So, thus my family started. My grandmother Sarah gave up her social life for her children. She educated them as far as she could, then my uncles & father were sent across the street to 2 little old ladies. They would continue their education as far as they could teach. Next would be a tutor and another school. Boies & Charles would be ready for Harvard at the age of 16.
It was said of my grandmother that she was 'a woman of rare culture and refinement, of unusual intelligence and phenomenal and magnificent beauty.'
My grandparents were exceptional people. They took a lot of trips, sometimes with the boys and sometimes not. You see, Sarah's father disappeared and they spent a lot of time searching for him. My father would take up the task of finding out what happened and on a trip he & I were on we found a man who knew. He took us to Jeremiah's grave, it was the first time I ever saw my father's shoulders slump. Right before my eyes he seemed to age, my father was never the same after that.
His words that he would've had a real life and that he had wasted so much of his life searching rang in my ears. I didn't understand but I do now and as much as I would like to share, it is something that I can not.
When it was time for the 2 older boys to go to Harvard and Harvard was my grandmother's choice because her family had gone there. My grandparents bought a house close to the school, my grandfather's maiden sister Lydia was chosen to be housemother for the boys. In return, Lydia would be given the house for her to live in the rest of her life. My grandparents would pay for everything including food.
There were times when Lydia would have to tell one of the boys to write to their dad that they needed supplies. My grandfather seemed to be lax or forgetful in the food department but then again, Lydia would entertain a lot due to her status in society. Thus, a lot of food went towards that.
Lydia would be there for all the boys except Philip. By the time, Philip was age ready for college, a few things would happen. My grandmother would pass away and Harvard would have bullies at the school.
Uncle Richard would be the first victim, he never said what happened except that it was an accident. But, he was hit with an rowing oar. Uncle Richard was the champion of the rowing team and one day he was practicing and the oar damaged his eye. The damage was so bad his eye had to be removed and he had a fake eye the rest of his life.
My grandfather wrote to Uncle Richard a lot thru out his life, telling him to look a man right in the face, never look down, never be ashamed. In her cruel fits, Dorothy Palmer would say mean things about Uncle Richard's eye. Close to her death, it is the only thing she regretted (and she did a lot of bad things), she regretted what she had done to Uncle Richard and how she treated him. My Uncle Richard was a very good, gentle, sweet man. He did not deserve to be treated so badly.
The other thing that happened was Uncle Francis was beaten and raped. His head hit the cement, he was never able to finish school. My grandfather brought him home, then, much to my father's & uncles dismay put him in a mental hospital for a short time. This act by my grandfather made his sons very mad at him and he lost all of their respect. I do not know if this attack was brought on by a friendship that my Uncle Francis had with another boy. "Piggy" was his name and he was in love with Uncle Francis. He wrote him love letters, Uncle Francis, not knowing what to do, asked advice from his father. The advice was to burn all the letters and slowly exit the friendship without hurting "Piggy's" feelings. I don't think "Piggy" took it well.
With these 2 incidents, my grandfather refused to send Philip to Harvard. Instead he went to the University of Pennsylvania and a mining school in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
My grandmother never got to see her sons graduate, she passed away in 1881. It was said she passed away from pneumonia but that is not true.
Philip had not wanted to go to school that day, so he pretended he was sick. He was having problems with bullies also, including the teacher. So, he stayed home.
As my grandmother was coming down the stairs, she tripped and fell, breaking her neck. Now, in those days if you had an accident in the home, that was terrible. People had a lot of strange ideas about that. So, it was told that she died from pneumonia.
Even with that, rumors ran that my grandfather had killed her. That was not true, she was the light of his life. He in turn blamed his son Philip. It's a terrible thing what grief does. Philip always felt, if he had gone to school that day his life would have gone in a totally different direction.
As it was, with Sarah's death, it left a hole in all of her family's lifes. One that would never be filled or healed.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Chapter Seven
This chapter is about my grandmother's family, her name was Sarah Hannah Boies. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Smith Hubbard Boies and Mary Frances Caroline Thomas. Maryland was the state she was born in.
Her father was the son of Judge William Hubbard, when he passed away her father was adopted by an uncle, Jeremiah Smith Boies who was a wealthy merchant in Boston.
