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Issue (surname Yarnell) :
Charles W., b. Apr. 16, 1864,
Mary Irene, b. Aug. 13, 1866,
Martha Allen, b. Sep. 28, 1868,
James H., b. Sep. 7, 1870,
John S., b. Jany. 9, 1873,
Sadie H., b. Jany. 3, 1875,
Thomas L., of Wellsboro', Pa., m. Amanda Avery, Issue (surname Moore) : Maud,
Charles R., dentist, burgess of St. Petersburg, Pa., m. Harriet J. Coulter,
Issue (surname Moore) : Edward Henry, Carrie Coulter,
Mary L., m. Samuel M. Boyd of Alleghany City, atty .- at-law,
Issue (surname Boyd) : William Charles, Josephine,
Otis G., dentist, in Clarion Co., Pa., m. Emma Trainer, Issue (surname Moore) : Alice Langfelt, Freda Trainer,
Ophelia, m. Henry Doumaux of Alleghany Co., Pa., who d. s. p.,
(II.) RICHARD JACKSON, b. Delmar May 9, 1813, of Tioga Co., Pa., m. Mary Ann Bailey, who d. June 5, 1877,
Issue (surname Moore) :
Gibson Langdon, b. Mch. 30, 1835, d. y. Sep. 23, 1835, Lucy E., b. Feb. 13, 1837, m. 1864 Ira Davenport Hotchkiss of Wellsboro', Pa.,
Lucinda Margaret, b. Dec. 13, 1844, d. y. Dec. 23, 1847,
(III.) ISRAEL MERRICK, m. Nancy Jane Martin, Issue (surname Moore :
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Preston-Moore branch.
John Mordecai, atty .- at-law in Little Rock, Ark., and Reporter of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, Mary Allen, Margaret, Nancy Jane,
(IV.) SAMUEL PRESTON, of Tioga Co., Pa., m. Roxenia L. Parker, Issue (surname Moore) :
Charles, of Tioga Co., m. Eliza Potter, Issue (surname Moore) :
Frank, Gertrude,
Clarissa, m. John Westbrook of Canton, Pa., Issue (surname Westbrook) : two children,
Wellington, m. Issue (surname Moore) : one child, Mary, m. Ray Westbrook,
Beulah, d. y.,
Ellen, m. -- ,
Emma, Anna,
(V.) CHARLES, m. Eleanor White, Issue (surname Moore) :
Margaret, Mary,
Beulah,
Charles,
Preston, Maria,
(VI.) GIDEON WELLS, m. Nancy Jane Magness, Issue : one child,
(VII.) MARY LOCKWOOD, dec'd, m. Read B. M. Carlile, Issue (surname Carlile) : Margaret,
(VIII.) RACHEL WELLS, m. David Bogle, and had three children,
(IX.) BEULAH JACKSON, m. Read B. M. Carlile, and had four children.
MARY MOORE, b. 7, 11, 1784, dau. of Henry and Priscilla H. Moore, see p. 83, now dec'd, m. Perry Lukens.
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Preston-Lukens branch.
Issue (surname LUKENS) :
HENRY, m. Elizabeth Hawksworth, and had issue,
JANE, m. Charles Kirk, and had issue,
THOMAS, m. - , and had issue, RICHARD M., m. Caroline Thomas, Issue (surname Lukens) : Isaac, m. Edith Satterthwaite, Issue (surname Lukens) : Eliza, Hannah,
Charles, m. , Issue (surname Lukens) : Vora, Sarah, Horace, m. Anna Strouse, and had two children, Mary, m. Lewis Strouse of Illinois, Issue (surname Strouse) : Walter, PRISCILLA, d. unm.,
PERRY, m. -- , and had issue,
MARGARET, m. Joshua Mullin,
Issue (surname Mullin) :
Elwood, m. - ,
Mary Jane,
Edith, m. Albert Smith of Chicago,
ALLAN, m., 1st, Mary Ann Swayne, and, 2nd, Ann Gordon, Issue (surname Lukens) all by 1st wife :
Mary, Martha,
Perry, Solomon, WILLIAM, m. Elizabeth - ,
Issue (surname Lukens) : David, Reuben,
SAMUEL PRESTON MOORE, b. 11, 11, 1787, son of Henry and Priscilla H. Moore, p. 83, m. 1815 Elizabeth M. Jackson, dau. of Richard B. and Deborah Jackson (see page 78).
