Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 72

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

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William Paxson, father of Anna (Paxson) Gillam, born in Middletown, Bucks county, April 29, 1712, died February 29, 1767, was eldest son of William Paxson, born in Middletown, June 4, 1685, died June, 1733, member of Assembly, 1723-33, and a Colonial Justice, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Mark) Watson, who came from Strawberry House, parish of Cockermouth, county Cumberland, England, to Bucks county, and later located in Falls town- ship, where he died October, 1738, and his widow Rebecca, September. 1742. He was also a member of Colonial Assembly and a Justice.

William Paxson, father of the last-named William Paxson, with Mary, his

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wife, came from Marsh Gibbon, county of Bucks, England, bringing certificate, dated April 3, 1682, which was deposited at Middletown Meeting, Bucks county, the same year. He died December, 1709, and his widow on August 30, 1719. They were accompanied to America by his brothers, Henry and James, and an- other brother, Thomas, died on the passage.

Issue of Simon and Anna (Paxson) Gillam:

Mary Gillam, b. Oct. 22, 1784;

WILLIAM GILLAM, b. Oct. 1, 1786; d. Dec. 31, 1842; m. Susanna Woolston; of whom presently; Isaac Gillam, b. April 13, 1788; Anna Gillam, b. Oct. 30, 1794; d. Feb. 8, 1798.

WILLIAM GILLAM, son of Simon and Anna ( Paxson) Gillam, born in Middle- town township, Bucks county, October 1, 1786, spent many years on the old Gillam homestead in that township, but later in life removed to the village of Attleboro, now the borough of Langhorne, and died there December 31, 1842. He married, December 16, 1809, Susanna Woolston, born in Middletown, November 18, 1787, daughter of Jonathan Woolston, of Middletown, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and May Harvey, of Upper Makefield, and a descendant of Mathies Harvey, who came to Makefield from Flushing, Long Island, where he had been a Colonial Magistrate and prominent man. Jonathan Woolston, born May 30, 1749, died October 22, 1828, was a son of Samuel Woolston, born August 3, 1721, died March 28, 1798, by his wife, Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Palmer, by his wife, Sarah Simcock, and granddaughter of John and Christian Palmer, who came from Cleiveland, Yorkshire, in the ship, "Providence," arriving in the Delaware river, November 15, 1683. He died in Falls township, August 11, 1726, and his widow, Christian, September 20, 1740.

Samuel Woolston, above mentioned, was a son of John Woolston, born at Burling- ton, New Jersey, July, 1682, died at Middletown, Bucks county, 1741 ; Coroner of Bucks county, 1726-30, by his wife, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Grace Pear- son, whom he married at Middletown Meeting, June 19, 1707. He was a son of John Woolston, who came from county Kent, England, arriving at New Castle-on- the-Delaware, August 26, 1676, and settled at Burlington, New Jersey, by his wife, Hannah, daughter of William Cooper, of Pine Point (near Camden, New Jersey), who with wife, Margaret, and family came from Coleshill, county Here- ford, England, 1679. Hannah Cooper was born at Coleshill, September 21, 1662, and married John Woolston, at Burlington Meeting, 1681. Susanna (Woolston) Gillam survived her husband nearly eighteen years, dying August 31, 1860, nearly seventy-three years of age.

Issue of William and Susanna (Woolston) Gillam:

Elizabeth Gillam, b. Sept. 17, 1810; Anna Gillam, b. Aug. 12, 1812; HARVEY GILLAM, b. July 1, 1814; d. Feb. 15, 1892; m. Hannah Hunt; of whom presently: Jonathan W. Gillam, b. Oct. 25, 1816; William Gillam, b. Nov. 15, 1818; Simon Gillam, b. Nov. 24, 1820; Susanna Gillam, b. April 18, 1823; Hannah Gillam, b. June 3, 1825; Mary Gillam, b. Aug. 25, 1827.

