Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 71

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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Benjamin Chew removed to Philadelphia, 1754, and took up his residence on Front street above Dock, where he resided until May, 1771, when he purchased a house on Third street, built by Charles Willing for his son-in-law, Col. James Burd, of Virginia, and then just vacated by the Hon. John Penn. In 1761 he built on the outskirts of Germantown his country seat, "Cliveden," which figured so conspicuously in the battle of Germantown as the "Chew House," and is still owned by the family. He succeeded Tench Francis, his old preceptor, as Attor- ney-General of Province of Pennsylvania, January 14, 1755, and filled that posi- tion until November 4. 1769. On August 29, 1755, he was appointed Recorder of Philadelphia, also succeeding Francis in that office, and continued to fill the posi- tion until October 3, 1767, when he resigned. He was also member of Assembly for Lower Counties for some years, and officiated as Speaker of that body in 1756.

Benjamin Chew was called to the Governor's Council, November 2, 1755, at a

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time when able men who were willing to countenance the arming of troops for the defence of the Colonies, were badly needed in that body. It was a critical period in the history of the Province, when Braddock's defeat at Fort DuQuesne had let loose upon the western and northern frontiers of the Province hordes of savages and their hardly less savage allies, the French, and the Colonial Assembly having failed to make adequate provision for the raising of troops, the people had, as in 1747-8, raised associated companies, the officers of which were com- missioned by the Governor's Council, and at the request of the authorities of the Crown, most of the Quakers retired from the Assembly. Benjamin Chew was an ardent partisan of the Proprietary party, and was attorney of the Penn family for some years. He continued to serve in the Provincial Council until its authority was overturned by the Committee of Safety in 1775. He was appointed Register- General of Province of Pennsylvania, August 23, 1765, and also held that position until the inception of the Revolution, being the last to hold the position, the con- stitution of 1776, and subsequent constitutions giving to each county independent authority in the probate of wills and granting letters of administration. In con- nection with the office of Register-General, Mr. Chew acted personally as Regis- ter of the city and county of Philadelphia, then a very lucrative office, Philadel- phia having become the wealthiest and largest city on the Continent. In 1761 Benjamin Chew was appointed by Council, with others, to expend the money appropriated by Assembly for the defense of the city of Philadelphia, and he was also one of the Commission who finally settled the boundary line question between Pennsylvania and Maryland, so long in dispute.

Mr. Chew was in sympathy with the resistance of the oppressive acts of Par- liament, and signed the famous Non-importation agreement in 1765, but holding a number of commissions under the Crown would not go to the length of counselling or aiding in armed resistance to the Crown. On the resignation of William Allen, Mr. Chew was commissioned, April 29, 1774, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Though all commissions were abrogated by the consti- tution of 1776, no provision was made by the constituted authorities to fill the offices for Philadelphia city and county, and Mr. Chew continued to act as Register until March 14, 1777. He remained entirely passive in reference to the National struggle, and was on the best of terms with the leading actors; Washington and members of the Continental Congress, when that body was in session in Philadelphia, were frequently entertained at his house. However, the Congress, when the crisis came, and Philadelphia was threatened by the British army, acting on the principle, that "all are against us that are not for us" recommended the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania to secure all those who were "disaffected to the cause of the Colonies" against giving aid and counsel to their enemies, and a large number of the wealthiest and most prominent men of Phila- delphia were arrested and confined in the Masonic Lodge Room, August 6, 1777 ; and on their refusal to take the "Test Oath" of allegiance to the Colonies were transported to near Winchester, Virginia, where they were kept under guard until after the evacuation of Philadelphia by the British in 1778. Mr. Chew was arrested, but allowed to proceed to his home, under guard, and being given the choice of his place of exile, outside the zone of action, was taken with John Penn to the Union Iron Works in New Jersey, owned and operated by his wife's uncle, where he remained for ten months in the closest seclusion. On May 15,

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1778, Congress ordered his release, and Major Stout, under appointment of Gov- ernor Livingston, of New Jersey, June 29, 1778, conveyed him from the Union Iron Works to the Pennsylvania shore of the Delaware, leaving him at the house of Henry Lott in Bucks county, from whence he made his way to Philadelphia, and he again took up his residence in his Third street house, where he continued to reside until his death, January 20, 1810. His Germantown house was never occupied by him after the battle of Germantown, and he sold it in 1779 to Blair McClenachan. After John Penn had departed for England Mr. Chew was Attor- ney for the Penn Family in America.

