Joseph Wharton (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1707; died there on July 27, 1776) was a successful American merchant, and the owner of "Walnut Grove," a country place on Fifth street, near Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, in which the Mischianza of 1778 was held. The house was the finest of its day near that city. It was torn down in 1862, to make room for a schoolhouse. He was called "Duke Wharton", because of his stately bearing.
Joseph Wharton; 1st marriage, Philada. March 5, 1729–30, Hannah, daughter of John Carpenter, by his wife, Ann Hoskins. She was born in Philada, Nov. 23, 1711, and deceased on July 14, 1751. He married secondly, on June 7, 1752, with Hannah, widow of John Ogden, and daughter of Robert Owen, by his wife, Susannah Hudson. She was born in Philadelphia on March 16, 1720–1, and died in Jan. 1791.
By his 1st wife he had eleven children, all born in Philadelphia.[1]
Thomas (b. Jan. 15, 1730–1); m. Rachel Medcalf.
Samuel (b. May 3, 1732); m. Sarah Lewis.
Joseph (b. March 21, 1733–4); m. Sarah Tallman.
Rachel (b. June 7, 1736); bu. Jan. 6, 1736–7).
John (b. Jan. 17, 1737–8; d.-1770).
William (b. March 12, 1740); m. Oct. 15, 1767, Susannah, daughter of Jacob Medcalf by his wife Susannah Hudson, b. June 6, 1734, He d. s. p. Will proved, Philada. Jan. 21, 1805.
George (b. March 13, 1741–2; bu. March 17, 1741–2).
Charles (b. Jan. 11, 1743–4); m. 1st, Jemima Edwards; 2dly, Elizabeth Richardson; and 3dly, Hannah Redwood.
Isaac (b. Sept. 15, 1745; March 31, 1808); m. Margaret Rawle.
Carpenter (b. Aug. 30, 1747; d. April 6, 1780); m. Elizabeth Davis, who d. May, 1816. They married in Christ Church, April 13, 1771.
Benjamin (b. Feb. 12, 1749–50; d. Sept. 8, 1754).
Referencesedit
^"Genealogy of the Wharton family of Philadelphia. 1664 to 1880". Philadelphia [Collins, printer]. 1880.
External linksedit
Image of Walnut Grove at virtualology.com
January 01, 1970
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