THE FRAMP~fON FAMILY
WITH ESPECL\L REFEREKCE TO WILLIAM FRAMPTON REGISTER GEXERA.L PR(ffIXCE OF PEXXSYL\-_-\XL\. 1686 _-\~D HIS DESCEXD.-\XTS
By J. S. WRIGHTNOUR, D. D.
FRAMPTON CREST
CHAPTER I
I~TRODlTTION
\\'hen \Yashington Irving, under the name of Deitrich Knickerbocker, wrote the history of New York City, he felt it incumbent on him, in order to make his history com plete, to begin with speculations as to the origin of the earth, and its geological eras, and then, by easy transitions, get down to Adam and £ye, and finally to the earliest inhabitants of l\fanhattan Island. In tracing ,vhat we can learn of the Frampton family, it is not necessary to go quite so far back as this. Nor is the undertaking as difficult as writing the history of the Smith or the Jones family would be. Yet far less common as the name of "Frampton" is, the full list of all who have borne that name, to say nothing of all the descendants .of other names, would fill several volumes the size of this. I shall be content ,vith the general outlines, and re sen-e for individual descendants the filling out, at least in most cases, the names of members of their own immediate family. and their descent, \vith the data proYided. For this purpose, blank pages are here and there provided in this book. Suffice it to say that in all the writer's mnstigations, he has never found any one bearing the name, who has been found guilty of any crime, or been incarcerated in jail. except possibly for his religion. The Framptons all seem to have been honest. steady and reliable people. \\'hile none have risen to the _presidency of the L'nited States, or the premiership of (;rnt Britain, yet one of the name has been president of the Royal Academy of Sculptors of Great Britain, and others ha,·e been dis tinguished clergymen and writers, as well a" actors, states men. bankers and councillors. One had much to do with the founding of the great state of Pennsyhania, as a Yery active member of the ProYincial Council of its great founder, \Yilliam Penn, and Registrar General of the ProYince. But for the most part. the Framptons. and their descendants of other names. haYe been successful merchant:-. farmers, good citizens and honorable men and ,,·omen. Some of them serYed their country nobly on the battle field and in the general service of the army. The descendants of the one with whom this book will he largely occupied. can claim to be members of the "Colonial Sons" or "Colonial Dames," h:· Yirtue of their descent from this early Registrar GenePl of the infant colony. and other,; are entitled to membership. as !'ome of them already are. of the Sons or Daughters of the .-\merican ReYolution. for some of the Framptcns stood ready to defend the liberties of their country at the time of the ReYolutionary \Yar. At all periods of its history. the Lunily has seemed to be deeply religious. \Yhether mem1)ers of the Estahlishecl Church of England. of the Society of Frie11ds ( knO\rn as Quakers). Baptists. ~Iethodists. PresbYterians. etc .. they han been ready to follo,,· the higher light as they ~a,Y it.
CH.-\PTER II
ORIG IX <>F THE FRX\IPT( J:\'5. The Yery names which people bear. oftentimes throw light on their early history. peculiarities, or occupations. Sometime in the tenth or elennth century. English rnr names originated. A.t first men were kno\Yll only hY one name, hut when there came to be so many Johns or Thomases, that it was necessary to distinguish one from the other. the distinction \Yas made either· by :some desaip- tive adjective, such as Strong, \Vhite, Black, or ocCUP,ation, such as Tyler, Carpenter, Smith, or some characteristic, ~uch as Semple ( or simple) meaning a man of plain mind, Wise, Good; or after the name of the father, such as Thompson (Tom's son); Wilson, (Will's son); Johnson, (John's son), \\"illiamson or Williams, (William's son) and so on. The Anglo-Saxon word "Cox" means "son," and so we ha ,·e such names as \\"ilcox. Oftentimes names were giYen from the town or part of the country whence they came. and this was the case with the name "Frampton." The syllable ''ton'' with which so many English names terminate. signified originally a "farmstead." and, in English names, is commonly preceded by an adjectival term clescripti,·e of the situation or character of the place. Thus in the tenth century, and in the Anglo-Saxon language l\tiarston would mean a farmstead by a marsh, ::Vforeton, a farmstead h:· a moor; Dalton. one in a dale or valley; Thornton. one hv a thorn, and so on. Xow the word "£ramp" in early English means "strong," or "firm. So \\·e learn from the name itself that the original Frampton or Framptons were .-\nglo-Saxons. or early English. and about the tenth century some one who came from a fortified farmstead. well defended, was distinguished from other Johns or \\"illiams. hy the fact that he came from such a farm. Yillage. or town. This one ,yas "\\"illiam" from the strongly fortified farmstead; that one ,ms ''John" from the farmstead or town by the moor. and so on. This carries us hack to the time \Yhen the early English ,,·ere disturbed by the incursions of the Picts and Scots from the north. or the Danes from the east. The original Frampton, or Framptons, were Anglo Saxon, because the Danish names end in "by" or "thorpe," meaning much the same as "ton." These latter names of localities are still found in the cqasts exposed to Danish mcurs10ns. in those ancient times. A noticeable thing about this suffix "ton." so common in place names in 5 England, is that it is not to be found in German. So the original Frampton, or Framptons, were Anglo-Saxons, and not Celt, or Dane or German, for none of these used the termination "ton." In process of time, when matters of family or family inheritance, and descent, became important, the surname, originally used to distinguish one man from another, was handed down from father to son to distinguish one family from another, and became the common surname for the entire family, the wife, of course, taking the surname of her husband's family. Now the "herald and Genealogist" says: "Framptons can trace their descent, paternally or maternally to );"orman, Welsh, Saxon or Irish ancestors." and it tells us that at the time of the conquest in 1066. they were located in Dorsetshire. "Frampton"' itself. as we haYe seen. is .-\nglo Saxon. \Vhether all the Framptons in England are descenclents from this Dorset branch or not, cannot be positiYely known. Our investigations show that they haYe been located in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and other shires and counties of England, besides Dorset, though they may haYe all been descendents from the Dorset stock. There are ten places in England, in yarious sections. known as ''Frampton." There is a place known as "Frampton Green.'' The map of England shows in Dorsetshire. northwest of Dorchester, the town of ''Frampton.'' There are three parishes known as "Frampton Court." The probabilities are that Dorsetshire was the principal seat of the family, at least. The Encyclopedia Brittanica says that in 1794. a pan ment laid during the Roman occupation. of unusual size and beauty, was unearthed at Frampton in Dorset. There is, of course, another explanation of the meaning of the name which. as we "·ill see. is ?om~tjmes spelled "Frameton" as well as "Frampton." It is that the original 6 farmstead or town was surrounded by a fortification, or ~'frame,'' so that it 'was a "framed ton," but the idea is .the same. There are two family crests, for, in the course of English history, every distinguished family had its own ~rest, or coat-of-arms, to distinguish it from others. During the crusades, it was important that, on the shield of the warrior, should be emblazoned his family "crest." It was like spelling out his name for the sake of those who could not read. On the carriage or coach of each distinguished family was emblazoned the family crest, or coat-of-arms, and this is still the case. "Fairburn's Family Crests," a book of 1200 pages, gives the crests of all English or Irish families who have them, and in it we find two Frampton Family Crests. That of the Dorset branch is as follows. {Plate 101). and is thus described:
''Frampton-Dorset-a greyhound sejant, ar .. collared and ringed. gu." ''Sejant" means "Sitting." The other Frampton crest, not of Dorset, is as seen in the Frontispiece. See ''Fairburn's Crests," Plate 18. The complete crest is thus d~scribed: •'Out of a mural coronet, a demi-griffin holding between claws a mullet." These are terms of heraldry and are familiar in England 7 among the aristocracy and landed gentry. .-\. griffin is a fabled creature, whose existence was believed in by many in the middle ages. A demi-griffin is a half griffin. "Mural means 'pertaining to a wall.' " A mullet is a peculiar staff. One cannot help thinking of the lines of the poet Grey, "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of po,ver, Await alike the inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the gran."
CHAPTER III
FR. ..\1'1PTO::\S 1;,.; E:;-.;GLAXD.
(From the "Herald and Genealogist," by J. G. Xichols, 2nd Volume.)
"Frampton was a member of that portion of the aristo cracy of England which resides in the county of Dorset. They were in a patrician position before the conquest in 1066. The house of Frampton deriYes maternally from Norman chieftain. Settled in the country in 1066; Sheriff, 1387; Knighted in 1371 ; Member of Parliament, 135..J.. The name of the house is Moreton House." In "Hutchins' Dorsetshire," 3rd edition, Yolume t, Page 398, is published a pedigree of the family. The first name mentioned is John Frampton, 1300. His oldest son married :Marjorie, daughter of ::\Iaurice ).Ioreton. of ).lore ton (House). Ko dates are giyen, but the names are John, Edith, Jane, Robert, James, ""illiam, Thomas, Edward, Elizabeth, Marjory, Dorothy, :Mary, Frances, Rosamond, Joan, Elli nor. John appears six times, Thomas once in the last generation. James twice, Robert t,Yice. Burke's "Landed Gentry," states that the present head of the house is Rupert P. Fetherstonehaugh-Frampton, of Moreton, Dorset, and Balrath, \Yestmeath, who married in 1850, Louise }Jay, the only daughter ~f the late Henry Frampton, of Moreton. He assumed the added surname of 8 Frampton in 1887. His son is H. Rupert, born 1861, J. P. for Dorset. J. Burke's "Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland," says: "The Frampton family of England are spoken of as 'Framptons of Moreton' in 1355. John DeFrampton was returned to serve in that year in parliament for the borough of Dor -chester in the County of Dorset. His son, \Valter, acquired the manor and estate of Moreton by marriage. It was entailed, and is in possession of the family still." There seems to be a \Villiam in every generation. }lr. James Frampton built the present manor house at }Ioreton in l 746 on the site of the ancient mansion, and built the church there in 1776 on the site of the former church. He died October 28th, 1784, and was succeeded by his only son "James Frampton, of .:\Ioreton." "Col. James Frampton sen·ed as High Sheriff for the County of Dorset in 1793. HaYe crest. a Greyhound, Arms, :.\fotto, Perseyerando." From the Dictionary of Xational Biog raphy. \"olume 20, pages 159 to 163, we learn much. John Frampton flourished in England from 1577 to 1596. He ,ns a merchant. resident for many years in Spain. On his retirement, about 1576, to his native country, he employed his leisure in translating a number of books from Spanish into English from 1577 to 1596. Robert Frampton, lfring from 1622 to 1708, was Bishop of Gloucester. He was born at Poinferne, near Blandford, in Dorsetshire, the youngest of eight children. His father \Yas a respectable farmer. In 1667 he married Miss }fary Canning. He died at Standish, May, 1708. He fayored the king in the parliamentary war. He was much admired for his oratorical po\\·ers. Pepys writes in his diary in 1667: "--\JI the church crammed. and to my great joy found ::-.Ir. Frampton in the pulpit. and I think the best sermon for goodness and oratory" without affectation or study. that I ner heard in my life at church. The truth is. he preaches the most like an apostle that I e,·er heard 9 man." His memoir was edited by ReY. T. S. EYans, London, 1876. His portrait hangs in the Episcopal Palace at Glou cester. The records of St. Mary's Episcopal church, Bur lington, New Jersey, mention a large donation from him for the establishment of that parish in those early days. It is stated in a history of Sunday Schools. that Bishop Frampton, before the time of Robert Raikes. established a school for the children of his parish. He died in 1708, and is burid in Standish Church. There was a :-1ajor General Frampton in England in 1746, \Yho was sent with troops into Canada. His diYision was sent to reinforce the troops engaged in the se1ge of Louisburg in the French and Indian war. Tregonwell Frampton, liYing from 1641 to 1727 at :'.\foreton. Dorset. is called ''the father of the turf.'' He was a famous horse racer. He was the keeper of the Royal ~tucl. An old rhyme, written in 1771. ~ays: "Four and twenty Yorkshire knights Came out of the north countree. And they came down to Xe,\·market Mr. Frampton's horses to see.'" Queen Anne used to call him "Go,·ernor Frampton." He was the fifth son of \Villiarn Frampton. Lord of the :'.\fanor of :'.\foreton, by his wife. Katharine Tregomye!l, of Milton .--\.bbas. His portrait was engrayed by \\·ooton in 1791. It has frequently sen·ed as a frontispiece to books on racing. See Hutchins' Dorsetshire. 3rd Edition, Pages 398 to 400. :'.\fore's History of N"ewmarket. also. "The Journal of Mary Frampton" was published in London in 1886. It covers the years between 1773 and 1746. It was published by a relative after her death. It gives interesting glimpses of the court of George n· and \Yilliam IV, and the early years of Victoria. She was the daughter of James Frampton, of Moreton, Dorset. James died in 1784, his wife in 1829. Wilby Frampton was a well known English actor. IO Just which Frampton first became a "Quaker'.' in the The International Enclopedia says: ·· Frampton is one of the most gifted and original sculptors Great Britain ever produced." The writer was the recipient of a courteous note from him in reply to the inquiry as to whether any member of his family in the past, had, to hi~ knmdedge, become a Quaker in the days of \Villiam Penn. He wrote: "I regret 12 to say that I am unable to give any information ~bout \\'illiam Frampton, one of the associates of William Penn, but if at any time I should be able to find out anything about the said Frampton, I shall certainly let you know." His address is 90 Carlton Hill, St. John's Wood, N. W. His club is the Atheneum. Another eminent member of the family is the dis tinguished painter, E. Reginald Frampton. "Who's Who'~ for 1915, says of him, that he "became R. 0. E. in 1904, is a member of the staff of lecturers, Higher Education Art Section. He is the son of Edward and Caroline Frampton. He married Lola, daughter of Francis Mallard Clark, late of the Admiralty, London. He was educated at Brighton and \Vestminster School, worked in his father's studio designing stained glass for seven years. Studied in France and Italy. Become R. B. A. in 1894 (resigned). Member Tempora Society in 1907. Exhibited in International Art Exhibitions in Rome, Ireland, Canada, Brussels, Ghent, etc. He has painted Annunciation of St. Cecilia, Navigation, St. Brandon (honorable mention at the Paris Salon), Holy Grail, Jeanne d'Arc, Love and the \Vest \\'ind, A Madonna of Brittainy (bought by the Corporation of Bradford). The Sleep of Summer, "One Man Show," London and Dresden in 1914. Has executed mural paintings in "All Saints," Hastings, in Rushill church, Mellish Memorial, St. Peter's, Berstall, Baity :Memorial Southampton, Sea forth church, Waddington Hall, Yorkshire, Liverpool High School and Southwick :.\Iemorial. Has published "Rrepro duction and "-\ccount of \York," Art Journal 1907. "Studio" 1906, 1914 and illustrations for poems of William Morris. His address is ;,Jo. 1 Brook Green Studios, Brook Green \Vest. His chief recreation is chess. CHAPTER IV \\"ILLL\:.\I FR"-\:\IPTO~ A:\D,, THE Q"C""-\KERS. \Ve come now to the most conspicuous figure in the history of the Frampton family in "-\merica, William 13 Frampton, an associate, as ,ve before said, of \Villiam Penn in the founding of Pennsyh-ania, and in particular of Philadelphia, and a member of Penn's Provincial Council and one of the Registrars General. Because many of his descendents live in the "Cnited States, and much can be learned of him from the _--\rchives of Pennsylvania, put in printed form of late years. and because of a floating tradi tion among his descendents that an ancestor was once ''·keeper of the great seal of the province," and because \\'here descent from him can be proved, his descendents ,Yould be eligible to membership in the "Colonial Sons" and "Colonial Dames." as stated in Chapter I, much of this volume will be devoted to what has been learned about him. Years ago while \Yilliam Frampton, of Frampton P. < J. Clarion County. Pa .. ,ms yet lfring. he gan the writer the tradition of this ancestor. and gave an outline of his descent from him. \Vhen long after, the writer began to investi gate the records. he found the old man's narrative to be so thoroughly borne out hy the records that he believes that all he said. even when no other record can be found of it. has the weight of evidence. and ought to pass in any court. Hence the ,Hiter has accepted his statements as facts. but ,,·here records Yerifying them are found. they will he quoted or the place \\·here found stated. To the innstigations of ::\lrs. _--\nna Grier and her daughter, ::\Iiss ::\Iargaret G. Grier. both of Chicago. (descendants). of :\Ir. John Cox. Jr .. oi Xew York City, and ::\Jiss Elizabeth B. Sattertlrn·aite. oi Trenton. Xe,v Jersey. members of the Society of Friends. and professional genealogists, I am indebted for much infor mation. taken from records of the Society of Friends and other sources. This acknowledgment i;; made here. once for alL and the obligation is very great. The histories of many of the families of the men associated with Penn, such as Samuel Carpenter, Robert Turner, and others, have been published. but hitherto. ab solutely nothing about \Villiam Frampton. • \Ve have not been able to determine just when he came 14 to ;.\merica, or whether or not he ca,me by way of the Barbadoes, as did so many of the first "Friend" settlers of America, or otherwise, but we find him first an unmarried man in New York City, while it was under the Dutch GoYernment in 1678. That he came from England origin ally, is certain, but from what part ,ve do not know. The seal attached to the copy of his noncupative will (No. 30, in the first book of records of wills in City Hall, Philadelphia) ·which attests it, is that of the demi-griffin, previously por trayed, which would indicate that he did not come directly from the Dorsetshire family, if indeed this seal and crest represents his own attestation, ,vhich is somewhat uncertain, though probable. In the unclaimed :.\Ioney Register "Next to Kin" ad Yertisements in Great Britain. the names of \Villiam Framp ton. Elizabeth, Sarah and Thomas appear. These are in the court of Chancery, to the credit of which funds have remainecl for years, for which advertisements haYe appeared calling upon next of kin. heirs at law, etc., to prove claims. As these aclYertisements appeared many years ago, the funds or property ban probably reverted to the Cro,vn. or the next of kin been found. Their only value is the clue they gin to the part of England \\·hence "\Villiam Frampton came. Surrey, Kent and London are mentioned. :.\Ir. John Cox, Jr., of Xew York City, in connection \Yith the transcripts hereafter giYen from the most ancient records of Friends in :'.\' ew York, says: ""\Villiam Frampton was a prominent, influential and apparently wealthy member in the Friends' }Ieeting in this city." But in order to get a lifelike Yiew of him, we must kno\\" something of the religious order of which he was so prominent and helpful a member in this country, during his short life. The Society of ''Friends of the Truth" had its origin during that time of religious ferment in England, about 1660, when there was so wide a ,reaction from the "Estab lished Church" and its clergy, many of whom were supposed 15 to be more concerned about their "livings" than the gospel. The Presbyterians and Independents had followed OliYer Cromwell, but there arose those who did not think they went far enough, and rejected all ecclesiasticism, the church ritual, a paid clergy, all the visible ordinances, and claimed that the Lord's people could have the personal leading of the Divine Spirit, speaking to each listening soul without interpretation by man. They were the radicals of the time. The leading man in this movement was George Fox, ,vho began his religious labors between 1646 and 1650. He began to preach the doctrine of the "inner light" in all the midland counties of England, beginning at Oxford, ,vhere \Villiam Penn, the son of the Great Admiral Penn, was a student. The doctrine of Fox ,ns that there was an innate spiritual ability to be taught directly from God. It was a day of religious persecution. Freedom of conscience was believed to be subversi\-e of all religion and truth, and error must at all hazards be stamped out. Such :a doctrine as that of Fox so subwrsive of ecclesiastical systems, and destructive of ritual and ceremony, and so essentially a democratic system, assuming the common and equal status of all men in the sight of the Creator, became the ohject of the most hitter opposition. and its professors were the objects of ,videspread persecution. The refusal of the Friends to take oaths in court, on the ground that anything but an affirmative ,vas contrary to the teacheings of Christ, or to go to ,var. or enlist as soldiers, for the same reason, their refusal to take off their hats before any man, or even in public worship. made them subject to the penal laws of the state. Hence it was that at the time of the restoration of Charles the Second. the Quakers. as they were contem tuously called. ,vere \\·ell known in most courts and jails from Cornwall to Cumberland. Their purity of life. their ,villingness to endure suffering for conscience sake, their l)eauty of character.. made many converts e,0 erywhere. One 16 of these· was \Villiam Penn. Somew:here in England, Wil liam Frampton became one, Robert Turner io Dublin, Ireland, and Samuel Jennings, who became a Quaker preacher in London, and afterward prominent in New Jersey. Some of them went to the colonies in the vVest Indies (the Barbadoes and Antigua) and some to New Jersey, Long Island and Massachusetts. But they were soon ex pelled from Massachusetts, and when Providence and New port, in what is now Rhode Island, were opened up, they went there. How vVilliam Frampton came to be a large land owner in New York City in 1',78, under the intolerant Dutch government, we have no means of knowing. \Ve do know from the records that on the 3rd day of the 6th month, 1703, a certificate of unity (i. e. of good character and harmony with the doctrine) was granted to William and Mary Frampton to go to Antigua. As our vVilliam Framp ton was then deceased, the writer has thought this may refer to his father and mother, who may have concluded to go to another son or daughter on that island. But this is only conjecture. It ,Yill be noted that the Quakers deemed that as the usual names of clays of the week, and some of the months, were of heathen origin and perpetuated names of heathen gocls, they should not be used. Hence Sunday was called "First Day,'' and so on. In the olclest reckoning, ::\larch was the "First ::\Ionth." ...\pril. ''Second Month," etc. In figuring dates before 1682 this fact is to be remembered. \\'hy \Yere they called Quakers? Possibly because in their sometimes Yery emotional meetings, there was often trembling and excitement. but most likely because Fox, ·when once brought before one of the magistrates, bade him "quake before the Lord." ...\t all eyents that became the common name for them among their enemies, and like the name of "Christian" in the early days of the church, was sometimes used rather proudly by themselns. Ii \\'hen Charles Second became king in 1662, an era of greater toleration set in. The king, and his brother and successor James IL were Yery friendly to dissenters, be cause they were themselves inclined to draw away from the Church of England. They ,,·ere especially friendly to \\'il liam Penn, though by no means to his doctrines or life for them,-eh·es, and, on the plea of a debt due Penn's father for ,-en-ices in Ireland, King Charles gaye him a grant of ,Yhat is now Pennsyh-ania and Delaware, as far as the Sus quehanna. and Penn sought this grant partly that it might he a refuge for his oppressed brethren. CH.-\PTER Y \\.ILLL\.\I FR.-\.\IPTU:'.\ I:( ~E\\' YURK. The Quakers do not speak of churches. hut rather of their "meetings" and meeting houses. There were First Day meetings. the .\Ionthly meetings ,Yhen business was transacted. the Quarterly meetings, when seyeral meetings ,Yithin certain hounds met together, and the Yearly meet ings when those of a large area met together. 1Iarriages ,Yere at the .\leeting, and with its consent they were cele brated. not by an ordained minister, but by the persons married taking each other before witnesses as husband and ,yife, and the names of these witnesses were signed to the certificate of the marriage. \\'hen one expressed an intention of marriage. it was ratified in the meeting, and action taken that the person was free to marry, and this \Yas recorded in their minutes. There were two times of "asking.'' The facts ,Yhich follo,Y are mostly taken from the "Records of the Society of Friends of the City of Nevv York and Yicinity." \·olumes 3 and 4. The ancient Yolume from which these records are transcribed, is now in the custody of the Orthodox Branch of the Society in the City of )Je,Y York. The earliest entries, to about the year 1685,. 18 were apparently transferred from another book.--probably the first record book-by Isaac Horner. On the title page are the words-"Copied out of ye original by Isaac Horner, wherein marriages and births and burials are contained, of ye people in Skorne called Quakers." Lossing, in his "American Historical Record," \-olume 1, Pages 118 and 119, says: "The first mention in Friends' Minutes of an established meeting in New York occurs on the 12th day of 8th month, 1681, at a meeting at Oyster Bay, Long Island, as follows: '\Vhereas the -weekly 5th day meetings in New York have been of late neglected, and Friends there desiring this meeting to take care of the establishment thereof, it was agreed that the monthly meeting be kept two months in succession at New York, and the third month at Gravesend. \Villiam Framp ton and \Villiam Richardson are requested to purchase a plot of ground at New York, and timber for the building of a Meeting House.' " (Page 219). "The origin of the Society of Friends at Oyster Bay is niled in obscurity. John Taylor, a travelling minister, says a meeting was settled at Oyster Bay in 1659. In 1661 some Friends, in order to escape the annoyance of Governor Stuyvesant, removed out of his jurisdiction to Oyster Bay. So they must have had an early foothold there.'' I might add that there is now a Baptist church there, and a strong Reformed church. of which Theodore Roose velt is a member. It is well known that Oyster Bay is his home. Lossing's book says further: "Gravesend in Long Island is one of the towns or townships of King's, N. Y., and has an ancient historical record, running back to 1640, about which time a few English Quakers came from ·Massachusetts, and joined a number of others who came direct from England. It is situated on the south,:vesterly part of the island, fronting on the sea, where the narrows •open into the Atlantic ocean. Like many other towns of ·that date, it originated in the persecution of the Friends.'' 19 It would seem then that \Villiam Frampton attended the weekly meetings at Oyster Bay where he ,vas a member, and the monthly and quarterly meetings at Flushing and Gravesend, and was so deeply interested in the cause as to help greatly in the erection of a meeting house in the town of New York. The earliest notice we have of ·William Frampton is in the first Register of the Flushing monthly meeting, where he is put down as one of the witnesses signing the marriage certificate of George Masters, of New York, tailor, and :'.\fary \Villis, of \\'estbury, on the 27th day of the 9th month (November), 1678. The first volume of the },'Iinutes of the Flushing (now part of New York) monthly meeting, which includes also the quarterly and yearly meeting minutes from 1671 to 1703, and which are the earliest extant minutes in .-\merica ( See Kew York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Septem ber, 1915) contains on page 16 the following, transcribed literally: ''Dear friends \Yhereas \Villiam fframpton who hath for sum time had sum residence at Xew yorke haYeing now intentions of marrage hath signified ye same unto us, at a Quarterly ::\leeting at Gransend this is theirfore to certifie unto you \Ye know nothing (done) by the said \Y·: fframpton which may hinder his proceedings but that soe farr as we doe know he is clear of all persons of Intanglements in the way of marrage, and so being satisfied of his clearance we gin these in his behalph, being satisfied, in his proceedings with E. P. ffrom our Quarterly meeting at Gravesend ye 27th, 4th mo. (June), 16SO. Luis }.loris Samuell .-\ndrues Henery Willis Isaac Horner John Bown :\Ian- Tilton 20 \\'ill: Richardson Patience Story Matt Pryer Ann Noble ' John Tilton Senr :Mary Moris Sam. Dean Eliz. Coperwhaite George Masters Hanah Bown Samuell Spicer Mary Wilits" It was for a long time uncertain who the proposed bride, E. P. was, but :'.