History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 91

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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cesses of manufacture then in vogue. Shortly after the death of his father in 1883, he assumed the management of the factory, and has continued to conduct it and the various plants later added to the present time. The house has kept pace with the rapid development and im- proved methods of manufacture in their line of business, and has vastly increased its capacity and output, from twenty-five dozen skins in 1883 to over eight hun- dred dozen per day, representing an output of two and a half million dol- lars, and filling orders from England, Scotland, Germany, France, Italy, Aus- tralia. Constantinople, as well as from all the South American countries. Mr. Mathews has discovered and introduced some very important improvements in the treatment of skins for the manu- facture of patent leather and other products of his factory.

On October 16, 1884, Mr. Mathews was united in wedlock with Clara L. Brunner, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Leatherman) Brunner, of Philadelphia, both of whom were natives of Bucks county, Pennsylvania. The

Brunner family are of German origin, many of the name having migrated to Pennsyl- vania between the years 1727 and 1780. The branch of the family to which Mrs. Brunner belonged were early settlers in Montgomery county, from whence they migrated into New Britain and Bed -. minster townships, Bucks county.

Jacob Leatherman, the maternal an- cestor of Mrs. Brunner, was a native of Germany, and emigrated to America, arriving at Philadelphia in the ship "Lydia," September 20. 1741, accom- panied by his wife Magdalena and two sons, Jacob and Abraham. the latter less than two years of age. They settled in Bedminster township. Bucks county, shortly after their arrival, where six other children were born to Jacob and Magdalena. The father died in 1763. Jacob Leatherman, the eldest son of Jacob and Magdalena, born in Germany, did not marry until late in life, his wife, Esther Overholt. being twenty years his junior. She was born July 27, 1762, and died October 7, 1816. Jacob Leath- erman died in 1805, aged about seventy years.

Joseph Leatherman, son of Jacob and Esther (Overholt) Leatherman, was born in Bedminster, February 14, 1786, and died there April II, 1860. He mar- ried. November 12, 1811. Sarah Meyers, born May 5. 1788, died September 10, 1833, daughter of Christian and Mary (Landis) Meyer, the former of whom was born March 27, 1763. in Franconia township, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania, and was a son of Christian and Susanna (Detweiler) Meyer, and grand- son of Christian and Magdalena Meyer. the pioneer ancestors of the family. Jo- seph and Sarah (Meyers) Leatherman,

were the parents of eleven children, of whom Jacob M., the eldest, was born January 14, 1813, and died August I, 1876. He married, October 3, 1837, Saralı Bishop, born March 1, 1817, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Fretz) Bishop, of New Britain township, Bucks county. Jacob Bishop was the son of a German emi- grant by name of Bischoff, (sometimes spelled Bischoffberger) and was reared in the family of Joseph Fretz, in Bed- minster, whose daughter Anna he sub- sequently married. He located in New Britain after his marriage, and died there December 15, 1832. Anna (Fretz) Bis- hop was born February 29, 1788, and died in 1865, and was a descendant of the Fretz family of Bedminster, an account of which is given elsewhere in this vol- ume. Anna Leatherman, daughter of Jacob M. and Sarah (Bishop) Leather- man, was born in Bedminster township, November 10, 1839, and married Samuel C. Brunner, December 25, 1860. He died several years ago, and she married sec- ond John Piercy of Philadelphia.

Charles J. and Clara L. (Brunner) Mathews, are the parents of one child Alyse, born July 1, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews have resided for several years in Langhorne Manor borough, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where they oc- cupy a handsome home.

ARTEMUS ROSENBERGER. Among the representatives of the sturdy Ger- man emigrants who early in the sev- enteenth century found an asylum from religious persecution in Penn's colony, and a few decades later settled the upper portion of Bucks county, is Artemis Rosenberger, of Hilltown, Bucks county. He is a son of Jacob D. and Eliza (Swartley) Rosenberger, and was born in Hilltown May 10, 1863.

