Biographical Sketch of Robert WAY (1881); Chester County, PA

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

pg. 756

  WAY, Robert, appears as a witness at Chester Court 10th mo. 1686.  In 1691 he 
purchased 150 acres on Brandywine, in Kennet, now Pennsbury township, where he 
died in 1725.  His wife, Hannah, was the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth 
Hickman, and their children were John, Robert, Joseph, Jacob, Elizabeth, 
Francis, Caleb, Joshua, James and Benjamin.
  John was born 9,15,1694, and died 8,21,1777., married Ann, daughter of John 
and Margery Hannum, of Concord, and settled near his father.  His children were 
as follows:  Robert, b. 10,27,1725; Sarah, b. 8,8,1727, m. James Miller; Betty, 
b. 7,2,1729, m. Jacob Brown; John, b. 4,9,1730, m. Hannah Marshall; Ruth, b. 
3,19,1745, m. John Baldwin; Caleb, b. 11,30,1732; Rebecca, b. 7,16,1735, m. 
Abraham Taylor; Jacob, b. 10,19,1737; Lydia, b. 5,2,1740; Ann, b. 3,23,1742, m. 
Samson Babb; Rachel, b. 6,11,1749, m. Isaac Larkin; Benjamin.
  Jacob Way married Sarah Hannum, sister to his brother's wife, and after her 
death married Hannah, daughter of William Harvey, 4,10,1741.  His third marriage 
was 6,18,1767, to Lydia (Sharples) Vernon.  His children were, as far as known, 
John, b. 12,5,1727; Ann, b. 4,25,1730, m. Jesse Taylor; Ruth, b. 12,4,1733, m. 
John Bennet, of Birmingham; Jean, b. 1,11,1736, m. ____ Logan; Joseph, b. 
3,23,1737, m. Prudence Larkin; Sarah, b. 8,7,1739, m. John Hawk; James, m. 
Hannah Marshall; Rachel, m. to Thomas Harry; Betty, m. to Stephen Hayes; Hannah; 
Amos; Phebe, m. to John Holohan.
  Jacob purchased the homestead from his brother Joseph in 1728, the latter 
having received a deed for it from their father just before his death in 1725.  
Joseph's wife was Sarah Pyle, and he had children,-Susanna, Joseph, Samuel, 
Sarah, William, and Nicholas.
  James Way, son of Robert and Hannah, was a blacksmith, and lived in Thornbury 
at the time of his marriage 4,8,1738, to Mary Kerlin, daughter of Matthias, of 
Concord.  They afterwards settled in West Caln, and in 1742 began tavern-keeping 
at "The Wagon," now Wagontown, and continued till about 1755.  James left one 
son, William, who died in his minority.