Richard Weaver married Elizabeth, d/o Thomas and Mary Baldwin, of Chester City, requested 1m 25 1733 to be received into membership by Chester MM together with their children. In 1737 their daughter Mary married Willaim Hay who was not a Friend. In 1756 Elizabeth Weaver, w/o Richard, and all of her children, except Isaac, joined the Episcopal Church. The other children were Valentine, Judith and Susanna, the first of whom appears to have spent much of his time in the military service. In 1749, Isaac Weaver and Mary, his wife, made acknoledgment for marrying out of meeting, but his wife must have died soon after, forhe was again married 7m 20 1750, to Sarah Dell, d/o Thomas and Rachel (Sharpless) Dell of Ridley township. Children; Thomas Dell, born 1751, Joshua, 1753-1828, Isaac, 1756, Elizabeth, 1758, Baldwin, 11/20/1760, James, 1763, Richard, 1765, William, 1768, Abraham 1770, and Sarah born 1773 Thomas Dell Weaver was disowned in 1779, for taking "the test", Baldwin was disowned 6;26;1780 for military exercise. Joshua married Mary Trego, d/o Benjamin and Mary (Pyle) Trego, of Goshen now West Chester and their children were; Edith, married Gen. George Hartman;Maria, married John Rutter, Esq., and Sidney. Valentine, Thomas, son of the emigrants, was married Nov 23, 1752 to Rebecca Robinson, and died in Charlestown township in 1762. Children; Thomas, William, Mary, Rachel, and John, who was born 11 19 1759, died 1 5 1836, married 10 5 1791 to Mary Taylor, born 9 27 1770, d/o Francis and Mary Taylor. Children; Thomas, Francis, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Esther, Emily, Joseph D., Mary and Rachel. The family moved in 1811 to Sadsbury township. Jonathan Valentine, son of Thomas and Mary, born about 1730, married 1755 or 56, Lydia, d/o John and Lydia (Pusey) Baldwin. Brook,George (subject) The History of the Brooke family in America dates back to 1698 when John and Frances Brook, of Hagg, in the township of Henley and parish of Almonbury, Yorkshire, England, came to this country with their two sons, James and Matthew. The parents died in Haddonfield, NJ. The sons James and Matthew, as heirs of their parents made their choice of lands which now comprise Limerick township in Montgomery Co. Matthew Brooke, of Limerick, grandson of John the pioneer, and 2nd to beard his name and his son Matthew, moved to Birdsboro, Berks Co. A short time afterward, Mathew, the father died. A year or so later, Matthew, the son, with his brother, Thomas, and his brother-in-law, Daniel Buckley of Phila purchased the Hopewell Furnace. Matthew Brooke, was a Rev.war soldier. George Brooke's, maternal grandfather was Capt. John Louie Barde, a native of Geneva, Switzerland. He married the daughter of Major Robert Farmer, at that time the English Governor of Flordia. Matthew Brooke, married in 1805 to Elizabeth Barde, d/o Capt. John Louise Barde. Children; Elizabeth married Hon. Hiester Clymer, Edward and George. George Brooke, son of Matthew, was born in Birdsboro, July 26, 1818 and died Jan 15, 1912. He married (no mention of a 1st marriage) in 1862 to Mary Baldwin Irwin, of Phila. She was the great-granddaughter of Frederick Agustus Muhlenberg and granddaughter of Capt. Stephen Baldwin, a shipowner of Phila. Her father, John Heister Irwin. George and Mary Baldwin (Irwin) Brooke had two sons, Edward and George, who was born July 5, 1873, in Aug 1914, he married Lucile Stewart Polk, d/o William Plumkert Stewart Polk and Louise Ellen (Anderson) Polk of Baltimore, and great-grandnice of Pres. Polk. Mrs. Polk died in 1934. Children; one daughter, Elizabeth Muhlenberg married Edward Reeves, of New York City. Baldwin, George D.,subject, was born 22 July 1884 in Chadds Ford, Delaware Co., s/o Henry C., and Anna Mary (Byers) Baldwin, the father of native of Chester Co., the mother a native of Delaware Co. George D., married in 1911, Gertrude Stansbury of West Chester, children; George D. Jr. and Mary G. Baldwin. Remarried Widows (PA only) Baldwin Jane E. formerly Jane E. Irwin, filed 1917, widow of Eleazer Baldwin, 51st and 207th PA Mary J. filed 1901,w/o Alfred H. Baldwin, 5th PA Minerva S. 1920, w/o James R. Hope, 1st PA Best Wishes, Geri