He married Mary Stroud, a Quaker lady from Chester County, and himself joined the Society of Friends. Their children became entitled by birth to the full right of membership in the Friends’ meeting. He purchased a large tract of land situated in Warminster township, Bucks County, principally from the Noble family and settled there. These lands were nearly all occupied by his descendants. The issue of their marriage was nine children born between 1750 and 1769, as follows: William (1st), Elizabeth, Catherine (intermarried with Reading Howell), Edward, Sarah (intermarried with John Huplit), Stephen, Harman and William (2nd). Their descendants were quite numerous and, at the time of writing this book, none of them excepting those coming through Harman the younger are now residents of Bucks County.414

Served in the Revolutionary War; is listed in the DAR Patriot Index - Yerkes, Yerks as Private from PA.