Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 24

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

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Jane, m. Joseph West; George, d. s. p., Phila., 1764, m. Rebecca Haines; Elizabeth, m. James Rhoads; Rebecca, m. Aug. 22, 1754, Jesse Maris; Susanna, m. Josiah Hibberd.

ROBERT OWEN, fourth son of Robert and Rebecca, born in Merion, Philadel- phia county, 7mo. 27, 1695, died about 1730, married 1Imo. 10, 1716-17, Susanna, daughter of William Hudson, Mayor of Philadelphia, Justice, etc., and member oi Provincial Assembly, by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Samuel Richardson, Provincial Councillor. Robert Owen settled in Philadelphia on his marriage, was admitted to the freedom of the city in April, 1717, and continued to reside there until his death. His widow married, 3mo. 2, 1734, John Burr, of Burlington county, New Jersey.

Issue of Robert and Susanna (Hudson) Owen:

MARY, b. 3mo. 3, 1719; m. Henry Burr; of whom presently ;

Hannah, b. 3mo. 16, 1720; m. (first) John Ogden; (second) Joseph Wharton; Rachel, b. 6mo. 19, 1724.

MARY OWEN, eldest child of Robert and Susanna (Hudson) Owen, born in Philadelphia, 3mo. 3, 1719, married January 10, 1736, Henry, son of John Burr, (who had married her mother), by a former marriage with Keziah Wright.

Henry Burr, the ancestor of the Burr family of Burlington county, came from England, about 1682, then a young man and located near Mount Holly, Burling- ton county. He became the owner of several hundred acres of land, a portion of which he conveyed to his sons, Joseph and John, during his life. He died in 1743, his will being dated October 29, 1742, and proven June 11, 1743. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Mary (Thredder) Hudson, who settled in Burlington, 1682, and died there, in 1697 and 1698, respectively.

Issue of Henry and Elizabeth (Hudson) Burr:

JOHN BURR, b. May 29, 1691; m. (first) 3mo. 29, 1712, Keziah Wright, and (second) Susanna Owen, neé Hudson; of whom presently ;

Joseph, b. 1694; m. 2mo. 27, 1726, Jane Abbott, and settled in Bucks co., Pa .;

Elizabeth, b. 1696; m. Samuel Woolman, and was mother of John Woolman, the emi- nent preacher and pamphleteer ;

Mary, b. 1698; m. 1715, Jacob Lippincott;

Sarah, b. 1701, m. 9mo. 26, 1719, Caleb Haines ;

Rebecca, b. 1703; m. 1734, Peter White;

Martha, b. 1705; m. (first) 1723, Josiah Harris, (second) Timothy Matlack, and was mother of Timothy Matlack;

William, b. 1710, not mentioned in father's will;

Henry, b. 1713, not mentioned in father's will.

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JOHN BURR, eldest son of Henry and Elizabeth (Hudson) Burr, of Burlington county, New Jersey, born May 29, 1691, married (first) 3mo. 29, 1712, Keziah, daughter of Job and Rachel Wright, of Oyster Bay, Long Island. She died April 12, 1731, and he married (second) Susanna, widow of Robert Owen, of Phila- delphia, and daughter of William Hudson.

Issue of John and Keziah (Wright ) Burr:

Rachel, b. IImo. 22, 1713;

HENRY, b. 8mo. 26, 1715; m. Jan. 10, 1736, Mary, dau. of Robert and Susanna (Hudson) Owen, of Phila .; of whom later;

John, b. 1mo. 25, 1718; Solomon, b. IImo. 27, 1721;

Keziah, b. 2mo. 17, 1724;

Joseph, b. 2mo. 11, 1726.

Issue of John and Susanna (Hudson-Owen) Burr:

Susannah Burr, b. 8mo. 26, 1736, m. Uriah Woolman, 3mo. 2, 1769;

Hudson Burr, b. 5mo. 22, 1745; m. 5mo. 4, 1767, Phebe Lippincott.

John Burr was appointed, May 8, 1728, Surveyor General of West Jersey. With Isaac Pearson and Mahlon Stacy, Jr., about the year 1730, purchased 31I acres of land on Rancocas creek, in Mount Holly and built an iron furnace and forge in what is now Pine street, Mount Holly, which they operated for many years. The works passed into the hands of Thomas Mayberry prior to the Revo- lutionary War, and during the war a large amount of shot and shells was manu- factured there for the Continental Army. The works were burned by the British and never rebuilt. John Burr was a very large landowner in New Jersey.

