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History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (George Smith, 1862, 629 pages)
This publication is a very early historical volume on Delaware County, PA. It contains numerous historical accounts and a good deal of biographical information.

Biographies:
Anderson, Arnold, Ashbridge, Andries, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Barber, Ball, Barnard, Bartram, Baynton, Beal (Bales), Bennett, Bethel, Bevan, Beazer, Biles, Blunston, Bonsall, Booth, Bowater, Bracey, Bradshaw, Brinton, Bristow, Brooke, Brown, Buffington, Bunting, Bushell, Calvert, Caldwell, Campanius, Carter, Cartlidge, Chadsey (Chadds), Chandler, Churchman, Clayton, Cliffe, Cloud, Cock, Collet, Collier, Coates, Cobb, Cobourn, Cook, Cooper, Coppock, Cornelissen, Crosby, Croxton, Darlington, Davies, David, Dicks (Dix), Drewett, Durborow, Dutton, Edwards, Edge, Ellis, Evan, Evans, Eyre, Fairman, Faucet, Fearne, Few, Fishbourn, Flower, Fox, Fred, Gabitas, Garrett, Gibbons, Gilpin, Gleave, Goodsonn, Graham, Gregory, Grist, Grubb, Hall, Hallowell, Hamms, Harding, Harris, Harrison, Harry, Harvey, Hastings, Hayes, Hendrickson, Hent, Helm, Hewes, Hibberd, Hill, Holgh, Holland, Holme, Hood, Hollingsworth, Hoskins, Howell, Hugh, Humphrey, Hunt, Hunter, Ireland, Jackson, James, Jansen, Jarman, Jenkins, Job, Jurian, Key, King, Kinsman, Kirk, Lamplew, Laerson, Langham, Lawrence, Lee (Lea), Leiper, Lester, Levis, Lewis, Llewellyn, Lock, Longworthy, Lownes, Lloyd, Lucas, Maddock, Malin, Maris, Markham, Marshall, Martin, Massey, Matson, McClellan, Medlicot, Mendenhall, Meridith, Miles, Miller, Minshall, Morgan, Morris, Morton, Mortonson, Naylor, Need, Newlin, Nield, Nielson, Nixon, Noble, Norberry, Nossiter, Obern, Ogden, Orian, Ormes, Oxley, Painter, Papegoya, Parks, Parker, Pearce, Pearson, Person, Pedrick, Pennick, Pennell, Pennock, Philip, Pierson, Powell, Price, Printz, Pritchet, Prythereth, Pugh, Pusey, Pyle, Radley, Rawson, Rees, Revel, Reynolds, Richard, Richards, Roads, Robert, Rochford, Roman, Ross, Routh, Rutherow (Rytherich), Salkeld, Sanelandes, Saunders, Scothorn, Sellers, Sharpless, Sharpus, Shipley, Simcock, Smedley, Smith, Spry, Stacket, Stanfield, Steedman, Stille, Swaffer, Tanten, Taylor, Test, Thatcher, Thomas, Thompson, Trego, Tucker, Usher, Van Kulin, Van Leer, Vernon, Wade, Weaver, Webb, West, Wharton, Williamson, William, Willis, Withers, Wood, Woodward, Woodmanson, Worrall, Worrell, Worrilow, Worth, Wright, Yarnall, Yearsly, Yeates, Yzzard

Chester (and it's vicinity,) Delaware County, in Pennsylvania with
Genealogical Sketches of Some Old Families (John Hill Martin, 1877, 540 pages)
This publication is an early history of the town of Chester and its surrounding area, located in Delaware County, PA. It contains a historical accounts from the area along with biographical and genealogical information on many of its historic and prominent families.

