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Issue of WILLIAM and MARY BYRD :
MARIA HORSMANDEN, b. Phila., Nov. 26, 1761, m. John Page, see below,
ANNE, b. Westover, March 25, 1763, d. unm.,
CHARLES WILLING, b. Westover, Oct. 8, 1765, d. Aug., 1766, EVELYN TAYLOR, b. Oct. 13, 1766, m. Benjamin Harrison, see p. (125),
ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 4, 1767, m. William Nelson, see p. (126), DOROTHY, b. Westover, Feb. 12, 1769, d. Feb. 27, 1769,
CHARLES WILLING, b. July 26, 1770, m. Sarah Meade, see p. (127),
JANE, b. Westover, Jan. 17, 1773, d. s. p., m. Carter Har- rison of Maycox,
RICHARD WILLING, b. Oct. 27, 1774, m., 1st, Lucy Harrison of Brandon, and, 2ndly, Emily Wilson, see p. (127),
WILLIAM, m. Susan Lewis, see p. (127).
MARIA HORSMANDEN BYRD, dau. of William and Mary (née Wil- ling) Byrd, last named, b. Phila., Nov. 26, 1761, dec'd, m. John Page of Pagebrook, Va., son of Robert Page and his wife Sarah Walker.
Issue of JOHN and MARIA H. PAGE :
(I) MARY, m. Benjamin Harrison of Berkely, Va., Issue (surname Harrison) : (1) Henry, m. Fanny T. Burwell,
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Shippen-Page branch.
Issue (surname Harrison) : Henry H., m. Margaret Burd Page, see p. (122), Issue (surname Harrison) : William Page, Samuel M. Davis, Edith, Isabel Wurts,
George, Maria, Agnes,
(2) Benjamin, M. D., m. Mattewella, dau. of Matthew Page and his wife Mary Randolph,
Issue (surname Harrison) : Benjamin, Mary,
(3) Maria, d. unm.,
(4) Evelyn, d. unm.,
(II) SARAH, m. Maj. Thomas Nelson of Mecklinburg and of Ga.,
Issue (surname Nelson) :
(1) Evelyn, m. Dr. Robert Carter of Ga.,
(2) John Page,
(3) William Byrd, m. his cousin Maria, dau. of Wil- liam Byrd Page and his second wife Eliza Atkinson, see p. (123), Issue (surname Nelson) : Thomas, Eliza, Evelyn,
(4) Maria, m. William Woolfork, Issue (surname Woolfork) : Ten children,
(5) Rosetta, m. Dr. Ticknor,
(6) Col. Thomas of Ga., killed in battle,
(III) WILLIAM BYRD, m., 1st, his cousin Evelyn, dau. of William Nelson and Abigail Byrd his wife, see p. (127), and, 2ndly, Eliza Atkinson,
Issue by first wife (surname Page) :
(1) Ann Willing, m. Thomas Nelson Carter, son of Dr. Robert Carter and his wife Mary Nelson, . Issue (surname Carter) : William B., m. Lucy Page, Lucy, dec'd, m. Robert Renshaw, Issue (surname Renshaw) : Evelyn, Shirley, M. D., m. Mary, dau. of Gov. Thomas Swann of Maryland,
Issue (surname Carter) : Shirley, Louisa, Evelyn, d. unm.,
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(2) William Byrd, M. D., of Philadelphia, m. Celes- tine A., dau. of Samuel Davis of Natchez,
Issue (surname Page) :
Samuel Davis, member of Phila. bar, m. Isabel G., dau. of William Wurts, Issue (surname Page) : Howard Wurts, Ethel Nelson, William Byrd, Maria Vidal, m. Thomas C. Bowie,
Issue (surname Bowie) :
Celestine Page, John Ruth, Pauline Davis, Margaret Burd, m. Henry H. Harrison, see p. (121),
(3) John, m. Lucy Burwell, Issue (surname Page) : Evelyn, Celestine,
Issue by second wife (surname Page) :
(4) Evelyn, m. Richard H. Lee, Issue (surname Lee) : Mary, William, m. Jane Kowslar,
Richard H.,
Eliza, m. Rev. James Winchester, Charles,
(5) Maria, m. her cousin William Byrd Nelson, see p. (122),
(IV) ROBERT POWEL, M. D., m. 1st, 1819, his cousin Mary, dau. of Thomas Willing Francis, b. 1804, d. 1827, see p. (109), and 2ndly, Susan Grymes Randolph of Va.,
Issue by first wife (surname Page) :
(1) Maria, d. 185-, m. Com. Jonathan Mayhew Wain- right, U. S. N., who was killed while in command of the " Harriet Lane," in action off Galveston dur- ing the Civil War,
Issue (surname Wainwright) : Jonathan Mayhew, U. S. N., d. 1870,
Elizabeth, m. her cousin Dr. John Page Burwell, see below.
