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     Joseph R. Downing was born in September 1890 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Aged 9 in 1900 census; aged 18 in 1910 census.^1,2
     Joseph R. Downing was listed as a resident in Edward Downing and Elizabeth D. Cornog's household in the census report on 14 June 1900 at U. S. Census, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [The elderly single woman in this household, Elizabeth Meredith, seems to be Edward's 2nd cousin, Elizabeth Downing Meredith.]
p. 9-B, lines 66-72, dwelling 190, family 192
     66 DOWNING, Edward Head W M Oct 1844 55 Married 16yrs PA PA PA Machinist
     67 " , Elezibeth C Wife W F Jan 1847 53 Married 16yrs 3-children-born 3-children-living PA PA PA
     68 " , Sarah S Daughter W F Sept 1884 15 single PA PA PA
     69 " , Charles Son W M Jan 1886 14 Single PA PA PA
     70 " , Joseph R Son W M Sept 1890 9 Single PA PA PA
     71 MEREDITH, Elezibeth Boarder W F Aug 1820 74 Single PA PA PA
     72 NELSON, Martha Servant Black F Mar 1879 21 Single PA PA PA Servant.²

Joseph R. Downing was listed as a resident in Edward Downing's household in the census report on 22 April 1910 at U. S. Census, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 5-A, lines 19-21, dwelling 26, family 29
     19 DOWNING, Edward Head M W 66 [1844] Widowed PA PA PA Macinist Machine Shop
     20 " , Joseph R. Son M W 18 [1892] Single PA PA PA Electrician Electrical Works
     21 LEWIS, Elizabeth Housekeeping F W 56 [1854] Single PA DL PA Housekeeper Private House.¹

     Sarah S. Downing was born in September 1884 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Aged 15 in 1900 census.¹
Sarah S. Downing died before 1 January 1902.²
Sarah S. Downing was buried on 1 January 1902 at Downingtown Friends Burial Ground, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
     Sarah S. Downing was listed as a resident in Edward Downing and Elizabeth D. Cornog's household in the census report on 14 June 1900 at U. S. Census, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [The elderly single woman in this household, Elizabeth Meredith, seems to be Edward's 2nd cousin, Elizabeth Downing Meredith.]
p. 9-B, lines 66-72, dwelling 190, family 192
     66 DOWNING, Edward Head W M Oct 1844 55 Married 16yrs PA PA PA Machinist
     67 " , Elezibeth C Wife W F Jan 1847 53 Married 16yrs 3-children-born 3-children-living PA PA PA
     68 " , Sarah S Daughter W F Sept 1884 15 single PA PA PA
     69 " , Charles Son W M Jan 1886 14 Single PA PA PA
     70 " , Joseph R Son W M Sept 1890 9 Single PA PA PA
     71 MEREDITH, Elezibeth Boarder W F Aug 1820 74 Single PA PA PA
     72 NELSON, Martha Servant Black F Mar 1879 21 Single PA PA PA Servant.¹

     Charles Downing was born in January 1886 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Aged 14 in 1900 census.¹
     Charles Downing was listed as a resident in Edward Downing and Elizabeth D. Cornog's household in the census report on 14 June 1900 at U. S. Census, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [The elderly single woman in this household, Elizabeth Meredith, seems to be Edward's 2nd cousin, Elizabeth Downing Meredith.]
p. 9-B, lines 66-72, dwelling 190, family 192
     66 DOWNING, Edward Head W M Oct 1844 55 Married 16yrs PA PA PA Machinist
     67 " , Elezibeth C Wife W F Jan 1847 53 Married 16yrs 3-children-born 3-children-living PA PA PA
     68 " , Sarah S Daughter W F Sept 1884 15 single PA PA PA
     69 " , Charles Son W M Jan 1886 14 Single PA PA PA
     70 " , Joseph R Son W M Sept 1890 9 Single PA PA PA
     71 MEREDITH, Elezibeth Boarder W F Aug 1820 74 Single PA PA PA
     72 NELSON, Martha Servant Black F Mar 1879 21 Single PA PA PA Servant.¹

