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Notes, Queries and Corrections . 84 Adams, Robert Adams and Ephraim Adams, minor orphan children of Albert Aflams, late Quartermaster in the Seventh Battalion of Militia of Cumberland County, setting forth that the said Albert Adams, Quarter master, was slain in actual service in an engagement with the enemy at the Crooked Billet, in Bucks County, Fenna., on the first day of May, 1778, leaving Agnes, his widow, and three sons, James, Robert and Ephraim, all under the age of fourteen years ; that Ephraim, the young est, was born some short time before his father 's death and still remains a weak and sickly child, unable to provide for himself , and that the widow of the said Albert Adams, deceased, is married since his decease The Petitioner therefore prayed the Court that the Pension allowed by Act of Assembly of this Commonwealth might be granted to the said minor children Agnes, the widow, remained the widow of Albert Adams upwards of one year after his decease, and married one Murray James Adams, the eldest son, was born the eighth day of December, 1771; Robert, the second son , was born the twenty third day of December, 1775 ; Ephraim, the youngest sen, was born the twenty - ninth day of April, 1777. Record Department State Library Harrisburg Contributed by Mrs Harry Rogers. - . . . , , . P - —. BURTON . So many enquiries have come to The Genealogical Society concerning descendants of Robert Burton of Accomac County, Virginia, and Sussex Oounty -ou-Delaware, that the following may be helpful as one way out of some Burton perplexities, caused by similarity of Chris tian names and intermarriages of children and descendants of Robert Burton the first, with those of William Burton the first, also of Aecomae County, Virginia The latter, though dying in Accomac County, likewise had land holdings in Sussex County - on- Delaware. William Burton, son of Robert Burton, Esq.,* was born in Accomac County, Virginia, and , according to his affidavit of 1740 in the boundary dispute between the Penns and Lord Baltimore, in or about 167S f He removed to Somerset County, Maryland, or Sussex County, Delaware, if his deposition may be interpreted as fact , about 1692. He resided in that part of Somerset County, known as the manor of Worcester, later Worcester County, from at least 1721, on 7 November of which year he purchased four hundred and five acres of land in Sussex County from Joseph Piles of the latter place.J He also purchased lands in the same county from Baptist Newcomb and Rachel his wife, from Edward Lay and Ann his wife, 3 August, 1732,§ and from Abraham Ingram, of Somerset County, 7 November, 1733 £ By deed of 8 October, 1743, the Indian Queen Weatomotonies and the Indian Wassason conveyed to him four hundred acres on. Indian River in Worcester County, the consideration being forty pounds ; he being styled William Burton, of Worcester S - G . . - . * Robert Burton , member of Pennsylvania Assembly from Sussex County , 1700 ; Provinctm] Councillor , 1700, 1704' Pennsylvania Archives , sec. ser ., vol . to, 667 ; Members of Provincial Co until , vol . i , 601 ; vol , if , 129. + Penna . Archives , sec. ser. , vol . xvi . + Sussex County Deeds, Liber D . ff . 161- 2. § Ibid . , Liber G . ff . 1, 4». — 1927 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.1 85 Notes, Queries and Corrections. County, gentleman. * He was one of hi3 majesty ’s justices of the peace for the county of Worcester before 30 January, 1743- 4, on which day a deed from Isaac Ingram and Margaret his wife to Thomas Collins was acknowledged before him * His will, f dated 17 April, 1744, proved 1 February, 1745, named " grandson Robert,’ ’ the son of William Burton, and gave to him one-half of the land called Hopewell in the County of Sussex on the north side of Indian River ; to his brother John Russell Burton, to his brother William Burton, and his sister Elizabeth Bur ton, of whom the grandson John Russell Burton is to have a part of the tract called Folly part of a tract called Conclusion, and Burton’ s Bower ; son Richard, the land whereon he now dwells on the north side of Broadkill Creek, also land purchased from Franeis Wolfe, and