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WILLIAM CRESSON' (John H.", James", John', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre'), born in Philadelphia, IImo. 12, 1810; died in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 2mo. 24, 1874 ; married, 5mo. 11, 1853, Ann R. Leedom, born 5mo. 21, 1811, died 12mo. 24, 1886, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Jones) Leedom. William Cresson became blind in early childhood as the result of an illness. In spite of this afflic- tion he was well informed on all subjects, and was gifted with a cheerful disposi- tion and good sound judgment.
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Child of William and Ann R. (Leedom) Cresson:
Lucy Cresson, b. 3, 30, 1854; d. 8, 4, 1854.
WALTER CRESSON' (John H.', James', John', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre'), born in Philadelphia, 3mo. 11, 1815; died Germantown, Philadelphia, 3mo. 29, 1893 ; married, 5mo. 29, 1844, at Concord, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, Alice Hannum, born 6mo. I. 1824, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Fairlamb) Hannum.
Children of Walter and Alice (Hannum) Cresson:
John Head Cresson, b. 3, 28, 1845; d. 8, 9, 1847;
Anne Hannum Cresson, b. 4, 1, 1847;
Alice Hannum Cresson, b. 12, 24, 1848; m. Edward F. Pugh;
Sarah Cresson, b. 6, 14, 1852;
Walter Cresson, b. 9, 10, 1857; d. 12, 15, 1857.
JOHN CRESSON' (John H.', James', John', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre'), born Philadelphia, 4mo. 15, 1821 ; died 6mo. 7, 1901 ; married, 6mo. 7, 1843, Alice Jones Leedom, born 6mo. 21, 1820, died 9mo. 17, 1902, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Jones) Leedom, of Philadelphia.
John Cresson was for many years manager of the city gas works at Ninth and Diamond streets.
Children of John and Alice J. (Leedom) Cresson:
Jonathan L. Cresson, b. 3, 23, 1844;
WILLIAM H. CRESSON, b. 7, 25, 1846; m. Elizabeth W. Wood;
B. FRANKLIN CRESSON, b. 1, 18, 1848; m. Martha Chambers;
Charles E. Cresson, b. 11, 23, 1849; d. 9, 23, 1867;
John H. Cresson, b. 7, 19, 1852; d. 7, 1, 1856;
Edith Cresson, d. inf.
Lydia L. Cresson, b. 5, 28, 1854; m. Francis Herbert Janvier;
JAMES CRESSON, b. 6, 14, 1861; m. Ellen Louisa G. Fair.
JOHN CHAPMAN CRESSON' (Joseph', James", John', Solomon", Jacques', Pierre'), born 3mo. 16, 1806, in Philadelphia; died there, Imo. 27, 1876; married, May 8, 1827, Letitia L. Massey, born December 1, 1804, died November 17, 1888, daughter of Charles Massey.
John C. Cresson was a man of marked ability and early took high rank among the scientists of the day. In 1837 he became Professor of Mechanics and Natural Philosophy at the Franklin Institute. Within a few years of this time the honor- ary degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by the University of Pennsylvania, and shortly after the University of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, made him Ph. D. In 1839 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, became one of its vice-presidents in 1857, and was senior vice-president for a number of years before his death. In 1855 Dr. Cresson was unanimously chosen president of the Franklin Institute. In 1852 he became one of the trustees of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania.
When the City Gas Works was first put into operation in 1836, he was made its superintendent and almost directly after, its engineer, which position he held for twenty-eight years. He was one of the original commissioners of Fairmount Park and was appointed chief engineer, resigning in 1875 on account of ill health. He was elected president of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Com- pany in 1847, and held the position until his death.
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Children of John C. and Letitia L. (Massey) Cresson:
CHARLES MASSEY CRESSON, b. 2, 3, 1828; d. 12, 27, 1893; m. (1), Caroline Gay; (2), Sarah Loder (Vinton) ;
Mercy Anna Cresson, d. y .; Sarah Cresson, d. y.
