Saturday, November 29, 2014

Wharton, Samuel - 1781

1781, 17 February
Seventh day, Samuel Wharton returned to his Family after upwards of 12 years absence.  He lost his eldest son Joseph on ye passage, by a melancholy accident.  Josey Wharton's Pistol, 'tis said, went off by accident, and shot him through ye Head, of which wound he immediately expired.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 596 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

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