Westmoreland Co., Pa.*; bu. in cemetery at Salem Church; m. 14 Mch., 1816, at Derry, by Rev. Robert Lee, to

60. HANNAH PATRICK, dau. of John and Hannah (Knox) Patrick. She d. 19 Dec., 1835; bu. at Salem Cemetery.

ISSUE.

61. I. William,

b. 18 July, 1817; d. in infancy.

62. II. Margaret Hillegas, b. 17 July, 1818; d. in infancy. III. Margaret Hillegas, b. 21 Aug., 1819; d. 18 Jan., 1890. See 63.

63.

64.

VI. Anna Maria,

b. 12 June, 1822; d. 5 Aug., 1850. See 64.

All b. in Derry Twp.

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ELIZA (ANTHONY) SMITH, b. 12 Aug., 1789, at Philadelphia; d. 10 Jan., 1821; m. 16 Mch., 1809, by Rev. James Abercrombie, to

65. WILLIAM RUDOLPH SMITH, Son of William Moore Smith; he was b. 31 Aug., 1787, at La Trappe, Montgomery Co., Pa.; d. 22 Aug., 1868, at Quincy, Ill. He was the grandson of Rev. William Smith, first Provost of the University of Penna., in

*In Testimony

of the zeal and industry with which
MICHAEL H. NICHOLS

has pursued, and the honourable proficiency which he has attained in the

studies of

Grammar, Writing, Arithmetick,

Composition, Elocution, Natural History. Geography, and Logick,

in the

PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY,

under my tuition, of which he has given Proof by a public Examination; And also In Testimony

of my affectionate Regard and sincere Wishes for his Prosperity and

1756. Studied law at the Middle Temple, London. Admitted to the Bar of Philadelphia, in 1808. Colonel of the 42d Pennsylvania Reserves in the War of 1812. Commanded this regiment in the movement on Canada, and was in the Battle of Lundy's Lane. Removed to Huntingdon County, in 1809. Served many terms in the legislature. Afterwards settled in Mineral Point, Wis., where he passed the remainder of his life. Adjutant-General of Wisconsin, in 1839-52; District-Attorney, Iowa County, many years; member of the Constitutional Convention. Chief Clerk of the State Senate, 1849-50, and AttorneyGeneral, 1856-8. President Wisconsin Historical Society. He was a bright and active Freemason, Past-Master of Mineral Point Lodge, and Past-Grand-Master of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. He was a voluminous writer, and many of his works have been published. He had a cultivated poetical taste, and much of his writing, in verse, is preserved and prized by his descendants.

68. III. Henrietta Williamina, b 2 May, 1814; d. 27 Nov., 1873.

HENRIETTA HILLEGAS (ANTHONY, PATTON) CLEMENT, b. 6 June, 1798, at Philadelphia; d. 7 Jan., 1868, at Huntingdon; m. at Huntingdon, 18 May, 1815, by Rev. John Johnson, to

72. 1. WILLIAM PATTON, son of Colonel John Patton,* and Jane

*See Appendix L.

(Davis) Patton.

He was b. 8 Aug., 1781, at Philadelphia; d. 24 Jan., 1823, at Wellsborough, Pa. He was a lawyer.

73. 2. SAMUEL CLEMENT,* m. May, 1829, at Philadelphia; son of Jacob and Mary (Taylor) Clement. He was b. 14 Apl., 1789, at Philadelphia; d. 8 Aug., 1869, at Huntingdon.

74.

I. Rachael,

75.

II. Amelia,

76.

77.

IV. Mary Bankson,

78.

ISSUE.

b. 23 Mch., 1816; d. 22 Apl., 1885. See 74.

b. 5 May, 1820, at Tioga; d. 13 Jan., 1867, at Huntingdon. See 75.

III. William Anthony, b. 14 Feb., 1822; d. 9 July, 1857.

See 76.

b. 10 Feb., 1830, at Philadelphia.

See 77.

V. Samuel Taylor, b. 5 Aug., 1832, at Philadelphia; m. 30 Aug., 1869 to Mary Dewees Lever, dau. of Thomas Lever, of Manchester, England, and Lavinia (Lorain) Lever, of Philadelphia. She was b. 15 June, 1827, at Phillipsburg, Pa.; s. p. VI. Elizabeth Tylee, 80. VII. Jacob Anthony,

79.

b. 29 Nov., 1835, at Philadelphia.

b. 15 Nov., 1837, at Philadelphia; d. 10 Apl., 1870. See 80.

