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Subject: [PaOldC] Edwin PUSEY biography
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 23:08:32 EDT

Cyndie has published this biographical sketch of Edwin Pusey at:

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/bios/pusey-e.txt

along with my note of correction at the end:

"Note (JMM) This sketch asserts that John Pusey was the father of the
emigrant brothers, William and Caleb. A few years after this book was
published, Gilbert Cope, one of the editors and a prominent American gene-
alogist, particularly regarding Chester county genealogy, determined to
find proof of this commonly-held belief. His research concluded that this
John Pusey was NOT the father of William and Caleb. Unfortunately, his
decades of earlier publications do not contain this correction."

John

"Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs
of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania", Vol. 2, edited by Gil-
bert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, Lewis Publishing Company, New York,
1904, pp. 376-7.

"EDWIN PUSEY. The Pusey family who are actively associated with the indus-
trial, political and social affairs of the borough of Avondale, Chester
county, Pennsylvania claim relationship with Caleb and Ann Pusey, who were
numbered among the early settlers of the state of Pennsylvania, taking up
their residence there about the year 1682. he was a last-maker by trade,
and was largely instrumental in the establishment and management of sev-
eral mills which were located at what was then known as 'The Chester
Mills.' He served his township in the capacity of officer, juror, sher-
riff, justice of the county court, a member of the provincial assembly
and the executive council, and was one of the prominent factors in the
laying out of roads and negotiating with the Indians. He was an adherent
of the true Quaker doctrine, frequently appearing in the ministry, and his
pen was often employed in defense of the tenets of his sect. About the
year 1717, Caleb Pusey and his family removed to Marlborough, where his
death occurred December 25, 1726 or 1727; his wife died December 5, 1725
or 1726. They left no sons to perpetuate the name.

"The progenitor of the branch of the family to which Edwin Pusey belongs
was John Pusey, supposed to have been a brother of Caleb Pusey, who was a
resident of London, England; he purchased land in Pennsylvania, but never
came over to reside on it. William and Caleb Pusey, sons of John and
Frances Pusey, came to this country upon attaining young manhood and re-
sided with Caleb Pusey at Chester, and from these two are descended all
the members of that name who reside in that section of the state.

"Joseph Pusey, father of Edwin Pusey, was born in London Grove township,
Chester county, Pennsylvania, a son of Jesse and Elizabeth Pusey. He was
reared to manhood in his native county, and received a good common school
education which qualified him for the duties of an active business career.
He married Elizabeth Barnard, and their children were: 1. Anna Mary, born
in 1840, became the wife of Mahlon G. Brosius and six children have been
born to them, namely: Willis, died in early life; Elizabeth; Charles;
Howard; Emma L., wife of Thomas L. Passmore, and Edwin Brosius; 2. Edwin,
subject of this sketch; 3. Henry B., born in 1843, married for his first
wife Amy Hoopes and they were the parents of four children; after her
death he married Annie T. Taylor; 4. Abigail B., born in 1845, wife of
Harris Passmore, and their two children are: Benjamin and Pusey Passmore;
5. Howard J., born in 1848; 6. Philena S., born in 1851.

"Edwin Pusey, eldest son of Joseph and Elizabeth Pusey, was born February
5, 1841, in the township of West Marlborough, Chester county, Pennsylvania.
He was a student in the common schools of the neighborhood, and from the
completion of his studies up to a few years previously, when he retired
from the active duties of business life, his energies were devoted to
farming, stock raising and dairying, in which lines of industry he met
with a large degree of prosperity. Mr. Pusey has always enjoyed the
respect of his fellow townsmen, and bears the enviable reputation of being
a public-spirited and useful citizen, honest and true in all relations of
life.

"On March 25, 1869, Mr. Pusey married Elizabeth Hoopes, who was born De-
cember 15, 1841, a daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Hicks) Hoopes. Their
children are: 1. William J., born April 6, 1870; 2. Amy J., born November
15, 1871, became the wife of Edwin Buffington, October 21, 1897, and their
children are: E. Pusey, born December 12, 1899, and Elizabeth F. Buffing-
ton, born December 11, 1901; 3. Samuel H., born October 3, 1873, married
Mary Wood, December 27, 1900; 4. Sue E., born November 11, 1877; 5. Helen,
born September 13, 1880; 6. Marion B., born April 24, 1882. Mr. Pusey is
a member of the Society of Friends, taking a keen and active interest in
its religious and business transactions."

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