JOHN ELLOITT CRESSON® ( Warder', John E.", Caleb", James', Solomon3, Jac- ques', Pierre'), born 8mo. 6, 1824; died 9mo. 26, 1903; married Clementine, daughter of Evan Banes.
Children of John Elliott and Clementine (Banes) Cresson:
Benjaline French Cresson, b. 2, 12, 1848; d. 12, 26, 1851;
Charles King Cresson, b. 11, 15, 1849; d. 3, 22, 1868;
Mary Warder Cresson, b. 10, 24, 1851; m. (1), Isaac R. Cassell; (2), John Warden, Sr .;
Francis Clement Cresson, b. 9, 9, 1853; m. Annie M. Craven. Have issue; Annabella Cresson, b. 4, 14, 1857; m. Harry B. Sloman;
John Feaster Cresson, b. 3, 6, 1859; m. Emma L. Woolley. Have issue;
Elizabeth Townsend Cresson, b. 2, 27, 1861; d. 6, 24, 1871;
Martha Virginia Cresson, b. 12, 9, 1863; m. Charles E. Aaron;
William Whildey Cresson, b. 4, 27, 1866; d. 4, 13, 1899; m. Mary P. Lardner. Have issue.
JACOB CRESSON® (Warder', John E.", Caleb", James', Solomon', Jacques", Pierre'), born 5mo. 27, 1828; died 6mo. 18, 1865; married (1) Mary A. Young ; (2) Benjaline French. died 6mo. 30, 1892.
Children of Jacob and Mary A. (Young) Cresson:
Marie Virginia Cresson, b. 11, 25, 1851; m. 5, 3, 1885; George M. D. Bellows; Elliott Cresson, b. 3, 31, 1854; m. Mary Ann Clark. Have issue;
Edith Frances Cresson, b. 9, 7, 1855; d. s. p. 9, 16, 1888; m. Benjamin W. Hartley.
Child of Jacob and Benjaline (French) Cresson:
Susanna E. Cresson.
CLEMENT CRESSON® (Warder', John E.', Caleb", James', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre'), born 9mo. 22, 1835; died 4mo. 12, 1903; married Laura J. Witzell. Children of Clement and Laura J. (Witzell) Cresson:
Clara Virginia Cresson, b. 7, 14, 1860; m. Charles P. Watson;
Ella Florence Cresson, b. 3, 17, 1862; m. (1), Clarence M. Busch; (2), Derwent DeForest;
Laura May Cresson, b. 10, 18, 1868; m. Greene Kendrick.
EZRA TOWNSEND CRESSON", (Warder', John E.", Caleb', James', Solomon3, Jacques', Pierre1), born 6mo. 18, 1838; married Mary Ann, daughter of James and Diana Ridings.
Children of Ezra T. and Mary A. (Ridings) Cresson:
George Bringhurst Cresson, b. 11, 15, 1859; m. Mary E. Isaac. Have issue; Emma Cresson, b. 7, 31, 1862; m. Richard Ogden;
Warder Cresson, b. 10, 7, 1867; entered the Univ. of Pa. 1883, and left at the close of the Freshman year. Grad. at Lehigh Univ. in 1890; m. Florence Brobat; Ezra Townsend Cresson, b. 12, 18, 1876; William James Cresson, b. 2, 22, 1879.
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CALEB CRESSON® (William P.', Caleb", Caleb', James', Solomon", Jacques', Pierre'), born November 22, 1839; married, December 6, 1866, Isabella, daughter of Samuel and Frances (Wetherill) Gumbes. Caleb Cresson entered the Sopho- more class of the University of Pennsylvania in 1857, and graduated in 1860. Resides in Philadelphia, and at Oaks, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania.
