Notes, Queries and Corrections.

NOTES, QUERIES AND CORRECTIONS. KEAKSLEY.— Reply to Publications, Volume X, p. 305. Dr. John Kearsley, architect of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, and founder of Christ Church Hospital, Philadelphia, was baptized at Greatham, county Durham, England, on June 4, 1684. He was the son of Reverend John Kearsley, Vicar of Greatham, who was first at York¬ shire School, Guisborough, and was admitted as a sizar, age 15, at Peterhouse College, Cambridge, April 18, 1672, matriculating in same year; proceeded B.A. 1675-6; ordained deacon, Durham, September, 1676; Vicar of Greatham, 1678-1722; died 1730. He was twice married. Dr. Oliver Kearsley, brother of Dr. John Kearsley, was baptized at Greatham September 26, 1686. He appears to have been named after the Oliver Kearsley who married Prances Holman or Hobman at Durham Cathedral January 29, 1683, and who was presumably a brother of the Vicar and father of the Mary, " ye daughter of Oliver Kearsley," who was buried at Greatham September 8, 1686. The Dr. John Kearsley, Junior, who is known in the annals of Philadelphia as the Tory Doctor," was a nephew of Dr. Johh Junior " and Kearsley, Senior, the architect of Christ Church. The " Senior " served to distinguish them. The nephew was a son of the Oliver who was baptized at Greatham in 1686 and was himself baptized at Sedgefield Church, county Durham, July 7, 1724. Dr. Oliver Kearsley practised in Sedgefield. He is mentioned in the son 's will, dated October 23, 1775, as "Dr. Oliver Kearsley of Sedgefield." In a letter dated March 21, 1900, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell wrote that his father, J. Kearsley Mitchell, said that " the other Kearsleys were from England • - and were of one family with the Philadelphia Kearsleys." Papers proving the kinship of the Scottish Kearsleys, Dr. Mitchell's Line, with the English Kearsleys were destroyed in the burning of Wash¬ ington by the British in 1813. It is probable that John Kearsley got his idea of Christ Church Hos¬ pital from the Hospital of God in Greatham, a home for aged and infirm men founded A. D. 1272 and still functioning. The inspiration for Christ Church appears to have been St. Martin-ia-the-Fields, London. The baptismal certificates of Dr. John Kearsley the elder, Dr. John Kearsley the younger and Dr. Oliver Kearsley of Sedgefield are now in the Collections of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, to whose encouragement in this research, through its Corresponding Secretary, the writer ascribes his success, at the same time acknowledging the active and interested co-operation of Miss Emily L. Cashel of London, England. This research has seemed important to the writer since it has revealed something of the hitherto unknown antecedents of an American and Philadelphian who was a notable architect and a distinguished physician, who established institutions that still grace and serve Philadelphia, and whose students figured largely in the foundation of the Pennsylvania Hospital, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the first medical “ “ . (87) Notes, Queries and Corrections. 88 — school in New York and of Princeton University. The writer expects to continue research in England and may have further reports to make. Arthur C. Jacobson, M.D., Brooklyn, New York. HOOVER.— Supplementing Publications, Volume X, pp. 305-6, which contained a brief notice of an article by Ricardo W. Staudt, printed in the National Genealogical Quarterly, for March 1929, relative to Andrew Hoover, the immigrant ancestor of President Hoover. The subjoined will show that, as Andrew Hoover, he was naturalized at the September Term, 1761, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, while a resident of Frederick County, Maryland: “ At a Supreme Court, held at Philadelphia for the Province of Pennsylvania, 10 September, 1761, the following Persons being Quakers, or such who conscientiously scruple to take an oath, being also Foreign¬ ers, and having complied with the Terms required by the aforesaid act of Parliament, took and subscribed the Qualifications for them appointed by the same act of Parliament:— Andrew Hoover, Frederick County in Maryland. Certified by William Allen, Esqr., Chief Justice tire.” “ The foregoing is a true and perfect List, taken from the original certificate, under the Hand of William Allen, Esqr., remaining in my office.— Richard Peters. Transmitted to the Board of Trade by Cap¬ Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, vol. ii, 430.