Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 108

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978

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Issue of John and Elizabeth (Patterson ) Hanna:

James Hanna, b. in District of Southwark, Phila., Feb. 2, 1806; studied law and was admitted to Philadelphia Bar, July 2, 1831; m., in Phila., Clarissa Sidney Wilson, a granddaughter of Betsey Ross; and was a member of Senate of state of Pa. In 1850 he removed to Cal., where he was District Attorney of Humboldt co., and Brigadier General of California Militia. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics, first a Whig, and later a Republican. He was also a member of the Hibernian Society. He d. Nov. 6, 1888, in Eureka, Cal. His wife d. in 1853. He left issue :

Aquilla W. Hanna, member of Bar, living in Eureka, Cal .;

Elizabeth Hanna, m. Capt. Henry Kingston; Several other children, of whom we have no record.

Mary Hanna, b. in Phila .; m. Samuel K. Murdoch, of Phila., and left issue : Minnie Murdoch, m. George W. Kendrick, Jr., of Phila .; Gertrude Murdoch, m. Octave Goodwin.

Jane Hanna, b. in Phila .; m. Edward Murdoch, and left issue :

H. Kate Murdoch;

Eleanor Murdoch, m. William H. List, of Phila .;

JOHN HANNA, b. in Phila .; of whom presently.

JOHN HANNA, son of John and Elizabeth ( Patterson) Hanna, born near Front and Vine streets, Philadelphia, 1813; educated in schools of Philadelphia, and as a young man entered counting house of Robert Adams & Company, and was em- ployed there for a number of years. He later took up the study of law in the office of William W. Haly, Esq., and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar, at the age of twenty-eight years, February 19, 1841, in the active practice of his profes- sion in that city until his death. In 1834, at the age of twenty-one years he mar- ried Clementina L., daughter of Rev. Joseph Stevens, pastor of Baptist Church

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of Upper Freehold, Monmouth county, New Jersey, 1789-93; and Hannah Cook, who was a descendant of the Cook family, who were among the earliest settlers in East Jersey. The ceremony was performed by Rev. William T. Brantly, pastor of First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, and Mr. Hanna then became a member of that church and was for a number of years its clerk. In politics Mr. Hanna was a Whig, and on the organization of that party, a Republican ; he was a mem- ber of the Union League from 1863 to 1869. During the last years of his life Mr. Hanna and his wife resided temporarily in Merchantville, New Jersey, during the summer months ; but as stated by him in his will, dated January 8, 1885, he retained his residence in the city of Philadelphia. He died March 25, 1885. His wife, Clementina, survived him, but died the following year, and both are buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Issue of John and Clementina L. (Stephens) Hanna:

WILLIAM BRANTLY HANNA, of whom presently;

Clementine Hanna, m. David H. Bartine, M. D .; both deceased, leaving issue :

Maie H. Bartine, m. Norman W. Chain, of Phila.

Martha E. Hanna, m. Benjamin M. Day, of New York City, who d. in 1905; she is still living, as is their son, Benjamin M. Day, Jr .; another child, Mulford Day, d. unm .;

Mary H. Hanna, m. John R. Rue, Jr., of Phila, who d. Nov. 17, 1899; she still survives ; they had issue :

Edith H. Rue, m. William E. Hetzell, of Phila .; issue, Mary Christine Hetzell; Howard S. Rue, m1. Sarah K. Michener: issue, Howard S. Rue, Jr .;

Marguerite B. Rue:

John R. Rue (3).

Oswald Thompson Hanna, d. Aug. 24, 1893.

