USA > Pennsylvania > Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. III > Part 33
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65
The parentage of Anna Maria (Meyerlin) Diehl is unknown to the present generation. She may possibly have been the daughter of Thomas and Margaretta Meyerle, whose twin sons, Johan Heinrich, "born first" and Peter Gotloeb, are recorded in the records of St. Michael's and Zion Church as being born and bap- tized August 19, 1753. Conrad Meyerlin, the witness to the marriage, was prob- ably a brother. One Conrad Meyerly took the oath of allegiance to the new government in Pennsylvania, June 26, 1777.
Nicholas Diehl died at his home in Tinicum township, Delaware county, Decem- ber, 1818; his burial on December 5, his age seventy-seven, and the cause of his death, palsey, are recorded on the register of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philadelphia. His wife called "Mary" on the same register, died of apoplexy, aged eighty-four years and was buried June 12, 1827, in the vault of her son, Thomas Diehl, at St. John's.
Nicholas Diehl's will was dated October 9, 1811, probated May 26, 1819, and
1428
DIEHL
registered in Delaware county Will Book, B, page 422, at Media. He left all his estate real and personal to his wife, Mary, for life, except his wearing apparel, which he left to his son, William. After his wife's death his sons, Adam, Nich- olas, Thomas, and William, and the heirs of his son, John, were to have all his real estate, including two tracts in Centre county, Pennsylvania, which had been taken up in the names of his sons, Adam and Nicholas, but to which the real right was in their father. To sons, Adam and Nicholas, $1,000 each; to daughter, Mary, after the decease of his wife, $360 per annum, and after her death $6,000 to her children; to his granddaughter, Mary Ewing, $2,000, after the decease of the wife; the executors named were his sons, Adam, Nicholas, Thomas, John and William. He left $10,000 in cash, which would have made him considered quite wealthy in Pennsylvania, 1819, when we add to this the value of his real estate holdings.
Capt. Nicholas and Anna Maria (Meyerlin) Diehl had issue:
Nicholas Diehl, b. Feb., 1764; d. Sept., 1765, aged eighteen months six days; bur. Sept. 20; name spelled on church record, "Nicolaus";
Johann Adam Diehl, b. June 19, 1767; d. 1842; known as Adam Diehl; lived with his father in Tinicum twp., Delaware co., until about 1800, when he removed to New Castle co., Del., where he had previously purchased large tracts of land, on and near the Delaware river. After his removal he bought more land in Red Lion and St. George's Hundreds, and became one of the largest landowners in the county. His first residence in New Castle co. was in St. George's Hundred, above Port Penn; afterwards he removed to one of his tracts in Red Lion Hundred. A few years be- fore his death he sold most of his land in these localities and went to the city of Wil- mington, where he lived, at Eighth and Orange sts., until his death. His will, dated Jan. 9, 1836, while he still lived in Red Lion Hundred, proved July 29, 1842, devised his household furniture to his wife, Elizabeth, and divided the rest of his estate into nine parts, one to go to his wife, and one to each of his children, Adam, Rebecca, John, Jane, Martha, Sarah and Daniel, and one to the children of his son, William (William to be guardian of his own children), and named as executors, his wife, Elizabeth; son, Adam, and friend, Joseph Cleaver, of Port Penn. Adam Diehl m. (first) Jane, dau. of Adam Guyer, a wealthy merchant of Phila., and owner of large tracts of land in many counties of Pa., as well as in New Castle co., Del .; m. (second) Sarah (Reed or Biddle) ; m. (third) Elizabeth Daniel, of a Quaker family, early settled in Salem co., N. J. His son, William, by the first marriage, removed to Phila., of which he became a well-known citizen, and had one son, Edwin Atlee Diehl, and three daus., Mary Jane, who m. Edward Duff, a Common Councilman and secretary of the Board of Health; Emma Earnest, who m. Francis Thibault; and Sarah, who m. William New- bold Lacey, grandson of Gen. John Lacey, of Bucks co., a Revolutionary commander. Among the children and grandchildren of these daus., now in Phila., are, Lewis R. Ashhurst, Jr. (son of Francis Ashhurst, M. D., and Sarah Diehl Lacey), member of Markham and Rittenhouse clubs; Frank Carpenter, member of Sons of Revolution, and formerly a member of Naval Battalion, N. G. P .; Oliver Hough, Second Lieu- tenant, Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War, 1898, and a member of Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, etc .; and the wives of Alexander Crow, Jr., Sheriff of Phila., 1897-99, and later Select Councilman ; of Edwin Penrose Hannum, member of Philadelphia Bar; and of Prof. Albert E. Hancock, of Haverford College ;
