Buffington–Marshall papers 1707-1876

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Buffington–Marshall papers 1707-1876

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The manuscripts in the collection cover the years 1707 to 1876. The bulk of the collection is connected to two families, Buffington and Marshall. Buffington family manuscripts begin with emigrant Richard Buffington (d. 1747/8). He was married three times and his children included Ann, Ruth, Richard (d. 1741, married Phebe Grubb), Thomas, William, John, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia, Abigail, Joseph, and Alice. The Marshall family manuscripts originated from the family of emigrant Abraham Marshall (1669-1767) and his wife, Mary Hunt Marshall (d. 1769). Topics include: farming, botany, legal system, politics and elections, the poor, education, medicine, crime (includes murder, fornication and bastardy cases, etc.), slavery, etc.

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Chester County Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6327955

Chester County Historical Society

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Marshall, Mary Hunt, d. 1769

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Marshall, Abraham, 1669-1767

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Marshall, Moses, 1758-1813

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Humphry Marshall Humphry Marshall was born in West Bradford, Pennsylvania, in 1722, the eighth child of Abraham and Mary Hunt Marshall. His parents, Quaker immigrants from Derbyshire, England, provided him with only a rudimentary English education, which ceased altogether at age 12, when he was apprenticed to a stonemason. However, from very early in life, Marshall was drawn to the study of natural history and continued his education on his own, reading widely. With the ...

Marshall, James, 1725-1755

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Buffington, Richard, d. 1741

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A brief summary of the major individuals represented in this collection of Buffington and Marshall families’ papers follows. For detailed accounts of both families, as well as information on the careers of both Humphry and Moses Marshall, see Futhey & Copes History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (1881). Additional resources on both families and on Humphry and Moses Marshall may be found by checking the library’s book and manuscript card catalogs. Buffington family ...

Marshall, Humphry, 1722-1801

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Humphry Marshall was a self-educated Quaker botanist, born and raised in Chester County, Pa. With the encouragement and assistance of his cousin, John Bartram, and other scientific mentors in the U.S. and Britain, Marshall became an accomplished "practical botanist" and by the mid-1760's had established a profitable business collecting and identifying plants and selling them to plant collectors throughout the U.S. and Europe. The botanical garden he established in Chester County was...

Buffington, Phebe Grubb, d. 1769

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