying in 1729, his widow and children con- veyed to Pannebecker the decedent's undivided interest therein. Thirty-three hundred and three acres had already been sold but no quit rent had been paid on any of the original purchases, and on June 20, 1735, Hendrick Pannebecker paid the arrearages on 6166 acres for the period of thirty-three years. He owned at least 4772 acres of land, and was one of the prominent figures in the section in which he lived, and principal spokesman in matters between the German and Dutch population and the Proprietary and Provincial government. He was on terms of intimacy with Edward Shippen, Israel Pemberton, Richard Hill, James Logan, Isaac Norris, and others prominent in the Colonial government of Penn- sylvania ; is referred to in a number of recorded instruments as "Gentleman," and was possessed of a library of books, one of which was recently secured by Rev. A. Stapleton, in which was written by some theologian of the time, "Henrich Pannebecker, habet virtuosem uxorem."
Hendrick Pannebecker died April 4, 1754, and his large landed estate was divided among his children. The old homestead at Pennypacker's Mills, Wash- ington's headquarters during the Revolution from September 26, to October 8, 1777, is now owned and occupied by his great-great-great-grandson, Hon. Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker.
Hendrick Pannebecker married, at Germantown, 1699, Eve, daughter of Hans Peter and Barbara Umstat, granddaughter of Nicholas Umstat, who died at Crefeld, on the Rhine, October 4, 1682. The son, Hans Peter Umstat, with his wife Barbara, and their three children, Johannes, Eve and Margaret, came to Pennsylvania in the "Francis and Dorothy" and located in Germantown, where the wife Barbara died August 12, 1702. Johannes Umstat, son, joined his brother- in-law, Hendrick Pannebecker, on the Skippack, 1702, and has left numerous descendants, the name being later modified into Umstead. The Umstats brought with them from Crefeld a German Bible published at Heidelberg, 1568, which has been in the family since 1652. Eve (Umstat) Pannebecker died some years prior to the date of death of her husband.
Issue of Hendrick and Eve (Umstat) Pannebecker:
Martha Pannebecker, b. June 15, 1700; d. Sept., 1761; m. Anthony Van der Sluys (Van- derslice), and their son, Henry Vanderslice, later Sheriff of Berks co., succeeded his grandfather, Hendrick Pannebecker, as surveyor and conveyancer in the neighbor- hood of the Perkiomen and Skippack;
Adolph Pannebecker, b. 1708; d. May, 1789; like his four brothers, he was a miller; he inherited a portion of his father's lands and lived and died in Limerick twp .;
PETER PANNEBECKER, b. March 8, 1710; d. June 28, 1770; he was also a miller; m. Eliza- beth Keyser, of a prominent Germantown family of that name, and is the ancestor of many of the name of Pennypacker, residing in later years in the counties of Chester, Lancaster, and Juniata; among his more distinguished descendants being Hon. Elijah F. Pennypacker (1804-88), many years a member of Pennsylvania Legislature, Canal Commissioner, &c., a sketch of whose life and services is given later ;
JOHN PANNEBECKER, b. Aug. 27, 1713; d. June 14, 1784; m. Annetje Keyser, and resided in Providence twp., now Montgomery co., from whence his descendants have migrated to various parts of the Union; among his notable descendants was Hon. Isaac S. Pennypacker, United States Senator from Virginia, a sketch of whom is given later; 3I
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JACOB PANNEBECKER, b. 1715; d. May 27, 1752; m. Margaret Tyson; of whom presently; Henry Pannebecker, b. 1717; d. May 31, 1792; m. Rebecca Kuster, of another prominent Germantown family, later settlers on the Skippack and elsewhere;
Barbara Pannebecker, b. 1720; m. Cornelius Tyson, and an account of her descendants is given elsewhere in these volumes;
Susanna Pannebecker, m. Peter Keyser; they resided in Worcester twp., now Mont- gomery co., Pa.