HENRY BURR, JR., son of John and Keziah (Wright) Burr, born October 26, 1715, married as before stated, Mary, eldest daughter of Robert Owen of Phila- delphia, by his wife, Susanna, daughter of William and Mary (Richardson) Hud- son.

RACHEL BURR, daughter of Henry and Mary (Owen) Burr, born in Burlington county, New Jersey, married November 5, 1764, Josiah Foster, of Burlington county, New Jersey, a Justice of the Courts and very prominent in the affairs of the Province during the Revolution.

MARY FOSTER, daughter of Judge Josiah Foster, by his wife Rachel Burr, mar- ried Samuel Clement, Jr., of Haddonfield, New Jersey, and their son,

ROBERT WHARTON CLEMENT, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, married Sarah A. Mathis, of a prominent New Jersey family, and had among other children,

SAMUEL M. CLEMENT, of Philadelphia, who married Annie, daughter of Will- iam Browning of Philadelphia, and had issue:

JOHN BROWNING CLEMENT, m. Dessa W. Crowell; of whom presently;

George W. Clement, Phila., m. Margaret McCauley ;

Samuel M. Clement, Jr., Phila., m. Mabel V. Richardson; Eliza M. Clement, m. Samuel F. Irwin, of Phila .; Sarah A. Clement, second wife of Samuel F. Irwin;

Anna May Clement, m. Robert F. Quinn, of Phila .; Jennie D. Clement, m. Cassius Ramsdell.

The Clement family of New Jersey claim descent from Gregory Clement, a cadet of a knightly family of Kent, England, who was a citizen and merchant of

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London in the reign of Charles I., was chosen a member of Parliament about 1646, sat at the trial of Charles I., January 8, 22, 23, and 29, 1648, and signed the death warrant of that monarch. Was arrested May 26, 1660, after the restora- tion of Charles II., tried, convicted and executed, and his estate confiscated.

JAMES CLEMENT, supposed to be a son of Gregory, with wife, Jane, and a brother, Jacob, emigrated to Long Island, about 1670, and settled at Flushing. He was active in the affairs of the English Colony in Queens county, and his name appears frequently on the records of that time. He was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Queens county in 1699, and served as a Grand Juror in 1702. He married (second) late in life, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Field. He and his second wife both died in 1724.

Issue of James and Jane Clement:

James, b. Nov. 21, 1670; m. Sarah Hinchman; Sarah, b. Sept. 4, 1672; m. William Hall, of Salem co., N. J .; Thomas, b. Sept. 26, 1674, removed to Gloucester co., N. J .;

John, b. Sept. 21, 1676, removed to N. J .;

JACOB, b. Dec. 20, 1678; m. Ann Harrison; of whom presently ;

Joseph, b. April 13, 1681 ;

Mercy, b. April 27, 1683, m. Joseph Bates and settled in Gloucester co., N. J .; Samuel, b. June 28, 1685;

Nathan, b. Nov. 29, 1687; Jane, m. Stephen Stephenson.

JACOB CLEMENT, married Ann, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Hunt) Harri- son, of Gloucester, and settled in that county, of which he was Sheriff in 1709-10, and was one of the signers of the Petition to the King against the alleged illegal acts of Governor Robert Hunter in 1717.

Issue of Jacob and Ann (Harrison) Clement:

SAMUEL, m. Rebecca Collins; of whom presently;

Thomas, m. Mary Tyley, May 30, 1737; Jacob Clement, a farmer near Haddonfield, N. J., m. Oct. 14, 1741, Elizabeth Tyley; Ann Clement, m. Sept. 21, 1749, Joseph Harrison;

Sarah Clement ; Mary Clement.

SAMUEL CLEMENT, eldest son of Jacob and Ann (Harrison) Clement, was a surveyor, and took an active part in the political affairs of his time. In 1765 he surveyed and adjusted the disputed lines between the counties of Gloucester, Burlington and Salem, which had long been the cause of contention. He married Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Collins, of Haddonfield, by his wife, Katharine Huddleston, and, in 1735, received a grant from his father-in-law of a large tract of land, adjoining "Mountwell," the seat of the Collins family at Haddonfield, subject to an annuity to Joseph and Katharine Collins for life. Joseph Collins was the son of Francis Collins, born in Oxfordshire, England, January 6, 1635, who came to West Jersey in 1680, and established "Mountwell" on 1000 acres of land surveyed to him in 1682. He was a member of Assembly in 1683, a member of Governor Samuel Jening's first Council, and held many other offices of trust and honor. He was a builder of local note and erected the first meetinghouse at Burlington in 1682, and the courthouse and market-house there in 1683. He was

