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McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families
Author: Ettie Tidwell McCall
Call Number: R929.2 M122m

A genealogy of the McCall and Tidwell families. 
Bibliographic Information: McCall, Ettie T. McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families. Atlanta, Georgia: Walter W. Brown Publishing Co., 1931. 

JOHN HUNTER OF PENNSYLVANIA

JOHN HUNTER1 of Rathburn, County of Wicklow, Ireland, came to America in 1722. Born in 1667, the son of a prominent Churchman, who moved to Ireland after the accession of King James. He became a grazier. Married Margaret Albin of Ireland in 1693. He joined the Protestant army and fought at the Battle of Boyne. One of their daughters married William Hill and emigrated to America; soon after John Hunter decided to join this daughter, so with his family came to America and settled on a farm in Newton Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a vestryman in St. David's Church at Radnor, Pennsylvania, in 1725. Died in 1737, and is buried in the church-yard of St. David's. Will registered at West Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Children:
1. GEORGE. 
+2. JOHN. 
3. PETER. 
4. WILLIAM. 
5. JAMES. 
6. MARTHA. 
7. ANN. 
8. MARGARET. 
9. ELIZABETH. 
10. MARY. 

+JOHN HUNTER2 (John1) was a tanner of Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married Ann Parry (dau. of Lewellyn and Mary (Thomas) Parry). His will made July 30, 1751, is registered in West Chester County, Pennsylvania, proven October 1, 1751. 

Children: 
1. JAMES. 
2. JOHN. 
3. HANNAH. 
4. MARGARET. 
5. ELIZABETH. 
+6. ANN. 
7. MARY. 

ANN HUNTER3 (John2, John1) married Thomas Bull.

LEWELLYN PARRY OF PENNSYLVANIA

LEWELLYN PARRY1, born in Caernarvonshire, Wales, came to America, and took up a large tract of land. He married Mary Thomas, (dau. of Richard Ap Thomas) and they settled in Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Their daughter: 
ANN PARRY2 (Lewellyn1) married John Hunter. 

RICHARD AP THOMAS OF PENNSYLVANIA

RICHARD AP THOMAS1 of Whitford Carne, of the County of Flint, Wales, was a purchaser of 5,000 acres of land from William Penn, dated July 24, 1681. While he joined with Friends and embraced the tenets of the Quakers, his wife adhered to the established Church of England and for this reason was unwilling to accompany him to America. Leaving wife and daughter in England he came over with his son Richard in the ship "Morning Star" and took up this large tract of land. He died soon after his arrival; will dated September 18, 1683. He devised his lands in America to his son Richard2 and gave his estate in Wales to his wife and daughter, Mary. Richard2, his son, procured letters of administration when he became of age, and located his lands about 1695. He finally settled at Foshen Township. In 1699, he returned to his native land, found his mother, who had married again, dead, and his sister in very poor circumstances. He brought his sister, Mary, back to America with him. He married Grace Atherton and settled in West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania. 
MARY AP THOMAS2 (Richard1) married Lewellyn Parry. 

CHRISTOPHER PENNOCK OF PENNSYLVANIA

CHRISTOPHER PENNOCK1 of Pennsylvania, was one of the first military officers of the British army to emigrate to America, he had served under William of Orange. After coming to America 1685, to Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he had a large tract of land, he was ordered to return to England to join the campaign of William of Orange against James II. After the Battle of Boyne, 1690, he returned to Chester County, Pennsylvania, later removed to Philadelphia, where he died 1701. He married Mary Collett, of Clonwell, Ireland, (dau. of George Collett of County of Tipperary, Ireland). She died in Chester County, Penn. 1687. 
They left three children: two of whom died without issue. 
3. Joseph (see later). 

JOSEPH PENNOCK2 (Christopher1) was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, January 18, 1677. Came to America 1685. At the age of 20, he had crossed the ocean four times. Once his vessel was captured by a French ship-of-war and he was taken to France, where he was held prisoner nearly a year and endured many hardships. He was a Member of the Colonial Assembly of Pennsylvania thirty years, elected first from Chester County, 1716. 

In 1702, he settled at Philadelphia and engaged in the mercantile business. About 1714 removed to West Marlborough Township and settled on a large tract of land by virtue of a grant from William Penn to his grand-father George Collett. He there erected, in 1738, a large mansion where he died March 31, 1771. He called his home "Primitive Hall." He married Mary Levis (dau. of Samuel Levis) before two justices of the Court in 1701, because of their religion. She was born August 9, 1685, and died March 27, 1771. 

Children: 
1. ELIZABETH mar. Edward Tatnall. 
2. SAMUEL. 
3. WILLIAM. 
4. MARY. 
5. JOSEPH. 
6. NATHANIEL. 
+7. JOSEPH (see later). 
8. ANN. 
9. SARAH. 
10. HANNAH. 
11. LEVIS. 
12. SUSANNAH. 

JOSEPH PENNOCK3 (Joseph2, Christopher1) married Sarah Taylor. 
ISAAC PENNOCK4 (Joseph3, Joseph2, Christopher1) married Martha Webb. 
MARTHA PENNOCK5 (Isaac4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Christopher1) married Jesse Coates. 

SAMUEL LEVIS OF PENNSYLVANIA

The original name of this family was De Levi and they were French Protestants. One Richard LevisA had a son Richard Levis, Jr.B, who was baptized April 11, 1585, at Beeston County, Nottingham, England. His son Christopher LevisC was baptized September 20, 1621, at Boston, and died in England, 1677. He married 1648 Mary Nede. Their son: 
SAMUEL LEVIS1, born July 30, 1649, in Harby Leicestershire, England, came to America 1682, and died 1734. He married March 4, 1680, Elizabeth Clator (dau. of William Clator of Elton, Nottinghamshire, England, a Friend who suffered for his religion). She came to America 1684. Samuel Levis came to Darby, (later Willistown Township,) Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1684. He was a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1689, '94, '98, 1708-'9. A member of the Governor's Council 1692. The certificate given Samuel Levis by the Quaker meeting at Harby County, Leicestershire, England, May 20, 1684, was read at the Philadelphia, Monthly Meeting held at the Governor's House in Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1684. He died at Springfield, 1734.

