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

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

pg. 755

VICKERS, Thomas, of Plumstead, Bucks Co., son of Abraham and Mary, married 
9,13,1746, at Plumstead Meeting, Rebecca Dillon, daughter of Nicholas and Mary, 
of Bedminster.  In 1775, Thomas and several of his children came to Chester 
County and settled in East Caln.  He was a minister among Friends, and died 
12,30,1793, while absent on a religious visit, aged about seventy-three.  His 
children were Esther, b. 6,9,1747, m. William Michener, 12,22,1768; John, b. 
8,3,1749; Mary, b. 3,9,1752, m. David Mendenhall, 6,3,1778; Rebecca, b. 
7,1,1754, m. Joshua Roman, 10,2,1776; Thomas, b. 3,8,1757, d. 9,25,1829; Rachel, 
b. 9,6,1759; Abraham, b. 1,17,1762; Mercy, b. 8,19,1764.
  Thomas Vickers, Jr., m. 6,30,1779, Jemima Mendenhall, daughter of Joshua and 
Lydia, of East Caln, born 12,9,1757, died 12,5,1851.  Their children were John, 
b. 8,8,1780, d. 4,24,1860; Joshua, b. 9,19,1783, d. 9,20,1807; Martha, b. 
3,27,1786, m. William Milhous; Ziba, b. 10,5,1788, m. Lydia Kersey; Thomas, b. 
4,14,1791, m. Ann ___; Isaac, b. 10,10,1792, m. Abigail ___; Jesse b. 4,1,1795; 
Rebecca, b. 9,21,1799, m. Evan Lewis.
  John Vickers, son of Thomas and Jemima, married, 10,6,1803, at Sadsbury 
Meeting, Abigail Paxson, daughter of Joseph and Mary, of Sadsbury, Chester Co., 
born ___, died 12,12,1818.  After some years they settled in Uwchlan, where he 
carried on the potting business, and his house was one of the prominent stations 
of the Underground Railroad.  His children were Martha, Ann (m. to Samuel m. 
Painter), Joseph, Jonathan, Jemima M., Mary H., Joseph, Aaron, Abigail C., 
Paxson.  The last named, b. 7,13,1817,d. 10,22,1865, m. in 1840 Ann T. Lewis, 
daughter of Thomas and Sarah Lewis, b. 4,20,1818.  He was a member of Assembly 
1856/57.  His daughter Sarah Louisa, b. in Uwchlan, Mary 20, 1841, m. Jan. 1, 
1862, John Oberholtser, and they reside at Cambria Station, West Pikeland.