History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 135

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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CHAMBERS, JOHN, son of William, born Dec. 28, 1662, died 10, 7, 1730, married (for first wife, it is pre- sumed) Elizabeth Austwick, baptized May 24, 1658, daugh- ter of Philip Austwick.

John Chambers, " of Acaster (?) Selby, in the county of the city of York," yeoman, and Deborah Dobson, daughter of Richard Dobson, deceascd, of Tollerton, in the county of York, were married April 13, 1699.

John Chambers and family brought a certificate from Friends of . York, England, dated 1, 6, 1712-3, which was presented in Philadelphia, after which they went over into New Jersey for a time. In 1715 they settled on White Clay Creek, in the edge of New Castle County, on a farm known then and since as the " Hopyard." Deborah Cham- bers died 4, 24, 1731.

The children of John Chambers were as follows : 1. Jolın, b. April 20, 1690; d. 2, 2, 1717. 2. William, b. March 17, 1692 ; d. 3, 30, 1761. 3. Richard, b. June 20, 1700. 4. Joseph, b. Fcb. 5, 1704. 5. Mary, b. Jan. 7 (?), 1707 ; m. Samuel Jackson, of Marlborough.

William Chambers married, 8, 22, 1729, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary Miller, of New Garden ; she was born 1704, and died 2, 18, 1783. They lived in White Clay Creek hundred, and had the following children : 6. William, b. 6, 8, 1731 ; d. 8, 11, 1735. 7. Mary, b. 11, 27, 1732 ; m. James Wollaston and Robert Johnson. 8. Deborah, b. 9, 6, 1734; d. 3, 12, 1760. 9. Joseph, b. 4, 25, 1736 ; d. 6, 5, 1742. 10. William, twin with Jo- seph, d. 9, 27, 1760. 11. John, b. 1, 4, 1738. 12. Elizabeth, b. 11, 4, 1740 ; d. 5, 27, 1742. 13. Hannah, b. 8, 14, 1741 ; d. 6, 7, 1742. 14. Elizabeth, b. 5, 14, 1743; m. Daniel Thompson. 15. Joseph, b. 1, 23, 1745.

Richard Chambers (3) married, 4, 19, 1729, Elinor, sis- ter of William's wife, and had children,-16. John, b. 1, 26, 1730. 17. Mary, b. 7, 13, 1731. 18. Martha, b. 10th mo., 1736. 19. Sarah, b. 11, 20, 1740. 20. Samuel, b. 1, 8, 1742. 21. Hannah, b. 2, 6, 1744. 22. Benjamin. 23. Joshua.

John Chambers (11) married, 12, 15, 1762, Rebecca, daughter of Joshua Johnson, of Londongrove, and proba- bly settled in that township. Their children were William, Joshua, Elizabeth, Caleb, Mary, Sarah, David, and Phebe. William married Susanna Pusey, 11, 17, 1790, and was the father of John P. Chambers, whose sons, Edwin (deceased) and Cyrus, are well known as inventors and machinists.

Joseph Chambers (15) married, 5, 21, 1767, Amy, daughter of James Thompson, and had a son Joseph, who married, 11, 16, 1809, Deborah Phillips, and resided in New Garden. His children were Lydia, Amy, Mary Ann, Mahlon, Joseph P., Deborah, and Sarah.

John Chambers (16) married Sarah, daughter of David and Rachel (Harris) Black, and had children,-Joshua, Newton, Isaac, Elinor, Richard, b. 8, 16, 1775, d. 8, 17, 1863; Deborah, John, and David. Richard's children were Sarah, Margaret, John W., Caroline, David M., Eliz- abeth, and Richard.

CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN, son of William Chandlee, of Kilmore, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, came to Phila- delphia, and learned the trade of a clock and watchmaker with Abel Cottey, whose daughter Sarah he married, 3, 25, 1710, and about 1715 settled on a tract of land in Notting- ham which had belonged to her father. There he built a smithy and made brass cow-bells, then much needed. In 1741 they sold the property and removed to Wilmington, where he died about 1745.

The children of Benjamin and Sarah were Mary, m. to Neal McCaskey; Cottey, d. 10, 9, 1807, aged ninety-four years, 5 months, 21 days; William, m. Mary Elgar ; Ben- jamin, m., in 1750, Mary, daughter of Goldsmith Edward Folwell, of Wilmington. He settled in the village at Brick Meeting, and with his brother Cottey manufactured clocks, compasses, etc.

