Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 74

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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Issue of Thomas and Rachel (Thomas) Wharton:

Joseph, b. Nov. 21, 1689; bur. July 24, 1690;

Richard, d. March 5, 1691; unm .;

Mary, b. 1696; d. Jan. 10, 1763; unm .;

James ;

Thomas, m. (first) Sept. 12, 1728, Mary Curry, who d. 1730, (second) widow of Richard Grafton;

Rachel, d. Aug. 7, 1735; unm .;

JOHN, m. Nov. 2, 1727, Mary Dobbins; of whom presently ;

Joseph, b. Aug. 4, 1707; buried July 27, 1776; m. (first) Hannah Carpenter, (second) Hannah Ogden, neé Owen.

JOHN WHARTON, seventh child of Thomas and Rachel (Thomas) Wharton, removed to the town of Chester, where he followed the trade of a saddler for a number of years. He served as Coroner of Chester county for the years 1730-37.

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He married, November 2, 1727, Mary, daughter of James Dobbins, of Philadel- phia, where she was born in 1696. After the death of her husband she returned to Philadelphia and died there January 10, 1763.

Issue of John and Mary (Dobbins ) Wharton:

James, b. 1732; buried May 4, 1785; was Sheriff of Colony in Schuylkill, 1760; m. (first) Mary Hogg; (second) Christiana Redd;

THOMAS, b. 1735; d. May 23, 1778; m. (first) Susannah Lloyd, (second) Elizabeth Fish- bourne; of whom presently ;

John, b. 1737; d. Oct. 22, 1799; m. June 24, 1751, Rebecca Chambless;

Rachel, m. William Crispin;

Mary, m. Dec. 23, 1788, Joseph Baxter.

THOMAS WHARTON JR., first Governor of Pennsylvania, under the constitution of 1776, was second son of John and Mary (Dobbins) Wharton, and was born in Chester, 1735. He was probably educated in the city of Philadelphia, where he served his apprenticeship to mercantile business with Reese Meredith, a colonial merchant and importer. Soon after arriving at his majority, he engaged in busi- ness for himself, and by 1762 had become one of the largest importers of foreign goods in the city, as evidenced by the Custom House bonds. Sometime after this date he became associated in business with Anthony Stocker, who died in 1777, under the firm name of Stocker & Wharton. He prospered in his business under- takings, and became a prominent figure in the business and social circles of the city in the prosperous times prior to the Revolution. He became a member of the "Colony in Schuylkill" in 1760. This unique social organization was organized in 1732 by a company composed of the ardent disciples of the piscatorial art, who erected their "castle" on the banks of the Schuylkill near the falls, where they resorted to fish and entertain their friends. It became known as the "State in Schuylkill" in 1781, and was later incorporated under the title of "The Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill." On the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765, Thomas Wharton Jr. with his uncle, Thomas Wharton Sr., and a number of other members of the family, were among the earliest signers of the Non- importation Agreement, and from that date he was foremost in the protest against the oppressive measures of the mother country. When the news of the closing of the port of Boston by the British reached Philadelphia, he was one of those who hastily gathered in the long room of the City Tavern, May 20, 1774, to confer as to measures of relief for their brethren of New England, and to devise means of uniting the Colonies in a common cause against the oppressive measures of the British Parliament, by the formation of an organization composed of delegates from each Colony. This historic meeting, after hearing the Boston letter read, agreed "that a committee be appointed to correspond with the representatives of our sister Colonies" thereafter known as the "Committee of Correspondence," who drafted a letter to the Boston Committee, which letter says Bancroft, the historian, "for the coming year was to control the councils of America." Thomas Wharton Jr., June 22, 1774, with Joseph Reed and John Nixon of the committee, called upon the Governor to convene the Assembly, and on his expected refusal, called on the Speaker of the Assembly to request him to summon the members to meet, August I, to consult upon public affairs. These measures were the prelimi- nary steps taken by the direct representatives of the patriotic element of the community towards taking into their own hands the control of affairs of state, on

