Biographical Sketch of the George MARIS; Delaware County, PA

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History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania
By George Smith, M.D. (1862)
Page 482

MARIS, George, emigrated from the parish of Inkborough in the County of 
Worcester, England, in 1683, with his wife Alice and several children.  On his 
first arrival, he appears to have tarried for a short time with the Friends that 
had arrived the year before and settled at Darby, but he soon located a large 
tract of land in Springfield township, whereon he settled and named it The Home 
House.  He was among the most eminent of the public Friends that came over with 
the first settlers, and was so esteemed in his native country, where meetings 
had been held at his house, and where he had suffered by fines and imprisonment.  
His certificate, which is recorded at Darby says, he hath adorned the Gospel of 
Christ. He held many public trusts: was a Justice of the Peace, one of the 
Judges of the Court, and on several occasions was chosen a member of the 
Provincial Assembly.  He was one of those who signed the testimony against the 
celebrated George Keith.
  The descendants of this worthy patriarch are numerous; those bearing his name 
in this County, Chester County, and in the City of Philadelphia, are probably 
all descended from him.  His death occurred in 1703, at the age of seventy-three 
years; his wife having died nearly four years earlier.  His children, so far as 
is known, were Elizabeth who intermarried with John Mendenhall; George, with 
Jane Maddock; Ann, with John Worrilow; John, with Susanna Lewis of Haverford, 
and Richard, with Elizabeth Hayes of Marple.