Hutton Pictures

This is Charles Joseph Hutton in his Philadelphia Policemen Uniform.
This is Gertrude Hutton Brooks and her son, Tom
Mary Hutton Cervonka, Charles' sister and Regina's mother
Regina, the daughter of Mame or Mary Hutton Cervonka

Josephine Hutton -Perry Pictures

Grandma Josephine Hutton Perry at age 95, in 1945.
Oliver Hazzard Perry with his wife Mary Emma Parker standing in the doorway. Emma Hall is sitting on her Daddy's lap. Mary E. Perry the eldest daughter on the far right, Oliver Jr. behind her, and the little girl, with the basket, is Josie.

Emma Parker wife of Oliver H. Perry (1886-1957)

Oliver Hazzard Perrry (1883-1958)

Mary Emma Perry-Updegrave

(1906-(1998)

Oliver H. Perry Jr.

(1908-1971)

Josephine Winner Perry-Horn

(1910-2009)

Emma Hall Perry-Feix Emma Feix Daughter of Emma Hall Perry-Feix,

(1914-1988) our Cousin

Albion H. Perry

(1918-1965)

Vansandt Family Published History by Davis

Elizabeth Vansandt married Fulkert Vandegrift. He came to Bucks county as a baby with his Father Johannes.

THE VANSANT FAMILY THE VANSANT FAMILY. The VANSANTS of Bucks county are descendants of a common ancestor, Gerret Stoffelse VAN SANDT or VAN ZANDT,* (otherwise Garret VAN SANDT, son of Stoffel or Christopher), who emigrated from the Netherlands, probably from Zaandam in North Holland, or Zandberg in Drenthe, in or about the year 1651, and settled in New Utrecht, Long Island, on the records of which town he is frequently mentioned as GerretSTOFFELLSE. He was one of the fourteen patentees mentioned in the patent form Governor Thomas DONGAN, May 13, 1686, for the Commons of New Utrecht, "on behalf of themselves and their associates, the present freeholders and inhabitants of the said towne." His land was located at Yellow Hook, "under the jurisdiction of the town of New Utrecht." He was a magistrate of New Utrecht in 1681. By deed dated July 31, 1695, he conveyed his yellow Hook plantation to Derick Janse VAN ZUTPHEN, and removed to Bucks county, where Joseph GROWDON on 12 mo. 10, 1698-9, conveys to him 150 acres in Bensalem township, and on the same date conveys a like tract adjoining to his son Cornelius. It is probable that he was located for a time in New York, as he had two children baptized at the Dutch Reformed church there in 1674 and 1676, respectively. It is generally conceded that he was twice married, as the record of the baptisms above mentioned gives the name of his wife as Lysbeth GERRITZ, while the later baptisms at New Utrecht and Flatbush churches give it as Lysbeth CORNELIUS. It is, however, possible that in one instance her father's surname is used and in the other his first name as was common on the Dutch records. Cornelius GERRETS was a member of the Dutch church at New Utrecht. Garret VANSAND died intestate in Bensalem township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, prior to June 5, 1706, the date upon which his ten children make a conveyance of his land purchased as before stated in February, 1698-9. The record of baptism of seven of his ten children appears at the Dutch church of New Netherlands, and will be given in connection with a sketch of each child, taken in regular order of birth, later in this article. The names of the ten children were: 1. Stoffell; 2. Cornelius; 3. Josias; 4. Harman; 5. Albert; 6. Johannes; 7. Jacobus; 8. George; 9. Jesina; 10.Garret. (Harman was really the third child in order of birth, and Josias fourth). 1. STOFFEL VAN SANDT, eldest son of Garret, was born in the province of New York about the year 1670, and took the oath of allegiance at New Utrecht, Long Island, as a native of New Netherlands, in 1687. He probably removed to Bucks county at the same time as his father, in 1699. He was a member of the Bensalem Dutch Reformed church, with wife Rachel COURSON; having joined by certificate in 1710. He seems, however, to have become a member of Abington Presbyterian church at its organization in 1714, and was made one of its elders. He purchased of Henry PAULIN on May 23, 1706, 300 acres of land in Middletown, 200 acres of which he conveyed to his sons Garret and John, and died seized of the balance in 1749. He was a justice of Bucks county, 1715-18, 1723-27, and a member of colonial assembly, 1710, 1712, 1714, 1719. His children were: 1. Jannetje, baptized at Brooklyn, September 3, 1693, married November 3, 1711, William RENBERG. 2. Garret, baptized at Brooklyn, May 4, 1695, probably died young, as the son Garret, mentioned later, was certainly a younger man. (These children above were by Stoffel's first marriage with Annetje STOFFELS, who probably died prior to the removal to Bucks county.) The children of Stoffel by his second marriage with Rachel CORSON, daughter of Hendrick COURSON, were eight in number and as follows: 3. Joshua, Married February 20, 1728, Catharine JOHNSTON, and settled in Kent county, Maryland, on land conveyed to him by his father, October 28, 1728. 4. John, who married Rebecca COX, of Philadelphia, August 19, 1728, and settled in Middletown, on land conveyed to him by his father in 1738, and died there in 1750, leaving daughters Ann, Elizabeth, Catharine, Rebecca, and Mary and one son, John. 5. James, who was baptised at Abington as an adult September 16, , 1716, and had children, 1. Rebecca, 2. Flora, 3. John, 4. Jacobus, baptized there 1719-1733. 6. Garret, purchased land of his father in Middletown in 1742, died there in 1789, leaving large family of children; see forward. 7. Elizabeth, who married John ENOCH, in 1718, and left a large family. 8. Alice, or Alshe, married Samuel RUE, and left a number of children. 9. Rachel, married Lewis RUE, March 24, 1736, and left children. 10. Jesina, who never married. II. CORNELIUS VAN SANDT, son of Garret (1) was born in New York, probably about the year 1672. On 12 mo. 10, 1698-9, he purchased 150 acres of land adjoining his father in Bensalem township, Bucks county. On May 4, 1714, he conveyed this tract to Thomas STEVENSON. It was probably in exchange for land in Cecil county, Maryland, as on the same date STEVENSON conveyed to him 1,035 acres on the west side of Elk river, in New Munster township, Cecil county, Maryland. He was baptized at Pennypack Baptist church, September 14, 1712, and in 1714, with wife Dericka, was "dismissed to Welsh Tract" Baptist church in Pencader Hundred, New Castle county. This church was organized by a colony of Welsh Baptists at Milford Haven, when about to embark for America, in 1701. On arriving in America they located at Pennypack, where they remained until 1703, when they located in New Castle on land donated to them by James JAMES, and were ever after known as the "Welsh Tract Baptist Church." Cornelius VANSANT remained a member of this church , and was buried there May 1, 1734. His will, probated in Cecil county, mentions wife Mary and children Cornelius, Garret and Rebecca, all apparently minors. He evidently married a second time after his removal. III. Harman VAN SANDT, son of Garrett and Lysbeth GERRITZ, was baptized at the Dutch Reformed church of New York, June 10, 1674, and died in Bensalem township, Bucks county, in 1759. He purchased August 1, 1704, 250 acres of land in Bensalem of Thomas STEVENSON, and on April 26, 1712, 250 more. On May 26, 1713, he purchased 125 acres which had belonged to his brother Johannes, and devised it in his will to his daughter Catharine, wife of DanielSEVERNS. On May 20, 1741, he purchased 100 acres for his daughter Gazina, wife of Jacob TITUS. He also purchased in 1711 50 acres on Southampton, which he conveyed to his brother Jacobus. Harman VANSANT was three times married. His first wife, whom he married in New Utrecht, was Elizabeth BROUWERS. He married (second) in 1733 Jane JOUDON, and (third) on November 9, 1738, Judith EVANS, who survived him. She had been twice married before becoming the wife of Harman VANSANT, first to Cornelius MCCARTY, and second to John EVANS, both of Basalem township. The children of Harman VANSANT were as follows, all probably by Elizabeth, his first wife: 1. Garret, who died in 1755, leaving a widow Mary and four children - Harman, Peter, Elizabeth and Garret. Harman, who married Eleanor VANDEGRIFT, was the administrator of his father n 1755, and executor of the will of his grandfather in 1759. He was devised by the latter 125 acres of the land whereon his father had lived, and subsequently purchased considerable other land in Bensalem where he died in 1815. His children were:Jacob, baptized at Southampton church, July 7, 1754; Joseph; Mary VAN HORN; Eleanor, wife of Robert WOOD; Sarah COX; Ann PLEAMESS and Garret. Peter was devised 100 acres of land by his grandfather. Elizabeth and Garret were the ancestors of practically all the VANSANTS of Bensalem. 2. Gazina, who married Jacon TITUS and lived on land devised to her by her father. She died prior to April 30, 1772, leaving children; Elizabeth, who married Ephraim PHILLIPS, of Burlington, New Jersey; Olshe, who married JosephSEABORNE, of Warwick, Bucks county; Catharine, who married John BAKER, of Mr. Holly, New Jersey; Charity, wife of Samuel SUTTON, of Byberry, Jacob, Seruch and William, of Bensalem; and Sarah of Byberry. 3. ELIZABETH, who married May 6, 1719 VOLKERT VANDEGRIFT, and had nine children, and died before her father. See VANDEGRIFT Family. 4. Katharine, who married Daniel SEVERNS and lived on land in Bensalem devised to her by her father. 5. Harman, who married Alice CRAVEN, of Warminster, Bucks county, and died in 1735, leaving four children, mentioned in his fathers will in 1755, three of whom were James, Harman and William. James was born in 1731, and died in Northampton, January 31, 1798; he married August 23, 1756, Jane BENNETT, daughter of William and Charity BENNETT, and settled in Northampton in 1764; James and Jane were the parents of thirteen children; Harman, married AliceHOGELAND and settled in Warminster; Charity, wife of John CORSON, Esq.; William; Charles; Elizabeth; Eleanor, wife of John BROWN; Richard; Isaac; John; Alice; James; Aaron, and Mary. Harman, son of Harman and Alice (CRAVEN) VANSANT, married Catharine HOGELAND, and died in Warminster in 1823; was many years a justice; he left but one child, Elizabeth, wife of James Edams. William died in Warminster in 1805 IV. Josias Van Sandt, son of Garret and Lysbeth GERRITZ, was baptized at York, October 29, 1676, but as we find no further record of him he probably died in childhood. V. ALBERT VAN SANDT, son of Garret (1) was baptized at Flatbush, May 13 , 1681. He married November 8, 1704, Rebecca VANDEGRIFT, daughter of Leonard and Gertje (ELLSWORTH) VANDEGRIFT. He probably removed with the rest of the family to Bensalem, Bucks county, as he joined in the deed conveying his father's real estate, but in 1708-9, in connection with his brother-in-law, Jacob VANDEGRIFT, purchased 500 acres of land in St. George's Hundred, New Castle county. He seems also to have purchased land in Georgetown, Kent county, Maryland, which he conveyed to his brother George, May 14, 1737. In 1743 he and his wife Rebecca, of St. George’s Hundred, New Castle county, Delaware, joined in the deed for his father-in-law's real estate in Bensalem. After this date and prior to December 16, 1751, the date of his will, he married a second