Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 9

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

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Agriculture Society ; first president of Albany Savings Bank, incorporated in 1820, the second oldest institution of its kind in the country.

Stephen Van Rensselaer received the degree of LL. D. from Yale University in 1825. In 1824 he founded the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, the first of its character in the United States, liberally endowing it, and sus- taining it at his own expense for fourteen years. He was the last of the family to retain Rensselaerwyck in its entirety. He was a liberal proprietor and persistently refused to sell the lands, devising the major portion of them to his two eldest sons, Stephen IV., and William P. He was known as the "Old Patroon," while his eldest son and principal successor was known as the "Young Patroon." He died at the Manor House, January 26, 1839, in his seventy-fifth year. He married, 1783, Marguerite, daughter of Gen. Philip Schuyler, by his wife, Catharine Van Rensselaer, born 1758, died 1801. He married (second) May 17, 1802, Cornelia, daughter of Hon. William Patterson, Justice of the United States Supreme Court, by his wife, Cornelia Bell; she was born in 1780, and died in 1844. By his first wife he had three children, the two eldest of whom died in infancy ; the third was Stephen Van Rensselaer IV., his father's principal successor at Rensselaerwyck. By the second marriage he had eight children, the seventh of whom was

REV. CORTLANDT VAN RENSSELAER, D. D., born at the Manor House, May 26, 1808. He graduated at Yale in 1827 ; studied law and was admitted to the New York Bar, 1830. Concluding to engage in the gospel ministry he entered Union Theological Seminary, and in 1837 became pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Burlington, New Jersey. He resigned this charge three years later, and for the next two or three years resided in Washington, D. C., having pastoral charge of two Presbyterian churches. In 1843 he accepted the invitation of the Board of Directors of Princeton Theological Seminary to undertake the task of securing an endowment fund for the seminary; starting the subscription by a personal contri- bution of $2,000, he secured the desired sum of $100,000.

From 1847 to his death at Burlington, New Jersey, July 25, 1860, he was corre- sponding secretary and principal executive officer of the Presbyterian Board of Education. He introduced new methods of administration, and extended the scope of educational work of the church; founded and edited The Presbyterian Magasine and The Home, the School and Church. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of New York in 1845. He was one of the most conspicuous men in the Presbyterian church, and his life was distinguished by ceaseless energy, zeal, sincere piety, and great practical usefulness. Selections from his writings were published in 1861, under the title of "Sermons and Ad- dresses," including an address delivered by him at the centennial celebration of the battle of Lake George. He delivered many funeral and memorial orations and wrote much on the question of education. He married, September 13, 1836, Catharine Ledyard, daughter of Dr. Mason Fitch and Mary Austin (Ledyard) Cogswell, of Hartford, Connecticut, where she was born September 22, 1811. Her father was descended from the Cogswell family which came to New England from county Wilts, England, and his mother, Alice Fitch, belonged to the famous Fitch family of Connecticut. Mrs. Van Rensselaer's mother, Mary Austin Ledyard, was a granddaughter of John Ledyard, who came from England in 1700.

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Catharine Ledyard Cogswell

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Issue of Rev. Cortlandt and Catharine Ledyard (Cogswell ) Van Rensselaer:

Capt. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, b. Jan. 5, 1838; Capt. 13th Inf., U. S. A., and served with distinction during the Civil War; d. at Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 7, 1864, from effect of wounds received in the battle of Missionary Ridge ;

Philip Livingston Van Rensselaer, b. Nov. 24, 1839; was Major of 2nd New Jersey Cavalry during the Civil War; d. at Vevey, Switzerland, March 10, 1873; m. Anne Whitmore, of Boston; no issue;

Charles Chauncey Van Rensselaer, b. Jan., 1842, d. 1843;

Ledyard Van Rensselaer, b. Nov. 20, 1843; physician at Burlington, N. J .; d. March 26, 1893;

Alice Cogswell Van Rensselaer, b. March 19, 1846, d. April 18, 1878; m., May 7, 1868, Rev. Edward B. Hodge, of Phila., where they resided, son of Hugh Hodge, M. D., LL. D .;

Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, b. Feb. 22, 1848, d. April 17, 1886; m., Oct. 6, 1868, Gen. Ed- ward Burd Grubb, of Edgewater Park, N. J .;

ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER, b. Oct. 1, 1850; graduated at Princeton University, class of 1871 ; is a well-known citizen of Phila .; m., Jan. 27, 1898, Mrs. Sarah (Drexel) Fell, daughter of Anthony Joseph Drexel, of the well-known financial house of Drexel & Companv. by his wife, Ellen Rozet, and widow of John Ruckman Fell, of Phila. and Camp Hill, Pa.

