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Early Settlers and Prominent Families and Persons .- Samuel J. Atlee was born in 1739, of Eng- lish parents. At the age of sixteen, by reason of his ambition and daring, he became the commander of a : 1800. He married Sarah Brook, and had children, company in the provincial service (1755), and he was -- Clement, George W., Brook, Harriet, married Grubb; Anna Maria, Sarah, and Eliza, married John Yeates. present at the defeat of Gen. Braddock. He remained in the service eleven years, and was twice made a prisoner, once by the French and once by the In- John Buyers married Letitia Patton in Ireland, and came to this country in 1735, The warrant for the Buyers property was issued, in 1733, to John Barnard, but became null and void because of non- compliance with the conditions on part of the pur- chaser; and in 1744, John Buyers received his patent dians. On leaving the service he engaged in the study, and afterwards in the practice, of law, and at the breaking out of the Revolution he became a drill- master among his fellow-citizens in Lancaster County. Early in 1776 he raised, in the Pequea and Chester Valleys, the first regiment of State infantry, of which | from John and Richard Penn for two hundred and he was made the colonel. At the battle of Long thirty acres. The larger part of this grant has re- mained in the hands of the Buyers' family to the present time. John Buyers' son Robert married Jane Armor, great-granddaughter of Robert Gault, one of I-land he made a very honorable record, and was taken prisoner. He Suffered a severe imprisonment of eighteen months, and after his release, in 1778,
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the first settlers on the head-waters of the Pequea. The children of Robert and Jane Buyers were John, . Robert A., Patton, James, and Letitia.
Robert A. Buyers married Elizabeth MeCally, and had children,-John M., James A. (who married Eliza Majimsey), and Sarah (who married John Gault).
John Buyers married Sarah McCally, and had chil- dren,-Robert and Sarah. Sarah married William P. Caldwell.
Patton Buyers married Miss Caldwell, sister of William P. Caldwell. His children were Andrew C., Margaret, and Jane. Andrew C. married Miss Kennedy, daughter of Maxwell Kennedy ; Margaret married William S. Kennedy ; Jane married Rev. John Wallace, and was his second wife.
James Buyers married Eliza Freeland,
Letitia married Thomas Crawford, son of Col. James Crawford, of the army of the Revolution. Their children were Thomas, who became a promi- nent Presbyterian minister in York County ; James, who moved to Illinois and died; John, who resides in Illinois ; Robert, who also lives in Illinois ; David, late of Sterling, Ill., deceased; Anna Maria; and Sarah, married Rev. Calvin Stewart, D.D.
Robert Buyers was captain of a company of Salis- bury militia during the Revolutionary war. Tradi- tion says that, during her husband's absence, Mrs. Buyers sowed the wheat out of her apron and at- tended to the general management of the farm, thus showing a spirit and determination worthy of a de- scendant of old Robert Gault, who came here to found a home in the unbroken wilderness.
Andrew Caldwell emigrated to this country from Scotland prior to 1718, and purchased two hundred and eighty-five aeres of land on Old Road, near Salis- bury and Leacock line. ITe married Ann Stewart in 1718, and had a son, Andrew, who married Isabella Andrews. Andrew Caldwell, son of Andrew and Isa- bella Andrews, married Ann Buyers, and had sons : William P. (married Sarah Buyers) and Andrew. William P. Caldwell left four sons,-John, William, Robert, and Andrew. Rev. David Caldwell, D.D., was the son of Andrew and Ann Caldwell.
James Clemson obtained a warrant, dated May 18, 1716, for six hundred and thirty six acres of land on Pequea. His children were James, John. Thomas, Hannah, who married Joseph Haines; Mary, mar- ried Henry Gest; and Rebecca,
James had a son, James, who married Margaret Heard and left a son, James Clemson, who was a member of the Legislature in the years 1777-79. ITe was also a justice of the peace. He had sons, James and John, and seven daughters. ITis son, James grandson, James Clemson (5th), served in the same capacity. (The foregoing is.from " Harris' History.")
