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GRUBB, EMANUEL, eldest son of the above John Grubb, was born near Up- land in 1681. Much notoriety has been attached to his name, by the cu- rious in such matters, as the first born child of English parents in Pennsyl- vania. He is not, however, entitled to this distinction, for the regular register
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of births of Chester Monthly Meeting, in the hand-writing of Thomas Chalk- ley, shows that at least five children of English parentage were born here at an earlier date. Emannel was a re- markable man on account of the great vigor of his constitution. He lived in Brandywine Hundred, and died there in 1767 in the eighty-sixth year of his age, never having suffered from sick- ness till within a few days of his death. A few months before his death he rode from his residence to Philadelphia and back in a day, a distance of forty miles. (See Pennsylvania Chronicle, 1767.) }le was buried at St. Martin's church, Marcus Hook, of which he had been an active and influential member.
HALL, THOMAS, was a purchaser of land in England, when he resided at Goataker, in the parish of Hillmortin, Wiltshire. By trade he was a cord- wainer. He located bis land in Con- cord, and was among the very earliest settlers of that township. It is not known that he was a Friend. A Sa- muel Hall, who was in membership with Friends, resided in Springfield as early as 1692, was probably a son of the subject of this notice. Samuel died in 1737, while his wife Mary was still living. His children were, John, Elizabeth, George, Ann, Samuel and Thomas.
HALLOWELL, JOHN, migrated from Hucknel, parish of Sutton, Nottingham- shire, England, in 1683, and settled in Darby, now Upper Darby. He was probably married a short time before leaving England. His wife, Mary, was the daughter of Thomas Sharp They were both Quakers upon their arrival here, and continued in that faith while they lived. Their children were, John, Elizabeth, Hannah, Samuel, Benjamin, and Jane Mary died in 1701-2, and John in 1706. The late Judge John Hallowell, of Philadelphia, was a de- scendant of the subject of this notice.
HAMMS, HENRY, was originally from Middlesex County, England, where he had learned the trade of a shoemaker with Peter Beverly. He came to Penn- sylvania by the way of Virginia, and while unmarried lived in Springfield. In 1688, he married Rebecca Fincher, a member of Haverford meeting, re-
siding near the Schuylkill. He subse- quently purchased land in Marple, and resided on it at the time of his decease in 1699, leaving his wife and one son, Francis, to survive him.
HARDING, JOHN, with his wife Amy, were among the early English Quaker settlers of Chichester. He was present at the first monthly meeting held there, and was the largest contributor toward building the first meeting-house in that township. Monthly meetings were fre- quently held at his house. He died in 1688, without issue, and in 1690 his widow intermarried with Philip Roman.
HARRIS, HUGH, immigrated about the year 1685, near the same time, and pos- sibly in the same ship, with William Brinton, whose daughter Elizabeth he married early in 1686, and settled on the north side of the tract of land lo- cated by his father-in-law. In religious profession he was a Quaker, and by trade a weaver. He probably came from the neighborhood of Birmingham, in England. His death occurred in 1708. His children were, Evan, Hugh, John, Jane, Lois and Olive.
HARRISON, FRANCIS, migrated from London, and was a resident of Concord as 1685, and probably earlier. He was in membership with Friends at the time of his arrival here, but about the time of the Keithian troubles in the Society, he seems to have separated from it. In 1686, his name appears as one of the Justices of the Court.
HARRY, DANIEL, came from " Mach- anlloth," near Dolgelly, in Merioneth, Wales, in 1687, and settled in Radnor township. In 1691, he married Sybill, the daughter of David Price, of the same township.
HARVEY, JOB, came from Chesterfield, England, in the year 1702, and inter- married with Mary, daughter of John Bethel, the owner of the Darby Mills. Job settled at Darby, and shortly after the death of his father-in-law, became owner or part owner of the same mills. They had one child, Josiah, but may have had more. Job lived to a good old age, and became an elder in the Friends' meeting of which he was a member. His wife, Mary, died in 1727.
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HASTINGS, JOHN, with his wife Eliza- beth, arrived at Chester a short time before the arrival of the Proprietary, or in company with him, and settled in Nether Providence. From the appoint- ments assigned to him by the meeting, it may be inferred that he was advanced in years at the time of his arrival. Eli- zabeth died in 1684, but he lived till 1698 ; and as his death is recorded at Haverford, it may be inferred that he had removed to that place.