      ; based on mention in Thomas's 1815 will.¹
In Thomas Downing's will dated 1815 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, John Downing was named as an heir; The abstract of wills for Chester County, PA, shows #6138 for Thomas Downing, of East Caln, Chester co., with provisions for what I believe is his family. Pending confirmation, data not entered, but the will is as follows:
Previues for wife SARAH. To my son JOHN one acre of land bounded on south 8 per by Turnpike road; being with what he has received his share of estate. To my 3 daus. ELIZABETH and HANNAH Downing and SARAH, wife of Jacob Lindley, rem. of personal est. To daus ELIZABETH and HANNAH all my land on west side of Forge road adj. Richard Downing and Brandywine Creek. To son ISRAEL rem of farm whereon I dwell; also saw-mill and yard. Exrs. Wife SARAH, sons JOHN & ISRAEL Downing (Letters to sons)) Wits. Samuel Baldwin, Hunt Downing.¹

     In Thomas Downing's will dated 1815 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Elizabeth Downing was named as an heir; The abstract of wills for Chester County, PA, shows #6138 for Thomas Downing, of East Caln, Chester co., with provisions for what I believe is his family. Pending confirmation, data not entered, but the will is as follows:
Previues for wife SARAH. To my son JOHN one acre of land bounded on south 8 per by Turnpike road; being with what he has received his share of estate. To my 3 daus. ELIZABETH and HANNAH Downing and SARAH, wife of Jacob Lindley, rem. of personal est. To daus ELIZABETH and HANNAH all my land on west side of Forge road adj. Richard Downing and Brandywine Creek. To son ISRAEL rem of farm whereon I dwell; also saw-mill and yard. Exrs. Wife SARAH, sons JOHN & ISRAEL Downing (Letters to sons)) Wits. Samuel Baldwin, Hunt Downing.¹

     Sarah Downing married Jacob Lindley.¹

      ; based on mention in Thomas's 1815 will.¹

Reference: Quake record listing parents and siblings
     Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Jacob Lindley
     Death Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Residence Place:     New Garden
     Father:     Jacob Lindley
     Event Type:     Death
     Monthly Meeting:     Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
     Historical Meeting Data:     Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:624
     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
In Thomas Downing's will dated 1815 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Sarah Downing was named as an heir; The abstract of wills for Chester County, PA, shows #6138 for Thomas Downing, of East Caln, Chester co., with provisions for what I believe is his family. Pending confirmation, data not entered, but the will is as follows:
Previues for wife SARAH. To my son JOHN one acre of land bounded on south 8 per by Turnpike road; being with what he has received his share of estate. To my 3 daus. ELIZABETH and HANNAH Downing and SARAH, wife of Jacob Lindley, rem. of personal est. To daus ELIZABETH and HANNAH all my land on west side of Forge road adj. Richard Downing and Brandywine Creek. To son ISRAEL rem of farm whereon I dwell; also saw-mill and yard. Exrs. Wife SARAH, sons JOHN & ISRAEL Downing (Letters to sons)) Wits. Samuel Baldwin, Hunt Downing.¹

     Jacob Lindley married Sarah Downing, daughter of Thomas Downing and Sarah Jacobs.¹

     Reference: Quake record listing parents and siblings
     Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Jacob Lindley
     Death Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Residence Place:     New Garden
     Father:     Jacob Lindley
     Event Type:     Death
     Monthly Meeting:     Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
     Historical Meeting Data:     Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:624
     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
Jacob Lindley is mentioned in the will of Thomas Downing in 1815 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; The abstract of wills for Chester County, PA, shows #6138 for Thomas Downing, of East Caln, Chester co., with provisions for what I believe is his family. Pending confirmation, data not entered, but the will is as follows:
Previues for wife SARAH. To my son JOHN one acre of land bounded on south 8 per by Turnpike road; being with what he has received his share of estate. To my 3 daus. ELIZABETH and HANNAH Downing and SARAH, wife of Jacob Lindley, rem. of personal est. To daus ELIZABETH and HANNAH all my land on west side of Forge road adj. Richard Downing and Brandywine Creek. To son ISRAEL rem of farm whereon I dwell; also saw-mill and yard. Exrs. Wife SARAH, sons JOHN & ISRAEL Downing (Letters to sons)) Wits. Samuel Baldwin, Hunt Downing.¹

