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Knight Family Papers

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Call Number:
RG5.081
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Knight Family Papers, RG5/081, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1737-1895 (inclusive)
Creator:
Knight family, Tyson, Jacob P., ca. 1809-1883, and Tyson, Mary B. Michener, ca. 1814-1889
Form:
Deeds, genealogies (histories), and Account books
Abstract:
The Knight family was a Quaker family from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains chiefly legal and business papers of Jacob P. Tyson, his wife, Mary B. Michener Tyson, and others. Also contains family correspondence, wills, deeds, estate papers, biographical and genealogical materials, marriage certificates, memorabilia, printed material, and pictures. Includes material relating to the Michener and Warner families.

The Knight family was a Quaker family from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

The collection contains chiefly legal and business papers of Jacob P. Tyson, his wife, Mary B. Michener Tyson, and others. Also contains family correspondence, wills, deeds, estate papers, biographical and genealogical materials, marriage certificates, memorabilia, printed material, and pictures. Includes material relating to the Michener and Warner families.

The collection is divided into six series:

  1. Biographical and genealogical
  2. Correspondence, 1829-1895
  3. Business, financial, and legal papers
  4. Memorabilia
  5. Pictures
  6. Printed reference material.

Donor: Mr. and Mrs. P.E. Souder, 1965

A gift from Dorothy Cloud Reed, FHL 2012.038, of Gilbert, Knight, James family deeds and marriage certificates were added to FHL Deeds, Marriages to replace photocopies of same donated in 1993. Gift included an 1834 plot plan of lots of Joshua Gilbert, added to RG 5/081.

See also:

  1. Gilbert family deeds and marriage certificates in genre collections, FHL 2012.038.

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1965
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Notebook of biographical and genealogical data.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Printed obituary of Isaac Warner, aged 3 years, 1862.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Clippings: re. marriage of Mary Knight, daughter of Mrs. P.E. Souder, to John Dale Schellenger, 1943.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Diary of a trip to Montreal, 1872.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Author unknown. (Possibly Mary Knight Warner- traveling with cousins Alfred and Ellen Moore?)

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1829-1895, n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Among the authors are Joshua P. Kirk, Ellen Moore, John J. Moore, Jacob P. Tyson, Joshua Tyson, M. B. Tyson, Isaac Warner, Jr. Among the recipients are Mary T. Knight (later Warner), Mary Mitchner (Michener), Jacob P. Tyson, Watson Wood.

Archival Resource Key. Funeral expenses, 1883.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Accounts of executors, 1883.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Inventory and appraisement of real and personal estate for Collateral Inheritance Tax, 1884.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Receipts for payments from the estate, 1884.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Receipts for goods, services, taxes, 1838-1857 (with gaps).
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Tax notices, 1850, 1854, 1855.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Appraisement of goods, n.d.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Approved as guardian of Mary Malone, 1827.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Bills and receipts for goods and services, 1843, 1844, 1847.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Inventory and appraisement, 1847.
Box 1
Physical Description

2 copies

Archival Resource Key. Certificate of marriage of William Michener to Juliana Taylor at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia County, Pa., Aug. 6, 1765.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Certificate of marriage of William Michener to Mary Beans,Philadelphia., Mar. 27, 1813.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Notebook, record of public sale of land, 1847.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Settlement of estate, 1834.
Box 1
Physical Description

copy

Archival Resource Key. Will, 6-19-1846.
Box 1
Physical Description

2 ms. copies

Archival Resource Key. Papers of James D. Ritter, Search for mortgages, 1850.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Certificate of marriage to Mary B. Michener at Horsham Meeting House, 2-13-1840.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Removed to Marriages

Archival Resource Key. Bank book, 1866-1874.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Bank checks, cancelled, 1867-1869, 1873.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Indenture, Jacob P. Tyson and Bethlehem Iron Co., 1872.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Accounts of ore mined on his property, 1873, 1874.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Bethlehem Iron Co. referring to checks in payment for ore; also, correspondence 1874 re: removal of pipe line laid by the Co.