HASTINGS, JOSHUA, arrived in Penn- sylvania with his wife Elizabeth and family, a short time previous to the ar- rival of the Proprietary in 1682, and settled in Nether Providence, probably on the same tract of land marked on Holmes' map John Hastings, whose son he probably was. He was a member of the first Grand Jury empanneled in Pennsylvania of which there is any re- cord, and which hield its sittings at Chester in Sept. 1682, a short time be- fore the arrival of William Penn. He was a member of Assembly in 1684, and served other public trusts. As a mem- ber of the Society of Friends he main- tained a good standing. He removed to Philadelphia, where he died in 1724, his wife having died one year before.
HASTINGS, HENRY, was a resident of Upland long before the arrival of Wil- liam Penn ; was a member of the first jury that sat within the limits of Penn- sylvania, (1677) of which any record has been preserved, and was also a member of the first jury under Penn's government. It does not appear that he was a Quaker. He held a large tract of land in Chichester, and may have occupied it in his latter years.
HAYES, JONATHAN, with his wife, Mary, was settled in Marple as early as 1684. He was much the largest land- holder in that township ; was a man of ability and influence, and appears to have acted on his own judgment. He was a Justice of the Court, and repre- sented the County in the Provincial Assembly. He had a daughter Mary, a son Jonathan and perhaps other children. Mary intermarried with Evan Lewis, of Newtown, and Jonathan with Jane Rees, of Merion. It is supposed that he came to his death by the hands of an assassin. See page 223.
HAYES, RICHARD, SEN., with his wife Issatt and two sons, Richard and John, emigrated from Ilmiston, Pembroke- shire, Wales, to Pennsylvania in 1687, and settled in Haverford. He was a Friend, was advanced in years at the time of his settlement, and died in 1697.
HAYES, RICHARD, JR., son of the above Richard, continued to reside during his life on the same premises that he and his father had settled upon at the time of their arrival. In 1697, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Lewis, of Haverford, then de- ceased. Having received a better edu- cation than was usual among the early immigrants, and being withal a man of excellent business qualifications, he was almost constantly kept in some public employment. Still he found time to give very constant attention to his religious duties, and also to manage his pecuniary affairs to great profit and advantage. In company with David Morris and Samuel Lewis, he, about the year 1707, erected a mill on Darby Creek, for a long time known as " Ha- verford new Mill," (now Leedom's mill) which he managed himself till the pe- riod of his death in 1738. He was a Justice of the Courts of Chester County; served as a member of the Assembly seven years, and was for a long time one of the Commissioners of the Loan Office. His children were, Joseph, Mary, Hannah, Richard and Benjamin. Joseph intermarried with Hannah, and Richard with Sarah, daughters of Lewis David, of Haverford ; Mary, with John, son of John Jacobs, of Perkiomen ; Hannah, with James Jones, of Block- ley, and Benjamin, with Mary, daugh- ter of Jonathan Jones, of Merion. The annexed fac-simile is taken from his Ledger, kept by himself at the mill.
HENDRICKSON, JACOB. The first appearance of this man on the Dela- ware River, was as a soldier under the direction of the noted Dutch Commis- sary, Andries Hudde, in the year 1646. He was doubtless present and partici- pated in the squabbles between his commander and Governor Printz, when any work was to be done. Having spied out the beauty and rich- ness ot this land while in the perform- ance of his duty as a soldier, he
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adopted it as his permanent abode, when his term of service expired. He occupied a tract of land on the east side of Crum Creek in what is now Ridley township, which was surveyed to him in 1678, when he was still alive. As this same tract is marked with the name of John Hendrickson on Holme's map, it may be inferred that Jacob had died between that date and 1682, and that John may have been his son. John died in 1721 at Ridley, leaving three sons, Andrew, John and Israel.
HENDRICKSON, ALBERT, one of the earliest Dutch settlers on the Delaware. His place was about a mile west of Chester Creek. He called his planta- tion Lomoco, the patent for which was from Governor Lovelace to Juns Jus- tafson in 1673. He served as constable of Upland Court in 1676-7, and was a juror at the first court under Penn's government. He died in 1715, having first devised his homestead to his son Tobias, and made Tobias and the cele- brated Quaker preacher, John Salkeld, his Executors. His other children were, Albertus, James, Johannes, Eliza- beth, Briget and Issabel. His name is Holbert on Holme's map.
