The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-10
TO HONOR WILLIAM PENN.
The Two Hundrodth Anniversary
OF Brick Meeting House.


settled Ly the Pionc~r-ImPosinE
Ceremonies 30 re Held in n Curl
Gus Old Structure September II.
ELETON. Nd. Sept. 1n-Tho village of
Brick Meeting House. IN Cecil county. sug-
g, sred and laid ont in 1901 boy William
Penn. Will celebrate its two nuEdrydth an
nivrrsHry ON September a. For more
than a. century the village bore the nam"
of Brick Meeting House. until in 1873
the 'ostofree Department gave tho name
or Calvert 20 the locality for brovity.
The village is close To- the Pennsylvania
State line. ard M tho time il was sst"b-
Iished tho forty acras 81 land which Penn
gave with the rneetiu~-houSo site were "a
part OF his great Nottingham lots which
he supposed ,Ntcr1od from New Castle
&" thc Chesapeake Bay
The Westinghouse site and forty acres
were aft,rward decided 10 the Friends by
PENIS son John. who inherited the prop
eIty. When the boundary line dispute
between William Penn and Lord Baltimore
was adjusted in l7CS the early settlers on
PENIS grant were required TO show the
Maryland authorities the validity Of their
title
The original settlers were Henry Rey-
| nolds, John Guest, Ebeuezer EmUsou.
I John Churchman. Cornelius Empson,
I John Empson. John Richardson. James
1 Brown, William Brown. Henry Bates.
! Edward Benson. James Cooper. Randall
! Januey Andrew Job. These COlOnists ar
4 rived in 1712. and meeting was estab-
/ Hshed ar the house of William Brown
/ and continued until 100. when the first
/ meeting house was constructed of chest
! nut and poplar logs The present brick
/ meeting house was built In I72A Here n
] large company worshiDed. and Of il
4 John Griffith, a travelling minister who
| had visited all the meetings in America
/ and England, wrote: 1T was a very
! large meeting and a Jealous body of
/ Friends then belonged thereto, amongst
/ whom I had good service and great unity
| of the Spirit being lovingly enjoyed"
In lI5l the woodwork Of the meeting
! house was destroyed by fire. but repaired
/ the following year. \ stone edition was
/ erected. but the old name. Brick Meet
/ ing House" remained Fire i'm 1910 again
/ destroyed the woodwork which was again
/ repaired The records of the meetings
| are complete and preserved from I13J to
! the present day.
/ Several members Of the meeting were
! disowned during the Revolutionary war
/ for taking uu arms in violation of dis
( cipline to defend their country.
/ l1 April IT'S. a detail Of General Small
! woods division Of the Continental army
/ reached the village and took possession
of the meeting house. which they used as
! a hospital \ number Of the soldiers
/ dying. they We're buried iu a corner Of the
huryingground, and during the march of
! General Lafayette TO Yorktown his army
cnramped over night near the meeting
( house.
The descendants of the pioneers Of Not
! uHgham lots are scattered IN various
parts Of the country. benjamin Chaud-
lee, one OF the settlers, was married
March - l1l9, in Friends Meeting. Phil
adelphia, 90 Sarah. daughter Of Abel Cot
tey, matchmaker Of Philadelphia. As
present Cottey gave his son-iu-Iavv a lot
! Of 400 acres at Brick Meeting House
ChaHdlees son Benjamin became one
! Of the famous makers Of tall clocks
l with brass dials. and az his workshop N
the Brick he also manufactured scieu-
I tine. mathematical. and chemical insrru-
/ Inents- John Kay was among the early
/ Friends who settled at Nottingham He
/ Is claimed TO have been q descendant nj
the first male child born in the city Of
! Philadelphia. The Job family. members
| OF which are stiH residents Of the Brick
! Meeting House, were among the pioneers
! va N--S F-AIe-7Sb anu probably no one of the
pioneers Of the Brick can trace his auces-
! lTy Dack 10 those Of greater celebrity than
/ the Job family.
| II was An53rew Jobs son Thomas wbo
IN li25. married Elizabeth Maxwell. niece
/ OF Daniel DefOe, she having run away
| from her mother and uncle in London
! Wnen but eighteen years Of age on ac-
count Of being refused encOuraEement in
matrimonial engagement she agreed
with the captain Of the snip. having no
money TO pay her passage. TO be sold on
! arriving in America for a term Of Years
the purchase money 10 go 10 the captain
for her fare. Andrew Job was a visitor
IN Philadelphia the day Elizabeth Max
wen was offered for sale, and he bought
I her Tor term OF years. After her mar
rage Eliza beth Job wrote her mother and
uncle Of her surroundings. Her uncle re-
Piled 10 her letter stating that her mother
was dead and had left cOnsidera BILE prop
| eTly- Among i were several pieces Of
| furniture, some that DeTOe had used in
MS study while writing the story Of
robinson ,rusoe- Some Of this furui-
ture was sent 10 his niece and one Of
the chairs Is now in the family Of Hannah
GTihlth. OF Brick Meeting House, a de-
! sccndant.
/ Elizabeth Job died in 17S1. at the age Of
! elgEty-tWO years. ana all Of her descend
! ants have wOrshiped in the Meeting
| House, and only one Of the uame-Haiuts
! JOb-rsmains 81 Jhe village.
| Brick Meeting House proper is in an cZ-
| celeut state OF preservation and stands
| upon Knoll from which six roads course.
/ The arChed hoods over the doors the
quaint locks and heavy handles belong 10
other times. The benches are highBacls
| and the clerk $ leaf desk is iuk-sD0tt-d.
A gallery runs around the room and back
Of its open front of narrow wood are rude.
1 heavy benches without backs, which ira