Bios: Descendants of Thomas Martin of Uwchlan Township, Chester County Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tom Martin. Judiciary@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS MARTIN OF UWCHLAN TOWNSHIP (Chester County, Pennsylvania) AND JOHN MARTIN OF CHICHESTER TOWNSHIP (Chester [now Delaware] County, Pennsylvania), [formerly of Ireland]. Compiled by Thomas E. Martin, Jr. Updated to 5/15/97. INTRODUCTION In the past two hundred fifty years descendants of John Martin of Chichester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, have settled from New England to Washington state. However, the early American history of the Martin family here memorialized revolves around two Chester County, Pennsylvania, townships, Uwchlan and West Marlborough, for in each of them was there an eighteenth century fieldstone house which was owned by the family for at least a century. Uwchlan Township Originally, Penn purchased all this land from the natives in 1683. [See Myers, Albert Cook, William Penn: His Own Account of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians, (Moylan: 1937), p. 93.] It was settled as there was interest, and not deeded to private owners until even later. The procedure followed was for Penn to sell land in bulk without a precise location specified (by patent) and then to issue warrants for survey of particular sections of the land which surveys had to be recorded be After 1718 the land office virtually closed for fourteen years, and the lack of administrative machinery led to increased squatting by members of all national groups. Even after 1732, when Thomas Penn arrived, it was clear that people would not conform to such an inadequate system. Thomas Penn said that 130,000 of 400,000 acres taken up between 1732 and 1740 had not been warranted by the latter date. [Lemon, James T., The Best Poor Man's Country, (New York:1972), pp. 56-57.] The Martin family came to Uwchlan Township in the mid-1700's when Thomas Martin, a weaver, acquired a farm, married a widow who was connected to several prominent local families, raised his own children, and supported his Quaker faith by participating in the erection of a meeting house in modern day Lionville. His youngest son John acquired the family farm and owned it until the mid-1800's, when he died childless and it was sold to the Peck family, after whom modern Peck Road was named. West Marlborough Township The land containing the Martin homestead in West Marlborough derived from William Penn's heirs as follows. Penn's sons conveyed to John Budd, a brewer, certain land in the frontier. Peter Britain purchased from John Budd of Philadelphia 500 acres of land in what is now West Marlborough and settled thereon. By his will, dated 11 Mo. 20, 1710, he devised this to his three sons Thomas, Samuel and Jonathan, between whom it was divided Nov. 20, 1721, by parallel east and west lines. Joel Baily, Jun. purchased from Thomas the middle tract, containing 166 1/2 acres. Upon this he built a substantial house of brick, which is yet standing, though additions have been made 1 7 3 8 B. I. B. **** The southern tract, owned by Jonathan Britain, was sold to an Aaron Baker and his wife of Edgmont Township, now Delaware County, PA, soon after their marriage. [Aaron Baker, son to Joseph Baker and Martha Woodward Baker, was born 1 December 1701 and died at age 82 in 1783. He married Mary Edwards, daughter of John and Mary Ingram Edwards 9th mo 23rd 1727. She was born in 1703 and survived her husband.] Futhey and Cope tell us: John Baker of Edgmond, in Shropshire, England, came to Philadelphia and died soon after, in the year 1685, leaving four daughters ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Joseph Baker, a brother of John, settled in Edgmont township, and probably gave it the name in memory of his former home. He was an influential citizen and member of Assembly; died 1716 ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Joseph Baker, of Edgmont, perhaps a nephew of the first mentioned Joseph, married Martha Woodward, daughter of Richard and Jane Woodwar Futhey and Cope, History of Chester County, pp. 469-470. See also, Carter, Jane Levis, Edgmont: The Story of a Township, (Kennett Square: 1976), p. 240. [Aaron and Mary Baker had seven children: i. Mary Baker. Married, 1762 to Thomas Carrington (his second wife); ii. Martha Baker. Married, 5th mo 16th 1753 to Joshua Clayton; iii. Ester Baker. Married, to William Chalfant; iv. Aaron Baker, Jr. Born, 1729. Married, 5th mo 30th 