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Full text of "Martin's bench and bar of Philadelphia; together with other lists of persons appointed to administer the laws in the city and county of Philadelphia, and the province and commonwealth of Pennsylvania"

MARTIN'S 



BENCH AND BAR 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA 



Together with other Lists of persons appointed to Administer 

the Laws in the City and County of Philadelphia, and 

the Province and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 



BY , 

JOHN HILL MARTIN 

OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR 



OF C 



PHILADELPHIA 

KKKS WELSH & CO., PUBLISHERS 
No. 19 South Ninth Street 

1883 



Entered according to the Act of Congress, 
On the 12th day of March, in the year 1883, 

BY JOHN HILL MARTIN, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, 

at Washington, D. C. 



W. H. PILE, PRINTER, 

No. 422 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. 



Stack 
Annex 

5 



PREFACE. 



IT has been no part of my intention in compiling these lists 
entitled "The Bench and Bar of Philadelphia," to give a history 
of the organization of the Courts, but merely names of Judges, 
with dates of their commissions; Lawyers and dates of their ad- 
mission, and lists of other persons connected with the administra- 
tion of the Laws in this City and County, and in the Province and 
Commonwealth. Some necessary information and notes have been 
added to a few of the lists. And in addition it may not be out of 
place here to state that Courts of Justice, in what is now the Com- 
monwealth of Pennsylvania, were first established by the Swedes, in 
1642, at New Gottenburg, nowTinicum, by Governor John Printz, 
who was instructed to decide all controversies according to the 
laws, customs and usages of Sweden. What Courts he established 
and what the modes of procedure therein, can only be conjectur- 
ed by what subsequently occurred, and by the record of Upland 
Court. It is said that the English after the conquest of the lands 
on the Delaware, concluded not to make any violent change in 
the administration of justice as it then existed under the Dutch 
rule, following the good example of the Dutch, wh'o, on taking 
possession of the country in 1664, permitted the Swedish magis- 
trates to remain in office. So we find that there was sitting at 
Upland (Chester) on August 18, 1672, a Court with titles and 
powers unknown to the English law, its powers appearing to 
have been legislative as well as judicial. At what time the seat 
of justice was removed from New Gottenburg to Upland, is not 
definitely known. Stuyvesant met the Swedish Magistrates and 
Sheriff at Tinicum, in 1658, but the records of the Court there, 
as well as the records of the Upland Court prior to November 14, 
1676, are lost. See Upland Record, 4.3. 

Under William Penh, 1681, a new order of things took place, 
and as Peter McCall, Esq., in his discourse before the Law 
Academy, on September 5, 1838, p. 7, says: 



IV PREFACE. 

"The first organization of the Courts was admirable for its 
simplicity and convenience. The County Court, in the days of 
Alfred and Egbert, a tribunal 'of great dignity and splendour.' 
was drawn from the obscurity into which it had sunk after the 
Norman invasion, and was made the ground-work of the edifice. 
It was composed of the Justices of the Peace of the several 
counties, with an appeal to the Provincial or Supreme Court. 
The Provincial Court originally consisted of five Judges. The 
number afterwards varied from five to three, who went their 
Circuits every fall and spring in each county. To it belonged 
the cognizance of the higher criminal offences, and all appeals 
from the County Courts, both in law and equity. To complete 
the structure were added the Quarter Sessions and Orphans' 
Court, and the Admiralty. Such was the plan of the Judicial 
system established at the settlement of the Colony; so simple, yet 
convenient in its arrangements, that though frequent alterations 
were made in its details by subsequent legislation, the general 
outline remains to the present day a standing proof of its endur- 
ing excellence." 

In addition to the regular County Court, a tribunal was estab- 
lished by Act of March 10, 1683-4, called the Peace-Makers, 
consisting of three persons, who held their appointment from the 
Court. Their duties seem to have been somewhat analogous to 
those of Arbitrators. Their judgment, however, when certified to 
the Court, was conclusive of its sentence. 

The County Courts were early (1685) made Courts of Equity 
as well as Law, but the Law and Equity sides were distinct, 
though held by the same Justices, except that when sitting in 
Equity they were called Commissioners, as will be seen by refer- 
ence to the minutes of the Courts of Chester County, (all the 
Records of the Common Pleas of Philadelphia, previous to 1789, 
are missing.) See Dr. Smith's History of Delaware Co., 161. 

The foot notes to Dallas' Laws, in the different Acts relative 
to the organization of the Courts, are interesting in this connec- 
tion, (see / Dallas, 172-74, &c.,) as are also the sketch of the 
Court of Equity given by Henry William Rawle, Esq., in his 
discourse before the Law Academy, February n, 1868, and the 
address of the Hon. James T. Mitchell, one of the Judges of the 
late District Court, at its final adjournment on January 4, 1875. 

This introduction would hardly be perfect without reference 



PREFACE. V 

to the former lists of admissions to the Bar, and lists of our law- 
yers that have appeared in print, viz: 

The Members of the Philadelphia Bar. A complete catalogue 
from July, 1776, to July, 1855, by R. F. Williams, Philadelphia, 
1855, pp. 50. 

A Catalogue of the Philadelphia Bar, admitted between June 
i, 1855, and January i, 1861 ; compiled from the records of the 
several Courts in the City of Philadelphia, by Horace L. Peter- 
son, Esq. Printed by King & Baird, 1861.- 

A List of Admissions to the Philadelphia Bar from 1855 to 
1867, will be found in The Age newspaper of January i, 1867. 

The Philadelphia Bar, a complete catalogue of the Members 
from 1776 to 1868, by E. Cooper Shapley and David Paul 
Brownf Jr., Esquires; Philadelphia, 1868, pp. 53. 

The offering of the carrier of the Legal Gazette to its patrons, 
December 25, 1871, being a list of the practising lawyers of the 
Philadelphia Bar, arranged according to seniority of admission, 
with the dates thereof, to February 23, 1871 ; pp. 7. 

" List of the practicing Members of the Philadelphia Bar," with 
the dates of their admission. Printed by John Campbell & Sons, 
October 10, 1879; PP- I0 - 

Directory of the Members of the Philadelphia Bar, being a list 
of the practising Attorneys, and the location of their offices ; a 
pocket edition, by Richard C. Winship, Esq., 1879; PP- 34 > 2n ^ 
edition, 1881; pp. 38; 3rd edition, 1883; pp. 48. 

The Philadelphia Legal Directory, for the use of the profession, 
giving a list of the practising Lawyers, with the location of their 
offices, &c. Compiled by E. C. Markley & Son, 1882; pp. 14. 

The Philadelphia Directories, from 1854 to 1868, published 
each year a list of the practising Lawyers, and similar lists have 
been continued in "The Philadelphia Business Directory" and 
in " Boyd's Business Directory," since 1868. 

Among the many customs imported from England, relative to 
the members of the legal profession, is the practice of carrying 
their briefs and papers to Court in what are termed "Lawyer 
bags." The profession generally, until after the Civil War of 
1861-5, carried green bags, though a few of the older lawyers 
varied the custom by using those of a blue color, but red bags 
are a modern innovation, within the last ten years. 

In this connection the following article from Jeaffreson's book 



VI PREFACE. 

about lawyers may not be deemed inappropriate, but a fitting 
conclusion to the introduction of this work to the profession, 
wherein I have striven to rescue from oblivion the names of the 
good men and true who have labored on the Bench and at the 
Bar of Philadelphia. 

"On the stage of the Carolina theatres, the lawyer is found 
with a green bag in his hand ; the same is the case in the litera- 
ture of Queen Anne's reign ; and until a comparatively recent 
date, green bags were generally carried in Westminster Hall and 
in provincial Courts by the great body of legal practitioners. 
From Wycherley's 'Plain Dealer,' it appears that in the time of 
Charles II., angry clients were accustomed to revile their lawyers 
as 'green-bag carriers.' When the litigious widow Blackacre 
upbraids the barrister who declines to argue for her, she exolaims : 
' Impertinent again, and ignorant to me ! Gad's boddikins ! You 
puny upstart in the law, to use me so; you green-bag carrier; you 
murderer of unfortunate causes, the clerk's ink is scarce off your 
fingers.' In the same drama making much play with the green 
bag Wycherley indicates the widow Blackacre's quarrelsome 
disposition by decorating her with an enormous green reticule, 
and makes her son, the law student, stagger about the stage in a 
gown and a heavy burden of green bags. 

So, also, in the time of Queen Anne, to say that a man intend- 
ed to carry a green bag, was the same as saying that he meant to 
adopt the law as a profession. 

In Dr. Arbuthnot's History of John Bull, the prevalence of 
the phrase is shown by the passage, ' I am told, cousin Diego, 
you are one of those that have undertaken to manage me, and 
that you have said you will carry a green bag yourself, rather than 
we shall make an end of our law suit. Til teach them and you, 
too, to manage.' It must, however, be borne in mind that in 
Queen Anne's time, green bags, like white bands, were generally 
adopted by solicitors and attorneys, as by members of the bar. 
In his 'character of a pettifogger,' the author of The London Spy, 
observes: ' His learning is commonly as little as his honesty, and 
his conscience much larger than his green bag.' 

Some years have elapsed since green bags altogether disappear- 
ed from our courts of law ; but the exact date of their disappear- 
ance has hitherto escaped the vigilance and research of Colonel 
Landman, ' Causidicus,' and other writers, who in the pages of 



PREFACE. Vll 

that useful and very entertaining publication, Notes and Queries, 
have asked for information on that point and kindred questions. 
Evidence sets aside the suggestion that the color of the lawyer's 
bag was changed from green to red, because the proceedings at 
Queen Caroline's trial rendered green bags odious to the public, 
and even dangerous to their bearers ; for it is matter of certainty 
that the leaders of the Chancery and Common law bars carried 
red bags at a time considerably anterior to the inquiry into the 
Queen's conduct. 

In a letter addressed to the editor of Notes and Queries, a 
writer who signs himself ' Causidicus,' observes: 'When I entered 
the profession (about fifty years ago) no junior barrister presumed 
to carry a bag in the Court of Chancery, unless one had been 
presented to him by a King's counsel, who, when a junior was 
advancing in practice, took an opportunity of complimenting 
him on his increase of business and giving him his own bag to 
carry home his papers. It was then a distinction to carry a bag, 
and a proof that a, junior was rising in his profession. I do not 
know whether the custom prevailed in other courts^' From this 
it appears that fifty years since the bag was an honorable distinc- 
tion at the Chancery bar, giving its bearer some such professional 
status as that which is conferred by 'silk,' in these days when 
Queen's counsel are numerous. 

The same professional usage seems to have prevailed at the 
Common Law bar more than eighty years ago; for in 1780, when 
Edward Law joined the northern circuit and forthwith received 
a large number of briefs, he was complimented by Wallace on 
his success and presented with a bag. Lord Campbell asserts 
that no case had ever .before occurred when a junior won the 
distinction of a bag during the course of his first circuit. There 
is no record of the date when members of the junior bar received 
permission to carry bags according to their own pleasure; it is 
even matter of doubt whether the permission was ever expressly 
accorded by the leaders of the profession, or whether the old 
restrictive usage died a gradual and unnoticed death. The 
present writer, however, is assured that, at the Chancery bar, 
long after all juniors were allowed to carry bags, etiquette forbade 
them to adopt bags of the same color as those carried by their 
leaders. An eminent Queen's counsel, who is a member of that 
bar, remembers that when he first donned a stuff gown, he, like 



Vlll PREFACE. 

all Chancery juniors, had a purple bag, whereas the wearers of 
silk at the same period, without exception, carried red bags. 

Before a complete and satisfactory account can be given of the 
use of bags by lawyers, as badges of honor and marks of distinc- 
tion, answers must be found for several questions which at present 
remain open to discussion. So late as Queen Anne's reign, 
lawyers of the lowest standing, whether advocates or attorneys, 
were permitted to carry bags a right which the junior bar 
appears to have lost when Edward Law joined the northern 
circuit. At what date between Queen Anne's day and 1780 
(the year in which Lord Ellenborough made his debut in the 
north,) was this change effected? 

Was the change gradual or sudden? To what cause was it due? 
Again, is it possible that Lord Campbell and 'Causidicus' wrote 
under a misapprehension, when they gave testimony concerning 
the usages of the bar with regard to bags, at the- close of the last 
and the beginning of the present century? The memory of the 
distinguished Queen's counsel, to whom allusion is made in the 
preceding paragraph, is quite clear, that in his student days 
Chancery juniors were forbidden by etiquette to carry red bags, 
but were permitted to carry blue bags; and he is strongly of 
opinion that the restriction to which Lord Campbell and ' Causidi- 
cus' drew attention did not apply at any time to blue bags, but 
only concerned red bags, which, so late as thirty years since, 
unquestionably were the distinguishing marks of men in leading 
Chancery practice." 



CONTENTS, 



PAGE. 

Addenda, ........ xv 

Addresses before the Law Academy, . . . . ,. 232 < 

Additional Appointments, ...... 184' 

Adjutants-General, . . . . . . .176 

Admissions to the Chester County Bar, . . . . 240 

Philadelphia Bar, ..... 243 

Advocates in the Vice Admiralty, . . . . 8 

A List of Attorneys from Directory of 1785, xv 

Attorneys from Sheriffs Deed Book B, . . . 237 

the Departed Saints of the Law, .... 239 

Directories of Philadelphia, . . . . 153 

Some Old Lawyers of the Province, . . . 236 

An Act establishing a Post Office, . . . . .126 

Assistant City Engineers, . . . . . .151 

Surveyors, . . . . . .151 

Attorneys-General of the Province, ..... 26 

Commonwealth, . . . . 27, 184 

Lower Counties, .... 22 

Auditors- General, . . . . . . .175 

of Accounts, . . . . . .174 

Bibliography of the Laws of Pennsylvania, . . . .185 

Pennsylvania Reports, .... 191 

Board of Public Charities, . . . . . .183 

Public Education, . . . . . .121 

Revision of Taxes, ...... 108 

Chancellors of the Law Association, ..... 220 

Court of Equity, ..... 63 

Chief Justices of the Provincial Supreme Court, . . . 18, 154 

Pennsylvania, ..... 22 

the Lower Counties, ..... 20 

Chief Commissioners Department of Highways, . . 153 

Engineers of the Fire Department, .... 109 

Engineers and Surveyors, . . . . .150 

Inspector of the Health Office, . . . . .118 

Chiefs of Police, ....... 108 

City Controllers, ....... 109 

Court, ........ 59 

Solicitors, ....... 88 

Treasurers, . . . . . .* . ' IO2 

Clerks of the Circuit Court of the United States, . . . 12 

City Court, ...... 61 

Common Council, . . . . .114 

District Court of the United States, ... 9 

1 



X CONTENTS. 

FACE. 

Clerks of the Mayor's Court, ...... 77 

Orphans' Court, .... 7 1 

Provincial Assembly, . . . . .168 

Provincial Council, . . . . .167 

Quarter Sessions, .... 82 

Select Council, . . . . . .114 

Collation of the Session Laws, . . . . .211 

Collectors of the Customs (Port,) ..... 130 

Excise, ....... 107 

Delinquent Taxes, ..... 109 

Commanders-in-Chief of the United States Army, . . .176 

Committee of Defence, . . . . . .124 

Safety, 177 

Common Councilmen, 1701 to 1776, . . . . no 

Commissioners of Charities, . . ... 183 

of Fisheries, . . . . . . 1 84 

of Insolvents, . . . . . .81 

of Property, . . . . . .172 

of Rivers and Streams, . . . .184 

for Settling the Colony, . . . .171 

Comptrollers-General, . . . . . . 175 

Controllers of the City, . . . . . .184 

Customs, . . . . . .132 

Coroners, ........ 103 

Correction in list of Mayors, . . . . . 155 

Council of Safety, . . . . . . .178 

County Courts of Philadelphia County, .... 36 

Court of Admiralty, (a sketch,) ..... 5 

Appeals in cases of Capture, ..... 

Common Pleas, (a sketch,) . . . ' . 48 

No. I, . . . . .56 

No. 2, . . . . .56 

No. 3, 57 

No. 4, 57 

Criminal Sessions, ...... 81 

the County, (a sketch,) ..... 36 

Equity, (Chancery,) ...... 6l 

Errors and Appeals, ...... 64 

General Sessions, ...... 82 

Quarter Sessions, ...... 36 

Department of Highways, . . . . . 153 

Surveys, . . . . . .151 

Departed Saints of the Law, ...... 239 

Deputy Attorneys-General, ...... 85 

Directors of the United States Mints, ..... 135 

District Attorneys of the United States for Philadelphia, . . 10 

Attorneys, ....... 87 

Court, ........ 77 

Surveyors and Regulators, . . . . .152 

Door-keepers of the Provincial Assembly, . . . .169 

Errata, ....... . xvi 

Escheators- General, . . . . . . 175 

Examiners of the Court of Equity, ..... 63 

Fire Marshals, ....... 109 



CONTENTS. XI 

PAGE. 

Governors of Pennsylvania, . . . . . .162 

Harbor Masters, . . . . . . 115, 184 

Health Officers, . . . . . . .117 

High Court of Errors and Appeals, .....' 64 

Interpreter of the Quarter Sessions, . . . . .84 

Interpreters of the Board of Health, . . . . .116 

Introduction to the Bench and Bar, ..... 234 

Judges of the Admiralty, . . . . . . 7 

Circuit Court of the United States, 10 

Common Pleas, (Associates,) . . .54 

Court of Equity, ..... 6l 

Court of Errors, ...... 64 

City Court, . . . . ... 59 

Criminal Sessions, . . .82 

District Court, . . . .. . . 79 

District Court of the United States, 

General Sessions, ..... 82 

High Court of Errors and Appeals, ... 64 

Orphans' Court, . . . . . .71 

Recorder's Court of Northern Liberties, . . 92 

Supreme Provincial Court, .... 19 

Supreme Provincial Court of the Lower Counties, . 20 

United States Circuit Court, 10 

United States District Court, .... 

Vice Admiralty, . , .. . . 6 

Justices for New Castle County, . . . .22 

for Sussex County, . . . . . .21 

of the City Court, ....... 60 

Common Pleas, ...... 53 

County Courts C. P., Q. S. and O. C., . . 42 

Courts of Chester County, . . . 157 

Mayor's Court, ...... 76 

Orphans' Court, ...... 67 

Peace, Record of Commissions, . . . 12 

Quarter Sessions, ..... 42 

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, ... 23 

Supreme Court of the Lower Counties . . 20 

Supreme Provincial Court, . . . . 19 

Keepers of the Great Seal, ...... 169 

Law Academy, .....'.. 223 

a sketch of, . . . . . . 224 

Law Association, . . . . ... .219 

Lazaretto Physicians, . . . . . . I2O 

Legal Newspapers, . . . . . . .198 

Lieutenant-Governors of the Commonwealth, .... 181 

List of Addresses before the Law Academy, .... 232 

Admissions to the Philadelphia Bar, .... 243 

Attorneys from Sheriffs Deed Book B., . . 237 

Chester County Admissions, 1682 to 1795, . . . 240 

Departed Saints of the Law, . . . . . 239 

Essays Before the Law Academy, .... 233 



Xli CONTENTS. 

PAGE. 

List of Justices Commissioned for the County Court, ... 28 

Justices Commissioned for the Supreme Provincial Court, . 12 

Mayors of the City, . . .. . . . <>4 

Principal City Surveyors, . . . . .150 

Some Old Lawyers of the Province, .... 236 

Manual of Councils, . . . . . . .114 

Marshals of the Admiralty, ...... 9 

Police, . . . . . . .IO8 

Master of Rolls, . . ' . . . .104 

Masters in Chancery, . . . . . . 6j 

Mayor's Court, . . . . . . . -75 

of Northern Liberties, . . . . 93 

of Philadelphia, . ... . . .94, 155 

Members of Congress, . . . . . . .121 

Committee of Defence, . . . . .124 

Committee of Safety, ..... 177 

Council of Safety, . . . . . .178 

Provincial Council, . . . . .165 

Supreme Executive Council, . . . 179 

Naval Officers, . . . . 133 

Navy Agents, . . . . . . . 134 

Officers of the Board of Education, ..... 121 

Law Academy, ...... 226 

Law Association, ..... 220 

Orphans' Court, (a sketch,) ...... 65 

Re-organized, . . . .70 

Pamphlet Reports of Pennsylvania Trials, .... 201 

Philadelphia Directories, . . . . . 153 

Police Magistrates, . . . . . 97 

1'ii^t Masters at Philadelphia, ....... 124 

PMt Offices in Philadelphia, . . . . . .126 

Port Physicians, . . . . . . .116 

President Judges of the Common Pleas, .... 52 

Judge of the Orphans' Court, .... 70 

judges of the District Court, . . . 78 

Presidents of the Board of Education, . . .121 

Board of Health, . . . . .115 

Board of Public Charities, . . . .183 

Common Council, . . . . .113 

Guardfhns of the Poor, . . . .115 

Senate of the State, ..... 181 

Supreme Executive Council, .... 178 

Select Council, . . . . .112 

Presiding Judges of the City Court, ... 59 

Justices of, the Common Pleas, .... 50 

Chester County Courts, . . .156 

Orphans Court, .... 67 

Quarter Sessions, .... 40 

Mayor's Court, 75 

Principal Assistant City Engineers, . . .151 

Principal City Surveyors, .... .150 

Proprietary Agents for Issuing Law Warrants, . . 173 



CONTENTS. Xlll 

PAGE. 

Proprietary's Secretaries, ...... 173 

Prosecuting Attorneys, . . . . .85 

Prothonotaries of the Common Pleas, ..... 57 

District Court, ..... 80 

Supreme Court, . . . . .25 

Provosts of the Law Academy, ..... 226 

Publications of the Law Association, ..... 221 

Quarantine Masters, ... . . . . . I-2O 

Quarantine Station, (a sketch,) . . . . .118 

* 

Record of Commissions of the County Justices, ... 28 

Supreme Provincial Justices, . . 13 

Recorders of the City, ...... .97,184 

Courts of the Northern Liberties, &c., ... 92 

Deeds, ....... 106 

Receivers-General of the Land Office, . . . .172 

Receivers of Taxes, ....... 199 

Lxegisters of the Admiralty, ...... 9 

in Chancery, ...... 63 

Court, ....... 135 

General of Wills, . ..... 72 

Taxes, (Public Accounts,) . . . . 175 

of Wills, ....... 74 

Salaries of County Officers, ...... 88 

Secretary of the Board of Surveys, ..... 153 

Secretaries of the Board of Education, .... 121 

Board of Public Charities, .... 183 

Commonwealth, . . . . . 169 

Internal Affairs, . . . . .174 

Land Office, . . . . . 173 

Province, . . . . . .167 

Senators of the United States from Pennsylvania, . . . 180 

Sergeants-at-Arms of Provincial Assembly, . . . .169 

Sheriffs of Philadelphia, ...... 99 

Solicitors in Chancery, . . . . . . -63 

of the Board of Health, ..... 92' 

the City, ...... 88 

the County, ...... 89 

the Districts, ...... 89 

the Guardians of the Poor, .... 92 

Kensington, . . . . . .91 

Manayunk, ...... 92 

Moyamensing, ...... 90 

Northern Liberties, ..... 90 

Penn Township, ..... 91 

Richmond ...... 92 

South wark, . . . . .90 

Spring Garden, ...... 91 

West Philadelphia, . . . .92 

Speakers of the Provincial Assembly, ..... 167 

House of Assembly, . . . . . ' 182 

Senate, . . . . . .181 

Standing Masters in Chancery, ..... 24 

State Treasurers, . . . . . . .170 



XIV CONTENTS. 

MU2B. 

Superintendents of the Mint, . . . . . 135 

Supreme Executive Council, . . . . . .178 

Surveyors of the Customs, . . . . . .132 

General of the Customs, . . . . .132 

General of Pennsylvania, . . . . 173 

and Regulators of Streets, (a sketch,) . . . 141 

The County Courts of Philadelphia, . . . . -3 

Town Clerks, . . . . . . . .112 

Treasurers of the City, .... .102 

Commonwealth, . . . . .170 

County, ...... 107 

United States District Attorneys, . . . . .10 

Shipping Commissioners, . . . 133 

Vice Chancellors of the Law Association, . .221 

Vice Presidents of the Committee of Safety, . . 177 

Supreme Executive Council, . .178 

Vice Provosts of the Law Academy, . . . 226 



XV 



ADDENDA. 

James A. Gorman was admitted to the Bar on March 5, 1883, 
too late to put his name in the list at its proper place. 

Hon. George Sharswood delivered the Annual Address before 
the Law Academy, on the evening of March 13, 1883, on "The 
History of the Academy." 

Gustavus Smith Benson, admitted to the Bar on January 12, 
1828, died on March 22, 1883, i tne Tjth year of his age. He 
was a broker, and never practised at the Bar. 

Ex-Governor Henry Martyn Hoyt, a member of the Bar of 
Luzerne County, was admitted to practice in the various Courts 
of Philadelphia, on March 31, 1883, on motion of Ex-Chief- 
Justice Sharswood. And on the same day the following other 
gentlemen were also duly admitted : R. Osborn Moon, Julius 
Ludewig Koethen, Jr., and Henry W. Blakeslee. 



A List of Counsellors-at-Law. 

FROM WHITE'S DIRECTORY OF 1785. 

Jacob Bankson, William Lewis, 

William Barton, Peter Z. Lloyd,, 

John Blair, Joseph Moylen, 4 

William Bradford, Joseph B. McKean, 

Edward Burd, John F. Mifflin, 

George Campbell, Robert Milligan, 

John D. Coxe, Governeur Morris, 

Matthew Coulthurst, Stephen Du Ponceau, 5 

Daniel Clymer, William Rawle, 

George A. Dallas, 1 Thomas Ross, 

Myers Fisher, 2 Samuel Sitgreaves, 

John Haley, Jonathan D. Sergeant, 6 

Assheton Humphreys, Charles Swift, 

Charles Heath, 3 Edward Tilghman, 

Jacob Howell, John Vannost, 

Jared Ingersoll, Ja*mes Wilson, 

Moses Levy, Alexander Wilcox. 7 

1 This name should no doubt be Alexander James Dallas. 

2 Miers Fisher. 5 Peter Stephen Du Ponceau. 

3 Charles Heatley. 6 Jonathan Dickerson Sergeant. 

* Jasper Moylan. 7 Alexander Wilcocks. 



XVI 



ERRATA. 

On page 1 6 it is stated that Dr. Thomas Graeme died Sept. 14, 
1772, aged about 84 years. Mr. Westcott says he died before 
May 23, 1758, and the 1772 Graeme must have been another. 

On page 33 I have stated that the Judges of the Common 
Pleas, appointed under the Act of Sept. 29, 1759, Duke of York s 
Laws, pp. 405-7, held the Courts of Quarter Sessions ; this is 
erroneous, they only sat in the Common Pleas and Orphans' 
Courts. The Justices of the Peace continued to hold the Quarter 
Sessions, and no Justice in commission could be a Judge of the 
Common Pleas under the provisions of that Act. See correction 
in note 2, page 41. 

On the same page, in the i4th line from the bottom, March 
20, 1761, is given as the date of Alexander Stedman's advance- 
ment to the Supreme Court; it should be March 21, 1764. See 
pp. 16 and 19. 

In the lisfof Philadelphia Directories, on page 153, 1 neglected 
to mention that in 1800 there was one issued called '-The New 
Trade Directory," containing a complete list of all the occupa- 
tions and trades, to which is added an alphabetical list of all the 
streets, alleys and lanes in the City and Liberties, printed in 1799. 

On page 220, it should have been stated that John Sergeant 
served as Chancellor of the Law Association until his death in 
1852. 

On page 244, Robert Alsop's death is omitted ; he died Aug. 
31, 1871, aged 62 years. 

On page 230, Charles L. Dubisson ought to be Charles L. 
Dubuisson, as it is given in the Bar List, p. 264. 

James Ltikins, on page 288, should be Lukens; see page 239. 

I neglected to note that Alexander McKinley, p. 291, was, 
during the Rebellion, Private Secretary to Admirals Farragut, 
DuPont and Rogers, of the U. S. Navy. 

Horace L. Peterson, p. 301, died at Yokohama, Japan, and was 
the Private Secretary to the Admiral commanding the Asiatic 
Squadron of the United States Navy. He entered the service 
during the Rebellion of 1861-5. 

Edward L. Teakle, see page 316, was admitted to the Bar in 
1871, not 1831, as printed. His full name is Edward Lambert 
Teakle. 



MARTIN'S 

BENCH AND BAR 



OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 



THE COURT OF ADMIRALTY. 

WILLIAM PENN and his Council exercised the Admiralty 
Jurisdiction in Pennsylvania and the lower counties, from March 
9, 1683, until 1693, after which time the Judges of the Vice 
Admiralty here were appointed by the Commissioners of the 
Admiralty in England ; of course the commissions were by the 
Crown under the Great Seal of the High Court of Admiralty. 
Philadelphia was included in the district composed of the " prov- 
ince of New yorke, Colonyes of East & West Jersey, province 
of pennsilvania et Countries of New Castle, &c." In the old 
" Docquets," at Philadelphia, the Court is styled the Court of 
Vice Admiralty. The first entry is in 1735, an ^ the "Hon. 
Charles Read, Esq.," is called the " Comissary of the Court of 
Vice Admiralty of the Province of Pennsilvania," and on the 
minutes " Sole Judge." The last record in the minute books of 
that Court is in 1759, and no proceedings are to be found re- 
corded until those before " the Honorable George Ross, Esquire, 
Judge of the Court of Admiralty, lately instituted in the Province 
of Pennsylvania, by the General Assembly thereof, pursuant to 
the recommendation of the Honorable Continental Congress." 
In 1789, by the Constitution of the United States, the Admiralty 
jurisdiction was vested, in the United States District Court. 

The list of the Admiralty Judges, in Colonial times, is not en- 
tirely satisfactory to myself. In 1703, Col. Quarry obtained in 
some manner a commission for Pennsylvania and West Jersey, 
which rendered Mompesson's office worthless. But this does not 
appear to have continued long. Logan Papers, i vol. 311, says 
that John Moore was Deputy Judge of the Vice Admiralty for 
Col. Seymour, Governor of Maryland and Vice Admiral of 
Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 5 mo. 20, 1704. These 
appointments do not seem, however, to have interfered much 
with Judge Mompesson, who held the office until William Asshe- 
ton was appointed, and that date I am unable to fix, except by 
the date on his Book-plate, viz : 1718. 



6 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

In 1768, Jared Ingersoll, the elder, of Connecticut, was ap- 
pointed Commissioner of Appeals or Judge of the Court of Vice- 
Admiralty for New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland 
and Virginia, at a salary of ^600 per annum, to be held at 
Philadelphia, (see 4 Pa. Arc., 600; 2 Proud, 291, and Gordon* s 
Penna., 628, Appendix,} and as he had original jurisdiction in 
Admiralty matters, it rendered Shippen's office as Judge " of 
little or no annual value." James iiiddle was Deputy Commis- 
sary or Judge for Pennsylvania See 4 Pa. Arc., 600, (1775) 
wherein Edward Shippen is called " The Judge of the Court of 
Admiralty of the Province of Pennsylvania." On the Docket, 
Nov. 14, 1758, he it styled Judge of the Vice Admiralty. 

Judges of the Vice Admiralty 

SITTING IN PHILADELPHIA. 

William Penn, and Council, March 9, 1683 

Thomas Lloyd, " " n,8mo., 1684 

Benjamin Fletcher, Vice Admiral, Oct. 20, 1692 

Wm. Markham, 1 Sole Judge, May 17, 1693 

Col. Robert Quarry, , 1697 

Robert Snead, Deputy, i C. J?., 531, Aug. 8, 1699 

John Moore, " " 550, April 13, 1700 

Roger Mompesson, 2 Logan Papers, 9, 5 mo., 1703 

Robert Quarry, Pa. 6 West Jersey, 9 br, 1703 

John Moore, Deputy for Seymour, 5 mo. 20, 1704 

William Assheton, 3 in office, , 1718 

Josiah Rolfe, Sole Judge, June 25, 1724 

Joseph Browne, " Oct. 6, 1724 

Isaac Miranda, Deputy Judge, July 19, 1727 

Charles Read, Sole Judge, April , 1735 

Andrew Hamilton, " " Aug. 18, 1737 

Thos. Hopkinson, 4 " " , 1741 

1 William Markham was appointed by Benjamin Fletcher, the Vice Admiral, 
&c., " his Deputy or Surrogate in the s d office of Vice Admiralty, as far as it 
extended over s d province of pennsilvania & Countrey of New Castle." I 
C. K., 311 and 314. 

' J Mompesson had arrived here at this date; I Logan Papers, 200. Hi- 
commission as Judge, of the Vice Admiralty included Massachusetts Bay, New 
Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, the Jerseys and Penn- 
sylvania; Street's New York Council of Revision, 75; but Col. Quarry in 
some way got a commission as Judge of the Admiralty for Pennsylvania ami 
West Jersey. I Logan Papers, 281, Nov., 1703. In I C. J?., 575, Quarry is 
spoken of as Judge of the Court of Admiralty of Pennsylvania and West Jersey, 
on May 14, 1700, and Moore as Advocate. 

:1 The inscription on the Book-plate referred to is as follows : " William 
Assheton of Gray's Inn, Esquire, Judge of the Court of Admiralty in Penn- 
sylvania, 1718." See, also, 3 C. X., 182, May 18, 1722, where he is stated to 
be "Judge of His Majesties Court of Vice Admiralty for this Province." 

4 See 2 Pennsylvania Magazine, 314. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 7 

Dr. Patrick Baird, Deputy, Dec. 14, 1749 

Edward Shippen, Jr., 1 Judge, Nov. 22, 1752 

Jared Ingersoll, Commissary, Oct. 17, 1768 

James Biddle, Deputy. Oct. 17, 1768 

Judges of the Admiralty, 

UNDER T1IK COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

George Ross, 2 commissioned April 6, 1776 

Francis Hopkinson, " July J 6, 1779 

1 In the history of the First Oty Troop, it is stated, JAMES MEASE was " Ad- 
miralty Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, 1796-1825." 

The Board of Surveyors in the Admiralty Court at Philadelphia are 
appointed by the Court ; and in 1856 Judge Kane issited a set of rules for the 
guidance of the Board. A writ is issued to the gentlemen named as "survey- 
ors of damaged goods and vessels" in each case. They are appointed in pur- 
suance of an ancient law and custom, of the Court of Vice Admiralty of Penn- 
svli'iinia, derived from the practice of the High Court ef Admiralty in England, 
of so ancient a date that the memory of tn an runneth not to the contrary. This 
office is recognized in the Act of Congress of May 8th, 1792, section 10 ; / 
Statutes 278, but in the Revised Statutes that part about surveyors' affidavits 
was dropped by the commissioners who revised the Statutes, as they no doubt, 
were ignorant of the practice of the Admiralty to issue writs to surveyors to 
examine damaged goods and vessels. An old writ of this nature was issued 
in 175 j. It is as follows : 

" Vice Admiralty of Pennsylvania 
" Edward Shippen, Jr. Esq., Judge of his Majesty's Court of Vice Admiralty for the Province 

of Pennsylvania. 

"To Joseph Richardson and John Stamper, merchants, Captain William Wassdell and 
Nehemiah Allen, cooper, all of the city ol Philadelphia. 

" Whereas, the ship Molly, whereof William Allison is Commander, lately arrived in the 
Port of Philadelphia from Antigua, and it is said the Cargo on Board the said Ship hath 
sustained Considerable Damage in her late voyage from Antigua aforesaid, TO THE END, 
therefore, that Justice may be duly Administered to all persons therein concerned, and that 
the Damage Sustained may be more truly known and ascertained, THESE are by his Maj- 
esty's Authority to will and require you, or any two of you, forthwith diligently to View and 
Survey the Goods, Wares, and Merchandise on Board the said Ship as the same now are, 
and Examine the Damage accrued to the same, whether by the insufficiency of the said Ship, 
through bad Stowage, or any other neglect or mismanagement of the Mariners on Board the 
said Ship, or otherwise. And you are required to make and return a true report in the 
premises into the said Office of Vice Admiralty, according to the best of your Skill and 
Judgment, upon your respective Oaths or Solemn Affirmations, according to Law and Cus- 
tom. 

" Given under the Seal of the said Office of Vice Admiralty at Philadelphia, the tenth day 
May, in the twenty-eighth yearof the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, George II., Anno Domini 
one thousand seven hundred and fifty-five. 

"EDWARD SHIPPEN, JR." 

- The Continental Congress recommended the several Legislatures of the 
United Colonies to create Courts of Admiralty. Journal of Congress, I vol. 
260. An appeal being allowed to Congress in all cases, or to such person or 
persons as they should appoint for the trial of appeals. On Sept. 9, 1776, a 
committee consisting of Richard Stockton, Samuel Huntington, Robert Treat 
I'aine, James Wilson and Thomas Stone were appointed to hear an appeal in 
the case of the schooner " Thistle." This committee appears never to have 
met but once, namely, on Sept. 16, 1776, in the State House, to hear the appeal 
from the decision of Judge Ross. See Admiralty Docket, Record in Prize. 
1776, in which the Committee are denominated Commissioners. 



5 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Judges of the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 

Under Act of Congress Sept. 24, 1789 
Organizing U. S. District and Admiralty Courts. 

Francis Hopkinson, commissioned Sept. 30, 1789 

William Lewis, July 20, 1791 

Richard Peters, April n, 1792 

Joseph Hopkinson, 1 Oct. 23, 1828 

Thomas Bradford, Jr., 2 Jan'y , 1842 

Archibald Randall," 5 March 8, 1842 

John K. Kane, June 16, 1846 

John Cadwalader,* April 26, 1858 

William Butler, " Feb. 12, 1879 

Advocates for the Crown. 

IN THE VICE ADMIRALTY. 

John Moore, appointed May 19, 1698 

David Lloyd, 5 in office 2, 8 mo., 1702 

Joseph Growden, Jr., sworn in April , 1735 

Court of Appeals in Admiralty. 

IN CASES OP CAPTURE. 



Established by Congress, Jan. 


15, 1780. To consist 


of three Judges, 


to be 


elected by Congress. 


Sessions to be held at 


Philadelphia. 




William Paca, 


elected 


Jan'y 22, 


1780 


George Wythe, 


declined 


a 


1780 


Titus Hosmer, 


elected 


tt a 


1780 


Cyrus Griffin, 


" 


April 28, 


1780 


John Lowell, 


" 


Dec. 5, 


1782 


George Read, 


tt 


Dec. 5, 


1782 



Paca resigned Nov. 21. 1782, being elected Governor of Mary- 
land. Judge Griffin died in 1810, aged 62, being Judge of the 
U. S. District Court of Virginia. 

June i, 1785, Congress, by resolution, discontinued the salaries 
of the Judges. See Journal of Congress. On June 27, 1786, 
they were authorized to grant new trials, &c. The Court expired 
with the Confederacy. 

1 There is a volume of reports of his decisions included in his works. 

2 Appointed by the President, but not confirmed by the Senate. 
In the place of Horace Binney, who declined Jan'y 31, 1842. 

4 Died Jan'y 26, 1879, in the 74th year of his age. 

"'James Logan says of Lloyd, in a letter to Penn, 2d 8 mo., 1702, (i Logan 
Papers, 139.) " He is now made J. Moore's Deputy Judge of the Admiralty, 
Advocate at the said Court, and is now at New Castle upon a trial in it, not- 
withstanding his opposition to it before thy arrival occasioned thee so much 
trouble." This means that John Moore, who was the Deputy Judge, as we 
well know, made David Lloyd the Advocate for the Crown in his court. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 9 

Registers of the Admiralty. 

AT PHILADELPHIA. 

Patrick Baird, Clerk June 24, 1724 

" " Register April , 1735 

William Peters, Oct. 20, 1744 

Philip How, in office , 1771 

John Smith, his Deputy , 1771 

Richard Peters, in office , 1771 

Andrew Robeson, died May , mi, ag ed years. July 15, 1776 

James Read, appointed June 5, 1781 

CLERKS OF THE U. S. DISTRICT COURT. 

Samuel Caldwell, appointed Oct. 6, 1789 

David Caldwell, Nov. 27, 1798 

Francis Hopkinson, Oct. 7, 1831 

Thomas Leiper Kane, March 9, 1847 

Charles Ferris Heazlitt, Jan'y i, 1858 

John M. Jones, July 16, 1858 

Gilbert Rodman Fox. Dec. 29, 1860 

Charles Shippen Lincoln, April 19, 1875 

MARSHALS OF THE ADMIRALTY. 

Robert Webb, in office - , 1697 

Richard Brockden, " April , 1735 

Jlldah FoulkC, diedJan. 14, 1776, aged63, " , 1770 

Arodi Thayer, " - , 1771 

Matthew Clarkson, appointed April 10, 1776 

Clement Biddle, 1 " Nov. 10, 1780 

David Lenox, Sept. 26, 1793 

William Nichols, May 18, 1795 

John Hall, died Sept. 10, 1826, aged 87, " Dec. 6, l8oO 

John Smith, " Mar. 28, 1801 

Samuel D. Ingham vice Smith, " J an 'y 26, 1819 

John Conard, Feb'y 16, 1819 

George B. Porter, Feb'y 22, 1831 

Abiah Sharp, Sept. 5, 1831 

Benjamin Say Bonsall, d. Aug. 11, iss-, " Feb'y 2, 1832 

Samuel D. Patterson, Sept. 25, 1837 

Isaac Otis, " April 26, 1841 

George M. Keim, " July 7> ^43 

Anthony E. Roberts, " May 9, 1849 

Francis M. Wynkoop, " March 9, 1853 

Jacob S. Yost, " March 31, 1857 

William Millward, " April 26, 1861 

1 Appointed U. S. Marshall of the Pennsylvania District, Sep. 30, 1789. This 
official is now styled the U. S. Marshall for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 



10 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Peter C. Ellmaker, appointed July 6, 1865 

Gen. John Ely, died MJ 4, law, " April 27, 1869 

Edgar M. Gregory, died NOV. - : mi, " May n, 1869 

James N. Kerns, Nov. 14, 1871 

United States District Attorneys 

FOR THK KASTKUX DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

William Lewis, commissioned Octb'r 6, 1789 

William Rawle, July 18, 1791 

Jaredilngersoll. May 7, 1800 

Alexander James Dallas, March 10, 1801 

Charles Jared Ingersoll, Feb. 28, 1815 

George Mifflin Dallas, April 7, 1829 

Henry Dilvvorth Gilpin, Dec. 30, 1831 

John Meredith Read, June 23, 1837 

William Morris Meredith, March 25, 1841 

Henry Miller Watts, May 13, 1842 

Thomas McKean Petti t, May 5, 1845 

John Wayne Ashmead, May 12, 1849 

James C. Van Dyke, " March 12, 1854 

George Mifflin Wharton, April 17, 1860 

George Alexander Coffey, " July 22, 1861 

Charles Gilpin, " March 19, 1864 

John P. O'Neil, April 20, 1868 

Aubrey Henry Smith, " April 5, 1869 

William McMichael, March 17, 1873 

John King Valentine, 1 " Nov. 6, 1875 

Judges of the United States Circuit Court. 

EASTERN DISTRICT UK PENNSYLVANIA. 
THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. 



See Act of Congress, Sept. 
And Brightley's Digest of U. 

James Wilson, assigned 
John Blair, " 
William Gushing, 2 " 
William Paterson, " 
James Iredell,- " 
Samuel Chase, 2 " 


24, 1879. 

S. Statutes. 

April 12, 
April n, 
Oct. n, 
March 1 1, 
April n, 
April n, 


1790 
1792 
1792 

J793 
1793 
1798 



1 Mr. Valentine was AhM-tant District Attorney from May, 1864, to the day 
of his appointment. Henry Hazlehurst, and Hood Gilpin, were appointed 
.instants by Mr. Valentine in 1875, Henry P. Brown in 1876, and James S. 
Nicker-on in 1882. 

-' These Judges held the Circuit Court at the dates specified, Gushing at 
York, Pa.; Iredell and Chase at Philadelphia. As they were Justices of other 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 11 

Bushrod Washington, 1 commissioned Dec. 20, 1798 
Jared Ingersoll,' 2 Chief Judge Feb'y 18, 1801 

Circuits, they were probably detailed for the occasion by the Supreme Court. 
Until the appointment of Judge McKennan, the only Judges of the Circuit 
Courts were the Associate Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court, with the excep- 
tion of the " Midnight Judges." The Act of April. 16, 1869, gives each Circuit 
a Judge, the Bench of the Circuit Court consists of an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court, the Circuit Judge and the Judge of the U. S. District Court 
for the district in which the Court is held; any two of said Judges sitting to- 
gether, constitute a full Bench. 

1 Judge Washington died Nov. 26, 1829, age 70. Judge Grier died Sept. 
26, 1870. 

2 Jared Ingersoll was appointed Chief Judge, Feb. 18, 1801, but declined, 
and Mr. Tilghman was appointed, nominated and confirmed by the Senate on 
Mar. 3, 1801. 1 hese Judges were facetiously called " The Midnight Judges." 
Congress, by Act of Feb. 13, 1801, reduced the Supreme Court to five Judges, 
and they were released from Circuit duly. Six Circuits were formed, each 
Circuit with three Judges, (except the sixth, which had only one,) a Chief 
Judge and two associates. Mr. Adams, the retiring President, nominated the 
Circuit Judges, and they were confirmed, or rather some of them were, just 
before midnight on the night of March 3, 1801, and their appointments made 
out at once, hence their nickname. Mr. Jefferson became President the next 
day, and the Act was repealed at the next session, on April 29, 1 802, to take 
effect July 4, 1802 ; without the imputation of a fault on the part of the Judges. 
Horace Binney, in his eulogy on the late Chief Justice Tilghman, Oct. 13,1827, 
said : " This particular measure was deemed by wise men on all sides, and :-till 
is cited by them, as the happiest organization of the Federal Judiciary." There 
is a volume of reports of the "Midnight Judges," by the late John Bradford 
Wallace, called " Wallace's Reports," consisting of about 240 pages. This is 
the reason why the volumes of reports published subsequently in the 'same 
Circuit by the Reporter's son, John William Wallace, are styled "Wallace 
Junior's Reports. 

Thompson Westcott, Esq., the author of the History of Philadelphia, to whom 
I am more indebted than to any other friend for aid in the compilation of this 
work, objects to the foregoing account of the " Midnight Judges" as not being 
strictly correct. He states in the Sunday Dispatch of Oct. 8, 1876, that " John 
Adams, while President, toward the end of his term, seriously urged a re- 
organization of the Federal Judiciary. The Circuit Courts were held by the 
fudges of the Supreme Court; but the business was increased so much that the 
appointment of additional Judges was considered necessary. On the 1 3th of 
Feb., 1801, an Act was passed reducing the number of the Judges of the 
Supreme Court to five whenever a vacancy occurred and released those 
Judges from all Circuit duty. The number of United States District Courts 
was increased to twenty three, and the districts were arranged in six circuits, 
each circuit with three Judges. The result was to create sixteen new Judges, 
besides attorneys, clerks, marshals, 'and other officers. As it was near the end 
of Adams' term, and as Jefferson was elected four days after the Act was passed, 
it was supposed that the President would allow his successor to make the ap- 
pointments ; but he did nothing of the sort. He sent to the Senate on the 
1 8th the names of Charles Lee of the District of Columbia; Jared Ingersoll of 
Pennsylvania ; Richard Bassett of Delaware ; William Griffith of New Jersey ; 
Egbert Benson of New York; Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut; Samuel 
Hitchcock of Vermont ; Philip Barton Key of Maryland ; John Davis of 
Massachusetts; Jacob Read of South Carolina; hlijah Paine of Vermont; 
Ray Greene of Rhode Island ; John Sitgreaves of North Carolina ; Joseph 



12 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Richard Bassett, commissioned Feb'y 20, 1801 

William Griffith, appointed Feb'y 18, 1801 

William Tilghman, Chief Judge March 3, 1801 

Henry Baldwin, assigned J an> >' 6, 1830 

Robert Cooper Grier, " August 4, 1846 

William McKennan, commissioned Jan'y 4, 1870 

William Strong, ' " Feb. 18, 1870 

Joseph P. Bradley, 1 assigned J an '}' 10, 1881 

Clerks of the United States Circuit Court. 

THIRD CIRCUIT, PHII.ADKI.I'H I A. 

Samuel Caldwell, Died Nov. 26, 1798, April 12, 1790 

David Caldwell, appointed May n, 1801 

Francis Hopkinson, " Oct. n, 1831 

George Plitt, " Nov. 17, 1846 

Benjamin Patton, " J an 'y 3> 1858 

Samuel Bell, April 12, 1870 

The Supreme Court 

OF THE PROVINCE OK PENNSYLVANIA. 

This high tribunal was established under the Royal Charter to 
William Penn, bearing date Mar. 4, 1681, and by order of the 
Provincial Council of y e ist of y e 2nd mo., 1684, and re-organ- 
ized from time to time, by different Acts of the Assembly of the 
Province. 

The following sketch, which is as complete as the records at 
Harrisburg and elsewhere can make it, shows the organization 
and personnel of the Court at different periods between 1684 and 
1776. 

It will be observed that William Penn, as early as the i8th of 

8th mo., 1685, in his letter to Wm. Markham, " Dept. Govern 'r 

of Pennsylvania," says : " I have sent my Cosin William Crispen. 

and it is my will and pleasure that he be as Chief Justin-." 

Clay of Georgia; William McClurg of Kentucky, and William II. Hill, <>l 
North Carolina. Some changes were afterward made. William Tilghman 
took the place of Ingersoll in Pennsylvania. The Judges of the First main 
in 1802 were John Lowell of Massachusetts; Benjamin Bourne of Rhode I>- 
land, and Jeremiah Smith of New Hampshire. In the Fourth district. C.o.rge 
K. Taylor and Charles Magill of Virginia sat with Philip Barton Key. In 
the Fifth district Dominick Hall of North Carolina and Daniel 1'otter of South 
Carolina were Judges in 1802. Jefferson took strong grounds against the con- 
tinuance of this Act, and it was repealed at midnight, March 8, 1802. The 
Judges were called 'Midnight Judges,' in consequence of a story that their 
names were agreed upon during the midnight before they were sent t<> tin- 
Senate." 

1 Mr. Justice Bradley is one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court 
of the United States, assigned to the Third circuit, as the Circuit Justice, 
which he must visit at least onde in every two years. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 13 

&c., and although Andrew Robeson, in 1693, is the first of the 
" Prior Judges," (i Proud, 295 ; i C. R., 86,) that I find called 
Chief Justice, I have indicated each ''Prior Judge," before his 
time, as Chief Justice. 

4th 6 mo., 1684 i C. R., 47, 66-8, and ist Proud, 286; 
Rawle s Equity, 9. Under the Act of 1684, chapter 158, Laws, 
five Justices were commissioned for two years: Dr. Nicholas 
More, C. J., William Welch, William Wood, Robert Turner 
and John Eckley. William Clarke was appointed in place of 
William Welch, who died before loth 7 mo., 1684. He was 
styled " Justice in General," i C. R., 109-10, and appears to 
have, by virtue of his commission, presided over the County 
Courts, and, perhaps, succeeded Wm. Welch, who was called the 
President of the counties of Philadelphia and New Castle, in i 
C. R., 67. My references to the Colonial Records are to the first 
edition, printed in 1838. The second edition was issued in 
1851-52. 

1685 Appointed i4th 7 mo., 1685 ; i C. R., 102 and 105-8 
James Harrison, C. J., James Claypoole and Arthur Cooke. 
These Judges, however, declined to serve ; i Proud, 300, and the 
Council heard the appeals. 

1686 Appointed 3151 i mo., 1686; i C. R., 120, 139 and 
141 Arthur Cooke, C. J., William Clarke and John Cann. 

1686 Commissioned 2oth 7 mo., 1686. Re-commissioned 
2nd 2 mo., 1687; i C. R., 142, 143 and 152 Arthur Cooke, 
C. J., John Simcock and James Harrison. 

1690 Appointed 2nd 2 mo., 1690; i C. R., 283 (ist edition) 
and i C. R., 324 (2d edition) Arthur Cooke, C. J., William 
Clarke and Joseph Growden. 

1690 Under the Act of 1690, chapter 197, five Judges were 
appointed and commissioned on the 5th 7 mo., 1690 ; i C. R., 
303 Arthur Cooke, C. J., John Simcock, Joseph Growden, Peter 
Alrichs, and Thomas Wynne ; but on account of the " unwilling- 
ness of y e Judges to doe their Dutys in Severall counties," thus 
commission was afterwards revoked, and the Court was re-organ- 
ized 2ist 9 mo., 1690: i C. R., 304 John Simcock, C. J., 
William Clarke, Arthur Cooke, Griffith Jones and Edward Blake, 
of New Castle. William Clarke, C. J., for the Lower Counties, 
with the other four as his Associates. 

1693 The following Judges were commissioned May 29th, 
1693, and in the same year a new law was passed, by which the 
Court was to consist of one Chief Justice and four associates, and 
a new commission issued to the same Justices, September 23, 1693. 
The fifth Justice seems never to have been named ; i C. R., 352, 
383 and 415 Andrew Robeson, C. J., William Salway, John 
Cann and Edward Blake. Anthony Morris was appointed Aug. 
10, 1794, in the place of John Cann, deceased. 
3 



14 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

1698 On the 3rd of the 8th mo., 1698, the following Justices 
held a session of the Provincial Court at Chester ; Martin 's His- 
tory of Chester, 73 Joseph Growden and Cornelius Empson. 

1699 On the i8th 2 mo., 1699, a Provincial (Supreme) Court 
was held at Chester by Edward Shippen, Cornelius Empson and 
William Biles. It is, perhaps on account of this record in the 
minutes of the Courts of Chester County, that I find Edward 
Shippen sometimes spoken of as one of our Chief Justices, but he 
never obtained that dignity that I can ascertain. 

1701 From Mr. Staughton George's notes, and the Records of 
Commissions at Harrisburg. Commission dated 2oth 6 mo., 
1701. The Commission directs the Justices to hold a court twice 
a year at Philadelphia, on the 24th of the 7th mo., and on the 
loth of the 2d mo. Two of them to go the circuit of the counties, 
of whom Guest or Clarke must always be one. In the Logan 
Papers, i vol. 57, it is stated, under date of the 26th of 7 mo.. 
1701, "Judge Guest is made our Chief Judge upon which Judge 
Growden would not act as his inferior. Caleb Pusey is in, and 
what is the wonder of us all, Thomas Masters has, without taking 
his degree of a Justice, leaped at once to be one of the five 
Judges" John Guest, C. J., William Clarke, Joseph Growden 
(declined,) Edward Shippen, Robert French (declined?) Caleb 
Pusey and Thomas Masters. 

1702 Logan Papers, i vol. 193-5, & c - J onn Guest, C. J., 
William Clarke, Edward Shippen, Thomas Masters and Samuel 
Finney, associates. 

T 73 2 C. J?., 86; Logan Papers, i vol. 193-5 William 
Clarke, C. J., Edward Shippen, Thos. Masters and Samuel Finney. 
Wm. Clarke was Acting Chief Justice in place of Guest, who 
declined. Captain Finney also declined. 

1704 Commissioned April 10, 1704; See Record of Com- 
missions William Clarke, C. J., John Guest, Jasper Yeates, 
Samuel Finney and William Trent, associates. Judge Clarke 
died about February, 1705. 

1705 Martin' s History of Chester, p. 74 John Guest, C. J., 
Joseph Growden, Jasper Yeates, Samuel Finney and William 
Trent. Chief Justice Guest died 8th 7 mo., 1707. 

1706 2 C. R., 248, appointed April 17, 1706 Roger Mom- 
pesson, C- J., Joseph Growden, Jasper Yeates, Samuel Finney. 
and William Trent, associates. 

By order of the Queen's Council of February 7, 1705-6, the 
several laws establishing the Courts of this Province having been 
repealed, and the Assembly not agreeing 011 a Bill, John Evans, 
the Lieut. Governor, by an ordinance and proclamation of Feb. 
22, 1706-7, established and restored the usual Courts, &c. See 
Manuscript Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania, Book A 4, 
PP- 3-7- The Supreme Court was to have only three Justices; 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 15 

and the Supreme Court of the Province became separated from 
that of the Lower Counties on the Delaware. A Supreme Court 
for the trial of NEGROES was created, Book A 4, p. 78, and a 
commission issued, A 4, pp. 66 and 181. The Supreme Court 
for the Lower Counties was established with three Justices, A 4, 
p. 184. lam indebted for much valuable information respecting 
the Provincial Courts to Mr. Staughton George, of Harrisburg, 
Pa. Mr. George is one of the editors of the work issued by the 
State in 1879, known as "The Duke of Yorke's Laws," &c. It 
brings the Provincial Acts down to 1700 ; but we have no printed 
Acts of the Assembly between 1700 and 1714; since when the 
Annual Session Laws have been printed, and several complete 
copies are known to exist. See my Bibliographical Sketch of the 
Laws of Pa., Legal Intelligencer, Oct. 6, 1882. 

1707 Names of Justices commissioned. Joseph Growden, 
C. J., Nov. 20, 1707 ; Jasper Yeates, Dec. 2, 1707 ; Samuel Fin- 
ney, April 8, 1708. 

1711 Under the Act of February 28, 1710-11. Four Justices 
were commissioned March 16, 1711 Joseph Growden, C. J., 
Samuel Finney, Richard Hill and Jonathan Dickinson. 

1715 Under the Act of May 28, 1715, Book A 2, p. 109, 
commissions were issued on June 10, 1715, to Joseph Growden, 
C. J., William Trent, Jonathan Dickinson and George Roche. 
Robert Assheton was appointed Associate, June 12, 1716, in the 
place of Captain George Roche, who was absent from the country ; 
2 C. R., 613. 

1717 Commissioned Feb'y 15, 1717. From record of com- 
missions. David Lloyd, C. J., Jasper Yeates, Richard Hill, 
and William Trent, associates. 

1717 Commisioned Sep. 23, 1717. Record of commissions. 
A change of Governors accounts for two commissions being issued 
the same year David Lloyd, C. J., Jasper Yeates, Richard Hill, 
and Jonathan Dickinson. 

1718 Commissioned Feb'y 15, 1718; 3 C. jR. 22, 29, 35, 67, 
83, 104-5 David Lloyd, C. J., Jasper Yeates, Richard Hill and 
William Trent. The same Justices were re-commissioned March 
26, 1720, and served until the passage of the Act of May 22, 
1722, which reduced the number of Justices to three. Justice 
Yeates died in 1721 ; 3 C. J?., 140. 

1722 Commissioned June 2, 1722 ; see also 3 C. -R. , 156, 186 
and 197. Three Justices, Act of May 22, 1722 David Lloyd, C. 
J., Richard Hill and Robert Assheton. 

1724 Votes of Assembly, 2 vol.. 401 and 493 David Lloyd, 
C. J., Richard Hill, William Trent and Robert Assheton. Asshe- 
ton was appointed in place of William Trent, who, died Dec. 25, 
1724, he being at his decease the Chief Justice of New Jersey. 

1726 Commissioned Sept. 20, 1726. A new Act was passed 



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Aug. 27, 1727. Book A 2, p. 352, and the same Justices were 
re-commissioned Sept. 23, 1727. See also 3 C. R., 272 and 273 
David Lloyd, C. J., Richard Hill and Jeremiah Langhorne. 
in the place of Robert Assheton, who declined. He being the 
Recorder of the City of Philadelphia, ex-officio Justice of the 
Peace and the Courts, Clerk of the Peace, and Prothonotary of 
the Court of Common Pleas of the same city and county, objec- 
tions were made to his sitting in the Supreme Court as one of 
the Justices. David Lloyd died 6th 2 mo., 1731, aged 78 years. 
and was buried in Friends' graveyard at Chester. See Martin s 
History of Chester, p. 82. Richard Hill was a merchant sea 
captain. He died Sept. 9, 1729, so says i Frond's History of 
Pennsylvania, p. 473, in a note. 

1731 Commissioned April 9, 1731, Record Commissions, and 
3 C. R., 426, 439 ar >d 640 Isaac Norris, C. J., Jeremiah Lang- 
horne and Dr. Thomas Graeme. James Logan, C. J., was com- 
missioned Aug. 20, 1731, in the place of Isaac Norris, who declined 
the office, and died June 3, 1735. 

1733 Commissioned April 9, 1733. Re-commissioned Dec. 
28, 1733 James Logan, C. J., Jeremiah Langhorne and Thomas 
Graeme, associates. 

1739 Commissioned Aug. 13, 1739 ; 4 C. J?., 348 Jeremiah 
Langhorne, C. J., Thomas Graeme and Thomas Griffitts. Chief 
Justice Langhorne died in 1743, and Mr. Justice Griffitts resigned 
the same year. 

1743 Commissioned April 5, 1743 ; 4 C. R., 640 John 
Kinsey, C. J., Thomas Graeme and William Till. Kinsey, C. J., 
died in 1750. Dr. Thomas Graeme died Sept. 14, 1772, aged 
about 84 years. 

1750 Commissioned Sept. 20, 1750 William Allen, C. J., 
Lawrence Growden and Caleb Cowpland. Mr. Justice Covvpland 
died at Chester, Pa., on the i2th of the 10 mo., 175 7, in the 671)1 
year of his age, and was buried in Friends' grave-yard at that 
place. For a sketch of the old Judge and his family, see Martin' s 
History of Chester, p. 272-3. 

1758 Commissioned April 8, 1758. William Allen, C. J., 
Lawrence Growden and William Coleman. By an Act passed Sept. 
2 9 I 759> see " -Big" Peter Miller, p. 115 ; the Justices were to 
hold office for life or during good behavior, and the above judges 
were re-commissioned April 8, 1760; and again on March 20, 
1761. Lawrence Growden was re-commissioned in 1761, but not 
:>worn into office, at least his oath is not on file with the others 
in the records at Harrisburg. He died in 1770, aged 76. 

1764 Commissioned March 21, 1764 -William Allen, C. J., 
William Coleman and Alexander Stedman. Alexander Stedman, 
the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City 
and County of Philadelphia, was commissioned in place of Cole- 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 17 

man on March 21, 1764, and not before that date, as I find that 
he presided in the Orphans' Court on March 10, 1764. On the 
2oth of May, 1767, an Act was passed increasing the number of 
Judges of the Supreme Court to four, viz : A Chief Justice and 
three associates. 

1767 Commissioned Sept. 14, 1767, under the Act of May 20, 
1767, the bench to consist of four Judges, to be Justices of the 
Supreme Court, and Justices of the Oyer and Terminer and Gene- 
ral Gaol Delivery; 9 C. R., 393 William Allen, C. J., William 
Coleman, John Lawrence and Thomas Willing. In 1768 Mr. 
Justice Coleman retired from the bench, but the vacancy occa- 
sioned by his resignation was not filled until 1774. 

1774 The following gentlemen were commissioned April 29, 
1774 (10 C. R., 173) Justices of the Supreme Court of the Prov- 
ince, and the same day a new commission was issued, assigning 
and appointing the same four gentlemen " Justices of the Court 
of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery for this Prov- 
ince" Benjamin Chew, C. J., John Lawrence, Thomas Willing, 
and John Morton, of Chester county. 

The Justices of the Supreme Court 

OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 

From 1684 to 1776. 

But two lists of the Justices of the Supreme Provincial Court 1 
have been published before the one now presented. The first one 
by Peter McCall, Esq., in his lecture before the Law Academy of 
Philadelphia, in the year 1838, and reproduced in Brown' 's Forum, 
and one by me in my History of Chester. This list is made from 

1 The following letter explains itself: "LONDON, i8th 8th mo., 1685. 

" Cosen Markham : My sincere love salutes thee, wishing thy prosperity 
every way. With this comes Instructions & Concessions, with some Company. 
I hope thou hast made convenient provision for them. I have sent my Cosen, 
William Crispin, to be thy Assistant, as by Commission will appear. His Skill. 
Experience, Industry & Integrity are well known to me, & perticulerly in court- 
keeping <ic ; so that it is my will & pleasure that he be as Chief Justice, to keep 
the Seal, the Courts & Sessions; & he shall be accountable to me for it. The 
proffits redounding are to his proper behoof. He will show thee my Instruc- 
tions, which will guide you all in the business. The rest is left to your discre- 
tion; that is, to thee, thy two Assistants & the Councel. 

" Now I shall tell thee that, if thy Inclinations and others run to a sea-life, I 
shall put thee in Commander of a vessel to carry People & goods betwixt this 
Country & that; which if ihou thus except, come with all the Speed thou canst, 
that thou mayst be here before I goe, & command a vessel backwards : the 
proffit is more, & I think the credit not less. But this is left to thee to come 
or stay till I come theither. 

" Pray be very respectful! to my Cosen Crispen. He is a man my father had 
great confidence in and vallue for. Also strive to give Content to the Planters, 
and with Meekness and Sweetness, mixt with Authority, carry it so as thou 



18 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

the Record of Commissions at Harrisburg, and other authentic 
sources, and is believed to be absolutely correct in everything 
except some few dates of the issuing of commissions. 

CHIEF' JUSTICES. 

Dr. Nicholas More, commissioned 4, 6 mo., 1684 

James Harrison, 1 14, 7mo.,i68s 

Arthur Cooke, 31, i mo., 1686 

John Simcock. z 2i,9mo.,i69o 

Andrew Robeson, May 29, 1693 

John Guest, " 20, 6 mo. ,1701 

William Clarke, 3 , 1703 

John Guest, , 1705 

Roger Mompesson, April 17, 1706 

Joseph Growden, " Nov. 20. 1707 

David Lloyd, " Feb. 15, 1717 

Isaac Norris, 4 April 3, 1731 

James Logan, " Aug. 20, 1731 

Jeremiah Langhorne, " Aug. 13, 1739 

John Kinsey, April 5, 1743 

William Allen, " Sept. 20. 1750 

Benjamin Chew, '* April 9, 1774 

mriyst honour me as well as thy selfe; and I do hereby promess thec I will 
effectually answear it to thee and thyn. 

" Give the Inclosed, in Sweed, to the Sweed Preist to read to the Sweed* : 
it comes from the Sweeds embassador in England, the Ld. Liembergh, wh<>M.- 
lady is lately dead. Also myn to the Natives and the Inhabitants, and be ten- 
der of my creditt with all, watching to prevent all fals Storys; and inculcate 
all the honest and advantageous things on my behalf that may be, in which be 
diligent. 

" I can say no more, but wish you all prosperity, in the fear of the Lord, to 
whom I commit you all, and rest 

" Thy true Frd. and Affect. Kinsman, 
WM. PENN. 

i P. S. ' " I mention the ship because it was thy motion to me." 

The address of the above latter, also in William Penn's handwriting, is : 

"For William Markham, 
Dept. Govern'r of 
PENNSYLVANIA." 

William IVnn's mother and William Crispen's mother were sisters. Wil 
liam Crispen died on the voyage mentioned, or immediately after his arrival in 
"America. 

1 James Harrison declined, and died the'6th of the 8 mo., 1687, aged 59. 
-Simcock died 27th I mo., 1703. 

( iue*t declined to serve for some reason, and Clarke was C. J. for two yi-ai>. 
1 Ik-dined Aug. 20, 1731, and Logan commissioned. 



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ASSOCIATE JUSTICES. 

William Welch, commissioned 4, 6 mo., 1684 

William Wood, 4, 6 mo., 1684 

Robert Turner, 4, 6 mo., 1684 

John Eckley, 4, 6 mo., 1684 

William Clarke, " 10,7 mo. ,1684 

James Claypoole, 14, 7 mo., 1685 

Arthur Cooke, 14, 71110., 1685 

John Cann, " 31,1 mo., 1686 

John Simcock, 20, 7 mo., 1686 

James Harrison, 20, 7 mo., 1686 

Joseph Growden, " 2, 2 mo., 1690 

Peter Alrichs, " 7, 5 mo., 1690 

Thomas Wynne, 7, 5 mo., 1690 

Griffith Jones, 21, 9 mo., 1690 

Edward Blake, " 21,9700. ,1690 

William Salway, May 29, 1693 

Anthony Morris, 1 Aug. 10, 1694 

Cornelius Empson, 1 " about 1698 

Edward Shippen, 1 about 1699 

William Biles, 1 " about 1699 

Robert French, ' 20, 6mo.,i7oi 

Caleb Pusey, " 20, 6 mo., 1701 

Thomas Masters, 20, 6 mo., 1701 

Samuel Finney, " Sept. , 1702 

John Guest, April 10, 1704 

Jasper Yeates, April 10, 1704 

William Trent, April 10, 1704 

Richard Hill, March 16, 1711 

Jonathan Dickinson. " March 16,1711 

George Roche, " June 10, 1715 

Robert Assheton, June 12, 1716 

Jeremiah Langhorne, Sept. 20, 1726 

Dr. Thomas Graeme, " April 9, 1731 

Thomas Griffitts, Aug. 13, 1739 

William Till, April 5, 1743 

Lawrence Growden. Sept. 20, 1750 

Caleb Cowpland, Sept. 20, 1750 

William Coleman, 2 April 8, 1758 

Alexander Stedman, Mar. 21, 1764 

John Lawrence, Sept. 14, 1767 

Thomas Willing, " Sept. 14, 1767 

John Morton, April 29, 1774 

1 See Martiri s History of 'Chester, pp. 73 .and 74. 

* Mr. Justice Coleman died Jan. 1 1, 1769, aged 64 years. 



20 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAH 

A List of the Justices 
Of the Supreme Court of the Lower Counties, 

(/. e., New Cnstle, Kent and Sussex, on the Delaware.) 

CHIEF JUSTICES. 

William Clarke,. 21, 9 br, 1690 

Jasper Yeates, Dec. 3, 1707 

John Healey, April n, 1710 

Richard Birmingham, Mar. 10, 1714 

Jasper Yeates, Aug. i , 1717 

Col. John French, July 2 5> 1726 

David Evans, April 20, 1727 

Dr. Samuel Chew, 1 . 1741 

William Till,- before 1743 

Ryves Holt, 3 in office 1757 

John Vining, 4 Nov. 27, 1764 

Richard Me William,' 1 Oct. 30, 1773 

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES. 

John Simcock, Nov. 21, 1690 

Arthur Cooke, Nov. 21, 1690 

Griffins Jones, Nov. 21, 1690 

Edward Blake, Nov. 21, 1690 

Richard Halliwell, Dec. 3, 1707 

William Rodeney, Dec. 3, 1707 

Jonathan Bayley, April n, 1710 

Thomas Bedwell, April n, 1710 

Barclay Codd, 8 April n, 1710 

Richard Birmingham, Oct. 3, 1713 

James Walker, Oct. 3, 1713 

Isaac Goodin, Mar. 10, 1714 

Joseph England, Mar. 10, 1714 

John Brewster, Mar. 10, 1714 

Joseph Wood, March i, 1715 

John Brinkloe, 7 March i, 1715 

James Steele, March i, 1715 

Barclay Codd, 6 March i, 1715 

'In I Pa. Magazine, p. 472, it is stated that Gov. Thomas in 1741, ap- 
jx>inted Dr. Samuel Chew Chief Justice, cVc. He died 1743. 

7 In 4 Colonial Records, p. 640, it is stated that William Till had been at the 
head of the Supreme Court of the lower counties for many years. He was 
afterwards Collector of the Port of New Castle, d. April 13, 1766. 

s The date of Chief Justice Holt's commission I have not been able to obtain. 
He died in 1764, and was succeeded by Vining. 

4 John Vining died Nov. 13, 1770, aged 46 years. 

:> Chief Justice McWilliam, died May 9, 1786. 

" Christian name probably Berkeley. 

; This name is now spelt Hrinckle. 



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Jonathan Bayley, 

Richard Halliwell, 

John Healey, 

William Brinkloe, 

Timothy Hanson, 

Joseph Wood, 1 

John Brinkloe, 

James Steele, 

Richard Hinman, 

Samuel Lowman, 2 

Robert Gordon, 

Benjamin Shurmer, 

Henry Brooke, 

Jonathan Bayley, 

Richard Grafton, 

Jehu Curtis, a. NOV. is, 1753, a.ei, 

Thomas Griffitts, 

William Till, Vice Curtis, dec'd ; 6 C. B., 135 

John Vining, 
Jacob Van Bebber, 3 
Richard McWilliam, 
John Clowes, 
Caesar Rodney, 
David Hall, 
Samuel Chew, 



March i, 1715 

April 1 8, 1716 

April 2, 1717 

April 2, 1717 

. April 2, 1717 

Aug. i, 1717 

Aug. i, 1717 

Aug. i, 1717 

Aug. i, 1717 

July 25, 1726 

July 25, 1726 

July 25, 1726 

July 25, 1726 

July 25, 1726 

April 20, 1727 

April 5, 1743 

Aug. 9, 1749 

Aug. 7, 1754 

June 4, 1757 

Nov. 27, 1764 

Nov. 27, 1764 

June 7, 1765 

May 4, 1769 

June , 1769 

Oct. 30, 1773 



There was a separate Commission issued from time to time in 
the Province to certain persons to act as Judges for the trial of 
negroes. I have only noticed the following for the lower counties. 



JUSTICES FOR SUSSEX COUNTY. 

William Till,- commissioned July 25, 1726 

Philip Russell, " July 25, 1726 

1 A change of Governors accounts for the two sets of appointments in the year 
1717. Previous to 1757 there appear to have been six Justices in the S. C. of 
the lower counties, two from each county. In 1707 they were directed to hold 
sessions at New Castle on Oct. 5th, and April 2ist. To make two circuits in 
the fall and spring into each county at Kent on Oct. gth and April 25th; at 
Lewes on Oct, igth and April igth. 

2 The Justices appointed in 1726, are called in the 3 C. J?., p. 268, " Former 
Judges of the Supream Court and Commissioners of the Oyer and Terminer 
and General Gaol Delivery." Grafton, appointed vice Lowman. 

3 Van Bebber, in place of Till, disabled by infirmities, and McWilliam and 
Clowes, Justices, 9 C. R., pp. 203, 267. Rodney and Hall were appointed in- 
stead of Van Bebber and Clowes, deceased ; 9 C. -#.,pp. 581, 671. 



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JUSTICES FOR NEW CASTLE. 

Evans Rice, commissioned Jan. 25, 1771 

David Finney, Jan. 25, 1771 

John Jones, " Dec. 9. 1775 

David Finney, . " Dec. 9, 1775 

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL. 
I only find the following mentioned for the lower counties; 

David French, commissioned ]u\y 25, 1726 

William Shaw, 1 " Oct. 26, 1728 

John Ross,* " April 26, 1739 

George Read, " , 1763 

Jacob Moore, " Oct. 20, 1774 

Justices of the Supreme Court 

OF THK COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

CHIEF JUSTICES. 

Joseph Reed, declined Mar. 20, 1777 

Thomas McKean , s commissioned July 28, 1777 

1 Mr. Shaw was recommended for the office, but Mr. French was continued. 

* See Life of George Read, p. 14, 1754, " John Ross, then Attorney General." 

s Chief Justice McKean was re-commissioned July 29, 1784, and again on 

July 29, 1791. The following interesting biographical statement is copied 

from an issue of the Boston yournal of several years ago : 

" The fact that Thomas McKean signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of the State studied law in Lon 
don, has hitherto escaped the notice of his biographers, and is, as we are in- 
formed, unknown to his descendants. In March, 1877, John Lathrop, K.M|.. 
the reporter of decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of this State, bought, at 
a sale by auction in this city, a work in two volumes entitled ' The Laws, ( )nli 
nances and Institutions of the Admiralty of Great Britain, Civil and Military,' 
published in London in 1746. In one of the volumes was written the name, 
' Tho. McKean, of the Middle Temple.' It occurred to Mr. Lathrop that this 
might be the signature of the distinguished Thomas McKean, and on com par 
ing it with his signature on the Declaration of Independence, he was satisfied 
that his conjecture was correct. The signature was then submitted to compe- 
tent experts in this city, and was by them said to be genuine. The book also 
. had stamped on the cover the name of J. B. McKean. The Chief Justice had 
a Min, Joseph Borden McKean, who was at one time the Attorney < urn nil <>! 
Pennsylvania. There could be no doubt that the work had once been owned 
by the Chief Justice; but, to establish the fact beyond a peradventure that he 
had studied law in the Middle Temple, Mr. Lathrop caused inquiries to be 
made in London, and has just received from the treasurer of the Middle Tem- 
ple a note stating that upon search into the records of the Society, he finds that 
Mr. Thomas McKean was admitted a member on May gth, 1758, and was <le 
scribed as the son of William McKean, of the county of Chester, in Pennsyl- 
vania. This properly describes Thomas, the signer, Chief Justice and Gov- 
ernor." He died June 24th, 1817, aged 83; having been admitted to the 
Bar in May, 1755. This admission was to the Bar of Chester county, and is 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 23 

Edward Shippen, commissioned Dec. 18, 1799 

William Tilghman, " Feb. 28, 1806 

John Bannister Gibson, " May 18, 1827 

Jeremiah S. Black, elected Dec. i, 1851 

Ellis Lewis, 1 by rotation Dec. 4, 1854 

Walter H Lowrie, 2 " Dec. 7, 1857 

George W. Woodward, Dec. 7, 1863 

James Thompson, 5 Dec. 2, 1867 

John Meredith Read, " Dec. 2, 1872 

Daniel Agnew, " Dec. i, 1873 

George Sharswood 4 Dec. 4, 1878 

PUISNE JUSTICES. 

William Augustus Atlee, 5 commissioned Aug. 16, 1777 

John Evans, 6 " Aug. 16, 1777 

George Bryan, 7 " April 3, 1780 

Jacob Rush, Feb. 26, 1784 

Edward Shippen, " Jan. 29, 1791 

Jasper Yeates, " Mar. 21, 1791 

William Bradford, " Aug. 20, 1791 

Thomas Smith, 8 Jan. 31, 1794 

Hugh Henry Brackenridge, " Dec. 18, 1799 

John Bannister Gibson, " June 27, 1816 

Thomas Duncan, " Mar. 14, 1817 

Molton Cropper Rogers, " April 15, 1821 

Charles Huston, " April 17, 1826 

Horace Binney, declined " May 18, 1827 

John Tod, a. Feb, 23, isso, a. 51, " May 25, 1827 

Frederick Smith, " Jan. 31, 1828 

John Ross, April 16, 1830 

John Kennedy, " Nov. 29, 1830 

Thomas Sergeant, 9 Feb. 3, 1834 

given as his earliest admission to be found, following the advice of Mr. Binney 
in his strictures on Mr. Williams' Bar-list. Thomas McKean was admitted to 
the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on April lyth, 1758, which must 
have been just before he sailed for England, if the above statement is correct, 
which I have no reason to doubt. 

1 Died March 19, 1871, aged 72 years. 

- Died Nov. 14, 1876, aged 69 years. 

1 Died January 27, 1874, aged 68 years. 

4 Commission to take effect on the first Monday in January, 1879. His term 
of office expires on the first Monday in January, 1883, when he will be suc- 
ceeded by Ulysses Mercur, as Chief Justice. 

' William Augustus Atlee died Sept 9, 1793. 

"Judge Evans died Dec. , 1783. 

7 Re-commissioned April 3, 1787 ; died January 27, 1791 ; aged 60 years. 

8 For obituary of Judge Smith, see the Portfolio for 1809, 2 vol., p. 79, and 
inscription on his tombstone in Christ-Church graveyard, Philadelphia. 

9 Resigned Oct. I, 1846. 



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Thomas Burnside, 
Richard Coulter, 
Thomas S. Bell, 
George Chambers, 
Jeremiah S. Black, 
Ellis Lewis, 

John Bannister Gibson, 
Walter H. Lowrie, 
Richard Coulter, 
George W. Woodward, 1 
John C. Knox, 
Jeremiah S. Black, 
James Armstrong, 
James Thompson, 
William Strong, 
William A. Porter, 
Gaylord Church, 
John M. Read, 
Daniel Agnew, 
George Sharswood, 
Henry W. Williams, 2 
Ulysses Mercur, 
Isaac Grantham Gordon 
Edward M. Paxson, 3 
Warren J. Woodward, 3 
James P. Sterrett, 4 
John Trunkey, 
Henry Green, 5 
Silas M. Clark, 



commissioned 



elected 



appointed 
n 

elected 

appointed 

elected 

n 

appointed 

n 

elected 



appointed 
elected 



appointed 
elected 

appointed 
elected 



Jan'y 


2, 


1845 


Sept. 


16, 


1846 


Dec. 


18, 


1846 


April 


16, 


1851 


Oct. 


i4 5 


1851 


Oct. 


14, 


1851 


Oct. 


14, 


1851 


Oct. 


14, 


1851 


Oct. 


14, 


1851 


May 


8, 


1852 


May 


23, 


1853 


Oct. 


10, 


1854 


April 


6, 


1857 


Oct. 


13, 


1857 


Oct. 


13, 


1857 


Jan. 


20, 


1858 


Oct. 


22, 


1858 


Oct. 


12, 


1858 


Oct. 


13, 


1863 


Oct. 


8, 


1867 


Oct. 


26, 


1868 


Oct. 


8, 


1872 


Oct. 


I4> 


1873 


Nov. 


2, 


1874 


Nov. 


2, 


1874 


Feb. 


26, 


1877 


Nov. 


7> 


1877 


Sept. 


29, 


1879 


Nov. 


7, 


1882 



Standing Masters in Chancery, 

COMMISSIONED BY THE SUPREME COURT. 



John William Wallace 
John King Findlay, 6 
Joel Jones, 
Garrick Mallery, 



Dec. 20, 1844 
Jan. n, 1853 

July 25, 1861 



'Judge Woodward was appointed in place of Richard Coulter, who died 
April 20, 1852. Elected October 12, 1852, for 15 years. 

2 Judge Williams was elected in October, 1869, for 15 years. 

3 In drawing lots, Judge Paxson drew the seniority. 

4 Judge Sterrett was appointed in the place of Williams, deceased, and was 
afterwards elected Nov. 5, 1878. Judge Williams died February 19, 1877. 

5 Judge Green was appointed by the Governor to fill the vacancy created by 
the death of Judge Warren J. Woodward, on Sept. 5, 1879, aged 60 years, and 
on Nov. 2, 1880, was elected to serve for 15 years. 

The Court commissioned Judge Findlay as " Standing Auditor and Master 
in Chancery," and on July 25, 1861, Garrick Mallery was appointed " Master 
and Examiner in Equity," in the place of Joel Jones, deceased. I could not 
find the date of the latter's appointment on the Minutes. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 25 

Prothonotaries 

OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

Patrick Robinson, 1 in office n, 5 mo., 1685 

David Lloyd, 2 appointed 2, 8 mo., 1686 

Robert Assheton,* Oct. 25, 1701 

Joshua Lawrence, - m office tor divers years past.- Before 1 730-1 

1 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania have the MS. minutes of the County 
Court of Philadelphia in Patrick Robinson's handwriting. I identify them as 
of that court by the case of Rambo, I C. R., 106 For Pat Robinson's troubles, 
&c., see i C. R., 86, 87, 89, 90, 94, 95, 101, 108, 144 and 145. 

There has been much written about ancient brick houses in this city and in 
Chester, having been built of bricks imported from England, a very unlikely 
statement ; I think the story is disposed of by the following copy of the first 
mortgage recorded in Philadelphia, viz : " JOSEPH BROWNE to PATRICK 
ROBINSON, mortgage Dated loth month, 'December,' 1685, in the first year 
of the King's reign, between Joseph Browne, of the Town and Countie oi 
Philadelphia for himself in name, and behalf of, and as partner with George 
Guest of the said Town and Countie, Brickmakers, of the one part & Patrick 
Robinson, Countie Clark of Philadelphia, of the other part. Witnesseth That 
the said Joseph Browne for himself &c, &c, in consideration and for Securitie 
and payment of the sum of Fourtie pounds, due & owing by him the said 
Joseph Browne &c, &c, hath bargained sold delivered & mortgaged & by these 
prest's doth &c, &c, to the said Patrick Robinson his heirs and assigns forever 
One Negro Man named Jack formerlie bought by him from the said Patrick 
Robinson, as by bill of sale of the Seventh day of the tenth Mo. * * * 
Provided always, nevertheless, and, on this express provision and condition 
that if the said Joseph Browne (&c, &c, as above,) his heirs, execr's adminr's 
& assigns doth well and truly pay to the said Patrick Robinson his heirs &c, 
&c, the sum of twentie pounds & that in good sound well burned Merchantable 
Bricks (such as the said Patrick Robinson his heirs and assigns shall lyke of 
after they come to his or their gate, after he or they have//V/fe & chose the 
same, & rejected the unmerchantable,) att the house of the said Patrick Robin- 
son in Philadelphia, or at any other place within the said Towne to be delivered 
at the rate of Sixteen Shillings pr thousand, amounting in the whole to Twenty 
five thousands of Brick, and 'that att or before the first day of the third Mo. 
May, 1686. As Also the like sum of twentie pounds and that in Merchantable 
Corn, beefe, pork and English goods. Being such English goods as the said 
Patrick Robinson shall have occasion for and to his content at his house in 
Philadelphia, att the prices then there current, and that att or before the first 
day of third Mo (May) 1687, without fraud coven or further delay : that then 
& from thenceforth this present indenture of Sale and Mortgage shal be utterlie 
extinct and that then also it shall and may be lawfull for the said Joseph Browne 
his heirs & assigns, the said Negro to have again, retain & repossess as in the 
former estate anything herein to the contrairie thereof in anywise notwithstand- 
ing." 

2 David Lloyd was commissioned on the 2d of the 8th month, 1686. See i 
C. R., 145, in place of Pat Robinson, dismissed. 

3 Robert Assheton was appointed Oct. 25, 1701, Town Clerk, Clerk of the 
Peace and Clerk of the Court or Courts, by William Penn. See City Charter, 
2 Proud, Appendix, Part I, p. 45. On Sept. 15, 1726, he said he had been 
Clerk and Prothonotary of Philadelphia for about 26 years. He died June 5, 
1727. It is very probable that the above appointment by Penn carried with it 
the Clerkship of the Supreme Court of the Province at all events he was cer- 
tainly in office as Clerk of the Supreme Court, June 6, 1709 ; 2 C. R., 474. 



26 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

James Read, in office June 6, 1748 

Edward Shippen, Jr., 1 Nov. i, 1762 

Edward Burd, appointed Sept. i, 1778 

Joseph Reed, J an 'y 2 > 1800 

Joseph Barnes, May 13, 1809 

John Conard, " May 5, 1817 

Col. Isaac Franks, i. M.r. s. ISK. . <, Feb. 18, 1819 

Wm. Richardson Atlee. ? Mar. 9, 1822 

Joshua Raybold, " Feb. 7, 1824 

William Duane, 2 " April 23, 1829 

Stephen Payran, Jr. . " Nov. 26, 1835 

Henry Witmer, " Mar. 24, 1836 

Joseph Smith, " Feb'y 2, 1837 

Francis W. Hindman, a. NOV. 12. i*4o, a. :. J an 'y J > l &39 

Joseph Simon Cohen, " Dec. 16, 1840 

Robert Tyler, 3 " Jan'y n, 1853 

James Ross Snowden, " May 6, 1861 

Benjamin Evan Fletcher, " May 19, 1873 

Col. Charles S. Greene, " May 24, 1880 

Attorneys-General 

OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

of the Province. 

John White, 25, 8 mo., 1683 

Samuel Hersent, i6thn, 1685-6 

David Lloyd, 24, 2 mo., 1686 

John Moore, 4 May 19, 1698 

Robert Assheton, 5 , 1700 

1 Edward Shippen, Jr., was in office, and signs himself as Prothonotary, Sept. 
24, 1765. See 4 Pa. Archives, 243. He was in office before Nov. i, 1762. 
9 C. A., 5 . 

- By the Act of April 14, 1834, for the purpose of holding the Supreme 
Court, the Commonwealth was divided into four districts, denominated the 
Kastern, Western, Northern and Middle Districts, and a Prothonotary or Clerk 
appointed in each District. I have no records of any other District than the 
Kastern. By the minutes of the Middle District, Wallace DC Witt was the 
Prothonotary in office May 2, 1864. Robert Snodgrass, appointed May i, 
1871, and William Pearson, January n, 1882. 

3 Robert Tyler was a son of John Tyler, of Virginia, one of the Presidents of 
the United States. He married a daughter of the distinguished actor, Mr. 
Cooper, and abandoned his position to take part with his native State when she 
attempted to secede from the Union in 1861. 

4 Moore declined at first, but afterwards accepted. He was appointed in the 
first place Attorney-General for the King; i C. R., 519, and afterwards by 
I'enn. I Logan Papers, 60. 

1 In Futhey &* Code's History of Chester County and 9 Pa. Archives, 631, 
i Jiid series,) the following are given as Attorneys-General of the Province to 
1717. "Oct. 25, 1683 John White. Jan. 16, 1685 Samuel Hersent, (com- 
revoked,) Nov. 17, 1685 John White, (special.) April 24, 1686 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 27 

Par Parmyter, 1 10 mo. 2, 1701 

George Lowther, April 5, 1705 

Thomas Clarke, 2 May 8, 1708 

Andrew Hamilton, Sept. 7, 1717 

Joseph Growden, Jr., March 7, 1726 

John Kinsey, July 6, 1738 

Tench Francis, , 1741 

Benjamin Chew, J an 'y J 4> J 755 

Andrew Allen, Nov. 4, 1769 

Of the Commonwealth. 

John Morris, Jr. pro tern. July 16, 1777 

Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, Nov. i, 1777 

William Bradford, Jr., Nov. 23, 1780 

Jared Ingersoll, Aug. 22, 1791 

Joseph Borden McKean, May 10, 1800 

Mahlon Dickerson, July 22, 1808 

Walter Franklin, J an 'y 9> 1809 

Joseph Reed, Oct. 2, 1810 

Richard Rush, Jan'y 26, 1811 

Jared Ingersoll, Dec'r 12, 1811 

Amos Ellmaker, Dec'r 21, 1816 

David Lloyd. May 19, 1698 John Moore. 1700 William Assheton. 1701 
Par Parmyter. April 5, 1705 George Lowlher. June 24, 1708 Thomas 
Clarke. 1710 Robert Quarry. March 5, 1717 Henry Wilson." William 
Assheton, 1700, died Sept., 1723, aged 33 years. He was judge of the Vice 
Admiralty then. He was born about 1690. and it must have been his father, 
Robert Assheton, who was, if at all, only for a brief period, Attorney-General 
in 1700. I am afraid that the error as to Wm. Assheton has its origin in my 
History of Chester, 472, and I can recall no authority for its insertion there. 
" In the year i/oo, James Logan speaks of David Lloyd as the then Attorney 
General;" I Watson's Annals, 521. John Moore was Attorney-General 19 
Dec., 1700; 2 C. y?., n. 

1 Par Parmyter was Penn's cousin, and appointed before this date, but does 
not seem to have remained long in the Province, as Moore was again in office 
in 1703. See Logan Papers, I Vol., 38, 66, 113, 196 and 314. See State 
Papers, 4 Vol., Memoirs of the Historical Society, p. 333. 

2 In 9 Pa. Archives, (2d series), page 631, Henry Wilson is given as com- 
missioned Attorney-General on March 5, 1717, to succeed Thomas Clarke. 
Previously, this Attorney-General's name had been furnished me as Thomas 
Wilson, and as being from the Records of Commissions at Harrisburg. 
Not being able to discover that any lawyer of either name lived in the 
Pros-ince, at the period indicated, I asked the Secretary of Internal Affairs to 
examine the Records of Commissions. He replied by his Deputy, April 5, 
1881 : " We have made a very thorough search, not only through the records 
of this department, but also through those of the Secretary of State, and are un- 
able to find that ' Henry Wilson,' or ' Thomas Wilson,' were Attorneys-General 
at any period." In the Catalogue of the Alumni of the University of Penn- 
sylvania, Thomas Kittera, a graduate of 1805, is noticed as Attorney-General 
of Pennsylvania. If he ever held the office the Record of Commissions at 
Harrisburg would have shown it. 



28 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Thomas Sergeant, July 6, 1819 

Thomas Elder, Dec'r 20, 1820 

Frederick Smith, Dec'r 18, 1823 

Calvin Blythe, Feb'y 5, 1828 

Amos Ellmaker, May 6, 1828 

Philip S. Markley, Aug. 17, 1829 

Samuel Douglass, Feb. 10, 1830 

Ellis Lewis, Jan'y 29, 1831 

George MirB in Dallas, Oct. 14, 1833 

James Todd, Dec. 18, 1835 

William Bradford Reed, April 2, 1838 

Ovid F. Johnson, Jan'y 15, 1839 

John K. Kane, J an 'y 2I > l8 45 

John Meredith Read, June 23, 1846 

Benj'n F. Champneys, Dec. 18, 1846 

James Cooper, July 31, 1848 

Cornelius Darragh, Jan'y 4, 1849 

Thomas E. Franklin, April 28; 1851 

James Campbell, J an 'y 2I > l8 5 2 

Francis Wade Hughes, Mar. 14, 1853 

Thomas E. Franklin, d. M y w, i. Jan'y 17, 1855 

John C. Knox, a. Aug. w, isao, Jan'y 20, 1858 

Samuel A. Purviance, a. Feb.u, im, n.w. Jan'y 14, 1861 

William Morris Meredith, June 3, 1861 

Benj'n Harris Brewster, Jan'y 16, 1867 

Frederick Carroll Brewster, Oct'r 26, 1869 

Samuel E. Dimmick, Jan'y 22, 1873 

George Lear, Dec'r 6, 1875 

Henry W. Palmer, Feb'y 25, 1879 

Justices of the Peace, 

AND OF THE COUNTY COURTS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, 
FROM 1684 TO 1790. 

In this record, in spelling the names of the Justices, I have fol- 
lowed their signature? in possession of the Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania. It will be observed that the members of the Pro- 
vincial Council are not on the Record of Commissions, although 
they were ex-officio Justices of the Peace and of the Courts. See 
i C. R., 497 (2d edition), Sept 28, 1696. 

1682-3, Jan'y 2. From the original Precept to the Sheriff. 
Nicholas More, President, Thomas ffairman and Laurence Cock. 

1684 William Welsh, General Commission of the Peace, ap- 
pointed 29th 3d mo., 1684. He died, and ( i C. R., 66) William 
Clarke was appointed General Justice, igth 6th mo., 1684, and 
the following Justices: William Clayton, Robert Turner and 
Francis Daniel Pastorius. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 29 

1685 Appointed 6th 9 mo.; i C. R., 112 and 127, and com- 
missioned Justices of the Peace, and of the Courts of the County 
of Philadelphia James Claypoole, William Frampton, Humphrey 
Murray, William Salway, John Bevan, Lacey Cock, William 
Ward tier, Sr., Dr. John Goodsonn, Robert Turner and John 
Moon. 

1686 Appointed : i C. R., 134 and 143 Christopher Taylor, 
i7th 3d mo., 1686; Barnabas Wilcocks- and William Southebe, 
20th yth mo., 1686. William Clarke, Justice for y e Province 
and Territories, 2nd 8th mo., 1686; i C. R., 145. 

1687 Appointed i8th 3d mo.; i C. R., 162 John Eckley, 
Thomas Ellis, John Goodsonn, William Southebe, Barnabas Wil- 
cocks, Joshua Cart and John Shelton. 

1688 Commissioned i2th day of nth month, (see Commis- 
sion in Archives of the American Philosophical Society, at Phila- 
delphia) William Markham, Robert Turner, John Eckley, John 
Goodsonn, Samuel Carpenter, Griffith Jones, Samuel Richardson. 
Wm. Salway, Lasse Cock, Griffith Owen, Francis Rawle and John 
Holme. 

1689-90 Appointed zd nth mo.; i C. R., 278 Thomas 
Lloyd, John Eckley, Robert Turner, William Salway, Barnabas 
Wilcocks, Francis Rawle, Lawrence Cock and John Holme. 

1690 Appointed 6th 7th mo.; i C. R., 303 Arthur Cooke, 
added to the Commission. 

1690 Commissioned 4th gth mo., 1690 "Justices of the 
Quorum, Common Pleas." Record of Commissions, Harrisburg 
William Markham, Thomas Ellis, Dr. John Goodsonn and 
Samuel Jenings. 

1692 6th Hazard's Register, 281 Arthur Cooke, Samuel 
Richardson, Anthony Morris and Robert Ewer. 

1693 May 5. William Salway, Esq r did solemnlie promise 
to execute the Office of Justice of the Peace throughout the 
whole province and Countrey ; i C. R., 331 Appointed May 
6, 1693 Anthony Morris, Jacob Hall, Francis Rawle, Francis 
Danl. Pastorius, Andrew Bankson, Griffith Owen, a former Jus- 
tice, did decline. May xoth Humphrey Waterman. July i8th 
Joshua Carpenter. 

1697 Mentioned Feb. 12, 1697-8; i C. R., 498 Edward 
Shippen, Anthony Morris, Charles Sober, John Farmer. James 
ffox and Samuel Richardson. 

1700 Mentioned igth 10 br. in 2 C. R., 4 Edward Shippen, 
Samuel Richardson, Nathan Stanbury and John Jones. 

1701 Commissioned 2d 7th mo., 1701 See Record of Com- 
missions John Guest, Samuel Finney, Edward Farmer, Rowland 
Ellis, Robert French, Andrew Bankson, Samuel Richardson. 
Nathan Stanbury and John Jones. 

1703 7th 7 mo.; i Logan Papers, 236. Mentioned as the 

5 



30 MARTIN'S BKNCH AND BAR 

only Judges sworn John Guest, Samuel Finney, Edward Farmer 
and Andrew Bankson. 

1704 Appointed 4th 7 mo.; 2 C. R., 163 John Guest, 
Samuel Finney, George Roche, Samuel Richardson, Nathan 
Stanbury, John Jones, Joseph Pidgeon, Edward Farmer, Row- 
land Ellis and Andrew Bankson, Jr. 

1706 Commissioned nth mo., as Justices of the Court of 
Common Pleas. See Record of Commissions. Day of the 
month not recorded Joseph Growden, William Biles, Samuel 
Dark, Joseph Kirkbride, Willoughby Warder, Jeremiah Lang- 
home and Thomas Stevenson. 

1707 Commisssioned March 3d, Justices of the Common 
Pleas, Quarter Sessions and Equity See Record of Commissions 
Joseph Growden, Samuel Finney, Nathan Stanbury. John Jones, 
George Roche, Edward Farmer, Joseph Pidgeon, Rowland Ellis 
and Peter Bankson. 

1715 Commissioned June 4th. See Record of Commissions 
and 2 C. J?., 626 Richard Hill, Benjamin Vining. Isaac Nurris. 
James Logan, Nathan Stanbury, Edward Farmer, Rowland Ellis, 
Josiah Rolfe, John Swift, Samuel Carpenter, Joseph Fisher, and 
Robert Jones. The Mayor and Recorder were added to the Com- 
mission always; 2 C. R., 626. Richard Hill was Mayor and 
Robert Assheton Recorder, in 1715, but the latter is not men- 
tioned in the Record of Commissions. 

1715 Commissioned Sept. ist. See Record of Commissions. 
No reason is given for two commissions this year Richard Hill, 
Isaac Norris, James Logan, Nathan Stanbury, Edward Farmer, 
Rowland Ellis, Benjamin Vining, Josiah Rolfe, Richard Anthony, 
John Swift and Robert Jones. 

1717 Commissioned Sept. 2d. Record of Commissions, 3 C. 
H., 17 Richard Hill, Isaac Norris, James Logan, Anthony Pal- 
mer, Nathan Stanbury, Edward Farmer, Rowland Ellis, Benjamin 
Vining, Josiah Rolfe, John Swift, Robert Jones, Clement Plum- 
sted and Morris Morris. 

1718 Commissioned Aug. 19, and re-commissioned Nov. 29, 
1718; 3 C. Jf., 40, and Record of Commissions Richard Hill. 
Isaac Norris, James Logan, Jonathan Dickinson, Robert Asshe- 
ton, Anthony Palmer, Nathan Stanbury, Edward Farmer, Rowland 
Ellis, Benjamin Vining, Josiah Rolfe, Clement Plumsted, John 
Swift, Robert Jones (Merion), Robert Jones (North Wales)," An 
drew Hamilton, Samuel Perez, Samuel Carpenter, Richard Moore 
and Charles Read. 

1719 Commissioned Dec. 5 ; from Record of Commissions 
Richard Hill, James Logan, Isaac Norris, Jonathan Dickinson, 
William Fishbourne, Robert Assheton. Anthony Palmer, Nathan 
Stanbury, Edward Farmer, Rowland Ellis, Benjamin Vining, 
Clement Plumsted, John Swift, Robert Jones (Merion), Robert 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 31 

Jones (North Wales), Samuel Perez, Samuel Carpenter, Richard 
Moore and Charles Read. 

1722 Commissioned June 4; from Record of Commissions 
Richard Hill, James Logan, Isaac Norris, Jonathan Dickinson, 
William Fishbourne, Robert Assheton, Anthony Palmer, Row- 
land Ellis, Benjamin Vining, Clement Plumsted, John Swift, 
Robert Jones (North Wales), Samuel Carpenter, Charles Read, 
Francis Rawle and Robert Fletcher. 

1723 Commissioned Feb. 18. Record of Commissions 
Richard Hill, James Logan, Isaac Norris, Robert Assheton, An- 
'thony Palmer, William Fishbourne, Josiah Rolfe, Edward Farmer, 
Benj. Vining, Clement Plumsted, John Swift, Robert Jones (North 
Wales), Samuel Carpenter, Charles Read, Rees Thomas, Francis 
Rawle, Robert Fletcher, Richard Alborough, Thomas Lawrence, 
Evan Owen, John Cadwalader and Edward Roberts. 

1725 Commissioned May 12. Record of Commissions 
Richard Hill, Isaac Norris, Robert Assheton, Anthony Palmer, 
William Fishbourne, Edward Farmer. Clement Plumsted, John 
Swift, Robert Jones (North Wales), Samuel Carpenter, Charles 
Read, Rees Thomas, Francis Rawle, Robert Fletcher, Robert 
Fisher, Thomas Lawrence, Evan Owen, John Cadwalader and 
Edward Roberts. 

1726 Commissioned Sept. i; 3 C. J?., 271, 298, and Or- 
phans' Court Docket, No. i Isaac Norris, James Logan, An- 
thony Palmer, Samuel Preston, William Fishbourne, Edward 
Farmer, Clement Plumsted, John Swift, Charles Read, Robert 
Fletcher, Thomas Lawrence, Evan Owen, Edward Roberts, 
Thomas Fenton, Richard Harrison, Joseph Ashton, Derick Jansen 
(Germantown), and Owen Evan (North Wales), and on Sept. 15, 
1726, (3 C. If., 273) Robert Assheton; but not to sit on the 
Bench, as he was Clerk of the Peace and Prothonotary of the 
Court of Common Pleas. 

1727 Commissioned Sept. 2 Isaac Norris, James Logan, 
Anthony Palmer, William Fishbourne, Edward Farmer, John 
Swift, Clement Plumsted, Charles Read, Thomas Lawrence, Ed- 
ward Roberts, Thomas Fenton, Richard Harrison, Joseph Ash- 
ton, Derick Jansen and Owen Evan. 

1 73 2 -3 ~ Appointed March 5 ; 3 C. R., 528 Isaac Norris, 
Clement Plumsted, Thomas Lawrence, Samuel Hasell. Edward 
Farmer, Chas. Read, Edward Roberts, Richard Harrison, Derick 
Jansen, Owen Evan,, William Allen, George Boone, Thomas 
Griffitts, George Fitzwater, Richard Martin, Lassey Bore, John 
Pawlin, Mordecai Lincoln, and the Mayor and Recorder of the 
City of Philadelphia, for the time being. 

1733 Commissioned Dec. 3 Isaac Norris, Clement Plumsted, 
Thomas Lawrence, Samuel Hasell, Thomas Griffitts, Charles Read, 
Edward Farmer, Edward Roberts, Richard Harrison, Derick Jan- 



32 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

sen, Owen Evan, William Allen, George Boone, George Fitzwater, 
Richard Martin, John Pawlin, Mordecai Lincoln, Evan Thomas. 
Henry Pastorius, and the Mayor and Recorder of the cjty. 

1738 Appointed Nov. 22; 4 C. ft., 312 Clement Plumstcd. 
Thomas Lawrence, Samuel Hasell, Ralph Assheton, Thomas Grif- 
fins, Edward Farmer, Edward Roberts, Richard Harrison, Derirk 
Jansen, William Allen, George Boone, George Fitzwater, James 
Hamilton, Thomas Fletcher, William Till, Cadwalader Foulke, 
Abram Taylor, Jonathan Robeson, Owen Evan (Limerick;, Ed- 
ward Reece (Manhatawney), David Humphreys (Merion,) and 
the Mayor and Recorder of Philadelphia, for the time being. 

1741 Appointed April 4; $C.R., 482. Commissioned April 
10, 1741. Record of Commissions Clement Plumsted, Thomas 
Lawrence, Samuel Hasell, Ralph Assheton, the Mayor and Re- 
corder of Philadelphia, Edward Roberts, Richard Harrison, Wil- 
liam Allen, George Boone, George Fitzwater, James Hamilton, 
William Till, Abram Taylor, Jonathan Robinson, Owen Kvan 
(Limerick,) Isaac Leech, Benjamin Shoemaker, Joseph Paschall. 
Joshua Maddox, Robert Strettell and Derrick Keyser. In the 
appointments appears the name of Griffith Llewellyn, but his 
name is not in the commission. 

1745 Commissioned May 27; 4 C. R., 762 Thomas La\\- 
.rence, Samuel Hasell, Ralph Assheton, Abram Taylor, Robert 
Strettell, the Mayor and Recorder, William Allen, Richard Har- 
rison, George Boone, George Fitzwater, Jonathan Robinson 
(Robeson in the Commission, 1 , Owen Evan (Limerick), Benjamin 
Shoemaker, Joshua Maddox, Septimus Robinson, Griffith Llew- 
ellyn, Derrick Keyser, Edward Shippen, Joseph Turner, Charles 
Willing, Thomas Venables, Nicholas Ashton, Thomas Fletcher. 
Samuel Morris (Whitemarsh), Thomas Yorke, James Delaplaine, 
Francis Parvin, John Potts and Anthony Lee, Esquires. 

1749 Appointed June 30 ; 5 C. R., 388 Thomas Lawrence, 
Samuel Hasell, Abram Taylor, Robert Strettell, Benjamin Shoe- 
maker, Joseph Turner, Thomas Hopkinson, William Logan, the 
Mayor and Recorder of the City, William Allen, Jonathan Rob- 
inson, Owen' Evan, Joshua Maddox, Septimus Robinson, Edward 
Shippen, Charles Willing, Thomas Venables, Nicholas Ashton, 
Thomas Fletcher, Samuel Morris (Whitemarsh), Thomas Yorke, 
Francis Parvin, John Potts, Anthony Lee, William Coleman, 
Benjamin Franklin, Rowland Evans and John Smith (son-in-law 
of James Logan.) 

1750 Deed Book H, No. 13, page 256 Samuel Mifflin. 

1751 Commissioned March 25. Record of Commissions 
Jonah Seely and Conrad Weiser. 

1752 Appointed by Council, May 25, 1752; 5 C. R., 572, 
and commissioned by the Governor, May 30, 1752 Thomas 
Lawrence, Robert Strettell, Benjamin Shoemaker, Joseph Turner, 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 33 

William Logan, Owen Evan, Joshua Maddox, Septimus Robinson, 
Edward Shippen, Charles Willing, Nicholas Ashton, Thomas 
Fletcher, John Potts, William Coleman, Benjamin Franklin, John 
Smith, Rowland Evans, William Plumsted. Thos. White, John 
Mifflin. Henry Antes, Henry Pawling, Samuel Ash mead, John 
Jones, Abraham Dawes, and on Aug. i, Charles Brockden. 

1757 Appointed Nov. 27; 7 C. R., 769 William Coleman, 
(promoted to Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, April 8, 
1758), Joshua Maddox, Septimus Robinson, John Potts, Rowland 
Evans, William Plumsted, Henry Pawling, Samuel Ashmead, 
John Jones, William Peters, Atwood Shute, Alexander Stedman, 
Samuel Mifflin, Jacob Duche, Isaac Jones, Evan Thomas, John 
Roberts, Archibald McLean, Enoch Davis, William Dewees, 
John Coplin, George Evans and Isaac Ashton. 

1759 Commissioned Oct. 20 James Humphreys and John 
Hughes. These are the only names on the Record of Commis- 
sions at this date. James Humphreys was a Notary Public, and 
was made a Justice of the Peace, to accommodate him in that 
office, which he held for a long series of years ; see 10 C. R., 46. 
On Feb. 8, 1761, five writs of supersedeas were issued to Thomas 
Yorke, Rowland Evans, John Potts, Samuel Wharton and John 
Hughes, late Judges of the Common Pleas, forbidding them ex- 
ercising the powers granted them by Governor Denny; 8 C. R.^ 
575. They were commissioned only as Judges of the Common 
Pleas, on October 20, 1759 ; no doubt they held the Quarter Ses- 
sions. In the Record of Commissions, Samuel Wharton heads 
the list, and would therefore appear to be the prior Judge, but I 
have followed the Colonial Records, as above, and as will appear 
in the list of the Justices and Judges of the Common Pleas. See 
also the Orphans' Court Dockets, wherein it is shown that Thomas 
Yorke and his associates held that Court from Dec. 8, 1759, until 
they were superseded. 

1761 Commissioned Feb. 28; 8 C. R., 575 Alexander Sted- 
man, (advanced to Associate Justice of the S. C., March 20, 1761,1 
William Plumsted. Septimus Robttison, John Potts, Junior, Row- 
land Evans, Henry Pawling, Samuel Ashmead, John Jones (Ger- 
mantown), William Peters, Samuel Mifflin, Jacob Duche, Isaac- 
Jones, William Coxe, Thomas Willing, Daniel Benezet, Edward 
Penington, Samuel Shoemaker, William Parr, Joshua Howell, 
Evan Thomas, John Roberts (Miller), Archibald McLean, Enoch 
Davis, William Dewees, John Coplin, George Evans, Isaac Ash- 
ton, Henry Harrison, James Coultas, John Trump, John Bull, 
and William Mayberry, and on March 4, Jarnes Humphreys. In 
8 C. R., 575, will be found the list of gentlemen recommended 
for Justices to the Governor, on Feb. 28, 1761, which it will be 
perceived differs from the foregoing in this, Jacob Hall is omitted, 
and William Parr substituted. 



:U MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

1764 Commissioned Nov. 19 William Plumsted, Septimus 
Robinson, Samuel Ashmead, William Peters, Samuel Mifflin, 
Jacob Duche, Isaac Jones, William Coxe, Thomas Willing, Daniel 
Benezet, Samuel Shoemaker, William Parr, Evan Thomas, Archi- 
bald McLean, William Dewees, Henry Harrison, James Coultas, 
Jacob Hall, John Bull, Thomas Lawrence, Jr., John Lawrence. 
George Bryan, William Humphreys. Frederick Antes, Peter Evans, 
James Biddle, Alexander Edwards and James Humphreys. 

1765 Commissioned Jan. 17 Enoch Davis. 

1767 John Allen, commissioned March 20 ; and Charles Jolly, 
Sept. 14, 1767. 

1768 Charles Batho, commissioned June 13. 

1770 Commissioned June 4 Isaac Jones, Samuel Ashmcud. 
Samuel Mifflin, Jacob Duche, Samuel Shoemaker, William Parr, 
Evan Thomas, Archibald McLean, William Dewees, Jacob Hall, 
Thomas Lawrence, John Bull, George Bryan, Frederick Antes, 
James Biddle, Alex. Edwards, John Allen, Charles Jolly, James 
Young, Charles Batho, John Gibson, Peter Chevalier, Peter 
Knight, and John Potts; and on June 21, James Humphreys. 
the Notary Public. 

1771 John Moore, commissioned Aug. i, and on Aug. 20, 
Matthew Clarkson, the Notary Public. 

1772 Commissioned Jan. i ; 10 C. R., 46 Peter Miller, the 
Notary Public, to aid him in his office. &c. 

1772- Commissioned April 27 Isaac Jones, Samuel Ashmead. 
Samuel Mifflin, Jacob Duche, Samuel Shoemaker, William Parr, 
Archibald McLean, John Bull, George Bryan, Frederick Antes, 
James Biddle, Alex Edwards, John Allen, James Young, John 
Gibson, John Potts, John Moore, Thomas Rutter, James Dieiner. 
Samuel Potts, George Clymer, Lindsay Coats, Charles Bensel 
and Samuel Irwin, and the following Notaries-Public, to assist 
them in their office, viz: James Humphreys, Matthew Clarkson, 
Peter Miller and John Ord ; and on May 4 Samuel Powel and 
Henry Hill; 10 C. R., 47. 