HON. WILLIAM B. HANNA, late president-judge of the Orphans' Court of Phila- delphia, was the eldest son of John and Clementina L. (Stephens) Hanna, and was born in Philadelphia, November 23, 1835. He was educated in the public and private schools of Philadelphia. Graduating from the Central High School of Philadelphia in July, 1853, he entered later, the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1857; studying law under the dis- tinguished jurists Chief Justice Sharswood, Peter McCall, E. Spencer Miller and P. Pemberton Morris ; and also in the office of his father ; and was admitted to the Bar, October 14, 1857. Soon after his admission he was appointed assistant to District Attorney William B. Mann, late Prothonotary of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of Philadelphia, and filled that position for two years. He took an active interest in political and municipal affairs of his native city, and was elected to Common Council in 1867, and re-elected in 1870. Before the expiration of his second term, he was elected to the Select Council, and was re-elected to that body for the term beginning January, 1874. While serving as a member of Select Council he was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention that framed the Pennsylvania State Constitution of 1874. In this convention he was the colleague of such eminent jurists as the late Chief Justice Jeremiah S. Black, ex-Chief Jus- tice George W. Woodward, William M. Meredith, Theodore Cuyler, George W. Biddle, the late Chief Justice Henry Green, Silas W. Clark, afterwards Justice of the Supreme Court, and Wayne MacVeagh, and others distinguished for their learning, ability and public services. In November, 1874, Judge Hanna was elect- ed Judge of the Orphans' Court, of Philadelphia county, provided for in the new constitution he had assisted in framing ; his colleagues being Dennis W. O'Brien

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and T. Bradford Dwight, both of whom died in June, 1878. June 5, 1878, Judge Hanna was appointed President Judge of the Orphans' Court, by Gov. John F. Hartranft. In 1884 he was the nominee of both the Republican and Democratic parties and was unanimously re-elected to the same position, and again in 1894, and in 1904, the same honor was paid him, though in 1894, the party lines were so strictly drawn that other judicial candidates failed to receive a renomination from the opposing political organizations. Judge Hanna continued to ably admin- ister the office of President Judge of the Orphans' Court until his death, at At- lantic City, New Jersey, August 4, 1906. While a member of the Philadelphia City Councils, Judge Hanna was the author of a number of important ordinances and took a leading part in important legislation for the interests of his native city. He was the author of the ordinance of 1870, establishing the paid fire department, in the place of the old volunteer system ; and served with marked ability as chair- man of the Committee on Law. Judge Hanna, for over forty years prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, was a past master of Washington Lodge, No. 59, a member of the committee on appeals in the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl- vania, and lately a representative of the Grand Lodge of Vermont in that body. He was president of the Alumni Association of the Law Department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and a member of the General Alumni Society of the University : a member of the Associated Alumni of the High School of Philadel- phia ; and a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He was vice-president and later president of the Society of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; of the Scotch- Irish Society ; of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; the Horticultural Soci- ety ; and the Humane Society. He was also a manager of the Home Mission Society of Philadelphia, and of the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men, of Philadelphia ; president of the board of trustees of Hahnemann College and Hospital ; vice-president of the West Philadelphia Institute ; trustee of the Baptist Home : a director, and for many years secretary, and later president, of the Penn Club. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia for many years ; and also clerk of that church and one of its deacons. Afterwards he was a member of the Epiphany Baptist Church, and member of its board of trustees. In June, 1885, Bucknell University conferred upon Judge Hanna the degree of D. C. L. The Hon. William B. Hanna married, December 16, 1862, in Philadel- phia, Mary Vanderslice Hopper, daughter of Samuel Mickle Hopper, by his wife. Deborah L. Vanderslice, daughter of Dr. George W. and Janette (Roberts) Van- derslice, of Philadelphia, whose ancestry is as follows :

REYNIER VANDERSLUYSE. a native of Holland, one of the early settlers of Ger- mantown, was many years a resident in the little German colony that extended backward from Germantown to the banks of the Perkiomen, in what is now Mont- gomery county, prior to his naturalization, with forty or fifty other of the early Germans, including Francis Daniel Pastorious, by a special act of the Provincial Council, September 29, 1709. His son, Arian Vandersluys being also among the number. The will of Reynier Vandersluyse was proved at Philadelphia, July 13, 1713, names his wife, Anna, as executrix, and gives legacies to his children, Arnold, Henry, Johannes, Anthony, Anna and Elizabeth, some of whom were minors.

ANTHONY VANDERSLICE, son of Reynier, married Martha Pannebecker, born June 15, 1700, died September 16, 1761, the daughter of Hendrick Pannebecker,

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pioneer ancestor of the Pennypacker family (see Pennypacker Family in this work), and settled in Providence township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) county ; owning 100 acres of land there prior to 1734. He died in November, 1751, and both he and his wife are buried in the quaint old cemetery of the Au- gustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, at Trappa, Pennsylvania.

