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Mary Griffitts, unm.,
Emily, unm., William, d. unm.
REBECCA WALN WELLS, b. 1799, dau, of Gideon H. and Hannah Wells, see preceding page, d. Mch. 24, 1843, m. Dec. 13, 1821 Red- wood Fisher.
Issue (surname Fisher) :
Lamar Wells, m. Annie, wid. of Robert Johnson (descend. of Norris), who d. s. p. May 30, 1866,
Anna Wells, of Phila., unm.,
Francis Wells, served in Union army, d. s. p.,
Marian Wells, of New York, unm.,
Redwood, d. inf.
WILLIAM HILL WELLS, son of Richard and Rachel Wells, see p. (33), resided at Dagsborough, Del., in 1799 became United States Senator from Delaware, but resigned in 1804, after which he resided some time in Tioga Co., Pa., but from 1813 to 1817 was again Senator
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from Delaware, opposing in 1816 the chartering of the Bank of the United States, d. Mch. 11, 1829, m. Elizabeth Dagworthy.
Issue (surname WELLS) :
RACHEL HILL, d. after Sep. 13, 1841, m. William D. Waples, JOHN DAGWORTHY, dec'd, m. Jany. 26, 1832 Ann Lehman, Issue (surname Wells) :
Elizabeth Dagworthy, of Phila., unm.,
William Lehman, grad. A. B. and M. D. (U. of P.), HENRY HILL, m. Mary Putnam,
Issue (surname Wells) : William Hill, R. Jones,
THEODORE LLOYD, d. y.,
EDWARD LLOYD, was clerk in U. S. Treasury Dept., d. in Washington, m., 1st, Margaret Tripp, and, 2nd, Julia A. Copes, and, 3rd, Sallie W. Jacobs,
Issue (surname Wells) : William Hill, dec'd,
Edmond Holmes, dec'd,
Mary Dagworthy, dec'd, Julia Elizabeth,
Rachel Hill,
Mary D.,
Edward Henry, Henrietta, Laura,
MARY DAGWORTHY, d. s. p., PAULINA, d. y.,
LOUISA CAROLINE, d. y.,
ALFRED, b. Dagsborough May 27, 1814, settled as a lawyer in Ithaca, N. Y., became Deputy Clerk, Dist. Atty. and Judge of Tompkins Co., and in 1859 was member of Con- gress, d. at Ithaca in 1867, m. Catherine Ratcliff, Issue (surname Wells) :
Henry Ratcliff, William Hill, Mary, Franklin, Catherine, Frederic.
MARGARET HILL, b. Nov. 2, 1737, dau. of Dr. Richard and Deb- orah Hill, see p. (32), has left an interesting Diary, published with
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the Letters of Dr. Richard Hill. She d. Oct. 10, 1816. She m. Sep. 21, 1758 William Morris, who d. Apr. 14, 1766, son of John Morris, and gr'dson of the Anthony Morris who emigrated to Penna. Issue of WILLIAM and MARGARET MORRIS :
RICHARD, b. Sep. 28, 1759, d. y. Sep. 29, 1760, JOHN, b. Sep. 28, 1759, m. Abigail Dorsey, see below,
DEBORAH, b. Nov. 29, 1760, m., 1st, Benjamin Smith, and, 2nd, Isaac Collins, see p. (43),
RICHARD HILL, b. Sep. 5, 1762, m., 1st, Mary Mifflin, and, 2nd, Mary Smith, see p. (43),
MARY, b. June 19, 1764, d. y. Feb. 14, 1765,
GULIELMA MARIA, b. Aug. 18, 1766, m. John Smith, see LOGAN.
JOHN MORRIS, b. Sep. 28, 1759, son of Wm. and Margaret Morris, as above, was a physician, d. of yellow fever Sep. 8, 1793, m. Oct. 16, 1783 Abigail Dorsey, who d. Sep. 16, 1793.
