History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 154

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534

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Edge Hill .- The appellation Edge Hill we know is neither peculiar nor new, for there is an elevation in Warwickshire, England, that has long borne it, and which is noted for the first battle fought on it between Charles I. and the Parliamentary forces. Our impres- sion, however, is that it has been applied either from the structure of its rock standing upright or in perpen- dicular strata, hence the common phrase "standing on edge," or for forming the southern boundary of the great limestone basin commencing in Abington town- ship, within less than a mile of Moreland, and extend- ing southeastwards into Maryland. It is also remark- able as being the first elevation crossing tide-water on the Delaware, forming what has so long been known as the " falls " at Trenton.

In several deeds of purchase from the Indians to William Penn, two being dated July 14, 1683, and another July 30, 1685, it is distinctly mentioned as " the hill called Conshohocken," and as forming at the time the upper or northern boundary between the Schuylkill and Pennypack Creek. On the western side of the Schuylkill to this day it is called Consho- hocken. The two flourishing boroughs bearing this name have helped to perpetuate it, being situated just above where it erosses the river, the former having been so called about 1832, when it was first laid out as a town. In the report of the road survey made in June, 1725, from the present Fitzwatertown to Abing- ton Meeting-House, mention is made of its " begin- ning at a run at Thomas Fitzwater's lime-kilns, in Upper Dublin township, thence 23 degrees east, 240 perches south, 42 degrees east, 140 perches to the mines at Edge Hill." This is the earliest mention of the popular name of this elevation known to the writer. The aforesaid also mentions it as passing through the gap here, which has become now an important thoroughfare. The North East Pennsyl- vania Railroad crosses the hill at this place, and here a quarry is extensively worked and the stone sent off by railroad ; it is excellently adapted for lining fur- naces in resisting the action of fire. Near by iron- ore has also been for the last ten years extensively obtained. These are probably the mines above re-

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ferred to. A tradition exists in the neighborhood

iment. Near where the Susquehanna Street road that a silver-mine had once been worked in this | crosses Edge Hill, Morgan met the British, and a short vicinity, but it needs further corroboration.

On Lewis Evans' map of the Middle Colonies, pub- lished in 1749, this hill is denoted as commencing in the township, on the west side of the York road, and extending southwestwards to the Susquehanna, a short distance below the mouth of the Conestoga. On Nicholas Senll's map of Pennsylvania, published in 1759, it is represented as crossing just above the falls at Trenton, and at the Schuylkill a few miles below Swedes' Ford, and thence into Chester County. Reading Howell, in his large township map of the State, represents it in 1792 as commencing in Abing- ton and extending through Springfield and White- marsh. No name, however, is mentioned on any of those maps. The engineer of the North Pennsyl- vania Railroad, in his report, stated the track of the road on this hill was two hundred and eighty-four feet above tide-water level at Philadelphia and one hundred and eight feet higher than that at York Road Station and one hundred and twenty-three feet higher than at Fort Washington. From this it may be inferred that its highest elevation in Abington is about five hundred feet above tide-water and three hundred feet above the adjoining valleys.

This hill possesses several peculiar features : Its whole surface abounds in valuable chestnut tim- ber, excellently adapted for fencing materials, and which grows so rapidly as to bear cutting off every twenty-five or thirty years, being a great benefit to all the adjacent country in which this timber is not common. This young growth of wood has tended to preserve through this well-settled section that beautiful game-bird, the ruffed grouse, more familiarly known as the pheasant, which, however, is becoming rare. The stone prevailing in this hill has been for a long time extensively quarried, being chiefly used for flagging. It forms the southern boundary of lime- stone, iron-ore, marble and of the secondary red sand- stone formation, none of the aforesaid extending nearer towards the Atlantic coast ; hence it possesses a geological importance that has heretofore in our State surveys been almost overlooked.

In the attempt of the British army from Philadel- phia, under command of General Howe, to surprise Washington at Whitemarsh on the morning of De- cember 6, 1777, they came within a mile of the Amer- ican camp, near the present Edge Hill village, where they remained quietly and advantageously posted until the next day. On Sunday, the 8th, they in- elined still further towards the northeast, and from every appearance there was reason to apprehend that they were determined to bring on a general engage- ment. In this movement their advance and flanking parties were warmly attacked by Colonel Morgan and bis corps, and also by the Maryland militia, under Colonel Mordecai Gist, who were also supported by General Potter's brigade and Colonel Webb's reg-

but severe conflict ensued and four officers and thirty men fell before the unerring rifles of his men. The British concentrating their forces, Morgan and the militia withdrew on account of superior numbers. The enemy now filed off still farther towards the east, and in the evening built a long row of fires on the summit of the hill. As soon as it was dark they withdrew with great rapidity and silenee by way of the old York road to the city, burning several houses on the way.

