600 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. he was chosen to the presidency of that well-known institution, a place he filled with credit to himself and to the bank as well. During all the years since his clerkship in the county commissioner's office he has attentively attended to the business of conveyancing, in which, owing to his careful and reliable business accomplishments, patrons were many and of the very best class of our citizens. He was noted for his strict integrity and precise dealings in everything with which he was associated. In every way the attributes which form the true gentleman and Christian were demonstrated in all his walks of life. He was born Dec. 30, 1804, and died at Cape May, N. J., July 31, 1879. The Hibberds of Whiteland are descended from Josiah, the eldest son of Benjamin and Phebe. In some branches of the family the name is written Hibbard. HICKMAN.-Letters written to some of the early settlers from Marlborough, in Wiltshire, England, mention persons of this name, and in one, dated 6, 2, 1684, William Hitchcock informs John Harding, of Chichester, of " a little fardle of things ffrancis Hickman's wife left wth me to send to her daufter, thy servant mayde." Francis Hickman and Elizabeth, his wife, had arrived in Pennsylvania and purchased land prior to Nov. 27, 1685, the date of his will. It is uncertain where they were settled, but after his death the family came to Thornbury township, where the widow died in 1698. Her first husband was a Chamberlin, by whom she had children, some or all of whom came to America before their mother. The children of Francis and Elizabeth Hickman were Joseph, Benjamin, Mary (married to Joseph Edwards), and Hannah (married to Robert Way). Joseph Hickman was living in Caln in 1709, and afterwards at Pequea, in Lancaster County, beyond which nothing is known of him or his family. Benjamin Hickman married, in 1701, Ann, daughter of Richard Buffington, of Bradford, and settled in Westtown on property immediately east of the boarding-school. The site of their first residence, a cave, is marked by an evergreen tree on the farm of the late William C. Hickman. Their children were as follows : Mary, b. 3, 9, 1702; m. Joseph Hunt. Elizabeth, b. 1, 19, 1704 ; d. 1788 ; m. Thomas Cheyney and Jacob Vernon. John, b. 2, 5, 1706 ; d. unmarried at the age of ninety-two. For some reason he was nicknamed " Nunkey," perhaps a corruption of " Uncle." Francis, b. 5, 27, 1708; m. Ann Marshall. Benjamin, b. 9, 18, 1710 ; d. 1760 ; m. Hannah Trego. Ann, b. 12, 14, 1713 ; in. John Cheyney. Hannah, b. 3, 21, 1715 ; d. 5, 23, 1806 ; in. Joseph James. Three of these were born in the cave above mentioned. The father died 10, 7, 1742. Francis Hickman's wife was the daughter of Thomas and Hannah Marshall, of Concord, b. 9, 18, 1719, to whom he was married, in Philadelphia, about the beginning of 1737. In 1745 they were living in West Caln, but returned to Westtown five years later. Their children were Hannah, m. to Caleb Strode ; Joseph, d. 8, 5, 1820, unmarried. Thomas, d. 12, 17, 1825 ; m. Mary Jefferis. Sarah, b. 9, 20, 1741 ; d. 4th mo., 1822 ; m. Richard Strode. William, m. Hannah Chamberlin. Moses, m. Hannah Jefferis. Benjamin, unmarried. Ann, m. to Ezra Hoopes. Francis, b. 1, 17, 1760 ; d. 12, 28, 1844 ; m. 4, 25, 1799, to Alice Cheyney. Mary, d. 2, 21, 1846, aged about eighty ; in. Joseph James. Benjamin Hickman, Jr., married Hannah, daughter of William and Margaret Trego. She died Oct. 13, 1756, and he in 1760. Their children were Ann, b. April 1, 1745 ; m. Phinehas Lewis. Lucy, b. July 8, 1747 ; d. Oct. 2, 1756. Benjamin, b. Sept. 27, 1749 ; d. March 25, 1826 ; m. Lucy Cheyney, March, 1774. Francis, b. May 6, 1752 ; d. 1827. He went to Tennessee. Elisha, b. Oct. 1, 1755 ; d. Oct. 27, 1756. Thomas Hickman married Mary, daughter of James and Ann (Cheyney) Jefferis, born 9, 9, 1750, died 9, 11, 1812. They resided in Thornbury, where Thomas died at the age of eighty-two years. Their children were John, b. 3, 20, 1769 ; died 7, 2, 1846 ; m. Sarah Jefferis. Ann, b. 7, 13, 1770 ; m. Henry Myers. Thomas, b. 9, 13, 1773 ; d. 10, 29, 1838 ; m. Elizabeth Battin. James, b. 3, 14, 1776 ; d. 2, 17, 1855 ; m. Hannah Grubb and Elizabeth Cheyney. Emmor, b. 4, 28, 1778 ; d. 4, 4, 1825 ; m. Susanna Sharpless. Mary, b. 10, 27, 1780 ; d. 1861 ; m. Benjamin Hickman. Francis, b. 11, 6, 1784 ; d. 9, 1, 1834 ; m. Hannah James. Benjamin, b. 3, 25, 1786 ; m. Susan James. Martha, b. 7, 20, 1789 ; d. 3, 3, 1859 ; m. Gibbons Gray. Moses Hickman married, Jan. 4, 1786, Hannah Jefferis, daughter of James and Ann, b. 10, 19, 1757, died 6, 13, 1815. They lived in East Bradford, on the farm now of John M. Hildeburn. He died in 1819. Their children were Elizabeth, b. 9, 12, 1786 ; d. 10, 7, 1812 ; m. Emmor Moore. Jacob, b. 8, 8, 1790 ; d. unmarried. Sarah, b. 9, 21, 1792 ; m. Joseph Townsend, of West Chester. Joseph, b. 7, 7, 1795 ; m. Nancy Davis. Moses, b. 3, 5, 1798 ; d. unmarried. John Hickman, son of Thomas, married Sarah, daughter of Emmor and Charity Jefferis, of East Bradford, and had three children,-Benjamin, Hannah (married to Edward Gheen), and John, late member of Congress. Thomas Hickman, Jr., married, Elizabeth, daughter of Marshall and Susannah Battin, born 12, 7, 1782, died 8, 8, 1871. They resided in West Bradford, now Pocopson township, and were the parents of Dr. Joseph, Marshall B. Hickman, and others. HON. JOHN HICKMAN was born in what was then part of West Bradford township, but is now in Pocopson, Chester Co., Pa., on the anniversary of the battle of Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1810. His father was a farmer, whose sturdy stories of the doings of his farm won for it the name of " Brag Hill." His parents were well known for their practical common sense, and having observed the evidences of uncommon intellectual ability in their son, they endeavored to secure the best education that could be afforded him. His teacher was an inmate of the family,-a graduate of the University of Edinburgh,-and his pupil rapidly acquired considerable familiarity with the classics, and became well grounded in mathematical acquirements. He first entered on the study of medicine, but ill health, which rendered him unable to attend the dissecting-room, BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 601 HON. JOHN HICKMAN. soon compelled him to abandon that pursuit, and he then read law in the office of Hon. Townsend Haines, and was admitted to the bar in 1832. He became devoted to his profession, and his career as a lawyer was one of eminent success. Naturally a good speaker, he cultivated the art of oratory, until in later years, when he was in his prime, he was a most charming and winning speaker. His powers as a stump-speaker caused him to rise at once to a prominent position in the Democratic party of Chester County, and in 1844 he was one of the delegates to the National Convention that nominated James K. Polk for President. Halfway or compromise men or measures were never to his taste, and thus we find the report says "that a young man named Hickman, from Pennsylvania, nominated Andrew Jackson." Believing firmly in the principles of the old Jacksonian Democracy, young Hickman thought the best leader of the party must be Old Hickory himself. In 1844 he received the Democratic nomination for Congress, but was defeated by Hon. Abraham R. McIlvaine. In 1845 he was appointed district attorney, under Governor Shunk's administration, by Attorney-General Kane. June 23, 1846, Hon. John M. Read was appointed attorney-general, and appointed Hon. Joseph J. Lewis to succeed Mr. Hickman. Judge Read was succeeded, on Dec. 18, 1846, by Hon. Benjamin Champneys, who reappointed Mr. Hickman. After holding the office a term or two Mr. Hickman resigned, and was succeeded by John H. Brinton, Esq. In 1854, Mr. Hickman was again nominated for Congress by the Democracy. His opponent was Hon. John M. Broomall. Know-Nothingism was at its height at that time, and through some influences which have never been satisfactorily explained, Mr. Hickman secured the vote of the order, and was elected by a majority of 2656 in the district. - 76 - He took his seat in the Thirty-fourth Congress Dec. 3, 1855, where a long contest for the organization terminated Feb. 3, 1856, by the election of Hon. N. P. Banks as Speaker, the first time for many years that this important position was awarded to a man not thoroughly acceptable to the South. Mr. Hickman took sides against the pro-slavery faction. His sentiments seem to have undergone considerable change soon after being brought in personal contact with the slave-owners in Congress. The Kansas and Nebraska troubles commenced during his term, and his votes were generally on the side of the Free-State men. He was again renominated by the Democracy in 1856. His opponent was John S. Bowen, of Chester County. Owing to some dissatisfaction a division occurred in the party in Delaware County, which again gave success to Mr. Hickman by a small majority. This was the year in which the celebrated campaign between James Buchanan and John C. Fremont occurred. Mr. Hickman warmly supported Mr. Buchanan. But the Kansas and Nebraska troubles increased in importance and bitterness, and Mr. Hickman, throwing his old slavery convictions overboard, marshaled squarely under the banners of Free Soil, and at once became a leader of its advocates. In a speech delivered in the House Jan. 28, 1858, Mr. Hickman declared that the President had broken faith with the Democratic party in his Kansas policy, and he could not support him. On the vote to admit Kansas as a State under the Lecompton constitution, April 1, 1858, Mr. Hickman voted no. In the fall of 1858 he was re-elected to Congress by a large majority over the regular Republican and Democratic nominees, and took his seat in the XXXVIth Congress, where the long contest for Speaker 602 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. terminated in the election of Pennington, Mr. Hickman voting with the Republicans to break the dead-lock. During the stormy two years that followed, Mr. Hickman was at the zenith of his power. Under his scathing taunts the slave-holders grew furious, and his reputation became national. His readiness in debate and his capabilities in the way of biting, withering sarcasm made him both hated and feared by the Southerners. A man of slight physique, he yet never quailed in debate. No man was better qualified by nature to lead the opposition to the pro-slavery men in Congress. His speeches attracted attention throughout the civilized world for their force and keenness of satire. His independence and dash were a match for any of the Southern fire-eaters, and he at once became a shining mark for their contumely and denunciations. In response to a serenade, he spoke of the John Brown raid, and said the whole State of Virginia was frightened by seventeen men and a cow. For this, on Feb. 10, 1860, he was assaulted on the Capitol grounds by Edmundson, of Virginia, but an affray was prevented by Vice-President Breckinridge. An encounter seemed also imminent on the floor of the House between Mr. Hickman and Keitt, of South Carolina, for words spoken by Mr. Hickman. On one occasion, during the fierce debates of this session, he said, in reference to the menaces of disunion, that if dissolution meant a dividing line of sentiment between the North and South, it existed already ; that it was dangerous then for a Northern man to travel in the South ; that any postmaster whose receipts did not amount to five dollars per annum could, if a letter bearing his frank came into his hands, " open it, examine it, and burn it, on the pretext that it is incendiary." " But if dissolution," he added, " means that there is to be a division of territory by Mason and Dixon's line, or any other line, I say no ; the North will never tolerate a division of territory." To an interruption from a Georgian, inquiring how the North could prevent it, he replied that there was as much true courage at the North as at the South. " I always believed it," he said, " and therefore I will express it ; and I believe that, with all the appliances of art to assist, eighteen millions reared in industry, with habits of the right kind, will always be able to cope successfully, if need be, with eight millions of men without these appliances." This dignified and well-expressed retort produced a profound impression, and was frequently referred to in the subsequent debates. His course in Congress brought him so prominently before the nation that he was a leading candidate for the Vice-Presidency when Mr. Lincoln was nominated for President in 1860, Mr. Hickman himself being confident of the nomination. In 1860 he was nominated and re-elected to Congress by the Republicans ; after this term he declined re-election. His health had been badly shattered by the excitement he had been through, which was augmented by the " National Hotel poisoning." During the civil war Mr. Hickman's views in regard to the measures and policy of the government were greatly in advance of his political contemporaries. He was, perhaps, the first prominent citizen to advocate the confiscation of the property of those in rebellion, " including slaves," and to favor the employment of negro soldiers, since on March 20, 1862, as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he introduced a " joint resolution in relation to the powers of the President of the United States," which received very little attention at the time, but was eventually received as settled law. It was in substance this : " The President of the United States, as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, should make use of all means not inconsistent with the laws of war which in his judgment may be necessary to crush the Rebellion, including the seizure and final disposition of all the property, real and personal, of those engaged in armed rebellion against the government of the United States, or aiding in such Rebellion, including slaves." Dec. 8, 1862, Mr. Hickman, on leave, also introduced a bill, which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and which was never reported back to the House, providing for the provisioning, arming, and equipping of negro regiments not exceeding one hundred. This bill was never acted on. Here was the pioneer movement. Although in advance of both the President and Congress, his views were finally accepted and carried into effect. In recording the incidents that occurred in our national history during the few years preceding the late Rebellion, the historian will have occasion to refer to the record of few men then in Congress more frequently than to that of Mr. Hickman. He gave this Congressional district a national reputation. But with all his powers as an orator, Mr. Hickman possessed none of those qualities that are essential to successful political leadership. Neither was he a statesman in the full sense of that term. His true position was in the minority, where his combative and aggressive qualities could have free and untrammeled play. In 1867 he was induced to allow himself to run for the Legislature, and was elected, taking his seat in January, 1868. He there offered an amendment to the State constitution making suffrage free to all that could read. He made a powerful speech in support of his proposed measure, closing, " Oh, Almighty God, Thou wilt record this great act of my life as a credit to offset my many shortcomings." He resigned his seat at the end of the term, and refused to run again. The remainder of his life he spent at his home in West Chester, where he delighted to receive visits from his friends, who derived wisdom from his philosophical remarks, and enjoyment from his badinage and wit. He was in many respects a remarkable as well as a very singular man. Possessed of a strong, and even stubborn will, when he espoused a cause he adhered to it through good and through evil report, and from it no earthly power could divert him. But notwithstanding this marked feature of his character, coupled as it was with an unusually erratic disposition, he at the same time possessed high social qualities, pleasing manners, and attractive conversational powers, which endeared him to his personal friends. He was also a man of fine literary tastes, with a most retentive memory, and his mind was a perfect store-house of apt quotations, both sacred and profane. He died March 23, 1875, the remarkable mental power and brilliant scintillations of wit for which he was celebrated continuing almost to the close of his life. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 603 His first wife was Eunice Phelps, daughter of Hon. John Phelps, of Guilford, Vt., where she was born Aug. 7, 1815. She died at West Chester, Oct. 12, 1858. His second wife was Mrs. Mary A. Brown, née Love. DR. JOSEPH HICKMAN was born in West Bradford township, Chester Co., April 12, 1804. After completing his preliminary education he engaged for a time in teaching school. Having determined to enter the profession of medicine, he became a pupil of Dr. George McClellan, who at that time occupied the chair of surgery in the Jefferson Medical College, and after attending the requisite course of lectures he graduated at that institution in 1829. He first practiced his profession in Thornbury township, Delaware Co., where he remained about two years, and then removed to Willistown township, Chester Co., where he continued in the performance of his professional duties, mingled with agricultural pursuits, until his death. On March 17, 1831, he married Mary, a daughter of Samuel Grubb, who ranked among the most respectable citizens and farmers of Willistown. In 1852 he represented the county in the State Legislature, where he was considered a diligent and faithful guardian of the interests of his constituents, and entered with zeal into measures of reform calculated to benefit the community, especially that of temperance. He died suddenly, it was supposed of apoplexy, on May 14, 1856. He was a kind and worthy citizen, and had many warm and confiding friends. As a physician, he was cautious and devoted, laboring earnestly to give relief, comfort, and health to his patients. Two of his sons, Samuel G. and Nathaniel G. Hickman, are engaged in the business of banking in West Chester. MARSHALL B. HICKMAN was born in West Bradford township, March 22, 1806. He received the usual education afforded by the common schools, and followed farming until the year 1863. In 1857 he became interested in railroad enterprises, and was chosen president in 1860 of the Philadelphia and West Chester Railroad, when the shares of its stock sold for an insignificant sum, and he continued in the position until 1870, when the bonds of the company were above par, largely owing to his efficient control and management. He is yet a director in its board. From 1851 to 1857 he served as a director of the poor, and was twelve years treasurer of the school board in East Bradford, where he lived thirty-seven years, besides holding many other local offices. He was twelve years one of the managers of the County Agricultural Society, sixteen years a director in the Chester County National Bank, eight years a member of the borough council, and is now second burgess. He is president of the West Chester Gas Company, which position he has held for seven years ; a director of the West Chester and Wilmington Plank-road Company ; also of the Farmers' Market-House Company, and one of the trustees of the State Normal School. He married, June 11, 1835, Mrs. Sarah Ann Gibbons, daughter of Caleb Brinton, by whom he has three children,—Elizabeth B., married to Rev. Francis E. Arnold, who has charge of the Episcopal churches of St. Mary's, St. Mark's, and St. Andrew's; Catharine A., married to Granville B. Haines, merchant ; and George B., banker in West Chester. His wire died Aug. 18, 1872; he was married again, July 17, 1878, to Mrs. Lydia J. Dunlap, née Strader, of New Jersey. He began life with no resources save his own will and energy, but by his methodical business habits and good management has been most successful. HICKS, EDWARD, of Goshen, was married Nov. 8, 1169, to Hannah, daughter of William and Rebecca Rattew, and resided on a farm purchased from the Goodwins, and where his grandson, of the same name, now resides. Tradition says that the land was bought by his father, Charles Hicks, but the deed is in the son's name, and the father's residence is uncertain. The wife of Charles Hicks was Mary Kimble. The children of Edward and Hannah Hicks were Sarah, William, Rebecca, Hannah, Charles, Abigail, and Thomas. Hannah, the mother, died 3d mo. 21, 1835, aged 91 years. William Hicks, oldest son of Edward and Hannah, was born 9th mo. 26, 1776, and 6th mo. 11, 1801, married Abigail, daughter of Jesse and Abigail Garrett, of Willis-town. They removed from East Caln to Willistown about 1810. Their children were Edward, Jesse G., William, and John G. Thomas Hicks, youngest son of Edward and Hannah, was born 3d mo. 9, 1793, and married, first, Amy Wilkinson, and second, Rachel Mlles. His children by his first wife were Edward W., Hannah, who married Samuel H. Hoopes, Francis, Mary, who married James Barnard, and Elias ; and by his second wife, Amy, who married David Fell. The first wife of Thomas Hicks was born 2d mo. 5, 1785, and died 4th mo. 2, 1823, and his second wife died 3d mo. 5, 1879, at David Fell's, in New London, in her ninety-first year. HODGSON.