\Irs. Anna Grier found in the Atlantic City, New Jersey Public Library, the "Record of Friends'· :'lfarriages in Rhode Island," and there found that on July 27th, 1680, \\'illiam Frampton and Elizabeth Potter were married at Xewport, Rhode Island. The history of Rhode Island tells us that, under the wise and liberal plan of government by Roger Williams, giYing perfect religious freedom to all sects and shades of religious belief, many Quakers had settled there especially in Portsmouth, \YanYick and ":\quedneck," afterward New port, and one writer of this time complains bitterly that the Quakers were the controlling element in the affairs of Xewport, having more than half of the population, and about all the offices. The history of the Potter family, to be found in the Historical Society Library of Philadelphia, and elsewhere, and also the early records of Rhode Island, show that three branches of the Potter family had located in Rhode Island at this time, and were Quakers. The distinguished Episcopal bishops. _-\lonzo Potter, bishop of the diocese of Xew York, born July, 1800, with his sons Eliphalet Nott Potter, president of "Cnion College, :'.'J. Y., and his dis tinguished son., H. C. Potter, 7th bishop of :'.'Jew York; born 1835, were descendents of the Quaker Potters, of Rhode Island. One of the early members of the family in this country was Robert Potter from Conntry, England, who was quite a leader of the "new thought" of the time. Then there were Xathaniel an1 Thomas, who became an cestors of distinguished persons named Potter. John, the ~on of Robert, prominent in the early history of Rhode 21 Island, and his son, John, and \Yife, were prominent Quaker preachers. The particular family of Bishop Potter settled in Cranston, Rhode Island, v,here the first Bishop Potter was born, and when a student at Vnion College. united with the Protestant Episcopal church, in which he and his family became so eminent. Such changes from the Quaker belief to the Episcopalian were quite common in the later history of Philadelphia. This is true eyen of the descend ents of ,villiam Penn. The records do not show just ho\Y Elizabeth Potter or her sister. ::\Iary. ( of whom \Ye shall learn later) were connected \Yith the others, but there is no doubt that, through her, the Potter family and the Frampton family are ren10telY related. It is an interesting fact that, on the upper half of page 16 in the Flushing ::VIinutes, the lower half of which con tains the certificate of clearness to marry for ,Villiam Frampton, is the following certificate for Elizabeth Potter: "To all our clear and mo~t beloYed friends, whome this may concerne, that this bearer, Eliza beth Potter. who for sometime liYecl and continued with Robert Story at Xew yorke. ,d10 \Yas dilligent and faithfull in her place as becometh truth, and by mutuall consent and agreement, each from other, parted and being at her freedom and liberty clear in all matters or things, either in respect of any promis or ingagements to any person or persons, in points of marrage or otherwise. soe farr as \Ye doe know or understand. theirfore. we thus certifie in her behalph as abon s'd. At a Quarterly meeting at fflushing upon Long Island this 26th day of ye 6th mo. 1677. Henery Willis Mary Tilton Matthew Prier Elizabeth Dean John Tilton Senr Ann Noble 22 George Masters Esther Spicer John Adams :\fary Andrewes Isaac Horner A.lice Grab." ..\11 of which is a good testimonial of character for an ancestor to have. It would seem that she !ind for a time with Robert Storey and his ,yife. Patience Storey, possibly relatives. Either before her departure (no doubt to her relatives in Rhode Island) or on a subsequent visit to >.'ew York, she met \Villiam Frampton. and so ,ve find them married three years later at Xewport. Rhode Island, and it is satisfactory to find him perfectly "square" by the testimony of his ~Ieeting. in all his dealings ,vith E. P. \Vould that all men could sav the like of their fellows! In the ..\bstracts of \Vills in Xew York records, we find that \\.illiarn Frampton ,vas one of the witnesses to, and named as one of the overseers (or as we say now, executors) of the \Yill of "Robert Story," of Xew York, who died on the 29th clay of the 10th month. 1683. This would be quite natural. owing to the apparently intimate relations between the Storeys. Elizabeth. his \Yife, and himself. There is the im-entory of his estate made by ~Iatthew Pryor, Samuel Spicer. Francis Richardson and \Villiam Frampton, all Friends. \Vhen Patience Storey married again, as she did, the· 27th of 10th month. 1684, at Flushing, we find William and Elizabeth signing among many others, a "certificate of clearness for Thomas Lloyd, of Philadelphia, to marry Patience Story. of Xew York. at Philadelphia Quarterly meeting. the 2nd day of the 10th month (December) 1684." This Thomas Lloyd was no other than the Deputy Gonrnor of Pennsyh-ania during \Villiam Penn's long absence in England from the Colony in its early days, and long president of the ProYincial Council. He was from \Vales. and the Colonial Records show that he was one of the most prominent men in the infant Colony. At the time- 23 of this marriage, Frampton and wife had for over a year resided in Philadelphia. But long before Robert Storey's death there are evi dences of co-operation between them. In the Oyster Bay Town Records, Volume 1, Page 191, \Nilliam Frampton is one of the witnesses to an agreement made September 18th, 1678, between John Bowne, of Flushing and Robert Storey, of New York, attorneys to Thomas Hart, of London, with James Lloyd, of Boston, concerning the division of Horse .t\eck (now Lloyd's Neck). Stevamts Cortlandt, the mayor of New York, certifies that Captain Nathaniel Sylvester and \Villiam Frampton had appeared before him and at tested the signatures. This is not the only evidence of intimacy between Frampton, and the man at whose home his wife had been an inmate. It seems from the Flushing Minutes, Page 29, that Frampton on the 30th of June, 1680, was on a committee to inquire of Robert Storey what number of books "are yet in his possession." This was a few months before Storey's death. The next item shows what books are re ferred to, for on the 25th of .-\.ugust, "Will Frampton" is on a committee with "ffrancis Richardson" and John BmYne "to receiYe 19 books of Robert Storey, which are ye answers of Roger "'illiams for us. and to send ye 35 yet remains unto friends at Rhode Island.'' Roger \Villiams, in answer to attacks upon him, because he harbored the hated Quakers, wrote a book to show that he was not a Quaker in belief, though he belieYed in liberty of conscience. It was entitled "George Fox Digged Out of His Bur Tows." It was the reply of George Fox to this, that is no doubt referred to above, and the 35 copies left oHr \Yere to be sent to the Quakers of Rhode Island. This is interesting, in that so many of the descendents of \\"illiam Frampton themselYes adopted the faith of Roger \Villiams, and became Baptists. 24 \\'e find Robert Storey's name in connec,tion vrith Frampton's, John Goslen and \Villiam Richardson, (page 25), on a subscription list to defray "publick charge." The date is the 10th of 8th month (year not given). Storey subscribed 3 pounds, Goslen 1, Richardson 1 and Frampton two. The recurrence of these names show who \Villiam Frampton's intimate friends were, in the little Quaker circle on Long Island . .-\s a natural sequence to the marriage above recorded, \Ye haYe a record in the first Register, among the births, as follows: ''Elizabeth, ye daughter of \Yilliam and Elizabeth fframpton, of ~ew yorke, borne ye 26th of 5th mo, 1681." .-\fter they went to Philadelphia in 1683, there ·were two others born in the three years before his death, Thomas and Sarah. This birth record of Elizabeth is among the first in ".-\ Catalogue of the births of Friend children being taken and copied of ye original by Isaac Horner." CH.-\PTER YI \YILLIX\l FRX:\IPTO);' IX XEW YORK-Continued The Oyster Bay :_\linutes show \\'illiam Frampton to be actiYe in connection with the work of his fellow relig- ionists. On Page 20 we ha,·e this: " ...... ye first day meeting (at Xew York) shall remain at Robert Storey's and ye fifth day meeting at Le"·is Xorris' house, until a Pub lick meeting house shall be proYided, and we accordingly have agreed with \\.ill Richardson and \\'ill fframpton to hyer. or otherwaise proYide. a house co1wenient for ye same. taking ye ad,·ise of Le,yis :'\orris, Robert Storey and George }lasters therein." Page 21 "\\"ill fframpton, and Elizabeth fframpton" sign with many others. a certificate for "John Bowne, who while banished from Bermuda, had labored in these parts, expressing unity with his ministry, and signifying his clear ness from marriage engagements. At Oyster Bay 23rd of 3rd mo., 1682." Thus we see that \Yilliam Frampton and his wife helped the tra\'elling preachers on their \Yay. per,-ecuted and ban ished as they were in those days. On page 22 we read that "In 6th mo .. 1681, a subscrip tion list for repairing meeting house at Oyster Bay to its "Right and Proper Cses," was signed by \\'illiam Frampton which was to be paid to the hand of John Cnderhill and George ~fasters. Besides Frampton, who subscribes one pound and ten shillings, \\"illiam Richardson pledges oae pound. John Goslen one. and Phill Richards two pounds. As we shall see later, Philip Richards, also a mer chant as well as \\'illiam Frampton. ,,·as married to :\Iary, the sister of Frampton's wife. On page 23, which is much mutilated, it "is ordered at this meeting att Oyster Bay," in 1682, that "George 1Iasters pay to \Yilliam Frampton the su1., uf'' ( torn out). the Ball. of acc. of what he hath recei,·ed of the mony subscribed to. on the other side." On page 23 we read "ye 23rd of ye 3rd mo., 1682, £friends at this meeting requested of \Yilliam fframpton and \Villiam Richardson to endeaYor to purchase a plot of ground com·enient for the building of a meeting house. and also a com·enient plot for a buring place for friends at New yorke, which they both are willing to do their en deavors and alsoe to prepaire timber for ye building of a meeting house 20 foot square if they purchase a plot of ground." On page 25 there is a subscription list to defray "publick charge." 10th of 8th mo. (probably 1682). Robert Storey three pounds. John Goslen one, \\'ill fframpton two, \Vil! Richardson one. and some other,;, ten shillings. but most of them less. ::?6 On page 33 we have another subscription list, 14th of 8th mo., 1684, ,vhen \Yill Frampton gins ten pounds and \Yill Richardson ten. Frampton was then in Philadelphia and had evidently prospered. On page 37 we are informed that Phil. Richards gives six shillings for a quarterly collection on 10th mo., 1685. He had evidently not left Xew York, as his brother-in-law had done. On page 36 we see that "\Viii fframpton and Elizabeth fframpton on the 2nd day of 10th mo., 1684," then of Philadelphia, are among many signers of a certificate of unity from that city for James Lloyd. \Ye have also on page 17 a certificate of recommenda tion for Philip Richards who ha,·ing been "formerly of Barbardoes, but now of Xew yorke, wishes to return thither.'' It appears that this was only for a visit, for he is back in Xew York by 6th mo., 1681. This was the usual evidence of character taken by a Friend when going on a long journey. It may have been a trading voyage, or to look after property secured ,vhile a resident in Barbadoes. \\·e have also ''Elizabeth fframpton" as witness to the marriage of "Richard Jones, of ::\' ew yorke, merchant, to Dorcas Coaker, of Xe,v yorke, spinster." In the book of \ \.ills, on file at the Surrogate's Office, Xe,v York, (_Liber 19 B. page 20), we find that William Frampton and John Crooke made on inventory of goods found in the house of Thomas Palmer, who was "cast away" and drowned in Hellgate, ..\ugust 20th, 1681. In the X ew York Historical Society records (pages 52 and 53) is the Roll of Freemen from 1675 to 1866. They are the names of the several persons ''set free of the city of r:-ew York." " ..\t a Common Council held ..\pril 2-J.th, 1681, that no person or persons ,vhatsoever. ,vithin this Citty or Libertye doe keep shop. or sellang goocls or wares by retailes or exercise any handicraft. trade or occupation, but such as 27 :are Freemen thereof, or so admitted by the Mayor or Court ,of Alderman for the time. being under the penalty of fiye pounds for each offence. etc. ***EYery merchant, trader or shopkeeper to pay the somme of three pounds and 12 'Shillings on being made free as aforesaid. for the use of this citty." In the City Records. Page 50. are found the names, as such ''Freemen." of Philip Richards. September 29. 1683 . .and William Frampton. October 1st. 1683. All these things go to sho,y that \\.illiam Frampton (with his brother-in-law) \Yas a business man. much trusted and influential. \\'hat property in X ew York did he mrn: There is on record in the office of the Secretary of .State at ..\.lhany. in \·olume 8 of Deeds. a bond dated July 31st. 1682. ginn by \\.illiam Frampton and George :.\!asters. To the marriage of the latter. it \Yill be remembered \\.il liam Frampton was a \Yitness. The hond ,yas to Joseph Throckmorton and giyes \\.illiam Frampton's residence as Xew York. In the same book on page 99. Elizabeth Frampton. as \Yidow and executrix of \\"illiam Frampton. deeds. on December 21st. 1686. to the same Joseph Throckmorton. a house and lot on the north side of Pearl street in the city •Of Xew York. This ,Yas no doubt their Xew York residence. This deed recites that he \Yas a ''merchant. residing in the town and county of Xe\\· York." In the Hall of Records. Xe,,. York City. is a deed from \\'illiam Frampton to .-\lexander Farley ( Liber 13. page +2) elated October 17th. 1681. Place of residence. :'.'\e,Y York City. merchant." There is another from \\"illiam Frampton and Elizabeth his wife. to Daniel Butts ( Li her 13. page .J.+) elated :.\Iay 15th. 168+. \\'here \Yas this property:' 28 \Vhen the Frampton descendent goes to New York City 1et him look it up. It was on "Newe Street." Go down Broadway to \Vall Street, one block east on Wall Street to New Street, which is a short street, two blocks long, now built up with large. fine office buildings on both sides, ex tending from \Vall Street to Exchange Place, and consider what wealth would haYe been his had his ancestor kept his property, and not deeded it to Daniel Butts. But-it went to Butts. It was originally sold by Alexander Farley to \Yilliam Frampton, perhaps in exchange for the other. The deed of sale by \\'illiam and Elizabeth is a lengthy one. and is addressed: "To all chtion people" and de scribes "a Iott within the citty. in the Newestreete betwix the lotts of Richard Tinker and Conelis the ffishir," is "26'2 wide. wood measure.'' extends back "to lot of Isaack \'an \'leek. being the lot purchased by Alexander Farley from Xicholas Bayard. Agent and Attorney to Judith Stt1_n-esant. October 16th. 1681." You will recall that Peter Stuyyesant was the famous Dutch Governor of Ne,\· York. And what did \\'illiam and Elizabeth Frampton sell it for. sealed and deliYered. in the presence of Joseph Law rence and Philip Richards:' The consideration \\"as 13 pounds and 10 shillings. CH.--\PTER \'II \\"ILLL'\.~1 FRX:--IPTOX IN PHIL--\DELPHI.--\. It is \Yell knm,·n that \\"illiam Penn received a grant of the prm·ince of "Pennsylvania," as it was afterwards termed, \Yith what were called the three lower counties on the Delaware. (Kent. Sussex and New Castle), from King Charles II. Penn desired his colony to be not only a refuge for the persecuted Friends. and a place where they might expand. but a home for all industrious people, and \\·here the principles of fair dealing 'with the Indians might be applied. as indeed they ,vere. The first shipload of 29 colonists, which came over ,,·ith Peim, ,vere in the ship "\\.elcome," in the latter part of 1682. They landed near what is now the foot of Dock Street, where the "public landing" is, and it was here or near here, that William Frampton had his place of business, his house, and built a wharf. \Ye are not told definitely how William Frampton came to cast in his lot with the infant colony, but we can read between the lines. From the Memorial History of :'.\'ew York City, pages 403 and 404 we learn that in 1683, \Yilliam Penn, not satis fied with the grant made to him by Charles II, went to Albany to negotiate the purchase of the upper Susquehanna \ ·alley. \Yhile there he accepted an im·itation from Gover nor Dongan of Xew York, to visit him, and while there he was entertained by the Quaker Colony and there. no doubt made the acquaintance of \\"illiam Frampton, if not pre viously acquainted, and the indications 34 The pur-.:h:1ses maJe by \\'ibam Frampton are given 111 the Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, in a list of "Old Rights," meaning by this the first purchases of land from the proprietor \\'illiam Penn. \Ve find the following: \\'illiam Frampton, Return 10 acres, 2nd October, 1684-. \\'illiam Frampton, \Varrent; 500 acres, 13th January~ 1683. \Villiam Frampton, \\"arrent, Bank Lott; 2nd of 6th 1!onth, 1684. \\"illiam Frampton, \\-arrent; 2 Citty Lotts, 17th of 1st .\Ionth, 1683. \\"illiam Frampton, \\"arrent; City Lott, 17th First :Month, 1683. This ''Bank Lot" was where he subsequently erected a wharf, as will be seen from the Colonial Records: "Council ),!eeting 1st Day of the 12th Month, 1685. \\"illiam ffrarnpton's petition was read requesting Re movall of ye caves before his door, he being about building a \\"harfe. It was granted, and a fortnight's time given for ye removall of ye goods out of ye caves." If the visitor to Philadelphia will go down to the river bank, at the foot of Dock Street ( near Spruce), he will be about ,vhere this wharf of \\"illiam Frarnpton's was sit- 35 uated. This is probably why this short street is called Dock Street. The "public landing" is a little nearer Spruce Street than the foot of Dock Street. \Ve subjoin a view of it, as it appears today. These purchases by various persons are described "among those amounting to 1,000 acres or more on the back streets of the front of the Delaware, beginning ,vith No. 5, purchased by Thomas Powell, at the South Side." \Villiam Frampton was purchaser of "Xo. 10." In the list of "Old Rights" in Bucks County, we find the following purchasers' names : \Yilliam Frampton: \Yarrent, 1,500 acres, 5th day, 5th :0.1o., 1686. \Yilliam Frampton and ors. ( in Chester County) Order, 289 acres, 3rd day, 6th :\Io .. 1686. The "History of Philadelphia County" says: "Bristol adjoined Bucks County, having Tacony Creek on the east, and Germanto,vn south and west of it. The lands in this township were taken up by such men as Samuel Carpenter, Richard Townshend, \Yilliam Frampton, John .-\shman, John Songhurst, John Day. Samuel Benezet. Griffith Jones. etc.'' This Richard Townsend's description of Philadelphia before its settlement has been quoted. In Penn'a .-\rchins, 3rd Series, Yolume 1, Page 118. and Volume 2, Page 30, there are references to Frampton. to the effect that 01; a warrent from \Yilliam Penn to \Villiam Frampton there had been land surveyed by himself with Francis Smith and others. "on Shamokin, on the Sus quehanna River and land therabout, including old Fort Augusta, on part of which Sunbury is erected." This was 5,000 acres. In Penn'a Archives, transcript is produced from the records, of a grant "dated 5th mo .. 5th day. 1686, for 1.500 acres of land made by Samuel Richardson to \\.illiam Frampton: John Rudd 1.000 acres for a debt." 36 That he had purchased land in New Castle County, Delaware, is seen by consulting the Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, Volume 15. The settlement of his estate by his widow and son, show that he also had land in Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware and in New Jersey. Much of this, as we shall see, was merely surveyed for him, and not actually owned, especially the tract where Sunbury now stands. In Book 179 of Deeds, in the Office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey, we find that on the 20th of 3rd Mo., 1686, Samuel Jennings, of \Vest Jersey, merchant, grants to \Villiam Frampton, of Philadelphia, merchant, 500 acres in 3rd Tenth fronting Delaware River artd on southwest side of Pounce Hawking Creek. This was in Burlington, Kew Jersey. \Vitnesses, Samuel Buckley, Francis Richardson and Joseph Vaughan. vVe read further in same office : Book 179 of Deeds. By Indenture dated 24th of 3rd Mo., 1686, made from William Frampton in ye Record last above named of one part and Thomas Lloyd, of Phila delphia, president, of other part. For 200 pounds he grants the 500 acres bought of Samuel Jennings, i. e. he sold it to Jennings. Witnesses, James Mills and Joseph Vaughan, Sr. Samuel Jennings was one of the most prominent and highly esteemed men in \Vest Jersey. He came under the ban of the Church of England authorities sent out from England, but stood up manfully for his rights and those .of his people. He was a Quaker preacher, and was the £rst governor of \Vest Jersey for the London Company, and was also speaker of the Assembly. \Vith regard to the Francis Richardson named as wit ness to the ahoYe, we find a curious item in the records of the monthly meeting of the Friends in Philadelphia, to the effect that on the 29th day o~ the 2nd Mo .. 1687. (the year after \\"illiam Frampton's death). Francis Richardson .~nd Elizabeth Frampton laid a matter of controYersy before 37 the meeting for settlement. Perhaps this had something to do with some of these land transactions, when the estate came to be settled up. The "Jleeting" was referee, for the Quakers ,vere opposed to going to law before unbelievers, and preferred to i0llow Paul's adYice and settle them among themselves, as among "Friends." Francis Richardson came to Philadelphia from New England. Samuel Richardson was an ancestor of Gonrnor · Pennypacker of Pennsyh-ania. As an evidence of the confidence shown in \ Villiam Frampton, we find in the records in the office of the Secre tary of State of New Jersey, Book 50, regarding John Gosling, referred to in the chapter on Frampton's residence in New York: "By a Deed dated 28th of 1st Mo., 1684, between Arthur Cooke of one part and Samuel Carpenter and \ Villiam Frampton of other part, for 100 pounds paid by John Gosling, of Burlington, merchant, to Arthur Cooke, to the intent that a dwelling house shall be innsted in Samuel Carpenter and \,Villiam Frampton, and Cooke by direction of Gosling who testified to the same by signing." "So grants to Carpenter and Frampton the house in Burlington which Cooke bought of Anna Salter 12 Feb., 1682, which :is granted to Carpenter and Frampton to the following uses-that for ye use of John Gosling during his life and after his cleceace to ye use of :\lary Gosling, his wife. \\"itnesses, Syman Charles. Samuel \Yhite and Thomas Revell." In the history of Burlington County, Xew Jersey, we find Abraham Bickley, of Burlington, making a deed of sale of a lot "near the center of Philadelphia, bought by \Villiam Frampton, of Philip Russell," and also other lots. Proved in Philadelphia, March, 1726. \\'e shall hear more· of this Abraham Bickley later. 38 CHAPTER \'III WILLI..\:.\I FR. .\:.\IPTOX'S ..\CTIYITIES IX PHILADELPHIA. Of \\-illiam Frampton's activities as a member of the "'Meeting" in Philadelphia, we find indications in the Minutes of the ::\fonthly :.\Ieeting. As we have seen, his certificate of membership was received "by the }lonthly :.\Ieeting of Friends from the Half Yearly :.\Ieeting at Oyster Bay on Long Island," dated the 20th of 4th :.\Io., 1684. In that month a committee was appointed to "consider the "building of a :.\Ieeting House for Friends." \Villiam Frampton \\-as a member of that committee. On the 7th of the 8th ::\Io., 1684, he was appointed with another, to take account of what is collected for "poor Friends'' and give information to the next meeting. On the 3rd of the 12th ::\lo., 1684, "it is agreed that Friends belonging to this meeting do generally meet the 9th of this instant at the 8th hour in the morning at \Villiam Frampton's house to consider what is to be done in relation to poor Friends." On the 9th of the month it was agreed that subscrip tions for the poor be paid to \Villiam Frampton "who is to pay it to ,vhom the meeting shall order." He was also appointed ,vith others to assist the poor in providing \\·ork for them. etc. On the -I-th of the 7th :.\Io., 1685, \Villiam Frampton "acquainting the meeting that he is going to divide his hot1se. and :le,-;ire;c; friends that some other place be con sidered, and prO\·ided against the Quarterly :.\Ieeting. He and others ,wre appointee! to provide such a place." In a letter ,n:tten \\'illiam P~nn by Robert Turner, when the forrner ,n,-; in England in 168j, he says: ":\'ow as to the tO\rn Df Philadelphia. it goes on planting and 39 building to admiration, both in the front and back\yards. Since I built my brick house, there are about 600 houses in three years' time. A.rthur Cooke is building him a brave brick house near \\"1lliam Frampton on the Front, for \:Villiam Frampton hath since built a good brick house by his brew house. and let the other for an ordinary.'' A.n ''ordinary'' was a place where men could haYe a social time together-a sort of club house. The conYiction as to evil in beer cl1)nking came later. as rlid that of the eYil of slaYery. \Yilliam Fenn "-rote that he bre,Yecl his O\Yn beer :it Pennsburg, and that Frarnpton's bre,Y house of pure beer, \Yas much nee:led. A.nother writer speaking of \\-illiam Frampton says: "In our gre:H tO\Yn is an able man \Yho has set up a large brew house in orc'er to furnish the people \\-ith good drink, ooth there an:l nn ;:ncl clmn1 the riyer_'' He says this house stood on Front Street bet,yeen \ \-alnut ancl Spruce. In Penn's "Farther A.ccount" of his proYince, published in 1685, he mentions the fact that he has built a brick house to encourage others to build sw.-h, and not to build of ,vood. He adds: ":\lany ha Ye brick houses nmy going up, with good cellars.'' He enumerates houses built by Arthur Cook, \Yilliam Frampton, John \\-heeler, Samuel Carpenter, John Test, X. _-\lien and John Day, of brick, chiefly on Front Street. He says: ·'.-\11 of these houses have balconies." 0 The front on the Dela,rnre Ri,·er had become Yaluable before Penn's departure for England. "Frampton. Car penter and James Claypoole,'' \Ye are told "'had lots there." In the "History of Philadelphia County" we are told that RobMrt Turner's brick house on the corner of Front Street and Arch was built in 1685. In the meeting held the -tth of the 3rd ::\Io., 1685, Wil liam Frampton \Yas appointed to prepare a certificate for certain Friends who were about to remo\"e out of the province. He was also desired "to speak to l)O0r friends -10 who are like to he in \Yant: and that he. and the other member~ of the committee. "adYise them the properest way for the getting of a liYelihood." On the .Sth of the 2nd :\Io .. 1686. he is named, with another. to "ee about the money rights of a certain child. 011 the 3rd of the ne:-:t month he \\'as appointed 011 a certain property matter. and 011 the 7th of the -fth :\Io .. he is desired to pay out certain money l;elonging to the meeting. The mectiug l10u~e referred to. the building of which wa~ referred to a committee of \\·liich he 11·as a member, was the one ereL·ter\ at the intersection of Broad and Market Streets. It \\'as on the ground now within the -present City Hall of Philadelphia. The \·isitor to the area within will see a marker place WILLL\..;\1 FRAMPTON _-\S A. ::\IE::\lBER OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. _-\ND REGISTER GENERAL OF THE PRO\-INCE OF PENNSYL\-_-\NL-\. The thousands of \Villiarn Frampton's descenclents are entitled to membership in the "Colonial Sons'' and "Colonial Dames," by virtue of his public senice in those early clays, as we have stated in the introduction. This sen·ice is best shown by a transcription of the ::\Iinutes of the ProYincial Council, as found in the published Colonial Records. Yolume One. On Page 127, we read that at the Council :Vleeting, 1st day of 2nd :\lo., 1685. \\-illiam Frampton appears for the first as a memher of the Council. The minutes say: "\Villiam Clark being attested deposeth that he saw ye returne of the Sherriff of ye County of Kem: ior a member of Councill, and he did read in the returne that \Villiam :fframtpont was ye man Chose for the member of Councill." "And it being put to the Question whether that was sufficient for him to Sit, past in the _-\ffirmatin." "\Villiam fframpton was this clav attested to keep secresy." 42 "Ordered that \\'illiam fframpton, Phin. Pemberton, ~nd _John Cann doe draw up a Bill that all pay may be made m kmd acc. to contract, also that they bring in the Distance of takeing up of Servants." \Vhy \Villiam Frampton took his seat as a "Councillor for Kent" is not known. unless it were that he owned land there, and was a land. commissioner for that county, and because of the esteem 111 which he was held. Phineas Pemberton was a grocer from Lancastershire, England. He was an ancestor of General Pemberton, the Confederate General \Yho surrendered Vicksburg to General Grant in 1863. During \\'illiam Frampton's membership in the Pro vincial Council, \\'illiam Penn was not in this country. Thomas Holmes acts as president of the council, alternately with Thomas Lloyd. for a time, when the latter presides as deputy Governor. From the time \Villiam Frampton becomes a member of the council, he is im·ariably present, his name ahyays occurring in the list of the seven or eight members comprising the council, and recorded as present. Thomas Holmes had been an officer in Cromwell's army. Both he and Lloyd were \Velsh. The "servants" referred to in the Council proceedings were .-\frican Slaves. Quakers came to be bitterly opposed to sla,·ery. Here the action as to contracts and "pay in kind'' prm·ides that the distance travelled by the slaYe dealer is to he considered in the transaction. Y erhatim Extracts. Council :.Ieeting. 4th day of 2nd :\1o .. 1683. "'Ordered that \\.illiam fframpton draw a new Bill for the Size of Casket Exported. and also to be used within the Province. etc." "Ordered that John Symcock. John Cann. \Villiam fframpton and Phinihas Pembenon'be a Committee to draw -up the former bills.'' 43 \Ve will assume that the casks referred to were for molasses, though rum was an article of import and export in those days; but the Quakers soon came to be bitterly opposed to its use. John Symcock is spoken of in Quaker writings of the time, with high respect as "a nursing father in Israel." Page 133. "Richard lngelo, Clerk of the Council, appointed for a Committee, John Symcock, William ·wood, John Cann, Phi. Pemberton, \Villiam fframpton and Thomas Holmes to receive proposalls from the Assembly." (The Assembly was the popular legislative branch). The council was notified of the death of King Charles the 2nd. Council ordered that Richard lngelo, clerk, read "a publication of King James the 2nd as King." This proclamation is given, and ends with the ,rnrds: ".