The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10Historical Society of Pennsylvania., 1886 - Pennsylvania |
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... Mary , daughter of Archibald McCall , of Philadelphia . He died on the 13th of September , 1823 , at his home of Greenwood , and was buried in the Old Friends ' burying - ground at Trenton . He had but two children , of whom one died ...
... Mary , daughter of Archibald McCall , of Philadelphia . He died on the 13th of September , 1823 , at his home of Greenwood , and was buried in the Old Friends ' burying - ground at Trenton . He had but two children , of whom one died ...
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... Mary , Queen Anne , and the first two Georges ; that on May 23 , 1752 , in his ninetieth year , he closed his long and busy and wholesome career , loved and revered by all who knew him ; that his remains were interred in the historic ...
... Mary , Queen Anne , and the first two Georges ; that on May 23 , 1752 , in his ninetieth year , he closed his long and busy and wholesome career , loved and revered by all who knew him ; that his remains were interred in the historic ...
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... Mary Cooper , the first of the family of that name to settle in West Jersey , came from Hertfordshire , England . They had a son , Joseph , born 1666 , who , in 1688 , married Lydia Riggs . Joseph and Lydia had a son , Benjamin , who ...
... Mary Cooper , the first of the family of that name to settle in West Jersey , came from Hertfordshire , England . They had a son , Joseph , born 1666 , who , in 1688 , married Lydia Riggs . Joseph and Lydia had a son , Benjamin , who ...
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... Mary Lacock . She died June 7 , 1781 , in her sixty- first year . Mr. Hall was succeeded in his business by his sons William ( b . January 20 , 1752 ; d . December 10 , 1834 ) and David ( b . November 4 , 1755 ; d . May 27 , 1821 ) ...
... Mary Lacock . She died June 7 , 1781 , in her sixty- first year . Mr. Hall was succeeded in his business by his sons William ( b . January 20 , 1752 ; d . December 10 , 1834 ) and David ( b . November 4 , 1755 ; d . May 27 , 1821 ) ...
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... Mary , came from England to Pennsylvania , and settled in what is now the township of Hatfield , in Montgomery County . ( Hatfield had not then been created a separate township , nor had Montgomery County been set off from Philadelphia ...
... Mary , came from England to Pennsylvania , and settled in what is now the township of Hatfield , in Montgomery County . ( Hatfield had not then been created a separate township , nor had Montgomery County been set off from Philadelphia ...
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