Surnames Indexed:
Abbott, Allen, Anderson, Anthony, Appleby, Armitt, Armor, Armstrong, Art, Artemus, Ashmead, Atlee, Atwood, Baggs, Baldwin, Bankson, Barnard, Bartram, Bartholomew, Beale, Bell, Bevan, Blythe, Bond, Bonsall, Boon, Boone, Bradford, Brinton, Brobson, Brooke, Broom, Broomall, Brown, Buck, Buckley, Burns, Bushall, Butler, Caldwell, Carolus, Chalkley, Chapman, Chew, Churchman, Clark, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clement, Clemson, Clingan, Cloak, Clyde, Coates, Cochran, Cock, Cope, Cornbury, Cowen, Cowpland, Craig, Cranston, Crosby, Crossley, Crozer, Crozier, Culin, Darlington, Davis, Decatur, Dechert, Deihl, Delafield, Dennis, Desauque, Deshong, Dick, Downing, Du Pont, Dutton, Dyer, Edwards, Effinger, Engle, Evans, Eyre, Farr, Farrer, Farley, Fairlamb, Field, Fitzpatrick, Flower, Foreman, Forster, Francis, Frazier, Futhey, Galvin, Gardiner, Gerhard, Gaskill, Gill, Gilpin, Goodson, Graham, Granthum, Gray, Growden, Haines, Hall, Hamilton, Hannum, Hard, Harlan, Harding, Harrison, Hawes, Heckewelder, Heap, Hemphill, Henderson, Hewes, Hewling, Hickman, Hill, Hinkson, Holcomb, Hollingsworth, Holmes, Hoskins, Horne, Howard, Howell, Howes, Hubbell, Huddell, Humphreys, Humes, Hutchinson, Irwin, Irvine, Jackson, James, Jansen, Jenks, Johnson, Justis, Kalm, Kane, Keppele, Kerlin, Keith, Kinsey, Kneass, Kurtz, Ladomus, Lane, Larkin, Lazaretto, Learson, Leiper, Letts, Lodge, Lloyd, Lombaert, Lownes, Ludwick, Lyons, Lytle, Mackensie, Maddock, Magaw, McDowell, McIlvaine, McKeever, McLane, McMullin, McWilliams, Marshall, Maris, Marston, Martin, Massey, Mather, Maxwell, Mayne, Mendenhall, Miles, Miller, Moore, Moran, Morton, Morris, Munday, Myers, Nayle, Neidermarke, Newlin, Nill, Noblit, Norris, Odenheimer, Ogden, Ottey, Owen, Painter, Pappegoya, Parker, Parry, Paschall, Patterson, Pearson, Pearce, Peirce, Penn, Pennock, Pennell, Phipps, Pierson, Piper, Porter, Price, Printz, Printzdorp, Pusey, Pyle, Quinn, Raborg, Raine, Read, Reilly, Richards, Richardson, Ridgely, Risley, Roach, Roberts, Robinson, Ross, Salkeld, Sandilands, Sayres, Serrill, Sharpless, Shaw, Shrigley, Simmons, Smedley, Smith, Speakman, Stacey, Steele, Steuben, Stille, Stone, Talbot, Tate, Taylor, Terril, Thompson, Thomson, Thurlow, Tiers, Trainer, Trimble, Truxton, Tyler, Ulrich, Vandyke, Van Leer, Van Luveney, Vernon, Wade, Waite, Walte, Ward, Welsh, Weyman, Whelen, Whildin, Willimas, Williamson, Willcox, Wilson, Withey, Worley, Worrall, Worth, Wright, Yarnall, Yeates, Zeilin

History of Delaware County Pennsylvania
(Henry Graham Ashmead, 1884, 900 pages)
This publication is mostly a historical work on Delaware County, PA, but also includes valuable biographical information. The topics include: the settlement and early history of the county, the involvement of its residents in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War, as well as civil, agrigultural, industrial, and professional aspects of the county's history. Following this are historical sketches of each township and major borough. The index lists numerous individuals and families to which greater focus is given in the body of the publication, some of the references being biographies and others being historical narratives. Many other individuals are discussed as well but were not listed in the index.