to his sons William and Ebenezer ; the latter to have lands in Sussex County ; son John land called Crooked Project, " and that which I bought of Robert Lacy and lying in Sussex County ’; daughter Catharine Morris, < i the plantation whereon she and her husband now dwell, called Chance , and to her sons William, John, and Joshua Morris ; to daughter Eliza beth Burton, the " lauds purchased from Abraham Ingram, and from Baptist Newcomb"; " to daughter Sarah Ingram a tract of land, lying on the north side of the Sheep - pen Branch, called Rich Island also one hundred and fifty acres of land whereon they now dwell, it being the north part of the land called Conclusion , also the other half of the upper part of the Island, also one negro girl called Moll. " Six children , Rich ard, John, Joshua, Catharine Morris, Elizabeth Burton, and Sarah In gram, the profits and ground rents of that land called Warwick which was laid out for a town ; 'wife Frances a life interest in the estate, she executor with sons John and Joshua William Burton married Frances Bagwell, 26 December, 1700, and it would appear from her will that she was the mother of all his children It bears date 25 February, 1750, and was probated 3 July, 1751 The legatees therein named were : son Richard ; daughters Catharine Morris, Elizabeth Burton, and Sarah Ingram ; son Joshua ; " grand children ? t whose names follow, viz : Robert, William , John Russell , and Elizabeth, the children of eldest son William, deceased ; Elizabeth Hall, Sarah Bur ton, Frances, Ann, John, and Tabitha, children of son Richard ; Ann Robertson, Elizabeth Morris, and Joseph Morris, children of daughter Catharine Morris ; John Stratton Burton, Elizabeth Burton, William Burton, and Ann Burton, children of daughter Elizabeth Burton ; Joshua, John, Sarah and William, children of John Burton, also Ann , William, and Joshua Ingram " Friend " Jacob Anderson and " brother " Joshua Robertson are made executors. The name here called Robertson should be Robinson Was Frances Burton a widow Bagwell ? i t A caveat was entered against the pretended will of Mrs Frances Burton, " by Richard Burton, Job Ingram , Joshua Burton, and John Morris, 25 April, 1751, but after examination they discontinued pro ceedings . - , ’ P ’’ - , S , - . G . . - - . . . - . * Worcester County T>eexlst Liter A, ff - 123, 148-9* t Worcester County 1927 Liber II , IF* 32-4, Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.1 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 86 . Children of William and Prances Burton, baptized at St George ’s Indian River, Susses County, Delaware : i William Burton, born 24 February, baptized 6 April, 1708 ; deceased before his father Children, named in Will of their grandmother Frances Burton : 1 Robert Burton born 25 April, 1730, married 19 December, 1751, Ann Dobson,* widow of Cord Hazzard, Jr., and died 30 March, 1785 Ann his wifo died 15 March, 1790 * On 28 May, 1768, he, then of Sussex County, Delaw- are , conveyed to Job Ingram of Worcester County, Md ., lands called Conclusion and Folly f 2 John Bussell Burton 3 Elizabeth Burton. 4 William Burton . ii Catherine Burton, born 12 November, 1705 ; baptized 6 April, 1708 ; married John Morris Issue, surname Slorris : 1 IPilliam 2 John 3 Joshua , 4 Ann Jiobcrtson , 5 Elizabeth 6 Jo seph ; order uncertain, iii Richard Burton, born 31 January, 1708 ; baptized 12 May, 1709 Will J dated 19 January, 1753, proved 3 February following, made wife Elizabeth and brother -in -law Job \ ngram executors Children named in will : 1 William 2 Ebenezer 3 John 4 Rob ert, 5 Sarah, 6 Frances, 7 Ann 8 Tdbitha 9 Elizabeth , wife of Thomas Hall of Kent County iv John Burton, born 31 July, 1713 ; baptized 30 July, 1714. Had land called Croohed Project His will § of 18 January, 1750 ; proved 27 February following, constituted bis brother Joshua Burton his executor. Children still in their nonage: 1 Joshua, 2 John 3 Sarah, 4 William. His wife, Elizabeth , died after 8 May, 1746, on which date she joined with her Imsband, Joshua Burton and Comfort his wife, in conveying land called Warwick \\ v Sarah Burton, married Job , son of Jacob Ingram of Worcester County, Maryland, before 17 April, 