Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 98

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

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"The dire disease which through the city sheds Its mortal poison o'er our guilty heads, At lenghth has levelled in the silent dust, The man, whom friends and foes alike could trust. When public duty claimed this good man's care Peace to preserve, the general woe to share; A thousand victims by the fever slain Could raise no fears his ardor to restrain; No gainful motive, nor ambitious view, Could lure his soul such labours to pursue, Faith gave him courage, hope illumed his eye. To seek his Saviour and himself deny. With elevated trust he looked above For surer recompense than earthly love. Yet even here the tributary tear Shall sadly flow and grace his honoured bier. His fellow citizens shall long proclaim To listening children Baker's modest fame, The mournful story of his death shall tell, And bid them live like him-like him excel. Friend of our city, patron of her laws, In every danger faithful to her cause, Embalmed, O, Baker, in our grateful hearts Thy virtue lies, which all around imparts Its force and beauty, worthy to descend From age to age, till time itself shall end. But our weak praise no lasting joy conveys. Soon must it vanish in a brighter blaze. Go faithful servant of a gracious Lord From Him receive thy adequate reward."

His death was largely due to his strenuous efforts in behalf of the suffering inhabitants of the stricken city over which he was presiding as chief magistrate. When merchants, officials, and all who could afford to do so were fleeing from the city, he remained steadfastly at his post doing his utmost to stamp out the plague, indeed it is said of him that he visited the tenements of the poor and carried the sick in his own arms to the hospitals provided for their treatment.

Hilary Baker married at the Lutheran Church of St. Michael's and Zion, Sep- tember 4, 1783, Anna Maria, born 1761, daughter of Johann Martin Kreider, of Germantown, by his wife, Susanna Louise Pons.

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About this Susanna Louise Pons, tradition, supplemented at various points by fragmentary records, has woven a web of romance international in its char- acter. She was born May 12, 1731, at Offenbach, on the river Main, in Hesse- Darmstadt, where, at the French Reformed Church, appears the baptismal, mar- riage and death record of her family, founded there by Jacque Pons, a French Huguenot, born in Douphiny, France, 1668, died, in Offenbach, May 15, 1742. From the fact that these records show the baptisms of children of Jacque Pons, by Isabeau Berneaud, and also by Marie Berneaud, ranging from 1711 to 1731, it has been assumed by the family in America, that there were two Jacque Pons, both mentioned as "Stocking manufactures," but to the writer of this sketch, it seems certain that there was but one Jacque Pons, stocking maker at Offenbach. and that he was either twice married, his two wives bearing the same maiden name, or that the name of the wife was Isabeau (Elizabeth) Marie, and was sometimes mentioned on the record as Isabeau and other times as Marie. Jacque Pons, stocking manufacturer, a Huguenot refugee from Dauphiny, France, where he was born in 1668, was married at Isenbourg, Germany, about 1710, to Isabeau Berneaud, and four or five children were born to them there, as shown by the records of the French Church at Offenbach, where the family later settled. Jacque Pons died at Offenbach, May 5, 1742, and his wife, Elizabeth or Isabeau, died there three months earlier, February 15, 1742. Two or three other children were born at Offenbach, the youngest of whom was Susanna Louise Pons, before mentioned, who was born May 12, 1731, and continued to reside in Offenbach until the age of eighteen years, when she received the following certificate, evi- dently for the purpose of removing elsewhere :

We the Pastor and Ancients of the French Church of Offenbach on the Main, attest, that the young girl Susanna Pons, (daughter of the deceased Jacques Pons, Manufacturer of Stockings, and of Elizabeth Pons, born Berneand) an Inhabitant of this district and Member of our Church aged 18 years, was born, raised, instructed and received for 3 years to make Confession. Also she has sojourned in this place since her reception until now ; having always professed, the Reformed religion, frequented Our Holy Assemblies, and on Occasions Participated in ye Holy Sacraments without having committed any impropriety. that has come to our knowledge; in faith of which we have signed the present Voucher, which she required. Recommending her to ye Divine Protection and ye Benevolence of our Brothers.

Done at Offenbach this 29th day of May in the year of our Lord, 1749.