wife, Sarah, who is named executrix. His children were: Elizabeth, baptized October 3, 1705, married a JOUDON; Leonard, baptized November 5, 1707, probably died young, not mentioned in will; Harmanus; James; John; Garret; Christina, married a DUSHANE; Rebecca, married a MARTIN; and Ann, who married a BROWN. VI. JOHANNES (or John) VAN SANDT, born on Long Island, son of Garret (1), married at the First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, 12 mo. 17, 1702, Leah GROESBECK, probably daughter of Jacob GROESBECK, who accompanied the VANSANTS from Long Island to Bensalem and purchased land there. John VANSAND, as he signed his name, purchased August 1, 1704, 125 acres of land in Bensalem of Thomas STEVENSON, but reconveyed it toSTEVENSON, May 17, 1714, and the latter immediately conveyed it to Harmon VANSANDT before mentioned. On the same date STEVENSON conveyed to him 500 acrs of land on Elk River, Cecil county, Maryland. It is probable that his intention to move to Maryland was frustrated by his sickness and death. His will is dated October 30, 1714, and was proved the sixth of the following January. It devises to son John forty shillings, and to his wife Leah his personal estate and the use of his Maryland real estate, if not sold, during life for "the education and maintenance of herself and children." Believing that it will be necessary to sell his Maryland real estate, he empowers Stoffel VANSAND and Bartholomew JACOBS to sell it. If not sold, to be valued and divided between the two boys, they paying their sisters their equal shares. The only child mentioned was John. It is possible that the other of "the two boys" was Garret, who had a number of children baptized at St. Stephen's church, Cecil county, beginning with 1721. A daughter Rachel was baptized June 5, 1711. JACOBUS (or James) VAN SANDT, son of Garret (1), was baptized at Flatbush, Long Island, February 15, 1685, and removed with his father to Bensalem, Bucks county, in 1699. He married at the First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, on January 7, 1707-8. Rebecca VANDEGRIFT, daughter of Nicholas and Barentje (VERKERK) VANDEGRIFT, who had come to Bensalem from Long Island at the same date as the VANSANTS, (See VANDEGRIFTFamily). Jacobus and his wife joined the Bensalem church, Neshaminy branch, at its institution in 1710. On April 7, 1711, Benjamin HOPPER conveyed to Jacobus VANSAND, of Bensalem, yeoman, 100 acres of land in Southampton, and on January 1, 1712, his brother Harman VANSANDT and Elizabeth his wife conveyed to Jacobus fifty acres adjoining the 150 which had been purchased by Harman of Ezra BOWEN, June 13, 1711. He later purchased 144 acres of land of Cornelius EGMONT, which he devised to his son Nicholas. The will of Jacobus VANSANDT, of Southampton, is dated December 12, 1744, and was proven January 9, 1745. It devises to son Jacob the 150 acre farm on which he dwelt, reserving certain privileges to his wife Rebecca; the EGMONT farm to son Nicholas; mentions daughters Elizabeth and Rebecca as having received their shares, the latter being deceased; sons Jacobus, Garret and Isaiah, and grandson Charles INYARD, to have equal shares. The will names "kinsman John VANSAND" and friend Nathaniel BRITTIAN as executors, but they renouncing, as also did the widow, letters were granted to the sons James and Nicholas. The will is signed "J. V." His widow Rebecca survived him two years, leaving will dated November 18, 1746, and proved January 13, 1746-7, and mentions the same children, and grandson Charles INYARD. The children of Jacobus and Rebecca VANDEGRIFT VANSANDT were: Jacobus (or James) baptized December 1, 1708; married 10 mo. 1, 1732, Margaret BREECE, daughter of Hendrick and Hannah (FIELD) BREECE of Bensalem; see ancestry of Lewis R. BOND, in this volume. 2. Elizabeth, baptized May 21, 1710; married 4 mo. 1, 1732, Charles INYARD, of Warminster, and left one son, Charles INYARD. 3. Garret, married May 13, 1739, Ann GROOME of Southampton. 4. Nicholas, baptized January 1, 1711-12, married May 18, 1744, Mary BRITTIAN. 5. Rebecca baptized August 7, 1716, married Isaac LARUE. 6. Isaiah, married June 6, 1732, Charity (or Gertrude) VANHORN 7. Jacob. James, who married Margaret BREECE, was a mason, and in 1734 purchased of Gidean DE CAMP 100 acres in Warminster, which he sold in 1748. At about the same date he signed a release to his brothers-in-law, Hendrick, and JohnBREESE for legacy left his wife by her father, and probably accompanied his brother-in-law Hendrick BREESE to Harford county, Maryland. Garret, the second son, was a blacksmith in Southampton. His will dated 9 mo. 29, 1779, is on file in the register of wills' office of Bucks county, but does not appear to have been proven. It mentions wife Ann and the following children: William; Phebe, who married Miles STRICKLAND, December 24, 1760; Mary and RebeccaWALTON; Margaret FOSTER; daughter Elizabeth's three sons, Amos, Breece and Mahlon VANSANT; John; Ann Richardson; Ester VANSANT and James. Nicholas, the third son, married Mary BRITTIAN and had two children, Captain Nathaniel VANSANT, of the Revolution; and Rebecca, who married January 9, 1768, Daniel BOILEAU. Nicholas died about May 1, 1801, and his widow Mary in March, 1808. Isaiah, the fourth son, married Gertje (or Charity) VAN HORN, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth VAN HORN of Middletown.On March 18, 1736-7, he purchased at sheriff's sale 178 1/4 acres of land in Makefield township. In 1754 he purchased a small tract adjoining, and in 1768 purchased of John SCOTT 100 acres in Upper Makefield. His children were; Isaiah; Elizabeth, wife of Cornelius VANDEGRIFT; Rachel, wife of George MERRICK, married 4 mo. 12, 1769; Charity; Sarah, who married Christian VANHORN, June 14, 1764; Mary, who married Gabriel VANHORN, January 18, 1772; Joshua; Peter, who married Elizabeth WOLLARD April 8, 1778, and (second) Alethia CURTIS; Gabriel; and Cornelius, who married Mary LARZELERE,. The will of Isaiah VANSANT, is dated April 15, 1786, and was proved September 28, 1786. It devised to son Joshua the land bought of John SCOTT in Upper Makefield, and to Gabriel and Cornelius the home plantation, "reserving one-fourth of an acre for a graveyard, where I have began to bury, for myself and my relations;" mentions Elijah, eldest son of Isaiah, daughter Rachel's three children; daughter Charity's four children, and daughter Mary, and her daughter Charity; and daughter Elizabeth. Jacob, the youngest son of Jacobus and Rebecca VANSANT, inherited from his father the homestead in Southampton, and died there in 1812, devising ninety acres thereof to his daughter Elizabeth VANSANT. His other children were; Jane, who married Samuel DICKSON; and Margaret, who married Jacob ROADS. VIII. George VAN SANDT, son of Garret (1) was baptized at Flatbush, Long Island, April 24, 1687, and removed with the family to Bensalem, Bucks county in 1699. He married 12 mo. 17, 1706, Micah VANDEGRIFT. He joined his brother Jacobus in the Purchase of his father's Bensalem farm in 1706, and purchased his brother's interest on April 2, 1711. On May 17, 1714, he and wife Micah conveyed this 150 acres in Bensalem to Thomas STEVENSON, and removed to Cecil county, Maryland, where he purchased of Gideon PEARCE, February 20, 1721, a tract of land called "Forks and Revision," and in 1737 purchased of his brother Albert part of a tract called "Tolchester." On October 17, 1733, he and wife "Mary" convey to his son Nicholas, a tract called "Nicholas' Inheritance," and on same date, they convey to son George other lands. It 1745 they convey parts of "Tolchester" to sons Ephraim and Benjamin. From the will of George VANSANT proven March 22, 1755, we learn that his children were Nicholas, Cornelius, George, Benjamin, Ephraim, John; Elizabeth, wife of Peter COLE; Hester NEWCOMBE, Resultah SALISBURY, and Ann SMITH. X. Garret VAN SANDT, youngest son of Garret (1) was a minor when his father's real estate was conveyed in 1706. He settled in Wrightstown township, near Penn's Park, where he had a large plantation. He died in 1746, leaving a widow Claunchy, sons Garret and Cornelius, to whom he devised the plantation; and daughters Sarah SACKETT, Rachel DUNGAN and Rebeckah VANSANT, the latter a minor. Cornelius married Mary LEE, December 6, 1748, and died in March, 1789, without issue. His wife Mary died in August, 1808 Garret, eldest son of Garret and Claunchy, inherited one-half of the Wrightstown homestead, and died there in June, 1806. He married April 30, 1760, RebeccaEVANS, who survived him. She was possibly his second wife. Their children were Elizabeth ADDIS, Rebecca McCLELLAN, and Mary, wife of Joseph CARVER. Rebecca, daughter of Garret, Sr., married a BRITTAN, whose son Joseph and grandson Cornelius are mentioned in the will of Cornelius VAN SANT. Garret VANSANT of Middletown, son of Stophel, received by deed of gift from his father on October 21, 1742, 95 1/2 acres of land, part of 300 acres purchased by Stophel of Henry PAULIN in 1706, and on January 10, 1748,m purchased 214 acres in Middletown of Charles and Ann PLUMLY. On June 25, 1789, he conveys the last mentioned tract in about equal parts to his sons, Garret, Jr., and John, and on July 31, 1789, he conveyed to his son George the 95 1/2 acres conveyed to him by his father. No record appears of the name of his wife. A Garret VANSANT married Leah NIXON at Churchville, April 15, 1747, which was probably this Garret, although it may have been his cousin Garret, of Wrightstown. The will of Garret VANSANT is dated July 7, 1789, and was proven August 7, 1789,m only a week after the conveyance of his land. It mentions the children of his son Jacob, and their mother Mary VASTINE; daughters Rachel HARRISON, Keziah SWEETMAN, Vashti VANSANT and Sarah HISE; sons John, Garret and George, and grandson James VANSANT. Jacob, the eldest son, married Mary RICHARDSON, daughter of JosephRICHARDSON, and settled in Falls township, Bucks county, where he died in April, 1785, leaving children; Elizabeth, James, Catharine and Garret. His widow married Benjamin VASTINE prior to 1789. George VANSANT married SarahJOHNSTON, December 24, 1783. He sold the old homestead to Joshua WOOLSTON in 1794, and removed to Bristol township. John married Letitia LEAW and died in Middletown in 1812, leaving a son John, and daughters Ann LeahLOVETT and Amelia BOOZ. Garret VANSANT, Jr., remained on the homestead purchased of his father in 1789 until 1822, when he conveyed it to his sons James and John, and soon after removed to Newtown, where he died in 1842 at an advanced age. His wife Mary had died many years previously. The children of Garret and Mary VANSANT were John, James, Martha; Jane, wife of Isaac RANDALL; Rachel, wife of Eber RANDALL; and Mary, wife of JonathanHUNTER. James died in Middletown in 1833, leaving a widow Amy and two children, Elizabeth, born March 11, 1821 , and James born May 1, 1826. JAMES TITUS VANSANT, of Middletown township, son of John and Mary (HUNTER) VANSANT, and grandson of Garret and Mary VANSANT, last mentioned, was born in Middletown township May 23, 1837, where he was educated at the public schools, and has spent his whole life on the farm that has been the property of his direct ancestors