Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Jones, Absalom (Parson) - 1799

1799, 4 April
Jacob Turner and Sarah Needham [the Drinker servants] were, I expect, joined in the bonds of matrimony this evening by Parson Absalom Jones.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 618 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Smith, H. [Stevenson] - 1799

1799, 11 March
We are informed of the death of Owen Biddle [druggist, age 61], and Clifford Smith.  H. Smith, formerly Stevenson is left with three children.  She is a young widow.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 618 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.