History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 127

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162

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He was in the service when, in the fall of 1777, the British passed through Chester County in the campaign for the possession of Philadelphia. At his house they committed great depredations, destroying and taking his furniture and other property, including 11 cows, 7 beef- cattle, 40 sheep, 10 swine, and 121 fowls, to the value of £303 3s. 6d. A mirror, which had been a part of the marriage outfit of his dead wife, escaped, and now belongs to Samuel Pennypacker, Esq.

He was elected a member of the Assembly in October, 1778, and after a long contest obtained his seat. He was re-elected in 1779, 1780, and 1781, and as a member of that body voted against all efforts to abolish slavery in Pennsylvania. In April, 1779, he wrote to the Council of Safety in regard to irregularities in the election of the militia officers of Chester County, as conducted by Col. Levi Gronow, and that election was annulled. In 1781 he was appointed by the Assembly one of the board of commissioners to provide for the navigation of the river Schuylkill.

He married, at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Dec. 22, 1748, Hannah Martin, and had two children,-Rebecca and Harriet. He married again, Elizabeth Morris, grand- daughter of John Bartholomew, and cousin of Cols. Ed- ward and Benjamin Bartholomew, by whom he had three children,-Isaac, James, and Elizabeth. He married the third time, Ann Beaton, sister of Col. John Beaton, and had by her seven children. He died in 1793, and is buried in the yard of the Valley Episcopal Church.

ISAAC ANDERSON, son of Patrick, was born Nov. 23, 1760. When a boy he was a great favorite with the Indians, who still frequented the valley of the Pickering, and often accompanied them on their fishing and hunting

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excursions. Though a mere boy when the Revolutionary war commenced, lie was not of the temper to rest in quiet amid the exciting scenes occurring around him. He was one of the squad who visited William Moore and searched for arms, as is detailed in the sketch of that stanch loyal- ist. In the fall of 1777, during the British invasion, he led a company of militia to the assistance of Washington, and while the army lay at Valley Forge he carried dis- patches to and from the Congress at York. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat, and after the close of the war was appointed a justice of the peace. In 1802 he was elected to the Assembly. From 1803 to 1807 he sat in Congress. In the Monroe campaign, in 1816, he was a Presidential elector, and he was also at one time prominently suggested for the governorship. He was one of the first Methodists in Pennsylvania, he and his wife having been converted in 1780, and he frequently preached for that sect. A sketch of Charlestown township written by him was published in Potter's American Monthly for January, 1875. He mar- ried Mary Lane, a great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Richardson, one of the earliest Philadelphia judges and provincial councilors, and also a great-great-granddaughter of Barbara Aubrey, a first cousin of that William Aubrey who married Letitia Penn, and whose ancestor, Sir Regi- bald Aubrey, was one of the Norman conquerors of Wales in the twelfth century. They had eleven children. He was six feet four inches high, and a man of great muscular strength, and of perhaps excessive firmness of character. He died Oct. 27, 1838.

DR. JAMES ANDERSON was born in Charlestown, now Schuylkill township, April 11, 1782. He was the eldest son of Hon. Isaac Anderson, a gentleman of extensive reading and high position. His carly life was spent chicfly at home, and his education was such as the country at that time afforded to its youth. In 1803 he attended a Latin school in Norristown, and in the following year commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Roger Davis, with whom he remained for some time. He attended lectures in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania for two years, and received his degree in 1806. He first located in Radnor township, Delaware Co. In 1840 he married Mary, daughter of William Thomas, of Lower Merion, Montgomery Co., and there purchased a farm, upon which he settled, and where he resided until his death. He was actively and extensively engaged in the practice of his profession for upwards of thirty years. He was twice married, his second wife being Mary, the daughter of Joseph Wilson, Esq. He educated three of his sons to the profession of medicine. Dr. Anderson was possessed of great energy, decision, and firmness of charac- ter, inflexible in his principles and the maintenance of that which he believed to be right. He died June 1, 1858, in the seventy-seventh year of his age.

ANDREWS, ALEXANDER, was born in this county about 1759, and took an active part in the Revolution. He afterward settled down on the east bank of the Octo- rara, where he died in 1816. Andrews' bridge, over that stream, was named for him.

ARTHUR ANDREWS, of Oxford township, married, prior to 1785, Anness, daughter of James Cooper, and was an active citizen of that neighborhood.

