HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Adam Cope, second son of Yost and Dor- 

 othea Cope, became a large landholder and 

 prominent citizen of Hilltown, owning at 

 the time of his death over three hundred 

 and tifty acres of land in that township. 

 He married Margaret, daughter of Henry 

 Hartzel, one of the earliest and most prom- 

 inent German settlers in Rockhill, near 

 the present site of Perkasie. Adam Cope 

 died in 1800, and his wife Margaret sur- 

 vived him a few years. They were the pa- 

 rents of live sons, viz. : Jacob, Abraham, 

 Henry, John and Paul. 



John Cope, third son and seventh child 

 of Adam and Margaret (Hartzell) Cope, 

 was born in Hilltown township on the old 

 homestead purchased by his father in 1759, 

 a part of which he mherited, and lived 

 there all his life. He married Susanna Sa- 

 vacool, daughter of William and Eliza- 

 beth (Miller) Savacool, of Hilltown, and 

 granddaughter of Jacob Sabelcool, born in 

 Germany m 1713, who came to America in 

 1731 in the ship "Brittannica,"' and in 1742 

 settled near Sellersville. His son William 

 settled in Hilltown in 1772 on a farm pur- 

 chased for him by hjs father, and still oc- 

 cupied by the family near South Perkasie. 

 John Cope died in 1862, and his widow in 

 1873. They were the parents of six chil- 

 dren, of whom William S., the grandfather 

 of Addison C. Cope, was the eldest. 



William S. Cope was born in Hilltown 

 township and resided there and in the ad- 

 joining township of Rockhill all his life, 

 dying in the latter township February 7, 

 1899, at an advanced age. He married 

 Leanna Gerhart, and they were the parents 

 of seven children : Tobias G. ; Eliza, wife 

 of William Harr ; Monroe G. ; Henry G. ; 

 Amanda ; Jane ; and Leanna. 



Tobias G. Cope was born in Rockhill 

 township in 1845, and acquired his educa- 

 tion at the common schools of that locality. 

 He was a farmer and followed that vo- 

 cation during life, first in Rockhill town- 

 ship, and later in Hilltown. He was an 

 active and successful business man and ac- 

 quired a competence. He married Hannah 

 Cope, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza- 

 beth Cope, of Hilltown, who was also a 

 descendant of Adam and Margaret (Hart- 

 zell) Cope. She inherited from her father 

 a fine farm in Hilltown in 1865, she being 

 his only child. Tobias G. Cope died in 

 Hilltown in 1884. He was the father of 

 four children; Ella, who died young; Will- 

 iam Henry, Addison C, and Emma. 



ADDISON C. COPE was reared on his 

 father's farm, and acquired his education at 

 the Pennville school. He remained on the 

 farm until the age of eighteen years, and 

 then entered the harness making establish- 

 ment of H. B. Lapp, at Pricks, and learned 

 the trade of harness making, which he fol- 

 lowed until 1896, when he removed to 

 Perkasie. In 1901 he erected his present 

 handsome residence at the corner of Fifth 

 and Chestnut streets. He is a member of 



Trinity Lutheran church, and has served 

 as deacon of that church for the past three 

 years. In politics he is a Republican. He 

 married March 18, 1896, Mary Alice Bean, 

 daughter of David B. and Mary G. (Mo- 

 yer) Bean, and they are the parents of one 

 child, William Washington, born February 

 22, 1897. 



The paternal ancestors, of Mrs. Cope 

 have been residents of Rockhill township 

 for many generations. On the maternal 

 side she is a descendant of Rev. Peter 

 Meyer, who was born in Switzerland in the 

 year 1723, and came to Pennsylvania in 

 1741 with his widowed mother and three 

 brothers, William, Jacob and Henry. In 

 1752 he purchased a farm in Pleasant Val- 

 ley, Springfield township. William Meyer, 

 son of Rev. Peter, was born in Springtield 

 township, June 17, 1764, and died there 

 February 18, 1843. He married Mary 

 Overholt, and their youngest son, Abraham 

 O. Moyer, was born in Springfield on the 

 old homestead purchased by his grandfather 

 in 1752, and which is still in possession of 

 his descendants, on June 6, 1798, and died 

 there September 15, 1871. He married in 

 1832, Mary Geisinger, of Upper Milford, 

 Lehigh county, and had four children; Will- 

 iam G. Moyer, of Chalfont; Fannie G., 

 who married Nathaniel Bechtel, of Berks 

 county; Mary, the mother of IMrs. Cope, 

 who was born February 15, 1838, and mar- 

 ried David B. Bean, September 30, 1865 ; 

 and Abraham G. Moyer, residing on the old 

 homestead in Springfield. 



GARRET B. GIRTON. One of the 

 oldest and most respected citizens of 

 Newtown, is Garret B. Girton, who for 

 over sixty years has followed a success- 

 ful career as carpenter and builder in 

 Newtown. He was born at Greensburg, 

 near Scudders Falls, on the New Jersey 

 side of the Delaware, February 20, 1831, 

 and is a son of James and Mary (Mar- 

 tindell) Girton, the ancestors of the 

 former having been residents of New 

 Jersey for several generations, while 

 those of the latter had been residents of 

 Bucks county from the date of the 

 founding of Penn's colony on the Dela- 

 ware. Her paternal ancestor, John Mar- 

 tindell, was born in England, 8 mo. 24, 

 1676, and was an early settler in Bucks 

 county. Fle married Mary Bridgman, 

 daughter of Walter and Blanch (Con- 

 stable) Bridgman, "both of Neshaminah 

 in the County of Bucks." who were mar- 

 ried at the house of Stephen Sands, 6 

 mo. 26, 1686. 



John and Mary (Bridgman) Martin- 

 dell, were the parents of six children of 

 whom John, born 6 mo. 22, 1719, married 

 2 mo. 9, 1746, Mary Strickland, and had 

 twelve children. Jonathan, the* ninth, 

 born 7 mo. 19. 1763. married Rachel Mor- 

 gan and had ten children of whom Mary, 