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failure of the constituted authority to respond to their call. Thomas Wharton Sr. and Thomas Wharton Jr. represented Philadelphia in the Provincial Conference of the representatives of the different counties that met in Philadelphia, July 15, 1774, and Thomas Wharton Jr. was one of the Committee of Safety of State of Pennsylvania, named by resolve of the Assembly, October, 1775, which was the governing body of the State until the constitution was framed by the convention of August and September, 1776. He was also one of the Delegates to this conven- tion. He was also named as one of the Council of Safety, of which he was first president and for five months that intervened before the election of members of Assembly and Supreme Executive Council, under the constitution, was acting chief executive of the State and as such did all in his power to aid in organization and equipment of the militia that was to aid Washington in the Jersey campaign of 1776-7, and the preparation for the defense of the City and State. In February, 1777, he was elected a member of the Supreme Executive Council, and at its organ- ization, March 4, 1777, was elected its president by the Council and Assembly, George Bryan being elected its Secretary. On March 5, he was installed into office with impressive ceremonies, as "His Excellency, Thomas Wharton Junr. Esquire, President of Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the same."

That Gov. Wharton fully realized the responsibilities he assumed as Chief Executive of the State at this critical time, is evidenced by a letter written by him to Gen. Arthur St. Clair, in reference to the widespread and threatening dissatis- faction with the provisions of the new constitution among the people of the Province, in which he says: "True it is, there are many faults which I hope one day to see remedied; but it is also true, that if the Government should at this time be overset, it would be attended with the worst consequences, not only to this state, but to the whole continent in the opposition we are making to Great Britain. If a better frame of Government should be adopted, such an one as would please a much greater majority than the present one, I should be very happy in seeing it brought about ; and any gentleman that should be thought by the public qualified to take my seat, should have my hearty voice for it. My ardent ambition never led me to expect or ask for it, and if I have any it is to be thought and to merit the character of an honest man. I feel myself very inadequate to the station I am in, but some that were fit for it have either withdrawn themselves entirely, or are opposing the Government. However as it is in the power of every man to act with integrity and uprightness, he that does that will at least have the approbation of his own conscience and merit that of the public."

The lofty sentiments modestly yet firmly expressed in this letter, marked his administration of the high office he held through the most trying period of the nation's existence, and while mistakes were no doubt made in piloting the newly launched and unwieldly ship of State, the verdict of posterity has been, that Gov. Wharton administered with honor and integrity the high position of trust to which the voice of the people of Pennsylvania had called him. He was re-elected by the Assembly and Council, in their exile at Lancaster, November 20, 1777, and con- tinued to fill the office of Chief Executive of the State until his sudden death in the following May.

Never in the history of Pennsylvania has its Chief Executive been surrounded with greater difficulties than he encountered during the winter of 1777-8. The

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reverses met with by the armed forces of the nation at Brandywine, German- town and Paoli; the occupation of the capital of the State by the British forces ; the petty jealousies, growing out of class distinctions, and the difference of views as to the administration of affairs, and the stagnation of business interests, dampened the enthusiasm of the nation's defenders to an alarming extent. During this period the theatre of the nation's heroic struggle for liberty was largely on Pennsylvania soil, and there was an increasing demand for more troops, and with only paper money of doubtful value with which to pay for their service, equip- ment and support, the Government was met at times with wholesale defection of large bodies of local militia, disheartened and discouraged by the rigors of unac- customed service, and the dim hopes of ultimate success of our arms. During these trying times Gov. Wharton labored incessantly for the cause of the Colonies to which he had dedicated his best energies, always urging the Militia in defense of their homes and liberties and hotly expressing his disgust and humiliation at any show of cowardice on their part. Just as his beloved state was about to be to some extent relieved of the thraldom of a large armed force of her enemies within her borders by the evacuation of Philadelphia by the British army, Pres. Wharton was unexpectedly stricken with death, and was buried with civil and military honors in front of the altar of Evangelical Trinity Church, Lancaster.