The Judge was the son of William Hubbard, who was one of the first to graduate Harvard in 1642. The Judge married into the Clarke/Woodbridge family. The Honorable Dudley Woodbridge is a great grandfather plus (meaning he is a great great great grandfather but i do not know how many greats). Dudley graduated Harvard in 1696 became the director-general of the Royal Asciento Company of England and agent of the South Sea Company in Barbadoes and judge-advocate-general of the island.
We are related to Captain Roger Dudley of the English Army and descended from the Barons of Dudley. Roger's son Thomas was born in Northhampton, England in 1576. At age 20 he was commissioned captain by Queen Elizabeth & led his company 'of the Northhampton gallants over to the siege of Amiens, in Picardy.' He was a steward for the 4th Earl of Lincoln.
Thomas became the Governor of Massachusetts, when he did not serve as governor then he served as deputy-governor till his death in 1653.
Now the Boies are related to King John and Llywelyn the Great. The Boies name is passed down in each generation, and as you can tell my grandmother named 3 of her children Boies. My uncle gave his son the name Boies and I was given the name Boies as my middle name. And somewhere in this mix, we are related to Mary, mother of Jesus. Before, anyone freaks out. Mary had other children, it seems everyone wants to forget that Jesus had family, brothers, sisters. I think you get my drift.
Now on to my grandmother's mother. This side of the family has the Honorable Philip Thomas, he was a member of the Governor's Council of Maryland. On this council was Colonel Samuel Chew who is also an ancestor. Samuel's ancestor was Chief Justice Benjamin Chew of Pennsylvania. The Chew's are from England where they owned Chew Manor in Somerset, England. They sold the manor to the Baber's and came to America, the manor has been in the Baber family since. The Baber's, Penrose's & Chew's were doctors to the Royal Crown and were Knight Templar's. These 3 families were intertwined with friendship & loyalty and it would not be till 1959 when the Baber family would come to the aid of the Penrose/Chew family again.
Her father was the son of Judge William Hubbard, when he passed away her father was adopted by an uncle, Jeremiah Smith Boies who was a wealthy merchant in Boston.
The Judge was the son of William Hubbard, who was one of the first to graduate Harvard in 1642. The Judge married into the Clarke/Woodbridge family. The Honorable Dudley Woodbridge is a great grandfather plus (meaning he is a great great great grandfather but i do not know how many greats). Dudley graduated Harvard in 1696 became the director-general of the Royal Asciento Company of England and agent of the South Sea Company in Barbadoes and judge-advocate-general of the island.
We are related to Captain Roger Dudley of the English Army and descended from the Barons of Dudley. Roger's son Thomas was born in Northhampton, England in 1576. At age 20 he was commissioned captain by Queen Elizabeth & led his company 'of the Northhampton gallants over to the siege of Amiens, in Picardy.' He was a steward for the 4th Earl of Lincoln.
Thomas became the Governor of Massachusetts, when he did not serve as governor then he served as deputy-governor till his death in 1653.
Now the Boies are related to King John and Llywelyn the Great. The Boies name is passed down in each generation, and as you can tell my grandmother named 3 of her children Boies. My uncle gave his son the name Boies and I was given the name Boies as my middle name. And somewhere in this mix, we are related to Mary, mother of Jesus. Before, anyone freaks out. Mary had other children, it seems everyone wants to forget that Jesus had family, brothers, sisters. I think you get my drift.
Now on to my grandmother's mother. This side of the family has the Honorable Philip Thomas, he was a member of the Governor's Council of Maryland. On this council was Colonel Samuel Chew who is also an ancestor. Samuel's ancestor was Chief Justice Benjamin Chew of Pennsylvania. The Chew's are from England where they owned Chew Manor in Somerset, England. They sold the manor to the Baber's and came to America, the manor has been in the Baber family since. The Baber's, Penrose's & Chew's were doctors to the Royal Crown and were Knight Templar's. These 3 families were intertwined with friendship & loyalty and it would not be till 1959 when the Baber family would come to the aid of the Penrose/Chew family again.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Chapter Six
Richard Alexander Fullerton,M.D.,L.L.D. was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1827, he is my grandfather. His father wanted him to become a lawyer so he went to Dickinson College and got a degree in law, then he continued on in college at the University of Pennsylvania to get the degree he wanted in medicine. He graduated in 1849.
