Thanks, Carol! >>> CGarr34@aol.com 01/25/07 2:32 PM >>> Try e-mailing Rick@delcohistory.org or check their website: http://www.delcohistory.org/bethel to see about availabilty of the book. Helen (WEBBER) is also active in this group and would know. Carol ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hey, Carol! How's CA? Are you in the "snow-zone" or did you miss that taste of your old stomping grounds? We finally got some our way. Yes, I thought I might try and get some photos on one of my lunch time walks. I wish they were a bit more substantial though (most only shells). There was one spot that I was told was an old pig farm along the creek located near Pennell Road. I know how you feel about trying to get family interested in genealogy, but buy the books for your niece (I haven't seen her this week yet) was a good ploy. At least she's noticing! It's a start...a subtle one. "Great oaks grow from little acorns", as they say. Speaking of books, I seem to remember a book put out a few years ago for Middleton Twp's Anniversary. I remember it took in parts of Aston, but I think it stop near Mount Alverno Road. Does anyone recall this? Barb >>> VETTE4NANCEE02@aol.com 01/25/07 12:32 PM >>> I was born in Drexel Hill, grew up in Montgomery Cty., moved out in the 60's and had not returned for over 30 years. When I did I was like a kid in a candy store! Living in Southern Calif. for years one tends to forget there is anything but new, there are so many beautiful old places in Del. Cty. and I was amazed that people think nothing of buying and fixing these places up and restoring them to live in (the men must have "honey do" lists a mile long), thankfully they have an appreciation for the history of the area. Barb, you should take pictures of the remainders of the old farmsteads you saw. The Case books you mention, I bought both of them while I was there last and they are a must have for anyone researching the area. I also bought a set for my niece who lives in Aston and she blames me that it now takes her twice as long to go anywhere due to her checking out things she spent her entire life passing by without a thought. I can't wait to get back there again this year, it is like stepping back into the past, the feeling of walking on the same ground as my relatives, actually seeing the homes they lived in, the land they worked, so many years ago, is awesome. Now, if I could just get my nieces as interested in genealogy as I am...I guess they are too young, or am I too old :> Nancee, Ca. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carol, Is this still available? It might be a nice addition to our library here at Neumann. Barb >>> CGarr34@aol.com 01/25/07 10:24 AM >>> Speaking of the old stone farmhouses remaining, let me mention the book "Stone Houses" that I purchased from the Bethel Twn Preservation Society. It is a beautiful coffee-table book full of pictures of old homes of our ancestors -- most important (to me) was the Garrett-Booth-Cheyney Farm that was originated by my Thomas Garrett in Bethel in early 1680's. If anyone has the interest, I will list the table of contents of the buildings shown. Carol ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Listers: It is a great pleasure to read this discussion of Pennsylvania's old stone homes. In 1948, we purchased one of the tenant houses on the Buckwalter Farm west of Phoenixville, and we lived in it for 22 years. As our family expanded, we expanded the house, but we took care not to disturb the structure of the original small stone home. It was a most satisfying experience and one we remember with deep feelings. We used to say the old house was loaded with charm and inconvenience, but as our family grew and we needed more room, we chose to stay in that house and extend it to fit our needs. It has sold several times since we left there in 1972. Our family grew up and went off to homes of their own and we no longer needed the expanded home. Each of the children admits to a great feeling of history and nostalgia when they think of their first home. As a birthday gift for my husband last year, I bought a copy of Stone Houses, the book you have all been studying and commenting about. I found the copy of the book on