Henry Rosenberger, the emigrant an- cestor of the subject of this sketch, was among the earliest of the German immi- grants to settle in Franconia township, Montgomery county, having purchased land there in 1729, part of which is still in the tenure of a descendant, Michael Swartley. His son, Daniel Rosenberger, who accompanied his parents from Ger- many, purchased land in Hatfield. Mont- gomery county, near Hockertown, in 1740, and here his son Isaac Rosen- berger was born, November 30, 1751. The latter married Christiana. an adopted daughter of Rev. John Funk, of Hat- field, and their son Henry, born in Hat- field, October 1, 1775, was the grand- father of the subject of this sketch. Isaac Rosenberger purchased in 1790 one hun- dred acres in Hilltown, where the subject of this sketch now lives, and here Henry settled in 1803, purchasing the farm of his father in 1810. He erected the pres- ent large stone house in 1812 and the

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barn in 1816, and lived on the old farm until his death, September 10, 1846. He married Hannah Detweiler, born Decem- ber 17, 1778, died May 2, 1857.

Jacob D. Rosenberger, son of Henry and Hannah, was born on the Hilltown homestead, November 28, 1819, and lived there until his death, January 21, 1892. He married, December 23, 1843, Eliza Swartley, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Funk) Swartley, born March 3, 1824, died January 19, 1890, and they were the parents of the following named chil- dren: Henry Franklin, born October 5, 1844, married Amanda Kline, and has one son, Robert Fulton, at present a stu- dent at Muhlenberg College. Albert, died an infant. Mary Matilda, born Feb- ruary 6, 1847, living on a farm near Sil- verdale, married first Jacob Snyder, de- ceased, married (second) Jacob Fell- man, also deceased. William F. Johnson, born November 29, 1848, died in Phila- delphia, June, 1900. Sarah Jane, born November 27, 1851, married John M. Kulp, deceased. Hannah Etta, born Feb- ruary 17, 1853, wife of Aaron S. Moyer, of Harleysville. Jacob, born February 27, 1855, died at the age of three years. Ann Eliza, born August 4, 1856, wife of Jacob S. Rosenberger, of Hagersville. Isaiah S., born April 11, 1858, married Jemima Rosenberger, daughter of David, deceased, living in Philadelphia. Arte- mus, born May 10, 1863, see forward; Susan R. born May 16, 1866, wife of William D. Kratz.

Artemus Rosenberger was the seventh son of Jacob D. and Eliza (Swartley) Rosenberger, and was born and reared on the old homestead in Hilltown, pur- chased by his great-grandfather. Isaac Rosenberger, in 1790, and has spent his whole life there. This farm was part of a plantation patented to Willianı Thomas, and descended to his grandson, William Thomas, who was a tax col- lector for Hilltown, and, defaulting in the payment of the taxes collected, the farm was seized on a writ issued at the instance of Abraham Chapman, county treasurer, and sold by the sheriff to Isaac Rosenberger, and has descended from father to son for four generations to the present owner, Artemus Rosen- berger, who purchased it of his father, and it is now conducted by his son, J. Wesley of the fifth generation. The family have been Mennonites since their arrival in Pennsylvania; Henry Rosen- berger, son of the emigrant Henry, was the minister of Franconia Meeting for many years, and nearly every generation since have supplied the sect with min- isters and elders in their respective com- munities. Artemas Rosenberger married Mary Ann Hendricks, daughter of Jo- seph G. Hendricks, deceased, and this union has been blessed with seven chil- dren, four of whom survive, three hay- ing died in one week's time in 1898, with

dyphtheria. Those who survive are: Jo- seph Wesley, born November 5, 1885; Fanny Elizabeth, May 1, 1888; Jacob Herman, February 2, 1891; and Amy Eva, November 18,

1901. Mr. Rosci- berger has retired from the active man- agement of his farm, which is now con- ducted by his eldest son J. Wesley, and devotes his time to real estate business and in the settlement of estates.

THE STACKHOUSE FAMILY OF HORSHAM. John H. Stackhouse, late of Horsham, deceased, was born in Hor- sham township, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania, I mo. 24, 1844, and died 4 mo. 14, 1899, a son of Charles and Hannah ( Hes- ton ) Stackhouse. The Stackhouses of Hor- sham are descendants of Thomas Stack- house, who came from Yorkshire, England, in 1682, and settled in Middletown, and an account of whom and his marriages and children is given in this volume. ( See sketch of Dr. Asa Ml. Stackhouse).

