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Alexander Hamilton, b. Jany. 10, 1852, civil engineer, MARY CALVERT, b. Feb. 5, 1817, m. her cousin Henry Lewis, see below,
THOMAS NEWBOLD, b. May 3, 1821, d. s. p. May 16, 1863, HARRY MONTGOMERY, b. May 19, 1825, of Paris.
ELIZABETH SMITH, b. Aug. 25, 1790, dau. of James and Esther Smith, p. 29, d. Apr. 23, 1844, m. June 9, 1808, Mordecai Lewis of Phila., merchant, who d. Aug. 15, 1851, aged 67.
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Issue (surname LEWIS) :
JAMES SMITH, b. May 25, 1809, d. Phila. July 29, 1856, m. Sep. 11, 1833 Rebecca Shoemaker Rawle, dau. of Samuel Burge Rawle (a descendant of Benj. Shoemaker),
Issue (surname Lewis) :
Ann Emily, b. July 5, 1834, m. William Hay of Clarke Co., Va., in C. S. Army, d. June 1, 1864, Issue (surname Hay) :
James, b. Jany. 9, 1856, m. Constance Tatem of Rich- mond, Va., Issue (surname Hay) : Glendouer Evans, d. y., James, William, b. May 20, 1857, d. y. July 3, 1857, George Burwell, b. July 27, 1860, d. y. Dec. 20, 1861, Nathaniel Burwell, b. May 7, 1863,
Charles, b. Feb. 3, 1836, d. Aug. 21, 1837,
Samuel Burge Rawle, b. Sep. 3, 1838, d. Shanghai, China, 1881,
William Rawle, b. Sep. 23, 1840, d. July 1, 1841,
Mordecai, b. June 20, 1843, of Clarksburg, West Va.,
m. Feb. 21, 1871 Myra Haymond of Clarksburg, Issue (surname Lewis) : William Hay, b. Mch. 22, 1872, Wirt, b. Nov. 10, 1876,
James, b. Jany. 18, 1846, d. y. July 20, 1847,
Francis Rawle, b. June 9, 1848, d. y. Jany. 27, 1849, Josephine, b. Feb. 22, 1856,
JOSEPH SAUNDERS, of Phila., m. Martha, dau. of Samuel N. Lewis,
Issue (surname Lewis) :
Edward J., d. s. p. Nov. 2, 1881,
Rebecca Chalkley, m. William Morgan Phillips, civil engineer,
Issue (surname Phillips) : Clifford Smith, Martha Lewis, Joseph Lewis,
Lydia Hopkins, m. Jacob S. Waln, see Lloyd,
CHARLES SMITH, of Baltimore, merchant, d. Balt. 1847, m. Mary Griffitts Fisher, sister of Samuel G. Fisher who mar- ried Esther Lewis,
Issue (surname Lewis) :
Mary Griffitts, m. Rev. Stevens Parker, D. D., Warden of Racine College,
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Issue (surname Parker) : Mary, Alexis Dupont, Charles Smith, m. Marion Sanford, Issue (surname Lewis) : one child, who d. y.,
Elizabeth, dec'd, m. Charles Hoppin of Providence, R. I., Issue (surname Hoppin) : Mary, Lucy,
Elizabeth,
William Fisher, grad. Gen. Theol. Sem., Rector of P. E. Church at Lagrange, Ill., m. Mary C. Magruder née Hamilton,
Issue (surname Lewis) : Charles Smith, b. Sep. 24, 1868,
Mary Hamilton, b. Jany. 25, 1871,
Frederick, b. Aug. 1, 1875, d. y. Mch. 6, 1876, Elizabeth Hoppin, b. Nov. 19, 1877,
Mordecai, grad. LL. B. (Col.), d. s. p., m. Ann Don- aldson of Baltimore,
ALEXANDER, d. inf. 1815,
ESTHER, m. Nov. 12, 1835 Samuel Griffitts Fisher of Mobile, Ala., atty .- at-law, son of Redwood Fisher by his w. Mary, dau. of Prof. Samuel Powel Griffitts, M. D., Samuel G. Fisher d. Phila. Dec. 28, 1849,
Issue (surname Fisher) :
Lewis, b. Sep. 3, 1838, M. D., in New York, m. Nov. 12, 1868, Elizabeth Cochran-no issue,
