BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



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born in the passage over. A David 

 James, supposed to be the same person, 

 purchased a large tract on the eastern 

 border of the township of Radnor, upon 

 which he resided, and upon wliich his 

 descendants continued to reside till 

 within a recent period. This David 

 James, died in 1738 or 1739, leaving 

 a wife named Jane, who was a second 

 or possii)l y a third wife. Besides Mary 

 and Evan, his children, so far as is 

 known, were Sarah, Rebecca, Isaac and 

 Thomas. Evan, to whom the mansion 

 property was devised, married Margaret 

 Jones of Tredyffrin. Dr. Thomas P. 

 James, and John F. James, Esq., of 

 Philadelphia, are descendants from 

 Evan. 



Jansen, Carle.s, (Charles Johnson,) 

 was one of the original patentees of 

 Marcus Hook, from Governor Andros 

 in 1676, Avho, with his five associates 

 were then in possession of the place. 

 He was a resident of Marcus Hook in 

 1678, but how much longer is not 

 known. His name would indicate that 

 he was a Dutchman. 



Jansen, Jan, as early as 1643, was 

 custom house officer at Fort Nassau, 

 on the Delaware, by appointment of 

 the Dutch authorities at New Amster- 

 dam. In a year or two afterwards he 

 held the office of Commissary under 

 the Dutch West India Company, and 

 ••was accustomed to trade on the 

 South river of New Netherland, with 

 the Indians," under the name of Jan 

 Jansen von Ilpendam. His employments 

 on the Delaware made him acquainted 

 with the country, and induced him to 

 fix his residence here, but how early is 

 not known. In 1677 he resided on 

 Marcus Hook Creek, and that was the 

 place of his residence in IQ'H't, at the 

 time of his decease. In his will he re- 

 quests to be buried at " Chester, alias 

 Upland." He left a wife. Ellen, to sur- 

 vive him. He was doubtless an Epis- 

 copalian. 



Jauman, John, with his wife Margaret 

 and two children, Elizabeth and Sarah, 

 came from Llanidles, Montgomeryshire, 

 Wales, and settled in Radnor township 

 about the year 1G84. He was a minis- 

 ter in Ihe Society of Friends, and was 

 instrumental in the establishment of 

 Radnor Meeting. He constantly took 



an active part in the proceedings of 

 the monthly meeting to which he be- 

 longed. He died in 1697, and in 17in 

 a testimony concerning him was read, 

 but the record of it is not to be found. 

 The name is frequently written '■ Jer- 

 Tnan." Meetings were held at his house 

 in Wales, for permitting which a cow 

 was taken from him worth £2 lOs. 



Jarmas or Jerman, John, Jr., son 

 of the above John Jarman, was born 

 in Radnor 9th mo. (November) Tith, 

 1684, and was the first male child 

 born of European parents in that 

 township. He was one of the earliest 

 American mathematicians. He died 

 in Radnor in 1769, aged nearly 85 

 years. In an obituary notice published 

 in the •' Pennsylvania Chronicle," a 

 newspaper of that day, he is spoken of 

 as a " gentleman well known for his 

 astronomical calculations " It is said 

 that he published an almanac. 



Jenkins, William, came from the 

 town of Tenby, in the county of Pem- 

 broke, Wales, about the year 1686, 

 and settled in Haverford township. 

 He was an active and influential mem- 

 ber of the Society of Friends, and had 

 suftered persecution in his native coun- 

 try. His name disappears from the 

 minutes of Haverford Meeting after 

 1697. In 1691 he was one of the Jus- 

 tices of the Court for Chester County, 

 and was a member of the Assembly 

 about the same time. He was an 

 original purchaser of 1000 acres of 

 land before leaving his native country. 



Job, Andrew, was an early settler in 

 and near Chester, but was not among 

 the earliest. He was married to Eliza- 

 beth Vernon in 1692. Both as a mem- 

 ber of the Society of Friends and as a 

 citizen, he maintained a good stand- 

 ing. In 1697 he served the office of 

 Sheriff, and in 1702 he represented 

 Chester County in the Provincial As- 

 sembly. His children were Benjamin, 

 Jacob, Thomas, Mary, Enoch, Abraham, 

 Caleb, Joshua, Hannah and Patience. 

 Shortly after 1704. he removed to Not- 

 tingham, and became a permanent re- 

 sident there. He died in 1722. 



JcRiAN, Hans, was a resident and 

 owner of land in Calken Hook as early 

 as 1677, and was slill living there in 