—Several persons of this name were among the Quakers who suffered persecution in England, one of whom, Robert, going to visit some friends in prison, was not admitted, but for preaching at a meeting in a private house near by was arrested by a justice, who asked him whence he came. He replied, from Reading, and that he came to visit his friends in prison. " The justice replied, you shall go and see them ; and thereupon tendered him the Oath, and sent him instantly to Goal, having first rifled his Pockets, and taken away his Letters. He was detained there sixteen weeks." This was in 1655, and we next find Robert Hodgson landing at New Amsterdam in the sixth month, 1657, in company with nine other Friends, five of whom had been formerly banished from New England. Robert went to Hempstead, L. I., and had a meeting with some Friends who dwelt there, where he met with barbarous usage. Pinioned and tied to a cart's tail, he was taken back to New Amsterdam (now New York), and put into a nasty dungeon, afterwards receiving sentence to work two years with a negro at the wheelbarrow. Not being used to such work he declined, whereupon he was chained to the wheelbarrow and a negro was ordered to beat him with a pitched rope. This was continued for several days, until he was almost dead. At length his sufferings excited compassion in the sister of Governor Stuyvesant, who prevailed with her brother to set the poor man free. The traditions in the Hodgson family of our county leave little room to doubt their descent from this man, but his further history remains in the dark. The name is frequently written Hutchinson in the early records ; thus, at 604 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. a court at Upland, March 12, 1677-8, " Robberd Hutchinson as ye attorney of his Brother Ralph hutchinson, whoe is ye Lawfull attorney & assignee of Daniell Juniper of accomacq, This day apeared in Court" and assigned over a servant-man to Israel Helm. John Moll, Esq., of New Castle, writes, Jan. 20, 1680, to New York, and mentions Ralph " Hudjeson" and his brother " Robbert." Perhaps these were sons of the first-named Robert Hodgson. In 1692, Thomas Bright assigns to Robert Hutchinson, now of Concord, fifty acres of land there, which Robert Hutchinson, of Darby, tailor, sells in 1694 to Thomas King. In 1697 he is " late of Philadelphia, taylor," and buys fifty acres in Springfield. In 1699 he sells this, and the deed shows he was of Chester. Robert Hodgson and James Hendricks obtained a warrant, 12, 16, 1714-5, to take up 2000 acres on Conestoga Creek. In 1715, Robert Hodgson was a taxable in Chester. Having removed thence, a certificate was granted, 8, 28, 1717, directed to Friends of Newark Monthly Meeting, for him and his, family, including his wife, Sarah. On the Chester records the name is given as both Hutchinson and Hodgson. It does not appear that the family were ever considered members of the Friends' meetings near their final settlement. A patent was granted in 1715 to Robert for 250 acres in East Nottingham, called " Hodgson's Choice," and upon this they probably settled. Another patent was granted by Maryland, May 24, 1728, for 660 acres, called " Pleasant Garden," principally in what is New London township, Chester Co. The family tradition is that Robert went first to Conestoga, but on account of troubles with the Indians left that place and tried Bohemia Manor, in Maryland. This was in turn abandoned, owing to the prevalence of ague, and Pleasant Garden was the final resting-place. The latter being a Maryland patent was, of course, held to be in Cecil County. The will of Robert Hodgson, of Cecil County, " being very sick," is dated Dec. 1, 1732, and proven Nov. 26, 1733. He mentions his wife, Sarah, and children,-Joseph, John, David, Richard, Phineas, Matthew, Rachel Scott, Sarah Hodgson, Jonathan, and Robert. To his son Phineas he gave 200 acres of the south side of Pleasant Garden, and the remainder not disposed of to Joseph. The latter conveyed his interest therein to Phineas, Dec. 9, 1745. Phineas left three sons,-Abel, John, and Robert,-between whom a division of land was made in 1771. John afterwards went to Virginia, and his share was purchased by Abel, who also bought from his uncle Jonathan, a hatter in Philadelphia, the tract called Hodgson's Choice. Abel Hodgson had two sons, Robert and James. The last was the father of James B. Hodgson, who died in 1833, and of Joseph Hodgson, residing near Elkview Station, sometime associate judge of our county courts. Robert Hodgson, son of Abel, married, Jan. 3, 1793, Sarah Alexander, and had the following children : Mark A., b. Oct. 5, 1793 ; Eliza, b. 1795 ; James, b. August, 1797 ; Harriet, b. 1799 ; Robert, b. 1803, m. May 17, 1836, to Matilda Brown ; Sarah A., b. 1806, m. Feb. 13, 1834, to Robert N. Brown ; Henry, b. 1810 ; Alexander, b. 1814, in. Jan. 24, 1839, to Mary Ann Irwin. The last is the only survivor, and lives near Cochranville. Robert Hodgson, the father, married a second time, March 24, 1831, Catharine Evans. He had two sisters,-Hannah, unmarried, and Betsy, the wife of John Mackey. The residence of Robert was where his grandson, Robert H. Hodgson, now resides, and which the latter calls " Wayside." The house was built in 1792. James Hodgson, the father of Robert H., lived on an adjoining farm, and died Dec. 17, 1880, in his eighty-fourth year. He was married Feb. 8, 1827. MARK A. HODGSON was born in New London township, and married Miss Sophia Duffield (her grandfather, Rev. George Duffield, was chaplain of the first Congress in Philadelphia, and the Rev. George Duffield, D.D., of Detroit, Mich., is her brother). Their children were Robert, George D., Henry D., Mark A., Jr., and Mary A. Of these, George D. and Mary A. died in 1865, Mark A., Jr., and Robert in 1866, all of typhoid fever. Henry D., the only surviving child, is a leading business man in Oxford. Mark A. Hodgson died July 16, 1868, and his wife, Sophia, three years previous, with the malignant disease that carried to the grave four of her five children. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits in New London township until 1861, when he removed to Oxford. He served as a justice of the peace from 1830 for a period of nearly twenty years, was a member of the New London Presbyterian Church, and a ruling elder therein for at least twenty years before his death. He was a trustee of the New London Academy, and built the first public school in his end of Chester County, erected on his own land, and by his private means, before the establishment of the public-school system. In 1854 he was a member of the State Legislature from this county. His life of three-fourths of a century was all spent in the county of his birth and whose citizens honored him for his upright character and virtues. His career was a busy one, and when run there was left behind an unsullied name. JOHN HANNUM. John, son of Col. John Hannum, was born June 8, 1768, and married Sarah Jackson, born July 2, 1779, daughter of James and Mary (Cloud) Jackson, of West Marlborough, descended on the paternal side from Isaac Jackson, the immigrant. To John and Sarah (Jackson) Hannum were born eight children, viz. : Mary, married to Abiah Cope; John ; James ; Elizabeth ; Sarah, married to Daniel Meredith ; Alice, married to Joseph Parke; Martha Ann ; and Jonathan C. ; of whom Sarah and James are the only survivors. Their father, John, died Aug. 21, 1822, and their mother, Sarah (Jackson), Feb. 8, 1853. Of these eight children, John was the second son, born July 28, 1802, and was married Jan. 13, 1859, to Ann P., daughter of Abner and Hannah (Pierce) Hoopes, born May 25, 1818. John died Aug. 12, 1871, and was the first person interred in the Friends' new burial-ground south of West Chester. He attended the Friends' Meeting, of which his wife was a member. He was a Republican in politics. Filled the office of county commissioner one term, often served as a school director, acted many years as a magistrate, and was repeatedly called to other local positions. His wife, with one child, John, survives him, and resides on a beautiful farm of eighty acres situated on the Strasburg road, one mile from West Chester. Their place is called " Highland Home," and is so named from its high location. John Hannum was a good farmer, and during his life owned several different farms, each of which was much improved under his management. He had resided but about four months upon that whereon he died, which he purchased from the executor of Joseph Cope. Under an assumed abruptness of manner he possessed a kind heart, and was often called upon by his neighbors for advice and assistance. " HIGHLAND HOME." RESIDENCE OF JOHN HANNUM, JR., EAST BRADFORD J. THEODORE F. HUNTER. Rev. George Hunter, of Scotch-Irish descent, and a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, married Annie Sigman. Their son, John T., married Mary Ann, daughter of Alexander Laird, of Irish descent. His wife, Sarah A. Ham, was an emigrant from Baden-Baden, Germany. Alexander Laird came from Dublin, Ireland. John T. had eight children,—seven sons and a daughter,—of whom four survive. Of these, J. Theodore F., the second son and child, was born March 16, 1844, in East Nantmeal township ; his father was born in West Nantmeal, and his grandfather, George, in Berks County. He lived on the farm until his eleventh year, and then came to Phoenixville, and served as second engine boy in Phoenix Iron-Works. Three years later he returned to the country, and there remained, attending school in the winters, until July 12, 1861; when he enlisted in Company G, First Pennsylvania Reserves. He was in active service fourteen months, and received a severe gunshot wound at the battle of South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862. He was in the seven days' fighting before Richmond, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Charles City Cross-Roads, Malvern Hill, and second battle of Bull Run. His wound so disabled him that the government would not re-enlist him, and he was honorably discharged, Feb. 14, 1863. His father, John T., enlisted in 1861, in Company G, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was second lieutenant and later captain ; and being discharged for disability, married, in 1863, for his second wife, Mrs. Emma E. Zigler, of Bowling Green, Ky. His brother, S. D. Hunter, served in the Irish Brigade, in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsylvania, three years. The subject of this sketch after his return from the army wail nineteen months with John Griffith at cabinet-making. His health failing he went South; lived in Baltimore, afterwards at Harrisburg, and then returned to Phoenixville, and clerked for Washington Friday, in a store. Subsequently at Poplar Bluff, Mo., then at West Nantmeal, and then he returned to Phoenixville, where for nearly four years he was assistant postmaster. He was chosen teller of the Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bank July 13, 1874, which position he held until July 1, 1875, when he was promoted to be cashier, which responsible place he now so efficiently fills. He was married Dec. 22, 1872, to Mary Esther, daughter of Lewis E. and Mary Filman, of Warwick township, by whom he has two children, Lewis Filman and Mary Irene. In 1866 he was a register officer, appointed by Gen. Scofield, for Fauquier Co., Va. He has belonged to Phoenixville Lodge, No. 75, F. and A. M., for ten years, to the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows for twelve, and is a member of the Encampment. He also belongs to the Mystic Chain, to Brotherhood of the Keep, Good Templars, and Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is commander of Post No. 45. He is a member of the school board, and two years ago was a candidate for county treasurer on the Prohibition ticket, and led his ticket by several hundred votes. His mother died in 1855. The only sister of his father married Rev. Samuel Kurtz. He has arisen by his energy, ability, and good character to a most honorable and lucrative financial position, and stands deservedly high in public estimation ; and in the cause of temperance and other reforms he ever has been and is now especially interested. RESIDENCE OF J. THEODORE F. HUNTER, CORNER OF JAY AND MORGAN STREETS, PHOENIXVILLE JAMES HASLETT. William Haslett, then of West Fallowfield township, in his will, dated Aug. 1, 1791, devised his farm of one hundred and thirty-eight acres and ten perches (now in Highland) to be equally divided between his children —Dr. William Wilson Haslett, of New Castle, Del. ; Elizabeth, married to a Mr. Ramsey ; Judith, married to Samuel Glasgow ; Mary, married to Thomas Hood ; John ; David; Moses ; Washington ; and James. On Nov. 9, 1812, Jane, widow of said William, with her surviving children, conveyed by deed said property to James Haslett. James' grandfather, William Haslett, was one of the richest early settlers of Chester County, and owned over thirteen hundred acres of land. He built the Fagg's Manor Presbyterian church, and in the Revolutionary war supplied the patriot army with provisions. He was aide-de-camp to Gen. Washington, and when killed in battle in New Jersey, Washington had one hundred and fifty men raised, who had been buried, to find his remains, which were then buried with military honors. The sister of William, —father of James Haslett—married Dr. Davidson Smith, a wealthy slaveholder, who entered ten thousand acres of land in Missouri. James Haslett was born in 1781, and married Olivia, daughter of Stephen Harry. He lived on the old homestead farm, in the residence shown in the engraving, and now the property of William B. Haslett. His children were William B. and Samuel G. twins ; Stephen Harry, deceased; Dr. John Davidson Smith, killed in Kentucky during the war, in the service of the Union army; Mary Ann, married to James C. Clark (she is deceased, but left one child, Mrs. Mary A. II. Ross, of Philadelphia); and Lydia Jane, married to Robert Fairlamb, who is deceased, leaving no issue. Stephen Harry died in Missouri in 1856, and his father, though an invalid, went to that State and brought his body home, and soon afterwards was taken ill, and died Oct. 5, 1856. The two only surviving children are Samuel G., a prosperous farmer in Highland township, and William B., a leading business man of Parkesburg, where he is extensively engaged in the lumber, coal, and warehouse trade. William Haslett, father of James, was one of the justices of the peace composing the first court held in West Chester as the shire town, on Nov. 28, 1786. The subject of this sketch served in the war of 1812, first as a private, and then as adjutant. "OLD HOME." RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM B. HASLETT, HIGHLAND. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. - 605 HOBSON, FRANCIS, produced a certificate to Newark Monthly Meeting, 2, 5, 1712, from Friends at " ye monthly meeting of ye Grange near Charlemount in Ireland, which was read and Excepted of." Elizabeth Hobson, perhaps his mother or sister, at the same time produced a certificate " from friends in ireland, Dated ye 22 day of the 9 mo. 1710." Francis purchased 200 acres of land in New Garden by deed of May 1, 1713, in which he is styled a weaver, for the sum of £40. In the 3d month (May), 1716, he was married to Martha Wainhouse, who, on the 4th of 12th mo., 1715, produced a certificate from a meeting held 1, 17, 1712, in Dublin. Elizabeth Hobson married John Hope, of Kennet, 9th mo., 1712. Francis Hobson died 9, 29, 1766, in his eightieth year, and his widow 11, 25, 1775, aged eighty-three. They were the parents of five children, viz. : Francis, b. 9, 12, 1720 ; d. 9, 29, 1792 ; m. 8, 17, 1744, to Martha Shaw. Mary, b. 12, 19, 1724 ; m. 4, 18, 1747, to Robert Boyce, of New Garden. John, b. 7, 7, 1826. Joseph, b. 10, 23, 1731 ; d. 12, 11, 1797 ; m. 4, 15, 1767, at Londongrove Meeting, to Elizabeth Foster. Martha, b. 2, 19, 1738 ; d. 6, 30, 1811 ; m. 6, 17, 1759, to Samuel Miller, Jr. Francis Hobson, Jr., removed to what is now Montgomery County, and died in Limerick township. Joseph Hobson inherited the land of his father, and at the time of his death held 239 acres. His children were Francis, b. 2, 14, 1768 ; d. 11, 4, 1835 ; m. 9, 14, 1797, to Ann Johnson. Thomas, b. 7, 6, 1769 ; d. 10, 19, 1853. Hannah, b. 12, 15, 1772 ; d. 7, 23, 1796, unmarried. Joseph, b. 3, 8, 1775 ; d. 1, 6, 1856 ; m. Jane Suplee, of Philadelphia, b. 1, 20, 1781 ; d. 12, 27, 1853. Phebe, b. 11, 18, 1777 ; d. 2, 16, 1836 ; m. Thomas Lamborn. After the death of Joseph Hobson, his land was divided, by order of Orphans' Court in 1799, between his sons, Thomas, 91i acres ; Joseph, 84i acres ; and the remainder to Francis. The children of Joseph and Jane Hobson were Margaret, John S., Hannah, Nathan, and Eliza. Nathan, born 3, 3, 1815, died 10, 9, 1867, married, in 1847, Phebe Shortledge, daughter of Joshua and Hannah, of New Garden, and became the owner of the homestead by release and purchase from the other heirs. The land which his widow now holds consists substantially of the two farms of Joseph and Thomas as divided in 1799, to which a small addition has been made. The old original log house on this property was torn down in 1849. Of the trees planted around it,-perhaps one hundred and fifty years ago,---- a cedar and a buttonwood are still standing. The place is called " Sycamore Grange." Nathan and Phebe S. Hobson had six children,-Edward S., Amanda J., J. Taylor, Emma W., Chandler S., and Howard H., of whom only Emma and Howard are living. The residence of Phebe Hobson, of which a view is given herein, is the older of the two sets of buildings on the property, and the usual (and improbable) tradition which is held of all our old brick houses-that the bricks were brought from England-is also stated in regard to this. HOLLAND.-The date of John Holland's first arrival is unknown, but he obtained a certificate, 9, 24, 1712, from Chester Monthly Meeting, to return to England, which he presented to Hartshaw Monthly Meeting, in Lancashire, about the middle of the following year. He obtained another from the latter meeting, 12, 16, 1713, to Friends here, which informed that he " formerly having entertained in his mind a Respect to Mary Somerford of our meeting, relating to marriage, and the matter reviving betwixt them since he came, they have made orderly proceedings therein to accomplishment." As to Mary, " being an honest ffriend's daughter and of a good parentage, so she bath had a suitable education and bath been one whom ffriends have esteemed worthy of their care advice and encouragement to well doing." They had arrived in this country by 8, 25, 1714, and became members of Goshen Meeting. She was recommended as a minister 8, 15, 1733, and her husband was an overseer. He obtained a patent for 498 acres on the borders of Goshen and Whiteland, June 28, 1734. Children : John, b. 4, 7, 1714 ; survived his father. Samuel, b. 6, 15, 1717 ; probably died unmarried. Hannah, b. 4. 