I am looking for information on Joshua (b. ca. 1807) and Susanna (b. ca. 1806) Hallowell. They lived in Gwynedd, Montgomery Co. in 1850, W. Marlborough Chester Co. in 1860, and Hopewell, Chester Co., in 1870.

Children are:
Alice b. ca. 1837;
Lydia b. ca. 1838;
Sarah J. b. ca. 1841;
Elizabeth E. b. Feb 1843 d. 1923;
Jeffries b. ca. 1845.

I can not find any information about Joshua's parentage. The Potts Genealogy website and the Gwynedd Friends website say that Susanna is Susanna Hallowell, but without a reference.

Can anybody help?

Thanks,

--Mark

I don't have any hard evidence, but I would tentatively place this Joshua as son of Joshua (b. 19 Sep 1779) and Lydia Palmer (b. 1780). Your Joshua's second born daughter is also named Lydia (it was common to name children after grandparents). The Joshua b 1779 (son of Joshua b. 1751 and Hannah Trump) was disowned by the Chester Co friends in Aug 1801, and then moved to Philadelphia. Their known children were John (b. c1801), Hezekiah (b. 1803), and Joel (b c1805). This leaves a perfect sequence available for a Joshua b 1807 or so.
[sources: Hallowell-Paul History; A Genealogical Record of John amd Mary Palmer of Chester Co.)

Thanks, this does sound very plausible. I see a Joshua Hallowell listed in the 1820 census (age 26-44) in Philadelphia, but no children are listed. No possible Joshua Hallowells show up in the 1810 census. Perhaps he was not "head of household." Perhaps a search in the Philadelphia birth records or probate records would come up with something.

further to this: Susannah E. Hallowell is almost certainly the daughter of John Hallowell and Alice Potts, born 27 Oct 1806 [Hinshaw] as she then named her first child "Alice P. Hallowell". This would explain why the Potts genealogy gives her name as you reference. I also have more details on their children (exact birth dates etc.) If this is analysis is correct, Susannah and Joshua are 3rd cousins both descended from Thomas Hallowell and Rosmand Till

Thank you for the additional information, Bruce. I would be interested in the children's birth dates.

The Potts Family Genealogy website lists Susanna as the daughter of John Hallowell and Alice Potts, too, but I do not believe the website provides source information, so I am not sure if it is reliable. Perhaps Hinshaw is the source, but I have not seen the Hinshaw source you reference. I will look for it.

"The Hallowell-Paul Family," available on Ancestry.com, says that John Hallowell and Alice Potts had five children, four boys and one girl, but no Susanna. However, one of these boys is Samuel E., b. 1806. Could this be a twin of Susanna, or could it have been transcribed incorrectly from a handwritten source? This book does not provide any further information on this Samuel E.

A little more digging on-line and I found "Historical collections relating to the Potts family in Great Britain and America" By Thomas Maxwell Potts, William John Potts on Google Books. This reference, if correct, settles the question. It says that Alice Potts (b. 27 Oct 1780 d. 28 Jan 1838) daughter of Zebulon and Martha (Trotter) Potts m. John Hallowell. John and Alice (Potts) Hallowell had 12 children, including Susanna E. Hallowell (b. 27 Oct 1806 d. 25 Oct 1884) who. m. Joshua Hallowell. Finally, it lists five children of Joshua and Susanna E. Hallowell: Alice P. (b. 2 Feb 1837) m. Joseph Roberts; Lydia (b. 9 Apr 1838) m. Clayton Yarnell; Sarah J. (b. 11 Jul 1841) m. Samuel Crook and Joseph Kelso; Elizabeth E. (b. 3 Feb 1843) m. Lukens Webster (my gggrandfather); and Jefferis (b. 27 May 1846). Do these dates agree with yours? This is a great find, thanks for the tip!