History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 143

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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EDGE, JOHN, with his wife Jane and family, emigrated from St. Andrew's, Holborne, in the county of Middlesex, England, and settled in Nether Providence about the year 1685. He was an earnest member of the Society of Friends, and the Monthly Meeting was sometimes held at his house. He had been subjected to licavy fines and im-

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prisonment in his native country for refusing to act con- trary to his conscientious scruples, and on one occasion was subjected to a public trial. He died 5, 10, 1711, aged about sixty-five years. His children were as follows : 1. Sarah, m. 1686, to Thomas Bowater, and d. 2, 26, 1692. 2. Mary, m. 1, 3, 1697-8, to James Sharples, and d. 2, 17, 1698. 3. Abigail, m. 3, 24, 1705, to Edward Wood- ward, and d. 9, 27, 1716. 4. Joseph, probably unmarried. 5, John, b. about the beginning of the 5th month, 1685; m. 8th mo., 1709, to Mary Smedley, daughter of George and Sarah, of Middletown. He died about 1734, in Upper Providence, and his widow m. 9, 7, 1739, John Yarnall, and died 1781. 6. Jacob, b. 3, 8, 1690; d. 2, 7, 1720; m. 1712, Sarah, daughter of Rees and Hannah Jones. She married again, 11, 10, 1721, Caleb Cowpland, Esq. Of the foregoing, Sarah and Joseph are believed, but not positively known, to have been children of John and Jane.

The children of John and Mary were,-7. George, m. 9, 19, 1741, to Ann, daughter of William Pennell, of Mid- dletown, b. 11, 26, 1721 ; he died as early as 1752, and his widow m. 1, 11, 1759, James Worrall. 8. Sarah, m. 2, 5, 1739, to Lawrence Cox, and, second, to David Reece. 9. Jane, m. first, to James Albin, who died in West Marl- borough, Sept. 29, 1750, and she married, second, Thomas Downing, of East Caln. 10. Jacob, m. in 1746, Margaret Paul, of Abington, and removed thither. 11. Mary, b. 7, 2, 1721; d. 12, 13, 1795; m. Richard Downing. 12. Rachel, b. 6, 29, 1725; d. 1, 31, 1779; m. Robert Val- entine.

The children of Jacob and Sarah Edge were,-13. Han- nah, b. 6, 18, 1713; d. 12, 24, 1750; m. 9, 18, 1736, to John Lea. 14. Jane, b. 9, 3, 1715; d. 3, 28, 1784; m. 2, 26, 1739, Thomas Parke, and 8, 10, 1763, James Webb. 15. Abigail, b. 8, 28, 1717; d. unmarried at Lancaster, 1781. 16. Sarah, b. 9, 19, 1719; d. 7, 23, 1728.

The children of George and Ann Edge were,-17. Mary, b. 11, 18, 1742-3; m. William Baldwin, of Downing- town. 18. John, of whom hereafter. 19. Sarah, b. 8, 24, 1746. 20. Ann, b. 12, 26, 1748; m. first, Robert Parke, second, Benjamin Taylor, and, third, William Trimble, by each of whom she had children.

John Edge,, son of George and Ann, born in Upper Providence, 10th mo., 1744, learned the milling business with his uncle, Richard Downing, at what is now Downing- town, and while doing business at the " high mill," now of Jacob Edge, was married, 8, 1, 1768, at East Caln Meet- ing, to Anne Pim, daughter of Thomas and Frances Pim, of East Caln. He afterwards owned the Hibernia Mill, on the west branch of the Brandywine, and about 1790 built the " Half-way House," opposite the much-frequented mill of his cousin, Richard Downing. He here acted the host and kept store with his eldest son for some years, and was succeeded by his daughter, Sarah Reese (afterwards Han- num), on retiring to the "Ship" farm.

In 1792 he purchased from Dr. Thomas Parke the " Ship" property, enlarged the mansion to double its former size, and on the western half built for his son George the house now owned by John G. Edge, and established his son Thomas on the tract lying in the borough east of the present Hunt tract, and south of the Lancaster road, ex-

tending to the Brandywine. On this they had built the large mansion now owned by the estate of Charles Wells, deceased, and here Thomas kept store for a number of years. The house now (1876) owned by the Misses Reese, near the bridge, was one of the family enterprises, and he may be said to have been the pioneer in improving the southwestern section of the borough, as by him were sold the building-sites on which the older houses were placed.

