I am looking for the parents/family of Sarah Ann Derham (b) 1830 PA 24 May 1849 in Chester Co., she married John M. Thomas She had 7 children in this marriage and they lived in West Caln. On the 1850 Census her brother George Derham was living with his newly wed sister. Approximatly 1869 she lived with James Capwell and had a child with him named James L Capwell (b) May 1870. I don't know if she married Capwell. I have her husbands John M. Thomas's divorce papers showing that she left John and moved in with Capwell. They lived in Brandywine, Chester Co The only Derham/Durham are Parker & Cyrus, I was just searching the Chester site and found them under Chester County Wills & Administrations 1714 - 1876. Only Parker had a will. I have never found George Derham on the census, except 1850. I know he was in the Union Army. Here are some of the abstracts I found for Derham but do not know if there is any connection, except the marriage to John Thomas. May 29, 1849 VILLAGE RECORD Abstract: ITEM# 7636 May 29,1849 VILLAGE RECORD Marriage on the 24th inst. by the Rev. F. W. Jazinsky, Mr. JOHN THOMAS, to Miss SARAH DERHAM both of Chester County. January 14, 1851 VILLAGE RECORD Abstract: ITEM #8365 January 14, 1851 VILLAGE RECORD Death Notice On the 24th ultimo in Philadelphia, HANNAH DERHAM, aged 53 years. Her remains were interred at the Methodist burying ground, West Chester, on the 26th ult. April 20, 1852 VILLAGE RECORD Abstract: ITEM #9240 April 20, 1852 VILLAGE RECORD Marriage On the 8th inst by Rev. G. H.. Mitchell, Mr. GEORGE T. DERHAM, to Miss JANE S. PINKERTON, all of Chester county. This is all the information that I have. I live in CA and it is difficult to find info in PA, with out having concrete facts. Thanks for any help, documents or information. Carol Chiveral

Hello Jim, I found your John SHEETZ on a site titled HISTORY OF RIGGTOWN (Google it). Look for Death Records and under the letter "S". Students from West Chester University compiled all the deaths from three volumes (1893-1907) and arranged them in alpha order by last name. I often go to Phoenixville Historical Society and will look for an obit on my next trip. If I find one, I'll take a digital image and forward it to you. Link ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cullen" <liketrains@hotmail.com> To: <PACHESTE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:54 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] Obit for 1896 Chester Co death > How does one check to see if a Chester County newspaper death notice is > available for a death that occurred in Chester County? > > One I'm looking for is: > > John SHEETZ > Died 6/21/1896 > Phoenixville > > I've sent to the Chester County Archives for a print of the death register > entry which was found in an index, but I want to see if a newspaper obit > is > available. It's not in a Philly newspaper as searched by the Free > Library. > > Thanks, > Jim Cullen > West Virginia > > > > Genealogy - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jimcullen/ > Trains - http://jim-cullen.tripod.com/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Search for grocery stores. Find gratitude. Turn a simple search into > something more. > http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_gratitude&FORM=WLMTAG > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.37/682 - Release Date: 2/12/2007 > >

Frank, A few years ago, I went to the Chester County Archives and purchased a copy of the 1883 Breous Farm atlas. I paid the huge sum of $3!! It has every city and shows who owned what land. It's a rather wide book and not easy to fit into a scanner. However it does have all of the information that books on eBay have, but lot less money. The print is very small, but with a magnifying glass, you can readily see the names and what land they owned. A fabulous deal for $3.00. Lorraine Our long-term girlfriends form our safety net, the ones who know our histories, our secrets, our travails, and our successes. If money can fix a problem, it really isn't a problem.