The American troops were not allowed to pursue the fugitive army nor to withdraw from their post on the hills of Upper Dublin and Whitemarsh. General Howe was thus permitted to make his solitary way to the expressed dissatisfaction of his officers, and reached the city at nine o'clock that evening. In this engagement twenty-seven of Morgan's regiment. were either killed or wounded and some sixteen or eighteen in Colonel Gist's command. It is stated that in this excursion the British lost in killed and wounded three hundred and fifty men, and showed that they did not dare attack Washington within his position, thus making of the expedition a discreditable failure. Some of Morgan's wounded men after the action were hauled to Joseph Butler's tavern, at the present Willow Grove, to be cared and provided for. Where the Americans buried their dead on this occa- sion is deserving of inquiry.

The Hallowell Family .- John Hallowell, the progenitor of this family, came with a number of other Friends, from Nottinghamshire, England, and arrived in Pennsylvania in 1682, and settled near Darby, where he was one of the original members of the meeting established there. Silas Crispin, as ex- ecutor of the estate of Thomas Holme, sold to the aforesaid John Hallowell, on the 15th of Sixth Mouth, 1696, for £58 16s., a tract containing six hundred and thirty acres, in Abington township, which lay ad- joining Upper Dublin and on the line of the Manor of Moreland three hundred and forty perches, or for upwards of a mile's distance. The aforesaid, soon after his purchase, moved hither, living first with his family in a rude cabin, which he constructed partly in the ground, on the sunny side of a hill, which was called a cave, after the manner of some of the early settlers of Philadelphia. This was at or near the present summer residence of Philip R. Theobald, of Philadelphia, about a mile and a half southwest of the Willow Grove, whose farm formed a portion of the original tract. It was not till bis purchase, about 1850, from Benjamin Hallowell, the son of Isaac and Sarah, that the property passed from the family ; but the adjoining tract of B. T. Hallowell, Esq., has ever since been retained, the title covering almost two centuries. From the old homestead mentioned came, probably, all the Hallowells in Montgomery and Bucks Counties, at least those of Abington, Moreland and neighboring districts.

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John Hallowell conveyed to his eldest son, Thomas, on the 1st of Eighth Month, 1702, two hundred and twenty acres of his tract, with the improvements thereon. The balance of four hundred and eight aeres he divided equally, on the 11th of Fourth Month, 1706, between his younger sons, Samuel and Benjamin, as they became of age. The aforesaid Thomas Hallowell, on the 25th of Twelfth Month, 1730, conveyed his farm of two hundred and twenty acres to his eldest son, William, who was a carpenter by occupation. The latter purchased of William Dunn, in Moreland, one hundred acres, in 1730, which he conveyed, on June 3, 1736, to his son, Thomas llallowell, weaver, who had previously occu- pied it. This tract was situated a short mile north- west of Willow Grove, and is still owned by a descend- ant, Dr. William Hallowell, the son of Joseph (now of Norristown), who was born thereon upwards of eighty-three years ago. The said Thomas was his grandfather, and consequently this farm has been owned by these three the long period now of one hundred and forty-eight years, showing a remarkable instance of longevity. Thomas died in 1788, and his son Joseph near the close of 1843, at upwards of eighty-five years of age.

Thomas llallowell, the son of John, died near the end of 1734, and his wife, Rosamond, in 1745, both buried in Abington Meeting-house graveyard. Their children were John, born in 1703; Mary, 1705; Thomas, 1706; William, 1707; Rosamond, 1709; Elizabeth, 1711; Sarah, 1714; Thomas, 1715; Samuel, 1717; and Joseph, 1719. William, who was born in 1707, resided on his farm in Abington until 23rd of Eighth Month, 1794, when he died at the age of eighty-seven. The children of Samuel and Mary Hallowell were Joseph, born in 1739; Benjamin, 1741; Elizabeth, 1743; Rachel, 1744; Mary, 1747; Martha, 1751; John, 1753; and Samuel, in 1756.

