History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 161

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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a court at Upland, March 12, 1677-8, " Robberd Hutch- inson as ye attorney of his Brother Ralph hutchinson, whoe is ye Lawfull attorney & assignee of Daniell Juniper of accomacq, This day apeared in Court" and assigned over a servant-man to Israel Helm. John Moll, Esq., of New Castle, writes, Jan. 20, 1680, to New York, and mentions Ralph " Hudjeson" and his brother " Robbert." Perhaps these were sons of the first-named Robert Hodgson. In 1692, Thomas Bright assigns to Robert Hutchinson, now of Concord, fifty acres of land there, which Robert Hutch- inson, of Darby, tailor, sells in 1694 to Thomas King. In 1697 he is " late of Philadelphia, taylor," and buys fifty acres in Springfield. In 1699 he sells this, and the deed shows he was of Chester. Robert Hodgson and James Hendricks obtained a warrant, 12, 16, 1714-5, to take up 2000 acres on Conestoga Creek. In 1715, Robert Hodgson was a taxable in Chester. Having removed thence, a certificate was granted, 8, 28, 1717, directed to Friends of Newark Monthly Meeting, for him and his fam- ily, including his wife, Sarah. On the Chester records the name is given as both Hutchinson and Hodgson. It does not appear that the family were ever considered members of the Friends' meetings near their final settlement. A patent was granted in 1715 to Robert for 250 acres in East Nottingham, called "Hodgson's Choice," and upon this they probably settled. Another patent was granted by Maryland, May 24, 1728, for 660 acres, called " Pleasant Garden," principally in what is New London township, Chester Co.

The family tradition is that Robert went first to Cones -. toga, but on account of troubles with the Indians left that place and tried Bohemia Manor, in Maryland. This was in turn abandoned, owing to the prevalence of ague, and Pleasant Garden was the final resting-place. The latter being a Maryland patent was, of course, held to be in Cecil County. The will of Robert Hodgson, of Cecil County, "being very sick," is dated Dec. 1, 1732, and proven Nov. 26, 1733. He mentions his wife, Sarah, and children,-Joseph, John, David, Richard, Phineas, Mat- thew, Rachel Scott, Sarah Hodgson, Jonathan, and Robert. To his son Phineas he gave 200 acres of the south side of Pleasant Garden, and the remainder not disposed of to Jo- seph. The latter conveyed his interest therein to Phineas, Dec. 9, 1745. Phineas left three sons,-Abel, John, and Robert,-between whom a division of land was made in 1771. John afterwards went to Virginia, and his share was purchased by Abel, who also bought from his uncle Jonathan, a hatter in Philadelphia, the tract called Hodgson's Choice. Abel Hodgson had two sons, Robert and James. The last was the father of James B. Hodgson, who died in 1833, and of Joseph Hodgson, residing near Elkview Station, sometime associate judge of our county courts.

Robert Hodgson, son of Abel, married, Jan. 3, 1793, Sarah Alexander, and had the following children : Mark A., b. Oct. 5, 1793; Eliza, b. 1795; James, b. August, 1797 ; Harriet, b. 1799; Robert, b. 1803, m. May 17, 1836, to Matilda Brown ; Sarah A., b. 1806, m. Feb. 13, 1834, to Robert N. Brown ; Henry, b. 1810; Alexander, b. 1814, m. Jan. 24, 1839, to Mary Ann Irwin. The last is the only survivor, and lives near Cochranville.

Robert Hodgson, the father, married a second time, March 24, 1831, Catharine Evans. He had two sisters,-Han- nah, unmarried, and Betsy, the wife of John Mackey. The residence of Robert was where his grandson, Robert H. Hodgson, now resides, and which the latter calls " Way- side." The house was built in 1792. James Hodgson, the father of Robert H., lived on an adjoining farm, and died Dec. 17, 1880, in his eighty-fourth year. He was married Feb. 8, 1827.

MARK A. HODGSON was born in New London township, and married Miss Sophia Duffield (her grandfather, Rev. George Duffield, was chaplain of the first Congress in Philadelphia, and the Rev. George Duffield, D.D., of

MARK A. HODGSON.