JACOB PANNEBECKER, fourth son of Hendrick and Eve ( Umstat) Pannebecker, born in Bebbers township, 1715, inherited a portion of the lands of his father on the Skippack, and for the comparatively brief period of his mature life, was engaged in the manufacture of flour, which he and his brothers marketed in Phila- delphia in large quantities. He died May 27, 1752. He married Margaret, daugh- ter of Matthias and Barbara (Sellen) Tyson, and granddaughter of Cornelius Tyson, who was born at Crefeld, on the Rhine, in 1652; came to Germantown with wife Margaret, who survived him, and several children, and died there May 9, 1716.
MATTHIAS PANNEBECKER, son of Jacob and Margaret (Tyson) Pannebecker, born on the Skippack, October 14, 1742, died February 12, 1808. He married (first) Mary, born October 9, 1751, died November 30, 1794, daughter of John Kuster, granddaughter of Hermanus Kuster, of Germantown, by his wife, Isabel Conrad, and great-granddaughter of Paulus Kuster and his wife, Gertrude Streepers, who came to Pennsylvania from Crefeld, county of Cologne, on borders of Holland, 1699, and settled in Germantown, where a portion of the large pur- chase of land by Jan Streepers, a brother of Gertrude, had been located.
Matthias Pannebecker purchased, in 1774, a mill and tract of land on Pickering creek, Schuylkill township, Chester county, and settled there. He became a Bishop of the Mennonite Church, and preached at Phoenixville, Skippack and Germantown. His first wife, Mary Kuster, having died in 1794, he married (second) Margaret (Longaker) Maris, widow of Christian Maris, and daughter of Daniel Longaker, by whom he had one daughter Sarah, who became the wife of William Walker, of Pickering Valley, and mother of Mary Pennypacker Walker, who married Tristram Coffin Colket.
MATTHIAS PENNYPACKER, as the name now came to be spelled, son of Matthias and Mary (Kuster) Pannebecker, born in Schuylkill township, Chester county, August 15, 1786, died there April 4, 1852, after a life of more than ordinary public activity. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1837; for some years a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania; and President of the organization which led to the construction of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, and one of the incorporators of the company. He married Sarah, born February 9, 1784, died September 13, 1853, daughter of Hon. Isaac Ander- son, a Lieutenant of Militia during the Revolutionary War, and member of House of Representatives of the United States, 1803-07, by his wife, Mary Lane, of whom hereafter, and granddaughter of Major Patrick Anderson, a distinguished officer of the Revolution, who was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, July 24, 1719. Major Anderson was a son of James Anderson, a native of Scotland, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Jerman, a noted preacher among Friends in the Chester Valley.
Major Anderson was educated in Philadelphia, and taught school for some years, but subsequently located on his father's farm two miles from Valley Forge. He
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was a Captain during the French and Indian War, and at the first meeting of the Committee of Safety of Chester county, December 20, 1774, was named as one of Committee of Observation for that county in State organization, and con- tinued to serve with the State Committee of Safety until March 15, 1776, when he was commissioned Captain in Col. Samuel J. Atlee's Musketry battalion, which was later consolidated into the State Regiment of Foot, and November 12, 1777, into the Thirteenth Regiment, Continental Line. He was also a Major in Anthony Wayne's regiment of Chester county minute-men in 1775. Major Anderson was in the battles of Long Island, Brandywine, Germantown, and many other engage- ments. At the termination of his term of enlistment, January 1, 1778, he retired from military service and was elected to General Assembly from Chester county, serving in that body until 1780. In 1781 he was appointed one of the commis- sioners in charge of the navigation of the Schuylkill, and filled other important positions. Hon. Isaac Anderson was a Lieutenant of Militia during the Revolu- tion ; member of General Assembly, represented his State in the National House of Representatives in the Eighth and Ninth congresses and was a Presidential elector for Monroe in 1816. He died October 27, 1838.