JOHN ANDREWS married Jane Cooper, daughter of James, and became the owner of 300 acres in Oxford which had belonged to his father-in-law.

APPLE, CAPT. WILLIAM, was born in Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 1796. He spent his early life there, serving a full apprenticeship to the trade of copper- and tin-smithing, and working at his trade. In 1824 he came to West Chester and established himself in the same business, upon the spot where he ended his busy and useful life in March, 1872, aged over seventy-five years. In March, 1834, he united with the Presbyterian Church of the borough, of which he continued an active member until his death. Blessed with a wife who might almost seem to be the origi- nal of the portrait drawn by the wise man in Proverbs xxxi. 10-31, and whose deeds of charity are yet fragrant in our memories, he was eminently successful in all his un- dertakings in life. Wise in his investments, he accumu- lated a competency, which he always used for the welfare of the community. His tastes led him to cultivate and foster the organizations for military, fire, and police service, which he deemed essential to the interests of the borough. He often served as a director or trustee of the various mon- etary interests of the community.

Capt. Apple was singularly liberal in his aid to the struggling, whether in direct charity or in the loan of means or of credit. Very independent in his views, and out- spoken in the expression of them, he was always the model gentleman, and his upright form and elastic step were in- dicative of the untarnished conscience, the unblemished integrity, and the cheerful loving spirit which dwelt in him. His wife died about sixteen months before his own decease.

ARNOLD, RICHARD, of Burlington, married 2, 19, 1681, at John Woolston's house, near Burlington, Sarah Chamberlin, and subsequently settled in Thornbury, Chester Co., where he died in December, 1720. His children were,- 1. John, d. 1717; 2. Grace, m. in 1710 Ralph Eavenson ; 3. Thomas, m. 1714 to Hannah Eavenson, and in 1729 to Ann Rattew ; 4. Josiah ; 5. Elizabeth, m. Richard Pritch- ard in 1716 ; 6. William ; 7. Richard ; 8. Sarah ; 9. An- thony, m. 9, 30, 1737, to Sarah Buffington, widow of John, and daughter of Thomas Eavenson, of Thornbury. He died in September, 1746, in East Bradford, leaving one child, Hannah, who became the wife of Col. Isaac Taylor. Thomas Arnold was a fuller, and established a fulling-mill in West Bradford, now in possession of the Temple family.

ASH, JOSHUA, of Darby, married Alice Woodward, daughter of Richard and Mary, of East Bradford, and had issue,-1. Joshua, b. 4, 16, 1743 ; m. Abigail Evans, 3, 23, 1769. 2. Caleb, b. 11, 12, 1744; m. Rebecca Lownes. 3. Matthew, b. 10, 28, 1746 ; died young. 4. Samuel, b. 5, 31, 1748 ; m. Martha Pearson and Hannah Crozer. 5. Sarah, b. 3, 28, 1753. 6. Matthew, b. 2, 25, 1758; m. Mary Gibbons, who died 3, 24, 1862, aged ninety-seven years.

The children of Matthew and Mary were Jane (m. Abishai Clark), Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, John, Humphry M., Joseph G., Margaret G., Matthew, Caleb, Joshua W., James, Robert P., Ann, George W.

JOHN ASH, of Darby, perhaps a brother of Joshua, married 2, 25, 1744, Ann Hibberd, of the same township.

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ASH .- DANIEL HEINRICH ESCH, son of Frederick Wilhelm Esch and Anna Elizabetha, née Enspelerin, of the Reformed Church, was born April 10, 1717 ; studied the business of an apothecary, his father's profession, with George Herman Enspeler, court, city, and land apothecary in the high conntal residence, city of Neuweid, on the Rhine, 1737-39, and another year with Dr. Goebel, at Dierdorff, and in 1741 came to Pennsylvania, bringing a certificate from Wilhelm Frederick Schnabelins, the pastor of his church at Hachenburg, dated June 3d of that year. This certificate, with others from the doctors under whom he served his apprenticeship, are now in possession of his great- grandson, Franklin P. Ash, of West Chester. After his arrival here he married, but his exact residence is not stated. Persons of this name were living in the northern part of Chester County prior to 1740, who may have been related to him.