1759, to Sarah Hayes. Married, 2d time, _____, to Ann McNeil. Died, 1812; v. Samuel Baker. Married ca. 1761, to his first cousin Martha, daughter of Philip and Sarah Baker Ottey; vi. John Baker. The Will of Aaron Baker [Dated 3rd month 15th 1783 and proven 27 September 1783, recorded in Will Book G, page 183, in the Office of the Register of Wills for Chester County, PA] provides his wife Mary should receive the profits of his lands in London Grove and West Marlborough Townships during her lifetime. He named his daughters Mary, Martha and Ester, his sons, Aaron and Samuel and son John, deceased. When son John Baker married Hannah Pennock, his parents deeded their plantation in West Marlborough Township to them. [The deed is dated 16 July 1767.] John Baker died without a will and when his real estate was divided by the court. [Chester County (PA) Orphans' Court Docket 9, page 117] it already had two dwelling houses erected on it. His wife Hannah remarried John Edwards so the property was given to John Baker's oldest son Joseph [Chester County (PA) Orphans' Court Docket 9, pag Joseph Baker was a cooper (barrel maker) and his wife was named Elizabeth. [Chester County Deed Book 2 "I", page 78.] Their farm straddled the White Clay Creek headwaters which powered a fulling mill on the property. This mill was located north of the current residence of Mrs. Colin Lofting. The mill was operated by a William Chalfant in the 1750's but it is believed it was built by a Thomas Wood in 1730, who settled in the area. Thomas Wood had two sons, William and Joseph, whose CHAPTER ONE -- BEGINNINGS 1. John Martin, of Ireland, came to America and settled in Chichester Township, now Delaware County, PA. Born unknown date. Died, prior to 1750. He married Elizabeth _________, probably in Ireland since son Thomas was born there. Gilbert Cope's manuscript transcripts from the Goshen Monthly Friends Meeting records give the names and address of the parents of Thomas Martin of Uwchlan. EARLY RESIDENTS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA, NAMED JOHN MARTIN OR THOMAS MARTIN AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. {ALL APPARENTLY UNRELATED TO THE FAMILY COVERED IN THIS GENEALOGY} A typescript document in the possession of this author lists certain Martins researched by a William C. Martin [Last known address was 339-12th Avenue, N.E., St. Petersburg, FL] He says "There were three Martins as early emigrants from England to the Chester Section of Pennsylvania according to John Hill Martin in his ÔHistory of Chester.' There were two named John and one named Thomas." None of them seems to have been related to the family this genealogy covers, although their family [I.] "Nathaniel Park, his wife Elenor, and John Martin, his son-in-law, came as servants to Nathaniel Evans in 1681. They all asked head land. John Martin received fifty acres on Brandywine. [No further information about him is known at this time, and there is no indication he is related to the family this genealogy covers.] [II.] "On October 16, 1685, the vessel Unicorne, Captain Thos. Cooper, arrived in Pennsylvania. The passenger list showed Thomas Martin of Bedwin Magna, Wiltshire, England, with his wife Margery and children Mary, Sarah, Hannah and Rachel. Margery Martin, wife of Thomas, was the sister of Moses, Benjamin and John Mendenhall, Quakers, of Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England, who also arrived on the Unicorne. Thomas Martin settled on seventy-three acres of land which he had previously purchased. Futhey and Cope's History of Chester County has an extended biography of this Thomas Martin, so details of him will not be repeated here since he appears not to have been related to the family this genealogy covers. A tract of 350 acres near Chester Creek was surveyed to him December 10, 1682, just above 73 acres later purchased by Thomas Martin of Bedwin Magna. John Martin was listed as one of a committee of twelve Friends to which title was conveyed when on January 6, 1687, Joran Keen, original settler of Upland, sold ground for a meeting house to the Society of Friends. This John Martin appeared on the list of taxables for Middletown Township, Chester County, PA, in 1693 and 1696 and as owner o His son was: [B] Thomas Martin, Born 16 July 1681; married Mary, daughter of Gyles and Mary Knight. Died 3 August 1763, Mary having died 25 November 1750. They left a son Richard and others, probably including Abraem Martin mentioned below. [C1] Richard Martin was a miller living in