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PLYMOUTH MEETING

ITS ESTABLISHMENT, AND THE SETTLE
MENT OF THE TOWNSHIP.

WITH HISTORICAL, GENEALOGICAL
AND BIOGRAPHICAL DATA FROM
RPXORDS OF FRIENDS.

BY
ELLWOOD ROBERTS.
Author of '%yrics of Quakerism," "Old Richland Families," etc.

NORRISTOWN, PA.
ROBERTS PUBLISHING CO.
1900.

Ck^5 400

PLYMOUTH'S SETTLERS.
They came, two hundred years ago,
Who here, within this valley, found
A pleasant, peaceful dwelling-place;
And reared their humble homes around
They lived and labored; crowned with, peace
The lives they led, from day to day;
Their joys were simple; Duty called,
They heard, and hastened to obey.
They journeyed far, across the sea.
To reach a fair but unknown land;
They gained a refuge here, secure.
From bigot's curse, or tyrant's hand.
Though dead they speak; we seem to hear
The echo of their words again;
Their earnest lives, forevermore,
A precious memory, remain.

CONTENTS.

Contents

Page 5

Illustrations

7

Preface

9
Chapter I.
Surroundings of Plymouth Meeting
13
IL
The Early Settlers
17
II L
The First Place of Worship
23
IV.
David Meredith
27
V.
Ellis Pugh
37
VI.
Other Early Ministers
43
VI I.
Traits of Welsh Settlers
47
VIII,
Old Documents
53
IX.
Establishment of Monthly M(
meting
65
X.
The Meeting-House
71
XI.
Transfers of the Property
77
XII.
Marriage Records
95
XIII.
Births and Deaths
125
XIV.
Additions to Births and Deaths
161
XV.
Deaths and Burials
177
XVI.
Certificates
181
XVII.
Original Documents
185
XVIII.
Jacob Ritter
189
XIX.
Samuel Livezey
195
XX.
Joel Lare
203
XXL
Family History
21 1
Appendix
227
Index
231
ILLUSTRATIONS.

I. Plymouth Meeting-House Frontispiece
2. The Burying Ground opp. page 14
3. David Meredith's House 27
4. The Meredith Saw Mill Site 29
5. The Meeting-House 71
6. The School Building 74
The illustrations in this volume were all made ex
pressly for it. The frontispiece is a reduction from an old
print obtained from Charles Roberts, of Philadelphia,
to whom the author is also indebted for valuable in
formation. Numbers 2, 3, 4, and 6 are from photographs by
Rev. Alden W. Quimby, of Berwyn. No. 5 is from a
photograph by Frank J. C. Jones, of Conshohocken.
Among the figures under the porch are Joel Lare and
other Friends of the vicinity.

PREFACE.
This volume is the outcome of a discussion at a
meeting of the Norristown Friends Association, following
a paper on the early history of Plymouth and other meet
ings in this vicinity.
The difficulty of fixing the date of the erection of
the original edifice caused the problem to recur again and
again to the writer's mind, and called forth a desire to do
what was possible to solve it.
A pamphlet of twenty or thirty pnges was at first
projected, and it was partly printed wlien the discovery
was made that justice could not be done to the accum
ulated mass of material in so small a compass. Even
now much has been omitted that might with propriety
have found a place in the annals of the meeting.
The original records have been made use of wher
ever they were attainable. Much more care is taken at
this time to preserve essential facts than was the case two
centuries ago.
It is to be regretted that so little importance was at
tached to the care and preservation of records in times past,

ID PLYMOUTH MEETING.
but what remain are of value, and are worthy, it seems
to me, of being put into a form that will insure their per
manent preservation.
T he neighborhood meeting meant more to the
scattered settlers of two centuries ago than it means lo
their descendants of the present day when there are so
many other agencies for good in every community.
The assembling together at First-day and at mid
week meetings — at marriages and at funerals — was al-
almost the only opportunity for general social comming
ling and it was appreciated accordingly. The meeting
house was a centre around which gathered the interest of
the entire settlement.
Attached to the place of worship — preceding it, indeed
in this case, by some years, — was the graveyard, plain,
unostentatious, without any monument or memorial of the
dead. The stricter views on such matters among early
Friends have somewhat relaxed in our own day, and our
modern burying-grounds are much like others except that
the gravestones are limited to a size that keeps to mod
eration in such matters.
This volume is to a certain extent a memorial of
those who lie in the graveyard at Plymouth Meeting,
and as such it is commended to all who are connected
by ties of this kind to the old structure of which it
treats.

PREFACE. Ii:
In conclusion I wish to tender my sincere thanks fco
aU-r-and they are many — who have in any way contrib
uted to the completeness or accuracy of this volume.

Norristown, 4th-mo. lo, 1900,

I.
SURROUNDINGS OF PLYMOUTH MEETING.

There is a charm in research as to the older Friends'
meeting-houses found in this and adjoining counties, partly
surrounded as they usually are by burial-places which con
tain the dead for a number of generations. There is none,
perhaps, in Montgomery county, whose earlier history is
more deaply involved in obscurity or more difficult to trace
in all its details than one which had its origin not far from
two centuries ago, and which, in the progress of time, gave
its name to the adjoining village and post-office — Plymouth
Meeting. As a rule the records of Friends' meetings are fuller
and more satisfactory than those of other religious denomi
nations, but they are not always so. In the settlement of
Pennsylvania, the urgent necessity for active and continuous
exertion on the part of tliepioneers,in order to secure alive-
lihood for themselves and their families and maintain their
ground in the midst of most unfavorable surroundings,
left but little time that they could devote to the preservation
of records which are now regarded as invaluable, however
lightly esteemed by the people of that day.
Plymouth meeting-house is beautifully located, being
situated in the midst of an exceedingly rich, fruitful valley
whose soil is underlaid with vast depositsofhmestone which

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has been extensively quarried and burned for building and
ertilizing purposes, in the course of the two centuries or
more that have intervened since the coming of the fiist
settlers. The appearance of the building and its surround
ings is singularly restful, and suggestive of that serious re
flection and studious thoughtfuJness which pre-eniintiitly
characterize the membership of the Society of Friends.
Many ancient buttonwoods, oaks and oilier trees
that ornament the spacious grounds and cast their shad
ows over the old meeting-house, have been there for a
century, perhaps longer.
There is nothing more natural to the chance visitor, af
ter an inspection of the meeting-house, the grounds adja
cent, and the school buildingwhich has recently been great
ly enlarged and inproved, than a stroll through the resting-
place of the dead. What a liost of tender and kindly me
mories cluster round the sacred spot! E>ich passing j-ear
adds to the number of beloved forms laid beneath the.';od!
How many friends we have known have become weary of
the race of life, and gone down to the silence, the solemnity,
the awful mystery of the tomb.
The oft-extended cemetery is well filled with graves, the
names on whose headstones are as familiar as household
words. Descendants of those who bore them are num
erous in all the country round and in neighboring towns-
Norristown, Conshohocken and elsewhere.
A large proportion of the names found on these mod
est memorials of men and women of bygone generations
belonged to those whose sober, earnest, upright living and
habitual devotion to duty made them honored members of
their respective communities. They have many of them left
their impress for good upon the neighborhood. The world
is the better for their having lived in it, which is more than

THE BURYING GROUND

SURROUNDINGS OF PLYMOUTH MEETING. 15
can be said of some of those who in their day and generation
have filled a larger space, perhap.s, in the public eye. They
lived simple and unostentatious, but useful lives. They cared
little, as a rule, for the good or evil opinion of the great world
beyond them. They did what their hands found to dc,
regarding not the applause of men. Aspiring to no high
honors, they were content to meet faithfully the requirements
of duty, and to satisfy, as well as they could, the demands cf
conscience. The older portion of the burying-ground still shows the
traces of the work of a lamentably over-zealous hater of tomb
stones, more than three-quarters of a century ago. He ap
parently imagined that it was his mission to reduce to a prop
er height the memorials erected by the hands of loving kins
men, in remembrance of those who were sleeping their last
sleep in the old graveyard.
A number of the broken stones are still to be seen ly
ing around. Those who were injured by his destructive ten
dencies were lenient, however, to their misguided neighbor.
They took a charitable view of his offence, and, though le
gal proceedings were begun, they were not pushed to the in
fliction of any severe penalty for the mischief wrought.
That part of the grounds has a forbidding and somewhat
neglected appearance, compared with the more modern por
tion. Its use as a place of burial antedates, by many years,
the erection of the older portion of the meeting-house, the
early settlers, as will, be seen, preferring to hold their gather
ings for worship at the residence of one of their number — the
house being usually selected which happened to be most cen
trally located.
The early settlers of the vicinity were from Plymouth, in
Devonshire, England. They gave the name of their beloved
home in the old country to the new abiding- place.

x6

PLYMOUTH MEETING.

Many designations of places in Pennsylvania have
had their origin in this way. If the immigrants were obliged
to forego the pleasures ofthe home of their youth, they could
at least perpetuate thus the dear old names to which their
ears had been accustomed in the country they had left be
hind them.
The fence that formerly separated the graveyard from
that of the ^^Orthodox" Friends, as they are usually termed,
was allowed to fall into decay a quarter of a century ago,
and was removed. There is now nothing to recall, so far
as the burying-ground is concerned, the separation in the So
ciety which occurred in 1827.
The circumstance may probably be accepted as an
indication of the gradual softening of the asperities of that
time.

II.
THE EARLY SETTLERS.

The record of early arrivals at Philadelphia shows that
the ship "Desire," Captain James Cock commander, reached
that place June 23, 1686.
Among its passengers were Francis Rawle, Francis
Rawle, Jr., and the servants of the family who were Thom
as Janvers, Francis Jervis, John Marshall, Samuel Rennel,
Isaac Garnier and Elizabeth Saries; James Fox and Elizabeth
his wife, with their children, George, James, Elizabeth and
Sarah, and their servants, Richard Fox, Stephen Nowell,
Christopher Lobb, Richard Davis, Nathaniel Christopher,
Abraham Rowe, Mary Rowe, Mary Lucas and Sarah Jeffries.
Francis Rawle and James Fox had purchased from Will-.
iam Penn, the proprietor of Pennsylvania, before their depart
ure for America, a tract of land which was, practically, the
same as the present area of the township of Plymouth, 5327
acres. Ezra Michener, in his "Retrospect of Early Quakerism,"
page 86, says, under the head of "Plymouth:"
"1685. — ^James Fox and other Friends settled about
Plymouth in the year 1685? and held meetings at Fox's
house. But they soon after removed from the place, and
were succeeded by David Meredith and several Friends, who
attended Merion Meeting."

1 8 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
As we have seen, James Fox and others did not arrive
until June, l686, so that Ezra Michener's question is well
inserted in his statement. There were no meetings, proba
bly, until late in 1686. It is impossible, now, to fix the exact
date when the first was held.
An old document states that by virtue of a warrant from
the Commissioners of Property, dated Fourth-month 7, 1690,
a tract of land in Philadelphia county was grar.ted unto the
Plymouth purchasers, together with six hundred acres which
had been intended by the Proprietary, William Penn, for a
town, containing in the whole five thousand acres, which was
surveyed aud laid out Fifth-month 14, 1686. This was
very soon after the arrival of Fox and the Rawles, so tliat
they appear to have lost very little time in having their tract
located and surveyed.
James Claypoole and Robert Turner, Commissioners
empowered to grant land in Pennsylvania, on Fifth-month c,
1686, had directed Capt. Thomas Holme, Surveyor General
of the province, to survey five thousand acres of land to
gether for a township, in the most convenient place for water
for the encouragement of the woolen industiy intended to
le set up by the Friends of Plymouth. Others mentioned
besides Fox and Rawle were Nicholas Pearce, Richard Gove
and John Chelson. W. J. Buck says:
"It will be seen that Francis Rawle and James Fox
must have been persons of some note and means to be at
least the principal purchasers of the Plymouth tract, and
uadertakeits improvement accompanied as they were by ; o
many servants. The sui-vey was made only three weeks af
ter their arrival. There is no doubt they settled here imme
diately after the purchase, though published accounts h:^\-e
heretofore made it a year earlier, which the registry of ar
rivals proves to have been an error.

THE EARLY SE'lTLERS. 19
"After remaining several years and making consid
erable improvements, they becanietired of their isolated life
in the woods, and removed to Philadelphia, abandoning the
settlement. In 1 701 another survey was made of the whole
tract, whicli was somewhat different from the former one.
It was then mentioned as Plymouth township."
Some time aftcrthe removal to Philadelphia, James Fox
died, and his widow, PLlizabeth, in conjunction with Francis
Rawle, the two being the principal owners of land in the
town.ship, proceeded to sell off several large tracts to various
purchasers, the latter having been attracted by the fertility
ofthe land and other advantages ofthe vicinity.
Among the newer arrivals were David Meredith, Thom
as Owen, Isaac Price, lillisFugh, Hugh Jones and Edmund
Cartlege, all of them, with others, from VVales, and all mem
bers ofthe Society of Friends. All these became settlers in
the township, and their names frequently occur in connec
tion with the Meeting records in the earlier jears of the
settlement. Many ofthe family names have entirely disap
peared from the tov/iis^hip.
David Mereditli wasone ofthe largestpurchasers, buy
ing in 1701 a tractof 98oacres, adjoining tlie line of Whit-
pain township, only a short distance from where is now the
borough line of Norristown.
David Meredith left a number of descendants, as
will appear further on in this volume, many interesting
particulars in reference to him being given.
Some of the descendants of David Meredith con
tinue to reside in Plymouth and neighboring districts
to the present time, and some of them own portions of
the original tract of land which was purchased by their
ancestor, who came to this country more than two cen
turies ago.

20 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Furthermore, the house which David Meredith erect
ed and in which he lived for many years, is still stand
ing, although built two hundred years ago.
Another purcha.ser of land in the township was John
Maulsby, who bought in the neighborhood of Cold Point.
Further on, some account of those who bought land in the
immediate vicinity of the meeting-hou.se, will be presented
in connection witii the transfers ofthe property on which
the meeting-Iiouse i.s located.
Among the eaiiierpurchascrsof land was Isaac Sheffer
who bought of Ra\^le and Fox 472 acres in 1702. Sheffer
immediately sold 2 |.(. acres to Lumley Williams. Further
on, the deed from Lumley Vv'illianis for a portion of tlie
meeting-house pri)[)i.;it}- will be i;iven.
The followin;^ list of landholders in Plymouth town
ship in 1734 is of interest: Ellen Meredith, widow, £00
acres, Rees Williams, 250; Benjamin Dickinson, lOO; Jolin
Rcdwitzer, 200; I'cter Croll, lOO; John Hanier, 200; Josh
ua Dickinson, lOO; Thomas Davis, 150; Isaac Price, 328;
Josepli Jones, 2CO; Mary Davis' estate. 400; Jonathan
Rumford, 200; Henry Bel), lOO; Philip John, 200; John
Hoi ton, ICO.
Plymouth township contained 46 taxables in 1741
In 1828 the number A\as 228. In 1S49 there were 4S4
taxables. Besides the lime and agricultural industries, iron ore
<^'gg'"g "las been very acti\cl}' and profitably pursued in
Plymouth township, providing employment for many per
sons, though of late years not to any great extent.
Most of the early settlers of Plymouth Meeting and
vicinity were of English origin, as the names in the lists of
taxables show. There was an admixture of German im
migrants among them, Redwitzer, Croll and others.

THE EARLY SETTLERS. 21
The Redwitzers originally settled in Germantown,
whence they gradually drifted elsewhere.
A low tract of land, lying partly in Whitpain and part
ly in Plymouth, was known as "The Cloot," said to be a cor
ruption of the Welsh word "clwt," a piece or "patch" of land,
probably applied to low or swampy ground. A portion of the
land of David Meredith was in the "Cloot."
The Davis family lived near the crossing of the Ridge
road over Plymouth creek. A member of the family was
captain in the American army during the Revolutionary War.
The Dickinsons emigrated from England to Virginia or
Maryland about the middle of the seventeenth centur}^,
whence descendants removed to Pennsylvania after Penn
came into possession of the province,
William Dickinson was the first ofthe family who settled
in Plymouth. He was an ancestor of the Corson family,
Joseph Corson, the father of Alan W. Corson and Dr. Hi
ram Corson, having married Hannah Dickinson.
The following is the population, according to various
censuses: 1800, 572; ten years later, 895; 1820, 928;
1830, 1091; 1840, 1417; 1850, 1383. Conshohocken's in
corporation as a borough in 1850, subtracting 3 20 acres from
its area, and the addition of 158 acres to the borough of
Norristown when it was extended in 1853, reduced its pop-
lation considerably.
In 1870 the number of inhabitants in the township was
2025, which had decreased in ten years to 1916. In 1890 the
population was 2244, according to the census figures.
The surface of Plymouth is gently rolling, and there are
few if any districts of Montgomery county better adapted to
farming, as heavy crops produced year after year abundant
ly testify. The early settlers could have made no better selection

22 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
for their future home, all things considered. They were
comparatively near Philadelphia, which was desirable, as a
matter of course.
The timber that once covered the entire area of the
township, has been mostly cleared away — the combined ef
fect of that and the drainage of the land being to diminish
greatly the volume of water in the streams. Improved me
thods of agriculture have atoned largely for this, however,
and maintained the fertility of the soil nearly in its former
condition. There is no great amount of waste land in Ply
mouth at this time aside from that occupied by limestone
quarries.

III.
THE FIRST PLACE OF WORSHIR

There is no doubt as to the first settlement being made
near the site ofthe meeting-house. William Penn had con
ceived the somewhat original idea of founding a large town
at this point. In 1686 he had ordered that six hundred acres
be laid out and set apart for this purpose. There appears.,
however, not to have been any attempt to cany out his
design. The first place of worship in all the country round was
undoubtedly located in tlie vicinity of the present meeting
house, but it was held in a private house; first, probably, at
the dwelling of James Fox, and afterwards at other Friends'
houses as convenience or change in ownership suggested.
It is certain that no meeting-house had been erected in
1703, for the records of Haverford show that the meeting
was still held in the Fox dwelling which at that time had
come into the possession of Hugh Jones. It remained there
for several years longer, and was then held at the re.iidence
of a member of the Cartlege family, not far distant, for a
time. The number of Friends in the settlement and in the
township having considerably increased as time passed, it
was decided that a meeting-house should be built on the site
occupied by the present structure.
The older portion of the burying-ground is believed to

24 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
have been made use of for ' that purpose from the earliest be
ginnings of the settlement. Various additions have been
made to its area fronrt time to time, as Occasion required, as
will be .shown in a subsequent chapter.
It is somewhat remarkable that the exact date of the
erection of the first mceting-hou.se cannot now be ascer
tained, but such is the caise. It was undoubtedly built e.ir-
lyin the eighteenth century, and some years prior to the time.
Twelfth month, 1714, old style, when the Friends of Gwyn-
edd and Plymouth were permitted by Haverford, the parent
meeting, to hold the first Monthly Meeting for themselves
at' Gwynedd. - ' '
The writer has very carefully examined for himself the
records of Radnor and Haverford Monthly Meeting, and has
found little information as to the earlier days of the meet
ing we arc now considering, strange as it may seem. This
fact merely illustrates the remissness that prevailed in keeping
the records among Friends two centuries ago.
Under the date. Ninth-month 1 2, 1 702, the following
entry appears:
"Friends about plimouth of the other side skoolkill pro
pose to have a meeting first-day at Hugh Jones for six
months and to have a weekly meeting to be kept by course
at Davd. Wms., at Hugh Jones, at Lewis Thomas, which
thii meeting consents to if the Quarterly Meetirg approve
thereof, and to be transmitted to them for their apprc ba-
tion." The Quarterly Meeting approved the proposition thr.t
Friends of Plymouth hold their meetings in this way, and it
was so settled.
Fifth-month 13, 1704:
"Gwynedd and Plimouth friends informed the Meetirg
that they Vvrerc wiUinjT in paying into the collection i.^wacn

THE FIRST PLACE OF WORSHIP. 2$
Merion friends 2£ and those of Radnor i;^ los."
Seventh-month 14, 1704:
"Plimouth friends have brought an account that they
have concluded that their fifth day weekly meeting be kept
at Hugh Jones house hereafter constantly."
Ninth-month 12, 1713:
"Some friends propose to have a meeting at David
Meredith's house on the fourth day of the week also till the
end ofthe first month wch this meeting condescends to and
does desire yt Plimouth friends whose conveniency requires
a meeting at David Meredith's do also as often as they can
conveniently attend the fifth day meeting at t'ne m.eeting
house." Tenth-month 9, 17 14:
"Likewise Plimouth overseers In ye Behalf of frds there
propose yt their week day meeting be kepteveiy other 5th
day att ye meeting house and att Dd. Meredith's wch this
meeting allows till ye end of 1st mo."
These extracts show very conclusively that there was
no meeting-house until some years after 1 700, and probably
not before 17 10.
The settlement, it should be borne in mind included
several families on the Whitemarsh side of the township line
where John Rhoads, Abraham Davis, and David Williams
(the last named mentioned above) had located themselves.
William Penn, in a letter from England to Thomas
Lloyd, Fourth-month 14, 1691, had said: "Salute me to
the Welsh Friends and the Plymouth Friend.?, indeed to all of
them." It would thus appear that there was no time, from the
coming ofF'ox and the Rawles, when there were not a num
ber of Friends in the neighborhood. It too'K years of very
hard labor to make any impression on the wilderness around.

26 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Their principal speaker was Ellis Pugh, a very remarkable
man, of whom, fortunately, an interesting account has been
preserved, which will be presented under its appropriate
head. From what has been said on the subject, the reader has
probably obtained a tolerably clear idea of current know
ledge in reference to the establishment of Plymouth meet
ing. There is a noticeable lack of exact information on sev
eral points where it is desirable. On some of these a clearer
light will be thrown, further on in this volume, by extracts
from old documents, by citations from the records of Friends,
and in other ways.

DAVID MEREDITH'S HOUSE

IV.
DAVID MEREDITH.

Because ofthe fact that a meeting was regularly held at
David Meredith's house some years prior to the erection of
the meeting-house on the present site, it has been thought
proper to devote this chapter to him, although the arrange
ment might be different if it were deemed necessary to follow
the chronological order.
David Meredith resided on that portion of his original
purchase now owned by Thomas Dougherty and occupied
by William Dettra, the buildings being but little more than
a half-mile distant from the borough line of Norristown. The
entrance is from the Arch Street road, at the last turn before
reaching the old Germantown road, the house being at an
almost equal distance from each highway.
The buildings are located close to the bank of the little
stream known as "Saw Mill run," which flows through the
lower part of Norristown and empties into the Schuylkill near
the point where Arch street would terminate were it ex
tended to the river.
This location is in accordance with the almost universal
custom of the early settlers in building close to streams of
water, large or small, as happened to be the case. Conven
ience to water was of prime importance to man and beast
and it was seldom overlooked by the pioneers who founded

28 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
homes for themselves and their families in the strange land
to which they had come.
There is a sharp declivity from Arch street to the house,
the descent being more gradual from the Germantown road.
The portion ofthe house which is nearest to the last-mention
ed thoroughfare remains veiy much as it was in David Mere
dith's time, almost two centuries ago. The identical room
in which were held the meetings mentioned in the last chap
ter, is still in existence and it has undergone comparatively
little change in the course of nearly two hundred years.
The old house has been frequently remodeled, the last
tiiaic by the late Andrew Hart, who owned the property from
1848 until his death a few years ago, his heirs having con
veyed it to Thomas Dougherty, the present proprietor, in the
year 1896. The last remodeling occurred nearly forty years
ago. The room is now nearly square with a largedoorin front,
that is, on the side towards the rivulet, which was doubtless
a much more important stream when the primeval forest still
covered a large part of the slope which it drains, and a com
paratively small part of it had been placed under thorough
cultivation. Several members of Andrew Hart's family who were fa.
miliar with the appearance of the old "meeting-room" before
any alterations had been made, have informed the writer that
apirtition extended across the room, dividing it into two
nearly equal portions, one for the men, the other for the wo
men, as was the custom among Friends in constructing their
places of worship.
This partition extended from the door in front to the
one at the rear ofthe room w'nich has long been closed up, a
glance at the wall outside showing very plainly the outlines
of the opening. The partition was so constructed that it

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DAVID MEREDITH. 29
swung on rude hinges, and could thus be raised and secured
to hooks fastened in one of the joists above, throwing both
divisions into one, when occasion required it.
It is possible that seventy-five persons might have been
accommodated In the room, and when some famous preacher
visited the settlement, the doors were probably thrown open,
especially in summer, givingan opportunity to many hearers
ranged outside to listen to the spoken word.
Capacious chimneys still remain, but a wall which e.x-
tended across the cellar directly under the partition, as if to
support it, has been recently removed. At certain seasons
ofthe year a spring of water develops itself in the cellar
which may have been perennial in David Meredith's time.
Thehouse is an interesting relic of antiquity, and should
be preserved for years to come.
About three hundred yards below the house are the
ruins ofthe saw-mill which was doubtless so efficient an aid in
converting the oak, poplar and maple trees into boards and
other lumber in years gone by. The limits of the old dam
whence came the supply of water to operate the mill can be
distinctly traced, just below the main road, the race down
which the water flowed to do its work at the saw-mill below,
being outlined on the slope opposite the house.
It is no doubt a century almost since the dismantled
mill ceased its operations. It had apparently been idle for
years when the Harts came to reside on the farm a half-cen
tury ago. David Meredith was born in Wales in the year 1637.
He was one who in his youth became convinced ofthe truth
of Friends' principles, for he was among the followers of
George Fox who suffered persecution as early, it has been
stated, as 1660.
In Eleventh-montb, 1663, David Meredith, with others.

30 PLYMOUTH MEETINa
was imprisoned because he could not conscientiously t:;ke
ian oath required of him.
He, in common with many of his brethren, hailed with
delight the opportunity to begin life anew in the province
beyond the Atlantic which had been secured for his own
people, as well as the persecuted and oppressed of eveiy na
tion, through the wisdom and foresight of Penn. Treated
with contumely, if not harassed with violence or cast into a
loathsome prison because of their conscientious devotion to
what they believed their duty in the matter of worship, it is
not remarkable that they responded gladly to the invitation
of Penn. There are said to have been five brothers of the naire
who came to Pennsylvania, and that the coming of David, who
was probably the oldest of them, was several years in ad
vance of the others. He settled first in Radnor; one of his
brothers in the Great Valley in Chester county; the third in
Gwynedd; the fourth near Chester, and the fifth in Virgin
ia. The Meredith family to which David belonged, owned
property in the parish of Llandoghy, in Radnorshire, Wales.
David Meredith's purchase which, as we have already seen,
was made from Rawle and Fox and not directly from Penn,
included 980 acres on both sides ofthe "Great Road," now
the Germantown road, extending to the line of Whitpain's
purchase, now Whitpain township, on one side, and to the
line of Norritori on the northwest embracing the entire north
ern corner of Plymouth township. The boundaries in his
deed follow:
"Beginning at a stake dividing it from Richard Hayes'
land; thence extending northeast by a line of marked trees
dividing it from reputed land of Benjamin Chambers to a cor
ner marked hickory, 31 1 perches; thence southeast by a line

DAVID MEREDITH. 31
of marked trees 400 perches to a stake, dividing it from
John Wood's land; thence southwest hyaline of marked trees
four hundred and seventy perches to a stake set in the
ground; thence northwest 142 perches; thence by a line of
marked trees, dividing it from said Hayes' land, northeast, 82
perches; thence northwest, 320 perches, to place of be
ginning." Some of the boundaries were one and one-half miles in
length. The witnesses were Sarah Meredith, Mary Will
iams, Owen Williams, Catharine Yarnall. David Meredith
had three daughters, sisters of Meredith David. One mar
ried Reese Price, one a Harry and another a Ferlamb.
David Meredith is frequently spoken of as having
teen a preacher, and it is probable that he had a word
of exhortation occasionally, especially at the meetings held
at his own house. So many misstatements have been made
in regard to him that it is eminently proper to confine what
is said in this connection to authentic records, which has
been the aim of the writer.
He made his will the 28th of the Ninth month, 1723.
It is as follows:
"Be it known unto all Men whom it may concern by
these Presents that I David Meredith of ye township of Ply
mouth in ye county of Philadelphia & province of Pensil-
vania being of a sound & perfect mind & memory do make
& ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner &
form as foUoweth
"First & principally I recommend my body soul & spir
it unto my Saviour and Creator's hand for all is his and my
body to be decently buried according to ye discretion of my
Executors hereafter named Also I will that all my Debts both
of right and Conscience be paid and discharged
"Also I give to my daughter Sarah's children after my
decease Edward Price Mary Price Margaret Price thirty

32 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
pounds viz a bound on Thomas Ellis of twenty pounds and a
bond on John Shires of tenn pounds to be equally divided
among them beside ye bound of twenty nine pounds
wch is in Rees Price hand for Mary and Margaret all to be
put to Interest by ye Executors and trustees or ye survivors of
them till they are of the age of twenty one years old and if
either of them dies the survivors is to have his share but if
in case they all dye it is to return to my son Meredith David's
children "Also I give to my son Meredith David all the rest of
my Estate both real and Temporall and so make him my
son Meredith David my sole Executor of this my Last Will
and Testament revoking all other wills and Testaments here
tofore made by me
"Lastly I nominate Peeter Jones John Moore David
Jones and Rees Preys to see this my Last will and testament
fullfilled "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this i8th day of ye ninth Month in ye year One thous
and seven hundred and twenty three"
The will was signed byDavid Meredith with his "mark"
which resembled a capital "O."
The witnesses were William Coulston, Thomas Ellis,
John Rees.
The will was proved May 13,1727, Thomas Ellis and
John Rees appearing before Peter Evans, Registrar General,
at Philadelphia, for that purpcse.
The eminent preacher, Thomas Chalkley, visited David
Meredith, as maybe seen by reference to his "Journal," edi
tion of 1749, page 182, where he says:
"In the Fourth Month I left my Family, and went back
in the Woods as far as Oley. I was from Home nine Days
travelled about one hundred and fifty miles, and had six meet-

DAVID MEREDITH. 3 3
ings at Oley, Pcrkiomen, and divers other Places, chief y in
Barns and open Places, there being large Compan;es of Peo
ple, and few Meeting-houses yet built in those Farts of the
Country. In this Journey I suffered pretty much thro' the
Heat The first Meeting was at the Iron-works settled a
little beyond a Place called Mount Misery; I was concerned
for those People, having heard of their rude Doings before
I left my Habitation; and altho' some were rude, others
behaved themselves soberly, and expressed their Thankfalnesi
for that Visitation, as I do for Opportunity I had of clearing
myself to thcrr. In n'-y return Hcrrcv.c.rcs I crcis'd Schuyl
kill, and went to Samuel Nutt's Iron-works, where I had a
large quiet, solid Meeting; And the next Day I called to see
my old Friend David Meredith, who being about 89 years of
Age, I thought it probable I might not have another Oppor
tunity of seeing him. He met me with gladness, and told me.
It was their meeting-day; so that I stay' d, and was much
comforted and tendered bj^ the Power of Christ; after which
I came home that Night"
The visit of Thomas Chalkley occurred in 1726. Dsvid
died the next year, as has been stated.
Between the signing of the will and the death of his
father, Meredith David died, and letters of administration
with the will annexed were granted to his son EUib l^eredith,
grsndson cf lie testator. Another David, brother of Ellis,
appears to have died suddenly as well as his grandfather, for
a nuncupative will was proved ly Thomas Ellis ard Ll.iis
Roberts, he having declared in their presence on the day he
died that it was his will to give to Susannah Jones (probably
his betrothed), forty pounds, the date being First-month 10,
1726-7. Ellis did not live long afterward, however. By his will
dated June 20, 1728, he left to Moses and Aaron Meredith,

$4 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
^11 the real estate in Plymouth which had descended from
their ancestor, 862 acres, subject to payments to Catharine,
wife of Mordecai Yarnall; Mary, wife of Owen Williams, and
Sarah Meredith, all of whom in 1738 granted a release to
Moses and Aaron for their interest in the land.
By a. deed of partition dated February 20, 173S, re
corded in Deed-Book G, Vol. 6, page 296, at the Recorder
of Deeds' office, Philadelphia, Moses and Aaron Meredith, de-
.?cribed as "grandsons of David Meredith," divided the tract
pf 862 acres which "by divers deeds and conveyances" had
become their property.
Moses, by this deed of partition, took full title to
t'.vo tracts, containing respectively 259 and 152 acres. Aaron
took also two tracts, containing respectively 2 1 1^'^ acres and
191 acres and 122 perches.
Aaron's purchase included the old homestead and house
in which their ancestor lived and died, containing the mect-
hig-room which has been described, and which has outlasted
all the alterations and remodelings that have taken place
in a period of more than a century and a-half
At Aaron's death he left only one child, a daughter
Phebe, intermarried with Isaac Williams.
On December 2, 1816, Isaac Williams, Jr., Joseph
Mather and Isaac Williams, Sr., conveyed the property to
Joseph Vl^illiams who, the same day, deeded 142 acres 66
perches to Isaac Williams and Joseph Mather, including
the original house, part of which still remains.
On Isaac Williams' death, his administrator.'?, Jo.^eph
Williams and Samuel Paul, deeded his half-interest to Joseph
Mather, the other owner, who thus bcceme the sole pro
prietor. In the meantime two small lots had been so'd, one to
Jesse Meredith and one to Jacob Aaron. A tract of forty

DAVID MEREDITH. 35
kcres had been previously sold to John Hart, now part ofthe
Relf tract From Joseph Mather the tract descended to his
children, the other heirs deeding their interest to Phebe W.
Mather and Sarah P. Mather who in turn some years after
ward conveyed the farm, then containing 93 acres and 5 1
perches, to Andrew Hart, whence it passed to the present
owner, Thomas Dougherty, as has been stated.
The tract owned by David Meredith has been subdivid
ed into a dozen farms or more. A portion of it lying east of
the Germantown road, owned by the late Jesse Meredith,
was recently purchased by his nephew, John M. Jones, alin-
ea! descendant ofthe original settler and purchaser ofthe
entire tract, constituting nearly one-fifth ofthe area of the
township. Among the farms which are a part ofthe original Mer
edith tract are the Aaron farm, 80 acres; William Shuman,
80 acres; Samuel Rhoads, nearly the same quantity; the Sam
uel Richards farm, the Relf property, as already mentioned,
and several others.
The Germantown road, on both sides of which lay the
Meredith purchase, is one ofthe oldest in the vicinity. It
was laid out to Philadelphia as a "cart road," Second-month,
1687, on petition of James Fox and other settlers to thecoun-
cii of the then hew Province of Pennsylvania. It was made
a turnpike in 1801-4.
In this connection, it may be mentioned that a deed
from Francis Rawle and Nicholas Pearce to Edmund Cart-
"lidge (also spelled Cartlege), for 500 acres, on record in Phi'-
adelphia, recites that William Penn's deed for 2500 acres in
Plymouth township to Rawle and Pearce, being that portion
-,of the tract adjacent to 'the Schuylkill river, was dated on
March 12-13, 16S5. The deed thus named fi:-:es the time
ofthe original purchase.

36 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
The records of Radnor Monthly Meeting show thatMer-
edith David, the son ofthe man of whom this chapter treats-,
was married in 1699, just two hundred years ago.
The marriage certificate is still in existence, in the pos
session of one of his descendants. He is described as abach-
elor of "Radnor in the Welsh Tract," and his bride as Ellen
Ellis, ofthe same place. They were married at Radnor
meeting. The meeting must have been particularly large on this
occasion, as no less than 250 names of witnesses are said to
have been appended to the certificate.

V.
ELLIS PUGH.

Among the early settlers of Plymouth, none was more
notable, perhaps, than Ellis Pugh, who was born inDolgelly,
Wales, in 1656. He became "convinced" ofthe truth of
Friends' principles by the preaching of an able minister, John
ap John, as were many others of his generation. He became a
member of the Society in -1674, and a minister six years
later. The surname Pugh was originally ap Hugh, that is, son
of Hugh, which became shortened into "Pugh," as ap Rees
in the same way became Prees and ultimately Price. Ellis
Pugh reached Pennsylvania in 1687, and soon afterward set
tled in Plymouth.
In the year 1706 he went on a religious visit to Wales,
returning in 1708, when it was completed. About this time
he wrote a work in the Welsh language, which was translated
by his friend Rowland Ellis and revised by David Lloyd,
and printed in Philadelphia by S. Keimer in 1 727. Some
copies of the work are still in existence. It is a small vol
ume of 222 pages, and is particularly interesting on account
of its early publication.
The title of the book is characteristic of that day, when
it was customary to fill the title-page with a sort of digest
of the contents ofthe volume. It is as follows:

38 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
"A Salutation to the Britons, to Call Them from many
Things to the One Thing Needful for the Saving of Their
Souls; Especially to the poor, unarmed Travelers, Plowmen,
Shepherds and those that are of low Degree like myself
"This is in order to direct you to knov/ God and Christ,
the only wise God, which is life eternal, and to learn of Him
that you may become v/iser than their Teachers."
The following interesting account ofthe life and religi
ous laoors of Ellis Pugh is found in a "Collection of Memo
rials" concerning deceased ministers and others in Penn.'^-l-
vania. New Jersey and parts adjacent, from nearly the first
settlement to the year 1687; it is partly extracted from a me
morial of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of Friends in regard to
him, and partly from a short summaiy of his life, both ofthe
articles being prefixed to his book, "A Salutation to the
Britons." "Ellis Pugh was born in the parish of Eolgelly, in the
county of Merioneth, and dominion of V/ales, in the sixth
month, 1656. His parents were religious people; but his
father died before he was born, and his mother a few days
after. In the days of his youth, when going with tlie multi
tude into folly, it pleased God, by hi.s judgment, to stand in
his way, and cause him to consider the things that belonged
to his soul's everlasting peace. And in the eighteentli year
of his age, the Lord visited him more eminently, kiadL'ng a
zeal in him to serve his Creator more diligently; havingbeen
also reached by the testimony of John-ap-John, one ofthe
people called Quakers.
"God, who promised to be a father to the fatherless, toolc
care of him; and about the year 1680, gave him a part in the
ministry of the Gospel of Christ, notwithsttnding he was not
one of the v/ise of this world, nor had human learning; vit
he was made a profitable instrument to tuin divers from var,-

ELLIS PUGH. 39
ity, and to exhort and strengthen many in their spiritual
journey, in his native land, and also in this country, where he
finished his course.
"In the year 1686, he and his family, with divers of his
acquaintance, prepared to come over to Pennsylvania, and
whilst they v/aited for the ship to be ready, there came great
trouble and exercise upon him, so that he Vv'as sick for some
days; in which strait the Lord showed him, that they should
meet with troubles and exercises in their way, and th.:it He
had a work for him in that countiy, and mu-st sometim.^ re
turn to his native land. After they sailed, they met '.v.'th
storm.s, straits, and troubles; and having been upon the tem
pestuous sea all winter, they arrived at Barbadoes, where they
were joyfully and lovingly received by theii friends.
"The summer follov/ing, in the year 16S7, they arrived
in Pennsylvania where this our friend w?.3 a serviceable in
strument in the Lord's hand, to cherish and instruct us, in
meekness and tenderness, to obey that wliich God made
known unto us of his will, and to fellow and under; tynd tlie
operation of his Spirit, discovering to us the snares of the en
emy of our souls.
"His pious labors, with those of others that were fitted
for the same service, have been profitable in directing and
edifying us in the way of Truth; for by tlie tenderr.ess and
influence which came as dew upon cur souls, wliilc Vi'c sat
under his ministry, we believed his doctrine was of Cod.
"In theyear 1706 he was engaged to visitthe inhabitants
of his native country, according to what tlie Lord had re
vealed unto him before he caine from thence: v^hich service
he performed to the benefit and acceptance of n:.ai;y, and re
turned to his family in 1 708.
"After he came home, three of his children, in the flower
of their age, who from their youth had walked orderly, and

40 PLYMOUTH MEETING,
were hopeful, died within one month; in the time of which
trial, the Lord was near unto him: He mourned not as one
without hope. Strength was given him to bear his affii :ton.
He said in a public meeting: "If he could bear 'nis, affliction
acceptably in the sight of God, it Vv'ould be as marrow to his
bones,'' which testimony amongst several other things v.-as
to the edification and comfort of the hearers. His residence
was then nearer to us than before, which rendered his life
and conversation more conspicuous, and his fellov.'ship mere
known unto us.
"His ministiy wa.s living, profitable, and to edification.
He was of a meek and quiet spirit, considerate and solid in
his judgment, of few words, honest and careful in his cailir.e;
and several were induced to speak ofthe benefit they receiv
ed by his chaste conversation, and his loving and comforta
ble expressions while he was amongst them in their farniiie.p.
He was honorable among his friends and of good report a-
mong all people generally, therefore' his memory will not
soon v/ear out
"He was in a declining state of bodily health about a
year and three months before his decease, so that he was
not well able to follow his calling; but his candle shone even
brighter, as may be seen by perusing his treatise called 'A
Salutation to the Britons,' v>hich he wrote in his own lan
guage, in the time of h.'s long sickness when his viev was to
wards that which pertains to eternity; more especially to
those, or for the sake of thcifc, to v, horn the salutaiicn of his
Hfe reached oversea and land; for the encoumgement and in
struction of them that Vvcre .seeking the way to Zicn, the
New Jerusalem, the city of the Great King, v.'hose walls and
bulwarks are salvation.
"In the last meeting he was at among us, he was weak
in body; but fervent in spirit, as one lakiiighis last leave in a

ELLIS PUGH. 41
great deal of love and tenderness, saying, that the Lord
granted him his desire to come and visit us once more; put
ting us in mind to live in peace and unity, and to. keep out
from amongst us, as much as we could, all strife and discord;
and when any thing appeared which had a tendency there
unto, that hands should be laid without delay to end it, and
that none ahould depend upon his own hand, eye, or balance
in judgment "He was fitted to counsel others, because his life and con
versation was answerable to his testimony; amongst his
family tender, and careful to counsel them to live in the
fear of God.
"We looked upon him as one who had finished his
work, that the time of his dissolution drew nigh; and that he
might say in the words of Paul, according to his measure: T
have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall
give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them
also that love his appearing.'
"He was patient in his tedious indisposition, and con
tented to wait the Lord's time; and he slept with his fathers
on the third day of the Tenth month, 17 18, in favor with
God." The coming of so many leaders in the Society to Amer
ica caused their loss to be severely felt in Great Britain, and
especially in Wales.
Men like David Meredith, Ellis Pugh and others who
will be mentioned later, were sadly missed in the meetings,
and the emigration to Pennsylvania, while it built up a strong
body of Friends in this country, gave those on the other
side of the Atlantic a blow from which they never fully re
covered.

