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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Prixtz, Jeuffro Armgard, the 

 daughter of Governor Printz, accom- 

 panied her father to America, resided 

 with him on Tinicum Ishxnd, and there 

 became the wife of John Papegoya in 

 1644. Though sometimes called by the 

 name of her husband, she was best 

 known by her maiden name. All that 

 is known in respect to this energetic 

 lady, has been very fully detailed in 

 the narrative, and will not be repeated 

 here. She resided at " Printz-dorp" 

 up to nearly the time it was occupied 

 by Robert Wade, when she probably 

 returned to her native country. It is 

 not known that she had any children, 

 and this fact renders her long continued 

 solitary residence on the Delaware the 

 more remarkable. 



Pritchet, Edward, from Almel, in 

 the County of Hereford, England, 

 " Glover," settled in Ridley township, 

 prior to 1684. He was in membership 

 with Friends, but took no great interest 

 in the affairs of the Society. In 1705, 

 his son Philip intermarried with Sarah, 

 daughter of \Yilliam Smith of Darby, 

 and the same year. William the son of 

 John Smith of Darby, intermarried with 

 his daughter Elizabeth. He was living 

 in 1699. 



Prythereth, or Protherah Evan, 

 migrated from Narbeth in Pembroke- 

 shire, Wales, where he had suffered as 

 a Quaker by fine and imprisonment. 

 He was one of the early Welsh settlers 

 of Radnor township. He had daugh- 

 ters, but no sons. The name soon dis- 

 appears from our record. 



Pdgu, Ellis, with his wife Sina, 

 came from Brilhdu near Dolgelly, 

 Merionethshire, Wales, and at first set- 

 tled in Radnor in 168G, but it is uncer- 

 tain whether he ever owned any land 

 in that township. He was an emi- 

 nent Quaker preacher in " the ancient 

 British tongue," [Welsh.] In the 

 language of his certificate he was, " an 

 honest, innocent, self denying man y' 

 aims more at eternity than temporary 

 and worldly perishing things." In 

 170C-7, he paid a religious visit to his 

 native country. How long he resided 

 in Radnor is not known, but it is cer- 

 tain he had fi.xed his residence within 

 the verge of Gwyncdd Monthly Meeting 

 many years before his death. He was 



born in 1656, his father having died 

 before he was born, and his mother 

 three days afterwards. He died in 

 1718, aged sixty-two years, leaving 

 several children. 



His death was preceded by a pro- 

 tracted illness, during which time he 

 wrote a work in Welsh entitled. " A 

 Salutation to the Britains, to call them 

 from the many things, to the one thing 

 needful &c.," which was published in 

 that language by Haverford and Gwy- 

 nedd Meetings, after his death. This 

 work was subsequently published in 

 English, translated by Rowland Ellis, 

 and revised by David Lloyd. 



Pdgh, William, with his wife Cath- 

 arine and daughter Ann, came from 

 Tyddyn y garreg, in Wales, and settled 

 within the verge of Haverford Monthly 

 Meeting of which he was a member. 

 He died in 17 08, and as he only names 

 collaterals in his will, it is supposed 

 his wife and daughter had died before 

 him. 



PusEY, John, a resident of London, 

 and by occupation a dyer, located a 

 large tract of land in Middletown, but 

 I am not certain that he came to this 

 country. He was a relative of Caleb 

 Pusey, and it is probable that his 

 family migrated to this country and 

 settled in Marlborough. 



Pusey, Caleb, with his wife, Ann, 

 and daughter of the same name, emi- 

 grated in 1682. By trade he was a 

 lastmaker. Perhaps no one among the 

 early immigrants to Pennsylvania was 

 better qualified to contend with the 

 difficulties incident to the first settle- 

 ment of a new country than Caleb 

 Pusey. His place of residence within 

 the limits of this County was at " the 

 Chester Mills." In the establishment of 

 these mills, and in the conducting of 

 them many years afterwards, he was the 

 active partner and master spirit. It re- 

 quired more than ordinary energy to 

 contend with the repeated misfortunes 

 attendant on the first erection of this 

 early improvement. Mill after mill was 

 swept away by the fiood, but the in- 

 domitable energy of Pusey was not 

 overcome, and at length his efforts were 

 crowned with success. But his whole 

 time was i^ot occupied with his pri- 

 vate concerns. Much was devoted to 



