William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Philadelphia.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Vol. XI. MARCH, 1931. No. 2. WILLIAM PRESTON OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND PHILADELPHIA. BY CHARLES S. BELSTERLING. THE surname of Preston in England is of great antiquity dating from the reign of Malcolm I of Scotland (A. D. 943 to 954). Before the compilation of Domesday Book, the estates of “Preston Richard” and “Preston Patrick” appear in an ancient preliminary survey comprising the lands then within that portion of the shire of York and later set off as county Westmoreland. These two adjoining ancient manors may be termed the cradle of the Prestons. From the reign of King Henry II, when the custom of handing down a surname from father to son became established, they are shown to have been held by many succeeding generations of Prestons; in the case of the manor of “Preston Patrick,” for an unbroken period of more than six hundred years. A long succession of persons bore the name of Richard de Preston and William de Preston from the time of King Henry II to that of Edward III.* From this parental stock are descended most of the Prestons whose names appear in the records of Great Britain, Ireland and America. * Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian Society, Second Series; Burke’s Landed Gentry, London, 1852, Vol. 2, pp. 1066, et seq. 4 (103) 104 William Preston of N ewcastle-upon-Tyne Sir Richard de Preston of the eleventh generation repre¬ sented Westmoreland in Parliament during the reign of Edward III and was succeeded by his son Sir Richard. The son and heir of the latter, Sir John de Preston, was the last of the name to hold the two manors of * 4 Preston Richard ’’ and 44 Preston Patrick He also was a member of Parliament during the reign of Edward III. Space will not permit re¬ counting the various methods by which the estates changed hands, nor how they were recovered several generations later.* The branch of the Preston family with which this article is concerned, lived during the seventeenth century and earlier, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and its environs. The family appears prominent in the Newcastle history as early as the middle of the fourteenth century. John de Preston was a bailiff of the towne in 1366 and 1368; keeper of the seal and collector of customs of the Port in 1359; collector of murage in 1362. t As late as the seventeenth century the family was there recognized as of the ancient family of Yorkshire heretofore called the cradle of the Prestons. ‘‘It may be truly said, as for the Yorkshire has produced men for all things family of the Prestons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, though they were removed from their native soil and much impaired in their estate, yet retained the spirit and mettle of their an¬ cestors, they . . . carried like gentlemen and were accounted such amongst those who were truly so.’ ’ % No doubt, the Prestons of county Norfolk, England, known as the Beeston and Buckenham Prestons were of the same kin, for the reason that their arms are the same as those of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Philadelphia family: Erm. on a chief sa., three crescents, or.§ ... * Cf. Calendars of the Gormanston Registers. Preston Family Genea¬ logy of William Bowker Preston of Salt Lake City , Utah. •j- Early Newcastle Deeds, Surtees Society, Vol. 137, p. 217; Calendar of Patent Rolls 1358/61, pp. 181, 296; ibid., 1361/4, p. 272; ibid., 1364/7, p. 3. % Memoirs of Ambrose Barnes of Newcastle Surtees Society, Vol. 50, p. 24. § The Preston arms with its motto ftLucem Spero Clariorem * ’ was assumed, under Royal License, by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Edward Hulton, D.S.O., M.C., who was created a Baronet in 1815. He was a son of Henry Hulton who married Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Preston of Beeston, St. Lawrence, County Norfolk, on September 20, 1766. Colonel — and Philadelphia. 105 The arms as described were used by the Preston family in Philadelphia upon its arrival there. The crescents may be found in the seal of Paul Preston, of whom presently, attached to his will of 1732 on file in the Registry of Wills, and the early generations employed the shield for a book plate, as shall appear later. WILLIAM PRESTON, grandfather of William Preston, the Philadelphia emigrant ancestor, was church warden of the Parish of St. Andrew's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the county of Northumberland. His signature appears on the Parish Register there in 1630. He was bom circa 1596, and was admitted as a Freeman in the Weaver’s guild in Newcastle in 1617. He died in Newcastle and was buried in St. Andrew’s, March 3, 1643; about the year 1623 he married Elizabeth Watson. Children of William and Elizabeth (Watson) Preston, all born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and baptized in its parish Church of St. Andrew’s: 2. i. HENRY,2 baptized February 29, 1624; married Jane Lawson. ii. RALPH, baptized March 12, 1626; buried November 22, 1627. iii. ANN, baptized March 23, 1627 ; married Ralph Ledgar, March 10, 1646'. iv. AMBROSE, baptized April 26, 1629 ; married Ann Turner, 1656. v. JOHN, baptized November 20, 1631 ; buried August 26, 1645. vi. MARGARET, baptized Oetober 19, 1634; buried December 31, 1634. vii. ALLES, baptized May 22, 1636. viii. WILLIAM, baptized July 12, 1638. 2. HENRY2 PRESTON (William1), baptized at St. Andrew’s, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, February 29, 1624; was a member of the Guild of Weavers, made freeman May 1, 1645. His wife, Jane Lawson, whom he married at Newcastle, September 15, 1646, died after January 30, 1657. Children of Henry and Jane (Lawson) Preston, all baptized at St. Andrew’s: Hulton assumed the name and arms of the Prestons when he was created a Baronet. The Beeston Prestons of Norfolk were a prominent family. During the Civil Wars certain of them sided with and fought for the royal cause. William Preston, a Royalist, was taken prisoner by Cromwell at Lowescroft. Jacob Preston was falsely alleged to have been a Royalist and to have attended Charles I on the scaffold where he received from him an emerald ring. (t The real Preston was Captain Robert Preston, who was watching the proceedings on behalf of the Parliament, and the Beeston family werei essentially roundheads.’ Rye’s Norfolk Sand Lists, First Series, No. 5. ’ — William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 106 i. 3. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. JANE,» baptized July 29, 1647. WILLIAM, baptized April 30, 1650 ; married Ann Taylor. THOMAS, baptized November 4, 1651. ELIZABETH, baptized November 4, 1651. HENRY, baptized May 28, 1653. JOHN, bom January 30, 1657; baptized February 5, 1657. 3. WILLIAM PRESTON {Henry,2 William1), baptized at Newcastle April 30, 1650; died in Frankford, Philadelphia, September 19, 1717. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, one of England’s most promi¬ nent schools, founded in the reign of Henry VIII, and granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth in 1600. Among its scholars who became famous may be named Admiral Lord Collingwood; Lord Eldon, Chancellor of England; Lord Stowell his brother ; the poet Mark Akenside, and many others. Like his father and grandfather, William Preston, was a member of the Guild of Weavers, having been made a Free¬ man in 1671. Later he became a mason and builder. This fact was doubtless the determining cause of his emigration to Pennsylvania. Family tradition is responsible for the frequent statement that William Preston and his wife sailed from England in company with Francis Daniel Pastorius, Thomas Lloyd and some eighty other passengers, leaving 10th 4th mo. [June] 1683 and arriving 20th 6th mo. [August] 1683. But the tradition is verified by two unassailable authorities: William Preston 7s entry * in the ‘‘Ould Preston Bible,’’ elsewhere referred to, and by Pastorius in his Bee Hive.f *“X left Ould England, with my wife and two children, ye 10th of ye 4th month, 1683, and arrived in Pennsylvania ye 20th of 6’th mo., 1683. 3 7 f ( I prepared myself for this farthermost journey * * * Anno 1683, the 2nd of April I set out from Frankfort * * *. The 4th day of May I sailed from Rotterdam * * *. Came the 8th of ditto to London * * * went aboard of a ship which had the name of America (the captain whereof was Joseph Wasey) and being gone the 6th day of June from Gravesend, we arrived the 7th ditto at Deal and left England the 10th of sd. month of June [4th wo.] and saw the 16th of August [6 mo] this new world, arriving the 18th ditto in the Bay of Delaware and the 80th ditto at Philadelphia.” Watson also tells us that Pastorius, in the ‘ Bee Hive ** said further that “ The fortunate day of our arrival on the 20th of 6th mo., 1683 * # *. 1 was as glad to land from the vessel every whit as St. PauFs shipmates were to land at Melita. r ’ ‘ ‘ and Philadelphia. 107 Among the passengers, says Pastorius, were Roman Catho¬ lics, Lutherans, Calvinists, Anabaptists, Episcopalians and only one Quaker. The Quaker referred to was undoubtedly Thomas Lloyd, as no record can be found that 'William Preston was a member of the Society of Friends in England. Besides, the minutes of the Society in Philadelphia show no record of a letter having been presented by him. Also on the same ship was Joshua Tittery, a “ servant to ye Society, broad Glass maker from New Cassle upon Tine. * The bringing of Joshua Tittery from Newcastle was the first definite step towards the manufacture of glass in Pennsyl¬ vania. Likewise the coming of William Preston, a master builder of Newcastle was an important link in the preconceived plans for the building of the City of Philadelphia. It will be re¬ called that William Penn in the early days of the Colony was careful to select skilled artisans to ensure the excellence of the houses in durability and taste. By the year 1724 the master carpenters were numerous and important enough to compose a guild, patterned after The Worshipful Company of Carpenters of London founded in 1477, which ultimately resulted in the erection of Carpenters Hall, the home of the first Continental Congress. Early upon his arrival we find William Preston receiving large grants of property.! On 15th 9 mo., 1684, he acquired from William Penn some 100 acres of land in Philadelphia, also city lot No. 1783 ; on 26th 2 mo., 1685, city lot No. 1897, and on 28th 3rd mo., 1685, he was inter alia granted some 1000 acres. The earliest deed of record in Philadelphia bearing his name is dated 11th. 5th mo. 1691. It is a complicated docu¬ ment covering seven and one-half pages. The property, con¬ veyed to Andrew Robeson and Charles Sander, was certain land situate along the Schuylkill River called Shumack Park. Among others William Preston appears as attorney for certain of the grantors; also Joshua Tittery, the aforesaid glass maker * The Pennsylvania. Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. VIII, p. 339. t The originals of these land warrants are in the files of the Depart¬ ment of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg. See also Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. II, pp. 760, 764. William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 108 of Newcastle, is one of the grantors, with the consent of Richard Townsend, millwright. ,,/• ' A ry . *1 •• r mm* *at. *M[ -ÿ>•38 ■****- IXKT < >ÿ31. ii! ■ sa*TsS L&BI__ ... .... -. af«y*A. •CEMTRt-SQCAftE MEET t « -> : m Rs* ™ <> HOUSE 1685 Courtesy of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Within two years after his coming to America, William Preston was engaged as master builder in the construction of the first permanent house of worship in Pennsylvania, Center Square, antedating Merion Meeting House 1695, Christ Church 1697, Holy Trinity, Old Swedes, Wilmington, 1699, and Old Swedes, Wicaco, 1700. The building, planned in 1684, was to be of brick, size later determined 50 feet by 36 feet. Thomas Duckett and John Redman were appointed to join with William Preston in carrying on the work. Samuel Carpenter, Barnabas Wilcox and Alexander Beardsley were appointed “ to get the bricks, stone, etc., to the place to begin A committee was appointed in the summer of 1685 ■work to draw on each subscriber for the paying of workmen in provisions, etc., to the value of their subscriptions for the building.* * Minutes of Philadelphia Monthly Meetings, 9th 11 mo., 16S2 : 6th 109 and Philadelphia. William Preston early became a prominent member of the Society of Friends and appeared as witness to a marriage at Poquesmk Creek, 6 mo. 2nd., 1684. In this year, at Quarterly Meeting, he was one of the representatives for Tackony and Poquesink.