Gov. Wharton, as before stated, had been a successful business man and had acquired a considerable fortune, which was to some extent dissipated by the ravages of the war and his neglect of business affairs while occupied with affairs of State. He maintained, prior to the Revolution, a city house and a beautiful country seat known as "Twickenham," Cheltenham township, now Montgomery county, where he and his accomplished wife entertained lavishly. He was twice married, in both instances into families of high standing that had been identified with the affairs of Pennsylvania, from the first founding of the Colony. His first marriage on November 4, 1762, was to Susannah, daughter of Thomas and Susanna (Kearney) Lloyd, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Lloyd, who came from Westmoreland to Philadelphia in 1683, and was the first Keeper of the Great Seal, Master of Rolls, and President of the Governor's Council, 1684-8 and 1690-3, and therefore acting Governor of the Colony in the protracted absence of Penn. Susannah (Lloyd) Wharton died on the tenth anniversary of her marriage, November 4, 1772, and he married (second) December 7, 1774, Elizabeth, born in Philadelphia, 1752, daughter of William and Mary (Tallman) Fishbourne, and granddaughter of William Fishbourne, Provincial Councillor, 1723-31, and City- Treasurer 1725-6. William Fishbourne Sr. was born in Talbot county, Mary- land, being a son of Ralph and Sarah (Lewis) Fishbourne, and settled in Phila- delphia prior to 1700, where he married, in 1702, Hannah, daughter of Samuel Carpenter, Provincial Councillor and recipient of many well merited honors from his city and Province.

Issue of Thomas and Susannah (Lloyd) Wharton:

Lloyd, b. 1764; d. at Burlington, N. J., Feb. 16, 1799; m. Mary Rogers;

KEARNEY, b. 1766; d. Jan. 4, 1848; m. Maria Salter; of whom presently; William Moore, d. Aug. 14, 1816; m. (first) Mary Waln, (second) Deborah Shoemaker ; Sarah Morris, b. 1772; d. 1836; m. (first) Dr. Benjamin Tallman, (second) Samuel Courtauld;

Susannah, d. inf., Feb. 2, 1773.

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Issue of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Fishbourne) Wharton:

Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1775; d. June, 1799; unm .;

Thomas Fishbourne, b. Nov. 10, 1776; d. Phila., Jan., 1865; unm .;

WILLIAM FISHBOURNE, b. Aug. 10, 1778; m. (first) Susan Shoemaker, (second) her sister, Mary Ann Shoemaker.

Elizabeth (Fishbourne) Wharton returned to Philadelphia after its evacuation by the British and died there April 24, 1826.

KEARNEY WHARTON, second son of Gov. Thomas and Susannah (Lloyd) Wharton, born in Philadelphia, 1766, studied law and was admitted to the Phila- delphia bar, but followed chiefly the business of a merchant. He was for many years a member of Common Council of Philadelphia and was elected its presi- dent, October 16, 1798. He was one of those who in 1799 presented an address to Common and Select Council on the subject of supplying the city with whole- some water, and as President signed the ordinance providing for the raising of funds to accomplish this purpose. He died January 4, 1848, aged eighty-two years. He married at "Magnolia Grove," her father's house on the banks of the Dela- ware near Tacony, November 11, 1795, Maria, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gordon) Saltar, who survived him many years. She died June 16, 1867, aged ninety-two years. Both are buried at Trinity Church, Oxford.

Issue of Kearney and Maria (Saltar ) Wharton:

THOMAS LLOYD, b. 1799; d. 1869; m. Sarah Howell Smith; of whom presently;

Lloyd, b. Feb. 25, 1801; took surname of Bickley in 1843; d. Sept. 17, 1855; m. Dec. 23, 1830, Margaret Ann Howell;

John Saltar, d. Aug. 10, 1835; unm .; Elizabeth Saltar, b. 1803; m. Thomas Morris; George Saltar, b. 1811; d. Aug. 7, 1844; unm .; James Saltar, b. 1817.

THOMAS LLOYD WHARTON, eldest son of Kearney and Maria (Salter ) Wharton, born in Philadelphia, was reared on his father's country seat at Tacony, where he later became owner of a fine farm. He was prominently associated with the Philadelphia Bank for over forty years. He died July 27, 1869. His wife, whom he married June 30, 1840, was Sarah Ann Howell, daughter of Richard Rodman and Sarah (Howell) Smith, born October 11, 1800, died March 17, 1846.