Issue (surname MORRIS) :
SARAH, b. Aug. 29, 1784, d. y. Jany. 23, 1794, WILLIAM STANTON, b. Nov. 24, 1785, d. unm. 1819,
BENEDICT, b. Mch. 24, 1787, d. y. Nov. 13, 1790,
MARTHA MILCAH, b. Aug. 24, 1788, d. Jany. 26, 1826, m., 1st, Oct. 12, 1809 Thomas Lawrie, who d. Mch. 6, 1816, and she m., 2nd, Dec. 13, 1821 Jacob B. Clarke,
Issue-all by 2nd husband (surname Clarke) : Morris, d. inf., Henry Morris, d. inf. 1825,
MARY, b. Aug. 7, 1790, d. y. 1798,
MARGARET, b. Aug. 18, 1792, m. Isaac Collins, see below.
MARGARET MORRIS, b. Aug. 18, 1792, last named, d. April 22, 1832, m. Oct. 4, 1810 Isaac Collins Jr., since dec'd.
Issue (surname Collins) :
William Morris, dec'd, m. Elizabeth C. Cope, Issue (surname Collins) : Mary Ann, Lydia Cope, m. John Wood, Issue (surname Wood) : Ellen C., Horace, Arthur M., Edward C., Margaret M. Cope, m. Edward Wistar, Issue (surname Wistar) : Thomas, Caspar, Martha L., m. Oct. 3, 1833, John B. Bispham, Issue (surname Bispham) :
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John, d. y., Margaret, m. Hugh Munroe Dewees, William, m. Oct. 7, 1863 Laura Wistar, Issue (surname Bispham) : Clarence Wyatt, b. July 16, 1865, Henry Collins, m. June 1, 1871 Ida Tilghman Lowry (descend. of Tilghman), Issue (surname Bispham) : Avice de Heyton, b. New York May 31, 1872, Henry Carroll, b. Jany. 27, 1875, d. Paris Apr. 1, 1879,
Gulielma Maria, dec'd, m. June 5, 1839 Philip B. Chase, Issue (surname Chase) : Frederic, m. Clarissa S. Hart, Issue (surname Chase) : F. Albert, dec'd, Julia M., Clarissa Townly, Samuel H., Mabel B.,
Philip Francis, d. s. p., m. Elizabeth Le Conte Penington (de- scend. of Shoemaker), William Morris, m. Almida McMakin, Issue (surname Chase) : Maria, Morton, m. Annie C. Rhoads, Issue (surname Chase) : Maris Rhoads, dec'd, Susan C., Ernest Hazen, Henry Hill, d. s. p. July 20, 1840,
Alfred Morris, m. Nov. 22, 1843 Hannah Evans, Issue (surname Collins) : Henry Hill, m. Edith Earl Conrad, Issue (surname Collins) : Henry Hill, Alfred M., Jane Tevis, m. S. G. Morton Maule, Issue (surname Maule) : Margaret Collins, Alfred Collins, Josephine Richards, m. Joseph F. Page, Issue (surname Page) : Charles Collins, Edith, Elizabeth Richards, Frederic, of Phila., brewer, m. Aug. 28, 1844 Letitia P. Dawson, Issue (surname Collins) : Elizabeth D., m. Charles F. Hulse, who d. Aug. 28, 1876, Issue (surname Hulse) : Letitia C., Margaret M., - Annie Morrison, Frederic, Isaac, m. Dec. 9, 1847 Elizabeth B. K. Earl, Issue (surname Collins) : Thomas Earl, Theodore, d. y., Margaret Morris, dec'd, m. June 1, 1853 Oliver K. Earle, Issue (surname Earle) : Alfred Morris, dec'd, Oliver, Morris, Margaret Collins,
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Percival, dec'd, m. Sarah Levick, Issue (surname Collins) : William.
DEBORAH MORRIS, b. Nov. 29, 1760, dau. of Wm. and Margaret Morris, see p. (41), d. Mch. 15, 1822, m., 1st, Nov. 11, 1789 Benjamin Smith, who d. Oct. 18, 1793, and she m., 2nd, Nov., 1809 Isaac Col- lins of Trenton, printer, who d. Mch. 21, 1817.
Issue, all by 1st husband (surname SMITH) :
MARGARET MORRIS, b. Sep. 28, 1790, d. Oct., 1855,
DANIEL B., b. July 14, 1792, of Germantown, m. June 16, 1824 Esther Morton, dau. of John Morton,
Issue (surname Smith) :
Benjamin Raper, m. Hetty, dau. of William and Debo- rah Wharton,
Issue (surname Smith) : Robert Morton, William Wharton, Anna Wharton, Esther Morton, John Morton, d. y., Mary Morton, d. s. p. Apr. 15, 1854.