Issue, (surname MOORE) :
HARRIET JACKSON, b. 1816, d. 1867, m. Josiah King, Issue (surname King) :
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Preston-Moore branch.
Elizabeth Moore, b. 1852, m. Howard Cooper, Issue (surname Cooper) : Walter, Mary, HENRY ALLAN, b. 1818, of Phila., m. Asenath C. Green of Kennett Square, Chester Co.,
DEBORAH J., b. 1819, of Quakertown, Pa., unm.,
PRISCILLA HILL, b. 1822, d. Huntsville, Ind., Nov., 1881, m. Caleb P. Bradley,
Issue (surname Bradley) :
Elizabeth Moore, b. 1842, d. 1877, m. 1865 Cervantes Watson,
Issue (surname Watson) : Joseph, b. 1866, d. y., Mary H., b. 1867, Alice, b. 1868, d. y., Deborah Moore, b. 1872, Joseph, b. 1844, d. s. p. 1862,
Henry Allan, b. 1846, d. y.,
Hannah C., b. 1847, m. 1865 Theodore Foxworthy, Issue (surname Foxworthy) : Landor B., b. 1867, Edwin C., b. 1868, d. 1878, Henry R., b. 1870,
Ira Allan, b. 1874, Inez, b. 1875, d. y.,
William P., b. 1848, of Jacksonville, Ill., machinist, MARY LETITIA, b. 1826, d. 1859, m. 1847 James S. Paxson of Lancaster Co., Pa., d. 1876,
Issue (surname Paxson) :
Emma K., b. 1848, m. Peter Gilmore, Issue (surname Gilmore) : James P., b. 1875, d. y., Mary Alice, b. 1876,
Elizabeth M., b. 1849,
Mary Alice, b. 1852,
William Allan, b. 1854,
Samuel Preston, b. 1857, James M., b. 1859,
RICHARD PRESTON, b. 1828, m. Massey Ann Wilson, Issue (surname Moore) : Allan, Shipley, Arlington.
ELIZABETH MOORE, b. 2, 9, 1790, dau. of Henry and Priscilla
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Preston-Fussell branch.
H. Moore, see p. 83, d. 2, 19, 1865, m. Gwynedd F. M. 6, 14, 1814 Joseph Fussell, b. Chester Co., Pa., 4, 26, 1787, d. Fall Creek, Madi- son Co., Ind., 10, 15, 1855. (See "Dawson Family " by C. C. Daw- son, 1874.)
Issue (surname FUSSELL) :
HENRY BARTHOLOMEW, of Media, Pa., m. 5, 5, 1842 Maria Douglass of Phila.,
Issue (surname Fussell) : Elwood G., d. aged 13,
Henry M., of Delaware Co. bar, m. Mary Townsend Fussell, Issue (surname Fussell) : Alice, Robert, d. y.,
Anna Catharine, d. unm.,
Maria Louisa, d. unm., Adaline W., d. unm.,
Helen, Theodora, 1
PRISCILLA, d. inf.,
REBECCA BOND, d., m. Fall Creek, Ind., F. M. 11, 22,' 1849 Charles J. Rogers of Fall Creek,
Issue (surname Rogers) :
Charles Henry, d. y. 4, 15, 1854,
Solomon Fussell, d. inf, 5, 12, 1855,
Charles Fussell, d. inf. 5, 24, 1855, Sarah D.,
SAMUEL, of Pendleton, Ind., dec'd, m., 1st, in Phila. Mary Matilda Lee, who d. in Indiana, and, 2nd, at Fall Creek F. M. in 1861 Annie E., dau. of Charles J. Rogers, Issue (surname Fussell) by 1st wife :
Elizabeth L., m. John Bunker, now of Kansas, Issue : one child, Joseph B., now of Kansas, m. Mary Crosley, Issue : four children, Mary Matilda, d. unm., Laura, d. unm.,
Issue (surname Fussell) by 2nd wife : Charles Rogers, Mary Matilda, Sarah Rebecca, Solomon H.,
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Preston-Fussell branch.
