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The descent of the Pennsylvania Whartons from the Whartons of Wharton Hall has never been traced, but Richard Wharton, whose son, Thomas, came to Pennsylvania in 1683, was doubtless descended from one of the younger sons of one of the Lords of Wharton. Thomas Wharton married Rachel Thomas, the line of descent being through their son, John, and his wife, Mary Dobbins; their son, Thomas, Jr., first Governor of Pennsylvania under the Constitution of 1776, and his wife (second) Elizabeth Fishbourne; their son, William Fishbourne, and his wife (second) Susan Shoemaker; their son, George Mifflin, and his wife, Maria Markoe; and their daughter, Agnes, born May 31, 1839, married Pemberton Sydney Hutchinson, as hereinbefore mentioned. They were the parents of six children, the third being Sydney Emlen, of whom further.
(VI) SYDNEY EMLEN HUTCHINSON, third child and son of Pemberton Syd- ney and Agnes (Wharton) Hutchinson, was born in Ogontz, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 17, 1866. He was a student of Brown's School, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, for four years, thence entering the celebrated St. Paul's School at Concord, New Hampshire, where he took a preparatory course of three years. He next enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in three years, in the class of 1888, with the Bachelor of Science degree. Mr. Hutchinson entered upon his business career in association with the Westmoreland Coal Com- pany, which he served as salesman from 1888 to 1898. In the latter year he became a partner in the firm of Billington, Hutchinson & Company, and this arrangement continued in operation until 1912. On September 1, 1912, he became the senior partner of Hutchinson, Rivinus & Company, which is still his prinicpal
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business connection, through which he attained standing and success in the Phila- delphia area and wherever his concern does business. Mr. Hutchinson is actively interested in a number of other important corporations of different purposes. He is a director of the Philadelphia National Bank, the Philadelphia National Com- pany, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Standard Steel Works Company, Baldwin Southwark Corporation ; and a member of the board of directors of City Trusts of Philadelphia. Having always maintained a deep interest in the affairs of his alma mater, he was chairman of the Council of Athletics of the University of Pennsyl- vania, 1922-30. In politics, Mr. Hutchinson is aligned with the Republicans, but has never held an elective public office. He holds membership in the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Governors, the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. His social and sportsman's organizations include the Philadelphia Club, Rittenhouse Club, Racquet Club, Philadelphia Country Club, Sunnybrook Golf Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex Country Club, Boca Ratan Club, International Sportsmen's Club, of London; Cercle du Bois Bologne, Paris, and the fraternity of Zeta Psi. His religious affiliation is with the Protestant Episcopal denomination.
Sydney Emlen Hutchinson married (first), January 29, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Olga Bates. He married (second), December 2, 1903, Edith L. Stotesbury, daughter of Edward T. and Frances ( Butcher) Stotesbury, of Philadel- phia. Children :
1. Cintra Hutchinson, born May 4, 1891; married Hallowell V. Morgan.
2. Frances Stotesbury Hutchinson, born January 13, 1907.
3. Natalie Emlen Hutchinson, born September 8, 1908; married John Tyson.
4. Edward Stotesbury Hutchinson, born May 25, 1911.
(The Hare Line).
Hare is an English nickname from the animal, says Henry Harrison in his "Surnames of the United Kingdom," and such application of a metaphor suggests perchance the fleetness of foot of some early progenitor. Antiquity of the family is evidenced by the name of Geoffrey le Hare in the "Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem," and of John le Hare in the "Writs of Parliament."
Although the family has long been established in Great Marlow, Essex, Som- erset, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire, England, the first defi- nitely assignable ancestor of the American family is Richard Hare, of Limehouse, near London, England, who married Martha.
(Henry Harrison : "Surnames of the United Kingdom." Bardsley: "English and Welsh Surnames." E. W. Balch: "Descendants of Edward Shippen," pp. 129-31.)
(I) ROBERT HARE, son of Richard and Martha Hare, was born in County Kent, England, January 28, 1753. He came to America and settled in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, in 1773. He was one of the organizers of the First Troop of the Philadelphia City Cavalry in 1774, and a trustee of the University of Pennsyl- vania from 1789 to 1805. In 1791, he was a member of the State Assembly; and, in 1795, he was Speaker of the Senate of Pennsylvania. Robert Hare died March 12, 1816.
