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Issue of EZRA and ELIZABETH FIRTH :
PRESTON, b. Oct. 25, 1769, m. Hannah Gibbs, see below, JOHN, b. Oct. 28, 1771, m. Ann Thompson, see p. 103,
SAMUEL, b. Oct. 14, 1773, of South Carolina, m. Mary Givins, Issue (surname FIRTH) :
MARY, m. Philip Givins, and had four children, SARAH, CAROLINE,
THOMAS, b. Feb. 14, 1776, d. s. p. aged about 80 yrs.,
HANNAH, b. Sep. 26, 1778, m. Isaac C. Jones, see p. 103.
PRESTON CARPENTER FIRTH, b. Oct. 25, 1769, as above, dec'd, m. Hannah Gibbs, dec'd.
Issue (surname FIRTH) :
MARIA CARPENTER, d. 1858, m. Joseph West of Phila., real estate agent, who d. Dec. 5, 1879,
Issue (surname West) :
Clement Lawrence, b. Apr. 5, 1832, in Union army, Supt. U. S. Capitol Extension, d. Washington Dec. 27, 1865, m. Dec. 11, 1860 Sallie C. Addison, Issue (surname West) : Mollie Addison, b. Sep. 13, 1861, Preston Carpenter Firth, b. Aug. 19, 1835, topograph. engineer, now in Michigan, m. Oct. 25, 1866 Olivia R. Sears, Issue (surname West) : Elise Alger, b. July 22, 1867, Montgomery Sears, b. May 14, 1869,
EZRA, d. unm.,
HANNAH GIBBS, of Phila., m. Roland Evans, since dec'd, Issue (surname Evans) :
Ellen W., of Phila., unm., Hannah G., of Phila., unm.,
LUCAS, d. s. p.,
SARAH, d. Taylorville, Ill., 12, 23, 1870, m. Richard Powel, who d. Taylorville 9, 11, 1875,
Issue (surname Powel) : Mary Gibbs, d. unm. 9, 19, 1855,
Charlesworth, alderman of Taylorville, m. Rachel E. Milligan of Ohio,
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Preston-Firth branch.
Issue (surname Powel) : Preston, Mary, Florence, Edith,
Reuben,
Richard,
Preston, d. Parkersburg, Va., 3, 10, 1841,
Howard Milnor, of Taylorville, m., 1st, Sarah Jane
Young of Illinois, and, 2nd, Emily A. D. Anderson née Palmer, Issue (surname Powel) : Harriet, Warren A., Sarah Jane,
Hannah Edith, unm.,
Sarah Ann, d. Taylorville 8, 7, 1855,
Richard McLean,
Ellen Evans, m. 2, 2, 1882 Joseph A. Humphreys, Laura, d. Taylorville, 3, 24, 1854.
JOHN FIRTH, b. Oct. 28, 1771, dec'd, m. Ann, dau. of Thomas Thompson of Salem, N. J.
Issue (surname FIRTH) :
HANNAH HEDGE, m. Joel Z. Reynolds,
Issue (surname Reynolds) : Benjamin, m. Helen Rosalie McCarraher, Issue (surname Reynolds) : Kate, Anna, Thompson, m. Mary Ann Myers, Edward, unm., ELIZABETH CARPENTER, unm.,
THOMAS THOMPSON, Treasurer of the Pennsylvania R. R., d. July 22, 1881, m. Ann Jane Robb, Issue (surname Firth) : Franklin Jones, Austin Montgomery, Caroline, m. Frank Briscoe of Phila., artist, JOHN, m. Ann Ashbridge, SAMUEL HEDGE, m. -.
HANNAH FIRTH, b. Sep. 26, 1778, page 102, now dec'd, m. Isaac C. Jones of Phila., merchant.
Issue (surname JONES) :
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Preston-Jones branch.
SAMUEL. F., of New York city, dec'd, m.
Issue (surname Jones) :
Fanny, m. - Pell of N. Y.,
Sarah, m. Beadle,
Elizabeth, m.
