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His will, signed 27. 3mo. 1732, was proved at Philadel- phia, 2 August, 1738, witnessed by John Roberts and Esther Thomas (marked). He was described as surgeon,
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and aged and infirm. He named his sons Jonathan, Edward, Evan, Thomas and John Jones, the youngest son, and de- sired that John should continue to feed, clothe, and support his brother Thomas. His wife Mary was to have his estate during her life, and then it was to go to son John. He gave son-in-law, John Cadwalader, some land in the center of Philadelphia, and negroes to each of the Cadwalader girls, Mary, Rebecca, and Hannah, and one to each grandson, Thomas Cadwalader, and Martha Roberts. He named daughters Martha, Elizabeth, and Mary, and appointed his wife, sons Jonathan, Edward and Evan, and John Cad- walader, executors.
Dr. Jones married, possibly in Denbighshire, Mary, a daughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne, also one of the Welsh adventurers for Penn's land ("Company No. 4"). It is not known when she died. She probably survived her hus- band, and it is supposed she was buried in the ground of the Merion Meeting. Of her it is said (see "The Philadel- phia Friend," XXIX, 396, which dates her decease 29. 7mo. 1726, which is, of course, an error) : "She was an approved minister among Friends, and zealous for the promotion of the truth." Of their eight children* named in the Doctor's will :-
*Among the present day descendants of Dr. Edward Jones are:
Mrs. Robert R. Corson.
Mrs. William Cresson.
Mrs. Howard Comfort. Dr. George Smith. Frank Foulke.
Mrs. James Yocum.
Mrs. Richard Day.
Dr. Richard Foulke.
Abraham L. Smith.
Mrs. Charles L. Bacon.
Benj. Hayes Smith. Rodman Wister.
Mrs. Charles W. Bacon.
William Wynne Wister.
Alex. W. Wister.
Mrs. Richard A. Tilghman.
Edward Browning.
Dr. Owen Jones Wister. Mrs. Israel J. Wister. Robert Toland.
Mrs. Arthur V. Meigs.
Mrs. Charles Richardson.
Charles Follen Corson.
Mrs. George B. Roberts.
Dr. Joseph K. Corson.
Mrs. Jawood Lukens.
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Martha Jones, for whom her father asked, as above, two. pair shoes be forwarded from Wales, just after her arrival here. She married, seventeen years after coming here, at the Merion Meeting House, on '26. 10mo. 1699, the young school teacher, John Cadwalader ** who it is supposed had been living at her father's house for two years. He died 16. 2mo. 1747.
John Cadwalader, although he was never a land owner in Merion, but because of his relationship to many of the families here, and his marriage among them, Merion has ever claimed him as belonging there by rights.
The exact date of his birth has not been preserved, but he was born about the year 1677-78, probably at Kiltal-
** Some descendants of John Cadwalader, who are also descendants of Dr. Edward Jones:
Mrs. Henry B. Robb.
Mrs. Edw. Fenno Hoffman.
Mrs. John Hone.
Mrs. Samuel Chew.
Mrs. William Pearsall.
Mrs. John Steinmetz.
Mrs. S. Bevan Miller.
Mrs. Roland L. Taylor.
Mrs. Fred Rhinelander Jones.
Mrs. John Travis.
Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, 1707-1779.
Mrs. George N. Schrew. Harmon Pumpelly Read.
Mrs. Garret. D. Wall Vroom.
Mrs. Samuel Meredith.
Mrs. John Read. Samuel Reese Meredith.
Admiral Cadwalader Ringgold .. Mrs. William Henry Rawle. Travis Cochran. William Cochran.
Richard M. Cadwalader.
John Lambert Cadwalader. Mrs. William Greene Cochran. Mrs. Samuel L. Shober.
Mrs. Archibald MeCall.
Mrs. William Schley.
Mrs. Philemon Dickinson.
Mrs. Richard F. Stevens.
Mrs. Henry J. Rowland.
Wm. Cadwalader Schley. Mrs. William Woodville, Jr.
Mrs. Arthur S. Johns. Mrs. Charles W. Ross.
Col. Lambert Cadwalader, 1732-1813. Gen. John Cadwalader, 1742-1786. Gen. Thomas Cadwalader, 1795-1873. Judge John M. Read, 1797-1874.
