Notes for Charity Grubb

Notes for Charity Grubb

Charity was noted for her lovely character, being kind and generous, a good mother and wife.

Hopewell Monthly Meeting Notes: "A letter from Charity to her sister Phebe Grubb Hadley:

Loving Sister,
This is to let thee know that we have Received three letters from ye and three presents therein I sent thee no letters; I had not freedom Last winter was a year, I had a long time of sickness which brought me very low in body, and mind and now I am troubled with short breath so that I think I am going home softly. I thought it would Trouble Thee more to let thee know my condition Then send no letters.

I goes to meeting sometimes; we have a meeting every other fifth day at our house, my husband grose weakly; the Lord who Lited our candled hath not put them out. Our children Remember their loves to you all. I have sente two presents to thee as a toacon of Love and Youenity. We donte know that thear heath bene any mischip done in the government as yet by the Indins, but dont know how soon thear may be for some is doubtfull thear my be before the truble some times be over. I desire thee to remember oure kind Loves to all oure neare Relations and freinds. We under Stand that oure brother John Grubb is desesed, but we have not Cartunty of it. I desire thee to let me know what is become of Peter Grubb's widow. Remember my Love to borther Henry Grubb in particular. So we ad no more at present but Remembering our kind Loves to thee and thy family the 28th of ye fifth month, 1758.

Richard Beeson
Charity Beeson
to tocens which i sente wa Love and Youenity

Acknowledgements: Thank you to Richard Brown for a copy of this letter. It was typewritten; obviously transcribed from the original. It is possible that a word or two were misread. The following letter is a a response to Charity's letter above, published in "The Grubb Family" by Glibert Cope, 1893. Thank you to JoDell Koelling Steuver, daughter of Nixie Beason Koelling and gggggggrand-daughter of Charity Beeson.

A letter to Charity from Phebe Hadley, her sister:
Ye 9th of ye 9th mo; 1758
West Bradford, Chester County
Loving Brother and Sister;

I received Your Letter this day, Dated ye 5th Month 1758, in which I had Great statisfaction to hear of You, Except that Impediment of Stopage in my Sister's Breath and my Brother's Weakness for which I am Ready to Sympathise With, Still hoping that Light, the Grace of God, my be your instructor Until it may Please Him to Call us Unto Himself Which is my Desire Both for you and myself, it Gives me Great Satisfaction to hear of your Keeping to meeting knowing by Experience the Benefit of Waiting Upon the Lord of help in this time of trouble. I have at this time no Child at home But I Acknowledge for myself on the Behalf of my children the Love My cousins has Remembered to us. The Present you have sent to me I Acknowlegde and hope to keep as a Sure token of friendship. My desire is that you may be Still kept from the Merciless hand of the Enemy (Indians) and Above the fear of them by trusting in the god of all strength. We have frequently heard of their doing Mischief in the Province.

According to Your desire I shall Let our Relations Know the Contents of your Letter as soon as Possible; the time being so short I have not as yet had no Opportunity But I shall be Carefull. Brother John Grubb is Certainly Deceased this Life he Died with the Gravel and Was decently Buried at Chichester in Friends Buring Ground, the Corps Accompanied by Brothers Emanuel, Samuel, Nathaniel and my self, With a great Company of Others. Brother John has set his two oldest Negroes free and the Rest to be set free at twenty five Years of age. Sister Hannah Grubb Lives at Wilmington & among her Children. I saw her Lately. She lives Exceeding Well full and Plenty. My Children and family is at Present in health as Usual and their families. My son Nathaniel and Isaac is out at Work at the mason trade. Joseph is at John Wall's. John Wall, my son in Law has a daughter about nine months old and Calls Her Name Charity.

Our Brothers is all in Good health Except our Living and Beloved Brother Samuel' he is at this time in Kingwood in Hunterton County in West Jersey or Was there Lately to be Cured of a Cancer in his Under lip which is Very Painfull. Brother Richard, I have heard Lately of Joseph Gregg and his family they are in Reasonable Good health. I have heard nothing to the Contray from thy Cousins by the River. So I Conclude Still Remembering that Love and Unity Which ought to subsist among Brethern and Sisters in the fellowship of truth.

Please to Remember my Love to My Children and Grand Children by My Late husband and to William Cox and his Wife Rachel Wright, With all Other Enquiring friend. Do no Neglect Writing to me as often as Possible and the Circumstance of Your Affairs and Condition if you please, Concerning these Troublesome times. This from your sister Hadly.