Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 39

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 Marie Busby:

John Buzby, m. Mary Taylor, 1690; d. 1699, Phila .; will dated 8mo. 3, 1699, proved Oct. 12, 1699, mentions his father and mother, John and Mary Buzby, and brothers and sisters named below ;

William Buzby, m. Sarah Seary, at a Meeting held at John Hart's, 5mo. 28, 1685; d. 1716; Edward Buzby, m. Susanna Adams, 1695; d. 1726;

Richard Buzby, m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Jane (Atkins) French, of Phila .;

Marie Buzby, m .- - Hunt, mentioned in brother John's will, 1699;

Elizabeth Buzby, m. 7mo., 1683, James Morris, at John Hart's; m. (second) prior to 1699, Davis;

NICHOLAS BUZBY, m. Mary French; of whom presently;

Sarah Buzby, m. 5mo. 27, 1696, Richard Tomlinson, at Abington Meeting.

NICHOLAS BUZBY, son of William and Marie Buzby, of Philadelphia county, married at Burlington Monthly Meeting, New Jersey, 8mo. 30, 1695, Mary, bap- tized at Whitton, Northamptonshire, England, August 8, 1675, daughter of Thomas French and his wife, Jane Atkins, whom he married at Whitton, June

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12, 1660, and came to Burlington, New Jersey, in 1680, an entry in his family Bible is as follows: "I and my wife and 9 children through the great mercy of God, came into this country and landed at Burlington, the 23d of 7mo. 1680." His wife, Jane, died 8mo. 5, 1692, and he married (second) at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 8mo., 1696, Elizabeth Stanton. The will of Thomas French, proved at Burlington, May 3, 1699, states that he is about to sail for England, and devises to his wife, Elizabeth, four hundred and twenty acres of land in New Jersey, and two hundred to his son, Charles; mentions land at Neather Heyford, England, and gives legacies to daughters, Rachel Allen, Hannah Buzby, Sarah Wood, Mary Buzby, Jane Hall, Lydia and Rebecca, and sons, Thomas and Rich- ard French.

Nicholas Buzby died in Wellingborough township, Burlington county, New Jersey, leaving a will, dated August 22, 1727, which was proved October I, same year. It metions his wife, Mary ; sons, Thomas, John, Isaac, William, Benjamin, and daughters, Lydia, wife of James Mason, and Mary, Jane, Elizabeth and Sarah Buzby. He had purchased of his brother-in-law, Charles French, a farm in Wellingborough, May 24, 1714.

THOMAS BUZBY, son of Nicholas and Mary (French) Buzby, married under the care of Burlington Meeting, at the house of her father, Thomas Haines, No- vember, 1727, Margaret, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Austin) Haines, of Northampton township, Burlington county, and granddaughter of Richard Haines, of "Aynoe on ye Hill." England, who with wife, Margaret, and children embarked for America in 1682. He died on the voyage, and his widow subsequently mar- ried Henry Burcham (in 1685), "late of Neshaminy Creek in Bucks county." Thomas Buzby died in Wellingborough, 1773, devising his plantation where he dwelt to his son, Thomas.

THOMAS BUZBY, son of Thomas and Margaret (Haines) Buzby, born April 4, 1739, married in October, 1765, at Evesham Meeting, Tabitha Hugg, born March 18, 1745. He married (second) November 18, 1788, Hannah, widow of Ephraim Haines, who died 1815, and he in 1816.

Issue of Thomas and Tabitha (Hugg) Busby:

John Buzby, b. Oct. 24, 1766; Thomas Buzby, b. Dec. 25, 1768;

William Buzby, b. Nov. 25, 1773; Isaac Buzby, b. April 24, 1775;

Hannah Buzby, b. April 10, 1781; m. June 6, 1799, Miles Foster, and was disowned by Burlington Meeting, April 7, 1800, for marriage to one not in membership.

Hannah Foster, daughter of Miles and Hannah (Buzby) Foster, married Joseph Banes, and Josephine Banes, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Foster ) Banes, married James H. Closson.

