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S1m:Nct-: Op Mottris L. Lt.-\1.1.Owi-:1.1 N0Rw0tm-T1rn R1-:s1m:Nct-: op MottRIS L. lt.-\1.1.owi-:1.1 .. RECORD OF A BRANCH OF THE HALLOWELL FAMILY INCLUDING THE LONGSTRETH, PENROSE, AND NORWOOD BRANCHES COMPILED BY WILLIAM PENROSE HALLOWELL (7•4s) PHILADELPHIA HALLOWELL & Co,, PUBLISHERS 18<)3 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS RESIDENCE OF MORRIS L. HALLOWELL Frontispiece ANN LONGSTRETH HALI.OWELL 20 MORRIS L. HALLOWELL 24 HANNAH PENROSE HALLOWELL 28 JOSHUA LONGSTRETH HALl.OWELL 38 SARAH C. FRALEY HAI.LOWELL 42 CHARLES HALLOWELL 44 ELMIRA R, STEPHENS HALLOWELL 44 AMANDA E, HALLOWELi.,. .• ' SI WILLIAM PENROSE HALLOWELL ss RESIDENCE OF WII.LIAM PENROSE HALLOWELL 57 RICHARD PRICE HAI.LOWELL 59 RESIDENCE OF RICHARD PRICE HALLOWELL 6o BREVET BRIG, GEN, EDWARD NEEDLES HALLOWELL 61 COL, NORWOOD PENROSE HALLOWELL 70 RESIDENCE OF COL, NORWOOD PENROSE HALLOWELL 72 CHARLES MORRIS WAL TON 76 MAJ, JAMES MORRIS WALTON 81 4 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS l'AOB WILl.lAM PENROSE HALLOWELL, 3D (g-116) 114 COAT OF ARMS OF THE LONGSTRETH FAMILY 116 THE LONGSTRETH HOMESTEAD 132 JOSHUA LONGS1RETH 136 COAT OF ARMS OF THE PENROSE FAMILY 145 WILLIAM PENROSE I 58 ANNAH NORWOOD PENROSE 16o ANNAH NORWOOD PENROSE AT THE AGE OF ABOUT 17 162 THE PENROSE HOMESTEAD 167 THOMAS NORWOOD PENROSE 169 NORWOOD PENROSE 17S THOMAS NEALL PENROSE, MEDICAL INSPECT01, U.S. N. 181 MARY HATHAWAY NEEDLES 207 RUBENAH WILLIAMS 214 CATHERINE DOUGHERTY 218 PREFACE 5 PREFACE In presenting this volume to the several members of the Hallowell family belonging to the branch cf which the author is a member, he wishes to impress upon their minds that he does not claim for it any literary merit, but merely in a plain, matter-of-fact manner has attempted to record the names, marriages, births, and deaths, in succession fro1n the earlle~t ancestor who emigrated to this country, down to the present time, 1893, together with a few reminiscences, incidents, memoirs, etc, To those who have never made genealogy a study, this may seem a compara­ tively easy task. From the outset the compiler is met with an array of careless errors and omissions on the part of some of the Recorders of "Ye olden time," These mistakes occur more frequently In the dates of deaths, etc. For example, an old record would state that a death occurred on a certain day of the month, whilst on the tombstone another date would be given. In every instance where a difference has been found, either In the name or otherwise, a search has been Instituted nnd, where' it Wi\S possible, the correction 6 PREFACE made. The writer does not claim to be infallible, but the statements set forth in this record are as correct as can be made with the data he had to compile from. For the interest manifested and assistance ren• dered by his mother, Hannah Penrose Hallowell, many thanks are due. To Sa.rah Catherine Fraley HallowcJJ, for kind words of encouragement and numerous rem• iniscences of by-gone days, the author is especially in• debted. For much valuable information and assistance in making researches, correcting errors, etc., Joseph M. Truman, Jr., Recorder of the monthly meeting of Friends, held at Race Street, Philadelphia, is entitled to much credit, for which a grateful acknowledgment is hereby tendered to him. That the perusal of the pages of this book may prove interesting, not only to the present but to the generations to come, and that some one may be found willing to continue his labors after he is at rest, is the sincere desire of W, P, H, Plliladelpllia, 71/1111011/II 1st, 1893. INTRODUCTION 7 INTRODUCTION HE name of Hallowell is an ancient one. Just when, T where, and how it originated the author's limited opportunities do not permit his finding out. It is written that a Captain Benjamin Hallowell fought under Admiral Nelson in the Battle of the Nile, in the year 1798, and was one of his most trusted oflicers. He was as ec­ centric as he was brave. In the Battle of the Nile he commanded the Swiflsur,?, seventy-four guns. In that action the French Admiral's ship, Orie11f, was blown up. Part of the Orlenl's mainmast wns picked up by the Swlflsure. "Captain Hallowell" writes Robert Southey In his life of Nelson, "ordered his carpenter to make a coffin of It. The Iron as well as wood was taken from the wreck of the same ship. It was finished as well and hnndsomely as the workman's skill and materials would permit, and Haflowell then sent it to the Admiral with the following letter:-' Sir, I have taken the liberty of presenting you a coffin made from the mainmast of l'Ork11i, that when you have finished your military career In this world you may be buried in one of your trophies, But thnt that r,crlod may be far distant is the earnest wish of your sincere friend, Benjamin Hallowell.' 