1773 Justices of the Quarter Session:; and Common Pleas. 
From Aitkeri } s Register, 1773, P- 3 Isaac Jones, President: 
Samuel Ashmead, Samuel Mifflin, Jacob Duche, Samuel Shoe- 
maker, William Parr, Archibald McClean, John Bull, George 
Bryan, Frederick Antes, James Biddle, Alexander Edwards, John 
Allen, James Young, John Gibson, John Potts, John Moore. 
Thomas Rutter, James Diemer, Samuel Potts, George Clymer. 
Samuel Irwin, Lindsay Coates, James Humphreys, Matthew 
Clarkson, Peter Miller, John Ord, Samuel Powell and Henry 
Hill. 

i 774 Justices of the C. P. and Q. S. From Aitkeri 's Rei<-ni 
brancer Samuel Ashmead, President ; and the above Justices. 



OP' PHILADELPHTA. 35 

excepting Isaac Jones, and with Alexander Wilcocks, commission- 
ed March 4; 10 C. R., 155. 

1776 By ordinance of the Convention of Sept. 3. See Min- 
utes of the Convention, page 73 Benjamin Franklin, John Dick- 
inson, George Bryan, James Young, James Biddle, John Morris, 
Jr., Joseph Parker, John Bayard, Sharpe Delarry, John Cadwala- 
der, Joseph Cowperthwaite, Christopher Marshall (the elder), 
Francis Gurney, Robert Knox, Matthew Clarkson, William Coats, 
William Ball, Philip Boehm, Francis Casper Hassenclever, Thomas 
Cuthbert (the elder), Moses Bartram, Jacob ^Shreiner, Joseph 
Moulder, Jonathan Paschall, Benjamin Paschall, Benjamin Harbe- 
son, Jacob Bright, Henry Hill, Samuel Ashmead, Frederick Antes, 
Samuel Irwin, Alex. Edwards, Seth Quee, Samuel Potts, Rowland 
Evans, Charles Bensel and Peter Evans. 

1777 Commissioned March 28 ; n C. R., 194 James Young, 
John Ord, Joseph Redman, Sr. , Isaac Howell, George Henry, 
Plunket Fleeson, Benjamin Paschall and Philip Boehm. 

1777 Commissioned June 6; n C. R., 215 Samuel Ashmead, 
George Bryan, James Young, John Moore, John Ord, Jonathan 
Paschall, Joseph Redman, Sr., Peter Evans, George Henry, Plun- 
ket Fleeson, Isaac Howell, Benjamin Paschall, Seth Quee, Andrew 
Knox, John Knowles, David Todd, Philip Boehm, Zebulon Potts 
and John Richards, and on July 25, William McMullin. 

1778 July 6, Jonathan Bayard Smith; Oct. 21, David Kennedy; 
Nov. 10, Henry Naglee, Joseph Cowperthwaite ; Dec. 16, John 
Miller and Michael Croll. 

1779 -Commissioned Jan. 5 William Ball, William Adcock, 
Samuel Morris, Jr., and May 7, William Rush. 

1780 Commissioned June 7 John Howell; 12 C. R., 379. 

1783 Commissioned July 12 William Dean; 13 C. R., 625. 

1784 14 C. R., 54, &c. ; Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, 
Samuel Wharton, Isaac Howell, John Knowles, 'William Masters, 
Manuel Eyre, John Richards, Henry Scheetz, Plunket Fleeson, 
John Gill and Jonathan Penrose. 

1785 John Nice, James Loughead, Joseph Wharton and Ed- 
ward Shippen ; 14 C. R., 316, 344, 381. 

1786 14 C. R., 629, 660, 669, 672; 15 C. R., 17, 26 Dr. 
Enoch Edwards, William Craig, William Pollard, Matthew Hoi- 
gate, John Gill, Lewis Weiss and William Rush. 

1787 15 C. R., 160, 192, 272 Feb. 9, Alexander Tod; April 
7, Matthew Irwin ; and Sept. 12, Robert McKnight. 

1788 Jan'y 10, William Nichols; March 31, Joseph Ferree ; 
April 3, Jacob Weaver ; May 9, Joseph Wharton and William 
Masters to be Justices of the Common Pleas ; 15 C. R., 452 ; Aug. 
26, William Coats; Aug. 29, William Craig; Sept. 22, Clement 
Biddle; and Nov. 25, James Biddle. 



36 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



The County Courts 

OF THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

Under the Royal Charter to William Penn there were established 
in the Province of Pennsylvania three separate County Courts, 
viz: The Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, (2 C. 
Jt., 243), and the Orphans' Court, to be held by the Justi< 
the Peace ; and a Supreme Provincial Court to hear appeals from 
the County Courts. Special Courts of Oyer and Terminer were 
held by Judges specially commissioned from time to time, d C. 
R., in, 112, 114, &c..) one or more Judges of the Supreme 
Court being generally included in the commission. Finally the 
Judges of the Supreme Court were commissioned always as the 
Justices of the Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, 
(9 C. J?., 393). And the Governor and Council sat as a Court 
of Equity in all matters. In addition to the regular County 
Court a tribunal was established called the " PEACE MAKI 
consisting of three persons, who were appointed by the Justices, 
and whose duties were something similar to those of arbitrators 
at the present day. Or, to use the language of Penn, they were 
appointed " to prevent law-suits, to act in the nature of arbitra- 
tors, to hear and to end differences between man and man." 
And a Supreme Court of Oyer and Terminer for the Trial of Ne- 
groes was also formed. Book A, 4, p. 78, &c. 

The first Grand Jury summoned in the county of Philadelphia 
is thus announced in i C. R., 31, on the 25th of the 8th month, 
1683 : " A Grand Inquest were Impanneld and Attested, whose 
names are as followed : Tho: Lloyd, foreman, Enoch Flower. 
Rich. Wood, Jno. Hardin. Jno. Hill. Edw'd Louff, Ja: Boyden, 
Nich: Walne, Jno: James, Jno: Vanborson, Robt. Hall, Valt. Hol- 
lingsworth, Alexer. Draper, Jno: Louff, Jno: Wale, Samll. Darke, 
Jno: Parsons, Jno: Blunstone, Tho: ffitchwater, Wm. Guest, Jno. 
Curtis, Robt. Lucas, Hen: Jones, Caleb Pusy." And the next 
day they found a true bill against Charles Pickering for a " Hey- 
nous and Grevious Crime," (counterfeiting), and the following 
Petty Jury were sworn to try him: "John Claypoole, foreman, 
Robt. Turner, Robt. Euer, Andrew Bankson, Jno: Barnes, Jos. 
ffisher, Dennis Rochford, Wm: Howell, Walt'r King, Benj: 
Whitehead, Tho: Rouse, David Briutnell." John White, Attor- 
ney-General. 

Under the Charter of Wm. Penn to Philadelphia, in 1701, the 
Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen were " Justices of the Peace and 
Justices of the Oyer and Terminer," this was the City Court: 
The Recorder presided. Four to be a quorum, whereof the 
Mayor and Recorder were two. The City Magistrates, under 
the charter, also sat in the Common Pleas. 

In 1701, an Act passed providing for the appointment of 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 37 

Judges of the Common Pleas with Equity powers, and Justices 
were commissioned for the same. Out of this Act arose the dis- 
pute whether the Governor should or should not be Chancellor. 
In 1710 an Act was passed "for establishing Courts of Judi- 
cature," in which Equity powers were not vested in the Governor, 
but a Court of Equity was to be held by the Jndges of the Com- 
mon Pleas. And again on May 28, 1715, Acts were passed for 
establishing a Supreme Court in Law and Equity, Courts of Com- 
mon Pleas and of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace. These 
Acts were, however, repealed by the English Privy Council. 

Previously, on March 27, 1713, an Orphans' Court was formed, 
to be held by the Judges of the Quarter Sessions; 2 C. R., 591. 

Sir William Keith became Governor in 1717*, and in 1719 the 
Acts of 1715 were repealed. Keith established in 1720 a Court 
of Chancery, which was abolished in 1735. 

By the Act of May 22, 1722, a Supreme Court was established, 
with a Chief Justice and two Associates, with power to hear ap- 
peals from the Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions and the City 
Court, and a Supreme Court of General Sessions of Oyer and 
Terminer, and County Courts of Common Pleas, with a compe- 
tent number of persons as Justices, duly commissioned to hold the 
Courts, three constituting a quorum. 

On the 2oth of May, 1767, the number of Justices of the Su- 
preme Court was increased to four, a Chief Justice and three 
Associates. 

On January 28, 1777, an Act was passed directing that one 
Justice in each county should be appointed to preside in the re- 
spective Courts of Common Pleas, General Quarter Sessions, and 
Orphans' Court. But this office had existed from the foundation 
of Penn's government, for we find in i C. R., p. 18, that an 
attested copy of the Laws should be transmitted <; to y e Presid't 
or Clark of each County Court," and on the 24th of the 6th 
month, 1684, the Council " Ordered that the next Justice in 
Commission to the Presd't of the Court of New Castle, doe offi- 
ciate in the same till further order." The cause of that order 
was, without doubt, the death of William Welch, who was, I have 
no hesitation in stating, the President of the Court at New Castie 
and at Philadelphia also, for in i C.R., p. 67 ( ist ed. ), on the nth 
of y e 7th month, 1684, " It being proposed by a Memb'r in Coun- 
cil, that a New Commission of the Peace be granted for the 
Countys of Philadelphia & New Castle, by reason of y e removeall 
and Decease of y e say d Presid't, it was Unanimously agreed that 
New Commissions should be Issued out." 

The following precept, directed to the Sheriff of Philadelphia, 
ordering the holding of, what I believe, was the first Court held 
in this city, is in these words, copied from the original, viz : 
6 



38 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

" To y e high Sherif of ye County of Philadelphia : 

"Nicholas More, Esq., & President of y e Free Socyety & Court ot 

Justices; 

' Thomas Ferman, Esq., and one of y fl Justices of y 6 Peace ; 
" Laurence Cock, Esq., & one of y e Justices of y Peace ; 
" Three Justices of y e King shall keepy 6 Peace in y e County of Philadelphia, 
and they that are appointed shall hear & terminate divers fielonies, transgres 
sions & other wicked deeds being Committed in y e County aforesaid, vizt : wee 
do Command through all y e parts of y same County aforesaid, and in y e author 
ity of y e King, that thou mayest go thorow it and Cause to Come before us or 
our companions y e Justices of y e Peace in Philadelphia, y e Eleventh day of 
y e Eleventh month, alias January, att y Blew Anker, at 10 of the Clock, such 
twenty-ffoure honest and lawful! men of y e County, and twenty-ffoure Milites 
ft a/., probos el legales homines de Corpore Com., and other honest and lawful! 
men of y e body of y e . County, whosoever they be, and that have possessions and 
be ffree Indwellers, to enquire y n and in y e place concerning these things \v >' 
shall be Comended y m of y e King aforesaid; also y u must cause all Crowners 
of y e County, marshalls, Constables, and other officers of y e County, to know 
it that they are then, att that time to know and to fill up those things w ch they 
must do by reason of their offices. Moreouer, thou must cause to be proclaimed 
in all y* County and Priuiledge places, and in fitt places, that ye sessions of 
y e peace shall be held att y e day & place beforesaid, and thou thyselfe must be 
there to know and perform those things w ch belong to thy office ; and thou 
must have so many names of witnesses, Crowners, Marshalls, Constables, &c., 
as is required by precept. 

" Dated under our scales y e 2nd January, 1682-3. 

" N. More, [Seal.] 

"Tho. ffarman, [Seal.j 

" Lasse Cock, [Seal.] 

On each seal is an impression of the individual coat-of-arms of 
the Justice sealing and signing the writ. On that of Nicholas 
More a shield of four quarterings ; the first and fourth, four bars 
( barry) ; second and third, a lion rampant, crowned ; crest, a 
ducal coronet ; the shield surrounded by olive branches. On that 
of Thomas Fairman a shield having a chevron, with two squirrels 
above and one below it. On that of Lasse Cock a pelican on her 
nest, in a circle, feeding her young with blood from her breast. 

On September i, 1791, the Courts were reorganized with a 
President Judge, learned in the law, and not less than three nor 
more than four associates laymen, for each county. See Act 13 
April, 1791. 

It therefore appears that the Justices of the Peace, who were 
commissioned as Justices of the Courts, held the County Courts, 
that is to say, the Court of Common Pleas, the Quarter Sessions 
of the Peace, and the Orphans' Court, until 1791. There ap- 
pears to have always been a Presiding Justice, probably the oldest 
Justice, by the commission, and I have given the name of the 
first or prior Justice on each Commission, as the Presiding Justice. 
The same person being, in many cases, for a long series of years, 
the first on each Commission issued, shows that my conclusion is 
no doubt correct, especially as precedence of place in regard to 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 39 

the standing of each Justice, on the successive commissions, 
seems to have been, as a rule, strictly observed. 

In i C. R., 66. It was "Ordered that the next Justice in 
Commission to the Presd't of the Court of New Castle, doe offici- 
ate in the same till further order." This order was no doubt 
made in consequence of the illness of William Welch, the Presid- 
ing Justice of that Court, whose death was announced at the next 
meeting of Council. 

As early as Sept. 22, 1676, in the Ordinance introducing the 
Duke of York's Laws, establishing Courts of Justice on the Dela- 
ware river, it is said : "3. That the said Courts consist of Jus- 
tices of the Peace, whereof three make a quorum," &c., "in 
which the oldest Justice to preside, unless otherwise agreed among 
themselves." 7 Penna. Archives, pp. 783, 784 (2d series.) And 
this was, no doubt, the rule until the passage of the Act of Jan. 
28, 1777. 

On Nov. 12, 1677, a Court was held at Upland, now Chester, 
by " John Moll, President of the New Castle Court, with the Jus- 
tices of Upland Court." Smith 1 s History of Delaware County, 
in. See also Upland Record, 92. 

In the minutes of the Court of Chester County, of Nov. 30, 
1 68 1, William Markham is styled "Governor and President," 
and on June 13, 1682, William Clayton is called "President." 
John Simcock, "President," Feb. 14, 1682-3, and Christopher 
Taylor, "President," in 1684. Martin' 's History of 'Chester, 462. 

Peter McCall, Esq., says, in a note to p. 27, of his Discourse, 
on Sept. 5, 1838, before the Law Academy of Philadelphia: 
" Isaac Norris presided for a long time in the Quarter Sessions and 
Common Pleas, and was a member of Council for upwards of 30 
years." And in Perry's Papers relating to the History of the 
Church in Pennsylvania, pp. 264 and 270, William Moore is 
called the " President Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas of 
Chester County, on February 5, 1758." 

The Aldermen of the City of Philadelphia, sat in the " City 
Court" as Associate Judges, the Recorder presiding, and those of 
the Aldermen who were commissioned as Justices of the Peace 
and of the Courts, assisted the other Justices or Judges in the 
Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions and Orphans' Court. The 
Mayor of the City and the Recorder were always included in the 
Commissioners of the Peace, as were also all members of the 
Supreme Executive Council, but the latter did not sit in the 
Courts as a general rule. 

Special Courts and Judges to hold the same, were often created 
by the Provincial Council. This seemed to have always been the 
case in regard to the Courts for the Tryal of Negroes and of 
Oyer and Terminer, over which the Chief Justice was almost 
always named to preside. Each Governor or Deputy Governor 



40 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

of the Province issued a new commission for Justices. The rule 
was to do so every year; but it seems not to have been strictly 
observed. On one occasion (in 1693) the Commission to the 
Justices of the Common Pleas was to sit three days and no longer : 
i C. X., 356. 

I give below a list of the Justices who held the County Courts 
of Philadelphia, until Sept. i, 1791, and to avoid useless repeti- 
tion of names, give only the name of each Justice once, and the 
date of the year when first commissioned, although many were 
re-appointed several times, and some served through a long series 
of years. For the term of service, see the Record of Commis 
sions heretofore given. It appears that four Justices were a quo- 
rum. See 2 C. R., p. 4. In the old Dockets of the Orphans' 
Court, I noticed that there were always four Justices present at 
every sitting of the Court, never any less, seldom any more. 

Presiding Justices 

OF THE COUNTY COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS. 

Nicholas More, in office Jan. 2, 1682-3 
William Welch, commissioned 29, 3 mo., 1684 

William Clarke, " 19, 6 mo., 1684 

James Claypoole, 6, 9 mo., 1685 

Christopher Taylor, 1 17, 3 mo., 1686 

William Clarke, " 2, 8 mo., 1686 

John Eckley, " 17, 6 mo., 1687 

William Markham, " 10, n mo., 1688 

Thomas Lloyd, 2 " 2, u mo., 1689 

Wm. Markham, 4, 9 mo., 1690 

William Sal way, May 5, 1693 

Anthony Morris," " May 29, 1693 

Edward Shippen, " Feb. 12, 1697-8 

John Guest, 2, 7 mo., 1701 

Joseph Growden, " , n mo., 1706 

Richard Hill, " June 4, 1715 

James Logan, 4 " Sept'r 2, 1723 

Isaac Norris, 5 " Sept'r 21, 1726 

Clement Plumsted, . " June n, 1734 

1 Died before Sept. 21, 1686. 2 Died loth 7 mo., 1694, aged 45. 

* Salway was promoted to the Supreme Court on May 29, 1693, and Morri-. 
on Aug. 10, 1694, but the latter seems to have retained his position in the 
lower courts, as will be seen hereafter; he died 23d 8 mo., 1721, aged (17. 

4 "James Logan and his associates, Justices of the Court of General Ouartci 
Sessions of the Peace and Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadel 
phia," Sept. 2, 1723. See printed pamphlet entitled, " A Charge to the Grand 
Jury," &c., printed 1723, by Andrew Bradford, with the address to the Grand 
Jury. 

5 See Orphans' Court Docket, No. 2. Isaac Norris last sat on the Bench on 
April 22, and on June u, 1734, Clement Plumsted heads the list of Justices. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



41 



Thomas Lawrence, 1 
Robert Strettell, 
William Coleman, 
Alexander Stedman/ 
William Plumsted, 
Septimus Robinson, 3 
Samuel Ashmead, 
Isaac Jones, 
Samuel Mifflin, 4 
James Young, 
Samuel Ashmead, 
John Ord, 
John Moore, 
John Ord, 
Plunket Fleeson, 
Edward Shippen, 
Dr. Enoch Edwards. 



commissioned 



May 27, 
April 26, 
Nov'br 27, 
April 8, 
March 21, 
August 14, 
Jan'y 16, 
June 4, 
Dec'r 6, 
March 28, 
June 6, 
March i , 
Sept'r 6, 
Sept'r 4, 
Nov'r 18, 
October 4, 
August 15, 



1745 
1754 



1758 
1764 

1765 
1767 
1770 

H73 
1777 
1777 
1779 
1779 
1780 
1780 

1785 
1789 



1 Thomas Lawrence died April 25, 1754. On April 8, 1758, Coleman \va.-, 
promoted to the Supreme Court, and Alexander Stedman took his place then, 
for we find him presiding in the Orphans' Court on Dec. 9, 1758, and called 
" President of the Court of Common Pleas," June 2, 1759; 8 C. R., 339. On 
March 21, 1764, Judge Stedman was advanced to the Supreme Court in place 
of Mr. Justice Coleman, who declined to be recommissioned, and William 
Plumsted, next in the commission of Feb. 28, 1761, to Stedman, no doubt took 
his place as President. 

2 By the Act of Sept. 29, 1759, the Justices of the Quarter Sessions were not 
to be Judges of the Common Pleas or of the Orphans' Court ; therefore Thomas 
Yorke and his associates never sat in the Quarter Sessions ; for this reason his 
name is omitted in this list. 

3 Septimus Robinson died January /, 1767. 

* Westcott in his History of Philadelphia, Sunday Dispatch of May 2, 1875, 
states inter alia, that " Samuel Ashmead died in 1798. * * He was Presi- 
dent of the Justices of the Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions in 1774." See 
Aitken's Register, which gives him as President of the C. P. and Q. S., at that 
date. This is an error as to the Quarter Sessions, for an old Docket, just dis- 
covered (1879), of that Court for 1773 to 1779, gives as President, or first 
Justice, Isaac Jones, Sept. 6, 1773; Samuel Mifflin, Dec 6, 1773; and places 
Mifflin's name on a separate line, by itself, until June 4, 1776, after which there 
are no entries in the Docket, until the following, viz : " At a General Quarter 
Sessions of the Peace, held at Philadelphia for the County of Philadelphia, on the 
First day of September, Anno Domini 1777, (being the first Session of the Peace 
held for the County aforesaid since the United Colonies of North America were 
by their Representatives in Congress assembled declared Free and Independent 
States, which was done at Philadelphia on the Fourth day of July, 1776, when 
the former Constitution and Government of the Province of Pennsylvania were 
abolished, and soon afterwards a New (to wit, the present) Constitution, Laws 
and Police for the good Government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
were formed and established)." And we find in said Docket, "James Young, 
Esquire, President," Sept. I, 1777; John Ord, Esquire, President, March I, 
1779; John Moore, Esquire, President, Sept. 6, 1779; John Ord, Esquire, 
President, Sept. 4, 1780. 



42 



MARTIN'S BFATH AND BAR 



Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, 

Quarter Sessions of the Peace 

and Orphans' Court, 

FOR TIIK CITY AND COl NTY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

From 1G84 to 1789. 



Nicholas More, 
Thomas Fairman, 
Laurence Cock, 
William Welch, 
William Clarke, 
William Clayton, 
Robert Turner, 
Francis Daniel Pastorius. 
James Claypoole, 
William Frampton, 
Humphrey Murrey, 
William Salway, 
John Bevan, 
William Wardner, Sr. , 
John Moon, 
Dr. John Goodsonn, 
Christopher Taylor, 
Barnabas Wilcocks, 
William Southebe, 
John Eckley. 
Thomas Ellis, 
Joshua Cart, 
John Shelton, 
William Markham, 
Samuel Carpenter, 
Griffith Jones, 
Samuel Richardson, 
Griffith Owen, 
Francis Rawle, 
John Holme, 
Thomas Lloyd, 
Arthur Cooke, 
Samuel Jen ings, 
Anthony Morris, 
Robert Ewer, 
Jacob Hall, 
Andrew Bankson, 
Humphrey Waterman, 
Joshua Carpenter, 
Edward Shippen, 
Charles Sober, 



commissioned 



Jan. 2, 1682-3 
Jan. 2, 1682-3 
Jan. 2, 1682-3 
29,3 mo., 1684 
19, 6 mo. 
19, 6 mo. 
19, 6 mo. 
19, 6 mo. 
6, 9 mo. ; 
6, 9 mo. 
6, 9 mo. 
6, 9 mo. 
6, 9 mo. 
6, 9 mo. 
6, 9 mo. : 
6, 9 mo., 
17,3010. 
20, 7 mo 



1684 
1684 
1684 
1684 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1686 
1686 



20, 7 mo., 1686 
18, 3 mo., 1687 
18,3 mo., 
18, 3mo., 
1 8, 3 mo. 

nth, 

nth, 

nth, 
12, nth, 
12, nth, 

nth, 



12, 

12, 
12, 



I 2 



12, nth, 



1687 
1687 
1687 
1688 
1688 
1688 
[688 
1688 
1688 
1688 



2, 

6, 

4, 9 mo. 



ii, 1689-90 
7 mo.. 1690 
1690 
1692 
1692 
1693 
1693 
1693 



May 6, 
May 6, 
May 10, 
July 1 8, 
Feb. 12, 1697-8 
Feb. 12, 1697-8 



1693 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



John Farmer, commissioned 

James Fox, " 

Nathan Stanbury, " 

John Jones, " 

John Guest, " 

Samuel Finney, " 

Edward Farmer, 

Richard Ellis, 

Robert French, 

George Roche, 

Joseph Pidgeon, 

Andrew Bankson, Jr., 

Joseph Growden, 

William Biles, 

Samuel Dark, 

Joseph Kirkbride, 

Willoughby Warder, 

Jeremiah Langhorne. 

Thomas Stevenson, 

Peter Bankson, 

Richard Hill, 

Benjamin Vining, 

Isaac Norris, 

James Logan, 

Josiah Rolfe, 

John Swift, 

Joseph Fisher, 

Robert Jones, 

Robert Assheton, 

Richard Anthony, 

Anthony Palmer, 

Clement Plumsted, 

Morris Morris, 

Jonathan Dickinson, 

Robert Jones, (Merion), 

Robert Jones, (North Wales ), 

Andrew Hamilton, 

Samuel Perez, 

Richard Moore, 

Charles Read, 

William Fishbourne, 

Robert Fletcher, 

Rees Thomas. 

Richard Alborough, 

Thomas Lawrence, 

Evan Owen, 

John Cadwalader, 



II, 

II, 
II. 

II, 



Feb. 12, 1697-8 
Feb. 12, 1697-8 
19, 10 br 1700 
19, 10 br 1700 
2, 7 mo., 1701 
2, 7 mo., '1701 
2, 7 mo., 1701 
2, 7 mo., 1701 
2, 7 mo., 1701 
4, 7 mo., 1704 
4, 7 mo., 1704 
4, 7 mo., 1704 
, n, 1706 
, n, 1706 
, n, 1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
March 3,. 1707 
June 4, 1715 
June 4, 1715 
June 4, 1715 
June 4, 1715 
June 4. 1715 
June 4, 1715 
June 4, 1715 
June 4, 1715 
June 4, 1715 
Sept. i, 1715 
Sept. 2, 1717 
Sept. 2, 1717 
Sept. 2, 1717 
Aug. 19, 1718 
Aug. 19, 1718 
Aug. 19, 1718 
Aug. 19, 1718 
Aug. 19, 1718 
Aug. 19, 1718 
Aug. 19, 1718 
Dec. 5, 1719 
June 4, 1722 
Feb. 18, 1723 
Feb. 18, 1723 
Feb. 18, 1723 
Feb. i 8, 1723 
Feb. 18, 1723 



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Edward Roberts, 1 commissioned 

Robert Fisher, 

Samuel Preston, 2 " 

Thomas Fenton, 

Richard Harrison, " 

Josep*h Ashton, 

Derick Jansen, 

Owen Evan, (North Wales), " 

Samuel Hasell, 

William Allen, 

George Boone, 

Thomas Griffitts, 

George Fitzwater, 

Richard Martin, 

Lassey Bore, 

John Pawlin, 

Mordecai Lincoln, 

Evan Thomas, 

Henry Pastorius, 

Ralph Assheton, 

James Hamilton, 

Thomas Fletcher, 

William Till, 

Cadwalader Foulke, 

Abram Taylor, 

Jonathan Robeson, ' 

Owen Evan, (Limerick), 

David Humphreys, 

Edward Reece, Manhatawney) 

Isaac Leech, 

Benjamin Shoemaker, 

Joseph Paschall, 

Joshua Maddox, 

Robert Strettell, 

Derrick Keyser, 

Griffith Llewellyn, 

Septimus Robinson, 

Edward Shippen, 

Joseph Turner. 

Charles Willing, 

Thomas Venables, 

Nicholas Ashton, 

Samuel Morris, ( Whitemarsh) 

Thomas Yorke, 

James Delaplaine, 



1726 
1726 
1726 
1726 
1726 
1726 



Feb. 1 8 
May 12 
Sept. i 
Sept. i 
Sept. i 
Sept. i 
Sept. i 
Sept. i 
Mar. 5, 1732-3 
Mar. 5, 1732-3 
Mar. 5, 1732-3 
Mar. 5, 1732-3 
Mar. 5, 1732-3 
Mar. 5, 1732-3 
Mar. 5, 1732-3 
Mar. 5, 1732-3 
Mar. 5, 1732-3 
Dec. 3, 1733 
Dec. 3, 1733 

NOV. 22, 1738 

NOV. 22, 1738 

NOV. 22, 1738 

NOV. 22, 1738 

NOV. 22, 1738 

NOV. 22, 1738 

NOV. 22, 1738 

NOV. 22, 1738 

NOV. 22. 1738 

NOV. 22, 1738 

April 4, 
April 4, 
April 4, 

April 4, 1741 

April 4, 1741 

April 4, 1741 

May 27, 1745 

May 27, 1745 

May 27, 1745 

May 27, 1745 

May 27, 1745 

May 27, 1745 

May 27, 1745 

May 27, 1745 

May 27, 1745 

May 27, 1745 



1741 
1741 

1741 



1 Died 25th II n:o., 1768, aged 82. 2 Died loth 7 mo., 1793, aged 79. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



45 



Francis Parvin, 
John Potts, 
Anthony Lee, 
Thomas Hopkinson, 
William Logan, 
William Coleman, 
Benjamin Franklin, 
Rowland Evans, 
John Smith, 1 
Samuel Mifflin, 
Jonas Seely, 
Conrad Weiser, 
William Plumsted, 
Thomas White, 
John Mifflin, 
Henry Antes, 
Henry Pawling, 
Samuel Ash mead, 
John Jones, 
Abraham Dawes, 2 
Charles Brockden 
William Peters, 
Atwood Shute, 
Alexander Stedrnan, 
Jacob Duche, 
Isaac Jones, 
Evan Thomas, 
John Roberts, 
Archibald McLean, 
Enoch Davis, 
William Dewees, 
John Coplin, 
George Evans, 
Isaac Ashton, 
James Humphreys, 
John Hughes, 
Samuel Wharton, 
John Potts, Jr., 
William Coxe, 
Thomas Willing, 
Daniel Benezet, 
Edward Penington, 3 

1 Son-in-law of Jas. Logan. 2 Died Feb. I, 1776, aged 72. 

:! The Peningtons of Philadelphia, spell their names thus, and are descend- 
ants of Isaac Penington, who died in 1679, and who with his wife is buried 
alongside of William Penn and his wife, in Jordan grav.eyard, Chalfont, Bucks, 
England. He said there was no need of a double n to spell Penington. 
7 



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May 27, 1745 


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June 30, 1749 


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June 30, 1749 


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June 30, 1749 


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June 30, 1749 

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Mar. 25, 1751 


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Mar. 25, 1751 


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May 20, 1752 


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May 20, 1752 


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May 20, 1752 


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May 20, 1752 


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Aug. i, 1752 


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Nov. 27, 1757 


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Nov. 27, 1757 


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Nov. 27, 1757 


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Nov. 27, 1757 


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Nov. 27, 1757 


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Nov. 27, 1757 


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Nov. 27, 1757 


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Nov. 27, 1757 


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Nov. 27, 1757 


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Oct. 20, 1759 


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Oct. 20, 1759 


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Oct. 20, 1759 


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Feb. 28, 1761 


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Feb. 28, 1761 


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Feb. 28, 1761 


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46 



MARTIN'S BKNCH AND BAR 



Samuel Shoemaker, 
William Parr, 
Joshua Howell, 
John Roberts, (Miller), 
Henry Harrison, 
James Coultas, 
John Trump, 
John Bull, 
William Mayberry, 
Jacob Hall, 

Thomas Lawrence, Jr., 
John Lawrence, 
George Bryan, 
William Humphreys, 
Frederick Antes, 
Peter Evans, 
James Biddle, 
Alexander Edwards, 
John Allen, 
Charles Jolly, 
Charles Batho, 
James Young, 
John Gibson, 
Peter Chevalier, 
Peter Knight, 
John Moore, 
Matthew Clarkson, 
Peter Miller, 
Thomas Rutter, 
James Diemer, 
Samuel Potts, 
George Clymer, 
Lindsay Coats, 
Charles Bensel, 
Samuel Irwin, 
John Ord, 
Samuel Powel, 
Henry Hill, 
Alexander Wilcocks. 
Benjamin Franklin, 
Jonathan Dickinson, 
John Morris, Jr., 
Joseph Parker, 
John Bayard, 
Sharp Delany, 
John Cadwala.der, 
Joseph Cowperthwaite, 



commissioned 



Feb. 28, 1761 
Feb. 28, 1761 
Feb. 28, 1761 
Feb. 28, 1761 
Feb. 28, 1761 
Feb. 28, 1761 
Feb. 28, 1761 
Feb. 28, 1761 
Feb. 28, 1761 
Feb. 28, 1761 
Nov. 19, 1764 
Nov. 19, 1764 
Nov. 19, 1764 
Nov. 19, 1764 
Nov. 19, 1764 
Nov. 19, 1764 
Nov. 19, 1764 
Nov. 19, 1764 
Mar. 20, 1767 
Sept. 14, 1767 
June 13, 1768 
June 4, 1770 
June 4, 1770 
June 4, 1770 
June 4, 1770 
Aug. i, 1771 
Aug. 20, 1771 
Jan'y i, 1772 
April 27, 1772 
April 27, 1772 
April 2J*, 1772 
April 27, 1772 
April 27, 1772 
April 27, 1772 
April 27, 1772 
April 27, 1772 
May 4, 1772 
May 4, 1772 
March 4, 1774 
Sept. '3, 1776 
Sept. 3, 1776 
Sept. 3, 1776 
Sept. 3, 1776 
Sept. 3, 1776 
Sept. 3/1776 
Sept. 3, 1776 
Sept. 3, 1776 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Christopher Marshall, Sr., commissioned Sept. 3, 1776 

Francis Gurney, Sept. 3, 1776 

Robert Knox, Sept. 3, 1776 

William Coats, ' Sept. 3, 1776 

William Ball, ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Philip Boehm, Sept. 3, 1776 

Francis Casper Hassenclever, ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Thomas Cuthbert, Sr., ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Moses Bar tram, Sept. 3, 1776 

Jacob Schreiner, Sept. 3, 1776 

Joseph Moulder, ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Jonathan Paschall, ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Benjamin Paschall, 1 ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Benjamin Harberson, ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Jacob Bright, ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Seth Quee, ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Rowland Evans, ' Sept. 3, 1776 

Joseph Redman, Sr. , ' Mar. 28, 1777 

Isaac Howell, ' Mar. 28, 1777 

George Henry, ' Mar. 28, 1777 

Plunket Fleeson, ' Mar. 28, 1777 

Andrew Knox, ' June 6, 1777 

John Knowles, ' June 6, 1777 

David Todd, " June 6, 1777 

Zebulon Potts, " June 6, 1777 

John Richards, " June 6, 1777 

William McMullin, " July 20, 1777 

Jonathan Bayard Smith, " July 6, 1778 

David Kennedy, " Oct. 21, 1778 

Henry Naglee, " Nov. 10, 1778 

Joseph Cowperthwaite, Nov. 10, 1778 

John Miller, " Dec. 16, 1778 

Michael Croll, ' Dec. 16, 1778 

William Adcock, June 5, 1779 

Samuel Morris, Jr., ' June 5, 1779 

William Rush, ' May 7, 1779 

John Howell, June 7, 1780 

William Dean, July 12, 1783 

Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, ' Mar. 19, 1784 

Samuel Wharton, May 12, 1784 

William Masters, June 7, 1784 

Manuel Eyre, " June 7, 1784 

John Gill, June 23, 1784 

Henry Sheetz, " June 24, 1784 

Jonathan Penrose, Sept. 2, 1784 

John Nice, " Jan. 15, 1785 
Died August 31, 1785. 



48 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



James Longhead, 
Joseph Wharton, 
Edward Shippen, 
William Pollard, 
Dr. Enoch Edwards, 
William Craig, 
Matthew Holgate, 
Lewis Weiss, 
Alexander Tod, 
Matthew Irwin, 
Robert McKnight, 
William Nichols, 
Joseph Ferree, 
Jacob Weaver, 
Clement Biddle, 
James Biddle, 



commissioned 



Feb'y 3, 1785 
Mar. 18, 1785 
Mar. 18, 1785 
March 2, 1786 
Mar. 18, 1786 
Mar. 18, 1786 
April 20, 1786 
May 20, 1786 
Feb'y 9, 1787 
April 7, 1787 
Sept. 12, 1787 
Jan'y 10, 1788 
Mar. 31, 1788 
April 3, 1788 
Sept. 22, 1788 
Nov. 25, 1788 



The Constitution of 1790 abolished the County Courts, to take 
effect September i, 1791. 

The Court of Common Pleas, 

FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

The first sitting of this Court for the County of Philadelphia. 
is said to have been on Oct. 24, 1683, which is probably correct. 
The first mention I find made of Judges of the Court of Common 
Pleas and Orphans' Court, is in the Act of Assembly of Sept. 29, 
1759. See " Big" Peter Miller's edition of the Laws of Penn- 
sylvania, from 1700 to 1759, printed in 1762, 2 vol., 116. The 
Act is entitled "A Supplement to an Act for establishing Courts of 
Judicature in this Province," and provides "that five persons of the 
best discretion, capacity, judgment and integrity," maybe, and no 
more, appointed and commissioned to hold the County Court of 
Record, styled and called " The Court of Common Pleas," in 
each county ; any three to hold a court ; and by the 2nd section 
they are authorized to hold the Orphans' Court. Justices of the 
Quarter Sessions not to be Judges of the Common Pleas. The 
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and Orphans' Court in 
Philadelphia, appointed under this Act, were Thomas Yorkr. 
Rowland Evans, John Potts, Samuel Wharton and John Hughes. 
The Act was repealed by the Privy Council, Sept. 2, 1760, and 
on Feb. 28, 1761, (8 C. J?.'), 575, writs of supersedeas were issued 
to the above named Judges, forbidding them exercising the po\\ (.-!-> 
granted under their commissions from Governor Denny. 

By the repeal of the Act of Sept. 29, 1759, the Justices of the 
Peace, commissioned as Justices of the County Courts, held the 
Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions and Orphans' Court until Sept. 
i, 1791. The Act does not mention the presiding Justices, and 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 49 

I have not been able to find any law conferring that dignity pre- 
vious to the passage of the Act of Jan. 28, 1777, but as I have 
before stated in this work, I believe there has always been a 
presiding Justice, being the Prior Justice on each commission. 

By the Act of April 13, 1791, in order to render effectual the 
provisions of the Constitution of 1790, establishing Courts of 
Common Pleas, the State was divided into five Districts, the City 
and County of Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery and Delaware 
constituting the first District, and a President Judge learned in 
the law was to be appointed for each district, and not fewer 
than three, nor more than four other persons, appointed in each 
county as Judges, which said Presidents and Judges were empow- 
ered to execute the powers, jurisdictions, and authorities of Judges 
of the Court of Common Pleas, Justices of the Courts of Oyer and 
Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, Judges of the Orphans' 
Courts and of the Registers' Court and Justices of the Courts of 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace agreeably to the laws and Constitution. 
I have attempted, in vain, to obtain an account and description of 
the forms and ceremonies observed previous to the Revolution, in 
opening the terms of our courts, which was done in the most formal 
manner, and with forms and ceremonies unknown to the present 
race of lawyers. The portraits of Chief Justice Logan represent 
him in wig, band and gown; no doubt that before 1776, the 
courts observed all the forms then in force in England, and the 
Judges wore the costume prescribed therein. 

I give here a copy of the precipe to the Sheriff for holding the 
Oyer and Terminer for October Term, 1853 ; the form is an old 
one and no doubt came into use under the Constitution of 1790. 
It was altered from an older printed writ of 1840. 

" THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, 

To the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. 

GREETING: We command you that you cause to come before the Honora- 
ble Oswald Thompson, President of our Court of Common Pleas of the first 
Judicial District of the said Commonwealth, consisting of the City and County 
of Philadelphia, and by virtue of his office Justice of the Court of Oyer and 
Terminer and General Jail Delivery in and for the said City and County, 
Joseph Allison and William D. Kelley, Esqs., Judges of the Court of Common 
Pleas of the County of Philadelphia, and by virtue of their offices Justices of 
the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery for the County of 
Philadelphia, assigned, commissioned, and appointed to hear, try, and determine 
all, and all manner of indictments and presentments made and taken for and 
concerning Treason, Murder and such other Crimes, as by the laws of said 
Commonwealth are made capital or felonies of Death, and all other crimes, 
injuries and offences, whatever, which are or shall be committed, perpetrated, 
or have happened within the said City and County of Philadelphia, of all 
persons who are or shall be hereafter committed for the crimes aforesaid, or 
any two of the said Justices, at the County Court-House in the City of Phila- 
delphia, in the County of Philadelphia, on Monday, the third day of October, 
1853, next ensuing, all those prisoners in the Gaol of the said County of Phila- 
delphia, being by you kept in custody, together with their attachments, pre- 



50 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

sentments, inquisitions, re-attachments, and all other miniments in any way 
concerning the said premises, and all other adminicles in any manner touching 
the delivery of the Gaol aforesaid being and remaining in your hands and 
power. And that you cause to come before the said Justices, or any two of 
them, at the day and place aforesaid, TWENTY-FOUR honest and lawful men 
of your Bailiwick, by whom the truth of the matter may be better known and 
inquired of, and who have no affinity, alliance, or kindred to the said prisoners, 
together with a number of the chief men of your Bailiwick, whom you shall 
cause to come before the said Justices as aforesaid, on the third day of October, 
1853, at the place aforesaid, Sixty in number, to serve as Petit Jurors for not 
less than three weeks, and Sixty more on the twenty-fourth day of October 
(1853) next ensuing, to serve until the end of the term of said court, to do 
those things which on behalf of the said Commonwealth shall be then and 
there enjoined upon them publicly. Also cause to be proclaimed throughout 
your Bailiwick, that all they who will prosecute against those prisoners. In- 
then and there to prosecute against them, as shall be just. Give notice also to 
all Justices of the Peace, Aldermen, Coroner and Constables within your 
Bailiwick, and to the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the City of Philadel- 
phia, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the Incorporated Districts of the Northern 
Liberties, Spring Garden and Kensington, that they be then and there in their 
proper persons, with their rolls, records and inquisitions, and examinations, 
and all other remembrances, to do those things which to their offices in that 
behalf appertain to be done. And as you yourself, your under Sheriffs, together 
with your Bailiffs and other ministers, to be then and there in your proper 
persons to do those things which to you and their offices appertain to be done. 
And have then and there the names, surnames and additions, and places of 
abode of said Jurors, and the names of the Aldermen and Justices of the Peace 
of the County of Philadelphia aforesaid, and the names of the Mayor, Recorder 
and Aldermen of the said city, and the names of the Mayor and Aldermen of 
the Incorporated Districts of the Northern Liberties, Spring Garden and Ken 
sington, and the Coroner of the said County of Philadelphia, and of the Con- 
stables of the said City and County of Philadelphia, and of those you shall so 
cause to come, and by whom you shall so cause to be made known this precept. 
Dated at Philadelphia this twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. 

OSWALD THOMPSON, [i.. s.] 
\V.\i. D. KELLEY, [L. s.] 

Jos. ALLISON, [L. s.] 

Endorsed Oyer and Terminer Precipe. October Term, 1853. 

PRESIDING JUSTICES. 

Nicholas More, commissioned Jan. 2, 1682-3 

William Welch, " 29, 31110., 1684 

William Clarke, " 19, 6 mo., 1684 

James Claypoole, " 6, 9 mo., 1685 

Christopher Taylor, " 17, 3 mo., 1686 

William Clarke, " 2, 8 mo., 1686 

John Eckley, " 18,3 mo. ,1687 

William Markham, " 12, nth, 1688 

Thomas Lloyd, " 2, 11 mo., 1689 

William Markham, 1 4, 9 mo., 1690 

'On the 4th of gth mo., 1690, William Markham, Thomas Ellis, John 
Goodson and Samuel Jenings, were commissioned "Justices of the Quorum," 
for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, three to be a quorum. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 51 

William Salway, commissioned May 5, 1693 

Anthony Morris, 1 " May 29, 1693 

Edward Shippen, Feb. 12, 1697-8 

John Guest, " 2, 7 mo., 1701 

Joseph Grovvden, -, n mo., 1706 

Richard Hill, " June 4, 1715 

James Logan, " Sept. 2, 1723 

Isaac Norris, 2 " Sept. 21,1726 

Clement Plumsted, " June 3, 1735 

Thomas Lawrence, 3 May 27, 1745 

Robert Strettell, April 26, 1754 . 

William Coleman, " Nov. 27, 1757 

Alexander Stedman, 4 " Dec. 9, 1758 

Thomas Yorke, 5 " Oct. 20, 1759 

Alexander Stedman, " Feb. 28, 1761 

William Plumsted, " Mar. 21, 1764 

1 1 have seen a Writ signed by him on May 20, 1698, in the office of his 
descendant, P. Pemberton Morris, of the Philadelphia Bar. Anthony Morris 
was probably the presiding Justice of the Common Pleas from May 29, 1693, 
until Edward Shippen appears at the head of the Commission ; I C. JK., 498, 
but as the Writ signed by Morris bears date more than three months afterwards, 
it may be that Shippen presided only in the Quarter Sessions. The Writ 
signed by Anthony Morris, before referred to, is in the plain language of 
Friends, and is as follows : 

" PHILADELPHIA, Ss. f THESE are by the King's authority in the Proprietor's name to re- 
ISEAL J ( quire thee to ATTACH Francis Jones, Merch't, by all his goods 

and chattels in thy Bailwick, so that hee may be and appear at the next Court to be held 
at Philadelphia the Seventh day of the Fourth Month next, as well to answer the complaint 
of James Stanfield, Merch't, as well to stand to and abide the Judgment of the said Court, 
and make returns hereof to said Court. Given under my hand and Seal the 2oth Day of the 
3rd Month, 1698. 

ANTHO. MORRIS. 
To the Sheriff of the County of Philadelphia, or his Lawful Deputy. 

2 Isaac Norris died June 3, 1735, and Clement Plumsted became the Pre- 
siding Justice. See Record of Commissions, 1733. 

3 Thomas Lawrence died April 22, 1754, and was succeeded by Robert 
Strettell, who stood next in the Commission to Lawrence on his decease. See 
Orphans' Court Dockets from June 5, 1754, to June 2O, 1757, from which he 
appears to have been the Presiding Justice. 

4 Stedman was in office at this date (see Orphans' Court Docket), and is 
spoken of as President of the Court of Common Pleas ; (8 C. R., 339), on June 

2, 1759- 

On February 28, 1761, five Writs of Supersedeas were issued to Thomas 
Yorke, Rowland Evans, John Potts, Samuel Wharton and John Hughes, late 
Judges of the Common Pleas, forbidding them exercising the powers granted 
them by Governor Denny; 8 C. Jf., 575. They were commissioned Oct. 20, 
1759, and in the Record of Commissions Samuel Wharton's name heads the 
list as first Judge, but I have followed the Colonial Records, as Samuel Whar- 
ton not having been in commission before as a Justice, is not likely to have 
been first Judge, although he was a prominent man in his day, a writer of some 
eminence, aud devoted to the Proprietary's interest. The Orphans' Court 
Docket on Dec. 8, 1759, shows that Thomas Yorke was the Senior Judge. 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Septimus Robinson, 1 
Samuel Ashmead, 
Isaac Jones, 
Samuel Ashmead, 2 
Benjamin Franklin, 3 
James Young, 
Samuel Ashmead, 
John Ord, 
Plunket Fleeson, 
Edward Shippen, 
Dr. Enoch Edwards, 4 



commissioned 



Aug. 14, 
Jan. i 6, 
June 4, 
April 27, 
Sept. 3, 
Mar. 28, 
June 6. 
Dec. 26, 
Nov. 1 8, 
May i, 
Aug. 14, 



1765 

1767 

1770 

1772 

1776 

1777 

1777 

1778 

1780* 

1784 

1789 



James Biddle, 
John D. Coxe, 
William Tilghman, 
Jacob Rush, 
John Hallowell, 
Edward King, 5 
Oswald Thompson, 6 



PRESIDENT JUDGES. 
commissioned 



Sept. i, 
June 19, 

July i, 
June i, 
Jan. 19, 
April 22, 
Dec. i, 



1791 
1797 
1805 
1806 
1820 
1825 
1851 



1 Robinson died January 8, 1767. 

2 Ashmead succeeded Jones at this date in the Common Pleas. See Record 
of Commissions at Harrisburg, wherein he and the other Justices are referred 
to as "Samuel Ashmead and Associates of the Common Pleas." In Aitketf > 
Register of 1774, Samuel Ashmead is given as the " President" of the Justice*- 
of the Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Isaac Jones appears to have tiled 
or resigned after Sept. 6, 1773, and if there is an error in the endorsement or 
note to the Record of Commissions even, Ashmead became President of the 
Board of Justices of the Common Pleas at Jones' retirement, as the Register 
shows. We have seen heretofore, that on Dec. 6, 1773, Samuel Mifflin became 
" President of the Justices of the Quarter Sessions," as appears by the Docket 
of that Court, wherein it will also be seen that Ashmead sits next to him in 
rank among the Justices. In the Independent Gazetteer of March 29, 1794. 
will be found a biographical notice of the death of Samuel Ashmead, who died 
March 19, 1794, "aged above 84 years, long respectable as a magistrate, and 
lately a Representative in the Legislature for Philadelphia County." He " died 
in the Northern Liberties, and was interred on the 2ist in the Baptist burial 
place." 

It is doubtful whether Benjamin Franklin ever presided in any of the 
Courts. The appointment of Justices by the Convention of July 15, 177*'. wa 
an usurpation of power. See Minutes of the Convention, p. 73. 

4 Died April 1802, aged 50 years. 

5 Edward King died May 8, 1873, in his 8oth year. He was a powerful, 
heavy built man, of a robust constitution. He was the great Judge of the Com- 
mon Pleas. I have been told that much dissatisfaction was openly expressed 
by many members of the Bar at his elevation to the Bench, but that the yreai 
abilities he soon displayed astonished his friends and confounded his enemies. 

''Oswald Thompson died Jan. 23, 1866, from overwork. He was an ac- 
complished scholar, an able and a conscientious Judge, and a kind-hearted. 
courteous gentleman. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 53 

Joseph Allison, 1 commissioned Jan. 30, 1866 



JUSTICES OF THE COMMON PLEAS. 

The Justices whose names are given here I found specially 
commissioned as Justices of the Common Pleas. 



William Markham, 
Thomas Ellis, 
Dr. John Goodsonn, 
Samuel Jenings, 
Joseph Growden, 
William Biles, 
Samuel Darke,* 
James Kirkbride, 
Willoughby Warder, 
Thomas Stevenson, 
Jeremiah Langhorne, 
Joseph Growden, 
Samuel Finney, 
George Roche, 
Nathan Stanbury, 
John Jones, 
Edward Farmer, 
Rowland Ellis, 
Peter Bankson, 
Joseph Pidgeon, 
Richard Hill, 
Isaac Norris, 
James Logan, 
Nathan Stanbury, 
Edward Farmer, 
Rowland Ellis, 3 
Benjamin Vining, 
Josiah Rolfe, 
John Swift, 
Samuel Carpenter, 
Joseph Fisher, 
Robert Jones, 
Enoch Davis, 4 



commissioned 
" 



4, 9 mo., 
4, 9 mo., 
4, 9 mo., 
4, 9 mo., 

, ii mo., 

, ii mo., 

, ii mo., 

, ii mo , 
-, ii mo., 
-, it mo., 
-, ii mo. 
March 3, 
March 3, 
March 3, 
March 3, 
March 3, 
March 3, 
March 3, 
March 3, 
March 3, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
June 4, 
Jan. 17, 



1690 
1690 
1690 
1690 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1765 



1 Joseph Allison was appointed by the Governor to fill the vacancy caused by 
the death of Judge Thompson, and was sworn into office Feb. 5, 1866. On 
October ii, 1866, he was elected President Judge. 

2 From signature in Archives of the Historical Society. 
;l Died 7th mo., 1729, aged 80. 

' 9 C. R., 237. 
8 



54 



MARTIN'S BENCH AN T D BAR 



Samuel Ashmead, 1 commissioned 


April 27, 1772 


James Humphreys, 


April 27, 1772 


John Ord, " 


April 27, 1772 


Peter Miller, " 


April 27, 1772 


Matthew Clarkson, " 


April 27, 1772 


Henry Hill, 


April 27, 1772 


Samuel Powel, " 


April 27, 1772 


Jonathan Bayard Smith, " 


July 6, 1778 


Henry Scheetz, resigned " 


March 31, 1784 


John Dickinson, " 


May i, 1784 


Samuel Wharton, " 


May 10, 1784^. 


Plunket Fleeson, " 


June 24, 1 784^ 


Jonathan Penrose, " 


Sept. 2, 1784 


Charles Biddle, 


Jan'y 26, 1786 


Matthew Holgate, " 


May 6, 1786 


John Gill, 


May 26, 1786 


Lewis Weiss, 


May 26, 1786 


William Rush, 2 


May 26, 1786 


Charles Biddle, " 


Jan'y 19, 1787 


Isaac Howell, " 


Jan'y 19, 1787 


Alexander Tod, 


Feb. 9 , 1787 


Matthew Irwin, " 


April 7, 1787 


Robert McKnight, ' 


Sept. 12, 1787 


William Nichols, 


Jan'y 10, 1788 


Joseph Ferree, " 


March 31, 1788 


Jacob Weaver, " 


April 3, 1788 


Joseph Wharton, " 


May 9, 1788 


William Masters, 8 " 


May 9, 1788 


William Coats, 


Aug. 26, 1788 


William Craig, " 


Aug. 29, 1788 


Clement Biddle, " 


Sept. 23, 1788 


James Biddle, " 


Nov. 25, 1788 


ASSOCIATE JUDGES OF THE COMMON PLEAS. 


Thomas Yorke, commissioned 


Oct. 20, 1759 


Rowland Evans, " 


Oct. 20, 1759 


John Potts, " 


Oct. 20, 1759 


Samuel Wharton, 


Oct. 20, 1759 


John Hughes, 


Oct. 20, 1759 


Dr. Enoch Edwards, 


Aug. 17, 1791 


Jonathan Bayard Smith, 


Sept. 23, 1791 


William Robinson, Jr., 


Sept. 23, 1791 



1 Commissioned as Samuel Ashmead and Associates of the Common Pleas. 
Humphreys, Ord, Miller and Clarkson were Notaries Public, and were commis 
sioned Justices of the Peace and of the Court, to assist them in their business; 
10 C. Jf., 46. 

'Died Nov. 30, 1791, aged 74. 3 Died Aug. 5, 1788, aged 53. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



55 



Isaac Howell, commissioned July 6, 1793 

Thomas L. Moore, July 6, 1793 

Joseph Redman, " Nov. n, 1793 

Reynold Keen, May 8, 1794 

Jonathan Williams, 1 J an 'y 5? 1 T9^ 

William Coats, June 20, 1799 

Edward W. Heston, 2 Dec. 10, 1799 

David Jackson, Sept. 2, 1800 

John Inskeep, " May 21, 1802 

Frederick Wolbert, " May 22, 1802 

Jacob Franklin Heston, May i, 1805 

James Sharswood, declined " Nov. 7, 1809 

John Geyer, " March i, 1809 

John Conrad, " Dec. 15, 1809 

William Moulder, " Aug. 2, 1813 

Samuel Badger, " April 5, 1814 

Thomas Armstrong, " April 8, 1817 

George W. Morgan, Nov. 2, 1818 

George Morton, 3 " Jan. n, 1819 

Edward Duffield Ingraham, " March 3, 1819 

Hugh Ferguson, 4 " March 29, 1819 

Jonathan T. Knight, 5 " June 19, 1828 

Dr. Joel B. Sutherland, " March 4, 1833 

Archibald Randall, " Jan. 23, 1834 

Roberts Vaux, 6 Oct. 30, 1835 

John Richter Jones, " March 12, 1836 

James Campbell, " April 2, 1842 

Anson V. Parsons, 7 Feb. 8, 1843 

William D. Kelley, ." Mar. 13, 1847 

Joseph Allison, 8 " Nov. 7, 1851 

Robert T. Conrad, " Nov. 30, 1856 

James R. Ludlow, 9 Nov. 24, 1857 

William S. Peirce, 10 " Feb'y 3, 1866 

Frederick Carroll Brewster, " Nov. 15, 1866 

Edward M. Paxson," " Oct. 26, 1869 

Thomas K. Finletter, Oct. n, 1870 

'Died May 18, 1815. 

- Lt. Col. Edward W. Heston, an officer of the Revolutionary Army, died 
Feb. 14, 1824, aged 78 years. 

'Died June 7, 1828. * Died Jan. 29, 1835, aged 86. 5 Died, 1858, aged 67. 

6 Died Jan. 8, 1836. He was the last of the "lay" Judges of the Common 
Pleas in Philadelphia. 

I Died Sept. 23, 1882, aged 83. 

* Elected and sworn in, Dec. 5, 1851. By an amendment to the Constitu 
lion in 1850, the Judges were made elective. 

9 Judge Ludlow was re-elected for 10 years on October 12, 1867. 

10 Elected for 10 years, Oct. II, 1866. 

II Appointed, then elected Oct. II, 1870, for ten years. 



o6 M AUXIN'S BKNCH AND 

The dates to March 3, 1819, were taken from the Orphans' 
Court Dockets, and are the dates the Judges first sat in that 
Court. The old Minutes of the Common Pleas contain no in- 
formation. The remaining dates are those of commissions, ele- 
tion or transfer. 

The Courts of Common Pleas, 

UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1873. 

By the Constitution of 1873 ^ was provided that on and after 
the first Monday of January, 1875, ^ e tnen existing Court of 
Common Pleas and District Court, should be abolished, and all 
their powers and jurisdiction should be vested in four new Courts 
of equal and co-ordinate jurisdiction, to be composed of three 
judges each, and to be called the Courts of Common Pleas, No. 
i, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. By the Schedule to the 
Constitution, the Judges of the District Court and the old Com- 
mon Pleas, then in commission, were transferred to the new 
Courts, and provision made for the election of two additional 
new Judges, to complete the requisite number. 

Court of Common Pleas, No, i. 

PRESIDENT. 
Joseph Allison, 1 transferred Jan'y 4, 1875 

ASSOCIATE JUDGES. 

William S. Peirce,* transferred Jan'y 4, 1875 

Edward M. Paxson,* J an 'y 4> I ^75 

Craig Biddle,* appointed Jan'y 12, 1875 

Court of Common Pleas, No. 2. 

PRESIDENT. 
John Innis Clark Hare, 5 transferred Jan'y 4, 1875 

ASSOCIATE JUDGES. 

James T. Mitchell, 6 transferred Jan'y 4, 1875 

Joseph T. Pratt, 7 elected Nov. 3, 1874 

D. Newlin Fell," appointed May 3, 1877 

1 Re-elected for 10 years, Nov. 7, 1876. 

2 Transferred from the old Common Pleas. Re-elected for loyeui Nov. 7, 

" Transferred by the schedule to the Constitution from the old Common Pleas. 
He never, however, sat in the new Court, as he was in the meantime elected to 
the Supreme Court, where he took his seat Jan. 4, 1875. 

4 Appointed to fill the place of Paxson, elected to the Supreme Court. Elected 
for 10 years, Nov. 2, 1875. 

5 Transferred from the District Court, of which he was then President, kr 
elected for 10 years, Nov. 5, 1878. 

6 Transferred from the District Court. Re-elected for 10 years, Nov. 8, 1881 . 

7 Died March 26, 1877. 

8 Appointed in place of Pratt, deceased. Elected for 10 years, Nov. 10, 1877. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 57 

Court of Common Pleas, , No. 3. 

PRESIDENT. 
James R. Ludlow, 1 transferred Jan'y 4, 1875 

ASSOCIATE JUDGES. 

James Lynd, 2 transferred Jan'y 4, 1875 

Thomas K. Finletter, 3 " J an 'y 4> 1875 

William H. Yerkes, 4 appointed July i, 1876 

Court of Common Pleas, No. 4. 

PRESIDENT. 
M. Russell Thayer, 5 transferred Jan'y 5, ,1875 

ASSOCIATE JUDGES. 

Amos Briggs, 6 transferred Jan'y 5, 1875 

Thomas R. Elcock, 7 elected Nov. 3, 1874 

Michael Arnold, 8 " Nov. 7, 1882 

Prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas, 

PHILADELPHIA . 

John Southern, i C.R., 145 date unknown. 

Patrick Robinson, in office 3 mo. 16, 1685 

David Lloyd, commissioned 2, 8 mo., 1686 

James Claypoole, tf 12 28, 1688-9 

John Claypoole, 10 in office July 6, 1697 

1 Transferred from the old Common Pleas, of which he was then the senior 
Associate. Re-elected for 10 years, Nov. 10, 1877. 

2 Transferred from the District Court. Died June 30, 1876. 

:! Transferred from old Common Pleas. Re-elected for 10 years, Nov. 2, 1880. 

1 Appointed in place of Lynd, deceased. Elected for 10 years, Nov. 7, 1876. 

5 Transferred from the District Court, of which he was then the senior Asso- 
ciate. Re-elected for 10 years, Nov. 5, 1878. 

fi Transferred from the District Court. ^ 

7 Judges Pratt and Elcock were elected " Judges" without designation of any 
Court, and in accordance with section 1 8 of the Schedule to the Constitution, 
drew lots for their assignments to the vacant positions in Courts No. 2 and No. 
4. Though elected in November, 1874, their terms did not commence until 
Jan. 5, 1875. 

* Elected in place of fudge Briggs, whose term expired in December, 1882. 

9 The offices usually annexed to that of Prothonolary were Clerk of the Or- 
phans' Court, and Court of Quarter Sessions, and Justice of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas; 14 C. R., 377. And this rule existed until the Revolution. James 
Claypoole died before the 3Oth of the 5th mo., 1690. 

"'Fur John Claypoole, see I Pa. Arc., 125. Thomas Lloyd (i C. R., 214), 
claimed that the offices of Keeper of the Seal, Master of Rolls, Clarke of the 
Peace, and Clerk of the Justices of the County, were his by Patent, and on the 
1st of i mo., 1689, appointed David Lloyd his Deputy, which course the Coun- 
cil held was a high usurpation of the Governor's authority. 



58 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Robert Assheton, 1 appointed Oct. 25, 170; 

Andrew Hamilton, commissioned June 5, 1727 

James Hamilton, Dec. 28, 1733 

Thomas Hopkinson, Nov. 24, 1748 

James Read, May i, 1752 
James Hamilton, 2 , 1754 

George Campbell, declined Mar. 25, 1777 

Jonathan Bayard Smith, 3 commissioned April 4, 1777 

James Biddle, " Nov. 13, 1788 

Charles Biddle, 4 " , , 1791 

Frederick Wolbert, " J an 'y 30, 1809 

John Porter, April 25, 1811 

Joseph B. Norbury, Dec. 24, 1817 

Matthew Randall, " Mar. 17, 1821 

Richard Palmer, 5 " Feb. 22, 1830 

Robert Morris, " Mar. 24, 1836 

William O. Kline, " Feb. 9, 1839 

Samuel Hart, 5 " Nov. 14, 1839 

Richard Palmer, Jr., 6 " Dec. i, 1842 

John Smith, " Oct. 20, 1845 

1 Robert Assheton said, Sept. 15, 1726, that he had been for about 26 years 
Clerk and Prothonotary of Philadelphia. He died June 5, 1727, having been 
appointed Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace and Clerk of the Court, or 
Courts, by the City Charter of Oct. 25, 1701. 

1 Andrew Hamilton died in 1741. James Hamilton was still in office Jan. 
3> '775- In the year 1760, Samuel Wharton was his Deputy. In 1770-1 
fames Biddle was his Deputy. See 4 Pa. Archives, 600. 

'Jonathan Bayard Smith, died June 16, 1812, aged 70 years; born Feb. 21. 
1742. He was a son of Samuel Smith, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and 
removed to Philadelphia before the Revolutionary War. Samuel Smith, hU 
father, had three sons, Thomas, Jonathan and William. Thomas married a 
sister of the late Judge Richard Peters. Jonathan married Susannah, daughter 
of Col. Peter Bayard, of Maryland. After his marriage he introduced the name 
of Bayard as one of his Christian names. William was the father of the late 
Samuel F. Smith, President of the Philadelphia Bank. So says Richard II. 
Bayard, May 7, 1858. 

4 The Certificate of Admission of my grandfather, Dr. William Martin, of 
Chester, Pa., to the Philadelphia Bar, bears date March 24, 1794, and is signed 
by Charles Biddle, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas. He \va> .1 
sea captain, and died April 4, 1821, aged 76 years. He was appointed Pro 
thunotary of C. P., in 1791, and re -appointed in 1800. 

5 Richard Palmer, died May 20, 1850, aged over 70 years, ex-Alderman of 
Southwark. 

By the 1st Section of the Act of July 2, 1839, P. L., 559, &c., the Pro- 
thonotaries of the District Court and Court of Common Pleas, the Clerks of the 
Oyer and Terminer, Quarter Sessions and Orphans' Court, the Recorder of 
Deeds and the Register of Wills, were elected at the general election, on the 
second Tuesday of October, 1839, for a term of three years from the ist of 
December in same year, and made elective thereafter at the next election 
after the occurrence of any vacancy; such vacancy to be filled in the meantime 
by appointment of the Governor. 



OP PHILADELPHIA. 59 



Anthony Wayne Olwine, 1 


commissioned 


Nov. 


2 5> 


1848 


James Vinyard, 




u 


May 


1 6, 


1850 


George Carpenter, 




U 


Dec. 


i, 


1850 


James G. Gibson, 







Oct. 


8, 


i853 


Edward G. Webb, 




I ( 


Nov. 


10, 


1856 


Charles D. Knight, 




(( 


Nov. 


10, 


i859 


Frederick G. Wolbert, 




i i 


Nov. 


17, 


1862 


Albert W. Fletcher, 




u 


Dec. 


7, 


1868 


Richard Donagan,' 2 




" 


Nov. 


16, 


1869 


John Alexander Loughridge, 3 


(I 


Dec. 


ii 


1871 


William B. R. Selby, 




" 


Dec. 


2; 


1872 


William B. Mann, 4 


appointed 


Dec. 


6, 


1875 



The City Court of Philadelphia. 

(See City Charter; and Proud, Part I, Appendix, p 49.) 

PRESIDING JUDGES THE RECORDERS. 
1701 to 1788. 

Thomas Story, The Recorder Oct. 25, 1701 

David Lloyd, " , 1702 

Robert Assheton, 5 " Aug. 3, 1708 

Andrew Hamilton, 6 June 12, 1727 

William Allen, Aug. 7, 1741 

Tench Francis, " Oct. 2, 1750 

Benjamin Chew, Aug. 29, 1755 

Andrew Allen, 7 " June 25, 1774 

1 Olwine died May 6, 1850, aged 52 years. 

2 Donagan contested Fletcher's election successfully. 

3 Died Aug. 3, 1881, aged 43. 

4 By the Constitution of 1873, the Prothonotary is appointed by the Judges of 
the Court; salary, $10,000 per annum. The only Clerks of the C. P. that 1 
can now recall, are Christian Frederick Erichson, in 1858. and for several 
years afterwards. Thomas O. Webb, Chief Clerk of the Common Pleas, 
under his father, in 1856, and until his death in 1868. George T. Deiss, 
who succeeded him in that position, and was continued until the re-organization 
of the Courts in 1875, when he was made Court Clerk of the C. P., No. i, 
which position he still fills. The present Court Clerk of Court No. 2, is Thomas 
B. Reeves; of No. 3, James I'enn MacCain; and of No. 4, Charles H. White. 
The affable manners of these gentlemen render them great favorites with 
the Bar. 

5 Assheton was elected in the place of Edward Shippen, who declined. 

6 Andrew Hamilton, the Recorder, died in August, 1741, and must not be 
confounded with Andrew Hamilton, appointed Clerk of this Court and Town 
Clerk, Feb. 24, 1745. See Minutes of (he Common Council, 452-56. An- 
drew (Jr.) and James Hamilton were sons of the Recorder, who was formerly 
Attorney General of the Province. Andrew, Jr., died 1747. 

7 See Minutes of Common Council, p. 795. Andrew Allen was declared a 
traitor about 1778, and his estates sold April 12, 1779. See II C. R., 745. 



00 MARTIN'S BKNTII AND I>.\u 

James Young, President June n, 1777 

Plunket Fleeson, 1 J an> V 30, 1782 



Associate Justices of the City Court. 

The Aldermen of the City.' 1 

1701 - . Joshua Carpenter, Anthony Morris, Griffith 

Jones, Joseph Wilcox, Nathan Stanbury, 

Charles Read, Thomas Masters and William 

Carter. 

1704 . Edward Shippen, John Jones and Thomas Story. 
1705 Oct. 2. Samuel Richardson. 
1708 Oct. 5. George Roche, Richard Hill, Samuel Preston 

and Isaac Norris. 

1711 Oct. 2. Jonathan Dickinson. 
1713 Oct. 6. Joseph Growden and Pentecost Teague. 
1715 Oct. 14. William Hudson, Abraham Bickley and Joseph 

Redman. 

1717 Oct. i. James Logan. 

1718 Oct. 7. Thomas Griffith 3 and William Fishbourne. 
1720 Mar. 4. William Trenfrf 

1720 Oct. 4. Clement Plumsted and Israel Pemberton. 
1722 Oct. 2. Benjamin Vining, Charles Read, Jr. , and Thomas 

Griffitts. 3 

1724 Oct. 6. Thomas Lawrence and Evan Owen. 
1727 Oct. 3. Edward Roberts. 
1729 Oct. 7. Samuel Hasell, George Claypoole, John Jones' 

and George Fitzwater. f 

1730 Oct. 6. William Allen and Isaac Norris, Jr. 
1733 Oct. 2. Anthony Morris, Jr. 
1741 Oct. 6. Joseph Turner, William Till, Tames Hamilton 

and Benjamin Shoemaker./ 

1 By Act of March 21, 1777, the Supreme Executive Council were authori/ol 
to appoint five Judges to hold the " ClTY COURT," and for other purposes. 
Fleeson was appointed by the Supreme Executive Council, to hold office during 
pleasure; 13 C. A'., 181. He died in 1791. 

2 Re-appointments are not noticed in the list. See 2 Proud, Appendix, part 
I, page 47, and the Minutes of the Common Council therefor. There is no 
way of determining the length of service of these judges of the City Court, hut 
the great majority held the office till their death, or until the Court was abol- 
ished, in 1789. 

8 Different persons. See Minutes of Common Council, during the ycar> 
1722-26, when both were present at the sitting of Council at different times. 
Alderman Thos. Griffith's name last appears on the Minutes of Council April 
27, 1/27, while Thos. Griffitts was elected Mayor in 1729-37. See also Orphans' 
Court Docket, No. i, March 4, 1729-30. 

4 Elected to Council in 1712, as John Jones Boiler, but it should be |ohn 
Jones (Bolteri. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 61 

1743 Oct. 4. William Atwood, Abram Taylor, Samuel Powel. 
Jr., and Edward Shippen. / 

1747 Oct. 6. Joshua Maddox, Charles Willing and William 
Plumsted. 

1748 Oct. 4. Robert Strettell and Septimus Robinson. 

1751 Oct. i. Benjamin Franklin and John Mifflin. 

1 755 Oct. 7. John Stamper, Atwood Shute and John Lawrence, 
Jr., who died January, 1775. 

1756 Oct. 5. Alexander Stedman and Samuel Mifflin. 

1757 Oct. 4. John Wilcocks, Jacob Duche and William Coxe. 

1759 Oct. 2. Thomas Willing and Daniel Benezet. 

1761 Oct. 6. Henry Harrison and Samuel Rhoad*^ 

1764 Oct. 2. Isaac Jones and John Lawrence. 

1766 Oct. 7. Amos StretteH and Samuel Snoemaker. 

1767 Oct. 6. John Gibson. 

1770 Oct. 2. James Allen, Joshua Howell and William Fisher. 

1774 Oct. 4. Samuel Powel and George Clyirfier. 

1777 June 1 1. ii C. J?., 220. To be Judges of the City Court. 
James Young, John Ord, Plunket Fleeson, 
Isaac Howell and Philip Boehm, who re- 
signed Sept. 30, 1778. 

1779 Jan. 15. ii C.R.,66"]. Benjamin Paschall and on Oct. 
27, John Miller. 12 C. R., 150. 

1782 Jan. 31. 13 C. R., 181. William Rush. Appointed in 
place of John Ord, deceased. , 



CLERKS OF THE CITY COURT. 


Robert Assheton, 


by the Charter 


Oct. 25, 1701 


Ralph Assheton, 1 


by the Council 


Aug. 10, 1716 


Andrew Hamilton 


Tr " 
> j 1 - > 


Feb'y 24, 1745 


William Coleman, 


ti 


Sept. 1 8, 1747 


Edward Shippen, 


Jr., 


May 27, 1758 


John Haley, 





June ii, 1777 


William Nichols, 


14 C.R., 667 


Mar. 24, 1786 



The Act of March n, 1789 abolished this Court. 
The Court of Equity. 

Formed by Proclamation Aug. IO, 1720. 
Abolished by Resolution of 27, II mo., 1735-6. 

The History of the Court of Chancery in Pennsylvania,' is 
rather curious. The Assembly has nearly always been violently 
opposed to the formation of a Court with exclusive Equity powers. 
In the earliest days of the Province, after it came under the juris- 

1 Robert Assheton's son; appointment " To take effect Nov. 3Oth, next, when 
he comes of age." See Minutes of Common Council. 
9 



62 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

diction of Penn, he and his Council exercised Chancery powers 
in cases brought before them. Thus our earliest Courts began to 
exercise a blended jurisdiction in Equity as well as Law, and to 
all intents and purposes exercised the authority of Chancery 
Courts. 1 The subject became an important one very early, be- 
cause the Governors under the Proprietaries claimed the powers 
of Chancellors, and the entire period of our Colonial history is 
marked by frequent disputes on questions of prerogative between 
the Governors and the Assembly. 

Sir William Keith, who was Governor from 1717 to 1726, ob- 
tained from the Assembly an Act establishing a Court of Equity, 
the Governors being the Chancellors. This was our first and 
only " Court of Chancery" in Pennsylvania. It existed fifteen 
years, and was abolished in 1736. As our Courts possess Equity 
powers, there is now no need for a Court with exclusive Equity 
jurisdiction. Mr. William Henry Rawle's lecture on " Equity in 
Pennsylvania," published with a copy of the Register's Docket, 
fully elucidates the subject, and gives a history of Keith's Court 
of Chancery. 

The Proclamation 

ESTABLISHING THE COURT OF EQUITY. 

" By Sir William Keith, Esq'r, Governor of the Province of 
Pennsilvania & Counties of New Castle, Kent & Sussex upon 
Delaware. 

" A PROCLAMATION. Whereas complaints have been made That Courts <>! 
Chancery or Equity are absolutely necessary in the administration of Justice, 
for mitigating in many Cases the Rigour of y e Laws, whose Judgments are tied 
down to fixed and unalterable Rules and for Opening a way to the Right and 
Equity of a Cause for which the Law cannot in all cases make a Sufficient 
Provision. Have notwithstanding been but toe seldom regularly held in this 
Province in such a manner as y e Aggreived Subject might obtain y e Relief 
which by such Courts ought to be Granted. And Whereas the Representatives 
of y e Freemen of this Province taking the same into Consideration did at their 
last meeting in Assembly request me that I would with y e Assistance of 
y e Council Open and hold such a Court of Equity for this Province. To 
y e end therefore thai his Majesties good Subjects may no longer Labour under 
those inconveniences which are now Complained of I have thought fitt by \ 
with y* advice of the Council hereby to Publish and Declare That with their 
assistance I Purpose (God Willing) to open and hold a Court of Chancery or 
Equity for this Province of Pensilvania at y e Court House of Philadelphia on 

? " The first court under the name of a Court of Equity for Chester County, 
was held this year (1686). It was held by the Justices of the Common Pleas, 
under the title of Commissioners, as will be seen by the following extract from 
the Record : ATT A COURT OF EQUITY held att Chester the 5th day of the 
1st week of the loth month, 1686. Commissioners present: John Blunstone, 
John Simcocke, George Maris, Bartholomew Coppock, Samuel Levis, Robert 
Wade, Robert Pile. Robert Eyre, clerk. Only two cases were tried." See 
Smith's History of Delaware County, 160-61. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 63 

Thursday y e Twenty-fifth day of this instant, August. From which Date the 
said Court will be and remain always Open for y e Relief of y e Subject to hear 
and Determine all such matters arising within the Province afores'd as are 
regularly Connizable before any Court of Chancery According to y e Laws and 
Constitution of that part of Great Britain called England and his Majesties 
Judges of his Supream Court as well as y e Justices of y e Inferior Courts and 
all others whom it may concern are required to take notice hereof and govern 
themselves Accordingly. 

"Given at Philadelphia y e tenth day of August, in the Seventh year of 
y e Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE King of Great Britain, France & 
Ireland, Defender of the Faith &c. Annoq Domini 1720. 

God Save the King ! 

WILLIAM KEITH." 

(Recorded the 13 Aug't, 1720. A. 5. 403.) 

CHANCELLORS. 

Sir William Keith, Bart., Aug. 25, 1720 

Patrick Gordon, Esq., 1 Feb. 2, 1726 

REGISTERS. 

Charles Brockden, appointed Aug. 25, 1720 

Robert Charles, 2 resigned Sept. i, 1739 

MASTERS. 

1 720 James Logan, Jonathan Dickinson, Samuel Preston, Richard 
Hill, Anthony Palmer and William Trent. 

1721 Thomas Masters, Robert Assheton, William Assheton and 
John French. 

1724 Andrew Hamilton and Henry Brooke. 

1725 William Fishbourne. Dr. Thomas Graeme, Evan Owen, 
Ralph Assheton, Thomas Lawrence and Samuel Hasell. 

1730 Clement Plumsted and Isaac Norris. 

SOLICITORS. 

1720 John Kinsey, James Parnell, Ralph Assheton, James 
Alexander, Joseph Growden, Jr., James Graeme and Peter Evans. 

EXAMINERS. 
1725 Charles Osbourne and Dr. Patrick Baird. 

'See 3 C. R., 266. He died at Philadelphia, August 5, 1736. 

2 See Raivle's Equity, 52. In 9 Pa. Arc., 631, (2nd series,) "GEORGE 
THOMAS" is mentioned as one of the Chancellors. The only act he performed 
that I know of, in regard to the court, was as Governor on Sept. I, 1739* > n 
accepting the resignation of Robert Charles as the " Registrar," and directing 
him to " deliver up all the books, papers and writings in his custody to Thomas 
Lawrie, the Secretary, to be by him kept till further orders." Upon the question 
of the power of the Assembly to abolish the Court, see the Shippen Papers, 1-6. 



64 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



The High Court of Errors and Appeals. 

ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF FEBRUARY 28, 1780. 
ABOLISHED BY ACT OF FEBRUARY 24, 1806. 

This Court was established by Act of Feb. 28, 1780, to hear 
Appeals from the Supreme Court, the Register's Court and the 
Court of Admiralty. The Judges were to be The President of 
the Supreme Executive Council, the Judges of the Supreme Court, 
and three persons of known integrity and ability, to be commis- 
sioned for seven years ; any five or more to form a quorum. 

By the Act of April 13, 1791, sect. 17, the Judges of the Su- 
preme Court, the President Judges of the several Courts of Com- 
mon Pleas of the five judicial districts, and three other persons of 
known legal abilities, were constituted a High Court of Errors 
and Appeals, to hear Appeals from the Supreme Court and the 
Register's Court. Read's Digest, 70, article 23, sect. 17. In 
this Digest will be found many Acts relating to the Courts, from 
the Act of May 22, 1722, to 1800. 

By an Act of Sept. 30, 1791, a President Judge was to be ap- 
pointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth. 

LlST OF JUDGES. 1 

Joseph Reed, 2 commissioned Nov. 20, 1780 

Thomas McKean, Nov. 20, 1780 

Wm. Augustus Atlee, " Nov. 20, 1780 

John Evans, " Nov. 20, 1780 

George Bryan, " Nov. 20, 1780 

James Smith, Nov. 20, 1780 

Henry Wynkoop, " Nov. 20, 1780 

Francis Hopkinson, Nov. 20, 1780 

William Moore, 2 " Nov. 14, 1781 

John Dickinson, 2 " Nov. 7, 1782 

James Bayard, " Mar. 18, 1783 

Samuel Miles, " April 7, 1783 

Jacob Rush, Feb. 26, 1784 

Edward Shippen, Sept. 16, 1784 

Benjamin Franklin/ " Oct. 18, 1785 

Thomas Mifflin, 1 " Nov. 5, 1788 

William Bradford, Jr., Register. 

1 Thomas McKean was the C. J. of the Supreme Court. Atlee, Evans, 
Bryan, and Rush who was appointed in place of Evans, deceased, Associate 
Justices. Hopkinson was the Judge of the Admiralty. James Smith, of York, 
resigned May 10, 1781. Samuel Miles resigned April 4, 1784, and Edward 
Shippen appointed in his stead. Henry Wynkoop, President Judge of Bucks 
County, resigned June 27, 1789. 

* President of the Supreme Executive Council. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 65 

REORGANIZED UNDER ACT OF APRIL 13, 1791. 

Benjamin Chew, President Sept. 30, 1791 

Thomas McKean, appointed April 13, 1791 

Edward Shippen, " April i^ 1791 

Jasper Yeates, Aj>ril 13, 1791 

William Bradford, 1 " Aug. 20, 1791 

James Biddle, " Sept. i, 1791 

William Augustus Atlee, " Sept. i, 1791 

Jacob Rush, Sept. i, 1791 

James Riddle, " Sept. i, 1791 

Alexander Addison, " Sept. i, 1791 

John Joseph Henry, Nov. , 1793 

Thomas Smith, " Jan. 31, 1794 

John D. Coxe, " April 6, 1797 

Hugh Henry Brackenridge, " Dec. 18, 1799 

William Tilghman, " July 31, 1805 

Edward Burd, Register. 

Orphans' Court for the City and County of 
Philadelphia, 

IN THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

By the Act of March 27, 1713, establishing the Orphans' 
Court, the Presiding Justices of this Court were those of the 
Quarter Sessions, as the same Justices were to hold both Courts. 
Previous to this the Court was held by the Justices of the County 
Courts, Orphans' Courts having been constituted by the Act of 
1683 to "sitt twice every year." But as the Dockets of the Or- 
phans' Court are complete from April 9, 1719, to this date, I 
have thought it proper to give the Presiding Justices from the 
records, so far only as they show them. There is nothing, how- 
ever, in the Minutes to indicate who was the Presiding Justice. 
That knowledge I have derived from the long service of certain 
Justices at the head of the list of Justices present at the sittings of 

1 Wm. Bradford was commissioned an Associate Justice of the S. C., Aug. 
20, 1791, in the place of Bryan. Atlee was commissioned President Judge of 
the 2nd District, Aug. 17, 1791, to take effect on Sept. I. See the Act of 
April 13, 1791. James Biddle became P. J. 1st District, Sept. I, 1791. Jacob 
Rush, P. J., 3rd, ; James Riddle of the 4th ; Alexander Addison of the 5th, 
and John Joseph Henry of the and, in Nov., 1793, in the place of Atlee, who 
died on Sept. gth of that year. Thomas Smith was appointed an Associate 
Justice in the place of Bradford, promoted to Attorney General of the United 
States. Hugh Henry Brackenridge was appointed an Associate Justice vice 
Shippen made Chief Justice in the place of McKean, elected Governor Dec,, 
18, 1799. John D. Coxe, P. J. of the 1st District in the place of Biddle, and 
William Tilghman, P. J. ist District in the place of Coxe. No "persons of 
known legal abilities" were appointed to fill two, out of three, additional 
positions mentioned in the Act. 



66 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

the Court, and from the Record of Commissions, &c. Previous 
to Isaac Norris, in 1727, the records do not indicate a President ; 
no particular Justice heads the list ; Robert Assheton generally 
presided. Docket No. i opens " the gth April, 1719," with the 
following Justices present : Jonathan Dickinson, Robert Assheton 
and Clement Plumsted. After Sept. 23, 1727, the Justices whose 
names I give below presided nearly all the time of their term of 
service, and it will be perceived that in most cases they were the 
prior or oldest Justices in the commission. 

Jacob Duche, who is given on March 19, 1764, was not Presi- 
dent of the Board of Justices by seniority, but presided until Dec. 
8th. He was one of the most attentive Justices of the Court, and 
presided very often at the sittings during his long term of service. 
He was a merchant, and the father of the Rev. Mr. Duche, of 
Revolutionary fame. 

Isaac Jones presided almost continuously from June 27, 1768, 
until Sept. 6, 1773. He never sat after that date, although I 
have a citation issued by the O. C., on Sept. 14, 1773 : "Witness 
Isaac Jones, Esquire. " * * " By the Court. Ja's Humphreys, 
Clerk," showing, I think, that Jones was the President or Presid- 
ing Justice at that time. The seal of the Court to the paper is 
the Arms of William Penn, surrounded by the words, " Orphans' 
Court, City & County Phila." 

Samuel Mifflin presided after Sept. 13, 1773 ; he was, we know, 
the President of the Quarter Sessions, from Dec. 6, 1773 to 1776. 
Sometimes, however, Samuel Ashmead sat in the O. C. with him 
and presided, and at other times Mifflin presided with Ashmead 
as an Associate. Ashmead was the older Justice by commission, 
and when Plumsted died in 1765, Ashmead succeeded him in the 
O. C., although Septimus Robinson was next to Plumsted, but 
Robinson never sat in this Court after March 21, 1757. He died 
previous to Jan. 16, 1767. See Will Book O, 156. His will is 
dated Jan. 4, 1767. From Aug. 14, 1765 to Sept. 6, 1766, Mr. 
Duche generally presided ; after that Ashmead presided nearly 
always till June 13, 1768. I discovered a singular error in the 
Wills Index. William Plumsted is entered there as having died 
in 1769, but in Will Book O, p. 335, his will is proved as of Aug. 
20, 1765. 

I noticed that whenever the Mayor of the city was present he 
always presided, his name heading the list of Justices. On all 
other occasions the order of seniority of Justices was rigidly ob- 
served, erasures being even made in the Minutes to correct errors 
in this respect, and I expect that in the few instances where the 
Justices were not entered in proper order, it is an error on the 
part of the Clerk. 

The records show conclusively that out of each commission 
a certain number of Justices were assigned to each County Court. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



67 



To make this evident I give a carefully prepared list of all the 
Justices who have sat in the Orphans' Court, from 1719 to 1791, 
extracted from the Dockets, and, therefore, absolutely correct. 
The date of the first sitting only given. 

PRESIDING JUSTICES. 

Isaac Norris, in office Sept. 23, 1727 

Clement Plumsted, 1 June n, 1734 

Thomas Lawrence, 2 " June 3, 1745 

Robert Strettell, '' June 15, 1754 

William Coleman, " Dec. 19, 1757 

Joshua Maddox, 8 April 24, 1758 

Alexander Stedman, " Dec. 9, 1758 

Thomas Yorke, " Dec. 8, 1759 

Alexander Stedman, " March 7, 1761 

Jacob Duche, Mar. 19, 1764 

William Plumsted, 4 Dec. 8, 1764 

Samuel Ashmead, " Aug. 14, 1765 

Isaac Jones, 5 " June 27, 1768 

Samuel Mifflin, " Dec. 6, 1773 

James Young, 6 July 25, 1777 

John Ord, ' " Dec. 26, 1778 

John Moore, Sept. 7, 1779 

John Ord, 7 " Sept. 9, 1779 

Plunket Fleeson, " Jan. 13, 1781 

Edward Shippen, Oct. 25, 1785 

Dr. Enoch Edwards, 8 " May 10, 1790 

JUSTICES OF THE ORPHANS' COURT. 



Jonathan Dickinson, 
Robert Assheton, 
Clement Plumsted, 
John Swift, 
James Logan, 
Samuel Carpenter, 
William Fishbourne, 
Isaac Norris, 
Anthony Palmer, 
Edward Farmer, 
Benjamin Vining, 



in office 



April 9, 1719 
April 9, 1719 
April 9, 1719 
Aug. n, 1719 
Aug. 17, 1719 
Aug. 29, 1719 
n, iobr., 1719 
Dec. 12, 1719 
Dec. 21, 1719 
March, 6, 1720 
April 29, 1721 



1 Died May 26, 1745. -Died April 25, 1754, aged 64. 

3 Died April 18, 1759, aged 74. 4 Died August 10, 1765, aged 58. 

5 Died Oct. 18, 1773, aged 58. "President of the Common Pleas and 
Quarter Sessions." 6 Died Jan. 28, 1779, aged 50. 

7 Died Dec. 11, 1781, aged 63. 

8 Will proved July 14, 1802. He never sat but twice; Plunket Fleeson 
generally presided after the date of his first sitting in 1781. 



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MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Robert Jones, in office June 9, 1721 

Thomas Lawrence, June 16, 1724 

John Cadwalader, June 16, 1724 

Edward Roberts, June 16, 17^4 

Evan Owen, Dec. 5, 1724 

William Hudson (the Mayor), July 8, 1726 

Thomas Fenton, Oct. 12, 1727 

Andrew Hamilton, Oct. 12, 1727 

Richard Harrison, Oct. 12, 1727 

Samuel Hasell, May 14, 1729 

Joseph Ashton, Sept. 24, 1729 

Thomas Griffitts, Mar. 4,1729-30 

William Allen, Oct. 5, 1730 

Charles Read, April 2, 1734 

George Fitzwater, Dec. 4, 1734 

Ralph Assheton, Mar. 6, 1735-6 

Anthony Morris, Nov. 13, 1738 

Abram Taylor, Dec. 4, 1738 

William Till, Dec. 18, 1738 

Cadwalader Foulke, June 6, 1740 

Joshua Maddox, March i, 1741 

Septimus Robinson, Sept. 20, 1742 

Jonathan Robinson, June 8, 1743 

Edward Shippen, Oct. 7, 1744 

Benjamin Shoemaker, Mar. 29, 1745 

Charles Willing, July 15, 1745 

James Hamilton, May 20, 1746 

Thomas Venables, Sept. 3, 1746 

Samuel Morris, Mar. 4, 1746-7 

William Atwood, July 25, 1747 

Thomas Fletcher, June 8, 1748 

Owen Evans, June 5, 1750 

Nicholas Ashton, June 5 

Thomas Yorke, June 5 

John Potts, 1 June 5 

Rowland Evans, June 5 

William Plumsted, Feb. 12, 1750-1 

Robert Strettell, April 7, 1752 

Benjamin Franklin, June 5, 1752 

William Colemaji, June 5, 1752 

John Mifflin, . July 15, 1752 

Samuel -Ashmead, June 6, 1753 

Henry Pawling, Sept. 5, 1753 

John Jones, Sept. 2, 1754 

William Peters, Jan'y 4, 1757 



1750 
1750 
1750 
1750 



1 Died June 6, 1768. 



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69 



Alexander Stedman, 
Jacob Duch6, 
Isaac Jones, 
Samuel Mifflin, 
Isaac Ashton, 
Samuel Wharton, 
John Hughes, 
Daniel Benezet, 
William Coxe, 
Evan Thomas, 
Archibald McClean, 
Jacob Hall, 
Henry Harrison, 
Thomas Willing, 
Samuel Shoemaker, 
William Dewees, 
James Coultas, 
John Lawrence, 
George Bryan, 
Alexander Edwards, 
John Bull, 
William Parr, 
James Biddle, 
Frederick Antes, 
Charles Jolly, 
John Gibson, 
John Potts, Jr., 
James Young, 
George Clymer, 
Samuel Powel, 
James Diemer, 
Benjamin Chew, 
Henry Hill, 
John Moore, 
John Ord, 
Plunket Fleeson, 
Benjamin Paschall, 
Philip Bcehm, 
John Knowles, 
Andrew Knox, 
Isaac. Howell, 
David Hunter, 
Seth Quee, 
Andrew Kennedy, 
John Richards, 
John Miller, 
William McMullin, 
10 



in office 



Dec. 10, 1757 

Mar. 20, 1758 

Mar. 20, 1758 

Dec. 18, 1758 

March 7, 1759 

Dec. 8, 1759 

Dec. 8, 1759 

March 7, 1761 

March 7, 1761 

March 7, 1761 

March 7, 1761 

March 7, 1761 
March 16, 1761 

June 6, 1761 

Dec. 21, 1761 

June 12, 1762 

Dec. 30, 1762 

Dec. 8, 1764 

Dec. 8, 1764 

June 7, 1766 

Mar. 28, 1768 

Sept. 8, 1769 

Sept. 8, 1769 

June 4, 1770 

June 4, 1770 

July 2, 1770 
Oct. 4. 
Jan. 8 ; 
April 9 

June 8, 1773 

June 28, 1773 

Dec. 13, 1773 

June 10, 1776 

June 24, 1776 

July 25, 1777 

July 25, 1777 

July 25, 1777 

July 25, 1777 

July 25, 1777 

Sept. 28, 1778 

Dec. 14, 1778 

Dec. 14, 1778 

March 2, 1779 

March 2, 1779 

March 2, 1779 

March 2, 1779 

March 2, 1779 



1771 
1773 
1773 



70 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



William Adcock, 
William Ball, 
William Rush, 1 
John Gill, 
William Masters, 
Emanuel Eyre, 
Samuel Wharton, 
Joseph Wharton, 
William Craig, 
William Pollard, 
Dr. Enoch Edwards, 
Lewis Weiss, 2 
Robert McKnight, 
Alexander Tod, 
Joseph Ferree, 
William Coats, 
Jacob Weaver, 



in office 



April 28, 1779 
April 28, 1779 
June n, 1779 
July 27, 1784 
Aug. 9, 1784 
Aug. 9, 1784 
Sept. 23, 1784 
Feb. 13, 1786 
April 3, 1786 
Sept. n, 1786 
Nov. 13, 1786 
Nov. 13, 1786 
June 7, 1787 
July 31, 1787 
March 9, 1789 
March 14, 1789 
March 21, 1789 



On Sept. 23, 1791, James Biddle, Jonathan Bayard Smith, 
Enoch Edwards and William Robinson, Jr., Esquires, Judges, 
held the Orphans' Court. This is the first time the term Judges 
is used in the Dockets of this Court (see Docket No. 16), 
although Thomas Yorke and his Associates were commissioned 
as Judges of the Common Pleas, and Orphans' Court. They are 
called Justices in the Minutes of the O. C. The Judges of the 
Common Pleas held the Orphans' Court from 1791 to 1875. 

The Orphans' Court. 

AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF 1873. 

The delays and expense attending the settlement of estates of 
decedents, led the framers of the new Constitution of Dec. 16, 
1873, to authorize the formation of Orphans' Courts, as separate 
tribunals. See Article V, Section 22. In Philadelphia the O. 
C. was established by the Act of May 19, 1874, and organized 
Jan. 4, 1875. The O. C. always had separate organization as to 
Clerks and Records; but until 1874, never had an independent 
Judiciary. The O. C. Bench now consists of three Judges, 
learned in the law. At first the Judges were of equal rank, and 
presided by turns, but the Act of May 24, 1878. created the office 
of President Judge. 



PRESIDENT JUDGE. 
William Brantley Hanna, appointed 



June 5, 1878 



1 Died Novetnber 30, 1791, aged 74. 

1 Lewis William Weiss was his full name. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



71 



ASSOCIATE JUDGES. 

Thomas Bradford Dwight, elected Nov. 2, 1874 

Wm. Brantley Hanna, " Nov. 2, 1874 

Dennis W. O'Brien, 1 " Nov. 2, 1874 

William N. Ashman, 2 appointed Jan. 9. 1878 

Clement Biddle Penrose, " Jan. 30, 1878 

CLERKS OF THE ORPHANS' COURT. 



Robert Assheton, 
Charles Read, 3 
Thomas Hopkinson, 
Andrew Hamilton, 
John Lawrence, 4 
John Price, 
James Humphreys, 
John Haley, 
William Nichols, 5 
John Bickley, 
John L. Leib, 
Robert Johnson, 
Thomas F. Gordon, 
Nathan R. Potts, 
Edward King, 
William Runkle, Jr., 
John P. Binns, 
Robert Andrews, 6 
Francis Parke, 
Isaac P. Trimble, 
James Hanna, 



in office 

it 

appointed 



Oct. 25, 1701 
before , 1721 
Jan. 20, 1736-7 
Feb. 24, 1745-6 
Sept. 8, 1747 
Feb. 28, 1752 
May 7, 1757 
Sept. 15, 1777 
March 24, 1786 
March 8, 1800 
Dec. 21, 1801 
Dec. 24, 1814 
, 1818 
March 15, 1821 
Feb'y 7, 1824 
April 22, 1825 
Dec. 30, 1829 
Feb'y 2, 1830 
Mar. 25, 1836 
April i, 1836 
Mar. 25, 1838 



'Judge O'Brien, died Jan. 24, 1878, aged 60. 

* In place of Judge Dwight, who resigned on account of his ill health. 

:i Charles Read was probably appointed after the passage of the Act of March 
27, 1713; he died in office before January 20, 1736-37. 

* Vice Hamilton, dec'd. For Andrew Hamilton's appointment, see Clerks 
of the City Court. I give Hamilton and Lawrence as Clerks of the O. C. on 
the authority of Thompson Westcott. Hamilton died in office in Sept. 1747. 

5 Nichols, Clerk of the Mayor's Court and Orphans' Court. Directory of 
1798 ; 12 C. tf., 667, Clerk of the Orphans' Court and City Court. 

6 The Minute Books of the O. C. from 1829 to 1832, are marked J. L. W., 
perhaps John L. Woolf ; but it is said he was only the Deputy. In the offi- 
cial lists in the Directory of 1830 and 1831, Joseph Andrews is given as the 
Clerk of the Orphans' Court, which is an error, it should be Robert. In the 
Court offices the active man is always the Chief Deputy; the actual Pro- 
thonotary, Clerk, Register, &c., are seldom known or seen by the Bar. In 
the Orphans' Court office, for a long series of years, from 1858 to 1868, Richard 
M. Batturs, a genial gentleman, of Philadelphia, was Chief Clerk; since 1m 
retirement, Alfred J. Fortin has been the efficient Deputy. He entered the 
office first in 1857. 



72 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Robert F. Christy, 1 appointed Feb'y 9, 1839 

Jacob Lewis, " Dec. i, 1842 

David Hanley, " Dec. i, 1845 

Oliver Brooks, 2 Oct. 10. 1848 

Jacob Broom, 3 " Nov. 25, 1848 

James M. Jackson, commissioned Nov. 17, 1852 

John Sherry, " Oct. 17, 1855 

Nimrod Woolery, " Nov. 20, 1858 

William C. Stevenson, " June 10, 1862 

Edwin A. Merrick, " Oct. n, 1864 

Joseph Megary, " April 21, 1868 

Joseph C. Tittermary, " Oct. n, 1870 

Richard Ellis, " - Oct. 14, 1873 

Gideon Clark, appointed June 12, 1875 

Jesse W. Neal, elected Nov. 7, 1876 

Wm. Marshall Taylor, " Nov. 4, 1879 

Walter E. Rex, " Nov. 7, 1882 

The Registers of Wills, 

OF PHILADELPHIA. 

The Provincial Registers were the Registers-General of Pennsyl- 
vania for the Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of Adminis- 
tration, established by the 22d section of the Laws agreed on in 
England, i C. R., xxxii. The Act of March 14, 1777, abol- 
ished the office of Register-General and named the Registers of 
Wills in each county to succeed the Deputies of the Register-Gen- 
eral, i Dallas' Laws of Pa., 731. The dates of appointment 
are taken from the Will Books, and are the dates when the names 
are first mentioned therein. Book A, in Register's office, is in the 
handwriting of Patrick Robinson. He was Deputy Register and 
Secretary to the Governor. 

THE REGISTERS-GENERAL. 
Christopher Taylor, 4 in office 10 br. , 1682 

1 Col. Christy was elected under Act of July 2, 1839, for three years from 
Dec. i, in same year (P. L., 559), and commissioned Nov. 14, 1839. He dii-d 
Aug. 31, 1881, aged 72. 

2 Brooks died before being commissioned, Nov. 7, 1848. See 9 Barr, 513 ; 
Commonwealth v. Hanley. 

"Broom was commissioned Dec. 14, 1848. Commission set aside by tin- 
Supreme Court on Jan. 22, 1849, on the ground that there was no vacancy. 
Oliver Brooks, who was elected Oct. 10, 1848, having died before a commission 
had been issued to him, and that Hanley, the old Clerk, held over. Hanley 
died March 18, 1849, and Broom was appointed and commissioned March 26. 
1849, and elected in October, 1849, f r three years. 

* The first will, recorded loth mo., 1682, was Thomas ffreames. He died 
l>efore 5th mo. 5th, 1686; i C. R., 137. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



73 



Robert Turner, commissioners 5, 5 mo., 1686 

William Frampton, in the place of 5, 5 mo., 1686 

William Southebe, Taylor, dec ' d. 5, 5 mo.. 1686 

James Claypoole, Sr., commissioned 19, 9 mo., 1686 

Jacob Simcock, 1 Deputy. 

Thomas Ellis, appointed 9, 7 mo., 1687 

David Lloyd, Deputy, " 12, 8 mo., 1687 

William Markham, " 14, 8 mo., 1688 

Patrick Robinson, Deputy. 

Capt. John Blackwell, 2 " 8, n br. 1688-9 

Robert Turner, 3 in office 16,12^1690-1 

Samuel Jenings, 5, iomo., 1692 

Francis Rawle, Jr., Deputy. 

William Markham, appointed 20, 7 mo. ,1693 

John Moore, 4 in office 7, 3 mo., 1700 

Col. William Markham, appointed Mar. 29, 1703 

Lt. Gov. John Evans, 27, 4 mo., 1704 

Peter Evans, Deputy, Dec. n, 1704 

Peter Evans, commissioned 17,12^1708-9 

Lt. Gov. Charles Gookin, " Nov. 7, 1710 

Benjamin Mayne, " July 28, 1712 

Peter Evans, " July 3, 1713 

Richard Birmingham, Dep., Nov. 3, 1715 

Dr. Thomas Graeme, May 14, 1724 

John Moore, 5 Deputy, Dec. 3, 1724 

Peter Evans, in office Dec. 6, 1725 

William Plumsted, commissioned June 19, 1745 

Benjamin Chew, Aug. 14, 1765 

John Maxfield, Deputy, died Oct. 6, 1774 



1 See Smith's History of Delaware County, 502. 

- He appointed himself Register-General, thus creating a precedent which 
was afterwards followed by other Governors. 

3 Francis Rawle, Jr., his son-in-law, was his Deputy. 

4 In SmulFs Legislative Hand-Book, 1878, it is set forth that John Moore 
\va> commissioned Jan. I, 1693. By Will Book B it does not so appear, but he 
\vasin office May 7, 1700. Col. Wm. Markham was commissioned by Penn, 
March 29, 1703, by an order directed to Lieut. Gov. Andrew Hamilton; 2 C. 
R., 96; also Book A, 25th 7 mo., 1703, and complained to the Council (2 C. 
A'., 122, 123 and 124) that Moore refused to'surrender the office to him, say- 
ing that it was "his property and freehold, and conceived it to be a point of 
law," and demanded a trial thereof, which was granted. Markham and Moore 
acted jointly while contesting the matter. Markham died I2th mo. 4th, 1704, 
and Lieut Governor Evans appointed himself the Register-General, thus set- 
tling the'matter, and taking possession of one of the most lucrative offices in 
the Province, and made his cousin, Peter Evans, his Deputy ; 2 Logan Papers, 8 . 

5 John Moore signs as Deputy Register, from Dec. 3, 1724 to April 2, 1726. 



74 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

THE REGISTERS OF WILLS, 

PHILADELPHIA. 

Samuel Morris, by Act of Mar. 14, 1777 

George Campbell, 1 by the Assembly April 6, 1782 

Joseph B. McKean, in office April 21, 1800 

Charles Swift, May 19, 1800 

Samuel Bryan, April 12, 1809 

Peter S. Muhlenberg, Nov. 8, 1821 

Joseph Barnes, March 9, 1824 

John Geyer, March 28, 1825 

John Humes, " March 6, 1830 

John Gest, " March 28, 1836 

Edward D. Corfield, Jan'y 8, 1839 

Michael Pray, " March 2, 1839 

William Piersol, elected Oct. 9, 1839 

John Painter, " Oct. n, 1842 

John Weaver, 2 " Oct. 14, 1845 

Edward A. Penniman, appointed Jan. 26, 1846 

Alexander Browne, in office Dec. i, 1846 

Thomas C. Bunting, " Dec. 4, 1849 

Theo. T. Deringer, Deputy. 

William Bowers, " Dec. i, 1852 

Samuel Lloyd, Deputy. 

Charles W. Carrigan, " Dec. i, 1855 

Joseph C. Molloy, Deputy. 

George W. McMahan, ' " Dec. 6, 1858 

Samuel Lloyd, Deputy. 

Thomas McCullough, " " Dec. 3, 1861 

John F. Belsterling, Deputy. 

Frederick M. Adams, " Dec. 2, 1864 

Samuel Lloyd, Deputy. 

Col. William A. Leech, Dec. i, 1867 

J. Alexander Simpson, 3 April 3, 1868 

Tohn H. Campbell, Deputy. 

William M. Bunn, " Dec. i, 1870 

George W. Painter, Deputy. 

Gen. Gideon Clark, " Dec. i, 1873 

James Brearly, Depiity. 

Jesse W. Neal, elected Nov. 7, 1876 

James Brearly, Deputy. 

Horace L. Keyset,* Deputy. 

1 Re-appointed by Council (16 C. R., 443), Sept. .), 1790. 

- By Act of July 2, 1839, the Registers of Wills became elective. Charles 
Thomson Jones was deputy for Corfield ; J. B. Sewell for Pray ; and Piersol 
and Col. Robert F. Christy for Painter. John Weaver died in office Jan. 16, 1846. 

3 Appointed for the unexpired term of Col. Leech, who died in office. 

4 Appointed in place of Brearly, who died Aug. 23, 1878, aged 37 years. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 75 

W. Marshall Taylor, elected Nov. 4, 1879 

William G. Shields, Deputy. 
Walter Edwin Rex, Nov. 7, 1882 

The Registers of Wills are now, by the Constitution of 1873, 
the Clerks of the Orphans' Court. (Art. 5, sec. 22.) 

The Mayor's Court, 

OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

This Court was created by Act of Assembly of March n, 1789, 
incorporating the City of Philadelphia, and abolished by the Act 
of March 19, 1838. 

By this Act, the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen, or any four 
of them, whereof the Mayor or Recorder was always to be one, 
were constituted a Court to be called " the Mayor' s Court of the 
City of Philadelphia,"" to hear and determine all charges of lar- 
cenies, forgeries, perjuries, assaults and batteries, riots, rows, un- 
lawful assemblies, and all other offences usually cognizable in any 
Court of Quarter Sessions. This Court met quarterly on the first 
Monday of March, June, September and December, in each year, 
and held frequent sessions. 

The Act of 1789 also established the " Aldermen's Court" to 
consist of three Aldermen, two to be a quorum. Those to hold 
the Court to be designated, at least, four times a year by the 
Mayor or Recorder, to try all matters usually cognizable by Jus- 
tices of the Peace, where the debt or demand amounted to forty 
shillings, and did not exceed ten pounds. The Justices of the 
Court were paid by fees. This Court was abolished by Act of 
Assembly of March 20, 1810. I copy from the Independent 
Gazetteer, of April 18, 1789, the following in reference thereto : 
"At a meeting of the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen, held the 
1 5th inst., the Mayor and Recorder nominated and appointed 
Francis Hopkinson, Joseph Swift and Hilary Baker, Esqrs,, to 
constitute and hold ' The Aldermen 's Court. 1 

The Mayor and Aldermen had power personally to hear and 
determine cases of debt under forty shillings. 

Presiding Justices. 
THE MAYORS. 

1789 Samuel Powel, X 798 Robert Wharton, 

1790 Samuel Miles, 1800 John Inskeep, 

1791 John Barclay, 1801 Matthew Lawler, 

1792 Matthew Clarkson, !8o5 John Inskeep, 

1796 Hilary Baker, 1806 Robert Wharton, 



76 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



1808 John Barker, 

1 8 10 Robert Wharton, 

1811 Michael Keppele, 

1812 John Barker, 

1813 John Geyer, 

1 8 1 4 Robert Wharton , 

1819 James Nelson Barker, 



1820 Robert Wharton, 
1824 Joseph Watson, 
1828 George M. Dallas, 
1829 Benjamin W. Richards, 
1830 William Milnor, 
1831 Benjamin W. Richards, 
1832-8 John Swift. 



THE RECORDERS. 



1789 Alexander Wilcocks, 
1 80 1 Alexander J. Dallas, 
1802 Moses Levy, 
1808 Mahlon Dickerson, 



1810 Joseph Reed, 
1829 Joseph Mcllvaine, 
1836 John Bouvier, 
1838 Samuel Rush. 



1789 



1792- 

1793- 
1796- 



Associate Justices. 
THE ALDERMEN. 

Samuel Miles, Hilary Baker, William Colladay, Joseph 
Swift, John Barclay, Francis Hopkinson, Reynold Keen, 
Matthew Clarkson, Gunning Bedford, John Baker, John 
Nixon, Joseph Ball, George Roberts, John Maxwell 
Nesbit. 

Michael Hillegas, Jonathan Bayard Smith, Francis Gurney. 

Edward Bartholomew. 

Matthew Clarkson, 1 John Barclay, John Jennings, Jonathan 
Bayard Smith, Robert Wharton, James Ash, Michael 
Hillegas, Reynold Keen, John Clement Stocker, Gunning 
Bedford, Alexander Tod, Isaac Howell, Philip Wager, 
Nathaniel Falconer, Hilary Baker and John Baker. 2 



1796 Jacob Baker, in place of 
1798 Philip Syng Physick, " 
1799 John Inskeep, " 
1799 William Jones, 
1799 Dec. 3. John Clement Stocker, Jr. , " 
1800 Sept. 15. Dr. David Jackson, " 
1800 Oct. 22. John Barker. 
1801 Oct. 14. Andrew Pettit, 
1801 Oct. 23. Matthew Lawler, " 
1802 May 22. John Douglass, " * 
1802 . Samuel Carswell, in place of 


Falconer. 
Clarkson. 
Barclay. 
Ash. 
his father. 
Hilary Bal 

Bedford. 
Jackson. 
Jennings. 
Howell. 



1 Mayor's Court, after the second Tuesday in October, 1796, was composed 
of fifteen Aldermen as Associates, appointed by the Governor under the Act 
of April 14, 1796. 

2 The father of Hilary and John Baker was a German schoolmaster, of < in 
mantown, named Hilarius Becker. Baker and Barker are different names, 
and must not be confounded in these lists. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



77 



1806 May 26. Michael Keppele, in place of Hillegas 


_ O A ,- J .,, /""* *, T n- 




i ooy . riiiurcw \jrcycr. 


1811 Aug. i. John Geyer, ' 


Tod. 


1813 -April 30. George Bartram, ' 


Smith. 


1813 Nov. 25. Timothy Matlack, ' 


Stocker. 


1815 July 24. Samuel Badger, ' 


John Baker. 


1816 . Joseph Hertzog, ' 


John Barker. 


1817 April 2. James Nelson Barker. 




1 8 1 8 March 4. Peter Christian, ' 


Matlack. 


1818 April 8. Abraham Shoemaker, Jr. , ' 


his father? 


1820 May ii. John Connelly, ' 


Jacob Baker. 


1822 April 3. Joseph Watson, ' 


Keppele. 


1822 April 3. William Duane, ' 


Carswell. 


1822 Dec'r 2. John Binns, ' 


Hertzog. 


1823 Jan'y 7. William Milnor, ' 


Connelly. 


1823 Dec'r 15. David P. Muhlenberg, ' 


Douglass. 


1829 Jacob Sperry, 2 Joseph Burden, Richard Willing, Jr. 3 


1832 Robert Wharton, Jonathan K. Hassinger, Thomas McKean. 


1836 Samuel Heintzelman, John R. Vogdes, David S. Hassinger. 



CLERKS OF 

William Nichols, 
John Bickley, 
William Sergeant, 
Thomas Sergeant, 
Josiah Randall, 
Randall Hutchinson, 
Charles Pierce, 
William Stewart, 
John R. Vogdes, 
John P. Bewley, 
William White, 



THE MAYOR'S COURT. 

in office 
commissioned 



, 1789 

March 8, 1800 
Dec. 21, 1801 
April 22, 1806 
May 10, 1809 
Aug. , 1814 
Mar. 17, 1821 
Feb'y 7, 1824 
Feb'y 22, 1830 
Dec. u, 1835 
Mar. 26, 1836 



The District Court, 

FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

Organized by Act of Assembly of March 30, 1811. 