10, 1721 ; m. John Bowen. HOLLINGSWORTH, VALENTINE, a native of England, came from Belfast, Ireland, in 1682, and settled in New Castle County, near the Brandywine. His first wife was Catharine Cornish, daughter of Henry Cornish, high sheriff of London, who was unjustly executed during the reign of James II. His second wife, Ann, was a Calvert, and probably related to the proprietaries of Maryland. The children of the first wife appear to have been Thomas, b. about 1660 ; Henry, b. about 1662 ; Catharine, b. about 1664, m. George Robinson ; Mary, b. about 1666, m. Thomas Conway, who died 7, 17, 1689, and in 1693 she married Randal Malin, of Providence. The children of the second wife were Samuel, Ann, John, Joseph, Enoch, and perhaps others. The family is principally represented in this county by the descendants of Thomas. HOOPES, JOSHUA, with Isabel, his wife, and children-Daniel, Margaret, and Christian-came from Cleveland, in Yorkshire, 1683, and settled in Bucks County, whence, about 1696, came Daniel, who settled in Westtown township, on property now owned by Elwood Hoopes. He married, Dec. 10, 1696, Jane Worrilow, daughter of Thomas and Jane, of Edgmont, by whom he had the following children : Grace, b. 7, 17, 1697 ; d. 5, 3, 1721 ; m. William Paschall. Ann, b. 10, 23, 1698 ; d. 3, 13, 1704. Mary, b. 9, 22, 1700 ; d. 1765 ; m. Philip Yarnall. Hannah, b. 5, 25, 1702 ; d. 1750, unmarried. Joshua, b. 4, 29, 1704 ; d. 10, 9, 1769 ; m. Hannah Ashbridge. Jane, b. 5, 14, 1706 ; d. 1, 31, 1789 ; m. George Ashbridge. Ann, b. 12, 3, 1707 ; d. 7, 14, 1728, unmarried. Daniel, b. 10, 27, 1709 ; d. 6, 5, 1790 ; m. Alice Taylor. John, b. 8, 17, 1711 ; d. 3, 1, 1795 ; m. Christian Reynolds. Abraham, b. 4, 12, 1713 ; d. 9, 5, 1795 ; m. Mary Williamson. Thomas, b. 10, 22, 1714 ; d. 5, 21, 1803 ; m. Susanna Davies. Elizabeth, b. 1, 13, 1716 ; d. 12, 9, 1803 ; m. William Webb. Stephen, b. 1, 13, 1716 ; d. 1767 ; m. Martha Evans. Nathan, b. 1, 16, 1718 ; d. 2, 19, 1803 ; m. Margaret Williamson. Walter, b. 1, 11, 1719 ; d. 12, 9, 1719. Sarah, b. 5, 25, 1720 ; d. 7, 23, 1794 ; m. George 606 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Hall. Christian, b. 8, 30, 1723 ; d. 12, 31, 1815 ; m. Daniel Webb. Joshua Hoopes settled in Westtown township near his father. Daniel, John, and Thomas settled on 630 acres in Goshen, including the northwestern quarter of the borough of West Chester. Their father bought the land and divided it between them. Daniel's share was entirely within the borough limits, and he built a house thereon in 1736, since torn down, but the date-stone was placed in the wall of a later structure a little southward, now on the Ebbs estate. John Hoopes built the present residence of Jesse J. Taylor about 1732, and his brother Thomas also erected a house on his share of the land a few years later. Abraham Hoopes settled in Edgmont, Stephen in West-town, and Nathan in East Bradford, adjoining his brother Daniel's land in Goshen. Joshua Hoopes, born 7, 15, 1736, died, 3, 21, 1825, married, 4, 16, 1761, Mary Garrett, and 4, 14, 1785, Hannah Martin, and resided in Westtown, where his son Joshua was born, 2, 12, 1788. From an obituary of the latter, published shortly after his death, which occurred in West Chester, 5, 11, 1874, we take the following : " Upon arriving at manhood's estate, and after some little time in the tanning business, he chose the profession of school-teaching, at which he continued up to within a few years since, when he was obliged to forego his lifelong pleasures through the force of accumulating age. lie taught in several district schools in this county, besides at Merion and Darby, and subsequently settled in Downingtown, where be opened a boarding-school for boys, and continued there up to about 1836 or 1837, when he came to West Chester, where he has since resided. " His first marriage was to Mary Garrigus, daughter of Edward Garrigus, of Kingsessing, and by whom he had six children, all of whom he survived, he leaving no descendants. His second nuptials were to Rachel Bassett, of Wilmington, Del., a lady of rare botanical tastes, and which probably were in a great measure instrumental in bringing about their acquaintanceship. "As a school-teacher and scientist, the deceased had no equal in Chester County, he being the boon companion of Dr. Darlington and David Townsend, and their superior in astronomy and mathematics. He was led to take up the study of botany through the desires of Dr. Darlington, and he so prosecuted his researches in this particular branch as to win for himself an enviable reputation. In his early and middle life he frequently lectured on astronomy, and he so possessed the agreeable faculty of imparting his wide and extended knowledge of the planets and their respective spheres of usefulness as to enchain the attention of his hearers with his clear and forcible descriptive accomplishments. About the year 1837 or 1838 he was one of several of the prominent classical citizens of West Chester who successfully introduced a scientific lecture course, and in which he treated on his favorite subject, that of astronomy. The proceeds of this course were applied to purchasing a series of philosophical apparatus, the same which is now in use in our State Normal School. After quitting Downingtown and taking up his residence in West Chester, he taught a boys' school for some time in a private building, and afterwards in the old Odd-Fellows' Hall, but a number of his admiring friends, in recognition of his superior scholastic attainments, banded themselves together, and each one furnished him a like sum of money with which to erect a suitable building for the better advancement of education, and the building in which his lifeless form now lies awaiting interment is a monument to this generous and public-spirited circumstance. We here append the names of those who made him this indefinite loan, they leaving it solely with him to refund at his option : " Francis Hickman, Levis James, Jesse R. Burden, George G. Ashbridge, Philip Price, Robert Mercer, Jesse Kerns, Walker Yarnall, David Townsend, Samuel Painter, Uriah Hunt, W. II. Dillingham, Wm. Williamson, Ziba Pyle, Nathan H. Sharples, Haines & Sharples, Wm. Darlington, M.D., Isaac Thomas, Eli K. Price, Coleman Fisher, Thomas Biddle, Cheney Hickman, Jacob Thomas, John Thomas, Townsend Eachus, John Malin, Jesse Matlack, Lloyd Jones, Isaac Wayne, Marshall & Worthington, A. S. Roberts, E. Roberts, N. Mendenhall, Samuel Augá, Win. Jackson, Joseph McClellan, Francis James, Wm. Whipple, Isaac Downing. " Long before his death he succeeded in refunding to his friends each his amount loaned, some of whom had forgotten the transaction. "In compliment to his botanical knowledge, a tree of tropical nature now bears his name, that of Hoopesia, the same being discovered many years ago in Texas, by a gentleman who subsequently called upon Dr. Darlington with a specimen of the newly-found tree, and suggested it should be called Darlinytonia. The doctor's name having been given to many plants, he expressed a wish that it should memorize the name of Joshua Hoopes, and so it was ultimately agreed upon. " Before age had bequeathed the usual infirmities, the subject of this brief mention was noted for his pedestrian accomplishments, and it was not an unfrequent occurrence for him to walk to Wilmington and back, and do other like feats combining endurance and physical exercise." Our enterprising nurserymen, Josiah and Abner Hoopes, are sons of Peirce Hoopes, son of Abner, son of Thomas, son of Nathan and Margaret, of East Bradford. The descendants of the original ancestor are innumerable, and among the most respectable in our county. HOUSE, JOHN, was a resident in Birmingham in 1715, and by trade a carpenter. He was probably the father of the following : JAMES HOUSE, born 4, 17, 1717, died 7th mo., 1756, married Mary, widow of Jacob Wright, and daughter of Isaac Richardson, of Whiteland. Their children were Amos, b. 4, 19, 1742, d. 4, 6, 1821 ; Hannah, b. 7, 5, 1744 ; Catharine, b. 2, 16, 1747 ; Elizabeth, b. 1, 11, 1749 ; Sophia, b. 7, 13, 1751 Martha, b. 4, 14, 1754. Amos House was a nephew of Elizabeth Chads, widow of John, and lived with her in Birmingham. He married Sarah, daughter of John and Joanna Townsend, of East Bradford, with whom he made acquaintance when she was learning a trade from home. Going to see her at her parents' house he asked their consent to a marriage, to which her father objected because he was not a member of meeting. The mother said, " if Amos House was a member ever so, he was not her choice," whereupon the young man hoped they would at least allow him to talk to her that evening. This request was ungraciously granted, with a hope expressed that they would make short work of it ; and this they did by planning an elopement at an early day. Sarah lost her life, 1, 13, 1777, from fever contracted by nursing a sick soldier. Amos married a second wife, Martha Edwards, and again, 11, 24, 1790, Mary, daughter of William and Ann Swayne. His children by the first wife were Elizabeth, James, Phebe, Susanna (m. Joshua Harvey), and Martha (m. Emanuel Darlington) ; by the second, Mary (m. Mordecai Hayes), Jehu (m. Esther Speakman), Benjamin (m. Phebe Trimble) ; and by the last wife, William S. House (m. Phebe Wickersham). HUMPHREY, JACOB, born in 1751, was a native, it is believed, of Bucks Co., Pa., but after the establishment of our national independence resided in the township of West Fallowfield, Chester Co. When the Revolutionary contest began, he entered the service of his country as a captain, and throughout the struggle endured the hardships, suffered the privations, and encountered the dangers incident to the soldier's life in those " times which tried BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 607 men's souls." He was none of those who drew back in those trying times, but remained firm and steadfast in the cause until he found, to adopt the language of Scotia's favorite bard,— " Wild War's deadly blast was blawn, And gentle Peace returning." He was present and fought in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, of Brandywine and Germantown, of Monmouth and Yorktown, besides several skirmishes or engagements of smaller note. In the battle of Trenton a musket-ball passed across his forehead, directly over his eyes, leaving an indelible scar. At Monmouth a musket-ball entered the side of his right leg, making a wound about three inches in length. The ball was soon after extracted, and no serious inconvenience ensued. In another engagement a musket-ball struck the buckle of his left knee, and carried it away, producing a tumor on the knee, and causing a slight halt in his walk ever after. An incident is related illustrative of Capt. Humphrey's presence of mind at a moment of imminent danger. On a particular occasion he was detached, at the head of forty chosen men, on a scouting-party. Having reached the house of Col. S., an intimate friend of his, about the dusk of evening, he halted his men in a lot adjoining the lane leading to Col. S.'s house, and placed his own faithful servant as a sentinel to give the alarm in case any of the enemy should approach. Capt. Humphrey then went into the house, and while engaged in friendly chat with the family his servant came running to the back window, and gave the alarm that a troop of horse was rapidly advancing. What could now be done? The bold and vigorous mind of Humphrey was formed alike for invention and enterprise. Instantly he girded on his armor, sprang through a back door or window, ran to the fence, and with the voice of a Caesar gave the word of command : " Attention ! Battalion, to arms ! Captain Smith ! Captain Finney ! Captain Ferguson ! Captain Marshall ! To your posts ! Captain Humphrey's company ! Advance ! Fire !" Instantly a volley from about forty muskets was discharged at the troop, which was now in the lane. The British, on hearing the names of these intrepid commanders called, with the discharge of the muskets, were panic-stricken ; and believing themselves surrounded by a whole battalion, instead of only forty men, fled with the utmost precipitation; not, however, until they had discharged a few pistol-balls at the place whence the voice of Capt. Humphrey proceeded. But an overruling Providence preserved him for future usefulness, and to die at home, in the bosom of his family, at a good old age. Capt. Humphrey was elected to the State Legislature in the years 1814 and 1815. In July, 1825, he was one of the county committee appointed to receive Gen. Lafayette, on his visit to the battle-ground of the Brandywine ; and on the next morning accompanied his old friend and commander, then on his way to Lancaster, as far as Filson's inn, in Fallowfield. Here the old military comrades parted for the last time. Capt. Humphrey died at his residence, Jan. 21,1826, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. HUMPTON, COL. RICHARD, who is understood to have preferred the charge against Gen. Wayne for his conduct at the " affair of the Paoli," was a native of Yorkshire, England, where he was born in 1733. He was for some time a captain in the British army, when he resigned his commission and emigrated to Pennsylvania. When the Revolutionary contest came on a commission in the Continental army was offered to him, which he accepted. He was a brave man and stood high in the esteem of Gen. Washington, by whom he was frequently intrusted with important and responsible duties, and was employed by him confidentially on various occasions. At the battle of Brandywine, where he had a command, his horse was shot under him, when he coolly ungirthed the saddle, slung it over his shoulder, and proceeded to place it on another horse. At the battle of Germantown he had the command of a brigade, which was in action. After the Revolution he settled on a farm in Chester County, where he resided the remainder of his life. He received the appointment of adjutant-general of Pennsylvania from Governor Mifflin, with whom and his secretary, Alexander J. Dallas, Dr. Benjamin Rush, and other distinguished worthies of his day, he was on intimate terms. He was one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati, and his name occurs in the list of members between those of two gallant Pennsylvanians, Gen. Anthony Wayne and Gen. William Irvine. He died Dec. 21, 1804, leaving no descendants, and was interred in the burying-ground of Friends' Meeting at Caln. HUNT, JOSHUA,* a native of the township of East Caln, and in which he spent his days, was in the years 1818-20 and 1823-25 elected a member of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, and in 1826 a member of the State Senate, in which he served four years. He was the son of Samuel Hunt, who was the son of Roger Hunt, who during the French and Indian war was a commissary in the service of George III., and his account-books of that service are still in the possession of his descendants. It is asserted by the descendants of Roger Hunt that he, in the capacity of surveyor, laid out the plan of the city of Lancaster, and owned a large part of the ground on which the city is built, but the family allowed it to be sold to satisfy the claims for taxes. Roger Hunt's wife was an Aston, and from them he came into possession, in the year 1739, of a tract of land on the west side of the Brandywine, now partly within the limits of the borough of Downingtown. This was mostly woodland, and known as " Aston Terrace," embracing an area of 500 acres. The family mansion, built in 1727-28, is still in fine preservation, and known as the " Hunt Mansion," though long since passed from the family name. It was built in the old English style, the various colored brick having been, according to tradition, imported from England ; and its wide hall, sharp gables, and heavy wainscoting show that the owner was a man of no mean pretensions. This estate passed to the heirs of Roger ; Samuel, the father of Joshua, inheriting the family mansion and five hundred acres. Here Joshua was born, the third of a family of five sons and two daughters. One of the latter was the mother of George Fisher, who for many years was in * Furnished by Dr. John P. Edge. 608 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. JOSHUA HUNT. the newspaper business in Chester County. The other was the mother of Samuel H., Cyrus, Pratt, and William B. Hoopes, of Londongrove. On the death of Samuel, Joseph and Joshua became joint owners, and occupied the family mansion. Both were men of more than usual ability. The former was a merchant for many years, afterwards an extensive railroad contractor in this State and Georgia, while Joshua devoted his time to study and statesmanship. He, as were all of the race, was a man of stalwart build, dignified and slow in all his actions, and a close observer, as well as a vigorous thinker ; he acquired a fund of knowledge such as is possessed by few persons. He has often remarked to the writer of this sketch that his memory of what he had seen and studied was a positive burden to him, crowding out original efforts of the mind. He was highly esteemed by his neighbors, was a kind of oracle in the vicinity, and filled all the stations in the township from constable to school director ; was the umpire to whom all resorted for the maintenance of order, and an authority on all questions of science, political economy, or general knowledge. As a member of the General Assembly, contemporary with Thaddeus Stevens, James Buchanan, and other political giants of the period, he was distinguished for the vigor of his judgment on public matters, and secured an honorable standing in those bodies. But for a constitutional love of ease, to which he gave way, it is claimed that he might have gained a high position in the civil service of the State. After retiring from office he, with his brothers, engaged extensively in the growing of improved breeds of sheep, notably the merinos ; and there is evidence extant of their enterprise in this line in the fact that they paid for a single animal to improve their flock the large sum of $1000. Though for many years a popular gallant, he never married. The only descendants of Roger Hunt living who bear the name are Joshua and Joseph Hunt, members of the Crane Iron Company of Catasauqua, and who were sons of Thomas Hunt, Joshua's youngest brother. He died at the family mansion on March 3, 1857, aged over seventy-two years, having been born, Jan. 17, 1785. HURFORD, JOHN, late of Tiverton, in Devonshire, brought a certificate to Philadelphia, from Friends of Cullumpton Meeting, dated 2, 29, 1700, for himself and family, including his son John and his wife's daughter, July Ann Holcomb. In 1702 the son came to Chester County, married Elizabeth Browne early in 1703, and became a shopkeeper in Aston. In 1708 he was a sufferer by fire, " whereby he and his family is in great distress," and collections were made for his benefit. His wife became a recommended minister among Friends in 1717. In 1733 he married Esther, widow of Peter Hunter, of Middletown. John Hurford, son of John and Elizabeth, born in Aston, 5, 14, 1712, married, 3, 11, 1732, at Chester Meeting, Hannah Fairlamb, born 9th mo., 1711, daughter of Nicholas and Katharine. In 1733 they removed to New Garden township and became members of Londongrove Meeting. Their children were Samuel, John, Joseph, Isaac, Elizabeth, Hannah, Caleb, Katharine, Eli, Sarah, and Nicholas. The last was the father of Michael Hurford, of New Garden. Caleb, son of John and Hannah Hurford, married Martha, daughter of John Maris. Their children were John, Aaron, Caleb, Lewis, Eli, Maris, and Hannah. MARIS HURFORD, the sixth child and son, was born about the year 1790, in the neighborhood of Londongrove Meeting-house, and moved with his parents in 1816 into West Fallowfield township. Soon after this he started a store near old Sadsbury meeting-house, which he and his brothers kept about one year. He then moved his store to a house on the Gap and Newport turnpike, near to where BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 609 his parents first located, and where he spent the remainder of his life. This store they kept about a year, while a store-house was being built adjoining his father's. house, to which he removed, and where he and his brother Eli were engaged in the mercantile business about thirty years. He was married Jan. 8, 1868, died July 20, 1873, and was interred in the old Sadsbury burying-ground. He left one child, Annie Maris, who, with her mother, occupy the old Hurford homestead. His wife, Martha Buffington, the daughter of John and Marie Buffington, was born in 1828. Her grandparents were Thomas and Elizabeth Buffington, who located in Northumberland County, where they