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Containing two acres and two square perches (be it more or less within the boundaries aforesaid) To hold to them, the said James Craven, John Gray, Alexander Jemyson, Robert Walker, John McCulloch, George Hiear, Henry Jemyson Jun., and John Scott, their heirs and assigns forever, as in and by the said indentures, relation thereunto being had more fully may appear,
Now this Indenture Witnesseth, and it is hereby testified and ex- pressed by all the said parties, parties to these presents, that they, the said James Craven, John Gray, Alexander Jemyson, Robert Walker, John McCulloch, George Hiear, Henry Jemyson Jun., and John Scott do stand so seized and interessed in all and every premises, Respectively only in trust to and for the use, benefit, and behoof of the members and persons belonging to the said religious Congregation, and to such persons of the same faith and order as hereafter shall be united and joined together with them in Gospel
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order and fellowship, thereon to build a meeting house for the public worship and service of God, and for a place to bury their dead forever, and to no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever, And it is covenanted granted, and concluded by all the parties, parties to these presents, that it shall and may be lawful for the said James Craven, John Gray, Alexander Jemyson, Robert Walker, John McCulloch, George Hiear, Henry Jemyson Jun., and John Scott, or any that shall succeed them in the said trust, with the consent of the present incumbent Mr. Beatty before named, and the male communicants of the said congregation, or any other minister, successor of the said Mr. Beatty, and the male communicating members of the same congregation for the time be- ing, at any time or times hereafter to erect and build any such house or houses on the said land for the public worship and service of God, as shall be necessary and beneficial for the said congregation, and that they may amend, alter, and enlarge any such house or houses as need may require, and that they may also appropriate and allot some part of the said land for a burying place, where the persons and members of the said congregation may bury their dead forever, and the said James Craven, John Gray, Alexander Jemy- son, Robert Walker, John McCulloch, George Hiear, Henry Jemyson Jun., and John Scott, for themselves severally and their respective heirs, executors, and administrators, do covenant, promise, and grant to and with the said Richard Walker, Daniel Craige, William Craigton, Thomas Craige, Robert Jemyson, Samuel Faries, James Poak, Archibald Kelsey, and James Carrell, and the survivors and survivor of them and the heirs of such survivor, that they the said James Craven, John Gray, Alexander Jemyson, Robert Walker, John McCulloch, George Hiear, Henry Jemyson Jun., and John Scott, nor any nor either of them, nor any of their heirs, executors, or Administrators, nor any succeeding them in the said trust shall admit or suffer any Minister to preach or teach in any house or houses, that shall be built on the said land, without the consent of the communicating members of the said congrega- tion for the time being; and also that upon the reasonable request and at the proper cost and charge of the said Richard Walker, Daniel Craige, William Craigton, Thomas Craige, Robert Jemyson,
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Samuel Faries, James Poak, Archibald Kelsey, and James Carrell, they will convey in due form of law the above mentioned piece or parcel of land with the appurtenances to such person or persons, and at such time or times as the communicating members of the said congregation for the time being shall appoint and direct ;
And it is the true intent and meaning of these presents and of all the parties hereunto, that neither the said James Craven, John Gray, Alexander Jemyson, Robert Walker, John McCulloch, George Hiear, Henry Jemyson, Jr., and John Scott, their heirs, executors or administrators, nor either of them, nor any other person or persons succeeding them in the said trust, that shall be declared by the members of the said congregation for the time being to be out of unity with them, shall be capable to execute the said trust or stand seized to the uses aforesaid, nor have any right or interest of, in, or to, the premises or any part or parcel thereof, while he or they shall so remain ; But that in all such cases, as also when either or any of them, or others succeeding them in the said trust, shall depart this life, that then it shall be lawful to and for the said Richard Walker, Daniel Craige, William Craigton, Thomas Craige, Robert Jemyson, Samuel Faries, James Poak, Achibald Kelsey, and James Carrell, with the consent of the aforesaid pres- ent incumbent Charles Beatty and his successors and the male communicating members of the said congregation to elect and choose others to the said trust that shall be in unity with them and of the same faith and order.
