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19th century African American family surnames in Chester County

Ganges, Hitch, Lewis and Maker

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Samuel Ganges (b. - 1868)
George H. Ganges (1837 - 1924)
Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 for George H Ganges 1924 117001-120340
Jonathan T. Lewis (1813 - 1875)
White farming family of Tredyffrin. ~• Somewhat coincidentally, an A.M.E. group bought land from him plus ' his son John's brother-in-law lived near the Hitch family , former slaves, originally from De...
William J. Hitch (aft.1866 - bef.1900)
1870 CENSUS FOR Schuylkill Township Chester Co PA*1880 Census for Tredyfferin Township Chester Co.William had died before his widowed mother was living on Maple Avenue in Easttown township (1900)
Elizabeth Hitch (1838 - aft.1900)
1870 CENSUS FOR Schuylkill Township Chester Co PA*1880 Census for Tredyfferin Township Chester Co.*1900 Census in Easttown Township Chester Co (widow) boarding with William & Elizabeth Burt on Maple Av...

COGGENS (Nancy: lived/worked for the Samuel Beavers family of Tredyffrin in 1860
GANGES Tredyffrin Twp. (see also the Ganges and Congo families of Bucks Co.
HITCH Tredyffrin Twp.
IRONS (Joseph: lived/worked for the Charles Wells family of Tredyffrin in 1860
KENNEDY (Amanda: 1860 United States Federal Census Pennsylvania Chester Tredyffrin
LITTLE (family : 1860 United States Federal Census Pennsylvania Chester Tredyffrin
MAKER / MAKERS , Josiah and Sharlotte (family : 1860 United States Federal Census Pennsylvania Chester Tredyffrin
MILLER (family : 1860 United States Federal Census Pennsylvania Chester Tredyffrin
WEST ( lived/worked for the Joseph R. Walker family of Tredyffrin in 1860
WILLING ( lived/worked for the Joseph R. Walker family of Tredyffrin in 1860
VANLEER (independent family of Tredyffrin in 1860

Churches and cemeteries

African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Buyer (Grantee) = African Methodist Episcopal Church • location: Tredyffrin • seller:Jonathan Lewis • year: 1856 • deed ref: C-6 502
Ebenezer A.M.E. Church at Bacton Hill Road in East Whiteland Twp.
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church 380 N. Fairfield Road, Devon
- "The cornerstone dates to 1861, with Mt. Zion roots dating to the Free African Society, a group of slaves and former slaves in the Philadelphia area. There are 20 members of the Civil War Colored Veterans buried in the adjacent cemetery." see: http://tredyffrinhistory.org/?p=517

History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania Author = Smedley, Robert Clemens, 1832-1883.; Published 1968 • Physical Description: 407 p. ports. 23 cm.
- copy close to me: Dartmouth Library, Hanover, NH 03755 United States