Children of Caleb and Isabella (Gumbes) Cresson:
Francis Macomb Cresson, b. Nov. 18, 1867; m. Nov. 28, 1899, Eleanor Percy Coates. Have issue;
Isabella Cresson, b. Oct. 7, 1870;
Susan Vaux Cresson, b. Apr. 16, 1873; m. June 21, 1899, Charles Wetherill Gumbes, Jr .; Caleb Cresson, b. Jan. 9, 1867;
Georgena Vaux Cresson, b. Aug. 23, 1882; m. June 1, 1904, Webster King Weth- erill.
CHARLES CLEMENT CRESSON® (John B.', Samuel', Joshua", James', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre1), born January 24, 1843; died at San Antonio, Texas, March 16, 1906; married, March 2, 1870, Adelia, daughter of Judge Van Derlip, of Texas.
Charles Clement Cresson enlisted as a Second Lieutenant in the Sixty-sixth Pennsylvania Infantry, August 3, 1861, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colo- nel in 1864. In 1866 he was honorably discharged, but was commissioned on May II, 1866, in the Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, as Second Lieutenant. He was trans- ferred to the Thirty-fifth Regiment, September, 1866, and in 1870 was assigned to the Seventh Cavalry Regiment ; was transferred on December 23, 1870, to the First Cavalry, and retired April 4, 1879. He was brevetted for gallant service, First Lieutenant, Captain and Major, in 1867, and Lieutenant Colonel in 1870.
Children of Charles C. and Adelia (Van Derlip) Cresson:
Charles Clement Cresson, b. 3, 23, 1873; Mary Chabot Cresson, b. 3, 22, 1876. 1136274
JAMES CLARENCE CRESSON® (James', James', James", John', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre1), born September 19, 1835; died June 6, 1881 ; married, February 1, 1865, Ella Blow Drake, died June 15, 1883, daughter of Chief Justice C. D. Drake, of St. Louis, Missouri. Resided in West Philadelphia.
Children of J. Clarence and Ella B. (Drake) Cresson:
Charlotte Cresson, b. 2, 13, 1866;
J. Clarence Cresson, b. 11, 20, 1871; d. 2, 13, 1906.
WILLIAM LEEDOM CRESSON' (James', James', James®, John', Solomon', Jac- ques', Pierre'), born March 13, 1840; married, February 8, 1865, Tacy, daughter of Dr. Hiram and Ann (Foulke) Corson, of Plymouth, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Resides in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Children of William L. and Tacy (Corson) Cresson:
Caroline Corson Cresson, b. 2, 7, 1866; James Cresson, b. 5, 12, 1869; Nancy Corson Cresson, b. 9, 12, 1872; Mary Leedom Cresson, b. 12, 30, 1873.
WILLIAM HENRY CRESSON' (John', John H.', James", John', Solomon', Jac- ques", Pierre1), born July 25, 1846; married, April 30, 1878, Elizabeth Wells
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Wood, daughter of Hon. John and Elizabeth (Wells) Wood, of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
Children of William H. and Elizabeth W. (Wood) Cresson:
Emily Cresson, b. 2, 6, 1880; m. John Lowe Newbold; Henry Barker Cresson, b. 5, 30, 1881.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CRESSON" (John', John H.", James', John', Solomon', Jacques2, Pierre'), born January 18, 1848; married, September 12, 1871, Martha A., daughter of Harmon Augustus and Susan Eliza (Beebe) Chambers.
Children of B. Franklin and Martha A. (Chambers) Cresson:
John Cresson, b. 8, 18, 1872; d. 9, 5, 1872;
B. Franklin Cresson, b. 10, 23, 1873;
Joseph Lea Cresson, b. 11, 9, 1875; d. 1, 9, 1876;
Edward Cresson, b. 8, 23, 1879; d. 7, 12, 1883;
Alice Cresson, b. 12, 16, 1881;
Susan Cresson, b. 7, 18, 1883; d. 3, 30, 1884;
Edith Cresson, b. 7, 18, 1883;
Clara Cresson, b. 10, 15, 1887.