Col. George A. McCall, 1802-1868. Judge John Cadwalader, 1805-1879. Gen. George Cadwalader, 1806-1879. John Cadwalader. Dr. Charles E. Cadwalader.
George Cochran. Arthur Potts.
Mrs. Samuel E. D. Hankinson .. Mrs. John Graham.
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garth, Llanvawr, Merionethshire, where his father lived. He brought his certificate of removal from the Pembroke Quarterly Meeting, dated in 1697, which states he had at- tended school there. He probably came over soon in this year, and lived in the family of some relative on the Schuyl- kill, till he received the appointment as a teacher in the Friends' Public School, in Philadelphia, which he had, on motion of Griffith Owen, in the Philadelphia Monthly Meet- ing, 29. 1mo. 1700, who recommended him as "a person fit for an assistant in the school."
Having received this appointment, he probably moved into town, for in July, 1705, he was admitted as a freeman of the city. In 1718-33, he was a chosen member of the City Council, and of the Pensylvania Assembly, in 1729, in which body he served till his decease, intestate, on 23 July, 1734.
He purchased 200 acres of land in "Ughland," Chester county, on warrant from the Land Commissioners, paying £12. 10s. per 100 acres on 22. 9mo. 1715.
Jonathan Jones, eldest son, who came over with his par- ents, and for whom his father desired that a pair of strong and large shoes be sent from Wales, although he was only two years old. He was born at Bala, Merionethshire, on 3. 11mo. 1680; died 30. 7mo. and was buried at the Merion Meeting 'House, 8. 8mo. 1770, aged 90 years. His will, dated 19 May, 1768, was proved at Philadelphia, 1 September, 1770.
Jonathan was given some of his father's estate, and bought from his brother-in-law, Evan Owen, the plantation of about 450 acres, which included the seats subsequently called "Wynnewood," and "St. Mary's," East of Ardmore, and North of the Pensylvania Railroad, which, it being a part of the Charles Lloyd tract, Thomas Lloyd had con- veyed by deed, dated 5. 6mo. 1691, to Robert Owen, who settled it on his son, Evan Owen.
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Jonathan Jones married at the Merion Meeting Gainor Owen, b. 26. 8mo. 1688, daughter of Robert Owen, of Mer- ion.
This union of scions of two of the most important fam- ilies of the Welsh Tract, naturally brought to the wedding a great concourse of English and Welsh Friends, as may be judged by the signers of their extant marriage certificate, which is of longer form than now used, beginning :- "Whereas, Jonathan Jones, son of Edward Jones, of Merion, in ye Welsh Tract, Chyrgeon, and Gainor Owen, daughter of Robert Owen, late of ye same place, yeoman, deceased, having declared their intention of marriage with each other before several Monthly Meetings of ye people of God called 'Quakers, in ye Welsh Tract aforsayd," etc., "Now these are to certifie to all whom it may concern, that for ye full accomplishment of their sail intentions this 4th
day of ye 8th mo in ye year 1705, they ye sayd Jonathan Jones & Gainor Owen appeared in the publick meeting of the said People, and others met together, at the public meeting place at Merion aforsayd & ye Jonathan 'Jones tak- ing ye sayd Gainor Owen by ye hand did in solemn manner openly declare that he took her to be his wife, promising to be unto her a faithful and loving husband until death separate them & then and there in ye sayd assembly ye sayd Gainor Owen did in like manner declare that she took ye sayd Jonathan Jones to be her husband & promising," etc., The names of the signers are given elsewhere.
They had eleven children, of these :- Mary, m. Benjamin Hayes; Edward Jones, d. unm .; Rebecca, m. John Roberts, Jr., of "Pencoyd"; Owen Jones, (m. Susanna Evans,) * who
*Owen Jones, 1711-1793, a provincial treasurer of Pensylvania, and a "Tory," m. 30. 3mo. 1740, Susanna, daughter of Hugh and Lowry Evans, of Merion, had Jane, m. Caleb Foulke; Lowry, m. Daniel Wister; Owen, 1745-1825, d. s. p., Susanna, m. John Nancarro; Hannah, m. Amos Foulke; Rebecca, m. John Jones, d. s. p., Sarah, m. Samuel Rutter, and Jonathan, 1762-1821-2, father of Col. Owen Jones,
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received 350 acres from his father, and added about 120 acres by purchase from brother Jonathan,-his possessions included much of Wister's "St. Mary's," and "Wister's Woods," and Wynnewood, which had been the estate of his brother-in-law, Evan Owen, and is still, in part, occupied by descendants; Ezekiel Jones, Jacob Jones; and Jonathan Jones, Jr., who received about 120 acres at Ardmore from his father, some of which was owned by the Glenn family, but is now divided among many newcomers.
