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Notes, Queries and Corrections. 188 . son of his son John ; his grandson William Braine son of his son Benjamin Enrollment 1700 B , No 8 Close Boll 4864 Public Record Office, London Extracts made by Mrs Alex. M. Watson, Louisville, Kentucky — . , , — - . , . - LORD-CHI CK RAMBO Title of Edward Lord Chick nearest of kin and lawful heir to the estate of the late Andrew Rambo, dec ’d , and Eleanor Lord deceased “ It is clearly proved that Edward L Chick is the grand son of Edward Lord of Haverford West and is the nearest of kin and heir to Eleanor Lord, dec ’d , 1st Said Edward Lord Dyed in or about the year 1723 leaving Issue one son only Theodorus Lord, and four Daughters, Mary, Patience, Decima and Prances the three later died Unmarried & without lawful Issue, Said Mary marryed John Chick who had Issue one son named Edward Lord Chick the Heir & nearest of Kin to Eleanor Lord, deceased Note : Said Theodorus Lord came over to Pennsylvania. Marryed one Tregany & had issue Mary, then her Mother dying, e<i Theodorus Marryed Martha Ram bo, sister of Andrew Ram bo by whom she had Issue John Lord . Said Andrew Rambo makes his Will & dies . Said John Bequeathing his Estate to his nephew Said John Lord Lord had Issue Eleanor Lord and dies Intestate His Daughter said Eleanor also dies a minor, when the family of said Lord became Extinct in Pennsylvania. And the said Rambo & Estate then fell to the said John Lord ’s cousin Edward Lord Chick and the only Heir & nearest of Kin to said Eleanor Lord, deceased. The Family, & Branches, from sd Edward Lord are so clearly proved that there is no other person, or persons can of Right claim that Estate or any part thereof See Depositions of Mary Scourfield & Capt Nathaniel Stotes &c, & c Edward L Chick conveys by attorney to A. Humphrey & A. Humphrey to D. Williams, j > Prom original paper: Contributed by Mrs Prances B Gummere, Haverford, Penna. . . . - . — . — P . ’ S . . . . . . — . G OFFLEY. Notes on DAVID OFFLEY, “ Gentleman ” of Boston , Mass June 1, 1638, Richard Brackett obtained permission to sell his house and garden, next William Hudson the younger, to one Jacob Legan, and Samuel Wilbore, may sell bis to one Mr. Offley and his house and ground near Box bury to Samuel Sherman Sept 30, 1639, Mr David Offley, a great lot at Muddy River for 15 head.* Mr. Rainsford lived on the North side of the Cove, which bounded him on the South, David Offley on the East The location of David Offley ’a homestead was on the South Side of Essex Street, the third lot east from Washington, which extended South to the Cove. j David Offley of Boston granted unto Capt Robert Sedgwieke, “ one house and garden formerly bought of Mr Mather and 8 acres of ground, formerly bought of Goodman Hosier in part security of payment of Bills of Exchange of Fiftye five pounds, payable by my mother to Mr, Robert Houghton, ” deed bearing date 10( 6)1641. David Offley of Boston 24 (5 )1643, granted unto Mr Toy of Boston, seventy fyve acres of land of Mr. Hibbins, on the North West This was by an absolute deed of sale The deed was acknowledged before Mr. William Hibbins the day and year above written $ . . . . . - . . . . . • Drake’s History of Boston, pp. 241, 246. f Boston Book of Possession ; Hist . Ancient and Honorable Artilleri/ Co . of Boston, Mass. t Suffolk Deeds, Liber 1, Boston ( 1880 ) . 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX Notes, Queries and Corrections. 189 . Mr David Offley, Gent., Boston, proprietor 1638, mortgaged house and garden, in security for bills of exchange, payable by his mother to Mr Robert Houghton 10 (6 ) 1641 Partner "with Samuel Hosier in the business of taking and curing sturgeon at Yarmouth 16 ( 6) 1639. Had accounts with Mr Robert Offley, citizen and mercer of London ; and, with Stephen Offley, joined in letter of attorney, with his wife Elizabeth, 26 ( 7 ) 1639, concerning estate at (Hasten, England, to Edward or Henry Woolcott, or others Was a proprietor at Watertown, 1644. In 1643 he removed to Plymouth There is but one reference to David Offley in Plymouth Colony Records: * ‘ Whereas Mr David Offley did by warrant, summon Thomas Payne of Yarmouth to appear here, to answer to a suit and had neither entered action nor appoynted any to psecute for him, but only to vex the said Payne ’’ Ct ord D 0 to pay to sd T, P XII S @ rate of II S p day for VI days 1636 * David Offley Gent, of Boston did not remain in New England but returned to London. < fDavid Offley adm. pens, at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England , Jan 12, 1622-3, ** of Surry, perhaps of Aldermanbury, London, eon of Robert, gent., deceased ; admitted at Grays Inn, Feb 2, 1622 -3.f Prob ably kin to the man of this name who emigrated to New England and appeared in Boston, Mass, in 1638, when he joined the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company, and married in Boston, in 1639, Elizabeth Wolcott Notarial records of him indicate mercantile connection with England and mention Robert Offley, mercer of London and Stephen Offley of London Disappears from New England 1645, so probably returned to England David Offley, whose father was deceased Jan, 1622 - 3, when he was admitted pensioner at Emmanuel, could not have been the same person as David Offley Gent, of Boston, Mass, 1638, for his father, Robert, deceased 4 Nov , 16314 David Offley of New Southampton Buildings, in the par of St Giles in the Fields. Will dated 24 Mar., 1670 1, proved 7 Apr., 1671, ( 49 , Administration on estate 1 Dec, 1682, Duke ) ; married Elizabeth to George Smith, M D father of Offley Smith , grandson on the daugh ter ’s side, and next of kin of the said Elizabeth Offley, late of Brentford, Co Middx, widow Child Mary, married George Smith George Smith, M. D., of Twickenham, Middx., 1682, bought Toperoft, Co. Norfolk ; married in 1669, Mary, daughter and sole heir of David Offley of London, Gent , and had Offley Smith, aet 12, 1682, ob 1708, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Archer of Co. Gloucester George Smith married secondly Ann, daughter of William Chilcot of Isleworth, Co. Middlesex.§ HUGH OFFLEY, the grandfather of David Offley, Gent., of Free Company of Leathersellers and Alderman of London, Sheriff 1588, of Lynn Street , born at Chester, died in London 25 Nov. 1594. Will dated 14 May, proved 29 Nov , 1594 ; ( 82 Depy ) Married Anna, dau Robert Harding, * 4 Mass. Hist. OoIL, vol . it, p. 119 ; Report of Boston Record Commissioners . . . . . . . . . .. . . . - P . . . . . . S . . G . . - . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . 1634-1660. 4 Alumni Cflintabrlgienses. £ The Genealogist , yoi . xx, p, 83. § Visitation Gloucester , 1682-3. 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX Notes, Queries and Corrections . 190 Citizen and Alderman of London, by whom he had a son, ROBERT OFFLEY of St Margaret, Lathbury, and St Mary, Aldermanbury, Citizen and Leaitherseller of London and also Putney, died 4 Nov , 1631, He married at St, Christopher Stocks, 20 Oct , 1595, Elizabeth, daughter of Humphrey Street of Cornhill, Merchant * This Robert Offley was known as the Virginia Adventurer, although it is said he never came to America He was the father of David Offley, Gent , of Boston and London and of Robert Offley of Paternoster Row, Mercer, Citizen and dothworker of London, with whom David Offley, his brother, had account while he was in Massachusetts Richard Parry Tatum,f Philadelphia, . . . . . . . — . — GASKILL. Wanted information to prove that James Gaskill of Burling’ ton County, New Jersey (son of Samuel and Theophilus (Cripps) Gaskill ) who married, license dated 10 mo 30, 1754, Abigail, daughter of Daniel and Hannah ( Fisher ) Stockton, had the following children : 1. Hannah Gaskill, married Peter Poinsett , 2 Abigail Gaskill, married 15 February, 1788, Joseph Richardson , 3, Jennings Gaskill died 1824, a widower 4 Rebecca Gaskill, unmarried, 1824 5 Samuel , removed to Ohio 6 James Gaskill, Gaskill, married Achsah unmarried in 1824 in Delaware Samuel and Theophilus ( Cripps) Gaskill had: 1 Esther Gaskill, married Samuel Laning 2 Solomon Gaskill, married Rosanna Budd 3, James Gaskill married, as heretofore stated, Abigail Stockton 4 Siamuel Gaskill married Sybilla Collins, 5. John Gaskill married Martha Parker The children of Peter Poinsett of Jacobstown and his wife Hannah Gaskill, according to the Poinsett Bible now in possession of Miss Kate L Poinsett of Imlaystown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, were: 1 Joshua Poinsett, born January 29, 1789 , 2 Benjamin Poinsett, born April 20, 1790 3 James Poinsett, born November 12, 1791 4 Jennings Poinsett, born March 1, 1794. 5 Susannah Poinsett, born July 28, 1797 ; died January 24, 1800 6. Irick Poinsett, born August 27, 1799 7 Rebecca Poinsett, bom October 5, 1801 8 Joseph Poinsett, born July 11, 1803. 