Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 45

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

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Clement Brooke Grubb married, February 27, 1841, Mary, born March 20,

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1821, eldest daughter of Charles Brooke, a prominent iron master of Chester county, by his wife, Jane Barde. He died at his residence in Lancaster, Penn- sylvania, October 31, 1889, and his widow survived until February 23, 1899.

Issue of Clement Brooke and Mary (Brooke) Grubb:

Harriet Brooke Grubb, b. 1842, d. 1906; m. 1862, Stephen Baldwin Irwin, a descendant of the well-known families of Muhlenburg and Heister of Pa .; and had issue:

John Heister Irwin.

Charles Brooke Grubb, partner with his father in the iron manufacturing business in Lancaster co., and his successor;

Mary Brooke Grubb, m. Josh Bond Beall, of a distinguished Georgia family, a Captain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, but since 1865 a resident of New York City; they had issue :

Mary Lilly Beall;

Ethel Grubb Beall, m. Aug. 7, 1901, Lieut. Com. George Tucker Smith, Surgeon in the U. S. N., who d. March 10, 1903; they had issue :

George Tucker Smith, Jr.

Florence Beall.

Ella Jane Grubb, m. L. Heber Smith, iron master, of Joanna Furnace, Berks co., Pa .; representing the fifth generation on the paternal side to occupy the same estate; he was a Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; they had issue:

Clement Grubb Smith, m. Edith Watts, dau. of George S. Comstock;

Heber L. Smith, m. Nelly Oliver, dau. of George F. Baer, president of Phila. & Reading Railroad;

Mary Grubb Smith;

Daisy Emily Smith, m. William Stuart Morris, a descendant of the prominent Morris family of Phila., an account of which is given in these pages; son of Dr. Cheston Morris, by his second wife, Mary Ella Stuart, grandson of Dr. Casper and Anne (Cheston) Morris, great-grandson of Israel Wistar and Mary (Hollingsworth) Morris, and great-great-grandson of Capt. Samuel Morris, the commander of the First City Troop, Phila. Cavalry, in the Revolution ; they had issue: Heber Smith Morris;

Stanley MacDonald Smith;

William Howard Smith.

Daisy Elizabeth Brooke Grubb, of Phila., unm.

ALFRED BATES GRUBB, youngest son of Henry Bates Grubb, by his second wife, Harriet Amelia Buckley, born at Mount Hope Furnace, Lancaster county, Janu- ary 6, 1821, was in his third year on the death of his father, and was reared and educated under the care of his mother, and on leaving school became associated with his two elder brothers in the management of Mount Hope and other furnaces belonging to his father's estate.

On the division of his father's iron producing properties in 1845, he purchased the interest of his brother, Clement Brooke Grubb, in the Mount Hope Furnace and other interests connected therewith, and, originally as the partner of his eldest brother Edward Burd Grubb, assumed the management of the Mount Hope Furnace, the sole interest in which he later acquired and continued to operate it until his death, February 2, 1885.

He was a well-known and prominent iron master of Lancaster county, and became identified with a number of financial and industrial enterprises there and elsewhere. He was one of the organizers of Manheim National Bank, and one of its directors from the organization to the time of his decease. He was also a large stockholder in the Schuylkill Navigation Company and for many years a member of its Board of Directors. He was one of the active members of the Union League, and gave his active support to measures for the preservation of the

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Union in the dark days of the Civil War. In later life a portion of his winters were spent in Philadelphia and he was a member of the Philadelphia Club.

Alfred Bates Grubb married, March 25, 1858, Ellen Farnum, a descendant of Roger Williams, the famous pioneer Baptist of Rhode Island, through the fol- lowing lines.

Roger Williams, born in England, 1599, son of Williams, baptized at Gwinsea Cornwall, July 24, 1600, took his degree at Pembroke College, January, 1627; studied for the church and was admitted to holy orders and had a parochial charge prior to coming to Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he arrived in 1631 ; became pastor of Church at Salem, April 12, 1631; removed with a few followers to Narragansett Bay in 1636, and in June following embarked for Rhode Island, ob- tained Charter from the Crown, 1644; was Governor, 1654-8; died 1683.