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HARVEY GILLAM, eldest son of William and Susanna ( Woolston) Gillam, born in Middletown township, Bucks county, July 1, 1814, on the family homestead, purchased a farm two miles east of Langhorne, where he resided a few years, later engaged a few years in the mercantile business in Langhorne, and then re- moved to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale shoe business and later became a member of the firm of Farrell & Herring, manufacturers of fire-proof safes, and remained with that firm until his death, February 15, 1892.

Harvey Gillam married, March 29, 1837, Hannah, born April 28, 1817, dangh- ter of James Hunt, of Darby, by his wife, Mary Wyatt, born June 26, 1783, died May 29, 1830, daughter of William Carpenter, of Salem county, New Jersey, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Bartholomew Wyatt, and a descendant of Samuel Carpenter, Sr., Samuel Carpenter, Jr., and Samuel Preston, all members of Pro- vincial Council of Province of Pennsylvania, and also of Thomas Lloyd, Presi- dent of first Provincial Council of Pennsylvania.

Bartholomew Wyatt, maternal grandfather of Mary Wyatt Carpenter, born in Salem county, New Jersey, July 20, 1731, died May 19, 1786, was third of the name in Salem county, being a son and grandson of Bartholomew Wyatt. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and one of the best English scholars of his time.

Bartholomew Wyatt, grandfather of the above-named Bartholomew, came from Worcestershire, England, and settled in Salem county, purchasing twelve thous- and acres of land in Mannington district. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and one of the largest contributors to the erection of the first Friends' Meetinghouse at Salem. He was many years a member of Colonial Assembly, at one time Speaker of New Jersey Assembly, and served many years as a Colonial Magistrate. He married, at Burlington Meeting, 1693, Sarah, daughter of Rob- ert Ashton, of Chelsea, Chester (now Delaware) county, Pennsylvania, and a member of Provincial Council of Pennsylvania. Bartholomew Wyatt died about 1728, leaving issue-Bartholomew and Elizabeth.

Bartholomew Wyatt (2), born March 4, 1696, died December 23, 1770; mar- ried Elizabeth Tomlinson, born near Haddonfield, New Jersey, January 1, 1707, died 1770; and they were parents of Bartholomew Wyatt (3), first above men- tioned, and of Sarah Wyatt, born July 6, 1733, who married Richard Wistar.

James Hunt, paternal ancestor of Hannah (Hunt) Gillam, came from county Kent, England, 1684, a widower, with daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, the latter becoming wife of Abraham Marshall, and mother of Humphrey Marshall, the botanist. James Hunt settled in Kingsessing township, Philadelphia, purchasing of Lasse Cock three tracts of land on Darby creek. He married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Richard and Mary Bonsall, at Darby Meeting, December 9, 1686, and had by her a daughter, Ann, and a son, James, born April 14, 1691.

James Hunt, son of James and Elizabeth (Bonsall) Hunt, lived in Kingsessing until 1735, when he removed to Darby, where he died 1743. He was prominent in the affairs of Darby and filled a number of local offices. He married, 1712, Re- becca Faucett, who after his decease returned to Philadelphia, and died there, 1770. They had a daughter, Elizabeth, and a son, John, born June 6, 1716.

John Hunt, son of James and Rebecca ( Bonsall) Hunt, resided in Kingsessing, on the old homestead, died there January 6, 1791. He married, November 22, 1738, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Smith) Sellers, of Darby, born

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September 15, 1719. They were parents of eight children, the sixth of whom, John, was born August 18, 1753.

John Hunt, son of John and Elizabeth (Sellers) Hunt, located in Lower Darby 1786, was Overseer of the Poor, and Constable of Darby township, and prominent in the Society of Friends. He died 1793. His wife was Rachel Gibbons, born 1752, died February 15, 1845, daughter of Joseph Gibbons, representative in Colonial Assembly from Chester county, 1748- 63, and a very prominent figure in the early history of that county, by his wife, Hannah, daughter of Abraham Mar- shall and Mary Hunt, before referred to. John and Rachel (Gibbons) Hunt were parents of eight children, the eldest of whom, James, born September 30, 1779, married Mary Wyatt Carpenter, and the eighth of their ten children was Hannah Hunt, who became wife of Harvey Gillam.