Reuben Chambers moved to Bethania from Chester County about the year 1831, and established a weekly
paper called the Palladium. He continued to publish it for several years. He also had a book-bindery; and wrote and published a book on "Thomsonian Practice," for the use of families. He professed to be a Thomsonian physician. He also carried on the pottery business for some years.
Ile had peculiar notions on the currency, and main- tained that barter was the true system on which to conduct mercantile transactions. He once announced that he would deliver a lecture in a neighboring school-house on the "Oppressive Money System," admittance ten cents. His theological views were what would, be at the present time termed " Agnostie." Ile died about 1851 or 1852 from the effects of a fall from an apple-tree.
Joseph Dickinson married Elizabeth Miller, and purchased land on Pequea Creek in 1733; had chil- dren,-Joseph, Gaius, and seven daughters. His land was divided between his sons. Joseph married - Chalfant, and had a son ; Gains married Phebe Morris.
Peter Eby married Margaret Heiss, and moved to Salisbury in 1791. He was a minister and afterwards bishop in the Mennonite Church. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, and was widely known and respected. Names of Peter Eby's family : l'eter, married Elizabeth Weaver; Susan, married David Iloover ; Christian, married a Witmer ; Barbara, mar- ried John Stauffer ; Annie, married Abraham Her- shey ; John, married a Roop ; Henry, married a Sen- senich ; Elizabeth, married Jacob Hershey ; and Maria, married Daniel Wanner.
Robert Gault, hisson James, his son-in-law, William Wilson, and grandson, Robert Armor, then in boy- hood, emigrated from Ireland at an early time in the settlement of l'equea Valley. It is supposed they settled about the year 1710.
James Gault married a Miss Alison, and had five sons,-Robert, John, William, James, and Thomas. Thomas had two sons, James and Alexander. Alex- ander married a Miss Gilkeson, and had two sons, William and John. John had no family. William married Miss Patton, by whom he had five children : John Gilkeson Gault, deceased; Mary Jane; W. P., who married Miss Black; A. W .; and Martha A., who married John Magill.
In absence of any recorded dates, it is safe to say that the Gaults were among the very earliest settlers in Pequea. Robert Gault landed in New Castle, and started out in search of a place to settle in Penn's 1 Woods. He selected a spot to locate at the head-waters of one of the branches of Pequea Creek, on land now owned by A. J. Montgomery. Ile went back to New Castle for his family, but on his return could not find the place he had selected, and located on a well- Clemson (4th), served as justice of the peace, and his ' watered tract farther north. Here he purchased a
large tract of land, and the Gault family still own a part of the original tract.
Robert Gault was one of the founders of the Pequea Church, and his descendants have been steadfast
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members down to the present time. The house now occupied by A. W. Gault was built by a Mr. Wilson about the year 1753, and is a quaint piece of architec. ture with paneled partitions.
Jacob Haines, of East Nottingham township, Ches- ter Co., purchased a large tract of land from Richard Evanson in 1734. He was probably the father of Joshua Raines. Joshua Haines had children : by first wife,-Jacob, Jesse, Stephen, Mary ( who married a Hacket) ; by second wife,-Elizabeth, Sarah (who married a Moore, and afterwards William Fisher ), and Isaac (who married Hannah Gest ).
The children of I-aae and Hannah Haines were Hannah, deceased ; Ruthanna, married James Dick- inson ; Sarah, married to Samuel Walker ; Isaac, who married Ruth E-ther Dickinson; Josiah; Deborah, married to John M. Dickinson ; Elizabeth, married to William Webster; Mary Ann, married to John Moore; and Lucretia.
Thomas Henderson emigrated from Ireland about 1727, and had children,-Archibald, William, and Thomas. Thomas had a son Matthew. The children of Matthew Henderson were James (who married Miss Skidmore), Sarah, Thomas, Mary, Archibald, Clemson, Matthew, John, David, Barton (who mar- ried Miss Slaymaker), and Mary Ann.