1744. He died in Sussex County before 18 November , 1801, having represented that county in the Delaware Assembly in 1775, and was comm issioned justice of the peace and of the Courts, 2 September, 1775 ff Children , surname Ingram : 1 Joshua , 2 Ann Vowel 3 Jacob 4 Comfort Messick vi Joshua Burton, born 31 May, 1716 ; baptized 16 October, 1719 ; died intestate 1763 ; married, circa 1743, Comfort Waples, who died 1766. Children : 1 Ann, who married John Burton ; 2 William, married , who married Woolsey Burton ; 3 Jacob , 1751 1807, married Sophia , who married ( 2 ) William Burton ; 4 Sarah , born 1761, married Wilby vii. Elizabeth Burton, born 29 November, 1717 ; baptized 16 October, 1719 ; married Woolsey Burton ( Woolsey,2 William 1) Children : 1 John Stratton Burton 2 Elizabeth, married Prettyman , 3 William, 4 Ann married William Bagwell, 5 Woolsey, died intestate sine prole before 2 April, I 7724f . . , . . . . . , , . , . , . , . . - , . , G . , S . . , , . . P . , , - - . , , . * For children of this marriage, see Publications , vol. tv , 7- 8 : 1 Sarah , died young , 2 Robert , 1756-1785, Z John, 4 Ann ( 1763- 1801 ) , married Cornelius IViltbanlr, 5 Rev. Joshua ( 1764-1843 ) , married Hannah Woolfe, 6 William ( 1767 - 1843 ) , 7 Mary ( 1771 - 1864 ) , married ( 1 ) Payn ter Frame ( 2 ) Stephen Harris. f Worcester County Deeds, Liber F . ff . 142-3. % Sussex County Wills, Liber R . ff . 48-9. I I b i d L i b e r A . ff . 459 -60. |) Sussex County Deeds , Liber H . f . 113. f Sussex County Orphans Court Records, Liber H . f. 317. ** Publications , vol . ff Penna. Archives, soc. ser. vol . is, 667. XX Susse, Deeds, Liber L 205. . 1927 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.1 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 87 viii, Ann Burton, bom 11 February, 1721 ; baptized 18 March, 1721/ 2 ; not named in her father ’s will. " DUNKERLY The names of the children of John and Ann Dunkerly : Benjamin Dunkerly, bom March 5th, 1821 Mary Ann Dunkerly, bom March 5th, 1823 Squire Dunkerly, bom July 19th, 1827 , James Dunkerly, born November 6th, 1829 David Dunkerly, bom May 6th, 1832 Samuel Bardsley, born Jnne 26th , 1829 [ I], William Dunkerly, born June 17 th, 1839. John Dunkerly, born November 19th, 1842 Ann Dunkerly, bom February 4th, 3803 Fdwm Squire Dunkerly. . . . . — . . . NEW PHILADELPHIA , a Summer Resort ! 9 April, 1799 i The Proprietors of the high ground in the neighborhood of this City, known by the name of Springetsbury Manor ( bounded on the west by the river Schuylkill, on the east by Fourth Street from Schuylkill, on the north by Francis 's Lane, and on the south by Callowhill Street ) have agreed to appropriate it for the purpose of building a new city as a summer retreat The plan in two sections may be seen at the Coffee House. The main street, 100 feet wide, runs nearly east and west along the top of the ridge striking the Schuylkill a little above the Upper Ferry, where nature lias placed everlasting abutments and stone in abundance to form a permanent bridge of the arch that cannot be approached by ice or floods. A street of 66 feet wide is laid out on each side of , and parallel to the main street These are crossed by five new streets at right angles, and by the continuation of Front, Second, Third and Fourth Streets from Schuylkill The situation is high, airy, and healthy, and commands an extensive prospect The water is good The canal runs obliquely through it It is just sufficient distance from the Delaware for a pleasant walk, to give appetite to dinner, after the business of the day is over .” Pennsylvania Gazette P . — S — . . . . G . — ( . TURNER COLLECTION . WELCH COLLECTION. The Society has recently come into possession , by gift, of two collections which are of more than passing interest to its membership. The first, that of the Rev Charles H. B Turner, now of Waycross, Georgia, is a remarkable genealogical miscellany, relating to early families of Kent and Sussex Counties, Dela ware, and the contiguous Maryland counties. To summarize briefly, the material consists of outline pedigrees, abstracts of wills, deeds, orphans court and church records, Bible records, gravestone inscriptions, and some personal