MARY JANE, d. 8, 20, 1854, m. Indianapolis 10, 15, 1848 Richard Hodges,
Issue (surname Hodges) : Edward W.,
ELIZABETH MOORE, m. 12, 2, 1853 Joseph B. Lewis of Fall Creek, Ind.,
Issue (surname Lewis) :
Mary Jane, d. inf. 12, 19, 1855,
John Joseph, Maud Mary, Evangeline Elizabeth,
SOLOMON, d. aged 14 mos.,
SOLOMON, d. aged 2 weeks,
JOHN LEWIS, of Pendleton, Ind., m. Mary Jane Hardy,
Issue (surname Fussell) : Ella Jane, Ernest, d. y., 8, 11, 1862, Mary Elizabeth.
MILCAH MARTHA MOORE, b. 1, 20, 1792, dau. of Henry and Pris- cilla Moore, p. 83, d. 8, 16, 1833, m. Gwynedd F. M. 2, 16, 1816 (being 1st w. of) Solomon Fussell, b. Chester Co., Pa., 6, 28, 1789, d. Fall Creek, Ind., 3, 1, 1849. (See " Dawson Family " by C. C. Dawson.)
Issue (surname FUSSELL) :
BARTHOLOMEW BOND, d. y. 1818,
PRISCILLA MOORE, m. Fall Creek F. M. 2, 23, 1837 Lewis W. Thomas of Chester Co., Pa., afterwards of Fall Creek, Ind.,
Issue (surname Thomas) :
John Lewis, of Fall Creek, farmer, m. Fall Creek F. M. 9, 18, 1862 Caroline, dau. of Charles Swain of Bristol, Pa.,
Issue (surname Thomas) : Emma Fussell, Lewis W., d. y., Charles Swain, Lewis W., Martha Moore, m. Fall Creek F. M. Aaron Morris of Madison Co., Ind., manufacturer of agricultural implements,
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Preston-Fussell branch.
Issue (surname Morris) : Louella, William F., Robert, Elizabeth,
Anna Lewis, m. F. M. Aug. 17, 1865 Benjamin Rogers of Pendleton, Ind., druggist,
Issue (surname Rogers) : Jonathan J., Mary Thomas, Lucretia Mott, m. Robert Bond,
Issue (surname Bond) : Oscar,
Jonathan, m. Emily, dau. of Joseph R. and Sarah Ann Rogers, Issue (surname Thomas) : Anna R., Joseph Reece,
Esther Lewis, unm.,
Mary Swain, m. 1873 William Kinnard, Issue (surname Kinnard) : Elizabeth,
Solomon Fussell,
Rebecca Lewis, d. unm.,
Priscilla Moore, d. unm.,
Alice Grace, m. Sep. 9, 1878 Edgar Whitely, Issue (surname Whitely) : Anna Maria,
SARAH JACOBS, d. y. 1833,
BARTHOLOMEW BOND, d. y. 1833,
HENRY MOORE, d. inf. 1825,
MILCAH MARTHA, m. Fall Creek F. M. July 7, 1847 Simeon
M. Lewis of Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa., since of Hunts- ville, Ind.,
Issue (surname Lewis) :
Walter Hibbard, grad. M. D. (U. of P.), of Huntsville, Ind., m. July 1, 1881 Jenette, dau. of Hervey and Leah M. Craven.
Horace Fussell, of Huntsville, merchant,
Susan M., d. unm.,
MARY, d. y.,
ESTHER LEWIS, d. 1833,
SOLOMON, d. 1831,
REBECCA JANE, d. y., MARION W., d. y.
RICHARD MOORE, b. 4, 20, 1794, son of Henry and Priscilla
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Preston-Moore branch.
Moore, p. 83, lived near Quakertown Pa., a prominent member of the Society of Friends, and active in the Anti-Slavery movement, shelter- ing and feeding some thousand fugitives, d. 4, 30, 1875, m. Richland Meeting 1, 7, 1819 Sarah, dau. of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke.
Issue (surname MOORE) :
JOHN JACKSON, b. 11, 17, 1819, m. Jane, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth Warner,
Issue (surname Moore) : Alfred, Ellen, Arthur,
HANNAH, b. 7, 27, 1821, m. 10, 5, 1843 William M. Levick of the Phila. bar, many years a Controllor of the Public Schools of Phila., d. June 10, 1874, son of Ebe- nezer and Elizabeth Wetherill Levick,
Issue (surname Levick) : Anna F., Elizabeth J.