-\:-JD SO GOD SA YE THE KIXG." Page 141. Council ::\Ieeting, 28th of 3rd :\Io., 1685. In the list of members on this date the name is first written "\Villiam Frampton." Later it is sometimes written as before, "frarnpton," "Framptone" and "fframpton." Page 162. Verbatim Extracts. Council 11eeting, 6th day of 9th :\Io., 1685. "Ordered that James Claypool, Robert Turner, Samuel Carpenter, John Jones, \\"illiam frampton, Patrick Robin son, John Test, John Songhorst be writt to Desireing them. to come forthwith to the Councill, they haying urgent business with them about the Subscriptions." "The persons aboYe mentioned all Came to ye Councill,. where they Discoursed about ye Subscriptions. Concluded amongst themseh·es to meet together in ye afternoon to Consult about methods how to proceed in _order to Dis- -l-l charge their Obligation, and give in account thereof at next Sitting of ye- Councill.'' It is possible that these "subscriptions" were for the c:iilding of the Meeting House. Even Quakers sometimes blended church and state. John Songhurst was a Quaker preacher. None of them preached for "hire," but only as they were "moved by the spirit." A "hireling ministry" ,vas against their principles. We han no record, by the way, that \Villiam Frampton was enr moved to preach. He was apparently mostly a busi ness member, and a contributor of time and money, and the use of his house. Page 162. Council Meeting, 6th day of 9th ::Vfo., 1685. "James Claypool, \Villiam frampton" and seven others ,vere made "general Commission of the Peace for the County of Philadelphia." The Penn'a Magazine, Volume 1, Page 420, says: "There was ordered a general Commission of the Peace to be drawn for ye County of Philadelphia, and to put in three persons, James Claypoole, \Villiam Frampton and Robert Turner." Justices of the Peace were all of the Governor's appoint ing and sat in the quarter sessions conformable to the laws and institutions of England. The Registrar General was appointed and commis sioned by the Governor, according to act of Assembly, for the probate of wills and granting letters of administration. His authority extended all onr the province, but was executed by a deputy, except at Philadelphia where he must reside. County Commissioners continued in office three years. They managed the public affairs of their respective counties. Council Meeting, 16th day of 9th ).lo., 1685. 45 ' Ordered that "ye Respectiye Indian Kings be sent for to the Council with all speed to answer their Complaint." The Memoirs of the Pem1'.,,Historical Society, Yolume 3, Page 2nd, says: "The Indian name of Phil'a was Coaquanock, and the actual treaty made for the lands of the present Phil'a and adjoining county, was made in the year 1685, by Thomas Holmes, President of the Council. in the absence of \Yilliam Penn. who ,Yas at home in Eng land. Signed the treaty: one \Yilliam Frampton. Samuel Carpenter. \Yill .-\rchley and others.'' It seems that the Council \Yas so just ancl fair in their dealings with the Indians that they remained their fast friends for many years. Other colonies had trouble with them. but Pennsyh·ania neyer had for 80 years. This is wonderfully to the credit of \\'illiam Frampton. and the other members of the Council and .-\ssemhly. Page 163. Council Meeting. 17th day of 9th ;,.lo .. 1685. "The undertakers of ye suhc:cription Came to ye Coun cill according to their promise Ye Sixth Instt. anc1 Pre sented their Report, with a list of ye Suhscriher,- and \\·hat Subscribed. ye \\·hole amounting to 201.19.2 to ,n-h Chris Taylor at ye board subscribed 6 poun 49 The present Friends' }leeting House, built in 1807, is in the front of this burying ground. In the Pennsylvania ArchiYes, 2nd Series, \·olum~ 14. is this summing up of the official record of William Frampton: Justice of the Peace, 1st term from ):"oyember 5th, 1685. :'.\Iember of Gonrnor's Council, 1685, 1686. ( Page 673), Justice of the Peace 2nd term from January 9th, 1685. ( Page 645), Registrar General from ~lay 5th, 1686. CH..\PTER X THE \YIDO\Y .\ND CHILDREX < )F \YILLI.\}l FR.\}IPTON IN BCRLIXGTOX, NE\\' JERSEY. The recorded will of \\.illiam Frampton, e\·idently made on his death bed, and taken down by others, is to be found in the City Hall, Philadelphia, Book .\, No. 30, Record of \\'ills: ··Philadelphia, the <;th day of the 7th }lonth, 1686. \Yilliam Frampton, of the place aboye said, merchant, being sick and weak of body, hut of perfect memory, did at the time aforesaid, before us \\"hose names are hereunder \\Titten, declare these words follo\\"inp,- to be his mind as to selling and disposing of his worldly affairs, Yiz. lt is my \\"ill that 2-fter my just debts are paid, that the remainder shall be divided as followeth: One third part to my wife, the other two parts to be equally diYided amongst my children, and that I leaye my wife, Elizabeth Frampton, my whole and sole executrix, and my friends, Samuel Jen nings, of West Jersey; Samuel Carpenter, of Philadelphia, and my brother-in-law, Philip Richards, of New York, my trustees and oYerseers of this my will. To the truth above said, we shall be willing at any time for to witness, being thereunto required. so \Yitness our hands, Samuel Spirer, Samuel Bulkley." "The 8th of the 9th month, 1686, Samuel 53pirer an His son. John. \\'as horn in 171-1- I as appears hy the family record of the latter's grand~on. Elijah). In 171-1- Thomas ,Ya, about 31 years of age. The date of his daugh ter Hannah's liirth is unknmn1-nor is that of his other child ( not named l kno\Yn. The presumption is that this ,Yife ,Yith ,,·horn he fell in loYe. and surreptisously married I if this is \Yhat it means 1 "·as Elizabeth Ellis, an orphan. In the history of the county \Ye read that Thomas Ellis ( hefore mentioned) died in 1682. only t\YO years after corn ing· to Burlington. His \\·ife. Hannah. had cliecl in 1671-;. The daughter, E!Jzabeth. \\·as then apprenticed to John Browne by her guardians. \Yho \Yere :--;amuel Jennings. C. Farr and Thomas Budd. It \\'Ot1ld seem that Thomas Frampton had a second ,yife. but there is no record of such marriage. or of a1w children. It is bareiy possible that it ,yas his second marriage. if contracted in 171.S. 1 in that case one year after his son \\'as born, and his \Yife dying- in childbirth) that he cond~mned before the .\Ieeting. > ~·-•ntrary to ''0 00<1 order." But if his marriage to Elizabeth Ellis \\'as regular, \Yhy is there no 111entio1: of it 111 the Quaker record: Un :\"oyember 18th. 1715, Thomas Frampton was wit ne,, to the \Yill of :.\Iary ReYell, of Burlington, widow of Ti10mas Reye]!. (Secretary State of New Jersey). 2.229 Secretary State of Xew Jersey records that he was witness with Thomas Scattergood, ( September 21st, 1722) to the will of Richard Ridgway. In 2.1--1-2 ( Secretary State of New Jer,ey) the \Yill of :.\Ianuel Smith, of Burlington, is re curc1ed, and refers to debts clue from Thomas Frampton, and others. This is recorded 172--1-, and dated A.pril 6, 1720. Smith was a Church of England man. In Book lof \\'ills, Page --1-71. ecretary of State of New Jer$ey. it is recorded that Thomas Frampton is witness to fie signing of the \Yill of Robert \\·heeler, of Burlington, August 7th. 1710. \\'heeler left the Quarkers and became a Church of England man (see History of County). The ,1ealings of Thomas appear to haye been closely with Church of England people-and his marriage (possibly out of tl:e fold) may ha Ye had some connection with that. That Thomas \Yas property O\Yner in Burlington, aside from his inheritance from his father. is shown by these items of record. Perhaps be bought ,Yith the proceeds of the sale to Bickley. BI:-: E,,C;-J. of Deeds. ( Secretary ::;tate of X e,Y Jersey). l January. 1718. Richan! \\.ebster. of Philadelphia, ap,1thec·ary of 1 part antl Thoma, Frampton, of Burlington, co<,per. of other part. For 2CC pounds grants to Frampton his brick house on 1\·eq ,-irle of High Street in Burlington. and also a lot n" Burlington. \\"itne;;se"-.-\hram Bickley and Charles Brockdon. But he "ells this lot. r 1. 10 1 of Dee ck ( Secretary Sta~e of X e\Y Jersey). ,j Fehrnary. 17.22. Thomas Frampton. of Burlington·, ccwper. to John Par"ons of -ame. ,adler. For 5 shillings grants a lot bought of Richard Web ster on west side High Street in Burlington, it being by Jonathan Wright's lot. Witnesses-Jacob Doughty, Samuel Kimble and Row land Ellis. Rowland Ellis ,yas a prominent Church of England man, a schoolmaster, clerk of the parish, dnd also of the town. Were there any record of a daughter's marriage in St. Mary's Church records ( which are preseryed). \Ye might have presumed that it \\'as she whom Thomas Frampton married. But there is no such record. D. 106 of Deeds. (Same Office). 7 February, 1722, Thomas Frampton, of Burlington, cooper, to John Parsons of same, sadler. \Vhereas Samuel Carpenter, of Philaddphia. merchant. the surYiYing attorney and procurate of \\"illiam Bicknell and Joseph GrO\ i:. of Island of Barbacloes, merchant, ( executor of OliYer Hooten, late of said Island. deceased) by indenture 5 September. 1693, grantee! to Thomas J.;:inclale of Burlington. bricklayer, a tract on \\'<"St side. of High street. ( SeYeral transfers of the property are mentioned here), and willed to Richard \\"ebster. of Bucks County. apothecary 6 December. 1710. and he to Thomas Frampton by lease and release 31 December. 1718 and no,\' he to Parsons. In other \\'Ords. four years before his death, Thumas sells the best of his Burlington property to Parsons. The next year he sells more. as we see by the follo\\'ing: A.X. 539 of Deeds. ( Same Office). 7 November, 1719, Thomas Frampton, of Burlington, cooper, to Richard Gra,·es of same. bachelor, a lot in Burlington, which \Yas bought of Richard \Yebster last day of February. 1718. (BBB. 394). It would appear that about the time of these sales Thomas Frampton remoYed to Philadelphia for, in the records of the Friends' :deeting in that city, .and those of 66 the interments in the burying ground. at 4th anJ Arch Streets, we haYe recorcid the death, at Philadelpliia, of "Thomas Frampton, on the 27th of the 10th Mo., 1726."' There he, too, is buried. He could not haYe been more than forty-three years of age when he died. .--\ssuming that his son John was born 1714, though Hannah was born probably before that. his children must haYe been much under age when he died. John was only 12 years old. \Vho brought them up? Probably one of his sisters. As the record of the birth of one of John's children gives it as "near Bur lington. Xew Jersey." the presumption is that John was a farmer near the town, as we know he was a farmer in later life. Hannah, too, was probably reared by an aunt. We han no will of Thomas Frampton recorded. A pos sible clue as to where his son may ha,-e had his farm is shmn1 hY this record. In 1686. 2380 acres \\'ere sun-eyed in Springfield Town ship ''near land of John Browne" (Elizabeth Ellis Framp ton 's guardian). The descendants of John cherished the tradition of \i\'illiam Frampton's eminent position as "keeper of the great seal,'' but singular to say had no tradition whatever concerning Thomas, hut connected John immediately with \i\-illiam. It ,yas only by inYestigation that it ,vas learned that there was a Thomas Frampton in the line, while the name of John Frampton. as an ancestor, looms large in the famih· traditions. The impression of \Yilliam Frampton's high position must haYe been giYen to their ward John, by his aunts. CH.--\PTER XII THE \\°ILLSES .--\XD BORROD.--\ILES OF NEW JERSEY: DESCEXD.--\XTS OF DXCGHTERS OF \\°ILLL\:\1 FRX\IPTOX The records of the t,\·o (iaughters of \Yilliam Frampton aside from those already giYen. are Yery brief. 67 John Wills, who married Elizabeth, the older daughter in 1701, was born in 1681 in Burlington. His father, John, Sr., was a prominent man in Burlington, as also his brother, Daniel \Vills. All were Quakers. The mother of John \\Tills, Jr., was Hester Gardiner (\Vills), a sister of Thomas Gardiner. See Burlington Friends' Records. In 1700 John \Vills, Sr., of Burlington, willed property in Burlington to son, John, and daughter, Hester. anc: brother, Daniel. One of his two executors is Thomas Gardiner, brother of his wife, Hester. The will is recoder! on testimony of Thomas Gardiner, clerk of the clec:easecl. In Book 1 of Wills, Page 471 ( Secretary State of ~rn· Jersey), 1714. the will of John \Vills, Jr. is proyecl. made and recorded in 1701-the year of his marriage. The wit nesses were Thomas Gardiner, Thomas Frampton, Daniel 'Wills, etc. The inventory was made by John Borradaile. his brother-in-law, and }lanuel Smith. \Vife. Elizabeth Frampton \Vills. This shows that he !incl only 13 years after his marriage, dying at the age of 33. His children were James, vVilliam. Elizabeth and Hester-all under age. His wife was executrix, hut '"she must consult uncles Daniel \Vills, John \\"ills and Thomas' (;ardiner.'' He lea ye,; l 03 pouncls. and a negro "·oman. This was the year before Thomas Frampton "condemns his outgoing in marriage.'' In 1716 Elizabeth. his \\·idow. marries Joshua Humphries. So the chilclren had a step-father-and the children of Thomas. a step-uncle. In 1721. Elizabeth. one of the daughters of John \Vills. deceased. and of Elizabeth Frampton \Vills. his wife. was married to Bartholemew Horner. .-'\mong the witnesses ,yere John \\"ills. the father's cousin. James. the bride"s brother, and Hester, her sister. The marriage, unlike that of l:ncle Thomas, was "in ).Ieeting." In 1724. James \\'ills married Sarah Clement in Had clonfield )..1eeting House. The groom \Yas then at least 22 ,·ears of age. grandson of Thomas Frampton. · 68 In 1726.-Hester. another daughter, was married to Toho Deacon. had child. George. who married .-\1111 Burr: and they had a son. John, who married Hannah Eayre. In a will made 1725, George Deacon of Burlington County leaYes a farm, late property of Benjamin Furniss. Wife, Martha, cousins. George and John Deacon. Proved 1728. In 1727. Joshua Humphries was one of those who made an inwntory of the property of Daniel \Yills. of Northampton Tmrnship. Daniel was the uncle of his ,Yife's first husband. In 17-1-7, died ..\braham Bickley, married to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Gardiner, the third husband of Eliza beth Frampton Bassnett. Thus it \\·ill he seen that persons by the name of Ellis, Deacon and Horner ( and possibly Humphries) are clescend ents of Elizabeth. daughter of \Yilliam Frampton. But unless there are family records or family Bibles, it will be impossible to determine which are so descended. In 1768. Thomas Ellis. of Gloucester County. New Jersey. married ..\nna Humphries. of Burlington County. Coming 110,y to the Borradaile family. John Borradaile, who married Sarah Frampton, daughter of \Villiam. in 1701. when she must haYe been about sixteen years of age, was from Philadelphia. but on his purchase of ground in Burlington and his marriage to Sarah. a year later, he made his home there. and as we haYe seen. was a maker of beer or ":\Ialtster." In 1697. in Burlington. John Borraclaile. "malster," gave a bond as guardian of Sarah Borraclaile, daughter of Arthur Borradaile. of Pennsyh·ania, deceased. This was perhaps a younger sister. Thomas Scattergood. of Burling ton, "·as another bondman. \Ye haYe alrndy found him as co-executor of z, "·ill ,Yith Thomas Frampton. In 1700. John \\'etherill ancl Sarah Borradaile. (John's sister). were proposed the second time in Burlington "\Ieet- ing. and were married. · 69 In 1703, John Borradaile was a witness at the marriage of Thomas \Vetherill. and Anne Fearn, late of England. In the record of births (authorities the same as in preceding chapter) from 1703 to 1710, we find there ,yere born to John and Sarah Frampton Borradaile, Rebecca in 1703, "-\rthur in 1706, Joseph in 1708, and John in 1710. There was also Frampton, who died 1708. There were eYi dently \Villiam and Sarah later. In 1708, John Borradaile was constable in Burlington. (See County History). He had been married senn years. In 17i3, :\larch 15th, in the will of ::\'athaniel Pope, (who married Hannah Bassnett, Richard"s daughter by first wife) "payments are to he made to John Borradaile," etc. On January 26th, 1741, Daniel Bacon, of Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, and Rebecca, daughter of John Borradaile, deceased, of Burlington, were married. Among the many witnesses were Sarah Frampton Bor radaile (mother), Asthur (brother), \Yilliam and Sarah Borradaile, Jr., ( brother and sister). In 1749, Arthur Borradaile, this brother. ,Yas a con stable in Chester Township, Burlington County. In 1766, :Moses Brandon, of Burlington County. mar ried "Sarah Borradaile, of the same county." This is no doubt the daughter of Jonn Borradaile. It is recorded in the Burlington County History that on Xonmber 24th, 1803, Sarah Borradaile died. She was the ,vife, no doubt of \Villiam ; for we read that on October 4th, 1780, Frampton Borradaile died, "the son of \\"illiam and Sarah Borradaile. This Frampton Borradaile therefore, was the grandson of Sarah, youngest daughter of \\"illiam Frampton. His name shows that the name of Frampton was long held in remembrance in this branch nf the family. Therefore there are Bacons, Brandons and Borraqailes, probably, who could trace ancestry to \\'illiam · Frampton if they had the facts. iO A member of the X e,Y Jersey Legislature at the present time, from Trenton, X. J .. a prominent politician, is µamed Borradaile. (1916). It is possible that traditions of \Yilliam Frampton or family records of this branch may have been preserved. As to whether there are descendants of \\:illiam Bass nett, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Frampton Bassnett, we do not know. There is recorded in the County History, the mar riage of Daniel Bassett ( Bass nett?) in Chesterfield Town ship Meeting House to Mary Lippencott. in 1750. and in 1781, that of Isaac Ballinger in Haddonfield ::\Ieeting House, who married ::\Iary Bassett (Bassnett?) and in 1791, of John Roberts. married Hannah Bassett (Bassnett? J in Gloucester County. Xew Jersey. Oli-ver Bassett is men tioned as in Hunterdon County in 1787. CH.-\PTER XIII H:\.XX.-\H FRX\IPTOX. DXCGHTER OF THO::\L-\S FR.-\:vIPTOX. GR.-\XD DXCGHTER OF \\'ILLL-\::\1 FRX\IPTOX .-\XD HER DESCEND.-\XTS, PRICE. ::\L-\RR. HCLL. GRIER. ETC. As we have seen, the old Joseph ::\Iarr family Bible recorded the fact that Thomas Frampton's daughter. Han nah. married a man named Disney. Of him ,ve have no record. But the descendents of her second husband. David Price and herself. are many and well known. There was a David Price who owned land in Hopewell, Hunterdon County. ~ew Jersey in 1722. It is situated in Hopewell Township, now ::\fercer County, about 12 miles north of Trenton. The record of this property is in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey. On Page 716, of New York Calendar, 1664 to 1776, there is a copy of a warrent empowering David Price, as agent for transport. to impress, vessels to carry troops to Amboy. or other parts of Jersey. ii A tradition in the family of Hannah's brother, John, is that John \Yas at Braddock's Defeat about this time. It harmonizes with this that his brother-in-law should be thus engaged. \\·ho was David Price? Gndoubtedlv a \\'elshman. The name was originally-''ap Ryrs," i. e. "of Rys,'' mean ing "son of Rys." Rys came to be spelled Rees. or Reese, and "ap Rees'' became "Price." 1Iany of the original set tlers of Pennsylvania and New Jersey were \\'elsh, many of them Quakers. Some whole districts \Yere entirely \\'elsh like "\\'elsh Tract" in Delaware. One of these districts was :.\lerion-upper and lower Merion-in Chester and Montgomery Counties in Pennsyh·ania. There were a David and Hannah Price in Merion, who in 1713 com·eyed a piece of land to John Mendenhall. See Recorder·~ Office, West Chester, Pa. \Vhile this is too early a period for him to be our David and Hannah, it may \Yell have been his father. But Price \Yas a common name, and "David I 'rice" was a name not uncommon. HmYever, thi~ is the only David Price \\·hose name occurs in the records of the Chester County Offices in the 18th Century. The daughter of Hannah Price, Su~anna, \\·a, born April 27th. 175-t. This is the record in her Family Bible still preserved. There may be descendents of other children of Hannah, but if ~o. we have no record of them. Some ma v bear the name oi Price. or even Disney. Susanna married Joseph :.\1arr. \\·ho ,va, horn June 15th. 1750. and die::l September 18th. 1796. Susanna died December 27th. 1826. The family of :.\Iarrs, into which Susanna Price mar ried, lived across the Delaware River in Sorthampton County. Pa .. at "Cpper :.\fount Bethel. There was a state road· across :--;ew Jersey from the ~-\tlantic Coast to the Delaware, for the transportation of goods, ai1d a ferry across the Delaware at Easton, Pa. There ,vas constant 72 communicatic,11 between the people. and tra,·el hack and forth. So the possibility that Joseph :\Iarr ,mule! meet Susanna is eYident. There were not many inhabitants, and that Framptons. Prices and :\-larrs might intermarry would not be unlikely. But we have no records of how these things came about. Joseph \!arr n-as the son of Lawrence :\larr, supposed to ha Ye come to .\merica from Scotland in the early part of 1700, and ,,·ho ,settled in upper \fount Bethel TO\n1ship, Northampton County. Fa .. ancl was buritsl there. aged 90 years. Joseph bought a tract of land on the east side of the \\'e,;t Branch of the Susquehanna RiYer in 1792 and built a stone house ( :\lilton. 1-'a.) 1d1ich \\·a,- beautifully sit uated un the l1a11b of the rinr. It is still standing. Here with is a ,·ie,r of the house. In later years it was purchased by :\loses Clnmberlain from the family of .-\!em .\Iarr. son of Joseph. Joseph :\larr di-eel September 18th, 1796. aged only 46 years. and was buried in ,,·hat was then the :\larr burying ground where the Lincoln ~treet ~chool honse. :\Iilton, 73 stands. Later his remains ,vere removed to the upper cemetery abon :.lilton. He was an earnest and consistent member of the Protestant Episcopal Church ( called Church of England in his day). On .-\ugust 18th, 1794 he and his ,Yife, Sus anna, gave a tract of land adjoining upper :\lilton to the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal congregation for burial and church purposes. He was one of the founders of the church of that denomination in :\Iilton. ancl the prime monr in the erection of the first church of that faith in Korthumberland County. The church as an organized bocly. dates back to 1793, and is said to han for heating a large square hole in the floor, where a fire of logs was made early in the day and burned to cinders. The,·e was no chimney, but a small opening in the roof allo,wd an exit for the smoke. Some of the congregation provided themseh·es ,Yith charcoal foot "·armers. .-\t the sen·ices, the Scripture lessons ,vere read from the Bible. once the property of Susanna ::\farr, who. ,Yith her husband. gan the first lot to the church. Just at this point it may be of interest to note what became of the property surveyed for :.Irs. :.larr's great grandfather, \Yilliam Frampton, in this same :'.\orthumher land County, now the site of Sunbury. In the Pennsyh-ania ArchiYes, 3rd Series. Page 118. and Yolume 2, Page· 30, it is stated that at a meeting of the "Board of Property" in 1766 ( and at one in 1793) ,,·as considered the accuracy of a surYey of land once warrented to \Villiam Frampton ( from \\'illiam Penn) and to others, one of whom was Francis Smith. and surnyed for them. but "not since claimed by them and now held by the pro prietors" (the Penns). This land was on Shamokin on the Susquehanna RiYer, and the lands thereabout. and "included old Fort .-\ugusta, on part of which Sul}bury is erected." In \'olume 1. Page 763. there is a reference to a mistake in the suney of a lot in Philadelphia once patented to \\-illiarn Frampton. The question came up i4 before the "Board of Property" in 1792 as to whether this surny in Xorthumberl;:.nd C~unty couid be accepted, and it was decided that it could not' "as the survey was poor, and the proprietaries had taken the place by warrent." The heirs of \\'illiam Frampton in these years, it is stated, make no claim to any property once patented to him. Yet some of \\-illiam Frampton's descendents were to locate on property near by. and others of another brouch, in Potter's Township. as we shall see. The children of Joseph and Susanna Frampton :'.farr were all horn at 1.;'pper :vlount Bethel. Northampton County. as follows: :'.lary. born April 20th. 1775. died January 27th. 1830: Hannah. horn :-larch 23rd, 1777. died January 27th. 1858: DaYid, born :\larch 14th, 1779. died February 10th. 1858 (unmarried): William. horn. :-Iarch 26th. 1782. died December 18th. 1823: Joseph. born :-larch 26. l!S2. died October 5th. 1804. aged only 19 years: Alem. born 1787, died 11arch 29th, 1843, aged 56 years and o\'er. Thomas RYerson Hull. :-I. D .. was a grandson of \\"illiam and Susanna }larr. His mother \Yas Hannah ).larr Hull ( daughter of Susanna) ,Yho was married to \\'illiarn Hull in 1797. She was born in Sussex County, Xew Jer5ey. 1771. Her husband and herself settled in Turbut To,Ynship. Xorthumberland County. Pennsyh·ania. The husband died in 1828 on the homestead farm. which was part of the original :vlarr farm. They were parents of 14 children. one of whom was Thomas Ryerson Hull, }I. D .. born 1815. and died 1886. He married Elizabeth McCormick. and practiced medicine in }Iilton, Pa., until his death. ..\mong his children were :.\fargaret, now de ceased : .-\!em. a physician at Montgomery, Pa., a graduate of Yale College. class of 1872 aJ}d Jefferson Medical Col lege. class of 1873, and Elmer. also a physician. and a graduate of the class qf 1873 at Jefferson College. 75 \Ye giye here,,·ith a picture of Dr .. \lem l ln11. ,ixth in descent from \\"illiam Frampton. Joseph Frampton Hull \Yas one of the t,1·1J d1il.'.ren of Da,·id Hull, 1Yho married as his firq 11·ife. !·:mil:, Ritten house, and 1Yas a son of \Yilliam ancl Ha1111ali \l:trr \ :;_1!l. the latter a daughter of ~usanna. "Framtn , ,_ .. 1 , r:·ied Elizabeth :'dahaffy, one child, Emily. Frampton Brown. unmarried, was a son of ~arah A.. and John H. Brown. \I rs. Brmyn ,,·as a not her daughter of Hannah \Iarr and \\'illiam Hull-Hannah being the daughter of Susanna. \Yilliam. another son of Joseph and Susanna \larr, married .'.\Ian· Barber in 1804. \Yho was a descendent of the 1\Iax,n•'l, ~11 I h:enneh·s. of ~cotland. Rrig-adier (;eneral 1\fax,Yell. on ( ;e11eral \\·ashi11gto11's staff. and of the Con- 76 tinental Line, was her great uncle. \Villiam :Marr erected a large stone mansion in Milton, Pa., about 1826, which is still standing on a portion of the estate, and which later became the property of E. H. Heaton. ReY. Joseph ,\Jarr. hi~ oldest son, became a useful and ]'.;,:1ored Presbyterian minister. He "·as ourn :.\'larch 1-1-. 1:-SOil. and entered l'rinceton Theological Seminary in 103.?. / lrdainecl 1~35. After -1-0 years of sen-ice, as a minister i:1 \\.illiamsport, Pa .. Buffalo. X. Y .. Xorthumberland. P~... Bern·ick, Pa., etc., he died at the home of his daughte:·, E:irriet. wife of General Irn·in (;regg, at Lewisburg. Pa. ;-le \\'as thrice married. and had 10 children, and man\' de,cendents . ..\ daughter. hy his third ,Yife. Josephine. became t!1e wiie. first of Cornelius ( >'Donm·an, of Philadelphia, and, -econd. of Gusta,· .\. Breaux. of Xe,\' Orleans. Both hus bands \\'ere member,- of the legislatures of their respectiYe qates. Col. Breaux \\'as an ofticer in the Confederate ser Yice. Descenclents of ReY. Joseph ,\larr li,·e in Kans:is, Mi,~ouri. and ~outh Carolina, as well as Pennsyhania. 77 Re,·. Phineas B. :'llarr ,,·as another ~on of \\"illiam and :vlary Barber :'llarr. He ,ms horn in 180:-S. and died in 1874. \Vas graduated from Jefferson College. Pa .. 1:-(\0. and or dained, 1834. He ,ras pastor of the Preshyterian church at Lewisburg, Pa .. from 1~3.+ to W:i2. He left a deep impres sion upon the memory of his people. and the t0\1"11. Htc ,,·as 5th in descent from \\.illiam Frampton. He married :'llary Graham, at Lewisburg. His portrait follo,ys: They had eleHn chiViren. ( >ne of these. \\"illia;,; .-\. :slarr. a prominent attorney and judge of the hench at .\sll lan:I. Schuylkill County. Pa. He ,\·a~ a graduate of the 78 Gni versity at Le\\·ishurg, ( nm\· Bucknell). 6th in descent from \\'illiam Frampton. His portrait follows: His brother, Rev. James A.. 1Iarr, was also graduated at the Cniversity of Le,,·isburg in 1860; at Princeton Col lege in 1862, and the Princeton Theological Seminary in 18r;5. He was pastor in Baltimore, :\Id .. East Orange, N. J., and in Philadelphia, and died at Point Pleasant, .'.'J. J., in ll-<95 . ...\nother ~on, ...\ddison Graham :\Iarr, Sr., entered Princeton College in 1862, and was graciuated in 1866. He had t,rn sons. \\.illiam. a graduate of Lehigh uni·i:ersity, Pa .. in 1889. and ...\ddison ( ;raham :\I arr, Jr., who graduated from Princeton in 1901. A. daughter of .-\cldison ( ;_ \larr. Sr.. :\Iargaret, who married P. :\I. Barber. a lumber merd1ant. carrying out the 79 wishes of her husband, built the "Barber }Iemorial Institute'' for the education of colored girls of the South, at a cost of $50,000. It ,,-as burned, but was rebuilt by her. A daughter, Helen, married Joseph \\'. Crawford, a classmate of the writer at Bucknell Uninrsity, class of 1869, a lumber merchant and manufacturer. .-\tiother son, Re,-. George .-\. }larr, married Helen Montgomery, known to the ,Hiter as a student at the Female Institute, at Le,Yisburg. He too, graduated from Bucknell UniYersity, and from the Theological Seminary at Princeton, and resides at .S,,-athmore, Pa. They had three children, ::\Iontgomery. a mechanical engineer, who died hy accident; Helen ,i1:,l Harold. The oldest son of .-\ddison G .. \\"illiam Price .\1,,rr. born December 31. 1871. wa~ educated in the public· ,;dl(,,);, of Shamokin, Pa., entered Lehigh Cni,·er,;ity in 1:-<:<. iiE.l n-as graduated from there in 1893. Ile re,;i•le'.: ;;: --- · \\-isconsin, and is the author of the ".\Iarr F:u,1:::: l!· ,• James Barber ::\Iarr. son of \\-illiam and ::\hry H:,rh::· .