WETHERILL FAMILY.

The Wetherill family, long identified with the business and social life of Phila- delphia, was founded in America by Christopher Wetherill, of Sherbourne, county York, England, who came to New Jersey in 1683 and settled at Burlington, was one of the Proprietors of West Jersey, Sheriff of Burlington county, etc.

The Wetherill family is an ancient one in the north of England, the name being variously spelled Weatherill, Weatheral, Wedderelt, Wethereld, and originally doubtless Witherhold. A John Witherhold was bailiff of Newcastle-on-Tyne, A. D., 1259. The family derived its name from the place where we first find it settled, "Wetherhold," later Wetherall, near Carlisle, in county of Cumberland, near the Scotch border. The name originating from a "hold" or keep to which cattle and sheep were driven for safety during the times of border raids and Scotch invasion.

GYLES WEATHERILL, "of Stockton-upon-Tease," county Durham, whose will dated July 12, 1604, is entered on the Durham Registry, was the great-grandfather of Christopher Wetherill, New Jersey emigrant of 1683, and the earliest lineal ancestor of the Philadelphia family of whom we have any definite record. Gyles Weatherill devises to his son, Rowland Weatherill, "the land that I bought in Newbye in the Countye of Yorke," and "all the house or Burgage wherein I dwell;" to "my sonn Christopher Weatherill All that my Burgage wherein my sonn Rowland dwelleth to hold unto the said Cristofer & to his heirs, for evr," and also a leasehold after the death of the testator's wife. The remainder of his estate is given to his wife, sons-in-law, Anthony Fleetham and George Burdon, and sons Christofer, Bryan and Gyles.

A grandson, Gyles Wetherell, son of Rowland, was Mayor of Stockton, 1619-20, and married Anne, daughter of Henry Marwood, Esq., and sister to Sir George Marwood, Baronet, of Little Bushby, county York, of an old family among the landowners in Yorkshire, descended from the Mallorys of Studely in that county, from the Scropes, and through the Baron Fitz-Hugh and Lord Willoughby d'Eresby from the Hollands, Earls of Kent, the founder of which family, Sir Thomas Holland, married Joan Plantagenet, "The Fair Maid of Kent," grand- daughter of Edward I., who after the Earl's death married her cousin, Edward, the "Black Prince."

Burke's "History of the Landed Gentry" refers to this family of Wetherell as long settled in the county of Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire, and de- scribes the arms born by the family as "Argent, two lions passant, guardant, sable, on a chief indented of the last, three covered cups, or." This same coat-of-arms was brought to America by Christopher Wetherill and has been used by his de- scendants in America ever since his emigration. They are almost exactly similar to the arms registered for Sir James Wetherall, of Kelfield, in county of York, in Herald's Visitation to the County of York, A. D., 1584; as also to those returned to the Herald by Richard Wetherall, of city of Lincoln, Alderman, Justice, etc., in the Herald's Visitation to Lincolnshire, A. D., 1666, Richard being then sixty-four years of age, a son of Richard and grandson of John Wetherall, of Ascrigge in Wainesdale, county York.

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CHRISTOPHER WEATHERELL, of Stockton-on-Tees, county Durham, son of Gyles above mentioned, who died in 1604, married Mary, daughter of John Watson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, merchant, who in 1587 purchased an estate at Little Kepyer, near Crawcroke, county Durham, and died there in 1612, by his wife, Barbara De la Val, of the family of Seaton de la Val, one of the oldest families of Norman descent in Northumberland, bearing arms, "Ermine two bars Vert" with many quarterings. John Watson, Sr., grandfather of Mary (Watson) Wetherell, was Sheriff of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1657; and Mayor of that town, 1574-5; and her brother, Thomas Watson, was Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees, 1623, and six other years, the last A. D., 1656. The arms of the Watson family were, "Argent, on a chevron engrailed, Azure, between three martlets, Sable; as many crescents Or."

