On their marriage, John and Annabella Elliott went to live in the city of Leices-
ter, where their children, with the exception of the youngest, were born. Their
grandson, Caleb Cresson, visited their old home in 1815, and in a letter dated at
Manchester, December 17, of that year, to one of his relatives in Philadelphia, has
this to say about the one time home of his grandparents, and their relatives resid-
ing near there :
"Leicester, as I before mentioned to thee, is the place where my dear mother
was born. After attending to the business of the place, I went to Henry Palmer's
house to deliver, from his brother Terringham, who lives near Philadelphia, a
letter which was handed to me by my uncle, Samuel Elliott. H. Paliner, was
an old acquaintance of the family and my object was, to enquire after any of the
branches of the family of my grandfather that luight be living ; he told me there
were none of them living that he knew of, near that place, but that there were
some of the distant branches near Nottinham, had lived there but had moved
away. I was shown the ancient mansion where my grandfather lived. It was
rough-cast and now inhabited by a person by the name of Saxton, much in this
form, having two gable ends to the street, connected by a long building between
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them. Uncle Samuel may perhaps rememher the old mansion from this sketch.
In the afternoon I rode 26 miles to Nottingham, celebrated for its manufactures
of Cotton, Hosiery, and Silk. Here business kept me the next day, in the course
of which I called upon Edward Baker, a distant relative of my grandfather, to
whom Daniel Elliott gave me a letter ; he seemed much pleased to see me as one
of the junior branches of a family he had been well acquainted with in his younger
years. He gave me the same account of the family that Henry Palmer did."
( Signed ) "Caleb Cresson."
On April 11, 1753, John and Annabella Elliott, with their five living children,
sailed from Liverpool for Philadelphia, and arrived there in the evening of May
27. 1753- In 1754 John Elliott opened a store at what is now 116 South I'Vont
street, Philadelphia, for the sale of window glass and bell hangings. lie later
started the manufacture of mirrors, being a pioneer in that business in America.
The business established by John Ellioott at this location was succeeded to by his
son, John, and he by his son, Daniel, whose apprentice, and subsequent partner,
John Carter, later acquired the business, and John Carter, son of this John, is the
present head of the firm of Carter & Scattergood, though in the one hundred and
fifty odd years that have elapsed since John Elliott founded the business, window
glass and mirrors have given way to drugs and chemicals.
The house in which John Elliott resided was located on Chestnut street between
Third and Fourth streets, and his name appears on the list of taxables in 1754, as
a resident of the old South Ward, then extending from Mulberry, now Arch,
street, to Walnut and from Second to Seventh. He is also enrolled among the
members of Friends Monthly Meeting of Philadelphia, taken between the years
1757 and 1760. In 1768 he paid a visit to England, returning the following year;
while in London he made his home with a relative, also named John Elliott, whose
son of the same name was in after years a friend of the descendants of the Amer-
ican John Elliott, in the Cresson line. In 1787 John Elliott was a contributor to
the Pennsylvania Hospital to the amount of eight pounds, and forty-six years
later his grandson, Isaac Elliott, was a contributor to the same institution.
John Elliott died in Philadelphia, August i, 1791, and his widow Annabella,
April 17, 1797. His will was dated 5mo. 31, 1790, was proved December 29, 1791.
It bequeaths to his son, John, one hundred pounds and his silvering tools and
implements, "in lieu of his right in a certain piece of land in England to which he
was heir, after the death of his mother, in the sale whereof he joined us and for
which he has not received adequate compensation." To his son-in-law, Richard
Humphreys, £25 ; to Elizabeth Barker, iy ; to Alexander Emslie. £5 ; to Diana
Letchworth, £5 ; to his brother-in-law, Joseph Johnson, of Leicester, England, £5 ;
to his sister, Hannah Dickman, widow of William Dickman, of Leicester, £5 ; to
his cousin, Ann Claypoole, of Bolton, England, £5 ; to Elizabeth Dickman, daugh-
ter of his sister, Hannah Dickman, £15; to Hannah Palmer, wife of Joseph
Palmer, £15: to her daughter, Hannah Palmer, £15. The English legacies to be
paid in Sterling moneys of Great Britain, out of the proceeds of a mortgage held
by him against John Wilson, of Northumberland county, which loan his execu-
tors are directed to call in, "without however distressing said John Wilson in his
life time." To his son Samuel he devises the plantation upon which he lives in
.\nn Anmdel county, Maryland, "being the same I purchased of Mareen Howard
Duvall" subject to his (Samuel's) payment to the residuary legatees of £200
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Maryland currency, * * * * "nevertheless my will in this respect is in this
manner, if he and his wife will join in the eilfectual manumission of all the poor
negro slaves held in bondage by them, then I release the payment of the same two
hundred pounds and confirm the said plantation to him in full right, free and
clear of all incumbrances whatever, and it is my desire to my said dear son that he
would do all in his power to prevail on his wife by gentle and prudent means to
comply with this Christian duty, to which I trust they will find satisfaction and
peace to their hands, and the Lord's blessing which is above all things to be
valued." The residue of his estate, household goods, cash, plate, books, apparel,
etc., and all produce and profits of his estate to his wife Anabella Elliott, during
her natural life, and after her decease, his plantation in Qiester county; a right
in a tract of land in Berks county, which Ellis Hughes laid out for him ; his bonds,
mortgages and all other property to John Elliott, Annabella Cresson, and Mary
Gray, in equal shares. Mary Gray's share to be under the care and direction of
John Elliott, or in case of his death under her own care and discretion, inde-
pendent of her husband.