     Elizabeth D. Lindley was born between 1825 and 1826 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; aged 24 in 1850 census; aged 35 in 1860 census.^3,4
     She was a mentioned with Jacob Lindley and Sarah Downing; Quake record listing parents and siblings
     Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Jacob Lindley
     Death Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Residence Place:     New Garden
     Father:     Jacob Lindley
     Event Type:     Death
     Monthly Meeting:     Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
     Historical Meeting Data:     Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:624
     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

; Ancestry.com family cites no sources.¹

Elizabeth D. Lindley was listed as a resident in Thomas D. Lindley's household in the census report on 26 August 1850 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [The Hannah and Israel DOWNING in this 1850 household are unknown to me. I have assumed that the "Hannah M. Lindley" listed is the wife of the head of household, but this is not certain. I also assume she is the dau. of the Hannah DOWNING listed because the two appear together in the 180 census (w/o Thomas D.) The other LINDLEY's may be spouses of Thomas D. Lindley or (in the case of Mary aged 4 mos) his dau.]
p. 254-A, lines 7-18, dwelling 343, family 348
     7 LINDLEY, Thomas D 37 [1813] M Farmer Chester Co PA
     8 DOWNING, Hannah 64 [1786] F Chester Co PA
     9 " , Israel 60 [1790] M None Chester Co PA
     10 LINDLEY, Hannah M 26 [1824] F Chester Co PA
     11 " , Elizabeth D. 24 [1826] F Chester Co PA
     12 " , Jacob 34 [1816] M Merchant Chester Co PA
     13 " , Catharine T 30 [1820] F MD
     14 " , Mary M 4/12 [Apr 1850] F Ohio
     15 JONES, Louisa 18 [1832] F Chester Co PA
     16 DEVONSHIRE, Sarah 13 [1837] F Perry Co PA attended school
     17 BROWN, Mary 8 [1842] F Chester Co PA attended school
     18 DENMAN, John 70 [1780] M Labor NY.³

     Jacob Lindley was born circa 1816 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; aged 30 in 1850 census.¹
     He was a mentioned with Jacob Lindley and Sarah Downing; Quake record listing parents and siblings
     Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Jacob Lindley
     Death Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Residence Place:     New Garden
     Father:     Jacob Lindley
     Event Type:     Death
     Monthly Meeting:     Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
     Historical Meeting Data:     Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:624
     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

Jacob Lindley was listed as a resident in Thomas D. Lindley's household in the census report on 26 August 1850 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [The Hannah and Israel DOWNING in this 1850 household are unknown to me. I have assumed that the "Hannah M. Lindley" listed is the wife of the head of household, but this is not certain. I also assume she is the dau. of the Hannah DOWNING listed because the two appear together in the 180 census (w/o Thomas D.) The other LINDLEY's may be spouses of Thomas D. Lindley or (in the case of Mary aged 4 mos) his dau.]
p. 254-A, lines 7-18, dwelling 343, family 348
     7 LINDLEY, Thomas D 37 [1813] M Farmer Chester Co PA
     8 DOWNING, Hannah 64 [1786] F Chester Co PA
     9 " , Israel 60 [1790] M None Chester Co PA
     10 LINDLEY, Hannah M 26 [1824] F Chester Co PA
     11 " , Elizabeth D. 24 [1826] F Chester Co PA
     12 " , Jacob 34 [1816] M Merchant Chester Co PA
     13 " , Catharine T 30 [1820] F MD
     14 " , Mary M 4/12 [Apr 1850] F Ohio
     15 JONES, Louisa 18 [1832] F Chester Co PA
     16 DEVONSHIRE, Sarah 13 [1837] F Perry Co PA attended school
     17 BROWN, Mary 8 [1842] F Chester Co PA attended school
     18 DENMAN, John 70 [1780] M Labor NY.³