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an early convert to Quakerism, and was married at the Bull and Mouth Meeting, London, in 1663, to Mary Mayham, and settled at Ratcliff Cross, parish of Step- ney, county Middlesex, then in the built-up portion of London, where he was a builder and a store-keeper. He purchased a share in the West Jersey lands of William Penn, Gawen Laurie and Edward Byllynge in 1677, but did not remove to the Province until some years later. At the organization of Gloucester county in 1686 he was made one of her first Justices and filled that office many years. As the owner of a 4/7 share in West Jersey, be became a very large landed pro- prietor. In 1696 he conveyed Mountwell with 500 acres and 500 acres to be sur- veyed elsewhere to his son, Joseph. His wife, Mary, died soon after his settle- ment in West Jersey and about 1691 he married Mary, widow of John Goslin, and daughter of Thomas Budd, another of the West Jersey Proprietaries. He died in 1720, leaving children by both wives. Joseph Collins, the eldest son, died in 1741, leaving one son and three daughters, one of the latter being Rebecca, the wife of Samuel Clement.

PETERS FAMILY.

RALPH PETERS, father of Rev. Richard Peters and William Peters, both of whom came to Philadelphia, and were prominent in the affairs of the Province of Pennsylvania, was Town Clerk of Liverpool, and Sheriff of Lancaster county, England. He was born about 1660 to 1670, and came of ancient lineage. He married Esther Preeson, sister of Thomas Preeson, and of Joseph Preeson, of Accomac county, Virginia, whose widow, Anne, Andrew Hamilton married, 1706.

Ralph Peters was a man of considerable prominence, and evidently possessed of considerable landed estate in England and Wales, which descended to his grandson, Ralph Peters, eldest son of William Peters, and through him to the elder male line of the family in England for many generations.

Issue of Ralph and Esther (Preeson) Peters:

WILLIAM PETERS, b. 1702, d. Sept. 8, 1789; m. (first) Elizabeth Bailey; (second) Mary Brientnall, of Phila., where he located after death of first wife, about 1739; see for- ward;

REV. RICHARD PETERS, b. Liverpool, 1704, d. Phila., July 10, 1776; of whom presently.

REV. RICHARD PETERS was placed by his father in Westminster School, and while, there, under the influence of drugs, was entrapped into a marriage with the daughter of the proprietor of his lodging house. She was a woman far beneath him in intellect and respectability, and denying the legality of the marriage, he refused to acknowledge her his wife and never lived with her or held any com- munication with her. He was entered at the college at Oxford, and by urgent wish of his father, later the Inner Temple, and devoted five years to the study of law, though he had always inclined to the ministry. His father finally consented to his taking orders, he was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Winchester, 1730, and a year later as Priest. He was given a curateship under the Earl of Derby, who made him tutor of two of his youthful relatives, whom he accom- panied to Leyden, Holland, 1733. On his return, being assured by his friends that the girl whom he had married at Westminster was dead, he began paying his addresses to a Miss Stanley, sister of his quondam pupils, and was married to her December 25, 1734. He became interested in political affairs, and while tak- ing part in some political demonstration the June following his marriage, a polit- ical opponent produced a woman of low degree, whom it was alleged was the wife he had married at Westminster. Overwhelmed by the result of his youthful folly, or misfortune, he parted from Miss Stanley, and sailing for America, found refuge in the home of Andrew Hamilton, in Philadelphia, whose wife was his relative by marriage. He later became a member of the household of Clement Plumstead, and through the influence of these prominent men and others who interested themselves in his behalf, and after an investigation of his career in England, he was appointed assistant to Rev. Archibald Cummings, Rector of Christ Church. A stickler for the stricter tenets of the established church, his ministry created dissensions in the congregation and he resigned, 1737.

