History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 136

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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Abner Cloud married, about 1760, Amy Pyle, and had chil- dren,-Elizabeth, Abigail, b. 2, 25, 1765, m. Hadley Bald- win ; Mary, Lydia, Joseph, Abner, Amos, Hannah, and Ann.

Joseph, born Aug. 27, 1770, died July 3, 1845, mar- ried, Aug. 21, 1797, Eliza, daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth (Maris) Taylor, of West Bradford. He was at the head of the melting and refining department of the United States Mint, at Philadelphia, from January, 1797, till Jan. 14, 1836, when he resigned on account of defective eyesight. He died in Radnor, and was buried at Laurel Hill. Besides two daughters, Eliza and Elizabeth, who died young, le had a son Joseph, born Dec. 17, 1800, died June 2, 1834, married Elizabeth Roberts. He owned what was known as the Como farm, in West Bradford, and was familiarly spoken of as young Dr. Cloud. His son, Edwin Cloud, resides in Franklin township.

COCHRAN, DR. JOHN .- About 1570 there crossed over from Paisley, in Scotland, to the north of Ireland one John Cochran. He was a clansman of the powerful house of Dundonald, and of kin with its noble head, and for several generations his descendants were born, tilled the land, mar- ried, and died in the liome of their adoption. Many were of the gentry, most were yeomen, but all led sober, upright, and righteous lives. The family names were carefully handed down from sire to son: James, the son of John, was succeeded by John, who, in turn, was father of another James. Then came Robert, called " honest" to distinguish him from others of the same name. His sons were James, Stephen, and David, and these latter crossed the sea and settled in Pennsylvania. The children of James were Ann, Robert, James, John, Stephen, Jane, and George. Ann married the Rev. John Roan; Jane, Rev. Alexander Mitchel; Robert died, leaving a daughter, Isabella ; James

died in April, 1768, preceded by his father, James, who died in the autumn of 1766.

James first resided in Sadsbury, where liis son, Dr. John Cochran, was born, Sept. 1, 1730, and was educated at the grammar-school of Dr. Francis Alison. He received his professional training in Lancaster, under Dr. Thompson. At the outbreak of the French and Indian war young Cochran had but recently finished his medical studies. He entered the service, however, as a surgeon's mate in the hospital department, and remained with the Northern army until the close of the war. Dr. Cochran, together with Maj. (afterwards Gen.) Philip Schuyler, joined Bradstreet when he marched against Fort Frontenac in the summer of 1758. Dec. 4, 1760, he was married to Mrs. Gertrude Schuyler by Dominie Westerts, of the Reformed Dutch Church at Albany, N. Y. That lady was the only sister of Maj. Philip Schuyler, and the widow of Peter Schuyler, whose grandfather, Peter, had been president of the Council of the province of New York in 1719. By her first husband she had two children : one, Peter, who married, but died childless; the other, Cornelia, who married Walter Living- ston, grandson of Robert Livingston, first lord of the manor of Livingston. After his marriage Dr. Cochran removed to New Brunswick, N. J., and there continued to practice his profession, becoming one of the founders of the New Jersey Medical Society in 1766, and in November, 1769, succeed- ing Dr. Burnet as its president. During the close of the winter of 1776 he offered his services as a volunteer in the hospital department, and Washington recommended his name to the favorable notice of Congress in a letter written in the be- ginning of 1777. He spoke of Dr. Cochran's services as a volunteer, and of his experience during the French war. On April 7, 1777, Congress resumed the considera- tion of a report on the hospitals, and plans modeled after those of the British army, having been proposed by Dr. Cochran and Dr. William Shippen, and approved by Gen. Washington, were adopted that day. On the 11th of the same month, in pursuance of His Excellency's recommen- dation, Dr. Cochran was selected for the position of physi- cian and surgeon-general of the army of the Middle Depart- ment. In 1781 (January) Congress conferred upon Dr. Cochran the unsolicited appointment of director-general of the hospitals of the United States, in place of Dr. William Shippen, who had resigned. He was on terms of intimacy with Washington, Lafayette, Wayne, Paul Jones, and other eminent contemporaries, and much of his private corre- spondence has been preserved, showing the closeness of the ties which bound him to those great men. To him Wash- ington presented his camp furniture; he received from " Mad Anthony" the latter's sword, the silver hilt of which was melted into goblets, and thus came down to his de- scendants, while Lafayette sent him from France a gold watch of delicate movement. Upon the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati, Dr. Cochran became a member from the State of New York, and in 1790 President Wash- ington appointed him commissioner of loans for the State of New York. He died April 6, 1807, at the age of seventy-six years .*

