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WILLIAM, b. July 22, 1723, bapt. Xt. Ch. Aug. 4, 1723, d. y. Sep. 23, 1733,
ANN, b. Jany. 1, 1725-6, d. s. p. Mch. 3, 1766, m. Xt. Ch. Jany. 1, 1749 Charles Stedman, who came to Philadelphia as captain of a vessel, and settled there as a merchant, being for several years a Common Councilman of the City and a Justice for the County,-With his brother Alexander Sted- man and Baron Stiegel, he owned and operated the Eliza- beth furnace in Lancaster Co. When advertised for sale in 1774, the property included the mansion and fifteen other messuages and over 10,000 acres. Charles Stedman d. Sep. 28, 1784, aged 71 yrs.,-
MARY [JANE], b. Apr. 27, 1727, bapt. Xt. Ch. June 26, m. James Young, see p. 164,
REBECCA, b. Nov. 23, 1728, bapt. Xt. Ch. Dec. 25, d. y. Dec. 27, 1728,
RACHEL, b. Nov. 23, 1728, bapt. Xt. Ch. Dec. 27, d. y. Mch. 11, 1730-1,
PATRICK, b. May 19, 1731, bapt. Xt. Ch. May 20, d. y. May 28, 1731,
ELIZABETH, b. May 19, 1731, bapt. Xt. Ch. May 20, d. y., bu. June 12, 1731,
ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 3, 1736-7, bapt. Xt. Ch. Feb. 3, the most accomplished lady of Provincial times, and whose physical and other misfortunes caused the friend who wrote her epitaph to call her " the afflicted daughter of Thomas and Ann Greem,"-She has some celebrity as one of the earlier female writers of poetry in America. In about her seven- teenth year, she became engaged to be married to a young gentleman about going abroad to finish his education in the law. The engagement was broken off, says the sketch of her in the Port Folio, reprinted in Hazard's Register, "not with- out much suffering on the part of Miss Græme." To divert her mind, she translated La Telemaque into English verse; but her health was weakened, and she was sent abroad under
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care of Rev. Dr. Peters the Councillor. Delavoye's Life of Lord Lynedoch mentions her letter speaking of a letter from her father's nephew, Thomas Græme of Balgowan, concern- ing the education of his son, afterwards Lord Lynedoch. On her return, her mother being dead, she became head of her father's house, which she made the rendezvous of the culti- vated minds of the Colony. Her paraphrase of the Book of Psalms, written from 1766 to 1768, is in MS. with the Hist. Soc. of Penna. She m. Apr. 21, 1772 Henry Hugh Fergus- son, a native of Scotland, and related to the celebrated philosopher, Dr. Adam Ferguson, says a note to Memoirs of Hist. Soc. Pa., Vol. I. He resided in Philadelphia until near the Revolutionary War, when he went to England, being styled in a deed of Nov. 26, 1776, " of the City and County of Phila. Esq. now sojourning in London." By that deed his wife and his attorney sold 200 acres of Græme Park to John Penn. She continued to reside at the man- sion during his absence. He returned to America with the British army, holding the appointment of Commissary of Prisoners ; and she obtained a pass to visit him in Philadel- phia. He was summoned before the Council of Pennsyl- vania as a traitor to the new State, and, not appearing, was attainted. She was on good terms with the Revolutionary officers, and, while she wished for peace even without inde- pendence, was believed to be a sincere lover of her country. She it was who conveyed to Gen. Washington the letter of Duché (see Hopkinson) urging him to return to his allegi- ance to the King, and she communicated to Joseph Reed the statement of Gov. Johnstone that if a reunion of the two countries were effected through Reed's influence, that gentle- man could command £10,000 and any Colonial office in the King's gift, to which Reed replied that the King of Great Britain had nothing within his gift to tempt him. The government of Pennsylvania refused in November, 1778, to allow her to go to New York to bid her husband farewell ; and she never saw him afterwards. Græme Park was
seized as his property by the agents of forfeited estates, but upon her petition, the Assembly postponed the sale of it dur- ing her lifetime, and she was allowed to remain there free of rent to the State. In the latter part of her life, she was very
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poor, but various anecdotes are told of her benevolence even then. She died at the house of Seneca Lukens, a Quaker, near Græme Park Feb. 23, 1801, without issue, bu. Xt. Ch.