(SEAL) ( Signed)

Jacque Berard, Pastor Jean Marquis, Ancient Jean Priral, Jeremy Meguier Jacque Charrier

From the date of this certificate to that of the birth of her first child, 1754, or indeed for some years after. we have no record of the place of residence or career of Susanna L. Pons. Tradition founded on statements made by her grandchil- dren, purporting to have been received from her in her old age, relates that she was a maid-of-honor or lady-in-waiting to the Queen, but to what queen does not appear, but she was a beautiful and accomplished girl, and was doubtless a lady-in-waiting at the Court of the then regal municipality of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Tradition further relates, that while at Court her hand was sought by one of her own nationality, Paul Gaspard Breton, and that the Queen favored his suit. but she married, about 1753, Johan Martin Kreider, a young German, with whom she came to America and settled in Germantown, where they resided until the

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death of Kreider, prior to February 8, 1776, on which date she married ( second), her old suitor, Paul Casper Breton. The date of the coming to America of Johan Martin Kreider and his wife is unknown, and it is possible that they came to this country unmarried, and on different ships, and were married here by reason of the opposition of her royal patroness to the match, though it is related that the queen gave the young couple many presents. A Johann Martin Kreider came to Philadelphia in the ship "Two Brothers," Capt. William Muir, and was qualified as a subject of the English Crown, September 21, 1751. On the list of pas- sengers on the ship "Neptune," qualified three days later, we find the name of Abraham Pons, who may have been a cousin of Susanna L., though his name does not appear on the records of the French Church at Offenbach. On the list of passengers of the ship "Two Brothers," Capt. William Muir, two years later, qualified September 26, 1753, appears the names of Johan Martin Kreider, and two others of the name. Martin Kreider, of Philadelphia county, was naturalized in Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, March 13, 1762, but whether the husband of Susanna L. Pons, we cannot determine. Tradition relates that the children of Johan Martin and Susanna L. (Pons) Kreider were much better or more hand- somely dressed than those of their neighbors, and attracted much attention. They were five in number: Catharine, eldest, born in 1754, married, June 21, 1774, Christopher Baker, brother of Hilary; Susanna, married and died soon after: Louis, only son, married Margaret Jenkins ; Maria Louisa, married Hilary Baker ; Elizabeth, youngest, born at Germantown. 1768, married Dr. Felix Brunot, of Pittsburglı, Pennsylvania.

Susanna L. (Pons) Kreider, as before stated, married (second), at the German Reformed Church, of Philadelphia, her old suitor in Germany, Paul Casper Breton, February 8, 1776. They resided at his country seat on the banks of the Schuylkill, near Point Breeze, the stepfather filling the place of parent to the orphan Kreider children. This house was raided by the British soldiers during the British occupancy of Philadelphia, and badly damaged and mutilated. This was probably owing to Paul Caspar Breton's sympathy with the Patriot cause, and his warm attachment to the Marquis de Lafayette, with whom he corresponded. Paul Caspar Breton died in Philadelphia, and his widow removed to her daugh- ter's, Mrs. Elizabeth Brunot's home in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where she died in 1814.

It appears that just prior to her marriage to Hilary Baker, Anna Maria Kreider, known to her friends as "Polly Kreider," was residing at Chestnut Hill, Phila- delphia, with the family of Abraham Rex. The following letter, written to her by Hilary Baker, is in possession of the Rex family, into which one of her descendants married one hundred years later. The superscription is as follows :-

"Miss Polly Kreider, At Mr. Abraham Rex's. Chestnuthill."

And the letter as follows :

My Dear Polly

Philada. 3qst. July, 1783.

Your esteemed Favour of the First of next month has been delivered me to day,-By your guarded Expressions, to avoid giving me Uneasiness, I can clearly perceive that the State of your Health is not better than when I last heard from you, and Sister, you inform

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me, is also indisposed. I cannot avoid telling you that I am deeply concerned and wait with Impatience the Time when I shall have the Happiness of seeing my dearest Friends convey- ed nearer to me. For altho' the Place of your present abode is a delightful Retreat, and the Family with whom you reside, most tenderly kind and affectionate, yet the seperation of intimate Friends is nevertheless attended with Anxiety, more especially when we know them to be in a weak state of Health, and the season unfavourable. As I expect to go up by my- self next Sunday, I Intend (Health permitting) to be with you pretty early for I am really desirous of seeing you,-As the Day of your returning home draws so near I deem it need- less to send you any Materials to write Letters.