Robert Powel, U. S. A., m. Josepha Sewell, Issue (surname Wainright) : Two girls, Maria Page,
(2) Dorothy Willing, m. Nathaniel Burwell of Va., son of William Nelson Burwell and Mary Brooke his wife,
Issue (surname Burwell) :
Robert Powel, d. aged 19 from a wound received during the Civil War,
George H., Lieut. C. S. A. at 16, after the war went to Mexico and was made Lieut. in Maximilian's army, killed in battle aged 19,
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Shippen-Page branch.
Philip, M. D., m. his cousin Marie Harrison, Issue (surname Burwell) : Marie Harrison, Nathaniel, John Francis,
John Page, M. D., at Wilmington, Del., grad. Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., m. his cousin Elizabeth Wainwright, see above.
William Nelson, M. D., at Pittsburg, Pa., grad. Jeff. Med. Coll., Thomas Hugh,
Susan R., m., 1st, Major Henry, U. S. A., grad. West Point, d. 1877, and 2ndly, Archie Cary Randolph, M. D.,
Issue by first husband (surname Henry) : Juliette, Dora Willing Page,
Mary Willing Francis, Evelyn Carter,
(3) Anne, m. Joseph Pleasants of Phila.,
Issue by second wife (surname Page) :
(4) Elizabeth, d. unm.,
(5) Mary Francis, m. John Esten Cooke, the author, Issue (surname Cooke) : Susan Randolph, Edmund Pendleton,
Robert Powel Page,
(6) Lucy Randolph, m. Capt. William Page Carter of Va.,
(7) Robert Powel, m. his cousin Agnes, dau. of George H. Burwell of Carter Hall, Issue (surname Page) : Agnes, Mary Francis, Robert Powel,
George Harrison Burwell,
(V) JOHN E., m. Emily McGuire, Issue (surname Page) :
(1) John, m. Elizabeth Walsh, Issue (surname Page) : James, Evelyn,
(2) Ann Willing, m. Dr. W. B. Merriwether, Issue (surname Merriwether) : Evelyn,
(3) Emma, m. Philip Nelson, son of Thomas Nelson of Rosne and Mildred Nelson his wife, Issue (surname Nelson) ; William, Emily,
(4) Robert, m. Martha Hardee,
(5) Mary M.,
(6) Jane,
(7) Evelyn,
(8) William Byrd,
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Shippen-Harrison branch.
(VI) ABIGAIL, m. John Hopkins, Issue (surname Hopkins) :
(1) William Byrd, U. S. N.,
(2) John Page, M. D.,
(3) St. George,
(VII) MATTHEW, M. D., m., 1st, Mary Collins, and, 2ndly, Harriet Collins,
Issue by first wife (surname Page) :
(1) Anne,
Issue by second wife (surname Page) :
(2) Herbert, m. Lulie Claiborne.
EVELYN TAYLOR BYRD, dau. of William and Mary (née Willing) Byrd, p. (121), b. Oct. 13, 1766, dec'd, m. Benjamin Harrison of Brandon.
