Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
AE MARlS FAMILY.
/ THE nESCENDANTS
..,r lOn MARIs Last SAT.
l.""ay AT MOORTOH.

rahGAah p2"D
InpAy AT nooRTo"'
,,ndree years ago George
h'n n,n1.e, smisrant ofthe FAM
.ne tine pt that name, arrived in Penn.
ihs VA ~ se,tled with his worldly
y "a. "' neaf what is now known ~
onS sta',",, n Delaware County.
, us o ;rrreased and spread, some
,'.' mr 10 other parts Of the c0un'
" " Il " now numbers its thousands,
VI 'srat,erts. In almost every state
Mon. ..,oo,.,;o, was
!, n.mfers Of the family, hav.
Wy Wy ahiec, the drawing closer OF
''S u, rel rreiationship, and in further
,hat purpose a grand family re-
,,s ','i arranged, which took place
,"rday ",S neal the old homestead.
wurr fully 500 persons present
,har I bore the name Of Maris or
s~riel sr into the family.
faIlowius are the names OF me
!. o',, who were represented at the
,,,on a, less. one member from
't;nr % mar. in the exercises DAr'
MI Harvey. Lamborn, Taylor,
l,.. Townsend, Broomall, Men.
H Worral!, Magill, president
Of Swarthmore,) Hall, Pen
Node. Bar,ran,, Sme,lley, Gar
,ood, I Harlan, Pyle, Reid, Ben
yorrillow Beatty, Massey, Bar
woodward, Welsh, Dulles
uihbard. Bond, West, Sincox,
Horton, Roberts, Leonard
RACK, BALDWIN, Carter, Chand
.nnrll, Baker, Larkin, Chaltant
n Evans, Edwards, Eyre, Fair
FIi,craif, Grady, Hopes, Hat
oin,on. James, Jones, Kirk, Lee
lewis, Lloyd, Moore, Miller
M, Nancy, Mancill, Monaghan
,aT, philips, Palmer, Pratt, Pass
Rhodes. Richards, Simmons
smith, Vernon, Williams, Web
pn,ey Wood, and Stebbins,
re.npon was as nearly complete
,,,ible. Among those who cam
a Iong distance were: DR.. SHARP
4 S. Louis Phoebe Maris Hortol
Jeremiah Hatton, Of Ohio AM
the sister Of Susan Wilson, VIII
,he author of the Painter o
l. !" Abraham Maris, Of Ohio
phrpy Maris, of Kansas hewe
of Iowa; Susan HOPES, q
Joseph Maris, of California
and Jonathan MariH, of Ohio
Maris, Of indiana. Senate
n., V. Cooper, of Media, was pre-
bur no; helng a relative, took NJ
in the ceiebration. There wer
present Captain Charles W
(ris, Of East Bradford Township
Ter County; Professor Richar'
En.,on Of West Chester Professo
|ioTis Philips, OF West Chester
p {. and Joshua Maris, Of viii
tsa: G"orge G. Maris, Of Buck
ny Assistant District Attorney j
atntinc. S. l.. Sinedley, city sur
Gilbert Cope, of West Chester
eyu Parish aud w. w. Maris, {
ny; Larkln Pennell, Of German
Samuel Thompson and Eliza
of Philadelphia, and job
Mace, Of Grtensburg, Pa. O
families present, one, tn
pirsa family, held a re-nnio
Near at Darby, a, which over g. N
.ndants o. the original Sharples
present. Nearly all OF TIE otbt
les have also genealogical tree
IMg back To the time of Williai
scene u. the reunion is abou
miles north Of Mo ortOn station, !
lgheld township, on the lane
r4 George Maris originally settled
trac, at that time consisting Of fou
tired acres, but in the years tia
! elapsed it has been divided, an
dIyIded. until there is now bl
It seventy acres in the family nam'
ch at pr--en, Is occupied by Josep
b, Of the sixth generation. a iii
ng Of water is supposed to ha'
'nr en,icing feature which led h
'or TO -rt'le here, and it still dis
"'' il, pure clear water AZ copi0usl.
nb', A. when first discovered b
pioneer settler.
ere d" home house was erected, an
b IIr opTIug the township in cour,
Pune, derived It's name. The origin:
|iIus va, torn down, and one
Poi"rn character erected in its stea'
"a traNd,on,in 1922, which still stan,
III excellent state Of preservation.
fe'mron was held in the grow
pen sIop"~ toward the Darby cree
waters Of winch flowed laz!ly alon
|r'lng I'll" hills which rise on eth
early hour Saturday mornir
member, q: the family from u
rounding rouMtrv began to arrive
grove, whiic others came to Moort
|'ioh where hacks from this city Al
E>'eT were III waiting to drive the
Ne 'rcnr"! the jubilee. The HON
Fp' mar tic grove was thrown ope
al made Welcome, and but fe
Nd 10 visit the ancient spring,
FH"h lt". thirst with its Cryst
ltcr,.
fIt"r'hr nouu.iay meal had been pa
WI 'i IA picnic style III the grov
F,RN announced from q stand, whit
oe"n n"u'cd for the purpose, tn
'I'''arl part Of the programme "
,'W 10 commence, which had d
V'' o' inducing the hundreds presc
'"' themselves around the structuI
Trshnlzation WAS effected by sele'
W. Edward Maris, of Philadelphi
F'S'o"llt, and u Vice President fro
IA Of number Of different Stat,
% m Emma II. West, of Philadelphi
'ntl the proceedings by reading
l'1t prepared by DR.. Clarence Ma
columbus, Ohio. on "'The Ma
IAlly in Europe" after which
paper upon "The Life
J,se Maris, The Pioneer" was re
u, ,L,'oIesSor George l.. Maris, PrinciI
w. inf Friends Central School, Philad
'nSS paper showed that the life of
'.sfant had been rendered unhap
%, England by religiousp 'secution, a
ut because he conld not conform
y y customs of the established churc
n Ia hoId meetings in his own hor
,G'F ,h ne could worship God accordi
'"e dictates of his own conscience,
!" I"eu 20 pounds, and ~ he still p'
~ ,". was taken before the Court aI
" "r. 70 prison, where he remained Gig
n'h NUNS; These prosecutions natural
,rSu ,ri MN to look for q new home, Al
lug heard roseate accounts of t
TtI' ia country, on the western 81
lFcf ID lAWare. ne left his matt |