Frank Willing Leach
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Series
Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania volume Gen Le 1-60
Pub. Date
1966
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1 online resource (volumes)
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English
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Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania volume Gen Ho 31
Pub. Date
1966
Physical Desc
1 online resource (53 leaves)
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English
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John Howell (1697-1721) was born at Aberysthwith, Cardiganshire, Wales. He emigrated to the Colonies in 1697 and settled at Philadelphia. He was the father of three children: Evan, Jacob and Sarah. Record deals mainly with the descendants of Jacob Howell (b.1687), who settled in Chester Co., PA. Family members were of the Quaker faith. Jacob married (1) Sarah Vernon, daughter of Randall and Sarah Vernon in 1709. They were the parents of eleven children....
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Historical Publication Committee
Pub. Date
c1931
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1 online resource ([24] pages) : facsimile, portraits
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English
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Johannes Conrad Wirz (d.1763) immigrated from Switzerland (via Rotterdam, where he married Anna Goetchi) to Philadelphia, and settled in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, later moving to York County, Pennsylvania. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Wurz) and relatives lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois and elsewhere. Includes ancestral history in Switzerland to the 13th century.
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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English
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Francis Lewis, signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York, was born in March 1713, at Llandaff, Wales, the son of Rev. William and ______ (Pettingall) Lewis. He married Elizabeth Annesley 15 June 1745. They had seven children; only three survived their infancy. He died 31 December 1803 in New York City. Descendants lived in New York, Maryland, Louisiana, England, the Bahamas and elsewhere.
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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English
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John Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey, was baptized at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 21 Feb. 1713/14. He married Deborah Scudder (1721?-1776), daughter of Richard and Hannah Reeder Scudder, in 1741. They had thirteen children. He died at Hopewell, New Jersey, 11 May 1779. Descendants lived in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, Missouri and elsewhere.
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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English
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Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania, was born at Byberry, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 24 Dec. 1745. He married Julia Stockton (1759-1848), daughter of Richard and Annis Boudinot Stockton. They had thirteen children. He died 19 April 1813 at Philadelphia. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Canada and elsewhere.
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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English
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Thomas Stone, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland, was born at "Poyston Manor", Charles County, Maryland, in 1743. He married Margaret Brown (1751-1787), daughter of Gustavus and Margaret Black Brown, in 1768. They had two daughters and a son. The son died as a young man before he married. Thomas Stone died at Alexandria, Virginia, 5 Oct. 1787. Descendants lived in Virginia, Maryland, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and...
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Language
English
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Edward Rutledge, signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina, was born at Charleston, South Carolina, in Nov. 1749, the youngest and seventh child of Dr. John and Sarah Hart Rutledge. He married (1) Henriette Middleton, daughter of Henry Middleton; and (2) Mrs. Mary Shubrick Eveleigh, widow of Nicholas Eveleigh and daughter of Thomas Shubrick. He had at least one son and one daughter. He died 15 January 1800 in Charleston. Descendants...
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Language
English
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Abraham Clark, signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey, was born near Rahway, New Jersey, 15 Feb. 1726. He married Sarah Hetfield (d. 1804), daughter of Isaac and Sarah Hetfield, in 1748. They had nine children. He died 15 Sept. 1794, near Rahway. Descendants lived in New Jersey, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and elsewhere.
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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English
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John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, 19 October 1735. He married Abigail Smith (1744-1818), daughter of Rev. William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy Smith. They had five children. He died 4 July 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, New York, Iowa, Connecticut, Oregon and elsewhere.
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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English
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Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina, was born at "Middleton Place", St. Andrew's Parish, South Carolina, 26 June 1742. He married Mary Izard (1747-1814), daughter of Walter and Ann Gibbes Izard, in 1764. They had eight children. He died 1 January 1787 at "Middleton Place." Descendants lived in South Carolina, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Italy and elsewhere.
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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English
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Samuel Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, 16 September 1722. He married (1) Elizabeth Checkley (1725-1757), daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Rolfe) Checkley, 17 October 1749. They had five children. He married (2) Elizabeth Wells (1735/6-1808), daughter of Francis Wells, 6 December 1764. He died 2 October 1803, in Boston. His daughter, Hannah (1756-1821), who married Thomas Wells...
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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English
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Rev. John Witherspoon, signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey, was born at Yester, Scotland, 5 Feb. 1722. He married (1) 2 Sept. 1748, Elizabeth Montgomerie (1722-1789), daughter of Robert Montgomerie. They had eleven children. He married (2) 30 May 1791, Mrs. Ann Marshall Dill, widow of Armstrong Dill and daughter of Rev. William and Margaret Bell Marshall. He died 15 Nov. 1794 at Tusculum, Princeton, New Jersey. Descendants lived...
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Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Pub. Date
1951
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on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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English
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John Morton, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1724 or 1725, the son of John and Mary Archer Morton. He and his wife Ann had eight children. He died in Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania in December 1777, aged 54. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio, Delaware and elsewhere.