since 1748, and part of it since 1704. On January 21, 1863, he married Lucy Ann CARMAN, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (BROWN) CARMAN, of Bensalem township, and granddaughter of Barzilla and Beulah CARMAN. Her maternal grandparents were Israel and Sarah (HELLINGS) BROWN, the latter being a daughter of Nathan and Rachel HELLINGS, of an old Middletown, Bucks county, family whose progenitor was Nicholas HELLINGS, an early settler in Northampton. Mr. and Mrs. VANSANT are the parents of eight children, viz.: Samuel Jennings, born August 15, 1865, died February 28, 1904; William Carman, born May 14, 1867; John Andrew, born August 11, 1869; Howard, born September 12, 1871; Clarence, born August 22, 1873; James Merton, born November 15, 1875. Joseph Winter, born January 10, 1879; Lucy Ann, born June 16, 1883, Samuel Jennings VANSANT married August, 1891, Martha A. TOMLINSON of Fox Chase, and they are the parents of three children - Roy, Arthur and Frederick. William Carman VANSANT married January 1, 1894, Melvina SEARCH, and they have four children - Charles Search, James Merton, Mary, and Edward. Mrs. Melvina SEARCH died in December, 1904. John Andrew VANSANT married April 13, 1900, Ella SICKLE, and had one child Esther Helen. Clarence VANSANT married, January 25, 1898, Clara WORTHINGTON, and their children are; Harriet, born October 21, 1898; and Samuel, born October 19, 1901. James M.VANSANT married, March 6, 1900 Ada K. HIBBS, and their children are; Albert Hunter, born December 31, 1900; and Clifford Randall, born July 31, 1903. Joseph Winder VANSANT married June 1, 1904, Matilda Prevost McARTHUR. Mr. VANSANT is one of the prominent and successful men of the county, and has held many positions of trust. He owns a large amount of real estate, in dwellings and farms and takes a lively interest in the affairs of the county. He and his family are members of the Methodist church. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Neshaminy Lodge, No. 422, I. O. O. F., of Hulmeville. HOWARD VANSANT, fourth son of James T. and Lucy Ann (CARMAN) VANSANT, was born in Middletown township, September 12, 1871, and received his elementary education at the public schools. He graduated from Pierce's Business College in 1891, and for one winter filled the position in that institution as teacher in the banking department. He then accepted the position of bookkeeper for Augustes BEITNEY, which he filled for six years, and then entered into the employ of Walton Bros., grain merchants of Philadelphia, as bookkeeper, and after a short time was promoted to the position of general superintendent, having general charge of their large warehouse. The firm has for many years done a large business, and is one of the largest dealers in that line in Philadelphia. In politics Mr. VANSANT is a Republican, and takes an active interest in the affairs of the town in which he lives. He has been for many years a member of the borough council, and is now filling the position of clerk of that body. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with Bristol Lodge No. 25, F. and A. M. He is also a member of Neshaminy Lodge, No. 422, I. O. O. F., of Hulmeville, of which he is a past grand. He married, November 12, 1895, Cora WILSON, daughter of Charles and Sarah (SNYDER) WILSON, of Trenton, New Jersey, and a granddaughter of Christopher and Sarah (SNYDER) WILSON. They are the parents of two children, Ella Praul, born February 23, 1900; and Elisha Praul, born March 9, 1904. ANCESTRY OF MARTIN V. B. and NATHANIEL VANSANT, of Southampton. Captain Nathaniel VANSANT, only son of Nicholas and Mary (BRITTIAN) VANSANT, of Southampton, was born on the old homestead in that township, March 13, 1745. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was a resident of Bensalem township having purchased a farm there in 1777. He was commissioned first lieutenant of the Associated company of that township. From the very beginning of the arming for the conflict with the mother country, theVANSANTS were foremost in offering their services for home defense and militia service. Garret and Peter were members of the Bensalem company; Garret, of Southampton, brother of Nicholas, and uncle to Captain Nathaniel, was second lieutenant of the Southampton company in 1775, and was second lieutenant of the Fifth Company of the First Battalion in the reorganization of 1777. Nicholas, father of Captain Nathaniel, and Jacob, his brother were both members of the Southampton company in 1775. In Middletown, George and John, sons of Garret and grandsons of Stophel, were members of the Associated company of that township. James, son of Harman and grandson of Harman, Sr., the only member of the family in Northampton, joined the Associated company there in 1775. Peter, of Lower Makefield, son of Isaiah and grandson of Jocobus, was captain of the company of that township, and his brother Cornelius was second lieutenant. The member of the family, however, who rendered pre-eminent service and suffered untold hardships in the defense of his country was Captain Nathaniel VANSANT, of Bensalem. He was commissioned a captain January 5, 1776, in Colonel Robert MAGAW's Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp, in which there was a large number of Bucks countians, who through the treachery of MAGAW's adjutant, were badly routed at Fort Washington, New York, on November 16, 1776, and 2,700 American soldiers ere taken prisoners, including MAGAW and almost his entire command. Captain VANSANT was captured with the rest, and for two years suffered the horrors of imprisonment in the floating hells in New York harbor and the loathsome warehouses in the city. Many of the letters written home to his wife while a prisoner are in the possession of the Bucks County Historical Society and of members of the family. The quaint chapeau worn by him in the service is also in possession of the Historical Society. Captain VANSANT married August 27, 1768, at the Dutch Reformed church of Southampton, Hannah VANSANDT. There seems to be some dispute about the maiden name of Hannah VANSANT; both the church records and that of the granting of the license by the civil authorities give it as VANZANDT, while his descendants claim that her name was BRITTIAN, the same as that of the Captain's mother. It seems to be conceded that she was his cousin, and it is probable that she was the daughter of his uncle, James VANSANDT, who married Margaret, daughter of Hendrick and Hannah (FIELD) BREECE. Hannah was born January 16, 1746, and died August 19, 1818. The children of Captain Nathaniel and Hannah VANSANT were as follows; Harman, who died of yellow fever in Philadelphia during the epidemic of that disease in the city, about the close of the century; and Nicholas, born February 25, 1771, died April 19, 1850. Nicholas, as only surviving child of Nathaniel and Hannah VANSANT, inherited the real estate of his father, who died August 8, 1825, intestate. He lived and died on the old homestead in Southampton, which remained in the family for six generations and until 1889, when it was sold, a period of at least one hundred and fifty years. Nicholas married Mary LARZELERE, daughter of Nicholas and Hannah (BRITTIAN) LARZELERE of Bensalem township. She was born September 8, 1772, and died October 27, 1863. The children of Nicholas and Mary (LARZELERE) VANSANT were: 1. Mary, born September 6, 1795, married Jacob VANSANT, and had two children, Franklin, who married a HOGELAND, and Angelina. 2. Nathaniel, born April 14, 1797, married Alice VANARTSDALEN; see forward. 3. Elizabeth, born February 24, 1799, married Silas RHOADS, and had one child, Mary Ann, who married William GOFORTH. 4. Benjamin, born February 14, 1803, died June, 1869; married (first) Sarah CAMPBELL, born March 7, 1810, died March 10, 1853; and (second) Jane LUKENS. The children of the first marriage were: Lendrum L., born October 4, 1832; Elizabeth R., who married J. Paul KNIGHT; Harriet P., who married George SHOEMAKER; and Charles R., who married Carrie SAURMAN. The only child of the second marriage was Dr. Benjamin VANSANT. 5. Nicholas L., born September 7, 1807; married Margaret VANDEGRIFT, and had two children, Mahlon and Mary Ann. The children of Nathaniel and Alice (VANDERGRIFT) VANSANT, were: 1. Mary Amanda, born March 26 , 1824, married Anderson LEEDOM, and had three children; Thomas, deceased; Alice, wife of John TOMLINSON; and Nathaniel, who married Martha COMLY. 2. Casper R., born April 3, 1826, died June 26, 1881, married Ellen FIELD, and had two children: Nathaniel, born October 12, 1859; see forward; and Levi, who married Ida SICKLE. 3. Nicholas B., born January 28, 1828, went to California, where he probably died. 4. Hiram R., born January 12, 1831, died September 19, 1888. 5. Jacob 2., born March 7, 1833; married Esther BUCKMAN, and had five children; Alice, who married William BRADFIELD; Watson, who married a VANREIF; Howard, who married Lydia STOUT; Leonard, who married SarahYERKES; and Mary who married Horace BLAKER. 6. Howard S., born February 13, 1835; married Elizabeth FETTER. he died July 9, 1866. 7. MARTIN VAN BUREN VANSANT, born on the old homestead in Southampton, February 4, 1839. He was reared on the old homestead and educated at the public schools. He learned the trade of a miller, and was engaged in the milling business at Churchville for a number of years. At his father's death in 1883 he purchased the old homestead in Southampton, and subsequently sold it to Dr. Benjamin BAER, of Philadelphia. Mr. VANSANT was never married. In politics he is a Democrat. He never held other than local offices, having filled that of assessor, which office, by the way, was held by his great-great-grandfather under Colonial authority, the original commission being in possession of the Bucks County Historical Society. NATHANIEL VANSANT, son of Casper (4) and Ellen (FIELD) VANSANT, was born at Somerton, Philadelphia county, October 12, 1859, but was reared in Southampton township, Bucks county, and educated at the local schools. His father purchased a farm in Southampton in 1870, which he conveyed to Nathaniel in 1888, and he has always followed the life of a farmer. In politics he is a Democrat. He has filled the office of school director for several years. He was married in September, 1888, to Wilhelmina DEPEW, and they are the parents of two children; Blanche, born March 10, 1890; and Viola E., born October 8, 1892. _______________________ * For much of the information contained in this sketch, more especially that pertaining to the early generations of the family, we are indebted to R. Winder Johnson of Philadelphia, who has made extensive researches covering nearly twenty-five years pertaining to the ancestry of the Vansants and other Holland families from whom his is decended. He is himself a descendant of Garret Vansandt through his son, Jacobus (7), and his fourth son, Isaiah Vansant, who married Charity VanHorn, the descent being shown more in detail in the article in this volume on the VanHorn Family. Text taken from page 24 - 30 of: Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905) Volume III Transcribed July 2000 by Robert C. 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Vandegrift Lineage Shortcut

