Children of ? Forsythe are: |
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i. | James Forsythe,
born Abt. 1767 in Ireland; died Unknown; married Catherine
?; born Abt. 1770 in Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
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ii. | Samuel Forsythe,
born Unknown in Ireland; died Unknown.
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264 | iii. | Thomas Forsythe,
Sr., born Unknown in Ireland; died Abt. 1807 in (date of
will); married Nancy Parker.
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i. | John Elder, born
1762 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died January 19, 1835
in Salona, Center County, Pennsylvania; married (1) ?; born
Unknown; died Unknown; married (2) Mary Dougherty November
07, 1793 in Thomas Elder's residence, White Deer Township,
Pennsylvania; born November 1766; died December 30, 1848.
We know of this son because of his
Revolutionary War pension application #W24117. He
was living in Centre County, Pennsylvania at the time of
his pension application, which states that he was born
in 1762 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. While
residing in White Deer Valley, Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania he volunteered and served as an Indian spy
and ranger in the company of Captain John Foster, under
Colonel John Kelly. His application details
several enlistments - from sometime in the summer of
1778 for 8 1/2 months; from sometime in 1779 for 4
months; from March 1780 for 8 months and from April 1781
for 2 months.
The pension file identifies his wife
as Mary/Polly/Molly Dougherty, whom he married in his
father's residence in White Deer Township. The
file identifies their children as Margaritt/Peggy,
James, John, Thomas, unnamed child because of a torn
page in family bible, Robert, William, Mary, and
Ann. There is another child, Joshua born 18 March
1783, by an unknown mother.
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272 | ii. | Robert Elder, Sr.,
born Abt. 1769 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; died
November 30, 1835 in Jackson County, Ohio; married Mary A.
Dempsey 1789 in Pennsylvania.
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iii. | James Elder, born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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546. Cornelius Dempsey I, born
February 1758 in (Clan Maliere) Ireland; died October 06,
1786 in Buffalo Township, Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania. He was the son of 1092.
? Dempsey.
He married 547. Anne Iddings
1773.
547. Anne Iddings, born 1753 in
Nantmeal Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died 1835
in Jackson County, Ohio. She was the daughter of 1094. Henry
B. Iddings, Sr. and 1095.
Mary Wynne.
Children of Cornelius Dempsey and Anne Iddings are: |
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i. | ? Dempsey, born
1774 in Buffalo Township, Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania; died 1778 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania.
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273 | ii. | Mary A. Dempsey,
born June 28, 1775 in Buffaloe Township, Northumberland
County, Pennsylvania; died July 25, 1867 in Knoxville,
Orange Township, Knox County, Illinois; married Robert
Elder, Sr. 1789 in Pennsylvania.
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iii. | James Asen Dempsey,
born December 16, 1777 in Buffalo Township, Northumberland
County, Pennsylvania; died November 21, 1859 in Knoxville,
Orange Township, Knox County, Illinois; married (1) ? Foster
1800; born Unknown; died Unknown; married (2) Susannah Piper
1810 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; born August 25,
1775 in Germany; died September 29, 1865 in Knoxville,
Orange Township, Knox County, Illinois.
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iv. | Jonathan Dempsey
II, born December 06, 1779 in Pennsylvania; died November
07, 1865 in Washington Township, Jackson County, Ohio;
married Isabelle Cornelias; born March 31, 1778 in Maryland;
died September 14, 1864 in Washington Township, Jackson
County, Ohio.
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i. | William McKinnis,
born 1773 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died 1836; married
Maria Hoff Unknown in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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ii. | Robert McKinnis,
born March 21, 1777 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died
August 22, 1863 in Liberty Township, Dubuque County, Iowa;
married Elizabeth Craner Abt. 1796 in Versailles Township,
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; born May 01, 1777 in North
Huntington Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; died
July 01, 1845 in Liberty Township, Hancock County, Ohio.
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274 | iii. | Charles McKinnis, Jr.,
born October 14, 1780 in Pitt Township, Westmorland County,
Pennsylvania; died March 29, 1837 in Coal Township, Jackson
County, Ohio; married Martha Craner Abt. 1800 in Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
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iv. | Joseph McKinnis,
born Abt. 1782 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
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v. | George McKinnis,
born 1783 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died 1857 in Byer,
Jackson County, Ohio; married (1) Louise ?; born March 02,
1784; died June 28, 1862 in Jackson County, Ohio; married
(2) Permelia Hinkle Thacker March 29, 1843 in Vinton County,
Ohio; born 1792; died 1864 in Byer, Jackson County, Ohio.
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vi. | Margaret McKinnis,
born Abt. 1785 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died Abt.
1850 in Pennsylvania; married John Dick; born 1770 in
Pennsylvania; died 1860 in Pennsylvania.
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vii. | John McKinnis, born
1788 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died 1864 in
Pennsylvania; married (1) ? Bef. 1810; born Unknown; died
Unknown; married (2) Jane Pillow Bef. 1824; born 1809 in
Pennsylvania; died 1844 in Pennsylvania.
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viii. | Girl McKinnis, born
Abt. 1790 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died Abt. 1793 in
Butler County, Pennsylvania.
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ix. | James McKinnis,
born April 04, 1794 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania; died September 08, 1858 in Knoxville, Marion
County, Iowa; married Margaret Times August 18, 1837; born
Unknown in Pennsylvania; died 1885.
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550. Philip Criner, born Abt. 1749;
died Bet. 1775 - 1797 in Versailles Township, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania. He married 551.
Agnes Fulton.
Children of Philip Criner and Agnes Fulton are: |
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i. | Catherine Agnes
Criner, born 1775 in North Huntington Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania; died Bef. 1832.
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ii. | Agnes Criner, born
1776 in North Huntington Township, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1832.
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iii. | Elizabeth Craner,
born May 01, 1777 in North Huntington Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania; died July 01, 1845 in Liberty
Township, Hancock County, Ohio; married Robert McKinnis Abt.
1796 in Versailles Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
born March 21, 1777 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died
August 22, 1863 in Liberty Township, Dubuque County, Iowa.
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275 | iv. | Martha Craner, born
1778 in North Huntington Township, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania; died August 24, 1864 in Washington Township,
Jackson County, Ohio; married Charles McKinnis, Jr. Abt.
1800 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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v. | Ruannahana Criner,
born Bet. 1778 - 1786; died Unknown.
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vi. | Jane Criner, born
Bet. 1778 - 1786; died Unknown; married Michael Snyder; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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vii. | John Criner, Sr.,
born April 1787 in Versailles Township, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania; died Unknown in Middlesex Township, Butler
County, Pennsylvania; married Nancy Agnes Reed; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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viii. | Margaret Criner,
born Bet. 1788 - 1793 in Versailles Township, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania; died Aft. June 1863 in Butler County,
Pennsylvania; married John Clendennen; born Abt. 1790 in
Pennsylvania; died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Butler County,
Pennsylvania.
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ix. | Sarah Criner, born
Bet. 1788 - 1795; died Unknown.
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556. Charles Finney, born March 06,
1734/35 in Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died
Unknown in Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont. He was the
son of 1112. John Finney, Sr.
and 1113. Mary Campbell.
He married 557. Anne Campbell
March 02, 1758.
Children of Charles Finney and Anne Campbell are: |
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i. | Captain Nathan
Finney, born June 28, 1759 in Norton, Bristol County,
Massachusetts; died March 29, 1813 in Shrewsbury, Rutland
County, Vermont; married Urania Barney January 01, 1782 in
Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; born August 20,
1758; died June 16, 1848 in Shrewsbury, Rutland County,
Vermont.
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ii. | Anne Finney, born
December 24, 1760; died Unknown.
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278 | iii. | Apollus Finney, Sr.,
born Abt. 1766; died 1823 in Broome County, New York;
married Phoebe Buck Abt. 1790.
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560. Solomon Tharp, born October 16,
1750 in in Kent County, Delaware; died August 06, 1847 in
Cass County, Michigan. He was the son of 1120. John
Tharp and 1121. Elizabeth Jordan.
He married 561. Hannah Tate
prior to July 16, 1774 probably in New Castle County,
Delaware.
Notes for
Solomon Tharp:
According to Tharp researcher, Elaine
Tharp Dean, Solomon enlisted in the 4th Infantry
Regiment of the state of New Jersey January 15, 1777
and served as a private in Captain Bond's Company
under the command of Col. Ephraim Martin. During
his time in the service he received pay of $6.66 per
month.
After Solomon enlisted, the New Jersey
troops were deployed immediately with the Continental
forces in the defense of Philadelphia, the Battle
Brandywine, and the Battle of Germantown before their
1777-1778 wintering in Valley Forge. The
Revolutionary Army defeat at the Battle of Brandywine
enabled the British to occupy Philadelphia, the
Revolutionary capitol. Congress had fled to York
where the seat of government was established.
Valley Forge was chosen as the location for the winter
encampment because it was located near the main road
between Philadelphia and York. The area had
natural defense barriers of Mount Joy Mount Misery (no
pun for the misery the soldiers endured), and the
Schuykill River. Two of Solomon�s pay vouchers
specifically state his encampment there. After
breaking camp at Valley Forge, Solomon's regiment
participated in the Battle of Monmouth and more.
The 4th New Jersey Regiment was
authorized on September 16, 1776, organized between
November 27, 1776 and February 17, 1777 at Morristown,
and on May 22, 1777 was assigned to the New Jersey
Brigade, an element of the Main Continental
Army. In January 1779 General George Washington
reorganized the Continental Army which resulted in the
4th regiment being disbanded. Solomon was
reassigned to the 1st New Jersey Regiment where he
served out the War as a private.
By the end of the War in 1783 the 1st
New Jersey Regiment was the State's sole Continental
regiment. The men were furloughed in June 1783
upon news of a preliminary peace treaty, but not
formally discharged until November. It is not
clear that Solomon was with the unit in those final
months of duty. Solomon appeared present on
every roster that has survived to this day with a
couple of exceptions. In late September into
mid-October 1777 the unit roster shows Solomon's
status as "sick in hospitle". Then, in January
1783 through April 1783 his status is "sick absent",
with the January roster indicating his last date
present as December 24, 1782. No reports exist
after the April 1783 report.
After his Revolutionary War service he
and the family likely remained in the Delaware and New
Jersey area for a time, after which he and his young
family moved to the Shenandoah area, in Culpepper Co.,
VA, near the Rapidan River. The family moved to
Bedford Co., VA about 1799 and then to Champaign Co.,
OH, settling at King's Creek. They were in this
area before 1811, and then by 1820 were living and
farming in Logan Co., OH after Logan Co. was formed
from part of Champaign Co. in 1818. It was here
that Hannah (Tate) Tharp died, according to the
census, between the years 1830 and 1840.
Solomon moved to Cass Co., MI with
some of the children in 1842. He died there in
1849 and was buried near Cassopolis, Cass Co.,
MI. The cemetery no longer exists. Some
graves were removed to Reames-Norton Cemetery, though
there is no evidence that the grave of Solomon was
among those relocated Nevertheless, a grave
stone, with adjacent bronze plaques, has been
installed there by the DAR (about 4 rows from the
western boundary and 10 plots in from the southern
boundary).
The plaque on the left bears his name
and that on the right reads:
Solomon Tharp, New Jersey, Pvt. in
N.J. Regiment Revolutionary War 1753-1849.
A memorial to Solomon Tharp, ancestor
of many buried here, Revolutionary War Soldier,
1777-1778.
Was at Valley Forge 1777-1778.
Fought for his countrymen's liberty at
Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Springfield and
Yorktown.
He marched with the New Jersey
Continental Army through West New York, Senecca Indian
settlements.
Eternal Vigilance and Sacrifice and
the Price of Liberty.
561. Hannah Tate, born March 19,
1754 in Millcreek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware;
died Abt. 1835 in Logan County, Ohio. She was the daughter
of 1122. William Tate
and 1123. Martha Dixon.
Notes for
Hannah Tate:
The Tates were Quakers with the
Kennett Monthly Meeting in Chester County,
Pennsylvania. She was disowned on July 14, 1774
in the said Kennett Monthly Meeting. The meeting
minutes read: "Whereas, Hannah Tharp (formerly Tate)
hath had a Right of Membership amongst us the People
called Quakers but for want of a Strict attention to
the Dictates of Truth in her Heart hath So far Erred
as to have Carnal knowledge with him that is now her
Husband before Marriage and Accomplished Said Marriage
by a Magestrate. Therefore for Clearing the
Society from the Reproach Such Conduct Ocassions we
Account the Said Hannah Tharp no member thereof Until
by Repentance and Amendment of life She shalt Condemn
her Said Outgoings which that she may Happily
Experience is our Sincerest Desire. Given forth
by our Monthly Meeting of Kennett held the 14th of the
7th Month 1774 and Signed by order of the
Society. By Caleb Peirce, Clerk".
The complaint stated she was guilty of
fornication. For the Quakers of the time this
could be as simple as holding hands, hugging or
kissing prior to marriage. The first complaint
was made on or before June 16, 1774 thus suggesting
the marriage before a magistrate, also a no-no for
Quakers, was before that date and already a done deal.
Children of Solomon Tharp and Hannah Tate are: |
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i. | Ruth Tharp, born
March 18, 1776 in New Jersey; died Bef. 1832 in Ohio;
married John Reed, Sr. February 25, 1800 in Botetourt
County, Virginia; born 1777 in Virginia; died 1850 in Jasper
County, Iowa.
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ii. | William B. Tharp,
born March 18, 1776 in New Jersey; died October 26, 1853 in
Logan County, Ohio; married (1) Mary Henry Abt. 1800; born
Unknown; died Unknown; married (2) Nancy Frances Hale Bef.
1808; born Unknown; died Unknown; married (3) Mary Williams
July 03, 1813 in Champaign County, Ohio; born Unknown; died
Unknown; married (4) Mary Epley May 03, 1827 in Logan
County, Ohio; born Abt. 1791 in New Jersey; died 1870.
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iii. | Martha Patsey
Tharp, born May 01, 1779 in Bedford County, Virginia; died
November 13, 1824 in Logan County, Ohio; married Andrew
Grubb September 11, 1800 in Bedford County, Virginia; born
Abt. 1773; died April 04, 1843 in Cass County, Michigan.
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280 | iv. | Nathan Tharp, Sr.,
born August 18, 1787 in Culpepper County, Virginia; died
August 1814 in Champaign County, Ohio; married Sarah/Sally ?
August 1804 in Virginia.
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v. | Abner Tharp, born
April 10, 1787 in Virginia; died August 07, 1869 in Calvin
Township, Cass County, Michigan; married Sarah Bousman
September 01, 1810 in Champaign County, Ohio; born August
08, 1793 in Ohio; died February 05, 1874 in Cass County,
Michigan.
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vi. | Mary Tharp, born
March 12, 1789 in Virginia; died September 12, 1850 in Cass
County, Michigan; married Nathan Norton; born Abt. 1773;
died September 11, 1847 in Cass County, Michigan.
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vii. | Levi Dixon Tharp,
born May 01, 1792 in Virginia; died July 02, 1869 in Cass
County, Michigan; married Nancy Dunson July 09, 1821 in
Zanesfield, Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio; born
Abt. 1801 in Virginia; died December 14, 1875 in Cass
County, Michigan.
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viii. | Plessy Martin
Tharp, born December 25, 1797 in Virginia; died February 24,
1846 in Kosciusco County, Indiana; married Enoch Lundy
August 25, 1814 in Champaign County, Ohio; born April 27,
1790; died February 19, 1846 in Kosciusco County, Indiana.
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i. | Emanuel Moots, born
Bef. 1763 in Germany; died Unknown.
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ii. | George Moots, Sr.,
born April 03, 1773 in Pennsylvania; died January 28, 1851
in Logan County, Ohio; married Christena A. Goodman July 28,
1805; born Abt. 1790 in Pennsylvania; died January 17, 1868
in Ohio.
