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PYLE.
Robert Pyle, of Horton, in Bishop's Canning, Wiltshire, mar- ried Ann Stovey, of Hilperton, same county, November 16, 1681. Her father, William Stovey, had suffered long continued persecu- tion for his religious view and died Eleventh Month, 7, 1705, over 80 years of age. William Smith, of Bromham House, Wiltshire, purchased 1,250 acres of William Pem, 1682, and conveyed 150 acres thereof of Robert Pyle, May 1 and 2, 1683, and he embarked for Pennsylvania soon after. He took up his claim in Bethel Township, where he settled and died about 1730. They were both active members in the Society of Friends and meetings were frequently held at their house; he was one of a committee 10 establish the Nottingham Meeting, and he was also a clerk of Concord Monthly Meeting, and probably no one took a more earnest concern in religious affairs during his lifetime. In civil affairs he frequently took an active part. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly for several years and also served a long time as a Justice of the Court of Chester County. They had eight children, viz :
1. Sarah, born Eleventh Month, 27, 1682; died Twelfth Month, 16, 1706; married John Vernon.
2. Robert, born Seventh Month, 17, 1684; died 1717; married Elizabeth Swapfer.
3. William, born Eleventh Month, 26, 1685; died 1734; mar- ries Olive Bennett, daughter of John, the immigrant.
4. John, born Sixth Month, .8, 1657; died 1752; married Lydia Thomas, and, second, Susanna Chamberlin.
5. Mary, born Eleventh Month, 13, 1688; married Thomas Moore, 1713.
6. Jacob, born First Month, 3, 1691; died 1717; married Alice Bowater.
7. Joseph, born Eleventh Month, 5, 1692; died 1754. See forward.
8. Daniel, born Fifth Month, 29, 1694; died 1736; married Mary Chamberlin, Third Month, 14, 1717, and, second, Mary Pennell.
Many of the descendants of these lived in Bethel, Chichester. Concord and Thornbury, and others removed to other parts. The descendants of (4) John are numerous in Thornbury, and some of them are now found in Washington County, Pa. Of (7) Joseph
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it may be said he married Sarah Dicks, Fourth Month, 16, 1715, at Concord Meeting, daughter of Peter Dieks, of Birmingham. They settled in Bethel, where she dled, leaving children-Robert, Joseph, Ralph, Adam, Sarah and Rachel. He married, second, Sarah Gibbons, widow of John Gibbons), Eleventh Month, 10, 1732, daughter of John and Mary Pennell, of Aston, and they had children-Isaac, Ann, Abraham, Hannah, Esther and Martha Pyle. Joseph, the father, went from Bethel, first to Upper Chichester and thence to Concord in 1752, where he died. He had become possessed of a large landed estate.
SPEAKMAN.
Micajah Speakman, son of Thomas, of Londongrove, married Mary Griffith, Fourth Month, 22, 1752, a daughter of John Griffith, from Radnorshire, Wales.
Thomas Speakman, son of Micajah, of Concord, married Abigail Newlin, Seventh Month, 26, 1775, in Concord Meeting, daughter of Nathaniel Newlin. They had children, viz :
1. Mary, born Twelfth Month, 5, 1776.
2. John, born Fifth Month, 15, 1778; died Sixth Month, 4, 1864.
3. Samuel, born Sixth Month, 9, 1783.
4. Esther, born Tenth Month, 1, 1786.
5. Micajah, born Third Month, 13, 1789.
6. Nathaniel, born Sixth Month, 7, 1791 ; died Eighth Month, 8, 1860.
Of these (2) John married Rachel Fell, who died Eighth Month, 5, 1862, aged 78 years, 9 months, 3 days. They settled on a farm in Concord and were members of Concord Meeting, and were the parents of seven children, viz: Cyrus, Mary, Joseph. Thomas, Samuel, Thomas (2d) and William. Cyrus was the father of Emma, now the wife of Edmund Webster, of Philadel- phia, and who read her able paper on Woman, ete., at our Anni- versary, and Sammel was the father of Dr. William W. Speakman, now of Swarthmore, Pa., who marrled Amma Travilla.