Christopher Weatherell was buried in the Parish Church, of Stockton, May 25, 1622. His will dated May 24, 1622, devises "unto Thomas Watherell eldest sonne & to his heires my burgage on the east syde of the Boroughe of Stockton, with th appurtinances" and a leasehold; to his second son, Bryan Wetherall, a burgage &c., on the West side of of the "Boroughe of Stockton," and unto his son, Robert Wetherall, his interest in a "Tenement farme & tithe of corne wch I hold at Whorl- ton in the County of York." Gives legacies to his wife Mary ; his daughter, Eliza- beth Wetherall ; to Gyles Wetherell, son of his brother Rowland; Margaret, daugh- ter of Rowland; Rowland and Alice, son and daughter of his brother-in-law, Henry Burdon ; and Anthony and Margaret Fleetham, children of his sister Mar- garet.

THOMAS WETHERELL, of the town and county of Newcastle-on-Tyne, eldest son of Christopher and Mary (Watson) Weatherell, was a minor in 1624, and was buried December 28, 1672. He was twice married, the name of his first wife and the mother of his children is unknown to his descendants in America. He mar- ried (second) September 12, 1658, Jane Heighington, of All Saints Parish, New- castle, widow, who survived him and was buried October 1, 1677.

The will of "Thomas Wetherell of the towne and Countie of Newcastle upon Tyne, Merchant," is dated December 23, 1672, and was probated January, 1672-3. It devises a messuage, burgage or tenement and three shops in the town of New- castle, "in a streate or place called Alhallows Banck" and two shops "upon the Tine bridge neare unto the Irongate upon the said Bridge unto my sonn Christo- pher Wetherell and the heires of his bodie," and in default of issue to his daughters, Mary and Margery Wetherell, to whom he devises other real estate, and names his wife Jane and daughter Margery as executrixes. The will of his widow, Jane Wetherell, dated October 11, 1676, and probated in 1678, gives legacies to her daughters : Jane, wife of Thomas Aubone, mariner, and Margary Wetherell ; daughter-in-law (step-daughter), Mary Cowle; son-in-law (step-son), Christopher Wetherell, and his son Thomas; cousin, Thomas Watson, son of a cousin, Thomas Watson, deceased, and grandchildren, William and Elizabeth Au- bone. A codicil dated September 20, 1677, mentions granddaughters, Martha and Mary Aubone.

CHRISTOPHER WETHERELL, the legatee mentioned in the above will, was the New Jersey immigrant of 1683. He married, February 7, 1672, Mary Hornby, of York. but from Hull, who died in 1680. He was living at the time of his marriage at Sherburne, county of York, and continued to reside there until his emigration to New Jersey, 1683, then producing a certificate at the Friends' Meeting at Bur-

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lington, from the Monthly Meeting at York, dated 6mo. (August) 2, 1683, as "Christopher Wetherell, late of Sherburne, County of Yorke, Widower." This certificate included his children, Thomas, Phebe and John. The Parish records of Stockton show the baptism of Robert, son of Thomas Wetherell, October 18, 1640; while those of All Saints, Newcastle, show the baptism of Mary, November 14, 1641 : Thomas, September 17, 1643; Grace, February 11, 1647; and Marjorie, July 7, 1659; as well as the burial of Grace, July 29, 1649; the sons, Robert and Thomas, probably also died in infancy as neither are mentioned in the wills of their father or step-mother. Christopher Wetherell, emigrant, is thought to have been the youngest of the children of the first marriage. At what date Christopher Wetherill became a member of the Society of Friends does not appear, but it was prior to 1661, in which year his name appears among a list of Friends in Yorkshire who were committed to Beverly Gaol for attending religious meetings at the house of Thomas Hutchinson, "and because they would not promise to refrain from so meeting in the future."

