Chester County Genealogy

Mapping, Old and New

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:20:00 -0000

The introduction of wide-scale mapping software such as Bing and GoogleMaps has opened a whole new avenue for research in genealogy. Using these modern maps against a background of older maps and atlases can make it possible to see just where properties are located and can help answer some questions. Let's take a look at what we can find out about an old Quaker meeting in Nantmeal Village using both old maps and new ones.

Vernon Family

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:40:00 -0000

Sloppy research will make you crazy - I have the extra gray hairs to prove it this week. My little adventure in nuttiness started when trying to find the parents of Chalkley Jefferis, whose gravestone at Birmingham I had photographed a year ago. His mother was Jane Jefferis, daughter of James and Ann (Cheyney) Jefferis, but no mention is found anywhere of his father. That's another story altogether, I suspect. The gray hairs began to appear when looking further into the Cheyney line.

Isaac's House

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:50:00 -0000

My family is notorius for taking interesting pictures without ever bothering to label them, so I wasn't particularly surprised to come across several old snapshots of an old stone home with a sign declaring it to be Reynolds Hall. I vaguely recalled that Isaac Reynolds, my great-grandfather, had at one point owned land across from what was once the State Normal School in West Chester, but I hadn't drawn the connection between the old family home and the current Reynolds Hall at West Chester University until I came across an old map section from 1912 showing the property.

The Stottsville Inn's Josephine

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:40:00 -0000

One of the more intriguing stories about Chester County's local inns is that of the Stottsville Inn on Strasburg Road. As the legend goes, the Inn is haunted by the ghost of Josephine Stott Chandler Emery, after supposedly being murdered by her husband, Horace G. Emery when he found her in bed with someone else. As the story continues, Horace then intended to do himself in and left a suicide note which read as follows:

"I love, love, love you. You are the dream of my life. Come with me to the shoe store and I will make love to you. Love, Horace."

"P.S., I can't live without you so I will commit suicide in the barn. I will bite a cow's leg and he will kick me in the head and kill me. For without you, life is nothing."

Using This Site

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0000

Let's face it - there's a lot of information on this site and it may be hard to figure out at first what can be found where on the site. I've created this page to tell you a bit about each section of the site and the types of information that can be found in each section.

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Moore Family

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:50:00 -0000

In the early part of the 20th century, John Andrew Moore Passmore published a very large genealogy of the Descendants of Andrew Moore. Though there is a wealth of information in the work, it starts off on a bad foot, where he claims that Andrew Moore married Margaret, daughter of Gayen and Margaret (Henderson) Miller. The Minutes of the Ulster Province Meeting in Ireland show: Andrew Moore and Margaret Wilson, both of Dunclady Meeting, were married at the house of Katherine Henderson in Dunclady (County Antrim) the 27th day of 2nd month, 1715.

Pearson ( Peirson) Family

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:50:00 -0000

Paul Palmer of Texas sent in several issues concerning this early family:

Souplis Family

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:50:00 -0000

Dori Parsons of California sent this one in about the family of Andris Souplis of Germantown