CHANDLER, GEORGE, the ancestor of the family in this county, left his home at Greathodge, in Wiltshire, England, in 1687, with his wife Jane and seven children, -Jane, George, Thomas, Swithin, William, Charity, and Ann. The father died at sea on the 13th of December in that year, but before the close of the following year his widow found a second husband, William Hawkes, of Chi- chester, (now) Delaware Co. John Chandler, a brother of the elder George, came perhaps at the same time, but does not appear to have had a family. His home in England was at Oare, in the parish of Wilcott. The early records of that parish show that the Chandlers were an old family there. In 1602, John, the son of Thomas Chandler, was baptized, and in 1613, William, the son of Swithin Chand- ler. April 8, 1633, George, the son of John and Annie Chandler, was baptized. This may have been the emi- grant, but it is uncertain. Swithin Chandler, son of the latter, was born 6, 24, 1674.

Jane Chandler, Jr., married Robert Jefferis, of Chiches- ter, afterwards of East Bradford, Chester Co. George, Jr.,

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married Ruth Bezer, and remained in Chichester, where he died in 1714. Swithin married Ann -, and settled in Birmingham township, on the Brandywine, but subse- quently removed to Christiana Hundred, Del. William married Ann Bowater, and after some years settled in Lon- dongrove township, where he died in 1746. Thomas mar- ried Mary Mankin, and settled on the Brandywine, in Bir- mingham. He left no children, but made his nephew Thomas, son of William, his principal heir. Charity prob- ably died young. Ann married Samuel Robins, and died in Philadelphia, 8, 10, 1758.

As far as has been ascertained, the following are the names and births of the children :

Of JANE : Patience, Charity, William, James, Robert, George, Jane, Anne, Mary, Benjamin, Thomas, John.

Of GEORGE : George, Ruth, John, Isaac, Rachel, Su- sanna, and others.

Of SWITHIN : Jacob, b. 2, 9, 1705; Charity, b. 1, 20, 1707; Ann, b. 2, 1, 1709; Jane, b. 3, 11, 1711; Sarah, b. 3, 20, 1713; Swithin, b. 10, 1, 1715; Thomas, b. 10, 3, 1718; Margaret, b. 5, 6, 1721 ; Mary, b. 5, 18, 1723; Phebe, b. 3, 31, 1726; Betty, b. 1, 25, 1729 ; Hannah, b. 4, 4, 1732.

Of WILLIAM : Jane, b. 3, 1, 1713; Lydia, b. 8, 2, 1714; Samuel, b. 3, 17, 1716; William, b. 2, 20, 1718; John, b. 1, 20, 1719-20; Ann, b. 12, 27, 1721 ; Thomas, b. 6, 11, 1794; Moses, Mary.

Of ANN: Sarah and others.

CHARLTON .- This family is supposed to have settled first in Maryland, where Edward Charlton owned an estate, in Prince George's County, which prior to 1739 bore the name of " Charleton Forest." Thomas Charlton, of Lon- donderry, died in 1743, leaving a wife, Alice, and children, -John, Thomas, Arthur, Poynton, Isabella, Ann, Jane, Elinor, Mary, and Lettice,-some of whom were then mar- ried. Henry Charlton, of the same township, died in 1745, leaving a wife, Isabella, and children,-Thomas, Jolın, Edward, Henry, Lettice,-and son-in-law, John Charlton.

The property now in possession of Thomas M. Charlton, near Penn Station, is held by deed from Christiana Guli- elma Penn, dated 1758.

CHEYNEY, JOHN, the ancestor of this family, died in Middletown township in 1722, leaving two sons, John and Thomas. These became the owners of 1500 aeres in Thornbury in 1724, and some of the land still remains in the family.

John Cheyney, Jr., married Ann, daughter of Benjamin and Ann Iliekman, and died about 1745, leaving five chil- dren,-Thomas, b. Dee. 12, 1731, d. Jan. 12, 1811 ; John, b. June 20, 1733, d. Oct. 8, 1806; Joseph, b. Jan. 12, 1735, d. Aug. 10, 1794; Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1737, d. Sept. 30, 1820 ; Richard, b. March 23, 1739, d. June 17, 1791.

