History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 196

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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He was married, 4, 16, 1812, at Birmingham Meeting, to Rebecca Sharples, daughter of William and Ann, of West Chester, born 6, 9, 1789, died 7, 22, 1836. By this marriage his children were Washington, Franklin, Priscilla Ann, Gulielma Maria (married to Edward Hoopes), Albert, Ann Eliza (married to William E. Bar- ber, Esq.), and Sharpless. Of these, Washington, the eldest, is the only survivor. He was born 1, 20, 1813, and received an academical education under Jonathan Gause and Joseph Strode, at the old West Chester Academy. In 1831 he was appointed second teller in the Bank of Chester

County, and five years later promoted to the position of first teller. Turning his attention to the law, he began its study under William Darlington, Esq., and on Aug. 16, 1844, re- signed his post at the bank in order to devote his whole time to the profession. In 1848 he received the appointment of prosecuting attorney, and on April 6, 1849, that of cashier of the bank, which latter position he resigned Oct. 30, 1857. He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention at Bal- timore in 1852, and to the Republican Convention at Chicago in 1860. In 1868 he was elected to the Forty-first Con- gress, and by re-election served eight years in that field, during which he was a member of committees on Education and Labor, Banking and Currency, Freedmen's Affairs, and was chairman of the Committee on Public Lands in the Forty-third Congress. He took a decided stand as an advocate of protection to American industry, the national banking system, of a sound and redeemable currency, the appropriation of the proceeds of sales of public lands to educational purposes, and of an improved Indian policy.

JOHN TOWNSEND, son of the emigrant, Joseph, married, 12, 31, 1741, Joanna, daughter of Joseph and Margaret England, of Nottingham, born 7, 29, 1721, died 5, 30, 1786. They settled on a part of his father's land, on which they built a house, which is still standing, and the property of Samuel Shipley. Their children were as fol- lows : Margaret, b. 7, 27, 1742, m. Samuel Jefferis ; Sarah, b. 12, 10, 1743, m. Amos House; Lydia, b. 2, 11, 1746, d. 1, 31, 1798, m. Reuben John ; William, b. 7, 19, 1748, d. 11, 6, 1819; Martha, b. 12, 6, 1751, d. 12, 31, 1834, m. Robert Lamborn, of Kennet; Mary, b. 9, 6, 1753, d. 10, 19, 1829, m. Jesse Jones ; Joseph, b. 2, 26, 1756, d. 9, 30, 1841, m. 6, 6, 1782, to Hannah Painter, 5, 31, 1787, to Mary Matthews, and 6, 3, 1803, to Esther Hallett, and was the father of twenty-three children ; John, b. 7, 14, 1758, d. 1, 18, 1768 ; Hannah, b. 12, 17, 1760, m. Edward Darlington ; Joanna, b. 3, 15, 1763, d. 5, 22, 1843, m. Jesse Sharpless.

William Townsend, son of John, married Grace Loller, and settled on a part of his father's land, at what is thought to have been his grandfather's residence. His children were Eusebius, John W., Joseph, and Mary, of whom the first remained on the farm until his death.

JOSEPH TOWNSEND, son of John and Joanna, inherited the homestead in East Bradford, but his residence being in Baltimore, the property was for many years farmed by ten- ants. The following was written by Dr. Wm. Darlington :

" Joanna Towosend was an intelligent, old-fashioned English woman, with much energy of character and a determined will of her own. Her son Joseph inherited a full share of his mother's tenacity of purpose, with a tinge of quaint eccentricity, derived from his father's side of the house ; but, withal, he was a most actively useful, philanthropic, and exemplary man. His family were all disciples of George Fox, and Joseph himself was ever one of the straitest of the sect. He was, however, codowed with a notable portion of human curiosity ; in times and places of commotion or great excitement he was sure to be 'there or thereabouts,' a close observer of what was going on, and ready to lend a hand in case good offices were required .*

" The devastation perpetrated during the passage of Howe's army through Chester County induced Joseph Townsend to migrate to some more fortunate region ; and at the close of the war he removed

* This has been shown in his observations on the battle of Brandy- wine, page 74.