Nicholas Diehl, b. June 28, 1769; d. July, 1824; lived in early life on his father's planta- tion, in Tinicum twp., Delaware co., then removed to Phila., where he studied law; was admitted to the Bar, May 7, 1791; continued to reside in that city until his death ; m. Mary McDonald, of English parentage, and they had issue :
Mary Ann Diehl, m. Stephen A. Des Granges, of Phila., son of Gov. Des Granges, of San Domingo, who was murdered at the uprising of the blacks of that island; Eleanor Diehl, unm .;
-
Eliza Ann Diehl, m. Dr. William Vaughan, of Va .;
Martha Diehl, m. Dr. Mandos Verdery, of Savannah, Ga .;
Margaretta V. Diehl. d., unm .. Germantown, July 23, 1894; she had the original portrait of Capt. Nicholas Diehl, a copy of which appears in this volume;
Rev. William N. Diehl, of Germantown, Phila., m. Anna M .. dau. of John Henry Knott, an Englishman, by his wife, Sarah Christine, of Phila .;
I429
DIEHL
Nicholas Diehl, of Savannah, Ga.
Mary Diehl, m., April 15, 1790, Richard Lloyd, of Darby, Delaware co., Pa., son of Isaac and Ann (Gibbons) Lloyd, and descendant of Robert Lloyd, by his wife, Lowry Jones, dau. of Rees John William, who, as well as Robert Lloyd, was an early settler in the Welsh tract, along the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad;
Eliza Diehl, b. 1774; d. 1834; unm .; lived in Phila .; the register of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church gives date of burial as Aug. 2, 1834, and age as sixty years;
THOMAS DIEHL, b. April 20, 1776; m. Helena Jacoby; of whom presently ;
John Diehl, b. 1777; d. Sept. 14, 1860; bur. in Ronaldson Cemetery, Phila .; lived at 722 Pine st., Phila., and was thirty years Commissioner of City Property; m. Jane, dau. of Robert Elliott, of Radnor twp., Delaware co., Pa. One of their sons, John H. Diehl, was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, United States Collector of Internal Revenue, and president of Philadelphia Common Council. Two of the latter's sons, S. Grant and John E. Diehl, were, in 1861, among the organizers of the noted Com- pany D, Gray Reserves, now First Regiment Infantry, N. G. P .; John E., being some time Mayor of Beverly, N. J .;
Sarah Diehl, m. Israel Elliott, son of Christopher Elliott, before mentioned, as owning the plantation on Tinicum Island, later purchased by Nicholas Diehl; he was a de- scendant of Christopher Taylor, Provincial Councillor and Register General of Pa., who once owned all Tinicum Island. Israel and Sarah (Diehl) Elliott had an only dau., Mary, mentioned in will of grandfather, Capt. Nicholas Diehl, as Mary Ewing, having m. (first) William, son of Rev. Dr. John Ewing, provost of the Univ. of Pa., (second) William Fitzhugh, son of Carter Braxton, of Va., signer of Declaration of Independence ;
Martha Diehl, m., June 18, 1801, on Tinicum Island, by Bishop White, to Dr. William Conover; d. s. p. shortly afterward;
William Diehl, removed to Norristown, Montgomery co., Pa .; m. Hannah, dau. of Rob- ert and Amelia Sophia (Harrison) McClenachan, and a relative of Blair McClen- achan, member of First Troop, City Cavalry, and other well-known organizations of Phila., one of the most noted of Phila.'s citizens in latter part of eighteenth century. Robert McClenachan was b. in Ireland, but came to Phila. when young, under the care of his famous relative. His wife, Amelia Sophia Harrison, was a descendant of Thomas Lloyd, president of Provincial Council, Deputy Governor, Master of Rolls, etc., and of Isaac Norris, Provincial Councillor, etc. Mrs. Diehl's ancestry is very fully set out in Keith's "Provincial Councillors," and an excellent pedigree of her remote ancestors, the Lloyds of Dolobran, is given in Glenn's "Merion in the Welsh Tract." The list of her children given in Keith's "Provincial Councillors," is, however, somewhat faulty; correctly, they were as follows :
Amelia Harrison Diehl, of Phila., unm .;
Nicholas Diehl, of Norristown, unm .;
Charles McClenachan Diehl, b., Montgomery co., Jan. 16, 1813; m., Sept., 1846, Susan Weaver, and removed to Newark, O .;
Mary Mifflin Diehl, unm .;
Susan Diehl, m. James Hoffman, of Norristown;
Ellen Agnes Diehl, of Norristown, unm.