— Albert tain Cook Myers. , . .. ALLEN TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA- MARRIAGES 1828-1830. Taken from a Tax duplicate book of that place as entered by John B. Coover, Justice of the Peace, Director of Harrisburg Bank; brother-in-law of J. D. Rupp the historian, and a man of considerable wealth. 1828, The names of those persons that have been married in Allen township, viz: November 13, Daniel Krysher to Casiah Bowman. By Mr. Lochman. November 27 th, Levi Murke to Susana Martin. By Mr. Dewit. December 2nd, John Young to Elizabeth Hilt. December 4th, Daniel Grumbine of Hanover to Christiana Hollocher, near Berlin. December 18th, John Hollacher to Eliza Shelly, by Mr. Lochman. December 18, Mr. Hays to Miss Mary Ann Coover, by Mr. Williamson. December 25, Mr. Ira Long to Miss Elizabeth Forry, by Reverend Keller. 1829, February 26th, Jonas Rupp to Sarah Heck. By the Reverend J. Winebrenner. March 2nd, Mr. Bearch to Jane Small. By Mr. Trisebauch. March 5, George Chapman to Martha Eckels. By Mr. Williamson. March 5, Mr. Greenewalt to Polly Alick. April 16th, David Miller to Miss Resser of York County. April 16th, James Horner to K. Crouse; Mr. Humer to Miss McClair. April 23, Jacob Bulmer to Catherine Hartman. September 10, John Renniker to Miss Ann Hursh, by Mr, Heller; Mr. Sidle to Mias Bishop? Sml. Miller to Miss Hannah Philips. Notes, Queries and Corrections. 89 Marriage Proposals made the 30*1» of March, 1829, accepted April 1829: I, John B. Cooler was married on the tenth of September, 1829, to Miss Elizabeth Rupp by the reverend Mr. Winebrenner (in Harrisburg at M.™. Friedley’s tavern). Took dinner there and then went up the river to Hallifax and lodged at Mr. Gigers & the next day we returned to Mr. George Rupp 's, and the next day following we went to my father’a. 1829, Sept. 17, Mr. Lindle to Miss Eleanor Gregary. October 24, William Wise to Margaret Mateer. Nov. 12, Mr. Jesse Houck to Miss Long. Dec. 10, Mr. Abraham Hartzler to Miss Nancy Eberly. Dec. 22, D“i. Browley to Miss E. Ford. Dec. 12, Joseph Strock to Miss Margaret Negeley. 1820, January, 21, Samuel Basehorn to Barbliana Mull. January 21, David Coble to Mrs. Eberly. January 28, Henry Bowman to Martha Musser of Lancaster Co. March 4th, Mr. Abraham Basler to Miss E. Harman. June 10, John Snyder to Miss Mary Rupp. —Contributed by Mias Jessica C. Ferguson of Harrisburg MOKEUN.— GILLY corbit May ye 19th, 1736: The bearer James McKeun with his wife Isabell, and their children William, Joan, Henry and Margaret McKeun, have been orderly members of this congregation, he from his Infancy and she from her marriage, still free from all public scandal or church censure and in good repute. And now designing to transport themselves (with Divine concurrence) into some of the Protestant Colonies in America: we heartily recommend them to the care and Christian fellowship of any religious Societie where God in His Providence shall order their Lot. Certified by H. (or W.) Thomson, Minister.— Mrs. Boyd A. Musser of Scranton, Pennsylvania. — MORAVIAN. These inscriptions from the Monument on the lot in Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, are given in connection with the BURIAL BOOK OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH, LANCASTER, printed in this and preceding numbers of the 'Publications. A number of the old stones were broken and were placed on the lot under the sod. The large monument placed in the center of the lot has the following inscriptions : Moravian. | here lie the remains disinterred from Prince | Street Cemetery | April 1917 | names recorded | in Moravian Church archives. [ In memory of | William Henry | Lancaster, Pa. j May 19, 1729 | Dec. 15, 1786* | Ann Woodf Henry, his wife j interred at Darby, Pa. ] Jau. 24, 1734 | Sept. 6, 1799 | Benjamin West Henry, their son | Jan. 18, 1777 | Dec. 26, 1806. | Sacred | to the memory of | John Joseph Henry | late President Judge * These are all on one atone (upright). t There seems to be a discrepancy In the record of Ann Wood Henry. The Church record states that she died March 8, 1799, and la, according to several writers, bunted in Lancaster. Her people, the Woods and Bemns. were all among the early Quaker settlers of Darby, and that is probably the place of her burial. Notes, Queries and Corrections- 90 of the | Second Judicial District of | Pennsylvania j who was born November 4th,* J A. D. 1758, and died April | 22nd A. D. 1811. | He served as a Volunteer in the ] disastrous Campaign of 1775-6 | against Quebec: and was taken | prisoner in the assault upon | that City. | As a Soldier in the armies of | his Country and as an admin- | istrator of her laws, he devo- | ted to her Service the best | powers of his youth and age. | This monument is erected | by his daughter Anna Maria | Smith and her Children. | On a large brown stone slab, lying fiat according to Moravian custom appears the following: Here lieth the body of [ John De Hoff | the second Burgess of this place | who was born | in the month of Dec. MDCCIV | and married to Ann Cath Brecht | in the month of October, 1727 j by whom he had issue | seven sons & four daughters [ he departed this life | the 25th of Dec. MDOCLI | aged 47.f Rev. 1 5 • . | —Mrs. Bertha Cochran Landis, Lancaster. . — GURNEY. Deed dated June 15, 1780, from Henry Gurney and Catharine his wife to William Moore Smith &c recites, that she was daughter and only child of John Ross, Esq., of Philadelphia, Counsellor at Law, deceased. A genealogical item that may interest someone.