Abolished by the Constitution of 1873. 

In the early part of the present century Philadelphia was the 
largest city in the Union, and its commerce, manufactures and 
general business had kept pace with its population. It began to 
be seriously felt that the judicial system was inadequate, and 

1 Died May 25, 1818, aged 65. 

2 Died Jan. 2, 1830, aged 60. 

3 Died April 15, 1833. 



78 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

accordingly, by an Act approved March 30, 1811, it was enacted : 
" Whereas, the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County 
of Philadelphia, from the various objects of its jurisdiction and 
the great increase and accumulation of business, is incompetent 
to the speedy and effectual administration of justice to the citizens 
of that district, for remedy whereof, be it enacted," etc., that 
there shall be established a Court of Record by the name and style 
of the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, to 
consist of a President and two assistant Judges, any two of whom, 
in case of the absence or inability of the other, shall have power 
to try, hear, and determine all civil pleas and actions where the 
sum in controversy should exceed one hundred dollars. 

The Court thus established soon became full of important busi- 
ness, and acquired a solid and enduring reputation as a great law 
court for the trial of civil issues. It was the first, and for many 
years the only Court of original jurisdiction in the Commonwealth 
whose Judges were all learned in the law. Down to about the 
beginning of this century, there was no positive requirement that 
even the Presidents of the Common Pleas should be learned in 
the law, though the practice had been uniform since the Revolu- 
tion to appoint only lawyers. But the Associates remained lay- 
men in the Common Pleas of Philadelphia until 1833, when one 
of them was required to be learned in the, law, and "one to be 
appointed under the existing laws of the Commonwealth," (Act 
of Feb. 8, 1833 ; P. L., 23), and the other Associate remained a 
layman until 1836, after which all the Judges of that Court were 
required to be learned in the law. (Act of March n, 1836 ; P. 
L., 76.) So late as 1831 the salaries of the Associate Judges of 
the Common Pleas of Philadelphia were only four hundred dollars 
each, while the salaries of the Judges of the District Court and 
the President of the Common Pleas were two thousand dollars 
each. 

The Bench of the District Court was occupied by a succession 
of learned and able lawyers, and when the Court adjourned sine 
die, Jan. 4, 1875, ^ w *> Wl ^ tne universal regret of the Bar. A 
more dignified, learned, and impartial tribunal has seldom, if 
ever, existed in this or any other community. 

PRESIDING JUDGES. 
Joseph Hemphill, commissioned May 6, 1811 



Joseph Borden McKean, 
Jared Ingersoll, 
Moses Levy, 

Joseph Borden McKean, 
Joseph Barnes, 
Thomas McKean Pettit, 



Oct. i, 1818 
Mar. 19, 1821 
Dec. 18, 1822 
Mar. 21, 1825 
Oct. 24, 1826 
April 22, 1835 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



79 



Joel Jones, 
George Sharswood, 
John Innes Clark Hare, 



commissioned 



ASSOCIATE JUDGES. 



Anthony Simmons, 
Jacob Sommer, 
Thomas Sergeant, 
Joseph Borden McKean, 
Joseph Barnes, 
Joseph Borden McKean, 
Benjamin Rawle Morgan, 
John Hallowell, 
Charles Sidney Coxe, 
Thomas McKean Petti t, 
George McDowell Stroud, 
Joel Jones, 
John King Findlay, 
George Sharswood, 
George McDowell Stroud, 
John King Findlay, 
John Innes Clark Hare, 
Martin Russell Thayer, 
Thomas Greenbank, 
Martin Russell Thayer, 
James Lynd, 
James Tyndale Mitchell, 
Amos Briggs, 



commissioned 



April 8, 1845 
Feb'y i, 1848 
Dec. i, 1867 



May 6, 1811 

June 3, 1811 

Oct. 20, 1814 

Mar. 27, 1817 

Oct. i, 1818 

Mar. 17, 1821 

Mar. 29, 1821 

Mar. 27, 1825 

Oct. 24, 1826 

Feb. 16, 1833 

Mar. 30, 1835 

April 22, 1835 

April i, 1845 

April 8. 1845 

Feb'y 5', 1848 

Feb'y 5, 1848 

Dec. i, 1851 

Dec. i, 1867 

Dec. 7, 1868 

Mar. 27, 1869 

Dec. 5, 1870 

Dec. 4, 1871 

Mar. 25. 1872 



Joseph Hemphill was a native of Chester, now Delaware county, 
admitted to the Chester County Bar, August, 1793. Member of 
Congress, 1801 to 1803, from Chester county, and from 1819 to 
1831. He died May 29, 1842, aged 72 years. Associate Judge 
Sommer's name is sometimes rendered Somers. Simmons and 
Sommer were not lawyers. Judge Sommer died in February, 
1857, aged 69 years, and Anthony Simmons, late Judge, and 
Colonel of the 96th Regiment, died Jan. 6, 1830, aged 57 years. 
Edward King had the position of Associate Judge offered to him 
in 1825 ; he hesitated about accepting it, and then Judge Hal- 
lowell took it; thus making room in the Common Pleas for 
King as the President Judge. The Forum, 2 vol., 175. On April 
i, 1835, King was tendered the place of Presiding Judge of the Dis- 
trict Court, but declined. George M. Stroud was Associate for 34 
years, and declined the position of Presiding Judge in 1868, when 
Sharswood was elected Judge of the Supreme Court, and died in 
1875, faH f y ear s and honors. Thomas McKean Pettit was ap- 
pointed in the place of Hallowell, who resigned, and was re-com- 



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missioned March 30, 1835, for 10 years. Joel Jones was re- 
commissioned March 31, 1845, f r I0 }' ears - Judge Hare was 
commissioned President Judge December i, 1867, and elected 
November 6, 1868. Thomas Greenbank had certificate of elec- 
tion and took his seat, but it was successfully contested by M. 
Russell Thayer. Judge Briggs was appointed March 25, 1872, 
and elected October 8, 1872, for 10 years. In accordance with 
the amended Constitution of 1873, l ^ e District Court was con- 
solidated with the Court of Common Pleas, and the Act of May 
14, 1874, abolished all Courts not mentioned in the Constitution. 
P. L., 1874, pp. i39 MO. 

An interesting sketch of the District Court will be found in 
''An Address delivered at-the final .adjournment of the Court, 
Jan. 4, 1875," by the Hon. James T. Mitchell, one of the Judges 
of the Court, in which he says: "By the Constitution of Penn- 
sylvania, adopted in 1873, a new organization of the judicial tri- 
bunals of the State was directed, under which the Nisi Prius, Dis- 
trict and Common Pleas Courts of Philadelphia City and County 
ceased to exist on the first Monday in January, 1875. The 
Judges of the Supreme Court heretofore in turn holding the 
.Court of Nisi Prius, were relieved from original jurisdiction, and 
the Judges of the District and Common Pleas Courts were trans- 
ferred to the new Courts of Common Pleas, created by the Con- 
stitution." 



PROTHONOTARIES OF THE DISTRICT COURT. 



John Porter, 
Timothy Matlack, 
Michael Leib, 
Randal Hutchinson, 
John Lisle, 
Franklin Comly, 
William White, 
William V. Pettit, 1 
Edward C. Dale, 
David C. Skerritt, 
Augustin R. Peale, 
Thomas Fletcher, 
James W. Fletcher, 
John P. McFadden, 
Philip S. White, 
George Kelly, 
James McManes, 



also of the C. P., 
of D. C. only, 
commissioned 



elected 



April 25, 1811 


Mar. 14, 1817 


Nov. 15, 1822 


Feb. 27, 1824 


Feb. 22, 1830 


Mar. 24, 1836 


Jan'y 7, 1839 


Feb'y 9, 1839 


Dec. i 


1842 


Dec. i 


1845 


Dec. 


1848 


Dec. 


1851 


Dec. 


1854 


Dec. 


1857 


Dec. 


1860 


Dec. 


1863 


Dec. 


1866 



1 Appointed and then elected on the second Tuesday in October, to serve 
three years from the first day of December. See Act of July 2, 1839 g 3. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 81 

William K. Hopkins, elected Dec. i, 1869 

William B. R. Selby, 1 " Dec. i, 1872 



Commissioners of Insolvents. 

Act of March 13, 1812, to expire April i, 1815. 

Three Commissioners to be appointed by the Governor. This 
law was repealed, except as to pending cases, Dec. 21, 1812. 
April 29, 1814, the Insolvent Law was declared unconstitutional. 

Charles Jared Ingersoll, commissioned Mar. , 1812 

William Newbold, " Mar. , 1812 

John Conrad, " Mar. , 1812 

George Bartram, 2 July 14, 1812 

The Court of Criminal Sessions. 

FOE THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

This Court was organized in accordance with the Act of March 
19, 1838, and commenced its sessions on the first Monday in April, 
1838, with a President Judge and two Associates, learned in the law, 
all ex-officio Justices of the Peace, and to have all the powers and 
exclusive jurisdiction exercised by the Mayor's Court and the Re- 
corder's Court of the Northern Liberties, Kensington and Spring 
Garden. The Clerk of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be 
Clerk of the Court. "All the necessary records of the Mayor's 
Court, Recorder's Court, and of the Court of Quarter Sessions of 
the County of Philadelphia, shall be delivered to the Clerk of the 
Sessions Court." Laws of Penna, 1838, section 18, p. 125. 
Abolished by Act of 2jth February, 1840. 

1 Mr. Selby served until the Court was abolished, and then became by the 
Constitution of 1873, Prothonotary of the Common Pleas. The Bar seldom 
came in contact with the Prothonotaries. Their duties were performed by 
Deputies. The Seniors of the Bar have a vivid recollection of Matthias Coates, 
who was Chief Clerk previous to 1840, for many years. He was a character 
in his way, and made all the lawyers " stand from under" when he was in a 
bad humor. He was much liked, however. John L. Woolf was Deputy for 
Mr. Dale, and afterwards principal Deputy for Sheriff Lelar. Edwin T. Chase, 
succeeded Woolf as Chief Clerk, and held that office for a long time. 
The Bar will recall with pleasure Frederick A. Trego, James G. Gibson, Search- 
Clerk for many years, and afterwards Prothonotary of the Common Pleas; David 
A. Allison, who succeeded him as Search-Clerk, and continued in that position 
for a long period, and Benjamin M. Shain, who was for a long series of years 
a clerk; Henry T. Coleman, a former Appearance-Clerk, from 1845 ' 
1848; Horace L. Peterson, in the same position, and Pierre Chapouty, 
Chief Clerk, and also Robert E. Hackett, for many years one of the Clerks, 
who died Jan. 8, 1882, aged 72 years, all pleasant and obliging gentlemen. 

2 Appointed in the place of Conrad, who resigned. 



82 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

PRESIDENT JUDGE. 
James Todd, 1 appointed Mar. 28, 1838 

ASSOCIATE JUDGES. 

John Bouvier, 2 appointed Mar. 28, 1838 

Robert T. Conrad, 3 " Mar. 28, 1838 

The Court of General Sessions. 

FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF FEB. 27, 1840. 

Abolished by Act of Feb. 3, 1843. 

The Court of General Sessions was to consist of three Judges, 
learned in the law, and to have exclusive jurisdiction and cogni- 
zance of all matters of which the Court of Criminal Sessions then 
had jurisdiction, and with power to try all cases of murder, &c. 
And such duties as were incident to the Clerk of the Oyer and 
Terminer were to be performed by the Clerk of that Court ; and 
such as appertained to the Clerk of the Criminal Sessions were to 
continue to be performed by the Clerk of that Court. When the 
Court was abolished, the Court of Quarter Sessions was reinstated 
with all its former powers and original jurisdiction. 

PRESIDENT JUDGES. 

George W. Barton, 4 appointed Mar. 20, 1840 

Anson V. Parsons, 5 " Jan. , 1843 

ASSOCIATE JUDGES. 

Robert T. Conrad, appointed Mar. 20, 1840 

Joseph M. Doran, " Mar. 20, 1840 

CLERK. 
William O. Kline, , appointed Mar. 20, 1840 

The Clerks of the Court of Quarter Sessions. 

FOR THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

John Southern, commissioned date unknown 

Patrick Robinson, in office 13,3 mo., 1686 

David Lloyd, by Prov. Council i, 8 mo., 1686 

1 Of Fayctte county ; Attorney-General when appointed. 

* Recorder of Philadelphia. :l Recorder of the Northern Liberties. 

1 Judge Barton resigned Dec. 31, 1842. 

'On Feb. 3, 1843, the bill abolishing the General Sessions having been 
finally passed, the Governor revoked the appointment of Anson V. Parson* ;is 
I'u^ident Judge, and nominated him as an additional Judge of the Common 
Pleas, and the Senate confirmed him Feb. 8. He never presided. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



83 



James Claypoole, 1 . commissioned 

John Claypoole,' 2 " 
Robert Assheton, by City Charter 

Ralph Assheton, 3 in office 

Charles Read, died before 

Thomas Hopkinson, appointed 

Andrew Hamilton, " 

John Lawrence,* " 

William Parr, 5 his Deputy. 

Hilary Baker, commissioned 
Charles Biddle, 6 
Joseph Reed, 
Richard Bache, Jr., 

Tench Coxe, " 
William Runkle, Jr., 
Erasmus Thomas, 

Henry Shoemaker, " 

John Conrad, " 

Matthew Randall, " 

Bartholomew Graves, " 
Edward D. Corfield, 

William G. Conroy, " 

James Eneu, Jr., 7 " 

Andrew Flick, " 

John Thompson, Jr., " 

John Williams, " 

John A. Scanlan, " 

George M. Howell, " 

Joseph Crockett, " 

George H. Moore, " 
John C. Butler, 
Thomas H. Ash ton, 

Henry H. Bingham, " 

George Truman, " 



28, 12, 1688-9 
July 6, 1697 
Oct. 25, 1701 



Jan. 20, 1736-7 
Jan. 20, 1736-7 
Feb. 24, 1745 
Sept. 8, 1747 



Aug. 19, 


1777 

*7 1C\ A 


? 
Jan. 22, 


7794 
1800 


Nov. 9, 


1805 


Jan. 28, 


1815 


March 4, 


1818 


March 15, 


1821 


Nov. 2, 


1823 


Feb. 7, 


1824 




1829 


> 


Feb. 22, 


1830 


March 24, 


1836 


Jan. 20, 


1839 


Feb. 9, 


'839 


NOV. 22, 


1842 


Oct. 14, 


1845 


Nov. 25, 


1848 


NOV. 22, 


1851 


Nov. 10, 


1854 


Nov. 2, 


1857 


NOV. 22, 


1860 


Nov. 8, 


1866 


Nov. 1 6, 


1869 


Nov. i, 


1870 


Nov. 5, 


1878 



1 I C. R., 208, 214; died 1690. 
? In office; I Pa. Archives, 125. 

3 See 9 Pa. Archives, 699 ; 2d series. 

4 John Lawrence was appointed in the place of Andrew Hamilton, deceased ; 
5 C. K., 106 (1747), no, and held office until his death, January, 1775. Al- 
though it is stated in 9 Pa. Archives, 2d series, 699, that James Read was 
appointed Clerk of the Peace, June 4, 1752, it is probably an error. See 
Prothonotaries of Common Pleas. 

5 See 4 Pa. Archives, 601 and Aitken's Register for 1773, p. 30, &c. 

6 The Directory of 1794 says, Charles Biddle was Prothonotary of the county. 
The Directories of 1798 and 1799, under the head of the Common Pleas and 
Quarter Sessions, give Charles Biddle, " Prothonotary of said Court." 

7 James Eneu, Jr., under the Constitution of 1838, was elected on Oct. 8, 
1839, to serve three years from Dec. I. See Act July 2, 1839. 



84 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Isaac McBride, 1 ad interim . Sept. 29, 1879 

William R. Leeds, 2 appointed Oct. 4, 1879 

Win. E. Littleton, elected Nov. 2, 1880 

Interpreter 

FOR THE COURT OP QUARTER SESSIONS. 

Appointed by the Judges, term Jive years. 

Joseph Sanson, 3 appointed Feb. 8, 1869 

Joseph P. Galton, Chief Court Clerk of the Quarter Sessions, 
died on Jan. 22, 1879, aged 39 years. He entered the office of 
the Clerk of the Q. S. in 1857, when quite young, as an assistant 
to J. Orlando Tobias, the then Chief Court Clerk, and suc- 
ceeded him in that position in 1860. His death was announced 
in Judge Mitchell's Court by District Attorney Hagert, on the 
afternoon of the day of his death. He said, "It becomes my 
painful duty to announce to your Honor the decease of Joseph 
P. Galton, who was connected with this Court for a period of 
twenty-one years, and who was for more than eighteen years its 
Court Clerk. In the course of this long experience Mr. Galton 
had acquired a thorough knowledge of the business and practice 
of the Court, and was frequently consulted by the Judges in mat- 
ters arising in the progress of its daily business. Indeed, so 
thoroughly informed was he upon such matters, that although 
comparatively young in years, he filled the full measure of the old 
law writer's description of the aged and faithful clerk, who \\ us 
described as the 'right hand of the Court.' Ever faithful and 
attentive to his duties, courteous and obliging to all with whom 
he was brought into contact, his loss will be sensibly felt by the 
Court and the Bar. I deem it due to the memory of this 
efficient and faithful officer to bear this public testimony to his 
worth and ability, and as a mark of esteem in which he was held 
by the Judges, I move, your Honor, that a Minute of his death be 
entered on the Records of the Court." 

Judge Mitchell in a few feeling remarks eulogistic of the de- 

1 See the opinion of the City Solicitor of Oct. ,21, 1879. 
* Vice Truman, deceased. 

s In the edition of Purdon's Digest, by Brightly, 1853, it is said, in a note 
to an Act providing for the appointment of an Interpreter in Alleghany county. 
that the several sworn Interpreters of foreign languages in the City and County 
of Philadelphia shall be entitled to receive the same fees as the Alleghany 
County Interpreter for attendance on Courts. This Act was passed April 14, 
1838. In a note the compiler says that the only Act authorizing the appoint 
ment of an Interpreter in Philadelphia was the General Health Law of Jan. 29, 
1818, which gave him fees for his visits to vessels. On the 27th of March, 1865, 
a law was passed authorizing the appointment of an Interpreter in Philadelphia 
by the Governor; and one, for the C our t, by the Judges of the Common Pleas. 
See Com. ex. rel. Girard -vs. Sanson, 67 Pa. State Reports, 322. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 85 

ceased, said that he acquiesced in what Mr. Hagert had said, and 
ordered a Minute of the proceedings to be entered on the Records. 
The death of Mr. Galton was also announced in the old court 
room by Assistant District Attorney Reed ; and Judge Yerkes, 
after making an appropriate reply, ordered that the Court be ad- 
journed in respect to the memory of the deceased. These were 
exceptional honors to one occupying so subordinate a position ; 
but the moral is evident, 

" Honor and fame from no condition rise ; 
Act well your part, there all the honor lies." 

Prosecuting Attorneys for Philadelphia. 

This list is very unsatisfactory, but it is the best I could com- 
pile from the Reports and the memory of the older members of 
the Bar, and is, therefore, necessarily incomplete in many par- 
ticulars. Attorney-General Lear wrote me in 1878, that there 
were no lists of the Deputies on file in the Attorney-General's 
office. The Prosecuting Attorneys were / 

DEPUTY ATTORNEYS-GENERAL. l 

Joseph Barnes, appointed , 1810 

Peter A. Browne, " , 1811 

Edward Ingersoll, , 1814 

Peter A. Browne, O. 6 T. Jan'y , 1817 

Charles S. Coxe, Q. S. Jan'y , 1817 

Thomas Kittera, Mayor's Court Jan'y , 1817 

George M. Dallas, vice Kittera Jan'y , 1818 

William J. Duane, vice Dallas J an 'y > 1821 

Jasper Slaymaker, Mayor' 's Court Tan'y , 1821 

Thomas Kittera, S. C.&O.&T Feb'y 2, 1821 

George M. Dallas, Q. S. Feb'y 9, 1824 

Charles S. Coxe, Mayor's Court Feb'y 9, 1824 

Thomas M. Pettit, 5. C. & O. & T. Feb'y 9, 1824 

Samuel Rush, , 1826 

George M, Dallas, O. & T. , 1826 

Thomas M. Pettit, , 1826 

George M. Dallas, for the County, Feb. 22, 1828 

Samuel Rush, Mayor 1 s Court ,1828-9 

Augustus H. Richards, Q. S. , 1829 

1 All the Attorneys-General had their Deputies here, but some represented 
the Commonwealth themselves, particularly those residents of the city. Joseph 
B. McKean, 1800 to 1808; Richard Rush, 1811 ; Jared Ingersoll, 1811 to 
1816; Ellis Lewis, 1831; George M. Dallas, 1838; William B. Reed, 1838; 
Ovid F. Johnson, 1839 to 1845; Benjamin F. Champneys, 1846, and James 
C'ooper in 1848, appeared before the Courts here in person as the representa- 
tives of the Commonwealth. 
13 



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Thomas S. Smith, 
Philip S. Markley, 
Joel B. Sutherland, 
Michael W. Ash, 
John Wurts, 
Samuel Rush, 
Michael W. Ash, 
Joel B. Sutherland, 



for the County 

vice Smith 
for the County 

Q.S. 
Mayor 1 s Court 



O. &T. 

Q.S. 

Augustus H. Richards, Mayor's Court 
Joel B. Sutherland, O. & T. &. S. C. 
Michael W. Ash, 
John Wayne Ashmead, Q. S. 
Edward C. Watmough, Mayor's Court 
David S. Todd, for the County 

Ellis Lewis, 
Samuel Rush, 
Edward E. Law, 
George W. Barton, 
Henry M. Phillips, 1 
William L. Hirst, 1 
C. Wallace Brooke, 
Ashbel Green, Jr., 
William Badger, 
William A. Porter, 
J. Murray Rush, 
William D. Kelley, 
Francis Wharton, 
William D. Kelley, 
David Webster, 
William A. Stokes, 
David Webster, 
William Bradford Reed, 
Joseph P. Loughead, 



April , 1829 
Sept. , 1829 
Feb. , 1830 
Feb. 26, 1830 
Feb. , 1830 
-- , 1830 
-- , 1831 
-- , 1832 
Feb. -, 1833 
Feb. , 1833 
Feb. -, 1833 
-- , 1833 
Jan'y , 1834 
-- > 1835 



-- , 1838 
-- , 1839 
-- , 1839 
-- > 1839 
-- , 1840-1 
-- , 1841 
-- , 1842 
May 3, 1842 
, 1844 
- , 1845 
--- , 1845-6 
Jan'y , 1847 
Jan'y , 1847 
June 23, 1848 
June 23, 1848 
-- , 1849 
-- , 1849 



District Attorneys of Philadelphia. 

Previous to 1850 the prosecuting law officer for the Common- 
wealth in the different counties of the State, was appointed by the 
Attorney-General, and called the Deputy Attorney-General. By 
the Act of May 3, 1850, P. L., 654, the qualified voters of every 
county in the State were authorized to elect one person learned 
in the law, as District Attorney, for three years from the first 
Monday in November next after his election. By Article 14, of 

1 Messrs. Lewis, Phillips and Hirst, are mentioned in the reports as appear- 
ing for the Commonwealth, but I believe they were not Prosecuting Attorneys 
or Deputies in the strict sense, but only assisted the Attorneys-General in spe- 
cial cases. At the times stated Messrs. Barton and Brooke were Deputies for 
Ovid F. Johnson, the then Attorney-General. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 87 

the new Constitution, District Attorneys are declared to be 
county officers, and their terms begin on the first Monday in 
January next after their election, to represent the Commonwealth 
in all criminal and other prosecutions. Since that time the fol- 
lowing gentlemen have acted as District Attorneys for the judicial 
district, known as the City and County of Philadelphia. 

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. 

Horn R. Kneass, in office from 1850 to 1851 

His election contested successfully by 

William B. Reed, in office from 1851 to 1856 

Lewis C. Cassidy, 1 elected Nov. 3, 1856 

His election successfully contested by 

William B. Mann, in office from 1856 to 1868 

Joseph P. Loughead, " 1856 to 1859 

Dennis W. O'Brien, * Dep. Dist. Atfy, June 21, 1861 

Furman Sheppard,* elected Nov. 2, 1868 

Charles Gibbons, by the Court Oct. 25, 1869 

Furman Sheppard, " May 3, 1870 

William B. Mann, in office from 1871 to 1875 

Furman Sheppard, " 1875 to l8 7 8 

Henry S. Hagert, " 1878 to 1881 

George S. Graham, 4 elected Nov. 2, 1880 

1 The Act of April 27, 1857, which was passed with the intention of com- 
promising the contest between Mr. Mann and Mr. Cassidy, provided that there 
should be two District Attorneys, the Judges of the Quarter Sessions to appoint 
the additional District Attorney, but the Presiding Judge of the Court and his 
Associates refused to recognize the Act as a compromise, and the contest went 
on and was decided in favor of Mr. Mann. The Court then appointed Mr. 
Ixmghead the additional District Attorney. 

- District Attorney Mann was in service for over four months, in 1861, as 
Colonel of the 3ist Pennsylvania Volunteers, during which time Mr. O'Brien 
was his Deputy. He was the assistant of Mr. Reed during the latter's term. 
Mr. Mann's son, Charles Naylor, was his assistant after his admission to the Bar 
in 1862. The late Judge Thomas Bradford Dwight and William H. Ruddi- 
nian, were also Mr. Mann's assistants. 

'' Mr. Sheppard had certificate of election, and was sworn in. Mr. Gibbons 
contested his election, and the Court declared him elected, Oct. 25, 1869; 
afterwards the Court discovered they had made an error in counting the votes, 
so on May 3, 1870, reversed their former decision and declared Mr. Sheppard 
duly elected. His assistants during the time he held office were, Henry S. 
Hagert, Robert P. Dechert, and William Wilson Ker. 

Mr. Hagert's assistants were, John R. Reed, Dallas Sanders, and William 
Wilson Ker, now an assistant to the Att'y-Gen. of the United States. 

* District Attorney George S. Graham made the following appointments : 
First Assistant. Francis Amede Bregy. Second Assistant. Charles Franklin 
Warwick. Third Assistant. John Lippincott Kinsey. Clerk. James Murray- 
Rush Jermon. Mr. Bregy was Assistant under Col. Mann. 



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Salaries of County Officers, 

OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. 
Act of March 31, 1876. 

District Attorney, $15,000 

First Assistant, 6,000 

Second Assistant, 5>ooo 

Third Assistant, 3,o 

Sheriff, 15,000 

Coroner, 6,000 

Deputy Coroner, 2,500 

Prothonotary of the Common Pleas, 10,000 
Clerk of the Quarter Sessions, Oyer and 

Terminer and General Jail Delivery, 10,000 

Recorder of Deeds, 12,000 
Register of Wills, who is also Clerk of 

the Orphans' Court, 10,000 

Treasurer, 10,000 

Commissioners (each), 5,000 

Controller, - 10,000 

City Solicitors. 

By Ordinance of Feb. 27, iSoi, 1 an Attorney and Solicitor 
for the Corporation was authorized to be appointed by the Mayor, 
salary $500. I am indebted to the late estimable Chief Justice 
John Meredith Read for this list of the City Solicitors, and for 
encouraging me to compile these lists for preservation and future 
reference. 



Jared Ingersoll, 2 
Joseph Hopkinson, 
Mahlon Dickerson, 
William Meredith, 
William Mcllhenny, Jr., 
Joseph Reed, 
William Meredith, 
Randal Hutchinson, 
E. Spencer Sergeant, 
John Read, 3 
Thomas McKean Pettit, 



appointed 



1798 
1801 
1801 
1808 
1809 
1810 
1811 
1813 
1814 
1818 
1820 



1 ( >rclinance repealed Dec. 28, 1815. Ordinance of April 10, 1817, author- 
ized the Mayor to appoint a Solicitor, whose services were to be paid for accord- 
ing to their value. And this was the rule until the passage of the ( )rdinance of 
Aug. 29, 1839, which authorized Councils, yearly, in Jan., to elect a Solicitor. 

'Judge James T. Mitchell, formerly assistant under Mr. Lex, has a letter 
signed by Jared Ingersoll, dated in 1798, as City Solicitor. 

*John Read, City Solicitor in 1818, was the father of the late Chief 
Read, City Solicitor in 1830. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 89 

Robert Wharton Sykes, appointed 1823 

John K. Kane, " 1829 

John Meredith Read, " 1830 

John K. Kane, " 1831 ' 

Edward Olmsted, 1 1833 

Isaac Hazelhurst, elected ^54 

William A. Porter, 2 " 1856 

William L. Hirst, by Councils 1857 

Henry T. King, 3 ' elected 1858 

Charles E. Lex, " 1860 

Frederick Carroll Brewster, 4 " 1862 

James Lynd, by Councils 1866 

Thomas J. Barger, 5 elected 1868 

Thomas J. Worrell, 6 in office 1869 

Charles H. T. Collis, elected 1871 

William Nelson West, 7 " X 877 

Solicitors of the Districts. 

FOR PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. 

Previous to Consolidation, 1854. 

John Lewis Leib, in office from 1809 to 1817 

John Hallowell, appointed 1817 to 1818 

William Delany, " 1818 to 1822 

Richard Peters, Jr., " May , 1822 

Thomas Sergeant, " April, , 1825 

Charles Taylor, " 1833 to 1836 

Wm. Bradford Reed, " 1836 to 1841 

Charles Wallace Brooke, " T an 'y ? 1841 

William Deal Baker, " , 1841 

George M. Dallas " June , 1841 

1 Mr. Olmsted held the office for 21 years. 

- George L. Ashmead was first assistant City Solicitor for Mr. Porter. 

3 The first assistant under Mr. King, and also under Mr. Lex, was David 
W. Sellers. The other assistants under Lex, were the present Judges, Fin- 
letter and Mitchell and Simon Gratz. 

4 Mr. Brewster was elected in 1862 for three years, re-elected in 1865, re- 
signed in 1866, having been elected as Associate Judge of the Common Pleas. 

5 Mr. Barger's election was successfully contested by Mr. Worrell, who was 
declared City Solicitor, in 1869. 

8 Henry R. Edmunds was Assistant City Solicitor from Feb. 25, 1870, to 
Feb. 14, 1871. William P. Messick, A. Atwood Grace, William H. Yerkes, 
William N. Ashman, Lorin Burritt, Joshua Spering, Joseph K. Fletcher and 
|ohn H. Seltzer for the Guardians of the Poor, -were also assistants under Mr. 
Worrell. 

7 Assistants to Mr. West are, Charles E. Morgan, Jr., John K. McCarthy, 
and Francis Alexander Osbourn, Solicitor for the Guardians of the Poor, and 
Abraham M. Beitler, Charles Barnsley McMichael, Robert W. Finletter, 
William H. Addicks, Robert T. Corson, fohn Scott, Jr., M. Verner Simpson 
and Thomas Corwin Cheston. 



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Benjamin H. Brewster, 1 appointed June , 1841 

Henry M. Phillips, May 6, 1845 

Peter A. Browne, May , 1845 

'Horn R. Kneass, May ,1847-8 

Elihu DeKalb Tarr, Oct. , 1849 

Joseph Pfeiffer Loughead, 1 " , 1850 

William Deal Baker, " Dec. , 1851 

FOR SOUTHWARK. 

Incorporated by Act of March 26, 1762. 

And by Act of April 18, 1794." 

Joseph M. Doran, in office , 1835 

Peter Crans, elected Oct. , 1839 

John W. Ashmead, " - , 1848 

FOR THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES. 

District formed by Act of March 28, 1803. 
Solicitor to be elected by Ordinance of June i, 1830. 

James A. M ah any, appointed 

Charles Naylor, elected from 

Marshall Sprogell, 

William M. Kennedy, vice Sprogell 

Robert B. Knight. elected 

William Wilkinson, " 

John Wayne Ashmead, 

Frederick C. Brightly, 

John F. Belsterling, ' " 

James Goodman, " 

FOR MOYAMENSING. 
District created by Act of March 24, 1812. 

Henry Helmuth, elected , 1831 

Samuel F. Reed, " June , 1838 

Horn R. Kneass, " J&39 to 1842 

Samuel F. Reed, 3 " July , 1842 

1 Attorneys for forfeited recognizances. 

'The reason why it is impossible to obtain a list of the Solicitors of South - 
wark is, because no such list was ever made out by any person. The Minute- 
books of the Corporation pf Southwark, as well as of all other districts. \vi- re- 
ordered to be placed in charge of City Councils after Consolidation. This di 
rection was but partially enforced. Many of the books were carried off !>y 
individuals. I saw, some years ago, a Minnte-book of the Corporation of 
Southwark in the possession of a gentleman of this city, who claimed it to be 
his private property. It is said that for some years after Consolidation, a large 
number of books belonging to the District Corporations, with other papers, were 
stored over the Mayor's office at Fifth and Chestnut streets; but I have not 
been able to verify this statement. 

3 Appointed pro tern,, vice Kneass, resigned. 




OF PHILADELPHIA. 91 

James Hanna, elected , 1845 

Robert K. Scott, " Nov. , 1845 
Francis Dimond, -, 1847-8 

William D. Barnes, 1 Dec. 4, 1848 

Francis Dimond, J an 'y I ? l &5 

Andrew Miller, " Dec. , 1851 

Lewis C. Cassidy, " , 1852 

John Wayne Ashmead, , 1853 

Edward C. Quin, " , 1854 

FOR SPRING GARDEN. 

District established by Act of March 23, 1813. 

Solicitors elected by Ordinance of June 18, 1832. 

Peter A. Browne, appointed Jan'y , 1820 

James Page, " J an 'y > 1824 

Samuel Chew, " , 1826 

Robert Bethell, elected , 1832 

Eli K. Price, , 1833 

John Miles, in office , 1835 

Charles Naylor, elected Dec. , 1835 

EH K. Price, " Dec. , 1837 

Henry M. Phillips, Dec. 8, 1841 

Joseph Allison, Dec. 4, 1848-51 

Robert Bethell, " Dec. , 1851 

Leonard Myers. , 1854 

FOR KENSINGTON. 

Incorporated by Act of March 6, 1820. 

Office created by Ordinance of Nov. 7, 1843. 

John M. Read, appointed Sept. -, 1842-6 

Elihu DeKalb Tarr, 2 , 1846-50 

John G. Michener, " , 1850 

Harlan Ingram, " , 1852 

John G. Michener, " , 1854 

FOR PENN TOWNSHIP. 

Created by Act of . March 21, 1827. 
Incorporated by Act of Feb. 26, 1844. 

George M. Wharton, appointed , 1844 

J. Murray Rush, 1845 to ^46 

Horn R. Kneas, " 1848 to 1850 

David Webster, " Oct. 22, 1850 

Henry T. Grout, " , 1851 

David Webster, , 1854 

1 Collector of outstanding debts, 1847-8. 
- See his Digest of the Ordinances. 



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FOR WEST PHILADELPHIA. 

Created a Borough, Feb. 17, 1844. 
Title changed to District, April 3, 1851. 

Henry M. Phillips, appointed May 3, 1842 

George Emlen, " April , 1849 

George L. Ashmead, 1 " before .1850 

William W. Wallace, " June , 1850 

Henry M. Phillips, 1851 to 1854 

FOR RICHMOND. 

Incorporated Feb. 27, 1847. 

William E. Lehman, appointed April , 1847 

Edward C. Graeff, " Oct'r , 1849 

Thomas W. Higgins, " 1853 and 1854 

FOR MANAYUNK BOROUGH. 
Charles D. Freeman, appointed April , 1847 

FOR THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 

Samuel E wing, in office 1812 to 1818 

Charles Naylor, " 1835 to 1838 

Benjamin Gerhard, " 1838 to 1841. 

J. Altamont Phillips, " 1841 to 1854 

FOR THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR. 
James Mil nor. in office , 1809 



Richard Rush, 
Samuel Ewing, 
James A. Mahany, 
Joel B. Sutherland, 
John M. Scott, 
James Hanna, 



1810 

1815 



before , 1822 
1822 to 1835 
1835 to 1850 



Charles Gilpin, resigned Feb. , 1850 

Henry S. Hagert, in office Oc. 16,1850-54 

Since the Act of Consolidation the City Solicitor or his assist- 
ants, represent all the Departments of the city. 

The Recorder's Court, 

OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES, KENSINGTON AND 

sl'IUNG GARDEN. 

Established by Aft of June 16, 1836. 

This Court was abolished by Act of March 19, 1838, creating 
the Court of Criminal Sessions. It was irreverently called " The 
Flaxseed Court." 

1 Sec copy of Ordinances, edited by him in 1851. 



or PHILADELPHIA. 93 

PRESIDENT. 
Robert T. Conrad, commissioned July 16, 1836 

ASSOCIATES. 
The Aldermen of the Districts. 

I have had no opportunity of examining the Records of the 
Districts ; in fact, I believe they have all been destroyed, hence 
these imperfect lists. There were ho City Directories printed in 
1836 or 1838, and that of 1837 contains no lists of the Aldermen, 
except those of the City proper. Being unable to find out the 
names of the gentlemen who sat as Associates, application was 
made to the author of the History of Philadelphia for any infor- 
mation he had on the subject. He replied as follows : 

" By an Act passed in 1 832, seven Aldermen were to be appointed for the Dis- 
trict of the Northern Liberties. John T. Goodman, Nathan Harper, John Laws, 
|ohn R. Walker, Frederick Wolbert, Peter Hay and John Conrad were ap- 
pointed in 1833. Some one of these must have died, resigned or declined, 
because Mordecai Y. Bryant was appointed April I7th, 1833, in the place of 
somebody; John M. Cannon was appointed April 1510,1834; and Michael 
Andress April i6th, 1836. The three latter were probably in commission at 
the time the Recorder's Court was created ; but we do not know which four 
of the seven first above named were in service at that time. The Spring Gar- 
den Aldermen, by Act of 1832, were four in number. There were appointed 
in 1833 : Morton McMichael, Charles Souder, John L. Woolf and Freeman 
Scott. June 2Oth, 1836. Martin W. Alexander was appointed. We presume 
that he was the successor of Charles Souder, who died. June 2, 1836. By Act 
of 1832 four Aldermen were to be appointed for the District of Kensington, 
and in 1834 the number was increased to five. In 1833 the four Aldermen 
were : Hugh Clark, Isaac Boileau, Robert Hodgson and David Snyder. 
William B. Mott was appointed December 7th, 1835. On December gth, 1836, 
Samuel Weyant replaced one of the foregoing, but we do not know who." 
Frederick Wolbert, an Alderman of the Northern Liberties, died June 19, 1836. 

The Mayors, 

OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES. 

Under the Acts of June 16, 1836, and March 7, 1840. 

John Conrad, from 1836 to 1840 

Edward D. Corfield, 1 July 13, 1840 

John M. Cannon, " 1840 to 1844 

John F. Belsterling, " 1844 to 1849 

William Wilkinson, " 1849 to I ^5 I 

George M. Howell, 1851 to 1854. 

1 Corfield was elected by the Board of Commissioners, for the unexpired 
term of Conrad, who resigned. 
13 



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The Mayors, 

OF THE CITY OP PHILADELPHIA. 

Hanging in the office of the Mayor will be found portraits of 
all the gentlemen who have held this office, except that of Captain 
Matthew Lawler and that of Col. James Nelson Baker, of whom 
no likenesses are known to exist. 



Edward Shippen, by the Charter 

Anthony Morris, by Common Council 

Griffith Jones, " 

Joseph Wilcox, 

Nathan Stanbury, 

Thomas Masters, 

Richard Hill, 

William Carter, 

Samuel Preston, 

Jonathan Dickinson, 

George Roche, 

Richard Hill, 

Jonathan Dickinson, 

William Fishbourne, 

James Logan, 

Clement Plumsted, 

Isaac Norris, 

William Hudson, 

Charles Read, 

Thomas Lawrence, 

Thomas Griffitts, 

Samuel Hasell, 

Thomas Griffitts, 

Thomas Lawrence. 

William Allen, 

Clement Plumsted, 

Thomas Griffitts, 

Anthony Morris, 

Edward Roberts, 

Samuel Hasell, 

Clement Plumsted, 

William Till, 

Benjamin Shoemaker, 

Edward Shippen, 

James Hamilton, 

William Attwood, 

Charles Willing, 

Thomas Lawrence, 

William Plumsted, 



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OF PHILADELPHIA. y ; "> 

Robert Strettell, by Common Council Oct. i, 1751 

Benjamin Shoemaker, Oct. 3, 1752 

Thomas Lawrence, Oct. 2, [753 

Charles Willing, " Oct. i, 1754 

William Plumsted, Dec. 4, 1754 

Attwood Shute, " Oct. 5, 1756 

Thomas Lawrence, Oct. 15, 1758 

John Stamper, " Oct. 2, 1759 

Benjamin Shoemaker, " Oct. 7, 1760 

Jacob Duche, " Oct. 6, 1761 

Henry Harrison, " Oct. 5, 1762 

Thomas Willing, " Oct. 4, 1763 

Thomas Lawrence, " Oct. 2, 1764 

John Lawrence, " Oct. i, 1765 

Isaac Jones, " Oct. 6, 1767 

Samuel Shoemaker, " Oct. 3, 1769 

John Gibson, Oct. i, 1771 

William Fisher, Oct. 5, 1773 

Samuel Rhoads, " Oct. 4, 1774 

Samuel Powel, " Oct. 3, 1775 

THE REVOLUTION,' office vacant 1776 to 1789 

Samuel Powel, by the Councils Oct. 2, 17891 

Samuel Miles, " Oct. i, 1790 

John Barclay, " Oct. 7, 1791 

1 During the occupation of Philadelphia by the British, Samuel Shoemaker 
was continued the first Magistrate of Police, by the King's authority. He died 
Oct. 10, 1800, aged 76. years. See Pou/son's Advertiser, Oct. II, 1800. The 
author of the History of Philadelphia replied to a query, " How was the city 
governed during the Revolution, from 1776 to 1789 ?" in the Sunday Dispatch 
of Oct. 15, 1882, that, " The last election for Mayor under the Proprietary Char- 
ter, was on the 3d day of October, 1775, and there had been no meeting for six 
months previously. There was no meeting afterward until the 1 7th of February, 
1776, and that was the last upon the Minutes. Why the City Charter was con- 
sidered to be superseded by the events of the Revolution, is a political rather 
than a legal question. By the events of the Revolution the people claimed to 
have succeeded to every right which the Proprietaries had under the royal Char-- 
ter, and which the Assembly and every local government had. It was an accepted 
fact, after the 4th of July, 1776, that the old government was overthrown. The 
Convention of the State of Pennsylvania, in 1776, appointed a large number of 
Justices of the Peace for the City and County, among whom were Benjamin 
Franklin, John Dickinson and George Bryan. They were required, before 
assuming their duties, to take an oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania, 
and renunciation of the authority of George HI. Under the Constitution of 
1776, Justices were elected, two for each ward, &c., and they were commis- 
sioned March 28th, 1777, for the city, and for the city and county June 6th, of 
the same year. After that justices were appointed and elected for the city up- 
to the time of the second City Charter. No Aldermen were appointed within . 
that period. During the interval the municipal government was suspended. 
The affairs of the city seemed to have been carried on by Councils of Safety, 
Wardens and Street Commissioners officers having authority under old Acts 
nf Assembly. The Wardens had control of lighting the streets, and the Com- 



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Matthew Clarkson, by the Councils 

Hilary Baker, 

Robert Wharton, 

John Inskeep, 

Matthew Lawler, 

John Inskeep, 

Robert Wharton, " 

John Barker, 

Robert Wharton, 

Michael Keppele, 

John Barker, 

John Geyer, " 

Robert Wharton, " 

James Nelson Barker, " 

Robert Wharton, " 

Joseph Watson, 

George Mifflin Dallas, 1 

Benjamin Wood Richards, " 

William Milnor, " 

Benjamin Wood Richards, 1 " 

John Swift, " 

Isaac Roach, " 

John Swift, " 

John Morin Scott, elected 

Peter McCall, " 

John Swift, " 

Joel Jones, " 

Charles Gilpin, 

Robert Taylor Conrad, 3 " 

Richard Vaux, 3 " 

Alexander Henry, 8 " 

Morton McMichael, 8 " 

missioners of paving them and keeping the highways in repair. \Ve preMime 
thai there were no watchmen during the Revolution, except the military guards. 
This whole subject is worthy of special study by some one who has a legal 
education and plenty of time for investigation. An exceedingly interesting 
paper in reference to the interregnum in municipal, as well as in State affairs, 
could be written. In regard to offences triable in the City Court, as there was 
no such tribunal during the Revolution, all cases of crime had to be tried in 
the Quarter Sessions for the County of Philadelphia because in law, or at 
least by general consent, there was no City of Philadelphia in existence." 

1 By the Act of April 4, 1796, the Councils were to elect the Mayor on the 
third Tuesday in October. The Act of April 10, 1826, repealed the 5th section 
of the Act of April 4, 1796, requiring the Mayor to be elected from among the 
Aldermen, and authorized Councils to elect any citizen, and the Act of June 
21, 1839, gave the people the right to elect the Mayor, Councils to elect where 
no candidate received a majority ; in 1839 Swift was elected by Councils. 

'Died July 12, 1851, aged 53 years. 

3 Inaugurated. Joseph F. Marcer has been Mayor's Clerk since Jan. I, 1873. 



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OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Daniel Miller Fox, 1 elected 

William StrumburgStokley, 1 " 
Samuel George King, 2 " 



Jan'y 
Jan' i 
April 



4, 1869 
i, 1872 
4, 1881 



The Recorders, 

OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

See Minutes of the Common Council, <2rY. 

Thomas Story, by the City Charter Oct. 

David Lloyd, by Common Council 

Robert Assheton, " Aug. 

Andrew Hamilton, " June 

William Allen, " Aug. 

Tench Francis, " Oct. 

Benjamin Chew, " Aug. 

Andrew Allen, 3 " June 
Alexander Wilcocks, by Councils 

Alexander J. Dallas, by Governor 

Moses Levy, " 
Mahlon Dickerson, 
Joseph Reed, 
Joseph Mcllvaine/ 
John Bouvier, 



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7i 

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25, 



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1702 
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1741 
175 



Samuel Rush, 5 
Richard Vaux, 6 
Robert M. Lee, 
Joseph Eneu, 
James Given, 7 
Matthew Stanley Quay, 8 
David H. Lane, 



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April 

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Jan'y 



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9, 

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Police Magistrates. 

In accordance with the requirements of the i2th Section of 
Article V, of the Constitution of 1873, tne Assembly, by Act of 
Feb. 5, 1875, authorized the election of a Police Magistrate, (to 
serve for five years from the first Monday in April), for every 
30,000 inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia. The Courts 
therefor to be located by Councils, and indicated by numbers; 
the Magistrates to choose their Courts by lot ; and in the election 

1 Inaugurated. 

'-' Klected under the Constitution of 1873, on the third Tuesday in Feb., the 
term of office to commence the first Monday in April next ensuing. 
:i Andrew Allen was declared a traitor, and the office was vacant until 1789. 
4 Resigned in December, 1835. 5 Resigned July 22, 1841. 

6 Resigned May 17, 1847. 

7 Given died, Oct. II, 1880, aged 46 years. 

* Appointed under the Act of April 18, 1878. Resigned Jan. 28, 1879. 



98 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

for Magistrates, no voter to vote for more than two-thirds of the 
number to be elected. By the Constitution the office of Alder- 
man, in Philadelphia, was abolished. 

1. Jesse S. Bonsall, elected Feb. 16, 1875 

2. William B. Collins, " Feb. 16, 1875 

3. Andrew Alexander, Sr., " Feb. 16, 1875 

4. T. Sprole Leisenring, " Feb. 16, 1875 

5. William H. List, " Feb. 16, 1875 

6. Hugh Franklin Ken nedy, " Feb. 16, 1875 

7. John McClintock, " , Feb. 16, 1875 

8. Robert R. Smith, " Feb. 16, 1875 

9. William A. Thorp. " Feb. 16, 1875 

10. John F. Pole, " Feb. 16, 1875 

11. Wilson Ker, " Feb. 16, 1875 

12. Ezra Lukens. " Feb. 16, 1875 

13. Charles E. Pancoast, " Feb. 16, 1875 

14. John Develin, 1 " Feb. 16, 1875 

15. Luke V. Sutphen, " Feb. 16, 1875 

16. Stuart Field, " Feb. 16, 1875 

17. Henry Smith, " Feb. 16, 1875 

18. Benton O. Severn, Feb. 16, 1875 

19. David Hanley Stone, " Feb. 16, 1875 

20. Alfred T. Snyder, " Feb. 16, 1875 

21. Thaddeus Stearne, " ' Feb. 16, 1875 
'22. George R. Krickbaum, " Feb. 16, 1875 

23. Thomas H. Clark, " Feb. 16, 1875 

24. Thomas Randall, " Feb. 16, 1875 

14. John T. Thompson, 1 appointed Feb. 19, 1878 

15. Joseph S. Allen, 2 " Sept. 14, 1879 

SECOND TERM. 

1. William A. Thorp, elected Feb. 17, 1880 

2. John King Findlay, " Feb. 17, 1880 

3. Henry H. Everly, 8 Feb. 17, 1880 

4. Hugh Collins, " Feb. 17, 1880 

5. William H. List, " Feb. 17, 1880 

1 Develin died, May ii, 1877, and John T. Thompson was appointed by the 
Governor to fill the vacancy, and elected Feb. 19, 1878, for five years. 

- Appointed by the Governor vice Sutphen, dec'd. By the Act, the Governor 
fills a vacancy until the first Monday in the next succeeding April. The va 
cincy to be supplied at next municipal election, for the full term of five years, 
as in case of Thompson, of Court No. 14. 

' Henry H. Everly, of Court No. 3, died May 23, 1881, aged 45, and on 
May 26, Lieut. James L. Brown was appointed to fill the vacancy, and elected 
on the third Tuesday in February, 1882, to serve five years from the first Mon 
day in April. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 99 

6. John B. Martin, elected Feb. 17, 1880 

7. John McClintock, " Feb. 17, 1880 

8. Robert R. Smith, " Feb. 17, 1880 

9. Richard J. Lennon, " Feb. 17, 1880 
10. John F. Pole, " Feb. 17, 1880 
n. Albert H. Ladner, " Feb. 17, 1880 

12. Ezra Lukens, " Feb. 17, 1880 

13. Charles Brown, " Feb. 17, 1880 

14. John T. Thompson, Feb. 19, 1878 

15. Joseph S. Allen, " Feb. 17, 1880 

16. William P. Becker, " Feb. 17, 1880 

17. Henry S. Myers, " Feb. 17, 1880 

18. Benton O. Severn, " Feb. 17, 1880 

19. Joseph S. Riley, " Feb. 17, 1880 

20. Robert J Barr, " Feb. 17, 1880 

21. Thomas W. South, " Feb. 17, 1880 

22. George R. Krickbaum, " Feb. 17. 1880 

23. Thomas H. Clark. " Feb. 17, 1880 

24. Thomas Randall, " Feb. 17, 1880 
3. James L. Brown, appointed May 26. 1881 

The High Sheriffs, 

OF PHILADELPHIA. 

By the Frame of Government, of April 25, 1682, i C. R., xxvii., 
the freemen of the counties were to elect annually, on April 23d, 
" a double number of persons to serve for Sheriffs, Justices of the 
Peace and Coroners, for the year next ensuing, out of which re- 
spective elections and presentments, the Governor, or his Deputy, 
shall nominate and commissionate the proper number for each 
office the third day after the said presentments; or else the first- 
named in such presentment for each office shall stand and serve 
for that office the year ensuing." No Sheriff could continue in 
office more than three successive years, or be capable of being 
again elected during four years afterwards. By the Constitution, 
Sept. 4, 1790, Article 6, Section i, the people were to elect two 
persons, the Governor to appoint one of them. See also Act of 
Sept. 29, 1789. No person to be chosen twice in any six years. 
The same law applies to Coroners, and should the Sheriff die, the 
Coroner of the proper county shall execute his office. They shall 
hold their offices for three years, and until a successor shall be 
duly qualified. The amended Constitution of 1838 says, in re- 
gard to Sheriffs and Coroners : One person shall be chosen for 
each office, who shall be commissioned by the Governor. Vacan- 
cies to be filled by an appointment, to be made by the Governor, 
until the next general election, and until a successor shall be duly 
qualified. The Coroner to execute the duties of the office until 



100 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



another Sheriff shall be duly commissioned. No person shall be 
chosen or appointed twice in any term of six years. 

John Test, 1 
Benjamin Chambers, 
Samuel Hersent,* 
William Carter, 
John Claypoole, 3 
John White, 
John Claypoole, 4 
Dr. John Crapp, 5 
Thomas Farmer, 6 
John Finney, 7 
Benjamin Wright, 8 
John Budd, 9 
John Finney, 10 
Peter Evans, 
John Budd, 
Owen Roberts, 11 
Owen Owen, 12 
Charles Read, 
Septimus Robinson, 
Joseph Brientnall, 
Septimus Robinson," 
John Hyatt, 
Nicholas Scull, 
Richard Sewell, 1 * 

I Mentioned as Sheriff; late a merchant of London, and Sheriff of Chester 
county. See Smith's History of Delaware County, 529. 

2 Commission extended one year, and commission recorded; i C. R.. 121. 
*Held office until 4th II mo., 1689-90; I C. R., 280. 

4 He was deposed as Clark and Sheriff, Feb. 12, 1697-8; I C. R., 498. 

5 Chirurgeon (i C. R., 478], mentioned as a former Sheriff; 2 C. R., 15. 

'He is mentioned as Sheriff, June 20, 1700, in the State Paper Office, Lon- 
don. As former Sheriff, July 14, 1701 ; 2 C. R., 20. He resigned his office 
"totransport himself to England;" loth, 6th mo., 1703; 2 C. A'., 98. 

7 John Budd was elected in October, 1704, but the Lieut. Governor refused 
to commission him, and continued Finney; 2 Logan Papers, 185. 

8 Ousted for an official failure, Feb. 6, 1706; 2 C. J?., 241, 369. 

9 In office until October, 1706; 2 Logan Papers, 185. 

10 Called "present Sheriff." John Budd and Henry Flower, were elected 
Sheriffs, Oct. I, 1706; but the Lieut. Governor refused to notice their election. 
and Captain John Finney is called "present Sheriff," (2 C. R., 308). Finney 
resigned, Feb. i, 1706-7. 

II Mentioned as Sheriff of the previous year, and re-elected. No Sheriff men 
tioned by name in 1722, 1723, 1724 and 1725, 

12 Died Aug. 5, 1741. 13 Died Jan. 7, 1767. 

14 In Colonial Records, Richard Sewell. See 5 C. R., 120. In Minutes oj 
Common Council, 546, it is Shewell. His signature is Sewell; but these art- 
but two spellings of the same family name. 



mentioned 


Mar. 10, 1682-3 


commissioned 


Oct. 24, 1683 


it 


Oct. 23, 1684 


it 


Nov. 19, 1686 


n 


18,9 mo., 1687 


in office 


April 26, 1693 


sworn in 


April 29, 1693 


mentioned 


21, 3 mo., 1701 


appointed 


Oct. 25, 1701 


< < 


10, 6 mo., 1703 


commissioned 


Oct. 4, 1705 


appointed 


Feb. 6, 1705-6 


in office 


Jan. 27, 1706-7 


mentioned 


April 18, 1707 


n 


May 19, 1712 





Oct. 3, 1717 


commissioned 


Oct. 4, 1726 





Oct. 4, 1729 


it 


Oct. 3, 1732 





Oct. 3, 1735 





Oct. 4, 1738 





Oct. 3, 1741 


a 


Oct. 4, 1744 





Oct. 3, 1747 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



101 



Isaac Griffiths, 1 
Samuel Morris, 
James Coultas, 
Samuel Morris, 2 
Joseph Redman, 2 
William Parr, 
Joseph Redman, 
Judah Foulke, 
William Dewees, 
William Masters, 3 
James Claypoole/ 
William Will, 
Thomas Proctor, 
Joseph Cowperthwaite, 
James Ash, 5 
William Will, 
John Baker, 
Jonathan Penrose, 
Israel Israel, 
Gen'l John Barker, 6 
William T. Donaldson, 
Col. Francis Johnston, 
Jacob Filler, 
Thomas Truxtun, 7 
Caleb North, 
Jacob G. Tryon, 8 
John Douglass, 9 
Jacob Strembeck, 
George Rees, 
Benjamin Duncan, 
John G. Watmough, 
Daniel Fitler, 
Henry Morris, 10 
William A. Porter, 11 



commissioned 



elected 

appointed 

elected 



appointed 
elected 



appointed 



Oct. 


3' 


^S 


March 6, 


1752 


Oct. 


4, 


*755 


Oct. 


25, 


1758 


Oct. 


4, 


1762 


Oct. 


4, 


1764 


Oct. 


5> 


1767 


Oct. 


4, 


1770 


Oct. 


4, 


1773 


Oct. 


5 


1776 


June 


13, 


1777 


Oct. 


14, 


1780 


Oct. 


20, 


1783 


Oct. 


14, 


1785 


Oct. 


30, 


1788 


1791 


to 


1794 


1794 


to 


1797 


1797 


to 


1800 


1800 


to 


1803 


1803 


to 


1807 


1807 


to 


1810 


1810 


to 


1813 


1813 


to 


1816 


1816 


to 


1819 


1819 


to 


1822 


Oct. 


Z 9> 


1822 


1823 


to 


1826 


1826 


to 


1829 


1829 


to 


1832 


1832 


to 


1835 


1835 


to 


1838 


1838 


to 


1841 






1841 




J 


Dec. 


, 


1842 



1 See 5 C. R., 561 ; March 6, 1752. Dismissed from office. 

2 See 3 Pa. Archives, (ist series,) 635. Sheriff for 1761 not named, no doubt 
Redman, as it appears to have been the rule to elect the same person for three 
years successively. 

3 He declined to act or to qualify, and the office appears to have been vacant 
until June 13, 1777; n C. R., 217,222. 

4 See in 8 Archives, 321, his letter of June 14, 1780, in reference to his ser- 
vices. 5 See 15 C. R., 567, 579. 

6 At the election in 1806, there was "no choice," and Barker remained in 
office until 1807. 

7 Commodore Thomas Truxtun was a distinguished officer of the United 
States Navy, from which he had resigned. He died in Philadelphia, in 1822, 
aged 77 years. 8 Died in 1823. 

9 Afterwards regularly elected and commissioned. 

10 Died suddenly, Dec. i, 1842. "Appointed by Governor. 

14 i 



102 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Morton McMichael, elected 

Henry Lelar, 

William Deal, 

Samuel Allen, 

George Megee, 1 

William H. Kern, 

Robert Ewing. 2 

John Thompson, in office 

Henry C. Howell, elected 

Col. Peter Lyle, 

William R. Leeds, 

William Elliott, 

William H. Wright, 3 

Enoch Taylor, 

George deBenneville Keim, 

Treasurers, 

OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

Edward Shippen, appointed 

Owen Roberts, (called Receiver) 



William Fishbourne, 4 appointed 

Samuel Hasell, in office 

Benjamin Shoemaker, appointed 

Samuel Shoemaker, 5 " 

John Shee. 6 in office 

George A. Baker, " 

James E. Smith, " 

John Bacon, " 

Cornelius Stevenson, elected 

John Lindsay, " 

Dr. F. Knox Morton, in office 
William V. McGrath, 

Benjamin H. Brown, " 

Dr. James McClintock. 7 " 

Henry Bumm, " 
Joseph North Piersol, 

Joseph Favinger Marcer, " 
Peter Arrell Browne Widener, ' ' 

Delos P. South worth, " 

Joseph J. Martin, elected 

William B. Irvine, " 

1 Died Jan. 18, 1882, aged 70. 

2 His election was contested successfully, by Alderman John Thompson. 

3 See Constitution of 1873, Article XIV, Section I. 

4 Fishbourne was Treasurer July 24, 1728. When Hasell was appointed 
does not appear; he held office at his death, in 1751. See Minules of Council. 

5 Appointed in the place of Benjamin Shoemaker, and still in office Oct. 3, 
1775. 6 See Accounts of Penna., p. 47. T Died Oct. 18, 1882, aged 73. 



1843 


to 


1846 


1846 


to 


1849 


1849 


to 


1852 


1852 


to 


i855 


1855 


to 


1858 


1858 


to 


1861 


1861 


to 


1862 


1862 


to 


1864 


1864 


to 


1867 


1867 


to 


1870 


1870 


to 


1873 


1873 


to 


1876 


1876 


to 


1880 


1880 


to 


1883 


Nov. 


7, 


1882 


IA. 

June 


i, 


1705 


July 


22, 


1712 


Aug. 


10, 


1716 


Oct. 


II, 


1736 


July 


15, 


1751 


July 


6, 


1767 


1790 


to 


1797 


1802 


to 


1813 


1813 


to 


1815 


1816 


to 


1830 


Feb. 


22, 


1830 


Dec. 


*9 


1850 


1855 


to 


1857 


1857 


to 


1859 


1859 


to 


1861 


1861 


to 


1863 


1863 


to 


1867 


1867 


to 


1869 


1869 


to 


1871 


1871 


to 


1877 


1877 


to 


1879 


Nov. 


4, 


1879 


Nov. 


7, 


1882 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



103 



Coroners, 

OP PHILADELPHIA. 

before 
appointed 
commissioned 
mentioned 
elected 
in office 
mentioned 
elected 



Griffith Owen, 
Henry Lewis, 
Thomas Fitzwater, 
Pentecost Teague, 
William Lee, 
Richard Walker, 
Enoch Story, 
Richard Walker, 

Merrick Davis, " 

Joshua Fincher, " 

James Mackey, " 

Merrick Davis, " 

Owen Owen, " 

Henry Pratt, " 

George Heap, " 

Thomas James, " 

Thomas Boude, " 

Peter Robeson, " 

Caleb Cash, " 
John Knight, 

Robert Jewell, " 

Joseph Rush, " 

John Leacock, " 

John Dennis, " 

John Dickerson, 1 " 

James Gregory, 2 " 

Samuel Heintzelman, 3 " 

Francis Brelsford, 4 " 

Dr. Napoleon B. Leidy, 5 " 

Oliver Brooks, 6 " 
Jacob S. Haas, in office 
Dr. Thomas O. Goldsmith, 7 " 

Joseph Delavan, " 

John R. Fenner, " 

Anthony Conrad, " 

William Taylor, " 

Samuel Daniels, " 

William Taylor, " 



26, 7 mo., 1685 
26, 7 mo., 1685 
25, 7 mo., 1688 
17, 7 br., 1703 
16, 8 br., 1703 
May 19, 1712 

, 1716 

1717 to 1721 
1721 to - 
1726 to 1728 
Sept. i, 1728 

1728 to 1729 

1729 to 1741 
1741 to 1749 
1749 to 1751 
I75 1 to J 754 
1754 to 1757 
1759 to 1763 
1763 "to 1773 
1773 to 1775 
1775 to 1780 
1780 to 1785 
1785 to 1802 
1802 to 1832 
1832 to 1836 
1836 to 1839 
1839 to 1843 
1843 to l8 45 
1845 to l8 4 8 
Oct. 10, 1848 
1848 to 1851 
1851 to 1854 
1854 to 1857 
1857 to 1860 
1860 to 1863 
1863 to 1866 
1866 to 1869 
1869 to 1870 



1 Died in office, May I, 1836. 

- Appointed in 1836; elected in 1839; died in office. 
3 Appointed Oct. 21, 1839; elected, 1840. 4 Died in office. 
5 Dr. Leidy was appointed Oct. 20. 1845, on the death of Brelsford, having 
been previously elected on October I4th. 

6 Died, Nov. 5, 1848. 'Elected Dec. 20, 1851; Died, Feb. 17, 1880. 



104 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

John Gilbert L. Brown, 1 in office 1871 to 1875 

Dr. Kingston Goddard, " 1875 to l8 ?8 

Dr. William Kent Gilbert, 2 1878 to 1880 

Thomas J. Powers, appointed July 17, 1880 

Dr. William S. Janney, elected Nov. 2, 1880 

Masters of Rolls 

AND THE RECORDER OF DEEDS. 

The office of Master of Rolls was created by the 20th Section of 
the laws agreed on in England, on the 5th day of the 3d month, 
(May 7), 1682, viz: "And to prevent frauds and vexatious suits 
within said Province, that all Charters, gifts, grants and convey- 
ances of land (except leases for a year or under), and all Bills, 
bonds and specialties above ^5, and not under three months, 
made in said Province, shall be enrolled or registered in the Pub- 
lic Enrollment office of the said Province within the space of two 
months next after the making thereof, else to be void in law. 
And all Deeds, Grants and Conveyances of land (except as afore- 
said), within the said Province and made out of the said Province, 
shall be enrolled or registered as aforesaid, within six months 
after making thereof and settling and constituting an Enrollment 
Office or Registry within said Province, else to be void in law 
against all persons whatsoever." See Frame of Laws, i C. R., 
pp. xxvii., xxviii., Sections 17 and 18. 

The Master of Rolls was the keeper of the " Publique Records 
for the County of Philadelphia and for the Entring of all Judg- 
ments of County, publique Proceedings of Justice, Legal Cases 
and all other Instruments w oh are by Law to be inrolled and 
Recorded :" i C. R., 214. The office of Recorder of Deeds 
of Philadelphia was created by Act of May 28, 1715, and was 
separated from that of the Master of Rolls by Act of Assembly 
of March 14, 1777. Read's Digest, 341 ; Dallas' Laws, i 
Vol., 731. The second section names the Recorders of Deeds 
for each county. The Council appointed the Master of Rolls ; 
the Assembly the Recorder of Deeds. The Act of March 29, 
1809, abolished the office of Master of Rolls. A portion of the 
Roll Books are in the office of the Secretary of the Common- 
wealth, the rest in the office of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of 
this State. In McCaraher v. The Commonwealth, 5 W. 6 S., 
p. 26, it is said by Judge Sergeant, in delivering the opinion of 
the Supreme Court, that the office of Recorder of Deeds, 
" although unknown to the common law, has been coeval with 
our Province and State ; being part of the laws agreed upon in 

Appointed in place of Taylor, who died in office, in 1870, and Brown was 
afterwards elected in 1871, and died May 12, 1878, aged 53. 
2 Died June 28, 1880, aged 50. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 105 

England between William Penn arid the first purchasers in 1682, 
and reduced after various efforts to a regular system by the Act 
of 1715, which continues to be the foundation of our code on the 
subject, and this office may be said to form the pivot on which 
all our titles to real estate turn. The design of it has been to 
furnish a permanent record of all titles and muniments of real 
estate, and many of personal, to which parties may have recourse 
for exemplifications that have the same force and efficacy as 
the originals. But there is another equally, if not more impor- 
tant design, which is to enable all persons to obtain knowledge 
of the state of titles to real estate by deeds and conveyances, and 
also of charges and encumbrances existing on them by way of 
mortgage." 

THE MASTERS OF ROLLS. 

Thomas Lloyd, by letters patent 27, iobr., 1683 

Patrick Robinson, Deputy, , 1685 

William Markham, in office , 1688 

Thomas Lloyd, 1 " 5, 7 mo., 1690 

David Lloyd, Deputy, i, i mo., 1689 

Patrick Robinson, commissioned June 15, 1694 

David Lloyd, 2 in office 12^.7,1697-8 

Thomas Story, commissioned 4 mo. 25, 1700 

Griffith Owen, Deputy, May u, 1702 

Maurice Lisle, Deputy., Feb y i, 1705 

Charles Brockden, 3 " May 28, 1715 

William Parr, " Sept. 28,1767 

John Morris, Jr., " Mar. 22, 1777 

Matthew Irwin, " Mar. 14, 1785 

John M. Jrwin, Deputy, Mar. 27, 1800 

Timothy Matlack, 4 April 14, 1800 

The list of Masters of Rolls, printed in IX. Pa. Archives, 628. 
(2nd series), is very imperfect and incorrect, for it is a matter of 
history, that Charles Brockden was made Recorder of Deeds of 
the County of Philadelphia, by the Act of May 28, 1715, and at 
the same time appointed Master of Rolls, and that he held those 
offices for over 52 years, and until his retirement, in 1767, so that 
Andrew Hamilton, Thomas Hopkinson, William Allen, Tench 
Francis, and Benjamin Chew, never were the Masters of Rolls, 
nor did Andrew Allen ever hold such a position. On page 629 

1 Resumed the office, 5th 7th mo., which he claimed was his for life. 
2 1 Archives, 125. Perhaps a Deputy only. 

3 A Clerk and Deputy (in 1712), under Mr. Story, and on his retirement was 
appointed and commissioned Master of the Rolls, and was in office over 52 
years. Resigned, 1767, and died Oct. 20, 1769, aged 95 years and 6 months. 

4 Timothy Matlack, died April 15, 1829, aged 99 years. 



106 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



of the same work, Arthur Cook is given as the first Chief Justice 
of the Province, from 1681 to 1684. As the Supreme Provincial 
Court was created, by order of Council of y e ist of y e 2d mo., 
1864, and as the Charter to William Penn was not signed until 
March 4, 1681, the statement is unaccountable, and a serious 
error in an official publication. The first Chief Justice was Dr. 
Nicholas More, (not Moore), and C. J. Robeson's name was not 
Robson, as given. The Register-General of Wills in 1712 is 
called Hayne, it should be Mayne, the name of a distinguished 
Irish family. There are many other errors in the lists given, but 
they are not as important as those here corrected. 



THE RECORDERS OF DEEDS. 

Charles Brockden, by Act of May 28, 1715 

William Parr, commissioned Sept. 28, 1767 

John Morris, Jr., 1 by Act of Mar. 14, 1777 

Matthew Irwin, commissioned Mar. 10, 1785 

Edward Fox, in office 1 799 to 1809 

James Carson, 1809 to 1815 

Matthew Randall, 1815 to 1818 

Isaac Worrell, 1818 to 1821 

John Harrison, 1821 to 1824 

George W. Riter, 1824 to 1830 

Alexander McCaraher, 1830 to 1836 

Samuel Hudson Fisher,' 2 1836 to 1838 

John Swift, for unexpired term 1838 to 1839 

George Smith, 3 in office 1839 to 1842 

Richard L. Lloyd, 1842 to 1845 

Andrew Miller, 1845 to 1848 

George W. Colladay, 1848 to 1851 

Thomas Helm, 4 1851 to 1854 

Robert D. Wilkinson, 1854 to 1857 

Albert D. Boileau, 1857 to 1860 

Alfred C. Harmer, 1860 to 1863 

Lewis R. Broomall, 1863 to 1866 

Gen. Joshua Thomas Owen, 1866 to 1869 

John A. Houseman, 1869 to 1872 

F. Theodore Walton, 1872 to 1876 

David H. Lane, 1876 to 1879 

Gen. Louis Wagner, 1879 to l882 

John O'Donnel, 1882 to - 
Joseph Kennard Fletcher, Deputy. 



1 Died March 9, 1785. 
'Elected Nov. n, 1839. 



*Died, Dec., 1838. 

4 Died, Aug. 6, 1880, aged 72. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



107 



Collectors of Excis 

PHILADELPHIA. 

Owen Roberts, appointed 
Charles Read, in office 
John Hyatt, appointed 
Joseph Wharton, " 
Rees Meredith, in office 
Judah Foulke, 
Joseph Redman, " 
Joseph Stretch, 1 appointed 
Richard Pearne, died in office 
William Crispin, " 
Edward Bartholomew, 2 " 


e, 

July 12, 1712 
1725 to 1734 


> Z 734 


, 1740 


to i 744 
to 1745 


to 175 


> J 757 
, 1762 


> I 77 I 
Nov. 21, 1782 



Treasurers, 

OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. 



Benjamin Chambers, 
Evan Owen, 
Thomas Leech, 
Philip Syng, 
Barnaby Barnes, 
Cornelius Barnes, 
Isaac Snowden, 
John Baker, 
Robert McMullen, 
Michael Baker, 
Peter Hertzog, 
Daniel B. Lippard, 
James S. Huber, 
William Moulder, 
Philip Peltz, 
William Stephens, 
George W. South, 
George Read, 
Joseph Plankinton, 
James Page, 
Pen rose Ash, 
John H. Dohnert, 
John F. Deal, 
Solomon Wagner, 
Robert G. Simpson, 
John M. Coleman, 



Deputy Feb. 


22, 


1684 


in office 


j 


1724 


1756 


to 


1758 


1758 


to 


1769 


" 1769 


to 


1777 


1777 


to 


1781 


1781 


to 


1790 


" 1790 


to 


1807 


1807 


to 


1811 


1811 


to 


1816 


i 




T Q T 




) 


I ol O 


1816 


to 


1824 


1824 


to 


1827 


1827 


to 


1830 


1830 


to 


1833 


1833 


to 


1836 


1836 


to 


1839 


1839 


to 


1841 


1841 


to 


1842 


1842 


to 


1844 


1844 


to 


1846 


1846 


to 


1848 


' 1848 


to 


1850 


1850 


to 


1852 


1852 


to 


1854 


1854 


to 


1856 



1 Died about April i, 1771. 

2 Appointed in place of Crispin; held office until 1792. 



108 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Board for the Revision of Taxes. 

Established by the Act of March 14, 1865 ; term three years. 
The Board to consist of two persons and the Senior City Com- 
missioner ; the Senior in 1865 was John Given ; the second year, 
1866, Philip Hamilton, and the third, Thomas Dixey, whose 
term expired by Act of February 2, 1867, and was succeeded by 
Samuel Haworth. By Act of Feb. 2, 1867, an additional person, 
instead of the Senior City Commissioner, all three to be appointed 
by the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. 

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 

John Given, by the Act Mar. 14, 1865 

William Loughlin, appointed May 6, 1865 

Andrew Doz Cash, " May 6, 1865 

Thomas Cochran, vice Cash Oct. 30, 1865 

Philip Hamilton, Corns 'r, , 1866 

Thomas Dixey, " , 1866-7 

Samuel Haworth, under Act of Feb. 2, 1867 

James Howard Castle, 1 appointed J an 'y !> l &77 

George Walter Fairman, 1 " Mar. 30, 1878 

CHIEF CLERK. 
James Wesley Sayre, appointed Nov. i, 1866 

Marshals of Police. 

To be elected for three years, under the Act of May 3, 1850. 
Act repealed May 13, 1856. 

John S. Keyser, elected Oct. 8, 1850 

Col. John K. Murphy, 2 " Oct. n, 1853 

Chiefs of Police. 

This office was created by Act of May 13, 1856, to take effect 
at the end of the term of the Marshal of Police. The Chiefs to 
be appointed by the Mayor, to hold office during his pleasure. 

Samuel G. Ruggles, appointed May , 1857 

Gen. St. Clair A. Mulholland, " , 1868 

Kennard H. Jones, 8 " , 1871 

Col. Samuel Irvin Givin, " July , 1879 

1 Castle was appointed in place of Cochran, who resigned. He died March 
18, 1878, aged 60 years, and Fairman was appointed to fill the vacancy. 

2 He died Feb. 10, 1876, aged 79. 

3 Died, July 6, 1879. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 109 

Fire Marshals. 

Under Ordinance of April 20, 1864. 

Dr. Alex. W. Blackburn, 1 appointed , 1864 

James S. Thompson, " , 1871 

Col. Harrison G. Clark, " Jan. , 1872 

William R. Heins, 2 " Sept. 27, 1882 

Charles W. Wood, " Oct. 19, 1882 

Chief Engineers of the Fire Department, 

OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

Appointed under Ordinance o/ January 30, 1855, an ^ ty *he Board 

of Fire Commissioners, organized by -Ordinance of 1870, 

to go into operation January 3, 1871. 

Benjamin A. Shoemaker, appointed , 1855 

Samuel Patrick Fearon, , 1856 

David M. Lyle, J Sept. 10, 1860 

Terence McCusker,' , 1867 

George W. Downey, " Sept. 14, 1868 

William H. Johnson, " July 3, 1871 

John R. Cantlin, " Feb. n, 1879 

City Controllers. 

In Philadelphia, the duty of County Auditors was transferred 
by the Act of Feb. 2, 1854, Section 12, to a City Controller, to 
be elected every second year; P. Z., p. 30. By the Constitution 

of 1873, tne term of Controller was increased to three years. 

t 

John H. Henderson, elected June 6, 1854 

Stephen Taylor, " May 6, 1856 

George W. Hufty, " May 4, 1858 

"Joseph R. Lyndall, 5 Oct. 14, 1862 

George Getz, " Oct. 13, 1868 

Samuel P. Hancock, 6 in office Feb. 14, 1870 

Robert Emory Pattison, 7 elected Nov. 7, 1877 

Receivers of Taxes. 

To be elected on the first Tuesday in May, 1856, to serve for 
two years. County Treasurer appointed Receiver until the elec- 
tion ; Act of Feb.' 2, 1854. 

John A. Coleman, by Act of Feb'y 2, 1854 

Peter Armbruster, elected May 6, 1856 

1 Died Nov. 30, 1871, aged 56 years. 2 Died Oct. 18, 1882, aged 55. 

'Died, Nov. , 1867. 4 Died, March i, 1877, aged 40. 

5 Lyndall was elected Oct. 14, 1862, and re-elected in 1864 and 1866. 
6 Died, April 5, 1879, a g d 65. 'Re-elected, Nov. 2, 1880. 
15 



110 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Armstrong I. Flomerfelt, elected May 4, 1858 

William P. Hamm, May i, 1860 

James C. Kelsh, Oct. 14, 1862 

Charles O' Neil, Oct. 12, 1864 

Richard Peltz, " Oct. 9, 1866 

John M. Melloy, " Oct. 13, 1868 

Richard Peltz, 1 in office Feb. 14, 1870 

Robert H. Beatty, elected Oct. n, 1870 

Thomas J. Smith, " Oct. 13, 1874 

Albert C. Roberts, " Oct. 10, 1876 

John Hunter, " Feb. 15, 18.81 

Collectors of Delinquent Taxes, 

FOR PHILADELPHIA. 

Office established by Act of March 24, 1870, for three years. 
John L. Hill, appointed 1870 to 1873 

Henry Bumni, " 1873 to l8 7 6 

William J. Donohugh, " 1876 to 1882 

Henry B. Tener,' " July 20, 1881 

List of the Common Councilmen, 

OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

From 1701 to 1777. 

See City Charter and Minutes of Common Council, 1704/0 1776. 
The body corporate to consist of the Mayor, Recorder, 8 Al- 
dermen, and 12 Councilmen ; the latter afterwards increased. 
1701 By City Charter John Parsons, William Hudson, William 
Lee, Nehemiah Allen, Thomas Paschall, John Budd, Jr., 
Edward Smout, Samuel Buckley, James Atkinson, 
Pentecost Teague, Francis Cook and Henry Badcocke. 
1704 Robert Yeildhall, Joseph Yard, Thomas Griffith and John 

Redman, Sr. 
1705 Joshua Carpenter, Abraham Bickley, Thomas Bradford 

and John Webb. 

1707 Samuel Hall and John McComb. 

1708 Henry Flower, Peter Stretch, David Griffine (or Giffing), 
and George Claypoole. 

1 A decree of the Court of Common Pleas, of Oct. 16, 1869, declared 
Samuel P. Hancock elected City Controller ; Thomas J.Worrell, City Solicitor ; 
Richard Peltz, Receiver of Taxes; Alexander McCuen, City Commissioner; 
Charles Gibbons, District Attorney, and Richard Donegan, Prothonotary of 
the Common Pleas. And on certiorari to the Supreme Court, the decision of 
the lower court was affirmed on Feb. 14, 1870. 

2 The Act of Feb. 14, 1881, consolidated the offices of Receiver of Taxes and 
Collector of Delinquent Taxes. Mr. Hunter appointed Teneron July 20, 1881, 
and the appointment was approved by the Mayor and Councils on January 3, 
1882, but Donohugh said his appointment dated from April 7, 1879, for three 
years, and he refused to vacate until April 7, 1882. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. Ill 

1711 Owen Roberts. 

1712 Clement Plumsted, Gilbert Falconer, John Jones (Bolter), 

and Nathaniel Edgcomb. 
1713 Joseph Redman, John Warder, John Vanleer, George 

Claypoole, William Fishbourne, Thomas Wharton and 

Benjamin Vining. 

1715 Anthony Morris, Jr., Daniel Radley and Thomas Redman. 
1716 James Purrock, Samuel Carpenter, Richard Moore and 

Charles Read. 
1717 Samuel Powel, Edwards Roberts, George Fitzwater and 

Evan Owen. 
1718 Israel Pemberton, John Carpenter, John Cadwalader, 

Joseph Buckley, Thomas Griffitts and Thomas Tresse. 
1723 Robert Ellis, George Calvert and Edward Owen. 
1724 Ralph Assheton. 
1727 William Allen, Thomas Masters, Alexander Woodroppe, 

Andrew Bradford, Isaac Norris, Jr. and Henry Hodge. 
1728 Samuel Hasell and Thomas Chase. 
1729 Peter Lloyd, Samuel Powel, William Atwood and Joseph 

Turner. 
1 730 James Steel, George Emlen, Abram Taylor, George Mifflin, 

Samuel Powel, Jr. and John White. 
1732 Samuel Mickle, Edward Shippen, George House, John 

Dillwyn, Benjamin Shoemaker, Joseph England, James 

Bingham and Joseph Paschal. Samuel Powel and Samuel 

Powel, Jr., re-elected. 
1739 William Till, Joshua Maddox, William Coleman, James 

Hamilton, William Plumsted and Nathaniel Allen. 
1741 Robert Strettell, William Parsons, Andrew Hamilton, 

Samuel Rhoads and Thomas Hopkinson. 
1742 Joseph Morris, Joseph Shippen, Joshua Emlen, Richard 

Nixon, Samuel Austin and Isaac Jones. 
1743 William Logan, Charles Willing, Attwood Shute and 

Septimus Robinson. 
1745 Alexander Graydon, John Inglis, Richard Stanley, 

William Shippen, Thomas Bond and William Biddle. 
1747 John Mifflin, John Stamper, John Sober, Tench Francis, 

John Wilcocks, Samuel McCall, Jr., Phineas Bond and 

John Sims. 

1748 Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Lawrence, Jr. 
1751 Council increased by nine Thomas Cadwalader, William 

Coxe, Lloyd Zachary, Charles Norris, John Redman, 

William Humphreys, Samuel Smith, Amos Strettell and 

William Bingham. 
1755 Edward Shippen, Jr., Samuel Mifflin, Alexander Huston, 

John Wallace, Alexander Stedman. Andrew Elliot, 

Samuel Morris, Jacob Duche, Samuel Shoemaker and 

Thomas Willing. 



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MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



1757 Council increased eight more Henry Harrison, Daniel 

Benezet, Charles Stedman, William Rush, John Swift, 

Townsend White, William Vanderspiegel and Joseph 

Wood. 
1762 John Allen, John Lawrence, Evan Morgan, John Gibson 

and Redmond Conyngham. 
1764 James Tilghman and Archibald McCall. 
1767 Andrew Allen, Joshua Howell, James Allen, William 

Fisher, William Parr, Joseph Swift, John Wilcocks and 

George Clymer. 
1770 Joseph Shippen, Jr., John Cadwalader, Samuel Powel, 

Alexander Wilcocks, Stephen Carmick and Peter 

Chevalier. 
1774 John Potts, Samuel Meredith, James Biddle, Samuel 

Howell, Isaac Cox and Thomas Barclay. 



Town Clerks, 

WHO WERE ALSO CLERKS OF THE CITY COURT. 

Robert Assheton, by City Charter Oct. 25, 1701 

Ralph Assheton, 1 appointed Aug. 10, 1716 

Andrew Hamilton, " Feb. 24, 1745 

William Coleman, " Sept. 18, 1747 

Edward Shippen, Jr., 2 " May 27, 1758 

Presidents of the Select Council, 

OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 
Under Act of April 4, 1796, drv. 

Francis Gurney, elected 

Henry Pratt, 

Robert Patterson, 

Benjamin Say, 

Robert Ralston, 

James Milnor, 

George Bartram, 

Samuel W. Fisher, 

Liberty Browne, 

Robert Ritchie, 

Robert Wain, 

George Vaux, 

Thomas Kittera, 

John Morin Scott, 

Joseph Reed Ingersoll, 

1 "To take effect Nov. 3Oth, when he comes of age." In office till 1745. 
1 He held the office until the Revolution. 



Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 


1796 
1799 

1802 


Oct. 
Oct. 


1805 
1806 


Oct. 


1808 


Oct. 
Oct. 


1809 
1811 


Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 


1813 
1814 
1816 


Oct. 
Oct. 
Dec. 


1819 
1824 
1826 


Dec. 


1832 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



113 



William Morris Meredith, elected Dec., 1834 

William Morris, ' Dec., 1849 

John Price Wetherill, ' Dec., 1852 

Jacob E. Hagert, ' Dec., 1853 

John P. Verree, ' June, 1854 

George Mifflin Wharton, ' May, 1856 

Oliver Perry Cornman, May, 1859 

Theodore Cuyler, May, 1860 

James Lynd, ' Jan., 1863 

Joshua Spering, ' Jan., 1867 

William Strumburg Stokley, ' Jan., 1868 

Samuel W. Cattell, ' Jan., 1870 

William Edmund Littleton, ' Jan., 1872 

Robert W. Downing, ' Jan., 1874 

Dr. William W. Burnell, ' July, 1875 

George A. Smith, Jan., 1876 

George W. Bumm, . ' Nov., 1881 

William B. Smith, April, 1882 



Presidents of the Common Council, 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



From 1701 to 1796, the Mayors of the City -were the Presidents 
of the Common Council. 



1796 Samuel Hodgdon, 1836- 

1797 Kearney Wharton, 1840 

1800 Robert Ralston, 1842 

1801 Thomas Leiper, 1847- 

1805 Timothy Paxson, J853- 

1808 Thomas Leiper, ^54- 

1810 Horace Binney, J 855- 

1812 Thomas Leiper, 1856- 

1814 John Hallowell, 1857- 

1815 James S. Smith, 1858 

1819 Joseph Worrell, 1862- 

1820 James S. Smith, 1864- 

1823 Joseph R. Ingersoll, 1865- 

1824 Aquila A. Browne, 1867- 

1825 Joshua Percival, 1869- 

1828 James M. Linnard, 1871- 

1829 Joshua Percival, 1872- 

1830 Col. James Page, !873- 

1832 Henry Troth, 1876 



1881 William Henry Lex. 1 



William Rawle, 
Thomas S. Smith, 
Samuel Norris, 
Thomas Snowden, 
John Yarrow, 
John H. Diehl, 
William P. Hacker, 
William C. Patterson, 
John Miller, 
Charles B. Trego, 
Wilson Kerr, 
Alexander J. Harper, 
William S. Stokley, 
Joseph F. Marcer, 
Louis Wagner, 
Henry Huhn, 
Louis Wagner, 
A. Wilson Henszey, 
Joseph L. Caven, 



1 All the other officers of both branches of the City Councils were re-elected 
on April 4, 1 881, by acclamation. 



114 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Clerks of the Common Council. 

1789 Anthony Morris, 1829 Nathan R. Potts, 

1792 Robert Henry Dunkin, 1830 George Fox, 

1796 William H. Tod, 1833 Robert Hare, Jr., 

1796 Edward Johnson Coale, 1836 Levi Hollingsworth, 

1 80 1 John L. Leib, 1843 Henry Helmuth, 

1802 Joseph Scott, 1846 Thomas Birch, Jr., 

1804 Samuel Holmes, 1852 Craig Biddle, 

1810 Robert S. Greene, 1854 John M. Riley, 

1812 Samuel Keemle, 1 1856 John D. Miles, 

1815 John Cole Lowber, 1858 William Francis Small, 

1819 Samuel Rush, 1861 George F. Gordon, 

1820 John Cole Lowber, 1862 Philip H. Lutts, 

1827 -Nathan R. Potts, 1864 William Francis Small, 

1828 John Reynolds Vogdes, 1865 John Eckstein. 

Clerks of the Select Council. 

1796 William H. Tod, 1849 Edmund Wilcox, 

r 8oi Edward Johnson Coale, 1855 Joseph Wood, Jr., 

1802 -John L. Leib, 1856 Henry C. Leisenring, 

1806 Thomas Bradford, Jr., 1859 J. Barclay Harding, 

1830 Archibald Randall, 1862 Emanuel Rey, 

1833 Joseph G. Clarkson, 1863 Henry C. Corfield, 

1840 Joseph Coleman Fisher, 1864 Benjamin H. Haines, 

1846 Henry Helmuth, 1873 Joseph H. Paist. 

THE MANUAL OF COUNCILS, a very valuable little work, now 
issued annually, by Councils, containing the Rules of Government 
of the Select and Common Councils, and other interesting and 
necessary information, together with the names of the Members 
of the Councils and their officers, and the names of the Heads of 
the other City Departments, and of all persons employed in each, 
was first issued in 1859. The Manuals for the years 1859-60 and 
1 860-6 1, of which I have copies, were compiled by George W. 
Gamble. George F. Gordon, assistant Clerk of the Common 
Council, who was appointed Chief Clerk thereof in 1861, by 
resolution, during the absence of General William Francis Small, 
as Colonel of the 26th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, 
compiled the Manual for 1862-63. By Ordinance of February 
5, 1863, the Clerks of the Councils were authorized to compile 
a Manual, and in accordance therewith, the Manual of 1863 
was prepared by Philip H. Lutts, the then Chief Clerk, which 
was used until 1866. The Manuals from 1866 to 1873, were 
issued annually, and compiled by John Eckstein, Chief Clerk, and 
from 1874 to 1879, by Joseph H. Paist, Chief Clerk of the Select 
Council, who says the Manual was not issued regularly prior to 
1866, which agrees with the statement of Mr. Lutts. 

1 All the family now spell their name Keehmle. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



115 



Presidents 



OF THE BOARD OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1830 Thomas P. Cope, 1856 

-George W. Jones, 1857 

-William G. Flanagan, 1858 

-Daniel S. Beideman, 1859 

-William G. Flanagan, 1860 

-Michael Day, 1865 

-Robert P. King, 1868 

-Frederick M. Adams, 1874 

-Joseph B. Smith, 1876 

1882 John Huggard 



1847- 
1848- 
1849 
I8 5 2- 

1853- 
1854- 

1855- 



Oliver Evans, 
James D. Brown, 
Dr. George Huhn, 
Eljhanan N. Keyser, 
John M. Maris, 
George Erety, 
John M. Whitall, 
John P. Verree, 
James S. Chambers, 



Harbor Masters, 



FOR THE PORT 

See Act of 

Samuel Young, 
William Hawks, 
Caleb Earle, 
William Hawks, 
Caleb Earle, 
George Bird, 
Nicholas Esling, 
Patrick Hayes, / 
John F. Stump, 2 
Gen. A. L. Roumfort, 
William Abbott, 
William Rice, 
George Rex Graham, 
Capt. Enoch Turley, 
John D. Pettit, 
George T. Thorn, 
George J. Weaver, 
Alexander P. Colesberry, 
Joseph W. Bullock, 
Capt. Henry R. Adams, 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 
March 22, 1803. 

appointed Feb. 10, 1809 

Jan. 20, 1812 

Nov. 3, 1818 

Mar. 15, 1821 

Feb'y 7, 1824 

May 13, 1828 

Mar. 21, 1836 

Feb'y 9, 1839 

April 6, 1842 

July ii, 1845 

Aug. 22, 1848 

Feb'y 4, 1852 

Feb'y 16, 1855 

Nov. 8, 1856 

Mar. 31, 1858 

Jan. 30, 1861 

Jan. 28, 1867 

Feb. 28, 1870 

, 187? 

, 1879 



Presidents of the Board of Health. 

The Health Office was established by Act of April I, 1803. 



1803 Cornelius Comegys, 
1805 Ebenezer Ferguson, 
1807 Thomas C. James, 
1 8 10 Ebenezer Ferguson, 

1 Elected by acclamation on July 2, 1882. 

2 Stump died, Feb. 6, 1882, aged 82. 



1817 Liberty Browne, 
1818 John Claxton, 
1823 Cornelius Comegys, 
1830 Joseph Worrell, 



116 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



1833 Dr. Rob't E.Griffith, Jr., 1855 Dr. Wilson'JeweU, 
1835 Ralph W. Porneroy, 1857 William Bonsall, 
1837 Dr. Henry Bond, 1858 Dr. Joseph R. Goad, 
1839 James Hutchinson, 1858 Robert Lindsay, 
1843 Thomas D - Grover, 1859 Dr. Paul B. Goddard, 
1846 Dr. Nathan L. Hatfield, 1863 Dr. James A McGrea. 


1848 Adam Traquair, 1868 Dr. Eliab Ward, 


1849 J onn Lindsay, 1871 


-Henry Davis, 


1854 Jeremiah E. Eldridge, 1879 


Dr. William H. Ford. 


1881 Gen. Horatio Gates 


Sickel. 


Interpreters of the Board 


of Health. 


Peter Le Barbier Duplessis, French, 




-> J 794 


Peter S. Du Ponceau, French &> Eng., 


-. *. * 


> *794 


Charles Erdman, Ger. & Low Dutch, 




? T 794 


James Philip Puglia, Spanish, 


-. M 


J 794 


John Holt Oswald, French & Spanish, 


Sept. , 1805 


J. Ulrich Rivardi, foreign languages, 


May , 1806 


George Taylor, Jr., "' 


May , 1809 


James Philip Puglia, " 


May , 1809 


Peter S. Du Ponceau, " 


Nov. 22, 1810 


Matthias J. O'Conway, 1 " 


Jan. . 1811 


Gharles Erdman, " 


Nov. 26, 1813 


Charles Currie, " 


Oct. ; 1817 


Benjamin Nones, " 


Feb. 17, 1818 


Samuel Keemle, German, 


Nov. 26, 1818 


Jacob Zeilin, 5 " 


July 21, 1819 


Joachim Fred'k Eckhard, " 


Feb. 14. 1820 


M. J. O'Conway, French & Spanish, 


Feb. 14, 1821 


Benjamin Nones, " 


Mar. 14, 1821 


Charles Le Brun, " 


Aug. 23, 1822 


Francis Becker, " 


Oct. . 1822 


Ignace Frazer, French, 


Sept. , 1823 


Port Physicians, 




OF PHILADELPHIA. 




Dr. Thomas Graeme, 3 in office 


T - , q 


. 1 / J o 


Dr. Zachary Lloyd, appointed 


Sept. 14, 1741 


Dr. Thomas Bond, " 


Sept. 22, 1741 


Dr. James Hutchinson, consulting 


*n-* 


, 1790 


Dr. Benjamin Rush, resident 




, 1 790 


Dr. James Mease, " 


> 1795 


Or S^niTlllpI Ollffiplrl /-nncijlfi-Mrr 


T <7 n r 



'Matthias James O'Conway, for forty years Public Interpreter, died Nov. 
27, 1842, aged 77 years. 2 Vice Stock, resigned. 

3 See I C. R., 524. Dr. Graeme died, Sept. 4, 1772, aged 84. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 117 



ui. jctiucb nan, appuinita 


> X 7yy 


Dr. Samuel Duffield, 


Jan. 27, 1800 


Dr. John Syng Dorsey, " 


T OT 


j I8I 3 


Dr. Alexander Knight, " 


April 15, 1814 


Dr. Josiah Stewart, " 


July 24, 1827 


Dr. William Carroll Brewster, " 


Mar. 21, 1831 


Dr. John A. Elkinton, " 


Mar. 26, 1836 


Dr. Isaac N. Marselis, " 


Feb'y 9, 1839 


Dr. Henry Dietrich, " 


Mar. 5, 1845 


Dr. William Henry, " 


Dec. 14, 1848 


Dr. David Gilbert, " 


Feb'y 6, 1852 


Dr. J. Howard Taylor, " 


Feb. 16, 1855 


Dr. Eliab Ward, 


May 31, 1856 


Dr. S P. Brown, 1 


Mar. 9, 1858 


Dr. John F. Trenchard, " 


Jan'y 30, 1861 


Dr. H. Ernest Goodman, " 


Jan'y 21, 1867 


Dr. Walter Atlee Hoffman, " 


Feb'y n, 1873 


Dr. Philip Leidy, " 


Oct. 7, 1874 


Health Officers, 




OF THE PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. 


Sylvanus Bourne, 2 in office 


Nov. 13, 1754 


Thomas Coombe, " 


July 10, 1761 


Peter De Haven, appointed 


May 12, 1779 


Henry Dougherty, in office 


Sept. 16, 1780 


John Jones, 'appointed 


Nov. 25, 1780 


Nathaniel Falconer, " 


Sept. 29, 1789 


William Allen, 3 in office 


T - 


> Z 793 


James Philip Puglia, " 


T 3nn 


, 1009 


Nicholas Esling, commissioned 


Jan'y 31, 1817 


William Mandry, " 


Mar. 29, 1819 


Samuel R. Franklin, " 


Mar. 31, 1831 


Samuel Heintzleman, " 


May 9, 1834 


William Marks, " 


Mar. 26, 1836 


Jarvis Webster, . " 


Nov. 9, 1836 


Peter Rambo, " 


Feb'y 9, 1839 


William Loughlin, " 


Mar. 5, 1845 


George P. Little, " 


Dec. 14, 1848 


William McGlensey, " 


Feb'y 4, 1852 


James W. T. McAllister, " 


Feb'y 16, 1855 


John H. Henderson, " 


July 3, 1857 


Arthur Hughes, " 


Mar. 9, 1858 


William Read, " 


Jan'y 30, 1861 



'Dr. Brown died, June 29, 1870. 

'* See 6 C. R., 169. The first name is not mentioned there, but it is be- 
lieved to be as given. 3 Allen was re-commissioned Tan. 27, 1800. 
16 



118 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

George Rush Smith, commissioned Mar. 30, 1864 

Horatio Gates Sickel, , 1865 

John E. Addicks, 1 May 31, 1869 

Gen. James L. Selfridge, J an 'y i> 1883 

CHIEF INSPECTOR. 
Sylvester H. Martin, commissioned July 6, 1874 

The Quarantine Station, 

PHILADELPHIA. 

The series of buildings on Tinicum Island, from which a large 
yellow flag, displaying the letter " Q" in the centre, is floating 
from a flag-pole on the river front, from the first day of June to 
the first day of October, in each year, is the Quarantine Station for 
the Port of Philadelphia, and is generally known as the Lazaretto, 
and occupies one of the handsomest sites on the Pennsylvania 
shore of the river Delaware ; it was there that Governor Printz 
fixed in 1643 the seat of government and called it New Gotten- 
burg; there the principal persons among the Swedes took up their 
residence, and there, undoubtedly, the first Courts of Justice were 
regularly established in what is now the Commonwealth of Penn- 
sylvania. See Martiri s Historic/ Chester, pp. 308, 461. 

A quarantine law first passed in 1700, when Pennsylvania was 
a colony. It was limited to foreign vessels, and prohibited them 
from coming within a mile from shore, until visited by a physician 
to ascertain whether there were any sick people on board, or if 
there was an unhealthy cargo, or the vessel came from an un- 
healthy port. Sir William Keith, when Governor of the Province, 
in 1726, authorized the appointment of a physician to fulfil this 
duty. There was no establishment maintained for the detention 
of vessels until 1742, when a pest-house was built on what was 
called Province Island, in the Schuylkill, near its mouth. This 
was used for quarantine purposes from 1742 until 1800. One of 
the -buildings in use then, a fine large stone structure, was still 
standing there a few years ago. The reason for the establishment 
of the hospital on the Schuylkill was the arrival of a German ves- 
sel carrying emigrants, many of whom were suffering from yellow 
fever. There was a strong suspicion that typhus (ship) fever had 
been imported in German vessels, as the number of emigrants had 
been decimated about 700 during the year 1742. The Board of 
Health was organized by the Act of April 22, 1794, wherein it 
was enacted: " That the messuage, tenements and lot of ground 
situate and being on the Island in the river Delaware, commonly 
called STATE ISLAND, which have heretofore been reserved, occu- 
pied and employed for the purposes of a public hospital or pest- 
house, shall be, and the same are hereby erected and established 
into a Health office for the Port of Philadelphia, * 

1 Died suddenly on January 4, 1883 ; aged 70 years. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 119 

and there shall be appointed by the Governor a Resident Physi- 
cian, a Consulting Physician and a Health Officer, and the In- 
spectors" shall appoint a Steward, Matron, Nurses, &c. ; vide ^rd 
Dallas'^ Laws, 553. State or Providence Island was formerly 
a part of the Cock plantation ; see in Dr. Smith's History of 
Delaware County, the map of the early settlements. 

The present Quarantine Station, belonging to the City of 
Philadelphia, was established on Tinicum Island, ten miles below 
the city, in the early part of the year 1800, it consists of ten acres 
of ground, and the United States Department adjoining comprises 
six acres. The buildings were put up in 1800, and were erected in 
that location because it was considered that if they were too near 
the city, they would be constantly visited by people out of curi- 
osity, which was very objectionable. There is a large hospital 
building 179 feet long by 50 feet wide, three stories in height, 
with wings, built of brick, in the most substantial manner. The 
main building is occupied by the Steward. The wings were 
originally called the Lazaretto. There are two, each 64 feet long 
by 25 feet wide, two stories in height. A hospital for small-pox or 
ship-fever patients is a separate building. There are also resi- 
dences for the Physician and the Quarantine Master, and the offi- 
cers necessary for the proper maintenance of the station. The 
United States portion has a residence for the Deputy Inspector, 
and a warehouse for the storage of cargoes. The Lazaretto is 
very eligibly situated, and the establishment is well adapted to 
the purposes for which it was built. When proposed, there was 
a question as to whether the place should be located on Tinicum 
Island or below Marcus Hook. At that time Chester was but a 
small place, and there was no idea that it would grow to such an 
important town as it now is. Therefore, the Lazaretto, which 
has lately become objectionable to the inhabitants of Chester, was 
located on Tinicum Island. As Chester is continuing to grow 
rapidly, the time may come when it will be necessary to remove 
the Quarantine Station below Marcus Hook, as no other part of 
the Pennsylvania side of the river appears to be suitable. 

The quarantine law, passed Jan. 29, 1818, provides that every 
ship or vessel coming from any foreign port or place, bound to 
the port of Philadelphia, between the first day of June and the 
first day of October in every year, shall come to anchor in the 
river Delaware, as near the Lazaretto as the draft of water and 
the weather will allow, before any part of the cargo or baggage 
be landed, or any person who came in such ship or vessel shall 
leave her, or any person be permitted to go on board, and shall 
submit to the examination, required by the Act, and obtain a 
certificate to proceed to her destination and discharge, but if it 
shall appear that the vessel is from an unhealthy port, she shall be 
detained not exceeding twenty days ; 7 Smith 1 s Laws, pp. 5-28. 



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MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Lazaretto Physicians, 

FOR THE QUARANTINE STATION, AT TINICUM, ON THE RIVEB 
DELAWARE, IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
From the Philadelphia Directories. 



Dr. Michael Leib, appointed 

Dr. Nathan Dorsey, 

Dr. George Buchanan, 

Dr. Edward Lowber, 

Dr. Isaac Hiester, 

Dr. Thomas Mitchell, 

Dr. Joel B. Sutherland, 

Dr. George F. Lehman, 

Dr. Joshua W. Ash, 

Dr. Wihner Worthington, 

Dr. Jesse W. Griffiths, 

Dr Joshua Y. Jones, 

Dr. James S. Rich, 

Dr. T. J. P. Stokes, 

Dr. Henry Pleasants, 

Dr. J. Howard Taylor, 

Dr. L. S. Gilbert, 

Dr. D. K. Shoemaker, 

Dr. Thomas Stewardson, 

Dr. George W. Fairlamb, 

Dr. William S. Thompson, 

Dr. J. Howard Taylor, 

Dr. D. K. Shoemaker, 

Dr. W. T. Robinson, 



Sept. 19, 1800 

, 1805 

July 4, 1806 

, 1808 

, 1809 

May 27, 1813 

May i, 1816 

Mar. 4, 1817 

Mar. 29, 1836 

Feb. 9, 1839 

April 5, 1842 

March 5, 1845 

Dec. 14, 1848 

, 1854 

Feb. 16, 1855 

May 31, 1856 

Mar. 13, 1858 

Jan. 30, 1861 

May 21, 1864 

May 3, 1865 

Jan. 21, 1867 

Aug. n, 1870 

Nov. 4, 1873 



Quarantine Masters, 

FOR THE LAZARETTO STATION, TINICUM. 



Thomas Egger, 
Capt. William Lake, 
Christopher O' Conner, 
Capt. Thomas Moore, 
Henry Kenyon, 
Joseph M. G. Lescure, 
Stephen Home, 
Benjamin Martin, 
Alexander McKeever, 
Capt. John H. Cheyney, 
William V. McKean, 
Matthew Van Dusen, Jr., 
Jacob Pepper, 
Lewis R. Denin, 
Robert Gartside, 



probably 
in office 



in office, \ 800 

April , 1809 

May i, 1816 

May 19, 1818 

Aug. 16, 1819 

Mar. 31, 1831 

Mar. 29, 1836 

Feb'y 9, 1839 

April 6, 1842 

Mar. 13, 1848 

Feb'y 12, 1852 



Feb'y 16, 1855 
March 9, 1858 
Jan'y 20, 1861 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 121 

Nathan Shaw, in office April 15, 1864 

Thomas O. Stevenson, " April 20, 1867 

Robert Gartside, " Feb'y 28, 1870 

Dr. John H. Gihon, " Aug. n, 1870 

Dr. A. W. Mathews, " , 1874 

Dr. C. C. V. Crawford, " , 1879 

Presidents of the Board of Public Education. 

Under the Act of March 3, 1818. 
From its organization to {he present time, 7 Smith's Laws, 53. 

Roberts Vaux, elected April , 1818 

Thomas Dunlap, " J an 'y T > 1830 

George Mifflin Wharton, " Jan'y i, 1840 

Henry Leech, " Jan'y i, 1841 

John Miller, ." J an 'y x > 

George Mifflin Wharton, " J an 'y !> 

Daniel S. Beideman, " Jan'y i, 1850 

Thomas G. Hollingsworth, " J an 'y i l &$4 

William J. Reed, " Jan'y i, 1.857 

Henry Bumm, " J an 'y i> l &59 

Benjamin M. Dusenberry, '' J an 'y !> J 86i 

Leonard Randolph Fletcher, " J an 'y i? *862 

Edward Shippen, J an 'y J > 1864 

Daniel Steinmetz, " J an 'y l > 1869 

Morton Hall Stanton, " J an 'y l > 1870 

James Long, " J an 'y : > J 877 

Edward T. Steel, " Jan'y i, 1879 

SECRETARIES OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. 

1819 Willie Birnie, 1835 William Piersol, 

1819 Thomas McKean Pettit, 1837 Richard Penn Smith, 
1820 Daniel B. Smith, 1841 Thomas B. Florence, 

1821 Thomas McKean Pettit, 1849 Robert J. Hemphill, 
1833 Charles Pettit, 1863 James D. Campbell, 

1865 Henry W. Halliwell. 1 

Members of Congress, 

FROM PHILADELPHIA. 

To the Continental Congress. 

Joseph Galloway, . . 1774 to 1775 

Samuel Rhoads, . . 1774 to 1775 

Thomas Mifflin, 1774 to 1775 and 1782 to 1784 

1 This list is taken from the " Sixty-third Annual Report of the Board of 
Public Education of the First School District ; comprising the City of Philadel- 
phia, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1881." 



122 MARTIN'S BENCH AND 

Charles Humphreys, . . 1774 to *775 

John Dickinson, . . 1774 to 1776 

Benjamin Franklin, . . 1775 to 1778 

Thomas Willing, . . 1775 to 1776 

Robert Morris, . . . 1775 to 1778 

Andrew Allen, . . . 1775 to 1776 

James Wilson, 1775 to 1778 and 1785 to 1786 

Benjamin Rush, . . . 1776 to 1777 

George Clymer, 1776 to 1778 and 1780 to 1782 

Daniel Roberdeau, . . 1 777 to 1779 

Jonathan Bayard Smith, . 1777 to 1778 

Joseph Reed, . . . 1777 to 1778 

Dr. Samuel Duffield, . . 1777101779 

William Shippen, Sr., . . 1778 to 1780 

James Searle, . . . 1778 to 1780 

Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, 1779 to 1780 

Jared Ingersoll, . . . 1780 to 1781 

Timothy Matlack, . . 1780 to 1781 

Thomas Fitzsimons, . . 1782 to 1783 

Richard Peters, . . . 1782 to 1783 

Cadwalader Morris, . . 1783 to 1785 

Joseph Reed, . . . 1784 to 1785 

Matthew Clarkson, . . 1785 to 1787 

Charles Pettit, . . . 1785 to 1787 

John Bayard, . . . 1785 to 1789 

Gen. Arthur St. Clair, . . 1785 to 1787 

Samuel Meredith, . . 1786 to 1789 

William Bingham, . . 1786 to 1789 

John Armstrong, Jr. , . 1787 to 1789 

To THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, . 1789 to 1797 

George Clymer, . . . 1789 to 1795 

Thomas Fitzsimons, . . 1789 to 1795 

John Swanwick, . . 1795 to J 799 

Blair McClenachan, . . 1797 to 1799 

Robert Wain, . . . 1799 to 1801 

Michael Leib, . . . 1799 to 1806 

William Jones, . . . 1801 to 1803 

Joseph Clay, . . . 1803 to 1808 

Dr. John Porter, . . . 1806 to 1811 

Dr. Benjamin Say, . . 1808 to 1811 

Rev. Dr. James Milnor, . . 1811 to 1813 

Dr. Adam Seybert, 1811 to 1815 and 1817 to 1819 

Charles Jared Ingersoll, 1813 to 1815 and 1841 to 1849 

John Conard, . . . 1813 to 1815 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 123 



Col. Jonathan Williams, . 


1815 


to 


1817 


Joseph Hopkinson, 


1815 


to 


1819 


William Milnor, Jr,, 1815 to 1817 and 


1821 


to 


1823 


John Sergeant, 1817 to 1823 and 


1837 


to 


1841 


Joseph Hemphill, 1819 to 1826 and 


1827 


to 


1831 


Thomas Forrest, 


1819 


to 


1821 


Samuel Breck, 


1823 


to 


1825 


Daniel H. Miller, 


1823 


to 


1831 


John Wurts, 


1825 


to 


1827 


Thomas Kittera, 1 


1826 


to 


1827 


Dr. Joel B. Sutherland, . 


1827 


to 


1837 


Henry Horn, 


1831 


to 


1833 


John G. Watmough, 


1831 


to 


1833 


Horace Binney, . 


i833 


to 


1835 


James Harper, 


1835 


to 


1837 


Joseph Reed Ingersoll, 1835 to 1837 and 


1841 


to 


1849 


Michael Woolston Ash, . 


1835 


to 


1837 


Lemuel Paynter, . 


1837 


to 


1841 


George Washington Toland, 


1837 


to 


1843 


Charles Naylor, . 


1837 


to 


1841 


Charles Brown, 1841 to 1843 an( ^ 


1847 


to 


1849 


Edward Joy Morris, 1843 to 1845 an ^ 


1857 


to 


1861 


John T. Smith, . 


1843 


to 


1845 


Lewis Charles Levin, 


1845 


to 


1851 


John H. Campbell, 


1845 


to 


1847 


Joseph R. Chandler, 


1849 


to 


1855 


Henry D. Moore, 


1849 


to 


1853 


John Robbins, Jr., 2 


1849 


to 


1855 


Thomas B. Florence, 


1851 


to 


1861 


William H. Witte, 


1853 


to 


1855 


Job Roberts Tyson, 


1855 


to 


1857 


William Millward, 1855 to 1857 and 


1859 


to 


1863 


Jacob Broom, 


1855 


to 


1857 


John Cadwalader, 


1855 


to 


1857 


James Landy, 


1857 


to 


1859 


Henry Myer Phillips, 


1857 


to 


1859 


John P. Verree, . 


1859 


to 


1863 


William Eckhardt Lehman, 


1861 


to 


1863 


William Darrah Kelley, . 


1861 


to 




William Morris Davis, 


1861 


to 


1863 


Col. Charles John Biddle, 


1861 


to 


1863 


Samuel J. Randall, 


1863 


to 




Charles O'Neill, 1863 to 1871 and 


1873 


to 




Leonard Myers, . 


1863 


to 


1875 


Martin Russell Thayer, . 


