Martha Cookman Hamilton, born June 2, 1827; married Thomas Dunn Stites, July 3, 1848. He born, Philadelphia, September 6, 1824; died September 17, 1889. Three children: Mary Hamilton, Thomas Hamilton and May Virginia. MARY HAMILTON STITES, born June 1, 1849; married Charles Cowperthwaite Moland, January 28, 1869. Three children: Charles Alfred, Florence May and William Greenough.

Charles Alfred Moland, born September 4, 1872; married Emma R. Jones, February 4, 1896. He died November 19, 1910. One child: Dorothy S., born

August 6, 1898.

Florence May Moland, born March 11, 1879; married Arthur B. Anderson, December 30, 1902.

William Greenough Moland, born May 15, 1881.

THOMAS HAMILTON STITES, born July 5, 1853; married Nellie Bush, of Stroudsburg, Pa. No children.

MAY VIRGINIA STITES, born May 2, 1860; married George L. Adams, of Boston, Mass., October 3, 1878. Two children: Lucy Hamilton, born, Spragueville, Monroe County, Pa., September 7, 1879; Grace, born, same place, May 21, 1884.

Thomas Elston Hamilton, born February 15, 1830; married Jane Hill, 1854. He died, Milford, N. J., October 4, 1877; buried Mt. Peace, Philadelphia. She born May 20, 1830; died July 4, 1890. One child: Adolphus.

ADOLPHUS HAMILTON, born March 21, 1855; married Kate Elizabeth Cramp, December 4, 1878. He died March 22, 1904. She born June 12, 1857. Two children: Frank Albertson, born April 19, 1885, died October 27, 1891; William Swindells, born February 8, 1895.

3. John Norris Vaughan Born December 8, 1808; married Sarah Palmer. Two children: Mary Bryan and Elizabeth Byles.

He died December 24, 1835.

Mary Bryan Vaughan, born November 2, 1832; married William Fordham, 1849. She died December, 1898. Seven children: Mary, born April 24, 1850; Elizabeth Byles; Edward; Sarah, born August 1, 1855; Ella, born August 17, 1857; Wesley and Catharine.

Elizabeth Byles Vaughan, born July 13, 1834. Weideman. Two children: Mary Bryan, married John Margaret Vaughan, married William Jackson, four children. Married second, Joseph Brooks. No children.

4. Griffith Vaughan

Born September 29, 1810; died September 10, 1826.
5. Herman Stout Vaughan

Married first, Thomas
Band, seven children;

Born May 20, 1813; married Margaret Sorrick Kahmar, August 21, 1836. He died October 1, 1866. She born September 1, 1818; died February 25, 1904. Eight children: Griffith and Rheinhard Kahmar, twins; William Hamilton, Mary Emerick, Joseph Norris, John Norris, Mary Frances, and Robert Burton.

Herman Stout Vaughan was a shipbuilder, of the firm of Vaughan and Fisher, Kensington, Philadelphia, Pa. He built a number of vessels, one, the screw steamer "Peytona," and two Light-vessels for the United States Government

(names not known) during the Civil War, 1861. He was one of the first victims of the Cholera, which, in 1866, raged so disastrously in Philadelphia.

Griffith Vaughan, born August 22, 1837; died in infancy.

Rheinhard Kahmar Vaughan, born August 22, 1837; married Margaret M. Foster. He died December 10, 1885. She died February 11, 1888. One child: Mary Frances, who died November, 1862, aged 5 years.

William Hamilton Vaughan, born February 11, 1840; married Emeline Kelly. He died September 10, 1888. Three children: Mary Wardell, Rheinhard and Charlotte-all died.

Mary Emerick Vaughan, born April, 1842; died June, 1843.
Joseph Norris Vaughan, born April 13, 1844; died May, 1844.
John Norris Vaughan, born March 23, 1845; died April, 1846.
Mary Frances Vaughan, born March 26, 1847.

Robert Burton Vaughan, born December 21, 1849; married Annie Brewer Entwistle, December 21, 1874. Three children: Ellen Entwistle, born June 15, 1876; John Entwistle, born December 24, 1877, died November, 1880; Mary Frances, born December 16, 1884, married Thomas G. Jones.

Born March 4, 1819; married John May Watt. She died January 3, 1866. He born July 23, 1815; died May 23, 1873. Four children: Cornelia, Elizabeth Vaughan, John May, and Griffith Vaughan.

Cornelia Watt, born June 5, 1842; married John W. Kielkopf, January 11, He born December 4, 1842. Four children: Esther Dora, George Godfrey, S. Dora, and Cornelia Watt.

1866.

ESTHER DORA KIELKOPF, born 1866; married William H. Mullison, April 27, 1892. He born April 9, 1865. One child: Henrietta B.