THOMAS DIEHL, son of Capt. Nicholas and Anna Maria (Meyerlin) Diehl, born April 20, 1776, moved when a young man from Tinicum Island to Philadelphia, where he lived many years at southeast corner of Tenth and Filbert streets. He was a well-known and successful merchant, owner of considerable real estate in the city, and one of the prominent citizens of his day. He died November, 1863, and his remains are interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Thomas Diehl married, about 1800, Helena, daughter of Leonard and Mat - garetta (Epplee) Jacoby, of Philadelphia. She died September 7, 1852, and was buried in her husband's vault at St. John's. Her father, Leonard Jacoby, was a subscriber to the Philadelphia Dancing Assembly.
Thomas and Helena (Jacoby) Diehl had issue:
Jacoby Diehl, b. 1802; d. 1820; unm .; "buried June 13, 1820, aged 18 years" (records of St. John's Church) ;
WILLIAM JACOBY DIEHL, b. May 14, 1805; m. Marianne Fouchée;
ANNA MARGARETTA DIEHL, b. Nov. 1, 1807; d. June 25, 1883; m., Nov. 25, 1833, George Henderson; of whom later ;
1430
DIEHL
Mary Ann Diehl, b. Jan. 7, 1811; d. April 12, 1895; m., June 1, 1841, Elijah Freeman Prentiss, of Mass .;
Thomas Diehl, b. Oct. 12, 1812; m. Miss Hampton ;
John Nicholas Diehl, b. Jan. 11, 1815; d. 1816; "Buried Feb. 25, 1816, aged I year" (records of St. John's Church) ;
Julianne Helena Diehl, b. Aug. 18, 1816; "Buried June 18, 1820, aged 4 years" (records of St. John's Church) ;
Elizabeth Hester Diehl, b. Sept. 3, 1819; m., Oct. 22, 1846, Joseph Lybrand Stichter, of Reading, Pa. Mrs. Stichter inherited her grandfather, Nicholas Diehl's sword, and his commission as Captain, heretofore quoted. Her son, Thomas Diehl Stichter, now deceased, was a member of Pennsylvania Society, Sons of Revolution, through his great-grandfather Capt. Nicholas Diehl;
An infant son and dau., twins, bur. Sept. 1, 1821, at St. John's Church, no age being given on the record.
WILLIAM JACOBY DIEHL, son of Thomas and Helena (Jacoby) Diehl, born, Philadelphia, May 14, 1805, died there, January 9, 1833. He married Marianne Fouchée, of Philadelphia, formerly of New York City, who died March 4, 1841. They had issue :
THOMAS JACOBY DIEHL, b. Jan. 27, 1830; of whom presently ;
Edward Clark Diehl, of Phila., b. July 22, 1833; admitted to Philadelphia Bar, April 14, 1860; to Delaware County Bar, May 29, 1871, and to practice in Supreme Court of Pa., and in United States Court, for Eastern District of Pa., March 4, 1871; was appointed Commissioner of District Court of Phila., March 7, 1870, and reappointed Commissioner of Courts of Common Pleas of Phila., under new state constitution- of Common Pleas Court, No. I, Jan. 9, 1875; of Common Pleas Court, No. 2, Jan. 16, 1875; of Common Pleas Court, No. 3, Jan. 4, 1875, and of Common Pleas Court, No. 4, on same date. He is a member of Pennsylvania Society, Sons of Revolution. Ed- ward C. Diehl m. Annie E., dau. of Spencer and Sarah (Crosby) McIlvaine, of Ches- ter, Pa., a descendant of Capt. John. Crosby, of Pennsylvania Militia, in the Revolu- tion. See Martin's "History of Chester," pp. 210-212.
