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

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

pg. 563

GAWTHROP, Thomas, born 1709, died 9,29,1780, married Isabel Crosfield, and lived 
in the county of Westmoreland, England.  Whether they ever came to this country 
we are not informed, but their sons James and George made Chester County their 
home.  George married, 12,31,1772, Jane, daughter of James and Jane Allen, of 
East Marlborough, and settled in Londongrove. 
Their daughter Hannah married Swithin Shortledge in 1799.  Thomas, their son, 
married 11,13,1800, Elizabeth Thompson, and had children,--Sarah, Ann, Daniel, 
Jane, Allen (now of Wilmington), Lydia, Elizabeth, and James.
  Jane married Daniel Thompson, and Elizabeth married Nicholas W. Taylor, bother 
daughters of George and Jane.
  George, Jr., married 1,20,1813, Amy Chambers, and his brother James married, 
2,18,1808, Hannah Marshall, of West Bradford.