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- RESIDENCE: FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.
QUAKER RECORDS: FALLS M.M. BUCKS CO., PENNSYLVANIA... NOVEMBER
1799.WILLIAM GRANTED CERTIFICATE TO MIDDLETOWN M.M. TO MARRY ELIZABETH WATSON. NAME WAS ALSO GIVEN AS WALTER.
JUNE 4, 1800...ELIZABETH RECEIVED ON CERTIFICATE FROM MIDDLETOWN, M.M., BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
ACCORDING TO TRADITION, WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH WATSON GAVE AARON BURR SANCTUARY ON THEIR FARM AFTER HIS ESCAPE ACROSS THE DELAWARE. BEING GOOD FRIENDS, THEY OPENED THEIR HOME TO THOSE IN NEED. AARON BURR FLED VIA THE BLOOMSDALE FERRY TO BRISTOL FOLLOWING HIS DUEL WITH ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
WILL: FALLSINGTON, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. DATED 1859 AND # 10449. IDENTIFIES SONS, JOSEPH; GILES; WILLIAM; AND MICHAEL AND DAUGHTERS;MARY, ELIZABETH; SUSANNAH WOOLMAN; REBECCA AND GRANDAUGHTER, REBECCA. EXC. WIFE, ELIZABETH.
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