CAPT. THOMAS JACOBY DIEHL, son of William Jacoby and Marianne (Fou- chée) Diehl, born in Philadelphia, January 21, 1830, was orphaned while a boy, lived thereafter with a wealthy aunt and uncle, and was educated at Samuel Crawford's School. Being fond of study he had his name entered at University of Pennsylvania, then in Ninth street, as a law student, in a class under the in- struction of Prof. (afterwards Chief Justice) George Sharswood. He began the practice of law in the office of Francis Hopkinson. At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army and was commissioned Captain. When Col. David B. Birney, of Twenty-third Pennsylvania Regiment, was pro- moted to rank of brigadier-general, February 3, 1862, he made Capt. Thomas J. Diehl, an aide-de-camp on his staff. While stationed near Washington dur- ing a time of military inactivity, he was detailed as Advocate of Courts Mar- tial in that city. He resigned his commission February 18, 1863. The letter of Gen. Birney, acknowledging receipt of Capt. Diehl's resignation, now in posses- sion of the family, is as follows :
Dear Diehl:
Hd. Qrs. Ist. Division 3d. Army Corps, Camp Belle Air, Feb. 18, 1863.
I have yours of to-day tendering your resignation as Aide de Camp on my Staff. It is with great reluctance that I part with you, and I will always remember with pleasure the gallant service that you rendered at Fredericksburg and throughout the campaign.
Your refusal of a regular appointment in one of the regiments of the command has thrown upon you the entire expense of the campaign and you have in your willingness to meet this shown your Self-sacrificing patriotism.
However, Diehl, I am sorry to part with, and thank you heartily for your services and should you ever wish service on my staff either by regular appointment or as a volunteer, there will always be a vacancy and welcome.
Thos. J. Diehl, Esq.
Your Friend, D. B. Birney, Brig. Gen. Comd.
I43I
DIEHL
Another letter from Gen. Birney, written after Capt. Diehl had returned to his home in Philadelphia, under date of March 6, 1863, contains the following: "I accept your friendship with pleasure. Should you weary of the paths of peace let me know and I will have you assigned to one of my regiments and de- tailed. You can always resign. I would have influence sufficient to have it ac- cepted. It always has been the case of a line officer."
A letter from Gen. Joseph Hooker has this to say of Capt. Thomas J. Diehl: "Your letter concerning Captain Diehl of the 8th inst. reached me yesterday. Whenever it is in my power to do anything for your friend I assure you it will afford me pleasure. All that you say in his behalf is richly merited as I know from personal observation. No one of his rank can display a better record."
Capt. Diehl's first military service had been as a member of the famous First City Troop of Philadelphia, with which he served until commissioned captain in Gen. Birney's staff. His final retirement from the service was in consequence of an attack of typhoid fever contracted in camp, and letters of honorable dismissal from the army are among the prized possessions of his family.
Prior to entering the army Capt. Diehl had practiced law at 530 Walnut street, Philadelphia, and had built up fine practice, which he resumed on his return from the service, and continued until his death, 1887. At a meeting of the members of the Philadelphia Bar held on Saturday, October 22, 1887, to take action in reference to the death of Mr. Diehl, Benjamin Harris Brewster, Esq., expressed the regret of the legal profession of their sudden loss in his death, in the follow- ing words: "For many years, with others, I enjoyed his courteous and courtly friendship. There were many men of high rank and distinction in the profes- sion, men like George Sharswood, who were happy in his acquaintance. Mr. Diehl had a strong and ardent nature which gave earnestness to his manner and a prompt way of applying himself to the necessities of a case. He was kind to those about him, always quick, sometimes sharp, in his manner, but never harsh, always courteous. I esteemed and loved him while living and honor him when dead." Judge Thayer also paid a high tribute to Capt. Diehl, saying in part, "I knew Mr. Diehl well through his long professional career and always rejoiced to call him my friend. There are one or two points in his character which strike me forcibly. During my long observation of him (and he has tried many many cases before me) he always displayed those qualities which should characterize a member of our profession. His assault on his adversary as we all know, was invariably vigorous, yet it was a knightly one. Mr. Diehl's death was sudden. It was as if one had so quietly withdrawn from the banquet that we did not observe his absence until our attention was rudely aroused by the announcement of his death." Many others spoke of the worth of Mr. Diehl; his law students openly paid their tribute of love and admiration for him, but his numberless gratuitous acts of kindness remain chronicled only in humble hearts that were gladdened by association with him.
