BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



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second marriage he had two children, 

 Anne, born in 1688, and James, born 

 1691. 



His dauphter, Elizabeth, was married 

 to William Hartram in IGDO. Their 

 first child was John Hartram, the bota- 

 nist. His (laiifihter, Mary, was married 

 to Abraham Marshall in 1703. Her 

 eighth child was Hunijihrey Marshall, 

 the botanist. Thus we have presented 

 the remarkable circumstance of two 

 sisters being the mothers of the two 

 earliest students of botany in the New- 

 World. 



. His daughter, Anne, was married to 

 John Hluutston, Jr., of Darby, and his 

 son, James, to Sarah Wildman, of Falls 

 Meeting. Bucks County ; both in 1707. 

 James Hunt, and all his children, were 

 married in accordance with the discip- 

 line of Friends. He died in the spring 

 of 1717. 



Hunter, John, was originally a resi- 

 dent of. the north of England, was a 

 strong churchman, and probably by his 

 acts had made himself somewhat offen- 

 sive to the Catholics. Upon the acces- 

 sion of James II. to the throne, in order 

 to escape observation, he removed to 

 Rathdrum. in Wicklow County. Ire- 

 land, where he became an extensive 

 grazier. When William and Mary were 

 called to the throne of England, and 

 with their armies followed the fugitive 

 forces of James into Ireland, John 

 Hunter entered the Protestant army as 

 a trooper, and, with his friend, Antho- 

 ny Wayne, was present at the Battle of 

 Boyne. William Hill had married the 

 daughter of John Hunter, and, with his 

 wife, had emigrated to Pennsylvania, 

 and settled in Middletown township. 

 John, with his family, followed his son- 

 in-law to America and settled in New- 

 town township, then Chester County, 

 where he purchased a large tract of 

 land, which he occupied durins his life. 

 He brought over with him a holster and 

 pistol, (both in use at the Battle of 

 Boyne,) and also a wedding ring. The 

 two latter are still preserved among his 

 descendents. The ring bears this in- 

 scription, " Keep this in remembrance 

 of me, 1693." John Ilunttr died in 

 1732, aged about seventy years. Peter, 

 a son of John Hunter, served in the 

 wars between England and France, in 

 which the Colonies participated. 



Ireland, Nicholah, came from Lax- 

 ton in the County of Nottingham 

 England and settled in Darby, noiv 

 Upper Darby in 1689, and was married 

 to Elizabeth Humphrey at Darby Meet- 

 ing in 1692. The name soon disappears 

 from all records of the County, 



Jackson, Roger, an early settler in 

 the borough of Chester. He had ac- 

 quired considerable property previous 

 to his death, which occurred in HIT) ; 

 but having no relatives in this country, 

 he devised the whole of his estate to be 

 equally divided between such of his 

 relations in England, as should apply 

 within seven years. 



Jackson, Dr. Paul, was distin- 

 guished for his talents, and was one of 

 the most highly educated men of his 

 day. When quite a young man, he 

 was appointed Professor of Greek and 

 Latin, in the College of Philadelphia, 

 now the University of Pennsylvania. 

 Finding his health impaired by confine- 

 ment and study, he left the College, 

 and joined the expedition of General 

 Forbes, gof up for the reduction of 

 Fort Du Quesne, as commander of a 

 company. In this expedition, his pru- 

 dence and bravery commended him to 

 the particular notice of the General. 

 By the active life of a soldier, his health 

 was improved ; but his fondness for 

 study returning with his renewed health, 

 he abandoned the military profession, 

 and engaged in the study of physic. 

 Having by great application, and by the 

 attendance at what was then called 

 " the Royal Hospital," become well 

 versed both in the theory and practice 

 of medicine and surgery, he settled in 

 Chester, where he soon became a well- 

 established and successful physician. 

 After practicing his profession for some 

 years, and while holding the ofhce of 

 Chief Burgess of the town, he died at 

 Chester, in the year 1767, at the early 

 age of thirty-eight years, and was buried 

 in St. Paul's Churchyard. There are 

 reasons for believing that this eminent 

 man was a native of Chester. 



Jackson, Ephraim, emigrated from 

 England, and lived within the bounds 

 of Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends, 

 as early as 1687. In 169."), he was 

 married to Rachel, daughter of Nicholas 

 Newlin of Concord, and having pur- 



