THE

GRUBB FAMILY

OF

PENNSYLVANIA AND DELA WA.RE.

THE GRUBB FAMILY.

(l•'ro11n the Daily Local Xews, Oct. lS93.)

'l'be Grubbs •were q,mong the earliest Eng­ Penn obtained a charter from Charles II for lish sett1ers on the Dela ware .tu ver, their tbe province of Pennsylvania, and on the arnval ante-dating the fouudini; of Penn­ 24th ot A ugus r, 1682, purchased from the sylvania. In this day of swift ocean stearn­ Duke of York the territory now comprising erR and myriads or sailing vessels .. it ts diffi­ tbe State of Delaware. A few days later he cult to realize the obs1ac1es to a succeli-sful sail(:-d for Pennsylvania, and on the 2l:hh of colonization of a wilderness 1nbaoited by October had arrived at Upland, which name savages or an uncongenial race. The Swtdes be cbar ged to Chester,and upon the division bad oeen seated on tbe Delaware s1nce toe of t,he province into three counties he gave year 1688, but the colony dtd not fluurisb and one of tberu tbts name. . their occupation exumcted little beyund t1cte Tbe minutes of the Friends' Meeting at water. Tbetse haa for their riv1:tls the Dutch, Burlington, N. J., begin with the date, 15th who finally, in 1665, overthrew the Swedish Lf 5th-month, 1678, but another volume cOD• rule on ther1verandrematned1n possession, lains copies of certificates of membership though without much attempt at coloni­ brought from England of earlier date. Be­ zau .. n, until they iu turn were conquered by t.ween two of these, dated 14th of 1st-month, tne Eng11sh in ltiti4. It was not tbat tnere 1676-7, we find the followtng, but without was much t:Hoodshed on this river, but the date: change ID rulers resulted from more Import­ ••Deare and loving 1friends in the Truth, ant operations elsewhere. The flouristling to a~ many of you as this may concerne, Dutch colony at Ma, battan,now New Yor.R, the~e few lines we wrtt.e t.o you concerning betng taKen by the English, its dependency our dear friend Henry Grubb: as long as he on the south Rtver naturally tell to the remained with us he beb~Vf?d llimself very victorious power. Again, in 1673-74, t.lle orderly & at,w beiu~ single & free from any Dutch obtained a temporary supremacy, contract with any women soe far ai,; we which had little effect on the colonial life know, & witll tbe RememQrance of ou• dear within our borders. Up to this time but few love to him & all friends in the unchaoge Englishmen had sought permanent homes able Truth. John CJark, here, 'lnd these had doubtless been con­ Daniel Ulark, Francis Rundle, nected with the military occupation of the Tristam c. :lark, . .Tames lJoekin2. country and bad fouod wives among the Gabriel Runctle. Wllmot Grubb, bis ~wedes or Dutch. Such was the case with waiter Hawkin, mother, James Sandilands, of Upland, now Chester, Joane <:irubb, who married the dauehter or Jurlan Keen, Antbony Grubb." a ~wede. The commerce of the river was in• The possibtltty that these certificates were significant, RLd vessels seldom arrived, so not recorded for a rew , ears after tneir recep­ that a highway of immigration could tion leaves us In doubt whether Henry scarcely be said to exist. . Grubb's should have been dated in 1677. King Charles 11 had granted to his There is even reason to suspect that his ar• brother, James, Duke of York, the territory rival at Burlington was 1,ot until l68i. He now embraced in the States of New Jersey was a witness to the marriage of William and Delaware, and the Duke bad conveyed Clark and Honor Huling, in 1'.-alem, on the the first to Lord Berkeley and Sir George 1st of 11th-month, 1679,and the minuteEi of the Carteret. The Society of Friends hav meeting at Salem show that on the 20th of ing sufferea much persecution in Eng­ 12th-month, 1682, "Henry 6rubb desirea the Jand were looking toward the New meeting to f?:ive him a Certtfficate of what World as an asylum, and in 1673 they knew of his conversation while be John Fenwick:, one of their number, as U-ved with them, and allso of his Clereness trustee for Edward Byllinge, purcba~ed the from any engagement to a11y woman in interest of Lord Berkeley, wbicbby a division these partes; the meeting ordered Thomas agreed upon with Carteret, formed the prov­ woodrofe, Rtcad Robinson, James Nevill ince of West New Jersey. 'l'bere was an un­ and Geo. Haslewood to give him a Certiffi• derstandir.,g by which Fenwick was to have cate and slgne it in the behalfe of ye meet• one-tenth of the province, and in 1675 be led ing." . a col(ll)ny of J;l'rtends who formed a settle­ 'l'bat be desired this certificate was owing ment at Salem. Disputes arose between to the fact that he bad found a woman in Fenwick and .Byllinge, which, by the kind otber parts whom be wtsned to make his Intervention of William Penn, were at wife, and the meeting at Burlington re­ length settled, and Hyllinge conveyed his quired him tu produce evidence of clearness nine-tenths of the province to William from similar engagements. He was married Penn, Gawen Lawrie and Nicholas Lucas 24th of 8d-month, 1683, at Burlington, to for the benetit of his creditors 'l'hese di­ Mary Perkins, daughter of William and vided ·the province into one hundred shares Mary Perktns, passengers on the Kent, 1677, or "proprieties,'' for which they found pur­ her father having died at sea, He is styled chasers among J/riends tn Yorksbire and a sawyer in the record. It may be that their others in London. Certain "Conaitlons and arquaiotance began on the voya,?e to tbis Concesstons" were agreed upon between the country. One Mary Grubb. perhaps a sister trustees and purcbaser~, for the government to Henry, was married on the 8th of 3d­ of the colony, and in lti77 the Rhip Kent ar­ month, lt.185, to Seth Hill, according to the rived with 280 passengers, who formed a public registry of marriages at t:Jurlington. settlement at Burllogton. Other ships ar­ 'l'he children of Henry and Mary Grubb were rived in 1678 and lti79, and the success of the Davta,born 12th-month 4, 1685,died 3d-month colony was assured. Some who tbus came •1th, 16~i; Mary, born 11th-month 6, 1688; as settlers in New Jersey crossed over to Ellzabetb, born 6th-month l2, 1691. the western shore of the Delaware, where The will of B.enry <:,rubb, of the town of courts bad been established among the Burlington, was dated llth of 12th-month Swedes and Dutch, at New Uastle and Up­ (~.,ebruary), 1695 6, a net proven January 24. land, and prominent among these was Rob• 1705 6, in which Is the following item: "l ert Wade, at the latter place. g-ive and beQueath unto my dear mother, About the close of the year 1680 William Willmot Grubb, of the town of Stoak Ohms- 2 THE GRUBB FAlvlILY. land, in the county of Cornwall and King­ What. connection there was between Rich­ dom of England, fl ve pounds. to be paid ard Buffington and John Grubb c~n only he within two years after my decease." Of the conjectured. rhey were llearly of the i,;;ame residue of his estate he gave one-half to bis age and may bave been relattd by marriage. daughters, Mary and Elizatleth, and the In the riug a Hendrix, of Lamnco,·' which is descrtb ► d aR bounded Tree oft.be Land formt-rly beloog- "Lyiug &ud t>erng att ye head of Upl>t.nd 1ng to Thomas Galpiu. , hen by the i,;d Hue CreeRe, beginniug att Rnbberd Waedei;;i N. W. 63 ptrch to a stake, tbence E. 21 pnch markt beetcb tree i;itandiog aT,t ye BJ de of to a Urnek or ru,.. called V;ack & David'R the Gre .. ke, and soe no along the s'd ruu to run, so traversing t.he cour!!les of tbe ~d Run a markt white oake tree and so st,rtck1ne: to the place of be~mntng; containing 4 dounwards again with a Lyne of markt acres of Laud, 1he 9, am. 16tll. Trees to tbe place of beginning, ttt being a H. HOLLI!' GSWOR1'H " narrow s1ipe alongst the run or i.Jreeke syde The counties of New Uai,;tJe, Kent and and Cont,aynes about fourthy acre ➔ of Land; ~Us!olex, were s•~l~d the "ferritories'' of This Land bei11g part of a greater quant,it,v Peonsy lvauia ur "tne Counties on Dt>la.