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- According to Cope, "James was a farmer in the county of Cavan, whence he came to Pennsylvania, in 1712, and settled in New Garden township. In 1714 he was chosen Clerk of Newark Monthly Meeting, and overseer of New Garden Meeting. Upon the establishment of the latter as a monthly meeting he served as clerk from 1718 to 1726; was appointed an elder in 1727, and in 1731 removed with his family to Charlestown township, at the present site of Phoenixville. His children were Mary, Joseph, John, James, Rachel, Moses, Samuel, and Susanna."
According to Myers, he was received from Catterlaugh [Carlow] Meeting, Ireland, 4 mo. 7, 1712, and he was a farmer from County Cavan. [1, 2]
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