* Many similar appointments appear in succeeding years. From 1689 he was register of the Frankford Abington Monthly Meeting.t The minutes of Abington Meeting, 28th 6 mo., 1715, record that he and Daniel Pastorius were appointed “to attend ye Quarterly Meeting”.! In 1692 Ms name is among the signers of “An early Petition of the Freeman of the Province of Pennsylvania to the Assembly ’ ’ against the assessing and levying of certain taxes.§ The deed from Thomas ffairman, for the property upon which the Frankford Meeting House now stands, is in the handwriting of and witnessed by William Preston. The original is in the possession of the Historical Society of Frank¬ ford. The old meeting was Oxford Meeting until about 1800, when it was called Frankford Meeting. It belongs to Abing¬ ton Quarterly Meeting. The minutes referred to show that he was an important factor in the building of this meeting house. Not only was the integrity of William Preston and the high esteem in which he was held by his associates evidenced by the fact that he was entrusted with the affairs of the Society of Friends, including their financial matters and the construction of their meeting houses, but there are many additional proofs : He appraised the estate of Thomas Leary of Oxford in 1685, was executor of the estate of Thomas Livezey, 1691, one of 12 mo., 1682; 5th 6 mo., 1684; 1st 4 mo., 1685; 6th 5 mo., 1685; 12th 7 mo., 1685, in the hand of Samuel Preston. Samuel Preston came to Philadelphia from Maryland. He was a grandson of Richard Preston who arrived in Maryland in 1649, with seven of his family and entered land for seventy-three persons Edward E>. Neill, Founders of Maryland. * Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting Records, 2nd 10th mo., 1684. t “ At this .meeting William Preston was to take ye Charge of ye Register Book, and to register sueh things as pertaine thereto. Ye 29th 2 mo., 1689.” The minutes of this meeting also show that he had an important part in locating and building the meeting house. Cf. Minutes of Monthly Meetings: 3rd 7 mo., 1683; 24th 7 mo., 1688; 29th 11 mo., 1698; 27th 9 mo., 1699. $ Marion Dexter Learned, Life of Daniel Pastorius, 221. § The Pennsylvania Magazine of History, 38, p. 500. — — 110 William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne the trustees of the estate of Jonathan Livezey * 1698, and an executor of the will of John Lewis, t 1701, who gave his entire estate to “ye poor that is in necessity.” In 1692 he joined the ranks of George Keith who had also belonged to the Frankford or Oxford Meeting. One of the many notions of Keith was that it was entirely improper to have minister’s galleries erected above the level of the seats of the other members of the Society. Accordingly, during the year 1692, William Preston and Robert Turner, went to the Old Front Street Meeting House, known as “ Ye Bank Meeting House ’ and tore down the Minister ’s Gallery, their reason being that they had “ a testimony against galleries Turner continued to adhere to the Keithian doctrines, later going into the Episcopal Church. There is no indication in the minutes of the Abington Monthly Meeting or elsewhere, save the gallery episode, that William Preston was ever out of unity with Friends. His name appears throughout that trying period in the routine appointments of the meeting. The courteous apology he made was simply for the purpose of relieving his conscience and evidences a strong religious character. In acknowledging his error he asked forgiveness from Friends, the following being a copy of the original paper entitled ‘‘ Condemnation to Clear the Truth ’’ : “ To ye quarterly meeting of ffriends in Philadelphia or to — whomsoever it may concern : Ffriends Being sensible that I have brought trouble and groiffe upon ffriends in being concerned about pulling down ye gallery in ye front meeting house and being sensible of ye great love of ffriends in advising me to se unto the for¬ wardness of ye said act and to condemn the same. Now these may signify for ye said action of mine, I am sorry it should so happen & for ye Truth’s sake & Satisfaction of ffriends I do condemn it knowing & believing yt ye truth, admit of no violation, so hoping that this may give ffriends Satisfaction, desiring the love of ffriends as I hope I shall, in love to them whilst I draw breath. Frankford, 10/5/1696.” * Will proved 17th Dee., 1698. t Will proved 16th July, 1701. and Philadelphia. Ill It is not here possible to outline the various ways in which William Preston rendered important and valuable service in the early development of Philadelphia County. He was in¬ strumental in many surveys of its early townships. When the bridge crossing Mill Creek was washed away he was the leading spirit in opposing a change in the original road, which had paralleled the present Second Street and Prankford Avenue. On November 18, 1701 he was appointed by the Provincial Council a member of a committee of seven which stood for the old road; his fellow committeemen being Thos. Parsons, Joseph ffisher, Benj. Duffield, Eobt. Adams, & Jno. Worral. The opposition committee which desired a new road consisted of: Grf. Jones, John Goodson, Samuel Kichardson, Nicholas Wain, Robert Heath, Daniel Pastorius & Arnold Castell. The original report in favor of restoring the old road was accepted. It is in the hand-writing of William Preston and is in The Historical Society of Penn¬ sylvania. William Preston, designated in the monthly meeting as a yeoman, died in Frankford, Philadelphia, 19th 7 mo., 1717. In the words of his wife, Ann Taylor Preston, as recorded in the Ould Preston Bible: “My worthy husband William Preston departed this life ye 19th 7 month about half an hour after 9 o’clock in the morning, aged 67 years, 5 mos., lacking three days.” The Abington Monthly Meeting records his burial in the list of Oxford Burials, 1717. The action of Friends, covered by the entry from the minutes which appears in the foot¬ note,* concerning the abolishment of marked gravestones, and * < < Quarterly Meeting held at Philada ye 2 of ye 7th mo., 1701: It was moved at this meeting by friends of Philad. mo. meeting that they being disatisfied with Gravestones or any other Sort of monuments over or About the Graves of friends bury ground have given their Sense and Judgment against It as being needless. This Meeting Likewise are one with them therein believing It to be very needless and of evill tendency And therefor desires It may be recom¬ mended to the next yearly meeting for their Consideration that their may be generall order against it. If they See Meet Rowland Ellis Richard Orme William Preston Thomas Walton Thomas Story