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Descriptive Summary

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser. 1. Bye family genealogical material

Ser. 2. Additional genealogical material on the following families related to the Bye Family:

An Inventory of the Arthur Edwin Bye Genealogical Materials, ca. 1940-1956

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Before 1967

Descriptive Summary

Creator Arthur Edwin Bye (b. 1885)
Title Genealogical Materials,
Dates: ca. 1940-1956
Abstract: Contains papers compiled by Arthur Edwin Bye, Quaker genealogist and local historian. Includes genealogical files on the Bye and related families of Bucks County, PA, and Cecil County, MD. His research culminated in the publication in 1956 of the book History of the Bye Family and some allied families.
Extent: 1 box; .25 linear ft.
Identification: RG 5/023
Location: For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Arthur Edwin Bye, Quaker genealogist and local historian, the author of History of the Bye Family and some allied families.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

Contains papers compiled by Arthur Edwin Bye, Quaker genealogist and local historian. Includes genealogical files on the Bye and related families of Bucks County, PA, and Cecil County, MD. His research culminated in the publication in 1956 of the book History of the Bye Family and some allied families.

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SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser. 1. Bye family genealogical material

Consists of six gray folders, mainly longhand, and some typed sheets, prepared by Dr. Arthur E. Bye. In addition to genealogical data, these folders contain historical narratives, character sketches, copies of deeds and wills, descriptions of coat of arms, anecdotes.


Box

Folder

1 1
Bye family genealogy, introduction
“Introduction. Genealogy starts with Thomas Bye d. 1726, England; Concludes with Samuel Bye b. 1-29-1764, son of Hezekiah & Mary Ingham Bye, Buckingham Meeting."

2
Bye family genealogy
Begins with Enoch Bye b. 9-27-1757, d.1-12-1837. Concludes with Andrew Moore Bye b.9-24-1850.

3
Genealogical printed forms, number 51-64


Genealogical notes
Begins with Jonathan Bye b. l-22-1761, heir to the family estate in Solebury, and concluding with William DeWitt Bye, b. ll-24-1861.

4
Bye of Buckingham, "the Junior Branch of the Family"
Noted Book II, Ch.4.

5
Genealogical notes and records, including:


Pearson Family of Buckingham


Ingham Family of Ingham Spring


Kinsey Family of Buckingham

6
Genealogical notes, including:


Paxson Family of Solebury & Buckingham


Pownall Family of Solebury


Canby Family of Buckingham

Ser. 2. Additional genealogical material on the following families related to the Bye Family:


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1
Stackhouse: of Stackhouse, Yorkshire, and Langhorne


Gillam: of Langhorne


Dungan: of Limerick, Ireland; Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania


Latham: of Latham, Parbold, and Elston


Heaton: of Deane, Lancashire; and Langhorne


Weaver: of Rhode Island


Freeborn: of Rhode Island


Wing: of Sandwich, Massachusetts


Passmore: of Devonshire, England; Berkshire, England; and W. Marlborough Pennsylvania


Strode: of Strode. Dorsetshire, Parnham, and Shefton Mallet


Pusey: of Pusey, Berkshire, and Chester, Pennsylvania


Wilson: of E. Nottingham, Pennsylvania


Job: of Nottingham, Pennsylvania


Vernon: of Shipbrook and Hauthorne, Cheshire


Browne: of E. Nottingham


Churchman: of Saffron Waldron, Essex, England; and E. Nottingham, Pennsylvania


Knight: of Worcestershire, England; New Jersey and Pennsylvania


Dickerson: of Langhorne


Sweeney: of Ireland


Longshore: of Langhorne