Thomas Cheyney married Elizabeth Hickman, a sister of his brother's wife, and died August, 1728. His chil- dren were Mary, and Ann, b. Feb. 21, 1727-8, m. to James Jefferis.

Thomas Cheyney, son of John and Ann, m. in 1755 Mary Taylor, widow of Philip, and daughter of John and Margaret Riley, of Marcus Hook, formerly of England. She died in 1766, and in 1769 he married Mary, widow of

Abraham Vernon, and daughter of William Bennett. She died July 9, 1819. His children were Ann, Lucy (m. Benjamin Hickman), Richard, Mary, John, Alice (m. Franeis Hickman), Elizabeth (m. James Hiekman), and William.

He was a justice of the peace, and an earnest Whig in the time of the Revolution (see p. 70), and one of the most intelligent and progressive farmers of his day. He was known far and near as Squire Cheyney. He was buried in the family graveyard, a short distance northward from Cheyney Station.

Joseph Cheyney, his brother, married Edith Menden- hall, and had thirteen children, of whom the youngest was named Waldron, in remembrance of relatives of that name in England.

Mary Cheyney, daughter of John, married Richard Riley, Esq., of Marcus Hook.

Richard Cheyney, the youngest son, married Mary, daughter of John Hannum, of Concord, and had children, -John, William, Charles, Jane, Elizabeth, and Mary.

CHURCHMAN, JOHN, from Saffron Waldon, in Essex, England, eame to Pennsylvania about the year 1682, beiog then about 17 years of age. A relative, George Church- man, also came hither, and in 1689 was complained of by Chester Monthly Meeting for coining money. Susanna Churchman, of Chester township, married, 9, 26, 1690, Joseph Coebourn, and George and John Churehman were among the witnesses.

John was married in 1696 to Hannah Cerie, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Cerie, formerly of Oxford, in Ox- fordshire, England, who is said to have come over in tbe same vessel, being then about six years old. Her father died in 1683, and her mother was married again to - Buzby. John and Hannah were among the first settlers in Nottingham, where he died in 1724, and she 9, 22, 1759. Their children were ten in number,-George, b. 7, 13, 1697, d. 4, 29, 1767; Dinah, b. 6, 7, 1699, m. Messer Brown ; Susanna, b. 7, 13, 1701, m. William Brown ; John, b. 8, 29, 1703, d. 9, 8, 1703; John (2), b. 6, 4, 1705, d. 7, 24, 1775; Thomas, b. 11, 16, 1707-8, d. 4, 8, 1788; Miriam, b. 8, 25, 1710, m. to James Brown; Edward, b. 9, 14, 1713, d. 12 mo. 1732-3; Sarah, b. 3, 17, 1716, d. 8, 2, 1750, m. Joseph Trimble; William, b. 11, 29, 1720, m. Abigail Brown.

John Churchman, Jr , married, 11, 27, 1729, Margaret Brown, daughter of William and Esther. They were both ministers, and he spent upwards of four years on a reli- gious visit to Great Britain. Margaret died 7, 28, 1770, about the 64th year of her age. Their only son, George, was born 8, 28, 1730, and died 11, 18, 1814. He mar- ried, 5, 28, 1752, Hannah, daughter of Mordecai and Gainor James, who was born 1, 11, 1728, and died 10, 16, 1789.

They had ten children,-John, Mordecai, Edward, Mi- cajalı, Margaret, Gainer, George, Joseph, Hannah, and Hannah (2).

Several members of the family were surveyors, but the most ingenious in this line was John, the son of George, born in East Nottingham, 5, 29, 1753.

About the year 1778 he executed a map of the penin-

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sula between the bays of Delaware and Chesapeake, in- cluding the State of Delaware and the eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia.

About the year 1790 he constructed a Variation Chart or Magnetic Atlas, and a Stereographic Projection of the Spheres, on a Plane of the First Magnetic Meridian, on a new plan, with a book of explanation, on which account be met with violent opposition from some characters of emi- nence in the learned world (as appears by publications yet extant), who could not relish that an obscure and self- taught genius should acquire ideas that had so long es- caped the penetration of men who had long been familiar with the illuminations of science.