MARY JANE GRÆME, b. Apr. 27, 1727, dau. of the Councillor, was baptized in Xt. Ch. in June following as "Mary," tombstone reads "M. Jane Young," d. Jany. 28, 1759, m. James Young, who would seem to have been one of the Youngs of Auldbar, Scotland, from the coat-of-arms on his seal : ar. 3 piles sa., on a chief of the last as many annulets or .- crest, a lion issuing out of a wreath gu. holding a sword in pale ppr. In June, 1756, he was appointed Commissary- General of the musters of Pennsylvania, and throughout the succeed- ing campaign acted as Paymaster of the troops. In 1767, he was com- missioned a Justice for Philadelphia County. In the Revolutionary War, he enlisted on the side of the Colonies, being made a Captain in August, 1776, and afterwards becoming Wagon-Master of Pennsyl- vania. He was also a Justice for the City and Co. of Phila. under the new government. He d. Jany. 28, 1779, aged 50 yrs., and was bu. with his wife's family in Christ Church yard; the Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. VII, include the invitation to the Supreme Executive Council to attend his funeral.
Issue of JAMES and MARY JANE YOUNG :
THOMAS GRÆME, b. Oct. 22, 1754, bapt. Xt. Ch. Nov. 17, d. y. June 11, 1756,
ANNA, b. Nov. 5, 1756, m. William Smith, see next page, JOHN, b. Phila. Nov. 6, 1757, of whom Dr. Rush said, " In
literary attainments he had few equals,-" He figures as about the youngest of the Pennsylvania Loyalists. He says ~ of himself, " Having long abhorred the new form of govern- ment erecting in America, on the ruins of the constitution of my country, and disdaining to submit to it, on the 24th of January, 1776, I set off in company with my friend, Mr. Baynton, from Philadelphia the place of our birth, for New York." Governor Tryon, recommending him to Sir William Howe for a commission in the army, says (Sabine's Loyal- ists), "Mr. John Young, a gentleman of property and char- acter in the Colony of Pennsylvania, puts himself under your protection. His loyalty to his Sovereign induced him to fly from persecution." In 1780, he purchased a Lieu- tenancy in the 42nd Foot, and was in the 60th in 1787.
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He was author of "D'Anville's Compendium of Ancient Geography ; with plates, translated from the French. Lon- don 1792. 8vo." He d. London Apr. 25, 1794,- JANE, b. Jany. 25, 1759, bu. Mch. 19, 1759.
ANNA YOUNG, b. Nov. 5, 1756, dau. of James and Mary Jane Young, d. Apr. 4, 1780 (obit. notices), m. (Penna. Gazette) at Græme Park Nov. 30, 1775 Doctor William Smith of Phila., of the firm of Lehman and Smith, druggists. He grad. M. D. at U. of P., was member of the Amer. Phil. Soc., and d. May 20, 1822.
Issue (surname SMITH) :
ANN, b. Aug. 29, 1777, d. unm. Feb. 24, 1807,
THOMAS GRÆME, b. Apr. 3, 1778, d. y.,
SAMUEL [F.], b. Mch. 16, 1780, m. Ellen Mark, see below.
SAMUEL [F.] SMITH, b. Mch. 16, 1780, son of William and Anna Smith, last named, was a merchant of Phila, and many years President of the Philadelphia Bank, retiring from it Jany. 26, 1852, d. Aug. 23, 1862, m. Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 27, 1806 Ellen, 4th dau. of John Mark. She was b. in Jefferson Co., Va., June 27, 1783, and d. Phila. Feb. 10, 1860.