JAMES HARWOOD CLOSSON, M. D., youngest son of Captain James Harwood Closson, by his wife, Josephine Banes, was born in Philadelphia, November 27, 1861. He was educated at the Philadelphia public schools, and at private schools of that city, supplemented by a special course at Lafayette College, Easton, Penn- sylvania. Taking up the study of medicine he entered Hahnemann Medical Col- lege, and graduated from that institution in 1886; locating in Germantown he began the practice of his profession, in which he has been since actively engaged, having a very extensive practice and standing high in his profession.

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Dr. Closson is a member of Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania; New England Society; Colonial Society ; Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution; Netherland Society; Pennsylvania German Society ; Sons of Delaware; American Psychological Society ; American Institute of Homoeopathy ; Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania ; Homeopathic Medical Society of the County of Philadelphia; Germantown Medical Club; has been president of the last two organizations, and has also served as secretary of Homeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania. He is an associate member of George G. Meade Post, No. I, Grand Army of the Republic, and a member of the Loyal Legion. He is a member of the Pennsylvania For- estry Association ; Lafayette College Alumni Association; Zeta Psi fraternity ; is associated with Union Lodge, No. 121, Free and Accepted Masons, and German- town Chapter. No. 208, Royal Arch Masons ; Germantown Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 82, and a member of the following social organizations: Bellfield Country Club; Germantown Cricket Club; Union League, and the United Service Club. He is also a member of the Site and Relic Society of Pennsylvania ; Repub- lican Club of New York City, and the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick.

Dr. Closson married October 22, 1891, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Wilson, former president of the Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bank of Philadelphia, and Mary (Bancroft) Bell, of Philadelphia, and a descendant of early Colonial settlers in New England and New Jersey. They reside at 53 West Chelten avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia.

Issue of Dr. James H. and Mary Elisabeth ( Bell) Closson:

Josephine Banes Closson, b. Sept. 12, 1893; James Harwood Closson, Jr., b. June 18, 1896; Mary Bancroft Closson, b. Dec. 29, 1898.

Mary Elizabeth (Bell) Closson, wife of Dr. James Harwood Closson, is a daughter of the late Samuel Wilson Bell, for some years president of Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Philadelphia, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Ban- croft. Through her mother, Mrs. Closson is descended from numerous Colonial families of New England and New Jersey.

Through her maternal grandmother, Olivia (Bradbury) Bancroft, she is a descendant in the ninth generation from

Thomas Bradbury, who, early in 1634, appeared at Agementicus, now York, Maine, as the agent of Sir Francis Gorgas, Proprietor of the Province of Maine. Thomas Bradbury was one of the original proprietors of the town of Salisbury. Massachusetts ; a Judge of the Court, and Captain of the military company there. He died March 16, 1695. He married, 1636, Mary, daughter of John and Judith Perkins, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, who was tried and convicted at Salem, as a witch, but escaped punishment, and died December 20, 1700.

William Bradbury, youngest of the seven children of Thomas and Mary ( Per- kins) Bradbury, born September 15, 1649, died December 4, 1678; married March 12, 1672, Rebecca (Wheelwright) Maverick, widow of Samuel Maverick, Jr. (son of the King's Commissioner), who died in Boston, December 20, 1664, and daughter of Rev. John Wheelwright, founder of Exeter, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Edward Hutchinson, and granddaughter of John Hutchinson, Lord

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Mayor of London, England. She died December 20, 1678. William and Rebecca (Wheelwright-Maverick) Bradbury had three children, all of whom were men- tioned in the will of their grandfather, Thomas Bradbury, viz .: William, Thomas and Jacob.

Jacob Bradbury, third son of William and Rebecca (Wheelwright) Bradbury, born September 1, 1677, died May 4, 1718; married, July 26, 1698, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John Stockman, by his wife, Sarah, daughter of Major Robert and Sarah (Sanders) Pike, and they had five children: Dorothy, Elizabeth, Anna, Ann and Thomas.

Thomas Bradbury, only son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Stockton) Bradbury, born August 16, 1699, married, April 16, 1724, Sarah Merrill, of Salisbury, Massachu- setts, and in 1744 moved to Biddeford, Maine. He was Captain in command of the Block House there in 1748, and rendered considerable service in the Indian wars. He died in 1775, leaving twelve children surviving him.