Philadelphia County, PA, who died 12 June 1722. He left his wife Mary and a son [D1] John (Died 24 october 1745) and daughter-in-law Susannah. Mary died 20 October 1749 and her will mentions daughter-in-law Susannah and grandchildren Thomas, Richard and John. [F1] Marmaduke Martin was born in Bradford Township, Chester County, PA 23 September 1791. He married Rachel Chester 24 July 1813, and died in Philadelphia 18 May, 1826. They had children Samuel Martin (1814-1883), Daniel Martin (1816-1863 who married Eliza Jane Arnell, William Martin (1818-1863) who married Edith Wood, Benjamin Martin (1819- ), Anna Martin (1821- ) who married Joseph Burkeitt or Berkett, and Hannah Martin (1826-1851) who married Francis Ireland. [G1] William Martin was born in Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA, 7 March 1818, and died near Mullica Hill, New Jersey, 1 December 1863. He and his wife Edith had children Charles H. Martin (1847-1929) who married Minerva Scott, William W. Martin (1853-1890) who married Ella Cory Irish, and Mary Martin (1859-1880). [H1] William Wood Martin was born 30 January 1853 and died at Detroit, MI, 24 August, 1890. He was one of the founders of R. L. Polk & Co. He maried Ella Cory Irish, 4 March 1875. They had children William C. Martin (1875- ), Edwin B. K. Martin (1879-1941), and Mary Martin (1881-1884). Neither of the sons of William Wood Martin left children. [H2] Charles H. Martin had a son Charles H. Martin, Jr., born 9 October 1873, who married Minnie A. White, 24 February 1897. They had children Wiley Rufus Martin (1897- ), Charles H. Martin (1899- ), Shirley W. Martin ( 1901- ), Daniel W. Martin (1903- ), and Wilmith Martin (1905- ). The last known address for Charles H. Martin, Sr., was Oakland, California. The Gilbert Cope Manuscript records in Philadelphia, PA, record the lineage of a George Swain of Delaware County, PA, as follows. This is probably the same family described above, with [C2] Abraem Martin being the branch of the family line which differs. "John Martin settled on a farm in Aston Township, now Delaware County, Pennsylvania, adjoining the present Chester Heights Station on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad. George, son of Thomas and Margaretta M. Swain now resides upon the property, he being the seventh one in line of descent from John Martin who have resided there in succession. His grandfather, Thomas Martin, married Lydia Grubb, a niece of Mary Grubb, first wife of Thomas Marshall and grandmother of the la "The most of this information in regard to the descendants of John Martin was obtained from Thomas Swain who also informed me that he had the old Martin Bible in which is recorded that "John Martin landed at Upland in 1680." The descendants of John Martin are not very numerous. The names of these through whose hands the farm has passed since the settlement and were ancestors of its present occupant are given below. 1st generation John Martin 2nd generation Thomas Martin 3rd generation Abraem Martin 4th generation Benjamin Martin married Hannah Palmer 5th generation Thomas Martin married Lydia Grubb 6th generation Margaretta Martin 1853 married Thomas Swain(1822-1890) 7th generation George Swain "Children of Benjamin and Hannah Palmer Martin are 1-Thomas who married Lydia Grubb, 2-John who married a Hatton, 3-Mary who married Samuel Newlin, blacksmith in Wilmington, Delaware, son of Thomsa and Sarah Grubb Newlin, Johnson's Corner, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 4-Sarah who married Samuel Hatton, 5-Lydia who maried Samuel Marshall and went to Missouri. "Children of Thomas and Lydia Grubb Martin were 1-Benjamin Franklin born 1821 died 1889 3rd month 19th married 1852 third month eleventh Anne Swain born 1826, 5th month fifteenth day, daughter of Aaron and Mary Daily, 2-Margaretta born 1825, 6th, 13, died 1884, 3, 18, married 1853, 2, 3, Thoms Swain, born 1822, 8, 3, died 1890, 3, 5, son of Aaron and Mary Daily, 3-Samuel, died young, aged 7 years, 4-Maria, died young, 5-William Lewis married unknown, removed to Fredonia, Kansas. "This information was received from Albert Commons, 507 Broom Street, Wilmington Delaware, 10th month 17th 1892 in the Gilbert Cope collection." In his marriage certificate, Thomas Martin of Uwchlan is said to be "the Son of John Martin of Chechester in the County of Chester in the Province of Pennsylvania Deceased.". The records of the Goshen Monthly Meeting state: "2/16/1750--THOMAS MARTIN and SARAH JOHN laid their intentions of marriage