Archibald Henderson, probably a son of Archibald or William, had children: William, married to Ra- maker. The children of William and Rachel Hen- derson were A. Lightner Henderson, wbo married Margaret A. Linvill; Dr. Lorenzo N. Henderson, married to Susan C. Ellmaker. Thomas Henderson had children,-Thomas W., married to Mary Clark- son ; Julia, married Col. Thomas K. Bull; Caroline, married Mr. Boyd.
Thomas Henderson (of the Gap) married Elinor Brinton, and had a son, James G., who was elected to . dren. the Legislature in the year 1839.
Jacob Hershey moved here from Middletown in 1794. Sons of Jacob Hershey : Joseph, married Magdalena Roop; Abraham, married Annie Eby ; Christian, married Miss Hershey ; and John.
Samuel Houston emigrated from Scotland, with ; years old William Kennedy served as an aide to his his father, in boyhood, and married in 1787, Sarah, unele, Gen. Maxwell. He resided in New Jersey, daughter of John Hopkins. He held the office of 'and for many years was a representative in the State justice of the peace for more than forty years. In Legislature. He was also a judge. 1829 he was elected to the State Senate, and held the John, born 1768; married Elizabeth Linn; had seven children. position three years. He kept store at the turnpike, and afterwards at the Gap for many years. Names Lucy, born 1770; died young. of children of Samuel Houston, Esq. : John ; Samuel ; Jane, born 1772; married Samuel Kennedy, and had eleven children. James, married Jacobs; William ; Benjamin F., mar- ried a Shannon; Sarah, married Harris; Martha, married William Baker.
John Hopkins, a prominent public man, owned the " White Horse Hotel" during the Revolution,
and was a member of the Legislature in the years 1787, '88, '89, '96, '97, '98, '99, and 1800. He was also elected to the State Senate in 1814.
Margaret Hoar, widow, of Wallingford, County of Berks, England, purchased two hundred and . fifty acres of land on Pequea Creek from John Marlow, in 1728, and leased it to her son Robert, who, with his wife Sarah, emigrated and settled on it. Their chil- dren were Benjamin, married Prudence Davidson ; Jonathan, married Mary Kennard ; Joseph, married Margaret Linvill; Margaret, married Mr. Wilson ; Mary, married Mr. Brunton; Sarah, married Mr. Hoyt ; and Rachel, married Mr. Blackley.
Benjamin and Prudence Hoar had children,-Ben- jamin, married Grace Lightfoot; John ; David, mar- ried Mary Lightfoot; Elizabeth, married William Linvill; and Lydia, married first, William Linvill, and second, James Clemson. Jonathan and Mary Hoar had children : James, married Ann Chamber- lin ; Isaac, married Mary Chamberlin; Robert, mar- ried Mary Rowan ; Jonathan, married Mary Brison ; Susan, married John Fletcher; Elizabeth, married Joseph Wike; Ruth, married Daniel Pecher; and Mary, not married. Joseph and Margaret Hoar's children were Joseph, deceased ; William, married Harriet Jenkins ; Sarah, not married ; Adam, mar- ried Eliza Linvill; Mary, married Thomas Morgan; ceased.
The late Thomas G. Henderson was the son of James, and Amos S. Henderson, Rev. Matthew Hen- ; Margaret, married John Linvill ; and Francis, de- derson, and Barton Henderson, are sons of Barton.
William and Robert Kennedy emigrated from Ire- land, and settled in Bucks County in 1730. William chel Lightner, and Thomas, married to Mrs. Ell- ! died in 1778. He married Mary Henderson, who was also a Presbyterian. Their children were Thomas, born 1729, died 1794, and James, born in Bucks County in 1730, died Oct. 7, 1799. James married, first, Jane Maxwell, who was a daughter of John Maxwell, and sister of Gen. Maxwell, of the Revolu- tionary army. She was but nineteen years old when married, and died Sept. 7, 1784. They had children :
Ann, married to Phineas Barber ; had fifteen chil-
Thomas, born 1764, died 1847 ; married to Margaret Stewart, of Stewartsville, N. Y. They had eight chil- dren.
