Call Number:

SC.155

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Abel Minshall Family Papers, 1797-1826.

Date:

1797-1826 (inclusive)

Creator:

Minshall, Abel, 1777-1848 and Minshall, Thomas, 1747-1813

Abstract:

This collection includes photocopies of the legal and financial papers of Abel Minshall and his father Thomas. Included are land surveys, wills, and genealogical information.

Thomas Minshall, son of John Minshall, was born in 1747. In 1777 he married Lydia Register. Their oldest son, Abel, was born in 1777, and later married Lydia Worrall. Thomas Minshall died in 1813, and Abel died in 1848. The family was Quaker and resided in Delaware County, Pa.