George Godfrey KielkopfF, born March 21, 1868; married Blanche Reese, September 24, 1890. She born July 24, 1872. Two children: Cornelia and Helen. S. DORA KIELKOPF, born October 18, 1872; married.

CORNELIA WATT KIELKOPF, born April 25, 1877; married E. Charles Chism, August 1, 1896. He born June 7, 1872. One child: Dorothy.

Elizabeth Vaughan Watt, born June 30, 1846; married John Edward Shannon, March 15, 1868. He born May 11, 1846. Four children: Emma Champlain, Francis Vaughan, Kelker Edward, and Griffith Watt.

EMMA CHAMPLAIN SHANNON, born October 6, 1871.

FRANCIS VAUGHAN SHANNON, born November 12, 1873; married Emma Edith Evans, January 16, 1893. One child: Leland Wesley, born October 3, 1893; died October 4, 1894.

Kelker EdwARD SHANNON, born June 2, 1876; died October 7, 1880.
GRIFFITH WATT SHANNON, born July 4, 1880.

John May Watt, born September 20, 1848; married Katharine Hand, March 12, 1876. He died November 12, 1889. She born September 23, 1846. No children.

Griffith Vaughan Watt, born September 7, 1853; married Augusta Mary

Eckhardt, February 8, 1877. He died October 3, 1890. She born March 4, 1855; died February 22, 1899. Three children: Cornelia, Ida May and Alice Esther.

CORNELIA WATT, born November 20, 1877; married Harry Emerson Booth, September 4, 1900. One child: Dorothy Watt, born July 31, 1901.

IDA MAY WATT, born August 20, 1879; married Edward Lawrence Snyder, November 1, 1900.

ALICE ESTHER WATT, born November 13, 1887.

8. Frances Maria Southgate Vaughan

Born March 29, 1822; married Charles Mathews, June 29, 1839. He born June 12, 1818; died May 25, 1899. Ten children: Maria, Charles, William Ellis, Griffith Vaughan and Jordan, twins; John Vaughan, Frank, Albert, Herman Vaughan, and Elizabeth.

Maria Mathews, born July 18, 1840.

Charles Mathews, Jr., born March 13, 1842; married Harriet Bodine, December 1867. One child: Harriet.

HARRIET MATHEWS, born January 1871; married W. Harry Ritter, November 17, 1897. He died May 29, 1898.

Charles Mathews, Jr., was Second Sergeant, Company H, 20th Pennsylvania Regiment, in the Civil War of 1861.

William Ellis Mathews, born November 11, 1843; died February 15, 1845. Griffith Vaughan Mathews, born February 7, 1846; died.

Jordan Mathews, born February 7, 1846; married Alice B. Ireland, October, 1869. No children. He was a Private, Company F, 52nd Pennsylvania Regiment, in the Civil War of 1861.

John Vaughan Mathews, born February 1, 1848; died.

Frank Mathews, born January 13, 1850; married Clara Mathews, 1876. Three children: Samuel, Charles, born March 3, 1879; Florence, born January 23,

1881.

Albert Mathews, born December 25, 1852; married Altana Ray Lee, 1882. Three children: Albert, born March 18, 1883; Jordan, born February 23, 1885; Ray Lee, born December 25, 1886.

Herman Vaughan Mathews, born February 17, 1856; died.

Elizabeth Mathews, born October 8, 1859; married Edward K. Miller, August, 1879. Four children: Charles Edward, born November 19, 1881; John Milton, born December 23, 1883; Mansell, born August 4, 1886; Elizabeth Vaughan, born November 27, 1888.

Children and Descendants of Hannah Bloomfield

Second Child of Herman Stout and Ann Hall

I. Herman Stout Thomson

Born August 16, 1804; died April 4, 1849. Married first, Emma.

One child:

Married second, Judith Walmsley. No children. Emma Thomson, born 1822; married Jacob Price. Three children: Sarah Ann, born January 8, 1841; William M., born May 7, 1844; Jacob, Jr., born July 24, 1846, and, with his mother, died the same day; both buried at Palmer Cemetery, Kensington, Philadelphia.

2. Jane Thomson

Married Matthias H. Pote,* March 22, 1825.

Seven children: John West,

Hannah, Henry, Matthias H., Jr., Mary Jane, Harriet, and Emma.

John West Pote, born February 1, 1826; married Susan Oler. He died February 24, 1904. She died 1885. Four children: Mary Jane, Catharine, Elva, and Howard.

Hannah Pote, born February 8, 1828; died June 22, 1829.

Henry Pote, born April 3, 1830; married Elizabeth Bakeoven. Nine children: Matthias, Amanda Cornelia, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Y., Emma, William Wallace, Harriet, George, and Edwin.

AMANDA CORNELIA POTE, married William Stuart.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN POTE, died.

HENRY Y. POTE, married Emily Jones. He died. Two children: Elizabeth and Arthur Wesley; he died November 4, 1904, aged 18 years.

