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HISTORY OP BUCKS COUNTY 



serving a number of years. Her great- 

 great-grandfather ]\Jazry Watson, was 

 also a member of colonial assembly for 

 very many years. Henry C. Parry i.^ alsr, 

 a descendant of John Sotcher, through 

 his grandmother Rachel (Knowles) East- 

 burn. (See Eastburn sketch in this work.) 

 William Blakey Parry, only child of 

 Henry C. and Susan G. (Blakey) Parry, 

 "was born in Middletown township, 5 mo. 

 i8, 1858. He was educated in the 

 schools of Middletown and in Phila'del- 

 phia. He married September 27, 1883, 

 Elizabeth, daughter of William and 

 Elizabeth (Williamson) Moon, who 

 was born 7 mo. 27, 1857. Two children 

 have been born to this marriage: Laura 

 Elizabeth, born July 28, 1891; and Henry 

 Crawford, Jr., born November^ l?^ i895-~ 



PROFESSOR ALLEN S. MARTIN. 

 County Superintendent of Public 

 Schools, was born in Lancaster county, 

 Pennsylvania, April 7, 1868, and is a 

 son of the late Henry K. and Anna 

 (Sahn) Martin, both natives of Lancas- 

 ter county. He was reared on his fath- 

 er's farm, and attended the public 

 schools until the age of sixteen years, 

 when he began teaching in the public 

 schools of his native county, teaching 

 in all in that county for five years. He 

 graduated at the State Normal School 

 at Millersville, Lancaster county, and 

 later took a course in arts and sciences 

 in the University of Pennsylvania, re- 

 ceiving the degree of Bachelor of Sci- 

 ences. In June, 1893, he became prin- 

 cipal of the high school of Sellersville, 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and tw^o 

 years later accepted the position of prin- 

 cipal of the Doylestown high school, 

 which latter position he filled with emi- 

 nent ability for seven years. In 1902 

 Prof. Martin was elected to the office 

 of Superintendent of Public Schools of 

 the county, and was unanimously re- 

 elected to the same position in 1905. 

 Superintendent Martin is deeply inter- 

 ested in the cause of popular education, 

 and has done much to improve the effi- 

 ciency of our public schools. He has a 

 superior talent for organization and 

 one of his plans that has proved emi- 

 nently successful, is the holding of fre- 

 quent "educational meetings" of teach- 

 ers and directors in different parts of 

 the county, where subjects that are of 

 direct interest to teachers and direc- 

 tors are discussed, whereby the interest 

 of both in the work of bettering the 

 schools is stimulated and strengthened, 

 and the best methods of imparting knowl- 

 edge are brought within the reach of all. 

 Professor Martin is president of the 

 Bucks County Natural Science Asso- 

 ciation, and a member of the Academy 

 of Natural Science of Philadelphia. He 

 takes a deep interest in botany and zool- 

 ogy, and is considered an authority on 



the flora and mammals of the section in 

 which he lives. He is a member of the 

 State Teachers' Association, and has 

 been frequently called upon to aid in 

 educational work in different parts of 

 the state. 



Professor Martin was married, in 

 Lancaster county, to Mary Magdalena 

 Kauffman, of an old family in that coun- 

 ty, and they are the parents of four chil- 

 dren — Edith and H. Clay, born in Lan- 

 caster county; and Lenore and Mildred, 

 born in Doylestown. 



GULICK FAMILY. Joachim Gulick, 

 or, as he signed his name, "Jochem 

 Guyllyck," the pioneer ancestor of the 

 Gulick family of Hilltown, Bucks coun- 

 ty, emigrated from the Netherlands in 

 1653, and settled in Gravesend, Long 

 Island, removing later to Staten Island. 

 He married Jacomyntje Van Pelt, 

 daughter of Teunis Janse Lanen Van 

 Pelt, who emigrated from Liege, Bel- 

 gium, in 1663, with wife Grietje Jans 

 and six children and settled at New Ut- 

 recht, Long Island, from whence his 

 grandson, Joseph Van Pelt, migrated to 

 Staten Island and later to Byberry, 

 Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, and 

 has numerous descendants in Bucks 

 county. Jochem Gulick was an ensign 

 at Gravesend in 1689, and about 1691 

 purchased land on Staten Island, and is 

 said to have removed later to New Jer- 

 sey, though of this there is no proof. 

 Jochem and Jacomyntje (Van Pelt) Gu- 

 lick were the parents of four sons,— 

 Hendrick; Samuel, born 1685; Joachim, 

 born 1687; and Peter, born 1689. Of 

 these, Joachim and Hendrick located 

 on Threc-Mile-Run, Somerset county. 

 New Jersej^, in 1717, and left numerous 

 descendants. 



Hendrick Gulick, eldest son of Joa- 

 chim, the founder, married Cantje 

 Dirckse Amerman, who was baptized 

 on Long Island, April 2, 1677. He locat- 

 ed in Somerset county. New Jersey, 

 where he died in 1757, leaving eleven 

 children: Joachim, Derrick, Jacomynt- 

 je, Samuel, Alshe, Catrin, Mary, Grreb- 

 rantje, Hendrick, Peter and Antje or 

 Anna. 



Hendrick (or Henry, as he later signed 

 himself), son of Hendrick and Cantje 

 (Amerman) Gulick, settled in Alexan- 

 dria township, Hunterdon county. New 

 Jersey, near the present site of Milford, 

 where he died in April, 1798. leaving 

 nine children, Samuel, Nicholas, Char- 

 ity Hoagland, Minnor, Catharine Buck- 

 alew\ ]\Iary Duckworth, Ranshea Allen, 

 Abraham and Rachel. His wife, Mary 

 Williamson, whom he married Septem- 

 ber 26, 1754, survived him. 



Samuel Gulick. eldest son of Henry 

 and Mary (Williamson) Gulick, settled' 

 in Northampton county, whore he mar- 

 ried and reared a family. 