Elizabeth Jones, wife of Rees Thomas, Jr., of "Rose- mont" plantation, in Merion.
Mary Jones.
Edward Jones, Jr., of Blockley township. By gift from his father he had some of his father's land, along with the other sons. His will, signed in the presence of Martha Palmer, John Winne (marked), and Jonathan Hood, 14 November, 1730, was proved 30 September, 1732, by wife Mary. He names children Aquilla, Penelope, Salvenas, Beula, and Prudence; his brothers, Jonathan and John ; his father-in-law, William Palmer; Brother-in-law, Jolın Cad- walader; Trustees, Jonathan and John Jones, William Palmer, and John Cadwalader.
Thomas Jones, named in his father's will, 1732, and was probably an invalid.
Evan Jones. He m. first, Mary Stephenson, of New York, and m. secondly, a daughter of Colonel Matthews, of Fort Albany, New York.
M.C., deceased, whose son, J. Awbrey Jones, d. s. p., at "Wynne- wood," which property reverted, by the latter's will, eventually to the Toland family of Philadelphia, which was distantly related to him through the m. of Robert Toland and Rebecca, daughter of John Price Morgan, and his wife, Susan, daughter of Lowry Jones and Daniel Wister, aforesaid.
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John Jones, of Philadelphia. He received from his fath- er's estate the farm of 188 acres, bought of "Edward Jones, Jr." (son of John ap Edward), as above. This was included in the following sale:
By deed dated 15 October, 1741, "John Jones, late of Lower Merion, and of Philadelphia, yeoman, (youngest son of Edward Jones, late of Merion, Chyrurgeon, de- ceased), and Mary, his wife," conveyed "to Anthony Tunis, late of township of Germantown, now of Lower Merion," 402 acres of land, "late estate of Dr. Edward Jones," for £812 Pensylvania money. The abutting properties on this land were owned by John Roberts, Hugh Evans, Rees Price, Richard George, and Thomas Davids. "The Road," the old Lancaster pike, was a prominent bound, that is, this property lay "along the Road dividing this land from Edward Price's, south and west, to the Meeting House Ground, thence by the same, south and east, by the Road to Haverford, south and west, by Rees Price's land."
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Of the three other gentlemen and their families who accompanied Dr. Edward Jones, and were founders of the Merion Meeting, namely :-
Edward ap Rees, or Edward Price,
Robert ap David, or Robert Davis,
William ap Edward, or William Edwards,
there is preserved the following information. They were all, of course, Friends, and members of the Penllyn Monthly Meeting, and resided in the old country in the same neighborhood, near Bala, where they were free-hold- ers of land, and gentlemen farmers.
EDWARD AP REES, or Rhys, or "Edward Prees," and "Ed- ward Price," as he is variously known (whose descendants assumed the surname "Price"), was a yeoman, and a min- ister among Friends, and a founder of Merion Meeting, came with his wife and two children, in Dr. Jones's party, from Kiltalgarth, Penllyn, in Merionethshire. He was the son of Richard Rhys (ap Grywwyth), of Tyddin Tyfod, in Merioneth, whose will, signed 26 January, 1685, was proved at the St. Asaph registry, and brother to Jane, wife of Cadwalader Morgan, and to Hannah, wife of Rees John William, all first settlers of Merion.
On request he filed with the Merion Preparative Meeting, of the Haverford Monthly Meeting, on 2. 12mo. 1704-5, according to the minutes, an account of his parentage, his home, marriage, education, &c., which unfortunately has not been preserved, or cannot be found.
His first Merion land, about 76 acres, which he had by deed, dated 1 April, 1682, recorded 11. 4mo. 1684, witnessed by John Lloyd, Robert Lloyd, Griffith Evan and Reece Evan,
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was not located on the Schuylkill, but back of the purchase of William ap Edward, and between the lands of Dr. Jones and Hugh Roberts.
