History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 136

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1040

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he said, "saddles and bridles were scarce i nthose days." He was also in the battles of Brandywine and Camden, South Caro- lina, and after the defeat of General Gates he served with others of the legion under General Marion, to whom he was deeply attached. It is belived that he was with General Wayne at the battle of Stony Point, but there is no definite knowledge of this. He was disowned by the Meeting of Friends for going to war, and later joined the Free Quakers, Fifth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, but upon his removal to Burlington, New Jersey, he attended St. Mary's Episcopal Church, and at his death in 1826 was buried in the churchyard. While at Valley Forge he met John Fitch, who was in the army. Afterwards they resided in Philadelphia, were lifelong friends, and when John Fitch's steamboat made her first trip to Burlington, New Jer- sey, there were twenty-four congressmen and two boys on board, one of the latter being John Y. Birkey, son of Peter Birkey, but the name of his companion is not known.

John Y. Birkey and his wife Deborah Hughes had the following children :

I. Thomas Hughes Birkey,* born at At- tleborough, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, married Mary Curtis, of Baltimore, Mary- land, and had children : Maria Braids Birk- ey, who married Thomas Bullman Baker, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and had chil- dren. (This Baker family were originally planters on the James river, Virginia ). The Bullman family were of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and Easton, Pennsylvania, and were related to the Sitgreaves family. Ann Baker, daughter of Thomas Bullman and Maria Braids (Birkey) Baker, married Richard Mitchell, son of Dr. Mitchell, whose mother was a Miss Ely, of Bucks county.

2. John Birkey who married Elizabeth Quicksell, (they were Friends and are bur- ied in Friends' graveyard, Burlington, New Jersey) and had children, who are now deceased.

3. William J. A. Birkey, senior, who mar- ried (first) Margaretta Smith Marsh, wid- ow of Joseph Marsh; (second) Eliza Fer-

guson Myer; and (third) Margaretta Anna Stump Lewis, who survives him.

John Y. Birkey ruptured a blood vessel while working at his trade, that of beaver fur hatter, which he learned from his fatlier, Peter Birkey, and Samuel Bisphan, Mar- ket street, Philadelphia. He purchased the hotel at Newportville, Pennsylvania, in 1812, and celebrated Perry's victory at that place in 1813. He also owned and con- ducted Duncas Ferry on the Delaware river. He died in 1856, and .is buried in the family lot at St. Mary's church, Bur- lington, New Jersey. He was a member of Bristol Lodge, Ancient York Masons.

William J. A. Birkey, senior, M. D., son of John Y. Birkey and his wife Deborah Hughes Birkey, (named for her aunt, De- borah Hughes Thomas) married (first) Margaretta Smith Marsh, widow of Joseph Marsh. She was the daughter of Jacob Smith and his wife Catherine Sink, and had children : Horace, Margaret and Will- iam J. A. Birkey, Jr. Mrs. Birkey was born 1803, married 1828, and died April 22, 1833. Dr. Birkey married (second) Eliza Ferguson Myer, daughter of Isaac Myer and his wife Margaretta Shade, ** daughter of Peter Shade and his wife, Susannah Warner. Dr. Birkey and his second wife were married March 25, 1835, by Bishop White of Christ Church, Phila- delphia, and had children: Henry W. and Isaac Myer Birkey. Dr. Birkey married (third) Margaretta Anna Stump Lewis, the ceremony being performed by Bishop Stev- ens, of the Episcopal Church of Pennsyl- vania. She was a daughter of Abram J. . Lewis, merchant of Philadelphia, and his wife Anna Stump, of Maryland, who as his widow survives him, and a sister of Dr. Elisha Lewis, who was surgeon of the First City Troop of Philadelphia. Judge Stump, of Perryville, Maryland, and General Evans, of Elkton, Cecil county, Maryland, are cous- ins of Mrs. Birkey.