Mary Lane Anderson, wife of Hon. Isaac Anderson and mother of Sarah (Anderson) Pennypacker, was born in Providence township, Philadelphia, (now Montgomery ) county, May 22, 1762, and was a daughter of Edward Lane, by his wife, Sarah Richardson ; granddaughter of Samuel Lane, of Providence, great- granddaughter of Edward Lane, a son of William Lane and his wife, Cecile Love, of Bristol, England, a pioneer of Plymouth township, and the founder of St. James Episcopal Church, (of whom further hereafter) by his wife, Anne, daugh- ter of Samuel Richardson, Provincial Councillor, etc., of whom later.
Edward Lane, first mentioned, father of Mary (Lane) Anderson, was born in Plymouth township, Philadelphia, now Montgomery county, removed to Charles- town township, Chester county, shortly before the Revolution ; died there July 8, 1818, and is buried in the Anderson burial lot in Schuylkill township. He married at Christ Church, Philadelphia, October 14, 1754, his cousin, Sarah, born at Olethgo, Providence township, January 14, 1732, daughter of Edward Richard- son, of Olethgo, by his wife, Ann Jones, and granddaughter of Joseph Richardson, of Olethgo, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Barbara (Aubrey) Bevan, of Treverigg, Glamorganshire, Wales, whose ancestry is traced back to the tenth century, both being descended from Edward III., of England, and his wife Philippa, daughter of William III, Count of Hainault and Holland, by his wife Joanna, daughter of Charles of Valois, son of King Philip of France. The ancestry of John Bevan has been traced back twelve generations further to Dierck, Count of Holland, Zealand, and Friesland, A. D. 863, (a descendant of the Dukes of Aquitaine), who married Gena, daughter of the King of Italy ; his son, Dierck II, who married Hildegarde, daughter of King Louis of France, and died May 6, 988; his son Arnulph, who married Luitgarde, daughter of Theo- phanus, King of Greece, and sister of Theophana, wife of Otho II, Emperor of Germany, killed at battle of Wentzel, 993; his son, Dierck III, who married Othilda, daughter of the Duke of Saxony, and was one of the early crusaders, died 1039; his son, Floris I, who became Count of Holland, etc., in 1048, married Gertrude, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony ; his son, Dierck V, who became Count in 1075, married Othilda, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxony ; his son,
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Dierck VI, who married Sophia, daughter of the Count Palatine, a crusader of 1139, died 1163; his son, Floris III, a crusader in 1187, with 9000 men, and performed many feats of arms, died at Antioch, 1191, and was buried at St. Peter's Church there; married Ada, daughter of King Henry, and granddaughter of David VIII, of Scotland; their son, William I, who accompanied his father to the Holy Land, and remained three years after the death of his father and cap- tured Damiaten, in Egypt, for which he was knighted by Frederick Barbarossa; was again a crusader in 1217, died February 4, 1224; he married Adelheit, daugh- ter of the Count of Gelderland, and their son was Floris IV, slain in battle, 1235, married Matilda, daughter of Henry, Duke of Brabant, and their daughter Alice, married, in 1241, John of Avennes, Earl of Hainault, whose son William III, of the Netherlands, married Joanna, of Valois, and was the father of Philippa, wife of Edward III, of England.
Sarah (Richardson) Lane died July 8, 1818, and her daughter, Mary (Lane) Anderson, died August 27, 1847. Both are buried in the Anderson burying- ground in Schuylkill township, Chester county. Edward Richardson was a pupil of Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, 1712. He married Ann Jones, December 15, 1731, and took up his residence on 248 acres in Providence township, part of the Olethgo plantation, conveyed to him by his father, Decem- ber 15, 1730, and died there about 1750. He is referred to as a man of great muscular strength, being able to hold a fifty-six pound weight at arm's length, while writing his name with chalk on the wall.