42 rLYiiouTH meeti:;g.
Among the marriages in records of Haverford Llontli-
ly Meeting, to which Plymouth Friends belonged prior to the
establishment of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, is that of Ellis
Pugh, Jr., of Plymouth, eldest son of Ellis Pugh, to Maiy
Evan, eldest daughter of Owen Evan, of Gwynedd, at a public
meeting. Third-month 3, 1708.
The testimony concerning Ellis Pugh, which has been
given in full, was "signed on behalf of the Monthly Meeting
by John Hugh, Edward Foulke, John Flumphrey, Edward
Robert, Hugh Griffith, Meredith David, Thomas Pugh, Rov,'-
land Ellis, David Meredith, Thomas Evan, Robert Evan, Ow
en Evan, Cadwallader Evan, Robert Jones, Evan Evans, John
Evans." It is probable that these were among the prin
cipal members ofthe meeting at that time.

VI.
OTHER EARLY MINISTER,5.

Other ministers of Plymouth meeting in its earlier daj's
were Rowland Ellis and William Trotter, some account of
whom may be given in this chapter. A^s a matter of c-curse,
there were some other speakers, of whom little or nothing
has come down to the present generation.
Rowland Ellis was the close friend of Ellis Pugh, a.s has
been stated, translating hl5 "Salutation to the Britons" from
the Welsh language in which it was written, and doubtleas
making the necessary arrangements for its publication.
There v/as naturally a feeling of near kinship among the
Welsh setders,,who retained the knowledge of their mother
tongue, although they soon learned enough Englloh to n-iake
themselves understood by their brethren.
Rowland Ellis appears to have been well versed in both
tongues. Fle has left on record testimonie.* in reference to
Robert Owen and Jane his wife and others which are of
great value.
Rowland Ellis came fro '.n W.i'eo in 1697. He was a
minister, whose services were acceptable and to edification.
He is described as as a man of sound judgment, was ready
and willing to assist his neighbors and friends in all ca.^es,
civil or rengious, when decired, and was a very utelui mtn
in the community.

44 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
The following memorial of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting
gives additional facts in regard to Rowland Ellis, and conveys
some idea of the esteem in which he was held by those who
had the best opportunity of knowing hirn:
"Our ancient and esteemed friend, Rowland Ellis, was
born in theyear 1650, in Merioneth, North Wales, convinc
ed of the truth about the twenty -second year of his age, suf
fered several years imprisonment with constancy on account
of his testimony, it being then a time of sore persecution;
the two judges who committed hirn with many others for re
fusing to take the oath of allegiance and supremacy, declar
ed openly at the assizes, 'That in case they refused a second
time to take it, titey should be proceeded against as traitoir,
the men hanged and quartered and the women burned.' In
1686, he came over into Pennsylvania to prepare for a settle
ment for his wife and family, with whom he returned in the
year 1697.
•'He was endued w-ith a giftin the ministiy, and tho'
not very frequent in appearance therein, his sei-vice was ac
ceptable and to edification; being of sound judgment, ready
and willing to assist his neighbors and friends in all cases
civil or religious as desired.
"He was zealous for supporting our christian discipline,
and exemplary in conducting himself agreeable therewith,
sometimes saying 'If the hedge of discipline was not kept
up, the labor of the husbandmen would very soon be laid
waste.' "He was careful in educating his children religiously, by
timely endeavoring to inculcate in them the principles of pi
ety and virtue. A practice of his, tending thereto, was hav
ing meetings frequently in his family, which he long con
tinued. "In the last monthly meeting he attended he was taken

OTHER EARLY MINISTERS. 45
unwell, but afterwards said to divers friends present, 'I am
glad I was here to-day, for I had a lively meeting, and tho' I
now feel much weakness and the infirmities attending my ad
vanced age, yet I can say, truth is as dear and as sweet as
ever.' He also said, 'Satan sometimes lies in wait like a
roaring Hon to devour me, but I find he is chained by a se
cret hand which limits his power, so that he cannot harm
me.' "His indisposition continued a few days, which he bore
with christian patience, expressing 'His sense of his near ar
rival at the haven of rest and quiet, where none would make
him afraid.'"He expired at the house of his son-in-law, John Evan.'-,
in the eightieth year of his age, and was interred in Friends
burying-ground at Plymouth, (to which particular meeting
he belonged) in the seventh month, 1729. Concerning who.Ti
we trust it may be said, he rests, enjoying the reward of the
righteous, and his works do follov/."
WILLIAM TROTTER.
William Trotter was another minister at Plymouth. The
following is the testimony of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting in
reference to his life, religious labors, death and burial.
"Our friend, William Trotter, late of Plymouth, in the
county of Philadelphia, son of William Trotter, was born in
the fourth month, 1695, of religious parents, and was educat
ed amongst Friend.'-.
"As he grew in years, he was blessed, in that he grew
in grace, and in the fear and knowledge of our blessed Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ
"About the twenty-first year of his age, he received a
gift in the ministr}^ in which he was frequently exercisfd
during the course of his life. His ministiy was sound and

46 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
savory, and attended with a remarkably gccd degree cf
that life and power 'By which the dead are raised, and v/ith-
out which all preaching is vain.'
"He was not tedious or burdensome but often very
reaching and edifying to his hearers. In his life and conver
sation he was grave, yet innocently cheerful, and strictly just
in his dealings, also a lover and promoter of peace, unity,
and brotherly love amongst friends, of Vi^hich himself was a
good pattern.
"He was generally beloved during his life, and at his
death left a good savour. Plis removal from time to a happy
eternity, though certainly his greatest gain, was a consider
able loss to the meeting where he belonged.
"He departed this life on the 19th ofthe Tenth month,
1749, aged about fifty-three years and six months, and was
interred on the twenty-first of the same month in Friends'
burying-ground at Plymouth; and we believe is gone from his
laborious service to receive a heavenly reward of peace where
the 'wicked cease from troubling, and the weary be at rest' "

VII.
TRAITS OF WELSH SETTLERS.

In the latter part of this volume, an account is given of
the ministers at Plymouth Meeting oflater generations, those
who have been mentioned in chapters previous to this, tiav-
ing been identified with its earlier history. As a rule the
latter were of Welsh nativity, and most ofthi earlier settlers
in theimmediate vicinity were also of that nsticnality. Tie
names of Welsh origin are readily distinguished at a glance,
including Meredith, David, Pugh and Ellis.
The list of taxables for 1734 (see page 20) illustrates
this point Among the Welsh names it contains are Mere
dith, Williams, Price, Jones and John.
What has been already given is sufficient perhaps, to
convey some idea of their characteristics, but it m,ay not be
amiss, at this point, to call the reader's attention to tlie
prominent traits ofthe settlers who formed so large a propor
tion ofthe land owners of Colonial times, and whose descen
dants are an influential element ofthe population of this sec
tion of Montgomery county at the present day.
The thrifty habits of the Welsh emigrants made them
prosperous. They became large land owners and accumu
lated wealth which was handed down to their descendants,
from generation to generation.
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48 , PLYMOUTH MEETING.
is necessary to go back much further than Penn's time. The
men and women who listened to the preaching of John ap
John, and were convinced by what they heard of the truth of
Friends' principles, were the product of ages gone before
in which these s'urdy "Britons," as Plllis Pugh calls them,
maintained their ground in their own land against all the
force the English could employ in the work of conquering
them. They were well fitted to embrace the views of the low
ly and despised Quaker. The history and traditions of the race
peculiarly qualified them, even more than their English breth
ren, to brave the fuiy ofthe tempest of persecution which the
disciples of Fox and Penn encountered.
Their inherited independence and self-reliance render
ed most acceptable to them the cardinal doctrine of Friends
-a Divine Light shining in each soul which reveals to each
individual the Divine will concerning himself
The early Friends were a wonderfully favored people in
some respects.
Though they were exposed to a pitiless storm of perse
cution, there were gains to balance such loss.
Fines and imprisonment, magisterial tyranny and priest
ly malediction could not swerve from their fixed methods of
worship the believers in the communion of man with his Cre
ator and loving Father,
Reproach and denunciation had little effect on the sted-
fast disciples ofthe Inner Light-the God in man-whose right
to rule and reign in every heart they accepted without any
question. Their faith in inward revelation, founded on the decla
ration of Jesu.s-Thc kingdom of Heaven is within j^ou-sus-
tained them in every emergency. They recognized it as
directing rightly all who cherished it and obeyed its leadi;ig,

TRAITS OF WELSH SETTLERS. 49
enabling them to attain to that measure of perfection in act
and thought towards which all the children of men are called
upon to strive.
To them as to all who obey the word which is "older
than all preached gospels," this heavenly messenger became
a guide, a guardian, an enlightener, a present helper in eve
ry needful time.
They held this Divine visitant sufficient for all things-
temporal as well as spiritual— a quickcnin.g spirit, a living
teacher, teaching as man in all the panoply of priesthood
and all the arrogance and pride of ecclesiastical authority, ha.j
never taught and never can teach.
The penalties and privations which they suffered were
effective only to confirm them in the religious faith to v/hich
they clung with the tenacity of one who, after long searching,
has found what he deems a treasure which is beyond all
price. Dungeons had no terrors for men and women who heard
in every place the still small voice of Divine inspiration,
the love of God filling their hearts with a peace and com
fort "passing all understanding." They could be robbed of
their worldly possessions, separated from their families, cast
into loathsome prisons, but they could not be deprived of
that communion with the spirit which was to their souk like
dew from Heaven falling at night upon the parched and
thirsty earth.
The persecution encountered by Welsh Friends, as well
as those of England, was effective only in spreading their prin
ciples, and in greatly increasing their number. The name
"Quaker" applied at first in derision, cam<^ to be regarded
as an honorable term, because those who bore it conducted
themselves so as to make it worthy of honor.
There has been no time in the histoiy of the Society

50 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
when the tide of religious fervor rose higher, or when its
members were more earnest, more devoted, more thoroughly
imbued with the true Quaker spirit, than when Gccrge Fcx
and his companion, John ap John, traveled up and down a-
mong the towns, the village.'^, aud the country homes ofthe
principality, as it was commonly called, preaching the new
gospel of the Christ within the hope of glory-the pov.'er of
God unto salvation to every one that believeth.
John ap John has been appropriately termed the "Apos
tle of Quakerism in Wales." He v/ell earned the title. It is
to be noted that nearly every Welsh Friend of whom men
tion is made, attributed his "convincement" to the preaching
of John ap John.
To understand clearly the traits of the Welsh settlers of
Plymouth who came at the invitation of Penn to people t'ne
fertile valleys of his Province, it is nece-ssaryto bear in mind
that they were descendants of the unconquered Britons who
preferred to retire into the remote portions of the island rath
er than yield to the Romans, the Saxons, the Danes or the
Normans. Thomas Allen Glenn, in his"Mcr:on in the Welsh tract,"
says, speaking of the Saxon conquest
"Step by step, and foot by foot, fighting desperately for
each farm and village, the Britons retreated towards the west
coast. But the conquest was not a brief one, and it was not
until the eighth centurj^ that the stubborn Vv'^elsh consented to
do homage to Saxon England, nor was that lomage then of
a sei-vile kind; for we learn that the Cymric princes satin
the frequent Parliaments which were held by the early En
glish kings, particularly those which rr.ark the reign cf the
great and good Athelstan.
"I'he Britons had in early t:mes accepted the Christian
religion, to which they de\"oted then^.sch-cs witli a singular pi-

TRAITS OF WELSH SETTLERS. 5 I
ety. In their belief, however, they were still swayed by the
old teachings ofthe Druids, and never accepted in their en
tirety the doctrines or dogmatic rules insisted upon by the
Roman See."
How natural that they eagerly accepted the offer of
Penn to migrate to a countiy where they were promised free
dom of conscience and the right to worship God as they
chose, with none to molest them or make them afraid.
After many an encounter, in which the Llewellyns, fam
ed in song and story, Owen Glendower and others contend
ed against the might of England, the monarchs of that coun
try, taught by experience, learned that the Welsh could be
conquered by kindne.ss, but never by violence.
It is unnecessary to dwell upon the cruelty which mark
ed the treatment of the converts of John ap John in Wales.
They are all set forth in Sewell's and other histories of the
time. The stoiy of the"Convincement of Evan Morris," by
his son, Morris Morris, pages 77-82 of "Old Richland Fami-
ies," is a pathetic narration of ills to which many were sub
jected because they embraced the faith of Fox.
The remnant of the ancient Cymric race mingled in the
course of many centuries with their English neighbors, but
their primitive characteristics, while they were niodined
somewhat by such contact, were not entirely lost In their
remote corner of the island of Great Britain, they were much
less exposed than the English people to the transforming in
fluences which are encountered in the course of a dozen or
more centuries.
Their individnality as a race and their self-dependence
were retained through the longtide of years, transmitted from
father to son as the generations passed, in the endless pro
cession of time. The bards kept alive the remembrance of
ancient courage. The memory of old-time gloiy, thus em-

52 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
balmed in verse, was perpetuated for ages, becoming a na
tional inheritance.
In Penn.sylvania they became the trusted friends of the
proprietor, and were able to assist very materially in the up
building of the Commonwealth founded by Penn in the new
world. The early Welsh settlers in America transmitted to their
posterity their prominent traits, and their identity has by no
means been entirely lost, after the lapse of two centuries, nor
is it likely to be for a long time to come.

VIII.
OLD DOCUMENTS.

Before passing on to the building ofthe original meet
ing-house, the walls of which form a portion of the existing
structure, and the records of Plymouth Friends as a Prepar
ative Meeting, and as a constituent part of Gwynedd Month
ly Meeting, it has been deemed advisable to insert here a
number of documents, most of them never before published,
several of which have come under my observation for the first
time in the course of the researches connected with the prep
aration of the material for this book.
All of them have some bearing on facts which have been
given in the preceding pages of this volume, and several of
them are important, as substantiating statements made in
previous chapters that differ somewhat from the traditions of
the neighborhood. These latter have occasionally been made the subject of
articles in local newspapers, where, were they not corrected,
they might masquerade as authentic history of the township
or of the meeting.
A number of these old documents are contained in an
ancient oaken chest, now in possession of Lewis Aaron, of
No. 235 Rochelle Avenue, Wissahickon.
He inherited the chest and its contents from his mother,
the late Phebe Aaron, wife of Jacob Aaron, also deceased for

54 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
a number of years. She was a lineal descendant of David
Meredith. The couple lived on the farm on the German-
town road, adjoining John M.Jones' property, now owned by
her son and daughter, and tenanted by John B. Fisher.
The chest and papers contained in it, many of which
are over two hundred years old, have descended directl}' fi-om
David Meredith, through the intervening half-dozen genera
tions. The old oak bo.x; was the property of the settler, and
it is believed to have been brought by him from Wales, when
he came to this country, about 215 years ago.
Vv'^hether this be tiue or not, the appearance ofthe box
itself certainly indicates great age and that it v.'as made in
the "old country." There is a very strong probability that
some of these interesting old documents have lain in their re
ceptacle for two centuries or more, having been placed in it
by the hands of David Meredith, the original owner, where
they have ever since remained.
These old papers are well worthy of preservation, as
they throw much light upon family history, and that of the
township. THE DEED rnOM PENN.
A most interesting deed included among these papers
is the original patent from the "Absolute Proprietor and Gov
ernor of the Province of Pennsylvania," to Francis Ra^\ieand
Elizabeth Fox, widow of James Fox.
This deed sets forth that Francis Rawle and James Fox
(the latter since deceased) had purchased the tract of 5327
acres, constituting the township of Plymouth, and that this
deed was given to enable the owners the better to assure a ti
tle to purchasers from them.
A relic of antiquity in the box is a deed for property in
Wales from John ap Meredith to David Meredith. Its date

OLD DOCUMENTS. 55
is 1679. Theproperty, located in the parish of Llandoghy,
Radnorshire, Wales, was probably re-conveyed by David lat
er, in another deed.
The boundaries of the township are thus given in the
deed from Penn:
"Beginning at a birch tree marked standing by the Kiver
Skuylkill beinga corner dividing it from the land first laid
out to Major Jasper ffarmer extending from thence by an old
line of marked trees north-east twelve hundred and ninety-six
perches to a corner marked White oak standing in the line
of Whitpain's Township from thence by an old line of mark
ed trees north-west seven hundred and ninety- two perches
to a corner marked hickory dividing this from the reputed
land of Benjamin Chambers from thence by an old line of
marked trees south-west eight hundred and forty perches
to a corner marked hickory standing by the said River Skuyl
kill by the several courses thereof to the first mentioned
birch tree containing five thousand three hundred and twen
ty seven acres and seventy-nine perches of land."
The deed states that a warrant was issued to survey the
land Third-month 20, 1 701, and that it was laid out Third-
month 29, 1 70 1.
The date ofthe deed is August 12, 1701.
Attached to the instrument is the seal of the Province,
a cumbrous cake of wax fastened to the document by a light
ribbon that has withstood the ravages of almost two centu
ries without apparent injury.
The deed, as a matter of course, has William Penn's sig
nature attached to it The seal, it may be added, is kept in
a tin box, although fastened to the deed.
DAVID Meredith's deed.
The deed of Francis Rawle and Elizabeth P'ox to David

56 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Meredith for 980 acres of land in Plymouth is also signed by
Philip Price who had acquired an interest in the tract It is
dated First-month (March) 4, 1701. The metes and bounds
have already been given (pages 30, 31.)
The following brief of title for a portion ofthe tract
prepared many years ago, is also of interest in this connec
tion: AARON Meredith's title.
"Aaron Meredith's title to 191 as. & 122 psof land in
Plymouth, Philadelphia county Pa viz.
"Deed Francis Rawle and Elizabeth Fox (with consent
of Philip Price) to David Meredith for 900 as of land in Ply
mouth afd. to hold to him his heirs & Assigns forever. The
Deed Dated the 4th of ye first month, 1701, (part of 25CC as
by lease and release sold by ye proprietor to Francis
Rawle.) "And the sd. David Meredith being Seized in ffee of 862
as of Land (Part of the above mentioned 900 as) died having
by his last will and testamt of the 20th day of December,
1723 devised some money Legacys to his Daughters Child
ren Then gives & devises to his the Testator's Son Tderedith
David all the rest of his Estate both real and temporal in
which the sd 862 as was included.
"The sd Meredith David by his Last Will & Testamt (no
date but Proved May loth 1727) devised in these words
" 'Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Eldest Son
David Meredith the Quantity of 200 as more or less being
part ofthe Eight hundred acres now in the Possession ofthe
above named Meredith David unto him the said David Mere
dith and to his right Heirs for ever lying and being or di\'id-
ed from the remainder of the sd Tract by Parciomini Road
on the West Side thereof Upon Consideration the sd. David

OLD DOCUMENTS. 57
Meredith shall & do pay the sum of three pounds Proclama
tion money unto his mother Ellin during her natural
hfe." "The sd Ellin now dead.
"The sd. Meredith David by the sd devise of the 200 as
devised the aforesd. 191 as & 122 ps he having at the time
of his death no more land on ye west side of ye Perkiomy
Road. "The said David Meredith came to Age & Died In
testate & without Issue whereupon the sd. 191 as. & 122 ps.
of Land descended to his Eldest Surviving Brother and Heir
at Law Ellis Meredith.
•'And the sd Ellis Meredith by his Last Will & Testa.
of ye 20th ofthe 4th Month 1728 devised the Premises un
to the sd Aaron Meredith in fee.
"The sd Aaron Meredith's Sisters with their husbands re
leased all their right & title of in and to ye sd. 862 as to their
Brothers and the sd Aaron and the sd Moses among other
land released the sd. 191 acres and 122 ps to the sd Aaron
Meredith in fee.
"N. B. — Ye above 191 Acres and i22Pchs is part of
980 acres wch David Meredith bought of Philip Price v/ch
Said Philip Price had bought of Francis Rawle 1300 acres,
which 980 Acres is part of 2500 acres wch ye propr by Lease
and Release ye 12 and 13 of March 1685 sold to Francis
Rawle. "And ye said 980 Acres is not only a part of ye above
2500 Acres conveyed from Penn to Rawle, but is also part
of 5327 acres and 79 Pchs of land called Plymouth Township
granted and confirmed to ye sd Rawle and Eliz. Fox by pat
ent Augt ye 1 2th 1 70 1 ye patent enrolled in Book A Vol. 2
page 55 wch patent was granted to them to enable them to
assure ye above Land to persons claiming under ye sd Rawle

58 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
and then March ye 4 170 1-2 said Rawle and Fox with
ye Consent of said Price by their deed conveyed ye said
980 acres of land to David Meredith."
OLD MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
"Whereas Meredith David of the Tow nship of Radnor in
the Welch Tract Batchelor And Ellin Ellis of the Township
of  in the aforesaid Welch Tract Spinster. Having de
clared their Intentions of Marriage with each other before
Severall Publick Meetings of the People of God called Qua
kers in the aforesaid Tract according to the Good Order Us
ed among them whose Proceedings therein after a Deliberate
Consideration and Consent of Parties and Relatives concern
ed being clear of all others were approved of by the Said
meetings. "Now these are to certifie all whom it may concern that
for the full accomplishing of their Said Intentions this twen
ty second day ofthe Eleaventh Month vulgarly called Janu
ary in the year according to the English account One Thous
and Six hundred Ninety and Nine. They the Said Meredith
David and Ellin Ellis appeared in a Solemn and Publick as
sembly of the aforesaid people and others met togetlier for
that end and purpose in their Publick meeting place at Rad
nor aforesaid and in a Solemn manner according to the Ex
ample of the holy men of God Recorded in the Scriptures of
Truth, He the Said Meredith David takingthe Said hZlIin Ellis
by the hand did openly declare as following viz ffriends in
ye presence of God and Before you I take this my friend
Ellin Ellis to be my wife and do promise with God's assist
ance to be her faithful true and loving husband, until the
Lord in his wisdom by death is pleased to separate us.
"And then and there in the Said Assembly ye Said Ellin
Ellis did in like manner declare as followeth Viz ffriends in

OLD DOCUMENTS.

59

the presence of god & before you I take Meredith David to
be my husband promising with god's assistance to be his
faithful and loving wife until death separates us.
"And the Said Meredith David and Ellin Ellis as a fur
ther confirmation thereof. Did then and there to these pres
ents Sett their hands.
"And \vc whose names are
hereunto Subscribed, being pre
sent amongst others, at the Sol
emnizing of their Said marriage
and Subscription in Radnor a-
foresaid, as witnesses thereunto
have also to these presents sub
scribed our names the day and
year above written."

Meredith David

Ellin David

David Meredith
Ellis Pugh
Richard Moore
Ellis Pugh
Thomas Pugh
Stephen Evans

David Lewis
Edd Jones
Robert David

Richard Jones
William Thomas
Joshua Owen

Benjamin Davies Benj: Humphrey
Robt Jones Plugh Davies

Robert Roberts

Robt Loyd
John Bevan
Rees Thomas Jr
Chalkley Thomas
 Evan
Grace 

[Two names illegible]
John Moore John Richard
Rowland Ellis John Cadder
Evan Jonathanp] Thomas Jones
Cadwallader Morgan David Thomas
Hugh Roberts Alex. Edward John Morgan
Richard Ormo Gainor Pugh Evan Powell
David Evan James Pugh
Rees Thomas John Stephen
Griffith Jones John CadwalladerThomas David
[Two names illegible] Rowland Ellis
Evan Griffith Robert Ellis Mary Meredith
Robt William Sinai Pugh Sarah Meredith

Hugh Samuell
Thomas Jones

60 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Katherine Pugh Margaret Ellis Margaret Jones
Margaret Nicolas Ann Lewis Ellin Jones
Elizabeth Owen Ann Griffith Gainor Roberts
Martha Roberts Katherine Ellis Jane Jones
Phebe Philips Ann Lewis Martha Cannon
Susanna Price Katherine Griffith Margaret Cannon
While some of the papers herewith presented may 'oe
saidtohave noimmcdiateconnectionwith Plymouth Friends'
Meeting, they are of value as bearing on the customs of our
ancestors two hundred year; ago, and, the writer believe. ,
arc well worthy of the space they occupy, on that account
They are in a degree a sort of mirror in whi:li we see reflect
ed the times and the people of two centuries Ago, as we could,
perhaps, in no ( ther wa}-.
The d'jcurnents in this chapter disclos ; very much that
throws light on the early histoiy of Plyniouch Township and
its setders. In presenting these old documents, transcri'ced in every
case from the original paper, seme difficulty has been encoun
tered by reason of the ravages caused by the lapse of eentu-
rics, particularly where the manuscript? have been folded.
Care h is been taken to pre;erve, as far as p jssible, the exact
wording, capitals, and even the punctuation el the relic of
antiquity whence eich was copied.
Referring to "Aaron Meredith's Titlf," pages 56 and 57,
it may be added that Aaron and Moses Meredith v.-ere broth
ers of Ellis Meredith.
The signatures to the marriage certificate just given re
veal the fact that all or neaily all who allendtd en that i eca-
.sion were of Welsh national it}-.
In some particulars, the form of such certificate has re
mained practically unaltered to our own day, while in others
it has Lecn changed \er) materially.

OLD DOCUMENTS. 6 1
The signatures show that all the signers of the paper
had enjoyed some advantages of education. All, including
the couple themselves, were able to sign their names, it
would appear, and the writing would do no discredit to a
modern assemblage of this character.
The language of the certificate of Meredith and Ellin
David as given suggests the thought that there has been lit
tle improvement in the phraseology in the last two hundred
years. In all its essential features, the wording is as good
as that of to-day and the ungrammatical "allowed of by the
said meeting," wdiich often appears in present-day marriage
certificates, does not occur in the document which is two
centuries old.
The ante-nuptial agreement which closes this chapter is
a curiosity in its way. It shows who was the second wife of
David Meredith.
In this connection it may be noted that there seems to
have been a family tradition that the box in which these
old documents have been kept, once belonged to William
Penn. Edward Mathews, the local historian, writing in 1879,
said: "Mrs. Aaron has in her possession a wooden boxvalua-
able as a relic and memento of antiquity, inasmuch as it was
a present from no less a personage than William Penn him
self to David Meredith as a keepsake.
"Doubtless more than two centuries have passed away
since it came from the artificer's hands into that of the great
proprietor of the Quaker Province."
The reader can draw his own inferences as to the proba
bility of this tradition. The care with which it has been pre.
served, all these years, indicates that it has been highly valued
by the different persons into whose possession this relic of

62 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
the past has come, in the course of the seven or eight gene
rations which have succeeded each other in two centuries or
more. ANTE-NUPTIAL AGREEMENT.
Articlesof agremt: had made concluded and agreed up
on the twenty-fourth day of the Second month in ye year
sixteen hundred and ninety Between David Meredith
of Radnor in the county of Chester widdower And Ma
ry Jones of uper Providence in ye said county of Chester
widdowofye one parte: And Thomas & Peeter Jones sons
«f Said Maiy Jones both of Uper Providence in ye said Coun
ty of Chester of ye other parte; as followeth viz,
Imprmis it is covenanted concluded & agreed upon by &
between the Partyes to these presents that whereas the said
Maryjones is aboutto change her condition & takeahusband
the said David Meredith Hat'n with the consent of her said
intended husband and the advice of severall friends And for
the satisfaction of all whom it may consern agreed with and
settled her conserns with her two sons Thomas & Peeter
Jones in maner and form following.
Itim the said Mary Jones doth hereby covenant pro-
mis and grantto & with her two sons Thomas & Peeter aforesaid
to make over and convey all her Right title claim and Inte
rest in or to that tract cf Land whereon Shee nowliveth con
taining one hundred and fifty acres with all the houseing
plantations; orcharts, the crops upon the ground and ail
other Appertainment of and belonging to }-c same, as also one
young mare one steare or bullock And also certain houshould
goods an inventory whereof is to be taken when the said
Mary is married and goes away from her said habitation All
wch foremensoned primises are equally to be divided between
the said Thomas and Peeter Jones.

OLD DOCUMENTS. 63
Itim ye said Mary Jones doth hereby promis to give to
her son Peeter Jones her black cowe & to delever the same
sometime within ye compas of ye Eight month next after ye
date hereof if the said cowe shall soe long live.
Itim the said David Meredith doth hereby covenant pro
mis & grant to & with the said Thomas & Peeter Jones that if
in case the said Mary Jones their Mother Shall depart this
life before ye said David and after shee is become his wife then
shee the said Mary shall have full power to dispose of all ye
goods and chatles wch shee bringeth to ye said David or ye
value thereof wch is about seven pounds tenshills: or if ye
said Mary Jones shall depart as aforesaid not having time to
dispose of her said goods that then the said David do'.h
hereby promis and grant to and with the said Thom?s and
Peeter Jones that hee will make retern of half ye goods which
ye said Mary brought to him or the value thereof to the said
Thomas and Peeter Jones or their assignes within 
months after her decease.
Itim the said Thomas and Peeter Jones doth hereby
covenant promise and grant to and with the said David Mer
edith and Mary Jones their Mother that in consideration of
the foremensoned benefits receved and to be receved from
their Mother that they the said Thomas and Peeter Jones
will undertake to discharge their Mother and David Mere
dith her Intended husband from all these depts wch she now
oweth amounting to eighteen pounds sixteen shillings and
eleven pence.
Also if in case their said Mother be a widdow and have
need & require it of them that they ye said Thomas & Pee
ter will deliver her back ye young mare againe or one as good
in the rome thereof and also all ye houshould goods or more
as good in the rome thereof And also half the cleared ground
that nowis all wch the said Mary is to have the use of for her

64 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
lifetime and then the same is to retern to the said Thomas and
Peeter Jones and their heirs forever.
In witness whereof the partes to these presents have in-
terchangably put their hands and seales.

Thomas Jones

[seal]

Peeter Jones

[seal]

Signed Sealed and deliv-

:d in presents of us.
John Jones
Robert Burrow
IX.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONTPILY MEETING.

Plymouth Meeting has been so intimately connected
with that at Gwynedd since 17 14, when the two were origan -
ized into a meeting which has ever since been known as
Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, that it is impossible to proceed
with the history of the one without some reference to the
other. The Friends co.Tiposing the two Preparative Meetings
have mingled together for a period of a hundred and eighty-
five years, the sessions of the Monthly Meeting alternating
at the two places for the greater part of the time. They have
intermarried v/ith each other and associated in almost daily
intercourse until they are practically one community, Nor
ristown Meeting having arisen about a half century ago and
being joined with them.
Providence Meeting, another member of the group, a
dozen miles or more from either Plymouth or Gwynedd, has
been unused regularly for many years, although occasional
gatherings are held there, to listen to some visiting minister
who deems it his duty to appoint a meeting in the old weath
er-worn building.
The following is from the records of Philadelphia
Monthly Meeting: —
"loth mo. 4th, 1699. Rowland Ellis, in behalf of Hav-

66 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
erford Monthly Meeting, having acquainted this meeting
that several Welsh people. Friends and others, are lately
settled on ye East side of Scuylkill, in this county, about 20
miles off from this place, who for some time have had a First
day's meeting by ye advice and consent of ye sd meetingof
Haverford, which is also a Third day's weekly meeting,
being brought hither for ye concurrence of the n:eeii:.g,is
approved, and in regard ye said people understand not ye
English tongue, they desire to be joyned to Haverford
Monthly Meeting for ye present which is also appiroved of"
From Haverford records:
"1 714. — At the Monthly Meeting held at Radnor meet
ing house, the 9th day ofthe lOth month, it is left for fur
ther consideration what time to appoint the monthly rreet-
ings of Gwynedd and Plymouth; which was left to the appoint
ment ofthe Quarterly Meeting [of Philadelphia].
"Gwynedd and Plymouth Friends, after consideration
what day is suitable forthe Monthly Meeting propose the last
Third-day in every month which this meeting acquiesces
with." From Gwynedd Monthly Meeting records:
"Att our Monthly Meeting held att Gwynedd Meeting
house the 22d 12th Mo. 1714-15.
"Being the first monthly meeting held here appointed b)'
and with the consent and advice of the Quarterly Lleeting
att Philadelphia and likewise the Monthly Meeting of Hav
erford unto which we have heretofore belonged as appeareth
hereafter. "1st There was read in this meeting a short account of
the first settlement of this place and the rise and progress of
Truth untillthe establishment of this Meeting which account
this meeting orders to be entered in the begining of this .Meet
ing Book, likewise when Plymouth frds brings in their ac-

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONTHLY MEETING. 67
count of the like nature This meeting may do as they see
convenient and make a Minuet thereof
[The historical account alluded to in the minute repro
duced above may be found in Howard M. Jenkins' "Histor
ical Collections Relating to Gwynedd," second edition, pages
74, 75. It is unnecessaiy to repeat it in connection with
the history of Plymouth.
The "account ofthe hke nature" which Plymouth mem
bers were to bring in, appears to have been brought in, al
though not entered in the minute book at the place intended.
The account of the origin of the meeting known as Plymouth
has, however, fortunately been preserved, though important
dates are missing. It will be given further on, in the course
of this chapter.]
"2dly The several Minuets & proposals relating to the
settlement of this meeting here in this place Are for the bet
ter understanding the same hereafter inserted viz. the first
from Meirion To Philada Quarterly M:ing 'ffrds we have to
Acquaint you That Gwynedd and Plymouth Meetings hath
proposed for a monthly meeting of Business to be settled
Amongst themselves giving the reasons Inducing them there
unto Their proposals and reasons being Considered by sev
eral Meetings, finding their inclination still to Continue And
we hoping their proposed End may tend to the General serv
ice of Truth have Condescended and agreed to lay the same
before the Quarterly Meeting for further Consideration and
Concurrence. This we have to say from Cur Month!) Meeting
of Haverford held at Meirion.'
"The Second an Answer to the same, Quarterly Meet-
ng att Philadelphia the 6th ofthe loth Month 1714.
"'A proposition from the Monthly Meeting of Ha\-er-
ford was made signifying that the friends of North Wales
and Plymouth and that ways desiring that they might have a

68 PLYMOUTH MEETINS.
Monthly Meeting established amongst them which their
Meeting Condescended unto and lays the same before this
Quarterly Meeting for their consideration and concurrence
which we readily agree to and Approve of lipping it may
be for the service of truth and leave it to the Monthly Meet
ing of Haverford to appoint a day & name for the said meet
ing when with conveniency it may be held and make report
thereof to the next Quarterly Meeting.
" 'A copy ofthe said jMinuet. " 'Anthony Morris.' "
"The 3d ye Request of Haverford Monthly Meeting for
settleing ye same:
" 'According to the Direction of the last Quarterly Meet
ing it is agreed That the Monthly Meeting for Gwjnedd and
Plymouth Meetings is to be called by the name of Gw\-nedd
Monthly Meeting to be held the last third day in every month
unless occasion appear for Another day and to begin the last
Third day in the 12th Mo. next 17 14.' "
"Att Gwynedd meeting house from Haverford monthly
meeting 14th iimo.
"3dly This meeting Desireth That Ph-mouth ffrds do
not neglect The General Meeting for Worship att this place
that they may more Intirely be United as members of one
body w hilst the Meeting be held as att present it is in this
place, Perquiomon ffriends are likewise desired to Joyn to
and frequent the said Meeting as much as they can it being
the second Third day in every month."
"Att our Monthly Meeting held att Gwynedd the 29 th
I Mo. 1 71 5.
"Plymouth frds having brought to this meeting an acct
ofthe first settlement of that Township and some hints of
the Progress of Truth among them to the Estibli.'^lm'.ent of

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONTHLY MEETING. 69
this meeting the which was read and ordered to be affixed in
the begining of this Book as Gwynedd ffrds actt was brought
in last meeting."
"Att our Monthly Meeting held att Gwynedd 28th 2d
month 1 7 19. * * *
"9th, Plymouth overseers report that ffrds there desire
that ye Monthly Meeting of worship may come by turns a-
mongst them, & this meeting refers it to ye next''
"Att our Monthly Meeting held att Gwynedd 26th
3rd mo 1 7 19. * * *
"5th Plymouth frds Proposal last meeting to have ye
Monthly Meeting of worship come by turns amongst ym, and
this meeting Thinks fit that ye said meeting shall be kept
there att their meeting house in Plymouth on ye usual day viz.
on the Second third day of Si.xth ninth twelfth and third
month." ANCIENT RECORD OF THE
SETTLEMENT OF PLYMOUTH MEETING.
About theyear 1685, the township of Plymouth was
originally purchased, and settled, by James Fox, Richard
Gove, Francis Rawle, John Chelson, and some otherFriends,
that came from Plymouth, in old England, who dwelled here
for some space of time, and kept meetings for worship at the
house of the said James Fox. But being most of them trades
men and citizens, and not used to a country life, they remov
ed to Philadelphia: by which means the place became vacant
for a time. But being again purchased chiefly by Friends,
viz. David Meredith, Edmond Cartledge, Thomas Owen,
Isaac Price, Ellis Pugh, Hugh Jones, and divers others; and
as there was several adjacent settlers in Whitemarsh, viz.