HENRY VANDERSLICE, son of Anthony and Martha ( Pannebecker ) Vanderslice, born in Providence township, March 29, 1726; married, October 23, 1750, Cath- arine Sassemanhausen, born April 14, 1732. He lived, at the time of his marriage, and for many years thereafter, on a plantation in Providence township, inherited from his father, and also owned and operated a large flour and gristmill there. About 1760, he removed to Reading, Berks county, and, October 5, 1774, was elected High Sheriff of Berks county, and re-elected a year later, and served in that office until March 21, 1777. July 8, 1776, by order of the Continental Con- gress, he read the Declaration of Independence from the courthouse steps at Reading. He also served in the Continental Army, during the Revolution ; was in command of the wagon train of the army in New Jersey, in 1777, and was Quar- termaster-Sergeant of the Pennsylvania Troops, in 1781. He became a well- known surveyor, having studied surveying, under his grandfather, Hendrick Pannebecker, for whom he was named; and in 1789, he was appointed Deputy Surveyor, under Daniel Brodhead, Surveyor General of Pennsylvania. He died, at Reading, February 10, 1797; his wife, Catharine, survived him and was ap- pointed his administratrix, with his son, John.

GEORGE W. VANDERSLICE, a son of Henry and Catharine (Sassemanhausen ) Vanderslice, born at Reading, October 8, 1771, died in Philadelphia, February 22, 1842. He was a dentist by profession, and one of the first to practice that pro- fession in Philadelphia. He married (first) Elizabeth Cuming, March 22, 1794, and (second), September 18, 1806, Janette Roberts, born in Blockley township, Philadelphia, February 28, 1785, died January 20, 1874; she was the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Pyatt ) Roberts, of Blockley ; by whom he had issue :

Edward Vanderslice, b. July 19. 1807; m., Feh. 16, 1842, Clementine Shulze, a descendant of the Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, and also of Gov. Shulze, of Pa. He was one of the most prominent dentists of his time in Phila. He d. May 9, 1883, leaving issue :

Edward S. Vanderslice, M. D., m. Virginia Zieber;

Henry M. Vanderslice, D. D. S., m. Helen E. Seiss; Mary Janette Vanderslice.

William K. Vanderslice, b. in Phila., in 1824; d. March 12, 1899, in San Francisco, Cal., whither he moved in 1858. He m., Ang. 31, 1847, Catharine Sherman, of Boston, Mass .: leaving issue, all living in Cal. :

Mrs. Annie Johnston;

Jeanette Vanderslice, m. Carl Manner;

Hermine Vanderslice, m. Andrew Rudgear; Milton T. Vanderslice.

Joseph Henry Vanderslice, U. S. A., b. June 29, 1828; m. Hester Meeks, of New York. He enlisted as a private in Company A, Battalion of Engineers, Jan. 30, 1851 ; became · Corporal, July 1, 1855, and Sergeant, Oct. I, 1856; was promoted to be Second Lieu- tenant and First Lieutenant in 1861, and became Captain, by brevet, on Sept. 17, 1862, "for gallant and meritorious service in the Battle of Antietam," and was promoted, in March, 1866, to be Captain of the Fourteenth Infantry. He took part in all the prin- cipal battles of the Civil War, and also in numerous engagements with the Indians on the western frontier. He was retired for disability in 1879, and after that time re- sided at Peekskill, N. Y., until his death, Nov. 27, 1894. He was bur. at West Point, with military honors. His widow survives him;

Catharine Vanderslice, m. Thomas MacClement;

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Deborah Lavina Vanderslice, before mentioned, who m. Samuel M. Hopper, whose paternal ancestry is given below;

Other issue of George W. Vanderslice were, Thomas, James, Rebecca K., and Emily, who d. without issue.

