BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 725 this work. On March 4, 1860, he and his wife celebrated the sixty-third anniversary of their marriage, from which came up to them ten children, forty-seven grand- and thirty-seven great-grandchildren. Frederick erected over two dozen buildings on his and other farms. He died Sept. 18, 1865, and his wife, Anna, July 29, 1860. Their children were Frederick, dec'd ; Henry, dec'd ; Mary, m. Joshua Yeager ; Samuel, dec'd ; Philip ; Caroline, dec'd ; Catharine, m. Elhanan John, and dec'd; Sarah, m. William Culley ; Joseph ; and Benjamin, dec'd. Of these, Joseph Sheeder was born in West Vincent township, May 11, 1820. He spent his boyhood days on the farm, and was educated in the common schools. He was married, March 5, 1846, to Catharine E., daughter of Thomas Mc,- Clune, of West Nautmeal township, and has had four children, viz. : Margaret K., J. Fred, Anna Mary, and Victoria. He resides on the old homestead place, and is a good farmer. He belongs to the Lutheran Church, with his family. He is a Republican in politics, but has never sought office. His farm is finely located in a beautiful region of country, and on it he has a splendid farm-residence. He operates a saw- and his son J. Fred conducts the paper-mill on his real estate, situate in the extreme southern part of the township, and where his father, Frederick, settled at the beginning of the century. SHERER, WILLIAM, tanner, lived in New London, on Big Elk Creek, where he held considerable land. He was perhaps the son of David Sherer, who died in 1750, leaving a wife, Ann, and children, John, William, David, Francis, and Mary. William married Rachel Mackey, daughter of John Mackey, Esq., who died Sept. 8, 1824, and he Jan. 18, 1828. Their children were James, b. Aug. 22, 1773 ; Rachel, Agnes, Mary, Isabella, Dorcas, William, John, Eliza, Catharine, Martha, and Robert M. John was the father of William Sherer, who lives on a part of his grandfather's possessions. Robert M., soon after his father's death, began the erection of " Spring Lawn" paper-mill, which he carried on in connection with store-keeping and farming. The farm is now owned by John E. Leonard, and the paper-mill by the Megargees, of Philadelphia. Rachel Sherer married Robert Blackburn and went to Ohio ; Dorcas married James Gibson, of New London ; and Catharine married Thomas Ramsey. SIDWELL, HUGH, with Elizabeth, his wife, came from Letcomb Regis, in Berkshire, England, and settled in West Nottingham, where he died in the summer of 1729, leaving sons Richard, John, and Hugh. To the first he devised the homestead, on which were a brick house and barn. Richard, born at Letcomb Regis, 2, 9, 1704, died 9, 10, 1740. Hugh Sidwell, Jr., died 9, 8, 1740, leaving wife, Anne, and children,-Henry, Richard, Hugh, born 7, 25, 1725 ; Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ann, Joseph, and Mary. John Sidwell had a daughter Mary, who married Richard Griffith, 10, 6, 1738, and a son Hugh, who married Hannah Berry, 8, 28, 1741. Richard Sidwell, son of Hugh and Ann, married, 8, 4, 1744, Anne Job, and was the father of Elisha, Job, Lydia, and Abraham. The last, born 1755, married, 6, 10, 1789, Hannah Brown, daughter of Joseph and Hannah. Abra ham died 10, 12, 1836, and his wife 8, 28, 1820. Their son Richard, born 4, 4, 1790, died 10, 29, 1866, married Mary, daughter of William and Alice Griffith, and had children,-Reuben, Hannah (married Owen Reasler), Stephen, Sarah, Ruth, and William. Hugh Sidwell (3), son of Hugh and Ann, born 7, 25, 1725, married, 1, 7, 1750-1, Anne, daughter of Joseph Haines, of West Nottingham. Their son Job, born 10, 11, 1768, married, 11, 4, 1790, Rebecca Wilson, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia, of East Nottingham, Md. Job and Rebecca lived in East Nottingham, Chester Co., and had the following children : Esther, b. 8, 23, 1791 ; Oliver, b. 8, 22, 1793, d. Oct. 6, 1870 ; Joseph, b. 4, 14, 1795 ; Nathan, b. 6, 8, 1797 ; Rebecca, b. 9, 1, 1799 ; Job, b. 6, 29, 1801, d. 1877 ; Anne, b. 5, 2, 1803 ; Wilson, b. 10, 20, 1805 ; Lavina, b. 3, 31, 1808. Of these, Oliver was the father of Oliver Sidwell, Esq., of the Chester County bar. SMEDLEY, GEORGE, migrated from Derbyshire, England, in 1682 or 1683, in company with several of the Friends who settled at Darby. In 1687 he was married to Sarah Goodwin, whose maiden name was Kitchen, the widow of his intimate friend, John Goodwin. The marriage was accomplished " at the meeting-house upon the front of the Delaware." His wife had one child by her first marriage, but it died in its minority. Shortly after his marriage, George Smedley removed to a tract of land he had purchased from the proprietary, and which was surveyed to him in 1684, in the township of Middletown. Here he erected his dwelling-house on the west bank of Ridley Creek, about one mile northwest of the present town of Media. The mansion farm is still in possession of his descendants. His wife, Sarah, died in 1709. About the year 1721, after having settled his son George on the mansion farm, he removed to Willistown, where he resided with his son Thomas until his death, in 1723. He had five children,-Thomas, who married Sarah, the daughter of Joseph Baker, of Edgmont, 8, 26, 1710 ; Mary, who first married John Edge, Jr., and afterwards John Yarnall, of Willistown ; George (a minister among Friends), who married Jane Sharples in 1717, and after her death, Mary, the daughter of William Hammans; Sarah, who married John Williamson, of Newtown ; and Alice, whose first husband was John Allen, of Newtown, and the second, Edward Woodward, of Middletown. George Smedley did not incline to be active in public affairs, but was frequently appointed to various services by the meeting, in which he uniformly maintained a good standing. The children of Thomas and Sarah Smedley, of Willis-town, were Francis, John, Mary, Sarah, Thomas, and perhaps others, of whom John, b. 11, 22, 1714, died 8th mo., 1793, married Susanna (Dawson) Cowgill. She saw her great-great-grandfather, William Clinkenbeard, who was one hundred and eight years old when he died, and also saw her own great-great-grandchildren. John Smedley, son of John and Susanna, married Rebecca, daughter of Nathan and Amy Cope, of East Bradford, and was the father of Benjamin Smedley, of Willistown, Enos Smedley, of West Chester, and others. 726 - HISTORY . OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. William Smedley, son of the second George, married Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Taylor, and had several children, of whom the eldest, Peter, married Phebe, daughter of Samuel and Jane Sharpies, and settled in Uwchlan. Their children were Elizabeth, Joel, Jane; Peter, William, Isaac, Samuel, Phebe, and Lydia. William F. Smedley, a grandson of Peter, Jr., is a rising young artist, whose pencil has been employed in illustrating various periodicals and publications.. From William Smedley, son of William and Elizabeth, above named, are descended James Smedley, hatter, of Philadelphia ; William Smedley, late connected with the Provident Life and Trust Company ; and Samuel L. Smedley, chief engineer of Philadelphia, who has spent much time in collecting the family history. SMITH, JOHN, son of Eleazer and Ruth, was born 4, 22, 1681, at Dartmouth, N. E., and when a young man suffered fines and imprisonment for refusing to perform military service, being also impressed on board a war vessel and cruelly beaten for not taking part in the duties assigned him. Finding him of no use on the vessel, the commander allowed him to go upon land in England without orders to return, and about the year 1705 he came to Philadelphia. He became a resident of Chester, and married there, 1, 5, 1706-7, Ann, daughter of Caleb Pusey. In 1713 he removed to East Marlborough, and the next year a meeting was established at his house, which afterwards became Londongrove Meeting. By his first wife he had a daughter Lydia, who married Thomas Jackson, and by the second wife, Dorothy Windle, to whom he was married 6, 6, 1728, he had Anne, John, Ruth, Thomas, and Sarah. He died 10, 24, 1766, and was buried at London-grove. Memorials concerning him have been published at different times. ROBERT SMITH was of Scottish descent, and near the end of the seventeenth century his grandfather lived in the northeastern part of Ireland. Among the first of the Scotch-Irish emigrants to Pennsylvania were the parents of Robert Smith,—John and Susanna,—who left their homes in 1720, one year after the enforcing of " the Test," and whose special grievance was not the raising of the rent of their homestead, but the absolute refusal of their landlord to renew their lease unless they would comply with the requirements of that hated act. With her brother John came Mary Smith, who married Alexander Fulton, removed to Little Britain, Lancaster Co., and to whom in due time was born a grandson, Robert Fulton, who has indissolubly linked his name with the history of steam navigation. John Smith died Dec. 19, 1765, aged seventy-nine years, and his wife Susanna, Dec. 24, 1767, age seventy-six years. They were the parents of fifteen children. Three elder brothers having sought their fortunes elsewhere, the homestead in Uwchlan fell to Robert, who was born at sea during the voyage to this country, and who had married, Dec. 20, 1758, Margaret, daughter of John Vaughan, of Red Lion, Uwchlan township. Sergt. Robert Smith is reported in the public records of the time as " going to Reading to be qualified," .hen, in 1757, the war between the French and English made the Indians restless and aggressive on the whole Pennsylvania border, and called out large bodies of militia in the heretofore peaceful colony. His next appearance is in the commencement of the Revolution, in August, 1775. The colony had but a small navy, and the chief reliance for the defense of Philadelphia was on obstructions to be placed in the channel of the Delaware River. Numerous plans were offered, and after discussing them thoroughly it was decided to place a line of chevaux-de-frize across the channel east of the upper end of Hog Island, one and a quarter miles below Red Bank, N. J. At the date last mentioned, Robert Smith was thanked by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania for a model of a machine for handling chevaux-de-frize, and was soon after directed by the same body to report on the merits of the rival plans of Govett and Guion for building them, and to take charge of the works. He remained in charge of them one year, and planned the land fortifications, which were included in the same line of defenses. While thus engaged, he was called and sat in the Convention which, on Sept. 28, 1776, adopted the first State constitution of Pennsylvania, having been elected a delegate from Chester County. On March 12, 1777, the Supreme Executive Council appointed him lieutenant of Chester County. This office, whose name and duties were analogous to those of the king's lieutenants in the counties of the mother-country, gave him, with the rank of colonel, the charge of raising, arming, and provisioning the military contingent of his district, and in every way preparing the troops to take the field. They remained under his command till they were called into the field. The selection proved a good one. The Scotch-Irish were of the best fighting material, and the circumstances under which they had left their old homes made them have no hesitation in taking up arms against the British government. From them and the Welsh the military strength of the county had chiefly to come, and as Col. Smith's wife, Margaret Vaughan, was of a Welsh family, his influence extended among them also. He had had some experience in military affairs, and in administration, and would no doubt have taken the field but that he was somewhat past the prime of life, and had grown too large (weighing over two hundred and fifty pounds) to undergo the fatigues of service at the front. What service he could do his country could command, and the sequel showed him to be a most capable and zealous officer. March 29, 1777, he took the oath and received his commission as sheriff of the county. In October, 1783, he was one of the two persons elected by the people, as the custom then was, for the office of sheriff, but the Governor, in whom rested the final choice, selected William Gibbons, the other candidate. On assuming the lieutenancy, one of Col. Smith's duties was to ascertain the capabilities of his district, and on April 12, 1777, he reported that it contained 5000 men capable of bearing arms, and promised to use his utmost exertions to get his contingent in the greatest possible state of forwardness. The raising, equipping, and provisioning of a large number of troops called from Chester County into military service during the Revolutionary war required the expenditure of large sums of money, and liberal appropriations passed through his hands. They were all properly accounted for, as is proved by the fact of the report of the comptroller of BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 727 the State, who, June 25, 1785, near the close of Col. Smith's career as county lieutenant, reported that there was a balance due him to April 1, 1785, of £106 4s. 10d. This