This information prepared by Anne Broomall Wiegle

1. JOHN BROOMALL (DANIEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born November 08, 1760, and died March 06, 1848 in Upper Chichester Twp, Delaware Co PA. Buried Upper Chichester Friends Cemetery. He married (1) SUSANNA WILSON January 04, 1798, daughter of THOMAS and RUTH WILSON. SUSANNA died December 1798 and was buried at Middletown December 21. He married (2) SARAH SHARPLESS June 07, 1804, daughter of JOSEPH SHARPLESS and MARY HIBBERD. SARAH died June 1806 and was buried at Middletown June 15. He married (3) SARAH MARTIN March 14, 1811, daughter of GEORGE MARTIN and ELIZABETH REYNOLDS. Sarah Martin died April 12, 1819, aged 42 and is buried at Upper Chichester Friends. John married (4) ANN TOWNSEND July 04, 1822, daughter of SAMUEL and SARAH TOWNSEND. ANN died January 5, 1836.

According to family legend, John and his father Daniel watched a skirmish during the Battle of the Brandywine in 1777. Although not a birthright Quaker, John requested membership in the Society of Friends June 30, 1788. John was a farmer, and bought a farm in Upper Chichester Township, on Naaman's Creek, which remained in the family until 1902. On this farm was an interesting building, the Old Ark, which he tore down in 1816 and built a stone house. (From the notes of Caroline Larkin Broomall): "His children remember him only as an old man. He endeavored to teach them of love and kindness to all God and creatures. In disposition he was amiable, quiet in manner and very zealous in attending meetings. He ever showed his disapproval of the use of ardent spirits and was among the first in the neighborhood to discontinue the use of whiskey and gin in the harvest field."

Children of JOHN BROOMALL and SARAH MARTIN are:
2. i. GEORGE BROOMALL, b. January 03, 1814.
ii. MARTHA BROOMALL, b. January 27, 1812, Upper Chichester Twp, Delaware Co PA; d. September 13, 1820, aged 9 years. Buried at Upper Chichester Friends.
iii. JOHN MARTIN BROOMALL, b. January 19, 1816, Upper Chichester Twp, Delaware Co. PA; d. June 03, 1894, Chester Boro, Delaware Co PA.
iv. ELIZABETH MARTIN BROOMALL, b. January 19, 1816, Upper Chichester Twp, Delaware Co. PA (Twin with John).

2. GEORGE BROOMALL (JOHN4, DANIEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born January 03, 1814 in Upper Chichester Twp, Delaware Co. PA. He married REBECCA SHOEMAKER March 10, 1842, daughter of NATHAN SHUMACHER and MARY KENNEDY. George Broomall was a dairy farmer. He shipped butter via railroad to Philadelphia and Baltimore. He was disowned by the Friends for marriage out of unity. In 1856 he became associated with Richard Stevenson, whose dry goods store occupied the Penn Building in Chester, which had been built by John Martin Broomall 1st, George's brother.

The Broomall Department Store, as it came to be known, later fell into the hands of George's son, John Martin Broomall 2nd. George died April 9, 1902. Rebecca died February 22, 1888. They are both buried in Media Cemetery.

Children of GEORGE BROOMALL and REBECCA SHOEMAKER are:
5. i. JOHN MARTIN BROOMALL 2nd, b. August 04, 1848; d. 1922.
6. ii. CHARLES A BROOMALL, b. April 14, 1843
iii. ANNA MAY BROOMALL, b. March 21, 1846, unmarried.
7. iv. ELIZABETH BROOMALL, b. December 27, 1851.
v. LAURA C. BROOMALL, b. November 04, 1857; unmarried

5. JOHN MARTIN BROOMALL 2nd (GEORGE5, JOHN4, DANIEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born August 04, 1848, and died November 30, 1921, aged 73. He married ELLA HORNER LINDSAY March 17, 1880, daughter of HENRY HORNER LINDSAY and SARAH PRICE. ELLA died April 10, 1913, aged 57. John Martin Broomall 2nd came to Chester Borough as a young man and engaged in business. He owned Broomall's Dry Goods Store, which was prominent in Chester from 1856 until 1927. John sold it in 1918 when he retired. Both JOHN and ELLA are buried in Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester PA.

John Martin Broomall II

Ella Horner Lindsay

Children of JOHN BROOMALL and ELLA LINDSAY are:
i. STILLBORN CHILD, died January 10, 1881. Buried Chester Rural Cemetery.
14. ii. HAROLD SHOEMAKER BROOMALL, b. 1888; d. October 31, 1954, Philadelphia.

6. CHARLES A. BROOMALL (GEORGE5, JOHN4, DANIEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born April 14, 1843, and died before 1902 He was a farmer in Chester Co.. He married SALLIE B. GOODLEY March 22, 1875.

Child of CHARLES BROOMALL and SALLIE GOODLEY is:
i. REBA BROOMALL, b. about 1877; d. July 31, 1878, aged 18 mo. Bur. Upper Chichester Friends Cemetery.

7. ELIZABETH BROOMALL (GEORGE5, JOHN4, DANIEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born December 27, 1851. She married HENRY C. HOWARD, son of BALDWIN HOWARD and SARAH ANN SMEDLEY, January 09, 1879 in Media PA.. HENRY was "one of the most prominent members of the Delaware County Bar."

Children of ELIZABETH BROOMALL and HENRY HOWARD are:
i. ANNA BROOMALL HOWARD, b. December 30, 1879.
ii. WILLIAM SHARPLESS HOWARD, b. November 2, 1882.
iii. GEORGE BALDWIN HOWARD, b. September 9, 1884
iv. GRACE ELIZABETH HOWARD, b. September 24, 1886.
v. HENRY C. HOWARD, b November 25, 1891.

14. HAROLD SHOEMAKER BROOMALL (JOHN MARTIN6, GEORGE5, JOHN4, DANIEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1888. He married DORIS WAYNE ELKINS 1915 in St. Martins in the Fields Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA, daughter of HARVEY LINCOLN ELKINS and MARY LEE CHAPMAN. [Warning- clicking on the Elkins link will take you off the Broomhall Genealogy website. Use your Back button to return.]Harold S. Broomall was a Medical Doctor. He attended University of Pennsylvania Class of 1912 College, 1914 Medical School. In those days you needed only 2 years of college before medical school. He served in World War I as a doctor in the Field Artillery in France and Belgium. He was a student of military history from an early age. Harold died October 31, 1954 in Philadelphia. Doris Elkins attended the School of Design for Women, Broad & Masters Sts., Philadelphia, graduating on May 27, 1910, from a 4 year course in illustration. She had studio at 1430 S. Penn Square where she gave lessons in drawing & painting. She was always interested in art and history. Long after she was widowed, and her family and grandchildren were grown, she took a job working at the American Philosophical Society Library. She was a lovely person and a lot of fun to be with. They are both buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Mt. Airy Philadelphia.

Harold Shoemaker Broomall

Doris Wayne Elkins

Children of HAROLD BROOMALL and DORIS ELKINS are:
i. Son, living, issue.
ii. HARVEY ELKINS BROOMALL, b. 1918, Philadelphia; d. May 03, 1943, Phoenix Arizona, from accident while cleaning gun