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282 | iii. | Conrad Moots, born
April 30, 1775 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania;
died November 19, 1853 in Monroe Township, Logan County,
Ohio; married Anna Elizabeth Linksweiler April 20, 1797 in
Huntington County, Pennsylvania.
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iv. | Charles Moots, Sr.,
born 1777 in Pennsylvania; died March 23, 1860 in Adair
County, Missouri; married Annala ?; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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v. | Philip Moots, born
December 10, 1785 in Ross County, Ohio; died 1825 in Logan
County, Ohio; married Catherine Goodman September 23, 1805
in Ross County, Ohio; born 1789 in Pennsylvania; died 1875
in Logan County, Ohio.
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vi. | John Moots, born
September 03, 1788; died December 14, 1876 in Logan County,
Ohio; married Betsy Lewis March 19, 1815 in Ross County,
Ohio; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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vii. | Barbara Moots, born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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568. Richard Sidwell, born Abt. 1730
in West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania;
died Aft. 1793 probably in Tennessee. He was the son of 1136. John
Sidwell, Sr. and 1137.
Mary ?. He
married 569. Frances Brown
August 1755 in New Garden Monthly Meeting, Orange (current
day Guilford) County, North Carolina.
Notes for
Richard Sidwell:
Richard and Frances were Quakers.
Richard as son of John is first found in the East
Nottingham Monthly Meeting minutes of June 20, 1752 in
Chester County, Pennsylvania where, "Richard Sidwell
son of John Sidwell Requests a Certificate to friends
of Carvers creek or Elsewhere in North Carolina this
meeting therefore appt Thos Coulson and Michael King
to make the necessary Enquirey into his Conversation
etc & prepare a Certificate for him & bring to
next monthly meeting if they find nothing to
Obstruct." Two notations were added that both
appear to be in pencil suggesting being added at quite
some later date. The first addition was the
insertion of "& Mary" between "John" and
"Sidwell". The other note was added to the right
margin and reads "Note: His cert was send at Cane
Creek MM, NC." At the July 18, 1752 meeting "The
friends appointed to prepare Certificates for ...
& for Richard Sidwell Junr(sic) haveing found
nothing to obstruct produced them to this meeting
which after Reading were approved of & Signed
Recommending them to the Respective places mentioned
in the foregoing minutes of Said meeting."
At the December 02, 1752 Cane Creek
Monthly Meeting of Orange (current day Alamance)
County, North Carolina "Richard Sidwel produced
one (artifact) from the mo. meet of East Notham in
Pensylvania dated the 18th of 7th mo. 1752 Which was
accepted." This was within the first year of the
Cane Creek Meeting.
Then at the Monthly Meeting held at
Newgarden, Orange (current day Guilford) County, North
Carolina June 28, 1755, "Richd Sidwell of Cain Creek
and Frances Brown appeared at this meeting and
Declared their Intentions of taking Each other in
Marriage it being the first time, this meeting Desires
the young Man to Produce a Certificate against our
next meeting to Certify his Clearness in Respect of
Marriage with other and what else may be
needfull." At the Newgarden Monthly Meeting of
August 30, 1755 "The friends appointed to attend the
Marriage of Richd Sidwell, and Frances Brown, make
Report it was Orderly Accomplished." At the Cane
Creek meeting of November 01, 1755 Frances produced a
certificate from the Newgarden Monthly Meeting which
was accepted. This marriage starts a roller
coaster ride for Frances and family.
The next appearance of Richard in the
records is at the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting of June
03, 1758 where he received a certificate in order to
settle in Pennsylvania. However it does not
appear they went to Pennsylvania as the Newgarden
(North Carolina) Monthly Meeting of August 26, 1758
reports, "Richard Sidwell produced a Certificate from
Cane Creek in this province for him self wife and
Children which was read and Accepted." This area
was where Frances was living when she and Richard
married. It is possible they went there to visit
her mother before leaving for Pennsylvania and found
reasons to stay. It is possible her mother was
in ill health as it would be less that 5 years before
she died.
Whatever the reason for staying Richard
again resumed the effort to move to
Pennsylvania. At the May 30, 1760 Newgarden
Monthly Meeting, "Richard Sidewell Requests
Certificate for Him Self and family in order to Settle
within the Verge East Notingham in Pensylvania apoint
Thos Beals and Zachariah Dicks to make Enquirey into
his Conversation Settlement of affairs and what Else
may Be Needfull and prepare one against our Next
Meeting if they find nothing to obstruct." At
the July 26, 1760 "The Friends apointed to prepair a
Certificate for Richard Sidwel make Report that his
affairs in not Settled to Satisfaction. This
meeting apoints the Same Friends to Inform him and
report to our Next meeting..." A report was made
to the August 30, 1760 Meeting that they had so
informed Richard of the issue at hand.
Whatever the issue, Richard must have
handled it promptly as the August 29, 1761 minutes of
the East Nottingham Monthly Meeting state, "Richard
Sidwell produced a Certificate from Newgarden Monthly
Meeting in North Carolina, on behalf of himself, Wife
& young children, Dated the 25th of the 10th mo
last, which was read here & received."
At the October 03, 1761 East Nottingham
Monthly Meeting "There was a Certificate produced here
for Richd Sidwell & Frances his wife & their
Children namely Hannah, Ruth, Susannah, &
Elizabeth, from Newgarden in North Carolina dated the
25th of ye 10th mo 1760 Signifying their Conversation
to be in a good Degree orderly which was read &
received accordingly."
The family settled for a while, but got
restless again by 1769, or perhaps were running from
some troubles. The July 29, 1769 Monthly Meeting
reports "West Nottingham Informs this Meeting that
Richard Sidwell Removed himself and family to Carolina
last fall, without Settleing with his Crediters,
Joseph Brown and Henry Reynolds Jur are Appointed to
Inspect into the case more fully & Report to Next
Meeting." That report at the next meeting,
August 26, 1769, reads "It appears that Richard
Sidwell removed himself Wife and familie in the Night
and did not Settle where he propos'd; and has left
Many Debts Unpaid, some of which they Contracted
Immediately before they went away; all which being
Scandelous in any, and as he is gon far from hence,
not like to do anything to wipe of the Reproach
Occasioned thereby, the Meeting Appoints Isaac
Williams and Henry Reynolds Jur to Consider the Nature
of the Case and prepare a Testimony Suitable thereto,
and Product it to Next Meeting; also to Enquire
whether they are Setled among friends or not and
Report."
The November 11, 1769 East Nottingham
Monthly Meeting reported on Richard's case as follows,
"The Testimony against Richard Sidwell & Wife and
the paper that Joseph Coulson gave to the Meeting not
being read, Henry Reynolds Jur is to take care they be
read before Next Meeting and Report. They have
done as they were directed about the Children of the
Above Richard Sidwell, & find they are setled in
or near Newgarden in North Carolina & have
prepar'd a Certificate for them, Inserting their Names
(viz) Hannah, Ruth, Elisabeth, John and William, which
being read was approved & Sign'd by the Clerk,
& after a Copy taken is to be put into the Care of
Henry Reynolds Jur to be forwarded to that Meeting
with a Copy of the Testimony against the Parents
anexed thereunto, and as we know not the Ages of the
Children it is Recommended to the Particular Enquirey
of Friends there."
The testimony sent to the Newgarden
Meeting clearly set forth that Richard and Frances
were disowned by the East Nottingham Meeting and named
the children along with their belief that "they being
all Young, we therefore Recommend them to Devine
Protection and your Christian Care, Desiring their
Welfare every Way..." An additional note was
included as follows, "P.S. as the three Eldest were
Born in Carolina, we have not the Oppertunity of
knowing their Ages, and their Parents being somewhat
Unsettled here, we know not the Ages of those Born
here."
With Richard and Frances now disowned,
it is difficult to follow them after 1769. Their
oldest child, daughter Hannah, married in Guilford
County, North Carolina December 29, 1777. And
daughter Ruth, their second born, married William
Davison November 30, 1778 in Guilford County.
Thus their children were still in North Carolina, and
likely Richard and Frances remained there, for a while
at least. Son William Sidwell, Sr. has Quaker
entries that show him in Tennessee by September 1797,
and his marriage shows it was much earlier, in
1791. As it turns out, Richard was also in
Tennessee at least by 1793, and several of the
children also appear there in the 1790s.
According to Tennessee Archives Record Group Number 50
Early Land Records, Series 4 Grants, Book 19
Grants-North Carolina 1791-1794, pages 102-103, Grant
No. 406 Richard Sidwell was granted 400 acres on the
head spring of Nob Creek waters of Beaver Creek &
Clinch River in Hawkins County. It is worth
noting that the county boundaries were very different
in 1793 from current day, and Hawkins in particular
had strange boundaries extending from the northeast
part of the state all the way to the southern border
of the state. While the grant clearly states his tract
contained 400 acres, the registry entry says he had
purchased 100 acres.
In fact it appears Richard was likely
in Tennessee well before 1793. Irene M. Griffey,
in her book "Earliest Tennessee Land Records &
Earliest Tennessee Land History" Genealogical
Publishing Company, Baltimore, 2000, identifies the
Entry Date for Richard's tract was April 8,
1780. She goes ahead to define the Entry Date as
"the date the locator actually made location of the
land. It documents the claimant's (Richard
Sidwell) first intent to claim that particular
land." Additionally it appears William and
Richard were in this together, but with a different
amount of acreage yet again. According to
"Genealogical Abstracts From Tennessee Newspapers
1791-1808", compiled by Sherida K. Eddlemon, Heritage,
Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 1988, pages 18-20, "The
Tennessee Gazette issue of July 29, 1801, Knox County,
Tennessee Collection District No. 7. The
following tracts of land are being sold for nonpayment
of a direct tax within the United States on the 15th
day of October next. Thomas Brown, Col. July 1,
1801,... Richard Sidwell 178 acres H. Valley, William
Sidwell 178 acres H. Valley..." H. Valley likely
refers to Holston River Valley. By this time
William is living in Cumberland County, Kentucky, and
I assume Richard is likely dead.
Richard and Frances likely had more
children than those listed in the Nottingham Meeting
communication to Cane Creek. Some additional
possibilities are identified with explanations in son
William Sidwell, Sr.'s narrative. Some
researchers have mother Frances dying in Jefferson
County, Tennessee in 1799. I have not been able
to find evidence of that although this narrative would
suggest she could have been in Tennessee by 1793 at
the latest.
569. Frances Brown, born Abt. 1736
in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died perhaps Aft. 1793 in
Tennessee. She was the daughter of 1138.
Thomas Brown
and 1139. Ruth Large.
Notes for
Frances Brown:
Frances was born to Thomas Brown and
Ruth Large Brown circa 1736 in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Her parents were members of the
Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends Society.
At a Buckingham Monthly Meeting the 2nd of the 1st
month 1741 (April 02, 1741) "At this Meeting Thomas
Brown Requested a Certificate for himself and wife and
Children Except his Eldest Daughter to the Monthly
Meeting at Hopewell in Orange County in Virginia in
order to Remove there..." In the Buckingham
Monthly Meeting of 4th of 3rd month 1741 (June 04,
1741) a certificate was produced and the family was on
its way to Virginia. Except for the eldest
daughter who had married out of unity and was
disowned. She remained behind in Pennsylvania.
While Thomas was going before the Men's
meeting asking for a certificate of removal. "At
our Womens Monthly Meeting held at Buckingham the
Second of the first mo 1740/1 (April 02, 1741),
At this meeting RuthBrown requested a Certificate to
hopewell monthly meeting in Orange County in Virginia
She being to remove thither with her husband and
Children..." The Women's Meeting seemed to be
more expeditious as they approved the certificate and
produced it in the one meeting.
John set about amassing a sizable
estate. On December 30, 1749 Thomas wrote a will
and it was probated May 08, 1750 in Frederick County,
Virginia. Because of the size of the estate his
will was lengthy, and accommodated his wife all of his
children - Thomas, Samuel, Joseph, William, Deborah,
Ruth, Elizabeth and Frances. As for Frances,
first he willed "I give and bequeath to my daughter
Deborah a mare called Rose & that my daughter
Frances have the colt the said mare is now with if it
live; otherwise the first she bringeth that shall live
to them their heirs and assigns forever." And
"All the remainder of my estate both real and personal
I desire to be sold and the money of the sale to be
equally divided betwixt my four daughters Deborah,
Frances, Ruth, and Elizabeth."
A couple of the sons chose to move on
from Virginia, and Ruth, along with some of the
daughters, went along. At the Cane Creek Monthly
Meeting held at Newgarden, North Carolina November 4,
1853, "Ruth Brown with Son Samuel Brown produced
certificates from the mo. meet of Hopewel dated the
6th of 8th mo. 1753 which were accepted. Thomas
Brown produced certificate from the same place and
same date which was also accepted." This set the
stage for Frances and Richard to meet and marry.
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i. | Hannah Sidwell,
born April 09, 1756 in Orange (current day Guilford) County,
North Carolina; died Unknown; married James Davison, Jr.
December 29, 1777 in Guilford County, North Carolina; born
September 15, 1755 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died
August 13, 1812 in Greene County, Tennessee.
Hannah is first identified in the
minutes of East Nottingham (Chester County,
Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting of October 03, 1761.
The certificate of transfer from the Newgarden Monthly
Meeting of North Carolina specifically named the
children, Hannah being the first in the list. As
related in Richard's narrative they family remained in
Pennsylvania for approximately 8 years, then returned to
the Newgarden Monthly Meeting in North Carolina.
Hannah was one of the children named in the
communication to Newgarden as being recommended for
membership while her parents were to be disowned.
Hannah next appears in the Newgarden
Monthly Meeting of 29th of the 11th mo. 1777 when she
and James Davison declare their desire to marry, "James
Davison of Cane Creek, and Hannah Sidwell appear'd at
this meeting, and declar'd their intention of marriage
with each other. The young man is ordered to
produce a Certificate to next meeting, setting forth his
clearness of marriage engagements with others, and what
else maybe needful. Altho' the aforenamed Hannah
Sidwell don't properly belong to this meeting, yet
Friends knowing she has a right in Society, but it being
at so great a distance, it cannot readily be obtain'd at
this troublesome time (i.e. Revolutionary War), permits
her to accomplish her marriage, according to the good
order used among Friends: but dont judge it safe to make
a precedent of such instances: also advises that her
Certificate be sent for; as soon as oppertunity serves."
It is recorded in Newgarden minutes
"Whereas James Davison Son of James Davison of Guilford
County in North Carolina & Hannah Sidwell Daughter
of Richard Sidwell of the Same place having Declared
their Intentions of Marriage ... left to Their Liberty
to accomplish their Marriage according to good ordere
which they did on the 29 of ye 12 mo 1777 at Newgarden
..." Among the 12 witnesses were sister Ruth
Sidwell, sister Mary Davison, brothers William and John
Davison and Rachel, Samuel and Richard Brown, possible
relatives of mother Frances Brown Sidwell.
According to Hinshaw's "Encyclopedia
of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume 1", pg 350, data
from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting:
Hinshaw, page 1105, slides in some
additional information and corrections, data from Lost
Creek Monthly Meeting (showing only changes):
Lost Creek Monthly Meeting was
established the May 20, 1797 near the present town of
New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, so the
assumption is that the last two children were born
there.
On March 07, 1795 James, Hannah and
children get a certificate of transfer from the Cane
Creek Monthly Meeting to the Westfield Monthly Meeting
in North Carolina. It is most probable the family
moved to the Greene County/Jefferson County area of
Tennessee with this transfer. According to Hinshaw
"The exact date of settlement of Friends in Lost Creek
Valley is not known. John Mills and family are
said to have been the earliest settlers and the date of
arrival has been fixed as about 1784. The early
Tennessee settlements in Greene and Jefferson Counties
were under the care of New Garden Monthly Meeting, N.