\Iarr. was a member of the Clearfield County lnr. ;~·:mitte,i about 1839. He died young and \Yithout a famil:. Hi, obituary was \\Titten by \\-illiam Big·ler. aftenrnnl < ;ol'<:r nor of Pennsyh-ania. He read la,y in the office of Jame,; F. Linn, Esq .. of Le,Yislrnrg, P2. DaYici Price ::\Iarr. another son of \\-illiam ,llhl .\lzt1·y Barber }Iarr. married Hetty L. Da,·i,; in 1839. I ,d10 l'.ied in 1848). and then Harriet J. }latchin. who died in 1~·:1·,. ( )ne of his children. by his first \Yife. ,ms .-\nna Elizahet1·, horn 1840. married to John .-\. Grier in 1861. He y:;,~ born at Brandywine ::\lanor, Chester County, Pa .. and d;e,! in Chicago, Ill.. in 1902. aged 68 years. He was a ch;ef engineer in the United States XaYy, receiYing his commi,, sion from President Lincoln, and serYed for 10 year~. '._j~e took part in seyeral naval battles. He was a member of the first class which was graduated from the University at Lewisburg. Pa., now Bucknell University. 'He wa5 for so mall\ ,·cars a member of the Franklin Institute. Philadel phia. etc. His "·idm,·. ( as ,,·e see. 6th in descent from \ Villiam Frampton. daughter of Da ,·id Price 11arr, great grand daughter of ~usanna Price .\I arr), .\Irs. Anna E. Grier, has heen of im·aluahle assistance in the collection of the facts in this. and preceding chapters. Her portrait follows: The children are .\largaret Graham Grier. unmarried, .also of ,·ery great assi:-tance in this work, and Edward Robie. ~ale~ 111a11:1gtr and ,·iL·e president of the _-\rrow Electric Company. of Hartford. Conn. The latter has one z·hilcl. E !,yard. horn December 9. 1897. at Chicago, Ill. \\.illi:im Price .\Iarr. the second child of Da,·id and Hett,· I .. : !arr_ died in 1S50. aged ;-( years. Mary Helen, the third child, born NoYember 9th, 1844, married on June 6th, 186--1-, Col. John l\1cCleery, a prominent attorney of '.\lilton, Pa. He studied law with his uncle, Ex GoYernor Pollock. He \Yas a Lieutenant Colonel in the CiYil \Yar, and was t,Yice badly wounded, and was a prisoner in Libby Prison. He was president of the -:Vlilton Trust and Safe Co., and held other prominent and useful position. Col. and }lrs. }IcCleery haYe three child ren, Edward Heber, of the class of 1888 of Princeton Col lege, horn 1867. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College. He is a practicing physician in Kane, Pa. l\fargaret Pol lock .:\lcCleery became the wife of H. W. Baldwin. of Pittsburg, June 11th, 1901. \\'ith one child. }1ary Shaw, born £~ 25. 1902. If. \\'1lham Price }larr, son of Dand Pnce .:\larr, ( son of \\'illiam and }lary B. }larr), born December 21st, 1851, at :\lilton, Pa., was killeJ \\·hile crossing a railroad track near his home, \\'as a student in his Sophomore year at Princeton, and nineteen years of age . .-\ brother, .-\!em K. }larr, liYes in Prince George County, }laryland, and another, DaYid Brainard }1arr. liY ing in the same county, resides in a mansion that originally belonged to Lord Baltimore and the Ca!Yerts, and is calle:l }lt. Cah-ert. It is one of the old Colonial mansions en graYed on one of the pieces of plate presented by the state of :\Iaryland to the cruiser "}laryland," United States Xa,·y. Jeanette, a sister, married Edmund H. Heaton, now deceased. of Philadelphia. They reside in =~iilton in an }lt~~1ome, and haYe children. }Ir. Heaton was presi dent of the :'.\Iilton bank. E:lmund H. Heaton graduated from college as a }lining Engineer. He was associated with his brothers in coal mining at RaYen Run. Schuylkill County, Pa., until 188S. From the time he came to reside in '.\Iilton, he took an actin interest in the business deYelopment of the place. He \\'as a charter member of the :.1ilton Trust and s,fc Deposit Company, serYed as a director from the t '.T:' cf :t~ P2 Personal Family Record Name ...... Date ...... , ...... Remarks ...... :-:P(' pHµ,-1· s l -Tho111Hs ( fraham (, 1·h•1-. oldPst NOii of .\f 1·:-; . . \ mw E. n1•ie1·. H ig-lt ly E1lm·arerl iu Eledl'iea 1 11ia ttPl'N lws wl'itt ◄ >ll two tt•xt hook:- of that 1·li:11•;1d(•J·. AJ:-o :-en•1·• ,il hooks of t1·n1·pJ. Ha:- hpen Ediror of i--pn•ral Eleet1·i nl! .\I agazi ll(•x. .-\. i-111·c·ei--;.;f11 l hm,j lli::"XX 1111111 ill ('Iii 1·ag-o. 111. .\I ;t niP,1 .\I iNis i-:n~iP .J. ( 'lm·k. of Hn,-tm1 . .\ln~is. :-:Pe pa:,?;(' S:.!-Tlw dlilclt·en of' .Ja1wttP J).ilp,, .\l11rr :11HI t:,!imrnd II. lh•nt1111 W!:'J•p Hnnit-t, .\la1·,\, aid Emily . .\lm·.v 111a 1Tit· incorporation until his death. He succeeded his btother-in law, John :vkCleery, as president from 1901 to 1908. retiring because of declining health. Husband of Janette Dales, daughter of DaYid Price :\larr. ''The History of Clearfield County." Pa .. edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich, says that DaYid Price :\Iarr. the father, "was emphatically a business man. From his youth he was remarkable for his great industry, energy, persen-er ance, and good practical sense. His Yigorous constitution. buoyant spirits, and the facility with which he goyerned men. and secured their respect and confidence. enabled him to transact an amount of business ,,·hich but fe,,· could ha ,·e accomplished in so short a time. Possessed of a fine executiYe ability, he \Yas engaged in assisting to complete the system of internal improYements. so successfully com menced in his state ,Yhile he !incl. He !ind to some purpo~e His death \Yas greatly felt and sincerely lamented. ,Yhere he liYed.'' He built and owned the \\'hite Deer :\Iills. His brothers being professional men. he felt it his c:uty to remain with his mother and take charge of the farm~. He \Yas largely engaged in railroad building. \\'illiam H. ;,.Iarr, the seYenth child of \Yilliam and :\Iary B. :\Iarr. was born June 15th. 1818. and died June 2-1-th, 18';'..J.. He receind his early education at the :\Iilton .\cademy. \Yith two future GoYernors of Pennsyh·ania. James Pollock and .\ndrew G. Curtin. He was gradu'.ltecl from LaFayette College. He ,ns a physician in Le\\·is burg. Pa. \\~hen the CiYil \\'ar began. he became a sur geon in the Cnion .\rmy. He was interested in other lines. and was Yery successful financially. The Saturday Xe\\·s of Lewisburg. Pa .. said. at his death. "he was descended from one of the oldest and most respected pioneer families of the \Vest Branch \'alley. He was a keen obsernr of passing eYents. and a charming conYersationalist. and scat tered good cheer whereyer he \\·ent.'' He had four children. t,,·o of whom. :\Iary Frances and .\!em K .. died yery young. Jan_1es Carlton :\Iarr. born 83 rn.+--i. died 1~79. leaying tiYe children. ~ome uf them married. The other son was Frank ~- :\!arr. horn \iay 15th, 1852, ,,·ho marrid Elizaheth Buckingham, Le,,·i,;lrnrg. Pa .. June 15th. 1885. She died .'\.Ugust .2nd. 1911, lea ,·ing two child ren, \\"mifred and Judith. He is a graduate of Bucknell Cninrsity, was admitted to the bar and practiced law at Sunbury. Later he formed an electrical construcuon com pany and continued in different lines of electrical work with headquarters in Philadelµhia. Sixth in descent from \\.illiarn Frampton. His portrait follm,s: :\Iargaret, a daughter oi \ \"illiam and :\lary B. :\larr, manied Dr. John :\lcCollum. of Tiftin, < lhio. It \Yas said of her. ":\lrs. :\-IcCollum ,,·as a lady of rnmerYatiYe type. one might properly say of the 'old school.' .\s the fruit age of the family tree, many illustriou, name, ;ire dis- co\·ered. Her relationship in one line is distinctly traced to the sixth Earl of Cassilis. :\irs. :\lcCollom enjoyed the literary training accorded to the young womanhood of the day, and \Yas a graduate of the Lewisburg Classical Academy under Principal Kirkpatrick, one of the foremost educators of his time." ".-\!em Kennedy :\Iarr, another son of \\.illiam and .:\Iary :\larr, was gifted with high intellectual ability. In the pursuit of literature and in the hall of debate, he had already done much toward the development of those powers which ,yere emphatically his. He was r~ading medicine ,yith his brother, \\.illiam H., ,vhen he died at the early age of 2-.J.." He \\·as born June ljth, 1823, died September 1Sth, 18..J.7. Susan :\larr, a daughter of \\.illiam and :\lary :\farr, married Phineas Barber. of Fingal, Canada, in 183..J.. It \\·as said of her: ":\Irs. Barber ,vas naturally accomplished, of gentle, "·inning manners, to \\·hich \Ya~ added a more than ordinary degree of shrewdness and penetration of intellect. These qualities, strengthened by careful and assiduous training. gave her a position and influence among her friends and associates. rarely attained. \\'ith a high order of intellect and superior judgment, were blended the most unassuming modesty, and rare feminine prudence, and these qualities were cul ti ,·atecl by as efficient an education as the condition and times afforded. She was a steady rnpporter of the Presbyterian Church. She readily co operated, and took the lead, in all schemes of Christian influence, and being blessed in the providence of God, ,vith a competent portion of earth's riches, she heartly dedioted to the Lord a more than ordnary proportion." .--\ll of the children of \\.illiam and Mary B. :\Iarr were born on the farm near :\Iilton, Pa. '· \\·e are indebted to \\'illiam Shippen Thompson, a descendent of Ed\\·ard Shippen, the first Mayor of Phila delphia, and a witness to the will of \Villiam Frampton's 85 brother-in-law, Philip Richards, for the following outline of his descent: (\,Ve might add that members of this general branch. intermarried with descendents of John Songhurst, Phineas Pemberton and Samuel Carpenter. all before mentioned. as associated with \Yilliam Frampton). Going back to Joseph and Susanna P. :.\larr. ( daughter of Hannah Frampton), \Yith their nine children. we find that Alem. born 1787. who died in 18-1-3. was married to ?vlargaret Hunter in 1817. (by ReY. DaYid Rittenhouse). and who died 1844. He was the father of Isabelle Hunter \larr. horn 1823. and who was married to \\'illiam Shippen Thompson. A.pril 6th. 1848. by Rn. DaYid Longmore. DaYid :.\Iarr and Hannah :.\laria Hull \\'ere present. Their children were Theodore. born January 12. 18-1-9. di.:d A.ugust 12. 18-1-9: Robert Shippen. :'day 12. 1852: \\.illiam. born Sep tember 22. 183-1-. died January 12. 1859; \\'alker :.\Iarr. horn ?vlay 24, 1857; Ella. horn December 7th. 1859. died February 7th. 1912: Isabella ::-.Iarr. born A.ugust 9th. IR6-1-. died June 12th, 1909. \\'alter :.\farr Thompson married Anna Elizabeth Keim, of Johnstown. Pa .. February. 1896. and their children were Edward \Yalker Thompson. horn ~onmber 5th. 1896: \\'illiam Keim. born July 21st. 18f8: Charles Frederick. born January 19th. 1900: Elizabeth. born September 1-1-th, 1901, and Isabelle ?v1ildred. born ..\ugust 1st, 190-1-. died June 29th. 1906. Another son of ..\lem was \\'illiam, a physician. \Yho married Anna Ross, and had four children, one of \Yhom sttrYives, who is a physician. Alem Marr. from whom the aboYe are descended. in herited the portion of land on ,Yhich upper ?vfilton is built. and that adjoining it. and liYed in the stone house built by his father. Joseph. He was a lawyer of prominence. and serYed two terms as a member of Congress. There \Yere 86 seven children in all. Beside those named, were Charles l\larr, a physician, who died unmarried; Augustus, unmar ried; :viargaret, unmarried. He was born in 1787, and died in 1843. It was he who went to Philadelphia to look up the property ot his great, great grandfather, ·William Framp ton, but was not able to accomplish anything. Through his mother, Susanna, (probably) he knew more of the family history than any others, but his papen: were burned or stolen ,,..hen the house in .:\filton in which his daughter, .:-Iargaret lived, ,yas burned, and a trunkful of them was missing, and none were ever recovered. His mother, Sus anna·s Bible is preserved, as we have seen, and contains the record of her children's births, etc. \\·e know very little of Hannah Frampton, her mother, daughter of the undistinguished Thomas Frampton, (cooper). of Burlington. Xew Jersey, but had she kno"·n of the line of her distinguished and useful descendents, would she not haYe felt it worth "·hile to haYe lived? CHA.PTER XI\" JUHX FR ..\.\IPTUX. SR., SOX OF THO.\L.\S FRA.\IP TOX. THE SOX OF \\"ILLL-\.\1 FRXMPTON. \\.hen ,ve come to the life of John Frampton, there are no printed records to guide us, till near the close of his life. Elijah Frampton, a grandson, left for his family this record: ''John Frampton was born in the year 1714, and lived near Trenton, ~ew Jersey. He moved to :vlifflin County, Pa., before the Revolutionary \\"ar, where he died, date not known. His wife's name was Elizabeth. They were mar ried in I\'"ew Jersey." The traditional history of another branch of the family, as given to the writer by \Yilliam Frampton, his great grandson, stated that John Frampton was descended from 87 \\.illiam Frampton, of Philadelphia. and came finally to what is now :.lifflin County. Pa .. \Yith his family. and died there, and that his wife's name ,Yas Critchfield. He \\·as a farmer. ..\ family Bihle. in the possession of the descendants of his son \ \.illiam. says that the latter ,yas born "near Burlington. :\' ew Jersey." :\'o,,· by piecing these facts together. and assuming that they refer to the same man. \ \Yhich is Yery likely. as there is the record of only the one Frampton family in ::\lifflin County), we may gather this much. that the son of Thomas, depriYed of his father in 17 2r). and being the son of the latter's first wife. \\·as either reared by the step moth~r. of \Yhich there is no trace. or 1y1· relatiYes. and most likely gre,Y up on a farm. There is this suggestiYe item 111 the .\'e11· Jersey Records of \\'ilb. :\'. J.. \Yhich include,! llanO\ er. Trenton. and Hope,Yell To,ynships. lying nortl1\\·est of Trenton. that on February 12th, 172~. John :-luirheid. cf HopnyelJ Tom1- ship. a farmer. macle a \\·ill proYicling for payment~ to '·John Frampton," besides legacies. '>n .\pril c;th. hi~ \\·ido,Y. as adminstratrix of the estate. a:-ked for !iC! potm,ls. as payment "for Yictualling ,and clothing family for tm) Years." Uur John Frampton \\·as then (if horn in 171-ti, about fourteen years of age. \\·a~ he an apprentil·e to ::\Iuirheid :' But there is a touch of romance in a narratin. coming indirectly from the great grandson \\-illiam. through a nephe,Y \Yho liYed \Yith him for a time. to the effect that there \Yas a supply ship containing some settlers that \Ya~ wrecked off the Yirginia Capes. It contined 26 Frampton~ John Frampton was washed ashore on a spar. In the meantime he caught hold of a German girl. and lasher:. or tied, her to the spar. and they \Yere washed ashore somewhere on the Yirginia coast. They were both ex hausted when picked up. The name of this German girl was "Critchfield." She also lost all trace of her relatiYe~. 88 and thought they ,,·ere all lost. He afterward married this c;erman girl. She or her people ,Yere from BaYaria on the khine. The account of this ship \\Teck is giHn ill Frost's Pictorial History. published 1~-1-9. and in the "Life of the F"..Jrtisuns," both out of !)rint. This incident is recorded. It occurred about 17-1-0. This narrati,·e may account for t\YO things: first a Yague tradtion relate:i by a daughter of Jonathan Frampton. a great grand,on. who thought she had heard. \\·hen a girl, her father speak of a John Frampton. ( one of two brothers) ,,·ho \\·ent to \-irginia. and second. the fact that there is a \-irginian and ~Iarylancl family of Framptons. of \\·hom \Ye "hall speak again. There are occasional records of their marriages. going quite far back. a,:;, for instance. 1780. in Caroline County. ~Iarylancl. \\·e might a,,ume that John Frampton. aml the other , unnamed) child of Thoma,:; Frampton. ( ,yho may ha Ye been a boy). unde:-took this ,:;outhern settlement. and that John. after the \\Teck. returned to :\"eiY Jersey. \\·hile the othtr. 1 if sa,·el). remarried. and became the ancestor of the \"irginia and ~farybnrl branch. But this is just a fascinat :rn,:- ,,·onjecture. Bm \\·hat abollt the 2r~ Framptons \Yho \\·ere ship ,nec·ke:L and mostly lost~ \\-e haYe already seen that after \Yilliam Frampton went to Philadelphia. and soon after his death. ''\\'illiam Frampton and ~Iary. his \Yife." \Yent to A.ntigua in the \\-est Indies. If the conjecture that this was \\'illiam Frampton's father. and that he may haYe had other children to one of \Yhom he \Yent. is correct. we might couple with this. the fact that \\·e find in the tax lists of Hunterdon Counn·. :\". T.. in 1722. the name of ''Tohn Framton,'' in Hope,~·ell T;,rn,-hip. as paying ta~es on· fourteen cattle and hor~es. six sheep. and one hundred acres of land. This crJuld not be our _fohn Frampton. for, if born in 171-1-. he >-;9 would then be only eight years of age. But it might well be a cousin, and this may be the John Frampton to whom the payment of John }l,fuirhead was due. Living so near each other, it is quite likely there was some connection between them all. We might add that in this year, ( 1722), David Price also paid taxes in this township on cattle and horses. There ,vas, as we have seen, a David Price ,vho married John's sister, Hannah. Can we find any trace of the Critchfield family? There "·ere in Hopewell, Trenton, and Hanover Townships, a large number of German settlers. There ,vas a large section known as "German Valley." There is recorded in 1728, February 12th, the will of Johannes Updyck, or Updike, of Hopewell Township, who had eight children, and who left a legacy to "\Villiam Critchfield." There is also on record the will of a \Villiam Critchfield, of Hunterdon County. Kew Jersey. made in 1772. In this he names a daughter Elizabeth. :.lay this not be the wife of John Frampton, whose husband was certainly living at that time, and was on the point of moving to Pennsy!Yania? It may have been a pure assumption that the "German girl named Critchfield" had lost all trace of her relatives. But as to this generation we ha,·e no records among the "Friends." John's relatives and associations may have not been among them, and the circumstances of his life may account for the severance, if there were such. Elijah Frampton, in his record, says that it is beliewd that John Frampton served in the army as a private, and that he was at Braddock's defeat in 1755. In that"case he was not a very good Quaker. That he was at the battle of Trenton, during the Revolution, there is some evidence. as ,Ye shall see later. But we come now to facts where we have definite authorities, and these indicate an emigration of John Frampton and his family to the "frontier," which was then in Cumberland County. Pa .. \Vyoming County, Pa .. etc. 9() 1t \Yas to Kishocoquillas \·alley land Penn's \·altey) in what was then Cumberland County, that the family re moYed. In 1750; Kishocoquillas \·alley was first settled mostly by Scotch-Irish people. :.Iany :.lennonnites (Germans) came iater. The Baptist procliYities of some of John Frampton's children might indicate that Elizabeth Critch iielc! was of Ylennonnite or German Baptist stock. The Yalley was called "KishocoquilJas," from an Indian Chief. Forts \Yere established-one at Carlisle, Pa., which became a trading post in 1754, the nearest for the new settlers. Settlements, indeed, began as early as 1744. But the prin cipal emigration began in 1764. The .\'lennonnite emigra tion was eyen later. These facts are found in the county hi~tory. Historical Society Library. Philadelphia. The Yalley in which the Framptons liHd toward the close of the Rernlution. \\·as in Derry Township, formed in 1767, after war! set apart as :.Iifflin County in 1789 . .--\s early as 1773, may be found, in the old assessment lists of Derry Tmrnship, and up to 1789, the names of John, Xathaniel, Samuel and \Yilliam Frampton, the first being the father of the latter three. · Before taking up the history of the families of these ;nd other sons and daughters, we will note what the Pennsylnni1 A.rchiYes giye as the tax assessments of the father. In the 3d Series, \·olume 20, Page 141. in the list of taxables, or "supply rates," for the county (the ReYolu• tionary \Yar was then in progress), we find John Frampton, Sr., assessed for SO acres, two horses and two cows, in the year 1779, in Derry Township. In the previous year, 1778, ( Page 27), John ( it does not say "Sr."), was taxed for 74 acres, one horse and one cow. ln 1780, John Fram-ton ( or Frampton), Sr .. is taxed for 40 acres, tow horses and 4 cattle ( Pages 274 and 275). In 1781, Page 412, "John Frfan1pton, Sr.," is taxed only for 3 horses and 3 cattle. no land. In 1782, Page 676, John, Sr., is taxed for 2 horses and 3 cattle and no land. In the 91 tax list for 1785, Page 702, which comes next, his name does not appear as "Senior," but John Framton is taxed for 50 acres. two horses and one cow. How he, and his sons. came into possession of their farms does not appear. It may haYe been by purchase of goyernment land. The country was mostly forest. The nearest trading post was the county seat. Carlisle, forty miles away. Here the record closes. In 1785, John Frampton, if liYing, would haYe been 74 years of age. N'o tomb stone record has been found-nor in the Quaker. or Church records, do we find the name Frampton in that section. His children, and some of his grandchildren, ,Yere all horn in Kew Jersey. "near Burlington." But his name, and the traditions he handed down, still Jived among his descendents, forty years ago. nor was his descent from \Yil liam Frampton. "keeper of the Great Seal," forgotten. CHAPTER XY JOH~ FR-\:\iPTON. JR.. GRE.-\ T GRA:S,DS< lX OF \YILLIA~1 FRA~IPT< lX. To the keen interest in his ancestry and general help fulness of J. 11.. Frampton, formerly of Pittsfield. Ill.. and later of Claremont, California, and others of this branch, we are indebted for many of the facts in this, and the follow chapters. The section in Mifflin County, Pa._, where the Framp tons had their farms when they emigrated from New Jersey, was about four miles from the present town of Lewistown, on a site afterwards occupied by the Pennsykania Steel ·works. \Ve have four sources of information regarding John Frampton, Jr. (1) In the Pennsyh-ania .-\rchins. the records of military service in Cumberland County; (2) the assessment lists of Cumberland County in the· san1e .-\r- 92 chives; (3) the record handed down by Elijah Frampton, his son, and ( 4) the statements of \ Villiam Frampton III, and his son, Samuel. From these we learn that John Frampton, Sr .. when he came from Xew Jersey, had five sons. and three daugh ters. The names of the sons were: John, \\.illiam, Samuel. Nathaniel and :\rthur. .-\t the time of the remornl 'to Pennsylvania. the five sons were grown up. The fact of six being mentioned by one authority may be accounted for by supposing that one died in infancy. John, Jr.. was born "near Trenton, N. J.," January 14th .. 1744 0. S. It should be remembered that Burlington is "near Trenton." as also is Hopewell. Htc died in Beaver County, Pa., then part of \\·estmoreland County, April 6th, 1808. From the Pennsyh·ania .-\rchives. 3rd Series, Volume 20, Page 27. \Ve learn that "John Frampton," of Derry Township. Cumberland County. was taxed for 74 acres of land, 1 horse. and 1 CO\\'. But this may ha,·e been his father, though the latter is else\\·here designated as "Sr." In 1781. while John. Sr .. is taxed for 3 horses and 3 cattle, but no land. "John'' is taxed for 100 acres, 2 horses and 1 cow. It would seem that. at this time. the father had given up independent farming. and may have resided with one of his sons on his farm. In 1782. ( Page 676). while the father is taxed for live stock. hut no land. John is still taxed for 100 acres and two horses, hut no cattle. His father still had these cattle. In 178j, John's land is j0 acres, with two horses and one co\,·. The father's name does not appear. Parallel with this "·e have the record of military sen·ice during the Revolutionary \\·ar. This is found in the 3rd Series of the Pennsyh·ania .-\rchi,·es. Volume 23, and in the 5th Series. \ ·olurnes 4 and 6. John Frampton and his brother, .-\rtlmr. ,,·ho appears to be the youngest hrother. single. and with no taxable property till 1787, are memhers of the "Rangers on the Frontier." from Cumberland County. These were backwoodsmen "·ho "·ere employed in military QJ duty. at different points in the outlying parts of the country .. They were militia, who were assigned, from time to time,. on ''tours of duty," •,ery much like our ::--.Jational Guards men on the ::\Iexican frontier. John and Arthur sen·ed from 1778 to 1783 in this capacity. Both were pri,·ates in Cap tain \\'illiam \\'ilson's company. They sen·ed on a "tour of military duty'' in the 8th battalion, 8th Class, 7th Company, assigned to duty 1farch 14th, 1781, by order of Council. On April 11th, 1781, by order of Council. John with three athers from his company, was ordered to perform a tour of military duty in Penns Yalley, 8th Class, with his company. The record of John is found on pages 275, 725~ 7 45 of Yolume 23, 3rd Series: and in the 5th Series, Yol ume 4. Pages 286 and 6.26, is found a further record of )olm Frampton, and also in \·olume 6, Pages 331, 566, 567, 652. The militia of that day were usually called "Associa tors,'' by act of Congress. probably in order to dignify them. as associates Yoluntarily with the regular army in de fence of their country's rights. It appears from Yolume 4, 5th Seriei.. Page 626, that John and .-\rthur were both priYates in the ''Continental' Line." or regular army of the ReYolution. They are on the list of those receiYing pay for sen·ices. .\ tradition in his· brother \\.illiam's branch of the family is that John's father, (John Frampton, Sr..) took part with \Yashington in the battle of Trenton. X. J. \Vhile he would not be too old, being. if born in 1714, only about 62 at that time, it would seem more likely from the son's belng in the Con tinental Line that it was the son, and, in either case, it "·ould be near the old home of the family, and on Yery familiar ground. John Frampton. Sr., may haYe been 011' the ground, somewhat as John Burns was at Gettysburg, though the likelihood is he had already removed to Cum berland County by that time. Or, he may haYe followed his rnns to Cumberland County at a later time during the war, for the father's name first appears there in 1779. The fact that the tradition of the Trenton episode does not come 94 from the descendents of this younger John, argues in fayor of the father. But it is glory enough for the family,'which eyer it was. And they were of Quaker stock, too, and Thomas had recorded ( at the beginning of the century) that "he and the Quakers were opposed to war!" But this was a war of defence, and for liberty. In Volume 6, Page 652 .. ,ve see that John, and Samuel, of Captain :Means' Company, privates, were on the pay roll, as in a scounting party of Cumberland County A.ssociators, and haYing seen service in the field. had payments due as scouts, January, July, August and October, 1782. The war was then about o\'er, and their sen-ice may have been in <:onnection with possible Indian depredations. If born in 1744, John was at this time 38 years of age, in the very prime of a Yigorous manhood, for only such could endure the necessary hardships of frontier scouting. Judge CloYer. of Clarion County. Pa .. used to relate an incident, handed down from his grandfather. connected with the military service of John Frampton. He married Anna Barbara :\Iartin in .\Iifflin County. (then Derry Township), in 1780. when 36 years of age. She was the daughter of John E,·erhart .\Iartin. and died at Burlington, Ohio, in August. 1822. The family remond from .\lifflin County to a place in Beanr County. Pa .. thence to Sewickly Bottom. Pa., where the father died. aged only 64 years. From thence the ,nfe and fiye children removed to a town on the Ohio River. which had been named from the old home town in New Jersey. In the Court Records at Carlisle. Pa., then the county capital, it is recorded that on the 19th of .\larch, 1779. Enrhard Martin and J acobina Elizabeth. his wife, of Derrr Township, conveyed to \\'illiam Frampton, of the same place, a tract of 120 acres, and one of 10 acres. in Derry Township, adjoining other lands of said .\Iartin, and of Christopher Martin. etc. See Ded Book "E". Pages 384 and 391. 95 This was one year before the marriage of John Frampton and A.nna Barbara .\Iartin. The names indicate that they were Germans. and \Ye kno\\· that Cermans largely settled that region-not of the Lutheran or Reformed per suasion, but more akin to .\lethodists and Baptists. This one item ,'11m,·s that the parents of A.nna had a business transaction \Yith one of the Framptons. and the year later. there \\"as a marriage contract, by a daughter, \Yith one of them. The next chapter \\·ill he cle,oted to the descenclents of John Frampton, Jr., and, in consequer,ce of the reYolu tionary sen-ice of their ancestor. theY are all eligible for rnemher,hip in the Sons of the .\merican H.e,olution. and Daughter, of the .-\merican Rnolution. CH.\PTER XYI DESCE~D.\~TS UF JUH~ FR..\:'-.! PT< l.:\. JR... l.:\CLCDI~c; _l()H.:\:-:.u.:\, .\k.:\< >LD. _\JURRb. ETC John and .\.nna Barbara :'-.Iartin Frampton had ~ix sons and t,yo daughters. Rachel. Ephraim. Elijah. _\lartin. Isaac, Ed,yanl Hunt. Sarah and \\"illiam. They ,,ere all born at the homestead near Le,Yistown . .\lifflin County, Pa. Uf these. Rachel Frampton ,yas horn ~oYember 11th. 17t-:1. She ,yas married to \\.illiam l;illen. February. IX03. Ephram Frampton \Yas horn .\larch 1st. 17~+, and dier! in Bean·r Count)·. Pa .. in 1810. unmarried. E Of the aboYe. ~ o. 5, I :.Irs. Rachel Johnson), was born September 9th. 182d. died September 6th. 1897. Her husband \\·as born February 2nd, 1830. died October 6th, 1885. }larried at Chesapeake. U .. settled first in Ironton, 0., had children Lucius :.lartin. died September 30. 1853; Fred. ·deceased: Frank. deceased. and Jessie :-\lice, horn May 11th, 1852, died June 29th, 1916. She married Otto Arnold. Their in lt;90. and resides in Richmond. Ya .. wiil: l\YO :\!ari::. 1 i ;r;.,·;: a 1 H! R-:t\ n::~i,:e in ~c:1q,un. E,·11tuck,. John and baac left 110 d1iltlre11. ~arah. married to Jo,eph [Jayj,i,.cc,n 111 ]:-,;_:;_?, left hnt one ,cin. Uarc1,,·c \l. DaYirl,r,n. \\'ho died in 1rn 1. lea,ing t\\'u ~1,11-:. },,,l::ph 1.'. an·' c·l;,1T11c•,. :\L Tl1n· re-ide 111 Che,apc;1ke. < lhio. and h;l\ e the L: r;..:L·-t irui1 ur,ha n 1 111 ( ihio. l,;t~>el died in her .?l~t n·ar. \re come 110.Y to another '"'11 of John Framptun, Jr .. Re\'. Elijah Frampton. "h,, ,,a, 1,c,rn .