Biographical Sketch of Hugh DE HAVEN (1893); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Source: "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, comprising a historical sketch of the county," by Samuel T. Wiley and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Publishing Company, Phila- delphia, PA, 1893, pp. 492-3. "HUGH DE HAVEN was for many years in the banking business in the city of Philadelphia, where he accumulated a handsome fortune. He has a very pretty house and grounds, with all modern improvements, in Thornbury town- ship, near Westtown, where he and his family reside. "Hugh De Haven is a direct descendant of Evert InHoff, who came from Holland in the year 1698, and settled in Berks county, Pennsylvania. "Hugh De Haven married Clara Brinton, who is descended in a direct line from William Brinton, who came from England in 1684."