Van Buren,
Shipley,
AQUILLA, grad. M. D. (U. of P.), dec'd,
LYDIA, d. Feb., 1878, m. Caspar Wistar, M. D.,
Issue (surname Wistar) :
Isaac J., emigrated to the West as a young man, and was in the service of the Hudson Bay Company, en- tered Union Army in May, 1861, recruiting the 71st Penna. regt., and being chosen its Lieut .- Colo- nel, was wounded at Ball's Bluff, where the Colonel, Senator Baker of Oregon, was killed, Wistar succeed- ing to the command, wounded also at Antietam, made Brig .- General Nov. 29, 1862, lately President of the Pennsylvania Canal, now of Phila., in Penna. R. R. Co.'s service, m. Sarah Toland of Phila.,
Mary Waln, m. Moses Brown of Phila., merchant, Issue (surname Brown) : William Wistar, d. y., Thomas Wistar, Moses,
Mary Waln Wistar,
Margaret Vaux, m. Robert B. Haines of Cheltenham, Montgomery Co., Issue (surname Haines) : Robert,
Robert Bowne,
Mary Morton,
Jane, Diedrich Jansen,
Hannah, m. William Hacker,
Issue (surname Hacker) : Edward, William Estes,
Caspar Wistar, Arthur, Sarah, m. William G. Rhoads, dec'd,
Issue (surname Rhoads) : Lydia Wistar, Jane Gibbons, Ethel, Edward,
William Gibbons, Samuel, Lydia, m. Edward Hale Kendall of New York, Issue (surname Kendall) : Isaac Wistar, Edward Hale,
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Preston-Jones branch.
William Wilberforce, dec'd, m. Anna Mary Alderson of England, Issue (surname Wistar) : Emma W., Thomas, grad. M. D. (U. of P.), of Phila., Katharine J., unm.,
FRANKLIN C., of Phila., MARY C., d. unm., WILLIAM F., of Phila.,
ISAAC, of Germantown, Phila., m. Sarah W. Woodruff,
Issue (surname Jones) :
Woodruff, grad. A. B. (U. of P.),
Thomas, HANNAH E., m. Lloyd P. Smith, see LOGAN.
THOMAS CARPENTER, b. Nov. 2, 1752, son of Preston and Hannah Carpenter, p. 96, was of Carpenter's Landing, Gloucester Co., N. J., and was paymaster and commissary in the New Jersey Line during the Revolution, d. July 7, 1847. He m. Mary Tonkins.
Issue (surname CARPENTER) :
SAMUEL, b. Jany. 6, 1775, d. s. p. Apr. 16, 1792,
EDWARD, b. June 4, 1777, m. Sarah Stratton, see below, RACHEL, b. Oct. 23, 1782, d. y. Oct. 7, 1784.
EDWARD CARPENTER, b. June 4, 1777, as above, was of Glassboro', N. J., glass manufacturer (works being since owned by Whitney Bros.), d. Mch. 13, 1813, m. Sep. 5, 1799 Sarah, dau. of Dr. James Stratton of Swedesboro', N. J., by his 1st w. Anna, dau. of Benj. Harris of Boundbrook, N. J.
Issue (surname CARPENTER) :
THOMAS PRESTON, b. Apr. 19, 1804, practised law for many years in Woodbury, N. J., and was Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of the State from 1845 to 1852, d. Mch. 2, 1876, m. Nov. 19, 1839 Rebecca, dau. of Dr. Samuel Hop- kins,
Issue (surname Carpenter) :
Susan Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1840, unm.,
Anna Stratton, b. June 10, 1843, d. unm. Dec. 13, 1869, Thomas Preston, b. Sep. 23, 1846, d. y. Aug. 25, 1848, James Hopkins, b. Nov. 18, 1849, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), of Camden Co. bar, unm.,
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Preston-Carpenter branch.