70 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
John Roads. Abraham Dawes, David Williams, and several
more Friends; these, in the year 1703, by the approbation
of Haverford monthly meeting, unto which they then joined
themselves, kepttheir meeting for worship at thehouse afore
said, being then in the possession of Hugh Jones; -where it
continued for some years: and then by consent, was removed
to John Cartledge's house, where it also continued for some
years. But settlements increasing, and young people coming
up, it was agreed to build a meeting house for the better ac
commodation of Friends belonging thereunto, and also the
convenience of a public place of worship near the bun ing
place which was prefixed sometime before, in Plymouth afore
said, and several deceased Friends being there interred, 'oe-
fore the meeting house was built
In the year  , the meeting house was erected, and
on the 1 8th day ofthe  month, the first meeting was
kept therein.
And our number increasing, and not having the conve
nience of a monthly meeting among ourselves, we joined
with Gwynedd Friends to apply to Haverford monthly meet-
ing,for their approbation, to hold a monthly meeting of bu.si-
ness; which, together with the consentof the Quarterly meet
ing of Philadelphia, was obtained.
The monthly meeting was agreed to be held the last
third-day in every month at Gwynedd, and was opened the
22nd ofthe I2th month, 1714-15

X.
THE MEETING-HOUSE.

When it would have been possible to fill up correctly the
blank dates in the account given on the previous page, the
matter was neglected, and what seems to have been uncer
tain at that time, is nowan impossibility in the absence of
an authentic record, after the lapse of a century and a half or
more. The exact date of the erection of the meeting-house
cannot now be supplied, as has been previously stated, al
though it was probably built about the year 1710.
As has also been stated, the original structure remains,
though it has undergone considerable alteration, being that
section of the building nearest the older portion of the grave
yard. In the case of the original meeting-house, it is probable
that the work was done voluntarily by members who were
so situated that they could furnish material or labor. There
is no reference on the Monthly Meeting minutes to the pay
ment of bills, and Preparative Meetings were not in the eight
eenth century meetings of record as they usually are at the
present time. Anything deemed worthy was sent to the
Monthly Meeting and was there placed on the record for
permanent preservation.
It is evident from the appearance of the meeting-house

72 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
as it now stands, that it was built at two different periods,
besides alterations, and that different materials were used on
each occasion.
The older part was built of limestone wliile in the new
er portion a brownish sandstone was used. As to height sll
portions are now the same, but for many years the upper
portion was lower than the other.
The upper end as it stood for the greater part of a cen
tury, was erected to supply the need for school facilities,
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting issued an "advice" to the
Monthly and Preparative meetings recommending that every
member in the final disposition of his propert}', should make
provision for the education of youth.
In almost all the Monthly Meetings and in some of the
Preparative Meetings, then and for many years afterwards,
there were bequests of money for schools, of varying amounts,
some of them large.
Abington, Horsham and Gwynedd meetings all had
them, continuing to the present time, and being of greatv^.l-
ue in the establishment of Friends' schools, and the main
tenance of a guarded education for young people.
There were bequests also to Plymouth Preparative fleet
ing for educational purposes. Jacob Jones and one of the
•Wilhams family left £300 Pennsylvania currency for the e.'i-
tabllshment of a school, one bequest for indigent people in
¦the vicinity and the otiier for the children of Friends. One
bequest was .^200, the other ^i 00. Shortly after that an
addition was made to the meeting-house as a school-house,
and it was used for a number of years for the purposes of
education. These schools were well attended, many of the pupils be
ing others than members ofthe Society of Friends. Boys, es
pecially, often came from a great distance in winter, when

THE MEETING-HOUSE. 73
the farm work was done.
There is a tradition that David Rittenhouse, the emi
nent astronomer, attended the school at Plymouth Meeting,
though I have not been able to verify it He was said to have
come on horseback, and barefooted, in his earlier boyhood.
There is no doubt that many did so in early Colonial days,
and even in later times.
Among the teachers in the old meeting-house school
were Jesse Williams and Josiah Albertson. Alan W. Cor
son, Dr. Hiram Corson and many others of the past genera
tion attended there as pupils.
There is a tradition that "Plymouth v/ell" "went dry"
at the time the "school end" ofthe meeting-house was built,
owing to the large quantity of water required forthe making
of mortar for building the walls. It was probably an excep
tionally dry season. LATER SCHOOLS.
Alan W. Corson recollected that in his boyhood days,
there was a log stable in the meeting-house yard for the ac
commodation of the horses of the pupils who came from a
considerable distance to attend the school. Some came from
Whitpain and some from the upper part of Gv/ynedd town
ship, coming as far as six or seven miles to attend school at
the meeting-house. In connection with the schools at Plymouth Meeting,
the one which was conducted for many years by Hannah
Williams may be mentioned. It was kept in the house after
wards occupied by Joseph R. Ellis, in our own day. It was
for a long time a boarding-school, and, in later years, a day
school. Early in the present century, the Eight-Square school-
house was built by the Friends of Plymouth Meeting. It

74 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
was erected in the yard, bctv/een the meeting-house and the
sheds in that portion of the grounds adjoining the newer part
ofthe graveyard. Many ofthe middle-aged men and v/om-
en ofthe present day, residing in the neighborhood, attend
ed this school in their younger days.
Among the teachers in the "Eight-Square" school were
Joel Vanartsdalen, who came from Bucks county; Hannah
Adamson, a daughter of Jonathan Adamson, and o!.hers. It
was torn down probably thirty-five years ago.
The building of octagonal .school houses was quite com
mon a century ago, their origin being due to a belief that
they economized space, which has long been abandoned.
It was probablythought also that the teacher could morecon-
veniently reach the pupils than in ordinary rooms, individu
al rather than class instruction being laigely preferred in
those days.
One of these Eight-Square school-houses was built in
Gwynedd, and others in adjoining townships. A few of
them are still standing but the greater number disappeared
many j'ears ago. One still remains near Harmanville, and
is in use at present
An additional reason for the construction of school-
houses in the peculiar style which was common in that day,
may have been the belief that they could be more readily heat
ed than when they were built in the ordinary manner. How
well founded was this notion, the reader can judge. It was
an old-fashioned idea that would not bear the test of practi
cal experience. Later, the one-story school build ng close to the Ger
mantown road was built In it have presided a number
of teachers.. Within the past year, it has been greatly en
larged, a second story being added and many improvements
made.

I

THE MEETING-HOUEE. 75
It will be seen, from this somewhat hasty review, that
school facilities afforded to successive generations at Plj'-
mouth Meeting, including the more recent, have been as a
rule in advance of most other communities. The interest in
education which is usually characteristic of Friends, has been
well maintained from the first settlement.
THE MEETING-HOUSE BURNED.
Coming down to later times, it is unnecessary to men
tion the various alterations that have been made in the build
ing. The burning of the meeting-house about thirty-three
years ago, while it was a calamity, in one sense, led to its re
construction, the old walls being used, as far as it was possi
ble, for the new structure.
The fire, supposed to have originated from hot ashes
which had been deposited in the cellar, wood being used at
that time for fuel, occurred on the morning of Second-month
13, 1867. At Plymouth Preparative Meeting on First month 24, of
that year, only a short time before the fire, a committee had
been appointed to collect money to build additional shed
ding. It consisted of Alan W. Corson, Mark Jones, George
M. Wilson, Nathan Conrad, John G. William.^, Elias Pllcks
Corson, Amos Phipps and Thomas Livezey.
At the Preparative Meeting held Second-n-ionth 21,
1867, the meeting-house having been destroyed by fire in
themeantime, the following persons were added to the com
mittee: Lewis A. Lukens, Charles Williams, Jonathan Jones,
Evan D. Jones.
The committee, thus enlarged, was authorized to collect
all the money needed for the purpose, and to proceed with
the work of rebuilding the meeting-house. The walls of the
building were used, with little alteration, as stated.

16 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
At the meeting held Tenth-month 24, 1 867, the build
ing committee reported that the work had been completed,
the amount collected being $5870.65, and the expenditures
5S949-93- The report, signed by Charles Williams, Lewis K. Luk
ens, Thomas Livezey and Elias Hicks Corson, was accepted
and approved by the meeting.
The changes made in the building since that time have
been comparatively unimportant, and they have altered its
appearance but very little.

XI.
TRANSFERS OF THE PROPERTY.

The reader should be informed at this point that the
property on which are located the meeting-house, the grave
yard ai-id the school building, does not lie wholly within the
limits of Plymouth township.
The old portion of the graveyard had been set apart
forthe purpose prior to the permanent locationof the roads in
the vicinity. It thus formed a barrier to highways when they
were laid out, and the persons who surveyed them, were com
pelled to go around the obstacle, which was done, as a mat
ter of necessity.
The road which forms the township line between Ply
mouth and Whitemarsh, east of Plymouth Meeting, de.
viates, it may be noted, from a straight line, on reaching
the Germantown road which extends along one side of the
property. Were it extended without this deviation, it would
cut off a part of the meeting-house grounds which he in
Whitemarsh town.ship.
The intersecting road begins on the opposite side of the
Germantown road, at tlie lower line of the property, but is
not the township line until it has passed beyond the grounds
belonging to Friends.
It has been mentioned that the Dickinsons owned the
property in the immediate vicinity ofthe meeting-house. In

78 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
this connection it may be proper to give some account ofthe
family, and especially so since they became related, through
intermarriage, with so many families of the immediate vi
cinity. THE DICKINSONS.
John Dickinson, the first of the name in this country,
born in London, England, in 1624, emigrated in 1654 with
his twobrothers, Walter and Henry, to Virginia; subsequently,
John and Walter went to North Point, Maiyland, and took
up three hundred acres of land, along the Patapsco
river. John removed a few years later to Talbot count}-, Mary
land, and bought a similar quantity of land from Nicholas
Holmes, whose daughter Sarah he married in the year
1664. The three Dickinsons had been connected with the es
tablished church in England, but they were convinced by the
preaching of George Fox, and became Friends. In Dr.
Hiram Corson's "History of the Corson Family," they are
traced back to the year 700, the name at one time having
been spelled de Kenson. See pages 149-1 50 ofthe volume
mentioned. John and Sarah Dickinson had several children. Their
third son, William, born in 1669, married in 1690 Sarah,
daughter of William Plarrison, of a Bucks County, Pa., fam
ily. He then removed to Darby, and from thence in 1703 to
Radnor, buying the tract in Plymouth later.
Among the children of William Dickinson were Josh
ua and Benjamin. Further information in reference to them
and their descendants will be found in the chapters devoted
to the marriages, births and deaths among Plymouth Friends,
and elsewhere in the latter part of this volume.

TRANSFERS OF THE PROPERTY. 79
William Dickinson, like many another, was attracted
to Plymouth by the fertility ofthe land. Many families of
Whitpain, Whitemarsh, and even of Norriton and Merion,
as old records indicate, were in the habit of attending the
meeting. The settlement and the meeting prospered great
ly, the community being one ofthe most flourishing in Penn
sylvania, and its members among the most substantial and
prosperous people of this section of countiy, which is true
also, in a measure, to the present day.
The Welsh ancestry transmitted qualities which are
well calculated to promote success in tlie various pursuits of
agricultural or business life.
THE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY.
The value of land in the year 1 700 at Plymouth Meet
ing and in its vicinity was merely nominal. Little importance
was attached at that time to its ownership and when it was
sold the consideration mentioned in the deed was usually
for an insignificant amount In many instances the pur
chaser was placed at once in possession, and the deed was
-left without being executed or put on record for some
years. Sometimes the executors or administrators of a deceas
ed person made title to property which had been occupied
by the purchaser for many years.
This is true of the burial-place and the grounds adjoin
ing, at Plymouth Meeting. The dead were buried there, but
without regard to the title to the property. It was taken
for granted at first that no one would encroach upon ground
set apart for a purpose so sacred as that of a burial-place, and
no trouble was undergone to vest the title in the body of
Friends who were in possession.
It could not be foreseen at the beginning of the settle-

80 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
ment how the little colony would grow, in the course of two
or three generations.
As it happened, however, there were new-comers, year
by year, and the natural increase of population made a gain
in numbers which was considerable.
THE FIRST DEED.
"To all people To whome these presents shall come.
Lumley Williams ofthe township of Plymouth in the county
of Philadelphia & Province of Pensilvania sends greeting &
know ye thatsd Lumley Williams for and in consideration ofthe
sum of Two pound to him paid by Isaac Price William Dick
inson & Abraham Dawes all of the sd township of Plymouth
Yeomen & John Rhoads of Whitemarsh in the said County
of Philadelphia Yeoman the receipt whereof he the said
Lumley doth hereby acknowledge and thereof Doth acquit &
forever discharge thesd Isaac Price Wm Dickinson Abraham
Dav,'es & John Roads & every of them their & every of their
Heirs and Assigns by these presents Hath granted Bargain
ed sold Aliened Enfeoffed and confirmed and Hereby doth
grant Bargain sell Enfeoff and confirm unto the said Isaac
Price William Dickinson Abraham Dawes John Roads a cer
tain piece of Land situate in the said Township of Plymouth
Begining at a stake or post set inthegroundi89 perches from
a corner between the said Lumley's land & John Redwitzer's
land on a line dividing the said Lumley's land from William
Lawrence's Land from thence Southwest thirteen Perches to
another Stake set in the ground in the said line from thence
Northwest by a line of Marked Trees dividing it from other
1-aiidsof sd Lumley's thirteen perches to another stake set in
the ground from thence North East by a line of Marked Trees
dividing it from the same Lands Thirteen perches to a stake
set in the ground thence Southeast by a line of Marked Trees

TRANSFERS OF THE PROPERT\'. Ol
and the same Land thirteen perches to the place of Beginning
containing one Acre and nine perches of Land Together with
all the Rights Liberties Priviledges improvements Pleredita-
ments and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Land be
longing or in any wise Appertiiining and the Divisions and
Remainders Rents and profits thereof And All the Estate
Right Title Interest Posession property Claim and Demand
whatsoever ofthe sd Lumley Williams of in and to the same to
have and to Hold the said one Acre and nine perches of Land
and all other the Plerediianients and premises hereby grant
ed with the Appurtenances unto the said Isaac Price William
Dickinson Abraham Dawes and John Roads and their Heirs
to the use of them the said Isaac Price William Dickinson
Abraham Dawes and John Roads tlieir Heirs and Assigns
forever And the said Lumley Williams and His Heirs the
said one Acre and nine perches of Land and premises hereby
granted with the Appurtenances unto thesd Isaac Price Will
iam Dickinson Abraham Dawes and John Roads their Heirs
and Assigns against liim the said Lumley and his heirs and
against all other persons whatsoever Lawfully Claiming or
to Claim by from or under him them or any of them shall
and Will Warrant and forever defend by these presents and
the said Lumley Williams for himself his Heirs Executors and
Ad.ministrators Doth Covenant promise and grant to and
with the sd Isaac Price Wm Dickinson Abraham Dawes & John
Roads & every of them their & every of their Heirs & Assigns
by these presents That he the said Lumley Williams and his
Heirs &all other persons Whatsoever Lawfully claimingorto
Claim the said one Acre and nine perches of Land and pre
mises hereby granted or any part thereof by from or under
him or them shall and will at any time hereafter upon the
Reasonable Request costs and Charges in Law of the said
Isaac Price William Dickinson Abraham Dawes and John

82 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Roads or any of them their or any of their Heirs or Assigns
Make Execute and Acknowledge all such further and other
Reasonable act and acts Thing or things conveyances and
Assurances in Law for the further and better Assurance and
Confirmiation of thesaid piece of Land and premises hereby
granted with the appurtenances unto the said Isaac Price
William Dickinson Abraham Dawes & John Rhoads their
heirs and assigns as by them or any of them their or any of
their Council Learned in the Law shall be reasonably Devis
ed advised or required. And the said Isaac Price William
Dickinson Abraham Dawes & John Roads for themselves
their Heirs Exe't'rs admnistrators and assigns do Covenant
promise and Grantto and with sd Lumley Wilhams his Heirs
and assigns by these presents that they the sd Isaac Price
William Dickinson Abraham Dawes John Roads their Heirs
and assigns shall and will from time to time and at all times
hereafter uphold Maintain and keep the said piece of Ground
and premises hereby granted well and sufificiently fenced.
"And the sd Lumley Williams hath made David Lloyd
his attorney to deliver this deed in court
"In Witness whereof he hath hereunto set his hand
and seal "Dated the Sixth day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and four.

"Lumley Williams [seal.]

"Sealed and dehvered
in the presence of us
his
"Hugh X John
mark
"William Coulston

TRANSFERS OF THE PROPERTY. 83
his
' 'Lewis X Thomas
mark
"Acknowledged in the Court of Common Pleas at Phila
da the 7th day of lomo 1704.
"Certified under my hand and County seal
Robt Assheton Prothonotary." [seal]
OTHER EARLY DEEDS.
The deed given above was deemed of sufficient import
ance to be reproduced in full because it is the first conveyance
in the order of time.
It was executed some time prior to the erection ofthe
first meeting-house. So much is reasonably certain. Just
how long the deed was given before the house was built is
not, however, definitely known.
It is probable, from the fact that the deed was execut
ed, that the Friends of Plymouth were looking towards such
an undertaking. Their numbers had increased to such an extent by 1704
that it must have been manifest to all that the meeting was
to become permanent. Securing a site for a building with
in whose walls they might gather for worship, was very nat
urally the course to be pursued when there was no longer a
doubt as to the continuance of the settlement
It will be noticed, however, that there is no mention of
any intention to build a meeting-house, in the deed repro
duced above.
The grantees, Isaac Price, Wilham Dickinson, Abraham
Dawes and John Rhoads (or Roads) were prominent Friends
of the vicinity and they held the property in trust for themeet-
ing, as is still the custom.
In due time they (or the survivors of them) passed it

84 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
to new trustees selected by the meeting who in their turn
transferred it to others the trust thus created continuing
to the present time.
In reciting the conveyance of other tracts and the suc
cessive transfers ofthe property from one set of trustees to an
other, in the course of nearly two centuries which have inter
vened since that time, only the material portions ofthe ma
ny deeds wdll be given, in the pages that follow. It is un
necessary to repeat in each the legal phrases employed in the
conveyance of real estate, which are practically the same
as those in use at the present day in change of title.
The ne.xt deed in the order of time is from William
Lawrence to David Harry of Whitemarsh; Rees Williams,
Hugh Jones and Joseph Jones of Plymouth, and Abraham
Dawes, Jr., of Whitemarsh. The date is December 2, 1730,
and- the price of land five shillings, a merely nominal consid
eration as we make use of "one dollar" at the present time.
The description follows:
"A certain piece or parcel of Land Situate lying and
being in the Township of Whitemarsh aforesaid Beginning
at a corner Stone Standing in a corner where the Roads lead
ing to Robert Jones's Mill and Pertaomy [Perkiomen] Cross
each other in Plymouth line thence Southwest along the
s;iid Plymouth line Thirty five perches to a corner Stone
then Southeast nine perches to another corner Stone then
Northeast thirty five perches to another corner Stone Stand
ing by the said Road leading from Philadelphia to Pertaomy
then along the said Road Northwesterly five perches to the
place of Beginning containing near Two Acres part of four
hunched Acres Conveyed by the aforesaid David Harry to
the said William Lawrence his heirs and Assigns forever."
The next deed, still following the order of time, is one
from Benjamin Dickinson and Elizabeth his wife to David

TRANSFERS OF THE PROPERTY, 85
Harry, Abraham Dawes,[Jr.,] Hugh Jonesand Joseph Jones,
practically the same trustees, Rees Williams being probably
deceased. Its date is April 13, 1738. It conveyed two acres in
Plymouth township.
The material part of the document follovi's:
"Whereas the said Benja'n Dickinson by force and Vir
tue of several good conveyances or assurances in Law duly
had and executed now is and standeth Lawfully seized in his
demesne as of fee of and in a certain piece of Land Situate
lying and being in Plymouth Aforesaid Joyning to White
marsh Aforesaid near Plymouth Meeting-house Containing
about one hundred and twenty two acres.
"Now this Indenture witne.sseth that the said Benjamin
Dickinson and Elizabeth his wife for and in consideration of
ye sum of five shillings lawful money of America to them in
hand payd by the said David Harry Abraham Dawes Hugh
Jones and Joseph Jones the receipt whereof they do hereby
acknowledge and for other good causes and considerations
them Specially moving have granted bargained and sold alien
ed enfeoffed and confirmed * * * unto ye said David
Harr)' Abraham Dawes Hiigh Jones and Joseph Jones their
heirs and Assigns a certain piece or parcel of land.
"Beginning at a corner where ye roads lead to Pertaomy
and Anthony Morris' mill cross each other in Plymouth line
Thence Southwestand Eightyperches to another Corner in
Plymouth line, then Northwest thirteen perclies to a corner
tlien southwe.st thirteen perches to a corner then .southeast
fourteen perches to a corner hickoiy Saphn then Northeast
thirty five perches to a corner White oak Saplin then South-
cast fourteen perches to the place of Beginning containing*
two acres (part of the above mentioned one hundred and
twenty two acres)," etc.

86 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
The date of the next deed for the property is January
14, 1758. All the trustees named in Deed No. i, (pages 80-83,)
appear to have been deceased. The grantors are the heirs
of John Rhoads, the survivor of them, in whom therefore the
title vested. The deed is for i acre, 9 perches, (tract No.
I,) in Plymouth. The material part of the instrument
follows: "This Indenture Made the Fourteenth day of January
in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and
fifty eight Between Barnabas Rhoads ofthe County of Phila
delphia Yeoman John Rhoads of the County ofBucks Yeo
man Samuel Rhoads of the city of Philadelphia House Car
penter, Rachel Harper of Lancaster County Widow Wil
ham Thomas of the county of Philadelphia Yeoman & Ma
ry his wife they the said Barnabas Rhoads John Rhoad.s
Samuel Rhoads Rachel Haiper & Mary Thomas being the on
ly Surviving children and Co-Heirs of John Rlioads late of
Whitemarsh Township in the County of Philadelphia (Yeo
man deceased) of the one part And William Jones of White
marsh Aforesaid Yeoman Joseph Roberts of Norriton iiv
the County aforesaid and Joseph Dickinson of- Plymouth
Township in the County of Philadelphia Yeoman of the
other part
"Whereas Lumley Williams late of Plymouth aforesaid
Yeoman by his Deed Poll duly Executed under his hand and
seal bearing date the sixth day of October in the year of
our Lord One thousand seven hundred and four for the con
sideration therein mentioned did grant Enfeoff and convey a
certain one acre and nine perches of land with t)ie Appurte
nances * * * unto Isaac Price WiUiam Dickinson A-
braham Dawes and the above named John Rhoads all ofthe
county of Philadelphia Yeomen.

TRANSFERS OF THE PROPERTY. 87
"Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said Barnabas
Rhoads [and others] for and in consideration of thejustsum
of five shillings do hereby grant [etc.] unto the said William
Jones [and others] a certain lot or piece of land, it being the
one acre and nine perches aforesaid Beginning" etc.
Then follows the description ofthe tract of "one acre
and nine perches," first conveyed by Lumley Williams (see
pages 80-82).
The next deed in order is one from surviving trustees to
new trustees, of the dale March 13, 1767.
It is from Joseph Jones, Abraham Dawe.s, Joseph Rob
erts and William Jones to Thomas Lancaster, John Bell, Jon
athan Robeson, Isaac Ellis, John Jones, Jr. and Caleb Byrne
the new trustees.
It is for five acres, the three original tracts combined. As
it is recited, however, in one dated Seventh month 20, 1788,
from Thomas Lancaster and Caleb Byrne [surviving trust
ees] to John Wilson and others, the last mentioned only need
be particularly dwelt upon.
It is as follows, omitting what is superfluous:
"This Indenture Made the twentieth day ofthe seventh
Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and eighty eight Between Thos. Lancaster of Township of
Whitemarsh in the County of Montgomery in Pennsylvania
Yeoman and Caleb Byrne of the County of Newcastie on
Delawai-e of the one part and John Wilson, Isaac Williams,
Thomas Piyor, Thomas Lancaster Jr. David Shoemaker of
Whitemarsh aforesaid John Meredith, Nathan Potts of ^le
Township of Plymouth Jacob Evans of the Township of Nor
riton and William Ellis Jr. ofthe Township of Whitpain, all
in the County of Montgomery in Pennsylvania aforesaid of
the other part
"Whereas a certain William Lawrence by indenture

88 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
dated the second day of December Anno Dom. 1730, did
grant and confirm unto David Harry Rees Wilhams Hugh
Jones Joseph Jones and Abraham Dawes in fee about two
acres of land situate in Whitemarsh aforesaid * *.
"Whereas Benj. Dickinson and Elizabeth his wife by their
Indenture April 13 1738 did grant and confirm unto David
Harry [and others. See page 85. J two acres of land in Ply
mouth township.
"y\nd Whereas Barnabas Rhoads [and others. See page
86, 87.] did grant unto William Jones [and others] one acre
and nine perches of land.
"And Whereas thesaid Joseph Jones [and others; see
page 87.J by Indenture dated the 13th c>f March A. D, 1767
for the consideration therein mentioned did grant [etc.] the
aforesaid three several above recited pieces of land in fee un
to Thomas Lancaster [and others] * * the said Thomas
Lancaster and Caleb Byrne who are parties thereunto being
the only surviving joint tenants.
"Mow this Indenture witnesseth that the said Thomas
Lancaster & Caleb Byrne for and in consideration of the sum
of five shillings unto them in hand paid by the said John
Wilson [and others; see page 87] * * ha^e gi-anted
[etc.] unto the above named John Wilson [and others] three
several lots or pieces of land which being contiguous to each
other. "Beginning at a stone Set for a corner by the side of
Manahatwney Road five perches from Plymouth Township
Line thence North-west cro.ssing the said Township line nine
teen perchesto another stone and thence South-west thirty
fi'v'e perches to a stone and southeast twenty-three perches
ton stonethence Northeasterly thirty five perchesto theplace
of Beginning Containing in the whole about five acres of
land," etc.

TRANSFERS OF THE PROPERTY. 89
The changes which have been noted, bring us to the
commencement ofthe nineteenth century.
Much progress had been made, in the course of a hun
dred years. A season of controversy in the Society, and
of close proving to many minds, had arrived.
A spirit of intolerance had already developed itself that
could not fail to lead to the division, which came in time.
But of that more later. LATER DEEDS.
The next transfer is fromThomas W. Piyor, William Ellis,
and Isaac Williams to Samuel Paul, Jonathan Jones, Joseph
Williams and Alan W. Corson, Whitemarsh; Cadwallader
Foulke, Josiah Albertson. Jacob Albertson, Jr., Thomas
Livezey, Jr., and Aaron Luken.s, Plymoutii, for the consider
ation of one dollar.
It is dated Sixth-month 7, 1827. The description va
ries but httle from the last previous deed. The courses and
distances follow:
"Beginning at a stone set for a corner by the side of
Manatawny (now the Germantown and Perkiomen turnpike)
Road five perches from Plymouth Township Line thence
North-west crossing the said Township line nineteen perches
to another stone thence South-west thirty five perches to a
stone thence southeast twenty-three perches to a stone and
thence Northeasterly thirty five perches to the place of Be
ginning Containing in the whole about five; acres of land."
Wliat is known as the "Separation," which occurred in
the Society of Friends in theyear 1827, necessitated meas
ures to prevent disputes as to the ownership of property
held by Trustees who were appointed by the various Month
ly and Preparative Meetings.
A Declaration of Trust from the Trustees above named,

90 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Samuel Paul, Jonathan Jones, Joseph William.?, Alan W.
Corson, Cadwallader Foulke, Josiah Albertson, Jacob Al
bertson, Jr., 'Hiomas Livezey and Aaron Lukens, dated Sixth-
month 8, 1827. was executed.
Itset forth that the premises already described v/ere con-
veyed to them (the trustees) "by the direction and appoint
ment of the inhabitants of Plymouth and others belonging
to the Monthly Meeting of the people of God called
Quakers in the township of Gwynedd and that the abovere-
cited indenture wasintended to us in trust to the intentonly
that we or such or so many of us as shall be and continue in
unity and religious fellowship with the said people and re-
n.ain members of the said Monthly Meeting, (whereuntowe
now bclong)should stand and be seized of thesaid lands and
premises in and by the said indenture granted * * ?
th;it is to say For the benefit and belioof of the said people
called Quakers belonging to thesaid Meeting forever and for
a place to erect and keep a meeting-house for the use and
service of the said people and for a place to bury the
dead," etc.
The object was to prevent any legal claim as to the own
ership of property or an interest in it by a minority who were
not in unity with the body. The same plan was pursued in
connection with other meeting property in most portions of
I'hiladclphia Yearly Meeting.
A deed from William Jeanes and Thomas Livezey to
Jonathan Jones, Thomas Baynes and David Foulke, of Ply
mouth, Nathan Conrad and Charles Conrad of Whitpain,
William Ely, Charles Williams and Edward Phipps, ofWhite-
nnrsh, for the consideration of ^825 conveys a tractof land
described as follows:
"Beginning on the Southwest side or limit of the Ger
mantown and Perkiomen turnpike road at a stake a corner

TRANSFERS OF THE PROPERTY. 9!
of this and of lands held by Trustees of Gwynedd Monthly
Meeting of Friends thence by said lands south thirty nine
degrees and fifty five minuteswest twentyscven perches and
twelve hundredtlis to a stake thence by landsabcut to to cc n-
veyed to Mark Jones north forty one degrees and twenty
eight minutes west nine perches and twenty two hundredtlis
to a stake thence partly by sii i land and partly by a
twenty feet wide alley north thirty nine degrees and fifty
five minutes east twenty five perches and fiftj^ one hundredths
to a stake on the said southwestern side orlimitof said turn
pike road thence along said side of said turnpike road south
fifty three degrees and twenty eight minutes east nine perch
es and twelve hundredths to the place of beginning Contain
ing one Acre and a half of land."
This tractwas added to the graveyard, on the .side next
to the Germantown Road.
The date of this deed is Si.xth-month I2, 1848. A Dec
laration of Trust, shnilar to tlie one which has been given on
page 90, was executed by the new trustees, the practice hav
ing been well estabhshed by that time and is now usually
followed. Tlie trustees of the property at the present time are as
follows: Isaac J. Sheppard; Jonathan J. Webster, Plymouth ;
WiliiamPotts Jones, Conshohocken; T. Ellwood Livezey,Ply-
mouth; John M. Conrad, Whitpain; William B. Richards,
Plymouth; Chalkley Jones, Upper Merion; A. Conrad Jones,
Conshohocken. They were named as trustees in a deed executed First-
month 24,1889, having been previously appointed by the
Preparative Meeting.
Another tract adjoining the graveyard, but lying back
from the Germantown Road, was a few. years ago given to
the meeting for addition to the graveyard by Joel Lare.

92 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
In due time it will doubtless be used for the burial of
the dead. The deed was executed Tenth-month 31, 1890, to the
trustees whose names were given in connection with the last
mentioned deed.
The following is the description of the tract in the
deed from Joel Lare:
"Beginningat a stone at the corner of Plymouth Meet
ing graveyard and [extending] along the same south forty-
one degrees and twenty-eight minutes east nine perches and
twenty-two hundredths to a stake and thence by lands ,of
the heirs of Hannah Williams dec'd south thirty-nine de
grees fifty-five minutes west fourteen perches andcight hun
dredths to a stone, thence by land late of Jacob Albertson
dec'd north eight degrees and three-quarters east twelve
perches and six hundredths to a stake thence by lands ofthe
School District of Plymouth north thirty-nine degrees fifty-
six minutes east seven perches and fifty-three hundredths. to
the place of Beginning." OLD SANDY HILL SCHOOL.
Other tracts of land have come, from time to time, into
the possession ofthe Meeting at Plymouth, separated, how
ever, from the principal tract on which the meeting-house
stands, includingaschoolhouse lot in Whitpain, on which a
building was erected and a school maintained for a number
of years. The building disappeared long since, and the lot has
been merged with that ofthe Sandy Hill public school, in
,that tovvnship. The area of the lot is a quarter of an acre. It is still
the property of the Meeting.
This quarter acre of land was deeded to trustees by Jo-

TRANSFERS OF THE PROPERTY. 93
seph Lukens, of Whitemarsh, Seventh-month 19, 1793. A
new deed was executed in 18 13, the date being Third-mo.
17th, to John Wilson, Thomas Lancaster, Amos Ellis, Isaac
Shoemaker, John Meredith, Samuel Livezey and Nathan
Potts. Fourth-month 1 2, T 827. Amos Ellis and Samuel Livezey,
surviving trustees, transferred ittojohn Conrad, Joseph Coii-
ard and others.
Soon after 1793 the house was built; the school was well
attended for many years.
Benjamin Conrad taught in it a half century ago, among
his pupils being many persons now living.
Among the teachers who followed were these:
Rebecca Bailey, who afterwards became the wife of
Lewis Conard, and has long been deceased.
Elizabeth Zorns, daughter of William Zorns, a promi
nent Friend ofthe vicinity who was noted forthe kindline.ss
of his disposition, and who lived to a very advanced age. She
is the wife of Thomas Whitney.
Lydia W. Stephens, now the widow of David Hilles, of
Norristown. Others who taught in the old building were Mary Maus,
of Quakertown; Benjamin Thomas, James W. Lear, Henry
Hallowell and George Cope. Those mentioned are only a
few of the many teachers who gave instruction in the old
Sandy Hill schoolhouse, which was demolished forty yeats
ago, or more.
It should be stated that the school was for a number of
years under the control of the Whitpain School Board. It
appears at the same time to have been under the supervis
ion of a committee of the Preparative Meeting. A person
who was a pupil of the school at the time mentioned, re
members the visits of such a committee, one of whom was

94 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
the late Alan W. Corson.
The old schoolhouse was torn down v/hen the present
building was erected, and the stone of which it was built wajr
used in the new structure. THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL.
Another lot containing ninety perches was deeded by
Isaac Williams and Ann his wife to Samuel Maulsby, Joseph
Williams, Jr., Knowles Lancaster, David Wilson, Isaiah Bell
and George Martin, trustees, March 29, 1813, "for the ben
evolent purpose of educating children in school learning," to
use the language of the deed.
A building was shortly afterwards erected, and used
for school j^urposes under the direction of a committee ap
pointed in Plymouth Preparative Meeting.
Fourth-month 12, 1856, Joseph Williams and Knowles
Lancaster, surviving trustees, conveyed it to Charles Will
iams, Lewis A. Lukens,Isaac Williams, John Cleaver, Thom
as Phipps, William Jeanes, J. Wilson Jones, Samuiel Phipps,
all of Whitemarsh town.ship.
The original building was an "eight-square" structure.
It was replaced by the present building many years ago. A-
mong the teachers of a half-century or more ago, were the
late William A. Yeakle, Elias H. Phipps and others. The
school has long been under the control of the Board ofthe
district of Whitemarsh.

XII.
MARRIAGE RECORDS.

Marriages among Friends are accomplished under the
care of monthly meetings. Those of Plymouth, from 17 14
when Gwynedd Monthly Meeting was formed from the two
meetings, are to be found in its records.
Following strictly the order of time, as before, the
list of marriages from Radnor records will be given first
as follows: "5th-mo. 16, 1686. Hugh John Thomas of Merion,
and Margaret David, of Radnor.
"iith-mo. 19, 1686. Humphrey Ellis of Haverford,
and Jane David, of Radnor.
"loth-mo. 20, i683. Reece Price and Elizabeth Wil
liams, of Radnor.
"ist-mo. 20, 1690. Lewis David and Florence Jones,
of Haverford. "3d-mo. 21, 1690. David Meredith, of Radnor, and
Maty Jones, of Upper Providence.
"8th-mo. 6, 1692. William David, of Radnor, and
Gwenlian Philip.
"iith-mo. 22, 1699. Meredith David, Radnor, and El
lin Ellis. [Some ofthe persons named above, though not resi
dents of Plymouth, were related to its famihes.]