William, born 1766, died 1850; married to Sarah Stewart. They had eight children. When fifteen
Elizabeth, born 1774, died July 24, 1847; married, first, John Young; second, William Moorehead. Their children were Jane, Elinor, and James Kennedy Moorehead. J. Kennedy Moorehead was born Sept.
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7, 1806, and married Jane Logan in 1829. At sixteen he was apprenticed to William Linvill, of Salisbury, to learn the art of tanning. In 1827 he engaged as a contractor on the Susquehanna and Juniata Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, in which business he con- tinued nutil 1838. About this time he became inter- ested in the Pioneer Packet Line between Philadel- phia and Pittsburgh, In 1839 he was appointed by President Van Buren postmaster at Pittsburgh. In 1846 he was elected president of the Mouongehala Navigation Company. He has also been president of several railroad and telegraph companies. In 1858 he was elected a representative to Congress from Pitts- burgh, and was re-elected for four successive terms.
James, born 1776; married Elizabeth Maxwell ; had children,-Jane and William S., who married Margaret Buyers.
Robert, born July 4, 1778, died Oct. 31, 1843; mar- ried, first, Jane Herron, and second, Mary Davidson. Robert Kennedy was an eminent Presbyterian min- ister.
Mary, born 1780, married John Logan ; had five children.
Maxwell, born 1782, died 1844; married Margaret Maxwell. He was a member of the Legislature in 1835. His children were Elinor, who died unmarried; Robert T., who married Charlotte Hambright ; Win- field' Scott, who married, first, Mary Melvina Slay- maker, and had two sons, and, second, Esther J. Dick- inson ; Sylvester, who married Martha A. Kinzer, and had seven children, -Maxwell, Henry, Margaret A. (married Smith P. Buyers), Philip Timlow, G. Clemens, Alonzo Potter, and II. Elliot ; William Maxwell, who married Henrietta Bryan, and died 1836; and Jane, who married Andrew Buyers, and had children,-Josephine Y. (married R. S. Mell- vaine), Maxwell K., Letitia A., Patton L., Mar- garetta (married Edwin Ewing), and four others.
George Mellvaine. Ilis children were Robert (married Sarah Slemons), Mary (married William Dickson), Elizabeth (married Boyd), Jane (married Slaymaker).
Robert and Sarah's children were Thomas (married Susan Lightuer), George (married Sarah Stauffer), William, Jane, John, Sarah. Robert's second wife
The Robinson brothers, John, William, and Hugh, > Scotland and Ireland. In whatever locality the with one sister, emigrated from the north of Ireland Scotch-Irish are in the ascendant there will most surely be found a community conservative of good laws and morals. Untiring industry and unflinching at or about the close of the Revolution. The two elder brothers purchased farms in East Nantmeal, Chester Co. Hugh, the youngest of the three, settled . honesty, with their inseparable accompaniment of in Dauphin County, and married Jane Wilson, a native of that county. Soon after his marnage, in 1784, Hugh bought at sheriff's sale a tract of three thousand acres of land in what is now Cambridge, Lancaster Co. Here he' lived until his death in
1800. The children of Hugh and Jane Robinson were William, Hugh (who married Martha Stanly, and died 1831), Mary ( who married Isaac Buchanan ), Ellen (who married Jehu Rambo, miller), Agnes ! (who married Samuel Black ), and Margaret, Betsey, Fand Martha, not married.