C...By certificates dated 1791,11,5, New Garden Monthly
Meeting transferred the memberships of these families
... to Westfield Monthly Meeting, N. C. ... The minutes
relating to this transfer state that the families were
living on the waters of the Holston River and it was
believed that it would be more convenient for them to
belong to Westfield."
The family transferred to Lost Creek
Monthly Meeting in Jefferson County, Tennessee in
January 1812, likely because there was going to be a
need for a funeral. James wrote his will March 26,
1809 naming wife Hannah, sons Richard, William,
Alexander, Joseph, Jacob, James and daughters Lyda,
Elizabeth, Hannah. He died August 13, 1812.
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ii. | Susannah Sidwell,
born Abt. 1758 in Orange (current day Guilford) County,
North Carolina; died Bef. 1769 in Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
Nothing more is known of this
daugher. She is included in the list of children
transferring to East Nottingham (Chester County,
Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting in 1861 and not included
in the list of children transferring back to the
Newgarden Monthly Meeting in North Carolina in
1769. Her approximate birth year is estimated
based on known birth years for Hannah and Ruth and
Susannah's position in the children's listing on the
first transfer listing.
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iii. | Ruth Sidwell., born
October 25, 1760 in Orange (current day Guilford) County,
North Carolina; died Unknown; married William Davison
November 30, 1778 in Guilford County, North Carolina; born
January 04, 1761 in Orange County, North Carolina; died
Unknown.
As per Hannah, Ruth was also listed
as a daughter on the family transfer to Chester County,
Pennsylvania in 1761 and back to North Carolina in 1769.
It is recorded in Newgarden Monthly
Meeting minutes "Whereas William Davison Son of James
Davison of Guilford County North Carolina, & Ruth
Sidwell of the Same place Daughter of Richard Sidwell,
having Declear'd their Intention of marriage with each
other before Several monthly meetings ... Left to their
Liberty to accomplish their marriage according to good
order the which they Did on ye 30 of ye 11 mo 1778 at
New Garden meeting before many witnesses..."
According to Hinshaw's "Encyclopedia
of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume 1", pg 385, data
from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, William, Ruth and
children are granted a certificate to Newhope Monthly
Meeting. Further, Hinshaw states, "Newhope Monthly
Meeting was established in Greene County, Tennessee,
28th of 2nd month, 1795, by direction of New Garden
Quarterly Meeting and Westfield Monthly Meeting...
Settlement by Friends in Greene County began as early as
1784. The meeting was first called Nolichucky from
the name of the stream on which the settlement was
located...A preparative meeting was settled [at
Nolichucky] on the fourth day the 12th of the 8th month,
1793, and the name of Newhope given to it shortly
after."
Then, again according to Hinshaw,
page 385, William, Ruth and children are granted a
certificate to Lost Creek Monthly Meeting in Jefferson
County, Tennessee October 6, 1798. It is this
William who served as security for Joseph Sidwell's
marriage bond in 1798 Knox County, Tennessee (see
William Sidwell's narrative).
Nothing more is known of this family.
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iv. | Elizabeth Sidwell,
born Bet. 1761 - 1768 in Orange (current day Guilford)
County, North Carolina; died Unknown.
As per Hannah and Ruth, Elizabeth was
also listed as a daughter on the family transfer to
Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1761 and back to North
Carolina in 1769. Nothing more is known of her.
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v. | John Sidwell, born
Bet. 1761 - 1768 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died
Unknown.
As per Hannah, Ruth and Elizabeth,
John was listed as a son on the family transfer to
Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1761 and back to North
Carolina in 1769. Nothing more is known of John.
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vi. | William Sidwell,
born Abt. 1769 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Bet.
1839 - 1840 in Fayette County, Illinois; married Mary Key
March 07, 1791 in Greene County, North Carolina (current day
Tennessee).
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vii. | Rachel Sidwell,
born Bet. 1770 - 1780 in Guilford County, North Carolina;
died Unknown; married Joseph Williams March 20, 1797 in Knox
County, Tennessee; born Unknown; died Unknown.
Rachel is not proven to be a
daughter. Any child born after William would not
have been allowed as a member of the Friends Society due
to Richard and Frances being disowned, therefore records
are very scarce. This information is based on
dates assumed from marriage date and familial location
(see William Sidwell's narrative).
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viii. | Joseph Sidwell,
born Bet. 1771 - 1775 in Guilford County, North Carolina;
died Unknown; married Margaret Hutchinson September 15, 1798
in Knox County, Tennessee; born Unknown; died Unknown.
Joseph is not proven to be a
son. Any child born after William would not have
been allowed as a member of the Friends Society due to
Richard and Frances being disowned, therefore records
are very scarce. This information is based on
dates assumed from marriage date and familial location
(see William Sidwell's narrative).
William Davison, husband of Ruth
Sidwell, served as bondsman for Joseph's 1798 marriage
bond in Knox County, Tennessee. In turn Joseph
served as bondsman on Isaac Sidwell's 1798 marriage bond
in Knox County, and on Fanny Sidwell's 1798 marriage
bond in Knox County. Also, Joseph moved to
Cumberland County, Kentucky in roughly the same time
frame as William Sidwell. These all seem to be a
very probable familial relationship.
The birth date range is derived from
the 1810 thru 1830 Cumberland County census records for
Joseph.
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ix. | Isaac Sidwell, born
Bet. 1770 - 1780 in Guilford County, North Carolina; died
Unknown; married Elizabeth Conn January 27, 1798 in Knox
County, Tennessee; born Unknown; died Unknown.
Isaac is not proven to be a
son. Any child born after William would not have
been allowed as a member of the Friends Society due to
Richard and Frances being disowned, therefore records
are very scarce. This information is based on
dates assumed from marriage date and familial location
(see William Sidwell's narrative and Joseph's narrative
above).
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x. | Fanny Sidwell, born
Bet. 1770 - 1780 in probably Guilford County, North
Carolina; died Unknown; married William Brown February 26,
1798 in Knox County, Tennessee; born Unknown; died Unknown.
Fanny is not proven to be a
daughter. Any child born after William would not
have been allowed as a member of the Friends Society due
to Richard and Frances being disowned, therefore records
are very scarce. This information is based on
dates assumed from marriage date and familial location
(see William Sidwell's narrative and Joseph's narrative
above).
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572. Adam Guthrie, born possibly
Bet. 1740 - 1745 in probably Ireland; died Bef. August 20,
1827 in Cumberland County, Kentucky. He married 573. Mary Anderson possibly Abt.
1770 in probably Augusta County, Virginia.
Notes for
Adam Guthrie:
"First Families of Tennessee"; East
Tennessee Historical Society; 2001 states that Adam
Guthrie was born in Ireland, with little else known of
Adam's early years. There are no land, tax or
militia records for Adam in Augusta County, Virginia
yet I suspect he was in Augusta County in the 1765 to
1770 timeframe. One reason is because the will
of George Anderson of Augusta County, which was proved
in the year 1789, identified Adam as his
son-in-law. George and his family were very
early settlers in the South River area of the
Shenandoah River in the northeast extreme of the
Berkeley Manor tract and it is assumed that Adam
immigrated to this same area. This was an area
of significant Scotch Irish immigration and it is
supposed that Adam migrated to this area, met Mary
Anderson and married her there, probably in the
1765-1770 timeframe. It may be that he was drawn
to this area by relatives who had preceded him, as
according to the "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish
Settlement in Virginia, Vol. 1" by Lyman Chalkley; The
Commonwealth Printing Co., Roslyn, Virginia; 1912,
page 211 "James Brown and Adam Guthery granted
certificates as nephews and heirs at-law of James
Dunlap, deceased, who served as Lieutenant in Capt.
Hog's Company of Rangers and was destroyed by the
enemy at the fort in the upper tract of the South
Branch of Potomac in 1758, and James and Adam are the
only legal heirs now in this State." Further
description is noted in the Fort Seybert Massacre
extracted from "Chronicles of Border Warfare" by
Alexander Scott Withers, Edited and Annotated by
Reuben Gold Thwaites; Stewart & Kidd Company,
Cincinnati; 1895, "Seybert's Fort was situated on the
South Fork, twelve miles northeast of Franklin, in
Pendleton County. At the time of this invasion,
there was a fort located on the South Branch,
garrisoned by Capt. James Dunlap and a company of
rangers from Augusta county. Preston's Register
states, that on the 27th of April, 1758, the fort at
which Capt. Dunlap was stationed, was attacked and
captured, the captain and twenty-two others killed;
and, the next day, the same party, no doubt, attacked
Seybert's Fort, killing Capt. Seybert and sixteen
others, while twenty-four others were missing.
Washington at the time, placed the number as 'about
sixty persons killed and missing.'" Lastly,
"Fincastle and Kentucky, Virginia - Kentucky Records
and History Vol. 1" by Michael L. Cook and Bettie Anne
Cook; Cook Publications; 1987 records a lawsuit of
March 3, 1773 in Order Book No. 1 County Court for
James English v. Adam Gutterey, on command. Suit
being agreed, case dismissed. This book also
records a subsequent lawsuit of May 3, 1774 in Order
Book No. 2 County Court for James Inglis v. Adam
Guthry, on attachment. Isaac Riddle and George
Armstrong entered themselves as sureties for the
defendant. Robert Topp not appearing as
garnishee, attachment ordered against him.
Continued. It would seem this demonstrates that
Adam was living in Fincastle County at that
time. There were several John, James and William
Andersons in the region at this time, but not enough
information is given to distinguish them as Augusta
County Andersons.
Some Anderson relation explored the
Southwest territory that would become East Tennessee
at an early day. In "Augusta County, Virginia in
the History of the United States" by Boutwell Dunlap;
The Kentucky State Historical Society, Frankfort;
1918, page 54 "Colonel John Sawyers, who conducted
Gilbert Christian and William Anderson, both from
Augusta county, in an exploring trip as far as Hawkins
county, Tennessee, in 1768-69." In what seems at
first to be somewhat conflicting information, letters
from George Christian to Lyman C. Draper appear to
place Adam in territory that would eventually become
East Tennessee in and around the same timeframes as
mentioned above. These letters contain
interesting information about the early settlers and
history of East Tennessee. Some of the content
as reprinted in "The King's Mountain Men" by Katherine
Keogh White; reprinted for Clearfield Coumpany, Inc.
by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; Baltimore,
Maryland; 2002 includes, "My father Gilbert Christian
was a native of the State of Virginia, born and raised
in Augusta county about the year of 1723-4 (sic), and
was the son of Robert Christian, there were two other
brothers, John and William. All three settled on
Christian creek, which took its name from the three
brothers. They were the first settlers of that
country." This area was in Beverley Manor not
far from where the Andersons settled. "Father
was married in 62 or 3 to Margaret Anderson, daughter
of George Anderson of Middle river, Augusta Co., Va.
(my note - this would make Gilbert Christian and Adam
Guthrie brothers-in-law) ... I think from what I can
find out since I wrote you, Father must have moved to
Holston in 72 or 3, made a temporary settlement on the
waters of Reedy Creek, seven or eight miles from
Holston river from whence he removed in the Autumn of
'75 to Holston river, at the mouth of Reedy creek
opposite the Long Island, where we remained until the
next summer at the breaking out of the
Cherokees." This area would have been near where
current day Kingsport, Tennessee is located.
With boundaries not well established in those days
this location might have been considered either
Virginia or North Carolina territory, and in fact,
Fincastle County extended all the way down to what
would eventually become the Tennessee state
line. The location on Reedy Creek, seven or
eight miles from Holston river would almost certainly
have been in Fincastle County territory and, in fact,
another researcher identifies Gilbert Christian in
1774 as a Lt. in the Fincastle County militia and the
commander of Kings Mill Fort built on the North Fork
of the Reedy Creek. Christian goes on to write,
"At this time they were five children of us, one
daughter the oldest of us. The first intimation
we had of the approach of the Indians was given to us
by a trader named, I think, Ellis Harlan...On the
first intimation of the hostile movements of the
Cherokees, the frontiersmen left their farms and
collected in Stations or in some cases several
families banded together for mutual defense as was the
case with us. On rec't of the intelligence bro't
by Mr. Harlan we were removed some miles to James
Clendennin's where they were eight or ten families
collected I think with intent to build a fort.
But after collecting at this place a second express
arrived, more alarming than the first...So urgent was
the news that an attack was apprehended for that same
evening. It was thought it would begin about
three o'clock. At this time Father was home
having gone to the farm. Our horses all in the
woods, mother had a brother and brother-in-law in
company. Her brother in bad health, each of
those had a wife and one child...But a little before
sunset Mother and all her children were all mounted
and on the road for the interior...We then proceeded
at a rapid pace until dark closed in, which checked
our progress, but we were flying for our life, so the
difficulty was encountered cheerfully. We must
have traveled some 15 miles this night. Was
joined next day by Father, who conveyed us some forty
miles to a relation, Mr. Trimble, where he left us and
returned to Eaton...From Trimble's Mother with her
brother John Anderson and her Brother-in-law, Adam
Guthery, proceeded to Augusta where we remained until
the Autumn of '78, when Father, who had stayed on the
Holston, went on with a wagon and brought us
home." What was being described here became the
Battle of Island Flats. Is it possible that Adam
was in Augusta County circa 1770, then Fincastle
County by 1773 before going to the territory that was
to become East Tennessee, then back to Augusta about
the time mentioned in Chalkley's? Or was there
another Adam Guthrie in Virginia at this time?
George Christian's letter clearly
identifies Adam Guthrie as the same Adam in George
Anderson's will, and identifies Adam as a very early
settler in the Southwest territory that would
eventually become East Tennessee. But did Adam
return to the Holston and Long Island region in 1778
when the Christian family returned? Land records
seem to suggest that he did. According to North
Carolina warrants in the territory that would become
Tennessee as recorded in "Tennessee Land Entries:
Washington County, 1778-1796, Vol. 1-3" by Dr. A. B.
Pruitt, 1997:
Dr. Pruitt identified grant file
#1789 in Sullivan County whereby on October 2, 1779
Henry Simpson acquired 100 acres on waters of Reedy
Creek adjoining Col. Pendleton and "Adam Guthery"
property.
Dr. Pruitt further notes grant file #1827 in Sullivan County whereby on October 6, 1779 "Adam Guthery", for William Tatham, acquires 500 acres adjoining Anderson's Bottom and Nathan Pages property, includes said Guthery's improvement where he lives and on both sides of Redy Creek. And finally Dr. Pruitt notes grant file #1829 in Sullivan County whereby on October 6, 1779 "Adam Guthery", for George Anderson a minor orphan of John Anderson son of "George deceased", acquired 200 acres on Reedy Creek adjoining Nathan Page and John Kitt properties on both sides of the creek and includes said Anderson's improvement. He was still in the area in 1787 when his name
(Adam Guthery) is among those on a petition filed to
form the State of Franklin from the North Carolina
western territory, as was his brother-in-law Gilbert
Christian and his nephew George Christian. Also
included is the signature of James English. This
is very likely the James English/Inglis from the
Fincastle County lawsuits above. A transcription
of this petition, including a transcription of the
names of all those who signed the petition, can be found here (opens a new window
which can be closed to return to this page).
Adam's signature can be found on the reverse side of
the petition.
Adam stayed on in this territory, as
evidenced by the following deed of Greene County North
Carolina District, Deed Book 3, page 454:
This deed predates Tennessee
statehood, and so was part of North Carolina's Greene
County in North Carolina's western territory.