Issue of John and Annabella (Bonnyman) Elliott:
Anna, b. April 19, 1738; d. Nov. 2, 1738;
John, b. at Leicester, England, Sept. 20, 1739; d. Oct. 12, 1810, at "Glenfield," his estate
near Wilmington, Del.; m., April 4, 1771, Margaret Harvey, of Wilmington;
Daniel, b. at Leicester, England, Jan. 28, 1741-42; d. Jan. 7, 1742-43;
Annabella, b. at Leicester, Oct. 3, 1743; d. at Radnor, Pa., Oct. 12, 1793; m.. April 16.
1772, Caleb Cresson (see Cresson Family);
Mary, b. at Leicester, June 3, 1746; d. May 4, 1797; m., June 12. 1771, Isaac Graj-, of
Phila.;
Samuel, b. at Leicester. Dec. 26, 1748; of whom presently;
Hannah, b. at Leicester, Dec. 3. 1750; d. at Phila., Feb. 17, 1773; m., Feb. 28, 1771, Rich-
ard Humphries;
Jane, b. at Phila., Sept. 7, 1753; d. there, June 8, 1761.
Samui£l Elliott, youngest son of John and Annabella (Bonnyman) Elliott,
born at Leicester, England, December 26, 1748, came to Philadelphia with his
parents at the age of five years, and removed to Maryland prior to his marriage ;
living at South River, Ann Arundel county, several years, but returned to Phila-
delphia, May 5, 1793, where he died December i, 1831, and was buried on Decem-
ber 4, at the Friends" Burying Ground in that city. He married at West River,
Maryland, November. 1780, Mary Richardson, of a noted Maryland family of
the name, born there April 20, 1760, died in Philadelphia, February 14, 1795.
Robert and Susanna Richardson were early settlers in Maryland, where the
former died in 1682. Their son, William Richardson, married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Major Richard Ewen, and died January 9, 1697-8, his wife dying in the
same year. William Richardson, son of William and Elizabeth (Ewen) Rich-
ardson, born 1668, died 1744; married, 1689, Margaret, daughter of Thomas and
Alice Smith, and their son, William Richardson, born 1690, died 1731-32, mar-
ried, 1708, Margaret, daughter of William Harris. Richard Richardson, son of
William and Margaret (Harris) Richardson, and grandfather of Mary (Rich-
ardson) Elliott, married Margaret, born 171 1, daughter of William Coale by his
wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Sparrow, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of
Hugh Kenson ; and granddaughter of Williain and Hannah Coale.
Richard Richardson, Jr., second son of Richard and Margaret (Coale) Rich-
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ardsoii, married, August 13, 1754, Elizabeth Thomas, born 1732, and they were
the parents of Mrs. Mary (Richardson) Elhott. Mrs. Elhott's mother belonged
to the well known Thomas family of Maryland. Her father, John Thomas, (bom
1697, died 1749-50) married, 1727, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Snowden, of
Snowden Hall, by his wife, Elizabeth, sister to Margaret Coale, who married
Richard Richardson, above mentioned. Richard Snowden's father, grandfather,
and great-grandfather all bore the name of Richard, and his great-grandfather is
reputed to have held a commission as Major in Oliver Cromwell's army in the
English civil war. Samuel Thomas, (born 1655, died 1743,) father of John, was
the eldest surviving son of Philip Thomas, of Ann Arundel county, Maryland,
who came to America, 1651, by his wife, Sarah Harrison, and he (Samuel) mar-
ried, 1688, Mary, daughter of Francis Hutchins, of Calvert county, Maryland.
