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     Anne (Annie) Pim was born on 24 May 1841 at Caln Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ She married Prof. Edward Drinker Cope, son of Alfred Cope and Hannah Edge, on 15 August 1865 at Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^2,1,3

Anne (Annie) Pim died on 15 August 1865 at Caln Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 24.¹
      ; Annora's Family Tree on ancestry cites two sources on the Cope Family:
1) Eliza Cope Harrison, Philadelphia Merchant - The Diary of Thomas P. Cope 1800-1851 (Gateway Editions, Ltd., South Bend, Indianna, 1978)
2) Mark Jaffe, The Gilded Dinosaur (Crown Publishers, New York, 2000), Source Medium: Book The fossil war between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the rise of American science.¹

     Thomas Edge was born on 3 March 1818 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Bradford Monthly Meeting records, Chester Co., PA.^1,2

     Susan Edge was born on 11 December 1819 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Jane Edge was born on 1 April 1822 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
     Jane Edge was listed as a resident in Edith Pusey's household in the census report in 1840 at U. S. Census, London Grove Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Next to Isaac and Joshua Pusey.]
p. 270, line 6
     Name:     Edith Edge
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     London Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1826-30] Lydia E. b1830 or Frances b1826
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] Jane b1822
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Susan b1819 or Hannah b1814 or Ann b1811
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Edith b1787
     Free Colored Persons - Females - 36 thru 54:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     1
     Schools - Primary and Common Schools:     1
     Schools - No. of Scholars (Pri/Comm):     15
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     4
     Total Free Colored Persons:     1
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     5.²

     Jonas Edge was born on 21 January 1824 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Frances Edge was born on 16 September 1826 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Lydia E. Edge was born on 4 December 1830 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Thomas J. Edge was born on 13 August 1838 at Pennsylvania, USA.²
Thomas J. Edge died on 12 August 1915 at Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 76.²
      ; per Futhey and Cope (p. 528): "Thomas J. Edge, son of Joshua and Sarah Ann, while residing with his father on a farm in New Garden township, became interested in improved methods of agriculture, and was a contributor to agricultural journals. His labors in this field led to his being appointed secretary of the Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture, of which he has proved a very efficient officer."¹

     Mary Edge married Richard Pim.¹
Mary Edge was born on 19 December 1806 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
     She was a mentioned with George Edge and Sarah Hoopes between 1806 and 1825 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, East Caln (later Downingtown), Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Father:     George Edge
     Mother:     Sarah Edge
     Event Type:     Birth
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Hicksite, Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Records of the Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/B71 3.8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.²

     Jane P. Edge was born on 30 July 1809 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; aged 43 in 1860 census.^2,3
     She was a mentioned with George Edge and Sarah Hoopes between 1806 and 1825 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, East Caln (later Downingtown), Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Father:     George Edge
     Mother:     Sarah Edge
     Event Type:     Birth
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Hicksite, Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Records of the Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/B71 3.8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.³

Jane P. Edge appeared on the census of 26 July 1860 in the household of John G. Edge and Jane P. King at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; pp. 164-5, Lines 35-40, 1-3, Dwelling 299; Family 301
     35 EDGE, John G 45 [1815] M Farmer $31,500 $18.258 Chester Co PA
     36 " , Jane P 44 [1816] F MD
     37 " , George 13 [1847] M Chester Co PA
     38 " , Vincent 11 [1849] M Chester Co PA
     39 " , Benjamin 9 [1851] M Chester Co PA
     40 " , Lidia 5 [1855] F Chester Co PA
     1 " , Jane P 43 [1817] F $3,000 Chester Co PA
     2 STATES, Hannah 18 [1842] B Domestick Chester Co PA
     3 HOWARD, John 25 [1835] M B MD.²

     Budd Gray was born circa 1876 at Pennsylvania, USA; aged 5 in 1880 census.¹
     Budd Gray was listed as a resident in Miles D. Gray and Anna E. Wilson's household in the census report on 12 June 1880 at Tyrone Township, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
p. 274-D, Lines 39-45, Dwelling 175; Family186
     39 GRAY, Miles D. W M 52 [1828] Married Farmer PA PA PA
     40 " , Ann E. W F 45 [1835] Wife Married Keeping house PA PA PA
     41 " , Charles W. W M 22 [1858] Son Single Farm Laborer PA PA PA
     42 " , Harvey M. W M 18 [1862] Son Single Farm Laborer attended school PA PA PA
     43 " , Anna M. W F 15 [1865] Daughter Single At home attended school PA PA PA
     44 " , Bertha M. W F 13 [1867] Daughter Single At home attended school PA PA PA
     43 " , Budd W M 5 [1875] Son Single attended school PA PA PA.²