Children: 
1. SAMUEL, JR., mar. Hannah Stretch. 
2. WILLIAM (1688-1745) mar. Elizabeth Reed. 
+3. MARY mar. Joseph Pennock (see later). 
4. SARAH mar. George Maris3 (John2, George1). 
5. ELIZABETH mar. William Shipley of Wilmington, Delaware.

+MARY LEVIS2 (Samuel1) married 1705 at Springfield, Chester County Pennsylvania, Joseph Pennock2 (Christopher1). 

GEORGE MARIS OF PENNSYLVANIA

GEORGE MARIS1, the founder of the Maris family in Pennsylvania, was from Grafton Hyford, Parish of Inkborough, Worcester County, England; was of French Huguenot origin. Came to America 1683. George Maris1 and Alice, his wife received May 6, 1683, a certificate from a Meeting of Friends directed to "Friends in Pennsylvania". He obtained 1,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania and embarked with his family for America to take up the land and found a home in Penn's Colony. October 16, 1683, he settled on 400 acres of land in Springfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and built his home. He held many Colonial positions, Justice of Chester County Courts 1684-1690, 1691, 1693. He was a Member of the Colonial Assembly 1685-1695. A member of the Provincial Council 1695, until his death January 15, 1705. He was born 1632. His wife died March 11, 1699. He was an acknowledged and esteemed Minister of the Friends both in England and America. 

Children all born in England: 
1. ALICE (1660-1726) mar. Jacob Smicock. 
2. GEORGE (1662-1693) mar. (1) Jane Maddock; (2) widow Jane Hayes. 
+3. ELIZABETH mar. John Mendenhall (see later). 
4. ANN mar. John Worrilow. 
5. JOHN (1669-1747) mar. Susannah Lewis. 
6. RICHARD (1672-1745) mar. Elizabeth Hayes.

+ELIZABETH MARIS2 (George1) born in Worcestershire, England, April 3, 1665, mar. 1685, John Mendenhall1. 

JOHN MENDENHALL OF PENNSYLVANIA

JOHN MENDENHALL1 came to America 1683, and settled at Concord, with his brother, Benjamin. They were from Mildenhall in Wiltshire, England. (Mildenhall originally the family name). Their sisters were: Catherine married Thomas Martin in England, 1683, and came to America, and Mary who married Nathaniel Newlin, 1685, in America. 
Their brother Moses came to America and returned to England. John Mendenhall was a land-owner in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1689. He married 1685 Elizabeth Maris (dau. of George Maris). He gave land on which the Concord Meeting House of Friends was built in 1697. He removed to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, then to Virginia, where he died. 

Children: 
1. GEORGE b. 1886, died unmarried. 
2. JOHN b. 1888, mar. Susannah Pierson. 
+3. AARON mar. Rose Pierson (see later). 

+AARON MENDENHALL2 (John1) born in Concord Township, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1690, married April 16, 1715, to Rose Pierson (or Pearson) born 1693, died 1771, (dau. of Thomas Pierson (or Pearson), and his wife Rose Dixon, (the daughter of Henry Dixon). They settled at East Caln Township, Pennsylvania. He died April 30, 1765. 

Their daughter: 
+ELIZABETH MENDENHALL3 married Samuel Coates.2 

ROBERT TAYLOR OF PENNSYLVANIA

ROBERT TAYLOR1 of Little Leigh, Cheshire County, England, came to America to Pennsylvania, 1682, but his wife Mary Taylor and children did not come until later, in the ship "Endeavor" from London, July 27, 1683. They settled at Springfield Township, Chester County, where he died in 1695. His widow married (2) Joseph Selby. 
Children of Robert and Mary Taylor. 

Not in order of birth: 
+1. ISAAC mar. Sarah Broadwell (see later). 
2. JOSIAH. 
3. THOMAS. 
4. JONATHAN. 
5. JACOB. 
6. MARTHA. 
7. MARY mar. Henry Lewis. 
8. PHEBE mar. (1) Thomas Massey; (2) Bartholomew Coppock.

+ISAAC TAYLOR2 (Robert1) lived in Springfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Broadwell and died in 1716. 

Children: 
1. ISAAC. 
2. JOHN. 
3. JOSEPH. 
4. MARY. 
5. BENJAMIN. 
+6. SARAH. 
7. ELIZABETH. 
8. JOSIAH.

+SARAH TAYLOR3 (Isaac2, Robert1) married Joseph Pennock. 

 

Long Island Genealogies 
Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. Genealogies of early settlers of Long Island, which includes deeds, wills and records of the early Thomas Powell. 

Bibliographic Information: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. Albany, NY, 1895.

To our dear friends and brethren at Flushing: 

This is to Certify that Silas Titus hath given us good Satisfaction concerning his buying his brother's goods when took from him on Truth's account having condemned the act, desiring our forgiveness for the same. 

Signed at the Monthly Meeting of Westbury held 29, 9, 1704, by Edmond Titus, Benjamin Seaman, Richard Seaman, Thomas Powell, John Titus, Nathaniel Seaman, Thomas Pearsall, Thomas Powell, jun., William Willis, John Hallock. 