But whilst he was thus persecuted in the land of his na- tivity, he maintained an encouraging correspondence with Sir Joseph Banks, Esq., Bart., President of the Royal So- ciety of London, H. Parker, Secretary of the Commission of Longitude ; also with the commissioners and secretaries of several learned societies and academies at Hamburg, Prussia, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Cambridge, Paris, etc., and with George Washington, Thomas Jeffer- son, and other liberal-minded men in America, who were pleased to say they highly approved of his laudable design of improving magnetic observations; that they acknowl- edged the originality and usefulness of his ideas and schemes ; that the subject would derive no small increase from his ingenions works; that it was a work of great merit, and might be of use in navigation ; that they ad- vised him to pursue with diligence a subject wherein his progress anthorized a reasonable hope that science would derive real increase, etc.

In 1792 he embarked on a voyage to England and France, in order to pursue his researches, as also with a view to apply his scheme to find the longitude at sca. He returned about the year 1796.

Having received invitation from a learned society in Russia, he visited Copenhagen, and thence to St. Peters- burg, where he met with great attention, was elected mem- ber of the Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received a golden medal with the diplomatic honors thereof.

He arrived in London in the year -, still pursuing his studies with undeviating diligence. He received a silver medal from a society as an acknowledgment of some ingenious topographical discoveries.

Sitting up late one night at his accustomed labors, he was found fallen in a paralytic affection, from which, after a few months, he so far recovered as to embark for home in the ship " William Murdoch," Capt. Horn.

He never arrived, but died at sea, in the ship, 17th of the 7th month, 1805, aged about fifty years.

CLAYTON, WILLIAM, with his family, arrived in the ship "Kent" from London, in company with certain com- missioners sent out by the proprietors of New Jersey to purchase lands from the Indians, etc. In 1678-9 (March) he purchased the share of Hans Oelson, one of the original grantees of Marcus Hook, and settled at that place. As a Quaker, he was an active and consistent member, and like- wise took a part in political affairs. He was a member of Governor Markham's Council, and also of that of the pro- prietary after his arrival, while at the same time he served

as one of the justices of the court of Upland County, and subsequently for that of Chester County, presiding at the first court held in Pennsylvania under the proprietary gov- ernment. He died in 1689, leaving a widow, Prudence, and the following children, if not more : Prudence, m. to Henry Reynolds, 11, 10, 1678; Honour, m. to James Browne, 6, 8, 1679 ; William, m. to Elizabeth Bezer, 1682; and Mary, to John Beals, in the same year.

William Clayton, Jr., died in Chichester about 1727, leaving a widow, Elizabeth, and children,- William, Rieb- ard, Rachel, married to Thomas Howell, Edward, Ambrose, Thomas, and Abel. His daughter Elizabeth, born 5, 12, 1685, is not mentioned in his will, but she married Daniel Davis in 1705.

William (3) married Mary, daughter of Walter Mar- ten, of Chichester, and died about December, 1757. His children were Mary, m. to Nineveh Carter; William, m. Mary Evans, of Uwchlan; Lydia, m. John Spruce and Abraham Carter ; Sarah, m. John Phipps; Moses ; Pru- dence, m. to John Ford; Patience, m. to Henry Grubb ; and David.

Edward Clayton married, 12, 25, 1713, Ann Whitaker, daughter of. James, and settled in Bradford, on the south- west side of the present village of Marshallton. The Friends' Meeting property is a part of the land. He died about 1760. His children were John, Elizabeth, Hannah, m. Robert Green ; Joshua, b. 1, 8, 1725; William, b. about 1728, d. 4, 16, 1814 ; Sarah, m. Joseph Thornbury ; and Susanna, m. to Isaac Spackman.

Joshua married, 5, 16, 1753, Martha Baker, daughter of Aaron and Mary, of West Marlborough, and continued to reside on a part of his father's land. His children were Aaron, b. 4, 2, 1754, m. 6, 9, 1779, to Sarah Baily ; Mary, m. Enoch Speakman; Joshua ; Samuel, m. Ann Speak- man ; Hannah, m. Amos Speakman ; Jacob, Martha, Caleb, Rachel, Susanna, and Isaac.

