Delaware County PA Archives Biographies.....WARE Family (From England then New Jersey)
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Author: John W. Jordan, LL. D.
A History of Delaware County Pennsylvania and Its People, Volume III, 1914
Pages 876-877

WARE
On the fifth day of May, 1675, a company from England, principally members of 
the Society of Friends, landed from the ship "Griffith," which had brought 
them from England to find a home in West Jersey.  The leading spirit of the 
enterprise and the owner of the land now included in what are now known as 
Salem and Cumberland counties, New Jersey, was John Fenwick, from which the 
colony received its name.  The landing place of the Fenwick colony appeared to 
Fenwick as a good location for a town he called it New Salem.
  Among these Fenwick colonists was Joseph Ware, of Monmouthshire, Wales.  
Thomas Shourds, in his History of Salem County," says that Joseph Ware came as 
a "servent" to Enward Wade.  But as Smith, in his "History of New Jersey" says-
Fenwick's daughters, Anne and Elizabeth, married two of his "servants," it 
would seem that the meaning of servants then was one who worked for wages and 
not one of inferior social position.  But that is of little moment.  Joseph 
Ware soon became a man of importance in the colony, his name appearing several 
times as a member of and sometimes as a foreman of the grand jury.  He bought 
within a few years five hundred acres of land on Lower Alloways Creek, part of 
which is yet owned by descendants.  He died March 30, 1711, leaving a will in 
which he divided his property among his children, after providing for his 
widow Mary.  He made no mention of his son, John, who early in life became a 
follower of George Keith, known as the Quaker Baptist, which fact probably 
estranged him from his father.  Joseph Ware married (first) May 30, 1683, 
Martha, daughter of John Becket, of Essex, near Kingston-on-the-Thames, 
England; four children.  He married (second) Mary, who is mentioned in his 
will, who bore him a daughter, Patience.
  John Ware, second son of Joseph Ware by his first wife, Martha (Becket) 
Ware, was born in New Jersey about 1688; his will, probated June 20, 1734, was 
made May 1, preceding, when he declares himself "sick and week in body, but of 
sound mind and perfect memory."  He was styled "yeoman" and declares in his 
will that he is a resident of Cohansie, Salem county, Province of New 
Jersey.  He left to his "loving wife, Bathsheba" all his "plantation lands 
buildings with the appurtenances situate and being in Cohansie" until his 
first born son John, born 1722, "shall arrive at the age of twenty-one 
years."  After that she was to have one-third of all he possessed to long as 
she remained a widow.
  Elnathan Ware, second son and fourth of the six children of John and 
Bathsheba Ware, has had no mention of his early life preserved beyond mention 
in his father's will in which he was given twenty-five acres and ten pounds in 
gold.  There is no record of him until 1760, when he gave bond to the state 
when he obtained "License of Marriage" to "Mercy Moore."  he was then a 
resident of Greenwich, Cumberland county, New Jersey, his wife, Mercy, a 
daughter of Enoch Moore of the same town.  Elnathan and Mercy (Moore) Ware 
were the parents of nine children of which Joseph was the sixth child and 
fifth son.
  Joseph Ware, fifth son of Elnathan and Mercy (Moore) Ware, born August 27, 
1771, in Greenwich, Salem county, New Jersey, removed to Cape May, New Jersey, 
where he died.  He married (first) Deborah Whillden, (second) Harriet 
Whillden, supposed to have been sisters.  Children: 1. Samuel Fifthian, born 
October 16, 1800, died 1876; married (first) Esther Teal, (second) Lydia 
Thomas.  2. Deborah Whillden, born May 4, 1804, died 1866; married Thomas 
Eldredge.  3. James Whillden, born January 12, 1806, died 1890; married 
Deborah Hampton.  4. Joseph, born May 16, 1809; married (first) Ann Hughes, 
(second) Lydia Leaming.  5. Daniel Crowell, born November 1, 1810, died 1891; 
married (first) Rachel _____, (second) Louisa Ford.  6. Welmon W., see 
forward.  7. Maskell, born 1822; married (first) Leah Mathias, (second) Mary 
J. Warrick.  8. John G. W., born 1825.
  Welmon W. Ware, fifth son of Joseph Ware and his second wife, Harriet 
(Whillden) Ware, was born in Cape May, New Jersey, 1818, died in July 1886.  
He was educated in the public schools, and became one of the prominent men of 
Cape May county.  He was a Republican in politics, member of the State Senate 
eight years and for sixteen years was superintendent of the United States Life 
Saving Station at Cape May; mayor of Cape May several terms, also serving in 
the city council several terms.  In the years following the civil war he was 
proprietor of the Willard Hotel in Washington, D. C., later returning to Cape 
May.  He was a man of public spirit and used his influence always for the 
betterment of public conditions in his city.  He married (first) Mary B. 
Schellinger, (second) Lydia C. Schellinger, (third) Bell West.
  Preston W. Ware, son of Welmon W. Ware and his second wife, Lydia C. 
(Schellinger) Ware, was born in Cape May, New Jersey, June 1, 1866.  He save 
for the few years spent in Washington, D. C., while his father was proprietor 
of the Willard Hotel, the family making their home there during that period.  
After leaving school he became a plumber's apprentice and became journeyman in 
Cape May and other New Jersey and Pennsylvania towns until his marriage in 
1889, when he located in Media.  He there established in business for himself in 
plumbing and steam heating in all its branches.  He has gained an enviable 
reputation as an expert workman and a reliable contractor.  his business 
covers the territory surrounding Media and for a time included steam 
fitting.  He is a member of the Order of Artisans, and he and his wife and 
family are active members of the Presbyterian church; workers in both church 
and Sunday school.  In politics he is a Republican, but although interested in 
all that pertains to the public good has never sought or accepted public 
office.
  Mr. Ware married, October 11, 1889, Matilda J., daughter of John and 
Catherine Schowerer, of Media.  Children: Elsie, married Freeman B. Chesley, of 
Marlton, West Virginia; Louise, now attending West Chester Normal School; 
Walter, now a student in Media.  The family residence is at No. 4 West State 
street, Media.

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