Issue (surname SMITH) :
WILLIAM STEDMAN, b. Germantown July 27, 1807, d. y. Mch. 24, 1810,
ANN GRÆME, b. Phila. Jany. 18, 1811, d. Balt. Jany. 9, 1866, m. May 15, 1838 Henry C. Turnbull of Baltimore Co., Md.,
Issue (surname Turnbull) :
Samuel Græme, was in C. S. Army, d. s. p.,
Alexander Nisbet, of Phila., cotton commission mer- chant, m. Olivia Calhoun Whitridge, Issue (surname Turnbull) : Anna Græme, Elizabeth, Horatio Whitridge, Olivia C., Lawrence, A. Nisbet,
Lawrence, grad. A. B. (Princ.), of Baltimore, atty .- at- law, m. Francese Hill Litchfield of Brooklyn, N. Y., Issue (surname Turnbull) : Edwin Litchfield,
Eleanor L., Percy Græme, Bayard, Grace Hill,
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Ellen M., unm.,
John Lisle, of Merrillsville, N. Y., in dry goods job- bing business, m. Willie Irving Harrison, dau. of Rev. Peyton Harrison of Va., Issue (surname Turnbull) : Janet Græme, Samuel Græme, Rosalie Randolph,
Henry C., Secy. and Treas. Montgomery Palace Stock Car Co., m. Ellen Lisle,
Issue (surname Turnbull) :
Henry, Douglass Clayland,
Lennox B., a Presbyterian clergyman, of Farmwell, Loudoun Co., Va., m. Amelia Ryerson,
Issue (surname Turnbull) :
Anna H., Elizabeth H.,
Chester B., of Balt., cotton-broker, m. Annie S. Norris, JOHN MARK, b. Phila., Dec. 11, 1812, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), d. s. p. Phila. May 1, 1871,
SAMUEL LISLE, b. Germantown Aug. 11, 1816, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), atty .- at-law, d. Chicago July 30, 1854, m. Mch. 12, 1838 Martha M. Potts,
Issue (surname Smith) :
George P., b. Mch. 18, 1839, of Chicago, m. Dec. 7, 1865 Laura G. Roundtree,
Issue (surname Smith) : Ellen Lisle, b. June 29, 1871, George L., b. Mch. 26, 1873, d. y., George R., b. June 30, 1874, d. y., Laura Peyton, b. July 30, 1876,
Græme Lisle, b. Mch. 26, 1841, of Chicago,
WILLIAM STEDMAN, b. Phila. Sep. 8, 1817, d. y. July 21, 1819,
ELLEN MORROW, b. Phila. Oct. 8, 1821, m. Jany. 15, 1863 Rev. Peyton Harrison of Virginia, now of Baltimore,
Issue (surname Harrison) :
Samuel Græme, b. Balt. Oct. 27, 1863, grad. A. B. (Princ.)
CLEMENT PLUMSTED.
The family of Plumsted belonged to the County of Norfolk, the crest marked on silver of the Councillor's son is given in Burke's Armory in connection with arms granted to Nathaniel Plumsted of that County in the 15th year of Elizabeth. Among the proprietors of East Jersey associated with William Penn was a Clement Plum- sted, citizen and draper of London. His heir at law was Robert Plumsted, who appears to have been a merchant in London in part- nership with his son Thomas, who succeeded him in business, and whose death is noted in the Gentleman's Magazine. There was a Francis Plumsted of the Minories, London, ironmonger, one of the first purchasers from Penn; and a Matthew Plumsted was in Phila- delphia about 1699.
CLEMENT PLUMSTED the Councillor was born in the year 1680, as appears from the declaration in his will as to his age, and is said to have been a native of Norfolk. He was a resident of Philadelphia when he attained his majority, or, at least, very shortly afterwards. He is never described in deeds as following any other business than " merchant," and was nearly all his life one of the wealthiest citizens. In 1714 he became entitled by deed from Robert Plumsted to the pro- prietaryship in East Jersey which descended from the earlier Clement Plumsted. He was one of the executors of Edward Shippen Jr.'s will, and, perhaps owing to his Jersey affiliations, he was the most intimate friend of Andrew Hamilton, being connected with him in real estate transactions before that gentleman of romantic history came to Pennsylvania. For twenty years and more afterwards, they were concerned together in land speculations from which they derived large profit.