MARY TONKIN, b. Sep. 14, 1805, now of Camden, N. J., m. Richard W. Howell of the Camden Co. bar, d. Aug. 12, 1859, son of Col. Howell of " Fancy Hill,"
Issue (surname Howell) :
John Pascall, b. Apr. 12, 1831, d. y. June 2, 1832, Edward Carpenter, b. July 24, 1833, d. y. Mch. 5, 1834, Samuel Bedell, b. Sep. 30, 1834, grad. M. D. (U. of P.), m. Maria E., dau. of Rev. Wm. Neill, D. D., Issue (surname Howell) : William Neill, b. Aug. 8, 1860, Richard Washington, b. Aug. 17, 1862, Henry Elmer, b. Dec. 8, 1866, Sophie Neill, b. July 21, 1876,
Charles Stratton, b. Dec. 21, 1837,
Richard Holmes Offly, b. Apr. 2, 1840, d. y. Jany. 3, 1850,
Joshua Ladd, b. June 16, 1842, of Phila., m. Apr. 15, 1875, Mary Eyre Savage, dau. of William Lyttleton Savage of Phila ,
Issue (surname Howell) : Evelyn Virginia, b. July 7, 1877,
Thomas James, b. Oct. 10, 1844, Lieut. in N. J. Vols., killed at Gaines' Mills June 27, 1862,
Anna, b. Sep. 12, 1846, m. June 10, 1869 Malcolm Lloyd of Phila.,
Issue (surname Lloyd) : Howell, b. Mch. 2, 1871, Malcolm, b. Jany, 16, 1874, Stacy Barcroft, b. Aug. 1, 1876, Francis Vernon, b. Aug. 31, 1878, Anne Howell, b. Dec. 2, 1880,
Francis Lee, b. May 20, 1849, d. s. p. Aug. 2, 1872, Sarah Carpenter, b. Oct. 30, 1850, d. Dec. 4, 1850,
JAMES STRATTON, b. Oct. 14, 1807, grad. M. D. (U. of P.), finished his medical education abroad, settled at Pottsville, Pa., where he practised until his death, was some time Presi- dent of State Medical Association of Penna., d. Jany. 31, 1872, m. Oct. 12, 1832 Camilla Julia Sanderson, dau. of John Sanderson, author of the " Lives of the Signers," Issue (surname Carpenter) :
John Thomas, b. June 27, 1833, grad. A. B. and M. D. (U. of P.), was surgeon Pa. Vols., U. S. Medical Director in Department of the Ohio, and President of Army Medical Board, is now of Pottsville, m. 1855 Eliza, dau. of Charles M. Hill of Pottsville,
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Preston-Carpenter branch.
Issue (surname Carpenter) : James Stratton, grad. M. D. (U. of P.), Caroline, m. Rev. John Brazer Draper, of Illinois, Laura, John,
Sarah Stratton, b. June 14, 1835, m. Dec. 27, 1853 Rev. Daniel Washburne, Rector of Episcopal Church at Ashland, Pa.,
Issue (surname Washburne) : Mary Howell, b. Mch. 11, 1855, James Stratton, b. May 22, 1856, d. y., John Bohlen, b. Aug. 25, 1857, Louis Cope, b. Jany. 25, 1860,
Thomas Preston, b. Apr. 10, 1862,
Anna Carpenter, b. Apr. 2, 1864, Camilla Richards, b. Sep. 11, 1865, Cornelia Sanderson, b. Sep. 11, 1865, d. y., Daniel, b. Oct. 27, 1869, Sarah Stratton, b. Jany. 4, 1872, Frances M., b. July 7, 1873, Emily, b. Aug. 19, 1875, George Herbert, b. Jany. 14, 1877,
Sophie Carré, unm.,
Cornelia Maria, unm.,
James Edward, b. Sep. 29, 1843, d. y. Jany. 18, 1845, Preston, b. Sep. 29, 1843, served in Union army, now of Pottsville, m., 1st, Apr. 15, 1869 Catharine Clark- son Wheeler, d. July 7, 1875, and, 2nd, Oct. 7, 1877 Henrietta M. Parry née Wheeler, Issue by 1st w. (surname Carpenter) : Kate B., b. Mch. 18, 1870, James S., b. Nov. 17, 1871, Issue by 2nd w. (surname Carpenter) : Dale Benson, b. June 24, 1878,
Camilla, unm., Mary Howell, unm., Richard Howell, b. Mch. 2, 1858,
SAMUEL TONKIN, b. Nov. 28, 1810, Rector of the Episcopal Church at Smyrna, Del., and elsewhere, Chaplain U. S. A., d. Dec. 26, 1864, bu. Trinity Church, Swedesboro', N. J., m., 1st, May 26, 1841, Frances Champlain of Derby, Ct., and, 2nd, Emilie D. Thompson of Wilmington, Del.,
Issue by 1st wife (surname Carpenter) :
Samuel Champlain Blakeslee, b. Nov. 10, 1842, served in Union army, d. Sep. 28, 1871, Frances Mary, b. July 21, 1844, Issue by 2nd wife (surname Carpenter) : Herbert Dewey, b. June 2, 1853,
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Preston-Carpenter branch.
