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With this family, John (following the fortunes of 

 William Penn) removed to Pennsylvania in 1682 — the 

 year in which the city of Philadelphia was founded — and 

 settled in what is now Delaware County, near Darby. He 

 died on the first of September, 1697. 



The names of the three sons who accompanied him to 

 the western world, were John, Isaac and William. John 

 and Isaac died unmarried, the former on the 14th of June, 

 1692, and the latter on the 10th of January, 1708. William 

 Bartram, the third son, was married to Elizabeth, daughter 

 of James Hunt, at Darby Meeting, on the 27th of March, 

 1696. The time of his death has not been ascertained. He 

 had three sons, and a daughter who died young. The 

 names of the sons were John (the Botanist), James and 

 William. Of these, William went to North Carolina, and 

 settled near Cape Fear ; James, who remained in Pennsyl- 

 vania, left no male descendants.* 



John Bartram, eldest son of William and Elizabeth 

 Bartram, and the subject of this memoir, inherited a farm 

 near Darby, which was left to him by his Uncle Isaac. 



One day in spring, about the year 1725, John Bartram, 

 after ploughing awhile in one of his fields, paused under 

 the shade of a tree to rest. While sitting upon the grass 

 near his panting beasts, he cast his eyes upon a daisy, 

 which he plucked mechanically, and began to look at it 

 with a certain languid curiosity. The more he looked, the 

 more interested he became; observing the various parts, 

 some perpendicular, some horizontal, some white, some 

 yellow ; and he fell to w^ondering what could be the purposes 



* The Bartram Tribute. Bartram Garden, Kingsessing, June 13 and 14, 1860, 

 published as an auxiliary aid to the purposes of the Festival given by the ladies of St. 

 James' Episcopal Church, Kingsessing. 1849. I) arlihgtoh— Memorials of John 

 Bartram and Humphry Marshall. 