report being approved by the Supreme Executive Council, an order was drawn in his favor for the amount. He retired from this position March 21, 1786 (which he had held for nine most eventful years), and from all public offices except that of trustee of the State loan-office, which he retained for about a year after this time. lie served for one term in the State Assembly in 1785. In the latter part of 1787 he retired to his farm, twelve years of uninterrupted public life having led him to covet the quiet of home, and his private affairs, which had been so long neglected, requiring his attention. He was a stanch Presbyterian, an elder and pillar in the church of which Rev. John Carmichael was pastor, and he brought up his family after the most approved Scotch fashion. He was in his later years remarkable for the sweetness and evenness of' his temper ; was a great reader and lover of books, Young's " Night Thoughts" and Pope's translation of Homer's " Iliad," then comparatively new books, being his chief favorites. He owned two very fine farms in Uwchlan, on the Conestoga road where it crosses Black Horse Creek near its confluence with Marsh Creek, both streams being tributaries to the north branch of the Brandywine. He died in 1803, aged eighty-three years, and his wife died in Philadelphia in 1822, at the age of eighty-seven. Of their children, Jonathan was for many years honorably and prominently connected with the First and Second United States Banks and the Bank of Pennsylvania as their cashier ; John was an iron-master, owning Joanna Furnace, near the line between Chester and Berks Counties ; and Joseph was an iron and shipping merchant of Philadelphia. Jonathan's son—Gen. Persifor Frazer Smith—was a brilliant officer of the United States army, and died in Utah in 1859. He was the grandson of Col. Robert Smith, and also a grandson, on the maternal line, of Col. Persifor Frazer, of Chester County, a distinguished officer of the war of the Revolution. Joseph married Mary, daughter of Col. Persifor Frazer, of Thornbury, then Chester, but now Delaware County. They had several children, among them Hon. Persifor Frazer Smith, a member of the bar of Chester County. The latter was educated in Philadelphia, principally in the classical schools of Samuel B. Wylie and Joseph P. Engles, and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, July 31, 1823. He then read law with William H. Dillingham, Esq., in West Chester, and was admitted to the bar at November term, 1829. He married, July 24, 1833, Thomasine S., daughter of Dr. George A. Fairlamb, of Downingtown. In May, 1835, he was appointed by Governor Wolf clerk of the Orphans' Court of Chester County, and in 1839, by 0. F. Johnson, attorney-general under Governor Porter, prosecuting attorney for Delaware County. Mr. Smith has always maintained a very high position at the bar, and has long been one of its recognized leaders. His opinions on the perplexing questions constantly arising in the practice of the law are eagerly sought for by his professional brethren and clients, and are highly esteemed. He was a stanch supporter of the Union cause during the war of the Rebellion, and was a member of the Legislature in the sessions of 1862, '63, and '64, during its progress. He was reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court from 1865 to 1876. GEN. GEORGE FAIRLAMB SMITH was born in West Chester, Feb. 28, 1840, and was a son of Persifor Frazer and Thomasine (Fairlamb) Smith. He received his preparatory education at the West Chester Academy, and graduated with honor at Yale College in 1858. He then entered on the study of the law with his father, but before his admission to the bar the war of the Rebellion burst upon the land, and his heart filling with a sense of duty to his country, he threw down his books and was one of the very first in Chester County to enroll himself to stand by and defend the old flag. He enlisted in 1861 as a private in Capt. B. H. Sweney's company, which subsequently was assigned to letter " G," in the 2d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, three months' service. It left West Chester April 18th, and was regularly mustered into the United States service at Harrisburg on April 20th. Shortly after the muster Private Smith was detailed to the position of quartermaster of the regiment, and in a little while was regularly commissioned, his rank being first lieutenant. At the expiration of the term of enlistment of the 2d Regiment he returned home and recruited a company for the three years' service, which was assigned to the position of Company B, in the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col. William H. Irwin commanding. On July 16th he resigned the captaincy of his company for the purpose of accepting the majorship of the 61st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, his promotion taking effect March 15th of that year. While serving in this position he received a dangerous wound at the battle of Fair Oaks, and was taken prisoner. He was conveyed to Libby prison, where he was kept one week, and then removed to Salisbury, N. C., where he was retained three months. At this same battle his colonel was killed and lieutenant-colonel wounded, which leaving a vacancy in the staff, he was duly promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of his regiment on June 1, 1862, and on March 21, 1864, was advanced to the colonelcy of the same, Col. Spear having in the mean time been killed at Chancellorsville. In this position he remained, faithfully and bravely doing his duty until Sept. 7, 1864, when he was mustered out by reason of the term of his three years' enlistment expiring. Sept. 29, 1864, he was recommissioned, and upon special order was discharged April 20, 1865. He was severely wounded May 12th in the battle of the Wilderness, and brought home, where he remained under the care of Dr. Worthington for about four months, and during this time he was admitted to practice at the bar of Chester County, but returned to his command as soon as able to do so, and remained there until he was discharged at the time we have above stated. He was elected to the office of district attorney in 1872, the duties of which he discharged with credit to himself and county for the term of three years. In 1874 he was chosen by the Republicans of the Middle District of Chester County to represent them in the State Legislature, in which he was a conspicuous member for a period of two years. 728 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. In 1875, Governor Hartranft appointed him an aide upon his staff, with the rank of colonel, and upon the appointment of Judge Yerkes to the bench in Philadelphia, the Governor appointed him judge-advocate-general upon his staff, which position he held until the time of his death. He was also appointed by Governor Hartranft one of the commission to select and locate a site for the Insane Asylum for Chester, Bucks, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties, and in which he labored assiduously, giving the matter all the attention at his command. As a citizen, he was looked up to as active, careful, conscientious, and trustworthy, and in all public matters he never was found lacking in the performance of any duty that presented itself for him to perform. As a lawyer, he occupied an enviable position, and as a consequence his practice was large and proportionately remunerative. He was an able speaker and sound reasoner, and, in a word, was a man in advance of his years. In politics he was an earnest, untiring, and devoted advocate of the Republican party, and gave his voice and energies to the cause he so conscientiously espoused. He died Oct. 18, 1877, and was interred with military and Masonic honors in the Oaklands Cemetery, near West Chester. REV. ROBERT SMITH, D.D., was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1723 came with his parents when a child to this country, and settled on the head-waters of the Brandywine, in the Brandywine settlement, Chester Co., where he grew up to manhood. He was educated at the celebrated school of Samuel Blair, at Fagg's Manor, and was licensed to preach Dec. 27, 1749. On May 22, 1750, he married Elizabeth Blair, a sister of his preceptor, a lady of high intellectual endowments, and fitted to grace the most exalted station in society. March 26, 1751, he was installed pastor of the Pequea Presbyterian Church, in Lancaster County, near the Chester County line, with a portion of his congregation residing in Chester County. At this place he established a classical and theological institution of a high character, which was resorted to by a large number of young men from Pennsylvania and other provinces, many of whom were afterwards distinguished in the different professions, and occupied positions of great usefulness in the country. The school was prolific in valuable men. Here was laid the foundation of the eminence of his two sons, Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D., who was the first president of Hampden-Sidney College, in Virginia, and afterwards succeeded Dr. Witherspoon as president of Princeton College, N. J., and Rev. John Blair Smith, D.D., who succeeded his brother as president of Hampden-Sidney College, and was afterwards the first president of Union College, Schenectady. It is difficult to estimate the advantages to society and the country from the maintenance of such schools as those of Alison, Blair, Finley, Smith, and others. Their influence, established and conducted as they were in the early history of the province, was of great usefulness to the inhabitants, not only of Pennsylvania, but of other provinces. They were sought by young men with ability of a high order, and they there received a classical and scientific edu cation which prepared them for high places in the various professions. After a life of great labor and usefulness, and a pastorate of forty-two years, he died at Rockville, Chester Co., April 15, 1793, at the age of seventy-one years. He was returning from Philadelphia, and had tarried at Rockville over Saturday night, and the next morning started to go to his church. As the congregation of Brandywine Manor were assembling, they found him lying by the roadside, with his faithful horse standing beside him. He did not long survive. REV. JOSEPH SMITH was born in Nottingham, Chester Co., Pa., in 1736, of English parents. He graduated at Princeton College in 1764, and was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle, Aug. 5, 1767. He was installed pastor of the church of Lower Brandywine, in Delaware, April 19, 1769, and of the Second Church, in Wilmington, Oct. 27, 1774. In 1779 he received a call from Cross Creek and Buffalo Churches, in Western Pennsylvania, and in 1780 became their pastor. Here he spent the remainder of his life, twelve years. His family underwent the usual perils and trials of frontier life, and sometimes were compelled to retire to forts or block-houses to protect themselves from the merciless tomahawk. He was an able coadjutor of Dr. Power and Dr. McMillan in the great Western field of ministerial labor. He was a thorough classical scholar of well-disciplined mind, and eminently successful in all his undertakings. He opened a school at Upper Buffalo, in Washington Co., Pa., for the theological education of young men. He had a small building in the corner of his garden called " the students' room." In this, and the " log cabin" of Dr. McMillan, were educated some men who became distinguished for their influence and usefulness in society and in the church of which they were members. This school was subsequently transferred and organized near Canonsburg, and out of it was raised Jefferson College. Much praise is due to these men, who opened these fruitful sources of instruction for our infant country at so early a period of its settlement. Joseph Smith died April 19, 1792, at the age of fifty-six years. JOSEPH SMITH, of Oxford township, died in 1760. The name of his wife was Isabel, and his children were Robert, John, Mary, wife of Robert Fulton (and mother of the inventor), Elizabeth, wife of James Cresswell, Isabel, Esther, Martha, Joseph, and Abram. Robert Smith, son of the above, was a resident of Lower Oxford, and for many years a justice of the peace and of the Common Pleas. He died about the year 1812, leaving a number of children. In his will he ordered that no spirits of any kind should be made use of at his wake or funeral. SPACKMAN, ISAAC, a worsted-comber, resided at a small village called Hankerton, near Malmsbury, in Wiltshire, England, where he died about the year 1746, leaving a widow, Esther, and seven children in straitened circumstances. In 1750, William Beale, who had settled in Whiteland, Chester Co., a brother of the widow, visited BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 729 England, and brought four of the children-Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth, and Isaac-back with him. They were bound out to service for a length of time to pay for their passage. Their brother George also came over some years later, and resided in Wilmington. The children of Isaac and Esther Spackman were as follows : Thomas, b. Dec. 18, 1728, d. 10, 24, 1810 ; Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1733, d. 