Benjamin Franklin PAXSON [Parents] was born 11 Oct 1761 in Solebury, Bucks Co. PA. was buried in Columbiana, Ohio. Benjamin married Jane ELY on 9 Jun 1784 in Solebury, Bucks, PA.
Jane ELY [Parents] was born 5 Jan 1764 in Solebury, Bucks, PA. She died 13 Aug 1837 in Winona, Columbiana County, Ohio. Jane married Benjamin Franklin PAXSON on 9 Jun 1784 in Solebury, Bucks, PA.
(118) JANE ELY, eldest daughter of George and Sarah (Magill)Ely of Solebury, Bucks County, Pa.,
born on the old homestead January 5, 1764; married, June 9,1784, Benjamin Paxson, son of Joseph and Mary
(Heston) Paxson, born November 10, 1761, died June 27, 1828.They removed first to Chester County,
Pennsylvania, and later to Columbiana County, Ohio. Jane (Ely)Paxson died August 13, 1837.Issue of Benjamin and Jane (Ely) Paxson:--
389. Isaiah Paxson, married Lydia Mendenhall.
390. Matilda Paxson, born June 16, 1786; died October
2, 1802, unmarried.
391. William Paxson, married Marah Morgan.
392. Benjamin Ely Paxson, married, first, Sarah Mitchell;
second, Abigail Neeley. A son, Joseph M.
Paxson, living at Pennville, Indiana, 1905.
393. Sarah Paxson, married, first, Joshua Mendenhall;
second, Ellis Davis.
394. Martha Paxson, died in childhood.
395. Mary Paxson, died in childhood.
396. Jane Paxson, married at West Chester, February
5, 1816, Edward H. Hall, and they removed to
Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1820. She married,
second, Abraham Heston. Had ten children by
the first and three by the second marriage.
397. Joseph Paxson, married Jane Parry.
398. George Paxson.
399. Esther Paxson.
400. Rachel Paxson, married Eli Perry.
They had the following children:
M i Jospeph Jefferson PAXSON was born 14 Jan 1798 and died 16 Apr 1872.
Phillip PERRY married Hannah BROWN.
Hannah BROWN married Phillip PERRY.
They had the following children:
F i Jane PERRY was born 1802 and died about 1837.
Delbert Charlie BICKNELL was born 16 Jul 1943 in Atoka, Oklahoma. He married Judy Levon HORNBACK on 31 Jul 1964 in Arcata, California.
Judy Levon HORNBACK was born 13 Oct 1948 in Hemet, California. She married Delbert Charlie BICKNELL on 31 Jul 1964 in Arcata, California.
They had the following children:
i Steven BICKNELL was born 27 Mar 1971 in Hemet, California. F ii Sheila BICKNELL was born 23 Jun 1975.
Joseph PAXSON [Parents] was born 21 Nov 1733 in Solesbury, PA. He died 3 Aug 1808. Joseph married Mary HESTON on 28 Jun 1758 in Wrightstown Meeting, Bucks, PA..
Mary HESTON [Parents] was born 24 Nov 1740 in Solebury, Bucks, PA. She died 1829 in Solebury, Bucks, PA. Mary married Joseph PAXSON on 28 Jun 1758 in Wrightstown Meeting, Bucks, PA..
They had the following children:
M i Benjamin Franklin PAXSON was born 11 Oct 1761. M ii Jacob PAXSON was born 4 Mar 1763 and died 1839.
George ELY [Parents] was born 9 Sep 1733 in Trenton, NJ. He died 11 Jan 1815 in Newton, Bucks, Pa. George married Sarah MAGILL on 24 Sep 1760 in Solebury Bucks, PA.
Sarah MAGILL [Parents] was born 9 Sep 1742 in Solebury Bucks, PA. She died 18 Sep 1823. Sarah married George ELY on 24 Sep 1760 in Solebury Bucks, PA.
They had the following children:
F i Jane ELY was born 5 Jan 1764 and died 13 Aug 1837.
Thomas PAXSON [Parents] was born 20 Sep 1712 in Solebury, PA. He died 20 Sep 1778 in Solebury, Bucks PA. Thomas married Jane CANBY on 25 Feb 1731/1732.
Jane CANBY [Parents] was born 12 Jun 1710. She died 1789. Jane married Thomas PAXSON on 25 Feb 1731/1732.
They had the following children:
i PAXSON. M ii Joseph PAXSON was born 21 Nov 1733 and died 3 Aug 1808. M iii Benjamin PAXSON was born 1 Aug 1739 in Bucks County, PA. He died 29 Mar 1814. M iv Oliver PAXSON was born 9 Jul 1741 in Bucks County, PA. He died 29 Oct 1817 in Solebury, Bucks PA. F v Rachel PAXSON was born 6 Mar 1742/1743 in Bucks, PA. She died 5 Apr 1800 in Bucks, PA.. M vi Jacob PAXSON was born 6 Nov 1745 in Bucks County, PA. He died 13 Jul 1832 in Bucks County, PA. M vii Henry PAXSON.
Jacob HESTON was born 20 May 1713. He married Mary WARNER.