Issue of BENJAMIN and EVELYN T. HARRISON :
(I) MARY, m. Mr. Taylor,
Issue (surname Taylor) :
(1) George Keith, d. unm.,
(2) Evelyn Byrd,
(3) Richard, m. Miss Armistead, Issue (surname Harrison) : Evelyn, Richard,
(4 Abigail,
(5) William,
(II) ABIGAIL WILLING, m. Robert Walker, Issue (surname Walker) :
(1) Robert, m. Margaret Dyer,
(2) Evelyn Byrd,
(3) Mary, m. Mr. Michie, Issue (surname Michie) : Frank, Evelyn,
(4) Anne,
(5) Elizabeth, m. Mr. Cameron, Issue (surname Cameron) : Evelyn, William,
(III) GEORGE EVELYN, m. Isabella Ritchie, Issue (surname Harrison) :
(1) George Evelyn, m. Miss Gordon, Issue (surname Harrison) : Julie, George Evelyn,
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Gordon, Isabella, Robert, (2) Isabella,
(IV) WILLIAM BYRD, m., 1st, Mary Harrison, dau. of Ran- dolph Harrison and Mary Randolph his wife, and, 2ndly, Ellen Randolph,
Issue by first wife (surname Harrison) :
(1) Benjamin, m. Mary R., dau. of Nelson and Lucia Harrison Page,
Issue (surname Harrison) : William Byrd,
Lucia, m. Captain Edmund Cocke of Cumberland, Issue (surname Cocke) : Nicolas,
Benjamin,
(2) Col. Randolph, m. Harriet Heilemann,
(3) Charles Shirley,
(4) George Byrd, m. Jane Stone, Issue (surname Harrison) : William Evelyn,
Issue by second wife (surname Harrison) :
(5) Jane,
(6) Thomas Jefferson,
(V) ANNE, m. her cousin Richard Evelyn Byrd, son of Thomas Francis Byrd and his wife Mary Armstead of Hesse, and grandson of William Byrd by his wife Elizabeth Hill Carter, Issue (surname Byrd) :
(1) George Harrison, m. Lucy Wickham, Issue (surname Byrd) :
Anne Harrison,
Edward Wickham,
Mary Wyman,
Alfred Henry,
Wyman, Lucy Carter,
William, Otway,
(2) William, m. Jane Rivers,
Issue (surname Byrd) : Richard Evelyn,
Mary,
Margaret,
Susan,
Anne Harrison,
William, George,
(3) Alfred,
(VI) ELIZABETH, m. Alfred H. Powell.
ABIGAIL BYRD, dau. of William and Mary (nee Willing) Byrd, p. (121), b. Westover, Nov. 4, 1767, dec'd, m. Col. William Nelson,
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son of President William Nelson of Yorktown, and Elizabeth Bur- well his wife, Professor of Law at William and Mary College, Va., and Judge of the General Court.
Issue (surname NELSON) :
LUCY, m. Benjamin Harrison of Berkeley,
Issue (surname Harrison) :
Mary, m. Rev. William McGuire, Issue (surname McGuire) : William, Lucy, Frank, Edward, Anna Mercer, d. unm., Lucy, MARY, m. Col. Pickens of S. C.,
EVELYN, m. her cousin William Byrd Page, see p. (121), ROSE, d. unm.,
ABIGAIL, d. unm.
CHARLES WILLING BYRD, son of William and Mary (née Willing) Byrd, p. (121), b. July 26, 1770, dec'd, went to Ohio, where he was made Judge, m. Sarah Meade.
Issue (surname Byrd) :
EVELYN, d. 1880, m .- Woodson.
RICHARD WILLING BYRD, son of William and Mary (née Wil- ling) Byrd, p. (121), b. Oct. 27, 1774, dec'd, m. 1st, Lucy Harrison of Brandon, d. s. p., and 2ndly, Emily Wilson.
Issue (surname BYRD) :
MARY ANNE, m. - Kennon, Issue (surname Kennon) : -
-, m. - - Doran of San Francisco,
GEORGE, m.
Issue, two sons, who are said to live in Chicago, but of whom I can find no trace.
CHARLES, d. y.
WILLIAM BYRD, son of William and Mary (née Willing) Byrd, p. (121), dec'd, m. Nov. 4, 1798, Susan Lewis of Gloucester Co., Va. Issue (surname BYRD) :
ADDISON LEWIS, m. Susan Coke of Williamsburg, Va., Issue (surname Byrd) :
William, m. Martha McKensie of Richmond, Va.,
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Issue (surname Byrd) : Jane, m. Miller of Mathews Co., Va.,
Rebecca, d. s. p., m. Notinghan, Mary Willing, m. Pritch,
Issue (surname Pritch) : One dau., Addison, d. unm., MARY WILLING, m. Richard Coke of Williamsburg, Va., Issue (surname Coke) :
Rebecca, m. Lewis Marshall, Issue (surname Marshall) : Richard Coke,
Margaret Lewis,
Mary Willing,
Thomas,
Rebecca,
Fielding Lewis, Agnes,
JANE OTWAY, m. George Wythe McCandlish of Williams- burg, Va.,
Issue (surname McCandlish) :
Susan Lewis, m. P. A. Taliaferro, M. D., of Glouces- ter, Va.,
Evelyn Byrd,
Mary Willing, d. unm. 1876,
Jane Otway Byrd, m. John B. Dougherty of Wilming- ton, Del.,
Issue (surname Dougherty) :
George Byrd, Charles,
Otway Byrd,
Addison Lewis,
Evelyn Byrd, Fielding,
SAMUEL POWEL, m. Catherine Corbin of Laneville, King and Queen's Co., Va.,
Issue (surname Byrd) :
Susan Lewis, m. Tazewell Thompson of Norfolk, Va., Issue (surname Thompson) : Mary, Samuel Byrd, William, Tazewell,
Richard Corbin, m. Anne Gordon Marshall of Fau- quier Co., Va., Issue (surname Byrd) : Powel,
Richard,
Lewis,
Mary,
Fanny, Anne.