HENT, REES, who was born in Llan- dewy, Pembrokeshire, Wales, came alone to this country in 1688, and fixed on a place of residence in Newtown township, which he prepared for the reception of his wife and children. Having made arrangements for the accommodation of his family, he re- returned to his native country and brought them over in 1694. His daughter Jane, after having success- ively proposed her intentions of marri- age with Thomas Martin and Robert Wharton, and failed to make good her engagements, was married to John Smith of Elk River, Maryland, in 1709, according to the usages of the Society of Friends. It is not known that Rees Heut had a son.
HELM, ISRAEL, a native of Sweden, was one of the early emigrants from that country to the Delaware. In 1659 he resided at " Passayung," and was employed there as Collector of the Customs. In 1668 he with others ob- tained from Governor Richard Nicolls, a grant of land embracing nearly the
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whole of Calken Hook, where he then resided. He was a member of Captain Carre's Council the same year. In 1774 he was commissioned as one of the justices " for the river," and doubt- less assisted in holding a court at Upland, some years prior to that Up- land Court of which the records have been preserved, and of which he also was a justice. In 1680, he conveyed " his land and plantation att Upland" to James Sandelandes, having, it is sup- posed, been a resident for some time of that place. During his residence on the River, he made a visit to his native country. He had acquired the title of Captain, and as the Swedish Govern- ment sent a considerable number of soldiers to the Colony, it may reasona- bly be supposed that he at first came in a military capacity. Having learned the language of the Indians, he was frequently employed as an interpreter. He was the father-in-law of Peter Cock, and some of his descendants bearing his name, still reside in the County. He was still living in 1693.
HEWES, WILLIAM, was a purchaser of land from John Fenwick in England, which was located on the Cohansey or Alloway's Creek, in salem County, New Jersey, and it may reasonably be sup- posed that he came over with Fenwick in 1675, and settled upon his land. Be this as it may, in 1678-9, he became a purchaser of land at or near Marcus Hook from Roger Pedrick, and settled at that place. His name appears as a juror at the first court held under Penn's Government. He was a Friend, and one of the founders of Chichester Meeting, but his name disappears from the records about the year 1686.
HIBBERD, JOSIAH, was settled in Darby as early as 1692. In 1698 he was married to Anu the daughter of Richard Bonsall, before John Blunston a Justice of the Peace, and a suitable number of witnesses. The Justice and also the parties were members of the Society of Friends, but the father of the bride having interposed objec- tions to the marriage, it could not be accomplished at the meeting in the nsual way. A record of this marriage may be found at West Chester in Deed Book, A. I. p. 223. The parties were dealt with, but were not disowned by
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the meeting; and what is singular, the part taken by the Justice in the trans- action was not noticed. Their chil- dren were, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abra- ham, Mary, Benjamin, Elizabeth and Sarah.
HILL, WILLIAM, whose wife was Mary the daughter of John Hunter, was from the north of England, and emigrated prior to 1690. Their settlement was in Middletown township, not far from Lima. William died in 1753 or 1754. His children were Peter, John, Chris- tiana and others. The Hills were not originally in membership with Friends, but some of their descendants united with that Society.
HOLGH, ISRAEL, a young Swedish pastor, who visited the Swedish settle- ments on the Delaware while under the government of John Printz. He re- mained about two years, when he re- turned to his native country and became a minister in West Gothland.
HOLLAND, THOMAS, came to Darby in 1683, bringing a certificate from the Monthly Meeting at the " Brace house in the County of Darby," dated " ye 8th day of ye 12th mon. 1682," for himself and wife Mary.
HOLLAND, JOHN, supposed to be a son of the above Thomas, emigrated from Hartshaw, in Lancashire, Eng- land, in 1713. They were Friends, and probably settled in Marple.
HOLME, THOMAS, the first Surveyor- General under Penn's government, was from Waterford, Ireland. Though call- ed Captain Holme, he was a Quaker. He was for some years a member of the Executive Council, at the com- mencement of the government. He died at his residence in Dublin town- ship, Philadelphia County, in 1695, "aged full seventie years."
HOOD, THOMAS, came to this country unmarried in 1682, and settled in Darby township, west of the creek. His former residence was Breason, in the County of Derby, England, and being a Friend, brought a certificate from the meeting at the Breath-house. In 1689 he married Sarah Blankley,
of New Jersey. He left five daughters but no son. His wife died in 1702, and he in 1717.