correspondence. This has been tabulated alphabetically, is in the bindery and will soon be upon the Society ’s shelves for the use of its members Mr Turner is a bom collector, and his industry herein displayed is phenomenal. To all interested in lower counties, Delaware, and lower Eastern Shore, Maryland families, this collection will afford real assistance The second gift is from the estate of the late Mrs Ashbel Welch. It embraces genealogical and biographical histories of the Welsh , Finney, Phinney, Borrance, Smalley, Randolph, Lambert, and a score or more allied families, largely of Connecticut and New Jersey It is the work . . - . . . . . 1927 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.1 . Notes, Queries and Corrections 88 - of years, con amore , is TV ell illustrated with portraits and places of in terest and with maps and pedigree charts. Best of all, every fact stated has its reference, for which the future seekers in her work, will call her blessed This material has also been tabulated, following as far as possible the writer 's plan of instruction, and will shortly be upon the Society ’s shelves for reference and information. It is a monument to the assiduity, understandingness and reverence for the past of one woman, our late member, Mrs, Welch . . In connection with the Society ’s WILLIAM PENN and the Welcome general meeting, October 27, 1926, at The Historical Society of Penn sylvania, under the supervision of the Associate Committee of Women, celebrating the landing of William Penn and his companions on the Welcome, and the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of this Republic, Mrs, J, Harrison Smith, a member, called attention to the following announcement of a somewhat similar meeting of one hun dred years previous. Before giving the announcement it may be perti nent to add, that Charles Francis Jenkins, at the request of this Society, gave the discourse of the evening, alluding briefly, in well-chosen words, to Pennsylvania ’s great Proprietary and more fully to the Signers of the Declaration of Independence ‘ f At the request of the Society for commemorating the landing of William Penn, Thomas I Wharton, Esq., delivered, at 12 o ’clock yesterday, in Dr. Chapman ’s Lecture Room in the University, before the members of the said society and a considerable number of other gentlemen, as well as ladies, a chaste and eloquent discourse in relation to the character of the illustrious founder of Pennsylvania, Though we had a knowledge of the talents and acquirements of the learned orator and expected from him a handsome address, we were much gratified by the industry, research, arrangement and learning which he displayed in developing the char acter of William Penn and his venerated associates who ‘ made a pleasant portion ’ of * a desolate wilde rness ’ We trust that the Penn Society will obtain for publication a copy of this interesting discourse Poulson ’s Advertiser October 25, 1826 - P - . S . G - , . . THE JORDANS FUND for the perpetual preservation of the Penn graves, in its quiet burial ground, in Bucks, some twenty miles west of London, has grown to upwards of seventeen hundred dollars This shows the gen uine interest of the Society ’s members and some outside friends, among which latter, one in particular may be here noted : the Franklin County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. No appeal has been made for this appealing objective other than the suggestion for one dollar or more sent out with the notices of the Annual Meeting The substantial response is, therefore, all the more gratifying. In the autumn, the sum before named, together with any additions, will be turned over to the English Friends who have so long cared for the spot a heritage common to them and Pennsylvanians. . . — , . REPRINTS The Ronaldson Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions have been reprinted in a small edition from the Publications, as have the Cumberland County Marriages, 1761-1800 One or both can be obtained 1927 . Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.1 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 89 from The Genealogical Society, in the Building of The Historical Society, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia. Price, $1.00 . TAYLOR STITES. A reward of $5.00 each will be given for information concerning the following long-ago residents of Cape May County, New Jersey : (1) Elias Taylor , gentleman, made his will 4 July, 1751, naming wife, Mary, sons Thomas and Elias, and daughter Mary Plower, What was the maiden name of Mary Taylor, wife of Elias ? ( 2 ) Benjamin Stites of Pishing Creek made bis will 6 Sept., 1732, nam ing wife Elizabeth, sons George, Benjamin and Jonathan, and daughters Deborah Page and Martha Ludlam What was the maiden name of Elizabeth, the wife of Benjamin Stites ? ( 3 ) George Stites of Pishing Creek made his will 21 Sept., 1754, nam ing wife Esther, and Bons William, George, Thomas, Nathan, Adonijah and Daniel. What was the maiden name of Esther, the wife of George Stites ? ( 4 ) William Stites of Fishing Creek, son of George Stites, above, was willed his father’s farm Was William Stites married, and, if so, what was the maiden name of his wife ? Did he have any children, and, if so, what were their names ? ( 5 ) Abisha Stites, son of Richard Stites who made his will 26 Dec , 1739 ; after the death of his father went to live with his uncle, John Stites John Stites made his will 29 June, 1743, mentioning wife Priscilla, daughter Margaret and nephew Abisha Was Abisha Stites ever married , and, if so, what was the maiden name of his wife ? Did he have any children, and, if so, what were their names ? ( 6 ) Jacob Stites of Lower Township was bom about 1750 (exact date at present unknown ) About 1773 he married Sylvitha, daughter of Wil liam Flower, deceased , and by her had children Charlotte, Thomas, Pru dence and Sarah. Charlotte Stites married Barnabas Cochran ; Prudence Stites married William Pierson ; Thomas Stites married 1st, Martha Smith and 2 nd, Rhoda Hewitt ; Sarah Stites married Thomas Hand. What was the name of the father of Jacob Stites ? What was the maiden name of the mother of Jacob Stites ? ( 7 ) Joshua Stites of Cape May died intestate in 1746 and on May 21 in that year his widow was appointed bis administratrix Did Joshua leave children, and, if so, what were their names ? Payment will be made to the person supplying information, at the rate of $5.00 for each of the above items on which information is furnished Replies should give reference to the record ( Bible, deed or will ) where the information is contained, and allow inspection thereof to the under signed or his attorney Custer E Boss First National Bank Building , Salem Oregon or, The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania . - P . S . . . . G - . . , , — . . , . . TEN dollars will set verifying be paid by the undersigned to the one first forth in the accompanying statement, with the tradition authorities for such verification : Elisha and Elijah Hubbart, twins, from Holland, were settled near Philadelphia Elisha married Martha Dandridgc, said to be a cousin of George Washington, and they had one child Esther, born before the HUBBARD . 1927 , Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.1 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 90 . Elisha enlisted, was taken prisoner and was away from Revolution . home seven years His wife, thinking him dead, married Amos Bidwell or Bedwell, When Elisha returned and learned this, he left without making his presence known. A few years later Amos Bidwell died, after which Elisha Hubbard came back and re- married his wife The wedding was an event in the community and took place in a grove near Phila delphia, Elisha, Jr ,, son of Elisha and Martha, was born at Morristown, N J , in 1797 About 1804 the family moved to Otsego County, New York, as did also the family of Benjamin and Lydia Ramsey Coburn Between these families there were intermarriages . This Lydia Ramsey Coburn was a member of the first Aid Society in Hanover, and spun, carded the wool and knit socks for the army at Val ley Forge Elisha and Elijah, the twins, were steelworkers Some members of the family say Elisha, Jr, was born in Pennsylvania, rather than in New Jersey. There is a possibility that Elisha ’s father wag not named Elisha, but the one who gave the information thought so Alice V Robinson, 45.10 Brooklyn Avenue Seattle Washington . . . . - . . . - . . , P , . .