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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUXTV. 



assisted his father in the coach painting 

 business and farming, but after his fath- 

 I ers (leatli he devoted himself mostly to 

 farming. He was greatly interested in 

 the incorporation of Newtown as a bor- 

 ough in 1S38, and the laying of the brick 

 walk on Penn street which led from a 

 ladies seminary at the corner of Penn 

 and Congress street to the heart of the 

 town, and was the first improved walk 

 in the new borough. Throughout his 

 life he was interested in everything that 

 would add to the best good of the town. 

 His entire life after he was twelve years 

 of age was spent in the house on Penn 

 , street, Newtown borough, built by his 

 father about 1821 and remodeled by him- 

 self in 1870, and still occupied by his 

 daughter Sarah. He married 6 mo. 4, 

 1857, Hannah L. Penrose, daughter of 

 William and Hannah (Jarrett) Pen- 

 rose, of Horsham. She was born at the 

 historic Graeme Park, the former resi- 

 dence of Sir William Keith, colonial 

 governor of Pennsylvania, 2 mo. 20, 

 1820, and died at Newtown 9 mo. 23, 

 1894. The children of Isaac W. and 

 Hannah Penrose Hicks are: 



Sarah W.. born 4 mo. 9, 1858, still re- 

 siding at the old homestead in New- 

 town. 



Edward P., born 8 mo. 27. 1859. mar- 

 ried 2 mo. 24, 1903, Lydia Harper 

 Barnesley, daughter of William and Mary 

 Ellen (Paff) Barnesley, of Newtown, and 

 resides in Newtown borough, in the house 

 on Penn street, opposite the old homestead 

 built by his father about 1833. and re- 

 modeled by himself in 1904. Their daugh- 

 ter, Mary Barnesley Hicks, was born 7 mo. 

 24, 1904. Mr. Hicks took a prominent 

 part in 1898 in establishing the standard 

 telephone system at Newtown which 

 was a matter of much importance to 

 Newtown. He was for seven years a 

 member of the Newtown town council 

 and during this time many very im- 

 portant improvements were inaugurated 

 which have proved beneficial to the 

 town. He is somewhat retiring in dis- 

 position but one of the useful and highly 

 respected citizens of the town and 

 county. 



William Penrose Hicks, born 9 mo. 6, 

 1864, married 5 mo. 23, 1890, Nellie 

 Brown, daughter of William B. and 

 Hannah (Hough) Brown, of Browns- 

 burg, and resides on "Fountain Farm," 

 adjoining Newtown borough. Their 

 children are: Hannah Brown Hicks, 

 born 12 mo. i, 1891 ; and Cornelia Carle 

 Hick?, born 3 mo. i, 1898. 



annals of the Society of Friends. Will- 

 iam Hicks was a native of Bucks county, 

 and was the father of five sons and two 

 daughters. One of the sons, George, 

 was a farmer and married Ann, daughter 

 of John and Ann Penrose. To Mr. 

 and Mrs. Hicks were born eleven chil- 

 dren, of whom one was Penrose, men- 

 tioned at length hereinafter. In re- 

 ligious belief all the family were Friends. 



Penrose Hicks, son of George and 

 Ann (Penrose) Hicks, was born May 9, 

 1802, in Milford township. In his youth 

 he learned the trade of a wheelwright 

 and ploughmaker, but at the age of 

 twenty-one became a farmer, devoting 

 himself to agricultural pursuits until he 

 was forty-two years of age. Some years 

 later he retired from active labor. He 

 was one of the directors of the Turn- 

 pike Company. He was chosen by his 

 neighbors a member of the council, in 

 which he served with honor to himself 

 and satisfaction to his constituents. He 

 was a Republican in politics, and always 

 took an active interest in the affairs of 

 the organization. He was a birthright 

 member of Richland Monthly Meeting. 



Mr. Hicks married Mary, daughter of 

 W^illiam and Martha (Cadwallader) Ball, 

 and they were the parents of a number 

 of children. After the death of his wife 

 Mr. Hicks married, November 13, 1862, 

 Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh and Eliza- 

 beth (Roberts) Foulke. 



The death of Mr. Hicks occurred July 

 II, 1886, when he had reached the ad- 

 vanced age of eighty-four. He left be- 

 hind him the memory of a good husband 

 and father, a kind neighbor, and a use- 

 ful, public-spirited citizen. 



PENROSE HICKS. Bucks county is 

 rich in memories of her honored citizens 

 of the past, among whom must be num- 

 bered Penrose Hicks, for many years a 

 respected resident of Richland town- 

 ship. Mr. Hicks belonged to a family 

 whose name is a memorable one in the 



J. WILMER LUNDY, of Newtown, 

 Bucks county, was born at Rancocas, 

 Burlington county, New Jersey, May 3, 

 1869, and is a son of Joseph and I\lary 

 (Evans) Lundy. Though a native of 

 New Jersey, as have been his ancestors 

 for four generations, his paternal an- 

 cestors were among the earliest settlers 

 of the county in which he now resides. 



Richard Lundy, the first American an- 

 cestor of the subject of this sketch, was 

 a son of Sylvester Lundy, of Axminster, 

 in the county of Devon, England; and 

 came to Boston. Massachusetts in 6 

 mo.. 1676. "and from thence came to 

 the Delaware River the 19th of the 3d 

 mo.. 1682." So says the ancient record 

 in the quaint little tattered "Book of 

 Arrivals" in the handwriting of Phine- 

 as Pemberton (the first clerk of the 

 Bucks county courts), now in posses- 

 sion of the Bucks County Historical So- 

 ciety. The same volume records the ar- 

 rival in the Delaware river in "8th mo. 

 1683, in the ship Concord of London, 

 the Master William Jeffry, of Elizabeth 

 Bennett, daughter of William Bennett 

 of Hammondsworth, in the county of 