8. Abigail Poinsett, boro July 3, 1805. 9, Thomas Harris Poinsett, bom January 18, 1808 Mrs George Corson, Plymouth Meeting, Penna . . —. . . . . . S . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . P . . . . . . . . . TOURNEUR . Wanted Date of marriage of Daniel Tourneur and Eleanor Lachey, and dates of birth of their children They are known to have had Michael Tourneur, born 1781, and John D Tourneur, born 1803. C. T., Philadelphia. —— . . . ASHLEY. Wanted Proof of parentage of Sarah Ashley who married, 4 July, 1717, David Bull of Westfield, Massachusetts Was she a daughter of Samuel Ashley and his wife Sarah Kellogg, or , a daughter of his brother, Captain John Ashley and his first wife Sarah Dewey ? Hinman 's CONNECTICUT SETTLERS’ } makes her a daughter of Samuel Ashley of Westfield and states that, having married David Bull, she died 17 December, 1747 aged fifty-four years Trowbridge in his “ Ashley Genealogy ” (1896 ) , thinks, but does not prove, her to have been the daughter of Captain John Ashley Mrs. Eleanor C Hand, Philadelphia . . .— * The Genealogist , vol. xx, p. 78. 1924 . Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania . f Deceased. PGM Vol IX Notes, Queries and Corrections . 191 GUEST Information desired as to the ancestry and family of one John Guest, born about 1745, who was living in South Carolina during the Revolution It is believed that he was born in England though I have wondered if he were not a descendant of William Guest an early settler in New Castle County, Delaware, mentioned in Sehaxf 's History of that State It is he whom I am puzzled about and who is the forefather of one of the best known families in South Carolina. I would be willing to make compensation for definite information Mrs Percy A Bethea, Darlington, South Carolina . . . . . STEWAET-PEDAN. James Stewart of York County, Pennsylvania, married Susan Pedan, Bister of Rebecca Pedan who married 'William Boyle, and of Elizabeth Pedan who married John Ramsay James Pedan and Benjamin Pedan were of Chanceford Township, York County, prior to the Revolution and were living there in 1790 Benjamin Pedan died there in October 1813 * There is a possibility that James Pedan was living in Washington County at the time of his death Information identifying the father of Susan ( Pedan ) Stewart who died between 1808 and 1818 would be gratefully received ^ John T Stewart, St Paul, . . . . — . P . . Minnesota . LEWIS. GEORGE LEWIS died in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1807 His will dated 1800, proved 1807, named wife Mary, only son Lewis Lewis, daughter Mary Evans, two minor daughters, Sarah and Rachel Lewis, and Thomas James, a son of his wife by a former marriage In 1769 George Lewis, for a sum of Pennsylvania money, acquired 150 acres of land in Loudoun County from David James, which he died possessed of in 1807 This land was purchased in 1764, or 1765, by David James of Chester County, Pennsylvania from Thomas Humphrey Mary Lewis, daughter of George Lewis, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1754, and married Sampson Evans, a son of Reese Evans who, with his wife and oldest son D -miel came from Wales in 1752 and settled in Chester County ( Vincent Township f ? ) In 1778 the Evans family removed to Campbell County, Virginia, where they remained Lewis Lewis, son of George, according to his family records was born in Pennsylvania, in . 756. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Reese Evans and sister of 1 Samson Evans. They lived in Loudoun County, Virginia, and in 1812 re moved to Kentucky Sarah Lewis, daughter of George and Mary Lewis, bora about 1788, apparently in Loudoun County, married Samuel Moore of that place, and there remained and left descendants Rachel Letuis, daughter of George and Mary Lewis, probably younger than her sister Sarah, married William McFarling, probably of Culpeper County, Virginia, Mary widow of George Lewis, was widow Marmaduke in 1812. She may have married Samson Marmaduke of Loudoun County whose will was proven in 1809, though it does not name a wife S . G . . . . - . . , . ^ * The will of Benjamin Pedan of Lower Chanceflord executed March, 1812; .probated 15 November, 1813, named wife Susanna and sons John and Benjamin as executors. Other children Martha, Jennet, Isabella, Susanna, James , David and Eleanor. ED. |The Pennsylvania Archives show a George Lewis in the personal tax lists of Vincent Township, Chester County in 1765-6- 7 -8, |There were many Lewises in Chester County , Penns and Loudoun — 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX Notes, Queries and Corrections . 