owned and operated a paper-mill. On her mother's side her grandparents were Jacob and Marie Keylor, who came from Germany at the breaking out of a war between Germany and other European powers, and purchased land and settled in Chester County. Maris Hurford was one of the leading business men in the county, and never held office, though often solicited to do so by his fellow-citizens, but was often selected to perform services requiring good judgment and a clear mind. He settled many estates, and was frequently appointed guardian by the courts. He possessed rare social qualities, and was most hospitable and kind ; accumulated a competency of this world's goods, and his pure character and upright business life gained him the respect and confidence of the community. HUTTON, JOSEPH, son of Thomas Hutton, of Ireland, was a settler in New Garden, where he married, in 1714, Mary, daughter of John and Mary Miller. He died in the fall of 1735, and his widow in the winter following. They had children,—John, Thomas, Joseph, Susanna, Samuel, William, Benjamin, Nehemiah, and Ephraim. NEHEMIAH HUTTON, a brother of Joseph, also came to this country, and in 1723 married Sarah Miller, sister to Joseph's wife. They finally removed to Berks County, where their descendants were numerous. JOHN HUTTON, brother of Joseph and Nehemiah, married, in 1724, Sarah, a daughter of Michael Lightfoot, and had a son Thomas and other children. INGRAM, JOHN, a blacksmith, residing in Goshen as early as 1717, left several children, of whom a son, William, settled in Bethel, Delaware Co., and followed the calling of his father. Other children were Robert, John, and Leathum Ingram. WILLIAM INGRAM, son of William, was born June 8, 1788, in Delaware County, and came with his parents to Chester County. about 1800. He married, Jan. 16, 1817, Rebecca, daughter of John and Alice (Crossley) Pyle, born March 4, 1795, died Jan. 28, 1869. In 1822 he went to Philadelphia, but returned in 1836 to his farm, a short distance from West Chester, in East Bradford. The substantial stone house thereon, now occupied by Richard Darlington, Jr.'s, school, was built by him. Being a stonemason by trade, he did the mason-work of many public buildings of note in connection with Chalkley Jefferis. Among others were the court-house and prison of our county, Girard College, House of Refuge, and Cherry Hill Prison, of Philadelphia. He died July 20, 1865, leaving several children. - 77 - IRWIN, REV. NATHANIEL, was born at Fagg's Manor, Chester Co., Oct. 17, 1756. He graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1770, and was a contemporary there of James Madison, David Rittenhouse, Judge H. H. Brackenridge, and others who subsequently rose to eminence. He was ordained and installed pastor of the Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, in Bucks County, May 3, 1774, and continued in that relation until his death. He was a man of much shrewdness and of superior business tact, and his advice was much sought. He was popular with his people, and ranked high as a preacher. He possessed much scientific knowledge, and made it of practical benefit to the community. He was the first person who encouraged John Fitch, the inventor of the steamboat. Fitch was a Bucks County man, and his autobiography, in the Philadelphia Library, is addressed to Mr. Irwin, in token of his gratitude for the encouragement which he received from him. When the question of the location of the county-seat of Bucks County was being agitated, Mr. Irwin advocated with ardor its location at Doylestown, and his influence had much to do with fixing it there. A printed caricature of him was circulated at the time, representing him with hat and coat off and sleeves rolled up, tugging with all his strength to pull the court-house in the direction of Doylestown. He was moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly in 1801, and died March 3, 1812. JACKSON, JOB H.—Nicholas Jackson, of Kilbank, in Seathwaite, Lancashire, England, had a son Thomas, born in that place, who removed thence to Ireland, where he married Ann, daughter of Francis and Judith Man, at Mountmellick, Queens County, and emigrated to this county in 1713. Of their ten children, Jonathan, the ninth, married Mary, the daughter of Henry Hayes. Of Jonathan's six children, Thomas, the second, married Sarah Taggart, by whom he had no children. He afterwards married Mary, daughter of Samuel, and a granddaughter of the aforementioned Henry Hayes, by whom he had thirteen children, of whom Job H., the youngest, was born 2d month 27, 1810. At the age of seven, his father dying, he was placed with his oldest brother, Obed, to earn his support and schooling, and learn farming. With early-formed habits of industry, he felt the need of a better education, and spent seven months in a boarding-school in Wilmington, Del., taught by the worthy John Bullock. Afterwards for several years he spent a few months at different institutions, occasionally teaching school in the winter, and working on the farm in summer. He next was employed as clerk and general agent for the firm of Buffington & Jackson, doing all the bridge-work for the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad in the State of Delaware. After this he was employed over a year by Betts & Stotsenburg, iron-founders, in Wilmington, as book-keeper and cashier. He then engaged in store-keeping from 1840 to 1846, in connection with farming, at the Rising Sun, Md. Shortly after embarking in the store he married, 2d month 15, 1843, Ann, daughter of Jesse and Ann (Pennington) Conard, of New London township, Chester Co., Pa. She was then principal in the boarding-school of Samuel Martin, of Kennet Square, having filled the station of teacher for the space of thirteen years with 610 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. marked success. Their only child, Milton, graduated in 1867 at the University of Michigan ; afterwards spent seven years as principal of an academy in Wilmington, Del., and is now settled in a successful manufacturing business in Philadelphia. Quitting the store, Job H. purchased a farm in Londongrove township in 1849, and by industry, coupled with his indefatigable energy, which has characterized his life, he made this so-called " slow business" a success, embracing the period from 1848 to 1866. During this time the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad was constructed, an enterprise which received his efficient support, and of whose board he was a director, and for several years its secretary and acting treasurer. At the period when hopes were cherished of rendering The Farmers' High School" (now the State College) a success, his interest in a practical character of education was attested by advocating (with the pen) the bestowal of the income arising from the Congressional land grant fund upon that struggling institution. He thought to increase its practical benefits by coupling with the college the three experimental farms well supported, and thus to invite the coveted patronage to this school. And the law was passed under the express condition of the adequate maintenance by the college trustees of these three farms ; and, with some deference to assistance rendered, the eastern experimental farm was located near the village of West Grove, Chester Co., Pa. He also aided in the establishment of the " Friends' School" at Swarthmore. A thorough friend of temperance, he adopted in 1874 the plan of offering prizes, hoping to secure a valuable treatise on the general subject, which work it is expected will soon be published. The above-named Friends reside at West Grove, in their pleasant residence, shown by the accompanying engraving. They are interested in works of reform, and ever ready to obey duty's call. ISAAC JACKSON, born in Ireland, was a member of the Society of Friends, and of eminent piety. When about sixty years of age he began to look to America as the place of his future home. His eldest daughter, Rebecca, who had married Jeremiah Starr, was already settled in Pennsylvania. There is an old family memoir, still extant, which states that Isaac Jackson and his wife had the subject of their emigration "under weighty consideration" for several years, and they at length informed their friends of it. " While they were under exercise and concern of mind," I quote from the memoir, " and desirous that best wisdom might direct, Isaac had a dream or vision to this import,—that having landed in America, he traveled a considerable distance back into the country till he came to a valley between two hills. Through this valley ran a pretty stream of water. The prospect and situation of the place seemed pleasant, and in his dream he thought his family must settle there, though a wilderness unimproved." Whether this remarkable dream influenced his determination we are not told, but, however that may be, he and his family soon after embarked on the ship " Lizar" at Dublin, and after a tedious passage landed at New Castle, Sept. 11, 1725. From New Castle he proceeded to the house of his son-in-law, Jeremiah Starr, who was residing on a farm he had purchased in Londongrove township. There Isaac Jackson related his dream, and, as the memoir continues, " was informed of such a place near. He soon went to see it, which to his admiration so resembled what he had a foresight of that it was a cause of joy and thankfulness." Thus far the memoir ; but tradition, as it existed some seventy years ago, when several of the grandchildren of the venerable patriarch, to whom the visionary picture of his future home was thus presented, were still alive, and having seen and conversed with their grandsire, may have heard the singular story from his own lips, added, that he was shown in his dream, on the hill-side a spring of water, near which he and his family should settle ; and that it was impressed upon him that not only he and they should dwell there, but that his descendants should occupy the land for generations.* By the same tradition it was further said that a single tract of four hundred acres of land, including the pleasant valley seen by the dreamer, was the only one in that vicinity which had not already been taken up by previous settlers. He doubtless regarded it as a land of promise to himself and family, and he hastened to become master of it by lawful title. Isaac devised this tract to his eldest son, William, who, dying in the year 1785, gave three hundred acres of it, by will, to his youngest son, John. This devise included the mansion-house and buildings, and John continued to occupy it as long as he lived. He applied himself industriously to its cultivation and improvement, and was an active man of business till considerably past middle life. He possessed no small amount of botanical knowledge, and delighting in the culture of plants and flowers, of which he collected a great variety, both of foreign and domestic origin, he planted a large and beautiful garden, which he cultivated with assiduous care, and to which he devoted almost his whole attention during the later years of his life. Dr. William Darlington, with whom he was well acquainted, in his" Memorials of Bartram and .Marshall," thus refers to him,— "John Jackson, of Londongrove township, Chester Co., was one of the very few contemporaries of Humphry Marshall who sympathized cordially with his pursuits. He commenced a garden soon after that at Marshallton was established, and made a valuable collection of rare and ornamental plants, which is still preserved in good condition by his son, William Jackson. John Jackson was a very successful cultivator of curious plants, a respectable botanist, and one of the most gentle and amiable of men." John Jackson married, under the age of twenty-seven, Mary Harlan, a daughter of Joel and Hannah Harlan, and raised a family of seven children, to whom he gave advantages of education superior to those usually accorded in his day to farmers' children, and as they grew up they brought around them, by their information and culture, an agreeable and interesting circle of friends and acquaintances, so that Harmony Grove, as the old family-seat was designated, became a place of rare attractions. Nowhere, indeed, in Chester County was better society to be found than beneath the roof and at the table of John Jackson, who long maintained, and dispensed with a liberal hand, the tradi- * This property has recently been sold to Joshua Jacobs, an Irish gentleman, a lineal descendant in the female line from Isaac Jackson, the dreamer. The fact of his. being such descendant was not ascertained till after negotiations for the purchase were commenced. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 611 tional hospitality of the house. He died in the year 1821, in the seventy-fourth year of his age, having devised his real estate to his son William. WILLIAM JACKSON, fourth son of William and Katharine Jackson, and grandson of Isaac Jackson, who was the first of the family who came to this country, was born July 14, 1746. He was remarkable in youth for stability of character and seriousness of demeanor, and as early as 1775 he became an approved minister. In 1778 he married Hannah, a daughter of Thomas and Hannah Seaman, of Westbury, Long Island, and went to reside there with his wife. After about two years he returned to the place of his nativity, and for the remainder of his life lived upon a farm of his father, which was afterwards devised to him. In 1802, '3, and '4 he traveled through England and Ireland on a religious visit, and was absent about three years, during which time he attended nearly all the meetings of Friends in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and some of them repeatedly. He also visited, at different times, Friends in Maryland, Virginia, New York, and New England. At one time he was absent from home, in the prosecution of his religious labors, for more than a year, traveling through State after State, in the work of the ministry. His engagements in this way continued occasionally till he was about seventy-eight years old, after which he ceased to travel beyond the limits of his own Yearly Meeting, lie had no children, was in easy circumstances, simple and economical in his habits, and not desirous of pecuniary gain. He would never lend money at a rate of interest exceeding five per cent., and he frequently required but four, and he allowed his debtors to pay very much as suited their own convenience. His chief interest was in the concerns of his religious society, and in the promulgation of the truth as he understood it and, though diligent in business, in the intervals of his religious labors he was indifferent as to its profits. A desk, which by his will he gave to a grandnephew with its contents, was found to contain gold and silver coin in amount upwards of four hundred dollars, which had obviously been carelessly thrown in, as received in different sums, without being cared for afterwards ; and various other sums of money were found in drawers and cupboards, and such like places, not secreted, or apparently subjects of any special care. He was punctilious in his adherence to plainness of dress and in his style of living, and he avoided all innovations that had the aspect or semblance of luxury. The ancient trencher, with its fitting accompaniment, adorned his family table long after it had disappeared from every other household in the neighborhood. In all respects he was a thorough Friend of the elder type, and continued to the end of his life to be an example of what manner of man a solid Friend was before the laxity of modern manners had encroached upon the drab-colored simplicity of the ancient fathers of the church. He was grave and dignified, yet in social intercourse he was habitually cheerful, and he had a genial vein of innocent humor which enhanced the pleasure of his conversation. In all matters of church discipline he was an authority, and his judgment in business meetings of the society was more than respected,—it was of such weight as to be usually decisive. His opinions were thought by some to betray a touch of severity, but no one doubted that the natural flow of his feelings was genial and kindly, and that his heart was the seat of the most generous and tender emotions. His wife was a woman of intelligence and devoted piety, sprightly in conversation and active in all good works. Mutual affection and esteem assisted to brighten and sweeten their lives for more than fifty years. They both lived to a good old age. He survived her but a short time, and died Jan. 10, 1834, in the eighty-eighth year of his age. WILLIAM JACKSON, the third of the name, and the son of John Jackson, was born Nov. 7, 1789. He was a pupil at Friends' institution at Westtown, and in October, 1808, entered Enoch Lewis' boarding-school at New Garden as a student of mathematics. His literary attainments were respectable, and his progress in mathematical science, to the study of which the character of his mind was well adapted, was rapid. About the time that he attained majority, his father, who desired leisure for the indulgence of his botanical tastes in the cultivation of his beautiful garden, committed to him the management of his farm ; of which, on his father's death, he became the owner. Though diligent in business as an agriculturist, he did not allow his avocations to engross his whole time or attention. He took a deep interest in every movement of a public or philanthropic character. Though he was well acquainted with the principles of our government, and with those which regulate the distribution of wealth and the increase of population, and in many respects was well qualified for usefulness in public life, he was not a politician in the baser sense of the word, and regarded popularity and the honors of office with equal indifference. Much to his surprise, he was in the year 1838 placed on the ticket of the Anti-Masonic party, with which he had slight affiliation, and elected a member of the State Senate. He served his term with credit, and was highly esteemed in that body for his integrity, intelligence, and accuracy of judgment, and whenever he spoke he commanded attention by the clearness of his statements and the cogency of his reasoning. But he was not a partisan, and could not manage or be managed, and his single term in the Senate was his whole experience in political life. The anti-slavery movement enlisted his warmest sympathies, and he was for many years actively engaged in the promulgation of its principles. To his sense of justice, indeed, slavery was always abhorrent, and from his early youth he was a zealous advocate of emancipation. His favorite study was that of social science, in which he was a disciple of Malthus and Adam Smith. He delivered at various times lectures on subjects connected with political economy, in which he advocated strongly the soundness of the Malthusian philosophy. He was a calm, clear reasoner and an accurate thinker, deliberate and unimpassioned, without a touch of enthusiasm or coloring of imagination, seeking truth by the most direct processes, and never bewildered in the pursuit by false lights, however brilliant or dazzling. His judgment was eminently judicial. He approached his conclusions by slow and cautious steps uninfluenced by his wishes or his hopes. In the branch of the Society of Friends to which he was attached he was repeatedly chosen clerk of the Monthly 612 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. and Quarterly Meetings, for which positions he was peculiarly well fitted by the habitual calmness of his temperament and the cool impartiality of his judgment. It is hardly necessary to add that in domestic life the traditional kindness of the Jackson nature was not wanting in him. In all family relations he was the pattern of a Christian gentleman. 