SILAS3 TITUS (Edmond2 Robert1) b. 1676, m. Sarah Haight, dau. of Samuel and Sarah of Flushing, and had: 

Edmond4 b. 1705, m. Sarah Titus, dau. of John and Sarah (Willis), he d. 1756. 
Temperance4 b. 1707, m. 1730, Thomas Hicks, son of Jacob. 
Silas4 b. 1709, m. Sarah Townsend, dau. of Thomas, and went to Pennsylvania. 
Sarah4 b. 1712, m. Wm. Walmsley, went to N. J. 
Hannah4 b. 1714, d. 
Phebe4 b. 1717, m. 1736, Benjamin Hicks, son of Jacob. 
David4 b. 1719, m. 1741, Hannah, dau. of Jacob Hicks, he d. before 1747. 
William4 b. 1722, m. 1747, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Bowne and lived on the old place at Westbury. 
Mary4 b. 1725, m. 1754, Thomas Walton, son of Jeremiah and Elisabeth of Pennsylvania.

Joseph Paull and some of his Descendants 
Author: Henry N. Paul
Call Number: CS71.P324

This book contains the history and genealogy of the Paull family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Bibliographic Information: Paull, Henry N. Joseph Paull and some of his Descendants. Privately Printed. 1933.

SECOND GENERATION
(6) JAMES PAULL2 (JOSEPH1).

James Paull of Abington was born June 14, 1692, the youngest of his family. He was brought up with his older brothers on the homestead on Little Tacony Creek while the surrounding forest was still unbroken. There was hard work for four boys kept busy clearing, fencing and tilling the ground, as well as full compensation in swimming and fishing in the summer, shooting in the fall, and skating in the winter. 

In 1710, when he was eighteen years old, he received from his father a deed for 500 acres in Abington Township, the land which fell to his share in the division of his father's property, a magnificent stretch of wooded country near the head waters of Pennypack Creek. 

His earliest surviving signature is as witness to the will of Captain John Bowne, executed in 1714 (Jerseyman Vol. 7, p. 24). 

At the age of twenty-four he married Joan, the daughter of his neighbor Atwell Wilmerton, and brought his bride to his father's home. The event is thus recorded in the minutes of Abington Meeting:

"James Paull and Jone Wilmerton both of the Township of Oxford, in the County of Philadelphia, solemnized
their marriage at the public Meeting House of Friends in the said Township the 31-3 mo.-1716, many friends
being present". 

Seven months later she died leaving him a childless widower at the age of twenty-five. 

About this time the old Welsh Road was cut through, giving him better access to his land in the back country, and the indications are that he now began to clear his land and build upon it a home of his own. 

He was present as a witness (signing his name with two l's, although he later sometimes dropped one of them) on March 21, 1721, at the marriage of his friend Thomas Rawlings of Abington to Ann Newbold at Springfield Meeting House, Burlington County, New Jersey (Burlington M. M. A-52). 

Having remained a widower for six years, he is next recorded as arranging for his second marriage, which was to a Welsh Quakeress living in Merion. How the courtship was carried on at this distance, considering the difficulty of communication, we can only surmise, but the Quakers had ways of bringing their young people together which seem to have had satisfactory results. He obtained the required certificate of clearness from Abington Meeting addressed to friends at Haverford which is recorded among the records of Abington Meeting as follows: 

"From our monthly meeting held at Abington the 28th, 8th mo. 1723. To the monthly meeting of friends at
Haverford, we send greetings:--Dear Friends, Whereas our friend James Paull, having requested of us a
certificate in order to proceed in marriage with Ann, the daughter of Robert Jones of Merion, belonging to
your meeting. These may signify unto you that due inquiry has been made by persons appointed according to
the good order used amongst friends, and nothing appeared to obstruct his proceedings. And as to his
conversation he has in a good degree walked orderly as becomes his profession and clear from any
engagements in respect of marriage to any other woman, as far as we can understand. Therefore we
recommend him as a friend in unity, and to your Christian care in his further proceedings relating to marriage. 

With the salutations of our dear love in fellowship of ye gospel we bid you farewell. 

Signed at our said meeting by 

John Cadwalader 
Richard Lewis 
Peter Shoemaker 
Griffith Jones 
John Carver 
Daniel Thomas 
John Phipps 
Ric'd Buzby 
Rice Peters 
Joseph Elgar 
Isaac Daws 
Joseph Mather 
Sampson Davis 
Edward Parry 
Everard Bolton 
Robt ffletcher 
Evan Lloyd 
Rinor Tyson 
Jno Hamor 
Stephen Jenkin 
Morris Morris" 

The marriage is recorded December 6, 1723, by Radnor Meeting.....


Ann Jones, the daughter of Robert and Ellin Jones of Merion, was born 7-14-1702 and she was therefore ten years younger than her husband. Her father, Robert Jones, was the son of John Thomas, a much respected Quaker of Merionethshire, Wales, who bought a 1000-acre share of the Welsh tract in Pennsylvania, and made his preparations to emigrate with his family. He died before embarkation, but his widow Katherine Thomas, and her seven children (Robert being only a boy) held to the plans and sailed from Chester in September, 1683. Two of the younger children died on the voyage. The rest of the family arrived safely, took up their land in Merion Township, not far west of what is now City Line, and were the worthy progenitors of the numerous Jones family of that Township. 

Robert Jones became a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Provincial Assembly. He lived until 1746. Detailed and interesting accounts of John ap Thomas and his family may be found in Glenn's "Merion in the Welsh Tract"; Browning's "Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania," and Mr. Levick's articles in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History, Vol. 4, entitled "John ap Thomas and his Friends" and "An Old Welsh Pedigree." Glenn's "Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania" should also be consulted, Vol. 1, pp. 1-38, 40, 220, etc. 

At or before his second marriage, James Paull resided on his farm in Abington Township and there he remained all his life. This was a rectangular tract occupying the Huntingdon Valley running from Susquehanna Street Road (now Susquehanna Avenue) to the Moreland Township Line and lying between Huntingdon Road on the north and Washington Lane on the south. His homestead was near the eastern corner of this tract on ground now owned by the Huntingdon Valley Country Club, from whence his chief line of communication with the city was via the old Welsh Road to Bustleton and the river.