William J. A. Birkey, Sr., received the diploma of M. D. from the Royal Junta of Spain; he was physician and surgeon- dentist to Captain General Tacon, of Cuba, who presented him with many marks of his regard and favor, among others a gold

*Thos. Hughes Birkey, son of John and Deborah Hughes Birkey, married Mary Curtis and had the fol- lowing children: Edward, never married; Thomas Birkey, who married and had children; Ellen Birkey, who married Major Nicholas Sappington, of Mary- land. and had children; Catherine Forrestor, never married, and Mary Victoria Birkey, who married Dr. Henry Snowden, of Maryland, and has a son, Wilmer Snowden, Maria Braide Birkey, daughter of John and Deborah Hughes Birkey, married Thomas Bull- man Baker and had children: Edward Baker, who married and had children; Deborah Hughes Baker, who married Noel Cox, of Talbot county, (Easton) Maryland, and had a son, Noel Cox, Esq .: Julia Baker, who married Andrew Louderbough, and had children ; William B. Baker, M. D, who married and had children ; and Henry and Thomas Baker. Ann Baker, who married Richard Mitchell and had children.

Deborah Hughes Birkev's sister, Catherine Ann Hughes, married William Edward Alcock. of Balti- more and England, of the ancient Alcock family of England. which has its coat-of-arms. Bishop Al- cock's Chapel in Ely Cathedral is one of the finest specimens of architecture in England. William Ed- ward Alcock was one of the defenders of Baltimore

in the war of 1812. They had a son, Dr. William E. Alcock, who married Miss Swan, of Maryland, whose mother's name was Shipley, and they had two chil- dren: Rosalba Peale and William Alcock. Rosalba Peale Alcock was actively interested in church work at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland ; the family vault is in the churchyard. William Al- cock, merchant, married the widow of Professor Van Brocklin, of New York. Her maiden name was Miss Grundy, of Baltimore, and they have a daughter. William Alcock resides in Florence, Italy. He has in his possession the miniature likeness and family Bible of his great-grandfather, Rev. George William Forrester.

** Margaretta Shade, who was the wife of Isaac Myer, Sr .. was the daughter of Peter Shade and his wife. Susannah Warner. Her sister. Maria Sbade, married Thomas Jones (Ensign) and Washington Jones, their son, is the distinguished mechanical engineer who was entertained while on a visit abroad by the Earl and Countess of Warwick. at Warwick Castle, England John Shade, her brother, had a daughter who married Henry C. Blair, the well known and highly respected apothecary and chemist, of Philadelphia.

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headed ebony cant an 1 freedom of the city of llavana. He practiced dentistry among the principal norility of Cuba, and Dr. Antomarchi, Napoleon's physician, was his friend and patron. lle studied dent- istry under Dr. Jacob Smith and Dr. E. Vekledorf of Russia. He attended doctor of physics lectures, and read medicine with his life long friend, Dr. Samuel Tucker, son of Judge Tucker, of Tuckerton, New Jersey. Ile also studied under Dr. Clean- thes Fellt, and at the Wilmington Academy, where his friend, Thomas A. Bayard, at- tended. Ile was intensely patriotic, con- tributed generously to the support of the newspaper "The Native Eagle," and was with Lewis C. Levin, M. C., Charles Nay- lor, M. C., General Peter Sken Smith, brother of Gerritt Smith, Judge Joel Jones, mayor of Philadelphia, and others, a found- er of the "Native American" party. He was president of the national convention of the party that met at Pittsburg, when General Taylor's name was proposed, but the convention adjourned to Philadelphia, "where he was nominated for president." He was one of the incorporators and vice- president of "The Female Medical College," now the Woman's Medical College, which was the first medical college for women in the world. He was one of the pall- bearers at the funeral in Philadelphia of his personal friend, Henry Clay, of Ken- tucky. He was noble grand arch of the Order of Druids, U. S. A. ; was a member and first representative of Pennsylvania to the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, U. S. A., was a member of Lodge No. 51, A. Y. M., of Philadelphia. Anson Jones, pres- ident of the republic of Texas; Rev. Mr. Ridgeley, grand sire of the order of Odd Fellows: Rev. Father Waldron, of the Roman Catholic church ; Rev Albert Barnes, of the First Presbyterian Church of Phila- delphia, were his warm personal friends. with many others. He was a member of Franklin Institute; Saint George Society ; Schuylkill Hose Company, Volunteer Fire Department of Philadelphia, and many re- ligious and benevolent socities. He was kind to the orphans and never charged them for his services. He practiced dent- istry for over fifty years. He died at Newportville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1888, and is buried with his father and grandfather in the family lot at St. Mary's Church, Burlington, New Jersey.