Mercy Williams, daughter of Roger, born 1640, died 1705; married Resolved Waterman, born 1635, died 1670, their daughter,

Waite Waterman, born 1666, died 1711 ; married John Rhodes, born 1658, died 1716, and their daughter,

Phoebe Rhodes, born 1698, died 1761 ; married Samuel Aborn, born 1697, and their daughter,

Phœbe Aborn, born 1730, died 1809; married Christopher Waterman, who was the commander of an English man-of-war during the war between England and France, was wounded in an engagement with the French and died of his wounds in 1757; their daughter,

Mary Waterman, born 1752, died 1846; married Joseph Whitney, born 1741, lost at sea in 1780; their daughter,

Elizabeth Whitney, born 1779, died 1857, married Royal Farnum, born 1775, died 1845; their son,

Henry Farnum, born 1806, died 1855; married Caroline Burnice Potter ; their children were, Caroline Farnum, married Edward R. Bell; Henry Farnum, mar- ried (first) Camilla Laconte, (second) Margaret Wynde : and

Ellen Farnum, married Alfred Bates Grubb.

Issue of Alfred Bates and Ellen (Farnum) Grubb:

Ellen Farnum Grubb, of Phila., unm .;

Anna Newbold Grubb, m. George J. Chetwood, of N. J .;

ALFRED BATES GRUBB, JR., b. Phila., Ang. 21, 1861 ; of whom presently:

Rosalie S. Grubb, m. May, 1896, Charles Gibson Grosholz; Mary Elizabeth Grubb, of Phila., unm.

ALFRED BATES GRUBB, only son of Alfred Bates and Ellen (Farnum) Grubb, born at Philadelphia, August 21, 1861, became associated with his father in the operation of Mount Hope Furnace and succeeded him in its ownership and management. He also succeeded his father as a director of the Manheim National Bank, and is a director of the Pennsylvania Trust Company of Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania. He is associated with the Philadelphia Branch of the prominent banking house of N. W. Harris & Company of Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago and Pittsburg; and is a member of the Philadelphia Club, and other social organizations of Philadelphia.

Alfred Bates Grubb married, June 25, 1896, Bessie Lehman, daughter of Ste- phen and Hannah (Keyser) Benton, and resides in Philadelphia.

HANCE FAMILY.

JOHN HANCE came from England or Wales to New England, about the middle of the seventeenth century. He was made an inhabitant of Dover, New Hamp- shire, June 6, 1656, removed from there to Monmouth county, New Jersey, and was a Deputy and Overseer of the Court at Portland Point, Middletown, Mon- mouth county, December 28, 1669. He was one of the associated patentees of Middletown and Shrewsbury, Monmouth county, who purchased large tracts of land there about 1665, being mostly New Englanders, some of whom had resided in the little English colony on Long Island for a few years previously. He was a magistrate of Monmouth county, under the brief rule of the Dutch in 1673, and was one of the patentees of Middletown and Shrewsbury, who petitioned Gov- ernor Carteret, May 28, 1682, protesting against the sitting of "so-called Deputies or Representatives of Elizabeth Town, Newark, Woodbridge, New Piscataway and Bergen" at Elizabeth Town. His name appears as that of one of the persons filling various important local and provincial positions at different periods down to December 1, 1698, when he is returned by the Sheriff as one of those elected to represent Shrewsbury in Colonial Assembly. He was one of the first settlers of Rumsome Neck, now Seabright, Monmouth county, where he located a large tract of land, patented to him at different periods, comprising over five hundred acres of land, the "Home Farm," on which he lived containing two hundred and forty-seven acres. His wife, Elizabeth, is supposed to have been a daughter of Thomas Hanson, who was also an inhabitant of Dover, New Hampshire, in 1656, as on February 4, 1697-9, Tobias Hanson, grandson of Thomas, executes a power of attorney to his "uncle John Hance, of Shrewsbury," to act as his general agent in New Jersey. Tobias Hanson had a patent for a tract of land adjoining John Hance in Shrewsbury, prior to 1685.

John Hance was named in the will of Colonel Lewis Morris, as one of the over- seers of the will in 1690. He was one of those licensed to purchase lands of the Indians, at Manasquan, July 9, 1685. His will, dated March 24, 1707-8, and proved January 27, 1710-II, mentions his wife, Elizabeth; sons, John and Isaac; daughters, Mary Antram, Elizabeth Worthley, Deborah Corleis, and Judith Hard- man. It also mentions Tobias Hanson and Samuel Childe, of Piscataway, New England. His widow, Elizabeth, survived him many years.

