il2 HISTORY OP 



married at the expiration of the year, and brought her 

 to his people in Pequea settlement, where he o^m- 

 menced improving a tract of land on the north side of 

 Pequea creek, (on part of which Joel Lightner^ Esq., 

 resides at present) which land had been previously 

 allotted to him by his mother.* 



Some of their first labor was to cut grass in the 

 woods for the purpose of making hay,t no land' being 

 cleared on that part — for a shelter, house and bam, they 

 placed timbers, forked at the top, into the ground, laid 

 poles across them, built their hay upon the frame, which 

 served as a roof to their house, under which they lived 

 several months ; during their ^'■siihstack stay,^^ in this 

 rude shelter, their son Abraham, was born. 



They lived to raise eight children, five sons and three 

 daughters ; the names of the sons were Abraham, Isaac, 

 Jacob, Philip and Joel; the daughters' names were Lena, 

 who intermarried with William Buffington; Leah was 

 married to Peter Baker, and Elisabeth to Isaac Ferrie. — 

 Abraham, first born, was married about the year 1735 or 

 36, to a woman by the name of Eltinge, from Esopus, her 

 parents were Low Dutch. Abraham lived on part of 

 the land owned by his grand-mother, Mary Ferrie. 

 They had several children.^ He died at an advance^ 



*From a communication to us, dated Dec. 21, 1842, by Isaac 

 F. Lightncr, it appears, Abraham Dubois patented one thou- 

 sand acres of land, in Lancaster county, which he gave to his 

 daughter Mary, who had married Philip Ferrce. The patent 

 was granted May 7, 1717. 



f The great flats of Pequea were natural meadows on which 

 grass grew luxuriantly, which proved a great source of com- 

 fort to new settlers. — Conyvgham. 



JTheir children were, Cornelius, Israel and Rebecca, Cor- 

 nelius settled in Virginia; Israel married a Miss Dickey; 

 Rebecca was married to David Shreiver, father of the Hon. 

 Abraham Shreiver, of Frederick county, Md. 