Florence, b. Dec. 22, 1854, m. 1881 Horace Thompson, b. Oct. 10, 1857,
Eugene,
Richard Howell, b. Dec. 21, 1861,
Lewis Tonkin Chatfield, b. Nov. 17, 1864,
EDWARD, b. May 17, 1813, of Phila., conveyancer, m. Nov. 16, 1837 Anna M., dau. of Benj. M. Howey of " Pleasant Meadows," Gloucester Co., N. J.,
Issue (surname Carpenter) :
Louis Henry, b. Feb. 11, 1839, Capt. 10th U. S. Cavalry, and brevet Col. U. S. Army, having entered the service during the Civil War as a pri- vate in 6th Cavalry, served on Sheridan's staff, and commanded a regiment with rank of Col. U. S. Vols., James Edward, b. Mch. 6, 1841, served in 8th Penna. Cav., Captain and brevet Major, wounded at Phila- mont, now of the Phila. bar, Treas. of the Hist. Soc. of Penna., and Second Lieut. of First City Troop, m. Oct. 17, 1867 Harriet Odin Dorr, dau. of Rev. Dr. Benjamin Dorr, Rector of Christ Church, Phila., Issue (surname Carpenter) : Edward, b. Aug. 27, 1872, Helen, b. Nov. 11, 1874, Grace, b. Oct. 25, 1876, d. y. Mch. 26, 1877, William Dorr, b. June 26, 1879,
Sarah Caroline, m. Jany. 18, 1865 Andrew Wheeler of Morris, Wheeler, & Co., son of Charles Wheeler, Issue (surname Wheeler) : Andrew, Annie, Samuel Bowman, James May, Walter Stratton, Herbert,
Mary Howell, b. Jany. 22, 1845,
Caspar Wistar, b. Apr. 13, 1847, d. y. Nov. 2, 1848, Thomas Preston, b. Apr. 30, 1849, now of Buffalo, Genl. Passenger Agent of the Lake Superior Transit Co., Henrietta Howey, b. Jany. 22, 1855, d. y., Charles Creighton Stratton, b. Nov. 11, 1860, entered U. of P., d. before graduation Feb. 8, 1881.
WILLIAM CARPENTER, b. Nov. 1, 1754, son of Preston and Han- nah Carpenter, p. 96, lived at Mannington, Salem Co., N. J., d. Jany. 12, 1837, m., 1st, May 29, 1782 Elizabeth, dau. of Bartholomew
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Preston-Carpenter branch.
Wyatt of Salem Co., N. J., and, 2nd, Dec. 2, 1801 Mary, dau. of John Redman of Salem, N. J.