Samuel Richardson, father of Joseph, before mentioned, and grandfather of Edward, came to Philadelphia from Jamaica, 1687, with his wife Eleanor and their children, bringing a certificate from the Monthly Meeting at Spanish Town, Island of Jamaica, which he produced at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, "ye 10th. of ye 3d. Mo. 1687."
It is probable that Samuel Richardson had resided but a short time on the island and since he was living in London in 1673, he is believed to have been the Samuel Richardson mentioned in Besse's "Sufferings of the Quakers," as having been arrested at the Peel Meeting, in London, 1670, and fined for attending non- conformist meetings. He was a man of strong personality and more than ordi- nary executive ability, and became at once prominent in the affairs of Penn's infant colony. He was appointed a Judge of the Courts of Philadelphia, January 12, 1688, and filled that position for sixteen years. He was elected to the Gov- ernor's Council, 1688, and being an ardent champion of the people, as opposed to the dictatorial attitude of Dep. Gov. Blackwell, expressed himself rather warmly in criticism of some of the acts of the Governor, by reason of which an effort was made to prevent him from taking his seat in the Council, and a writ was issued for the election of a successor. This resulted, however, in his return by a vote of the people, February 8, 1688-9, and though some opposition was offered to his taking the oath, he and his friends overcame the opposition and he took his seat in the Council. He was again returned to Council, 1695, and was one of the active and influential members of that body. He served as one of the committee of twelve to whom was referred the demand of Col. Fletcher, Governor of New York, that Pennsylvania furnish her quota of men and means to defend the common frontier against the Indians of the northwest, and made the report of
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that committee to Council. He was a member of Colonial Assembly from Phila- delphia for the years 1691-94-97-1703-06-07-09.
He has the distinction of being "The first alderman of Philadelphia," having been appointed to that office by Penn at the head of a list of six when the city was first chartered in 1691.
Samuel Richardson lived until about 1705 on a tract of 500 acres of land lying along the line of Germantown, in what was then known as Bristol township, Philadelphia county, which he later conveyed in trust, for the use of his grandson, John Richardson.
Eleanor, wife of Samuel Richardson, died April 19, 1703, and on July 20, 1704, he married Elizabeth Webb, and removed to the city of Philadelphia. He was elected an Alderman in 1705, and served until his death, June 10, 1719.
The children of Samuel and Eleanor Richardson were: Joseph, married Eliz- abeth Bevan, June 20, 1696; Mary, married William Hudson, Mayor of Philadel- phia ; Elizabeth, married Abraham Bickley; Anne, married Edward Lane, from Bristol, England, before mentioned, owner of a large tract of land lying along the southwestern boundary of Bebber's township, before referred to, in Providence township, and lying between it and the Manor of Gilbert's, where he died in 1710. His widow, Anne (Richardson) Lane, married Edmund Cartledge, of Conestoga, Lancaster county. Samuel Lane, eldest son of Edward and Anne (Richardson) Lane, born April 17, 1699, died December 17, 1771, inherited a large part of his father's land in Providence township, and was a lifelong resident there ; was Warden of St. James Protestant Episcopal Church of Perkiomen. He was father of Edward Lane, who married Sarah Richardson, and became the father of Mary (Lane) Anderson, mother of Sarah (Anderson) Pennypacker.
Joseph Richardson, only son of Samuel Richardson, Provincial Councillor, and paternal grandfather of Sarah (Richardson) Lane, purchased, in 1710, of his brother-in-law, Abraham Bickley, 1000 acres, known as "Olethgo" in Providence township, on which he settled. He died there in December, 1751, surviving his wife, Elizabeth Bevan, who died February 27, 1740. They had six sons: John, Samuel, Aubrey, Edward, before mentioned, Richard and William; three daugh- ters, Eleanor, married William Harmer, and was the grandmother of Col. Josiah Harmer, distinguished officer of the Revolution, and first Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the United States after Washington; Barbara, married Benjamin Davies, of Lower Merion, and Elizabeth, married Samuel Stalford, of Providence.