# Abridged from a sketch of Dr. Cochran, by Walter L. C. Biddle, in the Pennsylvania Magazine.

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SAMUEL COCHRAN was born in West Fallowfield town- ship, Jan. 16, 1763. He resided at Cochranville, and gave the village its name. His emigrant ancestor and grandfather was James Cochran, who married Ann, a daughter of Cornelius Rowan, an carly settler. James and Ann (Rowan) Cochran left seven children, noticed in the preceding sketch, among whom was Stephen, the father of the subject of this sketch. Stephen Cochran commanded a company in the Revolution, and was elected to the As- sembly in 1777 and 1778.

Samuel Cochran was a drummer-boy in his father's com- pany when about sixteen years of age. He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1816 and 1817, and of the Senate of Pennsylvania from 1818 to 1820. He was also surveyor-general under the administration of Governor Mckean, from 1800 to 1809, and under that of Governor Hiester, from 1821 to 1824. He was a prominent man in his day, prepossessing in his appearance, held in high es- teem by his neighbors, and his advice was sought by them in their difficulties. He was for forty years a ruling elder in Fage's Manor Church. He died May 3, 1829.

COATES, MOSES, produced a certificate to Haverford Monthly Meeting from Carlow, Ireland, dated 3, 8, 1717, which stated that he had been brought up there from a child, and had taken his wife from among Friends in the province of Munster. In 1731 he purchased land. at the site of Phoenixville, in Charlestown, and settled there. The name of his wife was Susanna, and among his children were Samuel, Moses, Jr., Benjamin, Jonathan, Aaron, and Eliz- beth, married to John Mendenhall.

Samuel married, 3, 11, 1743, Elizabeth, daughter of Aaron Mendenhall, of East Caln, where he also settled and left three children, viz. : Aaron, b. 4, 6, 1744 ; Moses, b. 12, 4, 1745-6; Isaac, b. 2, 1, 1748, d. 4, 3, 1809.

Isaac married Hannah Stalker, daughter of Thomas and Grace, and had children,-Beulah, Grace, Lydia, Rebecca, Seymour, Amy, Zillah, Israel, and Lindley. The descend- ants are largely represented in the neighborhood of West Grove.

Moses Coates married, 4, 26, 1770, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Musgrave, of Lancaster County, who died 4, 5, 1775, leaving two children. Moses was married again, 5, 6, 1777, to Mary, daughter of Peter Vickers, of Plumstead, Bucks Co. His children were Elizabeth, m. to Jesse Kersey ; Hannah ; Isaac, m. to Mary Gilbert, 1801; Ann, Caleb, Esther, Elisha, Sarah, Mary, Moses, Aquilla, Amos, and Jesse.

Moses Coates possessed considerable inventive genius, and towards the close of the last century he contrived and constructed a curious apple-paring machine, which was at once simple, convenient, and highly useful in domestic economy. With some slight modifications the instrument is still in popular use. He also invented a self-setting saw- mill, which attracted much notice at the time, but of its practical importance at the present day we are unable to speak. He likewise claimed the invention of a horse-rake, among other ingenious implements. That instrument, how- ever, was afterwards greatly improved and brought nearly to perfection in the intellectual community of Kennet Square and vicinity, where agricultural machinery .of

various kinds is produced on an extensive scale; but as the inventors and machinists are yet living and flourishing, their memoirs must await the historic efforts of some future county Plutareh.

Dr. Jesse Coates, the youngest son of Moses, was born 3, 4, 1796, and died 8, 3, 1868. The village of Coatesville was named for his father, but became a town in the son's time. Owning a great portion of the land, he old much of it to enterprising men, and assisted in other ways in ad- vancing the interests of the place. He was a highly-es- teemed citizen.