On the return of peace the ability of Mr. Chew as a jurist was again recognized and he was appointed President Judge of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, his commission as Judge of that Court being dated October 3, 1791, and that of President Judge, October 4. He continued to fill this position with eminent ability until the abolition of the Court in 1808, and he lived a retired life at the Third street home until his death two years later.

Chief Justice Chew married (first) June 13, 1747, Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Thomas) Galloway, of Maryland. She died November 9, 1755, aged twenty-six years, and is buried at Christ Church. He married (second) Sep- tember 12, 1757, Elizabeth, born May, 1735, daughter of James and Mary (Turner) Oswald, and niece of Joseph Turner, member of Provincial Council, 1747-76. She survived him and died in May, 1810.

Issue of Benjamin and Mary (Galloway) Chew:

Mary, b. March 10, 1747-8; d. July 22, 1794; m. May 18, 1766, Alexander Wilcocks, of the Phila. bar; appointed a Justice of Phila., March 14, 1774; member of Committee of Safety, 1775; Recorder of Deeds for Phila., after the Revolution, until his death, July 22, 1801; an account of some of their descendants follows;

Anna Maria, b. Nov. 27, 1749; d. Nov., 1812, in Md .; unm .;

ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 10, 1751; m. Edward Tilghman; of whom presently;

Sarah, b. Nov. 15, 1753; m. Oct. 23, 1796, her cousin, John Galloway, son of Samuel Galloway, by his wife, Ann Chew, sister to Chief Justice Chew. John Galloway d. June, 1810. They were parents of two children, Mary and Ann, who d. y .; Mary mar- ried Virgil Maxcy, a native of Mass., who practiced law in Md. and was a member of the Legislature of that state, and later Solicitor of the U. S. Treasury; he compiled the Laws of Md., 1692-1706; and was Charge d'Affaires for the U. S. in Belgium; Henrietta, b. Sept., 1755; d. June, 1756.

Issue of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Oswald) Chere:

Benjamin, b. Sept. 30, 1758; graduated at College of Phila., 1775; studied law at Middle Temple, London, and became a member of the Phila. bar; was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Pa., July 5, 1787; d. April 30, 1844; m. Dec. II, 1788, Katharine Banning, of Md., who d. in 1855. Issue :

Samuel, b. Dec. 8, 1789; d. March 21, 1795;

Eliza, b. May 4, 1791; d. March 31, 1795;

Benjamin, b. Dec. 5, 1793: d. Aug. 17, 1864; member of Phila. bar; soldier in war of 1812-14; m. July, 1816, Eliabeth Margaret, dau. of Chief Justice William Tilghman, and had one son who d. at age of three years;

Samuel, b. June 19, 1795; d. unm., Aug. 21, 1841;

John, b. Jan. 23, 1797; midshipman U. S. N., and a bearer of Government despatches; lost at sea, Aug., 1815;

Eliza Margaret, b. Nov. 19, 1798; d. Feb. 11, 1874; m. James Murray Mason, mem- ber of House of Delegates of Virginia, 1826; member of Congress, 1837-39; United States Senator, 1847-61; one of Commissioners to Europe for Confed- erate States, 1862; d. April 29, 1871;

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Henry Banning, b. Dec. 1, 1800; d. Dec. 12, 1866; graduate of Univ. of Pa .; merchant of Phila .; m. (first) Harriet, dau. of Gov. Charles Ridgely, of Md., and (second) Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Robert Ralston, of Phila .;

William White Chew, b. April 12, 1803; d. unm., Nov. 13, 1851; Secretary of U. S. Legation at St. Petersburg, 1837;

Anna Sophia Penn Chew, d. unm .; late owner of "Cliveden;"

Joseph Turner Chew, b. Dec. 12, 1806; d. in Butler co., Pa., 1835;

Anthony Banning Chew, b. Jan. 24, 1809; d. unm., 1854;

Catharine Maria Chew, b. May 12, 1811; d. Oct. 27, 1811 ;

Oswald Chew, b. May 23, 1813; d. June, 1824.