HOOD, JOHN, SR., with his wife, mi- grated from Castledownington, Leices- tershire, England, in 1686, and settled in Darby, now Upper Darby township. His son John, in 1694, married Abigail Shut, and at the same time Thomas Shut married his daughter Elizabeth. The younger John also settled in Up- per Darby ; but he died in 1702, and while his father was still living. They were all Friends. The elder John Hood was a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1704.
HOLLINGSWORTH, HENRY, was the son of Valentine Hollingsworth, an eminent Quaker, who came from Cheshire about the year 1682, and settled in Newcastle County. His mother was Ann, the daughter of Henry Cornish, High Sheriff of London, who was unjustly executed during the reign of James II. Henry was a surveyor, and it has been said that he assisted Thomas Holmes, the Surveyor-General, in laying out the plan of Philadelphia. If this be the case, he must have immigrated be- fore his father. He was in member- ship with Friends, and appears to have been married before he left England. For some time he was deputy surveyor for Chester County, and made a num- ber of our original surveys. In 1695, when he resided in Chester, and held the office of Sheriff of Chester County, he represented Newcastle County in the Provincial Assembly; his father being a representative from Newcastle County the same year. In 1700, and for some time afterwards, he was clerk of the courts of Chester County. He appears to have been a man of con- siderable energy, which he exercised in furthering the improvements of the County. He was the owner of lots and built in Chester, and was part owner, and probably the projector, of the first mill built in Upper Providence, (about 1695.) He resided in Chester till 1701, and perhaps later, when he removed to Maryland, and settled at Elk, (now Elkton,) and received the appointment of Surveyor for Cecil County. He raised a large family of sons, among whom was Zebulon, the father of Levi Hollingsworth, an emi-
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nent merchant of Philadelphia, who died in 1824.
HOSKINS, JOHN, whose name in the earliest records is spelled Hodgskin, with his wife Mary, came from Che- shire, England, to reside in Chester as early as 1684. He professed with the Quakers, and brought a certificate satis- factory to the Meeting, but he was not a very strict member. In 1688 he pur- chased a lot from John Simcock, " con- taining in breadth 16 yards fronting on Chester Creek and running back into Neals Lawsons lands and the lands of Urin Keen on the North, and the lands of Neals Lawson on the South," upon which he erected a dwelling, and kept a house of entertainment. It does not appear that he had children by his first wife, but she dying, he married Ruth Atkinson in 1698. The children by this marriage were John, Stephen, George, Joseph and Mary. He died in 1716. John Hoskins was a member of the first Assembly held in Philadelphia, and was twice Sheriff of Chester County.
HOSKINS, JANE, whose maiden name was Fenn, was a noted preacher in the Society of Friends. She was born in London in 1693, and in her sixteenth year became the subject of a religious impression that it was her duty to visit Pennsylvania. She lost sight of this impression for a time, but it returned stronger than ever, and in her nine- teenth year she yielded implicit obe- dience. She accompanied a Welshman named Robert Davis, who emigrated with his family, and arrived in Phila- delphia in 1712. Davis had paid her passage, under a promise of repayment, out of her first earnings in America. Growing uneasy, he insisted that she should bind herself as a servant four years, which being contrary to her agreement with him, she resisted ; whereupon he had recourse to the law, and cansed her imprisonment. She was relieved by four Friends of Ply- mouth, who paid Davis, and employed her to teach their children. This was her first acquaintance with the Quakers. In the beginning she attended their meetings rather as a spy, but she soon became convinced of the truth of their doctrines, and of the propriety of their practices, and after many weighty exer-
cises united with the Society, and soon afterwards appeared in the ministry. Some time after the expiration of her term with the four Plymouth Friends she removed to Haverford. One First Day at Haverford Meeting, David Lloyd and his wife, from Chester, came in, and at once the impression came strongly on Jane that " these were the people with whom she must go and settle." David and his wife had fixed their eyes on the young woman, and had come to the conclusion that "she was or would be a preacher." They "were tendered" towards her, " and it was fixed in their minds to take her under their care, and nurse her for the Lord's service." She eventually, in 1719, became an inmate of David Lloyd's house, and a member of his family. She frequently spoke in meet- ings, and made journeys " in the ser . vice of truth," to the other provinces, often accompanied by Elizabeth Levis, afterwards Shipley. In 1727 she visi- ted Great Britain and Ireland in the same service. In 1738 she was married to Joseph Hoskins, of Chester. Jane Hoskins was a woman of undoubted ability, and her peculiar temperament eminently fitted her for the ministry.