Here his wife, Ann, bore him six children, Susanna, Margaret, Robert, John, Ann and Jacob, all of whom grew up and married. She died February 3, 1740, leaving him the second time a widower. 

His third wife was Sarah Morris, a daughter of his neighbor, Morris Morris, who lived at "Hope Lodge." They passed Abington Meeting September 26, 1743. Her only child was a daughter, Hannah, born October 3, 1744. 

A tax list dated 1734 shows James Paull to be at that time the largest individual landowner in Abington Township, with his future father-in-law, Morris Morris, coming next with 400 acres. He never parted with any of this land except for a gift during his lifetime of the westernmost portion of it to his son, John. 

By the will of his father-in-law, Robert Jones, in 1746, 500 acres of land in Goshen, Chester County, had been devised to Robert Jones, Jr., and James Paul in equal shares. The latter share was evidently a part of the dowry which came with Ann Jones to her husband. Under date of May 15th, 1759, a written agreement was made between Robert Jones, Jr., and James Paull, for the division of this as yet unsettled land. This agreement with a good signature of James Paull, and a good impression of his seal, is preserved in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, with the Gratz papers (Case 14, Box 20). 

In addition to cultivating his farm, James Paull was owner of one-fourth of a forge "called Spruce Forge with a track of land thereunto belonging being and situate in Abington containing upward of 16 acres with the implements for making bar iron." This included a tract purchased from Mary MacVaugh, Walter Moore and Edmund MacVaugh in which he possessed an interest. Doubtless this forge company worked the iron ore obtained from the ore pits near Edge Hill, and supplied the neighborhood with horseshoes, tires, hinges, bolts and nails.

He was further the owner of a one-half interest in a grist mill in upper Dublin and Whitemarsh Township, managed by his son-in-law Jacob Edge. 

A further interest was his acquisition in 1749 from Walter Moreland, miller, of a one-eighth share in a grist mill "with two pair of stones and a bolting mill thereunto belonging under one roof, together with 101 1/2 acres of land situate in Abington, commonly known as Fletcher's Mills." He purchased another one-eighth share in these mills in 1751 from Joshua Morris. These mills, also called "Abington Mills," were near the Pennypack further down the creek which started in his own tract. This purchase was evidently for the benefit of his son, Robert, to whom he gave his share in the mills in 1758 (Book I-8-206). Robert was a miller operating these
mills for many years. After his father's death he bought the remaining three-fourths' interest, thus becoming sole owner of the property (D-7-89). 

The assessment list for Abington Township of 1780 includes Robert Paull, miller, 101 1/2 acres, grist mill, three horses and four cows. 

Later Robert sold these mills to John Hallowell and moved to the city where he lived a much respected old Quaker, described by Watson, the annalist, as "an ancient friend still going to Pine Street Meeting. I saw and talked with him when he was past 90 years." He died March 6, 1824, aged ninety-six. 

The portion of the farm which James Paull gave to his son John just after the latter's marriage in 1754, amounted to 150 acres on the southwestern side fronting on the Susquehanna Street Road. 

The rest of the property, including the homestead (excepting fifty acres more given later to John) was devised by his will to the youngest son, Jacob, charged with the residence and care of his stepmother. We find in the Abington assessment of 1780, "Jacob Paull 288 acres, seven horses, seven cows, two negros, one chair." The Quakers always frowned upon the possession of slaves and it is to be presumed these negroes were bought by Jacob after his father's death, and after he had been disowned by Abington Meeting for marrying out. 

James Paull was an active and prominent member of, and an Elder in, Abington Meeting. He was for a long time Treasurer of the Meeting and one of the overseers. His appointment as an Elder was made in 1741 and continued until his death. He was also a trustee of the Meeting House property and the adjoining school. He died July 26, 1761, in his sixty-ninth year and was buried at the Meeting House three days later. His widow, Sarah, survived him for some years, remaining on the homestead with her stepson Jacob. She too was an Elder in Abington Meeting. 

In the Pennsylvania Magazine of History, Vol. 15, p. 249, will be found a query concerning this family which contains the erroneous assertion that "James Paull married (1) Sarah Morris and (2) Susanna daughter of Robert Heath." This latter marriage is a mistake which has been several times repeated by later genealogists. Susanna the daughter of Robert Heath was a well known Quaker Elder. She married Morris Morris and was the mother of Sarah Morris, who was James Paull's third wife. An account of this Morris family will be found in the Hallowell-Paul Family History, pp. 151 to 164. 

Shortly after the death of James Paull, Abington Meeting appointed a Committee to prepare a memorial. The Minute was reported April 25, 1763, read to the Meeting and ordered to be sent up with the report to the Quarterly Meeting. The original has disappeared, but in 1859 an abstract of this report was published in "The Friend," Vol. 33, p. 46. It is a typical example of carefully measured and discreet praise. 

"James Paull, an Elder of Abington Meeting was born in the year 1692. He lived, we are informed, in good esteem with his friends, and of a good example to the flock; and having obtained some good growth in the Truth, he was appointed an Elder in the year 1741. In this station his friends say 'he conducted well, according to his capacity and experience; being of a circumspect life and conversation, a diligent attender of religious Meetings and exemplary in nearly observing the hour appointed. He was a loving, affectionate husband and parent, a kind neighbor, honest and just in his dealings amongst men, and careful to give no just occasion of offence to anyone'." 

The reference in this admirable obituary to his studious promptitude is confirmed by a reading of his last will, which is printed in full as Appendix C, a model of careful exactitude. He has evidently taken the utmost pains to make a scrupulously fair division of his considerable property.

CHILDREN OF (6) JAMES AND ANN PAULL.