Joseph, b. 1763; d. 1764;

Julianna, b. April 8, 1765; m. Philip Nicklin, a merchant of Phila., who d. in 1806; Sophia Chew Nicklin, third child of Philip and Julianna, m. George Mifflin Dallas, Mayor of Phila., 1828; U. S. Attorney for Pa., under President Jackson; U. S. Senator, 1831-3; Minister to Russia, 1837-39; Vice-President of the U. S., 1845-49; Minister to Court St. James, under Presidents, Pierce and Buchanan; d. in Phila., Dec. 31, 1864;

Margaret Oswald, "Peggy," b. Dec. 17, 1766; d. May 29, 1824; it was in her honor that Major Andre fought in the tournament at the Meschianza, 1778; she m. May 18, 1787, Col. John Eager Howard, graduate of Princeton; distinguished officer of Maryland troops during the Revolution; member of Continental Congress, 1787; United States Senator, 1796-1803; President pro tem of VI Congress; Governor of Maryland, 1788; d. Oct. 12, 1827. Three of his sons were officers in the war of 1812, and all six were among the most prominent men of their state.

Henrietta, b. Aug. 15, 1767; d. unm., March 8, 1848;

SOPHIA, b. Nov. 13, 1769; d. Sept. 3, 1841; m. Oct. 3, 1796, Henry Phillips; of whom presently ;

Maria, b. Dec. 22, 1771; d. unm., March 27, 1840;

Harriet, b. Oct. 22, 1775; d. April 10, 1861 ; m. Charles, son of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, signer of Declaration of Independence;

Catharine, b. May 3, 1779; d. unm., May 28, 1831.

Of the children of Alexander and Mary (Chew) Wilcocks, and grandchildren of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew; Benjamin Chew Wilcocks, born 1776, died 1845; married, 1842, Sarah, daughter of William and Mary Waln, and had two daughters, Mary Walns Wilcoks, married Alexander Dallas Campbell, Esq., of Philadelphia bar ; and Helen Julia Wilcocks, married Chandler Robbins, Esq., of New York.

Ann Wilcocks, daughter of Alexander and Mary (Chew) Wilcocks, born 1781, died 1831 ; married Joseph Reed Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, born 1786, graduated at Princeton, class of 1804, studied law, and was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1809, and rose to eminence in his profession. He was a member of Congress, 1835-37, and 1842-49, and served for some time in that body as chairman of Committee on Judiciary. In 1852 he was appointed United States Minister to the Court of St. James. He died February 20, 1868.

Mary Wilcocks, another daughter of Alexander and Mary (Chew) Wilcocks, born 1784, died 1862 ; married 1804, Charles Jared Ingersoll, born in Philadelphia, 1782, died there May 14, 1862. He was a prominent member of the Philadelphia bar, and a man of rare intellectual ability, a writer of considerable note, being the author of several plays, and of a "History of the Second War with Great Britain." He was a member of Congress, 1813-15, and United States District Attorney for Pennsylvania, 1815-29. He was again elected to Congress in 1841, and served until 1847, filling the important position of Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was nominated by President James K. Polk as Minister to France, but the appointment failed of confirmation in the Senate.

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Issue of Charles Jared and Mary (Wilcocks) Ingersoll:

Charles J. Ingersoll, Jr., author of "Fears for Democracy," m. Susan Catharine, dau. of Gen. Brown, of Tenn .;

Alexander Wilcocks ;

Harry Ingersoll, m. Sarah E. Roberts;

John Ingersoll, d. 1859; m. (first) Margaretta Smith; (second) Sarah (Starr) Griffin ; Benjamin Wilcocks Ingersoll, d. unm. at Rome, 1859;

Elizabeth, d. May 27, 1872; m. Sydney George Fisher;

Edward Ingersoll, long a prominent member of the Phila. bar; m. Anna C. Warren, of Troy, N. Y .; their son, Charles Jared Ingersoll, b. Phila., June 17, 1860, studied law in office of Francis Rawle, Esq., and was admitted to the Phila. bar, 1884; for many years member of law firm of Gowen, Hood & Ingersoll; was Surveyor of Port of Phila. during Cleveland's administration; removed to Penllyn, Montgomery co., 1895; was Democratic candidate for Congress in the Bucks-Montgomery district, 1902;

Ann Wilcocks Ingersoll, d. Dec. 30, 1856; m. John Forsyth Meigs, M. D .;

Samuel Ingersoll, d. inf.