     Clarissa W. Lindley was born on 15 April 1806 at Pennsylvania, USA.¹
      ; Ancestry.com family cites no sources.¹

     John D. Lindley was born circa 1821 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
     He was a mentioned with Jacob Lindley and Sarah Downing; Quake record listing parents and siblings
     Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Jacob Lindley
     Death Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Residence Place:     New Garden
     Father:     Jacob Lindley
     Event Type:     Death
     Monthly Meeting:     Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
     Historical Meeting Data:     Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:624
     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

; Ancestry.com family cites no sources.¹

     George Wilson was born in 1753.² He married Esther Brown in 1799.^3,2

George Wilson died in 1832.²
     He was a mentioned with Thomas Downing at Citation; from Linn [1883:313]: "The Society of Friends. - As early as 1795 journals of traveling Friends indicate there was quite a settlement of Friends in Half-Moon. The names of the Wilsons mare mentioned among others. As early as 1800 a house of worship was erected. The structure, a homely one composed of logs, stood upon the lot now occupied as the Friends' graveyard, and in that section of the country was the pioneer church edifice. Conspicuously prominent among the promoters of the church enterprise were George Wilson, Caleb Way, Isaac Moore, Thomas Moore, John Spencer, and Thomas Downing. Descendants of George Wilson and Caleb Way are still among the leading spirits of the organization which has enjoyed an uninterrupted and prosperous history since its foundation. There is in existence a "meeting book," which records the marriages performed among the Quakers of Half-Moon valley, and it bears date in the beginning of 1804. The first marriage recorded was that of Samuel Johnston, of Half-Moon, and Hannah Fisher, of Spring. The witnesses of the marriage were Robert Patton, John Erwin, Sr., Sarah Erwin, Ezekiel Kirk, Hannah Kirk, Esther Wilson, Joseph Green, Hannah Green, Esther Hiddings, Molly Green, Ann Iddings, Jane Pennington, Martha Pennington, William Dewees, Thomas Taylor, John Pennington, Thomas Dewees, Mary Green, Sarah Taylor, Magdalena Shirk, James Johnston, David Wall, John Iddings, William Fisher, Hannah Fisher, Elizabeth Kirk, Mary Erwin, Elizabeth fisher, Elizabeth Green, Martha Erwin, John Kirk, Jason Kirk, Thomas Kirk, Jr., Martha John, John Erwin, Jr.
     As a matter of interest it may be stated that other marriages recorded in the meeting book up to 1825 were those of Jason Kirk to Mary Spencer, David Wall to Elizabeth Fisher, Levi Pennington to Mary Bye, Levi Lambourne to Mary Ball, Isaac England to Dinah Moore, Thomas Kirk to Sarah Taylor, Abraham Moore to Susanna Taylor, William Fisher to Sarah Moore, Samuel Moore to Hannah Shivery, Jeremiah Moore to Susanna Shivery, Thomas Downing to Elizabeth Kirk, Thomas Wilson to Hannah Downing, Samuel Downing to Jane Wilson, Andrew Moore to Elizabeth Davis, Eli Wakefield to Elizabeth Way, Joseph David to Rebecca More, David Spencer to Rachel Spencer, Robert Way to Hannah Moore.
     The old log meeting-house that stood in the graveyard was erected, it is said, under most unfavorable conditions. The Friends prospered in their religious undertakings, however, despite their enemies, and in due season were left in peace. Their second house of worship was built in 1830, about a mile above the graveyard. In 1841 a larger church edifice was built upon the same lot, and the smaller building was then given over to school purposes for the use of Quaker children, a Quaker school having been maintained with more or less regularity since the Friends first came into the valley. The church in Half-Moon is attached to the Centre Monthly Meeting, which assembles alternately in Unionville and Half-Moon. The elders are Martha Way, Rebecca fisher, Ira Fisher, Joseph Eves, and Jeremiah Way. The overseers are Robert A. Way and Joseph Evers, and clerk Robert Underwood. The trustees at Half-Moon are Joseph Eves and Jeremiah Way."⁴ George Wilson was Quaker. per Linn [1883:312]: "Mr. Wilson's father, George Wilson, Mrs. Wilson's father, Thomas Downing, and Thomas Moore were the founders of Quakerism in Centre County, and this old couple were members of the Society for sixty years." with Hannah Downing and Thomas Wilson at Half Moon Township, Cumberland Co. (then), Pennsylvania, USA.¹ George Wilson was a mentioned with Thomas Wilson and Hannah Downing at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:312]: "Thomas and Hannah Wilson, two members of the Society of Friends, living in Half-Moon township, died on the 15th and 18th days of december, 1879, having reached the venerable ages of eighty-four and eighty-six, respectively. They had been husband and wife more than fifty years, and were the parents of eight children, seven of whom - six married daughters and one son verging upon old age - were present at the death-bed. Mr. Wilson's father, George Wilson, Mrs. Wilson's father, Thomas Downing, and Thomas Moore were the founders of Quakerism in Centre County, and this old couple were members of the society for sixty years.¹