Daniel Heinrich Esch and Elizabeth, his wife, had two children,-Joseph, b. March 7, 1744, and John, b. March 7, 1747. Before the birth of the youngest child the father sailed for Germany, to look after an estate belonging to him ; but the vessel was never heard of after. It was his design to take his child Joseph with him, but after going on board the ship he was prevailed upon to send the child back. His widow died about the year 1807.

Joseph Esch (or Ash, as it was anglicized) married Rachel Whitaker, a member of West Caln Friends' Meeting, and, the marriage being by a "priest," she made an acknowl- edgment to the meeting 2, 17, 1769, and in the 12th month following received a certificate of removal to Concord Monthly Meeting. In the 9th month, 1774; she received a. certificate back to Bradford Monthly Meeting. She was perhaps a sister to Phinehas Whitaker, and a daughter of John and Dinah Whitaker. The children of Joseph and Rachel were thirteen in number : 1. John, m. Bathsheba Trego; 2. William, m. Ann Fisher; 3. Mary, m. Caleb Way; 4. Elizabeth, m. James Lowrey and Carvel Cooley ; 5. Rachel, m. Jonathan Webb ; 6. Joseph, died without issue; 7. Peter, m. Elizabeth Thomas; 8. Phineas, m. Eleanor Alexander; 9. Susan, m. John Ross ; 10. Julia Ann, m. George Lawrence; 11. Sarah, m. Peter Schroff ; 12. Daniel, died in infancy ; 13. David, b. Oct. 21, 1789, m. Hannah Hayes.

William was the father of Phineas Ash, of West Caln ; Peter was the father of Franklin P. Ash, ex-recorder of deeds, formerly of Oxford.

ASHBRIDGE, GEORGE, arrived at Philadelphia 5, 5, 1698, and in 1701 was living in Edgemont. He married, 8, 23, 1701, at Providence Meeting, Mary Malin, of Upper Providence, by whom he had issue : 1. John, b. 6, 1, 1702; m. 8, 12, -1732, Hannah Davies. 2. George, b. 12, 19, 1703-4; d. 3, 6, 1773 ; m. 8, 21, 1730, Jane Hoopes. 3. Jonathan, b. 9, 25, 1705. 4. Mary, b. 11, 10, 1710; m. Amos Yarnall. . 5. Elizabeth, b. 12, 6, 1708-9 .; m. John Sharpless. . 6. Aaron, b. 12, 25, 1712-3; m. 2, 21, 1737, Sarah Davies, and again, 9, 4, 1746, Elizabeth Sullivan, a widow. . He was a prominent citizen, and his last wife a noted minister among Friends. 7. Hannah, b. 2, 26, 1715; m. Joshua Hoopes. 8. Phebe, b. 8, 26, 1717 ; m. Richard Thomas and William Trimble. 9. Lydia, b. 11, 22, 1719-20;

m. Ellis Davies. 10. Joseph, b. 5, 9, 1723; m. Priscilla Davis, 4, 8, 1749. Mary Ashbridge, the mother of these, d. 2, 15, 1728, and George m. again, 1, 6, 1729-30, Mar- garet Paschall, widow, and soon after removed from Goshen to Chester, where he died in 1748.

The children of John and Hannah Ashbridge were Jane, Jonathan, Elizabeth, John, Amos, Hannah, David, and Aaron. The father died 5, 21, 1747, and his widow in 1771.

GEORGE ASHBRIDGE (2) was elected to the Assembly in 1743, and continued to be re-elected each year until his death, which occurred 3, 6, 1773. His children were,- 1. Mary, b. 8, 4, 1731 ; m. Jesse Jones. 2. George, b. 1, 1, 1732-3; d. 10, 25, 1785 ; m. 12, 5, 1754, Rebecca Garrett. 3. William, b. 1, 2, 1734-5; d. 3, 14, 1775 ; m. Elizabeth Fleteher and settled at Frankford, Pa. 4. Susanna, b. 7, 19, 1737 ; m. William Gibbons. 5. Phebe, b. 10, 16, 1739 ; m. Isaac Massey. 6. Jane, b. 8, 10, 1742 ; m. Jesse Maris. 7. Daniel, b. 7, 26, 1744, d. 8, 25, 1771; m. Hannah Paul. 8. Joshua, b. 9, 17, 1746, d. 9, 4, 1820 ; m. 11, 4, 1773, Mary Davis, daughter of Lewis Davis, of Haverford, and remained at the homestead in Goshen. 9. Lydia, b. 12, 12, 1749, d. 7, 17, 1752.