— Harrold E. Gillingham. MARKLEY, MEREDITH, PRESTON, HARPER f— Information is desired on the following: 1. John Markley who married Mary Preston, 25 June, 1807, Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. 2. Descendants of Abigail Preston and Benjamin Adis Meredith, the latter born 24 October, 1792, son of Benjamin Meredith by his wife Prudence Lewis. See Pub¬ lications, Vol. VII, No. 1, March, 1918. 3. Mary Harper (?) who married John Jacob Belsterling— circa 1808, in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. Charles S. Belsterling No. 71 Broadway, New York, New York. — — POLWELL.— Samuel Folwell, whose silhouette of Washington is among the treasures of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, is said to have been born in New Hampshire. His age, at death in Philadelphia, 26 November, 1813, is given as in his forty-seventh year, hence born in 1764. A Bible entry records his birth as 10 March, 1764, and as the son of Samuel Folwell. He is known to have been an engraver for book-plates, etc., in New Hampshire before coming to Philadelphia in or before 1789. In¬ formation as to place of birth, with details of parentage is greatly desired. Ten dollars will be paid for satisfactory information. Address the Society- — BRINTON.— In the issue of March, 1929, of the Publications, Volume X, pp. 242-9, Dr. Albert Cook Myers presented a sketch of the life of Gilbert Cope, including a bibliography of his publications. In this list there appeared THE BRINTON FAMILY, TRENTON, N. J., 1925. Mr. * The church record states that John Joseph Henry was born Nov. 24. It also says that be was 52 yrs. 5 mos. 18 days old, and that would make Nov- 4 the correct date. j- The records give the date as 1752. If he was boro in 1704 and was 47 years old, then 1751 would be correct. Notes, Queries and Corrections. 91 Myers could not have known that I not only compiled and edited this history, but, with the assistance of the publication committee, collected the family records of the preceding seven years, and also arranged to have it published in Trenton, of which I was a resident in 1925. Mr. Cope had never lived there.— Mrs. J. D. L. Schoonover. KINSEY.— On the reverse side of the original marriage certificate * of Edmond Kinsey of Woodbridgc, East New Jersey, husbandman, and Sarah Ogburn of the same place, spinster, 28th day of eighth month, 1708, appears the list of their children with birth dates, as given in Stillwell’s Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, vol. iv, 381, with the following additional item of interest: Sarah, wife of Timothy Smith, deceased 7th 5 month, 1812, aged 87 years, 5 months & 5 days; while below the signatories to certificate is: Note, ye above Sarah Kinsey de¬ parted this life ye 25th 6th mo. 1788, in ye 28th year of her widowhood and 98th year of her age. In another handwriting: I say 97 not 98. K. Smith. — — MEREDITH. James Meredith of Warwick township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, being il well stricken in years, executed his wifi 3 February, 1774, which was probated 16 February, 1775. He bequeathed to his son John, a plantation in New Britain township; to son Simon the tract he lived on in Warwick township, and mentioned his children, James, Joseph, John and Elizabeth. Other bequests were made to son Thomas and to his children, John and Mary; also to son Hugh and his daughter, Elizabeth. He directed that his plantation in Lower Merion should be sold, and constituted his son Thomas executOT. His son John is said to have died unmarried, in Nova Scotia. Grave¬ stones, in the Baptist Churchyard at New Britain, give dates as to the sons Simon, Dr. Hugh and their families. Information is desired as to the descendants of the son, Thomas Meredith.— Mrs. C. D. Fretz, Oak Lane Park, Philadelphia. PUBLICATIONS OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: Two dollars each will Address the be paid for copies of Volume VIII, No. 1, March, 1921. Society. •Photostat coPT of, In Collections of The Genealogical Society-