In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have inter- changeably set their hands and seals hereunto. Dated the day and year first above written.
HIS
JOHN x McCULLOCH. [Seal.]
MARK.
GEORGE HAIR. [Seal.]
HENRY JEMYSON. [Seal.]
HIS
JOHN X SCOTT.
MARK. [Seal.]
JACOBUS CRAVEN. [Seal.]
JOHN GRAY. [Seal.]
ALEXANDER JEMYSON. [Seal.]
ROBERT WALKER. [Seal.]
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Sealed and delivered in the presence of Moses Crawford and Archibald Crawford.
Be it remembered, that on the fifteenth day of June, Anno Dom- ini One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, before me, Simon Butler, one of the Justices of the peace for the County of Bucks, came the within named James Craven, John Gray, Alexander Jemyson, Robert Walker, John McCulloch, George Hair, Henry Jemyson, Jr., and John Scott, and brought the within written in- denture, or declaration of trust, which they and each of them respectively did acknowledge to be their act and deed, and desired that the same may be recorded as their deed.
Witness my hand and seal the day and year above said,
SIMON BUTLER. [Seal.]
Recorded the 3rd Day of February, A. D. 1748.
G.
ELDERS OF NESHAMINY CHURCH, FROM THE EARLIEST DATE SO FAR AS KNOWN.
1743, Richard Walker,
1748, John Gray,
Robert Jamison,
1838, William M. White,
1794, Benjamin Snodgrass,
John Ramsey,
William Jamison, James Weir,
Robert Jamison,
Hugh Mearns,
Samuel Mann,
1839, Nathan Mckinstry,
William Walker,
Joseph Carrell, Joseph Carr,
1810, Stephen Murray, William Mearns, Isaac Craven,
1848, John McNair, Henry Mckinstry,
1815, John Weir,
1820, Jonathan Roberts,
1825, Gideon Prior,
1830, James Horner, Samuel Craven,
1872, Stacy B. Beans, R. Henderson Darrah, Cephas Ross.
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H.
TREASURERS OF NESHAMINY CHURCH.
THE YEAR DENOTES WHEN THEY WERE ELECTED THE FIRST TIME.
1745, Robert Jamison, 1796, Robert Mearns,
1746, Richard Walker,
1808, Robert Ramsey,
1756, Robert Stewart, 1811, John Carr,
1768, Hugh Bartley,
1812, James Darrah,
1773, Benjamin Snodgrass,
1814, Robert Mearns,
1783, John Kerr,
1827, Hugh Mearns,
1785, William Long,
1839, William Carr,
1787, John Greir,
1841, Joseph Hart,
1789, Elijah Stinson,
1860, George Ramsey.
I.
TRUSTEES OF NESHAMINY CHURCH, WARWICK, PA.
Between 1743 . and 1782, all who acted in this capacity are not known in consequence of imperfect records.
The date given denotes the year when the persons mentioned were first elected. Many of them served for different periods, and some of them for many years.
