Emma Maitland Stirling & the du Pont inscription
This 1898 copy of Emma Stirling's book was purchased in July of 2012 by Lori Oschefski, creator of this web site. Inside the the cover is an inscription which reads:
Jane Kane Foulke du Pont
With love from
Jean Kane Foulke
Hoping that these memoirs of your cousin Emma Stirling will interest you.
Montchanin, Delaware
xmas 1948
History compiled by Lori Oschefski, Norah Ellyn Dennis & Robert Wilkinson
Emma's Story - Hillfoot Farm
Jane Kane Foulke du Pont
With love from
Jean Kane Foulke
Hoping that these memoirs of your cousin Emma Stirling will interest you.
Montchanin, Delaware
xmas 1948
History compiled by Lori Oschefski, Norah Ellyn Dennis & Robert Wilkinson
Emma's Story - Hillfoot Farm
Emma in her book writes about her flight to Pennsylvania
"Yet, helpless and almost hopelless as I sometimes felt, I could say with David, "The God of Jacob is our refuge, therefore we will not fear!" and as it turned out , the very extremity of my distress brought me into the right way, which was to lead us out into a wealthy place. When I had provided for the children in safer parts of the country, I decided to try to find a refuge among the Quakers of Pennsylvania, remembering the words of good William Penn..."
Jean Kane Foulke du Pont
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Emma Maitland StirlingEmma Stirling was firmly at the forefront of the anti cruelty movement which would sweep through the UK and North America in the early 1880's - no longer recognized. She began a Victorian day in Scotland and opened the Shelter from Cruelty She founded the "Edinburgh & Leith Children's Aid and Refuge Society (ELCARS) which would form the basis for today's Children 1st organization - credit for which is not mentioned any longer.
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Jean's Parents
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Emma's Parents |
Jean's maternal Grandparents
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Emma's maternal Grandparents |
Collection 1874 - Willing and Francis Records
1689-1855
Jean's Bayard Great Grandparents
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Emma's Willing Great Grandparents
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The Presentation of the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
Emma's Great Grandfather Thomas Willing is the man directly under the right arm of the man standing with a hat on.
Thomas Willing (1731 - 1821)
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" At a critical period of the Revolutionary War, when there was great danger of the dissolution of the American Army, for want of provisions to keep it together, a number of patriotic gentlemen in Philadelphia, subscribed to the amount of about two hundred and sixty thousand pounds, payable in gold and silver, for procuring them. The provisions were procured. The two highest subscriptions were those of Robert Morris, for £10,000, and Blair McClenachan, £10,000. Thomas Willing subscribed £5000."f
" Mr. Willing and his associate in commerce, Robert Morris, as well as his connection, Mr. Clymer, were all members of Congress of 1776. To the great credit and well-known patriotism of the house of Willing & Morris, the country owed its extrication from those trying pecuniary embarrassments so familiar to the readers of our Revolutionary history. The character of Mr. Willing was in many respects not unlike that of Washington, and in the discretion of his conduct, the fidelity of his professions, and the great influence both public and private which belonged to him, the destined leader (Washington) was certain to find the elements of an affinity by which they would be united in the closest manner."* * A Reply to the Observations of Lieutenant.General Sir William Howe. By Joseph Galloway, Esq. Philadelphia. Reprinted by Enoch Story, 1787, pp. 954-956. I Littell's Saturday Magazine (1821), vol. i, p. 455. He died January 19th, 1821, aged seventy-nine years and thirty days. |
Jean's Francis Great Great Grandparents
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Emma's Great Great Grandparents & Jean's GGGG Grandparents
Charles Willing & Anne Shippen's children Thomas and Anne are the connection between the du Pont's & the Stirlings
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Jean's Francis GGG Grandparents |
Emma's GGG Grandparents, Jean's 4XG Grandparents
The Charles Willing house on third Street in Philadelphia was passed down to his son Thomas.
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Charles Willing (1710-1754)
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Ann Shippen (1710 - 1790)
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Portrait of Mrs. Charles Willing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1746. Mrs Willing is wearing a gown in imported Spitalfields silk brocade designed by Ann Maria Garthwaite in June 1743 (the watercolour design for the silk survives).
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in reference to Ann Shippen's dress in the above photo:
Anna Maria Garthwaite
Spitalfields Nippers:
Photographs by Horace Warner 1912
Photographer Horace Warner took hundreds of pictures of street urchins in the London, England East End neighborhood of Spitalfields in 1912
http://www.exodus2013.co.uk/the-silk-weavers-of-spitalfields/
SILK-WEAVING in Spitalfields, England
Emma's 4XG Grandparents
Jean's 5XG Grandparents
Joseph Shippen Sr.
Birth 28 Feb 1678 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Joseph would also belong to the Quaker's He would become a close friend of Benjamin Franklin's |
Abigail Grosse
Birth 25 Oct 1677 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death 28 Jun 1716 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Emma's 5XG Grandparents
Jean's 7XG Grandparents
Edward Shippen
Birth 1639 in Methley, Yorkshire, England Death 2 Oct 1712 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States |
Elizabeth Lybrand
Birth 1640 in England Death 25 Oct 1688 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States A Quaker Shippen, ¶Edward, Boston, ar. co. 1669, then a. 30 yrs. old, m. a. 1671, Eliz. whose surname appears Lybrand, a Quaker, not long resid. here, had Francis, b. 2 Feb. 1671, wh. d. next yr.; Edward, 2 Oct. 1674, d. in few wks.; William, 4 Oct. 1675,d. soon; Eliz. Aug. 1676, d. very soon; Edward, again, 10 Dec. 1677; Joseph, 28 Feb. 1679; Mary, 6 May 1681, d. young; and Ann, 17 June 1684.