­ Granted unto bim ye sd Albert bv Pat,tent ware.'' from ye Governor and called La'Uoco.'' At a court hel'1 at Uhes1er, the 6th dav of A.ls,,. at the same court, "Joho rest,· of 11th month, 1684: "The testimony of Johu Upland, apearing in Conrt, declared to bave Grubb taken in writing be1ore Chri~topber bargained, sonld l'raoE;ported and made Ta~lor at,d afierward at t,his court. over all his Riebt, rytle and Intre~t to a 'John Grub~ about thirty-two years of age Certayne tract of Land called the Hopewell deposes that abuu,. four years.ago be bad a of Kent, Unto t<.tchard Hoveington s:1..ud mtnde to buy toe Wood-land lot,t that Lat.i,;e John Grubb, both of Upland, the s'd Land Carolus had ln Uplaud, bemg Two hunared Lying and being on ttle west syde of Uelu­ Acres, and talk.ing with Jamtls t'launctnlarne war and on tbe sout,hwesl syd~ of Upland about it be told btm that, Justa Ander!\on bad Ureeke, beginning at a Corner markt blake already bongllt the s'd two hundred Acres oake 'lf ye Land of Aloert Hendrtxeu c~llPd 1 of the afore!!'ai.a Lasse Uarolns tbe Sweeds Lamoco, standing at ye syde of the 8 d Prist, whi.ch truth the f!l'O ,John Grubb will Urteke by ye mouth of a smal, Run at any time atlrme · b1-fore any Justice if * * * * * * * * * thereunto required and furt.ber saith not. Contaynine Fower hundred acr1-s of Laud JOHN GRUBB. according to ye surveigh made thereof h_v Test. PETER JEGOU the Lare Survelghor Walter Wharton the Wl\I. M G.H.Eti,N his marke 27th of September 1678; bee, ye Ei'd John Attested before me, CHRISTOPHER TA y. Test, onety Except,tng and Reserving out of LOR." tbis above s'd 400 acres of Land the upper­ At Chester Court, 1st mo., 10th, 1687: "John most part thereof Conta.vning one hundred Grubb Petit.inned for Pai ment of Boards acrt>R; which bee, ye s'd John Test, bat b wbich be formerlv Oellvered tp yt, use of the Ronld unto William Woodmancy, so tbat Court l:inuFle: granted." Richard and .Jobn have noe more then BOO John Grubb was commissioned a Justice acres of Land; 11nd thP.v, the said H.icbard of the Peace for New Cast.le Couuty May 2, Boveington and John Grub,did agree with ye 1mm, and wai:- elected a member of Assembly i,,'d rest to pav for the Patt,Pntag of ye !-'d tn 16U2, and ag-ai.n in 16!18. Land themselves'' (Upland Court Record, By deed of June 8, 1698, Alice, widow or 150), '.I'nomalil Gilpin, 01· Ga1pin, conveved to This land was in what is now Chester John Grubb 108 acres of laaa on the river. townshio, as may be seen by reference '£his1had formerly belonged to Mor~an,uruet, to Smith's map of early grants and patents. who purchased from Edmund Cantwell. Tbe THE GRUBB FAlVIILY. .3 survey of this tract probably interfered with two lots r,ogether with four and a.half acres that of w illiam ~tocadale, from which ctis­ of woodland. On the same date James putei,; rei,.ulted. Browne and Honor his wife conveyed to An attempt was made to establish m this John Grubb, of the county of New Castle, country a ruodificatiou of the English lnsti• Tanner, nine lors in r he r.own of Ch1cht-ster, tution known ais manors According to tbe on G:-ubt street, alias New street. Feb. 26th, "OoudithJnis and Ooucessions" agreed upon 1705 6 William Flower, of Ch1chei;ter, con­ be ween William Penn and the early pur­ vesect to Jobn Grubb 1-1enior of Chiche1--ter, <:hasers of laud, ullt of every 100,000 acres 10,· Tanner, two lot8 in. that, place, on Grubb 000 w@re Lo be reserved in one place to form a Atreet, alias ~ew street, with all dwelling&, proprietary manor, Wht!rein it was intendt:d &c., and one out-house standing on the the tenan,"' should hold by lease and not in Strand and fronting the dwelling house ln fee. By this plan landed estates were to be addition to his lands in Brandywine hun­ securea to the Penn family in fmure gener dred, which he still held, John Grubb be­ ations. Circumstances prevented the <·om. came the owaer or 175 acres more in tbat plete realization of the scheme, and e11tntu­ vicinity, by dt-ed from John French, Sheriff, ally the lands so reserved were sold to tbe ten­ dated July rn, 1707. His death occurred in ants ur others. The ea~tern part, of Brandy­ the wmter of 1707-8, when he was about in the wiot, hundred was inteoaed to form a manor 56th year of his age. by the name of t<,ocklands, though no defi­ WILL OF .JOHN GRUBB. nite i.urvey thereof has bten ob~e,ved. Those I John Grubb of the Coun t,y ot· i1hester in i,;ett.l«:::rs w no were in possession before r he the Province of Pennsylvania, Tanner, being date of Peun's charier still held according to at present weak in Body but of sound and t.he1r former title~. perfect mind and memory do make this my A warraut dated 24th of U; h-mo., 1702, was last Will and Teistmentin manutor following-, directed to Is:-tac Taylor, Rurveyor, requir­ That is to say. fl'irst my will is that all my iug him to resurvey t--tocsdale's plantation, ju8t Debts and fuperal Charges be paid and in tbe Manor of Rocklands, and al80 to sur­ di~coarged: Also I give UIJto my Daugbter vey a uam of 5,000 acres witlJ.in the said Chiirit'\' the wife of B,inhard Beeson the Eium manor. In this warrant it was recited that of five ·pounds: Also I give unto my Dau~h­ "whereas )e Proprietary aud l:¾overnor hav­ ter Pbrehe Grubb the sum of flfteeo poundi,;:, ing purchased of Wil1iam Srockdate a cer­ to be paid bn when she attain Her age of tain oou:se, plantation and tract of land Rit­ Eigllteen Yeart; or is married, wh•ch shalt uate ou Delaware River. within the Manor tin-it, happen: Ali-o I ,give un10 my dear of H.ocklaods, and de!!-igning ye said planta• wife F'rancf's Grubb One third oart of all my tion f.,r ye place of .}'e caief seat in ye Perf:o• al E .... tate & her Choice of one of the Manor ha, h 1mstained a great lus8 by some bei;;t Cows upon my Planta<>on besides. And peri;on or peri.on!-! cla1miog an interes•- in also all ye a ... st, und Residue of m:v Estate part of ye land belonging t,here10," &c. hoth Real and Personal what~oever, and Upon this warrant the isurveyor made the wht-resoever I give Devise and Bequeath endorsement. "not Execuced nor ltkely to unto my sons, Emanuel, John, Joisepb, he.'' A letter from Penn's Secretary, James Henry, Samuel, Natbanielat,d Peter, to be Logan, addres,.ed to lsaac Taylor under equally divided between them, sbare and mue of 26tb 9or 1702, begins thus: ''lnclo~ed f-hare all.Ke, and to tbeir Hetrs and Assigns herewith is copi~s. one of a warrant fur forever as Tenants in Comon & not as Jobn Buckl,v in Roc1tlands, who desirf'd joyntenants. And La8tly I make & ordatn 1t mi~ht he directed to thee, ye other for the my said 1:,on John and my said wife Propr's use, which by all meanr- I would Jj"'rances Executors of this my last Will & have execur,t:adin ye first partof it, viz Testament. lo Wit nf'ss wbereor 1 · have ~urvey i tJg S 1 oekdale's Plantation and divid• hereu,,to i,iet my Hand & Heal ye l'weJfth iug ye Gover's L&.ud from that troublesome day of the mouth called lt"ebruary in tbe ruan J uo. Grubb: yti otht-r tnou mi:ty take Hixth Year of t be Reign of Q,ue~n Ann over ~orne n1ore t,lme to con.,ider of. viz , ye li:ty­ Great Britain, &c. Anuuq Dul. 1707 8, - out 5,000 acre~, a, lea1,t till we m1-et, when JOHN GRUBB. (Seal). tbat shall be. I ~end al~o B, commisi,ion to Signea, Seaiect, publti-1hed & Declared by Johri Huckh, which prav deliver." t.ne above named Jobn Gtubb, to be hi8 last Jacob l'ay !or, t,be acting Surveyor Gen­ Will & Te::stament in tne presence of Tho: al, writrng to hlFl brotber lsaac, under date Pryi•rf rho: H.ardtng, Uicllard H.eath. The of 8tb of l:lth montb, (Feb.) 1702-H, says: "I mark of John l. R. Redman, Senior. 