5, 27, 1813, m. James Kenny ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1735, d. 8, 25, 1796, m. Joseph Hawley, of West Bradford ; Hester, b. July 19, 1738, remained in England ; Isaac, b. Nov. 21, 1739, d. 4, 15, 1823 ; George, b. Jan. 20, 1741, d. 9, 4, 1798 ; Susanna, b. Oct. 17, 1743, remained in England. Thomas Spackman married Jane Wollerton, and settled in East Bradford in 1761. He built a mill in that year on Valley Creek, now belonging to Alfred Grubb, and left children,____George, Isaac, Hester, Thomas, Sarah, Daniel, Rachel, Elizabeth, and Mary. The son, Thomas, married Deborah Cope, 3, 19, 1795, and was the father of George Spackman, of West Chester, now deceased, and others. Isaac Spackman married, 4, 21, 1768, Susanna Clayton, of West Bradford, and settled in East Cain. His children were George, Ann, James, Isaac. Mary, m. to William Davis ; Susanna, m. to John Michener ; Thomas, and Edith. Of these, Thomas was the father of Isaac Spackman, secretary of the Chester County Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Those of the family who came from England, with the exception of Thomas, became Friends after their arrival in this country. SPEAKMAN, THOMAS, of Reading, in Berkshire, England, with the approbation of Friends and consent of his mother, Elizabeth, came to Pennsylvania in 1712, and settled then or shortly after in Londongrove township. He married, in 1714, Ann ______, and afterwards became a minister among Friends. He died 5, 15, 1732, leaving children,-Hugh, Thomas, Ebenezer, Micajah, Joshua, and Ann, married to Nicholas Newlin, of Concord. Ebenezer Speakman married Mary Hayes, and was the father of George, Joshua, Jacob, Lydia, m. to Richard Ladley; Mary, m. to Joseph Baker ; and Margaret, m. to Job Hayes. He died 3, 25, 1809, in his eighty-fifth year, and his widow 9, 20, 1810, in her eighty-third year. Micajah Speakman settled in Concord, and married, 4, 22, 1752, Mary Griffith, from Wales. She died 11, 28, 1774, and he married, 5, 23, 1781, Phebe Yarnall, a widow and a minister, who paid a lengthy religious visit to England, 1796-1800. Micajah Speakman, Jr., was the father of Stephen, Phebe Ann, m. to Isaac W. Van Leer ; William A., Rebecca S., Sarah A., m. to J. Miller McKim. STARR, JOHN, whose father is said to have served in the Parliamentary army as a captain of infantry, and afterwards removed to Ireland, resided at Oldcastle, in the county of Meath. By Mary, his wife, he had children,-John, b. 7th mo., 1674 ; James, b. 10, 28, 1676 ; George, b. 2, 16, 1679 ; Mary, b. 7, 15, 1682 ; Elizabeth, b. 9, 12, 1684 ; Susannah, b. 9, 23, 1686 ; Jeremiah, b. 8, 17, 1690 ; Moses, b. 8, 27, 1692 ; Isaac, b. 9, 23, 1697. Of these, James, with Rachel, his wife, came to Pennsylvania in 1712, and settled in New Garden, afterwards removing to the site of Phoenixville. Jeremiah married, - 92 - 11, 10, 1716, Rebecca Jackson, b. 3, 25, 1697, daughter of Isaac and Ann, and towards the close of the year 1717 came to Chester County and settled in Londongrove, it little northwest of Avondale.. Moses Starr married, 6, 2, 1715, at Oldcastle Meeting, Deborah King, daughter of Merrick King, of that place. They came over with Jeremiah and his wife, and after a time removed to Maiden Creek, Berks Co., of which county he was the first, and for a time the only, representative in Assembly. Isaac Starr, the youngest brother, also came over, and married, 12, 20, 1723, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Lightfoot, by whom he had several children. Of Jeremiah's six children, Moses married Sarah, daughter of Michael and Hannah (Maris) Harlan, 3d mo. 19, 1760, and had four children, of whom Jeremiah was born 9th mo. 16, 1762. He married Anne, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Whitson, of Sadsbury township. He died 3d mo. 12, 1816, and she 5th mo. 4, 1818. Of their six children, Jeremiah, born 7th mo. 5, 1798, married Mary, daughter of Eli and Sarah (Scarlett) Thompson, 10th mo. 11, 1827. She was born 5th mo. 15, 1810. He died 4th mo. 17, 1876. Of their seven children, Charles Thompson, the youngest, was born 8th mo. 23, 1846, and married Emma F., daughter of William L. Chandler, of New Garden township, 9th mo. 9, 1874. Their three children are William C., Lilian, and Chester Thompson. Jeremiah Starr, the emigrant, settled in Londongrove township, his son Moses in New Garden, about 1760, on a tract of two hundred and eleven acres, on which his son Jeremiah lived, also Jeremiah, son of the last, and on part of which (forty-eight acres) Charles T. Starr resides. His house was built by his father in 1823. The mother of Charles T. was a granddaughter of John Scarlett, who married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary Dixon. John was the son of Nathaniel Scarlett, who married Hannah Dutton. Nathaniel was a son of Humphrey Scarlett. Charles Starr is the proprietor of the " Pleasantville Green-houses," in New Garden township, two miles from Avondale, on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad. He is one of the most successful florists in the State, and especially noted as a tuberose-grower. He makes a specialty of carnation pinks, which, with his other innumerable varieties, he ships by mail to all parts of the country. His plants and bulbs, put up in small packages; are usually transported through the mails. From small beginnings he has extended his green-houses and establishment to large proportions, and does annually an extensive business. STAUFFER, FRANK H., a resident of Berwyn, and prominently connected with its improvements, was born in Philadelphia, Oct. 3, 1832. His father, Mr. Jacob Stauffer, who died at Lancaster, Pa., March 22, 1880, was a scientist, who was widely known on this continent, and to some extent in Europe, for his discoveries and attainments. As early as 1850, Rev. Dr. Morris stated that " he knew of no other savant, except Mr. Sturn, of Nuremberg, who could write, set up, illustrate, and print his own works." Frank H. is a graduate of " The University of Daily Journalism," and is a contributor to some of the leading papers and magazines of the country. A volume of his poems, enti- 730 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. tied " Toward Sunset," and issued by Lippincott & Co., in 1879, was received with considerable favor. STEELE.—Ninian Steele, with his wife and children, came from the north of Ireland, and settled in New London township, Chester Co. He died in December, 1745, leaving a widow, Mary, and six children,—Robert, Martha, Samuel, Susannah, Ninian, and William. Samuel Steele, his son, resided at what was then and is yet known as Thunder Hill, in New London township. He died in May, 1760, leaving eleven children,—Robert, Ruth, Jane, Samuel, Francis, Joseph, James, William, Ninian, Ann, and Elizabeth. Of these, Ruth Steele was born in 1719, and married Samuel Futhey in January, 1750 (see Futhey family) ; Jane Steele married George Campbell. He died in March, 1812, leaving eight children, some of whom emigrated to North Carolina. James Steele married Isabella Read, of New London. They resided in West Fallowfield township. He died in 1807, and his wife in 1814. Their descendants removed to Western Virginia. Elizabeth Steele and others of the family settled in Northumberland (now Union County) at an early day. William Steele, son of Samuel, settled on a farm two miles east of the village of New London, which remained in the family three generations. He was born in 1731, married Elizabeth Magee, Jan. 21, 1756, and died Sept. 5, 1797. His wife died July 5, 1779. Their only child, John Steele, was born in 1760, married Ann Montgomery, April 11, 1781, and died April 29, 1841. Their children were William, Ann, Elizabeth, John, Hannah, Susanna, and Maria. William Steele, the eldest of these children, was born in 1783, married Mary Kimble, June 18, 1809, and died July 12, 1869. Their children were John K., George, Maria, Milton, Jackson, Clement, Eliza, John, and Samuel. John K. Steele, the eldest of these, married Ann Wilkinson, March 2, 1837. They have had five children. The descendants of Ninian Steele, the emigrant, are very numerous, and are scattered over the whole country. A branch, about the period of the Revolution, went to North Carolina, and settled in the neighborhood of Charlotte, where their descendants now reside. GEN. JAMES STEELE.—William Steele settled in Lancaster County in 1750. His wife was a Kerr. Their children were Archibald, John, William, and James. The fourth son, James, was several times a member of the Legislature, and during the war of 1812 he held the responsible position of inspector-general of the Pennsylvania State troops. His zeal as an officer and integrity as a man made him universally beloved by all who knew him. He resided at Steeleville, in West Fallowfield township, Chester Co., and gave name to the village. Here his son, Franklin Steele, was born May 12, 1814. Gen. Steele died in 1844. In 1837, Franklin Steele visited the Falls of St. Anthony, and from that period he was closely identified with the history and interests of the Upper Mississippi. In April, 1843, he married Annie E. Barney, a granddaughter of the distinguished Commodore Barney of Revolutionary fame, and a daughter of Hon. W. C. Barney, of Baltimore. For many years they resided at Fort Snelling, and afterwards at Minneapolis. He became one of the leading citi zens of that section of the country, and on the occasion of the election of Gen. Shields to the United States Senate, Mr. Steele came within one vote of receiving the nomination in caucus. He amassed a large fortune, and was ever liberal to all enterprises deserving of encouragement. He was considered the wealthiest man in Minnesota. At one time he owned the Fort Snelling reservation and the entire site where the city of Minneapolis was built. He died Sept. 10, 1880. His brother, Dr. John Steele, and three sisters reside in Minneapolis. One of his sisters was the wife of Gen. H. H. Sibley, at one time Governor of Minnesota. She is now deceased. STRICKLAND, NIMROD, was born in Vincent township June 28, 1807, and died in West Chester, May 15, 1880. In early manhood he identified himself with the Democratic party, and by his fealty and persistent labors to the principles it espoused he early earned for himself a reputation as a successful politician throughout the State, which he continued to enjoy up to the time of his death. Aside from his political career, his usefulness in the more private walks of life was long and well demonstrated, and only ceased with his physical inability to perform the duties to which he was selected. The first office he held was that of clerk to the county commissioners. During the campaign between Wolf and Barnard for the office of Governor, he actively espoused the cause of the former, and after Wolf was elected Governor he recognized his services by appointing him first recorder of deeds and then register of wills of Chester County, each of which he held three years. Aug. 31, 1837, he married Margaret McCullough. He then for some years was a clerk in the Treasury Department, when Governor Wolf was First Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States. He held the office of associate judge for several years, and was also for a term one of the canal commissioners of the State. In 1854-55 be served as warden of the Eastern Penitentiary, but the duties were distasteful to him and he resigned. He also at different times held the offices of justice of the peace, bank appraiser, jury commissioner and prison inspector. During President Buchanan's administration he held a position in the custom-house in Philadelphia. He was for some years editor of the American Republican, and was afterwards co-editor of the Pennsylvanian with Dr. Morwitz. Some years before his death, he had an operation performed on his eyes for cataract, which did not prove successful, and they gradually grew worse until the sight was totally destroyed, thus adding to his afflictions one irreparable and severe. He was a member of the Baptist Church for forty-six years, and also a member of the Odd-Fellows. This organization was kind to him, and during his last illness rendered that brotherly assistance for which they were organized and are so widely noted. His counsel was sought by many of all political parties, and in public recognition of his intellect and good judgment he stood high in the estimation of all who enjoyed his acquaintance. He was genial and kind in his manner, ever having a pleasant word of good advice and cheer for all who came about him. C. E. SUPLEE. Among the earliest settlers of Germantown was Andreas Soupli, who was evidently a man of influence, being chosen sheriff of that corporation in 1691. On the Revolutionary muster-rolls of Philadelphia County are John, Isaac, Jacob, Andrew, Jonathan, Nathan, and David Sup-lee. Peter Suplee, of Schuylkill township, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died of camp fever in the service a few months before his son Peter was born. The latter married Hannah Eastburn, to whom were born nine children, of whom the following are living: Silas ; Peter ; C. E.; Margaret, married to Joseph Rapp ; and Eliza, married to W. R. Kennedy. C. E. Sup-lee, the second son and child, was born July 30, 1804. He passed his boyhood on the farm, and was educated in the common schools. When eighteen years old he was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, and after thoroughly mastering it carried on this business for seven years, part of the time in Montgomery and part in Delaware County. lie then worked two years as a journeyman. About the year 1834 he purchased of his father one hundred acres, upon which he has since resided. On this he has erected nearly all the buildings, and has made many valuable improvements to the place. In 1827 he was married to Catharine, daughter of Charles Jones, of Montgomery County, by whom he has had seven children,—Benjamin F., deceased, leaving a wife and two children ; Mary J., married to William Stephens ; Edwin M. ; Hannah ; Adaline, married to Abraham Delp ; Sarah J. ; and Esther Ann, married to Gideon Ruth. He has been school director, and served in other local positions. His family are regular attendants of the Baptist Church. lie is a practical farmer, and has been for forty years very largely in the dairy business. He is a Republican in politics. His farm is situated about two and a half miles from Phcenixville, in a region very early settled by some of his ancestors. He enjoys the respect and confidence of the community in which he resides. RESIDENCE AND FARM OF C E. SUPLEE, SCHUYLKILL. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 731 STRAWBRIDGE, THOMAS, the son of James Strawbridge, who settled in Londonderry township, in that part now called Penn, prior to 1747, was a native thereof. He was a member of the Convention of July 15, 1776, that formed the first State constitution ; a captain in Col. Evan's battalion of Chester County militia in January, 1777; and appointed sub-lieutenant of the county Oct. 16, 1777. He seems to have been an ardent, active patriot of the Revolution, but we have no further record of him. STRODE, GEORGE, of the parish of Milbrook, in the county of Southampton, England, grocer, was a purchaser of 500 acres from William Penn, July 25, 1682. He came over soon after, and his land was located in Concord township. He appears to have been in some way connected with the Green family of that township. George Strode, of East Bradford, " being antient," died about 1757, and was probably a son of the first named. His children, so far as known, were George, John, and William. John was the father of Richard, b. March 7, 1742, d. 5, 22, 1814. Richard married Sarah Hickman, 12, 28, 1763, daughter of Francis Hickman, of Thornbury, and was the father of Mary, Joseph, Caleb, Francis. Ann, Richard, John, and Moses Strode, who all died young except Joseph and Richard. Joseph married Esther, daughter of Joseph and Edith Cheyney, born Dec. 8, 1768, died March 31, 1827. He was born Oct. 22, 1766, and died May 10, 1827, leaving children,—Caleb, Sarah, Joseph C., Edith, Ann (m. to Lewis Levis), Martha (now wife of Caleb Brinton), and Esther, all now deceased, and without issue, except Martha Brinton. JOSEPH C. STRODE was born April 24, 1796, in East Bradford township, where his father, Joseph Strode, lived, near Strode's mill, and after absorbing such learning as was to be had at the public schools was sent to the boarding-school of John Gummere, the celebrated mathematician, at Burlington, N. J., where he pursued the study of Latin and French, and perfected himself in the higher branches of mathematics, in which latter science he was one of the most able proficients of the age. Returning home, he opened a boarding-school for boys, which soon became known and successful. Among his scholars were Hon. William Darlington, Hon. Washington Townsend, Jesse James, Esq., Dr. J. B. Brinton, James Jefferis, and others, and at a later period Hon. John Hickman, J. Edgar Thomson, Isaac Darlington, and a host of others, who have since made their mark in distinguished positions of trust and honor. After carrying on his school for about twenty years he was induced to accept a position as civil engineer on the then Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, which he held for a few years. He afterwards returned to his school, which he conducted until about the year 1846, when he finally retired from it, and it passed into other hands. He then found amusement and an outlet for his exuberant mathematical talent in making the necessary calculations, and in assisting his friends and neighbors in introducing hydraulic rams on their premises. He was always pleased to give to any one who wished the benefit of his knowledge, and thus rendered his leisure very useful. Some years before his death he removed, with three maiden sisters, to the borough of West Chester, where he died Dec. 31, 1873. He was a thorough gentleman, of modest, kindly disposition, and he may safely be said to have passed away without ever having made an enemy. He was never married. STUBBS, JOSEPH I.—Daniel Stubbs was an early settler of Lancaster County, and was the father of Isaac, who married Hannah Brown. To them were born eight children, of whom the sixth was Joseph I. Stubbs, born 1st mo. 2, 1818, in Harford Co., Md., in sight of the rocks of Deer Creek. His grandfather on the maternal side was Jeremiah Brown, one of the pioneers in Lancaster County. Joseph I. spent his boyhood on the farm, and was afterwards many years in mercantile business in East Nottingham township. He has been a resident of this county thirty years. His farm of one hundred and forty acres is situated two and a half miles from Oxford, and is called " Maplewood." It is located in a fine region of country, and was a part of the original Pugh tract. He was married in 1852 to Martha, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Wilson) Pierson, from which union six children were born, viz.: Lauren P., Howard L., Josephine, Isaac Wilson, Adaline (deceased), and Walter Daniel. Mr. Stubbs is of English and Quaker ancestry on both sides. SWAYNE.—Among the earliest Quaker families that settled Chester County was that of Francis Swayne (who by an old deed is styled practitioner of medicine). He was the son of William Swayne, of Ockingham, Liberty of Wilts, Berkshire, England, who died in 1693, leaving two sons and a daughter,—Francis, the emigrant, Judith, and William. To the latter he left by will his house and lands in Ockingham : to his daughter, house and ground called the Harpe-bien, Bienfield, and to his son Francis, " All that house & Land, and the Store in the common field of Bienfield, by the wayside going to Bienfield church," and making him whole executor of " All my goods, cattle, corn," etc. Francis Swayne married Elizabeth Milton, and had removed from Bienfield to East Hampstead Park some years previous to coming to America, and his son William records that " about the year 1704 my father and mother and myself were convinced and received the truth." William Swayne, eldest son of Francis and Elizabeth, was born the 30th of 1st mo., 1689, in the parish of Bienfield, and when about eighteen sailed from Bristol " on board a ship called the Saulsbury,'" and in about five weeks landed at Philadelphia on the 15th of 9th mo., 1708, and in about a year and a half thereafter Francis and Elizabeth, with their remaining children,—Francis, Edward, Elizabeth, Jane, and Sarah,—landed at New Castle, on the Delaware, where they were met and welcomed by their son William, who had preceded them. They went to what is now East Marlborough township, Chester Co., and purchased and settled on one of the lots of land joining the south side of Marlborough Street, containing 425 acres, it being then an uncultivated wilderness. The deed of conveyance to Francis Swayne bears date 12th day of September, A.D. 1711. Francis and his son William were both prominent and active members of the Society of Friends. In the year 1713, Francis went on an extended religious visit to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Starting from 732 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, holding meetings by the way, to Flushing, Newport, Dartmouth, thence to Nantucket, Rochester, Falmouth, Barnstable, Sandwich, Yarmouth, Plymouth, Scituate, Boston, Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Hampton, Amesbury, Newburyport, Portsmouth, etc. Several of these places were visited twice. During the journey, which occupied three months, from 7th mo. 24th to 10th mo. 21st, about seventy meetings were held. When we take into account the difficulties of traveling in those early days, we are led to conclude that the emigrant ancestor of the Swaynes was possessed of a fair share of the zeal which characterized the early Friends. While in Nantucket he met with a family of the same name as his own, who had settled there in 1662, from some town east of Boston. They proved to have been of the same family in England. There is a family tradition that Francis, while resting for lunch, in the harvest-time, under the shade of some particular tree, remarked that he would like to be buried there ; his wish was remembered, and when, in 1721, 9th mo. 30th, he died, he was interred on the spot selected by himself, the place was inclosed with a wall, and for upwards of eighty years was used as the family burying-ground. Francis Swayne during his lifetime conveyed to his eldest son William, the pioneer, by deed dated 9th mo. 8, 1717, 195 acres of his original purchase, bordering on the Marlborough Street. William, on 7th mo. 29, 1720, at the age of thirty-two, married Elizabeth Dell, daughter of Thomas and Mary, of Ridley, now Delaware County. He died in 1735, at the age of forty-seven. Elizabeth died in 1743. Their children were,-1. William (2), b. 4, 11, 1721 ; m. 10, 1, 1743, Ann Pusey, daughter of Caleb and Prudence, of East Marlborough ; died 9, 8, 1785. Ann, born 4, 2, 1723 ; died 8, 27, 1802. 2. Francis, b. 12, 18, 1722 ; m. 3, 18, 1748, Betty Bally, daughter of Joel, of West Marlborough. Betty, born 1, 8, 1728 ; died . 3. John, b. 8, 27, 1724 ; d. 2, 28, 1755, unmarried. 4. Thomas, b. 9, 19, 1726 ; m, 3, 18, 1749, Mary Sharpless, daughter of John, of Ridley ; d. 12, 23, 1792. 5. Mary, b. 3, 29, 1728 ; m. 4, 15, 1748, Thomas Pusey, son of Caleb and Prudence, of East Marlborough. She died 4, 18, 1802. 6. Elizabeth, b. 8, 22, 1729 ; m. 2, 11, 1751, Israel Howell, son of Evan, of Edgmont. She died 4, 29, 1757. 7. Samuel, b. 12, 13, 1730 ; m. 6, 16, 1756, Hannah Hayes, daughter of William and Jane, of East Marlborough ; d. 7, 25, 1808. Hannah, b. 1, 1, 1736 ; d. 9, 13, 1799. 8. Joseph, b. 6, 22, 1732 ; died in infancy. 9. Ann, b. 3, ---, 1735 ; m. 4, 10, 1754, George Webb, of Kennet, son of Daniel. She died 4, 24, 1764. The descendants of William and Elizabeth Swayne are numerous, and mostly have lived in Chester and Delaware Counties, and are to be found among many of the old families of the two counties, having intermarried with (besides those before mentioned) the Woodwards, Copes, Marshalls, Jacksons, Pennocks, Phillipses, Thomases, Wickershams, Seals, Bailys, Woods, Barnards, Houses, Bancrofts, Noblets, Homes, Yarnalls, Waltons, Hadleys, Taggarts, Grays, etc. Joel Swayne, late of East Marlborough, a grandson of William (2), and son of Benjamin and Susanna, was born 5th mo. 22, 1804, married, 10th mo. 11, 1827, Lydia Ann Jackson, daughter of Israel and Sarah, of West Grove, and died 5th mo. 9, 1840. He was a public-spirited man and active in the cause of education and reforms, and, together with the late William Jackson, an uncle by marriage, strongly advocated a thorough public-school system. In 1839 he was elected one of the members from this county to the State Legislature, and died while a member of that body. He was an indefatigable student, and possessed a large fund of scientific and literary learning, and the papers and periodicals of the day frequently contained productions in prose and poetry from his pen. He possessed poetic talents of a very high order, his home feelings and attachments were of the strongest, and his admiration of the beauties of nature, particularly in his native county, were intense, and beautifully expressed in his poem entitled " Home" : "Where beauteous streams rich valleys part, 'Mid Pennsylvania's cultured hills, What marvel that a minstrel's heart- Where feeling's pulse with fervor thrills, Spontaneous to life's joys or ills- Should feel the tide of rapture start When gazing on such scenes as these, Adorned by Home's sweet witcheries ?" Edward Swayne, son of Benjamin and Sarah P., who was the son of Caleb, who was the son of William (2), was born 1st mo. 15, 1826, and died 11th mo. 18, 1846, before he had reached his twenty-first year. He possessed a poetic temperament of the highest order, and had he lived would no doubt have taken a prominent place in the literary world. His feelings were intense, and his expression or poetic images vivid and true to nature, and his flow of language required a swift pen to keep pace with it when the poetic mood was on him. His poems are mostly short, and addressed to friends or contained in letters. It is to be hoped that they may yet be collected and published in book form. Lieut. Joel J. Swayne, the youngest son of William and Mary Ann (Marshall), who was the son of Benjamin, the son of William (2), was born ____ , 1837, in Pennsbury township. When the war of