CONARD, DENNIS, of whose name in German a great many different versions are given, came from Crefeld on the Rhine and settled at Germantown in 1683. His sec- ond son, Matthias, was the father of Cornelius Conard, of Horsham, and he was the father of Everard Conard, who married Margaret Cadwalader, and about the year 1784 re- moved to New London township, where he purchased 300 acres of land. His children were Isaac, Cornelius, Abra- ham, Everard, Jesse, Sarah, Mary, and Margaret, all of whom left families except Isaac and Margaret. Isaac and Abraham settled in Lampeter, Lancaster Co., and the latter was the ancestor of Samuel Conard and his cousin, Isaac Cooper, of the firm of Cooper & Conard, of Philadelphia.

Jesse Conard married, 2, 10, 1802, Ann, daughter of Thomas and Susanna Pennington, and was the father of Rachel, Duvid, Ruth, Thomas, Ann (married to Job H. Jackson), Milton (now a director of the poor), Everard, Susanna, and Lydia (married to Thomas Gawthrop).

Thomas Conard, son of Jesse, owned and conducted a boarding school at West Grove for several years, in which he was suceeded by his soo, Thomas P. Conard, now of Philadelphia. His eldest son, Alfred F. Conard, is of the Dingee & Conard Company, rose-growers.

Joseph Conard, son of Cornelius, of Horsham, and brother of Everard, of New London, settled in Tredyffrin township. His son Paul was the father of Jesse Conard, Esq., of the Chester County bar, and of Rebecca and Sarah Conard, the latter being now the widow of Abia Passmore. Rebecca was the author of some poems, which have been published in book form. She died in West Chester, 5, 1, 1875, at the age of 75 years.

COOK, PETER, of Tarvin, Cheshire, England, married, 10, 7, 1695, Elinor Norman, of Kingsley, at Newton, in Cheshire, and had the following children, of whom the first was born at Tarvin, the second at Kingsley, and the rest at Norwich, in Cheshire : John, b. 7, 2, 1696; Mary, b. 9, 12, 1698; Peter, b. 10, 4, 1:00 ; Isaac, b. 10, 18, 1702 ; Thomas and Abraham, b. 8, 29, 1704; Elinor, b. 3, 22, 1707; Mary, b. 3, 22, 1709 ; Samuel, b. 2, 23, 1712.

The name in England appears to have been written Cooke. This family embarked for America soon after the birth of the youngest child, but the father died on the voyage or shortly after their arrival The widow produced a certificate to Chester Monthly Meeting, 1, 29, 1714, and in that year was married to John Fincher, with whom she removed with her children to Londongrove.

John Cook married, in 1718, Elinor Langdale, or Lands- dale, and had children,-Mary, Margaret, John, Hannah, Stephen, Phebe, and Peter. Of these, Stephen married

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Margaret Williams, and was the father of Ennion Cook, the school-teacher of Birmingham, b. 1, 1, 1773.

Peter Cook, Jr., married, 9, 26, 1730, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Gilpin, of Birmingham, and re- moved to Warrington, York Co., Pa., and left numerous descendants, some of whom have returned to Chester County. The late Dr. William H. Cooke, of Carlisle, who was much interested in the family history, and who returned to the original spelling of the name, died March 21, 1879. His father, Jesse Cook, died Feb. 9, 1880, aged eighty-three years.

COOPER, JAMES, of Lancaster, England, removed to Mayfield, in the county of Stafford, about 1674, and in 1684 came to Pennsylvania, settling in Darby township. In the records of Darby Meeting we find the birth of Mary, 9, 4, 1699, and William, 5, 11, 1701, children of James and Hannah Cooper. Mary married James Johnson, of New Garden, in 1721, at which time her father was living at " Muscle Cripple" plantation, in New Castle County. In 1728, James Cooper was an attendant at Kennet Meet- ing, but nothing further is known of him. The following may have been his children :

WILLIAM COOPER, of Kennet, married, 8, 18, 1732, Mary Miller, daughter of Samuel and Margaret, of Sads- bury, by whom he had children,-William, Calvin, Robert, and perhaps others. Robert was a justice of the Common Pleas prior to 1790. William, Jr., like his father, was a fuller, and lived for a time in Coventry and Tredyffrin townships.

