Name/Title
PillowcaseEntry/Object ID
CW 800Description
Pillowcase. Off-white pillowcase; cross stitch initials and date "1783." Made by Hannah Paxson (1766-1852) who married Jesse Betts (1760-) in Bucks County, 1787. Condition not given.
The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper (Johnson), a Betts descendant, was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey at her marriage to James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915.
Transcribed from original accession record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Date made
circa 1783Place
* Untyped Place
Bucks County, PennsylvaniaInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Embroidered on pillowcase: "HP" and "1783."Provenance
Notes
Made by Hannah Paxson (1766-1852) who married Jesse Betts (1760-) in Bucks County, 1787. Condition not given.
Jesse Betts and his family moved in 1812 from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Wilmington, Delaware where he was a builder and contractor. He built the Friends Meeting House at the corner of Fourth and West Streets, Wilmington.
(Source: Encyclopedia of Biography: ttps://books.google.com/books)