1. Anthonius Vandegrift

2. Evert Anthonius Vandegrift

3.Leendert Evertz Vandegrift

4. Jacob and Rebbecca (Lubbertson) (Jacob came to New Netherlands c. 1644)

5.Johannes and Nealtje (Cornelia Volkerts) (First generation born in New Netherlands)

6. Fulkart and Elizabeth (Vansandt) >brothers< 6. Jacob and Charity (Touley)

7.Abraham and Femmentje(Phoebe) > 1st Cousins < 7. John Esq. and Maria(Mary Praul)

8.Catherine >Second Cousins Marry< 8. Abraham willed 72 acres

9. John and Susanna (Sipler)

10. Moses and Sarah (Knight)

11.Russell and Mary (Louderbough Smith)

12. Joan Lois and James J. Hutton

THE DRUIDS PRAYER and Teaching

Grant, O God thy protection

And in protection, strength

And in strength understanding

And in understanding, knowledge

And in knowledge, the knowledge of justice

and in the knowledge of justice, the love of it

And in that love, the love of all existence

The love of god, and all goodness

The Druid's teaching concerning a man's spiritual nature:

In every person there is a soul

In every soul there is intelligence

In every intelligence there is thought

In every thought there is either good or evil

In every evil there is death

In every good there is life

In every life there is God.

Let God be praised in the beginning and the end,

Who supplicates Him, He will neither despise nor refuse.

God above us, God before us, God possessing (all things)

May the Father of Heaven grant us a portion of mercy!

The Druidic Trinity doctrine:

There are Three Primeval Unities, and more than one of each cannot exist: One God, One Truth, and One Point of Liberty, where all opposites preponderate.

Three things proceed from the Three Primeval Unities: All of life, All that is Good, and All Power.

These were taught before Jesus Christ came to earth. When Christ did come, the Druids knew it and readily accepted Christianity. When St. Patrick came to the Isle, he wasn't converting the Druids (pagans) to Christianity, they already were Christian. The Druids just did not want to be under the Catholic Church's ruling authority. I guess you could call them the original Protestants.

THE CHIEF IRISH FAMILIES IN MUNSTER

St. Beretchert Church (founded by a Saxon Prince) Tullylease, County Cork, Ireland.

Excerpt from IRISH PEDIGREES by O'Hart 1892

The following is a brief history of the Irish Families in Munster, beginning with the three branches of the race of Heber; namely Dalcassians, the Eugenians, and the clan Cian.

The Dalcassians: According to Connellan, the chief families of the sept were: Lysacht, Mac Arthur, MacBruodin, MacClancy, MacConroy, MacCurtin Mac Donnell, MacEniry, MacGrath, Mac Mahon, MacNamara, O'Ahern, O' Brien,O'Brody, O'Casey, O' Cashin, O'Considine, O' Davoron, O'Hanraghan O'Hartigan, O'Hea, O'Healy (modernized Haley & Hayley) O'Heap, O'Heffernan, O' Hostigan, O'Hehir, O'Hickey, O'Hogan, O'Hearly (Harley) O' Kerney, O' Kennedy, O'Liddy, O' Longergan, O' Mera, O'Molony, O'NOONAN (NUNAN) O'Quinn, O'Shanahan (O'Shannon) O'Sheehan, O'Slattery, O'Spillane, O'Twomey, etc.

The Following were also of the Dalcassian race: the families of MacCoghlan, Chiefs in the Kings County; O' Formelan, O'Skully, chiefs in Teffia or Westmeath.

COUNTY CORK

O'NOONAN CHIEF OF TULALEIS AND CASTLELESSEN, NOW THE PARISH OF TULLYLEASE, IN THE BARONY OF DUHALLOW, MUNSTER.

IN EARLY TIME, O'NOONAN WAS CHIEF OF AN ECCLESIASTICAL SEPT (CLAN OR TRIBE) ERENAGHS (HEREDITARY PRIESTS) OF ST. BERETCHERT CHURCH AT TULLYLEASE IN THE BARONY OF DUHALLOW COUNTY CORK.

MANY DRUIDS BECAME PRIESTS, MINISTERS, AND ERENAGH'S OF CHURCHES.

AFTER THE NOONANS LOST THE CHURCH LANDS, BY CONFISCATION, DURING THE ANGLO/NORMAN INVASION 1172, THEY WERE THEN LISTED AS THE LORDS OF EAST MUSKERRY, COUNTY CORK.

Irishgathering.IE

MOTTO: "LAHM LADIR AN UACHDAR" MEANING " THE STRONG HAND UPPERMOST"

O'H-IONMHAINEAIN NAME MEANS "BELOVED" OR "DESCENDANT OF THE BELOVED ONE" RESPECTFULLY IN MEMORY OF THE CLAN FOREFATHER AND CHIEF.

THE O'NUNANS DESCEND FROM CORMAC CASS (HIGH KING) 250AD. HE WAS THE SON OF OILILL OLOM, 'THE WISE' FROM THE CLAN DAL CAIS. THE NOONANS ARE ALSO HISTORICALLY LISTED A DESCENDANTS OF ADAM.