96 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
"EllisPugh, Jr., ofPlymouth, eldest son of Ellis Pugh,
of Merion, and Mary, the eldest daughter of Owen Evan^
of Gwynedd, at a public meeting, 3d-month 3, 1708.
"I ith-mo. 29, 1710. Lumley Williams, of Pl}'mouth, in
Philadelphia county, and Sarah Dickinson, of the same place,
widows, at a public meeting in Plymouth. Meredith David,
Thos. Pugh, Job Pugh, Jno. Reese, Owen Roberts, Rees Tho
mas, Thomas Burdis, Jane Pugh, Ellin Elhs, Ellin Flumphrey
and 27 others, witnesses.
"John Hanke of Whitemarsh, }'eoman, and Sarah Ev
ans, daughter of Cadwallader Evans, ofGwynedd, spinster,
at Gwynedd meeting, lOth-month iith, 1711.
"John Evan.s, son of Cadwallader, of Gwynedd, and
Ellin Ellis, daughter of Rowland, of Merion, at Merion meet
ing-house, 4th-month 8th, 17 15.
"Rees Harry, son of David, of Plymouth, and Mary Price,
daughter of Rees, of Haverford, yeoman, at Haverford m.eet-
ing, loth-month 12, 1727."
[Other marriages at Radnor will be given after thos
at Gwynedd.] FROM GWYNEDD RECORDS.
"Isaac Williams, of Whitemarsh, Philadelphia county,
batchelor, and Elizabeth Marie, spinster, of the same place.
Sixth-month' 10, 1715, at Pl3'moutli Meeting-house. Wit
nesses, Margaret Marie, Reese William, Daniel Jackson, Thom
as Marie, David Meredith, Rowdand Pownal and 27 others.
"Robert Rogers, of Norriton, Philadelphia, and Jane
Roberts, of Gwynedd, at a public Meeting at Elizabeth Mere
dith's in Plymouth. Eleventh-month 4, 1763. Witnesses,
Enos and Margaret Rogers, Robert, David, Mary, William
and Jacob Roberts and 29 others.
"Benjamin Dickinson, son of Joshua.of Whitpain.Phila-

MARRIAGE RECORDS. 97
CO. and Isabel Wright, dau. of John of Hatfield, in said co.
at Gwynedd Meeting-house. Tenth-month 23, 1755. Wit
nesses, Elizabeth Dickinson, John Wright.Hannah Dickinson,
Elizabeth Wright, Joshua Dickinson, Abijah Wright and
20 others. "8th-mo.22,i7i7. Robert Jones, of Gwynedd,and Ann
Coulston, dr. of William, of Plymouth, at a public meeting
in Gwynedd. Witnesses, WiUiam, Anne, Henry and Wil
liam Coulston, Rees Nanney. Edith Davis and 7 others."
"9th-mo. 19, 1717. John Shier.s, of Philadephia, yeo
man, and Sarah Williams, of Plymouth, widow. At Pl\'-
mouth Meeting-house. Witnesses, David and Sarah Da\it.^:,
Ruth,Jo.shua and Benjamin Dickin.son, David and John Potts,
David Meredith, Hugh Jones and 21 others.
"2d-mo.20, 1721. Divid Jones, ofPlymouth, Philadel
phia county, and Ruth Dickinson, daughter of William, ofthe
same place, deceased. At Plymouth meeting-house. Wit
nesses, Hugh Jones, William Dickinson, David Davies, Josh
ua Dickinson, Arthur J(uies, Daniel Potts and forty-five
others. "lst-mo.15,1721-2. Wilham Coulston of Whitpain, Phil
adelphia CO. widower, and Maiy Davies.of the same place,
widow. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Henry
Williams, John Coulston, Abraham Davies, Elizabeth Da
vies and 33 others.
"5th-mo. 22, 1 75 S.Robert Eastburn, son of J ohn, of Nor
riton, and Esther Frank.s, daughterof George, of Phila. co.,
deceased. At Plymouth Meeting-house. Witnesses, John and
Grace Eastburn, Mary Brooke, Mary Franks, Rachel Coats,
Aaron Coats and 25 others."
"lOth-mo. 20, 1757. Enos Rogers, son of Robert of
Norriton, and Margaret Evans, daughter of Cadwallader
Evans, of the same place (deceased). At Plymouth Meet-

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jng-house. Witnesses, Robert and Rebecca Rogers, John
Rees, Catharine Rees, Rachel Evans, Robert Rogers, and
32 others. "4th-mo. 18, 1723. Samuel Spencer, of Horsham, yeo
man, and Mary Dawes, daughter of Abraham Dawe.s, of
Whitemarsh, yeoman. At Plymouth meeting-house. W'it-
nesses, Abraham and Edith Dawes, Robert and Richard
Whilton, John Dawes, Wm. Spencer and 40 others.
"I ith-mo.22, 1722. Richard Thomas, son of Abel, of
Merion, Philadelphia county, and Margaret Owen, daugh
ter of Owen Owen, of Plymouth, said county. At Plj'mouth
meeting-house. Witnesses, Abel Thomas, Owen Owen,
Jolui Thonuus, Thomas Ovien, Joseph Samuel and 10
others. "Sth-mo. 15, 1724. Charles Crusey, of Whitpain,
Philadelphia county and Mar)' Davies, daughter of Wm., of
the same place (^deceased). At Plymoutii meeting-house.
Vv'itnesses, William and Mary Coulston, Rees Nanna, Dav
id Meredith, Abraham Dawes, Evan Thomas, Wm. Trotter
and 25 others.
"6th-ino. 9, 1757. John Martin, of RoxburJ^ Philadel.
pliia county, single man, and Lydia Trotter of Plymouth,
said county. At a public meeting in Plj'mouth. Witnesses,
George and Sarah Martin, Hannah, Joseph and Ann Trotter,
Thomas Rees, Samuel Jones and 7 others.
"I Ith-mo 17, 1726-7. Edward Rees,son of John, of or
near Plymouth, Philadelphia county,yeoman, and Elizabeth,
daughter of Oliver of Philadelphia (deceased). At Gwynedd
meeting-Louse. Witnesses, John and Hannah Rees, Mary
and Jane Thomas, Ellen Rees, Evan Thomas and 21 others.
"2nd-mo. 22, 1726. Joseph Jones, son of Hugh, of
Plymouth, Philadelphia county, yeoman, and Elizabeth
Samuel, daughter of William, of the same county (decease

MARRIAGE RECORDS. 99
ed). At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Hugh and
Margaret Jones, Owen and Margaret Owen, Hugh Jones,
Joseph Samuel and 20 others.
"6th-mo. 3, 1762. Abraham Shoemaker, of German-
town, shopkeeper,son of Abraham, late of Bristol, yeoman
(deceased), and Lydia Dawes, daughter of Abraham, of
Whitpain. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Abra
ham and Hannah Dawes, Samuel and Mary Spencer, Rees
and Ellin Harry, Maiy Dawes and 32 others.
"iith-mo. 17, 1785, Amos Ellis, of Whitpain, Mont-
gomeiy county, son of Isaac, and Hannah Roberts, daugh
ter of Joseph, of Norriton. At a public Meeting in Plymouth.
Witnesses, Isaac and Mary Ellis, Joseph, Moses ayd Jane
Roberts, Wm. and Sarah lillis and 10 others.
"5th-mo. 17, 1764. Robert Tucker of Philadelphia, hatter,
son of Henry of Burlington, New Jersey, (deceased^, and Ma
ry Dawes,daughterof Abraham, of Whitpain Philadelphia coun
ty, yeoman. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Abra
ham and Hannah Dawes, Robert Keating, James Tuckness
Abraham Shoemaker, John Williams and 55 others.
"lOth-mo. 19,1769. Benjamin Wilson, of Wilmington,
Delaware, and Rachel Byrne, daughter of Daniel Byrne, late
of Philadelphia county, yeoman. At Plymouth meeting
house. Witnesses, Daniel, Daniel, Jr., Charles, Caleb and
Mary Byrne, Abraham Griffith, John Dawes and nine
others. "9th-mo. 24,1729. William Coulston, son of William,
of Plymouth, Philadelphia county, and Ann Rhoades, daugh
ter of Jacob, of the same county. At a public meeting
in Plymouth. Witne.sses, Jacob and Isaac Roads, Henry,
John, Barn abas, Sarah and Hannah Coulston, Isaac Williams,
William P..obeson, Joseph Jones and 34 others.
"8th-mo. 20, 173 I. Abraham Dawe.s, son of Abraham,
of Whitemarsh, Philadelphia county (deceased), and Maiy

lOO PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Harry, daughter of David, of the same place. At Plymouth
meeting-house. Witne.sses, Edith Dawes, David Harry,
Lydia Harry, David Powel, Edward Farmar, Joseph and
Francis Dawes, Rees Thomas, William Trotter and34other.'=.
"ist-mo. ID, 1765.- Daniel Jones, son of Isaac, of
Montgomery township, Philadelphia county, and Margaret
Moore, daughter of Mordecai, of Norrington, Philadelphia
county. Witnesses, Isaac, Ehzabeth, Ruth and Isaac Jones,
Jr., Mordecai, E^lizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Deborah Moore
and 36 others.
"i2lh-mo. 19, 1765. Evan Meredith, son of David, of
Philadelphia county (deceased), andSusanna Williams, daugh
ter of Wm., of Radnor, Chester county (deceased). At Ply
mouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Samuel Williams, Jo
seph Jones, Rowland Evans, Ellen Stroud and 3 others.
"9th-mo. 24, 1 73 1. Benjamin Dickinson ofPlymouth.
Philadelphia county, and Elizabeth Hamer, of the same
county. At a pubhc meeting in Phmouth. Witne.sses, John
and Jane Hammer, Joshua Dickinson, David Davies, David
Jones, John Hammer, William Trotter and 10 others.
"2d-mo. 19, 1733. William Maulsby, of Plymouth,
Philadelphia county, and Rose Rees, daughter of John, of
the same place. At a public meeting in Plymouth. Wit
nesses, Merchant and David Maulsby, John, Hannah, Ed
ward, Ellin, Jane and Hannah Rees, Jr., Joseph and Sarah
Williams and 8 others.
"lOth-mo. I, 1772. James Morris, of Upper Dublin,
Philadelphia county, miller, son of Joseph, of Philadelphia,
merchant, and Elizabeth Dawes, daughter of Abraham, of
Whitpain. At a public meeting in Plymouth. Witnesses,
Joseph Morris, Abraham and Hannah Dawes, Samuel and
Mary Spencer, John Williams and 12 others.
[Date omitted: before 1780.] "Daniel Williams, of

MARRIAGE RECORDS. lOI
North Wales, Philadelphia county, and Sarah Meredith,
daughter of Meredith Davies, ofPlymouth, said county. At
North Wales [Gwynedd] meeting-house. Witnesses,Owen,
Mary and William Williams, Moses and Aaron Meredith,
Ann andRowland Roberts and 14 others.
"8th-mo. 16,1764. Joseph Potts, son of J ohn, of Doug
lass, Phila. co.^and Mary Morris, dau. of John, of Whitemarsh.
At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, John, Ruth, Thom
as, Samuel and John Potts, Jr., John, Mary, William, Samuel,
Joseph, Anthony. Sarah and Sarah Morris, Jr., Thomas and
Martha Rutter and 2 1 others.
"7th-mo. 24, 1733. Abraham Road.s, son of Jacob, of
Darby, Chester county, and Elhn Rees, daughter of John,
of Whitpain, Philadelphia county. At Plymouth meeting
house. Witnesses, Jacob, Jacob, Jr., John, Isaac and Eliz
abeth Roades, John, Edward and Hannah Rees and 24
others. "lOth-mo. 20,1768. Peter Shoemaker, son of Isaac, of
Upper Dublin township, Philadelphia county, and Han
nah Stephenson, daughter of John, of Upper Merion. At
a public meeting in Plymouth. Witnesses, Isaac and Han
nah Shoemaker, John, Grace and Esther Eastburn, David
Norman and 18 others.
"5th-mo. 12, 1785. Thomas White Pryor, son of
Thomas, of Burlington, New Jersey, and Susanna Edge,
daughter of Jacob, of Whitemarsh, Montgomery county. At
Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Thomas and Han
nah Pryor, Margaret, Ann, Maiy and Rachel Edge, Rob
ert Paul and 27 others.
"ist-mo. 13,1735. David Davies of Whitemar.sh, Phil
adelphia county, widower, and Mary Woodworth, of the
same county. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses,
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102 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Sarah Burk, James McVaugl), Abraham Griffith and 13
others. "i2th-mo. 2,1762, John Jones, Jr., son of John, of
Germantown, tanner, and Tacy Dav\es, daughter of Abra
ham, of Whitpain, yeoman. At Plymouth meeting-house.
Witnesses, John and Helton Jones, Abraham, Hannah and
Elizabeth Dawes, Abraham and Lydia Shoemaker and 27
others. "3d-mo. 24, 1736. Samuel Davis, of Plymouth, Phil
adelphia county, and Jane Rees, daughter'of John Rees, of
Whitpain. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, John,
Hannah, Edward and lilizabeth Rees, Daniel, Stephen, Ma
ry and Hannah Davis, Evan Jenkin and 6 others.
"6th-mo. 25, 1736. Joseph Jones, of Plymouth, Phil
adelphia count}-, and Sarah Morris, of Whitemarsh, widow.
At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Hugh Jones, John,
Samuel and Jacob Lewis, Mordecai Morris, Jonathan Morris,
Joseph Pearson and 5 otlieis.
"5th-nio. 24, 1764. David Norman, son of Robert, of
Whitpain, Philadelphia county, and Maiy Stevenson, daugh
ter of John, late of Norriton (deceased). At Plymouth
meetinr-house. Witnesses, Robert and Elizabeth Norman
John, Grace and Robert Eastburn, Samuel Davies and 1 1
others. "I Ith-mo. 5, 1772. John Lewis, son of Ellis, of Up
per Dublin township, Philadelphia county, and Hannah Shoe
maker, daughter of Jacob, of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth
ineeting-house. Witnesses, Ellis and Plllin Lewis, Jacob
and Margaret Shoemaker, Amos Lewis and 6 others.
'•lOth-mo. 2, 1736. John Hamer, son of John, of Ply
mouth, Philadelphia county, and Rebecca Jones, of the
same county. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses,
John and Jane Hamer, Anne, Sarah and Jane Jones, Joseph

MARRIAGE RECORDS. IO3
Gardiner and 22 others.
"5th-mo. 14, 1772. Samuel Morris, of Whitemarsh,
son of Daniel, lateof Upper Dublin township(deceased), and
Rachel Dawe.s, daughterof Abraham Dawes, of Whitpain.
At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Abraham and
Hannah Dawes, Robert and Owen Morris, John Jonesand
14 others. "4th-mo. 8, 1738. John Jones, son of David, of Ply
mouth, Philadelphia count}', and Catharine Williams, of tie
same county, widow. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witness
es, David and Letitia Jones, William Jones, William Trotter,
Abraham Lukens and 1 8 other.s.
"lOth-mo. 22, 1738. Owen Williams, son of John,
of Gwynedd (deceased), and Mary Meredith, daughter of
David Mereditii, of Plymouth. At Gwynedd meeting
house. Witnesses, Catherine and Isabel Williams, Moses,
Sarah, and Aaron Meredith and 16 others.
"9th-mo. 18, 1742. Henry Cunrad, of Upper Dub
lin, Philadelphia county, and Jane Jones, of Whitemarsh,
in said county. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witne.sses,
Dennis, Ann, John, Henry and Cornelius Cunrad, Joseph
Jones, Edward and Catharine Stroud, Thomas Potts and
¦ 16 others. "6th-mo. 17, 1784. Nathan Cook, of Upper Meri
on, Philadelphia county, bachelor, and Elizabeth Buttcr-
wack, of Whitemarsh, said county. At Plymouth meeting
house. Witnesses, Susanna, Jesse, Mary and Hannah Cook,
Jacob Davis, Mary Potts, John Sanders, Joseph Potts, Aug
Prevost and 43 others.
"lOth-mo 22, 1778. David Shoemaker, son of Jacobi
of Whitemarsh, Philadelphia county, yeoman, and Jane Rob
erts, daughter of John, of Whitpain, said county. At
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I04 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Isaac, Rachel and Martha Shoemaker, John and John Rob
erts, Jr. and 27 others.
".3d-nio. 14, 1745. John Bell, of Norriton, Philadelphia
county, and Hannah Rees, daughter of John, of Whitpain.
At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Henry Bell, John,
Hannah, John, P^dward, Elizabeth and Catherine Rees,
Hannah and Rachel Bell, Jane and Samuel Davies, Owen
Evans and i 5 others.
"9th-mo. II, 1746. John Rees, son of John, of Whit
pain, Philadelphia county, and Catharine Evans, daughter
of Cadwallader, of the same county. At Plymouth meet
ing-house. Witnesses, John and Edward Rees, Cadwalla
der, Sarah, Evan and John Evans, Job Pugh and nineteen
others. "3d-mo. 21, 1747. Joshua Richard, son of John of
Philadelphia (^deceased;, and Mary Dickinson, daughter of
Joshua, of the same county. At Plymouth meeting-house
Witnesses, Joshua, Eliza and Eliza'oeth Dickinson, Samuel
Richard, Joseph Jones, John Rees and 23 others.
"3d mo. 174S. William Jones, son of Robert of Phil
adelphia count}', Rebecca Trotter, daughter of William,
of the same county. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witness
es, William, Hannah and John Trotter, Robert, Ann, Mar
garet and Elizabeth Jones, Esther Trotter, John and Grace
Eastburn and 3 others.
"ist-mo. 22, 1750. Harman Yerkcs, of Plymouth,
Philadelphia county, and Mary Stroud, daughter of Edward,
of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses,
Edward, Catharine, Elizabeth and James Stroud, Josiah
and Stephen Yerkes, John and Alice Jarret and twelve
others. "4th-mo. 7, 1 76 1. Rees Nanna, of Upper DubHn,
Philadelphia county, cooper, and Ann Trotter, daughter

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of Richard Bevan, and widow of Joseph Trotter, of Ply
mouth (deceased^. At Plymouth me6ting-house. Wit
nesses, William Nanna, Martha Bevan, Martha Williams,
Jane Rakestraw, Joseph Williams and 45 others.
"I Ith-mo II, 1773. D.uiiel Tliomas, of Moreland.
Philadelphiaco., miller, and Ann Paul, of Germantown, said
CO. At a public meeting in Plymouth. Witnesses, Mordecai,
Jonathan, Alice and David Thonias,jbseph, Mary, John, Jon-
athan, Jacob, Edith and Flannah Paul and 41 others.
"4th-mo. 14, 1763. Daniel Evans, of the city ofPhil^
adelphia, black.smith, son of livaii ofGwynedd, and Elea,
nnr Rittenhouse, daughter of Matthias, of Worcester town
ship, at a public meeting in Plymouth. Witnesses, Mat-
tlvias, David [the Astronomer, and brother of the bride,]
and Benjamin Rittenhouse, Jonathan, David, Letitia, Mary
and Thomas Evans and 27 others.
"9th-mo. 8, 1774. Joseph Jones, of Plymouth, Phil
adelphia comity, widower,and Hannah Bell, of Whitemarsh,
-said county, widow. At Plymouth meeting-house. Wit
nesses, Ellen Roads, Ruth, Robert and Martha Evans, John,
Rees and Jemima Bell, Sarah Harrison and 24 others.
"3d-mo. 24 1750. John Robeson, son of William, (de
ceased,) of Wiiitpain, Philadelphia county, and Mary Ev
ans, daughter of Samuel, of Norriton, said county. At
Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Sarah Robeson, Sam
uel, Ann, Samuel, Jr., Owen and Rowland Evans, John
Lukens, William Morris and 21 others.
"9th-mo. 10, 1795. William Trimble Jr., sonofjoha
and Lydia (^deceased), of Concord, Delaware county, and
Mary Mather, daughter of Isaac and Mary, of WhitemarjEh.
At a public meeting in Plymouth. Witnesses, Joseph and
Hannah Trimble, Joshua and Sarah Morris and fifty-two
others.

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"3d-mo. 31, 1796. Joshua Paxson, son of Jacob, of
Abington, Montgomery count}', and Mercy Com.fcrt,
daughter of Ezra, of Whitemarsh. At a pu'ulic meeting
in Plymouth. Witnesses, Jacob, Mary, Jo.veph, and Iho/ni-
-as Pa.xson, Ezra, Alice, John and Elizabeth Comfort and
45 others. "I Ith-mo. 14, 1793. Samuel Liveze}', son of ll.cmas
(deceased), of Plymouth, and Mar}' Wood, daughter of
James, of Whitpain. At a public meeting in Il}'mouLi,.
Witnesses, James, Rebecca and Rachel Wood, Martha, Jolm.
Ann, Thomas and Joseph Liveze}' and seven'L}-four
other's. "I Ith-mo. 1796. George Dunatt of Upper Dul.-ln,
son of Christian, of Springfield, andPriscilia -Conrad, daugh
ter of John, of Whitem.irsh. At Plymouth meeting-house.
Witnesses, Christian, Ann, and Ann Dunatt, Jr., John,
Sarah, Flannah and PvUtli Conrad and 33 others.
"4th-mo. 12, 1796. James Wood, son of John, of Pl}--
moutli,and Tacy Thomas, daughter of John, of Montgon;e!-y
township, allof Montgomery county. At Plymoutii meet
ing-house. Witnesses, John V/ood, John, Hannah, Grace,
Mary, Samuel, John and Daniel Thomas and 50 others.
"4th-mo. 13, 1797. Benjamin Jones, of Roxborough,
Pliiladelphia county, son of John, (deceased), and Elinor
Meredith, daughter of John, of Plymouth. At a public
meeting in Plymouth. Witnesses, John, David, Hannah,
Joseph and Aaron Meredith, Joshua Harrison and fifty-two
others. "7th-mo. I, 1796. Samuel Thoma.s, of Ph'moulh, son
of John, and Hannah Roberts, daughter of Robert, of
Gwynedd, (dec'd). At a public meeting in Plymouth. Wit
nesses, John,John, Jr., and Daniel Thomas, Cadwallader, Jos
eph, Mercy, Ellin and Jonathan Roberts and forty-five

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others. "l2th-mo. 7, 1797. Jacob Shoemaker, son of Isaac, of
Norriton, and Sarah Conrad, daughter of John, of White
marsh. At a public meeting in Plymouth. Witnesses, Isaac,
Rachel, Dennis, Eliza, David and Maigaret Sl'ioen:aker,
John and Sarah Conrad and 41 others.
" I Oth-mo. 4,1798. Michael Newbold, of Philadelphia,
merchant, son of Thomas aad Ann (deceased^, and Mar
garet Shoemaker, daughter of Jonathan (deceased) and Mar
tha, of Whitemarsh. At a public meeting in llyniouth.
Witnesses, James and Martha Simpson Pitman, Esther
Shoemaker, Sarah and Beulah Newbold and fort}'-five
others. "lith-mo. 15, 1798. Jonathan Evans, son of Jacob, of
Norrington, and Margaret Shoemaker, daughter of Isaac,
of the same place. At a public meeting in Plymouth. Wit
nesses, Jacob, Hannah, Eleanor, Enoch and Aaron Evan.s,
Isaac, Rachel, Jacob and Isaac Shoemaker and fift}--one
others. "i2th-mo. 13, 1798. Caleb Evans, son of Thomas,
of Gwynedd, and Catharine Cunrad, daughter of Peter, of
Whitpain. At Plymoutii meeting-house. Witnesses, Thom
as, Martha, Jonathan, Tacy, Elizabeth and Jane Evans, Han
nah Cunrad and 34 others.
"I Ith-mo. 21, 1783. Isaac Williams, of Whitemarsh,
son of Anthony, and Phebe Meredith, daughter of Aa
ron, of Plymouth, (deceased). At Plymouth meeting-house.
Witnesses, An thon}', Margaret Anthony, Jr., Rachel, George,
Abigail, Mary, and Jo.seph Williams, and Elizabeth, Mary,
Joseph and John Meredith and 38 other.s.
"4th-mo. 6, 1786. Jacob Deaves, of Whitemarsh, black
smith, and Ehzabeth Flower, of the .same place. At a public
meeting in Plymouth. Witnesses, Isaac, Ann and Thomas

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Deaves, Thomas and Mary Flower and thirty-six others.
"3d-mo. 8, 1796. John Wilson, son of John, of White
marsh, Montgomery county, and Hannah Maris, dinioh-
ter of George, of Gwynedd. At Gwynedd nieetiiif;-h<.us< .
Witne.sses, John and Elizabeth Wilson, George Maris ai,d 4j
others. ';iOth-mo. 7, 1794. Joseph Lukens, of Whiten.r^ish,
widower, and Mary Roberts, daughterof An;os Rcleits
(deceased;, of Gwynedd. At Gwynedd nieeling-hoi:.' r-.
Witnesses, John and Rachel Luken, George iuid Scir.ii. Kol -
erts and 54 others.
"7th-mo. 7, 1796. Samuel Thomas, of Ply.'noutli.Mor.t-
gomeiy county, son of John, and Hannah Huberts, daugh
ter of Robert (deceased), of Guynedd. At a public meet
ing in Plymouth. Witnesses, John, Jr., and Elizabeth Rob
erts, John Thomas and 5 1 others.
"i2th-nio. 20, 1798. Amos Roberts, of Whitpain.
son of Moses, and Mary Prills, daughter of William Ellis,
ofthe same place. At a public meeting in Pl}'nKuith.
Witnesses, Joseph Roberts, WiUiam and Sarah Ellis and
35 others. "lOth-mo. ID, 1799. Jonathan Taylor, of Merion,
Montgomery county, son of Jonathan (deceased), and Eli
nor, and Ellin Shoemaker, daughter of David and Jane, of
Whitemarsh. At a public meeting in Plymouth. Witness
es, David and Jane Shoemaker, John Williams aiid forty-
nine others.
"3d-mo. 13, 1800. Isaac Roberts, of Montgomeiy
township, son of Joseph, and Alice Comfort daughter of Ez
ra and Alice, of Whitemarsh, At a public meeting in Ph'-
mouth. Witnesses, Cadwallader Roberts, Ezra and Alice,
Ezra, Jr., and Elizabeth Comfort, Joshua Paxson and forty-
six others.

MARRIAGE RECORDS. IO9
"6th-mo. 12,1800. Samuel Jones, of Philadelphia, son
of James, and Martha Paul, of Germantown, daughter of
Jacob and Mary. At a pubHc meeting at Plymouth. Wit-
nes,scs, James and Gainor Jones, Samuel B., Mary and Eliz
abeth Paul and 5 8 others.
"loth-mo 16, 1800. Ezra Comfort, Jr., son of Ezra
and Ahce, and Margaret Shoemaker, daughter of David and
Jane, all of Whitemarsh. At a public meeting at Plymouth.
Witnesses, David and Jane Shoemaker, John and Ann Com
fort and 54 others.
"I Ith-mo. 20, 1800. Peter Roberts, son of John and
Elizabeth, of Montgomery township, and Ehzabeth Comfort,
daughter of Ezra and Alice, of Whitemarsh. At a pubhc
meeting at Plymouth. Witne.sses, Ruth and Alice Rob
erts, Samuel Livezey, Amos Ellis and 44 others.
"I Oth-mo. 9, 1800. Joseph Thomas, son of Jonathan
and Ann Potts, daughter of Zebulon, of Plymouth. At
Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Jonathan and Alice
Thomas, Zebulon and Martha Potts, Samuel Maulsby and
64 others. "loth-mo 8, 1801. John Hallowell, ofPlymouth, Mont
gomery county, son of Williamand Mary, and Ahce, daugh
ter of Zebulon (deceased) and Martha Potts, of the same
place. At a public meeting at Plymouth. Witnesses, John
Wilson, Ruth atid Alice Potts, William Hallowell and 48
others. "i2th-mo. 3, 1801. David Eastburn, Whitemarsh, sort
of Joseph (deceased) and Mary, and Elizabeth Jeanes, daugh
ter of Joseph and Mary, of the same township. At a public
meeting at Plymouth. Witnesses, Mary and Rebeckah
Eastburn, Wilham, Joseph, Esther and Mary Jeanes and 43
others. "i2th-mo. 10, 1801. John Roberts, of Norrington town-

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ship, Montgomeiy county, son of Joseph and Hannah (the
latter deceased), and Rachel Shoemaker, daughter of Isaac
and E.achcl, of the same town.ship. At a public meeting
at Plymouth. Si.xt}'-one witnesses.
"6th-mo. IO, 1802. Thomas Chalkley James, of Phila
delphia, practitioner of physic, son of Abel and Rebecca,
and Hannah Morris, daughter of James (decea.sed) and
Elizabeth, of Whitpain. At Plymouth meeting-house.
Fifty-seven witnesses.
"3d-mo. 4, 1802. Job Hallowell, son of Wilham, ol
Whiteinarsh, and Hannah Thomas, daughter of Griflfith
(tieccasedj and Alice. At a public meeting at Plymouth.
Si.xly-one witnesses.
"iith-uio. 16, 1802. Dennis Shoemaker, son of I-
saac and Rachel, of Norrington, and Sarah, daughter
of James and Rebeckah W^ood, of Whitpain. At a pub
lic meeting at Gwynedd. Forty-one witnesses.
"Sth-rno. 16, 1805. Edward Burrough Potts, of More-
land, s<-)n of Isaac and Martha (both deceased), and Sa
rah Williams, daughter of Issac and Phebe, of White
marsh. At a public meeting at Plymouth. Sixty-three
witnesses. "5th-ino. 3, 1805. John Conard, of Whitpain, son
of Joseph and Rebeckah, and Sarah, daughter of John and
Mai}' Child, of Whitemarsh. At a public meeting at Ply
mouth. P'ifty-eight witnesses.
"nth-mo. 14, 1805. John Mather, of Whitemarsh,
son of Isaac and Mar}' (deceased), and Martha, daughter
of Zebulon and Martha Potts (both deceased). At a pub
lic meeting at Plymouth. Forty-nine witnesses.
"i2th-iTio 12, 1805. George Luken, Towamencin,
son of John and Rachel, and Esther Jeanes, daughter of
Joseph and Mary, of Whitemarsh. At a public meeting

MARRIAGE RECORDS. I I I
at Plymouth. Sixty-three witnesses.
"i2th-mo. 26, 1805. Thomas Conrad, of Moreland,
son of Jonathan and Deborah, and Mary Williams, of Up
per Merion, daughter of Joseph and Hannah. At a pub
lic meeting at Plymouth. Twenty-four witne.sses.
"I Ith-mo. 12, 1807. Jesse WiUiam.s, ofPlymouth, son
of Richard and Sarah (deceased), of New Garden, North
Carohna, and Hannah Albertson, daughter of Jacob and
Mary, of Plymouth. At a public meeting at Plymouth.
Fifty-three witnesses.
"5th-mo. 12, 1808. Isaac Williams, of Whitemarsh,
son of Anthony and Sarah (deceased), and Ann Livezey,
daughter of Thomas and Martha (deceased;, of the same
place. At a public meeting at Plymouth. Fifty-three wit
nesses. "lOth-mo. 6, 180S. Evan Davis, son of Samuel and
FLIizabeth (deceased), of Philadelphia, and Elizabeth Evan.s,
daughter of Jacob (deceased) and Hannah, of Norrington.
At a public meeting at Plymouth. Fifty-two witnesses.
"Twelth-mo. '8, 1808. Wilham HalloweU, Jr., of
Whitemarsh, son of William and Mary (deceased), and Cath
erine Shoemaker, daughter of Isaac and Rachel, of Norri
ton. At a public meeting at Plymouth. Sixty-four wit
nesses. "ist-mo. 5. 1809. James Hall, son of John and Ann,
of Blockley, Philadelphia, and Hephzibah, daughter of WiU
iam and Sarah Elli.s, of Whitpain. At Plymouth meeting
house. Forty-eight witnesses.
"loth-mo. 12, 1809. Thomas Livezey, .son ofThom-
a.s, of Ro.xborough, Philadelphia.and Lydia Luken, daugh
ter of Nathan and Jane (deceased), of Horsham. At a pub
lic meeting at Plymouth. Thirty-two witnesses.
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son of Joseph and Maiy, and Lydia Shoemaker, daugh
ter of Joseph and Martha, ofGwynedd. At a public meet
ing at Gwynedd. Seventy-one witnesses.
"nth-mo. 6, 1810. George Pierce of Plymouth, son
of James and Mary, of Goshen, Chester county, and Re
becca Eastburn, daughter of Joseph and Mary, of Sole-
bury. At a public meeting at Plymouth. P'orty-si.x v.it-
nesses. "nth-mo. 15, 1810. Joseph Mather, Whitemarsh,
son of Isaac and Mary (both deceased), and Elizabeth,
daughter of Lsaac and Phoebe Williams, of Wiiiteuuuih.
At a public meeting at Plymouth. Fifty-four witnesses.
"I Ith-mo. 27, 1810. Cadwallader Foulke, of Gv.yn-
cdd, son of Hugh and Ann, and Ann Shoemaker, dau<;h-
ter of David (deceased) and Jane, of VVhitemarsh. At a
public meeting at Plymouth. Fifty witnesses.
"3d-mo. 14, 1811. Jonathan Shoemaker, of Albe-
marl county,Va., and Elizabeth Deavs, of Whitemaish. At a
public meeting at Plymouth. Thirt}'-eiglit witnesses.
"5th-mo. 16, 1811. Jonathan Albertson, of Abington,
son of Benjamin and Susanna, and Rachel Wood, daugl'-
ter of Joseph and Sarah, of Cheltenham. At a public
meeting at Plymouth. Forty-seven witnesses.
"2d-mo. 13, 181 2. Benjamin White, of Buckingham,
son of Josephand Hannah (both deceased), and Elizabeth
Roberts, widow, daughter of Ezra and Alice Comfort At
a public meeting at Plymouth. Fort}'-nine witnesses.
"3d-mo. 12, 181 2. Isaac Shoemaker, .son of Isaac
and Rachel, of Norrington, and Maiy Jarret daughter oF
Jesse and Elizabeth. At a public meeting at Plymouth.
Fifty-five witnes.'ses.
"3d-mo. 19, 1812. John Jones, son of John and
Priscilla, of Cheltenham, and Mary Shoemaker, of Wliite-

MARRIAGE RECORDS. I I 3
marsh. At a pubhc meeting at Plymouth. I-'ifty-seven
witnesses. "lOth-mo. 8, 1812. William Hallowell, of Wilming
ton, son of Joshua and Flannah (deceased), and Mary
"Peirce, daughter of George and Sarah (deceased). At a public
meeting at Plymouth. Forty-two witnesses.
"I Ith-mo. 19, 1812. Samuel Lukens, of Gwynedd,
son of Jesse and Susanna, and Maiy Farra, daughterof At
kinson and Elizabeth, of Norriton. At a public meeting
at Plymouth. Fifty-three witnes.ses.
"3d-mo. 10, 1814. Thomas Foulke, of Richland, son
of Israel and Pllizabeth, and Saraii Lancaster, daugliter of
Thomas (deceased), and Ann, of Whitemarsh. At a j)ub-
lic meeting at Plymouth. Fifty-seven witnesses.
LA'fER WKDDlN(iS.
[In order to economize space, it is necessary to be
more brief in continuing the list of Pl}mouth marriages to
our own day, so as to make it as full as possible.]
"loth-mo. 19, 18 1 3. David Wilson, Whitemarsh, and
Edith Iredell At Gwynedd.
"jd-mo. 17, 1 8 14. Daniel Williams and Margaret Jeans,
of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth meeting-house.
"4th-mo. 7, 1814. Knowles Lancaster and Sarah Wil
son, of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth meeting.
"5th-mo. 12, 1 8 14. Nathan Cook, of Whitemarsh, and
Martha Frieze, of Philadelphia. At Plymouth.
"I Ith-mo. 16, 1815. David Ambler and Margaret Hal
lowell At Plymouth.
"2d-mo. 15, 1 8 16. Ezekiel Shoemaker and Margaret
Weber. At Plymouth.
"6th-mo. 13, 1816. Isaac Bonsall and Ann Paul, both
of Philadelphia.; At Plymouth meeting-house.

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"I Ith-mo 14, 1816. George Shoemaker, of White
marsh, and Rebecca Albertson. At Plyn;outl!.
"2d-mo. II, 1819. Jacob Albertson and Martha Live
zey, both of Plymouth. At Plymouth meeting-house.
"3d-mo. 16, 1820. Hugjies Bell, of Germantown, and
Sarah Comfort, of Whitemarsh. At Plyiuouth.
"5th-mo. II, 1820. William Zorns, of Gwynedd, and
Elizabeth Righter, of Roxborough. At Plymouth.
"3d-mo. 15, 1821. James Williams, of Sadsbun,, and
Sarah Pliipps, of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth.
"3tli-mo. 17, 182 1. Harman Yerkes and Rebecca
Jeanes, both of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth meeting-house.
"9th-mo. 13, 1821. George Shoemaker anei i'Jiza-
bcth Lukens. At Plymouth.
"Iltli-mo. 14, 1822. John Michener, of Cheltenham,
and Martha Albright, ofNorriton. At Plymouth.
"3d-rno. 13. 1823. Charles Styer, of Whitpain, and
Hannah Roberts, of Norriton. Aa Plymouth.
"5th-mo. 6, 1823. John Hoyle, of Whitpain, and Pru
dence Morris, of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth.
•'5th-mo. 15, 1823. Daniel Williams, of Moreland,
and Margaret Shoemaker, of Whitpain. At Pl\'mouth.
"I Ith-mo 13, 1823. Jacob Weber, of Whitpain, and
Mary Jeanes, of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth.
"I Ith-mo. 20, 1823. Charles Jarret, of Horsham, and
Hannah Maulsby, of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth.
"4th-mo. 13, 1824. Aaron Lukens, of Pl}'mouth, and
Anna M. Foulke, of Gwynedd. At Gwynedd 11 eeting-
house. "5th-mo. 20, 1824. Silas Shoemaker, of Upper Dub
lin, and Hannah Yerkcs, of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth.
"nth-mo. 18, 1824. Jesse Roberts and Rachel Rob
erts, both of Norriton. At Plymouth.

MARRIAGE RECORDS. I I 5
"lOth-roo. 13, 1825. Charles Williams, of Philadel
phia, and Grace Comfort, of Montgomerj' county. At Ply
mouth. "3d-mo. 9, 1826. Jones Yerkes and Jane Comfort,
both of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth.
"nth-mo. 3, 1826. Isaac Jones and Ann Comfort,
both of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth.
"2d-mo. 15, 1827. Jesse Holt of Pl}'mouth, and Ma
ry Webster, of .Whitpain. At Plymouth.
"4th-mo. 8, 1828. Jonathan Maulsby and Jane Jones,
both of Plymouth. At Plymouth.
"6th-mo. 12, 1828. Joseph Wilson, of London Grove,
and Susanna Strecper, of Whitemarsh. At Pl}-mouth.
"2d-mo. 12. 1829. Aaron Conard and Abigail Rob
erts, At Plymouth.
"i2th-mo. 9, 1830. George Webster, of Lancaster
county, and Sarah Yerkes, of Montgomery county. At
Plymouth. "I Ith-mo 24, 1831. Warner Holt and Rachel Shoe.
maker, both of Plymouth. At Plymouth.
"i2th-mo. 15, 1 83 1. William Zorns and Flannah
Jeanes, both of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth meeting
house. "nth-mo. 17,1831. Samuel Newbold, of Byberry,
and Elizabeth Wilson, of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth.
"3d-mo. 15, 1832. Lewis Jones of Upper Dublin,
and Mary Livezey. At Plymouth.
"5th-mo. 17, 1832. Joseph W. Conrad and Flannah
S. Meredith. At Plymouth.
"nth-mo. 15, 1832. Benjamin Jones and Ann Wil
son. At Plymouth.
"3d-mo. 5, 1835. Joseph Conard, of Whitpain, and
Rebecca A. Shaw, of Richland. At Plymouth.

Il6 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
"3d-mo. 13,1838. John W. Hamtcn, of P!}mr.uih, and
Tacy S. Morgan, of Whitpain. At Gvynedd.
"4th-mo. 18, 1839. Nathan Conrad, of Whitpain,
and Martha L. Meredith, of Plymouth. At Horsham.
"jd-mo. 12, 1840. William Ely, of Germantown, and
Ann Livezey. At Plymouth meeting-house.
"I Ith-mo. 18,1841. Jonathan Maulsby, of Whitemarsh,
and Rachel Livezey. At Plymouth.
"i2th-mo. 8, 1842. George M. Ward, of Salem, N.J.,
ami Rachel S. Holt, ofPlymouth. At Plymouth.
"3d-mo. 16, 1843. Hugh Forman, New Britain,
Bucks county,and Jane S. Hallowell of Plymouth. At Ply
mouth. "jd-nio. 14, 1844. Tyson Jones, of Whitemarsh, and
Sarah L. Meredith. At N.ithan Conrad's house.
"4th-nio. 8, 1 045. Allen Flitcraft, of Pilesgrove, N.
J., and Phebe Ann Zorns, of Whitpain. At WiUiam Zorns'
house. "5th-n-!o7, 1845. John R. Johnson, of Solebury, and
Anna 1-ioberts, of Whitem-Trsh. At Ashton Roberts' house,
Whitemarsh. "^.tli-mo. 4, 1845. Isaac Jones, of Whitemarsh, and
Martha Lukens. At Samuel Lukens' house.
".-:d-mo. n, 1847. William P. Ellis, of Norriton
and P^lLzabeth Meredith, of Plymouth. At Nathan Con
rad's house.
"2d-mo. II, 1847. Isaac Garretsonand Sarali E. Cor
son, both of Whitemarsh. At Alan W. Corson's house.
"8th-mo. 12, 1847. Joseph R. Ellis and Susan Tho
mas, both of Whitemarsh. At Plymouth.
"4th-mo. 13, 1848. Thomas P, Baynes and Mary
W. Holt, both of Plymouth. At Maiy W. Holt's
house.