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He married, November 16, 1775, Margaret Willing. (Willing II.) Children :
1. Richard, born September 22, 1776, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1778.
2. Charles Willing, of whom further.
3. Martha, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Angust 17, 1779, died February 4, 1852.
4. Rohert, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1781; married Harriet Clark.
5. Richard, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1782, died January 9, 1796.
6. John Powel, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1786; married Julia de Veaux.
(E. W. Balch: "Descendants of Edward Shippen," po. 129-31. John W. Jordan : "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania," Vol. I, pp. 129-30.)
(II) CHARLES WILLING HARE, son of Robert and Margaret (Willing) Hare, was born in Westover, Virginia, April 23, 1778, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, in April, 1827. He married, August 29, 1801, Anne Emlen. (Emlen V.) Children :
I. Sarah Emlen, died in April, 1860.
2. Robert, died in 1846; married, in November, 1840, Claire Louise De Pestre.
3. William Bingham, died in August, 1825.
4. George Emlen, D. D., U. D., S. T. D .; married Elizabeth Catherine Hobart.
5. Margaretta, of whom further.
6. Ann Bingham, born February 16, 1813, died March 27, 1825.
(E. W. Balch: "Descendants of Edward Shippen," pp. 129-31.)
(III) MARGARETTA HARE, daughter of Charles Willing and Anne (Emlen) Hare, was born about 1811, and died March 25, 1849. She married, April 28, 1831, Israel Pemberton Hutchinson. (Hutchinson IV.)
(Ibid. Family data.)
(The Howell Line).
The most famous historical bearer of the name of Howell was the tenth century Welsh Prince, Howel the Good, son of Cadell, King, head and glory of all Britons. Howell means "dweller in a hollow or dell, or at the how, hough well, or spring." The Parliamentary writs of 1313 contain the name of Howel de Waleys.
(Henry Harrison: "Surnames of the United Kingdom," p. 218. Bardsley : "English and Welsh Surnames," p. 13.)
(I) JOHN HOWELL, founder of his family in America, was born in Abery- stwith, Cardiganshire, Wales, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1721. He came to America in 1697 or 1698. The name of his wife is unknown and it is probable that she died prior to his removal to America. His children were:
I. Evan.
2. Jacob, of whom further.
3. Sarah.
(F. W. Leach : . "Philadelphia North American," January 14, 1912.)
(II) JACOB HOWELL, son of John Howell, was born in Wales, March 18, 1687, and died March 17, 1768. He was a tanner, and established himself in Chester Township, Chester (now Delaware) County, Pennsylvania, where he built up a successful business. In 1722, he was the largest taxpayer in Chester Township; and, in 1752, he was a Representative to the General Assembly.
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Jacob Howell married (first), August 17, 1709, Sarah Vernon, daughter of Randall and Sarah Vernon. She died January 13, 1759, and he married (second) Deborah Fredd, widow of Benjamin Fredd. Children of the first marriage:
I. John, born in Chester, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1713-14; married, January 25, 1733-34, Katharine Ladd, daughter of John and Elizabeth Ladd, of New Jersey.
2. Jacob, born July 13, 1715; married Mary Cooper, of Haddonfield, New Jersey.
3. Sarah.
4. Joseph (twin), of whom further.
5. Samuel (twin), born February 6, 1718-19; married Ann Evans, daughter of Hugh Evans. He was a hat manufacturer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
6. Isaac, born May 17, 1722; married (first), November 21, 1745, Mary Bartram; mar- ried (second), April 19, 1759, Mrs. Patience (Roberts) Gray. He was manufac- turer of textile products in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was active in raising money during the Revolutionary War.
7. Joshua, born August 7, 1726; married, November 27, 1753, Catharine Warner. 8-9-10. Infants.
(Ibid.)
(III) JOSEPH HOWELL, son of Jacob and Sarah (Vernon) Howell, was born February 6, 1718-19, and died in November, 1800. He was a wealthy tanner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Like his father and grandfather, he was a Quaker, being a member of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. In 1753, he was on the Board of Overseers of the Poor.