JAMES CRESSON" (John', John H.', James', John', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre'), born June 14, 1861 ; married, January 27, 1881, Ella Louisa Griffith Fair.
Children of James and Ella L. G. (Fair) Cresson:
John Howard Cresson, b. 12, 6, 1881; Eloise Cresson, b. 7, 27, 1884; Dorothy Cresson, b. 10, 16, 1887; Nellie Cresson, b. 10, 21, 1891.
CHARLES MASSEY CRESSON' (John C.", Joseph', James', John', Solomon". Jacques', Pierre1), born February 3, 1828; died December 27, 1893 ; married (1), about October, 1847, Caroline, daughter of Edward F. Gay; (2) Sarah Loder ( Vinton).
Charles M. Cresson, M. D., entered the Sophomore class in 1844 and was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1847. He took his degree of M. D. from Jefferson College in 1849. Having early made a special study of chemistry, he was manager and chemist of the Philadelphia Gas Works from 1849 until 1864. For fifteen years he was chemist of the Philadelphia Board of Health, and also of the Fairmount Park Commission. He was an active and prominent member of the Franklin Institute from 1849, and of the American Philosophical Society from 1857.
Dr. Cresson opened the scientific department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1868; of the Reading Railroad Company in 1869, and that of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in 1883.
Much of his early life was devoted to mechanical and architectural drawing for the Philadelphia Gas Works, and he spent considerable time in its chemical laboratory. He was later elected First Assistant Engineer of the Gas Works. In 1855 the whole of the management of the mechanical department and the manu- facturing devolved upon him. At the time of his death Dr. Cresson was the old- est gas engineer, educated for the business, in this country.
He devoted much time to the study and examination of waters, chemically and microscopically; and the successful determinations of causes of disease
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carried by the water supply of cities and towns actively engaged his attention. He published from time to time a number of pamphlets: "The Manufacture of Gas," "Explosion of Steam Boilers," "The Effects of Electricity upon the Tensile Strength of Iron," "Wood Preservation," "Paper Manufacture," "Water Sup- plies of Cities," &c. He was connected with many Masonic Orders.
Dr. Cresson was a skilful musician, giving his services for many years as organist to the Church of the Atonement. As an amateur he took an active inter- est in photography, which he practiced, and maintained a familiarity with the current improvements in the art.
Children of Charles M. and Caroline (Gay) Cresson:
John Edward Cresson, d. inf .; Clara Cresson, m. Alfred Crossman ; George Gay Cresson, b. 1855.
MARIS FAMILY.
Tradition relates that the Maris family, founded in Pennsylvania by George Maris, of Grafton Hyford, parish of Inkborough, county of Worcester, England, in 1683, was of French Huguenot origin, a representative of the French family seeking refuge in England from religious persecution, prior to the promulgation of the Edict of Nantes in 1598. Of the direct antecedents of George Maris, little or nothing is known.
From Besse's Sufferings of the People called Quakers, we learn that George Maris was fined twenty pounds for having a meeting at his house, and that he was afterwards taken by an assize process and "sent to Prison on the 23d of the month called July, 1670, and continued there above 8 months, but never knew for what cause he was so long imprisoned."
On the Sixth of 3d month (May), 1683, George Maris and Alice, his wife, received a certificate from a Meeting of Friends "att Hattswell, In ye P'sh of Inkborough, and County of Worcester" directed to "Friends in Pensilvania" which says of him that "His Life and conversation hath adorned the Gospel of Christ and hath bene A Good Exampel I his place, And a man, ye bent of whose heart hath been to serve ye Lord, And all People in his Love: and hath not spared to spend and to be spent for ye service of Truth. And Wee can say wee do not know of any person either ffriend or others that hath aught against him, his wife or children, upon any just account whatever." Eight days later than the date of this certificate, or on May 14, 1683, he received from Robert Toomer, of the city of Worcester, a deed for 1,000 acres of land to be laid out in Pennsyl- vania, and soon after embarked with his family for Pennsylvania, to take up his land and found a home in Penn's colony. He and his family, on their arrival, appear to have remained for a time in the neighborhood of Darby, at which meet- ing the quaint certificate above quoted was deposited. On October 16, 1683, four hundred acres of land were surveyed to him in Springfield township, Chester (now Delaware) county, on which he erected a habitation, on the site of "Home House," erected there by his son in 1722, and which continued to be the home of his descendants for many generations.