THERE WERE TWO NOONANS OF HISTORICAL NOTORIETY, WILLIAM NOONAN WAS A PHYSICIAN AND "KING'S SURGEON" IN 1341. HE CURED KING EDWARDS III SON, LIONEL DUKE OF CLARENCE. ALSO, JAMES PATRICK NOONAN WAS A FAMOUS AMERICAN LABOR LEADER (1878-1928)

The Vandegrift Family by Davis

THE VANDEGRIFT FAMILY THE VANDEGRIFT FAMILY is of Holland descent, their progenitor being Jacob Lendertsen VAN DER GRIFT (that is, son of Lenerd) who with his brother Paulus Lenertsen VAN DER GRIFT, came from Amsterdam about 1644 and settled in New Amsterdam. Both of the VAN DER GRIFT brothers were in the employ of the West India Company. Paulus was skipper of the ship "Neptune" in 1645, and of the "Grest Gerrit" in 1646. He was a large landholder in New Amsterdam as early as 1644. He was a member of the council, 1647-1648; burgomaster 1657-1658, and 1661-1664; orphan master 1656-1660; member of convention, 1653 and 1663. On February 21, 1664, Paulus LEENDERSEN and AllardANTHONY were spoken of as "co-patroons of the new settlement of Noortwyck on the North Rover." He had five children baptized at the Dutch Reformed church, and he and his wife were witnesses to the baptism of five of the eight children of his brother Jacob. Paulus Leendertsen VAN DER GRIFTsold his property in New Amsterdam in 1671, and returned with his family to Europe. Jacob Lendertsen Van die Gifte, bottler, of New Amsterdam, in the service of the West India Company, on September 11, 1648, granted a power of Attorney to Marten Martense SCHOENMAKER, of Amsterdam, Holland to collect from the West India Company such amounts of money as he (Van die Grift) had earned at Curocoa, on the ship "Swol", employed by that company to ply between the island of Curocoa and New Netherlands. The early records of New Amsterdam give a considerable account of this ship "Swol." It carried twenty-two guns and seventy-six men. In 1644 it was directed to proceed to NewAmstedam, and on arriving, "being old," it was directed to be sold. Another boat was, however, given the same name, being sometimes mentioned at the "New Swol." On July 19, 1648, Jacob Lendertsen Van der Grist was married at New Amsterdam to Rebecca FREDERICKS, daughter of Frederick LUBBERTSEN. On March 7, 1652, he sold as attorney for his father-in-law, fifty morgens and fifty-two rods of land on East river. On February 19, 1657, Jacob Leendersen Van die Grift was commissioned by the burgomasters and schepens of New Amsterdam as a measurer of grain. To this appointment was affixed instructions "that from now nobody shall be allowed to measure for himslef or have measured by anybody else than the sworn measurers, any grain. Line or other goods which are sold by the tun or schepel, or come here from elsewhere as cargoes and in wholesale, under a penalty of 3 for first transgression, 6, for second and arbitrary correction for the third." In 1656 Jacob Leendertsen VANDERGRIFT was made a small burgher of New Amsterdam. In 1662 he was a resident of Bergen, New Jersey, where he subscribed toward the salary of a minister. On April 9, 1664, he and his wife, Rebecca FREDERICKS, were accepted as members of the church at "Breukelen," upon letters from Middlewout, (now Flatlands): his residence on the west side of the river, must, therefore, have been of short duration. On May 29, 1664, then living under the jurisdiction of the village of Breukelen, Long Island, he applies to council for letters of cession with committimus to the court, to be relieve him from his creditors on his turning over his property in their behalf, and on account of misfortune befallen some years ago, not having been able to forge ahead, notwithstanding all efforts and means tried by him to that end, ect." There are records of a number of suits prior to this date, in which he appears either as plaintiff or defendant, In 16565 he was living on the strand of the North river, New Amsterdam, where he is assessed towards paying the expense of quartering one hundred English soldiers on the Dutch burghers. On October 3, 1667, he received a patent from Governor NICOLLS for land on the island of Manhattan, on the north side of the Great Creek, which he sold to Isaac BEDLOE, in 1668. He probably removed at this date to Noordwyck, on the North river, where he purchased in 1671 the land of his brother Paulus, who had returned to Amsterdam. In 1686 he appears as an inhabitant of Newton, Lon Island, where he probably died, though the date of his death has not been ascertained. His widow removed with her children to Bensalem, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1697, and was living there in 1710. The children of Jacob LENDERSTEN and Rebecca Fredericks VAN DER GRIFT, baptised at the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam, were as follows: 1. Martje, baptised August 29, 1649, married Cornelius CORSEN, March 11, 1666. He was baptised at New York, April 23, 1645, being the son of Cornelius Piterse VROOM, and Trvntie HENDRICKS. After the death of Vroom, Tryntje had married Frederick LUBERTSEN, the grandfather of Marytje, father-in-law of Jacob Lendeertsen VAN DER GRIFT. Many descendants of Cornelius Corssen and Marytje VAN DE GRISTstill reside in Bucks county. 2. Christina VAN DE GRIFT baptised February 26, 1651, married (first) October a widower, by whom she had two children, Abraham and Jacobus. She married (second) April 14, 1681, Daniel VEENVOUS, from Beuren in Gelderland, by whom she had five children --Wilhelmina, Rebecca and Contantia; two others are named Rebecca died in infancy. 3. Anna VAN DE GRIFT baptised March 16, 1653, married, September 29, 1674 *Jacob Claessen GROESBECK. They retober 9, 1678, Cornelius Jacobse SCHIPPER, moved to Bucks county with the rest of the Vandegrift family in 1710, but little is known of them other than that he purchase land in Bensalem adjoining that of his brothers-in-law, and that two of his daughters married into well known familis of Bucks. Their children were: Rebecca, baptised June 23, 1673; Elizabeth, baptised September 4, 1677; Leah, baptised February 11, 1680, married 12 mo. 17, 1702, Johannes VAN SANDT; Rachel, baptised November 21, 1682, married November 8, 1704, James BIDDLE; and Johanna, baptised August 9, 1685. 4. Leendert (Leonard) VAN DE GRIFT, baptised December 19, 1655, died in Bensalem, Bucks county, 1725; married, November 20, 1678 Styntje ELISWORTH. He, with his three brothers and two brothers-in-law, purchased land in Bensalem in 1697 of Joesph GROWDEN, Leonard's purchase being two tracts of 135 and 106 acres respectively. He subsequently purchased seventy-four acres of his brother Fredrick. He and his wife were received at Bensalem church in 1710, and he was appointed junior eolder. On December 30, 1715, he was commissioned a justice of the peace.Letters of administration were granted on his estate February 18, 1725, to his eldest son Abraham, known as "Abraham Vandergrift, by the River." The children of Leonard and Styntje (ELLSWORTH) VANDERGRIFT were: 1. Jacob, baptised September 20, 1679; 2. Christoffel, baptised August 1681, married July 7, 1704., Sarah DRUITH; 3. Rebecca, baptised December 15, 1683, married November 8, 1704. Albert VAN SANDT; 4. Abraham, baptised July 4, 1686, married October 17, 1716, Maritje VAN SANDT, died March, 1748, leaving six children - Leonard of Bensalem; Garret and Abraham of Philadelphia; Christine wife of Yost MILLER, of Salem county, New Jersey; Mary, wife of Mathew CORBET, and Jemima wife of George TAYLOR, of Chesterfield, New Jersey. 5. Anneken, baptised April 7, 1689, married Andrew DUOW. 6.Elizabeth, baptised at Brooklyn October 8, 1691, married May 21, 1710 Francis KROESON. 7. Annetje, baptised June 12, 1695, married December 22, 1715, Cornelius KING. All of the above children of Leonard VANDEGRIFT removed to New Castle county, Delaware prior to the death of their father, except Abraham, to whom they conveyed the real estate in Bensalem in 1741. The above named heirs of Abraham conveyed the same to Leonard, eldest son of Abraham, in 1761. 5. Nicholas VANDEGRIFT, baptised May 5, 1658, married at New Utrecht, Long Island, Augest 24, 1684. Barentje VERKERK, daughter of John VERKERK They setled at New Utrecht, where he took the oath of allegiance to James II in 1687, and where he purchased land in 1691. He removed to Bucks county with his brothers and brothers-in-law in 1697, conveying his Long Island land after his removal. On July 1, 1697, Joesph GROWDON conveyed to him 214 acres in Bensalem. He joined the Bensalem church in 1710, and became a junior deacon. The records of the Dutch Reformed church show the baptism of three children, viz.:Rebecca, baptised July 26, 1685, married II mo. 7, 1707, Jacobus VAN SANDT; Jan, baptised January 1, 1681, married May 5, 1721 at Abington Presbyterian chruch, Anna (or Hannah ) BACKER; and Deborah, baptised April 1, 1695, married Laurent JANSEN, * or JOHNSON. Nicholas VAN DE GRIFTed to Sussex county, Delaware, conveying his land in 1713 to Jacob KOLLOCK, whose widow Mary in 1722 conveyed it to Folbert, son of John VANDEGRIFT. 6. Frederick VANDEFRIFT, baptised August 20, 1661, purchased of Joesph GROWDON on July 1, 1697, 106 acres adjoining that of his brothers in Bensalem township, Bucks county, a part of which he conveyed a year later to Leonard VANDEGRIFT. If ever a resident of Bucks county, he probably remained but a short time. 7. Rachel VANDEGRIFT, youngest daughter of Jacob, was baptised at New York, August 20, 1664, amd married, in 1689. Barent VERKERK, son of Jan, and brother to his brother Nicholas's eife. Barent VERKERK purchased in 1697 a tract of land in Bensalem adjoining his brothers-in-laws, all the deeds being from Joesph GROWDON, bearing the same date, July 1, 1697. He died in 1739, leaving children; Jacob; John; Mary, married Niels BOON; Constantina, married James FITCHET; Dinah, married James KEIRLL; and another daughter, who married an UNDERWOOD. 8. Johannes VANDEGRIFT, youngest son of Jacob Lendertsen and Rebecca Frederies VAN DER GRIFT, was baptised at New Yori, June 26, 1667, and died in Bensalem township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1745. He married, September 23, 1694, Nealkie VOLKERS, widow of Cornelius CORTELYOU, who was living at date of his will in 1732, but died before 1740. He married (second) July 1, 1741, Elizabeth SNOWDEN, a widow. He purchased 196 acres in Bensalem of Joseph GROWDON, adjoining the tracts of his brothers and brothers-in-law, the deed bearing date July 1, 1697. He was an elderof the "Sammeny" church, having joined it at its organization in 1710. His will dated March 16, 1732, proved March 28, 1745, devises to son Abraham the farm he lives on, for life, and if he die without issue it is to go to his surviving brothers and sisters. Some years later the children of Johannes entered into an agreement by which the land was to vest in the heirs of those deceased, even though they did not survive Abraham, and inasmuch as Abraham died without issue in 1781, the subsequent conveyances of the land throw light on the family connections. In 1786 the representatives of Jacob, Rebecca, Christana, and Helena conveyed the land, 160 acres to Jacob JACKSON and later a partition thereof was had between JACKSON and Abraham Harman and Cornelius, sons of Fulkert. The children of Johannes and Nealke (VOLKERS) VANDEGRIFT were: 1. Fulkert, born 1695, died 1775; married May 6, 1719, Elizabeth VANSANDT, and (second) August 10, 1742, Marytje HUFTE. He was a considerable landholder in Bensalem. He had five sons: Folkhart, Harman, Abraham, Cornelius and John; and three daughters: Alice LARUE, Elizabeth KRUSEN, and Elinor, most of whom have left descendants in Bucks county. 2. Jacob, baptized at New York, October 14, 1696, died in Bensalem in 1771, married Choyes TOULEY, October 23, 1716. 3. Abraham, born 1698, died 1781, married, but had no issue. 4. Rebecca, married John VANHORN, died 1786. 5. Christiana married November 8, 1722, Joseph FOSTER. 6. Lenah, married a FULTON. 7. Esther, baptized in Bucks County, May 10, 1710. Most of the VANDERGRIFTS of Bucks county are descendants of Johannes and Nealke (VOLKERS) VANDEGRIFT. Leonard, grandson of Leonard, remained in Bensalem, and the land originally settled by his grandfather descended to his son, Captain Josiah VANDEGRIFT. John, son of Nicholas, became a large landholder in Bensalem; he died in 1765, leaving many years an innkeeper in Bensalem; and daughters: Catharine Sands; Esther, who married John HOUTEN; and Rebecca VANSEIVER. Of the sons, John married Ann WALTON, May 28, 1761, and had children: Joshua, Joseph, John, Jonathan, and Mary. The father died in 1777, and the widow Ann married Charles FETTERS a year later. Jacob VANDEGRIFT, son of Johannes and Nealke (VOLKERS) VANDERGRIFT baptized at New York, October 14, 1696, was but an infant less than a year old when his parents settled in Bensalem township, Bucks county. He married October 23, 1716, Charity TOULEY. He became a large landholder and a prominent man in the community. He died in 1771. His children were, John, died 1805, in Bensalem, leaving five children, viz.; Jacob, who settled in Northampton township; John; Jane, who married a JOHNSON; Bernard, settled in New Jersey; and Abraham, who married Catharine VANDERGRIFT a granddaughter of Fulerd. 2. Bernard, who was devised 200 acres in Upper Dublin township, and settled thereon; 3. Jacob, who was devised by his father 200 acres of land whereon he was living at his father's death. 4. Charity (or Catharine) who married John PRAUL, January 20, 1757. 5. Helen (or Elinor) who married Harman VANSANT. Jacob VANDERGRIFT, third son of Jacob married first Catrintje HUFTE, May 19, 1753 and (second) Sarah TITUS, February 5, 1775, as before stated he settled on 200 acres belonging to his father which descended to him at his father's death. He died in May, 1800, leaving five children: Jacob, married Elinor -----; David, married Sarah ----; William Bloomfield, the grandfather of Senator VANDEGRIFT; Mary married ---- BENNETT; and Elizabeth, who married Daniel LARUE. William Bloomfield VANDEGRIFT inherited from his father considerable real estate. He was the youngest son, and had just arrived at his majority when the will of his father was proved in 1800. He married Christiana SAUNDERS. His death occurred in 1854. His children were seven in number, viz.; Sarah Ann, married Charles TOMLINSON; Eliza L., married Jacob JOHNSON; Eleanor married Enos BOUTCHER; Alfred; Charles Souders; William M., married Eliza BOUTCHER and Susan, married Peter CONOVER. AlfredVANDEGRIFT was born in Bensalem township in 1807, and died there in 1861. In 1849 his father, conveyed to his and his brother jointly a store property at Eddington, where the conducted a mercantile business until the death of Alfred in 1861. In 1849 he also purchased of his father 31 ½ acres on the Bucks road, which had been the property of his ancestors for several generations. He married Catharine GIBBS, daughter of John GIBBS, and granddaughter of Richard GIBBS, who was sheriff of Bucks county in 1771, and a prominent public man. His children were; John Gibbs, born September 2, 1834; William Bllomfiled; Elinor, wife of William Lynesson SAYRE; Charles Souders, Jr.; Augustus; Henry S; Lewis H.; Susan; Mary; Christina; Alfred and Elizabeth LaRue. 1.Nicholas for Clues Groesheck, father of Jacob was a carpenter of Albany, New York in 1602. On October 10, 1696 deposed that he was seventy-two years old. His will dated January 1706-7, mentions wife Elizabeth, sons Jacob and others. 2. Laurens Jansen, or Lawrence Johnson, was doubtless son of Claus Jansen, who purchased several tracts of land in Bensalem some years earlier than the Vandegrifts. He died in 1723, devising his lands to his sons Lawrence, John and Richard. The family later intermarried. Text taken from page 31-33 of: Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County, PTennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III Transcribed May 2000 by Judy Jackson of Missouri as part of the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project, www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html Published May 2000 on the Bucks County, P., USGenWeb pages at www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/