Thomas Hallowell, Jr., the son of Thomas, the weaver, of Moreland, was married, on the 16th of Elev- enth Month, 1762, to Margaret, the daughter of Peter Tyson, of Abington. We find another marriage of Thomas Hallowell, yeoman, of Moreland, the 30th of Tenth Month, 1746, to Margaret, the daughter of John Tyson, of Abington. It may possibly be that in these two marriages the aforesaid Thomas Hallowell may have been the same person. We also find a Thomas Hallowell married to Mary Craft in 1735. Owing to a similarity of names, these are some of the puzzles that frequently attend the researches of gen- ealogists into extensive families. Thomas Hallowell, having purchased the share of John Johnson, de- eeased, became a member of the Hatboro' Library in 1758, served as a director in 1761, and in 1767 sold it to Isaac Cadwallader. Among the original members of the Abington Library in 1803 we find the names of Isaac, William and Charles Hallowell. William and Jonathan Hallowell were owners of real estate in Willow Grove between the years 1784 and 1803. 1n

this connection we should mention Charles Hallowell, one of the most respected men of Moreland, so long residing on the adjoining property of Dr. Hallowell mentioned, who died 13th of Tenth Month, 1855, aged seventy years. He has also descendants residing in this section and in the West.

Thomas Hallowell, the weaver, son of William, who resided in Moreland on a farm of one hundred acres given him by his father in 1736, also carried on farm- ing. He died the 4th of Eleventh Month, 1788, aged nearly seventy-four years, and was a noted hunter and marksman. He related that, in the spring of the year, when the early-budding forest-trees would be cut down, the deer woukl come and browse upon them, even, at times, close to the house. About 1744 he happened to bring down at one shot two deer that were together in a thicket. This remarkable feat was done on the farm recently owned by Tabitha Kirk, but little over a mile from his home, and still lingers in tradition among some of the old families of that vicinity, as, for instance, the Tysons, Kirks and Homers. A deer was also shot by him on the farm lately owned by Washington Kimball. Ile shot, one spring, on a tall hickory-tree, an eagle of an unusual size that had carried off two of his small lambs.

Joseph Hallowell, son of the aforesaid, who was born on said farm in 1758 and became its subsequent owner, also became a distinguished marksman. He survived till the 18th of Eleventh Month, 1843, when he died at the age of eighty-five. He related, that when a school-boy, he heard several of the larger boys boasting of having killed bears with clubs. As he was returning one evening from school, on the farm of the late George Spencer he observed in the bushes a flock of eleven wild turkeys. Previous to 1779 he had shot four of those birds on or near the vicinity of his farm. He stated that James Dubree had shot a wik! turkey by moonlight in 1762, on a tall hickory tree, that weighed thirty-two pounds. This tree was pointed out to the writer in 1850, and it stood about half a mile northwest of Willow Grove. It was fully nine feet in circumference, and owed its preservation to being on a boundary line, but a storm several years after- wards blew it down.

On the morning of May 1, 1778, Joseph Hallowell happened to be up early, and hearing the noise of wild turkeys, hastened in pursuit. About the break of day he came into the woods near the Welsh road, a short mile's distance from the west of his house, when his attention was soon arrested by most peculiar sounds coming from down the road. Ile stooped among the bushes, and as he peeped there- from, to his surprise, beheld a detachment of the British army from Philadelphia hastening north- wards, piloted by several he knew, who had resided in Horsham. He estimated the number at about six hundred men, one-half of whom were mounted on horses, being now on their way, by Horsham Meeting-

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house to attack General Lacey on the rear of his camp near Hatboro'. Fortunately they were too late, for the division that had proceeded up the Middle road made the attack too soon, and Lacey, by moving northeastward with his forces, escaped the danger. The detachment he saw was under the command of Major Simcoe.

