The cooking for the family of sixteen was done on the hearth in front of the fire-place and in a big brick oven at the side.

Daniel Anthony was a generous man, loved his wife and was well able to hire help, but such a thing was not thought of at that time.

No matter how heavy the work, the woman of the household was expected to do it, and probably would have been the first to resent the idea that assistance was needed.
During the first seventeen years of this marriage eight children were born.

One died at birth and one at the age of two years.

The eldest, born July 1, 1818, was named for the wife of William Penn, who married a member of the Anthony family, Gulielma Penn, which was contracted to Guelma.