\pril .?Uth. li':--Z'5. He ,Ya~ marriec! in Burlingtc,1,. ( lhio, < )nolJer .?0th. 1:--Z.?.?. to Rebecca Clark. To thi:: nniun ,amc four ,-hilrlren. three girl tripleb. who sun·iyerl hut onc day. and one rnn. \Yil liam \Yalker Frampton, \Yho ]ind and died at DeSoto. Kansa~. On :-lay 2~th. li:Q:--Z. Elijah Frampton ,ya~ married again to Lucinda Trowbridge, in Burlington. Ohio. To thu11 were born t\YO sons. and nm daughters; Elijah. John :-lartin. Rachel Jane. and Isabel Rogers Frampton. ReY. Elijah Frampton. ~r .. died at .-'I.Yon, Illinois, January 23rd. 1877. in the 91 st year of his age. being 4th 100 in descent from \\"illiam Frampton. Herewith is hi, picture, taken from a 1·ery old deguerreotype. I !i, -,>11. ,",in:\!. i·r:11,.,,;011. ,cnt thl' 11-ritl'r ,·,,. i,,l101\'- 1110,- ac·cot11;t ••i hill1: ;'Like mo,\ d1ildre11 uf hi, time. he 11·a, sent to school 011h threl' Ill'_,;;·,!,, i11 a 1·,_. ,,. ~,-hoc,\, and ,,:lrnolhooks (at the l,q.,:-i1111i11,c; ·: ' 1,.- ·, th ,·L·11llir1 :. i11 tlw then \\'est. 11·ere scarcc. ( lm· 1-:· t',;,.,\., 11-u:Jli1 did dt1t1 for a 11·hole famih. l~11t i·,,r ,;: 1!, ,·,. 11c •it1ed lii,11,elf a, a L·i1il engineer and :"tirn·:- <1r. :-: "''l a!ltr rna,tcring the hu~ine,;s, his father. (John Fr,u11ptu11. _fr .. 1 died. lea1ing the care of the famih 11·it 11 ,,:1:1. :-,;1,··1.Tyinv '! He lint1gl1t ,, 1 "1 t111 11hi,·11 ~-,· made 111a11y trips up and do1Yn the rin,:·. l,;·t11·:.- '11 Pitt,llllrg and Cincinnati, poling and cnrdellin:..: ,1·,. \\'hill' at !'itt,liurg·. at one time with jl)j his boat and preparing to load, the government presseQ his boat into the service to carry .sail rigging to Commo dore Perry on Lake Erie, in the war of 1812. The gonrn ment forgot to pay for this service. :.\Iany adventures befell him while boating. He fre quently went down the river as far as :v1emphis. There he would sell his boat, and come back on horseback. He was in front of ~ew :.\fadrid, :vlo., going down in his boat. ,vhen the famous earthq~ake accurred. He said he had a rough set of hands on board, but they all fell on their knees and began to pray. It was awe insipiring to see the water boiling and foaming. as if in a great cauldron. On one occasion, he and his brother, Isaac, sold their stock for a large amount of silver, weighted his saddle bags with it, and rode along Indian trials, and paths made by wild animals. alone, but got through without mishap. Finally in 1819, he put his whole family on his flat boat and took them to Burlington, Ohio. It \\·as here, while resting after a trip down the river, that he chanced to attend a :vfethodist meeting, and was c01werted. This changed the trend of his whole life. He gave up boating and became a :.\Iethodist preacher, belonging to the Cincin nati Conference, and travelled on horseback all over the country, preaching the gospel. After years of exposure and excitement, he was forced to quit. He ,vent to Quincy, Illinois. in the spring of 1845. coming from Illinois. He resumed boating and made ·several southern trips. and opened a store in Quincy. But his religious zeal never wavered. He \\'as a genuine "shouting :\Iethodist." .-\t family worship his happiness was often nry great. His death was full of peace, and the brightness of his face was wonderful. He and all of his brothers ancl sisters ,vere large. He was 6 feet. 2 inches, and well proportioned. His oldest son, Elijah, Jr., was born in Ohio, hut ]incl "the greater part of his life in and near .-\ von, Ill. He was a miller and wagonmaker. He married :\Iiss ·sarah Hanan. There were three children, the eldest, a daughter, dying in 102 childhood. during a short period of residence near the Osage mission. The second ,ms a son, Ed,rnrd Therop Frampton. residing most of his life, and receiving his education. in Kansas and Illinois, and now residing at Topeka, Kans. He is a stationery engineer. and was for merly a traYeling salesman. He was married Dec. 5, 1889, to }Iary Louise }IacDonald at Beatrice, Neb. There are two children, the eldest a son. Paul Jean. a student, and Auth }.farguerite. recently married, and now }lrs. Leo E. Stoats. of \\-akeeny. Kansas. (1916). The youngest child of Elijah II was a daughter who died in childhood. The daughter. Rachel, of Elijah. Sr., died in October. 1836. at Burlington, Ohio, Isabel. the youngest. married John Compton 111 1867 at .-\\'On, Ill.. and later, John F. Brown. They had three sons and three daughters. The home of the family ,vas at Bennett. Ill.. \Yhere }Ir. Compton was employed by the \\-abash Railroad company. Their eldest daughter, Ger trude Compton. died some years ago. as also Charles, the second child. in young manhood. \\'illiam \\-alker Frampton. another son of Elijah. Sr., \\·as horn at Chillicothe. Ohio. December 5, 1824, and died in 1912. aged eighty-seven years. He was a member of the Christian church when he died in De Soto, Kans. His first \Yife died a fe,\· years after their marriage, at Quincy, Ill .. and he married again at that place. Afterward he re moYed to De ~oto. Kan .. in 1860. and when the call was made for troops in the CiYil \\-ar he enlistee! in Company I. Twelfth Regiment. Kansas Infantry, and served three years. \\'hile he \\·as fighting for his country, his wife, just before he ,vas discharged, eloped with a married neighbor. and on his return home. after his divorce, he married the deserted ,Yife of the eloper. This wife died before him. He ,vas then married for a fourth time to l\Iiss Ella Eckman. Xo children hy.,this ,Yife. The occupation of \\'illiam \Yalker Frampton was J/J3 that of a ~tationery engineer. His picture 1s subjoined. He was fifth in descent from \\'illiam Frampton. By hi:' first \\·ife he had three children. C. E. Frampton, of Healdsburg. Cal., and .-\merica Frampton, li\·ing in MarysYille. :\lo .. \,·ho married a :\Ir. Kinney. and a younger son, \ \"illiam Frampton. A.merica I :\I rs. Kinney) had four children. She is not li\·ing. nor is C. E. Frampton who died January 1-1-. 1908. in San Francisco, Cal. In their youth he ancl his sister liYed in ntta\Ya, Kans. There were two daughters hy the second \Yife. Cora and Lulu, living in Missouri. BY his third \Yife. who was a :\lrs. Johnson. there were two ho:,,. :\liles and \Vilhur. who died \\·hen very small, 104 and Helena. no,Y .\Ir,,,. James F. Phy. of Santa .\Ionica, Cal., who \Yas born _-\pril 28. 1869, in De Soto, Kan. · The first child of .\Ir. and .\lrs. Phy was Joseph, born August 9, 188(i, in _-\rizona, at a mining camp. _-\ second boy was horn at Tempe ..-\riz., October 23, 1888, and in Florence. _-\riz., three boys \\"ere born-Daniel. December 7, 1891; Clinton C.. _-\pril 21. 1895. and John }I., September 9, 1897. .-\fter Jiying a,Yhile at Phoenix, _-\riz .. the family came to California in 1905, and liYed in their O\rn home. The three oldest boys are married, and there are fiye grand children. The oldest son is a telephone lineman. the second a stationary engineer. The family \\·ere .\Iethoclists. but in California }I rs. Pl1\". united \Yith the SeYenth DaY. _-\dyent- ist church by baptism. and is a Yery earnest member. Earl Charles Frampton, of Healdsburg, Cal.. is the only child of C. E. Frampton. deceased. He ,yas born in Healdsburg. July 2h, 1887. His mother ,ns of S\\·edish ancestry. He marrid in 1913. Ruby Esther Crispin. and they ban a son. \\"oociley Earl Frampton. horn :.lay 25, 191--1-. }Ir. Frampton i;; at present. and for the pa,:;t seyen years. conneete:1 \\·ith the California Fruit Canners" _-\sso ciation. haw1ling prunes principalk 11916 ). Of John }!. Frampton. ,Yho die(! as peacefully as he de scribes the death of hi:3 father to ha\"e been, perhaps the best account is that giyen in the Claremont. Cal.. Courier. He passed a,ny }larch :22. 1916. after a brief illness. ''J . .\I. Frampton \ya,; horn in Burlington, 0 .. Uctober 22. 1830. .-\s the son of an itinerant .\Iethoclist preacher his early life kne,Y many of the priYations and hardships of pioneer life. and challenged the heroic in the boy. In his later life he \\Tote an autobiography touched by his quaint humor. It was a great ennt in the family when their first cook stoYe was freighted in 18--1-1. and it cost $60. Two ye1rs later, his father bought an Ohio RiYer boat and with his famih- started for Louisiana. and the story describes the boy's ·delightful terror'in shooting the Louis ville Falls on the way. In 18-1-5. he came to Quincy. Ill .• 103 and attended the same school ,Yhere his son, :\lendal, was a pupil over forty years later. Then after his schooling was over he "·as a cabin boy on a :\lississippi steamer, and later a country schoolmaster, "·hose \\·ages \\·ere $18 a month. This latter 1rnrk ,ms not continued long, as he said that it was too hard to collect his pay. While a young man he became quite interested in poli tics, and continued so through life. He cast his first yote in 1852 for ::,cott as president. The years until 1067 ,Yere strenuous ones, and he learned to endure hardnes., as a good soldier. In 1867 he began working for the Cnited States government, in the internal reyenue sen·ice, and continued in government positions until the Cle,·eland administration. On Christmas day, 187.2, he was married to A.. manda Whittaker, and t11·0 son~ 11·ere born to them. :\lendal Gar- 1()6 ·Personal Family Record Name...... Date...... Remarks ...... butt, since :-;eptember, 190-i1 a professor in Pomona College ( Cleremont. Cal.). and John Ross, now a professor· in Teachers' College. Cedar Falls. Iowa. And he has lived to see his children's children, seven grandsons and grand daughters. Family affection was strong in him, and he had -an honorable pride in the successes of his clear ones. In 1906 he came with his wife to make his home in Claremont. and shortly after they united with the Clare mont :\Iethoclist Episcopal church by letter from their home church with which they had been connected for many years. · In 1903, he met ,vith a serious accident. and was oblig ed to use crutches ever since. But his affliction did not seem to curb his spirit of cheerfulness and quaint humor, and he passed a sunny old age. :\Ir. Frampton had a keen appreciation of music and poetry. tastes to "·hich he sometimes gave rein, not only in his reading. hut in writing. He was especially fond of Bryant's Thanatopsis. with its solemn. stately and sublime sentiments." The funeral sen·ices ,vere conducted hy President Blaisdell. of Pomona College. assisted hy Professor Col Mrrl He ,vas fifth in descent from \Yilliam Frampton. The children of Professor ::\Iendall G. Frampton. his son. married to :\Iarian Dorothy Kirby. are: John Kirby, born :\lay 17. 1905: Calista :\lay. born .--\ugust 1. 1906: Robert Clement. born December 13. 1909. and Helen Har yey. born July 1. 1914. The residence is in Claremont. Cru. The children of Professor John Ross Frampton. mar ried to Jane Clover Grimsha,v. are: Jean Campbell. born Juh- 2. 1909: John Ross. Jr .. born October 9. 1911. and Faith \\"hittaker. horn June 17. 1915. The residence is in Cedar Falls. Imva. CR--\PTER XYI. WILLIX\l FR.--\:.lPTUX 11, GREXf c;R.\.XD::iON OF \\"ILLL-\:.I FR.--\:.lPT( l:X ..--\XD BR( ffl--IER OF THE PRECEDIXG. \Villiam Frampton was the oldest son of John Framp ton, Sr. He was born near Burlington, X. J., in the year 1742. The Pennsy!Yania .-\rchiYes, Third Series, Volume XX, Page 27, show that he had located in Derry Township, Cumberland County ( now :.Iifflin County) near Lewistown and !ind in Kishocoquillas \·alley in 177K ( See beginning of Chapter XV). He was a farmer, and was assessed for two horses and two cows that year. The next year (Page 141) his land was put down as 130 acres, three horses and three cattle. The records shmY him to be a much larger land owner than any other member of the family. In 1780 (Page 274) the number of acres, etc., is the same as before. In 1781, he was taxed for t,rn horses instead of three (Page 412). In 1782 ( Page 676) the same as in 1780. The rec ords say, ''Xo negroes." The court records of :.lifflin County show that on March 19, 1779. £yerhart -:\lartin and Jacohina Elizabeth, his wife, of Derry Township. connyed to \Yilliam Framp ton ( of the same place) a tract of 120 acres, and one of ten acres adjoining lands of the said :.lartin and others as we haYe seen in the account regarding his brother, John, who the next year married the daughter of the said Martin. This transaction is recorded at LewistmYn Court House in Deed Book "E," Pages 384 and 391. \Ye find, too, from the Pennsyh·ania .--\rchives, Third Serie~. \'olume XXI\·. Page 675, that he obtained a war- 108 rant for 100 acres of land in Cumberland County Septem ber 15, 1789. He may han exchanged one tract for an other, or added to his holdings. It appears also from the Archives that he had land suneyed in Potter's Township, Xorthumberland County, Pa., in 1787. But the only ones who paid taxes there in that year are his brother, Nathan iel, and his youngest brother, Arthur, the latter set down as a single man. From this it would appear that William never lived there, but had land surnyed, possibly for his two brothers. It must be remembered that Northumber land County then included what afterwards became several counties. \\'illiam Frampton and his younger brothers rendered senice for their country in the Revolutionary \Var, for we find that he sernd as a private in the fourth class of the " ..\ssociatiors" or ::\Iilitia, of Cumberland County, under Captain :\leans, Colonel Alexander Brown commanding the battalion. He sened in the years 1780, 1781 and 1782. \\.ith him, in the same company, was his brother, Samuel. The name is spelled "Framton" on the roll. (See Pennsyl vania Archives, Fifth Series, Yolume \"I, Page 565. It is interesting to find that in the Fifth class of the same regiment sen·ed Jacob Stealey ( or Staley); and \Vil liam Frampton married Sarah Staley, born 1755, a "lady of large stature,'' as the verbal storv stated, "from whom her descendants inherit their large stature"; but none of the Framptons of any branch appe:ir to be of small size physically. The Jacob Stalev ":ho sernd in the same battalion may ban been his brother-in-law-possibly his father-in-la"·· He died in Clarion County, 1829, the same year with \\'illiam Frampton. The duty of the '.\Iiliti1. or " ..\,sociators" appears to have been merely to serve as scouts to gtnrd the frontier against the incursions of In \\'illiam Frampton. fourth in descent from \\.illiam Frampton. liYed till 1829, \\·hen he checl, at the age of oyer eighty-seYen years. He ,ya;; buried in the old Licking cem ,etery, near Churcln·ille. in Clarion County. Pa. Hi,, ,yife died a short time before. for the inscription on her graYe reads, "Sarah. \\·ife of \\'illiam Frampton, died July 6. 1829, agecl seYenty-four years." A descendant of his \\Tote: "I ha Ye heard the pioneers of this county say that \\'illiam Frampton, my great grand father. ,Yas a fine old Quaker gentleman." He ancl all his descendants became Baptists, the older generation uniting with the Zion Baptist church near Reiclshurg. under the ministry of Thomas E. Thomas. 11(1 CR\PTER :'\YII. D.\ nD FRA\IPTOX, SUX OF \YILLIA}I FRA:MP TOX, 2XD, IX CL\RIOX COuXTY, PA . . \t the time DaYicl and family came to Clarion County they came as pioneers. The County. then part of Arm ,;tro11g· County. \\·as largely forest. and unsettled. Their ti.rst intention ,Yas to settle at "·hat is now Youngstown, (Jhio. but the emigrants stopping at the point in the "·ood,- of Clarion County. then .\rmstrong County, "·here they aftern·arcl settled. ti.nding a good spring, and pleased ,,·ith the location, purchased 250 acres of the goyernment land. at that place, near "·here Reiclslmrg 110\Y stands . . \ t this homestead. greatly improYecl and enlarged, ,ns held. in 1896. a reunion of his descendants, attended by ahnut .~CO of them. out of a po,,-ihle thousand. The \\Titer, married to one of them. gaYe.a ,-ketch of tlte family. so far a, then knO\Yll. SeYeral mini-ter,. not members of the famih·. made addresses, and letter, ,Yen· read from some memliers not ,1hle to attend. The house "·as at that time n-.·cupierl b,· \\"illiam H. Frampt<,11 I a con of DaYid La han;.:h Frampton. his :-on) hut ha, since passed out of the pn,..:e,,i,,n of the family. Da1·id. \Yhile li,·ing in the n1il home near J,tck's }Ioun tai11. married Hannah Loktn_,:h. nf Hollander. or Dutch ,'.e, To the Yicinit,· ,,here DaYid settled camL· other~. and located arounJ Reidshurg. ,c;uch a~ Hugh l Tl!E :-;r:-;TER.~ ( JF \\"IIJ,L\\i n:..\\ll'T( ):\, .?.\"D .. \.\"D I) E:-;CE:\ J n.\"T:-;_ The three daughters of John Frampton. :-;r. I si,-ter,; of John. \\-illiam, Xathaniel. etc.) \\"ere named \lary. \Yho married John Roll. probably in Cumherlancl County. Pa.: Rachel. \Yho married DaYid ( ;illen. and _-\1111. who died un married. The name "( ;i]len" abo appear~ a~ that of the ll4 husband of a daughter of her brother, John, \Villiam Gil len. They were probably of the same family. ( See Chap ter XY.) John Roll \Yas a sol Name ...... Date ...... Remarks ...... THE SISTERS OF D.-\ \.ID FRA::\IPTON, (SON OF \\.ILLL-\M 2ND), AND THEIR ::\IAGEE AND FETZER DESCENDANTS. The daughters of \Villiam Frampton 2nd were: .-\nna, who married John ::Vfagee, and died within a year; Sarah, who first married a Keever, and, on his death, and that of her sister, .-\nna, married John ::\lagee, her brother-in-law; Susan, who married John fetzer; Eleanor, or "Nellie," who married John Connelly; Nancy, who married John Clough, and ::VIary, or "Polly,'' who died unmarried. 11i The aboYe John \lagee was oi Scotch descent. who came with \\.illiam Frampton 2nd. from \l:ff\in County, Pa., in 181-L and settled. like him. in \Ionroe Township, Clarion County. His first \\·ife ..-'\1ma. and his second \\·ife, Sarah, as ,,·e haYe seen. had each receiyec\ 100 acres from their father. \\'illiam Frampton 211d. He died at the un usual age of 100 years and 100 clays. It ,Yill he interesting to note the accompanying picture of him. taken 011 hi,; one hundredth birthday. c-\.nna left 110 children. The childre11 of \Ir. and .\lr,-;. KeeYer ,,·ere John and :-:-arah. :-:.arah married \\'illiam Logan. She died. and Loga11 the11 married Lydia. ( a, will be seen later). a cousi11. The children of Joh11 and :-:.arah .\lagee mere: ( l 1 George Kizer \Iagee. who married .\1ma P. :\Iooney. a11d continued to li,·e in Clario11 Count\·. He ,,·a, a farmer. His childre11 \\'ere: (al Joh11 .-'\. :\lagee. horn i11 Reicblmrg. Clarion County ..-'\pril 26. 1~52. a11(\ died December 12th. 1900 \Yhile of Clarion. Pa. 111 hi, earh· life he atte11ded Reid 111' Institute, a Baptist _-\ca 119 His children were Ernest J., now liYing in the to,vn of Clarion, who married :\Iargaret Shippen Black, of Clarion, Pa .. and LaYinia Bass, who married J. \-illiard Frampton. (see later.) a rising young attorney. of Clarion. Harry B .. a practicing physician in Peoria, Illinois. ,vho married Cora :,foore. and Lulu S .. ,vho married C lyde C. Snyder. dentist. of Clarion. and also Ed,vard and Sloan \\·ho died. It is interesting to note that :\lrs. :\Iargaret Shippen :\Iagee is a direct descendant of Ed,varcl Shippen. the fir~t mayor of Philadelphia. referred to in the early part of thi~ book as ,vitness to the ,viii of \\'illiam Frampton's brother in-la\\· and a friend of his. His descendant also inter married with a descendant of Hannah Frampton. ( ~ee Chapter XIII-Echvard Shippen Thompson). The to,rn of Shippem·ille. Clarion County. is named after one of this family, the ancestor of :\Iargaret S. Black. The ,vidow of John .--\. :\lagee has ahYay~ taken a deep interest in the work of the Baptist church. and in the cau,e of :\lissions. ( b) Kate S. :\Iagee. daughter of c;eorge K. \lagee. married DaYid Hindman. a Frampton descendant. Their children were John T.. married to \-irginia :\lay Day. of Kentucky. ( no children): :\Iargaret. died (~tobe1l".17. 191-1-, married to Harlo :\lead: \ \'illiam Re~(Aa~:Ct }iarry .-\ .. married to Emma Frampton, of Reidsburg. Pa .. a daughter of David L., (see later). Of these. the children of :\Ir. al1(\ :\Irs. Mead are Kenneth. Hindman. John Edward. and Da,id Reed. The children of Harry .--\. Hindman are Hilda Elaine, Frank Frampton. DaYid Reed. and :\lartha Emma. tnr-t /,Z,•.J~. Hindman had t."w• children deceased. Of these Elsie died in 1893. \ c) The third son of George Kizer Magee was Jame~ K.. who married Minerva Kribbs. with children. Ray. who married Lillian Lerch. (had two children) : :\label, who became :,,frs. Kline: Elaine. residing in Ohio. and Edward. unmarried. 120 Coming back to the children of John :.Iagee apd Sarah Frampton :\lagee, \Ye haYe James ::Vladison ::Vlagee, born :\Iay 7th, 1.:(17. died 1907. He married Eliza .-\. Rankin, daughter of .John .\1. Rankin, who was one of the first physicians in Clarion County. He ,ms the first to have a carriage or cook stoYe in the county. Their children were Eliza ( Jli,·ia :\lagee, \\'illiam Rankin .\lagee, John :\lcGinley :\Iagee ..-\dam Henderson .\lag<'.e, :\lary Elmira .\lagee, Sarah C. .\lagee, Benjamin .\I. .\Iagee, Charles Stewart .\Iagee ..-\nna L .\Iagee and Harry C. .\lagee. ( >f the ahoYe. (a) Eliza OliYia married \\'. C. Logan, of DaYenport. Iowa. referred to preYiously as son-in-law of .\Irs. Sarah Kener. Their children ,Yere Estella. \Yho became .\lrs. :\Iarlmye; .\linnie, "·ho became .\lrs. Hitch rock: \\'innie. \\·ho became .\lrs. Graham. Samuel. Frank and Harn·. ( h) \\'illiam R. .\Iagee married Sophia Platner. Their children \\·ere Frank. deceased: Robert, Bert, James, Ger trude, Elizabeth, all unmarried. ( c) John .\Ic. .\la gee is deceased, unmarried. (d) .-\. H . .\Iagee married .\lary Engly, of London, England. (e) .\Iary E. married \Vesley J. Young. Sarah C. married Robert .\I. Kennedy, ::VI. D. Their children were Earl, .\liriam and Bessie, all deceased, and Robert .-\., single. ( f) Benjamin married .-\nna Sherman. There were no children. (g) .-\nna married John .\l. Christy. The children; :Mrs. E. F. Poole, Elwood City. Pa.: Dr. Rubert.-\. Christy, Tarentum, Pa., who married .\label Fulton; ::Vlrs. B. M. Griffith. Pittsburgh, Pa., with son }lcClune C. Griffith,. born 1905: }lrs. Dr. L. G. ::Vlaier, of Pittsburgh, with daugh ter, Jean E. Maier, born 1914, and :\frs. Earle Christy, of the same place. There are tw~ other grandchildren, Mabel R. Christy, born 1912 and John :\I. Christy, born 1914 ;. children of Robert. 121 (h) Charles married Verna L. Sha\\·. Children James, Edward, Alberta, Harry and John, all of Du Bois, Pa.; also Louis, Theodore, Grace and Bartie. (i) Harry married Laura Dunlap. Xo children. (3) Fullerton, another son of John and Sarah Framp ton ::\fagee, married :Vfargaret Kennedy. The children ,vere John K., Edward F., of Oil City, Pa.; Fullerton, Xelson F., of .\1arion, Ind.; OliYe married to George A.mold; Sarah married to Edward Sackett, Corry, Pa.; J olm K. and .\Irs. 11argaret Hitchen, of Toledo, Ohio. ( 4) DaYid F. Magee was married to .\bigail Rankin in Center County. Pa., December 2-1-th. 18-1--1-. He \Yent to ImYa. During the CiYil \\'ar he "·as First Lieutenant of the 9th Iowa Infantry. and \Yas also Corporal of Co. D. same regiment. His sons: Re\". John Cah·in :.\Iagee. horn 18-1-6: Francis .\larion .\Iagee, of Center Junction. Io,,·a: DaYid Alexander .\lagee, liYing in Sioux City. ImYa. and \\"illiam D. :Vlagee, living at .\Ionticello, ImYa. ReY. J. C. .\lagee, who married Jennie Cole, _lime 21st. 1870. has heen for 42 years a :'.\lethodist minister, heing in charge at seyeral places in Northeast Iowa. His present home is at Tulsa. Okla .. where his wife died May 3rd, 1916. He has two sons in the .\1. E. ministry: one, ReY. J. Ralph Magee, pastor of the Daniel Dorchester .\Iemorial ?11. E. Church, Boston, l\1ass .. and the other. pastor at Grand Isle, Vermont. His oldest daughter is .\Irs. Lois .\I. Snider, whose husband is a grocer in Cedar Falls. ImYa, where her father was once pastor. .\ son, Ray Frampton .\1agee. died ·when an infant. The youngest daughter is .\Iiss Jessie Magee, now at 150 Fifth Avenue, Ke"· York City. chief clerk in the office of the Laymen's .\lissionary .\foyement M. E. Church. There are two sons. Carl C. and PerciYal E., who with their father are members of the Sons of the American Revolution. and Miss Jessica, of the D. A. R. by Yirtue of descent from Daniel .\lagee. ,vho served in the 4th Regiment Pennsylvania Line in the ReY olutionan- YVar. (See Pennsyh·ania A.rchives). A.nothei· 122 bar could be added by Yirtue of descent from \Villiam Frampton 2nd. (See Chapter X\'II). AJl the :.\lagee descendants spoken of in this Chapter are entitled to these t,,·o bars. ( 5) Xancy, married John Groom, of Rock Island, Illinois. There are t,rn children, John and :.\lary. ( 6 J Elmira, married Robert Hahn. There are four children, John, Banks. Etta and Sarah. These reside m Ida County, Iowa. and each occupy a section of land. THE FETZER F.--\:.\IILY. Susanna Frampton Fetzer \Yas the second of the seYen children born to \\-illiam Frampton and his \Yife, Sarah Staley Frampton. She was born .--\prii 13, 1782, near Lewisto,rn, Pa., and died :.\lay 3, 1862, aged 80 years. She was married April 1, 1800 to Isaac Fetzer, who was born October 29, 177-1- and died July 13, 1856. The parents of Isaac Fetzer were Frederick Fetzer, (German), born July -1-. 1726 and died about 1780, and Rachel Britain Fetzer, (English), born July 10. 1730 and died October 22, 1795. Isaac Fetzer, the youngest of their seyen children, was in his religious sympathy a Friend, and Susanna, his wife, became a Baptist after their remonl in 1805 from 1Iifflin County. Pa., to what is now Reidsburg, Clarion County, Pa. To this union \Yere born: John Fetzer. :.\lay 17. 1801. married, had family, died January. 1875. \\"illiam Britain Fetzer, January 22. 1803, married. had family. died .--\ugust 7. 1887. Sarah Fetzer Hasson. June 5. 1805. had family. died .--\ugust 29. 1884. Rachel Fetzer. July 26. 1807. unmarried. died :.\lay 2. 1;-:26. Elizabeth Fetzer King. :.\tarch 22, 1810. had family, died _! anuary. 1892. ]23 Boyd Fetzer, January 13, 1813, married :Martha Owens, October 6th, 1835, had family, died :\larch 7, 1896. :'.'.Iary c\.1111 Fetzer Kener, June 2. 18i5, had family. died September 14, 1895. Isaiah Fetzer, October 2. 1817, married, had family. died December 16, 1896 . Seth Fetzer, ,\ugust 22, 1820. unmarried. died _\ugmt 7, 1900. Cynthia Ellen Fetzer Fulton, June 8, 1823, had a son. died July 5, 1862. DaYid ,-\nclre\\· Fetzer, September -1-. 1~:?S. 1111111arric,'.. a succe~sful phy~ician. cliecl October 20. JCJ03. Elizabeth Fetzer. fifth in thi~ family. 1Ya~ on ( Jl'tol,er -+. 1K3:?. 1111ited in marriage to 'Xiliiam IS::ing III. uf Uaric,n County. Pa .. who 1Ya~ horn :\"onmher 2(), l;-!0(, an,! die,1 Februar_Y 2h. 1~79. He \\·a, the ~on of \\"illiam IS::ing l I. horn .\pril 7. 17<':J. died Fehrnar~ 19. L'-'5!). and of his ,rife. Eleanor .-\spril I..::ing. of Del,mare. horn .\pril -;_ 1;;-!). died December 29. 1862. \Yilliam IS::ing 11 ,ya, thl' '"11 "f \Yilliarn King L of Del,mare. To \\-illiam I-..::ing III and Elizabeth Fetzer 1,in~ ,wn: lJorn \Yilliam .'Jiles King ..-\uguq ri. ];-!33. died .\uQn~t :?q_ 1833: James Hasson I-..::ing. :\"oyemher -+. 183S. married. had family. died To Howard Fetzer King and Lucretia In·ine King were born t\YO sons-\\.illiam lnine and Hmrard Henderson. \\.illia111 ln·ine King ,,·a" born :-;eptember 5. 1879, ,,·as graduated at Brmrn CniYt,r~ity. l'rO\·idence. R. I.. 1901, and at the La,r Department of Han·anl Cni,·ersity, 190-+ Since that time he ha, pral"tiL·ecl lc111 in l'itt~burgh. Pa. On !..?.~ August 31, 1911, he ·was united in marriage to :\Iellie ::\liller, of Canton, Ohio. Howard Henderson King was born XoYember 13_, 1880, and was graduated at Brown "CniYersity, 1902. On :.\larch 3. 1909, he was united in marriage to Helen Baily. of "Cnion town, Pa. He is engaged in mercantile business in Fayette County, Pa., and resides at l,'niontown. To this union was born July 31, 191 S. Ho\Yard Hender son King, Jr. (_2) Coming back to the children of Isaac and Susanna Frampton Fetzer, \\'illiam Britain Fetzer married :\largaret Ingram. who died about 1871, had one son, \\'illiam H. Fetzer. born 1840. He had no other sons. The daL1ghters \\·ere Laurette, (11rs. E. R. Bonnifield), liYing ( 1916) in Beloit, Kansas, and has four sons and one daughter, "'.\lary i :\lrs. Boy Jes), deceased, Sarah Jane ( ::-.frs. Swartout), residing ( 1916) at 71 Henry Street, Binghamton. X. Y .. husband deceased. no children. and Elizabeth ( :\Irs. John A.llison). residing in \\'ichita, Kansas. has children. \\.illiam H. Fetzer married Henrietta Clark in Clarion Pa .. December 24th, 1863. She \\'aS born in Clarion. 1843. The children of this marriage were: (a) John C.. born 1865, married :\Iary Armstrong in 1885. has daughter, :\Iary, born 189-1-. His second wife was Alice .--\. Stick, to whom he was married in 1904. He is engaged in the Real Estate and Innstment business in Chicago. (b) \ \'illiam. born 1867, married \'illie E. \\'illiamson 1887, daughter Hen rietta. born 1889. married a second time to .--\lberta Bonni field in 1898 \Yith one daughter. Frances. by this marriage, born 1900. (c) \\'acle. born 1880, married ::\Iargaret Spill man in 1901. Has son. John C .. born 1902, a son. :\leh·ille, born 1903 and a daughter. :\Iargaret, born 1906. ( 3) Isaiah Fetzer. another son of Isaac and Susanna. "·as married to Sarah Jack. and to them the following child ren were born: Franklin Pierce Fetzer, married· to Xellie Fulton. 110\\' re,iding at Indianapolis. ln UnlY fin of these liYecl to maturitY. Two died after they \Yere married and hacl familie~. T,Yo daughters and one son are liYing at this time. Une of the daughters, :\Irs. Elizabeth :.Ionroe resides at Crookston, :'llinnesota. Her children are Boyd Fetzer :\Ionroe. born June 26th. 1872: :'llargaret :\lay, born :\lay 21st. 1875: Susan Elizabeth, born September 30th. rn78: Garfield Chester, born A.pril 30th. ];--:;,s]: Estella Damfier. born _--\ugust 25th, 1884: Ray Charles. born XoHmher 6th. 1;-!.89. and Curtis :'llern·in, horn :\Iay ht, rn92. .'1.11 are living. and three married. l. 5) _-\not her daughter of Laac and Susanna Frampton Fetzer ,yas :'IIrs. Sarah Fetzer Hasson. There were fiye children, Le,yis, Charles, ,Yilliam. Emma S. and Thomas B.. \Yho died at the age of --1- ypars. Emma married Thomas Benton HooYer. and has one son, ,Yilliam James Hooyer. She has long resided in Oil City. Pa. ,Yilliarn, known as Captain Hasson, who married :.lary Collim, is one of the prominent and highly esteemed citizens of Oil City. He located there in 1861, in the early days of the city. and of oil discoyery and excitement. Sen-eel his country in the CiYil \\'ar. and became nry influential in the city's life. He is president of the First :'\ational Bank. Oil City. He has children James, also connected \Yith the bank as cashier. and who has sen·ed ably as mayor of the city; Sarah ::\L, :'.