Moses Bradbury, fourth child of Thomas and Sarah (Merrill) Bradbury, born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, February 14, 1731, married Mary Page, and lived at Biddeford, Maine, where their seven children were born.

Nehemiah Bradbury, third child of Moses and Mary (Page) Bradbury, of Biddeford, Maine, married (first) Elizabeth Cole, of Biddeford, and had six chil- dren: Thomas, Eliza, Sarah, Cyrus, Olivia and Nehemiah. After the death of his wife, Elizabeth, he married a second time.

Olivia Bradbury, daughter of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Cole) Bradbury, born at Saco, Maine, 1805, while on a visit to Philadelphia, married there, Captain Daniel Eldredge Bancroft, of the Merchant Marine, and a member of the New Jersey families of Eldredge and Bancroft. She died at the residence of her son- in-law, Samuel Wilson Bell, in Germantown, June 1, 1895.

Mary Elizabeth Bancroft, daughter of Captain Daniel Eldredge and Olivia ( Bradbury) Bancroft, born in Philadelphia, July 12, 1833, married there, Samuel Wilson Bell, later president of the Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bank of Philadelphia ; great-grandson of Samuel Bell, a native of Coleraine, Ireland, who came to Philadelphia in the ship, "West Point," in 1798 with sons John, James and Samuel.

Samuel Bell, grandfather of Samuel Wilson Bell, born in Coleraine, Ireland, 1777, came to America in 1798, and became a prominent commission merchant there. He died December 1, 1848, at the age of seventy-one years, and was buried at Woodlands Cemetery. His will, dated October 20, 1848, and proved December 30, 1848, mentions his wife, Ann; sons, Alexander and James Bell; daughters, Ann, wife of Hugh Catherwood; Sarah, wife of Samuel Reed; Elizabeth, wife of Samuel F. Reed. Samuel Bell, as well as his three sons-in-law, was a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Hugh Catherwood, who was named as executor of his father-in-law's will, died November 13, 1863, and his widow, Ann ( Bell) Catherwood, died January 22, 1886.

Samuel Bell married Ann Wilson, and they were the parents of the five children mentioned in the will, above quoted.

Alexander Bell, son of Samuel and Ann (Wilson) Bell, is buried at the old Pine Street Presbyterian Church. He married Eliza MacIllheny, and they had three children :

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Samuel Wilson Bell, before mentioned, m. Mary Elizabeth Bancroft; James Eldredge Bell, m. Ella Hand; John Petts Bell, m. Kate Elizabeth Jarden.

Samuel Wilson and Mary Elisabeth (Bancroft) Bell had issue:

Frank W. Bell, b. 1858, d. 1861;

Henry Darling Bell, m. Gertrude Prescott, and had Prescott Bell;

Charles Bancroft Bell, m. Jane Berlin, dau. of Marcellus and Jane (Berlin) McDowell, and had Charles Edward Bell;

Samuel Ashton Bell, m. , and had issue: Dorothy, Edgar and Samuel Wilson Bell;

Mary Elizabeth Bell, b. Nov. 15, 1861, in Phila .; m. in Second Presbyterian Church, Germantown, Oct. 22, 1890, by Rev. C. H. P. Nason, to James Harwood Closson, M. D., and they have issue :

Josephine Banes Closson, b. Sept. 12, 1893;

James Harwood Closson, Jr., b. June 18, 1896;

Mary Bancroft Closson, b. Dec. 29, 1898.

SELLERS FAMILY.

The Sellers family, which for two and a quarter centuries has been identified prominently with the affairs of Philadelphia and vicinity, is descended from Sam- uel Sellers, who came to Pennsylvania from Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1682, with his brother, George, and settled at Darby.