8 INTRODUCTION "An offering so strange, and yet so suited to the occasion was received by Nelson in the spirit with which it was sent. As if he felt it good for him, now that he was at the summit of his wishes, to have death before his eyes, he ordered the coffin to ,be pl~ced upright in his cabin. Such a piece of furniture, how­ ever, was more suitable .to his own feelings than to those of his guests and attendants; and an old favorite servant entreated him so earnestly to let it be removed, that at length· he consented to have the coffin carried below; but he gave strict orders that it should be safely stowed, and reserved for the purpose foa Nhich its brave and worthy donor had designed it." Captain Hallowell's father came to this country, but returned to England from H-1llowell, Maine. An• other member of the family changed his name to Boylston, and lived in Boston on the fortune which came with the name. · In Sab~ne's "Loyalists of American Revolution" we read as follows :- " Robert Hallowell of Boston. Comptroller of the Customs. In office early In life ; and Collector of the Customs at Portsmouth, New Hampshfre, before the age of twenty-five. He arrived at Bos';on, from Lon­ don, in 1764, and entered upon his duties as Comp­ troller. The next year a mob surrounded his elegant house in Hanover Street, tore down his fences, broke his windows, and forcing the doors at last, destroyed INTRODUCTION 9 furnltu,e, stole money, scattered books and papers, and drank of the wines in the cellar to drunkenness. "When the port of Boston was shut, June 1st, 1774, he removed his office to Plymouth. In 177S he was an Addresser of Gage ; and the year following, with his family of five persons, he accompanied the British Army to Halifax. In 1778 ~e was proscribed and ban­ ished. He went to England and settled at Bristol. The executor of his own father, and of his wife's father, he came to the United States In 1788 and in 17ry:,, on business. In 1792 he moved to Boston with his family, and lived in the homestead, Batterymarch Street, which because of his mother's life interest had not been confiscated. He was kindly received by former friends, and became intimate with some distin­ guished Whigs. In 1816, infirm and failing in health, he went to Gardiner, Maine, to reside w\th his son, and died there April, 1818, in his seventy-ninth year. His wif~ was Hannah, daughter of Dr. Sylvester Gardiner. "Benjamin Hailowell, a brother of Robert, was also Commissioner of the Customs. In early life he commanded a small armed vessel. The Commissioners were extremely obnoxious ; and when Mr. Hallowell accepted ln addition the office of Mandamus Councillor, he became an object of special indignation. In July, 1776, he sailed for England in the ship, As/on Hall. While at Halifax he said In a letter, 'If I can be of the least servi:~ to either Army or Navy, I will stay in 10 INTRODUCTION America until this Rebellion is subdued.' It appears from another letter that he frequently tendered himself to the Commander•ln•Chief, without success." If is highly probable that neither Robert nor Benjamin Hallowell, on account of their habits and_ professions, was a connection of those ancestors whose names are recorded in this volume. Our earliest knowledge of the latter is that they were Quakers, hailing from Nottinghamshire, England, about the year 16821 settling first at Darby, Pa., and afterward moving to Abington, Pa., where a large percentage of their descendants have always made their home. At this date (1893) Ablngton's population is-largely made up of Hallowells. From the records of the monthly meeting of Friends (Hicksite branch) there is little to be learned respecting them further than the dates of marriages and deaths, and that in the grave•yard adjoining the ·meeting•house, 0 Each In his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. 0 The brt.ezy call of Incense-breathing morn, The swallow twltt'rlng from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. " For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knm the envied kiss to share. IN1RODUCTION II "Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield f How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! * * * * It "Far from the madd'lng crowd's Ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way." Some few of their descendants have found spiritual comfort in worshipping with other religious denomina­ tions, but the majority have remained steadfast in the faith of their forefathers, that of Friends or Quakers.
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