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Gronow Family

Descendants of Lewis Gronow
Generation 1
1.

Lewis Gronow-1. He died in 1748[1].

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Lewis Gronow and ? married. They had the following children:

2. i.

John Gronow. He married Bathsheba Morgan on Nov 04, 1741 in Christ Church, Philadelphia[2]. He died in 1776[3].

3. ii.

Sarah Gronow. She married William Davis.

iii.

Penelope Gronow[1].

4. iv.

Catherine Gronow[1].

5. v.

George Gronow[1]. He died before 1748[1].

Isabella ?. She died after 1782[4].

Lewis Gronow and Isabella ? married. They had no children.

Generation 2
2.

John Gronow-2 (Lewis-1). He died in 1776[3].

Bathsheba Morgan. She died on Mar 20, 1763[5].

John Gronow and Bathsheba Morgan were married on Nov 04, 1741 in Christ Church, Philadelphia[2]. They had the following children:

Marriage Notes:

Nov 4, 1941 at Christ Church Phila [Phila Archives, Ser 2, Vol iii, Marriage Records of Christ Church Philadelphia, 1709-1806, p108]

 

6. i.

Sarah Gronow was born about 1751[6, 7]. She died on Mar 27, 1827[6].

ii.

Lewis Gronow was born about 1749[5]. He died in Nov 1782[4, 8].

Isabel Shields daughter of John Shields was born in 1721[9]. She died on Aug 07, 1788[9].

John Gronow and Isabel Shields were married after 1763[5]. They had no children.

3.

Sarah Gronow-2 (Lewis-1).

William Davis son of Thomas Davis and Gwenllian ?[10]. He died in 1748 in Vincent[10].

William Davis and Sarah Gronow were married. They had the following children:

i.

Issac David was born before 1727.

4.

Catherine Gronow-2 (Lewis-1)[1].

Daniel Prichard.

Daniel Prichard and Catherine Gronow married. They had the following children:

i.

Joanna Prichard was born after 1730[1].

5.

George Gronow-2 (Lewis-1)[1]. He died before 1748[1].

George Gronow and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:

i.

Anne Gronow[1].

Generation 3
6.

Sarah Gronow-3 (John-2, Lewis-1) was born about 1751[6, 7]. She died on Mar 27, 1827[6].

Thomas Bull was born in 1746[11].

Thomas Bull and Sarah Gronow married. They had the following children:

i.

Mary Bull was born on Feb 26, 1774[11]. She married Richard Robinson on Mar 29, 1794 in Philadelphia[11]. She died on Sep 01, 1857 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA[11].

7. ii.

Isabella Bull was born on Jun 09, 1776[12]. She married Cromwell Peirce on Apr 23, 1801[13]. She died on Mar 30, 1807[12].

8. iii.

John Gronow Bull. He died about 1846[14].

Generation 4
7.

Isabella Bull-4 (Sarah-3, John-2, Lewis-1) was born on Jun 09, 1776[12]. She died on Mar 30, 1807[12].

Cromwell Peirce son of Cromwell Peirce and Margaret Boggs was born on Aug 12, 1772[12]. He died on Apr 02, 1852 in East Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA[12].

Notes for Cromwell Peirce:

Death Notes:

April 6, 1852

VILLAGE RECORD

Death Notice In East Whiteland, on the 2d inst., Col. CROMWELL

PEARCE, in his 80th year. His death occurred very suddenly,

having been in the act of walking from the barn to the house,

when he was suddenly cut down by the Destroyer death.

 

Cromwell Peirce and Isabella Bull were married on Apr 23, 1801[13]. They had the following children:

i.

Lewis Gronow Peirce was born in 1801[13].

8.

John Gronow Bull-4 (Sarah-3, John-2, Lewis-1). He died about 1846[14].

Sarah Young[15].

John Gronow Bull and Sarah Young married. They had the following children:

i.

Lewis Bull.

ii.

John Bull.

Sources
1

Will of Lewis Gronow (1748).

2

Patricia Henry; Phila Archives, Ser 2, Vol iii, "Marriage Records of Christ Church Philadelphia, 1709-1806, p108".

3

Will.

4

Will of Lewis Gronow (1782).

5

Patricia Henry, Tredyffrin Slaves.

6

St Peter's Church gravestone.

7
8

Will or Administration.

9

Franklin Burns - History of Berwyn & the Great Valley.

10

Jim Davis.

11

Family History - Record of the Descendants of John and Elizabeth Bull, Early Settlers in Pennsylvania, Bull, Commodore James H Bull, (Shannon-Conmy Co., San Francisco Ca, Jan 1919).

12

St Peter's Church gravestone.

13

Futhey & Cope, History of Chester County, 1881.

14

Probate, 1846.

15

Patricia Henry.

Report created on August 24, 2012