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Direct ancestor William Painter was possibly born in New Jersey and died in Pennsylvania.   From 1780 through 1783, William served in the Revolutionary War.  He served in the company of Capt. William Smith, 6th Battalion,  Chester County Militia.  After he returned from three years of service, he married Martha Torton in 1784 in the Second […]

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“The Quaker Lovers” by Homer Pyle Henry Reynolds was born in Delaware in 1786 to James England Reynolds and Hannah Webster.  He was the oldest of eleven children born to his parents.  By 1803 he was living in Pennsylvania where he settled near New Castle and built a grist mill. In 1809 he married Sarah […]