He became a doctor, he did everything to please his father. He went to the college his father wanted him to go to, he got the degree that his father wanted him to have. But, he also went to the school he wanted and got the degree that he wanted. My grandfather was very hard headed and very smart. Compassion for his own children was not a strong point, if it had been, then my uncles & father's lives would have been much different.
My grandfather was a resident physician at the Philadelphia Hospital from 1851 - 1853, then he became the doctor for the Southern Home for Children in 1853. In 1854 he became the consulting physician at the Philadelphia Hospital.
It is here that he came into his own. He was an astounding teacher and that was the majority of his life, teaching others about medicine plus having a private practice. He was a member of the College of Physicians from 1854 to his death. He was one of the founders of the following:Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, The Gynaecean Hospital, member of American Philosophical Society and Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. He was also a trustee for the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1856 he was one of the founders of the Children's Hospital and gave 100% of his time to it.
1858, he met and married my grandmother, Sarah Hannah Boies. Sarah's roots go back to King John of England, Llywelyn the Great of Wales and Mary, mother of Jesus. They produced 7 sons:
Boies died in infancy
Boies born 1860, he would become the most famous of us all.
Charles Bingham born 1862 married Kathrine Drexel
Richard Alexander Fullerton Jr born 1863 married Dorothy Palmer, this is my mother but Uncle Richard is not my father.
Spencer born 1865 married wife's name unknown
Francis Boies born 1867 married in England or Ireland, wife's name unknown
Philip Thomas born 1869 married Julie Villers McMillan, this is my father but the real Julie is not my mother.
This is my family and the truth about them will be told in these pages for the first time ever.
He became a doctor, he did everything to please his father. He went to the college his father wanted him to go to, he got the degree that his father wanted him to have. But, he also went to the school he wanted and got the degree that he wanted. My grandfather was very hard headed and very smart. Compassion for his own children was not a strong point, if it had been, then my uncles & father's lives would have been much different.
My grandfather was a resident physician at the Philadelphia Hospital from 1851 - 1853, then he became the doctor for the Southern Home for Children in 1853. In 1854 he became the consulting physician at the Philadelphia Hospital.
It is here that he came into his own. He was an astounding teacher and that was the majority of his life, teaching others about medicine plus having a private practice. He was a member of the College of Physicians from 1854 to his death. He was one of the founders of the following:Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, The Gynaecean Hospital, member of American Philosophical Society and Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. He was also a trustee for the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1856 he was one of the founders of the Children's Hospital and gave 100% of his time to it.
1858, he met and married my grandmother, Sarah Hannah Boies. Sarah's roots go back to King John of England, Llywelyn the Great of Wales and Mary, mother of Jesus. They produced 7 sons:
Boies died in infancy
Boies born 1860, he would become the most famous of us all.
Charles Bingham born 1862 married Kathrine Drexel
Richard Alexander Fullerton Jr born 1863 married Dorothy Palmer, this is my mother but Uncle Richard is not my father.
Spencer born 1865 married wife's name unknown
Francis Boies born 1867 married in England or Ireland, wife's name unknown
Philip Thomas born 1869 married Julie Villers McMillan, this is my father but the real Julie is not my mother.
This is my family and the truth about them will be told in these pages for the first time ever.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Chapter Five
Honorable Charles Bingham Penrose was the eldest son and born in Philadelphia, 1798. He spent a portion of his boyhood in St. Louis. During the War of 1812, he signed up at one of the volunteer companies in St. Louis. They were never called into active service.
His father sent him to Philadelphia to study law under Samuel Ewing, Esq., thus in 1821 Charles was admitted to the bar.
He moved to Carlisle, Cumberland County (I do not know if this was part of Pennsylvania or Maryland). He settled into his profession and became very popular. He had manners, a legal mind, he paid close attention to business and had astounding speech power.
Early on he became very political and took the leading part in many of the public movements of the time. His fame as an orator was in great demand at political campaigns.
In 1824, he married Valeria Fullerton McFunn Biddle
and their children are as follows:
William McFunn Penrose born 1825-died 1872 married Valeria Merchant
Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose born 1827-died 1909 married Sarah Hannah Boies. These are my grandparents and who the following pages will be about.