Joseph Hallowell stated that, when a boy of fifteen, he could, in some directions, journey through the open woods to the Schuylkill River, and that he had several times done so on horseback in pursuit of his father's cattle when they had gone astray, the one that carried the bell being called the "king-cow." John Tomlinson, a neighbor of his, having gone with produce to Philadelphia while it was in possession of the British, on his return was captured by a party of Lacey's men, who sheared off closely the hair on one side of his head, deprived him of his elothing, and, instead, gave him an old shirt and a pair of breeches which he found filled with vermin. The neighbors afterwards jested on the matter by saying that he was a fortunate man to have safely returned to his home with so much more than what he had taken with him. Mr. Hallowell stated that after 1785 he had no knowl- edge of any wild turkeys having been seen anywhere through all that section. He verified the great abund- ance of wild pigeons seen at times near the close of the last century, and of their still breeding in the woods of that vicinity as late as 1810.

ASSESSMENT OF ABINGTON FOR 1780. ' John Collum, assessor, and Alexander Means, collector.

Patrick Megargle, 99 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows; George Shriver, fil a., 4 h., 3 c. ; Esther Berrell, widow ; John Nash, laborer ; William Shri- ver, lah,, 1 h. ; Arnold Michener, cordwainer, 15 a., 1 h., 1 c. ; Andrew Keyser, miller, 6 a., grist-mill, 1 h., I c. ; George Webster, 60 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Charles Alexander, lab., 1 h., 1c. ; William Calo, wool-comber, 1 c .; Isaac Knight, Sr., 200 a., 4 h., 4 c., 250 a. in Merion, 300 in Haverford; Ingh Tolan, lab., I c. ; Matthew Tyson, 150 a., 2 l., 3 e., 200 a. in Springfield, 150 a. in Bucks County ; Jacob Lukens, 1 h., 1 c. ; Conrad Kemp, 12 a., 1 b., 2 c. ; George Morris, lab., 1 h. ; Isaac Knight, Jr., 200 a., 6 h., 2 c. (confiscated) ; Abraham Bunnell, lab., 1 c. ; Isaac Tyson, 150 a., 3 h., 2 r. ; Joseph Fisher, conwainer, 12 a., 2 c. ; Baltus Neal, lab., 1 h., 1 r. ; Rynear Tyson, son of Peter, farmer and lime- burner, 200 a., 4 h., 3 c. ; Peter Tyson, Jr., 5 h., 2 c. ; James Middleton, carpenter, 1 h. ; Jacob Lippincott, 100 n., 2 h., 4 c. ; Kynear Tyson, son of John, 167 a., 3 h., 2 c. ; Abraham Tyson, Sr., 130 a., 4 h., 5 c. ; John Collum, 100 a., 4 h., 4 c. ; David Coombs, tailor, 27 a., 1 h., 1 c. ; Jacob Craft, lab., 1 c. ; Alexander Means, 2 h., 1 c. ; Daniel Logan, lab., 1 c. ; Robert Wilson, 9 a., 1 h., 1 c. ; Christian Smith, 1 b., I c. ; Jacob lluffty, 94 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Bernard Craft, wheelwright, 4 h., 2 c. ; George Fisher, cordwainer ; Joseph Anstin, 165 a., 2 h., 5 c. ; Joseph Tyson, 155 a., 4 h., 5 c. ; Jacob Kirk, 200 a., 5 l., 6 c., 30 a. in Upper Dublin, 107 a. in Bristol, 1 stage-wagon ; William Hallowell, 80 a., 2 l., 4 c., I chair, 50 a. in Upper Dublin ; Thomas Leech, 100 a., 3 b., 2 c. ; Sarah Francis, widow, 130 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Abraham Tyson, Jr., 146 a., 3 h., 4 c. ; Rynear Hallowell, 144 a., 3 h., 2 c. ; Thomas Tyson, 113 a., 4 l., 3 c. ; Jeremiah Boileau, 2 h., 4 e. ; William Shepherd, 78 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Jesse Vollum, 1 h., 1 c. ; Elijah Tomlinson, inn-keeper, 2 h., 1 c. ; Wil- liam Webster, 10 a., 1 h., 1 c., 82 a. in Cheltenham ; David Lockhart, Jab., 1 h., 1 c. ; John Child, lab., I h., 1c. ; Nathan Thomas, 100 a., 2 1., 2 c. ; John Waterman, Jr., 17 a., 1 h., 1 c. ; John Waterman, Sr., 115 a., 3 h., 3 c. ; Jolin Pemberton, of Philadelphia, 15 a. of woodland ; Lydia Jenkins, widow, Go a. ; George Stirk, aged, 50 a., 1 c. ; Ebenezer Jones, 1 h., 1 c. ; Peter Phipps, 199 a., 2 h., 1 c. ; Joshua Hallowell, 70 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Grace McGargle, widow, 30 a., 2 c. ; Caleb Hallowell, 65 a., 2 h. ; John Peters, 60 a., 1 h., 2 c. ; Henry Clino, lab. ; Isaac Waterman, 124 a., 3h., 4 e. ; William Johnson, miller, 2 h., 1 c. ; Daniel