William Clayton, son of Edward, married, 3, 24, 1750, Abigail Woodward, daughter of Henry and Mary, of East Bradford; second wife, Mary, died 3, 8, 1825. Their daughter Ann died 4, 7, 1825 ; son James, 9, 1, 1827, aged 49; and son Thomas, 12, 20, 1864, aged about 85.

CLEAVER, ISAAC, married (about 1794) Ann Sturges, and settled near "King of Prussia," in Montgomery County. He was a blacksmith, and had the following chil- dren : Lydia, Ann, Hannah, Hiram, Samuel, Phineas, Catharine, John, and Sarah, all of whom save John lived to a good old age. About 1822 the father and mother, with four of their children, accompanied Rev. Thomas Roberts, pastor of the Great Valley Baptist Church, Tredyffrin township, and some others, as missionaries to the Cherokee Indians in Virginia, returning after an absence of. about two years. Isaac died in March, 1828, aged 60 years, and Ann, his wife, August, 1836, aged 63. Hiram, the first son, married Jane, daughter of Enoch Abraham, No- vember, 1832, and for a number of years followed his oc- cupation, blacksmithing, at the Spread Eagle shops, Radnor, Pa. After the death of his father-in-law he purchased of the cstate the homestead farm, on the Lancaster turnpike, one mile east of Spread Eagle. The railroad built by the State-now Pennsylvania Railroad-passed through the

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property, upon which there was a station named for the owner, Hiram Cleaver. This farm he owned until 1869, when he sold it to J. Henry Askin, who had. purchased a tract of several hundred acres adjacent to the railroad sta- tion, the name of which he had changed to Wayne. Jane, wife of Hiram Cleaver, died April, 1854, and in 1856 he married Sarina D., daughter of John Jones, of Tredyffrin township. He served as representative in the Legislature, session of 1857 and 1858. He was also fifteen years jus- tice of the peace in Radnor township. After the sale of his Radnor township farm, he purchased one of J. P. Hut- chinson, known as " Cottage Home," one-fourth of a mile north of Leopard, in Easttown township, which was his residence until the time of his death, July, 1877, aged 76 years.

ISAAC ABRAHAM CLEAVER was the only child of the last named who lived to manhood. He was born on the farm in Radnor, May 12. 1843, and was educated at the common schools, of which his father had long been a di- rector. Sept. 11, 1861, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted, with several other members of the Great Valley Baptist Church, in Co. C, 97th Regt. Pa. Vols., and served his country with fidelity until September, 1864, when he was honorably discharged and returned to his father's home. He was severely wounded by a ball in his left foot in the fearful charge on the enemy's works at Green Plains, Va., May 20, 1864. In January, 1865, he married Mary B., daughter of Henry and Sarah Kaufman, of Easttown township, and for three years engaged in working his father's farm in Radnor township. In the summer of 1868 he embarked in the mercantile business in Berwyn (then Reeseville), occupying the old store stand, which building becoming too small for his increasing business, in the winter of 1870 he erected his present large and com- modious store and residence, as shown in the accompanying engraving. The children of Isaac A. and Mary B. Cleaver were Frank, Eugene, Jane, Mary, Sarah, and Eliza, of whom but two, Eugene and Jane, are living, the others, with their mother, having " entered into rest." In February, 1876, he married M. Lizzie, daughter of John Gropp, of Tredyffrin township. Mr. Cleaver has since his residence in the village of Berwyn been its postmaster, secretary of its school board, and merits the reputation of being an active and enterprising merchant.

CLINGAN .- William Clingan (often written Clinghan) was a sterling, patriotic citizen and magistrate of West Caln township, Chester Co., during the Revolutionary contest. He appears to have held the commission of jus- tice of the peace by successive appointments from the year 1757 to 1786, and for the last six years was president of the county courts. In 1777 he was one of the sufferers by the ravages of the enemy. From 1777 to 1779 he was a member of the Continental Congress. In 1778 he was a member of the Congress which adopted the Articles of Confederation. In 1779 he was appointed to receive subseriptions and transmit the same to the loan officer, agreeably to the resolve of Congress of June 29th for borrowing twenty millions of dollars.

The first regular movements for transferring the seat of justice in Chester County from Chester to West Chester

was an act of Assembly, passed March 20, 1780, wherein William Clingan was the first-named commissioner to effect that objeet. It was not accomplished, however, until 1786.