Issue by 1st wife (surname CARPENTER) : MARY WYATT, b. June 3, 1783, m. James Hunt,
Issue (surname Hunt) :
Elizabeth Wyatt, b. Jany. 28, 1801, d. s. p. June 1, 1825, m. Feb., 1823 George Diehl,
Rachel Gibbons, b. Jany. 12, 1803, d. s. p. Dec. 28, 1828, m. Jany. 23, 1828 George Ford, Mary Carpenter, b. Oct. 9, 1805, d. s. p. July 18, 1836, m. Oct. 15, 1835 John Richardson,
John, b. Oct. 17, 1810, m. Jany. 5, 1832 Ann B. Smith,
Naomi, b. Jany. 25, 1812, d. s. p., m. May 8, 1832 Thomas J. Bonsall,
William, b. Sep. 30, 1814, m .- ,
Hannah, b. Apr. 28, 1817, m. - Sarah, b. June 10, 1819, d. y. Nov. 3, 1825,
HANNAH, b. May 27, 1785, d. y. Nov. 30, 1785,
Issue by 2nd wife (surname CARPENTER) :
WILLIAM, b. Nov. 21, 1802, m., 1st, Hannah Scull, she d. s. p., and, 2nd, Phebe Warren,
JOHN REDMAN, b. Apr. 16, 1804, in employ of U. S. Bank, d. s. p. Dec. 21, 1833,
RACHEL REDMAN, b. Apr. 30, 1807, d. 8, 16, 1851, m. Dec. 6, 1826 Charles Sheppard,
Issue (surname Sheppard) : William C., m. Hannah E. Zornes, John R. C.,
HANNAH, d. y.,
SAMUEL PRESTON, b. Jany. 26, 1812, m., 1st, Nov. 8, 1837, Hannah H. Acton, who d. 12, 30, 1851, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Acton, and, 2nd, 12, 13, 1854 Sarah Sheppard, dau. of Thomas R. Sheppard,
Issue (surname Carpenter) :
John Redman, m. Mary C., dau. of Joseph B. Thomp- son,
Issue (surname Carpenter) : Preston, Elizabeth, Maurice,
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Sarah Wyatt, m. Richard H. Reeve, Issue (surname Reeve) : Augustus Henry, Hannah C., Mary W., Alice M., Samuel Preston, m. Rebecca Bassett, Issue (surname Carpenter) : Benjamin Acton,
Mary R., m. 1877 Benjamin Reeve of Camden, N. J., Issue (surname Reeve) : Rachel C., William.
MARGARET CARPENTER, b. Aug. 26, 1756, dau. of Preston and Hannah Carpenter, p. 96, d. Oct. 3, 1821, m. 1776 James Mason Woodnutt.
Issue of JAMES M. and MARGARET WOODNUTT :
SARAH, b. Nov. 28, 1777, d. unm. Jany. 9, 1820,
THOMAS, b. 1782, d. s. p.,
HANNAH, b. Oct. 12, 1784, m. Clement Acton, see below,
JONATHAN, m., 1st, Mary Goodwin, and, 2nd, Sarah Dennis, see p. 111,
PRESTON, b. Jany. 24, 1787, m. Rachel Goodwin, see p. 112,
WILLIAM, b. Apr. 7, 1792, of Cincinnati, afterwards of Phila., d. s. p.,
MARGARET, b. 1794, m. William J. Shinn, see p. 112, MARTHA, m. Joshua Reeve of Salem Co.,
Issue (surname REEVE) :
MARGARET, WILLIAM, m. Ruth, dau. of James J. Pettit, Issue (surname Reeve) :
Martha, Franklin, MARY, m. Benjamin Newlin of Penna., Issue (surname NEWLIN) : MARTHA, m. Thomas Travilla, Issue (surname Travilla) : Mary, ELIZABETH, m. Morris Hall, see p. 113.
HANNAH WOODNUTT, b. Oct. 12, 1784, dau. of James M. and Margaret Woodnutt, as above, now dec'd, m. Clement Acton of Salem Co., N. J.
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Preston-Acton branch.