How does one check to see if a Chester County newspaper death notice is available for a death that occurred in Chester County? One I'm looking for is: John SHEETZ Died 6/21/1896 Phoenixville I've sent to the Chester County Archives for a print of the death register entry which was found in an index, but I want to see if a newspaper obit is available. It's not in a Philly newspaper as searched by the Free Library. Thanks, Jim Cullen West Virginia Genealogy - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jimcullen/ Trains - http://jim-cullen.tripod.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Search for grocery stores. Find gratitude. Turn a simple search into something more. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_gratitude&FORM=WLMTAG

Alan - I have been enjoying your uploads to your website. There is a person selling their collection of Chester County books and maps on Ebay, books on County History and I also saw some township books and maps. I was wondering if there were any of them that I could purchase and send to you so you could upload them. My requirement is that you would have to donate the book or books either to the Chester County Historical Society Library or if they already have a copy to another nearby historical society. You can find the collection by doing a search on "Chester County Atlas" or "West Chester County" Let me know what you think. Thanks, Frank --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.

Hello All, I scanned and uploaded another 20 pages (280-300) of the book "Pennsylvania Colony and Commonwealth". For those interested in reading the book it's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click the link on the book's index page to jump to the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant and related families -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.32/677 - Release Date: 2/8/2007 9:04 PM

Hello All, I have added the next 20 pages to the book "250 Years of Quakerism at Birmingham". It is online, for anyone interested, at http://www.quakerrecords.com You can click the link on the book's index page to jump to the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant and related families -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.29/673 - Release Date: 2/6/2007 5:52 PM

Hello All, I scanned and uploaded another 20 pages (260-280) of the book "Pennsylvania Colony and Commonwealth". For those interested in reading the book it's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click the link on the book's index page to jump to the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant and related families -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.19/663 - Release Date: 2/1/2007 2:28 PM

Hello All, I have begun scanning and uploading the book "250 Years of Quakerism at Birmingham". I did the first 20 pages so far. Also, on a recent trip I took a picture of Marlborough Friends Meeting. I have placed both online. For anyone interested they are at http://www.quakerrecords.com Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant and related families -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.15/659 - Release Date: 1/30/2007 9:31 AM

Hello All, I scanned and uploaded another 20 pages (240-260) of the book "Pennsylvania Colony and Commonwealth". For those interested in reading the book it's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com I also added a link on the index page to allow everyone to skip to the first of the most recently added pages. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant and related families -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/653 - Release Date: 1/26/2007 11:11 AM