He was of an old and well connected family of Derbyshire, where his ancestors had held a respectable position for several generations. Though he seems to have been convinced of "the Truth," as held by the Society of Friends, before coming to Pennsylvania, he was born prior to the association of his parents with that Society, and his baptism appears on the records of the parish church of Duffield, near the place of his nativity, with that of the other children of Thomas and Elizabeth Sellers, the record of these children being as follows :

John, bapt. Aug. 20, 1648, bur. April 28, 1664; Elizabeth, bapt. Jan. 13, 1649; Mary, bapt. Sept. 7, 1651; GEORGE, bapt. Feb. 13, 1652; SAMUEL, bapt. Feb. 3, 1655; Sarah, bapt. June 20, 1663.

GEORGE SELLERS, eldest surviving son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sellers, of Bel- per, county Derby, whose baptism is recorded as occurring on February 13, 1652, came with or followed his brother, Samuel, to Pennsylvania, though his name does not appear in the Township Book of the early settlers of Darby, as does that of Samuel, nor upon the records of Darby Meeting. He was, however, settled in Darby prior to 1686, in which year he died, and his estate, including fifty acres of land, live stock, and other personal estate, passed to his younger brother, Samuel.

A tradition in the family relates that he and his brother, Samuel, built a house there, which constituted the kitchen part of the old homestead, known later as "Sellers Hall," but contemplating marriage, he began the erection of a house, on what was known as "Walnut Hill," close by the site of "Sellers Hall," which uncompleted at his death was never finished or occupied. In confirmation of this tradition, the site alluded to was marked until well on in the nineteenth century by the remains of the foundation of this contemplated residence ; the stone was removed by a namesake. George Sellers, and used in the erection of the present terrace wall in front of "Sellers Hall," between garden and meadow.

As the first patent to Samuel Sellers for the site of "Sellers Hall" was issued in 1690, though it is known that both he and his brother, George, were residents there several years previously, it is probable that the land was taken up by them jointly, and on the death of George, without issue, the patent issued to Samuel.

SAMUEL SELLERS, youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sellers, baptized at Duffield church, Derbyshire, England, February 3, 1655, was, as evidenced by au- thentic records, one of the earliest settlers of Darby township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, just on the outskirts of Philadelphia county. He was one of those Friends who, in 1682, established Darby Meeting of Friends, and was one of its most respected and prominent members. He was also prominent in the affairs of

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the ancient township of Darby ; serving as constable in 1688, supervisor of high- ways in 1692, and fence viewer for several terms from 1693 to 1716. He acquired by patent in 1690, one hundred acres of land, lying along the western side of Cobb's creek, then known as Mill creek, and south of the present West Chester road. In 1691 he added seventy-five acres adjoining. He was a weaver by trade and probably utilized the water-power of Cobb's creek (where his grandson, John Sellers, later erected a saw mill, grist mill, and worsted mill) for the operation of his primitive looms. He died in Upper Darby, November 22, 1732.

Samuel Sellers married at Darby Meeting, August 13, 1684, Anna. daughter of Henry and Eleanor Gibbons, who had come with her father from Parwich, Derby- shire, 1682, being mentioned in the certificate he produced at Darby Meting from Friends at Parwich. The declaration of intentions of marriage of Samuel Sellers and Anna Gibbons was the first entry on the minutes of Darby Meeting, under date of "5mo. 2d. 1684." Anna survived her husband over ten years, dying Janu- ary 19, 1742-3.

Issue of Samuel and Anna (Gibbons) Sellers:

Sarah, b. July 13, 1685; d. April 3, 1766; m. Oct. 12, 1703, John Ashmead, b. at Chelten- ham, England, July 12, 1679, d. at Germantown, Phila., Oct. 7, 1742. He came to Pa. with his father, John Ashmead, 1682, who settled in and gave the name to Cheltenham township, Phila., now Montgomery co. Capt. John Ashmead, of the U. S. N., during the Revolution, commander of the ship, "Mars," the brig, "Eagle," and other vessels of the Pennsylvania Navy, and later years, Senior Warden of the Port of Phila., was a grandson of John and Sarah (Sellers) Ashmead. John Wayne Ashmead, grandson of Capt. John Ashmead, by his wife, Mary Mifflin, a niece of Gov. Thomas Mifflin, b. in Phila., May 16, 1806, was a distinguished member of the Phila. Bar; Deputy Attor- ney General for Phila .; member of Legislature; District Attorney for the Eastern District of Pa .; and in the latter position conducted a number of very important cases for the United States. He was the author of "Ashmead's Reports of Decisions of Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia." He was the father of Henry Graham Ashmead, the well-known journalist, historian and author of Delaware co., Pa .;

Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1687; m. (first) May, 1711, William Marshall, son of John and Sarah (Smith) Marshall, from Elton, Derbyshire, and they settled near the forks of the Brandywine, in Chester co., where William was drowned in 1727. She married (sec- ond) 1730, Isaac Vernon, son of Robert and Elinor (Minshall) Vernon, of Bradford. Chester co .; being his second wife;

SAMUEL, JR., b. May 12, 1690, d. June 3, 1773; m. Sarah Smith; of whom presently: Anna, b. April 1, 1693; m. Pritchard; mentioned in her father's will, with a son, Samuel Pritchard;

George, b. Oct., 1695, d. Sept. 6, 1711;

Elizabeth, b. Jan. 22, 1699-1700, d. Sept. 8, 1711.

SAMUEL SELLERS JR., eldest son of Samuel and Anna ( Gibbons) Sellers, born in Darby township, May 12, 1690, like his father followed the trade of weaving and succeeded the latter in the conduct of the business. In 1714 his father con- veyed to him the homestead farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres of land, subject to a life interest to his father and mother, and he spent his entire life thereon. He was Supervisor of Highways for Darby township. 1725-30, and after the division of the township was Constable of Upper Darby in 1748, and Super- visor in 1752. He was an ingenious and enterprising man and greatly improved the weaving establishment started by his father by the introduction of inventions of his own, one of them a machine for twisting of worsteds. He died June 3. 1773, and an obituary notice of him, which appeared in the Pennsylvania Gasette of June 9, says that he was "a kind husband, a tender parent, a good neighbor, and above all an honest man." It also states that he "left sixty-four children, grand- children and great-grandchildren."

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Samuel Sellers, Jr., married at Darby Meeting, October 28, 1712, Sarah, born at Darby, May 30, 1689, daughter of John Smith, from Croxton, Leicestershire, Eng- land, by his wife, Eleanor Dolby, whom he married at Harborough, Leicestershire, May 4, 1669, and came with her to Darby in 1684, where both were esteemed min- isters of the Society of Friends. Eleanor died at Darby, September 10, 1708, and John, January 12, 1714-15. Their daughter, Sarah (Smith) Sellers, died at Upper Darby, May 24, 1778.

Issue of Samuel and Sarah (Smith) Sellers:

Samuel, b. July, 1715, d. Jan., 1786; m. Sept. 28, 1737, Jane, dau. of George and Hannah Wood, of Darby, and soon after that date settled in West Bradford township, Chester co., near the forks of the Brandywine, where he lived the remainder of his life; they had six children, two sons and four daughters; the latter marrying into the prominent families of Peirce, Wickersham, Trimble and Taylor;

Hannah, b. Feb. 10, 1717-18, d. April 12, 1810; m. (first) Richard Lloyd, son of Robert and Lowry (Jones) Lloyd, who d. Aug. 9, 1755; (second) Nov. 29, 1757, Lewis Davids; an account of her descendants and those of her two sons, Hugh and Isaac Lloyd, is given in this work, under the heading of "Lloyd Family;"

Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1719, d. Oct. 30, 1794; m. Nov. 22, 1738, John Hunt, of Kingsessing, Phila. co., b. June 6, 1716, d. Jan. 6, 1791, son of James and Rebecca (Faucet) Hunt; had children: Sarah, Rebecca, James, Hannah, John and Ann;

John, b. Nov. 11, 1721, d. June 22, 1727;

Mary, b. Dec. 6, 1723, d. May 16, 1777; m. Feb. 27, 1744, David Gibson, of Kingsessing, Phila. co., b. Nov. 30, 1721, son of Nathan Gibson, a native of Westmoreland, England, who came to Pa. in 1719, by his wife, Ann, dau. of James Hunt, of Kingsessing, by his second wife, Elizabeth Bonsall; David and Mary (Sellers) Gibson had issue : Sarah, Jonathan, Nathan, David, Jr., Anna and Samuel;