CHARLES MOORE, b. 4, 9, 1797, son of Henry and Priscilla Moore, p. 83, m. Dinah Hawley.
Issue (surname MOORE) :
HENRY, m. Mary Wiley, Issue (surname Moore) : Charles, Mabel,
RICHARD, JAMES.
RICHARD MOORE, son of Richard and Margaret Moore, and gr'd- son of the Councillor, p. 74, was a planter on the paternal estate in Anne Arundel Co., Md., d. 1760, married Mary West of " the Wood Yard " on the Eastern Shore, Md.
Issue (surname MOORE) :
RICHARD, d. y., HANNAH, m. Hugh Roberts, see below,
STEPHEN WEST, settled in Georgia,
SAMUEL PRESTON, m. Susanna Pearson, see p. 94.
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Preston-Roberts branch.
HANNAH MOORE, dau. of Richard and Mary Moore, last named, d. May 22, 1805, m. Hugh Roberts, who d. June 25, 1821, aged 77.
Issue of HUGH and HANNAH ROBERTS :
MARY, d. inf.,
ELIZABETH, d., m. July 10, 1794 John Davis of Phila., of the firm of Chancellor & Davis, merchants,
Issue of JOHN and ELIZABETH DAVIS :
EDMUND, d. inf., HENRY R., d. s. p. 1855,
LUCETTA, d. May 30, 1881, m. John Penington, see Shoemaker, DOUGLASS, d. inf.,
ALLEN, d. inf.,
HANNAH MOORE, d. s. p. Oct. 8 1879,
HANNAH M., d. May 23, 1835, m. Aug. 23, 1798 Tench Francis, who d. May 24, 1835,
Issue of TENCH and HANNAH M. FRANCIS :
LOUISA M., d. s. p. Mch. 14, 1838, SAMUEL MIFFLIN, d. inf.,
CATHARINE, m. Charles Washington Goldsborough, see below, CHARLES, d. inf.,
SAMUEL PRESTON, d. inf.,
SARAH, d. inf.,
MARTHA ANN, b. Sep. 12, 1787, d. s. p. 1856, m. July 31, 1810 Andrew Caldwell Mitchell, who grad. A. B. (U. of P.), and was of Washington, D. C., d. May 10, 1826,
MARGARET MORRIS, b. Nov., 1790, d. Feb. 10, 1838, m. Dec. 13, 1830 Nicholson Marache from the West Indies, after- wards of Phila.,
Issue of NICHOLSON and MARGARET M. MARACHE : HENRY, m., but d. s. p.,
ALLEN, b. July 23, 1793, d. Nov. 26, 1831, bu. St. Peter's, m. Feb. 16, 1822 Jane, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth Oakley, Issue (surname ROBERTS) :
CAROLINE GOLDSBOROUGH, now of Phila., unm., ELIZABETH S., now of Phila., unm.
CATHARINE ROBERTS, dau. of Hugh and Hannah Roberts, as above, dec'd, m. Aug. 28, 1802 Charles Washington Goldsborough, son of John Goldsborough of Four Square, Md.
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Preston-Goldsborough branch.
Issue (surname GOLDSBOROUGH) :
CAROLINE, b. Jany. 9, 1804, m. Oct. 6, 1825 John Lane Gard- ner, native of Mass., appointed Lieut. of Infantry in 1813, and Capt. 1823, served as Major in Mexican War, Col. 2nd U. S. Artill. July 23, 1861, and brevet Brig .- Gen. Mch. 13, 1865, d. Feb. 19, 1869,
Issue (surname Gardner) :
Elizabeth Greenbury, m. Isaac F. Quinby, grad. West Point, and was teacher there, resigned from army in 1852, Brig .- Gen. Mch. 17, 1862, resigning Dec. 31, 1863, now Prof. in Rochester University, N. Y., Issue (surname Quinby) :
De Hart, Frank, Kate,
Ruth, John Gardner,
Isaac H.,
Lois Olive,
Arnot, Charles Goldsborough,
Henry Dean,
Caroline Wallace,
Elizabeth Greenbury,
Edwin Rufus,
Caroline Goldsborough, dec'd, m. William Wallace, of New York,
Issue (surname Wallace) : Kate Gardner, Benjamin Lawrence, Charles Goldsborough, Mary Isabel,
Catharine Francis, d. unm.,
Henry W., d. unm.,
LOUIS MALESHERBES, b. Feb. 18, 1805, appointed midship- man U. S. Navy June 18, 1812, and Lieutenant 1825, in 1833 removed to Florida, taking with him a colony of Ger- mans to cultivate lands belonging to his father-in-law Wil- liam Wirt, in the Seminole War commanded a company of mounted volunteers as well as an armed steamer, and served in Mexican War, made Captain Sep. 14, 1855,-In Aug., 1861, he was placed in command of the North Atlantic blockading squadron, and with Gen. Burnside commanded the joint military and naval expedition which succeeded in the capture of Roanoke Island. He was appointed Rear Admiral July 16, 1862. He d. Washington Feb., 1876. He m. Nov. 1, 1831 Elizabeth G., dau. of Hon. William Wirt, Atty .- Gen. of the United States,-
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Preston-Goldsborough branch.
