Pennsylvania Founding Families, 1681-1911 ------------------- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III Sidney Roby Miner Constant Searle married, in Stonington, Connecticut, May 16, 1751, Hannah Miner, born December 9, 1731, daughter of Simeon Miner, and his wife Hannah Wheeler, daughter of William Wheeler of Stonington, Connecticut, and his wife Hannah Gallup, daughter of Ben Adam Gallup, and his wife, Esther Prentiss, and granddaughter of Captain John Gallup, of New London, Connecticut, and his wife, Hannah Lake, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Lake, the first woman to appear in New London in 1646, a member of the family of Governor John Winthrop, the first chief magistrate of Connecticut, and the founder of the New London settlement, at least a kinswoman of his and thought to have been his sister. The two John Gallups, father and son, were among the first settlers of Connecticut and both were prominent Indian fighters. Captain John Gallup, the second, was killed at the Indian fight at the Narragansett fort, December 19, 1675. He was a son of John and Christobel Gallup, who were among the earliest English settlers of Massachusetts. His son Ben Adam Gallup, also prominent in public affairs at New London, was born there in 1655, and his wife Esther Prentiss was born there July 20, 1660. ------------------- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III William T. Lyon Samuel George, traveling auditor Penn. Co.; m. Cora Foster, of Steubenville, O.; children: Cora Louise (Mrs. Thomas P. Richey), Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C. Lake), of New York City, Virginia, Helen Margaret; ------------------- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III Nathaniel Seymour Thomas Stephen Smith, son of Benjamin and Phebe (Arnold) Smith, born at Warwick, Rhode Island, February 20, 1713, married Mary Sabine, and their son, Captain Simeon Smith, born March 5, 1746, died March 3, 1843, was a member of the Patuxet Rangers, in 1774, and served in the Revolutionary War, his name appearing in the list of Revolutionary pensioners. He married, December 12, 1773, Martha Peck, born August 24, 1756, died January 6, 1833; daughter of Elisha and Mary (Arnold) Peck, of Providence, Rhode Island, great-granddaughter of Elisha and Martha (Lake) Peck; and great-great-granddaughter of Nicholas Peck, born in Norfolk, England, in 1630, who came to Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638, with his parents, Joseph and Rebecca (Clark) Peck. The said Joseph Peck being a son of Robert Peck, of Beeches, Suffolk, England, born about 1546, by his wife, Helen Babbs, daughter of Nicholas. -------------------