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MARGARET WILLING, dau. of Charles and Anne (née Shippen) Willing, p. (90), b. Phila, Jan. 15, 1753, d. Sep. 21, 1816, m. Nov. 16, 1775, Robert Hare, son of Richard and Martha Hare of Lime- house, near London, b. Woolwich, Kent, Jan. 28, 1752. He came to Penna. June 4, 1773. He was in the Penna. Assembly 1791, and Speaker of the Senate of Penna. in 1795, and ex officio Lieut .- Gov- ernor of the State. During the British occupation, he was obliged to go to Virginia, where he resided with Col. Byrd, his brother-in-law. He was one of the original organizers of the First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, and a Trustee of the U. of P. 1789-1805. He d. Ger- mantown, Mch. 8, 1812,
Issue of ROBERT and MARGARET HARE :
RICHARD, b. Sep. 22, 1776, d. Phila., July 9, 1778,
CHARLES WILLING, b. Westover, April 23, 1778, m. Anne Emlen, see below, .
MARTHA, b. Phila., Aug. 17, 1779, d. unm. Feb. 4, 1852, bu. Xt. Ch.,
ROBERT, b. Phila., Jan. 17, 1781, m. Harriet Clark, see p. (131),
RICHARD, b. Phila., Sep. 24, 1782, d. Jan. 9, 1796,
JOHN POWEL, b. Phila., April 22, 1786, m. Julia de Veaux, see p. (133).
CHARLES WILLING HARE, son of Robert and Margaret (née Willing) Hare, above named, b. Westover, April 23, 1778, d. Phila., April, 1827, m. Aug. 29, 1801, Anne, dau. of George Emlen, b. July 6, 1777, d. Feb., 1851.
Issue (surname HARE) :
SARAH EMLEN, d. unm. April, 1860,
ROBERT, d. June, 1846, m. Nov., 1840, Claire Louise De Pestre, dec'd,
Issue (surname Hare) : Edmund Charles Julian,
Charles Louis Robert, d. y. 1847,
WILLIAM BINGHAM, d. Aug., 1825,
GEORGE EMLEN, grad. A. B. (Union Col.) hon. D. D., LL. D., and S. T. D. (Columbia), at one time Head Master of Acad- emy of the Prot. Epis. Church in Phila., now Prof. of Bib- lical Learning in the Divinity Sch., Phila., and has been member of the Standing Com. of the Diocese of Penn., m.
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June, 1830, Elizabeth Catharine, dau. of the Rt. Revd. John Henry Hobart, Bp. of New York,
Issue (surname Hare) : John Henry Hobart, m. Marianna Clark, Issue (surname Hare) : William Hobart Clarke, George Emlen, d. y., Anna Emlen, m. Elihu Spencer Miller, d. 187-, grad.
