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The Bray Inheritance

April 16, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bray, Delaware Twp, Families, Locktown, Rittenhouse Tags: churches, crime, houses, land titles, portraits, roads

This post is a follow-up to the previous one about the Bray family of Delaware Township, Andrew Bray and Sarah Rittenhouse. That post includes copies of the portraits of Andrew and Sarah Bray by William Bonnell.

Andrew Bray and Sarah Rittenhouse

April 9, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bray, Delaware Twp, Families, Locktown, Rittenhouse Tags: churches, portraits, roads, schools, The Revolution

I am not ready to write at length about Gen. Daniel Bray. But in order to write about his son Andrew, something must be said of the father.

Saxton’s Saxtonville

March 14, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Families, Holcombe, Raven Rock Tags: Bull's Island, ferries, maps, mills, Nath'l Saxton, roads

Recap

In March and May, 1808, Nathaniel Saxton and George Holcombe bought the two moieties or half shares in the 10-acre mill lot and the 30-acre lot that consisted of the southern half of Bull’s Island. Previous articles about the mill property can be read here and here.

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