Surnames Indexed:
Abraham, Adams, Allen, Allibone, Amies, Anderson, Andrew, Andrews, Annesley, Ash, Ashbridge, Ashcom, Ashmead, Atlee, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Bancroft, Barnard, Barton, Bartram, Beatty, Beaumont, Beazer, Bell, Besk, Bevan, Biddle, Bishop, Black, Blakeley, Blunston, Boon, Booth, Bonsall, Boyd, Bradbury, Bradshaw, Brannon, Brinton, Brooke, Broomall, Brown, Burn, Burnley, Butler, Cadwallader, Caldwell, Camm, Campanius, Campbell, Carew, Carpenter, Carr, Carter, Cassin, Chads, Chapman, Cheney, Cheyney, Childs, Clark, Clayton, Cloud, Coates, Cobourne, Cochran, Collett, Coupland, Cowan, Coxe, Crosby, Crozer, Cummings, Currie, Custer, Dare, Darlington, Davis, De la Grange, Deshong, De Vries, Dick, Dickenson, Dod, Dunn, Dunwoody, Dutton, Dyer, Eachus, Eckfeldt, Eckstein, Edge, Edwards, Elwyn, Emanuel, Engle, Erickson, Esrey, Etting, Evans, Farrington, Fearne, Fitzpatrick, Flower, Flickwir, Forster, Forward, Forwood, Fox, Frazer, Galloway, Gandonett, Gardiner, Garrett, Gartside, Gest, Gibbons, Gilpin, Goodson, Graham, Gray, Green, Gross, Grubb, Haines, Haldeman, Hamilton, Hannum, Harian, Harper, Harvey, Hawkins, Helme, Hemphill, Hibberd, Hill, Hinkson, Hood, Hollinsgworth, Hollowell, Holme, Hoskins, Hotchkin, Howe, Humphrey, Hunter, Inskeep, Irving, Irwin, Jackson, Jacobson, Jacop, James, Jarvis, Jones, Johnson, Kalm, Kerlin, Keith, Kelly, Kent, Kirk, Koch, Lackey, Lafayette, Larkin, Laurence, Laws, Lee, Leedom, Leiper, Levis, Lewis, Litzenberg, Lloyd, Lobb, Lock, Longfellow, Longstreth, Lord, Lovelace, Lownes, Lungren, Lyons, Maddock, Magee, Malin, Manley, Maris, Markham, Marshall, Martin, Mathes, Matthews, Mattson, McAffee, McAllister, McCall, McCready, McIlvain, Meigs, Mendenhall, Mercer, Meredith, Middleton, Miller, Minshall, Minsterman, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Mortenson, Morton, Myers, Neckels, Neild, Newlin, Nichols, Nill, Nixon, Norris, Nossiter, Oakford, Oastler, Ogden, Ooetling, Osborne, Owens, Painter, Palmer, Pancoast, Pappegoya, Parker, Paschall, Passmore, Peace, Pearce, Pearson, Peirce, Penn, Pennell, Peterman, Phipps, Pierson, Piper, Plumstead, Porter, Poulson, Powel, Pratt, Preston, Price, Printz, Pusey, Pyle, Ramey, Reece, Rhoads, Rhodes, Richardson, Riddle, Riley, Roach, Robinett, Robinson, Roche, Rochford, Rose, Ross, Saikeld, Sandlelands, Sayers, Seal, Sellers, Serrill, Sharpless, Shaw, Shorrill, Siddons, Simcock, Smedley, Smith, Sneath, Stacey, Steel, Stetson, Stiddem, Stille, Stoop, Stuyvesant, Swaffer, Swarthmore, Talbot, Talley, Tasker, Taylor, Terrilll, Thatcher, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Thurlow, Tilghman, Tobin, Trainer, Trego, Trimble, Trueman, Turner, Tyler, Tyson, Urian, Usselinex, Van Culin, Van Leer, Van Rosenberg, Van Vliet, Vernon, Wade, Walter, Ward, Wayne, Webb, Webster, West, Wetherby, Whitefield, Whitley, Willbanks, Willcox, Williamson, Wilson, Wood, Woodcock, Woodmansey, Woodward, Woolman, Worrall, Worrell, Worth, Yarnall, Yearsley, Yeates, Young, Zeilin

The History, Geography and Government of Chester and Delaware Counties
(Joseph S. Walton & G. W. Moore, 1893, 197 pages)
This publication was originally produced as a school textbook on Chester and Delaware County, PA history. It covers both counties from the earliest times of settlement through the late 19th Century.