1743, James Craven, 1746, Richard Walker,
John Gray,
1753, Francis Rickey,
Alexander Jamison,
William McDonnel,
Robert Walker,
Robert Scott,
John McCulloch,
1754, John Wigton, James Polk,
George Hair,
Samuel Weir,
Henry Jamison, Jr., John Scott, 1755, Matthew Haines, Trustram Davie,
1745, Robert Jamison,
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1755, John Boggs,
1756, Robert Stewart,
1762, Daniel Craig,
1767, James Wallace, William Long, 1768, Hugh Bartley,
1773, Benjamin Snodgrass,
1782, William Scott,
Nathan Mckinstry, Giles Craven,
William Walker, John Kerr, Joseph Hart,
1784, James Snodgrass, Thomas Craig, Gayen Edams,
1785, John Greir,
Hugh Mearns,
1787, Rev. Nathaniel Irwin, William Ramsey,
Robert Jamison, Sen.,
1788, Robert Jamison, Jr.,
John Carr, Samuel Mann,
1789, Samuel Hines, Elijah Stinson, John Horner,
1790, Robert Mearns, Jr., 1791, Samuel Polk,
1794, Capt. William Long, John Todd, Francis Baird,
1795, James Darrah, 1796, John Barclay, 1797, John Crawford, Jr., 1801, John Jamison,
1807, Robert Jamison (son of Henry), 1810, James Polk, Samuel Hart,
1812, John Harvey, Robert Ramsey,
1814, John Mann, John Long,
1816, James Flack, Thomas Craven,
1817, Hugh Long,
1818, William Long (Farmer), Gideon Prior, 1819, William Carr, James Horner,
1820, Samuel McNair,
1821, Samuel Mann,
1823, John Stinson,
1827, John S. Grier,
Hugh Mearns,
1828, Samuel Craven, Henry Darrah,
1829, Nathan Mckinstry, Jonathan Roberts, 1831, William M. White, John Horner,
1832, Joseph Hart, Joseph Carr,
1834, William Jamison,
1835, William R. Blair, 1836, John M. Craven, - 1837, William H. Long, James G. Thomson, James P. Wilson, 1838, Samuel McNair, Jr., Andrew Long,
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1838, John Bready, Robert Mckinstry,
John Polk,
1839, William Long, Jr.,
1841, Robert Darrah,
1842, John C. Beans,
1845, William C. Jamison, Matthew Wilson,
1861, Isaac W. Spencer, Wilson Brady,
1846, Dr. Washington Matthews, 1864, Theodore Flack,
1848, George Jamison,
1851, Charles Long,
1853, John Blair Ramsey,
1874, Hiram Carr, John J. Spencer.
J.
SEXTONS.
1748, John Miller,
1768, Benjamin Hamilton,
1784, "Negroe Cupid,"
1800, Laurence Emery,
1803, John Barns,
1827, John Polk,
1828, Amos Torbert,
1833, John McDowell,
1836, Amos Torbert,
1852, William Radcliff,
1870, Cornelius Corson.
K.
COLLECTORS OF PEW RENTS.
Appointed by vote of the Congregation and drawn by ballot for their respective quarters in the following order.
1793. NORTH WEST QUARTER.
Robert Flack, William Darroch,
James Finley, James Darroch,
1854, Courtland Carr,
1855, John Mckinstry,
1857, Mahlon Long,
1859, Jacob H. Rogers, George Ramsey,
1860, William H. Stuckert,
1867, John M. Darrah,
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James Snodgrass, Samuel Hynes, John Simpson, Jr., Robert Walker, Jacob Hufty, Joseph Wright,
William Walker, Moses Dunlap, William Hynes, John Weir, John Todd.
WILLIAM LONG'S QUARTER.
Henry Veon,
Thomas Craig,
Andrew Long, Jr.,
Hugh Long,
William Long (son of Wm.),
Samuel Poalk,
William Whittenham,
Robert Ewers,
Andrew Boyd, John Long,
John Roberts.
NORTH EAST QUARTER.
John McGrady, Sen.,
Gauin McGrady,
Samuel McGrady,
Robert Jamison, Sen., Jonathan Roberts, Charles McMicken,
Robert Jamison, Jr.,
Jesse Anderson,
Elijah Stinson,
John Jamison,
Robert Jamison (son of Robt.),
John Kerr.
James McMinn,
SOUTH QUARTER.
Samuel Mann, John Roney, Stephen Murrey, William Barns, James Kirkpatrick,
Isaac Carryl, James Poalk, Peter Kerr, Col. Hart, John Horner.
Hamilton Roney, John Carr, William Hart, Hugh Edams, John Ramsey, Jr., William Scott,
EAST QUARTER. Thomas Craven, Jr., Isaac Craven, William Mearns, Francis Baird, H. Vansant.
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NORTH QUARTER.