MARRIAGE RECORDS. I I ^
"5th-mo. 8, 1849. Samuel Foulke and Ann Jones,both
of Plymouth. At Plymouth.
"4th-rno. 10, 185 1. David Cleaver, of Montgomei}',
and Flannah Holt, of Whitemarsh. At John Holt's house.
"ist-mo. n, 1854. Ezekiel Shoemaker, ofGwynedd,
and Hannah H. Meredith, of Plymouth. At William i\
Elhs' house.
"4th-mo. 6, 1854. Isaac Conard, of Whiten arsh,
and Mary Walton, of Montgomeiy town.ship. At hiias
Walton's house.
"gth-mo. 7, 1854. John Wood and Sarah McKe;;t-;n
both of Whitemarsh. At Sarah McKe^ean's house.
"loth-mo. 15, 1856. Reuben Yerkes, of Plymoutii. and
Hannah Shoema'i^er. At Jane Shoemaker's house.
"lOtii-mo. 15, 1857. Jabez H. Jenkins, of Phiiacle'-
phia, and Hannah A. Holt, of Plymouth. At Tlioniiis P.
Baynes' house.
"[2th-mo. 17, 1857. Samuel E. Phipps, of White
marsh, and Tacy S. Styer,of Whitpain. At a public meet
ing in WTiitpain.
"6tli-mo. 8, 1859. Guy Roberts, of Philadelphia,
and Hannah F. Wilson, of Whitemarsh. At George M. Wil
son's house.
"5th-Tno. 23, 1861. Thomas Whitney and Elizabeth
W. Zorns, both of Whitpain. At the house of William
Zorns. "I Oth-mo. 16, 1862. Thomas T. Roberts, of Byber
ry, and Elizabeth W. Holt, ofPlymouth. At Thomas P.
Baynes' house.
"2d-mo. 12, 1863. Charles E. Ambler, ofPlymouth,
and Pamela F. Shaw,of Gwynedd. At the house of Lewis
B. Shaw. '3d-mo. 12, 1863. Caleb M. Taylor, ofEdgemont, and

I I 8 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Susan W. Jones, of Whitemarsh. At the house of Ben
jamin Jones,
"loth-mo. i6, 1861. Charles Thomas, of Tredyffrin,
and M:u-y M.Stephens. At the house of Lewis Walker, in
Norristo'.vn. "jth-mo. 21, 1863. Mahlon R. Ambler, of Upper
Providence, and Martha Jeanes. At the house of William
J eanes. "5th-mo. 18, 1864. William E, B, Palmer, of Strouds-
burg, and L}dia Ann Phipps, of Plymouth. At the house
of Peter Phipps.
"lodi-mo. 13, 1864. Albert Conard, of Whitemarsh,
and Phebe Ambler, of Plymouth. At Albert Conard's
house. "icth-mo.5, 1866. John Lloyd, of Moreland, and An
nie Williams, of Whitemarsh. At Charles Williams' res
idence. "ist-mo. 17, 1867. Aaron Ambler, of Whitemarsh, and
Mary M. Conard, of Whitpain. At Meredith Conard's
house. "3d-mo. 12, 1868. John Mather, of Abington, and
Tacie Williams, of Whiteinarsh. At Charles Williams'
hoais. "4th-mo. 8, 1868. Jonathan Bright, of Plymouth, and
Mary R. Conard, of Horsham. At the house of Peter
Conard. "I Ith-mo. 12, 1868. WiUiam P. Livezey and Mary
C. Garret.soa, both of Whitemarsh. At the house of Isaac
Garretson. "9th-mo. 23, 1869. Aaron Styer, of Whitpain, and
Letitia B. Phipps, of Whitemarsh. At the house of Amos
Phipps. "i2th-mo. 23. 1870. Albert Atkinson, of Upper Dublin,

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and Phebe A. HiUes, of Norristown. At the house of Ben
jamin L. Hilles, Wissahickon.
"loth-mo. i8, 1871. Amos W. Haines and Martha
Williams, of Whitemarsh. At Charles Williams' house.
"nth-mo. 22, 1 87 1. Joel Lare and Mary Jeanes, both
of Vv''hitemarsh. At the house of William Jeanes.
"nth-mo. 13, 1871. T. Ellwood Livezey, of Ply
mouth, and Mary E. Childs. At the house of James
Childs. "5th-mo. 22, 1872. Benjamin Borden, of Whitemarsh,
and Tacy H. Jarrett, of ITorsham. At the house of David
Cleaver. "I Oth-mo. 15, 1872. Daniel K. Hawxhurst, of Alex
andria, Va., and Maria S. Thomas, of Norristown. At
Elijah S. Thomas' house.
"ist-n70.7, 1873. Samuel S. Yerkes and Amelia J. Hop
kins. At Norristown.
"2d-mo. II, 1873. William H. Morris, Conshohocken,
and Sarah T. EUis, of Plymouth. At the house of Joseph
R. Ellis. "6th-mo. 16, 1874. Ellwood M. Walton, of Warmin
ster, and Mary Anna Clark of PhUadelphia. At the house
of Amos Lukens, Plymouth.
"lOth-mo. 12, 1866. Isaac Michener, of PhUadelphia,
and Alice WiUiams, of Whitemarsh. At the house of
Charles Williams.
"I ith-mo.23, 1876. WiUiam B. Richards, of Plymouth,
and Jane L. Cleaver. At the house of Josiah Cleaver.
"6th-mo. 6. 1877. Edvrin M. Foulke, of Gwynedd,
and Elva J. Jones, of Plymouth. At the house of Mark
Jones. "Tith-mo. 7. 1877. Samuel Livezey, of Chicago, and
Maiy R-oberts, ofGwynedd. At the house of Hugh Roberts.

120 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
"ist-mo. 8, 1879. Charles A. Livezey, of Gwynedd,
and Mary E. Conard, of Whitemarsh. At the house of Al
bert Conard. "8th-mo. 19, 1880. EUiott C. Zimmerman, of Whit
pain, and Mary P. Lukens, of Philadelphia. At the house of
Chalkley Styer.
"lOth-mo. 6, 1880. Penrose Foulke, of Richland,
and Sarah C. Walton, of Whitpain. At the house of
Joseph Walton.
"2d-mo. 22, 1881. WiUiam Sheppard of Plymouth,
and Sallie R. Butcher, of Burlington County, N. J. At
thehouse of Chalkley Styer.
"3d-mo. 22, 1883. Samuel F. Webster, ofPlymouth,
and Lydia Conard, of Whitemarsh. At the house of Isaac
Conard. "4th-mo. 18, 1883. Edwin M. Ambler, of Upper Dub
lin, and |Annie F. Webster, of Plymouth. At the house Vff
William Webster.
"9th-mo. 18, 1883. Thomas P. Baynes and Man,- C.
Lukens, both of Plymouth. At the house of Mar}' C.
Lukens, "5th-mo.27, 1884. Chalkley K. Cleaver, of Whitemarsh,
and A. Laura White, of Upper DubUn. At the house of
Horace G. White.
"2d-mo. 9, 1886. Jonathan J. Webster, of Plymouth,
and Anna I. Potts, of Norristown, At the house of Chalk
ley Styer. "5th-mo. 22, 1888. William Webster, Jr., and Anna
K. Ambler, of Whitemarsh. At the house of Letitia K.
Ambler, in Norristown.
"3d-mo. 27, 1890. WUliam C. Coulston and Kate
C. Ambler, of Whitemarsh. At the residence of Isaac and
SaUie A. Conard, at Fort Washington^

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"2d-mo. 22, 1882. B. Wallace Mammel, ofGwynedd,
and Ada Conard, of Fort Washington. At the residence
of Albert Conard.
"nth-mo. 15, 1883. Thomas J. Butcher, of Norris
town, and Mary Blakey. At the residence of William B.
Warner, Norristown.
"6tii-mo. 8, 1 886. Matthias Homer, Jr., of Atlan
tic City, and PLllen B. Bedell, of Philadelphia. At the
residence of Matilda S. And revs, Norristown.
"jd-mo. 28, 1888. William Potts Jone.s, of Consho
hocken, and Elizabeth C. Coulston, of Chestnut Hill. At
the residence of James M. Coulston.
"loth-ino. ID, loS.S. Robert D. Smith, of Philadel
phia, and Lucrelia M. Roberts, of Norristown. At the
residence of Ruth Roberts, Norristown.
"nth-mo. 21, 1889. James O. Atkinson, of Upper
Dublin, and Harriet W. Haines, of Norristown. In Nor
ristown. "ist-mo. 9, 1890. Thomas Steel, of New London, and
Mary Michener, of Norristown. At the house of David
Foulke. "ist-mo. 23, 1890. Lukens Thomas, of Philadelphia,
and Mar}' H. Conrad, of West Conshohocken. At Frank
H. Conrad's house.
"6th-mo. 4, 1890. Joseph R. Taggart, of Norristown,
and Lizzie C. Hallowell, of Plymouth. At Caleb R. Hal-
lowell's house.
"8th-mo. 12, 1S91. Herman P. Miller, of Harrisburg,
and Martha P. Jones, of Conshohocken. At Anna P.
Jones' house.
'•loth-mo. 14, 1 891. Anthony Hamer and Hannah
S. Yerkes, of Plymouth. At the house of Hannah S.
Yerkes.

122 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
"3d-mo. ID, 1892. Davis J. Webster and Lydia
S. Potts, both of Whitpain. At the house of Chalkley
Styer. "I oth-mo. 12, 1892. Chalkley Styer and Abigail B.
Potts, botii of Whitpain. At the residence of Chalk
ley Styer. "3d-mo. 7, 1895. John BothweU Park, of Horsham,
and Ellla Shoemaker, of Whitpain. At the residence of
Charles Shoemaker.
"3d-mo. 2, 1898. Charles Henry Rile, of Whitpain,
and Elizabeth Shannon Sheppard, of Whitemarsh. At
the residence of Isaac J. Sheppard.
"i2th-mo. 15, 1898. WiUiam G. MiUer, of Norris
town, and Anna C. Livezey, of Plymouth. At Plymouth
meeting-house. "6th-mo. 29, 1 899. S. Carbon Wolfe and Eliza J.
W^ebster, both of Norristown. At the house of Elizabeth
Webster. "I oth-mo. 18, 1899. Frank J. C. Jones, of Consho
hocken, and Sarah Wood Jones, of Norristown. At John
M. Jones' residence. FROM RADNOR RECORDS.
"2d-mo. 6, 1716. Rees David, of Farmar's Mill, in
W^hitemarsh,widower,and Rachel Roberts, Merion, spinster.
At Merion meeting-house.
"3d-mo. 31, 1716. David Davies, of Merion, and
Sarah Dickinson, of Plymouth. At Plymouth meeting
house. "9th-mo 22, 1703. HughJone.s,of Plymouth, widower,
and Margaret Edward, of Merion, widow. At Merion
meeting-house. "i2th-mo. 21, 1704. Owen Owens, of Plymouth, and

MARRIAGE RECORDS. 1 23
Maiy Samuel, widow. At Plymouth meeting.
"3d-mo. 27, 1708. William Cuerton, of Merion,
widower, and Susanna Price, widow, of Plymouth. At
Plymouth meeting-place.
"9th-mo 28, 1710. David Edward, son of Edward,
of Radnor, yeoman, andjenes William, daughter of David
William, of Plymouth. At Plymouth meeting. [Signed by
52 witnesses.] "4th-mo. 30,1709. Edward Dawes, of Plymouth, and
Sarah Casell [Cassel,]late of Abington, Spinster. At Ply
mouth meeting-house.
[The marriage just given is especially interesting be
cause of the fact that it is the first, in order of time, that
is recorded as having occurred at "Plymouth meeting
house." It will be noticed that previous mar'riages were, as
a rule, at "Plymouth meeting" or at "Plymouth meeting-
place." It is probable that the Dawes-Cassel wedding was
the first ever celebrated in Plymouth meeting-house, and
that it had not been very long completed at the time men
tioned, 1709.]
"3d-mo. 20, 171 2. Robert Rogers, son of Roger Rob
erts, of Merion, and Rebecca Thomas, daughter of Lewis,
of the same county (deceased). At Plymouth meeting.
house. "9th-mo. 5, 1712. EUis Roberts, of Radnor, black
smith, son of Robert EUis (deceased;, and Elizabeth Pugh,
daughter of EUis, of Plymouth. At Plymouth meeting
house. "4th-mo. 10, 1729. Isaac Price, of Plymouth, and
Margaret Lewis, dauguter of Henry, of Haverford. At Hav
erford meeting-house.
"8th-mo. 6, 1727. Aaron Roberts, of Plymouth, and
Sarah Longworthy, of Radnor. At the dwelling-house of

124 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Meredith David, late deceased, in Plymouth.
"7th-mo i6, 1731. Job Pugh, son of EUi.s, of Ply
mouth (deceased), and Phoebe Evans, of Radnor. At Fly-
mouth meeting-house.
"9th-mo. 22, 1789. WiUiam Dickinson, son of John
and Ann, of Plymouth, and Patience Powell, daughter of
George and Hannah, of Haverford. At Haverford meet
ing-house."

XIIL
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

It is more convenient, as well as more desirable in sev
eral other respects, to con.sider the two subjects, "Births"
and "Deaths," under the same head. The latter course is
decidedly preferable in connection with the important con
sideration of space. Otherwise, most of the names given
in this chapter would necessarily have to be repeated else
where. In the pages that follow, a date immediately succeed
ing a name is to be regarded as that of birth; the date of
death will be indicated by prefixing the abbreviation d.,and
of marriage by m.
Families are grouped together, as far as possible, un
der the names of the parents.
The arrangement is alphabetical, so as to avoid the
necessity for indexing. JACOB AND MARY ALBERTSON.
Hannah 9, 14, 1784; d. 5, 12, 1848.
Rebecca i, 10, 1787; d. 2, i, 1791.
Josiah 7, II, 1788; d. 12, 28, 1846.
J^'^"^ I 12 7 I7QO- '^- '' 5' '^59.
Benjamin/ ^^' ^' ^'^°' d. 10, 18, 1856.
Rebecca 2, 25, 1793; d. i, 17, 1818.

126 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Jacob and Mary Albertson are recorded as "of Chel-
ham." All the births and deaths which follow, it should be
understood, are those of members of Plyrnouth meeting,
unless otherwise specified.
JOSIAH AND ALICE ALBERTSON.
Hannah i i, 12, 1829; d. 3, 30, 1862.
Samuel 4,30, 1831; d. 4, i, 1874.
Wiham 7, i, 1833.
Jo.seph I, II, 1835; d. I, I, 1887.
Abigail W. 9, 2, 1841; d. 3, 12, 1881.
Josiah Albertson was the son of Jacob and Mary
Albert.'-on. See previous page.
Alice was the daughter of Samuel Maulsby.
JACOB AND MARTHA ALBERTSON.
Samuel 7, 19, 1820; d. 6, 5, 1823.
Mary n. 3, 1821; d, 9, 13, 1823. ¦
Mary 8, 25. 1823; d. 4, 8, 1859; m. Benington.
Rebecca 4, 12, 1825; d. same day.
Jacob Morton 5, 5, 1826.
Samuel L. 7, 18, 1828; d. 8, I, 1875.
Rachel L. 5, 23, 1830.
Ruth Anna 5, 29, 1833.
Elizabeth P.) .
Lewis G. /4' IS, 1835; d. 4, 30. 1870.
Henry 12, 30, 1837; d. 12, 7, 1877.
Jacob was the son of Jacob and Mary. See previous
page. Martha was the daughter of Samuel Livezey.
Mary Albertson, wife of Jacob, born 5, 12, 1753;
d. II, 29, 1825, in her 73d year.
Jacob Albertson 3, n, 1755; d. 10, 10, 1833, inhis
78th year.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. 127
JACOB AND SUSANNA ALBRIGHT.
Samuel I2, lo, 1795.
Martha 9, 27, 1797; d. 8, 25, 1814.
Margaret n, 21, 1799.
WiUiam 3, 28, 1802; d. 8, 26, 18 14.
Eleanor 3, 8, 1804.
Jonathan 9, 18, 1806; d. 8, 2i, 1814.
Sarah 12, 11, 1808.
Elizabeth 9, 5, 18 15.
Jacob 5, 25, 1765, was the son of Jacob and Mar
tha, of Gwynedd.
Susanna i, 12, 1772, wife of Jacob, was the daugh
ter of Samuel and Ellen WiUiams, of Whitemarsh.
CHARLES AND JANE AMBLER.
David 5, 23, 1805; d. 6, 7, 1807.
Mahlon 2, 24, 1807.
Watson G. i, 28, 1810.
Isaac G. JAMES AND ELIZABETH BAYNES.
Alice 9, 4, 1821; d. 4, 14, 1862.
Miriam 7, 24, 18 1 5; d. 6, 26, 1856.
JAMES AND SUSANNA BELL.
Joseph 12, 5, 1799; d. 8, 14, 1877.
Mary i, 8, 1 802; d. 3, 15, 1864.
John 8, 26, 1804.
Jsmes 8, 10, 1808.
James BeU 3, 8, 1781; d. i, 14, 1851, wasthe son
of Jonathan and Mary.
Susanna, wife of James, 10, 4, 1771; d. 6,22, 1849,
was the daughter of Evan and Christiana Thomas.
ISAIAH AND CATHERINE BELL.
Jonathan 10, 8, 1797; d. 8, 7, 1862.
Hughes 8, 23, 1799; d- 9, 20, 1857.

128 PLYMOUTH MEETING,
Isaiah 2, 9, 1802.
Levi H. 4, 17, 1804.
WUliam 8, 8, 1806.
Samuel 12, 17, 1808.
James i, 30, 1811.
Josiah 3, 14, 1813.
Elizabeth 10, 4, 18 17.
Isaiah 8, 2, 1772; d. 10, 6, 1849, wasthe son of
Jonathan and Mary BeU.
Catherine BeU, wife of Isaiah, was the daughter of
Owen and Elizabeth Hughes.
Ann Bell, 3, 28, 1796; d. ii, 29, 1842, wife of Jon
athan Bell, was the daughter of Thomas and Arcada
Stroud. Martha, wife of the second Jonathan Bell, was the
daughter of Benjamin and Eliza White. She was born
3. 9, 1813- JONATH.\N AND MARTHA BELL.
Eliza Ann 4, 7, 1847.
Jonathan, Jr. 8, 6, 1848.
Benj. White 4, 19, 185 1.
Henry 8, 7, 1853.
HUGHES AND SARAH BELL.
Chalkley 4, 16, 1821.
Charles 2, 24, 1824.
Mary 8, 24, 1826.
Ezra C. 8, 19, 1830.
James S. 5, 27, 1834.
Mary Borden, wife of Benjamin, born 1805; d. I,
16, 1868. JOHN AND SARAH J. CLEAVER.
WiUiam G. 2, 3, 1854; d, 8, 31, 1888.
Anna K. 6, 3, 1855.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. 129
Ella 7, 5, 1856; I, 17, i860.
Chalkley 10, 15, 1857.
Mary R. 9, 14, 1859.
Emma.
Tacie.Sara.
John Cleaver 11, 2, 1822, is the son of Salathiel and
Mary. Sarah J. is the daughter of Chalkley and Ann Ken-
derdine. EZRA AND MARGARET COMFORT.
Sarah 10, n, 1801; d. 4, i, 1884.
Grace 3, 16, 1803.
Jane 8, 29, 1805; d. 3, 17, 1873.
Ann 12, 22, 1807.
John 5, 26, 18 10.
Alice I, 18, i8i3;d. 2, 24, 1888,
Jeremiah 2, 18, 18 16; d. 6, 27, 1887.
David 5, 25, 1819.
Margaret 7, 30, 1823; d. 9, 18, 1864.
Ezra Comfort was the son of Ezra and Alice
Comfort Margaret Comfort, wit'e of Ezra, was the daughter
of David and Jane Shoemaker.
JEREMIAH AND ELIZABETH COMFORT.
Ezra 7, 13, 1847.
Sarah 4, 22, 1849.
Charies W. i, 31, 185 1.
Harvey L. n, 8, 1852.
Benjamin Cadwalader 2, 19, 1856; d. 1873.
Isaac Roberts 7, 15, i860.
Alfred 2, li, 1864; d. 4, 14, 1865.
Walter 2, 11, 1864; d. 5, i, 1865,

130 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Jeremiah was the son of Ezra and Margaret Com
fort Elizabeth Comfort, wife of Jeremiah, was the daugh
ter of Benj. and Sarah Cadwallader.
Ezra Comfort, Sr., 1747; d. I, 15, 1820. Minister.
Ahce Comfort 1753; d. n, 16, 1840. Elder.
Ezra Comfort 1776; d. 8, 30, 1847. An approved
Minister. JOHN AND SARAH CONARD.
James 5, 3, 1806.
Mary 8, n, 1808.
Peter 9, 6, 18 10.
Joseph 12, 20, 1812.
Tacy 7, 7, 18 1 5.
John II, 3, 18 1 7.
Albert H. i, 25, 1820.
Charles N. 4, 24, 1822.
Ehzabeth R. 9, 7, 1824.
Lewis II, 16, 1826.
Isaac 10, 30, 1828.
Levi R. 12, 26, 1830; d. 9, 13, 1862. Died in the
army. John Conard, 4, 2, 1782; d. 7, 30, 1853, was the
son of Joseph and Rebecca Conard.
Sarah, d, at the age of 71 years, wife of John, was
the daughterof John and Mary Child.
HENRY AND ANN CONRAD.
Elizabeth 10, 10, 1799.
Peter 3, n, 1801; d. 9, 15, 1807.
Sarah 9, 4, 1803.
Aaron n, 25, 1805,
Nathan 3, 1 1, 1808.
Ann 9, 16, 1810.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. I3I
Osborn i, 27, 181 5.
Heniy Conard, i, 25, 1769, was the son of John and
Ann. Ann, 7, 29, 1770; d. 12, 7, 1852, wife of Henry, was
the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth O.sborn.
PETER AND SARAH CONARD,
Thomas P. 7, i, 1839.
Emma 3, i, 1841.
Morris 8, 9, 1843.
David A. 12, 16, 1847.
Mary R. 12, 30, 1848.
Phebe A. 3, 26, 1850.
Ellin A. 8, 18, 1852.
lilizabeth W. 12, 18, 1854; d. 3, 1 6, 1855.
Peter Conard was the son of John and Sarah.
Anna R. Conard, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca,
was born 5, lO, 1843.
ISAAC AND MARY CONARD.
Ida 2, 23, 1855.
Lydia 9, 25, 1857.
Mary W. 12, 15, 1859.
Mary W. Conard, wife of Isaac, born 7, 18, 1830;
d. 12, 27, 1859, was the daughter of Silas and Priscilla
Walton. ALBERT AND MARTHA CONRAD.
WiUiam B. 3, 8, 1847.
Mary EUen 9, 15, 1849.
John 6, 30, 1852.
Sarah 12, 15, 1854.
Ada 5, 3, 1857.
Martha D. 3, 12, i860; d. 3, 12,1869.
Edwin Conard, son of Nathan and Martha L.,was
born 5, 17, 1840. Nathan was born 3, 11, 1808, and

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PLYMOUTH MEETING.

Martha L. was born 3, 3,1814.
JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH CONARD.
Sarah 9, 7, 1803.
Elizaoeth 6, 23, 1808.
Joseph 6, 16, 1814.
Jo.seph Conard, born ii, 3, 1778; d- n, 20, 1840,
was the son of Joseph and Rebecca Conard.
ALAN W. AND MARY CORSON.
Hannah n, 25, 1812.
Sarah 10, 13, 1814.
Elias H. 5, 19, 1 8 16.
Luke 2, 24, 1 81 8.
Lawrence 4, 26, 18 19.
Jeseph I, 20, 1 821; d. T,T, 1866.
Aian, Jr., 4, 23, 1823; d. 2, 7,1824.
Mardia 5, 4, 1827.
Alan W. Corson was the son of Joseph and Hannah
Corson. He was born 2, 21, 1788.
Maiy, wife of Alan W. Corson, was the daughter of
Lawrence and Sarah Egbert She was born 12, 5, 1785.
WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH COULSTON.
Pdizabeth 7, 27, 1690.
Henry 12, 5, 1692.
Anne 8, 18, 1695.
Grace 9, 16, 1696.
JAMES AND MARY G. CRESSON.
WiUiam Leedom 3, 13, 1841.
Anna Humphreys 2, IO, 1843; d. 8, 31, 1844.
P'rances Caroline 10, 17, 1844.
Mary Hannah I, 24, 1846.
Mary Leedom 2, 25, 1842; d. 9, 5, 1844.
Rebecca Davis, the daughter of David and Elizabeth,
was born 5, 30, 1785.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. I 33
Elizabeth Davis lo, 24, 1739.
Anna Davis, d. 6, 26, 1838.
Catherine Davis, n, 5, 1769, daughter of John and
Elizabeth. JESSE AND SUSANNA DEAVES.
Jacob W. 12, 18, 1811; d. 9, 28,1854.
Tacy W. 6, 23, 18 14.
Elizabeth 9, 19, 1816.
-W'lLLIAM AND SARAH DICKINSON.
William 6, 13, 1 69 1.
Sarah I, 15, 1 693.
Jonathan 12, 25, 1694.
Ruth 6, 29, 1696.
Joshua 8, 18, 1699.
Benjamin 6, 2, 1705.
Phebe i, 22, 1708.
JOSHUA AND ELIZABETH DICKINSON.
Maiy 6, 5, 1727.
Joseph I, 22, 1729.
Jane i, 31, 1731; d. 3d-mo. 1731.
Benjamin 9, 29, 1732.
Jo.shua II, 3, 1734.
CadwaUader 3, 18, 1736.
Jonathan 9, 16, 1738.
David 12, 18, 1739; d. 8, 4, 1740.
David 7, 15, 1743.
WILLIAM AND SARAH ELLIS.
Lydia 8, 31, 1780.
Isaac 4, 30, 1783; d, 7, 15, 1867.
Jonathan 12, 18, 1790.
William 4, n, 1788.
WiUiam 8, 21, 1750, was the son of Isaac and Mary Ellis.

134 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Sarah Ellis i, 5, 1752, wife of William.
AMOS AND HANNAH ELLIS.
Phebe i, 23, 1787; d. 9, 12, 1791.
Amos 5, I, 1789; d. 9, 14, 1791.
Hannah 9, 25, 1794.
Isaac 9, 25, 1794; d. 8, 19, 1800.
Mary 8, 26, 1797; d. 12, i, 1817.
Amos EUis, 7, 9. 1759. was the son of Isaac and
Mary. Hannah Ellis, wife of Amos, i, 18, 1764, was the
daughter of Joseph and Hannah Roberts.
Jones 12, 23, 1 81 5, son of William and Sarah
Ellis. Mary I, 28, 1818, wife of Jones Ellis.
JONATHAN AND CATHERINE ELLIS.
Susanna 2, 16, 18 17.
Hannah 9, 20, 1820.
Joseph R. 4, 19, 1 8 18.
Reuben A. 3, 30, 1824.
WILLIAM AND ANN L. ELY.
Edward 7, 8, 1843.
Mary W. 4, 7, 1845; d. 8, 19, 1859.
George 8, 15, 1847; d. 1°. I3. 1852.
Ann L. Ely was the daughter of Samuel Livezey.
THOMAS AND ELIZABETH EVANS.
Jane 10, 13,1766; d. 5, 18, 1781.
Caleb 2, 16, 1768; d. 7, 2, 1855.
Tacy I, 10, 1770; d. 5,4, 1840.
Nathan I, 25, 1772; d. i, 19, 1826.
Thomas 2, 21, 1774; d. 12, 26, 1774.
John II, 30, 1775; d. 8, 22,1777.
Jonathan 6, 26, 1778; d. 4, 7, 1844.
Elizabeth i, 31, I78i;d. 9, 10, 1842.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. >35
Jane 12, 24, 1784; d. 7, 3. 1876.
Thomas Evan.s, i, 24, 1733; d. 9, 3, 1818, was the son
of Thomas and Elizabeth Evans.
Elizabeth Evans, his wife, born 11, 19, 1740; d. 8,
16, 1794, was the daughter of John and Jane Roberts.
Peter Evans 12, 24, 1799; d. 2, 24, 1880, was the son
of Caleb and Catherine Evans.
CADWALLADER AND ANN FOULKE.
David. Hannah.
Samuel.Josialt Cadwallader Foulke ID, 17, 1778; d. 6, 7, 1858,
was the son of Hugh and Ann (Roberts) Foulke.
Ann Foulke, wife of Cadwallader Foulke, born 1785,
d. 10, 13, 1821. ISAAC AND SARAH GARRETSON.
Anna 12, 31, 1847.
Mary 2, 6, 1849.
Joseph 12, I, 1850.
Alan 7, 6, 1852.
Eliza II, 29, 1854.
Isaac Garretson was born l^ 23, 18 10.
WILLIAM AND JANE HALLOWELL.
Phebe 2, 26, 1824.
Catherine i, 6, 1828,
Caleb 9, 7, 1830.
Benjamin 10, i, 1833; d. 4, 20, i860.
William HalloweU, born 1774, d. 5, 27, 1856,
WILLIAMAND MARY HALLOWELL.
John 3, 22, 1778.
Job 4, 22, 1780; d. II, 25, 1803.
i! Sarah 3, 17, 1782; d. 7, 14, 1835.

136 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
William 5, 24, 1784; d. 5, 27, 1866.
Mary, wife of WiUiam Hallowell, was the daughter
of John Roberts. DAVID AND ANN HARRY.
Samuel D. 11, 31, 1806; d, 10, 20, 1836.
Benjamin 5, 14, 1809.
Rees 2, 27, 1812.
Mary 3, 22, 181 5.
David Jr. 5, 13, 18 17; d. 1825.
David Harry was the son of John Harry.
Ann Harry 9, 9, 1786; d. n 21, 1831, formerly
Davis. JESSE AND MARY HOLT.
Ellwood II, 26, 1827.
Thomas 3, 14, 1840.
Amos F. 9, II, 1832.
Hannah A. 10, i, 1834.
Ehzabeth W. i, 27, 1837.
Rachel Holt d. 10, 21, 1851.
JESSE AND ELIZABETH JARRETT.
Palmer i, 19, 1788; d. 3, 14, 1788.
Maiy 10, 29, 1789; d. 6, 12, 1790.
Mary 10, 9, 1790.
David 2,4, 179s; d. 5, 28, 1797.
David 10, 24, 1797.
Alice 8, 23, 1800.
Tacy 4, 20, 1803.
Joseph 5, 13, 1805.
John 8, 5, 1809.
WILLIAM AND MARTHA JEANS.
Thomas 3, 19, 1808.
Mary 12, 29, 1809.
Isaac 10, 5, 181 1.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. 137
Hannah 12, 6, 181 3.
Joseph 7, 20, 1 816.
Daniel 11, 29, 1818.
Martha 5, n, 1822.
Ruth 9, 30, 1823.
WiUiam 9, 10, 1827.
Elizabeth 5, 24, 1830.
Martha Jean.s, d. 3, 1 1, 1852, was the wife of William
Jeans. JOSEPH AND MARY JEANS.
Elizabeth 9, 16, 1781.
WUliam 3, 19, 1783; d. 2, 15, i860.
Isaac 4, I, 1785; d. 2, 19, 1829.
Esther 8, 20, 1787.
Hannah 3, 23, 1789.
Margaret 2, 19, 179 1.
Rebecca 7, 27, 1793.
Abel 8, 9, 1795.
ISAAC AND ELIZABETH JONES.
John 12, 18, 1795.
William 8, 17, 1798; d, 10, 5, 1857.
Jonathan 3, 24, 1800.
Isaac 5, 6, 1802.
Ann 6, 18, 1804.
Susan I, 10, 1806.
Itlizabeth 4, 15, 1809.
Charles 2, 2, 181 3.
Isaac Jones, 5, 20, 1772; d. 6, 12, 1868, was the son
of Jonathan and Susanna Jones.
PlUzabeth, wife of Isaac Jones, born 2, 16, 1772;
was the daughter of John Yerkes.
Joseph Jones d, i, 31, 1781.
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138 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
JOSEPH AND JANE JEANS.
Joseph 8, 29, 1768.
Sirah 2, 5, 1771; d. 7, 23, 1850.
Mary 3, 28, 1773.
ISAAC AND ANN C. JONES.
Josiah F. lo, 6, 1827.
James S. 2, 7, 1829.
Su.s:ui II, 20, 1830; d. 12, ^r, 18.59.
.Saw.uel I I, 19, 1832.
Jeremiah C. 3, 1 8, 1 83 5.
Ar,n Pllizabeth 9, 9, 1838.
William 9, 8, 1842.
Isa ic Jones was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth.
Ann C. Jones, wife of Isaac, was the daughter of Ez
ra and Margaret Comfort
JOHN AND MARTHA JONES.
Joseph L. 10, 28, 1819.
Isaac 2, 16, 1823.
William II. 2, 5, 1825.
Rachel F, 3, 3, 1828.
Elizabeth 2, 14, 1830.
Mary 4, 30, 1 831.
F:dwin 4, 3, 1833.
George W. 6, 18, 1835.
Sarah Y. 2, 18, 1838.
Charlotte 5, 31, 1 841,
John M. Jones, 11, 25, 1844, is the son of Tyson.
and Sarali Jones. MARK AND ELIZA JONES.
Elphraim S. 7, 23, 1836.
Rex II, 30, 1838.
George E. 3, i, 1845.
Elva F. 3, 18, 1850.

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Mark Jones born 5,9, i8i2;d. 10, 4, 1898, in his
87 th year.
EUza,wife of Mark Jones, born 2, 25, 1816; d. 4, lO.
1897. JONATHAN AND ELIZA JONES.
Ann 9, 13, 1826.
Evan 2, 9, 1828.
Ellwood 2, 18, 1830; d. I, 4,1870.
Esther 12, 16, 183 1.
Ehzabeth 5, i, 1833.
Hannah 6, 5, 1835.
J. David 5, 4, 1838; d, 7, 22, 1854.
Rachel 4, 7, 1840.
EVAN D. AND ANNA JONES.
Eliza 2, 16, 1859; d. II, 19, 1856.
WiUiam 9, 15, 1861.
Evan II, 4, 1864.
Martha 5, 5, 1867.
LiUian8, 10, 1868.
ELLWOOD AND RACHEL JONES.
Horace C. 6, 16, 1857.
Abbie C. 6. 16, 1859.
A. Conrad 12, 15, 186 1.
Hettie 6,4, 1864; d. 7, 29, 1864.
EUwood 5, 5, 1867.
BENJAMIN AND JANE JONES.
John W. 9, 26,1833.
George M. 4, 18, 1837.
Rebecca 11, 28, 1840; d. 12, 17, 1868.
Susan W. 10, 29, 1842.
CHALKLEY AND ANN KENDERDINE.
Sarah Jane 5, 21, 1840.
Elizabeth 5, 21, 1840.

140 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Letitia 5, 2, 1838.
Joel Lare i, 4, 1809; d. 4, 25, 1895. A minister.
Mary C. 1808; d. 5, 5, 1869, wife of Joel.
Mary Jeanes Lare, second wife of Joel, was born 12,
29, 1809. SAMUEL AND MARY LIVEZEY.
Thomas 10, 22,1795; 4, 19, 1803.
Martha 10, 13, 1797.
Rachel 8, 9, 1799.
Samuel 8, 16, 1801.
Thomas 4, 27, 1803.
WUliam 7, 3, 1804.
Joseph II, 3, 1805.
Mary 7, 31, 1808.
Ann 12, 10, 18 1 2.
Samuel i, 26, 1760; d. 9, 3, 1840, was the son of
Thomas and Martha Livezey.
Maiy 5, 7, 1769, d. 2, 2, 1833, wife of Samuel Live
zey, was the daughter of James and Rebecca Wood.
THOMAS AND LYDIA LIVEZEY.
Martha 5, 13, 1813.
Ann 7, 30, 181 1.
Jane 5, li, 1815.
Hannah 6, 7, 1818.
THOMAS AND RACHEL LIVEZEY.
Edward 8, 28, 1833; d, 4, 15, 1876.
Samuel 3, 9, 1835.
Joseph R. 9, 20, 1838.
John R. 6, 21, 1842; d. 2, 13, 1867.
Henry I2, 24, 1843; d. 9, 24, 1846.
Henry 2d. 6, 25, 1847; d. 12, 4, 1873,
T. p:ilwood 8, II, 1849.
Thomas Livezey 4, 27, 1803; d. 10, 2, 1879, wasthe

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. I4I
son of Samuel and Mary.
Rachel, wife ofThomas Livezey, was the daughter of
JosejTi Richardson, ofBucks county.
LEWIS AND MARY LUKENS.
Alan Wood 2, 21, 1836.
Charies 9, 30, 1837.
Lewis 7, 12, 1840; d. 3,18, 1850.
Jawood 3, 8, 1843.
P'rancis 6, 10, 1845; b. 6, IO, 1845.
Mary 4, 27, 1847; b. 9, 7. 1877.
Clara 2, 9, 1850.
Lewis A. Lukens, dec'd, born 4, 8, 1807.
MaiyT. Lukens, wife of Lewis A., II, 12, 1808; d.
3, 2, 1892. SAMUEL AND MARY R. LIVEZEY.
Thomas 10, 18, 1879.
Samuel Livezey is the son of Thomas and Rachel R.
Livezey. Mary R., wife of Samuel Livezey, is the daughter of
Hugh and Alice A. Roberts.
WILLIAM P. AND MARY LIVEZEY.
Lewis J. 9, 19, 1869.
Helen C. 4, 8, 1880.
Joseph 2, 4, 1884.
WiUiam P. Livezey, IO, 3, 1 83 1, is the son of Joseph
and Edith Burr Livezey.
Mary C, wife of William P. Livezey, born 2, 6, 1849,
is the daughter of Isaac and Mary Garretson.
T. ELLWOOD AND MARY E. LIVEZEY.
Rachel R. (IfiU) 8, 9, 1872.
Anna C. (MUler) 10, 23, 1874.
Mary I 12, 21, 1877; d. 8, 17, 1878.
Emma 9, 3°, 1879; d. 5, 13. 1891.

142 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Thomas L 6, 24, 1881.
Walter 9, 14, 1884.
Tacy B. 4, 30, 1887; d. 5, 13, 1891.
EmUly R. 7, 16, 1894.
T. Ellwood Livezey 8, II, 1849, son of Thomas and
Rachel Livezey.
Mary, 4, 29, 1852, wife of Ellwood Livezey, daugh
ter of James and Mary ChUds.
PETER AND ELIZA LUKENS.
Algernons. 3,28, 1821.
Susan A. (Leedom) 8, 13, 1823.
Ehzabeth L. (Pierce) 12, 2, 1826.
Mary Ann n, 15, 1833.
Martha L. (Borton) 6, 24, 1840.
Peter Lukens, 5, 19, 1797; d. 5, 10, 1872.
Eliza Lukens, wife of Peter, born 8, 17, i8oi;d. 11,
24, 1881. B. H. Lightfoot 4, 4, 1830, Norristown, son of Ben.
jamin and Rachel Lightfoot
CaroUne Leedom, Norristown, 5, 10, 1817; d. 8,28,
1894. Amos Lukens, 4, 10, 1813; d. 4, 7, 1882, son of Amos
and Sarah. Mary C, his wife, 4, 22, 1821, daughter of Samuel and
Ann Caley.CadwaUader Lukens 6, 14,1799; d. 9, 22, 1877.
JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH MATHER.
Phebe W. 8, 15, 1811.
Isaac W. 12, 27, 1812; d. IO, 30, 1825.
MaryT.2, 5, i8iS;d. 5, 14, 1833.
Sarah P, 8, 3, 18 17.
Joseph M. 7, 25, 18 19.
Deborah A. 6, 5, 1821; d. 5, 16, 1833.

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Isaac W. 1828; d. 2, i, 1834.
Joseph Mather 5, 21, 1774; d. 5, 23, 1844, was the
son of Isaac and Mary Mather, Mary being the daughter
of Joshua Morris.
Ehzabeth Mather, wife of Joseph, born 5, 24, J/E6;
died II, 17. 1844, was the daughter of Isaac and Ann
WUliams. SAMUEL AND SUSANNA BIAULSBY.
Hannah 7, 20, 1800.
Jonathan IO, li, 1801.
AHce T. 7, 12, 1803; d. 9, 20, 1876.
Merchant II, 4, 1804.
Martha T. 3, 20, 1807.
George 12, 17, 18 10.
Ellwood 6, I, i8i5;d. 4, i, 1843.
Alice T. married Jacob Albertson.
Susanna 1780; d. 8,22, 1818, wife of Samuel Mauls
by, was the daughter of Jonathan and Alice Thomas.
JOHN AND HANNAH MEREDITH.
David 9, 2, 1779.
John 10, I, 1781.
Aaron 10, 3, 1785.
John II, 17, 1748, son of Moses and Mary.
JOHN AND RACHEL MEREDITH.
Jesse L. 12, 17, 1807; d. 2, 5, 1889.
Moses 2, 8, 1 8 10.
William E, 2, 28, 1812; d. 7, 20, 1854.
Eleanor, 7, 13, 18 16.
Seneca L. 11, 27, 1817; d. 8, i, 1853.
Martha 2, 3, 18 14.
Ehzabeth 9, 10, 1822.
Sarah 10, 5, 1820; d. 5, 31, 1883.
Hannah 3, 17, 1827; d. 7, 5, 1868.

144 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
John Meredith was born lO, I, 1781; d. 1,31, 1838.
Rachel 6, 8, 1784; d. 8, 17, 1837, wife of John Mer
edith. AMOS AND SUSAN PHIPPS.
Edward n, 15, 1826; d. 9, 25, 1849.
Thomas i, 4, 1828.
Sarah i, 27, 1830; d. 9, 12, 1849.
Ehas H. 12, 3, i83i;d. 7, 6, 1897.
Matilda 5, 10, 1835.
Ledtia 5, 10, 1835.
Amos died 1 1, 27, 1872; son of Joseph and Alary
Phipps. Susanna Phipps, wife of Amos, n, 25, 1797; d. 5,
12, 1874. PETER AND LYDIA PHIPPS.
Maiy 5, 5, 1822.
Joseph 3, 19, 1824.
James W. II, 17, 1825.
Samuel 12, 31, 1827.
William M. 10, 10, 1829; d. 4, 14, 1858.
Lydia A. 6, 30, 1832.
Margaretta A. 8, 31, 1835; d. 8, 16, 1S62.
SAMUEL AND TACY PHIPPS.
Chalkley L. n, 18, 1858.
WiUiam 3, i, i860.
THOMAS AND SUSANNA PRYOR.
Margaret 8, 6, 1786.
Rebecca R. 8,2, 1788.
Edmund 8, 7, 1791.
Thomas E. 8, 16, 1798.
THOMAS AND JANE PUGH.
Jesse 9, 16, 1 7 II.
Roger 8, 4, 171 3.