11e died in the year 1864, universally lamented, and leaving behind him the record of a well-spent life. DR. SAMUEL JACKSON, youngest son of Isaac and Hannah Jackson, of New Garden, born 8th mo. 3, 1788, died 12th mo. 17, 1869, was an elegant scholar, a forcible writer, and profoundly learned in his profession. After graduating as M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, he settled at Northumberland, in this State, where he remained till beyond middle age in the enjoyment of a large medical practice. His eldest son, William Arthur Jackson, was a young man of fine abilities and elegant accomplishments, and was associated in the practice of law with the Hon. John M. Read, late chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He died at the age of twenty-nine, just as the assurance of a successful and brilliant career as a lawyer and advocate seemed almost complete. A second son, Francis Aristides Jackson, has been professor of Latin at the University of Pennsylvania for upwards of twenty years, though not yet past the meridian of life. HALLIDAY JACKSON, born 8, 31, 1771, son of Isaac and Phebe (Halliday) Jackson, of New Garden, when a young man, in company with Henry Simmons and Joel Swayne, went to the Indian reservation in the western part of New York, to assist in instructing the natives in habits of civilization, under the care of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends. He was absent about two years. On his return he married, 3, 18, 1801, Jane, daughter of Thomas and Jane Hough, and settled at Darby. He was the father of John Jackson, a valued minister and educator, and of Halliday Jackson, now of West Goshen, in this county, compiler of the family genealogy, and a person much interested in natural science. JACOBS, JOHN and RICHARD, settled on the Perkiomen Creek about the year 1700. John Jacobs, Jr., son of John, was married, 9, 2, 1721, to Mary, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Lewis) Hayes, of Haverford, and had the following children : John, b. 3, 6, 1722 ; Richard, b. 6, 12, 1723 ; Israel, b. 6, 9, 1726, m. Sarah Massey ; Joseph, b. 10, 25, 1728 ; Benjamin, b. 3, 5, 1731 ; Elizabeth, b. 10, 5, 1732, m. Col. Caleb Parry ; Hannah, b. 12, 12, 1735, m. David Rittenhouse ; Mary, b. 6, 2, 1738, m. John Goheen ; Isaac, b. 10, 13, 1741, m. Hannah Trimble ; Jesse, died unmarried. From Richard, the second son, it is thought that the Jacobs family of Lancaster County is descended. John Jacobs (3) married, 1, 3, 1753, Elizabeth, daughter of John Havard, of Tredyffrin, and about the same time settled in Whiteland township, Chester Co., having purchased several contiguous farms in the Great Valley. From 1762 to 1776 he served as a member of the Assembly, being Speaker of that body during the latter year ; was a member of the Constitutional Convention of July 15, 1776, and in 1777 one of the commissioners which met at New Haven to regulate the price of commodities in the colonies. He died in May, 1780. His eldest son, Benjamin, received a good education, studied law, and practiced surveying and conveyancing, and was appointed under the constitution of 1790 an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was disowned by Friends, 10, 9, 1777, for signing paper currency for carrying on the war. JAMES, AARON, lately arrived from Stafford Monthly Meeting, in Old England, produced to Chester Monthly Meeting, 9, 24, 1701, a certificate from thence on behalf of himself and wife Elizabeth. They settled in Westtown, and were the parents of the following children : Thomas, b. 4, 20, 1700 ; Mary, b. 5, 15, 1702 ; Sarah, b. 7, 1, 1704 ; Aaron, b. 11, 9, 1706 ; Joseph, b. 1, 29, 1709 ; Ann, b. 3, 24, 1711. Of these, Joseph was married about 1735 to Hannah Hickman, born April 21, 1715, died May 23, 1806, daughter of Benjamin and Ann Hickman, of Westtown. Joseph died in Westtown, Sept. 2, 1772, seized of a messuage and grist-mill with 70 acres of land in Middletown and Providence, messuage and 200 acres in Westtown, and another messuage and 160 acres in the same township. The children of Joseph and Hannah were fourteen in number, viz. : Caleb, b. 5, 4, 1736, d. 1, 15, 1829, m. Mary Marshall and Betty (Lewis) Hoopesy Mary, b. 7, 25, 1737, m. Philip Mendenhall ; Hannah, b. 8, 1, 1739, m. John Marshall, 11, 27, 1760 ; Ann, b. 6, 3, 1741, m. William Patterson ; Joseph, b. 3, 21, 1743; Elizabeth, b. 11, 25, 1744, m. Joseph Knight ; Sarah, b. 12, 22, 1746-7; Susanna, b. 2, 20, 1749, d. 10, 15, 1823, m. Jacob Hoopes and Gideon Gilpin; Ruth, b. 11, 7, 1750 ; Moses, b. 12, 20, 1752 ; Aaron, b. 10, 11, 1754 ; Jesse, b. 3, 12, 1756, d. 11, 21, 1819 ; Esther, b. 9, 6, 1757, in. Abraham Williamson and Samuel Painter ; Rebecca, b. 5, 3, 1759, died young. Of these, Jesse married, 3, 26, 1788, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Phebe Hoopes, born 4, 17, 1760, died 12, 15, 1848. They resided at Westtown, and had children,-Ann, b. 5, 1.3, 1788, d. 9, 21, 1851 ; Joseph, b. 8, 17, 1789 ; John, b. 10, 3, 1790, d. 4, 22, 1854 ; Hannah, b. 3, 1, 1792, d. 3, 10, 1831 (?) ; Susanna G., b. 12, 4, 1793, d. 3, 18, 1866 (?) ; Phebe, b. 9, 27, 1795, d. 4, 30, 1864 ; Esther W., b. 6, 12, 1797, d. 12, 21, 1845 ; Jesse, b. 6, 24, 1801, d. 1, 2, 1874. John James, son of Jesse, married Hannah, daughter of Cheyney and Mary Jefferis, of East Bradford, and purchased a farm on the east side of Brandywine, at Jefferis' Ford, where he continued to reside. Hannah was born 3, 7, 1791, and died 3, 22, 1830. After her death John married Rachel Painter, who survived him. His children by the first wife were Edwin ; Mary, m. to Richard Ash-bridge ; Jesse, died young ; Esther, m. to Albin Garrett and William Woodward ; Cheyney, died young ; John, who owns the homestead ; Joseph, died young ; Cheyney J ., now deceased ; by the second wife, Jesse, also deceased. Aaron James, son of Caleb and Mary (Marshall) James, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Mercer, of Westtown, and had children,-Hannah, b. 1789 ; Thomas, Emmor, Abraham, Mary, Aaron, Betty, Jane, m. to Jesse James, Jr. ; Sarah, m. to Francis James, Esq. ; Martha, and Hunt, b. 1813, d. 1859. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 613 DANIEL JAMES, an Episcopalian, married Jane Thomas, a Baptist, in Wales, where some of their children were born. They came to Chester County, and resided perhaps near St. Peter's church, in the Valley, at one time, and afterwards in the neighborhood of Concord, but it is not known that Daniel owned any land. Joseph James, son of Daniel, was born in this country, June 21, 1761, and married Mary, daughter of Francis and Ann (Marshall) Hickman. He died Oct. 29, 1842, and his widow Feb. 21, 1846, aged about eighty years. Their children were as follows: Levis, Benjamin, Thomas, Sarah, Amelia, Ann and Francis, twins, Jane, Mary H., Hickman, and William H. FRANCIS JAMES, born April 4, 1799, began the study of law with John Duer, Esq., April 1, 1823, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1825, since which he has made West Chester his home. In 1834 he was elected to the State Senate, and served four years. He was elected representative in Congress for the district composed of Chester, Delaware, and Lancaster Counties in 1838 and 1840. Here lie took a strong anti-slavery position, and by speech and vote resisted the encroachments of the slave-power. He married, Sept. 7, 1826, Sarah II., daughter of Aaron and Mary James, of Westtown, and has one child, Anna M. James. Owing to failing health he gradually relinquished the practice of the law several years since, and now at the age of eighty-two years his tottering steps require the assistance of two canes. He is a venerable gentleman, dignified, courteous, and modest, and only at the solicitation of others would he allow his portrait to appear in this work. JEFFERIS, ROBERT, is first mentioned as a witness at a court held at Chester, September, 1685. In 1691 he purchased 60 acres of land near the middle of Upper Chichester township, whereon he probably resided for some years. In 1701 he purchased 169 acres in East Bradford township, and having sold that in Chichester, removed to the last purchase. In 1703 he was appointed constable for Westtown, Bradford not being then organized. In 1721 he added to his possessions by purchasing 189 acres from William Buffington. He conveyed the homestead in 1733 to his son Benjamin, reserving a life estate, and having divided his other land between his sons, he does not appear to have owned any at the time of his death, in 1738. His first wife was Jane, daughter of George and Jane Chandler, to whom he was married about 1692. After her death he married Ann ____ - by whom he had one child. His widow married Richard Archer prior to 1745, and surviving him, died at the residence of her son, Richard Jefferis, in Tell township, Huntingdon Co. The children of Robert and Jane Jefferis were Patience, m. to Henry Betterton and ____ Mackey ; Charity, m. to John Evans, and again, in 1721, to John tope; m. 1724, to Elizabeth (Ring) Neild ; James, in. March 3, 1728, to Elizabeth (Tull) Carter ; Robert, m. Eleanor _____and Elizabeth Harper, a widow ; George, m. Lydia _____ ; Jane, m. to Joseph Skeen; Anne, m. to Alexander Duncan ; Mary, m. to Thomas Temple, of Caln ; Benjamin, m. to Elizabeth Carter ; Thomas, m. to Catharine (?); John. William Jefferis resided in Chester township for some time after his marriage, but after his father's death he purchased the homestead in East Bradford and 'removed thither. He died 11, 23, 1777, and was buried on the 25th, at Birmingham Meeting. His children were Mary, b. 5, 29, 1727, m. William Marsh, of Sadsbury ; William, b. 3, 12, 1729, d. 1778, m. Hannah Darlington ; Martha, b. 1, 8, 1731, m. William Bennett ; Nathaniel, b. 11, 8, 1733, d. 9, 30, 1823 ; Hannah, m. John Hunt ; Samuel, b. 10, 6, 1736, d. 2, 28, 1823 ; Nathan, b. 5, 6, 1741, d. 1777. The descendants of William and Hannah (Darlington) Jefferis are very numerous, but mostly in the West. Nathaniel Jefferis married his first cousin, Prudence ____, and had seven children. He afterwards married Mary, daughter of Isaac Chalfant, by whom he had eight, of whom the late Isaac Jefferis, of Newlin, was one. Samuel Jefferis was married 11, 24, 1759, to Margaret, daughter of John and Joanna Townsend, of East Bradford, born 7, 27, 1742, died 7, 9, 1832. They resided for many years in West Whiteland, but died in West Chester. They had two sons,-William and John, of whom the first died with yellow fever in Philadelphia, leaving children, who went to Baltimore. John Jefferis married, 3, 29, 1787, Hanrah, daughter of John and Hannah Carpenter, of West Bradford, born 1, 4, 1768, died 7, 30, 1799. He married a second wife, Jane P. Bishop, who died 2, 14,1845. her children were Minerva, b. 12, 17, 1787, d. 8, 23, 1795 ; Horatio Townsend, b. 6, 22, 1789, d. 5, 14, 1836 ; Samuel Carpenter, b. 12, 1, 1790, d. 3, 20, 1843 ; Malinda England, b. 9, 9, 1792, d. 2, 27, 1863, m. Job 'Wickersham ; Phebe Baily, b. 8, 19, 1794, d. 3, 29, 1829 ; William Walter, b. 12, 5, 1796, died young ; Granville Sharp, b. 10, 5, 1802; Joseph Addison, b. 11, 3, 1803. Horatio Townsend Jefferis married, March 27, 1816, Hannah Paul, born April 19, 1790, died March 23, 1851. They resided in West Chester, and had children,-Minerva ; William Walter, now cashier of the Batik of Chester County ; Emily Jane; Martha Ann, m. Charles Fairlamb ; John Paul, now of Washington, D. C. ; Horatio Carpenter, and Mortimer Townsend, lately Episcopal minister of an English Church at Dresden. James Jefferis, son of Robert and Jane, married Elizabeth, widow of George Carter, of East Bradford, and settled on the Carter homestead, on the west side of Brandywine, at Jefferis' Ford. His father conveyed some land to him on the east side of the creek, and he purchased from the Worth family 150 acres on the west side. He became a member of Birmingham Meeting in 1738, and was appointed an overseer in 1743. He died in 1745, but his wife survived him many years. They had three children, -James, Abigail, who married Thomas Williamson, and Emmor. James was born Nov. 20, 1728, and married, Dec. 23, 1749, Ann, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Cheyney, of Thornbury, born Feb. 21, 1727-8, died at the age of seventy-six years, six months, twenty-seven days. He inherited his father's lands on the east side of the creek, where he died in 1807. His children were Mary, b. 9, 9, 1750, m. to Thomas Hickman ; Emmor, b. 1, 18, 1752, 614 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. d. 10, 8, 1822, m. Rachel Grubb ; Betty, b. 3, 17, 1755, d. 1, 5, 1838, unmarried ; Hannah, b. 10, 19, 1757, m. to Moses Hickman ; Jane, b. 10, 7, 1759, d. 3, 16, 1849. Her son Chalkley, b. 11, 17, 1789, d. 11, 4, 1870, was a mason and builder, and in conjunction with William Ingram erected many important public buildings. Cheyney, b. 4, 26, 1762, d. 4, 6, 1828 ; Jacob, b. 9, 26, 1764, d. 11, 20, 1840, m. Elizabeth Cope ; Ann, b. 9, 24, 1767, d. 6, 5, 1768. Cheyney Jefferis learned the hatting business, but became a farmer. He married, 11, 26, 1790, Mary Bennett., b. 11, 29, 1762, died 9, 2, 1807, daughter of James and Hannah Bennett, of Pennsbury. He married again, 3, 22, 1810, Martha Sharpless, b. 4, 27, 1775, died 4, 30, 1854, daughter of Joshua and Edith Sharpless. He purchased a farm eastward of and adjoining that of his father, now owned by his grandson, Edwin James. His children by the first wife were Hannah, m. to John James ; James, Titus, Cheyney, Mary, m. to James Bennett ; Edith ; and by the second, Ann, m. to Moses Sheppard; Lydia, Martha, and Joshua ; all deceased except the last, who is one of Chester County's model farmers, residing in New Garden township. Emmor Jefferis, son of James and Elizabeth, inherited the land on the west side of the ford, where he died about 1802. It was he who was compelled to guide the British army towards Birmingham Meeting on the day of battle. He married, in 1757, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Taylor, on Pocopson Creek. She died 7, 11, 1793, aged about fifty-three years. They had three children,-James, b. about 1758, d. 1, 25, 1822 ; Emmor, b. 3, 2, 1760, d. 8, 8, 1813; and Sarah, who married Dr. Joseph Moore. James was a sea-captain, and owner of the vessel " Neptune," which sailed from Wilmington. Later in life he settled down on his farm in East Bradford, now of E. H. Holley. He also became the owner of his brother Emmor's share of their father's land by purchase from the heirs. Capt. Jefferis is represented in the name by his grandson, Bayard Jefferis, of West Chester. Emmor Jefferis, his brother, married Charity, daughter of Samuel and Lydia Grubb, born 12, 30, 1762, died 3, 10, 1836. They had children,-Sarah, mother of Hon. John Hickman ; Grubb, Curtis, Joseph, Benjamin, Lydia, John S., Elizabeth, Anna, Charity, Emmor, and Abigail. Of these, Anna, widow of Isaac Trimble, of West Bradford, is living at the age of eighty-four years. Emmor Jefferis, the youngest son, was the grandfather of Rev. William Jefferis, of Newark College, Delaware. Richard Jefferis, the youngest son of the first Robert, born about 1730, settled in Huntingdon County, and had a large family of children by two wives, the names of twenty-two being known. His son Mark, born Feb. 10, 1787, died Feb. 11, 1877, was the father of Gen. Noah L. Jeffries, sometime register of the treasury at Washington, D. C. Robert Jefferis the first was probably born as early as 1670, and some of his grandchildren were living in 1879, making an unusually long period to be covered by three generations. The name is differently spelled in different branches of the family, but by those in Chester County it is written Jefferis. JOHN, GRIFFITH, son of John Phillips and Ellen, his wife, was born in Pembrokeshire, in Wales, in the year 1683, and arrived in Pennsylvania 2, 11, 1709 ; married, 7, 20, 1714, Ann, daughter of Robert and Gwen Williams, of Goshen, where she was born in 1706. They settled in Uwchlan, where he died 6, 29, 1778, and his widow 6, 17, 1782. He was a minister among Friends near seventy years. His children were Joshua, b. 1, 31, 1720 ; Hannah, b. 1, 19, 1723 ; Jane, b. 2, 5, 1725 ; Abel, b. 7, 22, 1727 ; Griffith, b. 8, 26, 1729 ; Esther, b. 1, 3, 1731 ; Robert, b. 7, 22, 1734 ; Sarah, b. 8, 31, 1736 ; and Reuben, who married Lydia, daughter of John and Joanna Townsend. SAMUEL JOHN, a brother of Griffith, was born in Pembrokeshire in 1680, and educated in the Church of England, but after his arrival in this country, in 1709, he became a minister among Friends, and was such about fifty-four years. He died 10, 16, 1766, and was buried at Uwchlan. By his wife, Margaret, he had children,-Mary, Samuel, Margaret, David, Ellen, and Daniel. JESSE JOHN, descended from a Welsh family, was born in Vincent township, Chester Co., on March 14, 1770. His education was such as that plain rural district then afforded, but for a portion of it he was indebted to John Forsythe, who taught school for a while in that part of Chester County, and was afterwards the able and acceptable teacher of the Friends' school at Birmingham Meetinghouse. In early life Jesse John became an active, practical man and a good citizen. He served as a commissary to a portion of the provisional army raised during the administration of the elder Adams, and was always popular in his native county. In 1804 he was elected sheriff, and early in 1809 was appointed by Governor Snyder prothonotary and clerk of the courts of Chester County, which offices he held for the period of nine years. During the war of 1812-15, Isaac Wayne, only son of the gallant Anthony, raised a volunteer troop of cavalry, of which Mr. John was a favorite officer, with the rank of cornet. On the capture of Washington City, when volunteers were called for, the troop paraded in front of the Governor's quarters in Philadelphia, and tendered their services, but cavalry were not then deemed requisite for the defense of the city of Penn, and Mr. Wayne's handsome troop was therefore not employed. In March, 1814, an act of Assembly. was passed authorizing the establishment of the Bank of Chester County, and Jesse John was one of the nine commissioners appointed by the act to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said bank. He was chosen one of the directors at three successive elections. Having served out his clerkship of the courts for nine years, he removed with his family to the West, and settled in Muskingum Co., Ohio, in 1819. In that prosperous region he passed the remainder of his days, and departed this life May 21, 1861, aged ninety-one years. Jesse John was for many years a devoted member of the Baptist Church ; at all times a zealous Republican and an earnest patriot. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 615 JOB, ANDREW, was an early settler in and near Chester, but was not among the earliest. He was married to Elizabeth Vernon in 1692. Both as a member of the Society of Friends and as a citizen he maintained a good standing. In 1697 he served the office of sheriff, and in 1702 he represented Chester County in the Provincial Assembly, and about 1704 removed to the new settlement of Nottingham, where he died 4, 5, 1722. His children were Benjamin, b. 8, 13, 1693, d. 9, 1, 1693 ; Jacob, b. 5, 26, 1694 ; Thomas, b. 9, 22, 1693, m. Elizabeth Maxwell, a niece of Daniel Defoe, 8, 28, 1725 ; Mary, b. 1, 23, 1696-7, m. John White, 8, 31, 1717 ; Enoch, b. 7, 9, 1698, died young ; Enoch, b. 11, 6, 1700-1, d. 1731, m. Abigail Gatchell ; Abraham, b. 6, 22, 1702, m. Sarah Gatchell, 9, 24, 1726 ; Caleb, b. 5, 26, 1704 ; Joshua, b. 1, 2, 1706-7, m. Margaret McCoy, 1, 11, 1730-1 ; Hannah, b. 8, 24, 1708 ; Patience, b. 7, 2, 1710, m. Robert McCoy. JOHNSON, ROBERT, and wife, Margaret (Bcrthwaite), came from Ireland, and settled in New Garden, where he died in 1732, leaving children,-Benjamin, James, Joshua, Robert, Abigail, and Ann. Abigail became the wife successively of Thomas Wickersham, Isaac Baily, and Mordecai Cloud. A son, Caleb Johnson, died in 1728, and a daughter, Sarah, in 1718. Joshua Johnson, born 7, 29, 1696, at Coleboy, in the county of Wicklow, married Sarah, daughter of Gayen and Margaret Miller, born 9, 1, 1704, in Kennet, and they had children,-James, Lydia, Margaret, William, Sarah, Joshua, Hannah, Robert, Dinah, Rebecca, and David. Robert Johnson, Jr., married Katharine, daughter of Simon and Ruth Hadly, and had children,-Hannah, Simon, Caleb, Lydia, Stephen, Jonathan, and Isaac. Benjamin Johnson married, 9, 5, 1729, Mary, daughter of Ephraim and Rachel Jackson, of Edgmont. JOHNSTON, FRANCIS, son of Alexander Johnston, of New London, was among the earliest and most earnest of the Whigs of Chester County who led the opposition to the measures of Britain, which resulted in the war of independence. When the master-spirits of that day assembled to organize resistance to tyranny, we almost invariably find Anthony Wayne presiding at the meetings in Chester County, and Francis Johnston acting as secretary. In the beginning of January, 1776, the Committee of Safety recommended the following field-officers for the Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion, then to be raised : For colonel, Anthony Wayne, of Chester County ; for lieutenant-colonel, Francis Johnston, of Chester County ; for major, Nicholas Hausecker, of Lancaster County. They were accordingly appointed by the Continental Congress. Of the eight captains in that battalion, six were from Chester County, viz. : Persifor Frazer, Thomas Robinson, Caleb North, Frederick Vernon, James Moore, and James Taylor. At the close of the campaign of 1776, Lieut.