William J. A. Birkey, Jr., whose half- brother, Joseph Smith Marsh, served under General Philip Kearny in the Mexican war. and crossed the Rocky Mountains with General Fremont, graduated as Doctor of Medicine at the Philadelphia Medical Col- lege, Professors Jesse R. Burden, M. D .. and James McClintock, M. D., having been his private preceptors. He studied and practiced dentistry as surgeon-dentist with his father in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and when a boy went with his father to Cuba. He was a member of the Sons of

Temperance, Odd Fellows, Druids, United American Mechanics, Patriotic Order Sons of America, and many others. He went as a pioneer to California in 1849-50, en- gaged in mining there, and afterwards went to Central America, Yawissa, New Gran- ada. He perfected the enamel on the por- cclain teeth. He was always noted for his kindness to animals and his character was that of a plain unassuming gentleman. In politics, since he cast his vote for Bell and Everett, he has been a Democrat. He was the private critic 'of the late great actor, Edwin Forrest, during the period of his greatness. Prior to the civil war he voted for Bell and Everett for president and vice- president of the United States. He was born October 21, 1829, and resides at Newportville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. William Jukes Alcock Birkey, Jr., is the head of the Birkey-La Barriere Family in America.

Henry W. Birkey, son of William J. A. Birkey and his wife Eliza F. Myer, was born November 18, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied under a private tutor, Dr. Cleanthes Fellt, who had taught his father and brother William. He also attended the school of the Rev. Charles Williams, D. D., which S. Davis Page, Charles E. Cadwalader, George Tucker Bispham and William A. Meredith, Jr., also attended. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, attended a four years course of lectures, and graduated Doctor of Medicine from the University. He also attended the Pennsylvania Hos- pital and Nurses' Home, Philadelphia. Professor Joseph Leidy was his private preceptor. At the outbreak of the civil war he served on the temporary staff of Henry H. Smith, Surgeon General of Penn- sylvania, along with Dr. Samuel Wood- house, Dr. Joseph Hopkinson, Dr. Thomas Newbold and Dr. Henry Yarrow. Going to Washington, D. C., after an examination by the board of regular army surgeons and writing a thesis, he was appointed by Sur- geon General Findley as acting assistant surgeon, U. S. A., and ordered to duty at the Eckington general hospital, where he relived Dr. Goulay, of the Third Artillery, and was temporarily placed in charge of Eckington general hospital-and also of the Findley general hospital, Washington, D. C. Dr. W. W. Keen served at Eckington afterwards as temporary surgeon in charge. He then entered the regular United States navy, passing No. 2 of his class, in which was the late Surgeon General of the Navy. Dr. Rufus Tryon. Henry W. Birkey, As- sistant Surgeon, U. S. N., was ordered to the Naval Hospital, New York; was a member of the board of examining sur- geons for acting assistant surgeons of the navy, was ordered to duty in Admiral Far- ragut's flett, and served on the blockade as surgeon of the U. S. steamer "Aroos- took." the U. S. steamer "Seminole." and sloop-of-war "Portsmouth," Rear Admiral Palmer's flagship, West Gulf Squadron.