RICHARD HILL MORRIS, b. Sep. 5, 1762, son of Wm. and Mar- garet Morris, see p. (41), d. Dec. 6, 1841, m., 1st, Mch. 17, 1786 Mary Mifflin, dau. of Samuel Mifflin of Woodbury, N. J., she d. s. p. 1789, and, 2nd, Oct. 25, 1798 Mary, dau. of Richard S. Smith, she d. Jany. 15, 1848.
Issue by 2nd wife (surname MORRIS) :
WILLIAM HENRY, b. Oct. 20, 1799, m. Margaret E. Maris, see below,
RICHARD SMITH, b. Oct. 27, 1801, d. y. Apr. 16, 1817,
EDMUND, b. Aug. 28, 1804, m. Mary P. Jenks, see p. (44), CHARLES MOORE, b. Mch. 4, 1810, m. Ann Jenks, see p. (45), ANNA MARGARETTA, b. Oct. 4, 1812, d. s. p. Nov. 26, 1833, m. July 31, 1833 Joseph S. Sloan.
WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS, b. Oct. 20, 1799, son of Richard H. and Mary Morris, as above, d. Havre de Grace, Md., Mch. 24, 1846, m. 6, 14, 1825 Margaret Edwards Maris of Bucks Co., Pa.
Issue (surname Morris) :
Martha Moore, d. Jany. 18, 1870, m. April 10, 1845, William Gummere of Burlington,
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Issue (surname Gummere) : Richard Morris, of Bethlehem, Pa., m. Elizabeth Hunt, Issue (surname Gummere) : Rebecca Hunt, William, Margaret Morris, unm., Frances Marsh, m. James Craig Perrine, who d. May 7, 1879, Issue (surname Perrine) : Martha Gummere, William Henry, of Burlington,
Mary Jane, d. inf. June 20, 1828,
Elizabeth Maris, m. Dillwyn Smith, see Logan,
Jane Maris, m. May 9, 1865 Francis William Milnor, Issue (surname Milnor) : Thomas William, Francis William, d. inf. June 29, 1872.
EDMUND MORRIS, b. Aug. 28, 1804, son of Richard H. and Mary Morris, see p. (43), resided at Burlington, N. J., d. May 4, 1874, m. Dec. 27, 1827 Mary P., dau. of William and Mary Jenks. Mrs. Morris was b. Jany. 25, 1804, d. Feb. 15, 1876.
Issue (surname Morris) :
Anna Margaretta, b. Jany. 28, 1829, d. Nov. 12, 1876, m. Dec. 24, 1849 Rev. Marcus F. Hyde, D. D., Prof. of An- cient Languages in Burlington College, d. Burlington, N. J., Sep. 4, 1880, Issue (surname Hyde) :
Edmund Morris, b. Oct. 9, 1852, Prof. of Latin and Greek at Mil. Acad. at Chester, Pa.,
Ellen Amelia, b. Oct. 31, 1830, m. May 7, 1855 George Dug- dale,
Issue (surname Dugdale) : Mary Morris, b. Feb. 6, 1856, d. y., Horace Cleveland, b. Feb. 13, 1861,
Richard Hill, b. July 17, 1832, d. Apr. 23, 1833,
Charles Jenks, b. July 2, 1835, d. Oct. 23, 1836,
Richard Hill, b. Sep. 8, 1838, d. Sep. 18, 1839,
Mary Ann, b. Feb. 3, 1840, m. Nov. 5, 1863 Alexander C. Fergusson of Phila.,
Issue (surname Fergusson) : Edmund Morris, b. Sep. 7, 1864, Agnes McCall, b. Oct. 5, 1866, Henry Alexander, b. Dec. 2, 1869, Mary Morris, b. Aug. 15, 1871, d. Apr. 13, 1876, Alexander Cuthill, b. May 31, 1874, Helen, b. Aug. 20, 1878,
Edmund, b. Aug. 9, 1842, d. Nov. 19, 1842,
Henry Burling, b. Jany. 16, 1844, of Ithaca, N. Y., m, 1st, July 10, 1867 Anne Brown Knapp, who d. July 1, 1878, and, 2nd, July 15, 1879, Florence A. Dowe,
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Issue by 1st wife (surname Morris) : Elizabeth Whitney, b. July 13, 1869, d. Feb. 1, 1873, Edmund, b. June 7, 1871, Samuel Tracy Knapp, b. Jany. 15, 1873, Harold Brown, b. July 16, 1877, Issue by 2nd wife (surname Morris) : Albert Dowe, b. May 7, 1880, d. July 12, 1880, Emma Elizabeth, b. October 14, 1846, d. July 15, 1847.
