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


   THOMAS J. JANNEY farmer, miller and justice of the peace, 
P.O. Newtown, was born in Middletown township April 30, 
1832, and is a son of John L. and Mary D. (Jenks) Janney, 
natives of Bucks county.  His ancestors were among the early 
English and  Welsh settlers of Bucks county.  The first of 
the Janney family in America was Thomas Janney, who came to 
Middletown township in 1682, when it was a part of Falls 
township.  He reclaimed the land from its wild state and at 
one time the family owned many acres of land there.  Samuel 
M. Janney, who was a minister in the Society of Friends and 
an author of considerable reputation, made a family tree 
which is said to be one of the most complete and extensive 
in America.  The family have all been members of the Society 
of Friends and have been successful financially.  Thomas 
Janney was reared on the farm and obtained his earliest 
education in the district schools.  He subsequently attended 
the Collegiate Institute at Langhorne, which was afterward 
the Friends' school, called the Bellevue academy.  His 
earliest occupation was teaching.  For a time he was engaged 
as bookkeeper in Philadelphia, but has made farming his main 
business.  On the death of his father he and his brother, 
John L., took charge of the farm and mill, which they have 
continued since.  Politically the brothers are republicans.  
Mr. Janney was a candidate at one time for the office of 
prothonotary of Bucks county on the republican ticket.  He 
is justice of the peace and has served ten years in that 
capacity.