Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Cephas CHILD
Cephas Child, only child of Henry Child who came to America, received from his father in 1715 a deed for the five hundred acres of land in Plumstead, and it is said walked from near Baltimore, Maryland, to Bucks county. On April 12, 1716, he married, at Middletown, Bucks county Monthly Meeting, Mary Atkinson, born at Scotforth, Lancashire, England, September 25, 1689, second child of John and Susanna (Hynde) Atkinson, who with their children, and the family of his brother, Christopher Atkinson, had sailed for Pennsylvania in the "Britanica", which arrived at Philadelphia, August 24, 1699. One-fifth of the passengers on this ill-fated ship died during the voyage, including Christopher Atkinson, his brother John and Susanna, the wife of the latter. The orphan children of John and Susanna Atkinson were taken in charge by their maternal aunts, Mary and Alice Hynde, who accompanied the family from England, and settled in Middletown, Bucks county.
Cephas Child, for a time after his marriage to Mary Atkinson in 1716, resided in Warminster township, Bucks county, but soon removed to his plantation in Plumstead, where he became a prominent and influential citizen. He was a member of Colonial Assembly from Bucks county for the sessions of 1747-48. He died in Plumstead, March, 1756, his wife Mary and four sons, Henry, Cephas, John and Isaac, surviving him. Five other sons had died in childhood, four of them being burned to death when his dwelling was destroyed by fire in 1723.
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