Christopher Wetherill purchased after his removal to the Providence of New Jersey, at different periods, three one-thirty-seconds of a share and one one-twelfth of a share of the lands of West Jersey, besides several separate tracts in Burling- ton county and numerous lots in the town of Burlington. He was one of the mem- bers of the Proprietary Council of the Province 1706-7, also filling the office of Sheriff of Burlington county, 1700, and probably held other official positions.

On 12mo. (February) 9, 1686-7, Christopher Wetherill appeared before Bur- lington Monthly Meeting of Friends, and proposed his intentions of marriage with Mary Fothergill, and they were married on 2mo. (April) 8, 1687, at the house of William Hayhurst, Neshaminy, Bucks county, Pennsylvania ; the residence of Mary Fothergill, being given as "Neshaminy," the original name of Middletown Meeting.

On gmo. (November) 10, 1690, Christopher Wetherill and Elizabeth Pope de- clared their intentions of marriage before Burlington Monthly Meeting, the second time, and were granted permission to proceed with their marriage. He married a fourth time, 1705, Mary Whitton, their intentions being declared the second time, 8mo. (October) I, 1705. He also survived her.

Christopher Wetherill resided for a number of years in the town of Burlington, where he owned a great number of town lots; in addition to such as were laid out to him in right of the different surveys of land elsewhere, he had purchased the lots appertaining to surveys to other persons. He later removed to his plantation in Mansfield township, Burlington county, where he died March 25, 1711. His unsigned will was proved April 6, 1711, upon the testimony of Isaac De Cow, that it "Wass Taken in Wrighting from the tstator's mouth March ye 28th, last, ye very Substance of all Devise Butt Nott in forme." It devises to his son, John Wetherill, the money paid to redeem land for him on Tanner's Run in the town bounds of Burlington and a further monetary legacy, conditioned that he release to his brother, Thomas Wetherill, all claim, &c., to the lands; to Thomas and Phebe Scattergood, and their sons, Samuel and Christopher, and daughter Elizabeth are devised certain lands and other estate, and unto his son, Thomas Wetherill, "Whome I likewise Constitute make and ordaine my onely and sole executor all the Remainder of my Estate both Reall and personall be what it will or where it will, to him his heires and assigns for ever."

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The only children of Christopher Wetherill were by his first wife, Mary Hornby, who died in England, 1680, there being no issue by the three American wives.

Issue of Christopher and Mary (Hornby) Wetherill:

Phebe Wetherill, b., Sherburne, county York, England, Nov. 27, 1672, d. in N. J., March 19, 1744-5; m., Dec. 17, 1694, Thomas Scattergood, and had issue;

THOMAS WETHERILL, b., Sherburne, Nov. 3, 1674, d. 1758; of whom presently ;

John Wetherill, b., Sherburne, county York, England, 1677, d., Mannington township, Salem county, N. J., 1728; m. (first), June 3, 1700, Sarah Borradail, (second) Anne , who survived him;

Samuel Wetherill, b., Sherburne, 1680, d. inf.

THOMAS WETHERILL, eldest son of Christopher and Mary ( Hornby ) Wetherill, born at Sherburne, county York, England, November 3, 1674, accompanied his father to New Jersey in 1683, and inheriting the greater part of his father's lands there was a large landholder and prominent citizen of Burlington county. He married, 4mo. (June) 22, 1703, Anne Fearon, "late of England, but now of Bur- lington County," Province of New Jersey ; the ceremony taking place at the Meet- ing House at Chesterfield. She was a daughter of John Fearon, and Elizabeth, his wife, of Great Broughton, county Cumberland, England. Peter Fearon, brother of Anne, produced a certificate at Burlington Meeting, March 21, 1703, from the Monthly Meeting at Pardsey Cragg, Cumberland.

The will of Thomas Wetherill, of city of Burlington, Province of New Jersey, Yeoman, dated September 7, 1748, and a codicil dated October 1, 1758, was pro- bated September 16, 1759. It devises to each of his sons, Christopher, Thomas and Samuel, and his daughters, Mary Crispin, Elizabeth Johnson, and Ann Moore, and his wife Anne, lots in Burlington, and to the sons large tracts of land in the Great Swamp, Amwell township, Hunterdon county, and other parts of New Jer- sey, and gives legacies to his grandchildren, Thomas and Abigail Bishop, children of his daughter Ann, by her former husband, Peter Bishop.

