Editing Thomas Say (section)

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Philadelphia]] into a prominent [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] family, Thomas Say was the great-grandson of [[John Bartram]], and the great-nephew of [[William Bartram]]. His father, Dr. [[Benjamin Say]], was brother-in-law to another Bartram son, Moses Bartram. The Say family had a house, "The Cliffs" at [[Gray's Ferry Bridge|Gray's Ferry]], adjoining the Bartram family farms in Kingessing township, Philadelphia County. As a boy, Say often visited the family garden, [[Bartram's Garden]], where he frequently took butterfly and beetle specimens to his great-uncle William.