Issue (surname Goldsborough) : William Wirt, d. y., Louis Malesherbes, Lieut. U. S. Marines, d. s. p., Elizabeth Wirt, d. unm.,
CHARLES HENRY, b. Dec. 22, 1806, d. s. p.,
JOHN ROBERTS, b. July 2, 1809, appointed midshipman U. S. Navy Nov. 6, 1824, Captain July 16, 1862, and Commo- dore Apr. 13, 1867, retiring July 2, 1870, d. June 21, 1877, m. Phila. Dec. 27, 1855 Mary Lawrence Penington, dau. of John Penington (descend. of Shoemaker),
Issue (surname Goldsborough) : Lucetta Penington, b. Sep. 29, 1856, Mary Lawrence, b. Sep. 29, 1856, HUGH ALLEN, b. Aug. 17, 1812, m. Ellen K. Leslie.
SAMUEL PRESTON MOORE, son of Richard and Mary Moore, p. . 91, enlisted in the Revolutionary army, and after the war removed from Wilmington, Del., to Virginia, m. Susanna, dau. of Isaac Pear- son of Darby, Pa.
Issue (surname MOORE) :
STEPHEN WEST, m. Eleanor S. Gilbert, see below,
THOMAS, resided in Virginia,
HANNAH, resided in Virginia,
RICHARD, of Clarksburg, Va., m.
PEARSON, d. y.,
LAMAR, resided in Virginia,
SARAH, resided in Virginia, MARY ANN, resided in Virginia.
STEPHEN WEST MOORE, son of Samuel P. and Susanna Moore, resided in Charleston, S. C., dec'd, m. Eleanor Screven Gilbert of Charleston.
Issue (surname MOORE) :
STEPHEN WEST, grad. West Point 1827, Capt. 7th U. S. Inf., resigned in 1846, was Adj. and Inspector-General of Louisi- ana from 1835 to 1855, and Register of Conveyances in New Orleans from 1855 to 1859, now residing in New Orleans, assumed the name of STEPHEN M. WESTMORE, m .- , Issue :
William,
Robert, Cecilia, m. King of So. Car.,
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Preston-Moore branch.
SUSAN PEARSON, ELLEN GILBERT,
SAMUEL PRESTON, asst. surg. U. S. A., resigned in 1861, was Surgeon-General of the C. S. Army, now of Richmond, Va., m. Mary Augusta, dau. of Major Jacob Brown, U. S. A., Issue (surname Moore) : Preston, dec'd, m. - Issue (surname Moore) : Mary Preston, Charles Lloyd, Eleanor S., d. y., Eliza Strong, CHARLES LLOYD, d. s. p.
HANNAH PRESTON, b. 1693, dau. of the Councillor, d. 1772, m. 3, 25, 1711 Samuel Carpenter, eldest son of that Samuel Carpenter who was at one time the richest man in the infant Colony of Pennsylvania, trusted friend of William Penn, and member of the Provincial Coun- cil, Treasurer of the Province, &ct. Samuel Carpenter the son was a merchant, and held some subordinate positions in the government.