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ELLIS AND MARY PUGH.
Ellis 6, 27, i7io;d. 8, 25, 1761.
Sarah 2, 28, 1709.
Mary 1791; d. 3, 20, 1852.
Isaac Parry, (Norristown) 3, 23, 1815; died 12,2,
1894. Ann H. Parry, wife of Isaac, 3, 29, 1821; d. 6, I,
1884. WiUiam Potts, 11, 13, 1787; d. i, 31, 1 881, son of
Zebulon and Martha Potts.
Annie W. Potts, wife of William, 3, 16, 1785; died $,
23, 1869, daughter of Jesse and Sarah Wager.
JOHN AND ELIZABETH RIGHTER.
Ann 9, 28, 1806.
Mira 3, 9, 1808.
Joseph P. 8, 15, 1 8 10.
ISAAC AND ALICE ROBERTS.
Mercy 6, 3, 1801; d. 4, 26, 1873.
Elizabeth 7, 10, 1803; d. 12, 13, 1825.
Ezra 9, 25, 1805; d. 10, 27, 1854.
Charies W. n, 22, 1807.
Joseph V. 6, 16, 1810; d. 3, 12, 1834.
Isaac 2, I, 18 14.
Hiram 8, 28, 18 16.
Hannah 4, 29, 1819; d. 6, 16, 1882.
Isaac 4, 27, 1775; 8, 13, 1851, was the son of Jo
seph Roberts.
Ahce, wife of Isaac Roberts, was the daughter of Ez-
ra Comfort. She was born 4, 23, 1779, and died 2, 22,
1841. ISAAC AND RUTH ROBERTS, NORRISTOWN.
Elihu 3, II, 1838; d. 2, 20, 1851.
Samuel C. il, 20, 1839; d. 7, 20, 1868.

146 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Lydia 6, 13, 1841; d. 11, 30, 1868.
Lucretia M. 3,3, 1843.
Thomas C. 10, 13, 1845; d. 12, 14, 1848.
Ruth A. 2, II, 1848; d. 9, 20, 1857.
Abby C. 2, 8, i85i;d. 6, 23, 1886.
Isaac 2, I, 1854.
Charies A. 7, 20, 1856; d. 4, 20, 1 880.
Lucretia Mott Roberts married R. Smith, Phila.
Isaac Roberts married Ruth Thomas, daughter of
Joseph Thomas.
Isaac Roberts, 6, 26, 1814; d. 7, 13. 1866, wasthe
son of John and Rachel.
Ruth Roberts, wife of Isaac, was the daughter of
Samuel and Sarah Conrad; she was born 10, 5, 1815; d.
II, 12, 1889. AARON AND ELIZABETH ROBERTS.
Sarah 4, 15, 1844.
Rachel, R. 2, 2, 1846.
John II, 23, 1848.
Hannah '],'], 1852; d. 2, 17, 1890.
Ann hllizabeth 5, 16, 1854.
Aaron 10, i, 1856.
Aaron Roberts 10, 23, 18 19; d. IO, 31, 1 888, was
the son of John and Rachel.
Elizabeth 2, 16, i8i9;d. 6, 16, 1888, wife of Aaron
Roberts, was the daughter of Daniel and Sarah Sheetz.
Sarah Roberts married Joseph Warner.
Rachel Roberts married Alfred Sharpless.
John Roberts married Jennie Kulp.
JOSEPH AND HANNAH ROBERTS.
Isaac 9, 30, 1758.
John 9, 9, 1769.
Rachel (wife of John) 1 1, 6, 1781.

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JOHN AND RACHEL ROBERTS, NORRITON.
Hannah I2, 28, 1802.
Rachel 9, 3, 1804.
AbigaU II, 18, 1806.
Joseph, 9, 18, 1808.
Lydia i, 14, 1812.
Isaac 6, 26, 18 14.
Phebe 5, 5, 18 17.
AMOS AND RACHEL ROBERTS, WHITPAIN.
Charles 12, 4, 1803.
Levi 9, 12, 1806.
Sarah i, 15, 1809.
Daniel n, 15, 1811.
ELLWOOD AND MARY L. ROBERTS, NORRISTOWN.
Howard C. 7, 6, 1879.
Charles A. 5, 30, 188 1; d. 3, 14, 1888.
Alice R. 6, 15, 1886.
WiUiam H. 2, 12, 1888.
Mary C. i, 31, 1892.
EUwood Roberts, i, 22, 1846, is the son of Hugh
and Alice A. Roberts.
Mary L. Roberts, 4, 19, 1858, is the daughter of Job
(deceased) and Rachel Carter, of Gloucester county, New
Jersey. Hugh Roberts, 8, 5, 1821; d. 8, 23, 1894.
Alice A. Roberts, 4, 16, 1866, daughter of Charles
and Sarah E. Roberts, of Kansas City, Missouri, is the
granddaughter of Hugh and Alice A. Roberts.
SAMUEL S. AND ELIZABETH RICHARDS.
William B. 5, 1854.
Mira L. i, 10, 1856; d. 8, 22, 1857.
J. Justice 10,25, 1858; d. 6, 20, 1861.
Mary 2, 18, i860; d. 4, 18, 1869.

148 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Carroll B, 12, 2, 1866.
Samuel S. 10, 12, 1822, was the son of Caleb and
Jane Richards.
Elizabeth was the daughter of John M. and Eliza
beth W. Justice, she was born 8, 18, 1823.
Carroll B. married Esther Taggart.
WILLIAM B. AND JANE L. RICHARDS.
J. Randolph 12, 31, 1877.
J. Cleaver i, 5, 1880.
Samuel i, 1 1, 1882.
Elizabeth 10, 17, 1885.
William B. 5, 16, 1854, is the son of Samuel and
Elizabeth Richards,
Jane L., 4, 17, 1848, wife of WiUiam B. Richards,
is the daughter of Josiah and Martha P. Cleaver.
EliEKIEL AND MARY ROADS, NORRITON.
Abraham 8, 15, 1764.
Lydia i, 21, 1771.
Barbara I, 22, 1773.
Hannah 12, i, 1774.
Ann 3, 14, 1777.
Ezekiel 8, 10, 1779.
Joseph 6, 22, 1783.
ISAAC AND MARY SHOEMAKER, NORRISTOWN.
Ehzabeth 3, 16, 1813; d. 7, 31. 1870.
Jarrett 9, 5, 181 5; d. 8, 15, 1889.
Rachel 8, 15, 1817; d. 7,4, 1866.
Isaac II, II, 1822.
Mary i, 6, 1827; d. 12, 2, 1832.
Isaac was the son of Isaac and Rachel Shoemaker-
he was born 2, 19, 1785; d. 6, 23, 1870.
Mary 10, 9, 1790; d. 2, 19, 1882, wife of Isaae Shoe
maker, was the daughter of Jesse and Ehzabeth Jarrett.

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CHARLES AND HANNAH STYER.
Isaac R. i, 25, 1824.
Chalkley i, 13, 1826.
John Roberts 10, 27, 1827.
Tacy 10, 29, 1829; d. 3, 28, 1838.
Rachel 5, 23, 1833.
Lydia, n, n, 1835.
David II, 28, 1837.
Charles 5, 3, 1840.
Hannah, wife of Charles, d. II, 20, 184I.
DAVID AND JANE SHOEMAKER.
EUen 8, 31, 1779; d. i, 26, 1866.
Margaret 2, 9, 1782; d. 2,31, 1873.
John 8, 18, 1784; d. 5, 26, 1789.
Ann 8, 28, 1786; d, 10, 13, 1821.
Mary 8, 25, 1790; d. 3, 29, 1877.
David Shoemaker, 1752; d. n, 9, 1810.
Jane Shoemaker, wife of David, 3, i, 1751; d. lo, II,
1 82 1, was the daughter of John and Jane Roberts, of
Whitpain. Ellen Shoemaker married John Taylor.
Margaret married Ezra Comfort
Ann married Cadwallader Foulke.
Mary married John Jones.
EZEKIEL AND MARGARET SHOEMAKER.
Tacy I, 29, 1816.
Charles 8, 18, 18 18.
CHARLES AND ELIZABETH SHEPPARD.
Susan J. 9, 14, 1839.
Wilham i, 12, 1842.
MaryF. 5, 23, 1844; d. 9, 24, 1891.
Emma M. 12, 21, 1846.
Isaac J. 12. 3, 1849.

150 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
WiUiam married SaUie R. Butcher.
Emma M. married lizra H. Brown.
Isaac J. married Clara T. Shannon.
Charies Sheppard n, 4, 1810; d. 10, 8, 1873, was
the son of William and Mary.
Elizabeth 4, 15, 1809; d. 3, 8, 1891, was the daughter
of Isaac and Elizabeth Jones.
ISAAC J. AND CLARA T. SHEPPARD.
Charles 3, 4, 1874; died same day.
Elizabeth S. 7, 11, 1875.
Susan J. 10, 25, 1880.
Clara T., wife of Isaac, 3, 6, 1852, is the daughterof
Joseph and Elizabeth Shannon.
EZt';KIEL AND KANNAH SHOKMAK.ER.
Emma 3, 10, 1855; d. 4, 9, 1887.
Martha 5, 16, 1857.
Hannah 12, 6, 1859.
Phebe 2, 22, 1862.
Ezekiel i, 27, 1822; d. 7, 8, 1870, was the son cf
Joseph and Phebe Shoemaker.
Hannah Shoemaker 3, 17, 1827; d. 7, 5, 1868, was
the daughter of John and Rachel Meredith.
Emma Shoemaker married David Acuff
Martha married Richard J. Roberts.
ISRAEL AND MARY SHAW.
Hannah 9, 8, 1836.
Joseph C. 12, 27, 1837.
Ann E. 7, 18, 1840.
Jane P. 5, 28, 1844.
Hannah married Da\ :d Comly.
Ann E. married Alfred Comly.
Israel Shaw was born 3, 22, 1809.
Mary, wife of Israel Shaw, born 9, 19, 181 5; d. 6,

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23, I88I. WILLIAM AND ELLEN SHOEMAKER.
EsteUe 2, 23, 1858.
Edward C, 4, n, 1861.
Joseph I, 15, 1869.
WiUiam W. Shoemaker was the son of Joseph and
Phebe Shoemaker. He was born 10, 21, 1829; d. 3, 18,
1871. Ellen C. Shoemaker i, 14, 1836, is the daughterof
Meredith and Rachel Conard.
EsteUe married Charles Major.
JACOB AND ANN STYER.
John F. 9, 14, 1812.
Reuben 10, 29, 1815; d. 12, 20, 1821.
Samuel 6, i, 1821.
Albanus 9, 23, 1825.
Ann, wife of Jacob, died i, 16, 1848.
JOHN AND HANNAH STYER.
Amos 9, 16, 1820.
Charles i, 10, 1822; d. 3, 30, 1843.
Alfred i, 9, 1825.
W. Augustus 6, 16, 1828.
Mary P. 8, 2, 1830.
John H. 6, 13, 1835; d. 8, 30, 1839.
Lewis 8, I, 1832.
John 8, 21, 1795; d. I, 28, 1873, was the son of John
and Tacy Styer.
Hannah, wife of John Styer, 9, 25, 1794; d. 7, 16,
1874, wasthe daughter of Amos and Hannah Styer.
WILLIAM AND SALLIE SHEPPARD.
Emma B, 4, 21, 1882.
Harriet W. 2, 4, 1885.
Charles W. 10, 12, 1886.
Lewis S. 9, 17, 1888.
Isaac J. 12, 21, 1895.

152 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
William i, 12, 1842, is the son of Charies and Eliz
abeth Sheppard.
Sallie, wife of WiUiam, 8, 1854, is the daughter of
William and Franklinia Butcher.
CHALKLEY AND SALLIE B. STYER.
Benajah 2, 12, 1856; d. 3, 28, 1857.
Fanny L. 7, 17, 1858; d. n, 25, i860.
Charles R. 8, 28, 1870; d. 10, 10, 1870.
Chalkley Styer, I, 13, 1826, is the son of Charles and
Hannah Styer.
SaUie, wife of Chalkley, 7, 21, 1830; d. 3, 24, 1891,
wasthe daughter of Benajah and Abigail Butcher.
ISAAC AND CATHARINE STOKES, NORRISTOWN.
Mary E. 5, 3, 1851; d, 7, 7, 1851.
WiUiam C. 10, 29, 1852.
Annie M. 4, 13, 1858; d, i, 21, 1859.
Isaac Stolies, 6, 22, i8i4;d. 12,14, 1888, was the son
of Josiah and Hope Stokes.
Catharine Stokes, wife of Isaac, 2, 25, 1824; d. 1 1, 9
1890, was the daughter of William and Eliza Cowgill.
Eliza CowgiU 5, 19, 1799; d.3, 11,1833.
ISAAC AND ELIZABETH SHOEMAKER, NORRISTOWN.
Isaac H. 7, 6, 1 878.
Walter C. 4, r, 1881.
Isaac n, 11, 1822, is the son of Isaac and Mary
Shoemaker. Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Shoemaker, 2, 5, 1844, is the
daughter of Benjamin and Ann Hobson.
Harvey Shaw 8, 30, 1812; d. 10, 12, 1888.
Phebe H. Stout 2, 26, 1824; d. IO, 19, 1893, daugh
ter of WiUiam and Jane Hallowell.
Samuel K., husband of Phebe, and Julia, their daugh
ter, are members at Norristown.

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JOHN AND JANE SHOEMAKER.
Rebecca 7, 2, 1802.
Daniel 6, 30, 1803.
Rachel 3, 30, 1805.
Mercy 6, 10, 1807.
Hannah i, 30, 1809.
Ann I, 27, 181 1.
Peter 9, 30, 18 13.
Alan 9, 21, 181 5.
Sarah Stockdale, of Whitpain, 9, 7, 1803; who died
12, 3, 1886, was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth
Conard. Isaac L. Shoemaker, Norristown, 6, 14, 1814; d. 4, 6,
1897, son of John and Martha Shoemaker.
Ann Shoemaker, Norristown, 9, 24, i8n, daughter of
Nathan and Mary Shoemaker.
Ellen T. Sprogell, 9, 10, tS50;d. 12, 21, 1893, daugh
ter of Dr. William Hallowell, Npiristown.
WILLIAM AND MARY TYSON.
Emily 12, 6, 1820; d. 7, 21, 1822.
Hannah P. i, 2, i823;d. i, lO; 1885.
Rebecca 11, 10, 1824.
Phebe W. i, n, 1827; d. 11, 4, 1848.
Ira C. 3, 3, 1830.
Job H. 10, 27, 1833.
Mary J. 5, i, 1837; d. 2, 4, 1840.
Morris 2, 28, 1840.
William Ty.son,^j2, 4, 1796; d. 6, 21, 1877.
Mary Tyson, wite of William, was the daughter of Job
and H.innah P. Hallowell. She died 9, 20, 1883,
Elizabeth B. Ta}lor, Norristown 5, 24, 1829, daugh
ter of David and Elizabeth B, Taylor
Mary M. Thomas, Norristown, 6, 25, 1819, daughter

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of Abijah and Eliza M, Stephen.s. Married Charies Thomas.
JOSEPH AND ANN THOMAS.
Jarrett 9, 4, 1801.
Barclay 7, 7, 1803.
Martha 8, 12, 1805.
William 7, 22, 1807.
Jonathan 11,4, 1809.
Joseph 12, 3, 181 1.
JONATHAN AND ELINOR TAYLOR.
David 6, 10, 1800.
p:iizabeth 6, 16, 1 802.
Jane S. 2, 7, 1805.
Charie.s 5, 16, 1807.
Mary 5, 13, 1809.
William II, 18, iSii.
Jesse W. 9, 8, 1817.
Elinor was the daughter of David Shoemaker.
EBER AND ANN WALTON.
Joseph 12, 17, 1825.
Mary 12, 6, 1827; d. 1828.
Israel il, 20, 1829.
Amos 1 1, 16, 1832.
Mahalan 12, 18, 1834; d. 1840.
Ebcr, 5, 6, i8oc; d. 2, 21, 1 890; was the son of Abra
ham and Mary Walton.
Ann, wit"e of P^ber Walton 7, 19, 1800; d. 7, 1838,
was the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Shaw.
Aliva, second wife of Eber, 2. 4, 1797; died 4, 13,
1881. WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH WEBSTER.
Davis J. I, 15, 1855.
Samuel P". 3, 20, 1857.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. IjJ
Annie F. 2, 13, 1859.
Jonathan 9, 16, 1 861.
William 2, 5, 1864.
Eliza J. I, 23, 1875.
Davis J. married Lillian Potts.
Samuel F. married Lydia Conard.
Annie F. married Edwin M. Ain'oler.
Jonathan married Anna Potts.
William married Annie Ambler.
Eliza J. married Carbon Wolfe.
WiUiam 8, 5, 1825; d. 9, I, 1897, was thesonof Ji -
cob and Sarah Webster.
Elizabeth, wife ofWiUiam, 5, i, 1833, is the daugh
ter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Jones.
JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH WALTON.
John C. n, 26, 1848.
Sarah C. 1 1, 26, 1848.
Isaac C. 9, 27, 1850; d. 3, 22, 1863.
Annie 3, 26, 1853.
EUen 3, 26. 1855.
J. Conard 8, 16, 1864.
Tacy C. 7, 3, 1868.
Joseph 12, 19, 1825, is the son of Eber and Ann
Walton. Elizabeth, his wife, 9, 7, 1824; d. 12, 26, 1890, was
the daughter of John and Sarah Conard.
JOHN AND MARGARETTA WALTON.
Ellizabeth C. 12, 18, 1875.
Edgar A. 9, 12, 1877.
Lewis C. 8, 16, 1880.
Joseph I, 2, 26, 1883.
John C. II, 26, 1848, is the son of Joseph and Ehz
abeth.

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Margaretta B. Walton is the daughter of Jonathan
and Rachel VV. Ambler.
JOHN AND RACHEL WEBSTER.
Martha J. 7,6, 1853; d. 11,26, 1857.
Annie 9, 27, 1857; d, 10, i, 1857.
George J. 2, 3, 1859.
Lydia G. 6, 28, 1861.
John R. 7, 6, 1823; d. 3, 27, 1865, was the son of
Jacob and Sarali Webster.
Rachel, wife of John, 3, 3, 1828, was the daughter of
John and Martha Jones.
SAMUEL AND LYDIA WEBSTER.
I Con u-J 10, 8, 1884.
livan D.J. 10, 30, 1885; d. 5, 26,1888.
Howard S. 3, 5, 1 889.
Esther J. 3, 27, 1892.
Barclay W. 4, 27, 1894.
Ruth C. 5, 30, 1897.
Samuel F. 3, 20, 1857, is the son of William and
Elizabeth J. Webster.
Lydia C. 9, 25, 1S57, his wife, is the daughter of
Isaac and Mary W. Conard. .
CH.\RLES AND ANN WOOD.
Emma 6, 26, 1838.
Horace 12, 5, 1839; d. n, 3, i860.
Albert 7, 18, 1841.
Michael K. 4, 14, 1843.
C. Harry it, 25, 1844.
Hannah 5, 29, 1847.
Laura 2, 17, 1850,
Lydia M. 2, 18, 1855.
Thomas i, n, 1852.
Charies 3, 3, 1815, son of James and Ann Wood.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. 157
Ann L. Wood, his wife, 7,31, 1811; d. il, 2, 1885,
was the daughter of Thomas and Lydia Livezey.
CHARLES AND HANNAH WILLIAMS.
Joseph S. 8, 31, 1844.
Tacie 4, 13, 1846.
Annie 4, 13, 1846.
Martha H. 8, 18, 1849.
Ellen 3, 24, i85i;d, 2, 26, 1857.
Alice I, 21, 1854.
Morris 8, 9, 1856.
John J. 5, 2, 1862.
Tacie married John Mather.
Annie married John Llcyd.
Martha married Amos Haines.
Alice married Isaac Michener.
Charles Williams 4, n, 1814; d. 5, 8, 1887, was the
son of Joseph and Ann Williams.
Hannah, his wife, 4, 30, 18 19, daughter of Charles and
Tacie Stokes. JONATHAN AND ANNIE WEBSTER.
Abbie B. 3, 30, 1887.
Horace C. 4, 8, 1889; d. 6, 13, 1890.
Percy J. 8, 16, 1892.
Jonathan J. Webster, 9,16, 1861, is the son of Wil
liam and Elizabeth.
Annie I, his wife 2, 9, 1865.
WILLIAM AND ANNIE WEBSTER.
Ellwood A. 2, 28, 1 891.
Walter 5, 6, 1894; d. 10, 8, 1894.
Letitia A. 2, 7, 1896.
William 10, II, 1898.
William Webster 2, 5, 1864, is the son of WiUiam
and Elizabeth.

158 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Annie K., wife of William, 5,12, 1866, is thedaugh.
ter of William and Letitia K. Ambler.
WUliam B. Warner n, 29, 1809, long a resident of
Norristown, (now deceased), was the son of John, and Eliz
abeth, his wife 10, 22, 1822, was the daughter ofThomas
and Anna Smith.
Lydia J. White, Norristown, 8, 24, i8c6, was the
daughter of Levi and Mary Jarrett, and wife of James
White. Hannah Wright, wife of Comly Wright, 2, 16, 1843^
is the daughter of John and Elizabeth Hunt
Mary B. Wood, Conshohocken. 12, 17, 1849; d. i^
16, 1897, was the daughter of William C. and Rachel
M. Biddle. MORRIS AND MARY WILLIAMS.
Mary J. 3, 21, 1883.
Morris 8, 9, 1856, son of Charles and Hannah
WUliams. Mary, his wife, 2, 28, 1855; d. 3, 21, 1883, daugh
ter of Jarrett and Lydia Ann Hallowell.
GEORGE AND SARAH WILSON.
Hannah IO, 25, 1828.
Martha Ann i, 6, 1832.
Oliver S. 8, 14, 1833; d. 7, 28, 1878.
Hannah married Guy Roberts.
George M. Wilson 10, 14, 1798; d. 3, 18, 1868, son
of John and Hannah.
Sarah S., his wife, 7, 16, 1802; d. 4, 14, 1866.
Oliver Wilson, Conshohocken, d. 3, 17, 1878, aged
55 years. JOSEPH AND ANN WILLIAMS.
Ahce 4, 27, 1 80 1.
Charles 2, 22, 1803; d. 9, 7, 18 12.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. J 59
Anthony 6, 6, 1807; d. IO, 4, 1844.
Martha 10, 2, i8ii;d. 7, 21, 1837.
Charles 4, 1 1, 18 14.
Ann n, 21,1817; d. 6, 27, 1834.
Joseph 7, 17, 1777; d. 3, 22, 1863, was the son of
Anthony and Rachel Williams.
Ann Williams, wife of Joseph, i, 28, I78i;d. 3, 9,
1842, was the daughter of John Hallowell
ISAAC AND PHEBE WILLIAMS.
Sarah n, 16, 1784.
fcllizabeth 5, 24, 1786.
Isaac 3, 2.^, 1783.
Isaac was the son of Anthony WiUiam.s.
Phebe Williams, d. I, 5, 180S, wife of Isaac, was the
daughter of Aaron Meredith.
ISAAC AND DEBORAH WILLIAMS.
Ann 2, 3, 1816.
Martha 10, 15, 1817.
Isaac WiUiams was the son of Isaac.
Deborah Wiilia:iis, wife of Isaac, was the daughter
of Isaac Potts. JOHN AND HANNAH WILSON.
Susanna i, 14, 1797.
G'iorge ro, 14, 179S; d. 3, 18, 1868.
jane 6,25, 1800; d. 3, 21, 1801.
Jes.se I, 29, 1803; d. I, 31, 1803.
Ann n, 8, 1804.
Rebecca 6, 22, 18 14; d. 6, 17, 1843.
Hannah Wilson, wife of John, was the daughter of
George Maris; she died 3, 8, 1850.
Isaac William.?, born 1746; died 11, 26, 1834.
Ann, his wife, died 9, I, 1832.
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born I, 31, 1776; d. 12, 22, 1837.
Ann, wife of Jonathan, I, 20, 1776; d. 8, 18, 1838.
John Wood 1783; d. 10, 2, 1854.
Sarah, wife of John, 1801; d. 6, 10, 1859.
DAVIS AND LYDIA WEBSTER.
Elizabeth J. 1,25, 1893.
Thomas E. 10,31,1895.
Davis J. 1,15, 1855, is the son of WUUam and Eliza
beth Webster.
Lydia, his wife, 12, 31, 1862, is the daughter of
Thomas and Isabel Potts.

XIV.
ADDITIONS TO BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

The births and deaths ofmembers of Gwynedd Month
ly Meeting were originally entered in a number of books,
some of which are no longer accessible, although copies
have been made.
The writer has examined carefully all that are now in
existence, and selected from them the families belonging to
Plymoutii Preparative Meeting.
Those of Norristo^vvn are also included for two reas
ons. Within the memory ofthe present generation, Nor
ristown was included in the limits of Plymouth Prepara
tive Meeting. The burial ground at Plymouth Meeting
is still used as a place of interment by the Norristown
Friends. From various sources the following additional births
and deaths have been collected, making the list given in
Chapter XIII. complete, as far as is now possible.
JONATHAN AND PRISCILLA ADAMSON.
Robert lo, IO, 1810; d. 3, 13, 1869.
Alan 10, 17, 181 2; d. 4, 26, 1829.
Hannah 4, 25, 1817; d, i, i, 1892.
Tabitha 2, 18, 18 19; d. 10,7, 1867.
Tabitha married Joshua Clendenin.
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the son of Robert and Tabitha.
PriscUla Adamson II, 22, 1785; d. 4, 27, 1865, wife of
Jonathan. Her maitlen name was Conrad.
WILLIAM AND MARTHA ALLEN.
William H. n, 2, 1851.
Joseph C. 10,4, 1854.
WiUiam H. Allen 5th-mo. i8i8;d. 10, 8, 1859, was
the son of Chandler and Sarah Allen.
Martha C. Allen 2, 24, 1833; d. i, 10, 1894, wasthe
daughterof Joseph W. and H.innah Conrad.
JOEL AND MATILDA ANDREWS.
May 4, 25, 1867; 5, 29, 1898.
Matilda's first husband was William BedeU. Their
children: Emma 5, 10, 1853.
Matilda 11, 22, 1855.
Ellen 10, 19, 1857.
May Andrev/s married F. Weir Crankshaw.
Emma Bedell married George Conrow.
Matilda Bedell married Charles Comfort
Joel W.Andrews 1810; d. 12, 23, 1891, the .son of
Benjamin and Mary.
Matilda S. Andrews 2, 23, 1829..
Sarah B. Conrow 9, 26, 18S1, daughter of George and
P2mma B. MAHLON AND ALICE AMBLER.
Ann 4, 25, 1835; d. 8, 6, 1837.
Martha i, 18, 1837.
Mahlon R, Ambler 2, 24, 1807; d. 7, 31, 1894, was
the son of Joseph and Ann.
Alice Ambler, wife of Mahlon, 4, 27, i8oi;d. 4, 4
1856, was the daughter of Joseph and Ann WiUiams.

ADDITIONS TO BIRTHS AND DEATHS. 1 63
Martha, second wife of Mahlon, 5, 11, 1822; d. 2,
22, 1876. WILLIAM AND LETITIA AMBLER.
George R. 9, 28, 1861; d. 2, 11, 1864.
Tacy I I, 17, 1863; d. IO, 30, 1864.
Mary R. 11, 21, 1864.
AnnaK. 5, 12, 1866.
WiUiam L, n, 8, 1871.
Mary married William Webster.
William Ambler 2, 10, 1834; d. II, 9, 1881, son of
Edward. Letitia Ambler, 5, 2, 1838, wife of WiUiam.
AARON AND MARY AMBLER.
Ellen 12, 27, 1867.
Isabel 9, 28, 1876; d. 8, 22. 1883.
Aaron, 12, 14, 1840, son of David and Margaret
Ambler. Mary M, 11,7, 1840, wife of Aaron, daughterof
Meredith and Rachel Conard.
William Ambler d. IO, 2, 1892, son of David and Mar
garet. Susanna Ambler i, 12, 1822, is the daughter of
David Ambler.
Evan Ambler 8, '6, 1833, is the son of David
Ambler. EDWIN AND ANNIE AMBLER.
WiUiam W. 10, 3, 1884.
Alice H. 3, 14, 1889.
Eliza M. 9, 6, 1893.
Edwin M. Ambler 4, 13, i860, d. 4, 14, 1 897, was
the son of Isaac and Eliza E. Ambler.
Annie F". Ambler 2, 13, 1859, daughter of William

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Thomas P. Baynes 4, 24, 1809; d. 6, 9, 1889.
Mary W. Baynes, first wife, 2, 26, 1799; d. 4, 9, 1881
(Jesse Holt first husband).
Mary C. Baynes, second wife, 4, 22, 1821 (Amos Lu
kens first husband).
Letitia S. Blakey I, 14, 1816.
Anna.S. Blakey 11, 6, 1839; d. 2, 22, 1893.
Benjamin Boiden.Norristown, II, 26, 1806; d. 5, 7,
1889. Tacy H., his wife, 7, 29, 182S, is the daughter of
John and Rachel Holt.
THOMAS AND MARY BUTCHER.
Chalkley S. 6, 12, 1885.
Anna 4, 19, 1889.
Thomas H. 4,30, 1892.
Thomas J. Butcher 7, 4, i860.
Mary L., wife of Thomas, 5, 30, 1857; died 5, 8,
1892. Anna Moore, second wife.
JOSEPH AND REBECCA CONARD.
Sarah 2, 9, 1836.
Ann 6, 13, 1837.
Mary 1 2, 9, 1 840.
Alice 5, 10, 1843.
Elizabeth 3, 18, 1847.
Henry 10, 22, 1849.
P^lllwood 9, 25, 1852.
Israel 6, i, 1856.
Jolm R. I, 8, i86o;d. 4,22, 1861.
Ann W. married Jacob Buckman.
Mary S. married Charles Shoemaker.
Alice S. married John Walton.

ADDITIONS TO BIRTHS AND DEATHS. X6S
Elizabeth R. married Franklin Stackhouse.
Henry Fasset married Sarah Nice.
Joseph I, 24, 1812; d. II, 26, 1897, son of John and
Sarah Conard.
Rebecca, wife of Joseph, 3, 29, 1815; died 4, 28,
1874. NATHAN AND MARTHA CONRAD.
Eldwin 5, 17, 1840.
Ellen 12, 24, 1842.
EUwood 8, 27, 1844.
Lukens 12, 5, 184S; d. 9, 26, 1852.
JohnM. 2, 18, 1848.
Rachel M. 10, 29, 185 1; d. 9, 24, 1852.
Nathan 10,26, l854;d. 12, 15,1866.
John M. married Elma Garrrigues.
Edwin married Annie Yerkes.
Nathan 3, n, 1808; d. 10,20, i872,sonof Henry
and Annie Conrad.
Mariha L. 2, 3, 1814; d. 7, 8, 1891.
Henry Conrad, father of Nathan, son of John, who was
a son of Henry, who was married at Abington meeting in
1710. The latter was a son of Dennis Conrad, at whose house
was held the first Friends' meeting in Germantown, in
theyear 1683. JONATHAN AND MARY CONRAD.
Thomas I, 30, 1853.
Francis 12, 19, 1854; d. 12, 20, 1 854,
Francis H. 8, 30, 1856; d. i, 6, 1891.
Jonathan i, 16, 1809; d. 9, 24, 1881, wasthe son of
tliomas and Mary Conrad.
Mary H., his wife, 4, 23, l82f, is the daughter of

l66 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Francis and Elizabeth Hamilton.
Mary H. married (second husband) Lukens Thomas,
also now deceased. JOSEPH AND HANNAH CONRAD.
Martha C. 2, 24, 1833.
Joseph W. Conrad 9, 29, 1806; d. il, 21. 1883, son
ofThomas and Mary.
Hannah S., his wife, i,ii, i8ii;d. 5, 9, 1890.
JOHN AND ELMA CONRAD.
Mary G. 11, 20, 1874.
EUie W. 4, 2, 1878.
Lee G. 6, 12, 1881.
John M. 2, II, 1889.
John M. 2, 18, 1848, is the son of Nathan and Mar
tha Conrad. Elma, his wife, 3, i, 1850.
CHALKLEY AND ANNA CLEAVER.
EUa W. 8, 27, 1885.
Maiy A. 8, 5, 1889.
Sarah I. 7, 17, 1895.
Chalkley K. Cleaver 10, 15, 1857, son of John and
Sarah Cleaver.
Anna Laura, wife of Chalkley, 6, 22, 1863, daughter
ofThomas and Mary A. White.
CHARLES AND MARTHA CLOUD, NORRISTOWN.
James Fcnton 3, 8, 1894.
Pisther 10, 8, 1895.
Sara 8, 30, 1897.
Chester M.
Charles F. Cloud is the .son of James and Esther K.
Cloud. Martha F., his wife, is the daughter of Ephraim and

ADDITIONS TO BIRTHS AND DEATHS. l6
Sarah Fenton. JOSEPH AND M.ilRY COX, PROVIDENCE.
Elizabeth 2, 22, 1781.
WiUiam 7, 8, 1782.
Benjamin 2, 23, 1784.
Letitia n, 25, 1785.
Joseph 8, 13, 1787.
Jonathan 2, 15, 1789.
John II, 13, 1790.
Hannah 2, 19, 1793.
Josiah 12, IS, 1794.
Joseph 2, 22, 1754, the son of Benjamin and Eliz
abeth Co.x.
Mary, his wife, 2, 12, 1752.
BENJ.'i.MIN AND MARY COX.
Margaret i, 24, 1804.
Abraham 8, 23, 1806.
Benjamin i, 5, 1809.
Sarah 4, 8, 1 8 1 2.
PETER AND MARGARET EVANS.
Catherine C. 10,21, 1834.
SaUie 9, 7, 1836; d. i, 11, 1890.
C. Edward 8, 9, 1838.
Catherine married Chalkley Ambler.
Edward married Isabel Green.
Peter Evans 12,24, I799; d. 2, 24, 1880, son of Ca
leb and Catherine.
Margaret, his wife, 3, 6, 1 800; d. 10, 8, 1872, daugh
ter of Edward and Sarali F. Jenkins.
WILLIAM AND SARAH ELLIS.
Jones 12, 21, 18 1 5; d. 8, 11, 1880.
Mary i, 28, 1818.

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David 12, 3, 1820.
Esther 7, 4, 1823.
Isaac I, 3, 1826.
Hephzibah 3, 2, 1827.
William d. 12, 15, 1837, aged 63 years.
Sarah, his wife, d. 1, 17, 1856.
JOSEPH AND SUSAN ELLIS.
Sarah T. 6, 2, 1848.
Charies T. n, 11, 1854; d. 4, 18, 1857.
Hannahs, 17, i860; d. 9, 14, i860.
John L. (adopted son).
Sarah married William H. Morris (deceased).
Joseph R. 4, 19, 1818; d. 2, 17, 1896, son of Amos
and Catherine Ellis.
Vv'ILLIAM AND ELIZABETH ELLIS.
Howard 12, 20, 1847; d. i. 21, 1848.
Clara 12, 15, 1850.
Clara married Joseph P. Moore.
William 9, 26, 182 1, sou of Jonathan and Elizabeth
EUis. Ehzabeth, his wife, 9, 10, 1822, daughter of John
and Rachel Meredith.
JONATHAN AND MARY EVANS, PROVIDENCE.
Samuel 3, 14, 1800.
Isaac II, I, 1801.
Rachel 10, 6, 1804.
Hannah 8, 5, 1 807.
Jacob 3, I, 181 1.
Catherine 1 1, 20, 181 3.
George 10, 26, 18 16.
Samuel Foulke 2,25, 1816; d. 5,23, 1857, son of -Cad'
wallader and Ann Foulke.

ADDITIONS TO BIRTHS AND DEATHS. 1 69
Annie J., his wife, 9, 13, 1826; d. 9, 20, 1894, the
daughter of Jonathan Jones.
D ivid P\nilke, N.)rristown, n, 24, 1811; d. 1 1, 17,
1896, son of CadwaUader and Ann I'"oulke.
Susan Y., his wife, 12, 21, 1835, daughter of Silas
and Hannah Shoemaker.
Elizabeth D. Fisher, Norristown, 12,22,1865, daugh
ter of George and Amanda.
MARTS AND SARAH HALL.
Jacob Hibberd i, 16, 1827; d. 10, 22, 1865.
Jesse 8, 28, 1830; d. 6, 22, 1894,
Maris Hall was the son of John and Susanna Hall.
Sarah D., his wife, daughter of Jacob and Sarah D.
Hibberd. J. Hibberd Hall's children:
Sarah D. 6, 13, 1856.
William M. 4, 27, i860.
J. Barclay 2, 3, 1863.
CALEB AND HETTIE HALLOWELL.
Eugene 6, 18, 1856.
Laura 9, 15, 1859.
Anna i, 23, 1861.
Lizzie C. I, 23, 1863.
Laura married John Martin.
Lizzie married Joseph Taggart
Caleb R. 7, 9, 1830, son of WiUiam and Jane Hal
lowell. Hettie Y., his wife, 12, 5, 1833.
Benjamin Harry 5, 12, 1809; d. 2, 23, 1888, son of
David and Ann.
John W. Harry 12, 7, 1849, son of Benjamin and
Lydia W.

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FRANCIS AND MARTHA HOBSON.
Deborah i, 15, 1747.
Moses 7, 17, 1749-
Anna 6, 15, 1753-
Susanna 3, 10, 1756.
Phebe 2, 16, 1759.
Joseph 3, 27, 1762.
P'hebe E. 10, 20, 1763.
Mary 4, 2, 1767.
John 6, 10, I77--
P^rancis Hobson 9, 12, 1720.
Martha, his wife, I, 25, 1725.
[Francis Hobson removed in 1743 from New Gar
den, Chester county, to Limerick township, now Mont
gomeiy county.
He bought 268 acres of land, which descended to
h's son p-rancis, the husband of Martha.
The property passed to Moses (born 1749) in the
year 1791. J
JON.ATHAN AND MARTHA HARPER, PROVIDENCE.
Robert 6, 21, 1800.
Daniel 5, 2, 1802.
Isaac 2, 9, 1806.
Hannah i, 22, 181 1.
EMPSON AND ELIZABETH HAINES.
Rowland I. 9, 25, 1867.
Estella 6, 23, 1875; d. 9, i, 1875.
Luella R. i, 5, 1877.
Kmpson K. 5, 10, 1829, son of Empson and Rachel
Haines. I'Uizabeth R., wife of Empson, 11,14, 1836; d. 3
23, 1S98.

