Lydia Grubb

William Grubb was admitted into the Quaker membership 8th mo. 3, 1738just before his marriage on 11th mo. 11, 1738 at Chichester Meeting to Lydia Hewes (2nd mo. 19, 1719 - 2nd mo. 27, 1774) of Chichester. She was the daughter of William Hewes (c1690 - Aft. 1750) and Mary Withers (unk - 1750) of Chichester. The modern spelling of the family name is Hughes. William Hewes was a leader of the Chichester Quaker Meeting and a member of the Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly.

After their marriage, William and Lydia settled in a new house constructed east of Grubb's Corner on his father's farm. This house was originally a one-story structure built of fieldstone. William's younger brother Samuel lived nearby in their father's house west of Grubb's Corner with his wife, Rebecca Hewes, Lydia's younger sister.

William and Lydia were members of the Chichester Quaker Meeting and had ten children between 1740 and 1761. Gilbert Cope reports that William left the Society of Friends about 1765 during the conservative reform period that caused many members to leave at that time. Lydia was 54 at her death and William died the next year at age 62. They were interred in the Grubb cemetery next to William's house. William's gravestone reads, Build not your house too high - But always have before your eyes - That you were born to die.

Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 Record about Lydia Grubb

Name: Lydia Grubb

Description: Daughter

Date: 29 Apr 1748

Prove Date: 20 Aug 1750

Book Page: C:229

Remarks: Mary Hewes, widow of William. Chichester. 4/29/1748. August 20, 1750. C. 229. To son William Hewes 5 shillings. To daughter Hannah Hewes articles named and remainder of time (time of service) of Mary Stannings. To Mary, wife of son John Hewes articles named. To granddaughter Sarah Moulder 20 shillings at 18. Remainder to my 7 children, viz., John, Samuel, Isaac and Caleb Hewes, Lydia and Rebecca Grubb and Hannah Hewes in equal shares. Test signed M. Executor: Son John Hewes.

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