HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, 



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tees of the Hughesian Free School, and 

 filled other responsible positions; was 

 one of the solid substantial men of his 

 day, a prosperous farmer and conserva- 

 tive business man. He and his family- 

 were members of Buckingham Meeting 

 of Friends. The children of William and 

 Elizabeth (Gillingham) Watson were: 

 Samuel G., born 4 mo. 10, 1810, married 

 Sarah H. Thomas; Jenks, died an in- 

 fant; Margaret Jenks, born 1814, died 

 1835; Mary, born 4 mo., 17, 1817, mar- 

 ried Joshua Fell; Henry, the father of 

 the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, 

 born 1822, died 1861; and Sarah, born 

 1825, died 1904. Neither of the last two 

 were married, and lived and died at the 

 residence of their brother Henry, on the 

 old homestead. 



Henry Watson, the father of the sub- 

 ject of this sketch, was born on the farm 

 upon which he still resides, on 12 mo. 

 17, 1819. He "is one of the most highly 

 esteemed men of his neighborhood. Like 

 his father, he is a member of Bucking- 

 ham Friends' Meeting, and has fully 

 maintained the standing of this old and 

 respected family. He succeeded his 

 father as a trustee and director of the 

 Hughesion Free School, and has served 

 as director of the public schools for 

 many years, and held many other posi- 

 tions of trust. He married Emaline 

 P., daughter of Moses Rich, of Buck- 

 ingham, who was born in 1822 and 

 died January 3, 1903. They were the 

 parents of five children: John Rich, 

 who died in infancy; Caroline M., 

 born 10 mo. 19, 1852, died 11 mo. 8, 

 1898, married Lewis D. Rich; Martha 

 Rich, born 7 mo. 25, 1855, died 3 mo. 

 12, 1903, married James McNair; Fannie, 

 born 4 mo. 8, 1858, married William E. 

 Wilson; and William, born 2 mo. 27, 

 1862. 



The subject of this sketch was reared 

 on the farm, and obtained his education 

 at the public schools and at Doylestown 

 English and Classical Seminary. Being 

 the only son, the care of the farm de- 

 volved upon him at an early age, his 

 father being occupied with public afl^airs 

 and the oversight of several other farms 

 owned by the family. Like his father 

 and grandfather, he is an excellent 

 farmer, and takes great pride in the old 

 farm, which is one of the best tilled 

 and productive in the township. In pol- 

 itics Mr. Watson is a Republican, and, 

 though never an office seeker, takes a 

 "keen interest in all that pertains to the 

 best interests of his party, and has served 

 as a delegate to several state and district 

 conventions. He is a member of Buck- 

 ingham Friends' Meeting. Socially 'he 

 IS a member of Doylestown Lodge, No. 

 245, F. and A. M.; a past high priest of 

 Doyelstown Chapter, No. 270, R. A. M.; 

 a member of Pennsylvania Commandery 

 No. 70, K. T. ; Philadelphia Consistory, 

 A. and A. S. S.; and of Aquetong Lodge, 



No. 193. I. O. O. F., and Doylestown 

 Council, No. 11 17. Royal Arcanum. 



He was married on 12 mo. 5, 1893, to 

 Caroline M., daughter of the late Cap- 

 tain John S. Bailey, of Buckingham, and 

 has one child, Edward Blackfan Watson, 

 born in 1894. 



PROFESSOR A. J. MORRISON, 

 one of the best known educators in Phil- 

 adelphia, was born in Northampion 

 township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania 

 February 14, 1844, and is a son of Judge 

 Joseph and Eleanor (Addis) Morrison. 



John Morrison, the great-grandfather 

 of Professor Morrison, was a native of 

 the north of Ireland, and was one of the 

 great army of Ulster Scots who, having 

 fled from religious persecution and in- 

 ternecine strife in their native Scotia, 

 took temporary refuge in the province 

 of Ulster, Ireland, from whence many 

 emigrated to Pennsylvania in the first 

 half of the eighteenth century. John 

 Morrison settled on the banks of the 

 Brandywine, where his son, John Morri- 

 son, was born in 1767. On attaining man- 

 hood he located in Northampton town- 

 ship, Bucks county, where he died March 

 17, 1858, at the age of ninety-one years. 

 He married Hannah Yerkes, daughter of 

 Elias Yerkes. of Southampton, who was 

 born June 30, 1772, and died February 

 12, 1844. Her paternal grandfather, Silas 

 Yerkes, was born in Moreland township, 

 Montgomery county, February 15, 1723, 

 and died there September 25, 1795. He 

 was a son of Herman Yerkes, born 1687, 

 and grandson of Anthony Yerkes, one 

 of the first burgesses of Germantown. 

 Silas married June 14, 1750, Hannah 

 Dungan, daughter of Thomas and 

 Esther Dungan, and granddaughter of 

 the Rev. Thomas Dungan, who founded 

 the first Baptist church in Bucks county, 

 in 1684. Their son Elias was born in 

 Warminster (where his parents resided 

 for many years) December 7, 1751. and 

 died in Moreland. January 15, 1828. Eliza- 

 beth (Watts) Yerkes, the mother of 

 Silas, born April 15. 16S9. died October 

 II, 17.S6, was the daughter of Rev. John 

 and Sarah (Eaton) Watts of South- 

 ampton. 



The children of John and Hannah 

 (Yerkes) Morrison, w«re : Joseph, horn 

 October 18. 1794; Hannah, born Febru- 

 ary 10, 1796, married Joseph Erwin; Ben- 

 jamin, born 1798, died in infancy: Mary, 

 born February 5, 1799, married Benjamin 

 Longstreth: Martha, twin to Mary, died 

 single in 1882; Eliza, born March 19, 

 1802. married Charles Blaker; Ann, born 

 May II. 1803; David and Benjamin, born 

 April 18, 1805; John, born October 28, 

 1807; Esther, horn February 10, 1809, died 

 unmarried: Matilda, born November S, 

 1810, married Joseph Erwin; Rebecca 

 Ann, born March 19, 1813. married John 

 Campbell; Jonathan J., born May 4, 