Vancourt, 62 a., 2 h., 2c. ; Abraham Cadwallader, 58 a., 2 h., 2 c .; Joshua Morris, 400 a., 3 h., 4 c. ; Isaac Fisher, cordwainer, 1 c. ; Ahra- ham faster, 3 h., 1 c. ; William llendricks, 122 a., 3 h., 2 c. ; Benjamin Simpson, Samuel Simpson, 188 a., 4 h., 4 c. ; Lewis Roberts, 197 a., 3 l., 3c., grist-mill ; Robert Henry, weaver, 34 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; John Knight, 1 1., 1 e :. ; Joseph Phipps, Jr., lah., 1 c. ; Jacob Fisher, cordwainer, 1 c. ; Joseph l'hipps, Sr., 70 a., 2 h. ; John Kimman, 2 h., 2 c. ; Charles Rob- erts, carpenter, 2 c. ; John Iloogle, weaver ; Henry Krier, 100 a., 3 h., 4 c., 100 a. in Moreland ; John Shaw, Sr., 70 a., 1 h., 3 c. ; John Nor- man, 120 a., 3 h., 2 c. ; Phineas Jenkins, Sr., 60 a., 1 c. ; Jesse Jenkins, 14 a., 3 h., 2c. ; John Fry, 59 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; David Krier, 2 h. ; Jacob l'aul, 288 n., 7 h., 7 c., 2 negroes, 1 chair ; John Yerkes, 69 a., 3 h., le. ; Daniel Hone, treas., 59 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Robert Paul, miller, 1011/2 1., grist-mill, 3 h., 4 c. ; Richard Whitton, 95 a., 3 h., 3 c. ; Benjamin Al- bertson, 55 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Thomas Fletcher, 175 a., 3 h., 5 c. ; Elizaluth Ashbridge, 103 a., 1 c .; Joseph Gold, 1 h., 1 c. ; John McMasters, weaver, 2 c. ; John Brant, lab., 1 c. ; Thomas Beans, 145 a., 4 b., 4 c., 2 negroes ; Williamt Roberts, 100 a., 1 h., 2 c. ; Susanna Fletcher, 70 a., 1 l., 1 c., 1 chair ; Jacob Ilolconibe, tailor, 412 n., 1 h., 1 c. ; John Whartenby, blacksmith, 2 c. ; Thomas Dungan, inn-keeper, 44 a., 1 lt., I c., 1 chair ; Peter Merkle, 1 c. ; Duncan MeDermot, lab. ; Joseph Web- ster, 60 a., 1 h., 3 c. ; Thomas Randall, 1 h., 4 c. ; Amos Harmer, car- penter ; Jacob Coffin, lab., 24 a., 1 h., 1 c. ; John Nice, of Northern Liberties, 69 a. in Abington | John Jenkins, 2 h., 2 c. } Demas Worrall, cordwainer, 1 h., 1 e. ; Robert Fletcher, 297 a., 6 h., 7 c. ; Naylor Web- ster, 3616 n., 2 h., 1 c. ; Martin Ague, weaver; Jesse Roberts, 100 a., 2 h., 1 c. ; John Yerkes, Sr., 1 h., 1 c. ; Thomas Webster, Sr., 112 a .. 3h., 3 c. ; Thomas Webster, Jr., 1 h., 3 c. ; William Parker, lab. ; Eil- ward .Jeffreys, lab. ; Thomas Hallowell, 15 a. woodland and meadow, re- sides in Lower Dublin ; John Megargle, 10 a. ; Abner Bradfield, of Chrl- tenham, 50 a. ; Benjamin Ilallowell, 260 a., 4 h., 3 c. ; Moses Shepherd, 137 a., 1 h., 2 c. ; William Jenkins, gent., 173 a., 1 h., 5 c. ; George Bewly, Samuel Tyson, Jonathan Morris, Jonathan Leech, John Craft, James Megargle, Jonathan Peters, Jesse Clark, Jacob Fulmore (weaver), William Connel (weaver), Jacob Albertson (tailor), Clement Remington, Jacob Baughman, John Roberts, Joseph Tyson, William Bremmer, ('harles Shaw, Jacob Shaw, Abraham Harmer, Stephen Reese, Jacob llarmer, Aaron Lockhart, Stephen Beans, William Peters, Isaac Knight.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

BENJAMIN T. HALLOWELL.