-Col. Johnston returned to Chester County, on account, it is believed, of ill health. The following letter from Francis Johnston to Gen. Mifflin may serve to indicate the harsh feelings which prevailed in those trying times : "CROSS-ROADS, Dec. 21, 1776. "DEAR GENERAL,-I hope the subject of this letter will serve as a sufficient apology for the liberty I bike in writing to you. I think it my duty to inform you of the strange and perverse change in politics which hath taken place through a great part of this county. Even some quondam associators, as well as conscientiously scrupulous men, totally refuse to accept Congress money as payment for old debts; and there are some so maliciously averse to our support of liberty that they refuse to part with any commodity whatsover, even the necessaries of life, unless they get hard money, or the old paper currency of this province. Most of the tavern-keepers (who are Friends) on the Lancaster road have pulled down their signs, and refuse the soldiery provisions or drink ; they will assign you no reason for such conduct. The reason, however, is too evident : they are afraid to receive Congress money. The other day a man offered the sum of £300 Congress for £150 Pennsylvania currency. While people are suffered thus to depreciate that money by-which we carry on the present war, and are passed by, unnoticed and with impunity, I cannot hesitate a moment in pronouncing the contest near an end, and, what I dread, an inglorious one, too. "What officer or soldier will enter into the service in future if the common and immediate necessaries of life are denied them• because they have it not in their power to lay down any other than Congress money ? Inclosed, I beg leave to send you a Resolve, which, in my weak judgment (if adopted by Congress), would remedy every inconvenience. If you should like it, you no doubt will exert your influence with that august body to have it passed as soon as possible. I am, dear sir, sincerely yours, etc., F. JOHNSTON. " ‘Resolved, That all persons, to whom debts are now, or shall henceforth become due, who shall refuse to accept Continental money, from his or their debtors in discharge of such debts (it being first properly tendered them in the presence of two witnesses), shall be, and they are hereby forever debarred from the recovery of such debts, and are hereby ordered to deliver up any bond, bill, or note, upon which such debt may Rave become due, unto the said debtor or debtors, under the pains and penalties of fine and imprisonment, etc.'" The proposition of Col. Johnston seems to have been promptly adopted. " In Congress, Dec. 27, 1776: "Resolved, That the Council of Safety of Pennsylvania be requested to take the most vigorous and speedy measures for punishing all such as shall refuse Continental currency, and that the General be directed to give all necessary aid to the Council of Safety for carrying their measures on this subject into effectual execution. By order of Con- gress.  JOHN HANCOCK, President." In March, 1777, the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment was organized, with the following field-officers, viz. : Colonel, Francis Johnston ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Persifor Frazer, of Chester County ; Major, Thomas Robinson. Col. F. Johnston to Mrs. (Persifor) Frazer : "CROSS-ROADS [NEW LONDON], Oct. 1, 1777. " DEAR MADAM,-I should have written to you sooner, but unfortunately fell sick immediately after the action at Chadsford. " I am heartily sorry for your loss [the capture of Col. Frazer]. I trust, however, that it will be of short duration, as I have great reason to believe a general exchange of prisoners will soon take place. The enemy will find your husband a man of honor and a gentleman; so that you have nothing to fear. Be will be treated well. " If you have not already sent some hard cash and clothing to the colonel, you will please let me know, that I may use my endeavors to procure some hard money, which, with his baggage, shall be sent with a flag of truce the earliest opportunity. I should be glad to know whether my papers, and some little clothing, which I had in the colonel's chest, be secure, and where they are. " I am, dear madam, yours, etc., " FR. JOHNSTON. "N. B.-When you write, send your letter to camp." Col. Johnston became a citizen of Philadelphia after the Revolution, and was elected to the office of sheriff in 1810. His death is stated to have occurred Feb. 22, 1815. JONES, REV. DAVID.-The Rev. David Jones, A.M., was a son of Morgan and Eleanor Evans Jones, and a grandson of David and Lather Morgan Jones, and WAS' born 616 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. in New Castle Co., Del., May 12, 1736. His grandparents were natives of Wales, and his grandmother was a daughter of the famous Morgan ap Rhydderch, a devout man, and a preacher among the Baptists. His early life was devoted to agricultural pursuits, but desiring to enter the ministry, he turned his attention to the study of divinity, and after the usual preparatory studies he was licensed in 1761, and in the course of a few years became an eminent preacher among the Baptists. The hours which could be spared, in early life, from his pastoral charge and ecclesiastical researches were employed in obtaining a knowledge of the ancient languages, which he conceived to be of importance in the line of his profession. By ,intense application he acquired a respectable acquaintance with the Latin and Greek languages, the study of which opened to him not only the fields of the literature, but also those of the politics and manners of those distinguished nations of antiquity. From these sources he gathered a rich harvest of information, which the strength of his memory enabled him at all times to draw on, and apply to the purposes of enriching the minds of some and gratifying the taste of others. He was a missionary among the Indians of the Ohio Valley in 1772 and 1773. In 1775 he removed to Chester County, and took charge of the Great Valley Baptist Church, in Tredyffrin township. In 1776 he was appointed a chaplain in the army. He served in that capacity under Gens. Gates and St. Clair, and was with Gen. Wayne from 1777 to 1783. It has been often said that the hand of Providence could be evidently traced throughout the Revolutionary struggle of these United States. It might also be justly added that the same hand was not less conspicuous in the raising up of men suited both to originate and conduct it. Among those illustrious men the Rev. David Jones well deserves to be ranked. Long and tedious were the dissensions which preceded the commencement of actual hostilities between the mother-country and her colonies. In these the Rev. Mr. Jones bore a conspicuous part, both by his voice and pen ; to each of which his age and talents gave peculiar efficacy. When every remonstrance to the British throne and Parliament had failed, and no alternative remained other than the surrender of our rights or the glorious defense of them, the Rev. David Jones, without hesitancy, resolved to follow the eagles of his country with the banner of the Cross ; and this he faithfully did, from the frozen lakes of Canada to the burning sands of Florida. His usefulness in the Revolutionary war was by no means limited to the functions of chaplain to a brigade, but also displayed itself in other important departments of the army. He had early in life (after he had entered holy orders) acquired, under eminent instructors, a very respectable knowledge of medicine and surgery, which enabled him to render essential services at different junctures of the war, when a variety of casualties had reduced the requisite number of the medical staff. He also afforded eminent services in reconnoitring the enemy, in which employment he frequently hazarded his life for the benefit of his country ; and to his honor be it added that nearly all of those valuable services were voluntarily and gratuitously bestowed in behalf of the great cause which he had espoused with so much zeal. He was in the battle of Brandywine, and narrowly escaped death at the Paoli massacre. He was also in the battle of Germantown, and was with the army at Valley Forge in the memorable winter of 1777-78, near to which was his home. It is said that his spirited and patriotic addresses tended to greatly inspire the soldiers. At the close of the Revolutionary war Mr. Jones reassumed the pastoral charge of the Baptist congregation in the Great Valley, Chester County. To this and agricultural pursuits his time was chiefly devoted until the year 1793. Early in that year he was appointed chaplain to the army of the United States, then under ,the command of Maj.-Gen. Anthony Wayne. A strong detachment of this army was destined to subdue the hordes of savage Indians, then generally in hostility against the United States. This was an arduous and hazardous enterprise, as the greater portion of the western and southwestern country was a wilderness, almost exclusively in possession of the savages, who had been recently elated and rendered more barbarous in consequence of two signal victories obtained over the forces of Harmar and St. Clair. During this Indian war the veteran chaplain rendered most valuable services, in the performance of which, as in the Revolutionary struggle, his life was frequently in jeopardy. His knowledge of the Indian character, and of the geography of their wilderness country, which he had acquired while a missionary among them, enabled him to aid materially in promoting judicious movements of the army, in garrisoning the country, and in practicing the address necessary to be observed in bringing about a final adjustment of the disputes between those hostile tribes and the United States. Upon the settlement of our difficulty with the Indians, and the evacuation of Fort Detroit and its dependencies by the British, the Rev. David Jones retired from the public service, and returned to his farm in Chester County. In the peaceful occupation of husbandry, and preaching the gospel, his time was amply employed until the war of 1812. Soon BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 617 after the commencement of the " second war of independence," Mr. Jones was appointed a chaplain in the Northern Department of the army, in which capacity he remained, sincerely reverenced and esteemed, until the conclusion of the conflict. A gallant officer of the American army on the Canadian frontier related the following characteristic anecdote : When the venerable chaplain arrived at the lines he held religious service, and such was the patriotic fervor of the prayer with which it was concluded that the troops spontaneously responded with three hearty cheers ! After the termination of this third war in which the Rev. David Jones had served, he resumed his agricultural employments, and having no particular pastoral charge, he preached the gospel in sections of the country wherever he supposed it was most needed. Sept. 20, 1817, he delivered an address at the dedication of the first monument erected at the Paoli massacre grounds, and this proved to be the last occasion that he officiated in public. He always wore the cue, the cockade hat, the breeches, the shoe- and knee-buckles ; in short, the dress of a gentleman of " ye olden time." The pious old patriot departed this. life Feb. 5, 1820, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. His remains rest in the cemetery of the Baptist church, Chester Valley, where a marble tablet records a brief memorial of his faithful and most exemplary career. REV. HORATIO GATES JONES, D.D. — Rev. David Jones had four children who survived him, the youngest of whom, named Horatio Gate's Jones, in honor of Gen. Horatio Gates, under whom the chaplain served for a time, was born in Easttown, Chester Co., Feb. 11, 1777. He became a Baptist minister, and was pastor of a church in Salem, N. J., until 1805, when he removed to Roxborough, Philadelphia. In 1809 he established the Lower Merion Baptist Church, and served it as pastor until his death, Dec. 12, 1853. He was a man of distinguished presence, an eloquent speaker, and a ready writer. He filled positions of prominence in the church and in the community in which he lived, where he was highly esteemed. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the university at Lewisburg, Pa. He left four sons,—Hon. J. Richter Jones, for many years a judge of the courts of Philadelphia, and afterwards colonel of the 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the head of which he fell at Newbern, N. C., in 1863 ; Col. Charles Thompson Jones, Nathan Levering Jones, and Hon. Horatio Gates Jones, the latter of whom is a member of the Philadelphia bar, and has since 1874 been a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, in which he has made himself somewhat famous as an advocate of religious liberty. REES JONES, with his wife, Hannah, and children, Richard, Lowry, and Evan, from Merionethshire, arrived in Pennsylvania 7, 17, 1684, and settled in Merion, where the father died 11, 26, 1697. In his will the name is given as Rees John William. Besides the children born in Wales, there were five others,—John, Edward, Jane, Sarah, and Margaret. Richard married Jane Evans and, after her death, Re-\ - 78 - becca (Vernon) Garrett, and settled in Goshen, where he died 7, 16, 1771. He was a surveyor and conveyancer, clerk and recorder for Goshen Monthly Meeting many years, and a Very useful citizen. By his first wife he had a son, Rees, who m. 1, 23, 1731-2, Amy Cock, daughter of Henry and Mary Cock, of Long Island. Their son, Benjamin Jones, married Rebecca Eavenson, and settled in Westtown, near the present railroad station. Their children were Lydia, m. Richard Eavenson ; Elizabeth, m. Joseph Fox ; Amy ; Phebe, m. Thomas Massey ; Hannah, m. Isaac Hoopes ; Benjamin, m. Ann James ; John, unmarried ; Sidney, b. 11, 13, 1792, in. Abraham Hoopes and Benjamin Sharpless ; Amy, m. Isaac T. Larkin ; Rebecca, m. Joseph Larkin ; Rees, b. 1800, m. Elizabeth Strode. GRIFFITH JOHN, whose children bore the name of Jones, came from Wales about 1712, and settled in Tredyffrin, on a farm about one mile west of New Centreville, on the State road, which has for many years been owned by Samuel Stearn and family. He died in 1753, and was buried at the Great Valley Baptist church, where also seven succeeding generations now lie. In the history of the church the family is frequently mentioned. A brother, Henry John, also came to this country, but is not known to have left children. The children of Griffith were Samuel, 'William, Thomas, Margaret (married, June 8, 1739, Evan James), and John, who inherited the homestead. Samuel Jones lived on his father's farm during the Revolutionary war, and a British or Hessian general is said to have had his headquarters in his house, and took all his horses but one, which they could not catch. While the British were there Nathaniel Jones (his son) went to the mill and remained absent several days. Every day the British would say to the parents, " Well, we caught him to-day ; we caught the rebel to-day." Samuel had three sons,—Enoch, 'William, and Nathaniel, —and perhaps daughters. William left a daughter, who married a Mr. Henderson. Nathaniel, it is thought, married his brother William's widow, and had a large family, whose descendants are numerous in the 'West. Enoch Jones married Sarah Davis, of Easttown, and remained on a part of his father's farm. He was a good man, but stern, and would not allow his boys to whistle, even about the farm, nor to wear suspenders, then coming into fashion. Of his children, Spicer, with a large family, went West. Nathaniel m. Mary Lawrence, and resided on a small farm near the Great Valley Baptist church, in which neighborhood some of his children live. Thomas Jones m. Eliza Todd, and was a farmer in the Valley, near Warren tavern ; had the Cedar Hollow lime-kilns, a lumber-yard at Lumberville, on the Schuylkill, and another at West Chester, hauling from the former to the latter by horses. He was one of the associate judges of Chester County, a justice of the peace for nineteen years ; was brigade inspector of Pennsylvania militia, and captain of the Chester and Delaware County Union Troop, which escorted Lafayette on his visit here in 1825. Samuel married Hannah Johnson, of Londongrove, was a farmer, and left a son and daughter, who live with their mother near Wayne Station. John married Mary Ann McLean and (second) 618 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Elizabeth Pennypacker. He was a fierce Abolitionist, a hater of tobacco, alcohol, and secret societies, and went to Oberlin, Ohio, to educate his children because all races were admitted there. He died near Phoenixville. Enoch, Jr., bought a farm near Chester Springs, upon which a valuable deposit of iron ore was found. He left descendants. Betsy married Joseph Bartholomew. Martha married Capt. Samuel Davis, near Phoenixville, and her daughter is the wife of Dr. Nathan A. Pennypacker, of Schuylkill township. The children of Thomas and Eliza Jones, who left families, were D. Todd Jones, who lately died at Doe Run, Mrs. John Mustin, of Philadelphia, Sarah, who married John M. Philips, of Atglen, and Mrs. Isaac Acker, of Rosenvick. Horatio Jones, eldest son of John, last mentioned, was appointed by President Lincoln a territorial judge of Nevada, since which he served a full term upon the bench in St. Louis, and, declining re-election, is now practicing law in that city. G. M. P. KALER, LEVI B.