7. Susanna; b. Aug. 31, 1724; d. s. p.; m. (Abington) Dec. 31, 1747, Joseph Waln (b. Dec. 29, 1722; d. Oct. 10, 1760) son of Richard and Anne (Heath) Waln. 
8. Margaret; b. July 31, 1726; d. July 12, 1805; m. Nov. 27, 1746, Jacob Edge, son of John and Mary Smedley Edge. 
9. Robert; b. Dec. 4, 1728; d. Mar. 6, 1824; m. Rachel. 
10. John; b. June 22, 1731; d. Mar., 1780; m. Sydney Roberts. 
11. Ann; b. Nov. 15, 1733; m. Nov. 16, 1752 (Abington), Jonathan Knight, son of Jonathan and Mary Knight. (For issue see Martindale's Byberry and Moreland, p. 333.) 
12. Jacob; b. Oct. 22, 1736; d. May, 1809; m. (1) Dec. 22, 1763, Jane Sutton (d. Dec. 14, 1787); m. (2) Esther Shoemaker. 

CHILD OF JAMES AND SARAH PAULL.

13. Hannah; b. Oct. 3, 1744; d. Dec. 14, 1802; m. Joseph Paul the son of James Paul of Warrington, the son of (3) Joseph Paul, Jr. (For issue of Joseph and Hannah Paul see Hallowell-Paul Family History, p. 84.)


THIRD GENERATION
(10) JOHN PAUL3 (JAMES2, JOSEPH1).

John Paul of Abington was born June 22, 1731. He was a very different sort of man from his father. Although reared on a farm by Quaker parents he cared neither for farming, nor for Meeting. The Old York Road had been cut through the forest reaching the Delaware River at Coryell's Ferry (Lambertville). Over this road the stages were beginning to run to New York City, a quicker trip than the old way via Burlington and Amboy. By hard traveling the journey might be made in a day. John Paul's interests lay in transportation,--the horses, the stages and the inns. From his home he could see the stages going by, and the call of the road took him away from his farm. Thus was this branch of the Paul family led to make their home in the city of Philadelphia, where
they have remained until the present generation. 

In one thing John Paul imitated his father. He went to Merion Meeting to get a wife, Sidney Roberts; and an admirable wife she proved to be. 

On 25-3-1754 Abington Meeting records that John Paul requests a certificate to Haverford in order to marriage. After due enquiry this was granted the following month. 

The marriage took place 13-5-1754, when according to the records of Radnor Monthly Meeting there were joined in marriage at Merion Meeting House: "John Paul, son of James Paul of Abington, Yeoman, and Sidney Roberts, daughter of Robert Roberts of Merion, Yeoman." There were present John Paul's father and stepmother, his two brothers, his half sister, Hannah, and his three cousins, Joseph, John and Jonathan, sons of his uncle, Joseph Paul, Jr. 

Sidney Roberts (born May 9, 1729) was the daughter of Robert Roberts and the grandaughter of John Roberts of Pencoyd, Lower Merion, who emigrated from Llyn, North Wales, to Pennsylvania in 1683. She was a second cousin of her husband, both being descended from John ap Thomas of Laethgwm. John Roberts' ancestry is fully set forth in Glenn's "Merion," pages 98-110. Sidney Roberts' certificate of removal from Merion Meeting to Abington Meeting is dated 12-9-1754. 

Immediately after the marriage his father conveyed to him (December 1, 1754), "in consideration of natural love and affection," the southwestern end (150 acres) of his farm. This had a long frontage on Susquehanna Street Road, not far from where Jenkintown now stands, one corner touching the present Reading Railroad to New York at Rydal station. Here John Paul and his wife lived for twelve years, and here were born to them a numerous family, as recorded in the records of Abington Meeting. This home was near enough to the Old York Road to be a convenient place both for the pasturage and breeding of horses, suitable for use to operate
the stages. 

His wife continued all her life in active association with the Meeting, but John Paul's name does not appear in the records of Abington Meeting after the date of his marriage, until in 1767, when the Meeting disowned him. 

Until this time he was "John Paul, Jr. of Abington Township, Yeoman," his cousin "old John Paul of Byberry" being John Paul, Sr. Hereafter the "Jr." was dropped. 

By a devise in his father's will, his tract was increased to 200 acres; but he gradually sold this land off, and in June, 1767, purchased in its place five adjoining tracts of land at Willow Grove in Moreland Township, aggregating 102 acres, and including the old Wagon Inn. This move brought him more directly in contact with the stage route. The stages at that time started from the Indian King, generally known as "John Biddle's House," the oldest hostelry in Philadelphia, situated on the south side of High (Market) Street below Third. The first regular stop was at "Rising Sun," and the next at the sign of "The Wagon," a large inn situated on the point of land at Willow Grove between the Easton Road (originally the Governors Road) and the Old York Road. Here the horses were changed and the travelers secured refreshment. This place was later known during the Revolution as the "Red Lion," kept by Joseph Butler. And, so John Paul became innkeeper and stage coach manager. His inn was a large one. An advertisement in relation to it in 1768 states: 

"The stables will contain nearly 100 horses. The house is allowed to be the best between the Rising Sun and Coryell's Ferry, with three roads passing by." 

John Paul, putting money into horses and stages, remained at Willow Grove for several years. Although this is in Moreland Township, he still maintained some connection with Abington Township, for in 1773 he and Evan Roberts were Overseers of Highways for that township. (History of Montgomery County, p. 454.) But a roving disposition drove him from his father's broad acres and the staid ways of the Quakers into contact with the larger world. 

From the published diary of that social sportsman and lover of horses, Jacob Hiltzheimer, we get a glimpse of John Paul and his friends at this period: 

"1768--August 10. Spent part of the evening at John Biddle's with Dr. Smith, John Lukens, Thomas Livezey, John Paul, Robert Hoopes and Robert Erwin." 