A. B. (Princeton), member of Phila. Bar, Issue (surname Miller) : Samuel Millington, grad. A. B. (Princeton), M. D., Med. Dep. (U. of P.), m. Elizabeth Rebecca, dau. of Dr. John Biddle, Issue (surname Miller) : Charlotte Barclay, Marian Spencer, d. y., John Biddle, d. y.,
Elizabeth Spencer,
Emlen Hare, grad. A. B. (U. of P.),
Elibu Spencer,
Charles Willing Hare, d. y. 1868,
Sarah Sergeant, d. y. 1873,
Hobart,
Edward Alden,
Dickenson Sergeant,
Anna Emlen,
Dayton Hobart, Joseph Selden,
Charles Willing, m. Mary Singer, Issue (surname Hare) : Ida Hobart,
George Emlen,
Charles Willing, Christine Singer,
William Hobart, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Niobrara,
m. Mary Amory Howe, d. 1866, Issue (surname Hare) : Hobart Amory, Chandler, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), m. Charlotte Eliza- beth Greene,
Issue (surname Hare) : Charlotte Wentworth, Wentworth Greene, Chandler,
James Montgomery, m. Mary Emlen Meredith, Issue (surname Hare) : Marian Scott, James Montgomery, Meredith, William Hobart, Joseph Dennie, Elizabeth Emlen, Gouverneur Morris, Mary Meredith, Morin Scott,
Mary Hobart,
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Robert Emott, m., 1st, Jeannie Percy Williams, d. 1873, and, 2ndly, Héloise Victoria Guillou, Issue by second wife (surname Hare) : René Guillou, Elizabeth Catharine,
MARGARETTA, d. March 25, 1849, m. April 28, 1831, I. Pem-
berton Hutchinson, d. May 9, 1866,
Issue (surname Hutchinson) :
James, d. y. Sep., 1833,
Charles Hare, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), member of the Bar,
James Howell, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), M. D. (U. of
P.), elected Trustee U. of P. 1878, m. Ann Wil-
cocks, dau. of Charles Ingersoll (descend. of Chew), Issue (surname Hutchinson) : Susan Ingersoll, d. y. April 8, 1878,
Margaretta Hare,
James Pemberton,
Annie Powel,
Charles Ingersoll, Katharine Preston,
Pemberton Sydney, m. Agnes Wharton,
Issue (surname Hutchinson) :
S. Pemberton,
George Wharton, d. June, 1866,
Sydney Emlen,
Cintra, Agnes Wharton,
Margaretta Willing,
Annie Emlen, m. John Hare Powel, see p. (135),
Margaretta,
Cintra, d. Nov., 1848,
Emlen, m. 1st, Mary Shreve, d. Sep. 1, 1873, and, 2ndly, Harriet Sheafe,
Issue by first w. (surname Hutchinson) : Mary Shreve, Issue by second w. (surname Hutchinson) : Henry Sheafe,
ANN BINGHAM, b. Feb. 16, 1813, d. March 27, 1825.
ROBERT HARE, son of Robert and Margaret (née Willing) Hare, p. (128), b. Phila., Jan. 17, 1781, on the day of the battle of the Cow Pens. He devoted himself to chemistry, and invented the compound or oxy- hydrogen blow-pipe, in 1801, and perfected the voltaic battery, intro- ducing his Deflagrator. Professor of Chemistry at the University of Penn., 1818-1848. He was fond of graphic illustrations; they abound in his Memoirs and in his Compendium and other works. He was an ardent patriot, of the school of Washington, a Federalist, while that
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primeval party had a name, and a man of unbending rectitude, and his writings upon political and financial questions were marked by vigorous thought and large views. He was a life member of the Smithsonian Institute, to which he gave all his chemical and physical apparatus. He m. Sep., 1811, Harriet, dau. of John Innis Clark of Providence, R. I., and Lydia Brown his wife, b. 1782, d. March 19, 1869. He d. May 15, 1858.
