Children of Griffith James (circa 1739-1812) and Mary Gyger (unk-1825) of Radnor
Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania:
1. Mary James: born circa 1770 in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania;
died January 24, 1794 (aged 23) of consumption; buried at Radnor Methodist Episcopal
Church Graveyard, plot 436, in Radnor Township, Bryn Mawr, Delaware County, Pennsylvania;
no known children.
2. Rachel James: born circa 1772 in Radnor Township, Bryn Mawr. Delaware County,
Pennsylvania; married in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania to Jesse
Burrows who died April 29, 1851 (aged 79) and is buried in the Radnor Methodist Episcopal
Church Graveyard in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; Rachel died at
an unknown date in Radnor Township and is likely buried in an unmarked grave at Radnor
Methodist Episcopal Church Graveyard in Radnor Township, Bryn Mawr, Delaware County,
Pennsylvania; known children include: John Wesley Burrows (11/29/1809-10/11/1840)
and Mary Ann Burrows.
3. David James: born February 24, 1773 in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania;
married January 1, 1805 by Reverend William Colbert to Elizabeth Boehm (01/04/1783-07/16/1820)
daughter of Jacob and Barbara Boehm; died January 23, 1848 (aged 74); known children
include: Jacob Boehm James, Mary James, Henry Boehm James, Isaac David James, Elizabeth
James and Julian Barbara James.
4. Moses James: born circa 1775 in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania;
died circa 1798 at age 23; buried at Radnor Methodist Episcopal Church Graveyard,
Plot 437, Radnor Township, Bryn Mawr, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
5. Rev. Isaac James, M.D.: born January 28, 1777 in Radnor Township, Delaware
County, Pennsylvania; first married March 26, 1801 in Coventry, Chester County, Pennsylvania
to Henrietta Potts (1780-1832), daughter of Col. Thomas Potts (1735-1785) and Anna
Nutt (1737-1796); second marriage circa 1835 to Huldah Wetherill (1809-1900), daughter
of Rev. William Wetherill (1762-1843) and Hannah Phillips (1777-1867); died January
22, 1874 in Radnor Township, Chester County; buried at Radnor United Methodist Church
Graveyard, Plot 433, Radnor Township, Bryn Mawr, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; known
children include: John Fletcher James, Thomas Potts James, David James, Anna Potts
James, Mary Ann James, Isaac Griffith James, Samuel Nutt James, Henrietta James,
Martha Haskins James.
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Notes:
Griffith James (circa 1739-1812) was the son of Evan James (1715-1794) and Margaret
Jones (-1790) of Radnor Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Isaac James (1777-1874) resided on the land, a right to part of which his great-grandfather
David had purchased in Wales; but he sold the greater part of this estate about 1820,
and removed with his family to Trenton. He studied medicine and attended lectures
in the University of Pennsylvania and New York, and received his degree of M.D. from
Columbia College. After practicing his profession in Trenton and Philadelphia, he
returned to Radnor and resided on a portion of his plantation, which he had reserved
from the previous sale. Here his wife died April 18, 1832, and, a few years after,
the remnant of his real estate in the old Welsh colony was sold, and he removed to
Bucks County, where he married for a second time to Huldah Wetherill. Isaac was
still alive in 1874 and reported in his ninety-seventh year. The Evening Telegraph
printed the following information in October 1870, “`The Methodist’ says: `Rev. Isaac
James, M.D., of Bustleton, Pennsylvania, has the honor of being the oldest Methodist
in the world. He is in his ninety-fourth year, being born January 28, 1777. He
joined the Methodist society in 1790, - eighty years ago. He was licensed to exhort
in 1798, to preach in 1800. Was ordained deacon by Bishop Asbury in 1806, and elder
by Bishop Morris in 1849.’”
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Sources:
See, Memorial of Thomas Potts James Who Settled in Pennsylvania, by Mrs. Thomas Potts
James, 1874, page 252.
See, Bible of David James on microfilm with LDS Family History Library, Pages 678-680.
See, Autobiography of Reverend Isaac James, M.D. (1869), Transcribed by Reverend
Joseph F. Di Paolo, February 2006.
See, Transcription of the Family Record contained within the family Bible of Isaac
James (1777-1874), located just after the title to the New Testament. This Bible
is reported to have been caught in the flood resulting from Hurricane Agnes in 1972.
Many pages were or are close to ruined. This information was presented to the James
Family Archives by Barbie James and the location of the family Bible of Isaac James
(1777-1874) is still to be determined.
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Virtual Memorials on “Find A Grave” Website:
Mary James (circa 1770-1794), Memorial ID No, 43638657, by Dan Oh, added October
28, 2009.
Rachel James Burrows (1772-unk), Memorial ID No. 250173863, by James Family Archives,
added March 5, 2023.
Jesse Burrows (unk-1851), Memorial ID No. 43638396, by Dan Oh, added October 28,
2009.
Moses James (circa 1775-circa 1798), Memorial ID No. 43638659, by Dan Oh, added October
28, 2009.
Rev. Isaac James (1777-1874), Memorial ID No. 43638655, by Dan Oh, added October
28, 2009.
Henrietta Potts James (1780-1832), Memorial ID No. 43638653, by Dan Oh, added October
28, 2009.
Huldah Wetherill James (1809-1900), Memorial ID No. 83712234, by Leigh Miller, added
January 19, 2012.
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Updated: March 19, 2023