CHARLES MOORE MORRIS, b. Mch. 4, 1810, son of Richard H. and Mary Morris, p. (43), resides in Phila, is a Vice Pres. of the Hist. Soc. of Penna., m. Oct. 12, 1831 Ann, dau. of William and Mary Jenks, of Middletown, Bucks Co. She d. Apr. 15, 1870.
Issue (surname Morris) :
William Jenks, b. Aug. 27, 1832, of Phila., m. Dec. 20, 1858 Ann M., dau. of Sterne and Ann Humphreys, Issue (surname Morris) : Charles Moore, b. Jany. 14, 1861, d. Dec. 30, 1864, Aubrey Bevan, b. Nov. 18, 1865, d. June 26, 1867, Gertrude Russell, b. May 11, 1868, Marianna Martin, b. Nov. 20, 1870,
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Mary Anna, b. Oct. 10, 1835, d. July 17, 1868, m. Jany. 3, 1855 Sanderson R. Martin, Issue (surname Martin) : Clara, b. Aug. 2, 1857, d. Nov. 21, 1860, Ann Morris, b. Nov. 3, 1860, Charles Morris, b. June 1, 1862, d. Aug. 3, 1863.
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EDWARD SHIPPEN.
BY. ELISE WILLING BALCH.
Amongst those who emigrated from the Mother Country for the purpose of bettering their fortunes, and not to escape religious perse- cution, was Edward Shippen, who, we find in " Letters and Papers relating chiefly to the Provincial History of Penna., by Thomas Balch," was the younger son of William Shippen, of Presbury, Cheshire, and afterwards of Methley, Yorkshire, gentleman. The family occupied a position of importance; the four sons of his brother, Rev. William Shippen, D. D., rector of Stockport, Cheshire, were: (1) Robert Shippen, D. D., principal of Brasenose College, and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University ; (2) William Shippen, M. P., the " down-right Shippen " of Pope, the famous leader of the Jacobites, of whom Sir Robert Walpole repeatedly said that he was not to be approached by corruption, and whose courage and integrity in Parliament procured for him, Dec. 4, 1717, the glory of a warrant of the House of Com- mons, committing him to the Tower for "reflecting on his Majesty's Person and Government," who m. Frances, dau. of Sir Richard Stote ; (3) Edward Shippen, grad. Brasenose College, and was a physician, and m. (Foster's Lancashire Pedigrees) Frances, dau. of Richard Legh, of Lyme, widow of Sir Gilbert Clarke; (4) John Shippen, a Spanish merchant and British Consul at Lisbon.