The Noonan's were the Erenagh (Hereditary Priests) of St. Beretchert Church Tullylease Ireland

EXCERPT from the Published

Breifne, the Journal of the Cumman Seanchais Bhreifne, Vol. IX,

And I quote, “Much of the vitality of Christianity in ancient and medieval Ireland was connected with successful harmonization of elements of Latin Christianity with older ways of thought and practice that had their origins in ancient Gaelic culture. A twelfth-century reform led by Mael Maedoc Ua Morgair ( Saint Malachy), Archbishp of Armagh, introduced the Cistercian Order to Ireland weakening the preexisting Gaelic monastic settlements and threatening long-standing accommodations between Roman and Gaelic usages. This reform movement also resulted in reorganization of the bishoprics of Ireland along territorial lines, rather than on the basis of kin-based principalities. As part of this reorganization, ownership of much church land was formally transferred from monastic groups to local bishops. Previous occupants retained use of these lands, on condition of annual payments to the bishop, and providing “hospitality” to that prelate on his visitations. The head of the family that held possession and use of a particular tract of church land held the title ‘erenagh’-originally the designation of the head of a monastic settlement. In many cases an erenagh also was also called ‘coarb’-successor of the venerable founder of a monastic community.”

This Cross slab is hung inside the ruins of St. Beretchert Church Tullylease county Cork.

What's in a Name? Mary Gormly, Pop Hutton's Mother

Gormley or Gormly We are either Kings or Priests!

The Gormly name in Irish:

Ua Gorghaile (Province of Connacht) descendant of Gormghal "Blue Valor" were ecclesiastical erenaghs or hereditary priests of the church lands in Elphin, Loch Ce, in co. Roscommon.

Ua Goirmleadhaigh (Province of Ulster) descendant of Goirmshleaghach "Blue Spearman" were Chiefs of Magh Ith. Descended from Moen the grandson of Eoghan (who gave his name to County Tyrone) Nial of the Nine Hostages High King of Ireland 379-406.

Whether there are one or two septs of Gormley in Ireland is a matter of some uncertainty. There is no doubt that the main sept originated in the north western county of Donegal and the modern barony of Raphoe, in that county, was formerly known by their tribal name of Cinel Moen. The common ancestor and progenitor of these Gormleys was Moen son of Muireadach, son of Eoghan ( who gave his name to Tyrone), son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

Niall was High King of Ireland from 379-406 AD. His father was Eochaidh Muigh-medon, of the Celtic line of Erimhon and his mother was Carthann Cas Dubh, daughter of the king of Britain. Niall’s ancestory can be traced back to Miledh or Milesius of Esbain, King of Spain, whose wife was the daughter of the Eyptian Pharaoh Nectonibus who was the ancestor of all the Celts of Ireland. From there the line goes back fifteen generations to Niul who was married to the daughter of Pharaoh Cingris ( she supposedly drowned in the Red Sea when Moses rejoined the parted waters after the Israelites had made good their escape). As High King of Ireland, Niall reigned from the ancient Irish royal seat at Tara, in modern Co. Meath. During his reign he conquered all of Ireland and Scottland as well as much of Britain and Wales. He took royal hostages from each of the nine kingdoms he subjugated, hence his famous nickname. Niall had twelve sons, eight of whom founded septs: Eoghan ( from whom the Gormelys descend), Laeghaire ( or Leary), Conall Crimthann, Conal Gulban, Fiacha Main, Cairbre and Fergus. The collective descendants of Niall are known as the Ui Neill.

