My great-great-great-grandmother was Mary Meconkey (1805-1890), daughter of John Meconkey and Elizabeth Rickabaugh. Finding any information about her ancesors has been difficult, even though her brother David was one of the wealthiest men in Chester County before he died in 1868. In  the interest of research, I'm putting a few records here that may or may not have any connnection to my line, but seem to hold some potential clues.

It's the time of year when thoughts start to turn to visiting other areas for family research and this time, I'll be looking at a few old houses as well as visiting several old cemeteries. Most of my family's roots are in Pennsylvania, but my maternal line includes the Reynolds family and many of them were in Cecil County for several generations. My Reynolds ancestrors were Quakers, so the direct line was easy to follow, at least as far as where they were born is concerned; determining their final resting places, in some cases, has been a bit more challenging.

Bucks County has lots of historic properties, many of which have very interesting connections. The Sunbury Farms property near the Neshaminy Creek was the home of the descendants of Anthony Taylor, who purchased the property in 1808. An article appearing in the Bristol Daily Courier in 1940 made note of some of the very valuable antiques that were housed on the property by its owner of the time, Houston Dunn, Jr.