EDWARD SHIPPEN, the President of the Council, was b. on his ancestral estate, Hillham, Yorkshire, 1639. Bred to mercantile pur- suits, he emigrated to Boston in 1668, where he, as a merchant, was very successful, for it appears that he was, on removing to Phila., worth at least £10,000, a sum by no means inconsiderable in those days, particularly in a new country. His sagacity and ability largely increased his fortunes during his residence in Phila. He brought with him to Boston, his notions as a member of the Established Church, for he at once joined the Artillery Company, but in 1671,
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he m. Elizabeth Lybrand, a Quakeress, and became a member of that sect, and shared in the "jailings, whippings (on 9th Aug., 1677), and banishments, the fines and imprisonments," inflicted on the inoffensive Quakers. Nevertheless, he prospered, and on Sept. 12, 1687, pre- sented a petition, upon consideration of which this order was made : "That whereas, Edward Shippen, of Boston, merchant, hath, by his petition, set forth that, for many years past, he and those under whom he claims, have been possessed of a certain house and ground wherein he now liveth; one other house and ground, in the occupation of Thomas Savage; one other house and ground, in the occupation of George Dawson ; several warehouses and grounds belonging thereto; and about four acres of ground in pasture; all within the town of Boston ; and moreover, petitions to have them confirmed to him ; whereupon, the Governor, Sir Edmund Andross, ordered them to be surveyed, so that a patent for them may be granted unto him." Mr. Shippen owned, besides, several wharves, somewhere near Faneuil Hall, known in the last century as Shippen's Wharves. In 1693, a meteor appeared, and therefore "a fresh persecution of the Baptists and Quakers " was " promoted," and reached such a pitch that Mr. Shippen was either banished, or driven to take refuge in Philadelphia. It seems to have taken about a year to dispose of his estate in Boston, and transfer the proceeds to his new house. He did not quit Boston without erecting a memorial on " a green," near to " a pair of gallows, where several of our friends had suffered death for the truth, and were thrown into a hole." He asked leave of the magistrates "to erect some more lasting monument there, but they were not willing." In Phila., Mr. Shippen's wealth and character soon obtained for him such position and influence that, July 9, 1695, he was elected Speaker of the Assembly. In 1696, he was chosen as one of the Provincial Council, by popular vote, and was returned every year at the fresh elections. In 1700, he was called to the board by Penn, and in the autumn was permitted to absent himself, in order to sit in the Assem- bly, on condition that he would resume his duties as Councillor after the adjournment. About this time, he was a Justice for Philadel- phia County ; and being a large property holder, was named in the Commission of Property.
William Penn named him in the Charter, Oct. 25, 1701, as the first Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. Penn, as is well known, gave the most anxious consideration to his selection of officers to govern the new city. In Mr. Shippen, he found a man of courage,
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energy, integrity, intelligence, and sagacity, whose unspotted moral character was ample earnest to the citizens, that the executive powers would be exercised with the strictest justice and fidelity, whose active business habits and bravery, equally assured them of the chief magis- trate's resolution and promptness, whilst his high social position gave dignity to the office, which he held for two years. He was the first named in the Commission issued by the Proprietary, October 28, 1701, to the new Provincial Council, no longer an elective body. They were to consult and assist the Proprietary, if in the Colony, and his Deputy or Lieutenant-Governor, for the time being; and in case of the latter's decease or incapacity, to exercise all the powers, juris- diction, and authority conferred upon Penn by the Charter of King Charles. They were to hold office during the Proprietary's pleasure, and their number could be increased by the Lieutenant-Governor. Edward Shippen was President of the Council 1702-4, and on the death of Penn's Deputy, Hamilton, of New Jersey, May, 1703, became the head of the government, and continued such until the arrival of John Evans, in December. At this time, he was also a Provincial Judge. In 1706, he contracted his third marriage, which led to his separa- tion from the Society of Friends, and retired from public life, except that he continued to advise upon public affairs, as we find from Penn's letter, 24th 5 mo., 1712. His house long bore the name of " the Governor's House." "It was built in the early rise of the city, received then the name of 'Shippey's Great House,' while Shippen himself was proverbially distinguished for three great things ; 'the biggest person, the biggest house, and the biggest coach.'" His coun- try-house stood near the present S. W. corner of South and Broad streets, and his property stretched along the south side of the old city, from Front street to about 16th, Shippen (now Bainbridge) St. being opened through it, and Juniper St., for several squares below South, being called Shippen's Lane. Edward Shippen d. Phila., Oct. 2, 1712. He m., 1st, Elizabeth Lybrand, of Boston, who d. there Oct. 25, 1688.
Issue, all born in Boston : FRANCES, b. Feb. 12, 1672-3, d. April 9, 1673, EDWARD, b. Oct. 2, 1674, d. Nov. 2, 1674, WILLIAM, b. Oct. 4, 1675, d. 1676, ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 21, 1676, d. y, EDWARD, b. Feb. 10, 1677-8, m. Anna Francina Vanderhey- den, see next page,
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JOSEPH, b. Feb. 28, 1678-9, m., 1st, Abigail Grosse, and, 2ndly,
Mrs. Rose McWilliams, see after Edward's descendants, MARY, b. May 6, 1681, d. 1688,
ANNE, b. June 17, 1684, d. s. p. Phila., Dec. 6, 1712, bu. Friends' burying-ground, Phila., m. Phila., July 10, 1706, Thomas Story, first Recorder of the City of Phila., Master of the Rolls, Keeper of the Great Seal, a member of the Council, and of the Commission of Property. He was born in England, after practising law, was converted to Quakerism, and came to Pennsylvania in 1699. He was an eminent preacher of the denomination, and often visited the other colonies in its service. In 1706, he was chosen Mayor, but, on refusing, was fined £20 by the Council. By his marriage, he received a large property, part of which was the large house in Second street, afterwards sold to James Logan, and later pulled down to afford the site, in part, of the old Bank of Pennsylvania. After his wife's death, he returned to England, and subsequently reconveyed this estate, by his will, to her family.