Thomas Carpenter Nich Walne And Antho: Morris and desired to Attend ye Service of ye next Yearly Meeting A Copy of ye Minutes Antho: Morris. * ' 112 William Preston of N ewcastle-upon-Tym to which William Preston is a subscriber, is most unfortunate, from the viewpoint of posterity desiring to make research, since it is now impossible to ascertain the location of many graves of colonial ancestors who laid the foundations of our commonwealth. The last will* and testament of William Preston, dated 29th 5 mo., 1714, is interesting as showing the customs of the day.f After payment of debts he gives to his eldest son, Amor, his “ white broad-cloth coat, callominco vest, plush breeches,” etc.: To his second son, Abel, “ my dragett suit coat, vest and briches & stockings suitable,” etc.: To Paul “my two cloaks, and all the remainder of my apparel, etc.” The residue of the estate, moneys to be realized from sale of prop¬ erty, etc., is to be invested and the interest thereon, together with interest from bonds, etc., are to be held in trust for his wife. The sundry household goods retained by widow Preston < < being left her . . . amounting, as by an inventory may appear, to £94.5.4 ; the cash paid for coffin and digging grave was £8.9.1;” the wearing apparel for Amor, £11.14.0, and Paul, £5.0.0. Abel and Amor have cash “ in hand on bonds ” £25, and £37, respectively. The cash in hand on bonds due the estate amounted to £457.10.0. William Preston married, September 10, 1672, Ann, daughter of Edward and Margaret Taylor, baptized at North Shields-upon-Tyne, England, July 18, 1651. Mrs. Preston accompanied her husband and two children to Pennsylvania and died at Frankford, Philadelphia, December 4, 1732. Her * Philadelphia Wills, Liber D, No. 105, folio 80. t The custom of willing specific articles was common among William Preston’s early kin: William Preston, of Twedemouth by will proved 31 March, 1582, gave “ to George Crawford my man my armage sword and a pare of nisset britches of brode clothe * * ; to John Rwelye * * a french crown for remembrance * * ; to William Bell * * my books and my dagger # *”, William Preston of Houghton, by will proved 1586, to ‘‘my said Sonne and Dorothy my daughter foure oxen equally between them. * * unto Agnes Simpson one black mare * * to Agnes my daughter one acre and a half of wheat and all my corn that is William Burdon’a field, also I give her one graye meare and one graye fielie * * to my wife two kye and two loads of hay and I also give her sixty-six ewes * * unto Janey Burdon my servant two ewes * * all the rest of my goods to my wife and my daughter Agnes * * * t and Philadelphia. 113 will, proved December 5, 1732, left estate to children Amor, Abel and Priscilla, daughter-in-law Elizabeth Preston and grand-child Mary Preston. Children of William and Ann (Taylor) Preston, the first five born in North Shields-upon-Tyne, the others in Frankford, Philadelphia : * HENRY, born September 18, 1673; died, unmarried, in Phila¬ delphia, 21 11 mo., 1707.f BARBARY, born 8 mo., 1674, baptized St. Andrew’s; died in England, 10 mo., 1675. iii. WILLIAM, bom 25th 3 mo., 1678; died in England 13th 9 mo., 1681. iv. ELIZABETH1, born 10th 5 mo., 1680; died in England, 12 mo., 1681. v. REBECCA, born 10 mo., 1682, died in Philadelphia, 12th 7 mo., i. ii. 1683. AMOR, born 7th 11 mo., 1684/5; married Esther Large. vii. ABEL, bom 31st 11 mo., 1687/8; married first, October 8, 1712, Meribah Slocum of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, at house of Meribah Slocuin; second, 21st 7 mo., 1731, Hannah Hudson 4. vi. of Philadelphia. 5. viii. PAUL, born 30th 9 mo., 1690; married Elizabeth (Oldman) Gilbert. 6. ix. PRISCILLA, bora 27th 3 mo., 1693; married John Van Laer, Jr. x. SARAH, bora 21st 12 mo., 1695/6; predeceased her father. xi. PHOEBE, born 7th 7 mo., 1700; not named in father’s will. 4. AMOR4 PRESTON (William,8 Henry,2 William), bom in Frankford, Philadelphia, January 7, 1684; died after No¬ vember 29, 1732; married $ 6th 11 mo., 1710, Esther Large, and settled at Wieaco. After a time the little homestead was destroyed by forest-fires and the Prestons, on the invitations of friendly Indians, went to Ilollekonk, in Buckingham, Bucks County. They both spoke Indian fluently,§ Mrs. Pres¬ ton even serving as interpreter at an Indian treaty at Hollekonk. She died in Buckingham, at the home of her son, Paul. * Unless otherwise stated, the genealogical data pertaining to this family is taken from the Ould Preston Bible, dated 1599, abstract of which may be found in the Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, vol. VII, p. 38 et seq. f Watson in his Annals of Philadelphia relates that Henry Preston was fined £5 by the Grand Jury for avoiding the duties of watchman and constable. i < Among other respectable citizens thus fined,” says Watson, “I noticed the names of Joseph Shippen, Abram Carpenter, George Claypole and Henry Preston.” $ Palls Monthly Meeting : Certificate of clearness of marriage 8 mo. 30, 1710; things are well ” 10 mo. 6, 1710. § Henry D. Paxson, Where Pennsylvania History Began, 38- “ 'William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 114 — “1774 14 February, died in Bucks county, Mrs. Preston, at the advanced age of 100 years and upwards. She had seen Penn and his colonists at Philadelphia; had acted as his in¬ terpreter occasionally with the Indians. She possessed her memory and understanding till her last.” * Children f of Amor and Esther (Large) Preston, order of birth uncertain, and there may have been others: NATHAN,s born 28 2 mo., 1711; died 24 April, 1787; % mar¬ ried 28th 12 mo., 1737, MARY, daughter of John and Elea¬ nor Hough, born 4th 7 mo., 1715; died 5th 1 mo., 1782. Issue: 1. Mary Preston, born 13 10 mo., 1739; died 7 7 mo., 1795. 2. Martha Preston, born 31 6 mo., 1743; died young. 3. Eleanor Preston, born 20th 3 mo., 1748. ii. MARY, died unmarried, November 13, 1782. iii. ELEANOR, married January 19, 1786, John Carey. 