Dr. Peters, on resigning from Christ Church, was made Secretary of the Land

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Office, a position he filled twenty odd years, being succeeded by his brother, William Peters, in 1760. He was one of the two commissioners to run a provisional bound- ary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1738, and on February 14, 1742-3, was appointed Clerk of Provincial Council, which position he held until his resigna- tion, June 2, 1762, to accept the rectorship of Christ Church and St. Peters. At the death of Mr. Cummings, 1741, he was persuaded to ask for a renewal of his orders and take the rectorship, but was not appointed. When Franklin and others were making preparations to organize the Academy and Charitable School, parent of the College of Philadelphia, now the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Peters was asked to accept its superintendency, but declined. He was an original mem- ber of the Board of Trustees, and President of the Board, 1756-62. At the death of James Logan, 1747, he was appointed Proprietary Secretary of the Province, held that position until 1762, was called to Provincial Council, 1749, and sat in that body the remainder of his life. He was one of the incorporators of the Phila- delphia Library; the Pennsylvania Hospital; and a subscriber to the Dancing Assembly, 1749. He began to officiate as Rector of the united churches of Christ and St. Peter's, June, 1762, during the absence abroad of Rector Duché, but was not regularly installed until December 6, 1768; degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the University of Oxford, 1770.

Dn. Peters took an active part in the proceedings of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, and even after accepting the rectorship of Christ and St. Peter's churches went upon several important missions to the Indians, having several times previously served the Council in that capacity. He was one of the four Commissioners of the Province of Pennsylvania, in the conference with the Six Nations, at Albany, New York, 1754, when the Proprietaries acquired by pur- chase the whole southwestern part of the present state of Pennsylvania. He had engaged intermittently in trade, dealt largely in unimproved land on the frontiers, and at the time of his return to the ministry was quite a wealthy man. He served the two churches without salary until the debt contracted by the erection of St. Peter's church was entirely paid. Dr. Peters was a man of many accomplish- ments and extremely useful to the Proprietary government, who valued his serv- ices highly. He died July 10, 1776. His only issue, a daughter, Grace, by his marriage with Miss Stanley, died in infancy.

WILLIAM PETERS, brother to Rev. Richard Peters, D. D., and oldest son of Ralph Peters, of Liverpool, was born in that city, 1702. He married (first) Elizabeth Bailey, by whom he had a son Ralph Peters, born 1729, who inherited the English estates of the family, and resided at the time of his death, July 12, 1807, at Plattbridge, Parish of Wigan, Lancashire, England. His wife, Elizabeth died December 5, 1801, aged seventy years.

The wife of William Peters dying, he came to Pennsylvania to visit his brother, Dr. Richard Peters, and, being pleased with the country, located in Chester coun- ty, where he was practising law as early as 1739. He married, 1741, Mary, daughter of David Breintnall, Jr., by his wife, Grace Parker, an account of whose ancestry is given below, in 1742 purchased a tract of 220 acres on the west bank of the Schuylkill, and erected thereon a stone house in which he resided until 1745, when he erected the large mansion known as "Belmont," occupied by the family for a century thereafter, and the scene of many notable gatherings and

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events connected with the history of Pennsylvania, not only during the Revolu- tionary period but for a half century preceding it.

William Peters was commissioned a Justice, May 3, 1749, was elected to the Provincial Assembly from Chester county, 1752, and regularly re-elected there- after until 1756, when lie declined a re-election and was succeeded by John Mor- ton, the signer of the Declaration of Independence.

William Peters became connected with the Pennsylvania Land Office, and, No- vember 1, 1760, was appointed to succeed his brother, Dr. Richard Peters as sec- retary of that office, a position he held over eight years. He acquired extensive landed property in Lancaster county and in other parts of the Province, all of which; together with his splendid estate of "Belmont," he transferred to his son Richard Peters, just prior to the Revolutionary War, and returned with his wife to England. He made his residence with or near his son, Ralph Peters, at Knuts- ford, in Cheshire, not far from Wigan, Lancashire, where he and his wife lie buried in the churchyard of All Saints Church. William Peters kept up a con- stant correspondence with his sons in Pennsylvania, after his removal to England. Some of his letters written in 1784, in a good state of preservation, are still in possession of his descendants. He died September 8, 1789, aged eighty-seven years. His second wife, Mary Breintnall, died some years prior to that date.

By his first wife, Elizabeth Bailey, William Peters had, besides the son, Ralph, before referred to, a son, James, and a daughter, Eleanor, both of whom died without issue. The son, Ralph, was some years Recorder of Liverpool, and was a celebrated north of England barrister. He married, January 14, 1761, Eliza- beth Entwisle, who died December 5, 1801. He died at Wigan, Lancashire, July 12, 1807. They had issue, a son, Ralph Peters, issue of whom is still living in England.

