Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Paxson, Elias E.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   ELIAS E. PAXSON farmer, P.O. Aquetong, was born in 
Solebury township, October 25, 1817, being a son of Thomas 
and Hannamell (Canby) Paxson.  His grandfather was Benjamin 
Paxson, a tailor by trade, but who followed farming. He was 
a son of James Paxson, who settled in Bucks county in 1682.  
The maternal grandfather of Elias E. Paxson and Thomas 
Canby, a son of Thomas, who was a son of Benjamin Canby.  
Thomas Canby came from Yorkshire, England, and settled in 
Bucks county in 1683.  Benjamin Paxson was the first of the 
name to occupy the farm now owned by Elias E.   He had eight 
children, of whom Thomas, the father of our subject, was the 
third child.   Thomas had the following children:  Deborah, 
Elias E., Oliver, Beulah (deceased), and Richard.   Elias E. 
married Margaret, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Longstreth) 
Wilson, of Buckingham township, by whom he had four 
children: Samuel W., Sarah W., Deborah (deceased), and 
Hannah.   Mr. Paxson and family are members of the Orthodox 
Society of Friends.