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Thanks for your interest. The only information I have about “my” (or more strictly, my wife’s) William Horne is as follows:
He was born in about 1714 (USA assumed) and died in “Darby Penna USA” on 11 Nov 1772. He was a minister in the Society of Friends (Quakers) for 25 years who married an Elizabeth Davies in 1737.
William’s parents were Edward Horne (born Chichester, England 30 July 1688) who moved to Philadelphia around 1724 and died there about 1735. His mother was an Elizabeth Scrase who lived near Arundel, Sussex, England (no other details) The couple married at Friends Meeting House, Arundel on 27 Jan 1712. William had a sister, Sarah, born 14 September 1718.
William had three sons – John, William and Edward. Son William apparently married a Phebe Swayne who was born in East Marlboro’ (Chester Pennsylvania?) in 1750. She had nine children and died in 1829 (presumably still in Pennsylvania, but I have no information on that topic). That is the only information I have about any of William’s children.
My wife’s 4 x great grandfather was William’s brother – hence the interest this end. William’s grandfather (my wife’s 5 x great grandfather) was Thomas Horne, of Arundel, Sussex, England who was a Quaker and a glover (glove maker) who died on 27 April 1718. Thomas’ wife was Susannah, who I think was a shopkeeper in Arundel after Thomas’ death – she died 1st February 1733/4 (remember that in those times the new year in the UK was not considered to start on 1st January, which would then still have been in 1733, hence “dual year”.
The above information was extracted by persons unknown from The Pedigree Register (Vol II No 24 March 1913) The Official Organ of the Society of Genealogists of London and I suspect it was done between 1959 and 1980.
Other information about the Hornes that might interest you is that one of the brother’s of William’s father, Benjamin Horne, was a coal factor and was associated with the Clothworkers’ Company (one of the London trade associations dating back many hundreds of years) and that his descendents were still associated with the Clothworkers’ Company as late as 1992/3. I wrote to the Company recently and they sent me a long list of Hornes associated with them from 1753/4, but as it is not in my wife’s direct descendent line I have put it “on the back burner” to be investigated when I have completed several other major exercises.
The descendents of Edward Horne, the Emigrant (1688 - ?1735), through his second son, William, are recorded at length in the “Genealogy of the Sharpless Family” by Gilbert Cope, Philadelphia, 1887. This book is identified in the Family History Library Catalog produced on CD ROM by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and available through your local Family History Center.
I hope that the above will help you and would be interested to hear if it is relevant, if it is, any additional information you can let me have about William’s descendents would be appreciated
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