Edward Shippen m., 2ndly, at Newport, R. I., Sept. 4, 1689, Re- becca, widow of Francis Richardson, of New York, and dau. of John Howard, of Yorkshire, England, she d. Phila., Feb. 26, 1704-5, and was bu. in Friends' burying ground.
Issue :
ELIZABETH, b. Boston, Oct. 20, 1691, d. Aug. 18, 1692.
Edward Shippen m., 3rdly, Phila., 1706, Esther, widow of Philip James, and dau. of John Wilcox, d. Phila., Aug. 7, 1724, bu. in Friends' burying ground ; will proved Oct. 20, 1724.
Issue :
JOHN, b. Phila., 1707, d. Dec. 24, 1707,
WILLIAM, b. Phila., Oct. 3, 1708, d. unm., Feb. 3, 1730-1, bu. Friends' burying ground. By his will, proved Feb. 9, 1730, he left 50 acres of his father's land, below the city, to Samuel Powel, father of the Samuel Powel who married Miss Willing.
EDWARD SHIPPEN, son of Edward Shippen, President of the Council, b. Boston, Feb. 10, 1677-8, d. Philadelphia, Dec. 29, 1714. Will proved Jan. 10, 1715. He married Anna Francina, dau. of Mathias Vanderheyden, of Bohemia River, Maryland, by his wife,
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Anna Margaretta Herman. After his death, she m. Col. Hynson, of Maryland, and d. aged 70 years.
Issue :
MARY, bu. Phila., Sept. 11, 1710,
MARGARET, m. John Jekyll, of Boston, see below.
MARGARET SHIPPEN, dau. of Edward and Anna Francina Ship- pen, last named, m. Christ Church, Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 1734, John Jekyll, Collector of the Port of Boston from 1731 to 1741, son of John Jekyll, who filled the same office from 1707 to 1731, by his first wife, Elizabeth Clark, of New York. He was a relative of Sir Joseph Jekyll, Master of the Rolls and Secretary of State to Queen Anne. He d. Boston, March 1, 1741. She returned to Phila., and d. there, bu. Xt. Ch., Oct. - , 1762, will proved Oct. 24, 1762.
Issue (surname JEKYLL) :
JOHN, went to England about 1765, and in 1768 was living in Exeter, m., 1766, -, dau. of -- Webb, Esq., of Dorsetshire,
FRANCINA, m. William Hicks, see HICKS,
ARIANNA MARGARETTA, m. James Chalmers, see below.
ARIANNA MARGARETTA JEKYLL, dau. of John and Margaret (née Shippen) Jekyll, last named, b. Boston, 1741, d. at Springfield Lodge, Camberwell, Co. Surrey, Sept. 7, 1821. She m. Philadelphia settle- ment dated Dec. 16, 1763, Col. James Chalmers, b. in Scotland about 1727.
He entered the army at the age of eighteen, but had resigned before his marriage. In 1763, he was in business in Philadelphia, but with little success. In 1765, he removed to Maryland, where a kinsman had estates, and became manager over some of them until the Revolution. His sympathies were entirely anti-revolutionary, and as soon as possible, he raised a corps of Loyalists, and soon after re- ceived a commission as Lieut. Col., commanding the Maryland Loyal- ists. He was with Simcoe, 1779-80; and in garrison at Pensacola, 1781. In 1783, the remnant of the corps embarked at New York for Nova Scotia ; they were shipwrecked, and nearly all perished. He and his family had sailed for England, and settled at Chelsea. In 1785, he visited Maryland, disposed of his estate there, and went to Jamaica. During the war with France, he took part in the expe- dition against St. Domingo, and was made Inspector-General of the
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Colonial Contingent, whilst the island was held by the British. He returned to England in 1804. He is said to have been the author of "many political compositions, published in America and in Eng- land." He d. Chelsea, England, Oct. 3, 1806.