— The following, taken from a memorandum book used by Joshua Ladd Howell, 1759 - 61, undoubtedly refers to the birth dates of himself, his brother, or sisters, or both * HOWELL. . . S. H 12 o ’clock night 10th March 1734/5. E H 12 o ’clock 11th December 1737. J L. H, between 2 & 3 o ’clock morning loth March 1738/ 9. F. H. Between 8 & 9 o 'clock morning 27 th December 1740 O. S. Frank H . Stewart S . . . — — . FOLWELL. Samuel Folwell, in 1789, was ensign in Captain Andrew Kennedy ’s Eighth Company, First Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, com manded by Lieutenant Colonel James Read In 1794 he was living in Letitia Court, Philadelphia, as miniature painter and worker in hair. At the time of his death, 26 November, 1813, in his forty-ninth year, he was a resident of Dock Street west of Second, and is styled “ limner ” in Poulson ’s Advertiser of the following day. His wife, Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Godfrey G-ehler, Sen., of Philadelphia, survived him, dying 14 August, 1824 He was the son of Samuel Folwell and born 10 March, 1764 The place of his birth and information as to his paternal and maternal ancestors is greatly desired, also his relationship to Richard Folwell the printer Address the Society G . . . . — . A correspondent makes inquiry concerning a Nash family of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, of whom Richard Nash, who emi grated from the North of Ireland about 1733, was the progenitor In NASH . . - - * Children of John Howell and his wife Katharine Ijadd, who were married 13 May , 1734. The first and third were named In will of their grand -father, Jacob Howell , who died March 17, 17GS. The others probably died young. Sarah Howell , the oldest , married John Sparks. Joshua Ladd Howell , the third child, ®eems to have twice married Frances Paschal!, first, by " a hireling minUter ” of St . Michael 's and Zion's, March 1, 1701 ; second , at Darby Meeting House, July 23, 1764 . - 1927 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.1 Notes, Queries and Corrections. formation or correspondence relative thereto desired by Thatcher Arizona . , 91 — John F. Nash, PATTERSON The ancestry is desired of Thomas Patterson, who died in Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1827 The county records give the settlement of his estate, the name of his widow and his nine children, but furnish, it is stated, no clue as to his parentage or as to what became of his sons Any information as to the descendants of Thomas Patterson will be greatly appreciated Alfred Patterson, 70S Payton Avenue St Paul, Minnesota . . — . , , . . LOMBARD LUMBERD. Wanted, the parentage of William Lumberd, or William Sturges Lumberd, mariner, who served in the Revolution in Cap tain James Davis 7 Company, Boston, Massachusetts, from July 1, 1775 to December 31, 1776, in sea - coast defense. He later settled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where he married Patience Dunton of Drum mondtown. His descendants were of Philadelphia. M, T S . - - — . — POTTS. A Correction and Addition concerning the origin of the Potts Family, as stated in the " Potts Memorial, '’ by Mrs 'homas Potts James, Boston, 1874, which gives the probable origin as German or Palatine In refutation of this the following is submitted : In the Museum of the Louvre, at Paris, in a collection of Renaissance sculpture, is the " tomb of Philippe Pot, Grand Sdndehal de Bourgogne, ” 1477 1485 This tomb is remarkable, not only for its carved figures of eight monks who support the covering -slab on which lies the splendid figure of the Grand Senechal clad in full armor, but, also, for the paint ing combined with the sculpture. Each of the monks who support and seem to stand guard at the sides of the tomb has, at his feet, a shield with coat -of -arms in colors. The arms of the Sen 6chal bears the device, aho colored, of two of these eight shields One of the two is the familiar blason of the Potts family in Cheshire, England, of which the American family is a branch. It has the same shield, or, two bars azure, not sep arated and lacking the