Plumsted was made a Common Councilman of Philadelphia in 1712, and, having in due time been raised to the rank of Alderman, was chosen in 1723 to succeed James Logan as Mayor. Before the close of his term he went over to England, taking his son with him, but returned in the course of a year. He was a member of the Provin-
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cial Assembly for several sessions. He was included in the Commis- sion of the Peace issued in 1717 for holding the Court of Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions, and Orphans' Court for Philadelphia County. The most reliable men were of course selected, and in place of law- yers, of which there were very few at that early date, were substituted the most intelligent and honorable merchants. Among his colleagues, therefore, were four prominent members of the Governor's Council together with the Mayor and Recorder of the City ex officio, and a former Mayor, and a former Judge of the Supreme Court. By new commissions issued in 1726 and 1732, on the expiration of the old ones, he was continued in this public trust, ever growing in import- ance with the increase of wealth and population. In 1736, he was again Mayor of the City, and, a third time, in 1741.
His admission to the Governor's Council was on the 5th of May, 1727, and his qualification as a Master in Chancery on the 25th of July, 1730. Although a Quaker, his views were rather influenced by Hamilton and Allen, and as the breach widened between the Lieuten- ant-Governor and the " Norris party," he showed little sympathy with the latter. Hence George Thomas's remarks about him in the letter to the Proprietaries quoted in our account of William Plumsted. He says, "Old Mr. Plumsted is a very sensible man and a very sincere friend to your family and to me, and if I thought it would oblige him, I would immediately nominate his son, but I do not think it will. He and Mr. Logan (who never attends the Council but now and then on Indian affairs) have advised me to break the whole Council."
In company with David French and two gentlemen from Maryland he was commissioned by the English Court of Chancery in 1740 to examine witnesses in Pennsylvania and the Lower Counties in the case of Penn vs. Lord Baltimore. Rev. Richard Peters the Councillor lived some time with Plumsted, and Richard Hockley, a protegé of Thomas Penn, and afterwards Keeper of the Great Seal of the Pro- vince, was, after coming to Philadelphia, clerk in his counting house.
Clement Plumsted died May 26, 1745, and was buried in Friends' Burial Ground on the same day. His will was dated Jan. 24, 1744-5, " in the 65th year of my age." He mentions his town lot in Amboy and lands near Amboy and Woodbridge in East Jersey and lands in Kent County on Delaware and the Tulpahawkin Mine Land and Pid- cock's Land and Mine, leaving them to his son. He left the tract lying on Crosswicks Creek in East Jersey which he purchased of Robert Plumsted, the southermost part of his bank lot and his part in
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Durham Iron Works to his gr'dson 'Thomas, and other properties in- cluding city houses and lots to his two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca, and directed that all the sterling money that should be- long to his gr'ddau. Elizabeth should be placed in the hands of his cousin Thomas Plumsted of London for investment. He gave lega- cies to his cousins Clement Hall and others,-descendants of Sarah Plumsted who m. William Hall of Salem, N. J.,-and 50l. to Samuel Powell to be divided between ten poor housekeepers as he should see fit, five of them to be Friends and five of other persuasions. He also gave 5s. to every poor person in the Alms House. He appointed his wife Mary and son William Executors and his friends William Allen, Samuel Powell Jr., and Richard Peters or any two of them trustees. The will was witnessed by Edward Shippen, Joseph Shippen, William Coxe, and Joseph Brientnall.