HANNAH COOPER, of Kennet, married, 1, 8, 1738, John Clark, of West Marlborough, afterwards of Sadsbury, Lan- caster Co.

CALVIN COOPER was a taxable in Birmingham in 1732, and in 1734 was one of the overseers of the poor for that township. About this time he purchased a tract of land on the Octarara, at or near the site of Christiana, where he erected a mill. He was a fuller, or " cloth-worker," as given in old records. He died 9, 15, 1779. His first wife was Phebe, daughter of Samuel Hall, of Kennet, to whom he was married 4, 29, 1732 ; she died 6, 18, 1757, and a year later he married a widow, Elizabeth Jefferis. His children were as follows: 1. William, b. 9, 5, 1734; d. 2, 20, 1821 ; m. 12, 5, 1759, Elizabeth Pyle, daughter of John and Rachel, of Kennet. They settled in West Brad- ford, at a fulling-mill late belonging to Daniel Temple. 2. George, b. 2, 28, 1737; d. 1, 14, 1820; m. 10, 15, 1761, Susanna, daughter of Thomas and Ann Truman, of Sadsbury ; second marriage, 5, 24, 1787, to Hannah Dixson. 3. John, b. 12, 9, 1739; d. 2, 15, 1811 ; m. 10, 24, 1764, Rebecca Moore, daughter of James and Ann, of Sadsbury. 4. Hannah, b. 10, 3, 1742, probably died young. 5. Mary, b. 12, 17, 1744 ; d. 9, 18, 1806 ; m. 3, 24, 1773, to John Dixson, and 11, 28, 1781, to James Phillips, of Hock- essin. 6. James, b. 2, 14, 1747 ; m. 11, 8, 1775, Rachel, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca Moore, of Sadsbury. He married a second wife, Catharine Powell, and removed to Northumberland County, Pa. 7. Phebe, b. 6, 6, 1750, probably died young. 8. Sarah, b. 12, 12, 1753; m. to Thomas Dixson.

Calvin's Cooper's residence was in Lancaster County, of

which he was a commissioner, justice of the Common Pleas, and several times a representative in Assembly. His de- scendants are very numerous in this and adjoining counties. There were Coopers in Oxford and other townships, who are not supposed to be related to the above.

COPE, OLIVER, of Abury, Wiltshire, England, was a purchaser of land from William Penn by deed of Sept. 8, 1681, and is supposed to have arrived in this country early in 1683, as he obtained a warrant for the survey of some land in that year. He fixed his residence on Naaman's Creek, below the circular line of New Castle County, and there died about the end of May, 1697, leaving a wife, Re- becca, and four children, viz .: 1. William, who inherited some of the land, and with his wife Mary sold it to Adam Buckley in 1729. 2. Elizabeth, who married - Foulke and Hugh Blackwell. 3. Ruth, m. to Thomas Buffington, of Bradford. 4. John.

Rebecca, the widow of Oliver, died at John Cope's, in Bradford, about 1728. Of William's children or descend- ants nothing definite is known. An Oliver Cope, of Ken- net, in 1747-53, may have been a son, and Rebecca Cope, who married John Walter, of Sadsbury, a daughter.

John Cope purchased 200 acres in Bradford in 1712, and erected a log house thereon, in which his children were born. The name of his first wife is not preserved, but he married (second), Nov. 30, 1721, Charity Evans, widow of John, and daughter of Robert and Jane Jefferis, of East Bradford. Some time after this he joined with Friends, and he and John Buffington were appointed, 11, 6, 1732-3, to have oversight of burials at Bradford Meeting, which is his first appearance on the records. He married a third wife, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Fisher, 12, 23, 1748. In 1761-63 he appears to have been to some extent a maltster. He died 2, 14, 1773, aged 82 years. The following were his children : 1. Hannah, b. 4, 25, 1724; d. 10, 10, 1817 ; m. John Carter, of East Bradford. 2. Samuel, b. 1726; d. 9, 15, 1817. 3. Mary, b. 1728; d. 2, 6, 1813. 4. John, b. 1730; d. 7, 31, 1812. 5. Nathan, b. 1733; d. 12, 3, 1820. 6. Caleb, b. 11, 4, 1736; d. 5, 30, 1824. 7. Joshua, b. 11, 4, 1736 ; d. 1818. 8. Joseph, b. 8, 1, 1740; d. 12, 11, 1820. The average of their ages while all were living was over eighty years.