Joseph Howell married (first), May 19, 1741, Hannah Hudson, who died October 9, 1757, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Holton) Hudson. There were nine children of this marriage. He married (second), April 26, 1759, Sidney Evans. (Evans II.) Children of second marriage :
I. Sidney, or Sydney, of whom further.
2. Rebecca.
(Ibid. H. W. Jenkins: "Historical Collections of Gwynedd," p. 195. "Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Records." "Will Book," W, p. 92.)
(IV) SIDNEY (SYDNEY) HOWELL, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Vernon) Howell, married, December 2, 1786, "the celebrated Dr. James Hutchinson." (Hutchinson III.)
(Ibid. Family data.)
(The Rickey Line).
(I) ALEXANDER RICKEY, the first of his line in America, was born in Edin- burgh, Scotland, in 1688, and died in Lower Makefield Township in 1758. He came to Pennsylvania when a young man, and married, in 1715, Anne Keirl, daughter of Thomas and Julian Keirl, of Lower Makefield, and in 1725, with his wife and children, brought a certificate from Abington (Philadelphia County) Monthly Meeting of Friends to Falls Meeting, Bucks County, and settled in Lower Make- field, where he was a prominent farmer and wool grower. Alexander and Anne (Keirl) Rickey were the parents of ten children :
1. Thomas, born 2 mo. 15, 1716; married Hannah Dowdney.
2. John, born 11 mo. 17, 1717; married Mary Hutchinson.
3. Catherine, of whom further.
4. Alexander, born 10 mo. 26, 1723.
5. Rachel, born 12 mo. 26, 1726; married Sims Betts.
6. James, born 9 mo. 3, 1729.
7. Anne, born I mo. 26, 1732; married Mahlon Kirkbride, Jr.
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8. Mary, born 10 mo. 10, 1734; married John Derbyshire.
9. Sarah, born 5 mo. 24, 1737.
10. Keirl, born 6 mo. 2, 1740; married Sarah Milnor.
(Manuscripts of Pedigrees in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. II, pp, 243, 247. "Bucks County Wills," Vol. I, pp. 37, 195. William W. H. Davis: "History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania," Vol. III, p. 727.)
(II) CATHERINE RICKEY, daughter of Alexander and Anne (Keirl) Rickey, was born 8 mo. 20, 1720. She married (first ) Randall Hutchinson. ( Hutchinson II.) She married (second), Joseph Milnor.
(Ibid.)
(The Emlen Line).
The name Emlen can be traced to ancient dates. In Gibson's "Camden's Bri- tannia," reference is made to "the old British name of Emlin"- "which was com- mon among the Britains anciently, and is partly yet retained." According to tradi- tion the Emlen family came into England from Wales, on the early records of which country the name has been found.
(I) GEORGE EMLEN, the founder of the family in Pennsylvania, was born in Shepton Mallett, Somersetshire, England. Our earliest information in regard to him is taken from an "Account of the life of George Emlen, late of Philadelphia," as given by his sons, Joshua and Samuel Emlen. According to the "Account," the parents of George Emlen, who are unfortunately not named, died while he was young, and in consequence George was placed "under the care and tuition of an Aunt, who was a Presbyterian. He was one of that people till he arrived at mature age, when . . . . turning a Friend, he was deprived of his Aunt's favor, or expec- tations from her, who was a person of considerable substance in the world. When meeting her displeasure, he was necessitated to provide for himself," and came to Philadelphia in 1682, "with William Penn," as the account states.
On 12 mo. 3, 1687-88, George Emlen, "Vintner," received a Proprietory grant of property on the north side of Chestnut Street, between Second and Third streets. He subsequently acquired additional land adjoining and also on Sassa- fras Street, by which name Race Street was formerly known. On 3 mo. 3, 1690, he and five others petitioned the Commissioners of Property for a reduction of the Quit-rents on their lots on Chestnut Street, which was granted them. George Emlen died 10 mo. 24, 1710.
