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JACOB WILLARD
JACOB WILLARD, of
Southampton, Bucks county, was born near Hulmeville, in Bensalem
Township, Bucks county, in the year 1838, and is a son of Lewis
and Sophia (BURSK) WILLARD, and a grandson of
Jacob WILLARD, whose wife was a CAREY. Jacob
WILLARD had three children, viz.: Fannie, who married Asa
EVERETT, and had a large family of children: Julia Ann, who
married Peter BIRD, of New Jersey, and removed to
Illinois; and Lewis. Lewis and Saphia were the parents of six
children: Elizabeth, Beulah Ann, Mary, Jacob, Hannah, and
Theodore.
Jacob WILLARD was reared
on a farm purchased by his father about 1835, and was educated
at the local schools. He was reared to the life of a farmer,
and has never followed any other vocation. He and his sister
Mary inherited the old homestead, which he continued to conduct
until recently, when he retired from active business, and is now
living near Feasterville, Southampton township. He married
Phoebe Ann, daughter of Michael and Ann (ROADS)
STEVENS, and granddaughter of John and Sarah (STOOTHOFF)
STEVENS.
Text taken from page 695 of:
Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company,
1905] Volume III
Transcribed July 2007 by Joan Lollis as part of
the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project,
www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html
Published July 2007 on the Bucks County, Pa., USGenWeb pages at
www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/
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