Hadly, Simon, with Ruth his wife, came from Ireland about the year 1712 and settled in the edge of New Castle County, near New Garden where a house built by him in 1717 is still standing and occupied as a residence. His children were:

• Joseph b 8-25-1689

• Deborah b 2-25-1701

• Joshua b 3-6-1703

• Simon b 12-23-1704-5 d. 11-4-1730-1

• Hannah b 11-16-1709-10

• Ruth b 12-6-1711-12

• Katharine b 2-25-1715

• Ann b 12-7-1717-18

The mother died 12-18-1750-51 and was buried at New Garden, after which Simon married Phebe, widow of Richard Buffington, of Bradford.  The name is now written Hadley,and the descendants are very numerous in this county and elsewhere