Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Balderston, William
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Falls Township


WILLIAM BALDERSTON farmer, P.O. Morrisville, was born on the 
farm where he now resides, January 28, 1841.  His father, 
John B., was also born here in 1802, and was a son of Mark 
Balderston, who settled on the farm, being among the 
earliest settlers in Bucks county. The family have usually 
followed farming.  They were also all members of the Society 
of Friends.  John B., father of our subject, married Letitia 
Cadwallader.  The Balderston family is of English origin the 
first of the name to come to America being John Balderston, 
in 1727.  Our subject was the youngest of five children. He 
was reared on the farm and attended the Friends' school in 
Chester county.  He chose farming as the business of his 
life, and has followed it with success.  He married Sarah W. 
Brown, daughter of G. W. and A. E. (Pitfield) Brown, her 
mother a native of Philadelphia, and her father of Bucks 
county.  The family were English Quakers, the original 
settler having come to Pennsylvania in 1676.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Balderston have two children, George W. and William Henry.  
The family are members of the Society of Friends.