Issue (surname CARPENTER) :
SAMUEL, of Jamaica, d. Feb. 20, 1747, m. in Jamaica, Issue (surname CARPENTER) :
SAMUEL INGLESBE, of Kingston in Jamaica, gent., on whose estate l. a. granted to a creditor Feb. 10, 1785, whether he left descendants is not known,
HANNAH, d. y.,
THOMAS, of Kingston in Jamaica, merchant, survived his brother, may have left descendants,
RACHEL, of Salem, N. J., d. unm. Nov. 16, 1794,
PRESTON, b. Oct. 28, 1721, m., 1st, Hannah Smith, and, 2nd, Hannah Mason, see below,
HANNAH, m. Samuel Shoemaker, see SHOEMAKER,
THOMAS, of Phila., merchant, d. s. p. 1770, by will, dat. Dec. 21, 1767, leaving property to his mother, his " maiden sister Rachel," Samuel and Thomas Carpenter, sons of his dec'd bro. Samuel, the nine children of his brother Preston by his 1st wife, &ct.
PRESTON CARPENTER, b. Oct 28, 1721, son of Samuel and Han- nah Carpenter, as above, removed to Salem, N. J., d. Oct. 20, 1785, m., 1st, Oct. 17, 1742 Hannah, dau. of Samuel Smith of Salem Co., N. J., and, 2nd, Hannah Mason, by the latter having no issue.
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Preston-Carpenter branch.
Issue (surname CARPENTER), all by 1st wife :
HANNAH, b. Oct. 4, 1743, m., 1st, Charles Ellet, and, 2nd, Jedediah Allen, see below,
SAMUEL PRESTON, b. Nov. 1, 1745, d. y.,
ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 18, 1748, m. Ezra Firth, see p. 102,
RACHEL, b. Aug. 26, 1749, d. y. Nov. 26, 1749,
MARY, b. Nov. 18, 1750, d. s. p. Oct. 30, 1821, m. 1777 Samuel Tonkins,
THOMAS, b. Nov. 2, 1752, m. Mary Tonkins, see p. 105,
WILLIAM, b. Nov. 1, 1754, m., 1st, Elizabeth Wyatt, and, 2nd, Mary Redman, see p. 108,
MARGARET, b. Aug. 26, 1756, m. James M. Woodnutt, see p. 110,
JOHN, b. Feb. 28, 1758, d. y. Nov. 2, 1773,
RACHEL, b. June 25, 1759, d. y.,
MARTHA, b. Aug. 19, 1760, m. Joseph Reeve, see p. 113,
SAMUEL, b. Feb. 17, 1765, d. y. July 12, 1769.
HANNAH CARPENTER, b. Oct. 4, 1743, dau. of Preston and Han- nah Carpenter, as above, d. 1820, m., 1st, 1768 Charles Ellet of New Jersey, and, 2nd, Jedediah Allen.
Issue of CHARLES and HANNAH ELLET :
JOHN, b. 1769, m., 1st, Mary Smith, and, 2nd, Sarah English, see p. 97,
SARAH, b. 1770, d. s. p. 1824, m. Joseph Reeve of Salem Co., N. J.,
WILLIAM, b. 1775, m. Elizabeth Taggert, see p. 99,
CHARLES, b. 1777, m. Mary Israel, see p. 99,
RACHEL CARPENTER, b. 1780, m. James Wainwright, see p. 101, MARY, b. 1782, d. unm. 1821,
Issue of JEDEDIAH and HANNAH ALLEN : HANNAH, m. James Smith of Salem N. J., Issue (surname SMITH) : SARAH ANN, m. David M. Davis, M. D., Issue (surname Davis) : Ellen, Matlack, Smith, Hannah, David,
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Preston-Smith branch.
Mary, Henry, MARY, unm.
JOHN ELLET, b. 1769, son of Charles and Hannah Ellet, p. 96, possessed an ample estate in Salem Co., N. J., d. May 10, 1824, m., 1st, 1792 Mary Smith, and, 2nd, Sarah English.