Detroit, Mich., is her brother). Their children were Robert, George D., Henry D., Mark A., Jr., and Mary A. Of these, George D. and Mary A. died in 1865, Mark A., Jr., and Robert in 1866, all of typhoid fever. Henry D., the only surviving child, is a leading business man in Ox- ford. Mark A. Hodgson died July 16, 1868, and his wife, Sophia, three years previous, with the malignant disease that carried to the grave four of her five children. Hc was engaged in agricultural pursuits in New London town- ship until 1861, when he removed to Oxford. He served as a justice of the peace from 1830 for a period of nearly twenty years, was a member of the New London Presby- terian Church, and a ruling elder therein for at least twenty years before his death.

He was a trustee of the New London Academy, and built the first public school in his end of Chester County, erected on his own land, and by his private means, before the establishment of the public-school system.

In 1854 he was a member of the State Legislature from this county. His life of three-fourths of a century was all spent in the county of his birth and whose citizens honored him for his upright character and virtues. His career was a busy one, and when run there was left behind an unsullied name.

JOHN HANNUM.

John, son of Col. John Hannum, was born June 8, 1768, and married Sarah Jackson, born July 2, 1779, daughter of James and Mary (Cloud) Jackson, of West Marlborough, descended on the paternal side from Isaac Jackson, the immigrant. To John and Sarah (Jackson) Hannum were born eight children, viz .: Mary, married to Abiah Cope; John; James; Elizabeth ; Sarah, married to Daniel Meredith ; Alice, mar- ried to Joseph Parke; Martha Ann; and Jonathan C .; of whom Sarah and James are the only survivors. Their father, John, died Aug. 21, 1822, and their mother, Sarah (Jackson), Feb. 8, 1853. Of these eight children, John was the second son, born July 28, 1802, and was married Jan. 13, 1859, to Ann P., daughter of Abner and Han- nah (Pierce) Hoopes, born May 25, 1818. John died Aug. 12, 1871, and was the first person interred in the Friends' new burial-ground

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JOHN HANNUM.

south of West Chester. He attended the Friends' Meeting, of which his wife was a mem- ber. He was a Republican in politics. Filled the office of county commissioner one term, often served as a school direc- tor, acted many years as a magistrate, and was repeatedly called to other local positions. His wife, with one child, John, survives him, and resides on a beautiful farm of eighty acres situated on the Stras- burg road, one mile from West Chester. Their place is called " Highland Home," and is so named from its high location.

John Haunum was a good farmer, and during his life owned several different farms, each of which was much im- proved under his manage- ment. He had resided but about four months upon that whereon he died, which he purchased from the executor of Joseph Cope. Under an assumed abruptness of manner he possessed a kind heart, and was often called upon by his neighbors for advice and as- sistance.

"HIGHLAND HOME."

RESIDENCE OF JOHN HANNUM, JR., EAST BRADFORD

Rev. George Hunter, of Scotoh- sh descent, and a minister of the thodist Episcopal Church, mar- d Annie Sigman. Their son, hn T., married Mary Ann, daugh- . of Alexander Laird, of Irish scent. His wife, Sarah A. Harn, is an emigrant from Baden- iden, Germany. Alexander Laird me from Dublin, Ireland. John had eight children,-seven sons d a daughter,-of whom four rvive. Of these, J. Theodore F., e second son and child, was born arch 16, 1844, in East Nantmeal wuship; his father was born West Nantmeal, and his grand- ther, George, in Berks County. e lived on the farm until his sventh year, and then came to hoenixville, and served as second igine boy in Phoenix Iron-Works. bree years later he returned to e country, and there remained, at- nding school in the winters, until uly 12, 1861, when he enlisted Company G, First Pennsylvania eserves. He was in active service urteen months, and received a :vere gunshot wound at the battle [ South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862. [e was in the seven days' fighting efore Richmond, Mechanicsville, aines' Mill, Charles City Cross- oads, Malvern Hill, and second attle of Bull Run. His wound so isabled him that the government could not re-enlist him, and he 'as honorably discharged, Feb. 14, 863. His father, John T., en- sted in 1861, in Company G, linth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and ras second lieutenant and later aptain ; and being discharged for isability, married, in 1863, for is second wife, Mrs. Emma E. 'igler, of Bowling Green, Ky. His rother, S. D. Hunter, served in the irish Brigade, in the One Hundred und Sixteenth Pennsylvania, three rears.