He m., 1st, Mch. 1, 1703-4 Sarah, widow of William Righton, and dau. of William Biddle, the ancestor of the Philadelphia family of that name, a prominent man in West Jersey. She died F. M. 6 mo. 17, 1705 ; and he m., 2nd, F. M. 8 mo. 15, 1707 Elizabeth Palmer, as to whose antecedents we have a clue in Anthony Palmer the Coun- cillor being a witness to the marriage, probably as a brother ; and he m., 3rd, Mary - (probably Corry), who was great aunt of the wife of John Nixon (see Pa. Mag. Hist. &ct., Vol. I). She survived the Councillor.
Issue by 1st wife :
WILLIAM, d. infant May 14, 1705,
Issue by 2nd wife :
WILLIAM, b. Nov. 7, 1708, m., 1st, Rebecca Kearney, and, 2nd, Mary McCall, see below,
THOMAS, d. infant Sept. 19, 1710,
THOMAS, d. infant Sept. 5, 1712, CLEMENT, d. infant Nov. 27, 1715,
a dau., d. infant Aug. 20, 1716, CHARLES, d. infant July 16, 1719.
WILLIAM PLUMSTED, the only child of the Councillor who attained full age, was born Nov. 7, 1708. In 1724, he was taken abroad by his father. He subsequently became his father's partner in business, and continued in trade after his father's death. He became a Com- mon Councilman of the City in 1739. And on his return from a voyage to England in 1741, it being suggested to call him to the Pro- vincial Council, Gov. Thomas wrote to Mr. Penn: "Will Plum-
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sted is a very worthy young man : but as his Father is in the Council he will be always looked upon as under his influence and so can give no reputation to the Board : besides it is both your Brother's opinion and mine that he would not accept of it."
On the death of Peter Evans, a lawyer from the Inner Temple, in 1745, the office of Register-General of Wills for the Province became vacant, and, at Clement Plumsted's solicitation, it was given to Wil- liam Plumsted, although, Richard Hockley writes, it was thought remarkable that a wealthy man would take it. Plumsted held the office until his death. He was also many years a County Justice. When about middle age, he renounced Quakerism ; so we find him a subscriber to the Dancing Assembly of 1748, the first ever held in Philadelphia. Later on, he was one of the principal founders of St. Peter's Church. He heads the petition to the Penns for a site in 1754, although, to be sure, being so prominent a man, he would have been asked to sign first, he contributed to the building fund, and with Attwood Shute, John Wilcocks, Jacob Duché, and Thomas Penrose took title to the lot at 3rd and Pine by deed from the Proprietaries in trust for the congregation. In 1761, when the structure was finished, he was elected vestryman, and became the first accounting warden. He was also one of the original twenty-four trustees of the College which has since grown to be the University of Pennsylvania. He was three times Mayor of Philadelphia, in 1750, 1754, and 1755, at the end of the first term donating the City 75l. instead of the entertain- ment expected from a retiring Mayor.
He came forward with Chief Justice Allen and others in 1755 to pay the sum expected to be derived from the tax on the Proprietaries' estates, when the Assembly was refusing to pass any bill for raising money for defence that excused them from contributing, and the Gov- ernor dared not pass any law that made them contribute. In 1757, Plumsted was a member of Assembly from Northampton Co.
William Plumsted died August 10, 1765, and was buried in St. Peters' Church-yard.
His will, dated Oct. 24, 1760, recited that " whereas my Father Clement Plumsted did by his last will and testament give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Plumsted (now Elliott) and to my daugh- ter Rebecca Plumsted (now Gore) and to my son Thomas Plumsted a very large part and portion of his estate and since his my said Fath- er's death by my intermarriage with my now wife I am favored with a new offspring of children " he had it not in his power to make said
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three children large bequests. He therefore gave 50l. each to Eliza- beth Elliott and Rebecca Gore, and 100l. to Thomas Plumsted, and all the residue to his wife and her children, his executors to have power to sell all his real estate: provided that if the mine in which he was interested should turn out valuable, and net proceeds in wife's hands amount to 2000l., then 500l. should be added to the bequest to Thomas Plumsted, and 200l. to bequests to Elizabeth Elliott and to Rebecca Gore.