Issue of Samuel and Mary (Rieliardson) Elliott:
John, b. "Friday, November 2, 1781, at 5 o'clock P. M.." probably at West River, Md..
the home of his mother's ancestors;
Richard, b. May 17, 1783, at South River, Md. ;
Elizabeth, b. March 12, 1785; d. in Phila., Dec. 15, 1855; unm. ; bur. in Friends' burial-
ground there;
-Annabella, b. March 17, 1787: m. William Harlan, and left one son, Samuel Elliott
Harlan;
Margaretta, b. March 14, 1789;
Mary, b. Aug. 21, 1791 ;
Isaac, b. "Friday, February 13, 1795, at 6 A. M."; of whom presently;
Samuel, b. "Friday, February 13, 1795, at 7.4s, .^. M"; d. in Carlisle, Cumberland co..
Pa.
Isaac Elliott, son of Samuel and Mary (Richardson) Elliott, born in Phila-
delphia, February 13, 1795, spent his whole life in that city, dying at his resi-
dence on West Penn square, November 15, 1859. He was married in Philadel-
phia, November 18, 1819, by the Rev. Richard D. Hall, to Elizabeth, daughter of
Jacob and Ann (Johnson) Thomas, of Philadelphia, and a descendant of John
Thomas, of Pembrokeshire, Wales.
John Thomas, born October, 1673, married in Pembrokeshire, June 20, 170(5,
Jennet , born June, 1683, and with her and their two eldest children camt-
to Pennsylvania, September, 1713, and settled in Cheltenham township, Philadel-
phia, now Montgomery county, on a plantation of one hundred and ten acres,
purchased of John Ashman. John Thomas died in Cheltenham, December 25,
1747, and his widow, January 22, 1755. Issue:
Ann, b. in Wales, Dec. 12, 1708; m.. May 13, 1729. Benjamin Morris:
Elizabeth, b. in Wales, Nov. 6, 1711;
Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1713; m., May 21, 1731, William Brittin;
John, b. Jan. 19, 1716; m., March 5, 1752, Lucretia, dau. of John and Eleanor (Crispin)
Hart, of Warminster, Bucks co.. Pa., and a descendant of Capt. Thomas Holme, Capt.
William Crispin, Capt. John Rush, and John Hart, from Witney, Oxfordshire ; they
were the ancestors of many prominent families of Harford co., Md.;
Sarah, b. June 24, 1717; m. John White;
Isaac, b. Feb. 7, I7I9'. d., unm., 1760;
Nathan, b. Jan. 26. 1721; of whom presently;
Margaret, b. Feb. 20, 1723; m., Nov. 23, 1752, Matthias Keen, a descendant of Joran
Kyn, one of the leading Swedish settlers on the Delaware, who accompanied Gov.
John Printz from Stockholm to the Delaware, in 1643;
Hannah, b. March 30, 1725; m.. Dec. 24. 1747, Elias Keen, brother to Matthias, who
m. her sister, Margaret;
Jacob, b. Sept. 11. 1727.
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Nathan Thomas, seventh child of John and Jennet Thomas, born in Chelten-
ham, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1721, married, April 11,
1756, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Penrose) Mather, granddaugh-
ter of Bartholomew and Esther (Leech) Penrose, and great-granddaughter of
Toby and Esther (Ashmead) Leech, who came from Cheltenham, England,, and
settled in Cheltenham township, Philadelphia county. Nathan Thomas died De-
cember, 1776.
Issue of Nathan and Elizabeth f Mather) Thomas:
Rachel, b. July 21, 1757; d. unm.:
Sarah, b. Feb. 5, 1759; d. unm.;
Isaac, b. May 29, 1762; m., Oct. ig, 1786, Ann, dau. of John and Ann (Nanna) Roberts;
Joseph, b. June 20, 1765; m., May 20, 1790, Rebecca, dau. of Benjamin Cottman;
Jacob, b. Jan. 20, 1768; of whom presently;
Nathan, b. Oct. 30, 1770; went to sea and was never after heard from;
John, b. March 22, 1774; m., March 29, 1810, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Hart, of the same
family as Lucretia Hart, wife of his uncle, John Thomas:
Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1778; d. Jan. 21, 1863; m., Dec. 12, 1799, Samuel Ruth.
