Josiah PELL was born in New York City in 1734; married Elizabeth JACKSON for a second wife; came to Hanover during the Revolutionary War; settled on the east side of Lee's Creek on the River Road; died there in 1801.  They had:

By his first wife:
Josiah PELL, b. 1760; m. [blank]; was in the Wyoming Battle and Massacre of 3 Jul 1778 and escaped

By his second wife:
Polly (Mary) PELL, b. 1792, m. John JAMES, d. 1860
Samuel PELL, b. 1796, m. Margaret LINE, d. 1873
Silas PELL, b. 1800, d. 1836

Samuel PELL ² (Josiah ¹) was born in Hanover in 1796; lived on the old homestead; married Margaret LINE; died in Wilkes-Barre in 1873.  They had:

Mary PELL, b. 1832, m. Matthias H. PETTY
Harriet PELL, b. 1835, m. Maurice HANN
Anna PELL, b. 1842, m. M.H. POST
Emily PELL, b. 1847, m. John LEE