the Rebellion began he was engaged in business in East Marlborough. Being impressed that the war was to be a protracted and desperate one, he urged the importance of promptly organizing military companies, and with Col. Fred Taylor and one or two others raised and organized the Kennet Rifle Company, which was afterwards incorporated with the 1st Pennsylvania Rifles, or " Bucktail" Regiment. Joel, who with characteristic modesty did not aspire to the position of a commissioned officer, though deserving it, was made sergeant, but was afterwards elected second lieutenant of the company. He remained continuously with the men from the time the company was organized, laboring assiduously, by drill-exercise, to perfect them in that discipline which he considered of most importance in the effective soldier. The Kennet Rifles were present at the battle of Dranesville, the opening engagement of the war, and proved their training by their coolness under fire. Subsequently, Lieut. Swayne was appointed adjutant of a battalion of the BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 733 " Bucktails," detailed for service in the Shenandoah Valley. He was fatally wounded at Harrisonburg, June 6, 1862, and died at the hospital in Harrisburg about three weeks thereafter. Of his character we will let his comradesin-arms speak for him : "He has fallen in the holy cause of Liberty and Union, and yet he lives in the cherished record of a bright and heroic example. He has indeed left among us a name all bright,-- without stain or blemish in great things or small. He had entire command of his own spirit. He was gentle yet firm, amiable yet decisive, respectful to all, yet commanding obedience from his men at will. He bad that admirable finish to his character which enabled him to act with discretion and self-possession on all occasions. Hence he obtained the entire confidence of men in all he attempted to do. " Swayne's proficiency was far from being accidental : he was a most diligent military student. He not only aspired to excel, but he toiled with mind and body to become an accomplished soldier and officer, and he succeeded well. " The steady balance of his mind, his patient industry, his conscientious performance of duty, may doubtless be largely attributed to the sound principles of morality and justice instilled into his mind in early life. The foundations of his character were laid sure. A strong love of free institutions and firm regard for the rights of man formed the motive-power which moved his soul to action and made him capable of the noblest deeds." Francis Swayne (2), son of Francis and Elizabeth, was born in East Hampstead, Berkshire, England, came to America in 1710, married, 4th mo. 10, 1724, Hester Dicks, daughter of Peter, of Providence, (now) Delaware Co. ; date of death unknown. They resided in West Caln. Their children were John, who died unmarried, Joshua, Caleb, Sarah, Deborah, and Ann. Of these, Joshua (1) married, about the year 1748, Phebe St. Clair, daughter of William and Phebe. They resided in West Caln, where they both died in 1760. Their children-Samuel, Susannah, John, Joshua (2), and Esther-were born between the years 1749 and 1758, in West Caln. Joshua (2), born 6th mo. 19, 1755, when of a suitable age, was apprenticed to an ironsmith, who removed to Virginia, taking young Joshua with him. After serving his time out he settled in Jefferson County, near Harper's Ferry, where he became possessed of one of the finest farms in that region. The children of Joshua (2) and Rebecca (Smith) were Samuel, John, Thomas, Joshua, and Noah H. The family removed from Virginia to Ohio, where they were prosperous farmers. Noah H., the youngest, studied law, and during Jackson's administration was appointed a United States attorney for Ohio. He practiced law there successfully for a number of years, and on Jan. 25, 1862, was appointed by President Lincoln a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a position which he honorably and acceptably filled till January, 1881, a period of nineteen years, when advancing age and a desire to complete some literary undertakings induced him to resign the position. Judge Swayne was born Dec. 7, 1804. He married Sarah Ann Wager, of Virginia ; they have four sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Gen. J. Wager Swayne, distinguished himself in the late war, and was appointed at its close an assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. Deborah, daughter of Francis (2), married Enoch Butler, son of Noble, of Uwchlan. Caleb Swayne, son of Francis (2), was born about the year 1727, married, 12th mo. 1, 1749, Lydia Bruce, daughter of James, of East Caln. Their children were Francis, and James, born about 1751-2, who married, 11th mo. 17, 1773, Hannah Swayne, daughter of Francis and Betty. Their children were Francis, b. 12, 8, 1774 ; Caleb, b. 10, 4, 1776 ; Eli, Betty, Lydia, Orpha, Hannah, and Susanna. Francis Swayne, son of Caleb and Lydia, is presumed to be the Gen. Francis Swayne, the friend of Gen. Muhlenberg, to whom the latter willed his silver cigar-case. He was said to have been a drummer-boy in the Revolutionary war, and a general in the war of 1812. He died at Reading, Pa., June 17, 1820. Francis and Sarah left a daughter, Jane. Eli Swayne, son of James and Hannah, married, 10, 14, 1807, Deborah Woodward, daughter of Thomas and Mary, of East Marlborough ; their descendants removed to Philadelphia. Edward Swayne, third son of Francis (1) and Elizabeth, was born in East Hampstead, Berkshire, England, in the year 1703, came to America with the family in 1710, married, 2d mo. 25, 1728, Sarah Fincher, daughter of John, of Londongrove. They lived on part of the original purchase made by his father, which they inherited from him. Edward died 4, 24, 1776, aged about seventy-three years ; Sarah died 11th mo., 1804, in her ninety-sixth year. She was the last one buried in the family burying-ground. The children of Edward and Sarah were Edward, Jonathan, Isaac, Jesse, Robert, Jane, Hannah, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Martha. The only male descendants of the name in this branch are from Jesse, who left three sons,-Jesse, Edward, and Ishmael. Some of the living descendants of Edward and Sarah are in the vicinity of Doe Run, Chester Co. Some have intermarried with the Masons, Whites, Haydons, Harlans, Marises, Yarnalls, Englands, etc. Elizabeth Swayne, daughter of Francis (1) and Elizabeth, was born in East Hampstead, Berkshire, England, came to America in 1710 with the family, married Thomas Barnard, son of Richard (1), died without issue. Jane Swayne, daughter of Francis (1) and Elizabeth, came to America with the family, 1710, married, 3, 4, 1719, John Jackson, son of Ephraim and Rachel, of Edgmont. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, who married John Wilson, of East Marlborough, in the year 1741, 10th mo. 24th. Their descendants are numerous, and have intermarried with the Thompsons, Phillipses, Barnards, Hilleses, Puseys, etc. Sarah Swayne, daughter of Francis (1) and Elizabeth, born in England, came to America in 1710 with the family, married, 8, 5, 1722, Robert Lamborn, son of Josiah and Ann, of Berkshire, England. They settled about half a mile west of where Londongrove meeting-house now stands. It is related of Robert that he and young Francis Swayne were devotedly attached to each other in England, and that when the Swaynes came to America, Robert, not being able to content himself without his friend, determined to follow him. His father endeavored to dissuade him at first, but, seeing he was determined, paid his passage to America. He landed at Philadelphia, not knowing where the Swaynes 734 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. lived, but while walking along the streets, unresolved yet what to do to find them, he espied old Francis Swayne following him at a distance, he at last saw him enter a house, and, not daring to follow him in, remained at the door till the old man came out again, who, on seeing him, exclaimed, good-humoredly, " Why, Bob ! what brought thee here?" Francis knowing that he would have to take care of him, brought him home behind him on horseback, and when within a short distance of his house he left Robert under a tree and proceeded home. He then directed his son Francis to go to the place where he had left Robert, not telling him what for, but to go there. He went, and to his surprise there met his friend, whom he had supposed was yet in England. That their mutual surprise and joy was great we cannot doubt. They repaired to the house, and young Lamborn afterwards married his friend's sister. For this sketch of the Swayne family we are indebted to William Marshall Swayne, of New Garden, who, in addition to his genealogical taste, is an artist of no mean rank. His busts of Gen. Wayne and Dr. William Darlington are noticed elsewhere. SWING, DR. E. V.—The Swing family came from Lorraine, one of the two provinces captured from France by Germany in the Franco-German war. Samuel Swing was one of two brothers who emigrated just before the Revolutionary war, and settled in Salem and Cumberland Counties, N. J. Samuel had a son, Abraham, whose son, Samuel, married Elizabeth Vanmeter, daughter of John Vanmeter, a Revolutionary soldier in Washington's army. From this union were born four children, viz. : Erasmus Vanmeter, Mary J. and Ruth A. (both unmarried), and Alfred, who died at Harper's Ferry, in the service of the United States in the Rebellion, of the 6th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. Of these, Dr. E. V. Swing was born Feb. 26, 1840, in Upper Pittsgrove township, Salem Co., N. J. He was educated in the common schools of his native county, and afterwards studied the classics and higher mathematics with Rev. R. Hamill Davis, now principal of Lawrenceville (N. J.) Female Seminary. He taught school four years in Cumberland County of his native State, and during this time was reading medicine with Drs. S. G. Cattell and C. C. Philips, of that county. He attended lectures in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and at the same time was a private student of Dr. H. Lenox Hodge, of Philadelphia. He graduated at this university in the class of 1867. He was married July 25, 1861, by Rev. Dr. Samuel Beach Jones, to Rachel V. Burroughs, born in his native township, and by whom he has had eight children,—two deceased, Oscar V. and Adelia Davis, and six living,—Clara Stratton, R. Hamill Davis, Albert H. Smith, Harry Ralston, Samuel Walter, and William Alexander. After graduating he located at Compassville, West Caln township (Cain's Post-Office, Lancaster Co.), in 1867, where he has since remained in the active and successful practice of his profession. Educational matters have ever greatly engrossed his attention, and he has repeatedly been a school director. He is, with his wife, a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he was educated by his parents, and has often been superintendent of Sunday-schools. He is a Republican in politics, and BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 735 comes of a family originally Federalist and then Whig. He belongs to the Chester County Medical Society, and was its president for the year 1880. He comes of a sterling stock, some of whose branches were among the earliest settlers in Clermont Co., Ohio, of whom Judge Philip B. Swing is judge of the United States District Court at Cincinnati, Ohio. TALBOT, JOHN, purchased land in Middletown township in 1718, where he died in 1721, leaving a widow and children,-Joseph, Mary, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, and Hannah. Joseph took the farm when he became of age, and built a mill thereon, now owned by Humphrey Yearsley. His first wife was Hannah Baker, of Thornbury, who left children,-Margaret, Mary, Joseph, Martha, John, Rachel, Jacob, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Susanna. Of these, Martha married Daniel Broomall, and was the grandmother of John M. Broomall, of Media. Rachel married Francis Townsend, of East Bradford. Benjamin Talbot, son of the first John, was married Nov. 11, 1734, by Rev. Richard Backhouse, to Elizabeth Ball, of Darby, and had children,-John, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and William. They removed about or before 1759 to the northwestern part of the county, and among their descendants may be named Caleb P. Talbot, father of D. Smith and C. Wesley Talbot, Esqs., of the Chester County bar. TAYLOR, ROBERT, of Little Leigh, in the county of Chester, England, came to Pennsylvania, it is believed, in 1682, but his wife, Mary, and children did not arrive until the next year (see page 22). They settled in Springfield township, where Robert died in 1695. His widow, who was perhaps his second wife, and not the mother of all his children, married again in 1701, Joseph Selby. The children of Robert were Isaac, m. in 1689, to Sarah Broadwell ; Josiah ; Mary, m. 1692, to Henry Lewis ; Phebe, m. 1692, to Thomas Massey, and in 1710, to Bartholomew Coppock ; Thomas, Jonathan, Jacob, and Martha, m. to John Fincher. Isaac resided in Springfield, where he died in 1716, leaving children,-Isaac, John, Joseph, Mary, Benjamin, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Josiah. The youngest son, born 4, 17, 1708, married, 3, 14, 1730, Jane, daughter of Alexander and Mary Stewart, of Kennet, and settled in that township. His children were Abraham, John, Rebecca, Sarah, Mary, Caleb, Jehu, Israel, and Jane. Abraham, b. 11, 21, 1731, married Rebecca Way, who became a minister in the Society of Friends, and died 10, 14, 1816. Their children were Jacob, John, Benjamin, Ann, Joshua, and Joseph. John, b. 9, 10, 1762, died 12, 13, 1850, married Ann Bucher, of Lancaster County, by whom he had children,-John, Joseph, Joshua, Rebecca, Martin, Abraham, Ann, Sarah, and Fanny. The second son, b. Sept. 8, 1795, m. Oct. 15, 1818, Rebecca, daughter of Caleb and Mary (Bower-German Bauer) Way, born Oct. 13, 1799. They have resided in and near Kennet Square except during his term of sheriffalty, and have had the following children : A daughter, b. June 3, 1820, d. next day ; Alfred, b. May 10, 1821, d. Nov. 16, 1823 ; Mary, b. April 21, 1823, d. March 31, 1824 ; Bayard, b. Jan. 11, 1825, d. Dec. 19, 1878 ; John Howard, b. Dec. 20, 1826 ; William W., b. Oct. 22, 1829, m. Ellen Hayes ; Anne, b. April 13, 1832, m. Charles Carey ; Emma, b. May 13, 1834, m. Charles Lamborn ; Joseph, b. June, 1838, died at the age of four weeks ; Charles Frederick, b. Feb. 6, 1840, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. (See p. 137.) Dr. Franklin Taylor, born 1, 22, 1818, is the son of Joshua, born 7, 4, 1771, and Ann (Buffington), and grandson of Abraham and Rebecca, already mentioned. Maris Taylor, of West Marlborough, b. 4, 27, 1779, was the son of George, the son of Joseph, b. 11, 11, 1694 (brother of Josiah, first mentioned), who married, 10, 29, 1722, Mary Maris. BAYARD TAYLOR.