Reference: from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead." at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.³

George Wilson lived before 1792 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.³

George Wilson lived in 1792 at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "A very important Quaker settlement was made at an early day in the lower end of Half-Moon townshp. The pioneer of the colony was George Wilson, of Chester county, who came to the valley in 1792 with his family and located upon the pieve of land that David Elder chose for his home in 1785 ..."
     "Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five childrenm, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane."³ He and Esther Brown were Quaker. Per Linn [1883:310]: He founded the Friends' Soceity in Half-Moon, and to that meeting his descendants yet giv e their faith."³ George Wilson mentioned with Thomas Downing in 1802 at Tax List, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁵

     Jane Wilson was born circa 14 November 1780; Basedon gravestone inscription "Died Aged 68y 10m 4d."³ She married Samuel Downing, son of Thomas Downing and Rebecca Starr, at Half Moon Friends Meeting, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁴

Jane Wilson died on 18 September 1849.³
Jane Wilson was buried after 18 September 1849 at Friends Cemetery, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave website: Thomas G Downing
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      Sep. 18, 1849
     Jane Wilson, dau. of George Wilson, married Samuel Downing (ca 1781-1865), a longtime resident of Half Moon Twp. They are mentioned in Linn [1183, p. 310] History of Centre & Clinton Counties: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although he had followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devoted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr... "
     Data provided by Gregory Vaut
     Inscription: Died Aged 68y 10m 4d
     Burial: Friends Cemetery, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Clancy Hassler
     Record added: Jun 20, 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial# 71684361.
     She was a mentioned with George Wilson and Esther Brown at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead."² George Wilson resided at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, in 1792; from Linn [1883:310]: "A very important Quaker settlement was made at an early day in the lower end of Half-Moon townshp. The pioneer of the colony was George Wilson, of Chester county, who came to the valley in 1792 with his family and located upon the pieve of land that David Elder chose for his home in 1785 ..."
     "Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five childrenm, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane."²

Jane Wilson and Samuel Downing appeared in the census of 1830 at U. S. Census, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Samuel's mother, Rebecca (Starr) died in 1819. The older woman in this list may be his mother-in-law.]
p. 165, line 3
     Name:     Samuel Downing
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Halfmoon, Centre, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     2 [1801-10] his brothers Thomas? b1803, Jacob? b1807
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800]
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1781-90] Samuel b1789
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     2 [1791-1800]
     Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     6
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     7.⁵

Jane Wilson and Samuel Downing appeared in the census of 1840 at U. S. Census, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 141, line 10
     Name:     Samuel Downing
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Half Moon, Centre, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     3
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     5.^6,7

