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

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

William Foulke,  Jean's paternal Grandfather discoverer of the first full dinosaur skeleton in the United States (Hadrosaurus foulkii), in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1858
Jean Kane Foulke  married 
Eleuthere Paul Du Pont
Birth 24 Apr 1887 in Montchanin, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Death 26 Sep 1950 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
After E. Paul du Pont's death, Jean 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

Emma Maitland Stirling

Birth December 15 1839 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death September 2 1907 in United States 

3rd cousin 2x removed of Jean's
Emma 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.

Jean's Parents

George Rhyfedd Foulke
Birth 16 Aug 1855 in West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USADeath 28 Nov 1921 in Great Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
Jean Duval Leiper Kane
Birth 28 May 1868 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Death 4 Mar 1962 in Montchanin, New Castle, Delaware, USA

Emma's Parents

John Stirling, of Eldershaw
Birth abt 1787 in Dumfries, Lanarkshire
Death 1853 in Scotland
Elizabeth Willing
Birth abt 1797 in Pennsylvania, United States
Death 7 Sep 1874 in St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland

Jean's maternal Grandparents

John Kintzing Kane
Birth 18 Nov 1833 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death 22 Mar 1886 in Summit, Union, New Jersey, USA
Mabel Bayard
Birth 1838 in Delaware
Death 1898 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware USA

Emma's maternal Grandparents

Thomas Mayne Willing
Birth 15 Apr 1767 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death 13 Oct 1822 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Jane Nixon
Birth 30 Jun 1775
Death 4 May 1823

Collection 1874 - Willing and Francis Records
1689-1855

Jean's Bayard Great Grandparents

James Asheton Bayard III
Birth 15 Nov 1799 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Death 13 Jun 1880 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Ann Willing Francis
Birth 9 Feb 1802 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 11 Mar 1864 in Delaware, USA

Emma's Willing Great Grandparents

Thomas Willing
Birth 19 Dec 1731 in Philadelphia, PA
Death 19 Jan 1821 in Philadelphia, PA
Anne McCall
Birth 30 Mar 1745 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 5 Feb 1781 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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)
Emma's Great Grandfather

Thomas Willing (1731 - 1821)
THOMAS WILLING.
BY THOMAS BALCH.

Henry Simpson, The Lives Of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased, 1849

One whose integrity, patriotism, and public services have justly commanded the praise and esteem of his countrymen.

Mr. Willing, as appears from a tribute to his memory, understood to be from the pen of Mr. Binney ("Republican Court," 16), was t man who, in all the relations of private life, and in various stations of high public trust, deserved and acquired the devoted affection of his family and friends, and the universal respect of his fellow. citizens.

From 1754 to 1807, he successively held the offices of Secretary to the Congress of Delegates at Albany, Mayor of the City oi Philadelphia, her representative in the General Assembly, President of the Provincial Congress, Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, President of the first chartered Bank in America. and President of the first Bank of the United States. With these public duties he united the business of an active, enterprising, and successful merchant, in which pursuit, for sixty years, his life was rich in examples of the influence of probity, fidelity, and perseveranee upon the stability of commercial establishments, and upon that which was his distinguished reward upon earth,—public consideration and esteem.

To such a comprehensive summary of his public and patriotic services, little, except in illustration or proof, can be added, except, perhaps, to mention that Mr. Willing, who had read law in the Temple, although he pursued the profession of a merchant, was a Justice of the Supreme Court, and had occupied a place on that bench for many years before the Revolution, having received his commission in September, 1761. As a judge, he was pure and intelligent; added to which, he possesssed an amenity of manner which rendered him popular with the Bar, and attractive in society.

As Mr. Willing's remaining in the city gave offence to some of the furious Whigs, as one of the political parties is called in a newspaper of the day, the following extracts are, perhaps, proper to be inserted:--" Mr. Willing and his partner, Mr. Morris, had been, from the beginning of the war, the agents of Congress for supplying their naval and military stores.  Their disaffection to their sovereign and their rebellious principles were proved by a number of letters intercepted by your noble brother, and therefore Mr. Galloway called on Mr. Willing in Philadelphia, by your express order, to take the oath of allegiance; and, although he refused, yet he found so much favor in your sight as to obtain a countermand of that order, and a dispensation from taking the oath."*  
" 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

Thomas Willing Francis
Birth 30 Aug 1767 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death 2 Jun 1815 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Dorothy Willing

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 
Anne Willing, below to the left, married Tench Francis
Thomas, above,  married Anne McCall.

Jean's Francis GGG Grandparents

Tench Francis
Birth 1730 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 1807 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anne Willing
Birth 1 Aug 1764 in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United StatesDeath 7 May 1801 in St George, Bermuda

Emma's GGG Grandparents, Jean's 4XG Grandparents

Charles Willing
Birth 18 MAY 1710 in Philadelphia, Delaware, 
Death 30 NOV 1754 in Philadelphia, Delaware,
would serve 2 terms as Mayor of Philadelphia
Anne Shippen
Birth 5 AUG 1710 in Philadelphia, 
Death 23 JUN 1790 in Philadelphia, 
 granddaughter of Philadelphia's first mayor. 
The Charles Willing house on third Street in Philadelphia was passed down to his son Thomas. 

