Notes, Queries and Corrections

NOTES, QUERIES AND CORRECTIONS — KEARSLEY. Brief notes concerning I>r. John Kearsley, an early eighteenth century physician of Philadelphia and architect of Christ Church, will be found in Publications, Volume X, 305; Volume XI, 87-88. This data was contributed by Arthur <3. Jacobsen, M.D., of Brooklyn. The Medical Times and Long Island Medioal Journal for January, 1932, has a scholarly editorial by Dr. Jacobsen on ‘'The Relations of Physi¬ cians to Early American Science/7 From this is taken the following, relating to Dr. Kearsley and his astronomical observations upon the comet seen in Philadelphia in January and February, 1730-7, and the eclipse of the Sun in the latter month. Obfervations upon the Comet feen in January and February 1736-7, and of an Edipfe of the Sun, Feb. 18, 1730-7, made at Philadelphia in Penfylvania, inclofed in a Letter from Dr. Kearfly to Mr. Peter Collin f on, F. B. S. January laft, about Six in the Evening, I faw a dull Star about 3 or 4 Degrees above Mercury, and a little to the Southward of a Vertical paffing through $ , but took little Notice of it then, not thinking of a Comet; but by comparing $ *s Place with the Fixt Stars, I afterwards thought it might be a Comet.— On the 31ft, about 6 Ho. 30 Min. P. M. I took its Diftance from Venus, by a re¬ flecting Inftrument of Mr, Radley’a Make, 14 Deg. 40 Min. but by a Forcftaff, 14 Deg. 50 Min. and a Right Line pafs’d over the Comet, /ÿ"\N the 27th of Venus, and the Pleiades. The Night following, about 6 Ho. 20 Min. its Diftance from Venus was, by Mr. Hadley’s Inftrument, 13 Deg. 25 Min. The reft of my Obfervations, by fuch Inftruments as I had, being none of the beft, and the Comet's growing very dull, are as follows: Feb. 7. --- Deg. Ho. Min. P.M. 0 47 Comet from Venus 7 Deg. 40 Min. from Aldebaran 59 Deg. 40 Min. 7 3 from Algenib 17 Deg. 45 Min. by a Foreftaff. 11. 7 7 17. D. 7 A Right Line from the Comet over Venus pafs'd over the bright Star in the Side of Per f eve. 14 Comet from Venus 7 Deg. 12 Min. 20 A Right Line over the Comet, Venus, and Head of Caffiopeia. 20 The Comet was in a Right Line, and to the Northward of two Stare; Diftance of the Stars I fuppofed to be about 40 Minutes, and the Comet from the leaft 30 Min. Thefe Stars, I think, were the South Node of Pifces, brighteft from Venus 10 Deg. 20 Min. from Aldebaran 50 Deg. 30 Min. as I found it fet down, but muft be very falfe. (294) Notes, Queries and Corrections. 20. 295 No Star -within Sight of the Comet by the Telefcope. Ho. M. 30 7 Comet from Aldebaran 34 Deg. from Lucida 30 8 Wanted about a Degree of Oculua Ceti.— Cap. <y» 19%. 21. about Which waa the laft Sight I had of it. P. 8. The Eclipfe Feb. 18. could not be well obferved here, by reafon of Clouds. I rectified my Clock by one of Heath's large Bing Dials. At 7 Ho. 18 Min. there was a f mall Dent in the Sun 's Edge, whence the Beginning 1 or 2 Minutes fooner: Juft before the End, vie. 10 Ho. 11 or 12 Minutes, I had a Sight of the Sun again, and there was then a Dent in the Sun's Edge, fo that the End muft be 10 Ho. 13 or 14 Min. in the Morning: About the Middle of the Eclipfe, there was a large Spot near the Middle of the enlightened Part, which waa the North Side of the Sun. “If we take the broad field of general culture, " says Dr. Jacobsen, “we will find early American medical men like Kearsley and Thornton distinguishing themselves as architects and even as astronomers, etc. . . It is fitting to embellish this editorial with the reproduction of astro¬ nomical ‘Observations' made by Dr. John Kearsley (practitioner and architect of Christ Church, still