\Iary L. and ::\1rs. Jessie :'.\feyer. Herewith is a picture of Captain Hasson. 128 (6) :\lary .\.Fetzer.another daughter of Isaac and Su~a1111a, married :\Iajor \ \·111. F. KeeYer. He ,Yas a stock dealer. and wa~ in lrn~ine~~ at Reidshurg. Pa .. for years. His parents. Joseph and ~arah KeeYer. liYe CH ...\PTER XX SOXS OF .D ..-\ \'"ID FR ..\}IPTO.'.\. CL-\RICJX CUCXTY, ( \YILLL-\-:'II ..--\BR.--\H.--\-:\l, J< ).'.\ ..\ TH.--\.'.\ .--\XD THEIR DESCEXD.--\XTS.; The sons of DaYid Frampton and of his \Yife. Hannah Lobaugh Frampton. according to their old \\·orn-out family Bible. from ,Yhich the ,niter has taken the entries. ,,·ere as follmYS: \Yilliam, horn September ii th, 1803: ..\braham. horn :.\lay 25th. 1805: Jonathan. born January 1st. 1806: DaYi WILLIX\I FR. .\-:'IIPTO:X, ..\:XD DESCE::\"D. .\:XTS. This \Yilliam, the oldest son, was married to -:\lary \Villiams. June 20th. 1827. She was the eldest daughter, (born October 13. 1807). of Amos \Villiams, treasurer of Clarion County, Pa .. when taken from A.rmstrong County 130 Personal Family Record Narne _____ ...... --•-···-················-····················-·--····························---- Date ...... --····-···········-············--··········-············-·····-···-···-···-·--·-- Remarks ... _.... ---·······-·-·--···---·--···············•··-····----·-·····-·····-···----·---·---- 111 1~39. He \\·as of \\.elsh descent. and a promine,nt member of the Zion Baptist Church. Clarion County. They bought a piece of land near :\kConnersYille, Clarion County, the po,t office still retaining the name of Frampton. His wife made her 0\\'11 tlannel \\'edcling dress from the \Yeaving, up. ~he had six blankets of her O\rn \Yeaying, their house keeping outfit. Their first house had no tloor. nor a sto\"e. The old ··grandfather',; clock" is in the possession of Smith Framp ton. a descendant. \\.illiam ,,·as a mechanic as ,Yell as a farmer. am! made many of his O\Yll tools. He built the tirq grist mill in the \\'e'1ern part of Jefferson Countv. He had three apprentices ,yho \\·orkecl for four dollars ·a 111011th. and eaL·h had to pro,·ide his o,yn candle. The gol Abraham. second son of DaYi Name ...... Date ...... Remarks ...... ------· -----. JON.-\TK--\.\'" FRA1'IPTOX, .-\ND DESCENDANTS. Jonathan, the third son of David Frampton, was mar ried first to A.gnes vVilliams, daughter of Amos Williams, and sister of :Mary, wife of his brother William. They ,vere married June 2nd, 1829. He was married a second time to 1fatilda McDowell in February, 1834. He bought a farm in what is now Mercer County, and prospered greatly adding to his land from time to time. He and his sons dealt largely in lumber, and became well known, and were very successful in business. The little Baptist Church at Transfer, Pa. was greatly indebted to this family. The history of the county and the records of Armstrong County in the Pennsyh·ania .-\rchives. refer to Jonathan Frampton and his purchases of land. By his first wife, his son was Amos vV. Frampton, whose children were Samuel, Elizabeth, Ella, Thomas and Minnie. This branch of the family is resident in Whittier, California. Amos ·Williams Frampton married Mary J. Madge, of Jamestown, Pa., and died in Whitter, eal,, in 1909. 0£ their children, ( 1) Mrs. Elizabeth A. Davis married Frank M. Davis, of Sharon, Pa., and they now reside in Whittier. They have two daughters, Mrs. Susie H. Powell, of McKees Rocks, Pa., and Mary, a high school student. (2) Ella M. married William H. Crawford, of Green ville. Pa., in 1879, who died in 1901. She is the wife of Daniel Kelly, a retired capitalist, now of Pasadena, Calif. To Mrs. Crawford were born Claude B. Crawford. who married Erma Dunning, of Bolivar, N. Y., and have twin sons, Donald J. and Donald W., who reside in Whittier, Calif. ; also Frank Q. and Earl L., who are single and reside in Whittier, and Raymond, who is in the Navy, at present on the battleship Maryland. (3) To Samuel S., who marrjed Lydia Rust, of Trans fer, Pa., were born two sons, William and Frederick, who reside in Whittier with their parents. m ( 4) ~Iary, deceased, married \\'illiam Dunning, of Bolivar, N. Y. There were two children, Jane, married to Oarence Bradbent, and Floyd, who is still at home. (5) The last is Thomas M. Frampton. who married Nellie Dietrick, of Los Angeles, Calif. They have a son and daughter, Janietta and Cylde, both students in \\"hittier. The children of Jonathan Frampton hy his second wife were: (I) David A.mire"· Frampton, Hannah J. Frampton. John Hagan Frampton. ::\Iary Elizabeth Frampton, and .\latilda, deceased. David A. Frampton resides on a farm near Transfer, Pa. He married Delora S. Stewart. The children ,yere: Pearl Delora Frampton, Prescott .\Ietcalf Frampton. \Yade Hampton Frampton, Edith Inez Frampton. DaYicl ..\. Frampton. Jr .. deceased; EYelyn .\Iarie Frampton, Cather ine Cleveland Frampton, Grace .\Iatilda Frampton, Robert Stewart Frampton, deceased: Jonathan \'illard Frampton, deceased. and Duward Belmont Frampton. Pearl married Allen Mossman Fell. The children are: Frances Delora Fell, .\1arian Frampton Fell. .-\leen ::\loss man Fell, Virginia Pearl Fell and Esther Ernaline Fell. The family resides in Mercer County, Pa. Prescott married Alice Clementine Fink. There is one son. Henry George Frampton. They reside in Pitts burgh. Pa. \Vade Hampton Frampton married ~man Ferguson. They have one son, "Tade Hampton Frampton. Jr. They reside in Mercer County, Pa. Edith Inez Frampton married Dr. Frederick Roscoe Sutton, having a daughter, Marie Frampton Sutton. They reside in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Evelyn Marie Frampton married James Chauncey Byers. They have a daughter. Delora Frampton Byers. The family reside in Mercer County, Pa. Catherine Cleveland Fra111pto11 rnarried .\Yilliam ).1u1- ford Van Harlingen with children. DaYid Frampton Van 138 Harlington. f.::atharine Frampton Van Harlingen, and Vir ginia H. \·an Harlingen. They reside in Mercer County, Pa. ( ;race :\latilda Frampton married Thomas Mossman Cooke. ;(o issue. Residence, Mercer County, Pa. Duward Belmont Frampton married Annette Payne, one child. Frances Delora Frampton. (_2) Hannah Jane. the second child of Jonathan Framp ton. unmarried. resides in Transfer, Pa. Has always been active and interested in the work of the Baptist Church there. and the \\"riter is greatly indebted to her for informa tion contained in this book. (3) John Hagan Frampton married Mary Emma Bean, of Transfer. Pa .. now deceased. The children were, David Andre,,· Frampton, :\Iary Emma Frampton, Estella Jane Frampton. Ethel Frampton. Major J. Frampton, Arthur Lance Frampton. deceased; Charles Earl Frampton and GroYer Clenlan Major J. Frampton married Bertha Espy. Their children were Mary Elizabeth Frampton, Matilda Jane Frampton, John Hagan Frampton, Jr., \Villiam \Valker Frampton, Frank Espy Frampton and Aleen Helen Frampton. They reside in Mercer County, Pa. Charles Earl Frampton, unmarried, is in business 111 Chicago. ( 4) Mary Elizabeth Frampton, deceased, married Thomas John Duncan. Their children were Jennie Framp ton Duncan, deceased ; Clara Dingwall Duncan, deceased ; Walter Sandal Duncan, deceased, Tilda Frampton Duncan, Mary Ann Duncan and Aleen Cleveland Duncan. The home was in Cincinnati. Ohio. Of these, Tilda Frampton Duncan married James Buchanan Lantz. vvith no issue. Their residence is in Pittsburgh, Pa. :Mary .-\1111 Duncan, deceased, married George \\-. Cropper, no issue. Aleen Cle,-eland Duncan married Frank Brooks Farns worth. One child, Duncan Lantz Farns,vorth. They reside in Chicago. - ~fr. Farnsworth is a member of the Colonial Sons, by virtue of his mother's descent from distinguished _Massa chusetts families. Jonathan Frampton related that some of the Framptons lost their lives in the Revolutionary \Var. 140 His picture follows, fourth m descent from \Villiam Frampton. 141 Following is the picture of his son. DaYid .\. Frampton. Personal Family Record Name ..... ••················--········--·····-········································•··········· Date ...... ••·············--········································································· Remarks ...... ············•···················•··-······-········ ...... CH.-\PTER XXI SU:\"S UF D.-\ YID FRX.\IPTUX. CL.-\RIU:\" CUCXTY, ( COXTI:\".CED )-D.-\ \.ID L. SX.\fCEL, .-\:\"D HCGH REID. DaYid Lobaugh Frampton, the fourth son, was born near Le,Yisto,Yn, Pa., .-\ugust 2-1-th, 1808, and was married to Sarah Jane Henry, .-\pril 8th. 1830. ,yho was born July 27th. 1812. and died }larch 6th. 1882 at the old homestead. near Reidsbnrg, Pa. He died at the residence of his son. \\'illiam. XoYember 17th. 188-1-. t,yo years later. Their children were \\'illiam H. Frampton, }Irs. Clarissa J ..-\ustin. ~Irs. Emma :\". Ste,yart. J. \\'ade Frampton. and }Irs. Xarcissa Conner. < Jf the,;e, \\'illiam H. Frampton. a member of the legal profession. and his ,Yife. Sarah Jane. had elewn children. James and Elizabeth are deceased. ( 1916). The liYing members are DaYid \\'., marrie:l to .-\nna Rodgers, \\"ith children. \\'ayne. Paul and Ruth: }lrs. :-laud Frampton Dunkle. ( the latter with a daughter. Folsom Frampton Dunkle) : :\[rs. }Iatilda LoYejoy. ( no children) : .-\nna \·an Di,·art. "·ith children. Helen. Clare and Elizabeth: :drs. Emma Frampton Hindman. ,,·ith children Hilda. Frank, DaYid and Jane: H. Ed,Yarcl Frampton ,,·ith children Ralph, Clark. CeneYa ..-\rnold. Donald and Samuel: \\'illiam C. Frampton. ,Yith children Ronald and Clifford: Frank .-\. Frampton unmarried. and :\Iiss F. Folsom Frampton. The last named resides at Reidsburg. J. \\'ade Frampton. another son. was born October 11th, 1~53, at the old homestead. He \Yas killed by accident in Yerona. Pa .. in 1907. The funeral \Yas held at the residence of his sister. :\!rs. Conner, in Pittsburgh, and he \Yas buried at Reidshurg. ~Irs. :\"arcissa Conner. a daughter. died :\"oYember 6th, 1915. at Columbus. Ohio, and \Yas buried from the residence of her daughter. :-Irs. Xarcissa B. Reeb. in Columbus. }Irs. 1-13 Conner was born .-\ugust 16th. 18j3_ She had two children,. Frank F. Conner, of Columbus, Ohio. born .-\pril 14th, 1875, and Mrs. Reeb, born :\lay 29th. 1883. Mrs. Clarissa J.. -\ustin. another daughter of DaYid L. Frampton, was married to John .-\ustin. The children were David W., \\-illiam J .. Ed,Yin S .. Lyle C. ..-\della S .. .\Iary X., and Blanche E. The latter resides at Knox. Clarion Co .. Pa. Father and mother are deceased. Audley Ste,rnrt of the family of :\Irs. Emma Stewart resides at SistersYille. \\-est \-irginia. S.-\.\ICEL FR.-\.\IPTUX. Samuel was the fifth son of DaYid Frampton. He was born February 1st. 1810. near Lewistown. It has already been related that he \Ya~ taken when eighteen months old. on horseback to the new home in Clarion County. Pa. He died September 9th. 1886. He grew to manhood on the pioneer farm of hi5 father. On February 9th, 1837, he married EYaline. a daughter of Richard and Elsie Hosie Reynolds. and granddaughter of George Reynolds. whose father ,ms with the Colonial troops in Braddock's Expedition in I7jj_ He was shot in the neck at the defeat of Braddock. but made his escape. Richard Reynolds. his grandson. ( EYaline's father). \Yas married to Elsie Hosie. who was of the Irish gentry through her mother. whose father was named Sparks. a runa,yay match. Mrs. Frampton was born June 3rd. 1820. and died in Clarion, October 7th. 1896. The children were Hannah .\Ielinda. deceased : Richard Reynolds. deceased: Elizabeth Ellen . .\Iinen·a Jane. Anna Belle. deceased: DaYid Thomas. deceased: £ya .-\ugusta, deceased, Ida .\Jay. and lastly. Byron Hayes. Samuel Frampton spent his early married life in Toby Township. Clarion County. and then 1110\·ed to Clarion Township. where he became Yery prosperous, owing six farms. He was one of the early operators in the first oil 1-1-1 discoveries, and sold his holdings for $10,000. He was one of the organizers and charter members of the First National Bank, of Clarion. in 1865. He was also largely interested in lumber. and started the first foundry in the town of Clarion. He built the Frampton block there, and erected several buildings in the town, owning considerable real estate. Best of all. he with his wife,. was deeply. but unostentatiously religious. and all his life was a prominent and actiYe member of the Baptist Church in Strattanville. and long an office bearer therein. He gaye largely to the -establishment of the Baptist Church in Clarion, ,vhich was toward the close of his life. He was generous. aiding in building churches and schools. and was a founder and trustee of Reid Institute. where many hundreds of young men and women were fitted for college. or their life work. He was honored and re,-;pectecl hy all who kne,v him. Politically. he was a Democrat. His picture follow,;. Fifth in descent from \\'illiam Frampton. The oldest daughter. :\Ielincla. married John \ \". Jones, :tvI. D .. January 11th. \l-(fH_ .\fter his decease. she married 1-L~ Robert S. Cathers, );oyember 15th, 1864. She was the mother of three children. Samuel F. Jones, of Louisburg, Kansas: Herbert J. Jones. of ::\le Donald, Pa., and by the second husband. ::\lrs. 11inena Sa,yhill. deceased. She and the daughter are buried in the family plot in the Strattan Yille cemetery. in ground donated by their father. She died February 2-1-th. 1911, in ::\kDonald. Pa. Richard R .. born June 15th, 1840, married Hannah J. Elliott. of Callenslmrg. Pa., < )ctoher 21-\th. 1865. He came to Uil City, Pa., in 186--1-. and liYed there continuously until his death, ::\larch 13th, 1915. He \\"as a Yalued citizen and successful merchant in that city, and for many years was a deacon, a prominent and most faithful memher of the Bap tist Church. He was honored and respected hy all. The children were Belle. who died \Yhen 12 years old: Louise, still re,-iding in < >il City: Charles l-C who is in the mer cantile business in Franklin, Pa .. and Harry E .. a jnwler. 111 Latrobe. Pa. :\lrs. Elizabeth Elliott, horn .-\ugust 21-\th, lK-1-2. marrie John Spratt \\.rightnour, (her husband, the writer). \\-a~ born \larch 15th. li-!Sl in Penn Line, Crawford County•. 149 Pa. He was iJronght up until he \1·a~ 1.2 year~ old ]Jy hi, mother·~ fathtT. l-<.e1. (;eorge :-:-pratt. :-1. D .. 1\·ho ~·a111c t,, the Cnited :-:-rates intending to he a medical missionary i11 India. ·enable to endure the climate. he hecame a 111i,;~io11- ary preacher and phy,;ician in (anada. and aften1·ard, in Pennsyh·ania ..-\fter his death in 1:--:r,3_ the 1niter·, mother. ( the father then dead). 1Yho \ya,; a deYotec\ mother an,l christian. remO\·ed to Le\\·ishurg. l'a .. where he 11 a, gra,1- uated from the Uni1·ersity of Le\\"ishurg in 1~69. at the aiCe of rn. Deciding to enter the mm1stry. he studied at the Crozer Bapti~t Theological Seminary. In connection 1\·ith ·this last period of study, he was pastor of the Pequea Bap tist Church, a country church in Pequea Y alley. Lancaster County. Pa .. and then student pastor in Johnsto\\·11. l'a. His subsequent pastorates were Brook,·ille, ( 3 year;; I : Penn _-\ Yenue Baptist Church. Pittsburgh. Pa .. ( 9 ;. ~ year, l. \Varren. Ohio. Xenia. Ohio. and Lincoln.1llinois. ( 11 year, in all); Oil City. (7 years); First Scranton. Pa .. ( 1-1- year, 1. and no\\" Clarion. Pa. He recei,·ed the honorary degret' of 'Doctor of Di1·init1 from Bucknell Cninr~itY in ]:-<~'1,_ f ic 130 has pubh,;hd "The Scientific .-\ccuracy of the Bible" in 1X92, .. Christian Doctrine for Young People," the same year, and a Yolume of poems, .. The Rift in the Cloud" in 191-1-. He has written extensiYe!y. for religious and secular papers. In the course of his ministry. he has welcomed into church membership oYer t\Y0 thousand persons, and of these has haptized (immersed), upwards of 1200. He is a 32nd Degree Free :.\Iason. The children of Dr. and :.\Irs. J. ::;_ \\"rightnour are En Frampton, born July 8th. 1:95, in Brook\·ille, married to \ \"illiam .-\. :.\Iallory. Uctober 1-1-th, 1914, residing in Franklin. I'a. ( 2) (;eorge ::;pratt. auto supply dealer, horn July 31st. 1X77 in Pittsburgh. Pa .. married to \·iolet Sheddy July 23rd. 1905, no"· residing in Scranton, Pa., \Yith three children. Dorothy, born in Scranton, January 2-1-th, 1907; \\"illiam Frampton, horn September 7th, 1910. and George ~-- horn .\ugust 25th, 1912. \3) John \"erner, born July 27th. JK79. residin2" in._ Franklin.. Pa., a ctJ1rt sl~nograoher }',t.R-'l'rLtt'~ 11rc.,-rr.... ~l.,4~}1l01'- 0~1 .. ,~ J'j~A,~ and oil operator, and (4) Ada ::\lay, born ctober 2nd, 11%4 in Pitt~lmrgh. Pa., and married to Ralph .-\ ..-\merman, .·\pril 13th. !SOS. ,Yho is in the automobile business in Scranton, with a summer home at Elmhurst. There are t\yo adopted children. Ralph and Jeanette. He is president of the Board of Trustees of Keystone Academy, and a trustee of Bucknell UniYersity. Besides these, was ( 5) (Ida, horn in Pittsburgh. September 24th, 1882, and died a little owr a year later, October 2nd, 1883. By Yirtue of descent from John Cahill, artilleryman in the Continental Line, the \\Titer is a member of the Sons of the .·\merican ReYolution._ and Mrs. \Yrightnour, with the daughters. :.\Irs. :.VIallory and '.\lrs. Amerman, are mem bers of the D ..-\. R. by Yirtue of de.;cent from \\"illiam Frampton. 2nd. :.\-Irs ..-\merman was regent and 1Irs. :1,Ial lory historian. of the Scranton Chapter, and as \Yill be seen the daughters are entitled to two""bars." Byron Hays. the youngest son of Samuel Frampton, was born October 31st. 1857. He was educated in the· 151 township school and Reid Institute. He \\'as married to .Nellie M. Mohney, born June 12th, 1862, (whose father was a merchant in Strattam·ille) ..-\pril 12th. 1882. :.\Ir. Framp ton early entered mercantile life. .-\fter three years in Callensburg. Pa .. he remo\·ecl to Clarion. where he was since been continuously in husiness~rnercantile. fire and life insurance, independent coal operat~r. director and manager . of the Leatherwood Telephone Company. and director anrl secretary of the Clarion County Fair .-\ssociation. and under President Cle\·e!and. was postmaster of Clarion. He is a prominent Democrat. an acti\·e member of the Baptist church, a Knight Templar and =---:ohle of the :viystic Sl1rine. also an Odd Fellow. His portrait follo\YS. Sixth m descent from \\'illiam .Frampton. 1.52 The children are: ( 1 ) .-\ son, James \ ·illiard, born_ July 2-l-th. 1883. a rising attorney of Clarion County, and graduate of Bucknell l:-niYersity, Class of 1903, admitted to the har in 1907 ancl the next year to practice before· Superior and Supreme Courts. He was married to Lavinia B. >.Iagee. daughter of .\1r. and .\tlrs. John .-\ . .\tlagee, ( see Chapter XIX . .\tlagee family). He and wife are members - of the Baptist church in Clarion. {2) Samuel J ., a florist, and expert designer and decorator in Pittsburgh, Pa. (3) a daughter Romaine, unmarried, born June 26th, 1895, a teacher, and graduate of Clarion High School. and former· student at Bucknell CniYersity. · HL'GH REID FRX\IPTO~. This youngest son of DaYid Frampton. \\'as born January 10th, W.26, and resided all his life in and near Reidsburg. Pa. He died near CurllsYille. February 4th, 1907. on a farm. His children were: ( 1) John T., who dierl ( Jctoher 2nd. 1S06 at Frampton, Clarion County, Pa. He married .\Iargaret J. Smathers. They had seYen child ren: ! a) ).lyrtle. ,,·ho married John Fleming. with two sons. Craig, residing in Iowa, and Samuel. >.lrs. Fleming reside~ in Clarion. ( b) Herbert. \Yho married :\'ellie \Vare, ha~ children. Hays and Gladys. ( c) .-\nna married to John Spotts. no children. td) HarYey Frampton. with fiye child ren, Ruth. Mack. Helen, Elizabeth and Catharine. (e) .-\lice. married to Stephen Patton. liYing in Limestone, W. Ya .. no children. ( f) Horace. liYing in Idaho ·with one child. EYelyn. and (g) Blaine, unmarried. ( 2) .-\.nother son of H. Reid Frampton was .\farion Frampton who married Henrietta \\'ilson. The children were eight. Yiz: Charles. with one child. :.Iarion ; Mary, who married John DeVinney, no children; A.. nna Belle, who married Charles \Yilson. (see under Samuel Frampton's descendants); John, who has two children. a son, and Ruth: Xellie, who married Edward Bell, with four children, E CH.-\PTER XXII DA.l:GHTERS OF D.-\ YID FR.-\::\IPTOX .-\XD DESCE~D.-\XTS, SHIELDS. SLCH:\", HIND:\L-\X, CCRLL. ETC. Sarah Frampton, the oldest daughter of DaYid Frampton and Hannah Lobaugh, \Yas born June 6th, 181.2. She married Samuel Craig Shields, April 17th, 1834, of Westmoreland County, Pa. They settled in Clarion County. To this union were born the following: John Craig Shields, Hannah Jane Shields and Samuel Frampton Shields. She was married the second time to Benjamin Gardner, February 16th. 1843. The children of the latter union were: Sarah \V. Gardner, Ella Sabina Gardner and \Vil liam Reid Gardner. She united with the Baptist church in her teens, and so continued during her life. Of these. John Craig ·shields, a farmer, of Licking Township. Clarion County, Pa., first married Hannah Por- 154 Personal Family Record Name ...... Date ...... Remarks. tertield, and a second time _..\manda Petticord. "2\ o children \;y the secoml marriage. He resides at Emlenton. Pa., R., F. D. 3. A. daughter, Hannah Jane Shields married James Da\is Sha\\", June 6th, 1867, residing in :\IoundsYille, \Vest \'irginia. _..\ son, Samuel Frampton Shields \Yas born January, lt-1..J.O. He married Emma :\I. Bowser, January, l :--:•/i. kesiclence, _..\llerton, Io\,·a. Before his marriage, he sen·ed in the CiYil \\'ar from _..\ugust. rn61 to his honorable G.-\RDXER DESCEXDA:,.:-TS . .-\s we haYe seen preYiously, Sarah Frampton married the second time. Benjamin Gardner. Their children were: (1) Mrs. Sarah ?II. Le\'ier, of Emlenton, Pd., whose child ren are Clifford Perry Le \'ier, married to Frances Strana han. no children: Charles Herbert Le\'ier, who died Janu ary, 1900: \Iaitland Le\-ier. died April, 1879: Warren Gardner Le \'ier. died \Iay. IR83: Helen Geneyieye Le \'ier. unmarried. ( 2) ":\Irs. Ella Sabina \\'ilson. "·ife of Samuel \\'infield \\'ilson. \\·as a most ya]ned and useful member of the Bap tist Church in Clarion till her death in 1915. There \\'ere t\yo deceased children. Xellie and Samuel. The third child, \\'alter \\'infiel Family Record Name ______Date ______ Remarks \lagee. \see \'lagee family). They had sons, John T. Hind man. married to Yirginia }lay Day, of Kentucky. no c~ild ren: a daughter. }Iargaret, married to Harlo E. Mead, deceased October 17.th, 1914. Their children were Kenneth Hindman Mead, John Elwood Mead and David Reid Mead. Harry A. Hindman, who married Emma Frampton, of Reidsburg, a descendant of David L. Frampton, (see family record in Chapter XXI). Their children are Hilda Elaine, Frank, David Reed and Martha Emma. And finaly William Reed Hindman. "lt·hs;had two children deceased, one of them Elsie. who died in 1893. ( 5) \Yilliam .-\. Hindman, born in Monroe Township, Clarion County, February 15th, 1853. Before his premature death in the height of his po,vers, he was President Judge of the Clarion County Courts. He was educated at Reid Institute and Bucknell University, admitted to Clarion County bar in 1876. From that time until January 1st, 1912. he was engaged in the practice of law, and was one of the leading lawyers of the County, and indeed of the State. He was elected District Attorney in 1882, the young est man enr filling that office in the county. He was elected President Judge in November, 1911. He did much to advance the interests of the region in which he lived. He helped to organize the Citizens' Trust Company, of Clarion, of which he was a director. His death was sudden, July 15th, 1912. He was a Democrat in politics. Was mar ried October 9th, 1878 to Margaret Shallenberger, a native of ·westmoreland County, of a distinguished and talented family. One of her uncles, "William S. Shallenberger, held high office in the United States Government. Her father and brother were leading merchants in Clarion, Pa. Both Judge and Mrs. Hindman have been" active members of the 161 Baptist Church in Clarion. His portrait follows. Sixth in descent from \\.iJliam Frampton. There \Yas one child, Earle, who died in infancy. and one li,·ing son, \\.illiam \\'ayne Hindman, who married Virginia Stone, of \\'heeling. \ \'est \'irginia. He has al ready risen to prominence, being a State Senator from the Clarion district, and an attorney of great ability. They have one child, Bettie Stone Hindman. Senator Hindman is a member of the Baptist Church of Clarion, and a Free Mason. Also a Son of the American Revolution. His por trait follows, as typical of the younger generation. Seventh in descent from \Villiam Frampton. 162 THE SLUA. .:\ UESlE.:\D.-\.:\TS. Sabinah Frampton, the fifth daughter of David, was born August 11th, 1821. She married John J. Sloan, and afterward became Mrs. Johnston, and resided in Illinois. No children by the latter marriage. The children by the first union were: Samuel Curtis Sloan, who married Ar minda Shanafelt; Cynthia F. Sloan, who died in 1884, unmarried; \Villiam T ., who married Bertha Vandervort, and Anne E., who married John :Magee, and Lavinia 11., who married Ernest Gabriel. Of these, \\"illiam Thompson Sloan, born September 27th, 1848, is a practising physician in Peoria, Illinois, and very successful in his profession. His marriage took place September 1st, 1875. His wife was the daughter of Joseph and Eleanor \·anden-ort, born September 1st, 1856. His portrait follows. Sixth in descent from \\"illiarn Frampton I. 164 Personal Family Record Name------·-·-··-··-·--······--····---···---·--··-···-·············-·····-·-·--·---··-····--·-··· Date_ ..... --··---- Remarks ... --.-- ····-----·--···-- -••-·---·----····-·-·----··---··------···----·····--· -- . ·-. -. --- - - . ------. -- ---. ------~------. ------. ------. --- - " Their children were Eleanor Rutherford Sloan, born June 8th, 1877, married to Samu.el Morehead RusseU, October 3rd, 1905. She died February 29th, 1908. Helen Bertha Sloan, born January 28th, 1889, was married to James Craig McCrea. Their children are: William Sloan McCrea, born March 11th, 1913, and Eleanor Kathryn McCrea, born August 24th, 1914. A third child of Dr. and Mrs. Sloan is John Vandervort Sloan, born April 2nd, 1881. The record of Mrs. Annie E. Magee is given in the record of the Magee family, (see Chapter XIX), of which her husband was a member. Mrs. Lavinia Gabriel, educated at Reid Institute, resides in California, near Los Angeles. Her children are Florence, married to Alex Smith, residing in St. Paul, Minn., and Elgiva, who married Grove Hill, and resides in California, near Los Angeles. The children of Samuel Curtis Sloan are \Villiam, Charles, Kate, married to Charles \Villiams; Anna, married to Merle Cribbs; Edna, married to Edward Smail, and Bernie. The family are located in the west. CR~PTER XXIII THE DESCENDAKTS OF SAMUEL FRAMPTON, SON OF JOHX, so~ OF THO.\1AS, SOK OF WILLIA:\1 FR.UlPTOX I. We come back now to the third generation from the first William Frampton. Having traced the descendants of John Jr., William and the daughters of that generation, we come to Samuel, whose descendants are found largely in Jefferson County, Pa., and that part of the State, and in Utah. Those in Pennsylvania are largely Methodists, as those of William are mostly Baptists. Those in Utah are. of the early emigration, and are "Latter Day Saints.'''. There may be many others untraced. 165 -; Samuel, like the others, lind near Lewistown, Pa., and was born near Burlington, N. J. He ,ns a farmer. \Ye find the record of his assessments, during the ReYolution, in the Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, \-olume 20, on Page 27. We find that in 1778 he was taxed in Derry Township, ( now Mifflin County), Cumberland County, Pa., for one horse and one cow. On Page H-1 in the tax list, or '"Supply Rates," for 1778, we find him taxed for t\\"O horses and two cows, or "cattle." In the supply rates for 1780, Page 274, he is taxed for two horses and three "cattle.'' ":\"o negroes." On Page 412, for 1781, he is taxed for one horse and two cattle. On Page 676, his share for the supply rates is given for two horses anad two cattle in 1782. On Page 702, Samuel is assessed for three horses and two cattle in 1785. No land is mentioned. As this ,yas during the ReYolution ary War, these supply rates were for the maintenance of the war. Samuel served in the 'Cumberland County ~lilitia. His record is found in the Pennsyh-ania .-\rchiYes. 5th Series, Volume 4, Page 286, and Volume 6, Page 565 and Page 652. It appears from these records that he was a private in Captain Robert Means' Company, on the pay roll. and re ceived pay for being in a scouting party, with sen-ice in the field, during June, July, August and October. 1782. He belonged to the 7th Company, 4th Class, of the 7th Bat talion, commanded by Col. Alexander Brown. On Page 570, Volume 6 of 5th Series, we are told he was called on for a tour of duty. With his company, March 12th, 1784, by c:Jlt'der of Council, on Page 338, we learn that in July, 1778, he served in 4th Class, 5th Battalion, under Captain Richard Coulter. On Page 326, his captain is given as Captain James Adams. As before stated, these militia were called associators. We have no further information concerning Samuel. We do not know whom he married. Through two separate branches of descendants, we know he had a son named - 'William, who married a young woman from Scotland. We 1(J6 have no record of other sons, nor their descendants, if any, nor have any of the scattered Framptons been traced to Samuel, except the descendants of the above named son, William. After the Revolutionary \Var, ·William settled near Spruce Creek Furnace, Huntington County, Pa. A son, John, coming from there, settled first in what is known as Round Bottom, or \Vhitesville, Perry Town ship, afterward removing to Punxsutavmey, Pa., and be came the ancestor of many Framptons who spread out from there. He was a blacksmith. He married a :Vliss Dickey in Huntington County. \Villiam Frampton had other sons, and two daughters, viz: Simon, ,vho ,vent to Clarion County; \Villiam, who went to Ohio; James, who went west; Samuel, of whom more later; Jonathan, David, :\Iary and Margaret. Accord ing to another account his sons were John, Samuel, Nathaniel and Arthur. , ... _ John, who married a }fiss Dickey, had sons as follows: Samuel, of Dayton, Pa.; James, of Covode, Pa.; William, of Valier, Pa.: John and David, of Punxsutawney, Pa.; Benjamin, who went to Missouri; :\fargaret, who lived near Punxsutawney, and Elizabeth, of that place. The children of these were as follows : (1) Those of James, by his first wife, a Miss Lewis, were Minerva, who became Mrs. Jacob Shaffer; Sanford, who married Abbie Hallowell ; James, who died in service during the Civil War at Yorktown, and Richard D. By his second wife, who was Miss Scenia Hartman, there were Dallas, Porter, Morris, Charles, Mary and another daughter. (2) The children of Samuel, who married Miss Nicodemus, were - Melissa, Angeline, John, Cyrus and Annette. (3) The children of John, who married a Miss Williams, were Porter, who died in service during the Civil War; Charles A., who was postmaster of Punxsutawney during Cleveland's administration; John, a photographer in Punxsutawney; Annise and Annetta, daughters. 