7. iv. PAUL, born 1724; married Hannah Scarborough Fisher. i. 5. PAUL 4 PRESTON ( William* Henry,2 William 1 ) , was born at Frankford, Philadelphia, 30th. 9 mo., 1690, and died there, November 9, 1732, his death being recorded on the Minutes of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, His probable burial was in Friends’ ground, Arch Street, east of Fourth. A leading iron worker of his day and vicinity, his will, proved December 5, 1732, shows a good estate, the inventory including large quantities of wrought iron, numerous plough shares, axes, tongs, shovels and anvils, also a number of slaves. Chatties, and movables appraised at £727.7.0. At his residence in Philadelphia he exercised a gracious hospitality, kind to all classes and especially ministering to the necessities of the saints. Being appointed an elder, he was fervent in spirit in fulfilling the duties devolved on him, and his services in religious meetings were many. He was “ careful in the intentions of religious meetings, and in the education of his children Thomas Chalkley, who con¬ sidered Paul Preston’s house as his Philadelphia home, gives testimony that on his dying bed he declared he : “ had no * Cf. Watson, Annals, i, 160, for tales told by Samuel Preston, son of Paul, of his grandmother, the aged Mrs. Preston; and Davis* History of Bucks County. t Genealogical data furnished by Emma L. Rice of Newtown, Pennsyl¬ vania, a lineal descendant. t'‘Buried at Plumstead, where the old meeting house stood, attended by a vast number of people, by which it appeared that he was a man well beloved as a minister of the Gospel. Publications of the Genea¬ logical Society vol. iii, 47. , ” — and Philadelphia. 115 desire to live but to do good, and that it had been his care to keep a conscience void of offence towards God, and to all men which was his comfort.” He therefor lived in good esteem with his friends and neighbors, much beloved for his kind¬ nesses, and “ when he deceased his loss was deeply felt V4 He married at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 22nd 2 mo., 1713, Elizabeth (Oldman) Gilbert, daughter of Thomas Old¬ man f and his wife Elizabeth Bikes,$ and widow of Joshua Gilbert, who died in 1711. Among the thirty-seven witnesses * Biographical Sketches of Ministers and Elders, The Friend, voi. 39, p. 348. t The Oldmans were among the early Quaker families of Norfolk, England. In 1664, John Oldman of Watlington disclaimed Anna (Rye’s Nor folic Famihes, p. 625). Thomas Oldman, the emigrant ancestor, sailed from Liverpool, England, 7 mo., 1683, on the Morning Star , of Chester, Thomas Hayes, master, and arrived in Philadelphia, 9th mo. 20, 1683 (see deposition of Thomas Oldman, Futhey and Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, p. 740). On 1st mo. 20th, 1687/8, he married Elizabeth Sikes at Lewes, Sussex County on Delaware, Pennsyl¬ vania. He was a man of property, member of Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania from Sussex County, 1695-1697-1698, and Justice of Peace, 1695-1698. As a member of the Provincial Assembly he was one of the signers of The Declaration of Fealty, Christian Belief and Test, a most remarkable historical document. The original of this document is in The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, dated September 10, 1695. The signers were all Quakers except John Farmer, a member of the Church of England. Among the signers were: Sam. Carpenter, Antho. Morris, Franc. Rawle, Edw. Shippen, David Lloyd and the other members of the Assembly. Thomas Oldman was also active in defense of the colony against the attacks of the French pirates in 1695. Scharf ’s History of Delaware, vol. 11, 1235-1236. He died in Philadelphia, 11th mo. 21st, 1714. His wife, Elizabeth, died 6 mo. 23, 1724. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth Oldman were: 1. Elizabeth, above, bom 1689; 2. Thomas, married Mary Garrett; 3. Sarah, married James Elfreth. Jane Oldman, a grand-daughter of Thomas Oldman, married Daniel Williams on March 27, 1746, North Meeting House, Philadelphia. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly, signer of the Non-Importation Act, and founder of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. — f Elizabeth Sikes, wife of Thomas Oldman, was a daughter of James and Elizabeth Sikes of Ouldham, Lancaster. James Sykes, in 16'65, is 116 William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the ceremony were: Anthony Morris, Thomas Chalkley, Hugh Durborrow, Joseph Drinker and Bichard Wain. Children of Paul and Elizabeth (Oldman) Gilbert Preston, order uncertain : WILLIAM,s born 1714; married Sarah Carlile. 8. i. ii. RACHEL, died 15th 5 mo., 1715. iii. THOMAS, born 3d 10 mo., 1719. Thomas Preston was a drug¬ gist at the sign of the Golden Mortar, Second Street, be¬ tween Chestnut and Market, opposite Black Horse Alley. He married Mary Lloyd at the house of Francis Cowl. iv. MARY, born 1724; married at Philadephia, 7th 4 mo., 1743 Samuel Lippincott, son of William Lippineott of Sh rews bury, New Jersey, where they settled. In 1747 they re turned to Philadelphia but were transferred to Haddonfield and thence, 10 mo., 1765, to Shrewsbury. v. BENJAMIN, buried 1728. vi. JOSEPH, born 1721. He is named in will of brother William February 13, 1740. vii. HANNAH, born 1713, died 3 mo., 1718. viii. SARAH, died 3 mo., 1718. 6. PRISCILLA4 PRESTON (William* Henry,2 William1), bom at Frankford, Philadelphia, 27th 3 mo., 1693 ; married out of Meeting, September 13, 1713, John Van Daar, Jr., a Presby¬ terian. In 1735 their daughter, Ann 5 Van Laer, born 1716, married, as second wife, John Strangeways Hutton, an account of whom, by Charles Wilson Peale, is given in the Columbian Magazine for September, 1792, and whose portrait, from an oil painting by Peale, is reproduced in Watson’s Annals. He was a son of John Hutton, born in Scotland, and grandson of Arthur Strangeways, of New York, who died in Boston at the age, it is said, of 101 years. John Strangeways Ilutton and his wife Ann 5 (Van Laer) Hutton are buried in the Third Presbyterian Churchyard of recorded in Besse's Sufferings of the Quakers. At Marsden Monthly Meeting of Friends, Lancashire, 3d mo. 20, 1686, James Sikes gives notice of his intention to remove with his wife Elizabeth, his son Simon, and daughter Elizabeth, to America. The certificate of removal was granted by the same meeting, 4 mo. 17, 1686. Shortly after their arrival in Pennsylvania, his daughter Elizabeth, as stated above, married Thomas Oldman. James Sykes died in Lewis, in 1687. His wife, Elizabeth, having predeceased him there. The paternal ancestors of James Sykes are buried in the Sykes graveyard in Heyside, England. The children of James and Elizabeth Sikes, as entered on the Records of Marsden Meeting, were: 1. Nathaniel, b. 11 mo. 1, 1654/5; 2. John, b. 1 iruo. 11, 1657/8; 3. Simeon, b. 11 mo. 18, 1659; 4. Sylvanus, b. 11 mo. 31, 1661; 5. Elizabeth, b. 7 mo. 15, 1664; 6, James, b. 6 mo. 3, 1669. and Philadelphia. 