The Gormley sept ruled their original territory from the time of Moen until, in the fourteenth century, they were driven by the O’Donnells, their kinsmen. But their survival in their new country on the other side of the Foyle, between Derry and Strabane, whence they continued to fight the O’Donnells is evidenced by the frequent mention of their chiefs in the “Annals of the Four Masters” up to the end of the sixteenth century. Like many of the similar independent septs of the northwest Ulster, the Gormleys sank into obscurity after the Plantation of Ulster about the year 1609. Reeves states that their chiefs were usually styled taoiseach or capitanus.

In the “Annals of the Four Masters” and in the “ Topographical Poems” of O’ Dugan and O’Heerin, the name is spelt O Goirmleadhaigh; the “Annals of Loch Ce” write O Gorshuil and O Gormshuiligh: the editor William Hennessy writing in 1871 states that the latter was then anglicized O’ Gormooly, but Gormley is universal today. The name means “blue spearman”.

In the Partry Mountains of the county Mayo is found a sept called Gormley, Gormaly and Gormilly. The Irish form of this name is O Goirmghially or possibly O Gormghaille, both Irish forms meaning “blue hostage”. They were chiefs of this area along with the Darc or Dorcey family. The present parish of Ballyovey, also called the parish of Party shows the location of the ancient territory in Mayo. In the area of Lough Key, county Roscommon, we find families of the name O Gormley or Gormally. O’Donovan says that these are quite distinct form the O’ Gormleys of Co. Tyrone and that the Irish form of this name is O’ Gormghaile. It is likely that this family is of the same stock as the Mayo sept, but it is unclear if both are related to the main sept of Ulster.

In seventeenth century records they are found both as O’Gormley and Mac (son of) Gormley, located chiefly in counties Armagh and Derry, but also in Roscommon and Westmeath. Gormleys today are chiefly found in Co. Tyrone and surrounding areas. In modern times some families of Gormely counties Cavan and Longford have changed their name to Gorman, others in Co. Tyrone, nearer to their homeland, have become Grimes. Grimes, however, is also used as the anglicized form of several other Gaelic surnames particularly O Greachainin Munster, which is Grehm and even Graham elsewhere. It has also become Grimley, for instance, in the Keady district of Co. Armagh, and Graham in many areas. In 1659 Gormley was already a principal name of Dublin, By the time of the 1890 index, Gormley had forty four recorded births, in Antrim and Tyrone.

Smith Genealogy

The Smith Genealogy by Joan Harrison

A Preliminary Work

MARY Louderbough Smith married RUSSELL Vandegrift at 15 years of age in 1912. Mary lost her mother at a young age, and spent a lot of time with her grandmother Sarah. Mary’s mother is buried at the Bristol cemetery, in Bristol Pa. Mary came from a farming butchering family that had grocery stores with fresh meat markets in them. They also had farm stands on the roadside at the end of their farm in Bridgewater, Bristol Pa. Mary’s father was a grocer on Bath St. Bristol, Pa. Her brother,William Percy, was also a butcher that dabbled in other businesses as well. Mary married very young and never finished school. The last grade she completed was fifth. She had twelve children with Russell. My mother and your grandmother Joan Lois Vandegrift was her next to the last or eleventh child. (see Vandegrift History)

Her Father was Englebert G. Smith I. He was born Feb. 1860 on Bath St. Bristol Pa. The Louderbough family also lived on Bath St. The Louderbough’s were carpenters.

Engleburt G. Smith the First also had a grocery store and butcher shop in German town, Phila Pa, for some time. Engleburt G. Smith I married Mary Louderbough in 1883. They had five children: Stella L., Elizabeth H., William Percy, Engleburt G Smith II (became sheriff of Bucks County Pa), and MARY.

Englebert G Smith I’s parents were ASA T. Smith was born in NJ 1829 and died in August 22, 1905. Asa married Elizabeth (Hibbs). They had these children: William H. 1855-1930, Sarah E. 1857, Margaret 1858, ENGLEBURT G. 1860, Emma 1863, Caroline (Carrie) 1864, , and Forrest 1867-1930, and Allen H. 1870-1920.

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MOSES VANDEGRIFT MOSES VANDEGRIFT. in the pre­ceding sketch of the descendants of Jacob Lendertsen VAN DER GRIFTE, who came from Holland in 1644 to New Am­sterdam, where he married in 1648, Rebecca Fredericks LUBBERTSEN, is given an account of the baptism and marriage of Johannes VAN DE GRIFT, youngest son of Jacob and Rebecca, and of the birth and marriage of his children. From two of the sons of Johannes and Nealke (VOLKERS) VANDEGRIFT is descended the subject of this sketch, Folkhart, the eldest, and Jacob the second son. Folkhart (or Fulkerd) VAN DE GRIFT, eldest son of Johannes, was born in the province of New York in 1695, and was therefore but an infant when brought into Bucks county by his parents in 1697. He became a large landholder in Bensalem, a man of importance in the Dutch colony in Bucks, and a member of the Bensalem church. He was twice married, first on May 6, 1719 Elizabeth VAN SANDT, and second on August 10, 1742, to Marytje HUFTE. Neither wife survived him. He died in November, 1775. Of his nine children, Fulkhart, Elizabeth, Harman, Alshe, Abraham, John, Cornelius and Elinor, the first eight are mentioned in his willL Abraham VANDEGRIFT, born about 1725 married Femmentje HUFTE about 1752 and had six children. He died in Bensalem township about 1800. The children were: Elizabeth, baptized at Southampton church August 18, 1754, married John DECOURSEY, and had eight children; Mary, married Benjamin SEVERNS; Abraham; and Catharine, who married Abraham VANDEGRIFT, her second cousin. Jacob VAN DE GRIFT, second son of Johannes and Nealke, baptized at New Amsterdam, October 14, 1696, was the grandfather of Abraham above mention­ed. John VANDEGRIFT, eldest son of Ja­cob, known as "John VANDEGRIFT, Esquire," to distinguish him from his cousins of the same name on the records, married November 14, 1750, Maria (or Mary) PRAUL, who died prior to 1786. He died in 1805; his will dated September 7, 1804, proved May 3, 1805, devised to his eldest son Jacob, (baptized at Southampton, April 18, 1753) a stone house "I am now erecting" and one acre of land, he having been "advanced 400 pounds towards purchasing a plantation." This plantation was in North­ampton, where Jacob removed in 1783 and died leaving a large family. The will of John VANDEGRIFT further devises to his son John, I 62 ½ acres on the Dunk's ferry road where the testator lived; to his daughter Jane Johnson a lot on same road; to son Bernard a tract of land in New Jersey purchased of John LONGSTRETH, and to his son Abraham seventy-two acres, "part of the land where he now lives, beginning at brother Jacob's lane end." etc. Abraham, son of John and Maria (PRAUL) VANDEGRIFT, was born in Bensalem in 1766. On his marriage his father set apart to him seventy-two acres of land and built a house for him thereon which has since been the home of his descendants. He was twice married; by his first wife he had a daughter Mary who married John BRODNAX. His second wife was Catharine VANDEGRIFT, daughter of Abraham and granddaughter of Folhart, as previously shown. By this marriage Abraham had two sons, John and Samuel, and two daughters: Elizabeth, who married Joseph MYERS; and Phebe, who married Thomas DARRAH. Abrabarn died in May, 1800, leaving a will made eleven years previously, which was contested by the widow and daugh­ter Phebe, but proved in the court of common pleas in December of the same year. The bulk of the landed property including the homestead descended to the son John. John VANDEGRIFT was born on the old homestead August 12, 1806, and died there in, March, 1878. He was a success­ful farmer, a Democrat, and a member of the Presbyterian church,. His wife was Susanna SIPLER. She died July 3, 1898. John and Susanna (SIPLER) VANDEGRIFTwere the parents of eight children: Jesse, who died young; Jesse (2); Moses; John; Philip, who served three years in the civil war and died January 12, 1900, in his fifty-eighth year; Samuel; Letitia; and George W. MosesVANDEGRIFT, the subject of this sketch, was born on the old homestead June 5, 1840. He was reared on the old farm and received his education at the Eddington school. On arriving at manhood he settled on the old homestead that had been the. property of his ancestors for many generations, and has spent his whole life there. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and politically is a Democrat. He was elected supervisor of Bensalem township in 1888 for two years and was re-elected in 1900 for an additional term. He married January 26, 1870, Sarah KNIGHT, daughter of Strickland and Caroline (BRIGGS) KNIGHT, by whom he has six children: Eugene, born January 4, 1880; Walter, born January 5, 1882; Roland and Oscar, twins, born May 27, 1884, (Oscar died in infancy); Fannie, born November 4, 1885, and Russell, born November 8, 1887. Text taken from page 34 -35 of: Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III Transcribed May 2000 by Judy Jackson of Missouri as part of the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project, www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html Published May 2000 on the Bucks County, P., USGenWeb pages at www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/

The Hutton Clan

THE HUTTON GENEAOLOGY by Joanie

A preliminary work

1. WILLIAM HUTTON was born in 1828. He came to Pennsylvania via New York, the place of his birth. He was a sash blind maker in 1860.  William served in the Civil war and enlisted 9 Aug. 1861 Co A, 26 Regiment of PA Volunteers. He was a sash blind maker in 1860. William also worked as a carpenter in 1870.  William married Naoma S. Reed. (1819- May 10,1879) on 1 May 1848. Naoma was supposed to have been a Lenape Tribe Indian born around the vicinity of Mount Holly, New Jersey; but most likely Cherokee. Her father was Abel Reed born around 1803, Massachusetts. Naoma's mother is unknown. Her father remarried and lived in Philadelphia for many years. William passed away 9 December 1881 at the age of 53. William and Naoma lived at 2313 Ingersoll St. Phila. They are both interred at Fernwood Cemetery.