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to the Falls of Gunpowder River, in Maryland, where he taught school for a year. In the fall of 1783 he removed to Baltimore, and the town theo being small but growing, he soon engaged actively in promoting its advancement; was a member of the board of health for several years, during the fatal visitations of yellow fever ; was active in procuring the Potters' Field aod founding the Maryland Hospital, hoth of which were required by the aforesaid fearful epi- demie. In 1793 he was one of the founders of the ' Baltimore Equi- table Society for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire,' ao institution in which he was an efficient officer for the long period of forty-seven years. Various other positions of trust and responsibility were also held by him, under both the city and the State governments. In the autumn of 1814, after the sack of Washington City, the British forces undertook to treat Baltimore in the same manner, but their maraud- ing career was bravely intercepted at North Point. Joseph Towasend, occupying a seat in the gallery of Friends' meeting, of course could not be expected to bear arms on the occasion (though two of his sons were thea oo military duty in Pennsylvania) ; yet, as soon as the conflict was eaded, the worthy old Quaker -- then nearly threescore years of age -- was one of the foremost and most efficient in perform- - ing the offices of humanity, among the dead and dying, on that en- sanguined battle-field.

" After a long life, illustrated by sigoal public spirit and practical benevolence, he died at his adopted home, Sept. 30, 1841, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. His remains repose io a granite sar- cophagus prepared in his lifetime, under his own directiea. Few men were so extensively kaown hy his cotemporaries as Jeseph Town- send, of Baltimore, and leng will his memory be honored as one of the fathers and benefactors of the Monumental city."

TREGO, PETER, and Judith, his wife, were living in Middletown township early in the last century, he having purchased land there in 1708. Their children were Jacob, b. 8, 7, 1687, d. 4, 10, 1720 ; James, b. 4th mo., 1690; William, b. 6, 3, 1693; John, b. 12, 15, 1696; Ann, b. 8, 28, 1702, m. 6, 11, 1725, to James Rushton ; Peter. Jacob married, in 1709, Mary Cartlidge, of Darby, and had three children,-Hannah, John, and Rachel. The widow married, in 1722, John Laycock, of Bucks County. James Trego, then of Edgmont, married about 1716, and, after keeping tavern some time in Chester, settled in White- land, where he died in 1745, leaving children,-James, Mary (Walker), Sarah (Simcock), John, Jacob, William, and Elizabeth.

William Trego, son of Peter, married, about 1717, Mar- garet Moore, and in 1735 settled in Goshen, where he kept tavern for some years. His children were Hannah, Wil- liam, Margaret, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary, Sarah, (m. to Phinehas Eachus), Ann (m. to Joseph Hunt).

Peter Trego, Jr., married, 11, 5, 1726-7, Ann Whit- aker, daughter of Charles and Hannah, of Ridley. He was a member and overseer of Providence Meeting from 1748 to his death, in 1752.

Benjamin Trego, son of William and Margaret, born 4, 2, 1730, married, 9, 29, 1753, Mary Pyle, daughter of John and Susanna, by whom he had the following chil- dren : Hannah, b. 9, 20, 1754, m. Amos Matlack ; Edith, b. 11, 20, 1756, m. James White; Mary, b. 1, 16, 1759, m. Joshua Weaver; Benjamin, b. 11, 30, 1761 ; Emmor, b. 12, 20, 1763, unmarried.

Benjamin, senior, married again, 7, 13, 1767, Mary Ret- tew, who does not appear to have left any children. His third marriage was to Bathsheba (Babb), widow of Jeremiah Peirsol, and had other children,-Benjamin, Bathsheba, and Rachel. Benjamin Trego, as has been statcd, gave the land for the court-house at West Chester.

TRIMBLE, WILLIAM and JAMES, believed to be brothers, became Friends and members of Concord Meet- ing, 1734-5. William was born 1705, in the county of Antrim, Ireland, died 8, 5, 1795, in Concord, (now) Dela- ware Co., Pa., married, 9, 13, 1734, Ann Palmer, daughter of John and Martha, of Concord, and had issue,-1. John, b. 6, 24, 1735; d. 6, 25, 1772. 2. William, b. 9, 19, 1737 ; d. 2, 6, 1821 ; m. 9, 11, 1766, to Grace Thomas, daughter of Richard and Phebe, of West Whiteland, where they settled for some time. Grace d. 9, 14, 1781, and he m. second, Ann Taylor, 7, 27, 1785, daughter of George and Ann Edge, and widow of Benjamin Taylor. 3. Joseph, b. 7, 17, 1739 ; d. 10, 16, 1824. 4. Samuel, b. 7, 17, 1741; d. 7, 13, 1818. 5. Hannah, b. 8, 22, 1743; m. Isaac Jacobs. 6. Daniel, b. 1, 17, 1745 ; d. 2, 2, 1807. 7. Rachel, b. 4, 11, 1748 ; m. Amos Garrett. 8. Ann, b. 1, 19, 1752 ; m. Joshua Sharpless.