standing in Philadelphia and one of the most beautiful structures in America), taken by the writer from the Transactions of the Royal Society for the years 1737-8, on file in the British Museum." . MARRIAGES, 1791-1824, FROM DOCKET OF MATTHIAS KALER,* JUSTICE FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF BERKS COUNTY: 1791, December 9, Samuel Scott and Aguess Hartly 1791, December 12, Thomas Youins and Margret Hartly 1791, December 24, Sam Battereon and Sarah Devine 1792, December 26, James Kims and Mary Jones 1793, January 8, Benjamin Meller and Rebaca Chesnutwood 1793, January 31, John Kenney and Catharine Callegain 1793, March 22, John Lewes and Catharine Winence 1794, January 6, Edward M 'gee and Sarah Moyer 1794, January 22, David Lyens and Aguess Sillings 1794, February 13, Thomas Moore and Hannah Black. 1794, February 27, Paterick Nowlen and Janee Steall 1794, June 12, Christian Bryman and Sophia Moore 1794, July 22, Edward Bowden and Susanna Wolf 1794, August 12, Casper Wolf and Catharine Trains * Matthias Kaler bora in Germany circa 1750, came to Pennsylvania and settled in Berks County. Commissioned Justice of the Peace for the Fifth District, composed of the townships of Caernarvon, Robeson and Union, by Governor Mifflin, 26 October, 1791. At that time the three townships contained 563 taxable inhabitants. HiB residence was in Robeson. The marriages here printed were copied by Gilbert Cope and are taken from his collection of papers in The Genealogical Society- The original spelling is adhered to. 296 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 1795, January 1, John Mannen and Mary Moore 1795, March 26, Robert Boice and Sarah Cusporth 1795, May 14, Peter Garhard and Mary Walley 1795, August 10, York John and Sarah Stout 1797, August 1, George Kachel and Susanna Nickolason 1795, October 15, Jacob Totherah and Susanna Bergar 1795, November 16, William M’Donnald and Elizabeth Short 1795, December 9, Sam Johnston and Sarah FizShareyl 1796, March 1, John Kenneday and Ann Kenneday. . 1797, August, Peter Meller and Elizabeth Clancey 1797, October 17, William Connenham and 1798, January 23, Edward Bryan and Ann Cox 1798, June 1, Michael Sands and Catherine Benton1 1798, September 10, Alexander M’Nauthery and Ellenor Evens 1798, October 21, Jacob Sivert and Catherine Wolf 1798, November 4, John Handlin and Sarah Hackensf 1798, November 12, Frederick Schwemkr and Ann Hughs 1798, November 22, John D, Gell and Margreat Glass 1799, April 21, Thomas Ramsey and Rebaccah Bean 1799, May 24, John Greff eth and Hester Stephvens 1799, June 4, James O’Neail and Mary Klingman 1799, August 24, John Handily and Margret Connenham 1799, October 19, Joseph Davis and Elizabeth Johns 1800, April 7, Christian Detwiller and Magdalena Brunner 1801, March 17, Adam Johnston and Mariah Cox 1801, April 29, Hugh M ’Cormick and Maria Shoff 1801, July 19, Caleb Jones and Mary Witman 1801, August 20, James Wray and Sarah Hawek 1801, November 19 f, John Mason and Mary Morvine 1802, April 13, George Mentzer and Mary Shoof 1802, May 16, William Burges and Elizabeth Sink 1802, June 14, John Morgen and Mary Nile (or Hile) 1803, January 13, Even Evens and Mary Gaberal 1803, March 29, Aaron Chamber and Margrat Gray 1803, March 30, Hugh Roy and Margrat Betz 1803, June 17, James Glenn and Sarah Cample 1804, February 12, Amos Browne and Hannah Hughs 1804, April 8, Henry Klavenstine and Sarah Schrach (widow) 1804, August 10, Isaac Pawling and Barbara Wampold 1804, October 18, John Mock and Rachel Chestnutwood 1804, November 22, Marten Scheuler and Elizabeth Clark 1805, February, Hugh Quay and Mary Prat 1805, March 14, David Gangar and Sarah Bukely 1805, July 30, Peter Plank June and Rachel Nickson 1805, Septembr 26, Joseph Kirkpatrick and Mary Bane 1805, Novembr 3, Robert Mils and Susannah Rogers 1806, February 6, Richerd Templin and Mary Mackesom 1806, March 31, Friderck Jonsthen and Catharine Knowx 1806, July 9, David Griffey and Kezia Cusporth ---. Notes, Queries and Corrections. 