with each other before this meeting which is allowed of for their first appearance. Noble Butler, and Richard Downing are appointed to inspect into his conversation & clearness in that respect & report to our next monthly meeting. He is desired to produce his mother's consent to our next meeting." (emphasis added) Eleanor Davis further writes: Cadwalader Jones, named on tax lists beginning in 1715, owned part of tract 9 at that time and later acquired the rest. He was a son of John Cadwalader. [It was the custom of the Welsh to give as surname to their sons the Christian names of the fathers. (e.g., Cadwalader ap John [Cadwalader the son of John, or Jones, which was the same name].) This makes genealogical study today quite difficult, but the custom is very ancient. For example, the name of the disciple of Jesus, Simon Barjona, meant: Simon the son of John. See Futhey and Cope, History of Chester County, p. 207.] He and his wife, Eleanor Jones, had children: John Mary m. 1733 Hugh Pugh Sarah m. [at Uwchlan meeting 3-30-]1737/38 Owen John 2nd m. Thomas Martin Rebecca m. 1746/7 John Thomas Evan Cadwalader m. 1750 Mary Gatlive, daughter of Charles John Cadwalader and wife Sarah owned land in Willistown and Tredyffrin early. A Quaker meeting was organized at his house in the Great Valley in 1712. He is thought to have been a brother [of] Gwen Cadwalader of Radnor who married Robert Williams of Merion in 1691 and moved to Uwchlan. [The Great Valley, or Duffryn Mawr in Welsh, was the name given to the Chester Valley which stretches westward from Philadelphia along what became the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad and U.S. Rout John Cadwalader was listed in the 1715 and 1719 Uwchlan tax lists. He acquired a [tract] from David Lloyd about 1715, but sold it almost immediately to Thomas Fell, setting aside one acre for a Friends meeting house and burial ground. In 1718 John Cadwalader received a patent for most of tract 66. He sold it to John Evans in 1719. There is no further record of land ownership in Uwchlan by John Cadwalader. John and Sarah Cadwalader had children: Cadwalader Jones Born, ____1687. Died, ___ 1758 m. Eleanor; Gwen m. 1713 Thomas John David Cadwalader m. 1718 Mary Swaffer Elizabeth m. _________ Carter; John Cadwalader 1699-1742 m. 1729. Cadwalader Jones left a will [Chester County Will Book 4, page 143] dated 11th, 7th month, 1758, witnessed by Samuel Lightfoot, Moses Cadwalader, and John McCord, in which he provided, inter alia, I, Cadwalader Jones, of the Township of Uwchland in the County of Chester, Province of Pennsylvania, being weak in body but sound in mind and memory do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First: My Will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid by my Executor hereafter named [his son and residuary heir Cadwalader Jones]. *** Third: I give to my daughter SARA wife of Thomas Martin the sum of twenty pound to be paid unto her a year after my decease." He also left other bequests as follows: 80 pounds in annual bequests of 20 pounds each, beginning at his death, to his son Evan Jones, 20 pounds to his daughter Rebecca, wife of John Thomas, 1 pound to his sister Given John, 1 pound to his sister Elizabeth Cater, 1 pound to his grandson Hugh Pugh, and five shillings to all other of his grandchildren living at the time of his death. [The author has an old letter from "Hibernia" dated 3rd mo 19th 1787, addressed to "John Martin or Aaron Martin," as follows: "Respected Cousin--I well remember having an Order from Rich'd Cheney on Thy Father. The sum I cannot just now ascertain, but Expect the Order will set that forth. I likewise recollect that he said it was rather more than he was Indebted to the s'd Cheney, and in Consequence thereof I think we compounded the matter he paid rather more than he thought due & I Received something less ------ Am with Respect thy fr'd Jesse Jones." Susanna Brody, an historian of Uwchlan Township, has stated that "as far as we know there was no relation between Cadwalader Jones (son of John Cadwalader) and William John except by marriage, though Cadwalader Jones used both the names Jones and John as surnames, the surnames Jones and John both being taken from a father's first name. Later generations settled on Jones.] SECOND GENERATION 10. Thomas Martin. Weaver. Born, 10th month 21st 1714, in Ireland. Died, 10th month 30th 1786, in Uwchlan (?). He married Sarah Jones John, daughter of Cadwalader & Elinor Jones, on 4th month 7th 1750, according to the Gilbert Cope collections at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania library in Philadelphia, referencing the Uwchlan Monthly Meeting of Friends records, the originals of which are housed at Swarthmore College. Sarah was born unknown date, was a widow of Owen John, [Chester County Deed Book "Y" 2, page 259 et seq.] and died after 1798, for in that year when her daughter Hannah marri 13. i. Eleanor. Born,1-29-1751. Died, 7-11-1808, according to old family papers. [Eleanor Davis writes in her work above cited that Eleanor died in 1805 unmarried, the source of her information being unknown.] Called a "spinster. " 14. ii. Hannah. Born, 12 June 1752. 