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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Sarah (Yonker) Winder were: George 

 Y., Daniel Y., Samuel, Isaac, Eliza and 

 Mary. 



Isaac Winder, father of the subject of 

 this sketch, was born in Middletown 

 township, Bucks county, in 1832, and 

 died in Bristol in i860. He married 

 Mary Jane Hetherington and they were 

 the parents of one child, Jacob McBrien 

 Winder, the subject of this sketch. 



Jacob M. Winder was born and reared 

 in Bristol, Bucks county, and acquired 

 his education at public and private 

 schools in Bristol and Philadelphia. He 

 graduated from Bryant and Stratton's 

 Business College in 1877. For the 

 greater part of his business life he has 

 been engaged in the wholesale liquor 

 business in Bristol, where he has always 

 resided. In politics he is a Democrat, 

 and has always taken a prominent part 

 in the councils of his party. He was 

 postmaster of Bristol for the term of 

 1895-1899, discharging the duties of that 

 responsible position efficiently and to 

 the satisfaction of its patrons. Mr. 

 Winder married in August, 1878, Mar- 

 garet Scott Irwin, daughter of Robert 

 and Dorothy (McCartney) Irwin, of 

 Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Winder are 

 members of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church of Bristol. 



ISAAC S. JOHNSON, of Bucking- 

 ham, was born in New Britain township, 

 on February 20, 1850, being a son of 

 Jacob B. and Lydia (Swartz) Johnson. 

 Jacob B. Johnson was a son of Jacob 

 Johnson, a native of England, and was 

 born in Montgomery county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, and while still a young man re- 

 moved to New Britain township, Bucks 

 county, and later located in Plumstead 

 township, where he still resides. He 

 was a prominent farmer for many years, 

 but is now living a retired life with his 

 son Harry. When the turnpike was 

 built from Doj'lestown to Dublin, Mr. 

 Johnson was the builder under contract 

 with the newly organized company. 

 Jacob B. and Lydia Swartz Johnson 

 were the parents of nine children, of 

 whom seven survive, viz.: Henrj^ S., of 

 Plumstead; John S., of New Britain; 

 Isaac S. ; Abraham S., of Montgomery 

 county, Pennsylvania; Sallie S., wife of 

 John Funk, of Foimtainville; Mary Ann, 

 wife of Reuben Detweiler. of Hilltown; 

 Susan,, wife of Harry High, of Plum- 

 stead. 



Isaac S. Johnson, the subject of this 

 sketch, was reared on the farm and ac- 

 quired his education at the public 

 schools of the neighborhood. In 1873 

 he married Mary A. Myers, of Pipers- 

 ville, Bedminsler township, and settled 

 on and conducted his father's farm in 

 Plumstead for ten years. He then 

 rented the Lead Mine farm in New 



Britain, which he conducted for four 

 years. In 1887 he purchased his present 

 farm in Buckingham, eighty-six acres^ 

 where he has since resided. He is a 

 successful farmer and a man of high, 

 standing in the community. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Johnson are the parents of four 

 children, viz.: Laura, for several years 

 a school teacher in Buckingham, now 

 the wife of Clarence Buckman; Monroe 

 M., a graduate of the Hughesian Free 

 School, West Chester Normal School 

 and Pierce's Business College, now fill- 

 ing a clerical position in Philadelphia; 

 Franklin M., living at home; Rosa, re- 

 siding at home and teaching school in 

 Buckingham, who acquired her educa- 

 tion at the Hughesian School, Doyles- 

 town High School and at West Chester 

 Normal School. Mr. Johnson is a 

 member of the Mennonite meeting, as- 

 was his father. In politics he is a Re- 

 publican, but has never sought or held 

 office. 



THE VAN PELT FAMILY. The 

 emigrant ancestor of the Van Pelt fam- 

 ily was Tennis jansen Lanen Van Peltt^ 

 who emigrated in 1663 from Liege, Bel- 

 gium, with wife, Grietje Jans, and six 

 children and settled in New Utrecht, 

 Long Island. He was known as "Tunis- 

 the Fisher." The children of Teunis-^ 

 Jansen L. Van Pelt were, John Van 

 Pelt, died after 1720, married Maria 

 Peters; Anthony Van Pelt, died Feb- 

 ruary 2, 1720-1, married Magdalen Joos- 

 ten; Hendrick Van Pelt, married An- 

 netje Meinards; Wouter Vafi Pelt, mar- 

 ried Maria Jansen Schaers; Jacomytje, 

 married Jochem Gulick; and Aerte, mar- 

 ried Nieltje Jansen Van Tuyl. Bergen 

 in his "Early Settlers of King's County"" 

 mentions three other children, of Teunis- 

 Jansen L. Van Pelt, viz.: H. Teuntje, 

 married Hermanns Gelder. Rebecca^ 

 married Abraham De La Montaigne, 

 and Elizabeth. 



Anthony Van Pelt, son of Teunis 

 Janse, came to this country with his 

 parents in 1663. He was a landholder 

 in New Utrecht in 1683, ^"d ten years 

 later was constable of New Utrecht. In 

 1700 he joined with his brothers and sis- 

 ter, the six above mentioned, in a con- 

 vej-ance of land taken up bj'^ his father 

 in New Utrecht, on July 27, 1713; he. 

 conveyed his land to his sons John and 

 Tunis with a provision that he and his 

 wife were to remain thereon during their 

 natural lives. He died on February 2, 

 1720-1. His wife was Magdalena or 

 Helena Joosten. Their children were: 

 Joost. (Joseph) baptized at Flatbiish, 

 September 28, 1679; Maria, baptized Oc- 

 tober 14. i68r, married Adrien Schoute; 

 Adriantje, baptized February 3. 1684, 

 died young; Grietje, baptized June 3, 

 1685, married Barendt Bond ; Tunis, who 

 removed to Staten Island, 1719, marriedl 