—Matthias Kaler, a native of Germany, settled in Berks County, and his son John married Elizabeth Olmstead, descended from Heinrich Olmstead, one of the first settlers near Skippack Valley, in Montgomery County, and on her mother's side from the old Boyer family. Levi B. Kaler, their son, was born Jan. 26, 1828, in Berks County. He was educated in the public or subscription schools, and was for some time a pupil of Rev. Henry Miller, a noted educator of his day. His winters were spent at school, and the summers working on the farm. In 1847, at the age of nineteen, he went to Phoenixville and engaged as salesman with William Nyce in the dry-goods and grocery business, with whom he remained until 1855. In that year the proprietor retiring, he, in connection with Nathan Wagoner, a fellow-clerk, purchased and carried on the store under the name of Kaler & Wagoner. This association continued until 1873, when it was dissolved* by the death of his partner, but the firm yet continued in the same name, Mrs. Mary Ellen Wagoner succeeding her husband. The business under the management of this firm grew rapidly, until it became one of the most prosperous in the county, and so continued. He married in September, 1860, Anne Olivia Nyce, by whom he had four children, one of whom, Anne, the youngest, is living. After the decease of his first wife he married, July 16, 1874, Anne S., daughter of Samuel and Susan White, for many years a popular and successful teacher in Phoenixville, and a lady of rare and marked culture. In 1856 he was elected member of the school board, was twice re-elected, and served until 1862. During his term of service all the schools were graded and new houses built, in which he was largely instrumental. He was elected to the borough council in 1872, re-elected in 1873, and was influential in the building and completion of the new water-works was elected chief burgess in 1874, and served one year. He was one of the originators and first directors of the Phoenixville National Bank, and has continued as a director almost uninterruptedly to the present time. Also one of the incorporators of the Morris Cemetery in 1865, he has been its secretary from the date of its charter. He is clerk and treasurer of the Central Union Association of Baptist Churches, having as the latter succeeded Uriah V. Pennypacker fifteen years ago, and has acted as the former for ten years. For fifteen years he has been superintendent BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 619 of the Baptist Sunday-school, and for a long time a deacon in that church. The firm of Kaler & Wagoner were the first to introduce into Phoenixville gas for lighting purposes. He took a prominent part in the construction of the " Masonic Hall," and was president of its board of managers. In the Blue Lodge he has served in all the positions, and in the Masonic order taken all the degrees up to Knight Templar. He is a director in the Pickering Valley Railroad, is connected with the Penn Mutual Insurance Company of Chester County, and president of the Phoenix Creamery Association. He is emphatically a self-made man. He began life with no capital save a resolute will and good character, and by his industry has attained to success in business and the enjoyment of a handsome competence. Originally a Whig, he identified himself with the Republican party from its very organization, and has repeatedly served as a delegate in county and State conventions. lie has often and favorably been spoken of for public positions, and especially in 1880 for member of the Legislature. KELTON, JAMES, born 1695, in Scotland, came from the north of Ireland to this country prior to 1735, and resided for a time in New London, afterwards purchasing 500 acres of land in Londongrove, near the present West Grove. Here he built a house, which is still standing. his first wife, Margaretta, born 1699, in Scotland, died at West Grove, aged sixty-five, leaving no children. At the age of seventy-five years he married Mary Hackett, aged eighteen, of New Garden, near Avondale. He died in 1781, and his widow married a Mr. Fryer and went to Tennessee. By his will he directed that his son James should be taught Latin and Greek if he desired it. He left two children, James and Margaret. The latter married John Menough, and died at the age of eighty-six years. James Kelton, Jr., born 1776, married Agnes Mackey, daughter of David Mackey, Esq., of Londongrove, Feb. 7, 1793 ; was sheriff three years, served ten years in Assembly and four in the Senate ; was the first postmaster at West Grove, serving about twenty years, and died in 1844 at the age of sixty-eight years, leaving eleven children : 1. David, b. Nov. 9, 1794 ; m. Margaret Turner. 2. John M., b. Feb. 1, 1795. 3. James, b. Aug. 1, 1796 ; m. Mary Fulton. 4. Mary, b. May 1, 1798 ; m. David Jackson. 5. Robert, b. March 4, 1800 ; m. Margaretta Cunningham. 6. Joseph, b. March, 1802 ; m. Phebe Essinger. 7. Agnes, b. September, 1805 ; m. Thomas F. Lambson. 8. Margaretta, b. July 12, 1812, died young. 9. George, b. Jan. 24, 1810 ; m. Christiana Johnson. 10. Julia, died young. 11. Rachel, b. Dec. 1, 1814 ; m. Elijah McClenachan. The mother died in 1823. John M. Kelton was born in the same house as his father ; was justice of the peace forty years, director of the poor eleven, director and surveyor of the Chester County Mutual Fire Insurance Company eighteen years, and was one of the founders of Lincoln University. He married Elizabeth Correy, Dec. 10, 1818, and has two children,—Robert C. (married to Martha E. Nelson) and Ellen (married to James Mackey). Robert is postmaster at Kelton post-office. KENNEDY, DR. SAMUEL, son of David, was a gentleman of culture and determined character, descended from the Kennedys of Ayrshire, Scotland. In the possession of a competence, he was patriotic from conviction, and was among the first to proffer services in the cause of liberty. Six months prior to the Declaration of Independence he addressed the Continental Congress as follows: " To the Honourable the Continental Congress. " The Petition of Samuel Kennedy most respectfully showeth: That your petitioner has been in the practice of physic and surgery upwards of twenty years with reputation, and would cheerfully serve his Country in the most acceptable manner his capacity and ability will admit of. Therefore prays that your Honors would be pleased to appoint him Surgeon to one of the Battallions now about to be raised. " SAML. KENNEDY. " PHILADA, Jan. 3, 1776." On Jan. 19, 1776, in Committee of Safety, George Clymer, President, it was " Resolved, That Doctor Samuel Kennedy be appointed Surgeon to the Fourth Battalion Pennsylvania Troops in the service of the United Colonies." In May, 1777, he was appointed " Senior Surgeon in the Military Hospitals." In November, 1777, he was appointed " Senior Surgeon and Physician in the General Hospital of the Middle Department." These commissions are in possession of his grandson, Joseph C. G. Kennedy. The general hospital, under his charge at his death, had been erected on the property of Dr. Kennedy, at the Yellow Springs, a large structure, now occupied by the State for its wards, the orphan children of soldiers of the Rebellion, as is also the old mansion. The American army was for a time quartered on the Yellow Springs property, while the British occupied his homestead farm in the Great Valley, both equally destructive. Dr. Kennedy accompanied Wayne's army to Long Island, where he was retained with the main army as senior surgeon, at Ticonderoga, and in the battles fought on the borders of Canada. Returning with the army, he was at the battle of Brandywine, the Valley Forge, the affair at Paoli, and at the battle of Germantown, and superintended the hospital at Bethlehem. For his services he neither asked nor received a dollar from the public treasury. His letters to his wife from Long Island, Ticonderoga, and other points, in possession of his grandson, are full of interest, and bespeak the character of a Christian patriot, fond husband, and affectionate parent. Dr. John Brown Cutting, of the Revolutionary army, in a letter to John Kennedy, of Tennessee, a son of the doctor, then a lawyer of prominence, writes of his personal knowledge of the doctor's services in the army, and in conclusion says, " I am bound conscientiously to declare that a more useful, skillful, and humane public service has seldom been' executed. While in the zealous performance of his medical duties he imbibed a contagious hospital malady, which in two days carried him off, June 28,* 1778, to the unspeakable grief of family and friends. The melancholy duty devolved upon me of committing to paper and witnessing his last will, and of closing the eyes of one of the noblest surgeons and most meritorious patriots that benefitted and adorned the late Revolutionary army." The wife of Dr. Kennedy was Sarah, daughter of Job Ruston, of Penn's Manor, and sister to Dr. Thomas Ruston, of Philadelphia. * This should be the 17th. 620 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Dr. Kennedy's children who survived him were Dr. Thomas Ruston Kennedy, John Kennedy, Mary (Kinnard), mother of George L. Kinnard, M.C. from Indiana, and Sarah (Robinson), who died without issue. In his will Dr. Kennedy bequeathed a sum of money to be expended in building a stone wall around the graveyard of Charlestown meeting-house, where a neat monument indicates the place of his burial, with the following inscription : " In memory of Doctor Samuel Kennedy, Physician of the General Hospital, who departed this life June 17, A.D. 1778, in the 48th year of his age. "In him the Patriot, Scholar, Christian, Friend, Harmonious met 'till Death his life did end : The Church's Pupil, and the State his care, A Physician skilful, and a Whig sincere, Beneath this Tomb now sleeps his precious dust, Till the last Trump reanimates the just." DR. THOMAS RUSTON KENNEDY, born in Chester County in 1763, was son of Dr. Samuel Kennedy, graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, and studied medicine under Dr. Morgan, of Philadelphia. In a letter of Governor Mifflin, Nov. 17,1794, to Maj. Denny, who had charge of troops " to relieve the garrison at Le Beuf" (near Lake Erie), he writes: " I have appointed Dr. Thomas Ruston Kennedy, a young man of excellent character, surgeon of your Battalion. You will be pleased to receive him, and consider him as my friend." Dr. Kennedy was subsequently surgeon to the troops under charge of Andrew Ellicott, who constructed a fort at Presque Isle, and passed his life in successive public posts of honor and responsibility, and one of whose daughters subsequently became the wife of Dr. Kennedy. On the organization of Crawford County, in 1800, Dr. Kennedy was by Governor McKean appointed prothonotary and clerk of the courts, held by him until 1809. He was a man of great energy, and " affected more the early progress of Western Pennsylvania than any other man." He died at Meadville, March 24, 1813. THOMAS KENNEDY, M.D., eldest son of Lieut. William Kennedy, who perished in the conflict for national independence, was born in Wallace, then a part of Nantmeal township, in 1766. He assisted his widowed mother in her struggle to rear her family of small children by laboring on a farm until near his majority, when he commenced the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Harris, of Indiantown. Having received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Kennedy entered on the practice of his profession in his native township, and in 1796 or 1797 became the successor of his preceptor, Dr. Harris. Owing to his genial disposition and acknowledged ability, he was extensively employed, and his services were called for over a section of country which is now occupied by upwards of a dozen well-patronized physicians. Dr. Kennedy was strongly opposed to a frequent and often too ready use of the scalpel. On one occasion, when physicians had been called for consultation, and among them Dr. Sturgis, of Downingtown, it was decided that the arm of the patient, which had been badly cut by a scythe, must be amputated. This Dr. Kennedy, as the family physician, firmly resisted, and finally succeeded in saving the limb. While still comparatively young, Dr. Kennedy, to the great regret of the many who had been benefited by his medical skill, sank under an attack of typhus fever, in April, 1814. He left a family consisting of a wife and two song and a daughter, the last a posthumous child. His widow died within the last decade, at the advanced age of ninety. His eldest son, Thomas Jefferson, who has passed the allotted threescore and ten, and the daughter, now a widow, reside in the neighboring county of Berks. Like most physicians of his day and too many of the present, Dr. Kennedy left no record of either the nature and treatment of many ailments and new types of disease which tested his professional knowledge and experience, or of the generally prevailing maladies for which he was often called to afford relief. This is to be regretted, as memoranda by him and others of a period when climatic changes were less sudden, malarial fevers common, inoculation the only prevention of smallpox, and delirium tremens unknown, would have aided their medical successors and contributed to the history of a portion of the county of which many noteworthy incidents have sunk into oblivion. DR. JOHN KENNEDY (son of Capt. John Kennedy, of Baltimore, Md., who served with distinction in the war of 1812), was born in the Monumental City, Feb. 13, 1800, and was liberally educated in its classical schools. He subsequently attended the University of Maryland (medical), in which he was graduated in 1820. For two years he was'resident physician of the Baltimore City Hospital. February, 1822, he settled in Oxford, this county. He there grew rapidly into an extensive practice, and rose to eminence in his profession. He was married May 18, 1826, to Mary, eldest daughter of Col. David Dickey, of Hopewell, of this county. He was a charter member of the Chester County Medical Society, organized June 7, 1828, the first instituted in the State. He died May 28, 1838, leaving two sons and five daughters. The eldest son, Dr. David D. Kennedy, resides at Oxford, and the other, John M., is a practicing attorney of note at Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. John Kennedy practiced medicine for sixteen years at Oxford, and no one was more successful in gaining the good will and respect of its people. He was a gentleman of high literary attainments. The College of Baltimore conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and at this institution he had graduated with the first honors and received his diploma at the early age of sixteen years. KENT, DANIEL, a cutler by trade, was the son of William and Annie Kent, of Limerick, Ireland. He was born in 1765. In the twentieth year of his age, as business was dull and he could not get constant employment, he determined to try his fortune in America. While searching for work in Waterford, and failing to obtain any, he found a vessel, the brigantine " Asia," about to sail for Philadelphia. He availed himself of this opportunity to come to this country, and bound himself by indenture to John Johnson, master, in the sum of ten pounds ten shillings, British sterling money, as payment for passage, and whatever more money that might appear by receipts to be advanced for necessaries. This indenture was entered into May 21, 1785. He arrived in Philadelphia July 26th, BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 621 being nine weeks and two days on the passage. On August 27th the said John Johnson, for the consideration of fourteen pounds and ten shillings, in hand paid, signed over the indenture to Joseph Hawley, he fulfilling the part therein mentioned. And on the same papers a certificate of Joseph Hawley, stating that the said Daniel Kent fulfilled the indenture honestly, and that his conduct and conversation has been orderly so far as came to his knowledge. Signed by his hand the 26th day of 8th month, 1788. In 1786, the next year after he arrived in this country, a certificate was sent to him signed by about thirty persons, stated to be men of consequence, certifying to his pious education and good conduct, and that he departed from his father without cause or compulsion, in a state of innocence, without vice or blemish, and they certify that from their knowledge of him while under his father's care he was worthy of notice. He was brought up in the Methodist persuasion, but after living with Joseph Hawley a few years, who was a Friend, he became a member of the same meeting, and finally married his daughter Esther. He afterwards purchased a farm in East Fallowfield, where most of their children, seven in number, were born, viz. : 1. William, born 8, 3, 1792 ; married Ann Woodward, 10, 21, 1818 ; died 10, 15, 1860. 2. Joseph, b. 6, 30, 1794 ; d 7, 13, 1863 ; m. Maria Jane Cook, 4, 29, 1824. 3. Elizabeth, b. 4, 19, 1796 ; d. 8, 14, 1848 ; unmarried. 4. Anne, b. 6, 22, 1798 ; m. Oliver Furness, 3, 16, 1826. 5. Mary, b. 12, 29, 1800 ; m. Mahlon Brosius, 8, 17, 1820. 6. Daniel, b. 2, 22, 1803 ; m. Sarah Brosius, 9, 16, 1829. 7. Benjamin, b. 3, 23, 1805 ; m. Hannah Simmons, 12, 17, 1829. Daniel, the elder, held the offrce of justice of the peace by appointment of the Governor for about twenty years. In 1790 he was received into the membership of Caln Meeting.* He married Esther, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Hawley, 4, 28, 1791, at Bradford Meeting. She was born 2, 18, 1763, and died 10, 28, 1816. WILLIAM KENT, of East Fallowfield, son of Daniel and Esther, married Ann Woodward, daughter of Thomas and Mary, of East Marlborough, 10, 21, 1818,-the first marriage in the new meeting-house. Ann, his wife, was born 4, 9, 1795, and died in Upper Oxford, 6, 4, 1844 ; she and her husband both interred at Penn's Grove. Their children were,-1. Esther H., b. 8, 26, 1819 ; d. 5, 19, 1843. 2. Thomas W., b. 5, 19, 1821. 3. Mary Ann, b. 6, 20, 1823 ; m. Charles Plumley, 3, 12, 1851. 4. Elizabeth, b. 1, 20, 1826 ; d. 3, 2, 1863 ; unmarried. 5. Daniel, b. 7, 29, 1828; m. Margaret Broomer, 12, 8, 1853. 6. William, b. 9, 24, 1832 ; m. Mary F. Kinsey, 11, 27, 1863. 7. Lewis P., b. 9, 13, 1836 ; d. 9, 4, 1843. JOSEPH KENT, second son of Daniel and Esther, at the time of his marriage (1824) was a resident of Deer Creek, county of Harford, Md., and his wife's home before marriage had been with her parents (Samuel and Jane Cook), in York Co., Pa. Children of Joseph and Maria J. Kent : 1. Esther Jane, b. 3, 10, 1826 ; m. James Cloud, 3, 13, 1850. 2. Mary Ann, b. 4, 21, 1828 ; m. John Barnard, 3, 15,1849. * Certificate from Bradford to Kennet, 1795; from Kennet to Bradford, 1797; from Bradford to Londongrove, 4, 13, 1798. 3. Susanna H., b. 12, 15, 1829 ; m. William C. Worthington, 2, 16, 1854. 4. Samuel, b. 6, 8, 1836. 5. Jesse Warner, b. 8, 26, 1838 ; d. 3, 7, 1843. 6. Hadley, b. 2, 19, 1842. 7. Jesse Mira, b. 5, 3, 1844. 8. Margaret H., b. 1, 24, 1850. Maria Jane, wife of Joseph, born 11, 24, 1803 ; died 4, 25, 1881. DANIEL KENT, of East Fallowfield, son of Daniel and Esther, married at Doe Run Meeting, 1829, Sarah, daughter of Henry and Mary Brosius, of Upper Oxford. She was born 10, 22, 1808. Their children were,-1. Mary B., b. 7, 28, 1830. 2. Ann E., b. 1, 7, 1832 ; m. Isaac B. Shoemaker. 3. Agnes J., b. 12, 25, 1832. 4. Henry B., b. 10, 23, 1834. 5. Ruthanna, b. 3, 12, 1837. 6. Wm. L. Garrison, b. 3, 31, 1839 ; m. Elizabeth Shoemaker. 7. Mahlon B., b. 11, 14, 1841. 8. Thos. Elwood, b. 10, 30, 1848 ; d. 11, 14, 1853. 9. Sallie Ann, b. 10, 30, 1852 ; d. 4, 6, 1855, and buried at Penn's Grove. Mahlon was appointed, 1873, Indian agent at Great Nehama agency, a position he yet holds. BENJAMIN KENT, seventh and youngest child of Daniel and Esther, married Hannah Simmons, 1829. She was born 2, 18, 1806, and was the daughter of Rachel Sharp-less, wife of Nathan Sharpless by second marriage, of Henry Simmons by first marriage, formerly a Preston, from Bucks County, but removed and settled in Chester County. She was a preacher of the Society of Friends for more than sixty years, and her son John started and conducted for thirty years the Locust Street, Philadelphia, Female Institute. The children of Benjamin and Hannah : 1. Rachel S., b. 12, 4, 1830 ; d. 5, 28, 1854, buried at West Grove. 2. Henry S., b. 3, 8, 1833 ; m. Patience Webster, 3, 17, 1859. 3. Esther, b. 10, 22, 1835 ; d. 5, 13, 1873 ; m. Dr. R. C. Smedley, 1862. She commenced the Children's Friend, in West Chester, in 1866, and edited it until her death, after which it was conducted for some time by her sister, Annie F. 4. Daniel H., b. 10, 22, 1835. 5. Anne F., b. 8, 19, 1838 ; m. Caleb H. Bradley ; d. 7, 26, 1879. 6. Benjamin Lundy, b. 2, 20, 1841; m. Sarah Aitkins. 7. Lindley Coates, b. 3, 25, 1844. 