HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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■8, 1846, married John D. De Coursey; 

 William B., born 9 mo. 2, 1848, men- 

 tioned hereinafter; Edward L., born 2 

 mo. 7, 1851, married Margaret Leaman; 

 Henry C, l3orn 6 mo. 28, 1853, married 

 Susan Smith; Anna Alice, born 4 mo. 6, 

 1859, married Elwood Lovett; and James 

 L., born 7 mo. 12, 1862, died August 

 22, 1899. II. Joseph, born 7 mo. i, 1816, 

 married Elizabeth Wharton, who bore 

 him several children. He moved to 

 western Illinois in the early forties. 



William B. Leigh, third son of Will- 

 iam and Louisa M. (Schaffer) Leigh, 

 •was born 9 mo. 2, 1848. By his mar- 

 riage to Fannie Lovett the following 

 •named children were born: William Lov- 

 ett, 5 mo. 6. 1873; Arthur H., 8 mo. 19, 

 1877; and Laurance R., 5 mo. 7, 1882. 

 Samuel Lovett, the ancestor of Mrs. 

 William B. Leigh, and the first of the 

 family to arrive in this country, was one 

 of the "Proprietors of West Jersey" and 

 came in the ship "Kent." arriving in 

 the Delaware in 1677. He settled in 

 Burlington, New Jersey. They were 

 people of good estate in England and 

 came to" this country to enjoy religious 

 liiaerty, which was guaranteed to them 

 before they sailed. The birth of his son 

 Jonathan (i) was registered in the 

 Friends' meeting. The christening of 

 Tiis son Jonathan (2) is recorded as hay- 

 ing taken place in 1719 in St. INIary's 

 .church, Burlington, New Jersey. Jona- 

 than (3).. was christened in 1746 in St. 

 Mary church, Burlington, New Jersey. 

 He married (first) Mary Bates, of 

 Penn's Manor, and moved to Falsing- 

 ton, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He 

 married (second) Acsah ]Moon. The 

 family born in Bucks county consisted of 

 twelve children. The children of his 

 first marriage were: I. William, who 

 married Mary Bowman, mentioned here- 

 inafter; 2. Jonathan, who married Re- 

 becca Palmer; 3. John, who married 

 Mary Woodruff: 4. Aaron, who went to 

 sea with Billy Moon; and 5. Mary, who 

 married David Munyon. The children 

 by his second marriage were: i. Mahlon, 

 who married Phoebe Clark, and after her 

 death Charlotte Mershon: 2. Samuel, 

 who married Margaret Fitzgerald; 3. 

 Sarah, who married Daniel Bowman; 4. 

 Joseph, who married Susan Rue; 5. 

 Elizabeth, who married Richard C. Win- 

 ship; 6. Ann, who married Longstreet 

 Poland; 7. Daniel, who married Buehla 

 Fitzgerald. 



William Lovett, son of Samuel and 

 Mary (Bates) Lovett. and his wife Mary 

 Bowman were the parents of eight chil- 

 dren: I. Henry, who married Sarah Mar- 

 gerum; 2. Mary, who married (first) 

 Thomas Cheston. (second) Joseph 

 Hutchinson, (third) Elijah Scatter- 

 good; 3. Rebecca, who married Joel 

 Cheston; 4. Phoebe, who married Elijah 

 Scattergood; 5. Jonathan, who married 

 Mary Pullen; 6. Elizabeth, who married 



Charles Smith; 7. Ann, who married 

 George Brown; 8. William, who married 

 Mary Ann Green. 



Henry Lovett, eldest son of William 

 and Mary (Bowman) Lovett, and- his 

 wife Sarah ]\Iargerum were the parents 

 of twelve children: i. Mary, who mar- 

 ried Amos Shippy; 2. Adeline, who mar- 

 ried Jonathan Brown; 3. Rebecca R., 

 who married W. S. Winship; 4. William 

 H., who married Harriet Dickel; 5. 

 Phoebe, who died in infancy; 6. Rich- 

 ard R., who married (first) Ann Shippy, - 

 (second) Elmira Hibbs; 7. Charles E., 

 who married Madge Barnes; 8. Aaron, 



who married Mary ; 9. Biven, who 



died in infancy; 10. Elijah, who mar- 

 ried Jennie ; 11. George, who died 



without issue; 12. Frederick P., who 

 married ^lary E. Dean. 



Jonathan Lovett, second son of Will- 

 iam and IMary (Bowman) -Lovett, and 

 his wife Mary Pullen were the parents 

 of eight children: i. Anthony, who died 

 in infancy; 2. Charles, who died without 

 issue; 3. Sarah, who married a Mr. Ap- 

 pleton; 4. Rebecca, who married a Mr. 

 Hazzard ; 5. Lucy B., who died in in- 

 fancy; 6. Amanda, died in infancy; 7. 

 IMary Elizabeth, died in infancy; 8. 

 Martha, died in infancy. 



William Lovett, youngest son of Will- 

 iam and Mary (Bowman) Lovett, and 

 his wife Mary Ann Green were the pa- 

 rents of eight children: i. George G., 

 who died of wounds received at the 

 Battle of the Wilderness; 2. Anna Mary, 

 who married Joseph Wells; 3. Fanny B., 

 who married William B. Leigh; 4. Will- 

 iam, unmarried; 5. Andress, died in in- 

 fancy ; 6. Henry L., who married Eliza 

 Myers; 7. Elwood, who married Alice 

 Leigh; 8. IMiranda, who died in infancy. 



CLAYTON D. FRETZ, M. D., a son 

 of Abraham and Sarah (Detweiler) 

 Fretz, was born in Bedminster, Bucks 

 county, November 16, 1844. His pater- 

 nal ancestor, who with his brother Chris- 

 tian established the family in Arnerica, 

 emigrated from near IManheim. in the 

 Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, in 

 1720. He spent his boj'hood on the 

 "old homestead" in Bedminster, attend- 

 ing the public schools, and later taught 

 in the county four years. He chose 

 medicine as a profession, and graduated 

 from the medical department of the Un- 

 iversity of Pennsylvania, March 13, 

 1868. He commenced practice at Sel- 

 lersville immediately thereafter, and in 

 1872 also opened a drug store. On No- 

 vember 16. 1871, he was married to Kate 

 B. Everhart. a daughter of Charles W. 

 Everhart. who was a graduate of Jeflfer- 

 son INIedical College of Philadelphia. 

 Four children were born to them, of 

 whom a son and a daughter died in in- 

 fancv. Alfred E. Fretz. M. D., a grad- 