1863 


to 


1867 



1 Vice Hemphill, resigned. 2 Died April 27, 1880, aged 72 years. 



124 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

John V. Creely, . . . 1871 to 1873 

Alfred C. Harmer, . . 1873 to 

Nathaniel Chapman Freeman, . 1875 to J ^79 

Gen. Henry H. Bingham, . 1879 to 

Committee of Defence, 

OF PHILADELPHIA. 
1814-15. 

Thomas McKean, Condy Raguet, 

Joseph Reed, John Geyer, 

Jared Ingersoll, Col. Jonathan Williams, 

Charles Biddle, Daniel Groves, 

John Sergeant, John Barclay, 

John Goodman, John Naglee, 

Robert McMullin, Thomas Snyder, 

Thomas Leiper, Isaac W. Norris, 

John Barker, Michael Leib, 

Henry Hawkins, Jacob Huff, 

Thomas Cadwalader, James Whitehead, 

John Steele, James Josiah, 

George Latimer, John Thompson, 

Liberty Browne, Ebenezer Ferguson, 

Charles Ross, James Ronaldson, 

Manuel Eyre, Peter Miercken, 

John Connelly, Richard Palmer, 

William McFadden, Philip Peltz, 

John Goodman, Secretary of the Committee. 

Francis S. Coxe and S. Field, Assistants. 

Postmasters, 

AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 

1696 Alexander Hamilton, Postmaster-General; i C. R., 463. 

1698 Henry Flower, 1 Sept. 2, 1698. 

1707 Capt. John Hamilton ; 2 Logan Papers, 228. 

1722 Henry Flower; Potter's American Monthly, 1875, P- ^9 J - 

1725 Andrew Bradford. 

1737 William Spotswood, Postmaster- General. 

1737 Benjamin Franklin; Harper' s Magazine , October, 1871. 

1 753 Benjamin Franklin and Peter Hunter, Postmasters-General. 

1753 William Franklin. 

1757 Peter Franklin, brother of Benjamin ; 4 Pa. Archives, 257. 

1759 Josiah F. Davenport, (atout this time.) 

1767 John Foxcroft, 2 a relative of Franklin's wife. 

1774 William Bradford. 

1 Chapter 50 of the Laws (imprinted.) Session 1700-1, an Act was passed 
for erecting and establishing a post office at Philadelphia; I Dallas' s Laws, 15. 

2 John, not Thomas, Journal of fftigk fin/ay, xxiii and xxiv. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 125 

1775 William Franklin, 1 called Comptroller of the General Post 

Office, at Philadelphia. 

1775 Richard Bache, 2 Deputy to Franklin. 
1776 Richard Bache, Postmaster-General. He was appointed 

by Congress on Nov. 7, 1776. 
1776 Peter Baynton. 
1782-89 Ebenezer Hazard, Postmaster to the United Colonies. 

James Bryson, appointed. Jan'y 28, 1782 

, Robert Patton, " Oct. 2, 1789 

'Dr. Michael Leib, " Feb'y 14, 1814 

Richard Bache, " Feb'y 26, 1817 

Thomas Sergeant, " April 16, 1828 

Col. James Page, " April n, 1833 

John Crathorne Montgomery, " Mar. 23, 1841 

James Hoy, Jr., " June 26, 1844 

Dr. George F. Lehman, " . May 5, 1845 

William J. P. White, " May 9, 1849 

John Miller, 3 April i, 1853 

Gideon G. Westcott, " Mar. 19, 1857 

Nath'l Borradaile Browne, " Mar. 30, 1859 

Cornelius. A. Walborn, " April 20, 1861 

Charles M. Hall, " Oct. , 1866 

Gen. Henry H. Bingham, " Mar. 23, 1867 

George Walter Fairman, " Dec. 10, 1872 

Archibald Loudon Snowden, " Dec. u, 1876 

Gen. John Frederic Hartranft, " Feb'y 17, 1879 

Gen. Henry S. Huidekoper, " July 22, 1880 

THE PAST AND PRESENT. 

Mr. James Lawrence, a veteran in the Postal Service at Wash- 
ington, and still in harness, says that the first weekly mail from 

1 See letter in the Delaware County Republican, Jan. 28, 1876, copied from 
the Pennsylvania Magazine of 1775, as follows, which explains itself: 

"GENERAL POSTOFFICE, Philadelphia, February 14, 1775. 

It having been found very inconvenient to persons concerned in trade that_ 
the mail from Philadelphia to New England sets out but once a fortnight dur- 
ing the winter season, this is to give notice that the New England mail will 
henceforth go once a week the year round ; where a correspondence may be 
carried on and answer obtained to letters between Philadelphia and Boston in 
three weeks, which used in the winter to require six weeks. 

By command of the Postmaster General, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Comptroller.' 1 

1 1775, November, William Goddard was Surveyor-General to the Post Office 
of the United Colonies, at New York. Aitkeri 's Penna. Magazine, i Vol. 
538. This is an error, however, as there never was such an officer as a 
Surveyor-General of the Post Office. Benjamin Franklin, Postmaster-General, 
appointed William Goddard Surveyor of the Post Roads, and Comptroller of 
the Post Office. See Writings of William L. Goddard, I Vol., xii. 

3 Died Jan. 30, 1878, aged 65. 
17 



126 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Philadelphia to New England commenced in 1754. In 1765 
semi-weekly mails between Philadelphia and New York were con- 
veyed in covered Jersey wagons, without springs, and the usual 
time was three days. Now there are half-a-dozen daily mails be- 
tween the two cities, and the time less than three hours. 

The first "dead letter" of which there is any record in the 
United Colonies, and which was held for postage, was mailed at 
Georgetown, S. C., Nov. 22, 1777, directed to the Collector of 
Customs at Wilmington, N. C., from John Cogdel, announcing 
the arrival of the schooner "Dispatch." Now they amount to 
thousands daily, and a large force of clerks, men and women, are 
required to give them proper attention. 

Post Offices. 

WHERE LOCATED IN PHILADELPHIA. 



1728 At Andrew Bradford's house, in Second street. 
1737 At Benjamin Franklin's house, on Market street. 
1771 At Foxcroft's house, Market near Fourth street. 
1 775 Goddard's Constitution Post, Coffee House, Front & High. 
1782 Front street, south of High street, east side. 
1784 Corner of Front and High street, /. e., Market street. 
1785 Corner of Front and Chestnut streets. 
1791 No. 36 South Front street. 

1 793 During the yellow fever, at the College, Fourth below Arch. 
1 794 No. 34 South Front street. 

r 797 (Yellow fever), Twelfth street, South of Market street. 
1798 North side of Market street, first house west of Eleventh. 
1799 No. 27 South Third street. 
1799 Yellow fever season, upper end of Market street. 
1800 No. 27 South Third street. 
1814 Southwest corner of Third and Market streets. 
1815 At No. 27 South Third Street. 

1817 No. 116 Chestnut street, N. E. cor. of Carpenter's Court. 
1827 No. 107 Chestnut street, N. E. corner of Franklin Place. 
1834 In the Philadelphia Exchange. 
1854 Jayne's building, Dock street, east of Third street. 
1862 Chestnut street, next door west of Custom House. 
1883 A new Post Office is in course of construction on the west 
side of Ninth street, extending from Chestnut to Market. 

An Act, 

FOR ERECTING AND ESTABLISHING A POST OFFICE. 

From the Manuscript Laws of Pennsylvania 

" Whereas the King and the late Queen Mary by their Royal 
Letters Patent under the great Seal of England, bearing date 
the Seventeenth of ffebruary, w ch was in the Year One thousand 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 127 

Six hundred ninety and one, did grant to Thomas Neale Esq his 
Executors Administrators and assigns full Power and authority to 
erect Settle and establish within the Kings Colonies and Planta- 
tions in America, one or more office or offices for receiving and 
Dispatching of Letters and Pacquetts by post, and to receive, send 
and deliver the same, under such Rates and Summs of money as 
shall be agreeable to the Rates established by Act of Parliam* in 
England, or as the Planters and others should agree to give on 
the first Settlem*, To have, hold and enjoy the same for the term 
of twenty- one years w th and under such Powers, Limitations and 
Conditions as in and by the said Letters Patent may more fully 
appear. * And whereas the King's postmaster General of 

England at the Request, Desire & nomination of the said Thomas 
Neale hath deputed Andrew Hamilton Esq, for such time and 
under such Conditions, as in his Deputation is for that purpose 
mentioned to govern and manage the said General Post office, 
for and throughout all the King's Plantations and Colonies in the 
main Land or Continent of America, and the Islands adjacent 
thereto, as in and by the said Deputation may more fully appear : 
And Whereas the said Andrew Hamilton hath by and with the 
good Liking & Approbation of the Postmaster General of Eng- 
land made application to the Proprietary and Govern' of this Pro- 
vince and Territories, and ffreemen thereof Convened in general 
Assembly, that they would ascertain and establish such rates and 
Summs of money upon Letters and Pacquets going by post, as 
may be an effectual Encouragem* for carrying on and maintaining 
a general Post, and y e Proprietary and Govern' and ffreemen in 
General Assembly mett, considering that the maintaining of mu- 
tual and speedy Correspondencies is very beneficial to the King 
and his Subjects, and a great Encouragement to Trade, and that 
the same is best carried on and managed by publick Post, as well 
as for preventing Inconveniences which heretofore have hapned 
for want thereof, as for a Certain safe & speedy Dispatch carrying 
and recarrying of all Letters and Pacquets of Letters by Post to 
and from all parts and places within the Continent of America and 
several parts of Europe and that the well ordering thereof is mat- 
ter of general Concernm* and of great advantage ; and being 
willing to encourage such a publick Benefit, have therefore 

Enacted, and Be it Enacted by the said Proprietary and 
Govern* of this Province and Territories, by and with the advice 
and Consent of the ffreemen thereof in General Assembly mett, and 
by the authority of the same, That there be from henceforth one 
General Letter Office Erected and Established within the Town 
of Philadelphia, from whence all Letters and Pacquets whatsoever 
may be with Speed and Expedition sent into any part of y c neigh- 
boring Colonies and Plantations on the main Land and Conti- 
nent of America, or into any other of the King's Kingdoms or 



128 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Dominions, or into any Kingdom or Countrey beyond the Seas, 
at which said office all Returns and Answers may likewise be re- 
ceived ; And that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Master 
of the said office to demand, have, Receive and take for the Post- 
age and Conveyance of all such Letters which he shall so convey 
carry and send post as aforesaid according to y e several Rates and 
Summs of Current Money of this Province hereafter mentioned ; 
That is to say, ffor the Post of every singfe Letter from Europe, 
the West Indies, or other parts beyond Sea four pence, and all 
letters are to be accounted single tho' they contain Merchants' 
Accompts, none exceeding one sheet of Paper, Bills of Lading, 
Gazets, Invoices or Bills of Exchange, and for each Pacquet of 
Letters from the places aforesaid, eight pence, and a Pacquet shall 
be accounted three Letters, at the least ; And for the post of 
every single Letter from Boston or Rhode Island to Philadelphia, 
or from Philadelphia to Boston or Rhode Island, eighteen pence, 
and so in proportion to the greatness and quantity of Letters. 
And for the post of each single Letter from Philadelphia to Piscat- 
way and other parts to the Eastward of Boston, and from Piscat- 
way and said Eastern parts to Philadelphia, two shillings, and so 
in proportion as aforesaid : And for the post of each single Letter 
from the Post Road in Conetticot Colony to Philadelphia, and 
from Conetticot Colony, any where on the Post road, one shil- 
ling, and so in proportion as aforesaid : And for the Post of each 
single Letter from Philadelphia to New York, or from New York 
to Philadelphia, eight pence, and so in proportion as aforesaid : 
And for the Post of each single Letter to or from any place within 
Eighty miles of Philadelphia, six pence, and so in proportion as 
aforesaid : And for the Post of each single Letter from Philadel- 
phia to Maryland or Virginia, or from Virginia and Maryland to 
Philadelphia, eighteen pence, and so in proportion as aforesaid, 
provided they come or goe by Post, but if by any private person 
delivered into the office four pence : And if any Letters or Pac- 
quets shall ly or remain in the office uncalled for by the space of 
forty-eight hours, The Post master then sending them forth to the 
respective houses of the persons to whom they are directed shall 
have and receive one penny more for each pacquet or Letter : 
Provided always That all Letters directed to or going from the 
Proprietary and Govern 1 " shall be free. 

And Be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all 
and every such person & persons as shall be employed in the sev- 
eral stages within this Province and Territories, shall and may 
pass and repass all and every fferry or fferries within this Province 
and Territories, at any time during the Continuance of this act in 
force without paying any Rate or Summ of money, either for his 
or their own or his or their horses passage or passages : And if 
any fferryman or fferrymen or other person or persons Interested 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 129 

in any such fferry or fferries within this Province or Territories, 
shall at any time neglect, refuse, or delay the conveying over his 
or their fferry or fferries any such person or persons imployed as 
aforesaid in the Execution of their respective Employm* or em- 
ployments, or his or their horse or horses, He shall for every such 
offence forfeit the sum of five pounds, to be sued and recovered 
in any Court of Record within this Province by Bill, Plaint or 
Information, wherein no Essoign, Protection or Wager of the Law 
shall be allowed, one half of the said fforfeiture towards the sup- 
port of the Governm 1 of this Province and Territories and the 
other half to the Master of the said general Letter office who shall 
sue and prosecute for the same. 

And Whereas upon the arrival of Ships into the Several parts 
of this Province, many Letters directed to Several Merchants and 
others, have been detained long to the great damage of y e Mer- 
chants, and want of that speedy advice which they might have 
had, if the same had forthwith been dispatched : and sometimes 
such Letters have been delivered by the Masters or Passengers of 
such Ships to ignorant and loose hands that understand not the 
way and means of speedy Conveyance and Delivery of Letters, 
whereby great Prejudice hath accrued to the affairs of Merchants 
and others, as well by the miscarriage of many Letters as many 
times by opening of the same, to the discovering of the Corres- 
pondencies and Secrets of Merch ts . 

Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Let- 
ters and Pacquets of Letters, that by any Master of any Ship or 
vessel shall or may be brought to any Port within this Province, 
shall by such Masters be forthwith delivered to the said Master of 
the general letter office for the time being, his servants or agents, 
by him or them to be delivered according to the several and re- 
spective Directions of the Same ; and in default thereof every such 
Master as aforesaid offending in the premises shall forfeit the sum 
of twenty shillings, to be recovered in such manner and to such 
uses as aforesaid, and for their respective Encouragem' in the ob- 
servance hereof: Be it also enacted, That the said Master of the 
said office his Agents or Servants shall pay to every Master or 
Masters of any such Ship or Ships, vessel or vessels so delivering 
in Letters as aforesaid, one penny for every such Letter or Letters, 
Pacquet or pacquets ; Excepting always from this Act such Let- 
ters of Merchants and Masters, Owners of any such ship or any 
part of the Cargoe, as concern the said ship or Cargoe thereof, or 
shall be sent by p'sons employed by them for carriage of such 
Letters, or by any Messenger or Messengers, sent on purpose for or 
concerning the private affair of any person or persons, or by any 
private friend or ffriends to his her or their ffriend or ffriends 
within the s'd Province or Territories thereof. And Be it further 
Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that no person or persons 



130 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

whatsoever other than the said Master of the General Letter office 
aforesaid, his Agents or Servants shall presume to carry, recarry 
or deliver Letters for hire (other than as before excepted) or set 
up or employ any spot post, Horse post, pacquet Boat or Convey- 
ance whatsoever, for carrying, conveying or recarrying any 
Lett" or Pacquets by sea or Land, upon pain of forfeiting the 
sum of forty pounds current money of this Province for every 
several offence against the Tenour of this present act, to be sued 
& recovered in such manner and to such uses as aforesaid. Provided 
that this Act or anything y e in contained shall continue in force 
no longer than seven years from and after the publication thereof, 
anything therein contained to the contrary thereof in any wise 
notwithstanding. ' ' Chap. 50 of the Laws, Recorded A, Vol. /., 40.' 

Collectors of the Customs. 

AT PHILADELPHIA. 

Under the Crown. 

1682- Major William Dyer. 

1686 James Walliams, i C. ., 147, for Bay and river Delaware. 

1692 William Clarke, appointed June 13, 1692 ; i Archives, 117. 

1698 John Bewley; i C. R., 502. Died, 1704. 

1703 Robert Assheton ; i Logan Papers, 200. 

1704 John Moore, appointed 24th, 5th mo., (July), by Col. 
Quarry, vice Bewley, dec'd ; i Logan Papers, 309. 

1727 Grosvenor Bedford; i Archives, 385. He acted in per- 
son from 1730 to 1732. When appointed not known. 

1727 John Moore, 2 his Deputy, died December, 1732. He is 
referred to as being the King's Collector, in the Charter 
and Laws of Pa., p. 307, (1879), on Nov. 24, 1726. 

1732-3 Peter Evans, 3 Bedford's Deputy, Feb. 6. Evans was 
Moore's son-in-law ; he resigned 1743. i Pa. Arc., 385. 

1 1 am indebted to Dr. William H. Egle, of Harrisburg, for the copy of 
this Act, which probably has never before appeared in print. There was a 
previous law passed in 1697; see 2 C. R., 28, and the Duke of Yorke's Book 
of Laws, 224. Previously, however, in July, 1683, Penn issued an order for 
the establishment of a post office ; see Journal of Hugh Fin/ay, ix. 

2 In Pa. Gazette, Nov. 30, 1732, it is stated that, " On Saturday last (25th), 
died JOHN MOORE, Collector of his Majesty's Customs for this Port, which 
place he enjoyed above thirty years. He dyed in the 74th year of his age." 
His commission as Collector, signed by Evelyn, is in possession of one of his 
descendants. In the Pa. Archives, 2nd series, the following list of the Collec- 
tors of Customs is given, viz ; " John Bewley, 1 698 to 1 702 ; John Moore, 1 706 
(? 1703) to 1728; Ralph Assheton, 1732; Grosvenor Bedford, 1733; Richard 
Pearne (died), 1762; Enoch Story, 1762; Abraham Taylor (resigned), 1762; 
John Swift, (vice Taylor), June 9, 1762; Robert Bayard, Feb. 21, 1772; John 
Patterson, Oct. 19, 1772." It is said in the Life of Dr. William Smith, 2 
Vol., 488: "John Moore, it appears, came with his wife and family to Phila- 
delphia prior to 1700, and became the King's Collector at that Port; this we 
know from his commission, which is before me, dated 1703, signed by Evelyn. 

3 In an obituary of Peter Evans; Pa. Gazette, June 20, 1745, it is stated, he was 
" an eminent counsellor, and for many years Collector of the King's Customs." 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 131 

1743 William Alexander. He died, January, 1744-5. 

1745 Abram Taylor, Deputy for Grosvenor Bedford. 

1748 Alexander Barclay, Deputy for Grosvenor Bedford. 

1751 Abram Taylor, and in office; 8 C. R., 39, 713, which 
covers the time from May 7, 1757, to May 10, 1762. 
John Inglis is said to have been Collector from 1751 to 
1759, but it is an error. He was Deputy in the absence 
of Collector Taylor, from 1751 to 1753. William Till 
was Collector at New Castle during the above period. 

1762 John Swift, vice Taylor, June 9. Still in office Dec. 5, 
1771. Dr. Thomas Graeme is said to have been Collec- 
tor before his death, in 1772. See Memoirs of the His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania, i Vol., 460, (20! edition.) 

1772 Robert Bayard, Feb. 7 ; 4 Pa. Archives, 449, (ist series.) 

1772 John Patterson, Oct. 19; in place of Bayard, declined. 1 

1773 Zachariah Hood, acting for the Collector; 10 C. R., 90. 

1774 Lachlane Maclean. John Patterson, 1 Deputy. 

UNDER THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
Sharp Delany, appointed Mar. 15, 1784 

UNDER THE UNITED STATES. 

Pennsylvania to be one District, July jf, f?8(). 
Act of July 4, /7<?9, for laying duty on goods. 

1789 Sharp Delany, 2 1846 Col. James Page, 

1792 George Latimer, 1849 William D. Lewis,* 

1802 Peter Muhlenberg, 1853 Charles Brown, 

1807 John Shee, 1857 Joseph B. Baker, 

1809 John Steele, 1861 William B. Thomas, 

1827 William Jones, 1866 William F. Johnston, 

1829 James Nelson Barker, 1867 Joseph W. Cake, 

1838 Ex-Gov. George Wolf, 1869 Henry D. Moore, 

1840 Jonathan Roberts, 1870 John W. Forney, 

1842 Thomas S. Smith, 1872 Seth I. Comly, 

1843 Calvin Blythe, 1876 Alexander P. Tutton. 

1845 Henry Horn, 1880 John F. Hartranft. 4 

'On the tombstone of "John Patterson, Esq.," in Christ Church grave-yard, 
it is stated he was " a native of Ireland, formerly an officer in the British army 
and at the period of the Revolution, Collector of Customs in the Port of Phila- 
delphia." He was buried February 24, 1798. Gordon's Pa., 628. 

2 Died May 13, 1799, aged 60. 3 Died April I, 1881, aged 88. 

4 Vice Tutton, deceased; confirmed by the Senate February 11, 1881. 
There was no custom house that is, a special building erected by the Gov- 
ernment expressly for the purpose of a Custom House in this city, until the 
United States Custom House was built on Second street below Dock. Before 
that time under the Crown, and the Confederacy, and the United States the 



132 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Surveyors-General of the Customs. 

UNDER THE CROWN. 

Patrick Mien, 1 in office 5 mo., 14, 1690 

Edward Randolph, 2 " 9 mo. ,13, 1691 

Col. Robert Quarry, 3 appointed 9010., ,1703 

William Keith, 4 previous to Sept. 27, 1716 

George Phenny, 5 in office Feb. 6, 1732-3 

Controllers of the Customs. 

UNDER THE CROWN. 

William Alexander, in office , 1723 

Alexander Barclay, " - , 1749 

. Christopher Sanderson, 1756 to 1762 

Alexander Barclay, " , 1762 

Lynford Lardner, " - , 1771 

Joshua Loring, " March 7, 1771 

Zachariah Hood, " 1773 to 1776 

Surveyors of the Customs, 

AT THE PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. 

Christopher Snowden, appointed 28, 6 mo. ,1685 

Samuel Land, 6 in office 18,9 mo. ,1686 

John Deplove, 7 " Feb. 18, 1694-5 

Matthew Birch, 8 " Nov. 21, 1696 

John Jewell, 9 " April 15, 1698 

Col. Robert Quarry, 10 " , 1699 

Patrick Baird, " , 1730 

William Hero, " , 1735 

William Sheppard, , 1768 

David Drummond," " , 1772 

offices of customs were wherever the Collectors chose to locate them. It is 
to be presumed that the early Collectors under the Crown had their offices at 
their own private places, stores, or dwelling-houses. The following have been 
ascertained locations of custom houses: 1733-34, Peter Evans, Collector, at his 
dwelling. 1743, W. Alexander, Collector, at John Nelson's house, Chestnut 
street. 1762, John Swift, Collector, Front street, between Arch and Race, west 
side. 1784, Sharp Delany, Collector, corner of Black- Horse alley and Front 
street. 1791, southeast corner of Walnut and Second streets. 1795, No. 119 
South Front street, near Walnut. 1798, during the yellow fever, at Congrt. 
Hall, southeast corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets. 1802, Peter Muhlenlicrg, 
Collector, Carpenters' Hall, Chestnut street, between Third and Fourth. Jan- 
uary ist, 1817, John Steele, Collector, west side of Second street, corner of 
Elmslie's alley, below Dock street. 1845, Henry Horn; Collector, United 
States Bank building, Chestnut street above Fourth, where it still remains. 

1 i C. R., 297. 2 I C. R., 503. "See ist Logan Papers, 281. 

* Memoirs of the Historical Society, 4 Vol., 380. 5 I Archives, 385. 

6 I C. R., 149. 7 1 Archives, 117. 8 I C. R., 501. 9 I C. R., 505-6. 

10 Logan Papers, 34. n I Proud, 290. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



133 



William Macpherson, appointed 
Walter Stewart, in office 

Major William Jackson, appointed 
Dr. William Bache, " 

James Glentworth, in office 

William Duncan, " 

George W. Riter, appointed 

J. Washington Tyson, " 

John G. Watmough, " 

Thomas A. Cooper, 1 " 

John Davis, of Bucks Co., 

William B. Norris, in office 

Gen. Reuben Charles Hale, " 
John Hamilton, Jr., " 

E. Reed Myer, * " 

William Harbeson, " 

Edward O'Meara Goodrich, * appointed 



Sept. 19, 1789 
1793 to 1796 
Jan. 14, 1796 
-- , 1803 
001.24,1814-29 
1829 to 1838 
1838 to 1841 
- , 1841 
Oct. , 1841 
-- , 1844 
1845 to 



1849 
-- , 1853 
-- , 1857 
-- , 1861 
- , 1867 
April 23, 1869 



U. S. Shipping Commissioners. 

See Act of "June 7, 1872. 

Capt. John H. Young, 3 appointed June , 1872 
William L. James, " April n, 1880 



Naval Officers, 

PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Robert Assheton, 
Dr. Thomas Graeme, 4 
Robert Charles, 6 
Dr. Thomas Graeme, 
Dr. Frederick Phile, 
Dr. David Finney, 
David Finney, 6 
Richard Hockley, 
Gov. Richard Penn, 7 
George Bryan, 
Dr. Frederick Phile, 8 
William Macpherson, 



in office 



1717 to 

1727 to 
before , 
1740 to 
1770 and 
before , 
Nov. 4, 
1773 and 
1775 to 
June , 
April 5, 
1791 to 



1727 

173 1 
1761 

1771 

1773 
1773 
1774 
1776 
1776 
1777 
1813 



1 Mr. Cooper was the distinguished actor. 2 Died, Jan. 28, 1881, aged 56. 
a Died April 5, 1880, aged 72. 

*IX. Pa. Archives, (2nd series), 738; Thomas Graeme, vice Assheton, 
deceased, 1727, 1740,1701. 

5 Ramie's Equity, Appendix, p. 32. 

6 A son of Dr. David Finney ; 10 C. R., 109. 

7 The Governor appointed himself, the salary was ^600; IV. Pa. Archives, 
600. He was the last person to hold this office under the Crown. 

8 See V. Pa. Archives, 298; re-commissioned Nov. 9, 1787; called Phyle. 

18 



134 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Samuel Clarke, in office 1813 to 1824 

William Jones, 1824 to 1826 

Philip S. Markley, 1826 to 1829 

John Pembefton, April , 1829 

John Horn, 1838 to 1840 

Alexander Ferguson, Sept. , 1840 

Bela Badger, 1 April 14, 1841 

Dr. Joel B. Sutherland, Nov. 18, 1842 

Henry Welsh, 2 May , 1845 

Col. Peter C. Kllmaker, 3 May , 1849 

N. P. Eldred, 1853 to 1857 

Chambers McKibben, 1857 to 1861 

Edward Wallace, 1861 to 1866 

Joseph R. Flanigen, 1866 to 1867 

Col. DeWitt Clinton Baxter, " 1867 to 1871 

John A. Hiestand, " March i, 1871 

Ex-Gov. James Pollock, 4 " Feb'y 7, 1879 



Navy Agents. 

Office created by Act of Congress. 
Act of May 15, 1820, fixed the term of office at four years. 

George Harrison, 5 appointed Nov. 21, 1799 

Henry Toland, " March 3, 1833 

Michael Woolston Ash, 6 " March 9, 1837 

Capt. Thomas Hayes, 7 " March 15, 1841 

Samuel D. Patterson, March 15, 1845 

William Sloanaker, " March 15, 1849 

Alfred Day, " March 30, 1853 

William Badger, 8 " March3i,i857 

James S. Chambers, 9 " July 19, 1861 

1 Rejected by the Senate on Sept. I, 1841. 
''Appointed in May, 1845; confirmed February, 1846. 

5 The military titles that I have given gentlemen in this work, are those 
they earned in service in thtf field, and which they are justly entitled to bear. 

4 Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania; not confirmed by the Senate on its adjourn- 
ment on March 4, 1879. Re-nominated March n, 1879, and confirmed April 
4, 1879. The Naval Officer is an officer of the U. S. Customs. See Statutes 
at Large, 506. Act of March 2, 1799. Term of office, four years. 

5 See Navy Register, 1828. Born, 1760; died, 1845, aged 85. In office 
from 1799 to 1833. 

6 Resigned, Jan. 8, 1841. 

7 Died, Aug. 17, 1849. 
"Re-commissioned on May 20, 1858. 

9 Removed, Dec. 26, 1864, (Navy Register, 1865), and office abolished. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 135 

Directors of the United States Mint, 

AT PHILADELPHIA. 

Established by Act of Congress of April 2, 1792. 

This officer is now called Superintendent of the Philadelphia 
Mint, an office of " Director of the United States Mints," having 
been established by an Act of Congress in 1873. 

David Rittenhouse, 1 commissioned April 14, 1792 

Henry William DeSaussure, " July 8, 1795 

Elias Boudinot, " Oct. 28, 1795 

Robert Patterson, " Jan'y 17, 1806 

Dr. Samuel Moore, 2 " July 15, 1824 

Dr. Robert Maskell Patterson, 3 " May 27, 1835 

Ex-Gov. Joseph Ritner, 4 " Mar.. , 1848 

George N. Eckert, " June 30, 1851 

Thomas McKean Pettit, " April 4, 1853 

James Ross Snowden, " June 3, 1853 

Ex-Gov. James Pollock, " April 4, 1861 

William Millward, not confirmed, Oct. i, 1866 

Dr. Henry R. Linderman, 5 commissioned April i, 1867 

Ex-Governor James Pollock, " May i, 1869 

Archibald Loudon Snowden, " March i, 1879 

The Register's Court 

AND THE REGISTER OF WILLS. 
BY FURMAN SHEPPARD. 

\_Reprinted by permission, from a paper book.] 

The statutory provisions relative to the determination of dis- 
puted matters before the Register of Wills, and the Register's 
Court, are under the Act of March 15, 1832, " Relating to Regis- 
ters and Registers' Courts;" P. L., 146. Section 13, Pardon, 
loth edition, 406, pi. 8, enacts as follows: 

" Whenever a caveat shall be entered against the admission of any testa- 
mentary writing to probate, and the person entering the same shall allege 
as the ground thereof any matter of fact touching the validity of such writing, 

1 The corner-stone of the first United States Mint was laid July 31, 1792, by 
David Rittenhouse, Director, on Seventh street, above Sugar Alley, Philadel- 
phia. Of the present Mint, July 4th, 1829. 

2 Patterson's son-in-law. 3 Dr. Moore's brother-in-law. 

4 Joseph Ritner was appointed by Gen. Taylor, in March, 1848, and served 
for a short period, but the President dying before the Senate had confirmed 
him, Mr. Fillmore preferred retaining Dr. Patterson, who resigned July I, 
1851, and died soon afterwards. 

5 Dr. Linderman was commissioned Director of the United States Mints in 
1873. He died in February, 1879, and Horatio C. Burchard, of Illinois, was 
commissioned February 27, 1879. 



136 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

it shall be lawful for the Register, at the request of any person interested, to 
issue a precept to the Court of Common Pleas of the respective county, direct- 
ing an issue to be formed upon said fact, or facts, and also upon such others as 
may be lawfully objected to the said writing in the following fdnn, namely." 

Section 25, of the same Act, Purdon, 1255, pi. 20, is as follows: "When- ob- 
jections are made, or a caveat is entered against the probate of any last Will and 
Testament, and no precept for an issue is directed by the Register, into the 
Court of Common Pleas, as aforesaid ; or where objections are made to the 
granting of letters of administration to any person applying therefor; or where 
any question of kindred, or other disputable and difficult matter comes into con- 
troversy, before any Register, he shall, at the request of any person interested, 
appoint a Register's Court for the decision thereof, to be held at a time certain, 
and as soon as convenient, at the Court House, or other public place, in (Ir- 
respective county, giving convenient notice of the time and place of holding 
the same, by citation or otherwise, to all concerned, as well as to the persons 
interested, as to the Judges whose assistance he shall require, and in the mean- 
time he shall do and receive all proper Acts preparatory to the business of such 
Court." 

Section 40, of the same Act, Purdon, p. 1256, pi. 21, declares that, "The 
testimony of all witnesses examined in any cause litigated before any Register's 
Court, shall be taken in writing, and made part of the proceedings therein, 
upon which the Court having jurisdiction of such cause by appeal, may affirm, 
reverse, alter or modily the decree of the Register's Court." 
, Section 41, Pzirdon, p. 1256, pi. 22, enacts that, " Whenever a dispute upon 
a matter of fact arises before any Register's Court, the said Court shall, at the 
request of either party, direct a precept for an issue to the Court of Common 
Pleas of the County for the trial thereof, in the form hereinbefore prescribed 
for the direction of Registers, changing such parts thereof as should be changed, 
according to the circumstances of the case; and facts established by the ver- 
dict returned shall not be re-examined on any appeal." 

Some light may perhaps be thrown on these provisions by trac- 
ing their origin and history in the legislation of the State on the 
subject, which may be indicated as follows : In the Charter of 
Charles II. to William Penn, there is the following provision : 
" And we likewise give and grant unto the said William Penn and 
his Heirs, and to his and their deputies and lieutenants, such 
power and authoritie to appoint and establish Judges and Justices, 
Magistrates and officers whatsoever, for what cause soever, for the 
probates of Wills and for the granting of administrations, within 
the precincts aforesaid, and with what power soever, and in such 
form as to the said William Penn or his heirs shall seem most con- 
venient." See Duke of Yorke's Book of Laws, Harrisburg, 1879, 
page 83. 

The first legislative provision on the subject subsequent to the 
Charter, seems to be the Act of Assembly passed in the year 1705, 
entitled, "An Act concerning the probates of written and nun- 
cupative Wills, and for confirming devises of lands," in i Smith's 
Laws, 33, the 8th section of which, page 35, is as follows: 

" And be it further enacted, that there shall be an officer called Register- 
General, to be commissioned by the Governor, from time to time, for the pro- 
bate of Wills, and granting letters of administration in this Province; which 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 137 

Register-General shall keep his office at Philadelphia, and shall from time to 
time, constitute a sufficient deputy to officiate for him in each of the other 
counties of this Province, who, being by him deputed, shall be, and are by this 
Act empowered to take probate of Wills and grant letters of administration in 
the respective counties, as fully and amply as the Register-General himself 
ever could or can do, according to the powers granted by the Royal Charter of 
the late King Charles II. Which Deputies shall have and use a common 
Seal, to be provided at the charge of the respective counties where they serve, 
with like inscriptions as is, or shall be, upon the Seal of the Register-General's 
office at Philadelphia. Provided" &c. 

This Act was followed by another, passed June 7, 1712, which 
will be found in Peter Miller 's Laws, Vol. 1., p. 50. It is not 
contained in Smith' s Laws, as it is a repealed Act, but is referred 
to therein in Vol. L, p. 36, n. x. By this last-mentioned Act it is 
provided as follows : 

" And be it further enacted, that where objections are made, or caveats en- 
tered against proving any Will or granting letters of administration ; and where 
there is or shall be occasion to take the final accounts of executors or adminis- 
trators, or make distribution of decedents' estates, the Register- General and his 
Deputies, respectively, shall, in every case, call to their assistance two or more 
of the Justices of the said Courts of Common Pleas for the county where they 
are concerned, who are hereby empowered and required to give their assistance 
accordingly, to decide the said caveats and matters in controversy, settle the 
said accounts, to make distributions, and do all other judicial acts, as do or 
shall belong, or ought of right to be done by any person or persons having 
power by law to take probate of Wills, and grant letters of administration." 

There does not appear to have been any other legislation on the 
subject until the adoption of the State Constitution of 1776, the 
34th section of which declared that a " Register's office for the 
probate of Wills and granting letters of administration, and an 
office for recording of Deeds, shall be kept in each city and 
county." This language does not establish a Register's Court. 

In the succeeding year, the offices of Register and Recorder 
having been displaced, by the change of State government, were 
re-established under the Constitution, by the Act of March 14, 
1777 ; i Smith' s Laws, 443. 

Subsequently, on Feb. 28, 1780, an Act was passed entitled, 
"An Act for Erecting an High Court of Errors and Appeals." 
It will be found in McKean 's Laws of Pa., 270. The 8th sec- 
tion of the Act is as follows : 

" And be it further enacted, -by the authority aforesaid, that upon hearing of 
any cause litigated before the Register of Wills and for granting of administra- 
tions, the depositions of the several witnesses examined therein shall be in 
writing, and made a part of the proceedings in the cause ; upon which the said 
Court of Errors and Appeals may reverse the decree of the said Register for 
any error, arising either in fact or law or affirm the same, according to the 
merits and justice of the case." 

It will be observed that the reversal may be based either 



138 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

upon fact or upon law. In Section 9 of the Act it is declared 
as follows : 

" Prmrided, &c., That if the said Register, upon a dispute upon the facts 
arising before him, shall send an issue into the Court of Common Pleas of the 
County, to try the said facts, which he shall do at the request of either party, 
and if a verdict establishing the said facts be returned, the said facts shall not 
be re-examined on appeal; and that no appeal from the decree of the -aid 
Register concerning the validity of the Will or the right to administer, shall 
stay the proceedings or prejudice the act of any executor or administrator 
pending the same, provided the executor shall give sufficient security for the 
faithful execution of the Will and Testament to the said Register; but in i-asr 
of refusal, the said Register is hereby directed to grant letters of administration 
during the dispute, which shall suspend the power of such executor during that 



This section separates fact from law, and provides a mode of 
conclusively settling the former. 

The Act above mentioned was repealed by the 22nd Section of 
the Act of April 13, 1791, hereinafter cited; but it appears to be 
the first appearance in our Legislature of the language of the 41 st 
Section of the present Act of 1832, and it will be observed that 
that language is here applied to the Register. It is evident, there- 
fore, that the language, does not refer to, or imply, a Court, or 
judicial proceedings, or judicial discretion, for it is used here with 
reference to a lay officer, and to non-judicial proceedings, and its 
obvious intent was to give a positive right, as against the officer, 
and to displace all discretion on his part. The significance of 
the language, so far, at least, as verbal interpretation is concerned, 
and the aim and purport of the provision, cannot surely be essen- 
tially changed by merely changing, as was subsequently done, the 
person to whom the language is addressed, and by transferring its 
application from the Register to the Register's Court. 

Next followed the State Constitution of 1790, which, in Article 
V. Section u, declared that "a Register's office for the probate 
of Wills and granting letters of administration and an office for 
recording Deeds, shall be kept in each county;" and in Section 
7 of same article, declared that "the Judges of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas, of each county, any two of whom shall be a quorum, 
shall compose the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace and 
Orphans' Court thereof, and the Register of Wills, together with 
the said Judges, or any two of them, shall compose the Register's 
Court of each county." 

This is the first constitutional establishment and recognition of 
a Register's Court, for we have already seen that the Constitution 
of 1776 speaks only of "a Register's office." 

Next follows an "Act to establish the Judicial Courts of this 
Commonwealth, in conformity with the alterations and amend- 
ments in the Constitution." passed April 13, 1791 ; in 3 Smith's 
Laws, 28. The i8th Section is as follows: 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 139 

" And be it further enacted on the authority aforesaid, that upon the hearing 
of any cause litigated before the said Register's Court, the depositions of the 
several witnesses examined therein shall be taken in writing, and made part 
of the proceedings in the cause, upon which the said High Court of Errors and 
Appeals may reverse the decree of the said Register's Court, for any error 
arising either in law or fact, or affirm the same, according to the merits and 
justice of the case. Provided, always, that if the Register's Court, upon a dis- 
pute upon facts arising before them, shall send an issue into the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas to try the said facts, which they shall do at the request of either 
party, and a verdict establishing the said facts be returned, the said facts shall 
not be re-examined on appeal; and that no appeal from the decree of the said 
Register's Courts, concerning the validity ot a Will, or the right to administer, 
shall stay proceedings or prejudice the acts of any executor or administrator 
pending the same, provided the executor shall give sufficient security for the 
faithful execution of the Will and Testament to the Register ; but in case of 
refusal the said Register is hereby directed to grant letters of administration 
during the dispute, which shall suspend the power of the executor during that 
time." 

It will he observed that the foregoing section transfers and 
applies to the Register's Court, the language which by the above- 
cited Act of 1780, was applied to the Register, and that it also 
continues the distinction between law and fact, and the difference 
in the mode of dealing with each respectively. 

The foregoing Act continued in force until the passage of the 
revised Act of March 15, 1832, " Relating to Registers and 
Registers' Courts; P. L., 135. 

The 40th Section of this Act [Purdon, p. 1256, pi. 21,] is as 
follows : " The testimony of all witnesses examined in any cause 
litigated before any Register's Court, shall be taken in writing 
and made a part of the proceedings therein, upon which testimony 
the Court having jurisdiction of such cause, by appeal may affirm, 
reverse, alter or modify the decree of the Register's Court." The 
4ist Section \Purdon, p. 1256, pi. 22] declares that "whenever 
a dispute upon a matter of fact arises before any Register's Court, 
the said Court shall at the request of either party, direct a precept 
for an issue to the Court of Common Pleas of the County, for the 
trial thereof, in the form prescribed for the direction of Registers, 
changing such parts thereof as should be changed according to 
the circumstances of the case ; and the facts established by the 
verdict returned, shall not be re-examined on any appeal." The 
distinction between law and fact, is by these provisions still 
maintained. 

" The Act of 1832 is not of very easy, consistent interpretation," 
as was said by Thompson, C. J., in 21 P. F. Smith, 413. It may 
be well, therefore, with reference to the two sections of it above 
mentioned, to quote the observations made by the revisers in their 
report. See 2 Parke & Johnson' 's Digest, 869. 

" The residue of the Bill relates to the Register's Courts. It is to be com- 
posed of the Register and any two Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of 



140 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

the respective county. This is the provision of the Constitution, sec Article V. 
Sec. 7 (Purdon, 703, 705). The powers and jurisdiction of the Court are 
there described. In substance they are those contained in the Act of June 7, 
17 '12; Purdon, 703, n. The Register is required to record the proceedings of 
his Courts in a book, and to frame a sufficient index thereto. This last provi- 
sion is new, but of obvious utility. The testimony of witnesses examined in 
these Courts, is to be committed to writing, and error in law, or in fact, may 
be assigned therein. These provisions are from the Act of April 13, 1791, 
Sec. 18 (Purdon, 704). The Court, on the request of a party, is required to 
direct a precept into the Court of Common Pleas, for the trial of disputed facts 
in the manner prescribed for the direction of the Registers. The verdict re- 
turned is made conclusive of the facts established thereby. (Purdon, 704)." 

With reference to the section of the Act providing for the 
issuing of a precept by the Register to the Common Pleas, the 
revisers in their report above referred to, have indicated their 
view of the scope and purpose of the Act, and thus afforded a 
key to its proper construction. Their explanatory remarks, as 
follows, will be found in Parke & Johnson, 864. 

" The preceding sections having provided the means of compelling the pro- 
duction of Wills for probate, and the attendance of witnesses; having also sup- 
plied certain rules for the direction of Registers in matters of evidence, provi- 
sion is made in this section for the decision of controversies, which by existing 
laws require the intervention of a jury. When opposition is intended to the 
admission of a testamentary writing to probate, the practice is to lodge with the 
Register what is termed a caveat. The Register thereupon convenes a Regis- 
ter's Court, according to the direction of the Act of June 7, 1712, (Purdon, 703, 
n.). If the legal sufficiency of the writing, or conclusions of law from admitted 
facts only are in controversy, that Court is the proper tribunal, and competent 
to the decision of the entire question. But when the controversy relates, as it 
frequently does, to extrinsic facts, such as the capacity or incapacity of the 
supposed testator, the Court is required by the Act of April 13, 1791, Sec. 18, 
Purdon, 704, to send, at the request of a party, an issue intq the Court of 
Common Pleas, for the trial of the facts in dispute. As the Court can in such 
case exercise no discretion, the direction of the Act of June 7, 1712, seems 
unnecessary. The section now the subject of remark, proposes an alteration 
of the practice in this particular. For this purpose it authorizes the Register, 
in all cases where any matter of fact touching the validity of a testamentary 
writing shall be alleged as the ground of caveat, to send at the request of a party 
a precept in the name of the Commonwealth to the Court of Common I'leas 
directing an issue. The form of the precept is given, and the result of the trial 
is made conclusive of the facts established by it. By this method circuity and 
some inconvenience and delay will be avoided. The precept has been framed 
with a view to the exigency. It is unnecessary to remark upon its contents in 
detail. The course of the proceeding required by the precept is left to the 
practice of the Court to which it is sent. Detail in this particular would have 
been inconsistent with necessary brevity, and also would have introduced mat- 
ters inappropriate to its title. With this section the proceedings preliminary to 
probate conclude." In questions of law, or of conclusions of law from ad- 
mitted facts, the determination is solely by the Court. But where the contro- 
versy relates to extrinsic facts, the Court is required, upon request, to send an 
issue to the Common Pleas. 

It will also be observed that the language of the Act of 1791, 
referred to by the revisers, is of a double aspect, for it apparently 



or PHILADELPHIA. 141 

contains an element of discretion " if the Register's Court, upon 
a dispute upon facts arising before them, shall send an issue," etc.; 
and it contains, secondly, a positive command, " which they 
shall do at the request of either party." It will also be seen that 
the revisers appear to have wholly rejected the element of discre- 
tion, and to have retained only the positive command, unqualified 
by, and detached from the previously subsisting discretion, thus 
markedly indicating by an emphatic centra-distinction, that the 
imperative feature of the statute, as modified by them, was deliber- 
ately intended to exclude the discretionary feature. This may 
throw some light upon the meaning of the revisers when they say 
in their explanatory remarks, that by the Act reported by them, 
"Where the controversy relates to extrinsic facts, the Court is 
required to send at the request of a party, an issue into the Court 
of Common Pleas for the trial of the facts in dispute," and the 
Court " can in such case exercise no discretion." 

The Surveyors and Regulators 

OF PHILADELPHIA. 

Before giving a sketch of what is now "The Department of 
Surveys," I would state the Surveyors-General were evidently the 
chief surveyors of the City as well as of the State, and surveyed 
and laid out all the lots of the purchasers and others, and that this 
continued until the Revolution. We all know that Thomas 
Holme made the original plan of the City of Philadelphia, and 
surveyed the lots, as did also Edward Penington and Thomas 
Fairman. On Dec. 14, 1719, Jacob Taylor was employed to run 
the streets of the city, and in 1737, Benjamin Eastburn was 
appointed by the Common Council one of the Regulators of the 
Streets, etc., and altered the plan of the city streets. 1 After this 
date the Surveyor-General, for the time being, was always 
appointed one of the Regulators. I have no means of knowing 
whether before 1782, any one except the Surveyors-General sur- 
veyed and laid out the building lots in this city; but in the year 
1774, David Rittenhouse and Edward Bonsall, two skilful survey- 
ors, were appointed with others, Regulators of '' Party Walls, 
Buildings and Partition Fences." 

From an old manuscript 2 of 16^ pages, all in the handwriting 
of the late James Pearson (except the first four pages, which were 
written by Reading Howell, and a foot-note on. the third page, 
by Alphonso C. Ireland), appointed one of the City Surveyors, 

1 See an Explanation of this Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, 
by John Reed, Philadelphia, Sept. I, 1774. 

2 This old MS. is now in the possession of Spencer Bonsall, late Chief Sur- 
veyor of the city, a great-grandson of the above-mentioned Edward Bonsall, 
who was appointed Surveyor and Regulator in 1774, and who died I mo. 23d, 
1826, in the 88th year of his age. 

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142 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

under the Act of 1782, I copy the following interesting account 
of the Regulators of the Streets, etc., from 1698 to 1774, which 
I will continue, and to which I propose to add a list of those 
whom the authorities I have consulted and the surveys in the De- 
partment point out as the Principal Surveyors of the City, and a 
list of those appointed Regulators of Party Walls, Streets, etc., at 
different times. I give here a copy of the old manuscript re- 
ferred to, in full, viz : 

" The earliest direction that I find in Pennsylvania for appoint- 
ing Regulators of the streets, is by a Law passed the loth William 
III., 1698, as follows: Forasmuch as the Ornament of Towns & 
Conveniency & health of the Inhabitants so much depend upon 
the due Regulacion of Streets and Landing places, and that the 
said Streets & Landing places & Water Courses may be Effectu- 
ally Regulated & repaired, 

Be it Enacted by the Proprie'y & Governor & With the advice & Consent 
of y e firemen of this province & territories in General Assembly met & by the 
Authority of the Same, That it shall & may be Lawful for the Gov'r for the 
time being with four of the Council, from time to time to Nominate & Appoint 
such & so many as he & they shall think needful of the Substantial Inhabitants 
of the said towns respectively as often as Occasion shall be, to Regulate the 
said Streets & Water Courses, and to Order the pitching & Paving thereoff, as 
also the clearing of docks, where such may be, & repairing landing places & 
Bridges in the said towns, Provided that all water Courses underground in such 
towns as aforesaid shall be arched & laid with brick or stone; and for defray- 
ing the charge of Pitching, paving, Gravelling & Regulacion of sd Street.^ \ 
Scouring & Cleaning the docks, Each Inhabitant Shall Pay toward the same in 
Proportion to the Number of feet his or her or their lotts or land Adjoining on 
each or either side of the Said Streets or docks ; & for Repairing landing places. 
Bridges, making Common Shores, Sewers & Paving, Pitching, Gravelling \ 
Regulating any Part of the streets or Scouring & Cleaning Any Part of the 
docks belonging to the Public, each inhabitant in the said Respective town or 
Place Shall Pay his her or their proportional Rates according to their estates in 
each town. 

These Regulators with the advice and Assistance of the Justices 
of the Peace of the Respective Counties or at least two of them 
were Impowered to Levy a Tax for the public purposes aforesaid 
& enforce payment &c. and further enacts ' That each & every 
owner & Inhabitant of any & Every house in Philadelphia, New- 
Castle & Chester shall plant one or more tree or trees, viz, Pines, 
unbearing Mulberries, Water Poplars, Lime or other shady & 
Wholesome Trees before the door of his her or their House or 
Houses, That the Houses may be well shaded from the Violence 
of the Sun And rendered more Healthy.' Vide Manuscript Laws 
of Pennsylvania, page 64, <5rv., Book C, page 57. 

' In Council Ijth May, 1699 Win. Markham, Esq r . Leivt Governor." 
See i C. R., and ed., 559. 

" PETITION about y e Streetts. Upon reading the petion of several of the 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 143 

Inhabitants of the town of Philadelphia, setting forth the neglect of Levelling 
the streets & ordering the Currents y'of, & the annoyance of the inhabitants by 
obstruction of the said Currents and y r for requesting y e Gov. & Council to 
appoint psons to remedie y e same according to Law. Ordered that Edward 
Shippen, Joshua Carpenter, John Jones, Charles Read, Jno. Parsons, Wm. 
Southebe & Robert Turner, or anie foure of them, do with all expedion psue 
y Law made in the year 1698 entituled The Law for regulating streetts & 
water-courses in the cities & towns of this governm* ; & that they begin with 
the High street wharff, The Currents between Robert Yieldall's & the widow 
Borden's, & the Currents & Wharf of Humphrey & John Morrey's 1 & Wm. Hearr." 

In Council ad Mo. 4th, 1701. Present The Proprietary and Governour. 

On Petition of severeal of the Inhabitants of Philada representing the great 
inconveniency the Town in general lies under and ' more Particularly the In- 
habitants near the end of High Street on Delaware by its being broken down 
and wash 1 away,' &c. ORDERED that in persuance of the Act for the 
Regulating the Cities and Towns of this Government, that ' a Commission be 
forthwith directed to Francis Cook, James Atkinson, Charles Read, Jonathan 
Dickinson, Thomas Masters and John Parsons, to regulate the Streets & Water 
courses of the Town of Philadelphia, and generally to transact and perform all 
the Several particulars for which power is given by Said Act.' 

Extracts from the Commission. Book C, page 85 &c. [2 C. ^.,and ed., 23.] 
As often as occasion shall be to Regulate the streets & water courses of the 
Town of Philadelphia and to order the pitching, paving and Graveling thereof 
&c., And for defraying the Charges of such regulations I do hereby require you 
or any Four of you with the advice and assistance of the Justices of the Peace 
of the County of Philadelphia or at least Two of them, to calculate and com- 
pute the said charges and there upon with the assent of me and Four of the 
Council equally to lay rates &c. Given under my hand and seal at Philadelphia 
ad 4th mo. 1701. WM PENN 

In the Charter Incorporating the Town of Philadelphia and 
Erecting it into a City there is not any express authority granted 
the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council to regulate the lines 
of the streets, or the Water Courses of Philada. But they are 
authorized ' to make (and they may make, ordain, constitute and 
establish) such and so many good and reasonable Laws, Ordi- 
nances and Constitutions (not repugnant to the Laws of England 
and this Government) as to the greatest part of them in such 
Common Council assembled (where the Mayor and Recorder for 
the time being are always to be present) shall seem necessary and 
convenient for the Government of the said City. 

It is probable that the persons named in the Commission afore- 
said, Continued to act as the Regulators of the streets and Water 
courses for several years, as some of them were of Aldermen and 
others of the first Common Council appointed by Charter and all 
of them strict friends of the Proprietor. The Laws of 1698 con- 
tinued in full force for many years and never (was) formaly re- 
pealed but only partially supplied in the year 1711, by the act 

1 Morrey should be Murrey. The writer in making quotations from the 
records, has reconstructed the sentences and modernized the spelling. In some 
cases I have found it necessary to restore the old phraseology, where the mean- 
ing appeared obscure. J- H. M. 



144 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

raising money on the Inhabitants of the city for the public use 
and benefit thereof. 

In those times some dispute had arisen respecting the streets, for 
on the 2ist Sept., 1705, The Mayor and Recorder reported to the 
Common Council ' That they had applied to the Commissioners 
(of property I suppose) to consent with them to lay out the Bounds 
of the City and that the Commissioners refused to Join with the 
Corporation therein' and the Recorder (David Lloyd) ' do con- 
sider w* method may be taken to do the same & Report it at the 
Next Meeting.' No report appears on the minutes. But on the 
29th April, 1706, 'The Recorder, Alderman Story and Robert 
Assheton were directed to draw a new Draught of a Charter and 
Insert therein such Privileges as appeared deficient, also to write a 
letter to the Proprietor on the subject and that a coppy of the said 
letter be sent to some person in London to solicit the same with 
the Proprietary. The Draft of the Charter was produced at a 
subsequent Meeting, amended and ordered to be engrossed and 
sent over to London, but the result is not on the minutes. 

It is probable that there was an ordinance for surveying the 
streets about this time, for the Act of Assembly passed Feb. 18, 
1710-'!!, only provides that the Mayor, Aldermen and Common- 
alty should ' Nominate and chuse Two or more discreet persons 
understanding the art of Building and Qualify them according to 
Law for Surveyors or Regulators within the same.' These were 
only to lay out the lines for foundations of buildings and for party 
walls, which is all those persons were to do by that act. 1 which 
was repealed by the Queen (Anne) Feb. xoth, 1713. But during 
the continuance of that Act and before they could have notice of 
the repeal, the Corporation 14 Nov., 1712, Ordered the Mayor 
and Commonalty of the City to view the respective Streets and 
Water Courses within the same and consider the proper methods 
for the more Commodious Regulation thereof, And on the igth 
June, 1713, the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the 
City in Common Council assembled (probably a report made) 
concluded on the Regulation of the Water Courses of several of 
the streets. And there being Overseers of the Streets and Roads 
at this time perhaps the streets were formed by the Citizens then 
called out to work on them Agreeably to those regulations, as 
to this day several of them Descend nearly in the manner then 
Ordered. (I have omitted the above.) That on the i4th Nov., 
1712, Jonathan Dickinson and the Commonalty of the City 
' Ordered that an Ordinance be drawn by the Recorder for the 
better Regulation of the Streets of this City, and for Obliging the 

'The Common Council on July 22, 1712, appointed Thomas Griffiths, 
Thomas Redman and Samuel Powel, " Regulators of Particion Walls within 
this city." 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 145 

Owners of lands, &c. within the same to pave before their res- 
pective Tenements. 

On the 1 2th of March, 17 13-' 14, George Roche, Mayor, 'Alder- 
men Dickinson, Carter and Teague, Thomas Griffiths, Owen 
Roberts, Joseph Redman and William Fishbourne or some four of 
them are appointed Regulators of the Streets and Water Courses 
of this city, who may from time to time give such orders therein 
as may best suit and accommodate the public.' 

The Law for raising money on the Inhabitants of Philada for 
the public use and benefit thereof, Pass'd ;th June 1712, only 
provides for the chusing of Six Assessors to Assess the Inhabitants 
and Estates within the city, But takes no authority seemly from 
the corporation, only defining some of the powers thereof, and 
makes no provision for the appointment of other persons to regu- 
late the Streets or Water Courses, the former mode continuing in 
Use. 

On the Qth of August 1717, the Mayor and Commonalty made 
an appointment of nine persons to regulate the Streets and Water 
Courses (some of these were Aldermen and others regulators of 
Party Walls) and in the following year, Thomas Redman (a Regu- 
lator) was appointed Inspector of Water Courses, who was to take 
care that they were done according to Regulation. 

On the i4th of Decem'r 1719, the Mayor (William Fishbourne) 
and Alderman Hill ' In conjunction with the Regulators are re- 
quested to Imploy Jacob Taylor to run out the several streets of 
this city, and that they Cause the same to be Staked Out to pre- 
vent any encroachment that may happen in Building for the want 
thereof. ' 

The Law passed 24th Feb'y 1720-21, Is silent on the powers of 
the corporation to regulate the Streets and Water Courses, But 
gives authority to them to appoint Surveyors or Regulators to 
mark the lines of lots for the foundations of buildings, value Party 
Walls &c. and directing the mode of appeal from the Surveyors 
to the Mayor and Commonalty 'at the next Common Council.' 

On the 2ist April 1721, the Mayor, &c., pursuant to the Law 
above mentioned appointed George Claypoole, Thomas Redman, 
Samuel Powel and James Steele or any two of them ' as Regula- 
tors of Party Walls and Partition fences within this City.' The 
Mayor and Commonalty continued to regulate the Streets and 
Water Courses by a Delegated authority to several members of 
their own Body, amongst whom were generally some of the Sur- 
veyors or Regulators of buildings and Party Walls. For on the 
24th of April, 1723, It was ordered in Common Council that 
' Aldermen Fishbourne and Carter, Edward Roberts and John 
Cadwalader (Common Council-men) with the Surveyor General 
lay out the High Street and fix the wharves for the Ferry' (mean- 
ing the middle Ferry on the Schuylkill. A Similar appointment 



146 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

on the 25th of March, this year, of six persons ' to consider the 
best method of the Water Course to the river on Mulberry Street 
and make report thereof to the next Council.' (The Arch lead- 
ing to the river in Mulberry Street was now pulled down and the 
Hill impassable.) 

On the 30th Aug., 1725, Evan Owen, Israel Pemberton and 
John Jones were appointed Regulators of the City ' and Jacob 
Taylor is added in the room of Thomas Redman, Deceased.' 
These were only Regulators of Lots, Party Walls, &c. 

It appears by a minute of the Corporation 26th June, 1727, 
That an Ordinance for the better Regulating the Streets and \Vat- 
ter Courses, pitching and paving the streets, &c., had been pub- 
lished and in use many years. Said Ordinance was now revised 
by the Mayor and Commonalty in /Common Council assembled 
and some new regulations respecting the Pumps standing in the 
streets, (All of whom belong to Private Persons) was ordered to 
be added thereto. 

There is no Memorial (that I can find) relative to the streets or 
Regulators until the 29th October, 1733, when the corporation 
ordered, that ' The Mayor for the time being Aldermen Fitzwater, 
Edward Roberts, George Mifflin, John Jones, Israel Pemberton, 
Edward Warner and Jacob Taylor or any four of them, of which 
the Mayor for the time being to be one, to regulate the Streets of 
this city.' 

And at a Common Council August 8th, 1.737, ' Benjamin 
Eastburn, the Surveyor General of this Province,' (Jacob Taylor, 
late Surveyor General being Deceased,) ' is now appointed one of 
the Regulators of this city, and is to assist in all Regulacions of 
the Streets, who is to be paid for his trouble in giving his Assist- 
ance.' It is probable none were paid before this time for regulating 
the streets, (except a small sum to ' Jacob Taylor for running out 
High street" &c. ) as there is no item in the Accounts for that ser- 
vice, they being mostly either the Aldermen or of the Common 
Council and generally rich men. 

In 1742, Aug't. 9th. The Corporation ' having taken into con- 
sideration that there are not a sufficient number of Regulators to 
regulate the streets of this city, the following persons are appointed 
for that purpose, viz't. the Mayor and Recorder for the time be- 
ing George Fitzwater, Israel Pemberton, Edward Warner, William 
Parsons, Samuel Powel, Senior, Samuel Rhoads, Edward Shippen 
and Thomas Hart, and it is Ordered that all Regulations be made 
by some four of them, The Mayor or Recorder being one of the 
number.' 

The Common Council appointed on the i4th of July 1748 
' Nicholas Scull (Surv'r Gen'l) and Joseph Fox,' together with 
such of the former appointment (in 1742) as could attend, Regu- 
lators of the streets of this city ; as several of those then chosen 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 147 

were since disabled by sickness or removed out of Town. And at 
the same time directed sd N Scull and Joseph Fox with Samuel 
Rhoads to determine ' the lines and boundaries Dividing the 
grounds of Edmund Wolley and Casper Ulrich and make report 
to the next Common Council.' This shows that the Corporation 
understood that those persons whom they appointed to survey the 
streets were also to survey & and regulate the Lots. And for 
many years prior to this time there was no persons specially 
appointed to Regulate lots and Party Walls, but those chosen to 
survey the streets performed the whole. 

On the 2gth of April 1758, ; It being represented to the Cor- 
poration now met' That of the Regulators of the Streets hereto- 
fore appointed, no more remained than Samuel Rhoads, Joseph 
Fox and Nicholas Scull, which not being thought a sufficient num- 
ber, the Board agree to add Philip Syng, Hugh Roberts, Jacob 
Lewis, and John Palmer, any three of whom, together with the 
Mayor and Recorder, or either of them, and any three of the 
Aldermen for the time being, to make a Quorum for regulating 
the streets and water courses of this City.' Being in order of 
time it may be well to note here the Law passed the 6th March 
1762, appointing six Commissioners to pave the streets of Phila- 
delphia and for Regulating, making and amending the Water 
Courses and Common Sewers &c. &c. By this Act ' The Mayor 
or Recorder and any Four Aldermen with the Commissioners shall 
consider and agree which of the streets &c' shall be first paved 
' having regard to the streets that are most used by the Country 
in bringing their produce and Effects to Market,' and in another 
section it is ' Enacted, That the said Mayor or Recorder and Four 
Aldermen together with any four of the Regulators of the said 
City for the time being shall appoint and direct the Regulation 
of the said Streets, Lanes, Alleys and 'Common Sewers, with de- 
gree of Descent of each Water Course.' And in the supplement 
to that Act, Pass'd 4th March 1763, the footways are to be paved, 
posts to be fixed by the Owners of the several lots when the Mayor 
and Aldermen with the Commissioners shall direct. There is 
the same authority Given to the Magistrates and Regulators in 
these Acts as in that pass'd in 1769, respecting of Streets, lanes, 
Alleys, Water Courses and Common Sewers. 

On the loth of April, 1764, 'John Lukens, Surveyor General 
is appointed by the Board ' (of Common Council) one of the 
Regulators of this city in the room of Nicholas Scull, Deceased.' 

No new appointment of Regulators was made until The 251!! 
Day of June, 1774, when on 'Being represented to the Board, 
that an additional number of Regulators were much wanted, The 
following persons were appointed Regulators of party walls, Build- 
ings and Partition fences in the City of Philadelphia : Vizt, 
David Rittenhouse, Robert Smith, (Carpenter. ) Thomas Morris, 



148 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Edward Bonsall and William Callady.' This was the last ap- 
pointment under William Penn's Charter to Philadelphia. These 
persons with those of former appointments that chose to act per- 
form'd the business of Regulating unto near the middle of the 
Revolutionary war." 

Under the Act of Assembly of Feb. 24, 1721, Common Coun- 
cil was empowered to appoint two or more skilful persons Survr} 
ors or Regulators of Party Walls, &c.; i Dallas' Laws, 152. In 
a foot note it is stated " This Act had lain dormant and inoper- 
ative for some time in consequence of the dissolution of the Cor- 
poration of Philadelphia, at the time of the Revolution, the Cor- 
poration alone being empowered to appoint Surveyors and 
Regulators. It was therefore amended and rendered effectual by 
the Act of April 15, 1782 ; 2 Dallas, 65. By the latter Act the 
power of appointing the Surveyors and Regulators was vested in 
any four of the Justices of the Peace," (with four or more of the 
Commissioners for paving and cleaning the streets.) " But the 
Act of March n, 1789, incorporating the city, (sections 29 and 
30,) incidentally restored the appointments to the Corporation." 
After the passage of the Ordinance of May 9, 1804, none but per- 
sons deemed skilful Surveyors or Builders (/. <?., House Carpen- 
ters) were appointed Surveyors or Regulators. 

The Surveyors and Regulators appointed under the Act of Apri 1 
15, 1782, were Joseph Wetherill, (lumber merchant); James 
Pearson, (surveyor); Josiah Matlack, (surveyor), and John 
Connelly, (shop-keeper). See White Directory for 1785. From 
Surveys, as signed, I find that in 1782, Thomas Nevell, John 
McCulloch, William Moulder and Gunning Bedford were also 
Surveyors or Regulators, and that in 1788, Joseph Fox, (house 
carpenter), was one of the Regulators. See i Dallas, 308; Wells, 
appellant, v. Fox. He died in 1811 ; when he ceased to be one of 
the Regulators I do not know, but from 1801 to 1807 he was 
" Cryer of the Court." See old Directories. I found a Survey 
dated in 1803, signed by Pearson and Reading Howell. 

The Ordinance of Councils of May 9, 1804, entitled an Ordi- 
nance to appoint Surveyors of Streets, &c., authorized the Mayor 
to appoint two qualified persons to survey and regulate the streets, 
who should make a large and correct plan of the streets and mark 
the natural water courses and common sewers thereon, and record 
the same in a book to be kept for that purpose, with proper refer- 
ence to the draft, their surveys of the streets, &c. There is now 
(1879) ' n possession of the Surveyor and Regulator of the Third 
District a large manuscript volume of surveys, &c., of the streets 
of the old city of Philadelphia, in the clear, bold handwriting of 
Reading Howell, on the title page of which it is stated that it was 
made in accordance with the Ordinance of 1804; at the foot of 



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the title page is the date MDCCCIX. I am, therefore, inclined 
to believe that Reading Howell was one of the City Surveyors 
appointed under the Ordinance of 1804, (who the other was I am 
not even able to guess) for an Ordinance was passed on March 3, 
1806, called, "a supplement to the Ordinance entitled an Ordi- 
nance to appoint Surveyors," &c., in which it is stated "Whereas 
two Surveyors have been appointed as by said Ordinance is 
directed, one of whom is since deceased, and whereas such pro- 
gress has been made by the surviving Surveyor in the duties 
assigned to them by the said Ordinance as renders the appoint- 
ment of another unnecessary," &c. A further supplement of June 
18, 1807, refers to the "Surviving Surveyor," James Pearson 
was not a City Surveyor from 1800 (when Josiah Matlack was sole 
City Surveyor), until 1808 ; the Directories between those periods 
call him "late City Surveyor ;" the Directory of 1808 gives him as 
" City Surveyor," yet on Oct. 16, 1806, I found a survey signed 
by James Pearson and William Garrigues; the latter was a carpen- 
ter ; but Mease, in his Picture of Philadelphia, p. 147, in 1811, 
gives him as one of the City Surveyors. I find one of Pearson's 
surveys as late as April 30, 1813. He died in August of that 
year. The Directory of 1809 calls William Stevenson " City 
Surveyor ;" he was a carpenter, and died in 1817. 

An Ordinance of July 13, 1809, to regulate the streets, states 
that " the said Draft and Book of Reference having been com- 
pleted," the Surveyors of the City shall regulate the streets, &c. , 
agreeable to said Draft and Book. 

The Ordinance of Oct. i, 1811, directs "the City Regulators 
or a majority of them," to fix the width of the footways in the 
streets, &c., and enter them in the Book of Record of the said 
Regulators. 

An Ordinance of August 6, 1814, authorized the Mayor " to 
appoint three discreet and skilful persons, duly qualified, to be 
Regulators and Surveyors of the City * * at least two of 

whom shall be practical Surveyors, one of whom shall be desig- 
nated by the Mayor, at the time of the appointment, to be the 
Recording Surveyor." Under this Ordinance Reading Howell, 
Samuel Hains and Alphonso C. Ireland, were appointed Sur- 
veyors and Regulators. Mr. Howell being designated as the 
"Recording Surveyor." Before the time of Reading Howell, 
James Pearson and Thomas Nevell seem to have made the most 
careful surveys ; but paper appears to have been- scarce between 
1782 and 1813, Pearson's term of service. I found surveys made 
on the back of the counts of lottery drawings, on backs of elec- 
tion returns, and some on the backs of letters addressed to the 
"President of the Bank of the United States," and one on the 
back of a letter from Col. Henry to Capt. Pearson. On one 
survey was the following memorandum, signed " George Vaux." 
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"The Blue Anchor Tavern stood at the N. W. Cor. of Front 
& Dock & was pulled down about 1810." J. Edgar Thompson, 
late President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and a 
native of Delaware County, ran the lines of some of the streets ; 
a number of his Surveys are on file in the office of the Surveyor 
of the 3d District, very carefully and handsomely drawn. 

By an Ordinance of Council of Dec. 5, 1839, it was ordered 
that in January of each year thereafter, Councils should in joint 
meeting elect two persons to be City Surveyors and Regulators, 
one of whom should be designated at the time of his election. 
"Principal City Surveyor," and the other " Assistant City Sur- 
veyor and Regulator." Minutes of Select Council. Previous to 
the passage of this Ordinance, Samuel Hains, who was elected 
there under the " Principal City Surveyor," was the " Recording 
Surveyor," and, no doubt, succeeded Reading Howell in that 
office, after his death, in 1827. Reading Howell made a com- 
plete map of Pennsylvania in 1792, under the Act of Congress to 
encourage Learning and for securing Maps, &c. The first map, 
that embraced the entire Province of Pennsylvania, was that of 
William Scull, made in 1770. 

The following lists give the names of the Principal City Sur- 
veyors and Regulators and Assistants to date. 

Principal City Surveyors. 

Thomas Holme, Surveyor- General, 18, 2 mo., 1682 

Edward Penington, " Feb. 20, 1698 

Thomas Fairman, " , 1702 

Jacob Taylor, " Nov. 26, 1706 

Thomas Redman, from 1712 to 1725 

Jacob Taylor, 1 appointed Aug. 30, 1725 
Benjamin Eastburn, Surveyor- General Aug. 8, 1737 

William Parsons, " Aug. 27, 1741 

Nicholas Scull, Jan'y 14, 1748 

Joseph Fox, Regulator, Jan'y 14, 1748 

John Lukens, Survey or- General, April 10, 1761 

David Rittenhouse, appointed J an 'y 25, 1774 

Edward Bonsall, J an 'y 2 5> *774 

Josiah Matlack, April 15, 1782 

James Pearson, April 15, 1782 

Reading Howell, , 1804 

James Pearson, , 1808 

William Stevenson, , 1809 

William Garrigues, , 1811 

Samuel Hains, Aug. , 1814 

Alphonso C. Ireland, Aug. , 1814 



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Enoch Lewis, 1 appointed . 1827 to 1834 

Edward H. Gill, 1834 to 1840 

Samuel Hains, J an 'y 16, 1840 

Samuel Honeyman Kneass, April 26, 1849 

Spencer Bonsall May 9, 1853 

Strickland Kneass, 2 May 29, 1855 

Samuel Lightfoot Smedley, Mar. 14, 1872 

ASSISTANT CITY SURVEYORS. 3 

Ordinance of December 5, 1839. 

Marine T. W. Chandler, appointed Jan'y 16, 1840 
Spencer Bonsall, " July n, 1850 

David Hudson Shedaker, " Sept. i, 1853 

Principal Assistant City Engineers. 

Office created by Ordinance of July 7, 1870. 

James R. McClure, appointed July 7, 1870 

J. Milton Titlow, " March i, 1874 

ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEERS. 

Office established by Ordinance of Feb. 6, 1874. 

Rudolph Hering, 4 appointed Feb'y 6, 1874 

John D. Estabrook, " Aug. 15, 1882 

The Department of Surveys, of the City of Philadelphia, was 
organized by Ordinance of Councils, under the provisions of the 
2 7th- and 5oth sections of the Act (of Consolidation) of Feb. 2, 
1854. The Ordinance was sent to the Mayor on Oct. 14, 1854, 
and not having been returned to Councils within fifteen days 
thereafter, became a law. 

On March 27, 1855, Councils in joint session elected Strickland 
Kneass Chief Engineer and Surveyor, together with twelve Dis- 
trict Surveyors and Regulators, viz : 

1. Charles S. Close, 7. James P. Davis, 

2. David Hudson Shedaker, 8. William Reed, 

3. Francis Lightfoot, 9. Henry A. Frink, 

4. Joseph King, Jr., 10. Henry Haines, 

5. Jesse Lightfoot, n. John H. Levering, 

6. Spencer Bonsall, 12. Amos Stiles, Jr. 

These to constitute a Board of Surveyors, with the Chief 
Engineer as President. These gentlemen met once and organ- 
ized, as a Board by electing Strickland Kneass Chief Engineer 

1 Vice Howell. 2 Chief Engineer and Surveyor. 

3 The Act of Feb. 2, 1854, abolished this position. 4 Resigned, Dec, 31, 1881. 



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and Surveyor, and President of the Board of Surveyors ; but they 
never performed any other duty, as they were superseded by a 
supplement to the Act (of Consolidation) of April 21, 1855, 
directing that the members of the Board of Surveys should be 
elected by the votes of the twelve Survey Districts into which the 
city was divided by the supplement one person to be elected in 
each district, to serve for five years, "who shall have had five 
years' experience and skill in his profession." The supplement 
also directed that the Board should be organized by the election 
of the Chief Engineer as President. 

The said District Surveyors were duly elected on May i, 1855, 
and the Board organized by electing Strickland Kneass Chief 
Engineer and Surveyor. Journal of Select Council, May 7, 1855. 



District Surveyors and Regulators. 

Present members are indicated thus, * 



1. Thomas Daly, 

2. Charles S. Close,* 

3. Spencer Bonsall, 

4. Amos Stiles, Jr., 

5. Joseph H. Siddall, 

6. James P. Davis, 1 

7. Henry Haines, 

8. Joseph S. Siddall, 

9. Jesse Lightfoot, 

10. Isaac Shallcross, 

11. Charles H. Fox, 

12. James Miller, 

11. Samuel L. Smedley, 2 

4. Edward D. Roberts,* 
3. D. Hudson Shedaker,* 

12. William H. Jones,* 

5. John F. Wolf, 
8. James Keily, 

8. John H. Levering,* 1 

7. William Albertson,* 

i. Thomas Daly (2d) 4 

13. Joseph Hibbard,* 8 
10. Isaac E. Shallcross, 6 



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May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May i, 1855 

May 17, 1858 

May 7, 1860 

May 7, 1860 

May 7, 1860 

May 7, 1860 

May 7, 1860 

Oct. 10, 1865 

Oct. 10, 1865 

May 24, 1866 

April 20, 1868 

Jan'y i, 1871 



1 James P. Davis died Nov. 25, 1879, a 8 e d 69. 

* Vice Fox, resigned. "Vice Keily, deceased. 

4 By the Board, in place of his deceased father. 

5 The Act of Assembly of April 13, 1868, creating the 241)1 Ward, made it a 
Survey District, which necessitated the appointment of a District Surveyor. 
Mr. Hibbard was appointed by the Board, and continued, by election, since. 

8 In place of his father. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 153 

ii. George W. Hancock, 1 appointed Mar. 14, 1872 

5. Andrew French,* 2 " Mar. 16, 1874 
i. William C. Cranmer,* elected Nov. 18, 1876 

n. Joseph Johnson,* " J an 'y l > 1878 

6. Joseph Mercur,* 3 " Dec. 3, 1879 
9. Henry A. Stallman,* 4 elected Feb'y 17, 1880 

10. George S. Webster,* 5 appointed April 19, 1880 

RECORDING CLERK 

AND SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF SURVEYS. 
George Sturgis, appointed Mar. 31; 1855 

The Department of Highways. 

The office of Chief Commissioner of Highways was created by 
the Act of Consolidation, /'. e., Feb. 2, 1854, P. L., for the 
supervision of the streets and roads of this city and county. By 
the Act of April 21, 1855. an( ^ Ordinance of Councils, the Chief 
and his two Assistant Commissioners were constituted a Board for 
the transaction of all business relating to the highways. -The 
term of office at first was for one year, but since the new Consti- 
tution, for three years. 

CHIEF COMMISSIONERS. 

Thomas Birch, elected Oct. 5, 1854 

John McCarthy, " July 16, 1857 

Conrad B. Andress, " July 8 1858 

Joseph Shantz, " July 7, 1859 

James Landy, " Feb'y 6, 1862 

George W. Schofield, " Feb'y 26, 1863 

William W. Smedley, " Feb'y n, 1864 

Mahlon H. Dickinson, " Feb'y 12, 1867 

John Liberton Hill, " Feb'y 18, 1875 

William Baldwin, 6 " March 2, 1876 

John D. Estabrook, Jan'y 6, 1883 

A List of the Philadelphia Directories. 

1785 ... by Francis White. 

1785 ... " John Macpherson. 

1 Vice Smedley. 2 Vice Wolf, resigned. 

3 Vice Davis, dec'd. 4 In place of Lightfoot, who declined. 

5 In place of Isaac E. Shallcross, resigned. 

6 Mr. Baldwin was elected for the unexpired term of John L. Hill, who 
resigned and was re-elected for three years, Jan. I, 1877, and again on Dec. 
30, 1879, for three years from Jan I, 1880. He died suddenly of heart disease 
on Jan. i, 1883, aged 45 years, on his way to attend a joint meeting of Coun- 
cils, who were to fill his expired term of office. 



154 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

1791 ... by Clement Biddle. 

1793 and 1794, James Hardie. 

1795 " 1796, " Edmund Hogan. 

1796 . . . Thomas Stephens. 

1797 to 1 80 1, " Cornelius Wm. Stafford. 
1799 . . . James Robinson. 

1802 to 1811, " James Robinson. 

1811 . . . *' Census. 

1813 ... " John Adems Paxton. 

1814 ... " B. & T. Kite. 

1816 and 1817, " James Robinson. 

1817 . . . " Edward Dawes. 

1818 and 1819, " John Adems Paxton. 

1820 ... " Edward Whitely, 

1821 and 1822, McCarty & Davis. 
1823 and 1824, Robert Desilver. 
1825 ... " Thomas Wilson. 
1828 to 1833, Robert Desilver. 
1835 . . . Robert Desilver. 

'1837 . . . Robert Desilver. 

1837 to 1860, " Archibald McElroy. 

1860 ... S. E. Cohen. 

1861 to 1867, " Archibald McElroy. 
1868 to 1883,! " James Gopsill. 

Additional Justices of the Supreme Court, 

OF THE PROVINCE OP PENNSYLVANIA. 

During the publication of this work, Mr. Simon Gratz, of our 
Bar, furnished me with the following copy of an ancient and 
interesting document in his possession, being the oath of office of 
certain Provincial Judges. I can but regret that I had no knowl- 
edge of this important paper before, or of its contents, which gives 
us another Chief Justice of the Provincial Supreme Court, Samuel 
Jenihgs, and another Associate, Peter Baynton. on April 10, 1691. 
Those of my readers familiar with our history, know that the 
Minutes of Councils and the Colonial Records are missing between 
November 21, 1690, and the 26th of April, 1693, and that there 
are no Minutes of our Courts to be found that were made previous 
to 1750, that I know of, so no researches of mine could have dis- 

1 There were no Directories printed for eleven years, namely, none between 
1785 and 1791, and none in 1792, 1812, 1815, 1826, 1827, 1834, nor in 1836. 
The Directory of 1801 was on the plan of a street Directory, but the experi- 
ment has never been repeated. Isaac Costa has been the compiler of Gopsill's 
Directory since its first publication in 1868. A supplement to the Directory 
for 1814 was printed in 1815. Paxton published a supplement to his Directory 
for 1819, for the year 1820. The Directories for 1821 and 1822 are merely 
that of 1820 with a supplement for the respective years. 



OP PHILADELPHIA. 155 

covered this information. As to the name of Joseph Growden, 
it is a mooted question among historians whether it should be 
spelled Growdon, or Growden ; it will be observed that Mr. 
Gratz is in favor of Growdon. The paper referred to is as follows : 

" Beit Remembered that Samuel jenings, Joseph Growdon, Thomas Wynne, 
Peter Baynton, and Edward Blake, being commissionated Provincial Judges, 
before they undertook or accepted their commission, they the said Samuel 
Jenings, Joseph Growdon and Thomas Wynne, being desired, came into 
Council on the loth day of the Second month, 1691 : and then and there de- 
clared their allegiance to the King and Queen, and their lawful obedience to 
Wm. Penn, Proprietor and Governor of this Province, and to discharge their 
trust to the best of their understanding and capacity. In testimony whereof 
they have hereunto sett their hands the day and year aforesaid at the Council 
Room. SAML. JENINGS, 

Jos. GROWDON, 
THO. WYNNE." 

The Mayors 

OF PHILADELPHIA. 

A Correction in the List. 

The City Charter of March n, 1789, Sect, xii., says: "That 
it shall and may be lawful for the Aldermen of the said city, or a 
majority of them, to elect and choose by ballot, every year, or 
oftener, if a vacancy shall happen by death or resignation, re- 
moval from office or from the city, one of their own number, who 
shall be Mayor for the City for the ensuing year." Duane 1 s 
Ordinances of Philadelphia, 1805: 2 Dallas' Laws, 654. 

The 5th Section authorized the election of Common Council- 
men on the second Tuesday in April ; they were to meet and 
organize on the next Friday thereafter, and I suppose they elected 
in 1789, a Mayor on the day of organization, viz., April 13, 1789, 
and not in October, as stated on page 95, ante. By the Act of April 
4, 1796, the Councils elected the Mayor on the third Tuesday in 
October, annually. Therefore, the following corrections should 
be made in the dates of the elections of the Mayors, viz. : 

Samuel Powel, by Council April 13, 1789 

Samuel Miles, " April 12, 1790 

John Barclay, " April n, 1791 

Matthew Clarkson, " April 16, 1792 

Justices of the Courts, 

OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 

From 1681 to 1790. 

This list of the Justices of Chester County which includes the 
names of those who were Justices of the Courts, that sat at Chester 
now Delaware County was prepared from a careful examina- 
tion of the records in the office of Internal Affairs at Harrisburg, 
and may be considered perfect. I have prefaced the list with the 



156 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

names of the Swedish Magistrates at Tinicum and the Justices <>! 
Upland Court, as being of interest in this connection. 

The eldest Justice in the Commission present at any sitting ot" 
the Court, was styled in the Minutes, the "President," but that 
does not indicate that such Justice was the " Presiding Justice" 
of the Court, or the first on the Commission. Those are given 
here : 

THE PRESIDING JUSTICES. 

William Markham, Lieut. Gov. Nov. 30, 1681 

William Clayton, President June 13, 1682 

William Markham, " Sept. 12, 1682 

John Simcock, " Feb. 14, 1682-3 

William Penn, Present June 27, 1683 

Christopher Taylor, President , 1684 

John Simcock, " 6, 2 mo., 1685 

John Bristow, " 2, n mo., 1689 

John Guest, " 25, 7 mo. ,1703 

Jasper Yeates, " , 1704 

Caleb Pusey, " May 13, 1713 

Jasper Yeates, " Aug. 26, 1717 

Dr. John Wright, 1 " May 22, 1722 

Richard Hayes, " Oct. 10, 1727 

Henry Pierce, " April TO, 1741 

John Crosby, 2 " J an 'y 7> J 745 

Caleb Cowpland, " May .19, 1749 

William Moore,' President Judge May 25, 1752 

Thomas Worth, 4 " Oct. 20, 1759 

William Moore, " Nov. 19, 1764 

Alexander Johnstone,* " Sept. 3, 1776 

Isaac Davis, " Mch. 31, 1777 

William Clingan, " Nov. 18, 1780 

John Pearson, " Dec. 22, 1787 

1 Dr. John Wright left Chester County in 1726, and settled in, and became 
Presiding Justice of Lancaster County in 1729. He died in 1741. 

2 Died, October, 1750. He was the g. g. g. grandfather of the author of 
this work ; another g. g. g. grand-son is Rear Admiral Peirce Crosby, of the 
United States Navy, now commanding the South Atlantic Squadron. 

3 Died, May 30, 1782, aged 84. 

4 On Feb. 23, 1761, writs of superseded* were issued to Samuel Lightfoot, 
Edward Brinton, Thomas Worth and John Morton, forbidding them exercising 
the office of Judges of the Court of Commom Pleas of Chester County, under 
the Act of Sept. 20, 1759. As Thomas Worth was the oldest Justice, I have 
called him the President Judge, and not Samuel Lightfoot. Worth was, besides, 
a prominent man in his day, as will be seen from the Colonial Records. 

3 Alexander Johnstone and his associates were appointed Justices by the Con- 
vention of July 15, 1776, a gross usurpation of power on the part of the Com- 
mittee. The Minutes at West Chester will show whether they ever held a 
Court, but it is not probable that they ever did. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 157 

Justices of the Peace, 

AND OF THE COURTS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. 
From the Record of Commissions, &>c. 

1658 Magistrates at Tinicum ; Hazard 's Annals of Pennsyl- 
vania, 242 Oloff Stille, Mathys Hanson, Peter Rambo and Peter 
Cock. Sheriff, Gregorius Van Dyck. 

1668 Captain John Carr, Hans Block, Israel Helm, Peter 
Rambo, Peter Cock, Peter Alricks and the Schout. [These are 
supposed to have held Court at Upland. William/ Tom was 
Schout or Sheriff, appointed Aug. 10, 1669. Edward Cantwell 
was appointed Sheriff, Aug. 12, 1672, in place of Wm. Tom, 
resigned.] 

1674 -Justices for the river; Hazard 1 s Annals, 414. Peter 
Coqk, Peter Rambo, Israel Helm, Laers Audriesson and Wolle 
Swain. 

1676 Upland Court Peter Cock, Peter Rambo, Israel Helm, 
Lace Andries, Oele Swensen and Otto Earnest Cock. Clerk 
EpJ^raim Herman. 

1680 Upland Court Otto Ernest Cock, Israel Helm, Henry 
Jones, Laurens Cock and George Browne. 

1681 William Markham, Lieut. Governor and President, 
William Clayton, William Warner, Robert Wade, Otto Ernest 
Cock, William Byles, Robert Lucas, Thomas Fairman, James 
Sandelands, Hendricks Bankson, Swan Swanson, Lasse Cock, 
and Andreas Bankson. Sheriff, John Test. Clerk Thomas 
Revel. 

1682-3 John Simcock, President, Thomas Brassey, William 
Clayton, Robert Wade, John Bezer, Otto Ernest Cock and Ralph 
Withers. Clerk Robert Eyre. 

1684 Christopher Taylor, William Wood, Nicholas Newlin, 
George Maris, Thomas Usher, Robert Pyle, John Blunston and 
John Harding. 

1685 6th, 2 mo. John Simcock, William Wood, Nicholas 
Newlin,- Robert Wade, George Maris, Thomas Usher, Robert 
Pyle and John Blunston. 

1686 Dec. 10 ; Court of Equity. John Blunston, John 
Simcock, George Maris, Bartholomew Coppock, Samuel Levis, 
Robert Wade and Robert Pyle. Held by the Justices of the 
Common Pleas under the title of Commissioners. 

1 688 No date given in Record of Commissioners at Harrisburg, 
probably in 1688; if so, then Caleb Fuse y and Thomas Usher 
should be added; i C. R., 221. John Simcock, John Bristow, 
Bartholomew Coppock, Jr., John Blunston, Thomas Brasey and 
Randall Vernon. 
1689 Smith' s Delaware Co., 171 John Simcock, John Bristow, 

21 



158 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Bartholomew Coppock, Jr., John Blunston, George Maris, Francis 
Harrison, Nicholas Newlin and Joshua Fearne. 

1690 2d, ii mo., 1689 John Bristow, John Bevan, John 
Blunston, Nicholis Newlin, Francis Harrison, Samuel Levis, 
James Sandilands, William Howell and Joshua Fearne, Clerk and 
Justice. 

1690 6th, 1 mo. John Simcock. 

1693 George Foreman, Jeremiah Collett, Thomas Withers. 

1700 Ralph Fishbourne. 

1703- Appointed 2$th of the *]th mo. John Guest, Jasper 
Yeates, Caleb Pusey, Philip Roman, Jonathan Hayes, Ralph 
Fishbourne, Jeremiah Collett, Walter Martin, Nathaniel Newlin. 

1704 Commissions read at May Court Jasper Yeates, Caleb 
Pusey, Jeremiah Collett and Philip Roman. 

1710 Appointed Mar. 3 Jasper Yeates, Caleb Pusey, Nicholas 
Pile, Jonathan Hayes, Philip Roman, Thomas Powell, Henry 
Pierce and Ephraim Jackson. 

1711 Appointed Nov. 24 Jasper Yeates, Robert Pyle, Caleb 
Pusey, Nicholas Pile, Jonathan Hayes, William Davis, Henry 
Nayle and Richard Webb. 

1713 Appointed May 13 Caleb Pusey, Nicholas Pile, William 
Davis, Henry Nayle, 1 Richard Webb, Nicholas Fairlamb, John 
Blunston, Jr., and Thomas Edwards. 

1715 Appointed May 20 Caleb Pusey, Nicholas Pile, Richard 
Webb, Henry Pierce, Henry Nayle, Nicholas Fairlamb, John 
Blunston, Jr., and Richard Hayes. All re-appointed, June n, 



171 7 Appointed Aug. 26 Jasper Yeates, Caleb Pusey, Richard 
Webb, Henry Nayle, Richard Hayes, Henry Pierce, John Wright, 
John Wood, David Harry, John Worrell, Joseph Coebourn, Henry 
Hayes and Joseph Pennock. 

1718 Appointed August \(). The same Justices were recom- 
missioned together with Nathaniel Newlin, Andrew Job, Elisha 
Gatchel, John Cartledge and Andrew Hamilton. 

1718 Appointed Nov. 24 Jasper Yeates, John Wright, Caleb 
Pusey, Richard Webb, Henry Nayle, Richard Hayes, Henry Pierce, 
Nathaniel Newlin, John Wood, Joseph Coebourn, Henry Hayes, 
James Gibbons, Andrew Job, Elisha Gatchell, John Cartledge and 
Francis Worley. 

1719 Nov. 24; All the above re-appointed, and Isaac Taylor. 
1722 Appointed May 22 John Wright, Caleb Pusey, Henr\ 

Nayle, Richard Hayes, Henry Pierce, Nathaniel Newlin, John 
Wood, Joseph Coebourn, Henry Hayes, James Gibbons, Andrew 
Job, Elisha Gatchell, Francis Worley, Isaac Taylor and James 
Mitchell. 

1 In the Record of Commissions and Appointments, and in the Colonial 
Records, Nayle is improperly spelled Neale. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 159 

1722 Nov. 27 Allthe above re-appointed except Andrew Job; 
and the following added James Smith and Thomas Reid. 

1723 Appointed Feb. 18 John Wright, Caleb Pusey, Henry 
Nayle, Richard Hayes, Henry Pierce, Nathaniel Newlin, John 
Wood, Henry Hayes, James Gibbons, Elisha Gatchell, Francis 
Worley, Isaac Taylor, James Mitchell, John Crosby, Thomas 
Reid, Abraham Emmit, Jr., and James Roddy. 

1725 Appointed May 12 John Wright, Henry Nayle, Richard 
Pierce, Nathaniel Newlin, John Wood, Henry Hayes, Isaac Taylor, 
Samuel Nutt, John Crosby, Thomas Reid, George Aston, James 
Roddy, Tobias Hendricks, George Stewart, Andrew Cornish 
and Mercer Brown. 

1726 Appointed Aug. 26 John Wright, Richard Hayes, 
Henry Pierce, Nathaniel Newlin, John Wood, Henry Hayes, 
Isaac Taylor, Elisha Gatchell, Samuel Nutt, John Crosby, 
Abraham Emmit, Jr., Thomas Reid, George Aston, Tobias 
Hendricks, Andrew Cornish, Mercer Brown, Evan Lewis and 
William Pile. 

1727 Oct. 10 ; All the above re-appointed, and James James. 

1 729 Appointed Aug. 25 Richard Hayes, John Wood, Henry 
Hayes, Elisha Gatchell, Samuel Nutt, John Crosby, Abraham 
Emmit, Jr., George Aston, 1 Mercer Brown, Evan Lewis, William 
Pile, James James, John Parry and James Gibbons. 

1730 Appointed Feb'y 19 Richard Hayes, Henry Pierce, 
Henry Hayes, Elisha Gatchell, John Crosby, Abraham Emmit, 
Jr , Mercer Brown, James James, John Parry, James Gibbons, 
Joseph Pennock, Samuel Hollingsworth, Joseph Brinton, Nicholas 
Pile and the Chief Burgess of Chester for the time being. 

1738 Appointed Nov. 22 Richard Hayes, Henry Pierce, 
Henry Hayes. Elisha Gatchell, John Crosby, Caleb Cowpland, 
Abraham Emmit, James James, John Parry, Joseph Pennock, 
Samuel Hollingsworth, Joseph Brientnall, 2 Joseph Heins, William 
Pim, Joseph Bonsall, Joseph Parker and the Chief Burgess of 
Chester, for the time being. 

1741 Appointed April 10 Henry Pierce, Henry Hayes, 
Elisha Gatchell, John Crosby, Caleb Cowpland, Abraham Emmit, 
Joseph Pennock, Joseph Brinton, William Moore, William Pim, 
Joseph Bonsall, Joseph Parker, William Webb, John Mather, 
Robert Pyle, John Taylor, Job Rust on and Charles Grantham. 
The Chief Burgess of Chester was always included in each Com- 
mission for Justices. 

1745 Appointed Jan. 7 John Crosby, Elisha Gatchell, 
Caleb Cowpland, William Moore, Abraham Emmit, Joseph 

1 Incorrectly spelled Ashton in the Record of Commissions. 

2 No doubt Joseph Brinton, as Joseph Brientnall was a resident of Philadel- 
phia, and Sheriff until October 4, 1738. See Ante, 100. 



160 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Pennock, Joseph Brinton, William Pirn, 1 Joseph Bonsall, William 
Webb, John Mather, Job Ruston, 1 Charles Grantham, 1 Samuel 
Flower, Thomas Cummings, John Parry, Andrew McDowell, the 
Chief Burgess of Chester for the time being, and Joseph Parker, 
the Clerk of the Courts. 

1 749 Appointed May 19 Caleb Cowpland, Elisha Gatchell, 
William Moore, Joseph Pennock, Joseph Brinton, William Pirn, 
Joseph Bonsall, John Mather, Charles Grantham, Samuel Flower, 
Thomas Cummings, Thomas Worth, Aaron Ashbridge, John 
Churchman, John Miller, Richard Richardson, Isaac Davis, John 
Scott and William Read. 

1751 Appointed Aug. 21 ; 5 C, R., 547 Joshua Pusey and 
Samuel Lightfoot. 

1752 Appointed May 25 William Moore, Elisha Gatchell, 
Joseph Bonsall, John Mather, Charles Grantham, Samuel Flower, 
Thomas Cummings, Thomas Worth, Aaron Ashbridge, John 
Churchman, John Miller, Isaac Davis, John Scott, Joshua Pusey, 
Samuel Lightfoot, Edward Brinton, Mordecai Moore and Mordecai 
James. 

1757 Appointed Feb. 22 William Moore, John Mather, 
Samuel Flower, Thomas Worth, Aaron Ashbridge, John Miller, 
Isaac Davis, John Scott, Samuel Lightfoot, Edward Brinton, 
Mordecai Moore, Alexander Johnstone, John Morton, John 
Culbertson, William Clingan, John Paschal, William Parker 
and Timothy Kirk. 

1759 Appointed Oct. 20, under the Act of Sept. 29, 1759. 
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Thomas Worth, Samuel 
Lightfoot, 2 Edward Brinton and John Morton. 

1761 Appointed Feb. 23 ; 8 C. R., 573 Thomas Worth, 
Samuel Flower, John Miller, Isaac Davis, Edward Brinton, 
Alexander Johnstone, John Morton, John Culbertson, William 
Clingan, William Parker, Timothy Kirk, John Hannum, John 
Price, Roger Hunt, John Fairlamb, George Currie, Henry Hale 
Graham and the Chief Burgess of Chester, Dr. Paul Jackson. 

1764 Appointed Nov. 19 William Moore, Thomas Worth, 
Samuel Flower, John Miller, Isaac Davis, Edward Brinton, 
Alexander Johnstone, John Culbertson, William Clingan, William 
Parker, John Hannum, John Price, John Fairlamb, Henry Hale 

1 In the Colonial Records and elsewhere, Pirn is incorrectly spelled Pymm ; 
Ruston, as Rushton, and Grantham, as Grant. The railroad station at Ridley 
Creek is between the old properties of Effinger and of Grantham ; the old man- 
sions of both estates standing within sight of the station, so absurdly called 
"Eddystone." I have corrected the spelling of all names I am familiar with. 

2 In the Colonial Records, 8 Vol., 573, Lightfoot is given first; perhaps a 
clerical error, as Worth was the oldest Justice. They were superseded by 
writs issued Feb. 23, 1761. See Ante, 156, n. 4. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 161 

Graham, William Boyd, Richard Reiley, James Hunter and James 
Evans. 

1770 Appointed May 23 William Moore, Thomas W T orth, 
John Morton, Isaac Davis, Alexander Johnstone, William Clingan, 
William Parker, John Hannum, John Price, Henry Hale Graham, 1 
Richard Reiley, Charles Cruikshanks, Richard Baker, James 
Gibbons, James Moore, William Swaffer, Evan Evans, Thomas 
Hockley, Joseph Pile, Thomas Temple and Warwick Miller. 

1776 Appointed by the Convention of July 15, 1776, by Ordi- 
nance of Sept. 3, 1776. This Convention usurped the whole 
political power of the State. Of course they had no power to 
appoint Justices Alexander Johnstone, William Clingan, Evan 
Evans, Richard Baker, John Sellers, Nicholas Fairlamb, John 
Jones, John Wilson, William Heslil, Israel Whelan, William 
Deney, Samuel Bond and Robert Mendenhall. 

1777 Appointed March 31 ; 3 Pa. Archives, (id series) 734, 
&c. Isaac Davis, Evan Evans, James Moore, Benjamin 
Bartholomew, John Mackey, William Gibbons, Joshua Evans, 
Isaac Pearson, Daniel Griffiths, Patterson Bell, John Hannum, 
Robert Smith, Philip Scott, Thomas Levis, Thomas Boyd, Robert 
Ralston, John Hart, Richard Reiley and Caleb Davis. 

1778 Appointed July 20 William Evans. 

1779 David Cowpland, Isaac Davis, James Moore, Alexander 
Johnstone, David Mackey, John Hannum, Thomas Taylor, Thomas 
Cheyney and William Clingan. 

1780 Appointed Nov. i8th William Clingan, to preside in the 
Court of Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions and Orphans' Court, 
and John Pearson, David McKinney, Isaac Pearson, Benjamin 
Bartholomew, Joshua Evans, Daniel Griffiths, Patterson Bell, 
Robert Smith and Philip Scott, Justices. 

1781 William Heslit. 

1782 Capt. Joseph Luckey, Major Isaac Taylor, John Beaton, 
David Mackey, James Moore. 

1783 John Bartholomew. 

1784 George Pierce, Thomas Levis, John Ralston, Daniel 
Griffiths and Thomas Cheyney. 

1785 Philip Scott and James Moore. 

1786 William Clingan, P. J.,Percifer Frazer, John Culbertson, 
John Worth, Adam Grubb and Richard Hill Morris. 

1787 Appointed Dec. 22 John Pearson. 

1788 Charles Dilworth and John Hannum. 

1789 William Heslit, John Worth, David Mackey, Walter 
Finney and Robert Cooper. 

1790 Appointed Aug. 28 John Bartholomew. 

1 For lists of the Bench and Bar of Chester and Delaware Counties, see 
Martin' 1 s History of Chester, and Cope &* Futhey's History of Chester County. 



162 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

The Governors of Pennsylvania, 

AND OF THE SETTLEMENTS ON THE DELAWARE BEFORE THE 
FORMATION OF THE COM M 1 1 N W K A LTH. 

No list that has yet appeared in print, gives a complete list of 
the names of the Governors of this Province, and,of the previous 
settlements on the Delaware ; so I have ventured to present the 
following as more nearly perfect than any heretofore published. 



JaCObsen May, Director of New Netherlands, ,1624 

William Van Hulst, " ,1625 

Peter Minuit, May 4, 1626 

David Pieterzen De Vries, Governor on the Delaware, Dec. 5, 1632 

WoUter Van Twiller, Director of New Netherlands, Apl 14, 1633 

Sir William Kieft, " Mar.28, 1638 

Peter Minuit, Governor of New Sweden, Apl - , 1638 

Peter Hollandaer, " ,1641 

John Printz, ' Feb. 15, 1643 

Peter StUyVCSant, Director of New Nether lands, May 2 7, 1647 

John PappegOya, Governor of New Sweden, Oct. - >l653 

John Claude Rysing, vice Director of 'New Sweden, May , 1654 

Peter Stuyvesant, Director of New Nether lands, J 10 ^ 

Dirck Smidt, Schout Fiscal and Commissary on the Delaware, ,1655 

John Paul JacqUCt, Director on the Delaware, , 1655 

Andreas Hlldde, Commissary on the Delaware, 165510 1657 

Jacob Alrichs, Director of the City Colony, Apl , 1657 
GregOriuS Van Djrck, Director of the Company's Colony, May 20,1657 

William Beekman, Vice Director of Cos Colony, Oct. 28, 1658 

Alexander D'Hinoyossa, Director of the aty Colony, Dec. 30, 1659 

Col. Richard Nichols, Governor at New York, Sep. 8, 1664 

Robert Needham, comfr on the Delaware, Sep. 8, 1664 

Col. Francis Lovelace, ^ Gov'rat New York, May , 1667 

Capt. John Carr, Comd'r on Delaware, , 1 668 

Anthony ColvC, Gmi'r of New Netherlands, Aug. 12,1673 

Peter Alrichs, Deputy Gov'r on west side of 'the Delaware, Sep. jl673 

Sir Edmond Andros, Gov'r at New York, Nov. 10, 1674 

. Capt. Edmund Cantwell, Comd'r on Delaware, Nov. 10, 1674 

Capt. John Collier, Sep. 23, 1676 

Capt. Christopher Billop, Aug. 24, 1677 

Capt. Anthony Brockholst, 1 Governor, Jan. 16, 1681 

WILLIAM PENN, Proprietor, Mar. 4, 1681 

William Markham, Lieut. Governor, Apl 20, 1681 

WlLLIAM PENN, Proprietor and Governor, Oct. 24, 1 682 

1 Governor until June 26, 1681, when the Colonial Government ceased by 
virtue of the Charter to William Penn, of March 4, 1681, who then became 
the Proprietor. Penn's Council first met at Upland, i. e. Chester, on August 
3, 1681. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



163 



Thomas Lloyd, 
William Clayton, 1 
Thomas Holme, 1 
William Clarke, 1 
William Markham, 
Arthur Cooke, 1 
John Simcock, 1 
Francis Harrison, 1 
Arthur Cooke, 1 
John Simcock, 1 
William Clarke, 1 
Thomas Lloyd, 2 
Robert Turner,' 2 
Arthur Cooke, 2 
John Simcock, 2 
John Eckley, 2 
Capt. John Blackwell, 
Thomas Lloyd, 



President of Council, 



Deputy Gov'r in Office, 
President of Council, 
President of Council in the morning, 
" " afternoon, 
President of Council, 



Commissioner, 



William Markham, 
Benjamin Fletcher, 
William Markham, 



Lt. Governor, 
President of the Council, 
Deputy Governor of the Province, 
Dep. Gov. of the Lower Counties, 
Governor for the Crown, 
Lt. Gov'r for the Crown, 
" " Governor for Wm. Penn, 

Dr. John GoodsOnil, 3 Dep. Gov. or Assistant to W. M., 

Samuel Carpenter, 3 
William Markham, 
WILLIAM PENN, 
Andrew Hamilton, 
Edward Shippen, 
John Evans, 
Col. Charles Gookin, 
William Keith," 
HANNAH PENN, 
Sir William Keith, 6 



Lt. Governor for Penn, 
Proprietor and Governor, 

Lt. Governor, 
President of Council, 

Lt. Governor, 



18, 6 mo. 
24, 8 mo. 
30, i mo. 
9, 2 mo. 

1 8, 8 mo. 

5, 5 mo - 
3, 7 mo. 

3, 7 mo. 

1, 8 mo. 
16, 9 mo. 

19, 2 mo. 
19, 12 mo. 
19, 12 mo. 
19, 12 mo. 
19, 12 mo. 
19, 12 mo. 
Dec. 1 8, 

2, ii mo. 
Mar. , 
Mar. , 
April 26, 
April 27, 
24, 9 mo. 
24, 9 mo. 
24, 9 mo. 
May 19, 
2i,iomo. 
Nov. 14, 

1 9, 1 2 mo. 
Feb. 14, 
Feb'y 2, 
May 31, 



Executrix for Proprietaries, 

Governor, 
Lt. Governor, 



Patrick Gordon, 6 

JOHN, THOMAS AND RICHARD PENN, Proprietaries, 



1684 
1684 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1686 
1686 
1686 
1686 
1686 
1687 



April 28, 
June 22, 
1727 to 



1 681 
i68l 
i68l 
1688 
1 6 
1691 
1691 
1693 
1693 
1694 
1694 
1694 
1698 
1699 
1701 
1702 
170* 

i?9 
1717 
1718 
1719 
1726 
1746 



1 The members of Council were authorized by the Governor to choose one of 
themselves President in the absence of Thomas Lloyd, (i C, Jf., 124), and 
they were Governors for the time being, and as such signed commissions and 
performed all the duties of that office. Thomas Holme died loth, 7 mo., 1694, 
aged 45 years. 

- Commissioners, any three to act as Deputy Governor; I C. R., 1 66. 

3 Deputy Governors, or Assistants to Markham, I C. R., 439. 

4 His commission bears date Nov. 29, 1716, but the dates given by me are 
those when the Lieut. Governors were inducted into office. 

3 Called Lieut. General, Governor & Commander-in-Chief, &c.; 3 C. R., p. 
55. Not Sir William until 1^21, when he succeeded to the Baronetcy. 

* Lieut. Governor, with the assent of Hannah Penn ; 3 C. R., 265. 



164 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



James Logan, 


Preset of Council, 


Aug. 5, 1736 


Thomas Penn, 


Proprietary, 


Sept. 28, 1736 


George Thomas, 


Lt. Governor, 


June i, 1738 


THOMAS AND RICHARD PENN, Proprietaries, 


1746 to 1771 


Anthony Palmer, 


President of Council, 


June 6, 1747 


James Hamilton, 


Lt. Govern'or, 


Nov. 23, 1748 


Robert Hunter Morris, 


(f 


Oct. 15, 1754 


William Denny, 


u 


Aug. 27, 1756 


James Hamilton, 


a ' , 


Nov. 18, 1759 


John Penn, 


" 


Nov. i, 1763 


James Hamilton, 


f resident of Council, 


May 6, 177.1 


THOMAS AND JOHN PENN, Proprietaries, 


1771 to 1775 


Richard Penn, 


Lt. Governor, 


Oct. 16, 1771 


John Penn, 


Governor, 


Aug. 30, 1773 


Thomas Wharton, Jr., 1 


PrescCt S. Ex. Council, 


Mar. 5, 1777 


George Bryan, 


Vice President, 


May 23, 1778 


Joseph Reed, 


Pres't S. Ex. Council, 


Dec. i, 1778 


William Moore, 


(( 


Nov. 14, 1781 


John Dickinson, 


< i 


Nov. 7, 1782 


Benjamin Franklin, 2 





Oct. 18, 1785 


David Redick, 


Vice President, 


Oct. 15, 1788 


Thomas Mifflin, 


Preset of the S. Ex. Council, 


Nov. 5, 1788 


Thomas Mifflin, 


Governor, 


Dec. 21, 1790 


Thomas McKean, 


(C 


Dec. 17, 1799 


Simon Snyder, 





Dec. 20, 1808 


William Findlay, 





Dec. 16, 1817 


Joseph Hiester, 


tt 


Dec. 19, 1820 


John Andrew Shulze, 


ft 


Dec. 16, 1823 


George Wolf, 


K 


Dec. 15, 1829 


Joseph Ritner, 


n 


Dec. 15, 1835 


David Rittenhouse Porter 




> 


Jan'y 15, 1839 


Francis Rahn Shunk, 


ft 


Jan'y 21, 1845 


William Freame Johnston 


(( 
} 


July 9, 1848 


William Bigler, 


ii 


Jan'y 20, 1852 


James Pollock, 


tt 


Jan'y 16, 1855 


William Fisher Packer, 


( 


Jan'y 19, 1858 


Andrew Gregg Curtin, 


ft 


Jan'y 15, 1861 


John White Geary, 


tt 


Jan'y 15, 1867 


John Frederic Hartranft, 


ii 


Jan'y 21, 1873 


Henry Martyn Hoyt r 


i ( 


Jan'y 21, 1879 


Robert Emory Pattison, 3 


tt 


Jan'y 16, 1883 



1 President of the Committee of Safety, August 6, 1776. President of the 
Supreme Executive Council, March 5, 1777- 

2 Franklin's term expired October 14, 1788. Armor's Governors, 25 1 ; XV. 
C. R., 564. 

3 The first Constitution for the government of Pennsylvania as a State, went 
into effect on Sept. 2, 1790. An election was held under it the following 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 165 

Members of the Provincial Council, 

OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

From 1682 to 1775. 