SOPHIA CHEW, sixth child of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew, by his second wife, Elizabeth Oswald, born in Philadelphia, November 13, 1769, died September 3, 1841 ; married, October 3, 1796, Henry Phillips, of Philadelphia, son of John and Sarah Phillips, of Bank Hall, Lancashire, and grandson of Nathaniel Phillips, of Heath House, county Stafford, England. He died in Philadelphia, February II, 1800, and was buried in the old graveyard at St. Peter's Church. Sophia (Chew) Phillips is buried in the Montgomery vault at St. Peter's. Their only issue was :

Elizabeth Henrietta Phillips, b. in Phila., Aug. II, 1797; d. there, July 1I, 1842; m. Nov. 26, 1817, John Crathorne Montgomery, an account of whom and his distinguished an- cestry is in this work under the title of "Montgomery Family."

ELIZABETH CHEW, third daughter of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew by his first wife, Mary Galloway, born at Dover, Kent county, now Delaware, September 10, 1751, died April 4, 1842 ; married, May 26, 1774, Edward Tilghman., Esq., born at Wye, Maryland, December II, 1750; son of Col. Edward Tilghman, of Wye, by his second wife, Elizabeth Chew, sister of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew, and a descendant of Richard Tilghman, of county Kent, England, who settled in Mary- land in 1663.

RICHARD TILGHMAN, of Holoway Court, county Kent, was seated there in the reign of Edward II, and by wife Dionyse had a son,

THOMAS TILGHMAN, of Holoway Court, who by wife Joan had a son,

WILLIAM TILGHMAN, who died August 27, 1541 ; married (first) Isabel Avery, and had a son, Richard Tilghman, of Holoway Court; by second marriage with Joan Amherst had other children, among whom were,

WILLIAM TILGHMAN, born at Holoway Court, 1518, whose will was probated April 29, 1594. He married (first) Mary, daughter of John Bere, of Rochester ; (second) Susan, daughter of Thomas Whetenhall, of Peckham. By second mar- riage he had four sons, the second of whom,

OSWALD TILGHMAN, born October 4, 1579; will probated January 22, 1628; by wife Elizabeth was father of Richard Tilghman, of Maryland.

RICHARD TILGHMAN, born in county Kent, England, September 3, 1626, became a surgeon in English Navy, and becoming interested in English Colonies in Amer- ica purchased Canterbury Manor, Choptank river, Maryland, his patent bearing

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date January 17, 1659. He came to America in 1661, and in 1663 established his seat on Chester river, which he called the "Hermitage," still in possession of his descendants. Richard Tilghman died there January 7, 1675. He married, in England, Mary Foxley, who accompanied him to Maryland, in the "Elizabeth and Mary," 1661, and survived him more than twenty years, acting as executrix of his will in 1675.

Issue of Dr. Richard and Mary (Foxley) Tilghman:

Samuel Tilghman, b. England, Dec. II, 1650;

Mary Tilghman, b. England, Feb., 1655; m. (first) Matthew Ward, of Bay-Side, Talbot co., Md., who d. in 1677; (second) Rev. John Lillingston, vicar of Ilmer, county of Bucks, England, 1677, came to Maryland about 1680, d. there 1709. He had by Mary (Tilghman ) Ward a son George, who m. Elizabeth Watson, and was the grandfather of Mary Till, who m. Andrew Hamilton. Mathew Tilghman Ward, son of Mathew and Mary (Tilghman) Ward, was clerk of St. Paul's Parish, 1695, and at his death, May 25, 1741, was President of the Provincial Council of Maryland. He was twice married but had no son, adopted later a son of Richard Tilghman, his uncle and brother-in-law, both he and Richard having married daughters of Col. Philemon Lloyd ;

