Family/Spouse: W Sanders SCOTT, Capt USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Arabella Ashmead DARLINGTON. Arabella (daughter of Edward DARLINGTON and Ann Preston EYRE) was born on 17 Aug 1829 in Chester, PA; died in 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:23:54 -0400
... he was born 9 mo. 17, 1795 and died 11 mo. 21, 1884 in Media, Pa. He married ANN PRESTON EYRE, daughter of PRESTON and ARABELLA (ASHMEAD) EYRE in Philadephia, Pa on 4 mo. 26, 1827. She
was born at Chester, Pa on 7 mo. 4, 1804 and died there on 12 mo. 30, 1843. They are both buried at Chester Rural Cemetery.
Their children were: WILLIAM GRAHAM DARLINGTON m. Lucy W. Miller and Phebe Wilkinson; ARABELLA ASHMEAD DARLINGTON m. Joseph R. Morris. and GEORGE EYRE m. Ella Carpenter. ... Edward was born
in West Chester, Pa and in his early youth moved to Delaware County, Pa with his parents. He attended the common schools and was graduated from West Chester Academy. He taught school
1817-1820; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1821. He commenced practice in Chester, Pa. He was deputy general attorney 1824-1830. He was elected as a Whig to the 23rd and 24th
Congresses and as an anti-Mason to the 25th Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1839). He then resumed the practice of law; attorney for county commissioners 1846-1856. He moved to Media, Pa in
1851. He was district attorney of Delaware County 1851-1854. All of the above is out of the Sharples book. I will try to send you info on their children next. I'm trying to locate info on my
great grandmother, ANN NEEDLES DARLINGTON. Would you have any information on the NEEDLES family? More later, Barbara

Edward married Ann Preston EYRE on 26 Apr 1827 in Chester, PA. Ann (daughter of Preston EYRE and Arabella ASHMEAD) was born on 4 Jul 1804 in Chester, PA; died on 30 Dec 1843 in Buried Chester Rural Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Early Church Records of Delaware Cnty, PA, Vol 1,
p.222 Chester MM
31/12/1798 Preston Eyre reported for associating with the militia to learn the art of war [disowned].
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from CHESTER AND ITS VICINITY, DELAWARE CO IN PA, by John Hill (1877)

Preston married Arabella ASHMEAD on 8 Sep 1803. Arabella was born on 27 Aug 1786; died on 16 Nov 1865 in Edward Darlington residence. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

September 11, 1863 DELAWARE COUNTY REPUBLICAN
Real Estate In the court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. George Jones, vs. Arabella Eyre, widow of Preston Eyre, dec, Henrietta Booth, wife of Caleb booth, Geo. Eyre and _ his
wife, of McDonough county, Illinois; W. G Dar