1682 William Markham, 1684 William Wood, 

1682 Christopher Taylor, 1684 Thomas Lloyd, 

1682 Thomas Holme, 1684 Thomas Janney, 

1682 Lawrence Cock, 1684 Luke Watson, 

1682 William Clark, 1684 John Cann, 

1682 John Milliard, 1684 William Southebe, 

1682 William Haigue. 1684 William Darvall, ' 

1682 John Moll, 1684 Peter Alrichs, 

1682 Ralph Withers, 1685 John Barnes, 

1682 John Simcock, 1685 Nicholas Newlin, 

1682 Francis Whitwell, 1685 Phineas Pemberton, 

1682 Edmund Cantwell, 1685 William Frampton, 

1682 William Clayton, 1685 Edward Green, 

1682 William Biles, 1685 Robert Turner, 

1682 James Harrison, - 1686 Francis Harrison, 

1682 John Richardson, 1686 Arthur Cooke, 

1683 Edward Southern, 1687 Major William Dyer, 

1683 J onn Roads, 1687 Griffith Jones, 

1684 .William Welch, 1687 James Claypoole, 

month, and Thomas Mifflin, of Philadelphia, who had been President of the 
Supreme Executive Council since Nov. 5, 1788, was elected, and on Dec. 21, 
1790, inaugurated as Governor in Philadelphia, "with much ceremony." He 
was Governor until Dec. 17, 1799, a period of nine years, having been twice 
re-elected. Joseph Ritner, of Washington County, was Governor from Dec. 15, 
1835, until the third Tuesday of January, 1839, the beginning of the gubernato- 
rial term having been changed by the amended Constitution of 1838 from the 
third Tue-- "^ 7 ^ r December to the third Tuesday of January. Governor Shunk 
resigned on th; gth day of July, 1848, when William Freame Johnston, of 
Armstrong, vvl' > was Speaker of the Senate, by virtue of his office, became 
Governor until the third Tuesday of Jan'y, 1849. In the meantime, Governor 
Johnston had been elected at the October election, in 1848, and on the third 
Tuesday of January, 1849, was inaugurated, and served a full term. Andrew 
Gregg Curtin, of Centre County, was Governor for two terms, covering the 
entire period of the Rebellion. Robert Emory Pattison, was elected on Nov. 
7, 1882, to serve as Governor for four years from the third Tuesday in 
January (the i6th), 1883; he is but thirty-two years of age, being our youngest 
Governor. Mifflin, at his inauguration, was 46; McKean, 65 ; Snyder, 49; 
Findlay, 49; Hiester, 68; Shulze, 48; Wolf, 52: Ritner, 55; Porter, 51; 
Shunk, 57 ; Johnston, 40; Bigler, 38; Pollock, 45; Packer, 51; Curtin, 44; 
Geary, 48; Hartranft, 43, and Hoyt, 49 years of age. The Constitution of 
1790, provided that a Governor could be elected for three terms successively. 
The amended Constitution of^ 1838, limited the time to two terms, and that of 
1873, to one term of four years. Philadelphia was the Capitol of the Com- 
monwealth until 1799, when the seat of government was removed to Lancas- 
ter, where it continued until 1812, when Harrisburg was made, the Capital. 
Of these eighteen former Governors of the State, only four are now living, 
namely: Pollock, Curtin, Hartranft and Hoyt. 
99 



106 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



1687 John Bristow, 
1687 Joseph Growden, 
1687 Samuel Carpenter, 

1687 John Eckley, 

1 688 Bartholomew Coppock, 

1688 William Yardley, 

1688 Samuel Richardson, 

1688 John d'Haas, 

1689 John Hill, 

1689 William 'Stockdale, 
\ 1689 John Curtis, 

1690 Griffith Owen, 
1690 Thomas Clifton, 
1690 Thomas Duckett, 
1690 John Brinckloe, 1 

1 693 *- Andrew Robeson, 
1 693 Patrick Robinson, 
1693 Lawrence Cock, 
1693 William Salway, 

1693 George Forman, 

1694 Charles Sanders, 

1694 John Donaldson, 

1695 Anthony Morris, 
1695 David Lloyd, 2 
1695 Caleb Pusey, 
1695 George Maris, 
1695 John Williams, 
1695 Richard Halliwell, 
1695 Robert Clifton, 

1695 Richard Willson, 

1696 Edward Shippen, 
1698 William Rodeney, 1 
1700 Richard Hough, 
1700 Jasper Yeates, 
1700 Samuel Preston, 
1700 Thomas Fenwick, 



1726- 
1727- 
1728- 
1728- 
1728- 



I 733~ 
1741- 
1741- 



-Robert French, 
-Thomas Story, 
-Humphrey Murry, 
-John Guest, 
-Samuel Finney, 
-John Blunston, 
-James Logan, 
-John Finney, 
-Roger Mompessou, 
-William Trent, 
-William Penn, Jr., 
-Richard Hill, 
-George Roche, 
-Joseph Pidgeon, 
-Isaac Norris, 
-Anthony Palmer, 
-Jonathan Dickinson, 
-Robert Assheton, 
-Col. John French, 
-Thomas Masters, 
-Andrew Hamilton, 
-Henry Brooke, 
-William Assheton, 
-William Fish bourn, 
-Josiah Rolfe, 
-Francis Rawle, 
-Dr. Thomas Graeme, 
-Evan Owen, 
-Clement Plumsted, 
-Samuel Hase'll, 
-Thomas Lawrence, 
-Ralph Assheton, 
-Thomas Griffitts, 
-Charles Read, 
-Abram Taylor, 
-Robert Strettell, 



1 Brinckloe, Clark, Fishbourn, Murry, William and Caesar, and Rodeney, is 
the spelling in their signatures. Despite the utmost care these names have 
been mis-spelt heretofore. 

*"Sir: Having had some experience of Your Loyalty to Our most gracious 
Soveraign KING WILLIAM and ffidelity to Our Proprietor I have thought fitt to 
Nominate You One of the Proprietors Councill for this Governm*. And in 
Order of Settling affairs of great Importancy I doe require you to Attend me at 
Philadelphia the fifteenth day Instance. So I bid You heartily farewell 

Your affectionate fritnd 

Philadelphia this yth (the rest defaced) \\ M MARKHAM." 

To David Lloyd. These 

David Lloyd first sat at the Council held April 23, 1695. I am indebted to 
Furman ,Sheppard, Esq., for this interesting paper. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



167 



1741 William Till, 
1745 Benjamin Shoemaker, 
1745 James Hamilton, 
1747 Lawrence Growden, 
1747 William Logan, 
1747 Joseph Turner, 
1747 Thomas Hopkinson, 
1749 Rev. Richard Peters, 
!753 J ohn Perm, 



1755 Lyn-Ford Lardner, 1 
1 755 Dr. Thos. Cadwalader, 
1756 Benjamin Chew, 
1756 John Mifflin, 
1759 John Moland, 
1764 Richard Penn, 
1767 James Tilghman, 
1770 Edward Shippen, Jr., 
1770 Andrew Allen. 



Clerks of Provincial Council, 

AND SECRETARIES OP THE PROVINCE. 



Richard Ingelo, appointed Oct. 27, 

Dr. Nicholas More, " 2, 3 mo., 

William Markham, " 28, 3 mo., 

David Jamison, " April 26, 

Patrick Robinson, '* 3, 4 mo., 

James Logan, " 15, 7 mo., 

Robert Assheton, Deputy, " 24, 9 mo., 

Ralph Assheton, " " Oct. 12, 

George Barclay, " " May 31, 

Dr. Patrick Baird, " May 20, 

Robert Charles, 2 Sept. 15, 

Thomas Lawrie, " Aug. i, 

Dr. Patrick Baird, " July 21, 

Rev. Richard Peters, " Feb. 14, 1742-3 

William Peters, Deputy, " Feb. 15, 1758 

Joseph Shippen, Jr., " J 



1682 
1683 
1685 
1693 
1693 
1701 
1709 
1713 
1717 
1723 
1726 
1738 
1.740 



2 > 



Speakers of the Assembly, 

OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



1682 Dr. Nicholas More, 3 
i682-3~Dr. Thomas Wynne, 4 

1683 John Songhurst, 5 

1684 Dr. Nicholas More, 6 
i685-8-John White, 

1689 Arthur Cooke, 
1690-3 Joseph Growden, 7 
1692 William Clark, 
1694 David Lloyd, 



1695 Edward Shippen, 

1696 John Simcock, 

1697 John Blunston, 
1700-2 Joseph Growden, 
1 702-3 No .organization, 
1-703-5 David Lloyd, 
1705-6 Joseph Growden, 
i7o6-io-David Lloyd, 
1710-12 Richard Hill, 



1 His signature was Lyn-Ford; he died, Oct. 6, 1774, aged 58. 

3 In IX. Pa. Archives, (2(1 series), p. 634, John Georges is given as Prov. 
Secretary in 1733, Robert Charles, in 1735, and Joseph Growden, in 1736 
but there are no entries in the Colonial Records noting such appointments. 

3 During the first session, at Chester. 

4 ad session, 1682, and for 1683. Died, ist mo. i6th, 1692. 

5 Deputy, 24th, 8th mo., 1683. 6 In place of Francis Fincher, declined. 
7 Minutes of the Session of 1691-2 are missing. 



168 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



I7i3-i4 

i7i4-i5 

1 7 1 5 - 1 6 

i7i6-i7 

i7i7-i8 

I7i8-i9 

i7i9-2o 

1720-1 

1 721-2 

1722-3 

1723-4 

1724-5 

1725-9 

I 7 2 9'33 

1 733-4 

1734-9 



1745 

I 745-5 
1750-6 



Norris, 
joseph Growden, 
David Lloyd, 
Joseph Growden, 
Richard Hill, 
William Trent, 
jonathan Dickinson, 
William Trent, 
Isaac Norris, 
Jeremiah Langhorne, 
Joseph Growden, 
David Lloyd, 
William Biles, 
David Lloyd, 
Andrew Hamilton, 
Jeremiah Langhorne, 
Andrew Hamilton, 
]^ n Kinsey, 
John Wright, (sick), 
J hn Kinsey, 1 
Isaac Norris, 
Benjamin Chew, 2 



1788-9 Richard Peters. 



1756-8 Isaac Norris, 
1758-9 Isaac Leech, * 
1758-9 Isaac Norris, 
1759 Isaac Leech, 
i759-64-Isaac Norris, 
1764 Benjamin Franklin, 
1764-5 Isaac Norris, 
1765-6 Joseph Fox, 
1765-9 Joseph Gallown\ . 
1769 - John Fox, 4 
i769-73~Joseph Galloway, 
1773 Thomas McKeun. 4 
1773-4 Joseph Galloway, 
1774-5 Edward Biddk-, 
1775 John Morton, 5 
1775-6 John Morton, 
1776-7 John Jacobs, 
i777-8o-John Bayard, 
1780-3 F. A. Muhlenberg, 
1783-4 George Gray, 
1 784-5 John Bayard, 
1 785-8 Thomas 'Mifflin, 



CLERKS OF THE ASSEMBLY. 



1683-6 

1686-9 

i689-92 

1692-5 

1695-8 

1698-9 

1699 

1700 
1701-5 
1705 
1706-9 
1709 
i7io-Li 
i7ii-i7 



-John Southworth, 1717 

-John Claypoole, 1722 

-David Lloyd, 1723 

-William Alloway, 1728- 

-Francis Cooke, J 73 

-Jonathan Dickinson, 1736 

Stephen Coleman, 1751 

Aurelius Hoskins, 1756 

-John Antrobus, 1776 

Maurice Lisle, *777 

-Thomas Makin, 1 7T9 

Joseph Willcox, 1780 

-Richard Heath, 1783 

-Thomas Wilson, 1790 



1789-90 Jacob Shallus, 



22-Maurice Lisle, 
3 Aquila Rose, 
8 Thomas Leach, 
3o-John Roberts, 
6 Joseph Growden, 
-5i-Benjamin Franklin, 
-6 William Franklin, 
-75-Charles Moore, 

Caleb Davis, pro tern. 

John Morris, Jr., 

Thomas Paine, 

Samuel Sterrett, 

Peter Zachary Lloyd, 
- Joseph Redman, 

Assistant. 



1 Died before Aug. 9. 1750. 

1 But being called to Council, it vacated his seat in the Assembly. 

3 Leech was elected to serve during the frequent sickness of Mr. 

* Part of session only. 

''Elected on March 15, 1775, f r P art of session. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



169 



DOORKEEPERS OF THE ASSEMBLY. 



-Richard Reynolds, 
-William Ellingworth, 
-George Moore, 
-Charles Ware, 
-Thomas Curtis, 
-Daniel Smith, 
-WilliamWoodmansey, 
-John Grant, 
-Nicholas Rosogan, 1 



1686- 
1689- 
1690- 
1692- 
1693- 
1697- 
1700- 
1700- 
1704- 



1719- 

1722- 
1728- 



Thomas Lloyd, 
Thomas Story, 4 
Thomas Griffitts, 5 
Lyn-Ford Lardner, 
Richard Hockley, 
Edmund Physick, 
Timothy Matlack, 6 



1728 James Mackey, 
I 73 I John Campbell, 
X 73 2 John Remington, 
1736 Stephen Potts, 
1741 Thomas Burdin, 
1749 Edward Kelly, 
1756 David Edwards, 
1758 Andrew McNair," 
1789 Joseph Fry. 



SERGEANTS-AT-ARMS. 

-Peter Worrall, 1739 James Pilchard, 

-John Eyer, 1741 Samuel Kirke, 

-James Mackey, 1771 William Shedd, 8 

1789 James Martin. 

Keepers of the Great Seal, 

OP THt PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



commissioned 



27, iobr., 1683 
25, 2 mo., 1700 
Nov. 3, 
Dec. 12, 
Mar. 28, 
Jan'y i, 



1727 
1746 

J 753 
1769 
1777 



Secretaries of the Commonwealth. 

appointed 



Timothy Matlack, 
John Armstrong, Jr., 
Charles Biddle, 

James Trimble, 7 
Alexander James Dallas, 
Thomas McKean Thompson, 
Nathaniel B. Boileau, 
Thomas Sergeant, 
Samuel D. Ingham, 
Andrew Gregg, 



Mar. 6, 
Mar. 25, 
Oct. 23, 
Nov. 12, 
Jan'y 19, 
April 28, 
Dec. 20, 
Dec. 1 6, 
July 6, 
Dec. 19, 



1777 

1783 
1787 
1788 
1791 
1801 
1808 
1817 
1819 
1820 



1 In office until 1725. 2 Still in office in 1775. 

3 In Minutes of Common Council, this name is spelled Sheed, pp. 666-9. 

4 Edward Shippen, Griffith Owen and James Logan are mentioned on July 
1 1, 1702, and on February 3, 1705, as Deputies to the Master of Rolls. 

5 In office (see votes of Assembly) until 1 746. 

6 He was sick and in office, Feb. 14, 1809; 14 C. R., 605, and Timothy 
Matlack, Jr., was his father's deputy in 1809; see Patent Book, No. 60, p. 277. 

'Assistant Secretary from Nov, 12, 1788, to Jan. 14, 1836. 



170 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Molton Cropper Rogers, appointed Dec. 16, 1823 

Major Isaac I). Barnard, 1 ' J an 'y 2, 1826 

Calvin Blythe, Nov. 28, 1827 

Samuel McKean, ' % Dec. 16, 1829 

James Findlay, Dec. 17, 1833 

Thomas H. Burrowes, Dec. 15, 1835 

Francis Rahn Shunk, 2 J an 'y 15? 1839 

Anson Virgil Parsons, ' J an 'y 25, 1842 

Charles McClure, Feb'y 20, 1843 

Jesse Miller, ' Jan'y 21, 1845 

Townsend Haines, ' July 29, 1848 

Alexander L. Russell, ' J an 'y 25, 1850 

Francis Wade Hughes, ' J an 'y 21. 1852 

Charles A. Black, ' Mar. 15, 1853 

Andrew Gregg Curtin, ' J an 'y i7> 1855 

William M. Hiester, ' J a "'y 20, 1858 

EliSlifer, ' Jan'y 16, 1861 

Francis Jordan, ' J an 'y 16, 1867 

Matthew Stanley Quay, ' ' J an 'y 22, 1873 

John Blair Linn, ' May 15, 1878 

Matthew Stanley Quay, ' , 1879 

Francis Jordan, ' Nov. 4, 1882 

William S. Stenger, ' Jan'y 1 6, 1883 

Treasurers of Pennsylvania. 

Samuel Carpenter, Deputy 28, 5 mo., 1685 

Robert Turner, 

Samuel Carpenter, 

James Fox, 

Samuel Carpenter, 

Samuel Preston, 3 

Michael Lightfoot, 

Samuel Preston Moore, 

Owen Jones, 

Michael Hillegas, 4 June 30, 1775 

1 Mr. Barnard was a member of the Delaware County Bar, previously a 
Major in the Regular Army of the United States during the War of 1812 ; see 
Martin's History of Chester, 410 and 474. 

2 Not Rawn, as in Armor's " Governors of Pennsylvania." 

1 Samuel Preston died Sept. 1743, aged 80 years; he was appointed by the 
Assembly in the place of Carpenter, deceased. 

4 See 10 C. fi., 281, and " THE ACCOUNTS OF PENNSYLVANIA." Arare book, 
the only full copy of which I ever saw, I purchased at a book-stand, for the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, some years ago. The Accounts were first 
published in pamphlet form, being the accounts of the State Treasurers and 
Collectors of Excise, and brief reviews of the accounts of the Treasury of 
Pennsylvania from the time of the commencement of the Revolution to Oct. i, 
1782, and the accounts of the several counties for their Taxes to October, 1782. 
Volume 1st, printed in 1784, at Philadelphia, Hall & Sellers, by order of the 
Assembly, Dec. 9, 1783. 



in office 

before 
appointed 

it 

n 


Aug. -8, 1693 
Aug. 28, 1701 
20, 2 mo., 1709 
Mar.5, 1710-11 
6 mo. 7, 1714 
Nov. 17, 1743 
Dec. 4, 1754 
Oct. 15, 1768 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



171 



David Rittenhouse, 
Christian Febiger, 1 
Peter Baynton, 
Jacob Carpenter, 
Isaac Weaver, Jr., 
Andrew Gregg, 
William Findlay, 
Richard M. Grain, 
John B. Trevor, 
William Clark, 
Alexander Mahon, 
Joseph Lawrence, 
Daniel Sturgeon, 
Almon H. Reed, 
John Gilmore, 
Job Mann, 

James Ross Snowden, 
John Banks, 
Arnold Plainer, 
Gideon J. Ball, 
John M. Bickel,* 
Joseph Bailey, 
Eli Slifer, 
Henry S. Magraw, 
Eli Slifer, 
Henry D. Moore, 
William V. McGrath, 
Henry D. Moore, 
William H. Kemble, 
William W. Invin. 
Robert W. Mackey, 
William W. Irwin, 
Robert W. Mackey, 
Henry Rawle, 
Amos C. Noyes, 5 
Samuel Butler, 
Silas M. Baily, 



appointed Jan'y 14, 1777 

commissioned Nov' 13, 1789 

Jan'y 10, 1797 

tn office Jan'y 13, 1801 

1802 to 1806 

1806 to 1807 

1807 to 1817 
1817 to. 1820 

1820 to 1821 

1821 to 1827 
1827 to 1835 
'835 to 1836 
1836 to 1840 

1840 to 1841 

1841 to 1842 

1842 to 1845 
1845 to l8 47 

1847 to 1848 

1848 to 1849 

1849 to ^SQ 

1850 to 1854 

1854 to 1855 

1855 to 1856 

1856 to 1859 
1859 to 1861 
1861 to 1863 

1863 to 1864 

1864 to 1865 

1865 to 1868 

1868 to 1869 

1869 to 1870 

1870 to 1871 

1871 to 1876 
1876 to 1878 
1878 to 1880 
May 3, 1880 
May i, 1882 



Commissioners, 

FOB THE SETTLING OF THE PRESENT COLONY, 
Appointed by William Penn, ]th mo. jotfi, 1681. 

William Crispin, John Bezar, Nathaniel Allen. 

The original commission is in the possession of the Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania, and hangs framed in their fire-proof. 

1 Re -appointed Sept. 4, 1790. His last commission is dated January, 1796. 
He died Sept. 20, 1796, aged 49. 
'Died, April 20, 1881, aged 72. 3 Ex-Treasurer Noyes died Sept. 2, 1880. 



172 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



The names of the witnesses are : Richard Vickris, Charles Jones, 
Jr., Ralph Withers, Thomas Callowhill and Philip Th. Lehnmann. 



Commissioners of Property. 



1684- 
1684- 
1684- 
1686- 
1686- 
1686- 
1689- 
1689- 
1689- 
1689- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 



-Thomas Lloyd, 1701- 

-James Claypoole, 1701- 

-Robert Turner, 1701- 

Thomas Ellis, Dep'y, 1701- 

John Goodsonn, " 1711- 

- Wm. Markham, Sec'y, 1711- 
-William Markham, 1711- 
-Robert Turner, 1711- 
-Dr. John Goodsonn, 1711- 

- Samuel Carpenter, 1 7 2 5~ 
-Thomas Holme, I 7 2 5~ 
-Robert Turner, I 7 2 5~ 
-Arthur Cooke, 1725- 
-Samuel Carpenter, I T 2 5~ 
-Dr. John Goodsonn, 1728- 
-Francis Rawle, 1728- 
-Phineas Pemberton, 1728- 

1728 James Logan. 



-Edward Shippen, 
-Griffith Owen, 
-Thomas Story, 
-James Logan, 
-Edward Shippen, 
-Samuel Carpenter, 
-Richard Hill, 
-Isaac Norris, 
-James Logan, 
-Richard Hill. 
-Isaac Norris, 
-James Logan, 
-Robert Assheton. 
-Thomas Griffith, 
-Richard Hill, 
-Isaac Norris, 
-Samuel Preston, 



In 1741, James Steel, Richard Peters and Lyn-Ford Lardner, 
were appointed Agents of the Proprietary Estates of John, Thomas 
and Richard Penn. 



Receivers-General of the Land Office. 

Capt. John Blackwell, commissioned Sept. 25, 1689 

Samuel Jenings, 1 July 15, 1690 

Robert Turner, June i, 1693 

James Logan, Oct. 29, 1701 

Francis Steel, J an 'y 3> I 7 I 4 

James Steel, Dec. 16, 1732 

Lyn-Ford Lardner, Aug. 8, 1741 

Richard Hockley, Mar. 28, 1753 

Edmund Physick, Jan'y i, 1769 

Francis Johnston, April 10, 1781 

Frederick Aug. Muhlenberg, Jan'y 8, 1800 

John McKissick, June 13, 1801 

Office abolished by Act of March 29, 1809, and the duties 
devolved upon the State Treasurer, and the books placed in 
charge of the Secretary of the Land Office. 

1 Benjamin Chambers, Deputy, commissioned November i, 1690. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 173 

Secretaries of the Land Office. 

1687 William Markham, 1800 Tench Coxe, 

1733 John Georges, 1801 Andrew Ellicott, 

1737 Rev. Richard Peters, 1809 John Cochran,. 

1760 William Peters, 1818 William Clark, 

1769 James Tilghman, 1821 James Brady, 

1781 David Kennedy, 1824 Joshua Dickerson, 

1782 James Tilghman, 1830 Samuel Workman, 

1785 David Kennedy, 1836 John Gebhardt, 

1796 John Hall, 1839 JohnKlingensmithJr. 

1799 Nathan Luf borough, 1842 William Hopkins. 

The office of Secretary of the Land Office was abolished by Act 
of April 17, 1843, an d the duties of the office were transferred to 
the Surveyors-General. 

Proprietary Agents for Issuing Land "Warrants 
and Patents. 

1732 Thomas Penn, 1748 James Hamilton, 

1 734 John Penn, 1 754 Robert Hunter Morris, 

1734 Thomas Penn, 1756 William Denny, 

1735 Thomas Penn, 1759 James Hamilton, 

1743 George Thomas, 1763 John Penn, 1 

1747 Anthony Palmer, 1771 Richard Penn, 1 
1773 John Penn. 

Proprietary's Secretaries. 

Philip Tta Lehnmann, commissioned 2, 2 mo., 1683 

William Markham, 

Patrick Robinson, 

James Logan, 

Rev. Richard Peters, 

Joseph Shippen, Jr., 



1685 
3, 4 mo., 1693 
27,8mo., 1701 
6, 4 mo,, 1747 
Jan'y 2, 1762 



Surveyors-General, 2 

OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

Silas Crispin, appointed , 1681 

Thomas Holme, 3 commissioned j8, 2 mo. ,1682 

Edward Penington, " Feb'y 20, 1698 

Thomas Fairman,* " Oct. 29, 1702 

1 Sons of Richard Penn. 

2 Davis, in his History of Bucks County, erroneously calls Col. William 
Markham, " Penn's Surveyor-General," p. 106. 

'Thomas Holme died 1695, he was a native of Waterford, Ireland. 
* In a note to p. 182, I Logan Papers, Surveyor- General, 3d, 2 mo., 1703. 
23 



174 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Jacob Taylor, 1 
Benjamin Eastburn, 
William Parsons, 
Nicholas Scull, 
John Lukens, 2 
Daniel Brodhead, 
Samuel Cochran, 
Andrew Porter, 
Richard T. Leech, 
Jacob Spangler, 
Samuel Cochran, 
Gabriel Hiester, 
Jacob Spangler, 
John Taylor, 
Jacob Sallade, 
John Laporte, 
John Porter Brawley, 
John Rowe, 3 
William H. Keim, 
Henry Souther, 
James P. Barr, 
Jacob M. Campbell, 
Robert B. Beath, 



commissioned 



Nov. 20, 1706 

Oct. 29, 1733 

Aug. 22, 1741 

June 14, 1748 

Dec. 8, 1761 

Nov. 3, 1789 

April 23, 1800 

May 10, 1809 

Dec. 7, 1813 

Feb. 13, 1818 

May n, 1821 

May n, 1824 

May 10, 1830 

May 10, 1836 

May 10, 1839 

May 10, 1845 

May 5, 1851 

May 4, 1857 

May 7, 1860 

Dec. 27. 1861 

May 4, 1863 

May 7, 1866 

May 6, 1872 



By the Constitution of 1873, tne office of Surveyor-General was 
abolished, and the duties transferred to a new department called 
Internal Affairs, to go into effect May 4, 1875. 

The Secretaries of Internal Affairs. 

Term of office, four years. 

William McCandless, commissioned May 4, 1875 
Aaron K. Dunkel, " May 6, 1879 

J. Simpson Africa, elected Nov. 7, 1882 

Auditors of Accounts. 4 



1779 John Nixon, 
1780 William Govett, 
1780 William Geddes, 
1780 Samuel Miles, 
1780 John Purviance, 



1780 John Shee, 
1780 Jacob Morris, 
1780 Joseph Dean, 
1781 Jona. Bayard Smith, 
1781 James Stevenson, 



1781 John Nicholson. 

1 Jacob Taylor died, February, 1745-6. J Lukens died in 1789. 

3 John Rowe died, Dec. 27, 1880, aged 66. 

4 The Accounts of Pennsylvania is a very interesting publication, containing 
the names of all persons in the State who paid taxes during the above period. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 175 

Auditors-General, 

OP PENNSYLVANIA. 

1772 Richard Hockley, 1 1.836 Nathaniel P. Hobart, 

1778 Edward Fox, 2 1839 George R. Espy, 

1785 John Nicholson, 1842 William F. Packer, 

1789 John Donnaldson, 1845 Jhn N. Purviance, 
1794 Jonathan Bayard Smith, 1851 Ephraim Banks, 

1795 Samuel Bryan, 8 1857 Jacob Fry, Jr., 

1801 George Duffield, 1860 Thomas E. Cochran, 

1805 John Kean, 1:863 Isaac Slenker, 

1808 Richard M. Grain, 1866 John Fred. Hartranft, 

1809 George Bryan, 1872 Harrison Allen, 

1821 James Duncan, 1875 Justis F. Temple, 

1824 David Mann, 1878 William P. Schell, 

1830 Daniel Sturgeon, 1881 John A. Lemon. 

Dr. David Stanton was elected Auditor-General in 1871, but 
died before assuming office, and Hartranft held over until 
December, 1872, by direction of the Legislature. 

Comptrollers-General. 

Office created by Act of April 13, 1782. 

John Nicholson, commissioned Nbv. 8, 1782 

John Donnaldson, " April 12, 1794 

Samuel Bryan, " Oct. 13, 1801 

George Duffield, " Oct. 15, 1805 

Registers-General of (Taxes) Public Accounts. 

Act of March 27, 1789. 

John Donnaldson, commissioned Mar. 27, 1789 

Samuel Bryan, in office , 1796 

Escheators-General. 

Henry Osbourne, commissioned Feb. 20, 1781 

John Nicholson, " Oct. 2, 1787 

Clement Biddle, " Nov. 25, 1795 

William N. Irvine, " Sept. 14, 1815 

The office of Escheator-General was abolished in 1821, and the 
duties thereof transferred to the Auditor-General by the Act. 

1 2 Proiufs History of Pa., p. 290. In Gordon's History of Pennsylvania, 
\i. 628, appendix, Richard Hockley is called Auditor-General of the Land Office. 
-Davis' History of Bucks, 703. "Auditor-General, Mr. Edward Fox." 
:! For some account of Samuel Bryan, see U. S. Gazette, of Sept. 7, 1842. I 
have a letter dated May 12, 1808, addressed to "Mr. Samuel Bryan, Esq., 
Register-General," enclosing a " return of Exempts in the County of Bucks," 
signed. " Joseph Hart, B. J." 



176 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAH 



Official. 
Name. 

John Bull, 
James Wilkinson, 1 
John Armstrong, 
Josiah Harmar, 1 
Peter Baynton, 
Richard Humpton, 
Mahlon Dickerson, 
Thomas McKean, Jr., 
William Reed, 
William N. Irvine, 
William Duncan, 
John M. Hyneman, 
Nathaniel B. Boileau, 
William N. Irvine, 
Robert Carr, 
George Bryan Porter, 
Simon Cameron, 



Adjutants-General, 

OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

Furnished me by the kindness of Gen. Latta. 
Appointed. 

June 17, 1777 



Oct. 2, 



Vacated. 

Jan. 7, 1778 
Oct. 2, 1784 



Feb. 27, 1799 

, 1802 

Jan'y i, 1805 

July 23, 1808 

commissioned 



Feb. 27, 1799 
Mav i, 1800 



]uly 22, 1808 



Aug. 3, 1811 
July 6, 1813 
Sept. 20, 1813 
Aug. i, 1814 
Mar. 29, 1816 
Oct. i, 1816 
Aug. 23, 1821 
Aug. 4, 1824 
Aug. 19, 1829 



1 Two of our Adjutants-General have commanded the Army of the United 
States, as will appear by the following list I compiled several years ago : 

COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. 



Gen. George Washington, Virginia, June 17, 1775 

Maj. Gen. Henry Knox, Massachusetts, Dec. 23, 1783 

The Senior Capt. of Artillery, Name unknown, June 20, 1784 

Lt. Col. & Bvt. Brig Gen. Josiah Harmar, Penna., Sept. , 1788 

Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair, Pennsylvania, Mar. ^, 1791 

Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne, " Mar. , 1792 

Brig. Gen. James Wilkinson, Maryland, Dec. 15, 1796 

Lieut. Gen. George Washington, Virginia, July 3, 1798 

Maj. Gen. Alexander Hamilton, New York, Dec. 15, 1799 

Brig. Gen. James Wilkinson, Maryland, June , 1800 

Maj. Gen. Henry Dearborn, Massachusetts, Feb. 27, 1812 

Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, Pennsylvania, June , 1815 

Maj. Gen. Alexander McComb, Michigan May 24, 1828 

Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott,' . Virginia, June 25, 1841 

Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan, Pennsylvania, Nov. i, 1861 

Maj. Gen. Henry Wager Hallack, New York, July II, 1862 

Lieut. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, Ohio, Mar. 27, 1864 

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, " Mar. 4, 1869 

Gen. Knox died, Oct. 29, 1806, aged 55. St. Clair resigned, March 5, 
1792. Wayne died, December, 1796, aged 51. Washington died, Dec. 14, 
1799, aged '68. Wilkinson removed from the State in 1784; died, Dec. 23, 
1825, aged 68. Scott was promoted, March 29, 1847, to Lieutenant-Genera! 
by brevet. Grant was made a full General on July 25, 1869. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 177 

Samuel Power, commissioned May 3, 1830 



William Piper, 
James Kennedy Moorheacl, 
Adam Diller, 
George W. Bowman, 
William H. Irwin. 
James Keenan, 
George W. Bowman, 
Thomas J. Power, 
Edwin C. Wilson, 
Edward M. Biddle, 
Alexander L. Russell, 
David B. McCreary, 
Alexander L. Russell, 
James William Latta, 
Pressly N. Guthrie, 



Aug. 3, 1836 

Aug. 3. J 839 

Aug. 12, 1839 

Aug. 3, 1845 

Aug. 3, 1848 

Feb'y 2, 1852 

Oct. 28, 1852 

Aug. 3, 1854 

Feb'y 5, 1858 

April 17, 1 86 1 

Jan'y 9, 1862 

Oct. n, 1867 

Jan'y 4, 1870 

June i, 1873 

Jan'y 16, 1883 



Members of the Committee of Safety, 

AND OF THE COUXCLL OF SAFETY. 

Which superseded the Committee, July 24, ijjb, 

Appointed by the Convention of the State of Pennsylvania, from 

June jo, 1775, to December 6, 1777. 

PRESIDENTS. 

Benjamin Franklin, elected June 30, 1775 

Thomas Wharton, Jr., " Aug. 6, 1776 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Robert Morris, elected June 30, 1775 

David Rittenhouse, " Aug. 6, 1776 

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 

John Dickinson, John Cadwalader, 

George Gray, Andrew Allen, 

Henry Wynkoop, Owen Biddle, 

Anthony Wayne, Francis Johnston, 
Benjamin Bartholomew, Richard Reiley, 

George Ross, Samuel Morris, Jr., 

Michael Swope, Captain Robert Whyte, 

John Montgomery, Samuel Miles, October, 1775, 

Edward Biddle, George Taylor, 

William Edmonds, Joseph Reed, 

Bernard Dougherty, Nicholas Fairlamb, 

Samuel Hunter, George Clymer, 

William Thompson, Samuel Howell, 

Thomas Willing, Alexander Wilcocks, 

Daniel Roberdeau, John Nixon, 



178 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAII 

James Mease, Samuel Cadwalader Morris, 

James Biddle, John Bayard, 

Joseph Parker, 1776, Francis Gurney, 

Michael Hillegas, William Lyons, 

David Rittenhouse, Nathaniel Falconer, 

James Cannon, Daniel Hunter, 

Joseph Blewer, David Epley, 

Frederick Kuhl, Joseph Dean, 

Col. John Bull, William Moore, 

Timothy Matlack, Thomas Fitzsimons, 

John Moore, Jonathan Bayard Smith, 

Henry Keppele, Jr., Peter Rhoads, 

John Weitzel, Andrew Caldwell, 

Samuel Morris, Sen., George Campbell, 

John Hubley, Joseph Marsh, 

John Maxwell Nesbit, Treasurer, 

William Govett, Clerk. 

Council of Safety, 

FOR THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

Oct. 17, 1777, the Assembly enacted that the Supreme Execu- 
tive Council and the following should be a Council of Safety : 

Col. John Bayard, Christopher Marshall, 

Dr. Joseph Gardner, Jacob Arndt, 

Jonathan Bayard Smith, Col. Curtis Grubb, 

Jonathan Sergeant, James Cannon, 

David Rittenhouse, James Smith, of Yorktown, 

Robert Whitehill, William Henry, of Lancaster. 

Supreme Executive Council, 

OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

From 1777 to 1790. 

PRESIDENTS. 

Thomas Wharton, Jr., elected March 5, 1777 

George Bryan, 1 acting May 23, 1778 

Joseph Reed, elected Dec. i, 1778 

William Moore, " Nov. 14, 1781 

John Dickinson, " Nov. 7, 1782 

Benjamin Franklin, " Oct. 18, 1785 

David Redick, acting Oct. 15, 1788 

Thomas Mifflin, elected Nov. 5, 1788 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

George Bryan, elected March 5, 1777 

Matthew Smith, " Oct. n, 1779 

1 Vice Wharton, deceased. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



179 



William Moore, 
James Potter, 
James Ewing, 
James Irvine, 
Charles Biddle, 
Peter Muhlenberg, 
David Redick, 
George Ross, 



elected 



Nov. ii, 1779 

Nov. 14, 1781 

Nov. 7, 1782 

Nov. 6, 1784 

Oct. 10, 1785 

Oct. 31, 1787 

Oct. 14, 1788 

Nov. 5, 1788 



MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 



Thomas Wharton, Jr., 
George Bryan, 
John Evans, 
Jonathan Hoge, 
George Taylor, 
John Louden, 
John Proctor, 
John Hubley, 
Col. Jacob Morgan, 
Col. Joseph Hart, 
John Bailey, 
Thomas Urie, 
John Hambright, 
James Edgar, 
Jacob Arndt, 
Thomas Scott, 
John Mackey, 
Matthew Smith, 
James Read, 
Joseph Reed, 
James Ewing, 
John Lacey, Jr., 
William Moore, 
James Thompson, 
Robert Whitehill, 
John Van Campen, 
Col. John Piper, 
Gen. James Potter, 
Dr. Joseph Gardner, 
James Cunningham, 
Christopher Hayes, 
John Bayard, 
Sebastian Levan, 
John Byers, 
Dorsey Pentecost, 
John Dickinson, 



James Irvine, 
George Wall, Jr., 
John McDowell, 
Samuel John Atlee, 
Stephen Balliet, 
Bernard Dougherty, 
Isaac Meason, 
John Neville, 
John Boyd, 
Daniel Hiester, 
Charles Biddle, 
Richard McAllister, 
John Woods, 
James McLene, 
Benjamin Franklin, 
Henry Hill, 
Evan Evans, 
Samuel Dean, 
Peter Muhlenberg, 
William Brown, 
Robert Traill, 
William Maclay, 
David Redick, 
John Smilie, 
John Baird, 
Andrew Billmyer, 
Nathan Denison, 
Christopher Kucher, 
George Ross, 
Samuel Edie, 
George Woods, 
Frederick Watts, 
John Cannon, 
Abraham Smith, 
Zebulon Potts, 
Richard Willing, 



180 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Amos Gregg, 
Samuel Miles, 
Thomas Mifflin, 
John Wilkins, 
James Martin, 
William Wilson, 



Jonas Hartzel, 
Nathaniel Breclin, 
Henry Taylor, 
William Findley, 
Benjamin Elliott, 
Lord Butler. 



Senators of the United States, 



William Maclay, 
Robert Morris, 
Albert Gallatin, 
James Ross, 
William Bingham, 
Peter Muhlenberg, 
George Logan, 
Samuel Maclay, 
Andrew Gregg, 
Michael Leib. 
Abner Lacock, 
Jonathan Roberts, 
Walter Lowrie. 
William Findlay, 
William Marks, 
Isaac D. Barnard, 
George Mifflin Dallas, 
William Wilkins, 
Samuel McLean, 
James Buchanan, 
Daniel Sturgeon, 
Simon Cameron, 



James Cooper, 
Richard Brodhead, Jr., 
William Bigler, 
Edgar Cowan, 
David Wilmot, 
Charles R. Buckalew, 
John Scott, 
Willam A. Wallace, 
James Donald Cameron, 1 
John I. Mitchell, 2 



FROM PENNSYLVANIA. 

elected 



1789 to 1791 

1789 to 1795 

1793 to 1794 

1794 to 1803 

1795 to J 8oi 
1801 to 1802 
1801 to 1807 
1803 to 1808 
1807 to 1813 
1809 to 1814 
1813 to 1819 
1815 to 1821 
1819 to 1825 
1821 to 1827 
1825 to 1831 
1827 to 1833 
1831 to 1833 
1831 to 1834 

1833 to 1839 

1834 to 1845 
1839 to 1851 
1845 to T ^49 
1857 to 1861 
1867 to 1877 
1849 to 1855 
1851 to 1857 
1855 to 1861 
1861 to 1867 
1861 to 1863 
1863 to 1869 
1869 to 1875 
1875 t l8 8i 
1877 to 1885 
1881 to 1887 



'The unexpired term of his father, who resigned; and on Jan. 21, 1879, he 
was re-elected for six years from March 4, 1879. 
2 Elected for six years, on February 23, 1881. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



181 



Speakers of the Senate, 

OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



1791 Richard Peters, 
1792 Samuel Powel, 
1794 Anthony Morris, 
1795 William Bingham, 
1796 Robert Hare, 
1800 John Wood, 
1802 Samuel Maclay, 
1804 Robert Whitehill, 
1806 James Brady, 
1807 Presly C. Lane, 
1815 John Tod, 
1817 Isaac Weaver, 
1821 William Marks, Jr., 
1825 Thomas Burnside, 
1826 Alexander Mahon, 
1828 Daniel Sturgeon, 
1830 William G. Hawkins, 
1833 Dr. Jesse R. Burden, 
1834 Thomas Ringland, 
1835 Jacob Kern, 
1836 T. S. Cunningham, 
1837 Dr. Jesse R. Burden, 
1838 Charles B. Penrose, 
1840 William T. Rogers, 
1840 Eben. Kingsbury, Jr., 
1841 Charles B. Penrose, 
1841 J. H. Ewing, 
1842 John Strohm, 
1842 William Heister, 
1843 Benjamin Crispin, 
1844 William Bigler, 



1845 William p - Wilcox, 
1846 Daniel L. Sherwood, 
1847 Charles Gibbons, 
1848 William Williamson, 
1848 William F. Johnston, 
1849 George Darsie, 
1850 Valentine Best, 
1851 Benjamin Matthias, 
1852 John H. Walker, 
1853 Thomas Carson, 
1854 Maxwell McCaslin, 
1855 William M. Hiester, 
1856 William M. Piatt, 
1857 David Taggart, 
1858 William H. Welsh, 
1859 John Cresswell, Jr., 
1860 William M. Francis, 
1 86 1 Robert M. Palmer, 
1862 Louis W. Hall, 
1863 George V. Lawrence, 
1864 John P. Penny, 
1865 William J. Turrell, 
1866 David Fleming, 
1867 Louis W. Hall, 
1868 James L. Graham, 
1869 Wilmer Worthington. 
1870 Charles H. Stinson, 
1871 William A. Wallace, 
1872 James S. Rutan, 
1873 George H. Anderson, 
1874 Butler B. Strang. 



Lieutenant-Governors. 

Elected under the Constitution of 1873. 
To preside in the Senate. 

John Latta, elected Nov. 

Charles W. Stone, " Nov. 

Chauncey F. Black, " Nov. 



1874 
1878 
1882 



Presidents of the Senate. 

Pro tempore. 

George H. Cutler, elected Jan'y 4, 1875 

Elisha W. Davis, " Mar. 18, 1875 



182 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



John C. Newmyer, elected ' May 5, 1876 

Thomas Vernon Cooper, " Mar. 23, 1877 

Andrew Jackson Herr, " May 24, 1878 

John Lamon, " June 6, 1879 

William Imlay Newell, " Jan'y 4, 1881 

Hugh McNeill, June 9, 1881 

John Edgar Reyburn, Jan'y 2, 1883 



Speakers of the House of Assembly, 

OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



1791 William Bingham, 

1793 Gerarcus Wynkoop, 

1794 George Latimer, 

1799 Cadwalader Evans, 

1800 Isaac Weaver, Jr., 

1804 Simon Snyder, 

1806 Charles Porter, 

1807 Simon Snyder, 

1809 James Engle, 

1810 John Weber, 

1812 John Tod, 

1813 Robert Smith, 

1814 John St. Clair, 

1815 Jacob Holgate, 

1816 ReesHill, 

1818 William Davidson, 

1819 ReesHil!, 

1820 Joseph Lawrence, 

1821 John Gilmore, 

1822 Joseph Lawrence, 

1825 Dr. Joel B. Sutherland, 

1826 Joseph Ritner, 

1828 Ner Middleswarth, 

1830 Frederick Smith, 

1832 John Laporte, 

1833 Dr. Samuel Anderson, 

1833 James Findlay, 

1834 William Patterson, 

1835 James Thompson, 

1836 Ner Middleswarth, 

1837 Lewis Dewart, 

1839 William Hopkins, 

1841 William A. Crabb, 



1883 John Egner Faunce. 



1842 James Ross Snowden, 
1843 Hendrick B - Wright, 
1844 James Ross Snowden, 
1845 Findley Patterson, 
1847 Tames Cooper, 
! 848 William F. Packer, 
1850 John S. McCalmont, 
1851 John Cessna, 
1852 John S. Rhey, 
1853 William P. Schell, 
1854 E. B. Chase, 
1855 Henry K. Strong, 
1 85 6 Richardson L. Wright , 
1857 J. Lawrence Getz, 
1858 A. B. Longaker, 
1860 W. A. C. Lawrence, 
1 86 1 Elisha W. Davis, 
1862 John Rowe, 
1863 John Cessna, 
1864 Henry C. Johnson, 
1865 Arthur G. Olmsted, 
1866 James R. Kelly, 
1867 John P. Glass, 
1868 Elisha W. Davis, 
1869 John Clark, 
1870 Butler B. Strang, 
1871 James H. Webb, 
1872 William Elliott, 
1874 Hugh H. McCormick, 
1875 Samuel F. Patterson, 
1877 Elijah Reed Myer, 
1879 Henry M. Long, 
1881 Benjamin L. Hewitt, 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



183 



Board of Public Charities, 

Constituted by Act of April 24, 1869. 

PRESIDENTS. 

Gen. Thomas Leiper Kane, elected Dec. i, 1869 

George Leib Harrison, " March i, 1871 

George Davvson Coleman, Sept. 24, 1875 

Mahlon Hall Dickinson, " Sept. 20^ 1878 

COMMISSIONERS. 

George Leib Harrison, 1 appointed Dec. i, 1869 

F. B. Penniman, 2 Dec. i, 1869 

George Dawson Coleman, 3 Dec. i, 1869 

Gen. Thomas Leiper Kane, Dec. i, 1869 

Dr. Wilmer Worthington, 4 Dec. i, 1869 

Charles A. Wood, Dec. i, 1869 

Hiester Clymer, Dec. i, 1870 

William Bakewell, Dec. i, 1871 

Col. Amos C. Noyes, Dec. i, 1872 

George Bullock, Dec. i, 1872 

Francis Wells, 6 Dec. i, 1873 

Mahlon Hall Dickinson, Nov. i, 1875 

Thomas Beaver, Sept. 20, 1878 

James S. Biddle, Jan. 23, 1879 

Lewis Peterson, Jr., May 21, 1880 

John W. Chalfant, May 25, 1880 

Gen. Wm. Watts Hart Davis, Nov. 2, 1880 

Philip C. Garrett, 6 Sept. 6, 1882 

SECRETARIES. 

Dr. Wilmer Worthington, elected Dec. i, 1869 

Dr. Diller Luther, " May i, 1873 

Commissioners of Fisheries, 

Under Act of March 14, 1784. For making the Schuylkill navigable 
and preserving the Fish therein. 



James Hockley, 
Joseph Paul, 
John Brooke, 
Abraham Lincoln, 
George Gardiner, 
Charles Shoemaker, 
Frederick Kleckner, 



Lindsay Coats, 
Robert Curry, 
John Bishop, 
John Jones, 
David Thomas, 
Jacob Light, 
Mordecai Millard, 



George Maris, 
Henry Holler, 
Samuel Baird, 
Anthony Levering, 
John Spohn, 
George Miller, 
Matthias Pennebacker. 



'Resigned. Sept. 24, 1875. 2 Penniman resigned in 1870. 

3 Died, Sept. 9, 1878. *Died, 1873. 5 Resigned, Jan. I, 1879. 

"Jan. 10, Senate refused to confirm him. Jan. II, confirmed, to fill the 
vacancy caused by resignation of James S. Biddle, June 7, 1882. 



184 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Commissioners of Rivers and Streams, 

And for preserving Fish therein, under the Act of March j/, 1785 ; 
14 C. R., 481. 

For Northumberland Gen. James Potter, Samuel Wallis, 
William Montgomery and William Maclay. 

For York James Evving, Michael Simpson, Dr. Robert Harris 
and William Bailey. 

For Bedford George Woods. 

For Lancaster John Bailey, Donegal, John Musser, Benjamin 
Galbraith, James Potter and George McCullough. 

For Cumberland Gen. Frederick Watts, William Brown, 
Robert Whitehall and John Montgomery. 

For Chester County John Churchman and Thomas Turbutt. 

Commissioners of Fisheries, 

By Act of April 28, 1873. 
fhree persons to be appointed by the Governor. 

1873 Howard J. Reeder, of Northampton. 
1873 Benjamin L. Hewett, of Blair. 
1873 James Duffy, of Lancaster. 

Additional Appointments. 

ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
Lewis Cochran Cassidy, commissioned Jan. 16, 1883 

CITY CONTROLLER. 

Samuel Davis Page, 1 by Governor Jan. 16, 1883 
William M. Taggart, 1 by Councils Jan. 17, 1883 

RECORDER OF PHILADELPHIA. 
William H. Smith, 2 by Governor Jan. 23, 1883 

HARBOR MASTER. 
Capt. James P. Lindsay, appointed Jan. 23, 1883 

ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER. 
John K. Little, 8 appointed Jan. 23, 1883 

'These appointments will lead to a contest, and the Courts will have to 
decide whether the Governor or the Councils have the power to fill a vacancy. 

2 The present Recorder will contest this appointment, as his term of office 
( 10 years) has not expired. 

8 In place of John D. Estabrook, elected Chief Commissioner of Highways. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 185 

The Bibliography, 

OF THE LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

The Bibliography of the Statutes at Large, more commonly 
called " The Acts of Assembly" of Province and Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania, naturally begins with the Body of Laws passed 
at the meeting of the First Legislature of the Province, called by 
Penn at Upland, /'. e., Chester, on Dec. 4, 1682, and which met 
in the Block House built by the Swedes, and not in the House 
generally represented, which was the first Meeting House of 
Friends at Chester, and which was not built until 1693. The 
statement that the first Assembly met in James Sandeland's man- 
sion, which was built with lime made from oyster shells, and fell 
down many years since, is not borne out by the language of the 
note in i Logan Papers, 46. Nor were the Great Laws then 
passed, in number 90 see Votes of the Assembly those agreed 
upon in England. Those, called the Printed Laws, were laid 
before the Assembly, together with other laws, called the Written 
Laws, and were presented by Penn. The Preamble and one law 
of the Printed Laws only was passed ; then the others, called the 
Written Laws, were substituted and passed. The laws so passed 
were enlargements or amendments of the laws prepared in Eng- 
land. William Penn, in a letter dated December 16, 1682, says: 
"The foreigners were naturalized, and all the laws passed that 
were agreed upon in England, and more fully worded." 

In the Votes of the Assemby it clearly appears that only the 
Preamble and one chapter of the Printed Laws agreed upon in 
England, was passed. The Assembly, page 4, then appointed 
" two members to confer with the Governor touching the 315! 
Article (which, bye the bye, was only a blank) of the printed 
Constitutions." This they appear to have done, and the confer- 
ence seems to have resulted in explanations, which caused the 
Assembly to drop the consideration of the Printed Laws, and the 
Written Laws were taken up, read and passed, as follows, the Act 
of Naturalization, the 2nd chapter of the Written Constitutions, 
and eighty-eight other chapters of the Written Laws, in all ninety, 
forming the " Great Law or Body of Laws," but which, as it has 
been handed down to us, consists only of sixty-one laws. And 
although we naturally w ask, how, why, and by whom the ninety 
laws passed became reduced to sixty-one, we ask in vain ; suffice 
it to say, we have the sixty-one laws recorded as the "Great 
Laws," passed at Upland, in an engrossed copy of the laws in 
the handwriting of Patrick Robinson, the then Secretary of the 
Province, dated December 7, 1682. It is admitted, in the 
" Historical Notes" to the " Duke of Yorke's Laws," &c., page 
482, that the three parchment rolls of the laws in the office of the 
Master of Rolls, " were not authentic.'" These consisted of sixty- 



186 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

nine laws, and when compared in 1689 with the " Councils Book 
of Laws," the Secretary reported " that he had examined and 
compared the rolls of the first sixty laws with the Councils Book 
of Laws, he found little agreement, and that, as the Keeper said 
at the last sitting of Council, were not authentic, so there was no 
depending on them." 

As early as May 23, 1683, ' c was proposed in the Provincial 
Council that the laws of the Province should be printed, but after 
some debate the question was negatived. On November 18, 1 701 , 
a resolution was adopted, directing the Master of Rolls to have 
the laws printed forthwith. This resolution appears to have been 
carried into effect, because in 1.702 James Logan forwarded a copy 
of the laws "lately printed" to William Penn. 

The "Session Laws" were printed from 1712-13 (this copy is 
wanting), and have been regularly issued ever since. These are 
now called the "Pamphlet Laws." The Philadelphia Library 
have the " Session Laws" from 1714 to 1769 inclusive, and those 
from 1776 to 1801. And all that is wanted to fill up the gap is 
the publication of the Acts of Assembly from 1700 to 1714. A 
collation of the " Session Laws" of the Province has been printed 
in Sabin's Dictionary of Books relating to America. 

i. The first collection of the Statute Laws of the Province was 
made by a Committee of the Assembly, and was printed by 
Andrew Bradford, appointed by and under the authority of the 
Legislature. These he "collected in one volume," and printed 
and sold himself. The first edition was issued in 1714. The 
title page of this edition is as follows: "The Laws of the 
Province of Pensilvania, collected in One Volumn, by Order of 
the Governour and Assembly of said Province. Printed & sold 
by Andrew Bradford, in Philadelphia, 1714." In the "Ad- 
vertisement to the Reader," on the back of the title page of 
this edition, it is stated: "All the laws made in and since the 
year 1700, and now in force, are here printed at large, and the 
Titles of those only that are Repealed, Expired or Obsolete ; 
with the times when they were Enacted are set down in their 
Proper Order, whereby such as may have Recourse thereunto may 
with the more Certainty apply to the Originals, or the Record 
where they are Entered." 

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Ijave a fine copy of this 
edition, which sold at the vendue of Samuel Sitgreaves' Library, 
in November, 1817, for fifteen cents, for which two hundred dol- 
lars was given in 1881. 

2. The Second Edition of the Laws was printed in 1728, by 
Andrew Bradford, " Printer to the Province," and contained a 
collection of the laws then in force, in " one volumn," edited by 
David Lloyd. Both those editions are in small folio, and very 
rare. The first edition is imperfectly paged, which has attracted 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 187 

much attention and many remarks, and careful examiners wonder 
whether this was done through carelessness or with a purpose, but 
as the laws appear complete, it was probably only a want of knowl- 
edge of imposing by the printers, and it is quite common in the 
old English law books, for instance, see Rolle 1 s Reports. 

3. The volume printed and sold by B. Franklin, Philadelphia, 
MDCCXLII, 1742, entitled, The Charters of the Province of 
Pennsylvania and City of Philadelphia, contains all the laws 
then in force, passed between 1682 and 1738, and the title of 
those repealed and expired, pp. 562, with an appendix contain- 
ing a summary of such Acts of Assembly as have been formerly in 
force within this Province for Regulating of Descents, &c., pp. 
24, Index, pp. X. Edited by John Kinsey, Esq. 

4. The Charters and Acts of Assembly of the Province of 
Pennsylvania, in two volumes. Vol. I. Containing the Charters 
of the said Province and the City, Boroughs and Towns thereof. 
The Titles of all the Laws of said Province since its Establish- 
ment down to the year 1700. The Acts of the said Assembly 
from the year 1700 to 1743, now in Force: and the Royal Con- 
firmations and Repeals to the said Acts, compared with the Public 
Records (Arms of Penn). Philadelphia, printed by Peter Miller 
and comp., MDCCLXII. Vol. II. Containing the Acts of 
Assembly of the said Province, from the year 1744 to 1759, now 
in Force. A Collection of all the Laws tha't have been formerly 
in force within this Province for Regulating of Descents and 
Transferring the Property of Lands, but are since expired, altered 
or repealed, from the Establishment of the Province down to this 
present time. Compared with the Public records. Together 
with an Index, referring to the matters contained in both volumes. 
Philadelphia, printed by Peter Miller and comp., MDCCLXII. 
There are two editions, the above described, in one large folio, and 
the other in two small volumes, printed 1762, both editions con- 
taining the same matter. These two editions are called "Big" 
Peler Miller and "Little" Peter Miller. The first edition was 
edited by Lewis Weiss and Charles Brockden, the second by 
Joseph Galloway. 

5. So-called Galloway's Edition, being the Acts of Assembly 
of the Province of Pennsylvania, carefully compared with the 
originals, and an Appendix, containing such Acts and parts of 
Acts, relating to Property, as are expired, altered or repealed, 
together with the Royal, Proprietary, City and Borough Charters, 
and the original Concessions of the Honorable William Penn to 
the First Settlers of the Province. Published by Order of Assem- 
bly (Arms of Penn ), Philadelphia. Printed and sold by Hall and 
Sellers in Market Street, between Front and Second Streets. 
MDCCLXXV. 



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6. The Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- 
vania, carefully compared with the originals. And an Appendix, 
containing the laws now in force, passed between the 3oth day of 
September, 1775, and the Revolution. Together with the Decla- 
ration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation of the 
United States of America. Published by order of the General 
Assembly. (Arms of the State). Philadelphia. Printed and 
sold by Francis Bailey in Market street. MDCCLXXXII (1782). 
Revised, corrected and compared by Thomas McKean, Esq. 

7. Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the i4th 
day of October, 1700, to the ist of October, 1781. Republished 
under the authority of the Legislature, by Alexander James Dallas. 
Vol. I. II, III. 'Philadelphia. Printed by Hall and Sellers. 
MDCCXCVII. Vol. IV. Lancaster. Printed hy Francis Bailey, 
Centre Square, 1801. The 3d and 4th volumes are the printed 
Acts of Assembly from January 8, 1791, to February 26, 1801. 
Since the session of 1801-2, the Acts of Assembly, or Pamphlet 
Laws, as they are commonly called, have been issued annually in 
their present form. 

8. Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. From the 
I4th of October, 1700, to the 6th day of April, 1802. Repub- 
lished under the authority of the Legislature, by M. Carey and 
J. Bioren. Philadelphia. Printed by John Bioren, No. 88 Chest- 
nut street, for Matthew Carey and self. 1803. In 8 volumes. 
The VII Vol., printed by Bioren in 1,806, containing the Laws 
from December 7, 1802, to April 4, 1805. The VIII. Vol., 
printed by Bioren in 1808, containing the Laws passed from Dec. 
3, 1805, to March 28, 1808. 

9. The Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. From 
the i4th day of October, 1700, to the 20th day of March, 1810. 
Republished under the authority of the Legislature, with notes 
and references, in four volumes. Printed and published by John 
Bioren, No. 88 Chestnut street, 1810. 

The author of the Notes to this work was Charles Smith, 
LL.D., afterwards, in 1820, appointed President Judge of the 
District Court of Lancaster. His notes are of great value, and 
display great ability and research. The note in the second vol- 
ume upon the Land Laws, is considered as the most learned and 
exhaustive essay on that subject yet written. The compiler suc- 
ceeded, however, only in bringing the laws down to the session 
of 1807-8. A fifth volume was therefore issued, by authority, in 
1812 (with a General Index), bringing the Laws down to the end 
of the session of 1811-12. These five volumes form "Smith's 
Laws." 

In 1822 volume sixth and seventh were issued, edited by 
Joseph Reed, Esq. (the Recorder of the city). These volumes 
brought the laws down to the end of the session of 1821-22. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 189 

In 1842-4, three more volumes were published by Kay & 
Brother, the Law Booksellers and Printers, of Philadelphia, also 
edited by Joseph Reed. The last volume being issued in 1844, 
and bringing the laws down to the session of 1829-30, and making 
the full series of Smith & Reed consist of ten volumes. 

10. In 3 Binney 's Reports, Philadelphia, 1811, Appendix, p. 
593, will be found, The Report of the Judges of the Supreme 
Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, made in pursuance 
of an Act of the General Assembly of the said Commonwealth, 
passed the yth day of April, 1807, reported to the Senate and 
House of Representatives n the igth and aoth of December, 
1808. 

By the Act above referred to, it was enacted " That the Judges 
of the Supreme Court are hereby required to examine and report 
to the next Legislature, which of the English Statutes are in force 
in this Commonwealth, and which of those statutes, in their 
opinion, ought to be incorporated into the statute laws of this 
Commonwealth." 

The Report of the Judges covers 32 pages, giving the book and 
page, year and reign and title of the British Statutes in force in 
Pennsylvania, and noting those statutes which in their opinion 
ought to be incorporated into our Statute Laws : See 2 American 
Law Journal, pp. 51 to 79. In 1817 Roberts' Digest of British 
Statutes was issued at Pittsburg, being the first edition. 

11. A Digest of Select British Statutes, comprising those which 
according to the Report of the Judges of the Supreme Court 
made to the Legislature, appear to be in force in Pennsylvania, 
with some others, with notes and illustrations, by Samuel Roberts, 
President of the Court of Common Pleas of the 5th Judicial 
District of Pennsylvania. Second edition, with additional notes 
and references to English and American decisions, giving con- 
struction to those statutes down to the present time, and also the 
Report made by the Judges of the Supreme Court to the Legisla- 
ture, by Robert E. Wright, Esq., Counsellor at Law, of Allentown, 
Pa. Published at Philadelphia, 1847. 

12. The State printed in 1879 Tne Charter to William Penn 
and the Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania, passed between the 
years 1682 and 1700, preceded by the Duke of York's Laws, in 
force from the year 1676 to 1682. with an Appendix, containing 
the Laws Delating to the organization of the Provincial Courts and 
historical matter. Published under the direction of John Blair 
Linn, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Compiled and edited by 
Staughton George, Benjamin M. Nead and Thomas McCamant. 
Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, State Printer, 1879. 

13. The Digests, properly so called, commence with An Abridg- 
ment of the Laws of Pennsylvania, being a complete Digest 
of all such Acts of Assembly as concern the Commonwealth at 

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large, to which is added an Appendix, containing a variety of 
Precedents (adapted to the several Acts) for the use of the Justices 
of the Peace, Sheriffs, Attorneys and Conveyancers. By Collinson 
Read. Philadelphia, MDCCCI. (1801), 

14. An Abridgment of the Laws of Pennsylvania, from 1700 
to April 2, 1811, with references to Reports of Judicial Decisions 
in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. By John Purdon, Jr. 
Philadelphia, 1811, being the first edition. The second, to the 
24th of March, 1818, issued that year, is called "A Digest." 
The third edition was issued in 1824, and the next (fourth edition) 
was issued in 1831. By John W. Pnrdon. It should be by John 
Purdon, who was a well known member of the Philadelphia Bar, 
admitted April 28, 1806, and died October 23, 1835. 

The fifth edition of Purdon was issued in 1837, the sixth in 
1841, and the seventh in 1847, by George M. Stroud, Esq., 
Associate Judge of the District Court of Philadelphia. 

The eighth, ninth and tenth editions, edited by Frederick 
Charles Brightly, Esq., of the Philadelphia Bar. The eighth in 
1853, the ninth in 1862. These editions are called " Brightly's 
Purdon's Digest." The last, being the tenth edition, was issued 
in 1873, since which time it has been continued by annual sup- 
plements to 1878.. 

15. A Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania, from April 7, 1830, 
to April 15, 1835, with Explanatory Notes, showing the nature and 
extent of the operation of the Laws contained in this volume, so 
far as they alter, amend, repeal and supply the pre-existing Laws 
of this Commonwealth. Together with reference to numerous 
judicial decisions. Intended, with Purdon's Digest, to form a 
complete Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania to the present time. 
By Benjamin Parkeand Ovid F. Johnson. Harrisburg : Patterson 
& Small, 1836. Volume I. and a supplementary volume (the 
second) issued in 1837, bringing the Digest down to June 16, 
1836, constituting " Parke & Johnson's Digest," in two volumes. 

16. The General Laws of Pennsylvania, from the year 1700 to 
April 22, 1846, chronologically arranged, with notes and refer- 
ences to all the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 
giving construction of said Laws, and a copious index. Com- 
piled by James Dunlop, of Pittsburg. Philadelphia, 1847. 
Second edition, 1849, an< 3 the third in 1853. 

And it may be added, that " The Votes of the Assembly from 
1682 to 1776," in five volumes. The " Journals of the House of 
Representatives of Pennsylvania, from the 28th day of November, 
1776, and ending October 2, 1781, with the Proceedings of the 
several Committees and Conventions at and before the commence- 
ment of the American Revolution." MDCCLXXXII ; in one 
large folio. And the " Minutes of the Assembly," from 1784 to 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 191 

1790, in four volumes; constitute invaluable books of reference to 
the lawyer, the historian and the student. ' 

Mr. Brightly, in the preface to the tenth edition of Purdon> 
1873, says, that " to obtain a complete body of the Statute Laws 
of this State, it is only necessary, in connection with PURDON, to 
possess Roberts' Digest of British Statutes in force in Pennsyl- 
vania." Mr. Brightly means a complete copy of laws in force; 
but the active lawyer and the careful historian both need more 
than this ; they require all the Statutes at Large of the State. 
There have arisen occasions when lawyers have had to obtain 
from the State Department copies of public and private Acts, 
especially charters, at some delay and expense. The Historian, 
unless he is wealthy, has to do without the public Acts. By a 
careful examination of the above recited digests, a list of the 
titles of the unprinted Acts between 1700 and 1714, ninety-five 
in number, could easily be made, and could the Legislature be 
prevailed upon to order their publication, they would perfect the 
Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania in a form accessible to our citi- 
zens ; and it is to be hoped that, for the credit of the State, this 

will be speedily done. 



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the handwriting of William Rawle, the elder. Many of the cases 
are Reported in i Dallas. See the Reporter's acknowledgment 
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2. HOPKIXSON'S REPORTS consist of 49 cases tried in the Ad- 
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10. PETERS, JR., REPORTS, i Volume. Philadelphia, 1819. 
This volume contains the decisions of Justice Bushrod Washington, 
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Washington, and edited by Richard Peters, Jr. 

n. WASHINGTON'S CIRCUIT COURT REPORTS. 4 Volumes. 
Philadelphia, 1826-29. Reports of cases determined in the Circuit 
Court of the United States for the Third Circuit. Comprising 
the Districts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Commencing at 
April Term, 1803. Published from the manuscripts of the Hon. 
Bushrod Washington, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme 
Court of the United States. Edited by Richard Peters, Jr. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 193 

12. BALDWIN'S CIRCUIT COURT REPORTS, i Volume. 1837. 
Reports of cases determined in the United States Circuit Court, 
Third Circuit, by Henry Baldwin, an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States, assigned to that Circuit. 

13. GILPIN'S REPORTS, i Volume. Philadelphia, 1837. Re- 
ports of cases determined in the United States Court for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Principally by Judge Joseph 
Hopkinson ; in Admiralty causes from 1828 to 1835. By Henry 
Dil worth Gilpin. 

14. CRABBE'S REPORTS. i Volume. Philadelphia, 1853. 
Cases argued and adjudged in the District Court of the United 
States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 1836 to 1846. 
By William H. Crabbe. 

15. WALLACE JUNIOR'S REPORTS. 3 Volumes. Philadelphia, 
1849-62. Cases in the Circuit Court of the United States for 
the Third Circuit, with an Appendix. Reported by John William 
Wallace. Philadelphia : Walker, 24 Arch street, 1849. Vol. 
i, pp. 372, Appendix clxi. 2 Volumes, 598 pages, and an Index. 
Printed 1854, and the 3d volume in 1862. 

16. DALLAS' REPORTS. 4 Volumes. Philadelphia, 1790-1807. 
Reports of cases in the Courts of the United States and Pennsyl- 
vania before and since the Revolution. By Alexander James 
Dallas. The first volume has been twice reprinted. The third 
edition was edited by Thomas I. Wharton, with notes and an 
Appendix. The fourth volume was reprinted with additions by 
Benjamin Gerhard. 

17. ADDISON'S REPORTS. i Volume. 1800. Reports of 
cases in the County Courts of the Fifth Circuit and in the High 
Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of Pennsylvania. By 
Alexander Addison, President Judge of the Courts of Common 
Pleas of the Fifth Circuit. Washington : Printed by John 
Colerick. 

1 8. Report of the Trial of Alexander Addison, on Impeach- 
ment by the House of Representatives before the Senate of Penn- 
sylvania, by Thomas Lloyd. 2d edition. Lancaster, 1803. 

19. YEATES' REPORTS of cases from 1791 to 1808, adjudged in 
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, with some select cases at 
Nisi Prius and in the Circuit Courts. 4 Volumes. Philadelphia, 
printed 1817-19. 

20. BINNEY'S REPORTS. 6 Volumes. Philadelphia, 1809-15. 
Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania. By Horace Binney, the elder. 

21. THE AMERICAN LAW JOURNAL. In 6 volumes. Edited by 
the late John E. Hall, of Baltimore. Volumes i and 2, printed 
in 1809, by William R. Farrand & Co., Philadelphia and else- 
where, contains reports of cases in the High Court of Errors and 
Appeals of Pennsylvania, of as early a date as 1785, and also 



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reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of this State. 
Volume 3 in 1810, the 4th in 1813, and the 5th volume, printed 
by Moses Thomas, contains no report of Pennsylvania cases. The 
last volume, the 6th, was issued in 1817, by Harrison Hall, who 
removed to Philadelphia about 1816, and revived the publication 
under the name of " The Journal of Jurisprudence," one volume 
only of which was printed by M. Carey & Sons, in 1821. It con- 
tains some ancient decisions of historical value, notably the trial 
of William- Penn at the Old Bailey. 

22. BROWNE'S REPORTS. In 1811 Peter A. Browne issued a 
volume of Reports of Cases adjudged in the Courts of Common 
Pleas of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania principally, 
from 1806 to 1811, with an Appendix. Containing some earlier 
reports, and some cases decided in the Orphans' Court of Phila- 
delphia County. The First Judicial District, until the passage of 
the Act of Feb. 24, 1806, consisted of the counties of Philadelphia, 
Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery. 

23. SERGEANT & RAWLE'S REPORTS. 17 Volumes. Philadel- 
phia, 1818-29. Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania, from 1814 to 1828. By Thomas Sergeant and 
William Rawle, Jr., Esquires. 

24. RAWLE'S REPORTS. 5 Volumes. Philadelphia, 1829-36. 
Reports of cases argued and determined by the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania, 1828 to 1835. By William Rawle, Jr., Esquire. 

25. THE JOURNAL OF LAW. i Volume. Philadelphia, 1831. 
Conducted by an Association of Members of the Bar. This 
periodical contains a few cases, Corporation v. Wallace, by Chief 
Justice Gibson, and some other cases.' 

26. ASHMEAD'S REPORTS. 2 Volumes. 1831-41. Reports of 
cases in the County Courts of Philadelphia. By John Wayne 
Ashmead, Esq. 

27. PENROSE & WATTS' PENNSYLVANIA REPORTS. 3 Volumes. 
Harrisburg and Carlisle, 1832-33. Cases adjudged in the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1832. Vol. i by William 
Rawle, Jr. , Charles B. Penrose and Frederick Watts. Vols. 2 
and 3 by Messrs. Penrose & Watts. 

28. WATTS' REPORTS. 10 Volumes. Philadelphia, 1834-41. 
Cases determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, from 
May, 1832, to September, 1840. By Frederick Watts, Carlisle. 

29. MILES' REPORTS. 2 Volumes. 2d Edition. Philadelphia, 
1871. Reports of cases determined in the District Court for 
the City and County of Philadelphia, from 1835 to 1841. By 
John Miles, Counsellor-at-Law. 

30. WHARTON'S REPORTS. 6 Volumes. Philadelphia, 1836-41. 
Cases adjudged in the. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the 
Eastern District, from December, 1835 to March, 1841. By 
Thomas I. Wharton. 



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31. WATTS & SERGEANT'S REPORTS. 9 Volumes. Philadelphia, 
1842-45. Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania. By Frederick Watts and Henry J. Sergeant. 

32. PENNSYLVANIA LAW JOURNAL. 5 Volumes. Philadelphia, 
1842-46. Edited by Henry E. Wallace and David Webster, 
Esqs. Contains the decisions in Bankruptcy of Archibald Randall, 
Judge of the United States District Court, for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, and miscellaneous cases from the. Courts of 
Philadelphia and other counties. Followed by Vols. 6 and 7 by 
J. J. Robbins, and then a new series called the " American Law 
Journal" Vols. S-n, or New Series, Vols. 1-4, edited by an 

"Association of Gentlemen learned in the Law." This termi- 
nated in 1852, and was changed into the " American Law Regis- 
ter," edited by Asa I. Fish and Henry Wharton, who had been 
the most active of the " Association of Gentlemen learned in the 
Law," in charge of its predecessor, the " American Law Journal." 

33. PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPORTS. 99 Volumes'. Containing 
cases adjudged in the Supreme Court. Commencing in 1845 an ^ 
ending November Term, 1881. The following is a list of the State 
Reporters ; with the number of volumes reported by each : 

Robert M. Barr, Reported 10 volumes. 

J. Pringle Jones, 
George W. Harris, 
Joseph Casey, 



Robert E. Wright, 
P. Frazer Smith, 
A. Wilson Norris, 



14 
3 2 
15 



Albert A. Outerbridge, 2 

\ 

32d P. F. Smith, or Volume 81* of Penna. State Reports, con- 
tains the Reports of Cases remaining in the hands of Mr. Smith 
after he ceased to be the State Reporter. Printed by Rees Welsh 
& Co., Philadelphia, 1881. 

34. VAUX'S DECISIONS, i Volume. Philadelphia, 1846. Reports 
of some criminal cases on primary hearing before the Hon. 
Richard Vaux, Recorder of the City of Philadelphia, from 1841 
to 1847, w i tn remarks on the writ of Habeas Corpus and forms of 
proceedings in criminal causes. 

35. PARSON'S SELECT EQUITY CASES. 2 Volumes. Philadel- 
phia, 1853. Argued and determined in the Court of Common 
Pleas of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, from 1841 to 
1850. Reported by Anson Virgil Parsons, one of the Judges of 
the Court. 

36. BRIGHTLY' s NISI PRIUS. i Volume. Philadelphia, 1851. 
Reports of cases decided by the Judges of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania in the Court of Nisi Prius at Philadelphia, and also 



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in the Supreme Court, with notes and references to recent deci- 
sions. By Frederick C. Brightly. 

37. THE AMERICAN LAW REGISTER. A monthly magazine, 
which began in November, 1852. Edited by Asa I. Fish and 
Henry Wharton, of the Philadelphia Bar, and extended to Nov., 
1 86 1, making nine volumes, in which will be found reported many 
valuable Pennsylvania cases. Continued from 1861 by " The 
American Law Register, New Series" edited by Hon. James T. 
Mitchell and others, 21 volumes, and publication still continued. 

38. GRANT'S CASES. 3 Volumes. Philadelphia, 1859-64. Re- 
ports of cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania, from 1852 to 1863. By Benjamin Grant, Esq., of Erie. 

39. JOHN HILL MARTIN'S Collection of Insurance Reports. In 
2 volumes. Newspaper slips, principally from the pages of the 
Insurance Intelligencer, of Philadelphia. Only one perfect copy is 
known to exist of this periodical, which is in possession of 
the writer, who furnished such reports, being a portion of the 
cases reported from 1857 to this date, ist Vol., 1858, pp. 109. 
2d Vol., 1867, pp. 97. 

40. JOHN HILL MARTIN'S ADMIRALTY REPORTS. Being a col- 
lection of reports of cases before the late Honorable John K. 
Kane and John Cadwalader, Judges of the Court of Admiralty 
of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and some other cases 
elsewhere, in 1858-59-60. In i volume, pp. 260. Newspaper 
cuttings and indexed, and intended to be presented to the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 

41. PHILADELPHIA REPORTS. 12 Volumes. Philadelphia, 1860. 
Containing the unreversed decisions of the District Court, Courts 
of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court, and Quarter Sessions of 
Philadelphia and other counties, and the United States Courts 
for Pennsylvania, published in the Legal Intelligencer from 1850 
to 1878. 12 Volumes. A valuable collection of cases of great 
importance to the practitioner. Edited by Henry E. Wallace to 
the loth volume inclusive. Since then by Henry C. Brown. 

42. BREWSTER'S REPORTS. 4 Volumes. Philadelphia, 1869. 
Reports of Equity, Election and other important cases, argued 
and determined principally in the Courts of Philadelphia. From 
1856 to 1871. By Frederick Carroll Brewster. 

43. LEGAL GAZETTE REPORTS of cases decided in the United 
States Circuit Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Supreme 
Court at Nisi Prius, and the County Courts of Philadelphia, and 
in the Courts of the 3d, 8th, gth, nth, i2th, 26th, 28th and 29th 
Judicial Districts. Originally reported in the Legal Gazette from 
July 2, 1869, to Jan. 5, 1872. By John H. Campbell, i Volume. 
Philadelphia, 1872. 

44. PENNSYLVANIA LAW JOURNAL REPORTS. Containing cases 
in the Federal and State Courts of Pennsylvania, originally 



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reported in the Pennsylvania Law Journal and American Law 
journal, from 1842 to 1852 inclusive. Arranged and collated, 
with reference to cases in subsequent reports. By John A. Clark 
(Philadelphia Bar). 5 Volumes. 1872-3. 

45. PITTSBURG REPORTS. 3 Volumes. Philadelphia, 1872-3. 
Containing cases decided by the Federal and State Courts of 
Pennsylvania, chiefly at the city of Pittsburg. Originally pub- 
lished in the Pittsburg Legal Journal. From 1853 to 1873. 
Edited, with parallel references, by Boyd Crumrine. 

46. LEGAL CHRONICLE REPORTS. 2 Volumes. Pottsville, 
1874-77. Of cases decided in the Supreme Court and in the 
Courts of the ist, 2d, 3d, 7th, gth, nth, i2th, i3th, 2oth, 2ist, 
23d and 26th Judicial Districts of Pennsylvania. Originally 
reported in the Legal Chronicle from Jan. 11, 1873, to December, 
1875, inclusive. By Sol. Foster, Jr. 

47. WEEKLY NOTES OF CASES. Now in its i2th Volume; 
1874 to 1883. Argued and determined in the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania and in the County Courts of Philadelphia, and 
the United States District and Circuit Court for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania. By members of the Philadelphia Bar. 
A valuable collection of cases, of inestimable importance to the 
profession, and exceedingly creditable to the Reporters. 

48. PEARSON'S REPORTS. 2 Volumes. Philadelphia, printed 
by Rees Welsh & Co. 1879-80. Decisions of John J. Pearson, 
President Judge of the Twelfth Judicial District. Reported by 
his son, William Pearson, of the Dauphin County Bar. ist Vol., 
1850-68. 2d Vol., 1868-80. 

49. PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT REPORTS, i Volume. 
1882. Printed by Rees Welsh & Co. Containing cases in 
Law and Equity adjudged in the Supreme Court, being those 
not designated to be reported by the State Reporter ; decided in 
May, October and November Terms, i88i. J By Samuel W. 
Pennypacker, of the Philadelphia Bar. 

50. LUZERNE LEGAL REGISTER REPORTS, i Volume. Phila- 
delphia. 1882. Cases decided in the Supreme Court, in the 
Courts of Luzerne County, and of the 2d, 5th, 8th, i2th, i5th, 
i9th, 2 ist, 26th, 3ist, 32d, 43d, 44th and 45th Judicial Districts 
of Pennsylvania. Originally reported in The Luztrne Legal 
Register oi 1880-81. Edited by George B. Kulp, of the Luzerne 
County Bar. 

51. THE LEGAL RECORD REPORTS, i Volume. Pottsville, 
1882. Containing chiefly cases tried and decided in the Courts of 
Schuylkill County, and the decisions of the Supreme Court on 
appeal in county cases, made up from the pages of the Schiiylkill 
Legal Record, which are printed so as to be detached and bound 
in book form. This paper was first issued on May 9, 1879. The 
second volume of the Reports is to contain the cases reported in 

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1881 and 1882, by Arthur J. Pilgrim and Lewis B. Walker, the 
Editors and Reporters. 

52. THE LEGAL INTELLIGENCER. This well-known exponent of 
the Philadelphia Bar, the oldest Law Journal in the United States, 
was established by the late Henry E. Wallace, a member of our 
Bar, and it remains a very creditable monument to his memory. 
Its first number was given to the public on Dec. 2, 1843. -^ 
is not only valuable to 'the profession in a business point of 
view, furnishing as it does all the Trial Lists and Motion Lists of 
the Courts of the City and County of Philadelphia, but is histori- 
cally invaluable, embracing in its columns the reports of the 
decisions of our Judiciary, on local matters of great interest and 
importance to our community, which are thus preserved for future 
reference, and are the evidences of the labors and learning of our 
Judges, of whose integrity and ability this community is justly 
proud. The editors of the Legal Intelligencer since its publica- 
tion have been, Henry E. Wallace until his death in 1879, J- 
Hubley Ashton, as Associate from February, 1860, to October, 
1864, and Dallas Sanders and Henry C. Titus. 

53. OLWINE'S LEGAL REPORTER. On November 25. 1848, 
Anthony Wayne Olwine was elected the Prothonotary of the 
Common Pleas; previously, on September 7, 1848, his son, 
Isaac Wayne Olwine, was admitted to the Bar, and was his 
father's chief clerk. Mr. Olwine, the Prothonotary, died May 6th, 
1850. During his term of office, or immediately thereafter, his 
son began the issue of a legal newspaper (I have forgotten its 
title, but I am informed that it was as above given) in opposition 
to the Intelligencer ; but it had a very brief existence. The Di- 
rectories of the period fail to give the title of Olwine's legal paper. 
In the Directory of 1848, after his name, it is stated, '' Editor of 
the Philadelphia Bee." This may be the paper he afterwards 
converted into a legal journal. 

54. TUCKETT'S MONTHLY INSURANCE JOURNAL. 2 Volumes. 
Philadelphia, 1852 to 1860. Contains reports of Insurance cases 
tried at Philadelphia and elsewhere. The editor was Captain 
Harvey G. Tuckett, late an officer in the British Army, well 
known in this country and England on account of his difficulties 
with his Colonel, Lord Cardigan. 

55. THE INSURANCE INTELLIGENCER. On January 31, 1857, Orrin 
Rogers began the publication of the paper with this title, devoted 
to all matters connected with the business of Insurance in all its 
branches, and in the month of May of the same year the writer 
began to furnish the publication with reports of the decisions of 
our Courts and others in cases bearing on Insurance and Admi- 
ralty questions. On January 4, 1862, the name of the Journal 
was altered to that of The Philadelphia Intelligencer. And in 
June, 1871, George C. Helmbold became the editor and pro- 



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prietor. The paper is still issued, and the writer has furnished 
for its columns many articles on Historical and Maritime subjects, 
including "A Historical Sketch of Bethlehem in Pennsylvania, 
with some account of the Moravian Church," and with the Lists 
entitled " The Bench and Bar of Philadelphia." These services 
have been performed voluntarily on the part of the writer, and 
without compensation, and with the intent to preserve matters 
connected with that part of the profession of the law to which he 
has devoted his attention. 

56. LEGAL AND INSURANCE REPORTER. A periodical. Begun 
Dec. i, 1859, by James Fulton, and been continued since his 
death by C. Albert Palmer. Contains decisions in Insurance 
Cases before the Courts of Pennsylvania and elsewhere. 

57. LUZERNE LEGAL OBSERVER. Scranton, Pa. First number 
issued Oct. 31, 1860. In 3 volumes, ending Dec. 4, 1863. 
There were a few numbers only of the 4th volume issued. Con- 
tains reports of the State and County Cases, and of some else- 
where. Editor and proprietor, E. S. M. Hill. 

58. THE LANCASTER BAR, a weekly periodical, printed at Lan- 
caster, Pa., has now (1882) reached its XIV. Volume. Edited by 
Philip D. Baker and W. T. Brown. Contains reports of cases 
determined in the Supreme Court and in the Courts of Lancaster 
and other counties. 

59. THE LEGAL GAZETTE. On July 2, 1869, Messrs. King & 
Baird, printers, issued the first number of a legal weekly, bearing 
this name. It was discontinued June i, 1876. It was an excel- 
lent paper ; but there was no necessity for two newspapers of the 
same character in this city, either then or now. 

60. LEGAL OPINION. Harrisburg Weekly. Beginning Nov. 
5, 1870. Contains reports of cases principally in Dauphin County. 
5 Volumes. Ending Oct. n, 1873. 

61. THE SCRANTON LAW TIMES. A. A. Chase, editor. 1873 
to 1876. 3 Volumes, and a few numbers of Volume 4. New 
Series. 1877-8. i Volume, and some numbers of Volume 2. 
New Series again, 1879 to date. 4 Volumes, and still published. 

62. THE REAL ESTATE REPORTER, devoted to the interests of 
real estate in all its branches, was established in Philadelphia on 
October i, 1875, by James Robert Dever as editor and publisher, 
it contained lists of all Judgments entered in all the County 
Courts, lists of all mechanics' liens filed, building permits, notices 
of sheriffs' sales, &c., and legal notes and decisions of interest to 
lawyers, conveyancers and all persons interested in real estate 
matters. This paper was issued weekly only for a short time. 

63. THE DAILY COURT RECORD. The first number of this legal 
Journal was issued in Philadelphia on October 20, 1877, by George 
Delp, Esq., as editor and publisher. This paper furnishes a com- 
plete list of the Judgments entered each day in the four Courts of 



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Common Pleas, 01so satisfied judgments, mechanics' liens, non- 
suits commenced, assignments, transfers of real estate, sheriff's 
sales, building permits, and abstracts of such legal decisions as 
are of interest to the business community. 

64. THE LACKAWANNA BAR. E. Merrifield, editor, i Volume. 
August to October, 1878. 

65. THE SUSQUEHANNA LEGAL CHRONICLE. April, 1878, to 

March, 1879. I Volume only issued. 

66. THE LACKAWANNA LEGAL RECORD. Published at Scranton, 
Pa., for one year. 1878-9. 

67. THE COMMON PLEAS REPORTER succeeded the above at 
Scranton, but was discontinued before a volume was completed. 

68. THE YORK LEGAL RECORD, now in its second volume, being 
a record of cases argued and determined in the various Courts of 
York County, in Pennsylvania. The first number was issued on 
March 4, 1880. Edited by S. C. Frey. 

69. THE DAILY LEGAL NEWS was first issued in Philadelphia on 
January 6, 1879, by General Joshua Thomas Owen. This paper 
gave reports of decisions of the Courts, the Trial and Motion 
Lists, lists of Wills probated, &c. It was changed to a weekly on 
July i, and on October 15, 1879, finally discontinued. Henry 
D. Wireman, Esq., has a complete set. 

70. THE PENNSYLVANIA LAW RECORD. The first issue of this 
weekly legal paper was published in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, 
June 3, 1879. Edited by William Allen Mitchener, Esq. Con- 
tained the reports of cases decided in our Courts, and the record 
of judgments entered, mortgages recorded, wills probated, &c., 
during the preceding week. 2 Volumes. 1879 anc ^ 1880. It is 
doubtful whether a complete set of this paper exists ; but the 
Law Library and Judge Mitchell have sets nearly complete. 

71. THE CHESTER COUNTY REPORTER, published at West 
Chester, by James Monaghan, was first issued in April, 1880, and 
is still continued, containing reports of cases tried in Chester 
County and elsewhere. 

72. THE WEEKLY REPORTER, edited by Ward R. Bliss, Esq., 1 
of the Delaware County Bar, printed at Chester, on the Delaware. 
The first number was issued May 31, 1881. Octavo. It con- 
tains legal advertisements, and the opinions of the President 
Judge of Delaware County, and the opinions of the Supreme 
Court in county cases on appeal. The latter portion being so 
arranged that it can be detached and bound in a book at the 
conclusion of each volume, to be styled "The Delaware County 
Reports." 

1 Mr. Bliss is also the editor of The Delaware County Republican. In 
which, while it was conducted by the late Young S. Walter, appeared the 
corrected lists of the Bench and Bar from The Insurance Intelligencer, (see 
ante p. 199, No. 55,) and which are now here reprinted. In the same Journal 
was published The History of Chester, since issued in book form, Philadelphia, 
1877. PP- 53- 



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Pamphlet Reports 

OF PENNSYLVANIA TRIALS. 

1. The case of the Sloop Active, before Judge Ross, in the Ad- 
miralty, and on appeal to the Commissioners of Appeals from the 
Courts of Admiralty, on Dec. 12, 1788, reversing the decree of 
Judge Ross, and the Act of Assembly of Pennsylvania relative 
thereto. Being the case of Olmsted and others v. Rittenhouse's 
Executrixes. By Richard Peters, Jr. Printed, Philadelphia, 1779. 
pp. 27. Second Edition, 1809; pp. 108. 

2. A case decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, 
in February, 1793, m which is discussed the question, "whether 
a State be liable to be sued by a private citizen of another State." 
Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1793, pp. 120. 

3. A correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John 
Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox and 
others, at Harrisburg, June Oyer and Terminer, 1798, for the 
murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 
1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Com- 
monwealth of Pennsylvania ; containing the whole evidence, and 
the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials. 
Printed at Harrisburg, by John Wyeth, 1798, 8vo, pp. 163. 

4. A Report of the extraordinary transactions which took place 
at Philadelphia, in February, 1799, in consequence of a memo- 
rial from certain natives of Ireland to Congress, praying a Repeal 
of the Alien Bill ; containing an account of the proceedings which 
produced the memorial, the assault on the committee at St. Mary's 
Church, and the proceedings at the Mayor's office, upon the 
arrest of the memorialists, a copy of the memorial, and the trial, 
with the names of the jury, the evidence at large, the speeches of 
counsel on both sides, and the charge to the jury. By William 
Duane, Philadelphia. Printed in the office of the Aurora, 1799. 

5. The two trials of John Fries, on an indictment for Treason, 
together with a brief report of the trials of several other persons 
for Treason and Insurrection, in the Counties of Bucks, North- 
ampton and Montgomery, in the Circuit Court of the United 
States, begun at the City of Philadelphia, April n, 1799, con- 
tinued at Norristown, Oct. n, 1799, and concluded at Philadel- 
phia, April n, 1800, before the Hon. Judges Iredell, Peters, 
Washington and Chase. To which is added a copious appendix, 
containing the evidences and arguments of the counsel on both 
sides on the motion for a new trial, the arguments on the motion 
for removing the case to the county where the crime was com- 
mitted, and the arguments against holding the jurisdiction at 
Norristown. Taken in short-hand by Thomas Carpenter. Phila- 
delphia, 1800. 8vo, pp. 226, 50. An edition in the German 
language was printed in Allentown. Pa., 1839 ; pp. 324. 



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6. An account of the trial of Thomas Cooper, of Northumber- 
land, on a charge of libel against the President of the United 
States, under the Alien and Sedition Law. The trial took place 
in April, 1800. Reported by Cooper. Printed in 1800; pp. 64. 

7. A report of an action of libel, brought by Benjamin Rush 
against William Cobbett, in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 
December Term, 1799. By T. Carpenter. Printed in 1800. 

8. The Holland Land Case ; being a Report of the case of The 
Commonwealth v. Tench Coxe, Esq., on a motion fora manda- 
mus in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Taken from the 
manuscript of the 4th volume of Dallas' Reports, and not reported 
in full therein. Philadelphia, 1803, pp. 137. 

9. The trial and acquittal of Edward Shippen, Chief Justice, 
and Jasper Yeates and Thomas Smith, Associate Justices of the 
Supreme Court, on an Impeachment before the Senate of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1805. By William Hamilton, Editor of the Lancaster 
Journal, and printed in Lancaster; pp. 491. Appendix, pp. 96. 

10. The trial of Journeymen Boot and Shoemakers of Philadel- 
phia for combination and conspiracy to raise their wages. The 
defendants were found guilty and fined. Taken in short-hand 
by Thomas Lloyd, 1806; pp. 157. 

11. The Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1798; trial 
in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Upon which the Presi- 
dent of the Bank, the Cashier, one of the Directors (who was an 
Alderman), and another person who was High Constable of 
Philadelphia, were sentenced to pay Patrick Lyon $12,000, for a 
false and malicious prosecution against him, &c. Reported from 
notes of Thomas Lloyd, Philadelphia, 1808; pp. 184. 

12. Report of the case of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
v. John Smith, Marshal of the United States for the District of 
Pennsylvania, brought before the Court on a writ of Habeas 
Corpus, with the speeches of counsel and opinion by William 
Tilghman, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. By a member of the 
Philadelphia Bar. Printed by David Hogan, 1809; pp. 52. 

13. A report of the trial of General Michael Bright and others, 
who conducted the resistance to the Federal authority on the part 
of the State of Pennsylvania, by obstructing the execution of a 
writ of arrest, tried before Judges Washington and Peters, in the 
United States Circuit Court. Made by Thomas Lloyd. Philadel- 
phia, 1809 ; pp. 224. 

14. The report of the case of Evans v. Yarnall and many others, 
members of the Society of Friends, involving questions in regard 
to the discipline of the Society. In the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania, at Nisi Prius, in Philadelphia, before Mr. Justice 
Brackenridge and a Jury. Taken in short-hand by T. Lloyd, 
and reported by Joseph R. Hopkins, 1810; pp. 150. 

15. The Criminal Record, published by Matthew Carey, in 18 10, 



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contains the case against Baker, Brous and Peterson, executed at 
Philadelphia in 1800, for piracy and two murder cases. 

1 6. Trial of James Sylvanus McClean, alias Melville, and 
William L. Graham, before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 
for a conspiracy to extort money from Stephen Girard, together 
with the correspondence between Dr. McClean and Samuel Salter 
and Graham, with several literary productions of the Doctor, the 
speeches of counsel, and the charge of Judge Brackenridge. 
Philadelphia: John Binns, Printer, 1812, pp. 47. 

17. The trial of John H. Jones, First Lieutenant of the Priva- 
teer Schooner Revenge, on a charge of piracy, including the' 
arguments of the counsel and the charge of Judge Washington. 
Reported by one of the counsel engaged in the cause. Philadel- 
phia : Printed by John Binns, for the reporter, 1813. 

18. The case of Alien Enemies considered and decided. Being a 
report of the arguments before and the judgment of Tilghman, 
Chief Justice, in the case of Charles Lockington, an alien enemy. 
By Richard Bache. Philadelphia, 1813. 

19. Report of the trial of the Journeymen Cordwainers of the 
Borough of Pittsburgh, had at an adjourned Court of Quarter 
Sessions for the County of Allegheny, holden at Pittsburgh, the 
first Monday of December, 1815. Taken by Charles Shaler, Esq. 
Pittsburgh, 1816, pp. 52. 

20. Trial of Edward Lyon (of Northumberland) for suborna- 
tion of False Swearing, in which John Binns was endorsed as 
Prosecutor, with some account of Binns, interspersed with 
extracts of letters written to him by Edward Lyon from Glouces- 
ter Gaol. Published from the Records of the Court, and minutes 
taken at the time of trial. Philadelphia: Second edition, 1816. 

21. The trial of Richard Smith, late Lieutenant 23d U. S. 
Infantry, as principal, and Ann Carson, alias Ann Smith, as 
accessory, for the murder of Captain John Carson, on Jan. 20, 
1816, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in Philadelphia, 
May, 1816, by the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Judge 
Rush, President ; together with the arguments of counsel, and 
charges and sentence of the President. Taken in short-hand by 
J. C., a member of the Philadelphia Bar. Philadelphia: Pub- 
lished by Thdmas Desilver. No date; [but 1816,] pp. 253. 

22. The trial of Frederick Eberle and others at Nisi Prius, 
Philadelphia, 1816, before Mr. Justice Yeates, for illegally con- 
spiring together by all means lawful and unlawful, " with their 
bodies and lives," to prevent the introduction of the English lan- 
guage into the services of St. Michael's and Zion Churches, be- 
longing to the German Lutheran Congregation. By James Carson, 
Attorney-at-Law. Philadelphia, 1817. 

23. The trial of Robert W. Houston v. Gen. John Dicks and 
others, members of a Court Martial, being an action of Trespass, 



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in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Pa. By 
George Bryan Porter. Philadelphia, 1817. 

24. Trial of Samuel Yardley Thornton and others for Conspiracy, 
in the Quarter Sessions of Bucks County, 1821. Reported by 
Joseph Hough and Albert Smith. Philadelphia, 1821; 

25. Trial of John Lechler, for the murder of his wife, Mary 
Lechler, before the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held for the 
County of Lancaster on the ipth day of August, 1822. Contain- 
ing all the evidence, with the particulars of the murder of Mrs. 
Haag, including the speeches of counsel, the charge and the sen- 
tence of the Court. Reported by Daniel Fuller, Esq. Lancaster, 
1822, 8vo, pp. 64. 

26. Trial of the Rev. William Hogan, Pastor of St. Mary's 
Church, for assault and battery on Mary Connell, before the 
Mayor's Court. Taken in short-hand by Joseph A. Bowling, 
Stenographer. Published by Robert Desilver, 1822; pp. 138. 
Appendix cxxix. 

27. Report of the trial of the case of Alexander and others v. 
The Schuylkill Navigation Company, to recover damages for the 
loss of the Bridge at the Falls of the Schuylkill during the freshet 
of Feb. 21, 1822, in the Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Feb. 18, 
1824. Reported for the Watering Committee by John C. Lowber. 

28. Trial of Michael Monroe, alias James Wellington, at a 
Court of Oyer and Terminer held at Chester, Pennsylvania, on 
the 20th of October, 1824, for the murder of William Bonsall, at 
his dwelling on the Darby Road, on the night of the 22d of May, 
1824. Containing the testimony of Mary Warner, Phoebe Bonsall, 
Dr. Morris C. Shalcross, &c. Philadelphia, 1824; pp. 18. 

29. The Doctrine of Constructive Larceny considered, as 
developed in the recent case of George Tyson, the Stock and 
Exchange Broker, who was tried at the Mayor's Court for the 
City of Philadelphia, at the March Session in 1825, and contains 
a report of the trial. By Charles F. Mumford, Esq., of the 
Philadelphia Bar. Philadelphia, 1825. 8vo, pp. 36. 

30. Report of the trial and acquittal of the Honorable Robert 
Porter, President Judge of the Third Judicial District of Penn- 
sylvania, before the Senate, composing the High Court of Im- 
peachment of the said Commonwealth, upon articles of accusation 
and impeachment preferred against him by the House of Repre- 
sentatives, with the various discussions in the Senate and House 
of Representatives, all the evidence and arguments of counsel at 
length. By James Madison Porter. Easton, Pa., 1827; pp. 288. 

31. Trial of the 24 Journeymen Tailors charged with conspi- 
racy, before the Mayor's Court of Philadelphia, September Ses- 
sions, 1827. Reported by Marcus T. C. Gould. Philadelphia, 
1827 ; pp. 1 66. 

32. Report of the trial of Friends in the City of Philadelphia, 



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June, 1828, before the Honorable Edward King, Esq., President 
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the First Judicial Dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania, or the case of Edmund Shotwell, Joseph 
Lukens, Charles Middleton and two others, who had been by the 
Mayor of the city committed to prison, whence they were brought 
up by Habeas Corpus, June gth, 1828. Reported by M. T. C. 
Gould. Philadelphia, 1828; pp. 155. 

33. Report of the trial for Libel, in which Dr. George 
McClellan was plaintiff and Dr. Francis S. Beattie defendant, at 
Philadelphia, March, 1829, with the whole of the evidence and the 
Judge's charge, with notes by an eye witness. Philadelphia, 1829. 

34. Mail Robbers. Report of the trials of Michael Mellon, 
the Lancaster Mail Robber, and George Wilson and James Porter, 
alias May, the Reading Mail Robbers, before the Honorable 
Judges Baldwin and Hopkinson, in the Circuit Court of the 
United States, holden in and for the- Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania, of April Sessions, 1830. Taken in short -hand by John 
Mortimer. Philadelphia, 1830; pp. 160. 

35. Report of the trial of Edward Williams for the murder of 
his wife, before the Hon. Isaac Darlington, President Judge 
and his Associate Judges, Pearce and Sharp, in the Court of 
Oyer and Terminer held at the Borough of West Chester, in and 
for the County of Chester, in the Fifteenth Judicial District of 
Pennsylvania, at November Term, 1830 ; containing the testi- 
mony of the witnesses, the speeches of the counsel concerned, and 
the charge and sentence of the Court. West Chester, December, 
A. D. 1830, pp. 68. 

36. A full and accurate report of the trial for riot, before the 
Mayor's Court of Philadelphia, on the i3th of October, 1831, 
arising out of a Protestant procession on the i2th of July, and in 
which the contending parties were Protestants and Roman Catho- 
lics ; including the indictments, examination of witnesses, speeches 
of counsel, Recorder's charge, verdict and sentences. Taken in 
short-hand during the trial. Philadelphia, 1831, 8vo. pp. 104. 

37. Trial of Lucretia Chapman, otherwise called Lucretia 
Espos y Mina, who was jointly indicted with Lino Amalio Espos 
y Mina for the murder of William Chapman, late of Andalusia, 
County of Bucks, in' Pennsylvania. In the Court of Oyer and 
Terminer, held in Doylestown, Bucks County, in December 
Term, 1831, and continued to February Term, 1832. Prepared 
for publication by William E. Du Bois, student of law (pp. 213), 
with a Supplement to the trial of Mrs. Chapman of 1 1 pages, and 
trial of Lino Amalio Espos y Mina for the murder of William 
Chapman, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, at Doylestown, 
for the County of Bucks, April Sessions, 1832. Published by 
George W. Mentz & Son, Philadelphia, 1832. 

38. Trial of Charles Getter, for the murder of his wife, late of 



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Forks Township, Northampton County, and Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General 
Gaol Delivery, held at Easton, in and for the County of North- 
ampton, on the Third Monday of August, Anno Domini 1833 ; 
containing the arguments of counsel at length. Reported by a 
member of the Easton Bar. Philadelphia, 1833. 8vo., pp. 71. 

39. Free-Masonry Unmasked ; or, Minutes of the trial of a 
suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County, wherein 
Thaddeus Stevens, Esq., was plaintiff and Jacob Lefevre defend- 
ant. iamo., pp. 93. Gettysburg, Pa. : R. W. Middleton, 1835. 

40. Report of a trial for Libel on W. W. Sleigh, Common- 
wealth v. Thomas Clark, tried before the Recorder's Court, 
Northern Liberties, with speeches of counsel and the charge of 
the Court to the jury. Philadelphia : Published from the origi- 
nal notes, 1837, and the pamphlet containing the Libel. Printed 
at New York, 1836. 

41. Report of the trial and conviction of John Earls, for the 
murder of his wife, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of 
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, February i-io, 1836, with 
arguments of counsel and confession of prisoner. Printed at 
Williamsport in 1836. 

42. Trial of Musselman and others for the murder of Lazarus 
Zellerbach. Lancaster, 1839. 

43. The Life of Eliza Sowers, together with a full account of 
the trial of Dr. Henry Chauncey, Dr. William Armstrong and 
William Nixon, for the murder of that unfortunate victim of illicit 
love. Containing the examination of witnesses, &c., &c. At 
the Court of Oyer and Terminer, January Session, 1839. Sup- 
pressed evidence not omitted. Philadelphia, 1839 ; pp. 37. 

44. Trial of Dr. T. W. Dyott, the banker, for fraudulent insol- 
vency, in the Criminal Court of Philadelphia, with speeches of 
counsel and charge of Judge Conrad. Printed in 1839. 

45. Report of the case of the General Assembly of the Presby- 
terian Church in the United States, before the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania; charge of Rogers, J., to the jury, and the 
opinion of Chief Justice Gibson. By the Rev. D. W. Lathrop. 
Philadelphia, 1839. A. McElroy, printer; pp. 628. There is 
another report, printed by Miller. 

46. Report of the D'Hauteville case, Habeas Corpus, for the 
custody of an infant child, in the Court of General Sessions, 
Philadelphia, July Term, 1840, before George Washington 
Barton, P. J. Published by William S. Martien, 1840. 

47. The trial of John T. Braddee, in the U. S. District Court 
for Western Pennsylvania, May Term, 1841, for robbing the U. 
S. Mail at Uniontown, Pa., November and December, 1840. 
Reported by Marcus T. C. Gould. Pittsburgh, 1841, pp. 156. 

48. Report of the trial of Alexander William Holmes, one of 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 207 

the crew of the ship William Brown, for manslaughter on the 
high seas, before Mr. Justice Baldwin, U. S. Circuit Court. 
Philadelphia, 1842. 

49. Trial of Polly Varner, Joseph Phillips and Andrew L. 
Bell, charged with the murder of Joseph Orr ; with sketches of 
the speeches of counsel and charge of the Court, as reported for 
" The Spirit of the Age." Pittsburgh, 1843; PP- J 5- 

50. 'Report of the trial and conviction of John Haggerty, for 
the murder of Melchoir Fordney, late of the city of Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at the 
City of Lancaster, for the County of Lancaster, at January Term, 
1847, before the Hon. Ellis Lewis, President, and Jacob Grosh 
and Emanuel Schaeffer, Esquires, Associate Justices of said Court. 
By a member of the Bar. Lancaster, Pa., 1847 > PP- 82. 

51. Case of Morgan Hinchman v. Richie et a/., being speeches 
of defendants' counsel and charge of Judge Burnside. Reported 
by Oliver Dyer and Dennis F. Murphy. Philadelphia, 1849 ' 
pp. 176. 

52. The Miller Will Case. A full report of the case of Hilyard 
v. Miller, and also of Miller v, Lerch. Henry Perkins. Phila- 
delphia, 1850; pp. 191. 

53. Report of the case of George B. Sloat, Assignee of W. W. 
Woodworth v. Charles A. Spring ; tried at Philadelphia before 
Mr. Justice Grier and Jury, in the U. S. Circuit Court, April, 
1851. Reported by George Harding, Esq., Sloat's Counsel. 
8vo., pp. 398. Philadelphia Inquirer press. 1851. 

54. Trial of Castner Han way, for Treason, in resistance of the 
execution of the Fugitive Slave Law of September, 1850, before 
Judge Grier and Kane, in the Circuit Court of the United States 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, held at Philadelphia in 
November and December, 1851. To which is added an appendix 
containing the Laws of the United States on the subject of fugi- 
tive slave labor, the charge of Judge Kane to the Grand Jurors 
in relation thereto, and a statement of the points of law decided 
by the Court during the trial. By James J. Robbins, of the 
Philadelphia Bar. Printed by King & Baird, 1852. There was 
another Report also made by a member of the Philadelphia Bar. 
Uriah Hunt & Sons, 1852 ; pp. 86. 

55. Trial of Arthur Spring, for the murder of Honoria Shaw 
and Ellen Lynch, on the night of March 10, 1853, in the Oyer 
and Terminer, before Judges Allison and Kelley. Printed under 
the title of the " Life and Adventures of Arthur Spring," with 
the complete trial, speeches and conviction. Philadelphia: T. 
B. Peterson & Brothers. [No date, but printed in 1853] ; pp. 
109. 

56. The Hummell Conspiracy Case. This case was brought 
up by Jacob Hummell and wife against A. J. Deschamps and J. 



208 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Chadwick, in the* Supreme Court, at Philadelphia, before Chief 
Justice Black, on Wednesday, January 18, 1854. Published by 
Thomas M. Scroggy, Philadelphia; pp. 22. 

57. Report of the case of the United States v. Henry Hertz 
et at., in the U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsyl- 
vania, in 1855, charged with hiring and retaining persons to go 
beyond the jurisdiction of the United States, with the intent to 
enlist 'in the British Legion for the Crimea. Reported by James 
B. Sheridan, in short-hand. Philadelphia, 1855. 

58. The case of Passmore Williamson. Report of the proeeed- 
ings on the writ of Habeas Corpus issued by the Hon. John K. 
Kane, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the case of the United States 
of America ex rel. John H. Weaver v. Passmore Williamson, in- 
cluding the several opinions delivered and arguments of counsel. 
Reported by Arthur Cannon, Esq., Phonographer. Philadelphia, 
1856; pp. 191. The Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society also 
published a " Narrative of Facts" in this case, in 1855. 

59. Report of the proceedings in the contested election of 
October 14, 1856, for District Attorney (Lewis C. Cassidy), with 
the opinjon of the Court. Published: Philadelphia, 1857. 

60. Trial of John Kilpatrick, in the Court of Oyer and Termi- 
ner of Philadelphia County, in February, 1858, for the murder 
of John McCracken, on October 20, 1857, and writ of error to 
the Supreme Court. King & Baird, Philadelphia, 1858. 

61. The case of Edwin R. Biles, convicted October 2, 1858, 
in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the City and County of 
Philadelphia, of Forgery, in making false entries in the "Journal" 
of his employers, Hoskins, Heiskell 6c Co., and opinion of Judge 
Ludlow, on January 29, 1859, and the opinion of Mr. Justice 
Read in the Supreme Court, delivered April 23, 1859. Printed 
at Philadelphia, by Henry B. Ashmead. No date. 

62. Piracy. A full report of the trial of William Smith, for 
Piracy, as one of the crew of the Confederate Privateer Jeff Davis, 
before Judges Grier and Cadwalader, in the U. S. Circuit Court 
for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, October, 1861. Reported 
by D. F. Murphy, of the Philadelphia Bar. King & Baird, 1861. 

63. Report of the trial of Thomas J. Armstrong, for murder. 
Opinion of the Court on motion for a new trial in the Court of 
Oyer and Terminer and the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the 
County of Philadelphia. October Sessions, 1860. Printed : 
King & Baird, 1861. 

64. Trial of Frederick P. Hill, late conductor in the Reading 
Railroad Company, on the charge of embezzling the funds of that 
company in his capacity as conductor, in the case of Common- 
wealth v. Hill, in Dauphin County Court, November Sessions, 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 209 

1863, and opinion of John J. Pearson, President Judge. Printed 
at Chicago, 1864. 

65. The trial of Martha Grinder, for the murder of Mrs. Mary 
Caroline Carothers, on the ist of August, 1865. Being a full 
and complete history of this important case. Pittsburgh, pp. 32. 

66. The trial of Ebenezer Haskell, in Lunacy, and his acquit- 
tal, before Judge Brewster, in November, 1868; together with a 
brief sketch of the mode of treatment of lunatics in different 
asylums in this country and in England, with illustrations, &c. 
Philadelphia: Published by Ebenezer Haskell, 1869; pp. 127. 

67. Report of the trial of John Van Daniker, on the charge of 
embezzlement in his capacity as a conductor of the Philadelphia 
and Erie Railroad, before his Honor, John P. Vincent, President 
Judge of the Quarter Sessions of Erie County, May Sessions, 1867. 
Printed at Philadelphia, 1867. 

68. Official Report of the trial of Anton Probst, for the murder 
of Christopher Deering, at Philadelphia, April 25, 1866, as well 
as his two confessions, &c. Published under the supervision of 
the .District Attorney, William B. Mann, by T. B. Peterson & 
Bros., 1866. 

69. Report of the trial in the case of Commonwealth v. Tack, 
for conspiracy. Published : Philadelphia, 1868. 

70. The trial and conviction of George S. Twitchell, Jr., in 
the Court of Oyer and Terminer, in December, 1868, for the 
murder of Mary E. Hill, his mother-in-law, with speeches of 
counsel and Judge Brewster's charge, and many interesting facts. 
Twitchell committed suicide in prison. Philadelphia, 1869. 

71. The trial of Dr. Paul Schoeppe, in the Court of Oyer and 
Terminer of Cumberland County, Pa., charged with the murder 
of Miss Maria M. Stennecke, by poison. Hon. James H. Graham, 
President Judge, Hugh Stuart and T. P. Blair, Associate Judges. 
The Court convened on Monday, May 24, 1869. Philadelphia, 
1869 ; pp. 106. 

72. A full account of the trial of Simon M. Landis, M. D., for 
uttering and publishing a book entitled " Secrets of Generation." 
Phonographically reported by C. R. Morgan, M. D. Published 
by the First Progressive Christian Church. Philadelphia. Phila- 
delphia, 1870 ; pp. 76. 

73. Moral Defence of the Pastor of the First Progressive Chris- 
tian Church, by Damon Y. Kilgore, including eighteen reasons 
for a new trial ; also, the charge, opinion and sentence of the 
Court in the case of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Rev. 
Simon M. Landis, M. D., for publishing a book entitled the 
"Secrets of Generation." Reported by Dr. C. R. Morgan. 
Philadelphia, 1870. 

74. Life, trial, confession and conviction of John Hanlon, for 
the murder of little Mary Mohrman ; containing Judge Ludlow's 



210 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

charge to the jury, and the speeches of the learned counsel on 
both sides. Philadelphia, 1870; pp. 128. 

75. The trial of John Kiehl, for the poisoning of his wife, 
Sarah E. Kiehl, on the 7th of May, 1871. Carlisle, Pa.; pp. 145. 

76. A complete account of the proceedings in the Court of 
Common Pleas of Philadelphia, in Equity, before James R. 
Ludlow, one of the Judges of the said Court, to restrain the Ves- 
try of St. Clement's Church from dismissing the Rector and As- 
sistant Minister, against the protest of the congregation of said 
church, &c. Philadelphia, 1871. 

77. The First Reformed Presbyterian Church case, Common- 
wealth ex rel. Gordon et al. v. Williams et al. A history of the 
case, the pleadings, the arguments of the counsel and the charge 
of Mr. Justice Williams. Philadelphia: Bourquin & Welsh, 1871 ; 
pp. 1 1 6. 

78. The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy. Being the history of a 
strange case of deception and murder, including the great Life 
Insurance Case, and trial of William E. Udderzook, for the mur- 
der of W. S. Goss. Baltimore Gazette, Printers, 1873. 

79. Alex. Boudrou v. Thirteenth and Fifteenth Street Passen- 
ger Railway Company. An action for damages, by being hit 
with the pole of a passenger railway car while on the rear plat- 
form of the car ahead. Tried in the District Court of Philadel- 
phia, 1873. No place or publisher named. The second trial is 
reported in 31 Legal Intelligencer, p. 164. 

