An Inventory of the Arthur Edwin Bye Genealogical Materials, ca. 1940-1956
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Genealogical Materials, ca. 1940-1956
Arthur Edwin Bye (b. 1885)
Biographical History for: Genealogical Materials, ca. 1940-1956
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE Arthur Edwin Bye, Quaker genealogist and local historian, the author of History of the Bye Family and some allied families.
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS Contains papers compiled by Arthur Edwin Bye, Quaker genealogist and local historian. Includes genealogical files on the Bye and related families of Bucks County, PA, and Cecil County, MD. His research culminated in the publication in 1956 of the book History of the Bye Family and some allied families.
Genealogies
Quakers -- Bucks County (Pa.)
Quakers -- Cecil County (Md.)
Bye, Arthur Edwin, b. 1885. History of the Bye Family and some allied families.
Bye family
series
Ser. 1. Bye family genealogical material
Consists of six gray folders, mainly longhand, and some typed sheets, prepared by Dr. Arthur E. Bye. In addition to genealogical data, these folders contain historical narratives, character sketches, copies of deeds and wills, descriptions of coat of arms, anecdotes.
Bye family genealogy, introduction
“Introduction. Genealogy starts with Thomas Bye d. 1726, England; Concludes with Samuel Bye b. 1-29-1764, son of Hezekiah & Mary Ingham Bye, Buckingham Meeting."
Bye family genealogy
Begins with Enoch Bye b. 9-27-1757, d.1-12-1837. Concludes with Andrew Moore Bye b.9-24-1850.
Genealogical printed forms, number 51-64
Genealogical notes
Begins with Jonathan Bye b. l-22-1761, heir to the family estate in Solebury, and concluding with William DeWitt Bye, b. ll-24-1861.
Bye of Buckingham, "the Junior Branch of the Family"
Noted Book II, Ch.4.
Genealogical notes and records, including:
Pearson Family of Buckingham
Ingham Family of Ingham Spring
Kinsey Family of Buckingham
Genealogical notes, including:
Paxson Family of Solebury & Buckingham
Pownall Family of Solebury
Canby Family of Buckingham
Ser. 2. Additional genealogical material on the following families related to the Bye Family:
Stackhouse: of Stackhouse, Yorkshire, and Langhorne
Gillam: of Langhorne
Dungan: of Limerick, Ireland; Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania
Latham: of Latham, Parbold, and Elston
Heaton: of Deane, Lancashire; and Langhorne
Weaver: of Rhode Island
Freeborn: of Rhode Island
Wing: of Sandwich, Massachusetts
Passmore: of Devonshire, England; Berkshire, England; and W. Marlborough Pennsylvania
Strode: of Strode. Dorsetshire, Parnham, and Shefton Mallet
Pusey: of Pusey, Berkshire, and Chester, Pennsylvania
Wilson: of E. Nottingham, Pennsylvania
Job: of Nottingham, Pennsylvania
Vernon: of Shipbrook and Hauthorne, Cheshire
Browne: of E. Nottingham
Churchman: of Saffron Waldron, Essex, England; and E. Nottingham, Pennsylvania
Knight: of Worcestershire, England; New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Dickerson: of Langhorne
Sweeney: of Ireland
Longshore: of Langhorne