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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



ing its courts until tlie arrival of 

 William Penn, and the erection of the 

 County of Chester as a separate judicial 

 district. He was also sometimes em- 

 ployed as an interpreter. The earliest 

 occurrence of his name, was as an arbi- 

 trator, by appointment of an early Up- 

 land Court, in 1673. He was alive in 

 1693. 



Collet, Jeremiah, or Jeremy, was 

 settled in Chichester before the arrival 

 of William Penn. In 1685 he owned 

 and occupied a tract of land a little 

 north of Marcus Hook. In 1684 he 

 served the office of Sheriff for Chester 

 County. In religious profession he was 

 doubtless an Episcopalian, as he be- 

 queathed £50 for the " better support 

 of the minister officiating in the 

 Chapel" — now St. Martin's Church at 

 Marcus Hook. He died about the year 

 1725. 



Collier, Thomas, from Nottingham, 

 England; settled in Darby, now Upper 

 Darby township, in 1689, but had been 

 in the country some time previously, 

 as it appears by the records of Darby 

 Meeting that he was married to Hannah 

 Lownes in the early part of that year. 

 So far as is known, their only children 

 were Isaac and Hannah. 



CoATES, Moses, with his wife, emi- 

 grated from Carlow, in Ireland, and 

 settled in Haverford in 1717. His wife 

 was from Munster. They were both 

 Friends, but do not appear to have con- 

 tinued to reside at Haverford very long. 



CoATES, Thomas, from Sprixton, in 

 the County of Leicester, England, set- 

 tled in Darby in 1686. He removed to 

 Philadelphia, where he engaged in 

 mercantile business, and died in 1719. 

 He was in membership with Friends. 



CoBB, William, a very early settler 

 at Amesland, where he served the office 

 of constable in 168.':{. He subsequently 

 became owner, or part owner, of the 

 Swedes' mill, near the Blue Bell, and 

 doubtless carried on the milling busi- 

 ness there. It was from him that the 

 creek which turned his mill received 

 its present name of Cobb's Creek. 



CoBouKN, Thomas, with his wife 

 Elizabeth, came from Cashel, in the 



kingdom of Ireland, accompanied by 

 their sons William and Joseph. They 

 arrived at Chester a short time before 

 the first visit of William Penn to his 

 Province, and settled on a large tract 

 of land in Chester township, which, 

 after the death of his wife in 1688, he 

 conveyed to his two sons. William was 

 married to Mary, daughter of Joseph 

 Baker, in 1686, and Joseph to Susanna 

 Churchman, in 1690. Thomas, by trade 

 was a carpenter, and in religious pro- 

 fession, both he, his wife, and his two 

 sons, were Quakers. The old man, 

 for some time after his arrival, took a 

 deep interest in the affairs of his meet- 

 ing. About the year 1687, he built a 

 mill — the second on Chester Creek — 

 which gave offence to the proprietors 

 of the Chester mills. 



Cook, Richard. An early settler in 

 Radnor township. He was a Friend, 

 and came from the parish of Llangunlo, 

 County of Radnor, Wales. 



Cooper, James, with Hannah, his 

 wife, emigrated from Mayfield, County 

 of Stafford, England, and settled in the 

 town of Darby in 1 684. He had re- 

 moved from Lancaster to Mayfield ten 

 years before. He was alive in 1701, 

 and was a Friend. 



CoppocK, Bartholomew, Sr. From 

 Cheshire, England, with his wife Mar- 

 garet and family, was among the early 

 immigrants. He settled in Springfield 

 in 1685, and two years afterwards pur- 

 chased land in Marple township, on 

 Darby Creek, of John Nickerson, on 

 whicii he subsequently resided till his 

 death in 1719, when he had attained 

 the age of seventy-three years. He 

 had a son Jonathan, who was deceased 

 at the time of his death, a son Bartho- 

 lomew, and four daughters, viz : Mar- 

 garet, Rebecca, Sarah and Martha. 

 They were all Friends. 



CoppocK, Bartholomew, Jr., pro- 

 bably a nephew of the foregoing, but 

 not much his junior in years, settled 

 near Springfield meeting-house, and 

 the meeting that subsequently became 

 Springfield Friends' Meeting was con- 

 stantly held at his house until a meet- 

 ing-house was erected. He probably 

 immigrated with his uncle ; but his 