By deed dated 5. 5. 1691, he acquired 125 acres of the land of Governor Thomas Lloyd, part of Charles Lloyd's purchase from Penn ("Company No. 2"), which adjoined his original land on its west end, and also two acres from Dr. Jones, and received, on resurvey, a confirmatory patent, dated 1 January, 1703-4, for all his land, then amounting to 190 acres here. In 1707, he purchased 222 acres from Robert Roberts, north of his Lloyd land, and 10 acres on Mill, or Cobb's creek, in Blockley township.
The balance of his original purchase, or his Goshen land, 76 acres on Chester creek, and 78 acres which he bought, in 1697, of John William, of Merion (who in 1 mo. 1717-8, had patent for 400 acres on a branch of French creek), he sold, by deed of 9 January, 1708-9, to Ellis David, whose son, called David Ellis, held it in 1735.
Edward Rees resided on his first purchase, some of which lay on both sides of the Lancaster Road, which remained in his family for two centuries, in a stone house, erected about 1695, standing till recently northwest of the Merion Meet- ing House.
He was, of course, one of the organizers and first mem- bers of the Merion meeting. On the northeast corner of his land, and near a path, across his land, succeeded by the old Lancaster road (or Montgomery avenue), was the site selected as best, and most convenient for the public meeting house of the Merion Friends. He sold, for a nominal sum, one-half acre, and by deed, dated 20. 6mo. 1695, conveyed it to the trustees of the Merion Peculiar, or Preparative Meeting, Messrs, Robert Owen, Edward Jones, Cadwalader Morgan, and Thomas Jones, but it is uncertain whether the stone Meeting House, then probably nearly completed, was erected on this lot, or it was land added to the graveyard.
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Edward Rees was a man of education, and considerable property, as the inventory of his personalty, taken after his decease, shows he owned Bibles and other books of history, in Welsh and English, and considerable cash in his house. Like some others of these early settlers, he re- visited his Welsh home, when advanced in years, with Ben- jamin Humphrey. He was buried at the Merion Meeting House, 6. 13. 1728. His will, signed 6 January, 1727-8, was proved at Philadelphia, 23 November, 1728. Overseers, Jonathan Jones and Samuel Humphrey ; witnesses, Robert and Jon. Jones.
He was twice married. He married first in Wales, Mably, or Mabby, daughter of Owen ap Hugh Ievan, and niece of "Thomas ap Hugh, gent," of Wern Fawr, Merion- ethshire, and married secondly, in 1713, Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Humphrey (ap Hugh), of Haverford. She sur- vived him, and died without issue; her will signed 18. 3. 1732, proved 19 January, 1733; she named as executors, Ellis Price, brothers Daniel and Benj. Humphreys, and sisters Ann Hogg, of New Castle, and Lydia ; gave money to school at Haverford.
By his first wife, who came over with him, and was buried at the Merion Meeting House, 23. 8mo. 1699, he had one son and two daughters :-
Rees Price, mentioned as "Rees Rees," in his father's will, b. 11. 11mo. 1678. His father conveyed some land to him, by deed of 7 August 1708. He married three times. His children were :- (named in their grandfather's will) Edward Price; Mary, m. Rees Harry; and Margaret, m. first, Paschall; m. second, William Montgom- ery; issue by both husbands, and, it is said, Jane, John, and Ellis Price.
He m. first, at Radnor Meeting, 6. 10mo. 1705, Sarah, daughter of David Meredith, of Radnor.
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He m. secondly, at Haverford Meeting, 9. 10mo. 1718, Elizabeth, daughter of Ellis Ellis, of Haverford, and his wife, Lydia, daughter of Samuel Humphreys aforemen- tioned. She was buried at the Haverford Meeting House, 12mo. 5. 1733-4. Ellis Ellis' will, signed 13. 6. 1705, proved 6 April, 1706, names wife and son Thomas only. Overseers; Rowland Ellis, John Richard, Rees Price, and Benjamin Humphrey.
He'm. thirdly, at Haverford Meeting, 10. 3mo. 1737, Ann Scotharn, a widow, of Darby.
Rees Price was the second landlord of the Blue Anchor tavern, on Dock Creek (now Dock street), Philadelphia, where Penn landed on his first visit to his city, when the tavern, standing by the public landing place, was a little house, 22 feet on Dock (Street) creek, and 12 feet on Front Street, and was kept by Mr. Guest.
His descendant, Esther Price, m. at Merion Meeting, 16. 10mo. 1834, Benjamin Hunt, and this, it is claimed, was the last marriage at this Meeting.
Catharine Price, d. an infant, and was buried on her father's land, in Merion, 23. 8mo. 1682. This was the first death and burial in this little settlement, at the Falls of the Schuylkill, two months after arrival here.
Jane Price, b. 11. 9mo. 1682. This was the first birth in this settlement, three months after arrival, according to her transmitted birth date. She was buried at the Merion Meeting House, 10mo. 13. 1769, the record saying :- "Jane Mares, widow of George Mares. Born on the banks of Schuylkill in a Stone Hut in 1683. She was the Daughter of Edward Rees, after called Edward Preist, and then Price." She m. first, Jonathan Hayes, d. before 1727, and m. secondly, George Marris, or Mares.
ROBERT AP DAVID, or Robert David, and Davis, as his descendants were called, was living at Gwerneval (Gwer- evol) Ismynydd, Penllyn, Merionethshire, when he pur-
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chased from Thomas & Jones 3121/2 acres, paying £6. 05. 00, and decided to remove to this purchase in Penn's Province.
He was apparently a young married man, with one child, when he and his wife joined Dr. Jones's party at Liverpool, about the middle of May, 1682, and took passage in the "Lyon," for America. Arriving, in health, like the others of the party, in August he went up the Schuylkill with them, and settled on his land here, which on resurvey amounted to 1481/2 acres here, the balance of his purchase being subsequently laid out in Goshen township.
He may have been the Robert David, "of Tuyn y nant, Merioneth, who filed Certificate from the Men's Meeting, Penllyn, dated 18. 5mo. 1683, with the Haverford Monthly Meeting, and had sent for it, which was signed by Robert and Evan Owen, Richard Price, Morris Humphrey, Thomas Prichard, Evan Rees, Reece Evan, Roger Roberts, Hugh and Edward Griffith, Griffith and David John, and William Morgan.
His land on the Schuylkill, which had been assigned to him by the surveyor, extended back from the river only 386 perches, to the land allotted to and taken up by John ap Edward, and succeeded to by "Edward Jones the younger." Here he resided as a gentleman farmer for fifty years, the balance of his life. He died in October, 1732, and was buried at the Merion Meeting House.
By deed, dated 1. 1. 1694, he added to his farm, by pur- chase from Dr. Griffith Owen, the 153144 acres, extending inland from the river 690 perches to Lloyd's land, and adjoining his original purchase on the North, which was the original purchase of Edward Owen through Thomas & Jones. Of this tract, Robert sold in the same year, 25 acres to Richard Walter.
By deed dated 20. 5. 1683, recorded 28 October following, Robert David bought 15614 acres (761% acres of the lot being unimproved land in the Thomas & Jones tract), from Evan Rees, the Penmaen grocer, for £3. 2. 6. Wit-
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nesses, Hugh Roberts, John Owen, Ellis Davis, and Maurice Davies. The receipt for the purchase money is in Latin. This land he exchanged for the same amount with Gainor Roberts, which latter land he also sold to Richard Walter, (with the 25 acres which adjoined it,) by deed of 1 Decem- ber, 1694. Mr. Walter had his purchase resurveyed, and received patent, dated 8. 4. 1703, for 117 acres. The land is all near and on the old Lancaster road, near the City Line.
Robert David's holdings in Goshen township, on Chester creek, were at one time, 346 acres, made up of 2341/5 acres, his original purchase, and 881% acres bought of Richard Thomas, Jr., and 23 acres allowed him by the Commis- sioners.
His final patent, dated 20. 5. 1703, for his Merion land, called for 280 acres and for his Goshen land, 346 acres, although on 12. 2. 1703, he claimed only 2751/2 acres in Mer- ion, and 243 acres in Goshen, or 5091% acres.
