History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 173

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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Thomas and Edith Marshall had four children,-Esther, Hannah, Thomas, and Phebe (m. Stephen Smith and Jo- seph Heston). Of these, Thomas was born 12, 8, 1756, d. 8, 13, 1844, m. 4, 21, 1779, Mary Grubb, and had several children, of whom the youngest, Samuel, b. 3, 24, 1789, d. 8, 27, 1832, m. Philena Pusey, daughter of Ellis, and re- mained at the homestead in Concord, where his son, Ellis P. Marshall, resides. Of his other children, William P. Marshall, b. 12, 21, 1826, is a conveyancer in West Chester, and one of the trustees of the State Normal School there.

John Marshall, son of Thomas and Hannah, married, 11, 27, 1760, Hannah James, daughter of Joseph and Hannah, of Westtown, and settled in Kennet. He married again, 4, 27, 1768, Susanna Lamborn, daughter of Robert, of Kennet, and had by both wives the following children : Mary, b. 10, 11, 1761 ; Martha, b. 5, 5, 1764 ; Thomas, b. 4, 22, 1769 ; Robert, b. 9, 15, 1771; William, b. 5, 26, 1773; Hannah, b. 1, 7, 1775; Ann, b. 8, 22, 1778; Mar- tha, b. 8, 20, 1780 ; William, b. 7, 30, 1784, d. 1859, m. Margaret McCammon, and was the father of William Mar- shall, a lawyer of Philadelphia, and of Susanna J. Wilkin- son, of Kennet Square.

Thomas, the eldest son, married, 4, 13, 1794, Sarah Gregg, daughter of Michael and Sarah, of Kennet, and had children,-Susanna, Phebe, Hannah, John, Sarah, William, Thomas, Joshua, Carpenter, and Alban.

JOHN MARSHALL, the son of Thomas and Sarah Mar- shall, of Kennet, was born Sept. 1, 1801. He first came to West Chester in 1822 as deputy sheriff under Jesse Sharp, and served in this capacity during the term of that officer. He then commenced the drug business at the stand now owned by Aitken & Sargent, on High Street, and afterwards bought the property later occupied by Thomas Pierce, added hardware to his drug business, and associated with him as a partner Dr. Wilmer Worthington. Nov. 18, 1839, he was elected a director of the Bank of Chester County, which position he held, with an interval of one year in every four, until May 1, 1863, when, on the death of Dr. Darlington, he was elected president of that institu- tion. He disposed of his drug and hardware business to his nephews, T. & T. G. Pierce, retiring from active busi- ness, with the exception of his duties in connection with the bank. Mr. Marshall was at the time of his death a widower, his wife, a sister of Dr. Wilmer Worthington, having died in 1841. He died June 21, 1873, and left but one child, who is the wife of Evans Rogers, Esq. Mr. Marshall was for more than half a century a resident of West Chester, prominently identified with its interests, and holding many positions of trust and importance among his fellow-citizens.

ALEXANDER MARSHALL was born in Glasgow, Scot-

land, was a flax-hackler by trade, and emigrated to Penn- sylvania just after the close of the war of the Revolu- tion. He settled in Chester County, and served three months with the troops raised to suppress the Whisky Insurrection of 1794, encamped part of the time at Down- ingtown. He was married to Jane Johnston, and had eleven children,-six sons and five daughters,-the fifth among whom was

ALEXANDER MARSHALL, born March 23, 1797, in West Nantmeal (now Wallace) township. In 1819 he married Elizabeth Sloanaker, by whom he had five children, three of whom are still living. He was the second time married, in 1863, to Hopeful (Hoffman) Windle, widow of Davis Windle. In April, 1829, in connection with Nathan Sieg- fried, a practical printer, he began the publication of The Literary Casket at Yellow Springs, he officiating as its editor. While conducting this paper they printed the first numbers of the Anti-Masonic Register for Joseph Painter. In about a year he sold The Literary Casket to Cheyney Hannum and Morris Mattson, who moved it to West Ches- ter, where it was subsequently merged into another paper. Mr. Marshall was afterwards assistant editor of an agricul- tural paper, printed at Parkesburg by N. P. Boyer & Co., who sold it to the Potts Brothers, for whom he conducted it as chief editor for some time. In 1844-45 he taught school in Phoenixville. In 1845 he was elected clerk of the Orphans' Court of Chester County, and in December of that year moved to West Chester, where he has ever since resided. After his three years' incumbency as clerk, he was engaged in the nursery business, and later in the manu- facture of brick until 1861, when the breaking out of the Rebellion paralyzed this industry for some time. This venerable citizen, a happy type of the old-school gentleman, is the oldest man living in the county who has been con- nected with the press, having (July, 1881) passed his eighty-fourth birthday .*