He m., 1st, F. M., April 19, 1733 Rebecca, dau. of Philip Kearney of Phila., merchant, by his wife Rebecca, daughter of Lionel Brittain, a very early settler. Lionel Brittain was also the father of Elizabeth, wife of Michael Kearney, a prominent man in East Jersey, from whom descended Gen. Phil. Kearny of N. J. and Mr. J. Kearney Rodgers of N. Y. Mrs. Plumsted was sister of Mary, the wife of Chief Jus- tice John Kinsey. Rebecca, Wm. Plumsted's 1st wife, died Jany. 20, 1740-1; and he m., 2nd, Xt. Ch. Sept. 27, 1753 Mary, dau. of George McCall of Phila., merchant, by his w. Anne, dau. of Jasper Yeates, an early Councillor. The widow of William Plumsted d. Sep. 13, 1799.
Issue by 1st wife :
ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 9, 1734-5, d. inf. Sep. 21, 1739,
MARY, b. Jany. 1, 1735-6, d. y.,
REBECCA, b. May 22, 1737, resided in Phila. after the Revo- lution, d. July 1, 1809, m. Charles Gore, gentleman, Lieut. in His Majesty's 55th Regt. of Foot in 1760,-The marriage settlement is dated Mch. 14, 1760, and conveyed the estate devised to her by her grandfather to Archibald McCall and Robert Morris in trust to raise 1000l. to be invested as her separate estate. He d. before Jany. 28, 1763, the date of his brother John Gore's letter concerning a pension. The only issue were two children who d. y.,-
CLEMENT, b. May 23, 1738, d. inf. Oct. 10, 1738,
CLEMENT, d. inf. Nov. 13, 1739,
THOMAS, b. Apr. 28, 1740, m. Mary Coats, see next page,
ELIZABETH, m. Andrew Elliott, see p. 176,
Issue by 2nd wife :
WILLIAM, b. Aug. 4, 1754, d. y., bu. Xt. Ch. Mch. 11, 1756, GEORGE, b. Aug. 9, 1755, d. y., bu. Xt. Ch. July 15, 1756,
WILLIAM, b. Aug. 29, 1756, d. s. p., bu. St. Peter's Aug. 27, 1794,
CLEMENT, b. Oct. 4, 1758, d. s. p. Phila. Sep. 23, 1800,
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ANN, b. July 7, 1760, d. y., bu. St. Peter's Dec. 7, 1772, CATHARINE, b. July 7, 1760, d. unm.,
GEORGE, b. May 3, 1765, of Phila., merchant, d. Apr. 5, 1805, m. Dec. 3, 1795 Anna Helena Amelia Ross (b. Nov. 26, 1776, d. Jany. 18, 1846, having m., 2nd, Hon. P. S. Mark- ley, member of Congress from Penna.), dau. of John Ross of Phila., merchant, native of Aberdeen, by his w. Clemen- tina, dau. of Capt. Charles Cruikshank, Royal Army,
Issue :
MARY, b. Nov. 8, 1796, d. unm., bu. St. Peter's, Nov. 24, 1856,
CLEMENTINA Ross, of Phila., unm.,
ANNA MARGARETTA, d. Mch. 8, 1878, m. 1834 John H. Scheetz, member of bar and Clerk of Montgom- ery Co. (b. Oct. 10, 1799, d. Mch. 28, 1865), son of Gen. Scheetz of Norristown,
Issue (surname Scheetz) :
Henry Augustus, served in U. S. Vols., d. Aug. 8,1867, Helena Ross, of Phila., unm., Elizabeth Markley, d. inf., WILLIAM, surgeon U. S. N., d. s. p. Apr. 17, 1839.