William Trimble (2) and wife, Grace, had children,- Richard, who died in West Chester, 2, 7, 1847 ; Susanna, Hannah, Lydia (m. John Baldwin), and Ann. By second wife,-Phebe, b. 7, 21, 1786, m. Vincent King; John, b. 1, 31, 1788, d. 10, 28, 1855, m. 12, 18, 1817, Thomazine Downing; Grace, b. 12, 24, 1789, m. Joseph Evans; Wil- liam, b. 3, 12, 1793, d. 12, 18, 1863, m. Sarah Vickers, daughter of Dr. Abraham and Mary (Eastwick) Vickers. They kept a boarding-school in Uwchlan for ten years, and afterwards lived in the valley, West Whiteland.

JAMES TRIMBLE, born in Ireland on Midsummer Eve (June 24), 1707, arrived in Pennsylvania about the 6th month (Aug.), 1719, died 11, 21, 1792, in West Brad- ford, Chester Co., and was buried in Friends' graveyard at Marshallton. He married, 10, 3, 1735, Mary Palmer, daughter of John and Martha, of Concord, and had issue, -Mary, b. 8, 8, 1736, m. Joseph Downing ; John, b. 1, 3, 1738, d. 2, 7, 1748 ; James, b. 12, 28, 1739, d. 7, 16, 1819, m. 11, 1, 1770, Mary Sellers, daughter of Samuel and Jane, and settled at the homestead, Trimble's Mill, now called Trimbleville, in West Bradford ; Ann, b. 11, 17, 1741, m. Ahiah Taylor ; Sarah, b. 8, 28, 1744, m. Abraham Taylor ; Isaac, b. 4, 6, 1747, d. 3, 28, 1824 ; Hannah, b. 8, 9, 1752, m. John Faddis.

The children of James and Mary (Sellers) Trimble were James, b. 11, 21, 1771, d. 10, 13, 1793; Mary, b. 6, 27, 1774, m. Elisha Ingram; Samuel, b. 6, 28, 1776, d. 10, 29, 1806, m. 10, 13, 1803, Amy Pim, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Cope) Pim, of East Caln. She was born 1, 8, 1785, and died 2, 26, 1825; m. (second) Thomas Dutton, of Aston. Samuel and Amy had two children,-Dr. Isaac P., h. 8, 20, 1804, now of New York, and Lydia, b. 3, 11, 1806, m. Yarnall Baily. Jacob, b. 10, 9, 1778, d. 11, 3, 1813; Isaac, b. 1, 7, 1781, d. 5, 31, 1860, m. 5, 29, 1814, Anna Jefferis, and settled on the homestead, where his widow now resides ; Lydia, b. 3, 26, 1783, d. 10, 13, 1805 ; John, b. 5, 8, 1785, d. 1, 21, 1854; Phebe, b. 6, 18, 1787, m. Benjamin House ; Joseph, b. 4, 12, 1790, d. 6, 20, 1790.

HUGH TRIMBLE and JOHN TRIMBLE were probably brothers of William and James, as they were present at the marriages of the latter and signed the certificates as near relatives. Of John nothing further is known. It

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may have been that he was the father of the others. Hugh resided in Middletown township, and was a justice of the peace, member of Assembly, etc .; d. May, 1760, leaving wife, Margaret, and children,-James, Thomas, Samuel, and Margaret. To his son Thomas he gave £100 to support him at learning. James died within a few months after his father, unmarried.

HENRY TRIMBLE married, 11, 21, 174-, at the First Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Mary Lewis, probably of Haverford. He died in Ridley, November, 1772, and by will directed his burial to be by the side of his wife, in Friends' graveyard at Haverford, to repair the wall of which he gave £10. To St. James' Church, Kingsess, he gave £50, and to John Crosby, Jr., coroner, £100. His son Lewis inherited the plantation, 370 acres, in Ridley, and his grandson, Abraham Trimble, another in Providence. Lewis married, Dec. 15, 1760, Margaret Edwards, a mem- ber of Providence Meeting, and she was disowned therefor, 9, 24, 1762. They had children,-Alice, Mary, Abigail, and perhaps others.

