ALFRED R. JUSTICE COLLECTION

Collection Title: Alfred R. Justice Collection

Collection Number: 110

Dates of Collection: 1600s-1800s

Box Numbers: 1-8

Repositiory: Chester County Historical Society

Biography:

Alfred Rudolph Justice (b. 1857) was a genealogist in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century from Philadelphia. He wrote a number of books on family genealogies that include Wilson and Allied FamiliesAncestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan genealogy, and Descendants of Robert Taylor, one of the colonizers and early settlers of Pennsylvania under William Penn, with special reference to the descendants of his son Isaac, and his daughters, Rachel Livesey and Mary Lewis. He was a contemporary of Gilbert Cope.

Collections Scope:

The collection covers family genealogies throughout the Philadelphia Region and the East Coast. The records vary greatly from family to family, but some genealogies include court records, land records, letters, wills, deeds, and marriage licenses. Additionally, many of the families contain genealogical trees.

Collection Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder and family name.

Related Material:

For more genealogical collections, please visit the Genealogy page in the Finding Aid by Category in the Archive Collection Guides. Genealogical collections include Thomas Darlington, George Norman Highley, and Gilbert Cope.

Collections Contents:

Box #1

Alexander

Allen

Art

Ashton

Ayars

Batchiler

Bateman

Beauchamp

Belsterling

Besson

Bewley

Bezer

Bicking

Biddle

Biggs

Biles

Black

Blackshaw

Bland

Blaker

Blakey

Blunston

Bonsall

Bowen (2 folders)

Bowman

Bradford

Bradshaw

Britton

Broadnax

Brocaw

Brooks

Box #2

 Brothers

Buckley

Bucknam

Budd

Bunting

Bromfield

Buddy

Burson

Box #2, continued

Canby

Carlile

Carter

Carver

Cassatt

Cave

Chapman

Cheshire

Chester

Chicken

Chorley

Clapp

Clayton

Clifford

Clowes

Coates

Comly

Conard

Cooper

Coppock

Core

Cousty

Cox

Craven

Cresson

Crispin

Croasdale

Crosby

Custer

Dacre

Darby

Davenport

Davis

Delaplaine

Denn

Devonish

Dillwyn

Dilks (2 folders)

Dobbins

Draper

Duchesne

Duffield

Dutton

Box #3

Eastburn

Easterly

Elliott

Ely

Emley

Enew

Evans

Fairfax

Fenton

Fern

Ferrers

Fisher

Fitton

Fitzhugh

Folwell

Fordham (2 folders)

Foulkrod

Fowler

Fox

Fraley

French

Fullerton

Geary

Gilberthorp

Goldsmith

Gorham

Gove

Graef

Graeme

Gray

Grosvenor

Grove

Guard

Guest

Haines

Hall

Hallowill

Hamilton

Hammond

Hanks

Harbaugh

Harner

Harper

Box #4

Hartley

Hassler

Hastings

Hatfield

Hatton

Haulinge

Hayhurst

Hayman

Heacocke

Head

Heaton

Herbert

Heston

Homer

Hoodt

Howland

Hubley

Hudson

Hughes

Hulings

Humphrey

Husband

Hussey

Iddings

Ingram

Ivins

Jackson

James

Janney

Jarrett (Gerret)

Jenkins

Johns

Jones

Kaler

Kay

Kimble

Kinkead (Kincaid)

Kipshaven

Kirk

Kirkbride

Kneul (Kniel)

Knight

Box 4, continued

Knowles

Knox

Box 5

Lamboll

Langhorne

Larue

Latham

Leech

Legh

Lindenmeyer

Littler

Lofty (Loftis)

Lott

Lovain

Lowther

Lukens

Lupton

MacDonald (Mac Donnell, McDonald)

Mace

Mallory

Malone

Mancill (Mansell)

Margerum

Marim

Maris

Mark

Marsh

Marshall

Mason

Massey

Matthews

Maude

McGrew

McLean

Melchoir

Merritt

Metcalfe

Miers

Miles

Box #5, continued

Miller

Minshall

Mitchell

Molyneux

Morris

Mullica

Multon

Munroe

Murphy

Musgrave (Musgrove)

Naylor

Neville

Newburn

Newton

Nicholas

Norris

Box #6

Oldman

Ord

Orreby

Oxenbridge

Painter

Pancoast

Parke

Parr

Parrish

Paschall

Pastorius

Paxson

Pearson

Pedrick

Pegg

Peirce

Peirsoll (Pearsall)

Pendleton

Penn

Pennell

Penrose

Percy

Box #6, continued

Peters

Pharow

Plumley

Plumsted

Porter

Potts

Powell

Pownall

Prall

Pugh

Radcliff  (Ratcliff)

Rambo

Rhodes

Rhydderch

Ridgeway

Roberts

Robinson

Robinson (Robison)

Rowland

Rudderow

Box #7

Sadleir (Sadler)

St. Leger

Samm  (Samms)

Schwartz

Scott

Scull

Searle

Sevier

Sharp

Shepherd (Sheppard)

Sibley (Zubli, Zebley)

Sims

Skerrett

Smith

Smylie

Somers

Sparks

Box #7, continued

Spayd

Spicer

Spiegel

Sprague

Stacy

Stafford

Steel

Sterling

Stevens

Steward

Stone

Strembeck

Stull

Sykes

Taylor

Throckmorton

Vail

Vogdes

Box #8

Wainwright

Walter

Warder

Warner

Warren

Watson

Wayne

Wentz

Weston

Wheaton

Wheeler

Whitson

Wildman

Williams (3)

Williamson

Wilson

Wiltbank

Workizer