An account of the paternal and maternal ancestors of Mary (Breintnall) Peters, intimately associated with the affairs of Philadelphia, and adjoining parts of the Province of New Jersey, in early Colonial times, is deemed of sufficient interest to be inserted here; especially for the reason that her descendants have confounded her with another Mary Breintnall, daughter of her uncle, John Breint- nall, and his wife, Susanna Shoemaker.

David Breintnall, grandfather of Mary (Breintnall) Peters, came to Philadel- phia from London, England, bringing a certificate from Breach Monthly Meet- ing in Derbyshire, dated 8mo. (October) 10, 1681, addressed to "ffriends at London, or to whome it may Concerne," which was presented at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, where he married, December 6, 1683, Jane Blanchard, who had produced at the same meeting a certificate from Ringwood Monthly Meeting in Hampshire, England, dated IImo. (January) 11, 1682-3, their marriage being the second one solemnized under the auspices of the meeting. David Breintnall is mentioned in different records as "haberdasher" and as "merchant," and was prominently associated with the affairs of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. His will, dated October 2, 1732, was proven December 30, 1732. It devises to his son, David, all sums of money he owes and forty pounds in eight payments; to his daughter Jane Harper, money due from her husband, John Harper, and gives legacies to her children, Mary and Hannah Harper ; to his son, Joseph, the dwell- ing house "in which I live," and legacies to his children, Jane Hester, Sarah and Anna ; son, John, and grandchildren, David, Mary, Rachel and Elizabeth Breint-

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nall; daughter, Hannah; daughter, Sarah Lancaster and her children, Thomas, John and Sarah Lancaster. A. legacy is also given to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Jane (Blanchard) Breintnall died August 25, 1725.

Of the children of David and Jane Breintnall, David, the elder, will be referred to later. Jane, eldest daughter, married (first), January II, 1704-5, Nathan Faucitt, who died 1708; (second), November 28, 1710, John Harper.

Joseph Breintnall, second son of David and Jane, was a prominent member of the small literary circle of Philadelphia, when Dr. Franklin returned from his visit to England. Franklin says of him, "Joseph Breintnall was a copyer of deeds for the scriveners, a good natured, friendly, middle-aged man ; a great lover of poetry, reading all he could meet with and writing some that was tolerable; very ingenious in many little knock-knackeries, and of sensible conversation." He was High Sheriff of Philadelphia county, 1755-6-7. He married, December 27, 1723, Esther (born, New Jersey, 1698, died, Philadelphia, October 18, 1762), daughter of George and Esther (Andrews) Parker, and sister to Grace Parker, who married his elder brother, David. Joseph Breintnall died intestate, and letters of administration on his estate were granted to his widow, Esther, April 12, 1746. He had besides the four daughters, mentioned in his father's will, a son, George, born 1733, died February 9, 1776; all these children and their mother, "Esther Breintnall, widow," are mentioned in the will of Mary Andrews, of Philadelphia, aunt to Esther, hereafter mentioned. John Breintnall, third son of David and Jane, married (first) May 23, 1717, Susanna, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Shoemaker, who died February 17, 1719-20, leaving two children, David and Mary, the latter of whom married, February 10, 1742-3, Thomas Kite, son of Abraham and Mary ( Peters) Kite. John Breintnall married (second), Octo- ber 29, 1724, Hannah Sharp, daughter of Hugh and Rachel (French) Sharp, of Burlington county, New Jersey, by whom he had six daughters, an account of whom is given in our sketch of the Klapp family of Philadelphia, descended from the youngest of these six daughters, Anna Breintnall, who married William Mil- nor. Hannah Breintnall, daughter of David and Jane, died unmarried, August 25, 1770, aged sixty-three years. Sarah Breintnall, the other daughter, married, July 22, 1714, John Lancaster, of Philadelphia.

David Breintnall, father of Mary (Breintnall) Peters, is supposed to have been the eldest child of David and Jane ( Blanchard) Breintnall. But little is known of him or his children, if indeed he had other than the one. He seems to have re- sided for some time during his youth in or near Chester, Pennsylvania. On 12mo. (February) 23, 1707-8, Chester Monthly Meeting granted a certificate to David Breintnall, Jr., unmarried, who "having formerly lived amongst us and now residing at Philadelphia," to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, where it was received 12mo. 27, 1707-8. On February 23, 1710, he married Grace, daughter of George Parker, of Philadelphia, formerly of Northampton township, Burling- ton county, New Jersey, by his wife, Esther Andrews, whom he married at Bur- lington Meeting, November 5, 1692; he was living in Philadelphia at the death of his mother, Sarah Parker, widow, of Northampton township in 1722.

