Samuel Futhey and Ruth Steele

---

---

Husband Samuel Futhey ^{1 2}

---

            AKA: Robert Futhey 3
           Born: 1725 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jan 1790 1
         Buried:  - New London, Chester Co, PA

---

         Father: Robert Futhey (      -      ) 4 5
         Mother: 

---

       Marriage: Jan 1750 1

---

---

Wife Ruth Steele ^{1 3 5}

---

           Born: 1719 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Samuel Steele, Esq. (      -1760) 6
         Mother: Ann Futhey (      -      ) 7

---

---

Children

---

1 F Ann(e) [2] Futhey ^{2 8 9 10}

---

           Born: 3 Nov 1750 5 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Apr 1835 9
         Buried:  - Lewisburg, Union Co, PA

         Spouse: Samuel Dale (1735/1741-1804) 2 5 9 10
           Marr: 17 Jan 1769 - Chester Co, PA 2 8 9

---

2 M Samuel Futhey ⁸

---

           Born: 1 Sep 1753 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Feb 1812 8
         Buried:  - New London, Chester Co, PA

         Spouse: Margaret McPherson (      -1784) 8
           Marr: 1782 8

         Spouse: Martha Smith (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 1788 8

---

3 M Robert Futhey ⁸

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

4 F Ann [1] Futhey ⁸

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 

---

5 M Francis Futhey ⁸

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Samuel Futhey

---

During his earlier years, after arriving in America, he resided in Londonderry township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1763 he purchased and removed to a farm of over two hundred acres in West Fallowfield (now Highland) township. During the Revolution he was an ardent Whig, as, indeed, were all those of Scotch-Irish lineage. He had the reputation of being a very superior judge of horses, so much so that persons about purchasing came to him from considerable distances to obtain his judgment. He was employed by the Supreme Executive Council to purchase horses for the use of the Continental army. In the proceedings of the Council of the date of April 1, 1778, as given in the Colonial Records, is the following entry: "An order was drawn on the treasurer in favor of Stephen Cochran for the sum of two thousand pounds, to be by him paid to Samuel Futhey, of the county of Chester, to purchase horses with to mount the cavalry, agreeably to the request of the committee of Congress, now at Camp." Frequent mention is made in the proceedings of the Council of his having delivered into the Continental stables horses purchased by him for the use of the army. In August, 1777, the Council appointed persons to take an account of all the wheat, flour, grain, and other stores in the county of Chester, and for the purpose of billeting and providing for the poor that might be removed out of the city of Philadelphia, and Thomas Heslep and Samuel Futhey were appointed to perform that duty for East and West Fallowfield townships. The following letter, addressed to him, and written during the Revolution, is interesting as showing the depreciated state of the paper currency in circulation:
"Mr. SAMUEL FUTHEY: The mare you bought at my vendue, she stood you in £1525, and out of that you paid 3970 dollars, and there is returned to me 170 dollars counterfeits, which I have left in the hands of Mr. John Heaslet to give to you, and if you will please to strike the balance you will much oblige your friend and humble servant,
TRISTRAM MOORE."
He held slaves under the laws of Pennsylvania. In accordance with an act of Assembly of 1780 for the gradual abolition of slavery, he made the following return to the office of the clerk of courts of the slaves owned by him at that date, viz.:
"Samuel Futhey, of West Fallowfield, returns:
"No. 1. A mulatto woman, named Jinn, aged twenty years, a slave for life.
"No. 2. A mulatto girl, named Dinah, aged one year and three months, a slave for life."
As a curious item it may be added that in the appraisement of his estate his slaves were valued as follows: Jinn, at £30; Sal, at £7 10s.; and Jenny, at £5. Their order in the inventory is between the black horse and the grindstone. [HCC 1881, 559]

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 559.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 745.

3 S. D. Irwin, The Irwin Family - Sketch of Richard Irwin of Chester County, PA, and His Descendents (Franklin, PA: The Evening News Print, 1893.), Pg 9.

4 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 558.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 508.

6 S. D. Irwin, The Irwin Family - Sketch of Richard Irwin of Chester County, PA, and His Descendents (Franklin, PA: The Evening News Print, 1893.), Pg 6, 9.

7 S. D. Irwin, The Irwin Family - Sketch of Richard Irwin of Chester County, PA, and His Descendents (Franklin, PA: The Evening News Print, 1893.), Pg 6.

8 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 560.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 872.

10 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 363.