William and Naomia had these children: CHARLES S, George (1853-1914) lived his entire life in Philadelphia, and Josephine (born in 1850 and died March 1948 at age 98) Josephine married John B. Perry. They had these children: Irene, Byron, Josephine (Josie born 1870 and died February 1948, one month before her mother), and Oliver Hazzard Perry. Oliver married Mary Emma Parker and had these children: Emma Hall, Mary Emma, Oliver Perry Jr., and Josephine W. This family resided in Philadelphia for many years.

2. CHARLES S. HUTTON was born in 1849 and died in 1923. He lived and worked in Philadelphia his whole life. His nickname was Chas (Chaz) His left hand was crippled or maimed. He married Elizabeth Norton (26Feb1851- 17Feb1930). In 1880 they lived on Marlboro St. in Phila. In 1910, he and his family lived at 1128 O’Neal St. Philadelphia where Charles S., at that time, worked at a box factory.

Elizabeth Norton was born Maurice River Neck, Cumberland co., New Jersey. Her father was Jesse Norton (1805-27Dec1891) Jesse's parents were born in Ireland. The location of his burial in unknown. Elizabeth's mother was Catharine (1818-5March1898) Her maiden name is unknown. Catharine is buried at Mt. Peace cemetery. Elizabeth had one brother named Alexander (1841-death unknown). Charles S. and Elizabeth are interred Fernwood cemetery.

Charles and Elizabeth had 9 children: Mary (May 1869 - April 4, 1872), CHARLES, William Frances (Feb. 15, 1876 - 1954) William Frances married Mary Convery. Their son William Frances Jr. (Feb. 19, 1900- Jan.5, 1969) AKA. UNCLE WILLIE married Elsie Berger b. 1905. They resided at E. Vernago Ave. Philadelphia, John Henry(1875 - April 1880), Elmer Charles (April 1881 - September 6, 1881), Emma(1882-1882), Emma(1884 - February 2, 1891), John Henry ( 1887- January 27, 1891), Henry ( June 14, 1891 - December 24, 1906)

3. CHARLES was born 1873 and died in 1903/4 at age 30 years old. Charles married Mary Gormley (August 1875- May 28, 1914) in 1893. Charles and Mary resided at 203 E. Allen St. Philadelphia. Charles worked as a Morocco (cement) finisher in 1900 at age 27. At the time of his death, he worked as a leather finisher. He is buried in the Fernwood Cemetery.

Mary’s father, Edward Gormley, came to America, from Ireland. He was 23 years of age, at the time the ship set sail. The ship "Assyrian" landed in a port of New York in 1871. Edward married Mary Cunningham/McLaughlin born 1853, co. Cork Ireland. Mary Gormley had two brothers, Edward (1877-1917) and James (1889-?), that lived with her and Charles. Her father, Edward, lived with them too. They all worked in the cement business together. Mary Gormley's other siblings were Cornelius Joseph Gormley (1878-1942) He married Emma V. Elliot (1888-1964) Their children were Madeline, Edward, and Joseph. John Aloysious Gormley (1880-1943) John married Ella McNamee (1877-1952) Their children were Catherine, Helen, Florence, and John A. 

Charles and Mary had these children: CHARLES Joseph (1894-1940), Mary (Mamie) (January 1895-1943) Mamie married Harry Cervonka 1913/14. They had 3 children: Albert, Edward, and Regina. They lived on Howard St. Philadelphia. Harry was drafted into WWII at the age of 49 when they lived at 1237 N. Lee St. Philadelphia. Elizabeth born (January 1896-March 17,1919) married Dennis O'Leary; Elizabeth passed away at the age of 22. William born July 1897 died on July 4,1906 by accidental drowning during a 4th of July picnic at the Shackamaxon wharf Delaware River. William was buried July 7,1906 at Holy Cross Cemetery, Ellen born July 1899 died December 20,1899 at 6 months of age due to shock for burns. Ellen was buried on the 23rd at Holy Cross Cemetery, Gertrude born 1902 married someone by the name of Brooks in 1924. Gertrude lived with her sister Mary in 1930 on Howard St. and Regina (1904-1946)

Mary Gormley Hutton remarried after Charles' death to someone named William G. Whitman (1865-1932). He was a teamster working out of Philadelphia. They had these children: William G. Whitman (1909-1937), Eleanor Marie (1911-1995), and Florence Mary (Oct. 4, 1907 -Sept. 22, 1977) Florence married Frances McGrath. They had three girls and four boys, two named Edward and Frances. Mary's last child was Edward (March 1914-August 1914) Mary Gormley Hutton Whitman passed away by complications after giving birth and died in May of 1914. Sadly, Edward passed away in August the same year from dysentery; they are buried at Holy Cross cemetery.

4. CHARLES Joseph Hutton was born January 19, 1894 and baptized February 8, 1894 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception 1020 N. Front St. Charles J. died October 29, 1940 at age 46, after a long bout with a hereditary cancer. Charles J. is buried at St. Dominick’s Church cemetery on Frankford Avenue in the Holmesburg section of Phila. Pa.

Charles resided in Philly for most of his life except for the times he served in the armed forces. He enlisted in the Navy on March 17, 1911 at the age of 17. He served on the USS South Dakota, ACR-9. When he returned from service, he married Agnes Graffelner (September 12, 1892- October 21, 1923) on June 26, 1917.

Charles and Agnes had these children: Charles J. (1918-1918), William J. (Wynnie) (January 2, 1918- April 1,1989) and Charles J. (May 17, 1920- February 10, 1991) Charles resided at 3607 Meridian St. Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pa. and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII in France. Charles J. married Marian Estella Williams (July 3, 1929- January 14, 2010) on November 8, 1947. Charles fell ill in 1958 due to hereditary cancer but survived for many years after treatment. Charles and Marian are buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Bucks County, Pa. Charles and Marian had three children: George (Buzzy), another son, and a daughter.

After WWI broke out, Charles was drafted into the Army October 1917. He was a 304 Military Policemen with the 79th Division, in France from 1918-1919.

Charles met Elizabeth Noonan (April 14, 1906 - Oct 29, 1995), his second wife, while working as a beat cop on Girard Ave. in Phila. She was a telephone operator working for Burks Beef co. on Girard Avenue at the time. They saw each other every day and married in 1927 at St. Michael's Church Fishtown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Charles and Elizabeth had these children: JAMES JOHN b. 1929, Delores Mary (Sissy) 1931-1991, Mary b. Aug. 18,1932-d. May 2011, Rita, and Joseph (Mickey, who died at a young age, is buried at St. Dominick's Church Cemetery with his father and mother.)

5. JAMES J HUTTON was born March 1929. He went to Catholic school as a young boy and attended Northeast Catholic High School in Philadelphia.

When James was a boy, he got the nickname" Huckleberry" for skipping school and taking his dog fishing. Most of his friends, including his wife, called him “Huck” for many years. James still loves to fish whenever he can. James' other interests are hunting and target shooting.

As a boy James worked at a bowling alley picking up the bowling pins for 10 cents a game. During tournaments he would clear an easy 3 to 4 dollars a night. During his teenage years, James worked at a rope factory in the Richmond section of Philly earning one dollar an hour.

At age 17, James joined the Navy in April of 1946. He was on the ship USS Springfield CL66, a light cruiser 610 feet long by 79 ft wide, heavily armed. The USS Springfield carried two sea planes on the rear of the ship, with its home base being Long Beach California. James’ job was a gunner’s mate 2^nd class. Some of the places James visited were Japan, China, Hong Kong, Okinawa, Sei Pan, Guam, and Pearl Harbor.

James J. met Joan Lois Vandegrift while out with friends on a double date. James dated Joan’s sister Sally first but had an eye for Joan. Joan and James wrote to each other while James was at sea. When James returned from active duty in 1949, they were married December 3, that same year.

Joan Lois lived all of her young life on the farm of her parents Russell and Mary Vandegrift. Joan used to babysit for her sister Thelma and worked temporarily at a factory called Philco as a teen. She also picked vegetables at Hansen’s farm for extra spending money. Joan went to Cornwell Heights School grades K-12 in Bensalem Pa. Joan wed at eighteen.

After they were married, James and Joan lived in a Village, Homes for Vets in Phila. Pa., and then they bought a house in Bristol Pa. After 17 years at 819 Pine St., they moved to their current address.

James worked for Nabisco, Roman Haas, and became an auto mechanic. He then became a minister in 1970. The churches he pastored were Calvary Full Gospel, the Church of Tacony, and Bensalem Tabernacle. James retired from Cordone’s in Phila Pa, at age 81.

James and Joan had 7 children: infant death 1950, Patricia Ann, Deborah Joan, Jamie Lynn, Joan Lois, Wendy Lu, and Denise.