EMMA POTE, married William Henry Taylor. Five children: Carrie, John, Emma, Herminie, and Mary Ella.

HARRIET POTE, married William Meister.

GEORGE POTE, drowned in infancy.

EDWIN POTE, unmarried.

Matthias H. Pote, Jr., born June 11, 1833; unmarried.

Mary Jane Pote, born December 6, 1835; married William A. Mullen. She died June 3, 1862. Two children: Harriet E., died October 23, 1856; Emma, married Jacob Massey, and has one child.

Harriet Pote, born June 11, 1838; married John Van Dusen. He died September 20, 1903. Five children: Washington, Lavinia, Thomas Davidson, Jennie, died; and John Brehaut.

WASHINGTON VAN DUSEN, married first, Clara Virginia Oliver, January 20, 1893. She died March 3, 1897. Two children: Elaine Remington, born October 4, 1893, died September 22, 1895; Jessie Oliver, born August 2, 1895.

Married second, Constance Blackburne Harding, May 15, 1900. Two children: Clarence Harding, born August 26, 1901; John Hampden, born January, 1907, died July 5, 1909.

THOMAS DAVIDSON VAN DUSEN, married Charlotte Firth Haigh, April 29, 1890. Three children: Charlotte Firth, born April 3, 1891; Harriet Pote, born November 2, 1896; William Haigh, born January 21, 1902.

JOHN BREHAUT VAN DUSEN, married Loraine T. Rebman, February 6, 1899. Two children: John Ruhland, born November 7, 1900; Helen Loraine, born August 23, 1903.

Emma Pote, born November 6, 1840; married Thomas J. Smith. She died May 17, 1891. Three children: Adelaide M., Jeannette Emma and Helen.

ADELAIDE M. SMITH, married Frederick W. Tyler, of England. She died March 17, 1905.

JEANNETTE EMMA SMITH, married David Braden Kyle, M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., December 19, 1900.

3. Washington Hugh West

Born October 19, 1814; married Edith Anne Costner, June, 1837. He died

* Pote is a corruption of the German name "Poth."

April 1, 1865. She born August 16, 1815; died December 24, 1894. Three children: Angeline Hamilton, George Washington and Emma Price.

Angeline Hamilton West, born April 19, 1838; married Harrison McManus, June 19, 1863. He born April 27, 1832; died February 18, 1879. No children. George Washington West, born January 17, 1843; married Mary Surrick, August 31, 1872. Two children: George Washington, born 1873; John Hood, born January 20, 1876.

George Washington West enlisted as a private in the 95th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, January 18, 1864, and was mustered out July 17, 1865. He was in the following battles: Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and Appomattox (where Lee surrendered), and in several smaller engagements.

Emma Price West, born December 3, 1849; married Joseph Charles Rowland, July 18, 1867. He born February 22, 1847; died August 28, 1877. Three children: Emma, Leonore and Howard-all died.

4. Anna Maria West

Married Robert Semple, 1833. He died October 21, 1839. Four children: Robert Hutchinson, born, Greenwich village, New York City, December 24, 1834, died February 24, 1835; John West, born March 19, 1836, died October 1, 1841; Hannah Jackson, born February 8, 1838, died 1857, unmarried; Maria Louisa, born February 29, 1840, died 1863, unmarried.

Children and Descendants of Anna Maria

Third Child of Herman Stout and Ann Hall

1. Anna Maria Vaughan

Born May 3, 1810; died December 12, 1814.

2. Jacob Keen Vaughan

Born December 26, 1812; married Matilda M., daughter of Alexander Alan Ramsay, M.D., of Norristown, Pa., May 14, 1835. He died May 10, 1886. She born February 11, 1817; died March 18, 1888. Eight children: John Alexander, died; Horace Binney, Jacob Keen, Jr. and Matilda Ramsay, twins; Anne Maria, Caroline Brognard, John Alexander, 2nd, and Emeline Brown.

Jacob Keen Vaughan, the only son of John Vaughan, was educated at an Academy in Philadelphia, conducted by the Reverend William Mann, who was a prominent educator, and also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Conference, of that city. After acquiring a thorough English education, in which he had especially devoted himself to mathematics and drawing, Mr. Vaughan left school and prepared himself for an active business career. Having a talent for draughtsmanship, his father believed that he would become a valuable assistant to him in his business, and admitted him to partnership in the year 1833, at the time of his maturity. After the death of the senior member of the firm, the business was continued under the firm name of Vaughan and Lynn, for some years, at Palmer Street Wharf, Kensington, Philadelphia. In the year 1857 the firm became insolvent, being among the unfortunates of the great financial crisis of that year, which overspread the country, and eventually extended, in some degree, to the principal commercial centres of Europe. The firm of Vaughan and Lynn, during the period of its