James Barclay, Benjamin Snodgrass, James Kirk, John Crawford, Jr., David Johnson,
Robert Mckinstry,
Henry Mckinstry, William Hare,
John Flack, John Grier.
L.
COLLECTORS OF PEW RENTS. 1807.
QUARTER No. I.
Archibald Scott,
Francis Baird,
John Carr,
Jacob Carrell,
Giles Craven,
James Adams,
William Mearns,
Robert Cummins,
Lott Carr,
Robert Ramsey,
John Hart,
Adam Kerr,
Robert Mearns, Joseph Carr,
William Ramsey.
QUARTER No. II.
Jonathan Delaney,
John Harvey, Jr.,
James Kirkpatrick,
Cornelius Carrell,
Hugh Long,
Isaac Carrell,
Samuel Mann,
John Rankin,
Samuel McNair,
Andrew Reed,
Gideon Prior,
Samuel Henderson,
Isaac Craven,
William Barns,
James McNeil,
James Darrah.
QUARTER No. III.
William Long (Schoolmaster),
David Dowlin,
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William Long (Miller), Thomas Griffith, Jesse Rubinkam, Jr., Lawrence Emory,
Wm. Long (son of Hugh), William Whittenham, John Long, Robert Thompson.
QUARTER No. IV.
Thomas M. Flack, James Kirk,
James Finley, Joseph Wright, John Todd,
Robert Walker,
James Weir, Jr.,
Nathaniel Dunlap,
Robert Flack,
Robert Mckinstry.
QUARTER No. V.
Captain John Crawford,
David Titus,
Andrew McMicken,
John Stewart Grier,
William Titus,
James McEwen,
Richard Walker,
William Wiley.
John Mann, Jr., William McEwen,
Andrew McEwen.
QUARTER No. VI.
Abraham DeCoursey, Hercules Roney,
Robert Jamison (son of John), John Robinson, Jonathan Roberts,
Thomas Barr,
Andrew Long (son of A. Long, Esq.),
James Snodgrass, William Haire,
James Jamison (son of Robert), John Jamison (son of John), John Jamison (son of Robert), Robert Jamison, Jr.,
Elijah Stinson, Hamilton Roney.
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M.
COLLECTORS OF PEW RENTS.
1843.
Upper Warwick, Jacob H. Rogers.
Lower Warwick, William Bready.
Upper Warminster, Joseph Carr. Lower Warminster, Joseph Carrell. Warrington, James Mckinstry.
N.
LIST OF PEWHOLDERS
On an old ground plan of the Church, in the handwriting of Rev. N. Irwin, without date, but supposed to have been first prepared about 1785, with additions afterwards :
Samuel Mann,
Joseph Wright,
Paul Dowling,
Samuel Wright,
James Kirk,
Margaret Walker,
Mary Torrance,
Isaac Johnson,
Samuel Holmes,
Jane Wright,
David Dowling,
Eliza McGoochin,
Robert Jamison,
Robert Thompson,
Benjamin Haines,
Mary Weir,
Deborah Titus,
Margaret Weir,
William Hair,
John Scott,
William Titus, Martha Ramsay,
Margaret Barclay,
Jesse Rubinkam,
Andrew Scott,
William Thompson, Robert Weir,
William Darrah,
James Millar,
William Johnson,
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William Carnaghan, Isaac Carrel, Joseph Carr, John Stinson, John Bready, William Purdy, James Snodgrass, John Todd,
John Torrence, Jr., Abraham Sutfin, Benjamin Hair, Sarah Love,
Archibald McCorkle,
Samuel McCorkle, Francis Campbell,
James Boyd,
Robert Jamison, Jr.,
John Stewart,
James Jennings, James Flack,
Robert Ewer,
James McMinn,
William Hart,
Jannet Dougherty,
Robert Jamison,
David Dougherty, Ann Dougherty,
Elnathan Pettit, Josiah Hart,