(6) Nathaniel married Ann Thomas, daughter of Gideon and Phebe ( Mendenhall) Thomas (the centenarian, g. v.). Ann died in Wilmington, Ninth Month, 1, 1874, in her 75th year, and were both buried at Concord Meeting. They were exemplary members and in their later years elders of Concord Monthly Meeting. They resided on a farm in Birmingham, now contiguous to Brandywine Summit Station, on P. & B. C. R. R. They had children-Phebe, Thomas H .. Priscilla, Townsend, Gideon, Edward, Sarah, Anna, Charles and Abigail.
TRIMBLE.
Whilst not amongst the earliest settlers in Concord after they became citizens of the township and identified with the Society of Friends, the name became of very frequent mention in the meeting activities. William Trimble, together with others of his brothers, emigrated from Antrim, Ireland, abont 1729. Ile was born there in 1705 and died in Concord. Eighth Month, 5, 1795. Married And Palmer, Ninth Month, 13, 1734, at Concord Meeting,
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daughter of John and Mary (Southery) Palmer, immigrants, born 1706; died Tenth Month, 11, 1755. Ile married, second, Phebe Thomas, Ninth Month, 15, 1757, at Uwchlan Meeting, widow of Richard Thomas of Whiteland. William purchased land in close proximity to the Nathaniel Newlin mill, where he built a sub- stantial stone dwelling, which is still in good condition. . He resided here during his life except for a short time after his second marriage, when they were in Whiteland, at which place he became the owner of a considerable tract of land and grist and saw mill.
He was appointed an elder in Concord Meeting, Sixth Month, 4, 1746, in which position he was continued during his life, and his second wife became an acknowledged minister in the Society of Friends and traveled extensively on a mission to visit Friends in other parts of the country. William and Aun had children as follows :
1. John, born Sixth Month, 24, 1735; died Sixth Month, 25, 1772; married Lydia Thomas, Eleventh Month, 24, 1762.
2. William, born Ninth Month, 19, 1737; died Second Month, 6, 1821; married Grace Thomas, Ninth Mouth. 11, 1766; married, second, Ann Taylor ( widow ), Seventh Month, 27, 1785.
3. Joseph, born Seventh Month, 17, 1739; died Tenth Month, 16, 1824; married Hannah Thomas, Fifth Month, 14, 1783.
All three of the above by name Thomas were sisters, daugh- ters of Richard and Phebe ( Ashbridge) Thomas, the latter becom- ing the second wife of their husbands' father. Joseph and Hannah Trimble left no children. He was an elder and she a minister in Concord Meeting. The farm on which they lived is now owned by Israel R. Scott, which he inherited from his father, Alexander Scott, long a well-known Friend in this neighborhood and pro- gressive farmer. He was also the father of Norris J. Scott, who presided at the afternoon session of our Anniversary and was for many years a prominent business man in the lumber, coal. feed, ete., trade at Concord Station, and now a resident of Moylan, Pa.
4. Samuel, born Seventh Month, 17, 1741; died Seventh Month, 13, 1818; married Esther Brinton, Fourth Month, 15. 1767. 5. Hannah, born Eighth Month, 22. 1713: died Fifth Month, 8, 1834; married Isaac Jacobs, Ninth Month, 18, 1766.
6. Daniel, born Twelfth Month, 1, 1745; died Second Month, 1, 1807; married Mary Downing. Sixth Month, 20, 1776; married, second, Phebe Jones; married, third, Ann Warner, 1799.
7. Rachel. born Fourth Month, 11. 1748; died Ninth Month. 27, 1832 : married Amos Garrett, Third Month, 21, 1787 (his second wife).
8. Ann, born First Month, 19. 1752; died Ninth Month, 30. 1837; married Joshua Sharpless, Fifth Month, 20. 1889.
Of the descendants of these it can be noted that the only child of (1) John and Lydia Trimble to live was William, born Twelfth Month. 10, 1766; died Sixth Month. 10. 1812; married Mary Mather, Ninth Month, 10, 1795, daughter of Isaac and Mary ( Morris) Mather. of Whitemarsh, Montgomery County. Pa., born
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Sixth Month, 12, 1773; died First Month, 13, 1849. He inherited the ancient homestead of his grandfather and also had a sawmill on this property. They were very prominent members and elders of Concord Monthly Meeting and much concerned in the business of the meeting and attention to its affairs. They were the parents of ten children, viz: Lydia, Phebe M., Maria M., Isaac M., Mary M., Phebe M. (2d), Hannah T., William, Joseph M. and John.