The subject of this skotch after

bis return Liviu nineteen months with John Griffith at cabinet-making. His health fail- ing he went Sonth; lived in Balti- more, afterwards at Harrisburg, and then returned to Phoenixville, and clerked for Washington Friday, in a store. Subsequently at Poplar Bluff, Mo., then at West Nantmeal, and then he returned to Phoenix- ville, where for nearly four years he was assistant postmaster. He was chosen teller of the Far- mers' and Mechanics' National Bank July 13, 1874, which posi- tion he held until July 1, 1875, when he was promoted to be cash- ier, which responsible place he now so efficiently fills. He was married Dec. 22, 1872, to Mary Esther, daughter of Lewis E. and Mary Filman, of Warwick township, hy whom he has two children, Lewis Filman and Mary Irene. In 1866 he was a register officer, appointed by Gen. Scofield, for Fauquier Co., Va. He has belonged to Phoenixville Lodge, No. 75, F. and A. M., for ten years, to the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows for twelve, and is a member of the Encampment. He also be- longs to the Mystic Chain, to Brotherhood of the Keep, Good Templars, and Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is com- mander of Post No. 45. He is a member of the school board, and two years ago was a candidate for county treasurer on the Prohibition ticket, and led his ticket by several hundred votes. His mother died in 1855. The only sister of his father married Rev. Samuel Kurtz He has arisen by his energy, abil- ity, and good character to a mos honorable and lucrative financia position, and stands deservedly high in public estimation; and ir the cause of temperance and othe reforms he ever has been and i: now especially interested.

JAMES HASLETT.

William Haslett, then of West llowfield township, in his will, ;ed Aug. 1, 1791, devised his m of one hundred and thirty- ht acres and ten perches (now Highland) to he equally divided tween his children,-Dr. William ilson Haslett, of New Castle, 1 .; Elizabeth, married to a Mr. imsey ; Judith, married to Sam- 1 Glasgow; Mary, married to lomas Hood; Jobn; David; oses; Washington; and James. 1 Nov. 9, 1812, Jane, widow of id William, with her surviving ildreo, conveyed hy deed said 'operty to James Haslett. James' andfather, William Haslett, was le of the richest early settlers of hester County, and owned over irteen hundred acres of land. 'e built the Fagg's Msnor Preshy- . rian church, and in the Revolu- onary war supplied the patriot rmy with provisions. He was ide-de-camp to Gen. Washington, od when killed in battle in New ersey, Washington had one hun- red and fifty men raised, who had een buried, to find his remains, which were then buried with mili- ary honors. The sister of William, -father of James Haslett-mar- ied Dr. Davidson Smith, a wealthy laveholder, who entered ten thou- and acres of land in Missouri. lames Haslett was born in 1781,

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JAMES HASLETT.

and married Olivia, daughter of Stephen Harry. He lived on the old homestead farm, in the resi- dence shown in the engraving, and now the property of William B. Haslett. His children were Wil- liam B. and Samuel G., twins; Stephen Harry, deceased; Dr. John Davidson Smith, killed in Kentucky during the war, in the service of the Union army; Mary Ann, married to James C. Clark (she is deceased, hut left one child, Mrs. Mary A. H. Ross, of Phila- delphis) ; and Lydia Jane, mar- ried to Robert Fairlamb, who is deceased, leaving no issue. Ste- phen Harry died in Missouri in 1856, and his father, though an invalid, went to that State and brought his body home, and soon afterwards was taken ill, and died Oct. 5, 1856.

The two only surviving children are Samuel G., a prosperous farmer in Highland township, and William B., a leading business man of Parkesburg, where he is exten- sively engaged in the lumber, coal, and warehouse trade.

William Haslett, father of James, was one of the justices of the peace composing the first court held in West Chester as the shire town, on Nov. 28, 1786. The subject of this sketch served in the war of 1812, first as a private, and then as adju- tant.

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"OLD HOME." RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM B. HASLETT, HIGHLAND.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL.