8ent a let.t.er to tbf:'e t,he lasL weeit wherein I ( Will Book O., page 81, Phila). told tbee by tbe secre1ar.v's order that th11u The foregoi □ I-! will wa8 proven on the mightst not me,idle ,vith John Grubb's 26th of Maren, 1708, by Pryor and Barding bUl-i111€8S until further order from him. on affirmation. Letters of administration W betber thou hais received that, I'm doubt­ were granted to John and Frauces Grubb fu I, hut on receipt of tbh, ooserve ttJat tt on the same date. is the Sticretary's special order and com­ It JS Romewtiat remarkable that no divi­ mantl · bat thou shalt not do any of thaL sion <>f the real estate of Jobn Grubb was business until further, &c " made for more than fi.ft,y :,\ ears after his To tbis .James Logan added a postscript, aeatb, by wbich time five of his sons were as follows: deceased. A writ of partition from the • Frien<.l Isaac: Pray be exceeding cau­ Cuurt of Uom mon Pleas of New Castle was tious 10 laying out tbat land to Cope & Prew, directed to Thomas Dunn, Sheriff, who aud have a regard to Wbif,1"''8 wi<1ow, tbat made rt-turn thereto in 171.H, but owing to tbey take not Uiat laud which is m J8t nt:c the p::trtil-1.1 Joss an<1 general confusion of the et-:sary to her P1antat,io11. La.v out tht-"irs as record8 of tbat county the full particul:.trs Rbort a8 possihle and make returns slowlv: bave no1, been "scertained. Certain deeds on I W!Ab tbey had nt-'ver been granted. A"l rPcorct i,.bow w nat isome of the he•rs r«-'cei ved. ahove, o.v no means touch with Grun's land It is as~umed from circurr~rantial for what be requeRt8 iR within Stockdale's evidence that B'rances, the widow of Johu land and not in our power to grant: he Grubb, becam~ t.hP. wife of Richard Butfing­ 1mposfld on UR, and y1-1 agreen1eot. is rev, ked ton, wbo h.V this time was residing at tbe ar,d madt--l void tbiis day by a p 1s1tive order fo1 k~ of Brandywine Cree~, iu what is of ye Uommi-.stuners of wbich thou may now Ea"'t Bradford township,Cbester county. acqua,rit. bi m. '' Un tiJe i2•h.of ,january, J7i0 li,they executed Jobn Ornbb now turned his attention t.o a bill of sale to Richard Butlington, Jr., for the purchase ,if rf'al eis1.at.e in the town of ''Terna horse k!Dde,'' and on tbe 19th of 2d· Cniche-.ter, where Oliver Mattaews and wife, month, April, 1712, Richard and Frances on the 2Hth 12-mo., 1708-4, conveyed to him Buffington conveyed 100 acres of land ln tbat 4 THE GRUBB FAMILY. vicinity to Nathaniel Ring. Richard miu­ Black £30 beside what she has bad: To son ried again about 1721, but the date of death Emanuel the residue of the estate, subject to of Frances has not oeen discovered. the maintenance of his mother, Ann urubb, James Logan, writing from Philadelphia duriiJg ber life. The Penn'a Gazeue of 9th of 3d month, 1712, to his loving friend, Aug. 20, 1767, contains the following obitu­ lsaac Taylor, says: "Being informed by ar_y: Reuben ~'ord that thou art shortly to exe­ "On the 10th Instant, at Brandywine Hun­ cute our warr't for regulating the Proprie­ dred, in New Castle county, died Emauuel tor's Land belonging to StocKdale's P1anta­ Grut:>b, iu the 86th Year of nis Agf\ and the t101J, &c., I would at Reuben's Request put next Day ,vas iuterred in St. Martin's thee in mind at the same time that one Wm. lJhurcayard at Lorn in a Cave, by tbe 8tde tation, w'ch being directed to .Ja: Otappoole of Delaware 8.i ver, not far distant from ne never executed it; but H. Hollmgsworth where he always livect, ane1 died, and was surveying a vacancy there, suid to be in· the first Child born of English Parents in tended to be granted by tnat warr't, found it this Province. l::iis .Jonst1tution was re. to contain 89 acres according to his surv€y. markably healthy during his whole Life, The warr·t was produced to me upon an in• havinfl never been afflicted with any Sick­ quiry there in 1705, bv Aaron Coppock, but ness till a fewDa}s before bis Death. H1s l have no furth~r entred ye Tenor or lt than st.rength and Activity ,vere i-urprising to a as I have mentionea. If it be produced to Ma □ o! hts Age; be could monnt and ride a thee and thou finds it for that land, and that Horse with as much Dexterity as a Lad of it no way interferes with that of :Stockdale'i;i Twenty. A few Months ago, he rode from thou mayst at H.euben's Charge survey it, & his own House to this City and back again upon notice from thee, he, upon t.Jis appli­ in one Day, which is u owards of 40 Miles. cation for it, shall immedtat.ely have a new Hit, Memory was equally surprising, and warr't for thee to matte t by Return by. not in the least tmpatred, till his Deatti; be "w ben thou art there Pray see if thou could remember Transactions of a late Date cani;;t doe anyt.ning with tbe ~ oung Grubbs equally well wit,h those which happened in to have that 600 acres of Isaac's & Uavid'R bis younger Days. He was exceeding and their fatber's, each 200 acre_i-, settled; of temperate in hts Living, seldom maktn~ w'cb ye first 400 is truly the Proprtetor'El, u"'e of Spirituous Liquor~; and for htH tho ye knavery of the latter endeavoured to friendly Disposition waR highly esteemed ahuse bim in if, H. HollmgEecka Ped­ 2. l-4~manuel, born July 19, 1682. died Aug. rick, was born at Marcus H 0 11lt on t.he 14th 9 or 10, 1767; married in 1708 (?) Ann l:ledg-e of 7th-month, 1678, as also four other birlbs OocK, born Sept. 27, lti91, dted Jan. 24. li7~. ante-dating tbat of Emanue1 Grubb He continued to re~ide at or near Grubb's 3. John Grubb, 2d, born Nov. 1684, died Landin2, auBrandywine hundred. In 1735 Stoc1tda1e·s possession or Isaac N. Grubb, erroneomHy plantation was resurveyed and divided be• ~ives the year 1757). He married Rat!ht-l tween John Grabo, Emanuel Grubo aod Buckley, born April 4, 1690; died D~c. 15, Adam Buckley, and 90 acres t.her~or pat• 1752; d-tU~hter of Johu and l:lannall (~1:tn<1t•r• sated to ~maaue1 Grubb. ln 1738 he lea-.ed so11) Buckley, of Brandywine hundred. In from the , .ondoo Company a tract of 250 addition to several other tractH of laud in acres on the circular Une, near Concord Brandywine hundred, and bis intereRt in township, for a term or seven years. Io the hts tatber's real ei-.tat.e, Ile obtained 56 acre~ lea8e ht, is styled a tanner of "~r.ockdale's Plantation" on its C1ivis10n, Jacob Taylor, writln~ to h1s brother Isaac, in 1735, and 200 acres o! another tract calle remember dangllters Rachel Pedrictr and Hannah oure Kind Loves to all n-Ufl neare Relations Flower all my Lutts in Lower Chict:lester and friends. \Ve un.der St,and that oure tbat I bought of H.ichard Bezer and of Adam brvther John Grant. is desesed, but we have Buckley, aud ad the lott~, rights and titles no Ca.rtint.y of ir, I. dr1"'tre thee to let me tbat, camt:: by my fa1 h-r, John GnH>b. know Wh'tt ls be0ome of Peter- Grubb's ''l give to my negroe ma □, t:5eazor1 his Widd 1)W. Reruemoi=-r my Love to brother Freeaom at m ,, decease and my negroe Henry Grubb in pat'tfoular. So we ad no P.billi3 her Freedom at my decease and my me>re at present bur, H.emernbering,our kind negroe Nance to live with my Daughter Loves to the an.d th,v farnil \1 the 28th of ye Rachel PedricK Till she arrives to the age fifth moath l758. RWHARD BEESON, twenty-ti ve yea.rs and then to be free and ''the t•>CeoR which I. CHARITY BEESON.'' my negroe Lad to live with my son Adam sen•e was Love and Hrubb till he arrives to the age of Twenty­ youenit,y," five years ;.Dd then 10 be .l!'ree And my "Ye 9th of ve 9th mo: 17,58: } negroe CnHd Pegg to live with my Daughter West Br;-1dford, Uhester county. Hannah Flower 1.'ill she arrives to tile a~e "Lovin~ Brother auct Rister: [ Received Twenty-five years and. then to be free." To Yon, Letter lhiR day, Dated ye 5th Month, daughters Mary Moulder, Racllet Pedrick 175~, i,, which I bad Great 8attsfact,ion to and Hannah Flower, my movable estate in be,1r of You, Ex:cept that Impediment and what kiud soever not already riEqu .. atbed. 8topage in my ~ister's Breath and. my Tbis will is on file in New castlt, County Brotner's weaKness for Which I am Ready Delaware. to S.vmpathise Witb, Still hoping thatLight, 4 Ubarity Grubb married before ber father's the Grace of G:1d, ma:v be your Instructor dell.th, Richard Beesoo, son of Edward. Until it may Please Him to Call us Unto Bet-son. of New Castle county, and later of Hirn8elf Wb.icll is my Dep;itre B()th for you Nottingham, on r,he borders of \1.arylaud. and my self. ti. Gtves me Great 15attsfaction ThE::'y b~ca.me Frieocts, and in 1728 Notting­ to hear ()f your Keeping to meetmgs know. ham Meetmg t?"ave ber the endorsement of a ine; ~Y Experte,,ce the Benefit of Waiting mmi~ter. l.<'tve yeJtrs Jat .. r they removed Upon the Lord for belp in this time of to Leacock, Lancaster county, and after a trouble. I nave at thts time no Child at few year"' sojourn there, went to Frederick home But I Acknowledge for my self and on uo., Va. In a letter to her sister Phebe, the Behalf of rny Cbtldren the Love M.y written 12t,h of U-mo, 1742-3, Charity says, cJousins bas Remembered to us. the Present "my son William ha.th a daugll.ter born toe you have seLtt to me I Acknowledge and :JO or iast mouth u.ad cans ner name we1- hope to keep as a Sure token of friendship. mett.