15. iii. Susannah. Born, 11-25-1753. Died, 5-21-1758. 16. iv. Aaron. Born, 2-6-1755. 17. v. Mary. Born, 5-23-1756. 18. vi. John. Born, 7-2-1758. William E. Parke left certain genealogical records, copies of which were passed on to his niece Jerry Kinkead. She has a transcript of a document William Parke found among the papers of his uncle, Dr. William L. Martin, of Rancocas, New Jersey, hereinafter called the "William Martin genealogy." Dr. Martin wrote, inter alia, as follows: I herewith will endeavor to give a little history of the Martin family. Some of it may not be entirely correct as there is some part I am not certain that I can state truly. Thomas Martin, my great, great grandfather came over from Ireland with a brother of his in the colonial period of our country's history. They were both members of the Society of Friends. Thomas settled in eastern pennsylvania, - I think in Chester County near the Brandywine not far from Downingtown. His brother went on to Kentucky where he settled. Thomas was a farmer by occupation. The name Thomas Martin first appears in the Uwchlan Township tax lists in the year 1747/48. For that period, he is listed as a "free man," that is, an unmarried non-landowner. Inclusion on this list would mean that the person named resided within the township at least by the date given. However, the precise date of settlement is still uncertain because the tax lists for the half-dozen years before then were not made or no longer can be found. Futhey and Cope's History of Chester Coun Uwchlan meeting had witnessed 3rd month 30th 1738 the marriage of Sarah Jones, daughter of Cadwallader Jones, to Owen John. Owen John died and then the Goshen Monthly Meeting Marriage Records (1722-1787) record: [page 142] Whereas Thomas Martin the Son of John Martin of Chechester in the County of Chester in the Province of Pennsylvania Deceased and Sarah John widow of Owen John late of Uwchlan in the said County & Province having declared their Intentions of Marriage with each other before several Monthly Meetings of the People called Quakers held at Goshen in the said County according to the Good Order Used among them and having consent of Parents and Relations Concerned their said Proposal of Marriage w And moreover the said Thomas Martin and Sarah (she according to the custom of marriage assuming the name of her Husband) as a further Confirmation thereof did then and there to these Presents set their hands. And we whose names are under written being present at the solemnization of the said marriage and subscription have as witnesses thereunto set our hands the day and year above written. s/ Thomas Martin s/ Sarah Martin [here follow the signatures of:] Amos Davies Amos Williams Cadr Jones Junr Robert Williams James Cadwalader Awbrey Reborh [?] Ruth Roberts Sarah Lewis Rebecca Thomas Gwen Jenkin Dinah Pugh Priscilla Coates Jane Rees Hannah McCord Margery Pearson Charity Pearson Elizabeth James Rachel Thomas Mary Cadwalader Noble Butler Rachel Butler Samuel John Eliza Minion John McCord William Beale Griffith John Elihu Goling Richd Downing John Williams John Thomas James Rees William John David Cadwalader Thomas John Moses Coates Cadwalader Jones Elinor Jones Moses Coates Junr Adam Coates William Martin Jonathan Coates James Starr Elizabeth Coates Elizabeth Mendenhall Evan Jones Susanna Jones David Cadwalader Thomas Evans Evan Jenkin The Goshen Monthly Meeting minutes relate: 18th, 4th Mo. 1750--Also the friends appointed to the marriage of Thos. Martin and Sarah John make the same report and brought their certificate which is ordered to be recorded. Thomas Martin of Uwchlan first became a landowner as follows. John, Thomas and Richard Penn gave an early Patent for some land in Uwchlan Township to one William John. [Patent Book "A" 7, page 311, dated May 28, 1735. (Philadelphia).] Because of the custom