Biographical Sketch of Amos YARNALL (1700-1789); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lew Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* AMOS YARNALL, b. 1-28-1700; d. 12-4-1789; son of Francis and Hannah (Baker) Yarnall of Willistown; m. 3-18-1727, at Goshen Meeting, Mary Ashbridge, b. 11-10-1710-11; d. 11-20-1745; dau.of George and Mary (Malin) Ashbridge, of Goshen. They settled in Willistown, on Ridley Creek, just below the present trolley road from West Chester to Phila. The eastern end of the old house bears the initials Y.A.M., 1727. Amos m. 2nd 12-28-1750-1 at Goshen Meeting, Sarah Garrett, widow of Samuel Garrett, of Willistown, whose son Aaron Garrett inherited the premises and built an addition to the western end of the house in 1812. DANIEL YARNALL, b.12-15-1727-8; d. 1805; son of Amos and Mary; m.10-10-1747, at Goshen Meeting, Ann James (pg 81), and settled in Willistown. They had children Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth (m. Ambrose Smedley), Sarah, Amos, Lydia, Jonathan, Ann, Susanna, Aaron (m. Lydia Regester), Rebecca, Samuel and James. ELIZABETH (Yarnall) SMEDLEY received a certificate from Goshen to Chester Monthly Meeting, dated 2-5-1790. Ambrose Smedley presented an acknowledgment to the meeting, 5-31-1779 for "countenancig the Fine gatherers taking some Receipts which had been given for Forrage taken by the Army, for a fine in lieu of Personal service in the Militia." He was added to a committee appointed to have an oversight of cases of suffering of Friends under malitia laws 12-25-1780; was appointed treasurer of Poor fund in room of John Mendenhall. William Worrall, Ambrose Smedley and Richard Nuzum were appointed, 4-29-1799, to have a care over the black people released from slavery, in room of Raper Hoskins, James Wood and Amos Sharpless. This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/bios/y/yarnall-a.txt