Biographical Sketch of John MALIN, Sr. (1881); Chester County, PA

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

John MALIN, Sr.

   Isaac, son of Randall and Elizabeth Malin, from England, married
Elizabeth Jones, daughter of David Jones, of Whiteland.  The well-known Malin 
farm is out of the one thousand acres that William Penn, on Sept. 25 and 26, 
1681, granted to William Jenkins, who, in 1685, conveyed out of it two hundred 
and fifty acres to James Thomas.  in 1699 the said Thomas willed to his son,  
Nathan Thomas, two hundred acres in "Duffryn Mawr" (or "Great Valley"), and to 
his brother-in-law, David Jones, the other fifty acres, "provided he or any of 
his children will come to this country."  

Randall, son of Isaac Malin, married Alice Pratt, and their son, Randall Malin, 
married Jane Hoopes, to whom was born only one child, John Malin. 
He married Sarah, daughter of James Parrock, of Philadelphia, from which union 
were born three children:  Randall; John; and Caroline M., married to James L. 
Stephenson and who resides on the old homestead.  He was a farmer and a man well 
educated in the English branches.  He belonged to the Society of Friends, and 
attended the East Whiteland Meeting, at the house build on the land (and part of 
the old homestead) given by his grandfather to the society.  he served several 
years as a county commissioner.  He was quite active in politics, having been a 
Federalist and Whig.  He died Feb. 22, 1854, in the seventy-fourth year of his 
age.  He was a man of an enlarged and liberal mind, or generous and humane 
feelings.  He was ever foremost in promoting measures for the public good, and 
ready at all times to give bountifully to objects of love and mercy.  His 
amiable disposition secured him the universal esteem of his neighborhood and of 
all who knew him.  As a husband, father, neighbor, and public officer, he left 
behind him a reputation which is a rich heritage to his descendants.