Issue of Harvey and Hannah (Hunt) Gillam:

Mary Wyatt, b. Aug. 10, 1838; m. William Albertson, of Phila .;

WILLIAM HENRY, b. Jan. 8, 1841; d. Jan. 19, 1871 ; m. Sarah Thomas Wilson; Morris Shallcross, d. inf .;

Harvey H. Gillam, Esq., of Langhorne, b. July 23, 1846; m. Mary Mitchell, of Lang- horne.

WILLIAM HENRY GILLAM, born in Philadelphia January 8, 1841, married Janu- ary 8, 1868, Sarah Thomas, daughter of Jehu Wilson, by his wife Hannah Thomas, and the same year removed to Middletown township, Bucks county, where he had purchased a farm. He died suddenly, January 19, 1871, leaving a daughter Hannah, who became wife of Howard Reifsnyder.

DAVID WILSON, paternal ancestor of Sarah Thomas (Wilson) Gillam, came to Middletown, Bucks county, producing at Middletown Meeting, 1716, a certificate from Providence Meeting, Chester county. He married, March 31, 1719, Grace, daughter of Thomas and Grace ( Heaton) Stackhouse, of Middletown, born Janu- ary 7, 1696-7. On his marriage David Wilson removed again to Chester county, but returned to Middletown, 1723, and remained a resident of that township until his death, May 20, 1768, aged seventy-seven years.

JONATHAN WILSON, son of David and Grace ( Stackhouse) Wilson, born in Mid- dletown, December 19, 1728, died 1807; married at Wrightstown Meeting, Bucks county, April 25, 1759, Sarah, born June 20, 1739, died January 13, 1815, daugh- ter of Thomas Mardon.

JACOB WILSON, of Byberry, Philadelphia county, born June 15, 1764, died Sep- tember 30, 1814, was third child of Jonathan and Sarah (Mardon) Wilson. He married, at Horsham Meeting, 1786, Rebecca Thomas, born February 28, 1759, died November 25, 1842.

MARDON WILSON, son of Jacob and Rebecca (Thomas ) Wilson, born January 6. 1789, died in Wilmington, Delaware, August 18, 1874, was nearly a lifelong resi- dent of Middletown. He married, October 14, 1815, Ann DeWees, born West Caln township, Chester county, August 28, 1791, died May 15, 1859, daughter of Cornelius and Sarah (Paine) DeWees, granddaughter of Cornelius and Margaret (Richards) DeWees, great-granddaughter of Cornelius and Margaret (Kuster) DeWees, who settled on a farm in Skippack township, Philadelphia, now Mont- gomery county, in 1708, having for nearly a decade prior to that date resided in or near Germantown, their children being students at the school taught by Francis

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Daniel Pastorius. Cornelius DeWees is said to have been born in Holland, and came to New York, with his brother William, later a prominent paper manu- facturer near Valley Forge, and his brother-in-law, Nicholas Rittenhouse, all of them locating at or near Germantown, about 1690.

Issue of Mardon and Ann (DeWees) Wilson, all born in Middletown:

Jehu, b. July 15, 1816; d. July 11, 1890; m., April 8, 1840, Hannah Thomas, b. June 15, 1815; d. May 15, 1898; and had among others, Sarah Thomas Wilson, who m. William Henry Gillam;

Rebecca Wilson, b. Jan. 5, 1818; m. Benjamin Rush Plumly ;

William Wilson, b. Jan. 29, 1820;

Elwood Wilson, b. Feb. 4, 1822; Mary Wilson, b. April 30, 1824; Sarah P. Wilson, b. Jan. 18, 1827; Ann Small Wilson, b. Oct. 14, 1828; m. George W. Sellers; Mardon Wilson, b. July 14, 1831.

EVANS FAMILY.