Issue of John and Elisabeth (Hanson) Hance:

Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1670; m. May 4, 1696, James Antram, of Burlington co., N J .; d. be- tween 1736 and 1741 ;

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 8, 1672, d. May 7, 1749; m. March 12, 1695-6, John Worthley, of Shrewsbury, who d. Dec. 3, 1715;

Deborah, b. May 1, 1675, d. April 3, 1757; became second wife of George Corleis, of Shrewsbury;

Judith, b. Oct. 15, 1678; m. May 24, 1706, Edward Hardman;

Hester, b. March 30, 1681, probably d. young, not mentioned in father's will;

John, b. May 11, 1683, d. Feb. 26, 1728-9; m. (first) Joyce Borden, dau. of Francis, (sec- ond) Elizabeth Corleis;

ISAAC, b. Oct. 25, 1685, d. Sept. 15, 1764; of whom presently.

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ISAAC HANCE, youngest son of John Hance, resided all his life on the Rumsome farm, patented to his father. He married (first) August 25, 1710, Rachel, daughter of Thomas White, of Shrewsbury, and granddaughter of Samuel White, one of the first patentees of Shrewsbury. She died August 30, 1734, and he married (second) Content (Worley) Bills, widow of Thomas Bills, daughter of Edward and Lydia Worley. She was born November 9, 1694, and died prior to April 30, 1736, on which date Isaac married (third) Joanna, daughter of Nathaniel Bills. He married (fourth) February 8, 1750, Mary, widow of Ephraim Allen, and daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Patterson) Cook, who survived him, dying 1774. Isaac Hance died in Shrewsbury township, Monmouth county, New Jer- sey, September 15, 1764.

Issue of Isaac and Rachel (White ) Hance:

TIMOTHY, b. March 21, 1714, d. 1781; m. Rebecca Allen ; of whom presently ;

John, b. May 6, 1720, d. 1769; m. Jan. 13, 1760, Catharine Waples;

Jacob, b. May 3, 1729, d. June 21, 1798; m. (first) Dec. 6, 1750, Ann White, who d. 1757; . (second) Feb. 8, 1759, Elizabeth Corleis.

TIMOTHY HANCE, eldest son of Isaac and Rachel (White) Hance, born in Shrewsbury township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, March 21, 1714, married, October 9. 1736, Rebecca Allen, granddaughter of Jedediah Allen, who came to New Jersey from Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, and became prominent in New Jersey. Rebecca died October 23, 1759. The will of Timothy Hance was dated March 15, 1781.

Issue of Timothy and Rebecca (Allen) Hance:

Rachel, b. Jan. 27, 1738; m. March 7, 1759, Thomas Kirby, of Burlington, N. J .;

DAVID, b. Sept. 18, 1739, d. June 6, 1825; m. Hannah Cooke; of whom presently ; Isaac, b. Feb. 3, 1741 ; m. Feb. 16, 1763, Deborah Irons;

Jeremiah, b. July 14, 1746; m. Dec. 15, 1774, Phebe Woodmanse:

Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1749; m. John Craft;

Elizabeth, b. April 22, 1751 ; m. Tobias Riker.

DAVID HANCE, eldest son of Timothy and Rebecca (Allen) Hance, born in Shrewsbury township, Monmouth county, resided at Rumsome until about 1775. when he removed to Bordentown, Burlington county, New Jersey, purchasing a property at the corner of Burlington and Prince streets, where he resided until his death, June 6, 1825. He married, June 23, 1762, Hannah, born March 15, 1742, died March 1, 1820, daughter of Ebenezer Cooke, of Manasquan, Shrews- bury, by his wife, Sarah, daughter of John Tilton, of Shrewsbury. Her brother, William Cooke, also removed to Bordentown, and subsequently owned and oper- ated the mills at Cookstown, Burlington county, known for many years as "Cooke's Mills."

Issue of David and Hannah (Cooke) Hance:

Ebenezer, b. March 14, 1763. d. Jan. 18, 1795; m. 1787, Esther, dau. of John and Rebecca (Borden) Woolley, who after his death m. his brother, Timothy Hance;

Timothy, b. May 24, 1765, d. Oct. 29, 1839; m. (first) 1789, Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Rachel Thompson, who d. Nov. 4, 1800; (second) 1801, Mrs. Rebecca Fennemore; (third) March 1, 1807, Esther (Woolley) Hance, widow of his brother, Ebenezer;

JEDIAH, b. June 20, 1767, d. Jan. 1, 1827; m. (first) Sarepa Burr; (second) Elizabeth (Grubb) Antram; of whom presently;

Hannah, b. Aug., 1777, d. May 4, 1861; m. Jeremiah Kenworth Bell;

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Jeremiah, b. Nov. 14, 1779, d. March 28, 1855; m. Feb. 6, 1812, Mary, dau. of John and Tacy Thorne, b. 1790, d. 1859;

Sarah, b. Dec. 27, 1780, d. Dec. 23, 1851 ; m. John Adams; no issue;

Lydia, b. Oct. 29, 1783, d. Ang. 5, 1869, unm.

