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10th mo 9th mo A. D. Born A. D. Children A. D. Died A. D. Married Abigail agreeable ancestors Anna Anne assembly Bowne Bramham Bringhurst brother Burlington Smiths Byllinge Captain Charles Children of Samuel council Coxe Daniel Smith daughter of 9 daughter of William dear Hannah Delaware descendants Died young Dillwyn Drinker Earl Edward Edward Pole EIGHTH eldest Elizabeth England Eyre father female line Friends George governor Green Hill Hessians Indians James Logan Jenings John Smith Joseph Junior land Levick Longstreth Lord Manuel Eyre Margaret Mary Smith meeting Morris NINTH o'clock Pemberton Penn Pennsylvania Perot persons Philadelphia Pole proprietors province Quakers Rachel Rachel Smith Rebecca Richard Smith Robert Smith rode Samuel Smith Sansom Sarah sent Stenton Stewardson tenth Thomas tion to-day told took town West Jersey Wetherill wife William Lovett William Lovett Smith William Smith Yorkshire
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