80. Statement of facts relative to the case of Fox v. Penn 
Mutual Life Insurance Company, in the Court of Nisi Prius at 
Philadelphia in 1874, and charge of Justice Sharswood, with rea- 
sons for a new trial, and decision of the Court. Printed in 1874. 

81. Life, trial and conviction of William H. Westervelt, for 
the abduction of little Charlie Ross.- Philadelphia, 1875 > PP- II2 - 

82. Report of the case of the Commonwealth v. John Kehoe 
et al., members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, commonly 
known as "Molly Maguires," in the Quarter Sessions of Schuyl- 
kill County, for an aggravated assault and battery with intent to 
kill. Reported by R. A. West. Printed at Pottsville, 1876. 

83. The Great Molly Maguire Trials in Carbon and Schuyl- 
kill Counties, Pennsylvania. Brief reference to such trials and 
arguments, by Gen. Charles Albright and Hon. F. W. Hughes, 
in the case of the Commonwealth v. James Carroll, James Roarity, 
Hugh McGehan and James Boyle, indicted for the murder of 
Benjamin F. Yost, Chief of Police at Tamaqua, July 6, 1876, in 
the Oyer and Terminer of Schuylkill County, July 22, 1876. 
Verdict as to all the prisoners of guilty of murder in the first 
degree. Stenographically reported by R. A. West. Pottsville, 
1876. 

84. The trial of Frank Kelly, for the assassination of Octavius 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 211 

V. Catto, October 10, 1871, in the Over and Terminer of Phila- 
delphia. Also the account of the murders of Levi Bolden, Isaac 
Chase and Jacob Gordon, &c. Carefully compiled by Henry H. 
Griffin. Philadelphia, Pa., 1877. Octavo, pp. 45. 

85. Harrison v. St. Mark's Church. In Equity in the Court 
of Common Pleas No. 2, of Philadelphia, before Hare, President, 
and Mitchell, Associate Judge, in February, 1877. Allen, Lane 
& Scott, Printers, Philadelphia; pp. 491. 

86. Trial of Allen C. Laros, for murder, by poison, in the 
Oyer and Terminer of Northampton County. Defence, Epileptic 
Insanity. With evidence, argument and charge. August, 1876. 
Reported by F. W. Edgar, of the Easton Bar. Printed at Easton, 
1877. 



A Collation of the Session Laws, 

OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

From 1714 to 1790. 

The following list of the Session Laws prior to 1790, has been 
furnished by a friend, who has gathered the titles from many 
sources. 

VOL. I. 

The Acts and Laws | of the | Province | of Pennsilvania, | 
Which were Enacted by the General Assembly of | said Province, 
begun at Philadelphia the i4th October, 1714, | and Continued 
by Adjournments to the 28th of May, 1715, | being the First 
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty | King George, Over 
Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. | \_Royal Arms] \ Print- 
ed and Sold by Andrew Bradford at the Sign of the Bible in Phila- 
delphia, MDCCXV. | Folio. 

Collation. Title I leaf; Table of Contents I leaf; text pp. 101-274. Sig- 
natures Y to Rr in 4's. Signature LI, pp. 149-152, is followed by Mm. pp. 
253-256, and the misnumbering is continued throughout the volume. 

The I Laws | of the | Province | of | Pennsilvania, | Passed by 
the Governour and General Assemblies of said Pro- | vince, held 
at Philadelphia in the Years 1715, 1717 and (1718 being the 
second and fourth Year of His present Ma- | jesty King George 
over Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. | [Royal Arms, .] | 
Philadelphia. | Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford, at the 
Sign of the Bible | in Second Street, MDCCXVIII. | Folio. 

Collation. Title and Contents i leaf; text pp. 275-293, (34), 325-253 
[352]. Signatures Ss to Yy, pp. 275-293, p. 282 being repeated; Aaa to lii, 
1 7 unpaged leaves, [pp. 34], Kkk to Qqq, pp. 325 to 253, the last being a 
misprint for 352. 



212 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

An Act | passed in the | General Assembly | Held at | Phila- 
delphia | for the | Province of Pennsilvania | The Twenty Fifth 
Day of April, in the Fifth Year of His | Majesties [sic.~\ Reign 
Annoq ; Domini 1719. | [Royal Arms] \ Philadelphia | Printed 
and Sold by Andrew Bradford at the Sign of the Bible, I in the 
Second Street. MDCCXIX. | Folio. 

Collation. Title I leaf; text pp. (8). Signatures Rrr to Ttt. 

VOL. II. 

Acts | of the | Province of Pennsylvania, | pass'd in the | 
General Assembly | held at | Philadelphia, | The Fourteenth Day 
of October, and continued by Ad- | journments till the Twenty 
Fifth Day of February, in | the Seventh Year of His Majesty's 
Reign, Annoq; | Domini, 1720. | \_Royal Arms. .] (Philadelphia: 

| Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford, Printer to the Province 
of | Pennsylvania, at the Sign of the Bible in the Second Street, 

| MDCCXXI. | Folio, pp. 12. 

Acts | of the | Province of Pennsylvania, | pass'd in the | 
General Assembly | held at | Philadelphia, | The Fourteenth Day 
of October, and continued by Adjourn- | ments till the Twenty 
Fifth Day of February, in the Seventh | Year of his Majesty's 
Reign, 1720. And from thence by | Adjournments to the 
Twenty Sixth Day of August, 1721, | in the Eighth Year of His 
Majesty's Reign. | \_Royal Arms. ,] | Philadelphia: | Printed and 
Sold by Andrew Bradford, Printer to the Province of | Pennsyl- 
vania, at the Sign of the Bible in the Second Street, | MDCCXXI. 
| Folio, pp. (2) 13-30. 

Acts | of the | Province of Pennsylvania, | pass'd in the | 
General Assembly | held at | Philadelphia, | The Fourteenth Day 
of October, One Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Twenty One, 
and continued by Adjournments | till the Twenty Second Day of 
May, One Thousand | Seven Hundred and Twenty Two, in the 
Eighth Year of | His Majesty's Reign. | [Royal Arms. ,] | Philadel- 
phia: | Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford, Printer to the 
Province of | Pennsylvania, at the Sign of the Bible in the 
Second Street, | MDCCXXII. | Folio, pp. (2) 33-90. 

VOL. III. 

Acts | passed in the | General Assembly | of the | Province of 
Pennsylvania. | Held at | Philadelphia | The Fourteenth Day of 
October, One Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Twenty Two, 
and continued by Adjournments | till the Eleventh Day of May, 
One Thousand Seven | Hundred and Twenty Three in the Ninth 
Tear of His Majesty's Reign. | \Royal Arms.'] \ Philadelphia: | 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 213 

Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford, Printer to the Province of 
| Pennsylvania, at the Sign of the Bible in the Second Street. | 
MDCCXXIII. | Folio, pp. 47. 

The last page is printed on the inside of the cover. Two Acts are omitted, 
both of which were probably, and one certainly, printed separately. The latter 
with the following title : 

An | Act | pass'd in the | General Assembly | Held at | Phila- 
delphia | for the | Province of Pennsylvania. | The Twenty Second 
Day of March, in the Ninth Year of | His Majesties [sic.'} Reign 
Annoq, Domini 1722. | [Royal Arms.} \ Philadelphia: | 
Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford, Printer to the Province 
of | Pennsylvania, at the Sign of the Bible in the Second Street, 
| MDCCXXIII. | Folio, pp 6 ? 

VOL. IV. 

Acts | passed in the | General Assembly, | of the | Province 
of Pennsylvania. | Held at | Philadelphia | The Fourteenth Day 
of October, One Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Twenty Three, 
and continued by Adjournments | till the Twelfth Day of Decem- 
ber next after, in the | Tenth Year of His Majesty's Reign. | 
[Royal Arms.} \ Philadelphia: | Printed and Sold by Andrew 
Bradford, Printer to the Province of | Pennsylvania, at the Sign of 
the Bible in the Second Street. | MDCCXXIII. | Folio, pp. 28. 

VOL. V. 

Acts | passed in the | General Assembly | of the | Province of 
Pennsylvania. | Held at | Philadelphia | The Fourteenth Day of 
October, One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Twenty Four, and 
Continued by Adjournments till the | Twenty First Day of 
August next after, being the Twelfth Year | of His Majesty [sic.} 
Reign, 1725. | [Royal Arms.} \ Philadelphia: | Printed and 
Sold by Andrew Bradford, Printer to the Province of Penn- 
sylvania, at the Sign of the Bible in the Second Street. 
MDCCXXV. | Folio, pp. 317. 

VOL. VI. 

Acts | passed in the | General Assembly | of the | Province of 
Pennsylvania. | Held at | Philadelphia | The Fourteenth Day of 
October, One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Twenty Five, and 
continued by Adjournments till the | Twenty Fifth Day of 
August next, being the Thirteenth | Year of His Majesty's Reign, 
1726. | [Royal Arms.} \ Philadelphia: | Printed and Sold by 
Andrew Bradford, Printer to the Province of Penn- | sylvania, at 
the Sign of the Bible in the Second Street. | JMDCCXXVI. | 
Folio, pp. 28. 

28 



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VOL. VII. 

Acts | passed in the | General Assembly | of the | Province of 
Pennsylvania. | Held at | Philadelphia, j The Fourteenth Day of 
October, One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Twenty Eight, 
and Continued by Adjournments till the nth | of August, 1729, 
being the Third Year of his Majesty's Reign. | [Royal Arms. .] | 
Philadelphia : | Printed, and Sold by Andrew Bradford, Printer 
to the Province, 1729. | Folio, pp. (2), 353 to 387. 

Intended as a continuation of the collection of 1728. 

VOL. VIII. 

Anno Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnae Britanniae, Francioe, 
& Hiberniae | Tertio. | At a General Assembly of the Pro- | 
vince of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at | Philadelphia, the 
Fourteenth Day of October, Anno. Dom. | 1729. In the Third 
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the 
Grace of God, of Great | Britain, France, and Ireland, King, 
Defender of the | Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by 
Adjournments to the Twelfth of | January, 1729. | \Arms of 
Pennsylvania] \ Philadelphia : | Printed and Sold by B. Franklin 
and H. Meredith, at the | New Printing-Office near the Market. 
| M,DCC,XXX. | Collation : 

Pages. 

3. Geo. II. 14 Oct., 1729 to 12 Jan. 1729-30 -48 F. & M. 1730 
4- " " 1729103 Aug., 1730 (2) 51-57 1730 

4. " 1730104 Jan., 1730-1 (2) 61-90 1730 

5. " " 1731 to 10 Jan., 1731-2 (2) 93-95 B. Franklin, 1731 

6. " " 1731 to 31 July, 1732 (2)99-102 1732 

7. " " 173310 17 Dec., 1733 (2)105-128 1733 

1733 to 12 Aug., 1734 (2)131-133 1734 

1 734 to 17 Mar., 1734-5 (2)137-154 1735 
9- " " 1735 to 12 Jan., 1735-6 (2)157-169 1735 

12. " 1737 to 7 Aug., 1738 (2)173-189 1738 

13. " " 173810 May, 1739 (2)193-229(2) 1739 
16. " " 1742 to 3 Feb., 1742-43 

VOL. IX. 

Anno Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnae Britanniae, Francia?, 
& Hiberniae | Decimo Septimo. | At a General Assembly of the 
Province of | Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Phi- | ladelphia, 
the Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Dorn. | 1743, in the Seven- 
teenth Year of the Reign of our So- | vereign Lord George II. 
by the Grace of God, | of Great Britain, France and Ireland, 
King, | Defender of the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by 
Adjournments to | the Seventh of May, 1744. | [Penn Arms.'] \ 
Philadelphia: | Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at | the New 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 215 

Printing Office, near the Market. | M,DCC,XLIV | Folio. The 
collation of the volume is 



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VOL. X. 

Anno Regni | Georgii | Regis, j-Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & 
Hiberniae, | Tricesimo Tertio. | At a General Assembly of the 
Province of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, 
| the Fifteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1759, in | the 
Thirty-third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George 
II. by the Grace of God, of | Great Britain, France and 
Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, &c. | And from thence 
continued by Adjournments to the | Eleventh Day of February, 
1760. | \Penn Arms.~\ \ Philadelphia: | Printed and Sold by B. 
Franklin, at the New- | Printing-Office, near the Market. 
MDCCLX. I Folio. The Collation of the Volume is : 



216 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



33- 


Geo. 


II. 


Oct. 


1 5 


'759, 


to 


Feb. 


ii, 


i. 


Geo. 


III. 


Oct. 


14, 


1760, 


to 


Mar. 


14, 




" ' 






" 




to 


April 


23, 




(i 






" 




to 


Sept. 


26, 


2. 


Geo. 


III. 


Oct. 


14, 


1761, 


to 


Feb. 


17, 


" " to Mar. 


26, 




" 






ii 




to 


May 


3, 


3- 


Geo. 


III. 


Oct. 


14, 


1762, 


to 


Mar. 


4, 


" to July 8, 




' 






" 




to 


Sept. 


30, 




" 






< 




to 


Oct. 


22, 


4- 


Geo. 


III. 


Oct. 


14, 


1763, 


to 


Mar. 


24, 




14 






" 




to 


May 


30, 




" 






" 




to 


Sept. 


22, 


5- 


Geo. III. 


Oct. 


14. 


1764, 


to 


Feb. 


15, 




" 






" 




to 


May 


1 8, 




" 






" 




to 


Sept. 


21, 


6. 


Geo. 


HI. 


Oct. 


14, 


1765, 


to 


Feb. 


8, 




" 






" 




to 


Sept. 


20, 


7- 


Geo. 


III. 


Oct. 


'4, 


1766, 


to 


Feb. 


21, 




" 






" 




to 


May 


2O, 


" " to Sept. 


26, 


8. 


Geo. 


III. 


Oct. 


14, 


1767, 


to 


Feb. 


2O, 


9- 


Geo. 


III. 


Oct. 


14, 


1768, 


to 


Feb. 


18, 




" 






" 




to 


May 


27, 




" 






" 




to 


Sept. 


30, 



Pages. 

1760 1-45 (i) B. Franklin, 1760 

1761 47-98 " 1761 
1761 99-103 (I) 

1761 105-125 (i) 

1762 127-183 (I) 
1762 185-211 (i) 

1762 213-220 

1763 221-276 
1763 277-286 
1763 287-296 

1763 297-311 (i) 

1764 313-330 
1764 331-358 

1764 359-369 (i) 

1765 37I-4IO 
1765 411-428 

1765 429-448 

1766 449-485(1; 



1761 
1761 
1762 
1762 
1762 
1763 
1763 
1763 
1763 
1764 
1764 
1764 
1765 
1765 
1765 
David Hall, 1766 



1766 487-498 Hall & Sellers, 1766 

1767 499-538 " 1767 
1767 539-583(1) W.Goddard, 1767 

1767 585-593, 1 Hall & Sellers 1767 

1768 595-636 " 1768 

1769 637-737 (i) " 1769 

1769 739-748 1769 

1769 749-758 1769 



VOL. XI. 

Anno Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnae Britanniae, Franciae 
& Hiberniae, | Decimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province 
of Penn- | sylvania, begun andholden at Philadelphia, | the Four- 
teenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1769, in | the Ninth Year 
of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by Grace of 
God, of Great | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of 
the I Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments 
to t$e | Twenty-fourth Day of February, 1770. | \JPenn Arms.'] \ 
Philadelphia: | Printed and Sold by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at 
the ] New Printing-Office, near the Market. MDCCLXX. | 
Folio. Collation : 

Pages. 

10. Geo. III. Oct. 14, 1769, to Feb. 24, 1770 34 H. &, S., 1770 

10. 1769, to May 16, 1770 (2) 37-38 " 1770 

10. 1769, to Sept. 29, 1770 (2) 41-50 " 1770 

11. 1770, to Mar. 9, 1771 (2) 53-153 1771 

11. 1770, to Sept. 25, 1771 (2)157-165 1771 

12. 1771, to Mar. 21, 1772 (2) 169-286 (2) " 1772 

12. 1771, to Sept. 19, 1772 (2) 289-290 " 1772 

13. 1772, to Feb. 26, 1773 (2) 293-355 " '773 
13. 1772,10 Sept. 28, 1773 (2) 359-366 1773 
14- 1773, to Jan. 22, 1774 (2)369-410 1774 
14- 1773, to Sept. 29, 1774 (2) 413-436 1774 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



217 



15. Geo. III. Oct. 14, 1774, to Mar. 18, 1775 

15. " 1774, to June 29, 1775 

15. " 1 774, to Sept. 30, 1775 

16. " ept. 30, 1775, to Nov. , 1775 
16. " " 1775, to April 6, 1776 



(2) 439-464 H. & S., 



1775 
1775 
1775 
1775 
1776 



The Acts of the Provincial Assembly terminate with the Session 
of 1775-6. The next Assembly met under the Constitution of 
1776, and as it seems to have been the intention of the editor or 
publisher of the laws passed under the new Constitution as a dis- 
tinct series, the numbering of the volumes is begun anew. 

VOL. I. 

Laws | enacted in a | General Assembly | of the | Representa- 
tives | of the | Freemen | of the [Commonwealth | of | Pennsyl- 
vania. | Begun and held at Philadelphia the Twenty-eighth day 
of November, | A. D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy- 
six, and continued by Adjournments | to the Twenty-first day of 
March, A. D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and | Seventy-seven. 
| Philadelphia; | Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street. | 
M,DCC,LXXVII. I Folio. Collation : 



1777. ist Sitting of ist Assembly, 

1777. 2nd " " 

1777. 3rd " 

1778. 1st Sitting of 2nd Assembly, 
1778. 2nd ." " 
1778. 3rd 

1778. 4th " " 

1778. ist Sitting of 3rd Assembly, 

1779. 2nd " " 
1779. 3rd 

1779. ist Sitting of 4th Assembly, 

1780. 2nd " " 
1780. 3rd " " 
1780. 4th' " " 

1780. ist Sitting of 5th Assembly, 

1781. 2nd " " 
1781. 3rd " " 
1781. 4th " " 





Pages. 






36 


J. Dunlap, 1777 


(2 


37-48 (I) 


1777 


(2 


51-65 (0 


1777 


(2 


71-100 


1778 




101-132 


[J. Dunlap, 1778] 




133-136 


" 




137-164 


" 


(2 


167-178 


J. Dunlap, 1778 




177-228 \_sic. ~\ 


[J. Dunlap, 1779] 




229-260 


" 




261-280 (i) 


" 




283-365 (I) 


J. Dunlap, 1780 




367-384 


" 




385,394 (i) 


" 




397-417 (i) 


[1780] 




395-432 (2) [SIC. 


[1781] 




459-476 [sic.'] 


[J. Dunlap, 1781] 




477-488 


" 



VOL. II. 

Laws | enacted in | The Sixth | General Assembly | of the | 
Representatives | of the | Freemen | of the | Commonwealth | of 
Pennsylvania, | At the Sitting which commenced at Philadelphia 



on Monday, 
by Adjourn- 



the Twenty-second Day of October, and continued 
ment to Friday, the Twenty-eighth Day of Decem- 



ber, A. D. | One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-one, j 



218 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Vol. II. | Philadelphia : | Printed by Hall and Sellers, in Market- 
street. | M,DCC, LXXXII. | Folio. Collation- 
Pages. 

1781. 1st Sitting of 6th Assembly, 8 Hall & Sellers, 1782 

1782. 2nd " " 9-81 (2\ 
1782. 3rd " " 85-110 (i) 

1782. 1st Sitting of 7th Assembly, (2) 115-126 

1783. 2nd " " 127-184 
1783. 3rd " < i85-25 4 x(2) 

1783. 1st Sitting of 8th Assembly, 255-270 (i) Thomas Bradford, [n.d] 

1784. 2nd " " 271-368, iii. 
1784. 3rd " " 37 1 -399, " 

1784. 1st Sitting of gth Assembly, 401-415 (i) 

1785. 2nd " " 417-587, iv. 
1785. 3rd " . 589-704, iii. 

VOL. III. 

No title-page. Each Session, with the changes necessary to 
adapt this form to successive sittings and Assemblies, is headed 
as follows : 

Laws | enacted in the first sitting | of the Tenth | General 
Assembly | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which 
commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the | Twenty-fourth day 
of October, in the Year of our Lord one | thousand seven hundred 
and eighty-five | Folio. Collation : 

Pages. 

1785. ist Sitting of loth Assembly, 8 (i) T. Bradford, [n. d] 

1786. 2nd " " 9-87 4 
1786. 3rd " " 89 

1786. ist Sitting of nth Assembly, 181-194(1) 

1787. 2nd " " I95-3 X 3 iv - 
1787. 3rd " 3 I 5-40Q 

1787. ist Sitting of I2th Assembly, 401-404 (i) 

1788. 2nd " " 404-454 (2) 
1788. 3rd 455-537 (2) 

VOL. IV. 

No title-page, but with the heading to each session, as in Vol. 
III. Collation : 

Pages. 

1788. ist Silting of I3th Assembly, 7 (i) T. Bradford, [n. d.] 

1789. 2nd " " 9-108 " " 
1789. 3rd " " 105-203 3 

1789. ist Sitting of 1 4th Assembly, 207-232 2 

1790. 2nd " " 233-317 " " 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 219 

The Law Association, 

OF PHILADELPHIA. 

This institution traces its origin back to the beginning of the 
century, its Law Library being the oldest in the United States. 
On the i3th of March, 1802, seventy-one members of the Bar of 
Philadelphia, associated themselves and were incorporated as 
' The Law Library Company of the City of Philadelphia," the 
objects being limited to the forming and maintaining of a law 
library for the use of its members. It was managed by a Board 
of seven Directors. The first Board, which was named in the 
Charter, was composed of Joseph B. McKean, William Lewis, 
Edward Tilghman, William Rawle, Jasper Moylan, Joseph 
Hopkinson and John B. Wallace, who appointed the latter to be 
the Secretary and Treasurer. 

Some years after this another organization was formed with less 
restricted objects, styled " The Associated Members of the Bar of 
Philadelphia. ' ' By the terms of its Constitution, membership was 
confined to practitioners in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 
It was not incorporated, and its records have disappeared, but a 
printed copy of its Constitution and By-Laws, and List of Mem- 
bers, for 1821, has been preserved. Its chief objects seem to have 
been to bestow especial attention upon the practice of the Bar, 
and the improvement of the rules of practice adopted by the 
Courts, to maintain the purity of professional practice, to prevent 
unfair intrusions upon the ranks of the profession and to afford 
pecuniary aid arid relief to its members when necessary. Its offi- 
cers consisted of a Chancellor, a Vice-Chancellor, a Treasurer, 
and a Secretary, and its Standing Committees, of a Committee of 
Censors and a Finance Committee. 

On the 29th of March, 1827, these two organizations were 
united under the name of " The Law Association of Philadelphia," 
and the Charter of "The Law Library Company" was amended 
accordingly, adopting in great part the system of organization 
and objects of "The Associated Members of the Bar," and pro- 
viding for the care and continuation of the Library formerly 
belonging to "The Law Library Company." This amended 
Charter was signed by fifty-four members of the Bar. The union 
was perfected at a meeting held April 2, 1827, when an election 
for officers was held, at which the venerable William Rawle was 
elected Chancellor (which office he had been holding in "The 
Associated Members of the Bar,") Horace Binney, Vice-Chancel- 
lor, George M. Dallas, Secretary, and Thomas I. Wharton, Treas- 
urer (which office, as also that of Secretary, he had been holding 
in "The Law Library Company.") 

In the year 1880 certain additional amendments to the Charter 
were granted, in order to adapt the powers and objects of The 



220 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAH 



Law Association to present requirements and to increase its effi- 
ciency. As therein stated, its objects are : 

1. The general supervision of the conduct of members of the 
Bar, and of all persons connected officially with the administra- 
tion of the law or in charge of the public records, and, in cases 
of any breach of duty on their part, the institution of such pro- 
ceedings as may be lawful in respect thereto. 

2. The improvement of the law and of its administration ; the 
protection of the Bar and of judicial tribunals, their officers and 
members, from invasion of their rights ; and the maintenance of 
their proper influence. 

3. The keeping up of a law library. 

The censorship of the association over the Bar has had a marked 
effect. Its law library is in a prosperous condition, and numbers 
(in 1883) nearly 16,000 volumes, the collection being especially 
strong in Reports and in the Sessions Laws of the different United 
3tates. The Association also possesses a fine collection of painted 
portraits and busts of worthies of the United States and State 
Benches, and of the Philadelphia Bar. Its present membership 
numbers 313 (as of Dec. 4, 1882.) The following is the list of 
the officers of The Law Association, since its re-organization in 
1827 upon its present basis: 



William Rawle, 
Peter S. Du Ponceau, 
John Sergeant, 
Horace Binney, 
Joseph R. Ingersoll, 
William M. Meredith, 
Peter McCall, 
George' W. Biddle, 



CHANCELLORS. 

from 1827 until his death in 1836 
1836 " 1844 

1845 " tne y ear - I %$ 2 
1852 " " 1854 

1854 " 1857 

1857 until his death in 1873 
1873 " " l88 

1880 



VICE-CHANCELLORS. 
Horace Binney, from 1827 until the year 1836 



John Sergeant, 

Joseph R. Ingersoll, 1845 

Thomas I. Wharton, 1854 

George M. Dallas, 1857 

Peter McCall, 1865 

George W. Biddle, 1873 

William Henry Rawle, since 1880 

TREASURERS. 

Thomas I. Wharton, from 1827 

John William Wallace, " 1841 

Asa Israel Fish, " 1864 

William Brooke Rawle, since 1879 



1845 
" " 1854 
his death in 1856 

1864 
the year 1873 

1880 



until the year 1841 

" " 1864 

" his death in 1879 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 221 

SECRETARIES. 

George M. Dallas, from 1827 until the year 1827 

Charles Wheeler, " 1827 " " " 1840 

Peter McCall, " 1840 " " ." 1852 

Edward Hopper, " 1852 " " " 1875 

A. Sydney Biddle, " 1875 " " " '880 

Robert D. Coxe, since 1880 

The present Officers and Standing Committees are as follows : 

CHANCELLOR, . . George W. Biddle. 

VICE-CHANCELLOR, . William Henry Rawle. 

SECRETARY, . . . Robert Davison Coxe. . 

TREASURER, . . . William Brooke Rawle. 

COMMITTEE OF CENSORS. 

Eli K. Price, George L. Crawford, 

Charles S. Pancoast, Samuel Dickson, 

George Junkin, Richard L. Ashhurst, 

John Samuel, John G. Johnson, 

Rufus E. Shapley. 

LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 

Richard C. McMurtrie, Albert A. Outerbridge, 

Samuel C. Perkins, Pierce Archer, 

Henry Flanders, William W. Wiltbank, 

James Tyndale Mitchell, George Biddle, 

E. Coppee Mitchell, Henry Reed, 

George Tucker Bispham, Richard C. Dale. 

Librarian Francis Rawle. 

The following is a list of the publications of the Law Association, 
the titles of which are here inserted for future reference. 

1. Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Law Library Com- 
pany of the City of Philadelphia. To which is prefixed the 
Charter, Regulations, and a List of the Members. Published by 
order of the Directors. James Humphreys, Printer, 1805 ; 24 pp. 

2. Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Law Library Com- 
pany of the City of Philadelphia. To which is prefixed the 
Charter, Regulations, and a List of the Members. Published by 
order of the Directors. Printed by T. Maxwell, 1811 ; 36 pp. 

3. Constitution and, By-Laws of the Associated Members of the 
Bar of Philadelphia. Printed for the Association, by T. S. 
Manning, 1821. With List of officers and members. 16 pp. 

4. Two Addresses to the Associated Members of the Bar of 

29 



222 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Philadelphia. Pronounced by William Rawle, Esquire, Chancellor 
of the Association. Philadelphia, 1824; 52pp. 

5. A Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Law Association 
of Philadelphia; to which are added the Charter, Regulations, 
and a list of members. Published by order of the Library Com- 
mittee, 1828; pp. 40. 

6. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Law Association 
of Philadelphia, held Dec. 5, 1842 ; containing the Treasurer's 
Report. Printed by order of the Association, 1842 ; 8 pp. 

7. Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Law Association of 
Philadelphia. Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, 1846 ; 54 pp. 

8. Catalogue of the Library of the Law Association of Phila- 
delphia, with Rules and List of Members, etc. (Founded A. D. 
1802.) Printed by C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 1849; 64 pp. 

9. Catalogue of the Library of the Law Association of Phila- 
delphia, with Rules and List of Members, &c. (Founded A. D. 
1802.) Printed by L. R. Bailey, Philadelphia, 1857; 74 pp. 

10. Catalogue of the Library of the Law Association, with 
Rules and List of Members. (Founded A. D. 1802. ) Printed 
by Henry B. Ashmead, 1861 ; 114 pp. 

n. Charter and By-Laws of the Law Association of Philadel- 
phia; containing Charter of 1802, amended Charters of 1827, and 
of Proposed Amendments (adopted 1875.) Philadelphia, 1874; 
22 pp. 

12. A Report of the Proceedings at the Meeting of the Phila- 
delphia Bar and of the Law Association of Philadelphia, held 
Nov. 4 and 5, 1880, upon the occasion of the death of Hon. 
Peter McCall. Printed by J. M. Power Wallace, 1880 ; 40 pp. 

13. Charter of the Law Association of Philadelphia, (as amend- 
ed, 1880,) and By-Laws. Philadelphia, 1880; 12 pp. 

14. Rules of the Library Committee of the Law Association of 
Philadelphia, 1881. Printed by Allen, Lane & Scott; 1881 ; 6 pp. 

15. A Memoir of the late Hon. Peter McCall, Chancellor of 
the Law Association of Philadelphia. Read before the Associa- 
tion at the Hall of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, on 
Thursday evening, Jan. 13, 1881, by Hon. Isaac Hazlehurst. 
[Philadelphia, 1881] ; 34 pp. 

List of Portraits and Busts 

BELONGING TO THE LAW ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA. 
Portraits. 

Chancellors of the Association William Rawle (by In man. } 
Peter Stephen Du Ponceau (by Otis, and another by Sully. '' 

J The Historical Society of Pennsylvania have a copy of this latter portrait, 
painted by W. Sanford Mason. Mr. Du Ponceau having been the second I'reM 
dent of that Society. He came to this country as the Secretary of Baron 
Steuben, in 1777. See Catalogue of the Society, 1872, p. 38. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 223 

John Sergeant. Horace Binney (by Sully.) Joseph R. Inger- 
soll (by Sully.) William M. Meredith (photograph.) Peter 
McCalK by Uhle. ) 

Vice- Chancellors of the Association George Mifflin Dallas (by 
Marchant. ) Thomas I. Wharton (photograph.) 

Chief Justices of the U. S. John Marshall (by Inman.) Roger 
B. Taney (after the original in the Supreme Court of the U. 
S., at Washington, by Miss M. Strong.) 

Chief Justices of Pennsylvania Thomas McKean (by Marchant 
after Stuart.) Edward Shippen (by Sully after Stuart.) Wil- 
liam Tilghman (by Neagle after R. Peale.) John Bannister 
Gibson (by Street.) John M. Read. James Thompson (by 
Marchant.) George Sharsvvood (by Neagle.) 

Judges William Lewis. John Bouvier. George M. Stroud. 
Oswald Thompson (by Conarroe.) Joseph Allison (Crayon.) 
James Riley Ludlow (by Waugh.) William S. Pierce (byLin- 
derman.) Thomas K. Finletter. Frederick Carroll Brewster 
(by Waugh.) 

Chancellor James Kent, of New York (by Marchant.) 

Lawyers Edward Tilghman (by R. Peale.) Charles Chauncey 
(by Sully.) Ferdinand W. Hubbell (by Conarroe.) David 
Paul Brown (by Neagle.) Theodore Cuyler (by Huntingdon. ) 
Eli Kirk Price (by Marchant.) 

Busts. 
Chief Justices John Marshall. John Bannister Gibson. 

The Law Academy, 

OF PHILADELPHIA. 
" Per Aspera ad Astra." 

Connected with the Bar, and for the advancement of the law 
students in their profession, there is the " Law Academy of Phila- 
delphia," said to have been founded in 1783, in a pamphlet of 68 
pages, issued by the Academy in 1871, giving all known informa- 
tion respecting the Society, together with lists of the Provosts and 
other officers, members, and honorary members. The Minutes 
prior to 1822, and up to 1845, appear to have been carelessly kept. 
On April 14, 1838, the Association was incorporated in due form, 
and soon thereafter the members re-elected their first Provost, the 
venerable Peter S. Du Ponceau. He died in 1844, and the late 
Thomas Sergeant was elected to fill the vacant position, and held 
it until his resignation in 1855, wnen tne Hon. George Sharswood, 
the late Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, formerly one of the Vice- 
Provosts, was elected Provost. The active members of the Law 
Academy are permitted by the Law Association to use their books 
for reference. Whilst I was an active member of the Academy. 



224 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

I was its Treasurer from 1844 to 1845 > during that period Mr. 
Du Ponceau by his will, left $200 to the Academy, a portion of 
which was expended in getting his likeness painted. This portrait 
was presented to the Law Association, and now hangs on the 
walls of the library rooms. It represents the venerable Provost in 
his old age, with spectacles. The Law Library has another pic- 
ture of Mr. Du Ponceau, but he was a much younger man when 
it was taken. His name is printed on the frame. It was copied 
from his portrait in possession of the American Philosophi* al So- 
ciety. As a part of the History of the Bench and Bar of Philadel - 
phia, I will give here the following sketch of the Law Academy 
by a well-known member of our Bar. 

The Law Academy, of Philadelphia. 

BY LAWRENCE LEWIS, JR. 

The opportunities for legal education in Pennsylvania were in 
Colonial times scanty in the extreme. There were, it is true, some 
practitioners of eminence, in whose offices a student might hope 
to lay the foundations of a sound legal knowledge by a diligent 
course of reading. There was, however, an entire absence of 
variety in the methods of instruction. No courses of lectures 
were delivered upon legal topics, and no opportunity was afforded 
to young men to test their abilities before entering upon the arena 
of active practice. It is easy to understand, that under these 
circumstances some institution in the nature of a Law Academy 
was long and sorely needed. The readings and mootings of the 
London Inns of Court seemed naturally the fittest model upon 
which to frame such an institution, and it was upon such a basis 
that in 1784 the first legal debating club was formed. It was 
composed entirely of law students; Judge Bushrod Washington, 
John Wilkes Kittera and Peter S. Du Ponceau, with several other 
afterwards famous names appearing upon its roll. It dissolved 
within a year or two, as soon as its members were admitted to 
practice. Another society with like purposes was formed about 
1798, the Constitution and By-Laws of which will be found among 
the Hopkinson papers in the Historical Society's Hall, drawn up 
(I think) in the handwriting of Francis Hopkinson. This Society 
seems also to have been shortly dissolved. 

In 1811 the project was started anew. The members conceived 
the happy expedient of electing an older member of the Bar as 
their President, and succeeded in inducing Mr. Du Ponceau to 
occupy that position. It became his duty to preside at the meet- 
ings of the Society, and to render judgments upon the cases 
argued before him. We have little knowledge of the operations 
of this Association, save that it soon languished, and like its pre- 
decessors ceased to exist in less than two vears after its foundation. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 225 

In 1820 the Association was again brought into being, Mr. 
Du Ponceau being again chosen the President. This Society 
comprehended only younger members of the profession, both 
students and those already admitted to the Bar. Warned by 
the evanescent character of previous associations for similar pur- 
poses, a committee was appointed to wait upon the President, 
and with him, to devise some scheme by which the permanency 
of the Academy might be assured. After several weeks' delibera- 
tion several members of .the Bar became interested in the scheme, 
and it was agreed to form a society composed of Judges, mem- 
bers of the Bar and students-at-law who had already attained the 
age of twenty-one years, to be known as " The Society for the 
Promotion of Legal Knowledge and Forensic Eloquence." Its 
object was to adopt a more scientific and academic system in the 
method of legal instruction than any at that time employed, and to 
exercise students in the art of public speaking, so as to unite the 
talent of the orator with the science of the jurist. Its motto was 
" Deo Adjuvants." This Society was regularly incorporated on 
Jan. 12, 1821, and its officers were as follows : 

PRESIDENT, . . Hon. William Tilghman, LL.D. 

VICE-PRESIDENT, . William Rawle, Esq. 

SECRETARY, . . John K. Kane, Esq. 

TREASURER, . . Benjamin Tilghman, Esq. 

The Constitution of this Society provided that there should be 
annexed to it a Law Academy, the Faculty of which should con- 
sist of a Provost and Vice-Provost, and other Professors, to be 
chosen by the parent Society. The academical year was to begin 
on the first Thursday in May, and the students were to perform 
such exercises as the Faculty of the Academy should direct. By 
a schedule the Law Society, then existing under the Presidency 
of Mr. Du Ponceau, was invited to form itself into an Academy 
under the regulations already mentioned. The members of that 
Society were not slow to avail themselves of an opportunity which 
their own foresight and prudence had provided, and for some time 
the Academy pursued its work under these auspices. It consisted 
of 30 regular and 18 honorary members. The Provost and Vice- 
Provost heard arguments in turn, and gave written opinions in 
the shape of lectures on the ensuing evening of the session. In 
process of time courses of lectures were added to the academical 
course, and the Institution seemed exceedingly prosperous and 
successful. Mr. Du Ponceau acted as Provost, James Gibson, 
Esq., as Vice-Provost, while Judge Barnes read two courses of 
lectures, to the general satisfaction and edification of his hearers. 

A slight and unexpected accident, however, dissolved within a 
short time the parent Society. In May, 1823 or 1824, a meeting 
had been appointed in the Supreme Court room to elect officers. 



226 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Unfortunately, at the hour appointed, the door was locked, the 
doorkeeper missing, and the Society, after waiting some time, 
dispersed. There was no provision in the Constitution for such 
an event. Chief Justice Tilghman gave it as his opinion that the 
Society could not proceed without a ne.w Charter. Several meet- 
ings were held looking to such a result, but the discussion grew 
prolonged, the meetings less and less numerous, and at last the 
Society was altogether disbanded. The Academy, deserted in 
this way, did not, however, lose courage. They drew up a Con- 
stitution whereby they assumed to themselves the election of their 
Faculty and officers. Although the loss of the parent Society for 
a while seemed to threaten disastrous consequences, they never- 
theless continued to grow in importance, in numbers and in use- 
fulness. Several Vice-Provosts were added from time to time, 
and the original plan fully and admirably carried out. By an Act 
approved April 14, 1838, (P. L. 402), the Society was incorpo- 
rated by the name of The Law Academy of Philadelphia, and was 
vested with all the ordinary corporate powers. 

Out of regard to the services of Chief Justice Tilghman, the 
Academy elected him their patron, a title which he retained until 
his death, when the Institution did not fail to pay a proper tribute 
of respect to his memory. 

The Academy at present consists of upwards of three hundred 
members. Its Provost is the Hon. George Sharswood, LL.D., 
and there are in addition seven Vice-Provosts. Arguments are 
held once a week, in the old District Court room. Addresses on 
appropriate legal topics are frequently delivered before the Society, 
and an annual competition takes place for prizes offered for the 
best essays on given legal topics. 



The Officers of the Law Academy. 

PROVOSTS. 

Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, 2 elected 1821 to 1844 
Thomas Sergeant, 1844 to 1855 
George Sharswood, " 1855 to 

VICE-PROVOSTS. 
James Gibson, elected 1821 to 



Thomas Sergeant, 
Bloomfield Mcllvaine, 
Edward Duffield Ingraham, 
Joseph Hopkinson, 
James Somers Smith, 
Antony Laussat, Jr., 
John Kintzing Kane, 



to 1844 

t c\ 

LU 

to 

tO : 

to 



to 1832 
to 1832 



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227 



John Morin Scott, 
Charles Ingersoll, 
William Rawle, Jr., 
Job Roberts Tyson, 
John Cadwalader, 
Peter McCall, 
William Morris Meredith, 
David Paul Brown, 
Garrick Mallerv, 
George Sharswood, 
.William Bradford Reed, 
Benjamin Gerhard. 
Edward Ellenborough Law, 
Isaac Hazlehurst, 
George Mifflin Wharton, 
William Axton Stokes, 
William Augustus Porter, 
George Washington Biddle, 
James Fraser Johnston, 
Edward Hopper, 
Elihu Spencer Miller, 
Benjamin Harris Brewster, 
John Innis Clark Hare, 
Henry Wharton, 
Phineas Pemberton Morris, 
Richard Coxe McMurtrie. 
William Henry Rawle, 
George Junkin, Jr., 
Clement Biddle Penrose, 
Martin Russell Thayer, 
James Tyndale Mitchell, 
Edward Coppee Mitchell, 
George Tucker Bispham, 
George Mifflin Dallas, 



elected 



to 1836 

to 1838 

to 

1833 to 1858 

1833 to 1853 

1833 to 1862 

1836 to 1837 

1837 to 1838 

1838 to 1840 
1838 to 1855 
1840 to 1841 

1840 to 1858 

1841 to 1843 
1841 to 1855 

1845 to I ^55 

1846 to 1848 
1849 to 1852 
1853 to 1868 
1855 to 1865 

1855 to 1864 

1856 to 1879 
1858 to 1862 
1862 to 

1862 to 1865 

1863 to 1864 

1864 to 1881 

1865 to 1873 
1865 to 1877 

1868 to 

1873 to 

1873 to 

1877 to 

1878 to 

1881 to 



1832 Horace Binney, Jr., 
1832 Thomas Drummond, 
1833 Samuel Hood, 

1833 Robert K. Scott, 

1834 John J. White, 

1834 Joseph Brewster Walker, 

1835 Samuel Hood, 

1836 George Sharswood, 

1837 William Tilghman, 
1837 George Emlen, 



PRESIDENTS. 
1837 



1838- 
1838- 
1838- 
1838- 
1840- 
1841- 
1845- 
1845- 



-Joseph B. Stratton, 
-William F. Small, 
-James W. Paul, 
-Charles Kirkham, 
-Charles Gibbons, 
-William A. Stokes, 
-P. Pemberton Morris, 
-Edward Armstrong, 
-Frederick W. Grayson, 
-F. Carroll Brewster, 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



1846 
1846 
1846 
1846 
1847 
1848 
1849 
1850 
1851 
1852 
1854 
1855 
1856 
1857 
1858 
1859 
1860 
1861 



William S. Peirce, 1861- 

Edward Shippen, 1862- 

Alexander McKinley, 1864- 

Henry S. Hagert, 1865- 

Cadwal. M.Wickersham, 1867- 

George W. Wollaston, 186.7- 

Clement M. Husbands, 1868- 

George Junkin, Jr., 1869- 

Charles F. Burgin, 1870- 

William Arthur Jackson, 1871- 

William Ernst, 1872- 

Samuel Clarke Perkins, 1873- 

Theodore G. Allen, 1875- 

John Sergeant Price, 1876- 

William H. Ruddiman, 1877- 

Henry Clay Beatty, 1878- 

Isaac Myer, Jr., 1879- 

Franklin Shippen, 1880- 

James Starr, Jr., 1881- 



1882 Edward P. Allinson. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Office created in 1855. 



-John Borland Thayer, 
-Charles J. Buckwalter, 
-Thomas Hart, Jr., 
-William McMichael, 
-James Lanman Harmar, 
-Samuel W. Pennypacker, 
-William White Wiltbank, 
-William D. Wetherill, 
-Samuel S. Hollingsworth, 
-Charles A. Lagen, 
-Dallas Sanders, 
-A. Sydney Biddle, 
-Henry Galbraith Ward, 
-Samuel L. Parrish, 
-Richard C. Dale, Jr., 
-Frank P. Prichard, 
-J. Rodman Paul, 
-Walter George Smith. 
-William R. Philler, 



-John Sergeant Price, 
-William H. Ruddiman, 
-William H. Smith, 
-Isaac Myer, Jr., 
-William C. Hannis, 
-James Starr, Jr., 
-John Hughes Edwards, 
-T. Bradford Dwight, 
-Richard Ashhurst, Jr., 
-John Rue Read, 
-Frank K. Hippie, 
-William Wynne Wister, 
-Samuel W. Pennypacker, 
1882 Lucius 



1868 J. Dennie Meredith, 
1869 Charles E. Morgan, Jr., 
1870 James L. Ferriere, 
1871 Inman Homer, _, 

1872 Charles Hazlehurst, 
1874 Henry Galbraith Ward, 
1875 Samuel L. Parrish, 
1876 N. DuBois Miller, 
1877 Frank P. Pritchard, 
1878 Robert D. Maxwell, 
1879 Randall Morgan, 
1880 Edward P. Allinson, 
1881 H. Laussat Geyelin, 
S. Landreth. 



PROTHONOTARIES. 



1831-32- 
1833/34- 

1834-35- 
1836-37- 
1837-38- 
1838-39- 
1839-40- 



-Horace Binney, Jr., 
-Thomas Armstrong, 
-Christopher Fallon, 



-Henry J. Mifflin, 
-John J. Miller, 
-Edward Ingersoll, 



1840-41 John Fallon, 
1841-42 Rich'dC. McMurtrie, 
1844-45 Benjamin B. Reath, 

William M. Tilghman, 1845-46 Alexander McKinley, 
1845-46 Edward Shippen, 
1845-46 Henry S. Hagert, 
1846-47 James P. Barr, 



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229 



1848-49 Asa Israel Fish, 1867-68- 

1850-51 Wm. Arthur Jackson, 1868-69 
1851-53 Samuel C. Perkins, 1869-70 
1853-55 Simpson T. VanSant, 1870-71 
1855-56 Thos. Stewartson, Jr., 1871-72- 
1856-57 S. Henry Norris, 1872-73 
1857-58 Henry Clay Beatty, 1873-74- 
1858-59 E. Coppee Mitchell, 1874-75- 
1859-60 Franklin Shippen, 1875 ~ 
1 860-61 Wm. Neilson Ashman, 1875-76- 
1 86 1-62 John Borland Thayer, 1876-77 
1862-63 Thomas Hart, Jr., 1877-78- 
1863-64 Joseph R. Rhoads, 1878-79- 
1864-65 Albert A. Outerbridge, 1879-80- 
1865-66 George T. Bispham, 1880-81 
1866-67 C. Stuart Patterson, 1881-82- 
1882-83 George R. Van 



-J. Vaughan Darling, 
-S. S. Hollingsworth, 
-George Biddle, 
-J Howard Gendell, 
-Dallas Sanders, 
-Angelo T. Freedley, 
-A. Sydney Biddle, 
-George Blight, 
-G. Harrison Fisher, 
-Richard C. Dale, Jr., 
-Charles H. Howell, 
-Francis John Alison, 
-J. Rodman Paul, 
-Francis Innes Gowen, 
-Benjamin H. Lowry, 
-H. Gordon McCouch, 
Dusen. 



SECRETARIES. 



1832 Joseph Reese Fry, 1848- 

1832 George Griscom, 1849- 

i833^L. T. White, 1849- 

1833 r Edwin Wiltbank, 1849- 
1834 Christopher Fallen, . 1850- 

1834 Joseph R. Eastburn, 1851- 

1835 William M. Tilghman, 1852- 

1835 William F. Small, 1853- 

1836 Frederick Wm. Mayer, 1854- 

1836 Warwick B. Freeman, 1855- 

1837 James W. McKinley, 1856- 

1837 Charles Kirkham, ^57- 

1838-0. Campbell Cooper, 1858- 

1838 John P. Montgomery, 1859- 

1839 -William A. Stokes, 1860- 

1839 Edward Palmer, 1861- 

1840 Isaac S. Serrill, 1861- 

1840 J. A. Miner, 1862- 

1843 Alexander McKinley, 1862- 

1845 William s - Peirce, 1863- 

1845 Henry S. Hagert, 1863- 

1845 C. M - Wickersham, 1864- 

1846 Wm. Wheeler Hubbell, 1864 

1846 Edward P. Borden, 1865- 

1846 Abraham H. See, 1866- 

1846 John Barnard Gest, 1867- 

1847 William H. Crabbe, 1867- 

30 



-Henry S. Lowber, 
-George Harding, 
-Henry Wharton, 
-Samuel M. Smucker, 
-Samuel Clarke Perkins, 
-Oliver Wilson Davis, 
-Septimus Henry Norris, 
-Thomas G. Allen, 
-John Sergeant Price, 
-Jerome Buck, 
-Edward H. Weil, 
-William C. Hannis, 
-D. Jarrett White, 
-James Starr, Jr., 
-Thomas Hart, Jr., 
-William McMichael, 
-Albert A. Outerbridge, 
-Edward R. Wood, 
-Michael Arnold, Jr., 
-John R. Read, 
-Joseph Hanson, 
-John Cadwalader, Jr., 
-Adam E. Weigand, 
-J. Granville Leach, 
-Samuel W. Pennypacker, 
-Henry J. McCarthy, 
-William A. Allison, 



230 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



1868- 
1869- 
1869- 
1870- 
1870- 
1871- 
1871- 
1872- 
1873- 



1845- 
1846- 
1847- 
1848- 
1849- 
1849- 
1850- 
1851- 
1852- 

1853- 
1854- 

1855- 
1856- 

1857- 
1858- 
1859- 
1860- 
1861- 
1862- 
1863- 
1863- 



1832- 

'833- 
1834- 

1834- 
1836- 

1837- 
1838- 
1839- 
1840- 
1844- 
1845- 



-Samuel V. Mays, 1874- 

-Thomas Warren O'Neil, 1875- 

-Dallas Sanders, 1876- 

-Edward R. Murphy, 1877- 

-Harry T. Kingston, 1878- 

-Benj. C. Satterthwaite, 1879- 

-H. A. L. Pyle, 1880- 

-N. Dubois Miller, 1881- 

-Charles B. McMichael, 1882- 



-Henry C. Olmsted, 
-Hood Gilpin, 
-T. De Witt Cuyler, 
-Charles W. Freedley, 
-Lawrence Lewis, Jr., 
-Francis A. Lewis, Jr., 
-John F. Keator, 
-John Marshall Gest, 
-Robert J. Williams. 



ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. 



-James P. Barr, 
-John Barnard Gest, 
-Charles S. Lincoln, 
-Henry S. Lowber, 
-Henry Wharton, 
-William H. Welsh, 
-Thomas J. Diehl, 
-William Ernst, 
-Joseph S. Costello, 
-Richard J. Williams. 
-Thomas B. Gardner, 
-Edward H. Weil, 
-William F. Judson, 
-William Brantley Hanna, 
-Charles W. Beresford, 
-Robert H. McGrath, 
-Ludovic C. Cleeman, 
-Alexander R. Cutler, 
-Richard Ashhurst, Jr., 
-Warner Jackson, 
-Henry D. Wireman, 

1882 J. C. 



1864 Alex. Dallas Campbell, 
1865 Samuel W. Pennypacker. 
1866 John Sword, 
1867 G. Colesbury Purves, 
1868 Alexander P. Colesberry, 
1868 R. Duncan Coombs, 
1868 C. Cathcart Taylor, 
1869 Charles A. Lagen, 
1870 Benj. C. Satterthwaite, 
1871 Henry C. Hawkins, 
1871 John H. Connellan, 
1872 Richard Francis Wood, 
1873 Hampton L. Carson, Jr., 
1874 John J. Wilkinson, 
1875 James S. Fenton, Jr., 
1876 Theophilus B. Stork, 
1877 Frank Willing Leach, 
1878 Frank M. Riter, 
1879 Henry F. Walton, 
1880 Amos H. Evans, 
1881 E. Augustus Miller, 
Montgomery. 



TREASURERS. 



-John D. Bleight, 
-Charles L. Dubisson, 
-John J. White, 
-Henry J. Mifflin, 
-Yardley Warner, 
-Samuel Miller, Jr., 
-Joseph B. Stratton, 
-John P. Montgomery, 
-John Fallen, 
-John Hill Martin, 
-Franklin P. Turner, 



1846 William W. Hubbell, 
1847 Edward C. Graeff, 
1848 Charles S. Lincoln, 
1849 David S. Trimnel, 
1850 Thomas H. Speakman, 
1851 Edward A. Lentz, 
1853 John Eyre Shaw, 
1854 John Robinson, 
1855 Thomas B. Gardner, 
1857 Isaac Myer, Jr., 
1858 William N. Ashman, 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



231 



1859- 
1860- 
1861- 
1863- 
1864- 
1866- 
1867- 
1868- 
1869- 
1870- 



-Cadwalader Biddle, 1871- 

-Charles Chauncey, 1872- 

-Joseph R. Rhoads, 1874- 

-Michael Arnold, Jr.. 1875- 

-Charles H. Jones, 1876- 

-Charles J. Ridgeway. 1877- 

-E. Greenough Platt, 1878- 

-William A. Allison, 1879- 

-John Sword, 1880- 

-Charles A. Lagen, 1881- 
1882 William Henry 

RECORDERS. 



-Rowland Evans, 
Edward F. Hoffman, 
William Drayton, 
J. Rodman Paul, Jr., 
William Wilkins Carr, 
-William R. Philler, 
Garnett Pendleton, 
H. Laussat Geyelin, 
-Edward G. McCollin, 
Henry T. Dechert, 
Stetler. 



1859- 
1860- 
1861- 



-Thomas Drummond, 
-Edward G/ Musgrave, 
-William D. Caldcleugh, 
-St. George T. Campbell, 
-Edward H. Hubbard, 
-H. Manderville, 
-Thomas D. Smith, 
-James H. Castle, 
-R. Rundle Smith. 
-Edward Armstrong, 
-George Junkin, Jr. , 
-Henry S. Hagert, 
-George W. Hillier, 
-Stephen S. Remak, 
-Richard J. Williams, 
-Joseph G. Rosengarten, 
-Charles H. T. Collis, 
-Charles S. Huntington, 
-Victor Guillou, 
-John Borland Thayer, 
-J. G. Mini Child, 



1863 Elijah Thomas, 
1864 Joseph R. Rhoads, 
1865 J. Morgan Jennison, 
1866 Washington F.Pedrick. 
1867 Samuel B. Huey, 
1867 John F. McDevitt, 
1867 John Bellangee Cox, 
1869 George Pierce, 
1870 Theodore Barrett, 
1871 Charles Hazlehurst, 
1872 Edward Stalker Say res, 
1873 Robert H. Neilson, 
1874 J. Peyton Boyle, 
1875 Joseph A. Sinn, 
1876 Randal Morgan, 
1877 J. Percy Keating, 
1878 J. Bayard Henry, 
1879 Geo - Stanley Philler. 
1880 Leedom Sharp, 
1881 Henry W. Hall, 
1882 Clarence Kennedy. 



LIBRARIANS. 

This office was abolished by the New Constitution of April 28, 



1831 Charles W. Brooke, 
1834 St. Geo. Tucker Campbell, 
1835 Saunders Lewis, 
1837 Henry J. Sergeant, 
1839 Edward Palmer, 
1845 Edward Armstrong, 
1848 George Junkin, Jr., 
1849 Henry S. Hagert, 
1850 George W. Hillier, 



1851 Stephen S. Remak, 
1852 Ignatius Donnelly, 
1854 Richard J. Williams, 
1855 Joseph G. Rosengarten, 
1855 Byron Woodward, 
1856 Isaac Myer, Jr., 
1857 D. Penrose Buckley, 
1858 Henry Morton, 
1859 Edmund Coles, Jr., 



232 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAH 

1860 Edmund Randall, 1869 Inman Homer, 

1861 J. Warren Coulston, 1870 George Sharswood, Jr., 

1863 Thomas Bradfield, 1871 A. Sydney Biddle, 

1864 J. Duress O'Bryan, 1872 George Blight, Jr., 

1867 J. Sergeant Gerhard, 1873 Alfred I- Phillips 

1868 Alex. P. Colesberry, 1874 Horace Castle. 

My name -is not on the list of active members of the La\\ 
Academy, as it should be ; instead thereof, appears the name of 
James K. Martin, in 1843, tne y ear I was elected. He was at that 
ty'me a lawyer in full practice, and never was a member of the 
Academy at any time. I was the Treasurer in 1844 and 1845, 
and an active member for several years. When I was elected I 
signed the honorary roll instead of the active, and the mistake was 
not discovered until the time came for me to sign the honorary 
roll ; see p. 41 of the " Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the 
Law Academy of Philadelphia," printed by S. A. Bavis, 
MDCCCLXVII. On the cover of this pamphlet is a fac simile 
of "The Seal of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, State of 
Pennsylvania," in a circle, within which are the words, "Founded 
1783. Per Aspera, Ad Astra. Incorporated 1838." With a 
List of the Active and Honorary Members attached, and an 
Index; pp. 44. Similar pamphlets were issued in 1848, 1858 
and 1871. On April 28, 1875, a new Constitution was adopted, 
which was printed, together with the By-laws, the same year, in 
a pamphlet of 19 pages; a revision of which is now in course of 
preparation ; and since 1857, the Academy has issued an annual 
" Argument List," containing the questions to be argued during 
the coming session, and the names of those assigned to debate 
both sides of the legal questions presented. I give here 

A LIST OF THE ADDRESSES, 

Delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia. 

By Joseph Hopkinson, LL.D., , 1826 On the Study of the I.n\\ . 

" Edward D. Ingraham, , 1828 " Practice " 

" John M. Scott, Sept. , 1830 " " " 

" Peter S.Du Ponceau, 1 LL.D., ,1831 Early History of the Academy 

1 I have in my possession a copy of " A Brief View of the Constitution of the 
United States, addressed to the Law Academy of Philadelphia, by Peter S. 
Du Ponceau, LL.D., Provost of the Academy," 1834. * * * Entered 
according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1834, by J. R. Tyson, John 
Cadwalader and Peter McCall, Vice Provosts of the Law Academy." In the 
preface Mr. Du Ponceau says, " For more than fourteen years I have had the 
honor of being at the head of that useful institution." The balance left of the 
Du Ponceau legacy, after getting his portrait painted by Thomas Sully, was 
expended by the members giving themselves a dinner at the Wetherill House, 
in Sansom street west of 6th street, north side. It was at this house that all the 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



233 



By John K. Kane, Oct. 26, 1831 

'"' William Rawle, LL.D., , 1832 

" Charles Ingersoll, , 1833 

" John Pringle Jones, Jan'y 11,1834 

" William Rawle, Jr., May 6. 1835 

" Peter McCall, Sept. 5, 1838 

" Job R. Tyson, Oct. 22, 1839 

" Charles J. Ingersoll, 1 Oct. 25, 1843 

" William A. Porter, Sept. 19, 1849 

" John William Wallace, Nov. 26, 1851 

" George W. Biddle, LL.D., Sept. 20, 1854 

" George Sharswood, LL.D., Sept. 19, 1855 

" Benjamin Harris Brewster, Sept. 27, 1857 

" George W. Woodward, Sept. 28, 1859 

" P. Pemberton Morris, Nov. 10, 1860 

" F. Carroll Brewster, Oct. 30, 1861 

" John Cadwalader, , 1862 

" George W. Biddle, LL.D., May 6, 1863 

' Win. Henry Rawle, LL.D., Feb. n, 1868 

M. Russell Thayer, Nov. u, 1870 



T. Bradford Dwight, Dec. 5, 1872 

May 21, 1874 
May 13, 1875 
April 4, 1878 



George Tucker Bispham, 
E. Coppee Mitchell, LL.D. 
William A. Porter, 

James Tyndale Mitchell, 
J. I. Clark Hare, LL.D., 



May 15, 1879 
Mar. 30, 1880 



Constitutional Law of the U.S. 
On the Study of the Law. 

Eulogy on Antony Laussat. 
The Profession of the Law. 
The Judicial History of Pa. 
The Integrity of the Legal 

Character. 

The Law of Foreign Missions. 
The Profession of the Law. 
The Want of Uniformity in 

Commercial Lav?. 
Lien of Debts .of a Decedent. 
The Sources of the Laws of Pa. 
The Practice of the Law. 
Law and Lawyers. 
Mining Rights in Pa. 
Rights and Duties of Lawyers. 
On Trial by Jury. 
Contribution among Terre- 

Tenants. 

Equity in Pennsylvania. 2 
Law Considered as a Progres- 
sive Science. 
Modifications of English Law 

in Pennsylvania. 
Contracts in Rent. 
Separate Use in Pa. 
The Qualifications of the Ad 

viser and the Advocate. 
Motions and Rules 
Politics in England and the 

United States. 



ESSAYS. 

Published by order of the Academy.. 



By Antony Laussat, 
' " Laurence Lewis, Jr., 



, 1826 

(pp. 237)1880 



Equity in Pennsylvania. 
Original Land Titles in Phila. 



Audits were formerly held, and any day from about 3 o'clock p. M. to 6, or 
later, its rooms and corridors were full of lawyers, their clients and witnesses. 
The landlord depended on these, and the charge for. the use of the rooms, 
for his living and profits. Shabby carpets covered the' floors, a large table 
stood in the centre of each room, and a dozen chairs scattered around, com- 
pleted the furniture, and in the winter a coal stoye in each room supplied the 
heat. 

1 All the Addresses mentioned but this one of Mr. Ingersoll, and Judge 
Cadwalader's which was lost on the evening of its delivery, have been printed 
in pamphlet form. Mr. Ingersoll's Address was printed in the Public Ledger 
of Oct. 25, 1843; a copy is in possession of the Historical Society. 

- With a copy of the Registrar's Book of Gov. Keith's Court of Chancery. 



234 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

An Introduction 

TO THE PHILADELPHIA BAK. 

It will be observed that in the names as well as in the dates of 
admissions to the Bar, the list I hereafter give, differs mate- 
rially, in many cases, from the two lists heretofore given to 
the public. I refer especially to the list of R. F. Williams, 
printed in 1855. Messrs. Brown & Shapley, in their book 
printed in 1868, have copied Williams' list as far as it went, and 
also his errors. I think Mr. Williams must have had ac< t 
the Minute . Books of the City and Mayor's Courts. Those 
records no longer exist, I am told, having been sold as waste 
paper by a former clerk of one of the Courts. I had careful lists 
made from the Minute Books of the Common Pleas and District 
Court, and find that there are numerous admissions in the lists 
not on the Minutes of the Common Pleas or District Court, and 
as there are no admissions recorded in the Quarter Sessions, 
(although I cannot understand why they are not entered in the 
Minutes,) I can only conclude that the gentlemen named were 
admitted in the City or Mayor's Courts. All such names have hern 
retained in this list. The Minute Books of the Common Pleas, 
now in the office of that Court, do not go back of 1789, and the 
Minutes between Dec. 10, 1791, and June 5, 1799, cannot be 
found. To the lists named I have added the names of well known 
former members of the Bar, giving the dates when I first found 
their names mentioned as in practice, and if I could not find the 
date of their admission here, I give the date of their admission to 
the Chester County Bar, as they must have been in practice here 
at that time. Some of the names referred to will be found in the 
special lists of "Some old Lawyers of the Province of Pennsyl- 
vania," in the List of tlje " Departed Saints of the Law," and in 
Sheriff's Deed Book B; and others have been found during my 
researches on the Bench and Bar of this City and of Chester and 
Delaware County. I have also had access to a manuscript list of 
admissions kept by a layman, which he made with great care, 
following the record, and giving the dates of death when he 
could obtain them. His list enabled me to solve many doubts, 
and has been of the greatest use to me in compiling the 
present one, although I found in it numerous clerical errors in 
the spelling the names, which exist in the records. The admis- 
sions in Deed Book B, are to the Supreme Court of the Province, 
but I have added them to the Philadelphia Bar, as they would 
not be admissible in the list of admissions to the Supreme Court 
of the Commonwealth, which has been kept carefully since 1778 
As a practice of two years in the lower Courts was necessary be 
fore admission to the Supreme Court, reference must be had to 
the separate list of admissions entered in Sheriff's Deed Book B, 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 235 

when fixing the date of a first admission ; for instance, Edward Burd 
was admitted in the S. C. April, 1774, perhaps that means he was 
admitted during April Term, 1774. His first admission in the 
County Court was about 1771 or 1772, when he was about 21 or 
22 years old. Where the admission in the Supreme Court is 
earlier than any other date, I give that as the date of admission be- 
fore 1 789, that is, where there are no existing records of the lower 
Courts to direct me. The intention b^ing to give the earliest date 
of admission known, thus following the suggestion of Mr. Binney, 
who does not seem to have noticed that Mr. Williams' easier 
cases of admission, were in many instances, made from the 
Supreme Court Minutes. I have searched every known source of 
information, for old lawyers and for the proper spelling of names; 
amongst others, the old Directories and the records of the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, which includes, of course, 
their fine biographical library and collection of signatures. The 
list given has been scanned carefully several times, not only by 
myself, but a gentleman of the Historical Society noted for his 
familiarity with the names and history of the former inhabitants 
of this city and State, and any seeming errors must not be deemed 
such without careful research on the part of the reader. Horace 
Binney in his sketch of the " Old Bar of Philadelphia," has said 
that Mr. Williams' printed list cannot be relied on, as evidence of 
first admissions to the Bar, and I can justly add, neither can it be 
relied on for the proper spelling of names, for on his first page, 
"John Heibley" should be John Hubley, "Daniel Clym" 
should be Daniel Clymer, and "Ashton Humphreys" ought to 
be Assheton H. Objection has been made to my altering the 
spelling of names, " that being an alteration of the record, which 
is the best evidence of the proper spelling of the name of the 
gentleman who was admitted." If the member admitted signed 
his name, as they do in the United States Courts on admission, 
then the position would be well taken ; but where clerks take 
names from verbal motions frequently, or from the certificates of 
Secretaries of Boards of Examination, clerical errors must occur, 
and the proper name should be given and the error corrected in 
a list that purports to be authoritative. Sometimes I have found 
the same name spelled differently in each Court ; when I could not 
ascertain the proper spelling I give one in parenthesis. Some 
lawyers have altered their names after admission. I give the 
names they were known by while at the Bar. Where admissions 
were earlier in one Court than the other, I have taken the earlier 
date; this has caused a slight difference in dates between my list 
after 1855 and Brown & Shapley's, who seem to have relied upon 
the dates of admission to the District Court, and thus made errors 
in the dates of some admissions and missed a few names of gentle- 
men admitted to the Common Pleas from the country, who came 



236 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAK 

to the city for attendance on a particular case in that Court ; and 
finally, although my list may be generally relied on as correct, no 
doubt there will be found errors in it. 

A List of Some Old Lawyers, 

OF THE PROVINCE OP PENNSYLVANIA. 
Not contained in any List heretofore published. 

Those before 1682 are mentioned in the Upland Record z& ap- 
pearing before the Court as Attorneys. 

1672 Capt. John Carr, 1684 Dr. Nicholas More, 

1675 Dr. Thomas Spry, 1 1685 Samuel Hersent, 

1677 John Matthews, 1685 Patrick Robinson, 

1677 Henry Jones, 1686 David Lloyd, 

1677 Lawrence Cock, 1686 Samuel Jenings, 

1677 James Sandilands, 1698 John Moore, 

1677 John Adams, 1700 James Logan, 

1677 John Moll, 1700 Thomas Story, 

1677 Robberd Hutchinson, 1700 John Guest, 

1677 Edmund Cantwell, 1701 Robert Assheton, 

1678 John Shackerly, 1703 Roger Mompesson, 

1679 Ephraim Herman, 1704 John Reignier, 

1680 Witt (Will :) Warner, 1705 George Lowther, 

1680 John Champion, 1706 Thomas Clarke, 

1682 Abraham Man, 1708 Thomas McNamara, 

1683 J onn White, 1711 William Assheton, 

1683 Charles Pickering, 1713 Charles Brockdcn, 

1 The first case on the Record of Upland Court is that of Tho : Spry, PI;. -<<s. 
the Estate of Hend : Johnson, dec'd. Spry appears to have practised as an 
attorney, but the order of Council, at New York, of May 16, 1677, forbidding 
attorneys to practise, compelled him to resort to the practice of medicine, but 
leaves Dr. Spry the honor of having been the oldest known attorney in what is 
now the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, except Capt. John Carr, who is spoken 
of in Dr. Smith's History of Delaware County, page 97, as " Counsel for the 
Defendant," in the case of Armgart Prince vs. Andrew Carr and wife, on < >ct. 
2, 1672; but we know that Capt. Carr was not a professional lawyer. The 
order of Council and rule of Court above referred to was as follows : " Re- 
solved and Ordered that pleading Attorneys be no Longer allowed to practice 
in y e govermn' but for y e depending causes." No reason is given for this order, 
and the Court at first seems to have misunderstood it, and on Sept. II, 1*177, 
made the following reasonable rule : " That no p r son bee admitted to plead for 
any other p r son as an Attorney In Co rt w^hout hee first have his admittance 
of the Co" or have a Warrant of Attorney for his so doing from his Clyant ;" 
but at a Court on Nov. 13, 1677, the order of Council of May 16, 1677, was 
read a second time. Upland Record, 58, 82. Previous to this second reading, 
viz., on June i6th, John Matthews was admitted to practice in the Court, and 
took an oath " not to exact unallowed fees, not to take fees from both plaintiff 
and defendant, and that he will not take any apparent unjust cause in hand, 
but behave as all Attorneys ought to do." Hazard 's Annuls, 439. 



OP PHILADELPHIA. 237 



1717 Andrew Hamilton, X 754 Thomas Willing, 

1720 James Alexander, 1754 Abraham Poole, 

1720 James Parnell, J 754 Thomas McKean, 

1720 James Graeme, 1761 James Tilghman, 

1724 John Kinsey, 1762 Nicholas Wain, 

1731 Samuel Hasell, 1765 Richard Peters, Jr., 

1731 John Lawrence, 1765 James Allen, 

1734 John Ross, 1765 Nicholas Van Dyke, 

1735 Samuel Riddleson, 1765 James Van Dyke, 

1735 John Remington, T 765 Isaac Hunt, 

1738 William Assheton, 1769 Andrew Allen, 

1742 Richard Peters, I ?69 Christian Huck, 

1742 James Read, 1770 Abel Evans, 

1747 Joseph Galloway, 1772 Richard Tilghman, 

1748 Edward Shippen, Jr., J 773 Phineas Bond, 

1749 James Delaplaine, 1778 Charles Stedman, Jr., 

1750 William Allen, 1785 Edward Allen, 

1751 Lewis Gordon, 1785 William Anderson, 

1753 George Read, 1785 John Bartram, 

1753 John Dickinson, 1785 John Barker. 

A List of Attorneys, 
COPIED FROM SHERIFF'S DEED BOOK B, 

/ the Office of the Prothonotary of the Supreme Court. And corrected 

from a list in Manuscript of the " Reminiscences of the Bench and 

Bar of Pennsylvania" by Peter A. Browne. 

Admitted at various times, previous to the Revolution, to the 
Supreme Court of the Province of Pennsylvania. The list begins 
with the names of John Kinsey, (James) Keating, (Peter) Evans, 
Tench Francis, John Moland, (Robert) Hartshorne, (Thomas) 
Cross, John Ross, (John ) Webb, (Benjamin) Price and William 
Peters ; but the dates of admission are not given. 

Joseph Bennett, admitted April term, 1742 

Edward Ackworth, April " *74 2 

John Webb, " April " 1742 



Benjamin Chew, 
Thomas Cross, 
John Lawrence, 
Joseph Galloway, 
John Coxe, of Trenton, 
Joseph Rose, 



Sept'r " 1746 

Sept'r " 1746 

Sept'r " 1746 

Sept'r 26, 1749 

Sept'r 26, 1749 

April 26, 1750 

Sept'r 25, 1750 



Edward Shippen, 

John Mather, " April 13, 1751 

William Parr, " April 15, 1751 

Samuel Morris, " Sept'r 15, 1751 

James Read, " Sept'r 15, 1752 

31 



238 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Thomas Otway, 
Lewis Gordon, 
John Price, 
George Read, 
James Kinsey, 
Charles Read, 
James Smith, 1 
Samuel Johnston, 
John Armond, 
David Henderson, 
Thomas McKean, 
William Whitebread, 
John Morris, 
William Smith, 
Francis Hopkinson, 
Nicholas Wain, 
Edward Biddle, 
Alexander Wilcocks, 
James Biddle, 
Lindsay Coats, 
Andrew Allen, 
Nicholas Van Dyke,. 
Alexander Porter, 
Richard Peters, Jr., 
James Allen, 
Jasper Yeates, 
Daniel Coxe, 
John Currey, 
Joseph Reed, 
Stephen Porter, 
Henry Elwes, Jr,, 
Elisha Price, 
James Sayre, 
William Hicks, 
George Campbell, 
Isaac Hunt, 
James Wilson, 
Robert Magaw, 
Elias Boudinot, 
Miers Fisher, 
Stephen Watts, 
Daniel Clymer, 
Abel Evans, 

1 In Sheriff's Deed Book B, this list is given to Samuel Johnson; the name 
before his being James Junk. The list is then re-written as given above, and 
instead of Junk, which was no doubt an error, it is James Smith, who was 
the signer of the Declaration, and died at York. 



admitted April 


10, 


i?53 




April 


10, 


*753 




April 


10, 


*753 




Oct'r 


10, 


1753 




Oct'r 


10, 


1753 




Oct'r 


10, 


1753 




April 


*5.> 


1754 




Oct'r 


9> 


1754 




Sept'r 


9> 


i?5 6 




Sept'r 


9> 


i75 6 




April 


i7, 


1758 




April 


10, 


1759 




Oct'r 


8, 


1760 




April 


8, 


1761 




April 


8, 


1761 




Oct'r 


8, 


1762 




April 


ii, 


1765 




April 


ii, 


1765 




April 


1 8, 


1765 




April 


18, 


1765 




April 


20, 


1765 




Sept'r 


26, 


1765 




Sept'r 


26, 


1765 




Sept'r 


26, 


1765 




Sept'r 


26, 


1765 




Oct'r 


5' 


1765 




Oct'r 


8, 


1765 




Oct'r 


9, 


1765 




Oct'r 


12, 


1765 




Oct'r 


13, 


1765 




Oct'r 


19, 


1765 




Oct'r 


2 3, 


1765 




Sept. 


term, 


1767 




April 


13, 


1768 




April 


13, 


1768 




April 


28, 


1768 




April 


term, 


1769 




April 





1769 




Oct'r 


8, 


1770 




Sept'r 


26, 


1770 




Oct'r 


ii, 


1770 




Oct'r 


12, 


1770 




Oct'r 


J 5> 


1771 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



239 



David Sample, 
Richard Tilghman, 
Edward Elcock, 
John Haley, 
Jacob Rush, 
Jared Ingersoll, 
John Macpherson, Jr., 
Phineas Bond,. 
James Lukens, 
Edward Burd, 
David Greer, 
George Noarth, 
Casper Weitzell, 
John Lawrence, Jr., 
Edward Tilghman, 
Peter Zachary Lloyd, 
Assheton Humphreys, 
Francis Johnston, 
William Lewis, 1 



admitted 



April 10, 
April n, 
April 25, 
Oct'r 15, 
Jan'y 20, 
April 26, 
Oct'r 8 
Oct'r 
Oct'r 
April term, 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 
Oct'r 14, 
Oct'r 14, 
Sept'r 22, 
April term, 



1772 
1772 
1772 
1772 

1773 
1773 
1773 
1773 
1773 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 

1775 
1776 



The List of the Departed Saints, 



With the date of their death. 

On a leaf of the Continuance Docket (of the Court of Common 
Pleas of Philadelphia,) June, 1775, appears the following entry 
without signature " Departed Saints of the Law with whom I 
have been at the Bar." So it is stated in a list of the Philadel- 
phia Bar printed in 1855, edited by R. F. Williams. 

Thompson Westcott, in his " History of Philadelphia," says : 
"It is evident that he (the writer) had been in practice fully forty 
years. ' ' The leaf referred to has been abstracted from the Docket, 
but Mr. Westcott informed me that he had seen it. The dates 
opposite some names are Westcott's memoranda of the times of 
death. Some of the notes are rrfine, and some Westcott's. 

The following is the list and entry referred to above. 



1741 Andrew Hamilton, 
1 745 Peter Evans, 
1738 Joseph Growden,* 

Henry Kinsey, 
1735 John Emerson, 
1745 Ralph Asshton, 3 



1751 John Robinson, 

Thomas Cookson, 
Francis Sherrard, 

1758 John Malter,* 

1766 Benjamin Price, 

1 774 John Price, (his nephew,) 



1 Immediately after the above list follows a list of the admissions to the 
Supreme Court, from September, 17.78, to March 25, 1809. 

2 This was Joseph Growden, Jr., he died in 1738; his father, Joseph G., 
Sen'r, died in 1736. See Administration Index, Philadelphia, Register of 
Wills Office. 3 Ralph Assheton. 4 John Maultaby. 



240 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



John Price, (of Reading,} 
1758 Tench Francis, T 753- 

1761 John Moland, I 753~ 

1770 William Smith, 
1741 James Keating, 
1751 Thomas Hopkinson, 

Mr. Venables, 1 1768 

Francis Rowes, 

David Henderson, 
1749 Anthony Palmer, 2 

Henry Keath, *New Castle 

Robert Hartshorne, 
1755 Thomas Otway, 

William Hicks, 

David Edwards, 
1744 Edward Acworth, 4 
1755 John Frohock, 5 
1742 Isaac Penington, 

Thomas Cross, 
1772 William Whitehead, 6 

James Bowman. 



John Webb, 

James Foster, Carlisle, 

Thomas Smith, Jr. , " 

Joseph Worrell, 7 

Samuel Bustilt, 

John Jones, 

John Cox, 

Francis Custigen, 

William Shaw, 

David French, 

Joseph Dowding. 

Rives Hill, 

Shep. Kollock, 

John Neill, 

James Colder, 8 

Neil Harris, 

Charles Goldsborough, 

Frank Jones, 

Joshua George, 

John Stedman, 



Some Chester County Attorneys, 

WHO PRACTISED IN THE COURTS OF CHESTER COUNTY. 

From f68j to 7795, as shown by the Records. 

Those known to be professional Lawyers are marked (*). The others wen-, >/, 

doubt, only permitted to appear in certain cases, as they seldom 

appeared more than once. All after fj^2 were 

learned in the Law. 

1683 John White* and Abraham Man.* 
1698 John Moore* and David Lloyd.* 

1726 Ralph Assheton,* John Kinsey,* Joseph Growden, Jr.,* 
Peter Evans* and Francis Sherrard.* 

X 73 Feb. 23. Alexander (Henry) Keith,* (of New Castle.} 

1 Thomas Venables. 

2 Anthony Palmer, Jr., son of Governor Anthony Palmer. The Governor 
died in 1649; his son died some years previous. His widow, a daughter of 
Governor Keith, in her will, dated in 1749, speaks of her late husband as 
Barrister-at-Law, and names her father-ir-law, Anthony Palmer, her executor. 

''Alexander Henry Keith, of New Castle, son of Governor Keith. He died 
in 1742. Letters of administration to his estate call him Henry Keith. 
Alexander being afterwards inserted before the Henry. 

4 Edward Acworth, should be John, so says Westcott. John Ackworth died 
Dec. 14, 1744, but Edward Ackworth was a member of the Bar in April Term, 
1742. See list of admissions at the end of the Index of admissions to the 
Supreme Court of Pa., copied from Sheriffs Deed Book B, among Archives 
of the Supreme Court. In Chester County Minutes he is called Edmund. 

5 John Frolack. 6 William Whitebread. ' Joseph WorralJ, of Trenton, X. J. 

8 James Calder, of Maryland; see ist Penna. Archives, 733. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 241 

1734 John Riley, Geo. Robinson, F. Engle, John'Spence, Jr., 
Thomas Moore, John Morgan, William Rawle,* Thomas Hughs, 
John M. McClenehan, Joseph Taylor, William Pirn, S. Woodrow, 
James Logan,* Francis Worley and Robert McClelan. 

1735 Thomas Hopkinson,* James Hamilton,* John Ross* and 
John Robinson,* (of New Castle). 

1736 Job Ruston, Mr. Newcomer, B. Davis, Mr. Robertson, 
William Hay, James Keating*, Andrew Hamilton,* Lewis Spoonly, 
Robert McDowel, William Jones, Mr. Kear, Mr. Gitting and 
Alexander Piercey.* 

1737 J. Howrey, Mr. Biscott and George Chandler. 

1738 James Cassey, William Assheton* and R. Graw. 

1739 William Peters* and Joseph Penock. 

1740 John Webb.* 

1741 M. Redding, Tench Francis,* Edmund Acworth,* 
H. Parry, Neil Harris* and John Wharton. 

1742 J. Hanly, J. Burgoin, Robert Hartshorne,* J. Howell, 
Richard Peters,* Joseph Ogelby, John Mather,* Mr. McGennis, 
James Read,* Peter Grubb and J. Owen. 

1743 T. Salkeld, J. Tatnell, John Moland,* Townsend White, 
(a Philadelphia merchant), Mr. Ply, T. Crail, J. Strange and 
Thomas Bryan. 

1744 William Reynolds, J. Willis, David Edwards,* Mr. 
McKean and Thomas Cross.* 

1745 J. Hall, J. Fulton, J. Hubbs and Benjamin Price.* 

1746 J. Warner, E. McGowen and Mr. Meredith. 

1747 J. Fairlamb, J. Cham, John Lawrence,* R. Dixon, 
H. Martin, Thomas Davis and Mr. Hackett. 

1748 J. Shafer and Edward Shippen, Jr.* 

1749 Joseph Galloway,* Aubrey Bevan, Benjamin Weatherby, 
W. Vaughan, John Evans,* Thomas Hill, John Walker and 
J. Cowen. 

1750 Elisha Gatchell, T. Kerlin and J. Vanluden. 

1752 David Finney. 

1753 Thomas Otway, John Price and George Read. 

1754 William Morris and Benjamin Chew. 

1755 Samuel Johnson, Thomas McKean, David Henderson 
and William Whitebread. 

1756 George Ross and John Armond. 

1760 John Morris. 

1763 Nicholas Wain, John Mather, Jr., and James Tilghman. 

1764 Hugh Hughes, John Currey, Elisha Price and Lindsay 
Coats. 

1765 Andrew Allen, Alexander Porter, Nicholas Van Dyke, 
Alexander Wilcocks, Jasper Yeates, James Biddle, James Allen, 
Richard Peters, Jr., Henry Elwes, Stephen Porter and James Sayre. 

1766 Isaac Hunt, David Thompson and James Van Dyke. 



242 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

1767 William Hicks and James Wilson. 

1769 Jacob Rush, Miers Fisher, Daniel Clymer, John Haley 
and Stephen Watts. 

1770 Abel Evans, Thomas Good and James Lukens. 

1771 Joseph Reed, George Noarth, Assheton Humphreys. 
Jacob Bankson and Francis Johnston. 

1772 Richard Tilghman, John Lawrence and Peter Zachary 
Lloyd. 

1773 Christian Hook (or Huck), William Lawrence Blair, 
Phineas Bond, John Stedman, John Macpherson, Junior, and 
William Lewis. 

1774 Edward Tilghman, William Bradford, Junior, and 
Gunning Bedford. 

1775 Andrew Robeson and John Vannost. 

1776 William Prince Gibbs and Collinson Read. 

1778 Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant and John Pancoast. 

1779 Edward Burd, Henry Osbourne, George Campbell and 
Jared In-jersoll. 

1780 Moses Levy. 

1781 John Coxe, William Moore Smith and Nathaniel Potts. 

1782 John Francis Mifflin and John Vining. 

1783 John Wilkes Kittera, Henry Hale Graham and William 
Rawle. 

1 784 William Ewing. 

1785 Jacob R. Howell, John Ross, Joseph Borden McKean, 
John A. Hanna and John Todd. 

1786 Robert Hudson, John Young, Benjamin R. Morgan, Jr., 
Charles Smith, Benjamin Chew, Jr., Richard Wharton and 
Thomas Meminger. 

1787 David Smith, James Wade, William Richardson Atlee, 
Sampson Levy, James Hopkins, Samuel Roberts, Matthias Baldwin, 
William Montgomery, John Joseph Henry, and James A. Bayard. 

1788 Thomas Armstrong, Peter S. Du Ponceau, Jasper Yeates, 
Peter Huffnagle, Joseph Hubley and William Graham. 

1789 John Hallowell, Joseph Thomas, John Craig Wells, 
Robert Porter, Charles Heatley, Anthony Morris, John Cadwalader 
and John Moore. 

1790 Thomas Barnard Dick, John Thompson, Isaac Tel fair, 
Abraham Chapman and Marks John Biddle. 

1791 Robert Henry Dunkin and Seth Chapman. 

1792 Miles Merwin, Robert Frazer and John Price. 

1793 Thomas W. Tallman, John Hill Brinton, John Shippen, 
Joseph Hemphill, Michael Keppele, Henry Keppele Helmuth, 
Evan Rice Evans and Alexander William Foster. 

1794 Doctor William Martin, 1 of Chester, Joseph Hopkinson 
and Jacob Richards. 

1 This was the compiler's grandfather. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



243 



The Philadelphia Bar. 

Being a List of the names of gentlemen who have been admitted to practice, 
as Attorneys-at-law in the County Courts of the City and County of Phila- 
delphia, from 1682 to 1883, with the dates of their admission. 

Abbreviations A-age at death. ADM. -for admitted to practice. ATTY-GEN.-Attorney 
General. B-for born. B. G. or BRIG. GBN.-for Brigadier General. C. J. -Chief Jus- 
tice. Co -for county. COL. OF VOLS. -Colonel of volunteers, 1861-65. COL. -before 
Christian name, colonel of militia. C. P. -for Common Pleas C. R. -Colonial Records. 
D-for died. D. C.-for District Court. DiRECT'RY-for Philadelphia Directory. IN. 
PRAC.-for in practice J. -Judge. J. C. P. -Judge of the Common Pleas. J. O. C.- 
Associate Judge of the Orphans Court. M. C.-for Member of Congress. M. G.- 
Major General. PA. -for Pennsylvania. P. V. -Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65. 
PA. MAG -Pennsylvania Magazine. P. J. -President Judge. Q. M. G.-for Quarter- 
Master-General. S. C.-for Supreme Court of Pennsylvania U. S.-for United States. 
U. S. C. C.-for United States Circuit Court. U. S. S. C.-for United States Supreme 
Court. * Name from Sheriff's Deed Book B, which is the date of admission in the 
Supreme Court, which I have used where an earlier date could not be found. 

Abbett, Benjamin Franklin, 

Edwin L., 

Leonidas, 

Abbey, William Burling, 
Abbott, Montelius, 

William Holloway, 
Abrams (Rev.) Joseph, 

Joseph Addison, 
Ackley, John Edward, 
Ackworth, Edmund, 1 

John, 
Adams, Frederick Mayhew, 

George Bethune, 

John Bell, 

John, 

John Quincy, 

Josiah Robert, 

Robert, Jr., , 

Thomas Boylston, 2 

William C., 
Adamson, Charles, 
Addicks, William Henri, 
Addis, Daniel, 
Addison, Alexander, 

John, 

Joseph, 

Albertson, Henry Marmaduke, 
Alcorn, James, 
Alden, Robert Percy, 
Aldrich, William Trumbull, 
Aledo, Edward Joseph, 



d. May 18, 1877, a. jS 
d. Mch so, i88r, a. 69 



Chester Co. Records 
d. Dec. 14, 1744 



d.Jan. 4, 1874 



Judge, d. 1832, a. 60 



P.J., d. Nov. 24, 1807, a. 48 



New York City 



Jan. 25, 1868 
Dec. 5, 1864 
Feb. 5, 1857 
Nov. 4, 1876 
June 21, 1862 
July 13, 1844 
Nov. 2, 1839 
Nov. 30, 1878 
Dec. 13, 1879 
Feb. 23, 1741 
Before 1744 
Jan. 22, 1847 
Mch 2, 1878 
Mch 13, 1855 
Nov. i, 1879 
May 3, 1856 
Dec. 5, 1874 
Apl 27, 1872 
Dec. 7, 1793 
Sep. 28, 1872 
June 17, 1882 
Feb. 16, 1878 
June 7, 1808 
Mch 9, 1787 
Oct. i, 1853 
Oct. i, 1853 
Oct. 4, 1879 
June 27, 1874 
May 25, 1872 
Oct. 10, 1863 
July 12, 1879 



1 See p. 240, note 4. 2 Son of John Adams, President of the United States. 



244 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Alexander, JameS, Lord Stirling's father, d. I7$b, a. bs 



Robert, 

Alison, Francis John, 
Alleman, Henry C., 

John S., 

Silas Horace, 
Allen, Andrew, 

Edward, 

James, 

Thomas G., 

William, 

Walter Davey, 
Alleson, Samuel, 
Allibone, Thomas, Jr., 
Allinson, Edward P., 
Allston, John, 
Allison, Joseph, 

Robert, 

William Andrews, 
Alsop, Robert, 
Altgelt, Carl Herman, 
Ambruster, Watson, 
Amerman, Lemuel, 



About 1720 

June 25, 1870 

June 5, 1875 

Nov. 2, 1867 

June 14, 1879 

Oct. 24, 1874 

Atty Gen., d. Mch 7, 1823, a. 8j Apl 2O, I 765* 

About 1785 

d. Dec. iq, 1778 Sep. 26, 1765* 

Mch ii, 1854 

C. /., d. Sep. I78o,adm in London Before I 7 5 O 

Dec. 30, 1871 

d. May 27, 1840 
d. 1821, a. 34. 



LL. r>. P. J. of C. /'. 
J. Kansas, d. Nov., 1875 



June ii, 1832 
Mch 8, 1808 
Oct. 28, 1876 
Mch 8, 1830 
Nov. 20, 1843 
Dec. , 1798 
Oct. 19, 1867 
July 18, 1846 
Mch 14, 1868 
Oct. ii, 1873 
Dec. 24, 1875 



Anable, (Rev.) Courtland Wilcox, Baptist Minister Oct. 5, 1850 



Anders, Jacob H., 
Anderson, Alexander A., 

Edward Alexander, 

Joseph, 

James Baxter, Jr., 

Thomas Dixon,' 

William, 

Andre, John Kemmerer, 
Andrews, Henry White, Jr., 
Appleton, John L., 
Archambault, Harry, 
Archer, Fierce, Jr., 

William V., 



d. API 17,1837, a. so 
d. Mch 21, 1847, a. bo 

Chicago 



Oct. 13, 1866 

J an 'y 6, 1877 

June 15, 1878 

About 1785 

Oct. 2, 1880 

June 21, 1811 

About 1785' 

Feb'y 2, 1878 

Jan'y 4, 1879 

Dec. 18, 1854 

April i, 1871 

June 14, 1859 

Oct. i, 1859 



Arey, Henry W., Author, late VicePres't Girard College Feb. 14, 1839 



Armond, John, 

Armstrong, Edward, 
George, 
George H., 
Thomas, 
Thomas A., 
Thomas, Jr. , 



d. Feb. zs, 1874, a. 56 



J. d. Jan. 28, 1842, a, 77 

d. Mch ib, 1836, a. 24 
1 Attorney-General of Tennessee. See History of Chester, p. 254. 



Sep. 9, 1756* 
Sep. 22, 1838 
Mch 8, 1796 
May 16, 1857 
May 8, 1788 
Apl 27, 1816 
Dec. 31, 1 833 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



245 



East on, Pa , 
J. C. P. 

d. Mch. 27, 1863, a. jf 

d. Sept. 3, 1853, a - 24 



d. Oct. 



8, a. b& 



d. Jan, 3, 1880, a. 63 
d. Dec. g, 1838, a. 70, M. C. 
d. May zb, 1875, a. 69 
d. Dec. 3, 1881, a. 32 



Armstrong, William Hepburn, 1 M. c. Lycoming Co., 

, William H., 
Arnold, Michael, 
Arrott, James, Jr., 
Arundel, George Weed, 

James Mahany, 

John McLean, 

Robert James, 

Robert James, Jr., 
Ash, Caleb L., 

George Washington, 

Michael Woolston, 

Morgan, 
Ashbridge, John, 

George, 

Ashbrook, James, 
Ashhurst, Henry, 

Richard, Jr., 

Richard Lewis, 
Ashman, William Neilson, 
Ashmead, George Lehman, 

James, Jr., 

John Wayne, 
Ashton, Joseph Hubley, 

Thomas Jefferson, 
Assheton, William, 

William, 

Ralph, 

Robert, d. Junes, '727, Clk. ofttie County Courts, &>c. 

Atherton , Humphrey, d. May sq, 1849, <* t>5 

Atlee, Samuel Yorke, 

William Richardson, Chester County 
Atkinson, Isaac S., 
Atvvood, Anthony Watson, 
Auge, Clinton, 
Austin, Romeo, 

Samuel H., 
Ayres, William, 

William J., 

Babbitt, Clement Bulkley, 

Babcock, Samuel Fotterall, 

Bach, Henry W., 

Bache, Francis Markoe, d. Oct. 23, ist>7 

Richard , Jr . , Editor, d. Mch. 14, 1848, a. 64 

Bacon, John Francis, 



j. o. c. 

d. June jo, 1850, a. 43 

d. April 7, z8b8, a. 62 

Asst. Atty-Gen. U. S. 

d. Feb. 21, 1882, a. 32 

J., d. Sept., 1723, a 33 

Chester County Records 

d. Feb., i745-b 



Oct. 31, 
Feb. 26, 
July 1 8, 
May 17, 
April 9, 
Oct. 19, 
May 2, 
Oct. 2, 
Dec. i, 
Mch. 4, 
Mch. 9, 
June 21, 
Feb. 6, 
Oct. 29, 
June 17, 
Dec. , 
June 10, 
April 21, 
June 8, 
May 1 6, 
April 2, 
Oct. 27, 
May 5, 
Oct. 9, 
June 9, 
About . 
Nov. 28, 
Before . 
About . 
June 3, 
Mch. 4, 
Dec. 15, 
Mch. 16, 
Mch. 10, 
Nov. 28, 
Mch. 24, 
Oct. 2, 
Dec. , 
June 1 6, 



1853 
1876 
1863 



1851 
1850 

1853 
1820 
1862 

1847 
1849 



1826 
1870 
1882 
1798 
1862 
1860 

1859 
1857 
1831 
1831 
1827 
1858 
1856 
1711 

1738 
1720 
1701 
1811 
1829 
1787 
1861 
1866 
1851 
1832 
1841 
1798 
1877 



Dec. 2, 1854 
Nov. 19, 1853 
Jan. 22, 1870 
June 22, 1861 
Mch. 6, 1805 
Mch. 3, 1879 



3 a 



1 U. S. Superintendent of the Rail Road Mail Service. 



246 



MAKTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Badger, Edmund R., d. NOV. 28, 1871, a. tx> Sept. 

Samuel, j.c.p.,d.Mch.i 4 ,i8bb,a.&o Sept. 

Samuel, Jr., d.May2i,i8bj,a.4i June 

William, d. fet. 6, 1879, a. 77 Jan. 

Baer, Winfield Scott, April 

Bailey, Thomas C., Mch. 

Bainbridge, William, Jr., d. June 3, 1831, a. 24 Oct. 

Baird, Ephraim W., Dec. 

Richard Loper, Oct. 

Baker, Charles S., May 

George A., Jr., June 

George F. C., Feb. 

George W., Nov. 

Richard Rowley, Dec. 

William, d. Dec. 30, 1849, *. t>j Nov. 

William Deal, d. Sept. 17,1876,^64, Editor Oct. 

William H., June 

William Howard, June 

Balch, Edwin Swift, May 

Thomas, d. Mch. 29, 1877, a - 56, Author Feb. 

Bald, John Dorsey, Oct. 

Baldwin, Colin, Sept. 

Ezra Stiles, June 

Henry, j. s. c. u. s., d. April 21, 1844, a. 6s Mch. 

Matthew, Nov. 

William, April 

William A., Sept. 

Baldy, Edward H., Jr., d. API. 10,1876, a. 27 Dec. 

Ball, Joseph, Dec. 

Ballou, De Forrest, April 

Henry, April 

Bamberger, Albert Jacob, Oct. 

Bancker, Evert John, d. Sept. 14, 1840, a. 24 Oct. 

Banes, Joel J., ' June 

Bankson, Jacob, See Chester Co. Bar, d. 1795, a. 43 Aug. 

Bannard, Arthur Umney, July 

Charles Heath, June 

Banning, William Lowber, June 

Barber, James, June 

Robert Morris, Sept. 

William, May 

William Edwin, Chester Co., d. API. 13, /&?,. bo May 

Barclay, Charles, Feb. 

George G., Dec. 

James Joseph, Sept. 

John Louis, Mch. 

Richard Dechames, Feb. 

Bareford, Charles F.,. July 



28,1833 

20, 1809 
6, 1846 

12, 1826 

29, 1882 

13, 1862 

5, 1829 

6, 1858 
31, 1874 

8, 1869 

3, 1811 

4, 1882 

17, 1857 
3, 1881 
28, 1831 
i, 1832 

5, 1848 

30, 1877 
21, 1881 

9, 1850 
16, 1847 

10, 1845 

7, 1823 

6, 1 798 
12, 1787 
15, 1823 

21, 1868 
30, 1871 

8, 1866 
i, 1876 
i, 1876 

8, 1881 

14, 1837 

15, 1833 

- , 1771 

10, 1880 

18, 1881 
6, 1842 

9, 1871 
25, 1880 
23, 1794 

1878 




OF PHILADELPHIA. 



247 



d Dec. 13, i8Si, a. 48 
See Directories of 1785 



P. J , d. Apl. 22, f8j<), a. t>i 
d Apl. n, i8ji 
d. Feb. Q, 1830 



Barger, Louis Francis, 

Thomas Jefferson, 
Barker, Jesse J., 

John, 

Barlow, Thomas Warren, 
Barnard, Joseph W., 
Barnes, Ira P., 

James N., 

Joseph, 

William D., 
Barnet, Edward, 

Francis Vogel, 
Barnett, Thomas M., 
Barns, William, 
Barr, James P., 

Thomas C., 

William J., 
Barrett, John O., 

Theodore, 
Barrick, E. S., 

William C., 
Barringer, Daniel Moreau, 

Lewin Wethered, 
Barron, John W., 
Barry, Edward, 
Bartholomew, Benjamin, 

BartleS, A. C., LycomingCo. 

Barton, George Washington, P.j.,d. Christmas, 1851 

Matthias, 

William, / 5. c., Oct. 2, 1779 
Bartow, Henry Blackwell, 
Bartram, John, 

Bateman, William O., st. Louis, Author 

Baugh, Franklin, d. Feb. 14, 1878, a. 32 

George Washington , d. Feb. 27, 1873, a. 32 

Bayard, James, d. Aug. /, ,874, a. 73 

James AshtOn, u. S. Sen., d. Aug. 13, 1815, a. 4i 

James Ashton, Jr. , d. May 7, 1882, a. 34 . 
Richard Henry, d. Mch. 4 , ist>8, a. 72 

Samuel, J-, d. May 12, 1840, a 73 

Thomas Francis, U. S. Senator for Delaware 

Bayly, Richard Beveridge, 

William Hamilton, Gettysburg 

Beale, John B. , d. May 14, 1836, a. 24 

Truxtun, 
Beard, David A., 
Beatty, Henry Clay, d. Sept. i, /#&? 



Nov. 17, 1866 
June 24, 1854 
Nov. i, 1879 
Before . 1785 
Feb. i, 1879 
July 3, 1875 
April 1 8, 1839 
Mch. 14, 1857 
Sept. 16, 1805 
Nov. 30, 1839 
Feb. 21, 1822 
Jan. 27, 1872 
Feb. 3, 1883 
Sept. 16, 1865 
May 8, 1847 
July i, 1882 
Oct. ii, 1873 
Oct. 17, 1874 
Dec. 12, 1868 
Dec. i, 1877 
April 29, 1876 
June 17, 1882 
Dec. ii, 1875 
July 2, 1881 
April 30, 1870 
Mch. 19, 1829 
July 3, 1880 
Feb. 23, 1839 
May 15, 1789 
Mch. , 1781 
June 18, 1881 
About . 1785 
Sept. 12, 1848 
May 31, 1848 
June 6, 1866 
Oct. 29, 1823 
Sept. 8, 1787 
June 3, 1871 
Sept. 8, 1818 
Nov. 8, 1787 
Dec. 16, 1854 
Dec. 12, 1874 
Jan. 29, 1876 
Mch. 21, 1836 
Sept. 28, 1878 
April 7, 1847 
Feb. 7, 1857 



248 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Beatty, Joseph T. , d. July 27, 1842, a. 27 Jan. 9, 1841 

Beck, Henry Paul, d. 1875, a. 73 Feb. 9, 1824 

Henry Dwight, June 5, 1875 

Beckley, John, cierk u. s. H. R., d. API, 8. iBvf, a. 50 June 5, 1 791 

Bedell, Bradbury, May 26, 1877 

Bedford, Gunning, Jr., J.,d. Mch. 30, 1812, a. & About . 1774 

Bedlock, William Pitt, . rf. /$*?,. j/ Oct. 15, 1835 

Beeber, Teter Dimner, Sept. 23, 1876 

Beers, James Benezet, May 3, 1848 

Beitler, Abraham Merklee, Jan. 30, 1875 

Belcher, James Henshaw, Author, &>c., Navy Reg., 1840 June 5, 1843 

Bell, Philidore Schreiner, Feb. 8, 1862 

Joseph Snowden, June 14, 1879 

Thomas Sloan, j.s.c.Pa.,d.juneb,i8t>i,abi April 14, 1821 

Belser, Jacob F., Nov. 4, 1858 

Belsterling, John Fontoliet, Sept. 9, 1848 

Bennett, Emerson, Jr., June 7, 1873 

James Dryden, April 10, 1847 

Joseph, Apl. T.,i742* 

William D. W., d. jui y 30, 7579. a. zq Mch. 25, 1871 

Benson, Gustavus Smith, Jan. 12, 1828 

Louis Fitzgerald, Nov. 3, 1877 

Bentley, George F., July 2, 1881 

Benton, Stephen, d. oa. 26, isbb ' Nov. 20, 1852 

Beresford, Charles Wilson, Sept. 25, 1858 

Bergen, George Bishop, Oct. 19, 1867 

Bernabeu, John Frederick, Oct. 21, 1848 

Bertolet, Abraham B., Oct. i, 1870 

Berwick, James, June , 1782 

Besson, Charles Alrich, Mch. 30, 1878 

Bethel, Samuel, May 19, 1795 

Bethell, Robert, d. juiy 4, 1875, a. 79 Jan. 4, 1820 

Beveridge, Andrew McBride, May 4, 1878 

Bickel, John Adolphus, June 19, 1869 

John Weiler, Norristown April 26, 1875 

Biddle, Algernon Sydney, Jan. 27, 1872 

Arthur, June 4, 1878 

Cadwalader, June 6, 1859 

Caldwell Keppele, d. Feb. zb, 1862, a. 34 April 17, 1852 

Chapman, Col. 121 p. v., d. Dec. q, r88o, a. SQ May 3, 1 848 

Charles, Oct. 30, 1880 

Charles John, 1 M. c.,d.Sept. 28, 1872, a. 53 Nov. 21, 1840 

Clement, Jr., d. Mch. 16,1879, a. t>q April 27, 1839 

Craig, J. C. P., Adm. as John C. B. Dec. 2, 1844 

Edward, d. sept, s, mq, <* 4* Apl. 1 1 , 1 765* 

Edward, * July 2, 1881 

George Washington, LL.D. Jan. 10, 1839 

1 Colonel of the " Bucktails." 42 Pa. Volunteers. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



249 



Adm. as G. W. B ,Jr. 

P. J. , d. Jan. 14, 7797, a. 67 

d. Aug. jo, 1838 



Biddle, George, 
James, 

James Cornell, 
James Dundas, 

Jonathan Williams, d. API. 21, 1830, a 35 
Marks John, P.J., Berks Co. 

Nicholas, d. Feb. 27, 1844, a. 59 

Richard, d. July 7, 1847, a. 33, Pittsburg 

Thomas McFunn, Carlisle 

Thomas, Jr. , Lt. Col. 15 P. V., d. May 7, 1875, a. 48 

Walter Livingston Cochrane, 
William Shepherd, d. May 30, 1833, a. S4 

Biddle-Cope, James, Adm - as J B - c P e 

Bigelow, Thomas, 

Bingham Albert, 

Biggs, Frank K., 

Bigler, Henry A., 

Billington, George, d. Mch. b, 1835, a. 52 

Binney, Charles Chauncey, 

Horace, d. Aug. 12, 1873, a. <x>, M. c. 

Horace, Jr. , d. Feb. 3, 1870, a. 6/ 

Horace, (3^) d. API. 21, 1881, a. 42 

William, 

William Johnson, 

Binns, John Pemberton, d. Feb. 27, 1847 

Birney, William, 
Birnie, William, 
Bispham, George Tucker, 

John Burke, <* Feb. 24, 1852,0. 40 

William Danforth, 
Black, Maurice. 

Samuel A., 
Blackburn, John, 

Blackbume, Thomas, nowThos. Me Keon, Author & Actor 

Bladen, Washington Lafayette, d. Aug. 7,1880, a. ss 
Blair, John, 

William Lawrence, d. Aug. 17, 1812, a. 6j- 
Blankman, Edmond, 

Bleakley, John, d. Philadelphia, 1802 

Bleight, John Dunlap, 

George Chapman, 
Bley, John M., 
Blight, Atherton, 

Charles Penrose, 

George, Jr., d. Mch., 1877 

William Sergeant, Jr., 
Bliss, Edward P., 



Nov. 17, 1866 
Apl. 1 8, 1765* 
Sept. n, 1816 
Sept. 20, 1842 
Oct. 22, 1842 
Oct. , 1789 
June 3. 1811 
Mch. 25, 1817 
Nov. 12, 1859 
June 5, 1848 
June 2, 1877 
Mch. 5, 1801 
Oct. n, 1873 
Oct. 24, 1811 
Jan. 7, 1826 
Sept. 20, 1882 
Oct. 14, 1857 
April 13, 1818 
July 2, 1 88 1 
Mch. 31, 1800 
Dec. i, 1831 
April 3, 1875 
April 22, 1848 
Oct. 8, 1870 
April 18, 1829 
Mch. 31, 1855 
Dec. 12, 1827 
June 22 ? 1861 
Sept. 21, 1833 
Dec. 27, 1852 
May 10, 1862 
Nov. n, 1846 
Oct. 28, 1854 
July 9, 1859 
Sept. 5, 1853 
Direct' ry 1785 
May , 1773 
June 5, 1848 
June , 1783 
May 9, 1833 
June 28, 1873 
Sept. 23, 1876 
Dec. 21, 1859 
June 28, 1879 
Nov. 30, 1872 
June 19, 1880 
June 18, 1881 



250 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAH 



d. Apl. 2b, 1874, a. j6 

d. rSjs.a.SQ 
d. Dayton, O., fSjS, a. 8j 

d. London, Dec. 29, 1815, a. 67 



d. Jan. ft), 1880, a. 47 

d. Sept. s, /<?66, a. JQ 
d. Oct. 6, /S66, a. 26 
d. Jan. 11, i8bo, a. 60 



Blodget, John A., 

Blood, Benjamin Franklin, 

Blythe, Calvin, Atty-Gen. & P. J., d. June 20, 184*) 

Boardman, Samuel, 
"Bodin, Edward L., 
Bohlen, John, Jr., 
Boileau, Thomas Leech, 
Bolton, Aquila, 
Bond, George, 

Phineas, 
Bonham, Ephraim, 

Joseph Addison, 
Bonnin, George W., 
Bonsall, Charles T., 

Edward Home, 

Henry Wentz, 
Boone, Charles Henry, 

William F., 

William Marshall, Col. v h., d. Bait. Jan. 23, /<? 79 
Booth, James Rea, 

Borden, Edward Parker, d. Oct. 23, 1871, a. js 
Borie, George Fobes, 

John Joseph, d. Mck. ib, /<?&?, a. J2 

Boss, Louis, 
Boudinot, Elias, d. Oct. 24, 1821, a. <?/ 

EHaS Louis, d. Sept. 7, 1877, Editor 

Bourguignon, Charles Louis, 

Bouvier, John, j., d. NOV. 18, i8sr, a. t>3 

Bowen, David Hand, Jr., 

Henry F., 

Penrose W., 
Bowers, Jacob E., 
Bowie, Ralph, / 5. c., Sept., 1785, York, p a . 

Richard Ashhurst, 

Thomas Latimer, d. 1838, a 30 

wnkes-Barre 
d. Oct. 3, 1774, a . 29 



Bowman, Ebenezer, 
James, 
John Oliver, 
Wendell Phillips, 

Boyd, James, Norristoum 

Henry M., 
Nathaniel B., 
Peter, 

William StokeS, Ex-Capt. q/ 'Marines, Florida 

Boyer, Benjamin Markley, M. c. &> P.J., Norrutown 

Henry Conover, Adm. Montgomery Co., Apl. 6, 1878 

Henry Kline, 



Sept. 22, 1868 
Nov. 5, 1864 
Nov. 4, 1845 
Feb. 24, 1879 
Oct. 30, 1858 
June 6, 1840 
Feb. 23, 1821 
Feb. 19, 1794 
June 27, 1792 
May , 1773 
Dec. , 1 80 1 
Sept. 17, 1853 
April 25, 1839 
May 22, 1860 
Dec. 4, 1880 
Dec. 9, 1865 
Feb. 25, 1860 
April n, 1839 
Oct. 15, 1857 
Mch. 12, 1861 
Jan. 10, 1846 
May 7, 1864 
June 18, 1853 
April 30, 1881 
Oct. 8, 1770* 
May 18, 1867 
Oct. 2, 1880 
April 10, 1824 
Dec. 6, 1879" 
Nov. 12, 1844 
May 15, 1813 
Jan. 10, 1857 
Jan. 3, I7 86 
Jan. 8, 1859 
Sept. 15, 1829 
Nov. 14, 1788 
About . 1767 
Feb. 25, 1871 
June 29, 1872 
Nov. ii, 1851 
Dec. 4, 1882 
June 29, 1855 
June 10, 1876 
Jan. 12, 1848 
Mrh. 9, 1850 
Jan, 3, 1881 
Nov. i, 1873 



OP PHILADELPHIA. 



251 



Boyle, Jesse Peyton, 

Samuel A., 

William D., 
Bracken, William, 

Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, j. s. c.,d. June 25, 1816 
Bradbury, Alison Parrish, 
Bradfield, Morris Altamont, 

Thomas, 
Bradford, Charles Sydney, 

David, Leader of the Whiskey Boys 

Ebenezer Green, 

Thomas, Jr. , d. Oct. 23, 1851, a. 71 

Vincent Lockermans, LL.D. and D.C. L. 

William, Jr., Atty-Gen., d. Aug. 23, 1795, a. 40 

Bradley, Abraham, Asst. p. M. G. of the u. s. 

Arthur, 

Bernard C., 

M. William, 
Brady, Edward, 

Edward, Jr. 
Brand, Walter Edward, 
Brashears, Samuel, 
Brasier, Emilius F., 
Bready, James Hall, 
Brearly, James, Jr., 
Bregy, Francis Amedee, Jr., 

Louis, 

Breitinger, Frederick L., 

Breintnall, (Rev.) Thomas, M. D.,d. May 26, 1847, a. 54 
Breitenback, John Randolph, d. Mch. 13, 1875, a. 63 
Brewer, Eben, 
Brewster, Benjamin Harris, Atty-Gen. u. s. 

Andre, 

Enoch Carroll, 4,1863, a. 35 

Frederick Carroll, j. and Atty-Gen. 

Frederick Carroll, Jr., 

Francis Enoch, d.june 21, 1854, 63 

Francis Enoch, 

(Rev.) Joseph Stanhope, d. oa. 26, 1878, a. 71 
Brick, Alfred D., d. 1867 

Edmund, 

Bridges, Edward, d. Gibralter, Nov. II, 1804, a. 2b 

Briggs, Amos, J., D. c. & c. p. 