Matthew McMinn,
Eleanor Polk,
William Knight,
Hugh Long,
John Dunlap,
Samuel Hart,
Jesse Anderson,
Mary McGill,
Silas Barton, Sarah Jones,
David Johnson,
Samuel Murray,
William Knight,
Nathaniel Dunlap,
James McNeil,
James McIntire,
John McNeil,
Eleanor Dunlap,
William Wiley,
Thomas Barr,
Daniel McNeil,
John Harvey, Esther Gilbert,
James McEwen,
John Armstrong,
Adam Kerr,
Abram DeCourcey,
James Patterson,
Matthew Jamison, Yardley Leedom,
Margaret Miller,
Daniel Knox,
Andrew McEwen,
Margaret Kerr,
Lydia Kerr,
John Torrence,
Thomas Craig, John Greir, John S. Greir, Nathaniel Irwin,
Andrew Long, Esq.,
John Jamison,
Ananias Ramsay,
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J. Barclay, Esq.,
John Kerr,
William Long,
Gawn McGraudy, John McGraudy, Samuel McGraudy,
Benjamin Snodgrass,
John Opdyke,
William Ramsey,
John Bothwell,
John Mann,
Thomas Percy,
William Walker,
Ann Ingles,
Robert Dunn,
Mary Mckinstry,
Robert Mearns,
Jane Blair,
Robert Walker,
Frances Baird,
Rebecca Walker,
Samuel Henderson,
Richard Walker,
Hannah Simpson,
Margaret Gravalle,
Isabel Wallace,
Robert Flack,
John Rankin,
Ann Flack,
Samuel Flack,
William Harvey,
William Rankin,
Thomas W. Flack,
Ann English,
Ann Weir, John Barns,
William Long, Schoolmaster,
Edward Hays,
Robert Mckinstry,
Elijah Stinson,
John Marshall,
John Harvey, Jr.,
Catharine Root,
John Simpson,
John Crawford,
James Finley,
John Crawford, Jr.,
Isaac Mann,
Robert Darrah,
Jacob Carrel,
Hugh Adams,
James McKinney,
Samuel Weir,
Barnard Carrel,
John Weir,
Cornelius Carrel,
Benjamin Watson,
Lucretia Carrel,
William Mearns,
Stephen Murray,
Elizabeth Carr,
Barnard Van Horn,
Mary Carr, John Carr, Lot Carr,
Benjamin Hagaman, John Horner,
Elizabeth Garrison,
Gideon Prior,
Charles Vansant,
Jonathan Delaney,
John Long,
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APPENDIX.
William Long, Jonathan Roberts, William Whittenham, Mary Puff, William Barns, Thomas Barns, John Lukens,
James Polk, Hamilton Roney, Elizabeth Robinson, Robert Cummings, Elizabeth Long, Hubert Douglass, John Roberts, Robert Brady,
John Ramsey,
William Carr,
Henry Mckinstry,
James Jamison,
Giles Craven, James Snodgrass, Jr., Ann Mckinstry,
Thomas Roney, Jr., Thomas Griffith,
Andrew McMighan,
Charles McMighan,
Margaret Huston,
James Kirkpatrick,
William Picker, John Robinson, J. Vandevender, Hiram Roney, Andrew Long, Jr., John McGraudy, Jr., Solomon Hart,
Mary Bothwell, Sarah Torrence, Thomas Powers, James Oliver, ·
Edward Melawny,
Samuel Hart,
Henry Sutch,
Matthew Hynes,
James McGee, Samuel Collins, William Powers,
William Hynes, William McEwen,
Laurence Emmery,
Samuel McNair, Jr., Joseph Johnson,
John Matthews, Josiah Shaw,
James Cummings,
Robert Simms.
Elizabeth Hynes,
Thomas Roney,
James Darrah,
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0.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE REPAIR OF THE GRAVE- YARD AND ENCLOSING OF GROUND TO THE BRISTOL ROAD.
1851, 1852.
PLAN ADOPTED BY THE TRUSTEES, SEPTEMBER 25, 1851.
