Diana asked: <<Did he have son Christian MARIS 1752-1795, died Charlestown, m a Mary LONGACKER, had 7 children?>> Diana, Christian Maris is not a son of John Maris and Susannah Lewis. John Maris's children are well documented as that Maris line is Quaker and quite extensive in Pennsylvania and North Carolina in the 1700s. John's father was the original Maris emigrant, George Maris, b. 1632 Grafton-Flyford, Worchestershire, England. I did Google "Christian Maris" and found this info on your Christian Maris: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/montgomery/roberts/roberts119.html: Christian Maris was the first of the family in this country, they being of German origin. He emigrated to America, and located on a tract of land near the present site of Phoenixville. One of his sons, David, married and had several children, one of whom was Hannah Maris, born 7th mo. 30, 1819, wife of William Hughes. She died 10th mo. 27, 1902, at her home near King-of-Prussia. and also, http://www.pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam28469.html : Christian Maris Born: 1751 at: Germany Married: at: Died: 24 MAR 1795 at: Pheonixville, Chester Co., Pa. And at http://www.pennock.ws/surnames/nti/nti74720.html: Matthias Pannebecker purchased, in 1774, a mill and tract of land on Pickering creek, Schuylkill township, Chester county, and settled there. He became a Bishop of the Mennonite Church, and preached at Phoenixville, Skippack and Germantown. His first wife, Mary Kuster, having died in 1794, he married (second) Margaret (Longaker) Maris, widow of Christian Maris, and daughter of Daniel Longaker, by whom he had one daughter Sarah, who became the wife of William Walker, of Pickering Valley, and mother of Mary Pennypacker Walker, who married Tristram Coffin Colket. So it looks as though your Christian Maris is not part of George & John Maris' English family. Eleanor

Thanks Eleanor......... I didn't think so! I knew he was Mennonite! not Quaker and probably wasn't in the same family! But Anabaptist all the same and maybe they related back in Europe?!! ha! Both Christian MARIS and Matthias Pennypacker died in Charlestown, per their will and estate files. Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 MARIS, CHRISTIAN. Charlestown. April 4, 1795. Adm. to Maria Maris and David Longacre. Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 PENNYPACKER, MATHIAS. Charlestown. August 21, 1807: February 29, 1808. Provides for wife Mary according to terms of marriage contract dated 18th April 1796, and deposited in hands of our friend David Longenecker of Montgomery County. To son James all my land in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, containing 144 acres, 93 perches, subject to payment of £15 per acre; also certain lotts of woodland. To son Joseph tract of land, described, containing 136 acres, subject to payment of £15 per acre; also 2 tracts of woodland in Charlestown, containing 28 acres 94 perches. To son Mathias plantation on which I live, with mills &c., as described, containing 72-1/2 acres; also part of a tract purchased of John Steinmetz, containing 20 acres 120 perches, & 2/3 of a tract of woodland, at a valuation of £3000. Personal estate to be sold and all estate equally divided amongst 7 children, James, Joseph, Mathias, Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Showalter, Margaret, wife of Daniel Hugh[sic HIGH], and Sarah, and grandsons Mathias and John Pennypacker, children of son John, deceased. Executors: Sons James, Joseph and Mathias Pennypacker. Wits.: Henry Highley, John Rossiter, Michael Lynch. from Futhey and Cope, Hx of Chester co: Matthias, born Oct. 14, 1742, died Feb. 13, 1808, was a wealthy farmer and miller, and a bishop in the Mennonite Church. He was the first preacher in the old church at Phoenixville, and used the German, English, and Dutch languages. While the army was at Valley Forge a number of officers were quartered at his house, and in 1777 the British committed a great deal of destruction at his mill. In 1784 he was appointed by the Assembly one of the commissioners to provide for the navigation of the river Schuylkill, and in 1793, when Philadelphia was ravaged by the yellow fever, he sent $240 for the relief of the poor in that city. Thanks........ Diana in AL ----- Original Message ----- From: Erayl@aol.com<mailto:Erayl@aol.com> To: audianaq@msn.com<mailto:audianaq@msn.com> ; PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:46 PM Subject: Re: early Chester Scots Diana asked: <<Did he have son Christian MARIS 1752-1795, died Charlestown, m a Mary LONGACKER, had 7 children?>> Diana, Christian Maris is not a son of John Maris and Susannah Lewis. John Maris's children are well documented as that Maris line is Quaker and quite extensive in Pennsylvania and North Carolina in the 1700s. John's father was the original Maris emigrant, George Maris, b. 1632 Grafton-Flyford, Worchestershire, England. I did Google "Christian Maris" and found this info on your Christian Maris: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/montgomery/roberts/roberts119.html: Christian Maris was the first of the family in this country, they being of German origin. He emigrated to America, and located on a tract of land near the present site of Phoenixville. One of his sons, David, married and had several children, one of whom was Hannah Maris, born 7th mo. 30, 1819, wife of William Hughes. She died 10th mo. 27, 1902, at her home near King-of-Prussia. and also, http://www.pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam28469.html : Christian Maris Born: 1751 at: Germany Married: at: Died: 24 MAR 1795 at: Pheonixville, Chester Co., Pa. And at http://www.pennock.ws/surnames/nti/nti74720.html: Matthias Pannebecker purchased, in 1774, a mill and tract of land on Pickering creek, Schuylkill township, Chester county, and settled there. He became a Bishop of the Mennonite Church, and preached at Phoenixville, Skippack and Germantown. His first wife, Mary Kuster, having died in 1794, he married (second) Margaret (Longaker) Maris, widow of Christian Maris, and daughter of Daniel Longaker, by whom he had one daughter Sarah, who became the wife of William Walker, of Pickering Valley, and mother of Mary Pennypacker Walker, who married Tristram Coffin Colket. So it looks as though your Christian Maris is not part of George & John Maris' English family. Eleanor