Frank, 

Brigham, Samuel P., 

Brightly, Frederick Charles, Compiler of the Digests 
JFrank Frederick, 



Adm. as A. W. B. 



b. London, May 18,1817 



d. Dec. 10, 1847 

d. Dec 26, 1842, a. 32 
d. Aug. 23, 1878, a. 37 



Oct. 4, 

Nov. 30, 

NOV. 22, 

Nov. 29, 
Dec. , 
May 13, 
June 27, 
Sept. 14, 
Sept. 28, 
Dec. , 
Mch. i, 
Oct. 1 8, 
April 6, 
About . 
June , 
April 9, 
April n, 
Sept. 30, 
Sept. 21, 
Dec. 30, 
Jan. 3, 
Nov. 25, 
June 24, 
Sept. 29, 
May 19. 
Oct. 17, 
June 15, 
Feb. 4, 
Feb. 13, 
Jan. 8, 
Feb. 25, 
Jan. 5, 
Dec. 9, 
Nov. 25, 
Sept. 7. 
June 9, 
May 19, 
Mch. 29, 
July 2, 
April 3, 
Sept. 5, 
April i, 
Oct. 1 6, 
Oct. 28, 
June i, 
Feb. 14, 
Feb. ii, 



1873 
1878 

1879 
1780 
1840 
1874 
1861 
1825 
1782 
1802 
1802 
1829 
1774 

1789 
1881 
1863 
1882 
1861 
1871 
1874 
1822 
1826 
1832 
1866 
1867 
1878 
1882 
1812 
1870 
1882 
1838 
1882 
1848 
1844 
1870 
1821 

1873 
1831 
1858 
1860 
1799 
1848 
1876 
1874 

1839 
1865 



252 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Brinckle, Joshua Gordon, 

William Henry, 
Brinton, John Hill, 
John Hill, 
John Ferree, 
John Steinmetz, 
Joseph P., 

Britton, John Blodget, 
Broad hurst, Joseph J., 
Brockden, Charles, Master 
Brock, Charles Henry, 
John Penn, 
John William, 
Brodhead, John, 
Richard, 

Brodie, Robert Coburn, Jr., 
Brooke, Charles Wallace, 
Charles W:, 
Francis M., 
Brooks, George Ethan, 
Broom, Jacob, Jr., 

James Madison, 
Broomall, John Martin, 

William Booth, 
Bromley, Byron Gordon, 
Brotherton, James, 
Brown, Alexander E., 
Charles J., 
David Boyer, 
David Paul, Author i 
David Paul, Jr., 
Eugene, A. B., 
Francis Shunk, 
Henry Armitt, 
Henry C., 
Henry Pitcher, 
Isaac Newton, 
Isaiah H., 
John A., 

John Douglass, Jr., 
Milton Harrington, 
Mortimer Harris, 
Nathaniel Putnam, 
Robert Eden, 
William Linn, 
William Maxwell, 
William Ross, 



, d. Afl. 28, 1880, a 55 


Feb. 7, 1846 


d. May 23, 1851, a. 2Q 


Sept. 5, 1843 


d. May 7, 1827, a. 55 


July 16, 1793 


Chester Co. Bar, Oct. 6, 1832 


April 8, 1863 


d. Nov. 15, 1878,0. jr 


June 17, 1851 


d. Aug. 18, 1825, a. 27 


Jan. 9, 1822 




Sept. 13, 1856 




Oct. 4, 1843 




April 3, 1875 


< of Rolls, d. Oct. 20, 7769, a. q5% 


About . 1713 




April n, 1863 


d. July 3, 1881, a. 58 


Dec. 20, 1845 




Feb. 23, 1878 


d.Jan. 13, 1871 


Feb. 8, 1845 




June 5, 1875 


Jr., 


Nov. i, 1879 


d. Oct. 22, 1849, a - 37 


June 21, 1834 


New York City Bar 


Oct. 15, 1859 




Sept. 24, 1859 




June 24, 1882 


M. C., d. Nov., i8t>4, a. 57 


April 30, 1832 


d.Jan. 15, 1850, a. 73 


Mch. 16, 1818 


M. C., Delaware Co., Fa. 


Mch. W i8, 1882 


Chester, Pa. 


April 12, 1879 




June 30, 1877 




June 30, 1794 


Easton,Pa. 


Nov. 14, 1825 




June 26, 1820 




Dec. 23, 1859 


y> Orator, d. July n, 1872, a. 76 


Sept. 4. 1816 


d. Feb. i, i8(x), a. 40 


Mch. 7, 1850 




Dec. 27, 1873 




June 7, 1879 


d. Attg. 21, 1878, a. 34 


Dec. 1 8, 1869 




June 30, 1877 




April i, 1876 




June 2, 1856 




Sept. 30, 1871 




June 7, 1873 


i 


Oct. i, 1881 


1 , d. Nov. 2, 1878, a. 33 


Sept. 21, 1868 




June i, 1872 


, d. Feb. 21, 1854, a 36 


Sept. 8, 1847 




Nov. 8, 1851 




April 27, 1835 




Sept. 10, 1789 




June 14, 1879 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



253 



d. Mch. 26, 1850, a. 8t 

Ly coming Co. 
d. Aug. 27, 1881 



Browne, Aquila Arrell, 
A. K., 

George Blight, 
Horace Gustavus, 
Horace G., 

Nathaniel Borradaile, d. Mch. 13, 1873, a. sb 
Peter Arrell, d.jan. 7, isbo, a. 78 

Peter Arrell, 
William C., 
William Hardcastle, 

Browning Abraham, Atty-Gen. New Jersey 

Bruglar, James K. , 
Brumni, Charles N. , 

Bryan, George, j. s. c., a. Jan. 27, 17^1, a. bo 

Henry DeLancey, 

J. HerVCy, d. May 15, 1870, a. 42 

Bryant, George Washington, 

Tiberius Jefferson, 
Buchanan, James, Jr., d. June 16,1871 

Buck, Jerome, New York City Bar 

Buckley, Clement Adam, d. i8t>8, a. 78 

Daniel Penrose, Capt. u. s. v., d. i8bz, a. 27 

Franklin Pierce, 

George E., 
Buckwalter, Charles, 
Budd, George Davis, 

Henry, Jr., 

Isaac Davis, Jr., 

James Fletcher, 

John S., 

Thomas Allibone, 

Thomas Allibone, Jr., 

Walter J., 
Bulkley Chauncey, 
Bull, George, 

James Hunter, 

William Meade, 
Bullard, Henry Adams, 1 

Orson Flagg, 
Bullitt, John Christian, 

Thomas W., 

William Christian, 
Bullock, Charles K., 
Bunell, Peter C., 
Bunting, Joseph Turnpenny, 
Burd, Edward, d. July 24,1833,1.84. 

. ' M. C. & J. S. C. of Louisiana. 
33 



d. Aug. 3, 1868, a. 29 
d. Feb. 14, 1874, a. 31 

d. June zq, tSjq, a. 30 



d. June I, 1872, a. 74 

d. May 23, 1860, a. b2 
Chester County, Pa. 

d. April 17, i8ji, a. 70 
Delaware Co. 



Mch. 13, 1816 
Nov. 2, 1865 
Sept. 10, 1845 
Sept. 21, 1830 
Mch. 14, 1857 
April 13, 1842 
Mch. 7, 1803 
Dec. 15, 1860 
Sept. 3, 1827 
May 6, 1865 
June 8, 1833 
April 8, 1865 
Dec. 22, 1875 
Before . 1777 
Sept. 20, 1862 
Sept. 26, 1857 
April 12, 1879 
Sept. 13, 1826 
May 2, 1859^ 
May 31, 1856 
June 7, 1814 
July 3, 1858 
July 2, 1881 
Oct. 8, 1870 
Feb. n, 1862 
May 6, 1865 
July 8, 1871 
April 12, 1851 
April 27, 1872 
June 13, 1868 
June 12, 1819 
May 26, 1860 
Jan. 9, 1852 
May 20, 1822 
Sept. 19, 1863 
July 9, 1840 
Mch. 10, 1846 
June 6, 1812 
Jan. 24, 1874 
June 4, 1849 
June 22, 1861 
Dec. 8, 1879 
April 18, 1860 
May 3, 1828 
June 26, 1880 
Apltermi774* 



2.14 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Burd, Edward Shippen, d. Sept. n, 1848, a. 70 

Burden, Clarence, 

Burgess, Joseph W., 

Burgin, Charles Francis, 

Burke, Andrew, 

Burnham, Horace B., carbondau 

Burnett, William Henry, 

Burns, William, 

Burnside, Thomas, /. s. c., d. Mch. 25, 1851, a 68 

Burr, Edward E., 

Burritt, Loren, 

Burroughs, Joseph Ho well, 

William, 

Burt, Horace Brooke, 
Burton, Arthur Milby, 

John A., 
Busch, Chauncey H., 

Henry Ernest, 

Bush, George Washington, Norristown 

Bushell, Edward, 
Bustilt, Samuel, 
Buzby, Duncan Lawrence, 

George Long, 
Byerly, Edmund, 
Byrne, Henry, 

Henry Carman, 

Martin, 

Martin J., 

Peter, 
Byrnes, Jacob F., 

Thomas Francis, 

William J., 



Cadwalader, John, 

John, 

John, Jr., 

Richard McCall, 

Thomas, 

Cadwallader, Jacob A., 
Caldcleugh, William George, d. NOV. 22, 1872, a. tx> 



Huntingdon 
J., d. Jan. 26, 1879, a - 74 



d. Oct. 26, 1841, a. 62 



Calder, James, 
Caldwell, John, 
Callender, Robert, 
Callis, John W., 
Galloway, Wilber F., 
Calvert, Graham, 
Camac, William Masters, 
Cameron, William B., 



of Maryland 



Dec. 2, 
Jan. n, 
May 20, 
Sept. 5, 
May 1 8, 
Oct. 30, 
Jan. 27, 
Jan. 12, 
Feb. 4, 
Nov. 26, 
April 2, 
June 27, 
May 1 4, 
June 30, 
Oct. n, 
Dec. 15, 
April 9, 
Jan. 9, 
June 29, 
Mch. 8, 
Before . 
June 28, 
Sept. 7, 
Nov. n, 
Sept. 20, 

Oct. 2, 

April 6, 
Dec. 22, 
Jan. 5, 
Feb. n, 
Feb. 7, 
Oct. 29, 

June , 
Sept. 29, 
Nov. 5, 
May 7, 
Dec. , 
Nov. 7, 
Oct. 15, 
Before . 
June , 
Sept. , 
June 9, 
Nov. 26, 
May 8, 
June 24, 
Nov. n, 



1800 
1862 

1843 
1849 

1833 
1855 
1872 
1813 
1804 
1870 
1870 
1874 

1853 
1877 
1851 
1856 
1870 
1858 
1861 
1849 

1775 
1873 
1840 

1843 
1813 
1813 
1878 
1866 
1863 

1854 
1880 
1881 

1789 
1825 
1864 
1864 
1801 
1864 
1834 
1747 
1783 
1799 
1866 
1870 
1858 
1826 
1848 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



255 



d. Oct. 23, 1810 
I.June II, iSsS, " 73 

P. M., Gen., Atty-Gen. &> J. 

M. C. Schuylkill County 
M. C., d. Jan. ic), fS6S, a. 68 



d. Mch. 20, 1874, a. 60 



Campbell, Alexander Dallas, 

Benjamin Harbeson, 

Charles, 

Edward Simpkins, 

George, 1 

George, 2 

James, 

James, 

James Hepburn, 

John Hull, 

John Hugh, 

John Marie, 

John, 

Louis Dale, 

Neal Francis, 

Parker, 

St. George Tucker. 

Winfield Scott, 
Canning, Matthew, 
Cannon, Moses, 
Canonge, John Francis, 
Cantrell, Francis Scoffin, 
Cardeza, James W. M., 
Cardozo, Isaac Nunez, 
Carey, Alfred L., 

Joseph Maull, 
Carlile, John Daniels, 
Carlisle, James Don, 
Carmick, Richard, 
Carothers, Andrew, 
Carpenter, Jacob, 

James Edward, 
Carr, George Bradford, 

Lewis, 

Samuel Barton, 

William Wilkins, 
Carrell, Edwin Louis, 
Carroll, Patrick Edward, 
Carson, Hampton Lawrence, Jr., 

John, l>. Philadelphia, 1773 

James, Franklin Co. 

James, 

Carter, Paul Beck, Delaware Co. Bar 

Carty, Jerome, 
Carver, Charles, 



Carlisle Bar 



Major U. S. V. 



d.June rj, 1830, a. 24 



May 18, 1867 
Oct. n, 1827 
Feb. 14, 1857 
Sept. 13, 1845 
Apl. 13,1768* 
June 6, 1803 
June 9, 
Sept. 14, 
Oct. 26, 
Feb. i, 
April 4, 
May 31, 
Sept. 24, 1870 
Dec. 4, 1880 
Mch. 6, 1862 
Sept. 
July 6, 
Jan. 5, 
April 12, 1851 
April , 1805 
Dec. 20, 1814 
April 14, 1866 
Oct. 5, 1878 
June 26, 1844 
April 27, 1867 
June 22, 1867 
Oct. 29, 1881 
Oct. 3, 1849 
May 6, 1791 
Sept. , 1805 
April , 1792 



1788 

1833 
1867 
1823 
1868 
1873 



1793 
1835 
1878 



21, 

15 



20, 



Oct. 
Sept. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
May 
Sept. 3, 
Oct. 19, 
-April 4, 
Dec. , 
Oct. 25, 
April 15, 1816 
April -6, 1853 
Nov. 17, 1866 
May 2, 1874 



1865 

1873 
16, 1839 
30, 1871 
1876 
1827 
1867 
1874 
1797 
1790 



Register of Wills; ail Irish lawyer; came to Philadelphia in 1765. 
2 Librarian of the Library Co. of Philad'a, 1806 to 1829. Father and son. 



256 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Carver, Jacob Henry, 

Samuel, 

Casey, Edward W., 
Cass, Patrick, 
Cassat, Daniel, 
Cassidy, Lewis Cochran, 

Lewis, 
Castle, James Howard, 

Horace, 

Castor, Jesse V., 
Catlin, Charles, 

Putnam, 
Cattell, Henry S., 
Caven, Joseph Lewis, 

Samuel Edward, 
Chalfant, Robert D., 
Chamberlaine, Joseph E. M., 
Chambers, David, 

Francis Taylor, 

James Cruthers, 

Col. Stephen, 1 
Chambley, George H., 
Chandler, Charles H., 
Chapman, Abraham, 

Henry, 

Seth, 

Chapron, John Bernard, 
Chase, Edwin Theodore, 
Chauncey, Charles, 

Charles, Jr., 

Elihu, 

Nathaniel, 

Chesnut, John Howell, 
Chester, Henry, 
Cheston, Thomas Convin 
Cheves, Langdon, 2 
Chew, Benjamin, 

Benjamin, Jr., 

Benjamin (3rd), 

Joseph Tilghman, 

Samuel, 

Samuel, Jr., 

Cheyney, Francis "Hickman, 
Child, John Gilbert Mini, 
Childe, Edward Vernon, 
Childs, Louis Moore, 

1 Shot in a duel by Dr. Rieger. 



Atty-Gen. of Pa. 

. d. Mch. 12, 1878, a. too 
Denver, Colorado 

Wilkes-Barre 
Wilkes-Barre 



d Jan. 2b, iS(x), a. 23 
d. May ib, 1780,, Lancaster 



Doylestown 

P J. &> M.C., Bucks Co. 
P.J., Bradford 

d. iSbb 
Commissioner in Bankruptcy 

Capt. U. S. V. 
d. Aug. jo, iSjf), a. 73 
Cashier Bank of Pa., d. Apl. 7, 1847 



d. June 26, 1848, a. 55 
drowned Nov. 30, 1882 
d. June 25, 1857, a. 81 
C. J., d. Jan. 20, 1810, a. & 
d. Apl. jo, 1844, a. 8b 
d. Aug. 17, 1864, tt. 71 

d. Aug. 21, 1841, a 47 



d. Feb. s, 1864, a. 23 



April 17, 1875 
Nov. 12, 1845 
Oct. 27, 1831 
Sept. i, 1845 
June , 1794 
Nov. 7, 1849 
Dec. 18, 1875 
Oct. 3, 1838 
June 12, 1875 
Sept. 12, 1818 
Dec. 23, 1813 
Mch. 8, 1796 
May 24, 1879 
April 20, 1861 
Feb. 15, 1873 
July 5, 1856 
May 31, 1873 
Mch. 9, 1865 
July 7, 1877 
Feb. n, 1865 
Mch. 6, 1779 
Dec. 6, 1873 
May 3, 1856 
Oct. , 1790 
May 9, 1825 
Sept. 17, 1791 
Sept. 8, 1845 
May 2, 1849 
Dec. 7, 1861 
Jan. 7, 1799 
April i, 1800 
April n, 1811 
June 14, 1879 
In prac., 1822 
June 30, 1877 
April i, 1823 
Sept. t, 1746* 
June , 1786 
Mch. 27, 1815 
June 9, 1828 
April 8, 1816 
Mch. 31, 1855 
May 1 6, 1868 
April 12, 1862 
Feb. n, 1833 
June 29, 1878 



Norristown 

3 President Bank of the U. S. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 257 

Chilton, Harris Jones, Oct. 21, 1865 

Chipman, Edgar M., Feb. n, 1860 

Chism, Isaac, Norristo-wn Sept. 30, 1882 

Chorraann, Charles Henry James, Dec. 27, 1873 

Christian, Frank S., Dec. 6, 1875 

Chubb, Samuel, Jr., Sept. 19, 1863 

Churchman, James, Mch. 4, 1835 

Claggett, William, Sept. , 1793 

Clair, Benjamin E., Sept. 17, 1864 

Clapp, Benjamin Franklin, Jan. 29, 1876 

Clark, Charles Gordon, Nov. 15, 1843 

George Stephenson, April 29, 1871 

James, Nov. 22, 1844 

James Edward, Jan. 21, 1882 

John Alexander, May 24, 1856 

John, Oct. , 1779 

Marvin E., Sept. 17, 1859 

William H., Nov. 5, 1842 

Clarke, Charles Percy, Oct. 14, 1859 

John J., June 12, 1880 

Joseph A., . Direct'ry 1829 

Thomas, Atty-Gen. of Pa. Before . 1706 

Clarkson, George, d. API. 3, 1804, a. 32 Mch. 9, 1793 

Gerardus, d. Feb. 21,1864 April 27, 1848 

Joseph Gibbons, d. Jan. 14, 1832, a. 48 Dec. 14, 1824 

Claxton, William Rehn, Sept. 21, 1872 

Clay, Alfred Glover, Oct. 23, 1880 

Edward Williams, d. Dec. 31,1857,1. 59 Mch. 12, 1825 

Harry Gibbs, April 10, 1858 

Joseph Ashmead, d. Mch. rs, /&?/, a. 75 Sept. 3, 1827 

Richard Wells, June 28, 1873 

Claypoole, George W., d. Jan. 4, 1845 Sept. 17, 1821 

Clayton, John, d. Mch. 14, 1881, a. 62 Sept. 7, 1840 

Thomas Jefferson, P. J. of Delaware Co. Jan. 7, 1852 

Cleeman, Ludovic Colquhoun, Dec. 7, 1863 

Clemson, William F., Oct. 3, 1833 

Clendenning, William H., Oct. 5, 1878 

Cleveland, Tread well, May 28, 1864 

Clifford, James L., Nov. 26, 1870 

Cline, Andrew J., Nov. i, 1824 

Clossey, Miles Franklin, May 18, 1815 

Cloud, Edward Harper, Dec. 30, 1882 

Cloyd, John, May 20, 1795 

Clymer, Daniel, Adm. Chester Co., Sept., nty Oct. 12, 1770* 

John Meredith, d.im 7 q8 July 26, 1793 

Thomas Willing, Aug. 18, 1826 

Coale, Edward G., April 3, 1799 



258 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Coates, John Reynell, d. Feb. 22, 1842, a. t>4 Jan. 3, 1799 

Kersey, April 15, 1854 

Louis Montgomery, April 12, 1862 

Coats, Lindsay, See Chester Co. Bar Nov. , 1764 

Coburne, John, j.,d. Feb. ,1823 Sept. , 1783 

Cochran, Henry, Dec. 2, 1859 

John, State Senator, d. Aug. 14,1882, a. 41 June IO, 1864 

Thomas, /VV Guarantee Trust Co. Dec. 2, 1854 

Cody, Francis Marion, Oct. 30, 1875 

Coffey, George Alexander, d. Feb. 20, i8b4, a. 43 May 12, 1855 

Coggins, Paschal H., Feb. 8, 1873 

Cohen, Emanuel Nov. 2, 1878 

Joseph. Simon, Proth'y s. c., d. Feb. 3, 1858 May 24, 1813 

Colahan, John Barry, April 15, 1843 

John Barry, Jr., May 22, 1869 

Colbert, Charles Stroud, July. 2, 1859 

Colehower, Charles W., April 27, 1861 

Coleman, Edward, d.juneb,i84i April 20, 1813 

Henry Phillips, June 17, 1882 

Henry Thomas, LL.D. April 7, 1847 

Robert, June 6, 1846 

Coles, Edward, Jr., June 8, 1859 

Colesberry, Alexander Purves, Sept. 21, 1868 

Collier, David L., d. Mck.jo, istx), a. 73 Feb. 20, 1869 

Collins, Daniel Marcus Marcellanus, Feb. 13, 1864 

George Constantine, d. MCA. 21, 1865, a. 53 Feb. 3, 1847 

George Francis Borgia, Oct. 6, 1862 

John, Gov. of Delaware, d. Apt. 15, 1822 June , 1796 

John MacMinn, Mch. 13, 1848 

William B., Nov. 25, 1871 

Collis, Charles Henry Tuckey, Bvt. M. G. v.,i8bs Feb. 5, 1859 

Collom, William Murray, Sept. 27, 1828 

Colton, John Harrison, Sept. 21, 1867 

Comegys, Walter Douglass, d. Dec. *>, 1877, a. ^9 Jan. 7, 1865 

Comingo, Edward G., June 18, 1881 

Comly, Harry R., April n, 1863 

Conard, Jesse, Dec. 21, 1821 

Conarroe, George Mecum, . May 14, 1853 

Condie, Thomas G., d. jui y 21,1834,0.33 Sept. 12,1818 

Condy, Jeremiah, June 5, 1799 

Jonathan Williams, d. Sept. /j, 1828, a. & May 4, 1791 

Conkle, William Henry, Mch. 12, 1861 

Conner, James A., Sept. 28, 1872 

Connellan, John Henry, Sept. 5, 1870 

Connolly, M. Daniel, April 22, 1871 

Conrad, Cornelius, Feb. n, 1865 

Robert Taylor, 1 j.,d. June 27, 1858, a. 48 Dec. 6, 1830 

'Judge, Mayor and Author. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



259 



Conrad, Samuel, 

Conrow, Franklin G., d. Aug. 13, 1871 
George E. B., d. NOV. 7,1881, a. 27 

George N., . Camden 

Converse, Henry Augustus, 

Conway, William W., 

Conyngham, John Nesbitt, P. J , d. Feb. 24, 1871, a. 72 

Cook, Joel, Jr., 

John, 

William N., 
Cookman, George G., 

Cookson , Thomas, Lancaster, d. Mch. 30, 1753, a. 43 

Coombs, R. Duncan, 
Cooper, Dr. Colin Campbell, 

Charles W., 

James Calvin, 

Philip, 

Samuel W., 

Dr. Thomas, 

William Daniel, 

.William Burr, 
Cope, Charles S., 

James Biddle, 

George W., 
Copenhaver, William K., 

Corbin, Francis PortCUS, Of Virginia, d. Paris, 1876 

Corcoran, Daniel P., 

Corey, John, 

Corfield, Edward Dixon, 

William, 

Corlies, Samuel Fisher, 
Cornman, Oliver Perry, 

Samuel Augustus, d. Mch. 6, 1873, a. 33 

Correy, John, See Currie, in S. C. List, Sept. 30, 1778 

Corry, James Clark, 
Corrigan, Thomas M., 
Corson, Charles Follen, 

George Norman, 

Samuel Maulsby, 

Robert Thprnton, 
Costa, George Schaffer, 
Costello, Joseph C., 
Coulston, Joseph Warren, 
Coult, John H., 
Coulter, John A., 
Coulthurst, Matthew, 
Cousin, Anatole, 



J., d. May n, 1859, a - 
d. 1875, a,- 59 



See Biddle- Cope 
Colorado 



Norristoivn 



Sept. 27, 1814 
Oct. 17, 1868 
April i, 1876 
Feb. 13, 1869 
Sept. 20, 1862 
Dec. 5, 1881 
Feb. 12, 1820 
April ii, 1863 
Oct. , 1789 
Mch. 14, 1868 
Feb. 28, 1880 
Before . 1743 
April 10, 1869 
Aug. ii, 1838 
May 8, 1847 
June 30, 1877 
April i, 1882 
June 18, 1881 
Oct. 9, i 00 
Dec. 28, 1839 
Oct. 13, 1877 
Nov. 1 8, 1825 
Oct. n, 1873 
April 5, 1873 
June 19, 1880 
April 15, 1823 
April 9, 1881 
Jan. 28, 1822 
June 8, 1803 
July 2, 1831 
Sept. 20, 1851 
Feb. 6, 1858 
Mch. 7, 1859 
Oct. 9, 1765* 
June 26, 1880 
Nov. 12, 1870 
Mch. 14, 1868 
Oct. 20, 1880 
Feb. i, 1863 
Feb. 8, 1879 
Oct. 8, 1881 
Dec. 27, 1852 
May 12, 1862 
Jan. 10, 1852 
June 29, 1867 
Jan. 22, 1783 
Oct. 2, 1830 



260 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Cox, Albert William, 

Charles J., 

Isaac N., 

Jesse, Jr., 

John, 

John, Jr., 

John Bellangee, 

William Sitgreaves, Jr., 
Coxe, Alexander Sidney, 

Brinton, 

Charles Sidney, 

Daniel, 

Edmund Sidney, 

Edward D., 

John D., P.J. 

John, 

Richard Smith. 1 

Robert Davison, 

Tench. 

Coyle, Alexander Cooke, 
Crabbe, William H., 
Craig, John N., 

William W., 
Craige, George S., 

William C., 

Craik, George Washington. 
Cramond, Henry, 
Crans, Peter, Jr., 
Crawford, Alexander C., 

Charles, 

George Lewis, 

James, Jr., 

John S., 

Creed, William P., 
Creeley, John V., 
Cregar, Philip Augustus, 
Crimsheir, John Button, 
Crist, Alfred, 

Jacob Haines, 
Crittenden, Joel Parker, 

Salmon H., 

Samuel W., 

Croasdale, Robert Ramsey, 
Croghan, St. George, 
Crosby, Franklin, 
Cross, George Knowles, 

1 Author of Digest of Decisions of the U. S. Courts, 1829. 





Mch. 3, 1877 




June 4, 1812 




May 26, 1820 




Dec. 1 6, 1865 


Continuance Docket, 1775 


Died . 1768 


d. 1847, f. 03 


Mch. 8, 1780 




July 9, 1864 


Jr. , now Wm. Cox 


June 19, 1844 


J., d. Oct. 31, 1821, a. 31 


Mch. 5, 1812 




May 30, 1855 


J., d. Nov. IQ, i87Q, a. 89 


June i, 1812 


Trenton, N.J., d. 1827 


Oct. 8, 1765* 


d. May s, i8bi, a. bi 


April 16, 1821 


d. Oct. 3, i8i<), a. zb 


Dec. 20, 1814 


, C. P., d. Oct. 17, 1824, a. 72 


About . 1776 


Trenton, N. J. 


Sept. 26, 1749* 


Washington, D. C. 


Dec. ii, 1812 




Oct. 19, 1861 


d. July ib, 1824, a. bq 


Sept. 21, 1804 




June 4, 1847 




Oct. 14, 1848 




May 10, 1851 




Dec. 6, 1877 




April 3, 1844 




Sept. 13, 1876 


. Virginia, d. May 28, 1808 


Mch. 8, 1796 




June 7, 1831 




April 15, 1837 




July 2, 1877 




April 14, 1789 




Feb. 24, 1855 




Sept. , 1803 




Jan. n, 1823 




Mch. 12, 1835 


M. C. 


April 12, 1862 


d. July 2Q, 1881, a. 67 


Oct. 3, . 1842 




July 13, 1779 


of Bethlehem, Pa. 


June 5, 1858 




May 28, 1 88 1 




June* 26, 1880 




May 5, 1860 




April 10, 1852 


i 


June 15, 1867 


S 


May 6, 1846 


Author of Form-Book 


June 30, 1858 




Sept. 24, 1870 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



261 



CrOSS, Thomas, Crosse? d. before 1775 

William, 

Crothers, William S., 
Crowe, James, 
Crowell, Howard R., 

John Presgrove, d. Oct. 30, 1822, a. 27 

Thomas E., 

William J., 
Croxall, Carroll, 

Daniel C., 
Crump, George, 
Culbertson, Samuel W., 
Culver, Daniel, 
Cummings, Alexander, 
Cummins, (Rev.) Alexander Griswold, 

Ebenezer Hazard, 
Cunningham, Francis Aloysius, 

W. Ross, 
Curren, Louis R. , 

Currie, John, Chester Co. Bar 

Curry, John, See Carry and Currie 

Curtis, Thomas C., 

Custigen, Francis, d. before 1755 

Custis, Alfred Franklin, 

Cutler, Alexander R., 

Cuyler, Theodore, 



LL.D., d. API. 5, 1876, a. S7 



Thomas De Witt, 



Dale, Richard Colgate, J r -, 

Dallas, Alexander James, 1 d. Jan. ib, 1817, a. 

George Mifflin, 2 

George Mifflin, Jr., 

Phillip Nicklin, 

Stuart George, 

Trevanion Borda, 
Daly, Timothy Martin, 

Eugene S. , 
Daniels, Benjamin, 
Darling, John Vaughan, 
Darlington, Edward, 

Isaac, 
Darrach, Henry, 

Thomas, 

Darragh, John F., 
David, Edward W. , d. July 26, 1863, a. 53 



d. Dec. 31, 1864, a. 73 
d. Mch. 14, 1866, a. 41 
P. J., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Wilkes-Barre 

M. C. , Delaware Bar 

P.J., d. Apl. 27, 1839, a - S8 



Before . 1742* 
Sept. , 1778 
June 4, 1838 
Mch. 19, 1881 
Feb. n, 1860 
Mch. 2, 1820 
April 25, 1839 
Nov. 20, 1869 
April 6, 1850 
Dec. 13, 1823 
June 8, 1861 
Sept. , 1801 
Nov. .9, 1827 
June 15, 1872 
May 20, 1854 
April 7, 1818 
Jan. 4, 1879 
April 10, 1849 
Sept. 28, 1872 
May , 1764 
July 13, 1779 
June 14, 1879 
Before . 1775 
Oct. 30, 1875 
Feb. 4, 1862 
Oct. 9, 1841 
Mch. 17, 1876 

June 5, 1875 
' Aug. 3, 1785 
April 14, 1813 
Oct. 13, 1860 
Sept. 12, 1846 
Aug. i, 1785 
Oct. 6, 1820 
Feb. 26, 1876 
Jan. 4, 1879 
Sept. 16, 1867 
Sept. 9, 1865 
Sept. n, 1835 
Dec. , 1801 
May 20, 1876 
Mch. 8, 1807 
June 25, 1870 
June 16, 1832 



1 Secretary of the U. S. Treasury. 

2 Attorney-General of Pa., Vice-President of the United States, &c. 

34 



262 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

David, S. Grafton, Nov. 13, 1880 

Davids, Hugh, April 22, 1848 

Davidson, William B. d. Dec. 27. 1831, a 29 April 15, 1823 

Davies, Samuel, May 26, 1860 

Davis, Charles, Nov. 4, 1865 

Edmund, May 6, 1873 

ElishaW., Coi. u. s. Vois. Oct. 8, 1870 

Ernest H., Feb. 4, 1882 

George Harry, Dec. 15, 1864 

Oliver Wilson, Jan. n, 1851 

Pardon, d. Dec. 28, 1875. a. so May 31, 1825 

Rees, Jan. 19, 1869 

Samuel, Feb.' 28, 1821 

Samuel, Feb. i, 1804 

Samuel M., Oct. 24, 1842 

Sussex Delaware, Jan. n, 1862 

William Price, April 15, 1843 

Dawson, George B., Nov. 16, 1818 

James, Oct. 7, 1846 

Day, Frederick, Nov. n, 1871 

Thomas Jefferson, Nov. 20, 1869 

Dayton, William Berrien, d. Mch. 30,1881^.43 Oct. 20, 1866 

Dazley, Henry Joseph, Nov. 3, 1877 

DeArmond, Richard Chambers, d. Feb. 7, 1865, a. 46 April n, 1845 

DeCamp, George W., Nov. 20, 1867 

DeForrest, Othniel, Nov. 7, 1849 

De La Motta, Jacob E., Jan. 8, 1859 

Delaplaine, James, d. AU&. 77, 1780, a. 45 About . 1749 

DeSaussure, Henry William, s<wtk Carolina Sept. , 1793 

Wilson O., May 14, 1878 

De Victor, Joel Henry, Oct. 23, 1880 

Dean, Mills, Dec. 3, 1870 

William F., Nov. 8, 1823 

Dechert, Henry Martyn, Feb. n, 1854 

Henry Taylor, Sept. 19, 1881 

Robert Porter, Bvt. u. Coi. & Maj. zqtk P. v. Nov. 17,1866 

Dedrick, George Washington, d. May 9 , 1878, a. 40 July 2, 1859 

Dehaven, Peter, July 18, 1797 

Deimling,. Francis Christopher, Col. u. s. V.,MO. Dec. 19, 1857 

Deiss, George Theodore, May 13, 1865 

Delany, Daniel, 1 See Nnv Trade Directory of 1800 May 13, 1790 

William, d. May a, iSzz, a. JQ Sept.. 19, 1806 

William, Jr., d. 1846,0. 33 Jan. 7, 1833 

Delp, George, Oct. 7, 1865 

Denney, David C., Feb. 3, 1872 

George W., Feb. 3, 1872 

1 In Williams' list it is Daniel J. Delany. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



263 



Dennis, (Rev.) William L., d. juiy.s, 2874, a. 63 April n, 1853 

Deringer, Clarence, Washington, D. c. May 25, 1872 

Reginald Calhoun, Dec. 23, 1876 

Derr, Andrew F., Nov. 2, 1878 

Desmond, Daniel J., Con-Gen.for Rome, & c .,d. July sb, 1849 Feb. 9, 1818 

Dever, Patrick Francis Xavier, Feb. 27, 1875 

Deveretix, John James, May 5, 1838 

Devine, John Butler, Feb. 24, 1872 

Dewees, William, Sept. , 1799 

Dewitt, D. C., Mch. n, 1875 

Dick, Archibald Thomas, d. Aug. 13, 1837 Feb. 14, 1818 

Franklin Archibald, Feb. i, 1865 

Thomas Barnard, d.Api.zi.iSn Oct. 25, 1790 

Dickerson, Joseph Richardson, d. API. 7,1882, a. bz Mch. 16, 1844 

Louis Howard, July 6, 1878 

Mahlon, Atty-Gen., d. Oct. 3,jSj3^a. 82 June 10, 1797 

William Richardson, May 20, 1837 

Dickeson, Auxencico M. P. V. H., June 15, 1867 

Dickey, John M. Cresson, Feb. 8, 1865 

Dickinson, John, d. Feb. 14,1808,^73 About . 1753 

Philemon , u. s. D.J. , d. Dec. 10, iSbz, a. 74 June 3 , 1 8 1 1 

William Henry, Chester, Pa. June 27, 1879 

Dickson, Frederick Stoever, . Nov. 22, 1873 

Samuel, Oct. 2, 1858 

Levi Taylor, May 25, 1872 

Diehl, Edward Clarke, Commissioner c. P. April 14, 1860 

Nicholas, May 7, 1791 

Thomas, Adm. as T. j. D .jr. Nov. 4, 1882 

Thomas Jacoby, Nov. i, 1851 

Dillaye, Stephen D., April 3, 1875 

Diller, Adam H., d. Dec. 21, 1848, Springfield, in. June 17, 1848 

Dillingham, Charles Chauncey, May 21, 1853 

William H., d. Dec. 11,1834, a. bs Nov. 16, 1811 

Dilworth, William T., Oct. 20, 1855 

Dimond, Francis, d. July 13,1831 Dec. 16, 1845 

Dittmann, Peter Frederick, d. API. 12, i8?b, a. 44 April 9, 1864 

Matthew, Jan. 31, 1880 

Divine, William S., Sept. 25, 1880 

Dixon, Alexander James Dallas, June 28, 1873 

Edwin Saunders, June 25, 1870 

Henry, May 23, 1794 

Samuel Gibson, June 30, 1877 

Dobbins, James, Sept. , 1801 

Dobson, Zachariah Poulson, d. May 30, 1873 Mch. 14, 1857 

Dodson, Robert B., d. June 14,1870, a. b 3 Mch. 26, 1831 

Dolman, James P., Dec. 10, 1881 

John, June 30, 1860 



264 MAKTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Dolman, John, Jr., April 9, 1881 

Domsler, George D., Oct. 5, 1878 

Donagan, Richard, Capt.u.s. v.,d. MCA. 30,1874,0.63 April 18, 1846 

Donath, James Anthony, d. Mch. 27, im, a. t>s Nov. 21, 1825 

Donnelly, Ignatius, M. c.,Lt. GW. Minn.. 1863 Feb. 12, 1853 

Doran, Joseph Ingersoll, April 29, 1865 

Joseph Michael, j.,d.juneb,i8sq,a.^q April 3, 1824 

Dorman, Harry C., Jan. 29, 1870 

Dorr, Benjamin Dalton, June 4, 1870 

Dorrance, George Morris, June 23, 1860 

DosPaSSOS, John R., New York Bar, Author Sept. 4, 1865 

Doster, William Emile, Bethlehem, Pa., M. G. YOU. Nov. 3, 1879 

Doty, Lucian Wilson, Greensburg, Pa. April 3, 1875 

Dougherty, Daniel, May 2, 1849 

Daniel Webster, Sept. 28, 1878 

George L., May 5, 1849 

Joseph, d. June 8, 1854, 3* Mch. 21, 1846 

Joseph Nesbit, June 14, 1879 

Martin J., Mch. 21, 1846 

Michael J., d. Aug. 24, 1873, <* 40 Oct. i, 1853 

William Forney, June 30, 1877 

Theophilus Felix, Sept. 24, 1801 

Douglass, Alonzo Potter, April 23, 1873 

George Lyon, April- 10. 1875 

(Rev.) Jacob Morgan, d. May 11,1876,0.83 May 2, 1815 

Dowding, Joseph, d. before 1755 Before . 1775 

Downing, Charles Hughes, Jr., April 9, 1864 

Doyle, James Archer Barclay, d. Feb. 14, istq, a. 35 June 28, 1856 

Drake, Roger Dillon, Dec. 30, 1826 

Drayton, William Heyward, Oct. 22, 1842 

William, Dec. 2, 1874 

Drinker, Henry S., April 7, 1877 

John, Jr., June 3, 1805 

Thomas Barton, Oct. 15, 1840 

Driver, Alfred, Dec. 3, 1870 

Dropsie, Moses Aaron, Author Jan. n, 1851 

Drum, Bryon, d. NOV. b, 1815, a. 2 s July i, 1808 

Drummond, Thomas, Mch. 2, 1833 

Drury, Edward W., July 21, 1792 

Duane, William John, Sec'y Treasury, d. Sep. 27, rSbs.a.ss June 4, 1815 

William, Author, d. NOV. 4, 1882,0.75 Jan. 18, 1830 

Dubs, Joseph Ross, Boston June 8, 1872 

Thomas Cadwalader, NewYork aty Jan. 6, 1866 

DuBois, Harrison Dixon, June 24, 1876 

Henry M., Nov. 18, 1876 

Samuel M., d. Dec. 12, iSsg, <*. ^ Mch. 15, 1856 

Dubuisson, Charles L., 1 Oct. 5, 1833 

1 This name is incorrectly spelled on page 230. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



265 



Duer, John, West Chester, Pa.,d. 1827, a. 4^ Jan. 19, 1803 

Duff, John Agnew, Jan. 13, 1866 

Thomas, Sept. 29, 1790 

Duffield, George, y... u. s. c., Ter. of Orleans 1805 July 21, 1792 

John DaVis, Oct. 12, 1867 

(Col.) Thos. Wilmerton, Jr., rf..i/<jy^/5o^,a.j2 June 3, 1836 

Duffy, Patrick, Feb. 3, 1872 

Dulany, Daniel, Deiany?d.Mch.iq,i7qrj,a.7b,Md. May 13, 1790 

Dulles, Andrew Cheves, Dec. 6, 1859 

Perit, June 19, 1880 

William, Jr., June 19, 1880 

Duncan, Abner L., Feb. 26, 1798 

John Collins, April 9, 1876 

Joseph M., Oct. i, 1825 

Robert, April 24, 1792 

Samuel, Dec. , 1798 

Thomas, j. s. c.,d. NOV. 16,1827, Carlisle Sept. , 1782 

William F., Oct. 7, 1824 

Dlindas, James, Adm.asJ.H.D.,d.July4,i8bs,a.8o Oct. 4, 1809 

Dungan, James, Feb. 23, 1856 

Dunkin, Robert Henry, d. 1809 Jan. 31, 1791 

Dunlap, Thomas, -d. July //, is^, . 72 Sept. 4, 1816 

Dunlop, Andrew, ckambersburg June , 1786 

James, Chambersburg, Pa. April 26, 1856 

Dunn, William Henry, June u, 1845 

DuPonceau, Peter Stephen, LL.D.,d. Apt. 1,1844, 84 June 24, 1785 

Durar, Harold Cantelo, Jan. 17, 1876 

William Montague, May 31, 1873 

Dutton, Henry B., May . 8, 1858 

Duval, Gabriel Bertrand, July 13, 1844 

William B., Oct. 23, 1829 

Dwight, Thomas Bradford, /.<?. c.,d.Au S .3i,iS78,a.4t Dec. 10, 1861 

(Rev.) William T., Nov. 7, 1821 

Dyer, Isaac, Dec. 8, 1860 

Thomas, Jr., Dec. , 1803 

Eareckson, Charles C., Jr., Dec. 5, 1881 

Earl, Mark Antony, Nov. 14. 1840 

Earle, George Hussey, Jan. 27, 1845 

George Howard, Adm.asG.H.E.,jr. June 29, 1878 

Thomas, d. July 14, 1849,0. 54 April 2, 1825 

Early. Peter, GOV. Georgia April 21, 1795 

Earnest, Joseph, Jan. 27, 1838 

Easby, John H., Sept. 18, 1866 

Eastburn, Charles, June 10, 1839 

Hugh B., Mch. 19, 1870 

Joseph R., Jan. 25, 1836 



266 



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d. Nov. 21, 1830, a. 62 

d. Aug. q, i8tx>, a. 23 

Capt. loth U. S. Infantry 

j. c. r. 



Eastlack, Francis F., Jr., 

Eaton, James V. , d. NOV. 13, 1843, <* & 

Eby, John Daniel, 

Eckard, Frederick S., 

James Read, Montgomery Co. 

Eckstein, John, Jr., 
Edmunds, Henry Reeves, 

Edwards, David, Chester Co. Records, d. before 1 

John, Jr., d. Chester, June 25,1843 

John Hughes, d. Feb. 12, 1877, . 37 

Richard Stanislaus, 

Robert L., 

Samuel, 

Thomas Aquinas, 

William Aloysius, 

William Bain, 
Egbert, Harry C., 

H. Preston, 
Eichelberger, W. Hay, 
Elcock, Thomas Robert, 

Edward, 
Elder, John, 

Dr. William, Author and Editor , Somerset 

Eldridge, Griffith Morgan, 
Elliott, Frank S., 

William Townsend, 
Elwell, Isaac, 

Elwyn, Charles H. Langdon, 
Elsasser, Paul Marks, 
Elwes, Henry, Jr., 
Emlen, George, 

George, Jr., 

George, Jr., 
Emerson, John, 
Emory, M. J. Allan, 
England, James Barclay, 
Englehoffer, Charles, 
English, Charles Davis, 

Dr. Thomas Dunn, Poet and Author 

Ensign, Henry Legrand, 
Epple, Andrew, Jr., 
Erdman, Augustus Jacob, 

Preston K., 
Erety, George, 

Erichson, Christian Frederick, 
Ernst, William, 
Eshbach, Horace W., 



d. Aug. 27, 1850, a. 66 

d. June 7, 1853, a. 39 

d. 1735 



d. Apl. 12, 1875, a. 44 



d. Jan. 25, 1825 



d. Aug. 70,7567, a. b2 



June 3, 1882 

Oct. 3, 1842 

July 21, 1875 

Dec. 8, 1830 

NOV. 22, 1826 

Mch. 10, 1848 
Jan. 19, 1861 
In prac. 1744 
June 3, 1811 
Nov. 23, 1861 
May 31, 1873 
Oct. 22, 1870 
April 26, 1806 
June 26, 1880 
Feb. 6, 1858 
July 3, 1880 
Feb. n, 1860 
Mch. 10, 1866 
Feb. 17, 1872 
Sept. 8, 1859 
Apl. 25, 1772* 
Sept. 28, 1791 
Oct. 21, 1845 
Feb. 26, 1853 
June 17, 1882 
Nov. 9, 1878 
June 3, 1882 
Nov. 3, 1829 
Feb. 25, 1871 
Oct. 19, 1765* 
May 26, 1866 
June 15, 1808 
Oct. 12, 1835 
Before . 1735 
Oct. 7, 1876 
Sep. 7, 1846 
Dec. 5, 1864 
April 2, 1 88 1 
Oct. 7, 1843 
July 6, 1878 
Mch. 7, 1803 
Mch. 5, 1870 
Nov, 5, 1870 
Nov. 6, 1852 
Oct. 5, 1850 
Mch. 6, 1850 
July i, 1882 



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267 



d. May 26, 1841), a. 54. 
Late a Lieut. U. S. Navy 

Chester Co. Bar 



Reading, d. Sept. 6, 1847, a. 80 
Chester County 



Esler, Frederick Brown, 

Esling, Charles Henry Augustine, 

Espy, Augustus A., 

Josiah, 
Etting, Frank Marx, 

Gratz, 

Theodore Minis, 
Eva, William Elijah, 
Evans, Abel, 

Amos Henry, 

Benjamin, 

Benjamin R., 

Charles, 

Evan Rice, 

Elwood, 

Estwick, 

James. George, 

John, J. S. C., d. Dec. it, 1783, a. 54 

Manlius Glendower, d. June 2, 1879, 58 
Mason, 

Peter, d. May 25, 1745 

Rowland, 

Rowland Edanus, 

Samuel Rhoads, 
Ewing, John, 

John, Jr., 

Samuel, 

William, 
Eyre, Charles, 

Lincoln Lear, 

Wilson, 

Fackenthall, Alfred, Bucks Co., Api.zb,i8t>q 

Fahy, Thomas A., 

Fairlamb, Jonas Preston, d. Jan. 27, 1854, a 41 
Fallen, Christopher, d. July 6, 1863, a. ss 

Christopher Charles, 

Frank C., 

John, 

Faries, Edgar Dudley, 
Farley, Joseph Ignatius, 
Farquhar, George W., d. Feb. 23,1841) 

Farrell, Theodore Phillips, 
Fassitt, Edward Campbell, </. May 24, 1852, a. 40 

John Horace, 
Faunce, Benjamin N., 

John Egner, Speaker of the House, Pa., 18 



d. Apl. 14, 1866, a. 55 

d. Apl. 28, 28ft), a 39 

d. 1 830, a. 76 

d. Feb. 3, 1825, a. 41) 

d. 1810, a 47 



Feb. 26, 1876 
June 19, 1869 
Nov. n, 1837 
Sept. , 1803 
Oct. 10, 1857 
May 30, 1816 
June 14, 1879 
Mch. 5, 1881 
May , 1770 
June i 8, i 88 i 
April i, 1818 
Mch. 29, 1829 
June n, 1791 
Mch. 21, 1793 
April 3, 1850 
May 8, 1847 
June 21, 1856 
In prac. 1749 
April 15, 1843 
Nov. 26, 1870 
About . 1714 
April 10, 1869 
July 2, 1832 
Oct. 4, 1856 
Oct. 18, 1796 
Feb. 12, 1814 
Dec. 4, 1800 
Mch. , 1783 
May 19, 1866 
June 14, 1879 
June n, 1849 

June i 8, 1881 
June 1 6, 1880 
April 15, 1843 
Oct. 2, 1834 
Oct. 27, 1877 
June 5, 1875 
Mch. 6, 1841 
Oct. 2, 1880 
Jan. 31, 1880 
June 3, 1819 
Mch. n, 1882 
Sept. 16, 1834 
Dec. 28, 1878 
May 8, 1875 
Nov. n, 1865 



268 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Ca.pt. U. S. Army, J D. C. 
Armstrong Co. 

J. C. P. 

d. Feb 3, 1804 

d. May 5, 1879, a. 59 



Fayette, Pearson, 

Fell, David Nevvlin, Caf-t. u. 5. voh.,j. c. p. 

William Williams, d. Jan. 4,1874^.38 
Felton, Francis S., 
Fender, William Preston, 
Fenner, George, 
Fennimore, Nathaniel W., 
Fenton, Hector Tyndale, 

James Sterling, Jr., 

Joseph F., 

Ferguson, Joseph Cooper, 
Ferriere, James L., 
Ferris, Alfred Charles, 
Fessler, Philip G., 
Fife, Clayton B., 
Findlay, John King, 
Finlay, John B., 
Finletter, Robert W., 

Thomas Knight, 
Finny, Washington Lee, 
Fish, Asa Israel, 
Fisher, Benjamin Franklin, Bvt. B. G., u. s. 

George, Harrisburg 

George Harrison, 

Henry L., 

James Logan, 

Joseph Colefnan, 

Joshua Francis, 

Miers, 

Samuel Fox, 

Samuel Griffitts, 

Samuel Wilson, 

Sidney George, Author, d. July 23, 1871, a. t>3 

Sidney G., 

William, d. June 3, 1847 

William Righter. 

Fitler, Isaiah P., d. May 23,1868, a. 43 

Fitton, Walter H., 
Flaherty, James Augustine, 
Flanagan, John C., 

Joseph D., 

Flanigen, Edwin Gaw, 
Flanders, Alfred, 

Hen ry, Author Lives of Chief Justices, &c. 

Fletcher, Joseph Kennard, 
Leonard Randolph, 
Fling, Henry, d. NOV. 12, 1874 



d. Sept, 14, 1880, a. 77 

d. Jan. 21, 1873, a. 66 

d. in Russia, Mch. 12, i8l<) 

d. Dec. 28, 1849, a. 40 



April 17, 1841 
Mch. 17, 1866 
April n, 1863 
Oct. 8, 1859 
Dec. 5, 1881 
Jan. 23, 1858 
Sept. 8, 1849 
July 2, 1870 
Jan. 29, 1876 
Feb. 5, 1876 
Oct. 26, 1861 
Dec. 1 8, 1869 
June 27, 1863 
Oct. 28, 1876 
Sept. 17, 1866 
Dec. 6, 1851 
Jan. 26, 1863 
April 29, 1875 
Oct. 16, 1845 
Dec. 6, 1794 
Mch. 4, 1846 
Dec. 15, 1866 
June 9, 1788 
Mch. 29, 1873 
May 26, 1866 
July i, 1876 
Oct. 26, 1830 
Oct. 20, 1829 
Sept. 26, 1770* 
Oct. 14, 1841 
Nov. 12, 1831 
June 30, 1877 
Feb. 19, 1831 
Feb. 3, 1883 
Oct. 8, 1835 
Sept. 23, 1876 
Dec. 9, 1854 
Sept. 20, 1880 
Dec. 5, 1874 
July 1 8, 1828 
April 9, 1864 
Nov. u, 1882 
May 18, 1861 
May 28, 1853 
May 9, 1863 
Feb. 13, 1850 
Sept. 4, 1848 



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269 



Flint, John, 

Flood, Samuel Fayerweather, 

Floyd, Jesse L., 

Folwell, Jonathan Knight, 

Folz, Leon H., 

Fontanges, 'Frederick B. 

Ford, George, 

James Renee, 

Joseph Thomas, 
Foreman, Thomas Hall, 
Forrest, William Grayd 
Forster, Thomas, 
Foster, Alexander William, 

Charles Henry, Coi. 

Hudson S., 

James, 

William K., 
Foulke, William Green, 

William Parker, 

Richard Parker, 
Foulks, Charles T., 
Foust, Benezet F. , 
Fow, John Henry, 
Fowle, Jonathan, Jr., 
Fox, Daniel Miller, 

Edward John, 

Elijah J., 

George, 

Gilbert Rodman, 

Henry Korn, 

John, 

John, 

John Mickle, 

Joseph Mickle, 

Joseph Mickle, 

Samuel Mickle,- 

Samuel Mickle, 
Foy, Frank Augustine, 
Fraley, Joseph Cresson, 
Francis, John, 

Tench, 

Franklin, Walter, 
Frazer, John Fries, 

Persifor, 

Robert, 

Robert, 
Frazier, Nalbro, Jr., 

35 





May 6, 1854 


ather, 


July 8, 1848 




Dec. 4, 1869 


;ht, 


June 6, 1846 




June 29, 1872 




Dec. 10, 1849 




Oct. 24, 1845 


d. Feb. 10, 1843, a - 2 3 


June 13, 1844 




May 26, 1855 


d. Sept. 2b, 1873 


Feb. 25, 1865 


Oil , Adm. , Berks, Nov. 4, rSor 


Dec. 23, 1831 




June 28, 1833 


am, 


Dec. 7, 1793 


Col. Vols , d. Mch. 14, 1882, a. 52 


June 29, 1878 




Mch. 14, 1831 


of Carlisle 


Before . 1775 




Oct. 25, 1856 




June 17, 1865 


d. June 20, iSbj, a. 30 


Sept. 17, 1838 




Jan. 8, 1839 




Jan. 8, 1853 


d. Jan. 8, 1870, a. 30 


Oct. 10, 1863 




May 4, 1878 




June 12, 1819 


Mayor 


Nov. 30, 1878 


Easton 


Sept. 5, 1846 




May 13, 1871 


d. Apl. 10, 1830 


Jan. 15, 1825 


, Norristown, Cfk U. S. D. C. 


Mch. 26, 1842 




June 15, 1878 


P. J. Bucks Co., d. 1840,, a. 62 


Sept. 1 6, 1806 


It should be John Titus 


Dec. 29, 1842 


d. Mch. jo, 1832, a. 26 


Mch. 4, 1829 




Sept. 7, 1812 




Feb. 28, 1877 


d. 1800, a. 48 


June n, 1844 




Dec. 13, 1873 




Jan. 8, 1881 




Nov. 25, 1871 


d. Sept. 26, 1828, a. 20 


Feb. 25, 1824 


Atty-Gen.,d Aug. ib, 1758 


Before . 1 741 


P.J. and Atty-Gen. Pa., jSoo 


June 6, 1793 


LL. D., d. Oct. 12, 1872, a. bi 


Feb. 7, 1835 


d. in Rome, Apl. it, 1880, a 71 


Sept. 5, 1831 


d. Jan 20, 1821, a. 33 


July 21, 1792 


d. May 4, 1878, a. bo 


Sept. 7, 1844 


CaJ>t. 2nd Pa. Cavalry, U. S. V' 


Nov. 5, 1853 



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Freedley, Angelo Tillinghast, 
Charles Wellington, 

John, M. C., d. Dec 8, r8j/, a. bo 

French, David, Atty-Gen. Lower counties 

Freeman, Charles Dudley, 
Henry Bampfylde, 

Henry Gifford, d. Feb. 75, 1873, a. 8s 

James Black, New York aty 

Nathaniel Chapman, M. e. 

Warwick Bampfylde, d. Mch. ,1871 

Freemann, John Slough, 

Freno, Jacob C., 

Frishmuth, Willard F., 

Frolack, John, d. i>i/7ss 

Frost, John E., 
, Charles, 

Joseph Reese, d. 1865, a. 33 

Fuller, Daniel, 

Henry M. , Wilkes-Barre, d. Dec. 26. 1860, a 41 

John L., 
Fullerton, Alexander, 

Fulton, James, Editor, d. Feb 3, i8bb, a j6 

Funck, Josiah, 

Furness, Horace Howard, LL.D., Author 

William Elliott, 
Furth, Emanuel, 



d. Aug. 20, 1803, a. 74 



Gallagher, William M., 

Galloway, Joseph, 

Gangewer, Allen H., 

Garber, Charles H. , Norristown, d. Nov. <?, 1882, a 59 

Humboldt, 

Garde, George James, 
Gardner, Thomas B., 
Gardiner, George W., 
Garner, Charles A., 
Garsed, Henry Erben, 

Robert P., 
Gaston, Frederick, 
Gavitt, Sylvester, Jr., 
GayarrS, Charles A. E., 
Gazzam, Joseph Murphy, 
Geiger, Frederick J., 
Gendell, John Howard, 
George, Joshua, d. before 1775 

Gerdeman, (Rev.) John W.. 

1, Joseph, d. Mch. ib, 7796, 2vo. Universal Mag.,ibi 



Adm. as F. O. G. 
New Orleans 



Nov. 25, 
Oct. 26, 
Jan. 3, 
Before . 
Feb. 7, 
May 13, 
May 17, 
Jan. 29, 
May 15, 
Oct. 7, 
Mch. 6, 
Mch. 7, 

July 7, 
Before . 
June 13, 
April 29, 
Oct. 10, 
June 22, 
Jan. 4, 
Dec. 13, 
June 30, 
Sept. 5, 
Mch. 4, 
Nov. 19, 
Mch. 14, 
Sept. 28, 



1871 
1878 
1832 
1 726 

1843 
1871 
1809 

1845 
1867 
1836 
1882 
1851 
1877 

1755 
1827 
1876 

1833 
1818 
1858 
1850 

I 77 
uS6o 

1873 
1859 
1863 
1878 



Oct. 23, 1858 

Sept. 26, 1749* 

June 13, 1874 

April ir, 1850 

June 19, 1880 

June 26, 1880 

Jan. 6, 1857 

Nov. 19, 1831 

Dec. 6, 1873 

June 19, 1880 

June 29, 1878 

Nov. n, 1876 

July 5, 1879 

Sept. 17, 1828 

Oct. 4, 1879 

April 2, 1881 

Oct. 21, 1865 

Before . 1775 

July 3, 1880 

Nov. 5, 1785 



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271 



Gerhard , Benjami n , d. June 18, 1864, a. 54 

John Sergeant, 
Gerhart, Isaac, 
Gest, John Barnard, 

John Marshall, 
Gershom, Galusha, 
Geyelin, Henry Laussat, 
Gibb, John McGregor, 
Gibbons, Charles, 

Charles, Jr., 

John Smith, 
Gibbs, Benjamin, 

Benjamin, Jr., 

John P., 
Gibson, James, d.juiy 8, 1856, a. s? 

James G., Jr., Editor, d. Sept. ,1853 

John Bannister, LL.D , c.j.,d. May 3, 1853, a.. 73 

Mercer E., 

WalterS., 

William James, 
Gilbert, John J., 
Gill, Harry Blair, 
Gillespie, T. Lindsay, 
Gilmore, John, 
Gilpin, Bernard, 

Charles, 

Charles, Jr., 

Henry Dilworth, Atty-Gen., d.Jan. 29, i860, a. 59 

Hood, 

Thomas, 

Washington Hood, 

William, 

Gilroy, Henry Engard, 
Gimber, Henry William, 
Givens, Marcus F., 
Glenn, Edwin F., 

Harry R., 

Gloninger, John Philip, 
Gobrecht, Charles Joseph, 
Goddard, George C,, 

Paul Frederick, 
Godfrey, Samuel M. C., 
Godley, William, 

Goepp, Charles, Editor, J, Marine Court, N. Y. 

Goforth, John, Asst. Atty-Gen. U. S., d. Oct. 14, 1880, a. 43 

Goheen, J. Warner, 
Goldbeck, Albert Theodore, 



Butler, Pa.,d. May 18, 1845 
Mayor 



Gov. Colorado, Denver 



d. May I, 1870, a. 



June 9, 
Nov. 1 6, 
June 24, 
Jan. 7, 
April i, 
Directory 
June 14, 
June 6, 
Dec. 13, 
Nov. 7, 
April 12, 
June 3, - 
July 24, 
Sept. 23, 
Sept. 28, 
Oct. 6, 
Sept. , 
June 30, 
April i, 
June 1 8, 
April 30, 
Mch. 3, 
Dec. 7, 
Sept. , 
June 15, 
May 31, 
Jan. 23, 
Nov. 14, 
Dec. i, 
Nov. 30, 
April 7, 
June 14, 
Dec. 27, 
Dec. 21, 
Sept. 1 6, 
Jan. 5, 
Mch. i, 
Mch. 12, 
Oct. 18, 
Oct. 23, 
May 7, 
Nov. 14, 
June 26, 
Nov. 9, 
May 1 6, 
Mch. i, 
Sept. 23, 



1832 
1867 
1854 
1847 
1882 
1800 
1879 
1874 
1838 
1874 
1823 
1811 
1800 
1876 
1791 
1852 
1805 
1877 
1882 
1864 
1870 
1879 
1846 
1801 
1878 
1832 
1867 
1822 

1874. 
1872 
1866 
1836 

1873 
1867 
1867 
1878 
1879 
1881 
1848 
1822 
1864 
1868 
1858 
1850 
1857 
1873 
1876 



272 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



d.Jan, 1834, a. 41 
d. Mch. 10, 1863 

Judge- Advocate U. S. Army 



Goldbroth, Robert, 
Golder, John, 

GoldsborOUgh, Charles, Maryland, d. before 1775 

Goodbread, Joseph Stelwagon, 
Goodman, Andrew T., 

Charles, 

James, 

William M., 
Goodfello.w, Henry, 
Goodson, John, 
Goodwin, Coulter, 

Harold, - 

John Fisher, 
Gordon, Adam, 

David Francis, P.J. Perks, d. Dec. 27, 75.59, <* t>4 

James Gay, 

Lewis, Proth'y, 6r>c., Northampton Co. 

Thomas Francis, Author, d. Jan. 17, 1800, a. 75 

William, 

Gorman, Wjlliam, 
Gormley, Samuel, 
Gossler, Jacob L. , 

Phillip, 

Gourick, David Augustus, 
Gourlay, Frederick E., 
Gourley, James, 
Gowen, Alfred Clare, 

Francis Innes, 

Franklin Benjamin, Pres't Reading R. R. 

James Emmet, 
Grace, Anthony Atwood, 

Harry Townsend, 
Grady, James F., 

\ John Cadwaladcr, 
Graff, Andrew, Jr., 
Graeff, Edward C., 
Graeme, James, 
Graham, Francis D., 

George Augustus, 

George Rex, 

George S., 

George Thomas, 

John Kittera, 

WalterS., 

William, 

Grange, William G., 
Grant, Jeremiah K., Reading 



New York City 

d. Dec., 1871 
Cincinnati 



Solicitor in Chancery, 1720 

d. July 20, l8<fb 

Editor, b Jan. 18, 1813 

District Attorney 

d. Nov. 4, 1844, a - z & 
d. at Chester, Pa , Dec 20, i8zr 



Mch. , i 782 
Sept. 19, 1814 
Before . 1775 
Oct. 5, 1878 
Feb. n, 1860 
May 14, 1822 
Oct. 4, 1828 
Mch. 2, 1874 
July 2, 1859 
Mch. 25, 1730 
Sept. 4, 1817 
Oct. 31, 1874 
May 6, 1854 
Nov. 28, 1794 
June 6, 1818 
Feb. 26, 1876 
Apl. 10, 1753* 
Sept. 1 6, 1806' 
[an. 29, 1876 
Feb. 26, 1876 
Oct. 17, 1868 
Nov. 6, 1848 
May 9, 1846 
June 19, 1880 
June 3, 1871 
Nov. i, 1879 
April 14, 1849 
Dec. 8, 1877 
Feb. 4, 1862 
May 10, 1851 
Nov. 29, 1862 
Feb. 5, 1881 
Feb. i, 1879 
Nov. 4, 1871 
Dec. , 1798 
Feb. 5, 1848 
Before . 1720 
April i, 1876 
May 14, 1823 
Mch. 27, 1839 
April i, 1871 
Oct. 2, 1869 
Dec. 12, 1836 
April i, 1882 
Nov. 14, 1788 
Oct. 29, 1864 
June 9, 1877 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



273 



Grater, Jonas Hauff, June 12, 1875 

Gratz, Benjamin, 1 b. w Mch. 9, 1815 

Simon, Oct. 23, 1858 

Grayson, Frederick William Spence, Editor June 19, 1844 

Frederick William, Jr. , June 29, 1878 

Green, Ashbel, Jr., j , New York Oct. 3, 1835 

Isaac T., Jan. 30, 1875 

John Pugh, 4th Vice-J'res't Pa. R. R. Co. Sept. 8, l86o 

Roberts., d.stpt. 28, 1813 Sept. 30, 1809 

Greene, Harry R., June 15, 1878 

William Frederick, July-io, 1847 

Greenbank, Thomas, J.O/D.C. Sept. 8, 1849 

Greenough, Ebenezer, sunbury April 29, 1839 

E. F., Feb. 4, 1837 

Greenwald, Joseph Lamartine, June 18, 1881 

Gregg, William Lampas, April 22, 1871 

Gregory, Henry Stuart, New jersey Dec. 12, 1874 

William Montgomery, Dec. 6, 1873 

Grew, William, Jan. 9, 1869 

Greer, David, Apltermi774* 

Grier, David, Sept. , 1783 

James Rich, Sept. 26, 1863 

John Mason, Oct. i, 1853 

Thomas Jefferson, June 8, 1867 

Griffen, George, Dec. , 1801 

Griffith, John T., d. i8ib May 28, 1814 

John P., Jan. 15, 1825 

Robert Eglesfield, May i, 1858 

Warren Gookin, Nov. 25, 1871 

Griffiths, Jesse W., Nov. 26, 1835 

Grimshaw, William, d.jan. 8, 1832, n. 70 July i, 1824 

William Arthur, June 4, 1832 

Grinnell, William, d. oa. 10,1841 April i, 1805 

Griscom, George, d. Oct. 15,1882, a. 76 Mch. 23, 1833 

Grissinger, William Allen, April 5, 1879 

Gross, Albert Haller, May 18, 1867 

Charles Heebner, Nov. 16, 1861 

Joseph Peter, Oct. 21, 1876 

William Charles, Nov. 4, 1876 

Grout, Henry Taylor, Feb. 8, 1845 

Grover, LaFayette, GW. of Oregon, 1870 April 6, 1850 

Growden, Joseph, Jr., Atty-Gen., d. Mayis, 1738 Before . 1720 

Grund, Francis J., Author, d. Sept. 29, r8t>3, a. SQ Sept. 7, 1844 

Grunder, Lewis A., Nov. 2, 1867 

Grundy, Joseph K., May 6, 1865 

Guest, John, c. J. of r., 1701 About . 1700 

Guilbert, Albert Brock, Feb. 26, 1876 

1 At the date of publication (March, 1883) the senior living member of the Bar. 



274 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Guillou, Constant, d. Oct. 20, 1877, a. 6/ Mch. 8, 1832 

Horace Mann, Sandwich islands Jan. n, 1862 

Victor, April 9, 1859 

Gummey, Thomas Anners, Feb. 4, 1858 

Gumpert, Charles Leon, Feb. 15, 1868 

Guernsey, Luther Blodgett, d.st. Pauls, in 1855,0.34 June 18, 1853 

Gwinner, Samuel Frederick, Mch. 5, 1867 

Peter, Nov. 16, 1850 

Gwynn, Joseph, June 3, 1871 

Haddon, Thomas, July 17, 1799 

Hagan, William, d New Orleans, te/ore 1801 Sept. 8, 1845 

Hagert, Henry Schell, District Attorney May 8, 1847 

Hahn, Addison M., Jan. 28, 1871 

Haight, Jonathan T., See Chester Co. Min ., May 20, /7QQ Mch. -, 1801 

Haines, Benjamin H., Feb. 12, 1853 

Hamilton Clay, Sept. 24, 1870 

Haldorn, George, Dec. 27, 1873 

Hale, Elias White, Lewistown, d. Feb. 3, 1832, a. 57 Dec. , 1798 

Reuben Charles, Q.M.G.ofpa.,d.juiyz,ist)3,a.5i July 2, 1853 

Haley, John, Chester, d. Mch. 12, 1786 Oct. 15, 1772* 

Hall, Charles, Sunbury June , 1791 

Edwards Hicks, Delaware Co. Feb. 5, 1 88 1 

George Washington, April i, 1882 

Henry Wilson, Oct. i, 1881 

JameS, /., an Eminent writer About . l82O 

John, June 9, 1827 

JohllEwing, Ed. Am. Law Jr., d.Juneu,i82q,a.4b - - 1805 

Peter Penn-Gaskill, 1 Major&p. M. u. s. Army Nov. 4, 1858 

Richard, Adm. s. c.,Sept. /, 1800 Direct'ry 1799 

Samuel Perkins, Nov. 20, 1855 

Sergeant, d. CentervUle, Ind.,June 13, 1848 NOV. 1 6, 1833 

Thomas F., Feb. 25, 1865 

Thomas M., Lt.Coi.i2istP.v.,d.Nov.s,i8b4 Oct. n, 1856 

Walter Ferdinand, July 10, 1880 

William Coleman, Mch. 31, 1877 

William Maclay, P.J.Bedford County Jan. 28, 1882 

Haller, Frederick John, Oct. 8, 1796 

Hallowell, John, P. j., d. Jan. 17, 1839 Mch. 17, i j.sx 

Frederick Fraley, June 5, i.SSc 

Halsey, A. Hatfield, Mch. i, 1879 

Harry, Dec. 3, 1881 

Haly, William Worthington, d. Dec. zb, 1851 Jan. n, 1823 

Hambleton, David M., d. June 10,1871 May 14, 1853 

Hamburger, Herman, Feb. 16, 1861 

Hamilton, Alexander H., Oct. i, 1831 

Andrew, Atty-Gen., d. May 4, 1741 About . 1717 
1 A lineal descendant of William Penn, by his first wife. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 275 

Hamilton, James, Chester Co. Records, d. Aug. 14, 1783 In prac. 1735 

James, P.j.,d. /$/?, a. 77 Dec. , 1780 

James, Jr., d.jan. 3 ,i873 Dec. 19, 1816 

John, Mch. 3, 1784 

John, Jr., Jan. 16, 1845 

Morris R., Trenton, N. J. Dec. 30, 1848 

Hamersley, Edmund Graff, Mch. 10, 1877 

Hammett, Frederick William, June 18, 1881 

Hampton, Jonathan, d. Mch. /?, 1833, a. 41 Feb. 20, 1813 

Hanbest, Thomas Passmore, d. Aug. 7, 1873, a. 38 April 26, 1845 

Hancock, John, Dec. 10, 1842 

Handy, Harry Hunter Smith, Dec, 13, 1879 

Hanna, James, Harrisburg June , 1781 

James, July 2, 1831 

John, Feb. 19, 1841 

John Andre, M. c., nwto, andd. 1805 Feb. i, 1784 

William Brantley, P.J.O.C. Nov. 14,1857 

Hannis, William Cuthbert, Mch. 3, 1858 

Hannum, Robert Evans, Chester, Pg. Dec. 14, 1844 

Washington Lee, Sept. , 1798 

Hanson, Ezekiel Hunn, Dec. 15, 1856 

Joseph, Feb. n, 1865 

Samuel P., Dec. 4, 1875 

Harding, George, Sept. 5, 1849 

Hare, Charles Willing, d. API. is, 1827, a. 4 q Dec. 7, 1799 

John Innis Clark, LL.D.,P.J. O /D. c.&> C.P. Sept. 9, 1841 

Robert, Jr., d.June //, i&4b, a 42 

Robert Harford, 
Hargadon, John J., 
Harkins, George Washington, 
Harlan, Charles, 

Edward Seymour, 
Harland, James, 
Harmar, James Lanman, d. Aug. 8, 1880, a. j? 

Josiah William, d. July 24, 1867 

William, d. Jan. 22, 1878, a. 73 

Harpur, William Vance, 

Harrah, B. de S. Frank, d. Jan. 23, 1883, a. 24 

HaTres, Charles G., 

Charles G., 

Harrington, David Chase, 
Harris, Albert Hamilton, 

George Washington, Harrisburg 

Henry Grove, 

John Campbell, Washington, D. C., Bar. i8bi 
Neil, Chester Co. Records, d. before 1773 

Harrison, George, Navy Agent ? d. July 12, 1845, a.8i 



276 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Harrison, George Leib, Pres' t Board Public charities May 15, 1833 

John B., May 14, 1822 

Nathaniel, Nov. 26, 1859 

Harrity, William Francis, Dec. 27, 1873 

Hart, Austin, April 10, 1858 

Byerly, April 10, 1875 

Charles, Oct. n, 1856 

Charles Henry, Nov. 14, 1868 

Gavin Watson, May 4, 1872 
Joseph Richards, d. in Kentucky, Aug. 13,1844 Sept. i, 1834 

Theodore M., d. Aug. 31,1834,*. 24 April 21, 1832 

Thomas, Jr., April 14, 1860 

Hartley, Charles, Mch. , 1794 

Thomas, M. C., d. York, Dec. 21, 1800, a. 52 Aug. IO, 1769 

Hartman, Wencel, Jr., Jan. 23, 1864 

Hartshorne, Robert, See also Chester Co. Records, 1742 Before . 1742* 

Hartranft, Henry G., Feb. n, 1860 

Frank Allen, July i, 1882 

Harvey, Alexander Elmglie, July 6, 1850 

William Jefferies, Chester May 3, 1879 

Hasell, James, About . 1731 

Samuel, d. June 13, /7j/, a. 60 About . 1733 

Haseltine, Frank, May 19, 1866 

Haskins, Charles R., Feb. 3, 1877 

Hassinger, David Stanley, d. API. 22,181)7, a. 72 Oct. 5, 1819 

Hathwell, George W., April 20, 1861 

Haugh, Edward, July 3> J 875 

Charles Merrill, Dec. 2, 1882 

Haverstick, Horace, July 6, 1872 

Haviland, Edward, d. Nm>. 21, 1872, a. & May 6, 1848 

John Von Sonntag, F. S A., York Herald, London Sept. 12, 1846 

Hawkins, Henry C., Jan. 27, 1872 

Hawley, (Rev.) John L., Nov. 12, 1842 

Hawxhust, Daniel K., Feb. 26, 1876 

Hay, Henry, Feb. 7, 1844 

Hayes, Alfred, May 12, 1860 

David, Dec. , 1798 

Ferdinand Eugene, d. Feb. 13, 1871, a. 34 Sept. 12,1857 

Robert, Dec. , 1798 

Hayward, Henry E., Sept. 16. 1867 

Hazlehurst, Charles, Dec. 30, 1871 

Henry, June i, 1869 

Isaac, City Solicitor, 1834 April 22, 183! 

James Wright, Sept. 23, 1854 

Robert, Jr., d.tso4,a.3o Mch. 8, 1796 

Heacock, Charles B., Sept. 28, 1839 

Heath, John D., Mch. 5, 1805 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



277 



Heath, Thomas T., 
Heatley, Charles, 
Heazlitt, Charles Ferris, 
Heberton, James, 
Heebner, Samuel Yohe, 
Heed, William S., 
Heilig, George W., 
Heilner, Samuel, 

Walter S., 

Heiskell, William B., 
Helffenstein, Emanuel, 
Helmuth, Henry, 

Henry Keppele, 
Hemphill, Joseph, 

William, 
Henderson, David, 

Francis, 

James, 

James W., 

John, 

Jonathan, 

Robert Jones, 

Samuel Jones, 
Hendry, John Burke, 
Henkels, Francis, 
Hennershotz, Augustus Lucius, 
Hennessy, Timothy, 1 
Henry, Alexander, 

James Buchanan 

James Bayard, 

John Joseph, 2 

Matthew, 

Morton Pearson 

Thomas T., 
Hepburn, Henry Fisher, 

Samuel, 

Samuel, Jr., 

William Horace, 
Hersent, Samuel, 
Heston, Jacob Franklin, 
Heverin, James Henry, 
Hewitt, Luther E., 

Matthias L., 
Heyberger, John M., 
Heyer, Frederick, 

1 Admitted to the Dublin Bar (Ireland), 1846; Major 5th Pa. Cavalry. 
s 2 Author of the Campaign against Quebec. 
36 



Cincinnati, O. 


Dec. 1 8, 1878 


d. Feb., 1814 


Mch. , 1782 


d. May 6, 1864, a. 40 


Mch. 14, 1853 


d. Dec. 7, 1822, a. 27 


Mch. 21, 1818 




April 3, 1880 


d. Dec. jo, 1880, a. 39 


Feb. n, 1865 


d. Jan. ib, i8b8, a. 51 


Jan. 19, 1847 




June 30, 1877 




Dec. 3, 1872 


d. Aug. ib, 1867, a. JQ 


June 27, 1832 


. d. i8bq, a. bi 


Nov. 9, 1831 


d. June b, i8bq 


Mch. 29, 1830 




June 25, 1792 


P. J. , d. May 29, 1842, a. 72 


June 12, .1802 




Sept. , 1799 


d. before 1773, see Chester Co. Bar 


Aug. , 1755 




June 17, 1 832 


d. Aug., 1845 


June ' 4, 1811 




Mch. i, 1852 




May 2, 1815 




Sept. , 1795 


Moved to New York 


Nov. 4, 1858 


d. June 27, 1830, a. 48 


June 30, 1827 




Nov. 20, 1880 




June 28, 1873 


Lucius, 


Sept. 4, 1865 




Mch. 22, 1856 


Mayor 


April 13, 1844 


, New York City 


Nov. 20, 1855 




Sept. 27, 1879 


P.J., Lancaster Co. 


June , 1784 


A Captain in U. S. Army 


Dec. , 1795 


\ 


Feb. 12, 1847 


A colored gentleman 


Dec. 31, 1881 


', 


June 6, 1868 


Carlisle, Pa. 


Nov. 27. 1858 


Carlisle 


Dec. 28, 1867 


> 


June 18, 1870 


Atty-Gen. 


About . 1685 


J. C. P. 


Oct. 26, 1804 




Sept. 17, 1866 




Nov. 22, 1879 




Sept. 5, 1831 




Mch. 4, 1847 


d.Jan. 2Q,z877, a. 47 


June 9, 1852 



278 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



d. Feb. n, 1871, a. 48 

d. Me A. 9, i8t>8, a. so 
d. Nov. q, 1870, a. 40 

Adm. Chester Co. , Nov. , 1767 
Reading 



See " Departed Saints of the Law" 



0, a. 34 



Heyl, Edward James, 

George, Jr., 
Heylin, John Loughery, 
Heylman, Mordecai, 
Heysham, Edward, 
Hibler, William Grier, 
Hickock, Henry C., 
Hicks, William, 
Hiester, John S., 
Higgins, Thomas W., 
Higginson, Nathaniel, 
Hiles, Henry Clay, 
Hill, Rives, 

Hillier, George W., . 
Hillman, Charles W., 
Hinckle, Charles Frederick, 
Hinckley, Robert Hewes, Jr., 
Hindman, Francis W., d. NOV. 12, 

Hindmarsh, Henry E., 
Hippie, Frank Knorr, 
Hirons, Wesley B., 
Hirst, Anthony Antommarchi, . 

Henry Beck, Poet, d, Mch. jo, 1874, a. js 

Julius Lucas, 1 Author, d. June 3, 1882, a.jg 

Lawson Weatherly, Roxiorough 

Napoleon Bonaparte, 

Peter Mortimer, 

William Lucas, 

William Lucas, Jr. 
Hoagland, James Milton, 
Hobart, John Henry, 

John Potts, 
Hockley, Thomas, 
Hodge, John Led yard, 
Hoffiner, Charles W., 
Hoffman, David, 

Edward Fenno, 

Jacob, 

Samuel W., 

Holcomb, Chauncey P., 
Holcombe, Joseph M., 
Holland, Nathaniel, 
Hollingsworth, Levi, 

Samuel Shorey, 
Hollinshead, William, 
Holmes, Samuel, 



d. Feb. 22, 1870 

Clifton, Ohio 
d. Aug. so, 1876, a. 74 
d. Mch. 17, 1880, a. 40 



d. Dec. to, 1874, a. 



d. Apl. s, iSjS 

San Francisco 
d. May 10, I&43 



d. Apl., 1811 
1 Founder of the Hirst Free Law Library 



Oct. 21, 1865 
Mch. 21, 1793 
Mch. 5, 1845 
Dec. , 1 80 1 
Feb. 6, 1850 
Oct. 13, 1866 
Dec. 19, 1868 
Apl. 13, 1768* 
Mch. 6, 1798 
June u, 1845 
Dec. n, 1790 
June 28, 1873 
Before . 1775 
May 8, 1852 
Mch. 30, 1872 
April 29, 1871 
April 9, 1864 
Dec. 7, 1827 
Oct. 7, 1871 
May 9, 1863 
Oct. 2, 1869 
Dec. 3, 1870 
Feb. 4, 1843 
Feb. 8, 1845 
April 13, 1867 
Sept. 15, 1845 
Mch. 6, 1845 
Dec. 18, 1827 
July i, 1865 
Oct. 25, 1879 
June 10, 1842 
April 3, 1855 
June 7, 1862 
Oct. 16, 1856 
May 16, 1868 
Dec. 1 6, 1843 
June 3, 1872 
April 29, 1839 
Jan. 7, 1865 
Feb. 24, 1831 
Mch. 4, 1858 
Sept. 10, 1842 
Mch. 17, 1829 
Mch. 24, 1866 
Sept. n, 1841 
Dec. n, 1799 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



279 



Holsman, Daniel, 
Hood, James E., 

Samuel, 

William B., 
Hook, Christian, 
Hoover, George W., 
Hopkins, Abiathar, 

Howell, 



Author, d Sept. 4, 1879, a. 71 

see Huck, shot July 12, 1780 



j.,d. NOV., 1751 



Minnesota 



d. June 4, 1858 

d. 1833, Lancaster 

Joseph R., d. Dec. 3, 1834, a. ss 

Hopkinson, Edward, 

Francis, j. u. s. D. c., LL.D., d. M.iyq, 1791, a. 54. 
Francis, cierk u. s. D. c.,d.june2, 1870, a. 74. 

Joseph, J. U. S. D. C., LL.D., d.Jan. 15, 1842, a. 71 

Joseph, 

Oliver, 

Thomas, 
Hopper, Edward, 

Henry Shelmire, 
Hopple, Jacob Temple, 

William, Jr., 
Horn, Henry John, 

James Henry, 
Homer, Inman, 
Hornor, Charles Fourier, d. Jan. 4,1881, a. 26 

Charles West, Washington, D. c. 

Horstmann, Henry F. , 
Hostetter, C. M., 
Hoskinson, Thomas Watson, 
House, William Almerin, vineiand,N.j. 
Housekeeper, Cheyney H., 
Housel, Louis V., 
Howard, William Jordan, Jr., 
Howell, Charles Henry, 

Charles Benjamin, 

George J., 

Jacob Roberts, 

Joshua B., Col. 85th Pa. Vols., killed Sept. 14, 1864, a 

Richard, GOV. N.J., d. API. 28, 1802, a. 4 s 

Howson, Charles, 

Hoyt, Henry Martyn, Jr., As'tCash'rU. s.N-iB'k, N. Y. 
Hubbell, Frederick Brooks, b.juiy 21,1843 

Ferdinand Wakeman, d.juiyij, 1852, a. 32 

Horatio, d. July 26,1875, a. 76 

William Wheeler, 

Hubbard, Lucius Lee, Boston, Mass. 

Hubert, George J., 



June 19, 1880 
Jan. 10, 1880 

NOV. I, 1832 

Oct. i, 1853 
May 10, 1769 
June 29, 1878 
Nov. 23, 1811 
Feb. 5, 1814 

Mcll. 9, 1787 

Dec. 8, 1804 
Dec 24, 1875 
S. C. in 1761* 
Sept. 5, 1816 

May 4, 179! 

Nov. 16, 1874 
Aug. 7, 1837 
About . 1732 
Oct. 31, 1839 
June 14, 1879 
April 10, 1869 
Dec. 14, 1867 
May 6, 1848 
April 21, 1832 
Oct. 17, 1868 
Nov. i, 1873 
Jan. 5, 1867 
June 14, 1879 
June 10, 1871 
June i, 1878 
May 12, 1877 
Oct. 15, 1835 
April 29, 1876 
Sept. 19, 1857 
June 28, 1873 
June 12, 1880 
Oct. 16, 1809 
Mch. 23, 1785 

April 2, 1828 

Sept. , 1 782* 
Jan. 9, 1869 
June n, 1881 
Dec. 5, 1864 
May 20, 1822 
Sept. 17, 1821 
Mch. 5, 1845 
Dec. 13, 1878 
May 14, 1851 



280 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Hubley, Jacob, Lancaster Bar June , 1784 

John, Lancaster, d.Jan. 21, 1821. a. 73 } 1769 

Huck, Christian, 1 shot in skirmish, July 12,1780 May 10, 1769 

Hudson, Robert. May 27, 1786 

Huet, Augustin, Jr., Sept. 24, 1870 

Huey, Samuel Baird, Mch, 14, 1868 

Huffnagle, Peter, Lancaster Mch. , 1786 

Hughes, Benjamin Franklin, June 29, 1X78 

Bertram, Sept. 19, 1881 

Francis Wade, Atty-Gen. April n, 1842 

Samuel, Dec. , 1801 

Hulings, David Watts, i^wht<nun,ra. Dec. 16, 1837 

Hull, Richard, June 17, 1800 

Humphreys, Assheton, see Chester c. Bar Aug. , 1771 

Richard, Feb. 20, 1835 

Hunn, Ezekiel, Jr., May 19, 1866 

Hunsicker, Charles, Norristoum Oct. 27, 1858 

John Quincy, Mch. 20, 1869 

Joseph Washington, Feb. 12, 1853 

Hunt, Edwin Mortimer, Dec. 24, 1870 

(Rev.) Isaac, d. London, i8oq, a. S7 Aug. 14, 1765 

Robert T., Oct. 20, 1866 

Thomas Jefferson, Jan. 4, 1879 

William, Jr., Oct. 5, 1878 

Hunter, James, Jr., d. 1850, a. 76 May 19, 1795 

JohnW., Nov. , 1797 

Richard Stockton, April 18, 1868 

Hurst, Edward, Mch. 26, 1825 

Jonathan Harvey, d.sept.ib,i8zB,a.^ Sept. 16, 1794 

Stephen Decatur, June 14, 1834 

Husband, Joshua Leonard, d. Feb. /s, /88o, a. 6j Dec. n, 1847 

William Allen, Nov. 20, 1847 

Husbands, Clement Miller, * May n, 1847 

Joseph D., Jan. 14, 1865 

Huston, Charles, J.,s. c., d. NOV. 12,1841) Dec. , 1795 

Robert J., June 13, 1868 

Hutchinson, Charles Hare, April 10, 1858 

Otis K. A., May 14, 1853 

Randall, June 3, 1811 

Hyde, George, June 6, 1842 

Hynes, Bartholomew, May 18, 1867 

Hyneman, Samuel Morais, June 2, 1877 

Ingersoll, Charles, d.at sea, Aug. 23, iss2,a. 77 Dec. 20, 1826 

Charles Jared, M. c.,d.May 14,1862, a. so June 8, 1802 

Edward, 4.1841, a. 51 Nov. 23, 1811 
'Sometimes called Hook, a Tory Captain in the British Army. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



281 



Ingersoll, Edward, 

Jared, A. 

jared, 

Joseph Reed, 

Ingham, William Armstrong, 
Ingle, John, 

Ingraham, Edward Duffie 
Ingram, Harlan, 

Henry Atlee, 

Robert, 

Thomas R. , 
Irvine, David, 

Gerard, 

William N., 
Izard, Ralph Farley, 

Jack, Charles James, 
Jackson, Ebenezer, 

Evan O., 

Isaac Rand, 

John Mather, 

Joseph, 

Warner, 

(Major) William, 

William Arthur, 
Jacobs, Samuel H., 
Jaggard, Edwin A., 
James, William H., 
Janney, George, 
Janvier, Francis Herbert, 
Jaquett, James C., 

Samuel T., 
Jarvis, Russell, 
Jayne, Henry LaBarre, 
Jeffries, John Ellis, 
Jefferson, George R., 
Jenkins, Theodore Finley, 

William, 

Jenks, George Antes, 
Jenings, Samuel, 
Jennings, Thomas, 
Jennison, J. Morgan, 
Jermon, J. Wagner, 
Jerome, William Reed, 
Jeter, Tinsley, 
Johnson, Alfred C., 

Baker, 





Sept. 17, 1838 


*P.J., d. Oct. 31, 1822, a. 73 


Apl. 26, 1773* 




Nov. 13, 1845 


M. C., d. Feb. 20, /8bS, a. 82 


June 2, 1807 


>ng> 


Jan. 27, 1855 




Mch. 16, 1838 


Id, J.,d. Nov. 5, 1834 


Dec. 16, 1813 




Dec. 13, 1848 




June 18, 1881 




Dec. 10, 1864 




Feb. 24, 1855 




Dec. , 1801 




Dec. 24, 1830 




Sept. , 1803 




Mch. 3, 1826 


d. Dec. 21, 1873, a - 74 


Nov. 8, 1821 


In U. S. C. C., Oct. 31, 1822 


May 29, 1824 


d. Jan. 24, l8bq, a. bS 


Oct. 4, 1852 


d. July 27, 184:3, a. 37 


April 4, 1832 


d. 1822 


Jan. 5, 1820 




Mch. 7, 1870 


d. Feb. 22, 1882, a. 40 . 


July i, 1865 


d. Dec. 17, 1828, a. 70 ' 


Jun$ 9, 1788 


d. Jan. 10, 1857, <* 2Q 


April 17, 1851 




June 3, 1811 




June 17, 1882 




Nov. 5, 1864 




Nov. 10, 1863 




April 1 8, 1868 




June 10, 1872 




Sept. 30, 1876 


d. Apl. 17, 1852, a. bo 


Dec. 30, 1837 


m 


Oct. 29, 1881 




May 29, 1821 




Oct. 29, 1870 


i 


April 30, 1870 


Lancaster Bar 


April , 1805 


Xe-uutown 


April 1 6, 1853 


C.J. S. C., ibqi 


About . 1686 




July , J776 




Oct. 17, 1864 


d. Sept. 17, 1882 


April 12, 1851 


N. Y. City Bar, 1870 


April 3, 1880 


South Bethlehem, fa. 


Nov. 3, 1855 




April 3, 1880 


Baltimore 


June 19, 1880 



282 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Johnson, Benjamin, Oct. n, 1851 

Eugene Yeager, Dec. 3, 1870 

John Graver, Feb. 7, 1863 

Ovid Fraser, Att y -Gen.,d. Mch ,1854, . .n Dec. 4, 1840 

Ovid Fraser, From Diuphin Co. May i, 1882 

Thomas G., Sept. , 1801 

Wesley, Jan. 7, 1846 

William Francis, Sept. 24, 1859 

Johnston, Alexander, Sept. 5, 1848 

Francis, Receiver-Gen., d. Feb. 22, 1815, a. 66 Aug. , 1771 

James Fraser, d. Sept. 7, i8t>4, a. 46 Oct. 3, 1842 

Samuel, York, Pa., Bar Oct. 9, 1754* 

xjoline, John Forsyth, Camden,N.j. April 8, 1882 

Jolly, Thomas Mayburry, Norristown Oct. 15, 1824 

Jollie, William L., Sept. 19, 1882 

Jones, Abram Harding, Bristol, Pa. Oct. 24, 1868 

Charles Henry, May 5, 1863 

Edward Tilbury, Oct. 22, 1859 

Edward Tilbury, Jr., Feb. 16, 1861 

Frank, See " Departed Saints of the Law" Before . 1775 

George, Oct. ti. 1832 

Horatio Gates, Jr., May 8, 1847 

James L., Dec. 12, 1851 

JoeJ, Mayor, P.J.,J. Feb. 3,1860, a. t>s July 8, 1848 

Joshua, Jr., Feb. 24, 1855 

John, Att'y in two cases in Q. S., Just ice in 1700 - 1685 

John, d. before 1775 June 6, 1737 

John, July 24, 1795 

John Pringle, r.j. Berks Co., d. MC/I., 1874 April 4, 1835 

John Richter, j.,Coi.s8thp. v.,d. May 33,1863 a. SQ Sept. 22, 1827 

John Richard, Nov. 4, 1840 

Joseph Levering, Oct. 3, 1874 

(Rev.) Norris M., Jan. 25, 1827 

Owen, .y . f ., d. Dec. 23, 1878, a. y) April 16, 1842 

Ray Walker, June 15, 1878 

Richard B. , ASSO. j., Norristown. Mch. 7, 1810 

Samuel Huntington, Mch. 17, 1860 

Silas, Jan. 28, 1871 

William Hemphill, d.Api.3o,i8So,a.t>i) Sept. 12,1834 

Jordan, Thomas J., Harrisburg Sept. 20, 1843 

Judge, Thomas P., MHi. 18, 1876 

Judson, L. Carroll, Oct. 22, 1836 

William Francis, d. Mch. 4,1870,0. 37 June 14, 1856 

Junk, James, 1 'robably James. Smith, of York Apl. 15, 1754* 

Junkin, Charles Irwin, Oct. 2, 1880 

George, Mch. 18, 1848 

Joseph DeForrest, June 2, 1877 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 


283 


Juvenal, William Watmough, d. Jan. q, 1677, a. 38 


Oct. 14, 1841 


Kane, John Kintzing, y. u. s. D. c., d. Feb. 21, 1858,*. (33 


April 8, 1817 


Robert Patterson, 


Sept. 8, 1849* 


Thomas Lei per, Bvt. M. c. v., ci'ku.s.D. c.,i8fl 


Mch. 4, 1846 


Katz, Charles W., 


Mch. 26, 1870 


Kauffman, Percival C., Harrisburg 


June 14, 1879 


Kay, Andrew T., 


June 19, 1880 


Charles Rogers, d. Oct.2,i8&i,a.t>s 


Dec. 22, 1838 


James Alfred, 


Nov. 19, 1859 


Kealsh, William J., 


NOV. 22, 1867 


Keating, James, 1 d. 1741, Chester Co. Records 


In. prac. 1736 


John, Jr. , d. July 27, 1824, a. 2b 


Dec. 24, 1818 


Joseph Percy, 


Oct. 5, 1878 


William Hippolyte, d. May 17, 1840, a. 41 


May 3, 1834 


Keator, John Frisbee, 


June 14, 1879 


Keemle, Samuel, 2 d.juiy 20,1847,0.60 


Oct. 2, 1811 


Keely, Thomas Mortimer, 


Oct. 19, 1878 


Keenan, Edward L., 


Mch. 16, 1865 


Francis, 


Sept. 17, 1858 


Keen, Barton L., 


Oct. 20, 1877 


Keene, George Frederick, 


June 13, 1868 


Henry Edgar, d. June 23, i&jj, a. st> 


Dec. 17, 1849 


Keim, George May, d. June w, i8bi, a. 57 


June 5, 1826 


Henry May, Reading 


Feb. 3, 1866 


Newton, 


Dec. 6, 1873 


Keith, Alexander Henry, rf. 1742, New Castle, Delaware 


Feb. 23, 1731 


Charles Penrose, 


Nov. 3, 187.7 


Kelley, Frank. 


Jan. 5, 1878 


William, 


Mch. 2, 1878 


William Darrah, /., c. P. <&= M. c. 


April 17, 1841 


William Darrah, Jr., 


Nov. 30, 1878 


Kelly, Amos Jones, 


May 3, 1856 


Edward Smith, 


Mch. 17, 1860 


James, M. c., d. Feb. 4, 1819 


Aug. n, 1790 


John Linus, 


Feb. 2, 1878 


Kendall, Otis Howard, Asst. Prof. Math , University Pa. 


Sept. 20, 1869 


Kendlehart, John L., Adams Co. 


Nov. i, 1879 


Kennaday, John R., 


June 6, 1849 


Kennedy, Clarence, 


June 1 8, 1 88 1 


David, 


Mch. 13, 1804 


Francis Wright, Pres't Spring Garden Bank 


June 30, 1866 


Henry A., d. Oct. 23, isso,a. 24 


Dec. 2, 1878 


John, J., S. C., d. Aug. 26, 1846, a. 73 


July , 1799 


Joseph P., 


May 3, 1879 


S. Ridgeway, 


Sept. 21, 1868 



1 A Barrister of Dublin, Ireland, first admitted at New Castle, Delaware. 

2 Keehmle originally ; changed by Act of Assembly. 



284 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



d. Aug. 2(), 18 jo 
Author 



Kennedy, Roberto, 

William McCalla, d. Apt. is, 1882, a. so 
Kenton, Israel}., d.juiys, 1830, a. 30 

'Keppele, George Henry, 

Michael, Mayor, d. Feb. 2, /&?/, a. & 

Ker, William Wilson, " Special Ass' t Atty-Gen. U. S." 
Kerlin, John, . Chester, d. May 19, 1847, a. 54 

Kerr, Isaac, 

Kershaw, John Glenhome, d. Feb. s, fSSj, a. 73 

Ketcham, William H., 

Keys, Brandon Leonard, 

Keyser, Charles Shearer, 

Kidd, John, 

Kilgore, Damon Young, 

Kimball, Benjamin, 

Kimber, Thomas William, 

William, 
King, Edward, P.J., d. May 8,1873, a So 

Henry Thomas, aty Solicitor, 1858 

James Nicols, 
Kingston, Henry T., 
Kinley, James Brooks, 
Kinne/John B., d. Mch. 13, 1883 

KillSey, Henry, See " Departed Saints of 'the Law" 

James, C. J. o/N. J. , d. Jan. 4, 1802, a. 60 

James, 

Johll, C.J.,d May 10, 1750, a. S7 

John Lippincott, 
Kintzing, William F., 

Kirkham, Charles, d. Mch. 24, 1848, a. 31 

Kisselman, Charles, Burlington, N.J. 

Kittera, John Wilkes, M. c.,d. June s, iSoi, a. 48 

Thomas, M. C., d. June 16, 1831), a. Jo 

Kline, William Ottinger, 
Klinges, John Peter, 
Klopp, Charles Jacob, 
Kneass, Christian, 

Horn Riley, d. Dec. 12, i8br 

Horn Riley, Jr., 
Knight, Edward D., 

George W., 

Robert B., 

John L., fWabashCo.,lnd. 

Knittel, Charles, 

Knowles, Charles Rutherford, Colorado 

Knox, David C., 

John C., Atty-Gen. &>J. S. C, d. Aug. 28, 1880 



April 2, 1870 
June 23, 1824 
Sept. 24, 1825 
June 2, 1795 
Sept. 1 8, 1792 
Oct. 23, 1869 
Dec. 12, 1815 
Oct. , 1800 
Sept. 6, 1858 
June 2, 1846 
Mch. n, 1882 
June 17, 1848 
April , 1792 
Dec. 18, 1866 
Sept. 16, 1867 
May 10, 1879 
Sept. 6, 1824 
May 30, 1816 
April 10, 1852 
April 9, 1859 
Feb. 24, 1872 
Feb. ii, 1882 
Feb. i, 1879 
Before . 1775 
Oct. 10, 1753* 
Sept. 2, 1816 
About . 1724 
Sept. 30, 1871 
Sept. 7, 1863 
Sept. 1 8, 1838 
Feb. 3, 1803 
Dec. , 1782 
Mch. 8, 1808 
Feb. 10, 1826 
Dec. 5, 1874 
June 5, 1875 
Mch. 4, 1863 
Sept. 14, 1833 
Dec. n, 1869 
Oct. n, 1851 
May n, 1850 
Jan. 24, 1835 
Dec. 20, 1871 
Sept. 29, 1877 
June 30, 1877 
April 28, 1810 
In prac. 1858 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



285 



Knox, John C., Jr., Jan. 18, 1868 

Joseph Jewell, June 18, 1881 

Koehler, Edwin Forrest, <t. Aug .zi.iSbb, a. 36 Oct. 15, 1853 

Kohler, Martin Luther, June 3, 1876 

Kollock, George Jones, Oct. n, 1832 

Sheppard, d. Lewes, Dei., before Aug. 8, 1758 Before . 1758 

Kratz, Cornelius Tyson, Sept. 21, 1874 

Kreider, Frederick C., June 16, 1841 

Henry, Jr., Sept. 9, 1848 

Krickbaum, George Rose, Police Magistrate Dec. 8, 1860 

Krider, Richard C., Nov. 19, 1844 

Krumbhaar, Charles Hermann, July 10, 1869 

Kuhlemeier, Edward W., Sept. 30, 1882 

Kuhn, Charles, Jr., July 8, 1843 

Hartman, Feb. 16, 1839 

Kutz, Henry C., Oct. 24, 1850 

Lacy, Barnet W., May 12, 

Ernest, July i, 

William M., July 2, 

Ladd, Samuel, Mch. 3, 

Lake, Richard, Mch. 9, 

Laird, William W., Deo. , 

Lagen, Charles A., Feb. 25, 

Lambert, Edward Coles, Mch. 7, 

Frederick James, Oct. 15, 

John, Feb. 15, 

LambertOn, Robert A., President Lehigh University Mcll. 23, 

Lamorelle, Joseph F., Oct. 16, 

Lancaster, Charles, d. Aug. 8, 1844, a. 31 Dec. 12, 

Francis A., Coi.nsthp.y.,kiiiedMay3,i8b3 April 1 8, 

Landis, Charles Kline, 4 Oct. 6, 

Landreth, Lucius Scott, June 19, 

Landy, John Henry, Nov. 6, 

Lane, John Q. , of Ohio Sept. 20, 

William Brashear, Nov. n, 

William Steele, Feb. i, 

Lang, James T., June 19, 

Lansdale, Edward V., Mch. 24, 

William Moylan, Oct. 10, 

Latimer, (Rev.) George Allen, Mch. 8, 

James, d. Mch. q, 1845, a. 71 NOV. , 

Joseph B., June 26, 

Thomas, Oct. 4, 

Latta, James William, Bvt. u. Col. u.s. v.,Adj-Gen. Pa. April 18, 

John Ewing, d. NOV. id, /86S, a. 54 Dec. 27, 

Laurance, John, j. u. s. D. c., New York, 1794 June 7, 

37 



1866 
1882 
1881 
1823 

1793 
1801 
1871 
1844 
1881 
1845 
1857 
1880 
1842 
1861 
1852 
1880 
1871 
1870 
1876 
1868 
1880 
1866 
1863 
1851 

1794 
1852 
1838 
1860 
1852 
1780 



286 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Brutal, Pa. 

Adm. in S. C., Sept. term, 
See Chester Co. Bar 



d. Oct. 29, 7797, a. so 



Laussat, Antony, Jr., Author, d. NOV. 2,1833, a. as 

Law, Edward, Dro^vned, Oct. s, t88r. a. 34 

Edward Ellenborough, 

Octavius Augustus, 

Philip Howard, 
Lawrance, Edward Shinn, 
Lawrence, Henry R., 

James, 

John, 

John, Jr.. 

Laycock, John Charles, 
Lea, Matthew Carey, 
Leach, Frank Willing, 

H. Sanford, 

Josiah Granville, 
Learning, Jacob Spicer, 

Thomas, 
Leary, Albert G., 

Edward, 

Lechler, Ambrose A., 
Leavenworth, Minor T. , 
Lederer, Ephraim, 
Ledyard, William Wallace, 
Lee, Alfred, Jr., 

Charles, Atty-Gen. U. S., d. June 24, 1815, a. S7 

David B., 
Horace M., 
James D., 
Richard Cloyd, 

(Col.) Robert M. , Recorder, d. Sept. i, 1863, a. s& 

Robert M., Jr., 

Thomas, 

Leech, William Albert, Bvt. B. G. v.,d.jui y zo, 1870,0.38 
Leedom, Joseph, 
Leeds, Daniel Lake, 
Lefferts, John, 

Lehman, William Eckhardt, M. c. 

Leib, James Ronaldson, u. s. Com. to Greece, s>c.,d. 1839 

John Lewis, J. U. S. D. C., d. Detroit, Apl. id, 1838 

Lei per, Thomas, d. API. //, /&?/, a. 34 

Leland, Charles Godfrey, Author and Editor 
Lennig, Thompson, 
Lentz, Edwin Augustus, 
Leonard, Frederick M., 
Lesley, Alexander, 
Robert W., 
Letchworth, Albert Stepney, 



Feb. i, 1827 
Sept. 28, 1872 
June 18, 1825 
Sept. 14, 1 86 1 
Mch. 8, 1862 
June 2, 1847 
Mch. 7, 1859 
May 6, 1871 
About . 1731 
Aug. , 1772 
May 30, 1840 
Sept. 12, 1846 
Mch. 31, 1877 
May 3, 1879 
Mch. 17,% 1866 
June 8, 1875 
July 17, 1779 
June 3, 1835 
Aug. 29, 1835 
July 9, 1870 

Oct. 22, 1831 

Feb. 3, 1883 

Oct. 2 r 1858 

Dec. 24, 1875 

June , 1794 

May 29, 1826 

Dec. 21, 1859 

Feb. 15, 1868 

Nov. 4, 1882 

May 25, 1829 

Dec. 21, 1859 

May 22, 1820 

May 8, 1858 

Sept. 21, 1874 

Jan. 18, 1862 

Mch. 23, 1867 

June 22, 1844 

Oct. 27, 1830 

July 7. 1795 
Mch. 10, 1849 
May 6, 1851 
Nov. 1 6, 1867 
Mch. 6, 1850 
June 19, 1882 
April 27, 1872 
Feb. i, 1879 
May 2, 1849 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



287 



d. Jan. 25, 1880 

Northumberland Co. 

P. J. , d. May q, 7826, a. 70 

d. Dec. 13, 1831, a. 65 



Levin, Lewis Charles, M. c. &> Editor, d. Mck. 14,1860,0.52 

Levi, Myer A., 

Levick, William M., d. June to, 1874, a. 53 

Levis, Ezra, 

Levy, Daniel, 

Moses, 

Sampson, 
Lewis, Alfred E. 

A. Nelson, 

Ellis, d. Apt. 24, 1858, a. bi 

Francis Albert, Jr. , Author 

Francis Draper, 

James, Maj. U. S. Marines, d. Feb. is, 1876 

John Dickinson, Uf African descent 

John Frederick, 

Joseph Jackson, Chester Co., Pa. 

Lawrence, Jr., Author 

Lorenzo, 

Saunders, 

StOcker, d. Dec. 6, 1841, a. 22 

William, J., d. Aug. 20, r8ig 

(Rev.) William Phillips, 
Lex, Charles Edwin, d. May it>, 1872, a. 60 

Charles Edwin, Jr., 

William Henry, 
Lieder, Alexander J. B., 
Lincoln, Charles Shippen, 
Lind, John Horace, 
Linde, Charles Frederick, 
Lindsay, George Brooke, 

John, 

Lippincott, Henry Clay, 
Lippman, Joseph, 
Lisle, Richard Mason, 
List, Christopher, 
Lister, Charles Clayton, 
Littell, Charles Willing, 
Little, James Henry, 

William, 

Littleton, William Edmund, 
Livezey, Henry, 

Livingood, William Henry, Reading, Pa. 
Lloyd, David, c. j. , d. API. b, 1731, a. 7 s 

Frank Tilghman, 

Henry Albert, Doyiestown 

Joseph, 

Peter Zachary, See Chester Co. Bar 



Clerk U. S. D. C. 



Chester 



Chicago 
Lieut. U. S. Navy 



About . 1840 
Feb. i, 1873 
Feb. 19, 1861 
June 2, 1849 
Feb. 9, 1791* 
Mch. 19, 1778 
June 9, 1787 
Nov. 26, 1864 
June 18, 1881 
April 8, 1819 
June 19, 1880 
May 28, 1872 
Before . 1855 
Feb. 26, 1876 
April i, 1882 
Oct. 5, 1837 
Dec. 20, 1879 
May 29, 1827 
Sept. 5, 1836 
Dec. 16, 1840 
Nov. , 1773 
Feb. 9, 1850 
Sept, i, 1834 
Nov. 30, 1878 
Feb. 8, 1873 
July i, 1882 
Feb. 5, 1848 
Dec. 4, 1875 
Oct. 30, 1880 
May 12, 1879 
June 21, 1859 
May 13, 1865 
June 14, 1879 
April 8, 1882 
June 6, 1842 
Dec. 5, 1864 
Dec. 29, 1855 
Dec.. 13, 1856 
Dec. 4, 1847 
Mch. 15, 1861 
Mch. 17, 1873 
Sept. 27, 1873 
Aug. 16, 1686 
April 29, 1882 
Oct. 7, 1871 
Dec. 7, 1803 
Aug. , 1772 



288 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



d. Jan. Q, i8b8, a. 41 

Pottsville 

C. J. , d. jfst loth mo. , 1751 
P. J. , Westmoreland 



d. Mch. 3, 1883, a. 32 



Frampton v. the Sheriff, Q. S. 



Lloyd, Samuel, 
Lockwood, Charles L., 
Loeser, Christopher, 
Logan, James, 

James Addison, 

Robert Melville, 
Logue, Edward J., 
Long, John Luther, 
Longenecker, Jerome, 
Longstreth, Alfred, 

John Cooke, 

Thomas Kimber, 
Loose, William K., 
Lord, Edward, 
Loughead, Joseph Pfeiffer, d. NOV. /?, 1878,0,. 34 
Loughlin, Henry Clay, 
Loughridge, John A., 
Love, Benjamin, 

William Edgar, 
Lovett, Thomas Robert, 

George Sidney, 
Lowber, Henry Sergeant, 

John, A cousin of J. C. L. 

John Cole, d. May 3, 1834, a. 45 

Lowengrund, Ernst, 

Lowery, Dwight M., 

Lowry, Benjamin Howard, 

Lowther, George, Att y -Gen.o/p a .,i7os 

Luckenbach, William David, Aiientown 

Ludlow, James Riley, P.J. O/C.P.,LL.D. 

David Hunt, 

Richaijd, 
Lukins, James, 
Luther, George, 
Luse, Jonathan E., 
Lyle, Franklin Lee, 
Lyman, Theodore Patrick Henry, 
Lynch, Patrick Henry, 
Lynd, James, J., d. June 30, 1876, a. so 

James F., 
Lyon, Alexander, 

John, 

John, 



d. June s, '874 
d. Charleston, S. C., Mch. 3, 1774 



May 2, 1849 

Dec. 31, 1874 

Sept. 5, 1831 

Here in 1699 

Oct. 1 6, 1880 

Mch. 7, 1838 

Nov. n, 1882 

Oct. 29, 1881 

June 24, 1876 

Oct. 17, 1856 

Sept. 5, 1850 

Oct. 3, 1874 

Sept. 3, 1861 



MacBride, Agnew, 
Macauley, James Francis, 
MacCain, James Penn, 



d. Feb. S, /Sjo, a. 37 



Feb. 5, 1848 

Dec. 6, 1879 

Dec. i, 1871 

Oct. 16, 1841 

Jan. 13, 1877 

May 7, 1845 

Jan. 7, 1846 

June 5, 1848 

Sept. 10, 1825 

Mch. S, 1809 

Jan. 3, 1880 

June 29, 1876 

Nov. n, 1876 

About . 1 705 

Jan. 25, 1868 

July 24, 1846 

Jan. 24, 1880 

June 14, 1856 

About . 1771 

Oct. i, 1832 

May 28, 1872 

April 5, 1879 

May 24, 1841 

July 3, 1880 

April n, 1849 

June 26, 1875 

Sept. , 1805 

April , 1799 

Mch. , 1803 

Oct. 7, 1882 

NOV. 22, 1836 

May 13, 1871 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



289 



MacCalla, Clifford Paynter, Sept. 25, 1858 

Maceuen, Charles, Jan. 8,- 1842 

Malcom, d. Apt. 23, 1875, a. 44 May 6, 1854 
Mac Veagh, Wayne, Att y -Gen.u.s.,adm.inU.s.D.c. Aug. 23, 1861 

Mackey, F. H., April 13, 1878 

Mackenzie, John F., Oct. 28, 1876 
Macpherson, John, Jr., Killed at Quebec, Dec. 31, 1775 Oct. 8, 1773* 

McAdam, William Robert, July 9, 1870 

William Robert, Jr., Feb. 25, 1871 

McAfee, John B., Nov. 4, 1882 

McAllister, Charles Joseph, May 7, 1864 

Matthew, Savannah, Ga. June , 1782 

Wardale Gaskill, d. Sept. 22, 1874, a. 44 July 6, 1850 

McArthur, James Wilson, Oct. 13, 1866 

McAtee, Benjamin F., May 2, 1874 

McAuliffe, William J., June 29, 1878 

McCabe, Edward, d. Dec. 4,1877, a. 42 Oct. n, 1856 

George H., Dec. 29, 1866 

McCaffrey, John B., Nov. 3, 1877 

John Carroll, June 30, 1877 

John Joseph, Oct. 8, 1881 

McCall, Evan Jones, d. Sept. 21, 1877 Direct'ry 1846 

Henry, Jr., " Harry McCaii" Oct. 21, 1843 

John Cadwalader, 1 d. Oct. 3, i8^>, a. 53 Dec. i, 1815 

John Gibson, u. s. Consul to Mexico, d. 1848 Oct. 28, 1826 

Peter, Mayor, d. Oct. 30, 1880, a. 73 Nov. I, 1830 

Richard, d. seje. 7 , 1831, a. 51 Oct. 18, 1802 

McCammon, Joseph Kay, Ass't u. s. Atty-Gen. Feb. 6, 1869 

McCandless, William, Coi. 3 istp.v. May 7, 1859 

McCann, Charles Francis, June 24, 1876 

McCarthy, Henry Jefferson, Nov. 17, 1866 

John Knox, June 2, 1877 

McCartney, Hugh James, d.juiyiq.issz.a^z June 18, 1881 

McCauley, William G., May 19, 1866 

McClees, Henry L., Dec. 31, 1874 

McClure, Alexander Kelly, Editor of Pkiiada. rimes Jan. n, 1869 

Oliver Campbell, Delaware Co. Nov. 9, 1878 

Robert. June , 1798 

McCollin, Edward Garrett, June 18, 1880 

McCool, J. Addison, Mch. 3, 1857 

McCorkle, Chandler Price, d. Feb. 14, tSjo, a. 29 Nov. 13, 1841 

McCormick, Edward Payson, Feb. 19, 1881 

Thomas Bernard, Jan. 29, 1876 

McCormack, Henry C., Oct. 12, 1844 

McCouch, Harry Gordon, Oct. 5, 1878 

McCoy, John A., Nov. 15, 1843 

1 Author of " The Troubadour." 



290 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



d.jan. 15, 1823 



d. Feb. 6, 1874, a. & 
d. Oct. 4, 1877, w 
d. NOV. IB, 1857, a. j6 



Mch. 12, 1877, a. 4 s 



July 

Sept. 

May 

Dec. 

April 

Dec. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Mch. 

Nov. 

Jan. 

June 

June 

June 

Feb. 

Sept. 

Dec. 



i, 
25, 
6, 
i, 
3, 
13, 
9, 
16, 
23, 
24, 
21, 
10, 
8, 
6, 
8, 
3, 
17, 
10, 
7, 
24, 



McCoy, Jones B., Direct'ry 1799 

McCrea, Henry, Oct. 24, 1854 

McCready, Thomas, April 20 

McCullen, Joseph P., 
McCullough, John Griffith, New York aty 

Matthew Simpson, 

William, 

McCully, Thomas, 
McDermott, Edward T., 

John, 

McDevitt, John F., 
McDonald, Alexander Allen, 

John Allan, 

McDonough, James V., 
McDowell, Thomas C., 
McElroy, Thomas E., 

William J., 
McEwen, Charles, 
McFadden, Charles, Jr., 

Frederick M., 

John P., 

Theodore, 

McGann, (Rev.) Byron Moore, 
McGehen, David, 

McGeoghegan, John V., from Chester, j'a. Sept. 24, 1870 

McGeorge, William, Jr., . April 30, 1870 

McGlathery, Thomas Davis, Jan. 12, 1878 

McGlaughlin, John H., June 6, 1850 

McGovern, Francis P., Mch. 29, 1873 

McGowan, George, June 13, 1868 

McGrath, Robert Hunter, June 6, 1859 

McHugh, Charles P., d. Apt. 8,7878, a. j/ May 6, 1871 

Mcllhenny, Francis, Dec. , 1801 

William, Jr., 1 d.i8s4,n-7s Dec. 2, 1800 

Mcllvaine, Bloomfield, d. Aug. 18, 1826, a. 30 Jan. 12, 1818 

Henry, d. Sept. 14, rsjr Dec. 19, 1826 

Joseph, Recorder, d. Jan. ib, 1838, a. 38 Oct. 3, 1 82 1 

Mcllwee, Alexander, Jr., Oct. 8, 1870 

Mclntyre, Henry, t. Ireland Oct. 28, 1854 

John Henry, Nov. 6, 1880 

John, b. Scotland, d. May ib, 1870, a. 38 Feb. 4, 1 843 

James, Ca.pt. nsthpa. Vok.,d. 1883 Sept. 17, 1866 

Samuel Maxwell, Jan. 31, 1874 

McKean, Joseph Borden, Atty-Gen.,d.sept. 3,1826, a. t>j Sept. 10, 1785 

Joseph Kirkbride, d. Feb. ab, tsib, a. 23 May 24, 1813 

Thomas, 2 LL.D.,*. June 24, 1877,0.84 In prac. 1754 

1 Librarian of the Atheneum of Philadelphia for many years. 

2 Governor, Chief Justice, and a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 



1852 

1882 

1858 

1868 

1837 

1880 

1838 

1852 

1867 

1824' 

1824 

1863 

1868 

1858 

1850 

1842 

1882 

1882 

1882 

1849 

1853 

1789 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



291 



McKeehan, Charles Watson, 

Joseph Hamlin, 
McKenna, Joseph George, 
McKibbon, John, 
McKinlay, John Stewart, 
McKinley, Alexander, 
McLaughlin, Daniel, 
McLaurin, Samuel Hume, 
McLoughlin, Edward D., 
McMahon, Thomas P., 
McMicbael, Charles Barnsley, 

Morton, LL.D., 

William, < 

McMiller, Henry, 
McMullan, William J., 
McMurtrie, Richard Coxe, 
McNemara, Thomas, 
McNeille, Robert G. S., 
McPherran, George W., 
McPherson, Isaac, 
McQuiggan, John Henry, 
McShane, Francis, 

Robert, 

Maddock, Thomas Hall, 
Magaw, Algernon Sydney, 

Robert, 1 
Magee, Christopher, 

Frank Hamilton, 

Horace, 
Magill, Edward Walter, 

Jacob, 

Maginn, James Vincent, 
Maguire, Francis, 
Mahany, James A., 
Maher, Thomas, Jr., 
Mahon, James D., 
Mahony, Charles Alfred, 
Maitland, Joseph, 
Mallery, Edward G., 

Garrick, P.J., 

Garrick, Jr., Bvt. Lt. (. 

Pierce Butler, 
Maloney, Andrew Jackson, 

Charles A., 
Man, Abraham, 

Edward A. S., 

1 Col. 5th Pa., Revolutionary Army; History of Chester, 177. 



1, 


Oct. 26, 


1872 


d. July 31, 187(3, a. 27 


May 27, 


1871 




Jaa. 25, 


1879 


d. May 27, i8ji, a. 29 


Feb. 15, 


1845 




Nov. 26, 


1870 


d. Aug. 27, 1874, a. 57 


Oct. 5, 


1844 




Oct. 5, 


1825 


d. Nov. 27, 1870 


Feb. 22,* 


1858 




Nov.* n, 


1865 


d. Aug. 30, 1831 


July 29, 


1825 


e y> 


May 25, 


1872 


Editor, d.Jan. b, 1879, a. 71 


April 3, 


1827 


\ss't Atty-Gen. /. S. ; <Srtr. 


Mch. 18, 


1865 


Norristown 


Nov. 1 8, 


1871 




April 1 6, 


i853 




Nov. 12, 


1840 




About . 


1708 




Feb. 17, 


1866 




Nov. 13, 


1863 




Mch. 8, 


1800 




June 3, 


1876 


b. Philadelphia, 7779 


Mch. i, 


1802 


b. Philadelphia, 1780 


Dec. 26, 


1803 


Kansas 


Mch. 20, 


1852 


d Feb. 29, 1823, a. 46 


Mch. 5, 


1799 


Carh'sie, d. Jan., 7790 


Apl term i 


769* 


Pittsburg 


Dec. 18, 


1852 




June 15, 


1878 




Oct. 17, 


1868 




June 6, 


1881 




Mch. 5, 


1859 


Chester 


June 27, 


1874 




May 5, 


1855 


d. Sept. 6, 1828 


Jan. 9, 


1815 




Nov. 26, 


1870 




Nov. 1 8, 


1865 




Nov. 1 6, 


1869 




Oct. 10, 


1846 




Mch. 6, 


1846 


Northampton, d. July 6, iSbb 


Nov. 5, 


1836 


'ol. & Capt. U. S. A., retired 


April 30, 


1853 




Dec. 21, 


1836 




Mch. 1 6, 


1867 




Nov. 1 6, 


1869 


New-Castle 


Before . 


1682 


New York 


Jan. i 8, 


1868 



292 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Manderson, Andrew H., d. /8ss, a. 33 May 5, 

William A., Nov. 7, 

Manley, Reuben, Jr., <i. Ne York, May zo, 1880 Feb. 15, 

Mann, Benjamin Garner, d. Jan. 21,1883, a. te April 9, 

Benson, Feb. i, 

Charles Naylor, June 3, 

Harold, June 30, 

' William Benson, Coi.3istP.y.,cierkc.p. Nov. 27, 

Manners,' John S., June 28, 

Mans, Charles, Oct. 9, 

Marcer, Joseph Favinger, Late at y Treasurer Feb. 9, 

Marcy, Jared Clifton, Jan. 5, 

Marker, Albert W., Oct. 15, 

Markland, John Henry, d. Dec. 23, i8tx>, a. jo Nov. 18, 

Markley, Philip S., Norrisiown,Atty-Gen.&>M.C., 1823-27 Mch. II, 

Markoe, Francis, Jr., Sept. 12, 

James, April 19, 

Marsh, Moses Chandler, d. Aug., 1872,0.32 Nov. 8. 

Marshall, Isaac R., June 3, 

James, June 17, 

John A., Nov. 27, 

William Lamborn, Oct. 26, 

Martin, Jacob, Jr., Dec. 22, 

James Kellum, April 17, 

Jay Willis, June 14, 

John A., April 20, 

John Hill, See History of Chester, 334 Nov. 12, 

John William, Jr., June 18, 

Ralph, Oct. , 

Dr. William, 1 d. Sept. 28, 1798, a. 33 Mch. 24, 

William Henry, d. Mck.q, 1882, a. 32 Nov. 5, 

Marvin, Edwin C., May 26, 

Mason, Calvin, d. York, Pa. Dec. 16, 

Joseph, July 14, 

Samuel R., June 23, 

Massey, Louis Conrad, Dec. 5, 

Masson, Edward Horatio, Chicago May 6, 

Matchin, George W., schuyikm-Haven Oct. 4, 

Mather, John, Lancaster Bar, d. Chester, Sept. , 776.7 In prac. 

Mathews, Charles Henry, Nov. 2, 



1794 



1849 
1815 
1866 
1866 
1874 
1865 
1848 
1742 
1867 



*Dr. William Martin, my grandfather, graduated as Bachelor of Medicine at 
the University of Philadelphia, in 1786. My father, William Martin, was 
admitted to the Bar of Delaware Co., Pa., July 23, 1821, and my great-grand- 
father, John Crosby, was an Associate Judge of the Courts of Delaware County 
from 1799 to 1821. See Martin's History of Chester, pp. 331, 333, 466 and 
474. And Judge Crosby's grandfather, also named John Crosby, was a Justice 
of the Courts of Chester County, Pa., from 1723 to 1745, and Presiding Justice 
from Jan. 7, 1745, to May 19, 1749. Se&an/e, pp. 156, 159, &c. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



293 



Mathieu, Henry Andrew, Oct. 30, 1880 

Matile, George Augustus, Washington, D. c. Dec. 6, 1856 

Matlack, Charles, Feb. 24, 1872 

Robert K., Sept. 30, 1826 

Matthews, Theodore Peterson, Feb. 3, 1872 

Maull, John Troubat, Dec. 29, 1838 

Maultaby, John, <t. 1758 Before . 1758 

Maury, Austin C., Nov. 26, 1870 

Maxwell, Henry D., p.j.,Easton May 25, 1844 

Robert Douglass, Sept. 20, 1875 

William, Oct. , 1800 

May, William L., Feb. 25, 1871 

Maybin, Joseph Anthony, Oct. 2, 1816 

Mayer, Andrew, Mch. 13, 1875 

Frederick William, d. 1837, a. 22 July 2, 1836 

Maynard, John C., Oct. 22, 1857 

Mayne, William C., Dec. 31, 1881 

Mays, Samuel V., d. Nov. 17, 1875, a. 32 Oct. 19, 1867 

Meany, Daniel B., Capt. u.s. VoU. Nov. 20, 1869 

Meason, Thomas, d. Mch. 10,1813, a. 37 Jan. 8, 1800 

Mecaskey, (Rev.) John Wesley, Oct. 3, 1842 

Meehan, John A., April 16, 1859 

Megargee, Alonzo, Feb. 9, 1854 

Sylvester Edwin, Mch. 5, 1870 

Mehaffey, John Bayard McPherson, Dec. 30, 1871 

Meier, Robert A., June 14, 1879 

Meigs, William Montgomery, Jan. 4, 1879 

Melcher, Charles Henry, Mch. 14, 1868 

Melick, Leoni, Dec. 29, 1877 

Mellen, Robert, Mch. 7, 1839 

Mellors, Joseph, Jan. 29, 1876 

Meminger, Thomas, Bucks Co., Pa. Aug. , 1786 

Mench, Edmund Andrews, d.Nov.2b,i&b2,a.3 2 Oct. n, -1851 

Mendenhall, Luther, Sept. 17, 1866 
Mercer, (Rev.) Alexander G. , d. N. Y.,Nm,. 3 , rss^a.M May 21 , 1840 

George Gluyas, June 30, 1877 

Henry C., Nov. 10. 1881 

Joseph S., Feb. 9, 1853 

Mercur, James Watts, Dec. 13, 1879 

Merchant, Thomas Edward, Jan. 29, 1870 

Meredith, Joseph Dennie, d. Dec. 30,1876 May 18, 1867 

Jonathan, Baltimore, d. Feb. 25, 1872, a. 87 June 2, 1805 

Samuel Ogden, Nov. 3, 1827 

William, d. Sept. 26,1844, 73 Sept. , 1795 

William, Oct. i, 1860 

William Morris, 1 d. Aug. 17,1873,1.74 Dec. 16, 1817 

1 Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, 1849. 
38 



294 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Meredith, William Morris, 
Merrill, John Houston, 
Mervine, William McKinley, 
Merwin, Miles, 
Messchert, Huizinga, 

Matthew Huizinga, 
Messick, William P., 
Metzgar, George, 
Meyer, Adolph, 

Charles W., Jr., 
Meyers, Charles, 
Michener, Edwin Oscar, 

John Grigg, 

Mickle, Isaac, Camden, 

Middleton, Arthur, 
Mifflin, Henry J., 

John' Francis, ' 

Samuel Lee, 

William Paul, 
Miles, James Lawrence, 

John, 

John, Re 

Miller, Andrew, 
Alfred S., 
Benjamin, 
Charles, Jr., 
Charles, E., 
Charles Robert, 
Clements Stocker, 
Ephraim Augustus, 
Elihu Spencer, 
Elihu Spencer, 
Marcellus, 
Nicholas DuBois, 
Philippus W., 
(Rev.) Samuel, Jr., 
Willard P., 

William, Jr., K 

Millette, John Guild, 

Thomas, Jr., 
Milligan, Charles W., 

John Jones, j.,s 

Robert, 

Samuel, 
Milnor, (Rev. Dr.)James, 

William, Jr., 
Miner, Joseph Wright, 





Dec. 24, 1880 




June 17, 1882 


> 


April 10, 1875 




Dec. 10, 1791 


d. Feb. S, 1871, a. t>2 


Jan. 23, 1830 


Douglassville , Pa. 


April 29, 1854 




Dec. 1 6, 1864 




Sept. , 1805 




June 27, 1874 




June 17, 1882 




Feb. 7, 1863 




Nov. 30, 1872 




April 28, 1840 


V. J., Author, d. 1832, a. 30 


May 22, 1844 




Oct. 13, 1817 




April 9, 1836 


d. Apl. 13, 1813, a. 34 


Nov. 10, 1779 




April n, 1811 




Feb. n, 1882 




June 1 8, 1 88 1 




April 7, 1800 


rter, d. Jan. 14, 1832, a. 47 


May 23, 1825 


d. Nov. 4, i8b4y a. 33 


Nov. 10, 1849 




June 18, 1881 




Mch. 5, 1 88 1 




May 14, 1823 




Nov. 14, 1828 




June 18, 1881 


d. Dec. 7, 1841 t a. 30 


Mch. 9, 1815 




Dec. 10, 1881 


d. Mch. b, i87c), a. 63 


May 6, 1843 




June 3, 1882 




July 2, 1870 




Oct. n, 1873 




June 17, 1882 


Oceanic, N.J. 


Mch. 31, 1838 




June 14, 1879 


led in a duel, Mch. 21, 1830 


Oct. 2, 1828 




Dec. 21, 1859 


d. Aug. sb, 1862, a. 3 1 


May 21, 1853 




May 6, 1851 


7. . Del., d. Apl. 20, 1873, a. So 


Jan. 24, 1823 


d. Nov. 23, 1807, a. 32 


About . 1779 


Millikin, in D. C. 


Sept. 20, 1813 


0. &> M. C. d. Apl. 8, 1845, a. 72 


Sept. , 1793 


C., d. Nov. n, 1843, &-38 


Dec. , 1806 


d. Feb. s, iSjQ, a. 34 


Nov. 16, 1850 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



295 



Mintzer, William, June 29, 1878 

Missehvitz, Hernran F. , July J ? 1882 

Mitchell, Benjamin A., Sept. 5, 1849 

Edward Craig, Rev. iSbz Oct. 20, 1859 

Edward Coppee, LL.D., Prof. Law, University Pa. Oct. 23, 1858 

James Tyndale, J. D. c.&> c. />.,& LL.D. Nov. 10, 1857 

John Cowell, Sept. 17, 1838 

Thomas, j., Colorado, Capt. io8th p. v. April 1 1, 1868 

Walter Balfour, May 9, 1863 

Mitcheson, MacGregor Joseph, April 10, 1852 

Moland, John, from Ireland, d. Jan. 3, f?t>r Before. I 742* 

Molony, John J., Nov. n, 1882 

Mompesson, Roger, j. Admiralty, c.j. of PH., 1700 July 9, 1703 

Monaghan, Felix A., April i, 1876 

Peter John, Dec. 6, 1879 

Robert Jones, West Chester Mch. 14, 1879 

Robert Emmet, West Chester, 1848 Oct. 16, 1867 

Montgomery, Arthur, Feb. n, 1854 

Augustus Rhea, Oct. 7, 1846 

Benjamin Chew, d. July 16,1830, a. 23 Dec. 29, 1855 

George Early, Sept. 21, 1839 

Hardman Philips, d Jan. 22, 1870.0.. 36 July 10, 1858 

(Rev.) James, D.D., d. Mch. 17, 1834, a. 47 June 3, 1811 

John Philips, d. Fed. /,-, 1875,1. 37 April n, 1840 

John Teackle, Mch. 8, 1844 

Richard R., Oct. 9, 1840 

William, " An eminent laivyer of Lancaster" Mch. , 1785 

William Woodrow, Nov. 16, 1867 

Moore, Alfred, Nov. 14, 1868 

Arthur, June 19, 1880 

Benjamin F., May 25, 1872 

David, June , 1791 

Edwin W., Sept. 21, 1872 

John, Atty-Gen., d. Nov. 25, 1732, a 74 May 19, 1698 

John, Plumsted, Bucks Co., d. Apl. 17,1830 June , 1789 

Robert, Sept. , 1801 

Thomas C., April 18, 1868 

More, Dr. Nicholas, "A London Attorney" rst C.J. of Pa. Aug. 4, 1684 

Morgan, Benjamin, Mch. , 1786 

Benjamin Rawle, Jr., J.D. c.,d.Nov. /<?, 1840, a. 70 Aug. , 1785 

Charles Eldridge, Jr., Dec. 14, 1867 

Randal, Jan. 13, 1877 

Morrell, George Dallas, Oct. 30, 1880 

Morris, Anthony, d.i8t>o,a.Q4 July 27, 1787 

Charles Ellis, d. Feb. 10,1879, a 33 Dec. 14, 1867 

DeWitt Clinton, Nov. 16, 1843 

Edward Joy, 1 d. Dec. 31, i88r, . 64 June 7, 1842 

1 M. C., Author, Editor, U. S. Minister to Turkey, &c. 



296' 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Chester Co. Bar 



Morris, Effingham Buckley, 

En OS, Bucks Co. Bar 

George Calvert, d. API. 29, 1882, a. 54 

George Williamson, 

Gouverneur, M. c., &c., d. NOV. 6, /5/6, . 6/ 

Isaac Tyson, 

John, 

John, Jr., Atty.Gen., d. Mch. 9,1785 

Joseph, 
Joshua H., 

Matthias, of Bucks Co., d. Nov. 9, 1839, a. S4 

Phineas Pemberton, Prof, of Law University, r a . 

(Doctor) Robert, Adm.as R. W. M.,b. Dec. 12,1802 

Samuel, 

Samuel, 

Thomas Willing, 

William, Jr., 

William, 

William, 

William R., 
Morrison, Abraham, 

James, 

J. Howard, 
Morriss, William S., 
Morrisson, Joseph, 
Morrow, Paul, 
Moss, William C., 
Mountain, James, 
Mowlds, Thomas Davis, 
Moyer, Jacob Maxwell, 
Moylan, Jasper, 
Muhlenberg, Ernest A., 
Mullen, Thomas, 
Mullin, Daniel J., 

Martin, 

Mulvany, Daniel H., 
Mumford, Charles F., 
Munce, George Francis, 
Mundy, Marcellus, 
Munnickhuysen, Howard, 
Munroe, William W., 
Murphey, Samuel M., 
Murphy, Charles, 

Dennis Francis, Official Reporter U. S. Senate 
Edward Roberts, Colorado Springs 

James Joseph Alfred, 

William, 



Capt. liqlh Pa. Vols.,d. 1864 

d. Feb. It, 1812, a. 34 
d. Sept. 20, 1872, a. 28 

d. May 18, 1873, a. 6j 



Col. U. S. Vols.,Ky. 
Baltimore 



June 15, 
June , 1 80 1 
May 31, 1851 
April 25,. 1873 
April , 1781 
June 30, 1877 
Oct. 8, 1760* 
Sept. , 1777 
May 28, 1822 
May 14, 1853 
Sept. 17, 1813 
Feb. 8, 1840 
Oct. 18, 1824 
Sept. 15,1751* 
July 27, 1787 
July 3, 1819 
Aug. . 1753 
June 8, 1793 
Nov. 16, 1874 
June 15, 1852 
Sept. , 1798 
April , 1800 
Oct. 7, 1882 
June 14, 1856 
May 28, 1822 
June , 1798 
May 14, 1*59 
Sept. , 1801 
Nov. 4, 1876 
Sept. 6, 1869 
Sept. , 1782 
Mch. i, 1873 
May 14, 1864 
Dec. 24, 1880 
Feb. 10, 1883 
In C. P. 1831 
Nov. 8, 1824 
June 29, 1872 
Oct. 16, 1848 
Mch. 15, 1879 
Sept. 22, 1877 
July 9, 1870 
Nov. 19, 1859 
Nov. 27, 1857 
Dec. 3, 1870 
June 17, 1865 
Feb. 1 6, 1866 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



297 



Murphy, William Rhoads, . 


Oct. 3, 1874 


Murray, (Gen.) Francis, Newtown, Bucks Co. 


Oct. , 1784 


James W., 


June 22, 1812 


John, 


July , 1792 


John, Jr., 


Nov. 7, 1846 


Magnus Miller, 


Jan. 6, 1806 


William, 


About . 1783 


Musgrave, Edward G., 


Nov. 9, 1833 


John, d. 1845, a. jo 


Sept. 4, 1816 


Myer, Isaac, Jr., 


April 1 8, 1857 


Myers, David Jay, Jr., 


Nov. 16, 1872 


Henry L., 


June 16, 1855 


Leonard, M. c. 


Dec. 9, 1848 


Mylin, Amos H., . 


June 10, 1864 


Nabb, George W., d.Api.,i8t>s 


July 13, 1850 


Nagle, Edwin F., 


Sept. 23, 1876 


Jacob, 


Mch. ,1793 


Nassau, William Burton, 


May 12, 1860 


Nathans, Nathan, d. Dec. 21, 1877, a. 79 


Nov. 12, 1819 


Naylor, Charles, M. c.,d. Dec. 24, 1872, a. 67 


Nov. 15, 1828 


Neal, Charles M., 


Mch. 6, 1850 


Neall, Harry L., 


June 17, 1882 


Neff, George W. , 


Dec. i, 1821 


Rudolph Lee, 


Oct. 7, 1876 


Neide, Joseph, d. NOV. 17, 1878, a. 72 


July 2, 1831 


Neil, John, d. before 1775 


Before . 1775 


Neilson, Robert Henry, 


June 27, 1874 


Thomas Hall, 


Nov. 12, 1867 


William Delaware, 


Sept. 15, 1873 


Nesbit, Thomas, 


Dec. , 1789 


Nevin, William Charming, 


Mch. 9, 1872 


William Latta, 


July 3, 1880 


William Wilberforce, Capt.&> Asst. A.G.U. s. v. 


June 17, 1871 


Newcomb, Bayse, Jr., d. Mch.a8,i8st>,a.7r 


April 12, 1804 


Nevvbold, John Lawrie, 


Dec. 20, 1824 


Thomas ROSS, Editor, d. Dec. 6, 1857, a. 4$ 


Sept. 7, 1829 


William Augustus, 


Dec. 9, 1842 


Newlin, CyrUS, U. S. Dist.Att'y W. Va ,d.Apl. 14, 1876, a. j(> 


Dec. 24, 1859 


Harold Parker, 


Oct. 27, 1877 


James William Wise Mildenhall, 


July 15, 1865 


John Smith, Jr. , T Yonken, N. Y. 


Nov. 6, 1852 


William Parker, Jr., 


July 3, 1874 


Nice, John H., 


Oct. 24, 1868 


Nicholas, Charles, 


Sept. , 1803 


Edward Everett, 


April 8, 1882 


Nichols, Egbert Kendrick, 


June 3, 1857 



1 Assistant Engineer, Department Public Works, New York City. 



298 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Nichols, Henry Sargent Prentiss, 

William Albert, 
Nicholson, Franklin, 

William, 

William, 

Nickerson, James Staunton, Com. Alabama claims 
Nicoll, Warren L. , 

NippCS, John C., d. Dec. 8, i87b, a. bo 

Nixon, Robert Morris, t. AU?. 23, 1804 

Walter Hall, 
William Penn, 

Noarth, George, of Reading Bar, b. Philtda., 1-750 

Norbury, Joseph Britt, 

Norris, Alexander Wilson, Reporter 

George Heide, 

George Pepper, 

Henry Pepper, 

Isaac, 

Joseph Parker, 

Joseph Parker. Jr. , d. /st>j, a. 6<? 

OctaVUS James, New York City 

Septimus Henry, 

William, Cumberland Co. 

William Pepper, 
Northrop, George, 

Norton, George, d. Jan. 13, i8t>3, a. sj 

Nourse, John T., 
Nugent, Tobias Frazer, 
Nulty, John Eugenius, 
Nunes, Henry, 

Joseph A., Author 

Nuttall, D. Russell, 



d. July 3, i8j2, a. 42 



Dec. 5, 
June 14, 
May 4, 
April 2, 
Sept. 12, 
Nov. 3, 
Sept. 24, 
Sept. 15, 
Dec. 20, 
June 19, 
Mch. 10, 
About . 
Sept. 7, 
Nov. 1 6, 
July 17, 
July 2, 
May 1 8, 
Jan. 15, 
Dec. 24, 
Sept. 30, 
Mch. 23, 
June 8, 
Dec. , 
Feb. 28, 
Sept. 13, 
July 2, 
Mch. 2, 
Sept. 9, 
Oct. n, 
Nov. 10, 
Jan. 9, 
May 3, 



Oakford, Parsey, 
O'Brien, Albert Henri, 

Dennis William, j. o. c., d. Jan. 24, 1878, a. bo 

John, . d. Sept. is, 1879, a. 57 

Richard, 

William Dennis, d. Apt. 28, 1875, a. ^ 

William H., 
O' Bryan, John Duross, 
O'Byrne, John, New York aty 

O'Daniel, John, 
O'Donnell, Peter Paul, 

Oehlschlager, Theodore Herman, d.juiy3,iS7b,a.43 
Ogilby, Willet C., . 
O'Grady, John, 1 

1 See In re Deringer, Legal Intelligencer, 1877, 



Mch. 

Nov. 

Jan. 

Oct. 

May 

Feb. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Jan. 

Nov. 

June 

Oct. 

April 

June 

p. 248. 



16, 1831 

23, 1867 
22, 1853 
i 6. 1848 

23> l8 35 

20, 1869 

9, 1871 

8, 1864 
25, 1862 

1, 1819 

24, 1843 
u, 1856 

9, 1836 

2, 1877 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



299 



Okie, Frank Brognard, 

Oliphant, Samuel Duncan, Bvt. B. G. u. s. Vois. 

OlmSted, Edward, City Solicitor 21 yeart 

Henry Charles, 

Olwine, Isaac Wayne, Editor & Actor, d. Dec. 3, 18(33, a. 36 
O'Neill, Charles, M. c. 

Constantine Benj'n Francis, d. Aug. 11,1874,0. 73 

John P. , New York City, d. Feb. 22, 1883, a. 57 

Thomas Warren, Author 

Oram, William Hallo well Marshall, shamokin 
Orbison, William, Franklin Co. 

O'Reilly, James A.y- 

Thomas J . , d. Aug. 22, 1873, a. 26 

Orwig, Samuel Henry, Union Co. 

Osborne, Henry, 
Osbourn, Francis Alexander, 
Osier, Harmon, Jr., 
Ott, Alfred Winfield, 
Otterson, Charles Henry. 

James, Jr., 
Otway, Thomas, d. 1755 

OuterbridgC, Albert Albouy, Editor Weekly Notes of Cases 

Overton, D. Alanson, 

Owen, Joshua Thomas, Brig. Gen. of Vols., i8t>2, Editor 

Owens, John A., 

John P. , d. Nov. 13, 1872, a.. 79 



Page, Emanuel J., 

(Col.) James, 
Joseph F., Jr., 
Samuel Davis, 

Palethorp, Robert, 

Palmer, Anthony, Jr., 
Edward, 
Henry, 

Pancoast, Charles Edward, 
Charles Stacey, 
Henry S., 

Pardoe, George M., 

Parke, John Pemberton, 

Parker, Abraham Henry, 
Joseph W., 
Thomas Brown, 

Farmer, Eli, 

Parnell, James, 

Parmyter, Par, 

Parr, William, 



d. Apl. 6, 1875, a. 80 



City Controller 



d. May 22, l& 



d. Mch. 23, 1880, a 57 



Solicitor in Chancery, 1720 

Atty-Gen., Penn's cousin 

Master of Kails, 7767 



Dec. 30, 1876 
Dec. 5, 1868 
Dec. 29, 1829 
May 31, 1875 
Sept. 7, 1848 
Nov. 15, 1843 
Jan. 7, 1832 
Dec. 13. 1851 
Oct. 29, 1870 
April 15, 1865 
Dec. , 1801 
Nov. 13, 1875 
July 2, 1870 
Nov. 24, 1866 
Mch. 6, 1779 
Oct. 13, 1869 
Dec. 8, 1860 
Oct. 7, 1882 
June 3, 1871 
July 8, 1848 
Apl. 10, 1753* 
June 7, 1862 
Dec. 6, 1858 
Dec. 1 8, 1857 
Mch. 7, 1859 
Sept. 10, 1821 

July 3, 1875 
Mch. T3, 1816 
June 5, 1876 
Dec. 5, 1864 
Oct. 16, 1855 
Before . 1 749 
Mch. 2, 1839 
June 24, 1854 
June 30, 1877 
May 7, 1845 
Mch. 6, 1882 
F.eb. 19, 1876 
May 7, 1846 
July 5, 1879 
June 2, 1877 
April , 1806 
June 8, 1793 
Before . 1720 
About . 1701 
Apl. 15, 1751* 



300 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Parrish, Joseph, 

Joseph Austin, 

Robert Austin, Jr., 

Samuel Longstreth, 
Parry, Edward Owen, P.J., 
Parsons, Anson Virgil, j. 

Henry Cooley, 

Homer, 

James, / 

James Hepburn, 
Paschall, Robert S., 
Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 

Francis Daniel, 
Patrick, Edward Livingston, 

John Y., 

Patten, Franklin Wells, 
Patterson, Christopher S., 

Christopher Stuart, 

David Ramsey, 

Galbraith, 

Robert, 

R. Hopkins, 

Theodore Cuyler, 

Thomas Elliott, 

Wilfred, 

William Augustus, 

William Henry, 
Pattison, Robert Emory, 
Patton, John Woodbridge, 
Paul, Frank William, 

James Marshall, 

James William, 

John Rodman, Jr., 
Pauly, Lewis Horace, 
Pawling, Levi, 
Paxson, Edward, 

Edward M. , 

John, 

Paxton, Joseph Rupert, 1 
Peace, Joseph, 

Washington, 

William Henry, 
Peale, Augustin Rembrandt, 
Pearce, Edward, 

Lewis Gronow,* 
Pearson, Edward P., 
1 Edi'or Bizarre, Captain I5th Infantry. 





Oct. 13, 1866 


d. Nov. ib, i8bl, a. 36 


Nov. 24, 1856 


Mat. 7 ist Pa. Vols. 


May 21, 1840 


New York City Bar 


July i, 1872 


^ottsville, d. Oct. g, 1881, a. 74 


Feb. 21, 1829 


'. P., d. Sept. 23, 1882, a. 8j 


Oct. i, 1851 


Williamsport 


Mch. 14, 1857 




Dec. 5, 1874 


'of. of Law, University /'. 


Nov. 14, 1857 


d. June it), 1876 


Sept. 7, 1857 




April 8, 1847 


Arrivedin America 


Aug. 20, 1683 




Oct. 23, 1869 


l > 


April 14, 1860 




April 25, 1833 




May 26, 1877* 




Dec. 20, 1824 




Feb. ii, 1865 




Dec. 15, 1866 




June , 1789 




Sept. 19, 1840 




July 17, 1875 




Nov. 30, 1872 




Feb. 26, 1876 




June 29, 1872 




April , 1797 




Nov. 30, 1878 


Governor of Pa. 


Sept. 28, 1872 




Jan. 18, 1868 


Bvt. Capt. U. S. Army 


Oct. 2, 1869 


d. May iq, 1878, a. 37 


Sept. 7, 1863 




Dec 21, 1837 




Sept. 6, 1875 


d. Oct. S, 1873, a. 25 


Oct. 2, 1869 


P.J., NorristoTvn 


Sept. 25, 1795 




Mch. 8, 1814 


Judge S. C. 


Oct. , 1852 




Dec. 12, 1866 


d. l8bb, a. 39 


Jul> 8, 1848 


d. Mch. 31, 1826, a. jj 


Jan. 24, 1815 




Nov. 5, 1842 




April i, 1875 


) 


Oct. n, 1851 


ward of the Ancient Britons 


1729 


tester Co., d. Nov. 14, 1855 


April 9, 1825 




Dec. 18, 1824 



2 See 6 Casey, 173. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



301 



Pearson, Henry B., May 25, 1821 

Seba A., d. Dec. 6, /&#, a. SQ May 6, 1854 

Pechin, Edmund Cash, Nov. 19, 1859 

Pedrick, Washington F., Oct. 13, 1866 

Peirce, George, Nov. 14, 1868 

John Dick. Delaware Co. Oct. 2O, 1852 

William Shannon, j. c. P. June n, 1845 

Peltz, Samuel, Feb. 3, 1883 

Pendleton, Garnett, June 15, 1878 

Pennewill, Walton, Feb. 18, 1882 

Penington, Henry, Oct. 21, 1828 

Hyland B., Delaware Oct. 1 8, 1851 

Isaac, d. 1742 Before . 1742 

Fennypacker, Charles Harrison, West Chester Jan. 29, 1876 

Samuel Whitaker, Author May 19, 1866 

Penrose, Charles Bingham, d. Apt. 6, 1837, so May 9, 1821 

Clement Biddle, J. o. c. Nov. 19, 1853 

Nathan, May 14, 1870 

Pentecost, Joseph, Washington Co. Nov. , 1794 

Pepper, George Seckel, Oct. 23, 1830 

Henry, d. Mch. 3, /&>.. a. 33 June 6, 1868 

William Platt, Sept. 29, 1860 

Percy, Alexander, See Piercey, and Chester Co. Minutes Dec. I, 1736 

Perdue, Joseph Folliard, June 30, 1877 

Perkins, Benjamin Franklin, Sept. 24, 1881 

Edward Lang, May 26, 1866 

Samuel Clarke, p r est Public Building Com. June 28, 1851 

Samuel Huntington, d. May 22,1874,1.78 Dec. 13, 1820 

Perot, John, d. Bethlehem, Pa., 1857, " *> Feb. 14, 1853 

Perrine, Henry G., Feb. 12, 1822 

Perry, Howard, Mch. 4, 1882 

Roger, Sept. , 1803 

Peterman, William Harris, Feb. 26, 1876 

Peters, (Rev.) Richard, d. 7776, Chester Co. Records in prac. 1742 

Richard, Jr. ,* j., LL.D., d. Aug. 22, 1828, a. 8 4 Sept. 26, 1 765 * 

Richard, Jr., Reporter, LL.D., d. May z, 1848, a .68 Dec. 3, l8oO 

Thomas R., d. June 20, 1824 June 10, 1809 

William, Adm. in London, d. before 1782, in England , In prac. 1739" 



Peterson, Albert Ericsson, 
Charles Jacobs, 
Horace L., 
James Vaughn, 
Robert Evans, 

Petit, Edgar Eugene, 

Pettit, Charles, 
Horace, 
Silas Wright, 



Author and Editor 
d. Nov. 21, i8tff 
d. Nov. 22, 1877 



M. C, d. Sept. 4, iSod, a. 70 



April 29, 1876 
Sept. 2i, 1839 
Feb. 9, 1850 
April 18, 1861 
Feb. 4, 1843 
Oct. i, 
Before 
Dec. 2 
Nov. IT 



1843 



1882 
1866 



39 



1 Member of Congress and Judge of the U. S. District Court. 



302 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



22, 



Adm. as 5. L. C. P. 



M. C., Pres't Board City Trusts 
d. Oct. 2, iSbz, a. st> 

d. May 15, 1867 
d, Aug. 21, 1839, a. bf 
d. Feb. 28, 1876, a.ji 

d. Jan. 2Q, 1848 
d. at sea,itx)5; I C. R. , .7 



Feb. 
June 
June 
Jan. 8, 
Feb. 27 
June 29 
June 
Jan. 
May 



1861 

1869 
1878 
1880 
1881 

1875 
1878 

1859 
1832 
1826 



Pettit, Thomas McKean, P.j.,d. May 30, 1853, <* 57 April 13, 1818 
Pew, William W., April n, 1837 

Pfeiffer, Henry A., Nov. 16, 

Louis E., Feb. 6, 

Philler, William Ruckman 

George Stanley, 
Philips, Samuel Lavinius, 
Phillips, Alfred Ingersoll, 

Charles, 

Henry, Jr., 

Henry Myer, 

Jonas Altamont, 

Jonas Benjamin, 

Zalegman, 

Philpot, Francis Curran 
Physick, Philip, 
Pickering, Charles, 

Joseph S., 

Piercey, Alexander, drowned, Jan. 23, 1736-7, Pa. Gazette 

Pigott, Henry Herbert, 
Pike, William Appleton, 
Pile, Joseph Morgan, 
Plankinton, Joseph, 
Platt, Ebenezer Greenough. 
Pleasanton, Augustus James, 1 
Pleasants, Henry, Jr., 

Thomas Franklin, 
Plunkett, George, 
Poalk, Edward L., 
Pollard, John, 
Pollock, James, 

Thomas H., Jan. 

Poole, Abraham, Jan. 

Edward, July 

Pomeroy, Joseph H., Oct. 



1 3> 

5, 

20, 

April 28, 1826 
Dec. 4, 1799 
Sept. 7, 1846 
Sept. 10, 1836 
About . 1683 
Nov. 1 6, 1819 
Dec. i, 
June 14, 
Sept. 30, 
June 
Jan. 
Oct. 

Grad. at West Point, fSzi) July 

Oct. 
Feb. 
Dec. 
Feb. 

June 22 
Nov. 28 



1736 
1879 

1882 



6, 

24 



d. 1817, a. 27 



d. Oct. 21, 1874., a. 



2, 



3' 



Governor Pa. 



Porter, Alexander, 



1846 
1866 
1832 
28, 1876 

21, 1814 
1869 

I8 5 2 

1801 
1866 
1865 

1754 
1845 
1875 



John Ewing, 
Robert,. 
Stephen, 
Thomas Alrich, 
William Augustus, 
William Wagener, 
Potter, Sheldon, 

Brigadier-General of the 



r 9 
9, 

Sept. 26, 1765* 
April 24, 1813 
Mch. 3, 1879 
April i, 1882 
April , 1805 
May 15, 1789 
Oct. 12, 1765* 
June 13, 1868 
April 26, 1842 
May 28, 
Mch. 5, 
Home Guards" during the Rebellion. 



Chester Co. Bar, May, 17(33 

James Madison, Sec. of War, d. NOV. //, 1862, a. 70 

John. 

John'Biddle, 

d. Nov. 14, 1819, a. 3t> 
P-J-, d. June 23, 1842, a. 74 
Chester Co. Bar, Aug., 7765 



J. s. c. 



1877 
1881 



1 Changed his name to Parker, and became a physician. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



303 



Potts, Charles Theodore, 

Howard Newcomb, 

James," 

John Campbell, 

John, Jr., 

Joseph, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathan R., 

Thomas Pratt, 
Poulson, Charles A. Jr., 

Erastus, 
Powel, Henry Baring, 

Robert J. Hare, 
Powell, Benjamin, 

George William, 

James William, 

John Smith, 
Prall, Zaccur, 
Pratt, Joseph Tovvner, J.,MOJ. Vots.,d.Mck. 27,1877^. 39 



d. Nov. 23, 1788, a. 36 
J. C P., I Pa. Mag., 776 

Adm. Berks Co., Aug. 14, 1781 

d. Nov. 24, i8bi, a. 79 

d. Mch. 28, 1879, <* <>3 

d. Feb. 8, i860 

d. Apl. 4, 1852, a. 2q . 
Norristown 



Surgeon's Mate, War 1812 



Prevost, Charles Mallet, 
Price, Bayard Russell, 

Benjamin, 

Eli Kirk, 

Elisha, 

Isaac Coale, 

John, 

John, 

John, 

John Sergeant, 

Thomas Benton, 

William Carroll, 

William Sampson, 
Pritchard, Frank Perley, 
Pritchett, Abraham Kintzing, 
Prosser, Thomas B., 
Prowattain, Ivan, ' 
Pugh, Edward Fox, 

Joseph, 

Rodman Fox, 
Pulte, Charles Anthony 
Pumroy, John X.. 
Purcell, John Austin, 
Purdon, John, Jr., 1 
Purves, Guillermo Colesberry, 
Purviance, Henry, 
Pusey, Joshua, 



Coi. n8th P. i-'. &Bvt. B. G. April 3, 
May 31, 

d. Feb. if, 7766 

LL.D., Author 

History of Chester, 470 

b. Harford Co., Maryland 

Nephew of Benjamin, d. Feb. 3, 1774 

d. Reading, Mch. q, 1773, a. 37 



June 9, 1832 

Oct. 5, 1842 

Aug. i, 1773 

Sept. 5, 1827 

Oct. 20, 1759 

Nov. 28, 1857 
Sept. , 1782 
April 6, 1805 
Feb. 26, 1859 
July 13, 1844 
June 18, 1853 
Oct. 3, 1846 
Nov. 1 8, 1882 
April 7, 1836 
April 26, 1862 
Nov. 29, 1862 
June 14, 1856 
April 9, 1846 
June i, 1867 
1844 
1880 

About . 1739* 
May 28, 1822 
May , 1764 
Sept. 23, 1854 
Apl. 10 
About 



Sept. 19, 
April 



1753" 
1757 



1792 

1854 



May 28, 1872 
July 2, 1881 



Editor 




d. Jan. 31, 1873, a. 



d. Oct. 23, 



April 27, 1844 



June 
June 



1844 
1878 



April 28, 1806 
April 13, 1867 
June , 1794 
Dec. 6, 1873 



1 Compiler of Purdon's Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania. 



304 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Pyle, Henry Albert L., 
Robert Lapsley, 
Ziba, 



Attm. Cluster Co. Bar, 1808 



Quin, Augustine, 

. Charles Thomas, 
Edward Chrysostom, 
John Robinson, 

Quinn, Joseph Lafayette, 

Rae, Robert M. C., 
Raguet, Condy, 
Ralston, George, 

Henry, 
Ram bo, Clifford, 

Ormond, 

William B., 
Rand, Theodore Dehon, 



d. Mch. 22, 1842, a. 38 

d July 2b, 1833, a. 48 
d. Mch. 27, 1881, a. 24 



Randall, Archibald, 

Edmund, 

James H., 

Josiah, 

Robert Earp, 
Randolph, Edmund, 

Philip Syng Physick, 

Samuel Emlen, 
Ranken, William B., 
Ransford, Patrick Thomas, 
Rawle, Edward, 

Francis, 

Francis, 

Horatio, 

William, 

William, 



J. U.S. D. C.,d. JuneS,. 



d. Aug. 8, i8t)3, a. 36 
d. Sept. 10, iSbb, a. 78 

Atty-Gen. U: S., d. Sept. 12, 1813 
d. i8bq, a. 45 

Jersty City, N. J. 

d. Feb. q, 1882, a. 37 

J., d. Nov. 4, 1880, a. 84 

d. Mch. 5, 1726-7 



d. Jan. 25, 1830, a. 27 

d. Dec. id, 1741 

I.L.D., Author, d. Apl. 12, 1836, a. 77 
William, Jr. , Reporter, d. Aug. 9, /8j8, a. 71 

William Brooke, Bvt. u. Col. both Pa. I'ois. 

William Henry, LL.D., Author 

Ray, James, 
Raymond, Charles C., 
Raybold, Frederick Augustus, d. May 2, is^r, a. *r 

Read, Charles, Admiralty J.,d. Feb. 28,1736-7 

Charles, 

Colli nSOn , * d. Mch. /, /8fS, a. 63 

George, 2 C. J. Del., d. Sept. 21, 1708, a. 64 

James, of Reading, Chester Co. Records 



Nov. 25, 1871 
June 3, 1876 
Mch. 26, 1812 

Sept. 16, 1877 
June 30, 1877 
Jan. 18, 1850 
Feb. 2, 1878 
July i, 1882 

Sept. 5, 1850 

Sept. 4, 1820 

Dec. 6, 1847 

June 4, 1827 

Oct. 5, 1878 

Oct. 8, 1881 

Dec. i, 1862 

June 26, 1858 

April 13, 1818 

Sept. i, 1862 

Dec. i, 1848 

Mch. 8, 1808 

Oct. 20, 1859 

Oct. 25, 1790 
Jan. 6, 1847 
A'pril 5, 1856 
July 26, 1851 
Nov. 16, 1867 
April 15, 1823 
Aug. 3. 1725 
Nov. 4, 1871 
June 23, 1824 
April 4, 1728 
Sept. , 1783 
May 21, 1810 
May 18, 1867 
Oct. 12, 1844 
Jan. 25, 1813 
Feb. 9 , 1857 
June 23, 1827 
Before . 1733 
Oct. 10, 1753* 
Mch. 12, 1785 
June 27, 1753 
Sept. i, 1742 



'Author of Read 's Digest. Adm. Berks Co. Bar, Aug. 13, 1772. 
* A signer of the Declaration of Independence. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



305 



LL.D., d. Sept. 27, 1854, a. jb 
See Chester Co. Records 

d. Mch. 4, 1785, a. 44 
Recorder, d. Mch. 4, 1846, a. 74 

d. Oct. 23, 1847, a. J5 



Read, James, >A re-admission, M. C., 1787-8 

John, d. July 13, 1854, a. 83 

John Meredith, c. j.,d. NOV. 2$, 1874, a. 78 

John Meredith, Jr. , U. S. Minister to Greece 

John Rue, 

Murray, 

Stacey Barcroft, 

Reakirt, Theodore Holcombe, d. 1874,0-. 33 
Reath, Benjamin Brannan, 
Redding, William Augustus, 
Redheffer, John Curtis, 

William Henry, 
Reed, Charles M., M. c., Erie, d. Dec. it,, /#/ 

EliaS S., Dover, Del. 

George Washington, 

Henry, 

Henry Hope 

John, 

John, Jr., 

Joseph, 1 

Joseph, 

Joseph Abram, 

Samuel F., 

Walker, 

William, 

William Bradford, LL D., d. Feb. 19, rS 7 t>, a. bq 

William Hope, 
Reese, William James, 
Reeves, Samuel Winchester, 

Thomas Burrowes, 
Reichenbach, Oscar, 

Reignier, John, Son-in-law of Gov. Markham 

Reilley, John J., 
Reilly, Charles Leslie, 
Remak, Gustavus, 

Stanislaus, 

Stephen Samuel, u. s. Consul, Trieste, iSss 
Remington, John, 

RennySOn, William, Editor, Norristown 

Rennert, Hugo Albert, 

RenshaW, Richard, Justice of the Peace 

Richard, Jr., 
Reville, Joseph David, 
Rex, W T alter Edwin, Register of mils 

Rey, Emanuel, d. API. 17, 1879, a. 32 

Reybum, John Edgar, President Senate Pa. ,1883 

Reynolds, John, d. May 8, /86s, a. 74 



Sept. , 1781 
April 24, 1792 
Sept. 7, 1818 
About . 1859 
Feb. 3, 1864 

Ma Y 3' J875 
Sept. 1 6, 1848 
Nov. 7, 1863 
Sept. 7, 1844 
Oct. n, 1873 
April 9, 1864 
Sept. 24, 1870 
Nov. " 8, 1823 
Mch. i, 1880 
Dec. 4, 1869 
Oct. 16, 1869 
Sept. 7, 1829 
In. prac. 1742 
Oct. 23, 1824 
Oct. 12, 1765* 
Mch. 10, 1792 
Mch. 10, 1877 
May 14, 1834 
April , 1805 
May 5, 1860 
Nov. 21, 1826 
Sept. 7, 1829 
Feb. 15, 1826 
Sept. 28, 1867 
Nov. 16, 1867 
Jan. 21, 1861 
About . 1703 
Nov. 17, 1866 
July 6, 1878 
May 7, 1845 
June 7, 1873 
May 3, 1854 
About . 1735 
Oct. 1 6, 1880 
June 18, 1881 
Jan. 30, 1813 
Mch. 31, 1830 
Nov. i, 1873 
Oct. 3, 1874 
Nov. 27, 1857 
Jan. 7, 1871 
Mch. n, 1809 



1 President of Pennsylvania, Adj. Gen. Revolutionary Army, M. C., &c. 



306 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



William, 

Rhees, (Rev. ) Morgan J 
Rhoads, Joseph R., 
Rice, Stephen Edward, 

John V., 
Rich, George Pawling, 

Sylvester N., 
Richards, Augustus He 

George Washing 

Howard, 

Jacob, M. C., C 

John James, 

Joseph T., 

Thomas, Jr., 
Richardson, Charles Blain Duncan, 

Robert M., 

Riche, George Inman, 
Richie, Ezekiel Lucien, 
Rickey, William, 
Riddle Samuel, 
Riddleson, Samuel, 
Ridge, Lendrum B., 

ay, John Jacob, Jr., 
Ridings, John Montgomery, 
Riley, Joseph S., 
Ring, Jonathan, 
Ripley, John Phillips, 
Ripperger, John Vaughan, 
Risler, William T., 
Riter, Frank Miller, 
Ritter, Abraham Howard, 
Robb, Charles Eagleson, 

James Madison, 

John Hunter, 

Samuel, 

Robbins, James J., 
Roberts, Charles B., 

George H., Jr., 

James R., 

John, 

Samuel, 

Stokes L., P.J., B 

William R., 
Robeson, Andrew, 
Robinett, Ferguson. 
Robins, Thomas, 



Lancaster, Aug. 30, 1855 


April 30, 1881 




April , 1799 


, DD., d.Jan. 15, 1853, a. 51 


April 28, 1826 




Sept. i, 1862 


,/. Mch. 21, 1848 


April 28, 1834 




Mch. 3, 1883 




Mch. 5, 1870 




Oct. 1 6, 1X45 


d. 1839, " 3b 


Jan. 16, 1826 


d. July Q, 1871, a. j-> 


Dec. 13, 1844 




May 10, 1862 


Militia, d. July 20, rS/ti, a. 43 


Feb. i 8, 1794 


Chester, d. June 27, 1822 


April 25, 1821 




June 19, 1882 




Nov. 7, 1849 


Duncan, 


Mch. 30, 1878 




July 17, 1852 


Principal High School 


Oct. 28, 1854 




Jan. 9, 1864 


d. Apl. 22, iSSr, a. 25 


June 19, 1880 




June , 1791 




About . 1735 




June 17, 1882 




May 29, 1865 


) 


Sept. 1 8, 1871 


Police Magistrate 


April 27, 1872 




Sept. 24, 1870 


d. Mch. 7, r8ft), a. 40 


June 25, 1800 




Dec. 13, 1879 


d. tSfo, a. S3 


Nov. 1 8, 1842 




June 15, 1878 




Mch. 6, 1882 


d. Sept. q, 1860, a. 34 


Feb. 10, 1851 




Oct. 8, 1846 


d. Oct. 7, i8b4, a. 41 


Sept. 12. 1846 




April 12, 1X51 




Nov. 7, 1846 




Dec. 5, 1860 




Mch. 21, 1868 




July 13, 1844 




April 20, 1 86 1 




Nov. , 1786 


:Ja Co.,d. Feb. 2>, 1882, a. 73 


May 1 8, 1832 




Oct. 31, 1823 


d. May 28, 1781, a. zq 


About . 1773 




Oct. 17, 1822 




Dec. 27, 1880 



or PHILADELPHIA. 



307 



Robins, William Bowdoin, 
Robinson, David Clinton, 

David Stuart, 

George, 
1 John, 1 

John, 

John, 

John B., 

Patrick, 

Vincent Gilpin, 

William, Jr., 
Roche, Michael K., 

Rockhill, Thomas Claypoole, Jr., d. Feb. /?, 1834 
Rodel, Joseph C., 
Rodgers, Henry, 
Rodman, Gilbert, Jr., 

Walter Clarke, 



of New Castle, Del., d. 1731 
Clerk S. C.,d. May q, 1882, a. bi Oct. 

Dec. 

Clerk of the County Courts 

Media 
at No. / Shippen afreet, i8oi-b 



June 22, 1861 

May 24, 1873 

Mch. 6, 1880 

Dec. i, 1877 

June 3, 1734 

!> 1853 

2, 1853 

June 23, 1876 
About . 1685 
Jan. 20, 1876 
Direct'ry 1801 
Nov. 14, 1835 
May 13, 1840 
July 2, 1870 
Feb. 6, 1841 
June 24, 1824 
Oct. 26, 1878 



Rodney, Caesar Augustus, Atty-Gen.,d.june w, 1824, a. 53 Mch. 9, 1793 

James Duval, Oct. 25, 1856 

Roepke, Francis Lambert, July i, 1882 

Rogers, George, Sept. 24, 1881 

George M., Mch. n, 1862 

George Washington, Norristown Oct. 20, 1859 

John Ignatius, May 28, 1864 

Ransom, May 18, 1867 

William Horsey, Dec. 15, 1832 

Roney, Albert B., May i, 1880 

James Beattie, Dec. 18, 1865 

William Shippen, Dec. 30, 1882 

Roper, Jourdan W., Jan. 4, 1879 

Rose, Joseph, Lancaster, d. Feb. 17, 1776, a. 72 Apl. 26, I75O* 

William G., Mch. 19, 1859 

Rosengarten, Joseph George, May 10, 1856 

Ross, Clymer, Mch. 16, 1812 

David Henry, Dec. 28, 1878 

George, 2 J.^Lancas1er,d.Julyi4,^7g,a.4q About . 1750 

Hugh, Easton Oct. , l8oO 

James, U. S. Senator, d. Nov. 27, 1847, " 8b. Pittsburg Oct. 13, 1784 
John, of Chester Co., d. May 8, 1776, a. bz Aug. 27, 1735* 

John, M. C. &>J. S. C., d.Jan. t 1834, a. bz April , 1792 

Richard M., April i, 1848 

Thomas, p. j., Norristown June 9, 1785 

Thomas R., M. C. Ohio, d. June 28, iStx), a. So Mch. II, 1809 

(Rev.) Walter, Chicago Sept. 23, 1868 

William, Dec. , 1792 

1 Minutes of St. John's Lodge, A. Y. M.; Chester Co. Records, 1735. 

2 A signer of the Declaration of Independence. 



308 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



d. England, July 4, 1877, <* & 

P.J. C.P.,d.Jan j, 1820 

d Feb. 2, 18(12, a. 41) 



Atty-Gen., d. July 30, 1859, <* 7Q 
d. 1859, a. t>4 



Rothermel, Peter Frederick, Jr., 
Rowes, Francis, d. before 1775 

Rowland, Joseph W., 
Rudderow, Augustus Janney, 
Ruddiman, William Henry, 
Rudolph, Augustus S., 
Ruff, Henry G., 
Rush, Benjamin, 

Jacob, 

James Murray, 

Madison, 

Murray, 

Richard, 

Samuel, 
Russell, Charles H., 

George R., 

John, 

Ruth, Peter S., 
Ryan, James A., 

Patrick Joseph, 
Ryerss, Robert Wain, 

Saint, George W., 
Salinger, Richard, 
Sallade, Andrew M., d. Mch. s, 1877, a. SQ 

Madison, 
Salter, James Elden, 

Samuel A. J., 
Sample, Cunningham, Lancaster 

David, Lancaster 

oteele, Lancaster 

Samuel, John, 

Sanders, Dallas, Editor, and Special Counsel 'for the U. S. 

G. T. Hubert, List of 1855 
Sanderson, George, Jr., 

John, d. API. s, 1844 

John P., d. isbs 

Sanford, Ezekiel, Author U. S. & its Aborigines, i8ic) 

William B., 
Sargent, Henry, 

Winthrop, Author, d. May 18, 1870, a. 45 

Sarmiento, Ferdinand L., 
Satterthwaite, Benjamin Cadwalader, 
Saunders, Henry, 
Savage, Charles Chauncey, 

William LyttletOn, from Norfolk, Va.,Bar 

William Lyttleton, 



Mch. 25, 1871 
Before . 1775 
April 21, 1824 
July 10, 1880 
Oct. 20,' 1855 
June 29, 1878 
Nov. i. 1837 

Ma y 2 5. 1833 

Feb. 7, 1769 

Dec. 20, 1834 

April 2, 1881 

May i, 1875 

Dec. 4, 1800 

Feb. 15, 1817 

June 26, 1869 

Oct. 31, 1823 

April 6, 1864 

July 7, 1847- 

Jan. 29, 1876 

July 2, 1881 

Dec. n, 1856 



June 

Jan. 

May 

June 

Nov. 

Oct. 

Dec. 

Apl. 

June 

Oct. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Nov. 

Sept. 

May 

April 

Oct. 

May 

Oct. 

June 

June 

Dec. 

Feb. 

May 

Mch. 



14, 1834 

3, 1880 

4, 1867 
13, 1866 
29, 1862 
3, 1856 
, 1798 

ro, 1772* 
, 1796 

21, 1850 

16, 1869 

12, 1852 

5> 1870 

7, 1840 

22, !8 5 8 

8, 1819 

3. ^74 

6, 1854 

17, 1848 
6, 1863 
3> J 87i 

21, 1867 

3> 1877 
28, 1853 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



309 



Savidge, Joseph, June 3, 1868 

Savior, Henry D., July i, 1882 

Sayre, Charles Henry, June 14, 1879 

(Rev. ) James, Chaplain British Army. d. 1798,11.53 Sept. , I 767* 

Sayres, Edward Stalker, Adm. as E. s. s.,jr. Dec. 27, 1873 

Matthias Richards, d. API. is, /&6, at Chester June 6, 1816 

Scanlan, John Adams, April 18, 1868 

Schaefer, Gustave Robert, Nov. 6, 1880 

Schaeffer, Jacob, July 3, 1858 

Schaperkotter, J. Frank, Mch. 5, 1883 

Scheide, Millard Fillmore, June 18, 1881 

Scherer, Arthur Herman, Sept. 25, 1880 

Schell, Frank Reamer, Reading May 28, 1872 
William Peter, Aud-Gen., Bedford Co., Oct. 8,1845 April 30, 1881 

William Peter, Jr., Pittsburg June 7, 1872 

Schick, Rudolph Martin, Feb. 19, 1870 
Schmitt. Maximilian, 
Schnabel, Ellis B., 
Schock, William Overington, 
Schofield, Albert Richardson, 
Schively, George, 

d. Sept. b, 1871 



1864 
1843 



Schott, Guy Bryan, 

Schram, John M., 

Scollay, John, 

Scott, Ebenezer Greenough, Author, 

Henry James, 

Jeremiah Howard, 

John, Jr., 

John M., 

John Morin, 

Lewis Allaire, 

Robert K., 
Screven, J. Walter, 
Scull, Gideon, Jr., 
Seawell, James Many, 
Seckel, George Lawrence, 1 See Directories 1847 to 1854 
See, Abraham Hilyard, d. Mch.s,i88i,a.s^ 

Seguin, Norcom L., 
Seitzinger, Jacob John Swift, 
Selden, Arthur Cullum, 

George, 

George Shattuck, 
Sellers, David Wampole, 

Eli G., 

James Cadwalader, 
Seltzer, Augustus C., 



Mayor, d. Apl. 3, 1858, a. (X) 



San Francisco, 1860 



Oct. 

April i. 
Oct. 25', 1856 
Dec. 6, 1849 
May 6, 1809 
Nov. 23, 1844 
June 15, 1878 
April 4, 1874 
June 23, 1860 
June 15, 1878 
Oct. 7, 1876 
June 26, 1880 
Nov. 12, 1881 
Sept. 2, 1811 
Sept. n, 1841 
May 17, 1834 
June 17, 1882 
June 12, 1856 
Dec. 1 8, 1858 



d. Apl. 28, iSjj, a. 38 



Lt. Col.qist P. Vols. 



Oct. 14, 1847 

June 18, 1881 

Nov. 22, 1856 

Dec. 23, 1876 

Sept. 4, 1817 

Oct. 12, 1867 

May n, 1854 

May 18, 1867 

Dec. 4, 1876 

Dec.. 27, 1873 



1 This gentleman was never admitted, but practised before Aldermen. 
40 



310 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



d. July 25, 1878, a. & 
d. Mck. 7, 1807, a. 31 

v., knudApi. //, 
d. Mch. 31, 1872, a. 53 



Seltzer, John Horace, Doctor of Medicine 

Sergeant, Charles, d. May 30, isbs, a. 39 

Elihu Spencer, d. Aug. 4, 1824, a. 38 

George, 

Henry J. , Reporter, d. Apt. 30, 1858, a. 44 

John, M. C., LL.D., d. Nov. 23, 1852, a- 73 

Jonathan Dickinson, d. Oct. 2t>. 1793, a. 47 
Jonathan Dickinson, 

Thomas, /. S. C., d. May 3 , i8bo, a. 7 Q 

Thomas, Jr., 

William, 

William, Coi. 

Serrill, Isaac S., 
Seymour, Edmund Bayly, 
Shain, Francis William, 
Shakespeare, James Haman, 
Shallcross, John, 
Shapley, Ezekiel Cooper, 

Rufus Edmund, 
Sharkey, Bernard, 
Sharp, Alexander Henry, 

Isaac Shipman, 

Leedom, 

Sharpe, Robert J., 
Sharpless, Casper Wistar, 

Charles Frederick, 

Nathan Hunt, 
Sharswood, George, 

George, Jr., 
Shaw, Francis B., 

John Eyre, 

William, 

Sheaff, George, Jr., 
Sheahan, John C., 
Shearer, Albert B., 
Shee, John, 

Walter Lewis, 
Shepherd, Daniel, 
Sheppard, Furman, 
Sherman, Charles P., 
Sherrard, Francis, 
Shields, Albert Stepney Letchworth, 

Isaac Hayes, 

Thomas L., 
Shippen, Edward, 

Edward, Jr. , c. j., LL.D., d. API. ib, i8ob, a. 77 

Fran kl i n , d. Dec. w, 1863 



LL.D., C. J. of Pa, 1878-83 
d. Apl. 7, 1881, a. 3r 

Doylestown 

6. Chester on the Delaware 
3 C.R.,33S 



District Attorney 



drowned Jan. 23, 1736-7 



Feb. 15, 1868 
Sept. 25, 1852 
April 25, 1808 
April 23, 1853 
April 25, 1839 
July 17, 1799 
Sept. , 1777 
June n, 1845 
June 8, 1802 
Mch. 21, 1840 
April 21, 1795 
July 13, 1850 
Mch. 13, 1841 
Feb. 17, 1872 
June 27, 1874 
Jan. 3, 1874 
Sept. 17, 1859 
Oct. n, 1862 
July 7, 1866 
Nov. 29, 1862 
April 9, 1864 
Feb. 12, 1865 
Jan. 22, 1881 
Dec. 30, 1882 
Mch. 23, 1833 
April 7, 1847 
Sept. 22, 1855 
Sept. 5, 1831 
Sept. 23, 1871 
Jan. 10, 1800 
Jan. 29, 1855 
Before . 1728 
June 10, 1826 
May 28, 1881 
Nov. 26, 1870 
Sept. 4, 1788 
June 5, 1804 
April 21, 1794 
Sept. 7, 1848 
Feb. 19, 1881 
In prac. 1726 
Dec. 30, 1871 
Feb. 9, 1878 
June n, 1831 
April n, 1846 
In prac. 1748* 
April 17, 1858 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



311 



d. Sept., 1805, a. 34 

St. Louis, Mo. 
d. Feb. 4, 171)8, a. 32 
d. Apl. 3, 1838, a. 33 



d. Nov. 2b, 1822, a. 44 



Shippen. John, 

Joseph, 

Thomas Lee, 

William, Jr., 
Shober, Blaithwaite Jones, 
Shoemaker, Abraham, Jr., d. NOV. /, 1832, a. 48 

Franklin G., 

George Washington, 

Henry, d. July 14, 1839, a. 41 

John Longstreth, d. Dec. 26, 1876, a. 44 

Joseph Harold, 

Samuel, 

Thomas Bitting, 

William Harrison, 
Shortlidge, John Walker, 
Shryock, William Knight, 
Shunk, Casper, 

Samuel T., 

Sidebotham, Charles H., 
Sill, Joseph, 
Simon, Frederick C., 
Simons, M. Laird, 
Simmons, Anthony, Jr., 

John B., 
Simonson, John, 
Simpers, Robert N., 
Simpson, Frank S., 

John Alexander, 

John Alexander, Jr., 

Louis McLane, 

M. Verner, 
Sims, Clifford Stanley, 

Daniel Charles Heath, d. 1830, a 27 

John Clark, Jr., 

John Greene, 

John Mansfield, 
Sinclair, John C., 
Siner, John Armstrong, 
Sinn, Joseph A. . 
Singer, Jacob, 
Sinexon, Thomas, 
Sitgreaves, Samuel, 
Slape, Albert Henry, 
Slaymaker, Jasper, 
Sleeper, Edwin, 
Sliver, William A., 
Sloan, John Hope, 



d. Jan. 7, 1878, a. 42 



d. May 31, i84b,a.34 
d. Apl. II, i8ib, a. st> 



Sec'y Pa. R. R. Co. 
Washington, D. C. 



"Accountant" 
M. C., d. Apl. 4, 1824, a. 64 

Salem, N.J. 
Prosecutor in Mayor's Court 



April 23, 
Oct. 15, 
May 4, 
Sept. 7, 
Sept. 17, 
Sept. 1 6, 
June 14, 
Nov. 8, 
Dec. 20, 
Oct. 1 8, 
June 14, 
Mch. 5, 

July 2, 

June 19, 
Mch. 30, 
Mch. 24, 
Dec. 1 6, 
May 15, 
Mch. 18, 
June 26, 
June 19, 
June 3, 
Sept. 26, 
Jan. 7, 
Dec. , 
June 27. 
Dec. 1 6, 
Sept. 17, 
Feb. 8, 
Dec. 4, 
April 3, 
May 26, 
Mch. 12, 
Dec. 19, 
April 13, 
Feb. n, 
Dec. 2, 
June 14, 
Oct. 30, 

Oct. 22, 

April 30, 
Sept. , 
Oct. 24, 
Jan. , 
Jan. 6, 
Oct. 21, 
Dec. 17, 



1795 
1864 
1790 

1847 
1806 
1806 

1879 
1879 
1819 
1856 
1879 
1799 
1881 
1880 
1878 
1866 

1854 
1848 
1865 
1813 
1880 
1867 
1822 
1814 

1795 
1874 
1868 

1853 
1879 
1875 
1880 
1860 
1825 
1868 
1813 

1843 
1861 
1879 

1875 
1881 

1853 
1783 
1859 
1821 
1847 
1865 
1866 



312 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Small, William Francis, C?/. 2t>thpv.,d. June 13,1877, a. bs 

Smalley, John, 

Smead, A. D. B., 

Smith, Abraham Lewis, Media 

Allison O., 

Andrew Thomas, 

Aubrey Henry, 

Charles, LL.D., p. j., d. Mch. is, iSsb, a. 77 

Charles, Jr., AV<<- York Bar 

C. B. M., 

Charles Morton, 

Claude LaSClle, San Francisco 

Cornelius Michael, 
Cyrus T., 

Daniel, d. Sunbury, Apl. b, 1810, a. 41 

Digby, 

Edward Whitehead, Mqrristown, N.J. 

Enoch, 

Frederick, J. S. C. &>Atty-Gen., d. Oct. ,1830, a. 57 

George, M. c. i8og to 1813 

George Roberts, d. May 10. isbs, a. 57 

George Rush, d.june 23, isbs 

George Washington, d.Api.22,i87b,a.7b 

Gurney, 

Harry Montgomery, 

Henry Cavalier, 

Henry Gano, 

Henry Hobart, 

Herbert, 

James, d. York.Julyil, i8ob, a. Q3 

James, d. Mch. 25, i8ib, a. bs 

James Broom, lost at sea, API. 3 /SM, a. 41 

James Somers, 

James Somers, Sen., d.jan. 25, tSbi,a. 79 

John Rhea, 

Jonathan Bryan, d. Oct. 23, 1872, a. 82 

Josiah William, 

J. Alfred, 

Kenderton, d.jan. 11,1851, a 49 

Lewis Wain , d. June 17, i8Sr, a. 36 

Miles C., ' 

Patrick, d. Aug. 7, 1875, a. 25 

Patrick J., 

Persifor Frazer, Gen. U. S. A. ,d*. May 17,1858, a.bo 
Persifor Frazer, West Chester, d. May 25, 1882, a. 74 

Peter Sken, d. May b, 1857, * fa 

Richard, Huntingdon, d. Oct. I, 1823. a. 55 



Aug. 1 6, 1836 
Feb. 26, 1824 
Feb. 8, 1879 
Oct. 15, 1853 
June 17, i NX 2 
Sept. 24. iSaS 
Jan. 4, 1X37 
June , 1786 
July 1 6, 1 88 1 
May 14, 1872 
July i, 1876 
April 29, 1876 
Dec. 4, 1875 
Sept. 9, 1826 
Mch. 1 1, 1790 
Mch. 22, 1827 
Feb. 2, 1856 
Dec. , 1798 
July 6, 1795 
Dec. , 1789 
Nov. 17, 1832 
Juh 8, 1848 
April 23, 1823 
Jan. 6, 1824 
Sept. 7, 1846 
May 5, 1877 
June 23, 1860 
Nov. 2, 1867 
June 14, 1879 
Apl. 15, 1754* 
July , 1776 * 
May 6, iS4<S 
May 22, 1844 
June 9, 1803 
June 29, 1791 
Jan. 9, 1812 
Oct. 9, 1858 
'Dec. 23, 1876 
May 30, 1822 
Mch. 27, 1868 
Mch. 24, 1812 
June 29, 1872 
Feb. 9, 1861 
Oct. n, 1819 
April 8, 1830 
May 3, 1851 
Feb. 27, 1792 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



313 



Smith, Richard*Penn, 
Richard Rundle, 
Robert Frazer, 
Robert Hobart, 
Robert Wain, 
Sidney Vanuxem, 
Theodore DeKlyn, 
Theodore H., 



d. Aug. iz, 1854, a. 



d. Feb. 6, i8zb, a. 22 



San Francisco 
d. Jan. 28,1881, a. 25 



Jan. 20, 1821 

June 9, 1838 

Nov. i, 1825 

Oct. 24, 1812 

Jan. 14, 1871 

Sept. 6, 1841 

June 14, 1879 

April 10, 1829 



Thomas, f.ofs.c.,d.Mch.3r,i8o<),a.b4 Sept. , 1777 

Thomas, Probably a re-admission of the Judge Nov. 1 6, 1786 

Thomas, Jr., See" Departed Saints of the Law" Before . 1753 

d. Oct. n, 1880, a. bg 

d. Dec. 4, 1871 

d. Apl. S, 1841, a. 32 

d. Oct. 22, 1873, a. 75 



Thomas Duncan, 
Thomas Laughton, 
Thomas Learning, 
Thomas S., 
Uselma Clarke, 
Walter George, 
William, 



May 19, 1836 
July 2, 1 8-1 1 
June n, 1831 
Nov. 13, 1820 
Jan. 16, 1864 
June 30, 1877 
Nov. , 1739 

William, C.J.,N.Y.&Canada,d.Dec.3,i7q3,a.b5 Apl. 8, 1761* 



J., N. V., d. Nov. 22, 17b<), a. 73 



d. NOV. 12, isbi, a <?/ 
d. Oct. q, iSjq, a. 44 



d. Mch. 12, 1821, a. b2 



William, 

William George, 

William H., 

William Henry, 

William Moore, 

William Mintzer, 

(Gen. ) William Rudolph, d.A Ug .2 3 , r8b8, a. 81 

William Rudolph, 

William Taylor, 
Smithers, Elias Primrose, 

S(ch)mucker. (Rev.) Samuel Geiger Mosheim, 1 
Smyth, Charles L., 

George W., 

William J., 
Snare, Jacob, Jr., 

John Thorn, 
Snowden, George Randolph, Captain i42d p. Vois. 

James Ross, 2 LL.D., Author, d. Mch. 21, 1878, a. t 
Sobernheimer, Frederick Alfred, 
Soby, David Sleeth, 
Solis, Isaac Nathans, 
Solomon, Henry, 
Southern, William S., 
Spackman, Henry Cope, 

(Rev.) Henry S., 

William Master, 
Sparhawk, John, Jr., 



June 9, 1802 
May 13, 1840 
June i, 1874 
Feb. 10, 1877 
Mch. , 1781 
Dec. 29, 1855 
, 1808 
Oct. 31, 1874 
June 6, 1826 
Nov. 20, 1869 
Jan. 16. 1850 
May 28, 1881 
June 14, 1879 
June 14, 1879 
Dec. 23, 1876 
Dec 21, 1875 
Feb. 2, 1874 
May 20, 1861 
June 15, 1878 

kuiedinbattie, Aug. 30,^2,0.33 June 15, 1849 

May i, 1880 
May 26, 1813 
May 9, 1849 
Jan. 16, 1864 
April n, 1832 
June 14, 1879 
July 2, 1881 



Treat. Pa. steel Co, 
d. Feb. Q, is?s, a. 6 



1 LL.D., Author, d. 1863, a. 41. 

2 Speaker of the House Rep., Pa., 1842. 



Director of the Mint, 1853. 



314 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Spayd, John, P.J., Reading "Nov. , 1788 

Speakman, Edward, June 21, 1856 

Thomas Henry, June 19, 1844 

Spence, James K., May 6, 1848 

Spencer, Howard, July 13, 1844 

John, d. Aug. 4,1824 Feb. 21, 1794 

John Thompson, Oct. 16, 1869 

Joseph Austin, April n, 1846 

Spering, Joshua, d. Dec. 2, 1873, a. & May 7, 1845 

Spiese, George Washington, Dec. 13, 1865 

Spink, James Eugene, May 27, 1871 

Sprague, Judson R., Oct. 15, 1870 

Spring, Marshall Binney, half-brother to Horace Binney, $*-' June 9, 1815 

Springer, Levi H., July 6, 1857 

Sproat, Harris L., d. June iq, 1872, n. 38 June 26, 1852 

Sprogel, Howard O., Jan. 5, 1878 

Sprogell, Marshall, d May 25,1880, a. 73 June 21, 1828 

Hutchinson, June 28, 1873 

Sprong, David H., June 5, 1856 

Staake, William Heaton, Mch. 14, 1868 

Stan ton, James L., Jan. 24, 1880 

Stapler, John W., July 10, 1847 

Stark, Walter S., Mch. 16, 1867 

Starr, James, Col. o/u. s. v., d. Sept. /, issi, a. 45 Oct. 6, 1860 

St. Clair, Arthur, Jr., son of the Gen., d. Sept. 26, 1820 April 21, 1794 

Stedman, Charles, Jr., Before . 1778 

John, son of Alex., d. Dec. 12, 1773, a. 22 Aug. 1 , 1773 

Stehr, George Washingto^n, Sept. 16, 1878 

Stein, Charles C., ' Oct. 4, 1873 

Stehvagon, Weightman, June 5, 1880 

Stephens, William A., Mch. 10, 1849 

Sterigere, John Brant, NorHstown,M. c. 1827-31, d. /sjs Oct. 18, 1832 

Stern, Simon, Author, New York June 6, 1859 

Stetler, William Henry, June 26, 1880 

Stevens, Henry Alexander, Norristown Jan. 13, 1844 

Stevenson, Cornelius, Mch. 18, 1865 

James Hunter, Dec. 24, 1870 

Maxwell, Oct. 31, 1874 

Moses, Dec. 2, 1882 

Steward, John W., Oct. 15, 1881 

Stewardson, Thomas, Jr., Dec. 17, 1852 

Stewart, Abraham, Jan. 7, 1854 

Alexander Murray, Nov. 14, 1853 

Robert E., Dec. , 1802 

Thomas M., May 20, 1854 

Thomas, Jr., Oct. 22, 1825 

William, Dec. i, 1821 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



315 



Stewart, William Moore, Jr., June 18, 1881 

Stille, Charles Janeway, LL.D. Provost, University of Pa. Oct. 3, 1842 

John, Jr., Sept. 26, 1825 

Louis Richard, Ca.pt. 23* u. s. infantry May 18, 1861 

Stillwell, James C., Oct. 31, 1874 

Stilz, Charles Frederick, Feb. 3, 1872 

Stockley, Daniel Grover, Nov. 9, 1863 

Stoever, Jefferson Frederick, d. June 22, 1864, a. so Mch. 26, 1836 

William Caspar, Oct. 28. 1876 

Stokes, Edwin Lawrence, June 20, 1857 

John Woolman, June 7, 1856 

William Axton, d. May 3, 1877, a. 63 June 6, 1840 

Stone, David Hanley, Police Magistrate Sept. 28, 1872 

James Newton, Jr., Dec. 27, 1873 

Stones, Andrew Brimmer, Oct. 12, 1835 

Story, Thomas, Master of Roils, d. Sept. 21, 1742, a. 80 About . 1700 

Stork, Theophilus Baker, Nov. 4, 1876 

Stotharcl, William G., d. Jan. 12, 1831, a. 24 Jan. 3, 1829 

Stover, Lewis, Dec. 17, 1852 

Owen, April 28, 1832 

William Bainbridge, Oct. 29, 1870 

Stout, Alexander M.-, May 31, 1873 

Strassburger, Jacob A., June 12, 1875 

Stratton, (Rev.) Joseph B., Oct. 16, 1837 

Straube, Maximilian, Sept. 16, 1865 

Strawbridge, Stockton, June 2, 1828 

William Correy, Mch. i, 1873 

Streeter, Barzillai, Montrose? June 10, 1830 

Strobel, (Rev.) George, d. Oct. 26,1874, a 74 Feb. 25, 1828 

.Strong, George B., Oct. 3, 1842 

John Miskey, June 17, 1882 

Nathan, , Feb. 19, 1841 

William"; LL.D.,J. s, c.ofpa.and u. s. Oct. 3, 1832 

Stroud, (Rev.) George Daniel, Capt.soth p a . cavalry June 3, 1863 

George McDowell,/. D. c.,d.june 29, sSrs.a.so June 28, 1819 

Struthers, James R., Mauck chunk, Pa. Sept. 3, 1836 

Stuart, David T., Nov. 18, 1871 

John, Dec. 24, 1839 

Stutzbach, Martin Herman, April 4, 1874 

Sulger, Isaac, Oct. 23, 1841 

John E., Dec. 2, 1882 

Sullivan, George Strobel, Oct. 8, 1881 

John M., Nov. n, 1858 

John Turner Sargent, d. Dec. 30, 1848, a. 36 Dec. 19, 1840 

Sulzberger, Mayer, Sept. 16, 1865 

Sutherland, (Dr.) Joel B.,y.<&^/. c.,d.Nov.is,i8bi,a.7o Mch. 30, 1819 

Thomas W., Aug. 3, 1839 



316 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAH 



Sutton, William Henry, 
Swaby, John Haigh, 
Swain, Charles Moseley, 
Svvayne, Charles, 

Franklin, 
Swift, Charles, 

(Col.) John, 

Robert Eglesfield Griffith, 

William, 

William Fowler, 
Swope, William P., 
Sword, (Rev.) John, 
Sykes, Robert Wharton, 
Sypher, Josiah Reinhardt, 

Taite, Frank Gulliss, 
Talbot, D. Smith, 
Tallman, Thomas Woodward, 
Tanner, Thomas, 
Tarr, Augustus DeKalb, 

Elihu Duplissis, 
Tate, Joseph, 
Tatham, George North, 
Taylor, Alfred, 

Charles Cathcart, 

Carter Berkeley, 

Edward L. , 

Enoch, 

Francis G., 

Franklin, 

Harry S., 

John Bonsall, 

John D., 

Mordecai, 

Samuel Lei per, 

Thomas B., 

Thomas B., 

William Bower, 

William McCool, 
Teakle, Edward L., 
Tel fair, Isaac, 
Teller, Oscar Benjamin, 
Temple, Benjamin Leofric, 
Tenbrook, Abraham, 
Tener, Hugh W., 

Kinley John, 
Tennant, Sidney, 





Feb. 7, 1863 




April 14, 1847 




Nov. 25, 1871 




June 24, 1871 




Dec. 10. 


d. Oct. 8, i8ir, a. 56 


Mch. 6, 1779 


*yor, d. June t), 1873, a. 83 


Mch. 16, 1811 


iffith, d. 1870, a. 74 


Dec. 13, 1820 




May 20, 1819 


d. at Bristol, Pa. 


April 12, 1827 




April 3, 1880 




April 18. 1868 


d. Sept. 13, i&75, a. 80 


Sept. 5, 1816 




Oct. 7, 1871 




April 3, 1880 




June 24, 1882 


rd, 


Oct. 24, 1792 




Nov. 17, 1868 


d. June i, 1862, a,. 34 


June 26, 1840 


d. Dec. 13, 1851 


Oct. 7, 1833 




Nov. 5, 1816 




April 18, 1829 


New York 


Oct. 7, 1880 


d. Mch. 14, jSSo, a. 35 


April 10, 1869 




Sept. 16, 1878 




Dec. 8, 1832 


Late Sheriff 


July 10, 1841 




June 18, 1881 




Jan. u, 1844 




June 19, 1880 




Oct. 9, 1875 




May 2, 1829 


d. Mch. 7, 1849, * 55 


Dec. ' 15, 1829 




May 20, 1852 




Feb. 7, 1849 




Oct. 9, 1875 




Nov. 15, 1843 




Mch. 12, 1881 




April 7, 1831 




Mch. 6, 1790 




Nov. 12, 1881 


d. Mch 28, 1881, a. 39 


April 7; 1864 




Oct. 26, 1816 




Sept. 7, 1844 




May 7, 1864 




July 14, 1849 



d. Ridley, Pa. , 1836, a. 72 
See I Watson's Annals, 317 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 

Tennery, Joseph S., d. Dec. 5,1880,0.74 

Terry, Henry C., 
Tharp, Eugene Horace, 

Thomas Horace, 
Thayer, John Borland, 

Martin Russell, M. c. &> P. j. of c. P. 

Thackara, Alexander, 
Tharin, Reuben S., 
Thole, Francis H., 
Thomas, Benjamin M., 

Edward J. Bayliss, d.jan. 29, 1881, a. so 

Elijah, 

Evan, 

Harvey, 

Israel, 

Jacob, 

John Chew, 

John Moylan, 

Joseph, 

Joseph Tuley, 

Samuel Hinds, 

Samuel Salters, 
Thompson, Aaron, 

Frank I., 

George, 

Henry C., 

John, 

John G., 

Lewis B., 

Newcomb Butler, 

Oswald, 

^Richard S., 

Ross, 

Samuel Gustine, 

Samuel L., 

William Allen, 
Thomson, Alexander Hamilton, d.jan. 9, 1831, a. 

Charles Rockland , d. Sept. s, 1843, 33 

George Henry, d. API. ZQ, 1863, a. & 

Thorn, George W., 
Thornton, John T. , 

Richard Hopewood, 
Tilghman, Benjamin, d. May 30, i8so,a.6s 

Benjamin Chew, Col. zbth P. v. 

Edward, d. NOV. /, 1815, a. 65- 

James, rf. Aug. 24, 1793, a. 76 

Richard, See Chester Co. Bar 

41 



P. J., d. Jan. 25, i8bb, a. 37 
Carlisle, d. when young 



317 

May 5, 1832 
Mch. 16, 1867 
April 23, 1860 
Sept. 24, 1870 
June 13, 1859 
Sept. 5, 1842 
July 2, 1870 
Feb. 6, 1869 
July 15, 1882 
Sept. 9, 1831 
Dec. 4, 1858 
June 22, 1861 
May 4, 1791 
Mch. 13, 1830 
Sept. 6, 1850 
Dec. 31, 1859 
Dec. 15, 1787 
June 24, 1854 
May 15, 1789 
Nov. 27, 1838 
Dec. 1 8. 1880 
July 2, 1859 
Feb. 12, 1845 
Dec. 4, 1877 
Mch. , 1786 
Oct. 12, 1859 
Feb. 6, 1864 
May 21, 1836 
July 3, 1869 
Nov. 26, 1870 
Mch. 28, 1832 
Mch. 8-, 1862 
Dec. , 1782 
Jan.' 19, 1861 
Feb. 25, 1871 
Oct. , 1800 
Sept. 24, 1827 
Nov. 13, 1830 
Feb. 27, 1830 
April 8, 1848 
Dec. 2, 1876 
Dec. 6, 1879 
Jan. 9, 1806 
Dec. 9, 1842 
Aplterm 1774* 
About . 1761 
Feb. , 1772 



318 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 



Tilghman, William, LL.D., c.j ,d. Apt. 29, 1827, a. 71 Sept. i, 1794 

William McMurtrie, Dec. 12, 1836 

Tilton, Curtis, June 30, 1877 

Tim, David, . New York Nov. 12. 1870 

Tindall, Joseph R., June 5, 1875 

Tindel, Adam, June 13, 1874 

Titus, Henry Clay, Editor May 8, 1869 

John, C.J. of Arizona, d. Oct. IQ, 1876, a .64 Dec. 27, 1842 

Tobias, Joseph Orlando, N.Y.aty Oct. 6, 1852 

Thaddeus, d. Dec. 29, 1833, ^ Dec. 13, 1851 

Tobin, Francis Tracy, Dec. 31, 1881 

Tod, William H., d. July 31, 1833, a. bz Dec. 7, 1793 

Todd, David S., Dec. 26, 1835 

James, P.J ,Atty-Gen., d. Sept. 3, 1863, 77 Dec. 26, 1835 

James, Jr., Sept. 20, 1853 

John, Jr./ d. Oci.2 4 ,im3,a-3 Mch. , 1785 

Moses Hampton, Jan. 23, 1869 

William P. M., Dec. '18, 1869 

Tolan, William Eisen, Jan. 8, 1881 

Toland, George Washington, M. c. 1837*01843 Oct. 5, 1819 

Tolson, Benjamin Franklin, Jan. 31, 1880 

Toner, John Jacob, Oct. 4, 1873 

Toomey, John Augustus, Oct. 12, 1872 

Torrey, Jason, May 10, 1862 

Tower, Charlemagne, Jr., Nov. 9, 1878 

Townsend, Charles Henry, Feb. 28, 1877 

Franklin, April 4, 1874 

George Washington, June 27, 1874 

Henry Clay, Sept. 7, 1844 

James Price, Oct. 3, 1874 

Joseph Brevitt, Dec. 12, 1842 

Urie, Mch. i, 1879 

Towson, William Gambel, April i, 1871 

Tracy, Henry M., Oct. 15, 1881 

Traill, Robert, of Easton Bar May , 1789 

Traquair, Samuel Henderson, d. Jan. 17, 1853, a-4* Sept. 12, 1834 

Tread well, Francis C., Oct. 12, 1850 

Trimnel, David S., d. NOV. ib, 1850, a. 23 July 6, 1850 

Troubat, Francis Joseph, Author, d. June ig.i&bs.a.ty Dec. 22, 1823 

Troutman, George H., Feb.* 5, 1862 

Trumbore, Henry, Oct. 14, 1882 

Trunkey, William Garvin, Barren Co. Jan. 28, 1882 

Tryon, Joseph S., Sept. 5, 1825 

Tschudy, Martin," killed at Gettysburg, July 3, i8b3,a. 3 8 Sept. i, 1851 

Tull, Joseph Letherbury, Oct. 14, 1870 

Tullot, Andrew, Sept. , 1799 

Turner, Franklin P., Mch. 9, 1848 

1 His widpw married President Madison. 2 Lt. Col. 69th Penna. Volunteers. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



319 



Turner, Joseph C., Sept. 17, 1859 

William Anthony, d. N. \ -..jan.i, 7830, a. 65 Direct'ry 1828 

T wells, John Steel, June 3, 1858 

Twibill, Thomas P., June 18, 1881 

Tybout, Thomas Maxwell, d. Aug. 3 , 1832, a. 22 Sept. 8, 1830 

Tyler, John, Gov.ofVa.,d.jan.b,i8i3,a.t>s Sept. , 1799 

John, Jr. , Son of President Tyler Aug. 14, 1852 

Robert, Son of President Tyler, d. Dec. 3, 1877 July 22, 1844 

Sidney F., Feb. 9, 1878 

Tyson, Carroll Sargent, 'June 14, 1862 

Job Roberts, M. c.,d.ju ne 2 7 , jsjs, a. J4 Sept. 8, 1827 

Joseph Washington, A sst. p. M. Gen., is^ Jan. 31, 1835 

Samuel H., Oct. 26, 1839 

Uhle, John Bethell, Oct. n, 1873 

Uhler, Peter G., June 7, 1824 

Ulman, Hezekiah C., Dec. 9, 1862 

Umstead, Francis G. Q., April 8, 1854 

Umsted, Abraham Olwine, June 3, 



U. S. District- Attorney 

Bristol, Pa. 
d. Dec 12, 1853 



d. Feb. 12, r& 



Vail, Lewis De Pui, 
Valentine, John King, 
Van Amringe, Henry H., 
Van Arsdalen, Joel M., 
Van Beil, Solomon C., 
Van Buren, Thomas G., 
Van Buskirk. George Miller, 
Vancleve, Frederick A., 

John Wright, 
Vanderslice, Thaddeus L., 

John M., 

Vanderveer, John M., 
Van Dusen, George R., 
Van Dyke, James, d. Jan., 1775^.32 

James C. , Jr. , u. s Dist. Atty, d. Aug. 25, i&t>t>, a. 51 Dec. 

Nicholas, Delaware, d. Feb. IQ, 1789, a. 

Van Horn, Charles F., * 

M. A. De L., 

Van Kleeck, Adolph A., 
Vannost, John, 
Van Reed, John, Jr., 1 
Van Rensselaer, Robert, 
Van Sant, E. Newton, 

Simpson T., 

Van Tronk, Herman B., 
Van Voorhis, James S., 



d. Mch. 10, 1804, a. 



1876 



1858 
1857 

1835 
1858 
1851 

1844 
1879 
1864 
1797 
1871 
1869 
1848 
1879 
1765 
1838 

May , 1765* 
Feb.' i, 1879 
Dec. 23, 1882 
July 6, 1878 
Sept. 30, 1778 
Direct'ry 1803 
April 5, 1826 
Oct. 22, 1859 
May 21, 
Nov. 
Oct. 



May 8, 
Sept. 8, 
June 6, 
Jan. 16, 
Nov. .5, 
Jan. 26, 
June 14. 
April 
Nov. 
Feb. 
May 
May 
June 
Aug. 



1853 
26, 1870 

2, 1875 



1 Agent General for the U. S. under the Treaty with Great Britain. 



320 MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR 

Van Zandt, George H., Sept. 22, 1855 

Vaux, George, <*.//* /7, /5j6, . 56 Sept. 15, 1800 

Richard, 1 P. G. M. Grand Lodge of Pa., F. &> A. M. April 15, 1837 

Veale, Moses, Jr., Bvt. Major u. s. Vois. Nov. 25, 1856 

Venables, Thomas,* .vm.pa Arch*, zd Series ,263 Before . 1740 

Vincent, Frederick, from Norfolk, Va. Sept. 27, 1845 

Vogdes, James Calbreath, d. API. 14, /<&>/, a jj Dec. 2, 1846 

John Reynolds, d.Feb.io,i8tx>,a7t Jan. 6, 1820 

William, Jan. 7, 1832 

William, Jr., d.Aj>i.it>,i877,a. 4 s Sept. 17,1853 

Vogel, Frederick Baynard, Feb. 24, 1872 

Voss, George W., Dec. 23, 1876 

Waddell, William Bell, West Chester June 3, 1856 

Wade, James, i>. PMiada , 17^3 Oct. 4, 1784 

Wagner, Benjamin Franklin, Dec. 5, 1868 

Charles Mackinet, </. Mch. 7, 1883 Oct. 18, 1845 

George M., July i, 1882 

Jacob, Editor, d.Jan. 20, 1823, a. 53 June 5, 1793 

Samuel, Jr., Nov. 4, 1865 

Thomas, Jr., Sept. 18, 1867 

William L., Dec. 4, 1875 

Waite, Robert N., Sept. 17, 1853 

Wakeling, Edmund D., d. Feb. zt, 1870, a. 28 Sept. 20, 1862 

Samuel, Sept. 16, 1865 

Wakemah, Edgar B., Nov. 20, 1841 

Wales, John, U. S Senator, d. Wilmington, Dec. 3, 1863 Jan. 9, 1813 

Walker, George A. , d. June i s , 1870, a. s t> April 1 7, 1844 

Horatio Nelson, d. Feb. ,18.77. "-34 Jan. 7, 1865 

John Pennington. April 2, 1881 

Jonathan, P. j. Oct. , 1789 

Joseph Brewster, May 6, 1837 

Robert JarvisC., M.C. Oct. 20, 1859 

William Cornell, Oct. 22, 1836 

Wall, Joseph F., June 16, 1877 

Wallace, Henry Edward, Editor, d. Feb. 23, 1879, a. 64 May 21, 1836 

Henry Edward, Jr., ,. New York aty Dec. 2, 1876 

Horace Binney, Author, d. Dec. /6, /$$?, a. 36 April 8, 1840 

Irwin M., May 13, 1858 

James Madison Power, 3 June 6, 1868 

James Wilson, April 25, 1833 

John Bradford, Reporter, d Jan. 7, 1837, a. 38 Dec. 9, 1 799 

John William, LL.D., Author s* Reporter u. s. s. c. Oct. 27, 1836 

William, Oct. . 1792 

1 President of the Board of Inspectors of the Eastern Penitentiary. 

2 Thomas Venables, who died January 26, 1731, was, perhaps, the lawyer. 
See his tomb in Christ Church; and also "Departed Saints of the Law." 

* Publisher and Proprietor of the Legal Intelligencer. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



321 



Wallace, William, 




Sept. 6, 1864 


William H. H., 




May i, 1875 


William W., 


d. Feb. 20, 1854, a. 40 


Jan. 10, 1846 


Wain, Edward, 




Sept. 6, 1834 


Jacob Shoemaker, 


? d. 1840. 


June 8, 1803 


Nicholas, 


d. Sept. 20, 1813, a. 72 


Oct. 8, 1762* 


Robert Wood, 




Jan. 7, 1871 


Samuel Morris, 




Dec. 4, 1880 


Walsh, Robert, Jr., 1 LL.D 


., Editor, d. Feb. 7, 1859, a - 7& 


April 7, 1810 


William S., 




April 10, 1875 


Walton, Edwin, 




Jan. 7, 1871 


Henry F., 




Oct. 4, 1879 


James M., 




May 17, 1862 


Morgan M., 




Jan. 29, 1876 


William S., 


d. July 10, 1843, a 33 


June 16, 1841 


Waples, Rufus, 


Delaware 


May 18, 1861 


Ward, George S., 




Jan. 17, 1863 


Henry Galbraith, 




Sept. 15, 1873 


John A., 




Oct. 15, 1881 


John Joseph, 


d. Oct. 10, 1882, a. 27 


Oct. 28, 1876 


Warner, Charles Dudley, 


Author 


Mch. 9, 1858 


Yardley, 




Dec. 22, 1838 


Warren, Harvey C., 


d. July 25, 1870, a. ss 


Jan. 18, 1868 


Henry M. , 




Dec. 10, 1881 


Joseph, 




Sept. 25, 1875 


Lucius Henry, 


Bvt. B. G. U. S. Vols. 


May 17, 1879 


Warriner, Henry Ryland, 


4f Jan. 31,1873, a 48 


May 1 6, 1857 


Warrington, Edward E., 


Delaware 


June 28, 1832 


Warwick, Charles Franklin. 




Dec. 3, ,1872 


Washburn, John M., 




Jan. 8, 1881 


Washington, Edward C., 




Dec. n, 1845 


Wm. Herbert, 




Feb. 3, 1877 


Waters, David Rittenhouse, 


d Sept. 4, 1813, a. 22 


Mch. 3, 1812 


Watmough, Edward Coxe, 


d. July 14, 1848, a. 27 


Oct. 29, 1842 


Edward Carmick, 


d. fan. 23, 1848, a. si 


Sept. 29, 1823 


Watson, Edward A., 




Sept. 16, 1834 


Edward B., 




June 19, 1869 


Frank, 




June 1*9, 1869 


Henry W., 




Mch. 12, 1881 


Thomas, 




Dec. 29, 1860 


Thomas Stordy, 




April 7, 1877 


WattS, David, Carlisle, d. Sept. 23, 1810, a. tf 


Sept. 13, 1790 


Henry Miller, 


U. S Minister, Austria 


Sept. 22, 1838 


John Shoenberger, 




Sept. 21, 1872 


Stephen, d. 17 


88, a. 51 ; see Berks Co. Bar 


May 10, 1769 


Waxier, William Hall, 




Jan. 19, 1861 


Way, Francis R., 




Dec. 7, 1863 



1 Compiler of an English and Classical Dictionary, Burlington, N. J., 1813. 



322 



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See Chester County List 
d. Oct. 15, tSbS, a. 36 



J. , d. Oct. 22, /7p6, a. 79 
Killed in battle in Revolution 



Wayland, Francis Lincoln, 
* Wayne, Isaac, M. c , d. Oct. 23, 1852, a. 83 

Weatherly, David, Jr., 
Weatley, Lewis Charles, 
Weaver, Philip V., 
Webb, Bainbridge H., 

Isaac, 

John, 

Thaddeus, 

Thomas Oscar, 
Webster, David, 
Weeks, Horace Francis, 
Weiand, Henry A., 
Weidman, Mason, 
Weight man, Stelwagon, 
Weigley, Joseph, 

William Wallace, 
Weimer, Albert B., 
Weil, Edward Henry, 
Weiss, Lewis William, 
Weiser, Jay G., 
Weitzell, Casper, 
Welch, James C., 
Weldon, Frank Thomas, 

Wells, John Craig, irPa . Archives, 420, d. before 1817 

John Dagworthy, 

Lewis E. , d. July 2f, 1874, a. 74 

Lewis S., 

Richard W., 
Welsh, Joseph R. , 

Samuel A., 

William Henry, York, Pa. 

West, George Spencer, 

James, Jr., 

James Mortimer, Sw'jr Times Publishing Cn. 

James McMain, 

Joseph English, 

Joseph Van Sise, 

William Nelson, aty Solicitor 

Westbrook, Richard B., 
Westcott, Francis H., 

George B., WayneCo.,<i.Nov.28,i83b,a.3J 

Gideon Granger, 
John H., 

Thompson, 1 Editor & Author 

Wetherill, Charles, 

Christopher, Jr., 



June 25, 1881 
June 2, 1795 
Jan. 6, 1847 
Sept. , 1783 
June 15, 1878 
Oct. 21, 1865 
Dec. 3, 1830 
About . 1740* 
June 10, 1859 
June 28, 1856 
Dec. 23, 1843 
June 30, 1877 
Nov. 7, 1868 
Nov. ii, 1865 
June 5, 1880 
Dec. , 1797 
May 14, 1867 
Nov. 4, 1882 
June 17, 1857 
Dec. , 1755 
June 19, 1880 
May n, 1769 
Nov. 12, 1845 
July 12, 1872 
Nov. 15, 1788 
Jan. n, 1822 
Feb. 6, 1823 
July 14, 1860 
Jan. 2, 1824 
Mch. ,6, 1871 
Dec. 30, 1871 
Oct. 3, 1849 
Oct. 3, 1857 
Dec. 13, 1838 
Oct. 19, 1861 
Feb. 1 8, 1871 
Jan. 25, 1851 
Mch. i, 1879 
Oct. 17, 1868 
Dec. i, 1877 
June 22, 1 86 1 
Feb. 14, 1829 
Nov. 6, 1858 
June ii, 1881 
Nov. 10, 1841 
Oct. 3, 1874 
Oct. 30, 1875 



Author of the History of the City of Philadelphia, &c. 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



323 



Wetherill, Samuel, Oct. 17, 1848 

William Delany, June 30, 1868 

Wharton, (Rev.) Francis, Author Dec. 9, 1842 

Fishbourne, Jr., June 2, 

George Mifflin, u. s. Dist.Atty,d.Feb.5,i8- t o,a. 64 Sept. 8, 



d. Nov. n, 1880, a. J4 

Coroner, Chester Co. Records 

d. 1835, a.jb 



Henry, 

John, 

John Saltar, 

Lloyd, 

Richard, 

Robert Owen, d.juiyjo, 1832, a. 31 

Thomas Isaac, d. API. 7, 1836, a. 65 

Thomas I., 
Wheeler, Charles, d.juneib, 1858, a. 71 

Jacob D., 

John Howell, 
Whetham, Charles H., 
Whitall, John M., 

White, CliffordS., d. May 31, 1870, a. jo 

Clement Brooke, d. Mch. 20, /&?/, a. 29 
D. Jarrett, 
Edward Wagner, 

John, Atty-Gen., d. 1794 

John, 

John J. , d. API. id, 1879, a. 71 

JohnW., 

Richard P., 

Thomas, P. J. of Indiana Co., d. July 22, i8bb, a.. 67 

Thomas Earle, 



1830 
1827 
1849 
1741 



June 6, 
In prac 
June 19, 1822 
Mch. 13, 1822 
June , 1786 
Mch. 24, 1827 



Oct. 

July 

Mch. 

Dec. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

June 

May 

June 



1812 
1882 
1811 
1818 

1845 
1870 
1867 
1870 
1880 



23 

4, 

12 

3, 
3> 
14, 

5, 

April 14, 1860 

June 5, 1848 

Oct. 25, 1683 

June 26, 1858 

April 7, 1834 

Jan. 18, 1868 

Mch. 13, 1860 

May 26, 1820 

Nov. i, 1879 



Thomas, Jr. , Should be as in C. P., 'Ihomas Hart, Jr. April 14, l86o 
Townsend, 1 Chester Co.Rec., Warden of Christ Church In prac. 1742 



Thomas W., 

Upton Heath, 

William, 

William, Jr., 
Whitebread, William, 
Whitehead, Gerrard Irvine, 

William H., 
Whitehill, Robert, Jr., 
Whiteside, Elisha M., 
Whitman, William E., 
Whitlock, Henry C., 
Whitton, Joseph M. B., 
Wickersham, Cadwalader Morris, 

George Woodward, 
Wickoff, Henry, d. Feb. 21,1826,0.36 



d. Dec. 20, 1838, a. 48 
See Chester County List, d. 1772 



Lancaster 



d. July 30, 1875, a. 74 



Sept. 23, 1822 
May i, 1880 
Dec. 15, 1866 
July 2.1, 1831 
About . 1755* 
Jan. 19, 1861 
Feb. 24, 

7. 
i, 



July 

April 



1866 

1795 
1865 



Sept. 1 8, 1830 
Sept. 19, 1881 



May 
Jan. 
April 
Mch. 



i. 

6. 

3> 

10. 



1880 

1847 
1880 
1791 



Merchant, Philadelphia, died New York, 1793. 



324 



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Wickoff, Henry, Author, > The Chevalier Wikotf" Sept. 8, 1834 

Peter, Jr., d. Sept. 17, 1848, a. 74 July 24, 1800 

Wignall, Charles F., Oct. i, 1881 

Wilbur, Horace P., d.Stpt.2t>,i8So,a.4s Feb. 28, 1871 

Wilcocks, Alexander, </. July 22, /&>/, a. t>o Ap'l n, 1765* 

Samuel, d. . Wch.zz, 1824, a. 39 Mch. 2, 1806 

Wilcox, Thomas Hamlin, April 12, 1862 

Wiler, Alfred Day, Dec. 10, 1881 

Wiley, William R., July 5, 1879 

Wilkins, William, sec'yof wr,d. June 23,1^5, a. &> Sept. , 1801 

William Wood, Sept. 19, 1792 

Wilkinson, Alfred J., Oct. 4, 1879 

John James, Feb. 26, 1876 

William, d. Oct. /6, 1834, <* (>* Direct'ry 1850 

Willard, Edward, Nov. 16, 1867 

Edward, Jr., April i, 1882 

Willett, John S., June 7, 1808 

Williams, Albert Borden, July 7, 1877 

Carroll R., June 19, 1880 

David, of New York April 30, 1859 

Duane, Nov. 24, 1855 

Ellis D., Oct. 10, 1868 

Henry Jonathan, d. Mch. u, /Sjg, a. 88 Dec. i, 1815 

James Stephens, Sept. 29, 1877 

John Quincy, June 29, 1872 

John Worthington, Editor, d. Aug. zq, 1837,*. 34 Feb. 3, 1826 

John Worthington, June 6, 1859 

Joseph Henry, Oct. 13, 1877 

Richard J., May 13, 18=54 

Robert J., June 18, 1881 

Samuel Worthington, Dec. 4, 1875 

William Henry, April 20, 1861 

Williamson, Edward Hand, Nov. 7, 1854 

John Miller, Delaware Dec. 20, 1873 

William von Albade, Jan. 9, 1875 

Willing, George Charles, d. 0^.30,1834 Mch. 28, 1816 

Thomas, M. c.,j. s. c., d.jan. /0, 1821, a. 8q About . 1 754 

Willis, Thomas, Direct'ry 1800 

Willson, Robert Newton, May 7, 1864 

Wilson, Albert Lapsley, Oct. 7, 1871 

Alexander, ?d. Api. 18, 1882, a. sq June' 2, 1847 

Alexander C., Oct. 18, 1845 

Andrew Porter, Huntingdon May 6, 1850 

Benjamin P., June 25, 1870 

Bird, P.J.,LL.D., D. D.,d. Apt. I4,t8sq,a.82 Mch. 13, 1797 

Ellwood, Jr., Feb. 25, 1871 
James, LL.D., justice u.s. s. c.,d. Aug. 28,17^3, *.jt> Nov. , 1767 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



325 



Col. 7 ist P. 



Author, deceased 



Wilson, James Reed, d. Dec. 24, rfyi, a. os 

John, 

John L., 

Peter M., 

Theodore M., 
Wiltbank, William White, 
Winship, Richard Collard, 
Winter, William Harrison, 
Wireman, Henry D.j 
Wirgman, Franklin McCrea, 
Wise, William Grant, 
Wistar, Isaac Jones, 
Wister, William Rotch, 

William Wynne, Jr., 
Witherop, J. Willis, 
Withey, Griffith J., 
Witmer, Theodore B., 
Wolbert, John A., 

Wolf, George. Gov.,d. Mch. 14, 1840, a. 63 

Wolfe, Frank, 

James High, 
Wolff, Otto, 
Wolgamuth, Francis F., 
Wollaston, George W., 
Wood. Edward Randolph, 

George Randolph, 

Henry B., 

John S., 

Richard C., 

Richard Francis, 

Thomas, 

William H., 
Woods, John, 
Woodward, Byron, 

Edwin A., 

Evan Morrison, 

George A., 

George W., 

Henry, 
Woolery, Nimrod, Jr., 



d. Aug. 12, 1881, a. 64 



d. 1880, a. jj 
Dauphin Co. Bar 

d. Chicago, Dec. ib, 1882, a. 46 
Author, Ellisdale, N. J. 



C. J., d. May q, 187 J, a 66 

d. Feb. 27, 1878, a. 26 

Mantua, N.J. 

Wooten, Alfred R., 

Worrell, Edward Randolph, d. Sept. 13, 1882, a. 38 

Joseph. of Trenton, N.J. , Worrall? 

Thomas Jefferson, aty Solicitor, i8tx) 
Wright, John Wandesford, 

Jonathan, Pottsvtiu, Pa. 

Richardson Little, Jr., 

42 



Nov. 26, 
June 13, 
Sept. 29, 
Nov. 1 8, 
Jan. 7, 
Feb. 17, 
Sept. 17, 
Dec. 14, 
April 14, 
June 14, 
June 18, 
Feb. 20, 
Oct. 6, 
Sept. i, 
June 18, 
Oct. 24, 
Sept. 9, 
Tune 15, 
Sept. , 
Dec. 10, 
Sept. 28, 
Mch. 1 8, 
April 12, 
Mch. 5, 
June 22, 
Sept. 22, 
April 9, 
June 3, 
June 7, 
June 7, 
Oct. 6, 
April 9, 
June , 
April 15, 
April 9, 
April 19, 
Sept. 20, 
In. prac. 
Oct. 31, 
Nov. 30, 
Feb. 6, 
Dec. 13, 
Before . 
JSov. 29, 
Feb. 1 1 , 
July 26, 



1827 
1868 
1877 

1794 
1865 
1866 
1864 
1861 
1866 
1879 
1881 
1858 
1849 
1862 
1881 
1829 

1843 
1863 
1799 
1861 
1872 
1876 
1879 
1847 
1861 
1860 

1853 
1812 
1814 

1873 
1849 
1881 
1783 
1854 
1859 
1853 
1859 
1868 

1874 
1872 
1858 
1865 

1775 
1862 

1871 
1860 
1869 



326 



MARTIN'S BENCH AND BAR. 



Wright, Thomas, 

William R., 
Wrigley, Benjamin Paxson, 

William C., 
Wurts, Alexander, Ficmington,N.j. 

John, M. C., d. in Rome, Apl. 23, 1861 

John S., 

Wyckoff, Peter, Easton Bar, i8st> 

Yarnall, Ellis H., 
Yarrow, John Dowdney, 
Yeates, Jasper, 

Jasper, Lancaster, J. S. C., d. Mch. 14, 1817, a. 72 

Yerger, Henry B., 

Yerkes, Charles J. , d.jan. 4, 1883, a. 26 

William H., Major rjqthP. V. &>J. C. P. 

Young, John, P.J. Indiana Co., d. about 1840 

John F., 

Montgomery Pike, 1 <i. in Mexico, Oct. s, 1847 
Samuel, 

Samuel Charles, 
Samuel, Jr., 
Yocum, Isaac De Haven, 



Zacherle, Albert E., 
Zane, Abraham Van Hoy, 

Andrew, Jr., 

Charles, 
Zantzinger, Ernest, 

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