GEORGE ASHBRIDGE (3) settled at Milltown, and had the following children: 1. Lydia, b. 11, 6, 1755; m. Joseph Malin. 2. Mary, b. 9, 13, 1758 ; m Joseph Rhoads. 3. Susanna, b. 9, 30, 1761 ; m. John Fairlamb. 4. Jane, b. 10, 11, 1764; m. Samuel Downing. 5. Phebe, b. 9, 8, 1767; m. George Valentine. 6. George G., b. 8, 17, 1770; d. 8, 13, 1843 ; m. 9, 25, 1811, Rachel V. Sharpless, daughter of Abraham and Phebe, of Aston, b. 6, 22, 1786; d. 8, 22, 1858. George and his brother William sold the homestead at Milltown, and for a time engaged in the iron manufacture in Jersey. George died in East Caln, leaving children, Abraham S. and others. . 7. William, b. 8, 2,' 1773; m. Thomazine, daughter of Col. Richard Thomas, and resided in Philadelphia His children were William, Mary, Jane, and Richard, of whom the latter now owns the old. Thomas homestead in West Whiteland.

ASHENFELTER, HENRY. - Ashenfelter (originally Aschenfeldter or Eschenfeldter) is a German name, mean- ing an ash-field. Upon the Revolutionary militia-rolls of Philadelphia County are the names John, Ludowic, and Thomas. Henry Ashenfelter was born July 24, 1814, in Montgomery County, and was the son of Poter and Mary (Gotzwaltz) Ashenfelter. His mother was a daughter of Henry Gotzwaltz, who married the daughter of Christian, son of Heinrich Funk, the eminent theologian and author. Christian was also a distinguished divine. Heinrich had a celebrated religious work printed in Philadelphia in 1763, which was reprinted at Biel, in Switzerland, in 1844, and at Lancaster, Pa., in 1862. Christian's father, Henry' Funck (Funk), settled on Indian Creek, in Montgomery County, in 1719, and was an eminent Mennonite preacher. He wrote another book, called " Ein Spiegel der Taufe;"' printed at Germantown in 1744. He, with Dielman Kolb, on behalf of the Mennonites, supervised the translation from Dutch into German of the Martyr Book of Van Braght, published at Ephrata, Pa., in 1748, and the most imposing literary work of colonial days.

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Henry Ashenfelter's grandfather, Ludowic, was in the war of 1812. When five years old Henry removed to this county, and in 1824 began working, when only four- teen, in the Phoenix Iron-Works. He remained in Pho-

nixville until 1832, then worked at the mouth of Wissa- hickon in re-ruling unsalable English bar-iron. He re- turned to Phoenixville and worked in the iron business until 1836, when he removed to Reading, where he helped to make the first nails manufactured there. Here he was two years a school director. In 1845 he returned to Pho- nixville, where he was engaged in the mills (nailing-) until 1850, when he organized the Workingmen's Iron and Nail Company, by whom he was appointed inspector of nails. After his return from Reading he was school director five years. In 1852 he embarked in the railroad building as manager, and in 1853 became manager of different depart- ments in the Phoenix Iron-Works, and so continued to 1857. Since then has been tax collector and assessor. For past nine years he has been in the school board, and for five its treasurer. He was four terms a notary public. He is a Republican, active in his party and zealous for its suc- cess. He has been a member of Phoenix Lodge, No. 212, Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, since its organization in 1847, and has passed all the chairs. Was a charter member of the Sons of Temperance, instituted in 1845. He was married, Dec. 20, 1836, to Martha Knerr, and has had the following children: Mary Emma, died young ; George W., deceased ; Hannah Maria, married to Isaac Laning, of Bridgeton, N. J. ; S. M .; and Martha Emily, married to Daniel Moore, of the firm of Caswell & Moore.

