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Delaware County Insurance Company
| Name | Delaware County Insurance Company |
| Ortssitz | Chester (Pa.) |
| Straße | Market Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Versicherung |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: anfangs Market Square, ab 1837: "Stacey Mansion," an der Market Street, südlich der Fourth Street. |
| Quellenangaben | [Ashmead's history of Delaware County (1884) 406] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| Winter 1834/35 |
Es treffen sich vier Männer im kleinen Geschäft von Jonathan P. Newlin, an der Westseite des Ridley Creek, nördlich von Queen's Highway, auf einem Land, das Spencer McIlvain gehört. William Martin, Spencer McIlvain, John L. Crosby und Jonathan P. Newlin sind die vier Männer, die über die Notwendigkeit einer örtlichen Versicherung sprechen. |
| 27.07.1835 |
Das erste Gremium der Direktoren John P. Crozer, Joshua P. Eyre, John L. Crosby, Archibald T. Dick, Samuel M. Leiper, Charles Kelly, David Trainer, George Serrill und John Bancrof trifft sich und wählt George Serrill zum Präsidenten und William Martin zum Sekretär. |
| Herbst 1835 |
Die Versicherung nimmt in einem Doppelhaus an der Nordost-Ecke des Market Square ihre Tätigkeit auf. |
| 1837 |
Umzug von der Nordost-Ecke des Market Square in die "Stacey Mansion" an der Market Street, südlich der Fourth Street |
| 1843 |
Der Sitz der "Delaware County Insurance Company" wird vom "Stacey Mansion" an der Market Street in Chester nach Philadelphia verlegt. |
| 17.03.1843 |
Änderung der Firma aus "The Delaware County Insurance Company" in "The Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Company" mit Sitz in Philadelphia |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Versicherungen |
1835 |
Beginn im Herbst |
1884 |
als "Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Co." |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Historische Entwicklung |
| TEXT | By the act of April 10, 1858, with others, were named commissioners to receive subscriptions for a company, which by the charter thus granted was termed "The Delaware County Insurance Company." Subscription-books were opened at the public-house of Isaac Hall in Nether Providence, and so eager were the substantial citizens of the county to invest in the enterprise that on the day the subscriptions were received the crowd was so large that many persons "absolutely fought their way into the commissioner's rooms in their anxiety to obtain the stock."1
1 Martin's "History of Chester," p. 359.
On July 27, 1835, the first board of directors, consisting of John P. Crozer, Joshua P. Eyre, John L. Crosby, Archibald T. Dick, Samuel M. Leiper, Charles Kelly, David Trainer, George Serrill, and John Bancroft, met and elected George Serrill president and William Martin secretary. In the fall of this year the company began business, its office being in the double house at the northeast corner of Market Square, Chester, where it continued until 1837, when it was removed to the present "Stacey Mansion," on Market Street, south of Fourth. Here it continued until 1843, when it was determined to enlarge the business of the company and to remove its office to Philadelphia. To that end the act of Assembly, March 17, 1843, was procured, changing the title of the corporation to "The Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Company," under which name, in Philadelphia, it became one of the most successful insurance institutions in the United States. The list of the presiding officers of the company indicates that residents of the county of Delaware have always held a prominent place in its management. George Serrill, the first president, was elected July 27, 1835; William Eyre, Jr., Sept. 5, 1842; William Martin, Jan. 3, 1844; Thomas C. Hand, Oct. 30, 1862. The latter is the only one in the list who was not from Delaware County. In the present board of directors, Hon. Edward Darlington, who was elected Sept. 5, 1842, still retains that office, and Spencer McIlvain, the only one of the four gentlemen who organized the movement in the country store in Ridley a half-century ago, is now living; has been a director since Jan. 5, 1846.
The grandfather of Spencer McIlvain, who was of Scotch descent, resided in Ridley township, where he was an extensive and successful farmer. He married Lydia Bernard, of Chester County, and had children, - John, Jeremiah, Richard, Hugh, James, Lydia, Judith, and Margaret. Jeremiah, the father of the subject of this biographical sketch, was born in Ridley township, on the 29th of June, 1767, and married Elizabeth Spencer, of Bucks County, whose birth occurred Sept. 30, 1770. Their children were Lydia (Mrs. Edward H. Bonsell), Elizabeth (Mrs. Jacob Hewes), Spencer, John S., Jeremiah, Ann (Mrs. Levis Miller), Samuel, and several who died in childhood. Spencer, of this number, was born March 27, 1803, on the homestead in Ridley township. After such advantages of education as the vicinity afforded, he became a pupil of a school at Burlington, N. J., and on his return engaged with his father in various business enterprises. The saw-mill, the farm, and the tannery each received a share of his attention, though the former interest absorbed much of his time. In 1828, the year succeeding the death of his father, Mr. McIlvain married Miss Sarah Crosby, daughter of John and Sarah Crosby, of Ridley township. Their children are Henry, who married Miss Sally C. Pierson, of Philadelphia, and has two sons, - Edwin and Henry, - and Ann E. (Mrs. Edward C. Diehl), of Philadelphia, whose children are Sallie M. D., Ella F., and Mary. Mr. McIlvain has spent much of his active life cultivating his farm, fattening cattle for the Philadelphia market, and working his stone-quarries. On the sale of his landed property, in 1872, he removed to his present residence in Chester, which has since been his home. Here he has been identified with various business interests, as director of the Delaware County National Bank, and the Delaware Mutual Insurance Company, and in the erection of various mills and dwellings, giving an impetus to the growth of the city. Mr. McIlvain was in early life a Whig, and on the organization of the Republican party joined its ranks. He has not sought office at its hands, though for a term was commissioner of the county. He was educated in the religious faith of the society of Friends. |
| QUELLE | Ashmead's history of Delaware County (1884) 406] |
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