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Caleb Parry Wayne (17761849) 

Role

Bushrod Washington wrote numerous letters to Wayne regarding the publication of Life of Washington.

Description

Caleb Parry (or Perry) Wayne was born in Philadelphia on 18 May 1776. A publisher by trade, he put out the pro-Federalist Federal Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Boston) before printing John Marshall's Life of Washington. He was also co-owner of a Philadelphia store established by father-in-law James Stokes. Wayne married twice: to Mary Stokes (c. 17841818) in 1804 and to Elizabeth Twamley (17941832) in 1822. He had eight children with the former and one with the latter.

Citations

Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Specimens of Newspaper Literature: With Personal Memoirs, Anecdotes, and Reminiscences (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850), 30107. 

Edward L. Clark, A Record of the Inscriptions on the Tablets and Gravestones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Collins, 1864), 56061.

Thomas Allen Glenn, Some Colonial Mansions and Those Who Lived in Them, with Genealogies of the Various Families Mentioned (Philadelphia: H. T. Coates & Company, 1900), 30509. 

Sotheby's, Catalogue Note, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts, 19 January 2022, Lot 1096. 

Caleb Perry Wayne in U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701–1970 (Ancestry.com).

Caleb Parry Wayne in Pennsylvania, U.S., Compiled Marriage Records, 1700–1821 (Ancestry.com).

Caleb Parry Wayne at Find a Grave.

Caleb Perry Wayne at FamilySearch.