CHALFANT, John, obtained a warrant, 10,22,1701, for 250 acres of land in
Rockland Manor, where he had settled two years previously.  This was in
what is now the lower part of Birmingham.  He died in August 1725, leaving
sons, John and Robert.  John, Jr. died about 1730, leaving sons John,
Solomon, and Robert, who appear to have been then grown up.
  The children of Robert, Sr., were Mary, b. Nov 26, 1713, m. to ____
Shields; Elizabeth, b. Dec 29, 1715, m. ____ Barnet; Robert, b. Aug. 28,
1718, died young; Thomas, b. Jan. 13, 1721, died young; Ruth, b. Oct. 15,
1723, m. to ____ Frame, ancestor of the late Robert Frame of Birmingham;
Robert, b. Feb. 12, 1725; Thomas b. March 2, 1729.  The father died in
1767, leaving a widow, Martha.
  Robert Chalfant, supposed a son of John, Jr., married first Ann Bentley,
daughter of John and Mary Bentley, of Newlin, and settled on land in that
township.  A house, said to have been built in 1732, upon which were their
initials, was torn down about 1864 by George Young, the present owner of
the property.  Ann (Bentley) Chalfant left children,-John, Mary (Bonnal),
Jane (Few), Ann (Ligget), Robert, and Elizabeth (Quay).  The father married
a second wife, Elizabeth, by whom he had children,-Jesse, Joseph, and
Jonathan.  He died in 1792.
  Whether all of the name are descended from the John first mentioned is
unknown.  Of course there is the usual tradition of "three brothers" in
this case.
  Henry Chalfant, son of John, of West Marlborough, married, 8,15,1740, at
Londongrove Meeting, Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of Thomas and Ann, and had
children,-1. Jonathan, b. 4,8,1743, m. Ann Barnard, 12,24,1777.  2. Thomas,
b. 11,20,1745-6, m. Phebe Hayes, 4,5,1775.  3. Henry, b. 5,1,1748, m.
Susanna Swayne, 5,17,1775.  4. Ann, b. 12,12,1750-1.  5. Elizabeth, b.
2,2,1754, m. Joseph Dickinson.  6. Jacob, b. 1,11,1758, m. ____ Barnard and
____ McCorkle.  7. Mary, b. 8,8,1760.  8. Abner, b. 11,16,1762.  9. Caleb,
b. 2,7,1766, m. Mary Dickinson, 5,25,1796.
  David Chalfant of Pennsbury, son of Thomas, married, 10,30,1783, Frances
Dowdall, daughter of John and Mary, of Marlborough.  They had one son,
Goodwin Chalfant, born 9,8,1788, who married Hannah Windle, 10,14,1812, and
resided in East Marlborough.  Their children were David W., deceased;
William, living near Unionville; Sidney, m. to Edwin James of East
Bradford; Jane, m. to Joseph Dowdall of New Garden; Lydia, m. to Thomas F.
Seal of Unionville.
  David Chalfant, the grandfather, died 10,3,1832, aged 72 years, 2 months,
16 days; and his widow, 7,4,1840, aged 85 years, 8 months, 13 days.
  William Chalfant married Esther Baker, daughter of Aaron and Mary, of
West Marlborough, and had ten children,-Mary, Martha, Esther, Aaron, Phebe,
Alice, William, Sarah, Elizabeth and Susan, -all of whom were married, and
several of them went West.  Aaron bought a farm in Londonderry in 1796,
where he died, Aug. 29, 1808.  His wife was a daughter of John Wilson, who
married a Todd.  William Chalfant, son of Aaron, born in April 1798, is now
living at or near Chesterville, in Franklin township.