To his youngest son, John, he gave the "Ship" prop- erty, 116 acres, now owned by Dr. Eshleman. He is rep- resented as having possessed a great force of character and an active, enterprising temper, and was fortunate in busi- ness ; a keen observer, he was given to sallies of humor or wisdom for the benefit of his neighbors, many of which were current long after his death, which occurred 9, 14, 1816.

The children of John and Ann Edge were Sarah, b. 10, 10, 1769, m. - Reese, and, second, James Hannum ; Jane, b. 10, 18, 1771, d. 2, 14, 1857 ; Thomas, b. 1, 29, 1774, m. 10, 15, 1806, Edith Pusey, daughter of Joshua and Hannah, of Londongrove; Ann, b. 7, 8, 1776, m. Thomas A. Parke; Fanny, b. 1, 29, 1779; George, b. 6, 30, 1782, d. 12, 31, 1831, m. 3, 19, 1806, Sarah, daugh- ter of John and Jane Hoopes, b. 3, 29, 1784, d. 7, 30, 1832; Joho, b. 3, 3, 1785, d. 9, 11, 1832, m. 12, 18, 1811, at Londongrove Meeting, to Ruth, daughter of Francis and Hannah Wilkinson, of Londongrove, b. 12, 26, 1789, d. 5, 10, 1872; Mary, b. 10, 7, 1787, m. 11, 11, 1806, to Lca Pusey ; Pim, b. 1, 9, 1792, d. 7, 5, 1795.

The children of Thomas and Edith Edge were Joshua P., b. 10, 11, 1807, m. 5, 3, 1837, to Sarah Ann Hewes, of Concord, both now deceased; Jacob, b. 11, 21, 1808, m. Aona, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Valentine, and resides on Beaver Creek, in Caln township. He is presi- dent of the Downingtown Bank. Ann, b. 4, 21, 1811; Hannah, b. 8, 7, 1814, m. 10, 23, 1839, to Alfred Cope, ship-owner and merchant, of Philadelphia. She was the mother of Professor Edward D. Cope, of Philadelphia. Thomas, b. 3, 3, 1818; Susan, b. 12, 11, 1819; Jane, b. 4, 1, 1822; Jonas, b. 1, 21, 1824; Frances, b. 9, 16, 1826; Lydia E., b. 12, 4, 1830.

Thomas J. Edge, son of Joshua and Sarah Ann, while residing with his father on a farm in New Garden township, became interested in improved methods of agriculture, and was a contributor to agricultural journals. His labors in this field led to his being appointed secretary of the Penn- sylvania Board of Agriculture, of which he has proved a very efficient officer.

The children of George and Sarah Edge were Mary, m. to Richard Pim, Jane P., John G., Joseph, Benjamin, Sarah Ann, Lydia P., and Priscilla. Of these, John G. and Joseph own fine farms in Caln township.

The children of John and Ruth Edge were Elizabeth, b. 10, 28, 1813; Fanny, b. 10, 11, 1815; Ruthanna, b. 10, 25, 1817, m. to Nathan J. Sharpless, now of Penn township ; William, b. 9, 4, 1819, was for some time pres- ident of the Downingtown Bank, now a member of the Stock Board in Philadelphia, with residence at Downing- town ; John P., b. 6, 22, 1822, a physician and unmarried.

Dr. John P. Edge was born in the old "Ship" tavern-

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house, in East Caln, now Caln township, June 22, 1822, and was a farm-boy until eighteen years of age, and at- tended the neighborhood schools, except three years which were spent at Westtown Friends' Boarding-School. He then taught private and public schools, read medicine, and graduated M.D. at Jefferson Medical College in 1846, and entered upon the practice of his profession in Down- ingtown, which he pursued with success for thirty years.