THOMAS PLUMSTED, b. Apr. 28, 1740, son of William and Rebecca Plumsted, page 171, is styled in 1766 "of Shrewsbury township in the Province of New Jersey, merchant." He was living afterwards in Phila. as a merchant. He d. Oct. 29, 1776, bu. Xt. Ch. He m. at St. Peter's Aug. 13, 1762 Mary, dau. of Warwick Coats. She was b. Oct. 8, 1741, d. Aug. - , 1780, bu. St. Peter's Aug. 11, 1780.
Issue :
CLEMENT, b. Sep. 4, 1763, taken to Europe by Mrs. Elliott, and was midshipman in Adm. Digby's ship, is said to have been lost at sea,
REBECCA, b. Mch. 8, 1765, m. Benjamin Hutton, see below.
REBECCA PLUMSTED, dau. of Thomas and Mary Plumsted, last named, d. July, 1841, bu. St. Peter's, m. Xt. Ch. July 27, 1780 Ben- jamin Hutton, who was b. May 4, 1752, d. Aug. 20, 1809, son of John Strangeways Hutton by his w. Ann, dau. of John Vanlaer.
Issue (surname HUTTON) :
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MARY, b. Aug. 9, 1781, m. John Devereux, see below,
SARAH, b. Sep. 15, 1783, d. Aug. 30, 1786,
THOMAS, b. April 11, 1786, d. Apr. 27, 1803,
BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 5, 1788, d. Sep. 16, 1789,
ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 31, 1791, d. Aug. 20, 1792, ELIZA ELLIOT, b. Sep. 21, 1794, m. Robert Burton, see p. 175, ANN, b. Nov. 18, 1795, d. unm. Feb. 28, 1870, bu. St. Peter's, ELEANOR, b. Apr. 24, 1799, d. Apr. 27, 1803, CLEMENT, b. Jany. 20, 1801, d. May 10, 1803,
ELLEN, b. July 19, 1804, d. unm. Jany. 7, 1873, bu. St. Pe- ter's.
MARY HUTTON, b. Aug. 9, 1781, dau. of Benjamin and Rebecca Hutton, as above, d. Nov. 21, 1870, m. Sep. 22, 1799 John Devereux, son of James and Eleanor Devereux. He was a sea captain and mer- chant in Phila., d. Apr., 1820, bu. Island of Grand Cayman, W. I. Issue (surname DEVEREUX) :
JOHN, b. Aug. 10, 1800, Pres. of Penna. Fire Ins. Co., m. May 27, 1829 Helen C. (b. Feb. 6, 1799, d. Oct. 26, 1880), dau. of Joseph and Barbara Snyder,
Issue (surname Devereux) :
John, b. Mch. 26, 1830, Col. U. S. Vols., m. Feb. 3, 1853 Agnes C., dau. of Joseph S. and Mary A. Myers,
Issue (surname Devereux) : Mary, b. June 1, 1859, d. Aug. 15, 1859, Helen, b. Feb. 17, 1864,
Louisa, b. June 28, 1831, d. Jany. 31, 1832, Helen, b. July 19, 1832, d. July 24, 1833,
Frederick, b. May 4, 1834, of Phila.,
Clara, b. June 8, 1835, d. unm. Mch. 26, 1858,
Alfred, b. June 20, 1837, of Phila., was Lieut. U. S.
Marines, m. Oct. 7, 1875 Constance, dau. of Anthony J. and Margaret Antelo,
Issue (surname Devereux) . Mildred Antelo, b. Aug. 2, 1876, A. J. Antelo, b. Apr. 6, 1878, Constance, b. Dec. 1, 1879, Alfred Plumsted, b. Jany. 29, 1883,
Charles Borromeo, b. Mch. 7, 1839, Maj. U. S. Vols., d. unm. Nov. 26, 1877,
Eugene, b. Apr. 5, 1841, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), of Phila., served in Union Army and Navy,
JAMES, b. Apr. 17, 1803, of Phila., merchant, d. Oct. 5, 1878,
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m. Mary C. (b. Aug. 31, 1808, d. Feb. 9, 1880), dau. of Richard and Hannah Garwood,
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