... Captain John Teee, the eldest son of Captain Lambert Tree by his wife Margaret Donaldson, was born at Philadelphia, 11 February, 1772, and was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church in that city, 17 May following. He inherited the proclivities of his father, and adopted his calling as a mariner. In due course of time he also became a captain, and commanded numerous ships sailing out of the port of Philadelphia. On 20 June, 1794, he married at the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Rebecca, daughter of Adam Karn, which fact is shown by the records of that church, and by the following certificate of marriage given by the minister performing the ceremony:
"This certifies whom it may concern that Mr. John Tree and Miss Rebecca Karn, both of the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, were legally joined together in the holy bands of matrimony on the 20th of June, A.D. 1794, by me,
Thomas Ustick, V.D.M."
Mrs. Tree was connected with the well-known Breintnall family of Philadelphia, which had its origin in David Breintnall, a Quaker merchant, who came to Pennsylvania from England, in 1683, and was the father of Joseph Breintnall, Esq., one of the founders, with Benjamin Franklin, of the historic "Junto," in 1727, and the High Sheriff of Philadelphia, in 1735, 1736, and 1737.
Captain Tree died at Philadelphia, circa, 1814, and Mrs. Tree died at Washington, D. C, 12 July, 1850.
The children of Captain John Tree by his wife Rebecca Karn, were: ...