167 ( 4) Benjamin A. married a -:\Iiss :.\1cElhaney. He went to Missouri. Margaret became I\Irs. George Smith. (5) DaYid Porter Frampton, the fourth son, ,Yas born May 16th, 1824, near Shaver's Creek, Huntington County, Pa. He married Julian Fillmore, of \Yestmoreland County, Pa., February 13th, 1845, who died September 26th, 1889_ Their children were Benjamin Franklin, mechanic and in ventor, born 18-1-5. liYed in Xebraska, died in Pomeroy, Washington; _.\lfred, of Punxsutawney, carpenter and health officer; Silas C.. horn 1859, principal of the public schools of Coalport. Pa.; Jonathan D., horn 1850. of Punxsutawney, and Lucinda, born 1853, of Greensburg, unmarried. Alfred, one of the above, born June 16th, 1841, married Lena A. Smith in 1871. There were fin children. Laura Mae, born 1872, who died in childhood: Joseph P .. of Punxsutawney. a Biblical and ;1lusical student, neYer mar ried, dying at the age of 27; Sadie E .. born 1876. who mar ried Daniel A. Lockard, deceased. and has t\YO children, Afred M., born 1894: Yiolet. born 1905. and Gladys, residing at Islin, Pa., now married to Telford C. ;1Ianners; Harry W. Frampton, railroad agent-operator at \Vinslow. Pa .. born 1878, who married :\largaret E. \Vinslow with one child, Charles \V., born 1907: and Robert Franklin Frampton. of Ridgway. Pa .. who married _.\nna V. Keller, who haYe two children, Elsie and Ethel. To him and his brother. Harry, and his cousin, ReY. Cyrus H. Frampton. we are indebted for much information secured by them. Another son, Jonathan D .. born July 19th, 1850. ,vho married Laura A. Gillespie. has children, Ho\\·ard 0 .. George Otto, Daisy F., who married \\"illiam D. Reese; Carl P., who married Beatrice Xorth: \Valter B.. :\label C. and Marie C. Of these children of Jonathan. George 0. is in busi ness, with headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. at the Hotel Morland, and has been of much help in this work: \V;:,.lter 168 B., is in the barber business in Franklin, Pa.; Carl P.,. is located in Rochester, N. Y. As it is gratifying to all Frampton descendants to hear good reports of all Framptons, we take the following from the "Punxsutawney News" in 1898, regarding David Porter Frampton, the father, calling him a prominent citizen and giYing a full account of his death and funeral. It goes on to say: "Shortly after his marriage he moved to Whitesville, and often he would walk from that place to attend prayer meeting at Punxsutawney." "He was conYerted about 58 years ago, and since that time has identified himself with the work of the Baptist Church. The Baptist Church was his choice, and during the past senral years he has identified himself with the Baptist mission. His occupation was that of a carpenter and contractor, and among many pieces of work _he contracted for and built ten churches. .-\mong these were the Baptist, the German Lutheran and the Presbyterian of this place, the Perry Church, the Grube Church, a church at Luthershurg. and the Disciple Church at Big Run." ''He was made a 1Iason in Habok Lodge, Ko. 276, at Brookville, January 11, 1864, and was made a charter mem ber of John \Y. Jenks' Lodge of this place \Yhen it was or ganized, NoYember 9, 1874. He held the office of Treasurer of this lodge oYer 17 years." "l\Ir. Frampton was one of our upright and respected ot1zens. His influence was always found on the side of right. As a christian, he was sincere and earnest, and by his death. Punxsutawney loses a good man." \\'ith regard to his~~... Professor Silas C. Framp ton, who married Carrie K. Dotts, and who died January 28th, 1903. aged 44, many flattering newspaper notices speak of him as an admirable educator, beloYed by his pupils and all who knew him. On the day of his funeral all business places were closed in Coalport. his home. He had been an efficient teacher for twenty-five years. He was 169 principal of the Coalport schools for nine years. Resolu tions of respect were adopted by the teachers. (6) William, born June 14th, 1814, a brother of David P. and <.ml.:a~ married Mary Gearhart. Their children were, John, born December 17th, 1836; George, born 1850; Nancy, born 1855; Martin, born 1853, and Mary, born 1859, who died when a child. All are deceased but .:VIartin. Of the above, John was a Methodist Episcopal minister. A son of his, Rev. Cyrus H. Frampton, has children, Vera, born 1888, now Mrs. Harry \Vinger, and Vinter Vincent Frampton, born 1892, a machinist. Another son of John is ReY. v\Tilliam E., who has children, Mabel G., born 1883, Florence P.. born 1888, both married and living in Washington, D. C., and :Margaret P.; a son, George L., was born February 10th, 1861 and deceased February 13th, 1876; a daughter, :\Iartha J., born August 31st, 1863, married George R. \Vaimnight. of Jefferson County, Pa., with children Hamline, Iola and Sarah; Anna May, born October 21st, 1865 and died Feb ruary 19th, 1876; Julia Etta, born December 5th, at Yalier, Pa., married James S. Kearney, of Brockwayville, Pa., June 6th, 1895, and has a son, Gerald: Rev. Frank H. Frampton, with daughters Rubie and Catharine: .--\lpha A., born June 4th, 1872, died February 21st. 1876: John B., born August 22nd, 1875, a carpenter near Punxsutawney; and Rev.' James W. Frampton, making four :'.\1ethodist Episcopal ministers in this one family besides the father. The children of George, a brother of John, who mar ried first Elizabeth Painter, and second :\Iary \Vhitsell, were by the first wife, Cyrus Curtin, who married Laura Montgomery and had five children, :'.\Ia1y. who married Grant Simpson, and had one daughter, Pearl. by the- second marriage, Cecilia, Rebecca, who married Henry Rhodes, and Myrtle, who became ~frs. Briggs. 170 Samuel, another brother, married three times; first Margaret Bush, second Rachel Crossman, and third Lizzie Sharp. The children by the first marriage were Lillian Jane, Samuel E. and Etta. "William married Catharine Mountain. Their children were Sidney, \Villiam, Samuel, Jerome, Etta and Ada, who married George Meekins. He was a private in Company P, 206th Pennsylvania Regiment, in the Civil War, as also was his brother George. Benjamin. who died March 1st, 1906, married Elizabeth Fireman. Their children were Ferry Franklin, who married Hannah Miller; John, Edward, Clark, Da~ and Toss, who married 11aud 11iller; Tillie, who married Edward Gillig:w[ ,'. ) and had six children, Adam, Grant, Henry and Muir. Scott married Susannah Smeuse. Their children were Lulu 11aud, who married L.. Smeuse, Olan Russell Framp ton and Howard Scott Frampton. Miranda married Clarence Stiger. All the children were by this marriage. Her second husband was named Dinsmore. The children were Laura, whu married Benja min Smyers, six children; Jacob, who married Grace Henry, three children; Jennie, who married Reuben Smyers, six children; Ephraim, \\·ho married Edith Henry, two children; Elizabeth. married to \fr. Batey, three children; Nora, one child: Henry. \Iartha and Goldie. The children of ?\ancy, a sister. were Tirzah, who married Barbara Frye, and had four children, and Cora B., who married Scott Stigers and had ten children. To speak more particularly of the family of Rev. John Frampton. son of \Villiam, (and grandson of John, who first went to Punxsutawney). whose picture is found here with, sennth in descent from \\'illiam Frampton, he was born near Trude City, Indiana County, Pa., and married 171 on February 26th, 1856, .:.Iargaret .:.latilda Brooks, born in Steuben County, N. Y., February 14th, 1835. Of the four sons who are .\Iethodist Episcopal min isters, Rev. Cyrus Frampton was born near \~alier, Jefferson County, A.pril 9th, 1857, and \\·as educated in the public schools, academies and college. He \\·as graduated from Mt. Union College, Allience. Ohio, July 26th. 189-l-. with the degree, .-\. B. He taught for eight years in public schools, part of the time in Dayton. Pa , -Cnion Academy, and in ·warren, Pa. In 1882 he joined the Erie A.nnual Conference of the I\Iethodist Episcopal Church, and married March 21st, 1883 '.\1ary E. \Velchonce. He has sen-eel the following charges: Corsica. two year,-: Tylers1mrg, three years; Knox, Clarion County, and .\Iarienville, three years; Shippenville. fi,·e years: Falls Creeks. four years: Emlen ton and Foxburg. seyen years and Bethel .\-1. E., Oil City, Pa .. six years. He was a member of the General Conference 172 which met in .\linneapolis, .\linn., in 1912. Besides his regular work in his charges, he has been the means of having parsonages and churches repaired, had two new churches built on the ShippenYille charge, and a new church building at his present charge. ~--\. fine parsonage ,, as built during his pastorate on the Foxburg and Emlenton charge. His ministry has been blessed with several excellent re vivals, adding many to his churches. His portrait follows. Eighth in descent from William Frampton. of Philadelphia. His three brother,; in the .\Iethocfot Episcopal ministry are Re\·. \\-illiam E. Frampton, born .\'o\·emher 29th, 1858, \\·ho joined the Erie Conierence in lt-(83. He is pastor of the kouse\·ille and Plummer charge. He married .\Iyra G. Glenn, .--\.ugust 3Lt. 18;--(l. Re\·. Frank H. Frampton was horn .\'O\embe1 19th. J~r,9, and joined the Erie Conference 173 in 1898. He is pastor of the Seneca charge at present. His wife was Miss Elnore A. Eibel, married June 27th, 1900. Rev. James W. Frampton was born January 21st, 1878, joined the Erie Conference in 1907. and is pastor of the Woodcock and Venango charge at present. He married Miss Augusta Elbel. The golden wedding of the father. ReY. John and Margaret Brooks Frampton, was celebrated in Punxsutaw ney, February 26th, 1906. Friends to the number of 80 gathered to celebrate it. All the children and their fami lies were present, and the Punxsutawney Xe,Ys said that the aged couple "enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who knew them." THE UT.--\H BR.--\XCH. From the "Farnsworth ~Iemorial,'' by \Yilliam F. Farnsworth, published 1897, Kewberry Library, Chicago. the following is taken : "Xathaniel Frampton married Laura Farnsworth. }.lay 27th, 1824 in Milton, Vermont. They were from Burling ton, Ohio. They separated in 1835. Their children were Adaline, born 1825; Sarah :\lontgomery, born 1826; Adolphus, born 1829; \\'illiam ~fartindale, born September 20th, 1831, in Scioto County. Ohio. The latter emigrated to Utah in 1852. He was a musician and a politician. He married Mary Abbie Terry at Pleasant Gron. Ltah." Correspondence with the family in "Ctah has brought out the following facts: Among the sons of Samuel Frampton, son of John Frampton. and great grandson of \\.illiam Frampton. 1st. Willia1:n. ancestor of the Punxsutawney Framptons through his son John. was the father also of Samuel. father of the above named Nathaniel. Ho,y the latter came to be a resident in Burlington, Ohio, we do not know, but it is Yery natural. howeYer. that he should go \Yhere some of his rela tives had gone-the descendants of his grandfather's brother John. Perhaps his father. Samuel. \Yent there also. hut the 174 Personal Family Record Name ...... ,, ...... ·····························•····'"····•········· Date...... ,...... Remarks last record of him, locates him "near Lewistown," as we have seen. John ::\1. Frampton recollected hearing his father speak of a Nathaniel, a hatter by trade, a cousin, he thought, and a Samuel also, though not located in Burlington, in his own day. Samuel, the father of Nathaniel, and grand son of Samuel, the head of this branch, was the father of ten children. He married Nancy Kelley, near Lewistown, Pa. The children were Elizabeth, born 1782; Nancy, born 1784; William, born 1786; John, born 1788; Samuel, born 1790; Sarah, born 1792; James, born 1794; Da,·id, born 1796 and :Nathaniel, born 1798. The last named, the youngest son, is the one mentioned in the "Farnsworth Memorial." He and his brother, David,. married sisters by the name of Brush. Both wins died early. Xathaniel's wife died when her daughter was born. He allowed a sister-in-law to take the child, and when she was old enough, put her in a connnt near Pittsburgh. 'When the father heard of this, he undertook to take the child out by force, and almost lost his life. He then left PennsylYania and came to Ohio, where he met Laura Farnsworth. The account taken from the papers of his son, \Yilliam, contradicts the "Farnsworth Memorial," and says they were married at Burlington, Ohio, May 25th. 1824. \\·e might say here that a letter from DaYid Frampton, of Punxsutawney, Pa., to this son, \\'illiam, speaks of the sudden death of his (\\'illiam's) grandfather, Samuel Frampton, as he was walking down the street. \\'illiam, himself died the same way . .-\.fter a time, Xathaniel and his wife separated while \\'illiam was a babe. The curse of drink on his p ::\Irs. EYa F. Driggs, of Salt Lake City, who has ginn most of this information \Yell says: '~\'e jind that the, Framptons were pioneers not alon~ d(tf1e ~~rcl'd!e wes~bnt: the farther west." THE BLAIR COC:'.'\TY, P.\., DESCE:'.'\DA~TS. It is slightly uncertain whether the \Villiam Frampton who came from Frankstown, a small Yillage in Blair County,. Pa .. is the \\.illiam Frampton who was the son of \\'illiam, of Spruce Creek. Huntingdon County, and grand son of Samuel, but as Huntingdon and Blair are adjo111ing. 178 counties, ~nd the localities are quite near each other, the great probability is that he. is the same, and the dates agree. Howeyer, he might possibly be a descendant of AFthur, of the Revolutionary period, but as the latter went to other parts of the country, the former is much more likely. He was twice married. To the first wife were born two children, James B. and :VIary, who married John McCord. To tne second wife were born four daugh ters: Sophia, Susan, who married Forbes :McFarland, (both deceased); Rebecca, wife of James Barber, (deceased), of Hollidaysburg, Pa., and Sarah, \Yife of John Strunk, of LewistO\vn, Pa., also deceased. In the old Baldrige Family Bible is this marriage entry: "Joseph Baldrige and Sophia Frampton were married March 29th. 1839." They had four sons. all of Hollidays burg, Blair County, Pa. The names indicate the strong Baptist com·ictions of the parents. for these were house hold words among Baptists in those days, and one is the name of a former pastor of the Baptist church in Hollidays burg. The Baldrige family has always been closely identi fied with Baptist interests. The names are: Howard :\Ialcom Baldrige, born January 20th. 18-12. deceased; Engenio Kin caid Baldrige, born January 7th. 18-tj; Edwin Rockefellow Baldrige, born June 10th. 1848. and Joseph Henry Baldrige, born August 15th, 1853. deceased. Of these. H. :\Ialcom Baldrige ,,·as twice married. and the children were H. H. Baldrige and Joseph :\I. Baldrige. both of Omaha, ~ebraska; Thomas and Edith Baldrige. 1:>oth of Hollidaysburg; Katharine. deceased, wife of J. C. McLanshan; Joseph Henry and Kincaid Baldrige, both of ·whom remained single. The children of Edwin E. Baldrige ,,·ere seyen, "·· Lo,-ell Baldrige and Mary Y. Baldrige. both of Hollidays burg; C. :Malcom Baldrige, of Bellwood, Blair County; Eleanor. Mrs. Hanna, of Philadelphia, a lady of much intelligence and ability, to he addresse.J at the College Settlement. Christian Street; Jean, ::VIrs. Sholly. of Xew 179 York City, and Emma, :.VIrs. l\kKinley, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Laura S. Baldrige, of Hollidaysburg. The oldest son of \Villiam Frampton, James Burns, is referred to as an "exemplary man." He married :.lary Loy. Their only child, Ellen E. Frampton. married Ed-· ward T. Kurtz, an ·attorney of ~ew Castle, Pa. They had a child who died, James, and a liYing son. Edward Framp ton Kurtz. He is a Yiolinist of Xew Castle, Pa. A. notice of the death of :.\Irs. Ellen Frampton Kurtz. who died July 1815, aged 70. says that she "was one of the most promi nent women of the city. and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Her husband and son Edward F. ,mn·iw her." :.!embers of the family of Jonathan Frampton. of :.Ier cer County, relate that ;,.frs. James B. Frampton. mother of ;,.lrs. Kurtz. Yisited them "·hen the latter \Yas about ten years of age. She was then •a ,YiclmY. They spoke of her hushand as a cousin of Jonathan's father, DaYicl. He ·1Youlcl appear to he a first cousin "once remoYed:'' ;,.lrs. James B. Frampton after\\"ard hecame ;,.Jrs. ;,.IcCleary, and resided in Xew Castle. Pa. The children of ;,.lary Frampton ;,.lcl.._-onl. \ si:-ter of James and Sophia). \Yere HmYarcl ;,.k(ord. of .-\ltoona, deceased; Caroline, wife of John Lloyd, of .-\ltoona. Pa .. (deceased); Sarah, wife of John \\"hittington. of Cynwyn, Pa.; Jennie. wife of John Stewart, Ii Ying in Philadelphia. and ;,.Iacie, who was the \Yife of ReY. Robert Dunlap. an efficient Baptist minister, and pastor for many years, chiefly in \\"estern Pennsyh-ania. .-\fter his death she remarried, and has died recently. ;,.lrs. Sarah Barber and ;,.Jrs. John Strunk haYe no children. The children of ;,.Irs. Susan ::\IcFarland are Thomas B. ::\kFarland, of Hollidaysburg, Pa .. unmarried; Harry, of Renovo. Pa .. no children; Frank P .. o"f Hollidays burg, unmarried, and Katharine. decea,-ed. 180 Personal Family Record Name ...... Date: ...... Remarks ...... . -----·------ CHAPTER XXIV NATHAXIEL FRAMPTON (BROTHER OF WILUAM~ SA:\1UEL, ETC., AND GREAT GRANDSON OF WILLIAM FRAMPTON I) AND HIS DESCENDANTS. Like his brothers, Nathaniel Frampton's name appears. in the Pennsylvania Archives in the lists of taxables for supply rates in Cumberland County, Pa., during the Revolu tion. It appears first in the Derry Township list for 1780,. (3rd Series, Yolume XX, Page 274), where he is assessed for 40 acres, one horse and two cattle. On page 412 is the the same assessment for 1781. except for two horses, in stead of one. On page 676, for 1782, there is the same quantity of liYe stock. For 1785, his name does not appear. His militia senice is recorded on page 565 of the Sixth \'olume of the 5th Series. His service was in the 3rd Class of Cumberland County Associators. This is found in the roll return of the 8th battalion, commanded hy Col. .-\lex BrO\rn, in the years 1780, 1781 and 1782. This is the only record of his sen-ice. Some of the descendants of his daughter, Hannah, haYe records of him. He married :\fartha Coursen. They liYed in Penn's \'alley in what is nO\v :\Iifflin County. Pa. It \Yould seem from the Pennsylvania .-\rchives. 3rd Series. \'olurne XIX. Page 804. that he had rernO\·ed to Potter's TO\rnship after the Revolutionary \Var, for in 1787 he pays taxes there and is assessed for two horses and one cmv. His farming seems to have been on a small scale._ He was accompanied there by his unmarried brother, Arthur. He had four daughters and at least one son, John, and probably others. Hannah. a daughter. married Hugh \Vilson, and they settled as pioneers in Erie County. ·Pa., on Little French Creek near ,vhat is now Union City. Rachel. another daughter. married another Hugh' \Vilson, and they settled 181 ,on Spring Creek in \Varren County. Pa. Ellinor became Mrs. Sample, and liYed on the ''Brackenstraw Creek" in -warren County, Pa. Elizabeth became :\Irs. Corbet. and :had no children. The son, John Frampton, lost his life in the \Var of 1812, unmarried. Nathaniel became a Dunkard, or German Baptist, many -of whom had settled in Cumberland County. In belief, practice and dress, the Dunkards are Yery similar to the ·Quakers, except that they immerse in \Yater three times, -once each in the name of each of the Trinity. The Quakers do not baptize at all in water or ,yith it. claiming that baptism of the Spirit is the only baptism. Fortunately there is a little booklet entitled. ''Olden Times in Gnion Township," written by DaYid \Vilson, a son of Hugh and Hannah Frampton \Vilson, which giyes valuable information. It tells us that Hugh \rilson, when a young Protestant Irishman of 2--1-, settled. in 1797, in the woods in Union TO\rnship. He had left his young wife behind, and spent all his energies that summer preparing a home for her in the almost unbroken forest, working hard all clay and through lonesome days and nights, sleeping in his cabin at night far from human habitation. But \YOe betide any man -or beast that would haYe disturbed him. Twenty years afterwards he fought a bear single-handed. and killed it with nothing in his hands but a hatchet. He left an ax and loaded rifle always at night by his side. Though but fiye feet ten in height, he weighed oyer 200 pounds, and to show his strength he would lift a great barrel with his hands to his breast, and drink from the bunghole. The next year his wife, Hannah. horn in 1773. at Kishocoquillas, Cumberland County. Pa., came, and with her came also her father. Xathaniel Frampton, and her little daughter, Elizabeth, but a few weeks old-trayeling 200 miles through the wilderness. She "a~. ,w are told, 182 of a little more than the average size of woman, fair,.. healthy and robust. She was eminently fitted for the wife of a pioneer, as her father had been a pioneer in her child hood. \Ve are told in this booklet, "with a ready hand to· work and cheerful temper, she could always make the best of every circumstance, however trying." On the 17th of August, 1800, a little daughter came to the pioneer cabin, the first child born in this region. She was named Martha, after Mrs. "Wilson's mother. In 1803- Governor McKean appointed Hugh \Vilson Justice of the Peace. \Yhile the wilderness was gradually being cleared, and there were little farms here and there, the war of 181Z with Great Britain broke out, and our history says that "John Frampton, a brother of Yirs. \\'illiam. joined Har rison's army in the Xorthwest." The troops rendezyoused at the head of Lake Erie, January 12th, 1813. It was in the dead of winter in an unbroken wilderness. "It was too much for John Frampton, for he took sick and died." One account says he is buried at Sandusky, Ohio, another at Perrysburg. The oldest daughter of Hugh and Hannah Frampton Wilson, Elizabeth, in 1822 married John Gray, of Water ford, near by. In the meantime, "Union City" arose out of the wilderness, a little village, and John Gray and his wife removed there in 1826. She died in 1838, only 38 years of age. He married again, and lived to be 62. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church for 35 years. In 1824, Hugh \Vilson and Asa Wetherill, (the last,.. a name that recalls one of the friends of \Villiam Frampton in the earliest days of Philadelphia), were chosen super visors. Later on Hugh \Vilson obtained 200 acres more from the Holland Land Company, and later on, 400 acres of state land. He died in the summer of 1851, aged 79. Han nah, his wife, died the next year, February 11th, aged 79. She endeared herself to all in tfie neighborhood. Children were named for her throughout the country who were no- 183 relation. She was without an enemy at her death. She was always energetic and ambitious. The interesting little booklet from which this is taken, by David \Vilson, a son, is indeed valuable as a picture of life in the "Olden Times." \Vould that others had made such records! Hugh \Vilson was born October 16th. 1773. and "·as a grandnephew of James \Vilson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Coming to .-\rnerica from the north of Ireland, (County Down), where he ,vas horn, he landed at Wilmington, Delaware in 1794. ...\t Bedford, he joined the army sent by President \Vashington to quell the \Vhiskey Rebellion near Pittsburgh. Going to Derry TO\rn ship, now Mifflin County, he married, as ,ve have seen, the daughter of Xathaniel Frampton. who accompanied his family to the new settlement in Erie County. Pa., as \\-il liam Frampton, his brother did in the ca~e of his family going to Clarion County. Hugh \\'ilson. as Justice of the Peace, performed all the business for the entire south eastern section of Erie County, often including marriages, till he resigned in 1817. He had receiYed a good education at Belfast, Ireland. He ,vas one of the troops who pro tected the building of Commodore Perry's fleet at Erie in 1813. along with his brother-in-law. John Frampton. He joined the Presbyterian C11urch at 'Cnion. ,vhich was then under the pastoral care of .\mos Chase. uncle of the later Chief Justice of the ·cnited States, Salmon P. Chase. These facts are mostly taken from an interesting booklet hy a descendant, Hon ..-\. \V. Smiley, entitled. " ...\ Fe,v Scrap~. Oily and Otherwise." There is a statement by one member of the Frampton family, (but not among Nathaniel's descendants). that Nathaniel Frampton died in Huntington.\\·. \·a. Xo trace or tradition of his residence there has been found. but if thi, is true, it may han been while he ,Yas on a Yisit to his relations there. Howe,·er, my correspondent says that he -was old. up in the nineties. He says further that two of 18-1 1'athaniel's sons lived in Huntington, W. D. Frampton and James. The other testimony speaks only of one son,-John.. Still he may have had others who went to Huntington. Relati,·es follow each other often. None of the Framptons. now in Huntington have any knowledge of any Nathaniel or W. D., and it is possible that this James was confused· with James R., the son of Martin. However, this corres pondent says he had corresponded with W. D. Frampton and James, arid so ought to know. He adds, in immediate connection, that T. J. Frampton lived in Bridgeport, Kentucky. He had visited with him on the way to Yicksburg, Miss., in 1891. He was second officer of the boat on which this correspondent had pas sage. It is difficult to tell whether he implies any relation ship to Nathaniel or not, and letters to hin1 elicit no reply,. and letters to Bridgeport are returned unclaimed. There is evidence from other portions of his letter that he has confused at times, this Nathaniel Frampton with the other Nathaniel, of whom we have written. The recollections of the old are often vague. But as to Hugh 'Wilson, his wife, and descendants, we haYe clear testimony. ·· \Vhile the service of Hugh \Vilson in the army was too• late to enable his descendants to be Sons and Daughters of the American Revolutionary through him, they can make· this claim through N.athaniel Frampton, and, with other proofs, to become members of the "Descendants of the \Var of 1812," through Hugh Wilson. The descendants of Nathaniel Frampton are numerous in Northwestern Pennsylvania, but do not bear the name of Frampton, but rather the names of Gray, Wilson~ Smiley, etc., being descendants of his daughters. As we have seen, Elizabeth, oldest daughter of Hugh and Hannah \Vilson, married John Gray. Rachel, another daughter, married John Smiley, a son of James Smiley, who had settled in the then wilderness near where the town of Union City now stands, coming from Crawford County, near 185 -Couneaut Lake. John was born in .:deadville, Pa., },ugust 10th, 1814. and died in 1..:-nion City, January 23rd, 1894, aged 80. His wife, Rachel, lived to be 93 years of age. Her portrait. taken in old age follows. Fifth in descent from \\'illiam Frampton I. Her son, Hon. A. \V. Smiley, of Foxburg, Pa., was born near Union City in 1843. He went to Titusville, Pa., and helped drill for oil, near the first or Drake oil well in 1860. He was assistant to his brother, T. J. Smiley in Titusville. He knew John \V. Steele, long known as "Coal Oil Johnny." He became interested in building pipe lines for oil direct to the tanks and was superintendent of the Union Pipe Company. He located in Foxburg. He built several pipe lines such as, in 1878, the Fox Farm pipe line. He became connected with the buying department of the Joseph Seep purchasing agency, and is the oldest pipe liner living. He is a Democrat, and was elected to the State Legislature from Clarion County for three terms, sessions of 1887, 1889 and 1895. He was Democratic nominee for Congress and 186 greatly reduced the usual Republican majority in his dis trict. He was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket, is a ..\Iason, Odd Fellow and Maccabee. He married Ellen J. :\lead, daughter of Rev. U. F. and Ernaline ~ead, and has a son. Roger :\lead Smiley, bor,1 in Cnion City, February 3rd. 1870. and now living in Kno:\.., Clarion County in the oil business. He married Pearl Eliza Tra,·e. Their children are .'\lfred \\'ilson Smiley, born July 24th, 1904; Thomas H. Smiley. horn February 12th. 1905: Louise, born NoHmher 19th. 1907. and Elizabeth. born :\ovember 5th, 1910. The portrait of Hon . ..-\.. \\·. Smiley follows, 6th in descent from \\'illiam Frampton, I. Among the descendants of Hugh and Hannah Wilson• was the late W. L. \Vilson, of Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh,. Pa. His father wa' John \Vilson, and his mother, Nancy,. was ,dso named \\ ilson before marriage. One nephew,. 