Issue by 1st wife (surname ELLET) :
HANNAH CARPENTER, b. Nov. 22, 1793, m. George Wishart Smith, see next page, MARIA CHAMLESS, d. unm.,
Issue by 2nd wife (surname ELLET) :
HENRY T., removed to Mississippi, where he became a Judge, m., 1st, Rebecca Champneys, dau. of Gov. Seeley of N. J., and, 2nd, Kate S., dau. of John B. Coleman, Issue by 1st wife (surname Ellet) :
Jane S., m. Richard B. Maury, M. D., Issue (surname Maury) : Richard B., Kate C., Henry E., John M., Joseph E., Ellen M.,
Joseph R., m. Laura Brantley, Issue (surname Ellet) :
Rebecca C., Kate B., Lucy D., Kate C., m. Evan Shelby Jefferies, Issue (surname Jefferies) : Henry Ellet,
Eliza B.,
Rebecca Seeley,
Evan S.,
Sarah, Jennie M.,
William T., Kate J.,
Henry T.,
Issue by 2nd wife (surname Ellet) : John E.,
Edward C.,
Sarah E., Richard Maury, SARAH ENGLISH, of Salem, N. J., unm., JOHN R., m. Jeane Dobson of Phila., JOSEPH REEVE.
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Preston-Smith branch.
HANNAH CARPENTER ELLET, b. Nov. 22, 1793, dau. of John and Mary Ellet, see preceding page, d. Apr. 20, 1862, m., 1st, 1813 George Wishart Smith of Virginia, an officer in the war of 1812, son of Per- rin Smith by his w. Margaret Wishart, and, 2nd, Joseph E. Brown. Issue by 1st husband (surname SMITH) :
MARY ELLET, b. Talbot Co., Md., 1814, m. Gen. Richard Thomas of Queen Anne Co., Md., son of Capt. Richard Thomas, U. S. N., Issue (surname Thomas) : Anna Frances, Richard, d. y.,
MARGARET WISHART, d. y.,
CHARLES PERRIN, b. Phila., 1819, for a considerable period connected with the editorial profession, was three years mem- ber of Senate of New Jersey, and fifteen years Clerk of Su- preme Court of that State, during the Civil War was Chair- man of the Union State Executive Committee, compiled " The Lloyd and Carpenter Family," and is member of the Powys Land Hist. and Archæol. Soc. of Wales, m. 1843 Hester A., dau. of Col. Matthew Driver of Caroline Co., Md., Issue (surname Smith) :
Ellen Wishart, d. y. 1858, Charles Perrin, d. y. 1864, Elizabeth Alford, b. 1850, Florence Burman, b. 1856,
(GEORGIANA WISHART, b. Salem 1821, m. Col. Samuel C. Harbert of Phila., Issue (surname Harbert) : William Ellet, d. y., Mary V., Ella M., m. Howard Hamilton of Phila., Issue (surname Hamilton) : Samuel H., Issue by 2nd husband (surname BROWN) : WILLIAM HENRY, m. Mary W. Thomas, Issue (surname Brown) :. Joseph F., d. y., Charles Perrin, Lydia P., William Henry, d. y., Mary Frances,
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Preston-Brown branch.
Thomas S., JOSEPH FRANCIS, officer in Union army.
WILLIAM ELLET, b. 1775, son of Charles and Hannah Ellet, p. 96, resided in New York City, d. 1836, m. Elizabeth Taggert of N. J.
Issue (surname ELLET) :
SARAH ANN, d. unm.,
WILLIAM H., grad. A. B. (Columbia) and M. D. (Rutger's Geneva), was Prof. of Chemistry in Columbia College, and in 1835 became Prof. of Physics in College of South Caro- lina, d. Jany. 26, 1859, m. Elizabeth Fries Lummis, native of Sodus, N. Y., dau. of William N. Lummis, M. D.,-Al- libone's Dict. of Authors says, "She has been one of the most voluminous, and certainly one of the most popular, writers of America." She has published : Poems Original and Selected, 1835, Teresa Contarini, a Tragedy acted in 1835, Scenes in the Life of Joanna of Sicily, 1840, 12mo., The Women of the American Revolution, 1848, 3 vols., 12 mo., Summer Rambles in the West, 1853, Queens of American Society, 1865, &ct. &ct .-
CHARLES, some time of California, d. N. Y. 1868.
CHARLES ELLET, b. 1777, son of Charles and Hannah Ellet, p. 96, resided in Bucks Co., Pa., d. 1847, m. 1801 Mary, dau. of Israel Israel, Sheriff of Phila. Co. She d. Nov. 3, 1870, aged 91.
