James Family Archives
• Researching the Past
• Education for the Present
• Preservation for the Future
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By 1738, David James is reaching his twilight years and realizes that his time left on Earth is limited. On March 10, 1738 David James prepares his last will and testament setting forth the terms of the distribution of his considerably large estate. On June 8, 1739, just weeks before his passing, David’s son Evan married Margaret Jones, the other daughter of Griffith John. Evan and Margaret would go on to have five children: Rebecca James, Griffith James, Samuel James, Hannah James and Rachel James. Evan would be the one to inherit the main body of his father’s land in Radnor Township. Evan’s elder brother Thomas having already been given lands by his father in neighboring Upper Marion Township in 1735. On June 27, 1739, David James dies. He is laid to rest in the cemetery of the Great Valley Baptist Church, the Church he helped construct. And although he is approximately 79 years of age at the time of his death, his tombstone reports him to be 70 years of age.
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The Call to Arms and the Revolutionary War