William Redwood, b. Nov. 1, 1844, grad. A. B. (Col.) and M. D., practising in Hoboken, N. J., m. Dec. 27, 1871 Elizabeth Virginia Jennings, Issue (surname Fisher) :
William Redwood, b. June 17, 1874, d. y. Feb. 17, 1878, Elizabeth Lewis, b. Dec. 14, 1878, Esther Lewis, b. Dec. 30, 1880,
HENRY, d. Phila. 1857, m. May 8, 1841 Mary C., dau. of his uncle John J. Smith,
Issue (surname Lewis) :
Ellen, m. George Quincey Thorndike of Boston, Issue (surname Thorndike) : Harry Hill, Mary, Richard King,
Alexander, in Paris,
John Smith, in Paris,
FRANCIS, d. inf. 1821,
ELIZABETH, m. Richard King, Pres. of the Nat. Bank of Commerce of New York,
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Issue (surname King) :
John Alsop, b. Phila. Sep. 9, 1848, d. y. Aug. 12, 1849, Lewis, b. Phila. Sep. 9, 1848, d. s. p. Feb. 13, 1880,
Elizabeth Smith, b. N. Y. May 29, 1850, d. y. Sep. 11, 1864,
Richard, b. N. Y. Apr. 28, 1855, of New York, stock broker, m. Dec. 4, 1876, Isabel Chater, Issue (surname King) : Henry Alsop, b. Mch. 6, 1878, d. y. July 11, 1878,
MORDECAI, of Chester, Pa., farmer, m. Philena Harvey of Chester,
Issue (surname Lewis) : Harvey, Albert, d. s. p. m. Texas 1866,
SALLY, d. y. 1832.
SUSANNA DILLWYN SMITH, b. Mch. 5, 1792, dau. of James and Esther Smith, p. 28, d. July 2, 1816, m. Apr. 14, 1814, Samuel Allin- son of N. J., some time U. S. Consul at Gibraltar.
Issue (surname ALLINSON) :
MARTHA, unm., in England,
ESTHER, m. Henry Hughes of Walthamstow, Essex, Eng.,
Issue (surname Hughes) : Hetty Elizabeth, m. Albrecht G. Eggers, Issue (surname Eggers) : Margaret, Annie Margaret, Mary Strother, m. John S. Cousens, Henry Pearse, ma. Emma S. Cousens,
Emma Martha,
Georgina Allinson, m. G. E. Hignett, Willie F. m. Edith Cousens, Alice Emily, m. Henry Layton,
Susan Dillwyn, John Arthur.
JAMES LOGAN SMITH, b. Sep. 14, 1793, son of James and Esther Smith, p. 28, was Cashier of the Chambersburg Bank, d. Chambersburg Mch. 6, 1843, m., 1st, Aug. 19, 1828, Eliza Alden, who d. Nov. 11, 1834, dau. of Maj. Alden, U. S. A .; and, 2d, Sep. 11, 1838, Mary Couper, dau. of Dr. James Couper. Mrs. Mary Smith now resides in New Castle, Del.
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Issue (surname SMITH) by 1st wife :
CATHARINE ALDEN, d. unm. New Castle, Del., Mch. 14, 1856, Issue (surname SMITH) by 2d wife :
ANNIE COUPER, m. Rev. Alexander Proudfit, Issue (surname Proudfit) : John, Mary Couper, Alexander Couper, ESTHER, unm., ELLEN LOGAN, unm.
HANNAH SMITH, b. 10, 29, 1753, dau. of John Smith by his w. Hannah, dau. of James Logan the Councillor, p. 27, d. 10, 10, 1783, m. Oct. 25, 1780, John Cox, Jr., of "Oxmead," Burlington Co., N. J. Issue (surname Cox) :
SARAH, b. Sep. 1781, d. y. Oct. 13, 1782,
HANNAH SMITH, b. Sep. 8, 1783, m. George Davis, see below. :
HANNAH SMITH Cox, last named, d. Feb. 26, 1834, m. 1804 | George Davis, M. D., of Otsego Co., N. Y.
Issue (surname DAVIS) :
JOHN Cox, b. 1805, d. s. p. Sept. 27, 1833,
JULIANA, b. Feb. 11, 1806, d. s. p. Nov. 8, 1825,
ISAAC, m., GEORGE, LEWIS, JANE, d. inf., WILLIAM, of Hartwick's Village, Otsego Co., N. Y., m.