display in a Florida gift shop, the only copy they had. The ID for the book is that it was first published and copyrighted in 2005 by Rizzolli International Publications. ISBN-0-8478-2687-2, LCCN: 2005900673. The individual essayists are identified for each house. Photographs and one essay (p. 162) are by Geoffrey Cross. It is, indeed, a "coffee table book" to the eye, but has much greater significance to those of us who have lived in and loved SE Pennsylvania. If anyone needs any specific information from the book, just ask me off list. You will enjoy this as much as we do. Marj, formerly a Delaware/Chester Countian, now living in historic New Bern, NC. -----Original Message----- From: padelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CGarr34@aol.com Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:54 PM To: padelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PADELAWA] Bethel/Stone Houses "Stone Houses" table of contents: Thompson-Neely house at Washington Crossing Morgan Colt house & Studio at Phillips Mill Peaceable Farm (Buck's Co) Tuckamony Farm (Isaac Pickering) The Armitage House (Wm Penn to Frances White to Henry Paxson to Samuel Armitage in 1748) Kockert's Tavern (Jacob Kockert in 1764) Buckingham Friends Meeting House (1768) 'Old Conress' of Byecroft Farm (Thomas Bye - Thomas Woolston Bye) The Eight-Square schoolhouse (Buck's Co. 1773) The Prickett House Graeme Park-Sir William Keith House The Highlands Mansion & Garden (Anthony Morris to Daniel Hitner to George Sheaff to Caroline Sinkler) Pennsbury Manor (Wm Penn) Caleb Pusey House House designed by Architect G. Edwin Brumbaugh (newer) " " " " John D. Milner " The Shilling Residence, "Florin" Peter Wentz Farmstead (1744) Muhlenberg House (John Jacob Schrack 1750 to Rev Henry Muhlenberg 1776 Old Trappe Church (1717-1743) St. David's Church (Patron of Wales) 1715 Samuel Levis House (From Harby Eng., Land from Owen Foulke in 1692) Thomas Massey House (Delaware Co. 1730) Chichester Meeting House (1769 Richard Dutton initials on stone.) Spring House at Poole Farm Garrett-Booth-Cheyney Farm (on Bethel Road in Bethel Twn., Delaware Co.) Newlin Grist Mill (Nathaniel & Mary Newlin 1704) John Chad House William Brinton House Gilpin House (land to Hannah Glover, d of Alice Glover who m: John Brunsden. Hannah m:Joseph Gilpin)Barns-Brinton House (Wm Barns 1722 to James Brinton) Keepsake (1820) in Chadds Ford Adiah Taylor House & Barn (1724) William Peters House (1750 - moved & reconstructed) Primitive Hall ( Mary Collett m Christopher Pennock to Joseph Pennock ............not in Table of Contents, but in book: Southerly House (log house reconstructed from original log house) William Miller house (1730) John Moland House (1755) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Incidentally, the date given in this ToC for the Thomas Massey House is inaccurate. The oldest part of the house dates to 1696. The middle portion of the house, built by Mordecai Massey, Thomas's son, is dated to 1730. The downstairs kitchen is 1830, and the room above that which now serves as the museum is 1860. Karen CGarr34@aol.com wrote: > "Stone Houses" table of contents: > > Thompson-Neely house at Washington Crossing > Morgan Colt house & Studio at Phillips Mill > Peaceable Farm (Buck's Co) > Tuckamony Farm (Isaac Pickering) > The Armitage House (Wm Penn to Frances White to Henry Paxson to Samuel > Armitage in 1748) > Kockert's Tavern (Jacob Kockert in 1764) > Buckingham Friends Meeting House (1768) > 'Old Conress' of Byecroft Farm (Thomas Bye - Thomas Woolston Bye) > The Eight-Square schoolhouse (Buck's Co. 1773) > The Prickett House > Graeme Park-Sir William Keith House > The Highlands Mansion & Garden (Anthony Morris to Daniel Hitner to George > Sheaff to Caroline Sinkler) > Pennsbury Manor (Wm Penn) > Caleb Pusey House > House designed by Architect G. Edwin Brumbaugh (newer) > " " " " John D. Milner " > The Shilling Residence, "Florin" > Peter Wentz Farmstead (1744) > Muhlenberg House (John Jacob Schrack 1750 to Rev Henry Muhlenberg 1776 > Old Trappe Church (1717-1743) > St. David's Church (Patron of Wales) 1715 > Samuel Levis House (From Harby Eng., Land from Owen Foulke in 1692) > Thomas Massey House (Delaware Co. 1730) > Chichester