Repository: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Place: Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources / Form: Deeds / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1715">1715</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1719">1719</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Repository Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Place Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources Form Deeds Year 1715 to 1719

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: Contains the papers of the Allen Family, a Quaker family of Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, which traced its ancestry back to one of William Penn's commissioners. Includes papers relating to the Allen and related Breidenhart, Casdorp, Gibbons, Hubley, Jacobs, Matlack, and Samuel families. The Allen family papers contain extensive genealogical material, family correspondence, journals and memorials which provide excellent source material on Quaker family life in the 19th century in the Philadelphia area. Of particular interest are letters from Charles and Rebecca Allen to their children, several of whom were educated at Westtown School.

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