With my best Respects, to Sister, Mr. Rex & Family, and Yourself, I remain Dear Polly,

Your affectionate,

H. Baker.

"Polly" (Kreider) Baker married (second), October 15, 1801, John Richards, a widower with children. She died November 7. 1808.

Issue of Hilary and Anna Maria (Kreider) Baker:

Catharine Louise Baker, m. Henry Schreiner :

Susanna Louise Baker, m. Charles Richards;

Mary Louise Baker, m. Thomas P. Roberts:

Hilary Baker, Jr., m. Margaret W. Roberts;

ANNA PAULINE BAKER, m. John Tolbert; of whom presently ;

Paul Baker, b. Sept. 12, 1794; d. same year ;

William Baker, m. Sarah Whitlock;

Eliza Louise Baker, b. 1798; m. John Van Lew, of Richmond, Va., and was the mother of Anna Pauline Van Lew, who m., Jan. 14, 1844, Dr. Joseph Klapp, of Phila., an account of whom and his ancestry is given in these volumes.

ANNA PAULINE BAKER, fifth child of Hilary and "Polly" (Kreider) Baker, married John Tolbert, son of Capt. Samuel Tolbert, whose commission as Captain, dated October 2, 1776, is in the possession of his granddaughter, Caroline (Tol- bert) Emory. Samuel Tolbert was commissioned January 15, 1776, Second Lieutenant in First Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. Philip De Haas, and participated in the unsuccessful and disastrous campaign against Canada. On the date above mentioned, October 2, 1776, he was promoted to the Captaincy of a company in the Second Pennsylvania Regiment, and continued in the service until peace was declared. On October 10, 1783, he was promoted to the rank of Major, by brevet, the certificate of this appointment, signed at Princeton, is also in the possession of Mrs. Caroline (Tolbert) Emory.

CAROLINE TOLBERT, daughter of John and Anna Pauline (Baker) Tolbert, was born September 17, 1822, and is still living. She married, June 16, 1852, Charles Emory, of Philadelphia, long identified with the banking business in that city. He was a son of John Martin Groome Emory, Esq., a lawyer of Easton, Talbot county, Maryland, and was born at Easton, February 24, 1819. He came to Philadelphia at the age of seventeen years, and resided there until his death, November 19, 1878.

ISABEL TOLBERT EMORY, only child of Charles and Caroline ( Tolbert) Emory, born in Philadelphia, March 30, 1856, married, October 28, 1885, Walter Edwin Rex, Esq., of Chestnut Hill, a great-grandson of Abraham Rex, of Chestnut Hill, at whose house "Polly" Kreider, Mrs. Rex's great-grandmother, was staying in 1783, when she received the above quoted letter from her prospective husband, Hilary Baker.

Walter Edwin Rex was born on the old homestead at Chestnut Hill, Philadel- phia, April 10, 1847. He is a son of George Rex, grandson of John Rex, and great-grandson of the before mentioned Abraham Rex, who Dr. John F. Watson.

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in his "Annals of Philadelphia," credits with being the first to introduce clover seed, in the vicinity of Philadelphia.

Walter E. Rex was educated in private and public schools of Philadelphia and at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his degree of Bachelor of Laws at the latter institution in 1875. He was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in the same year, and has since practiced his profession in Philadelphia. He served as a member of Common Council of Philadelphia from 1879 to 1883, representing the twenty-second ward. In the latter year he was elected to the office of Register of Wills for Philadelphia county, and served a term of three years. His beautiful home at Chestnut Hill is located on part of the Rex estate, formerly owned and occupied by his great-grandfather, Abraham Rex, and is surrounded by several acres of lawn and gardens.

Issue of Walter E. and Isabel Tolbert ( Emory) Rex:

Charles Emory Rex, b. Sept. 4, 1886; d. Nov. 12, 1891 ; Isabel Margaret Rex, b. Sept. 28, 1889; Hilary Baker Rex, b. Oct. 15, 1893; Walter Edwin Rex, Jr., b. Oct. 2, 1896.

BRICE FAMILY.

JOHN BRICE, American progenitor of the Brice family with which this narrative is concerned, was born in England, between the years 1660 and 1670, and was a son of John Brice of the Parish of Haversham, county of Bucks, who died there "June ye 23rd, 1685."