Issue (surname HARE) :
JOHN INNIS CLARK, b. Aug., 1812, d. Aug., 1813,
JOHN INNIS CLARK, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), hon. LL. D. 1868, Trustee 1858-68, studied law, Professor Inst. Law. 1868, Mem. Am. Phil. Soc. 1842, Judge Dist. Ct. Phila. 1851-67, Pres. Judge Dist. Ct. Phila. 1867-74, and by the New Constitution assigned as Pres. Judge of Common Pleas No. 2, 1875, which office he now holds, has edited "Smith's Leading Cases," m. Phila., Nov. 16, 1842, Esther C., dau. of Horace Binney and Elizabeth Coxe his wife,
Issue (surname Hare) :
Horace Binney, d. on board his yacht, April, 1879, studied medicine, after graduation, devoted his atten- tion to Chemistry, Professor (U. of P.), m. Emily Power, dau. of Thomas Truxton and Mary Anna Tillinghast Beale,
Issue (surname Hare) : Robert, d. y. Nov., 1875, Charles Willing, Esther Binney, Horace Binney, Thomas Truxton,
John Innis Clark, d. y. 1848,
John Innis Clark, d. Sep., 1867,
LYDIA, m. Providence, R. I., Aug. 15, 1838, Frederick Prime of New York,
Issue (surname Prime) :
Emily, m. Lewis Livingston Delafield, Issue (surname Delafield) : Lewis Livingston, Robert Hare, Frederick Prime, Emily, Lydia, d. y. June, 1843, Alice, d. y. 1845,
Frederick, A. B., (Col.), served in U. S. Volunteers 1862-63, studied at the Royal School of Mines,
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Freiberg, Saxony, Com. to Centennial Exposition, now President of Allentown Iron Co., has written several works on Geology, m. Laurette de Tousard, dau. of Alfred Coxe of Phila.,
Issue (surname Prime) : Laurette Coxe, d. y. Aug. 29, 1873, Mary Alice. Laurette de Tousard, Frederick, d. y. Dec. 17, 1880,
Frederick,
ROBERT HARFORD, m. Aug. 28, 1845, Caroline Fleming, dau. of Charles Henry Fleming of New Bedford, and Mary Rotch his wife,
Issue (surname Hare) :
Mary Fleming, m. Sussex Delaware Davis of Phila. Bar,
Issue (surname Davis) : Samuel Boyer, Caroline Hare, Robert Hare, Sussex Delaware,
Harriet, m. George Mcclellan, M. D., grad. Jeff. Med. Col.,
GEORGE HARRISON, U. S. N., d. s. p. July 22, 1857, m. Eliza- beth Binney, dau. of John and Mary Binney Cadwalader, THEODORE DEHON, d. y. June, 1825.
JOHN POWEL HARE, son of Robert and Margaret (nee Willing) Hare, p. (128), b. April 22, 1786, d. Newport, R. I., June 14, 1850. As the adopted son of his mother's sister, Mrs. Powel, he inherited from her an entailed estate, and caused his name to be transposed, by Act of Assembly, to John Hare Powel. He was Secretary of Legation under Col. Pinckney, near the Court of St. James, 1809-11, where he was remembered, writes Greville, " as the handsomest man ever seen." In 1812, he was commissioned full Col. on Genl. Scott's staff, and served as Inspector General of the district between the Hudson and the Rappahannock until the end of the war. A member of the Penna. Senate 1827-30, in 1827 he was leader of the Working Man's party. A Democrat in the old and solid sense, he was never an adhe- rent of Andrew Jackson. An ardent lover of Agriculture, he gave to it, by an enlightened and liberal propagandism, the first serious impulse towards growth in his own State, and to this end, his time, money, influence and example were unsparingly used. Of marked and powerful personality, he called forth many ardent friendships,
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which continued unbroken until the close of his life. He m. Oct. 20, 1817, Julia, dau. of Col. Andrew de Veaux of South Carolina, and Anna Maria Verplanck of New York his wife, d. Phila., Dec. 8, 1845. (Julia de Veaux Foulke.)
Issue (surname POWEL) :
SAMUEL, m. Mary, dau. of Hon. Robert Johnston of Jamaica, Issue (surname Powel) :
Mary Edith,
Samuel, grad. A. B. (Brown Univ.), m. Hope Ives, dau. of William Binney of Prov., R. I.,
Katharine Julia, m. Wallace Fitz Randolph, Major U. S. A., Issue (surname Randolph) : Annie Powel, Mary, John Hare,
Robert Johnston Hare, grad. A. B. (Harvard),
Harford Willing, grad. A. B. (Harvard),
ANDREW DE VEAUX, d. 1848, m. Elizabeth Cooke of Mary- land, d. 1845,
Issue (surname Powel) :
Elizabeth Cooke, m. Gustav W. Lürman of Baltimore, Issue (surname Lürman,) Elizabeth de Veaux, Frances Donnell, Katharine,
HENRY BARING, d. April 4, 1852, m. Caroline, dau. of Hon. Richard H. Bayard of Delaware,
Issue (surname Powel) :
Mary de Veaux, m. Rev. George Woolsey Hodge, A. B. (U. of P.), Issue (surname Hodge) : Carroll, Helen Harriet, Henry Baring, Mildred Aspinwall,
ROBERT HARE, m. Amy Bradley,
Issue (surname Powel) : Julia de Veaux, m. Samuel W. M. Peters, see p. (104),
William Platt, d. y., Robert Hare, Amy Ida, De Veaux, Henry Baring, ELIZABETH, d. y.,
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HARFORD, d. y.,
JULIA DE VEAUX, m. William Parker Foulke, d. June 18, 1865, member of the Phila. Bar, but devoted his time to scientific and philanthropic pursuits,
Issue (surname Foulke) :
Julia Catharine, m. Henry Carvill Lewis, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), Prof. of Mineralogy, A. N. S., Phila., William de Veaux, Richard Parker, d. y.,
Lisa de Veaux, John Francis, Sara Gwendolen, George Rhyfedd,
JOHN HARE, m. his cousin Annie Emlen Hutchinson (see p. 131), d. May, 1872,
Issue (surname Powel) :
John Hare, d. y., Pemberton Hare, IDA ALICIA, m., 1st, Edward Morrell, d. 1872, and, 2ndly, John G. Johnson, of Phila. Bar,
Issue by first husband (surname Morrell) : Ida Laurette, Edward de Veaux, Julia.