JOHN SMITH, b. 11, 3, 1761, son of John Smith by his w. Han- nah, dau. of James Logan the Councillor, p. 27, was of Green Hill near Burlington, gent., d. 4, 18, 1803, m. 4, 8, 1784, Gulielma Maria Morris, b. Aug. 18, 1766, d. Sep. 9, 1826, dau. of William Morris by his w. Margaret, dau. of Dr. Richard Hill (see Lloyd).
Issue (surname Smith) :
HENRY HILL, d. y., MARGARET HILL, m. Samuel Hilles, see next page, RICHARD M., b. 6, 27, 1788, m. Susanna Collins, see p. 37, RACHEL, b. 5, 26, 1792, m. George Stewardson, see p. 39, MILCAH MARTHA, d. y.,
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JOHN JAY, b. 6, 16, 1798, m. Rachel C. Pearsoll, see p. 39, MORRIS, b. 8, 29, 1801, m. Caroline M. Smith, see p. 40.
MARGARET HILL SMITH, dau. of John and Gulielma M. Smith, p. 36, resided in Wilmington, d. Mch. 27, 1882, m. Samuel Hilles of Wilmington, now dec'd.
Issue (surname HILLES) :
GULIELMA MARIA, m. Charles W. Howland of New Bedford, since of New Castle Co., Del.,
Issue (surname Howland) :
son, d. y., son, d. y.,
Margaret Smith, m. John Cookman,
Charles Samuel, m. Mary, dau. of Murray Shipley of Cincinnati,
Susannah, unm.,
Rachel Smith, unm.,
WILLIAM SAMUEL, d. 1876, m. 5, 17, 1849, Sarah L., dau. of Thomas L. Allen, M. D., of Attleboro', Bucks Co.,
Issue (surname Hilles) :
Susan Watson, b. Feb. 13, 1850, m. Dec. 14, 1871 Isaac H. Shearman, who d. Jany. 4, 1879,
Issue (surname Shearman) : Margaret Hilles, b. May 27, 1873,
William Hilles, b. Oct. 24, 1876, d. y. Mch. 20, 1880,
Thomas Allen, b. Jany. 21, 1852, m. Sep. 25, 1878 Anna E. Updegraff,
Samuel Eli, b. Mch. 7, 1854, m. Oct. 28, 1880 Amy Y. Tatum,
Margaret Smith, b. Mch. 3, 1856, unm.,
JOHN SMITH, d. 1875, m. Sarah C., dau. of Joseph Tatum of Woodbury, N. J.,
Issue (surname Hilles) : Anne Tatum, b. June 14, 1863, William Samuel, b. May 5, 1865,
Joseph Tatum, b. Feb. 26, 1868, Margaret Hill, b. Dec. 15, 1870.
RICHARD M. SMITH, b. 6, 27, 1788, son of John and Gulielma M. Smith, see preceding page, became owner of "West Hill " upon the death of Susanna Emlen, d. 2, 11, 1826, m. Susanna, dau. of Isaac Collins, a celebrated printer at Burlington.
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Issue (surname SMITH) :
GULIELMA MARIA, b. 9, 6, 1812, m. 9, 22, 1831 Josiah Rich- ardson Reeve of Medford, N. J.,
Issue (surname Reeve) :
Susan S., b. 1, 24, 1833, d. unm. 10, 4, 1866,
Richardson S., b. 4, 9, 1840, m. 1, 30, 1878 Josephine Augusta, dau. of Henry T. and Susan Clay of Phila., Issue (surname Reeve) : Herbert Ely, b. 12, 8, 1878, Maria S., b. 1, 18, 1880,
Josiah, b. 11, 28, 1842, grad. M. D. (U. of P. 1863), m. 11, 2, 1870 Jannetta Elizabeth, dau. of John R. and Eliza Johnson of Phila.,
Issue (surname Reeve) : Percival J., b. 9, 25, 1871,
Susan S., b. 12, 16, 1873, Josiah Stanley, b. 3, 18, 1878,
George Dillwyn, b. 9, 30, 1845, m. 9, 27, 1877 Sarah Cad walader, dau. of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Comfort of Montgomery Co., Pa.,
Issue (surname Reeve) : Rachel Comfort, b. 5, 13, 1880, Margaret Morris, b. 11, 8, 1881,
Maria Elizabeth, b. 3, 22, 1849,
RACHEL C., m. Matthew Howland of New Bedford, merchant, Issue (surname Howland) :
Susan Dillwyn, b. May 25, 1845, d. y. Nov. 25, 1851, Richard S., b. 7, 12, 1847, grad. A. B. (Brown), com- mission merchant in San Francisco, Cal., m. 1869 Mary, dau. of Francis and Eliza Hoppin of Provi- dence, R. I.,
Issue (surname Howland) :
Frederic Hoppin, b. Jany., 1871,
Rachel, b. Dec., 1873,
Richard Stanley, b. Aug., 1875, Cortland Hoppin, b. June, 1877, Francis Reginald, b. June, 1880,
Matthew Morris, b. Dec. 17, 1850, grad. A. B. (Brown), banker in New York,
William Dillwyn, b. Mch. 27, 1853, grad. A. B. (Brown), cotton manufacturer in New Bedford, Mass., m. Sep. 22, 1875 Caroline Child of Provi- dence,
Issue (surname Howland) : Llewellyn, b. Oct. 9, 1877,
DILLWYN, of Green Hill, m. Elizabeth M., dau. of William H. Morris.