JEDIAH HANCE, third son of David and Hannah (Cooke) Hance, born at Shrewsbury, Monmouth county, New Jersey, was reared in Burlington county and spent his whole life there, dying January 1, 1827, in the sixtieth year of his age. He married (first), October 16, 1791, Sarepa Burr, of one of the oldest and most prominent families in Burlington county, born February 27, 1770, died September 15, 1811; (second), February 16, 1815, Elizabeth, widow of Aaron Antram, and daughter of Robert and Sarah Grubb, born December 9, 1772, died January 16, 1826. His children were all by the first marriage.

Issue of Jediah and Sarepa (Burr) Hance:

Edward, b. July 7, 1792, d. Sept. 2, 1814, unm .;

Ann, b. Nov. 8, 1794, d. Oct. 15, 1876; m. Oct. 12, 1815, Josiah Letchworth;

Isaac Burr. b. Aug. 23, 1796, d. Feb. 27, 1851 ; m. Rebecca Ann, dan. of Thomas and Rachel (Wooley) Hance;

Eliza, b. Jan. 16, 1798, d. Aug. 9, 1864; m. March 16, 1823, George English, b. Jan. 16, 1800, d. May 25, 1863 ;

DAVID E., b. Aug. 22, 1803, d. Dec. 1, 1875; m. Sarah J. Lancaster; of whom presently ; Hannah, b. April 23, 1805, d. April 13, 1860; m. Sept. 8, 1836, John McCloud, b. May 15, 1787, d. March 22, 1872.

DAVID E. HANCE, youngest son of Jediah and Sarepa (Burr) Hance, born in Burlington county, New Jersey, August 22, 1803, came to Philadelphia when a young man and engaged in business there ; became an active business man of that city and died there December 1, 1875. He married, January 27, 1830, Sarah Jordan Lancaster, born June 7, 1807, died August 26, 1896.

Issue of David E. and Sarah J. (Lancaster ) Hance:

Edward H., b. Phila., Nov. 1, 1833; now a resident of Germantown, Phila .; m. Nov. 5, 1857, Charlotte E., dau. of Anthony and Elizabeth ( Beckenbach) Miskey, and had issue :

Anthony Miskey Hance, b. in Germantown, July 20, 1859; graduated at Univ. of Pa. 1879; member of firm of Hance Brothers & White, manufacturing chemists, of Phila .; m. June 22, 1892, Sallie M., dau. of John M. Robinson, of Queen Anne co., Md .; resides in Germantown; no issue;

Mary Miskey Hance, b. June 18, 1862, d. May 25, 1897, unm .;

Edward H. Hance, Jr., b. at Germantown, July 23, 1867; was student at Univ. of Pa., but left before graduation, to enter into business with firm of Hance Brothers & White, manufacturing chemists; m. June 10, 1890, Helen, dan, of Edward B. Orne, of Phila., by his wife, Maria Bolden, and has issue:

Edward H. Hance (3), b. Dec. 15, 1893; Anthony Miskey Hance, Jr., b. March 15, 1896.

Joseph Crozer Hance, b. Phila., Feb. 5, 1838, d. there, Nov. 13, 1905; m. Nov. 7, 1861, Emma Elizabeth, dan. of Jacob and Mary (Coleman) Alter; and had issue:

Emma Alter Hance, b. Sept. 6, 1863; m. June 6, 1894, Robert William Blake; issue : Emma Constantia Blake, b. Ang. 13, 1895 ;

Robert Dayton Blake, b. Nov. 11, 1899;

Mary Elizabeth Blake, b. Feb. 12, 1901.

Alter Lancaster Hance, b. Dec. 20, 1872, d. Feb. 28, 1873.

RIDGELY FAMILY.