John married Isabella Gault, and had two sons and three daughters. He was born Aug. 11, 1780, and died in May, Isol. He was commissioned captain of a company of militia in the war of 1812, and was ap- pointed justice of the peace in 1825. In 1829 he was elected to the Legislature, and in 1833 he was elected ruling ekler of the Pequea Church, which office he filled with untiring zeal and fidelity until the close of his life. His property is still in the possession of his two sons, H. W. and William Robinson,
Jacob Reeser moved bere from Dauphin County in 1790 or 1795, and married Barbara Plank. Their children were Nicholas (married Mast), Jacob (mar- ried Potter), Peter (married Mast), John (married Mast), Martha (married Ilartzler), Christiana ( mar- ried Daniel Plank), Francis (married Jacob Mast), Barbara (married C. Hartzler).
Christian Umble emigrated from Germany prior to 1780. He married Barbara Garber (widow) and had children,-John (married Mary Kurtz), Henry (married Anne Stoltzfus), and Christian, not mar- ried.
Peter Worst married Barbara Weaver, and moved here from Fairville in 1785. Their children were Elizabeth (married Garber), Barbara (married Lan- dis), Peter (married Ferree), Annie (married Green- leaf ), Ilenry (married Kurtz), Catherine. Peter had children,-Henry W., George, Mary, Margaret, Aune, Elizabeth, Catharine, and Ferree. George's children were Israel. Jacob, Mary, Anne, Eliza, George G. Henry's family were Barbara, Peter, Samuel, Elias, Mary, Elizabeth, Susanna, and Henry, Jr.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
NATHANIEL BURT.
To the mixed population of the United States, was Abigail Whitehill, and their daughter Mary ' made up as it has been by emigration from all parts married James Mchaffey. Thomas and Susan's fam- . of the world, it may be satd with truth, none have ily were Maria, Susanna, Thomas, George, Ferree, Jane, Edwin, Kate.
contributed a more substantial or more desirable ele- ment than has come to us from the border-lands of thrift, have always characterized them. Prominent among these families in North Treland whose de- seendants sought home and fortune in the New World is the one that heads this article.
Arthur Burt, the grandfather, lived and died in the
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province of Western Ireland. His children were William, Alice, Arthur, Hannah, and Nathaniel. William and Ilannah died in early life. Alice was mar- ried to Thomas Ingraham in Ireland, and emigrated and settled on a farm within the pre-ent limits of the city of Pittsburgh. Her descendants are still promi- ment in that locality. Nathaniel was a member of the order of " United Irishmen," and took a part in the contest of that order with the English govern- ment, he and his brother Arthur being arrayed on opposite sides. He was born at the homestead of "Glenarg," near Belfast, in 1770. Upon the defeat of the Rebellion he was obliged to flee the country, and came to America in 1801. He at first and for several years engaged in the fur trade, making in the years 1802 and 1803 two trips to the then extreme West, as far as Fort Independence (now Kansas City). His ac- quaintance with the Indians was extensive, being on each trip nearly a year among them. He always spoke of them in kindly terme, He laid the founda- tion of his fortune in the fur trade, and his inter- course with prominent business men of the West on these journeys was of great advantage to him in subsequent years as a merchant. In 1805 he opened a dry-goods store in Philadelphia, first in what is now Church Street, soon after at the corner of See- ond and Market, and subsequently at the corner of Sixth and Market, continuing to do a leading busi- ness in that line without a partner for about thirty years. As early as 1822 he opened a branch store in St. Louis, under charge of his nephew, Arthur In- graham, a venture considered boll by his contempo- raries.
Streets, Philadelphia, March 12, 1850. His wife was Mary Lehman, who survived him many years, and died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Clara Ashmead, in Germantown. Her brother, Wil- liam Lehman, a prominent merchant of Philadelphia, was for many years the leader in the State Legisla- ture of the measures for the internal improvement of the State, Their children were Alice, Arthur, Clara, Mary, Nathaniel, and Eliza.