It may be remarked that John Cope and all his children wrote the name Coope, but the original spelling was re- sumed by all branches of the family early in the present century.

Samuel Cope married Deborah Parke, daughter of Jona- than and Deborah, who lived on the adjoining farm, and settled on the eastern part of his father's land. His chil- dren were Charity (married to Caleb Baldwin), Jesse, Samuel, Abiah, Rebecca, Jonathan, Deborah, Mary, So- phia, and Deborah (second). Samuel succeeded him in the possession of the farm, and left one son, Gerard Cope, who died 5, 19, 1871, and the place was sold by his children.

Abiah Cope married Jane, daughter of David and Jane Morris, of Berks County, and left four sons,-David, Sam- uel, Abiah, and Morris. These are all deceased except the last, who resides in West Marlborough, aged 81 years. He with his brothers, David and Samuel, have been well- known ministers in the Society of Friends.

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Jonathan Cope established a tilt-mill, and manufactured scythes, augers, and other tools, in East Bradford. He married Susanna Mercer and (second) Zillah Darlington, and had children,-Phebe, Elizabeth, Susan, Jesse, John, Margaret, Caleb B., Samuel, Deborah, Jonathan, Chalkley, and Darlington. Of these, John lives on the homestead, aged 81 years, and Darlington in Franklin township.

Nathan Cope, son of John and Charity, succeeded his father at the homestead with half the original tract. He married Amy Bane, of Goshen, and had children,-Sarah, Hannah, Amy, Benjamin, Abigail, Nathan, Deborah, Char- ity, Edith, Rebecca, and Ezra. The last was the father of Edge T. Cope, living on the Brandywine, while Benjamin is represented by his only son, Caleb S. Cope, who holds the original homestead.

Caleb Cope (of John and Charity) went to. Lancaster, where his children were born, but later in life removed to Philadelphia. His son, Thomas P. Cope, was a successful shipping-merchant, in which business he was succeeded by his sons, Henry and Alfred, now also deceased. Prof. Ed- ward D. Cope, a distinguished naturalist, is the son of Al- fred, and his mother was of the Edge family of this county. Caleb Cope, of Philadelphia, a well-known patron and pro- moter of the fine arts, is a son of William and grandson of Caleb, of Lancaster.

Joseph Cope, the youngest son of John and Charity, married Ann Taylor, 4, 6, 1769, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Taylor, of Kennet (now Pocopson) township, and settled on a farm ncar his father, where he carried on the malting business in connection with farming. His children were Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Charity, John, Isaac, Han- nah, and Joseph, of whom only Elizabeth, Sarah, and Joseph married. John, born 5, 1, 1783, died 3, 18, 1811, at Natchez; Miss. Having little taste for practical agri- culture, his father placed him at Westtown Boarding-School, where, under those thorough teachers, Enoch Lewis and John Forsythe, his mind was carefully trained. He sub- sequently had the benefit of a course of instruction on natural philosophy and the higher mathematics in the University of Pennsylvania, under the accomplished Prof. Patterson. He also availed himself of the opportunity afforded by his residence in Philadelphia to study nautical astronomy, with the Latin, French, and Spanish languages. His progress in these pursuits naturally directed his at- tention to the business of teaching as a profession, in which calling he spent some years in Philadelphia. At this period he mingled much with scholars and strangers, visitors and sojourners in the city, literary and scientific men, among whom he was highly gratified to make the acquaintance of the younger Michaux, who was then en- gaged on liis splendid work descriptive of the forest- trees of North America. With a desire to see more of the world, in the spring of 1810 he went to Pittsburgh and down the Ohio River, with a view of engaging in the mercantile business at some point on the Mississippi River. At St. Louis his health failed, with threatening symptoms of pulmonary disease. Arriving at Natchez, about the beginning of the year 1811, his disease became more serious, and he sank under it a few weeks afterward. The late Dr. Darlington said of him that he "was unquestionably one

of the most profound and promising young mathematicians of his day."

