1785, 18 June
On fourth day, ye 1st inst, Benjn Andrews, being employed to do some work about ye press of a Paper Mill, ye ketch unfortunately broke, and ye bar of it struck in his forehead with such violence that it fractured his skull, and he died ye second day following. [age 22 years.] Sometime this month, Jenny Clarke departed this life; she had been ill for upwards of 6 months. [Jane Clark, wife of Samuel, age about 50.]
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 600 and 601 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
You can visit the memorial page for Benjamin Andrews.
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