This property lies in what is now current day Sevier
County, Tennessee. Adam's property bordered that
of James Hubbard (Hubbert) and was on the French Broad
River just above Bryant's Ferry. James was noted
for his hatred of the Indians because his father's
family in Virginia had been cruelly murdered by the
Shawnees. His hated was so deep that his actions
were not always honorable as demonstrated by his
command to murder Old Tassell, a Cherokee, and his son
under a flag of truce in 1788. The second wife
of James Hubbard was Elizabeth Anderson, possibly a
relative to Mary Anderson Guthrie. Adam
maintained ownership of this property to his death and
passed it on in his will. While many other
grantee properties in the immediate area were
identified as military grants, Adam's property was not
identified as such, further verifying that while he
had many opportunities, Adam did not serve, militia or
otherwise.
While Adam retained ownership of this
property, he did not live there for the rest of his
life. According to "The Kentucky Land Grants" by
Willard Rouse Jillson; Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; 1971, Adam and two of his
sons purchased land in Cumberland County, Kentucky as
below from Vol 1, Part 1, Chapter IV, page 324:
These grants are among a group of
records entered from 1797 to 1866 known as Grants
South of Green River. These were known sometimes
as "Headright Claims," and were based upon an act of
the Kentucky General Assembly of December 21,
1795. Before Kentucky became a state, Virginia
had reserved all the lands in Kentucky south of Green
River as bounty land for its soldiers. Until
1797 only soldiers could enter a survey within this
large land area. After Kentucky became a state
and gained control of the remaining vacant land new
legislation opened up this area south of the Green
River to any persons possessed of family and over
twenty-one years of age. The only condition was
they must have been legitimate settlers on the land
for one year before they came into actual
possession. Until 1820 Illwill Creek was about
12 miles north of the Kentucky/Tennessee state
line. This is because the current northern
Tennessee state line was under dispute the first two
decades of the 19th century. The latitude of 36
degrees and 30 minutes north was established by royal
charters as the boundary line between the colonies of
Virginia and North Carolina. By extension that
latitude was to be the line dividing Kentucky (a
Virginia possession) and Tennessee (a North Carolina
possession). In 1779 a survey team was charged
with running this line to the west to physically mark
the boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee. The
line that was extended to the Tennessee River was
called the Walker Line after Dr. Thomas Walker, a
survey team member from Virginia. It was found
after the fact that due to improper corrections the
Walker Line was actually about 12 miles north of the
true 36 degree, 30 minutes latitude. Kentucky
refused to release claim on this strip of land of 12
miles width until after a compromise made February 4,
1820 fixed the Tennessee and Kentucky boundary line as
we know it today, giving that 12 mile strip to the
jurisdiction of Tennessee with the right to issue
grants given to Kentucky. This places Illwill
Creek just on the Kentucky side of the current state
line and still located in Cumberland County until
1836. In 1836 Clinton County, Kentucky was
created, taking the southeast portion of Cumberland
County and Illwill Creek then became located in the
southwest corner of this new county. It is now a
major feeder for Dale Hollow Lake.
It is likely Adam divided his time
early between Cumberland County and his property in
eastern Tennessee in the early days. I say this
because he is not found in the 1810 Cumberland County
census although two of his sons are found there.
He is also not found in east Tennessee tax list of
that time, and eastern Tennessee census records for
1820 and before are lost.
Note that Adam's enumeration has 2
females of age 26 and under age 45, clearly his two
daughters, but no female age 45 and above.
Adam's will as transcribed below, identifies all
family members except his wife, which seems to
indicate he was a widower at the time of his
death. The 1820 census would seem to show that
he was already a widower at that time. Adam
lived out his life in Cumberland County, dying in
1827. Following is the transcript of his will,
written May 1, 1825 and proved August 20, 1827.
Adam's will gives us the names of his
children alive at the time of his death. We have
no way at this time of knowing whether he and Mary had
other children who did not survive. By 1830
George (my direct ancestor) and family, along with
Sidwells living nearby in Cumberland County, had moved
to Fayette County, Illinois.
573. Mary Anderson, born Bef. March
18, 1744 in probably Augusta County, Virginia; died Bef.
1820 in probably Cumberland County, Kentucky. She was the
daughter of 1146. George Anderson, Sr.
and 1147. Elizabeth ?.
Notes for
Mary Anderson:
From "The Tinkling Spring Headwater of
Freedom" by Howard McKnight Wilson; The Tinkling
Spring and Hermitage Presbyterian Churches;
Fishersville, Virginia; 1954, Mary Anderson, daughter
of George, was baptized on March 18, 1744 by John
Craig, first permanent pastor in frontier Augusta
County in 1740 and founder in 1741 of the Stone
Meeting House. It is thought that Adam married
Mary, probably sometime about 1770, and most likely in
Augusta County, Virginia. No marriage bond has
been found to certify that it was Mary Anderson who
married Adam, but it is surmised via circumstantial
evidence. First, it is clear from George
Anderson's will and from George Christian's letter to
Lyman Draper that Adam was the son-in-law of George
and brother-in-law of Margaret Anderson
Christian. Now there were no other daughters of
George born between 1740 and 1749. Anyone born
after this point would likely be too young to have
married Adam and be in Fincastle County and the
Southwest Territory in the mid-1770s. So at this
point Mary looks to be the best bet. The only
question is whether George had an older daughter who
immigrated with the family when they moved to Augusta
County. When George made his oath in Orange
County, Virginia Court on May 22, 1740 regarding who
he imported into the region one Frances Anderson's
relation to George is unknown. If this was a
daughter of George, it is possible she could have been
Adam's wife. But taking into account the
approximate birthdate of Adam's last child, Mary would
have given birth at age 45 while Frances would have
been 50 or older - which would be stretching it
some. For these reasons I believe Mary to be
Adam's wife.
Nothing more is known of Mary.
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i. | Child Guthrie, born
Bet. 1770 - 1776; died Unknown.
We know from George Christian's
letter to Lyman Draper that Adam and Mary had a child
when they vacated the Holston area. This would
have been the mid-1776 timeframe. This timeframe
does not fit those of the children identified in Adam's
will, as we will see below. At this time the
identity of this child is unknown. We do not even
know the sex of this child. There was a William
Guthrie who married a Hannah Smiley February 1, 1800 in
Greene County, Tennessee. There is a Hannah
Guthrie on page 184 of the 1810 Cumberland County,
Kentucky. This is 3 pages away from where James
and George are enumerated. At first glance this
could be William's widow except that she has 4 children
in the 10 to 20 age group which does not fit with a
marriage in 1800, unless she was a widow when William
married her and those 4 are from a previous
marriage. It is possible they migrated to
Cumberland County with James and George and William died
before 1810. William could be a possibility if all
these conditions were just right. Also, in
Lawrence R. Guthrie's book "American Guthrie and Allied
Families" as transcribed on this
web site, there is mention in Book Two - page 334
of a William Guthrie of Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle
County, Delaware with a son, Adam, who was born in
1752. It is possible this Adam is the one who
migrated south, married Mary Anderson (more likely in
1772-73 with a 1752 birth date), and named their first
son William in honor of Adam's father. These are a
lot of speculations, with the William of New Castle
County being the biggest stretch, but one thing is for
certain - Adam and Mary had a child prior to 1776.
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ii. | James Guthrie, Sr.,
born Abt. 1777 in most likely Augusta County, Virginia; died
September 20, 1852 in Clinton County, Kentucky; married
Sarah Atchley January 07, 1808 in Cumberland County,
Kentucky; born November 28, 1785 in Botetourt County,
Virginia; died Bet. 1870 - 1880 in probably Cumberland
County, Kentucky.
According to George Christian's
letter to Lyman Draper, when Adam and Mary vacated the
Holston region, they retired to Augusta County, Virginia
until 1778. According to the 1850 Clinton County,
Kentucky census, James was born about 1777, making
Augusta County his most likely birth place. James
and George are shown in Adam's narrative as purchasing
land in Cumberland County, Kentucky shortly after
1800. Based on the birth date and location of
George's second child, James and George were likely in
Cumberland County by 1803-1804. James lived out
his life in this same area, ending up in Clinton County
after that county was formed to include a portion that
was formerly in Cumberland County. His 1810 and
1820 census entries are included in Adam's narrative
above. In 1830 he and Sarah are found on line 7,
page 135 of Cumberland County with 5 boys and 2 girls;
then on line 9, page 332 of 1840 Clinton County with 4
boys and 2 girls; and finally on line 10, page 206A of
1850 Clinton County where James is listed as age 73,
born about 1777. In 1850 daughter Lydia, age 25 is
the only child still at home. In 1860 Sarah is
found living in her son, Albert's, home on line 34, page
191 of Clinton County and Lydia, age 37, is also in the
household. In 1870 Albert is found in Cumberland
as Albert Guthery, page 29, line 40. This
household includes Sarah, age 84, and sister Lidda
(Lydia), age 45. Sarah is not found in the 1880
census. Albert is found yet in Cumberland County,
page 155, line 3, and living with him is his sister
Lydia, age 54, but Sarah is not among them. It is
assumed Sarah died between 1870 - 1880 in Cumberland
County.
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born Abt. 1780 in probably Sullivan County, Western North
Carolina Territory (current Tennessee); died Aft. 1840 in
Fayette County, Illinois; married (Hannah?) ?.
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iv. | Mary Guthrie, born
Abt. 1781 in Western North Carolina Territory (current
Tennessee); died Bet. 1850 - 1860 in possibly Hamilton
County, Tennessee.
This is the Polly mentioned in
Adam's will. It appears Mary and Nancy remained
single throughout their lifetimes. In the 1830
Cumberland County census, Polly is found on line 26 of
page 135 as head of household, with brother Thomas
Guthrie on line 27. Polly's entry shows 2 females
enumerated as of 40 and under 50 years of age.
Polly and Nancy are not enumerated separately in 1840,
but it is thought they may be living with brother Thomas
and his family. By 1840 Thomas and his family had
moved to Hamilton County, Tennessee. They are
found on line 14 of page 171 of that census, which shows
among others 2 females of 40 and under 50 and 1 female
of 50 and under 60. One of the females of 40 and
under 50 would be Thomas' wife, and though one of them
would be wrongly enumerated in the 40 - 50 age bracket,
it is thought the other 2 females above age 40 are Mary
and Nancy. This assumption is made because of the
1850 census entry for Thomas' family on line 24 of page
405B of Hamilton County, Tennessee:
Nancy no longer appears, and is
believed to have died between 1840 - 1850. Mary
does not appear after the 1850 census and is believed to
have died between 1850 - 1860.
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v. | Nancy Guthrie, born
Bet. 1782 - 1788 in Western North Carolina Territory
(current Tennessee); died Bet. 1840 - 1850 in possibly
Hamilton County, Tennessee.
See notes for sister Mary above.
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vi. | Thomas Guthrie,
born Abt. 1789 in Western North Carolina Territory (current
Tennessee); died 1845 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; married
Mary Canterbury September 08, 1809 in probably Sevier
County, Tennessee; born February 05, 1792 in Southwest
Territory (western North Carolina or eastern Tennessee);
died 1860 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
Thomas Guthrie, son of Adam and Mary
(Anderson) Guthrie, was born in the Southwestern
Territory, along the French Broad River (present day
Sevier County, Tennessee) in 1789. On Thursday
September 08, 1809 in that same area he married Mary,
who was known as Polly Canterbury, daughter of William
Canterbury and Betseyann Lawson. Shortly after his
marriage to Mary "Polly" Canterbury, Thomas Guthrie and
wife moved from Sevier County, Tennessee to Cumberland
County, Kentucky. It is supposed that Adam Guthrie
also made the move to Kentucky at the same time.
Thomas Guthrie's two brothers, James and George, (and
possibly William) had already moved to Cumberland
County.
While living in Kentucky all of
Thomas Guthrie's children were born and the family
remained there until 1834. In 1834 Thomas, wife
Polly, their nine children and possibly Thomas' sisters,
Mary and Nancy, left Kentucky and returned to Tennessee
as pioneers in the lands then opening for settlement in
the Indian Territory of Southeast Tennessee. For a
time the family lived in Roane County. It is known
that the Guthrie family first lived at the site of the
former Indian town of Toqua. By 1838 the family
was noted as living at King's Point in what is now
Hamilton County, Tennessee. Also living at King's
Point about this same time was Absolem Sivley and wife
Rebecca (formerly Rebecca Canterbury), Mary (Canterbury)
Guthrie's sister. History texts written about the
area note that Thomas Guthrie was the first permanent
white settler on the South side of the Tennessee River
in the former Cherokee Indian lands, known then as the
Ocoee Land District. In 1839 Thomas was issued an
occupant land grant by the State of Tennessee for 160
acres in this area and the grant was signed by Newton
Cannon, Governor and James K. Polk. The family
lived for a time here at King's Point, which is the
present day location of the swimming area near
Chickamauga Dam in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
After a short time the family acquired more land and
moved north along the river, permanently settled and
began farming near Wolf Tever Creek and the Tennessee
River about one mile north of old Harrison,
Tennessee. This would become home to four
generations of the Guthrie family until the late 1930's
when the family was relocated by the Tennessee Valley
Authority in order to build the Chickamauga Reservoir.
The exact burial location of Thomas
and Polly Guthrie is questionable. It is possible
they are buried on land currently in the possession of
the Tennessee Valley Authority near King's Point and
noted in W. P. A. records as "Old Guther's"
Cemetery. The few stones located at this cemetery
are unreadable. Glenn Guthrie, a great grandson,
witnessed and helped with the relocation of Guthrie
family graves during the T.V.A. period of the
1930's. He stated there was uncertainty about some
of the graves and markers. It is also possible
that their graves are among the more than one hundred
and fifty unreadable stones located in the Harrison
Cemetery in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
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576. James Roberson, born Abt. 1736;
died January 3, 1828 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He
married 577. Mary Fuqua Abt.
1756 in Virginia.
Notes for
James Roberson:
This parentage for Stephen of James
and Mary Fuqua Roberson is proposed based on DNA
results showing Stephen being descended from a common
ancestor of those known to descend from James and
Mary. Information that attempts to tie Stephen
with this family is presented in the family pre-1810
history noted in the last paragraph.
Nothing is known of James' ancestry,
although much has been speculated with much of the
speculation published. Some information was
published based on interviews with great grandsons of
James. A significant amount of time would have
passed between those generations and with no
documentation such as bible records or the like the
results serve as a starting point from which to check
for supporting documentation. This is not unlike
the early history of son Stephen as written by Fred
Robertson (see Stephen's link below).
One approach purports the parentage of
James Roberson is James Robertson and Rebekah Royston
of Albemarle County, Virginia. This would seem
to make sense given the name of James' first born,
Roysdon. Except that no documentation exists to
support that assertion, and DNA results in fact show
them not to be of the same Robertson family.
Another assertion shows James as Scottish born and the
son of an Andrew Roberson and Elizabeth Monroe.
Another researcher of this family paid professional
reserachers to look into this parentage and they were
unable to find any evidence that would support it.
James married May Fuqua circa
1756. Much of James and Mary Roberson's early
history (pre-1810) can be found in "The Stephen
Robertson Family of Brown County, IN" pages found on
this web site (available from the home page or from this link). That dialog
shows James moving to Bledsoe County, Tennessee along
with 3 or 4 of his children. He died there
January 3, 1828 (date comes from a memorandum in the
possession of a descendant) and is buried in "the Old
Indian Burial Ground" on the west side of Sequatchie
Valley, about 8 miles from Pikesville.
577. Mary Fuqua, born Abt. 1740 in
Lunenburg County, Virginia; died Abt. 1822 in Bledsoe
County, Tennessee.
Notes for
Mary Fuqua:
We know Mary's maiden name as a result
of her father's will. Ralph Fuqua's will was
filed in Bedford County, Virginia on July 24, 1770 and
in it he mentions three times that Mary Robinson, one
of his daughters, is to inherit property. Her
birth date is estimated based on information found in
a 1761 Bedford County deed conveying property from her
father to she and her husband, and an estimate of the
birth year of their first born son, also named in that
deed. Mary's birth location is assumed based on
where the Fuqua family was located at the time of her
estimated birth year.
