Haven't found any church records, but see this will: CLINTON, ARCHIBALD. London, Britain, yeoman. September 5, 1746. October 1, 1746. B. 210. Provides for wife Sarah. To son William the plantation on which I live at value of £100. To son James, daughter Mary, son John and daughter Sarah each an equal share of estate. To daughter Elizabeth 1 shilling. To daughter Hannah 10 shillings. Executors: wife Sarah, son William and Arthur Lattimer. Witnesses: Wm. McCulloch, Fra. Alison, Andrew Willson. The son William was a clerk in New London; I see him witnessing many wills. This will was found at USGenWeb. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:57 AM Subject: [PACHESTE] old church records > Hi, new to this list. Am researching James CLINTON b. 1761 Chester Co., > PA....parents unknown. He fought in the Rev War out of SC...in his pension files > he give 11 Aug 1761, New London Township, Chester Co., PA as birth info. > Moved with his father in 1769 to York Dist., SC. > > I would like to know if it is possible to search Church records of this 1761 > timeperiod. James was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church later in > his life in Caldwell Co., KY. > > Any help greatly appreciated, > > Janice (Cannon) > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > >

Hi, new to this list. Am researching James CLINTON b. 1761 Chester Co., PA....parents unknown. He fought in the Rev War out of SC...in his pension files he give 11 Aug 1761, New London Township, Chester Co., PA as birth info. Moved with his father in 1769 to York Dist., SC. I would like to know if it is possible to search Church records of this 1761 timeperiod. James was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church later in his life in Caldwell Co., KY. Any help greatly appreciated, Janice (Cannon)

If you are talking about Embreevile, you have to remember that it was also a TB asylum. The records for the place are in the hands of the CCHS. One of my ancestors died there. She had TB and also suffered from acute depression (I prefer to think that the depression was due to the TB.) Anyway, I got the limited number of records relating to her being there via the CCHS. Prior e-mails dealing with the hospital are in the list archives (try at least 2 years ago). Ed. -----Original Message----- From: K. Varden Leasa [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PACHESTE] Re: Chester Co. Hospital for the Insane I believe this "Chester County Hospital for the Insane" was located northwest of West Chester at Embreeville and was later called the Embreeville State Hospital (now closed as a state mental institution but all buildings still stand). This was also the site of the early nineteenth century county poorhouse. The location is West Bradford Township. ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== Visit the PA GenWeb Archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/pafiles.htm

thank you for that clarification. I will have to locate it on my West Chester map and take a run past it the next time I am in West Chester. I was just in WC on Thursday doing a deed search for a local person. It sounds as though the hospital falls under the same situation as Penn Hurst did. Now that too stands vacant to vandalism. Sharon

This may sound like a stupid question but I might have missed something in the transfer of information and I think I may be confused about this Chester County Hospital. Although I live in Chester County I am about 30 miles N of West Chester. I am not familiar with Marshal Street which is the location of the hospital by a list member. She said she was born there as was her 2 children. Another list member says it was a hospital for the insane. Please do not take this as an insult and my apologies but is this hospital all the same hospital? Or does the list member mean she and her children were born in West Chester? I may not be the only list member who is confused at this point. Could you please clarify all this information? Thank you Sharon

I believe this "Chester County Hospital for the Insane" was located northwest of West Chester at Embreeville and was later called the Embreeville State Hospital (now closed as a state mental institution but all buildings still stand). This was also the site of the early nineteenth century county poorhouse. The location is West Bradford Township.

I came across this site while browsing. The Genealogist's Physician Lookup Service. There is a fee of $6, $3 is refundable if nothing is found. I don't know anything else about it.....just an fyi...and I am NOT soliciting for this website, just thinking it might help someone! http://members.aol.com/CensusResearch/PLS/index.htm What is the Physician Lookup Service? The Physician Lookup Service (PLS) is an information service for genealogists researching their ancestors who were physicians.   What is on a report? Since each reference book offers slightly different information for each physician ... each report will vary in the type and amount of information provided.  For each name that you order, all relevant resources will be researched.   MOST of the entries include the full name, date of birth, address, school attended, year of graduation and year that they were licensed to practice.  If the physician was a member of any state medical societies, special societies or the American Medical Association that information will be included as well. MANY of the entries also include specialties practiced as well as well as misc. information such as their office hours. Information about the medical school will be included in your report as well.  If the physician was affiliated with a specific hospital, information about the hospital will be given.