Issue of Thomas and Anne (Fearon) Wetherill:

Mary Wetherill, b. Oct. 22, 1704; d. 1700; m., 1724, Silas Crispin, son of Silas Crispin, by his second wife, Mary (Stockton) Shinn, and an account of her descendants is given in our account of the Crispin Family;

Elizabeth Wetherill, b. Oct. 11, 1705; m. (first) Thomas Earl, (second) Joseph Johnson, but left no issue ;

Ann Wetherill, b. Aug. 29, 1707; m. (first), Nov. 15, 1731, Peter Bishop, (second) James Moore;

CHRISTOPHER WETHERILL, b. Feb. 26, 1710-1I, d. 1786; m. Mary Stockton; of whom presently ;

Thomas Wetherill, b. May 16, 1712; m., May 16, 1744, Katharine Sykes, but left no issue; Joseph Wetherill, b. March 31, 1715, d. in childhood, or at least before his father; unm. and without issue;

Samuel Wetherill, b. Aug. 8, 1718, d. Oct. 30, 1789; m., May 19, 1743, Mary Noble, who d. Sept. 21, 1779; they had six children, two of whom-Mary and Joseph-married and left issue :

Mary Wetherill b. May 17, 1745, d. at the residence of her son-in-law, Ebenezer Levick, in Phila., Dec. 11, 1829; she married at Burlington Meeting, Nov. 26, 1778, Isaac Jones, of Phila., "house carpenter," son of James and Hannah (Hayes) Jones, of Blockley, and they had issue: Samuel Wetherill Jones, Mary Noble Jones, m. Stephen W. Smith, and Elizabeth Wetherill Jones, m. Ebenezer Levick, of Phila .; the descendants of the latter are given in our account of the Levick Family;

Joseph Wetherill. m. Mercy Ridgway, dau. of Job, and left Samuel R. Wetherill, who m. and left issue.

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CHRISTOPHER WETHERILL, eldest son of Thomas and Anne (Fearon) Wetherill, born at Burlington, New Jersey, February 26, 1710-II, died in city of Burlington, April, 1786. He inherited a large part of the lands descending from his father and grandfather in Burlington, and in the counties of Hunterdon, Morris, Essex, and elsewhere in New Jersey, and at his death devised them to his children, most of whom had, however, previously removed to Philadelphia. His will dated March 27, 1786, was proven April 17, 1786, and appointed his wife Mary and his sons, Samuel, Joseph and Isaac, executors.

Christopher Wetherill married, 1735, Mary, fifth child of John Stockton, Judge of Common Pleas Court of Somerset county, New Jersey, 1749, to his death in 1758, Trustee of College of New Jersey, etc., by his wife, Anna, and a sister to Richard Stockton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the most prominent men of New Jersey. John Stockton was a son of Richard Stockton, from Cheshire, England, one of the first settlers of Princeton, who was son of Richard Stockton, of Malpas, Cheshire, baptized June 12, 1605, and a grandson of Owen Stockton, of Stockton and Kiddington, Cheshire, who died in 1610.

Issue of Christopher and Mary (Stockton) Wetherill:

SAMUEL WETHERILL, b. June 12, 1736, d., Phila., Sept. 24, 1816; m. Sarah Yarnall; of whom presently ;

Joseph Wetherill, b. Sept. 10, 1740, d. Jan. 20, 1820; was a carpenter in Phila. on his marriage at Friends' Meeting there, May 10, 1764, to Anna, dau. of Benjamin Canby. of Solebury township, Bucks county, Pa., proprietor of one of the earliest iron forges in Pa. and another in New Jersey, by his second wife, Sarah Yardley. Joseph Wetherill was a member of the Committee of Observation for Phila., 1774; a delegate to Provincial Convention of Jan. 23, 1775; a corporate member of the Carpenter's Company, 1792, its treasurer, etc. His wife, Anna (Canby) Wetherill, d. Sept. 20, 1820; they had issue :

Thomas Wetherill, b. March 17, 1765, d. May 1, 1824; m., July 26, 1792, Elizabeth Hunt, and left issue ;

Benjamin Wetherill, b. Sept. 8, 1766, d. July 19, 1808; m. Anne Blakiston; left no issue;

Mary Wetherill, b. 1768, d. 1846, unm .;

Sarah Wetherill, b. Nov. 4, 1770, d. April 14, 1838; m., June 2, 1803, William Powell, of Phila., and an account of her descendants is given elsewhere in this volume;

Anna Wetherill, b. 1773, d. unm., 1849;

Christopher Wetherill, b. 1779, d. unm., 1856;

Horatio G. and Anne, d. inf.

