--part1_179.1b638b63.2c13904c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_179.1b638b63.2c13904c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] Full-name: HMWEBBER Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 07:58:23 EDT Subject: Re: St. Martin's Cemetery To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh OS X sub 21 Good morning Pat, So very glad to be in touch with someone interested in St. Martin's. :) I will e-mail you some history in regard to St. Martin's Church & Cemetery. The land was bought in 1699 by Walter MARTIN, who may have been a Quaker at one time but became disenchanted with the Quakers. The church & cemetery appear to be non-denominational up until the 1840s when it becomes Episcopalian. (It's cemetery was free to the public & anyone could be buried there but a Quaker.) There appears to have been a cemetery before 1699, on this land, if the survey records are correct. It may have been a cemetery for the Finns & Swedes in the area before the English & Irish Quakers. From the research I have done on Marcus Hook, I believe it was named after "Marcus the Finn." When Wm Penn comes to PA, Marcus Hook is in an area named Chichester. Lower Chichester Township, consists of Marcus Hook Borough, Trainer Borough & Linwood. Trainer Bor. has a section called Lennox Park & one called Little Tuttleville. The Little Tuttleville area is name after my Irish g-g-grandfather Patrick TUTTLE. The surname TRAINER is another Irish Quaker name. Linwood has sections called Linwood Heights, Tallylyn & Adeline Village. Your CHAPMAN Family may have been Irish Quaker's, if they were they would have attend the Chichester Meeting House on Meetinghouse Road in Upper Chichester Twp. All these records are at the Swartmore College Quaker Library. I will, also, send you an outline on doing research in Delaware Co., PA -- up until 1789 it was Chester Co., PA. Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) In a message dated 6/6/03 9:35:10 PM, [email protected] writes: << In researching my Chapman family I'd like to know their religious affiliation. George Chapman and his wife, Mary, were buried in St. Martin's Cemetery in Marcus Hook. George died in 1757 and Mary in 1771. Their place of residence was listed as Lower Chichester, which I've been told is now Marcus Hook. The Chapman family came to this area from Ireland ca 1743. Is there a list of churches for the period of 1743 through 1757? Also, does anyone know the history of St. Martin's Church? I have St. Martin's listed as an Episcopal cemetery. Was it always Episcopal? (Even though their origins are listed as Ireland, I know they weren't Roman Catholics.) Thanks for any assistance. Pat Pulasky >> --part1_179.1b638b63.2c13904c_boundary--