Sorry, I should have said on Marshall Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] Chester County Hospital > Where is this Chester County Hospital located that you are talking about > since it does still exist? > > Sharon > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > >

It is on Marshall Street in West Chester. Here is their website: http://www.cchosp.com/cchosp/Pages/home.asp I was born there, as were 2 of my kids........ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] Chester County Hospital > Where is this Chester County Hospital located that you are talking about > since it does still exist? > > Sharon > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > >

Where is this Chester County Hospital located that you are talking about since it does still exist? Sharon

I was just in the Chester County Hospital's lobby last week, reading the history boards that they have up....there is a reference to that name, so it was one and the same as the Chester County Hospital itself.. I guess you could try contacting the hospital and find out what happened to those old records. I would be interested to know their reply...... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Young" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:28 AM Subject: [PACHESTE] Chester Co. Hospital > I found my 2nd great grandmother in and out of the Chester County Hospital for the Insane via the Census. Does this hospital still exist? If so would I be able to get her records? > > Thanks > > Bob Young > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > >

I found my 2nd great grandmother in and out of the Chester County Hospital for the Insane via the Census. Does this hospital still exist? If so would I be able to get her records? Thanks Bob Young --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing

Hi list, Is anyone researching the following immigrant(s) who were b. in Co. Donegal, Ireland & migrated to the USA before 1860? There are (269) Naturalization Records in Delaware Co., Pennsylvania (PA) for the following person(s) b. in Co. Donegal: G - L GALAUGHER, William GALLAGHER, Charles (2) John (2) Patrick James GARVEN, John GIBBONS, Patrick GLACKIN, Neal GORMAN, Michael GREEN, Hugh GRIER, William GRIFFITH, Archibold GRIFFITHS, Andrew HARKIN, James HARMAN, John (b. Bangor) HAROLD, John HARRON, John HAZELETT, Samuel HEGGARTY, Barney HODGE, John HOLMES, Alexander Thomas HOUGHTON, Edward HUME, William HUMES, Thomas JOHNSON, Geogre Samuel KELLEY, Daniel James John KELLY, Dane James Michael Philip KENNEDY, Robert KILLPATRICK, Robert LANEY, Neal LARKEY, John LENNEY, James LENNY, Edward Hugh John Michael Neal LESLIE, Josias LYNCH, Neal LYONS, John Please contact me directly if you are interested in any of these immigrants who's names appear here & have a connection to Dela. Co., PA. I will do a lookup for you in the Naturalization index records for these name(s) only! Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) [email protected] =====================================

