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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



adopted it as his permanent abode, 

 when his term of service expired. He 

 occupied a tract of land on the east 

 side of Crum Creek in what is now 

 Ridley township, which was surveyed 

 to him in 1678, when he was still alive. 

 As this same tract is marked with the 

 name of John Hendricksou on Holme's 

 map, it may be inferred that Jacob 

 had died between that date and 1GS2, 

 and that John may have been his son. 

 John died in 1721 at Ridley, leaving 

 three sons, Andrew, John and Israel. 



Hendrickson, Albert, one of the 

 earliest Dutch settlers on the Delaware. 

 His place was about a mile west of 

 Chester Creek. He called his planta- 

 tion Lomoco, the patent for which was 

 from Governor Lovelace to Juns Jus- 

 tafson in 1673. He served as constable 

 of Upland Court in 1676-7, and was a 

 juror at the first court under Penn's 

 government. He died in 1715, having 

 first devised his homestead to his son 

 Tobias, and made Tobias and the cele- 

 brated Quaker preacher, John Salkeld, 

 his Executors. His other children 

 were, Albertus, James, Johannes, Eliza- 

 beth, Briget and Issabel. His name 

 is Holbert on Holme's map. 



Hent, Rees, who was born in Llan- 

 dewy, Pembrokeshire, Wales, came 

 alone to this country in 1688, and fixed 

 on a place of residence in Newtown 

 township, which he prepared for the 

 reception of his wife and children. 

 Having made arrangements for the 

 accommodation of his family, he re- 

 returned to his native country and 

 brought them over in 1694. His 

 daughter Jane, after having success- 

 ively proposed her intentions of marri- 

 age with Thomas Martin and Robert 

 Wharton, and failed to make good her 

 engagements, was married to John 

 Smith of Elk River, Maryland, in 1709, 

 according to the usages of the Society 

 of Friends. It is not known that Rees 

 Hent had a son. 



Helm, Israel, a native of Sweden, 

 was one of the early emigrants from 

 that country to the Delaware. In 1659 

 he resided at " Passayung," and was 

 employed there as Collector of the 

 Customs. In 1668 he with others ob- 

 tained from Governor Richard Nicolls, 

 a grant of land embracing nearly the 



whole of Calken Hook, where he then 

 resided. He was a member of Captain 

 Carre's Council the same year. In 

 1774 he was commissioned as one of 

 the justices " for the river," and doubt- 

 less assisted in .holding a court at 

 Upland, some years prior to that Up- 

 laiid Court of which the records have 

 been preserved, and of which he also 

 was a justice. In 1680, he conveyed 

 " his land and plantation att Upland" 

 to James Sandelandes, having, it is sup- 

 posed, been a resident for some time of 

 that place. During his residence on 

 the River, he made a visit to his native 

 country. He had acquired the title. of 

 Captain, and as the Swedish Govern- 

 ment sent a considerable number of 

 soldiers to the Colony, it may reasona- 

 bly be supposed that he at first came 

 in a military capacity. Having learned 

 the language of the Indians, he was 

 frequently employed as an interpreter. 

 He was the father-in-law of Peter 

 Cock, and some of his descendants 

 bearing his name, still reside in the 

 County. He was still living in 1693. 



Hewes, William, was a purchaser of 

 land from John Fenwick in England, 

 which was located on the Cohansey or 

 Alloway's Creek, in salem County, New 

 Jersey, and it may reasonably be sup- 

 posed that he came over with Fenwick 

 in 1675, and settled upon his land. Be 

 this as it may, in 1678-9, he became a 

 purchaser of land at or near .Marcus 

 Hook from Roger Pedrick, and settled 

 at that place. His name appears as a 

 juror at the first court held under 

 Penn's Government. He was a Friend, 

 and one of the founders of Chichester 

 Meeting, but his name disappears from 

 the records about the year 1686. 



Hibberd, Josiah, was settled in 

 Darby as early as 1692. In 1698 he 

 was married to Ann the daughter of 

 Richard Bonsall, before John Blunston 

 a Justice of the Peace, and a suitable 

 number of witnesses. The Justice 

 and also the parties were members of 

 the Society of Friends, but the father 

 of the bride having interposed objec- 

 tions to the marriage, it could not be 

 accomplished at the meeting in the 

 usual way. A record of this marriage 

 may be found at West Chester in Deed 

 Book, A. I. p. 223. The parties were 

 dealt with, but were not disowned by 



