"Jerry L. Sanner" wrote: > A13. Richard George (Edward - Richard - George ) > b. 1700. m. Rebecca Ellis, daughter of Ellis & Lydia ( Lydia Humphrey) > Ellis, b. January [March] 27, 1703. Rebecca (produced a paper) confessing > that she had been often under trouble for the method she had taken in her > marriage to the grief of her mother, and contrary to the desc, of Friends. > Richard was an early settler of Merion, [Haverford] known as the "Welsh > Tract" of Pennsylvania, original land tract awarded to William Penn for > settlement of Welsh Quakers. > Richard & Rebecca lived on lower side of Lancaster Road from Philadelphia. > (GEORGE'S HILL) > > Richard & Rebecca removed from the area of Haverford (near Radnor) and > settled in Robeson Township, Berks co. some time between 1751 & 1755. > Rebecca alone presented a certificate of membership from Haverford Monthly > Meeting to Exeter Monthly Meeting in Berks co. Pennsylvania (Robeson > meeting was under Exeter's jurisdiction until 1789, when a monthly meeting > was instituted at Robeson). > > Although the George families were prominent Friends in the Radnor-Haverford > area, it appears Richard George was not in membership at the time the > family moved to Berks co. Several of their children applied for membership > with Exeter Monthly Meeting. > > Richard George, d. November 23, 1771, buried at Haverford. Pennsylvania. > In 1778, Rebecca came with son Ellis & his family to Frederick co., Virginia. > Rebecca (Ellis) George, d. sometime after 1778 in Frederick co., Virginia. > > Ellis Ellis, father of Rebecca was b. c1660 at Redstone co., Pembroke, > Wales. He m. Lydia Humphery, August 19, 1685 at Haverford, Pa. Lydia was > b. March 16, 1659 at Liangelynn, parish, c, Wales, the daughter of Samuel, > (b. 1606 Wales) & Elizabeth ( Elizabeth Rees) Humphrey. > > Samuel Humphrey, m. 20. 2mo., 1658, Elizabeth Rees & had 8 children. > Samuel d. in Wales, age 71 years & 9 mo., 1-27-1677 - his widow & their > children came to Penn. in 1683: > Charles, Benjamin, Lydia, Ann & Gobethia. Son Danie had been in > Pennsylvania for about a year. > > Ellis Ellis, who m. Lydia Humphrey, d. in 1706. He was the son of: > Thomas & Ellen (_?_) Ellis , [of Cyfanedd, Dolgules, Merionethshire, > Wales] (later) of Haverford, Pennsylvania > > Issue of Thomas & Ellen Ellis > Ellis Humphrey; Rachel, m. Robert Wharton; " Brigid" } d. in England > & Eleanor } m. David Lawrence > > Issue of Ellis & Lydia (Humphrey) Ellis > Rachel - Thomas - Elizabeth - Bridget - John - Joseph - Evan - > William - Benjamin & Rebecca > > Issue of Richard and Rebecca (Ellis) George > +A31. I. John b. 1730 & d. 1800 m. Sarah Thomas - > removed to Gloucestor co., NJ > A32. II. Lydia m. Owen Long - lived Robison Twp, Berks > co., Pennsylvania, 1767. > +A33. III. Edward (III) b. m. Martha Woolaston - d. > Tennessee > +A34. IV. Ellis b. c1735/40, Pennsylvania m. 1760, > Lydia Lewis > A35. V. Rachel /?Amey b. > A36. VII. Evan b. nfi > ==================== ANY CONNECTIONS?=================== > > Aloha, > > Jerry on the banks of Pearl Harbor > > `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~ > www.sun-bird.com > Click on "Family Room" > `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~