Meeting House (1769 Richard Dutton initials on stone.) > Spring House at Poole Farm > Garrett-Booth-Cheyney Farm (on Bethel Road in Bethel Twn., Delaware Co.) > Newlin Grist Mill (Nathaniel & Mary Newlin 1704) > John Chad House > William Brinton House > Gilpin House (land to Hannah Glover, d of Alice Glover who m: John Brunsden. > Hannah m:Joseph Gilpin)Barns-Brinton House (Wm Barns 1722 to James Brinton) > Keepsake (1820) in Chadds Ford > Adiah Taylor House & Barn (1724) > William Peters House (1750 - moved & reconstructed) > Primitive Hall ( Mary Collett m Christopher Pennock to Joseph Pennock > ............not in Table of Contents, but in book: > Southerly House (log house reconstructed from original log house) > William Miller house (1730) > John Moland House (1755) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Don't think that this is anything like an exhaustive list. These are mostly high-profile historic houses. There are hundreds more anonymous stone (and frame) houses dating back to Pennsylvania's earliest settlers. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: <CGarr34@aol.com> To: <padelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [PADELAWA] Bethel/Stone Houses > "Stone Houses" table of contents: > > Thompson-Neely house at Washington Crossing > Morgan Colt house & Studio at Phillips Mill > Peaceable Farm (Buck's Co) > Tuckamony Farm (Isaac Pickering) > The Armitage House (Wm Penn to Frances White to Henry Paxson to Samuel > Armitage in 1748) > Kockert's Tavern (Jacob Kockert in 1764) > Buckingham Friends Meeting House (1768) > 'Old Conress' of Byecroft Farm (Thomas Bye - Thomas Woolston Bye) > The Eight-Square schoolhouse (Buck's Co. 1773) > The Prickett House > Graeme Park-Sir William Keith House > The Highlands Mansion & Garden (Anthony Morris to Daniel Hitner to George > Sheaff to Caroline Sinkler) > Pennsbury Manor (Wm Penn) > Caleb Pusey House > House designed by Architect G. Edwin Brumbaugh (newer) > " " " " John D. Milner " > The Shilling Residence, "Florin" > Peter Wentz Farmstead (1744) > Muhlenberg House (John Jacob Schrack 1750 to Rev Henry Muhlenberg 1776 > Old Trappe Church (1717-1743) > St. David's Church (Patron of Wales) 1715 > Samuel Levis House (From Harby Eng., Land from Owen Foulke in 1692) > Thomas Massey House (Delaware Co. 1730) > Chichester Meeting House (1769 Richard Dutton initials on stone.) > Spring House at Poole Farm > Garrett-Booth-Cheyney Farm (on Bethel Road in Bethel Twn., Delaware Co.) > Newlin Grist Mill (Nathaniel & Mary Newlin 1704) > John Chad House > William Brinton House > Gilpin House (land to Hannah Glover, d of Alice Glover who m: John Brunsden. > Hannah m:Joseph Gilpin)Barns-Brinton House (Wm Barns 1722 to James Brinton) > Keepsake (1820) in Chadds Ford > Adiah Taylor House & Barn (1724) > William Peters House (1750 - moved & reconstructed) > Primitive Hall ( Mary Collett m Christopher Pennock to Joseph Pennock > ............not in Table of Contents, but in book: > Southerly House (log house reconstructed from original log house) > William Miller house (1730) > John Moland House (1755) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Things seem to endure in/around Philadelphia, for better or worse. I didn't grow up in the area, descending instead from people who had begun moving south and west about the end of the French and Indian War. (My last ancestor to actually live here died in 1918.) I grew up in Michigan, married an expatriate Philadelphian and, together, we moved here 20 years ago. Mr. Haley had introduced me to genealogy in the 70s, but I hadn't imagined how much infrastructure would still exist. (In most of the country, what one most often finds is a family name on a road sign or a home site.) There's a 1700ish house up in Bucks County that I've known about for several years but have never seen. My wife and daughters are burned out from looking at ancestors' houses that "all look alike." Perhaps they'd appreciate them more if the bulldozers were more active. Mark >I've lived in this area for over fifty years and I didn't > really appreciate how deep my families roots were until I started doing > research. It's so exciting to see a place where you know your family > lived.