The Welsh ancestry of the Evans family who settled in Gwynedd, 1698, is as follows :

Lord Rhys ap Griffith, created Lord Chief Justice of South Wales by Henry I., who died April 21, 1197, was father of

Rhys Grug, who died 1233, whose son was

Rhys Mechyllt, of Dynevor, died 1244, whose son

Rhys Vychan was summoned by Henry, January 6, 1245, as Baron of South Wales, and did homage, August. of the same year. He died at Dynevor, August 7, 1271. His son

Rhys Gloff (the lame), called also Rhys Wendot and Rhys Vychan, was Lord of Dynevor, Llandeill Vawr, Ystrad Tywi and Cymytmaen. He joined Llew- elyn in his last stand against English oppression, and in 1283, the year after Llew- elyn was slain at Bulith, surrendered to the Earl of Hereford, was sent to Eng- land in irons and confined in the Tower of London, where he shortly after died at an advanced age. He married Gwervyl, daughter of Maelgwm ap Cadwallon, Lord of Mlenith; Maelgwm was hanged by John, King of England, at Bridge- north, Wales, 1212, when Gwervyl was a child.

Trahairn Goch, ap Madoc, of Llyn, in Caernarvonshire, South Wales, grandson of Rhys Gloff, appears in the minister's accounts as father of David Goch. He held the lands of Penllech, in Cymytmaen, Llyn, and also Graianog and other lands in Caernarvonshire, and acquired the title of "O'Llyn;" he died prior to 1325. He married Gewenervyl, daughter of Madog ap Meurig, descended from Elystan Glodrydd, Lord of Fferyllwg. They had issue :

David Goch, eldest son, whose lands included part of Penllech, with parts of the Mills of Bodwa, Newith and Vagheys, in Cymytmaen, and the lands of Grainog. He was also lessee of Crown Lands in Caernarvonshire, and was living November 9, 1329. He married Maud, daughter of David Lloyd, ap Cynveloe, ap Llewelyn, ap Prince David ap Llewelyn the Great, and a descendant of King John, of England, through Princess Joanna, wife of Llewelyn, and mother of Prince David. David Lloyd's wife was Anne, daughter of Gwrgan. "Ygwyn Lloyd of Rhiwaedog" ap Madog. ap Rhirid Flaida, Lord of Penllyn.

Ievan Goch, son of David Goch and Maud, his wife, held large possessions in Caernarvonshire, and is described of Penllech and Grainog, residing near the village of Penllech, within the bounds of the present parish of that name. In 1352 he was owner of lands in the ville of Badreth, and was also heir to his father's two farms in the ville of Nouum Burgwm. He married Eva, daughter of Einion ap Celynin, of Llwydiarth, Montgomeryshire, who had a grant of land froin John de Charleton, Lord Powis, of Weston, 1340, in Pennayrth, Glasmeynoc.

Madoc ap Ievan Goch, of Penllech, a younger son, was born at Penllech. He is described in a manuscript pedigree as "Madg ap Ievan Goch O'Penllech, hynau gwyr yr ysbty" (i. e., ancestor to the gentleman of Ysputty-Ievan), in Denbigh- shire, in which his descendants lived. The name of his wife is not given, and Dwnn. the historian, mentions only one son, viz. :

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Deikws Ddu ap Madoc, of Ysputty-Ievan, born circa, 1395, married Gwen, daughter of Ievan Ddu ap Meirig ap Madog ap Gwilliam ap Madog ap Crum, Lord of Llechwedd Issaf, and had one son,

Enion ap Deikws Ddu, of Ysputty-Ievan, who died before 1514. He married Morvydd, daughter of Matw ap Llowarch ap Gwyn ap Llewelyn ap Meredydd ap Llewelyn ap Llowarch ap Urien ap Tegwored ap Rotpert ap Asser ap Meredydd, Goch of Llyn, son of Collwyn ap Tangno, Lord of Llyn, and had by her,