Robert David, of Merion, bequeathed all his estate to his only son, Thomas Davis, by his will, signed 26 April, 1732, witnessed by Robert Evans, Rees Lloyd, and Robert Jones, and proved 18 October, 1732. He mentions his wife, Eliza- beth, and daughters Elizabeth and Jane, and grandchil- dren (Jane's children), and Elizabeth, Jane and Robert, David, kinswoman Margaret Roberts, and his brother Ellis; gave some money for the graveyard at the Merion Meeting House; and named as executors his wife, and daughter Elizabeth, and as trustees, John Cadwalader, Robert Rob- erts, and Robert Jones. His wife, "Elizabeth Davis" 's will, signed 4 June, 1734, present Thomas and John Cadwalader, was filed 31 July, 1734, mentions son Thomas Davis, daugh- ter Elizabeth Davis, executrix; mentions grandchildren Robert Roberts, Elizabeth Evans, and Jane Roberts.
The brothers, William ap Edward, and John ap Edward, it has long been supposed, both came over in Dr. Jones's party, arriving here in August, 1682. William, there is
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good evidence, certainly did come with the Doctor, but John did not, as we shall see.
They were sons of Edward ap John, a free-holder, of Cynlas township, in Llanddervel parish, Merionetshire, and who lived near Bala, and was buried, according to the register, at the parish church, on 1 March, 1667. He had two other sons, Evan Edward, who came over before 1704, and Thomas Edward, of Llanllidiog, in Llanddiervel, 1686.
WILLIAM AP EDWARD, a yeoman, was described as of Ucheldri, and of Nantlleidiog, and Cynlas, and he was sometimes known as "William Bedward," ap and ab being interchangeable. His descendants assumed the name "Williams." A more particular account of him and his brother, John, we are unable now to learn, as the account of himself and brothers, John and Evan, and their families, and old home life, filed with the Merion Preparative Meet- ing, by William, 2. 1mo. 1704-5, has disappeared from the Meeting archives.
William ap Edward was twice married, and in May, 1682 with his second wife, Jane, and two daughters by his first wife, Katharine, he embarked for America, with Dr. Jones's party, on the "Lyon," and with others of this company settled on his purchase on the Schuylkill, in the Fall of 1682. Here he lived about ten years only, and sold his '761/2 acres in Merion, on the Schuylkill, by deed dated 17. .6. 1694, to Hugh Roberts, whose land adjoined his on the North, and removed to a tract which he purchased in the Liberty Lands, or Blockley township, surveyed 23. 2. 1692, and confirmed by deed to him, 27. 10. 1693. A part of the village of Overbrook is on his land.
His Blockley land was made up of the 100 acres of "Lib- certy Land," which he bought, (said to have been the same claimed, on account of the purchase of 5,000 acres, by. Thom- :as & Jones), and 30 acres on account of the original pur- ·chase of 1,000 acres by William Jenkins, and 20 acres on
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account of Jonah Hasting's purchase of 1,000 acres, and. this tract of about 150 acres seems to have been all he owned in 12mo. 1701. This land, where he lived and died, subsequently was included in the great estate of the George family-the families intermarried-and "Overbrook Farms."
By deed of 21 January, 1703, he conveyed his 75 acres, on Chester Creek, Goshen Township, to Robert William.
William ap Edward's will, dated 29 December, 1714, was. proved by his wife, at Philadelphia, 29 January, 1714-5.
He mentions his son Edward, daughters Mary, and Eliz -. abeth, wife of Thomas Lloyd, Katharine, and Sarah, gives. money to the Merion Meeting, and appoints as overseers,. his son Edward, and William Thomas Lawrence, Henry Lawrence, and Thomas Lloyd, and friends David Jones. and Thomas Jones. Witnesses :- James Hinton, Jenkin. David (marked), and Abel Thomas.
He was buried at the Merion Meeting 10mo. 31. 1714,. (John George was also buried here on this day). His wife,. Jane, was buried here, aged 93 years, on 8mo. 3. 1745.
He m. first, Katharine Robert, d. in 1676. She was a sis- ter to the Friends' minister, Hugh Roberts, and Gainor- Roberts, both of the Thomas & Jones purchasers' colony,. and had by her, two daughters, namely,
Elizabeth Williams, b. 14. 3. 1672, who came over with her- father. She m. Thomas Lloyd, "not the President," who was; one of the original purchasers from Thomas & Jones, but. resided about a mile North of the village of Bryn Mawr.
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