Try e-mailing Rick@delcohistory.org or check their website: Http://www.delcohistory.org/bethel to see about availabilty of the book. Helen (WEBBER) is also active in this group and would know. Carol

"Stone Houses" table of contents: Thompson-Neely house at Washington Crossing Morgan Colt house & Studio at Phillips Mill Peaceable Farm (Buck's Co) Tuckamony Farm (Isaac Pickering) The Armitage House (Wm Penn to Frances White to Henry Paxson to Samuel Armitage in 1748) Kockert's Tavern (Jacob Kockert in 1764) Buckingham Friends Meeting House (1768) 'Old Conress' of Byecroft Farm (Thomas Bye - Thomas Woolston Bye) The Eight-Square schoolhouse (Buck's Co. 1773) The Prickett House Graeme Park-Sir William Keith House The Highlands Mansion & Garden (Anthony Morris to Daniel Hitner to George Sheaff to Caroline Sinkler) Pennsbury Manor (Wm Penn) Caleb Pusey House House designed by Architect G. Edwin Brumbaugh (newer) " " " " John D. Milner " The Shilling Residence, "Florin" Peter Wentz Farmstead (1744) Muhlenberg House (John Jacob Schrack 1750 to Rev Henry Muhlenberg 1776 Old Trappe Church (1717-1743) St. David's Church (Patron of Wales) 1715 Samuel Levis House (From Harby Eng., Land from Owen Foulke in 1692) Thomas Massey House (Delaware Co. 1730) Chichester Meeting House (1769 Richard Dutton initials on stone.) Spring House at Poole Farm Garrett-Booth-Cheyney Farm (on Bethel Road in Bethel Twn., Delaware Co.) Newlin Grist Mill (Nathaniel & Mary Newlin 1704) John Chad House William Brinton House Gilpin House (land to Hannah Glover, d of Alice Glover who m: John Brunsden. Hannah m:Joseph Gilpin)Barns-Brinton House (Wm Barns 1722 to James Brinton) Keepsake (1820) in Chadds Ford Adiah Taylor House & Barn (1724) William Peters House (1750 - moved & reconstructed) Primitive Hall ( Mary Collett m Christopher Pennock to Joseph Pennock ............not in Table of Contents, but in book: Southerly House (log house reconstructed from original log house) William Miller house (1730) John Moland House (1755)

Thank you for your kind thoughts, Mary. Great minds think alike.<G> It so happens that I did a research paper and presentation on the Acadians in Philadelphia for an international museum conference held in Nova Scotia a few years back. If you'd like a copy, I'll see if I still have it on disk and can send it. It was a "research in progress" but interesting. Thy friend, Nancy Webster

Mark, Do you want to make a bet? :-D :-D Al At 10:20 AM 1/25/2007, you wrote: >Things seem to endure in/around Philadelphia, for better or >worse. I didn't grow up in the area, descending instead from people >who had begun moving south and west about the end of the French and >Indian War. (My last ancestor to actually live here died in >1918.) I grew up in Michigan, married an expatriate Philadelphian >and, together, we moved here 20 years ago. Mr. Haley had introduced >me to genealogy in the 70s, but I hadn't imagined how much >infrastructure would still exist. (In most of the country, what one >most often finds is a family name on a road sign or a home >site.) There's a 1700ish house up in Bucks County that I've known >about for several years but have never seen. My wife and daughters >are burned out from looking at ancestors' houses that "all look >alike." Perhaps they'd appreciate them more if the bulldozers were >more active. > >Mark

Carol, I, for one, would very much appreciate your listing of the table of contents of your book, "Stone Houses". Do you know if the Bethel Twnshp Preservation Society still has copies available?? Judy

I was born in Drexel Hill, grew up in Montgomery Cty., moved out in the 60's and had not returned for over 30 years. When I did I was like a kid in a candy store! Living in Southern Calif. for years one tends to forget there is anything but new, there are so many beautiful old places in Del. Cty. and I was amazed that people think nothing of buying and fixing these places up and restoring them to live in (the men must have "honey do" lists a mile long), thankfully they have an appreciation for the history of the area. Barb, you should take pictures of the remainders of the old farmsteads you saw. The Case books you mention, I bought both of them while I was there last and they are a must have for anyone researching the area. I also bought a set for my niece who lives in Aston and she blames me that it now takes her twice as long to go anywhere due to her checking out things she spent her entire life passing by without a thought. I can't wait to get back there again this year, it is like stepping back into the