BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



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cholas, Nathaniel, John, Kczie and 

 Mary. He died in 1731. 



NiELD, John, migrated from Cheshire) 

 England, and settled in Aston town- 

 ship as early as 1 G8(>. It is not certainly 

 known that he was married at the time 

 of his arrival, but if so, his wife must 

 have died prior to IGO.'), for he was in 

 that year married to Mary the widow 

 of John Dutton. This lady being in 

 membership with Friends, and John 

 not being ■' in jjossessiou of tlie truth," 

 she was Ijrought into some trouble by 

 the marriage, but it does not appear 

 that she was " disowned." John was 

 living in Aston in 1722. See Abraham 

 Darlington. 



Noble, Richard, emigrated to 

 America in 1675, with John Fenwick 

 the founder of Salem, in the ship Grif- 

 fith from London. In 1677, he was a 

 taxable in Upland district, and on the 

 15th of December, 1679, he was ap- 

 pointed Surveyor of Upland County, 

 by Sir Edmund Andros. At the first 

 Court held under the Provincial Govern- 

 ment, his name occurs as a juror. 

 Though a Quaker, he did not take an 

 active part in meeting affairs, nor did 

 his residence long continue within our 

 limits. 



NonBERRT, Thomas, one of the very 

 earliest settlers of Newtown, was mar- 

 ried to Frances Hugh, widow, early in 

 1683. She was doubtlcs.- the widow of 

 Stephen Hugh of Springfieltl. who died 

 in February, 1684. He was a Friend, 

 but was not so fortunate in business as 

 was usual with members of that Society. 

 Their children were Jacob, Deborah, 

 Thomas, John, Philip, Mary, Hannah 

 and Sarah. 



NossiTER, Thomas, took up land and 

 settled in Ridley in 1678. Though not 

 a Quaker, he probably came to the 

 Delaware in one of the early emigrant 

 ships to West Jersey. He was a 

 juror at the second Court under the 

 Proprietary Government. 



Obern, Henry. As early as 1684, 

 Administrators were appointed by the 

 Chester Court, to administer the es- 

 tate of William Obern, who had then 

 recently died intestate. It is believed 



that the subject of this notice was a 

 son of William, and emigrated from 

 England witli liis father, being at that 

 time quite young. Henry resided in 

 Concord, was a member of Concord 

 Monthly Meeting of Friends, and in 

 1698, was married to Hannah Cook a 

 member of the same Meeting. He 

 appears to have been a man of energy 

 and influence, and in 1717 was a rep- 

 resentative from Chester County in the 

 Provincial Assembly. Their children 

 were .Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, William, 

 Hannah, Susanna and Ann. He was 

 living in 1735. 



Ogdex, David, came to this country 

 in company with the Proprietary on 

 board of the ship " Welcome" in 1682. 

 He was in membership with Friends, 

 and brought with him to Philadelphia, 

 where he first settled, a certificate from 

 London, dated the 26th of the 1 Ithiuo. 

 1681-2, and signed by several Friends 

 of that city. In 1685, he obtained a 

 certificate from the Meeting at Phila- 

 delphia, in relation to his clearness 

 from marriage engagements, when it is 

 probable he removed within the limits 

 of Delaware County. Early in 1086, 

 he married Martha, the daughter of 

 John Houlston, at which time he re- 

 sided in Chester township, but it is 

 supposed he went to reside on a tract 

 of land in Middletown township shortly 

 afterwards, where he continued to re- 

 side till the time of his decease in 1705. 

 His children were Jonathan, Martha, 

 Sarah, Xehemiah, Samuel, John, 

 Aaron, Hannah and Stephen ; the last 

 born after the death of his father. 



Orian, William, resided in or near 

 Marcus Hook as early as 1676, and 

 held the office of Constable. In 1680, 

 he had removed to Calken Hook, and 

 that year served as a juror under the old 

 Upland Court. His name is Swedish, 

 and as it suddenly disappears from all 

 records, may havesuff"ered a corruption 

 that renders its indentity with any 

 existing Swedish name doubtful. 



Ormes, Richard, there are strong 

 reasons for believing, came from Frods- 

 ham, in Cheshire, England, to Penn- 

 sylvania, and at first settled in the 

 embryo City of Philadelphia, where he 

 followed the business of shoemaking. 

 In 1686, he married Mary Tydder, an 



