Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Janney, Stephen T.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Newtown Township


   STEPHEN T. JANNEY farmer, P.O. Newtown, was born in the 
house which he now occupies November 15, 1817.  His first 
American ancestor was Thomas Janney, of Cheshire, England, 
who, with his wife Margery, settled in Newtown on the farm 
now occupied by Stephen T. in 1683.  The parents of Stephen 
T. were Jacob and Frances (Briggs) Janney.  Jacob was a son 
of Richard and Sarah (Worth) Janney; Richard a son of Thomas 
and Martha (Mitchell) Janney; Thomas a son of Jacob and Mary 
(Hough) Janney, and Jacob, a son of Thomas and Margery 
mentioned above.  Thomas and Margery came up the Delaware 
July 29, 1683, in the ship "Endeavour" from London.  He was 
in his 50th year and had been a minister of the Society of 
Friends twenty-eight years.  The farm which was purchased by 
him in 1683 has never been out of the Janney family.  There 
was a saw-mill on the farm from its settlement until 1872.  
The grist-mill was erected by Jacob Janney in 1816 and is 
still in use.  Jacob had thirteen children, ten of whom grew 
to maturity:   Thomas, Richard, Jacob, John L., Martha (Mrs. 
Robert Simpson), Sarah (Mrs. Joshua Dungan), William, 
Joseph, Mahlon and Stephen T.  The last married Harriet P., 
daughter of William H. and Mary (Paxson) Johnson, of 
Buckingham township.  Her paternal grandfather was Samuel 
Johnson, a prominent citizen of Buckingham township, and a 
son of William Johnson.  Mr. Janney has five children:  
Calvin P., Horace, William H., Marietta and Frances (Mrs. 
Wilmer Briggs).  During the revolution the residence of Mr. 
Janney was occupied by soldiers of the federal army.