192 — Information as to the ancestry or family of George Lewis will be appreciated William A Owen, Falmouth, Kentucky. . . GEORGE MAIN'S claim in the Pension. Office at Washington, filed in 1818 and allowed, contains information that he was born about 1748 and that his wife, Mary, was born about 1758 : Enlisted in 1777 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in Capt. Henry Heath ’s Company of Winchester, Virginia, and served in the Eighth, Ninth and Thirteenth regiments under Col John Gibeon, Col Russell and Gen, Hand ; was in battle of Big Beaver against the Indian and in other skirmishes ; was wounded at Deer Lick, was discharged in 1780, at Pittsburgh, after 3 years and 14 days service Virginia Continental Line. Was placed on pension roll in 1828 at the age of 84, and died in 1833 in Bracken County, Kentucky His wife died in 1835. The War Dept , records show George Mains as in Capt Heath 's Independent Company of Virginia stationed at Fort Pitt 1777 and 1778. The United States Census of 1790 shows George Mains in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in Georges Township The Fayette County records do not appear to show any information as to him The records of Brachen County, Kentucky, show that he acquired land there in 1802, was a property owner during his life, and more or less as to his family of sons and daughters Among the German Emigrants who arrived at Philadelphia about 1740 to 1750 and ascended the Delaware and settled in the Paulins Kill Valley in Sussex County, New Jersey, a part of which is now Warren County, were the Shafers, Wintermutes, Mains and others Some of these Germans apparently located in parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia where the name Mains is not uncommon in later periods The George Mains referred to may have been of this family of Mains Any information as to his ancestors will be appreciated by William A. Owen, Falmouth, Kentucky* . . . . . P . . S . G . . MARYLAND MARRIAGE RECORDS, printed in genealogical publications of states other than Maryland, see Publications of the Genealogical Society , voL ix, p 69 In the list there given, that of All Saints Parish, Frederick County, 1727 1781, printed in Publications , vol vii, pp 245 250, was inadvertently omitted . . - . . — . - , VAN LEUVENIGII-MCWIIILIAM-THOMPSON, See Publications vol. vii, p. 213 Additions : Holcomb’s “ History of Immanuel Church, New Castle, Del., ” gives date of license for marriage, June 1, 1802, of William Allen Thompson and Sarah, widow of William Clay, and daughter of Richard McWilliam, Esq., of New Castle, by his wife Rebecca Van Leuvenigh. William Allen Thompson, fourth son and youngest child of General William Thompson of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was born on his father 's plantation, near Carlisle May 23, 1780. His mother, Catharine Ross, daughter of Rev. George Ross of New Castle, was sister of Gertrude Ross, wife of George Read of Delaware, Signer of the Declaration of Independ - . Gounty, Va., eibout that time. TMs is not the George Lewis of Loudoun Co. , Va., during the same period whose wife was Violet and who was apparently a «on of Vincent Lewis. 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX 193 Notes , Queries and Corrections . ence, of George Boss of Lancaster, another Signer ; of Elizabeth Boss, . wife of Hon Edward Biddle of Beading who might have signed that immortal document had he not resigned from Congress in the last days of June, 1776’; and of Mary Boss, wife of Colonel Mark Bird of Birdaboro another of the patriots of the Eevolution In 1801 William Allen Thompson was living at 'Williamsport, Pcnna., and there is no reason to think he was ever identified with Philadelphia. Sarah Ann Thompson, daughter of William Allen and Sarah Lewis ( MeWilliam ) Thompson, married (1) James C Thompson of Philadelphia, who so far as I know was no kin to her They had children : 1 Robert Lockyer Thompson, Captain, Co F 116th Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War ; born 1829 and died at New Castle in 1892. 