past, the feeling of walking on the same ground as my relatives, actually seeing the homes they lived in, the land they worked, so many years ago, is awesome. Now, if I could just get my nieces as interested in genealogy as I am...I guess they are too young, or am I too old :> Nancee, Ca. In a message dated 1/25/2007 6:39:51 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, SELLETTB@neumann.edu writes: Your right about that, Mark. I, too, am a Maris descendant (as well as Mendenhall, Dixon, Clayton--just to name a few). Many of these were Quakers. I've lived in this area for over fifty years and I didn't really appreciate how deep my families roots were until I started doing research. It's so exciting to see a place where you know your family lived. Many structures still existing, though you wouldn't know it because of 'improvements' to the building. Bob Case's book about Concord Township was really an eye opener. I had been past many of the homes featured in the book and hadn't realized just how old they really were! I just had a lovely chat about a week ago with the head grounds keeper at OLA (next to Neumann College where I work). He told me some pretty amazing stories about the old farmsteads that were located on the property. Many are gone now, but you can still see the remainders of them (I went & looked on my lunch hour). Neat! Barb >>> mark.dixon@att.net 01/24/07 4:24 PM >>> Trust me, there are tons of old farmhouses around. Many have been demolished, but many, many remain. (Things last when you build with stone.) Anyone with deep roots in Delaware County (i.e., several families who were here over multiple generations) will find that there are many things to see. Finding them is work, though. Since the county has no historical society worthy of the name, researchers have to spend their time in township societies whose collections and organization vary in quality. And their hours are skimpy. I didn't know that one of my Maris ancestor's house still stood in the middle of a modern development in Upper Darby until I came across an old newsclipping about it in the files at the Springfield Township Historical Society. The stuff is there. Mark

Same here, Mark. My ancestors started out from here & moved west & south down the Philadelphia Wagon Road until they ended up in in NC & SC (where I was born). I was adopted down there by a couple from DelCo & raised here. I married a native Philadelphian (also adopted). It was through researching my adoptive mother's people that I stumbled upon my own & was reunited with my birthfamily in 2001 (two weeks after my adoptive mother passed away). I started doing research on my natural family in order to become more connected. It was the avenue in which my birthfather & I grew closer before cancer took him in 2005. I managed to reunite my hubby with his birthfamily (although his birthmother has rejected him). We're planning to meet one of his half brothers in the near future (he lives outside Boston). Just as with my research, I found that he also has deep roots in Delco (such as William Wood of Darby who in 1685 established one of the first mills along Darby Creek) I find it all amazing and quite comforting. But as you pointed out, not everyone looks at the area and its historical/familial significance in the same way. Hopefully, it won't take 'bulldozers' to wake them up, but unfortunately as the song goes, "You don't know what you've got 'til its gone..." :-( Barb >>> mark.dixon@att.net 01/25/07 10:20 AM >>> Things seem to endure in/around Philadelphia, for better or worse. I didn't grow up in the area, descending instead from people who had begun moving south and west about the end of the French and Indian War. (My last ancestor to actually live here died in 1918.) I grew up in Michigan, married an expatriate Philadelphian and, together, we moved here 20 years ago. Mr. Haley had introduced me to genealogy in the 70s, but I hadn't imagined how much infrastructure would still exist. (In most of the country, what one most often finds is a family name on a road sign or a home site.) There's a 1700ish house up in Bucks County that I've known about for several years but have never seen. My wife and daughters are burned out from looking at ancestors' houses that "all look alike." Perhaps they'd appreciate them more if the bulldozers were more active. Mark >I've lived in this area for over fifty years and I didn't > really appreciate how deep my families roots were until I started doing > research. It's so exciting to see a place where you know your family > lived. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carol, That would be interesting to see the Table of Contents to see if we know any one listed. Thanks, Ethel