George Maris was a man of ability and standing, and at once was called upon to take a prominent part in public affairs. He was commissioned a justice of Chester county courts, July 1, 1684, and is said to have attended every session of the Court until and including the year 1690. He seems to have been out of commission for the year 1691, and was then again commissioned and served to the close of 1693. He was elected to the Colonial Assembly as a representative of Chester county, in 1684, and regularly re-elected thereafter until 1695, when he was called to the Provincial Council, of which he remained a member until his death on January 15, 1705-6, at the age of seventy-three years. His wife, Alice. had died March 11, 1699. George Maris was an acknowledged and esteemed minister of the Society of Friends, both in England and in America.
Issue of George and Alice Maris :-
Alice, b. in Worcestershire, Eng., Oct. 17, 1669, d. Dec. 10, 1726; m. Jan. 15, 1684-5, Jacob Simcock, also born in Eng., son of John Simcock, of Ridley, Chester Co.,
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who came from Cheshire, Eng., and was member of Provincial Council almost continuously 1683-1700; Speaker of Assembly 1696; Chief Justice, of Province of Pa., 1690-93, and "one of the chief men of the Province." Jacob Simcock was coroner of Chester Co., from 1691 for several years;
George, b. in Worcestershire, Dec. 2, 1662, d. at "Home House" Chester Co., Pa.,; having purchased portion of homestead of his father Apr. 18, 1693; m., 1690, Jane Maddock, by whom he had four children. She d. Aug. 28, 1705, and he m. (second), 1718, Jane Hayes, widow, of Haverford. He was member of Colonial Assembly, 1717;
Elizabeth, b. Apr. 3, 1665, m. 1685, John Mendenhall, who had come from Wilt- shire, and settled in Concord. He gave land on which Concord Meeting House was built, 1697;
Ann, b. Aug. 18, 1667, d. - -; m. Oct. 14, 1690, John Worrilow, of prominent Chester Co. family;
JOHN, b. May 21, 1669, d. March 8, 1747, m. Susannah Lewis; of them presently; Richard, b. Nov. 20, 1672, d. 1745; was a member of Colonial Assembly 1714: m. in 1698, Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Hayes, of Marple township, Chester Co. She d. Oct. 9, 1720. Their eldest daughter Mary, became wife of John Bartram, eminent botanist, who established "Bartram's Garden," still an object of interest to Phila- delphians; and Elizabeth, second daughter, m. James Bartram, brother of botanist; Jonathan, eldest son, was minister among Friends, and m. Ann Waln, dau. of Richard of Gwynedd. Joseph, another son, m. Ann, dau. of William Shipley of Wilmington; and William, son of Jonathan, m. Jane Beaumont, of Bucks Co. and was virtual founder of village of New Hope, Bucks Co., and established a bank and number of industrial establishments there.
JOHN MARIS, second son and fifth child of George and Alice Maris, born in Worcestershire, England, May 21, 1669, was fourteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Pennsylvania. He succeeded to "Home House" at the death of his father in 1705, and erected the present dwelling there in 1722. He was returned as a member of Colonial Assembly in the years 1709-12-16-19-20. He was appointed an Elder of the Society of Friends in 1718, and was a prominent member of the Society and community. He died at "Home House," March 8, 1747. He married, November 21, 1693, Susannah Lewis, of Haverford township, born in Glamorganshire, Wales, in 1673, died 1755.