4. Samuel Trimble and Esther his wife reside in Concord- ville. She was the daughter of John and Margaret ( Williamson) Brinton, born 1742; died Fifth Month, 30, 1821.
Their son Joseph, born 1775; died 1840; married Jane H. Brinton, 1801. They resided on the homestead of his father for several years and then removed to Mifflin County, Pa., where he had purchased a tract of land. Through their daughter they are ancesters of the Rothrocks, who have become prominent in public affairs, notably in forrestry, preservation, and tuberculosis pre- vention.
Their son, Samuel Trimble, born 1782; died 1843; married Rebecca Mendenhall, Third Month 21, 1808; daughter of Stephen and Margaret ( Farlow) Mendenhall, born 1787; died 1876. They settled upon a portion of the ancient Mendenhall estate and were earnest Friends, and he a skilled mineralogist. After Samnel's death she managed the farm for many years with skill and energy. It now belongs to a grandson, William Trimble, who besides being a careful agrienturist is a learned botanist.
PENNELL.
The immigrants, Robert and Hannah Pennell, settled in Middle- town township in 1686. Their descendants were not much con- nected with Concord Meeting except their daughter Ann, married Benjamin Mendenhall (q. v.) and their son William, born 1687; died 1757; married Mary Mercer 1710 at Concord Meeting, dangh- ter of Thomas and Mary, of Thorabary Of their eight children Robert Pennell, born 9 mo. 16, 1723; died 2d mo. 19, 1803. Mar- ried Hannah Chamberlin 3d mo. 1, 1746, at Concord Meeting. She died in 1768. Their son Joseph, b. 10-1, 1749: d. 6, 27, 1829. M. Sarah Meredith 4-5, 1770, daughter of Moses and Mary Meredith, of Edgemont. They settled on and inherited a part of his grand- father's farm in Aston, and he became possessed of other farms in Concord and Thornbury. They had children, Hannah, Moses, Susanna, Robert, Alice, Sarah, Joseph W., Mary and Meredith. Of these Hannah, b. 1770; d. 1801. in. Moses Palmer, of Concord, 2-2, 1792, and Robert 6, 7-24, 1775; d. 9, 23, 1831. m. Am Gibbons 1, 27, 1797, and 2d Cidney Painter 12-23, 1807, at Concord Meeting; daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Bennett) Painter, b. 1. 5, 1782; d. 12, 29, 1831. These settled in Thornbury, and he became an extensive land-owner there and in Concord. They were active members of Concord Meeting, she serving for many years as clerk of the Woman's Meeting. They and their children were nearly all buried at Concord Meeting. Of these Ann G., M William P. Sharpless, long well-known as a flour merchant in
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Philadelphia and as a Minister in the Society of Friends, and William D. Pennell, b. 10-7, 1816; d. 10-8, 1892, was a member of his State Legislature, 1858-59. He left Concord Meeting $1000 for the care of its graveyard and appurtenances, which has been of great service to the meeting.
WALTER.
Godwin Walter appears on the records as the purchaser of 100 acres of land of George Strode 9 mo. 27, 1686, in Concord. He had arrived as a passenger on board the ship Unicorne in Phila- delphia 10 mo. 16, 1685, from Bristol, England. He m. Elizabeth Sanghurst 9 mo. 2, 1696, at Concord Meeting, and they settled on his land at first in a cave in the hillside near a spring. Their children were :-
1. John, b. 7-2, 1697; d. 1732; m. Martha Musgrove, 2-21, 1724.
2. Mary, b. 10-5, 1698; d. 10, 1733; m. Caleb Peirce 2, 15, 1824.
3. Sarah, b. 1-25, 1701; d. 3-25, 1753; m. Gainer Peirce 9, 26, 1719; m. Wm. Eachus 3-2, 1749.
4. Ann, b. 9, 7, 1704; d.
5. William, b. 4, 8, 1707; d. 9, 20, 1781; m. Rachel Newlin 2-25, 1734.
6. Rachel, b. 10, 27, 1709; m. John Pyle 8, 28, 1730.
7. Joseph, b. 12, 28, 1711; bur. 5, 28, 1794; m. Jane Brinton, June
6, 1738.
