Does anyone show a date of birth and any source for John TUNIS, s/o Anthony & Mary Williams TUNIS? For Anthony, under NOTES, I list this: Occupation: Weaver/Blacksmith/Inn Keeper 1743 - Elected Constable, Lower Merion Twp. 1751 - Supervisor of Twp. roads. Weaver by trade Blacksmith Ordinary/Innkeeper (Tunis Ordinary/"today's Anthony Wayne Inn) Postmaster of Lower Merion Twp. See Joseph Tunis's Will For More, see my Ayres file. In the following article, Eugene Stackhouse, President of the Germantown Historical Society says: I think that whoever wrote the reference made a mistake.-- This is reference to a fire at the Germantown MM. Another poster said: In it's first years Abington Meeting covered a large territory, including what is now Germantown in Philadelphia. The meeting in Germantown was a Preparative Meeting under Abington in its early years, and sometimes the Abington Meeting records indicate when someone lived in the Germantown area. Germantown Meeting was later set up separately.- A. Crosman. ANTHONY TUNIS 1693/4 - 1762 INN - ORDINARY KEEPER, MERION, LOWER MERION TWP., PHILADELPHIA CO., PA. Anthony Tunis was born 24th day, 1st month, 1693/4, as recorded in the Abington Meeting House records, in German Town, Philadelphia County, Pa., one of at least 5 children, and apparently, second son, of Abraham Tunes (Klinken) (he apparently dropped the "Klinken" surname on emigrating, as all records existing show only "Tunes"), one of the 13 original immigrant-founders of German Town, Pa., who arrived at that spot in October 1683, on the "Concord". Anthony's mother is not known exactly, since Abraham was married on departing Crefeld, Germany, to Beatrix Lukens, but she may have died shortly after arrival; all records for the early years apparently were lost in a fire of the German Town, meeting house; all subsequent records were entered in the Abington Meeting House records. Abraham married second, a Bathsheba _____, date unknown, and surname unknown. Anthony died before 29 May 1762, date of probate of will. He married Mary Williams, daughter of John Williams and Ellen Klinken, in the Merion-Radnor Meeting House, Merion, Pa; Mary was born 7th day, 2nd month, 1697, in Philadelphia CO., Pa; she died 19 September 1769. Anthony Tunis rented, in 1746, what had been, since 1709, the "Wayside Inn", and also the "William Penn Inn", from the heirs of Robert Jones, its founder and owner. On his assumption of the Inn, Anthony added an Ordinary Room, or "restaurant" to the Inn; On the basis of this addition, the Inn now became known as "Tunis Ordinary". It continued as such until after his death in 1762, his heirs continued to operate it until 1776. Since the location of Tunis Ordinary was at one of the main intersections of the Philadelphia-Lancaster road, and the main highway to the just-then opening West, with ever increasing traffic, the Inn-Ordinary became an important stopping place, and a center of activity for the township itself. Anthony Tunis, from all accounts was an affable, gregarious person. He was apparently not only an inn-keeper, but was also reported to have been a fine, experienced blacksmith; his Inn was also the local post office, and it is reported that Benjamin Franklin visited there in 1763, on his inspection tour of the province as Postmaster-General of the Colonies, and supposed to have helped sort the mail on that visit. Anthony was also sheriff of Lower Merion Township. >From remaining accounts, the price of a meal at "Tunis Ordinary" was two shillings, the same price charged for lodging a man and feeding his horse overnight. Anthony died between the time he wrote his will, 6th day, 2nd month, 1762, and the date of probate, which was 29th day, 3rd month, 1762, leaving his son, Joseph as sole executor, and son Abraham, as trustee. In his will he names wife, Mary, sons Joseph and Abraham, and daughters Elenor Cooke, Alse (Alice) Lees (dec'd), Agnes, Catherine (Kite), Elizabeth, Hannah Reber, Bathsheba (Griffith, and six grandchildren, and son-in-law, Evan Griffith. It would seem that his family ran the Inn until 1776, when Abraham Streeper acquired the Inn; during the Revolution, Streeper joined the patriot cause, as First Lieutenant in the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line. He left the running of the Inn to his wife and servants. The Inn was known as "Streeper's Inn" until about 1795, when a lavish reception was held to celebrate the victory of major General Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, at which reception the General was present, since he was a resident of a nearby community. >From that day, to the present, the Inn became known as the "General Wayne Inn", although, today, it is no longer an inn or lodging place, but still serves meals and liquors as it did from its beginnings at its location, Montgomery Avenue, Merion, Pennsylvania. References: Abington MH Records: microfilm: Friends Historical Library Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. Merion MH Records: microfilm, idem. Index to Philadelphia Wills: File 173, Book M, PH 300. Book: Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Jordan, Genealogical Society of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa. : William Penn and the Dutch Quakers: William I. Hull, 1935 Cuyahoga Public Library, Fairview Park Branch, Fairview Park, Ohio. : Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families; extracts from the : "The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine", compiled by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md. : Article: The Ancestry of the Thirteen Krefeld Emigrants of 1683: Wilhelm Niepoth (Translated by John Brockie Lukens): Pages 495-512, Volume I. Article: "The General Wayne Inn - A study of an Inn & Its Place in History" : J. Robert Mendte, Swarthmore, Pa.: Originally published in the local suburban Philadelphia newspaper, "The Main Line Chronicle", from a paper prepared and read before the Anthony Wayne Historical Society, Merion, Pa. by Robert J. Hardie Sr. #82-43. Family Tree Maker CD #196: Birth Index, Southeastern PA, 1680-1800: "These records, found in 213 church, meeting, and pastoral records, were compiled by John T. Humphrey, and were published in a thirteen-volume set entitled 'Pennsylvania Births.'" Catherine Tunis, birth/baptism date 10 Feb 1727/28, Quaker date 10 12 mo 1727/28, Concord MM, Delaware Co PA, Anthony Tunis and Mrs. Mary Tunis. (The following are from the same meeting, same county, same parents): Abraham Tunis, 6 Feb 1732/3 Quaker date 6 12 mo 1732/3 Bathsheba, 28 Apr 1721, Quaker date 28 2 mo 1721 Eleanor, 8 Sep 1719 Quaker 8 7 mo 1719 Alice,10 Jun 1723 Quaker 10 4 mo 1723 Agness, 14 Sep 1725 Quaker 14 7 mo 1725 Hannah, 1 Jun 1730 Quaker 1 4 mo 1730 Elizabeth, 9 Dec 1739 Quaker 9 10 mo 1739 Joseph, 7 Feb 1735/6 Quaker 7 12 mo 1735/6 Thanks, Vince