Hon. Levi Pawling and Elizabeth Hiester
Husband Hon. Levi Pawling 1 2 3
AKA: Levi Pauling 4 Born: 1770 - Providence Twp, Montgomery Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 1845 - Norristown, Montgomery Co, PA 2 3 5 Buried:
Father: Henry Pawling (1746-1822) 1 2 6 Mother: Rebecca Bull ( - ) 6
Marriage: 14 Oct or 17 Oct 1804 2 3 7
Wife Elizabeth Hiester 3 7 8
Born: Christened: Died: 27 Jul 1826 - Norristown, Montgomery Co, PA 2 3 5 Buried:
Father: Gov. Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) 9 10 11 Mother: Elizabeth Witman (cal 1750-1825) 9
Children
1 M Joseph Hiester Pawling 3 7 12
AKA: Joseph Pauling 4 Born: 1806 3 Christened: Died: 1847 3 7 Buried:
2 M Dr. Henry DeWitt Pawling, M.D. 3 7 12
AKA: Henry Pauling 4 Born: 1810 3 7 Christened: Died: 1892 3 Buried:Spouse: Anna D. Bull ( -1862) 3
3 M James Muhlenberg Pawling, Esq. 2 3 7 12
AKA: James Pauling 4 Born: 1811 3 Christened: Died: 1838 3 13 Buried:Spouse: Lydia Wood ( - ) 3 7
4 F Elizabeth Pawling 3 12
AKA: Elizabeth Pauling 4 Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1879 Buried:Spouse: Hon. Thomas Ross (1806-1865) 3 4 14
5 F Rebecca Pawling 3 5 12
AKA: Rebecca Pauling 4 Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1879 Buried:Spouse: Henry Freedley, Esq. ( - ) 3 5
6 F Ellen Pawling 3 5 12
AKA: Ellen Pauling 4 Born: Christened: Died: 5 Feb 1850 5 Buried:Spouse: Henry Freedley, Esq. ( - ) 3 5
7 F Mary Pawling 3 12
AKA: Mary Pauling 4 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Sylvester N. Rich, Esq. ( - ) 3 5
General Notes: Husband - Hon. Levi Pawling
He read law and was admitted to practice at Norristown, Pennsylvania, in November, 1795; became a member of the Berks County bar August 18, 1796; lived for a short time at Reading, and was married. He soon afterwards attained great prominence at the Montgomery Bar, lived in magnificent style for those early days, and filled a great many positions of trust and responsibility. Being a Federalist in politics and a resident of a Democratic county, he was not elected to any legislative office except to a seat in Congress, serving as a representative one term, from 1817 to 1819. For a number of years he was President of the Bank of Montgomery County. About the time of his retirement from business he was financially embarrassed and he lost the extensive property he had owned. His wealthy father-in-law left each of his children a patrimony of ten thousand dollars.
Entering his profession just after the organization of the county, he was for many years the Nestor of the bar, enjoying a very large practice, and living in the most munificent style of any in the borough. At one time, and for many years, he owned the flouring and saw mill at the foot of Swede street, and ran it in partnership with James Bolton, the father of General William J. Bolton. He also owned a farm which embraced all the land north of Airy street lying between Stony creek and Saw Mill run, and extending back one-fourth of a mile. The farm house on this land was near what later became the corner of Green and Chestnut streets. For a number of years before it was cut into town lots it was called the "Davis Farm." Mr. Pawling, at an early date, also erected on Main street, a little west of Swede, perhaps the most stately double-roomed mansion in Norristown, where he lived till he retired from business, and which, with the adjacent office, was occupied by his son James M. till the latter's death in 1838. After the death of his son just named he continued to reside with the daughters who occupied part of the old homestead; but for a number of years, when he had become old and decrepit, he lived with his son, Dr. Pawling, at King-of-Prussia. He, however, finally returned again to Norristown, and died in 1845, at the age of 73 years. Hon. Levi Pawling filled a great number of public positions during his long life. Perhaps the first was that of trustee of the land ceded by the University of Pennsylvania for a courthouse yard or public square. Of this he divested himself in favor of the Town Council on the 15th of May, 1835.
Being a Federalist in politics, while, since the time of Jefferson, the county was always Democratic, Mr. Pawling did not reach any legislative office except a seat in Congress, to which he was elected one term (1817-19). There was little, however, the nature of material improvement in town or county that did not secure his pecuniary help and personal co-operation.
He was chairman of a public meeting held July 22d, 1807, to denounce the outrageous attack of the British frigate Leopard upon the Chesapeake in time of peace, and one of the commissioners in 1811 appointed to sell the stock of the "Reading and Perkiomen Turnpike Road Company." In April, 1814, he was one of the commissioners named in the law to sell stock in the "Egypt (Ridge) Turnpike Road Company." In pursuance of an act passed March 8th, 1816, he was also named at the head of a commission of nine persons to sell stock in the company organized to make a lock navigation on the Schuylkill. In 1818 he was elected Burgess of the town, a post he filled several times afterwards. Shortly after the organization of the Bank of Montgomery County Mr. Pawling was elected a director and made President of the Board.
About the time of his retirement from business his pecuniary affairs had become deranged, and he lost the extensive property he had owned, the homestead alone being retained for his use by the assistance of his wealthy father-in-law, Governor Hiester, who, in his will, left each of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Pawling a patrimony of about ten thousand dollars.
1 M. Auge, Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa. (Norristown, PA: Privately published, 1879), Pg 252.
2 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 559.
3 Josiah Granville Leach, LL.B, Some Account of the Pawling Family of New York and Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Wickersham Press, 1918), Pg 22.
4 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525.
5 M. Auge, Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa. (Norristown, PA: Privately published, 1879), Pg 254.
6 Josiah Granville Leach, LL.B, Some Account of the Pawling Family of New York and Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Wickersham Press, 1918), Pg 21.
7 M. Auge, Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa. (Norristown, PA: Privately published, 1879), Pg 253.
8 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525, 559.
9 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 522.
10 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 569.
11 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 333.
12 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884), Pg 506.
13 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884), Pg 507.
14
M. Auge, Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa. (Norristown, PA: Privately published, 1879), Pg 377.
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