The residence of Mr. Clingan was a short distance west of the village of Wagontown, on the " Old Lancaster road." It afterwards belonged to the Schrack family, and is now owned by Abraham Brubaker. The building is of stone, and was doubtless considered a large and complete structure when built.

At one time during the career of the noted robbers, the Doanes, Mr. Clingan was visited by them. In some busi- ness transactions he had received a large amount of money in gold, and the visit of the Doanes had reference to this treasure, which they supposed was in the lionse. While searching for it one of them announced that he had found it. Mr. Clingan's desk had been opened, and there stood a large leathern bag full of money, and seizing a violin which was in the house, as they said, to have a jubilation over their good Inek, they mounted their horses and were off. The bag, however, which they supposed to contain the gold was simply filled with coppers, the church collections as he had brought them home from Sunday to Sunday, and which, when he had a quantity on hand, he exchanged for larger money. One of the gang, afterwards executed, was visited by Mr. Clingan in prison, and he told him of their chagrin when they discovered their mistake.

An incident of his time may be worth noting as showing the spirit which animated the people during the Revolu- tionary struggle. At the marriage of William Clingan, Jr. (a nephew of the subject of this notice), June 17, 1778, there were present a number of young gentlemen and ladies, and it appeared that every gentleman in attendance bad performed a tour of duty in the military service of the country. After the marriage ceremony a motion was made, and agreed to by all present, "that the young unmarried ladies should form themselves into an association, by the name of ' The Whig Association of the Unmarried Young Ladies of America,' in which they would pledge their honor never to give their hand in marriage to any gentle- man until he had first proved himself a patriot in promptly turning out when called to defend his country, by a spirited and brave conduet, inasmuch as they were unwilling to be mothers of a race of slaves and cowards."

Squire Clingan died at an advanced age, May 9, 1790, and was interred in Upper Octorara burial-grounds. He left no descendants.

The William Clingan, Jr., whose marriage is here referred to married June Roan, a daughter of Rev. John Roan and Ann (Cochran) Roan. Mrs. Roan was a sister of Dr. James Cochran, and was an aunt of Samuel Cochran, of whom sketches are herein given. She died April 22, 1788, and was buried at Upper Octorara. William Clingan, Jr., was born in West Caln township in 1756, and some years after his marriage removed to the Buffalo Valley, in (now) Union County, where he resided until his death, at the age of sixty- five. Mr. Clingan was a prominent and influential person- age on the frontiers during and subsequent to the war of the Revolution. He died May 24, 1822, his wife surviving until May 7, 1838. They left seven children,-Margaret, John, Annie, Thomas, Elizabeth, George, and Flavel.

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CLOUD, WILLIAM, of Calne, in Wiltshire, England, purchased land Oct. 7, 1682, which was afterwards laid out in Concord township. The will of William Cloud, of Con- cord, " being aged and well stricken in years," was proved in 1702, in which he mentions his sons,-William, Jeremiah, Joseph, Jolin, and Robert. Of these Joseph came over as a servant to John Bezer, and received his 50 acres of land in Calo township, where he was living in 1709. John, William, and Jeremiah resided on Naaman's Creek for some time. William was living in Caln in 1715, and died there in 1720. His eldest son, Joseph, was there in 1719, but probably at Pextang after this. Joseph, Sr., married Mary Moore, widow of Richard, and mother of Thomas and John Moore. He died in 1739.

Jeremiah Cloud died at Naaman's Creek, leaving chil- dren,-Jeremiah, Mordecai, Daniel, and others, of whom the two first named settled in the eastern part of East Marl- borough (now Pocopson) township. Jeremiah married Ann Baily about 1710, and had children,-Elizabeth, Joel, William, Jeremiah, Benjamin, Mordecai, and Rachel.

Mordecai, his brother, married, Feb. 12, 1714, Sarah Chads, daughter of Francis, and after her death married, 9, 30, 1738, Abigail, widow of Isaac Baily. He died in 1745, leaving children,-Mordecai, Abner, Betty (married William Baily), Sarah, Susanna (married - Dougherty and Israel Taylor), Hannah (married Joseph Davis), and Joseph.

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 135

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