supported the Stuart cause and fought at Culloden.
escaped to Pennsylvania abt 1746 with brother Alexander
ran a successful shipping business with his brother Alexander
also engaged in business of receiving indentured servants from Germany via port of Philadelphia
was a part owner of the Elizabeth Furnace, one of the first iron works in Lancaster, along with brother Alexander and Heinrich Wilhelm Steigel
married 1 Jan 1748/9 Ann Graeme, d/o Dr. Thomas and Ann Diggs Graeme
was one of the earliest subscribers to the Philadelphia Dancing Assembly in 1748
helped to start the St. Andrew's Society in 1749 whose first president was his father-in-law
began a 25 yr term as vestryman of Christ's church in 1752
began building the Powel House in Philadelphia, but wife Ann died in 1766 before it was completed
remarried in Sept [wife not named], but financial problems led him to sell off some of his business interests and to finally sell the Powel House in 1769.
