William H. Yarnall Census Sightings
Below is an 1875 map of part of Middletown. The numbers on the properties are the number of acres. The William Webster property (127 acres) is a lavender colored
area near the bottom of the map. That is where William H. Yarnall (my great grandfather)
lived at the time of the 1850 census. I did not find him in the 1860 census. In the 1870 census William was listed as a farmer in Aston, PA. Aston is the township to the west of Middletown. When he lived in the Glen Riddle section of Middletown at the time of the 1880 census he was living less than a mile from his 1850 home. When you scroll down you can see that Glen Riddle is just
to the left of the Webster property. You can also see Crozerville (in Aston Township) close to Glen Riddle (in Middletown Township). That is where William's grandson, Thomas Vincent (my dad) was born in 1911. All 1890 census records were lost in a fire. William H. was listed in the Crozerville section of Aston
in the 1900 census. His last residences were in Chester, PA. How Did William H. Yarnall First Arrive in Middletown?
When John and his daughter, Eliza, died in April of 1843. I believe that Eliza was the mother of William H. After John and Eliza died the family split up. Eliza's younger sister, Lydia, (age 17) was placed with one of the Painter families (undrlined in the map below). John's wife, Phoebe (Eliza's mother), went to live with the Caleb Yarnall family in Edgmont. She must have been devastated to not be able to keep her almost 3-year old grandson, William, with her. William went to live with John's sister Agnes (widow of William Webster) in Middletown. At the top of this map is the Middletown Quaker Meeting building.
Click on the lavender letters.The Edgmont Yarnall family members attended these meetings until they were separated because of poor attendance in 1838. They were offered the right to appeal according to some Quaker meeting minutes found by our daughter Louise.