John Brice, of Severn, Anne Arundel county, Maryland, "Gentleman, merchant and Planter," was a Justice of the County Court, and Captain of the military forces in Severn Hundred. His name appears as one of the signers of a petition, addressed to John Seymour, Royal Governor, under date of November 18, 1708. for the incorporation of the Town of Severn into City of Annapolis, which peti- tion was granted. In 1713 he presented to Westminster Parish, on the north side of the Severn river, Anne Arundel county, a silver cup, bearing the following inscription :

"The Gift of John Brice, for the use of Westminster Parish in Maryland."

He died at Annapolis, December 13, 1713, and his will dated on that day shows that he was the owner of considerable estates in Maryland; in addition to planta- tions and lands referred to generally it mentions the following plantations and estates, "Baronneck," (escheated lands purchased September 14, 1700) ; "Hop- kins Plantation ;" "Howards Addition ;" "Doderidge Forest;" "Randall Delight;" "Memkin's Purchase;" "Point Look and Lying;" and "Brices Shore." The will mentions his brother, Thomas Brice, of London, England; a sister Elizabeth ; and "Cousin John Brice," apparently a resident of Maryland.

John Brice married, December 16, 1701, Sarah, eldest daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Dorsey) Howard, a niece of Capt. Philip Howard, and at the time of the marriage widow of Capt. John Worthington, of Anne Arundel county. She died at Annapolis, 1735.

Issue of Capt. John and Sarah (Howard ) Brice :

John Brice, b. Sept. 24, 1703; d. inf .;

JOHN BRICE, b. Nov. 4, 1705; d. Sept. 26, 1766; m. Sarah Frisby; of wbom presently; Ann Brice, b. May 30, 1708; m. Vachel Denton, Mayor of Annapolis, 1722-29; d. s. p .; Rachel Brice, b. April 13, 1711; m. Philip Hammond, of Annapolis, Speaker of the Lower House of Assembly of Md., Keeper of the Rent Roll and Treasurer of the Western Shore, vestryman of St. Ann's Parish, 1727-29, and 1740; nine children.

JOHN BRICE, only surviving son of John and Sarah (Howard) Brice, of Annapolis, Maryland, born November 4, 1705, was Chief Justice of the Provin- cial Court of Maryland, 1745, to his death while on his circuit, holding court in Charles county, September 26, 1766. He was also Mayor of Annapolis, 1755-62; Commissioner of the Loan Office in 1764; was appointed Notary Public for the Province, by Edward Jennings, May 8, 1734; and was Vestryman of St. Ann's Parish, 1741-43-59-61, and held that position at the time of his decease.

He married, September 9, 1730, Sarah, eldest daughter of James Frisby, of Cecil county, Maryland, by his wife, Ariana, daughter of Matthias Vanderheyden, by his wife Anna Margaretta, daughter of Augustine Herman, of Bohemia Manor.

Sarah (Fisby) Brice died April 8, 1782.

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Issue of Chief Justice John and Sarah (Frisby) Brice:

Ariana Brice, b. Jan. 19, 1731 (was godmother of Recca, dau. of Hon. Benedict, Cal- vert, Jan. 1, 1749) ; m., Sept. 11, 1750, Dr. David Ross, who was delegate to Congress, 1786-87; she d. April 14, 1797; they had three sons, the eldest of whom, David, m. a Miss Bardley, of Phila., and six dans., four of whom were m., Sarah and Ariana being the first and second wives of Dr. John Stuart, of Bladenburg; and Marian and Eliza- beth being, respectively, the wives of Cunning M. Corbett, of Scotland, and Jonathan Smith, of N. H .;

Sarah Brice, b. June 3, 1735; d. Ang. 29, 1802 ; m., Nov. 19, 1761, Richard Henderson, of Bladensburg; three sons and three daus .;

John Brice, b. March 7, 1736; d. inf. ;

JOHN BRICE, b. Sept. 22, 1738; d. July 20, 1820; m. Mary Clare McCubbin; of whom presently ;

Denton Brice, b. June 15, 1740; d. in childhood;

Ann Brice, b. Aug. 4, 1744; d. s. p .;