Howell ap Einion, also of Ysputty-Ievan, and was living in 1514. He married Mali (Mary), daughter of Llewelyn ap Ievan ap Iolyn ap Cynwrig ap Llowarch ap Cynddelw ap Ithel Velyn ap Llewelyn Eurdorchog, of Ial, in Flintshire, by Dyddgu, daughter of Einion Lydan, and had by her,

Griffith ap Howell ap Einion, of Ysputty-Ievan, born circa 1480 to 1500, who married Gwenllian, daughter of Einion ap Ievan Lloyd ap Madoc ap Ierwerth ap Llewelyn Chwith ap Cynwrig ap Bleddyn Lloyd, of Havod un nos, parish of Llangerniu, Lordship of Rhuvoniog, ap Bleddyn Vychan ap Bleddyn ap Gwrn ap Rhaiad Vach, descended from Hedd Molwynog, of the Ninth Noble Tribe of Wales. Her mother was Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Gronwy ap David ap Griffith ap Griffith Gethin ap Cynwrig ap Gronwy ap Ierwerth ap Casswallon ap Hwva ap Ithel Velyn ap Llewelyn Awdorchog. And the mother of Gwenhwfar was Anne, daughter of Griffith ap Llewelyn ap Ievan ap Rhys Gethin ap Griffith Ychan ap Griffith ap David Goch, Lord of Penmanchno, Caernarvonshire. This David Goch was son of David ap Griffith, Prince of Wales, who was executed 1282, by Edward I. for high treason. David Goch married Angharad, daughter of Halin ap Sir Tudor, Knight of Nant and Llangynhafel, whose wife descended from the Norman family of Clare, and also from Robert Fitz Roy, Earl of Gloucester, illegiti- mate son of Henry I., of England. Rhys ap Ievan, ap Llewelyn Chwith, a brother of Iorwerth ap Ievan, above mentioned, was Esquire to the body of Edward IV., and "Was very unruly in the Lancastrian Wars." Griffith ap Howell, and Gwenllian, his wife, had issue, among others,

Lewis ap Griffith, their third son, who was born circa 1525, and died in Ysputty- Ievan, prior to 1601. He married Ellen, daughter of Edward ap Evan, Esquire, of Llanwyddyn parish, Montgomeryshire, who was son of Evan ap Tudor ap Derio ap Evan Ddu. The wife of Edward ap Evan, was Catharine, daughter of Griffith ap Lleweyn ap Einion, son of David ap Evan ap Einion, celebrated Con- stable of Harlech Castle, whose wife, Margaret Puleston, was a descendant of Edward I. The mother of Edward ap Evan was Morwydd, daughter of Evan ap Morris, and her mother was Gwenhwfar, daughter of Griffith ap David.

Lewis ap Griffith, and Ellen, his wife, had issue among others,

ROBERT LEWIS, fourth son, of the parish of Ysputty-Ievan, Denbighshire, born circa, 1555. He was first of the family to remove to Merionethshire, settling on a large farm, on the Rhiwlas estate, near Bala, belonging to the Price family, who had also migrated from Ysputty-Ievan. The registry of the death of Robert Lewis at Llandderfel, is as follows, "Robert Lowice, 14th. February, Septuo, 1645." He married Gwervyl, daughter of Llewelyn ap David, of Llan Rwst, Denbighshire, descended from David Goch, of Pemanchno, and had issue by her, among others,

EVAN ROBERT LEWIS, fourth son, born circa, 1585, died at Fron Goch, parish

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of Llandderfel, Comot of Penllyn, Merionethshire, circa 1662. He married Jane , and had issue by her :

John ap Evan, whose sons-William, John, and Griffith. John came to Pa. with the Welsh colony of 1698, and settled in Gwynedd twp .;

Cadwallader ap Evan, said to have left no issue;

Griffith ap Evan, of whom nothing further is known;

Owen ap Evan, m. Gainor John, and was father of Robert Owen, who came to Pa., and settled in Merion twp., Philadelphia co., 1690;

EVAN ap Evan, of whom presently.