This parentage of son Stephen is
assumed based on DNA testing (see the early history
per James' narrative above). Part of Stephen's
history is the biographical article concerning son
Joseph and his comment that Stephen was one of eleven
children who sought refuge in a fort during the
Revolutionary War. The following are thought to
be children based on documentation and association,
largely in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. Stephen
has been added based on DNA results, and additional
children could be Moses, Joseph, David, and possibly
Thomas, per the pre-1810 history narrative.
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i. | Roysdon Roberson,
born Abt. 1756 in Bedford County, Virginia; died Abt. 1837
in perhaps Missouri; married Mary Lou Stovall perhaps Abt.
1778 in Bedford County, Virginia; born Abt. 1764 in
Virginia; died Unknown.
Roysdon is clearly identified as the
eldest son of James and Mary in a 1761 deed whereby
Ralph Fuqua sells 100 acres of Bedford County land to
James and Mary with the stipulation that after their
decease the land would pass to "Roisdon Roberson Eldest
son". His wife was his first cousin, being the
daughter of a maternal aunt. After the migration
of this family to Washington County, North Carolina in
1779 Roysdon is identified as owning property there, and
is again located in Bledsoe County, Tennessee in 1815
along with his parents and several siblings. After
that point there is some question as to which Roysdon is
which among the Robersons who migrated to Maries County,
Missouri.
Possible children include Roysdon
Jr., William and Stephen.
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ii. | William Roberson,
born November 7, 1759 in Bedford County, Virginia; died
January 20, 1816 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; married Rhoda
Sartain; born 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia; died 1837 in
Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
With the Robersons leaving Bedford
County in 1779, which would place Rhoda as age 13, it is
likely they married in the North Carolina western
territory. Her parents are believed to be John
Sartain and Mary Vance, and John Sartain is found in
records near where the Robersons lived in North Carolina
and Tennessee. They are both buried in the
Roberson burying ground on the estate of James Roberson,
Jr. in Bledsoe County. After William died, Rhoda
married second Andrew C. McDonough, Sr., the grandfather
of President Andrew Johnson. She is buried between
her two husbands and her tombstone inscription reads "In
Memory of Rhoda Sartain; Wife of William Roberson and
Andrew McDonough; Born 1766; Died 1837."
William was in Knox County,
Tennessee by 1792 and purchased property on both Beaver
Creek and the East Fork of Poplar Creek. The
latter property placed him in Anderson County when it
was formed from Knox County on November 6, 1801.
The commissioners appointed to locate the county seat
were William Lea, Linza Johnson, William Standifer, William Robertson, Joseph Grayson,
Solomon Massingale and Hugh Montgomery. The
William Standifer named here and William Roberson had
numerous transactions in Knox and Anderson Counties and
were evidently close friends. William Standifer
and brother Isaac, along with other close friends, moved
to the area that was to become Bledsoe County, Tennessee
in 1806. By 1807 William and John Roberson are
also there with their names appearing on a petition to
form a grist mill.
William and Rhoda are believed to be
parents of 10 children - James Lafayette, Jacob,
Elizabeth, John, William, Jemima, Jesse, Isham, Rhoda
and Orpah.
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iii. | James Roberson,Jr.,
born November 6, 1761 in Bedford County, Virginia; died
April 6, 1836 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; married Sarah
Vernon January 1785 in probably Washington County, North
Carolina; born Unknown; died Unknown.
According to James' Revolutionary
War pension papers, S1718, he and Sarah were married
January 1785, likely in Washington County, North
Carolina. James settled in Washington County,
North Carolina in 1779 when his family moved there from
Bedford County, Virginia. According to his
Revolutionary War pension application early in the
spring of 1781 the Cherokee Indians (under the
instigation of the British) committed many atrocities
and including the murder of the wife and all the
children of a Mr. Kuykendall in the neighborhood where
the Robersons lived. James enlisted as a volunteer
and was assigned under Lieutenant Kuykendall (same man
whose family was killed) to guard and protect the fort
where local citizens had taken refuge (including the
Roberson family). This assignment lasted until
September, after which he was discharged.
Immediately after this discharge he
joined Captain Landon Carter as a volunteer soldier in a
mounted horse company to go against the British.
The company was placed under the command of Col.
Robertson, which then joined with Col. John Sevier and
marched to join General Marion at Santee Swamp.
One engagement resulted in his company taking 90-100
British prisoners and delivering them to Gen. Marion at
Santee Swamp. After 3 months service he was
discharged.
His final service occurred in 1782
when he again volunteered as a mounted horse militiaman,
this time under Captain Newman. Col. John Sevier
was raising soldiers to quell the Cherokees who were
still harassing settlers in the western territory.
The company rendezvoused with others at the Big Island
on the French Broad River from which place they marched
on the Cherokee Nation. They destroyed a great
quantity of their corn, took many prisoners and killed a
few Indians, after which they marched home and he was
discharged. This enlistment was for another 3
months, and the last military engagement for which he
volunteered. His pension application was approved
and he received $40 per annum as benefit.
He is found in Knox County,
Tennessee by 1792 and goes to Bledsoe County with
several of the family members between 1810-1820.
The children of James and Sarah who have been identified
thus far include Isaac G., John, Martha, Rebecca, Andrew
J., William C., Carry, and Ally. Since they were
married in 1785 and the eldest child listed, Isaac, was
not born until March 10, 1804, there are most certainly
more children as yet to be found.
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iv. | John Roberson, born
Bet. 1764 - 1770 in Bedford County, Virginia; died Unknown.
Nothing more is known about
John. John first appears in Knox County among
those who are documented as early as 1792 as having
mustered in the Knox County Regiment, Hamilton District
Militia, Territory South of the Ohio. John is also
found as witness on Knox County deeds before appearing
in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It is possible the
John Roberson who married Nancy Owens on September 13,
1797 in Knox County is this John. Security for
this marriage bond was Charles Conway. Charles
married on October 19, 1796 in Knox County one Eliza
Robertson with David Robertson serving as
security. I have not been able to identify Eliza,
but David is one who I think is possibly a son of James
and Mary. With these potential relationships, it
could very will be that this John is the one who married
Nancy.
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v. | Elizabeth Roberson,
born Bet. 1766 - 1772 in Bedford County, Virginia; died Bef.
December 12, 1840 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; married
Layton Smith 1792 in probably Greene County, North Carolina;
born 1756 in Kent or Sussex County, Maryland; died December
12, 1840 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
Elizabeth married Layton Smith, his
given name also given as Laton on his Revolutionary War
pension application and also as Leighton at various
times. According to his pension application,
S1778, he was born in 1756 in the county of Kent or
Sussex near the sea (according to what his mother told
him), but in what state he was unable to say. It
was actually Maryland. He was living in Washington
County, Virginia when in the spring of 1775 he
volunteered under the command of Captain William Cocke
and marched against the Cherokees. Their first
encampment was Eaton's Fort about 4 or 5 miles from the
Long Island of Holston where several skirmishes with the
Indians occurred. From here he returned to
Virginia to find his relations forted at Jo. Blacks in
Washington County. While there he was engaged in
skirmishes against the Indians under Andrew
Colville. He was assigned responsibility of
guarding the fort until August 1775 when he went with
Col. Christy's company on expedition against the
Cherokees on the Tennessee River. He was there
until after Christmas when he returned to Washington
County, Virginia. Upon his return in the spring of
1776 he was again assigned to Captain William Cocke and
to guarding a fort. He was then assigned in the
late summer to guarding the forts and the frontier on
the Clinch River. He states that he had brothers
and often went in their place. He stated that at
various times he was under the command of Col. Shelby,
his brother Captain Jno. Shelby, Captaim Lewis, and
Captain Colville continuing from the fall of 1776 to the
spring of 1779. At this point he embarked on his
final action, with Col. Shelby in his expedition against
the Indians at Chickamauga on the Tennessee River.
Upon returning to Washington County in the fall of 1779
he retired from activity. Although some have
identified him as participating in the Battle of King's
Mountain (October 7, 1780), his pension paper given no
indication of activity after the fall of 1779 and make
no mention of King's Mountain.
Layton states in his pension
application that he lived in Washington County, Virginia
for 6 or 7 years after the the war and thereafter moved
to Greene County, Tennessee where he lived about 4 or 5
years. It is likely here that he met Elizabeth and
they were married in 1792. He states that he then
moved back to Washington County, Virginia where he lived
about 6 or 7 years and from there moved to Knox County,
Tennessee. Knox County Deed Book B-1, page 18, 28
August 1795, records a purchase for Layton from Stockley
Donelson for £40 Virginia currency a tract of 200 acres
on the waters of Bullrun Creek. When Anderson
County was formed from Knox County his property fell in
the newly formed Anderson County and he lived there for
about 15 or 16 years, from which he moved to Bledsoe
County where his pension application request was made in
1833. Layton was approved for a pension of $80 per
annum for his service until his death December 12,
1840. At this time Elizabeth was already deceased.
Children of Elizabeth and Layton
include Leighton Kinsey, Phoebe, Moses, William, Martha,
Aaron and Elizabeth.
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288 | vi. | Stephen Robertson,
born Abt. 1775 in Bedford County, Virginia; died Abt.
Nov./Dec. 1837 in Brown County, Indiana; married (1) Sally
Curtain October 04, 1797 in Knox County, Tennessee; married
(2) Winnie Webb Chitwood May 26, 1800 in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tennessee.
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Joseph Robertson from Knox County, Tennessee
married Susannah Childress, likely is Knox County,
Tennessee, and they and their children moved to Brown
County, Indiana where the widow Susannah Robertson appeared
in the early censuses. It is entirely possible Joseph
and family moved to Brown County with Stephen and family and
they both settled in the same area of the county.
Joseph's Brown County will was dated January 27, 1838.
A large amount of circumstantial information, as of fall of
2023, points to Joseph being part of this family.
Because this site will become read only in early 2024 I
recommend following the work of Jennifer Petrozzo, the
researcher for this line, on Ancestry.com. |
578. James Chitwood, born June 21,
1751 in Powhatan County, Virginia; died 1843 in Campbell
County (now Scott County), Tennessee. He was the son of 1156. Richard
Chitwood, Sr. and 1157.
Winney Randolph.
He married 579. Martha White
1769 in North Carolina.
579. Martha White, born 1749 in
Orange County, Virginia; died Unknown. She was the
daughter of 1158. Thomas White.
Children of James Chitwood and Martha White are: |
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i. | Pleasant Chitwood,
Sr., born May 09, 1775 in Scott County, Tennessee; died
March 14, 1851 in Scott County, Tennessee; married Sarah
Cowan September 28, 1797 in Tennessee; born February 27,
1778 in Sevier County, Tennessee; died August 15, 1847 in
Winfield, Scott County, Tennessee.
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ii. | Lazarus Chitwood,
born 1778 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 1857 in
Dekalb County, Alabama; married Mary Leiper November 01,
1801 in Knox County, Tennessee; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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289 | iii. | Winnie Webb Chitwood,
born Bet. 1780 - 1784 in North Carolina; died Unknown;
married Stephen Robertson May 26, 1800 in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tennessee.
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iv. | Boy Chitwood, born
1784; died Unknown.
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v. | William Chitwood,
born February 16, 1787 in Rutherford County, North Carolina;
died June 29, 1871 in Scott County, Tennessee; married (1)
Sarah Reed Abt. 1808 in Tennessee; born January 21, 1793;
died Abt. 1825 in Tennessee; married (2) Rachel Hamby Bef.
1827; born August 24, 1809; died January 12, 1886 in
Kentucky.
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vi. | Daniel Chitwood,
born 1794 in North Carolina; died Unknown in Winfield, Scott
County, Tennessee; married Anna ? November 08, 1814; born
1797 in Tennessee; died Unknown.
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vii. | Elizabeth Chitwood,
born November 20, 1796; died April 25, 1884 in Jellico
Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky; married John Ross, Sr.
September 18, 1815 in Pulaski County, Kentucky (became
Whitley County 1818 and McCreary County 1912); born April
20, 1792; died December 21, 1855 in Jellico Creek, Whitley
County, Kentucky.
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viii. | Girl Chitwood, born
1800; died Unknown.
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ix. | Boy Chitwood, born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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592. Joseph Knox, Sr., born November
12, 1717; died Unknown. He was the son of 1184. Zachariah
Knox, Sr. and 1185. Sarah Pinkham.
He married 593. Mary Jones.
Children of Joseph Knox and Mary Jones are: |
296 | i. | William Knox, born
December 28, 1748; died May 13, 1851 in Berwick, York
County, Maine; married Sarah Alley October 19, 1775 in
Dover, Stratford County, New Hampshire.
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ii. | Eleazer Knox, born
Bef. May 02, 1754; died Unknown; married Mercy Spencer March
19, 1778; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iii. | Sarah Knox, born
Bef. June 04, 1760; died Unknown; married Stephen Pearce;
born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iv. | Mary Knox, born
Bef. May 01, 1761; died Unknown.
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v. | Joseph Knox, Jr.,
born Bef. May 01, 1761; died Unknown; married (1) Anne
Downes; born Unknown; died Unknown; married (2) Charity
Ellis; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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vi. | Fall Knox, born
Bef. July 13, 1762; died Unknown.
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Child of Samuel Alley and Judith Canney is: |
297 | i. | Sarah Alley, born
May 15, 1748; died January 28, 1838 in Berwick, York County,
Maine; married William Knox October 19, 1775 in Dover,
Stratford County, New Hampshire.
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i. | John Black, born
December 7, 1769 probably in Pennsylvania; died September
17, 1845 in Boone County, Missouri; married Rebecca Davidson
February 28, 1792 in Fauquier County, Virginia; born
November 6, 1768 in Virginia; died May 16, 1844 in Boone
County, Missouri.
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ii. | Peter Black, born
February 21, 1772 probably in York County, Pennsylvania;
died Unknown; married Mary Wolfenbarger January 10, 1797 in
Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; born Bef. January 10,
1776; died Unknown.
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iii. | Mary Black, born
perhaps September 27, 1774 probably in Loudoun County,
Virginia; died Bef. 1850 in Greenbrier County, (West)
Virginia; married Conrad Dearing August 25, 1791 in Fauquier
County, Virginia; born Bef. 1765 perhaps in Germany; died
Abt. 1841 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia.
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iv. | Catherine Black,
born Abt. 1777 in Loudoun County or Fauquier County,
Virginia; died Bet. 1840 and 1850 in Hancock County,
Indiana; married Andrew Hughart February 5, 1794 in
Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; born Abt. 1770 in
Virginia; died Bet. March 26, 1821 and April 22, 1822 in
Cabell County, (West) Virginia.
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v. | Adam Black, born
January 14, 1779 in Loudoun County or Fauquier County,
Virginia; died April 10, 1859 in Hamlin, Cabell County,
(West) Virginia; married Elizabeth Cockburn July 09, 1805 in
Sinking Creek, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; born
February 14, 1783 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia;
died Aft. 1860 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia.
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305 | vi. | Elizabeth Black,
born Abt. 1781 probably in Fauquier County, Virginia; died
Aft. 1860 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; married William
Saxton April 28, 1801 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia;
born Bef. 1780; died Bet. August 29, 1826 and February 1827
in Cabell County, (West) Virginia.
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vii. | Jacob Black, born
Abt. 1783 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died Bet. 1870 and
1880 in Putnam County, West Virginia; married (1) Hannah ?;
born Bet. 1780 and 1790; died Bet. 1840 and 1847 in Mason
County, (West) Virginia; married (2) widow Elizabeth Amoss
October 6, 1847 in Mason County, (West) Virginia; born Abt.
1799 in North Carolina; died Bef. 1870 in West Virginia.