Jacob Thomas, third son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Mather) Thomas, and
father of Elizabeth (Thomas) Elliott, wife of Isaac Elliott, was born January 20,
1768; married. April 23, 1793, Ann,, daughter of Jonathan Johnson; issue:
Margaretta, b. Aug. 17, 1794; d. April 16, 1795;
James Connelly, b. Feb. 9, 1796; d., unm., April 24, 1830;
EHzabeth, b. Feb. 13, 1798; d. Sept. 12, 1881 ; m., Nov. 18, 1819, Isaac Elliott;
Mary Ann, b. Jan. 19, 1800: d. Aug. 22, 1881 ; m.. May 4, 1826, John B. Jewell;
Johnson, b. May 3, 1802; d. 1803;
Charles Johnson, b. Aug. 13, 1803; d. Aug. 20, 1871 ; m., Nov. 12, 1829, Mary, dau. of
James Molony ;
Joseph Mather, b. Aug. 14, 1805; d. Dec. 16. 1861 ; m., Feb. 20, 1834, Lydia, dau. of An-
thony and Mary (Ogden) Cuthbert;
John Burtis. b. April 21, 1808; d. at sea; unm.;
Lucretia Eleanor, b. Oct. 9, 181 1; m. (first), July 1, 1829, William J. Kirk, (second),
Oct. 20, 1836, William Hart Carr.
Issue of Isaac and Elisabeth (Thomas) Elliott:
Anna Thomas EUiott, b. Sept. 7, 1820 ; m.. May 20, 1844, John West Nevins. member of
Company I, First Regiment, Pennsylvania Artillery, 1844; issue:
Isaac Elliott Nevins, d. in Yokohama, Japan; unm.;
Samuel Nevins, b. Aug. 4, 1847; living in Phila. ; merchant, dealer in clays and
chemicals; issue:
Anna Barclay Nevins:
Frances Bernadou Nevins:
Esther Bowman Nevins.
J. West Nevins, Jr., d. young;
Russell Hubbard Nevins, d. unm.
Samuel Bonnyman Elliott, of the U. S. N., b. March 30, 1822; d. April 28, 1876: m. in
Washington, D. C, Nov. 23, 1847, Julianna Marshall, dau. of Henry Knapp Randall,
b. Sept. 28, 1793, d. Feb. 2, 1877, by his wife, Emily Munroe, b. Nov. 12, 1805, d. Aug.
14, 1876; issue :
Henry Randall Elliott, b. Nov. 26, 1848, at Washington, D. C: m. at St. John's
Church, Washington, D C, Oct. 8, 1873, Helen Charlotte Tompkins, b. in Bing-
hamton, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1851; issue:
Henry Randall Elliott, Jr., b. July 18, 1874, in Washington, D. C; m., June
24, 1896, at Hamilton, Va., Elizabeth Davisson, dau. of Dr. James William
•; and Sophia A. Taylor, of Va.; issue: Randall Davisson Taylor Elliott, b.
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Aug. 30, 1897. Henry Randall Elliott, Jr., graduated at Univ. of Va , in
medicine, June, 1895, degree M. D.; in charge of out-patient department,
nervous diseases, and at George Washington University Hospital ; in-
structor in physiology at George Washington University, all in VVashing-
ton, D. C;
Ross Tompkins Elliott, b. in Washington, D. C., Nov. 16, 1876; m., April
13, 1904, in Alexandria, Va., Helen Josephine, dau. of M. B. Harlow, of
Alexandria, Va., real estate, loan and insurance, in Alexandria, Va.;
Emily Louise Elliott, b. in Washington, D. C, Sept. 8, 1879;
Charles Bernadou Elliott, b. June 27, 1882; Second Lieutenant U. S. A..
now with Thirtieth Infantry;
Randall Webb Elliott, b. 1885; d. igo6.
Thomas Monroe Elliott, b. in Washington, D. C, March 31, 1851; d. in Washing-
ton, D. C, March 5. 1896; m., Oct. 16, 1877, at Washington, D. C, Marian Vir-
ginia, dau. of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Ann Gait, of Washinglon, D. C;
issue :
Julianna Randall Elliott, b. July 8, 1879;
Mary Hunter Elliott, b. Dec. 29, 1880; m. at Washington. April 28, 1906,
Frederick Lemuel Buckelew, of Janiesburg, N. J.;
Ellen Gait Elliott, b. Nov, 15, 1882; m. at Washington, D. C, William Madi-
son Mason, of Washington, D. C. ;
Helen Munroe Elliott, b. Feb. 19, 1884, at Washington, D. C; m., April 18,
igo6, at Washington, D. C, Harry S. Whiting, of Washington, D. C;
Alexander Munroe Elliott, b. July 26, 1886:
Marian Virginia Elliott, b. in Washington, D. C», Nov. 30, 1888.