•' l'his unusual name was doubt.less My desire 1s that you may be 8tl• J kept from gtven in remem orance of the ancestre~s ln the Merciless hand of the Enemy and Above far away Cornwall, and is strong evidence the fear of them by trusting 1 n the god of all tbat Henry, of Burlington, and Joho, of strength. We have frequeu1 ly heard of their New Ca1-,tle county, were brothers. :\. mem, doing Mischief in t,hts Province. orandum, made a few yei:irs later, gtveE! tile "~ccording to Your ctesit•e I shall Let our children and grandchildren of Richard and Relations Know r.be Contents of your Letter Cbartr.y B-eson as follows: John, married as soon as Po~sible; t.he time being so short t,o Grace Varman, had a son Nathaniel; I have u11t as yet had no Opporr,unity Bnt I Ri<~hard. married to Anne Brown, had shall be Carefull Brot,her John Grubb is Cer­ t :narity, l:i.annan, R1ch>trd, ~essar, Jacut>, tainly Deceased this Lire he Died wttb. the Henry, J••hn a,,d Edward; uharity, married Gravel and Was deceut1y Buried at Chiches­ to Mordecai Mendenhall, had Ricllard, ter in Friends Bnring Gronnd, the Corps Joan, Thomi1~, Mose~ and Stepnen; Phebe, Accnmp:-tnted by Brotilers Em}lnuel. Sam­ married t,o John Harrts, nad Eiizabet,tl, uel, Nathani~l, and my i;leLf, Witb. a great Charity, Richard, Pbeoe and Dinan; Ed· Uompanv nf Others. Hrother John na8 set ward, married to M artba -, bad Ed ward, his two oldest Negroes free and the Rest to •'hartty, Mary and Micajah. Henjamin was be set free at twenty five Years of age. 8ister tbe f>:1.tber of Ii--aac, Benjamin, William, bauu:1h Grubb L•ves at Wilmington & ~·rancis and Richard William had William among ber Children. I saw ber Lately, she Well rnet, Oh:i,rlty and Rachel. ~tepb1:ir1 live~ 1£xceeding Well full and Plenty. My was t,he fath,r of Stephen, Micajtt.h and Otii ldren and tam ily i~ at Pre~eat in health Ph~oe. as u~mal and their families. My son Nathan, rhe tide of emigration was then south­ iel and r~aac is Out at \York at the mason wA.rd, and not. to the westward as in later trade. Josepn is !lt, John Walt's. John yearA. The Be~sons were still in Virginia Wall, my son tn L!l.w has a daughter about 1 n 1754, but bad removed to Uarolina b~fore Nine m ,ntb.s Old and Calls Her Name 175~. as will be seen by the following corres• Ohari.t,Y pondeuci:>: "Our' 8rothe1·~ is all in Good health Ex­ "ROAN tJOUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA cept our Loving and Beloved Br,,t.her Sam­ "Loving Sister:-'rnis is to Jet thee ttno-v uel; he is at tbi1-1 time in Kingwood in Hun­ tllat we b'.-lve H.ecei ved tur-e lettfl• s from terdon lJuunty io West, Jersey or Was there ye aod three presents Uiere!n I Rent the L::ttel v to be unred of a Uaocer in hi, Under no let,teri-; 1 h:J.cl not freedom L'i.St wtnter Lip Which iH Ver.v Painfnll Brother Rich­ Wa8 a year I. b~d a lo ,g ti.me l)f siclrne~s ard, I bli ve beard Lately of Joseph Gregg and wnict:I orought mever,v toe la body,and mind his famll v tbey are all in Reasonable Good and uow l stm troubled Witb !Short bre,Hh so health I have heard nothing t,o the Con­ t,hat I t,tlink 1 am going- hqme H,ifly, I tray from t.hv Com,tns by toe River. So I thought tt w,mtcl Tr,rnble Thee more to Couclnde Still Rernemeriog that Lflve and let thee know my con 1itton Tue □ seud nu Unity Which ought to :mbstst among Breth­ ler.t.er8. ern and Sister~ in the fellowship of t,rnth. "[ ~oes to meting 1mn1etirnes; we have a "Please to n.em,..mt>er my Love to My mettng '"'verV' ot,her fifth. day at our hon,.e. Children and Gr11.nd Children by l\Iy Late mv huNb~nd grose weakly; the Lord w no hUSOlilld a.nd to W1l1iam Cox and hiR Wife Lir,ed our <':-tntve i-ente t~o pre,jents tot.he as a toacan as often h~ Po.;;sible and the Circumstance of of Love aud :voueuity. We donte know th~Lt Your Affairs and Condition if you Please, thear ht->atb beue auv m1scnif done tu this Concer111ng thel':ie rroubelsome times. g0verament as yet t>y tbe Indins, bnt dont "This from l'OUr sister Phebe Hadly," 6 THE GRFBB FAJ\IILY. When the tide of emigration set towards ance of a bond foT .US oer annum for 20 thP, waters of' tbe Ohio, Heory Beeson, a years, given by Brother Peter Grubb, to go grandson or Ricl:lard and Uharity, settled to nephew Ptttr Urnbb, son of Peter. To at wbat ts now Cn1ontown. Fayette county, sisters l;barity Beeson and Pht'be Hadley, Pa., about l7ij9, and built the secood mill in and to bro• her Henry Grubb, :C.W eacb. To tbar, conn, y. The place was kuown as Bee­ nephew ~amuel Grubt>,son uf Jollu,dec~ased, son town for many years. all estate, real and perisonal, bequeathed to 5. Pbeb!-l Grubb. the writer of the 1ast letter, me by my father, John liruob l'o Loe l:ios­ married tii'st Hicbard Bullington, eldest son IJiLal in Philadelphia, £50 ID five ytars. To of Richard Butfiogton, the former associate J ame1- Dil\vort.ll ·•towards Butlding a stone of John Grubb, at Cpland; and now residing ur ---;rick frieud-1' meetiug buuMe of worl-lhip in Bradford townshtp, Chester county. They in Birmmgh!:!.rn Townsbip the sum of fifty settled nt-ar the present village of Marshall Pound~, so ;i.8 t,be imid rueetin~ hou.se oy ton, where Ric ha.rd died in 1741, leaving moderate Expences amounting to three twelve children. They were members of hundred Pouuds or upwards when tbe said Bradford Friends' Meeting, ana she was mEeting hom;e is 1iu11shed .. " ResIClue of es• recommended as a minister in liHB. t-ibe was tate to brother Nathaniel lirubo. 8".lmuel's married a second time; ,tn-mo. :.'.2d, 1752, to death oc~urre(l prior to May 17, 1760. He Simon Hadly, of Mill Ureek Hundred, New was au over~eer of Birmic1gbam Meeliug Castle county, wbose death occurred in lef,;s 17-i!J to 175li . .ti.is widow died in 1:Gast Brauford tban four years after, when she returned to iu 177;"j, Bradford. She diea 3d-mo. 4th, 176!J and was l:l. Natb.auiel Grubb learned the carpen­ buried ou the 6th, at Bradford Meetiug, on ter trade a.ud l"'ett,led in w illistown townsnip, which day Mary Marshall, widow of i\ bra­ wbere he pmcbared bOU acres or tand by detd bam,and mother of Humphrey Marsball,tbe of~ ov. Jo, 1726. tie erected or became the botanist, was also buried. owner of gr1:sL and isaw mills oo Urum Cn·ek, 6. Joseph Grubb, 80ll of .John and Frances, in that township; a,~o owued for a time married, but tbe uame of his wife has not i,ome property at Marcus Hoo~, and at tlJe been noticed. From the occurrence of the time uf his death was po!',sersl'.-iea of i-ome name of Ebenezer in this branch of the houses aod lots in Philadelphia. ln 1758 he family it is inferred that .llis wife may have was appr)inted a Trustee of the Proviucial been the daughter of Ebeuezer Perkin~, who L11ao office. He w:-ts married 10 h mo,.Lb 2:3, sett.led a little Jower down on the river, in 1725 at 1Joncord Meedog to Aun Mourt', ltil:l3, and died 170:3, !Paving daugbt,ers, Abi­ aau~hter of .Jonn aud Margaret Moore, of gail, born August 11th, 1687, and Elizabeth, l'bornbur, township. Tuey were members some years youngt'r. On January 21, 1no-1, of Gusi:leu Meetiug, bllt did oot take a very tbe land between Stockda.le's plantation and ac, ,ve part in cnurcb affairs. Nat,llamd Naaman's Creek. and between the King'g ~urvivl:'O his wife a year ur two. His will Road and tbe river, was surv'"'yed aud wa:s dated Vlay 17th, 1700, aud hi:s dear h oc­ divided bet,ween John Buck:ley, 120 acres, curred within four rnou1b:s of that, Lime. He Joseph Grubb, 106 acres,a1111 Benjamin Moul• devised his lands and mi11:s to b,:s twl) der. 118 acres. Joseph Grubb died intestate, sou~, 1'3ctruuel and Natbau1el, and bel'lid.., £50 and letters of adrniuiRtration on bis eHrat,e to each uf hi~ married daughters aud .