Biographical Sketch of Thomas EAVENSON (1881); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Candace Roth . Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881); Pg. 527 "EAVENSON, Thomas, purchased a tract of 120 acres of land in Thornbury from John Simcock, 1,6,1687, and in or about July, 1688, married Elizabeth Woodward. Nov. 16, 1702, he purchased 317 acres, also in Thornbury. Elizabeth Eavenson was living in 1717, but Thomas in his will mentions a wife Margaret. He died in Thornbury about the month of November, 1726, leaving five children, all by his first wife, viz.: 1. Richard, m. 10,4,1712, at Concord Meeting, to Jemima Newlin, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary, of Concord. They resided in Thornbury, where his father conveyed to him 133 acres of land, Sept. 29, 1711. Richard died in 1739, leaving a wife and three children. 2. Ralph, m. 1710, to Grace, daughter of Richard and Sarah Arnold, of Thornbury, and settled in Concord, where he died in 1744, leaving children,--Jacob, Joseph, Hannah, and Phebe. His widow died about the close of 1746. He was an active member of Concord Meeting, though his parents do not appear to have been Friends. 3. Hannah, m. 10,30,1714, to Thomas Arnold, and about 1720 removed with him to West Bradford. 4. Joseph, m. 2,10,1717, to Catharine George, of Radnor Monthly Meeting, daughter of Richard George, of Llangyrig, in Montgomeryshire, Wales. To him his father conveyed 292 acres of land in Thornbury, 8,12,1717. 5. Sarah, m. first John Buffington, of West Bradford, who died in 1736, leaving four children,-- John, Thomas, Mary, and Sarah. She married again, 9,30,1737, Anthony Arnold, by whom she had a daughter,--Hannah. The children of Richard and Jemima Eavenson were,--6. Richard, b. 3,3,1718, m. 2,11,1739, to Alice Gilpin, daughter of Joseph and Hannah, of Birmingham. Their children were Esther, Enoch, Hannah, Thomas, and Isaac. 7. Nathaniel, b. 1,28,1720, m. 3,20,1746, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Martha Palmer, of Concord, b. 3,24,1724. He became the owner of near 500 acres in Thornbury and Westtown townships, near the present Street Road Station. After his death his widow married William Hawley in 1769. 8. Mary, b. 11,2,1721, m. 1747, to Richard Barrett (?). George Eavenson, son of Joseph and Catharine, married Mary Williams. He died in Thornbury 4,30,1816, aged 89 years, 3 months, and 11 days, and his widow 7,7,1828, aged over one hundred years. Their children were,--9. Catharine, b. 3,1,1756, m. Levi Massey; 10. Joseph, b. 6,28,1758, m. Ann Yearsley; 11. Eli, b. 1,12,1761, m. Rachel Seal; 12. Jesse, b. 10,19,1766; 13. Richard, b. 12,26,1770, m. 3,24,1803, Lydia, daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Eavenson) Jones, of Westtown. Their children were Jones, Mary, Benjamin, George R., and Humphrey, of whom Jones is the head of the Quaker City Soap Works, in Philadelphia. The children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Eavenson were Martha, m. to Benjamin Johnson about 1769; Hannah, m. 12,10,1766, to Moses Cock, of Thornbury; Richard, d. 1,11,1771; Rebecca, b. 2,1,1754, d. 9,23,1829, m. Benjamin Jones; Jemima, m. 1782 to Benjamin Kirgan; Elizabeth, b. 8,15,1759, m. 12,4,1784, to Anthony Morris."