He was a member of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania from Chester County during the sessions of 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1878. His nomination was entirely spontaneous and unsolicited, and was an instance in which the office sought the man, and not the man the office. He served as chairman of the committee on Geologic Survey, and was also a member of the committees on Education, Agriculture, and Constitutional Reform. He originated and had passed the bill establishing the Board of Agricul- ture, which promises moro of benefit to the farming inter- ests than all else that has been done in that direction in this State. G. H. Morgan, in his "Legislative Sketch-Book," in speaking of Dr. Edge, says, " That his interest is especially centred in three questions that relate to the moral, indus- trial, and sanitary welfare of the masses was shown in the active part he took at the last session (1875) in his efforts to secure more enlarged accommodation for the poor of the State, and especially for the separate treatment of insane criminals, and by the fact that he presented more petitions, etc., to the House from the farming interest, and on ques- tions of moral reform, than any other member."

He has been a member of the Chester County Medical Society from its revival, and has frequently represented it in the State and National Associations, and always endea- vored to maintain the honor of the profession.

At the organization of the Board of Agriculture, in Jan- uary, 1877, he was nominated by Governor Hartranft as a member for the State at large, and was, against his ex- pressed wish, reappointed by Governor Hoyt.

On July 4, 1876, he made an address to the people of Downingtown, giving the history of the town and sur- rounding neighborhood, which is replete with interesting and instructive information.

EDMISTON, JAMES, of West Nottingham, died about 1757. The name of his wife was Margaret, and his chil- dren mentioned in his will were William, Elizabeth, and John. He had a brother Hugh, and was probably related to the following.

DR. SAMUEL EDMISTON graduated at Princeton College, and married a daughter of Rev. Samuel Blair, of Fagg's Manor. He was appointed by Benjamin Rush, Surgeon- General, May 16, 1777, as second surgeon in the military hospitals under his (Rush's) direction. Although he wrote his name Edmiston in his correspondence, yet in official documents it is Edmondson. Having taken the cath of allegiance to the new government on the 8th of October, 1781, he received a commission dated the next day as U. S. surgeon, of which the following is a copy :

" The United States of America in Congress Assembled

"To SAMUEL EDMONDSON EsQr , Greeting. We Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism Prudence and fidelity do by these presents appoint yon To be Physician and Surgeon of the Hos- 67

pitals of the United States, from the Twentieth Day of September, 1781. You are Therefore faithfully and diligently to discharge the duty of Physician and Surgeon

"By doing and performing all manner of things thereueto Belong- ing, and you are te observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall Receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that Purpose ap- pointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your su- perior officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pur- suance of the trust Reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force untill Revoked, by this or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress hefero Mentioned, er a Committee of the States.

" Witness llis Excellency Thomas MeKean Esqr President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia The Ninth day of October 1781, and in the Sixth year of our Independence,

" THOS. MCKEAN Prest.

" Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board Attest

"Jos CARLETON Secretary of the Board of War."

Dr. Edmiston's daughter Margaret married Joseph Turner, whose descendants reside in Upper Oxford.

EHRENZELLER, DR. JACOB, was the son of Jacob Ehrenzeller, a native of Switzerland, who migrated to this country and engaged in the business of tavern-keeping in Fourth Street, Philadelphia, where the subject of this notice was born, about Sept. 1, 1757. He studied medi- cine in Philadelphia, but under whose guidance is not known. It is known, however, that he was a classical scholar. From 1773 to 1778 he was a medical apprentice in the Pennsylvania Hospital, where he acquired a consid- erable amount of practical knowledge. He never obtained a degree either of Bachelor or Doctor of Medicine, but re- ceived a certificate of qualification to practice medicine from Drs. Kuhn and Shippen, by which he was enabled to procure the commission of assistant surgeon, and entered the American army during the Revolutionary war. He was present, on duty, at the battle of Monmouth and some other engagements, in which he always conducted himself with great propriety. Towards the close of the war he left the army and settled in the township of Goshen, Chester Co., where, for a number of years, he sedulously attended to the duties of his profession. Subsequently he removed into the borough of West Chester, and continued his pro- fessional labors until within a few years of his death, which occurred from apoplexy, July 18, 1838, in his eighty-first year. He married his cousin, Elizabeth Hankee, and had two daughters, both of whom were imbecile and died in early life, thus adding to the many sad evidences of the in- jurious results of consanguinecus unions.