     Elizabeth Kirk married Thomas Downing, son of Thomas Downing and Rebecca Starr, between 20 October 1820 and 10 December 1820 at Half Moon Friends Meeting, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Linn [1883:313] mentions an early Half Moon Meeting marriage between a Thomas Downing and an Elizabeth Kirk. However, Harlan [1914:I:157] says that this Thomas died unmarried. Centre Monthly Meeting (Quaker) Minutes also show an intention of marriage ca Oct 1820 declared by a Thomas Downing and an Elizabeth Kirk. The records of the marriage of Thomas and Elizabeth appear on the same pages as the records of the marriage between Hannah Downing and Thomas Wilson, the sister of Thomas Downing. This may be two different Thomas Downings, but I find no other Thomas Downing of the right age, etc. to have been the husband of Elizabeth Kirk. G Vaut
Quaker Record #1: Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Thomas Downing
     Marriage Date:     14 Oct 1820
     Residence Date:     14 Oct 1820
     Residence Date on Image:     14 Tenth 1820
     Residence Place:     Centre, Pennsylvania
     Spouse:     Elizabeth Kirk
     Event Type:     Marriage Intention (Marriage)
     Monthly Meeting:     Centre Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Hicksite
     Yearly Meeting:     Baltimore Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Centre
     Text:     "Thomas Downing and Elizabeth Kirk appeared here and declared their intentions of marriage with each other."
Quaker Record #2: Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Thomas Downing
     Marriage Date:     14 Oct 1820
     Residence Date:     14 Oct 1820
     Residence Date on Image:     14 Tenth 1820
     Residence Place:     Centre, Pennsylvania
     Spouse:     Elizabeth Kirk
     Event Type:     Marriage Intention (Marriage)
     Monthly Meeting:     Centre Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Separation/Hicksite
     Yearly Meeting:     Baltimore Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Centre
     Text:     "Thomas Downing and Elizabeth Kirk appeared here and declared their intentions of Marriage with each other. Jno spencer and Thomas Moore are appointed to inquire into his clearness of marriage engagements with othes and report to next meeting."
Quaker Record #3: Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Marriage Date:     14 Oct 1820
     Residence Date:     14 Oct 1820
     Residence Date on Image:     14 Tenth 1820
     Residence Place:     Centre, Pennsylvania
     Spouse:     Elizabeth Kirk
     Event Type:     Marriage Intention (Marriage)
     Monthly Meeting:     Centre Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Separation/Hicksite
     Yearly Meeting:     Baltimore Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Centre
     Text:     "The friends in Thomas Downings case report the marriage was accomplished orderly and they returned the certificate."
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1803-1842; Collection: Baltimore Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: RG2/B/C374 1.1
     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.
      North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
      Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
      Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3,4,5,6
      ; Several family trees on Ancestry.com show that Elizabeth was born Elizabeth GARRETSON in 1763, married several times (first a JOHNSON, then a KIRK) and then married Thomas DOWNING 1820. Thomas was only 17 when he married Elizabeth "KIRK" in 1820 and I find it unlikely that he would have married a 57 year old widow.^7,8

     Moses Starr was buried at London Grove Friends Meeting House, London Grove Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
Moses Starr died at London Grove Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He was born on 6 October 1728 at Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Harlan [1914:I:58] says "b. 10, 6,1760" which may be Old Style (i.e. 6 Dec.)¹ He married Sarah Harlan on 19 March 1760 at London Grove Friends Meeting, London Grove Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Robert Wilson was born in 1783 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2 He married Julia Elmer Maria Springate Penn Packer, daughter of Job E. Packer Sr. and Hannah Lamborn, in 1813 at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2

Robert Wilson died in 1856 at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2
     He was a mentioned with George Wilson and Esther Brown at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead."¹ George Wilson resided at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, in 1792; from Linn [1883:310]: "A very important Quaker settlement was made at an early day in the lower end of Half-Moon townshp. The pioneer of the colony was George Wilson, of Chester county, who came to the valley in 1792 with his family and located upon the pieve of land that David Elder chose for his home in 1785 ..."
     "Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five childrenm, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane."¹

     George Wilson was born at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Lydia Packer.¹

George Wilson died at Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
     He was a mentioned with George Wilson and Esther Brown at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead."¹ George Wilson resided at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, in 1792; from Linn [1883:310]: "A very important Quaker settlement was made at an early day in the lower end of Half-Moon townshp. The pioneer of the colony was George Wilson, of Chester county, who came to the valley in 1792 with his family and located upon the pieve of land that David Elder chose for his home in 1785 ..."
     "Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five childrenm, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane."¹