117 Philadelphia. The inscription on their tombstone reads : ‘* In Memory of Ann Hutton, who died November 14th, 1788, Aged 72 years. Also, of John Hutton, who died December 23rd, 1792, Aged 108 years and 4 months.” Of their sons: George6 JIutton married August 11, 1760, Mary Moore. Their daughter Mary Hutton married John McMullin of Philadelphia, who left descendants of this and other surnames, among whom were the wives of the late Major-General William Scott Ketchum and Colonel Franklin Foster Flint. John 6 Hutton married October 6, 1764, Elizabeth Merritt. He died De¬ cember 6, 1791, and his wife April 11, 1828, in the 80th year of her age. They are buried in St. Peter ’s Churchyard, Phila¬ delphia. They left descendants living in Philadelphia, many of whom are mentioned in Descendants of J dran Kyn, includ¬ ing their grandson Adjutant-Lieutenant John 8 Galt Hutton, who served in the War of 1812; and their grand-daughter, Lucinda 8 Ann Hutton, who married, October 27, 1842, John Swift Keen. Gregory 9 Barnard Keen, LL.D., 1844-1930, a son of this marriage, was one of the most talented descendants of William Preston the propositus, as well as one of Phila¬ delphia’s distinguished men of letters. For twenty years the Curator of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, he had previously succeeded Frederick D. Stone as its Librarian. Benjamin e Hutton married Rebecca Plumsted, whose descend¬ ants are mentioned in Chronicles of the Plumsted Family by Eugene Devereux, and Keith’s Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania. In the former work, pp. 64, 65, it is errone¬ ously assumed that William and Ann Preston came from the County of Norfolk, England, presumably because their arras were the same as the Prestons of that county. As heretofore shown, this particular Preston family came from Northumber¬ land. The facts, however, are correctly stated in the article written by Gregory Bernard Keen, LL.D., concerning the Hutton, Plumsted and Devereux families.* 7. PAUL® PRESTON (Amor,* William,3 Henry,2 William1), bom 1724, died in Buckingham, Bucks County, October 19, 1806. Following family example he was prominent in the religious body of which he was a member. From 1755 to 1777 he was clerk of Buckingham Meeting of Friends. By close application he became an excellent mathematician and linguist, * The Pennsylvania Magazine of History, vol. 43, pp. 251 et seq> 118 William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and was county treasurer in 1768,* county surveyor, tax col¬ lector and court translator of German.! He would appear to have been school-master as well in or about 1750, since “Paul Preston’s school” is referred to in the Journal % of John Watson, Assistant Surveyor to the Commissioners of the Province of Pennsylvania, whose friend he was. He wrote considerable poetry as did his two daughters. His most pretentious poem was Solomoncis in five or more books,§ of which practically nothing has been preserved. He also wrote in verse an interesting narrative of The Captivity of Benjamin Gilbert and Family, by the Indians in 1780. Two stanzas illustrating the rhythm of the poem are cited “ The all-protecting arm of Providence, Can sweeten ev’ry bitter cup of grief; In all besetments is the best defence, In every sorrow, the most sure relief. In poverty, the riches of the meek, In pining hunger, cheers the fainting soul, Can with a wond’rous strength supply the weak, Support the lame, and make the cripple whole.'’ A fine classical scholar he translated from the Latin The Works of Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius concerning The Consolation of Philosophy, which his friends published in 1808, together with the poem as a tribute to his memory. Though artificial and labored in style, the poem shows a deep religious conviction and evidences in its choice of language familiarity with the classics of the eighteenth century. The sonorous lines of the translation bear witness to his knowledge of the Greek and Latin poets; the Works of Boethius had many translators, among them Alfred the Great and Queen Elizabeth. Mr. W. V. Cooper, B.A., Kings Col¬ lege, Cambridge, later published a translation in the series known as the Temple Classics. A comparison of the latter with Paul Preston’s translation will show that the self-taught , * Minutes of Pennsylvania Assembly. t Davis' History of Bucks, 270. t Pennsylvania Magazine of History, Yol. 39, 1, et seq. § Poets and Poetry of Bucks County, by Gen. W. W. Davis. A collec¬ tion of papers Tead before the Bucks County Historical Society, Vol. I of Publications of that Society. and Philadelphia. 119 THE WORKS o * Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius , CONCERNING THE CONSOLATION or PHILOSOPHY. . WRITTEN ABOUT 1240 TBARS JCO TRANSLATED 7R0M THE LATIN— BT PAUL PRESTON, 4 SKLÿtAUGHT GENIUS OF ms COUNTr OF BUCKS* Published by His Friends as a Tribute to his Memory• PRINTED AT DOYLESTOWN— BT ASHER MIXER. 1 808. (Oopy in The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.) scholar of nearly one hundred and fifty years ago caught the meaning and spirit of the original as well as the college-bred man of modem times. He also left behind him a manuscript work on Surveying and still another which teaches the use to which a straight stick and compass can be applied. In 1787 his friend and former pupil, Jonathan Ingham, dedicated to him an English translation of the epitaph of Theocritus of Hippanox which is 120 William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne humbly inscribed to 4 1 my well esteemed friend and tutor Paul Preston. ...” (MAI/ As before stated Paul Preston died in 1806, and is buried in the graveyard of Buckingham Meeting. Upon the stone marking his grave are the letters P. P. and the year, 1806. The Meeting House stands upon his old estate, in silent re¬ membrance of this well-stored mind of the eighteenth century. acres of land The realty of Paul Preston included 127 situated in Plumstead Township.* He married, November 21, 1753, Hannah Scarborough Fisher, bora April 13, 1727 ; died January 13, 1822. Children of Paul and Hannah Scarborough (Fisher) Pres¬ ton, bora in Buckingham : i. DEBORAH, e born September 2, 1754; died unmarried, October 15, 1837. 9. ii. SAMUEL, born June 17, 1756; died December 8, 1834. iii. ANN, born March 3, 1758; died unmarried, January 4ÿ 1845; a minister in Society of Friends. iv. NAOMI, born March 1, 1762; died December 9, 1845; married James Price. v. EUPHEMIA, born February 15, 1765; died unmarried, Sep¬ tember 25, 1837. vi. PAUL, born March 10, 1767 ; died October 19, 1853. vii. SILAS, born June 20, 1769 ; died February 20, 1855 ; a promi¬ nent minister in Society of Friends ; married Margaret, daughter of Francis and Eleanor Good, 4th 6 mo., 1796. 