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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KER- 

 BAUGH, of Southampton, Bucks county, 

 Pennsylvania, is a native of the county, 

 born near Riegelsville, in 1855. He is a 

 son of Josiah and Maria (Bougher) Ker- 

 baugh, the former born in 1803, and his 

 wife in 1816, a daughter of William 

 Bougher. He was reared in his native coun- 

 ty and educated in the common schools. He 

 became an engineer, and is now chief en- 

 gineer and inspector of city boats at South- 

 ampton. In politics he is a Republican. He 

 married Rebecca Schofield, widow of Pe- 

 ter Marseilles, Jr., by whom she had two 

 children: i. Lily, who married E. F. Sax- 

 man, a coal operator of Latrobe, Pennsyl- 

 vania, and has two children — Peter M. and 

 Edwin P"., Jr. 2. William Peter, who mar- 

 ried Alarie Richards, of Chicago, and has 

 had one child, William, Jr. 3. Evelyn Re- 

 becca, married to Orville C. Cooper, and has 

 had two children : Rebecca [Marseilles and 

 Evelyn Marseilles. 



Rebecca Schofield (Mrs. Kerbaugh) 

 was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, 

 daughter of Samuel and Jane (Richison) 

 Schofield. Her father was born in Novem- 

 ber, 1800, in Chester county, Pennsylvania, 

 a son of William and Elizabeth (Lane) 

 Schofield. William was also a native of 

 Chester county, and died in 1818. He 

 served as a lieutenant under Patrick An- 

 derson in the war of the Revolution, and 

 was at the massacre of Paoli. He was prob- 

 bly a son of George and Elizabeth (Rich- 

 ardson) Schofield, and came to Chester 

 county from Solebury about the middle of 

 the eighteenth century. Mrs. Kerbaugh 

 traces her descent back through the Scho- 

 fields. Lanes, Bevans and others, to one 

 Dierck, a descendant of the Dukes of 

 Aquitaine, in France, and first county of 

 Holland, Zealand and Friesland, the line- 

 age being as follows : 



1. Dierck, son of Hertog Segesbert, 

 married Gena Puppins, daughter of the 

 King of Italy. He died in 903. (Davis's 

 "History of Holland," vol. I, p. 22.) 



2. His son Dierck (2) married Hilde- 

 garde, daughter of King Louis of France. 

 He died May 6, 988, and was buried at 

 Egmond. (Davis's "History of Holland," 

 vol. I, p. 26.) 



3. Arnalph, s^i of Dierck (2), married 

 Lutgard, daughter of the King of Greece, 

 and sister of Theofana, wife of Otha II, 

 Emperor of Germany. He was killed in 

 the battle at Wrinkle in 993. (Davis, vol. 

 I, P- 25.) 



4. Dierck (3), son of Arnalph, married 

 Othe. daughter of the Duke of Saxony. 

 He fought the Normans, and made a pil- 

 grimage to the Holy Land, dying in 1039. 

 (Davis, vol. I, p. 25.) 



5. Floris, (i) son of Dierck (3), became 

 count in 1048: married Gertrude, daughter 

 of Herman, Duke of Saxony, killed in 

 1061. Davis, vol. I, p. 32.) 



6. Dierck (5), son of Floris, became 

 count in 1075; married Othilda, of Saxony; 

 died September 9, 1092. (Davis, vol, i, p. 34). 



7. Floris (2), son of Dierck (5), mar- 

 ried Petronella, daughter of the Duke of 

 Sa.xony; died March 6, 1138. (Davis, vol. 



I, p. 39-) 



8. Dierck (6), son of Floris (2), mar- 

 ried Sophia, daughter of the Count Palatine 

 of the Rhine. He made a voyage to the 

 Holy Land in 11 39 and died in 1163. (Da- 

 vis, vol. I, p. 42.) 



9. Floris (3), son of Dierck (6), mar- 

 ried Ada, daughter of King Henry, and 

 granddaughter of David I., King of Scot- 

 land. He participated in the crusade of 

 1 187, and died of fever at Antioch in 1191. 

 (Davis, vol. I, p. 47.) 



ID. William (i), son of Floris (3), was 

 knighted by the Emperor Frederick Bar- 

 barossa. He took part in the crusade of 

 1247. He married Adelphia, daughter of 

 Count Otto of Guelderland, and died Feb- 

 ruary 4, 1224. 



11. Floris (4), son of William (i), mar- 

 ried Matilda, daughter of Henry, Duke of 

 Brabant; he was killed in 1235. 



12. Alice, daughter of Floris (4), mar- 

 ried, 1241, at Dordrecht, John of Avenues, 

 the Earl of Hainhault. She died in 1283. 



13. John (2) of Avennes, son of Alice, 

 Countess of Hainhault, in 1279, married 

 Philippa of Luxemburg; he died August 

 22, 1304. 



14. William (3), son of John of Aven- 

 nes, married Joanna, daughter of Charles 

 of Valois, son of Philip of France; he 

 died June 7, 1337. 



15. Philippa, second daughter of Will- 

 iam (3), married January 24, 1328, Edward 

 III, King of England. She died August 

 15) 1369, and is buried at Westminster. 

 She founded Queens College at Oxford. 



16. John of Gaunt, son of Philippa, born 

 February, 1340, Earl of Richmond, married 

 Catherine Swynford, daughter of Sir Payn 

 Root. He died February 3, 1398. 



17. Henry Beaufort, son of John of 

 Gaunt, was the celebrated Cardinal Beau- 

 fort of Shakespeare. He was also Chan- 

 cellor of England. He had a daughter 

 Joan, by Alice, daughter of the Earl of 

 Arundel, whom he married to Sir Edward 

 Stadling. He died April 11, 1447. 



18. Jane (or Joan) Beaufort, daughter 

 of Henry of Beaufort, married Sir Richard 

 Stadling. 



19. Sir Henry Stadling, son of Jane of 

 Beaufort, married Elizabeth, daughter of 

 Sir William Herbert. 



20. Thomas Stadling, son of Sir Henry 

 Stadling, married Jenet, daughter of 

 Thomas Matthew. He died September 8, 

 1480. 



21. Sir Edmund Stadling, son of Thomas 

 Stadling, married Elizabeth, daughter of 

 Sir Thomas Arundel, of Landthorne, in 

 Cornwall. He died May 5, 1535. 



22. Elizabeth Stadling, daughter of Sir 

 Edward Stadling, married Edward Morgan, 

 of Bcchvelty and Penellwyn. 



2^. Mary Margan, daughter of Elizabeth 

 Stadling, -married John Thomas, of Land- 

 hadack, in Glamorgan. 