For many years Dr. Ehrenzeller enjoyed a Incrative prac- tice, and commanded in a great degree the confidence of the community. He held the office of chief magistrate of the borough as often and as long as he would consent to scrve. A good portrait of him was painted by Miss Strode, an accomplished lady artist of the vicinity, and presented by her to the Chester County Cabinet, where it is carefully preserved.

As a physician, Dr. Ehrenzeller was eminently practical, and gave general satisfaction by the fidelity with which he devoted himself to his duties. In manners he was rather, austere, and sometimes abrupt, with a dash of caustic sar- casm when improperly interfered with, but he possessed a

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kind heart, and was ever ready with his best efforts to relieve the sufferings of the afflicted. He had but little patience with the absurd credulity of the ignorant in medical mat- ters ; disdaining to argue them out of superstitious notions, he would occasionally remark to his brother- practitioners, "Si vulgus vult decipi, decipiatur!"

Few men evinced a more ardent patriotism than Dr. Ehrenzeller ; and in the latter years of his life he delighted to talk of the Revolution, and of the men who conducted that struggle to its glorious termination. He always had a cutting remark for those of his contemporaries who had opposed the noble cause of freedom and independence.

ELDRIDGE, THOMAS, and Mary, his wife, produced a certificate from Friends in Philadelphia, 4, 10, 1717, hav- ing already settled in Caln township. He was by occupa- tion a shoemaker, and a certificate given to Isaac Williams, who had been his apprentice for six years, is dated " Caln the 22ª Day of the first month, 1716-7." He died prior to March 8, 1739, leaving children,-James, Joseph, and Mary. The latter married John Starr, of Charlestown, and her brothers also married. James and Sarah, his wife, went to Wilmington, and were perhaps the parents of Jesse El- dridge, who owned a farm on the Brandywine at or near the circular line. Their daughter Martha married at Uwchlan Meeting, 4, 14, 1763, John Whelen, and was the mother of the founder of the Village Record.

JONATHAN ELDRIDGE, said to have been a twin brother of David Eldridge, of New Jersey, settled in Goshen town- ship. His death resulted from falling into the wheel-pit, or being caught in some of the machinery, at what is known as McCall's mill, in Goshen. It is said that he had a brother William and some sisters, but was the only one of the family who came to this county. The records of Goshen Meeting show that his father's name was Thomas. His first wife was Mary, daughter of Joseph Garrett, by whom he had children,-Hannah, b. 10, 2, 1763, d. 2, 22, 1764 ; Joseph, b. 10, 11, 1765, d. 2, 17, 1845. He mar- ried, 10, 3, 1771, Sarah, daughter of Ellis and Lydia Davis, of Goshen, by whom he had a daughter, Lydia. His widow married, 12, 1, 1779, William Allen, of Londongrove.

Joseph Eldridge married Lydia Griffith, born 10, 18, 1763, died 7, 10, 1817, daughter of Nathan and Rachel, of Willistown, and had the following children : Jonathan, b. 7, 6, 1789, d. 6, 15, 1791 ; Nathan, b. 11, 12, 1790, d. 5, 19, 1791 ; Joseph, b. 3, 16, 1792, and still living in East Goshen ; James, b. 11, 19, 1793, d. 9, 27, 1794 ; Enos, b. 9, 13, 1795, d. 12, 29, 1868; John, b. 11, 29, 1796, de- ceased ; Lydia, b. 10, 18, 1798, m. Isaac G. Hoopes ; Reu- ben, b. 8, 13, 1801, now residing in West Chester ; Mary, b. 6, 25, 1803, d. 8, 3, 1807 ; Abner, b. 6, 26, 1806, m. Amy (Hoopes) Davidson, now resides near Muscatine, Iowa.

Joseph Eldridge, Sr., built a fulling-mill on his farm, in East Goshen, next to the line of Willistown, in 1813, and his son Joseph, when married to Abigail Garrett, 6, 9, 1814, settled there, occupying a part of the mill as a house, and carrying on the business. He afterwards enlarged the mill upwards and outwards, beside erecting a substantial stone house a few yards westward and other buildings. The old homestead buildings became the property of his brother- in-law, Isaac G. Hoopes.