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RACHEL SMITH, b. 5, 26, 1792, dau. of John and Gulielma M. Smith (see p. 36), d. 10, 7, 1839, m. George Stewardson of Phila., merchant, now dec'd.
Issue (surname STEWARDSON) :
THOMAS, of " Hulsmoor," Germantown, m. Margaret B., dau. of Reuben Haines of Germantown, Issue (surname Stewardson) :
John, b. 1858, Arthur, d. y., Emlyn Lamar, Edmund Austin, Mary Morton, Eleanor Percy, JOHN, d. unm. June 29, 1856,
GULIELMA MARIA, d. y. July 24, 1841,
MARGARET, unm.,
GEORGE, d. y. Mch. 1, 1839.
JOHN JAY SMITH, b. 6, 16, 1798, son of John and Gulielma M. Smith (see p. 36), was many years Librarian of the Philadelphia and Loganian Libraries, author of " A Summer's Jaunt across the Water," Phila., 1846, 2 vols., 12mo, "American Historical and Literary Curi- osities," and various letters, biographical sketches, &c., editor of the Letters of Dr. Richard Hill, and for some time conductor of the Pennsylvania Gazette, Saturday Bulletin, Daily Express, Littell's Museum, and Walsh's National Gazette, resided at "Ivy Lodge," Phila. Co., d. Sep. 23, 1881, m. Rachel C., dau. of Robert Pearsall of Flushing, N. Y.
Issue (surname SMITH) :
LLOYD PEARSALL, succeeded his father as Librarian of the Philadelphia and Loganian Libraries, conductor of Lippin- cott's Magazine, m. Hannah E., dau. of Isaac C. Jones (descend. of Preston),
ALBANUS, d. unm. 3, 29, 1842,
ELIZABETH PEARSALL,
ROBERT PEARSALL, m. Hannah, dau. of John M. Whitall of
Phila., chemist,-Hannah Whitall Smith is well known from her religious lectures given in Philadelphia a few years ago, and has written " Frank, the Record of a Happy Life," " The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life," "Bible Readings
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on the Progressive Development of Truth in the Old Testa- ment," "John M. Whitall, the Record of his Life,"-
Issue (surname Smith):
Gulielma M., b. 7, 29, 1852, d. y. Dec. 25, 1857, Franklin Whitall, b. 8, 12, 1854, d. y. 8, 8, 1872,
Mary Whitall, b. 2, 14, 1864,
Lloyd Logan, b. 10, 18, 1865,
Alice Whitall, b. 7, 21, 1867, Rachel Pearsall, b. 10, 6, 1868, d. y. 2, 7, 1880, GULIELMA MARIA, d. y.,
HORACE JOHN, now at Santa Barbara, Cal., m. Margaret, dau. of William W. Longstreth of Phila., Issue (surname Smith): Albanus Longstreth, Mary Bringhurst, Wilson Longstreth, Margaret Longstreth, MARGARET HILL, d. y.
MORRIS SMITH, b. 8, 29, 1801, son of John and Gulielma M. Smith (see p. 37), d. 3, 28, 1832, m. Caroline M., dau. of Robert Smith of Abington, Montgomery Co., Pa.