ADDITIONS TO BIRTHS AND DEATHS. I7I
J. Henry Haines (brother of Empson), 11,26, 1843;
d. 9, I, 1895.
THOMAS AND SUSAN HOPKINS, NORRISTOWN.
Elizabeth 4, 27, 1835.
Amy Jane 2, i, 1838; d. 3, 29, 1898.
David n, 15, 1839; d. 7, 7, 1871.
Amelia J. 6, 16, 1842.
Anna J. 6, 14, 1844.
Pllizabeth married W. H. Snowden.
Amy Jane married Christopher Heebner.
David married Lydia VandersUce.
Anna married George W. Bean,
Amelia married Samuel Yerkfes.
Thomas Hopkins 2, IO, 1809; d. 8, 21, 1871, son
of D.avid and Amy Hopkins.
Susan J., his wife, i, 10, 1806; d. 8, 2, 1890, was
the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Jones.
Robert Iredell 10,15, 1809, son of Jonathan and
Hannah. Teressa, his wife, d. 6, 12, 1868.
Robert IredeU, Jr., 3, 17, 1844; d. 10, 22, 1893.
DAVID AND HANNAH JONES, NORRISTOWN.
Thomas C. i, 23, 1832.
Mary Ann 10, 5, 1833; d. I. 16, 1872.
Elias C. I, 12, 1836.
Chalkley 2, 6. 1838.
Esther 9, 24, 1841.
Jonatlian 4, 7. 1843.
Elizabeth 8, 12, 1845; d. ". 12, 1896.
Mary Ann married Thomas White.
Chalkley married Emma C. Wagner.
David Jones 10, 30, 1800; d. 2, 26, 1879, son of Da-

172 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
vid and Esther.
Hannah, his wife, 9, 5, 1807; d. lO, 15, 1878, was
the daughter of Thomas and Mary W. Conard.
Thomas C. Jones i, 23, 1832, married Mary, daugh
ter of Abram and CaroUnc Kirk. She was born II, 29,
1840. JOSEPH AND EMMA JONES.
Charles 9, 15, 1867.
PVank J. C. i, 29, 1872.
Plorence 8, 15, 1874.
Alan W. 9, 17, 1876.
Frank married Sarah W. Jones.
Joseph C. 12, 5, 1841, son of Charles and Sarah
Jones. Emma M., his wife, 6, 26, 1838, daughter of Charles
and Ann Wood. DAVID AND REBECCA JARRETT.
Jesse 9, 27, 1S22; d. 1898.
Samuel F. 1 1, 19, 1825.
Charies P.
Atkinson F. 9, 13, 1880.
Elizabeth 7, 15, 1833.
John. Lucretia I, 26, 1S38.
Chalkley.
Jesse married Annie Bean.
Samuel married Amanda Crawford.
Atkinson married Amanda Skean.
John married Margaret Loeser.
Lucretia married Joseph Umstead.
Chalkley married Elizabeth Bisson.
Charles was kiUed at the battle of Shiloh.

ADDITIONS TO BIRTHS AND DEATHS. 1 73
David Jarrett lo, 24, 1797; d. 10, 20, 1890, son of
Jesse and Elizabeth.
Rebecca F, his wife, 1,31, 1798; d. 2, n, 1872.
J. WILSON AND ELIZABETH JONES.
Jeannette W. i, 31, 1863; d. 8, 26, 1863.
Matthias S. 2, 7, 1864; d. 7, 14, 1896.
George M., Jr., 8, 17, 1866.
Anna W. 4, 6, 1869.
J. Wilson, Jr., 12, 18, 1875.
WUUam W. 6, 15, 1879.
J. Wilson 9, 23, 1834, son of Benjamin and Ann
Jones. Elizabeth G., his wife, 12, 8, 1840, daughter of Will
iam and Jeannette Wood.
Ann Jones, wife of Benjamin, d. 10, 15, 1878, aged
83 years. George M. Jones, son of Benjamin and Ann, d. I,
26, 1897. Mary E. Jones, Norristown, wife of John, d. 6, 26,
1843- Martha C. Jones, 6, 8, 1843, daughter of Charles and
Sarah. Isaac Jones, 5, 20, 1772; d. 6, 12, 1868.
Martha, his wife, 8, 18, 1793; d. 2, 14, 1883.
Ann Jones 6, 18, i8o4;d. 7, 3, 1885, daughter of Is
aac and Elizabeth.
ISRAEL AND SARAH JACOBS, PROVIDENCE.
Thomas 3, 19, 1755.
John 9, 9, 1756.
Israel 12, 31, 1758.
John 4, 8, 1 76 1.
Phebe 9, 29, 1762.

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Sarah 5, I3, 1765.
JOHN AND AMELIA JACOBS.
Israel 8, 14, 181 1.
John 2, II, 18 14.
Sarah 2, 23, 18 16.
Elizabeth 8, 4, 1817.
Thomas and Sarah Jacobs' chUdren:
Rebecca F. 4, 30, 1815.
Charies P. 10, 6, 18 16.
Ma.ssie W. Jones, Norristown, d. I, 26, 1890.
BENJAMIN AND TACY MORGAN.
Edward 3, i, 1801.
Hannah 3, 16, 1804.
Mary 7, 15, 1806.
John R. 4, 5, 1809.
Benjamin 11, 6, 181 1.
Cl-ailes 10, 31, 1 8 14.
MORGAN AND ANN MORGAN.
Benjamin 2, 6, 1775,
Elizabeth 12, 16, 1776.
Sarah 7, 10, 1779.
Morgan 5, 21, 1782.
Ann 12, 14, 1784.
David 7, 6, 1785.
Mary 12, 1 7, 1788.
Morgan Morgan 5, 3, 1749, the son of Edward and
Margaret Ann, his wife, daughter of John and Jane Robertg
Whitpain. DAVID AND RACHEL MEREDITH.
Charles 8, 31, 1804,
John 12, 30, 1806.

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Peter n, 5, 1808.
Hannah i, 12, i8n.
James 9, 10, 1812.
Joseph 9, 13, 1814.
Esther i, 15, 18 17.
DAVID AND SARAH ROGERS, PROVIDENCE.
Jesse I, 18, 1827.
David 12, 16, 1828; d. 10, 28, 1832.
T. EUwood 2, 14, 1830.
Charies F. 3, 7, 1832; d. 8, 31, 1833.
William A. 8, 30, 1834.
Samuel 12, 26, 1836.
Mary L. 1, 16, 1840.
David Rogers, 3, 5, 1795; d. 3, 12, 1870, son of
Jonathan and Ann.
Sarah, his wife, 2, 4, 1795, daughter of Atkinson and
Elizabeth Farra. JOHN AND JANE MEREDITH.
Jefines H. 12, 23, 1852.
John 3, 16, 1857.
Lukens n, 30, 1858.
Rachel E. 9, 10, 1864.
John 12, 22, 1824, is the son of John and Rachel
Meredith. Jane, his wife, 4, 22, 1830, d. I, 5, 1867, daugh
ter of John and Rachel Hallowell.
Ellen G., second wife, 2, 23, 183 1, daughterof Ben
jamin and Annie Garrigues.
ABEL AND SARAH THOMAS.
Hannah 7, 12, 1801.
Mary 9, 28, 1803.
Hannah 8, 28, 1805.

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Sally Ann I2, n, 1807.
Tacy II, 25, 1809.
DANIEL AND MARY THOMAS.
Sarah n, 3, 1769.
Abel II, 30, 1770-
Edward 6, 21, 1774.
David 6, 5, 1776.
Anna 4, 2, 1776.
ROBERT AND MARY TYSON.
Daniel 3, 26, 1789.
Ann I, 7, 1791.
Nathan 10, 25, 1792.
Sarah 10, 25, 1792.
Robert 2, 13, 1794.
Jesse II, II, 1796,
Benjamin 9, 18, 1 800.
Sarah 10, 5, 1802.
Maiy 7, 1, 1804.
Benjamin 10, 16, 1806.
The last three famUies above were members of
Providence. WILLIAM AND MARY ZORNS.
Phebe Ann 3, 21, 1821; d. 2, 22, 1875.
John R. 2, 21, 1825.
El'zibeth W. 4, 23, 1827.
Elizabeth married Thomas Whitney.
WiUiam Zorns, 12, 19, 1791; d. 7, 13, 1883, was
the son of Jacob and Hannah.
Mary Zorns, first wife, died 12, 30, 1828, age J 34
years, diughter of John and Elizabeth Righter.
Hannah Zorns, second wife, 3, 21, 1789; 9, 5, 1869
daughter of Joseph and Mary Jeanes.

XV.
dp:aths and burials.
In this chapter are given some deaths which have
not previously been inserted, and also burials that were
recorded in earlier times.
The deaths are placed last because the burials are
first in the order of time. BURIALS.
Richard, son of Meredith and Gwen Davies d. 12,
15, 1716. Abraham Dawes d. 12, 26, 1730.
John Dawes 3, 4, 1731.
Samuel, son of Abram and Mary Dawes 9, 24,1737,
interred 26.
David, son of Joshua and Elizabeth Dickinson, 8,
1740. Margaret, daughterof Rees and Mary Harry, 5, 7,
1745- Mary, daughterof John and Mary Davies 5, 10, 1745,
Nathan, .son of John and Mary Davies 5, 11, 1745.
Anna, daughter of John and Mary Davies, 5, 13, 1745.
George, son of Isaac and Elizabeth Jones, 6, 15 1745.
Joshua Diokinson d. 4, 29, 1752.
Ellis Pugh 8, 2 5, 1 76 1.
Jona.,son of John and Jane Roberts, 9, 16, 1761.

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Jane, wife of John Roberts, 10, 9, 1762.
Joseph Jones i, 31, 1781.
DEATHS.
[The pei"sons included under this head were all in
terred at Plymouth.]
Hannah Thomas, daughter of John, 10, 21, 1804
aged 52 years.
Peter Conard 9, 5, 1807.
Ann Wilson, 9, 19, 1 807, daughter o.f John.
Elizabeth, wife of John Wilson, Wl.itcmarsh, 1, 21
1809, aged 58 years.
Margaret Casiier, wife of Jes.'-e, of Gwynedd, 10, 31,
1809, aged 41 years.
John Martin 8, 16, 1777, aged 46 years.
Lydia Maitin 8, 2, I S i O, aged "j"].
Jacob Paul 7, 6, 1814, elder.
Jesse Williams 9, 7, 1814, aged 35 years, an ap
proved minister.
.Sarah Conard I, 21, 1 8 14, aged 71, the wife of John
Conard. Ehzabeth Shoeiuaker 3, 27, 1817, aged 51, wife of
Jonathan. Rebecca Shoemaker i, 22, 181 8, aged 25, wife of
George. Ezra Comfort, Sn, I, 15, 1820. He was an approv
ed minister. Susanna Maulsby 8, 22, 1818, aged 38, the wife of
Samuel. Jane Jeans n, 15, 1777.
Joseph Jeans 10, 16, 18 14.
Mary Rhoads 8, 18, iSii, aged 71.
Esther Rhoads 6, 20, 1812, aged 68.
Ezekiel Rhoads i, 20, 1813, aged 76.

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Isaac Shoemaker I, 12, 1813, aged Jj.
Jacob Shoemaker, 3, 3, 1800, aged 26.
Peter Shoemaker 4, 13, 1797, aged 31,. son of Peter
Shoemaker. Hannah Shoemaker 6, 12, 18 18, aged 71 years, wife
of Peter. Joseph Meredith 8, 16, 1816, aged 2 years.
Sarah Pierce, wife of George, 5, S, 1806, aged 56
years. Mary Pierce 5, 5, 1^08, aged 34.
Isaac Pierce 7, 28, 1 81 3, aged 22, son of George
Pierce. Mary Lukens 9, 14 1818, wi.''e of David.
Job Hallowell n, 21, 1803, son of William.
Mary HaUoweU i, 17, 1809, aged 17, daughter of
WUliam. John Thomas.
Mary Tliomas 3, 9, 1819, aged 87, wife of John.
Mary Albertson 11, 29,1825, aged 73, wife of Ja
cob Albertson. Jane Shoemaker 10, 31, 1821, aged 71, widow of
David Shoemaker.
Ann Foulke 10, 13, 1821, aged 36, wife of Cadwal
lader Foulke.
Hannah Thomas 9, 27, 1825, aged 70, wife of Sam
uel Thomas. Jonathan Thomas 10, 23, 1827, aged 42, son of
Jonathan. Abraham Yerkes 10, 23, 1827.
Mary Paul 4, 30, 1828, aged 83, widow of Jacob
Paul. Kli.
David Lukens 4th-mo., 1828, aged 67.
Jacob Albertson 10, 10, 1833, aged 78.

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Isaac Jeans 2, 19, 1829, aged 44 year.s, son of Jos
eph Jeans. Elizabeth Roberts 12, 13, 1825, aged 22, daughter
of Isaac. Joseph Roberts 3, 12, 1834, aged 23, son of Isaac
Roberts. Samuel Paul 9,27, 1829, aged 52, son of Jacob and
Mary Paul

XVI.
CERTIFICATES.
Under this head are given certificates of Monthly
and other Meetings of Friends in Wales, which explain
themselves. They relate to early Friends prominently mentioned
elsewhere in this volume.
The first refers to David Meredith.
"Radnor Shire,- Att or mens meeting ye 20th Day of
ye 5th-mo. 1683.
"Whereas or Dear Frd. & Brother David Meredith,
of ye Pish of Llanbister in the afforsd County weaver
and his wife Katherine with their children five Namely,
Richard, Mary, John, Meredith and Sarah are disposed
to remove themselves from their present dwelling to Pensil
vania in America. These are theirefor to certifie all
whom it may concern yt he is a man yt hath owned trueth
these Twenty years agoe and upward; his life and conver
sation being well approved of not only amongest Friends
but also amongest his neighbours & acquaintance, and soe
gave a good report, he was very loving to frinds and
charitable amongest his Neibours, & soe leaves a good
Savour amongest us-& his dear wife doth own the same
trueth and walkes accordingly their unto. And we further
certifie yt or sd frind David Meredith doth not trans-

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port himself an J family to the place aforsd by reason of
any dept or depts to any pson or psons wtsoever nei
ther by any wrong full act by him, his wife or his chil
dren done or committed agst any p.son whtsoever. And
Soe we do Cornitt him to the ptection of the Almightie
god of power. And to this testimony we put or names
as followeth." Owen Humphrey John Lloyd
John Jarmen Edw. Moore
Daniel Lewis Edw. Jones
Nathan Woodlife Richard Cooke
David Griffith Roger Hughes
Jon. Robert Jon. Watson
Rees ap Rees PJch: Watkins
Thos. Parry
[Katherine, wife of David Meredith, vvas buried the
26 of the 7th-mo. 1689.] ELLIS PUGH.
"To our beloved friends in ye Province of Pensilva
nia in America.
"Dear ffriends.
'We Salute you in ye Lord Jesus Xt our head and
Savior in whom we have unity and fellowship together
& doe hereby recommend unto you our dear & beloved
brother in ye trueth Plllis Pugh of Britlidrw near Dol-
gelley within ye County of Merioneth a man whom we
dearly love and esteem & is greatly beloved of all hon
est good rational people in his neighbourhood reputed
an onest inocent self denying man yt aims at eternity
more than temporary & worldly pishing things & though
but young in j'ears 3'et grown in trueth soe far }'t we have
often been wonderfully refreshed by his sweet & blessed
declaration in or Brittish tongue and as for his wife Sina

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we own her in her place as a good carefuU industrious
woman in thini.;s relating to her poor small children &
faniil}', wise discreet & circumspect in her deaUngs and
doings. "In testimony whereof we have hereunto sett our
hands. "Dated ye 25 of ye 5th month.
"Att our Meeting att Garthgaynor. 1686."
Ellis Maurice Hugh David
JohnlCvan David Owen
Lewis Robert David Edward
Griffith Ko'oert Lewis William
Howell Lewis Owen Lewis
Ro.vland Owen Morris Oliver
Edw iillis , lillis Humphrey
Humphrey Hov/ell Lewis Owen

"F"rom the quarterly meeting of ffriends and brethren
held at Dolobran in Mountgomeiyshirethe 27tli day of the
1 ith-n o. 1707.
"To our dear friends and Brethren in the province of
Penn.sylvania. "Dear friencjs and Brethren-After the Salutation of
our dear love unto you these may let you know that we
received divers testimony from several of your meetings
concerning your and our dear & wellbeloved Friend & Bro.
ther Ellis Pugh wherein you gave a good account of his in
nocent life and orderly conversation while he lived with
you and how serviceable he had been amongst you and
that you hoped he would be the same amongst us. The
good report which you sent concerning him was very com
fortable unto us, & also you gave an account that you
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of visiting friends in his native countiy of Wales.
"We are well satisfied with what you have written con
cerning our dear ffriend and we have great unity with
liim & with his ministry and hope the Lord will bless
his labour & travels among us. He hath \isited most of our
Meetings in Wales several times and we believe and know
that he hath had good service in many places where his
lot has been cast he hath left a good S,T.vour among such
where he hath been and we are satisfied that he is a
man of meek & quiet spirit and one whose life and con
versation Preacheth well and it would be a matter of
great comfort unto the faithful if there were many more
like him who are truly Preachers of Righteousness in
lives & conversation as well as in verbal testimony and
then we do believe that Truth would have more place
in the hearts of many who are now strangers to it
"We desire ye Lord may bring our Dear ffriend (if
it may stand good with his divine will) safly back again
to you that he may be servicable among you while ve
Lord giveth life health and ability wch with our dear
love to you in the truth is all at present from your ffriends
and brethren. "Signed in behalf of ye quarterly Meeting aforesayd
by us." Charles Lloyd Wm. Reignolds
Tho. Cadwalader Amos Davis
Jno. Kellsall Jo: Davis
Richd. Downs Ellis Lewis
Tho. Oliver Wm. Winter
Griff. Owen Hugh Owen
Robt Owen Jno. Roberts
Edwd. Jones Jo. Richards

XVII.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
In this chapter are given documents which could not
be appropriately introduced elsewhere.
The Separation in the Society of Friends has been al
luded to, page 1 6, and again on pages 89 and 90.
One of those especially active on the "Orthodox"
side, so-called, was Ezra Comfort, a member of the Pre
parative Meeting of Plymouth.
Elias Hicks, whose views were so violently opposed
bv the "Orthodox" element, preached on several occasions
in the vicinity, as may be seen by these extracts from
his "Journal:" Page 313. "On Fourth-day [9th-mr. 24, 18 17] we
had an appointed meeting in a village called Norristown.
It was held in their court-house, there being only a few
scattered members of our Society living in the place. The
meeting was pretty large, principally of people of oth
er profe.ssions; among whom was the chief judge, and sev
eral lawyers and priests. All were quiet, and through
the condescending goodness of the Shepherd of Israel,
it was, I trust and believe, to most present, a veiy in
structive and precious season.
Page 314. "Fifth and Sixth day.s. We were at Friends'
meetings as they came in course, at Plymouth and Prov-

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dence. Notice having been given of our coming, they
were much enlarged by the attendance of the neighbors
who were not members. These were precious opportuni
ties, in which help was afforded to preach the gospel of
life and salvation to the people, accompanied with a power
which broke down and subjected all to its blessed ir.fiu-
ence; for which unmerited favour, the hearts of the
faithful were made to rejoice, and in deep humiliation,
to return thanksgiving and praise to the benevolent and
gracious Author of all our blessings."
In order to show the animus of those who objected to
Elias Hicks' preaching, the following letter from a mem
ber of Ezra Comfort's family to Ann Harry is given, com
ment being almost unnecessaiy.
"Dear Friend:
"Having often felt my mind deeply interested
for thee in this day of sore trial and division I now feel a
freedom to take down two short sentences out of that
pamphlet said to be a sermon delivered at Darby by Elias
Hicks which is now in circulation and which thou and
family has had a full opportunity I suppose of perusing
and I subjoin my understanding of them which are as
follows: "'As the soul is obedient, it learns and extends, not
only in a knowledge and feeling of the nature of God, and
all his attributes of love and mercy, wisdom and power;
but by attention to the light and life of God in the soul.
it grows up till it becomes fitted to be a communicant
with God, and partaker of his divine nature so as to be
one with him, and with our great and blessed Jesus Christ
(see page 9).
"'Now the soul being united with the life of God,
a birth is brought forth, a birth ofUfe in the soul, by al-

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. 1 87
miglity power, through a union ofthe soul with the divine
life, the soul is begotten into the likeness of God. Here it
i.i, that he and the father are one: for every soul begotten
unto God, and brought under the influence of his power,
can say: "I and my father are one."' (See page 13).
"Eli'ds Hicks profes.^ts being one of those that are
begotten unto God, and brought under the influence of
his power, I suppose no one will deny, when he declares
he knows every day of his life his peace is made with
his God. "Now I think it is clearly seen in his own assertions,
that he thinks Elias Hicks may say 'I and my Father are
onc(w'l!ich is the Almighty Jehovah).'
"Now let us use these expressions in plain language
as I understand them, and see if we can keep from feel
ing a sensation of honor.
'"I, PUias Hicks, and the Lord-the Almighty-are
one' "And these further assertions we find on pages 13
and 14 confirm the above:
" 'What encouragement, myfriends, we receive through
this medium [of reasoning] when we are brought by the
light into a feeling of unity with our great pattern, Je
sus Christ! '"Oh, see how we come into an equahty with him!'
"Now who is that 'him' we are on an equality with? I
understand it to be with God, our Creator, and I suppose
FUias Hicks is included in the above 'we'.
"Now let us use this sentence in his own, but singu
lar language: "Oh, see how I, Elias Hicks, have come up into an
equality with God, the Almighty Creator!'
"Now, my dear friend, if thou canst reconcile these

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horrid and most blasphemous assertions with true and
living gospel ministiy, it is more than I can do.
"I think it is in such plain language it cannot be
misunderstood. "I have been told when I have pointed out this kind
of unsound doctrine in his sermons, that he, in other pla
ces, explains himself to their satisfaction: but I think it
is too notoriously blasphemous to be explained into the
truth. "I grant there are other sentences in the same dis
course that do appear to contradict these, but that makes
it no less irreconcilable.
"I also wish thy serious perusal of a pamphlet I lend
thee, written by I know not who, but I can say as far as
my knowledge extends, it is a correct statement of facts
showing the cause of the present disturbed, divided
state of our Society."

That was an age of controver.sy, and of unreasonable
prejudice. Fortunately, a better feeling now prevails.
The letter indicates the spirit of those who condemned
Elias Hicks ' views.
Other documents still remain, bearing on the events
of the period to which reference is made above, but it
is wiser to refrain from dwelling further upon such themes.

XVIII.
JACOB RITTER.
Jacob Ritter wasthe son of German Redemptioners,
Jacob and Elizabeth Ritter. His father served three, and
his mother four years to pay their passage from Europe
to America. The period of voluntary bondage over, they mar
ried and settled in what was then a wilderness, now the
township of Springfield, Bucks county. Pa., where Jacob,
their oldest child, was born in 1757. He was brought up
to labor, cutting wood and making wild land fit for cul
tivation. In his memoirs he says that he thought when only
thirteen years of age that there must be "some great power
which created and framed all things."
He seems to have had a lively sense of Divine Good
ness, but was persuaded "against his better judgment,'
as he phrases it, to enter the American army, during
the Revolutionary War'.
At the battle of Brandywine, he felt reproved for
bearing arms, and was impressed with the thought that
it was contrary to the Divine Will for a Christian to
engage in fighting.
He, being in the miUtia, was so situated that he did
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the fact that he was preserved from shedding the blood
of any ot his fellow-creatures.
1 he ne.xt day he was taken prisoner by the British^
and lodged in a Philadelphia jail, with several hundfed oth
ers. Ihey were without U'cd for .sevtial days.
Jacob was liberated, after a t me, through the inter
cession of Joseph Galloway, and returned to his home in
.Springfield. In 1778, he married Dorothy Smitli and removed to
Philadelphia, where he made a precarioub living by working
at shoeniaking for some \ears.
He and his wife still attended the Lutheran church,
but being told by some ofthe heads ofthe congregation,
of whom he queried, tiiat tiiere was no such thing as the
liishining Light, and th.it h.e was under a temptation of
the devil, he made up his mind to leave them.
Later, feeling an iivp.its.'-icii that he must go to tlie
Bank Meeting, which stood on P'ront street above Arch,
be went, and "ail his doubts were at ouce removed" as
he says. During the prevalence of the yellow fever in Ihila-
delphia in 1793, Jacob Ritter assi.sted in caring for the
.sick, and w.'is taken ill, but recovered.
His wite, who would not at first attend Friends' meet
ings, but afterwaj'ds not only attended but spoke occas
ionally in them, died a little later.
In the spring of 1794, he removed with his mother
less children to Springfield, where he bought a small farm,
and attended Richland meeting, at Quakertown, a few
miles distant
He .says in regard to his becoming an acknowledged
minLster; "When Friends first proposed recommending me as

JACOB RITTER. I9I
a minister, I begged of them not to do so, for I felt my
self a poor, dumb man, unfit for the service. So it was
postponed for nearly a year, and I continued in my low
and humble appearance as before.
"Then the matter was proposed to me again. I told
them I had rather not, but at length submitted to the
judgment of my friends; and when they insisted on my tak
ing a seat in the upper gallery, I did it with great reluc
tance, my mind being covered with fear and solemnity
whenever I sat down therein."
In 1802, Jacob married Ann Williams, of Bucking
ham, and soon after sold the farm at Richland and bought
one in Plymoutii township, this county, occupying it in the
spring of 1812. It was a short distance below Norris
town, and is now owned by George and Walter H.
Corson. The house in which he lived is still standing. Some
of the older Friends of Plymouth and vicinity remem
ber his preaching, he speaking with strong German
accent. His wife preceded him in death, passing away Third-
month 17, 1838.
At Richland Friends' meeting, while in that vicinity
on a visit to his brothers a few months before his decease,
he said: "Since I have been sitting amongst you this morn
ing, dear friends, I have remembered something that I
don't know I have thought of for seventy years. When
I was a little boy about ten years old, I used to like to
go to meeting sometimes.
"One First-day morning, I asked my father if I
might not go with some of my comrades, neighboring
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" 'For what would you go to their meeting? They
don't have any preaching. Ihey just; sit still.'
"But still I wished to go. 'Well,' said he, 'go; but
mind and behave yourself.' So I set off, and walked about
five miles, barefooted. When I came to the meeting, it was
late; all the people were in.
"I went in and sat down behind the door. I looked
round; the people appeared so serious and solemn that it
brought good feelings to my mind, though there was no
preaching. "Oh, the feelings I experienced, so that when meet
ing broke up, I felt as if I could sit still an hour
longer. "If the children, the dear children, would but be still
and try to wait on the Lord in the truth. He would in
mercy draw near to them, for i le loves little children, and
sometimes graciously visits tliein, I believe, at a very
early age.
"When I came home my father said: 'Well, did the
Quakers preach?' I said: 'No; but there are good feelings
amongst them that are better than preaching. We have
no such good feelings in our meetings. '"
As to Jacob's preaching, the following may be re
lated. Soon after he became a Friend, William Savery
said to him:
"Jacob, thou preaches to us in Dutch; canst thou not
preach in English? we can't understand Dutch."
Jacob replied that his English was very imperfect.
William Savery said:
"Thou can try, Jacob. Next time, I want thee to
try and preach in English."
In speaking of it, afterward, Jacob said: "So the next
time, I shpoke so weU as I coot, part Tutch and part

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English. Oh, what comfort I felt Frieqds we.r.e yf ry kind
lo me. They did not tell me not to speak at.aU, which T
expected, but tc>ld me to do as well as I could. '^',-.,
Older Friends with whom I have conyer.sed in refer
ence to Jacob Ritter, remember his discourses as lehig
clear in the be.ginning, but, as he proceeded ancl lecan.e
more excited and earnest, his language was al times alfncst
uuinteUigiiile, so broken was his English. 
He often exhorted Fjiends to get down tp tlie root
and foundation, and spring of life within themseWes; to
be faithful to the revealings of truth in theirown hearts,
and to keep topiiniilive simplicity in dress, language and
customs. He attended Plymouth nieeting on First-day, Elev-
ent'n-month 28, 1841, and preached very acceptably. Two
(kvt's later he was taken sick, .and his strength gradually
declined until lie passed cpiietly away, Twelfth-montli. IS,
1841, in his eighiy-fiftli year.
His remains were interred in, the... burial ground at
Pij'-mouth three days later, a meeting for- worship being
held after the interment, . ,„ , ,
lie was an example of the , powe.r„af.P,ivine Grace to
inspire the humble and unlearned tp become inuflential
for good. , ^. . ^ •
Although he was practically uneducated, he so im
proved his natural gifts as to be exceedingly, useful in his
day. His biographer Joseph Foulke, of Gwynedd, says
of him: "Like Job, he died, 'being old and full of days.' W-e
who are left behind are sensible that a faithful standard
bearer has been removed.
"W^e feel the privation, yet not without the cheer
ing hope that our loss is his eternal gain. This hope is

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confirmed by his dying words;
" 'I feel that the truth and seed of life has the do
minion and reigns in me.'
"Oh, such a testimony, at such a time, naturally in
spires in us who are left behind, the ejaculation of one
formerly: 'Let me die the death of the righteous, and let
my end be like his.'"

XIX.
SAMUEL LIVEZEY.
Another well-known minister, who belonged to Ply
mouth Preparative Meeting, was Samuel Livezey.
The Memorial of Gwynejdd Monthly Meeting con
tains many interesting particulars of his life. A brief ac
count of the family is to be found in the chapter on
"Family History." THE MEMORIAL.
A concern was opened in this meeting to preserve
some account ofthe life and religious services of our be
loved friend, Samuel Livezey, deceased, which, being de
liberately considered was united with, believing it may be
useful to survivors.
He was the son of Thomas and Martha Livezey, of
Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, and was born on the
26th of First-month, 1760.
His parents were members of this religious Society,
and educated him in accordance with the testimonies and
principles of our profession, to which he frequently advert
ed in after life as a great blessing and important spir
itual advantage.
He was slender in person, and in his youth of deli
cate constitution; and, considering himself unfit for bod
ily labor, he engaged in mercantile busines.s, keeping for

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sale, as was then common, a general assortment of such
goods as were in demand in his neighborhood, which
L/Lisiness he continued in that manner for some jears.
But, becoming, from time to time, acquainted with the
misery and suffering <;>f the families of some persons who
were in the habit of drinking spirituous liquors, the deal
ing iherein became burdensome to him, and he discontin
ued it;and as he endeavored to stand in the spirit of close
watchfulness, and to do only those things that weie ea
sy to his mind and, as he believed, approved in the Di
vine sigiit he conceived it necessary to his peace to aban
don the sale of goods produced by the labor of slaves^
and of such other ai'ticles as seemed rather to gratify the
vain mind than f<jr real use. And although afti r this
time he began to turn his attention to agricultural piii-
suits, yet for many j'ears he continued h.is busine.'-.s of
storekeeping in this restricted manner, in which ve be
lieve he found his spiritual strength increased; and lis
example had a salutary and strengthening infiuenee uj -
on many minds.
He was diligent in the attendance of our rehs.dous
meetings, and preferred his store being closed during the
time of mid-week meetings rather than that those in his
eniploy,whcther members or not, should be prevented from
attending with him.
About the year 18 10 he was recommended as a min
ister of the gospel, and exercised his gift to the ccin:foit
and help of many minds; but preparatory to th.is woik he
passed through some close provings, and had to go down
into deep baptisms. Among his mem.oranda was found the
following, bearing date Tenth-month, 181 1 : "After being on
the watch all night (except a small interval of sleep), some
times in prayer in one posture and sometimes in anoth-

SAMUEL LIVEZEY. 1 97
er, I at length towards morning was favored to find an
anchor to my tossed mind; for because of my proud heart
my Lord had taken away my gift, and also his blessed
presence. Oh! may this be a warning to all that may
read it, and to my poor soul, to keep forever humble, for
I would give all 1 have for it again. Dearest Lord, for
the future preserve me in thy fear and do not let nie
forget it"
We believe that soon after this dispensation our dear
friend realized the fuUfillment of an ancient prophecy,
"I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with ever
lasting kindness will 1 havemeicy on thee, saith the Lord
thy Redeemer." From the year 1813 to 1838, he traveled much in
the exercise of his gift; chiefly within the limits of Phil
adelphia Yearly Meeting. A considerable porrion ofliis
labor from home was in visiting Friends, and .sometimes
others in their families, and particularly the poor, the
sick, the afflicted, and those who were overlooked and ne
glected by the wOrld, to many of whom he afforded .'spirit
ual and temporal assistance.
We believe that he was often favored in an emi
nent degree with the disposition and power to still waj -
wardness of imagination, to attain to stillness, quiet, ai d
reverential waiting for the manifestation of the Divine
wiU;and when it was clearly perceivedhe was strengthened to
obey, nothing doubting. Sometimes in early life, like Gideon,
he was allowed spiritually to turn the fleece. But as he
advanced in religious experience he came, as he believed,
to know the voice of the Master, and, having full faith
therein, walked confidently as directed; and as Philip was
sent southwardly toward Gaza, and then directed to join
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his counsel, so was our friend frequently sent, as we be
lieve, t<) lii(..^e with whom he had little and soii;etin;es
1.;) r.c'juiiinlanee, to athninister advice, lepioof or as.sist-
anee, ofien to iheir comfort, and to their spiritual or
temporal help.
I^or several }ear5 preceding that in which he died,
he in eacli obtained a minute from this meeting to visit
the sick and afflicted in divers places, but principally
in or near tlie oil}' of Philadelphia, and generall}' with the
liherl}' to appoint religious meetings. His feelings of.sym-
path)' and i:inelne.ss fcr llie affiictetl and the suffering seem
to have iiureased \','i'Lh his inci easing years; and in la}'ing
his concern lo visit these before his friends at home, it
became manifest that one of the strongest desires of his
I'liiiid w;',s (to use: his own expression) to better the con
dition of the dear people.
In his intercourse among men he was kind and af
fectionate; pleas:mt in his manners, and careful in his con-
<iuct and dealin;.'', that no cause of offence or dissatisfac
tion should be given; and disposed to suffer wrrrg rather
than contend with others. And as he advanced in hfe,
his sentiments and example were particularh' character-
izeel by the evidences of his unwavering faith and confi
dence in the superintending regard of an All-wise Prov
idence towards his creature, man; and relying thei'eonfor
support, his innocency and integrity of heart as W'ell as
cheerfulness of disposition, were equally apparent.
In the discharge of his social duties, the kindness of
his feelings and the warmth of his affection were remark
able; and on many occasions evincing his deep and anx
ious solicitude for the present and future welfare of those
whom he usually denominated "the dear youth," in an es
pecial manner.

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He attended part of the Yearly Meeting of 18^0, but
returned home before its close on account of great weak
ness and indisposition; he however recovered partially,
and was enabled several times to attend Plymouth meet
ing, near which he resided. But after some week.s, his
health again gradually declined, and he sank into great
debility, which appeared to increase, sometim.es with much
bodil)' suffering, to his death. As he knew in whom he
believed, so he was mercifully supported. On Second-
day evening, preceding his death, he intimated a desire
to express some things, if he could be understood, and in
great debility^, as well as difficulty of speaking, he made
the following remariK,'^., with considerable pauses between
them, which were at the lime commjitted to paper by a
fr-iend in attendance:
'What is not of faith is sin: the apostle sets this in a
clear point of view. Faith is the evidence of things not
seen; it is the gift of God; and it is only by faith in God,
and the operation ofthe spirit of Christ in our minds, that
we can ever know it savingly for ourselves. One ofthe
things in which the dear people often miss it, is in the wrong
indulgence of their r-ational faculties designed for good, and
they are so when they are kept in their proper places, which
is just where the great Universal Parent placed them in
man in the beginning: 'of every tree of the garden thou
mayst freely eat, except of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evU; thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day
thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die'
"If we presume to judge for ourselves we shall be
continually in danger of falling into error; if we act con
sistently with His blessed wiU concerning us, and attend
to the spirit of Christ manifested in our hearts, it will
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This is my faith and belief, and I do not know that I
have ever seen it clearer than it has been manifested to
ii.e now," In reply to a question with respect to the slate of
his feelings, he said, "My faith is in the light of Christ;
that was the doctrine of George Fox and otiiers of our
early Friends, and their experience; and it will, I believe,
be found a principle of Truth to the end of lime, the
f)undation of all true religion, revelation of the Father's
will; and this, I believe, is the only thing that can sup
port the mind."
On the following Fourth-day (the day before his de
cease), being asked whether he felt anything in his way,
he answered. No, and again to another queiy, whether
he felt anything to trouble his mind, he replied with
a shake of his h.is head in the negative; and after a short
pause added, "peace of mind."
About noon on that day, appearing to obser-ve that
several of hi.s children were around him, with much dif
ficulty he was under-stood to remark, "It is a matter of
the greatest importance that in all our movements and
concerns in this life, we endeavor to keep our hearts
right in the sight of our Heavenly Father."
He gradually declined in his strength until Fifth-day
evening, the 3d of Ninth-month, 1840, between five and
six o'clock, when he peacefully resigned his spirit unto
Him who gave it in the eighty-first year of his age; and
was interred in Friends' burial ground at Plymouth on
P"irst-day morning, the 6th of the same month, having
been a minister more than thirty years.
EXTRACTS FROM A SERMON.
The following extracts from a sermon by Samuel

SAMUEL MVEZEY. 20I
Livezey at Cheny Street Meeting, Philadelphia, on First-
di'.y morning, Fourth-month n, 1830, will give an idea of
l)is preaching: "When I have looked over the human family where
niy lot has been cast, and Vi'hen I have considered the con
dition in which men are placed in these mortal bodies, I
have believed, firmly believed, that the condition of thou
sands up and down in the world, might be changed very
much for the better; and, therefore, my heart has yearned
over this people
"For I have fron^ early life adopted a system in my mind
that the way is as open as ever it was, from the very crea
tion of Adam, for man to enjoy all that a gracious and mer
ciful God intended when he formed him, at the time when he
formed man and placed him in Paradise
"I have firmly believed, and it has been a settled
thing in my mind, that all the lack of this blessed expe
rience, lies in man and that the mercy of God contin
ues, as it ever did, to call mankind, both male and fe
male to the enjoyment of that blessed state, in which Ad
am was placed.
"I have heard in my silent sitting in meeting, a silent
language. I thought I heard it, for I believe in the infallibiU-
ty of the spirit ofGod-I beheve in that great unlimited power
that brought the creation into existence. But is it pos
sible that this state is now accessible to man in this state
in which the human family stand in this day? Is it possible
it is accessible to u.s?
"Why surely, my dear people, it is as possible for us
to become acceptable now as in the day of creation.
"Every power of man is hmited in heaven and in
earth; but the love of God is unbounded,
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you as one verging to a never-ending eternity— I be
seech you as you value your earthly happiness, your eter
nal salvation and the glory of God, to lay down self-
will. "Be willing to embrace and live in God, and he will
do his part to bring us to a safe landing. There never will
be any lack. But while we are determined that we will
not be subject to the law of God or the divine mind
manifested in us, we never can be heirs of the kingdom
of heaven, but must launch into uncertainty and doubt.
May the Lord gather eveiy soul unto his holy embrace,
has been the sincere desire of my mind."