Esther Andrews was a daughter of Samuel Andrews, one of the Proprietaries and earliest settlers of West Jersey, who as evidenced by will of his daughter, Mary Andrews, of Philadelphia, was a near relative of Sir Edmond Andros, or Andrews (1637-1714), Colonial Governor of New York, etc.

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Samuel Andrews died in Mansfield township, Burlington county, New Jersey, leaving will dated September 12, 1693, proven November 10, 1693, which devises his estate to his wife, Mary, and children, Edward, Mary, Mordecai, Peter and Esther, naming his wife and Edward Rockhill, executors, and John Woolston and Samuel Bunting, assistants. On June 13, 1696, the claim of George Parker as devisee under the will of Samuel Andrews, was submitted to arbitrators, and an award of forty acres of land was made to be laid out on north side of Rancocas Creek. On November 10, 1686, Sarah Parker, widow of George Parker, of East Jersey, bought of the attorney of Mary Stacy, deceased, 500 acres on the Ran- cocas, and November 10, 1688, she conveyed to her son, George Parker, 192 acres of this tract. The will of Sarah Parker, of Northampton township, Bur- lington county, widow of George Parker of East Jersey, dated June 25, 1720, devises her estate to her children, George, William, Joseph, Sarah Schooley, and Elizabeth Brown, making her son, Joseph, sole executor. An inventory of her estate, dated May 31, 1722, includes a bond of George Parker, of Philadelphia, for twenty pounds. George Parker, "of East Jersey," husband of Sarah was doubtless George Parker, of Shrewsbury, landowner there in 1685.

The will of Mary Andrews, of Philadelphia (daughter of Samuel and Mary, of Burlington county, New Jersey), dated June 10, 1757, with codicil dated Decem- ber 22, 1758, was proven April 2, 1761. It devises to George Breintnall, son of her niece, Esther Breintnall, the house and lot on Water street, where she dwelt, for life, then to his sons; an adjoining lot to his sister, Jane Breintnall; gives legacies to her niece, Esther Breintnall, widow, and her other daughters, Sarah and Ann Breintnall; to her three nephews, Mordecai Andrews, son of her brother, Mordecai, and Peter and Isaac Andrews, sons of her brother, Edward Andrews, 1150 acres in Morris county, New Jersey ; niece, Sarah Jewell, widow; children of niece, Rebecca Robinson, deceased; niece, Denny Oliver, widow; Mrs. Ann Pidgeon, of Trenton, widow, and her sister, Catharine Pearce; nephew, Isaac Andrews, is to pay Mary Andrews, wife of Mordecai, 30 pounds; Ann Jewell, daughter of niece, Sarah Jewell; nephew, Nehemiah Andrews, living at Point-no- point ; Sarah Andrews, daughter of nephew, Isaac Andrews; loving friend, Ann Rundle; Sarah Griscomb, spinster, of Philadelphia; Barbara Grant, of Philadel- phia, widow; "my Clerk, Henry Tomlinson; Mrs. Love Vineing, wife of Abra- ham Vining, of Phila .; to William Peters, son of William Peters Esq. of Phila- delphia, by my niece Mary his wife a lot adjoining my house on Water St .; to William Peters, the Elder and Mary his wife, a Silver tankard marked E. A. for- merly belonging to Edmund Andrews, heretofore Governor of New York, also my large tankard which has a silver half moon on it and four of my pictures ; to my grand niece Mary Peters, my pair of Bristol Stone necklace set in silver, with the cross belonging to it, and all my gold rings about twenty-six in number, also my gold buttons with my new set of tea table furniture, to wit, silver tea-pot, slop- bowl, sugar pot, cream pot, etc. some of them have my father's arms and my cypher engraved on them, also my brown stone girdle buckle; to Richard Peters son of William and Mary, a bible; to William Peters the elder, a tract of land in Kingsessing, formerly belonging to John Boode and John Olgiers, which I pur- chased of Ezekiel Shepherd and a lot in Kensington ; to Contributors to Pennsyl- vania Hospital, certain Ground Rents; a legacy to Sarah, wife of my nephew Alexander Parker; to Mrs. Moore of Moore Hall, my two parrots, Jacob and

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 24

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