>From The History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, Philadelphia, Louis Everts, 1881 Page 46-47 (c Nov. 23, 1736) [William Betty and William Betty, Sr. are involved in the early settlement of this countyI will transcribe one of the letters contained on these two pages bearing their signatures:] Mr. Henry Munday: Sir: -- We the underneath subscribers, being informed that there is some vacant Land & Plantations near Susquehannah river that were settled by some Dutch Families, and that the said Land were by them located by Warrants issuing from the Land Office in the province of Maryland, as of the right and property of the Lord Baltimore; and that since the said Dutch Families hath disclaimed the Right and Property of Lord Baltimore, and hath taken Umbrage under the Proprietarys Penns; that we are informed that the absolute Fee and Right to the said Land is within the Limits and Bounds of the Lord Baltimores Patent or Charter; that the Lords chief Agent hath and doth give encouragement for the resettling the said vacant Plantations and Land. We therefore pray and request that you will in our behalf and stead intercede with the Governor and Agent to settle us in such vacant Land or plantations, and we shall all be willing to pay such Fee or Rent charge as his Lordship usually demand! s, and we shall with our Lives and Fortunes defend the same, and be subject to the Laws of his Province, and defend his right for which service ? we shall be all your very much obliged. Thomas Charlton John Charlton Edward Charlton John Charlton, Junr. Thomas Charlton, Junr. Arthur Charlton Richard Sedgwick WILLIAM BETTY WILLIAM BETTY, Sr. James Downard, James Starr, Daniel Oneal, George Bond, Rich Ryan, Thomas Limis, William Limis, John Limis, John Contes, Robert Jessop, George Moore, Robert Moore, Gibbons Jennings, Thomas Scarlett, William Downard, James Henthorn, Henry Charlton, Richard Pope, Samuel Williamson, John Carter, Moses Starr, Joseph Moss Their names are included in A list of the names of several Persons, ranged in three columns with a certificate signed by Gov. Ogle that he had given Instructions to the Deputy Surveyor for laying two hundred Acres of Land to each, which names and certificates as follows: .William Betty, William Betty, Junr .. Page 63 Four battalions of Continental troops were ordered by Congress to be raised in Pennsylvania. At the request of that body, the committee recommended proper persons for officers. On the 2d of January 1776, they recommended to the Congress the appointment of Anthony Wayne, of Chester County, as Colonel of the Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion; Francis Johnson, of Chester County, as lieutenant-colonel; and Nicholas Hausecker, of Lancaster County as major of the same battalion; which accordingly took place. On the 5th of January they selected for captains for the four battalions JOHN BEATTY . Page 187 East Nantmeal Taxables 1753 .DAVID BEATTY Land Owners 1774 .ABRAM BEALY West Nantmeal Taxables, 1753 .JAMES BETTY Land Owners 1774 .JAMES BEATTY Page 194 On the 2d of August, 1726, Gabriel Alexander signed a paper to the following effect: I hereby agree to suffer Susanna McCaine to sow all the land she has now cleared on the vacancy by her, with corne next season, and peaceably to carry off the same, she claiming no right of possession thereby. The dispute did not end here, and on the 17th of the same month a number of his neighbors signed a recommendation, stating that Gabriel Alexander has lived in this neighborhood odds of six years preceding this date, and we, the subscribers, never knew him to defraud no manner of person, or wrong any man, etc.: JOHN BETTTY . Page 195 Land Owners in 1774 WILLIAM BEATY Page 197 East Nottingham Taxables in 1753 ..WILLIAM BETTY Page 198 West Nottingham Taxables in 1753 .JAMES BETTY Page 204 Taxables of Sadsbury Township in 1753 Wm BEATY, Junr Wm BEATY (farmer) Page 209 Taxables in 1753 .ROBERT BEATY Land-owners in 1774 .ROBERT BEATY, ROBERT BEATY, Jr., DAVID BEATY Page 527 John Edwards, born, according to tradition, about 1671, inherited his fathers land in Middletown. He married, early in 1700, Mary Ingram, of Burlington, N. J., and had children as follows: 1. John, b. 1701, m. in 1743, and had a son, William, who settled in West Marlborough, but later in life moved up the Susquehanna River. 2. Mary, b.1703; m. Aaron Baker. 3. Elizabeth, b. about 1705; m John Lawrence, of Springfield. 4. Nathan, b. 1708; married and settled in Middletown, where he kept the Black Horse Tavern. His children were Susanna, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, John, and Elizabeth. 5. Hannah, b. about 1710; m. Job Harvey, Jr., in 1739. 6. Moses, b. 2, 2, 1721; removed to West Marlborough 1741, and in 1743 m. Esther Plummer, daughter of Robert and Elinor. 7. Phebe, b. 1724; m. in 1743, Benjamin Worrall. 8. Joseph, b. Dec. 10, 1717; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Malin, 1745, and in 1761, Hannah, widow of John Regester. Joseph Edwards, of Middletown, who died in 1858, wa! s a grandson of this second marriage. He collected considerable of the family history, and began the preparation of the history of Delaware County, the completion of which was prevented by his death. 9. Amos, b. 1729; m. in 1761, Rachel, and had children, --Thomas, John and Mary. The last, b. May 22, 1762, d. Nov. 27, 1816, m. THOMAS BEATTY, and their sons, John, William, and Robert, became distinguished cutlers. Laurel Baty, L252