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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



orphan girl who had emigrated from 

 Dolgelly, in Merionethshire, Wales, 

 and resided with her friends in Radnor. 

 Some time after their marriage, the 

 family removed to Radnor, where 

 Richard became an influential member 

 of the Society of Friends. He was a 

 recommended minister, and in 1701, 

 made a religious visit to Maryland. 

 Their children, so for as is known, 

 were Catharine, Mary and Elizabeth. 

 He again removed to Philadelphia, but 

 in 1728, when advanced in years, he 

 returned again to Radnor, where he pro- 

 bably ended his days lie appears to 

 have undergone some suffering on ac- 

 count of religion in his native country. 



OxLEY, WiLLLAM, arrived at Burling- 

 ton, N. J., in 1677, in company with 

 about seventy Jersey settlers, on board 

 of the ship Willing Mud, from London ; 

 was settled in Chester the next year ; 

 was a juror at the first Court under 

 Peun's Government, and served as 

 Supervisor of the Highways, " between 

 Upland Creek and Amersland," before 

 the first arrival of the Proprietary. 



Smith, in his History of Pennsylvania, 

 says that a noted Quaker preacher of 

 Barbadoes, named John Oxley, who 

 died in Philadelphia in 1743, aged 

 forty, was born at Chester, and was 

 the first "raised from among the pos- 

 terity of the settlers of the provinces, 

 to bear a public testimony." He was 

 undoubtedly the son of William Oxley. 

 William died in membership with 

 Friends in 1717, and his wife Ann in 

 1723, both at Philadelphia. 



Painter, George, was one of the 

 earliest settlers in Haverford township, 

 was a Friend, and took an active part 

 in meeting affairs. As early as the 9th 

 of the 8th mo. (October) 1G84, he was 

 appointed by the meeting in conjunction 

 with William Howell, " to view and set 

 out a burial place at Haverford." The 

 place selected is the old part of the 

 present graveyard attached to Haver- 

 ford .Meeting. He died in 1087, leaving 

 his wife Eleanor and two young chil- 

 dren, Daniel and Deborah to survive 

 him, the former being the first child 

 of European parentage, born in Haver- 

 ford. Eleanor and her son Daniel both 

 died in 1G89. 



Papegoya, Joh.\, brought a recom- 



mendation from the Queen of Sweden 

 and her council, to Governor Printz, in 

 1643, and soon afterwards married his 

 energetic daughter, Armgard, at Tini- 

 cum. Upon the return of the Governor 

 in 1648, to his native country, Pape- 

 goya remained in charge of the Colony, 

 as Deputy Governor for about two 

 years. He subsequently returned to 

 Sweden, and is lost sight of, while his 

 wife continued here many years after- 

 wards. 



Parke, Nathaniel, was one of the 

 early English Quaker settlers of Chi- 

 chester. In 1688, he married Elizabeth 

 Cook of Darby. 



Parker, Richard, with his wife Jane 

 and two children, Jane and Richard. 

 settled in Darby township west of 

 Darby Creek, in 1684. They were 

 from Upper Bolton in the County of 

 Nottingham, England, but brought 

 their certificate from the Friends' Meet- 

 ing of Willowby, in the adjoining 

 County of Lincoln, of which they had 

 been members. His daughter Jane, 

 was the wife of William Smith, who 

 also settled in Darby, and his son 

 Richard, was married to Susanna Tuni- 

 cliffe of Chester Meeting, in 1696. The 

 elder Richard, died in 1728, and his 

 wife Jane, in 1695. A nephew, John 

 Parker, probably accompanied Richard 

 to this country, and also resided at 

 Darby. He was a carpenter by trade, 

 and accumulated a considerable estate. 

 He died in 1716, probably unmarried. 



Pearce, George, " of the parish of 

 Winscom, in the County of Somerset, 

 (England,) and Ann Gainer of Thorn- 

 burtj, in the County of Gloucester, were 

 married the 1st day of 12 mo. commonly 

 called February, 1679." George with 

 his wife and three young children, 

 emigrated from Bristol, the seaport 

 nearest his residence in 1684, and the 

 same year had a tract of 490 acres of 

 land surveyed to him in what is now 

 Thorubury township. Thornhury being 

 the name of a district of country from 

 which he obtained his wife, and a 

 desire on his part to keep up the old 

 associations most dear to him, proba- 

 bly suggested the name of the town- 

 ship. He arrived at Philadelphia prior 

 to the 4th of the 9th mo. 1684, upon 

 which day he presented two certifi- 