COLONEL HENRY RIDGELY came from Devonshire, England, in 1659, and set- tled in Ann Arundel county, Maryland, on a tract of over six thousand acres, four miles from the present site of Annapolis, which he named "Wardridge," being surveyed to him February 20, 1660-1. He was Major of the Provincial troops of Ann Arundel county, in 1661, and Colonel of the militia of that county until Octo- ber 4, 1699, having petitioned the year previous to the Governor and Council, "being aged and infirm," that he might be relieved and discharged from his mili- tary command. His request not being granted, he again petitioned on the above date, "being very ancient, and desirous to lay down his commission as Colonel of Ann Arundel County ;" this time his petition was granted. As a Justice of Ann Arundel county for many years, he experienced the same difficulty in obtaining a release from magisterial service as in the case of his military service, indicating that his service in both capacities had been more than satisfactory to the Provincial authorities. In the Records of Council for 1696 appears a minute of the receipt of a petition of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Ridgely praying for a quietus as to his service as magistrate, for the reason of "being in years and having lately received a fall from his horse, whereby he is disabled of the use of his right arm, which renders him incapable to make use of his pen, beside the great disquietude which by public business is created to him." His petition was referred to the commis- sioners of Ann Arundel county and "if nothing be objected, then His Excellency will consider of giving him quietus." He was for some years a member of Gov- ernor's Council, and in 1683 one of the commissioners appointed by that body to survey the land for and manage the building of the courthouse for Ann Arundel Town. He was also a member of General Assembly of the Province of Mary- land, and as such in 1692, with his close friend and associate Nicholas Greenbury and others, signed an "Address of thanks" to their Majesties, William and Mary, for sending them a Protestant Governor. He died in Queen Anne's Parish, April 2, 1710, having removed to that parish, the residence of his then wife Mary, in 1705, and was made a vestryman there, April 17, 1705. The records of St. Anne's Parish show that the church was completed in 1705, and "Madam Ridgely peti- tioned for a pew." She was the only lady so designated on the records.

Colonel Henry Ridgely was three times married. His first wife was Elizabeth Howard, who it is believed came from England in the same ship with him. She died without issue, and he married (second), about 1668, Sarah -, who was the mother of his children. His third wife, whom he married shortly prior to May 16, 1696, was Mary, widow of Mason Du Vall. She survived him and married Rev. Jacob Henderson.

Issue of Colonel Henry and Sarah Ridgely :-

HENRY, born Oct. 3, 1669, d. March 19, 1699; m. Katharine Greenbury: of whom presently;

Rachel, married Charles, son of Col. Nicholas Greenbury, and brother to Katha- rine, wife of her brother Henry;

Charles Ridgely, of whom we have no further record;

Sarah, married (first) Brewer; (second) Thomas Odell.

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HENRY RIDGELY (2), eldest son of Colonel Henry Ridgely, by his wife Sarah, was born at "Wardridge," October 3, 1669, and died there, March 19, 1699. He is styled on the records "Henry Ridgely, Gentleman," and appears to have resided on the home plantation from the time of his marriage in 1689 to his death. He lies buried in the old family burying-ground, at "Wardridge," where the blue flag- stone imported from England and erected over his grave, bears this inscription :-

"Here lyeth the Body of Mr. HENRY RIDGLEY, Who was borne ye 3d. day of Oct. 1669: and departed this life on ye 19th day of March, 1699."

His will, dated September 13, 1699, and proven April 26, 1700, makes his "Honoured father and Loveing brother Charles Greenbury" trustees, and devises his home plantation to his wife Katharine for life, with 200 acres adjoining ; to his son Nicholas 225 acres, and 292 acres on the northeast side of "the great branch of the Potomac;" to son Charles, 150 acres ; and to his daughter Ann, a plantation called "Hunting Quarter."

Henry Ridgely (2) married, in 1689, Katharine Greenbury, who survived him, and married (second), prior to 1703, John Howard, by whom she had one daugh- ter, Katharine Howard.

Issue of Henry and Katharine (Greenbury) Ridgely :-

Henry; NICHOLAS, b. Feb. 12, 1694, d. in Dover, Del., Feb. 16, 1755; m. (first) Sarah Worth- ington; (second) Ann French Gordon; (third) Mary Middleton Vining; Charles;

Ann; Elizabeth.