He married (first), 9 mo. 12, 1685, Eleanor Allen, daughter of Penn's com- missioner, Nathanial Allen. She died I mo. 22, 1690. He married (second), June 5, 1694, Hannah Garrett, born in Harby, Leicestershire, England, June 23, 1674, daughter of William and Ann (Kirk) Garrett, of Darby, Pennsylvania. Hannah Emlen, widow of George Emlen, married (second), 10 mo. 20, 1716, William Tidmarsh, of Chester, Pennsylvania. She died 6 mo. 24, 1738, and her sons wrote of her: "She was a noble example to them (her children) in all that was good and laudable . ... an entire friend to the Poor and Distressed; undaunted in danger, an easy mistress and good neighbor, neither lavish nor penurious, but an example of industry as well to her own children as servants .. . . and dyed in peace." The children of George and Hannah (Garrett) Emlen were :
I. George, of whom further.
2. Samuel, born 2 mo. 15, 1697, died 10 mo. 28, 1783; married Rachel Hudson.
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3. Caleb, born 4 mo. 9, 1699, died 10 mo. 13, 1748.
4. Joshna, born 2 mo. 14, 1701, died 5 mo. 22, 1776; married (first) Mary (Holton) Hudson; married (second) Deborah Powell.
5. Hannah, born 12 mo. 3, 1703-04, died 8 mo. 6, 1711.
6. Ann, born 3 mo. 19, 1705; married, 4 mo. 15, 1732, William Miller, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, born within the verge of Grange Monthly Meeting, Tyrone, Ireland, in the 2d mo., 1698, son of John and Mary Miller.
7. Mary, born II mo. I, 1707-08, died s. p. 2 mo. 18, 1791; married, in 1728, John Armitt, born 10 mo. 8, 1702, died 5 mo. 20, 1762, son of Richard and Sophia Armitt.
8. Sarah, born I mo. 19, 1709-10, died 8 mo. 2, 1752; married 3 mo. 25, 1738, James Cres- son, son of Solomon and Anna (Watson) Cresson.
(John W. Jordan : "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania," Vol. I, pp. 190- "Philadelphia North American," October 25, 1908, article by Frank Willing Lcach.) 191.
(II) GEORGE (2) EMLEN, eldest son of George and Hannah (Garrett) Emlen, was born 5 mo. 7, 1695, died 10 mo. 24, 1754. Of George, the second, his brothers wrote that "being the oldest son he became a tender father to his brothers and sisters." He served his apprenticeship with a brewer, in the later following of which business he greatly prospered. He took a prominent part in public affairs, being a member of common council of the city from 1730 to 1739, then an office of distinction. In 1731, when the Philadelphia Library was founded, George Emlen was one of the charter members. In 1735, he purchased property at Fifth and Chestnut streets, opposite Independence Hall, the family home for many years. It is not known whether he built the house near Camp Hill, Montgomery County, which, in the possession and occupancy of his son, George Emlen, 3d, became famous as Washington's headquarters. Recorded deeds show that George Emlen, "brewer," did own land in that neighborhood, to which he was no doubt attracted because of its nearness to his brother-in-law, Morris Morris, living at "Hope Lodge," a fine old mansion which still stands, a well-preserved example of early Colonial architecture. "Emlenton," near Tacony, recently taken down by Henry Disston and Sons, was also family property, the first owner of which may have been this George Emlen, or his son, George.
George Emlen married, 2 mo. 24, 1717, Mary Heath, born in England, 4 mo. II, 1692, died 6 mo. 2, 1777, daughter of Robert and Susannah Heath, who came from Staffordshire, England, about 1701. George and Mary (Heath) Emlen had :
I. George, of whom further.
2. Hannah, born 4 mo. I, 1722, dicd I mo. 30, 1777; married, at the Philadelphia Meeting, I mo. 24, 1740, William Logan, son of James and Sarah (Read) Logan.
3. Joseph, born 5 mo. 1, 1728, died II mo. 17, 1750.
(Ibid.)