Issue (surname CHALMERS) :
ALEXANDER JEKYLL, Major of the 55th Foot, d. Madeira, 1811,
ANNA FRANCINA HYNSON, d. unm., Chelsea, Dec. 8, 1817,
ARIANNA MARGARETTA JEKYLL, b. 1762, d. Fredericton, N. B., 1845, m. England, Feb. 16, 1790, John Saunders, of London, afterwards Chief Justice of New Brunswick, b. 1754, d. Fredericton, N. B., 1834,
Issue (surname SAUNDERS) :
JOHN SIMCOE, Secretary of the Province of N. B., m. his cousin, Elizabeth Sophia Storie, see next page,
ELIZA, b. 1795, m. Ross Flood, Adjutant of the 7th Foot, d. Fredericton, 1821,
ELIZA JEKYLL, b. 1773, m. Rev. George Henry Storie, see below.
ELIZA JEKYLL CHALMERS (last named), b. 1773, d. March 5, 1825. She m. in England, July 29, 1796, the Rev. George Henry Storie, Rector of Stowe, Co. Essex, b. Jan. 19, 1766. He was de- scended from a Scotch family, the pedigree of which has been pub- lished in Burke's Commoners, and was the eldest son of Thomas Storie, Esq., an eminent merchant of London, by his wife Hannah, dau. of Henry Roberts, Esq., of Standon, in the Isle of Wight. He was for some years Rector of Stow Mary's, in Essex, which church was in his own patronage. He d. at his seat at Thames Ditton, Oct. 13, 1833, and was buried at Camberwell.
Issue (surname STORIE) :
JOHN GEORGE, b. June 8, 1797, d. Peckham, Surrey, Nov. 4, 1858, grad. B. A. 1819, M. A. 1824 (Magdalen, Oxford), Perpetual Curate of St. Mary Magdalene, Peckham, Sur- rey, 1850, also Chaplain to the Duke of Beaufort, m. July 2, 1822, Elizabeth Perring, d. March 2, 1869, dau. of Sir John Perring, Bart,
Issue (surname Storie) : Elizabeth Jekyll,
Georgiana Maria,
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Harry Edmund, John George, d. Sep. 29, 1841,
ELIZABETH SOPHIA, m. her cousin, John Simcoe Saunders, see preceding page,
THOMAS CHALMERS (REV'D), m. Jan. 29, 1835, Amelia Eliza- beth Charlotte Mackenzie, d. Hascomb Rectory, Surrey, May 11, 1851, dau. of Allan Mackenzie, Esq., of Wool- wich,
Issue (surname Storie) : George Henry, Margaret Frances.
JOSEPH SHIPPEN, son of the President of the Council, b. Boston, Feb. 28, 1678-9. He lived in Boston until 1704, when he moved to Phila., later to Germantown, where he resided in the house known, in 1855, as the " Buttonwood Tavern." He was amongst the men of sci- ence of his day, and in 1727, he joined Dr. Franklin in founding the Junto " for mutual information and public good." There are but few memorials of Mr. Shippen, but he must have been an industrious, energetic man. He d. Germantown, June -, 1741, will proved June 13, 1741. He m., 1st, Boston, July 28, 1702, Abigail, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Grosse, of Boston, of Huguenot descent. She d. Phila., June 28, 1716. He m., 2nd, Rose, wid. of John McWil- liams of Philadelphia, and of Charles Plumley, and dau. of Thomas and Sarah Budd, b. Burlington, N. J., March 13, 1680-1.
Issue, all by 1st wife :
EDWARD, b. Boston, July 9, 1703, m., 1st, Sarah Plumley, and, 2nd, Mrs. Mary Nowland, see below,
ELIZABETH, b. Phila., April 17, 1705, d. Phila., June 8, 1714,
JOSEPH, b. Phila., Nov. 28, 1706, m. Mary Kearny, see p. (88),
WILLIAM, b. Phila., Aug. 31, 1708, d. Phila., Dec. 29, 1710, ANNE, b. Phila., Aug. 5, 1710, m. Charles Willing, see p. (89), WILLIAM, b. Phila., Oct. 1, 1712, m. Susannah Harrison, see p. (135),
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