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viii. | Susannah Black,
born November 6, 1785 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died
August 2, 1865 in Washington Township, Webster County, Iowa;
married Abraham Barger August 24, 1803 in Greenbrier County,
(West) Virginia; born September 2, 1775 possibly in
Pennsylvania; died January 6, 1845 in Buchanan Township,
Jefferson County, Iowa.
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ix. | Margaret Peggy
Black, born Abt. 1794 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia;
died March 20, 1851 probably in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia; married James Tillman Carroll, Sr. October 12,
1812 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; born February
25, 1790 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died June
06, 1877 in Hamlin, Lincoln County, West Virginia.
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612. James Jarrett, Sr., born 1750
in Berks County, Pennsylvania; died Bef. July 1822 on
Muddy Creek, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia. He was
the son of 1224. David
Garred/Gerrad/Jarrett and 1225. Margaret ?. He married (1) 613. Elizabeth Griffith Abt. 1768 in
likely Berks County, Pennsylvania; married (2)Rosanna
Vincent December 10, 1803 in likely Greenbrier County,
(West) Virginia.
Children of James Jarrett and Elizabeth Griffith are: |
306 | i. | David Jarrett, born
Abt. 1770 in likely Berks County, Pennsylvania or Wolf
Creek, Botetourt County, Virginia; died Bet. April 1826 -
November 1826 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; married (1)
Sallie Mitchell June 22, 1793 in Greenbrier County, (West)
Virginia; married (2) Elizabeth ?.
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ii. | Nancy Jarrett, born
September 04, 1769 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died
May 13, 1832 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; married
Benjamin Morris November 10, 1788 in Greenbrier County,
(West) Virginia; born October 21, 1770 in Culpepper County,
Virginia; died July 06, 1829 in Kanawha County, (West)
Virginia.
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iii. | Isaac Jarrett, born
1770 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died Unknown;
married Margaret Mary Macey September 03, 1795 in Greenbrier
County, (West) Virginia; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iv. | Margaret Jarrett,
born 1770 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia;
died Unknown; married Levi Morris, Sr. May 22, 1788 in
Lewisburg, Rockingham County, Virginia; born 1753 in
Culpepper County, Virginia; died 1834.
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v. | William Jarrett,
born 1773 in Wolf Creek, Monroe County, (West) Virginia;
died Unknown; married Coty Madison; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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vi. | James Jarrett, Jr.,
born 1775 in Wolf Creek, Monroe County, (West) Virginia;
died 1862 in Muddy Creek, Alderson, Greenbrier County,
(West) Virginia; married Ruth Gwinn January 11, 1803 in
Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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vii. | Abraham Jarrett,
born Bet. 1760 - 1770; died Abt. 1850 in Kanawha County,
(West) Virginia; married Elizabeth Smith Hughes Hays May 05,
1791 in Botetourt County, Virginia; born 1764; died Bef.
1850 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia.
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viii. | Elizabeth Jarrett,
born June 20, 1784; died December 29, 1846 in Tippecanoe
County, Indiana; married William Jones; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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ix. | Leah Jarrett, born
1787 in Muddy Creek, Alderson, Greenbrier County, (West)
Virginia; died Unknown; married James Graham November 12,
1799 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; born Unknown;
died Unknown.
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x. | Owen Jarrett, born
May 20, 1790; died July 27, 1852 in Jarrett's Ford, Elkview,
Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; married Elizabeth Vincent
May 05, 1808 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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616. Josiah Dodd, Sr., born Abt.
1750 in Amherst County, Virginia; died Aft. December 15,
1809 in Knox County, Tennessee. He was the son of 1232. John
Dodd and 1233. Martha ?.
He married 617. Mary Luttrell
Abt. 1774 in Amherst County, Virginia.
617. Mary Luttrell, born 1757 in
Westmoreland County, Virginia; died Aft. 1809 in Knox
County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of 1234. Richard
Luttrell, Sr. and 1235.
Sarah Churchwell.
Children of Josiah Dodd and Mary Luttrell are: |
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i. | Martha Patsy Dodd,
born September 16, 1775 in Amherst County, Virginia; died
July 19, 1846 in Knox County, Tennessee; married Jacob
Roberts January 08, 1796 in Amherst County, Virginia; born
March 18, 1770 in Pennsylvania; died June 23, 1825 in Knox
County, Tennessee.
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308 | ii. | William L. Dodd, Sr.,
born 1779 in Amherst County, Virginia; died 1851 in Sangamon
County, Illinois; married (1) Agnes Blakely Bef. 1799;
married (2) Elizabeth Jane Rutherford September 03, 1846 in
McMinn County, Tennessee.
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iii. | James Monroe Dodd,
born 1780 in Amherst County, Virginia; died October 04, 1834
in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri.
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iv. | John Dodd, born
1783 in Amherst County, Virginia; died Abt. 1846 in Gallatin
County, Illinois; married Sally Leake February 12, 1812 in
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; born Bet. 1778 - 1779;
died Unknown.
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v. | Josiah Dodd, Jr.,
born September 01, 1785 in Amherst County, Virginia; died
October 11, 1860 in Pulaski County, Missouri; married Mary
Elizabeth Finney January 27, 1806 in Knox County, Tennessee;
born February 29, 1788 in Laurens County, South Carolina;
died 1865 in Phelps County, Missouri.
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vi. | Richard Dodd, born
February 14, 1792 in Amherst County, Virginia; died December
22, 1856 in Saline County, Illinois; married Elisabeth Dodd
June 25, 1812 in Knox County, Tennessee; born December 26,
1794 in Virginia; died October 09, 1862 in Saline County,
Illinois.
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vii. | Sarah Ann Dodd,
born February 17, 1795 in Amherst County, Virginia; died
December 03, 1850 in Phelps County, Missouri; married
William Bostick Leake March 01, 1812 in (or May 1) Knox
County, Tennessee; born May 11, 1787 in Albermarle County,
Virginia; died March 12, 1875 in Pulaski County, Missouri.
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618. Charles Blackley, born Abt.
1736 in Ireland; died Aft. 1816 in Knox County, Tennessee.
He was the son of 1236. James? Blakely
and 1237. Jennie? Tye?.
He married 619. Margaret Davis.
Children of Charles Blackley and Margaret Davis are: |
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i. | James Blakely, born
Bef. 1773 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died Unknown.
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ii. | Alexander Blakely,
born April 03, 1773 in probably Smyth County, Virginia; died
August 13, 1849 in Penn Township, Jefferson County, Iowa;
married Sarah Lakey November 18, 1799 in Knox County,
Tennessee; born November 26, 1781 in probably Surry County,
North Carolina; died April 29, 1861 in Penn Township,
Jefferson County, Iowa.
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iii. | Sarah Blakely, born
January 05, 1775 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died May
27, 1861 in Westville, LaPorte County, Indiana; married
Azariah Williams Abt. 1800 in Virginia; born April 15, 1775
in Orange County, North Carolina; died September 26, 1838 in
Westville, LaPorte County, Indiana.
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iv. | Jessie Blakely,
born December 25, 1777 in probably Smyth County, Virginia;
died January 17, 1858 in Gentry County, Missouri; married
Mary Kerns; born Abt. 1777 in ?; died January 17, 1858 in
Gentry County, Missouri.
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309 | v. | Agnes Blakely, born
Abt. 1779 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died Bet. 1840 -
1845 in Morgan County, Illinois; married William L. Dodd,
Sr. Bef. 1799.
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vi. | Mary Blakely, born
Abt. 1781 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died Unknown;
married James Routh April 14, 1803; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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vii. | Martha Blakely,
born Abt. 1783 in probably Smyth County, Virginia; died
October 18, 1832 in Jackson County, Missouri; married Thomas
Patton, Sr. April 14, 1803 in Knox County, Tennessee; born
Abt. 1779 in Orange County, North Carolina; died Abt. 1855
in Rush Township, Buchanan County, Missouri.
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viii. | Charles Blakely,
Jr., born Abt. 1785 in ?; died Unknown; married (1) ?; born
Unknown; died Unknown; married (2) Polly Ruth November 27,
1815 in Knox County, Tennessee; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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ix. | Joseph Martin
Blakely, born Abt. 1787 in probably Smyth County, Virginia;
died January 21, 1857 in Barnard, Grant Township, Nodaway
County, Missouri; married Jincy Divine Ann Browning March
18, 1808 in Knox County, Tennessee; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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x. | John Blakely, born
Unknown; died Unknown; married Lavina Brown June 06, 1817 in
Knox County, Tennessee; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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xi. | Daughter Blakely,
born Unknown; died Bef. July 17, 1816; married Joseph
Adamson; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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628. Thomas Caton/Kitten/Kitton,
born likely Between 1740-1750 in Anne Arundel County,
Maryland; died Abt. February 1795 in Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of 1256. Edward
Kitten, Jr. and 1257. Rachel Rowles.
He married 629. Susanna Plummer
Abt. 1772 in Maryland.
Notes for
Thomas Caton/Kitten/Kitton:
Thomas Caton/Kitten/Kitton is an early
settler in the Amwell Township, Washington County area
of Pennsylvania, appearing there before Washington
County was created from Westmoreland County on March
28, 1781. His name is found on a petition
requesting the formation of a new state, to be called
"Westsylvania", that was circulated for signatures
between 1776 and 1780. Between the years 1770
and 1780 both Pennsylvania and Virginia claimed the
area now known as southwest Pennsylvania. The
overlapping claims often led to open hostilities,
narrowly avoiding bloodshed at times. The
petitions were presented to the Continental Congress
asking that the disputed territory be organized into
this new state. In describing the length and
breadth of the territory to be so organized the
presenters went ahead to state that 25,000 families
had settled with the described boundaries since
1768. According to "The Ten Mile Country and Its
Pioneer Families" by Howard L. Leckey; Closson Press;
Apollo, PA; 2001 a petition was found in the Library
of Congress that contained the names of pioneer
settlers of what is now Fayette, Washington and Greene
Counties. Among the names are found Thomas
Kitten on page 148 and Daniel Caton on page 142.
One wonders who Daniel Caton is. The names are
not in close proximity on the petition, so there is no
guarantee the two individuals were in close proximity
geographically. It is an interesting question
since one of Thomas' sons is Daniel. This
citation places Thomas in the future Washington County
area as early as 1780, and likely earlier since son
George says on the 1850 and 1860 censuses he was born
in Pennsylvania.
On page 199 of the "Pennsylvania
Archives, Series 3, Vol. XXIII, Rangers on the
Frontiers - 1778-1783" one Thomas Kitten is listed as
a private in Captain Abner Howell's unit of Frontier
Rangers. Frontier Rangers were the Minute Men of
the Frontiers. They formed volunteer units,
under elected officers, and were subject to call at a
minute's notice, although their service was not
continuous like that of the Continental Army.
Their primary function was to guard the forts of the
area and patrol the line of settlements to prevent the
Indians in alliance with the British from raiding the
frontier country. I have not found any record of
any engagements that Thomas might have been involved
in. It is assumed he participated in the Rangers
during most if not all this period as all men over
sixteen and under forty-five years were held as
minutemen in the militia of Pennsylvania and expected
to march at a minute's notice until the close of the
Revolution. He was at least activated some
during this time based on "Pennsylvania Archives
Series 5, Vol. IV" page 715 where Thomas Kitten,
private, is listed among "Soldiers of the Revolution who received pay for their services
taken from Manuscript Record, having neither date nor
title, but under 'Rangers on the Fronters, 1778-1783'
was published in Vol. XXIII, Penna. Archives, Third
Series, by the Former Editor." During some of
this period Thomas was also in Captain Abner Howell's
3rd Battalion Washington County Militia ("Pennsylvania
Archives, Series 6, Vol. II, Muster Rolls Relating to
the Associators and Militia of the County of
Washington") appearing on page 119 as a member of the
3rd Class under the name Thomas Ketton.
Note: Some researchers attribute a
title of Captain for Thomas and state that it is
because he served as Thomas Caton in the New Jersey
Continental Line starting in March 1776 and serving
for the term of the Revolutionary War. While
there was such a Thomas Caton, there is not enough
proof to suggest he is the same person who is the
subject of this narrative. In fact, I suggest it
is not the same person. The above notes suggest
Thomas was present in Washington County during some,
if not all that time. Thomas' son George is
thought to be born circa 1774, and he gave his birth
location as Pennsylvania in the 1850 and 1860
censuses. Thomas of this narrative seemed to be
known as Kitten/Kitton/Ketton until the late 1780s and
1790s where he began to assume the surname
Caton. There was a Thomas Caton in New York
State, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in
Frederick County, Virginia, and other locations I am
sure. There is simply not enough information to
assume Thomas of Washington County, Pennsylvania was
the Thomas Caton of the New Jersey Line. Thomas
of Washington County was known as Captain because of
his militia rank described below during Indian
uprisings in 1792.
"Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol.
XXVI, Provincial Papers Warrantees of Land in the
County of Washington, 1784-1892", page 573 lists
Thomas Kitton for 250 acres with date of survey of
October 18, 1784. The date given in the Archives
is titled date of survey, but is actually the date of
the warrant. In a 1905 copy of the original
survey "The above is a Draught of a Tract of Land
Sittuate on the waters of ten mile Creek Callel's Fox
Hill containing two hundred & ninety acres fourty
nine perches & usual allowance. Surveyed
March the 2d 1785 In pursuance of a Warrant Granted to
Thomas Kitton & dated at Philadelphia October the
Eighteenth 1784.", signed Jno Hoge D.S. This
appears to be formalization and expansion of Thomas'
prior homesteading as recorded by tax lists of
Washington County, Pennsylvania prior to and following
the warrant:
All of these citations show Thomas as
a settler in Amity Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania by 1780 and as early as 1776, with
identified militia activity during the Revolutionary
War. He also continued to support his community
after the War by leading a militia company on a 35 day
engagement commencing June 16,1792 (Pennsylvania
Archives Series 6, Vol. V, pages 569- 571).
Thomas was Captain of a unit of 59 militiamen, which
included Henry Vankirk as one of two Sergeants.
The Captain of a militia unit was often chosen by the
unit to serve as their leader and usually meant he was
held in high regard by the men, who would have been
local settlers with whom Thomas would have interacted
on a regular basis. This particular engagement
is described in more detail in a document posted on
the internet by The Southeastern Ohio Digital Shoebox
Project (www.digitalshoebox.org). That document
"Book: Ohio Records and Pioneer Families 1971-1999"
contains "extractions from Volume 12 (1971) through
Volume 34 (1999) with reference to Jefferson County,
Ohio", a publication of the Ohio Genealogy
Society. This article is entitled "Ohio River
Front Guards 1792, Jefferson County, Ohio" and reads
"Names of the men who guarded the river front the
summer of 1792 - stationed at four points - the main
body at Yellowcreek Blockhouse, 12 at Spillers Creek
(now Goose Run or Port Homer), 12 at Croxon's Run,
Toronto and 12 at Cable's Blockhouse at Island
Creek. Payroll of a party at Washington Co., Pa.
Militia under command of Capt. Thomas Caton to repel
hostile Indians." The locations identified in
the article can be found in the northern part of
Jefferson County along the Ohio River. The
payroll given in the article matches that printed in
the Pennsylvania Archives listing above. On page
572 of the above Pennsylvania Archives Captain Thomas
Caton and Company are noted as being ordered on duty
again October 18, 1792 - this time for 20 days for
"the removal of a party of the Six Months Militia from
the frontier of Washington County and at the request
of Major McCully and the Inhabitants." According
to "Early Records of Washington County, Pennsylvania"
by Raymond Martin Bell; self-published; Washington,
Pennsylvania; 1979, "Thomas Kitten was an Amwell
Township Supervisor in 1787" - another indication of
the high regard his neighbors had for him.
