Biographical Sketch of Simon HADLEY (1881); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandra Ferguson . *********************************************************************** 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/ *********************************************************************** from Futhey and Cope's THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY (1881); Hadly, Simon, with Ruth his wife, came from Ireland about the year 1712 and settled in the edge of New Castle County, near New Garden where a house built by him in 1717 is still standing and occupied as a residence.* *(1881) His children were Joseph b 8-25-1689; Deborah b 2-25-1701; Joshua b 3-6- 1703; Simon b 12-23-1704-5 d. 11-4-1730-1; Hannah b 11-16-1709-10; Ruth b 12-6- 1711-12; Katharine b 2-25-1715; Ann b 12-7-1717-18. The mother died 12-18-1750- 51 and was buried at New Garden, after which Simon married Phebe, widow of Richard Buffington, of Bradford. The name is now written Hadley,and the descendants are very numerous in this county and elsewhere