     Joseph Edge was born on 15 May 1814 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
     He was a mentioned with George Edge and Sarah Hoopes between 1806 and 1825 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, East Caln (later Downingtown), Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Father:     George Edge
     Mother:     Sarah Edge
     Event Type:     Birth
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Hicksite, Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Records of the Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/B71 3.8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.²

     Benjamin Edge was born on 30 March 1817 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
     He was a mentioned with George Edge and Sarah Hoopes between 1806 and 1825 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, East Caln (later Downingtown), Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Father:     George Edge
     Mother:     Sarah Edge
     Event Type:     Birth
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Hicksite, Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Records of the Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/B71 3.8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.²

     Sarah Ann Edge was born on 20 January 1819 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
     She was a mentioned with George Edge and Sarah Hoopes between 1806 and 1825 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, East Caln (later Downingtown), Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Father:     George Edge
     Mother:     Sarah Edge
     Event Type:     Birth
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Hicksite, Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Records of the Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/B71 3.8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.²

     Lydia P. Edge was born on 27 November 1820 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
     She was a mentioned with George Edge and Sarah Hoopes between 1806 and 1825 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, East Caln (later Downingtown), Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Father:     George Edge
     Mother:     Sarah Edge
     Event Type:     Birth
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Hicksite, Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Records of the Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/B71 3.8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.²

     Priscilla Edge was born on 17 July 1825 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
     She was a mentioned with George Edge and Sarah Hoopes between 1806 and 1825 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, East Caln (later Downingtown), Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Father:     George Edge
     Mother:     Sarah Edge
     Event Type:     Birth
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Hicksite, Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Records of the Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/B71 3.8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.²

     Elizabeth Edge was born on 28 October 1813 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Fanny Edge was born on 11 October 1815 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Ruthanna Edge was born on 25 October 1817 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2 She married Nathan J. Sharpless, son of Joshua B. Sharpless and Sophia Clemson, on 23 February 1848 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2

Ruthanna Edge died on 13 October 1899 at West Grove Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 81.²
Ruthanna Edge was buried after 13 October 1899 at Downingtown Friends Burial Ground, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
     Ruthanna Edge and Nathan J. Sharpless lived in 1881 at Penn Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Nathan J. Sharpless was born on 28 July 1823 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.² He married Ruthanna Edge, daughter of John Edge and Ruth Wilkinson, on 23 February 1848 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2

Nathan J. Sharpless died on 30 May 1893 at West Grove Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 69.²
Nathan J. Sharpless was buried after 30 May 1893 at Downingtown Friends Burial Ground, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
     Nathan J. Sharpless and Ruthanna Edge lived in 1881 at Penn Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     William Edge was born on 4 September 1819 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
      ; per Futhey and Cope (p. 528): "for some time president of the Downingtown Bank, now a member of the Stock Board in Philadelphia, with residence at Downingtown."¹

     Dr. John P Edge MD was born on 22 June 1822 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
      ; per Futhey and Cope (pp. 528-529): "Dr. John P. Edge was born in the old "Ship" tavern-house, [p. 529] in East Caln, now Caln township, June 22, 1822, and was a farm-boy until eighteen years of age, and attended the neighborhood schools, except three years which were spent at Westtown Friends' Boarding-School. He then taught private and public schools, read medicine, and graduated M.D. at Jefferson Medical College in 1846, and entered upon the practice of his profession in Downingtown, which he pursued with success for thirty years.

He was a member of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania from Chester County during the sessions of 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1878. His nomination was entirely spontaneous and unsolicited, and was an instance in which the office sought the man, and not the man the office. He served as chairman of the committee on Geologic Survey, and was also a member of the committees on Education, Agriculture, and Constitutional Reform. He originated and had passed the bill establishing the Board of Agriculture, which promises more of benefit to the farming interests than all else that has been done in that direction in this State. G.H. Morgan, in his "Legislative Sketch-Book," in speaking of Dr. Edge, says, "That his interest is especially centred in three questions that relate to the moral, industrial, and sanitary welfare of the masses was shown in the active part he took at the last session (1875) in his efforts to secure more enlarged accommodation for the poor of the State, and especially for the separate treatment of insane criminals, and by the fact that he presented more petitions, etc., to the House from the farming interest, and on questions of moral reform, than any other member."

He has been a member of the Chester County Medical Society from its revival, and has frequently represented it in the State and National Associations, and always endeavored to maintain the honor of the profession.