Mr. Ashenfelter is one of the county's best citizens, upright and public-spirited. He pays special attention to numismatics, in collecting rare and ancient coins, relics, etc. His son, George W., was first lieutenant of Company H, One

Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, and was wounded in the ankle at Fair Oaks, before Richmond, in 1862. He was subsequently promoted to be captain, was a brave soldier, and died after the close of the war. His son, S. M. Ashenfelter, graduated at Dickinson College in 1864. He then read law with ex-Mayor Peter McCall, of Philadelphia, and subsequently spent several years in South America, a portion of which was in the office of the United States consul at Guyaquil. He was all this time a correspondent of the New York Tribune. In 1867 be returned from South America and entered the law-office of Hon. J. B. Hawley (member of Congress), of Rock Island, Ill., where he completed his legal studies. In 1869 he was appointed by President Grant United States district attorney for New Mexico, which position he held until Mr. Hayes' administration. He edited the Grant County (New Mexico) Herald for several years, and is now editing and publishing the Daily Southwest, in Silver City, New Mexico. He is an enterprising young man, and well versed in the Spanish language.

ASKEW, WILLIAM, produced a certificate from Friends of Woodhall Monthly Meeting, Cumberland, England, to Concord Monthly Meeting, 5, 1, 1728, and settled in Chi- chester. He probably brought some children with him. He married, 9, 13, 1729, Sarah Yarnall, daughter of Francis, of Willistown. His son Lazarus married, 8, 28, 1742, Mabel Cloud, and died a few years later, leaving chil- dren. Another son, Joseph, married, 2, 27, 1749, Rebecca Eyre, daughter of William and Mary, of Bethel. Parker Askew, of Concord, son of Joseph and Rebecca, married, 11, 17, 1779, Hannah Hatton, daughter of Peter and Sarah, of Concord, by whom he had children,-Rebecca, William, Peter, and perhaps others. This branch of the family went to Ohio.

ASTON, GEORGE, a justice of the peace and active citi- zen, purchased 500 acres in Caln township, on the western side of what is now Downingtown, and is said to have built what is known as the old Hunt mansion, 1727-8. His wife, Elizabeth, was the daughter of Peter Hunter, of Mid- dletown. He died in 1738, leaving children,-George, Peter, Mary (married to Joseph Few, 2, 18, 1733), Su- sanna, and probably Esther, wife of Roger Hunt.

GEORGE ASTON (2) married Esther, daughter of Owen Thomas, of East Whiteland, and became the owner of the Admiral Vernon (now Warren) tavern. He left one son, Owen Aston.

George Aston (1) was styled a Quaker (p. 48), but there is no evidence to that effect in the records of the society. His daughter Mary and son Peter became members.

ATHERTON, GRACE, late of Liverpool, England, was married 11, 15, 1712-3, in Whiteland township, to Rich- ard Thomas, of that place. She was the daughter of Henry and Jennet Atherton, who had not then come to this coun- try. Her parents, writing to her not long after, mention, among other things sent to ber, a " Brass Bible; I mean a large Bible whose cover is studded with Brass, which was your Grandfather Thelwall's, which we desire thee keep for thy little son." This Bible, which was printed soon after the King James version was authorized, is still in the fam- ily of Thomas, but contains no early records. The parents

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also wrote, " We have sent over thy Brother William and sister Mary ; thy Brother Will™ is come over free, and has brought his clearence along with him, and as to thy sister Mary, she is come on the Charges of John Holand, and he is to give her 50s. by the year, and she is to serve him 4 yeares, but she is not bound to him." John Holland ap- pears to have arrived in 1714, and these probably came with him. Mary married William Taylor, of Caln, carly in 1715. After this the parents came to this country with other children. Henry Atherton, second son of Henry Atherton, late of Whiteland, deceased, and Susanna Gar- rett, daughter of Thomas, of Willistown, deceased, were married 8, 14, 1731, at Goshen Meeting, his mother and two brothers being present. Thomas Atherton, another son, was married 9, 4, 1741, at Nantmel Meeting, to Abi- gail Marsh, and about 1763 went to York County. Henry and Susanna had children,-Henry, b. 10, 10, 1732; Wil- liam, b. 9, 14, 1734; Caleb, b. 12, 12, 1736. William, Sr., was probably the husband of Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Ruth Buffington.

BABB, THOMAS, married Bathsheba Hussey, daughter of John Hussey, near New Castle, prior to 1700, and lived in Brandywine Hundred. In 1713 his wife died, leaving several children, and he married again, 3, 25, 1720, Eliza- beth (Conway) Booth, a widow, of Middletown township.

Thomas Babb, Jr., married Sarah -, about 1729, and removed to Virginia. Peter Babb, son of Thomas, settled in West Caln about 1725, and married, 11, 22, 1728, Mary Lewis, daughter of Evan and Ann, of that township. His sister Lydia married John Morgan, of Caln, 10, 17, 1735.