ALEXANDER TRIMBLE married, June 20, 1754, Eleanor Rogers, of Abington, Pa., and died prior to 1769; was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadel- phia. His son James, born in Philadelphia, June 19, 1755, became a clerk in the land-office about 1770, and deputy secretary of the Commonwealth 1777, a position he retained till Jan. 14, 1837, being a faithful and highly efficient officer. He married, April 22, 1782, Clarissa, widow of John Hastings, and daughter of - Claypoole, and died Jan. 26, 1837. Of their eleven children, only two survived him,-Dr. James Trimble, who died in Huntington Co., 1838, and Thomas R. Trimble, who died in Chester County, 1868. (See Penna. Mag. Hist. and Biog., v. 82.)

JOSEPH TRIMBLE, or TREMBLE, as the name was gener- ally written, emigrated from Ireland when some fifteen years of age, probably about 1730, and served a time farm- ing and wagoning with William Brown, a miller, of Not- tingham. In 1741 he settled on a farm near by, which remained in the family until 1856. He married, 11, 31, 1744, at the " Brick Meeting," Sarah Churchman, daughter of John and Hannah, of East Nottingham, born 2, 17, 1716, died 8, 2, 1750, leaving three children. Joseph, married second, 2, 22, 1753, Ann Chandler, daughter of William and Ann, of Londongrove. She died 12, 31, 1793.

Children : William, b. 10, 1, 1745, d. 5, 30, 1819; John, b. 12, 16, 1746, d. about 1809, near Chillicothe, Ohio ; Mary, b. 7, 11, 1748 ; Joseph, b. 10, 29, 1754, d. 12, 5, 1831 ; Thomas, b. 5, 4, 1756; Jacob, b. 2, 27, 1758; Sarah, b. 5, 23, 1760, m. Job Sidwell ; James, b. 4, 20, 1762, d. 12, 5, 1831 ; Elisha, b. 3, 18, 1765, d. 8, 28, 1848.

James Trimble married, 3, 20, 1788, Sarah Job, daugh- ter of Archibald and Margaret, of East Nottingham, Md., b. 3, 11, 1760, d. 2, 7, 1807. He married (second), 5, 10, 1809, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Hannah Wilkinson, of Londongrove. She died 10, 4, 1820, and he married (third), 1, 10, 1822, Elizabeth Giles Chandler, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth Oldham. His children were, by first wife,-Joseph, b. 3, 7, 1789, d. 1, 31, 1872 ;

Job, b. 2, 23, 1791, d. in Illinois, 1866; Thomas, b. 5, 5, 1793, d. in Illinois, 1856; Ann, b. 2, 20, 1795, m. Wil- liam Phillips; Rees, b. 1, 10, 1797, d. in Indiana ; James, b. 2, 23, 1799 ; Reuben, b. 6, 14, 1803, d. 7, 1, 1803.

James Trimble, the only survivor of this family, married Hannah Mendenhall, and having sold the old homestead in 1856, now lives in Fairville, in this county. He pos- sesses a great store of historical and traditional information of the old families and incidents of Nottingham.

James Trimble writes :

"Sarah Churchman, daughter of John, the immigrant, and sister of John, the minister, was born 3d mo. 17, 1716, married my grandfather, Joseph Tremble, 11th mo. 31, 1744, deceased 8th mo. 2, 1750, leaving three children,-William, John, and Mary. John was the father of David, who became an officer in the war of 1812; served in the terri- ble hattles in Canada, and member of Congress from Kentucky from -1817 to 1827. The youngest son of John is the present Isaac R. Trimble, of Baltimore, educated at West Point by the influence of his brother David; served in the army of Gen. Taylor in Mexico; chief engineer in building the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti- more Railroad ; married into the Cattell family, of South Carolina, and finally turned up a brigadier-general in the Confederate Army of Virginia; wounded and taken prisoner at Gettysburg. . Dr. Arm- strong, of New London, Chester Co., I am told, dressed his wounds, to whom, it is said, he stated his Quaker origin.