MARTIN, THOMAS, with Margery (Mendenhall), his wife, came from Bedwin Magna, in Wiltshire, in 1685, bringing children,-Mary, Sarah, Hannah, and Rachel. They settled in Middletown, where their son Moses, and probably other children, were born. We find George and Elinor Martin, for whom we can assign no other parentage. These children married as follows : Mary to James Whit- aker, 1690 ; Sarah to William Shewin ; Rachel to Thomas Woodward, 1704; Moses, b. 1, 9, 1685-6, m. Margaret Battin, in 1714; George, m. Lydia Buffington ; Elinor, m. John Scarlet, 1715.

George Martin settled in West Bradford, a little north- west of Marshallton, where he died 6, 22, 1780. His chil- dren were Joseph, John, James, George, Rachel (m. to John Hennings), Lydia (m. to James Dilworth), Mary (m .. - Wood), and Elizabeth (m. to Joseph Passmore and James Chalfant).

Joseph married Hannah Harlan, and had children,- Joseph, Caleb, Rebecca (m. to Joseph Woodward), Han- nah (m. to Benjamin Miller), Lydia (m. to John Wood- ward), Mary (m. to Daniel Leonard). Joseph died about 1802.

# Since the above was in type he died, July 17, 1881.

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George Martin, Jr., married Martha, daughter of Abra- ham and Elizabeth Widdows, who died 9, 13, 1808, aged seventy-nine years, six months, and twenty-eight days. George died 4, 11, 1771, aged forty-five years. He lived with his uncle, Joseph Baffington, in the Forks of Brandy- wine, or at least his widow remained on the farm for several years after his death. His children were Sarah, b. 1, 11, 1755 ; Ruth, b. 1, 28, 1757 ; Lydia, b. 4, 3, 1759 ; Thomas, b. 4, 12, 1761, d. 8, 24, 1808 ; George, b. 5, 12, 1763 ; Abraham, b. 9, 26, 1765, d. 4, 2, 1826.

Of these, Thomas married Margaret, daughter of Samuel Pennock, and was the father of Samuel, late of Keunet Square, George, Thomas, Simon, and Abraham.

George (3) married Amy Buffington, and lived in New- lin township. Children,-Martha, Phebe, Curtis, George Thomas, Abraham, Isaac, and Amy.

Abraham married Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Re- becca (Martin) Woodward, and lived at Marshallton. Their children were George, Joseph, Abner, and Martha. Of these, George was born 1, 9, 1798, but is still an active business man and mueh interested in local history, with which his memory is well stored. He has long been a store-keeper in the village of Marshallton.

Respecting Samuel Martin, of Kennet Square, whose death, on the 17th of 6th month, 1880, resulted from a series of paralytic attacks, we quote from the Kennet Ad- vance :