John Hallowell, the progenitor of the family, came from Nottinghamshire, England, with William Penn, in 1682, and settled in Abington township, Mont- gomery Co., Pa., where, in 1696, he purchased six hundred and thirty acres of land, a portion of which is still in possession of the family of the subject of this biographieal sketch. In the direct line of descent was Peter Hallowell, who also resided in the same township, having married Rachel Taylor. Their children were Julianna, born September 2, 1782, who died Mareb 1, 1785; Joel, born May 26, 1784; Sarah, born February 25, 1786, whose death occurred in 1856; Eleanor, born October 11, 1789; Martha, born May 21, 1792; Benjamin, born Feb- ruary 23, 1795, who died the same year; and Ben- jamin T., born July 11, 1797. The last named, and youngest of the number, whose birth-place was Ab- ington township, enjoyed such advantages of instruc- tion as were obtainable at the public schools and at the boarding-school of Joseph Foulke, in Gwynedd township. He early acquired a habit of intelligent reading, and possessed a retentive memory, which

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proved more serviceable in later years than the disci- pline derived from study under teachers. Being with- ont means, he engaged in farm labor, subsequently assuming the direction of a school, and, later, the position of clerk in a country store. In 1832 he pur- chased a portion of the original tract in Abington township, now occupied by his family, and began his career as a farmer, which was continued without in- terruption for the remainder of his life. Mr. IIallo- well was, on the 26th of January, 1837, married to Eliza, danghter of Phineas Buckman, and left chil- dren,-Buckman, Reuben, Edwin, Joshua I., Frank- lin, Lydia (who died in 1852), Sallie and Mary B. Mr.

native county. He served in 1845 on the committee on local appropriations; was, in 1846, chairman of the committee on lands and member of that on ways and means. In 1848 he was a member of the con !- mittee on banks, and chairman of the committee on elections. Mr. Hallowell also filled for years the office of justice of the peace and served as school director of the township. He was active in the organization of the first grange in the county and first Master of Pennypack Grange, No. 8. He was educated in the faith of the Society of Friends, of which Mrs. Hallo- well was a birthright member, and worshiped with the Abington Meeting. The death of Mr. Hallowell

John I Havowille

Hallowell was foremost in all enterprises affecting the development of the township, having been the first to agitate the matter of the construction of the German- town and Willow Grove plank-road, of which com- pany he was one of the incorporators, and for many years its president. He was also largely engaged in real estate operations. His influence was widely felt in the arena of politics, in which he manifested a keen interest, and participated actively in the various po- litical contests of the day. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1844, re-elected in 1845, defeated in 1846 and re-elected in 1847, his defeat being the result of a loyal opposition to an effort to effect a division of his

occurred on the 29th of September 1884, in his eighty- eighth year, and that of his wife September 10, 1877, in her sixty-third year.

JOHN J. HALLOWELL.

John Hallowell, the grandfather of John J. Hallo- well, resided in the township of Cheltenham, Mont- gomery Co., from whence he removed to Abington township, where he died, in 1793, of yellow fever. He married Martha Roberts, whose children were Isaac, Israel, John R. and Ann, the wife of Joseph Williams. Israel was born in 1776, in Montgomery County, where his life was spent, his business hav-

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ing been that of a miller; he was also the owner of valuable farms in Abington township. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of William Jarrett, of Horsham township, and had children, -- Ann J. (Mrs. Isaac Mather), Martha (Mrs. Samnel Parry), John J., Jarrett, Tacy (Mrs. David Eastburn), Israel, Jonas W. and Mary (Mrs. George Ely). The death of Mr. Hallowell occurred in 1853. His son, John J., was born on the 25th of June, 1811, at his father's house, in Abington, and received his education at the West- town Boarding-School, and later under the careful training of Joseph Foulke, a popularinstructor of that day, who resided in Gwynedd township. He, on the

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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 154

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1534

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534