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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



born January 4, 1S08, died October 24, 

 1874, moved to New Albany, Indiana, about 

 1833, married and bad nine cbildren ; Jesse, 

 born May 13, 1810, died October, 1892, mar- 

 ried tirst Margaret Buckman, and second 

 EHzabeth Albertson, (had five cbildren : 

 Edward C, of Morrisville; Henry D., of 

 Lancaster ; Franklin, of Lancaster ; Ida, 

 wife of Headley Harper; and Ella, wife of 

 J. D. Tantum) ; Sarah Ann, born ISIay 

 14, 1812, died July 22, 1891, married De- 

 cember 14, 1836, Spencer W. Buckman of 

 Falls, Bucks county, see forward ; Mah- 

 lon, born March 9, 1815, died May i, 1871, 

 married ]Mary Ann Stiles and settled in 

 Philadelphia, had seven children; Eliza 

 Ann, born February i, 1819, died July 

 26, 1891, married William J. Moon, son of 

 Daniel and Mercy (Lovett) INIoon and bad 

 eleven children.- Spencer W. Buckman, 

 born December 18, 1814, was a son of 

 Zenas and Mary (Wortbington) Buck- 

 man. He married December 14, 1836, 

 Sarah Ann Williamson above mentioned, 

 and they were the parents of seven chil- 

 dren, as follows : Mary, born December 

 II, 1837, married Charles A. Parsons, see 

 Parsons Family in this volume; Eliza- 

 beth, born January 2, 1839, married Owen 

 Moon, son of Evan and Ann (Palmer) 

 Moon, see preceding sketch ; Isaiah, 

 born May 26, 1841, died May 9. 

 1842; Charles, born July 13, 1842, married 

 Henrietta Anderson and has eight chil- 

 dren ; William A., Spencer W., Engene. 

 Anna Mary, George, Ida, Sarah, and 

 Macre ; Wallace, born April 26, 1845, mar- 

 ried Elizabeth Hart, and has two chil- 

 dren : Edwin H., and Williamson ; George, 

 born 1846, died 1848; Sarah, born Alarch 

 5, 1854, died April 24, 1883, married ]\Iah- 

 lon Wharton and had two children : Caro- 

 bne and Albert. 



John Williamson, third son of William 

 and Elizabeth (Claessen) Williamson, and 

 grandson of Dunck and Wallery William- 

 son, born 1698, died August 31, 1761, mar- 

 ried Elizabeth , who survived him. 



They lived on the homestead (inherited 

 from his father) and are buried in the 

 old family burying ground on the banks 

 of the Neshaminy. They had nine sons 

 and two daughters, as follows : William, 

 born June 14, 1727; John, born ]\Iay lO, 

 1730; Joseph, born September 16, 1731, 

 removed to Philadelphia ; Abraham, born 

 November 16, 1733; Elizabeth, born April 

 25. 1736, married Joseph Vandegrift , 

 Katharine, born November 17. 1738, 

 married Benjamin Walton, of Byberry; 

 Jesse, born June 25, 1741, removed to 

 Philadelphia ; Josephus, born December 3, 

 1743, died April 28. 1817,. married Mary 

 Bush, who died July 28, 1843, aged 87 

 years, both buried at St. Peter's church- 

 yard, Philadelphia, see forward; David, 

 born September 21, 1748, died April 22, 

 1794, married Ann Bennett and had eight 

 children, see below ; Jeremiah, born March 

 8, 1751, removed to Philadelphia; Ben- 



jamin, born July 8, 1752, also removed to- 

 Philadelphia. 



Josephus and Mary (Bush) Williamson 

 had nine children, as follows: Jeremiah; 

 David, died September 7, 1803, aged 2>i r 

 Joseph (^none of whom married) ; Rebec- 

 ca, born 1774, died July 5, 1831, married 

 December 3, 1797, David Fleckmire, of 

 Philadelphia and had seven children; Sa- 

 rah, born September 22, 1776, died May, 

 1868, in her ninety-second year, marriea 

 November 2, 1794, Jesse Williamson, son 

 of Peter and Sarah (Sotcher) William- 

 son, before mentioned; Ann, born 1779^ 

 died April 21, 1839, married her cousin 

 David Williamson, of Philadelphia, a son 

 of David and grandson of John, see for- 

 ward; Elizabeth, died 1840, married May 

 3, 1804, John Burns, lived on a farm ad- 

 jacent to Pennsbury until 1825, and then 

 removed to Wayne county, Indiana; John, 

 born May 15, 1786, died April i, 1791 ; 

 John G., married Harriet Shardon, and 

 after her death removed to St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri, had three children. 



The children of David and Ann (Ben- 

 nett) Williamson were as follows : Cath- 

 arine, born April 20, 1777, died August 

 30, 1798; Thomas, born May 5, 1774; Jo- 

 seph, born September 15, 1779, had one 

 son; Jesse, born' January 24, 1782, died 

 September 2, 1798; David, born June 18, 

 1785, died June 10, 1851, married his 

 cousin Ann Williamson, and had three 

 children: Joseph, Bennett, and David E. ; 

 Benjamin, born June 5, 1788, married. El- 

 len Fitzmaury; Ann; and Samuel, who 

 died in infancy. 



LEWIS W. FELL, of Buckingham^ 

 merchant, was born in Buckingham 

 township, near Mechanicsville, on a farm 

 that had been the property of his ances- 

 tors since 1723. He is only son of David 

 and Margaret (Atkinson) Fell, of Buck- 

 ingham, and of the sixth generation in 

 descent from Joseph Fell, who came 

 from Longlands parish, Rockdale, Cum- 

 berland, England with Bridget W^il^on,. 

 his wife, in 1705. 



Joseph Fell, eldest child of Joseph and 

 Bridget, born in Cumberland. England, 

 4 mo. 29, 1701, was reared on his father's 

 farm near Pool's corner, wdiere H. Clay 

 Large now lives, and on bis marriage in 

 1735 received from his father a' deed of 

 gift of 125 acres of land on the Durham 

 road, above Mechanicsville. purchased by 

 Joseph. Sr., in 1723, and lived thereon 

 until his death, 2 mo. 22, 1777- He mar- 

 ried, I mo. 4, 1735. Mary Kinsey, daugh- 

 ter of Edmund and Sarah (Ogborn) Kin- 

 sey, the former an eminent preacher 

 among Friends. The children of Joseph 

 and Mary Fell w^ere seven in number, five 

 of whom grew to maturity, viz.: Joseph, 

 born 8 mo. 31, 173S: Sarah, never mar- 

 ried: Rachel, born 1744. married Wdliam 

 Lownes; David, born 1750, married Sarah 