Issue (surname SMITH):
RICHARD MORRIS, of Phila. Co., author of " The Burlington Smiths, a Family History," m. Anna, dau. of Charles Kaighn of Kaighn's Point, N. J.,
ROBERT LINDLEY, d. y., ELIZABETH BACON, d. y.
ISAAC NORRIS.
GENEALOGICAL PORTION FURNISHED BY J. PARKER NORRIS, ESQ.
THOMAS NORRIS, or NORRICE, the first of the family of whom any record is preserved, was a merchant in London, and joined the Society of Friends soon after the rise of that sect. He emigrated, about the year 1678, with his wife and family, to the island of Jamaica, and perished in the great earthquake which destroyed the town of Port Royal on the 7th of June, 1692. He married, first, Mary Moore, who died June 3, 1685 ; and afterwards Sarah -, who died October 19, 1696, with- out issue. By his first wife he had issue (the surname is given as NORRICE in the Records of the Southwark Friends in London, from which the dates and places of birth of the first eight children as fol- lows are taken) :
ELIZABETH b. 2, 1, 1657 in Psh. of Magdalens, Bermondsey, m. Timothy Weamouth, and d. September, 1692, leaving issue : Prudence, who married John Moore,
THOMAS, b. 10, 29, 1659, m. Ann -, and had several chil- dren, all of whom died young, he d. 1685,
JOSEPH, b. 12, 18, 1661, m. Martha Phillips, and had issue : Thomas and Hannah, both of whom died in infancy, he d. Sep- tember 14, 1692,
MARY, b. 5, 24, 1664, in Psh. of Magdalen, Bermondsey, d. in youth,
PRUDENCE, b. 5, 31, 1666 in same place, d. in youth,
BENJAMIN, b. 10, 25, 1668 in same place,
ISAAC, b. 4, 22, 1669 in same place, d. in youth,
ISAAC, the Councillor, b. 5, 26, 1671, his parents' abode being in Olave's Psh.,
JACOB, b. 8, 13, 1673, his parents' abode being in Olave's Psh., d. inf.,
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ABRAHAM, perhaps the eldest child, d. in youth, SARAH, d. in youth, MARGARET, d. in infancy, EXPERIENCE, d. in infancy, RACHEL, d. in infancy,
ISAAC NORRIS, said to have been the ninth child of Thomas Norris, and founder of the family in Pennsylvania, was born in the city of London, July 26, 1671, and was about seven years old when the family removed to Jamaica. In 1690, his father sent him to Pennsyl- vania to view the country preparatory to the family settling there. He returned to Jamaica, to learn that his father had perished in the earth- quake. In 1693, he came back to Philadelphia with a fortune scarcely more than £100, and entered into business, rising soon to be one of the Colony's wealthiest merchants. What the trade of Pennsylvania amounted to in 1707, we learn from his letter to William Penn, dated London, 2 mo. 3d : "I presume that the Province consumes annually of the produce and merchandise of England to the value of £14,000 or £15,000 sterling, & this is imported directly from England & the other plantations, chiefly Virginia, Maryland, Barbadoes, Jamaica, New England & New York. The direct returns are chiefly tobacco, furs, and skins. 'Tis reasonable to presume that upon a peace or ad- vance of those commodities in price, the direct return will increase con- siderably, of which there already appears some prospect, there being now in England four vessels, two at London, two at Whitehaven, which loaded at Philadelphia and brought at least seven or eight hun- dred hhds. of tobacco, besides twenty-five or thirty tons of skins & furs, and I have advice that there are four vessels more likely or intending to come this summer that may bring eight hundred or a thousand hhds. more." At this time, Norris had been staying for over a year in England, where he assisted William Penn in arranging matters with the Fords, getting Penn out of jail. Norris was hospitably entertained by his wife's relations, the Lloyds of Dolo- bran. He returned to Philadelphia in August, 1708. In the follow- ing February he was called to a seat in the Governor's Council, and from that time until his death was in active public life. Having pre- viously served five years in the Assembly, he was in 1710 again elected to that body, and was re-elected eight times in the next ten years. In 1712 he was Speaker. His landed wealth about this time shows his success in business. He and William Trent bought, in 1704,
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William Penn Jr.'s manor of Williamstadt, on the Schuylkill, com- prising 7480 acres, for which they paid 850l., Pa. cur. In January, 1712, Norris bought out Trent for 500l. The manor was in due time called Norriton, and included the site of the present borough of Nor- ristown. Prior to February, 1712, he had 632 acres in the Northern Liberties, and in that month laid out 4531. 10s. in adding 192 acres to them. The next year he bought of Hamilton and Falconer 6000 acres, the unlocated first purchase of Charles Marshall, paying 550l. for this, and locating the 42 acres of "liberty land " appurtenant thereto alongside his other lots. He at this time resided in the city, where, in addition to other property, he owned the "Slate-roof House," celebrated as the residence of Penn during his second visit to Pennsylvania, and which Norris bought in 1709 for 900l. Pa. cur., the lot fronting 57} feet on the east side of Second street, below Chest- nut, by 269 feet deep along Norris alley. He possessed the luxury of a coach, and, Quaker although he was, emblazoned a coat-of-arms upon it. In his leisure hours he was fond of reading, and was famil- iar with several languages.