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While at New Orleans, where his ship had gone for repairs, Dr. Birkey volunteered to attend the wounded of the army after General Bank's defeat up the Red River, and was placed in charge of the officers' wards of the St. James U. S. general hos- pital, by Dr. Orten, surgeon-in-charge. (He was honorably mentioned to the De- partment for volunteering by Commander Joseph C. Skenett, U. S. N.) He also vol- unteered with Commodore L. C. Sartori, U. S. N., to go into battle at Mobile. He attended the yellow fever cases on tlie "Estellor" after Dr. Root died of. the dis- ease, and also the cases on other vessels of the squadron off New Orleans, including the "Mollyhawk," "Portsmouth" and U. S. steamer "Sciota." He was meritoriously mentioned by Lieutenant Commander George M. Perkins, U. S. N., for his ser- vices during the terrible epidemic in which over' two-thirds of the ship's company of the "Sciota" were stricken down by the disease. He had charge of the naval ren- dezvous on shore, served as judge advocate and recorder of court martials, etc. Later he served as surgeon of the Refugees Home, New Orleans, Louisiana, and was in many naval engagements with the Confeder- ate forts and batteries on the coast of Texas, while serving on the blockade, etc. He was physician at the Eastern Peni- tentiary, Philadelphia, and also at Kirk- bride's Hospital for the Insane, Philadel- phia; he was also surgeon of the steam- ship "Indiana," of the American Line, be- tween Liverpool and Philadelphia. In 1875 Dr. Birkey, after an examination by an English board of surgeons, was qualified to practice medicine and surgery in the ser- vice of the English marine. He was pres- ident of the stalwart Republican mass meet- ing and ox-roast at Newportville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1900. General James Latta, secretary of internal affairs of Pennsylvania was among the speakers on that occasion.

Dr. Henry W. Birkey married, Septem- ber 15, 1864, at New Orleans, Louisiana, Catherine Elvira Ochiglevich, born in New Orleans, October 26, 1848, daughter of Ivan Ochiglevich and his wife Ellen Ward; they had other children-Mark and Angelina. Ivan Ochiglevich was the son of Marco Ochiglevich, of an ancient family of Rus- sia ; his wife was of Trieste, Austria. They had sons besides Ivan-Peter and Nicholas, who reside in Italy. Ivan Ochiglevich was a dear friend of General Beauregard, of the Confederate army; he was in favor of the South during the civil war, owned slaves, vessels, etc. He set fire to and de- stroyed his cotton and sugar rather than have it fall into the hands of the forces of the United States when they captured New Orleans. He was personally well ac- quainted with the Arch Duke Maximilian of Austria and Generals Meija and Cor- tenas of Mexico. He spoke many lan- guages. He was a member of the Slavon- jan Society, a thirty-third degree Free Ma-

son, and a member of Indivisable Friends' Commandery, K. T., New Orleans. Henry W. Birkey and his wife Catherine Ochigle- vich had a son, John Washington Birkey, born at New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22, 1867. Henry W. Birkey, M. D., is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revo- lution.

Isaac Myer Birkey, M. D., studied medi- cine at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated there, his preceptor having been Joseph Leidy, M. D., professor of anatomy. He studied dentistry with his father, Dr. William J. A. Birkey. As an acting medical cadet, U. S. A., during the civil war, he assisted professor Leidy with his post- mortem examinations in the military hos- pital ( Satterlee, etc.) especially in cases of Chickahominy (swamp) fevers. He after- wards practiced as a surgeon-dentist. He drilled as soldiers a company of youthis at Newsportville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, at the outbreak of the civil war. His specialty is the originating of ideas. He was born at Philadelphia in the home oc- cupied by the Penn Club, September 17, 1843. He is a member of Oriental Chap- ter, R. A. M., and Kadosh Commandery, K. T. He is a member of American Hose Company, Volunteer Fire Department of Philadelphia. Isaac M. Birkey and Brom- ley Wharton restocked Neshaminy creek with black bass and yellow perch in 1903- 04; the creek was stocked thirty years ago by Charles Taylor. He practiced medicine in his native city, Philadelphia, for twenty- five years, and during the Spanish-Ameri- can war volunteered his services to the United States government. He assisted Professor Dr. Leidy to recatalogue the Wis- tar and Horner Museums of the University of Pennsylvania, a great undertaking, and one that had. not been done for a number of years. He also assisted Dr. Leidy in the anatomical department of the University of Pennsylvania. He assisted Dr. Albert H. Smith at the Philadelphia Nurses' Home. the mother of the nurses' homes and nurses' training schools in the United States. He was an active Democrat in Philadelphia and Bucks county, and was president of the first Democratic club that Bristol township ever had, and also served as Democratic township committeeman. He created the idea for the Columbian World's Fair and for the celebration of the anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus, and with his pen and speech agitated it until it was an accomplished fact and celebrated by the Columbian World's Fair at Chicago. He was the treasurer of the Victor Estephe Billiard Club of Philadelphia, and treasurer of the Kent Cricket Club of the same city. In 1886 he made a tour of Europe. He discovered the pearl-bearing mussels in the Neshaminy creek, Bucks county, Penn- sylvania.

