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the Penns, pul her in charge of their Manor o f Pennsbury, in Bucks county, where she lived a number o f years. T h cir son William w as ancestor of the Blackfan fam ily o f Bucks county. Pa. Rebecca married second, in 1725, Neheiniah Allen, o f Philadelphia, whose father, Nathaniel Allen, had been a colleague o f her father as one of the commissioners for settling the colony in Pcnnsylvani.a. She is not known to have had any children by Allen. Rachel married Thom as Arm strong, and had issu e; they appear to have remained in Ireland. She had a grant o f 1,000 acres in Pennsylvania, as part of her father’s purchase, which she, her husband, and thcir heirs, a fte r­ wards sold. Capt. William Crispin married, second, in 1665, Jan e Chidley or Chudleigh, o f County Cork. On Aug. 8 .16 8 7, W illiam Penn granted her and her children 3,000 acres in Pennsyl­ vania. in right o f her husband’s purchase. William and Jan e (Chudleigh) Crispin had issue: Jam es married and had issue. H e removed to the island o f St. Christopher in the West Indies. Joseph died unmarried. Benjam in married A lice --. Ja n e married CrccnsLaid Lucomb. FJeanor died unmarried. FJisabeth married •— Milliard, A m y married Daniel Johnson. SitA S C R is r is, son o f Capt. W illiam and Anne (Ja sp e r) Crispin, who w as the first su r­ veyor general o f Pennsylvania, came to Penn­ sylvania with Capt. Thomas Holme, the second surveyor general, in the ship “ Am ity.’’ which left the Downs A pril 2 3. 1682 (probably her second voyage). On arrival, he no doubt lived with Captain Holme's family at Shackamaxon. H e was a member of the Free Society o f T rad ­ ers in Pennsylvania. In the list of “ First P u r­ chasers” the names o f William Crispin and Silas Crispin are bracketed as purchasers o f 5,000 acres. William w as probably the actual purchaser; after his death S ilas w as given coo acres in Hilltown township, Philadclp)tia county (now in Abington tow'nship, Mont­ gom ery county), as his share o f his father's land. H e also lu d a plantation o f 500 acres on Pcnnepack creek, in Dublin township, I’hiladelphia county, on which he lived from 1684 to the end o f his life. A s a pcr<]uisitc to one or both of these lots he had forty acres in the “ lilicrtics o f Philadelphia" and three city lots. On Aug. 28, 1 ^ . the Provincial Council appointed Silas Crispin and others, with a su r­

veyor, to lay out a road from Philadelphia to Bucks county. Tltey laid out the present B ris­ tol pike. H e w as executor of the w'ill o f his fatherin-law and spent a great deal o f time in caring for the large landed interests left by the latter. H is own will w as dated M ay 5, 1 7 1 1, and he died M.ay 3 1s t of that year. S ilas Crispin m a r r i^ first, 1683, Esther Holme (died A pril 17, 1696). daughter of Capt. Thom as Holme, who had been a ca|>tain in the Parliamcntar‘ arm y during the great C ivil w ar in EngLind, removed to Ir e ­ land before the Restoration o f K in g Charles I I, became a Q uaker and was persecuted for his religion, and w as joint author o f several publications in regard to Q uaker persecutions in Ireland. On A pril 18, 1682, William Penn .ippoinccd him surveyor general o f Pennsyl­ vania, and he s.ailcd for that province the sanw month. H e owned ii,xxio acres o f land in Pennsylvania, mostly in Philadelphia county, though some w as in Chester and Bucks cou rtics. H e served three years in the Provincial Council, and w'as some time president o f that tod y. Silas and Esther (H olm e) Crispin had is s u e : Sarah, bont March 3 1, 1684. m arried L eeson Loftus, of the city o f Philadelphia. Rebecca, to m M ay 6, 1685, married Joscp h Finnc);. son o f Samuel Finney, Provincial Councillor and Provincial judge, and a brother o f Capt. John Finney, Provincial Councillor, high sheriff o f Philadelphia county, of the family o f Finney o f Fulshaw H all, C heshire. England. M arie (o r M aria), to m in October, i6 8 f', m arried John Coljet, son o f Richard and E liz a ­ beth (R u sh ) Collet, and grandson o f C ap t. Jo h n Rush, formerly of the Parliom entar}' army in the C ivil w ar in England, who cam e to Pennsylvania in 1683. and lived on his p lan ta­ tion in Bybcrry township, Pliiladelphia county. Eleanor, to m Sept. 1 1 . 1687. married N o v. 25, 170S, John Hart, J r ., high sheriff and c o r ­ oner o f Bucks county, justice of the C o u n ty courts, son o f John Ila rt, from W'itney, O x ­ fordshire. a member of the first Provincial A s ­ sembly. by hts w ife, Susannah Rush, daughter o f Capt. John Rush, above mentioned. IFuliam. to m Sept. 3. 1689. died young. E sther, bom Oct. 2^, 16 9 1, married T h o m as Rush, grandson o f Capt. John Rush, abo ve mentioned. Thomas, bom Ju n e 22, itxH : ^ below. Susanna, bom A pril 14. 1696. died young. Silas Crispin married second. 1697, M a ry , daughter o f Richard and Abigail Stockton, o f