Eighth Generation

136. Philip WARD²³⁴ was born in 1721 in London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He died after 1749.
Charles Robert Leslie wrote:
" My summers and autumns were at this period regularly spent in visits to my grand uncles, Philip Ward and George Hall, with my eldest sister Eliza, and my kind aunt Margaret Leslie (my father's sister). These uncles lived in Chester County and were farmers. The scenery about mr. Ward's house (in Newlin Township) was very beautiful; the Brandywine Creek ran near it, and one of its tributary streams turned a flour-mill and saw-mill belonging to my uncle. I shall never forget the kindness I received from my worthy relatives while under their roofs. Their habits were simple and rustic...
At Mr. Ward's one of his sons was the working miller, and the other the farmer, and here I became familiar with all the operations of the mill and farm. I accompanied my cousin Tommy Ward, in the fields when he was plowing or sowing, and in the barn when he was threshing or winnowing the corn, and I well remember a grand husking-party, (or frolic, as it was called), when the neighbors for miles around came to assist in stripping the Indian Corn of its outer covering, and afterwards sat down to a most substantial supper. To this imagery treasured in my recollection of these simple scenes I believe I owe much of the esquisite enjoyment I receive from reading the poetry of Burns. His "Halloween", his "Two Dogs", and other poems, in which the labors and enjoyments of the cottage are described, always transport me to the log houses of my kind-hearted uncles and aunts in Chester County."
Philip WARD and Amy ALLEN were married on 19 May 1743 in New Garden Friends MM, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

137. Amy ALLEN²³⁵ was born on 8 Jun 1725 in London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania. She died after 1749. Children were:

	i.	Elizabeth WARD died after 1769.
	ii.	Thomas WARD236 was born about 1748 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He died on 24 Nov 1786 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Thomas and Phebe had 7 children: Jesse, Asahel, Mercer, Thomas Jr, Rebecca, Philip, and Allen F. Thomas Ward was a farmer and belonged to the Society of Friends until his marriage by a priest. Phebe Mercer also belonged to Friends but both were disowned when they married contrary to discipline of the Society of Friends. They apparently raised their their children as Friends. After the death of Thomas, Phebe petitioned the Court to have Philip Ward (their uncle) and Francis Hoopes appointed guardian of their children. This was accomplished in 1787.
66	iii.	Philip WARD Jr.