2, Catharine Rebecca Talcott Thompson, born 1831; died 1892, at New Castle. By her second marriage to Colonel Burgess Ball Long of Virginia, Sarah Ann Thompson, had : 1 Virginia Mason Long 2 Eleanor Long 3. Melchoir Mason Long, 1st lieutenant of Engineers in the Confederate Army ; killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia. 4 William Allen Thompson Long Edmund Hayes Bell, Washington, D, C . . . . . . . . . P . . . — See Publications, vol. is, pp. 45, 68. Additions : SARAH ARMITT, daughter of John and Jane ( Woolwich ) Armitt, born 16, 8 mo 1676, sister of Bichard Armitt of Note 2, brought a certificate from Leek to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting dated 2 11 mo 1792/3, which described her as daughter of John and Jane Armitt of Nettle Beds in Winckle, Cheshire, deceased She married at Philadelphia, 9, 10 mo. 1707, William Powell, cooper, i i son of William Powel, borough of Southwark Surry, S } who bought 1250 acres of William Penn in 1681, and later owned the Upper Ferry. ’’ Sarah Powell, daughter of William and Sarah ( Armitt ) Powell, married at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 4, 12 mo. 1741, Isaac Garrigues, Their daughter, Elizabeth Garrigues married, Old Swedes ' Church, 12 February 1766, William Smith u broke r ” of Note 17, p. 68, and died 4 June, 1828. Their children were : Sarah Smith, born 19 May, 1770, married, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 6 April, 1797, Thomas Floyd Elizabeth Smith, married ( ibid ) 5 December, 1797, Joseph Morris, son of David Morris of Plymouth Isaac , WMiam W Smith , born Smith, died 1810 ; married Margaretta 30 July, 1775 ; died 1830 ; married ( Christ Church ) 31 May, 1800, Ann, daughter of Josiah Mattack Margaret Smith, married Peter Wiltberger Jacob Smith, born 30 October, 1781 Alice Smith, died, sine prole, 1843 Of William Smith i t broker/ ’ the following, from the Pemberton Papers/ may be of interest : Joseph Smith & other friends respecting Wm Smith ‘ Letter (from broker ) f Sedburg, 2nd 9, 1769 Esteemed Friend, John Pemberton ; The occasion of this is on acct of William Smith who some years ago went from us and we understand is now ARMITT-POWER-SMITH. . , . G S . . . . . . . . . . ‘ * Volume XX , p. 139, in the Manuscript Department of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. • In 1776 William Smith was treasurer of the 'Society for the Culture of f SUlk In Pennsylvania. Pemberton Papers, vol . xxll, p. 71. - 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX 194 Notes, Queries and Corrections . . resident in your City who wrote to his Father a few months ago, intimat ing his desire to be brought under the notice of Friends with you and in order there to be apprehended some aect of his birth & education etc transmitted to some Fr 'd in your place might be necessary. Therefore this may inform thee & Frds whom It may concern the sd Wm Smith is a son of Jos 'h and Margaret Smith who have been and are in unity and good esteem amongst us and their sd son was educated under their care till he was about 8 years old, when his Uncle Wm Smith of London took him under his care and put him to business as he became fit for it in which he became very active when but young and acquitted himself to his Uncles satisfaction for sometime, but throTi unwatchfulness he afterward fell into unsuitable Company, which led him astray to such a degree, that his Uncle discharged him when he came down here & staid some months, but no suitable employment falling out for him here he returned to London & from thence transplanted him to you, since which hi3 Parents have repeatedly wrote him requesting that in case of his having left any debts which he contracted in London undischarged that he would as soon as it was in his power not fail to pay them, as they were not in circumstances to do it for him, whether our Friends of London ever dealt with him, in a church capacity for his misconduct we cannot say, but doubtless his Uncle would in his private capacity labour with him before he turned him off Thus dear Friend we have given the best & clearest acct we can of the young man & his conduct which if it is of any service in the affair the end will be answered. We are thy afft Friends Margaret Smith Joseph Smith Kalph Anderson Anthony Mason Simon Anderson John Burton * * Sedburg 9th of 2nd 1769 Mrs John George Klemm, Jr , Haverford, Pennsylvania P . . . . G S . 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX