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Addendum 2.

Descendants of Thomas Terry (1711-1792) of Bucks Co., Pennsylvania

By Richard L. Tolman, Ph. D.

Acknowledgement: The author is very grateful to Maria (Terry) Remley of Charleston, South

Carolina for a profitable collaboration, material contributions and useful discussions.

This essay is a part (subdivision) of the ‘Five Generations of the Terry of Bucks County Pennsylvania’, describing the descendants of Thomas Terry, a grandson of Thomas Terry born abt 1653, the first Terry settler of Bucks County. The early Terrys were Quakers.1

The genealogy which follows begins at the third generation after Thomas Terry of Bucks, b. 1653. There are several direct descendants of this Thomas whose Y-DNA STRs are presented and discussed in ‘Addendum 1. Analysis of Terry Y-DNA Markers.’

Generation Three2

1. Thomas John Terry (Jasper2 Thomas1)3 was born abt 1711 in Makefield Township, Bucks

and died4 22 May 1792 at Southampton, Bucks.5,6 There are no Thomases in the 1786 tax 1 The Terry-line founder Thomas may have been attracted to Bucks County because of William Penn’s

promise that ‘Penn’s Land’ would be a haven for Quakers, where they would be able to worship as they chose. The Society of Friends had only separated themselves, under the leadership of George Fox, from the Church of England in 1640 after the Cromwellian revival. Fox had the idea that people could have a direct experience of Christ without benefit of clergy; he bade them ‘tremble at the word of the Lord’ (Isaiah 66:2) hence were they called ‘Quakers’ by many. Their numbers rose to be one-third of the English population by the mid-18th century. As pacifists they were promptly persecuted in England with several laws passed in the late 17th century to curtail their activities in England (Wikipedia).

2 The generations 1 and 2 are part of ‘Five Generations of the Terry Family of Bucks County

Pennsylvania’ (www.29deadpeople.com).

3 McNeely, T. A. and F. W. Waite, compilers, Bucks County Tax Records 1793-1778 (Bucks County

Genealogical Society: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1983), Bensalem 1765 and 1778.

4 Thomas Terry death: Horsham Monthly Meeting records, unpaginated, Friends Historical Library,

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

5 McNealy, Terry A., main author, Index to Bucks County references in the Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-

1789 (Doylestown, Pennsylvania: Bucks County Genealogical Society, 1990), p. 256; FHL US/CAN 974.821 B3m; ‘1765, May 2; Bucks County commissioner (15:157); 2 other citations from 1783, acting as an auditor of accounts’.

6 Ibid.; ‘1751, Dec. 31; Thomas Terry of Falls Twp., notice of horse found (9:306)’.

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enumeration (he owned no land?). There is one Thomas Terry (Byberry Twp, Philadelphia Co.)

in the 1790 census7 and none in the 1800.

Figure 1. Palmer Wedding Party

He married8 18 Mar 1736 at Fallsington, Bucks Jane Neeld daughter of John and Elizabeth

Neeld. She was born abt 1715 of Makefield Township, Bucks9 and died 15 Sep 1777 at Byberry

7 1790 U. S. Census of Byberry Twp, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Roll M637_9, Page 289, Image

561, FHL Film 568,149, household of 4: 2 males over 16 and 2 females—this leads one to conclude this is the elder Thomas and not his son who would have had children under 16; online at ancestry.com (accessed 23 May 2016).

8 Watring, A. M. and F. E. Wright, Bucks County Church Records of 17th and 18th Century, Vol. 2 ,(Willow

Bend Books: Bowie, Maryland, 2003) p. 42 also Falls Meeting House, W. W. Hinshaw, American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2, p. 1032.



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Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.10 While still single Thomas and Jane were part of the wedding

party of Jonathan Palmer of Makefield 17 Aug 1734.11 See Figure 1. The Terrys and their

children requested a certificate from Falls Monthly Meeting to attend the Middletown Monthly

Meeting in 1758.12

Thomas and Jane (Neeld) Terry had seven children:13

+ 2 i. JASPER TERRY, born 20 Mar 1737 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and died 10 Nov

1815 at Wrightstown, Bucks. He married Lucy Linton.

+ 3 ii. DAVID TERRY, born Mar 1739 at Bensalem, Bucks and died 24 Jan 1820 at East

Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario, Canada; buried in the Sharon cemetery,

Gwillimbury. He married Grace Davis.

4 iii. SUSANNA TERRY, born abt 1743 of Bucks and died14 24 Oct 1805 at Upper

Makefield Township, Bucks. She was buried in the Wrightstown Friends Meeting

Cemetery.15 Never married.

5 iv. JOHN TERRY, born abt 1745 at Bucks and died 6 Nov 1805. He married16 31 May

1770 at Wrightstown, Bucks Sarah Richardson. He had no issue that survived him

(from sister Susanna’s will). 9 Thomas and future wife Jane Neeld (with her brother James?) were on the list of attendees at a

wedding (Palmer/Durrance) at the Middletown Publick House in 1734, Pennsylvania Vital Records 1700s-1800s, Vol. 1, Marriage Certificates (Abstracts), Family Tree Maker CD172, p. 27.

10 Society of Friends, Byberry Monthly Meeting, Deaths 1736-1823, Byberry, Philadelphia County, FHL

Film US/CAN 20410, also Horsham Monthly Meeting records, unpaginated, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

11 Marriage Bonds of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Vital Records 1700’s-1800’s, Vol. 1, Marriage

Certificates, p. 27; Family Tree Maker, Pennsylvania Vital Records CD172.

12 See original record: U. S. Quaker Meeting Records, Bucks County, Falls Monthly Meeting (1731-1767),

4th of the 1st mo: 1758, p. 274; online at Ancestry (accessed 9 May 2018).

13 Susanna’s will, proven 6 Nov 1805, is undoubtedly the most valuable Terry genealogical document of

the period: this document names all living sibs and many of her nieces and nephews (does not name her brother John who only survived her two weeks); Bucks County Wills, Book 7, p. 117, abstracted in Pennsylvania Wills 1682-1834 also online at files.usgenwarchives.net/pa/bucks/will/willabstbk5.txtor7; hereafter Susanna’s Will.

14 Susanna’s will vide supra.

15 Burial in Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery; online at Findagrave #147972842 (accessed 1 Sep

2016).

16 Terry/Richardson Marriage: Anna Miller Watring, Bucks County Pennsylvania: Church Records of the

17th and 18th Centuries (Heritage Books, Bowie, MD – 2003) Vol. 3, p. 55.



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+ 6 v. DANIEL TERRY, born abt 1747 of Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania and died at

Southampton, Bucks. He married 1789 at Bucks County Sarah Reed.

+ 7 vi. BENJAMIN TERRY, born 1741 or 1748 in Bucks County; died 1805 at York,

Ontario, Canada. He married Esther ____.

+ 8 vii. THOMAS TERRY, born abt 1749 of Bucks and died Dec 1798. He married 14 Oct

1772 at Bucks Olly/Olive Davis. She was born abt 1749 and died 5 Oct 1841 at

Pennsylvania and is buried at Pennepack, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Generation Four

2. Jasper Terry (Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1)17 born 20 Mar 1737 in Bucks County,

Pennsylvania and died 10 Nov 1815 at Wrightstown, Bucks and was buried in the Wrightstown

Friends Meeting Cemetery.18 He requested a certificate from Falls Monthly Meeting for the

Middletown Monthly Meeting in 1762.19 He was a weaver.20 He married21 9 Nov 1774 at

Middletown, Bucks Lucy Linton daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Cowgill) Linton. She was born

11 Feb 1734 at Makefield Township, Bucks and died 2 Mar 1818 at Wrightstown, Bucks22 and

was buried in the Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery.23

Jasper and Lucy (Linton) Terry had four children:

17

Brittingham, J. and M. C. Williams, 1784 Transcript Tax of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Jaminson, PA: Will-Britt Books, 1997), p. 52 (‘Jesper’, Middletown Twp., household of 7).

18 Burial at Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery; online at Findagrave #150169261 (accessed 1 Sep

2016).

19 See original record: U. S. Quaker Meeting Records, Bucks County, Falls Monthly Meeting (1731-1767),

7th of the 7th mo: 1762, p. 359; online at Ancestry (accessed 9 May 2018).

20 Clement Terry, Lower Makefield Twp.: Carol Dawn Croft, James Croft, his antecedents and

descendants (Tacoma, Washington: C. D. Croft, c 1983); hereafter Croft Antecedants, Appendix VIII, Terry Family Tax Records 1779-1787, pp. 231-232.

21 Watring, A. M. and F. E. Wright, Bucks County Church Records of 17th and 18th Century, Vol. 2 ,(Willow

Bend Books: Bowie, Maryland, 2003) p. 48 also Falls Meeting House, W. W. Hinshaw, American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2, p. 1032 and Pennsylvania Marriage Records, 1700-1821, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 28 Nov 2012).

22 Wrightstown Meeting of Friends Records, Croft Antecedants, p. 139 and Humphrey, J. T. Pennsylvania

Births, Bucks County, 1682-1800 (Washington [Dist. Of Columbia]: Humphrey Publications, 1993), alphabetical; FHL US/CAN 974.821 K2h, p. 298.

23 Burial at Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery; online at Findagrave #150152315 (accessed 1 Sep

2016).



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+ 9 i. MARTHA TERRY, born 19 May 1778, Upper Makefield Township, Bucks24 and

died 19 Dec 1866 at Short Creek, Harrison, Ohio. She married Ezra Wharton 19 Apr

1797 at Fallsington, Bucks.

10 ii. JASPER TERRY, born 1782; may have died young.25,26

11 iii. THOMAS TERRY, born 1786; may have died young.

12 iv. DANIEL TERRY, born 1788; may have died young.

3. David Terry (Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1)27,28 born Mar 1739 at Bensalem, Bucks29 and died

24 Jan 1820 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario, Canada; buried in the Sharon

cemetery, York County, Ontario. He married30 20 Jul 1763 at Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Grace Davis probable dau of Thomas William and Deborah (Hough) Davis of Lower Makefield

Tsp, Bucks.31,32 She was born33 abt 1742 of Bucks and died after 1805 probably in Chester

24

Martha Terry birth: Anna Miller Watring, Bucks County Pennsylvania: Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Heritage Books, Bowie, MD – 2003) Vol. 3, p. 17.

25 Middletown Township, 7 white occupants; J. Brittingham and M. C. Williams, 1784 Transcript Tax of

Bucks County, Pennsylvania: return of land (Jamison, Pennsylvania: Will-Britt Books, 1997), p. 52

26 Judging from the U. S. Censuses of 1790 and 1800 of Upper Makefield, Bucks (M637, Roll 8, Page 223

and Roll 36, Page 288, respectively) where the household size was 6 and 7, respectively, two of the boys must have died young. The youthful family members are too old and other adults are present (to help on the farm); Ezra Wharton married Martha in 1797, but didn’t leave Bucks until 1820 (see Harrison County Historical Collections, p. 582).

27 Brittingham, J. and M. C. Williams, 1784 Transcript Tax of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Jaminson, PA:

Will-Britt Books, 1997), p. 52 (Bensalem Twp., household of 10).

28 McNeely, T. A. and F. W. Waite, compilers, Bucks County Tax Records 1793-1778 (Bucks County

Genealogical Society: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1983); ‘David Teary’ Bensalem 1774 and 1778.

29 Lund, Alfred Terry, contributor and Terry historian, Family group records collection; Family History

Library, Salt Lake City, Utah (FHL) archives section, 1942-1969, FHL Film 1275,203.

30 Terry/Davis marriage: Reformed Dutch Church, Churchville, Bucks, 1737-1780 marriages, Pennsylvania

Vital Records, Vol 1, p. 267, database online at ancestry.com and Wright, F. E. Bucks County Pennsylvania Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Vol. 4 (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publns, 1994) p. 87.

31 Bucks County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1782-1860, Thomas Davis of Lower Makefield, 1789; online

at Ancestry.com (accessed 6 Sep 2018).

32 Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Pearleen Elves’ Family Tree’, tree 46011801—search Member Directory for

owner: PearleenMElves and references cited therein (accessed 29 Jun 2018).

33 Grace Davis birth: Godfrey Memorial Library, American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Vol. 40, p.

381 (calculated); citation refers to Pa. Archives s.2.v.2:67—which is the citation to her marriage in 1763.



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County, Pennsylvania.34 Sometime after 1810 David Terry joined a migration of some of his

children from Bucks County or Chester County35,36 to Upper Canada (Ontario).37 The attraction

was the promise of cheap land and exemption from military service, which was important to

them as Quakers. Once in York County, Ontario38 they joined a branch of the Quakers called

the Children of Peace.39,40 The family helped build the Sharon Temple (Children of Peace) and

the Terry family donated the land nearby for the Sharon cemetery; David Terry was the first to

be interred there.41,42,43

34

Susanna’s Will names her and indicates she was alive at Susanna’s death; the Will names Grace and her oldest three children. Grace probably did not go to Ontario as there is no mention of her in the Quaker records or cemetery there.

35 1810 U. S. Census of London Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania, Roll 47, Page 176, Image 35, FHL Film

0193673, David is alone and over 45 (born before 1765); online at ancestry.com (accessed 15 Aug 2018). He has two likely sons living in the same community.

36 PA Septennial Census, year 1800: Benjamin Terry, David Terry, and David Terry, Jr. in Londonderry ,

Chester County.

37 1790 U. S. Census of Bucks, Pennsylvania, M637, Roll 8, p. 137; 9 household members, 3 males under

16, 2 over 16 and 4 females.

38 Crowder, N. K., Inhabitants of York County, Ontario, 1850 (Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Genealogical

Society, Toronto Branch, 1992), p.26-27; East Gwillimbury lists several Terrys, Lepards/Leopards (descendants of dau Mary), Maguires (descendants of Grace, William’s dau) and Peggs (descendants of Amanda, William’s dau).

39 Dorland, A. G., The Quakers in Canada, a History (Toronto: Macmillian, 1927), pp. 104-111.

40 McIntyre, W. J., The Children of Peace (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1994), pp. 134-138;

mentions members of the Terry, LePard, and McLeod families.

41 ‘The Terry Family’, an article (author unknown), in “Genealogy and Resources”, 5 pages; online

at sharontemple.ca (no longer available online as of Sep 2018; author has a copy). Contains errors: page 1 presents the background of the family in Bucks County and contends that nine of the children (all the children still living in 1805) were members of the Children of Peace, but this cannot be correct as not all children went to Canada (notably John the oldest and Joseph the sixth child) and not all children who went to Canada were documented to be a part of the Children of Peace—the sharontemple.ca history presents descendants of only three of the children: Rachel, Benjamin, and Mary, although census and other later records (1840-1850) show that other of the David Terry children were in Upper Canada notably son David Jr.; hereafter The Terry Family

42 Rolling, G. M., East Gwillimbury in the 19th Century: A Centennial History of the Township of East

Gwillimbury (S. I.: s. n. 196_), p. 108.

43 By the beginning of the War of 1812 most members of the Yonge Street congregation including the Terrys had joined a pacifist splinter group called the ‘Children of Peace’43 founded by David Willson,



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Figure 2. Northeastern North America in 1791. (from www.worldatlas.com)

David and Grace Terry had eleven children:44

+ 13 i. JOHN TERRY, born 1763 of Bucks; died 18 Sep 1824 at Southampton, Bucks.

He married 25 Aug 1788 at Bucks, Pennsylvania Rebeckah Searls.

14 ii. JANE TERRY, born 1766 at Makefield, Bucks. She may have married ____

Roberts.45 She is presumed to have died at Gwillimbury, York, Ontario.46 a New York Quaker emigrant, who also arrived in 1801. When the militia conscription for the War of 1812 arrived in Upper Canada not only did the Quakers refuse to serve, but they also refused to pay the militia fee as most had come from and were sympathetic to the United States. Whereas the ‘plain folk’ (Quakers) had no musical tradition, the Children of Peace created the first civilian band in Canada and built the first organ in Ontario. By the 1820’s the group had developed a cooperative economy and had founded their own credit union. By selling their farm produce as a group, they could get better prices. They were not communal, but had a land-sharing system that made them, as a group, prosperous farmers in an era when new farmers frequently failed. By the late 1820’s they had founded their own town “Hope” (later Sharon) and had begun the construction of the Sharon Temple, an imitation of the Temple of Solomon, completed 1831. 44

Lund, Alfred Terry, contributor and a Terry historian, Family group records collection; Family History Library, archives section, 1942-1969, FHL Film 1275,203.

45 Entry for Jane Terry: ‘Pedigree Resource File’, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:99F2-FQ8 :

accessed 29 June 2018).

46 The Terry Family and ‘Children of Peace Burying Ground, York County, ON’, CanadaGenWeb’s Project

online at www.http//:geneofun.on.ca/cems/ON/ONYOR14688; hereafter Children of Peace Burial Index. No records of her have been found in Upper Canada as either Jane Terry or Jane Roberts—the possibility must be considered that she stayed in Bucks County although no records of her have been found there either.

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15 iii. GRACE TERRY, born 1768 at Bucks and died before 1850. She probably

married Isaac Rightly (b. 1768, died before 1861) of Bucks County and they moved with

her parents to East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario where their son William was living in

1851 with the rest of the David Terry descendants.47

+ 16 iv. RACHEL TERRY, born 9 Feb 1769 at Middletown, Bucks; died 3 Dec 1848 at

York County, Ontario, Canada. She married 1789 at Bucks Murdock Mordecai McLeod.

+ 17 v. DAVID WILLIAM TERRY, born abt 1774 at Bucks; died 22 Apr 1856 at King,

York, Ontario, Canada. He married 24 Oct 1808 at New Castle, Delaware Esther Groom.

She was his 2nd wife.

18 vi. JOSEPH TERRY, born 1774 at Bucks and died 24 Dec 1795 at Bucks County

when a tree fell on him.48,49

19 vii. ELEANOR TERRY, born 1775 at Bucks and died 1850. She married 1798 Terry

Jacob.50

20 viii. ANN TERRY, born 1778 at Bucks and died 8 Oct 1778 at Byberry, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.51

+ 21 ix. BENJAMIN TERRY, 3 Aug 1783 at Bucks; died 30 Nov 1838 at Sharon, York,

Ontario, Canada. He married abt 1805 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario,

Canada Elizabeth Ann Lepard. She was born May 1790 East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario,

Canada and died 20 Nov 1871 at Sharon, York, Ontario, Canada.

+ 22 x. MARY TERRY, born abt 1784 at Bucks; died 31 Mar 1853 at East Gwillimbury,

York, Ontario, Canada. She married Jacob LePard; he was born Jul 1774 and died 24 Oct

1850.52

47

1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, District York County, Subdistrict East Gwillimbury, Image 21; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Mar 2012).

48 Joseph Terry death: Byberry Preparatory Records, referred to as a son of David, cited in Croft

Antecedants, p. 138, 140, also Horsham Monthly Meeting records, unpaginated, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

49 Joseph Terry: Lived his later life with his great uncle, John Terry of Wrightstown (acknowledged in his

will, Bucks County Wills, Book 5, p. 181, proved 10 Jul 1790); died 1795 (Byberry PA Monthly Meeting of Friends Records, was referred to as David’s son; cited in Carol Dawn Croft James Croft, his Antecedents and Descendants (Tacoma, Washington: C. D. Croft, 1983), p. 137, 138.

50 Jacob/Terry marriage (in 1798): Edmund West, compiler, Family Data Collection-Individual Records {a database of individual records created while studying human genetics and disease; search on database first and then on individual data}, online at ancestry.com (accessed 4 Mar 2012). 51

Ann Terry death: Society of Friends, Byberry Monthly Meeting, Deaths 1736-1823, Byberry, Philadelphia County, FHL Film US/CAN 20410, also Horsham Monthly Meeting records, ‘Ann Terry, daughter of David Terry’, unpaginated, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.



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Figure 3. Province of Upper Canada, Early Nineteenth Century (from Dorland, Arthur Garrett The Quakers in Canada, a History (Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1927)

Figure 4. The Sharon Temple, erected 1825-1832 at Sharon, Ontario, Canada (online at sharontemple.ca

52

Rolling, G. M. East Gwillimbury in the 19th Century: A Centennial History of the Township of East Gwillimbury (S. I.: s. n. 196_), p. 108.



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+ 23 xi. WILLIAM TERRY, born 1782 at Bucks; died 22 Apr 1856 at Chester County,

Pennsylvania.

6. Daniel Terry (Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1)53 born abt 1747 of Southampton, Bucks,

Pennsylvania and died at Southampton, Bucks 27 Dec 1828.54,55,56 He married 1789 at Bucks

County Sarah Reed daughter of James and Mary (Walmsley) Reed.57,58 She was born 11 Nov

1768 at Southampton, Bucks and died 16 Sep 1853 at Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania.59,60

This Daniel was born too late to be the Daniel, father of William Terry, b. 1750. He appears in

the 1790 and 1800 Census in Southampton Twp;61 adjacent to his name in the census are James

Reed and Daniel States.

53

McNeely, T. A. and Waite, F. W. compilers, Bucks County Tax Records 1793-1778 (Bucks County Genealogical Society: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1983); Bensalem 1778 (listed as single) .

54 Some Terry family descendants say this Daniel Terry (married to Sarah Reed and father of Ralph) died

in Will Township, Will, Illinois in 1829. BUT, there is no Daniel Terry in Illinois in the 1820 Census and there is a Daniel Terry next door to a Ralph Terry in the 1820 Census of Southampton, Bucks.

55 1850 U. S. Census of Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, pop. sch., Roll: M432_759, Page 103A, Family

no. 3.

56 Will of Daniel Terry, Bucks County Estate Files #5984, transcribed in Croft Antecedants, pp. 140-142.

57 Croft Antecedants, p. 140 and references cited therein.

58 Sarah’s sister Esther Reed (never married) prepared her will 1 Oct 1829; it was proved 10 yrs later—

she left articles to her sister and most of her land to her nephew James (and then to wife Rebecca) and his brother Ralph’s children, the balance to Esther ‘Statts’ (States) and her sister Mary (nieces); Bucks County Wills 12, p. 51 (#7319), cited in Croft Antecedants, p. 152-153; see Esther Reed estate file 1840, Bucks County Orphan’s Court Records, File 5208, Spruance Library, Doylestown, PA.

59 Sarah Terry Death Record of 4 Jan 1854: Pennsylvania Deaths 1852-1854, database online at

ancestry.com (accessed 1 Mar 2012); record confirms she was Sarah Reed, daughter of James and Mary, husband of Daniel, and mother of James and Ralph; see also Bucks County Intelligencer, 1835-1860 (Doylestown, Pennsylvania: Bucks County Historical Society, 1986), p. 209 (Spruance Library, Doylestown).

60 Will of Sarah Terry, proved 27 Sep 1853: Bucks County Pennsylvania Will Book 13, p. 603 (#9364) and

Wright, F. E. and Myers, T. G. Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Wills 1825-1870 (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1995-1998) p. 245; FHL 974.821 P28a, Bk 13, p. 603 #9364; transcript in Croft Antecedants, p. 189; names States grandchildren (children of dau Mary) and sons James (wife Rebecca) and Ralph (wife Mary).

61 1790 U. S. Census of Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Roll M637_8, Page 171, Image 631, FHL Film

568,148; household of 5 and the 1800 U. S. Census of Southampton, Bucks, Roll M32_16, Page 272, Image 119, FHL Film 363339, household of 6; online at ancestry.com (accessed 23 May 2016).



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Daniel and Sarah (Reed) Terry had three children:62

+ 24 i. MARY (ESTHER) TERRY born abt 1785 at Bucks and died 21 Dec 1845 at Bucks

and is buried at Feasterville, Bucks, Pennsylvania. She married Abraham States abt

1827 son of Daniel and Mary (Praul) States.

25 ii. JAMES (JOSEPH) TERRY63 was born 1790 at Bucks; died before 1860. He

married Rebecca States64 daughter of John and Sarah States. No issue.65 She was born

1787 in Pennsylvania and died 18 Feb 1879 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.66,67

+ 26 iii. RALPH TERRY, born 1792 at Bucks; died 15 Jul 1878 at Philadelphia,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Shellenberger abt 1821. She was born

abt 1794 and died 2 Jan 1869 and is buried in the Wm Penn cemetery with her husband.

7. Benjamin Terry (Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1)68,69 born 1741 or 1748 in Bucks County and

died 1805 at York, Ontario, Canada. He was in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1800.70 He

62

Named in Susanna’s will, proven 6 Nov 1805 (‘nephews Joseph & Ralph & niece Esther’); other sources identify ‘Joseph’ as James and ‘Esther’ as Mary (Croft Antecedants, p. 142-143).

63 1850 U. S. Census of Southampton, Bucks, Roll M432_759, Page 104B, Image 216, ‘James’ and

Rebecca; online at ancestry.com (accessed 23 May 2016).

64 Ibid., p. 129.

65 Croft Antecedants, p. 129 states James/Rebecca had no issue. However, after James died, Rebecca

resided with Austin and Martha Biles (maiden name unknown, could be Kiple) in Southampton Twp (see 1860 and 1870 census: Roll: 653_1083, Page 571, Family no. 177 and Roll: 593_1314, Page 699A, Family no. 210, respectively )—there is no proof that this Martha was Rebecca’s daughter, but it is possible.

66 1850 U. S. Census of Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, pop. sch., Roll: 432_759, Page 104B, Family

no. 27.

67 Rebecca Terry death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, database online

at ancestry.com (accessed 28 Feb 2012); buried at Wm Penn cemetery. See also: ‘age 90 yrs. of Scottsville’, Doylestown Democrat Death/Obituaries, 1816-1868 (Doylestown, Pennsylvania: Bucks County Historical Society, 1986) [Spruance Library, Doylestown].

68 McNeely, T. A. and Waite, F. W. compilers, Bucks County Tax Records 1793-1778 (Bucks County

Genealogical Society: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1983), Bristol 1778.

69 Brittingham, J. and M. C. Williams, 1784 Transcript Tax of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Jaminson, PA:

Will-Britt Books, 1997), p. 52 (Bensalem Twp., household of 3).

70 1800 U. S. Census of Londonderry, Chester, Pennsylvania, Roll M32_36, Page 712, Image 183, FHL Film

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married Esther ____, a non-Quaker 6 Jun 1770.71,72 She died 16 Apr 1789 at Byberry Twp.,

Philadelphia County.73

Benjamin and Esther Terry had at least three children:74

27 i. SUSANNAH TERRY, b. 1773 of Bucks.75

28 ii. JANE TERRY, b. 1775 of Bucks.

+ 29 iii. DAVID TERRY,76 b. 1784 of Bucks. He went Chester County, PA and then to

Ontario, Canada with his father before 1805.

8. Thomas Terry (Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) born abt 1749 of Bucks or Byberry Twp,

Philadelphia County and died Dec 1798.77 He is not found in the census. There are two Thomas

Terrys in the 1782 tax records; the one in Bensalem Twp is probably Thomas the father (1711-

1792) and the one in Northampton is likely this Thomas.78 He married79 14 Oct 1772 at Bucks

71

Watring, A. M. and F. E. Wright, Bucks County Church Records of 17th and 18th Century, Vol. 2, (Willow Bend Books: Bowie, Maryland, 2003) p. 104; married out of the society.

72 Bensalem Township, 3 white occupants; J. Brittingham and M. C. Williams, 1784 Transcript Tax of

Bucks County, Pennsylvania: return of land (Jamison, Pennsylvania: Will-Britt Books, 1997), p. 52.

73 Society of Friends, Byberry Monthly Meeting, Deaths 1736-1823, Byberry, Philadelphia County, FHL

Film US/CAN 20410.

74 Susanna’s will, proven 6 Nov 1805; the two girls are named but the son ‘David’ is inexplicably not

named. Yet in the 1800 census vide supra there was a 16-25 male in the household, the girls were likely already married.

75 Bucks County, PA Wills, abstracts 1685-1825, Vol. 2, p 81; mentions witness ‘Susannah Tery’ in the

John Townsend Will (dated Aug 7, 1799, proved Aug 6, 1800) of Bensalem Twp/Byberry Preparative Meeting—this is the only Susannah Terry that fits this time and place window; online at FamilySearch (accessed 2 Sep 2016).

76 The existence of this David Terry is necessary to account for the later record; his existence is

confirmed by the Benjamin Terry household in Chester County in the 1800 census vide supra.

77 Croft Antecedants, p. 140; froze to dead in Sommers field in Dec 1798 (cites Record by Henry

Tomlinson in Byberry Neighborhood); Note: this author has been unable to verify this source. Also, Susanna’s will, proven 6 Nov 1805; indicates Thomas’ wife was a widow at the time of Susanna’s death.

78 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Tax Records, 1782-1860; online at ancestry.com (accessed 10 Jun 2016).

79 Terry/Davis marriage: Pennsylvania Vital Records 1700s-1800s, Vol. 1, Reformed Dutch Church,

Churchville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1737-1780 Baptisms-Marriages, p. 271, Family Tree Maker CD172 (FHL) and Wright, F. E. Bucks County Pennsylvania Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Vol. 4 (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publns, 1994) p. 87.



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Olly (Olive) Davis; she was born abt 1749 and died 5 Oct 1841; buried at Pennepack,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.80 She is likely the sister of Grace Davis, dau of Thomas William and

Deborah (Hough) Davis of Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County.81

Thomas and Olly (Davis) Terry had two children:82

+ 30 i. DAVID TERRY was born abt 1775.

31 ii. ELIZABETH TERRY, born abt 1775.

Generation Five

9. Martha Terry (Jasper4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1), born83 19 May 1778, Upper Makefield

Township, Bucks and died 19 Dec 1866 at Short Creek, Harrison, Ohio. She married84 Ezra

Wharton 19 Apr 1797 at Wrightstown, Bucks. He was born 26 Aug 1773 at Lower Makefield,

Bucks a son of Daniel and Abigail (Headley) Wharton; died 16 May 1847 at Short Creek,

Harrison, Ohio.

Ezra and Martha (Terry) Wharton had thirteen children.85

32 i. JOEL WHARTON, born 1 Jan 1798 of Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; died

1863 at Washington, Harrison, Ohio. He married Abigail Bundy in 1822. (9 children)

80

Croft Antecedants, p. 140; cites Byberry Preparatory Meeting of Friends Records; Note: this author has been unable to verify this source (only known source of this title is the Swarthmore (PA) Friends Library).

81 See Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Pearleen Elves’ Family Tree’, tree 46011801—search Member Directory

for owner: PearleenMElves and references cited therein; she has additional generations (accessed 29 Jun 2018).

82 Named in Susanna’s will, proven 6 Nov 1805.

83 Birth: Anna Miller Watring, Bucks County Pennsylvania: Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries,

(Heritage Books, Bowie, MD – 2003) Vol. 3, p. 17.

84 Wharton/Terry marriage: Anna Miller Watring, Bucks County Pennsylvania: Church Records of the 17th

and 18th Centuries (Heritage Books, Bowie, MD – 2003) Vol. 3, p. 36 also Marriages authorized (Wrightstown, Bucks); Pennsylvania Marriage Records 1700-1821, (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876 Series 2, Series 6), p. 280; online at ancestry.com accessed 19 Apr 2012 also Falls Meeting House, W. W. Hinshaw, American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2, p. 1032.

85 Family & births: Anna Miller Watring, Bucks County Pennsylvania: Church Records of the 17th and 18th

Centuries (Heritage Books, Bowie, MD – 2003) Vol. 3, p. 18 and Charles Augustus Hanna, Historical Collections of Harrison County (Harvard Univ.: 1900), p. 582), online at books.google.com.



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33 ii. ANNA WHARTON, born 17 Jul 1800 of Falls, Bucks, Pennsylvania; died 28 Oct

1869 at Harrisville, Harrison, Ohio.

34 iii. AMOS WHARTON, born 28 Feb 1803 of Bucks, Pennsylvania; died 1850 at

Harrison County, Ohio.

35 iv. LINTON WHARTON, born 27 Sep 1805 of Bucks, Pennsylvania; died Ohio.

36 v. HANNAH WHARTON, born 28 Aug 1807 of Bucks, Pennsylvania; died Warren,

Ohio.

37 vi. DANIEL WHARTON, born 1809 of Bucks, Pennsylvania; died Ohio.

38 vii. DENISE WHARTON, (twin) born 7 Jan 1811 of Bucks, Pennsylvania.

39 viii. JASPER WHARTON, (twin) born 7 Jan 1811 of Bucks, Pennsylvania.

40 ix. JAMES WHARTON, born 1 Aug 1813 of Bucks, Pennsylvania; died Ohio.

41 x. SILAS WHARTON, born 16 Jan 1817 of Bucks, Pennsylvania; died 3 Apr 1842 in

Ohio.

42 xi. ABIGAIL WHARTON, born 11 Mar 1819 at Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio.

43 xii. LEVI WHARTON, born 3 Aug 1821 at Belmont County, Ohio.

44 xiii. EZRA WHARTON, born 11 Mar 1819 at Belmont County, Ohio; died 18 Aug

1832.

13. John Terry (David4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) born86 1763 of Bucks; died 16 Sep 1824 at

Southampton, Bucks. He married87 25 Aug 1788 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rebecca Searls.88 She was born abt 1757 at Newtown, Bucks the daughter of Thomas and

Rebecca (Dunn) Searl. John Terry was her second husband. She married (1) 22 Apr 1772 at

Presbyterian Church, Newtown, Bucks Hendrick Hegeman. He was born 11 Jan 1748 at

Neshaminy Creek, Bucks son of John and Jane (Van Horn) Hegeman;89 he died 1783 in

Northampton Twp., Bucks.

Hendrick and Rebecca (Searls) Hegeman had three children.

86

John Terry birth: Godfrey Memorial Library, American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Vol. 175, p. 394.

87 Terry/Hegeman marriage: First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, ; Pennsylvania Marriage Records,

(Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876 Series 2, Series 6), p. 771 online at ancestry.com accessed 19 Apr 2012.

88 Byberry Neighborhood records kept by Joseph Comly and Phebe G. Martin, cited in Croft

Antecedants, p. 140.

89 William H. Davis, History of Bucks County, Vol. 3, p. 92 ‘The Van Horn Family’; online at

pagenweb.org/~bucks/BIOS_DAVIS/vanhornfamily.html (accessed 13 Mar 2011).



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45 i. JANE HAGERMAN, born 10 Sep 1772 at Northampton Twp., Bucks,

Pennsylvania; died 3 Sep 1846, at Decatur Twp. Washington, Ohio. She married 7 May

1792 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia John D. Faires born 22 Jun 1765 at Bucks and died 29

Aug 1856 at Decatur Twp., Washington, Ohio.

46 ii. JOHN HAGEMAN, born 1777 of Bucks, Pennsylvania.

47 iii. HENRY HAGEMAN/HEGMAN, born 1781 of Bucks, Pennsylvania.

John and Rebecca (Searls) Terry had three children.

48 i. THOMAS SEARLES TERRY, born 3 Jul 1789 at Bristol/Bensalem Bucks,

Pennsylvania; died 16 Aug 1851 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married

abt 1817 Mary Ann Merkins.90 (8 children, for more information on this couple, see the

essay ‘Who was Henry Capehart (1756-1820) and who was his wife?’ on this website.)

49 ii. REBECCA TERRY, born abt 1791 at Bensalem, Bucks, Pennsylvania; died 16 Aug

1851 at Bristol, Bucks. She married abt 1817 at Bucks Benjamin Johnson, born 1801 of

Bucks; died after 1850.91 (1 child)

50 iii. AMELIA TERRY, born abt 1793 at Bristol/Bensalem, Bucks, Pennsylvania; died

1849 at New Jersey. She married abt 1813 at Bucks Joel Blakesley born 3 Oct 1787 at

Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut.92 He married (2) in 1850 Ann Turner by whom he had a

son. (6 children)

16. Rachel Terry (David4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) born 9 Feb 1769 at Middletown, Bucks;

died 3 Dec 1848 at York County, Ontario, Canada.93 She married 1789 at Bucks, Pennsylvania

90

1850 U. S. Census of Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey, pop. sch., Roll: M432_445, Page 202B, Family no. 796 and Family Trees at Ancestry.com: KItts Family Tree (owner: PatBuske), tree 6408942, online at trees.ancestry.com/tree (accessed 1 Mar 2012).

91 1850 U. S. Census of Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania, pop. sch., Roll: M432_759, Page 11B, Family no. 157.

92 Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Muller Family Tree’, tree 19551340—search Member Directory for owner:

bkbugger (accessed 30 Jun 2018); and 1850 U. S. Census of Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey, pop. sch., Roll: M432_445, Page 194B, Family no. 735.

93 Children of Peace Burial Index, Rachel McLeod.

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Murdock Mordecai McLeod. He was born 6 Oct 1765 in Scotland son of Daniel and Cathar

McLeod and died 28 Jun 1847 in York, Ontario, Canada.94,95

Murdock and Rachel (Terry) McLeod had thirteen children:96

51 i. GRACE MCLEOD, born 18 Oct 1790 at Bucks, Pennsylvania. She married

Stephen Chapman.

52 ii. ELIZABETH MCLEOD, born 2 Sep 1792 at Bucks, Pennsylvania. She married

Joseph Cody.

53 iii. CATHERINE MCLEOD, born 22 Jun 1794 at Bucks, Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep

1795.

54 iv. SUSANNAH MCLEOD, born 8 Feb 1796 at Bucks, Pennsylvania; died 1848. She

married William Lloyd.

55 v. DANIEL MCLEOD, born 22 Nov 1798 at Bucks, Pennsylvania; died 1869.

56 vi. JONATHAN MCLEOD, born 25 Jan 1800 at Bucks, Pennsylvania; died 18 Feb

1800.

57 vii. LAVINIA MCLEOD, born 8 Jan 1801 at Bucks, Pennsylvania; died 28 Oct 1878

at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada. She married David G. Walton.

58 viii. CAROLINE P. MCLEOD, born 13 Feb 1803 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario.

She married Hiram R. Willson.

59 ix. MURDOCH MCLEOD, Jr. born 20 Aug 1804 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario.

60 x. RACHEL MCLEOD, born 8 Nov 1806; married a Mr. Barber of Aurora, York,

Ontario.

61 xi. ALEXANDER MCLEOD, born 24 Jun 1808 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario.

The only member of the Children of Peace to be transported to Van Diemen’s Land

(Tasmania) for his role in the Rebellion of 1837; died by gruesome means within 48 hrs.

of his arrival at Van Dieman’s Land in 1839.97

62 xii. ELLEN MCLEOD, born 6 Dec 1810; married a Mr. Southard of Newmarket,

York, Ontario.

94

Canadian Friends Historical Association, Society of Friends, Yonge Street Monthly Meeting (Ontario), (Canadian Friends Historical Association: Newmarket, Ontario, 1988), p.63.

95 Children of Peace Burial Index, ‘Murdick’ McLeod.

96 The Terry Family.

97 Benjamin Wait’s Letters from Van Dieman’s Land written during four years imprisonment for political

offences committed in Upper Canada, published 1843 in Buffalo, NY; republished as The Wait Letters, ed. Mary Brown (Erin, Ontario: Press Porcepic, 1976) excerpts from Benjamin Wait of Markham cited in The Terry Family.



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63 xiii. WILLIAM D. MCLEOD, born abt 1812. He married Martha Doan. They

emigrated to Benton County, Iowa in the United States in 1851.98 (10 children)

17. David William Terry (David4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1), born99 1774 at Bucks and

probably died in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He had a large family in Chester County,

Pennsylvania and least two wives to account for all the children. He married100,101 (1) abt 1795

unknown and (2) 24 Oct 1808 at New Castle, Delaware Esther Groom dau of David and Hannah

(Robinson) Groom.102 She was born abt 1785103 at Saratoga, Saratoga, New York and probably

died Chester County, Pennsylvania.

David and unknown Terry had three children (from 1800 and 1810 census), a boy and two

girls.

David and Esther (Groom) Terry had at least five children.

64 i. GRACE TERRY, born abt 1809 of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

65 ii. ANNA TERRY, born abt 1811 of Chester County, Pennsylvania. She married

George Whiteside.104

98

1880 U. S. Census of Fremont, Benton, Iowa, pop. sch., Roll: 326, ED 028, Page 182A, Family no. 126 online at Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Mar 2012).

99 1851 Census of Canada West, York County, King District, District 42, Sub-dist. 403, Page 131, Archives

Canada Film C_11760; David Terry, Senr age 67 was living with his oldest son Benjamin and a younger son Joshua.

100 Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Leppard Family Tree’, tree 21135010—search Member Directory for owner:

DelmaFriesen (accessed 29 Jun 2018).

101 Some say (Ancestry trees) that David was married to Anne W. Burr, but there are no sources extant

for such a wife. The author believes this name originated from an unsourced mention in a Pedigree Research File on FamilySearch. Entry for ‘David Terry, Jr.’, Pedigree Research File, online at (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CSB-STR: accessed 4 Sep 2018)—no source for Anne Burr as David’s wife—refers to Craig Bowen’s gedcom (no longer available). An Anne Burr was found, but she was born a century too late to be of interest.

102 1810 U. S. Census of London Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania, Roll 47, Page 180, Image 37, FHL Film

0193673, David 26-44yrs, wife (Esther) 16-25yrs, children: 1 male 10-15yrs, 4 females <10yrs, 2 females 10-15yrs—household of nine; online at ancestry.com (accessed 15 Sep 2018).

103 Some Ancestry trees have calculated her birth at 1794 based on a NY census record, but the Esther

Terry in question was born NY and is living with a son Harvey (also b. NY) that does not belong in David’s family—wrong Esther Terry.

104 Personal communication from Maria Terry Remley; information gleaned from her atDNA matches.



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66 iii. CHARLES B. TERRY,105 born 23 Dec 1812 at Chester County, Pennsylvania;

died106 16 Oct 1894 at Southampton, Bucks, buried107 in Wm Penn cemetery.108 He was

a blacksmith. He married in 1838 at Pennsylvania Margaret C. Worthington daughter of

Elizabeth Worthington.109 She was born abt 1819 and died110 10 Jan 1899 at

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, buried in Wm Penn cemetery. (11 children:

William 1839, Amanda 1841, Elizabeth 1843, Mary 1845, Winfield Scott 1847, Adeline

1850, Ellen Groom 1851, Charles B. 1854, Millard F., Edward E. 1863).

67 iv. DAVID TERRY,111 born Aug 1813 at Chester County, Pennsylvania and died 5

Sep 1889 at Mercer County, Illinois; buried112 at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Mercer County.

He moved from Chester County in 1848 to Illinois.113,114 He married115,116 1838 Hannah

105

Charles’ parentage is not disclosed anywhere; he is a son of David and Esther Terry based on the name of their 7th child: Ellen Groom Terry and the fact that he is born in the right place at the right time.

106 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, database online at ancestry.com

(accessed 28 Feb 2012) and Doylestown Democrat Death/Obituaries, 1816-1868, ‘age 82’ (Doylestown, Pennsylvania: Bucks County Historical Society, 1986 at Spruance Library, Doylestown),.

107 Findagrave #66262066 (accessed 17 Aug 2018).

108 Charles B. Terry Will, probated 6 Nov 1894: Williams, R. T. and M. C., Index to Bucks County

Pennsylvania wills and administration records, 1684-1850; FHL US/CAN 974.821 P2, Book 26, p. 475, #19301, Charles of Southampton Twp. names wife Margaret and children Charles, Ellen G. Terry, William, Edward E., Winfield Scott, Millard F., Elizabeth Vandegrift, Mary Ashton, Adeline Stevens, Amanda Larue (deceased, dau Addie).

109 Elizabeth Worthington Will, probated 11 Feb 1856, Wright, F. E. and Myers, T. G. Abstracts of Bucks

County, Pennsylvania Wills 1825-1870 (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1995-1998) p. 270; FHL 974.821 P28a; Bk. 14, p. 59 #9844, widow of Southampton Twp., names son Warren G. Worthington, exec. Son-in-law Charles B. Terry.

110 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, database online at ancestry.com

(accessed 28 Feb 2012).

111 The Three David Terrys. One of the things that makes the deciphering of the Terry records of this

time period so difficult is the fact that there must be THREE David Terrys: David Terry (71) b. 1810, son of Benjamin Terry (21), md. Ann Grove; David Terry (104), b. abt 1811, son of David Terry (29), never md; David Terry (67) b. abt 1811, son of David Terry (22), md Hannah Lear. Hereafter The Three David Terrys.


113 1850 U. S. Census of Millersburg, Mercer, Illinois, Roll M432_120, Page 380B, Image 599; David and

Hannah with five children: David, Joseph, Hester, Mordaci, Hannah; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 19 Sep 2018).



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Lear; she was born 1 Feb 1818 and died 21 Sep 1895. Eight children (David 1838, Joseph

1841, Esther 1843, Mordicai 1845, Thomas 1856, Sarah 1858).

68 v. WILLIAM T. TERRY,117 born 1816 at Chester County, Pennsylvania and died

1857 at Millersburg, Mercer, Illinois; buried118 at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Mercer

County.119 He married 1839 at Pennsylvania Mary Ann Wilson. They moved to Illinois

(following his brother David) after 1850 and had eight children (James Wilson 1840,

Esther b. 1842, Mary Elizabeth 1844, David 1849, Hannah Louise 1851, Grace Emma

1852, William Phillips 1855).

21. Benjamin J. Terry (David4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) born 3 Aug 1783 at Bucks,

Pennsylvania; died 30 Nov 1838 at Sharon, York, Ontario, Canada.120 He lived for a time in

Chester County, Pennsylvania.121 He married 1805 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario,

Canada Elizabeth Ann LePard. She was born May 1790 in United States and died 20 Nov 1871

at Sharon, York, Ontario, Canada.122,123,124

114

1870 U. S. Census of Duncan, Mercer, Illinois, Roll M593_260, Page 176A, FHL Film 545759; David and Hannah with three children: Joseph, Thomas, Sarah; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 19 Sep 2018).

115 Terry/Lear marriage: 22 Jun 1838, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, Saints’ Herald Obituaries,

1889, p. 739 (Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints); born Aug 1813 West Chester, Chester Co., resided at Millersburg, Mercer, Illinois from 1848 to 1889, died of dropsy; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 16 Sep 2018).

116Death record of Joseph L. Terry, 20 Feb 1927, Millersburg, Mercer, Illinois: lists parents as David Terry

and Hannah Lear, birth: 1841 at Chester County, Pennsylvania, spouse Sarah Duncan; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N36Z-MXF; online at FamilySearch (accessed 30 Jun 2018).

117 Personal communication from Maria Terry Remley of Charleston, SC, used with permission. She is a

gggdau of Andrew Terry (88). Her closest (Terry) autosomal (at-DNA) match is a gggson of William T. Terry (68) making them 6th cousins with David Terry (3) their common ancestor. This is strong corroboration for the current ancestral linkage.


119 William ‘Torry’ Family,1850 U. S. Census of East Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, Roll M432_764,

Page 14B, Image 37, Family 72, Wm 34yrs b.PA, 5 children; online at ancestry.com (accessed 15 Aug 2018).

120 Children of Peace Burial Index, Benjamin Terry (age 55) and Findagrave #46245178.

121 PA Septennial Census, year 1800: Benjamin Terry, David Terry, and David Terry, Jr. in Londonderry ,

Chester County.

122 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, District York County,

Subdistrict East Gwillimbury, Image 21; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Mar 2012).



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Benjamin and Elizabeth Ann (LePard) Terry had eleven children:125,126,127

69 i. JOSEPH TERRY, born 1806128 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario; died

1838. He married in 1824 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario Sarah T. Reid.

She was born 1800 and died 1876 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario. (5

children)129

70 ii. RACHEL TERRY, born 16 Oct 1808 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario;

died 2 Jun 1843 at Sharon, York, Ontario, Canada; buried130 at Sharon Burying Ground,

Sharon, York, Ontario. She married 1 Jan 1823 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario,

Canada Nehemiah Eves. He was born 19 Nov 1802 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario

and died there 10 Feb 1878; he married131 (2) abt 1860 Elizabeth Lepard. (8 children

with Rachel, 1 with Elizabeth)132

71 iii. DAVID TERRY,133 born 10 Jul 1810 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario

died 5 Mar 1879; buried134 at Hartman Cemetery, Mount Albert, York, Ontario, Canada. 123

Elliot, B. S., D. Walker, F. Stratford-Devai, eds., Men of Upper Canada, Militia Nominal Rolls, 1828-1829 (Ontario Genealogical Society: Toronto, 1995), p. 240.

124 Rolling, G. M. East Gwillimbury in the 19th Century: A Centennial History of the Township of East



DelmaFriesen and references cited therein (accessed 29 Jun 2018).

126 Ancestry Family Trees: ‘eves Family Tree’, tree 4793687—search Member Directory for owner:

granteves (accessed 29 Jun 2018).

127 ‘The Terry Family’ in Genealogies of the Builders of the Sharon Temple, Sharon, ON, online at

www.sharontemple.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=Itemid=17 (no longer available online as of Sep 2018; author has a copy).

128 Elliot, B. S., D. Walker, F. Stratford-Devai, eds., Men of Upper Canada, Militia Nominal Rolls, 1828-

1829 (Ontario Genealogical Society: Toronto, 1995), p. 240.

129 Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Williams Family Tree’, tree 15774108—search Member Directory for owner:

amyrw1985 (accessed 29 Jun 2018).

130 Findagrave #46246318.

131 Nehemiah Eves/Elizabeth Lepard marriage: parents named in Almeda Elizabeth Eves marriage,

Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMK9-YNG : 11 March 2018).

132 Ancestry Family Trees: ‘eves Family Tree’, tree 4793687—search Member Directory for owner:

granteves (accessed 29 Jun 2018).

133 The Three David Terrys (Note 111)

134 Findagrave #116833817 and Ann (Grove) Terry #116833636.



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He married135 18 Mar 1832 Ann Grove. She was born 20 Jul 1810 at Cornwall, England

and died 13 Jul 1894 at York, Ontario;136 buried next to her husband. Six children:

Stephen 1840, John 1832, Benjamin 1843, Elizabeth 1846, Grace 1848.137

72 iv. JOHN TERRY, born 21 Mar 1814 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario;

died 16 Feb 1871 at York County, Ontario, Canada; buried138 at Sharon Burying Ground,

Sharon, York, Ontario. He married 1834 Sarah Ann Stephens; she was born 1814 and

died 14 Apr 1876. (8 children: Lydia 1835, Elizabeth 1838, Rachel 1840, Mariah 1842,

David P. 1845-1859, Stephen 1850, Statira Lysandra 1852, Henry I. 1860)139,140

73 v. ALEXANDER TERRY, born 1816 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario;

died 21 Oct 1891. He married141 in 1839 at Central Upper Canada Elizabeth Louisa Lucy

Warriner. She was born 1818 and died 1885.142 (4 children)143

74 vi. GRACE DAVIS TERRY, born 15 Nov 1818 at East Gwillimbury Township, York,

Ontario; died 26 May 1893 at York, Ontario, Canada. She married about 1840 John

Maguire. (5 children)144

135

Terry/Grove marriage: ‘Upper Canada (Central Ontario) Marriage Index’, online at www.ontariogenealogy.com (accessed 6 Jun 2018).



137 1851 Census of Canada West, York County, East Gwillimbury, District 42, Sub-dist. 406, Page 115,

Archives Canada Film C_11761; David Terry 43 yrs. with wife Ann (b. England, age 42) and six children; and 1871 Census of East Gwillimbury, York North, Ontario, District 43, Page 115, Archives Canada Film C_9966; David Terry age 60 with wife Ann and children Benjamin and Grace; online at ancestry (accessed 30 Jun 2018).


139 1861 Census of East Gwillimbury, York, Canada-West, Religion: Wesleyan Methodist, Film C-1087,

Page 25.

140 1851 Census of East Gwillimbury, York, Canada-West, District 42, Sub-district 406, image 21; this page

enumerates several Terry families and Terry-related families.

141 Terry/’Warner’ marriage: ‘Upper Canada (Central Ontario) Marriage Index’, online at

www.ontariogenealogy.com (accessed 6 Jun 2018).


DelmaFriesen and references cited therein (accessed 29 Jun 2018).

143 1851 Census of East Gwillimbury, York, Canada-West, District 42, Sub-district 406, Page 115; this page

enumerates several Terry families and Terry-related families; online at Ancestry (accessed 30 Jun 2018).



http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/




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75 vii. BENJAMIN TERRY, born 1819 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario;

died Feb 1822.145

76 viii. ELIZABETH TERRY, born 11 Mar 1826 at East Gwillimbury Township, York,

Ontario; died 15 Jan 1838; buried146 at Sharon Burying Ground, Sharon, York, Ontario.

77 ix. WILLIAM TERRY, born 1826 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario; died

after 1889 of Mount Albert, York County. He married147 in 1852 Eliza Ough. Two

children: William 1855.148

78 x. AMANDA TERRY, born 3 Oct 1829 at East Gwillimbury Township, York,

Ontario; died 21 Sep 1910 at Scott Twp., York, Ontario, Canada; buried149 at Hartman

Cemetery, Mount Albert, York, Ontario. She married in 1846 Isaac Pegg. (11 children)150

145

Children of Peace Burial Index, Benjamin Terry, Jr. (age 3).


147 Terry/Ough marriage: ‘Upper Canada (Central Ontario) Marriage Index’, online at




149 Findagrave #107680421.

150 Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Jeffreys Pegg Family Tree’, tree 45226496—search Member Directory for

owner: LynneJeffreys13, and sources cited therein (accessed 29 Jun 2018).




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Figure 5. Amanda Terry Pegg abt 1870 (note 150).

79 xi. RACHEL TERRY, born 1833 at East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario; died

1837.151,152

22. Mary Terry (David4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) born Dec 1784 in Bucks, Pennsylvania and

died 31 Mar 1853 in East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada. She married abt 1807 Jacob

Lepard. He was born abt 1774 and died 24 Oct 1850 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario,

Canada;153,154 husband and wife are buried155 at Sharon Burying Ground, Sharon, York, Ontario.

Jacob and Mary (Terry) LePard had six children:156

80 i. WILLIAM J. LEPARD, born 9 Feb 1809 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario,

Canada; died 13 Jan 1904 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada.157 He married158

1836 Sarah Traviss. (6 children)

81 ii. GRACE LEPPARD, born abt 1812 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada;

died 25 Mar 1886 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada. She married John

Leopard, born Dec 1805 at Ontario, Canada and died 30 Dec 1880 at East Gwillimbury,

York, Ontario, Canada. (9 children)

82 iii. LAVINIA LEPPARD, born 1817 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada; died

25 Oct 1895 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada.

151

Children of Peace Burial Index, Rachel Terry, Jr. (age 4).

152 Problem here. Benjamin already has a living dau Rachel (#68), but this author cannot find another

Terry family where this Rachel may belong.



154 Rolling, G. M. East Gwillimbury in the 19th Century: A Centennial History of the Township of East


155 Findagrave #46133877 and #46246695 (Mary); not listed in Children of Peace Burial Index.


DelmaFriesen (accessed 29 Jun 2018).



158 Leopard/Traviss marriage: ‘Upper Canada (Central Ontario) Marriage Index’, online at





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83 iv. JACOB LEPARD Jr., born abt 1818 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada.

He married before 1858 Mary Moffatt born Jun 1837 of Port Perry, Ontario, Canada and

died 23 Apr 1929 at York, Ontario, Canada. (11 children)

84 v. ALMIRA LEOPARD born 1826 at Ontario, Canada; died 25 Nov 1875 at York,

Ontario, Canada buried159 in the Pegg Cemetery in East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario. She

married 1853 at North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada William Pegg. He was born

13 May 1824 at East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada and died 25 Jun 1885 at Holt,

Ontario, Canada. (3 children)160

85 vi. EMARILLA LEPARD, born 11 Oct 1827 at East Qwillimbury, York, Ontario,

Canada and died 5 Jun 1910; buried161 Mount Albert Cemetery, Mount Albert, York,

Ontario. She married William J. Hopkins. (3 children).

23. William Terry (David4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) born 1782 at Bucks and probably162

died at Chester County, Pennsylvania.163

William and Mrs. Terry had at least two sons.164

86 i. MARY TERRY, born abt 1798 of Chester County, Pennsylvania.165

87 ii. JOSEPH TERRY, born 1800 of Chester County, Pennsylvania.166

159

Findagrave #177015910.

160 1861 Census of East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada, Page 59, Archives Canada Film C_1087;

Almira, husband Wm and three children are next door to younger sister Emarilla Hopkins and family; online at ancestry (accessed 30 Jun 2018)

161 Findagrave #135629777.

162 Many trees on Ancestry have him dying in East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada on coincidently the

same day as his brother David, Jr. The fact is there is no record of him in Canada—burial or census.



164 1810 U. S. Census of New London, Chester, Pennsylvania, Roll 47, Page 184, Image 39, FHL Film

0193673, Wm and wife 26-45yrs, 2 sons under 10yrs; online at ancestry.com (accessed 15 Aug 2018).

165 Chester County , Pennsylvania, Tax Discount, 1805, William Terry of Londonderry. In the Poor School

Children, 1810-1841, lists Mary Terry in residence in 1806 and was from Londonderry; it is possible that these are Benjamin’s or David’s children; online at ancestry.com (accessed 15 Aug 2018).

166 Chester County , Pennsylvania, Tax Discount, 1805, William Terry of Londonderry. In the Poor School

Children, 1810-1841, lists Joseph Terry in residence in 1806 and was from Londonderry; online at ancestry.com (accessed 15 Aug 2018).



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88 iii. ANDREW TERRY 167,168,169,170 was born 1802 at Chester County, Pennsylvania

and died171 12 Sep 1862 at Philadelphia; buried172 at Philadelphia Memorial Park, Fraser,

Chester, Pennsylvania (originally interred at the American Mechanics Cemetery. He was

a shoemaker and lived much of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married173 1

Apr 1839 at Philadelphia Ann M. Enochs daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Bartles)

Enoch.174 She was born abt 1805 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died175

there 10 Dec 1883. Four children.

24. Mary Terry (Daniel4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) born abt 1785 at Bucks and died 21 Dec

1845 at Bucks and is buried at Feasterville, Bucks, Pennsylvania.176 She married abt 1827

167

Poor School Children, 1810-1841, Chester County, Pennsylvania; online at ancestry.com (accessed 15 Aug 2018). This list contains many Terrys and includes many whose father is David (Grace, David, and William) but no Andrew—and if he were a son of this David he should be there as it is the right place and time and Andrew was the right age.

168 A survey of the 1810 U. S. Census of eastern Pennsylvania counties determined that of all Terrys not

already accounted for in some way, only Wm Terry of New London, Chester County had a son (he actually had two) less than 10 years old (Andrew would have been 8).

169 See the accompanying essay, ‘Addendum 1. Analysis of Y-DNA Markers Relevant to

Thomas Terry of Bucks b 1653 at www.29deadpeople.com. 170

Personal communication from Maria Terry Remley of Charleston, SC, used with permission. She is a gggdau of Andrew Terry (88). Her closest (Terry) autosomal (at-DNA) match is a gggson of William T. Terry (68) making them 6th cousins with David Terry (3) their common ancestor. This is strong corroboration for the current ancestral linkage.

171 Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1805-1915, FHL Film 1003691; online at ancestry.com (accessed 15

Aug 2018). 172

Findagrave #74313539 (accessed 17 Aug 2018).

173 Terry/Enochs marriage: Pennsylvania and New Jersey Town Records 1669-2013; online at

Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Aug 2018).

174 1860 U. S. Census of Philadelphia Ward 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pop. sch., Roll: M653_1171,

Page 467, Family no. 3244, FHL Film 805171; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Aug 2018).

175 Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1803-1915, FHL Film 1003709; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17

Aug 2018).

176 Croft Antecedants, p. 134 and references cited therein.


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Abraham States son of Daniel and Mary (Praul) States.177 He was born abt 1775 died 21 Jan

1823178 at Bucks.

Abraham and Mary (Terry) States had eight children.179,180

89 i. DANIEL STATES born 1805, died 1860. He married 20 Nov 1828 at Bucks Ann

Kruezen, daughter of Jacob Kruezen.

90 ii. LAVINA STATES 27 Feb 1807, Bucks and died 16 May 1899 at Verma, Marshall,

Illinois. She married 2 Jul 1826 at Bucks James Croft.

91 iii. SARAH STATES abt 1809 at Bucks. She married 27 Apr 1828 at Bucks William

Halstead, born abt 1806 in England.

92 iv. ELIZABETH STATES born abt 1811. She married James Barr.

93 v. REBECCA STATES born 1 May 1814 and died 27 May 1867 at Clinton County,

Ohio. She married 29 Jul 1841 at Clinton County, Ohio William Grice. He was born 16

Feb 1818 and died 11 May 1872 at Clinton County, Ohio. Both are buried in the

Westboro IOOF Cemetery in Clinton County.

94 vi. ESTHER STATES born 30 Sep 1816 at Bucks and died 4 Mar 1895. She married

30 Oct 1834 Joseph Eastburn son of Joseph and Alice (Krewson) Eastburn.181 He was

born 4 Apr 1804 and died 20 Oct 1876.

95 vii. JOSEPH TERRY STATES born in 1818 at Bucks and died 1894 at Clinton County,

Ohio. He married 9 Mar 1841 at Clinton County, Ohio Catharine Hester daughter of

Abraham Hester. She was born 27 Jan 1822 and died 24 Sep 1858. Both are buried at

the Richland Methodist Church Cemetery, Clinton County, Ohio.

96 viii. JAMES R STATES born 1821 and died 1851. He married 20 Jun 1842 at

Southampton, Bucks Rachel Randall, who died 2 May 1851 at Bensalem, Bucks.

26. Ralph Terry (Daniel4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) born 1792 at Bucks; died 15 Jul 1878 at

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Shellenberger182 abt 1824. She was

born abt 1794 and died 2 Jan 1869.183,184

177

Croft Antecedants, p. 142. See also Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Bluhm, Glavin et al. Tree’, tree 675867—search Member Directory for owner: Megan Foldanauer (accessed 25 Jan 2012)..

178 Ibid., p. 134.

179 Croft Antecedants, p. 134-135 and references cited therein.

180 Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Bluhm, Glavin, Heitschmidt, Fladiger, Hart, Warkentin, Rotherhoefer,

Foldenauer Family Tree’, tree 675867—search Member Directory for owner Megan Foldenauer (accessed 30 Jun 2018).

181 Halton, Hettie A. and Eastburn Reeder The Eastburn Family to America (Intelligencer Co., 1903) pp.

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Ralph and Mary Terry had five children.185

97 i. JOSEPH R. TERRY, born 14 Mar 1818 in Bucks; died186 19 Sep 1890 at Harford

County, Maryland and is buried at the Fallston United Methodist Cemetery, Harford,

Maryland. He married187 abt 1850 Edith Waterman Livezey, daughter of Jacob Ott and

Priscilla Waterman Livezey of Montgomery County.188 Six children: Charles 1850, Mary

1852, Harriet 1858, John 1861, Sarah 1862, Jacob 1866.189

98 ii. JOHN S. TERRY, born 1821 of Hulmeville, Bucks, Pennsylvania died190 20 Sep

1893 and buried in Bensalem Cemetery, Bensalem, Bucks.191

He married before 1850

Emeline P. Douglass of Bucks County.192 She was born 1 Nov 1827 and died 21 Dec 182

Dunford/Terry marriage: Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1854, database-on-line, Ancestry.com [Pennsylvania Archives, Series 26,28, microfilm rolls 668-673, record group 26].

1831850 U. S. Census of Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, pop. sch., Roll: 432_759, Page 104B, Family

no. 25, includes children Charles and Sarah Ann, other children John S. and Thomas are in Families 26 and 28, respectively (same page).

184 1860 U. S. Census of Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, pop. sch., Roll: 653_1083, Page 581, Family

no. 252; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, database online at ancestry.com (accessed 28 Feb 2012); both buried at Wm Penn cemetery.

185 Croft Antecedants, p. 143 and Esther Reed estate file 1840, Bucks County Orphan’s Court Records,

File 5208, Spruance Library, Doylestown, PA (contains newspaper article which outlines familial relationships).

186 Burial at Bensalem Cemetery; online at Findagrave.com, memorial #40002236 (accessed 1 Sep 2016).

187 1850 U. S. Census of District 3, Harford, Maryland, pop. sch., Roll: 432_294, Page 103A, Family no.

337; Joseph is listed with the Livezey family and therefore may still be engaged to Edith (she is still Livezey, not Terry)—their first child Charles was born abt 1850.

188 Jon Harlan Livezey application, U. S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications,

1889-1970, online at Ancestry.com.

189 1870 U. S. Census of District 3, Harford, Maryland, pop. sch., Roll: 593_588, Page 138B, Family no.

611; their children were named after 3 of his sibs and his mother strengthening the identification of Joseph R. Terry as Ralph’s son.

190 John S. Terry Death: ‘age 72’, Doylestown Democrat Death/Obituaries, 1816-1868 (Doylestown,

Pennsylvania: Bucks County Historical Society, 1986) [Spruance Library, Doylestown]

191 Daughters of the American Revolution, Cemetery Records of Bensalem Township, Bucks County,

Pennsylvania (D.A.R.: Trenton, New Jersey, 1987), p. 75; Larzelere Cemetery (John S. and Emeline P. Terry).


no. 248.



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1880; she is buried next to her husband at Bensalem Cemetery.193,194 (at least 1 child,

John S.)

99 iii. CHARLES B. TERRY, born May 1825 of Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania and

died 5 Jan 1862 in Southampton Township.195,196 He married197 14 Jan 1858 at

Frankford, Bucks Amanda Carr of Southampton, Bucks.198 She was born 14 May 1836

of Southampton and died 1 Jan 1902, buried in Wm Penn cemetery.199 Two children:

John 1859 md Virginia (Jennie) Streeter, Harry 1863.200

100 iv. THOMAS W. TERRY, born abt 1828 at Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania; died

Aug 1877 at Bensalem, Bucks.201 He served in the Civil War.202

193

John S. Terry Will, probated 9 Oct 1893: Bucks County Pennsylvania Will Abtracts, 1870-1900, p. 422; FHL US/CAN 974.821 P2m and Williams, R. T. and M. C., Index to Bucks County Pennsylvania wills and administration records, 1684-1850; FHL US/CAN 974.821 P2, Book 26, p. 204 #18948; John names his son John S., nephew William H. Dunford, identifies Sarah Ann Bridemore (widow of Wm Dunford) as his sister, Thomas W. Terry as his brother, and George Douglass (wife Elizabeth) as in-laws and George Douglass, Jr. as his nephew and Maggie Douglass as niece; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 20 Apr 2018); hereafter John S. Terry Will.

194 1880 U. S. Census of Hulmeville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, pop. sch., Roll: 1106, ED 144, Page 312B, Family

no. 68; they are next door to the George Douglass family (nephew); Emeline Terry Death: Bucks County Intelligencer, Deaths 1861-1865, p. 275 [Spruance Library, Doylestown, PA].

195 Charles Terry death: ‘died suddenly, 36yr8mo’ Doylestown Democrat Death/Obituaries, 1816-1868

(Doylestown, Pennsylvania: Bucks County Historical Society, 1986) [Spruance Library, Doylestown] , and Bucks County Intelligencer, Deaths 1861-1865 (Doylestown, Pennsylvania: Bucks County Historical Society, 1986), p. 275 [Spruance Library, Doylestown].

196 Croft Antecedants, p. 143.

197 C. A. Smith, Bucks County Intelligencer marriage notices, 1804-1860 Vol. 3 (Doylestown, Pennsylvania:

Bucks County Genealogical Society, 1986), p. 199; FHL US/CAN 974.821 V2bc and Wm Dunford, jun. / Sarah Ann Terry marriage: Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1854, database-on-line, Ancestry.com [Pennsylvania Archives, Series 26,28, microfilm rolls 668-673, record group 26]..


no. 247; includes their son John S. and a Carr nephew.

199 Database-online at Findagrave.com (accessed 1 Feb 2012); search: Terry/Wm Penn.

200 Amanda (Carr) Terry Will, Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, Wills, Vol 29-30, 1899-

1903, p. 169-70; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Sep 2018).

201 1870 U. S. Census of Southampton, Bucks, pop. sch., Roll: 593_1314, Page 699B, Family no. 217; age

42, working on his bro-in-laws farm, apparently single.

202 U. S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 12 Nov

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101 v. SARAH ANN TERRY, born 28 Oct 1830 at Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania

and died 1919; buried203 at Beechwood Cemetery, Hulmeville, Bucks. She married204 (1)

17 Nov 1853 at Newtown, Bucks William Dunford, Jr. of Bensalem, Bucks.205 He was

born 1830 and died 1874; buried206 at William Penn Cemetery, Philadelphia. (4 children)

She married (2) ____ Bridemon.207

29. David Terry (Benjamin4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) b. 1784 of Bucks and died 26 Apr

1856 at Kettleby, King, York, Ontario, Canada and buried Christian Church Cemetery in

Kettleby.208 From Bucks County he went to Chester County, PA where his children were

born.209 He married unknown. David went with several of his sons to King City, York, Ontario,

Canada from London Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania210 in 1822.211

David and Mrs. Terry had four sons.

102 i. BENJAMIN TERRY, born212 1808 at Pennsylvania and died 1891 at Kettleby,

York, Ontario, Canada; buried213 at Kettleby Cemetery, York, Ontario, Canada. He 203

Findagrave #7366014.

204 C. A. Smith, Bucks County Intelligencer marriage notices, 1804-1860 Vol.3 (Doylestown, Pennsylvania:

Bucks County Genealogical Society, 1986), p. 199; FHL US/CAN 974.821 V2bc; ‘only daughter of Ralph’.

205 1870 U. S. Census of Southampton, Bucks, pop. sch., Roll: 593_1314, Page 699B, Family no. 217;

online at ancestry (accessed 30 Jun 2018).

206 Findagrave #143948129, interesting and informative obit (accessed 20 Apr 2018).

207 John S. Terry Will.


owner: : PearleenMElves (accessed 4 Sep 2018).

209 There are three David Terrys in the 1800 U. S. Census of Londonderry, Chester County, Pennsylvania

all with sizeable families. In the 1810 U. S. Census of London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania there are two David Terrys.

210 1810 Census of London Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania, Roll 47, Page 180, Image 00037, FHL Film

0193673; there are no David Terry’s in Bucks.

211 Norman K. Crowder Inhabitants of York County Ontario in 1850 (Toronto, Ontario: Ontario

Genealogical Society. Toronto Branch, 1992), p. 33.

212 Mulvany, Charles Pelham History of Toronto and county of York, Ontario…, Vol. 2 (Toronto: C. Blackett

Robinson, 1885), pp. 426-7; ‘Benjamin Terry…son of David Terry..emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1822…to York County settling near Newmarket…his death in 1857…born PA in 1809 and was 13 yrs. old when he came to Canada. He took part in the rebellion of 1837, but managed to escape arrest. He was married in 1843 to Lucilla Mount, dau of Joseph Mount;…ten children named.



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married 1843 in Ontario Lucinda Mount, daughter of Joseph Mount. She was born 1824

and died 1888, also buried at Kettleby Cemetery. Ten children: Ester Ann 1843, Mary

Elizabeth 1845, Susan M. 1847, Lydia L. 1849, Emma 1865.

103 ii. JOSHUA TERRY, born abt 1808 at Bucks, Pennsylvania and died at Ontario,

Canada.214

104 iii. DAVID TERRY,215,216 born abt 1811 at Bucks, Pennsylvania and died 21 Nov

1879; buried217 at Religious Society of Friends Burial Ground, Newmarket, Ontario,

Canada.218 He may not have married.219,220

105 iv. JONATHAN TERRY,221 born 31 Mar 1815 at Pennsylvania and died222 22 Dec

1886 at Aurora, York, Ontario, Canada; buried223 at Religious Society of Friends Burial

213

Findagrave #40998101 and Lucinda #40998147.


Canada Film C_11760; David Terry, Senr. age 67 was living with his oldest son Benjamin and a son Joshua, both 43 yrs. (two more sons are on the next page, 133); online at ancestry (accessed 30 Jun 2018).

215 The Three David Terrys (Note 111).

216 The Ontario 1871 Census is proof that there are two David Terrys b. abt 1811; one living with wife

Ann in East Gwillimbury (Baptists) and another living with his brother Jonathan in King District (Quakers).

217 Findagrave #167756719.

218 1871 Census of King District, York North, Ontario, District 43, Page 115, Archives Canada Film C_9966;

David Terry age 60 single with brother Jonathan and his family; online at ancestry (accessed 30 Jun 2018).


Canada Film C_11760; the brothers were farming together in the 1851, 1861, and 1871 York censuses.

220 1861 Census of Canada West, York County, E. D. 9 of King Township, Page 107, Archives Canada Film

C_11760; brothers David (single) and Jonathan Terry (married), b. 1814 and 1816, with seven children and a married woman (name unreadable), 2nd wife, age 33; online at ancestry (accessed 30 Jun 2018).


Canada Film C_11760; the two younger sons are on the following page after their father and older brothers; brother David (single) and Jonathan w/wife Sarah Jane and two children (David and Mary Ann)—brothers are both Quakers, b. U. S.; online at ancestry (accessed 30 Jun 2018).

222 Mistake: Jonathan Terry death: Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938; death listed in 1879, but he was

still alive in the 1881 census (actually this is his brother David’s death date); online at ancestry.com (accessed 19 Sep 2018).

223 Findagrave #167756720; children also buried at Religious Society of Friends Burial Ground,

Newmarket, Ontario: Mary Ann Terry, Sarah Jane Terry, and Susan Terry (accessed 19 Sep 2018).



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Ground, Newmarket, Ontario. He married (1) abt 1844 Sarah Jane Anderson. She was

born 1823 at King City, York, Ontario, Canada and died 20 Sep 1860; buried224 at

Religious Society of Friends Burial Ground, Newmarket, Ontario.

He married (2) abt 1857 Sushannah ____. Seven children (the last from wife

Sushannah (Susan):225 David H. 1845, Mary Ann 1847-1894 (never md), William John

1848 md Jane ____, Alexander 1852, Caroline 1853, Sarah Jane 1856-1860,

Sushannah/Susan 1858-1889 md Samuel Shuttleworth.226,227

30. David Terry (Thomas4 Thomas3 Jasper2 Thomas1) was born abt 1775 of Moreland Twp,

Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He does not appear in the 1790-1820 censuses of Pennsylvania. It

is widely believed without proof (viz. FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestry trees and other

sources) that this David married Sarah Doran of New Jersey, but this is almost certainly

wrong.228 David, the son of Thomas4, clearly has disappeared from Pennsylvania, but then

perhaps shows up in the Carolinas? There was a David Terry resident in Craven County in the

1800 census229 that was the right age to be the son of Thomas Terry and Olly Davis. There is no

documentary proof for this. There are other possibilities, but they are less likely.

224

Findagrave #167756722, age 29yrs.; claims Jonathan is also buried there 22 Dec 1886 #167756720; none of the Newmarket burials seem to line up with other data—problem here? (accessed 19 Sep 2018).

225 Shuttleworth/Terry marriage: Ontario marriages, 1869-1927, #12477 18 Feb 1878, Susan Terry lists

parents as Johnathan and Susan Terry; online at FamilySearch (accessed 4 Sep 2018).



227 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, District 43 North Riding of York, Sub-dist. 5 King Township, Page 9,

Archives Canada Film C_11760; 7 children, 2nd wife Sushannah? b. England age 36, bro David Terry, age 60 was living with them; online at ancestry (accessed 30 Jun 2018)

228 In addition to the disparity in their ages (David b. 1775 and Sarah b. 1792) there is clear evidence that

the ‘David Terry’ that was married to Sarah Doran was born in New Jersey! David and Sarah lived the later part of their lives and both died in Philadelphia where there is evidence of his NJ birth. See ‘David Terry/Mary and Sarah Doran’; ‘Five Generations of the Terry Family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania’ essay: in ‘Group 2: no linkage to Thomas Terry b. 1653 of Bucks’ near the end of the essay for more details and sources.

229 1800 U. S. Census of New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, Roll 31, Page 132, Image 253, FHL Film

337907, household of nine, 3 over 25, 2 sons and 3 daus, sons are not under 10 (there is no date for the census); online at ancestry.com (accessed 27 May 2016).




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In some way, we must deal with the fact that John Thomas Terry was born 22 Mar 1800 at

New Bern, Craven, North Carolina and he was shown by Y-DNA analysis to be a descendant of

Thomas Terry of Bucks (b. 1653).

Alternatively, John Thomas Terry could be a grandson of William Terry b. 1724 (m. Rachel

Manson), although Y-DNA analysis disfavors this possibility.230 There are already two other

descendants of William Terry who left Bucks for Virginia that have been shown to be

descendants of Thomas Terry of Bucks by Y-DNA analysis. Their common ancestor is the

Virginian John Terry (1760-1842), son of William.

‘David’ and Mrs. Terry had at least one child.

106 i. JOHN THOMAS TERRY was born 22 Mar 1800 at New Bern, Craven, North

Carolina and died 31 Oct 1855; buried231 with his wife at Freeman Cemetery, Troup,

Georgia. He married Julia Brooks abt 1824. She was born 26 Aug 1807 at North

Carolina and died 10 Apr 1863; also buried at Freeman Cemetery. John Terry was one of

the first settlers of Troup County, Georgia.232 The 1850 Census of District 800, Troup,

Georgia233 shows John Thomas (age 50) with wife Julia and eight children.

230

The Y-DNA STR analysis (see ‘Addendum 1. Analysis of Terry Y-DNA Markers’ for actual data) shows the STR value (Short Tandem Repeat) for the John Thomas Terry descendant at locus 2 (column 2, DYS390) to be 24 repeats while the value at this locus for Wm Terry (b.1724, m. Rachel Manson) descendants is 25 repeats (3 separate individuals). This suggests he is not a descendant of Wm Terry, b. 1724.

231 Findagrave #42560470 and #42560596(Julia); 12 children are listed.

232 Smith, Clifford L. History of Troup County (Atlanta, GA: Foote & Davies, 1935), p. 26; cited in Ancestry

Family Trees: ‘Terry Family Tree’, tree 7455940—search Member Directory for owner ‘theterrys151’ (accessed 30 Jun 2018).

233 1850 U. S. Census of District 800, Troup, Georgia, Roll: 432_84, Page 99A, Image 85, Family no. 3;

online at Ancestry.com (accessed 6 Jan 2016).

NOTE: There is Y-DNA data from a descendant (see ‘Addendum 1. Analysis of Terry Y-DNA Markers’ and references therein).

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