The children of Joseph and Abigail were Mary, Lydia (married to Caleb S. Cope), Garrett, David, William Penn, Jonathan, and Pennell, of whom only Mary, Lydia, and David are living.

The children of Enos and Susanna were Harriett (mar- ried to Richard J. Thatcher), Rachel, Joseph G., Lydia Ann (married to Joseph Liddon Pennock), Anna Maria, Issachar, Jane M., and Margaret G., the last two being the proprietors of a school at Malvern.

ELWYN, DR. A. L .- Thomas Elwyn was born in Canterbury, England; graduated at Oxford in 1794, and came in 1795 to America. He came of a family old and honorable in British history, and married in Ports- mouth, N. H., July 16, 1797, Elizabeth Langdon, born December, 1777. She was the daughter of Hon. John Langdon, born December, 1739, on the Piscataqua. She was a descendant of the famous Sherburne-Wentworth families, which, with that of Langdon, dates far back into England's brightest annals. John Langdon's mother, Mary Hall, was a great-granddaughter of Ralph Hall, a signer of the Exeter "Combination" of 1639. Jolin Langdon married, Feb. 3, 1777, Elizabeth, only daughter and second child of John, son of Henry and Dorothy (Wentworth) Sherburne, intermarried with a daughter of

John Moffat, a wealthy merchant of Portsmouth, N. H. John Langdon, in 1775, was a delegate in the Continental Congress at Philadelphia ; was Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Hampshire ; was Governor of that State; was a United States Senator, and the first presiding officer of the United States Senate, and when Washington was first inaugurated President, in April, 1789. He was a great man and distinguished patriot. He died Sept. 20, 1819, at Portsmouth, N. H., leaving but one child, Eliza- beth, married to Thomas Elwyn. The latter died many years before his wife, who deceased at Philadelphia, Aug. 8, 1860, having had nine children,-Catharine Cecilia, Elinor Elizabeth, John Langdon, Emily Sophia, Alfred L. (subject of this sketch), Charles Henry, Emma Matilda, Thomas Octavius, and William Octavius. Alfred L. was born July 9, 1804, in Portsmouth, N. H., where he went to school under the noted Deacon Tappan. In 1816 he went to Exeter Academy, and there remained three years. In 1819 he entered Harvard University, from which he was graduated in 1823. He read medicine in Boston with the celebrated Dr. Gorham. He went to England, and to Edinburgh in October, 1826, and back to London in April, 1827. Then passed one year in Paris, and in summer of 1829 returned to America, having in the course of his so- journ abroad visited his father's relatives in England and kept up a continuous course of study. In 1831 he grad- uated at the University of Pennsylvania, and received his diploma as M.D. He was married, Jan. 31, 1832, to Mary Middleton, daughter of Dr. James Mease, and grand- daughter of Hon. Pierce Butler, of South Carolina, by whom he has one living child, Rev. Alfred Elwyn. His daughter, Mary Middleton Elwyn, married Dr. G. W. Mitchell, and died in 1861, leaving two sons, both living. In 1845, Dr. Elwyn, who has always resided in . Phila- delphia but has never practiced medicine, purchased prop- erty in East Bradford township, where he has had a sum-

Alfred Langem Chon

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mer residence ever since. He was oue of the founders of the State Agricultural Society in 1850, and has been largely identified with its progress. He was connected with the establishment of the Institution for the Blind of Philadelphia, and was the originator of the training-school for feeble-minded children, located at Elwyn, and fostered and built by the State. He has ever taken the greatest interest in all the philanthropic institutions, and aided in the creation of many of them. He is now the oldest liv- ing member of the American Association of Science. He belongs to the Academy of Natural Sciences ; was a director for many years in Girard College, and long time an officer in the Historical Society. He served as president of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and was president of the old Agricultural Society of Philadelphia. He was one of the Philadelphia board of three for licensing taverns under a special act of the Legislature, in which he acquitted himself with honor and to the credit of the city. His farm in East Bradford originally belonged to Philip Price. The first guano put on lands in the county was by Dr. Elwyn on his farm in 1846. He has given much at- tention to the natural sciences, philosophical inquiry, and political economy, and contributed largely to the press, reviews, and magazines with his able pen. His varied learning and versatile genius has made him one of the most pointed and incisive of our educated men. He still pursues his studies with the ardor of his youth unabated, and is a zealous worker in the cause of humanity.