John C. Beans,
John McNair,
Robert Darrah,
Alexander Brady,
William Long,
Henry Hamilton,
George Jamison,
Henry Mckinstry,
Robert Mckinstry,
Robert Service,
Charles Long,
Charles Hamilton,
Mahlon Long,
Elijah Opdyke,
Amos Torbert,
Peter Mattis,
Matthew Wilson,
Gilbert Hay,
Jane V. Craven,
Margaret Long,
Joseph Carr,
Jacob Item,
Joseph Hart,
Samuel L. Carver,
Anna Long,
William Rubincam,
James P. Wilson,
Mary McNair,
Courtland Carr,
Daniel Carr,
Hugh Long,
Henry Herrmann,
Sarah Long,
Jacob Stuckert,
John Polk (Farmer),
Mary Arnell,
John Polk (Tanner),
Marshall Cummings,
William H. Stuckert,
Elizabeth Stewart,
Samuel McNair,
Benjamin Shearer,
Mary Long,
Washington Matthews,
Mary Jamison,
Samuel Lovett,
Jesse Rubincam,
Joseph Flack,
James Mckinstry,
William Patterson,
Gideon Prior,
Isaac Spencer,
J. R. Lawrence,
Jacob H. Rogers,
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William Hart, William Bothwell, Martha Jamison, George Ramsey, John Mckinstry,
John Ramsey, Margaret Wilson, John Watson, J. Blair Ramsey.
P.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE ORGAN.
1853.
John C. Beans,
Alexander Brady, Henry Hamilton,
Charles Long,
Henry Mckinstry,
Mahlon Long, Robert Darrah,
Robert Service,
William Long,
Elijah Opdyke,
George Jamison, J. Blair Ramsey, Robert Mckinstry,
Peter Mattis,
Amos Torbert, Jane V. Craven,
Margaret Long, Jacob Item,
Joseph Carr,
Samuel L. Carver, William Rubincam, Mary McNair,
Joseph Hart,
Daniel Carr,
Anna Long, Courtland Carr,
Henry Herrmann, Jacob H. Rogers, Jacob Stuckert,
Hugh Long, J. R. Lawrence, Hugh Long (Miller), John Polk, William H. Stuckert, Samuel McNair,
Mary Arnell,
Elizabeth Stewart,
Washington Matthews, Joseph Flack, Margaret Garnet,
Mary Long,
Mary Jamison,
Caroline Downer, Levi Temple,
James Mckinstry,
Charles Hamilton,
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Douglas K. Turner,
John Bothwell,
Gideon Prior,
William Kneedler,
John Polk,
James Lovett,
William Hart,
John Temple,
William Bothwell,
William Rutherford,
Martha Jamison,
Thomas Arnell,
George Ramsey,
John Arnell,
John McNair,
William Croasdell,
John Mckinstry,
William Ramsey,
George Brown,
William Bready,
Q.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BUILDING OF THE CEMETERY CHAPEL. 1871.
IN PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER PLACES.
B. Franklin Wright,
Edwin Hart,
Mrs. Kate Graham,
John Hart,
Rev. James A. Darrah,
Mrs. Mary Watson,
Mrs. Rebecca R. Philler,
Mrs. Agnes F. Long,
Elizabeth L. Grier,
M. Lukens Long,
Margaretta Long,
John McEwen,
Rev. Azariah Prior, Robert Grier,
Rev. James P. Wilson, D. D.,
Mrs. Orilla Whitehead,
James E. Darrah, Mrs. Martha Darrah,
Mrs. Ann E. Pearce, Josiah Hart,
Mrs. Anna W. Baird, Matthew Baird,
Mrs. Isabella Ruckman,
Mrs. Catharine Yerkes.
John Wanamaker,
James W. Carson,
Emily McCarter,
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AT NESHAMINY.