Joseph, b. June 15, 1726, d. Dec. 12, 1790; m. March 13, 1751-2, Hannah, eldest dau. of William Paschall, by his wife, Hannah (Lloyd) Roberts, dan. of Robert and Lowry (Jones) Lloyd, before mentioned, and widow of John Roberts; Hannah ( Paschall) Sellers was therefore a niece of Richard Lloyd, who married her husband's eldest sister, Hannah Sellers; Joseph and Hannah Sellers had two children : Joseph, Jr., and Sarah;

JOHN, b. Nov. 19, 1728, d. Feb. 2, 1804; m. Ann Gibson; of whom presently.

JOHN SELLERS, youngest son of Samuel Sellers, Jr., of Upper Darby, by his wife, Sarah Smith, was born at "Sellers Hall," the old family homestead, Upper Darby, November 19, 1728. In 1752 his father conveyed to him the homestead and one hundred and thirty-four acres, and he subsequently purchased other property ad- joining it. He erected on Mill creek a saw mill, grist mill, and also introduced machinery for weaving wire, the first, so far as known, ever set up in America. He also owned a tannery on the West Chester road, at a place known as "Way- side."

John Sellers in addition to being a pioneer manufacturer on certain lines and the promoter of important industries in his neighborhood, took a deep interest in scientific research. He was one of the original members of the American Philo- sophical Society, and one of the committee of that organization in 1769, with David Rittenhouse and others to observe the transit of Venus and report their observa- tions for the benefit of science. He was a skilled surveyor and engineer, and was one of the commissioners appointed to build the Court House and prison for Ches- ter county in 1780; in 1783 was one of the commission to consider the opening of canal communication between the Schuylkill and Suequehanna rivers; in 1786 one of the committee to consider the erection of the first Market street bridge over the Schuylkill; in 1789 a commissioner to run and mark the line between Chester county and the new county of Delaware.

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Public-spirited and capable, he was called upon to take an active part in county and state affairs throughout his life. He was elected to the Colonial Assembly as a representative of Chester county in 1767, and was regularly re-elected to each session to and including that of 1771. In 1770 he was commissioner to lay out the road from the "Middle Ferry" to Strasburg.

From the very inception of the struggle for Independence he was one of the most active Patriots of his section. He was appointed one of the Boston Port Bill com- mittee, and was a deputy to the first Provincial Conference of representatives of the Colonies at Philadelphia, July 15, 1774. His activity in the matter of prepar- ing to defend the rights of the Colonies by force of arms led to his disownment by the Society of Friends, in which his ancestors had held membership for a century. One of the items charged against him by the Meeting, being the signing of paper money designed for carrying on the war, and another that he had "sawed stuff for military purposes," at his saw mill. Being thoroughly in earnest and patriotic in his efforts, he appears to have resented the interference of the Meeting, and ex- pressing himself forcibly and to the point, was promptly disowned. He gave loyal support to the patriot cause during the whole struggle and at its close was elected to the General Assembly, but declined to serve. He represented Delaware county in the State Constitutional Convention of 1790, and was elected to the State Senate, the first to serve, under the constitution then adopted, for Delaware county, and served one term. He died at Sellers Hall, Upper Darby, Delaware county, Febru- ary 2, 1804.

John Sellers married at Darby Meeting, April 26, 1749, Ann, born January 22, 1729-30, daughter of Nathan Gibson, a native of Westmoreland, England, who brought a certificate from Kendall Monthly Meeting of Friends there, 1713, and married at Gloucester, New Jersey, December 7, 1719, Ann (Hunt) Blunston, widow of John Blunston, Jr., and daughter of James Hunt, of Kingsessing, Phila- delphia county, who had come from Kent county, England, 1684, by his second wife, Elizabeth (Wood) Bonsall, of Darby. Ann (Gibson) Sellers survived her husband and died April 6, 1805. Both are buried at Darby Meeting.

Issue of John and Ann (Gibson) Sellers:

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 39

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