£100 •u \\ ere granted to bis son Joseph, March Hth, two who were unmarried, ne deviseo n1s in­ r17. t,erei-t in t,he estates of his rattler aud brutber, 7. Henry Urubb 1s not known to have Samuel, to be d1vide11 bet ween all· bis chil­ married A perrsou of this uame married, dren about 1750, Patience l.Jlaytoo, but oe was 10 Peter Grubb was tbe youneest child of probably the son of Emanuel liubo. Henry, .Jonu and Frances, and <1,1ubLleHis quite t,he sou of Johu and Frances,purcbastd from young at biis father's death. Uonsidt:lnt.bte Joseph England, Jr., and \Vife, ADO, 250 tUtere:st at,tacne:-- 10 blt- pertiunal hiistory oo ttcres of iand iu Middletown town~hip, uow acc.,unt ot' bis bav1ug neeu a piOilt"t-r 1n toe Delaware count,y, Pa., by deed of Septembet" tnannfactnre of irun and t,he fouuder of a 18tn, 1722 Tots was near the preseIJL Wawa plant which u ,s become immeus~Jy valua­ Station, and the bridge ju.. t above, over ble. He was ctoubtlei--H born at Marcuis Hook; Chester C1eek, bas loug been kuuwu as is suppoHed to have removed wit.b bis Grubb's bridge. By will c:tatect July 3o, 1770, moth•-r to Bradford towbsbio, and wheo old Henry Hrubtl devised T,his land to l..liis enough learned I he t,rade of a mason, per. "cousin" (nepbew) Peter Grubb, of L>tucas­ baps witb bis brot,ber, ~arnuel. .Judginir ter county, ironmaster, snhiect to pay1nent from the evidence bet'ure us bi~ education of debts and legacies of J.;'.!JO to his comPu, was limited, yet his energy, euterpri1-;e aud Uurtis Grubb, or Lancl-tster county, 1rou­ bu-iuess ability were not lacking. His first master1 and .£.10 to Peter Urubb,son of Curti~ appearance on the a1-r was a mai,on by trade, and by Price, near L,ena pe rneusious and wit,h such part!l.ious tlour.-; and Htation. He also o\voi::d lauds and was ill• Divisions t.herein for tbe bolding 8,mlting­ 1ere8ted iu the mauuracture of iron in Lau. & Manageiug of all Sort" ot drain aH ~!Jail caster (now Lebanou) county, in conn<:'CLion be Agreed upon t>y tbe H:-ud par1 ie!-;" i □ coo­ with his lm,Lher Peter. Hy bis will. datert i,,;ideratiou whereof t,be i-aid Ahrabam Mar­ Jan. H, 17tiU, be gave t.o bis w1f, the ·m,e of i-hall agrees to pay tbe l'.illtn of f.1'10,aud upon the briek house aud a few acres of laud, dur­ the completion of the said mills 10 "Gouvey ing life, with .£200 per annum for three years. aud A:ssure uuto tbe s·d Pet«"r 0rubh bis To uepllews Uur, is and Peter Grubb, t'ach heirs and Ass lg •,s for ever The one fn II one half of the laod in Lancaster county. lfqual and Undivided Moiety or half part of After tbe µa.y ment ul wife's dowry aud au the s'd 'b doth covenaut veyed by John Penn. Thomas Peon and tbat be "Sball and will Lay out and ~xpend Richard Penn, propriet0rs-in-chief of the tbe ~aid Sum of One Hundred and tforty province of PennsyJvama and counties of pounds in and about the Huilding Erec, ing New Castle, Kent and 1-nl:"sex, on Delaware, aud Setting up (in Hie place aforesaid) the by their warrant, dated London, May 8, 1732, Best water Uurn Mill Huult,ing Mills and to Joseph 'l'urner, of Philadelphia, for tive Mill house that Uau be 8uilt and I£rt-cted buudred pounds, mone.v of Pennsylvania. for the Augmenting the Respect,ive E1,.tat~s Tne grant embraced 300 acres. Turner as­ of them the s'd parties and not OLherwii;;e." signed the eat.ire tract to William Allen, This :-tgreement, now in possession of Dr. April 5, 173-1, and on the 28th and 29th of No­ I£dward MarstJall, of Northbrook', bears an vem bn, 17H7, alien assigned tbe same to endurHernent., dated Jan 25, 1733 i, by which Peter G-rubb, to whom a patent was issued Peter Grubb assigns to John Marshall all Augni:-t 2, 1745." "A tradition in his family right and intHt--St tberPin. ~ay~ t.bat he built a furnace in 1735, about Tbe mills were probab y not built as soon fi ve-eignths of a mile from the site of Corn­ HS pro llOSed. and two days before tbe last, wall furnace, and cinder is pointed out, to date Peter Grubb acknowledges the receipt i-ustain the tradition. But this supposed of five Hbilllngs Jrom Abraham Marshall furnace was undoubtedly a bloomery,whicb "io foull --attsfaction of all Clam-es contre­ may be regarded as Mr. Gruob's tirst iron vercts or agrements whatsoever in a sartain entnpriRe." An old lease, dated Sept. 2, ar, icall betwee11 ye said Abraham marsllall 1W9, i;;tlll preserved, was made by Peter and Pet.er Grubb baretng Datt the first day Grubb, of Lancaster county, ironmaster, to of march in 1 he ) ear one thom,and seven Samuel Grubb, of East Bradford, Chester huridred and twenty f-lix." count.v, mason, and Joseph Taylor. of Ken­ On r,be same date Peter entered into an nett t.owni,.hip,wbeelwrlgbt and blacssmitb, ~greerne1. t with Sa1nuel MarsbalJ for the on 300 acres 1u Lebanon township, for min• l.)llilding or completion of a mill on the land ing all metals ar, d minf-'ral~ except iron. uf Abraham Marshall, for which be was to Tbey were to employ five men after two receive £212, lawful mone.v of Pennsylvania. years. and morA if they pleased. The pro­ ln the memorandum book of John Taylor, duct. was to be divided into 32 parts,of which surveyor and conveyancer, we tiud, without t.he Grubbs were to have 15 f'acn and Taylor da.tf>, t.be fn1lowing-: .. Deed:-Abraham Mar z The latter died Aug. 2, 17'1.0. shall& wife Mary to son Samuel for ab't 70a In this Iea8e it is stated that Peter Grubb of the 450a. in Ubambers' deed & 50a of ye 150 "intends t,o bui1d a furnnce" on land ad­ 1n deed (1f partition, one half of ye mill S()ld jacent to that leased to Samuel Grubb and to Pett:-r Grubb excepted & a road or passage Jo8eph Taylor. That furnace was doubtless 10 meet,iug reserved," d. receipt, dated (Jain Cornwall, 80 named in memory of the ye ,0 of ye 10-mo, 1731, acknowledges the county tn England, whence came the Grubb pa) ment of oue pound twelve shillings family. Hopewell Forge was built about "u ppone J e in ill lmock: Hccount ," and is the 8ame time by Peter Grut>b. f,ligued by "Per,er Grobb." It is not in bis hand, yet evidently in bi1-1 beha11. It would appear that Peter Grubb lost, his Pett'r Grubb was admitted iuto membn• first wife in the year 1740 By the records of sbi p with B'r1t-ud-1 11-mo 3d, 1731, and on the Concord Monthly Meet.Ing- we find that same date declared bis intention of marriage Peter Grubb, ')f Laucl:lster county, and Han­ with Martha Wall, but owiug to his t.aking nah Marshall, of Concord, were married the sundl pox, then prevalent In Ca.In, t.be 12th-mo lOt,b, 1741-2, at t :oncorct Meeting. marriage was not aceomplisbed for some Tbere were present on this occasion his time. By tbe marriage certitiC'ate it appears brothero1 Emanuel, John, !Samuel and Na­ t,r,at, Peter Grubb, of the towr:isbip of Calo, thaniel. and ~isters Charity and Phebe, with bachelor, and Martha Wall, of the same manv others Hannah was the widow of place, widow, were married ~ct-mo., 12th, 'rho mas Marshall and ctaughter of Benj R• 171{2, at Caln Meeting. 'l'bt>re were present min and Ann Mendenhall, of Concord, and on t,his occasiou Kamuel Grubb, Nathaniel was born 6th- mo 11th, 1696 Peter writes as Grubb, l)harir,y Hee8on,. Phebe Butfiogron, follows: Mary Bates, John Wall, Jrn,,eph Wail, Ann "Res pectt->d ~ii;;ter Phebe Buffin ton, Please Hrubb1 .J otrn Betson,J obn, Ricbard,Phet.>e and to 1-end me hy ye Bearer Hereof Lohlon Richard Buttington,Jr. with thirt,y-two otbers mcGrad.v, my two oxen-and we are all wno 1-;igned a" witnesses. Martha Wall waA well at Present. rhese with Respect ~•rom the widow of Jame8 Wall and tbe lhl.ll!!hter Tby 1/rieutl and Brut,ber P1.;TE1{ GRUBB. or J erem ian au d Mary Batei-, of Gloucester ye 2°1th of ye 3 mo., 1743 1 ·o, N. J. Hy bf'r first, buisband she had a noate & we 8hall Blow Tomorrow & we son, John \Vall, born about. 1717, wbo mar­ Believe (Ill r selfs to be in gooo 8urscum- ried Phebe Bu l1ingtoo, ·dangllter of H,tchard stal1se for a good Biast. P. U." and Phebe, while Mary Hd.tes, wbo may bave been a Joung-er islster to Mart,ha. was "Ye 2i of ye 7-mo. 17-:1:-3: Loven Brother married in 17-12 to H,ichi-trd Butlington, H '. ~amnel a~ to Sanders & his wooct we shall Peter Grn bb was assesH, d in li:ast Caln 111 Consider for ye Best-& as to ye furnish she 178G, after wbicll tbe name doet,; not appear meltf'd lti00 c in :-; hours wtch wood 1n tne county asi--essmeot. lt iA claimed arnountf'd to Hi tun & Hl00 a wPek so tba.t, he was ttie firt:it to di~cover the vast de• that if dick ve fouudf'r h1td taken Care iu poisits of Iron ore at UortJ wall, in Lebanon blf4 t.nrn by all lik:t-lieyhood ye furnish (then Lancaister) cou:ity. and tbat. he pur­ would hl-tve Com up with all most aoey in a cha!