XX.
JOEL LARE.
The following testimony in regard to Joel Lare
gives many interesting details of his hfe and ministry.
MEMORIAL.
To commemorate the dealings of a gracious God with
his rational family is a duty worthy of our serious con-
sidieration, in that, having compassion on the creation of
]iis hand. He raises the iiumble from the dust and places
him with th.e princes of the land, and though His hab
itation is in the liol}' place He visits the meek with his
presence, and makes them wise in those things which per
tain to their well-being.
Our object in preparing this Memorial of our lately
deceased friend is not to exalt the natural man, but to
display the power of faith through our blessed Saviour
Jesus Christ, in qualifying a servant with but common
ability, to be an able minister of the covenant of grace,
edifying the living members of the Chui'ch of Christ by
dilijTent labor in the service of the Divine Master.
Joel Lare was the son of Leonard and Sarah John
son Lare. He was born about 1807. His father acci
dentally lost his life while Joel was young, but his moth
er was desirous for the welfare of her children; yet be-

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ing in hmited circumstances, unable to give them the ad
vantage of suitable education, and Joel partook of ihechar-
acter of his surroundings.
He was apprenticed to learn blacksmithing, and thus
passed six years in acquiring his trade, working hard ear
ly in the mornings and late in the evenings. During these
years his associations were not calculated to promote
either his temporal or spiritual welfare, but that un-
slumbering Shepherd who is "a friend of the fatherless"
was not unmindful of the wanderer, but visited him
when young with impressions of heavenly good and se
cret desires to obtain it; and about the end of his appren
ticeship revealed Himself in a manifestation of the exceed
ing sinfulness of the course he was pursuing, which led
him into deep exercise, nearly resulting in the derange
ment of his inteUect While in this severe conflict which
continued for some years, the sympathy of a woithy
Friend was awakened, who extended counsel and en
couragement for his help, and as he became faithful to
the openings of Truth he was enabled to overcome the en
emy of his soul's peace. Continuing to dwell under the
weight of that which baptized into suffering for sin, he was
raised from his low condition, and made to rejoice inhis
gracious Redeemer.
In theyear 1832 he appHed to our Monthly Meeting
for membership with Friends, which was granted, and he
continued in unity with us the remainder of his life. This,
however, was not the end of his spiritual conflicts, and
many close provings were to be witnessed in the regen
eration from the condition of a servant to sin to that of
a humble follower of the Lamb which takes away all in
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"A spectacle to men and to angels," his countenance mani
festing the agony of his soul, and his body trembling as
if shaking from cold.
As the work of purification progressed, an impression
to express a few words in our public meetings was made
on his mind, which was a great mortification to his nat
ural will. With education lacking for ordinary conver
sation, he felt that to attempt to say anything in public
would expose him to ridicule, and could not be approved
by any; but after a period of suffering he was made will
ing to take up his cross, and'was strengthened to express
in a public meeting this exercise: "I believe, my friends,
if we are concerned to be still, the Lord will work for
our deliverance, and cause our hearts to rejoice in his
love." These few words may almost be considered as the
keynote of his long labor in the ministiy. which was much
to encourage a patient waiting for and trust in the Divine
Power, with corifidence that it will br-ing the soul into a
peace not to be attained by other means.
His appearances in the ministry, being in the sim
plicity of the truth, were attended by the evidence of
Divine qualification, reaching the witness in the minds
of those who he?rd him. Some who were acquainted
with his earlier life and had an unfavorable estimate of
his natural ability, were made greatly to admire and to
praise that Power which had lifted him out of the mire,
and prepared him to be an instrument in the Divine hand
to preach the Gospel of Christ for the gathering of the
people to the fountain of life. Keeping humble, he grew
in his gift, to the overcoming of prejudice, and his min
istry was acknowledged in the year 1837, by Gwynedd
Monthly Meeting.
His first religious service with the unity of Friends

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was in visiting the families composing Gwynedd Monthly
Meetlr.g in the year 1838, which was accomplished prin
cipally in the evenings after the day's labor, and on P'irst-
d.iy afternoons, being accompanied by William Foulke to
those of Gwynedd and Providence, and by Thomas P.
Paynes to those of Plymouth Preparative Meetings. One
hundred and twenty-six families ofmembers and four oth
ers were visited, way being opened therein to receive the
advice handed forth.
This labor was satisfactory, and tended to the rem.ov-
nl of some disturbing matters of a scattering nature. In
a brief memorandum which lie kept of this weighty en
gagement, he remarks: "Dwelling in the precious life of
our dear Redeemer we were favored to accomplish the
work, we trust to His honor and gloiy. 'It is not I that
doeth the work; it is my P'"ather who dwells in me' In this
there is qualification to minister 'in the ability which God
gives, and which leaves a savor behind it'"
We cannot here give account of the various religious
engagements during his long life, yet we may add that
he was diligent in his vocation , often attending the neigh
boring meetings; his most extensive mission from home
being in the latter months of 1852 to the greater part of
the meetings of New York Yearly Meeting, in which he
was accompanied by his neighbor and friend, William
Zorns. Testimonials remain ofthe appreciation which Friends
)iad ofthe value of this service, which claimed much time
and was attended by close travail of spirit.
In the year 1848 he was united in marriage with Mary
C. Walton, who was a valuable Friend and a true help for
twenty-three years in social and religious life.
They settled near Plymouth Meeting, where he fol
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it to the acquisition of a comfortable competence. In
1869 his wife was removed, as we believe to a mansion of
eternal peace In 1871 he married Mary Jeanes, a
daughter of hiii former friend and counsellor, who sur
vives him.
Though physically and mentally weakened by the de
cline attendant upon age, the spiritual life continued green,
being grounded in Him who is the Life and the Truth.
Notwithstanding great bodily infirmity, he continued in at
tendance at our meedngs, often appearing with remark
able power and clearness in the ministi}-, and fjom
entering into its state speaking to the comfort and
encouragement of P"rien is, giving evidence that he
had not foUowed fables cunningly devised in the wisdom
and learning of men, but the "wisdom and power of
God," which is able to make the soul wise to its sal
vation. The doctrine of salvation by Christ was particularly
dear to our fiiend, who having experienced in his heart
the bringing forth the Son of God as a condcmncr for
evil deeds, had also witnessed him to be the Life which
is the true light of the world, and by walking in it was
preserved from running after the false lights which abound,
and thus was made an inheritor of that "more exceeding
weight of glory," which is in store for all who love the
appearance of Truth in themselves.
He was plain in his apparel and hospitable in his
dwelling. His home with its furnishings was in the sim
plicity becoming our profession. Having a sufficiency,
he relinquished his business at the time of his second
marriage, employing his time mainly in the cultivation
of fruit on the ground attached to his dwelling. Dur
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.vleadily attended his meeting, and though the walking was
iiiuisualiy difficult, he was there the day previous to his
List illness. On the 2ist of P'ourth month, 1895, he was stricken
with paralysis, soon lapsing into insensibility, in which con
dition he remained until his close on the 25th, when he
quietly ceased breathing. His remains were interred on the
29tli ofthe month in P'riends' burial ground at Plymouth,
at which time a solemn meeting was held and feeling
testimonies were borne.
Thus has closed at an age extended beyond the
usual length an existence commenced amid unfavorable
conditions. Truly it may be said he was a minister of
the Almighty's making, and fitted for a place in His church.
In his ministiy he was "sound in word and in doctrine";
careful to wait for the divine anointing, and while express
ing his views there was no attempt at ornament Solid
in his deportment in our meetings, and reverent in man
ner, his communications were seasoned with the savor
of hfe. He was meek and humble in spirit, thus adorning
the doctrine which he preached to other's by endeavor--
ing to live in it and though many infirmities abounded,
he could say v/ith the apostle: "By the grace of God
I am what I am."
Near the close of his visit to the meetings of New
York, he wrote: "I have a desire to be kept humble
before Him and to wait at the King's gate for fresh
counsel, and my prayers have been that I might be
preserved for the future as well as at the present time
that I may still be found worthy to be a child of my
Heavenly Father, who alone is worthy of all honor now
and forevermore.

JOEL LARE. 209
"Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for
the end of that man is peace," was an injunction of a
former age, and we have great cause in the life of our
deceased friend to reflect upon and turn to that Power by
which he was redeemed from evil, and preserved lo the
end of his days in upright walking before God, whose works
continually praise Him.

The memorial is dated Tenth-month 31, 1895, and
signed by David P'oulke, Albert Conai-d, Charles A. Live
zey, William Jeanes, Robert Hatton, Mary C. Baynes,
Ann Shoemaker and Susan Y. P"oulke, a committee of
the ministers and elders of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting
of Friends. It was read in and approved by Gwynedd Monthly
Meeting Eleventh-month 28, 1895; by Abington Quar
terly Meeting Eighth-month 6, 1896, and by Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting in its annual session in Fifth-month in
the year 1897.
The writeradds a few words in reference to one whom
he knew so well, taking care to avoid any undue lau
dation. Joel Lare had little opportunity to acquire an edu
cation. In his sermons he often alluded to his lack of
.scholastic training, and he also mentioned the fact that
he was disposed to levity and wildness in the days of
his youth. Soon after reaching the age of manhood, however,
he felt the need of dependence upon a higher power, as
he phrased it, and he became convinced of the prin
ciples professed by Friends.
His first utterances in the ministry were very brief,
bemg confined to a few words of exhortation, spoken in

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a hesitating manner.
As time passed, however, he spoke more fluently,
and at times was highly favored in his discourses. There
are few of the present generation who are not familiar with
his manner of speaking. He was caref-jl in the attendance
of meetings and other religious duties, and stood high in
the community in which he lived, in every respect

XXI.
FAMILY HISTORY.

Much has been presented in reference to the dif
ferent families who have, from time to time, made up the
membership of Plymouth Meeting. There remain, how
ever, many additional facts that have come to the knowl
edge ofthe writer, in the preparation of material for this
volume, which he thinks proper to collect in this, its con
cluding chapter.
The "family histoiy" contained herein is by no means
intended as an exhaustive record in any instance, but
rather as a glance at the past in connection with well-
known names of Friends of the vicinity, many of which
are borne by worthy descendants in the present gen
eration. THE CONARDS.
I have adopted this spelling although it is far from
general among the descendants of Thones Kunders, who
was one of the thirty-three persons, (thirteen men with
their families), who came from Crefeld, on the Rhine, in
Germany, a few miles from the borders of Holland. They
were pa.ssengers on the ship "Concord," which reached
Philadelphia on the .sixth of October, 1683.
These emigrants were either Mennonites or Friends-

2 12 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
They vv^ere located at what is now Germantown, by Dan
iel Francis Pastoriu.s, who had come to America a few
weeks in advance, on lands purchased by the "Frankfort
Company," formed for the pur'pose of encouraging Ger
man colonization.
They suffered privations at first, living in rude hab
itations—either log houses, or caves in the earth, prob
ably excavated in the sides of hills.
Henry C. Conrad, of W^ilmington, Delaware, says in
an account of the family which he published a number
of years ago:
"Here it was that our ancestor, Thones Kunders,
in the plainest possible v/ay, with scanty means, but pos
sessing thrift and industry, settled down with his wife
and three boys, to work out for himself a livelihood in
America. "Part ofthe walls of the house built by Kunders are
still standing, (1891), and form part of the house known
as 4537 Germantown Avenue, occupied for several years
past as a barber shop by Christopher Kinzel. At one
time it was known as Lesher's tavern."
The first Friends' meeting in Germantown was held
at the house of Thones Kunders.
Thones Kunders, or Dennis Conrad, and his wife El
len (Streeper) had the following children: Conrad, Madtis)
John. Ann, Agnes, Henry, Elizabeth.
From the sons and daughters of Dennis Conrad anu-
merous pi'ogeny has sprung, including those ofthe fam
ily name and many other's who have been among the
members of Plymouth Meeting.
THE LIVEZEYS.
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3d, 1681, William Penn conveyed to Thomas Leuisley
or Leusley, (and so pronounced), of Norton, in the coun
ty of Chester, England, 250 acres of land in Pennsyl
vania. The name has frequently been written Lieusley or
Leusley, even in recent times, accounting for the pro
nunciation often heard.
At Chester Monthly Meeting, Penn.sylvania, Elev
enth-mo. 3d, 1686-7, "Jonathan Levzey& rachaU taller pro
posed their Intentions of mariage with each other before
the men and womens meering, it being the first time the
man living in the township of DubUn in ye county ofphil-
adellphia was ordered to bring a certificate from the month
ly meeting he belongs to to ye next monthly meeting.
Margrate Coppock and margrate minshall were ordered to
inquire into ye womans clearnes and report the same to
ye next monthly meeting allso."
Twelfth-mo. 7, 1686. "Jonathan Livsly and Ra
chaU tailler proposed their intentions of mariage with each
other before ye men and womens meeting it being the
second time & nothing being made appear iifter inquire
made to hinder them they have their liberty to proceed
iand accomplish their intentions."
The will ofThomas Livezey, of Dublin townsliip, Phil
adelphia county, is dated 6lh-nio. 12, 1691, and proved
4th-mo. 22, 1692.
He mentions his son Jonathan, daughter Ann Little-
more and her three eldest children, daughter-in-law Rach-
ell Livezey, daughter Margaret Lorenson and her eldest
three children, grandson Thomas Livezey and granddaugh
ter Mary Livezey.
According to the records of Abington Monthly Meet
ing, he died 8th-mo. 19, 1691, and was buried in Oxford

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township, near Tacony bridge.
Jonathan Livezey died 9th-mo. 23, 1698, in Dublin
township. About a year later, his widow married Joseph
Gilbert, of Byberry.
The tradition in the Gilbert family which was com
mitted to writing at least sixty years ago, says: "Joseph
married Rachel Livezey, a widow— her former husband is
the ancestor of the Abington Livezeys. She had been
Rachel Taylor in England & was brought by her father to
America lo pre^e.:t her from marrying a person disap
proved by him."
The children of Jonathan and Rachel Livezey were
as follows: Mary, bom 12, 9, 1687.
Thomas 10, 17, 1689; d. 3, 5, 1759.
Jonathan 3, 15, 1692; d. 3, 24, 1764.
Martha 3, i, 1694.
Rachel 2, 15, 1696.
David 12, 20, 1697; d. 7th-mo. 1750.
Mary married John Paul.
Thomas maarried Elizabeth Heath, 17 10.
Jonathan married Esther P'astburn, 1717.
Martha married Robert Thomas, 7, 25, 1721.
Rachel married Evan Thomas, 17 17.
David married Rebecca Hinkson, 1721.
The children of Joseph and Rachel GUbert were as
follows: Sarah 4, 21, 1700.
Phebe 12, 7, 1701; d. 2, 14, 1773.
Joseph 10, 13, 1703.
Rebecca. Benjamin 1711; d. 6, 8, 1780.
Sarah married John Baldwin, 1725.

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Phebe married Henry Comly, 1728.
Joseph died unmarried in 1730.
Rebecca married Patrick Ogilby, 1735.
Benjamin, the Indian captive, marrietl Sarah Mason,
in the year 173 1, and (second wife) Elizabeth Peart, 8,
17, 1760. The further descent of the Livezeys of Plymouth
Meeting is readily traced.
Thomas Livezey, son ofThomas and Elizabeth Heath
Livezey, born i, 25, 1723; died of palsy, 9, n, 1790.
He married, at Abington, 4, 2, 1748, Martha Knowles,
born 4, 24, 1723; died n, 2,^1797.
Francis Knowles, the father of Martha, was the son
of John and Ehzabeth. He was of West Chester, Berks,
Great Britain. He was born 12, 2, 1685.
Samuel Livezey, son ofTlionias and Martha, was born
I, 26, 1760. A sketch of his life has been given in Chap
ter XIX. Further particulars of the family are given in the chap
ter on "Births and Deaths," and elsewheic in preceding
pages of this volume.
Livezey township, in Lancashire, England, appears
to have given name to the family. They were the ow'n-
ers of Livezey Hall and of the greater part of tlie town
ship as early as the reign of King John or of King Hen
ry III The family is thus of great antiquity. The last own
er of Livezey Manor, of the name, Ralph, died in the
year 1766.
.The old hall is located in the parish of Blackburn,
and it is a typical example of the houses of the lords
of manors in northeast Lancashire, in the time of "Good
Queen Bess." It stands a little back from the road be-

2l6 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
tween Blackburn and Preston, in the beautiful Valley of
the little river Dawson, two miles below the first-named
place. To return to the American branch of the family,
Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Rachel Livezey, (see page
214), may be mentioned.
He married Esther Eastburn, as has been stated,
in 171 7. She was the daughter of Robert Eastburn, of
Frankford. Jonathan and Esther had several children
among them Jonathan (3d), born in 1719. He married
Catharine Thomas in 1747. Of their children, Daniel,
born in 1752, married Margery Croasdale in 1778, set
tling near Fox Chase.
Their son Robert was born 2, 22, 1780. Daniel re
moved to Southampton, in Bucks, being the first of the
name in that county.
Robert Livezey married Sarah, daughter of Abra
ham Paxson. His brother Isaac settled in Attleboro,
now Langhorne Thomas, another brother, located at
Centre Hill. Jonathan removed to Ohio, Ezra to New
York; Samuel died young, from an accident; two sisters,
Sarah and Deborah, resided at Centre Hill. They and
their brothers, Robert and Thomas, were buried at Sole-
bury Friends' ground.
From another source the following information has
been obtained:
John and Thomas Livezey lived on the Wissahickon,
above their mill, in the Revolutionary period. They
were brothers.
The mansion was a fine specimen of the antique
American farmhouse, with a large hall clock, handed
down from generation to generation.
The mill was built in 1745-6, by Thomas Shoe-

FAMILY HISTORY. 217
maker, who conveyed it to Thomas Livezey, Oct lo, 1747.
For many years Thomas Livezey resided at the miU and
cultivated a large farm, besides having a vineyard and mak
ing his own wine. ].;„,,
He was a Friend and once resided in Cheltenham,
having removed to Roxborough between the years 1747
and 1752.
The family originated in Norton, in Great Britain,
and they emigrated to America at an early day. Thom
as was for many years a member of the Penn.sylvania
Assembly. He died in 1790. He was the son of Thoma.«! and
Elizabeth Livezey and married Martha Knowles, at Abing-
Meeting-house, as has been stated.
Thomas was austere in manner, using but little free
dom with his children. He had four: Samuel, John,
Joseph and Thomas. Samuel was of a delicate constitu
tion when he was young, the dust of the mill affecting
his health. Samuel's father rented a building at Spring Mill
the old smoke house, where he started him as a coun
try merchant In those days large teams from the back
country, loaded with grain, passed down the road to
PhUadelphia. Tiiomas would send his boys out to intercept them,
and buy their grain, and Samuel, on theirjreturn, would
supply them with salt, iron and groceries, and other
articles. THE JONES FAMILY.
The Jones family, more numerous than any other
among the membership of Plymouth Meeting, are the de
scendants of DaYid Jones, who came from Haverford,

2l8 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
in Wales, and purchased a large tract of land in the vi
cinity. A considerable part of the land now included in
the borough of Conshohocken was owned by the family
for several generations.
In tiie chapters relating to "Marriages," "Births and
Deaths," etc., can be found many particulars in refer
ence to the Jones family, as also lo the others men
tioned in this connection.
David Jones came to Penn.sylvania, with his fami
ly, in the year 1700, about which time there appears
to have been so large an emigration of Welsh Friends
to this section of the Province.
David Jones brought with him to Penn.sylvania tlie
following certificate from the mietiiigto which he be
longed in Wales.
From the mens meeting in Haverford west, Pem
brokeshire wales. 4th day of fir-st month 1699-1700.
Whereas, our tender and well beloved friend David
Jones and his wife and childi-en intends to remove them
selves for the province of Pennsylvanie. These are to
certify whom it luay concern, we have a dear and tender
Jove for them, and truly desire their welfare. We certi
fy that we beheve them to be clear of debts or encum
brances, the want of which has made truth suffer in ma
ny places in this nation. Witness
James Lewis andrew Llewellyn
Thos Merchant Henry Smith
Pergryn Musgrave Arthur Reaves
Pierce Worte
This was Recorded at Radnor 5, 8, 1700.
THE HARRYS.
David Harry, the ancestor of the family of that name

FAMILY HISTORY. 219
in this vicinity, came to this countiy from Wales before
the year 1799, the exact date not being known.
He married Lydia Powel, daughter of David Powel,
of Philadelphia, at Germantown Meeting-house, 1 2th-mo.
2, 1699, the marriage being entered on the records of
F"rien ds.
David Harry purchased a tract of land, located in
Whitemarsh, extending from the Schuylkill river Lack, ai.d
containing in all 1250 acres. It was conveyed to him
6th-mo. 17, 1700, by Thomas Farmar.
Rees Harry was the son of David and Lydia Harry,
He was born 4th-mo. 12, 1701. He married Mary Price,
daughter of Rees Price, at Haveiforcl Meeting, 1 oth-mo.
12, 1727. He died 7tli-mo. 10, 1778.
Rees Harry inherited a }>art of his father's land, on
which he resided. He subsequently deeded a portion (f
Ills tract to his son, John Harry. The latter married Al
ice Meredith. The children of John and Alice Harry were Sarah,
Maiy and David.
David Harry, son of John and Alice, w.as born
Eleventh-mo. 17, 1771. He married Ann Davi.s, P'irsl-
mo. 23, 1806. David Harry died Second-mo. 18, 1849,
being in his 78 th year.
Ann Harry, wife of David, was the daughter of
Thomas and Lydia (White) Davis. The children of David
and Ann Harry were Samuel, Benjamin, Rees, Mary, (mar
ried Joseph Yerkes) and David, all now deceased.
Benjamin Harry was born Fiflh-mo. 9, 1809, at the
Harry homestead.
He married. Twelfth-mo. 6, 1836, Lydia F. Wood, of
Conshohocken, daughter of James and Ann Wood. His
father-in-law established extensive rolling mills at that

2^0 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
place. The children of Benjamin and Ann Harry were David
W., Anna, James, Mary, WinfieldW. and John W., of whom
James is deceased.
Benjamin Harry died Second-mo. 23, 1S88.
Of his children, David W. and Winfield W, reside
at Conshohocken. John W. lives on Swede street in Nor
ristown. David W., born Nintlirno. 15, 1837, married Mary
S. Wood, daughter of David E. Wood, Twelfth-mo. 6,
1871. They have two sons, David W^, Jr., and Rees. The
former, born P^ighth-mo. 21, 1873, is an engineer in the
United States navy on the Brooklyn at Manila in the
Philippines. John W. married Laura, daughter of Joseph Slingluff,
of Norristown. They have two daughters, Ida and
Bertha. Winfield W. Harry married Mary John.'jon, of Frank-
ford, Philadelphia. They have three children.
James married Elizabeth Maxwell. He died about
B year ago, leaving two children.
llie old flour mill, on the river Schuylkill, a short
distance below the Matson Ford bridge, at Conshohock
en, where are located the Albion Print Works, was long
owned and operated by members of the family of which
we are speaking.
Prior to the construction of the canal, about" 1830,
water from Plymouth creek was made use of to operate
the old mill. After that time, the power was furnished
hy water drawn from the canal.
The late Benjamin Hariy operated the old miU un
til he sold the property.

FAMILY HISTORY. 221
The old Harry homestead is .stiU standing in Consho
hocken — a reminder of generations who have long passed
from earth — although it has not been occupied for some
time. THE CORSONS.
The Corsops are descended from French Huguenots
who left their native country in 1685, after the revocation
of the Edict of Nantes, One of these, CorneUus Corson,
settled on Staten Island, New York.
Benjamin Corson, who removed to Bucks county, Penn
sylvania, from Staten Island, in 1726, is believed to have
been one of his sons.
Benjamin Corson bought 250 acres of land in North
hampton Town.ship, the consideration being ;^350, from
Jeremiah Dungan.
He brought with him from New York State his wife
Nelly and a son Benjamin, the latter seven years of
age. The third Benjamin, born March 6, 1743, married
Sarali Dungan. He died on his farm near Wrightstown
October 2. 181 1.
Dr. Hiram Corson , in "The Corson Family," thus
tells of a visit to the old home of his ancestors, near the
village of Richboro:
"In the summer of 1890 my niece Helen Hoven-
den, and myself went to the graveyard where the fam
ily are buried, and then to the old Corson home, which
is now in other hands.
"This first Corson home in Pennsylvania is about half
a mUe below the 'Black Bear,' as you go down the
'middle road' towards Philadelphia, from the grave
yard.

222 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
"After crossing a bridge just below AddisvIUe, now
Richboro, you come to a gate on the lefthand side, — the
entrance to the old home — where Esquire John Corson
died in 1823.
"To our regret the old house had been nearly
torn down the year before our visit and a new one
buUt" There were three Benjamin Corsons in the line of
ancestry of the family in Montgomery. Benjamin the
third had eleven children of whom Joseph, the second
son, married Hannah Dickinson.
Joseph Corson and Hannah Dickinson were married
in 1786, and rented the Samuel Maulsby farm near Ply
mouth Meeting-house. Later, Joseph bought a farm and
store at Hickorytown.
Their children were Alan W^. , Benjamin, Maiy, Sa
rah, Hannah, Joseph D., Charles, George, Hiram, WiUiam
and Hannah. Of this family of children, Alan W. married Mary Eg-
bert;Mary married Charles Adamson; Sarah man-ied Ihom-
as Read; Joseph D. married Ann Hagy; Charles married
Sarali Egbert; George married Martha Maulsby; Hiram
married Ann J. P'oulke; WiUiam died unmarried at an ad
vanced age; the others died in infancy or in their early
youth. Dr. Hiram Corson was noted for his earnest and effect
ive labors in behalf of humanity — in the cause of the op
pressed negro; in contending for woman's rights; in var
ious other channels of rightly directed effort for his
fellowmen. To enlarge on his lifework would fill a volume, be
ing entirely too great an undertaking for this work. Be
sides, the family historyhas been weU told in "The Corson

FAMILY HISTORY. 223
Pamily." The history of the Dickinsons, ancestors of the fam-
ily, has been already presented on pages 78 and 79 of this
volume. Having personally known Dr. Hiram Corsoji and
most of the other members of the family, the writer takes
pleasure in testifying to their worth. Alan W. Corson
was physically and mentally a type of American man
hood — stalwart in frame, broad-minded, liberal in all
things. Dr. William Corson, the youngest son, practised
medicine for a half-century or more, and never was more
faithful or conscientious service rendered than he gave to
his patients, often without other reward than the conscious
ness of having performed his duty.
All the family entered heart and soul into the anti-
slaveiy movement, and also took a more or less promi
nent part in other reforms.
That generation lived in a period when it required
courage and earnest devotion to principle to protest a-
gainst the
"Wrong and outrage with which earth is fiUed."
It is far different now. We are not yet in the fuU
blaze of the noonday of enlightenment and progress, but
there has been an enormous advance since the days of
which I am speaking. The intolerance of the .system of
slavery was something terrible. The present generation
can neither understand nor appreciate what it cost to
oppose the traffic in human beings, even in the free
North. Only those who lived through that era can re
alize its bitterness.
The longevity of the family is remarkable. Alan died
on June 27, 1 882, aged ninety-four years, four months and

224 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
six days. Mary Corson Adamson died in August, 1877,
in her eighty-sixth year. Sarah Corson Read, mother of ex-
Surgeon General Louis W. Read, died May 8, 1S59, in
her sixty-sixth year. George died in his fifty-eighth year
Joseph D. in his fifty-ninth year. Charles died May 5,
1878, in his seventy-seventh year-. WiUiam died in his
eighty-first year. Hiram died March 4, 1896, in his
ninety-second year.
In this connection, mention m?y be made of the fact
that the grave ofThomas Hovenden, an artist who attained
world-wide fame and who met so tragic a death, is in
the graveyard at Plymouth Meeting. The story of his life
need not be repeated here. His widow, Helen Hovenden,
a daughter of George Corson, occupies the family man
sion where are gathered many treasures of art produced by
Tiis hand. Among the members of the Corson family residing
in the vicinity are George, Walter H. and Dr. Percy Cor
son, sons of Elias Hicks Corson, and grandsons of Alan
W. ; Major Joseph K. Corson, who occupies the home of
the late Dr. Hiram Corson; Dr. Ellwood M. Corson and
others of Norristown.
The family have strong traits derived from a long
line of worthy ancestors, the qualities of the sturd)' Hu
guenot and the conscientious Quaker being blended to a
certain extent in its members, and forming a combination
that makes them capable of high attainment.
OTHER FAMILIES.
The Lukens family are descendants of Jan Lucken,
who sailed from Holland in 1683, and landed in Phila
delphia. His son Abraham had a son John, a scholar
of superior attainments, and widely known as a surveyor

FAMILY HISTORY.

225

in Colonial times. Among his (;hUdren was David, born
in Towamencin township, October 18, 1761, who married
Mary Shepherd. Their children: Charies, WiUi; m, Eliza
beth, married George Shoemaker; Aaron, Maria, mar
ried Robert Fowler; Rachel, married Dr. Samuel Tyson;
Lewis A., Mark and Edward: Lewis A, Lukens married
Mary T., daughter of James Wood, of Con.shohocken.
He died recently at an advanced age. His fannly is in
cluded under the head of "Births and Deaths."
The Cleavers are of German origin, their ancestor
having been among the early settlers of Germantown.
The Ellis family are of Welsh descent, their ancestors
having settled in the vicinity of Plymouth meetirg at a
very early date.
The Williams family are also of \A'elsh ancestry,
their progenitors having bought land in Whitemarsh niore
than two centuries ago.
The same remark applies equally lo the Davises, the
Merediths, and a number of other families, all of wluni
have been noticed elsewhere in this volume, under \ai-
ious chapter headings.
Most of the names of original settlers have entirely
disppeared from the neighborhood, and from the records
of the meeting, but they of past generations have left,
Wfc may believe, an example behind them which has Jiad
a beneficial influence, not only upon their descendants,
but upon the entire community of which they once form
ed a part

In concluding this chapter the writer may, perhaps^
be regarded as fairly entitled to a few words in the way
of recapitulation. Careful research among existing records has, in ma-

226 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
ny in.stances, corroborated the traditions of the neigh
borhood, but such has not always been the case, by any
means. He having no point to carry, beyond the discovery and
development of truth, aU the facts attainable have been
presented by the writer, in the foregoing pages.
While it might be wished, perhaps, that the records
were fuller in some particulars than they are, much has
been preserved that is of interest and value to this and
to future generations.

APPENDIX.
A few matters remain to be spoken of, which could
not be introduced appropriately in connection with any of
the previous chapters.
PLYMOUTH IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
There is a lamentable lack of information on this
point There are many neighborhood traditions on the
subject, which it would be difficult to verify at the pres
ent time. Samuel Maulsby, who was a boy at the time, re
membered in later years the appearance at Plymouth
Meeting of the British troops who were sent to attack
Lafayette at Barren Hill.
The whole force arrived early on the morning of
May 20, 1778, at the meeting-house, and halted in the
public road, remaining there about an hour and a half,
as he thought.
It was this delay that enabled Lafayette to make
the arrangements which insured his escape from an over
whelming force. A CURIOUS LETTER.
Charles Roberts, of Philadelphia, has in his posses
sion the following curious letter:

228 PLYMOUTH MEETING,
Camp at Plymouth Meeting
House the 13th day of the
1 2th month 1777.
Friend John: I have these two nights past taken up
my quarters in this House of contemplation, around which
the antient fathers sleep in silent dust iu emblematic
representation of their silent meetings — nor can they stir
from home untill the spirit moveth them to rise, to
speak, with fear and trembhng — dost thou my friend a-
midst thy riotting scenes of debauchery and dissipa
tion think on those things and prepare for the latter
times. No. tliy drunkenness — thy quarrelling, thy fight
ings — testify against thee — and thy blackened eyea, and
scratched face whereby thou hast defaced that beauty and
comeliness assigned to thee by natnre, rise up in judg
ment against thee and condemn thee: knowest thou not
friend that thy graceful features, thy smiling counten
ance and majestic carriage are ornaments bestowed on thee
by providence for nobler purposes. Cease then in Brief to
cuff with fists, to bruise and scratch that face that's made
so many conquests-or thou mayest rest assured our
Sister Harrison can never be moved by the spirit to ac
cept of thy hand in meeting or gaze upon thee with
smiles of approbation.
Peradventure when old age shall add a few more
crow's feet to thy eyes, thou mayest be brought down as
they are with sorrow to the grave unadorned & unlament-
ed in thy end — this night is awful and the sacred solemn
place forbid aught that's worldly or profane flow from
my pen. I must therefore defer my answer to thy last until!

APPENDIX. 229
fate involves me in the scenes of war amongst the tumults
of a giddy world — thee will be pleased to make me
kindly remembered to our faithful sisters — to the Broth
erhood and worshipful Master No. 16 and believe me thy
friend M. Gist

This letter was wr'itten when the main body of the
American army, under Washington, was encamped at Gulf
Mills, six days before going into the winter camp at
Valley Forge.
The writer of it was, apparently, with the rear-guard
of the ariTiy.
Mordecai Gist was a native of Baltimore. His an
cestors were early English immigrants to Maryland. He
was educated for commercial pursuits, but became cap
tain of the "Baltimore Independent Company," the first
raised in Maryland, for the defense of the rights of the
colonies. He distinguished himself in the battle of Long Is
land, and Congress made him a Brigadier General. He
was a dashing leader.
Gist was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.
He died on his plantation near Charleston, in the year
1792. He was tall and graceful, and possessed of express
ive features and great strength.
That he was somewhat eccentric, is shown by the
above letter, as well as by the names he gave his two
sons, "Independent" and "States."
NOTES.
5-"The older portion of the burying-ground." Page 15.

230 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
The Norristown "Herald," in Ninth-month, 1868, said:
A short time ago, as the sexton of Plymouth Friends'
Meeting-house was digging a grave in the old depart
ment of the grave-yard, he struck a rough stone, resem
bling a headstone, about two feet below the giound, with
the initials A. E. engraved upon it. Descendii^g a short
distance further, he found a fragment of soajj-.'rtone. en
tirely separate from the main stone, about six inches in
length, four in width, and one inch in thickness, upon which
was cut, in large capitals, and in the order here repre
sented, the following inscription: —
IN MY LIFE
I WAS THE WIFE
OF SAMUEL EVANS
OF NORRITON.
17 A. E. 73
"Collection of Memorials." Page 38. The date in the
1 2th line, "1687," should be "1787."
"Old Marriage Certificate." Page 58-60. The signa
tures appended indicate that the statement on page 36 as
to 250 witnesses, may be a mistake. It should be remem
bered, however, that there may have been many persons
present who did not sign.
"The Williams School." Page 94. Among the early
teachers, besides those named, were Thomas Paxson, fa
ther of ex-Chief Justice Edward M. Paxson; Thomas'
sister, Grace; David Lukens, John H. Callender, Hughs
Bell, Jacob Paxson and others.
"Marriage Records." Page 119. Isaac Michener and
Alice Williams were married lOth-mo. 12, 1876, not 1866.
•'Births and Deaths." Page 127. Charles and Jane
Ambler, parents, should be Joseph and Ann. Page 139. J.
David, son of Jonathan and Eliza Jones, should be J. Davis.

INDEX.
g^'The Lists of marriages, page 95-124, are ar
ranged in the order of time, as a rule; the births and deaths,
page 125-176, are arranged alphabetically in two chap
ters; the deaths and burials, page 1 77- i8o,are also placed,
as far as possible, in the order of time.
There has, therefore, been no attempt to index any
of these separately, as it would unnecessarily enlarge this
portion of the volume.
Aaron, Phebe and Lewis, oaken chest of, 53; its con
tents, 53-64.
Ancient record of Plymouth Meeting, 69.
Ante-nuptial agreement of David Meredith and wife, 62
-64.
Births and Deaths, 125-160; additions to, 161-176.
Burials, 177, 178.
Cartlege, Edmund, 19.
Certificates, David Meredith's, 181, 182; Ellis Pugh's, 182
-184.
Chalkley, Thomas, visit to David Meredith, 32.
Claypoole & Turner, land commissioners, 18.
Cleavers The, 225.
Conard Family, 211; their ancestor, Thones Kunders,
211, 212.

232 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
Corsons The, 221; the three Benjamins, 221; children of
Joseph Corson,; 222 Dr. Hiram Corson, 222; Alan
W. and Dr. William Corson, 222; intolerance of
slavery, 223; longevity of the family, 223, 224; grave
ofThomas Hovenden, 224; traits of the family, 224.
David, Mer-edith, 33; wiU of, 33; marrriage certificate of,
58-60.
Davis Family, 21.
Deaths and Burials, 177; persons interred at Plymouth,
178-180.
Deed from Penn to Rawle and Fox, 54, 55; from Rawle
and Fox to David Meredith, 56; from Lumley Wil
hams, 80-83; other early deeds 83-89; later deeds,
89-92.
Destruction of tombstones, 15.
Dickinson, Benjamin, 20.
Dickinsons The, 2 1 , 78-79.
Early Ministers, 43-46.
EUis Family, 225.
EUis, Rowland, memorial of, 43—45.
Fox, James, purchase from Penn, 17; deed from Penn
to him and Rawle, 54, 55.
Harry, Ann, letter to, 186-188.
Harrys, The, 218; marriage of David Harry, 219; Da
vid and Benjamin Harry, 219; Rees Harry, 219; de
scendants of Benjamin Harry, 220; old flour miU,
220; old homestead, 221.
Haverford records, 23-25.
Hicks, Elias, preached at Norristown, 185; at Plymouth
and Providence, 185, 186; his views criticised in a
peculiar manner, 186-188.
Holme, Capt Thomas, surveyed Plymouth in 1686, 18.
John ap John, 50; cruel treatment of his converts, 51.

GENERAL INDEX. 233
Jones family, 217; David Jones' certificate from Wales,
218.
Jones, Hugh, 19.
Lare, Joel memorial of, 203; early life, 204; admitted to
membership with Friend.s, 204; began to speak in
meetings, 205; acknowledged as a minister, 2o5;vis-
it to families of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, 206; vis
it to New Yor-k Yearly Meeting, 206; marriage, 206;
second marriage, 207; his death, 208; estimate of
his character, 208, 209.
Livezey, Samuel, memorial of, 195; recommended as a
minister-, 196; his travels, 196; sickness and death,
199,200; extracts from his sermon, 201, 202.
Livezeys The, 212; pronunciation "Leusley," 213; will
ofthe immigrant, Thomas, 213; Jonathan Livezey,
213, 214; his children, 214; descent of Plymoutii
Livezeys, 215; origin of name, 21 5; Jolm and Thom
as Livezey, 216, 217.
Lukens family, 224; Lewis A. Lukens, 225.
Marriages, lists of, from Radnor records, 95, 96, and
122-124; from Gwynedd records, 96-113; later rec
ords, 113-122.
Maulsby, John, 19.
Meredith, Aar-on, ritle to pr'operty, 56, 57.
Meredith, David, purchase of nearly a thousand acres of
land in Plymouth township, 19; his residence, 27,
28; the old meering-room, 29; his saw mill, 29; a
sketch of his hfe, 30; land boundaries, 30; his will,
31, 32; Chalkley's visit to him, 32, 33; his death,
33; descent of his properly, 33-35; ante-nuptial a-
greement, 62-64; the old oaken box, 54; deed for
his land, 55, 56.
Minutes relating to the establishment of Gwynedd Month-

234 PLYMOUTH MEETING.
ly Meeting, 66-67.
Old documents, 53-64.
Old marriage certificate, 58-60.
Original documents, 185-188.
Owen, Thomas, 19.
Penn's plan for town in Plymouth, 18.
Plymouth burying-ground, 14; additions to, 24.
Plymouth Meeting, ancient record of, 69, 70; title to the
property, 79-83.
Plymouth meeting-house, location, 13; when erctted,
23; bull ling of, 71, 72; destruction by fire, 75; its re
building, 75, 76.
Plymouth township, settlement of, 17; surveyed, 18; sec
ond, time 19; early arrivals in, 19; landowners in, 20,
taxables in, 20; industries of, 20; population, 21.
Price, Isaac, 19.
Providence Meeting, 65.
Pugh, EUis, arrival, 19; .sketch of his hfe, 37; visit to Wales,
37; his book, 38; memorial of, 38-41; his death, 41;
signers of testimony, 41.
Rawle, Francis, purchase from Penn, 17; deed from Penn
to him and Fox, 54.
Records of Friends, 13.
Ritter, Jacob, son of German Redemptioners, 189; born at
Springfield, 189; service in the army, 189, 190; taken
prisoner, 190; marriage, 190; ministry acknowledged,
191; second marriage and death, 191; his preaching,
192, 1 93; estimate of his biographer, Joseph Foulke,
193. 194-
Schools at Plymouth Meeting, 72; funds bequeathed to, 72;
David Rittenhouse a pupil, 73; one kept by Hannah
Williams, 74; octagonal buildings, 74; new buUding,
74; old Sandy HUl school, 92-94: Williams school,

GENERAL INDEX. 335
94; the trustees, 94.
Separation in the Society of Friends,, 16, 185-188.
Sheffer, Isaac, 20.
Ship "Desire," Passengers, 17.
Transfers of property, 77-92.
Trotter, William, memorial of, 45, 46.
Welsh settlers, their habits, 47, 48; constancy when suf
fering persecution, 48, 49.
Williams family, 225.
Williams, Lumley, 20.

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