Issue (surname ACTON) : CLEMENT J., m. Mary Noble, Issue (surname Acton) : Margaret W., m. Augustus Durkee, Eliza N., m. Frank Hickok, Issue (surname Hickok) : Margaret, MARGARET WOODNUTT, m. John D. Griscom, M. D., of Phila., Issue (surname Griscom) : Clement Acton, of Phila., merchant, m. Frances Canby Biddle,
Issue (surname Griscom) : Helen B., Clement Acton, Rodman E., Lloyd Carpenter, Francis C., Hannah Woodnutt, m. Frank Lesley Neale, Issue (surname Neale) : Margaret A., Cecelia Helen, William Woodnutt, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), m. Dora Ingham Hale.
JONATHAN WOODNUTT, son of James M. and Margaret Woodnutt, p. 110, dec'd, m., 1st, Mary Goodwin, and, 2nd, Sarah Dennis. Issue (surname WOODNUTT) :
RICHARD, m. Lydia Hall,
Issue (surname Woodnutt) :
Mary,
Emily,
Sarah,
Margaret,
Richard H.,
WILLIAM, m. Elizabeth Bassett,
Issue (surname Woodnutt) :
Joseph, Jonathan,
Thomas,
Anna,
Clement,
Howard,
William,
THOMAS, m. Hannah H. Morgan, of Richmond, Ind.,
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Preston-Woodnutt branch.
Issue (surname Woodnutt) : Abbie M., William, Clement A., MARY, m. Edward A. Acton,
Issue (surname Acton) : Walter, Isaac O., Jonathan.
PRESTON WOODNUTT, b. Jany. 24, 1787, son of James M. and Mar- garet Woodnutt, p. 110, dec'd, m. Rachel Goodwin.
Issue (surname WOODNUTT) :
ELIZABETH, m. Annesley Newlin of Chester Co., Pa., Issue (surname Newlin) : Frances, JAMES M., m. Elizabeth Denn,
Issue (surname Woodnutt) :
Charles, m. Mary Leslie Garretson of Phila., Issue (surname Woodnutt) : James M., Charles Edward, Elsie, Henry C., m. Annie E. Frost of Long Island, Issue (surname Woodnutt) : Hannah F., Henry C., Paul Clifford,
Henrietta F.,
Mary H., Margaret D.,
Frank, m. Eveline D. Ware of Bridgeton, N. J., Issue (surname Woodnutt) : Elizabeth B., Alice D., John Preston, Margaret D.,
EDWARD, PRESTON C.,
HANNAH ANN, dec'd, m. Nathan Baker, Issue (surname Baker) : Preston, Mary.
MARGARET WOODNUTT, b. 1794, dau. of James M. and Margaret Woodnutt, p. 110, m. William J. Shinn.
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Issue (surname SHINN) :
EMELINE, unm., ELIZABETH, unm., SAMUEL,
MARTHA, m. Hon. Isaiah D. Clawson, M. D., member of 34th and 35th Congress of United States,
Issue (surname Clawson) : William, MARY, d., m. Thomas Reed, M. D., of Phila., Issue (surname Reed) : Charles, Emeline.
ELIZABETH WOODNUTT, dau. of James M. and Margaret Wood- nutt, p. 110, m. Morris Hall of Salem Co., N. J., Issue (surname HALL) :
MARGARETTA W., m. John W. Righter,
Issue (surname Righter) : Elizabeth W., James H., William W., John C.,
JAMES W., m., 1st, Jane Jarman, and, 2nd, Catharine Mulford.
MARTHA CARPENTER, b. Aug. 19, 1760, dau. of Preston and Han- nah Carpenter, p. 96, and gr .- grddau. of the Councillor, m. Joseph Reeve of Salem Co., N. J.
Issue (surname REEVE) :
SAMUEL, d. s. p., m. Achsah Stratton, MILICENT, d. s. p., m. Joseph Owen, JOSEPH, MARY.
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ANTHONY PALMER.