187 -George Wilson, and two nieces, Mrs. R. A. ·wilson and Mrs. L. B. Yale, re.ide at Chautaqua, N. Y. Mr. Wilson, when living, was deeply interested in these genealogical re searches. The following is the genealogical record : Hannah Frampton Wilson was the mother of John Wilson, Nathaniel Wilson, Elizabeth, married to John Gray, Elizabeth married to William Smiley, James Wilson, Mary Wilson, never married, David ·Wilson, Rachel, born May 31st, 1814, died December 30th, 1906, married to John .Smiley and Hugh Wilson, Jr. The children of John and Nancy ·Wilson were Albert, born February 2nd, 1833, married to Adelaide l\Iyers; Melissa, married to Henry H. Myers; Ira, unmarried; Ezra, died aged two years; Louisa, married to Andrew J. Parker ; Henry, married to Margaret Burger; Julia, married to \Vil liam F. Myers and Wilbur F. \Vilson, married to Harriet Digby. Nathaniel and James Wilson had no children. Mrs. Elizabeth Gray was the mother of Hugh, Hannah and Mary Gray. The children of David Wilson were Hugh, deceased, Lee, Sarah and Hannah, all living. The children of Mrs. Rachel Smiley were Matilda, born May 27th, 1839, died March 5th, 190':'; T. J. Smiley, born February 3rd, 1842, died September 11th, 1901; A. W. Smiley, born .July 16th, 1843; Hannah Smiley, born June 10th, 1845; Alice Smiley, born December 13th, 1852, died January 11th, 1853; Mina L. Smiley, born June 24th, 1854. The children of Louisa Wilson and Andrew J. Parker were: Gertrude Parker, deceased; Florence Parker, mar ried to William Danner; William Parker, married; Manford Parker, deceased, and Milford Parker, married. The children of Henry Wilson and Margaret Burger Wilson were: Edith \Vilson, who become l\Irs. Lamb : 188 Personal Family Record ----- Name ______Date ______ Remarks------·- Lena Wilson, married to William Boyd; Tillie Wilson, who. became Mrs. Cruiser; Anna \Vilson, who became Mrs. Fox; Blanche \Vilson, who became Mrs. Slocum ; Eva Wilson, married to George Ryer, and May Wilson, who became Mrs. Small. The children of Albert Wilson and Adelaide Myers Wilson were: Eliza Wilson, married to Louis B. Yale; Frank J. Wilson, married to Sybil Rumbaugh; Ada M. Wilson, married to Arthur M. Hardenburg; George H. Wilson, married to Mildred Tew; Ella A. \Vilson, deceased; Minnie G. \Vilson, deceased; Vena P. Wilson, single; Dean Albert Wilson, married to Carolyn Niel. The children of Melissa 'Nilson and Henry Myers are: Stella R. Myers, married to Ort Coats; Della R. Myers, married to Elliot Conover; Nellie R. Myers, deceased; Ella R. ~1 yers, married to Elwin Smiley ; Lillie R. Myers, mar ried to \Villard Ferguson, and Iva R. Myers, married to Frank Reynolds. The children of Julia Wilson and William Myers were; Jennie Myers, who married Charles Brooks; Jessie Myers, unmarried, and Carrie Myers, who married Claude Allen. \Vilbur F. \Vilson and Harriet Digby had no children. CHAPTER XXV ARTHUR FRAMPTOX, BROTHER OF WILLIAM, JOHN, NATHANIEL, ETC., AND GREAT GRANDSON OF WILLIAM FRAMPTON, OF PHILADELPHIA. Very little has been learned of Arthur, ( or his descend ants), who seems to have been the youngest of the five great grandsons of William Frampton, and who served in the Revolution. He, and his older brother, John, were not 011ly in the militia, but in the regular service, or Continential Line. On page 563. Volume 6, 5th Series of Pennsyh-ania Archives, i89 we learn that Arthur sen-ed in the 7th Company, 1st Class, 8th battalion, on a tour of duty, by order of Council, June 27th, 1781; and on page 630, that he, with John, was a private in Captain \Yilliam \Yilson's company on a tour of military duty in Penn's \-alley, ordered April 11th, 1781. They were in the 8th Class, .-\ssociators and militia. In Yolume 4, of the .3th Series, Page 626, we find him set down as a priYate in the Continental Line, Cumberland County, in the list of those who had received pay as "Rangers on the Frontier.'' On Page .36.3, Yolume 6, same series, he is set do"·n as in the 1st Class, Xathaniel in 8th Class, Samuel and \Yilliam in 4th Class. In the 3rd Series of Pennsylvania Archives_, Yolume 23, Pages 27.3, 725 and 745, "·e learn again that John and Arthur Frampton were members of the "Rangers on the Frontier" from Cumberland County, for the years 1778 to 1783, and all the facts in the 5th Series, just given, are found there also. That he was single at this time, and for some time after, is shown by the fact that in the tax lists for Potter's Township, :Northumberland County, he is reported as "single," and assessed .3 shillings, in the year 1787. (See Pennsylvania Archins, 3rd Series, Volume 19, Page 804). Nathaniel is assessed in that township, as we have seen, for some live stock. ( Page 801). So it appears that he and his brother had removed there after the war, before :Nathaniel went to Erie County with his children in 1798. There is one place in the Derry Township tax lists during the war where Arthur is taxed for one horse and one cow. So he too must have been a farmer. In the records kept by Nathaniel's descendants and other testimony, it appears that Arthur too, went to Erie, or Warren, County, Pa., and lived on the "Brackenstraw,"· a stream in that section. Afterward he went to Ohio, according to a correspondent and died there "well stricken in years." 190 Personal Family Record Name. Date .. Remarks '- - - ·- ·------· ------··· ···--····. - - Beyond this, we haYe no knowledge. A number of years ago .:\Ir. ~.\. \V. Ash, iong connected ,vith the Toledo Blade, Ohio, wrote to the v.rriter: ":'.\1y mother's maiden name was Frampton. She was born in Pe'1nsylvania. Her parents remo.-ed to Ohio when she was quite young, and a few years later she removed to De Kalb County, Indiana, where my grandparents died. I do not remember my grandfather, Frampton's. given name. My uncle, \\'illiam Frampton, died a number of years ago at Syracuse, Indiana, where one daughter, :'.\lrs. Isaac Burger still lives. Uncle John Frampton sernd in the 44th Indiana regiment during the Civil \\'ar. and died in :'.\Iichigan about 25 years ago." This information does not enable us to connect this family definitely with those already described, and it is possible that it may be descended from Arthur, or one of the sons of Samuel, whose name we do not know. Mr. Ash mentioned an uncle Arthur, who was "drowned in the lake" ( that is, Lake Erie), in another letter. There is a possibility that Frampton Post Office in Licking County, 0., may have been so named after Arthur Frampton. An Isaac Frampton lived there who may have been his son. His name was mentioned in connection with Nathaniel and Arthur, by a correspondent familiar with the names of the older generation. CHAPTER XXVI THE MARYLAND FRAMPTONS. Caroline County, Maryland, adjoins Kent County in the State of Delaware, and is separated from Chesapeake Bay by Talbot County. It became, at an early date, the home of a nllnfber of Framptons who went from thence to various sections of the country. The following is a transcript from the records of the -county, relating to marriages: Frampton, Joseph and Mary A. Gamor, 1775, Caroline County, Md.; Frampton, Rebecca and Thomas Larrimore, 191 20 May, 1778, Caroline County, ~Id.; Frampton, Thomas and Elizabeth Kelly, 17 July, 1791, Caroline County, Md.; Frampton, Nancy and Thomas Garrett, 13 ~fay, 1800, Caro line County, Md.; Frampton, Lydia and John Morriston, 8 March, 1803, Caroline County, 11d. ; Frampton, Joseph and Peggy Carner, 14 February, 1807, Caroline County, Md. This was during and following the period of the Rev olutionary \Var. The last named, "Joseph," was probably a son of the first one named. It is a fascinating conjecture that when John Frampton was shipwrecked off the Virginia capes, about 1740, while other Framptons were on board, including "Old ~fr. Framp ton and his son, Lance," ( as an old hook puts it), some of the group, saved from the wreck, may have settled here, or that the third child of Thomas Frampton, whose name we do not know, may have been the ancestor of this branch. The proximity of Caroline County. ~Iaryland, to Kent County, Delaware, suggests a possible kinship to ·William Frampton, "Counsellor for Kent," Delaware. in Philadel phia, 1815. but the kinship must have been through birth on the other side of the ocean. All the Framptons came from England, though from various parts of it. The narrative of T. Luther Frampton, of Denton, the county seat of Caroline County. relates that. his grandfather. George L. Frampton, came from England when a young man. and bought a farm near Denton. He married :'.\Iary Sno,v, and had a family of two boys. Luther and Richard, and one girl, Catharine. She married a man by the name of Jeremiah Haliford, a farmer and merchant. They had four boys and fin girls: Frank, Olney, ..\rthur and William. all farmers; Marian Emily, Catharine Eliza, Frances and Belle. Three of the girls married farmers. The other two nenr married. From another source we learn that this George L. Frampton was a sailor and died from pneumonia, contracted from saving some one who had fallen overboard. His son's wife, now an old lady, was under the impression that 192 he was about the first Frampton to come to that part qf the United States. This can hardly be the case, because of the aforesaid marriage records. But all that generation hear ing the Frampton name may have removtd, and it will ·be seen most of the descendants would bear other names, such as Larrimore, Garrett or :\forriston. Richard Snow Frampton, who was a farmer and owned extensi\'e farmland in Southern :\laryland, ( son of George), married first Rebecca D. Hazzard, from Delaware, January 9th, 184j, and by this wife had six children, viz: Thomas Luther. :\Iary F. and four others who died young, Thomas, Jacob, Sarah and Rosalind. After her deatli he married Evaline W. Fleetwood, :\farch 28th, 1867, and the following six children were born to them: Richard Snow Frampton, Jr., William W .. F ramnton, ..\h-a :\filton Brampton, Oliver ...,.,,._.2 C-d+.1 Bert Frampto1},t1nd Elon \\'. Frampton. All of these were farmers except Ofiver. who is no\V• a government engineer in the \\'est, and 'Elon \V., ,vho i_s a train dispatcher for the Pennsy lnnia Railroad. All, ,vith · the exception. of Oliver, are now (1916) located in Maryland. The children of Thomas Luther Frampton who was -proprietor of a hotel and livery in Denton, and of a farm, and who married Anna B. Nichols, were six, ( which, and four, seem to -be the' family number), viz: Harry R. Frampton, hotel clerk in Philadelphia, who mar ried Anna George, having four cryildren, Bernice, Percy and two who died young; H. Y. Frampton, ,vho married :\Iiss Laura Fotrel, liYes in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is sales manager for a New York house, with one child, Harry; Minnie R., the oldest daughter, \\'ho died when 23 years of age; Clara E., who is a milliner in Royersford, Pa.; Clarence Frampton. a merchant in Denton, and Luther Frampton, Jr., who died at the age of 24. :'.\fary F., daughter of Richard Snow Frampton, and sister of the aboYe, who married Martin Satterfield, a farmer, had four children, Luther and Eligna, 193 both mechanics; ~orman, a railroad conductor, and Rebecca Satterfield a teacher. Richard Snow Frampton, Jr., married .'\ettie McNash. They have but one child, Hugh :\Ic~ash Frampton, who is chief clerk with the Erie Railroad in Baltimore, and owns a half interest in the firm of Edward P. Foote & Company, Commission Merchants in that city. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His portrait follows: \\-illia;:1 W. Frampton married Anna 11ask. They have four children, Kendall Frampton. in a \Vilmington, Delaware, banl:: Richard. Earl and Benjamin, who are with their father on the farm. Alva M. Frampton, a farmer, marired a Miss :\fontag-ue, with one daughttcr. Olive, who went to O!i:lahoma in 1893. 194 married there and has two children, both girls. Her hus band is a miller and farmer. \Valten. Frampton married a l\Iiss Carroll. Also a farmer. Have four children. There is another branch of the Caroline County Framptons apparently not immediately connected with the foregoing, descended from Richard Bennett Frampton, who married Frances Townsend, and had four sons and two daughters, viz : George, John \Vesley, Richard Bennett, Jr.. 1Iary Ellen. Elizabeth and Rufus. George married Carrie Ross, of Talbot County, adjoin ing Caroline County. and had two sons and three daughters, viz: Elizabeth. Ella, Georgiana, Joseph and James. J. \Vesley married 11iss Chambers, of Queen Anne County, another adjoining county, and they had three sons and one daughter. viz: John, Charles Lee, \Villiam and Carrie. Rufus married as his second wife, }Iiss A.dyolette, of Baltimore, ( name of first wife unknown to our correspond ent). By the first wife he had a daughter, 11ay, and one son, and two daughters by the second marriage, Adyolette, Sadie and 1Iattie. }Iary married );"icholas B. Leonard, of Talbot County, and had one son and seven daughters, :Mary Landin, Fannie Townsend, Elizabeth Benson, Carrie, Hattie ..-\nna Vander ford 1.nd Irene. Elizabeth married Benjamin Jackson. :md they had one son. Julian B. Richard Bennett Frampton, Jr., married Hester Ellen Rigby and had six daughters, Della, Anna Laura, Mary Rigby, Clara, Ida Elizabeth and Hester Ellen, all living, (1916). except Della. Richard married the second time, Mary Elizabeth Rigby, a sister of his first wife. No children by this marriage. Of the above daughters, Clara is connected with the \Vomen's Hospital, Baltimore, ' Maryland, and is a lady of refinement and character. 195 .-\nna Laura married Joseph Thomas Bartlett, of Tal bot County. and they haYe two children. Joseph Thomas, Jr.. and Dorothy Frampton Bartlett. :Yiary Rigby Frampton married Edward Potter Reid, of Baltimore, and has two daughters. Caroline Elizabeth and :-Iary Rigby Reid. The father of these daughters. Rn. R. B. Frampton. Jr., was a minister of the southern :YI. E. church. but owing to ill health. after four years was obliged to relinquish that work, but lived to be 82 years old. Richard Bennett Frampton. Sr.. had a sister \Yho be came ).Irs. \'anderford. There was a son. Henry \" ander ford, who liYed in \Yestminster. ~Iaryland. and at one time was a state senator, and also editor of the Democratic AdYocate of \Yestminster. After his death the paper was continued by his sons. A grandson and granddaughter alone sun-in. :Yfrs ..-\ngeline \"anderford. the widow of the senator still sun-iYes. There is still another branch tracing its ongm to Denton, :Yiaryland, in the person of \\'. D. Frampton. who was born there in 1811. It is very likely that he was a brother of Richard Bennett Frampton. and both of these may be sons of Isaac and Deborah Frampton of that place. These certainly were the parents of \V. D. Frampton. The latter had two sisters. Rhoda and Margaret. \V. D. Framp ton had a son. Isaac. wh_o came to "'.\lilton, \\Layne County, Indiana. about the year 1826. where he established a grist mill which he operated till his death. He had a son. \Y. D._ Frampton. named for his grandfather who was married in 1837 to Sarah Bell, to whom were born eleYen children, and seYen of these are yet liYing, a daughter and six sons. Of the sons. Isaac and James died in infancy, Elisha died at the age of 20. "'.\Iary the daughter at the age of 39, \Villiam C. Frampton. another son, was born in 1842 and in 1869 married Anna Cockayne. To this marriage there were four children. \Ii/alter. dying in infancy: a daughter, Mrs. 1Iartha ~fannon. a widow with no children: Edward. "·ith 196 a son and daughter, and Arthur T., \Yi.th t\\'o SO:\lE L\TER EX GLISH .-\:\I ERIC\~ FH.X\IPT( >:'.\S. There are a number of Framptons in the Cnitecl States and Canada ,d10 haYe come to .-\merica in more recent Years than the one who became the ancestor of the largest number known in .-\merica. At \\.oburn. :\Iassachusetts. there are printed records of births. deaths and marriages from l(l-1-0 tci 1~90. In the fifth Yolume is mentioned DaYid Frampton. died .\ugust 198 Personal Family Record ----- Name ______Date ______ Remarks------·- 9th, 1885, aged -1--1- :,:ears, (on tombstone); Ellinor Framp ton and Thomas T. Long, both of ·woburn, were married October 24th, 1870. On page 105, Volume 3, are mentioned Joseph Frampton and his "·ife, Alice. Their children, as named, are Herbert, born July 14th, 1859; Gilbert, born July 16th, 1860: .-\bba Louise, born September 7th, 1861; Adelainde Josephine, born 1862; Allston, born March 19th, 1869. In Scranton, Pennsykania, reside John Frampton and members of his family. ·who came to this country from Somersetshire. England. in recent years. His father's name was George, his grandfather, Robert. They claim Norman blood. and from the statement in the "Herald and Genea logist," are no doubt correct, and the family has probably come. originally, from the Dorset branch. They are Episco palions, or "Church of England'' people, like nearly all those who haYe come from England in recent year~- . Robert Frampton was church clerk ( church of Eng land), at the old home in Somersetshire, for many years. He had four sons and two daughters. His only brother had no children. One son was Lriah, a farmer, who took a great interest in blooded horses and stock, and finally \Yent to the island of J ers~y. \\·here he cleYoted himself to raising thor oughbred horses ancl cattle, a trait \Yhich he shared with Tregmrn·ell Frampton. preYiously mentioned, who may in deed han been an ancestor. The other sons, George. John and Gabriel. remained in Somersetshire. and were mostly farmers, highly respected ancl consulted by all \\'ho knew them : in this respect like many of the farmer Framptons in this country. Like them these Sometsetshire Framptons were of large stature. Then there were .Jane and Isabelle. The latter re mained single: the former married a ::\Ir. \Yhite. who was a soldier in the army. and also the church clerk of his parish. There was a cousin \\·ho married a Crossman. \Vhence this family come to Som~rsets)1ire is not defi nitely known. but it ,ns of general knowledge that they 199 were connected with the gentry or aristocracy of England. Very few emigrated. A son of Gabriel went to .-\ustralia, and John, son of George, came to America in 1866, first to Syracuse, N. Y. thence to .-\uburn, ~- Y. and in 1892, to Scranton, Pa., where he has remained eyer since in business as agent and collector. His wife is named Sarah, and a daughter, Anna Belle, is a teacher. Other children are Mary, who died July, 1913, (a bookkeeper); .\laud. who died at three years of age; George, a bookkeeper; John, at this time a student for Holy Orders, and ih vacation time in charge of Ylissions of the church. Indeed all this family now living are actin in the affairs of St. Luke's Parish, Scranton. Then there is another daughter, Hazel, a book keeper. .-\nother, Elizabeth, died ,vhile yet a student. A son of .:\lrs. Jane \\'hite also came to this country. There ,vas a Frampton \\·ho settled in Pike County, Pa., seventy years ago, and one of the descendants gave a lecture in Pittsburgh, Pa., some years ago, at a c01n-ention of Odd Fellows, which was highly spokeu of hy the local papers. His residence was in Brooklyn, X. Y . .\lembers of a family of Framptons. ,,·ho trace their later origin to the Isle of \Vight, came to the Cnited States in 1870, the others remaining in England. They were of the family of Henry \Villiam Frampton. ,vho married Deborah Hayden in 1838 or thereabout. The children were Dr. Deitrick Frampton, ,vho emigrated to .\Ielbourne, Australia; Cartharine Frampton, ,vho married Robert Peatty; Clement Frampton, who came to this country after his marriage to Eleanor Lippschutz at .-\11 Saints Church, Gordon Square, London, September ljtl1, 1870: H. Swithin Frampton, Alfred Frampton, Sidney Frampton and .\lartin Frampton. The recurrence in all branches of certain names is interesting. The widow and three children of Clement Frampton suniYe, he having died in 1913, viz: .\Irs. Catha1 ine Eleanor Siebert, born in 1873 in Belleville, X. J.; Alf1e1l Clement F1a111pton, born in 1~79, and Sidney Cleve- 200 land Frampton, born in 1884, the latter t,vo residing in St. Louis, ~1issouri. Another Frampton came from Somersetshire, England,: in recent years. Joseph Frampton, of Houston, Texas, writes that he came from \Veston, near Bath, Somersetshire, in 1862, when about 22 years of age. After ten years spent in Canada, he has resided in Texas 44 years. His father's name was Samuel, a carpenter, and he married a Miss Shallard. Previous to locating at ·weston, he lived at Hanham, near B"ristol, England. There were three other sons, John, Daniel and Stephen. Stephen also came to this country and located in Houghton, Michigan. John Frampton had one son and several daughters,. all married, most of them residing in Bath, England. Joseph Frampton is a devout Christian. In ·wallis, Texas, there is a Herbert Frampton who is not of this family. Still another Frampton came to this country, born in Salisbury, England, Xovember 23rd, 1852, \Villiam \Yallace Frampton. He had one brother, Richard, v,ho died in Lancashire, England. The former came to America in 1882. locating in Kansas City, Kansas. 'His father was a bridge contractor, born in -Lancashire. The early life of \Yilliam was spent at :.\Tilton, ~orth Staffordshire. He married Jane \Yeir. and the children are Laura, Edith, :.\label and Grace, who is now ~Irs. L. D. Reeves. All reside in Kansas City. Kansas. There is a family which came from Dorsetshire, the original seat of the Framptons. Emanuel James Frampton ,vas born at :.\Iarnhull, Dorset, March 11th, 1843. His mother. Elizabeth. was born May 22nd, 1819, at ~1arnhull. His wife, Harriet Eliza Roberts, was born .\ugust 7th, 1843, in London. The six sons of Emanuel J. are Henry Thomas Framp ton, residing in Buffalo. N. Y.: Walter B. Frampton, of the same city, and George, who also resides in Buffalo, N. Y.; Arthur, tire oldest of llre family; Thohrns and Richard, who- 201 resides in Northern Canada. There is a sister, Mrs. Robert Vincent, living in Chicago. The father came to Orangeville, Canada, where he, with Arthur and Thomas reside. Of these children, Richard James Frampton ,Yas born May 14th, 1862 at ::\Iarnhull, Dorset; Elizabeth Sarah, May 12th, 186.3, at ::\Iarnhull; Henry Thomas, August 26th, 1866, at 11arnhull; Emanuel ·George, February 27th, 1869, at 'Nest Stour, England; Thomas R., February 27th, 1871, at the same place; \Valter F., at Stotesbury, England, May 23rd. 1878. and A.rthur \\" .. June 8th, 1880 in London. The father has one brother, Thomas, and two sisters, Caroline and Elizabeth, ,vith no children liYing. In London, the family "·ere in the grocery business. Judge W. D. Ellis, of Atlanta. Georgia. reports that an aunt of his married John E. Frampton. of St. Helena Island, South Carolina. The Judge"s son. Frampton. ,ms so named by reason of that connection. The family of John E. Frampton came originally from England to the state of South Carolina. There is a Californian family. coming from Lincoln shire, England, of which George R. Frampton, president of the First Xational Bank, of .-\rtesia, California. is a leading member in this country. It is yery interesting to note in all the proper names of the "Church of England Framptons.'' the recurrence of the early English names of the family since the days of the Conqueror in 1066. such as Ellinor, Rupen, etc .. and since the time of King George I. of the name "'George.'' These names are not found among those of the descendants of William, the "Quaker." The latter are mostly Bible names, as we shall see. except in the Yery latest generation. where there is a tendency to renrt to the old English names. such as Edith. Elli11or. etc. The name of Gem ge is not fonnd. except among the later English branches. antl rnrely, if :it all among the decendants of "\Yilliarn." \Yho came to this country hdore the (l;:1~-s of King George I. In 8Uch ways 202 do we see the impress of history on ordinary affairs. John is a fayorite name ii1 each period. But to return to this branch of the family, George R. Frampton was born September 2nd, 1837, at Frampton, near Boston, in Lincolnshire, England. He came to Cali fornia in 1850. and located at Idaho City, Idaho in 1863, and then came to .\rtesia, California. in 1880, and died there, April -1-th, 189-1-. He following mining in California and Idaho, and farming at .\rtesia. California. He was a mem ber of the school board at the latter place. He was a mem ber of the Odd Fellows and ::\lasonic fraternities, was mar ried to Sarah :\.nna Todd, at Idaho City in January, 1873, and had six sons and one daughter. all liYing at this time. His wife. Sarah .\1111 ( Todd) Frampton \Yas born in Tamaqua, Pa .. and remoYed ,Yith her father to Idaho in 1872. The children are: ( 1) George R Frampton. born KoYember 1-1-th. 1873 in Idaho City. and who came to Artesia, California with his parents in 1880. He was grad uated from the .\rtesia Public School and the \Yoodbury Business College. He entered the general merchandising business from 1892 to 1906. He was cashier of the First Kational Bank of which he ,ms a director, from 1906 to 1907, and has heen its president eYer since. He is president of the Board of Education of .\rtesia. for six years. and was postmaster there from 189-1- to 1898, and was again ap pointed by Prbident \Yilson. January, 1915, for a four year term. He is a member of the Free ::\lasons. Odd Fel lmYs. ::\laccahees. Shrine. Eastern Star, Rebeccas, is a Knight Templar, the Scottish Rite Bodies, and the Fraternal Aid Cnion. He \Yas married in October, 1906 to Xellie B. Smith at \Yatongo. Oklahoma. and has one son ahout four years of age. This record is giyen because it is typical of the position in Yarious communities of members of the Frampton family -either as farmers. merchants or hankers. and always men of high character. 203 To complete the record of members of this particular family, another ,:;on of c;eorge Frampton \Yas \\-alter. horn July, 187:i. in Jdaho City. Idaho. \.'ame to .-\rtesia in 1~~0. is a director of the First .:--.:ational Bank of .\rt1:sia and a member of the \lasons. ( lrld Fellm,·s. \laccahees. :-;hrine. Scottish Rite Bodies and \lodern \Yoodme11. b marrieJ and has one daughter. .-\rthur E. Frampton \\'as horn :\'oH'mher. 1~7:i. in Idaho City. came to .\rtesia in l~~O~is a merd1,rnt. a mem ber of the firm of :-;eott and Frarnpto11. Lmnarried. ls a member of the ahoYe fraternities . . \ It ha~ been found impo,;;;ihle to in;;ert m thi;; hook a Family Tree. nen for \\'illiam Frampton. for \Yhile the main trunk can he follo\\'ed. the branches. l\Yig;; and lea,e~ would he so many. that the hook ,1·ould not hold tl.1em. 211-+ Personal Family Record ----- Name ______Date ______ Remarks------·- But it will he easy for each descendant to draw his family tree, by following the headings of the chapters and then in the chapter which speaks of his or her own branch to draw the off-shoots and twigs. Fuller details for personal use can be written in the personal family record. As an example, take the family tree of Richard Framp ton of the Clarion County. Pa. branch. It would be thus: \VILLIAM FRAMPTON Born about 1750, died 1686 Father of THO~IAS FRAMPTON Born about 1683, died 1726 Father of JOHN FRAMPTON, Hannah, another child Born 1714, died about 1790 Father of John Frampton, WILLIAM FRAMPTON, Samuel, Nathaniel, Arthur. Born 1742. died 1829 Father of Anna Magee, Sarah Keever Magee, DAVID FRAMPTON, Susan Fetzer, Nellie Connelly, Nancy Clough, :'.\fary Frampton. Born 1780, died 1847 Father of William Frampton, Abraham, SAMUEL FRAMPTON, Born 1810, died 1886 Jonathan, David, Reid, Mrs. Shields, afterwards Gardner, Mrs. Hindman, Mrs. Cora Dunkle, Mrs. Curll, Mrs. Sloan. Father of RICHARD FRAMPTON Born 1840, died 1915 Etc. Etc. Etc~ 205 Let us close this record with an interesting picture of Isabelle Hunter Marr, (See chapter on ''Descendants of Hannah Frampton'') and her husband, \\'illiam Shippen Thompson, a descendant of Edward Shippen, (first mayor of Philadelphia), taken in 1848, about the time of their marriage. Mrs. Isabelle Hunter Marr Thompson was born July 4th, 1823, in the house pictured on page 78, was aged 25 years at this time, and was the daughkr of Joseph and Susannah Price Marr, who was the daughter of Hannah Frampton Price, the daughter of Thomas Frampton, the son of William Frampton, and hence was fourth in descent from William Frampton. She died July 23rd, 1878. Herewith is their picture, taken from an old daguerreotype. It is interesting to follow this with a picture of one of their si:i<.. rhildren, at the present time, (1916), Robert 206 Shippen Thompson, a merchant, of Topeka, Kansas, fiftrr in descent from \ Villi am Frampton. Thus it will be seen that though William Frampton lived but a short time, his descendants are found in all parts of the United States, and one at least is a missionary in a foreign land, and all, in many forms of activity, are engaged in building up that great nation which their ancestor helped to establish. ADDENDA. Since the foregoing has passed through the press, it has occurred to the writer to mention that the book of "Marr Genealogy," soon to be issued by Mr. William P. Marr, will be more complete as to the details of that family than this work. 207 This :'.\lr. :'.\1arr. ( see page 80). has a brother. Graham Marr. \Ye haYe spoken of the musical ability of many Frampton descendants. Mr. Graham :\Iarr is another illus tration. He is a famous baritone, and soloist of the Century. Chicago and Boston Opera Companies. He began singing professionally in 1906, and several of his songs in Opera han been added to the famous Columbia Records for the Yictrola. such as "I Am Longing for You" and ''Uncle -:'\ed." It is also interesting to note that many Frampton descendants haYe been Yery actiYe in the war on King Alcohol. Among these is H. ::\I. Frampton. whose picture is found on page 194, and Thomas Graham Grier, the oldest son of Mrs. Anna E. Grier, (whose middle name. by the way. is Eliza, not Elizabeth, as printed in one place). See page 81. His name should haYe been giYen there. The 11asonic fraternity numbers many Frampton descendants, as well as the churches, as has been seen. The writer's sons are all members, as might ha.-e heen men tioned before. See page 151. George S., and a son-in-la,Y. Ralph A. Amerman, are connected with the Peter \Villiam son Blue Lodge, Scranton, and the latter also ,Yith Keystone -Consistory. 32nd degree, Scranton. Pa. J. Yerner. of Franklin, Pa., is a Royal Arch ::\Jason and Knight Templar. :a member of the Franklin Commandery. To those interested in the Lobaugh ancestry. ( see page 112). it might be informing to say that Hannah Lobaugh's mother was named Seidel. and her mother's name was Goudv. Further information regarding the \Villiam Frampton mentioned on page 191. states that he was born near Brighton, Pa., near March 3rd. 1822. He married Cath arine Powles, December 9th, 1851. Besides the brother. John. mentioned. he had four sisters. Xancy. :vlartha. Louisa :and :'.\fatilda. 208