-ed tt1e lalld there in 17,{7. If thHe he no Maricah-Hut ye Leasey Roge dib ter Pheabe tba.t we De~ires bur up hea1 to in 17-!2, was locatecJ within the limits of the assist my wife in about n or 7 weeks at s TlIE GRUBB FAl\:IILV. furditst Thes with Respect to all tfrinds man, Wm Pim, Thos. Worth, Francis Way, PE'.fEH GRUBB," l:!Jdward Clayton, Samuel Coates, John Coope, James Mendenhall, Samuel 8eller:,, Tbe success of tbe enterprise being assured James Woodward." a company was formed to cauy on 1~€; i~O_!l Peter Grubb'i,; last wife, being a member of workH. A Iea1-1e was executed June 18, 11•-h, Uonenrd Ylontbly Meeting, receiv~d a cer. he tween Peter Grubb, of tbe couoty of ()bes­ titicate thPrefrom, dated Xd of 3d mo. 1742, ter, yeoman, of the one pttrt, ~ud John addrE:-;~ed to 8:1dsbury Monthly \1.eeting, Crosbv, 1£ ... q., Caleb Pe11rce, yeoman, Peter wbich waA suppo,-ed to be nearer to ber new Dick'": Jacob Carter, Joh11 Pennell, John home. This certificate was uot presented Cro1-1b", .Jr., George Cburch man, 8amuel during her residence there, but on the 6th of Grubb, Daniel Walker, of Cbester count1y; Peter Worrall, of Lanca"1ter Ebene­ !l-rno, 17-rn. Sad!'ltrnry enaorsed it to Newark:, county; ~aying that "~he did not produse her ~errJfi zer Curry, of Philadelphia. merchant, aud cate to our meeting, and allso sbee llverng John Waliace, of Philadelptlia, merchant,, so Remoate from u"' that wee had bur li1,t1e partners and comoaoy of rbe iron workH Conversatinn with her. so think itt fitt t,o ea led Corn wall l"uroace and Hopewell Refer itt back as shee Stands Recomended Forge of the 01 her part. Peter Grubb, being from Concord montbly meet,ing.·' E-eizt--d of four contiguous tracts of land 1n At t bat dat.e Newark (now Kennett} Month- Lebanon t,owni,;bip, conr,aining in all 6B7 1.v Meeting included the meeting at Wil­ acreH, wbereon the furuaoce wa~ erected, mington, but in l7fi0 Wilmington Monthly and of t,wo other tracts in w arwick town­ Meeting was i,;iet off from NewarK. If Peter i,;bip, containing- 218 acres, whereon tbe forge was erected, leased the whole to th~ c,,m­ Grubb aod wife did not remove to Wilmiog­ pany aa ton in 174 >, it i1-1 at Ieai-.t certain they were t'or twenty ~earR at arinual rent.of there on April HOtb, 1747, on which date tbey t2GO. the first payment to made June 18 17-W deed fur Rome in bor­ It was agrf'ed that Peter Grubn sbnald bave executed a lots that the use of tbe Roil of part 11f one of tlle tracts ough. There are orher real estate tram~­ wbereon the furnace was erect.ed, allowing actioos on record whicb indicate their cnl.1- t,he en t and <'Ole tl m ttuued residence in that place until his con1 oa.ny r,o ber and aeatb, bnt the almost tot,at loss of tt10 dio- and search for iron ore. Peter resFrved the records of the Regl!ilter·s Office dnrtng tbA ri;ht to dig and search for other m ioeralA, period from 1751 to 1772 (as well as mitny of and to UNA tne stream above the aa.m which earlier datt->), deprives us of definite facts re worked tt:le furnace bellows, tf he ishould specting administration on his estate, Deeds have works for occasion to er~ct smelting 8bow u:iat he died intestate and as early as any other ores Four or more persons, 1754 His wMow, as has bef'n stated, con­ within two months, were to appraise the tinued to reside there and among her cbil­ furnace, forge, wheels, bell<>Wl,l, c,~teh•)?Ses, ctreu o.v her first hUSlYlnd. The WiJI Of &c., that they mtght oe deliver,-..d up ~o as Hannab Grubb is dated at. Wilmington. g\)otl coudtt.,on at tbe end of tne lease, e1th<-'r 9f1h-mo 20, 17u8, and proven in · 'hest,er party tio pa.y as it rnignt, be better or worse, county, Oct. 1st., 1770. In ACrt'lius'~ historv, though Pett>r Grnhb should not, pay. for writ.en about 175ti, we find the tollowlng on other furuaces and forges which tbey might iron worki,.i: erect, for t,betr owu adva.nt age. "Cornwall, or Grubb's iron workfl, in J,qn­ i8 ~f,y lt-d Peter Grubb of Ob.e .. ter oou nt:v in caster conntv. 'l'bt-1 minl'I i"' rict:l and abnn­ the foregoing lea"'fl, but it is inferred f~om dant, forty feet deep, com meucing t,wo feet other evideuce thar he removed to Wt1m mg­ ton so11n af,er. rhe followi11g note throws under the earr.h·s surface. Tbe ore ii,. some­ what mixed with Slll ptrnr and copper, Per.er little light upon the i-uhjecr, of r€~tdence: Grubb was if.s dhicoverer Here , bere is s:i "Ye 5rh of ye LOmo, 17-!5 .. Re~pected ~ister furnace which m;.:i.kes twenty-four tons of Phebe I told doctter 0anderwi1 [Ga r,douet,t.] iron a weeK, and keeps Rix forges regularlv when 1 brought bim up tbat I wonld ,..ee at work-two of bis owr,. two belongtog to him patd a Reasonab e Charge if Tbe did GerrnanR in the neigbhorhood, and two in not-~o if 'rhee aod btm Sett.le t,be Ubarge or Mary]and The pt~ irou iH carried to the both & 8entl me word wbaf, if, is ..~ bath not Susquehanna riv<>r. r,bence to Mi-tryland, monev redy l will see him paid Thf>!-, but Meet.too-, but, upon the establl!i:tlment nf is n'lw rented to H·urrif, & Co." Bradto;'d Montbly Meeting, in 17Hi, Caln he­ Acrelius made frequent mi1'take1-1 in prope1· came a branch of the lat.ter. Tb6re being no namei,1, and in the absence of inveRt,igat1on meettno- near Cornwall bis rnember~hlp re up11n thii-; point it may be sngeested tbat by ma1nect'" at Caln until 1745, when the f, 11- 11 Gurrit1 & des' hatb been m.ade accordtng to Lb,e goo1 or~er <'l.mrch record) t,o Han oab ~'ord aanghter used amongst ns we find that tiebehav d b1m of William and Au □ ti'ord, of Hra.ody wine Felf prlty oruerly and_ freque:1t~d our r, - hundrf'd. He died intestate, l7;}l, lntvtn!! Itgioni.- meetit,gs ~omeumes wb1li-t a~ongi-t, t.breecbildren, and bis wtdow married l>i!vid us. and as to tli8 outward afair8 we Johnson. hear of no complalnt.ll.nd as sacb we recom­ H. rho mas, of whom nothi11g fart her is mend bi m to :vot1r I hristian Oare ( ..v1tb his known. Cbildren) Oesiring that, be may be Preserv'd 15. Henry, perhap!s the same wbo married In 1he t101y trnth and Know a growth there Patience C,aywn, daugtnerof WHliam ClaJ'­ 1n. We Remain iour friendi- and Brethren. toa, of Chichester, about l7;"i0. In 1771 Henry 81ned 111 t.he above said meetia~ by Al'lra­ Grubb,Jr,,occupledabout 87 acres in Brand.v· ham Marshall, Rich. Woodward, Jolln Free- wine hundred, which was nls uncle Henr_y'ij THE GRUBB FAlWILY. 9 share of a tract watch had belonged to the bad sent some years before to his said grandrattler, John Grubb. nephew for investment, together with the lo. Francet., prot>abty died young or un­ profits thereof and noo additional. married. 29. Raebel, born June 13, 172H,married Aug. 17. Nicholas, married to Mary -. He 23, 1748, John t>edriclr. They had a son John, died iotestatf', 1748 and perhaps other chlldren. 18. James, died before hts father. 30 E:lannah GrutJb, born July 2, 1728, mar, 19. Be11jamin, of whom nothing further. ried 1st Richard Flower, born 1724, son of 20. EillctlJUel, born Df'C. 10, 1729, died Aug John anct Mary F'lower, of Chichester. He 8, 17!19; married Aug 16, 1751, Ann Ford, born died Jan. 25 1762, aged 38 years. He kept Oct. 1, 1735, died Aug. rn, 1803; daughter of tavern in Chichester for a few years, and William and Ann Ford. Emanuel becamti was succeeaed by bis widow until 1767, when the owner of some of the ancestral lauds at i-he having an intention of removing to Grubb's Laudiug. His Bible, cuntarning Southwar&, Pb1•adelphia, to follow the the births of bis chilaren, i!