Capt. Thomas J. Diehl was married, June 28, 1854, at St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, by Rev. Dr. Ducachet, to Margaretta Mayer, daughter of Charles and Margaretta Sibylla (Mayer) Wetherill, of Philadel- phia, and great-granddaughter of Samuel Wetherill, the Quaker patriot, who when cast out of Meeting for espousing the cause of the Revolution, founded the sect of the Free Quakers whose place of worship still stands at the south-
I432
DIEHL
west corner of Fifth and Arch street; and a descendant of Christopher Wether- ill, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, to West Jersey, 1682, being one of the Council of Proprietors of that Province.
Capt. Thomas J. and Margaretta M. (Wetherill) Diehl had issue:
Margaretta M. Diehl, m., Feb. 8, 1882, Henry E. Wallace;
MARY ELEANOR DIEHL, of whom presently ; Charles W. Diehl, m. Ida E. Pfeiffer, and has a dau., Margaretta Diehl; William Diehl;
Thomas J. Diehl; Susan D. Diehl.
MARY ELEANOR DIEHL, second daughter of Capt. Thomas J. and Margaretta M. (Wetherill) Diehl, is a member of the Colonial Dames of America, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was for four years its regent ; organized Philadelphia Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution in 1892. She is also a member of the Acorn Club. She married at her father's house, 2007 Walnut street, Philadelphia, December 1, 1880, Edward Iüngerich Smith, of Philadelphia, born in that city October 3, 1855, son of Charles and Catharine (Iüngerich) Smith, of Philadelphia. They had issue :
Sydney Wetherill Smith, b. Aug. 26, 1883; d. inf .;
Edward Iüngerich Smith, Jr., b. Dec. 12, 1887.
ANNA MARGARETTA DIEHL, born November 1, 1807, died June 25, 1883, daugh- ter of Thomas and Helena (Jacoby) Diehl, married, November 23, 1833, George Henderson, of Philadelphia. His parents, Robert and Rebecca Jane (Bailey) Henderson, of New York City, were the first of this family in America, coming from England. They were members of the Church of England, and while in London, attended the Church of St. George, the Martyr, on Lamb's Conduit street. Both died comparatively young (though each of their children lived to about eighty) and are buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, New York. Robert Hen- derson's family Bible is in possession of his great-grandson, William Henry Hen- derson, Jr.
George and Margaretta (Diehl) Henderson lived a few years after their mar- riage with her father, Thomas Diehl, at his home on the southeast corner of Tenth and Filbert streets, Philadelphia. In 1844 Mr. Henderson purchased the resi- dence 1221 Arch street, where he continued to reside to the time of his death, December 17, 1887.
Issue of George and Anna Margaretta (Diehl) Henderson:
Edwin Henderson, b. Sept. 14, 1834; d. April 19, 1895; m. Eliza Yarrow Bodine. She survives her husband and is now living (1907) at The Newport, southeast corner of Sixteenth and Spruce sts. They had but one child: John Warner Henderson, b., Phila., 1860. Entered Univ. of Pa., college department, class of '80, as a freshman, 1876. Awarded freshman mathematical prize of second rank, equally with Joseph Stokes; also awarded junior English prize. Received degree of B. S., 1880. Member of Franklin Institute of state of Pa. Married Martha Ethel, dau. of Rev. J. A. M. Chapman, D. D., pastor of Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Broad and Arch sts., Phila. No issue. He d. in March, 1906;
Thomas Diehl Henderson, b. May 19, 1836; d. 1862; m. Emily, sister of Gilbert Riter, who lived at 1223 Arch st. She survives him and now lives (1907) at Continental Hotel, Phila. They had but one child, George Riter Henderson, at one time general superintendent of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, now an expert consulting engineer, residing at 20 W. Thirty-fourth st., New York City;
1433
DIEHL
George Henderson, Jr., b. Dec. 19, 1837; d. 1904; lived in Brooklyn, N. Y. A few years before his death he became a lay reader in Protestant Episcopal Church. He m. Jo- sephine Sill, of St. Louis, Mo. She survives him and now lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. They had two children :
Southmayd Henderson, m. Kate Shaffner, of 1212 Arch st .; had one child; they now live 406 Putnam ave., Brooklyn, N. Y .;
Margaretta Diehl Henderson, m. Clifford S. Thomas, and now lives at 148 W. Thomas st., Bellefont, Pa.