Chapter Titles:
1 - Early Settlements on the Delaware
2 - Lines and Boundaries
3 - Formation of Delaware County Townships
4 - Formation of Chester County Townships
5 - The Indians and the Primitive Farmer
6 - Condition of the Country Previous to the Revolutionary War
7 - The Revolutionary War to Paoli Massacre
8 - From Paoli Massacre to its Close
9 - The New County Seat and the Division of the County
10 - Internal Improvements
11 - Slavery and the Underground Railroad
12 - Public Houses and the Temperance Movement
13 - Artistic and Poetical Talent
14 - Local Botanists and Scientists
15 - Homemade Statesmen and Lafayette's Visit
16 - Our Schools
17 - Slopes, Drainage and Climate
18 - Railroads and Towns
19 - County Government
20 - Township Government
21 - Municipal Government - Game and Ballot Laws

Historical and Biographical Cyclopedia of Delaware County,
Pennsylvania (Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, 468 pages)
This publication is an excellent addition to the other historical / biographical editions published for Delaware County. Included are almost 400 biographical sketches of its prominent men and families, man of which are unique to this publication. The first 150 pages contain a history of the county, its growth and development and a brief sketch of its townships and boroughs, and the remainder consists of biographical sketches.

Surnames Indexed:
Armitage, Armstrong, Armour, Ashead, Ayars, Baker, Baldt, Barnard, Bartram, Bartleson, Baxter, Beatty, Bird, Black, Blaine, Blakely, Boon, Booth, Boulden, Bowen, Bradley, Brewster, Broomall, Brown, Bullard, Bunting, Burton, Burns, Calhoun, Campbell, Carns, Carson, Carr, Cass, Cassin, Chadwick, Childs, Clayton, Clyde, Cochran, Conard, Cook, Cox, Craig, Crawford, Crosby, Crothers, Crozer, Cullingworth, Custer, Davis, Deemer, De Lannoy, Denis, De Silver, Dickerson, Dolby, Donaldson, Downes, Drayton, Dyson, Edwards, Egbert, Evans, Fallon, Flickwir, Forwood, Foster, Frazier, Fulmer, Galloway, Gary, Garrett, Gardner, Gartside, Glimore, Grayson, Gray, Graham, Green, Greewood, Grundy, Haas, Haldeman, Hall, Hand, Hannum, Hare, Hargreaves, Harrison, Hart, Harvey, Haser, Hathaway, Heacock, Henderson, Hendrixson, Hetzel, Heyburn, Hill, Hinkson, Hipple, Hood, Horning, House, Houston, Howard, Huddell, Hunter, James, Jefferis, Johnson, Jones, Kelly, Kennedy, Kerlin, Kiefer, Ladomus, Larkin, LaRoche, Layman, Leary, Lewis, Lilley, Lindsay, Longbottom, Long, Loughead, Magill, Maison, Mallison, Martin, Mason, Mathues, McAldon, McCaffery, McCardell, McCoy, McClenachan, McClure, McCullough, McDade, McDowell, McIlvain, Meckert, Memminger, Mercer, Messick, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Moore, Morton, Morrow, Myers, Neal, Newson, Ogden, Pancoast, Patton, Pechmann, Pendleton, Pennington, Pennell, Price, Porter, Provost, Rawcliffe, Reaney, Reilly, Rhodes, Riddle, Riley, Roach, Robinson, Roberts, Ross, Salmon, Savidge, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schiedt, Schmidt, Scott, Senior, Sheldon, Shortlidge, Slawter, Smedley, Smith, Sproul, Starr, Stiteler, Stroud, Swayne, Sweeney, Sykes, Targett, Taylor, Temple, Tomlinson, Trainer, Ulrich, Valentine, Vernon, Wagner, Wallace, Wand, Warrall, Ward, Washabaugh, Watson, Way, Waver, Webb, Webster, Wells, West, Wetherill, Wheeler, Whittaker, Wiegand, Wilby, Willliams, Wilson, Wood, Worth, Yarnell, Young

Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal
Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania
(Gilbert Cope & Henry Graham Ashmead, 1904, 1462 pages)
This publication is an extensive biographical volume on both Chester and Delaware Counties, PA. Originally published as a two-volume set, it includes biographies and historical data on hundreds of families from these counties. Many of the biographies extend back to very early times as this section of southeastern Pennsylvania was one of the first areas settled by immigrants from Europe. This area, therefore, has a rich history, and many of the families mentioned in this publication were part of that history.