not sure if these are of any use to you; still, interesting... ITEM #9636 June 9, 1748 The Pennsylvania Gazette Philadelphia, June 9. 1748. Deserted from his Majesty's service the following persons, viz. Patrick Burk, born in Ireland, about 27 years of age, was lately servant to William Moore, Esq; in Chester county. George Savage, born in England, by trade a taylor, about 25 years of age, a thin spare man, and used to work at Burdenton, New Jersey....... ITEM #1823 March 4, 1735 The Pennsylvania Gazette PHILADELPHIA, March 4. We hear from New-Castle, that on Saturday Night last John Savage, a young Man of that Place, riding very hard to Town in Company with some others, struck his Head against a Tree in the Dark, and bruis'd it so that he died in a few Hours.... -----Original Message----- From: DIANA QUINONES [mailto:audiana@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:04 PM To: pacheste@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] West Jersey Province Susan J Avery <susan.avery@juno.com> wrote: " I know that there were English settlers in what was then West Jersey around the area that became Burlington Co. just on the other side of the river from Chester Co. PA as early as 1684 when one of my ancestors settled there. These settlers bought their land from the West Jersey Proprietors while still in England and then came over to claim their land. My ancestor bought his in 1682 and came over in 1684. Some of these folks may have eventually crossed the river to settle in PA. " I have a deed from the estate of my ancestor Samuel SAVAGE, who died in Roxborough, Phila Co in late 1707. He had 3 sons: George(my line) who lived in 'Milburye', Phila Co., John in Maidenhead in the Province of West Jersey, and Samuel Jr in Whitemarsh, who were to divide his property, all 3 were married. I figured out that Maidenhead is now Lawrenceville, Mercer Co NJ, but never thought to inquire as to any census or info in the 1600- early 1700s there. Would anyone know what records were in that area in 1690-1720s? I would be interested to know what happened to his son John SAVAGE who was married to a Mary.......and what SAVAGEs were in NJ from his line. Family lore says that Samuel SAVAGE, the father, was a crew member of Wm Penn, but nothing has ever found to substantiate that. And his 1707 will showed he was a stone mason, and had a quarry with 24 acres of land east of the Schuylkill river in 'Skepack' that the 3 sons were to divide, but Samuel Jr bought them out in the deed of 1712! (His sons George and John were both masons, too.) His wife Ann was to receive his estate in Germantown until her death, and then divided among the sons, etc.... I had inquired on the Mercer Co NJ list several years ago about John and Mary SAVAGE, but no one had anything that early with SAVAGEs! Maybe I need to check in with them again! Diana in AL _________________________________________________________________ Laugh, share and connect with Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://ima gine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Susan J Avery <susan.avery@juno.com> wrote: " I know that there were English settlers in what was then West Jersey around the area that became Burlington Co. just on the other side of the river from Chester Co. PA as early as 1684 when one of my ancestors settled there. These settlers bought their land from the West Jersey Proprietors while still in England and then came over to claim their land. My ancestor bought his in 1682 and came over in 1684. Some of these folks may have eventually crossed the river to settle in PA. " I have a deed from the estate of my ancestor Samuel SAVAGE, who died in Roxborough, Phila Co in late 1707. He had 3 sons: George(my line) who lived in 'Milburye', Phila Co., John in Maidenhead in the Province of West Jersey, and Samuel Jr in Whitemarsh, who were to divide his property, all 3 were married. I figured out that Maidenhead is now Lawrenceville, Mercer Co NJ, but never thought to inquire as to any census or info in the 1600- early 1700s there. Would anyone know what records were in that area in 1690-1720s? I would be interested to know what happened to his son John SAVAGE who was married to a Mary.......and what SAVAGEs were in NJ from his line. Family lore says that Samuel SAVAGE, the father, was a crew member of Wm Penn, but nothing has ever found to substantiate that. And his 1707 will showed he was a stone mason, and had a quarry with 24 acres of land east of the Schuylkill river in 'Skepack' that the 3 sons were to divide, but Samuel Jr bought them out in the deed of 1712! (His sons George and John were both masons, too.) His wife Ann was to receive his estate in Germantown until her death, and then divided among the sons, etc.... I had inquired on the Mercer Co NJ list several years ago about John and Mary SAVAGE, but no one had anything that early with SAVAGEs! Maybe I need to check in with them again! Diana in AL _________________________________________________________________ Laugh, share and connect with Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline

http://www.markedixon.com/log_homes_illustrated.htm A little bit (not too much, I hope) on Finns, log homes and early settlers of Delaware and Chester counties. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Palmer" <jap@highstream.net> To: "PACHESTE-L" <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] Chester Co. Inhabitants from 'Jersey' in 1680's? > >...In fact it was the Swedes who showed Wm. Penn how to build a log cabin > which was a Swedish structure... > > To be more precise, the log cabin was introduced by the *Finns* who were a > demographic subgroup of the Swedes. (What is now the country of Finland was > then a duchy of the Kingdom of Sweden.) As a sort of economic underclass to > the ruling Swedes, the Finns excelled at the rural forest life. Many of our > Finns actually came from Sweden where they had been employed as foresters > and log cabin builders while many of our Swedes actually came from Finland > where, I suppose, they ran things. > > Jeff Palmer - jap@highstream.net > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.4/644 - Release Date: 1/22/2007 > 7:30 AM > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>...In fact it was the Swedes who showed Wm. Penn how to build a log cabin which was a Swedish structure... To be more precise, the log cabin was introduced by the *Finns* who were a demographic subgroup of the Swedes. (What is now the country of Finland was then a duchy of the Kingdom of Sweden.) As a sort of economic underclass to the ruling Swedes, the Finns excelled at the rural forest life. Many of our Finns actually came from Sweden where they had been employed as foresters and log cabin builders while many of our Swedes actually came from Finland where, I suppose, they ran things. Jeff Palmer - jap@highstream.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.4/644 - Release Date: 1/22/2007 7:30 AM