Sarah Clementina Penrose born 1829-died 1897 married William Sergant Blight,Esq.
Clement Biddle Penrose born 1832 married Mary Linnard
Lydia Spencer Penrose born 1835 died after 1903 never married
Charles Bingham Penrose born 1838-died 1895 married Clara Andairese
By 1831, Charles was one of the compilers of Penrose's & Watt's 3 volumes of "Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania". For a great many years, he served as a trustee of Dickinson College and 4 of those years he served as secretary of the Board of Trustees.
In 1833, Charles was elected to the Senate of Pennslyvania, he served 8 years, he served 4 years as Speaker of the Senate and was serving as such during the "Buckshot War".
He started out as a Democrat of the Jefferson school, he supported Andrew Jackson. He changed parties and became a Whig, the Democrats were not happy. The Democrats attacked verbally and even charged him with treason. In 1839, he replied in a speech that is still noted in the Senate. It took 3 days for him to deliver his speech to the Senate.
In 1841, he resigned as speaker and senator to take the job of Treasury for the United States. He held this position at the beginning of President Harrison till the end of President Tyler.
After the end of this job he headed back to Pennsylvania and opened his practice in Lancaster. By 1847, he moved to Philadelphia and opened his practice there. He promoted with a passion, the Cumberland Valley Railroad and was able to see it become a valuable public work.
In 1856, he was elected to the Senate again as a Republican. His family opposed him going back to public life but he did, he served till his death in 1857.
His father sent him to Philadelphia to study law under Samuel Ewing, Esq., thus in 1821 Charles was admitted to the bar.
He moved to Carlisle, Cumberland County (I do not know if this was part of Pennsylvania or Maryland). He settled into his profession and became very popular. He had manners, a legal mind, he paid close attention to business and had astounding speech power.
Early on he became very political and took the leading part in many of the public movements of the time. His fame as an orator was in great demand at political campaigns.
In 1824, he married Valeria Fullerton McFunn Biddle
and their children are as follows:
William McFunn Penrose born 1825-died 1872 married Valeria Merchant
Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose born 1827-died 1909 married Sarah Hannah Boies. These are my grandparents and who the following pages will be about.
Sarah Clementina Penrose born 1829-died 1897 married William Sergant Blight,Esq.
Clement Biddle Penrose born 1832 married Mary Linnard
Lydia Spencer Penrose born 1835 died after 1903 never married
Charles Bingham Penrose born 1838-died 1895 married Clara Andairese
By 1831, Charles was one of the compilers of Penrose's & Watt's 3 volumes of "Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania". For a great many years, he served as a trustee of Dickinson College and 4 of those years he served as secretary of the Board of Trustees.
In 1833, Charles was elected to the Senate of Pennslyvania, he served 8 years, he served 4 years as Speaker of the Senate and was serving as such during the "Buckshot War".
He started out as a Democrat of the Jefferson school, he supported Andrew Jackson. He changed parties and became a Whig, the Democrats were not happy. The Democrats attacked verbally and even charged him with treason. In 1839, he replied in a speech that is still noted in the Senate. It took 3 days for him to deliver his speech to the Senate.
In 1841, he resigned as speaker and senator to take the job of Treasury for the United States. He held this position at the beginning of President Harrison till the end of President Tyler.
After the end of this job he headed back to Pennsylvania and opened his practice in Lancaster. By 1847, he moved to Philadelphia and opened his practice there. He promoted with a passion, the Cumberland Valley Railroad and was able to see it become a valuable public work.
In 1856, he was elected to the Senate again as a Republican. His family opposed him going back to public life but he did, he served till his death in 1857.
Chapter Four
Honorable Clement Biddle Penrose was born in Philadelphia, the year 1771. As I said before Clement's father died when he was a young, his boyhood was filled with the Revolution.
He was picked as a standard bearer for the first company raised in Philadelphia. He and his widowed mother were driven out of Philly when it fell to the British.
He and his mother accompanied their Uncle (Colonel Clement Biddle) to Valley Forge. The Colonel was in high standing with George Washington. Clement, a young boy, shared in the misery of the winter at Valley Forge.