"Samuel Martin was born on the 24th of August, 1802, near the Forks of the Brandywine, in what was then Pennsbury township, but which now forms a part of Pocopson. He was the son of Thomas and Margaret Martin, and his mother was the daughter of Samuel Pen- nock. He early evinced an aptitude for study, and the few leisure periods in his farm-life were given to books. He worked on his father's farm until he had reached the age of twenty-one or there- abouts, when he set out to make his own way in life. By teaching in the winter season he was able to earn money to prosecute his studies the remainder of the year. One of the boarding-schools of that day was conducted by Alexander Mckeever, who was nt one time located at Gause's Corner, ond at this school the subject of this memoir spent & year. In 1824, Mr. Martin, whose first teaching was done in the old stone school building which until recently stood at the cross- roads near Joseph Walter's, removed to Kennet Square, which st that time possessed no school of any kind. He taught for a time at the school-house on the Toughkensmon road, nearly opposite John Lam- born's, and it was at this school that he was the teacher of Bayard Taylor. In a short time be established a school in this borough, on East State Street, nearly opposite the Friends' meeting-house. Here he was so successful that he was induced to build Eaton Institute. While he was conducting this flourishing school the United States Bank collapsed and the Pennsylvania Bank suspended. He had considerable of his own, and all the money of some minor children for whom he was guardian, invested in the State bank, and the sus- pension placed him in a trying position. But he kept his courage, and was far-sighted enough to see that the bank would recover. All the spare essh he was able to get ha invested in the stock at a grently depreciated value, and he soon had the satisfaction of reaping a hand- some reward. He early began to aid in the material development of the borough by building and otherwise improving. He was one of the chief promoters of the Baltimore Central Railroad, and subscribed liberally. He purchased considerable land along the projected route, which he built upon from time to time and sold. These building operations he continued to within a year of his death, and almest fifty dwellings, or one-fifth of all the houses here, were erected by him, and many & poor man to-day owes his comfortable home to the liberul spirit of Samuel Martin.

"Though he retired many years ago from active school-life, bis in- terest in education did not flag. He was a warm friend of the public school, aud was for many years one of its board of directors. In 1875

he built Martin Academy, designed as a preparatory school for chil- dren of Friends, though open to all sects, and in every work of edu- cation he exhibited & liberal spirit.

"The Society of Friends in this borough, with which the deceased Was connected, will long remember his generosity. The new meeting- house, built a few years ago, was largely the result of his liberality, five thousand dollars, or half the cost, being subseribed by him. He was an acceptable minister in the society, and his ministrations were listened to for many years.

"The private life of Samuel Martin was blameless. In all his deal- ings with his fellow-men he carefully observed that conscientious ex- actness and strict probity that characterize the just man, and the handsome competency he left behind him was the result of industry, simplicity, and business sagacity. He overreached no man, and asked for nothing that was not justly his own.

" Doubtless the deceased will be longest remembered by the children of his town. To every child he was ' Uncle,' and to every one he was a personal friend. He delighted in doing for them little sets of kind- ness, and he had the unselfish love of them all. And need we add more of the man who when living desired not his virtues recounted ? It is enough to say that he was a simple, God-fearing, honest man, whose place in the community for which he did so much will be very hard to fill."

Moses Martin and Margaret (Battin), his wife, had chil- dren,-Adam, George, Hannalı, Mary, John, Moses, Mar- garet, Rachel, and Susanna. They removed to Uweblan prior to 1737, where Moses died before 1740.

John Martin, the son, born 1, 3, 1718, married Hannah Dilworth, and died in Birmingham, 11, 26, 1761, leaving children,-Moses, John, George, Joseph, and Hannah. The widow married John Woodward, of Thornbury, 3, 16, 1763, and was the mother of Thomas Woodward. George Martin, born 6, 9, 1754, died 7, 19, 1825, married, 11, 28, 1776, Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Henry and Sarah, and settled in Chichester. Their children were Sarah, b. 9, 7, 1777, d. 4, 18, 1819, m. John Broomall, and was the mother of Hon. John M. Broomall ; Anna, b. 12, 28, 1778, m. John Powell; Ruth, b. 10, 17, 1780, d. 1, 17, 1878, m. John Sharpless ; Beulah, b. 9, 27, 1782, d. 1, 7, 1818, m. Enos Sharpless, and was the mother of the late John M. Sharpless, of Chester; Lydia, b. 8, 20, 1784 ; George, b. 2, 28, 1787, d. 7, 26, 1847, father of Dr. George Mar- tin, now of West Chester; Henry, b. 2, 20, 1789, d. 12, 9, 1791; John, b. 8, 6, 1791, d. 9, 9, 1809 ; Elizabeth, b. 8, 6,1791.

MASSEY, THOMAS, migrated to this country prior to 1687, and before he was of age. He probably resided within the bounds of Chester Monthly Meeting from the time of his arrival. In 1692 he married Phebe, the danghter of Robert Taylor, of Springfield, and soon after- wards purchased a large tract of land in Marple, where he continued to reside while he lived. He died 9, 18, 1708, in the forty-fifth year of his age, leaving seven children, viz. : Esther, Mordecai, James, Hannah, Thomas, Phebe, and Mary. The brick house erected by Thomas Massey is still standing in a good state of preservation. His widow married Bartholomew Copock, Jr., then a widower, in 1710. Mordecai remained on the mansion tract, but Thomas and James settled in Willistown.