Less than a year after this convivial evening, Dr. Smith (Provost of the college), John Lukens (Surveyor-General of the Province), and Owen Biddle (son of John Biddle), made their famous observations on the transit of Venus of June, 1769, the three being stationed respectively at the State House yard in Philadelphia, at Norriton, and at Cape Henlopen. Is it too much to surmise that plans were being talked over by them on the evening mentioned?

John Biddle's place was the sign of the Indian King, and as John Paul shortly succeeded to the management of it, it must be here described. It fronted on Market Street at what was then "Biddle's Alley" (now Bodine Street), running back to Elbow Lane, and by this alley access was had to the large interior courtyard of the place. A partial picture of the front of the inn may be seen in one of Birch's views of Philadelphia. On the opposite side of Biddle's Alley was the Corinthian portico of the Old First Presbyterian Church, and in the middle of the street was the long market house, which occupied High Street from Second to Third. This was a hostelry of great repute in its time. For many years Benjamin Franklin's Junto used it as their club house and here held their weekly meetings. It was the meeting place for the Masonic Lodges, and from this point started the stages, not only for the Old York Road but for the western journey on the Lancaster Pike.

"The Indian King in High Street near Third was the oldest Inn in the City, and was in numerous years the most respected; when kept by Mr. Biddle it was indeed a famous house." 

Prior to this it had been kept by Owen Owens (whose daughter Sarah married John Biddle) and earlier still by Peter and Jonathan Robeson. It remained an inn until 1831, when it was sold for $42,000 and removed to make room for the large iron store buildings which now occupy the site. Only the old Revolutionary corner cannon still remains. (This was written in 1905. The cannon has since gone. H. N. P.) 

John Biddle retired from business shortly before the outbreak of the Revolution. His sons Clement Biddle and Owen Biddle both became Revolutionary officers and could no longer help with the inn, but the latter as Commissary General of Forage was in charge of the supply of grain and horses for Washington's army. The stage was put out of business by the war. Accordingly the lease of the Indian King was taken over by John Paul. Precisely when he removed to this place is not clear, for the records in Revolutionary days were not so carefully kept. There is some evidence that for a year or two he resided at Rising Sun in Northern Liberties, but he was in charge of the Indian King during the British occupancy of the city, and doubtless some of the British officers were billeted upon the house. He was incapacitated from business by illness during the latter years of his life, and the burden of managing the Indian King fell upon Sidney Paul with the assistance of her large family just growing to manhood and womanhood. Here John Paul died. He was buried in the burial ground of the Phila. Monthly Meeting, No. Dist. The record reads: 

"John Paul, buried 3-8-1780, aged 51." 

Sidney Paul survived her husband and successfully maintained the hotel and her large family. She was assessed  in 1780 and 1781 as an "Inn keeper in the middle ward of the City of Philadelphia." For 1782 the assessment list shows: 

"Widow Paul œ155 16s for Letitia Priors estate œ2000 œ10-6s-8d Thomas Paul œ1-5s" 

In 1790 the first United States census records: 

"Sidney Paul, Inn keeper, South side Market Street, Philadelphia, five males, five females." 

Sidney Paul always retained her active connection with Philadelphia Meeting, and was highly respected by all who knew her; but her children's marriages were, with one exception, out of Meeting either at Old Swedes, Christ Church, or Old St. Pauls. 

The following entries in the Transactions of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting throw light on the doings of this family: 

10-27-1780--A certificate from Abington dated 29th, 11th month last, on behalf of Sidney Paul and her children, Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Thomas and James; also one from the same meeting for Susanna Rakestraw (daughter of said Sidney Paul) and residing with her, . . . it is agreed to accept the certificates. 

3-30-1781--John Craft and Sarah Paul laid their proposals of marriage with each other before this meeting, their parents being present. 

4-27-1781--John Craft and Sarah Paul passed meeting. 

3-29-1782--Paper of acknowledgment from Ann Comegys, late Paul, . . . for having gone out in marriage, contrary to the discipline . . . was read . . . and it is agreed to accept the acknowledgment. 

3-29-1782--Elizabeth Ranten, late Paul, hath so far disregarded the good order established in the Society as to be married to a person of another religious profession . . . without the consent of her mother . . . we testify that she hath thereby separated herself from membership with us. 

7-29-1785--On consideration of the case of Thomas Paul . . . the meeting seems easy to accept the acknowledgment offered by him. 

10-30-1785--The application made by Susanna Rakestraw on behalf of her children Sidney and Martha to be received into membership was granted.

These entries will be more intelligible if compared with the family record two pages below.

Thomas Paul, the eldest son, had become of age in 1781, and in addition to assisting in running the inn, he was engaged in various commercial operations at the Indian King. His business and epistolary correspondence of this period has been preserved in the family, and gives a lively picture of the life at the Indian King immediately following the Revolution. Here were the offices of Comegys and Paul, merchants (Cornelius Comegys of Maryland had married Nancy Paul in 1781). Here also Atkinson, Paul and Co. carried on business (Joseph Atkinson married Susan Paul). 

So things progressed until the great yellow fever plague came to Philadelphia in the summer of 1793. Three of the family at the Indian King were carried off by it within two months. Ann Paul Comegys died August 28, 1793; Elizabeth Paul Chetwood died September 16, 1793; Sidney Paul died October 28, 1793. They did not then know that the yellow fever mosquito with its deadly bite could fly several city blocks from the Delaware River. People who moved out to Germantown were free from the plague, but this family stayed at their posts and were smitten with the disease. 

There is this notice in the diary of Elizabeth Drinker, who was living near Cheltenham on the York Road: 

October 29, 1793. "We have heard this day of the deaths of Sidney Paul, who died sometime since, and of Patience Howel. The newspapers say that to the 11th of this month 2730 odd have died of the Yellow Fever; on that day died more than any preceding day, and great numbers since." 