EMBREE,* JAMES .- The family of James Embree have heretofore traced his name and ancestry to Moses Embree, of Egg Harbor, N. J., and through a membership with Friends. I have always supposed that he had not come there from Europe direct, and that his name was not of English origin. Years ago I had written to Robert C. Embree, counselor-at-law, in New York, for the genealogy of his family, but he had not then traced it. When the re- quest came to write this sketch for the " History of Chester County" I renewed the correspondence. He had then, with the aid of Charles B. Moore, counselor-at-law, of that city, of antiquarian tastes, completed the chain back to John Embree, of Flushing, L. I. ; and in a census of the towns of that island, taken by authority of law in 1698, the name of John Embree appears in the list for Flushing, and in the list for Hempstead, eleven miles farther east and twenty- one from New York, appear the names of Moses Embery and Mary Embery.

The French Huguenots, terribly persecuted in France under Louis XIV., had before that date numerously settled in the city of New York, at New Rochelle, twenty miles northeast of that city, on the north side of Long Island Sound, and at the above villages, on the south side of the Sound, aud at the west end of the island, where Brooklyn now stands. The transition by water from thence was nat- ural and easy down the coast of New Jersey to Egg Har- bor. The lapse of time would conform with the known longevity of the family if this Moses were taken to be the father of Samuel, the father of James, born in 1748, and would hardly admit of another link in the chain.

The name seems more French than English, and the spelling is thus derived : R. C. Embree writes me that Mr. " Milhun, French druggist on Broadway, and very much of a gentleman and scholar, told me years ago that he knew the name well in Normandy, but there spelled Embre." Our double ee at the end is to preserve the same sound as the aecented e in French. Constitutional characteristies in the Embree posterity in Pennsylvania strongly attested the inherited effects of the religious persecutions in France and Ireland by a religious sadness that alternated with the natural vivacity of the French and of the Celtic blood of the Kirks of Ulster. Their cmotions vibrated between the heights and depths of religious experiences and a constitu- tional cheerfulucss.

The inquiry has been pursued backwards and forwards. From the " Annals of Hempstead," page 54, under date of May 24, 1682, it is shown that Moses Emory and others contributed to the support of Jeremy Hobart, minister there. April 1, 1687, Samnel Emory is made constable. July 3, 1691 (page 56), Moses Emory is assessed £124 13s. 4d. We next find traces of Moses and Mary Embro, or Embree, in New Jersey.

The minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Little Egg Harbor, N. J., show that Moses and Mary Embro, his wife, were there-then Friends in that " Quaker Settlement"- from 1711 to 1725, this being the meeting record of the births of their children : Abigail, b. 18th of 12th mo., 1711 ; Martha, the 13th of 12th mo., 1712; Sarah, 11th of 3d mo, 1715 ; Samuel, 15th of 8th mo., 1717; Moses, 26th of 11th mo., 1714; John, 12th of 11th mo., 1721 : Elizabeth, 12th of 6th mo., 1724. On the 14th of 9th month, 1717, Thomas Ridgway and Moses Emmory were present, and made report of having attended the Quarterly Meeting as its representatives ; Moses Emmory gave in the certificate to the Monthly Meeting. Oa the 10th of 4th month, 1725, Richard Osborne and Thomis Ridgway made report that, in pursu ance of their appointment, " they had made inquiry after Moses Emmory's life and conversa- tion, and find nothing but that it had been very orderly ;" and at a Women's Meeting, held 13th of 3d month, 1725, a request was made for a certificate for Mary Embro, for her removal into Pennsylvania with her husband; and it was granted at next meeting, the committee having re- ported " her conduct orderly, and diligent in attending meeting," ete.

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 143

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