Thomas Massey, Jr., born 11, 21, 1701, died 6, 13, 1784, married his first cousin, Sarah, daughter of Isaac Taylor, and had children,-Sarah, Mordecai, Phebe, Han- nah, Mary, Isaac, Elizabeth, Thomas, Jane, Joseph, Estber, Levi, Rebecca, and Aaron.

Janes Massey, born 7, 13, 1697, married Ann, daughter

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of Lewis Lewis, of Newtown, and had issue,-Thomas, Lewis, Abram, James, Mary, William, Phinehas, Mordecai, and Lydia.

MATLACK, WILLIAM, then a boy, arrived in New Jersey, in the ship " Kent," in 1677, and in 1682 married Mary Hancock, and had several children, of whom a son, Joseph, married, in 1722, Rebecca, daughter of John and Esther Haines, of Rancocas. In 1729, Joseph and his wife brought a certificate from Friends of Haddonfield, and settled on land devised to her by her father, on the east side of the present borough of West Chester. They had several children, as follows : Jemima, b. 4, 20, 1723, m. James Pennell, 8, 15, 1741 ; Isaiah, b. 2, 25, 1725 ; Na- than, b. 3, 16, 1727, m. Mary Mercer ; Ruth, b. 12, 23, 1729, m. Thomas Sheward, 9, 10, 1748; Esther, b. 6, 23, 1733; m. George Brinton ; Jesse, b. 10, 2, 1735, died young ; Jonathan, b. 3, 16, 1737, m. Hannah Walo ; Jo- seph, b. 7, 25, 1740, died young ; Amos, b. 9, 22, 1744, m. Hannah Trego; Caleb, b. 2, 14, 1750, died young.

MAY, ROBERT, was a resident of Maryland, where, May 17, 1724, he married Elizabeth, daughter of James Brooke. They had nine children. He died Dec. 26, 1749.

Robert May (2), youngest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Brooke) May, was born Feb. 4, 1749-50 (O.S.), forty days after the death of his father. He married, first, Re- becca Grace, daughter of Thomas and Anna (Nutt) Potts, on Feb. 16, 1786. She was born at Coventry, Chester Co., July 5, 1760, and died July 30, 1789. He owned and carried on the iron-works at the Head of Elk, Md., where he resided until after the death of his wife Rebecca, when he removed to Coventry, Chester Co. He married, second, Ruth Potts, a sister of his first wife, on March 28, 1792. She was born Sept. 6, 1768, and died Jan. 17, 1820. He had two children by his first wife-Eliza and Rebecca Grace-and seven by his second wife,-Thomas Potts, Robert, Anna Nutt, James (died in infancy), James (the second so named), Newton, and Addison.

After he settled in Chester County he became one of the most extensive iron-masters in Pennsylvania. He carried on Coventry Forge, and, in conjunction with Col. Thomas Bull and John Smith, he owned and carried on Joanna Furnace, in Berks County. He also owned in severalty Gibraltar Forge, on the Schuylkill, between Birdsborough and Reading, and Dale Forge, in Colebrookdale township, Berks Co., about nine miles north of Pottstown. Near this are the extensive iron-mines from which several fur- naces derive their ore. These mines were owned by the firm of Bull, May & Smith, above named.

Robert May (2) was accidentally killed by a fall from a horse which he was breaking, Nov. 21, 1812. His oldest daughter, Eliza, was born March 2, 1787, and on June 2, 1804, became the wife of Samuel Stevens, of Talbot Co., Md. Mr. Stevens was elected Governor of Maryland in 1824, and held the office three years. While serving in that capacity, Gen. Lafayette visited Annapolis, and was his guest. They were the parents of William Augustus Stevens, who was born April 9, 1807, graduated at Jeffer- son College, studied divinity, and became the first pastor of the Presbyterian Church of West Chester, Pa. He died

at Warwick, Oct. 3, 1834, and was buried in the yard of the Presbyterian Church in West Chester.