At the organization of the Board of Agriculture, in January, 1877, he was nominated by Governor Hartranft as a member for the State at large, and was, against his expressed wish, reappointed by Governor Hoyt.

On July 4, 1876, he made an address to the people of Downingtown, giving the history of the town and surrounding neighborhood, which is replete with interesting and instructive information."¹

     Ruth Rowland married William Miller, son of Gayen Miller and Margaret Henderson, on 30 July 1724 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^2,1

     Jane Kirk married Joseph Miller, son of Gayen Miller and Margaret Henderson, on 18 February 1738.^2,1

     In Gayen Miller's will dated 31 March 1742 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Jane Kirk was named as an heir; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
     Name:     Gayen Miller
     Probate Date:     31 Mar 1742
     Probate Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1742
     Inferred Death Place:     Pennsylvania, USA
     Item Description:     Estate Papers, 753-884, 1700-1810
     Table of Contents     1 images
     Will Papers     1
     Source Citation: Estate Papers, 1713-1810; Author: Chester County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Pennsylvania County, District and Probate Courts.

Transcribed by G A Vaut 1 Aug. 2018: [NB "???" indicates illegible word or words.]
     "To all people to whom these presents may come (be it known) that I Gayen Miller of ye Township of Kennett in ye County of Chester Province of Pennsylvania (Yeoman) having under my consider ye uncertainty of time here on Earth & ye ??? course unto which all mankind is subject which is mortality and for ??? trouble have made this my Las Will & Testament which is in manner & form as Followeth:
     "Item - I do Request my spirit unto ye Lord my Creator that gave it and to his son Jesus Christ my Redeemer and do order that my body be decently buryed, and also that my just debts & funeral expenses be first paid & discharged by my Executors herein after mentioned.
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my son William five pounds lawfull money of ye Province affords together with my riding Horse saddle and bridle.
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my four sons (viz) Robert, Patrick, Samuel and Benjamin Five pounds a piece of lawfull money as afforsd.
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my two daughters, Sarah, ye wife of Joshua Johnson & Elizabeth ye wife of Joseph Dickinson five pounds apiece as affords.
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my son Jameses four children (viz) Sarah, Deborah, James & Jesse ten shillings apiece.
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary's three children (viz) Saml, James & Mary ten shillings apiece
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin affords part of a tract of land which I purchased of James Logan lying by Peckque Creek in Lancaster County which he is now in possession of to him and his heirs lawfully begotten with his body whether male or female forever.
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my son John ye remainder of that tract of land before mentioned containing by estimate two hundred acres (being more or less) to him & his heirs lawfully begotten with his body whether male or female forever; with five shillings lawfull money of Pennsylvania.
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my son Joseph's widow Jane Miller and her two children (viz) Samuel & Rebekkah, six pounds current money as affords to be divided equally among them share & share alike.
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my son George one half of my Plantation whereon I now dwell together with one half of my dwelling house out houses ploughs cash(?) cart geers handycraft tools belonging to ye said plantation and two working horses the clock & ??? he is to have without valuation or praisment at my decease. An my farther will is that my son George affords shall at ye death of my wife have ye other of my Plantation affords together with ye other half of ye above mentioned particulars to him and his heirs lawfully begotten with his body forever.
     "Item - I give and bequeath to my Dear & Loving wife Margret all my lands houses goods chattels ready money plate bills bonds notes & debts of any and what kindsoever due and owing whereof I now am or at ye time of my death may be possessed of several lands legacys & things herein before mentioned & appointed to my Children & Grandchildren only excepted.
     "Lastly I nominate constitute and ??? wife Margret my loving son William and my cousin James Miller to be ye excrs of this my will desiring that they may see it rightly & truly performed and I do hereby utterly renounce & make void all other and former wills by me made heretofore & do declare this to be my last will & testament.
     "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this thirty first day of third month anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & forty to 1742.
     "Signed sealed published & declared by ye sd Gayen Miller to be his last will & testament in the presence of us:
     "Rachel Miller, George Miller, David (his mark) Bradford ???"^3,4

     Martha Walter married Benjamin Miller, son of Gayen Miller and Margaret Henderson, on 7 October 1738 at Sadsbury Monthly Meeting, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^2,1

     Margaret Smith married John Miller, son of Gayen Miller and Margaret Henderson, on 28 August 1741.^2,1

     Rachel II Miller was born on 29 April 1746 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.² She married Joseph Johnson, son of Joshua Johnson and Elizabeth (?), on 3 November 1773 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²