bend of azure used by the English line as given in Burke’s Peerage. As the bend, used by one English line is recorded gules, it is evident that it is a later difEerentiation by certain families There can be little doubt but that this Philippe Pot is an early ancestor, or connection, of the Potts family in England, Wales and America, and that the origin of the family is French The tomb is described a3 the work of the Burgundian School ( Abbaye et Citeau ) dating some time between 1477 and 1485. At Dijon, in the chateau of the Dukes of Burgundy, two towers and the Salle des Gardes still remain as in the ancient palace In the latter beautiful gothic guard hall in a niche, near the imposing fourteenth and fifteenth century tombs of John the Fearless and Philip the Bold, stands a cast of one of the monks of the tomb of Philippe Pot, inscribed " Porteur du tombeau de Philippe Pot , Grand SSnichal de BourgogneAs S6 n6chal, this chateau has been a familiar haunt of Philippe Pot Helen A Simpson , a descendant of Jonas Potts of Germantown, whose children moved to Fairfax County, Virginia, about 1750, and later generations, in the next century, to Ohio. P . . S - . - G . - . . . - — . . . A CORRECTION : Publications, Volume IX, page 321, Warren S Ely, not Warren S Eby . 1927 . Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.1 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 92 ELFRETH. A Boston correspondent, referring to the Elfreth Necrology printed in Publication# , volume ii, pages 172 - 219, writes: i t The Elfreth Necrology is very interesting Daniel Elfreth was in Bermuda and Barbados in 1630 In the will of Elizabeth Bell, wife of Governor Philip Bell of Barbados, Jeremy, or Jeremiah Elfreth, was one of the heirs He was a * * cousin, " or nephew of Elizabeth Bell, she being the daughter of Daniel Elfrith or Elfreth, whose will dated February 18, 1659, names : Cozen John Elfreth of Dover, Thirty Pounds Sterling to bee paid with all possible speed. To his son Thomas Elfreth tenn thousand pounds of Muscovado sugar to be paid in twelve monthe3 after my decease ; to his eon Peter Elfreth ffifteene hundred pounds of Indico to be paid within twelve months after my decease; to my Cozen Jeremiah Elfreth of ffever sham ten thousand pounds of Muscovado sugar to bee paid within eighteen months after my decease. Daniel went from Devon , England, to Bermuda, and, on reaching the new world, changed his name from Elford to Elfrith or Elfreth , This is the same Daniel who was a partner of Captain Samuel Argoll who captured Poeohontas, at which time it is supposed that Daniel was in - -Virginia. In your Publications, volume ii, page 94, you will note John Bevan This is very likely the same John Bovin mentioned in the will of Azariah Elford of which the following is an extract : The will was made Jan uary 15, 1674, entered April 27th, 1678. He died before April 27th, 1678 : Azariah Elford, Gentleman Signed Azariah Elford (seale ) of the Parish of St. Thomas, Island of Barbados. To my loving sister, Elizabeth Elford, £20 current money of England ; To my son in law Ed ward Benin, five shillings ; To my son -in -law John Benin , £20 sterling, when he shall attain to the full age of twenty-one years ; To my beloved wife, Ann Elford, all my plantation whereon I now live and all my real and personal property in this island and elsewhere to remaine unto my wife Anne She to be executrix of this my last will This Azariah Elford was probably the son, or possible the brother, of Daniel. If the present Elfreth Family of Philadelphia want to follow their history back they can probably do so through Barbados, Old Provi dence Island and Bermuda records." Elliston H Bell , Boston , Ma# s . . . - P , m r w> # . - S . - - - . G . — . . . EIGHTEENTH; CENTURY COURTESY : “ Mr & Mra, Livington , return their best Compliments to Mr. Mrs. & the Miss Bich 6s, think themselves highly honored by their polite Invitation and have to lament that their present situation will not admit their accepting of it, M» Livingston having just left her Chamber May every felicity this Life affords attend you 1 Deer 25, 1780 " — 1927 . .— Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania . PGM Vol X No.1