Surnames Indexed:
Abraham, Acker, Agnew, Albright, Alden, Aldred, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Amole, Anderson, Appleby, Armstrong, Arnold, Arthur, Ash, Ashbridge, Ashmead, Ayers, Bagenstose, Bailey, Baker, Balderston, Baldt, Baldwin, Bane, Barnard, Bartholomew, Bartleson, Bartram, Battin, Beale, Bean, Beatty, Becker, Bell, Benkert, Bernard, Berry, Bicking, Biles, Binder, Bingham, Bishop, Bittle, Black, Blaine, Bolmar, Bonsall, Boon, Booth, Bowers, Boyd, Breckenridge, Briggs, Brinton, Broadbelt, Broomall, Broomell, Broome, Brosius, Brown, Brownback, Brubaker, Bruner, Buck, Buffington, Bull, Bullock, Bunting, Burnley, Bushong, Butler, Bye, Byers, Byrne, Caffrey, Caldwell, Caldwells, Caley, Calhoun, Callanan, Calvert, Campbell, Carey, Carpenter, Carr, Carver, Carter, Cassatt, Chadwick, Chalfant, Challenger, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chandler, Cheyney, Childs, Chrisman, Clark, Clayton, Clements, Clevenstine, Cloud, Clymer, Coates, Cochran, Conard, Cook, Cooper, Cope, Cornett, Cornog, Cornogg, Cornwell, Coulter, Cowan, Cox, Craig, Crager, Crawford, Crosby, Crossan, Crothers, Crowl, Crozer, Crozier, Culver, Cunningham, Dagget, Dale, Dampman, Daniels, Dantz, Darlington, Davis, Dawson, Deakyne, Deery, DeMoll, Deshong, Detwiler, Dewees, Dick, Dickeson, Dickey, Dickinson, Dolbey, Donnon, Dorlan, Downing, Drake, Drayton, Drennen, Duffee, Dunlap, Dunmore, Dunn, Dunwoody, Durnall, Dwier, Eachus, Earle, Ebright, Eckert, Eckfield, Edwards, Eisenbise, Elfreth, Elliott, Ellis, Embree, Emery, Entrikin, Epright, Erskine, Esrey, Essick, Essig, Esworthy, Evans, Everhart, Eves, Ewing, Fahey, Fairlamb, Faucett, Fell, Felton, Ferron, Fetters, Field, Fielis, Finkbinder, Fisher, Flagg, Fleming, Flower, Flowers, Forsythe, Fox, Frederick, Freeborn, Freeman, Friday, Fry, Fulmer, Fulton, Funderwhite, Funk, Fussell, Futhey, Gallagher, Garber, Gardiner, Garretson, Garrett, Gartside, Gawthrop, Geissinger, Gibbons, Gibney, Gibson, Gilbert, Gilfillan, Gilkyson, Gilpin, Gilroy, Given, Glenn, Golder, Good, Gough, Graff, Graham, Grant, Gray, Green, Greenfield, Grier, Griffith, Grim, Grubb, Guest, Guy, Habbersett, Hacket, Hadfield, Haines, Hall, Hallman, Hallowell, Hamill, Hamilton, Handwork, Hannum, Hargreaves, Harlan, Harley, Harper, Harris, Harry, Hart, Hartman, Harvey, Hastings, Hatfield, Hause, Haverford, Hawley, Hawthorne, Hayes, Heacock, Hedricks, Hemmig, Hemphill, Henderson, Henry, Hepburn, Hetzel, Heyburn, Hibberd, Hickman, Hicks, Hiestand, High, Highley, Hilbert, Hinkson, Hipple, Hires, Hockin, Hodgson, Hoffecker, Hoffman, Hoffner, Holland, Holman, Holmes, Honan, Hood, Hook, Hoopes, Houck, Houston, Howard, Howell, Hower, Hudson, Huey, Hughes, Hull, Hunt, Hunter, Hutchinson, Huston, Ingram, Irving, Irwin, Ivison, Jackson, Jacobs, James, Jarvis, Jefferis, Jenkings, John, Johnson, Jones, Keech, Keeley, Keen, Keenan, Keiter, Kelly, Kelton, Kennady, Kennedy, Kent, Kenworthy, Kershaw, Kift, Kimble, King, Kirk, Kirkner, Knauer, Knight, Kromer, Kulp, Kurtz, Lafferty, Lahr, Lammey, Lamorelle, Lancaster, Langley, LaRoche, Latch, Latshaw, Lawrence, Leamey, Lee, Leedom, Lees, LeFevre, Levingood, Levis, Lewis, Leys, Lindecamp, Lindsay, Little, Lloyd, Lobb, Logan, Loller, Long, Lorenz, Lownes, Lukens, Lund, Lutz, Lynch, Lyons, Lysle, MacEl'Rey, Macfee, Mackereth, Mackey, MacPherson, MacVeagh, Maddock, Maddux, Magill, Maitland, Makiver, Malesta, Mancill, March, Maris, Marley, Marshall, Martin, Marvel, Massey, Matlack, Mattson, Mathues, Matthews, May, McCall, McCauley, McClees, McClelland, McClure, McCord, McCullough, McCurdy, McDonald, McDowell, McFadden, McFadgen, McFadien, McFarland, McNeil, Megraw, Mellor, Menagh, Mendenhall, Mengel, Menough, Mercur, Meredith, Merrylees, Merz, Messick, Michener, Miles, Miley, Millard, Miller, Milns, Miner, Mitchell, Monaghan, Monhollend, Montgomery, Mooney, Moore, Moorhead, Morris, Moses, Mosteller, Mozer, Mullin, Murray, Myers, Neal, Neeley, Nickle, Nields, Nivin, Noblit, Norman, Oat, Ogdan, Oglesby, Oliver, Osborne, Painter, Palmer, Pancoast, Parke, Parker, Parkinson, Parsons, Paschall, Passmore, Patchel, Pavitt, Paxson, Pearson, Pechin, Peck, Peirce, Peirson, Pendleton, Pennington, Pennock, Pennypacker, Peters, Pfitzenmeyer, Philips, Phillips, Phipps, Pierson, Pinkerton, Place, Platt, Pond, Potts, Powel, Powell, Pratt, Prendergast, Prizer, Pugh, Pusey, Pyle, Quaril, Quay, Quigley, Rakestraw, Ralston, Ramsay, Ramsey, Ranck, Rapp, Read, Reburn, Reece, Reese, Reeves, Refsnyder, Regester, Reid, Rementer, Rendall, Rennard, Reynolds, Rhodes, Rhoades, Rhoads, Rice, Richards, Richey, Rigby, Ring, Ristine, Ritter, Roach, Robarts, Robb, Roberts, Robinson, Rogers, Root, Rose, Ross, Rossiter, Rubincam, Rupert, Rush, Savage, Savery, Scatchard, Schaffer, Schlegel, Schleichter, Schober, Scholfield, Schrack, Scott, Seal, Selby, Sellers, Senior, Sensenig, Serrill, Shafer, Shallcross, Sharples, Sharpless, Shaw, Shearer, Sheneman, Sheperd, Sheppard, Shillingford, Shimer, Shingle, Shipley, Shirer, Shoch, Shoemaker, Shoffner, Shope, Shortlidge, Shupert, Sigman, Simmers, Simpson, Sinclair, Siter, Skelton, Slack, Smith, Snow, Snyder, Sommers, Souders, Spangler, Sparks, Spaulding, Spencer, Sproul, Stackhouse, Stafford, Stamp, Starr, Statzell, Stauffer, Steele, Steward, Stewart, Stine, Stiteler, Stoever, Stone, Stoneback, Storey, Stout, Strahorn, Strickland, Strieby, Strode, Stubbs, Styer, Suplee, Swan, Swaye, Swayne, Swinehart, Sypherd, Talbot, Tarter, Taylor, Temple, Templin, Thatcher, Thomas, Thomson, Thompson, Thornburg, Thornbury, Thorne, Timmins, Tingley, Titus, Todd, Toland, Tomlinson, Torrens, Torricellas, Townsend, Trainer, Trimble, Trego, Tully, Turner, Tyler, Tyson, Ullman, Ulrich, Unangst, Urian, Vahle, Valentine, Vandever, Vandervoort, Vansant, Verner, Vernon, Voorhees, Walker, Wallace, Walter, Walton, Ward, Warner, Warren, Warrington, Washabaugh, Watkin, Watson, Watt, Way, Wayne, Webb, Webster, Weinert, Welles, Wells, Wentz, Wersler, West, Weston, Wetherill, Wheatley, White, Whitford, Whitson, Whittington, Wiand, Wickersham, Wiegand, Wilds, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Willits, Wills, Wilson, Windle, Wintzer, Wismer, Wolf, Wolfenden, Wollaston, Wood, Woodbridge, Woodward, Worrall, Worrell, Worth, Worthington, Wyers, Wynn, Yarnall, Yeatman, Yocum, Young, Yunkin