James Brice, b. Aug. 26, 1746; d. at Annapolis, while a member of Annapolis Bar, March 15, 1775; was commissioned Captain of Independent Company of Militia of Annapolis ; July 1, 1776, appointed by Council, Lieutenant of militia for Anne Arundel co., and is referred to in Md. archives as "Colonel Brice"; was elected a member of Governor's Council, April 18, 1777, but declined; was again elected by the General Assembly and took his seat, Nov. 25, 1777; was a member of Committee of Observa- tion for co. of Anne Arundel, Jan. 16, 1775; was commissioned to sign bills of credit, Aug. 14, 1775; also served on committees on fortification, etc., at different periods during the Revolution; m .. May 24, 1781, Juliana, dau. of Thomas Jennings, of Annap- olis, Attorney General of Province of Maryland; she d. Dec. 8, 1837; three sons and three daus .;

Benedict Brice, b. April 1, 1749; d. 1786; m., Jan., 1775, Mary, dau. of John and Ann (Turbutt) Goldsborongh, who d. March 20, 1796, having m. (second) Dr. James Cooke; her dau. by Brice, Sarah Goldsborough Brice, b. Aug. 10; 1776, m. Andrew Price, of Baltimore;

Charles Brice, b. June 20, 1750; d. s. p .;

Edmund Brice, b. Nov. 24, 1751 ; a Colonel in the Revolutionary War; d. Oct. 15, 1784; m. Harriet, dau. of Henry Woodward, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Richard Young; granddaughter of Amos Woodward, by his wife, Achsah, dan. of Caleb Dorsey, of "Hockley"; she m. (second) Dr. William Murray, of West River; she had, by. Brice, one son, James Edmund Brice, Consul to Cape Haylien, San Domingo, 1822, d., unm., there, Ang. 11, 1827;

Denton Brice, b. Aug. 20, 1753; d. s. p .;

Margaretta Augustina Brice, b. Jan. 10, 1755; m., Nov. 12, 1775, Maj. Andrew Leitch, who d. Oct. 1, 1776, from wounds received in a skirmish at Kings Bridge; m. (sec- ond) William Sydebotham, of Bladensburg;

Elizabeth Brice, b. June 4, 1757; m. (first), July 15, 1773. Lloyd Dulany, son of Daniel Dulany, by his third wife, Henrietta Maria, dau. of Col. Philemon Lloyd, and widow of Col. Samuel Chew; he was killed in a duel in Hyde Park, London, June 18, 1782; m. (second) his half-brother, Walter Dulany's son, Maj. Walter Dulany, of the British Army, m. by the Bishop of London, at St. George's Chapel, Jan. 25, 1785; she had three children by second marriage.

JOHN BRICE, second son of John Brice, Chief Justice, by his wife, Sarah Frisby, born at Annapolis, Maryland, September 22, 1738, was active in public affairs during the War for Independence. In the preliminary preparation for the strug- gle, he served on the following important committees: On November 9, 1774, as a member of the Committee to carry into effect the Resolutions of Continental Congress held in Philadelphia ; August 14, 1775, was commissioned to sign Bills of Credit ; July 11, 1776, member of Committee to wait on Council of Safety ; July 15, 1776, committee to direct the work on the fortifications and breastworks of the city of Annapolis; January 16, 1775, was a member of the Committee of Observation, for the City and County, and of the Committee on Fortifications at Horn Point, Beamer's Hill, and Windmill Point. He was a member of the Common Council of Annapolis, 1773-4; was a member of the Supreme Execu-

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tive Council of the State in 1779; was commissioned Captain of an Independent Company of Militia, March 20, 1779. He was commissioned Judge of the Orphans' Court of Anne Arundel county, and Justice of the Peace and Pleas, November 19, 1778, and also filled the position of County Clerk of the county, and was Mayor of Annapolis in 1780.

Judge Brice married, 1766, Mary Clare, daughter of Nicholas MacCubbin, by his wife, Mary Clare, daughter of Dr. Charles Carroll, and a sister to Charles Carroll, barrister, of Baltimore. Mrs. Brice died in Baltimore, January 3, 1806, the Judge and his family having removed to that city about 1800. He died there July 20, 1820.