Issue of John and Susannah (Lewis) Maris :--
GEORGE, b. Aug. 31, 1694, d. Nov. 30, 1760; m. Sarah Levis, of them presently; Sarah, b. March 31, 1697-8, m. 1789, John Bennett;
Alice, b. March 11, 1699-1700, m. Aug. 10, 1721, Jacob Bourne;
Mary, b. March 9, 1700-1, m. Nov. 29, 1722, Joseph Taylor;
Hannah, b. Oct. 8, 1702, m. in 1719, John Owen and in. 1725, Michael Harlan. Her dau. Rebecca Owen became the first wife of Jesse Maris, son of George and Sarah (Levis) Maris, hereafter mentioned;
Susanna, b. July 6, 1704, m. (first) Daniel Jones and (second) on Oct. 30, 1740, John Davis;
Jane, b. Aug. 9, 1705, d. Oct. 21, 1720;
Katharine, b. July 8, 1707, m. (first) - Willis; (second) John Pusey;
John, b. Jan. 15, 1709-10, d. March 19, 1792; m. Katharine Bound Hayden; James, b. Apr. 28, 1711, d. Oct. 15, 1820;
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 12, 1713, d. Oct. 9, 1720.
GEORGE MARIS, eldest son of John and Susanna (Lewis) Maris, born at "Home House," August 31, 1694; married Sarah Levis, daughter of Samuel Levis, of Willistown, Chester county, Pennsylvania. Samuel Levis was a son of Christopher and Mary Levis, of Harby, Leichestershire, where Samuel was born September 30, 1649, and married, May 4, 1680, Elizabeth Clator, of Nottingham, England, and having, in conjunction with William Garrett, purchased 1,000 acres of land to be laid out in Pennsylvania, came to that Province in 1684, and located,
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first at Darby, and later in Willistown township, Chester county. He was a member of Provincial Assembly, 1689-94, and again in 1698-1706-07-08; was a justice of Chester county, 1686-9, and a member of Provincial Council in 1692. He died in 1734, leaving five children, two sons, Samuel Jr. and William, and daughters, Mary, wife of Joseph Pennock; Sarah, wife of George Maris, and Elizabeth, second wife of William Shipley, the virtual founder of Wilmington, Delaware. Sarah was born in 1694, and died December 26, 1723.
George Maris inherited "Home House," the ancestral home of the family, and died there, November 30, 1760.
Issue of George and Sarah (Levis) Maris :-
James, b. Dec. 17, 1720; m. Rachel Evans, at Gloria Dei, (Old Swedes) Church, Phila., June II, 1752;
George Maris married (second) October, 1725, Hannah Massey, daughter of Thomas Massey.
Issue of George and Hannah (Massey) Maris :-
Jesse, b. Dec. 10, 1727, d. Nov. 20, 1811, was High Sheriff of Chester Co., Oct., 1769, to Oct., 1771; m. Ang. 22, 1754, Rebecca Owen, his cousin, dau. John and Hannah (Maris) Owen; and (second) on Sept. 4, 1771, Jane Ashbridge;
Alice, b. 1729, m. 1749, John, son of Evan Lewis, of East Caln, Chester Co. On March 26, 1762, she received certificate for herself and her three children, Joel, Hannah and Evan, to Meeting of Friends, at Fairfax, Va.
George Maris married (third) Mary, widow of Joseph Busby, of Goshen, in July 1730. She died without issue, and he married ( fourth), September 14, 1732, Ann Lownes, born October 1, 1707, died December 19, 1780, daughter of George and Mary (Bowers) Lownes, of Springfield, Chester county, and granddaughter of Hugh Lownes, of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England, who married, December 2, 1658, Jane Stretch, of Roade, Cheshire, at the house of William Davenport, in Leeke parish, Cheshire. Hugh Lownes died in Cheshire, leaving to survive him his widow Jane, and four children. They were members of the Society of Friends and Jane Lownes suffered persecution for her religious belief in 1678. She was an original purchaser of one hundred and fifty acres of land of William Penn, and with her children came to Pennsylvania to settle thereon, but died in a few years after her arrival. The land was laid out in Springfield township, Chester county, November 10, 1682, and it is said that the family resided thereon in a cave for some time after their arrival. The site of this cave was marked by a stone planted by her descendants in 1799, which bears the date of the patent for her land, April 10, 1685. The children of Hugh and Jane (Stretch) Lownes were: James, who married, in 1692, Susanna Richards, and removed to Philadelphia in 1711; George, the father of Mrs. Ann Maris; Joseph, who was constable of Springfield township, 1687-8, but later removed to Bucks county, where he has descendants; and Hannah, who married at Darby Meeting, in 1689, Thomas Collier.