WILLIAM ROBERTS, the pioneer ancestor of Janette ( Roberts) Vanderslice, was born in Merionethishire, Wales, prior to 1670. He emigrated to America in or prior to 1697, and settled first in Merion township, Philadelphia county, and in September, 1697, purchased 100 acres of land in Blockley township, now part of the city of Philadelphia, at the corner of the present Haverford road, and the city line, and located thereon. His will, dated September 8, 1707, and proven at Phila- delphia, in 1719, devises his 100 acres of land to his eldest son, John Roberts, when he comes of age, subject to the payment of twenty pounds to his youngest son, William Roberts, and appoints his wife, Affy, as executrix.

WILLIAM ROBERTS, second and youngest son of William and Affy Roberts, was born in Merionethshire, Wales, and accompanied his parents to Pennsylania when a child. His elder brother, John, having died in his minority and without issue, the Blockley plantation of 100 acres taken up by his father in 1697, descended to William. He married (first) Elizabeth Warner, a granddaughter of William Warner, of Blockley, Provincial Councillor, etc., an account of whom and a num- ber of his descendants is given elsewhere in these volumes.

William Roberts died July 22, 1796, aged about one hundred and five years ; his wife, Elizabeth, died December 25, 1748. Both are buried in the graveyard of Merion Meeting.

William and Elizabeth (Warner ) Roberts had issue :

THOMAS, of whom presently :

William;

John;

Mordecai ;

And one daughter.

THOMAS ROBERTS, of Blockley, eldest son of William and Elizabeth (Warner) Roberts, married at Old Swedes' Church, April 23, 1763, Jane Pyatt, and had issue, Phineas, Elizabeth, John, Deborah, Anne, Rebecca, Thomas, Sarah, Mary. James and Janette.

JANETTE ROBERTS, youngest child of Thomas and Jane (Pyatt) Roberts, of Blockley, was born February 28, 1785, and died January 20, 1874; she married. September 18. 1806, George W. Vanderslice, above mentioned.

JOHN HOPPER, the great-great-grandfather of Samuel Mickle Hopper, above mentioned, was born in county Durham, England, prior to 1660, and prior to 1675 settled at Flushing, Long Island. About 1711 he removed to Deptford township, near Woodbury, Gloucester county, New Jersey, where he died early in 1750. His wife is believed to have been Margaret Tindall. daughter of Richard Tindall, of Flushing, Long Island, in 1682, later of New Jersey. John Hopper's will on file at Trenton. New Jersey, mentions children, John, Jr., Samuel, Elizabeth and Rachel.

JOHN HOPPER, JR., son of the above named Jolin, resided in Deptford township, Gloucester county, New Jersey, where he died June 6, 1771. He married, by license dated December 5. 1737, Ann Garwood, of the same place, whose will dated October 16, 1792, was proven April 15, 1793. It is possible that she was

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his second wife. John Hopper, Jr., left issue, Isaac, Joshua, Levi, John, Zepha- niah, Obadiah, Jeremiah, Sarah, Nancy, Hannah and Margaret. Isaac Tatem Hopper, the eminent Quaker preacher, philanthropist and abolitionist, was of this family ; born near Woodbury, in 1771, he came to Philadelphia in early man- hood and resided there for a number of years, removing later to New York City.

ISAAC HOPPER, son of John and Ann (Garwood) Hopper, of Woodbury, re- sided in Deptford township, Gloucester county, New Jersey. He married Sarah Leonard, November 30, 1772, and died prior to 1799, leaving issue. William, Ben- jamin, Keziah, and Isaac.

WILLIAM HOPPER, son of Isaac and Sarah (Leonard) Hopper, resided in Glou- cester county, New Jersey, and owned considerable real estate in that county, including the historic Inn at Westville, known as "The Buck." He died August 23, 1825, and his wife, April 9, 1825. William Hopper married some time between the years 1799 and 1804, Mary Saunders, and they had issue, Samuel Mickle Hopper, of whom presently ; Margery Mickle Hopper ; John S. Hopper : Ann B. Hopper ; and Joseph H. Hopper.