I would agree with Mark that they were probably from Fenwick's Colony. However, also check the history of the New Sweden Colony. A smattering of English settlers were living with the Swedes & Dutch before *both* Fenwick and Penn. See, for example, "1671 Census of the Delaware", by Peter Stebbins Craig, 1999 and "The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware", also by Peter Stebbins Craig, 1993. Jeff Palmer - jap@highstream.net -----Original Message----- From: padelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mark.dixon@att.net Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:24 PM To: padelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PADELAWA] Chester Co. Inhabitants from 'Jersey' in 1680's? I suggest doing a bit of reading on the history of New Jersey. It came under English control 20 (or so) years before Penn got Pennsylvania. West Jersey was a private venture in which many Quakers were involved. I had several ancestors in Fenwick's Colony (ca. 1675) on the site of current-day Salem, N.J. Mark -------------- Original message from CGarr34@aol.com: -------------- > Can anyone offer any insight in my question regarding early (1680's) > inhabitants of Chester Co. Pa... > > While browsing my Delaware Co. CD, I become aware that along with the > English that came at the same time as Wm Penn, some other early English came > over > from the Jersey side of the Delaware River to inhabit Chester Co. My question > is: what were they doing over there? Did they come with the Dutch? How early > did they go there? Any comments? > > Thanks -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.4/644 - Release Date: 1/22/2007 7:30 AM

In brief, PA was the next to the last colony officially founded (only Georgia is younger), and therefore a number of people were legally living on both sides of the Delaware River long before William Penn and the "Welcome fleet" arrived - Dutch, Swedish and British, not to mention Native American tribes. The river served as the central backbone, not the edge of settlement. Today's New Jersey was originally two for-profit private business ventures known as East Jersey and West Jersey, which like Jamestown, tried to attract settlers to help promote development and profit. Starting in 1675, a number of Friends immigrated from the UK to West Jersey, settling in Fenwick's Colony, Salem and Burlington, NJ. The records of the West Jersey Proprietors, most of whom were Quakers, are still preserved in the Corporation's original office in Burlington, NJ. These give a detailed view of the people, settlement, commerce, etc., of the early colony. As Mark says, much interesting history here. One thing modern people forget is that is that it was MUCH easier to travel up and down, and across the Delaware, than inland. So, a number of West Jersey Friends found their way over to the PA side and were here to greet Penn and his immigrants. Most people with early PA ancestors will find they also have Jersey connections. The PA - Jersey travel and trade started under the Swedes and Dutch (1624 on) and continued right up until the 1950s, when my relatives still followed a multigenerational pattern of regular visiting across the river, and swapping cranberries for apples, chestnuts for oysters, etc. We use powerboats instead of sailing sloops, as our ancestors did. Only with federal limited access highways and modern bridges do people think interstate travel is new. NOT! Thy friend, Nancy Webster, Curator Friends Historical Association