Charles Willing (1710-1754)
Emma's GGG Grandfather

Charles Willing (May 18, 1710, Bristol, England – November 30, 1754, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a successful Philadelphia merchant, trader and politician; twice he served as Mayor of Philadelphia, from 1748 to 1749 and again in 1754, the same year he died of ship fever.

Charles Willing assisted in the establishing of the Philadelphia Associators (a militia company) in 1744. He was a founder and trustee of the Academy and College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania). 

Ann Shippen (1710 - 1790)
Emma's GGG Grandmother

5. Anne4 Shippen (Joseph3, Edward2, William1) was born on 5 Aug 1710 at Philadelphia, PA. She married Charles Willing, son of Thomas Willing and Anne Harrison, on 21 Jan 1730/31. She died on 23 Jun 1791 at age 80.

She and Charles Willing had 11 children. She resided at Philadelphia, PA. She left a will on 20 Aug 1780 at Philadelphia Co., PA; proved 25 Jun 1791.
Charles Willing was born on 18 May 1710 at Bristol, England. He died on 30 Nov 1754 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 44. He immigrated in 1728 to Philadelphia, PA. He resided at Philadelphia, PA. He was a merchant. He left a will on 28 Jul 1750 at Philadelphia Co., PA; proved 10 Dec 1754.
Known children of Anne4 Shippen and Charles Willing include:
    9.  i.   Thomas5 Willing, born 19 Dec 1731 at Philadelphia, PA; married Anne McCall. 
      ii.   Anne Willing was born on 16 Jul 1733. She married Tench Francis Jr., son of Tench Francis and Elizabeth Turbutt, on 6 Feb 1762. She died on 2 Jan 1812 at age 78. She was buried at Christ Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA. 
      iii.   Mary Willing was born on 10 Sep 1740 at Pennsylvania. She was born on 24 Sep 1740. She married Col. William Byrd III, son of Col. William Byrd and Maria Taylor, on 29 Jan 1761 at Philadelphia, PA; 2nd wife. She died on 28 Mar 1814 at Virginia at age 73. 
She resided at Philadelphia, PA.
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). 

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
The first Mayor of Philadelphia 

The Provincial Councilors of Pennsylvania 1733-1776. Those Earlier Councillors Who were some time Chief Magistrates of the Province, and their Descendants Early Councillors who were Chief Magistrates of the Province.  Edward Shippen.William Penn named him in the Charter, Oct. 25, 1701 , as the first Mayor of the City of Philadelphia . Penn , as is well known, gave the most anxious consideration to his selection of officers to govern the new city. In Mr. Shippen , he found a man of courage, October 28, 1701 , to the new Provincial Council, no longer an elective body. They were to consult and assist the Proprietary, if in the Colony, and his Deputy or Lieutenant-Governor, for the time being; and in case of the latter's decease or incapacity, to exercise all the powers, jurisdiction, and authority conferred upon Penn by the Charter of King Charles . They were to hold office during the Proprietary's pleasure, and their number could be increased by the Lieutenant-Governor. Edward Shippen was President of the Council 1702-4 , and on the death of Penn 's Deputy, Hamilton , of New Jersey , May, 1703 , became the head of the government, and continued such until the arrival of John Evans , in December . At this time, he was also a Provincial Judge. In 1706 , he contracted his third marriage, which led to his separation from the Society of Friends, and retired from public life, except that he continued to advise upon public affairs, as we find from Penn 's letter, 24th 5 mo., 1712 . His house long bore the name of "the Governor's House." "It was built in the early rise of the city, received then the name of 'Shippey 's Great House,' while Shippen himself was proverbially distinguished for three great things; 'the biggest person, the biggest house, and the biggest coach.'" His country-house stood near the present S. W. corner of South and Broad streets, and his property stretched along the south side of the old city, from Front street to about 16th, Shippen (now Bainbridge) St. being opened through it, and Juniper St., for several squares below South, being called Shippen 's Lane. Edward Shippen d. Phila. , Oct. 2, 1712 . He m., 1st, Elizabeth Lybrand , of Boston , who d. there Oct. 25, 1688

The 1900 USA Census for Chester, Pennsylvania
showing the two families lived within minutes of each other

For Jean Kane Foulk (Sr)
East Bradford, Chester 

Name: Jean K Foulk
Age: 33
Birth Date: May 1867
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1900: East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
[Chester] 
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: George ? Foulk
Marriage Year: 1888
Years Married: 12
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Delaware
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George  Foulk 34
Jean R Foulk 33
George R Foulk 10
Jean Foulk 8
Willing B Foulk 2
Elizabeth K Norris 30
Mabel B Norris 6
Susan Fausett 68
Sara Burke 22
Mary A Brauss 21

For Emma M Stirling
Clan, Chester

Name: Emma M Stirling
Age: 61
Birth Date: Dec 1838
Birthplace: Scotland
Home in 1900: Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
[Chester] 
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1896
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Emma M Stirling 61
William O Fraser 17
Bertha Foster 16
Jessie S Martin 12
Lucy Todd 78
William Lee 70

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."

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

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