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The earliest mention of Anthony Palmer is as " of St. Michael's Parish, Barbados, merchant," in a deed of 1704 from George Lilling- ton of the Parish of St. Thomas, Esq. Lawrence-Archer (Monu- mental Inscrip. Brit. West Indies) says, "Capt. George Lillington living in Barbados 1680 was Member of Council at the age of 60 in 1708. His son, of the same name, was 'of the Inner Temple, London.' Lillington intermarried with the Barbados families of Dottin and Alleyne." This deed conveyed to Palmer a number of lots around about Shackamaxon bought by Lillington from the Swedes, in all 582 acres. The consideration named in the deed was 500l. Barbados money. With this property awaiting him, " Captain Anthony Palmer," as he was generally called, removed to Philadelphia, or at least visited it, as early as 1707, appearing Oct. 15, 1707 as a witness to the marriage of an Elizabeth Palmer in the Friends' Meeting (see Plumsted). On the 10th of February at the close of the year 1708, he was admitted to a seat in the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania. For the next twenty- five years, he appears to have resided in the city of Philadelphia engaged in mercaniile business, an attendant on Christ Church, and for some time a County Justice. He added to the tract bought of Lillington by purchases from the Fairmans and others, and called it " Hope Farm." He sold it in 1729 to William Ball, among whose heirs a division was made in 1755, but, the greater part continuing long afterwards in possession of that family, the locality is well known as the valuable "Ball estate." In 1730, Palmer bought 191} acres, at one time the property of Robert Fairman, lying on the South of Gunner's Run, bounded South west by the present Columbia Ave., and stretching from the Delaware River across Frankford Road. This he divided into smaller lots, selling them on ground rent, and opening streets. He called the town thus laid out by him Kensington. He made the Fairman mansion his residence. This was situated near the North West cor. Beach and Columbia Ave. It had been the seat of Lieut .- Gov. Evans, and William Penn about 1708 thought of secur-
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ing it for himself, with the view of returning to America, and living there " out of the noise of Philadelphia but in sight of it." Watson tells us that Palmer lived there in style, keeping a coach, then a great luxury, and a pleasure barge, by which he made his visits to the city.
On the resignation of Lieut .- Gov. George Thomas, who departed from Pennsylvania in May, 1747, the executive branch of the govern- ment of the Province and the Territories on the Delaware devolved upon the Council, of whom Anthony Palmer was oldest in term of service. Logan, now passing his declining years in the study of literature and science at Stenton, had been admitted earlier, but he sent word before the close of Thomas's administration that he no longer considered himself a member ; so the precedency was ascertained as follows, viz .: Palmer, Lawrence, Hasell, Till, Taylor, Strettell, Hamilton, Shoemaker, Turner, Growden, Hopkinson. Palmer accordingly became head of the Colony under the title of President of the Council, and continued such for eighteen months. He with any four other members of the Council was to sign all papers of state ; but neither he nor the Coun- cil at large had power to approve of bills passed by the Assembly. The latter were to wait for a regularly commissioned Deputy-Gov. ernor. Palmer's administration was a time of great anxiety. France and Spain were at war with England; and Spanish privateers fre- quently came into Delaware Bay, landed their crews, and plundered the coast. Sometimes they ascended the river, threatening Newcastle and Philadelphia itself; while the scruples of the non-resistant sects which formed so great a portion of the populace, and had a majority in the Assembly, allowed no appropriation of public money for de- fence. Palmer's government was successful in raising several com- panies of volunteers, and in making treaties of friendship with the Indians of the Six Nations on the Ohio and the Twightees on the Wabash, who had formerly been in the French interest. Peace was agreed upon by the belligerent powers at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct. 1, 1748. Palmer, whose health for a long time had been very feeble, was superseded by the arrival of James Hamilton as Deputy-Governor, November, 1748. Anthony Palmer d. at his residence, bu. Xt. Ch. June 2, 1749. He m., 1st, in Barbadoes Thomasine Baker, bu. Xt. Ch. May 17, 1745, and, 2nd, Xt. Ch. Aug. 13, 1748 Catherine Carter. After his death the latter m. Samuel Palmer, the President's kinsman and son-in-law, by whom she was ancestress of Anthony Allaire Palmer, Samuel Palmer, and others. She m., 3rd, Levi Trump, by whom she was mother of John Trump.