SAMUEL MICKLE HOPPER, son of William and Mary (Saunders) Hopper, was born in Woodbury, Gloucester county, New Jersey, November 14, 1811. He re- moved to Philadelphia when a boy and was for many years engaged in the manu- facture of jewelry and silverware. He was reared as a member of the Society of Friends, but upon his marriage, June 20, 1839, to Deborah Lavina Vanderslice he joined the Baptist Church, to which his wife belonged. Samuel Mickle Hopper died October 24, 1859. His wife, Deborah L. Vanderslice, daughter of George W. and Janette (Roberts) Vanderslice, before mentioned, was born February 18, 1820, and died October 3, 1905.

Issue of Samuel M. and Deborah L. (Vanderslice ) Hopper :

Mary Vanderslice Hopper. m. Hon. William B. Hanna, of whom above. She is vice- president of the Young Women's Christian Association of Phila; one of the constituent members of Hahnemann Hospital Association, and a member of Philadelphia Chap- ter, Daughters of American Revolution. Their issue are :

Helen Allison Hanna, of Phila .; member of Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America; Philadelphia Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution; Maud Hanna, m. Col. Howard L. Calder, of Harrisburg, Pa. He was a graduate of Bucknell University, a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, member of Dauphin County Bar; was Lieutenant Colonel and Judge Advocate on staff of Maj. Gen. Miller, of N. G. P., and served in Spanish-American War (1898), as Captain of Company I, Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which took part in the occupation of Porto Rico. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature, from the city of Harrisburg, Nov., 1900, but d. April 29, 1901. He was a member of Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States; of the Military Order of the Spanish-American War; and of the Masonic fraternity; Meredith Hanna, b. in Phila., Oct. 27, 1874; educated at William Penn Charter School; entered Univ. of Pa., and graduated from college department in 1895. He studied law with Joseph de F. Junkin, and also in the department of law of Univ. of Pa., class of 1898, and was admitted to Philadelphia Bar, June 10, 1898, and has since practiced in the several courts of the city and Common- wealth. He was admitted to practice in the United States Courts, Oct. 30, 1901. June 14, 1898, he enlisted in Light Battery A, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, which formed part of the army of occupation in Porto Rico, under Gen. Fred- erick D. Grant. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; of St. An- drew's Society: the Netherlands Society; the University Club; the Penn Club; and the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Meredith Hanna m., April 20, 1908, Marion Wiltbank Clark, dau. of William Goodell and Mary Elizabeth (Wiltbank) Clark. Mrs. Hanna, through her paternal grandfather, the late Col. Joseph Claypoole Clark, Jr., U. S. A., can claim Provincial Coun- cillor, James Claypoole, as an ancestor. Col. Clark m. Mary Eliza Goodell, of Oswego, N. Y., whose grandfather, John Goodell, m. Wealthy Howe, a niece of

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Admiral Sir William Howe. On her maternal line Mrs. Hanna also has dis- tinguished ancestry, being directly descended through her grandfather, Samuel Paynter Wiltbank, and his wife, Rachel Roberts Jones, from the Wiltbank Paynters, Rowlands, and Provincial Councillor, Samuel Gray, of Delaware, and also from Joseph Paul, Robert Jones, Robert Heaton, Thomas Hillborn, the Comly and Roberts families, of Pa.

Issue of Meredith and Marion W. (Clark) Hanna : William Clark Hanna, b. Jan. 23, 1909.

Annie E. Hopper, m., June 22, 1880, Rev. Charles E. Milnor, son of William Henry Milnor, M. D., and Margaret Klapp;

William George Hopper. m., Feb., 8, 1877, Mary Franciscus, dau. of Albert H. and Susan (Swift) Franciscus; she d. Oct. 30, 1903, without issue;

Harry Samuel Hopper, m .. April 24, 1877, Harriet Maria Bucknell, dau. of William and Harriet Maria Burr (Ashton) Bucknell, of Phila .; they reside at "Pennhurst," in Lower Merion, on a part of the old Penn-Gaskell estate, and had issue :

Harriet Bucknell Hopper, d. s. p .:

Marie Louise Hopper ; Laura Storrs Hopper; Harry Boardman Hopper;

Margaret Bucknell Hopper.

WHITE FAMILY.