Letters of Administration upon the estate of Sidney Paul were granted November 22, 1793, to John Watson and James Paul, security in œ500 being entered by Cornelius Comegys and Thomas Norton of Northern Liberties. Before this time her eldest son, Thomas, had removed with his family to New Jersey. Her administrators were her son-in-law, John Watson, and her youngest son, James Paul. They immediately disposed of the hotel business and closed up the estate, distributing the furnishings of the inn to the family, some of which are still among the treasured possessions of their descendants. 

CHILDREN OF (10) JOHN AND SIDNEY PAUL.

(Births as entered in the Family Bible of John and Sidney Paul.)
14. Sarah; b. Mar. 1, 1755; d. Oct. 10, 1804; m. May 3, 1781 (at Phila. Mo. Mtg.), John Craft of Abington. 
15. Susanna; b. Aug. 6, 1757; d. Oct. 24, 1792; m. (1) Mar. 7, 1776 (at Old Swedes), Bevan Rakestraw; m. (2) June 7, 1787 (at Phila. Mo. Mtg.), Joseph Atkinson of Flemington, N. J. 
16. Ann; b. Mar. 11, 1759; d. s. p. Aug. 28, 1793; m. Mar. 29, 1781 (at Old Swedes), Cornelius Comegys, son of William and Ann Cosden Comegys of Maryland. 
17. Thomas; b. Oct. 6, 1760; d. Sept. 22, 1802; m. Feb. 19, 1784 (at old Swedes), Elizabeth Stadleman. 
18. Elizabeth; b. Mar. 9, 1762; d. Sept. 16, 1793; m. (1) Dec. 18, 1781 (at Christ Church), Nathaniel Ranten (d. Aug. 13, 1792); m. (2) Mar. 21, 1793 (at St. Pauls), Philip Chetwood, son of Hon. John Chetwood of Elizabeth, N. J. 
19. William; b. Mar. 1, 1764; d. young. 
20. James; b. May 7, 1766; d. in infancy. 
21. Hannah; b. Mar. 21, 1767; d. May 30, 1836; m. Apr. 11, 1793 (at Christ Church), John Watson. 
22. Reese; b. Dec. 14, 1768; d. in infancy. 
23. James; b. Dec. 29, 1770; d. May 23, 1839; m. Nov. 23, 1797 (at Old Swedes), Elizabeth Rodman.

Ancestry of Sharpless Moore and Rachel Roberts Moore
Author: Blanche Haines
Call Number: R929.2 M825h

A genealogical and historical account of the immigrant ancestors of Sharpless and Rachel Moore, including Old World pedigrees and origins, from the thirteenth century to 1937. 
Bibliographic Information: Haines, Blanche. Ancestry of Sharpless Moore and Rachel (Roberts) Moore. Three Rivers, Mich.: N.p., 1937.

ANDREW MOORE, the immigrant, was the son of James Moore of Antrim County, Ireland, and the grandson of John Moore of Scotland, who emigrated from near Glasgow to Ireland, June, 1612. 

Andrew Moore was born June, 1688 in Antrim County, Ireland. He died 7-5-1753 at Sadsbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is buried at Friends' Burying Ground, Old Sadsbury, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married twice. He married first, before he left Ireland, in 1715 Margaret, dau. of Guyon and Margaret (Henderson) Miller. (The Millers left Armaugh County, Ireland in 1702 and settled in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.) This is a conclusion of John Andrew Moore Passmore, the compiler of the Genealogy of Andrew Moore. On the other hand Albert Cook Myers in "Immigration of Irish Quakers" considers this conclusion an error and states that: "Andrew Moore and Margaret Wilson, both of Dunclady Meeting were 'marriet att ye home of Katherine Henderson in Dunclady (County of Antrim) ye 27 day of 2nd mo. 1715 as ye certificate may appear'." (Minutes of Ulster Meeting, Ireland.) 

Andrew Moore married second, 4-24-1725, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Rachel Halliday, (No. 17) a daughter of William and Deborah Halliday of West Meath, Ireland and New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Rachel was born 7-16-1702 in Ireland and died after 10-17-1784, (the date of her will). 

Andrew Moore emigrated in 1723 and landed at New Castle, Delaware, 8-3-1723. At a monthly meeting, held 6 mo. 8, 1724, at New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania, he produced a certificate to this meeting from a meeting held at Ballanacree, in the County of Antrim in northern Ireland. He settled on both sides of Octoraro Creek, now partly in Sadsbury in Chester County and partly in Sadsbury, Lancaster County. He erected a tub mill near the present town of Atglen, Chester County. His children and the children of his son, David, were born on this estate at Sadsbury. He was instrumental in establishing the Sadsbury Friends' Meeting House. He was an overseer of the Meeting. From 1738 to 1750, he was commissioned to do many things for the Meeting. He wrote both prose and verse. He was esteemed for his high character. Apparently he had business ability, leaving, as shown by his will, a considerable property. 

CHILDREN

Andrew Moore and Margaret Moore had four children-- 
1. James, b. 3-6-1716, in Ireland; d. 8-1-1809; m. 1st., 1741, Ann, dau. of Jeremiah and Rebecca (Jackson) Starr of Londongrove, 2nd. in 1765, Mary, widow of Thomas Atkinson of Bucks Co. 3rd. 5-4-1769, Ann, widow of Nicholas Newlin of Concord, now Delaware Co. 4th. Ann, widow of James Williams of Sadsbury Twp., Chester Co., Pa., and dau. of John and Hannah (Saunders) Minshall.
 
2. Mary, b. 1718; d. 4-13-1757; m. 1742, William Carson, who died 1750; she m. 2nd. 11-8-1753, James Hamel. 

3. Margaret, b. 1719; d. after 1775; m. 4-6-1743, Alexander Love; moved to South Carolina. 

4. Thomas, b. 1722; d. 8-12-1728. 

Andrew Moore and Rachel (Halliday) Moore had ten children-- 
5. William, b. 10-26-1726; d. (???); buried, F. B. G. Sadsbury; m. 5-20-1749, Rachel, dau. of William and Sarah Marsh, m. 2nd. 8-31-1751, Lydia, dau. of John and Hannah (Saunders) Minshall. 