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Issue :
ANTHONY, barrister-at-law, d. s. p., bu. Xt. Ch. Feb. 8, 1747-8,
m. Elizabeth - -, whose will was probat. at Phila. June 10, 1749, she was bu. Xt. Ch. May 15, 1749,
WILLIAM, bu. Xt. Ch. Sep. 6, 1710,
FRANCIS, d. before his father's death, m. Ellinor -, who after his death married Benjamin Hunt, and d. before Jany 25, 1762,
Issue :
SAMUEL, of whom, being six years of age, Benjamin Hunt and wife were appointed guardians on Sep. 9, 1749, and on Jany. 25, 1762, they being dead, he chose Alex. Allaire and Wm. Hollingshead-Between 1765 and 1768 he sold all the lots assigned to him in the partition of the Palmer estate. Several of the deeds describe him as " of Philadelphia silversmith." He appears to have died without issue. Letters of adm. on the estate of Samuel Palmer "late of the City of Phila." were granted in New Jersey Aug. 28, 1779 to William Bunn --
JOHN, of Phila., gent., bu. Xt. Ch. Mch. 21, 1748-9, m. Eliza- beth Fairman, dau. of Benj. and Susannah Fairman-she after the partition of the Palmer estate m. Samuel Fennimore,
Issue :
LETHEA, b. June 23, 1743, bapt. Xt. Ch., d. y., (a son), bu. Xt. Ch. Nov. 22 1714,
THOMASINE, bu. Xt. Ch. Oct. 10, 1749, by her will left her property to her sister Elizabeth, bro .- in-law Samuel Palmer, nephew Samuel Palmer, and niece Elinor Berkeley with annuity to brother John's widow, and forasmuch as her father had died before making a deed for the burying ground on the West side of Cherry Street which he had given for the use of Kensington, " I do for my part and share give one and a half acres to be freely occupied and enjoyed by all the inhabitants of Kensington on the east and south side of Hanover Street and Frankford Road west of Isaac Norris's land and Gunner's Run be they of whatever religion, condi- tion, or denomination," m. Alexander Henry Keith, Esquire, son and heir-apparent of Sir William Keith, of Ludquhairn, Bart., Lieutenant-Governor of Penna .- The newspaper of
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Oct. 8, 1741 has this note : " On Monday last died after a lingering illness Alexander Henry Keith Esq. at the seat of his Father-in-law Anthony Palmer Esq. He was for several years Collector of His Majesty's Customs at New Castle on Delaware and son of Sir William Keith late Lieut .- Gover- nor of this Province. The day following he was decently interred." Had he survived his father, he would have been the fifth baronet of the line, the title having been conferred in 1629 on his great-great-grandfather. Douglas's Baron- age makes the first baronet the eighth in descent in a cadet line from Sir Edward Keith (circa A. D. 1350) hereditary Great Marischal of Scotland. Alexander Henry Keith d. Oct 5, 1741, bu. Xt. Ch. Oct. 6, 1741, leaving no issue, and the title at his father's death became dormant, the heir being another son, Col. Robert Keith of the Danish army- ELLEN, bu. Xt. Ch. June 5, 1714,
JANE, m., 1st, Feb. 17, 1736-7 'Thomas Berkeley of Phila., Esq., will probat. June 15, 1743, and, 2nd, Samuel Palmer, Issue (surname Berkeley) :
ANTHONY HENRY, bapt. Xt. Ch. Jany. 20, 1739-40, d. y., bu. Xt. Ch. July 3, 1740,
ELEANOR, m. John Chevalier, see below,
Issue (surname Palmer) :
JANE, d. y., bu. Xt. Ch. May 6, 1747,
ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 30, 1747, bapt. Xt. Ch., d. y., bu. Xt. Ch. May 3, 1747,
ELIZABETH, m. Xt. Ch. Oct. 21, 1749 Alexander Allaire of Phila., merchant, son of Alexander Allaire of New Rochelle, N. Y.,
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