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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Mercy, was born 9-11-1694, and mar- 

 ried, 5-9-1717, Ann Clark and had live 

 children, viz.: George, who njanied 

 (first) Martha Worrell and (second) 

 Elizabeth Field ; John, see forward ; Mercy, 

 who married Joshua Baldwin ; Ann, who 

 married Joseph Lovett; and Esther, who 

 married Daniel Lovett, Samuel Brown died 

 10-3-1769. 



John Brown, second son of Samuel 

 and Ann (Clark) Brown, was born 8- 

 29-1724. He was known as "Fox Hunt- 

 ing John Brown" to distinguish him 

 from his cousins of the same name, and 

 was a prominent man in the commun- 

 ity. He settled on the Newport road, 

 near Emilie, where he died 1-1-1802. His 

 wife was Ann Field, daughter of Benja- 

 min Field, a trustee of the loan office in 

 1743 and a member of colonial assem- 

 bly 1738-1745. John and Ann (Field) 

 Brown were the parents of nine chil- 

 dren: Samuel, the eldest, born 11-1-1751, 

 died 1813, married Abi White and was 

 the father of General Jacob Brown; 2. 

 John, born 1753, died 1821, married 

 Martha Harvey; 3. Benjamin, born 1754, 

 married Jane Wright; 4. David, born 

 1756, died 1777; 5. Sarah, born 6-11- 

 1758, married Samuel Allen; 6. Mary, 

 born 1761, died 1777; 7. Charles, born 

 3-27-1762, see forward; 8. William, born 

 1764, died 1764; 9. Elizabeth, born 

 12-11-1765, died 1824, married Mahlon 

 Yardley in 1787. 



Charles Brown, the seventh child of 

 John and Ann, resided on the Milford 

 road, two miles from Fallsington. He 

 married in 12 mo., 1784, Charlotte 

 Palmer. He was a farmer and a mem- 

 ber of Falls Meeting. He died 9-20- 

 1834. Charles and Charlotte were the 

 parents of thirteen children, five of whom 

 died in infancy and three daughters, 

 Mary, Martha and Mercy, died in early 

 life, unmarried. Those who survived 

 were: Joshua, born 1785, married Sarah 

 Lovett; Benjamin, born 8-18-1787, see 

 forward; Joseph, born 1789, never mar- 

 ried, was drowned in the Neshaminy in 

 1863; Alice, born 1792, married John 

 Moon. 



Benjamin Brown, second son of 

 Charles and Charlotte, born 8-18-1787, 

 married 6 mo., 1811, Mary, daughter of 

 Isaac Barnes and Martha Brown, his 

 wife, the latter being a daughter of 

 George Brown (3), above mentioned, 

 who had married Elizabeth Field. After 

 his marriage Benjamin Brown went to 

 live on the old homestead which for two 

 generations had been in the branch of 

 the family to which his wife belonged, 

 and died there 9-10-1879. Benjamin and 

 Mary (Barnes) Brown were the parents- 

 of nine children, three of whom died 

 young. Isaac, the eldest son, born 

 2-5-1815, married Sarah C. Smith, and is 

 still living in Newtown ; William, born 

 10-25-1817, married Huldah Pettit, of 

 Philadelphia, and died 4-17-1877; Robert, 



see forward; Joseph, born 12-28-1824, died 

 in 1903, he married Phebe Stackhouse; 

 Joshua, born 2-3-1831, is still living in Phila- 

 delphia, he married Sarah Hance; Char- 

 lotte, born 1834, married Herbert Galbraith, 

 of Philadelphia, and died in 1879. 



Robert S. Brown, the third son of 

 Benjamin and Mary (Barnes) Brown, 

 was born on the old homestead, 1-24- 

 1820. He married, 10-19-1871, Caroline 

 Barnes, daughter of John R. S. and 

 Mary D. (Loud) Barnes, and grand- 

 daughter of Isaac Barnes, who was a 

 cousin to Isaac Barnes, the grandfather 

 of her husband. Her maternal grand- 

 father, Thomas Loud manufactured the 

 first upright piano ever built in this 

 country; it is now on exhibition at- Me- 

 morial Hall, Philadelphia. Before his 

 marriage Robert S. Brown removed to 

 Philadelphia and carried on the milk 

 business for some years, and then re- 

 turned to the old homestead, where he 

 died February 17, 1903. His widow and 

 children still reside there. His chil- 

 dren are: Mary, born 9-7-1872, and 

 Charlotte, born 1-19-1876. The latter 

 married, 6-12-1900, Nicholas Brewer 

 Davis; they have two children: Lynn 

 David, born August i, 1901, and Dor- 

 othy Wayne Davis, born May 17, 1904. 

 The family are members of the Society 

 of Friends. 



PHILIP C. SWARTLE.Y, of Line 

 Lexington, Bucks county, belongs to a 

 family that has been prominent in the 

 afifairs of the section in which he re- 

 sides for five generations. His paternal 

 ancestor, Philip Schwartley, was born 

 in Eppingen, in Necker Grand Duchy of 

 Baden, Germany, October 28, 1764, and 

 accompanied his elder brothers Jfbhn 

 and Jacob to America in the ship "Min- 

 erva," arriving in Philadelphiar Septem- 

 ber 30, 1772. The Schw^ai-tley brothers 

 located for a time in Franconia town-, 

 ship, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, 

 where Philip married Sarah Rbsen- 

 berger, born January 24, 1765, daughter 

 of the Rev. Henry and Barbara (Oben- 

 holtzer) Rosenberger, and granddaugh- 

 ter of Henry Rosenberger, the pioneer 

 ancestor of the family in America. Philip 

 Schwartley about the year 1790 settled 

 in New Britain township, and became a 

 large landholder and prominent citizen 

 of that township. He died September 

 23, 1840, and his wife Sarah died. April 

 6, 1849. They were the parents of nine 

 children, the sixth of whom, Abraham 

 Swartley. was the grandfather of Philip 

 C. Swartley. He was born in New Brit- 

 ain township and resided there all his 

 life, becoming a large landholder and a 

 prominent and useful citizen. He died 

 November 17, 1879. He was twice mar- 

 ried, his first wife being Anna Delp, 

 daughter of John Delp, of New Britain, 

 also of German descent, whose family, 