Here are the exact words, it is taken from a speech his son (Honorable Charles Bingham Penrose) gave in the Senate of Pennsylvania, March 1839:
"Driven from Philadelphia when that city fell into the hands of the invading foe, he accompanied his widowed mother and an honored uncle (Colonel Clement Biddle), and officer high in the confidence of the great chief who led our armies to battle, to the Valley Forge; and though but a child, witnessed and shared in the sufferings of that terrible winter-one of the most gloomy periods of the Revolution".
It was long after the revolution that Clement's mother met and married Rudolph Tillier, a very wealthy European. It was thru his step father that Clement enjoyed a liberal education in Europe.
When he returned to Philadelphia, he was commissioned by Governor Mifflin as an ensign of the 7th battalion of the Cities and Liberties Militia.
In 1796 he married Anne Howard, daughter of Major Charles Bingham. Her family is quite colorful, the major was related to Charles Bingham, the 1st Earl of Lucan. The major came to America to fight in the Revolutionary War as a Briton but met and married an american girl by the name of Anne Howard. He stayed in America till his death.
So, on with Clement. In 1803, he was a candidate for Congress but lost. In 1805, he was commissioned by President Jefferson as one of the Land Commissioners of the Louisiana Territory. This meant that he and his family would move to St. Louis. It has been said that he got this appointment from President Jefferson because of his Uncle who was Governor of that territory.
Clement did well in St. Louis and was well thought of in the community. In 1816 he was appointed as one of the commissioners to organize the St. Louis Bank, the 1st in that section of the country.
Clement and Anne had the following children:
Charles Bingham Penrose born 1798 died 1857 married Valeria Fullerton Biddle. This is my ancestor and who the next pages are about.
Clement Biddle Penrose born 1802 died 1839 married Ann Wilkinson.
James Wilkinson Penrose born 1808 died 1849 married Mary Ann Hoffman
Ann Penrose died 1832
Howard Penrose
Mary Penrose died Philadelphia 1886
Sarah Tillier Penrose died St Louis 1821
Clement died in 1820 St. Louis.
He was picked as a standard bearer for the first company raised in Philadelphia. He and his widowed mother were driven out of Philly when it fell to the British.
He and his mother accompanied their Uncle (Colonel Clement Biddle) to Valley Forge. The Colonel was in high standing with George Washington. Clement, a young boy, shared in the misery of the winter at Valley Forge.
Here are the exact words, it is taken from a speech his son (Honorable Charles Bingham Penrose) gave in the Senate of Pennsylvania, March 1839:
"Driven from Philadelphia when that city fell into the hands of the invading foe, he accompanied his widowed mother and an honored uncle (Colonel Clement Biddle), and officer high in the confidence of the great chief who led our armies to battle, to the Valley Forge; and though but a child, witnessed and shared in the sufferings of that terrible winter-one of the most gloomy periods of the Revolution".
It was long after the revolution that Clement's mother met and married Rudolph Tillier, a very wealthy European. It was thru his step father that Clement enjoyed a liberal education in Europe.
When he returned to Philadelphia, he was commissioned by Governor Mifflin as an ensign of the 7th battalion of the Cities and Liberties Militia.
In 1796 he married Anne Howard, daughter of Major Charles Bingham. Her family is quite colorful, the major was related to Charles Bingham, the 1st Earl of Lucan. The major came to America to fight in the Revolutionary War as a Briton but met and married an american girl by the name of Anne Howard. He stayed in America till his death.
So, on with Clement. In 1803, he was a candidate for Congress but lost. In 1805, he was commissioned by President Jefferson as one of the Land Commissioners of the Louisiana Territory. This meant that he and his family would move to St. Louis. It has been said that he got this appointment from President Jefferson because of his Uncle who was Governor of that territory.
Clement did well in St. Louis and was well thought of in the community. In 1816 he was appointed as one of the commissioners to organize the St. Louis Bank, the 1st in that section of the country.
Clement and Anne had the following children:
Charles Bingham Penrose born 1798 died 1857 married Valeria Fullerton Biddle. This is my ancestor and who the next pages are about.
Clement Biddle Penrose born 1802 died 1839 married Ann Wilkinson.