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HOBSON, FRANCIS, produced a certificate to Newark Monthly Meeting, 2, 5, 1712, from Friends at " ye monthly meeting of ye Grange near Charlemount in Ireland, which was read and Excepted of." Elizabeth Hobson, perhaps his mother or sister, at the same time produced a certificate " from friends in ireland, Dated ye 22 day of the 9 mo. 1710."

Francis purchased 200 acres of land in New Garden by deed of May 1, 1713, in which he is styled a weaver, for the sum of £40. In the 3d month (May), 1716, he was married to Martha Wainhouse, who, on the 4th of 12th mo., 1715, produced a certificate from a meeting held 1, 17, 1712, in Dublin.

Elizabeth Hobson married John Hope, of Kennet, 9th mo., 1712. Francis Hobson died 9, 29, 1766, in his eightieth yesr, and his widow 11, 25, 1775, aged eighty- three. They were the parents of five children, viz. : Francis, b. 9, 12, 1720 ; d. 9, 29, 1792 ; m. 8, 17, 1744, to Martha Shaw. Mary, b. 12, 19, 1724 ; m. 4, 18, 1747, to Robert Boyce, of New Garden. John, b. 7, 7, 1826. Joseph, b. 10, 23, 1731 ; d. 12, 11, 1797 ; m. 4, 15, 1767, at Londongrove Meeting, to Elizabeth Foster. Martha, b. 2, 19, 1738 ; d. 6, 30, 1811 ; m. 6, 17, 1759, to Samuel Miller, Jr.

Francis Hobson, Jr., removed to what is now Montgom- ery County, and died in Limerick township.

Joseph Hobson inherited the land of his father, and at the time of his death held 239 acres. His children were Francis, b. 2, 14, 1768; d. 11, 4, 1835 ; m. 9, 14, 1797, to Ann Johnson. Thomas, b. 7, 6, 1769 ; d. 10, 19, 1853. Hannah, b. 12, 15, 1772; d. 7, 23, 1796, unmarried. Joseph, b. 3, 8, 1775 ; d. 1, 6, 1856 ; m. Jane Suplee, of Philadelphia, b. 1, 20, 1781 ; d. 12, 27, 1853. Phebe, b. 11, 18, 1777 ; d. 2, 16, 1836 ; m. Thomas Lamborn.

After the death of Joseph Hobson, his land was divided, by order of Orphans' Court in 1799, between his sons, Thomas, 914 acres ; Joseph, 844 acres; and the remainder to Francis.

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The children of Joseph and Jane Hobson were Margaret, John S., Hannah, Nathan, and Eliza. Nathan, born 3, 3, 1815, died 10, 9, 1867, married, in 1847, Phebe Shortledge, daughter of Joshua and Hannah, of New Garden, and be- esme the owner of the homestead by release and purchase from the other heirs. The land which his widow now holds consists substantially of the two farms of Joseph and Thomas as divided in 1799, to which a small addition has been made. The old original log house on this property was torn down in 1849. Of the trees planted around it,- perhaps one hundred and fifty years ago,-a cedar and a buttonwood are still standing. The place is called " Syca- more Grange." Nathan and Phebe S. Hobson had six children,-Edward S., Amanda J., J. Taylor, Emma W., Chandler S., and Howard H., of whom only Emma and Howard are living. The residence of Phebe Hobson, of which a view is given herein, is the older of the two sets of buildings on the property, and the usual (and improba- ble) tradition which is held of all our old brick houses- that the bricks were brought from England-is also stated in regard to this.

HOLLAND .- The date of John Holland's first arrival

is unknown, but he obtained a certificate, 9, 24, 1712, from Chester Monthly Meeting, to return to England, which he presented to Hartshaw Monthly Meeting, in Lancashire, about the middle of the following year. He obtained another from the latter meeting, 12, 16, 1713, to Friends here, which informed that he " formerly having entertained in his mind a Respect to Mary Somerford of our meeting, relating to marriage, and the matter reviving betwixt them since he came, they have made orderly proceedings therein to accom- plishment." As to Mary, " being an honest ffriend's daughter and of a good parentage, so she hath had a suit- able education and hath been one whom ffriends have es- teemed worthy of their care advice and encouragement to well doing." They had arrived in this country by 8, 25, 1714, and became members of Goshen Meeting. She was rec- ommended as a minister 8, 15, 1733, and her husband was an overseer. He obtained a patent for 498 acres on the borders of Goshen and Whiteland, June 28, 1734. Chil- dren : John, b. 4, 7, 1714; survived his father. Samuel, b. 6, 15, 1717 ; probably died unmarried. Hannah, b. 4, 10, 1721 ; m. John Bowen.