He was appointed a Justice for Philadelphia County in 1717. At the organization of the High Court of Chancery, being one of the old- est Councillors, he was made a Master to sit with the Lieutenant- Governor in hearing cases. He was a second time Speaker of the Assembly, and in 1724 was Mayor of the City. At the death of David Lloyd, there being few lawyers in the Colony, the Governor and Council unanimously agreed to appoint Isaac Norris as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Jeremiah Langhorne and Thomas Græme, two other laymen, as the other Justices ; but Norris declined and remained in the County Court. For many years he was one of the chief repre- sentatives of the Proprietaries, being attorney to sell lands under the Gouldney mortgage, trustee under William Penn's will, attorney for Hannah Penn, &c. He built a dwelling-house at Fair Hill on his estate in the Northern Liberties, and removed there about 1718. He died June 4, 1735, being taken with apoplexy while attending the Friends' meeting in Germantown, whence he was removed to James Logan's residence at Stenton. He m. Mch. 7, 1694, Mary Lloyd, third daughter of Thomas Lloyd, Pres. of the Council (see Lloyd for ancestry).
Issue :
MARY, b. Dec. 5, 1694, d. Feb. 13, 1750, m. 1717 Thomas Griffitts the Councillor, see GRIFFITTS,
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HANNAH, b. June 1, 1696, d. July 21, 1774, m. June 15, 1717 Richard Harrison, see below,
SARAH, b. Oct. 2, 1697, d. Dec. 26, 1699,
JOSEPH, b. Jan. 29, 1699, d. s. p. unm. Oct., 1733,
RACHEL, b. 1700, d. Nov. 15, 1711,
ISAAC, b. Oct. 3, 1701, m. Sarah Logan, see page 48, ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 7, 1704, d. July 6, 1779,
DEBORAH, b. Oct. 18, 1705, d. unm. May 17, 1767,
THOMAS, b. Nov. 29, 1706, d. Jany. 20, 1727,
JOHN, b. April, 1709, d. Aug. 1731,
PRUDENCE, d. in infancy,
CHARLES, b. May 9, 1712, m., 1st, Margaret Rodman, and, 2nd, Mary Parker, see p. 64,
MARGARET, b. 1713, d. in infancy,
SAMUEL, b. Sept. 12, 1714, in partnership with his brother Charles, d. s. p. Jany. 3, 1746.
HANNAH NORRIS, b. 4, 1, 1696, dau. of the Councillor, d. at "Somerville," Phila. Co., 7, 21, 1774, m. 4, 13, 1717 Richard Har- rison, son of Richard Harrison of Herring Creek, Md. Shortly after their marriage, as we read in one of Logan's letters, the bridal couple were robbed by river pirates of the goods and chattels which they were bringing to Philadelphia to start housekeeping. Isaac Norris allowed them his town house for a residence.
In 1719 Harrison bought Rowland Ellis's house in Lower Merion and some 700 acres, and, making it his seat, gave it the name of " Harriton." He d. 8, 5, 1747, and was buried in Harriton family burying-ground on his own land, which still remains a place of sepul- ture for his descendants.