Archival Resource Key. Trustee of Benjamin and Rachel S. Hallowell. Notebook of receipts, 1860.
Archival Resource Key. Trustee of estate of Hannah Hamel. Notebook of accounts, 1857-1876.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Guardian of Jane Bradshaw's children. Notebook of receipts, 1855-1858.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Guardian of Jacob Kirk's estate. Notebook of accounts 4 receipts,, 1856-1858.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Guardian of William Henry Auble, 1863.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Guardian of Emma F. and Anna P. Kirk. Account, 1860.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Administrator of goods and chattel of Ann Stevens,, 1864.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Administrator of estate of Jonathan Michener. Receipt, 1870.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Guardian of Jacob L. Tyson.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Memoranda of Jacob P. Tyson's estate, 1865, 1866.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Jacob P. Tyson, treas., Willow-Grove and Germantown Plank Road Co.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Payments made by Co., 1870, 1871.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Transfer of 34 shares of stock from Robert Picken and Co. to Harman Yukes, 1857.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. License to build gate, 1868.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Receipt for payment of tuition for Joseph C. Tyson, 1838.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Tax assessment, 1859.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Receipt for payment of assessment for Independent Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1866.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Receipt for safe for Jacob P. Tyson, shipped on North Pennsylvania Rail Road,, 1866.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Promissory notes, Ezekiel Tyson to Jacob P. Tyson, 1864, 1869.
Box 1
Physical Description

2 notes

Archival Resource Key. Order on National Bank of Germantown to pay to Hutchinson Smith $200. Signed by Jacob P. Tyson,, 1873.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Check on Jenkintown National Bank, to pay $8,846.28 to same.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Signed Mary B. Tyson, executrix for estate of Jacob P. Tyson, 1877.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Tax notices, 1853-1868.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Tax receipts, 1851-1869.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Will, 7-31-1875.
Box 1
Physical Description

ms. copy

Archival Resource Key. Articles of agreement between Mary B. Tyson and George Emerson, 1885.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Bill for carpentry, 1885.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Papers re: estate, 1889.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Lease to Kirkbride Rickey, 1836.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. 2 receipts for goods and services., 1836, 1837.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Inventory and appraisement, 1854.
Box 1
Physical Description

notebook and ms. copy

Archival Resource Key. Notebook containing record of payments of Jacob P. Tyson, executor of estate of Sarah P. Tyson, 1854, 1855.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Records of public sale of goods and chattel, 1854.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Settlement of estate, 1855.
Box 1
Physical Description

copy

Archival Resource Key. Will, 9-23-1854.
Box 1
Physical Description

ms. copy

Archival Resource Key. Sarah T. Michener and Henry Messer, 1840.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Sarah T. Michener and George W. Duffield, 1858.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. David Lukens and John Shaffer, 1866.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Abel Hinckstone to Andrew Hamilton, Jeremiah Langhorne, Richard Hayes, John Wright, 1737.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. John and Sarah Tolan to Benjamin Tyson, 1826.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Thomas Tyson to David Thomas, administrator of estate of Peter Tyson, 1831.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Garrett Wynkoop to William Michener, 1842.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Benjamin Gilbert and wife Elizabeth to John Gilbert, Byberry, June 25, 1774.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. John Gilbert and wife Ann to John Hawkes and John McMullen, Byberry, Mar. 25, 1796.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Stevenson Croasdale and wife Martha to James Field, land partly in Bensalem, Bucks Co., and partly in Byberry, Phila. Co., Nov. 27, 1843.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Josiah Hart's land, 1783.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. John McMullin's land, 1799.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Joshua Gilbert's land, 1834.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Indenture: Thomas Earp, Thomas Rogers, Edward Needles, William C. Hancock, William McGlenry, George L. Eyre, Benjamin Kline, managers of Almshouse, Philadelphia, put John Sheerer to work for Thomas Tyson (cancelled), 1826.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Inventories and appraisements.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Thomas Tyson to Sarah Hobensack, 1832.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Jacob Kirk to John S. Terry, 1855.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Emeline M. Tyson, Tacie T. Tyson, Anna M. Tyson, Lizzie H. Tyson, and Jacob P. Tyson, to John H. Tyson, 1875.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Marriage certificate: Isaac Beans to Christiana Johnston, Dec. 19, 1771.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Receipts for goods and services, 1829-1895 and n.d.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Receipt for tuition for Elizabeth, Hannah and Ann Knight, paid to Mary W. Shourds, 1829.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Includes tuition for Clayton Tyson, paid to William Johnson, 1835.