Thomas Potts May, oldest son of Robert May (2), was born March 9, 1793, became a clergyman and rector of the Episcopal Church in Norristown, and died Sept. 20, 1819. Robert May (3) was born Jan. 19, 1795, and graduated at the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced his profession in northern Chester County, and died Jan. 26, 1866. Anna Nutt May, daughter of Robert May (2), born Oct. 30, 1796, became the wife of David Potts, Jr., of Warwick, and died March 17, 1823.

Rev. James May, D.D., second son of that name of Robert May (2), was born in Coventry, Oct. 1, 1805. His studies preparatory to entering college were with his brother Thomas at Pottstown, at an academy in Norris- town, and at the school of Rev. Alexander Campbell at Easton, Md., and were so thorough that he was enabled to enter the senior class at Jefferson, where he graduated with high distinction Sept. 25, 1823. He first entered upon the study of the law, but being drawn towards the minis- try, after pursuing studies in that direction for a time, he entered the theological seminary at Alexandria, Va., in October, 1825, and was ordained by Bishop White, Dec. 24, 1826. He was settled as rector of St. Stephen's Church, Wilkesbarre, in February, 1827, and remained in that connection ten years. When he took charge the con- gregation was small, but his influence and talents were such that the church soon prospered, and when he left it was the largest and strongest of his communion in all that section of the State. Jan. 8, 1829, he married Ellen Stuart Bow- man, daughter of Capt. Samuel Bowman, and sister of Rev. Samuel Bowman, afterwards assistant bishop of Penn- sylvania. She was a lady of personal graces, mental en- dowments, and a Christian spirit of a lofty order. In Feb- ruary, 1837, he became rector of St. Paul's, Philadelphia, and ooc of the editors of the Episcopal Recorder. In Oc- tober, 1838, he went to Europe for the benefit of his health, and returned in November, 1840. In July, 1842, he be- came Professor of Church History in the theological sem- inary near Alexandria. In the fall of that year the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Jefferson College. His wife died Jan. 10, 1861. On the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861 the seminary was closed. Its location was such that it was impossible to continue its operations, and the buildings were abandoned, and were soon after converted by the Union troops into a hospital. Dr. May then came to Philadelphia, and for a time took charge of a small church at Providence, Montgomery Co. In September, 1861, he became Professor of Church His- tory and Polity in the Divinity School of Philadelphia. He died Dec. 18, 1863. Dr. May was a man of singular purity, meekness, fervor, and force, and of much more than ordinary learning and ability. As a preacher, he was earnest and faithful, and as a teacher he has had few equals in or out of his church. His popularity with those under his charge was deservedly very great.

Newton May, a son of Robert May (2), was born Dec. 26, 1807, graduated at Jefferson College, and received his degree of M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, 1831. He resides at Holmesburg, where he practices medicine.

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Addison May, youngest son of Robert May (2), was born at Coventry, Dec. 18, 1811, graduated at Jefferson College, read law with William H. Dillingham, at West Chester, and located first at Eric, Pa. On June 13, 1839, he mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Samuel and Martha (Bull) Shafer. After his marriage he settled at Norristown, and acquired a large practice, but owing to failing health he re- linquished the practice of his profession in 1850 and re- moved to Coventry, where he remained till 1859, and then fixed his residence at West Chester. He was one of the founders of the West Chester Trust and Relief Society, and has been its president since its organization ; for several years a member of the board of trustees of the State Nor- mal School at West Chester, and for two years president of the board ; also president of the board of inspectors of the Chester County Prison, and represents Chester County in the board of trustees of the Hospital for the Insane at Norristown, in the organization of which he took an active part. He is also a member of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, and of several historical, literary, and scientific associations. His only daughter, Martha, is the wife of Joseph T. Rothrock, M.D., now Professor of Botany in the University of Pennsylvania, a gentleman of culture and of extensive scientific acquirements, whose pub- lished works will be found noticed in the article on Bibli- ógraphy.