"John Churchman, the minister, in the latter years of his life often walked over to my grandfather's, about a mile, to see the former resi- dence of his sister, and advise, and, if need be, admonish her children, who all became rather noted in whatever line they moved. William was a successful merchant of Baltimore, and a highly esteemed and influential elder of Baltimore Yearly Meeting. He was horn, 1745, died 5th mo. 30, 1819, a few months after a visit to the old homestead of Churchman and Tremble, which he always seemed to hold in a degree of veneration. I have heard my father relate that John Churchman, the minister, in his walks to their place, was in the hahit of resting on a moss-covered rock which lay a few rods immediately in front of the cabin in which he was born and raised, and in which his earlier life was spent, and reflected that he was now living in his 'ceiled house,' near the spot where his father and mother had toiled to hring up their children on the bare necessaries of life."

JOSEPH TRIMBLE, of somewhat vague tradition, by his wife, Barbara Ann, had a daughter, Mary, who married her cousin, Joseph Trimble. These had children,-William, Margaret, and Joseph. The last born, perhaps, in Dela- ware County, 1810, married, 3, 21, 1837, Rebecca Fussell, daughter of Bartholomew and Rebecca (Bond) Fussell, b. 4, 21, 1796, and still living. Joseph died 9, 14, 1839, leaving one child, Esther Jane, born 3, 2, 1838, now teacher of English literature, rhetoric, and elocution in the West Chester State Normal School. She began teaching before she was eighteen, and studied incessantly until threatened with loss of sight. She then turned to the study of elo- cution, under Professor White and his daughter, of Phil- adelphia, and in 1863 began teaching this branch at Kennet Square. Class after class followed in other places through- out Chester and Delaware Counties. From 1865 to 1870 she was engaged in the principal schools of Philadelphia and Germantown, and in 1871 went to Washington, Pa., to prepare the senior class in the Ladies' Seminary in their commencement exercises, and was about to make a permanent engagement there when an offer came from Swarthmore College of a position as teacher of English literature, rhetoric, and elocution. This she accepted in the fall of 1871, and remained there four years. In the winter of 1875-76 she lectured on literature at various

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places, and in 1877 accepted her present situation. She is an enthusiast in her chosen vocation, in which she also ranks as an author, as will be seen under the chapter on Bibliography, pp. 324-5.

URNER, ISAAC N .- The Urner family came originally from canton Uri, in Switzerland, as the name implies, the inhabitants of canton Uri being called Urners, as all who read Schiller's " Wilhelm Tell" know. Three brothers, John, Martin, and Jacob, sons of Uriah Urner, came from the province of Alsace, having been driven out of Switzer- land by the persecutions of 1672 and later. They probably came over about 1708, as the Colonial Records show them to have been here in 1712. John died unmarried in 1743, and was the first person buried in the Brethren graveyard of Coventry. Martin Urner and his wife were two of the first six persons ever baptized by the Brethren in this. country, in the Wissahickon, at Philadelphia, in 1723. In 1724 he moved to Coventry, in this county, organized the Coventry Church of the Brethren, over which he presided as preacher and bishop until the time of his death, in 1755, and was buried in the Coventry graveyard. His descend- ants are now found in Nottingham Co., Va., as well as in the States of Missouri and New York. The third brother, Jacob, settled originally in Pottsgrove township, near Ring- ing Hill, in Mongtomery County. He died young, in 1744, his wife, Ann, surviving him, with three children, viz. : Elizabeth Urner, married to Jacob Frick ; Hester, married to Ulrich Switzer ; and Martin, married to Barbara Switzer. This Martin Urner bought the farm of his uncle Martin Urner at the latter's death, which had been purchased by the first Martin Urner in 1718 of the Penns. This farm, of over 400 acres at the time of its purchase from the Penns, now called " Belwood," is now owned by the wife of the subject of this sketch, and has never been out of his family and that of his wife, the property being held from 1718 to 1811 by the Urners, and from 1811 to the time of purchase by the present owner by the Stovers, grandfather and uncle of Mrs. Eliza G. Urner.