Issue (surname HARRISON) :
RICHARD, d. y. 1731,
MARY, b. 1720, d. s. p. 1766, m. David Crawford,
(a son), d. y.,
SAMUEL, b. 1724, of " Somerville," d. s. p. 1774,
ISAAC, d. y. 1745,
HANNAH, b. Dec., 1728, d. s. p. Sep. 6, 1807, m. Sep. 1, 1774, Charles Thomson, then of Phila., merchant,-He was born in County Derry, Ireland, in November, 1729, and came to America when about ten years of age (Watson), landing at New Castle with his brother, their father dying at sea. He
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was educated at the Academy at Thunder Hill, Chester Co., taught by Rev. Francis Alison, and he afterwards was tutor of the languages in the Academy of Philadelphia. He be- came in due time master of the Friends' Public School in the city. An active man among Friends, he attended the con- ference with the Indians at Easton in 1757, and was em- ployed by the Peace Association and by the Delaware Chief Tedyuscung to take minutes of the speeches. The Indians, being dissatisfied with the official minutes taken by Secretary Peters, asked to have those by Thomson read. Thomson's, they pronounced fair and true ; and on account of this they formally adopted him into the tribe under an Indian name which signified " The man-who-tells-the-truth." His ex- perience led him to publish " An Inquiry into the causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawnee Indians," Lon- don, 1759. Afterwards he became a merchant, and was for some time concerned in the Batsto Furnace. Taking part in the public agitation against the Stamp Act, he was a signer of the non-importation agreement of 1765; and lead- ing in the demonstrations at Philadelphia in support of the people of Boston after the passage of the famous " Boston Port Bill," he was clerk to the Provincial Congress of Penn- sylvania which met July 15, 1774. On September 5, 1774, he was sent for by the President of the first Continental Congress, and informed that he had been made Secretary of that august body. In this capacity he served every Congress, throughout the whole period of the Revolutionary War and the Confederation. He resigned in July, 1789. Settling at Harriton, in the latter year he began collecting materials for a History of the Revolution, but subsequently decided to destroy what he had done, being unwilling, he said, to blast the reputation of certain families rising into repute by de- lineating the character of their ancestors. Having bought at auction a copy of the Septuagint, he applied himself to Greek, and wrote a translation of that version, which he published, together with a translation of the New Testament, in 1804. He also compiled from his own translations a " Harmony of the Four Gospels." He d. August 16, 1824. THOMAS, b. 1729, m. Frances Scull, see next page.
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Norris-Harrison branch.
THOMAS HARRISON, b. 1729, gr'dson of the Councillor, d. at Merion Feb., 1759, m. Frances Scull.
Issue (surname HARRISON) : HANNAH, d. aged 12,
AMELIA SOPHIA, m. Robert McClenachan, see below,
MARY, m. Jonathan Mifflin,
Issue (surname MIFFLIN) : twins, eldest named Mary, both d. y.
AMELIA SOPHIA HARRISON, dau. of Thos. and Frances Harrison, and gr .- grddau. of the Councillor, d. 1820, m. Robert McClenachan, relative of Blair McClenachan, and native of Ireland, coming to America as a lad, and entering Blair McClenachan's counting house. He became a merchant of Philadelphia, and d. 1822.
Issue (surname MCCLENACHAN) :
(I) CHARLES, d. 1811, m. Mary, dau. of William Thomas by his w. Naomi, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Walker of Merion, Issue (surname MCCLENACHAN) :
NAOMI, now of " Harriton," m. Levi Morris (for whose ancestry see Morris Tree),
Issue (surname Morris) : Mary, d. aged 12,
Charles Harrison, d. y.,
Sarah H., b. 9, 3, 1838, d. 12, 14, 1880, m. 10, 5, 1859, George Vaux of Phila., son of George Vaux, and grdson of James Vaux of Phila., formerly of London, Issue (surname Vaux) : Mary M., George, William S.,
Catharine W.,
Rebecca, d. y.,
Emma, m. (being 2nd wife of ) James T. Shinn of Phila., Issue (surname Shinn) : Morris E., d. y., Anna M.,
(II) JOHN, d. s. p.,
(III) HANNAH, dec'd, m. William Diehl, of Norristown, Issue (surname DIEHL) :
1. AMELIA HARRISON, of Phila. unm.,
2. NICHOLAS, of Norristown, d. unm.,
3. CHARLES M., b. Montgomery Co. Jany. 16, 1813,
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Norris-Mc Clenachan branch.
now of Newark, O., m. Sep., 1846, Susan, dau. of Charles Weaver of Phila.,
Issue (surname Diehl) :
Charles W., b. June 22, 1847, m. in Cincinnati, Jany. 10, 1870, Laura Fogarty, Issue (surname Diehl) : Henry C., b. Jany. 16, 1872, d. y. Nov. 18, 1873, Edwin J., b. Nov., 1875,
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