EVAN ap Evan, of Fron Goch, parish of Llandderfel, county of Merioneth, Wales, died there about 1608. The name of his wife has not been ascertained. lle as well as at least most of his brothers, had become members of the Society of Friends in Merioneth. At his death, his four sons and one daughter joined the colony of Merioneth, residents in the purchase of land in Pennsylvania, and came over and settled thereon in Gwynedd township, Philadelphia county.

issue of Evan ap Evan ; surname Evans:

Thomas Evans, eldest son, b., Merioneth, 1651; d., Goshen, Pa., Sept. 12, 1738; m. in Wales, Ann , who d. at Gwynedd, March 26, 1716; m. (second) Hannah Price, widow successively of Rees John William and Ellis Davids. The eight children of Thomas Evans were by his first wife, Ann;

Robert Evans, b., Merionethshire, Wales, 1658; d. in Gwynedd, Philadelphia co., Pa., March, 1738; was for many years a preacher among Friends; m. in Wales, Ellen -, by whom he had seven children;

Owen Evans, b., Merioneth, Wales, 1659; d. at Gwynedd, Philadelphia co., Dec. 7, 1723; had by his wife, Elizabeth, nine children;

CADWALADER EVANS, b. in Merioneth, Wales, 1664; d. in Gwynedd, May 30, 1745; of whom presently ;

Sarah Evans, m. in Merioneth, Wales, Robert Pugh, and with him accompanied her brothers to Gwynedd, 1698. They have left numerous descendants.

CADWALADER EVANS, youngest son of Evan ap Evan, according to the age given at the time of his death in Gwynedd township, May 30, 1745, was born in Mer- ioneth, Wales, 1664, and was therefore thirty-four years of age when, with his wife and brethren, he crossed the ocean and established himself on a tract of land in the new Welsh Tract in Gwynedd and adjoining townships. He was an emi- nent preacher among Friends and according to a memorial of him adopted by the meeting after his death, had been an ardent advocate of Friends' principles and faith from his youth ; among other things the memorial says of him: "He received a gift in the ministry, in the exercise whereof, he was generally led to speak of his own experience in Religion and the Christian Warfare, and his Testi- mony, though short, was instructive, lively and manifestly attended witlı Divine Sweetness." He married in Wales, Eleanor, daughter of John Morris, of Bryn Gwyn, Denbighshire, of whose ancestry nothing is definitely known. His wife was Eleanor, daughter and co-heiress of Ellis ap William, of Cai Fadog, and her descent given briefly is as follows :

Cadwgan, Lord of Nannau, had Madog, who had Einion, of Ciltalgarth, who had Cadwgan, who had Madog, of Ciltalgarth, who had Eivan, surnamed "Y'Cott," who had Ievan Fychan, of Ciltalgarth, who had Madog, who had David, who had Thomas ap David, who had Hugh ap Thomas, of Ciltalgarth, who had Ellis Will- iams, of Cai Fadog, father of Eleanor, who married John Morris, of Bryn Gwyn, above mentioned.

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Issue of Cadwvalader and Ellen (Morris) Evans:

JOHN EVANS, b., Merionethshire, 1689; d., Gwynedd, Sept. 23, 1756; m. Eleanor Ellis; of whom presently;

Sarah Evans, m., Dec. 11, 1711, John Hanke, of White Marsh, of the family from whom descended Abraham Lincoln. Their dau., Jane Hanke, b. 1714; d. 1762; m. John Rob- erts, of Montgomery, of whom later in this narrative.