In a message dated 2/11/2004 9:11:46 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Hi Karen, > > I saw your posting on the PA-Quakers-rootsweb site. Your mention of the > Carter Family interests me. > > According to undocumented information I have, a Hannah Carter (born abt. > 1692) married Stephen Harlan, Sr. (born abt. 1697). > > Stephen Harlan, Sr., was the son of Michael Harlan and Dinah Dixon. > > Hannah and Stephen's son, Stephen Harlan, Jr., (b. abt. 1723) married > Deborah Woodward. They had a daughter Deborah Harlan abt. 1764. > > I believe I am descended from this line through Deobrah Harlan and Moses > Windle, then Lewis Windle and Mary Strode, then Priscilla Eleanor Windle, > my great, great, grandmother. > > I am wondering if you have any information on the Carter Family that > would document any of the information I have. > > Thanks for your help. > > Sally Jo Wright > Newark, DE > Dear Sally Jo, I have two Hannah Carters in my database at this time. Neither of them is your Hannah. My information about my Carters, for the most part, either came from Thomas Maxwell Potts' "Bi-centennial Memorial of Jeremiah Carter Who Came to the Province of Pennsylvania in 1682," or information from Potts' book led me to other sources. Lucky for you, in an attempt to sort out other Carter lines who lived in the area from Jeremiah's family, the first chapter of his book discusses other Carter families. One of them is your Hannah's family. At the beginning of the Potts' Bi-centennial book, he discusses other Carter families who lived in the same area that Jeremiah Carter lived in. I think he lists your Hannah. He has Edward and Mary (unknown) Carter. Edward, carpenter, came to PA in 1682, from the Parish of Bampton, Oxfordshire, England. He purchased 250 acres in Aston Township, Chester Co., Province of PA, from Wm. Penn before leaving England. At first he lived in Chichester Township, Chester Co., PA, but later moved to his property in Aston Township. He was quite an active and influential member of the community, but I failed to take notes on the notes Potts made on him (given that he was not in my Carter family). According to Edward's will, Robert Carter was his only son and heir. Robert married Lydia Walley and they had six children, including your Hannah (b. 22, 12 mo. 1691 which when converted to a named month date under the old calendar would be Feb. 22, 1690/1691). Potts reports that your Hannah married Stephen Harlan on 26, 7 mo. 1723 which converts to Sept. 26, 1723, under the old calendar. I copied a list of all of Robert's children: (1) Prudence, b. 6, 11 mo. 1689; m. Caleb Pusey, Jr., 5, 9 mo. 1712; (2) John, b. 8, 4 mo. 1691; d. 21, 2 mo. 1693; (3) your Hannah; (4) Lydia, m. Joseph Coeburn, Jr., 22, 3 mo., 1718; (5) John, m. Isabell Atkinson -- 3 mo 1716; (6) Mary. As I recollect, Potts wrote a good deal about your Hannah Carter's grandfather Edward and some about her father Robert. Since they were not of my line, I did not take copious notes on them. I read a microfilm copy of the book at the LDS Family History Center in Salt Lake City. I'm sure you can borrow a copy of the microfilm very inexpensively from the LDS Family History Center nearest to you. They charge for shipping the film to the center from Salt Lake and they require you to read the film on their readers at their history centers -- i.e., the film cannot leave the history center. If you've never used them before, you can look up any LDS (Morman) church in your phone book and call the church to find out where the closest Family History Center is to you. I've always found the people who volunteer to work at the centers very helpful. In the interest of helping you separate your Hannah's family from my family which includes two Hannahs that lived in Chester County about the same time as your Hannah lived there, I have made a brief history of mine below. Unfortunately, I don't know much about either of my Hannahs -- probably due, to some extent, to the fact that they were females and didn't get reported much in histories! Jeremiah Carter, weaver, and his wife Mary (unknown) settled in Chester Co., PA, in 1682 (like your Edward). I don't know what part of England he was from, but one of the other Carter family heads in the area (Joseph Carter) who seems to be related to Jeremiah's family came from Cheshire England. Jeremiah and Mary Carter had six children including my first Hannah. The land they lived on was pretty extensive and was known as Carterville. Their property butted up again Aston Township where your Edward, Robert, and Hannah lived. (There's a little map in the book of the Jeremiah (Jeremy) Carter property.) Following are brief summaries of the six children of Jeremiah and Mary: (1) Lydia Carter who inherited land from Robert and Lydia Wade with whom Wm. Penn stayed when he first came to PA and