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


   AMOS SATTERTHWAITE farmer, P.O. Langhorne, was born near 
Fallsington, in Falls township, August 6, 1836, and is a son 
of William and Tacey (Palmer) Satterthwaite.  The family 
were early settlers of Bucks county.  The first to come to 
this country was William, son of Michael and Esther (Tyson) 
Satterthwaite, who was born in England, January 25, 1709.  
He received an average education in England, in the Friends' 
school.  He came to this country in 1734 from Cragg, at 
Coulthouse, in Claff, county Palantine, Lancashire, bringing 
with him a certificate from Friends of Swarthmore bearing 
date 7th mo., 5th, 1734, which he presented to Friends at 
Middletown, where he became a member.  He was married to 
Pleasant, daughter of William Mead, 2nd mo., 15th, 1736 (she 
being a member at the same place) and then settled near 
Oxford valley.  He reared a family here, and his only son, 
William, followed his father's occupation, which was that of 
a farmer (he having redeemed the land from the forest). 
William married Miss Mary, a daughter of Giles Knight, who 
was of English descent.  Her father was a member of congress 
from Philadelphia county.  They were the parents of eight 
sons, six of whom married, and reared families in this 
county.  The earlier members of the Satterthwaite family 
followed farming, were members of the Society of Friends, 
and whigs and republicans in politics.  These are the 
predominant features of the present family. They are noted 
for their thrift and enterprise, and are highly respected.  
They were large landowners, and at one time they could walk 
from Fallsington to Oxford on their own land. Amos 
Satterthwaite grew to manhood on the farm near Fallsington, 
and attended the common schools and also a boarding school 
for a time.  In 1860 he married Elizabeth, daughter of John 
and Letitia (Buckman) Simpson.  Her ancestor, John Simpson, 
was born in Ireland in 1712 and came to Montgomery county in 
1730.  His sons, John and James, were preachers in the 
Society of Friends.  Mr. and Mrs. Satterthwaite had four 
children: Agnes, Mary, wife of Mahlon Taylor; William and 
Pierson Mitchell.  He and his wife are members of the 
Society of Friends.  In politics he is a republican.  They 
own a well-improved farm, where they now reside.