-It can only be attempted in this sketch to give an outline of the life of this versatile and gifted man,-who was novelist, poet, orator, and traveler. His ancestry were of the best Saxon blood of Germany and England, and in the American lineage he was from Quaker stock. Born at Kennet Square, in this county, Jan. 11, 1825, his boyhood was passed in that vicinage. The house in which he was born and passed his infancy-a stone-and mortar structure was destroyed by fire in 1876. When he was about three years old his father moved upon a farm about a mile from the Square" ; there he spent the opening years of his life. After attending for some time the excellent academies at West Chester and Unionville, in the latter of which he was a pupil of Jonathan Gause, the bold youth, with a view of relieving his parents of his support and to furnish means to purchase books, resolved to learn the printer's trade. He accordingly entered the office of the Village Record, then edited by Henry S. Evans. As this is that portion of his life which was wholly spent in Chester County,-the latter half being mostly passed in foreign lands,-the events of his early manhood naturally possess an added interest. Young Bayard did not like his apprentice-work ; his fingers wearied with the types, and he took to sketching, caricaturing himself and associates in horrid cartoons. His mind also sought relief in odd hours by reading, and in writing fugitive verses. Of this period in his life the Hon. Joseph J. Lewis says,- "It was not long after he came to West Chester, the date I cannot fix, the late Judge Haines, himself a poet of no mean pretensions, called my attention to one of Bayard's pieces. I have no recollection now of its title or its subject, but it was written in flowing verse and showed a remarkable command of poetic language, and such admirable taste in the use of epithets and imagery in one so young, that I confessed my surprise and pleasure in finding such excellent promise of a poet ' to the manner born.' What other of his fugitive pieces found their way into light, prior to May, 1843, I am not informed. But in Graham's Magazine of that month there appeared a poem entitled Modern Greece,' by J. B. Taylor, which was the first of his contributions to that periodical. Another, entitled The Nameless Bard,' by the same hand, followed in August of the same year; and a third, Life,' in the ensuing October number. He afterwards became a contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, and to some extent to the United States Gazette ; and he thus attracted the notice of Joseph H. Chandler, its accomplished editor, who was prompt to recognize the merits of his youthful correspondent and to encourage his literary efforts. lie also wrote occasionally for the Village Record. "In February, 1844, when he had just completed his nineteenth year, he sent to the press 'Ximena, and other Poems,' a little volume of less than one hundred pages. Ximena' is a story of the thirteenth century, in verse; and its interest mainly centres on the incidents of 736 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. the celebrated battle of the Sierra Morena, between the soldiers of the Crescent and the Cross. The battle scene is vividly described, and while there are passages that will not bear close criticism, there are others of much lyrical beauty. "The little volume was printed by Herman Hooker, in Philadelphia. Master Taylor was obliged to revise the proof-sheets; and not being flush of funds, he performed his journeys for that purpose, to and from the city, a distance of twenty-four miles, on foot, making up for lost time in the office by working out of ordinary hours. The edition published was not large. The anticipations of the young author were moderate, and they were more than equaled by the result. The book sold readily, especially among his neighbors in Chester County, and the profits were to him of some moment. The attention, however, which the book attracted to Bayard Taylor himself, and the interest which it excited in his success, was of more importance to him than the profits. He had now served out half his apprenticeship, and had learned as much in the two years of his service as he could be taught in the whole four years of the term for which he was bound; and he very reasonably considered that if he could be liberated from his engagement with Mr. Evans he might be employed more profitably for himself than in setting type in the office of the Village Record. He therefore endeavored to procure a cancellation of his indentures. This he was enabled to accomplish about the beginning of the summer of 1844, and having made all the necessary arrangements, in July of that year, when still six months under twenty, he sailed for Europe."'* It is said that even before he entered the printing-office there fell into his hands a small book, " The Tourist in Europe," by Geo. P. Putnam, which " told the routes and described the wonders to be seen in a very fascinating way to one like Bayard, whose imagination was already excited to the most enthusiastic pitch." He not only read it with avidity, but " made it a plan of reading, taking it by course," and borrowing other books relating to foreign travel. Young as he was he made up his mind to visit Europe, and " spoke of his trip to England and Germany with the confidence of one who has his ticket and letter of credit already in his pocket. Yet lie was a penniless boy, who had scarcely seen a ship, and who knew but a few phrases outside of his native tongue. His friends laughed at him, laughed incredulously as he spoke of his projected trip. † After obtaining release from his apprenticeship he went to Philadelphia, and " walked confidently into the office of the Saturday Evening Post." Mr. Patterson, its editor, while having little faith in his success as a correspondent, gave * From an address read before the Philosophical Society, Jan. 14, 1879. The same authority also gives us this incident of his schoolboy days: " On one occasion he, in company with several other boys, made a holiday excursion to the Brandywine battle-ground, and after a tramp of some twenty-odd miles, returned to Unionville. Most of the company were footsore and weary almost to exhaustion. Bayard enjoyed the day's ramble more than some of his companions, and instead of deprecating the curiosity that had led him such a chase and groaning over his fatigue, he wrote a sprightly account of the day's adventure, which was deemed worthy of publication, and appeared in one of the county newspapers. This is the first effort at narration of travel and description of natural scenery on his part that I know of, and is of no particular importance, except that it shows the bent of his mind at a very early age. This was in March, 1840, when he was just turned of fifteen. Prior to that date, but how long prior I am not informed, he began to write verses." † That a "prophet is not without honor save in his own country" is again illustrated in young Taylor's career. When he went to some of his old friends and neighbors for assistance to print his little volume of poems (" Ximena"), so little was their faith in the boy they had known from birth that they told him they could not encourage him in a scheme so absurd and impracticable.—Conwell's Life of Bayard Taylor. him some encouragement. Then, with lighter heart, he called on- Joseph R. Chandler, editor of the United States Gazette, who showed such confidence in his final triumph as to give him fifty dollars, remarking that " if he sent any letters of sufficient interest they would be inserted in the Gazette." To this gift Mr. Patterson added fifty dollars, and George R. Graham paid him for some manuscript poems. " He now had $140 with which to begin his journey to the Old World. Proud day was it for him when he returned with the money to his home." He next procured his passport, bade his farewells, and embarked on the " Oxford" upon his first European tour. " What Mr. Taylor saw in Europe during his tour, which was mainly pedestrian, and what were his experiences during its course, are related in his Views Afoot, or Europe seen with Knapsack and Staff,' published in 1846, on his return. Few boys, if any, have ever visited foreign countries to better purpose, and none have ever given so entertaining and graphic an account of their travels. There is an admirable freshness in his style, a vividness in his description of scenery, a certain felicity of expression, a kindly treatment of peculiarities of men and manners, and a pleasant vein of humor breaking out now and then in his narration, that makes this book attractive not merely to common readers, but to the intelligent and cultured. It is still, after a lapse of thirty-two years since it came from the press, a favorite with the public." Mr. Taylor had now completed his twenty-first year, and having published his " Views Afoot," was in a condition for some new enterprise, which developed in the establish- ing of a weekly newspaper at Phoenixville, in connection with Frederick E. Foster. In 1847, Mr. Taylor withdrew from the enterprise, and soon after took an editorial position on the New York Tribune. His subsequent career, devoted mainly to travel and to letters, and as the honored representative of his government as Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg and Minister to Germany, is too well known, not only in Chester County, but throughout the land, to require any mention here. The grief at his death, the homage of the great men of the Old World, the letters from noted American literati, and the tributes from his neighbors at Kennet Square,—all attest his greatness, his successful life-work. He died in Berlin, Prussia, on Dec. 19, 1878. His remains were brought to this country, and on March 15, 1879, consigned to their last resting-place in Longwood Cemetery, East Marlborough township. At the age of twenty-five he married (Oct. 24, 1850) one to whom he had long been tenderly attached,—Miss Mary S. Agnew. She died of consumption on the 20th of December of the same year. In October, 1857, he married Marie Hansen, of Gotha, daughter of an eminent German astronomer. Upon his return home, soon after, he brought to Kennet Square his wife and young child, Lilian, who now survive him. " Adjoining the farm of his father in Kennet was a tract of land which struck the fancy of Bayard while yet a boy as a fine situation for a gentleman's mansion, and having superior capabilities of improvement. He determined that if possible he would some day be the owner of it. It BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 737 chanced that while in Europe, some few years prior to his marriage, he learned that the coveted tract was in the market. He immediately wrote home requesting that it should be purchased for him. This request was complied with. He called the place " Cedarcoft," and built upon it a commodious and handsome residence, and lavished on the grounds around large expense in their adornment." DAVID S. TAYLOR.