whose home Jeremiah Carter eventually purchased. It was in this home that the first Quaker Meeting in Pennsylvania was held and where some of the early planning for organizing the government of William Penn's province were made. The home was called Essex House. There is an historical plaque in Chester at the site where the homestead stood; the house is no longer there. The Meeting which met at the home of Robert Wade (later Jeremiah Carter's family estate) became the Chester Quaker Meeting. It is interesting to note that your Carter family may have been related to Robert and Lydia in that one of them had a niece whose maiden name was Carter. However, now I cannot remember which Carter family in Chester County (one that was not Jeremiah's family) she was connected to. I think it may have been yours, perhaps your Hannah's sister Lydia. (Another name duplication between our two families!) (2) Sarah Carter who married Thomas Barnard on March 13, 1722/23. Potts got this information from the Chester Meeting minutes, along with information from earlier minutes that reported their intentions to marry and the investigations conducted on their eligibility to marry by the meeting. They had four children. Sarah married second Benjamin Weldon on Feb. 13, 1734/35 as reported in Chichester Meeting minutes. Potts reports no children for them. (3) Hannah Carter who married Thomas Morgan on May 17, 1722. Potts includes Chester Monthly meeting records about Thomas' and Hannah's declarations of their intention to marry, their investigation by Friends as to eligibility to marry, and their marriage (which includes the list of people who attended the wedding). However, little other information on Hannah is mentioned. Potts does not specify whether Hannah died or possibly divorced Thomas before he remarried on Feb. 17, 1730/31, to Elizabeth Key. Because her father mentions neither Hannah nor children of Hannah in his will, Potts presumes that she had no children. (4) Edward Carter who married Mary Camm on Nov. 4, 1731, as reported in Chester Meeting minutes. Potts reports no dates for Mary. Edward, he reports, was born before 1700 and died in 1777. Jeremiah conveyed his 250 acres he and his wife Mary acquired via their right to purchase land from the Penns to Edward on July 2, 1716; Edward Carter, weaver, sold it to John Guy, yeoman, and his wife Isabel for 25 pounds. He purchased 50 acres from Thomas Baldwin on April 18, 1719, and inherited 50 acres from his sister Lydia when she died (the 50 acres given to her by the Wades). They apparently did not have children. (5) Ninevah Carter who married Mary Clayton on June 3, 1731, as per Chichester Meeting minutes. Potts reports Ninevah was born before 1700. His will was signed in 1753 and proved in 1757, so we can conclude he died between the date he signed the will and the date it was proved. Potts states Mary was born on October 08, 1710, and died after 1758. Jeremiah and Mary conveyed 88 acres of land to Ninevah on November 29-30, 1731. This land was part of 215 acres Jeremiah and Mary had purchased from Henry Worley in 1702. On March 27-28, 1733, Ninevah sold the property to Joseph Parker for 110 pounds. Potts found Friends meeting records showing them moving from Chester Meeting to Concord Meeting in 1732, from Concord to Buckinham Meeting in 1745, and from Buckingham Meeting back to Concord Meeting in 1753. Ninevah and Sarah had 5 children: Mary, Jeremiah, Hannah (my second Hannah), Deborah, and Martin. (FYI, I have almost NO information on this second Hannah.) (6) Abraham Carter was born on July 01, 1700, in Chester Co., PA, and died abt. 1789. He married Lydia Clayton, sister of Mary Clayton who married his brother Ninevah. Lydia was born on June 04, 1716, in Chichester Township, and died on April 09, 1796. Abraham inherited half of Jeremiah's estate (Essex House which Jeremiah bought from Robert Wade) and his mother the other half while she was living. Upon the death of his mother, he inherited the second half. Lydia Clayton had been disowned by the Friends on April 04, 1737, when she married her first husband, John Spruce, Jr., with whom she had no children. John Spruce died shortly after Lydia and he wed. On Dec. 31, 1739, Abraham acknowledged marrying out of meeting, but he must not have been disowned since he was disowned in 1764 for a breach of discipline. (Potts does not specify what the breach was.) I don't know if Lydia rejoined the Friends after her marriage to Abraham, but if she did, perhaps that is why Abraham was not removed for marrying out of meeting. Abraham and Lydia had five children: William, Edward, Agnes, Joseph, and Daniel. I hope you find this information useful. . . or, at least, interesting! Your uncousin, Karen Carter Minneapolis, MN P.S. Do you have Windle relatives in Newark? Knew a Windle from there in the 1960s-70s.

