Hello, I am transcribing the minutes from the First Baptist Church in Phoenixville and came across the name DE NORMANDY. It is dated 5 Jul 1851 and states the following -- "A letter from Sister Rachel De Normandy from Pittsburg was read requesting a letter to the Grant Street Church in Pittsburg, when upon motion was the same was granted and the clerk authorized to forward the letter." Link M. Davis Schwenksville, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jackisr@aol.com> To: <PACHESTE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 10:10 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] ANTHONY DE NORMANDIE, listed Phoenixville, Chester Co.,PA in 1850 > According to research by the late LEWIS D. COOK, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P., > ANTHONY > DE NORMANDIE was living in Phoenixville, Chester Co., PA., in 1850 census. > I > have not had any luck finding this census myself. Has anyone heard or > seen > any records for him in Chester County. Here is item this census record > was > noted in. > ===================================== > NATIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETY QUARTERLY > Vol. 65. December 1977 Number 4. > > DE NORMANDIE FAMILY OF BRISTOL, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. Page 243. > > Page 250. & 251. > > 31. JAMES DE NORMANDIE, son of ANTHONY and MARY (HALL) DE NORMANDIE of > Bristol and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was baptized 18 December 1754, > according to > the register of ST. MARY's Church, Burlington, New Jersy. 11 He was > listed > as an apprentice to (DR.) JOHN DE NORMANDIE, among the 124 men not members > of > the Bristol Borough and Township Associated Company of Infantry in 1775. > 45 > > His name appears among the single men in the tax lists of Middletown > Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1781-1785, and as DOCTOR JAMES DE > NORMANDIE in > 1786. By deed 12 February 1783 JAMES DE NORMANDIE of Attleborough, > Middletown > Township, practitioner in physic, and wife ELIZABETH STRICKLAND, daughter > of > AMOS STRICKLAND, late of Newtown in said county, Gentleman, conveyed real > esate. 46 Administration upon the estate of JAMES DE NORMANDIE of > Middletown > Township, deceased intestate, was granted 19 December 1793 to his widow > ELIZABETH > DE NORMANDIE and MARK HAPENY. 47 The County Orphans Court, 22 April 1805, > appointed JACOB KISLER, their step-father, guardian of JOHN A. and AMOS DE > NORMANDIE, age over 14, and ABRAHAM CHAPMAN, ESQ., guardian of ANTHONY and > JAMES DE > NORMANDIE, age under 14, sons of ELIZABETH KISLER, late ELIZABETH DE > NORMANDIE > and her late husband JAMES DE NORMANDIE, the said children being entitled > to > some estate by the Will of their uncle AMOS STRICKLAND, JR., deceased. > > Marriage Certificate. I do herby Certify that JAMES DE NORMANDIE and > ELIZABETH STRICKLAND were joined in Holy Matrimony by me in the presence > of the > Subscribing Witness my Hand this Sixth day of September in the year of our > Lord one > Thousand seven hundred and eighty seven. (signed) SAML. Bd) SAML. BENEZET. > Witnesses. JOSEPH THORNTON, ELIZABETH THORNTON, CHRISTOPHER PETER, ISAIAH > SHINN, JOSIAS FERGUSON, MARK HAPENY, MARGARET THORNTON, senr., JAMES M. > RAGUET, > WILLIAM JENKS, HENRY BLACHKY, RACHAEL HAPENY, HENRY WISINER, JOHN BALDWIN, > IS. > HICKS, WM. EWING, AMOS STICKLAND, THOMAS BILES, SAMUEL YARDLEY THORNTON, > JOHN > THORNTON, JAMES GRIER FERGUSON, SARAH PETER, MARY ROBERTS, CLARA DE > NORMANDIE, > MARY FERGUSON, MARGARET THORNTON, junr., SARAH THORNTON, ELIZTH. WILLET, > JR., > FRANCES STRICKLAND, MARGARET THRONTON, MARGARET KNOWLES. Recorded 7 Sept > 1787. 48 The officiant SAMUEL BENEZET was a Judge of the Court of Common > Pleas at > Newtown, the Bucks County seat since 1784. > > The bride ELIZABETH STRICKLAND was the daughter of AMOS STRICKLAND and his > second wife MARGARET THORNTON, whose marriage 27 January 1763 was > reported to > Middleton Monthly Meeting of Friends 3 February 1763. The will of AMOS > STRICKLAND of Newtown, Bucks County, Gentlemen, dated 31 March 1799 and > probated 24 > December 1779, named my wife MARGARET, son AMOS, daughters RACHEL, > ELIZABETH > and FRANCES. The will of AMOS STRICKLAND, JR. of Fallsington, Bucks > County, > dated 15 May 1797 and probated 24 may 1797, named my nephews JOHN, AMOS > ANTHONY, > and JAMES DE NORMANDIE, sons of my sister ELIZABETH DE NORMANDIE. As > widow of > DR. JAMES DE NORMANDIE, she married JACOB KESLER, innkeeper and first > Postmaster of Newtown, Bucks County, appointed in 1800. 49 JACOB KESLER > was listed > in the Federal census of Newtown 1810, but his estate is not found in the > county probate records. > > CHILDREN OF JAMES and ELIZABETH (STRICKLAND) DE NORMANDIE. > > 38. i. JOHN ABRAHM 5 DE NORMANDIE, b. say 1788, m. 17 Mch. 1811 ELIZA > P. > ATKINSON, dau. of THOMAS ATKINSON of Trenton, N.J., the REV. JAMES F. > ARMSTRONG, Pastor of the Presbyterian Ch. there, officating. > > 39. ii. AMOS DE NORMANDIE, b. say 1790, listed in Federal census of > Washington Twp., Washington Co., Pa., 1830. > > 40. iii. ANTHONY DE NORMANDIE, b. say 1790, listed in census of > Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pa., 1850. > > 41. iv. JAMES DE NORMANDIE, M.D., b. 14 Aug. 1793, PENNS Manor, Bucks > Co., > Pa.; listed in census of Falls Twp., that Co., 1830; d. 19 May 1866, > Yellow > Springs, Ohio. He m. 3 Oct. 1822 at JOSHUA WOOLSTON's house, Falls Twp., > SARAH > YARDLEY, dau of THOMAS YARDLEY of Lower Makefield Twp., said Co., with > ISAAC > HICKS, J. P., officiating. > ===================================================================== > Thanks for any help on this. > > Regards, > > Jacqueline Sleeper Russell > Website: > _http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=jacquelinesr&surn > ame=A_ > (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=jacquelinesr&surname=A) > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > 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