1806, November 9, John Hornberger and Mary A mall 1806, November 11, John Haversick and Mary Griffey 1807, January 13, Adam Jonsthen and Elizabeth Wells 1807, January 21, John Ferrall and Catherine Tremble 1807, February 5, Peter Platte and Ann M'Closkey 1807, February 17, John Wells and Margrait Eedg 1807, February 24, Philip Spannagel and Sarah Dager 1807, March 19, John Kockell and Hannah Sink 1807, March 31, Richerd Threweak and Elener Brinley 1807, April 2, George Peanter and Elizabeth Schaefer 1807, October 12, Wm. Boss and Jane Whitaker 1807, October 31, John Van Beaper and Elizabeth Moyer 1807, Many [sic] 23, John Ramsey and Mary Land 1807, November 11, Mr. Rosher Harvey and Hannah Evens 1807, November 23, Nickolas Hunsaler and Elizabeth Clemer 1807, November 24, Daniel Semmers and Sarah Hooks 1808, February 14, Bees Lammey and Mary Mitchel 1808, March 24, Samuel Jones and Ann Sammers 1808, April 19, John Gabrel and Jane Makemson 1808, May 12, John Smith and Margate Heck or Hook 1808, July 26, Philip Maurrer and Hester Sink 1808, September 1, John Smith and Elizabeth Clemons 1808, September 18, Nickolas Owen and Ann Sands 1809, January 20, Mr. Richard Franklin and Sarah Philips 1809, January 26, James Brenley and Rachel Bachdoll 1809, March 22, George Horne and Sarah Sink (widow) 1809, August 22, Samuel Whistley and Christiane Klingman 1810, July 31, Joseph Skenn and Mary Wills. 1810, July 31, George Taine and Margrata Bukbart 1810, September 2, Thomas Moore and Sarah M'Afee 1810, September 11, Samuel Moyer and Anna Sheen 1811, February 6, John Lilley and Sarah Anner 1811, May 5, Wm. Wells and Martha Sample 1811, August 4, Samuel Jenings and Nelly Cramp 1811, November 12, John Taine and Barbara Moyer 1812, January 9, Jonathan Jones and Rossanna Nithen 1812, January 14, Edward Goheen Jur and Mary Parker 1812, April 18, Salem Brumfield and Ellen Scarlet 1812, June 26, Nickolas Hudson and Rachel Lewis, Widow 1813, March 10, Thomas Boyer and Elizabeth M’Gowen 1813, April 29, Jonathan Worrell and Rachel Morris 1813, May 9, Michael Witman and Susannah Nithack * 1813, August 19, Montgomery Hughs and Elizabeth Mack 1814, September 9, Abraham Buu Jun and Elizabeth Gedding 1814, October 18, Abrant»(1) Barckly and Ellen Mosses 1815, January 12, David Ratten and Mary Haller 1815, April 13, Samuel Seneys and Sarah Yooom 1815, October 1, Jacob Treat and Elizabeth Hausman (widow) 1816, October, Richard Gaomen and Rachel Anderson 297 298 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 18X8, January 1, Benjamin Wilen and Susanah York 1819, May 14, David Highen and Mary Cooke 1819, May 16, John Mason and Sarah Johnston 1819, October 81, George Jones and Eve Browne (Widow) 1821, April 14, Bichard Tenssey and Manaha Dickeson 1819, January 5, William Bashen and Mary Huben 1819, June 3, Adam Johnston and Mary Kephart 1822, May 6, Abraham Meillis and Marey Burners 1824, March 18, Joseph Whitacker and Mary Johnston 'ITEMS FROM THE ACCOUNT BOOK OF JOHN R. BAKER OF PHILADELPHIA: 1818.— Samuel Baker left the wharf on Fryday the 4th Decemr 1818 in the Ship Susquehanna, Jos. Bush, Master, for Bio de Janeiro, and from thence to Amsterdam, and in the Storm on Saturday night got a ground near the high land of Christeon, and Bemained there till Wednesday the 9th Instant, and left the Capes Saturday the 12 Instant. 1819, Jan. 11. 1819, Novemr 15. Memorandum: from April 1818 to Novemr 1819 to what it was formerly, the trade of our City has Declined nearly and the Estates of Houses & Farms are Sold at the Sheriff Sale, for lefs than one half the vaulue, also a great Drought has prevailed in the Pumps and Wells in Germantown and generally in the Country. Philada, December 24th, 1819. Memorandum: George Slefsman de¬ parted this life on Fyrday Evening at about 9 oclock and was Inter* on the following Sunday, being nearly Four Weeks 111 of a Bilious Fever, at the age 33 years, leaving a Widow and Six Children to bewail hia lofa. N. B. hia Grave is the Ninth from the fence East, in the Second Row. 1820, May 24. [St. John’s Lutheran Church] 1784, BILL FOR TABLE SILVER: Joseph Anthony, Jun«\* to Colonel * Vide Advertisement of Joseph Anthony, Junior, goldsmith, Market Street, two doors east of the Indian King, in The Pennsylvania Packet of 4 October, 1783, and given in full on pages 42-3 of THE ARTS AND CRAFTS in Philadelphia, Maryland and South Carolina 1721-1785. Glean¬ ings from Newspapers. Collected by Alfred Coxe Prime. Published by The Walpole Society, 1929. The advertiser was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sheffield) Anthony of Newport, Rhode Island and Philadel¬ phia. The father was a shipping merchant in the Eastern trade, at Philadelphia, as early aB 1768. A sister of the latter, Elizabeth Anthony, married GiltxJrt Stuart at Newport, 23 May, 1751, and became the mother of the celebrated portrait painter of that name. The Stuart portraits of Captain Joseph Anthony and Elizabeth his wife, are among the best pro¬ ductions of this artist’s brush. John Osborne Austin, in his Genealogical Dictionary of Bhode Island, gives the Anthony and Sheffield antecedents. Cf. Harrold E. Gillingham in Pennsylvania Magazine of History, vol. 53, pp. 298-212; New England Historical and Genealogical Begistÿr, vol, 31, pp. 416-7- — Notes, Queries and Corrections. 299 Blaitwaite Jones.* Doubtless wedding silver for his daughter, Susannah Budd Jones, who married Samuel Shober t at Christ Church, 14 October, 1784, later a well-known physician of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 8ÿ October, 1784, Coi. JONES Bought of JOSEPH ANTHONY, JON* oz. dwt. @ 14/ £26.. 5.. W. 37..10 2 Silver Teapots @ 14/ 10..13.. 6 15.. 5 A Sugar Dish 8.. 4.. 6 @ 14/ 11..15 A Slop Bowl 7.. 1.. 11.. 15 Half a Dozn. Table Spoons 4.. 8.. 5. .12 A Dozn. Tea d« 4. .18. .3 4.. 5 A Cream Pot . . . 4. .10.. A pair Salts 1.. S.. A pair Tea Tongs 4..10.. A Case silver -handled Knives & Forks 1.. Repairing sundry pieces of plate . . 3. .13.. Engraving the above - £76..11.. 3 Cr. W. 55 oz. @ 10/6 By old silver 28..17.. 9 £47..13..9 Ball. Due HIN MAN.- Wanted: The names of the parents of Justus Hinman, born October 30, 1778; died December 10, 1838; married October 10, 1808, Ruth Buell, born in Clinton, Connecticut, May 23, 1791. The said Justus Hinman had a sister, Betsey Hinman, who married Asa Potter, and had a son Asaph LeRoy Livingston Potter, a graduate of Colgate University, and a Baptist minister. The said Asaph LeRoy Livingston Potter was born in 1812 and died in Albion, New York, after 1890. Zachariah Hinman was born in Connecticut. Names of his parents, places and dates of his birth and death desired. He married in 1770, Mary Booth. Names of their children desired. One child, Mary Booth Hinman, was born May, 1772. Zachariah Hinman served in the Dutchess County, New York, Militia during the Revolutionary War and was listed among those who had “Land Bounty Rights.” Miss Ada L. Chamberlin. * For portrait and brief sketch of Colonel Blaithwaite Jones, see Norris Stanley Barratt, Outline of the History of Old St. Paul’s Church, Phila¬ delphia, pp. 22-3. t The Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, John W. Jordan, LL.D., Editor, New York, 1911, vol. i, pp. 74-76, has an excel¬ lent outline of the Shober Jones Norris connections. A portrait of Samuel Lieberkuhn Shober, son of Dr. Samuel and Susanna Budd (Jones) Shober, is to be found in the History of the Apprentices’ Library of Philadelphia. 1880-1920, The Oldest Free Circulating Library in America, by John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia, 1924. - - 300 Notes, Queries and Corrections. RUSSELL— HUGHES.— Bussell and Margaret Hughes were married in Pennsylvania about 1747-8. He died subsequent to 1761-2, and she re¬ moved to Loudon, or Frederick County, Virginia, before 1770. They had issue seven children: i. Samuel, said to have died young, ii. James, married twice; second wife was the widow Catharine (Hooe) O 'Loughlin. iii. John. iv. Albert born 1755, a Evolutionary officer, v. Alexander. vi. Joseph, vii. Eleanor, born about 1761-2, married Mr. Freely and removed to Wythe County, Virginia. Albert Russell, commissioned Lieutenant in 1776 at Winchester, Fred¬ , erick County, Virginia; was stationed for a while at Fort Pitt. He married four times: 1st about 1783, Amelia, daughter of Colonel An¬ thony Bussell (no relation ; this family came from Westmoreland County, Virginia. Married 2nd, Ann Ellzey of Loudon County. Married, 3rd, Ann Frances (Hooe) Harris, widow of Nathaniel Harris, and sister of the second wife of James Bussell. Wanted the given name of Margaret ( Hughes ) Russell ’« husband; the names of her parents; and the county in which they lived. Mrs. Mary Hoss Headman. PHILE, PHILIP (Fyles, Phyle, Pfyls, etc., etc.) .—Revolutionary soldier. Private in the Philadelphia German Regiment, and from thence trans¬ ferred to the Invalid Corps, under Colonel Lewis Nicola, July, 1778; was discharged therefrom 4 July, 1783; pension granted 11 July, 1785, Philip Phile, musician, he being then about fifty-one years of age. of yellow fever,” is so described in a list of persons who died in Phila¬ delphia between August first and middle of December, 1793, and in¬ terred in German Calvinist ground. A few other facts are known of this patriot-musician. A benefit concert was given for him at the Lodge Boom, in Philadelphia, March 23, 1784. At Alexander Reinagle's Grand Concert, in the Assembly Boom, in Broadway, New York, July 20, 1786, he was violin soloist and also accompanied Reinagle. In September of the same year he had a benefit concert at Mr. Page's Concert Boom, Baltimore, and in June, 1788, another at the Opera House, Southwark, Philadelphia, with still another 18 Mareh, 1790. His best claim to public interest is his connection with the musical origin of Hail Columbia, for which Joseph Hopkinson wrote the immortal lines. It is believed that Philip Phile was married and left issue. Informa¬ tion concerning wife, descendants, or antecedents, Trill be greatly appre¬ ciated and will be paid for. Address the Society. (t NEW CASTLE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIONS from the earliest time to 1850. The Administrations show to whom letters are granted ; frequently the orphans of decedents; guardians appointed, and marriages by refer¬ ence. The compilation, by Mrs. Matilda Spicer Hart of Wilmington, Delaware, is being eagerly anticipated. Mrs. Hart reports that the mar¬ riages thus obtained * 1 are in the thousands- * *