     Julia Elmer Maria Springate Penn Packer was born in 1794.² She married Robert Wilson, son of George Wilson and Esther Brown, in 1813 at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2

Julia Elmer Maria Springate Penn Packer died in 1870.²
     She was a mentioned with George Wilson and Esther Brown at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead."¹ Julia Elmer Maria Springate Penn Packer was also known as Gulielma Packer.²

     Job E. Packer Sr. married Hannah Lamborn in 1778.²

     Job E. Packer Sr. was a mentioned with George Wilson and Esther Brown at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead."¹

     Job Packer Jr. married Orpha Wilson, daughter of George Wilson and Esther Brown, at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
Job Packer Jr. was born in 1764.²
Job Packer Jr. died in 1853.²
     He was a mentioned with George Wilson and Esther Brown at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead."¹

     Orpha Wilson married Job Packer Jr., son of Job E. Packer Sr. and Hannah Lamborn, at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Orpha Wilson was a mentioned with George Wilson and Esther Brown at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead."¹ George Wilson resided at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, in 1792; from Linn [1883:310]: "A very important Quaker settlement was made at an early day in the lower end of Half-Moon townshp. The pioneer of the colony was George Wilson, of Chester county, who came to the valley in 1792 with his family and located upon the pieve of land that David Elder chose for his home in 1785 ..."
     "Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five childrenm, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane."¹

     Esther Wilson married Robert Elder, son of Abraham Elder and Susan (?).¹

     Esther Wilson was a mentioned with George Wilson and Esther Brown at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead."¹ George Wilson resided at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, in 1792; from Linn [1883:310]: "A very important Quaker settlement was made at an early day in the lower end of Half-Moon townshp. The pioneer of the colony was George Wilson, of Chester county, who came to the valley in 1792 with his family and located upon the pieve of land that David Elder chose for his home in 1785 ..."
     "Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five childrenm, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane."¹

     Robert Elder married Esther Wilson, daughter of George Wilson and Esther Brown.¹
Robert Elder was born in 1785; Linn [1883:309] says "...he came to Half-Moon valley, in 1785, he was but three weeks old..."²
Robert Elder died in 1874 at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Linn [1883:309] says aged 86 at death.²
     He was a mentioned with George Wilson and Esther Brown at Citation, Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:310]: "George Wilson bought a good deal of wild land, and for a start set out a crop of clover by hand. Although hehad followed the trade of a weaver in Chester county, he devolted himself exclusively in his new sphere to the business of farming. His wife was a Brown, of Chester County. Mr. Wilson brought with him to Centre County five children, named Robert, George, Esther, Orpha, and Jane. Orpha married Job Packer, Jr., Jane married Samuel Downing, and Esther married Robert Elder. Robert Wilson married one of the daughters of Job Packer, Sr., Her Christian names were many in number, as, to with: Julia Elmer Maria springate Penn, so that she signed herself after marriage Julia E. M. S. P. Packer Wilson. She died in 1871, aged seventy years. Robert, wo inhereited the homestead, died in 1856, aged seventy-five years. george married Lydia Packer, and died in Clearfield county. Thomas married Hannah downing and died in 1879 (on the farm adjoining John Wilson's), aged eighty-three years. He had eighter children of whom severn are living. George D. and Mary live on the homestead."¹

     Abraham Elder was born at Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He married Susan (?)¹
Abraham Elder was born circa 1754; Linn [1883:309] says aged 73 at death.¹
Abraham Elder died in July 1827 at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
Abraham Elder was buried after 7 May 1831 at Presbyterian Churchyard, Spruce Creek, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:309]: "Her remains were placed in a coffin with the body of her deceased husband, which was disinterred agreeably to a wish expressed before his decease, and conveyed to the Presbyterian churchyard on Spruce Creek."¹
      ; from Linn [1883:308-9].

