Biographical Sketch of John CHALFANT (1881); Chester County, PA

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

pg. 495

CHALFANT, John, obtained a warrant, 10,22,1701, for 250 acres of land in 
Rockland Manor, where he had settled two years previously.  This was in what is 
now the lower part of Birmingham.  He died in August 1725, leaving sons, John 
and Robert.  John, Jr. died about 1730, leaving sons John, Solomon, and Robert, 
who appear to have been then grown up.
  The children of Robert, Sr., were Mary, b. Nov 26, 1713, m. to ____ Shields; 
Elizabeth, b. Dec 29, 1715, m. ____ Barnet; Robert, b. Aug. 28, 1718, died 
young; Thomas, b. Jan. 13, 1721, died young; Ruth, b. Oct. 15, 1723, m. to ____ 
Frame, ancestor of the late Robert Frame of Birmingham; Robert, b. Feb. 12, 
1725; Thomas b. March 2, 1729.  The father died in 1767, leaving a widow, 
Martha.
  Robert Chalfant, supposed a son of John, Jr., married first Ann Bentley, 
daughter of John and Mary Bentley, of Newlin, and settled on land in that 
township.  A house, said to have been built in 1732, upon which were their 
initials, was torn down about 1864 by George Young, the present owner of the 
property.  Ann (Bentley) Chalfant left children,-John, Mary (Bonnal), Jane 
(Few), Ann (Ligget), Robert, and Elizabeth (Quay).  The father married a second 
wife, Elizabeth, by whom he had children,-Jesse, Joseph, and Jonathan.  He died 
in 1792.
  Whether all of the name are descended from the John first mentioned is 
unknown.  Of course there is the usual tradition of "three brothers" in this 
case.
  Henry Chalfant, son of John, of West Marlborough, married, 8,15,1740, at 
Londongrove Meeting, Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of Thomas and Ann, and had 
children,-1. Jonathan, b. 4,8,1743, m. Ann Barnard, 12,24,1777.  2. Thomas, b. 
11,20,1745-6, m. Phebe Hayes, 4,5,1775.  3. Henry, b. 5,1,1748, m. Susanna 
Swayne, 5,17,1775.  4. Ann, b. 12,12,1750-1.  5. Elizabeth, b. 2,2,1754, m. 
Joseph Dickinson.  6. Jacob, b. 1,11,1758, m. ____ Barnard and ____ McCorkle.  
7. Mary, b. 8,8,1760.  8. Abner, b. 11,16,1762.  9. Caleb, b. 2,7,1766, m. Mary 
Dickinson, 5,25,1796.
  David Chalfant of Pennsbury, son of Thomas, married, 10,30,1783, Frances 
Dowdall, daughter of John and Mary, of Marlborough.  They had one son, Goodwin 
Chalfant, born 9,8,1788, who married Hannah Windle, 10,14,1812, and resided in 
East Marlborough.  Their children were David W., deceased; William, living near 
Unionville; Sidney, m. to Edwin James of East Bradford; Jane, m. to Joseph 
Dowdall of New Garden; Lydia, m. to Thomas F. Seal of Unionville.
  David Chalfant, the grandfather, died 10,3,1832, aged 72 years, 2 months, 16 
days; and his widow, 7,4,1840, aged 85 years, 8 months, 13 days.
  William Chalfant married Esther Baker, daughter of Aaron and Mary, of West 
Marlborough, and had ten children,-Mary, Martha, Esther, Aaron, Phebe, Alice, 
William, Sarah, Elizabeth and Susan, -all of whom were married, and several of 
them went West.  Aaron bought a farm in Londonderry in 1796, where he died, Aug. 
29, 1808.  His wife was a daughter of John Wilson, who married a Todd.  William 
Chalfant, son of Aaron, born in April 1798, is now living at or near 
Chesterville, in Franklin township.