Nathaniel Burt was born in Philadelphia, south- west corner Sixth and Market Streets, July 21, 1822. He received his primary education under the tutor- ship of Samuel Crawford, a noted pedagogue of his day, who made his mark, as many a pupil still living will bear witness. Hle prepared for the sophomore year in the college cour-e by four years' attendance at the Amherst Classical Institute, Massachusetts. Hle entered the sophomore class of Princeton, N. J., in 1836, and was graduated from that institution in 1839. Ile studied law with the well-known real estate lawyer, Thomas 1. Wharton, of Philadelphia, but on account of his eyes failing was obliged to give up the practice of the profession. . In 1844 he purchased the Thomas G. Henderson farm in Salisbury township,
Lancaster Co., upon which he erected a residence and buildings, including one of the largest and finest con- servatories in that part of the State, which make " Waterloo", (a name given the place by Mr. Hen- der-on ) one of the finest country-seats in the county .. The summer nfonths are passed at this delightful home, and in this way Mr. Burt has become promi- bently identified with the people of Lancaster County. During the late war he took an active in- terest in everything looking to its efficient prosecu- tion. lle was one of the earliest members of the I'mion League. In 1862 he raised in Lancaster County the One Hundred and Forty-second Regi- ment, of which he became the colonel, and though he did not enter upon active service, yet throughout the continuance of the war he spared neither time nor money in promoting the cause of the Union.
Though Mr. Burt, by his many years of summer residence in Lancaster County, has become identified with the people of that county, it is in his native city he is best known and his influence most lelt. He is largely occupied in the management of his extensive real estate. Ile has also taken an active part in building up and fostering the benevolent in- stitutions of the city. He is a member of the board ot directors of the Atheneum, of the Children's Ilos- pital, and the Union Benevolent Association of Phil- adelphia. In polities he has been identified with the Whig and Republican parties, but, with a single ex- ception, has never been a candidate for political office. In 1858 he was before the district convention of his party in Lancaster County as the representative of its conservative element for the nomination for Con-
He withdrew from active business about 1840. Ile gress. Thaddeus Stevens became the successful can- died at his residence, corner Twelfth and Walnut ' didate. Hle has been a member of the Episcopal Church for many years. He married, Jan, 8, 1845, Jeannie, daughter of Charles and Jane (Bard) Brooke. Mr. Brooke was a well-known irommaster of Chester County, Pa. Their children are Arthur, Horace Brooke, Jeannie, Mary T., Alfred F., and Edith.
THE WALKER FAMILY.A
" The Walker family is one of great respectability, being derived from Anthony Walker, of St. Andrew's Wardrobbe, in London," a landed estate family, and agricultural in pursuit. The lineage from the origin of the name ruus as follows, viz. : The ancient sur- name was De Forrester, derived at a very early pe- riod from their various occupations in the royal for- ests as walkers, or verders; that is, they were officers of the king's forests, kept the assizes view, kept and enrolled the attachments and all manner of trespass, and subsequently, in order to distinguish a numerous progeny, one of its members adopted the name of
1 History or genealogy of the Walker family, us recorded in Burke's " History of Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland," page 1490. Heuenge, Walker Compton Bassett, Co Wilts,
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Anthony Walker, and died May 11, 1590, possessed of lands held in capiti, as appears by his will. He Chester Co.
ยท left several children, among other- Thomas Walker, Esq .. of Westminster, hereditary chief usher of Court of Exchequer and marked proclamator, a baron of the Court of Common Pleas. He died Oct. 12, 1613, leaving a son, Clement Walker, Esq., of Middle Tem- ple, Hlydon, County Somerset, who had special livery of his father's land -; died 1651.
His som, John Walker, "celebrated as the person who first introduced the system of fallowing land and of thoroughly revising wheat erops far more exten- sively than formerly, was a person of great intelli- gence and enterprise, and set an example of superior farm culture to his neighbors." He was married into the very aneient and celebrated family, "Heneage," descendants of Sir Robert Heneage, who is mentioned in history as living in the reign of Henry III. in the thirteenth century.
The following description of coat-of-arms, family motto, etc., conferred to the Heneage family was also conferred by marriage upon the Walker family :
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