Thomas has been shown to have been in
that area that was to be Washington County as early as
1780 and perhaps 1776. James Veech published
"The Monongahela of Old; or, Historical Sketches of
South-Western Pennsylvania to the Year 1800",
copyright 1892. Included in the material is a
"List of Settlers in Fayette and in Contiguous Parts
of Greene, Washington & Westmoreland Counties, in
1772: Copied from the Official Assessment Rolls of
Bedford County for 1773". In 1772, and until the
erection of Westmoreland in 1773, Bedford county
embraced all of southwestern Pennsylvania.
Thomas does not appear on these rolls, thus it is
possible that he did not arrive in southwestern
Pennsylvania until sometime after 1772, but before
1776-80.
Thomas died intestate February 1795 in
Amwell Township. His children are identified in
"Estate Records, 1781-96 and Deed Records, 1782-85 in
Washington County, Pennsylvania" by Raymond Martin
Bell; self-published; Washington, PA; 1977, page 3,
"CATON Thomas; bd 95; ch 96 (George, Milce m Thomas
Praul, Susannah, Daniel, Priscilla, Dorsey, Agnes),"
where "bd" means administration bond and letters
granted (i.e. 1795) and "ch" means children named in
estate distribution or partition. The probate
file shows wife Susanna was administratrix for the
estate. Thomas was very active in the county,
and left several entangled debt transactions to work
through in the administration of the estate. As
a result, the probate was not closed out until the
year 1806. Most researchers have identified 1794
as the year of Thomas' death, but I believe it to be
closer to February 1795. The estate probate file
is found in Washington County Probate Files Book C,
File #26, Year 1806. The second item in the
probate file was an IOU from Thomas Caten to Adam
Gardner where Thomas acknowledged he owned Adam 5
shillings 6 pence for the act of "laing a mill
spindle" on October 24, 1794, and 1 shilling 6 pence
for the act of "making 2 hooks and one Clip and
Welding a Clip" on December 6, 1794 for a total debt
of 7 shillings. On the bottom of the debt note
William McFarland, a Justice of the Peace for
Washington County, noted that Adam Gardner appeared
before him on May 21, 1795 to swear that the debt
noted was just and true and that he had not been
compensated for same. Thus Thomas was alive in
early December 1794, but dead by mid-May 1795.
Another debit note was presented for
money owed for "wiskey" sold to Thomas Kitton by James
Neilson. The last entry on the ledger was
"February 3, 1795 for two 1/2 pints of wiskey in the
amount of 1 shilling 2 pence." Washington County
Justice of the Peace William Meetkerke reported on
April 1, 1795 that James Neilson appeared before him
to prove the amount of the debit note. This now
seems to narrow the timeframe to February - March
1795. One of the earliest payments by Susanna in
fulfillment of her estate duties came May 1st, 1795
for payment of 1794 county taxes. But the
document that seems to fix the month more clearly, in
conjunction with the above noted debts and associated
dates, is the statement of the Administratrix
Bond. "Know all Men by these Presents, That we
Susannah Caton - relict of Thomas Caton late of
Washington County deceased - and Gabriel Blakeney and
William Meetkerke Esquires of the town of Washington
and county aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto
James Marshel, Esquire, Register for the Probate of
Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and
for the county of Washington, in the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in the sum of one thousand five hundred
pounds, to be paid to the said James Marshel, his
successors, administrators or assigns: To which
payment well and truly to be made we bind ouselves
jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our
heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these
presents. Sealed with our seals. Dated the
twenty first day of February in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety five."
As the probate process is winding down
in 1806 a couple of documents with essentially the
same message confirm the appropriateness of this
date. Both documents have to do with a debt owed
by Thomas Caton to William Meetkerke which was
unsettled at the time Thomas died, and for which
Susanna, as administratrix of the estate, had employed
George Caton to settle same with the transfer to
William of a certain number of hogs. This
document begins, "Washington County, February 24,
1806. Personally before me the Subscriber one of
the Justices of the Peace in and for said County came
William Meetkerke who being duly Sworn as the Law
directs, deposith and Saith that at the decease of
Thomas Caton, late of Amwell township in Said County
which happened Sometime in the
early part of the year 1795 ..."
629. Susanna Plummer, born Abt. 1758
in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; died February 5, 1824 in
Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. She was
the daughter of of 1258. Yate Plummer, Sr.
and 1259. Priscilla Lamar.
Notes for
Susanna Plummer:
Susanna appears in Thomas' narrative
above as the administratrix of his estate.
Susanna Caton appears as head of household in the 1800
Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
census, page 696 along with Theophilus Caton and
George Caton. I have not been able to locate a
marriage license for she and Thomas, so how do we know
her surname is Plummer?
According to Archives of Maryland
Online, Volume 625, page 5, General Assembly December
4, 1820 - February 19, 1821 Session Laws:
This provides a good summary of the
deed dated May 25 1819 where Susanna sold her rights
to Yate for $159.70 (Liber JS-9, folios
108-111). This deed/summary clearly fixes her as
Susanna Caton from Washington County, Pennsylvania and
tells us her maiden name was Plummer, while also
providing a couple of leads to follow up on. Who
was Yate Plummer? Why was the property in Anne
Arundel County, Maryland?
The name Yate is unusual enough as to
make it easy to hopefully find more information.
The will of a Yate Plummer written September 1, 1763
and probated August 31, 1764 in Anne Arundel County
(Liber 32, folio 341) includes "... To sons: Robert,
Daniel, Thomas and James, tract called 'Plummer's
Pasture' to be divided between them Profits from iron
ore to wife and children: John, William, Yate, Robert,
Daniel, Thomas, James, Susannah, and Elizabeth
Plummer..." So it appears Susanna was selling to
brother Yate Plummer, Jr. her interest in Plummer's
Pasture willed to her by her father Yate Plummer,
Sr. Richard Dwight Prall in his book "The Prall
Family, 1st Edition"; self-published; Albuquerque, NM;
1990, page 377 provides the following information:
Testamentary proceedings, 1.46,
pp 133-4. Libel action in Anne Arundel County March
Court 1774: "Priscilla Plummer & other against
Thomas Kitten. Be it remembered that on the
20th Nov. 1773 was filed the following libel to wit:
To the Honorable Wm. Fitzhugh Esq. Commander General
and Judge for Probate of wills and granting
administrations within the province of Md. The
libel of Priscilla Plummer, John Plummer, Yates
Plummer, Robert Plummer, Daniel Plummer, Thomas
Plummer, and James Plummer sheweth that a certain
Eliz. Pummer the dau. of aforsaid Priscilla and
sister of the same John, Wm. Yates, Robert, Daniel,
Thomas, James Plummer lately departed this life
Intestate unmarried and without issue that the
father of the same Eliz.; viz. Yates Plummer died in
the life time of the same Eliz.; that the same Eliz.
in her life time and at the time of her death was
possessed of some personal estate and that letters
of administration thereon without the knowledge or
privity of your petitioner have been granted a
certain Thos. Kitten
who intermarried Susannah
Kitten the only other child of the same
Priscilla [note: Priscilla being the widow of Yate
Plummer, Sr.] your libellant therefore humbly
conceived the said Letters of Administration
illegally granted and that the preverences ought to
be given your libellant or some of them pray your
honor to take the matter into consideration revoke
and grant new letters of administration to some one
of your libellants as you may apprehend right a
proper & that they will pray etc. James
Tilghman 3d per libellant. Which being read
and heard it was agreed by consent of parties and
ordered by the Commander General that letters be
revoked and letters now be granted to John Plummer
one of the libellants which was done accordingly."
This seems to cement the Thomas Kitten and Susanna
Plummer relationship and the Susanna Plummer
relationship to the Yate Plummer, Sr. family of Anne
Arundel County, Maryland. This also appears to
place Thomas Kitten in Anne Arundel County, and to
place them in Anne Arundel County in 1773. This
libel action does not identify Thomas and Susanna as
being from Washington County, Pennsylvania or any
other "foreign" location and it is doubtful that if
they lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania they
would be in a position to leverage Letters of
Administration. In the 1800 Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania census (page
696)Susanna is enumerated in the age 45 and over
category. In the same household is 1 male under
10 years, 1 male of 10 and under 16 years, and 2
females of 10 and under 16 years. The males are
Daniel and Dorsey since George is enumerated as head
of his own household. The girls are likely
Priscilla and Agnes under the assumption the children
are names oldest to youngest in Thomas' estate
listing. In addition to these enumnerations
there is 1 in the column "all other free persons
except Indians not taxed" and 2 slaves. The one
"other free person" is most likely Gabriel Blackeney,
the inmate spoken of below. It is interesting
that Susanna is of Quaker upbringing yet she has 2
slaves in the census.
According to "Negro (slave) Register of Washington
County, Pennsylvania from 1782 to 1851"
+ Thomas Catton of Amwell township
in the County of Washington enters of record a female
child, born of negro woman the 9th March 1793 named
Nel. Oath made according to law.
Coram David Redick
March 15th 1793
+ Susannah Caton widow of Thomas Caton late of
Amwell township in the County of Washington enters
of record one male negroe child named Cesar, born
the seventh instant. Oath made according to law.
1/6 pd. Coram Isaac Kerr for David
Redick Clerk
11th April 1795
According to "1800 Septennial Census (gleaned
From) PA, Enumeration of Slaves: Westmoreland,
Bedford, Greene, and Washington Counties,
Pennsylvania"
Susannah Catton (widow of Thomas
Caton) of Amwell township in the County of Washington
+ Slave Name: James
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Status: Slave for life
+ Slave Name: Bell
Sex: Female
Age: 27
Status: Slave for life
The federal census of 1800 does not list the
number of inhabitants age 21 and up. They
reported in categories of under 10, 10 and under 16,
16 and under 26, 26 and under 45, and 45 and
over. A Septenial (to be taken every 7 years)
Census had been instituted to clearly identify taxable
inhabitants and also to use that data for legislative
apportionment. The commissioners and assessors
were told to count all slaves and list their ages and
sexes. For the purpose of taxation it is likely
only those slaves of an age capable of adult labor,
usually 16 and above, were counted. Thus
Susanna's slave household likely consisted of James,
Bell, Cesar and Nell.
Notice of Susanna's death was reported
in the February 9, 1824 issue of the Washington
Reporter newspaper of Washington, Washington County,
Pennsylvania, "DIED - On Thursday morning last, at an
advanced age, mrs. SUSANNAH CATON, of of (sic) Amwell
township.", fixing her death date as February 5.
Susanna's will, written January 10, 1823, was entered
into probate March 27, 1824 (Washington County,
Pennsylvania Will Book 4, pp 165-166). At the
time of Thomas' estate seven children were identified
- George, Milce m Thomas Praul, Susannah, Daniel,
Priscilla, Dorsey, Agnes - per his narrative
above. Interestingly she writes "...I give and
devise to my old friend & trusty inmate Gabriel
Blackeney all my real and personal estate of whatever
kind or nature soever during his natural life ...
meaning thereby to give him the said Blackeney a
complete life estate in my real property in Washington
County or else where and an absolute right in and to
all my personal property of whatever kind or nature it
may be..." She then goes ahead to state "...that
after the death of the said Gabriel Blackeney I will
and devise to my sons George Caton & Dorsey Caton
and to my daughters Milcah Prawl Susanna Lackey and
Anna Conklen all my real aforesaid to be equally
divided between them..." Regarding the children
missing from this list her will states "...I give and
demise (sic) to my grand daughter Lucy Vankirke
aforesaid daughter of my deceased child Priscilla
Vankirk..." From "History of Washington County,
Pennsylvania" by Boyd Crumrine; L. H. Everts &
Co.; Philadelphia; 1882, page 660, "...Daniel died a
bachelor..." Evidently Daniel also predeceased
Susanna.
Children of Thomas Caton/Kitten/Kitton and Susanna Plummer are (work in progress): |
314 | i. | George Caton, born
Abt. 1774 in Westmoreland (now Washington) County,
Pennsylvania; died Abt. 1869 in White Eyes Township,
Coshocton County, Ohio; married Jemima ? probably Abt. 1793
in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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ii. | Milcah Caton, born
October 28, 1776 in Westmoreland (now Washington) County,
Pennsylvania; died September 2, 1846 in Henryville, Clark
County, Indiana; married Thomas Prall Abt. 1794 in Amwell
Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; born Abt. 1775 in
Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; died December
11, 1823 in eastern Finley Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania.
We are first aware of Milcah because
of Thomas' estate records from his narrative
above. There she is listed as "Milce m Thomas
Praul". In Susanna's will she bequeaths her real
property to be equally divided between her children,
included among them being Milcah Prawl. In various
places she is shown as Milcah, Milcy, Milca, Milchy,
Michel, etc. Milcah, while unusual, is a name with
biblical history in its favor. A reference to
Milcah appears in Numbers 26, 27, and 36 and Joshua 17
as daughter of Zelophehad. Other instances of
Milcah, appearing in Genesis 11, 22, and 24, was of a
woman of ancient Mesopotamia, daughter of Haran.
This Milcah married Nahor, a brother of Abraham, and
together they had 8 children. Through her son
Bethuel she was a direct ancestor of Jacob, who was
ancestor of the tribes of Israel. Given Susanna's
Quaker upbringing, it is assumed Milcah is the intended
and correct spelling for this daughter.
Milcah's birth and death dates are
from her tombstone in Mount Zion Cemetery, Henryville,
Clark County, Indiana. Her name is given on the
stone as Michel, but is further defined by the
inscription "Wife of Thos. Prall". There is an
additional stone that is engraved "Erected 1972" and
appears to be placed next to the original. This
was evidently erected by descendants who did not want
the story of Milcah to disappear with the eventual
demise of an aged stone. It adds to the birth and
dates taken from the original with the inscription "69
YRS. 10 MS. 4D."
Thomas' birth date on the other hand
is an estimate based on census information, since no
burial location/tombstone has been found. I was
not able to locate a 1790 census for Thomas, which would
be likely if he were not yet head of household.
However, I was also not able to locate a 1790 census
entry for father George. I was able to locate
George Prall in the 1798 tax list on a 190 acre tract in
Amwell Township. The 1800 census (Amwell Township,
page 700) gives Thomas' age as 16 through 25 (August 5,
1774 through August 4, 1784) while the 1820 census
(Finley Township, page 252) gives his age as 45 and over
(August 4, 1775 and before). Those two census
entries suggest a birth date circa 1775. His death
notice appeared in the December 22, 1823 issue of The
Reporter newspaper and reads as follows, "DIED -- On
Thursday morning, the 11th instant, THOMAS PRAUL, of
Finley township, Washington county. The deceased
had for some time been subject to mental
derangement." Thomas and Milcah owned land in the
eastern part of Finley Township, that part which would
in fact become East Finley Township on December 24,
1828. Thomas left no will, but his estate record
can be found in Washington County probate File P, No.
30, Year 1830.
The 1800 census shows 2 sons under
10 and 1 daughter under 10. The 1810 census
(Amwell Township, page 634 and second household from
Susanah Caton) shows the 2 sons as being in the 10
through 15 age group, while the daughter is no longer in
the household. This would suggest she was either
old enough to have married or she was deceased.
Later information will suggest she was married rather
than deceased. Given the death timeframe for
Thomas Caton of early February 1795 I would suggest they
married circa late 1794 or very early 1795. This
is because the listing of the children related to
Thomas' estate shows Milcah as married. Thus the
daughter was likely born circa 1795-6 and the two sons
likely 1796 through 1800. Richard Dwight Prall has
identified these children as Susan, John and Gabriel,
born November 27, 1799.
The 1810 census shows 2 new sons
under 10 and 1 new daughter under 10. The 1820
census identifies 1 of these sons as age 16 through 18
(August 8, 1801 through August 7, 1804) and the other as
10 through 15 (August 8, 1804 through August 7 1810),
while the daughter is shown as 16 through 25 (August 5,
1800 through August 7, 1804). Richard Dwight Prall
has identified these children as Daniel, born 1802, and
Asa, born October 5, 1806. He does not have
anything regarding this daughter under age 10.