Issue of Thomas Lloyd and Sarah Ann Howell (Smith ) Wharton:

LUCY, b. May 13, 1841 ; m. April 18, 1865, Joseph W. Drexel; of whom presently; Frances, b. May 31, 1843; d. Jan. 18, 1873; m. Brig. Gen. Guy V. Henry; issue: Sarah, b. Nov. 9, 1867; Thomas Lloyd, b. Oct., 1872.

LUCY WHARTON, eldest daughter of Thomas Lloyd and Sarah Ann Howell (Smith) Wharton, born May 13, 1841, married, April 18, 1865, Joseph W. Drexel, of the well known firm of Drexel & Company, bankers, New York. He was a. son of Francis M. Drexel, a native of Austria, who in early life was an artist and portrait painter. He located for a time in South America, where he attracted the attention of Gen. Simon Bolivar, the distinguished hero and patriot of South American independence, whose portrait he painted. The firm as first established consisted of Francis M. Drexel and his son Francis, but soon after its establish-

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ment two other sons, Anthony and Joseph W., were admitted to the firm. In 1871 Joseph W. Drexel was placed in charge of a branch banking house in New York City, with which he was associated actively for five years, when he retired from its active management and thereafter devoted his attention to various philanthropic schemes for the betterment of the condition of the poorer classes. One of his successful projects was the incorporation of Klej Grange, upon a large tract of land in Maryland, where he induced poor families to settle by keeping them with- out charge for one year, and then selling them the land on easy payments. He also owned a large plantation in New Jersey, known as Cedar Hill Farm, where hordes of unemployed poor were fed and clothed until remunerative employment could be found for them elsewhere. Many other projects for the employment and alleviation of the wants and sufferings of the poor were carried into effect by him in Philadelphia, New York and elsewhere. Mr. Drexel was a musician of talent and a patron of the higher arts. He was a member of the Philharmonic Society and its president at the time of his death and member of a number of other musical organizations, and a life member of the Metropolitan Art Museum. For many years prior to his death a musical quartette was entertained at his house on Thursday of each week. He died March 25, 1888.

Mrs. Drexel has for several years made her home at Penn Rhyn, on the Delaware river, part of a plantation of two hundred and fifty acres known as "Belle Voir," purchased by Abraham Bickley, a native of Sussex county, England, 1804, and named by him Penn Rhyn after the home of his ancestors in Wales. The old mansion house located on the historic Bristol pike, occupied by the Bickley family for nearly a century, descended to Lloyd Wharton, an uncle of Mrs. Drexel, who thereupon took the name of Lloyd Wharton Bickley. After his death, it was occupied for some years by his widow, at whose death it passed to her son, Dr. Lloyd Wharton Bickley, who in 1899 conveyed it to Mrs. Drexel. It commands a fine view of the Delaware river and the surrounding country, and is now, as it has been for centuries, the scene of a generous hospitality. Mrs. Drexel has enlarged the house and made extensive improvements in the grounds. She lives here all the year, making occasional visits to her Philadelphia house.

Issue of Joseph W. and Lucy (Wharton) Drexel:

Katharine Drexel, b. Feb. 15, 1866; m. Nov. 1I, 1892, Charles B. Penrose, of Phila., and had issue :

Sarah H. Boies Penrose, b. June 25, 1896;

Boies Penrose, Jr., b. Nov. 20, 1902.

Lucy Wharton Drexel, b. April 6, 1867; m. Eric B. Dahlgren, of Washington, D. C., and had issue :

Lucy Wharton Dahlgren, b. Nov. 10, 1891 ;

Madilen Dahlgren, b. Dec. 19, 1892;

Katharine Dahlgren, b. March 20, 1894;

Ulrica Dahlgren, b. July 31, 1895; Ulza Dahlgren, b. Feb. 19, 1898; Eric B. Dahlgren, Jr., b. April 24, 1900;

Joseph Drexel Dahlgren, b. Jan. 24, 1903; Eva Dahlgren, b. April 19, 1904.

Elizabeth Drexel, b. April 25, 1868; m. (first) June 29, 1889, John V. Dahlgren, of Washington, D. C., who d. Aug., 1898; (second) Harry Symes Lehr, of Baltimore, Md .; by her first husband she had one son,

John V. Dahlgren, Jr., b. June 21, 1892.

Josephine Drexel, b. Oct. 19, 1878; m. Feb. 9, 1904, Dr. John Duncan Emmet. of N. Y.