I know that there were English settlers in what was then West Jersey around the area that became Burlington Co. just on the other side of the river from Chester Co. PA as early as 1684 when one of my ancestors settled there. These settlers bought their land from the West Jersey Proprietors while still in England and then came over to claim their land. My ancestor bought his in 1682 and came over in 1684. Some of these folks may have eventually crossed the river to settle in PA. However, I had Dutch ancestors who came to the Delaware River area and settled in what became Chester Co. PA as well as in New Jersey as early as 1641.... and I had Swedish ancestors who also came to the Gloucester Co. area of NJ much earlier than even Wm Penn.s settlements around the same time period of 1640s. In fact it was the Swedes who showed Wm. Penn how to build a log cabin which was a Swedish structure. Susan Avery On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:14:46 EST CGarr34@aol.com writes: > Can anyone offer any insight in my question regarding early (1680's) > > inhabitants of Chester Co. Pa... > > While browsing my Delaware Co. CD, I become aware that along with > the > English that came at the same time as Wm Penn, some other early > English came over > from the Jersey side of the Delaware River to inhabit Chester Co. > My question > is: what were they doing over there? Did they come with the Dutch? > How early > did they go there? Any comments? > > Thanks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Can anyone offer any insight in my question regarding early (1680's) inhabitants of Chester Co. Pa... While browsing my Delaware Co. CD, I become aware that along with the English that came at the same time as Wm Penn, some other early English came over from the Jersey side of the Delaware River to inhabit Chester Co. My question is: what were they doing over there? Did they come with the Dutch? How early did they go there? Any comments? Thanks

Hello All, I scanned and uploaded another 20 pages (220-240) of the book "Pennsylvania Colony and Commonwealth". For those interested in reading the book it's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant and related families -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.2/641 - Release Date: 1/20/2007 10:24 AM

in 1910, Burton is 2: Name: Burton F Pyle [Burton F Tyle] Age in 1910: 2 Estimated birth year: abt 1908 Birthplace: Delaware Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Frank Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother's name: Bertha M Mother's Birth Place: New Jersey Home in 1910: Marshallton, New Castle, Delaware Race: White Gender: Male Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Frank Pyle 44 b. PA, parents b. MD Bertha M Pyle 35 b. NJ, father b. MD, mother b. NJ Paul B Pyle 14 all children b. DE Ruth J Pyle 11 Burton F Pyle 2 John B Underwood 72 , father in law (so Bertha's maiden name was Underwood) he and parents b. MD -----Original Message----- From: HMWEBBER@aol.com [mailto:HMWEBBER@aol.com] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 11:04 AM To: DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com; PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACHESTE] Bowen PYLE Hi list, Does anyone have info on Bowen PYLE, b. Sep 1828, Chester Co., PA & his descendants? I'm interested in the following line: Bowen PYLE, b. Sep 1828, PA, d. 1901 m. Sarah GARRETT, b. Sep 1839 Frank PYLE, b. 19 Feb 1866, PA, d. 1955 m. Bertha UNDERWOOD, b. c1875 NJ Burton F. PYLE, b. 1908, DE In the 1880 - 1930 Census they are living in New Castle Co., DE & Burton is still living at home in 1930. Helen M. Imburgia 396 Derry Drive Aston, PA 19014 (610) 358-1102 HMWEBBER@aol.com Professional Genealogist Local Historian Founder of the     Delaware County Genealogical Society (DCGS) LOOKS UPS: Index for Wills in Delaware Co., PA 1789 - 1910 Index for Administrations in Delaware Co., PA 1789 - 1900 Index for Naturalization Records in Delaware Co., PA 1795 - 1926 Index to Estate Case Files in Delaware Co., PA 1789 - 1870 (Orphans' Court.) Index to Criminal Cases 1791 - 1865 Chester School Attendance Records - 1897-98 Immaculate Heart of Mary - Marriages 1873-1933 (intermittent) Immaculate Heart of Mary - Baptism 7 Sep 1873 - 22 Jun 1884 Immaculate Heart of Mary - Cemetery 1903-1939 (intermittent) E. F. White Funeral Records May 1887 to 1896 (intermittent) E. F. White Funeral Records Dec 1900 to May 1902 E. F. White Funeral Records 1923-25 for:     Immaculate Heart of Mary Cemetery     The Delaware County Home Cemetery (Potter's Field) St. Martin's Cemetery 1693 - 1972 or later. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message