Issue of Judge John and Mary Clare (MacCubbin) Brice:

John Brice, b. Jan. 24, 1770; d. in Baltimore, 1840; was cashier of National Mechanics Bank of Baltimore, 1817-23; m., April 20, 1794, Sarah Lane; fourteen children ;

NICHOLAS BRICE, b. April 23, 1771; d. May 9, 1851; m. Maria Margaret Tilghman; of whom presently;

Henry Brice, b. Oct. 26, 1777; m., May, 1804, Harriet Tilghman, sister to his brother, Nicholas's wife, and lived and d. in Baltimore;

Edmund Brice, b. Nov. 2, 1780; m. Charlotte Moss, of Anne Arundel co., who d. July 24, 1823; their only child, Nicholas, d. July 15, 1823;

Margaret Clare Brice, b. July 6, 1783; m., Nov. 12, 1807, Clement Smith, of Georgetown, D. C .; eight children.

NICHOLAS BRICE, second son of Judge John and Mary Clare ( MacCubbin) Brice, born in Annapolis, Maryland, April 23, 1771, was admitted to the Baltimore bar, Angust 30, 1794, removed to that city in 1796, and began the practice of law, in which he was eminently successful. During the War of 1812-14, he was Special Judge Advocate on the staff of Major-Gen. Samuel Smith, commanding the Third Battalion, Maryland Militia, and was at the battles of North Point and Fort McHenry, September 12 and 13, 1814. In 1817 he became Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court and filled that position until his death, May 9, 1851. He was president of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Baltimore, 1819-41 ; pres- ident of Maryland State Colonization Society; and one of the founders of the Library Company of Baltimore, afterwards the Historical Society of Baltimore.

Judge Nicholas Brice married, December 5, 1797, Anna Maria, daughter of Richard Tilghman, 4th, by his wife, Margaret, (daughter of William Tilghman, of Goces, Talbot county) ; granddaughter of Hon. Matthew Tilghman, Speaker of the Maryland Assembly, by his wife, Anna Lloyd; great-granddaughter of Rich- ard Tilghman, of the "Hermitage," born February 23, 1672, died January 23, 1738, a member of Governor's Council, and Provincial Assembly, by his wife, Anna Maria, daughter of Col. Philemon Lloyd; and great-granddaughter of Rich- ard Tilghman, of Holloway Court, county Kent, England, born September 3, 1626, Surgeon in the English Navy, who in 1659, purchased the Manor of Canter- bury, on the Choptank, Maryland, and settled on Chester river, calling his seat the "Hermitage," and it remained the chief seat of the family for many gener- ations. His grandson, James Tilghman, brother of Matthew above mentioned, came to Philadelphia in 1760, and was Secretary of the Land Office of Pennsyl- vania and a member of Provincial Council, 1767-75.

Issue of Judge Nicholas and Anna Maria (Tilghman) Brice:

Margaret Eliza Brice, b. Nov. 11, 1798;

Richard Tilghman Brice, b. Nov. 8, 1800;

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JOHN HENRY BRICE, b. May 13, 1803; of whom presently ;

George Hoffman Brice, b. Aug. 11, 1805; d. Aug. 11, 1868; m., May 13, 1854, Mary, dau. of Joseph Johnson, of Phila., who d. Aug. 8, 1886; no issue ;

Anna Maria Brice, b. March 6, 1808;

Charles Carroll Brice, b. Jan. 25, 1810; d. at Annapolis, Md., Sept. 1, 1852; m., Jan. 16, 1838, Susan, dau. of Jonathan Selby, of Anne Arundel co., Md .; three sons and two daus.

JOHN HENRY BRICE, of "Hazelwood," Baltimore county, Maryland, second son of Nicholas and Anna Maria (Tilghman) Brice, born at Baltimore, Maryland, May 13, 1803, married, May 15, 1832, Sophia Gough, daughter of James and Mary (Govane) Howard, of "Dramquhasel," Baltimore county, Maryland, a descend- ant of John Howard, a brother of Matthew Howard, whose daughter married Capt. John Brice. John Henry Brice died at "Hazelwood," his seat in Baltimore county, January 18, 1850, and is buried in the Howard burying ground at "Dramquhasel." After his death his widow resided with her son and daughter in Philadelphia, where she died August 7. 1888, and was buried at Laurel Hill Ceme- tery.

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 98

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