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WILLIAM FISHBOURNE WHARTON, youngest child of Pres. Thomas Wharton by second marriage with Elizabeth Fishbourne, was born August 10, 1778, nearly three months after the decease of his distinguished father, at Lancaster. His mother having returned to Philadelphia after its evacuation by the British, he was reared in that city, and spent his whole life there; died in December of 1846, aged sixty-eight years.

He married (first) May 10, 1804, Susan Shoemaker, who died November 3, 1821 ; married (second) January 20, 1832, her sister, Mary Ann Shoemaker, who survived him, dying November 4, 1858.

Issue of William and Susan (Shoemaker) Wharton:

Thomas, b. May 4, 1805; d. March 7, 1830; unm .;

GEORGE MIFFLIN, b. Dec. 26, 1806; m. Maria Markoe; of whom presently ;

Fishbourne, b. Feb. 13, 1809, d. Jan. 3, 1842; unm .;

Henry, b. Dec. 24, 1810, d. y .;

Joseph, b. March, 1812; d. Aug. 30, 1838; unm .;

Deborah, b. Feb. 29, 1816; d. Dec. 28, 1816;

William, b. Nov. 14, 1817; d. y .;

Edward, b. Jan. 5, 1819; m. Jane G. Shippen;

Elizabeth Fishbourne, b. Jan. 14, 1821.

Issue of William Fishbourne and Mary Ann (Shoemaker ) Wharton:

Susan, b. April 9, 1837; Philip Fishbourne, b. April 30, 1841.

GEORGE MIFFLIN WHARTON, second son of William Fishbourne and Susan (Shoemaker ) Wharton, born December 26, 1806, entered the University of Penn sylvania, 1820, graduated in class of 1823. He studied law and became one of the ablest practitioners at the Philadelphia bar. He was Vice-Provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, 1845-55, and United States District Attorney for Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1857-60. He was active in all matters that pertained to the public welfare and took a leading part in all questions of the day. He was President of the Select Council of the city, 1856-59. He always gave active support to the cause of education, and was for many years one of the most active members of Board of Directors of Public Schools, and for some years President of Board of Control. He was elected one of the trustees of his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, in 1841, and served until 1868. He became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1840, and took an active interest in its work. He died February 5, 1870. He married, June 4, 1835, Maria, daughter of John and Hitty (Cox) Markoe, granddaughter of Abra- ham Markoe, by his second wife, Elizabeth Baynton, and great-granddaughter of Peter Markoe, whose family emigrated from France to the West Indies in 1625. Maria (Markoe) Wharton died in Philadelphia, February 12, 1873.

Issue of George Mifflin and Maria (Markoe) Wharton:

ELLEN MARKOE, b. July 15, 1837; m. (first) Robert Morris. (second) George M. Dallas; of whom presently;

AGNES, b. May 31, 1839; m. June 5, 1860, Pemberton Sydney Hutchinson; of whom later;

Maria, b. Nov. 26, 1840; m. June 2, 1864, Thompson Lennig, died at Munich, Bavaria, 1865;

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Hitty M., b. 1842; m. (first) George Pepper, (second) Ernest Zantzinger;

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1844; m. Thomas Mckean;

William Fishbourne, b. Oct. 23, 1846; m. Frances Fisher ;

Edith, b. Aug. 20, 1848; m. Dec. 27, 1871, George Boker, son of George H. Boker; George, b. Aug. 29, 1850; m. Julia V. Duncan.

ELLEN MARKOE WHARTON, eldest child of George Mifflin and Maria (Markoe) Wharton, born July 15, 1837, married (first) January 19, 1860, Robert Morris, Major, Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, in Civil War, died at Libby Prison, August 13, 1863. She married (second) October 22, 1867, George Mifflin Dallas, son of Trevanion Barlow and Jane (Wilkins) Dallas, and grandson of Hon. George Mifflin Dallas, Vice-President of the United States, 1845-9.

Issue of Robert and Ellen Markoe (Wharton) Morris:

Caroline Nixon Morris, b. Oct. 13, 1860;

Marion Wharton Morris, b. Aug. 24, 1862; m. April 20, 1882, Richard Norris Williams, and had issue:

Aleandrer Coxe Williams, b. April 12, 1883;

Ellen Markoe Wharton Williams, b. March 4, 1885; m. June 20, 1906, George Deardorf McCreary, Jr., of Phila.