Issue (surname ELLET) :
ADALINE, d. before Mch. 26, 1822,
ISRAEL C., d. before Mch. 26, 1822,
MARTHA, d. before Mch. 26, 1822,
MARGARETTA, d. before Mch. 26, 1822,
HANNAH, d. Dec. 19, 1847, m. George C. Hale, Issue (surname Hale) :
Mary Anna, m. Cleaveland M. Crandell,
CHARLES, b. Bucks Co., Pa., 1810, educated at Paris as a civil engineer, was Chief Engineer of the James River & Kana- wha Canal, Chief Engineer of the Virginia Central R. R., President of the Schuylkill Navigation Co., the constructor of the wire bridge across the Schuylkill, the first of the kind on this Continent, and wrote on the Hydrography of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, &ct., was among the first
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to advocate the use of steam rams, suggesting a plan to the Russian government by which to destroy the allied fleet before Sebastopol, and was eventually engaged by the U. S. Secy. of War under a contract to construct and test wooden rams on the Western rivers, was fatally wounded off Mem- phis June 6, 1862, where the enemy's fleet was almost en- tirely destroyed, mainly through the efficiency of his rams, d. June 21, 1862, m. Elvira A., dau. of Judge William Daniels of Lynchburgh, Va.,
Issue (surname Ellet) :
Charles Rivers, b. Phila., 1841, M. D., entered Union army as a surgeon, attained the rank of Colonel, d. s. p. Oct. 31, 1863,
Mary V., m. William Cabell of Virginia, Issue (surname Cabell) : Elvira E., Charles E.,
William D.,
Margaret,
Nina, May, Cornelia E., d. s. p., William D.,
MARY, d. s. p. Nov. 8, 1834, m. James Bailey,
SARAH R., d. before Mch. 26, 1822,
ISRAEL F., d. Oct. 19, 1823,
JOHN ISRAEL, m., 1st, Laura Scarett, and, 2nd, Mary Skill- man,
Issue by 1st wife (surname Ellet) :
John A., was Colonel in the Civil War, m. Elizabeth Church, Issue (surname Ellet) : Laura,
Issue by 2nd wife (surname Ellet) : Charles,
Richard S., m. Bettie Cullen, Issue (surname Ellet) : Alfred,
Henry, Winthrop C., Anne,
Arthur, Alfred, 1
ELIZA, d. June 18, 1841, m. George S. Bryan, Issue (surname Bryan) :
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Mary E., d. s. p. July, 1869, m. Robert Albree of Pittsburgh,
EDWARD C., M. D., of Bunker Hill near Alton, Ill., m. Lydia Little of N. J.,
Issue (surname Ellet) :
Annie, m. - Lillie, Robinson,
ALFRED W., succeeded his brother in command at battle of Memphis, was Colonel, afterwards Brig .- Gen. U. S. V., m., 1st, Sarah Jane Robarts of Phila., she d. Oct. 8, 1875, and, 2nd, Abigail Robarts.
Issue by 1st wife (surname Ellet) :
Edward C., m. Fannie Van Dorn, Issue (surname Ellet) : Nettie, Alfred W., William H., m. Annie W. Padgett, Issue (surname Ellet) : Ellet E., Bertie L., William H., Elvira A., m. Charles J. Kendall, Issue (surname Kendall) : Sarah E.
RACHEL CARPENTER ELLET, b. 1780, dau. of Charles and Hannah Ellet, p. 96, was a minister among Friends, d. 1855, m. James Wain- wright of Maryland.
Issue (surname WAINWRIGHT) :
WILLIAM J., of Phila., merchant, d. 1869, m. Sarah Church of N. J.,
THOMAS B., of Pittsburgh, merchant, dec'd, m. Emily Watson, Issue (surname Wainwright) : Rachel, d. s. p.,
Caroline, m. Hiram Kimball,
John Watson, Lieut. U. S. V., d. s. p.,
Alice, m. Arthur Miller of Phila., Issue (surname Miller) : William Hartshorne, Arthur, Llewelyn Wainwright, Sarah E., d. s. p., JAMES ELLET, m. Mary Delaney of Del.,
Issue (surname Wainwright) : Mary, m. - Holcomb of California, Charles L., m.
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ELIZABETH CARPENTER, b. Dec. 18, 1748, dau. of Preston and Hannah Carpenter, p. 96, m. 1767 Ezra Firth.
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