MENDENHALL, JOHN and BENJAMIN, were carly settlers in Concord, and another brother, Moses, resided there a short time, but returned to England. They also had sisters,-Mary, who came over unmarried, and became the wife of Nathaniel Newlin, April 17, 1685, and Mar- gery, who married Thomas Martin, and came with him from England in 1685. They were from Mildenhall, in Wiltshire, which was formerly the family name.

John married, in 1685, Elizabeth, daughter of George Maris, by whom he had three children,-George, b. 6, 14, 1686, d. 1758, unmarried; John, b. 4, 3, 1688, m. Su- sanna Pierson, 1709; Aaron, b. 9, 20, 1690, d. 4, 30, 1765, m. 4, 16, 1715, to Rose Pierson, sister of Susanna, and daughter of Thomas Pierson. John, Jr., and Aaron settled in East Caln, whence John went to Lancaster County, and finally to Virginia.

Benjamin Mendenhall married, 2, 17, 1689, Ann, daughter of Robert and Hannah Pennell, of Middletown, by whom he had ten children,-Ann, b. 3, 31, 1690 ; Ben- jamin, b. 3, 5, 1691, m. Lydia Roberts, 3, 9, 1717 ; Joseph, b. 3, 17, 1692, m. Ruth Gilpin, 8, 30, 1718; Moses, b. 2, 19, 1694, m. Alice Pyle, 4, 18, 1719; Hannah, b. 6, 11, 1696, m. Thomas Marshall, 2, 24, 1718 ; Samuel, b. 1, 28, 1697; Rebecca, b. 10, 10, 1699, m. Thomas Gilpin, 2, 21, 1726; Ann, b. 7, 22, 1703, m. John Bartram, 10, 11, 1729; Nathan, b. 8, 16, 1705; Robert, b. 7, 7, 1713, m. 9, 13, 1734, to Phebe Taylor, 6, 23, 1762, to Elizabeth Hatton, and 2, 6, 1777, to Esther Temple.

Phehe Mendenhall, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, was born 7, 7, 1770, m. Gideon Thomas, and died 1, 19, 1875. Robert had a large number of children, whose de- scendants are numerous.

Benjamin Mendenhall was held in good esteem both in his religious society and as a citizen. His sons Benjamin

and Moses were both ministers. Joseph, the second son, removed to the west side of Brandywine, and became an active member of Kennet Meeting. He settled on a large traet of land purchased by his father in 1703. His children were Isaae, Hannah, Joseph, Benjamin, Ann, Stephen, and Jesse.

Of these, Isaac married Martha Robinson, and was the father of Joseph, Isaac, Betty, Thomas, Noah, Benjamin, Martha, Dinah, Aaron, Ruth, and Caleb. He was born 8; 13, 1719, and died 8, 18, 1803. His wife died 5, 21, 1766. Aaron, his son, born 2, 20, 1760, married Sarah, daughter of Nicholas Woolas, and had children,-Ann, Isaac, Elwood, Hannah (m. to James Trimble), Sarah (m. to Chalkley Way), and Martha.

Isaac, born 9, 29, 1806, married Dinah Hannum, 5, 12, 1831, and has had the following children : Anna (deceased ), Aaron, Luther, Sarah (deceased), and Sallie Hannah. Of these, Aaron married Ella Taylor, by whom he had one child, Anna, and his wife dying, he married Hattie Shoe- maker, by whom he has two children,-Isaac and Emma. This Aaron resides on the old Mendenhall property, par- chased in 1703, part of a thousand acres, beginning on the Brandywine and extending west two and a half miles to the Letitia Penn line, in the shape of. a parallelogram. This Mendenhall homestead contains 150 acres, and the' house, shown elsewhere, is the third one built, and was erected in 1838. The barn was built in 1796. This homestead and farm is in Pennsbury township, but Aaron's father, Isaac, lives in Kennet township.

MERCER, THOMAS, from " Ayno-on the-Hill," in the county of Northampton, with Mary, his wife, were settlers in Westtown, where he died about 1716. His widow died. in 1723. Their children, so far as known, were Thomas, b. 1694, m. Hannah Taylor in 1710; Mary, m. William Pennell, 8, 26, 1710; Elizabeth, m. to Joseph Woodward, 1712; Aon, m. to Joshua Peirce, 8, 28, 1713; Joseph, m. Ann Wickersham, 1719.

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 173

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