HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY 



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Trego, married Joseph Johnson, of 

 Wrightstown, and left four sons and a 

 daughter. 



John Trego, only son of Jacob and Mary 

 (Cartledge) Trego, born in Chester county, 

 5 mo. 6, 1715, was reared from the age of 

 seven years in Wrightstown, Bucks county. 

 He married Hannah Lester, of Richland, 

 her ancester, Peter Lester, being one of 

 the first settlers in the "Great Swamp." 

 In 1736 his stepfather and mother, John 

 and Mary Laycock, conveyed to him 140 

 acres in Upper Makefield, a part of which 

 remained the property of his descendants 

 until the present generation, the last owner 

 of the name being Morris W. Trego, his 

 great-grandson. This farm was near the 

 line of Wrightstown, and its northeast line 

 ■was that of Buckingham township. The 

 children of John and Hannah (Lester) 

 Trego were: Jacob, died in Wrightstown, 

 on the old homestead, without issue ; Sarah, 

 married Joseph Wiggins, of Wrightstown, 

 and removed to Harford county, Maryland, 

 in 1771 ; Joyce, died young; Rachel, married 

 a Skelton: Mary, married Meshach Mich- 

 ener, of Plumstead ; Hannah, married David 

 Stockdale, and removed to Harford coun- 

 ty, Maryland; and William. 



William Trego, second son of John and 

 Hannah (Lester) Trego, was born on the 

 Upper Makefield homestead, March 16, 

 1744, married 9 mo. 19, 1768, Rebecca Hibbs, 

 and on June 18, 1770, his father conveyed 

 to him aout sixty acres of the liomestead 

 farm, the balance of which reverted to him 

 and his six sons at the death of his brother 

 Jacob, in accordance with his father's will, 

 probated in 1791. William Trego died in 

 1827. He and his wife Rebecca were the 

 parents of eleven children, as follows : i. 

 Thomas, born 8 mo. 15, 1769, married Sarah 

 Duffield, and removed with his family to 

 Harford county, Maryland, in 1812, dying 

 there 8 mo. 7, 1837; 2. Mahlon, born 11 mo. 

 25, 1770, married Rachel Briggs, and died 

 3 mo. 22, 1849; 3. Joseph, born 11 mo. 10, 

 1772; 4. William, born 9 mo. 29, 1774, mar- 

 ried Rachel Taylor, and died 7 mo. 14. 

 1850; 5. John, born 2 mo. 20, 1776, died 

 10 mo. 16, 1832 ; 6. Mary, born 10 mo. i. 

 1778, died 10 mo. 6, 1784 ; 7. Jacob, born 

 10 mo. 28, 1780, married Letitia Smith, 

 and lived in Wrightstown until 1846, when 

 li€ removed to Illinois, where he died, 10 

 mo. 3. 1870; 8. Jesse, born 1783, died 1784; 

 9. Hannah, born 10 mo. 23, 1784, married 

 Isaac Beans, and settled in Harford coun- 

 ty. Maryland, in 1812; 10. Rebecca, born 

 8 mo. 21, 1786, married John Beans, and 

 (second) Thomas Briggs; 11. Marv, born 

 10 mo. 3, 1788, married her cousin, Mahlon 

 Hibbs West, in Harford county, Maryland, 

 his mother and hers being sisters. 



John Trego, fifth child of William and 

 Rebecca (Hibbs) Trego, born 12 mo. 20, 

 1776, on the LTpper Makefield homestead, 

 inherited sixty-five acres thereof and spent 

 his whole life there. He also inherited the 

 Wrightstown farm now occupied by his 



great-grandson, the subject of this sketch. 

 He died 10 mo. 16, 1832, and the Upper 

 Makefield homestead was adjudged to his - 

 second son, Morris W., his eldest son, 

 John K. Trego, the grandfather of the sub- 

 ject of this sketch, electing to take the 

 Wrightstown farm, where he then resided. 

 The other children of John Trego, were 

 Seth and Lydia. 



John K. Trego was born on the Upper 

 Makefield homestead, but on his marriage 

 or soon after settled on the Wrightstown 

 farm, where he spent the remainder of his 

 life, dying March 23, 1886. He was an 

 active and prominent man in the commun- 

 ity. Like all his American ancestors, he 

 was a member of the Society of Friends. 

 He was one of the trustees of the Pinevilie 

 school, established for the use of the neigh- 

 borhood long before the time of the com- 

 mon school, and filled other positions of 

 trust. He married Wilhelmina Kirk, 

 daughter of Amos and Chanty (Doan) 

 Kirk, of Buckingham, the tormer of whom 

 was born in Buckingham 2 mo. 10, 1782, 

 and died 9 mo. 24, 1863. He was a son of 

 Thomas and Ocea (Kinsey) Kirk, grand- 

 son of Isaac and Rachel (Fell) Kirk, great- 

 grandson of John and Joan (ElHot) Kirk, 

 the former of whom came from Alderton. 

 Derbyshire, England, in 1687, and settled 

 near Darby, from whence his son John re- 

 moved to Buckingham in 1729. The chil- 

 dren of John K. and Wilhelmina (Kirk) 

 Trego, were Angelina, now widow of S. 

 Smith Kirk, still living in Wrightstown, 

 and Amos K 



Amos Kirk Trego, only son of John K. 

 and Wilhelmina, was born on the Wrights- 

 town homestead, March 27. 1838, and still 

 resides on a portion of it, having resigned 

 the management of the farm to his son, the 

 subject of this sketch, several years ago. 

 He married Emily A. McKinstry, daughter 

 of Henry and Hannah (Hillborn) Mc- 

 Kinstry, who was born in Montgomery 

 county, July 21, 1840. Henry McKinstry 

 died in 1845. and his widow, Hannah (Hill- 

 born) McKinstry, survived him fifty-nine 

 years, dying in Wrightstown in April, 1904, 

 at the age of eighty-six years. Amos K. 

 and Emily A. (McKinstry) Trego are the 

 parents of two children: Harry R., the sub- 

 ject of this sketch; and Miriam, wife of 

 Jonathan A. Warner, of Edison, Bucks 

 county. 



Harry R. Trego was born and reared 

 on the Wrightstown homestead, which he 

 now occupies, arid was educated at the pub- 

 lic schools. He was reared to the life of 

 a farmer, and on his marriage in 1889 took 

 charge of the farm. In politics he is a 

 Republican, but has never sought or held 

 other than local offices. He is a member 

 of Northern Star Lodge. No. 54, I. O. O. F. 

 of Richboro ; Penns Park Council, No. 973. 

 Jr. O. U. A. M., and of Northern Star 

 Castle, No. 121. A. O. K. of the M. C. of 

 Newtown. On January 10, 1889. he mar- 

 ried Anna D. Twining, daughter of Elias 