William Tilghman, b. in England, Feb. 16, 1658; was living in 1680, when he was one of the grantees in a trust deed from his sister, Mary Ward, for benefit of her son, Mathew Tilghman Ward, when Mary was about to take as second husband Rev. John Lillingston. Is mentioned in said deed as "William Tilghman of Talbot County, Gentleman;" was doubtless proprietor of "the Hermitage;"

Deborah Tilghman, b. at "the Hermitage," March 12, 1666;

RICHARD TILGHMAN, b. at "the Hermitage," Feb. 23, 1672; of whom presently

RICHARD TILGHMAN, youngest son of Richard and Mary (Foxley) Tilghman, born at the "Hermitage" on Chester river, Maryland, February 3, 1672, and there- fore but three years of age at the death of his father, is said to have been the only son of the emigrant who married and left issue. On September 20, 1699, his mother conveyed to him at least a portion of the "Hermitage" tract, charging him with the payment of certain monies, at her decease, for the benefit of other children and grandchildren. Richard Tilghman took a prominent part in the affairs of the Province of Maryland and was a member of Provincial Council. He died January 23, 1738. He married Anna Maria, daughter of Philemon Lloyd.

Issue of Richard and Anna Maria (Lloyd) Tilghman:

Mary Tilghman, m. James Earle, of Md., and had a dau., Anna Maria Earle, who m. Thomas Ringgold, a prominent merchant;

Philemon, d. y :;

Richard Tilghman, of "the Hermitage," Judge of Provincial Court of Md .; d. Sept. 29, 1768; m. Susanna Frisby, and had issue :

Richard, m. Elizabeth, dau. of his uncle, Edward Tilghman, of Wye, hereafter mentioned ;

Peregrine, m. Deborah Lloyd;

James, Attorney General of Md .; m. Susanna Stewart;

William, m. Anna Maria Lloyd;

Elizabeth, m. William Cooke; their son Richard took the name of Tilghman. Henrietta Maria Tilghman, m. George Robins, of Md .;

Anna Maria, m. (first) William Helmsley; (second) Robert Lloyd; her son, William Helmsley, m. Anna Maria, dau. of his uncle, James Tilghman, Provincial Councillor; William Tilghman, m. Margaret Lloyd;

Col. Edward Tilghman, of Wye, Talbot co., Md .; m. (first) Anne Turbutt; (second) Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. Samuel Chew, and sister to Chief Justice Benjamin Chew;

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(third) Julianna Cornell; Edward Tilghman, first above mentioned, was son of second marriage;

JAMES TILGHMAN, b. at "Hermitage," Dec. 6, 1716; of whom presently;

Mathew Tilghman, Speaker of Maryland Provincial Assembly; member of Continental Congress; President of Constitutional Convention of Maryland, etc .; d. May 4, 1790; m. Anna Lloyd, and was father of Lloyd Tilghman, who m. Henrietta Maria, dau. of his uncle, James Tilghman, Councillor; and also of Anna Maria Tilghman, who m. Tench Tilghman, eldest son of James, Councillor.

JAMES TILGHMAN, fourth surviving son of Richard and Anna Maria (Lloyd) Tilghman, of the "Hermitage," was born there, December 6, 1716. He studied law, and began practice in Annapolis, Maryland, but removed to Philadelphia in 1760, where he became very eminent in his profession. He was appointed Secre- tary of Land Office of Pennsylvania, 1765, and held that position until the Revo- lution. He was elected to Common Council of city of Philadelphia, October 3, 1764, and was called to Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, January 29, 1767. He took a prominent part in settlement of boundary dispute with province of Mary- land. At outbreak of Revolution, like many other of the higher officials of the Province, he was a Royalist in his sympathies, and was allowed to return to his native state on parole, went to Chestertown, Maryland, August 31, 1777, and remained there until discharged from his parole, May 16, 1778, when he returned to Philadelphia, where he died August 24, 1793. He married, at Christ Church, September 30, 1743, Anne, daughter of Attorney-General Tench Francis, his wife being a daughter of Foster Turbutt, of Maryland, and granddaughter of Rev. John Francis, Dean of Lismore, and first cousin to Sir Philip Francis, K. C. B., reputed author of the "Junius" letters.