Joseph Cope, his younger brother, inherited the home- stead, and upon a part of which he continued to reside until his death, 4, 4, 1870, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He visited England in 1820, partly on account of his health, and in 1839 returned thither to procure im- proved stock of cattle and sheep, of which he was a most enthusiastic breeder for many years. He was a great admirer of the standard English writers and poets, and seldom penned a letter without a familiar quotation from one of them.

He married, 11, 27, 1823, Rachel, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Cope, of Fayette Co., Pa, by whom he had children as follows : 1. Ann, m. to Darlington Cope, of Franklin township. 2. John, m. first to Caroline Bald- win, who left one child, and second to Hannah M. Cooper, of Parkesburg. He was assistant superintendent of the West Chester and Philadelphia and Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroads at the time of his death, 3, 4, 1867, and was instantly killed by the cars. His widow and daughter Lucy conduct a boarding- and day-school at Toughkenamon. 3. Paschall, m. to Amy A. Baily, of West Chester ; d. 8, 25, 1873, leaving one child, Lydia, now the wife of Prof. Isaac Sharpless, of Haverford Col- lege. 4. William Cowper, m. to Margaret M. Hughes, of Londongrove, d. 2, 5, 1868, leaving one child, Mary H. 5. Ellen, m. to Lewis Passmore, of London Britain ; d. 12, 5, 1874, leaving three children, William C., Thomas L., and John W. 6. Edward Young, m. to Alice Gilbert and living in Ohio with two children, Charles and Anna.

Joseph Cope married second Eliza Gilbert, daughter of Abner and Ann, of Westmoreland Co., Pa., 4, 6, 1838, by whom he had two children. 7. Rachel W., m. first to William Cope, and second to Job Huestis, and died in Ohio, 10, 18, 1874, leaving issue,-Frank and Edna Cope and Edward C. Huestis. 8. Gilbert, m. 2, 5, 1880, to Anna Garrett, daughter of David and Mary Ann, deceased; of Birmingham, and they have a son, Herman, b. 11, 21, 1880, in West Chester.

The following sketch of a member of the family is inserted by request :

Benjamin Cope, born 9, 14, 1765, died 12; 15, 1845, son of Nathan and Amy, of East Bradford ; married first, 9, 13, 1792, Rachel, daughter of Joshua and Edith Sharpless, who died 8, 10, 1807; and he married second, 6, 11, 1817, Rest, daughter of Caleb and Mary Swayne, of East Marlborough, born 4, 7, 1778, died 3, 29, 1844. He left but one child, Caleb S. Cope.

On the 15th of 2d mo., 1799, also on the 7th of 2d mo., 1801, Benjamin Cope received certificates from Bradford Monthly Mecting to travel as companion to Thomas Baldwin, who was paying a relig- ious visit to some of the neighboring Quarterly Meetings. He was appointed in 1814 one of the committee of oversight of Westtown Boarding-School, and on the establishment of Birmingham Monthly Meeting he was appointed, 1, 4, 1816, to the stations of elder and overseer therein. He was chosen by Philadelphia Yearly Mecting, 4th mo., 1818, as one of the committee on Indian affairs, in which service he several times visited the different reservations in Western New York.

Although his time was very much occupied in the service of the church, yet he was also successful in business; for by prudent dealing, and by proper economy, he always had something to spare for publio improvement and private charities.

On the 5th of 9th mo., 1804, he and his first wife informed Friends

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of Bradford Monthly Meeting of a concern that attended their minds to go and reside with the Indians, near the Alleghany River, to instruet them in agriculture, spinning, dairying, etc. Obtaining their concurrence and unity, also the approbation of the Yearly Meeting's committee, they started on their journey the 20th of 5th mo., 1805, and arrived at Tunesassa the 7th of 6th mo., having to travel between sixly and seventy miles of the latter part of the way through an uninhab- ited pine forest on foot. They left a very interesting mannseript of incidents and labors among that people. Here hia wife died, and Benjamin returned home in the winter of 1810-11. In 1812-13 he traveled as companion to Caleb MeComber, who was on a religious visit to the meetings of Friends in Virginin, Maryland, and North Carolina.

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 136

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