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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Lloyd and Pearl ; Ervin G., born July 28, 

 1879 ; John G., born December 24, 1881 ; 

 and Stella G., born September 29, 1885, and 

 now teaching school in Hilltown township. 



ROBERT REED, deceased, was a worthy 

 representative of that class of men, born 

 in foreign countries, who after their emi- 

 gration to a new clime become loyal and 

 faithful citizens of the same, aiding to the 

 fullest extent of their power in the pro- 

 motion and development of enterprises 

 calculated to improve the commercial, poli- 

 tical and moral welfare of the community 

 in which they reside. He was born in 

 county Derry, Ireland, in 1827, a son of 

 David and Jane (Hunter) Reed, natives 

 of Ireland, whom he brought from their 

 home to the United States, also his broth- 

 ers George, James and David, and sisters 

 Mary and Sarah, having come here prior 

 to their emigration, accompanied by his 

 sister Katherine, in order to earn the 

 requisite means for this purpose. 



Robert Reed was reared and educated in 

 his native land, remaining there until he 

 was seventeen years of age. His first em- 

 ployment after his arrival in this country 

 was farming for Frank Paul, with whom he" 

 remained a number of years. He then went 

 to work for Charles Randall, remaining 

 with him until 1850, the year of his mar- 

 riage, aiter which he rented land for a per- 

 iod of time, thereby accumulating sufficient 

 capital to purchase the old Swift farm. 

 Subsequently he purchased other farms 

 which he cultivated and Tmproved and m 

 due course of time became one of the prom- 

 inent landowners of Bensalem township, 

 his holdings being very extensive and valu- 

 able. The esteem in which he was held 

 by his fellow townsmen was evidenced by 

 the fact that he was elected a director of 

 the school board, and served in the capacity 

 of treasurer of the same for a number 

 of years.' He held membership in the 

 Protestant Episcopal church, and is poli- 

 tical affiliations were with the Democratic 

 party. 



In 1850 Mr. Reed was united in marriage 

 to Angeline V. Stevens, daughter of John 

 and Sarah (Thatcher) Stevens. Their chil- 

 dren are : William, who married Harriet 

 Berry, and their children are : Lavinia and 

 Elsie. Robert, who married Mary Louisa 

 Dyer, and thier children are Raymond, Will- 

 iam and Robert. Harry, who married PJenie 

 Worthington, and they are the parents of 

 four children : Lulu, Joseph, Curtice and 

 Annie. Angeline, who became the wife of 

 John N. Shriner. and one child has been 

 born to them : Mable A. Robert Reed, 

 father of these children, was buried 

 on Thanksgiving day, 1896, having died 

 four days before. He was an industrious, 

 honest and honorable man, and his decease 

 was sincerely mourned by his family and a 

 wide circle of acquaintances. 



LENDRUM STOCKTON traces his 

 ancestry back to John and Sarah (Brear- 

 Icy) Stockton, the former of whom was 

 the owner of a large tract of land near 

 Princeton, New Jersey, and was a brother 

 of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of 

 the Declaration of Independence. John 

 Stockton, however, was in sympathy with 

 the English cause, and went to New York, 

 after which his property was confiscated 

 by the American authorities. - His son John, 

 grandfather of Lendrum Stockton, came 

 with his mother to Lower Makefield town- 

 ship, Bucks county, at the close of the war, 

 and they purchased a small tract of land 

 on the eastern end of the farm now owned 

 by Isaiah, V. Stockton. Arriving at years 

 of maturity, John Stockton wedded Alary 

 Vansant, a daughter of Gabriel Vansant, 

 and settled on the farm now owned by 

 Joseph Flowers. Subsequently he removed 

 to the farm which is now the property of 

 Mrs. A. P. Search. He was a noted horse 

 fancier and veterinary surgeon, and was the 

 owner of some of the finest horses seen in 

 eastern Pennsylvania in his day. He had 

 ten children : Nancy, Joseph, Sarah, Eliza, 

 Mary, John, Charity, Ellen, Elijah and 

 Isaiah V. 



Isaiah V. Stockton, youngest son of John 

 and Mary (Vansant) Stockton, was born 

 in Lower Makefield township, September i, 

 *i8i7, and became the owner and occupant 

 of a part of his father's homestead, includ- 

 ing all of the tract which his grandmother 

 had purchased when she removed from 

 New Jersey with her son John and sought 

 a home in Bucks county. Isaiah Stockton 

 married Sarah Thackery, a daughter of 

 Amos and Nancy (Carson) Thackery, of 

 Lower Makefield township, and they had 

 two sons, Lendrum and John B. 



Lendrum Stockton was born February 

 26, 1844, in Lower Makefi'eld township, on 

 a farm adjoining that upon which he now 

 resides, and which is a part of his grand- 

 father's original tract of land. He obtained 

 his early education in the common schools, 

 and continued his studies in the Carvers- 

 ville Seminary. During his youth he as- 

 sisted in the operation of his father's land, 

 remaining upon the home fariri until his 

 marriage, when he began farming on his 

 own account on a tract of land adjoining 

 the home place. After his mother's death 

 he purchased in 1890 the old homestead 

 farm, and has since given his entire atten- 

 tion to its further improvement and de- 

 velopment. He has here a splendid prop- 

 erty, and the rich and productive soil an- 

 nually yields an excellent harvest. In his 

 political views Mr. Stockton is a Repub- 

 lican, and while never an aspirant for 

 office, he has served as school director of 

 Lower IMakefield township for twenty-four 

 years ; the cause of education finding in 

 him a warm friend, whose efforts in behalf 

 of the schools have been practical and bene- 

 ficial. He belongs to Lodge No. 159, A. O. 