Issue of George M. and Ellen Markoe (Wharton) Dallas:

Edith Wharton Dallas, b. Sept. 6, 1868; Trevanion Borda Dallas, b. Jan. 23, 1870;

Louise Dallas, b. June, 1872; d. Jan., 1873; George Wharton Dallas, b. May 6, 1874.

AGNES WHARTON, second daughter of George Mifflin and Maria (Markoe) Wharton, born May 31, 1839, married, June 5, 1869, Pemberton Sydney Hutchin- son, born February 15, 1836, at Cintra, Portugal, while his father, Israel Pem- berton Hutchinson, was United States Consul to Portugal. He entered the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 1854, but left at close of his freshman year. He engaged in mercantile business in Philadelphia, and later became president of the Philadel- phia Saving Fund Society. He was a member of the First Pennsylvania Emer- gency Regiment, 1862, and a member of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution. His mother was Margaretta, died March 25, 1849, daughter of Charles Willing and Anne (Emlen) Hare, and granddaughter of Robert and Mar- garet (Willing) Hare. Israel Pemberton Hutchinson died May 9, 1866.

Issue of Pemberton Sydney and Agnes (Wharton) Hutchinson:

Sydney Pemberton Hutchinson, b. April 27, 1861; m. April 13, 1887, Amy, dau. of John T. Lewis, of Phila .;

George Wharton Hutchinson, b. July 16, 1865; d. June 22, 1866;

Sydney Emlen Hutchinson, b. Sept. 17, 1866; m. Olga Bates; Cintra Hutchinson, b. Jan. 15, 1869;

Agnes Wharton Hutchinson, b. Feb. 24, 1870; m. April 27, 1892, Samuel Liberkühn Shober, Jr., of Phila .;

Margaretta Willing Hutchinson, b. Dec. 13, 1875.

SAMUEL LIBERKÜHN SHOBER, born in Philadelphia, October 26, 1862, son of Samuel Liberkühn Shober, of 1311 Spruce street, Philadelphia, a prominent mer- chant of Philadelphia, by his wife, Anne Bond Cochran, and a grandson of Sam-

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uel Liberkühn Shober Sr., also a prominent business man of Philadelphia, by his wife, Mary Anne Bedford. Samuel L. Shober Jr., Civil Engineer, resides at 2031 Pine street, Philadelphia.

Issue of Samuel L. and Agnes Wharton (Hutchinson) Shober:

John Bedford Shober, b. Aug. 26, 1893; Pemberton Hutchinson Shober, b. Dec. 24, 1894; Samuel Liberkühn Shober, b. Jan. 13, 1896; Annie Bond Shober, b. June 2, 1898; Edward Wharton Shober, b. Sept. 4, 1899; Agnes Shober, b. Sept. 18, 1901;

Edith Shober, b. May 21, 1904; Elizabeth Shober, b. July 30, 1905.

JAMES WHARTON, eldest son of John and Mary (Dobbins) Wharton, and grandson of Thomas Wharton, pioneer of family in Pennsylvania, was born in Philadelphia, 1732, and was prominent in the business and social life of Philadel- phia. He was one of the early members of the "Colony In Schuylkill," and its Sheriff in 1760. During the Revolutionary War, he was proprietor of a rope walk, and furnished most of the cordage for the vessels of our infant navy equipped at Philadelphia. He was buried in the Friends Burying Ground, May 4, 1785. He married (first) November 2, 1754, Mary, daughter of Peregrine Hogg, who lived for a time in Philadelphia, but later was a merchant of London, England, by his wife, Mary, daughter of George Fitzwater, who came to Philadelphia in 1682 from Handworth, Middlesex, England, with his parents, Thomas and Mary Fitzwater, and became a prominent merchant and magistrate. James Wharton married (second) September 14, 1773, Christiana Redd; his first wife, Mary Hogg, died April 13, 1772, aged thirty-five years. He also survived his second wife, and left seven children, all except one by the first wife.

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Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. I, Part 74

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