8. Elizabeth, b. 7, 29, 1714; m. Aaron Musgrove 2-23, 1735.
9. Lydia; m. Eliakim- 9-25, 1747.
10. James; m. Lydia Vernon.
The descendants of these, both of the name Walter, and others by intermarriage, are numerous in Eastern Pennsylvania, and the old Walter tract is still held by descendants to this time. It came down through his
fifth child, William", Nathaniel3, Nathaniel+, to his sons Nathaniel5, and Joseph3, and is now held by their issue.
Members of the General Assembly for Chester County
(Colonial) from Concord Meeting.
1682 John Harding, John Bezer, Thomas V. Usher.
1684 Thomas Usher.
1685 John Harding, Thomas Usher.
1688 Robert Pile (Pyle) also.
1689-90-92-95-1702.
1698 Nathaniel Newlin also.
(1701, 02, 03-10-11-13-14-17-18-19-21-22.)
1701 Nicholas Pyle, also.
1703-04-05-10-11-14.
1704 John Bennett, 1705, same.
1706 Francis Chadds, 1707, same.
1713 William Brinton.
1714 Benjamin Mendenhall.
1716 Henry Oburn, 1718-21.
1719 Moses Key, 1729-24
1729 Joseph Brinton, 31, 32. 33, 31, 35, same.
1729 Samuel Gilpin, 30.
1738 Joseph Harvey (?) 39, 40, 11, 42, 43, 44, 45.
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1752 Nathaniel Grubb, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58.
Members of State Senate from Concord Meeting a descend-> ant for Delaware County.
1794-99 Nathaniel Newlin.
1896 William C. Sproul.
Members of State Assembly.
1791-92 Nathaniel Newlin.
1793-94. Same.
1797-1801 Moses Palmer.
1802-03 Isaac S. Gilpin.
1804-08 William Trimble.
1835-36 William Mendenhall.
1850-52 John M. Broomall.
1858-59 William D. Parnell.
Members of U. S. Congress, Ancestry of Concord Monthly Meeting.
Edward Darlington, H. R.
Washington Townsend, H. R.
John M. Broomall, H. R.
John Hickman, H. R.
Weldon B. Heyburn, Senate, Idaho.
Geo. E. Chamberlain, Senate, Oregon.
Justices of Chester County in its early history who were members of Concord Meeting and acted as judges of the court.
1681 Commissioned by Gov. Markham-
William Clayton.
1682 Commissioned by Wm. Penn-
William Clayton.
John Bezer.
Nicholas Newlin to 1690.
John Harding.
Thomas Usher to 1685.
1685 Robert Piles (Pyle) to 1711.
Francis Harrison to 1689.
1687 Edward Bezer.
169S Philip Roman to 1704.
1707 Nathaniel Newlin to 1726.
1709 Nicholas Pyle to 1793.
1717 Joseph Pennock.
1718 Andrew Job to 1722.
1729 Joseph Brinton to 1761.
And under the new law, 1764. From this time the govern- ment issued a supersedict forbidding former justices to act as judges of the Common Pleas Court, the law having been abro- gated by the king.
1784 Geo. Peirce was appointed a justice of the court.
There were also members of the court appointed of those living in the vicinity who were not Friends, but of quite well- known names as follows:
John Hannum, 1764-1719-1789.
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Thomas Cheyney, 1777-1779-1784.
Thomas Cheyney commissioned justice of Common Pleas Oct. 17, 1784.
Mark Willcox, Sept. 17, 1791.
Oct. 12, 1789, George Peirce appointed associate justice. He being the last from Concord Meeting, but not the last Friend from Delaware County as we find the following names on the list as of our membership:
1835 George Smith and 1861.
1851 James Andrews and 1861.
1866 Thomas Reese and 1871.
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