HOLLINGSWORTH, VALENTINE, a native of Eng- land, came from Belfast, Ireland, in 1682, and settled in New Castle County, near the Brandywine. His first wife was Catharine Cornish, daughter of Henry Cornish, high sheriff of London, who was nnjustly executed during the reign of James II. His second wife, Ann, was a Calvert, and probably related to the proprietaries of Maryland. The children of the first wife appear to have been Thomas, b. about 1660; Henry, b. about 1662; Catharine, b. about 1664, m. George Robinson ; Mary, b. about 1666, m. Thomas Conway, who died 7, 17, 1689, and in 1693 she married Randal Malin, of Providence.

The children of the second wife were Samuel, Ann, John, Joseph, Enoch, and perhaps others. The family is princi- pally represented in this county by the descendants of Thomas.

HOOPES, JOSHUA, with Isabel, his wife, and children- Daniel, Margaret, and Christian-came from Cleveland, in Yorkshire, 1683, and settled in Bucks County, whence, about 1696, came Daniel, who settled in Westtown town- ship, on property now owned by Elwood Hoopes. He married, Dec. 10, 1696, Jane Worrilow, daughter of Thomas and Jane, of Edgmont, by whom he had the following chil- dren : Grace, b. 7, 17, 1697; d. 5, 3, 1721 ; m. William Paschall. Ano, b. 10, 23, 1698 ; d. 3, 13, 1704. Mary, b. 9, 22, 1700 ; d. 1765 ; m. Philip Yarnall. Hannah, b. 5, 25, 1702; d. 1750, unmarried. Joshua, b. 4, 29, 1704 ; d. 10, 9, 1769 ; m. Hannah Ashbridge. Jane, b. 5, 14, 1706 ; d. 1, 31, 1789 ; m. George Ashbridge. Ann, b. 12, 3, 1707 ; d. 7, 14, 1728, unmarried. Daniel, b. 10, 27, 1709 ; d. 6, 5, 1790 ; m. Alice Taylor. John, b. 8, 17, 1711 ; d. 3, 1, 1795 ; m. Christian Reynolds. Abraham, b. 4, 12, 1713; d. 9, 5, 1795; m. Mary Williamson. Thomas, b. 10, 22, 1714; d. 5, 21, 1803; m. Susanna Davies. Elizabeth, b. 1, 13, 1716; d. 12, 9, 1803; m. William Webb. Stephen, b. 1, 13, 1716; d. 1767; m. Martha Evans. Nathan, b. 1, 16, 1718 ; d. 2, 19, 1803 ; m. Margaret Williamson. Walter, b. 1, 11, 1719; d. 12, 9, 1719. Sarah, b. 5, 25, 1720 ; d. 7, 23, 1794 ; m. George

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Hall. Christian, b. 8, 30, 1723; d. 12, 31, 1815 ; m. Daniel Webb.

Joshua Hoopes settled in Westtown township near his father. Daniel, John, and Thomas settled on 630 acres in Goshen, including the north western quarter of the borough of West Chester. Their father bought the land and di- vided it between them. Daniel's share was entirely within the borough limits, and he built a house thereon in 1736, since torn down, but the date-stone was placed in the wall of a later structure a little southward, now on the Ebbs estate. John Hoopes built the present residence of Jesse J. Taylor about 1732, and his brother Thomas also erected a house on his share of the land a few years later.

Abraham Hoopes settled in Edgmont, Stephen in West- town, and Nathan in East Bradford, adjoining his brother Daniel's land in Goshen.