George Lownes, second son of Hugh and Jane (Stretch) Lownes, was born in the county of Chester, England, and came to Chester county, Pennsylvania, with his widowed mother, brothers and sister in 1682. On July 28, 1701, he declared intentions of marriage with Mary Bowers, at Chester Monthly Meeting, and Au- gust 25, 1701, that meeting gave them permission to marry. He purchased the
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homestead taken up by his mother, November 18, 1715, and died there in 1740, his will being dated August 8, and proven December 5, of that year. His wife, Mary Bowers, born May 20, 1679, was a daughter of Benanuel Bowers, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and granddaughter of George and Barbara Bowers, who were residents of Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1637; of Plymouth in 1639, and soon after of Cambridge, where George died in 1656. Benanuel Bowers married, December 9, 1653, Elizabeth Dunster, a niece of Henry Dunster, the first president of Harvard College, and the youngest of their nine children was Mary Bowers, who married George Lownes in 1701.
Issue of George and Mary (Bowers) Lownes :-
Jane, b. March 10, 1702-3, m. at Springfield Meeting, June 4, 1726, Jonathan Maris, son of Richard, of Springfield;
Esther, b. Sept. 2, 1703, m. May 26, 1720, Samuel Ogden, son of David;
ANN, b. Oct. I, 1707, d. Dec. 19, 1780; m. Sept. 14, 1732, George Maris.
George, b. Apr. 28, 1709, m. at Christ Church, Phila., May 21, 1734, Elizabeth, dau. of Mordecai Maddock, of Springfield;
Benanuel, b. -, m. Alice Williamson in 1744, and inherited homestead. Mary, who m. Nov. 22, 1744, Isaac Hibberd.
Issue of George and Ann (Lowmes) Maris :-
George, b. June 24, 1733, d. young;
Susannah, b. Sept. 2, 1734, m. Nov. 4, 1756, John Hall;
Jehu, b. Apr. 15, 1736, m. in 1779, Jane Humphrey;
GEORGE, b. Jan. 20, 1737, d. Aug. 20, 1803; m. Jane Foulke. Of them presently.
Isaac, b. Apr. I, 1740, m. Elizabeth Howell;
Elizabeth, (Betty) b. Apr. 2, 1742;
Caleb, b. Aug. 25, 1744, d. Oct. 26, 1839;
Ann, b. Apr. 30, 1751, d. m. - Hatton.
GEORGE MARIS, son of George Maris, by his fourth wife, Ann Lownes, born at "Home House," January 20, 1737, married at Gwynedd Meeting, December 6, 1757, Jane Foulke, born August 22, 1735, died January 1, 1807, daughter of William and Hannah (Jones) Foulke, of Gwynedd. An account of her ancestry is given in these volumes under the title of "The Foulke Family."
George Maris, was a considerable landowner in Montgomery and Chester counties.
Issue of George and Jane (Foulke) Maris :-
William, b. May 4, 1759, d. unmn. Nov. 19, 1801;
Amos, b. 1761, d. inf .;
Jesse, b. Sept. 9, 1763, d. unm., June 25, 1792;
JONATHAN, b. Dec. 31, 1765, d. Feb. 28, 1797; m. Judith McIlvaine; of them presently;
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