Issue of James and Anne (Francis) Tilghman:

Tench Tilghman, b. Dec. 25, 1744; d. April 18, 1786; entered College of Phila., 1758; graduated 1761; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Phila, with his uncle, Tench Fran- cis, and acquired a moderate competence. At the breaking out of the Revolution, he espoused the cause of the Colonies, and closing out his business invested his estate for the benefit of his youngest brother, and entered the military service, serving through- out the war; was military secretary and Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Washington, 1776-83. At the surrender of Cornwallis, he was commissioned by Washington to bear the news to Congress, and was given a vote of thanks by that body, with a sword, a horse and accoutrements. After close of war he engaged in mercantile business in Baltimore. He m. his cousin, Anna Maria, dau. of Mathew Tilghman, of Md., member of Conti- nental Congress;

Richard Tilghman, b. Talbot co., Md., Dec. 17, 1746; studied law at Middle Temple, London; admitted to practice in Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, April II, 1772; went to India, 1776, and was a barrister of some celebrity there; d. while on a voyage to England, Jan. 21, 1786;

James Tilghman, b. Talbot co., Md., Jan. 2, 1748; d. at Easton, Md., April 19, 1809; entered College of Phila., 1763, graduated 1766; studied law and was Chief Judge of Second Judicial District of Maryland, 1791-1804, and 1806-09; married Elizabeth Buly; Anna Maria Tilghman, b. Feb. 19, 1750, d. s. p., Jan. 5, 1817; m. her cousin, William Helmsley, member of Congress;

Elizabeth Tilghman, b. 1754; m. James Lloyd;

William Tilghman, b. Aug. 12, 1756; d. April 30, 1827; studied law with Chief Justice Benjamin Chew, but left Phila., 1776, and went to Maryland; admitted to practice there in 1783, was later a member of Maryland Legislature; returned to Phila., 1793, and practiced there; appointed by President Adams, Chief Justice of United States Circuit Court, March 3, 1801, and July 31, 1805, became President Judge of Court of Common Pleas of Phila .; appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Feb. 25, 1806, and served until his death, April 30, 1827; he was a Trustee of Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, and was President of the American Philosophical Society, 1824; m. at Christ Church, July 1, 1794, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of James Allen, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Lawrence; issue:

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Elizabeth Margaret Tilghman, b. April 19. 1796; d. June 16, 1817; m. Benjamin Chew, only son of William Tilghman Chew, before mentioned;

Mary Tilghman, b. Aug. 24, 1758; d. unm., 1789;

Philemon Tilghman, b. Phila., Nov. 29, 1760; an ardent Royalist during the Revolution ; joined the Royal Navy, and rising to rank of Captain operated against the Colonies; returned to America after close of war, and lived in Maryland; d. Jan. 11, 1797; m. Harriet, dau. of Rear Admiral Milbanke, of Royal Navy; she returned to England after his death;

Henrietta Maria Tilghman, b. Feb. 26, 1763; m. her cousin Lloyd Tilghman, of Md., son of Hon. Mathew Tilghman;

Thomas Ringgold Tilghman, b. Aug. 11, 1765; d. s. p., Dec. 29, 1789; was a merchant in Phila.

EDWARD TILGHMAN, who married Elizabeth Chew, daughter of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew, was born at Wye, Maryland, December II, 1750. He entered College of Philadelphia, 1764, graduated 1766; studied law at Middle Temple, London, returned to Philadelphia, 1774, and became one of the leaders of Phila- delphia bar, standing at the head of his profession in his day, a very talented advocate, and much beloved by his fellow members of the bar for his many esti- mable virtues. He was especially noted for helping younger members of the bar in their early struggles with knotty questions of the law. On the resignation of Chief Justice Edward Shippen, 1805, he was offered the Chief Justiceship of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, but declined in favor of his cousin, William Tilghman, above mentioned. He died in Philadelphia, November 1, 1815. He had always taken an active interest in the success of University of Pennsylvania, and served on board of trustees from 1794 to 1807.

Issue of Edward and Elisabeth (Chew) Tilghman:

Edward Tilghman, b. Feb. 27, 1777; d. Jan. 17, 1826; graduated at Univ. of Pa., with degree of A. M., 1804; merchant in Phila .; m. Rebecca, dau. of Jesse Waln; Edward Tilghman was also a member of the Phila. bar, and practiced for some years;

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Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 71

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