112 HISTORY OF 



married at the expiration of the year, and brought her 

 to his people in Pequea settlement, where he com- 

 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 barn, they 

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

 poles across them, built their hay upon theframe^ which 

 serA^ed as a roof to their house, under which they lived 

 several months ; during their '^siibstack stay^^ in thi?- 

 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 EHsabeth to Isaac Ferric. — 

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

 36, to a woman by the name of Eltmge, 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, t He died at an advanced 



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

 F. Xz'g-7if7ier, it appears, Abraham Dubois patented one thou- 

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

 daughter M«i^, who had married Philip Ferree. 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. — Conyngham. 



|Their children were, Cornelius, Israel and Rebecca, Cor- 

 nelius settled in Virginia; Israel married a Miss Dickey; 

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

 Abraham Shreiver, of Frederick county, Md. 