John Washington Birkey, mechanical engineer and machinist, studied his trade and profession with his cousin, Washing-

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ton Jones, the distinguished mechanical engineer, at Port Richmond Iron Works, Philadelphia. He was educated at Swarth- more College. He assisted in building and constructing the pumping engines at Louis- ville, Kentucky, Birmingham, Alabama, and Chickies, Pennsylvania, and worked at the Cramps works, Isaac P. Morris works, and Leedom's carpet mills, Bristol, Bucks county. When a lad in New Orleans, Louis- iana, 1878, he was a guide in Captain An- thony Sambola's company, Fifth Louisiana Artillery, General P. G. T. Beauregard (then colonel) commanding. He belongs to the Sons of Temperance, Odd Fellows, and Bristol Lodge, Ancient York Masons, of which his great-grandfather, John Bir- key was a member, and is a member of Kadosh Commandery K. T.

Mr. Birkey married Helen Louisa Black, September 18, 1894. She was born March II, 1867, a daughter of William Black and his wife Margery Anna Lindsay, whose father was a member of the book publish- ing firm of Lindsay & Blackstone, Phila- delphia. William Blackstone was a printer by trade; he was an editor for many years ; mayor of New Castle, Pennsylvania ; justice of the peace of Harrisburg, Penn- sylvania ; and a member of the grand lodge, Ancient York Masons, of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Birkey are the parents of a daughter, Catherine Anna Birkey, born at Newportville, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1895.

MYER FAMILY. Marten Janzen Mayer, van Elsvleit (Helslint, Holland) was married October 28, 1662, to Hen- rickje Hermans Van Amsterdam, in the old Dutch fort in New Amsterdam. Children : Johannes, eldest ; Herman; Marten; Elsje, married Burgher Meyndertz; Beletje, mar- ried Claus Gysbertze; Helen, married Ed- ward Cock Cox: Caterina and Anna, not married at the time of executing of will. Marten and Hendrickje Maijer made their joint will in favor of the survivor, March 16, 1692-93.

Simon de Ruine, De Waal le Ouallon. married Magdalena Van Derstraaten, in Holland. Children: Jacomina, born near Landrecy, Hainault, Flanders, where her father, Simon de Ruine, lived ; he left there and went to Holland 1637. Janetzje, born at Amsterdam. In 1661 he was at Harlem, New York; he emigrated to America. February 13, 1659. in ship "De Trouw." He commanded the third company of troops at Haarlem. June 7. 1663. at the time of the massacre of the Dutch at Esopus. and had charge of defense of New Haar- lem outpost. Janetzje, his daughter, mar- ried, December 5. 1650, Jean de Pre. in the

old Dutch church of New Amsterdam. Jean (Jan) de Pre was a Fleming of Wal- loon descent: he was born 1635 in Con- ienes, Flanders. He was living in New Amsterdam 1655-59. Jannetzje was his sec- ond wife, and by her he had Jannetzje de Pre. baptized December 3. 1662, and other children. Jannetzje de Pre married Cor-

nelius Epeke Banta, of Hackensack, New Jersey. They had Jannaetzje Banta, who was married August 22, 1696, to Johannes Myer, son of Marten Janzen Maijer and his wife Henrickje (Hermans) Maijer. They were married in the old Dutch church. at Hackensack, New Jersey, which is still standing. He left many children, among others, Isaac, baptized in said church April 6, 1718.

Isaac Myer married Lydia Campbell. Their children were: Benjamin, born March 30, 1764; Isaac, married Phebe Crane ;. Henry, sergeant in Captain Isaac Morri- son's company, First Battalion, second es- tablishment of the continental troops of the line, killed September 26, 1776, at the bat- tle of Germantown ; and a daughter Rachel,. who married (first) a Post, and (second) John Durand. She was the mother of Asher Browne Durand, the celebrated ar- tist and engraver, and her other son, Cyrus Durand, was the inventor of the "geometri- cal turning lathe" for bank notes, bonds, etc.

Benjamin Myer married Sarah Riggs, daughter of Joseph Riggs, in the First Presbyterian church of New York, Feb- ruary 17, 1785. Their son, Isaac Myer, served in the common and select councils of Philadelphia. He was twice elected to the legislature, and was the agent of the Stephen Girard estate, etc. He was an old- line Whig, but became a Democrat during the civil war. Isaac Myer married Mar- garetta Shade, daughter of Peter Shade, and his wife, Susannah (Warner) .Shade, and their children were: Eliza Ferguson, Sarah Riggs, Lafayette, Maria Jones, Su- san, and Isaac, Jr. Eliza F. became the wife of William J. A. Birkey, Senior ; Sarah R. became the wife of Judge A: V. Parsons; Lafayette married Mrs. Ella (Cork) Duncan, maiden name Lafille, daughter of the French consul at Balti- more, Maryland; Maria Jones became the wife of Dr. Thomas Wilson Woodland, of Kent county, Maryland; Susan became the wife of Charles A. Duy; Isaac married Mrs. Mary Abbott Shearpstine, maiden name Abbott. of Philadelphia and New York. Sarah Riggs Myer, sister of Isaac Myer. Sr., married (first) John Tuttle, of Newark, New Jersey, cousin of Miss Tuttle, who married Garrett Hobart, former vice- president of the United States; she mar- ried (second) Calvin Baldwin, of Newark, New Jersey. Johannes Majer (name signed Myer), made his will March 25, 1742, was proved April 10, 1755. and the original is now in the office of the secre- tary of state at Trenton, New Jersey.

Isaac Myer, Jr., attorney at law, was- the author of many literary works, among others translations of "The Waterloo Med- al." "The Kabbalah," and "Ancient Books of Egypt," etc. "The London Spectator" calls him a savant. He is a member of the Ilolland Society of New York. the Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, the Huguenot Society, New England

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Society, and the Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium. He studied law with Judge A. V. Parsons and Eli Kirk Price, of Philadelphia. He died in August, 1902, at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, and is buried in the family lot at Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, where his father. brother Lafayette, and sister Eliza F. (Myer) Bir- key are buried.

RIGGS FAMILY. Edward Riggs, Puritan, settled at Roxbury, Massachu- setts, 1630, and was made a freeman. He was a member of the Anglician Church when in England (Anglo-Saxon origin). He was married, in 1618, to a Miss Holmes, born before 1590, in Nanzing Parish, Waltham Abbey, Essex county, England. The Riggs family have their coat of arms. Edward Riggs had one son, Edward Riggs, who fought against the Pequod Indians in 1637, and was made a sergeant on the field of battle for bravery and for saving the lives of his captain and companions from an In- dian ambuscade. Sergeant Edward Riggs went from Roxbury to New Mil- ford, Connecticut, where he purchased land and built a palisade house near the present town of Derby, and therein hid Generals Goff and Whally, known as the "Regicides." He had one daughter. Mary, and sons Joseph, Edward, and Samuel, who was known as Ensign Riggs. Sergeant Edward Riggs with his wife Elizabeth went to Newark, New Jersey, about 1666, and settled it, there- after being known as the funder ot Newark, New Jersey. His daughter, Mary, and sons. Joseph and Edward, aided in the settlement thereof. His wife Elizabetlı the only woman who stayed over the winter, and for her brav- ery she was voted a double portion of land. Sergeant Riggs kept a wolf pit for his own amusement.

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History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 136

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921 Publication date: 1905 Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1040

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1040