Biddle family.

Dates:
Active 1779
Active 1837

Biographical notes:

The Biddle and Craig families became linked when Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844) married Jane Craig (1793-1856) in 1811. Nicholas Biddle was a member of the prominent, attended Princeton, and served as member of the Pennsylvania state legislature and president of the Bank of the United States. Jane Craig was the daughter of the wealthy trader John Craig (d. 1807). After leaving the Bank of the United States, Nicholas lived as a retired gentleman at Andalusia, a country estate the Biddles inherited from the Craig family in northwest Philadelphia.

From the description of Biddle and Craig family papers , 1779-1837. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 317403960

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Subjects:

  • Upper class families
  • Women

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  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)