6. Robert, b. 1728; d. 1732. 

7. David, b. 1731; d. 1744. 

8. Andrew, b. 12-1-1733; d. 5-1801, at Harrisburg, Pa. He is buried at F. B. G., Middletown, Dauphin Co., Pa.; m. 9-26-1754, Rebecca, dau. Jeremiah and Rebecca (Jackson) Starr of Londongrove Twp., Chester Co., Pa. 

9. Joseph, b. 7-13-1736; d. 7-13-1805; buried at West Grove, F. B. G.; m. Jane, dau. of Henry Marsh of Sadsbury. 

10. Robert, b. 10-22-1739; d. 2-9-1826; m. 11-10-1768, Mary, dau. of Moses and Elinor (Verman) Brinton, of Lampeter, Lancaster Co., Pa. 

11. John, b. 10-3-1742; d. 6-28-1821; buried at F. B. G. Sadsbury; m. 5-1-1765, Sarah, dau. of William Downing of Bart, Lancaster Co., Pa. 

12. David (No. 8), b. 10-13-1745; d. 1-16-1829; m. 10-5-1768, Martha (No. 9), dau. Joseph and Mary (Minshall) Williams of Sadsbury. 

13. Rachel, b. 3-12-174-; d. 7-1-1828; m. 11-12-1761, John, son of Thomas and Ann Trumann of Sadsbury. 

14. Sarah, b. (???); d. (???); m. 11-1-1769, William Trumann, a brother of her sister's husband.
 
References: "Andrew Moore and His Descendants" by John Andrew Moore Passmore and "Immigration of Irish Quakers" by Albert Cook Myers. 

DAVID MOORE
Was the son of Andrew Moore and Rachel (Halliday) Moore of Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was born 10-13-1745 near Atglen, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He died 1-16-1829 at the residence of his son-in-law, David Fell, in London Grove. He is buried at Friends' Burying Ground, New Garden. He married 10-5-1768 at Sadsbury Friends' Meeting House, Martha Williams (No. 9), daughter of Joseph and Mary (Minshall) Williams of Sadsbury. She died at London Grove at David Fell's, 2-22-1822, and is buried at New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania. David was a cooper and resided on his inherited property in Sadsbury until shortly before his death, when he went to his son-in-law's, David Fell. 


CHILDREN

David and Martha (Williams) Moore had twelve children-- 
1. David (No. 4), b. 11-10-1769; d.(???), at Brownsville, Pa., while on a religious visit; he was buried at Redstone, Washington County; m. 11-17-1791, Martha (No. 5), dau. of Joseph and Mary Sharpless of New London, Chester Co., Pa.; m. at West Grove, F. M. H., Martha, b. 10-19-1772; d. 10-8-1870.
 
2. Mary, b. 9-1-1771; d. 9-13-1851; m. 10-13-1796, at F. M. H. in New Garden to Elijah, son of Enoch and Margery Gray of New Garden. They removed to Harrison County, Ohio. 

3. Joseph, b. 7-16-1773; d. (???); m. 11-24-1802, at Sadsbury F. M. H. to Jane, dau. of Ephraim and Rachel (Hartley) Smith of Sadsbury, Lancaster Co., Pa. He was a deaf mute. He owned and operated a saw mill in Cecil County, Maryland. 

4. Rachel, b. 3-7-1775; d. 10-12-1777. 

5. Hannah, b. 3-15-1777; d. 6-3-1856; buried at F. B. G., West Grove; m. John Humes of London Grove Twp., Chester Co. He was a native of Ireland. 

6. Rachel, b. 3-14-1779; d. 6-24-1817, at Wilmington, Delaware; m. 4-11-1805 at New Garden F. M. H. to Jonathan, 
son of Thomas and Dinah Lamborn of New Garden Twp. 

7. Jacob, b. 7-14-1781; d. 3-8-1867 at Little Britain Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.; buried F. B. G. Eastland, Lancaster Co.; 
m. 4-11-1811, at Fallowfield to Hannah, widow of John Neal and dau. of Joseph and Mary (Hibberd) Sharpless. He was a deaf mute and learned the trade of cabinet making. 

8. Caleb, b. 11-18-1783; d. 11-22-1826; buried at F. B. G., New Garden; m. 1st. at West Grove F. M. H., 10-20-1808, Ann, dau. of John and Sarah (Palmer) Fell; m. 2nd. Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah Walton of West Fallowfield, Chester County. 

9. Isaac, b. 12-26-1785; d. 1-10-1867; buried at Harford Co., Deer Creek, Maryland, F. B. G.; m. 12-12-1808 at New Garden F. M. H. to Rachel, dau. of Charles and Rachel (Leedom) Biles. 

10. Joshua, b. 12-26-1785; d. circa, 1809 near Parkersburg, Pa.; buried at New Garden, F. B. G.; m. 11-12-1807 at New Garden F. M. H., Jane, dau. of Nathan and Margaret Bane, of London Grove Twp. Joshua was a miller. 

11. Jesse, b. 3-24-1789; d. 5-5-1868; buried in F. B. G. in Fallowfield; m. (???) Rachel, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Dickinson) Truman of Sadsbury in Chester Co.; m. 2nd. in 1852, Hannah Pettit, a widow, and dau. of David Doughton. He was a miller. 

12. Sarah, b. 1-26-1792; d. 4-23-1865; buried in F. B. G. at West Grove, Pa.; m. F. M. H. New Garden, 10-16-1817, David, son of John and Sarah (Palmer) Fell. 

References: "Andrew Moore and His Descendants" by John Andrew Moore Passmore.