among the Welsh to take their father's first name as their last name, so we are not certain whether William John's father had a Christian name John or a surname of John. We do know, however, that this William John gave his last nam Most of this information is quoted from an Article, The Great Calendar Shift, by Diana Ross McCain, in the February, 1991, issue of Early American Life.] William John, the younger, was a cordwainer (leather worker) and the name of his wife was Rachel. [Chester County Deed Book "B" 2, page 195.] He divided his inheritance and sold part of it (129 acres) by deed dated June 15, 1764, to Thomas Martin, a weaver. [Ibid.] The tract which was sold to Thomas Martin was roughly in the shape of a backward letter "L" viewed as on an ordinary map with north at the top and east on the right. The 129 acres were sold for 237 pounds sterling and the deed was witnessed by Alexander McCally and Benjamin Davis. Two women signed as witnesses to the receipt of the purchase price, Sarah John and Elinor Martin. [Who this Elinor Martin was is unknown. Thomas Martin of Uwchlan's eldest daughter (spelled Elinor in his will) would only have been 13 years old at that time.] When William John, Sarah's father-in-law, sold the 129 acres to Thomas Martin, William John retained almost the e Not all deeds were recorded at that early date and leases would only rarely have been recorded. Although the deed to Thomas Martin from William John transaction was dated 1764, it was not recorded in the Chester County courthouse until November 13, 1786. When William John sold his tract to Thomas Martin, it is described as bounded on the north by land of David Evans, on the west by land retained by William John and by "vacant land," on the south by land of David Williams, and on the e Thomas Martin had Irish servants working for him in his weaving trade. The following notices appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette: January 29, 1751 Run away from Thomas Martin, of Uwchlan, Chester county, an Irish servant man, named James McCarty, a Weaver by trade, speaks good English, a short well set fellow, about 21 years of age, full faced; Had on when he went away, a good felt hat, short dark brown hair, a red and yellow handkerchief, dark grey sea jacket and breeches, without lining, patched on the breast with white, a homespun shirt, grey yarn stockings, new shoes , with brass buckles. Whoever takes up and secures said serv April 2, 1752 June 25, 1752 N.B. The above Run away is about 21 years of age. In addition to the public records, there is a mention of Thomas Martin in the records of the Uwchlan Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends. Thomas Martin was a faithful member of the society of friends, but he does not seem to have been born into a Quaker family. He entered Concord Monthly Meeting as a novitiate, not by certificate from another meeting. On the 17th day, 4th month, 1751, Thomas Martin and Cadwalader Jones were the representatives of Uwchlan Preparative Meeting to t In 1753, the Uwchlan Monthly Meeting was begun. According to the datestone on the stone meeting house in Lionville, Chester County, PA, it was erected in 1756. That 1756 was accurate is further shown by the following entry in the treasurer's account for Uwchlan in 1756. The treasurer wrote that the following "Contributed towards building ye Meeting House 1756: Sam John Dennis Whealan Cad'r Jones Sam'l Bond Tho. Downing Wm. Beal David Owen Tho. Martin Rich. Downing Jos. Phipps Sam'l Lightfoot Hump Lloyd Joseph Baldwin John Baldwin Robert Valentine" The amounts of their contributions were not included in the treasurer's Account records. ¥ ¥ ¥ Although the construction of the house began in 1756, it probably took several years until all the work was completed. For example, a bill of 12-15-10 was paid in 1760 for boards, nails and work for a partition. Thomas Martin became a representative of the Uwchlan Monthly Meeting to the Quarterly Meeting after it was organized. First mention of this service appears for 12th month, 7th day, 1769, and the last mention of his services in the minutes is for the 11th month, 1775. At the time of his death, Thomas left a sizeable estate. The inventory of the estate showed the following assets, with their appraised value according to Simon Meredith and William Milhous: £ s d Wearing Apparel &c 20 19 6 Horses, Cows, Sheep and Swine 30 7 - Farming Utensils 10 14 3 Hay 15 5 - Grain 20 4 3 Crop in the Ground 12 - - Books, Book Accompts, and Bills 74 14 1 Household Furniture 23 10 6 Bedsand Furniture 45 8 6 Weaving Utensils 12 18 6 Yarn and Flax 10 19 - Apprentice Lad, His Time 15 - - Saddles 0 2 6 Lumber 0 2 3 Provisions 0 17 - Bags, Linnen, and Cloath 6 0 1 Liquor 1 9 6 Pewter and Hard Ware 4 9 6 Earthen Ware 5 3 8 ------------------------ £348 6 3 His debts and bills of the estate paid by his executors were: £ s d Persopher Fraizer Office Treas. 