A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People
(John W. Jordan, 1914, 1256 pages)
This publication is an excellent source for historical and genealogical research for Delaware County, PA. The first half of the publication deals with the early history of the county. Following this (pages 591 to 1256) is information on hundreds of individuals and families associated with Delaware County, and includes numerous portraits of the sketch subjects. Delaware County was is an area that was settled very early in the history of America, therefore many of the accounts listed extend back to that period.

Surnames Indexed:
Adams, Aikens, Alexander, Allison, Amsterdam, Anderson, Annan, Armitage, Armstrong, Atkinson, Babbitt, Bagshaw, Baier, Baker, Balch, Baldwin, Barker, Barlow, Barnett, Barney, Barrow, Bartlett, Bartow, Baxter, Beal, Beaumont, Bell, Beniston, Berman, Berner, Bickley, Blatz, Boice, Bond, Bonsall, Boon, Booth, Bossard, Bowers, Boyd, Brearley, Brewster, Brighton, Brittingham, Broadbelt, Broomall, Brown, Browne, Bryan, Bunting, Burnley, Caldwell, Carr, Carter, Chadwick, Cheetham, Cheyney, Clevenger, Cocker, Cody, Collom, Conahan, Conard, Connell, Cook, Cooper, Corson, Coutler, Coverdill, Creelman, Cridland, Cronin, Crooks, Culver, Cunningham, Cutler, Dalton, Daltry, Darlington, Davis, Davison, Deaves, Delager, Dempster, Dickeson, Diehl, Doak, Doemling, Donall, Donohue, Dooling, Dougherty, Downing, Drayton, Drewes, Duke, Durnall, Dutton, Eagle, Edwards, Elliott, Engle, English, Evans, Eyre, Faries, Farnum, Farrell, Fields, Finigan, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Flaherty, Flounders, Ford, Foreman, Forwood, Fox, Frame, France, Frigar, Fronfield, Fry, Fullerton, Furness, Gaffney, Galey, Gallagher, Galloway, Gardner, Garrett, Geary, Gettz, Gillespie, Goddard, Gommoll, Gordon, Gravell, Gray, Green, Griffin, Griffith, Grisdale, Haas, Haffelfinger, Hagerty, Hailman, Halkett, Hall, Hamilton, Hanlon, Hannum, Harper, Harrigan, Hartel, Harvey, Hathaway, Hause, Hawley, Hawthorne, Heacock, Hendrickson, Hershey, Hewes, Heyburn, Hibberd, Hilton, Hinkson, Hipple, Hitchens, Holl, Hoopes, Hopkins, Horton, Hoskins, Hughes, Hull, Hunter, Irving, Jack, Janvier, Jayne, Jefferis, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Joyce, Keefe, Keller, Kent, Kerlin, Kleeman, Kreeger, Lawrence, Leech, Leedom, Levis, Lewis, Lindsay, Little, Lobb, Lodge, Lord, Lukens, Lungren, Lutz, Lyons, McAleese, McCaffery, McCall, McCauley, McClenachan, McClure, McCullough, McDowell, McEwen, McKenna, McKnight, McLaughlin, McNulty, Mack, Maguire, Major, Malin, Manley, Marshall, Martin, Massey, Meaney, Melville, Mendenhall, Miller, Mirkil, Monihan, Moore, Morris, Munro, Nelson, Nester, Niewig, Northam, Nothnagle, Ogden, Oglesby, Ottey, Pabst, Paddock, Painter, Palmer, Pancoast, Parlette, Paschall, Patton, Pendleburg, Phillips, Pierce, Piersol, Platt, Pomeroy, Pratt, Price, Pusey, Pyatt, Pyle, Ramsey, Rasmussen, Rawson, Reese, Reilly, Rhodes, Rice, Richardson, Rigby, Rigney, Roach, Roberts, Robinson, Rodgers, Roney, Rudolph, Ryan, Sanderson, Schaffer, Schoen, Schoff, Schofield, Scholl, Schwartz, Seal, Sharkey, Sharpless, Sheck, Sheller, Shimer, Shoemaker, Shoester, Shurtleff, Sill, Sipler, Smedley, Smith, Springfield, Sproul, Stackhouse, Staley, Statzell, Sterner, Stewart, Stiteler, Stockton, Strain, Strong, Super, Swain, Swank, Taylor, Temple, Thomas, Treat, Trefz, Tricker, Trill, Trimble, Turner, Twaddell, Tyler, Underhill, Valentine, Van Leer, Verlenden, Vernon, Voelker, Wagner, Wahl, Walber, Walker, Wallace, Walton, Ward, Ware, Watkin, Watson, Watt, Way, Weaver, Webster, Westcott, White, Whittaker, Wilde, Willard, Williamson, Willingmyre, Willits, Wittig, Wolf, Wood, Woodward, Worrall, Worrell, Worth, Yarnall, Yocum, Zebley

