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Subject: Re: [PaOldC] PRIEST in Chester Co.
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:29:46 +0000

A contemperaneous Priest family in Upper Merion Twp., Montgomery Co., PA in 1830 when daughter Alice Ann Priest was born there to parents William Priest and Abigail Matson.

-- John

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From: "Sandra Ferguson" <>
> I searched the local wills, looking to find Geo. mentioned, perhaps, in the
> will of a parent or grandparent ...before `1840...but had no luck. The
> name, Priest, doesn't seem to be a very common one in the area, and in
> Futhey & Cope, there are only a few mentions...one, a Samuel Priest, who
> served in the war of 1812, with Capt Benj. Wetherby's Co.
> Here are some other things from the 1850 CD of PA census...
> from Chester Co; all Priests included......
> 1857 Abraham Priest, West Goshen
> Charles,
> Eber
> Edwin, East Goshen
> Isaac
> Jesse E. Goshen
>
> 1850 Geo...Cumberland Co, W. Pennsborow twp
> Geo Phil co Lower Delaware Ward
> Joseph...Cumberland Co Upper Dickinson twp
> Don't know if any of this is helpful, but am sending it, in case there
> are clues...
>
> S.
>
> George Priest was born ca. 1800-1807 in Pennsylvania.
> His brief obituary is as follows, from the Carlisle Herald, 25 Sept 1850:
> "Died on the 28th ult., at his residence, Good Hope Mills, George Priest,
> in his 43rd year. Also, on the 2nd inst., in Philadelphia, Marshall James,
> son of George and Jane Priest, aged 8 mos. and 14 days. Remains of both
> were interred in Friends Burying Ground, East Goshen, Chester Co."
> George and Jane Priest are in the Cumberland Co. PA census of 1850 with
> sons George (age 21) and son Marshall (5 mos.).
>
> Perhaps Jane was a second marriage, since 21 yrs. separate these two
> children. Jane, widow of George, lived until 1890; her obituary states that
> she was the mother of two sons and had been married to George Priest, "who
> at one time owned Bergner's mill." It further states she was from Chester
> Co. and that her husband and both children were dead. She had been living
> for 18 yrs with Mr. Ferderick Barthel, presumably of Carlisle.
>
> The aforementioned son, George Priest married Catherine Strohm in
> Cumberland Co., in 1853. He was a miller, as was his father. George and
> Catherine's son George Edward Priest, was not a miller; he moved to Clay
> County, KS and was a druggist (Priest Drug Store, Clay Center, KS).
>
> In the Goshen Burying Ground he is buried in Section B with the
> following Priests:
> Anna E. (died 1866)
> Clara E. (died 1860)
> Elizabeth (died 1874)
> Jesse (died 1874)
> Laura May (died 1862)

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