Sketch of Owen Biddle, to which is added A short account of the Parke family, together with a list of his descendants | by Henry D. Biddle
H. D. Biddle
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...January 26, 1766; married, in 1796, Peter Thomson. Rebecca O. B. Thomson died in 1801. Children: 22. Sarah Biddle Thomson, b. January 1,1797, m. September 30,1841, Smith Upton, d. July 3, 1881. 23. Hannah Thomson, b.. 24. A daughter,, b., d. young. 8. Owen Biddle (second), son of Owen and Sarah (Parke) Biddle, born April 28, 1774, was an architect and builder. He built the old permanent bridge over the Schuylkill River at Market Street, which was opened to the public in 1804, and published a work entitled, " Young Carpenter's Assistant; or, A System of Architecture adapted to the Style of Building in the United States." Philadelphia, 1805. Quarto. He married,, Elizabeth Rowan, daughter of Moses and Hannah (Jackson) Rowan. He died May 25, Ferris's " Original Settlements on the Delaware," p. 302. 1806. Elizabeth R. Biddle married, secondly, John Broadbent, of Yorkshire, England, by whom she had four children. She died November 26, 1832. Owen and Elizabeth R. Biddle's children were: 25. John R. Biddle, b. February 15, 1799, m. November 21, 1821, Jane Marsh, d. October 26, 1854. 26. Anne Biddle, b. January 2,1801, d. November 30, 1850. 27. Rebecca Biddle, b. August 30, 1802, d. March 25, 1804. 28. Owen Biddle, b. July 21,1804; m., first, March 4,1831, Mary Ann Thompson; second, June 15, 1851, Sarah Lavery. 29. Elizabeth Biddle, b. May 6, 1806, d. July 17, 1833. 10. Clement Biddle, son of Owen and Sarah (Parke) Biddle, born August 6, 1778; married, 1810, Mary, daughter of William Canby. He married, secondly, Sarah Tyson, nee Morris, in 1851. Between the years 1800 and 1805 he appeared to be consumptively inclined, and he consequently made several voyages to the West India Islands and South America, thereby regaining his health, so that with g...