-l in possession of same calling, obtained a recommenaatlon William L. G• ubb, of Portsmouth, Va. to the Pniladelphia Court, signed by 1.1..enry Emanuel and wife were burit:d at St. Mar­ Hale Graham, 1£1isba Price, John Price and tin's Church, Marcus Hook. numerous ot,her prominent citizens of Ohes­ 21. Peter, married Dec. 24, 1754, to Jane ter and Chichester. In Philadelphia she Ford, daughter of Benjamin Ford, of married, Feb. 12, 1771, John Wall, a mer­ Brandywine hundred. He Oied within a few chant,, hy wnom she had a son, Reese Wall months after, leaving no issue. His widow She died February 24, 1810, and was buried married --Golden. by the side of her fir .. t huisband in St. Mar­ 22. Ann, married - Black, after 1753. tin's cnurchyard. By her first busband she CHILDREN O.F JOHN (3) AND RACHEL GH.UBB. bad five children, Mary, John, Raebel, 23. N iHlam, born Nov. Hi, 1713, admitted Jemima an<1 Richard Flower. The last into member~h 1 0 Sto•mo. 3,1738,and married named married ~eptember 8, 1785, Henrietta, llr..h-mo. ll, 173~, at Chichester Meeting, to daugbter of Henry Hale Graham, Esq., and Lydia H.ewes, daughter of William and besides other ,~bildren had a son Reese Wall Mary Hewe8. of Chichester. She died 2d-mo. .F'lower, a lumber merchant, who left nearly 27, 1774, in 54t,h year, and he 2d-mo. 10, 1775. all of htM large est!t.te to the University of He ltft. Fritnds about 1765, and was buried PennsJ·lvanta. on his own plantation, by the slde of CHILDREN OF (6) JOSEPH GRUBB, 0 Grubb's Road," in his gardP-n,which he de vised for a burial ground f3rever H tR 1omb­ 31. Joseph married Rachel--. He suc­ stone i-ays he was in the 65th year of bis age. ceeded his fathtir in the possession of the 24 Mary born Feb. l(j, 1715, married Nov. bomestead, cootaiuiog 108 acres, for which 16, 1737, to Robert M.ouHler. be obtained a patent July 6, 17-:18. As ad­ 25. John, born March 15, 1718, died April ministrator of bis fi:tther he rect:1tved a deed 19, 1780, probably unmarried. from Gideon Griffith, Sheriff, for 90 acres tn 26 Richard, born Feo. 13, ·1120, died 1770, annth~r tract, aL><1 this he conveyed to Wm. leaving four children. .l)'orwooo, November 23, 1749. He died in­ testate prior to October 20, 1761. leaving a 27. Samuel, born March 28, 1722, was ad widow and four children, lJharles, Ebenezer, milted lnt,o memheri;:hip, 6th-mo. 4, 1746, and Joseph and Adam. In 1781, Charles was a married 8r,b-mo. 30, 1746, at 1 :bicbest,er M.eet­ iug, to Rtbecca Ht:1we~, daughter or William hatte:r tn- Wilmington; EbEmezer was de­ aud Mary J:iewel'I, of lJhkhe1. lie appointed Obar1ty, who married Jo~eph Cloud, May~. bh~ wife, Lydia, and her brother, Riobard 1760; Tbomas,whu married Hannah (Grubb'? Baker, executors, aud they, on 5th-mo. li, 1709, conveyed to Emanuel Grubb (2) the un­ 17tiU), aod Wllliam '.ra.Uey. dl vided interest tn his grandfather's estate 37. Ann married \H,h-mo. 2!-1, 1738, to Samuel ln Brandywine hundred and Chichester, for Lodge. Sbe died Aug. rn, 1~03. £2ti, 6s. L'.'>dia Grubh widow of Samuel, was CIIILD1'EN 01•' (H) NATHANIEL GRUilH AND marrit->d 5th-mo. 23, 1781, at Centre Meeting, ANN l\IOORE. to Thomas Wilson, of Uhris1 iana hundred, 38. Charity married to 'l'bomas Calvert widower. about 17H. He was a blacksmith and was 28. Adam Grubb, born Mar. 15, 1724, mar­ an armorer in Braddock's expedition. In ried Nov. 2-5, 1753, at Swedes' Uhurcb, Wil­ 1705 tbey were 1iving in Cumberland county, mingtoo, Mary Russell, daughter of Edward Pa. and Uinah H.nsAell, or CbeRter. She waH a 39. Margaret marrifd -- Vernon. She died J:i'r1end, but made an acknowledgement for bet.ween the date and probate of her father's her deviation in marriage and continued in Will, lili0 membership. By- the will of his father he in­ 40. Ann married 12th-mo. 7, 1752, to George ber1ted the homei-tead, but af, er a few years Sinclair, of West Jain, Ohester county, who they sett.led at Ubester, and on Oct.. 9, 1786, died 3d-mu. H, 17t.i0, leaving three children, he was comm h,sloned a Justice of the Pe~rne Samuel,Georgt->, and Aon, wno married Mar­ and oft ne Oourt of Common P,eaM. He died shall Battin, 1777. The widow married again Jan. 7, 17Hl, and having no children be dis­ (license dated May 27th, 1761.) to Joseph tributed his e!-tate amongst bis neohews Parse, soo of John and Elizabe!.h Parke, of and nieces, after provtdiug for his wife. To West Fallowfie1d. He was a tanner and prob• Adam Grnhb, son of bi~ nepbew WilJiam ably learnt'd thP business at George Sin• Grubb, iu Virginia, he gave £260 which he clair's tannery. His children by Ann Grubb IO THE GRUBB F Alv1IL Y. were John G., the founder of Parkesburg; Glen Mills, 1n order to perfect himself in the Joseph, and Keziah, who marriea Colonel working of iron, at which ttme hii:; resideoce Josepti MclJle1lan. was i,;; Aston. He is satd to bave been born 41. Phebe, born 1st-mo. 18, 1732-3, died 3d­ at Cornwall and his death occurred at Hope­ mo. 15, moo; married 5tn-mo. 3, 1750, William well Forge, iu vVar,vick rowu·sbip, January Worrall, of Ridley township. They had 17, 17~o. He was married November 28, lT/l, cbildreu, Seto, who died youug; Mary mar­ at ·•Tmian," the seat of Jamei-. Burd, B•q., ried, to Natnaniel Newlin; Nath1:tniel, wno in Lancaster count,y, to Mary Shippen Burd, marritd Mary Paul, aod Ann, who mar­ born at Stllppeni--lmr~, Januarv rn, 175d, died ried Joseph R. Dowoiug,of Eai:;t Caln, 1791, at Hopewt-11 Forge, February 28, 177-1; daugh­ 42. Samuel, who marriea Hannah (Ben• r.er of James aud ~arah (i-(hippen) Bnrd. nt-tt'?) and resided in Willi!-,town township. Pe1er wa!-3 Colonel of the Eighth Batallion, 43. l\1.ary maniect about 17o0 to Wm. Duun, In tbe War of tile Revoluiion. of Wlllistown. CHILDREN' OF (L3) .JOSEPH AND HANNAH 4-1. Frances married about 1763 to William (FOKD) GRUBB. Hunter. They st:tt1ed in Baltimore county, Md. • 48. Amor married about 1773 to Ann Bucs:- 45, Nathamel married 12th-mo. 18, 1771, 1:1,•, 1<:-y, daughter uf John and liannah ((Jlem­ Newtown Meet-iug, ~arah Reece, daughter ~ou) Bucl:Ilt'y, and grand-daugnter of A.dam of David Reece,or Newr,own. l'hey continued Bucs:Jey, of Brandywine hundre . He died to reside 1n Willis1own, where ttley ownea jn this hundred 1817, leaving seven children, 150 acres and a half interest in grii:;t and Jo~epll B.; Beulah, wbo marriea December saw m11ls . .tie died 1811 and she in 18:W. They lo, 1795, John Allmouct; Matttda, wtfe of had ooe son. Samuel, who married llth-rno. TaornaH Babb; Charlotte, wife of-- Harser; '27, 1805, at Goshen Meeting, Hannan Ash­ Hannah, wife of -- Perkin!<; Julian, wife lJriage, daugnter of Joshua and Mary Ai:;n­ of John Bird, and Harriet Amelia, born bnelge, of Goshen. He was an acLive and February 25, L789, who married -- Mans­ useful member of Willistown J1eetiug. and field and -- Forward. died in 18~t.i, leaving two daugbters-.V.lary, 49. Anne and 50. Eleanor, of whom we who married Dr. Joseph Hickman, l81H, and l:Inow uothing fur•her. L}dia, wtlo became tue wife uf George S. CHILDREN OF (20) E:\'IANUEL AND ANN Roberts in 18,W. (FORD) GRUBB, CHil.DREN OF (10) PETER AND MARTHA 51. Benjamin, horri April 9, 1753, perhaps (B~TES) GRUBB t.he samt:i who married LJdta Larkin Dec. 46 Curtis marriea at Lht, old Swedes' rn, 1776. Churcb,1 Wilmiugtoo, April 11, 1754, Ann 52. 8usannan, born June 11, 1756. Ftnv. supposed to have been the daU!!;tlter or 53. Joseph, born Nov. Ii. li58- Jame1,; anct uur,·ais l<~t::iw, ur vheis,tff county 54. thomas, born, Sept.. 23 1763. '.l'o them was burn a son, Peter, bu• the 55. Peter, born Marcb 30, 1761i. union not provi1.1g a happy one their mar­ 56. James, born June ~5. 17tiH, died April 4, riage was subsequently annulled by Act of 1827; married "'ept. 24, 178i, Sarah Foret, bis Assembly. Ou ~eptember 24, 1757, Curti8 first cousin, perhaos d;tugl:lter of J••hn ar.1d Grubb, late of Wllmingt,,n, but now or tne Prudencti l<'urct. Tl:ley bad 1-eveo children. province of Maryland, mttrlnt:ir executed a Aun. m. Isaac ~mitb; Hayard, m. Ann power of attorney to his brother, Pt:ter Neide,1837; Amor, m. 1::1.enriHLta M. A• 1mood, Grubb, of Peum;ylvanta, to enable him to granddaughter of No. 50; Vlary, m Richard sell property in Wilmm1;,ton ana Ill lJ.llester Clayton and George Buck; James. m Ann county, and to accouut with his unc1t', Bees ,n; Sarah Lou1!-la, m. Ob,..rles G. Osleri; i::3amuel Grubb, respecting his fatber'is e1:-1ta1e. Welling1on, born Dec ~5, 18ll, died .F'eh. 10, Curtil'.1 then sailed for ..1£urope, and was 1853, m. Beulah Caroliue A.llmond, da.ul!i.Her absent till the latter part of J7ti3. After bis or Joon and Bt-uh,b (Grubb) A.limo d. Tbt:"1--e return he resided iu Laocabter cuuur,y, were t,he parerit-- of I!!uat.ius C. Grubb, of where he inherited Jands from his unclt', Wilmington one of the Judges of the Courw i::3amuel Grubb, tn addition to his double of Oeh1ware S1a 1 e. share of his father's estate The in test ate 57. Nicholas, uoro July 25, 1770. law!