Biographical Sketch of Judge John CROSBY; Delaware County, PA

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from CHESTER AND ITS VICINITY DELAWARE COUNTY IN PA, by Martin;

John Crosby (the Judge) owned the last 2 negro slaves held in Delaware Co, "Old 
Aunt Roe", an her husgand, "Sampson".  After they were freed by law, this 
ancient couple lived in an old log cabin, on the left hand side of the road 
runing from the Old Queen's road, NW from near Jacob ahewes' residence, below 
Leiperville, then called Ridley, to Crosby's Mills."  The died at an extremely 
old age.  After their death, the Judge built a frame addition to the old cabin 
and leased the  house and about an acre of ground to a worthy old workman in his 
employ, who had been his school-fellow in youth, John Terrance, for a term of 
his natural life, for the nominal rent of a penny a year.  He lived to enjoy the 
generosity of his friend, the Judge, for many years.