8. WILLIAM 6 PRESTON (Paul* William,3 Henry,2 William 1), bora at Philadelphia, 1714; died there February 21, 1740. His was but a short life of twenty-six years. According to his will of February 11, 1740,f his home was on the “corner of the west side of Front Street ”, with a lot of ground adjoining. From the inventory of his estate it would appear that he was a carpenter and builder, maintaining a shop apart from his home. Among his assets was a Negro boy, Caesar. This was the last slave owned by a William Preston of this branch. ffitMam (Tkrtm * Bucks County Deeds, Book No. 40. t Proved February 24, 1740. Recorded Liber F, ff. 179, 194 Philadel¬ phia Wills. and Philadelphia. 121 He married at Philadelphia, August 13, 1737,* Sarah, daughter of John f and Mary (Gladwin %) Carlisle of Burling¬ ton, New Jersey. This was a marriage “out of Meeting”, satisfaction for which was made 24th 9 mo., 1738. Child of William and Sarah (Carlile) Preston, born at Philadelphia : 10. i. WILLIAM, o born 26th 10 mo., 1737 ; married Barbara Heisler. 9. HONORABLE SAMUEL 8 PRESTON (Paul,6 Amor,* William,3 Henry,2 William1), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1756; died at Stockport, Wayne County, Pennsyl¬ vania, December 8, 1834. A staunch federalist, he was, by the appointment of Governor Thomas Mifflin in 1790, the first Associate Judge of Wayne County and served until 1803 when he resigned. He is recorded in the History of Wayne Judiciary as a Quaker, born in Bucks County and as the first man to engage in commerce on the Delaware River in Buck¬ ingham. As early as 1787, under the patronage of Henry Drinker, a wealthy Quaker of Philadelphia and a large land owner, he travelled through Wayne and Luzerne Counties seeking a proper site for a village. He named his chosen site Stockport and the township Buckingham. He was a man of genius and a good mathematician. He built the first mills in Buckingham and by 1806 had cleared 130 acres of land. Iron and merchandise he brought up the Delaware River in Durham boats which were pulled by setting poles. * The printed records of Christ Church give this marriage as that of William Reston and Sarah Carlile. f JOHN CARLILE, born Spittlesfield, Stepney Parish, Middlesex, Eng¬ land, 13th 4 mo., 1678; died Burlington, New Jersey, in January, 1726; married, Burlington Meeting, 27th 5 mo., 1704, Mary Gladwin, who sur¬ vived him, and removed with her daughter, Sarah, to Philadelphia bring¬ ing certificate to Meeting of Friends. He was a son of JOHN CARLILE of London, born 1648; (married 29th 1 mo., 1671, Mary Goodwine, of Spittlesfield; son of JOHN CARLILE of London, born 1618; died 11th 3 , born 1629; died 21 February, mo., 1692; married April, 1647, Jane 1689.— English Friends Eecords. (Transcripts of, in Collections of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.) $MARY GLADWIN, daughter of Thomas and Mary Gladwin, WUB born at Burlington, July 1, 1685. The will of her father, dated December 19, 1694, proved January 5, following shows that her mother was already deceased. —Neto Jersey Archives, First Series, vol. 23, 188. -- William Preston of N ewcastle-upon-Tyne 122 The fervent federalism of Judge Preston may best be gleaned from his famous charge to the grand jury of Wayne County, as printed in pamphlet form at Easton in 1800 and widely distributed at that time : * Therefore in this infant country, where the foundation of our political and moral character is yet to establish, a “ 'if & \ ’ * * * t t ij k , t i ti.ijg U.ÿit t i i tm ay t ii “,v L * t iMt i t i / * wm vsiti vVj fr>‘ prudential care is necessary to guard against all those surrounding evils, it is not only the duty of Jurymen but every individual citizen to discourage all such Seditions, murmurs and complaints against government and guard against every species of foreign influence, as the conse¬ quences are so pernicious to our welfare." * A copy of this pamphlet and the Journals of Samuel Preston are in The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 123 and Philadelphia. On the opposite page is reproduced the book plate of Judge Preston, as designed by his friend Benjamin West. It should be noted that it comprises the arms of the Beeston-Buckingham Prestons of Norfolk as well as those of the Prestons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Philadelphia, heretofore referred to. The old Preston homestead at Wayne was erected more than one hundred and twenty-five years ago. It was built by Judge Preston, the first man who started an opening in the forests of that region, and has sheltered four generations. In the days of African slavery in this country it was known as a station of the “Underground Railroad”, and afforded a safe retreat for scores of negro bondmen fleeing from servitude in the South to Canada. A contemporary wrote: “Knowing as I do the moral, soeial and intellectual excel¬ lencies of the Preston family, and making all due allowances for the frailties of human nature, truth compels me to say that I shall never look upon their like again. # At his death in 1834, Judge Preston was survived by three sons and a daughter. Paul Silas Preston, the eldest of the sons, possessed an extensive library and was well acquainted with the classics. He was sheriff of the county from 1828, serving three years. In 1835, he was Register and Recorder. Having Quaker principles he was conscientiously opposed to ■ slavery. Judge Preston married, September 1, 1793, Marcia, daugh¬ ter of Valentine and Marcia Jenkins of Dutchess County, New York. She died June 12, 1835, aged seventy-one years, six months and nine days. Children of Hon. Samuel and Marcia (Jenkins) Preston, born at Stockport, Wayne County: i. PAUL SAMUEL, married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Samuel R. Mogridge, who came from England; had issue. SAMUEL, died unmarried. ii. HANNAH, married Benjamin Randall; had issue. v. WARNER MIFFLIN, died unmarried. i. 10. WILLIAM 6 PRESTON (William,6 Paul,* William,8 Henry,2 William1), born Philadelphia, December 26, 1737; died in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, October 6, 1820. * Matthews’ History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties. Pennsyl¬ vania, pp. 520*529. William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 