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Joseph S. (Joseph Steward) Middleton Genealogical 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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Joseph Steward Middleton (1839-1928) was a member of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting (Orthodox).

This collection contains genealogical materials on the Middleton, Thorne, and Steward families of New Jersey which were collected by Joseph S. Middleton from various sources. It includes notes compiled by another Middleton family genealogist, Catherine H. Middleton.

Donor: Elizabeth H. Matlack and Edward M. Hendrickson, 1985

Compiled by Joseph Steward Middleton for his daughter, Mary Anna Hendrickson. The donors were grandchildren of Joseph S. Middleton.

The following materials, originally part of the collection, have been removed and recatalogued:

  1. Thorn, Anthony T. A contribution to the history of the Thorns; History and genealogy of two branches from the fourth generation of the Thorn family from William Thorne, 1638-1914. Private edition of 50 copies of which this is copy 11. Presented to Joseph S. Middleton by the author, printed 1915. FHL BX7791,.T485T4.
  2. Stewart, Elwood Stokes. The Steward family of New Jersey, Philadelphia, Allen, Lane, and Scott, 1907. FHL BX7791,.S855S8.

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1985
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

"Ancestral Tablets".
Box 1
"William Thorne from Dorsetshire, Eng., and some of his descendants".
Box 1
"Middletons", by Caroline B. Folwell and Kate S. Middleton of Philadelphia.
Box 1
Genealogical notes.
Box 1
Genealogical correspondence, 1903-1937.
Box 1

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