A History of Delaware County Pennsylvania
(Charles Palmer, 1932, 491 pages)
This was originally published in two volumes, the first historical and the second biographical. The chapter titles describe the historical details of the first volume: Indian Inhabitants and First European Explorers, Settlements by the Swedes, Finns, Dutch, and English, Colonial Government Before the Arrival of Penn, The Revolutionary War, County Formation and Political History. Subsequent chapters deal with Delaware County's Townships and Boroughs, and cover its agricultural, industrial, medical, legal, educational, and religious aspects. The second volume contains dozens of biographies of important persons and families from the Delaware County region. This is a nice addition to the earlier biographical volumes of the county, covering men of note who were overlooked and also ones from a more recent generation.

Surnames Indexed:
Adams, Allcut, Anthony, Armitage, Armour, Asbell, Baker, Bauer, Beatty, Berry, Bielski, Billstein, Birney, Bonner, Boulden, Broomall, Brown, Buckley, Burns, Butterworth, Carter, Chadwick, Citrenbaum, Clarke, Cloud, Cohill, Collins, Comfort, Cox, Craig, Crist, Crowther, Cummins, Darlington, Davis, Deans, DeFieria, Desmond, DiMedio, Drewes, Duke, Emmons, Ervin, Eynon, Faison, Fowden, Fronefield, Fussell, Ganster, Gibson, Gill, Gray, Green, Guasco, Hamilton, Harvey, Haselnuss, Hayes, Headley, Hill, Hinkson, Holl, Howell, Hughes, Hulme, Hunter, Hussey, Hyott, James, Jeter, Jump, Kestner, King, Kirk, Klopp, Kraft, Kreig, Lafferty, Leward, Lippincott, Long, Luckie, Lutz, MacCarter, MacDade, Mahon, Malin, Mathews, McClure, McClurg, McDade, McDowell, McGovern, Milbourn, Miller, Mink, Montgomery, Neilsen, Nelling, Neymetz, Nolan, Noskow, O'Shea, Palmer, Pancoast, Park, Pedlow, Pierce, Powell, Price, Ramsey, Reeser, Reid, Rigby, Robinson, Rockett, Russell, Sanderson, Seigle, Skelly, Smallow, Smith, Sproul, Stewart, Streeper, Sweney, Taylor, Times, Toal, Toppin, Trainer, Turner, Uff, VanRoden, Wagner, Wallace, Ward, Webb, Weeks, Wetherill, White, Wilkins, Witman, Wolfenden, Wright