Biographical Sketch of Thomas DELL (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 518

DELL, Thomas, of Upton, in the county of Bucks, England, son of Thomas and 
Elizabeth, of that place, was married 5,22,1691, at Reading, to Mary Eldershaw, 
of Reading, daughter of Edward and Mary, of Southwark, Surrey. 
They had the following children:  Mary, b. 5,31,1695; Sarah, b. 6,11,1699; 
Elizabeth, b. 6,1,1697; Thomas, b. 9,29,1701; Edward, b. 2,24,1704, d. 
5,20,1704.
  Thomas Dell, late of Reading, in Berkshire, brought a certificate to Chester 
Monthly Meeting, 10,27,1708, and settled in Ridley township.  He took an active 
part in meeting affairs, and his wife was clerk for a considerable time.  He 
died 6,15,1750, aged 84, and she 9,11,1751, aged 81. Their daughter Sarah died, 
7,27,1714 (or 1715), Elizabeth married, 7,29,1720, William Swayne, of 
Marlborough.
  Thomas Dell, Jr., married, 8,7,1728, Rachel Sharples, daughter of James and 
Mary, of Providence, and left children, two of whom married, viz: 
Sarah to Isaac Weaver, 7,20,1750, and Mary to William Pennell, 2,25,1751. 
From these the name of Dell, as a given name, has descended in both Weaver and 
Pennell families.