Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Hellings, Isaac P.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Southampton Township


   ISAAC P. HELLINGS retired P.O. Southampton, is a 
descendant of an old Bucks county family.  His grandfather, 
Jonathan Hellings, was a farmer in Northampton township.  He 
and his wife Martha had four children:  Thomas, John, 
Elizabeth and Margaret, all now deceased.   The eldest of 
these children, Thomas, was the father of Isaac P.   He was 
born in 1782 and died January 25, 1844.  He was a carpenter 
by trade, but later in life became a farmer. He was a man of 
irreproachable habits and character, and had the confidence 
of his fellow-citizens.  He was constable for fifteen years, 
when that office was an important one, being not only a 
process-server, but also a collector of all the taxes, 
township, county and state.  His wife was Lucretia, daughter 
of Captain John Krewson, of this township.  She was born 
December 11, 1788, and died March 31, 1863.  Their children 
were:  John K., Martha Jane, Clarissa, Jonathan and Andrew 
Jackson, all deceased.  The last served in the Union army, 
and was killed in the battle of Murfreesboro, in 1862, when 
in his thirty-eighth year.  Those now surviving are:  Isaac 
P., Rebecca V., wife of Jacob Evert, of Northampton 
township; and Thomas J., who is a carpenter in Philadelphia. 
  Isaac P. was born February 2, 1813.  He lived with his 
parents until he was 17 years old, when he began learning 
the painter's trade in Hatboro, Pa.   Completing his trade, 
he removed to Philadelphia, where for twenty-three years he 
carried on his business in all its branches.  He afterward 
moved to Southampton, and erected the comfortable house 
which has since been his home.  Here he re-embarked in 
business, and he carried on his trade for six or seven years 
on a large scale, finally retiring a few years ago.  On 
April 21, 1836, he married Katherine H., daughter of Casper 
Keyser, of Philadelphia.  She was born January 5, 1813.  To 
their union six children have been born:  George, Ellen and 
Purdy, all of whom died young; and Josephine, wife of George 
Boileau of this township; Eliza J., wife of Allen T. 
Cornell, also of this township; and Anna L., wife of George 
W. Carr, living in Philadelphia.  Mr. Hellings is one of the 
board of managers of the Fox Chase and Huntington Turnpike 
company, and has been its secretary for sixteen years.  He 
was one of the organizers of the Hatboro National bank, of 
which he has been a director ever since.  He has been 
trustee for estates, and his judgment and character are 
relied upon by his neighbors, among whom he is held in the 
highest esteem.  He and his wife are members of the 
Southampton Old School Baptist church, of which he is clerk 
and trustee, having held these positions for nearly thirty 
years.