Isaac Stackhouse, youngest son of Thomas Stackhouse, of Middletown, by his second marriage, with Ann Mayos, was born in Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 7 mno. 5, 1720, and died I mo. 17, 1791. He married, 10 mo. 29, 1743, Mary Harding, daughter of Thomas Jr. and Mary ( Comly ) Harding, who was born 6 mo. 17, 1720, and died 3 mo. 4, 1782. Her mother, Mary Comly, born 12 mo. 12, 1699, was the eldest daughter of Henry and Agnes (Heaton) Comly. She married first Thomas Harding, Jr., who died 7 mo. 12, 1728, and ( second) George Randall, in 1731. Isaac and Mary (Harding) Stackhouse were the parents of seven children; Thomas, born 7 mo. 29, 1744, married Hannah White; Mary, born II mo. 5, 1745, died 9 mo. 21, 1800, inarried Jesse Heston; Ann, born 6 mo. 2, 1749, married John Gilbert, died I mo. 3, 1839; Jonathan, born 10 mo. 31, 1750, died 4 mo. 16, 1806, married Grace Comfort; John, born II mo. 11, 1752, died 9 mo. 12, 1828, married Sarah Knight ; Martha, born 9 mo. 13, 1758, died 3 mo. 4, 1782, married Caleb Gilbert; and Isaac, born II mo. 18, 1759, died I mo. 30, 1835, married Elizabeth Townsend.

Thomas Stackhouse, the eldest of the above children, married Hannah White, 5 mo. 8, 1771, and had five children, viz. : Thomas, born 6 mo. 4, 1774, died 4 mo. 30, 1848, married Susanna Parry; Isaac, born 1775, died 4 mo. 23, 1824, married Margaret Thornton; Mary, born 4 mo. 4, 1783, died 8 mo. 31, 1821, married Jesse Knight; Ann, married William Plumly; Joseph, born 4 mo. 10, 1772, died 10 mo, 10, 1806, inarried first Phebe Parry, and ( sec- ond ) Mary Walmsley.

Thomas Stackhouse, Jr., second son of Thomas and Hannah ( White) Stackhouse, married in 1798, at Byberry Meeting, Su- sanna Parry, born 4 mo. 23, 1777, died 4 mo. 8, 1823, daughter of Jonathan and Re-

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becca (Knight) Parry, and in 1800 settled in Horsham, Montgomery county, Pennsyl- vania. Thomas and Susanna were the par- ents of seven children : Martha, born 3 mo. 6, 1800, died 10 mo. 2, 1866, unmarried ; Elizabeth, born 4 ino, 4, 1802, died 7 mno. 4, 1890; Hannah, born 8 mo. 20, 1804, died 3 mo. 28, 1886; CHARLES, born 2 mo. II, 1807, died 2 mio. 19, 1881, married HAN- NAH HESTON; Jonathan, born 3 mo. 28, ISIO, died 10 mo. 20, 1884, married first Anna Headley and (second) Sarah R. Quinby ; Rebecca, born 3 mo. 12, 1813, died II mo. 7, 1872, unmarried; Joseph, born 3 mo. 25, 1815, died II mo. 8, 1828.

Charles Stackhouse, son of Thomas and Susanna (Parry) Stackhouse, was born in Horsham, 2 mo. II, 1807, married II mo. 12, 1834, Hannah Heston, born 9 mo. 9, 1805, died 3 mo. 3, 1889, daughter of John and Rachel ( Warner ) Heston, of Wrightstown, Bucks county. John Heston, father of Han- nah, was born 2 ino. 9, 1776, and died 8 mo. 22. 1843. He was a son of Jesse Heston, born 6 mo. 25, 1743, died 1828, and Mary Stackhouse, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Harding) Stackhouse, before-mentioned. Jesse Heston was a son of Jacob and Mary ( Warner) Heston, and grandson of Zebu- Ion and Dorothy Heston, the latter of whom was the third wife of Thomas Stackhouse the emigrant. Charles and Hannah (Hes- ton) Stackhouse were the parents of four children, only two of whom lived to mature age, viz. : Thomas W., born 7 mo. 16, 1842, married Elizabeth J. Kenderdine; and John H. Stackhouse, first above-mentioned, who was born I mo. 24, 1844.

John H. Stackhouse was born and reared in Horsham township, and was educated at' the public schools of that township; he was of a scholarly turn of mind, and being very fond of books acquired quite a fund of useful knowledge. He was reared to the life of a farmer, and followed that vocation until a few years before his death. 4 mo. 14, 1899, owning and cultivating a farm of eighty-five acres. He married, II mo. 21, 1866, Rachel P. Stackhouse, daughter of Benjamin and Mary ( Phares) Stackhouse, of Southampton, Bucks county. Benjamin Stackhouse was a son of Isaac and Mar- garet (Thornton) Stackhouse, and a grand- son of Thomas and Hannah (White) Stackhouse, before mentioned.

Isaac Stackhouse, son of Thomas and Hannah, born in Middletown, in 1775, mar- ried at Falls Meeting, 5 1110. 14. 1795, Mar- garet Thornton, daughter of James Thorn- ton, and removed to Horsham in 1797. He died 4 mo. 23, 1824. The children of Isaac and Margaret (Thornton) Stackhouse were as follows: I. Hannah, born 1796, mar- ried James West; 2. Thomas, born 1798, died 8 mo. 16, 1867. married Phebe K. Paul, and had children, Charles, John and Eliza- beth. 3. Amos B., born 4 mo. 25, 1800, died 8 mo. 26, 1836, married Eliza Landis; 4. Lydia B., born 7 m0. 18, 1802, died 6 mo. 4. 1835, married Isaac C. Knight : 5. BEN- JAMIN, born 7 mno. 8, 1804, died II mo. 17,

1873, married twice, (see below) ; 6. Isaac, born I mo. 29, 1806, died 5 mo. 23, 1868, married Eliza Phares, and had children; Townsend, Lydia, Thornton, Amos, Mar- garet and Elizabeth. 7. Thornton, born 9 mo. 8, 1809, died 4 mo. 29, 1892, married Mary H. Twining, and had children ; James, Henry, Clara and Emma ; 8. Margaret, born I mo. 29, 1814, married James McMullin.

Benjamin Stackhouse, third son of Isaac and Margaret, born 7 mo. 8, 1804, married first Elizabeth Raisin, and had two chil- dren, Evan and Burroughs. He married (second) in 1831, Mary Phares, born I mo. 24, 1814, died 5 mo. 3, 1888, daughter of William and Rachel (Bodine) Phares, and they were the parents of six children: I. John, born 7 mo. 7, 1839, married Adaline Burton, and had children; J. Burton, Eliza- beth, John and Joseph, the latter dying young. 2. George, married Catharine Law- rence, and has children: T. Clifton, Ben- jamin, Harry and Ida; 3. Rachel P., born 1842, married JOHN H. STACKHOUSE, above mentioned; 4. Pierson N., married, II mo. 8, 1866, Achsah P. Hampton, daugh- ter of Simeon and Letitia Hampton; 5. Benjamin, died in infancy ; 6. Oliver, died in infancy.

John H. and Rachel P. Stackhouse were the parents of two children: John, born 12 mo. 27, 1867, married Thirza Smith, and has two children, Harvey and Evan; and Howard, born 4 mo. 8, 1877.

CHARLES T. WILKINSON is de- scended from ancestry connected with the nobility of England, and among those who have borne the name in America have been several men prominent in public and pro- fessional life. He is also a descendant of the second minister having charge of the First Baptist church in this country. In England one Lawrence Wilkinson was a lieutenant in the army of Charles I and at the surrender of Newcastle, October 22, 1644, he was taken prisoner by parliament and the Scotch troops. The progenitor of the family in America was Lawrence Wil- kinson, a native of Lanchester, county Dur- ham, England, but the ancestry can be traced back to still more remote generations, for record is obtainable concerning his grand- father, who also bore the name of 'Lawrence Wilkinson, who resided at Hartly House, Lanchester,county Durham.

(II) William Wilkinson, son of Lawrence Wilkinson, wedded Mary Conyers, a daugh- ter of Christopher Conyers, of Hardin, England, and a sister of John C. Bort.

(III) Lawrence Wilkinson, son of Will- iam and Mary Wilkinson, was born in Lan- caster, England, and came to America in 1645, settling at Providence, Rhode Island, where his remaining days were passed. His SO11

(IV) Captain Samuel Wilkinson, served in the continental assembly of Rhode Island. He was an expert surveyor, being often:

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called upon to settle disputed questions con- cerning boundary lines. His entire life was passed in Rhode Island. He married Plain Wickenden, a daughter of the Rev. Will- iam Wickenden, who was the second pastor of First Baptist church in America.

(V) John Wilkinson, son of Samuel and Plain Wilkinson, was born at Providence, Rhode Island, January 25, 1677, removed from Rhode Island to New Jersey, and in 1713 came to Bucks county. It is not known just when he came to Bucks county, but we find him here through a deed dated May 27, 1713, for the property now in possession of Charles T. Wilkinson. John Wilkinson was the progenitor of the family in this state. He wrote his will February, 1751, and it was proved April 23, 1751. He turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and many of his descendants have followed the same calling. He married and was the fa- ther of seven children, among them the fol- lowing, all born in Wrightstown township : Mary, married Joseph Chapman; Kesiah, married Thomas Ross; Plain, married Peter Ball; Susannah, married Andrew Daws; Ruth, married Joseph Chapman ; and John, mentioned hereinafter.

(VI) Colonel John Wilkinson, son of John Wilkinson, was born in Wrightstown township. He wedded Mary Lacy, daugh- ter of John Lacy, and a sister of General Lacy, of Revolutionary fame. Colonel John Wilkinson also won his title by defending the interests of the colonists in the war for independence. He served twelve years in the legislature from Bucks county, and was also a member of the first constitutional convention held in Philadelphia, July 15, 1776. His second wife was Hannah Hughes. They were the parents of Elisha Wilkin- son, at one time high sheriff of Bucks coun- ty and later innkeeper at Centerville. In 1782 a portion of the land upon which Charles T. Wilkinson now resides was deeded to Elisha Wilkinson, and afterward to Abram Wilkinson, grandfather of Charles T. Wilkinson, in 1805. This land came into possession of the Wilkinson family about the close of the seventeenth century. Col- onel John Wilkinson died May 21, 1782, aged seventy-one years, and his remains were interred in the Friends' burying ground at Wrightstown. His will is dated Febru- ary II, 1782.

(VII) Abraham Wilkinson was the grandfather of Charles T. Wilkinson. He was born in Bucks county, and as stated a part of the old family homestead came into his possession in 1805. He resided thereon throughout his entire life, devoting his energies unremittingly to agricultural pur- suits. His religious faith was that of the Friends meeting. He married Mary Twin- ing, also a native of Bucks county, and their children were: Jane, John, Abraham, Samuel T., a farmer ; and Eleaser.

(VIII) Eleaser Wilkinson, son of Abra- ham Wilkinson, was born April 12, 1812. reared on the old family homestead, and after arriving at man's estate purchased the

interest of the other heirs in the property and thereon reared his own family. He carried on general agricultural pursuits, and his life was at all times honorable and upright, being in consistent harmony with his professions as a member of the Friends meeting. He wedded Mary A. Twining, a daughter of Jacob Twining, a representative of an old and prominent family of Bucks county. Her grandfather was Stephen Twining, who married a daughter of Col- onel Wilkinson. Jacob Twining was a farmer and he, too, belonged to the Friends meeting. His children were: Crosedall, Stephen, Charles T., Isaac, and Aaron, all of whom were farmers; Mary A., who be- came Mrs. Wilkinson; and Deborah, the wife of Charles R. Scarborough. Eleaser Wilkinson died March 20, 1855, while his wife, long surviving him,"departed this lite in 1876. They were the parents of six chil- dren : Charles T .; Jane; Barclay, who died at the age of three years; Caroline; Mary, the wife of Charles Warner; and Comly, who died at the age of twenty years.

Charles T. Wilkinson was born at the old ancestral home of the Wilkinson family, November 6, 1843, was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads and pursued his edu- cation in the common schools. He contin- ued to assist his mother in the operation of the old homestead up to the time of his marriage. He afterward bought the inter- est of the other heirs in the home property and is yet living there, carrying on general farming. He also has a large herd of Jersey cows, is engaged in the manufacture of butter, and attends the Philadelphia mar- ket, having for forty years sold his prod- ucts there. His business affairs have been capably conducted along enterprising lines, and he has gained a very desirable measure of success. In addition to the home prop- erty he has purchased an adjoining tract of land. He now occupies the commodious stone mansion which his father erected in 1840. This he has remodeled, adding many modern equipments including steam and hot and cold water, together with other con- veniences. The house occupies a fine build- ing site, commanding a splendid view of the surrounding country. There are forest and fruit trees upon the place, and in addition to his home there is a large barn and com- modious outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. He uses the latest im- proved machinery in the operation of his farm and also has steam power for forcing the water to the house and for the thresh- ing, churning, feed grinding and other work where power is needed. He has kept fully abreast with the progressive spirit of the times along agricultural lines, and is a pros- perous farmer and market man. Mr. Wilk- inson gives his political endorsement to the Republican party. He has filled various township positions, acting as school director for twenty-five years, and since 1890 he has been secretary of the board. He was also elected justice of the peace in 1895 and 15 yet filling the position, his decisions being

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strictly fair and impartial. He is also sec- retary of the board of School Directors Association of Bucks County, serving since 1896, and is president of the Concord Per- severance Company. The positions which he has filled have come to him in recogni- tion of his ability and not because he lias been an active office seeker. In every posi- tion that he has been called to fill he has been found faithful and true to the duties intrusted to him and his career has there- fore been a creditable one.

In 1868 Mr. Wilkinson was united in mar- riage to Miss Hannah Elizabeth Lambert, who was born in Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1845, her parents being Charles and Sarah ( Martindell) Lambert, both na- tives of Bucks county. Her father was a harness maker by trade and was respected in both business and social circles. His children were Emma, the wife of D. Ste- wart; Jemima, the wife of E. Carhart; and Mrs. Wilkinson. The last named was a successful school teacher prior to her mar- riage. She has become the mother of two sons, Howard, who wedded Sarah Spencer, a daughter of Oren P. Spencer and resides upon the old homestead; and Charles, who married Sarah Twining and follows farm- ing in Wrightstown township. Sarah Twin- ing is a descendant from Stephen Twining and Mary Wilkinson.

WILLIAM RENNER. Among the pron- inent business and public spirited men of the thriving borough of Perkasie is William Renner, who has been identified with its business interests since its incorporation. Mr. Renner was born in Rockhill township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1843, and is a son of John and Catharine (Kramer) Renner, both natives of Rock- hill township, and descendants of early Ger- man settlers in Bucks county. Valentine Renner, the pioneer ancestor of the family, came to Pennsylvania from Germany nearly a century and three-quarters ago, arriving in Philadelphia in the ship "Johnson," of London, Captain David Crockett, September 19, 1732. He was a young man, and was accompanied by his wife Magdalena, and an infant daughter Catharina. Following the trend of German-American immigra- tion up the Schuylkill and its tributaries into the neighborhood of the Skippack, and thence into Milford township, Bucks coun- ty, where he resided for a time, in the year 1762 he purchased a farm in Bedminster township, where he lived until his deatil in 1781. He was a weaver by trade, and followed that occupation in connection with the tilling of the soil and clearing his farm of 130 acres. The children of Valentine (or Felty) and Magdalena Renner were: John, Peter. Jacob, Henry, Adam, Clara, Catharine, Magdalena, Michael, and Eliza- beth.

JACOB RENNER, eldest son of Valen- tine and Magdalena, was a blacksmith by

trade, and followed that vocation in Milford township, Bucks county, where he remained on the removal of his parents to Bedminster. He purchased twenty-five acres of land there in 1767, and later purchased several other small tracts adjoining. He died in the winter of 1818-19, leaving four sons : Benjamin, Jacob, Henry, and Adam; and one daughter, Susanna.

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History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 91

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