1 5 9 Jonathan Smith for Recording Deed - 8 - Randle McDannel Balance of Book Acct due - 8 10 Reuben John for making Coffin &c 3 - 7 Charles Young for wages - 4 - Jacob Rightes for Smith acc't 6 19 6 James Forrest for Wood Tallow &c 2 15 - Thomas Downing for County Tax - 8 1 Barnabas Handly for Journey Work 2 19 - Joseph Moore Doctor's Bill - 15 - Sarah Downing for Book Acc't. 3 14 6 Abner Jones for ditto 1 7 6 John Bain for Carpenter Work - 8 8 Edith John for one Week's work - 3 6 George Thomas for Subscription Poor of Meeting - 12 - Griffith John for Book Acc't - 1 - Cadwalader Jones for diging Grave - 7 6 James Packer for Taxes for the year 1786 1 12 5 Robert McCormack for Masonwork - 7 6 Caleb Baldwin for Book acct - 19 - Isaac Jacobs Tanner's bill 4 16 10 Robert Patton for Journey work 2 17 - Charles Reed by Conrade Acker £1 .. 17 .. 3 and ditto by John Scott £1 .. 5 .. 0 3 2 3 Phillip Baker for Book acc't 3 8 3 Joseph Atkins for Labour 1 - - Charles Cadwalader for a Barrel - 3 4 John Hatton shoe maker Bill 1 - 3 James Packer for Interest due on a Bond - 13 - Edward Owen-subscription to a schoolhouse - 5 - William Milhous for Appraising - 5 - Townsend Whelen Doctor's bill 1 7 - Ann Gatlive for Book Acct - 1 9 Denis Whelen Esq for Dr.Townsend Whalen - 15 6 John Edge for Book Acct - 2 6 Jesse Evans for Fuller's Bill 2 3 8 William Milhous and Samuel Baldwin, Exors to the Estate of John Baldwin - 1 4 By Acct Joseph Downing 2 - - By Sundrys Willed the widow and Delivered 25 - - By Commissions on £373.6.3 at 7 1/2% 27 19 11 By Treas settling and filing the acct and costs - 15 - ---------------------- £106 14 11 In his will, Thomas Martin left his land in shares to his children, though he does not mention daughter Susannah. Mary is said to have lived in Columbia, Lancaster County. The names of the children of Sarah and Thomas Martin are recorded in a deed from four of them with their spouses to the fifth, who apparently retained the Uwchlan farm after Thomas's death. Aaron Martin of West Marlborough, Eleanor Martin of Uwchlan, a spinster, Hannah Gordon (and husband John Gordon) of Uwchlan, an Thomas Martin of Uwchlan left a will [Chester County (PA) Will Book 8, page 93] as follows: In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of October Anno Dom One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty six. s/ Thomas Martin {seal} Published, sealed and Delivered in the Presence of s/Cadwalader Jones s/Joseph Moore Thornbury, November 11th, 1786 will proven before register Pers. Frazer [The account of administration of the estate of Thomas Martin of Uwchlan was recorded as Account #3830 in the records of the Register of Wills for Chester County, PA.] THE GORDON FAMILY Two other Gordon families connected to eighteenth century central Chester County, PA, in addition to the one mentioned in this paper, have been identified: (B) Futhey and Cope record that an emigrant from Scotland named John Gordon settled at the time of the Revolutionary war near Downingtown and married a Jane Downing, of an old-established family at that point. Their son Joseph married Rebecca Rogers, of Welsh extraction, to whom were born eight children, of whom the second son was John Rogers Gordon, b. 6th mo. 25, 1817. John Rogers Gordon was married 3rd mo. 3, 1847 to Leah A. Essick, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Essick, by whom he had three children, of whom one (William) was living at the time of Futhey & Cope's work. His wife died 1852, and he was married a second time to Deborah H., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Hawley) Smedley. The Barnards had two children, (1) Margaret who married Dr. Harold Chalfant (now deceased) and now lives in West Chester and (2) Ethelbert, who is now living at Willow Valley J. Franklin and Sarah Gordon Pyle had six children, (1) Paul Franklin Pyle, (2) Joseph Pyle, (3) Elizabeth Pyle, (4) Sarah Pyle Johnson, (5) Ruth Pyle Slaten, and (6) James Pyle. William Truman Gordon had three sons: George, Franklin, and William "Bill." Franklin had a son Franklin, Jr., and both were lawyers. William Gordon had only one sister.