COLONEL NICHOLAS GREENBURY, maternal grandfather of these children, was born in England, in 1627, and came to Maryland in the ship "Constant Friend- ship," in 1674, with wife Ann, three servants, and children Charles and Kath- arine. In 1680 he acquired by patent a tract of land lying between the Margethy and Severn rivers, containing 450 acres, known as "Greenbury's Point." He sold his original purchase in 1685 to Captain John Worthington, and purchased of the heirs of Ralph Williams, a tract of 253 acres adjoining, which, with other tracts purchased later, also became known as "Greenbury's Point," though the Williams tract was originally called "Towne Necke." Here Colonel Greenbury lived and died, and here he and his family lie buried, though the chapel and vault in which the remains of himself and wife were deposited have now disappeared "and are under the buildings of Captain Taylor, the present owner of Greenbury's Point," states Rev. Ethan Allen, in his "Historical Notes of St. Anne's Parish." The inscriptions on the tombstones of Colonel Nicholas Greenbury and his wife, copied in 1897, are as follows :-

"Here lyeth interred, The Body of COLLN. NICHOLAS GREENBURY, Who departed this life the 17th Day of December, 1697 A tates ma, 70"

Here lyeth Interred The Body of, Mrs. ANN GREENBURY, Who departed this life the 27th day of April, 1698 A tates ma, 50"

Ann, wife of Colonel Greenbury, is supposed to have been the daughter of Roger Newman, an Englishman, who was closely identified with the Greenbury

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family in life, and at his death was buried in their private burial lot, where his tombstone was engraved with the coat-of-arms of his family. As a further con- firmation of this theory, his large estate was bequeathed to Colonel Charles Green- bury, son of Colonel Nicholas and Ann.

Colonel Nicholas Greenbury was commissioned Justice of the Peace for Ann Arundel County, Maryland, April 28, 1686; was a member of General Assembly and of the Governor's Council. He was senior member and President of the Council of Sir Lionel Copley, Royal Governor, on May 18, 1692, and at the death of Governor Copley, September 12, 1693, filled the position of acting governor by virtue of his position as President of Council, until the arrival of Lieutenant Gov- ernor Sir Francis Nicholson, from England, on May 7, 1694. He continued President of the Council to his death in 1697, and, says one of Maryland's his- torians, "seems to have been one of the greatest men of that time and place." Upon the arrival of Governor Nicholson, Colonel Greenbury was appointed as the head of a commission to lay out one hundred acres in lots and streets as the new capital of the state, now Annapolis. He and his wife Ann had issue :-

Katharine, b. in England, about 1670, m., 1689, Henry Ridgely Jr., (second) prior to 1703, John Howard;

Col. Charles Greenbury, b. in England, m. Rachel, eldest dan. of Col. Henry and Sarah Ridgely; Nicholas Greenbury Jr., b. Md., d. y .;

Elizabeth Greenbury, b. Md .; m. Robert Goldsborough;

Ann Greenbury, m. John, son of Maj. John Hammond.

JUDGE NICHOLAS RIDGELY, second son of Henry and Katharine (Greenbury) Ridgely, and grandson of Colonel Henry Ridgely and of Colonel Nicholas Green- bury, was born on his father's plantation, "Wardridge," February 12, 1694. He continued to reside in Ann Arundel county until 1732, when he removed to Duck Creek, Kent county, Delaware, and shortly after to Dover, Delaware, his home place being "Eden Hill," about a mile from Dover, now owned by his great-grand- son, Dr. Henry Ridgely, of Dover. He also owned "Fox Hall," including a planta- tion of four hundred acres, which likewise is still owned by his lineal descendants, being until 1898 the property of his great-granddaughter, Ann (Ridgely) du Pont, wife of Charles Irenée du Pont, and since that date the property of her daughter, Amelia Elizabeth du Pont. Judge Ridgely became at once prominent in the affairs of the lower counties on the Delaware, filling the offices of Treasurer of Kent County, Clerk of the Peace, Justice of the Peace, Prothonotary and Register in Chancery. In 1746 he was commissioned Judge of the Supreme Court of the Three Lower Counties, New Castle, Kent and Sussex, which became the State of Delaware in 1776, and filled that position until his death in Dover, February 16, 1755. In 1751 he was commissioned by an Act of Assembly to lay out a market and super- vise the erection of the first market house in Dover. On May 20, 1736, as fore- man of the Grand Jury, he signed the petition to King George II., against granting a charter to Lord Baltimore that should abrogate the proprietary rights of the Penn family in the Three Lower Counties.

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 45

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