| Biddle | |
|---|---|
| Political family | |
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| Current region | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Place of origin | England |
| Motto | Deus clypeus meus (Latin for 'God is my shield') |
The Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is an Old Philadelphian family descended from English immigrants William Biddle (1630–1712) and Sarah Kempe (1634–1709), who arrived in the Province of New Jersey in 1681. Quakers, they had emigrated from England in part to escape religious persecution. Having acquired extensive rights to more than 43,000 acres (170 km2) of lands in West Jersey, they settled first at Burlington, a city which developed along the east side of the Delaware River.[1]
William Biddle, 3rd (1698–1756), and John Biddle (1707–1789), two third-generation brothers, moved from Mount Hope (1684) near Bordentown, also on the east side of the Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1720s and 1730s. They constituted the first generation of the Philadelphia Biddle family, which became involved in the business, political and cultural life of Pennsylvania and the United States.[1]
- ^ a b Jordan, John W. (2004). Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 161–189. ISBN 9780806352398. Retrieved November 27, 2017.