Joshua Hoopes, born 7, 15, 1736, died, 3, 21, 1825, married, 4, 16, 1761, Mary Garrett, and 4, 14, 1785, Han- nah Martin, and resided in Westtown, where his son Joshua was born, 2, 12, 1788. From an obituary of the latter, published shortly after his death, which occurred in West Chester, 5, 11, 1874, we take the following :

" Upon arriving at manhood's estate, and after some little time in the tanning business, he chose the profession of school-teaching, at which he continued up to within a few years since, when he was obliged to forego his lifelong pleasures through the force of accumu- lating age. He taught in several district schools in this county, be- sides at Merion and Darby, and subsequently settled in Downingtown, where he opened a boarding-school for boys, and continued there up to about 1836 or 1837, when he came to West Chester, where he has since resided.

" His first marriage was to Mary Garrigus, daughter of Edward Gar- rigus, of Kingsessing, and by whom he had six ohildren, all of whom he survived, he leaving no descendants. His second nuptials were to Rachel Bassett, of Wilmington, Del., a lady of rare botanical tastes, and which probably werc in a great measure instrumental in bringing about their acquaintanceship.

" As a school-teacher and scientist, the deceased had no equal in Chester County, he being the boon companion of Dr. Darlington and David Townsend, and their superior in astronomy and mathematics. He was led to take up the study of botany through the desires of Dr. Darlington, and he so prosecuted his researches in this particular branch as to win for himself an enviable reputation. In his early and mid- dle life he frequently lectured nn astronomy, and he so possessed the agreeable faculty of imparting hie wide and extended knowledge of the planets and their respective spheres of uscfulness as to enchain theatten- tion of his hearers with his clear and forcible descriptive accomplish- ments. About the year 1837 or 1838 he was one of several of the promi- nent classical citizens of West Chester who successfully introduced a scientific lecture course, and in which he treated on his favorite subject, that of astronomy. The proceeds of this course were applied to pur- chasing a series of philosophical apparatus, the same which is now in use in our State Normal School. After quitting Downingtown and taking up his residence in West Chester, he taught a boys' school for some time in a private building, and afterwards in the old Odd-Fel- lows' Hall, but a number of his admiring friends, in recognition of his superior scholastic attainments, handed themselves together, and each one furnished him a like sum of money with which to erect a suitable building for the better advancement of education, and the building in which his lifeless form now lies awaiting interment is a monument to this generons and public-spirited circumstance. We here append the names of those who made him this indefinite loan, they leaving it solely with him to refund at his option :

"Francie Hickman, Levis James, Jesse R. Burden, George G. Ashbridge, Philip Price, Robert Mercer, Jesse Kerns, Walker Yarnall, David Townsend, Samuel Painter, Uriah Hunt, W. H. Dillingham, Wm. Williamson, Ziba Pyle, Nathan H. Sharples, Haines & Sharp- les, Wm. Darlington, M.D., Isaac Thomas, Eli K. Price, Coleman Fisher, Thomas Biddle, Cheney Hickman, Jacob Thomas, John

Thomas, Townsend Eachus, John Malin, Jesse Matlack, Lloyd Jones, Isaac Wayne, Marshall & Worthington, A. S. Roberts, E. Roberts, N. Mendenhall, Samuel Auge, Wm. Jackson, Joseph Mcclellan, Francis James, Wm. Whipple, Isaac Downing.

"Long before his death he succeeded in refunding to his friends each his amount loaned, some of whom had forgotten the transaction.

" In compliment to his botanical knowledge, a tree of tropical nature now bears his name, that of Hoopesia, the same being discov- ered many years ago in Texas, by a gentleman who subsequently called upon Dr. Darlington with a specimen of the newly-found tree, and suggested it should be called Darlingtonia. The doctor's name having been given to many plants, he expressed a wish that it should memorize the name of Joshna Hoopes, and so it was ultimately agreed upon.

"Before age had bequeathed the usual infirmities, the subject of this brief mention was noted for his pedestrian accomplishments, and it was not an unfrequent occurrence for him to walk to Wilming- ton and back, and do other like feats combining endurance and physical exercise."

Our enterprising nurserymen, Josiah and Abner Hoopes, are sons of Peirce Hoopes, son of Abner, son of Thomas, son of Nathan and Margaret, of East Bradford. The de- scendants of the original ancestor are innumerable, and among the most respectable in our county.

HOUSE, JOHN, was a resident in Birmingham in 1715, and by trade a carpenter. He was probably the father of the following :

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 161

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