Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1912, Vol. 36

[William Logan, a son of James Logan, of Stenton, and president of the Governor's Council, was born 5 mo. 14, 1718, and died October 28, 1776. After finishing his education, he engaged in mercantile pursuits until the death of his father, when he turned his attention to agriculture. He was a member of the City Council 1743-1776, in 1747, became a member of the Governor's Council, took a deep interest in Indian affairs of the Province, and being a strict Quaker, bore no active part in the early years of the Revolution. He married, March 24, 1740, Hannah, daughter of George Emlen, who survived him three months. The original MS. of his journal of a journey made to Georgia on business matters in 1745, in company with his cousin James Pemberton, is in the "Logan Papers, " Historical Society of Pennsylvania.]

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