Jacob and Mary Heston had at least three sons--Thomas. Edward and Jesse. Thomas was a
Colonel during the Revolution. He was born April 4, 1753, and married Hannah Clayton on June
25, 1775. In or about 1781, in connection with Thomas Carpenter, grandfather of the late Judge
Thomas P. Carpenter, of Camden, N. J., he purchased of the Stangeer Brothers the glass works
which they had established in 1775. The place was known as Heston's Glass Works until some
years after, when, at the suggestion of a member of the colobrated Gloucester Fox Hunting Club,
on the occasion of a convival gathering at Colonel Heston's house, after a hunt and capture of
reynard, it was named Glassboro, and has ever since born that name. The works are still in the
possession of Colonel Heston's descendants--the Whitneys, his daughter Bathsheba having
married Captain Eben Whitney. It is related of Captain Whitney that he was cast ashore with his
vessel at or near Cape May, and in passing through the neighborhood of the glass works, on his
way to Philadelphia, he saw and became enamored of Colonel Heston's daughter Bathsheba. He
married this lady and settled there, engaging in the glass business with his father-in-law. The
Whitney brothers (Thomas Heston and Samuel A.,) sons of Captain Eben Whitney, became
proprietors of the works in 1837, and they have carried on the business successfully ever since.
They are now the largest glass works in the country. The senior proprietor, Thomas Heston
Whitney, died on May 4, 1882, aged 69. Few men led a more active businessPage 16
life than Thomas Heston Whitney, and none took a more "arnest and patriotie interest in the
concerns of the country, and although disappointed in his political aspirations--having been
defeated as the Whig candidate for Congress by Hon Nathan T. Stration in 1850--he never faltered
in his love for his political principles, and when treason struck at the life of the nation he gave
liberally of his abundant means to the cause of the Union and in support of the old flag. Others
may have been more ostentations, but in effective, earnest work Mr. Whitney stood pre-eminent.
He was appointed to represent New Jersey on the Centennial Commission in 1876, but declined
the honor. His son, John P. Whitney, is now at the head of the glass works, at Glassboro. N. J.Edward W. Heston, son of Jacob (7) and brother to Thomas, was also a Revolutionary patriot,
holding a lientenant-colonel's commission. He founded the village of Hesonville, now included
within the corporate limits of Philadelphia. The old Heston mansion, in which he lived for sixty
years, was situated in the vicinity of George's Hill, Fairmount Park. It was torn down about 1877.
Edward W. Heston was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and for eight years was a
State Senator. He was also appointed a Judge of the
Mary WARNER married Jacob HESTON.
They had the following children:
F i Mary HESTON was born 24 Nov 1740 and died 1829.
William PAXSON [Parents] was born 25 Oct 1675 in Marsh Gibbon Buckinghamshire and was christened 27 Jan 1675/1676 in Same as Above. He died 18 Dec 1719 in St Georges Hundred, NC DE.. William married Abigail POWNALL on 20 Feb 1694/1695 in Middletown, PA./Middletown, Dauphin Co., PA.
Abigail POWNALL [Parents] was born 4 Feb 1676/1677 in Lostlock, Gralam, EN.. She died 17 Jun 1749. Abigail married William PAXSON on 20 Feb 1694/1695 in Middletown, PA./Middletown, Dauphin Co., PA.
They had the following children:
F i Amy PAXSON. F ii Marrabeh PAXSON died 30 Apr 1714 and was buried in Delaware. F iii Mary PAXSON was born 2 Jan 1695/1696. F iv Abigail PAXSON was born 20 Aug 1700. M v James PAXSON was born 5 Nov 1702 in Bucks. M vi Reuben PAXSON was born about 1710 and died about 1761. M vii Reuben PAXSON was born 1710 and died 1761. F viii Esther PAXSON was born about 1711. M ix Thomas PAXSON was born 20 Sep 1712 and died 20 Sep 1778.
James PAXSON [Parents] was born 25 Oct 1648 in MG Buckinghampshire EN.. He died 29 Sep 1722. James married Jane GURDEN.
Jane GURDEN died 7 Apr 1710. She married James PAXSON.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah PAXSON was born 29 Oct 1671. M ii Henry PAXSON was born 25 May 1673 in Twins. He died 28 May 1673. M iii William PAXSON was born 25 May 1673 in Twins. He died 27 May 1673. M iv William PAXSON was born 25 Oct 1675 and died 18 Dec 1719.
James PAXSON [Parents] was born 1620 in MG Buckinghampshire EN. He died 1670. James married Jane CLERK.
Jane CLERK was born in England. She died 15 Aug 1670. Jane married James PAXSON.
They had the following children:
F i Anne PAXSON died 14 Feb 1654/1655. F ii Ellen PAXSON died 27 Apr 1641. F iii PAXSON died Oct 1644. M iv Henry PAXSON was born 11 Jan 1645/1646. He died Jul 1743. M v James PAXSON was born 25 Oct 1648 and died 29 Sep 1722. M vi William PAXSON was born 21 Dec 1648. He died 2 Jan 1708/1709. M vii Thomas PAXSON was born 15 Jun 1651. He died Sep 1682. F viii Jane PAXSON was born 14 Mar 1651/1652.