According to family history, Edward would convert to the Quaker faith. An American Family: The Warners of Philadelphia |
Edward Shippen
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The 1900 USA Census for Chester, Pennsylvania
showing the two families lived within minutes of each other
For Jean Kane Foulk (Sr)
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For Emma M Stirling
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Tench Francis (1730–1800)
Tench Francis (1730–1800) was a merchant, lawyer and agent for the family of William Penn and the first cashier of the Bank of North America.
He was born the son of Tench Francis (Sr.), a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and jurist, at Fausley, Talbot County, Maryland, in 1730. For many years he acted as agent for the William Penn family in connection with their proprietary interests in provincial Pennsylvania. He became the first cashier of the Bank of North America, which office he held until his death. He is said to have contributed £5,000 for the support of the Revolutionary army. He later headed the commission that laid out the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His appointment as purveyor of public supplies in February 1795 unified Navy pursers under a single head, and it is from this event that the Navy Supply Corps dates its birth. He married Ann Willing, daughter of Philadelphia mayor Charles Willing and Ann Shippen. Francis died in Philadelphia, 1 May 1800; he is buried in Christ Church Burial Ground. |
Jean Kane Foulke du Pont
Jean Kane Foulke married E. Paul du Pont in 1910. She was the granddaughter of William Foulke, discoverer of the first full dinosaurskeleton in North America (Hadrosaurus foulkii), in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1858.
Mrs. du Pont was a progressive woman for her era, and her passion was prison reform; in 1919 she courageously helped foundDelaware's Prisoners Aid Society as well as Bridge House, a detention home for juvenile offenders.
Mrs. du Pont was exceedingly active in the women's suffrage movement; in 1916 she picketed the White House with a troop of Delaware women in an effort to persuade President Woodrow Wilson to become active in the cause.
During World War I, Mrs. du Pont was a leader in the Women's Auxiliary for the Delaware Committee, as well as the National Counsel of Defense. Mrs. du Pont was also responsible for several "Save the Babies" stations, which effort resulted Delaware's "Pure Milk Legislation" intended to protect milk sold for babies, and also led to child welfare programs in Delaware.
Mrs. du Pont also played an important role in the creation of Delaware's present Family Court. In 1964, she created the "E. Paul du Pont Endowment for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at the University of Delaware."
Mrs. du Pont was a progressive woman for her era, and her passion was prison reform; in 1919 she courageously helped foundDelaware's Prisoners Aid Society as well as Bridge House, a detention home for juvenile offenders.
Mrs. du Pont was exceedingly active in the women's suffrage movement; in 1916 she picketed the White House with a troop of Delaware women in an effort to persuade President Woodrow Wilson to become active in the cause.
During World War I, Mrs. du Pont was a leader in the Women's Auxiliary for the Delaware Committee, as well as the National Counsel of Defense. Mrs. du Pont was also responsible for several "Save the Babies" stations, which effort resulted Delaware's "Pure Milk Legislation" intended to protect milk sold for babies, and also led to child welfare programs in Delaware.
Mrs. du Pont also played an important role in the creation of Delaware's present Family Court. In 1964, she created the "E. Paul du Pont Endowment for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at the University of Delaware."
Eleuthere Paul du Pont (1887-1950)
Eleuthere Paul du Pont (1887-1950) was an American industrialist, and the son of Francis Gurney du Pont. He founded Du Pont Motors, a manufacturer of automobiles and marine engines, and later bought and became President of Indian Motorcycles.
E. Paul du Pont was married in 1910 to Jean Kane Foulke du Pont, the granddaughter of William Foulke, discoverer of the first fulldinosaur skeleton in the United States (Hadrosaurus foulkii), in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1858.
He purchased and took over management of Indian in 1930, where he led a purge of corruption in the prior management. According to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Ohio, du Pont saved Indian from financial ruin.
He was an avid hobbyist of waterwheels and millwork, and is said to have insisted upon always performing maintenance personally on the ornamental waterwheel in the gardens of the du Pont family estate.
After E. Paul du Pont's death, his wife founded the E. Paul du Pont Endowment for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at the University of Delaware, which led to the creation of their criminal justice programme
E. Paul du Pont was married in 1910 to Jean Kane Foulke du Pont, the granddaughter of William Foulke, discoverer of the first fulldinosaur skeleton in the United States (Hadrosaurus foulkii), in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1858.
He purchased and took over management of Indian in 1930, where he led a purge of corruption in the prior management. According to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Ohio, du Pont saved Indian from financial ruin.
He was an avid hobbyist of waterwheels and millwork, and is said to have insisted upon always performing maintenance personally on the ornamental waterwheel in the gardens of the du Pont family estate.
After E. Paul du Pont's death, his wife founded the E. Paul du Pont Endowment for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at the University of Delaware, which led to the creation of their criminal justice programme
Eleuthere Paul du Pont's father, Francis Gurney Du Pont
invented the first smokeless gun powder
Eleuthère Irénée du Pont was Eleuthere Paul du Pont's Great Grandfather
(24 June 1771 – 31 October 1834), known as Irénée du Pont, or E.I. du Pont, was a French-born chemist and industrialist who immigrated to the United States in 1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. His descendants, the Du Pont family, were one of America's richest and most prominent families in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Sources and Links
Baumgarten, Linda: What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America, Yale University Press,2002. ISBN 0-300-09580-5
http://www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/1802_a_detail.html
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22161
http://www.worldcat.org/title/jean-kane-foulke-dupont-papers-1886-1975/oclc/71056952
http://www-leeper.ch.cam.ac.uk/FamilyTree/1434-1852.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleuth%C3%A8re_Ir%C3%A9n%C3%A9e_du_Pont