—William G. Taylor, son of Elisha Taylor, married Sarah Ann Stiteler, from which marriage were born five sons and three daughters. Of these children, David Stiteler Taylor was born Nov.1, 1832, in Upper Uwchlan township, where his father and grandfather lived. Passed his days on the farm till he was fifteen years of age, and when about nineteen began clerking for Samuel Kreamer in a general store at Phoenixville. Here he con tinued three years, then went to Pottstown, where lie remained nearly three years, clerking in a store for Olmstead Wells. In 1857 he came to Springville (now Spring City), and kept store one year, where Shantz & Keeley's foundry now is, in partnership with his brother, under firm-name of S. & D. Taylor. He removed to his present place of business in 1858, under the firm-name of Wells & Taylor, and since then has been at the same place continuously, but under different firm-names, until 1864, and since that year by himself alone. About 1865 he was appointed postmaster by President Lincoln's administration, and has ever since held that office, with the exception of a brief interregnum during President Johnson's time. He has served as school director. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and a zealous contributor to its support. He belongs to Spring City Lodge, No. 553, A. Y. M. He was married Jan. 19, 1861, to Mary Ann, daughter of Jesse and Hannah Finkbiner, by whom he had the following children : Hannah, Margaret, Bertha Alice, Mary Laura, Jesse F. (deceased), Ada Grace, John Krause (deceased), and David Sechler (deceased). His wife died March 19, 1873, and he was the second time married, Feb. 22, 1877, to Rebecca B., daughter of Michael and Rebecca Towers. Has been active in politics, and is a stanch Republican. He was a director in the Springville Building and Loan Association until its dissolution, and was two terms treasurer of the association in the war to clear the township from drafts. His mother was a daughter of David Stiteler, a well-known citizen of Upper Uwchlan, and of an old family. ABIAH TAYLOR, of Didcott, in Berkshire, England, had two sons, Abiah and Joseph, who came to Chester County. Abiah, Jr., was married, 2, 18, 1694, at Faringdon Meeting, to Deborah, daughter of John Gearing, of Stanford-in-the-Vale, in Berkshire. About the year 1702 they settled in East Bradford, where Abiah died about 1747. He built a house in 1724 (see p. 164), and a mill at an earlier date. His children were Ann, m. 10 (Dec.), 7, 1715, to Richard Barnard ; Abiah, died unmarried ; Alice, m. 11, 27, 1730, to Daniel Hoopes; Deborah, m. 2, 29, 1731, to Jonathan Parke ; Samuel, m. 11, 12, 1737, to Mary Smedley, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, of Willistown, who left one son, Abiah. Samuel married again, 10, 16, 1741, Deborah, daughter of Abraham and Eliz- - 93 - 738 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. abeth Darlington, of Birmingham, by whom he had children,-Samuel, Deborah, Abraham, John, Isaac, Mary, Elizabeth, and Rachel. Abiah Taylor, the eldest son, m. 5, 6, 1762, Ann Trimble, and in 1768 built a substantial stone house to the northeast of his father's, where were born the most of his children. These were Mary, Samuel, Sarah, Ann, Abiah, Deborah, George, and James. The father died at Lancaster, a member of Assembly, and was buried, 12, 5, 1801, at Bradford Meeting, being the first person buried there with a cover of strong plank placed over the coffin. JOSEPH TAYLOR, son of Abiah, of Didcott, in Berkshire, bound himself to a carpenter for seven years from the .1st of May, 1699, but was married March 16, 1700, to Elizabeth Haines, of Harwell, in the same county. They came to Pennsylvania in 1708, and in 1711 purchased 705 acres of land on the west side of Brandywine, at and below the Forks. In 1724 he bought 103 acres adjoining, on Pocopson Creek, where he built a mill, and there died, 3, 30, 1744. His wife, Elizabeth, died 6, 21, 1743. Their children were as follows : 1. Joseph, b. 10, 7, 1701 ; d. 6, 2, 1740 ; in. Catharine Baxter, a widow. He was a wheelwright and blacksmith. 2. Richard, b. 11, 26, 1702 ; d. 9, 2, 1744 ; m. Eleanor _____ , She married a second husband, Thomas Huston, and d. 3, 1, 1793. 3. Jeremiah, b. 8, 27, 1704 ; d. 1732 ; married Mary _____ , who afterwards married ____Smart. 4. John, b. 12, 27, 1705, probably died young. 5. Hannah, b. 7, 7, 1708 ; m. William Temple. 6. Benjamin, b. 1, 27, 1710 ; d. 7, 1, 1775 ; m. 5, 5, 1733, Sarah, daughter of William Nookes. She died 8, 20, 1789. Benjamin inherited the mill and homestead. 7. Sarah, b. 12, 1, 1711 ; d. 1775 ; m. John Jones. The children of Benjamin and Sarah Taylor were : 1. Isaac, b. 11, 10, 1734-5 ; d. 1, 16, 1813 ; m. 11, 13, 1755, to Hannah, daughter of Anthony Arnold, of East Bradford, and resided where his grandson, Samuel Taylor, now lives, in Pocopson township. He took an active part in public affairs at the time of the Revolution, and was afterwards known as Col. Isaac Taylor. 2. Benjamin, b. 4, 11, 1737 ; d. 10, 18, 1781 ; m. 11, 1, 1758, Rebecca, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Hoopes) Webb, of Kennet, b. 5, 25, 1741 ; d. 7, 22, 1775. He married again, 12, 3, 1777, Ann Parke, of East Caln, widow of Robert, and daughter of George and Ann Edge, b, 12, 26, 1748. Benjamin resided in Pennsbury until his second marriage, when he removed to Caln, and died there. His widow married a third husband, William Trimble. 3. Elizabeth, m. 1757, to Emmor Jefferis, of East Bradford. 4. Hannah, M. 5, 10, 1764, to Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Blackburn) Morton, of Londongrove. 5. Ann, b. 10, 17, 1749 ; d. 2, 26, 1803 ; m. Joseph Cope, of East Bradford. Benjamin Taylor, Jr., had children by his first wife,-Joseph, Benjamin, William, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Benjamin (2) ; by his second wife,-Ann, Edge, and Sarah. Joseph, the eldest son, born 12, 27, 1760, died 8, 16, 1826, married, 9, 27, 1787, Mary, widow of William Levis, and daughter of Benaniel and Alice Lownes, of Springfield. She was born 3, 25, 1761, and died 7, 19, 1846. Joseph Taylor removed from the old homestead on Pocopson Creek to West Goshen, about 4 mile north of West Chester, where his grandson, Jesse J. Taylor, now resides. His children were,-1. Sarah, b. 9, 3, 1788, d. 1, 30, 1865, m. Israel Jackson ; 2. Lownes, b. 2, 17, 1791, d. 7, 28, 1833 ; 3. Joseph L., b. 3, 5, 1795, m. Phebe James, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth, of Westtown, b. 9, 27, 1795, d. 3, 31, 1864. Joseph is still living and makes his home with his children. 4. Rebecca, b. 10, 18, 1798, d. 9, 25, 1872, n]. William Jackson, of Londongrove. Lownes Taylor married, 9, 14, 1820, Rachel, daughter of Richard and Rebecca Baker, of (now) Pocopson, born 6, 26, 1799, and still living. Their children were Richard B., Rebecca W., Benjamin, Joseph G., Edward, and Bolton. Of these, Richard B., born 9, 19, 1821, resides at the homestead of his parents, a view of which is given. Jesse J. Taylor, son of Joseph, b. 7, 28, 1829, occupies the homestead of his father and grandfather, immediately west of Richard B. Taylor's, it being the house erected by John Hoopes about 1732. JOHN TAYLOR, who is supposed to have come from Wiltshire, was a resident on Tinicum Island in 1684, as a lessee under Christopher Taylor. The name of his wife was Hannah, and their children, Elizabeth, Isaac, and Jacob. He was deceased in 1688. His daughter Elizabeth was married, 1, 1, 1686, to Hugh Durborow, who, with the rest of her family, removed to Thornbury. Jacob Taylor acquired a good education, and was engaged in teaching school in 1701, when, owing to the death of the surveyor-general, he was called to take charge of that office, and about 1706 was commissioned surveyor-general. He was succeeded by Benjamin Eastburn in 1733, and retired to live with his nephew, John Taylor, in Thornbury, where. he died March 2, 1745-6. For several years he prepared the necessary calculations for an almanac, together with verses of his own composition and other matter, which were published by Isaiah Warner, William Bradford, and perhaps others. ISAAC TAYLOR, the brother of Jacob, resided in Thornbury, and was deputy surveyor for Chester County from 1701 until his death in 1728. He married, in 1694, Martha, daughter of Philip Roman, and had children,-John, Jacob, Philip, Ann, and Mary. Ann married Samuel Savage, of Coventry, an ironmaster. Jacob married, 8, 13, 1728, Grace Worrilow, and had several children. JOHN TAYLOR, son of Isaac, was a physician, as was his father, and also a surveyor, both under the latter and as his successor until 1740. After this he engaged in the iron manufacture, and erected Sarum Forge, at the present Glen Mills Station, on Chester Creek. He died in 1756, leaving children,-Martha, Isaac, John, Philip, Jacob, and Mary. His son John married Sarah, daughter of John Worrall, of Edgmont, and left three children,-Mary, m. to Persifor Frazer ; Isaac, in. to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Townsend ; and Sarah, m. to James Thompson. Martha Thompson, daughter of the last, married Isaac Huddleson, and was the mother of Dr. John T. Huddle-son, now residing near Glen Mills. THOMAS TAYLOR, with his wife, Frances, resided in Worthenby, in Flintshire, and purchased land in Pennsylvania, but whether Thomas emigrated before his death, BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 739 which happened in 1682, is not certain. At all events, early in 1684 his widow, Frances, was here, and became the wife of John Worrall. Thomas Taylor had two sons, -Thomas and Philip. Philip married Ann, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Conway, in 1705, and settled in Thorn-bury. He died in 1732. His children were John, d. 1764, m. 9, 27, 1729, Phebe, daughter of John Townsend, from Long Island ; Stephen, probably unmarried ; Philip, d. 1162, m. 8, 27, 1736, Mary Gilpin, of Birmingham ; Phebe, m. 9, 13, 1734, to Robert Mendenhall. Philip (2) had ten children,-Philip, Stephen, Hannah, John, Ann, Phebe, Lydia, Mary, Ruth, and Rachel. Of these, John married Dinah Baily, and had fourteen children, whose descendants are numbered by thousands. John and Phebe (Townsend) Taylor had one son, Thomas, born 5, 15, 1732, died 3, 24, 1782, buried in his own field in Westtown, where a family graveyard has been kept up. He married Martha Woodward, 4, 26, 1753, and left children,-Philip, Titus, Thomas, Caleb, Phebe, Mary, and John. Titus Taylor, b. 12, 14, 1757, was sheriff, 1807-10, and captain of a company of militia in the war of 1812-14. He married, April 10, 1779, Rebecca Hunt, of Westtown, and had children,-William, Anthony, Martha, Ann, Phebe, Rebecca, Thomas, Sarah, and Joseph H. JOHN TAYLOR, of Willistown, said to have come from Ireland, by Elizabeth, his wife, had the following children : Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1768, d. March 10, 1814, m. William Siter ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 8, 1770, d. Dec. 10, 1853, m. Abraham King ; John, b. July 26, 1775, d. June 10, 1820 ; 41k Ann, b. Sept. 14, 1777, d. Feb. 12, 1863, m. John Siter ; Jane, b. March 14, 1780, d. Sept. 26, 1873, m. Amos Worthington ; Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1783, d. Dec. 22, 1865, m. Edward Slier ; David, b. Sept. 12, 1784, d. Sept. 12, 1795. The father, in his will, dated April 9, 1810, styles himself of Goshen. John Taylor, Jr., studied law under Joseph Hemphill, Esq., and was admitted to the bar in May, 1799. In 1804 he went to the Territory, now State, of Mississippi, and for many years pursued his profession with assiduity and success. A few years before his death he was appointed chief judge of the Superior Court of the State, and held the office at the time of his death. TEMPLE, WILLIAM, came from England in 1714, and married, 1, 18, 1725, Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Taylor, born 7, 7, 1708, died 1, 5, 1768. He settled in Kennet, now Pennsbury, near his father-in-law, and died about 1775. Their children were Thomas, b. 10, 10, 1725, m. Jane Brinton ; Hannah, b. 9, 14, 1727, m. Isaac Miller ; Susanna, b. 9, 8, 1730, m. William Seal ; William, b. 2, 3, 1733 ; Elizabeth, b. 1, 27, 1735, m. Benjamin Hutton ; Lydia, b. 5, 2, 1737, m. Caleb Seal ; Sarah, b. 12, 25, 1740-1, m. John Pyle ; Alice, b. 9, 17, 1743, m. Benjamin Jones ; Benjamin, b. 12, 3, 1745-6, m. Hannah Jones. Thomas Temple was a justice of the peace and a member of Assembly, a good penman, and useful citizen. His children were Joseph, William, Thomas, Mary, Samuel, Caleb, Edward B., and Jane. He died 6, 21, 1808, and his wife, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Brinton, died 4, 27, 1799. THOMAS, PETER, of " Springtown," and Sarah Stedman, of the same place, were married, 2, 15, 1686, at John Simcock's house in Ridley, and afterwards settled in Willis-town, where Peter died 4, 5, 1722. Their children, so far as known, were Lydia, m. in 1710 to John Pyle ; Peter, m. in 1711 to Elizabeth Goodwin ; Jacob, m. 9, 6, 1717, to Elizabeth Richards ; and Joseph, m. 1718, to Jemima David. The children of Peter and Elizabeth Thomas, of Willis-town, were Jacob, b. 11, 12, 1711, d. 12, 11, 1789, m. Katharine Jones and Rebecca Walker ; Sarah, b. 7, 2, 1713, m. Christian Vore 1, 2, 1736-7 ; Peter, b. 9, 19, 1715, m. Margaret Taylor, 2, 14, 1742 ; John, b. 8, 7, 1817, m. Rebecca Jones, 2, 30, 1747 ; Thomas, b. 8, 13, 1719, d. 11, 14, 1719 ; Isaac, b. 4, 21, 1721 ; Elizabeth, b. 1, 11, 1723, m. William Lewis, 8, 9, 1747 ; Mary, b. 9, 23, 1724, m. Samuel Deaves, 9, 14, 1744 ; Rachel, b. 8, 13, 1726 ; James, b. 10, 29, 1727 ; Lydia, b. 6, 15, 1730. Jacob and Katharine Thomas were the parents of Abel Thomas, a noted minister among Friends, and resided at the time of his birth, 5, 6, 1737, in Merion. Afterwards Jacob and