Annabella Harlan Elliott, b. July 8, 1824; d. March 11. 1906; m., Dec. 23, 1858, Dr. Ed-
ward S. Finlay, of Santa Cruz, West Indies; five children, all of whom d. young, ex-
cept one, viz.: Edward Elliott Finlay;
Elizabeth Ruth Elliott, b. Feb. 19, 1827; m., Oct. i, 1857. Francis Fabars Bernadou,
merchant of Phila. ; she resides at Mount Airy, Phila.; no surviving issue;
Mary Josephine Elliott, b. Sept. 14, 1828; d. June 22, 1892; m., Oct. 11, 1853, Whitton
Evens, of Phila.; four children, two of whom survive, viz.;
Elizabeth Elliott Evens, wife of Edward Osgood Richards, of New York; no
issue;
Whitton Evens, Jr., b. Aug. 12, i860; merchant in Phila., dealer in dyestufFs and
chemicals; member of Union League, Philadelphia County Club and Markham
Club; unm.
Caleb Cresson Elliott, b. Sept. 9, 1830: d. Feb. 17, 1832:
Jacob Thomas Elliott, b. July 9. 1832; d. Nov. 13, 1872; m., Feb. 19, 1856, Victoria Ro-
sina, dau. of Thomas B. Bartzell, of Baltimore, Md., and had issue :
Eliza T. Elliott, b. March 10, 1857, wife of Henry Morris, M. D., of Phila., de-
scendant of Robert Morris. "Financier of the Revolution";
Victoria B. Elliott, b. Feb. 19, 1859: m., Oct. 26. 1881, John Calvert, b. March 9.
1855, son of John Calvert, b. Jan. 8, 1809, d. March 9, 1869, by his wife, Julia
Stockton Rush; grandson of Edward Henry Calvert, b. Nov. 7, 1766, d. July 12,
1846, in the old Calvert mansion. Mount Airy, Md., by his wife, Elizabeth Bis-
coe ; great-granddaughter of Benedict Calvert, b. in England, son of Charles,
fifth Lord Baltimore, and great-great-grandson of Cecil Calvert, second Lord
Baltimore, to whom the charter for the Province of Maryland was granted,
June, 1632. Benedict Calvert was sent to Md. vyhen a youth, in charge of a
private tutor, and was appointed Collector of His Majesty's Customs, at Pa-
tuxet, 174s, and in 1748 m. Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Charles Calvert, Governor
of Md.; d. in Md., Jan., 1788. John and Victoria B. (Elliott) Calvert have one
child, viz. :
Cecilius Baltimore Calvert, b. Sept. n, 1882.
Eleanor S. Elliott, b. April 24. 1862. wife of Morris Booth Miller, M. D., of Phila.,
b. in Chester, 1868, son of Isaac Lewis and Clara (Booth) Miller; matriculate
of Swarthmore College; graduate of medical department of Univ. of Pa., with
degree of M. D., 1889; surgeon to Douglass Hospital; assistant surgeon, Phila-
delphia General Hospital; professor of surgery. Polyclinic Hospital; member
numerous medical and scientific societies, and the Univ. of Pa.; one child, Eliza-
beth Elliott Miller, b. Oct. 14, 1898.
Joseph Thomas Elliott, b. Jan. 11, 1834; d. July 11, 1834;
LucRETiA Kirk Elliott, b. June 26. 1835; d. June 3. 1895; >"â– Henry Bower, uf Phila.;
of whom presently;
Charles Thomas Elliott, b. Sept. 2b, 1837; d. July 13, 1838;
Isaac Elliott, b. Feb. 23, 1839; d. July 6, 1839;
Laura Howard Elliott, b. Aug. 4, 1840; unm.; living in Phila., with her nephews, Will-
iam H. and Frank B. Bower, at 2420 Spruce St.
LucRETiA Kirk Elliott, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Thomas) EUiott, of
Philadelphia, born June 26, 1835, married, June 5, 1862, Henry Bower, of Phil-
adelphia, born in that city in 1833,, died there March 26, 1896. He graduated
from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1854, and engaged for a time in
the business of broker in chemicals, and in 1856 began the manufacture of chem-
icals at Twenty-ninth street and Gray's Ferry road, where the works which he
established are at present located.