Abraham Elder immigrated in 1784 to Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:308]: "Abraham Elder, the first settler [in Halm-Moon Twp] in the year 1784, migrated from Franklin County and located upon a tract o land now lying near the village of Stormstown, and owned by J. A. Hunder, who married one of Abraham elder's granddaughters."² He was a mentioned with Thomas Downing in January 1803; from Linn [1883:308]: "To January term, 1803, Michael T. Simpson brought the ejectments under what was known in the neighborhood as the London Land Company's claim against citizens of Half-Moon township. Among the defendants were Caleb Way, Jacob Taylor, John Thompson, Frederick Doughman, Abraham elder, Isaac Moore, Thomas Moore, Elijah Moore, John spencer, Thomas Kirk, Benjamin Fenton, Harmon Fagan, Thomas downing, Peter Gray, Sr., Peter Gray, Jr., John Gray, John Gearhart, David Runk, John Whitson, Hezekiah Bye, Naomi Way, George Williams, James Scott, Thomas Hicks, Jacob Hicks, William Kelly, John Richards, John Doughman, and Andrew Shivery. John Thompson died in 1806 and May 22d a verdict was found for the defendants and judgment for all the defendants was entered May 16, 1807. A final arrangement was made July 15, 1809, under which the settlers agreed to pay three dollars per acre for a release of the Simpson title."

     Susan (?) married Abraham Elder.¹
Susan (?) was born circa 1759; Linn [1883:309] says aged 72 at death.¹
Susan (?) died on 7 May 1831 at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:309]: "/...aged seventy-two."¹
Susan (?) was buried after 7 May 1831 at Presbyterian Churchyard, Spruce Creek, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Linn [1883:309]: "Her remains were placed in a coffin with the body of her deceased husband, which was disinterred agreeably to a wish expressed before his decease, and conveyed to the Presbyterian churchyard on Spruce Creek."¹
      ; from Linn [1883:309]: "Susan Elder, wife of Abraham..."¹

     James Elder died in 1854 at Half Moon Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Joel Baily married Betty Caldwell.

     Grace (?) married John Valentine, son of Jonathan Valentine and Lydia Baldwin.¹
Grace (?) was born in 1758.¹
Grace (?) died on 4 December 1825.¹
Grace (?) was buried after 4 December 1825 at Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      1758
     Death:      Dec. 4, 1825
     Aged 65 years.
     Family links: Spouse: John Valentine (____ - 1844)*
     Burial: Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Johnny
     Record added: Dec 03, 2012
     Find A Grave Memorial# 101655242.¹
     Grace (?) and John Valentine appeared in the census of 1790 at U. S. Census, West Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Same page as a Jonathan Valentine - col.2, line 20]
p. 23, column 1, line 23
     Name:     John Valentine
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     3
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females:     2
     Number of Household Members:     6.²

Grace (?) and John Valentine appeared in the census of 1800 at U. S. Census, West Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 758, line 12
     Name:     John Valentine
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-74] John b1756/61
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     3
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 Grace b1758
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     7
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     10.³

Grace (?) and John Valentine appeared in the census of 1810 at U. S. Census, West Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Next door to his brother Absalom.]
p. 135, line 11
          Name:     John Valentine
          Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1765] John b1761
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     3
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1766-84] Grace b1758
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     7.⁴

Grace (?) and John Valentine appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at U. S. Census, West Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [This John Valentine is next to a Thomas Gray and a Thomas S. Valentine. The Thomas Gray is perhaps the husband of Elizabeth Valentine. Thos S. Valentine may be John's Brother.]
p. 288, line 19
     Name:     John Valentine
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1775] John b 1761
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     3
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [bef 1775] Grace (?) b1758
     Foreigners not Naturalized:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     4
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     1
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     4
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     9.⁵

     Israel Valentine was born in 1786.¹
Israel Valentine died on 21 January 1870.¹
Israel Valentine was buried after 21 January 1870 at Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      1786
     Death:      Jan. 21, 1870
     Burial: Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Johnny
     Record added: Dec 02, 2012
     Find A Grave Memorial# 101597156.¹
      ; unidentified Israel Valentine found on Find A Grave.¹

Israel Valentine appeared in the census of 1830 at West Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Note: Next to a Thomas S. Valentine.]
p. 72, line 2
     Name:     Israel Valentine
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.²