The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-15
RELICS OF DANIEL DEFOE
Owned by Maryland Descendants OF Eliza
beth the Kedcmptioncr.

beth the Redemptioncr.
Daniel Defoe. great great great-grandson OF
him that wrote Robinson Crusoe." reached
New York the other day. a naval apprentice on
board tho British merchant ship Priorhl. He
is not the first Of his race to visit America. and
he could find some OF his kinsfolk and many
relics OF his famous ancestor down on the east
crn shore OF Maryland. When Daniel Defoe.
political pampheteer and novelist. was In fear
OF imprisonment for political offences he
found asylum with his widowed sister. Eliza
beth Maxwell OF London. He set UP his study
in her house and sent forth from that study
not only many political pam phlets. but as well
the manuscript of Robinson Crusoe."
When Defoe went to live with his sister he
found there Elizabeth. her daughter. then q
child OF five years. When Elizabeth was IS
years old. and year before Robinson Crusoe
was written. being forbidden to marry the man
OF her choice. she fed to America. AS she was
renniless she arranged with the Captain that
he should sell her to service for a term ofyears
when they should reach the new country and
apply the proceeds OF the sale to the payment
OF her passage. This was no uncommon ar
rangement in those days. and immigrants who
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from such ancestors. but tradition lives long
IN the south, and some Sputhernsers
come Of REDEEM ptioner stock. Daniel Defoe's
niece Elijah was sold as redemptioner at
Philadelphia about the year 17lS. and her
purchaser was Audrey job. Il resident Of what
Is now CECIL county, Maryland: Elizabeth be-
came In 1928 the wife OF her purchasers son
Thomas and. seemingly regarding this Q
rise In the world. she. for tho first time since
her flight. wrote to her mother and her uncle
Daniel. The reply came from he7 uncle. and
told that her mother was dead ani the girl
herself heir to a large property and her
mothers furniture. An inventory Of he goods
accompanied the letter. and uncle Daniel
babe his niece have especial care Of such fur
had descended In the family from Flemish
ancestors. refugees from the tyranny OF
Elizabeth Job died in 1892. a very old
Job. was much with the old lady. and he was
long accustomed to retail the stories Of her
youth. received from her own lips. She re-
membereJ. among other things. the way in
study when vexed by her childish meddling
with his papers.
There were some eccentric characters among
the descendants OF Elizabeth JOB. among
them her grandson. Andrew. long hermit,
living in woodland on the ancestral acres
near Brick Meeting House In Cecil county. lie
clothed himself in a blanket only. ground his
own whent and corn by pounding 1t with
stones, and made his own cider by squeezing
the apples between his great hands. 4
Elizabeth recently lived near Brick Meet
ing House. and the Grihths OF tho same re-
gion are descended from her on tho mothers
side. The late James Trimhle OF Wilmington.
Is preserved in the house Of the Delaware His
torcal Society one OF the Defoe chairs. u gift
from Mr.. Trimble This chair Is one OF two in
dicated by Daniel Defoe as having been part
that he occupied tn IS very chair when writing
" Robinson Crusoe."