Peter Babb had several children, of whom Bathsheba married Jeremiah Piersol and Benjamin Trego; Elizabeth married a Bishop, and Samson married Ann Way, daugh- ter of John and Ann Way, of Kennet. Other children were John, Thomas, Content, Peter, and Susanna.

Samson Babb was disowned by Friends in 1767 for " keeping and using a fiddle," etc. On the removal of the county-seat to West Chester he became a tavern-keeper there for some years, subsequently removing to the interior of the State. He was the father of Samson Babb, at one time sheriff of the county ; of John Babb, the proprietor of the " Black Bear" tavern in West Chester, and others.

BAILY, JOEL, is supposed to have come from Wilt- shire, England. Among the purchasers of land in Penn- sylvania was Daniel Baily, of Westbrook, in the parish of Bromham, Wiltshire, weaver, who in 1681 bought 125 acres, which was subsequently located in Birmingham township. He did not come over, but Joel Baily, doubt- less a relative, appears to have been concerned in the sale of the land to William Radley in 1713.

The first mention of Joel Baily is at a court held in September, 1685, when he sues Thomas Withers for wages, and also for assault and battery. One Elizabeth Baily was married in that year to Jeremiah Cloud, and in 1687 Joel Baily married Ann Short. At the first court held for Chester County the Swedish priest was complained of for marrying George Thompson to one Miriam Short, contrary to the laws of the province. Aaron Coppook married in 1704 Miriam White, a widow; in 1713 they join with

Joel Baily and wife in selling land, and Coppock in his will, 1726, mentions his son-in-law, Ralph Thomson.

After his marriage Joel Baily resided on this land, which was partly in Middletown and partly in Aston, but in 1704-5 he removed to Marlborough, settling first in the eastern part of what is now East Marlborough, and later in West Marlborough, where he died in 1732. The children of Joel and Ann Baily were,-1. Mary, b. 9, 10, 1688 ; d. 1741 ; m. Alexander Stewart and George Harlan. 2. Ann, b. 10, 10, 1691 ; d. 8, 12, 1774; m. Jeremiah Cloud. 3. Daniel, b. 10, 3, 1693; d. abont 1783; m. Olive Harry, 1720. 4. Isaac, b. 10, 24, 1695 ; d. 1732; m. 1, 1, 1727-8, Abigail (Johnson) Wickershanı. 5. Joel, b. 12, 17, 1697; d. about 1775 ; m. 8, 28, 1724, Betty Caldwell. 6. John, m. 3, 29, 1729, Lydia Pusey, and again, 4, 8, 1732, Mary Marsh. 7. Thomas, m. to Sarah Bentley, daughter of John and Mary Bentley, of Newlin. 8. Jo- siah, m. 3, 9, 1734, to Sarah Marsh, and settled at the homestead.

The children of Daniel and Olive Baily were William, Ann (m. Joshua Peirce), Elizabeth, Daniel, Lydia, Olive, Caleb, Nathan, Ruth (m. to Joshua Edwards). Of these, William had a son Levi, born 6, 20, 1750, whom we sup- pose to have been the father of Jeremiah Baily, the in- ventor of the mowing-machine.

The children of Isaac and Abigail Baily were Isaac and Joel, the first of whom was the grandfather of Isaac H. and Jesse Baily, near Marlborough Meeting, and of Isaac S. Baily, now living in West Chester, in his eighty-seventh year. Joel, son of Isaac, married 11, 14, 1759, Lydia Pusey, and settled on the Street road where his grandsons, John and George T., reside, it being the former residence of John Smith, at which Londongrove Meeting was first held.

The children of Joel and Betty (Caldwell) Baily were Betty, Hannah, Ann, Joel, b. 12, 16, 1732, d. 10, 29, 1797; Ruth, Mary, Phebe, Isaac, and Joshua. Joel (3) married, 10, 11, 1759, Elizabeth Marshall, of West Brad- ford, who was the mother of his children. He married, 7, 4, 1776, Margaret Evans, widow, and 11, 28, 1793, Mary Woodward, also a widow. He was a person of sci- entific attainments, and assisted in observing the transit of Venus in 1769.

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 127

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts Number of Pages: 1162

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162