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... , or " the fields of the stones , " ( qu . Druid stones ? ) , and first took the name of " de Aldithley , " from " Aldith's fields , " and when the de- scendants of Aldith had finally inher- ited Stone Leigh , 2 A FAMILY HISTORY .
... , or " the fields of the stones , " ( qu . Druid stones ? ) , and first took the name of " de Aldithley , " from " Aldith's fields , " and when the de- scendants of Aldith had finally inher- ited Stone Leigh , 2 A FAMILY HISTORY .
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... took the historic name of " Stanley . " What the " nomen " or family name of this Saxon family of Stone Leigh may have been ( as distinct from their territorial appellation of Stan- ley ) , is uncertain . The Smith coat of arms is a ...
... took the historic name of " Stanley . " What the " nomen " or family name of this Saxon family of Stone Leigh may have been ( as distinct from their territorial appellation of Stan- ley ) , is uncertain . The Smith coat of arms is a ...
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... took the name of Smith , " must have been , anciently , of that family and name , and that they re- sumed their old appellation when they " took " that name . ( Tarbock , as is well known , was the territorial name derived by this ...
... took the name of Smith , " must have been , anciently , of that family and name , and that they re- sumed their old appellation when they " took " that name . ( Tarbock , as is well known , was the territorial name derived by this ...
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... took Burlington town - lots Nos . 11 to 20 , inclusive , on the " Yorkshire side " of Burlington . It is every way probable , then , that he was called into consultation with the other early proprie- tors and subscribers , in the ...
... took Burlington town - lots Nos . 11 to 20 , inclusive , on the " Yorkshire side " of Burlington . It is every way probable , then , that he was called into consultation with the other early proprie- tors and subscribers , in the ...
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... took his chance with those who thus " camped out , " and so got his first taste of the roughness of the new home . " The commissioners had before left them , and were , by this time , got to a place called Chygoe's Island , " from ...
... took his chance with those who thus " camped out , " and so got his first taste of the roughness of the new home . " The commissioners had before left them , and were , by this time , got to a place called Chygoe's Island , " from ...
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10th mo 9th mo A. D. Born A. D. Children A. D. Died A. D. Married A. D. TABLE Abigail agreeable ancestors Anna Anne assembly Bowne Bramham Bringhurst brother Burlington Smiths Byllinge Charles Children of Samuel Children of William council Coxe Daniel Smith daughter of 9 daughter of William dear Hannah Delaware descendants Died young Dillwyn Drinker Earl Edward Edward Pole EIGHTH eldest Elizabeth England Eyre father female line Friends George governor Green Hill Henry Hessians Indians James Logan John Smith Joseph Junior land Levick Longstreth Lord Manuel Eyre Margaret Mary Smith meeting Morris NINTH o'clock Pemberton Penn Pennsylvania Perot person Philadelphia Pole proprietors province Quakers Rachel Rachel Smith Rebecca Richard Smith Robert Smith rode Samuel Smith Sarah Stenton Stewardson TENTH Thomas tion to-day told took town West Jersey Wetherill wife William Lovett William Lovett Smith William Smith Yorkshire
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