The Cecil Whig., 1880-05-22
GENEALOGY.
HISTORICAL CECIL NAMES.

HISTORICAL CECIL NAMES.
Sketch of the Job and TriInble Families.
Their English Ancestry and Anerl-
can Descendants.
"Hadden Hall - is one OF the notable
places of interest visited by most tourists
in England. 1t is situated ON the banks of
the river Wye, Il few miles from the Royal
Castle of Chatsworth, and about Il mile
south of Bakewcll, in the Peak of Derby
shire, lying between London and Liverpool.
This massive and antique castle, with its
weather. beaten towers, walls and battle
| ments, numerous turrrtS and windows, has
been abandoned for nearly two hundred
years For three hundred and fifty years
previous to the reign of Elizabeth it was i'll
possession of the NernonS. \ ferocious
boar's head, the Vernon coat of arms, still
hangs in the Hall, in connection with por-
traits of Henry VII. and his royal consort.
The king of the Peak kept open house at
Hadden Hall, for twelve days ut Christmas
tide for all who chose to partakc of his hos
ptality. The founder of the family in
England is presumed to have been one of
the turbulent Barons of Normandy, who
followed the stan lard of William the Con-
queror to England in the 1lth century, and
received in return large estates in Derby
shile and Cheshire, from which the Saxon
mobiles We're expected to make room for him.
On one of Haddeu's festive nights, when
the Hall was crowded with gay and joyous
guests, Dorathy Vernon cloped with Sir
John Manners. The walk, still known as
Dorathy Nernon's walk, is entered by Il
flight of moss grown steps, above the upper
terrace bounded with lime trees, where may
be seen its Old parterreS among ancient
yews, their branches flowing to the ground.
The last owner of Hadden, in the male line,
was the father of Dorathy and Margaret
Vernon. In the division of his estates, the
Derbyshirc estates, including Hadden Cas-
Tie, fell to the lot of Dorathy, and through
her husband, Sir John Manners has finally
descended to the present Duke of Rutland.
1t thus appears that the long peerage line
of the Dukes of Rutland are lineal de-
scendants of Dorathy Vernon. The estates
in the county of Palatine, in Cheshire, fell
to the lot of Margaret. These divisions of
the estates occurred i'll the latter part of the
reign of Elizabeth. OF this castle and its
possessors poet has written:
King of the Peak. thy hearth is lone
No sword girt vassals gather there,
No miustrel's harp pours forth its tone,
In praise of Dorathy or Margaret fair.
Where are the high and stately danes
OF prncely NernOn'S hammered halls
And where the knights and what their
names,
| Who led them forth to festival?
They slumber low and in the dust,
Prostrate and fallen the warrior lies:
His talchion blade is dim with rust,
And quenched the ray OF beautys eyes.
In 1852, three brothers, Thomas, Randall
and Robert Vernon, came to America and
settled on adjoining tracts in Neither Prov-
dence, near Chester, Delaware county, Pa
In 1862, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Vernon, married Andrew job, the founder
of that name i'll Cecil county. He was
probably Scotchman, but was educated in
England and was Il favorte of William
Penn. His name is prominent in the early
I l ID.
From 1861 until his removal to Cecil county
he WIS High Sheriff of Chester county, un-
der Penn. After his removal to this county
he and Elisha Gatchell were employed to
survey and locate roads, adjust township
lines, settle disputes. His property in Cecil
county comprised the southeast division of
the original Nottingham Survey.
Blue Ball Tavern" then supposed to he
i'll Pennsylvania. But Mason & Dixon's
/ line (Which has been compared to the Equa-
tor) strikes the east line of the Nottingham
lots, about one mile north of the Blue Ball,
and leaves them 1T an acute angle some two
miles north of the Rising Sun village in the
road to the "old Carter mills"
Andrew job died at an advanced age, in
l7222. His children We're Benjamin, Jacob,
Thomas Vernon, Mary, Enorh, Abraham,
Caleb, Joshua, Hannah and Patience
Thomas Vernon Job (son of -tndrew) in
1928, married Elizabeth Maxwell, the IA
! nous runaway, niece of Daniel Defoe of
! London. Daniel Deioe was Il prominent
member of the Society of Friends, a writer
of great force, and his published articles on
/ the subjects that Were then exciting the
/ English government, and especially his
pamphlet issued in 1903, entitled Shortest
Way With DissenterS," gave great offence
/ TO the Crown, and Il proclamation, offering
/ go reward for the discovery Of his hiding
place, was issued. He had been repeatedly 4
arrested, fined, imprisoned and pilloried for
! his political writings. He secreted himself
in the home Of his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
/ Maxwell (then Il widow from whence he /.
continued to send forth articles that greatly /
stirred the public mind. 1t was while in /
this enforced seclusion that he wrote and |
published . Robinson CruSoe," one of the .
few books that were not born to die" |
His sister had but one child, Il daughter, =
named for herself who was about five years !
of age when her uncle took refuge under .
her mothers roof. She grew to womanhood |
under the careful instruction and training |
of her uncle, and imhibed (if she did not !
already possess by inhcritance) the indom- |
liable will, persi>tency OF purpose and self
reliance of the DefoeS
When eighteen years of age, she contract
ell y matrimonial engagement that was dis
pleasing To her mother and uncle who
thwarted her marriage. She felt so ar
grleved that she determined to leave home
and i'll such manner as to leave no traces of
her movements or destination, and although
her mother was possessed of considerable.
means, she abandoned her home comforts
and future prospects and took passage on
board Il ship bound for America On her
arrival in Philadelphia she entered into Il
contract with Andrew Job 10 serve him for
4 term of years. in consideration of his pav-
ing the captain for her passage. This was
i'll Ills, and in seven years thereafter, in
l12J, she married Andrew jobs son, Thomas
Vernon dob. she Ihen, tur the first time
since leaving England, wrote hnme, advis-
ing her mother and uncle of her where
abOutS and her surroundings. This lptte.
was speedily replied TO by her uncle, Daniel
Defor, informing her OF the death of her
mother and that she heir To n large es-
tate. An inventory OF personal property
that would be forwarded was sent to her,
with request that she would preserve with
especial care certain articles of furniture
. that had descended to the family from the
Flemish ancestors who sought refuge un-
der the banner of Queen Elizabeth from the
tyranny of Phillippr.' OF the articles
sent, Dutne'S chair is now IN the " Historical
Society Of Delaware" Another chair is in
the possession of James Trimblr, Il lineal
descendant, who formerly resided in Cecil,
now of Fairville, Chester county. PA. Ann
and Hannah Kirk, who resided near the
Brick Meeting House. had some articles of
the Detoe furniture. \ correspondence be-
tween Elizabeth and her uncle was contiu-
uel until her death, in l1S2. Her husband
died in 1880
Elizabeth Maxwell dob retained her vigor-
Gus health sound mind, indomitable will
and rivaciry of spirits in her old age. She
was paSSionately fond of flowers, which
taste has developed itself in many of her