81. VIII. Henrietta Boude, b. 12 June, 1842, at Philadelphia.

See 81.

40

MATILDA (KUHL) DILLARD, b. 8 Mch., 1808, at Philadelphia; m. there, 7 Oct., 1833, to

* 66 This was the property of Jacob Bankson, who was the father of Mary, who was wife of Samuel Taylor, grandfather of Samuel Clement. Said Bankson was descended from Swedish ancestors, who came to this country in ship Mercurius, 1656, and settled in the now county of Philadelphia. The Clement family came over from England, in Charles the 2nd time. The Taylors were also English. Samuel Clement's grandmother, on his father's side was Elizabeth Tylee. She was born in New Jersey The Clements have dwelt there for several generations, but first settled in New England." Copied from a Bible now in the possession of Mrs. Henrietta Boude Wilson, of Tyrone, Penna.

82. THOMAS DILLARD, Surgeon United States Navy. He was the son of Thomas and Lucy (Taliaferro) Dillard; was b. Jan., 1801, in Virginia. Grad. at the University of Pennsylvania. Appointed Assistant Surgeon, 15 Nov., 1824. Commissioned Surgeon 3 Jan., 1828. Was forty-five years in the service of his country; fourteen years spent in service in different quarters of the globe, and the rest on shore in important positions, and also as a member of boards of examination. The last service rendered at sea expired at the close of the year 1861, when he proved his devotion to the flag of his country in its hour of danger. Was a very active member of the Society of the Cincinnati; d. 1 March, 1870, at Philadelphia; bu. there.

ISSUE.

b. 15 Nov., 1834. See 83.

84. II. Thomas Taliaferro, b. 27 Nov., 1836; d. 20 Mch., 1837.

MARGARET NICHOLS (KUHL) KELLY, b. 25 July, 1813, at Philadelphia; d. there 12 Nov., 1865; bu. Laurel Hill; m. 12 June, 1834, at Philadelphia, to

89. JOHN SULGER KELLY, son of Thomas and Dorothy Kelly. He was b. at Philadelphia; d. there, 1857.

93.

b. 24 Mch., 1835. See 90.

b. 9 July, 1837; d. 17 July, 1869.

b. 25 Dec., 1840. See 92.

IV. Dorothea Sulger, b. 27 July, 1843; d. 28 May, 1845,

at Philadelphia.

All b. at Philadelphia.

THIRD GENERATION.

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MARY HILLEGAS (RHEEM, LOESER) PEARSON, b. 28 Aug., 1817; d. 8 Mch., 1887; bu. Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.,; m. to

94. 1. THOMAS SMITH LOESER, b. 27 May, 1818; d. 12 Sept., 1849; bu., same cemetery. He was an officer of the United States Army in the war with Mexico.

95. 2. JOHN SALLADA PEARSON, b. 10 Mch., 1806; d. 8 July, 1885; bu. same cemetery. He was the son of Elijah and Mary Pearson.

ISSUE.

I. Charles McKnight, b. 4 Aug., 1839. See 96.

II. Christopher,

98.

III. Sidney Harvey,

99. IV. Thomas Smith,

b. 9 Sept., 1840; m. June, 1878, to

Isabella Bowman, dau. of James

L. Bowman; s. p.

b. 4 May, 1842. See 98.

b. 22 Oct., 1843; d. 15 Feb., 1846.

All b. at Reading, Penna.

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MARGARET HILLEGAS (NICHOLS) HEWES, b.

6 Nov., 1814, in Philadelphia; d. 1 May, 1881, in Pottsville, Pa.; bu. in Mt. Laurel Cemetery; m. 9 Jan, 1845, by Rev. Jacob Morse, to

100. JOHN GILPIN HEWES, son of Samuel and Anne (Gilpin)

Hewes. He was b. 6 Apl., 1812, at Concord, Delaware
Co., Pa.; d. 12 Apl., 1887, at Pottsville; bu. there, in Mt.
Laurel Cemetery. At the house of his grandfather, Gideon
Gilpin, were the headquarters of Lafayette during the Bat-
tle of Brandywine.

101.

I. Anne Maria,

ISSUE.

b. 12 Nov., 1845, at Port Carbon; d. 20 May, 1859, at Palo Alto,