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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



man descent. They were the parents of 

 live children, viz. : John F., Jr., Joseph, 

 George, Samuel, Sarah. 



John F. Heritage, Jr., son of John F. and 

 Ann Fetters Heruage, was born in Phila- 

 delphia county, and early in life learned 

 the tailor's trade with his father. On arriv- 

 ing at manhood he took charge of a farm, 

 and also followed his trade. He was an 

 officer of militia, and captain of a company 

 that was called out to quell the riots in 

 Philadelphia. He later purchased the home- 

 stead at Bustleton, and spent the remainder 

 of his life thereon, dying at the age of sev- 

 enty-hve years. He was a member of Pen- 

 nypack Baptist church for over thirty years. 

 He married Ann Benner, daughter of John 

 Banner. Her father died during her early 

 girlhood, leaving two daughters, Mrs. Her- 

 itage, and Hannah, who married a Camp- 

 bell. Her maternal grandfather was Joseph 

 Dearman, who was a captain in the Revo- 

 lutionary war, and was taken prisoner 

 while at home on a furlough, and confined 

 in a British prison for some time; later 

 he was exchanged, and entered the service 

 and served until independence was achieved. 

 After the close of the war he became a 

 farmer in Philadelphia county, and lived 

 to a good old age, long enough to see nis 

 country achieve a second victory over the 

 mother country, and become a power among 

 the nations of the earth. He died about 

 1827. John F. Heritage and Ann Benner 

 were the parents of seven children, viz : 

 Anna, wife of George Brooks ; Joseph, ttie 

 father of Dr. Heritage; Samuel; John B. ; 

 George ; Mary A., deceased ; and Emma 

 C, deceased. 



Joseph Dearman Heritage, eldest son of 

 John F. and Ann (Benner) Heritage, was 

 born and reared at Bustleton. He learned 

 the coach making business, which he has 

 carried on for many' years at Bustleton, 

 doing a large business. He married Annie 

 Louisa DeWees. daughter of Isaiah and 

 Mary (Hart) DeWees, both of whom 

 were born in England. 



Dr. Joseph Benner Heritage, the subject 

 of this sketch, was born and reared at 

 Bustleton, and received his education at 

 the Fayette public school and at a high 

 school at Vineland, New Jersey. Choosing 

 the medical profession, he entered the 

 Hahnemann Medical College of Philadel- 

 phia, from which he graduated in 1891. He 

 at once located at Langhorne, Bucks coun- 

 ty, where he has since practiced his chosen 

 profession with success. He married No- 

 vember 8, 1893, Ida May Marple, daughter 

 of Captain Alfred and Anna Addis (Van- 

 sant) Marple. and granddaughter of Da- 

 vid and Eliza Ann (Hart) IMarple. and 

 great-granddaughter of Joseph Marple, 

 whose ancestors have been prominent in 

 the affairs of Bucks county for many gen- 

 erations. Dr. and Mrs. Heritage are the 

 parents of three children, viz. : Charles Ed- 



ward, born August 13, 1894; Florence ..lar- 

 ple, born August 23, 1897; and Joseph 

 Irving, born October 8, 1898. 



H. AUGUSTUS PICKERING, for 

 many years a prominent merchant and bus- 

 iness man of Carversville, Bucks county, 

 was born at Mechanicsville, Buckingham 

 township, Bucks county, December 22, 1842, 

 and is a son of the late Jonathan C. and 

 Elizabeth (Anderson) Pickering. • His pa- 

 ternal ancestor, Isaac Pickeruig, was the 

 second child of Samuel and Mary (Scar- 

 borough) Pickering, and was born on the 

 old homestead in Solebury, between the 

 upper and lower York roads, two miles 

 east of Lahaska, 12 mo. 23, 1716. He was 

 a blacksmith by trade, and followed that 

 occupation during nearly his whole life m 

 connection with farming. He purchased in 

 174;^, a farm adjoining the homestead, 

 which had been the property of his matern- 

 al grandfather, John Scarborough, where 

 he lived and died. He was a prominent 

 member of Buckingham Friends" Meeting, 

 holding the position of overseer and elder 

 for many years. He was also one of the 

 trustees of the "Stone School House" at 

 Centre Hill. He died in December, 1798, 

 at the age of eighty-two years. He was 

 married in 1738 to Sarah Lupton, and (sec- 

 ondly) late in life to Sidney Wright, a 

 widow, and the mother of Solomon Wright, 

 who had married his daughter Rachel. 

 Isaac and Sarah (Lupton) Pickering were 

 the parents of nine children, viz: i. Jo- 

 seph, born 5 mo. 9, 1739; married 8 mo. 

 18, 1762, Jane Paxson, see forward. 2. Sa- 

 rah, born 2 mo. 27, 1741 ;' married 12 mo. 

 14, 1763, Joseph Butler. 3. Mary, born 5 

 mo. 13, 1743; died unmarried. 4. Mercy, 

 born 8 mo. 27, 1745; married 5 mo. 11, 1774. 

 Joseph Roberts. 5 and 6. Isaac and Sam- 

 uel, born I mo. 27, 1747, died young. 7. 

 Jonathan, born 2 mo. 15, 1750; married in 

 1773 IMary Williams, of Shrewsbury, New 

 Jersey. 8. Rachel, born 2 mo. 17, 1752; mar- 

 ried 6 mo. 13, 1787, Solomon Wright, the 

 schoolmaster. 9. Esther, born 6 mo. 6, 



1755. died young. 



Joseph Pickering, the eldest of the above 

 children of Isaac and Sarah, lived and 

 died in Solebury. He died in December, 

 1793, his wife Jane surviving him. They 

 were the parents of five children, four 

 daughters, Ann, Jane, Rachel and Sarah— 

 the first named three of whom married 

 Carvers, and the latter married Israel 

 Michener; and one son, Isaac. Isaac Pick- 

 ering, Sr., conveyed to his son Joseph by 

 deed of gift a farm of 125 acres' on Long 

 Lane, in Buckingham, which the latter de- 

 vised to his only son Isaac. 



Isaac Pickering. Jr., married 10 mo. II, 



1756, Elizabeth Carey, daughter of Thorn- • 

 as and Mary Townsend Carey, of Plum- 



