History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . , and where the ReverendUriah DuBois died, September loth, 1821. In its day, this dwellingwas much the best house in the village, large and built of stone. Itwas owned and occupied many years by the late James Gilkyson, fol-lowed by his son-in-law, Henry T. Murfit, deceased. At a recentpublic sale the property came into the possession of Judge Yerkes. Inthe front yard a large pine tree is still standing, planted by Mr. Du- 3 At Doylestown, May 3rd, 1838, in his seventy-ninth year, WilHa

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History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . , and where the ReverendUriah DuBois died, September loth, 1821. In its day, this dwellingwas much the best house in the village, large and built of stone. Itwas owned and occupied many years by the late James Gilkyson, fol-lowed by his son-in-law, Henry T. Murfit, deceased. At a recentpublic sale the property came into the possession of Judge Yerkes. Inthe front yard a large pine tree is still standing, planted by Mr. Du- 3 At Doylestown, May 3rd, 1838, in his seventy-ninth year, WilHamWaUs, son of Arthur \Yatts of Southampton. He was several years Prothon-otary and Clerk of the Quarter Sessions and Associate Judge. He was faithfuland impartial. He was a member of the Southampton Baptist Church aboutfifty years. He died without children. He was a descendant of the Rev. JohnWatts, the first pastor of the Fennepack Baptist Church. 4 On June 6th, 1816, by the Rev. Uriah DuBois, John Fox, Esq., Attorneyat Law, Doylestown, to Miss Margery Rodman, daughter of Gilbert ,

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