(III) GEORGE (3) EMLEN, eldest son of George and Mary (Heath) Emlen, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 mo. 21, 1718, and died I mo. 3, 1776. He was styled "the Elder" or "merchant" and his place, near Camp Hill, White- marsh Valley, which still stands, was the headquarters of General Washington from November 2 to December II, 1777. The first purchase was apparently made by his father and subsequently added to by George Emlen, third, "merchant." His city residence was at Chestnut and Fifth streets, opposite Independence Hall, formerly occupied by the father. George Emlen married, at Chesterfield Meeting, Burling- ton County, New Jersey, 12 mo. 25, 1740, Anne Reckless, born 10 mo. 4, 1720, died 2 mo. 4, 1816, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Satterthwaite) Reckless. An
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obituary notice which appeared in Poulson's "American Daily Advertiser," Feb- ruary 10, 1816, said of Anne (Reckless) Emlen: "She long occupied the rank of an exemplary and charitable citizen, fulfilling with much propriety the duties of parent, friend, neighbor and mistress." The children of George and Anne ( Reck- less) Emlen were :
1. George, of whom further.
2. Caleb, born 12 mo. 15, 1744, died 7 mo. 13, 1797; married Mary Warder.
3. Mary, born 12 mo. 19, 1746, died 9 mo. 19, 1820; married David Beveridge, an English- man by birth. During the latter part of her life Mrs. Beveridge lived at "Emlen- ton" on the Schuylkill. Handsome portraits of David and Mary Beveridge, painted by Peale, are owned by a member of the family.
4. Joseph, born 12 mo. 28, 1748, died 12 mo. 29, 1783.
5. Margaret, born 4 mo. 15, 1750; married at the Philadelphia Meeting, 5 mo. 23, 1771, Samuel Howell, Jr., merchant, son of Samuel and Sarah (Stretch) Howell.
6. Anne, born 4 mo. 30, 1755, died 3 mo. 21, 1815; married, 10 mo. 9, 1788, Warner Mif- flin, son of Daniel and Mary ( Warner) Mifflin, of Accomac County, Virginia.
7. Samuel, born 8 mo. 28, 1757, died 9 mo. 4, 1807.
8. James, born 6 mo. 26, 1760, died 10 mo. 3, 1798; married Phebe Peirce.
(Ibid.)
(IV) GEORGE (4) EMLEN, eldest son of George and Anne (Reckless) Emlen, was born 4 mo. 25, 1741-42, died II mo. 23, 1812. He married, 2 mo. 1, 1775, Sarah Fishbourne, born 9 mo. II, 1755, died 8 mo. 29, 1823, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Tallman) Fishbourne. The Fishbourne and collateral families belonged to Philadelphia's aristocratic Quaker set of the prosperous days before the Revolution: George and Sarah (Fishbourne) Emlen were the parents of :
1. Anne, of whom further.
2. Elizabeth, died 5 mo. 13, 1847; married, at "Emlenton," by Rt. Rev. Bishop White, 10 mo. 13, 1808, George Roberts, son of George and Thomazine Mickle (Fox) Roberts.
3. Sarah, died 6 mo. 29, 1787, aged seven years.
4. George, born in 1784, died 8 mo. 27, 1850.
5. William Fishbourne, born 5 mo. 30, 1787, died 2 mo. 1, 1866; married Mary Parker Norris.
6. Mary, born in 1788; died 2 mo. 18, 1789.
7. Hannah, born 2 mo. 6, 1790; married, 4 mo. 6, 1820, Joseph Mickle Fox, son of Sam- uel and Sarah ( Pleasants) Fox,
8. Mary, born 10 mo. 4, 1795; married 5 mo. 15, 1817, John Morin Scott, son of Lewis Allaire and Juliana (Sitgreaves ) Scott.
(Ibid, pp. 194-95.)
(V) ANNE EMLEN, eldest daughter of George and Sarah (Fishbourne) Emlen, was born 7 mo. 6, 1777, and died 2 mo. 4, 1851. She married, at "Powel- ton," by Rt. Rev. Bishop White, 8 mo. 29, 1801, Charles Willing Hare. (Hare II.) (Ibid., p. 195.)
(The Willing Line).
