Biographical Sketch of William ASKEW (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 466

ASKEW, William, produced a certificate from Friends of Woodhall Monthly Meeting, 
Cumberland, England, to Concord Monthly Meeting, 5,1,1728, and settled in 
Chichester.  He probably brought some children with him.  He married, 9,13,1729, 
Sarah Yarnall, daughter of Francis, of Willistown.  His son Lazarus married, 
8,28,1742, Mabel Cloud, and died a few years later, leaving children.  Another 
son, Joseph, married, 2,27,1749, Rebecca Eyre, daughter of William and Mary, of 
Bethel.  Parker Askew, of Concord, son of Joseph and Rebecca, married 
11,17,1779, Hannah Hatton, daughter of Peter and Sarah, of concord, by whom he 
had children,-Rebecca, William, Peter, and perhaps others.  This branch of the 
family went to Ohio.