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... wife's * This and the immediately preceding statements are obtained from Records preserved in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Ses- sions at West Chester , Pa . Neither here , nor elsewhere in this genealogy , has any ...
... wife's * This and the immediately preceding statements are obtained from Records preserved in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Ses- sions at West Chester , Pa . Neither here , nor elsewhere in this genealogy , has any ...
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... wife's Christian name was Willemka : her surname we are not acquainted with . Her name occurs , instead of his , among the chief subscribers to the salary of the Lutheran pastor Jacobus Fabritius , August 10 , 1684 , indicating ...
... wife's Christian name was Willemka : her surname we are not acquainted with . Her name occurs , instead of his , among the chief subscribers to the salary of the Lutheran pastor Jacobus Fabritius , August 10 , 1684 , indicating ...
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... wife and only child , and " removed himself and the most of his estate to Eng- land , promising in some short time to return , " but delayed to keep his word , until Mrs. Baynton was obliged , May 19 , 1698 , to obtain from the ...
... wife and only child , and " removed himself and the most of his estate to Eng- land , promising in some short time to return , " but delayed to keep his word , until Mrs. Baynton was obliged , May 19 , 1698 , to obtain from the ...
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... wife's Christian name being Prudence . He d . s . p . , and was buried in the Church at Chester , December 26 , 1707. * His wife survived him , and afterwards married Henry Munday , and was buried at Chester , March 10 , 1731-2 . 16 ...
... wife's Christian name being Prudence . He d . s . p . , and was buried in the Church at Chester , December 26 , 1707. * His wife survived him , and afterwards married Henry Munday , and was buried at Chester , March 10 , 1731-2 . 16 ...
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... wife of Matthias Keen . Mr. Keen died in Oxford Township , July 13 , 1714 , and was buried in Gloria Dei Church - yard , where his tombstone , the oldest to the memory of an adult in that ancient cemetery , is still to be seen to - day ...
... wife of Matthias Keen . Mr. Keen died in Oxford Township , July 13 , 1714 , and was buried in Gloria Dei Church - yard , where his tombstone , the oldest to the memory of an adult in that ancient cemetery , is still to be seen to - day ...
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2dly acres afterwards America Anna Anne Anne Yeates appointed April Assembly attorney-at-law August Bayard born brother buried Cadwalader Captain Castle County Catharine Cecil County Charles Chester Chester County Christ Church Ground Church Register Churchyard Colonel Company Court Creek daughter of John death December Delaware delphia descendant of Jöran died Edward Edward Shippen Elizabeth father February Finney George Governor grandson Henry Historical Society History husband ibid James January Jasper Yeates John Keen Jöran Kyn July June Keen's Kent County Lancaster land left issue letter Lower Counties Lower Dublin Township Manor March Margaret married Mary Maryland McCall Member Montgomery November October Oxford Township parents Peter Phila Philadelphia Co Philadelphia County Pilesgrove Township Provincial Council Rebecca Regiment resided Richard river Robert Samuel Sandelands Sarah second wife September Shippen Society of Pennsylvania Street Sweden Swedish Thomas Trenton Upland Vestryman Wethered William Penn Wilmington York
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