(I) CHARLES WILLING, American progenitor of the Willing family of Philadel- phia, was born in Bristol, England, May 18, 1710, son of Thomas and Anne ( Har- rison) Willing, and grandson of Joseph and Ava (Lowle) Willing. The family is probably of Saxon origin and had been more or less prominent in the counties bordering on the English Channel for many generations. Charles Willing was reared to mercantile business, and came to Philadelphia in 1728, at the age of eighteen, to take charge of a mercantile house, said to have been established there by his family in 1726. A cousin, Thomas Willing, also came to America, and laid
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out a town of Willing-town, now Wilmington, Delaware. Thomas Willing, brother of Charles, also came to Philadelphia, but after a brief residence there returned to England, where he died. Charles Willing was a successful business man of more than ordinary ability, and became a much esteemed and respected merchant, coun- cilman and magistrate. He carried on a large foreign trade, and his many suc- cessful operations materially aided in establishing in foreign countries the reputa- tion of his adopted city for public honor and private wealth, which it enjoyed to a marked degree in the quarter century preceding the war of the Revolution, and to his family and those of Shippen, Morris, Wharton, Biddle and others with whom it was more or less intimately associated in business and by marriage, Philadel- phia is largely indebted for her commercial, political, social and intellectual promi- nence in Colonial days. Charles Willing soon became identified with the affairs of his adopted city and province. He was active in organizing the Philadelphia Asso- ciators for the defense of the frontier in 1747, and was commissioned captain of a company in the Associated Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel Abraham Taylor. He was elected to the common council in 1743, commissioned a justice, 1745, made one of the justices of the City Court in 1747, and the following year was elected mayor of the city. He was recommissioned justice, 1749, 1752, 1754, was again elected mayor, and died from ship fever contracted in the discharge of his official duties, November 30, 1754. He was one of the founders and first trustees of the Philadelphia College, later University of Pennsylvania, serving as trustee from 1749 to his death, 1754. He was a member of the vestry of Christ Church from 1735 to his death. Some estimate may be formed of the place he filled in the community from the obituary notice of him published in the "Pennsyl- vania Gazette" of December 5, 1754, which is as follows: "Last Saturday, after a short illness, departed this life in the forty-fifth year of his age, Charles Willing, Esquire, Mayor of this city. As it may be truly said that this community had not a more useful member, his death is justly lamented as a public loss to his country as well as most irretrievable to his family and friends. In the character of a mag- istrate he was patient, indefatigable, and actuated by a steady zeal for justice ; as a merchant it was thought no person amongst us understood commerce in general, and the trading interests of the Province in particular, better than he, and his suc- cess in business was proportionately great ; as a friend he was faithful, candid, and sincere; as a husband and parent few ever exceeded him in tenderness and affection, being himself a sincere Christian he was strictly attentive to the educa- tion of his children in every virtuous qualification." Charles Willing lived and died on Third Street, in the house devised by him to his son, Thomas, who suc- ceeded him in business.
He married, January 21, 1730, Anne Shippen. (Shippen III.) Their chil- dren were:
I. Thomas, born December 19, 1731, died January 19, 1821; married, June 19, 1763, Anne McCall, born March 30, 1745, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1781, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Searle) McCall, of Philadelphia.
2. Anne, born July 16, 1733, died January 2, 1812; married, February 6, 1762, Tench Francis, Jr., of Philadelphia.
3. Dorothy, born August 3, 1735, died in Scotland, in 1782; married Captain, afterwards, Sir Walter Stirling, of Taskine, Scotland, Commodore in the Royal Navy.
4. Charles, born May 20, 1738, died March 22, 1788; married, May 24, 1760, Elizabeth Hannah Carrington, of Barbados.
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5. Mary, born September 24, 1740, died March 28, 1814; married, January 29, 1761, Col. William Byrd, of Westover, Virginia.
6. Elizabeth, born February 10, 1742, died January 17, 1830; married, August 7, 1769, Samuel Powell, Mayor of Philadelphia, Speaker of Pennsylvania Assembly.
7. Richard, born January 2, 1744-45, died January 30, 1798; married, January 30, 1766, Margaret Kortwright, of New York.
8. Abigail, born June 15, 1747, died August 10, 1791.
9. Joseph, born October 15, 1749, diced July 4, 1750.
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