James Wilkinson Penrose born 1808 died 1849 married Mary Ann Hoffman
Ann Penrose died 1832
Howard Penrose
Mary Penrose died Philadelphia 1886
Sarah Tillier Penrose died St Louis 1821
Clement died in 1820 St. Louis.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Chapter Three
James Penrose was born in Philadelphia the year of 1737.
He was a ship builder and merchant. His brother Thomas was his partner. He was a signer of the "Non-Importation Agreement" and a contributor to the Pennsylvania Hospital. His neice once wrote of him, "He was a very handsome man, with the courtly manners of the 'old-school,' fond of society, hospitable and generous, hot-tempered, but very popular and always retained the good-will of neighbors and friends, not withoutstanding frequent outbrusts of temper." His obit said much of the same things.
James married Sarah Biddle in 1766. The Biddle's were a very wealthy prominent family who were among the first in New Jersey. Their plantation was called Mount Hope. They had 2 children:
John born 1767 died 1768
Clement Biddle born 1771 died in 1820 married Anne Howard Bingham of which is my ancestor and who the next pages are about.
James died in 1771, leaving Sarah a widow with a baby. She married John Shaw in 1776 who passed away, then she married Rudolph Tillier, a very wealthy native of Berne, Switzerland who invested in land in the U.S.. They traveled in Europe quite often giving Clement an excellent education.
He was a ship builder and merchant. His brother Thomas was his partner. He was a signer of the "Non-Importation Agreement" and a contributor to the Pennsylvania Hospital. His neice once wrote of him, "He was a very handsome man, with the courtly manners of the 'old-school,' fond of society, hospitable and generous, hot-tempered, but very popular and always retained the good-will of neighbors and friends, not withoutstanding frequent outbrusts of temper." His obit said much of the same things.
James married Sarah Biddle in 1766. The Biddle's were a very wealthy prominent family who were among the first in New Jersey. Their plantation was called Mount Hope. They had 2 children:
John born 1767 died 1768
Clement Biddle born 1771 died in 1820 married Anne Howard Bingham of which is my ancestor and who the next pages are about.
James died in 1771, leaving Sarah a widow with a baby. She married John Shaw in 1776 who passed away, then she married Rudolph Tillier, a very wealthy native of Berne, Switzerland who invested in land in the U.S.. They traveled in Europe quite often giving Clement an excellent education.
Chapter Two
Thomas Penrose was born in Philadelphia in 1709 and became a very wealthy man.
He was a shipbuilder and a shipping merchant. The ships he owned were: "Britannia", "Greyhound", "Ranger" and "Neptune".
Thomas married Sarah Coats, her father John was a brick manufacturer. They married in the year 1731 and had the following children:
Bartholomew born 1732 died 1736
Thomas born 1733 died 1815 married Ann Dowding
John born 1736 died 1747
James born 1737 died 1771 married Sarah Biddle. This is my ancestor and who the next pages will be about.
Mary born 1740 died 1740
Samuel born 1742 died 1796 married Ann Fleeson and Sarah Moulder (of course Ann had died then he married Sarah)
Bartholomew born 1745 died 1746
Thomas was an Episcopalian also. He petitioned the Penns for a lot of land so that the church could build an edifice. He was named as one of the trustees but died before the building was erected.
Thomas died in 1757, Sarah married twice after his death and died in 1777 at the age of 63.
In his will, Thomas dealt with his children evenly. The eldest son did not get everything.
He was a shipbuilder and a shipping merchant. The ships he owned were: "Britannia", "Greyhound", "Ranger" and "Neptune".
Thomas married Sarah Coats, her father John was a brick manufacturer. They married in the year 1731 and had the following children:
Bartholomew born 1732 died 1736
Thomas born 1733 died 1815 married Ann Dowding
John born 1736 died 1747
James born 1737 died 1771 married Sarah Biddle. This is my ancestor and who the next pages will be about.
Mary born 1740 died 1740
Samuel born 1742 died 1796 married Ann Fleeson and Sarah Moulder (of course Ann had died then he married Sarah)
Bartholomew born 1745 died 1746
Thomas was an Episcopalian also. He petitioned the Penns for a lot of land so that the church could build an edifice. He was named as one of the trustees but died before the building was erected.
Thomas died in 1757, Sarah married twice after his death and died in 1777 at the age of 63.
In his will, Thomas dealt with his children evenly. The eldest son did not get everything.
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