Lucretia Kirk (Elliott) Bower died June 3, 1895.
Issue of Henry and Lncrctia Kirk (Elliott) Boivcr:
William Henry Bower, b. at 1904 Pine St., Phila., June 13, 1864; entered class of '85, de-
partment of arts, Univ. of Pa., 1880, and transferred to the Towne Scientific School,
at close of freshman year; member of Philomathean Society, and *. K. *. Fraternity;
president of class of '85, in senior year; received degree of Bachelor of Science
(B. S.), and Practical Chemist (P. C), 1886, after a post-senior year; he is member
of Franklin Institute of state of Pa., Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain).
-American Chemical Society, National Geographic Society, American Leather Chem-
ists' Association, arid now (igo6) president of Manufacturing Chemists' Association
of the United States; in 1893 he enlisted in Company D, First Regiment Infantry,
N. G. P., in which his brother, Frank, was then a Sergeant, and afterwards First
Lieutenant; he is also a member of the University and Markham clubs of Phila.; he
is unm., and living at 2420 Spruce St., Phila.;
George Rosengarten Bower, b. at Germantown, Aug. i, 1866; entered the Department
of Arts, Univ. of Pa., 1881 ; member of Philomathean Society, and *. K. *. Fraternity ;
received degree of Bachelor of Arts (A. B.), 1885; member of Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, Union League, Rittenhouse and Markham clubs of Phila., and Mary-
land Club, Baltimore; m. Agnes Lee, dau. of William A. M. and Elizabeth (Wilmer)
Fuller, of Phila., and lives at Torresdale, Phila.; Issue:
George Bower, b. in Phila., Dec. 20, 1893;
Henry Bower, b. in Rosemont. Pa., June 11. 1896.
Elise Elliott Bower, m. Sydney Thayer, son of John Borland (class of '57, Univ. of Pa.)
and Mary Randolph (Chapman) Thayer; Sydney Thayer was b. at Wayne, Delaware
CO., Pa., July 7, 1867; entered Towne Scientific School, Univ. of Pa., 1882, class of '86,
and left during the sophomore year; they live at Merion, Montgomery co.. Pa.; issue:
Emily Markoe and Sydney, Jr.;
Frank Bernadou Bower, b. in Phila., Feb. 4, 1871 ; entered Towne Scientific School,
Univ. of Pa., 1888, class of '92, and left at the close of the senior year; member of
4>. K. Z. Fraternity; he was First Lieutenant of Company D, First Regiment, N. G. P.,
and afterwards a member of First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, N. G. P., going
with the latter organization to the Spanish-American War, 1898; member of Markham
Club of Phila.; unm. (igo6), and lives at 2420 Spruce st., Phila.; appointed Captain
and Inspector of Rifle Practice, Third Regiment Infantry, N. G. P., Sept. 28, 1906.
^«bu\«r ^er T)mt6cl'ien J!\ttlienfcFicn\v)enu'tiu iui:''lvilabfl;)ftm
U\ HINCKLE SMITH FAMILY.
JoHANN I'rederick Schmidt, pioneer ancestor of the Smith family with whicli
this narrative is concerned, was born at Frohse, near Aschersleben, Principality
of Plalberstadt, (Halle) Germany, January 9, 1746. His father, a highly respect-
able fanner, gave special attention to the education of his children, and Johann
F"rederick was sent to the Orphan House. University of Halle, then under the
care of the celebrated educator and scholar, George A. Francke, who had suc-
ceeded Augustus Herman Francke, the celebrated German philanthropist and
theologian, first Professor of Greek and Oriental Languages in the University of
Halle, and founder of the Orphan House, and School connected therewith,, 1695.
Johann Frederick Schmidt made rapid progress in the classics and sciences in
this excellent educational institution, and in 1765 was admitted to the University
of Halle. Here he retained his high reputation for scholarship, and choosing the
Church as his life work, engaged in the study of theology with great zeal, as well
as that of the Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic languages. He also distinguished him-
self in mathematics, astronomy and history ; in ecclesiastic history he had few
superiors. While at the University of Halle, he was appointed teacher in the
Orphan House School for two years, giving instruction there in mathematics;
and the Latin and Greek languages.
When his fellow student at the Orphan House School and University, John
Henry Christian Helmuth, D. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1785, and pastor
of German Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, received a call as missionary to Penn-
sylvania, 1768, he sought and secured the company of his lifelong friend and col-
league, John Frederick Schmidt, and the two young divines started on their jour-