8. John Simmons, b. 8, 7, 1847. KERSEY, WILLIAM, of York, in the county of York, Pa., late from North Carolina, son of William and Elizabeth Kersey, deceased, was married at the former place, 9, 8, 1767, to Hannah Bennett. Her parents, Joseph and Rebecca Bennett, were natives of Chester County. William Kersey became a prominent member of York Meeting, was appointed an elder in 1775, and clerk of the Monthly Meeting in 1776. In 1787 he was clerk of Warrington Quarterly Meeting. Several years afterwards, being somewhat unsettled in his prospects, he received a certificate from York Monthly Meeting for himself and family, addressed to Friends wherever he might come. This, in 1805, he produced to Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, Chester County. The time and place of his decease have not been noticed. JESSE KERSEY, an eminent minister in the Society of Friends, was born at York, Pa., 8th mo. 5, 1768. His parents, William and Hannah Kersey, were members of the society, and endeavored to rear their son according to 622 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. the principles which they professed. This was a somewhat difficult task, as he was much exposed to the corrupting influence of vicious company, but by their watchful care he was in a great measure preserved from the evils which were common among the children of the place. In the spring of 1784 he went to Philadelphia, and engaged himself as an apprentice to learn the trade of a potter. When about the age of seventeen he appeared in public as a minister, having some time previous received a clear impression that his duty in life was not to be confined to a private sphere, and, having submitted to the call, " the serene and quiet state" that he experienced upon taking his seat after his first appearance was, to his mind, conclusive evidence that he had not mistaken his duty. After his first appearing in the ministry, he remained in the city about four years. In 1789, having completed his apprenticeship, he left Philadelphia and opened a school in East Caln township, Chester Co., in the fall of that year. On the 26th of 5th month, 1790, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Coates, and removed to York, his native place, and engaged in his trade of a potter. In this business he continued until 1794, when, not succeeding very well, he again took up his residence in East Caln township, Chester Co. Here he carried on his trade for a time, but finding his health injured by it, he relinquished the business and opened a school. He soon afterwards felt himself called on a religious visit from home, and spent about four weeks among Friends in Northern Pennsylvania. He next visited Friends in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, and attended the Yearly Meeting in this latter State. In this tour he spent three months, and traveled about seventeen hundred miles. This journey was performed in the fall of 1795. He next visited Friends in New Jersey, where he spent about six weeks. In the spring of 1797 he purchased a farm in the neighborhood of Downingtown, to which he removed, and became a member of Uwchlan Monthly Meeting. Between the years 1797 and 1804 he made religious visits to several different places, and was received with great notice and attention. In the latter year he felt a concern to go on a religious visit to Friends in England and Ireland, and, it being united with by the Yearly Meeting, he embarked in the 8th month, 1804. In this journey, which occupied one year, he visited and preached extensively in England and Ireland, and returned home in the 9th month, 1805. He was afterwards extensively engaged in the ministry within the Philadelphia and other Yearly Meetings, and in 1814 again visited the South, under a concern in especial relation to the system of American slavery, and the mode of deliverance from its evil consequences. He called on President Madison, and conversed with him on the subject. The President informed him that the only probable method which he could see to remedy the evil would be for the different States to be willing to receive the slaves, and thus they would be spread among the industrious and practical farmers, and their habits, education, and condition would be improved. He traveled extensively in Virginia, held meetings, and conversed with the people on the subject, and found that among intelligent men slavery was regarded as an oppressive evil, and that if any plan could be devised that would promise a freedom from its cumber, it would, provided it were safe in its operation and could be effected without loss to the owners, be joyfully embraced. That although the subject was viewed as being well-nigh hopeless, the remedy which seemed the least objectionable was for the general government to provide funds to remunerate the owners, and let the slaves be spread over the United States. He was received with kindness, and the subject freely discussed with him. In 1824, finding himself becoming too much involved in debt, he sold the farm whereon he had resided for twenty-seven years. He some time after removed to West Chester, where he engaged in the business of conveyancing, and obtained the offrce of postmaster. His wife died 9th mo. 9, 1829. He afterwards removed to Philadelphia, and commenced a small tea-store, but finding that he could not stand on anything like a reasonably independent footing, he left the city and returned to Chester County. In the separation which took place in the Society of Friends in 1827 he adhered to what is known in common parlance as the " Hicksite" branch, but the unhappy division was a source of great grief to him, and he took but little part in the disputes to which it gave rise. He continued to perform religious visits among Friends, often of considerable extent, and preached to crowded houses wherever he went. In the fall of 1845 he proceeded under a concern to visit the families of Friends of Kennet 'Monthly Meeting, of which he was then a member. His strength failing him before its completion, he returned to his home, and died on the 26th of 10th month, 1845, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. He was interred in Friends' burying-ground in West Chester, in the presence of a very large assemblage. Jesse Kersey was a man of extraordinary endowments. As a minister, he was remarkably qualified to enlist the attention of his hearers, to fix their minds upon the glorious and sublime truths of the Christian religion, and often was he followed and admired by crowds of gratified auditors not of his own persuasion. The enunciation that Jesse Kersey would be present was sure to attract a crowded congregation. In the morning of his promise and the meridian of his day of usefulness his society was courted by the wise and the learned ; his affability of manners, his grave and dignified deportment, the soundness of his principles, the beauty and simplicity of his style of address, heightened in their effect by the depth of his devotional feelings, gave an interest and a charm which gained him many admirers. The moralist and the philosopher, the learned and the unlettered, the man of books and the man of business, as well as the religious devotee of his own sect, charmed by his pleasing manner and intelligent exposition, heard and loved to listen. Those who heard him at this period of his life will never forget the power of his eloquence. It has been acknowledged by competent persons that within or without the Society of Friends in England or America, no more gratified and impressive powers of sacred eloquence have been heard than those that proceeded from the lips of Jesse Kersey. On his visit to England his path was, for some time after BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL - 623 his arrival in that country, overshadowed by a cloud, and his efforts failed. Fame had sounded her clarion before him, heralding his approach. But as he visited the different meetings throughout the land disappointment sat on every brow, and cold civility chilled his heart. Eventually, however, the cloud dispersed, the occultation was over, the eclipse was past, delighted and deeply-affected crowds gathered around him, and he made the tour of proud and polished England in all the triumph of victorious eloquence. In his common intercourse among men he was uniformly guarded in his expressions, and some useful lesson of instruction was ordinarily blended in his discourse. It has been said of him that he was a man that never talked nonsense ; he was cheerful, without the accompaniment of lightness or levity ; there was a dignity and nobleness about him that commanded respect, and gave evidence of an exalted aim. This bright, gifted, and eloquent servant of God was not, however, exempt from human frailty, and during a portion of his life his capacity for usefulness was somewhat weakened, and the brightness of his renown for a time eclipsed ; but it was his consolation in the evening of life to believe that, amidst all his weakness and trials, his disappointments and afflictions, of which he had many, he had never been wholly forsaken by the beneficent author of his being, in whom he trusted. He recovered from the infirmity which had beset him (which had been induced by disease and pernicious medical treatment), and the life and services of his latter years, if without their earlier strength and brightness, shed a mild and benignant light as he sank to his final rest. Jesse Kersey was a man of remarkable purity and simplicity of character, and a most amiable spirit of benevolence seemed ever to pervade his breast. He went down to the grave at a good old age, with the benedictions of thousands, and, it is believed, without the enmity of one living being. His children were as follows : Hannah, b. 3, 29, 1791, d, 4, 2, 1877, m. Ezra Cope, Benjamin Hannah, and Stephen Fish, and died at Kingston, Mo. ; Lydia, b. 11, 24, 1792, d. 12, 24, 1836, m. Ziba Vickers ; Mary, b. 5, 19, 1795, d. 10, 28, 1816 ; Joseph, b. 6, 14, 1797, d. 9,- 9, 1827, m. Charity Cope ; Rachel, b. 1, 29, 1800, d. 11, 11, 1815 ; Sarah, b. 11, 13, 1802, d. 9, 23, 1814 ; Jesse, b. 1, 21, 1805, d. 1, 23, 1827 ; William, b. 9, 9, 1807, d. 1, 7, 1829 ; Elizabeth R., b. 11, 1, 1809, d. 8, 12, 1820 ; Ann, b. 4, 22, 1812, d. 8, 19, 1820 ; Esther, b. 9, 3, 1815, d. 3, 4, 1818. KIMBLE.-John Kimble, or Kemble, in 1783 purchased 187 acres of the McKean land, in New London, and died prior to 1812, leaving children,-James, William, John, Samuel, Mary, Isaac, Jane, and George. Samuel and George owned considerable land, and lived at what is now Kimbleville, so named from the family. George kept store there a long time, and died April 22, 1856. Samuel died suddenly, March 3, 1859. KINNARD, ASHER MINER, was born in December, 1840. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company C (Paoli Guards) of the 97th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the time the company was being formed he was learning the trade of a machinist at the shops of Edge T. Cope, East Bradford ; in company with David Taylor he walked to West Chester, and both joined the same company, and afterwards fought side by side. He served with his company and regiment until Jan. 18, 1864, when, at his own request, he was transferred to the 3d U. S. Regular Artillery, and in that branch of the service participated in the battles of Drury's Bluff, Green Plains, and the siege of Petersburg. He was discharged Sept. 17, 1864, after serving three years and six days in defense of his country. After the close of the war he resumed his trade, working in many of the largest machine-shops in the country. He for a time engaged in agricultural pursuits, but latterly embarked in the gunsmithing and hardware business in West Chester, where he was an active member of several prominent organizations, being at the time of his death Worshipful Master of the West Chester Lodge of F. and A. M., and chief engineer of the Fame Fire Company. He died June 5, 1880. KING, JOHN.-Among the many emigrants to Pennsylvania between 1735 and 1740, from Germany, was Michael King (then written Koenig), a native of Wittenberg, who located in West Pikeland township, near Pike-land church. He was born in 1714, and was the son of a baron in the Fatherland. Upon his eldest brother succeeding to the real estate, he took his part of the patrimony in money and came to the New World, the others of his family remaining in Germany. He purchased 160 acres in Pikeland, 300 acres in Charlestown, and a tract in UwchIan. His children were Lawrence, John, Philip, Conrad, Mary (m. John Moses), and Catharine (m. John George Snyder). Of these, John married Maria Snyder, and had the following children : John, Elizabeth (m. George Moses), Philip, and George. He married, second, Elizabeth Wagoner, by whom he had two daughters,-Catharine, m. to Samuel Griffith, and Anna, m. to John Funderwhyte. George married Catharine, daughter of Isaac Smith, by whom he had the following children : Isaac, Samuel, Thomas, Abraham, John, Mary Ann, m. to John Fry, Sarah, died unmarried ; and George. In 1771, the Pikeland Lutheran Church was established. Michael King, the emigrant, gave the land upon which it was erected, and otherwise contributed most liberally to its construction. He was an active patriot in the Revolutionary war, and freely aided the colonists in their struggles for independence. He died in 1790. The King family were thrifty agriculturists, and John the elder was an active business man. His grandson John, the son of George, was born in Charlestown township, April 9, 1822, and when four years old removed with his parents to Pikeland. Here in the subscription schools he was well educated, and prepared himself for a teacher, and taught for some time. He married, Sept. 28, 1843, Rebecca, daughter of William and Mary (Brownback) Emrey, who came of an old and respected family. Her father, William, was a substantial farmer of Pikeland, a good and public-spirited citizen, often called upon to fill positions of trust and honor. They have had one child, William Albert, who was born July 22, 1844, and married Mary E. Hallman, by whom he has two children, John De Angell and 624 - HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Orville Tilden. John King, some four years after his marriage, purchased the farm, in the southeast part of West Pikeland, on which he has since resided, and upon which, in 1877, he erected a new residence. Mr. King has ever been an active Democrat, and in 1866 was the nominee of his party for the Legislature, receiving the largest vote of any one on his ticket, and the almost unanimous vote of his township. He has also been honored with nominations for county treasurer and auditor, and called upon to fill nearly all the township offices. He served one term in the school board, and has been four times elected justice of the peace. He is much engaged in conveyancing and settling estates, but retired from active agricultural pursuits, his farm being carried on by his son. He belongs with his family to the Pikeland Lutheran Church. The King family is noted for its religious ancestry, men of culture and good business qualifications. The original King homestead, where John's grandfather, John, was born, is still in the family name. Squire King is highly esteemed in Chester County, and enjoys the confidence of the community. In January, 1881, he was elected a director of the Phoenixville National Bank. KIRK, ALPHONSUS, son of Roger Kirk, of Lurgan, Ireland, took passage from Belfast 11, 11, 1688, and landed at Jamestown, Va., 1st month (March) 12th, following. He came to Pennsylvania 3, 29, 1689. On the 23d of 12th month (Feb.), 1692-3, he married Abigail, daughter of Adam and Mary Sharpley, of Shelpot Creek, New Castle Co., and settled near what is now Centreville, in that county. The meeting-house there was built upon his land. He died 7, 7, 1745, and his wife in 1748. Their children were Roger, b. 1, 21, 1694, d. 1, 19, 1762; Elizabeth, b. 4, 23, 1695, m. Daniel Brown ; Jonathan, b. 11, 15, 1697, d. 9, 1, 1735 ; Mary, b. 8, 31, 1698, d. 1, 29, 1699 ; Deborah, b. 11 mo., 1699, d. 7, 23, 1704 ; Abigail, b. 7th mo., 1701, d. 7, 29, 1704 ; Timothy, b. 3, 6, 1704, d. 8, 19, 1704 ; Alphonsus, b. 8, 2, 1705, d. 1, 1, 1730-1 ; Adam, b. 3, 1, 1707, d. 10, 8, 1774 ; William, b. 1, 4, 1708, d. 3, 2, 1787 ; Timothy, b. 5, 1, 1711 ; d. 5, 2, 1786. Of these children, Roger removed to Nottingham, and William and Timothy settled in Pikeland. William was twice married, and had nineteen children. His son Isaiah was a leading citizen of that neighborhood. His daughter Rachel became the wife of Philip Price, of whom a sketch is given elsewhere. The following family record has been furnished us, but we are not informed of the relationship to the family already mentioned. The children of Timothy Kirk, born in Ireland, were as follows : Deborah, b. 7, 5, 1677 ; Samuel, b. 10, 15, 1678 ; Jacob, b. 10, 30, 1680 ; Sarah, b. 8, 9, 1682 ; Joseph, b. 1, 23, 1685 ; Roger, b. 2, 31, 1686 ; John, b. 10, 31, 1687 ; Ruth, b. 7, 29, 1690 ; Jane, b. 7, 18, 1692. Roger Kirk, who was perhaps the son of this Timothy, came to Pennsylvania as early as 1712, and about 1714 married Elizabeth Richards, of New Garden. lie settled in Nottingham, and died 3, 28, 1761. His children were Mary, Timothy, William, Elizabeth, Deborah, Rebecca, and Samuel. A genealogy of this family has been published. DANIEL KEELEY. The Keeley family was originally from Germany, and first settled in what is now Montgomery County, and subsequently in Chester. Conrad Keeley, son of the emigrant, married Margaret Laugbaugh, an estimable and intelligent lady. Their son John married Rebecca Chrisman, an active business woman, and greatly interested in the cause of temperance, in which she was an early pioneer. Their eldest son and second child was Daniel Keeley, born Sept. 8, 1824, in the house in which he now resides and on the farm where his ancestors settled. His father, John, who built this house in 1819 and the barn in 1820, died in 1853, and his wife in 1875. Daniel was reared on the homestead place, where he has ever lived, and in its neighborhood was educated at the common schools. 11e was married Jan. 1, 1850, to Catharine B., daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Benner) Hartman, of East Pikeland township. From this union have been born six children, all living, viz. : Mary R., married to 0. M. Philips, of East Nantmeal ; Clara V.. married to A. M. F. Stiteler, of West Vincent; Esther M., married to S. W. Todd ; Maggie May, married to Charles K. Knight, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; John B.; and Francis Marion. He belongs, with his family, to Windsor Baptist Church. He served for sixteen years as a school director, and repeatedly in other township positions of trust and honor. He has always taken great interest in polities, and is a Democrat in his views. He spent two winters on the Christian Commission in attending to the spiritual and temporal wants of the United States soldiers in Virginia in the war of the Rebellion, and his services proved of great benefit. He is a farmer, but pays special attention to dairying, and has now commenced the culture of tobacco on his farm of one hundred and fifty acres. He has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows for twenty-five years, and is at present a member of Pilgrims' Lodge, No. 455, at Lionville. He is also connected with the Patrons of Husbandry, Grand Lodge, No. 53, at Edgefield. He has ever been a consistent temperance man, and manifested a deep interest in this reformatory cause. Has been a director in the Phoenixville National Bank, and is now one in the Pickering Valley Railroad. His grandfather and great-grandfather were ardent patriots in the Revolutionary war, and warmly espoused the side of the struggling colonies, and with their spirit and love of country he is in full unison and accord. DAVIS KNAUER. John Knauer, the first of his family in America, emigrated from Germany, settled in Warwick township, and erected the first saw-and grist-mill in Knauerton, the village named in his honor. His son David married Catharine Kime, and to them were born four sons and six daughters, of whom Davis was the third son and eighth child. He was born Jan. 26, 1826, and married, in 1857, Sarah Amanda, daughter of John Roberts. To them were born eleven children, three deceased, and the following eight living, viz. : Ida Kate, Annie, Mary, David, George, Morris, Bertha, and Elizabeth. His father, David, was a farmer, miller, and stone-mason. Davis was raised on the farm. When he was sixteen years old he constructed one of the first cider-mills in which scrapers were used. He was some ten or twelve years largely engaged in the manufacture of cider, making for two years over five thousand barrels annually. He purchased the property where he now lives and built two houses and two barns. Since then he has been largely engaged in the lumber business, manufacturing threshing- and mowing-machines, horse-rakes, etc. His homestead farm consists of one hundred and three acres. At present he is engaged extensively in the charcoal trade. He has built two forges, one of which he operated four years. They are now both rented ; in 1879 he furnished one of them, the Douglasville Forge, with one hundred and sixty thousand bushels of charcoal, and in 1880, one hundred and fifty thousand bushels. He furnishes this year the French Creek Forge some sixty thousand bushels. He owns over three thousand acres of timber lands in Warwick and Coventry townships and in Berks County. He has cut from these lands yearly about seven thousand cords of wood to burn charcoal. He is a Republican in politics, but has never sought office, preferring to attend to his large and varied business. He attends, with his family, the St. Peter's Reformed Lutheran Church. His post-office is St. Peter's. He has engaged in building to a very large extent, and has added most largely to the material prosperity of his village (Knauerton) and its neighborhood. His business gives employment to over fifty hands, and makes him one of the leading men of Northern Chester County. " THE FALLS OF FRENCH CREEK." DAVIS KNAUER, PROPRIETOR WARWICK.