HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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April 21, 1853, became the wife of James 

 Warden, of Bristol, September 5, 1877, and 

 their children are : Catharine S., born July 

 12, 1878, became the wife of Charles Silbert, 

 of Bristol, October 11, 1899, and they are 

 the parents of one child, Mildred Elizabeth, 

 born July 11, 1903; Martha Warden, born 

 August 29, 1880. 3. Mary Dorrance, born 

 December 22, 1855. 4. Elizabeth Stockham, 

 born December 8, 1857. 5. John Dorrance, 

 born April 26, 1861, died January 24, 1868. 

 6. Ella Priscilla, born March i, 1864, became 

 the wife of John T. Cessna, of Rainsburg, 

 Pennsylvania, and their children are : Cath- 

 arine, born August 18, 1897; Wilbur La- 

 mont, March 18, 1S98; John William, May 



3, 1901. 7. William Henry, born May 22, 

 1866, who now conducts the opei^tions on 

 the homestead farm. 8. Anna, born June 



4, 1870. The mother died January 4, 189S; 

 she. was born October 22, 1828, and died 

 in her seventieth year. 



BIRKEY FAMILY. Arms of La Bar- 

 riere of France, 1500, Maison de la Bar- 

 riere, of Guyenne Gascony and Agenoise, 

 France, Arms : de gules a trois chevrons 

 buses d' or, Mimis de monchchures de 

 hemine de sable, 1126 A. D. Vide "Delano 

 Genealogy, by Mortimer Delano, P. of A., 

 member of N. Y. Genealogical and Biologi- 

 cal Societies, Sociefe Suissee d' la 

 Heraldique, and Herald Society zu Berlin. 

 BIRKEY— BERGEY— LA BARRIERE 

 FAMILY OF AMERICA.— Adolphus de 

 La Barriere came to America from France 

 1720-26. He was the founder of the 

 • Birkey-La Barriere family in America. He 

 and his wife Hannah settled near Wolms- 

 dorf, Pennsylvania. He assumed the name 

 of Bergey for family reasons. Professor 

 Raymond Bergey, of the College at Mont- 

 pelier, France, 1747, married Marie La 

 Barriere. ' Adolphus La Barriere and his 

 wife Hannah had two sons, Henry and 

 Peter Birkey; the name Bergey, from mis- 

 use, became Birkey. After the death of 

 Adolphus La Barriere his widow married 

 a de Rohan and had children. Before 

 he died Adolphus La Barriere appointed 

 his dear friend Johann Wister guardian 

 of his two sons. He had them educated 

 and taught the trade of beaver fur hatters, 

 and when they came of age Johann Wister, 

 their guardian, who had done his duty and 

 been very kind to them, gave them what 

 remained of their fortune. 



Peter Birkey was born in 1744, near 

 Wolmsdorf, Pennsylvania. He married 

 Elizabeth Jennings, daughter of John Jen- 

 nings, high sheriff of Northampton county, 

 Pennsylvania, a son of Solomon Jennings, 

 surveyor of Fremore Manor, Pennsylvania. 

 John Jennings (father) died of fever at 

 Barbadoes, West Indies, while on his way 

 to England. Solomon Jennings (grand- 

 father) served as commissioner; he com- 

 manded a company of militia, and after 

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the Indian massacre buried the dead. He 

 owned the Geisinger farm near Easton, 

 Pennsylvania, and he and his wife are bur- 

 ied on the farm. Peter Birkey and Eliza- 

 beth Jennings were married in 1772 and 

 had children : Samuel, John Y. and Jen- 

 nings Birkey. Peter Birkey died Septem- 

 ber 18, 1826, and is buried in the family 

 Jot in St. Mary's (Episcopal) churchyard. 

 Burlington, New Jersey. Elizabeth 'Jen- 

 nings, his wife, born 1756, died September 

 24, 1793, and is buried in the Friends' 

 cemetery at Fourth and Arch streets, Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania. 



Samuel Birkey, son of Peter and Eliza- 

 beth (Jennings) Birkey, married Miss 

 Keck, of Philadelphia, and had a son 

 Lawrence Birkey, who married Louise 

 Stansbury, of Ohio, a member of the Stans- 

 bury family of Maryland, and had a son 

 Robert Stansbury Birkey, of Cumberland, 

 Maryland. Lawrence Birkey was a director 

 of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was in- 

 terested in other railroads, mining, etc., 

 and he was among the first to cross the 

 overland route to California. Jennings 

 Birkey, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Jen- 

 nings) Birkey, never married. 



John Y. Birkey, son of Peter and Eliza- 

 beth (Jennings) Birkey, born at Allentown, 

 Pennsylvania, November 20, 1774, married 

 September 4, 1795, Deborah Hughes, daugh- 

 ter of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Hughes, 

 of Charlestown, Cecil county, Maryland, 

 and his wife, Frances Dorcas Forrester, 

 second daughter of the Rev. George Will- 

 iam Forrester, rector of Shrewsbury parish, 

 Kent county, Maryland, and his wife Mrs. 

 Mary (Wilmer) Clay,* widow of Thomas 

 Clay, merchant of Chestertown, ^Maryland, 

 Mary Wilmer was the daughter of Simon 

 Wilmer (2) and his wife Dorcas Hynson, 

 and granddaughter of Simon Wilmer (i) 

 and' his wife Rebecca Tilghman, wTio^was 

 the daughter of. Dr. Richard Tilghman 

 and his wife Mary Foxley, of Foxley Hall. 

 Richard Tilghman and Simon Wilmer (r) 

 were the first of their respective families 

 in America. The Wilmer and Tilghman 

 families are distinguished in the annals 

 of our country, and they both have their 

 coats-of-arms. Colonel Oswald Tilghman, 

 of Easton. Talbot county. Maryland, is a 

 •member of the Order of the Cincinnati. 

 Major General L. A. Wilmer commanded 

 the troops of Maryland in the Spanish- 

 American war. Lambert Wilmer. brother 

 of Mary Wilmer, married Ann Ringgold. 

 Mr. John Thompson Spencer and Dr. 

 Charles Cadwallader are connected with the 

 Wilmer family through the family of Ring- 

 gold, of :\Iaryland. :Mrs. Julia Williams, 

 mother of Rush Biddle, was Ann Wilmer 

 prior to her marriage. Through the mar- 

 riage of George Wilmer to Rebecca Baker- 

 ville the family is connected with ^^'^lliam 

 the Conqueror. ("History of Wilmer 

 Family in England," by Green & Foster, 



*Vide "Clay Genealogy," by General Cecil Clay, 

 Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. 