Hi listers, If anyone finds the obit for my Daniel Baker, who died around April of 1883, of Middletown, Pa. I would be humbly appreciative. Esther Another question based on the other talk talk of historical properties of our ancestors. Has anyone been able to break the code and zoom in to the 1870-1880 census locations? For instance my Daniel Baker and family was located in Middletown, Pa in both the 1870 & 1880 census. Is there a way yet to find "Where" in Middletown that was? thanks On Jan 25, 2007, at 7:45 AM, Kathysean@aol.com wrote: > To Carolyn > > Ledger/Inquirer > > WILLIAM V. BLACK > > On November 24, 1883 > William V. Black in the 88th year of his age. Relatives and Friends > are > respectively invited to attend the Funeral, this morning, leaving the > house at > 11:00, from the residence of his son, H. B. Black, Chester, Pa., to > proceed to > Maple Presbyterian Burial Ground. > > > > > Kathy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Speaking of the old stone farmhouses remaining, let me mention the book "Stone Houses" that I purchased from the Bethel Twn Preservation Society. It is a beautiful coffee-table book full of pictures of old homes of our ancestors -- most important (to me) was the Garrett-Booth-Cheyney Farm that was originated by my Thomas Garrett in Bethel in early 1680's. If anyone has the interest, I will list the table of contents of the buildings shown. Carol

Your right about that, Mark. I, too, am a Maris descendant (as well as Mendenhall, Dixon, Clayton--just to name a few). Many of these were Quakers. I've lived in this area for over fifty years and I didn't really appreciate how deep my families roots were until I started doing research. It's so exciting to see a place where you know your family lived. Many structures still existing, though you wouldn't know it because of 'improvements' to the building. Bob Case's book about Concord Township was really an eye opener. I had been past many of the homes featured in the book and hadn't realized just how old they really were! I just had a lovely chat about a week ago with the head grounds keeper at OLA (next to Neumann College where I work). He told me some pretty amazing stories about the old farmsteads that were located on the property. Many are gone now, but you can still see the remainders of them (I went & looked on my lunch hour). Neat! Barb >>> mark.dixon@att.net 01/24/07 4:24 PM >>> Trust me, there are tons of old farmhouses around. Many have been demolished, but many, many remain. (Things last when you build with stone.) Anyone with deep roots in Delaware County (i.e., several families who were here over multiple generations) will find that there are many things to see. Finding them is work, though. Since the county has no historical society worthy of the name, researchers have to spend their time in township societies whose collections and organization vary in quality. And their hours are skimpy. I didn't know that one of my Maris ancestor's house still stood in the middle of a modern development in Upper Darby until I came across an old newsclipping about it in the files at the Springfield Township Historical Society. The stuff is there. Mark > What I was trying to convey, evidently poorly, is that any of the old > farm houses could still be extant even today. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Nancy, I want to thank you for your generous and VERY knowledgeable contributions to this list. You may not remember the information you gave me about Mount Zion. I found the resting place of Jonathan and Ann McCOY FORCE thanks to you! I am so sorry you are ill. I will pray for you. I am reading excerpts of a book to be published in a few months to celebrate the bicentenial of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. One section mentions the Acadians who were forced out of Nova Scotia. Some arrived in Philadelphia, very ill (smallpox) and destitute. A Catholic priest and a Quaker gentelman joined forces to care for them. I loved reading that! Kind regards, Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: <Websternv@aol.com> To: <padelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:53 PM Subject: [PADELAWA] Burlington and West Jersey Archives - informationavailable > Dear Judy and listers: > > Thanks for prodding me on this - I've been a bit out of date as most > of > my time has been spent in hospitals the last 2 years. GOOD NEWS!