WILIAM SHIPPEN, son of Joseph and Abigail (née Grosse) Ship- pen, p. (58), generally known as Dr. William Shippen, the Elder, b. Phila., Oct. 1, 1712. We are told that he applied himself, early in life, to the study of medicine, for which he had a remarkable genius, possessing that kind of instinctive knowledge of diseases which cannot be acquired from books. He seems to have inherited his father's eager desire to explore the domains of physical science, and no doubt that the Junto had its influence in shaping his course in life. An eminent physician in this city says : "It is most probable that he acquired those ideas of the importance of the study (practical anatomy) which induced him to impress upon his son the propriety of making him- self master of the science, in order to aid the establishment of those lectures he afterwards so ably delivered." There is no record, so far as I know, as to when and where he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine, but he speedily obtained a large and lucrative practice,
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which he maintained through a long and respected life. He was especially liberal towards the poor, and, it is said, not only gave his professional aid and medicines without charge, but oftentimes assisted them by donations from his purse. He was very successful in his practice, but was so far from thinking that medicine was much ad- vanced towards perfection, that it is said, when he was congratulated by some one on the number of cures he effected and the few patients he lost, his reply was: "My friend ! Nature does a great deal, and the grave covers up our mistakes." Conscious of the deficiencies for medical education in America, and animated by a patriotic desire to remedy them, Dr. Shippen trained his son for that profession, sent him to Europe, where he had every possible opportunity for obtain- ing a knowledge of the various branches, and on his return (May, 1762), encouraged him to commence a series of lectures on anatomy, in one of the large rooms of the State House, and thus to inaugurate the first medical school in America. Dr. Shippen was by no means given to politics, but the outlook for the Americans, at the close of the year 1778, was very dark and dreary. It was at this moment that he was called upon to take part in the councils of the nation. On Nov. 20, 1778, he was elected to the Continental Congress by the Assembly of Pennsylvania by a vote of 27. At the end of the year, he was re-elected, Nov. 13, 1779. His advanced years and his pro- fessional duties would have furnished ample excuse to any less patri- otic citizen for declining the thankless position, but an examination of the Journals of Congress shows us that Dr. Shippen was always steadily at his post, and that his votes and conduct were those of an honest, intelligent, high-minded, patriotic gentleman, who thought only of his country's welfare. The Junto, in which Dr. Shippen took an earnest part, was more or less the origin of the American Philo- sophical Society, of which he was Vice-President, 1768, and for many years after. He was first physician to the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1753-1778. He was one of the founders of the Second Presbyterian Church, 1742, and a member of it for nearly sixty years. He was so very abstemious that he never tasted wine or any spirituous liquor until during his last illness. He possessed the powerful frame and vigorous health for which his race was noted. He rode on horseback from Germantown to Philadelphia, in the coldest weather, without an overcoat, and but a short time before his death, took a walk of six miles. His mode of living was simple. His temper was so serene that tradition says it was never ruffled. His benevolence was without
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stint. He lived beloved, and at the great age of ninety years, he bowed his reverend head to the will of his merciful Creator, regretted and lamented, and was buried in the graveyard of the Church to which he had been so useful. He m. Sept. 19, 1735, Susannah, dau. of Joseph Harrison of Philadelphia, and Katherine Noble his wife, b. Phila., June 30, 1711, d. between June 4, 1774, and Jan. 10, 1775. Mr. Shippen d. Germantown, Nov. 4, 1801. (Prepared for Con- gress of Authors, July 2, 1876, by Thomas Balch.)
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