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    3. Thanks all.This is what I always suspected but never got around to figuring out.I will try to work this information into the George Smedley site.Below is the last mention of the Alice Smedley line in the Cope Smedley Book. Thanks again Lew Smedley #207 ALICE NEWLIN (Jane,Alice,George),b.about 1762;d.Newtown Twp.,8-10-1852,in her 90th year;m.about 1784,Joseph Fawkes,d.Newtown,1814;both buried at Newtown Meeting.She was complained of by Newtown Meeting,9-10-1784,for marriage by a magistrate,but her acknowledgment was accepted 12-17-1784.He was perhaps a son of William Fawkes,of Newtown,and grandson of John and Ann Fawkes,from England.In 1786 Joseph Fawkes was assessed with 138 acres of land,3 horses and 4 cows.This was probably his mother-in law's land.Their residence is now the home of George W Reece,a short distance S.W.of the tavern at Newtown Square.In 1810 jane Newland conveyed to Joseph Fawkes 26 acres,22 perches,and another lot of 4 acres,71 perches,parts of the homestead;and Joseph and wife conveyed the last to Eli Ottey,of Newtown,cabinet maker,April 4,1814.The will of Joseph Fawkes is dated June 16,1814,and proven Oct.8,1814,in which he gave to Eliza Pineset $50,and the residue to Alice,his wife. The will of Alice Fawkes is dated 11-26-1841,with codicils in 1846,1847, 1848,1849 and 1852,by which she devised the most of her estate to Sarah, wife of Joseph Lindsay,and to her children,of whom she named Jane N, Mary,Alice F,James,Sarah,Robert,Joseph and Elizabeth.Other legatees mentioned were William Hunter and his sister Elizabeth Bishop,Benjamin Orr and son John,William and Jonathan Hood,Alice,Daniel and Mary Mendenhall,Jane N Peirce,Sarah Kennedy,Mary Fawkes,daughter of Richard and Jane Fawkes,and Newtown Meeting,to which she gave $40.No relationship to any of the legatees is shown.Jane N Lindsay married Eli Reece and died before the testator,leaving two children,Alice Ann and George W,of whom the latter occupies the old homestead.

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