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Hi list, Is anyone researching the following immigrant(s) who were b. in Co. Donegal, Ireland & migrated to the USA before 1860? There are (269) Naturalization Records in Delaware Co., Pennsylvania (PA) for the following person(s) b. in Co. Donegal: D - F DERMOND, Patrick (DESMOND?) DEVER, James John Thomas (DEVEN?) William DEVON, John DIVER, William DOHERTY, Daniel James John (2) Philip Thomas DONAGHOE, Michael DONNELL, Patrick O. DOUGHERTY, Barney Dan Daniel (2) Dudley Edward Hugh James (4) John (2) Michael Neal Patrick (2) Philip (2) DUFFEY, Patrick DUGIN, Farrigal DUNCAN, William EWING, Francis John Samuel William (2) FARAN, John FARREN, Daniel Patrick FRIAR, Dennis John FRIECE, Dennis FRIEL, Hugh John Patrick FULLERTON, James Please contact me directly if you are interested in any of these immigrants who's names appear here. I will do a lookup for you in the Naturalization index records of Delaware Co., PA for these name(s) only! Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) [email protected]

Hi List(s), I do not mind doing lookups for the Irish immigrants who came from Co. Donegal & were naturalized in Delaware Co., PA! But please do NOT ask me to give you all the COLLINs or all the BONNERs just incase they may fit somewhere in your family line. I usually receive an e-mail back telling me, "thank you but no connection -- will put this in my files for future use." If you have background info on each individual -- like the following: 1. An approximate year of immigration 2. An approximate year of birth 3. A census record of all COLLINs or all BONNERs living in the same household or proximity "in Delaware Co., PA." Then I will do a lookup for ALL BONNERs - ALL COLLINs. This helps me narrow the search down for the family you are looking for. Hence, then I know all the BONNERs are all the COLLINs you asked for are related. Please do NOT ask for a lookup for a name NOT on the list. Please do NOT ask for a wife's name to be lookedup -- females were NOT naturalized before 1860. Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)

In Chester Co Births, 1682-1800, by John T Humphrey, pub 1994, p 223, there is this: Jacob Wilson, born 29 5mo 1777, son of William and Hannah, bapt at Kennett Square MM, estab 1686. Hope this is the right one! Diana in AL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janean Ray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:48 AM Subject: [PACHESTE] Wilson researchers > Looking for researchers of the name Wilson who may have had Virginia > connections. Time period would be prior to and around 1774. I have a > Jacob Wilson b. 1774 in Chester Co. PA that went to Virginia. He married > Margaret King of Union Co. Va. They ended up in White Co. IL. Children > were: John M. Wilson; James L. Wilson; Oliver H.P. Wilson; R. Adaline > Wilson; Mary Wilson and Jane Wilson. > > Janean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 10:34 AM > Subject: [PACHESTE] Irish Railroad Workers Graves > > > > > > Very interesting story. I have lived in Chester County all my life > and > > have never heard anything about this story. It just goes to prove that > Chester > > County still has a wealth of history that is left behind which > > eventually > > comes out and creates a continuous mystery. > > > > Even more interesting to me is that my GG grandfather was an Irish > > immigrant sometime in the 1840's or 1850's and he worked for the > > railroad > in > > Philadelphia. In my case, I know where he is buried. His only > > son-in-law > also > > worked for the railroad. > > > > Sharon > > > > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > > > ______________________________

Would the person on the list searching for John Varley in Coventry twp.in 1810 please contact me off list. Thank you Sharon [email protected]

Hi list, Is anyone researching the following immigrant(s) who were b. in Co. Donegal, Ireland & migrated to the USA before 1860? There are (269 in all) Naturalization Records in Delaware Co., Pennsylvania (PA) for the following male(s) b. in Co. Donegal: Co. Donegal, Ireland A - C ADAMS, Thomas BLACKWOOD, Thomas Wm BONER, Daniel Neal BONNER, Barney Edward John Owen BOYLE, Charles John Manuel BRADLEY, David Patrick BRODLEY, Thomas BUCHANAN, Alexander BURNEY, Charles CALHOUN, Thomas CAMPBELL, James CARR, Barney Francis John (2) Michael Thomas CATHCART, George CLARK, Andrew John COLLINS, Charles Daniel James William COULTER, James James, Jr. COYLE, William CRAIGHTON, James CRAWFORD, Samuel (2) CRAXTON, John CREIGHTON, Patrick (CREYTON) CROSSAN, William CULBERT, Moses (b. Letterkenny) Please contact me directly if you are interested in any of these immigrants who's names appear here. I will do a lookup for you in the Naturalization index records of Delaware Co., PA for these name(s) only! Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) [email protected]