Joseph Hart, Mrs. Catharine Darrah,
Rachel Long,
Mrs. Mary Bothwell, Robert Mckinstry, William Radcliff,
William H. Stuckert,
Mrs. Eliza Freeland,
Mrs. Louisa Spencer,
Mrs. Jane V. Craven,
Elizabeth Stewart,
William Long, Marietta Long,
Spencer Flack, William Flack,
Mrs. Mary Polk,
John McNair, Mrs. Martha C. Long,
Joseph Carr,
Mrs. Jane Polk,
James Field,
Theodore Flack, John M. Darrah,
R. Henderson Darrah, Mrs. Margaret Wilson,
Emily Decoursey,
Ann Moore, Rebecca Hare,
Andrew Long, Mrs. Harriet Long, Elizabeth Hart,
Mary Carr.
R.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE PURCHASE OF THE PARSONAGE. SEPTEMBER, 1873.
Resolution to obtain a Parsonage adopted, June, 1873.
Courtland Carr, Eliza B. Yates, John B. Opdyke,
John C. Beans,
Elizabeth Mattis,
Jane V. Craven, D. K. Turner, Catharine Darrah, Samuel Flack,
Ann Opdyke, -
Mrs. Emily Nichols, Mrs. Rebecca Turner, Rev. D. K. Turner, George Jamison, John C. Beans,
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John M. Darrah, Charles Ramsey, Jane Polk, James Field,
Sarah Spencer, Eliza M. Carr, Samuel Cozzens, Wm. S. Rutherford,
Theodore Flack,
Hiram Cornell,
Andrew Long,
Jesse Mckinstry,
William Long,
John Bruehl,
Elizabeth Hart,
Charles Meredith,
George Ramsey, Rebecca Turner,
Frank P. McKinstry,
Howell E. McNair,
Henry Mckinstry,
Mary Service,
James Mckinstry,
Nancy Bready,
R. Henderson Darrah,
P. Jenks Dudbridge,
John McNair,
Mary A. Campbell,
Stacy B. Beans,
Jacob Dubree,
Wm. H. Stuckert,
Thomas McNair,
John J. Spencer,
Jacob Titus,
Mary Bothwell,
Isaac Carr,
Rachel Long,
William Flack,
Cephas Ross,
Samuel Taylor,
William C. Walton,
Lewis Afflerbach,
George Taylor,
Anna Webster,
George Brown,
Thomas Percy,
Hiram A. Carr,
Robert S. McNair,
Miles S. Pownall,
Sarah M. Arnell,
Elizabeth Dudbridge,
Andrew Gault,
Isaac V. Folwell,
Jane Seigenfus,
Mary Mattis,
John Morgan,
H. Clay Stuckert, Anna Hellings,
William Gault,
David Cornell.
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S.
LEGACIES TO NESHAMINY CHURCH. (So far as known.)
1772. William Hair,. £8. 10s. or $22.61
1794. Richard Walker,.
£53. or $141.33
-1798. Samuel Torrence, . £40. or $106.66
1813. Rev. Nathaniel Irwin, . $2000.00
1817. Elias Gilbert,
$40.00
1819. Henry Jamison, Used for roofing and repairing the Church.
$500.00
1843. Thomas Barnes,
30.00
1864. Mrs. R. H. Turner
300.00
For the Cemetery Chapel. 1871, $524.00).
(Realized in
1866. Ann Eliza Long, .. To the Cemetery Chapel.
$100.00
1872. Joseph Hart,. For tablet in Church.
$200.00
T.
COPY OF THE PAY ROLL OF CAPTAIN HENRY DARRAH'S COMPANY, BUCKS COUNTY MILITIA, DETACHMENT IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND COM- MANDED BY LIEUT. COL. JOHN LACY, EsQ.
DECEMBER 3, 1777.
Names and rank, entered November 1, 1777.
CAPTAIN.
HENRY DARRAH.
LIEUTENANTS.
1. JOSEPH GREIR,
2. JONAS INGHAM.
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ENSIGN. WILLIAM BOOROM.
SERGEANTS.
1. JOHN WEIR, 2. ANDREW MCCREARY, WILLIAM COFFING, Clerk.
FIFER. SIMON JAMES.