William Henry Henderson; of whom presently.
William Henry Henderson, born September 13, 1839, died April 13, 1905, at his residence, 1331 North Broad street, Philadelphia. He married, May 15, 1861, Adelaide Catherine, daughter of Daniel Philler and Mary (Harris) Bussier, of Philadelphia. She was a niece of Mrs. Anna Harris Wilstach, who died some years ago, leaving the fine picture gallery of her late husband, William P. Wil- stach, to Fairmount Park, with $1,000,000 to care for and add to it. This is now housed in Memorial Hall in the West Park, and the part of the hall it occupies is known as the Wilstach Gallery.
Adelaide Catherine (Bussier) Henderson was a great-granddaughter of Dr. Bartholomew Bussier, of Rev. Rees Harris, and of Rev. Samuel Jones. Dr. Bartholomew Bussier had been physician to the French Court, but being a Hugue- not, left France and came to America. He married Ann Judith Raybold (died November 20, 1817) of a family since quite prominent in the state of Delaware. Her father, Jacob Raybold, was also a native of France, and had married there at Longdedier. Daniel, son of Dr. Bartholomew and Ann Judith (Raybold) Bus- sier, born March 2, 1771, died June 29, 1823, married Catherine, born January 30, 1773, died June 26, 1861, daughter of Andrew Philler (born May 18, 1743, died November 21, 1829), by his wife (married April 3, 1770) Margaret Way (born July 27, 1743, died February 1, 1800). Daniel and Catherine had a son, Daniel Philler Bussier (born April 29, 1804, died September 24, 1880), who mar- ried (first), September 10, 1832, Mary Harris, born July 23, 1804, died August 30, 1859; the latter were parents of Adelaide Catherine Bussier, wife of William Henry Henderson.
Rev. Rees Harris, born 1738, died 1788, who lived and died in Wales, and whose father died in Wales, 1750, married Mary (born 1743, died February 1, 1822), daughter of Rev. Daniel Williams (died 1746), by his wife, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Ann Phillips. Daniel Phillips is believed to have been a younger son of the family of Phillips of Picton Castle, county Pembroke, Wales, perhaps a nephew of Sir John Phillips, first baronet of that line. Rev. Rees and Mary (Williams) Harris had a son, Rev. Theophilus Harris (born August 19, 1769, in Wales; died November 18, 1841, in Philadelphia ; buried at Lower Dublin Bap- tist Church), who came from Wales to Philadelphia, where he married Sarah (Jones) Henderson, born July 23, 1774, died January 6, 1856, widow of Robert Henderson (no relation to the principal subjects of this sketch), and daughter of Rev. Samuel Jones, D. D. Rev. Theophilus and Sarah were parents of Mary Harris, wife of Daniel Philler Bussier and mother of Adelaide Catherine Bussier.
Rev. Samuel Jones, D. D., born at Cefyn-y-gelli, Bettws Parish, Glamorgan- shire, South Wales, January 14, 1735, died in Philadelphia, February 7, 1814, was son of Rev. Thomas Jones (born 1701, at Newton-nottage, Glamorganshire, died March 22, 1788), by his wife, Martha Morris (born 1706, died June 9, 1799), both of whom are buried at the Great Valley Baptist Church, Chester county.
1434
DIEHL
Pennsylvania. The father, Rev. Thomas Jones, came to Pennsylvania, 1737, was reordained in 1740 (having been already ordained in Wales), and was first pas- tor of and founder of Baptist Church at Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania, which was constituted chiefly by emigrants from Wales, August 19, 1738. In the minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, held at Philadelphia, October, 1788, appears the following record: "By a letter from the Church at the Great Valley, we were informed that the Divine Providence has removed, in the year past, that ancient and beloved servant of Christ, Thomas Jones, as we trust, to the Church Triumphant."
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.