Mary Anna Wetherill, b. Sept. 8, 1742, d. Aug. 8, 1744;

John Wetherill, b. July 15, 1746, d. July 30, 1768, unm .;

Anna Wetherill, b. May 18, 1750, survived her father, but d. unm .;

Isaac Wetherill, b. Feb. 1, 1753, d. Aug. 18, 1821; m., May 16, 1776, Rebecca Deacon, and had issue, seven children, six of whom, viz .:

Joseph, m. Rebecca Aronson ;

Anna, m. Samuel W. Earl;

Thomas, m. Rebecca Lippincott;

Mary, m. Thomas P. Earl;

Sarah, m. William N. Earl;

George Deacon, b. Phila., July, 1794, d. April 18, 1875, was a prominent and suc- cessful business man, leaving descendants in Phila. and elsewhere. He mar- ried Catharine Copeland, who died April 16, 1875. Their eldest dau., Anna, m. her cousin, Christopher Wetherill, son of Thomas and Rebecca (Lippincott) Wetherill, and their third child, Sarah Wetherill, m. George Northrop, Esq., a prominent member of the Phila. Bar, and their dan., Christine Northrop, m. Samuel Price Wetherill, of Phila., of whom hereafter;

Sarah Wetherill, b. Jan. 19, 1755, d. Jan. 12, 1820.

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SAMUEL WETHERILL, eldest son of Christopher Wetherill, of Burlington, New Jersey, by his wife, Mary Stockton, was born at Burlington, April 12, 1736. (There is some doubt about the correctness of the dates of birth of the children of Christopher Wetherill, who were born before the adoption of the Gregorian Calen- dar in 1752. The dates herein given are from the family record, but since the genealogical charts prepared by the family, have given the Pagan names to months, given in the early records by numerals, thereby giving incorrect dates in all cases prior to 1752, it is probable that these dates are also incorrect. Where it was possible to correct these dates by reference to Meeting records, etc., it has been done). Samuel Wetherill learned the trade of a carpenter, and coming to Phila- delphia followed that vocation there for some years. He was a man of great public spirit and took a lively interest in affairs of his adopted city, as well as of the country at large. The imposition of the Stamp Act and the consequent revolt of the Colon- ists gave an impetus to the laudable effort of Americans to manufacture such articles for which they had been used to depend upon the industries of the old world. Samuel Wetherill was one of the promoters and managers of the "United Company of Philadelphia for the Establishment of American Industries," and he carried the principles of that organization into practical application by establishing. in 1775, at his dwelling-house on South alley, between Fifth and Sixth streets, on a lot extending from Market to Arch streets, an establishment for the weaving, fulling and dyeing of domestic fabrics, which according to his quaint business card embellished with a cut representing a Quaker lady sitting by her spinning wheel, were "suitable for every season of the year, viz .- Jeans, Fustians, Everlastings, Coatings, &c." Finding it necessary to establish a plant for dyeing his goods, there being no such establishment in Philadelphia, he found the scarcity of proper ingredients for his dye-stuffs a serious impediment to the success of his under- taking, and therefore also established a chemical laboratory for their manufacture. The latter enterprise was the foundation of the immense industry in the manufac- ture of drugs and chemicals, carried on by the Wetherill family down to the pres- ent time.

During the Revolutionary war Samuel Wetherill supplied, by contract with the Continental Congress, cloth for the manufacture of uniforms for the patriot sol- diers, and was active in the support of the patriot cause. His activity in these matters was deemed by the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends as a devia- tion from their "Ancient Testimony and Peacable principles," and he was dis- owned by them in August, 1779.

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 9

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