his second wife removed to Coventry, Chester Co. Abel resided for a time in New Jersey, where he married his first wife, Margaret Younger, in 1762. She died 4, 16, 1775, and he married again, 5, 15, 1777, at Exeter Meeting, Ellen Roberts, daughter of Robert and Rachel Roberts, of Uwchlan. About the year 1802 he removed to Menallen, Adams Co., where he died 3, 21, 1816. Isaac Thomas, son of Peter and Elizabeth, married, 3, 16, 1745, Mary Townsend, daughter of John, of West-town, and had eleven children,____ Phebe, Enos, Nathan, Hannah, Isaac, Mary, Jonathan, Townsend, Thomas, Martha, and Mordecai. The last named was born 7, 21, 1767, and married, 10, 20, 1796, Lydia, daughter of Ezra and Ann Hoopes, of Westtown, to whom were born Isaac, Ezra, Emmor, George, Jesse, Hoopes, Mary Ann, Lydia, Eliza, and Mordecai H. The following sketch of the eldest of these is taken from a memoir prepared by Dr. Jacob Price : DR. ISAAC THOMAS was born Sept. 16, 1797, in Willis-town township. His parents, Mordecai and Lydia (Hoopes) Thomas, were members of the Society of Friends. Under the influence of this society he received his religious training and principles, with which he became so thoroughly imbued that they remained the governing ones of his life, although in 1824, by his marriage with a lady not a member, he lost his right in that society. His father was an industrious farmer, and Isaac, being the eldest of the children, necessarily took a leading part in the labor of the farm, and had until near manhood no facilities beyond those afforded by the common schools of the neighborhood. His nineteenth year he spent at the noted school of Joshua Hoopes, in Merion, Montgomery Co., where he made excellent progress in mathematics and in natural science. He afterwards attended a course in the West Chester Academy, studying, in addition to the usual English branches, Latin and French. At the age of twenty he began the study of medicine in the office of Prof. Chapman, of the University of Pennsylvania, where, April 6, 1820, 740 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. he graduated with the degree of M.D., his thesis prepared for that occasion being entitled " Phlegmasia Dolens." About the first of May in same year he began practice in Delaware County, where he remained four months, when he removed to West Chester, with whose interests he was identified nearly sixty years. On Jan. 26, 1826, he was one of the noble band that organized " The Chester County Cabinet of Natural Science," of which he was a most active and useful member until its dissolution in 1850. In 1835 and 1837 he gave before it lectures on anatomy and physiology, which were largely attended and appreciated by cultured audiences. In 1833 the doctor was elected a director of the Bank of Chester County, which position he held for forty years, except during the brief periods which the law requires the place to be vacated. In 1838 he was elected a member of the town council, serving for a period of nine years, during which time water was introduced into the borough, in which improvement he took a leading part. In 1843 he was chosen a director of the West Chester Railroad, and continued therein for many years with acceptance to its and the public interest. In 1861 he was chosen a trustee of the West Chester Academy, which place he held until it was merged, in 1871, into the State Normal School. He was married March 3, 1824, to Ann Charlton Miner, eldest daughter of Hon. Charles Miner, then editor of the Village Record, and also a member of Congress from this district. In March, 1832, she died, leaving two daughters. In 1835 he married Mary H. Brinton, second daughter of George Brinton, Sr., of West Chester, who survived him only one week, leaving a son and two daughters. Dr. Thomas, in locating in West Chester for practice, placed himself in competition with physicians of more than ordinary skill and culture, whose esteem and confidence be soon gained, and he acquired a leading practice in the borough and surrounding country. The many strong points of his character made him a marked man, and profoundly impressed with the sacredness of human life and health, he passed no case, however humble, carelessly, but rather sought conscientiously to bring to bear for the relief of all who sought his counsel, the poor and rich alike, the best skill that careful study and examination could develop. He was one of the fifteen physicians who, on Feb. 5, 1828, organized the Chester County Medical Society,—the first county society established in Pennsylvania, and from it sprang the State society about twenty years later, of which, too, he was a member, and once its vice-president. In 1858, Dr. Thomas, feeling the time had come to relinquish the cares and anxieties of his honored and extended practice, and realizing the impossibility of severing his relations with his patients without leaving home, visited Europe in company with his son. They traveled through Great Britain, France, Germany, and Switzerland, and returned in the fall of the same year. He never after visited patients except in consultation with other physicians. He died May 16, 1879, at the ripe age of eighty-one years and eight months, and the impress of his good and useful life will long be felt in the community where he was universally esteemed for his professional skill and noble qualities of heart. RICHARD AP THOMAS, of Whitford Garne, in the county of Flint, in Wales, Gent., was a purchaser of 5000 acres of land from William Penn, by deeds of lease and release, dated July 24 and 25, 1681.* For this he paid £100. Tradition says that while he inclined towards or joined with Friends, his wife adhered to the established church, and for this reason was unwilling to accompany him to Pennsylvania. Leaving his wife and daughter behind him, he brought his son Richard, and reached Philadelphia in the year 1683. He was probably taken sick soon after his arrival, as his will is dated 9th mo. 18, 1683, in which he styles himself as " late of Whitford Garden, in Flintshire, and now being arrived in the province of Pennsylvania." He devised his land here to his son Richard ap Thomas, and appointed his friend, Dr. Thomas Wynne, executor and guardian. To his wife and daughter he devised the personal estate left with the former in Wales. Although he died soon after this, the will was not registered until Jan. 15, 1695-6, by which time the son became of age. Meanwhile a controversy having arisen concerning an estate in Flintshire belonging to the son, and doubts expressed of his being alive, depositions were taken May 12, 1693, to the following effect : Thomas Oldman, of Lewis, in Sussex County, on Delaware, declared that "About nine years since (he) was att Mosson in Wales, on board ye ship Called ye Morning Starr, one Tho. Hayes Commander, & yt bee saw one Richard Thomas together wth his wife & Reputed Son, Richard Thomas, Com on board ye ford shipp, & sum ours After their Coming on board ye sd shipp ye sd Richard Thomas, his wife, went on shoar & would have had her son alonge wth her but his father would not Let him goe," and further saith that the said Richard, the son, is now "in good health, & dwelleth with him this deponent." Elizabeth Wynne deposes that she knows Richard Thomas, the reputed son of Richard Thomas, who formerly lived at a place called Crossforth, in Flintshire, and that he is now living at Lewis, in the county of Sussex. Margery Wynne declares the same before Samuel Preston and Albertus Jacobs, justices. Col. Richard Thomas, writing of his ancestors, says, The family of Ap Thomas appears to have been many generations land-holders in Whitford Garden, having a freehold of £300 a year, and of course being within the grade of gentlemen and the game act. Whether the surname was uniformly Thomas, or changed occasionally according to Welsh practice, cannot be ascertained, though by recurrence to books of heraldry it appears that a family of Thomases in that country was ancient. Richard ap Thomas being in years, and grown tired with the dissipation of his compeers, embraced the tenets of the Quakers and joined in Penn's first migration to Pennsylvania, bringing his only son, Richard, a boy about ten years of age, and a number of dependants. These, after his death, made use of the stock of provisions and perishable articles of their late master, under pretext of supporting the orphan, until all was exhausted, and then turned him off to find his sustenance from his landed estate. Thus left forlorn, he selected Dr. Lloyd, Lieutenant-Governor, and some other legal guardians (the guardian and trustee under his father's will being deceased), and was by sales of some rights of land provided * The lease is dated 1682, which is probably incorrect, as the patents recite the date 1681. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 741 for and educated,-studying physic with the doctor, his guardian. Arriving at legal age, he procured letters of administration in his own name, and located his remaining lands about the year 1695. The lapse of near a dozen years of minority lost him the advantage of locating in the vicinity of the seat of commerce, and he had the necessity of going into the wilderness (as then thought) for good land. He found a tract of about 600 acres in Goshen, now part of the seat of West Chester, but the principal tracts were in the gloomy dale then and since called the Great Valley. About the year 1699 he visited his native land in Wales, where he found his only sister reduced to indigence, his mother having intermarried with a man who dissipated all their joint property (willed them by Richard ap Thomas), and his mother then deceased. He brought over his sister, or she followed soon after, who was married to Llewellin Parry, and became the mother of a family, some of whose descendants are still living in Chester County, viz., Nancy Hunter, the wife of Thomas Bull, Esq., and several other sisters, all of whom have issue. Returning again to Pennsylvania, he married Grace Atherton and settled in the valley at a place called by the Indians (settled on it) Catamoon-shink, meaning hazelnut grove, now West Whiteland township, a name probably derived from Whitford, the seat of the family in Wales. We have seen that Richard, in 1693, was living at Lewis, in Sussex County. In 1704 he was styled " of Meirion, Carpenter," and in March, 1711, was of Blockley. Of his 5000 acres of land, he sold 1786 acres to various persons, unpatented. July 12, 1703, he obtained a patent for two tracts, one of 1065 acres, of which the southwest corner is in the centre of West Chester, and another of 600 acres in Newtown, which was afterwards given up because it interfered with other surveys. May 17, 1704, he received another patent for 15484 (by resurvey, 1869) acres in Whiteland, making, with his city lots, his full complement of 5000 acres. He was married by Friends' ceremony, though not under the oversight of the society, and it is not known that he was then considered in membership, if at any time during his life. His marriage certificate will be of interest to his numerous descendants and others, and is here given : " Whereas Richard Thomas of the Township of Whiteland In the County of Chester and Province of Pensilvania, Carpenter, and Grace Atherton, late of Leverpoole In Lancashire In ye king-dome of England, but now Resident in ye Township of Whiteland aforesd Spinster; having publickly declared their Intentions of marige with each other by a publick note Intimateing the same which was fixed upon a Publick meeting house one whole month since, subscribed by a magistrate, according as the law In that Case directs before the solemnization of their Intended Mariage. "Now Therefore no obstruction arising nor objection being made against Their proceedings, They ye said Richard amid Grace have appointed The fifteenth day of ye Eleventh month In the year of our lord 1712-13, and the Eleventh year of her Majesties Reign, Queen Ann, over great Britain, &c., for the Solemnization thereof at the now dwelling house of the bd Richard Thomas In ye great valey, and Township of Whiteland aforesd, where a Considerable number of people met for that End & purpose : after some deliberation the said Richard, Takeing the said Grace by the hand did in a solemn maner Declare that In the presence of god and before This assembly he took his friend Grace Atherton to be his wife, promising through the lords assistance to be a true and Loving husband unto her until! god by death should seperate us : and then and there in the said assembly the said Grace did in like maner Solemnly declare that In the presence of god and before this assembly shee Took her friend Richard Thomas to be her husband promising Through the Lord's assistance to be a Loveing and faithful! wife unto him untill god by death shall seperate us. "And moreover the said Richard and the said Grace, shee according To the Custome of women assumeing the name of her husband, as a further Confirmation thereof did then and there to these presents set their hands; and wee whose names are hereunto subscribed, being among others present at the solemnization of the said marige and subscription in maner aforesd, as witnesses Thereof have also to these presents set their hands the day and year above written.