The English Ancestry of Bishop White was ascertained and demonstrated by Joseph Lemuel Chester, Esq., LL. D., Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain, &c., &c., an authority of eminence. His exhibit of the pedigree was published at Philadelphia in 1879, in the "Account of the meeting of the descend- ants of Colonel Thomas White of Maryland." The family arms were verified and certified by Col. Chester. The following is an abstract from his work:

JOHN WHITE, of Hulcote ( written Holcott in the Visitation pedigree) in county Bedford, Buckinghamshire, born circa 1450; will devising lands in nine parishes, dated October 6, 1501; proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Decem- ber 20, 1501. The line of Bishop White extends through the second son. The male line of the eldest son became extinct at the death of George White, great- grandson of John White, of Hulcote, 1634. George White succeeded his brother, who was the eldest son, Thomas White, D. D., minister of S. Gregory's, London, Treasurer of the Church of Salisbury in 1570; Vicar of S. Dunston in the West, Fleet street, 1575; Prebendary of S. Paul's, London, 1588; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1591; Canon of S. George's, Windsor, 1593; founder of Sion College, London, incorporated after death by Royal Charter in 1630. He died March 1, 1623-4. His brother, George, survived him, succeeded to the entailed estates and died as above stated.

JOHN WHITE, second son of John White, of Hulcote, and his heirs continued the male line of descent. He was in his minority at his father's death, and died August 25, 1572. He was described in the first Visitation pedigree quoted as of Rigemont, in Bedfordshire. He owned the manor of Caldecot, in Newport Pag- nell, county Bucks, and other lands; was buried at Newport Pagnell. His eldest son was

THOMAS WHITE, known as Thomas White, the eldest, of Caldecot, born 1516, buried August 30, 1603, at Newport Pagnell. His eldest son, whom he outlived, was

LAWRENCE WHITE, third in succession to Caldecot, who died December 29, 1600, seized of the Manor of Caldecot, Newport Pagnell, and of other lands. He was buried at Newport Pagnell, January 2, 1600-1. His eldest son was

THOMAS WHITE, born November, 1583, died May, 1661, and buried at New- port Pagnell, June 1, 1661. His eldest son was Thomas White, whose line male seems to have become extinct at the death of William White, second son of Thomas White, who was grandson of the Thomas White, now referred to.

WILLIAM WHITE, second son of Thomas White, above noted, born between 1610 and 1616; will devising considerable real estate in London, dated November 24, 1676, probated December 18, 1676; buried at St. Martin's, Ludgate, London. His eldest son was

WILLIAM WHITE, born between 1639 and 1649; will dated April 26, 1709; bur- ied September 12, 1709, at St. Martin's, Ludgate, London ; will probated October 25, 1709. His son was

WILLIAM WHITE, died seven months before him, and was buried February 7, 1708-9. His will was proved February 22, 1708-9. At his death he was a few

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years less than forty ; he married Elizabeth Leigh, February 2, 1696-7. His eld- est son was

WILLIAM WHITE, who lived and died unmarried; born in 1702; died January 9, 1744-5; will dated February 2, 1743-4: will proved January 17, 1744-5. His brother next in succession was

THOMAS WHITE, father of Bishop White ; born in 1704, second child and sec- ond son of William White and Elizabeth Leigh ; educated at St. Albans, eighteen miles from London; in 1720 sailed for Maryland with the expedition of Charles Calvert; studied law with Mr. Stokes, clerk of the county of Baltimore, and prac- ticed at the Maryland bar ; was appointed Deputy Surveyor of Baltimore and Har- ford counties, representing the Lord Proprietary in enfeoffing grantees of land; Major in the local militia organized to protect the colony from Indians, and later Colonel in the Governor's establishment ; married, 1730, Sophia, daughter of John Hall, of Cranberry Hall, who died June 18, 1742; removed to Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, in 1745; married May 7, 1747, Esther Hewlings, of Burlington, New Jersey ; Trustee of the Philadelphia College, November 13, 1749, to his death, September 29, 1779; had large landed estate in Maryland at his death, including 77721/2 acres taxable in Baltimore county alone; issue by his second marriage, William, afterwards Bishop of Pennsylvania, and Mary, afterwards wife of Robert Morris.

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 108

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 978

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978