-1 of that day gave· to the eldest son a 58. William Ford Grubb, b,,rn Feb 13, 1773; double share, and as there wert, bnt two died July :30. 1849; m. Jan. 4. 17!:l8, Lydia children in tots case, Curtis received two­ W11l1amson. Tbeir children were Waltei- W., tbirds of his fath(:r'is estate. t:le became an Henrtetta M., A.loert G, lJtlarles l'., H1trry ironmaster and was a Colonel in tht:i H.evolu• B, Lucelta E .. lJaroliue M. and William L. tionary War. Perhaps about 1770 he mar• Grubb. ried Ann Grubh, a widow, with three cl:lil· dren, Martha, Juliana and Samuel, who are CHILDREN OF (213) WILLIAl\I AND LYDIA believed to have died unmarried. Cunis (HEWES) GH,UBB. died January 22, li~U, and his widow in 1795- 5H. William, who m:vried Susanna--, Iu her will Hhe appoiuts her uncte, and aft,er residiog a few year-1 io Brandy Nathaniel Grubl>, of Will•8towo, her ext-­ w1nt: hundred removel about, 177110 Virginia. cutor, aud gives to her mother, Hauuah He was living in llerkley couutv 1788 aud Grubb, tbe iuterest of .£500 duriug Life. 17!JH, but tn Jetrenmn county iu 1800 Tbere is 47. Peter Grubb, 2d, born ~eptem ber 8, 17-:10, ~ume reason to ~uppose bis wife was a Ker­ for whom his uncle Sa1nuel wais appoun~d lin. She 1mrv1ved him ana in 1811 rt::iUJoved guardian June -l, J,fr!, was constituted a•• to Fayette county, Pa., aud dit:'d 4-mo. 11, t,orney for hiH b other Curtis at I be age of 1817, at 8ridgeport, on t.be Monongahc,1a. 17, a8 stated abov.,., and as ~uch sold prop• They had i-eveo el:lildren. Curtis, Adam, wbo err,_v in New Ca~t,le county, in 1762 A deed seUli-d near Mecaanim;burg, 1Jtrn.m oaign of Februarv Hl, 1762, styles him of Aisntown count,y, Ohto; .Johu, who ma.rrlt:'a.; Beulah, married BrandJ wtue hundred, an undivided seventh tl-mo. 1:1, 180..J, Daniel Halnm-:. of another tract in this hundred, purcha8e,1 60 ..John married ll-mo. 28, 17fi9, at uentre in 1707 by his grandfather. It is possible Mt>etlog, to t:l.ant,ah Gilpin, born 2-mo., H, that he may have been em ploy ea for a time 174li, daughter of Joseph and Mary Glloiu. at tbe iron worB:s ou Chester Creek, near They resided in Wilmington, where he died THE GRUBB FAMILY. tt 2 mo. 11. 180-L Children, Curtis, Joseph,John, 10, 183G; married Emmor Jefferis, son of Em­ Mary, Jemima1 Lydia and E1izaoetn. Of mor ana Elizabeth Jefferis, of East Brad­ H11:se J osepb, born 1-mo. l. 1772, married ford. He~ter ~pacsmau and had children, Samuel 80. Sarah, born 9 mo. 24, 17tH; died 2 mo. 10, s, .Edward, Hannah, .Joseph (died young), 18H0: marrted 4 mo. 18, 178:Z Thomas Newlin, Joseph C., ~a.rah, George ::s. and E11zabetb. sou.of.Nathaniel and Esther, of Concord. 61. .Jebu,died in Upper Cbicnestt-r 17itl, and 81. Lydia, norn 7 mo. 21, 17(io; died 5 mo. Hr his widow, Isabella, married James Stleiley Hl0l; rnl¾rrif'd, Swedes' Uburcb, Wilmmgtoo, ln 1781. 11 mo. 2t, li88, to Edward Uilpin, of Wilm­ 6~. Robert, married 12-mo., 5, 1771, at Burl­ ington. They had ch•ldren, Ann B'., Vincent ington, N. J., Sarab Miller, daughter of (fatr er of John R. Gilpin, of WeAt Chester), w illiam ana Elizabeth Miller, of Chester­ Jotu1 F., Abigail, James, Lydia Zane, Rich• field, N. J. :-,be ct it--d in 18lJ.5, and be married ard Baker, aud Cbarle3, mayor of Pbiladel• again in 1807, M.ary Ridgway, <1aught,er of pbia, 1850-8. Jacob and Isabella Ridgway, of Mani;;fl.eld, 82. Jobo, born 4 mo. 18, 17ti8; died at sea, Neck. By the tln,t wife he had cnildreu, l iUti, uo married. Elizabet,h, Lydia aod Hannah. CHILD OF (-!ti) CURTIS GRUBB .AND ANN FEW. 68. Aaron married Jan. U, 1775, to Prisci1la 8,t l:'eter, oorn perhaps 1755, appears to Cluu; died 3 mo 27, 18:25; daughter of February 6, 1790, be devised all his real Johu aud tlaunah Urawford. Ou lsaac·s and personal est.1.te to hiR sister, Elizabeth, tombstone in tbe famlh graveyard, Bran­ Hhe paying legac1e~. ro his Ntep-brother dywine hU1Jdrect, are T,he familiar lint's: and sister!!I, Samuel, Martha and Juliana "Ueatb, thou hal!!t conquered me,'' &c. ·rnty Grubb, £lO0eacb at. 21 and 18. To step-mother, bad tileven cnllctren, ::Samuel, m. E1IZabetb .Nancy Grubb, £100 in six months after the Hanuum; H.t-becca, w. Harman TalleJ ;t:1..an­ sale of thH real estate of hiA father, deceased, nab m. Jamel'! Htckmau; Jona; Iisaac, m. bv ttie executors. To aunt Ann Grubb a BranctUn Glover; Prudtnct-,m. l::lenry Lodgt--; like am .. unt at tbe i-ame time. To Jobn Aas13d before 75. Pruaence, born 2d mo 28, li54; married 12 mo. '27, 17(jD, Christoptier Ohauctler, of t.t1e date of ber mother's will, November 26, lJhristiaua huudred. Shti died a few .> ean; lilJ:l, as ,..ne 18 not mentioned tberetn. 1ar.eri leaviog oue son, ~amnel. CHILDKEN Oli' (·l7) PE::'rEH. GHUBB AND 7ti Mary, born o mo 2.-;, 1756; died 11 mo. .MAKY 8Hil'PEN BURD. 24, 17Ul; married •1 mo. 21, 177U, l'homas Mar• 8G. Alan Burd Grubh, born at Hopewell ~hall. of concord, Delaware Co. They hall Forge, Rep tern her 12, 1772, married a,nd had ch11drt'n, Ectitll, Samuel, 'l'homas. H.eoecca a 1-'0il Nf'l!:"OD, who died unmarried and t,amnel (:!a), fat.her uf William P. Mar­ 87. Henry Ba!es Gruhb, burn at Hopewell shall, of West Chester. Forge, February u, 177-!, died at Mt. Hope 77 Ra•~tlel, born 11 mo. 28, 1758; died 2 mo. Hurnace, M1-1r<'h H, 18i~; married at Pine 8, 1799 ('!); married Emmor J etl'eris, son of Grove, Jnne 18, 180;1, Ann Carson, daughter James arid Ann Jefferis, of Easr. Bradf.lra. of John Carson, of D:-iupb1n county, Pa. 78 Rt:becca, boru 10 mo. HI, 17ti0; died 9 mo. t:-Jhe died Uc•oher Hl, 1806 Ill her 26tl::l year, 1, 17U7; married 4 mo. 7, 17~6, Dauiel Dickin• leaving one child. Henry B. Grubb was son. married again, December I, 1808, at her rather·s, to Harriet Amelia Bucl{ley, daugh­ CHIJ,DRKN' OF(2i)SAl\[UEL AND LYDIA(B.AKER) ter of Daniel Buckte:v, of Competence Farm, GH.UBB: Pequea, and hls wife, Sarah Brooke. It may W. Charity, born 12 mo. ao, 1762; died a mo. be noticed that the Grubbs and Bnckleys 12 THE GRUBB FA1\1ILY. were intermarried In several generations. Ma!colm, wbo died young, anri Elizabeth CHILDREN OF HENRY BATES GRUBB, Gibson, who married June 3, 1886, Dr. Her­ 89. Henry Uarson, born September 30, 1806; bert Norris, Pbiladelohia. The writer is in­ died at Lancaster, Pa., June 6, (ur 9tb) 1873. debted to her for man-y facts. !:JO. Bates Buckley, born !'.ov. 19, 1809, died 96. Alfree1 Bates, born Jan. 6, 1821; died young. F"'b- 2, 1885; married March 25, 1856, Elleu 91. Edward Burd, b'lrn at Mt. Hopt:, Fur­ Farnum, and had several cbilctren. nace, Pa., Dec, 17, 1810, died Aug. 27, 1867, at Tbe writer wishes to call attention to a Burlington, N. J.; married Nov. 9, 1837. publication, entitled "American AnceF-try," Euphemia Brown Parker, daughter of (vol. iv, 125) in which the ancestry of Peter Isaac Brown Parker and Maria Veazey, Grubb, 2d, is set forth; tbat be was the "i-on of Uarlis le, Pa. He was one of the owners of Peter, of Cornwa11 Furnace, Pa., born at of the Cornwall ore mines, and wa~ tbe Wilmington, Del., April 10, 1702; died at father of Edward Burd Grubb, of Edgewater Cornwall, Pa., J ... n. 10, 1784, one of tbe first Park, N. J., U. N, Minister to Spain; Henry iron masters of Penna., owner of the Corn­ Bates Grubb, of Bur, ington, and others. wall iron mines; married 1725. Hannah 92 Charles Buckley, born Feb. 12, 1813; daughter of Hon. Hugh Marisball, membe~ died Aug. 15, 1833. of Provincial Council of Pennsylvan1a; son 93. Clement Allen, born Jan. 9, 1815; died of Jobn Grut>tJ, of Grubb's Landing, Del., Oct. 31, 1889; married Feb 27, 1841, Mary Ann born at Cornwall, Eng., April 20, 1650, died Brooke, and had fl ve children. at Wilmington, Del., March 10, 1712, member 94 Mary Shippen, married Sept. 2, 1845, to of Provinctal Council, of Del., 16Dl; married GPorge Wai-hi ogton Parker. May 4, 1692, Helen Vivian." How purely 95. Harah Elizabeth, born Nov. 19, 1818; fictitious thts iR may be seen by comparison died Nov. 27, 1884; married Jleb. 16, 1846, John with the foregoing family bii-tory. George Ogilvie. She had two children, John Westchester, Pa. GILBERT COPE.