Archival Resource Key. Funeral expenses for Hannah and Mary Knight, 1832.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Payments on share of stock in Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association, 1834.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Subscription to Norristown Herald, by Thomas Tyson, 1834.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Subscription to Germantown Telegraph, by Sarah T. Michener, 1850.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Notices to relinquish possession of property, 1832, 1835, 1843, 1852, 1855.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Tax notices, 1850, 1856.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Public sale, land of Jacob Kirk, 1855.
Box 2
Physical Description

notebook

Archival Resource Key. Public sale, land of Benjamin Tyson, 1857.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co., policy of John K. Tyson, 1876.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Receipts for payments of road, county, and dog taxes, 1824-1835.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Includes record of sale of cows, 1833, 1834, 1854.

Archival Resource Key. Thomas Tyson.
Box 2
Physical Description

notebook

Archival Resource Key. "Survey, Fire Co., and Memorandum." Notebook, so labeled, containing descriptions of houses and amounts of insurance., n.d.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Mortgage: John Tolan and wife Sarah to Benjamin Tyson, 1827.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Memorandum of title, 1850.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Order to Sell: Land of Rynear Tyson, 1857.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Release: Alfred Tyson to John Shaw and Jacob P. Tyson, 1869.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Charles Lukens, 1824.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Thomas Tyson, 1837.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Mary Dull, settlement from estate of Thomas Tyson., 1837.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Jacob Kirk, 1855-1858.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Samuel Johnson Pickering, 1878.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Isaac Mitchnor, n.d.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Mary Beans Michener, n.d.
Box 2
Physical Description

ms. copies

Archival Resource Key. Isaac Beans, 9-7-1814.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Thomas Tyson, 3-17-1815.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Joseph Lukens, 3-26-1838.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Includes extract relating to Abington M.M.

Archival Resource Key. Anna P. Cooper, 3-16-1854.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Sarah T. Michener, 1-21-1860.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Isaac Beans, 4-13-1860.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Jane E. McDowell, 7-12-1872.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Rebecca Kirk, 10-16-1879.
Box 2

Archival Resource Key. Jacob Tyson's Friendship Book, 1831.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Verses by Grace Lloyd, in memory of Hannah Yarnall, wife of Dr. Peter Yarnall, 1795.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Verses for silver wedding anniversary of Jonathan and Mary Ann Thomas, n.d.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Invitations, 1812-1875 and n.d.
Box 2

Archival Resource Key. Jacob P. Tyson.
Box 2
Physical Description

2 pictures

Archival Resource Key. Charles Kirk.
Box 2

Physical Description

printed

Archival Resource Key. The Indian Helper, Aug., 1800?.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Epistle, Phila. YM to all members, 1812.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Extracts, Phila. YM, 4mo 15-19, 1822.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Extracts, Phila. YM, 4mo 21-25, 1823.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Epistle, London YM, to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings, in Great Britain, Ireland, and Elsewhere, 1824 5mo 19-27.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Epistle, Phila. YM, to Friends on the Continent of America, 1833.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Extracts, Phila. YM, 1841.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Charter and By-Laws of the Independent Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1853.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Friends Social Lyceum, announcement of reunion, 1865.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Train schedule, Phila., Germantown, and Norristown RR., 1870.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Advertising card, C. Tolan, photographer, n.d.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. A History of the Townships of Byberry and Moreland, in Philadelphia, Pa., by Joseph C. Martindale. Pub. Phila., T. Ellwook Zell, 1867.
Box 2

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