124 On 12th 5 mo., 1752, the following was written in the Pres¬ ton Bible before referred to, “ William Preston, his Bible that was his father’s William, grandfather Paul Preston, great grandfather William Preston and great-great-grandfather Henry Preston.” While this statement fixes the yonng own¬ er’s descent, it is perhaps incorrect as to the first owner of the honored volume which opens with the statement, ‘‘I [William Preston] left old England with my wife and two children the 10th 4 mo., 1683, ’’ and follows with his family record. He became prominent as a boat builder, his yard being located in Northern Liberties. By his will, proved October 9, 1820, he disposed of a comparatively large estate to his immediate family. During the Revolution William Preston served, first, in Captain Jesse Roe’s company of Artillery Artificers, Conti¬ nental Line, under command of General Knox; was later commissioned, April 7, 1777, lieutenant in Colonel Benjamin Flowers’ Artillery Artificers Corps, Continental Line, and is named in a return of that Regiment, April 16, 1782.* His marriage to Barbara Heisler of Germantown, September 17, 1758, was out of Meeting and “Satisfaction” was made to the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 5th 10 mo., 1759, when “T. Elfreth was therefore desired to have it read at ye Bank” Meeting on Front Street, above Arch where his great grand¬ father destroyed the Minister’s gallery in 1692. Barbara Preston died 30th 9 mo., 1798, during the yellow fever epi¬ demic, and, with her son Joseph Preston, who died the same day, was buried in Friends’ Ground at Fairhill. Children of William and Barbara (Heisler), born in Philadelphia : MARY/ died 9 mo., 1759. SARAH, bora 18th 10 mo., 1760; died February 2, 1763. iii. HANNAH, born 17th 3 mo., 1763; died 1803; married, August i. ii. 13, 1785, Daniel Murray, -f "WILLI AkM, born 12th 6 mo., 1765; Catharine Black. v. JOHN, bora 30th 3 mo., 1768. vi. JOSEPH, born 4th April, 1777; died 30 9 mo., 1798. 11. iv. * Pennsylvania Archives} Fifth Series, vol. iii, 1086, 1094. t For issue of this marriage, see Publications, vol. vii, 40. and Philadelphia. 125 11. WILLIAM PRESTON (William,* William,° Paul,* Wil¬ liam,* Henry,2 William1), born Philadelphia 12th 6 mo., 1765; died there, October 4, 1819. With his father he was engaged in boat building but assumed the management of the business some ten years before his decease. 7 In the War of 1812 he was a member of the Northern Liber¬ ties’ Volunteer Artillerists, commanded by Captain John Nagle, organized into a Batallion under Major A. M. Prevost, being in the service of the United States from September 8, 1814 to January 3, 1815.* He married at Zion’s Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, August 6, 1789, f Catharine, daughter of Frederick % and * Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, vol. viii, 461, 463, 468. f The original marriage certificate is in the Historical Society of Penn¬ sylvania, the Rev. John Frederick Schmidt being the officiating clergy¬ man. Because of patriotic utterances Mr. Schmidt was driven from Germantown during its occupancy by the British. Later he was sent to Zion Church, Philadelphia, where in December, 1799, he took part in the commemorative services on the death of Washington. According to the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, Major General Henry Lee delivered an oration to 4000 persons assembled in the Church. , $ George Frederick Swartz came to Philadelphia in the ship Nancy Captain John Ewing, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, and subscribed to the usual qualifications 27 September, 1752, signing as George Fred¬ erick Swartz ( Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, vol. xvii, 361-2). As George Frederick Swartz he married at Trinity, Oxford, August 5, 1755, Abigail Chester, who survived him. The original of this marriage certificate is in the possession of Mrs. Charles V. McLean of Philadelphia, a lineal descendant. Frederick Swartz served during the Revolution as a member of the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Line under Colonel Haas. This regiment, first brought into the field December 24, 1776, suffered heavily at Brandywine and Germantown ( Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, vol. ii, 890). See also, Lineage Record No. 40110 of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Records of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York. In his will of 12 January, 1787, proved 19 January following, he de¬ scribed himself as I, Frederick Black of Kensington in the County of Philadelphia, weak of body”. His worldly estate he bequeathed to Abi¬ gail his ” dearly beloved wife” during widowhood, with remainder to his children and their children. In this connection, cf. Philadelphia Deeds, Book EF, No. 29, under date of 6 March, 1897. “ William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 126 Abigail (Chester) Black, bom February 18, 1770; died April 13, 1856, and was buried in Monument Cemetery, Phila¬ delphia. Children of William and Catherine (Black) Preston, bom in Philadelphia : MAJRY,s born March 25, 1791; married (1) John Markley ; (2) Maurice Starne. ii. ABIGAIL, born November 20, 1793; married Benjamin Addis Meredith, born October 24, 1782, son of Benjamin and Prudence (Lewis) Meredith; had issue. iii. WILLIAM, born October 23, 1797 ; died October 3, 1803. With this death the name of William, in the direet Preston line treated of, came to an end. iv. GEORGE, born February 14, 1801; died May 13, 1801. 12. i. 12. MARY8 PRESTON (William,1 WiUiam,* William,6 Paul,* William,3 Henry,2 William1), bom in Philadelphia, March 25, 1791; died July 15, 1834-; married (first) Second Presby¬ terian Church, Philadelphia, June 25, 1807, John Markley of Montgomery County, who died circa 1819. Mrs. Markley married (second) Maurice Starne. Children of John and Mary (Preston) Markley, born in Philadelphia : ELIZA MARKLEY,® married William C. Stickney. i. ii. MATILDA MARKLEY, married Samuel L. Tomlin. iii. CATHERINE MARKLEY, born December 19, 1815; died July 14, 1886; married April 3, 1833, John Fonderlet Belaterling, Mayor of Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, 1845*1849; Solicitor, 1851. Issue: 1. Emma Belsterling. 2. William Franklin Belsterling. 3. Mary Markley Belsterling. 4 Catherine Preston Belsterling. 5. John Jacob Belsterling. 6. E Stella Belsterling. iv. REBECCA MARKLEY, died after April 2, 1837.