Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Samuel WHARTON
"He was one of the signers of the Non-importation Resolutions of 1765, a member of the City Councils of Philadelphia, of the Committee of Safety of the Revolution, and of the Colonial and State Legislatures." He was a merchant and partner in the firm of "Baynton, Wharton and Morgan." At one time the Indians destroyed nearly œ40,000 worth of goods belonging to them, and as an indemnification the chiefs of the Six Nations agreed to make over a large tract of land. This land bordered on the Ohio River above the Little Kanawha, included now in West Virginia. MR. WHARTON was sent to England to have this confirmed, and for a time everything seemed favorable, and a day was appointed to attend at court and have the grant confirmed. In the interim some correspondence of MR. WHARTON with Franklin had been discovered, and he was forced to flee for his life to France, where he joined Franklin.
He returned to Philadelphia in 1780; Feb. 9, 1781, he took the oath of allegiance to the State, member of the Continental Congress 1782-3. In 1784 he was appointed a justice of the peace for the District of Southwark, having retired to a country seat located in that suburb. His will was admitted to probate March 26, 1800.
WHARTON, Samuel, delegate, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 3, 1732; son of Joseph, a prominent merchant of Philadelphia and Hannah (Carpenter) Wharton; grandson of Thomas Wharton, who emigrated to Pennsylvania prior to 1688, from Westmoreland, England, and married Rachel Thomas of Monmouthshire, Wales. He engaged in the mercantile business, and owing to the destruction of £40,000 worth of goods by the Indians, the chiefs of the Six Nations indemnified the firm of Baynton, Wharton and Morgan by making over a large tract of land bordering on the [p.366] Ohio river, and including about one fourth of the present state of West Virginia. Wharton went to England to receive confirmation of this grant, but his correspondence with Benjamin Franklin was discovered and he fled with Dr. Franklin to France. He was married about 1754, to Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Rebecca (Hussey) Lewis. He was a member of the city council of Philadelphia; of the committee of safety and of the Ohio company. He was a delegate from Delaware to the Continental congress, 1782-83, and a justice of the peace for the district of Southwark, Pa., 1784-1800. He died in Philadelphia, in March, 1800.
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