bucks co. history carver, charles howell, of falsington, is a lineal desc. of william carver, who came from england in the ship samson about the time john and mary (lane) carver of byberry. william carver married nov. 14, 1689 (old style) at middletown m.m. to joan kinsey. after her death he married in 1723 at falls to grace carter, a widow, whose maiden name was paxon, a native of byberry. william carver died at byberry, may 1736. the line of descent is as follows. william married elizabeth wamsley. joseph who married. john married mary ann carver, john who married mary martindale, adin the father of charles h. carver, who was born jan, 4, 1830 near buckingham, he married susan howell, d/o charles and sarah (vansant) howell. ezekiel a. groom, of buckingham was born in solebury twp. oct. 20, 1844, s/o jonathan a. and rebecca (pidcock). the groom family is an old bucks co family, the first settlers here, peter and thomas groom, brothers. moved to n.j. in 1690. in 1704 purchased land in bristol, bucks co. thomas settled in southampton in 1718. he died in 1736 leaving a widow and 7 children, 4 of them grew to maturity, viz; thomas, mary, ann married garret vansant in 1739 and william married rachel walton in 1747. linford r. craven of doylestown, was born march 26, 1864 in hilltown, s/o joseph and ann (ritchie) craven. the family of craven are of holland descent. residents of bucks co. since the 1st quarter of the 18thc. jacobus (james) craven was a member of the neshaminy ch. in warwick in 1743. he died about 1760. children; thomas, giles, james, alice, wf of harmon vansant, elinor wf of clement dungan, hannah, wf of william mc dowell, esther wf of william gilbert and mary, wf of anthony scout. giles died without issue in 1798. james moved to va. thomas craven married lena, d/o william and janet(suydam) bennett and settled in warminster, where he died aug. 1799, leaving sons; william, james, giles, isaac, and thomas, and daus. christina, wf of thomas beans, edith, wf of charles vansant, ann, catharine and helena. john h. vansant. was born in bucks co. oct 31, 1840, s/o john f. and mary (boozer) vansant. john f., the father was also born in bucks co. he married to mary boozer. children; charlles, jesse, thomas, margaret, elisabeth, john h, and james. john h, married sept. 11, 1867 to ella van horn, d/o thomas van horn of phila. hogeland family dirck hogeland, born at flatbush,long island, nov. 14, 1698. married oct. 15. 1720 to maria slodt, born in new york, nov. 25, 1700 and moved to southampton, bucks co., pa, he died feb. 6 1778, she died july 6, 1777, children (1). jane born in bucks co, aug 24, 1721, married rev. p. h. dorsius. she died dec. 17, 1763, (2.) george, aug 24, 1723, died feb. 17, 1778, married 1st oct 1760 to maria schenck and had one child, euphemia and 2nd july 30, 1767 to mary wynkoop, and had derick born july 25, 1769 and george, june 22, 1771. (3). john born 1725, married cornelia stoothoof and had several children. (4) catharine born oct 26, 1730, married harman vansant. (6) sarah, unmarried. (7) elisabeth unmarried. (8) daniel, april 14, 1738 (9) derick born may 26, 1740 married idah bennett, died feb. 5, 1811, (10) benjamin, dec 11, 1742, died nov. 20, 1792. (11), anna born april 20, 1748, maried jacob bennett. (8) daniel hogeland s/o derick and mary (sleght) hogeland was bp. at southampton ch. april 3, 1738. he marred elsia kroesen, may 23, 1761. he died dec. 1813. the widow in 1823. children, derrick k., elshie (alice) married harmon vansant, hendrick married rebecca wynkoop, maria who married abraham stevens. Best Wishes, Geri