SERGEANTS.
THOMAS RITCHIE, JOHN WILSON.
CORPORALS.
1. DAVID HERRIN,
3. RICHARD WILGUS,
2. JOHN TATE,
4. DANIEL HASTY.
PRIVATES.
1. John Mathers,
2. Alexander Parker,.
3. John Parker,
24. Abram Vandike,
4. Joseph Robinson, 25. George Smith,
5. Moses Dunlap,
26. Joseph Law,
6. William Hair,
27. Thomas Gaun,
28. William Doyle,
8. John Shepherd,
9. Stephen Doyle,
30. Samuel Jones,
10. Charles Dunlap,
31. Hugh Wattson,
32. Robert Kennedy,
33. Robert Weir,
34. Hugh Barkley,
35. Thomas Hill,
36. Henry Young,
37. John Kern,
17. John Grant,
38. Thomas Hamilton,
18. William Harvey,
19. Benjamin Wood,
20. John Cummins,
21. John Neaphas,
39. John Robinson,
40. John Herrin,
41. John James,
42. Charles Morrow.
11. Alexander Long,
12. Peter Jedun,
13. Isaac James,
14. Samuel Mason,
15. Alexander Ramsey,
16. Adam Boylin,
22. Serick Roberts,
23. Francis Jedun,
7. Jacob Pickard,
29. Robert Morrison,
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APPENDIX.
U.
CAPT. HENRY DARRAH'S COMPANY OF MILITIA, UNDER COMMAND OF COL. WM. ROBERTS, OF BUCKS CO., SEP. 21, 1778.
The Company first organized in 1777 was reorganized and filled up in 1778, as follows.
CAPTAIN. HENRY DARRAH.
LIEUTENANTS.
JOSEPH GREER,
WILLIAM HAYNS.
ENSIGN.
WILLIAM BOOROM.
PRIVATES &c.
David Davis,
Henry Ruth,
Benjamin Butler,
John Sprogell,
Joseph Mathews,
George Caingell,
Amos Griffith,
Owen Swartz,
Joseph Thomas,
James Weir,
Henry Rosenbury,
John James (widower),
Morgan James,
Alexander More,
Thomas James,
Joseph Robeson,
Samuel Borgy,
James Griffin,
Mathew Law,
Joseph Law, Lewis Lunn,
Robert Ewer,
Tobiah Shull,
Conard Swartzlander,
Alexander Forman,
Simon James,
William James,
Joseph Griffith,
William Morris,
John Ruth (widower),
Andrew Ruth,
Isaac James,
Peter Kippard,
John Davis, Esq.,
George Shipe,
Peter Kippard, Jr.,
John Harry,
Christian Etherholt,
Abraham Coffin,
Robert Morrison,
324
APPENDIX.
Abiah Butler, John Miller, Jacob Sliver, John Lapp, Christian Ruth,
William Hare, John Thomson, John Edonard, Isaac Lapp, Benjamin Mathews,
Jeremiah Vastin,
Jonathan Drake,
Thomas Mathews, George Smith,
John James,
Andrew Stinson,
William Griffith,
John Tidisyler,
Samuel Harry,
Christian Khoar,
Abraham Ruth,
Eleazer James,
Joseph Lun,
Zachariah Tiddro,
John Weir,
Andrew Harry,
Stephen Bartain,
Henry Ruth,
Benjamin Griffith,
Jacob Swartz,
Andrew McCreary,
Ludwick Sticknard,
Philip Eckerman,
John Gardner,
Owen Thomas,
William McVey,
Edward Williams,
William Wright,
Robert Flack,
Richard Lewis,
Jacob Miller,
Philip Millar,
Thomas Jones,
Christian Miller,
William Thomas,
Isaac Thomas,
Frederick Kippard,
Christian Clymer,
John Kisler,
Christian Swartz,
Mark Fraley,
Benjamin Burn,
Charles Dunlap,
Robert Thomson,
Jeremiah Dungan,
Gavin Stevens,
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