HOWELL, WILLIAM, emigrated from Castle-bigt, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in 1682, and settled in Haverford town- ship, probably at first near the meet- ing-house. In 1684, he was one of a committee to fix the site and lay off the grave-yard attached to Haverford Friends Meeting, of which he was an active and influential member ; meet- ings being frequently held at his house before the meeting-house was built. His wife Margaret, who had immi- grated with him, died in 1685, and in 1688 he was again married to Mary Thomas.
HUGH, STEPHEN, was one of the earliest settlers in Springfield, (1683,) but he died before the end of the year, leaving a widow, Frances, who inter- married with Thomas Norbury, and one daughter, Martha, who intermar- ried with Jonathan Taylor.
HUGH, DAVID, came over with the early Welsh settlers of Merion, and for a time lived in that township. In 1696 he married Martha, the daughter
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of Ralph Lewis, and settled in Haver- ford. He died in 1709, leaving six children, viz., David, Ruth, John, Mary, Samuel and Caleb.
HUMPHREY, ELIZABETH, emigrated from Llanegrin, County of Merioneth, in 1682, with her son Benjamin, and two daughters, Anne and Gobitha, and settled in Haverford. They were all Friends, and she brought a certificate with her, that recommends her " for an honest faithful woman yt has been serviceable in her place, and praise- worthy in her conversation," and her children "as tender plants, growing in that which they do profess, even the truth and the grace of God." Gobitha died in 1697; Lydia was married to Ellis Ellis, of Haverford, and Anne to Edward Robert.
HUMPHREY, DANIEL, came from Llanegrin, County of Merioneth, Wales, in 1682, and settled in Haverford town- ship. His mother, Elizabeth, with the younger children, came the next year. He had joined the Friends in his native country, " and left such a testimony behind him as is and was of good sa- vour." In 1695 he was married to Hannah, the daughter of Dr. Thomas Wynn, of Merion. Their children were Samuel, Thomas, Hannah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Mary, Joshua, Edward, Mar- tha and Charles. He visited his na- tive country, on business, in 1725.
HUMPHREY, BENJAMIN, came to Penn- sylvania with his mother, Elizabeth Humphrey, in 1683, (see Elizabeth,) and settled in Haverford, but removed to Merion. In 1694 he was married to Mary Llewellyn, of Haverford. His uncle, John Humphrey, of Merion, hav- ing devised all his estate to him, he be- came a permanent resident of Merion, and died there in 1738, in the seventy- sixth year of his age. He was strongly attached to the principles of Friends, and was remarkable for his hospitality.
HUMPHREY, EDWARD, son of Daniel Humphrey, and Hannah his wife, was born in Haverford township, in the year 1710. He learned the fulling and dyeing business, and carried on that business as long as he lived, at the place that is now known as "Kelly's Upper Factory." Though fulling was
his business, he did not attend to it personally ; for having acquired con- siderable knowledge of medicine and surgery, probably from his grandfather, Dr. Wynn, and being remarkable for his ingenuity, judgment and success, he ac- quired a high reputation as a physician and surgeon. His services were much sought after, but were seldom remune- rated, for he did not charge the poor for attendance. What, however, re- fected most the true dignity of his character, " was his benevolence and humanity to his suffering fellow-crea- tures-ever delighting to relieve their distresses, to soften the rigor of their misfortunes, and to pour balm into their bleeding wounds." He died unmarried, January 1st, 1776, and was buried at Haverford Friends' burying-ground, having lived a consistent member of that Society.
HUMPHREY, JOHN, with his wife, Joan, emigrated from Llwundu, in Merion- ethshire, Wales, in 1683, and eventual- ly settled in Merion, adjoining the Ha- verford line. His certificate attests that he had been a member of the So- ciety of Friends twenty-three years ; that he was faithful in times of great suffering, and that his house " was a free receptacle to Friends." He was also "a minister of few words accord- ing to his measure." Though a tho- rough Welshman, he had, for the time in which he lived, a good knowledge of the English language, and withal some taste for literature, as will appear by his translation of "A Song of Re- joicing," composed by Thomas Ellis. John Humphrey died in 1699, aged sixty-six years, and his wife one year earlier. They left no children. [See under Thomas Ellis.]
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