ISAAC ANDERSON PENNYPACKER, son of Matthias and Sarah ( Anderson) Pennypacker, was born at Pickering, Schuylkill township, Chester county, Penn- sylvania, July 9, 1812, died in Philadelphia, February 13, 1856. He studied medi- cine and graduated from the Medical Department of University of Pennsylvania in 1833. Locating at Phoenixville, Chester county, he became an eminent and successful physician. He was the first chief burgess of Phoenixville on its organ- ization as a borough in 1849.
In 1854 Dr. Pennypacker was appointed Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the Philadelphia College of Medicine, and removed to that city, residing on Chestnut street, west of Eighteenth street, where he died in 1856. He was one of the founders and the first president of the Philadelphia City Institute, and, together with the late Dr. James L. Tyson, organized the Howard Hospital.
Dr. Pennypacker married, May 9, 1839, Anna Maria, daughter of Joseph
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Whitaker, a wealthy ironmaster of Phoenixville, one of the firm of Reeves & Whitaker, and one time owner and proprietor of the Durham Iron Works, at Durham, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, as well as of extensive iron works in Maryland and elsewhere, and a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1843.
JOSEPH WHITAKER was a grandson of James Whitaker, of Leeds, England, who married a daughter of Joseph Musgrave. Their son, Joseph Whitaker Sr., born August 25, 1755, died 1837, married Sarah, of Coventry, Chester county, Penn- sylvania, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Butler) Op den Graeff, granddaughter of Isaac Op den Graeff, and great-granddaughter of Abraham Op den Graeff, of Crefeld, county Cologne, on borders of Holland, who with his two brothers, Her- man and Dirck, formed part of the little colony of thirteen families that founded Germantown in 1683. Abraham Op den Graeff was one of the signers of the famous protest against slavery in 1688; was one of the first Burgesses of German- town, and a member of the Colonial Assembly, 1689-92. He purchased a tract of land in "Bebbers Township," before referred to, 1709, and he and his wife Trintje are believed to have been buried in the old Mennonite burying-ground at Skippack.
JOSEPHI WHITAKER, son of Joseph and Sarah (Op den Graeff ) Whitaker, and father of Anna Maria ( Whitaker ) Pennypacker, was born March 29, 1789, died November 30, 1870. He married Grace Adams, of Swedesboro, New Jersey, born March 7, 1789, died February 16, 1870.
Issue of Dr. Isaac A. and Anna Maria (Whitaker) Pennypacker:
HON. SAMUEL WHITAKER PENNYPACKER, b. April 9, 1843; of whom presently; HENRY CLAY PENNYPACKER, b. June 20, 1847; of whom presently;
ISAAC RUSLING PENNYPACKER, b. Dec. 11, 1852; of whom presently; JAMES LANE PENNYPACKER, b. Dec. 1I, 1855; of whom later.
HON. SAMUEL WHITAKER PENNYPACKER, LL. D., Governor of Pennsylvania, 1903-07, was born at Phoenixville, Chester county, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1843. His parents removing to Philadelphia when he was a child, he attended the North- west Grammar School in that city, and later obtained a scholarship at the Saund- ers' Institute, West Philadelphia. On the death of his father in 1856, he returned with his mother to Phoenixville and there attended the Grovemont Seminary. In 1862 he taught school at Mont Clare, Montgomery county. In 1863 he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-sixth ( Emergency) Regiment, the first force to encounter the Confederate Army at Gettysburg. When Lee's invading army had been turned back, and his brief term of service had expired, Mr. Pennypacker took up the study of law in the office of Hon. Peter McCall, of Philadelphia, and entered the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his degree of Bachelor of Laws, 1866, and in the same year was admitted to practice at the Philadelphia bar, and began practice in that city. In 1868 he was elected Presi- dent of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, and in 1887 was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States.
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