Martin Urner, last named, was the second preacher and bishop of the Coventry Brethren's Church from 1755 to 1799. This Martin Urner left four children, viz. : Martin, Jonas, Mary, married to David Reinhart, of Maryland ; and Elizabeth, married to Abraham Titlow, of Lancaster County. Martin, the first son, above mentioned, was born in 1762, and died in 1838. He was a farmer, and married Barbara Baugh, lived in Coventry, and left four sons, viz. : John, Daniel, Israel, and Jacob. John, the first child, was born in 1784, and died in 1827. He married first Susanna Grubb, and second Elizabeth Grubb, and his children by the second marriage were, viz. : Lydia, married to Gilbert Brower; Isaac N. Urner. Jonas Urner, above mentioned, and son of Martin Urner (3), removed to Maryland in 1811, where many of his descendants are now living. Among them is Milton G. Urner, a member of the Forty- sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses. Daniel, Israel, and Jacob, sons of Martin Urner (3), have left numerous de- scendants in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Isaac N. Urner, son of John, and grandson of Martin Urner (3), was born June 6, 1821, in North Coventry, on the old Urner home- stead. He graduated at Dickinson College in 1845, and

was married to Eliza Stover Grubb. He lived twenty-one years in the South, being admitted to the bar in Charleston, S. C., in 1850, but never practiced law. He was president of Mississippi College, the Baptist college of that State, for sixteen years, from 1851 to 1867. After resigning bis connection with that institution, the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by its trustees as a recognition of his services. To Mr. and Mrs. Urner three children have been born, viz. : Louis Grubb, born Oct. 10, 1854; Walter Hil- man, born Oct. 9, 1857, and who died in infancy; and John Rodolph, born Aug. 21, 1861. At the recent exec- utor's sale of the late Owen Stover, deceased, the old Urner homestead, called " Belwood," was purchased by Eliza G. Urner, wife of Isaac N. Urner, and the family for several years past have lived and are now residing on the place, one of the finest and best improved farms in the county.

VALENTINE, THOMAS, of Bally Brumhill, Ireland, married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Parke, born Sept. 18, 1693. They produced a certificate from Carlow to New Garden Monthly Meeting, 2, 27, 1728, and afterwards removed to New Providence township, (now) Montgomery Co., where he died in 1747. Their children were Robert, Thomas, John, Jonathan, and perhaps others.

Robert, b. 7, 21, 1717, at Bally Brumhill, d. 7, 21, 1786, m. 4, 4, 1747, at Caln Meeting, to Rachel Edge, b. 6, 29, 1725, d. 1, 31, 1779, daughter of John and Mary Edge, of Providence, Chester Co. They resided in East Caln, and were prominent members of Uwchlan Meet- ing. Robert became a recommended minister in 1764, and traveled considerably in that capacity, including a visit to Great Britain at the close of the Revolutionary war. Rachel Valentine was an elder in the meeting. Their children were Thomas, b. 3, 28, 1748, d. 3, 27, 1752 ; Mary, b. 7, 26, 1750, d. 3, 24, 1752; Robert, b. 6, 24, 1752, m. 5, 27, 1773, to Ann Bond; Rachel, b. 10, 14, 1754, m. 2, 22, 1799, to Joseph Malin, of East Whiteland; Jane, b. 10, 26, 1756, d. 2, 7, 1757; Sarah, b. 11, 14, 1757, d. 4, 7, 1758; Phebe, b. 6, 5, 1759, m. Abraham Sharpless; George, b. 4, 16, 1761, d. 7, 11, 1801, m. 11, 20, 1788, Phebe Ashbridge; Jacob, b. 10, 7, 1763 ; Susanna, b. 3, 26, 1766, m. 4, 19, 1792, to George Massey. Some of this branch removed to Bellefonte, Centre Co., and were largely interested in iron manufacture. Robert, son of Robert and Ann (Bond), married, 6, 23, 1811, Elizabeth Downing, and their daughter Anna is the wife of Jacob Edge, of Caln township. George, another son of Robert and Ann, married Mary, daughter of Jacob Downing, and their daughter is the wife of Thomas S. Downing, of East Caln.

Thomas Valentine, the son of the emigrants, was married by Rev. Wm. Currie, Nov. 23, 1752, to Rebecca Robinson, and died in Charlestown township in 1762. His widow married Robert Dunbar, May 19, 1768. The children of Thomas and Rebecca were Thomas, William, Mary, Rachel, and John. The last was born 11, 19, 1759, d. 1, 5, 1836, m. 10, 5, 1791, Mary Taylor, b. 9, 27, 1770, d. 4, 4, 1856, daughter of Francis and Mary Taylor. Their children, born in East Caln, were Thomas, Francis, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Esther, Emily, Joseph D., Mary, and Rachel. The family removed in 1811 to Sadsbury township.

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 196

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