JOHN EVANS, son of Cadwalader and Eleanor (Morris) Evans, accompanied his parents from Merioneth to Pennsylvania in his tenth year, and spent the remain- der of his life in Gwynedd township. He married at Merion Meetinghouse, June 8, 1715, Eleanor, daughter of Rowland Ellis, an account of whom and his distin- gnished ancestry is given elsewhere in this work. Eleanor was born at Bryn Mawr, the ancestral home of her father's family near Dolgelly, Merionethshire, 1685, and came with her parents to Pennsylvania when a child. Her father set- tled on a large plantation which he called Bryn Mawr after his old home, and from it the present town of Bryn Mawr, on a part of that plantation, was named.

john Evans, like his father and uncle, was a preacher among Friends. He died 1757. By his will, bearing date September 16, 1756, proven June 22, 1757, he devised to his daughter, Jane Hubbs, a life right in two and a half acres to be laid off to her on the west side of the Montgomery Road, and to descend to her children. His daughters, Margaret Ellen and Elizabeth, are devised fifty acres of his plantation, and his sons, Rowland, John and Cadwalader are named as exec- utors. The widow survived him until April 29, 1765.

Issue of John and Eleanor (Ellis) Evans:

Cadwalader Evans, b. 1716; d. 1773; m. Jane, dau. of Owen and Anne (Wood) Owen, and granddaughter of Robert Owen, before mentioned;

Rowland Evans, b. 1717-18; d. 1789; m. Susanna Foulke;

Margaret Evans, b. July 26, 1719; m. Anthony Williams;

JANE EVANS, b. March 30, 1721; m. John Hubbs; of whom presently; Ellen Evans, b. Jan. 21, 1722; m., Dec. 27, 1764, Ellis Lewis, second wife; John Evans, b. 1724; d. 1727;

Elizabeth Evans, b. Ang. 26, 1726; d. March 6, 1805; unm .; John Evans, b. 1730; d. 1807; m. Margaret Foulke.

JANE EVANS, second daughter of John and Eleanor (Ellis) Evans, born in Gwynedd, March 30, 1721, married John Hubbs, and they had issue; two sons, Charles and John ; and three daughters, Rachel and Ellen, both of whom married successively Amos Lewis, and Mary.

ELLIS LEWIS, grandfather of Amos Lewis, came from Merion in the Welsh Tract, and purchased land in Upper Dublin township, Philadelphia (now Mont- gomery ) county, and died there 1753, his wife, Ann, dying 1756.

Issue of Ellis and Ann Lewis:

Elizabeth Lewis, m. William Spencer ; Lewis Lewis, m. Ann Lord, and settled in Upper Bucks co .; Jane Lewis, m. Amos Lewis, of Gwynedd;

ELLIS LEWIS, JR., b. Nov. 26, 1708; d. 1783; of whom presently.

ELLIS LEWIS, JR., youngest son of Ellis and Ann Lewis, married at Abington Meeting, Mary, born May 25, 1710, died January 17, 1763, daughter of Mathias Tyson, born August 30, 1686, died 1728, by his wife, Mary, daughter of John

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Potts, from Llandloss, Wales, and granddaughter of Reynier Tyson, who came from Crefeld, Germany, in the "Concord," 1683, and was one of the prominent men of Germantown, filling many important offices there prior to 1700. Ellis Lewis married (second), December 27, 1764, Ellen Lewis, before mentioned.

Issue of Ellis and Mary (Tyson) Lewis:

Ellis Lewis, b. 1730; d. 1759; Mary Lewis, b. 1731; m. Eleazer Cleaver; Mathew Lewis, b. 1733; d. 1746; Ann Lewis, b. 1735; m. John Saunders; Elizabeth Lewis, b. 1737; d. 1745;

Sarah Lewis, b. 1739; d. 1742; John Lewis, b. 1741; d. 1745;

Sarah Lewis, b. 1743; d. 1745; Elizabeth Lewis, b. 1745; d. young ; John Lewis, b. 1747; AMOS LEWIS, b. Sept. 25, 1751; of whom presently.

AMOS LEWIS, youngest son of Ellis Lewis, Jr., by his wife, Mary Tyson, born in Upper Dublin township, September 25, 1751, died there 1821; his will, dated October 9, 1821, was proven October 26, 1821, at Norristown. He married (first) 1781, Ellen, daughter of John and Jane (Evans) Hubbs, and had one daughter : Jane Lewis, m. Henry Jones.

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 72

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