Either that daughter passed away in childhood or this
enumeration was for Susan and placed in the wrong agre
grouping in error.
The 1820 census shows 2 new sons
under 10, and one new daughter under 10. The 1830
census for Milcah Moore (East Finley Township, page 324)
shows this daughter at home yet and aged 15 through 19
(June 2, 1809 through June 1, 1814). These last
children have been identified by Richard Dwight Prall as
Cornelius Nathan, born February 23, 1811, Premelia, born
June 8, 1814, and Thomas Francis, born May 1,
1817. The references regarding Richard Dwight
Prall come from the book he authored "The Prall Family -
1st Edition"; self-published; Albuquerque, NM;
1990. Among many references he points to a
specific deed within the probate records that identifies
Thomas and Milcha's children as Susan intermarried to
John Collins, John, Gabriell Prall and wife Mary, Daniel
Prall and wife Harriet, Asa Prall and wife Asenath,
Cornelius, Pamelia, and Thomas.
The other thing the deed in the last
paragraph identified was Milcah's new husband, Patrick
Moore. Milcah married Patrick Moore, a widower, on
September 30, 1826. That marriage did not last
very long as the 1830 census shows "Milcha Moore" as
head of household in East Finley Township, Washington
County, page 324. Milcah has one daughter at home
who is in the 15 through 19 age bracket -
Permelia. This would indicate that either Patrick
died or they divorced. Mr. Prall also writes of a
family tradition that Milcah married a third time a Mr.
Taylor and that at one time, Milcah left Taylor and rode
horse back from Pennsylvania to Indiana to follow her
children to Clark County and once there divided her time
among the homes of her children.
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iii. | Susanna Caton, born
Abt. 1781 in Westmoreland (now Washington) County,
Pennsylvania; died Aft. September 16, 1830 in likely Ross
County, Ohio; married John Lackey Abt. 1797 in likely Amwell
Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; born Abt. 1772 in
likely Westmoreland (now Washington) County, Pennsylvania;
died April 20, 1824 in Greencastle, Fairfield County, Ohio
Susanna's estimated birth year is
derived from the available census records of 1800, 1820
and 1830. I was unable to locate them in the 1810
census. It is possible they were already in Ross
County, Ohio in 1810, or John Lackey was already there
and Susanna and the family were "bunking" with relatives
(the Ohio 1810 census was lost for all counties except
Washington). The 1800 Amwell Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania census, page 698, set the latest
date for her birth as August 4, 1784. The 1830
Union Township, Ross County, Ohio census, page 225, set
the earliest date for her birth as June 2, 1780. I
settled on circa 1781 given these dates and the relative
positioning of Susanna along with her siblings.
Susanna first is made known because
of the estate records for father Thomas in 1795 (see
Thomas' narrative above). In that record she is
identified simply as Susanna while Milcah is identified
as married to "Thomas Praul". Mother Susanna's
will identifies her as Susanna Lackey. Much of the
information regarding the Lackey family comes from "One
Hundred One Family Outlines Washington County,
Pennsylvania" by Raymond Martin Bell; self-published;
Coralville, IA; 1997, which in turn was taken from
"Keyhole" magazines, a publication of The Genealogical
Society of Southwestern Pennsylvania of Washington,
Pennsylvania. No further source information was
given.
John Lackey is the son of Thomas
Lackey and wife Jane. Thomas was born circa 1745
and came to the area that would be Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania circa 1770. Jane
was born circa 1750. Son John was born circa 1772,
likely in this same area of Pennsylvania. John
appears as a freeman in Amwell Township in 1794 and
1796. The "Pennsylvania Archives", Series 6,
Volume IV, Military Abstracts 1790-1817, page 537
identifies that on Wednesday, March 30, 1796 a return
was made by the Brigade Inspector of the First
Washington Brigade on the election of certain militia
officers and approved by the Governor's signature.
Page 540 shows the Fifth Regiment, 1st Light Infantry
Company with John Lackey as Ensign. He married
Susanna Caton circa 1797.
John Lackey and his young famiy
appear in the 1800 Amwell Township census (as Lacky),
page 698, as does the Thomas Lackey (Lacky)
family. Thomas Lackey's family appears in the 1810
Amwell Township census, page 633, but John's family is
nowhere to be found (see the first paragraph
above). According to Bell's book John and family
moved to Ross County, Ohio in 1811. It may be that
they actually moved a couple of years before that, and
John was in Ohio already in 1810. One of their
children, Sanford, is rather consistent in the 1850-1880
census records as being born circa 1809 in Ohio.
Bell also shows that after Jane Lackey died circa 1812
in Washington County, Pennsylvania then Thomas joined
his son's family in Ross County circa 1816-17, and died
there in October 1823. Bell reports that John died
in Greencastle, Fairfield County, Ohio April 20, 1824
enroute home to Union Township, Ross County, Ohio from
Washington County, Pennsylvania.
In "History of Franklin &
Pickaway Counties, Ohio with Illustrations &
Biographical Sketches of Some of the Prominent Men &
Pioneers"; Williams Bros.; 1880 a short biographical
notice states "JOHN LACKEY, who was a captain in the war
of the Revolution, came to Ross county, where both
himself and wife died. The children were: Reason,
Thomas, Ira (deceased), Hannah (Mrs. Grove), Richard,
Sanford, Anna (Mrs. J. HENLEY), Maria (Mrs. John
RITCHEY), and Susan (Mrs. Kennell)." It seems
rather unlikely that John could have served as a captain
in the Revolutionary War when he was only born in
1772. He was a member of the Washington County
militia as stated above. He also served a short
stint in the Ohio militia during the War of 1812.
From the "Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812" by
Adjutant General of Ohio; Heritage Books, Inc.;
Westminster, MD; 1995, John Lackey served as private in
the 2nd Regiment from Ross County from July 28, 1813
until August 13, 1813 under Captain John Clark and
Lietentant Amel Holloway. The Ohio militia had
been extensively misused by General Harrison prior to
this timeframe. Then in the summer of 1813, the
British again laid seige to Fort Meigs and attacked Fort
Stephenson. General Harrison requested help and
the governor called up two divisions of Ohio
militia. In spite of bad feelings over the shabby
treatment earlier that year, nearly 8,000 militia
responded. However, by the time all the men were
assembled the crises had passed and in August General
Harrison ordered all Ohio militia discharged.
When John died Susannah was left
with 5 or 6 children at home, with two under 4 years of
age. She appears in the 1830 Union Township, Ross
County, Ohio census, page 225 as Susannah Lacky, head of
household. Several researchers have Susanna as
marrying second Enoch Vankirk. Actually it was her
niece, also named Susanna, who was daughter of George
Caton who married Enoch. This Susanna married
second John G. Schmidt on September 16, 1830 in Ross
County. I have not found her after that
point. Bell's book identifies the same children as
the History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties above
with the addition of birth years of 1798 for Reason,
1800 for Thomas and 1805 for Richard. The children
scattered to Indiana (Pulaski, Hamilton, Wayne and
Vermillion), Illinois (Brown, Piatt and Vermilion) and
Marshall County, Iowa.
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iv. | Son Caton, born
likely Bet. 1778 and 1790 in Westmoreland (now Washington)
County, Pennsylvania; died bef February 1795 in Amwell
Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
This son is identified in the 1790
census as one of the 3 males under age 16, the other two
being George and Daniel. When the list of children
is put together regarding Thomas' estate this son is not
listed. There is also certainly the possibility
there was an enumeration error in the 1790 census.
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v. | Daniel Caton, born
Bet. August 5, 1784 - December 1786 in Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania; died Bef. January 10, 1823
in likely Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Not much is known of Daniel.
He appears in the Thomas Caton estate listing of
children, but does not appear in Susanna's will which
was written January 10, 1823. The 1790 census does
not do much to narrow his birth year except to suggest
he was born after August 2, 1773. The 1800 census
shows him to be 10 - 15 years of age (between August 5,
1784 and August 5, 1790). From "History of
Washington County, Pennsylvania" by Boyd Crumrine; L. H.
Everts & Co.; Philadelphia; 1882, page 660, Daniel
was one of three sons of Thomas Kitten and "died a
bachelor". That wording suggests he lived into
adulthood. In the December 1807 term of Washington
County Common Pleas Court Book 1, page 217 a petition
was submitted for partition of the property left by the
demise of Thomas Kitten. That document identifies
Dorsey and Ann Caton as minors, whereby the others would
then be of their majority. This would suggest he
was born before December 1787, hence the birth range I
have given. This also shows him to be alive in
December of 1807.
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vi. | Priscilla Caton,
born Bet. 1785 - 1790 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died Bef. December 1807; married Gideon
Vankirk Abt. 1803 in Washington County, Pennsylvania; born
April 19, 1775 in New Jersey; died January 2, 1805 in
Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Priscilla is identified among
Thomas's children as part of his estate documents.
She was not identified there as married. In
Susanna's will of January 10, 1823 she is identified
with a married name of Vankirk, but deceased, and her
daughter Lucy is included as an heir. This will
item is somewhat misleading and does not tell the entire
story. In the December 1807 term of Washington
County Common Pleas Court Book 1, page 217 a petition
was submitted for partition of the property left by the
demise of Thomas Kitten. That document identifies
Priscilla as "Priscilla Caton who intermarried with
Gideon Van Kirk by whom she had issue one daughter and
which Priscilla upon the death of the said Gideon
intermarried with Abraham Barnhart and is since dead
leaving one son..." Priscilla's birth date range
is from the 1800 census while her death date limit is
set by the court document. Priscilla was named as
administratrix of Gideon's estate (Probate File V No. 11
1808). Gideon's dates come from Vankirk
researchers. Abraham Barnhart was a widower with 4
sons identified in the 1800 census (Somerset Township,
Washington County, page 906).
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vii. | Agnes Ann Caton,
born Bet. August 1790 - February 1795 in Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania; died after January 10, 1823
This child is known first from the
children listing from Thomas' estate records, where she
is listed as Agnes. In the December term 1807
court document and in her mother's January 10, 1823 will
she is referred to as Ann. The 1790 census (census
day August 2, 1790) shows the household with 4 females -
Susanna (mother), Milcah, Susanna (daughter), and
Priscilla. Thus she was born sometime after that
census date but before her father died (or possibly
within a few months of his death). Mother
Susanna's will, dated January 10, 1823, identifies her
as an heir (thus likely placing her as alive at that
time) and identifies her married name as Conklen.
Who she married and when/where she died is not known at
this time. There is a Mathew Conklin in the 1820
Ross County, Ohio census, page 284 in the next household
to the John and Susanna Caton Lackey family. Is
that a coincidence? This family shows the male and
female heads of household in the 26-45 age group.
This could work if the individuals are on the lower end
of that age grouping. Could they have been married
circa 1810 and traveled with John and Susanna's family
to Ross County. The Ross County marriages shows a
Matthew Conklin marrying a Mary Richardson on November
4, 1819. The 1820 census shows older children in
the household already so one or both of them brought
children to the marriage. Could Matthew have been
married to Agnes Ann and then she died before November
1819? Mother Susanna Caton thought she was still
alive when writing her will. It could be that
Matthew is a relative of the Conklin who married Agnes
Ann and they moved to Ohio along with John Lackey's
family as friends, and of course there might be no
relationship at all. I could find nothing more on
Matthew to know whether this is a possibility or if I am
way off base.
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viii. | Dorsey Caton, born
likely Bet. Aug 5, 1790 - August 5, 1794 in Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania; died Bet. January 10, 1823
and 1830 in likely Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; married Nancy Ann Gardner Abt. 1809 in
Washington County, Pennsylvania; born probably Bef. August
5, 1794, died Bef. 1830 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Dorsey appears in both the list of
children in Thomas' estate records and in Susanna's
will. He does not appear in the 1790 census, so he
was born between 1790 and 1795. The 1800 census
shows he was under age 10, which supports the previous
timeframe. The 1810 census for Susanna shows a
male age 45 and over, likely the Gabriel Blackeney
mentioned in her will. It also shows a male and a
female in the 16 through 25 age group and a female under
10. It would seem likely this is Dorsey, his wife,
and their first child. This suggests Dorsey and
his wife were born prior to August 5, 1794, that they
were married prior to 1810 and their first child was
born circa 1810 or before.
Dorsey married Nancy Gardner in
Washington County as evidenced by the will of George
Gardner in Washington County Will Book 6, page 117 which
states, " .... 4th To my grand children (being the
children of my daughter Nancy who intermarried with
Dorsey Caton) I give and bequeath the sum of two hundred
dollars, fifty dollars of this sum I direct to be paid
to Jackson Caton, fifty dollars to Priscilla Caton (who
intermarried with Daniel Horn) Fifty dollars to
Elizabeth Caton (who intermarried with Elder Hawkins)
and the remaining fifty dollars to be equally divided
among the other children of my said daughter
Nancy..." Dorsey and Nancy had their difficulties
as evidenced by a couple of inserts in the Washington
Reporter newspaper. In the January 19, 1818 issue
"Take Notice. Whereas my wife Nancy Caton, has
behaved in a very unbecoming manner, with a certain
Joseph Huston, and left my house in company with him,
without any cause or provocation. I therefore
forwarn all persons from trusting her on my account, as
I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting from
this date. /s/ Dorsey Caton. January 13, 1818."
In the same January 19, 1818 issue,
"To the Public. In this day's 'Reporter', I will
be published by my husband, Dorsey Caton, as leaving his
house without any cause or provocation, in company with
a certain Jos. Huston. The facts are these, I was
obliged to leave his house on Monday night last, and
seek shelter under my father's roof, on account of the
cruel and inhuman manner in which he beat and abused
me. Mr. Huston, seeing me beat, abused and turned
out in the cold, pitied me, and took me to my father's
house, where I could not have reached without
assistance. No one (Dorsey, excepted) could be so
hardened as to not assist me. I have been treated
more like a dog, than a wife. I have been beat
until I was black and blue, from head to foot, and even
my life threatened. This is the fourth time that I
have been obliged to leave him. These are facts
which cannot be denied by him or his drunken
comrades. /s/ Nancy Caton (her mark)."
Several researchers have Nancy dying
in Ohio and then Dorsey remarrying to a Jane Finley on
March 4, 1821 in Muskingum County, Ohio. After the
above notices published in the newspaper I find it hard
to think they have reconciled to such an extent that
Nancy would move to Ohio, and away from her father's
support and protection, with a husband whom she had to
leave four times and who had beaten her black and blue
from head to foot. This Jane, as Jane Caton, then
remarries to a Joel Hurley on August 24, 1826 in
Muskingum County. This latter date is often given
as the date before which Dorsey died in Ohio. Joel
and Jane show up in the 1850 Sherburn Township, Will
County, Illinois census with Jane's son John Caton, age
28 and born in Ohio. Jane's husband Dorsey could
be the son of Thomas and Susanna, and who was in
Muskingum County. Then again, it could be a son of
Theophilus Caton, brother of Thomas. By 1807
Theophilus' family had moved from Washington County,
Pennsylvania to Muskingum County, Ohio, and is found
there in the 1820 census (see Theophilus Caton narrative
in generation 7). Dorsey, who married Jane Finley,
could be from that family and Thomas' son Dorsey, and
therefore Nancy, could have stayed and died in
Washington County, Pennsylvania, That would be
consistent with Boyd Crumine in "History of Washington
County, Pennsylvania"; L. H. Everts & Co.;
Philadelphia; 1882, page 660 where it is stated;
"...Daniel died a bachelor, and Dorsey, who married,
lived and died upon the Kitten homestead." This
latter point also seems consistent with Dorsey and
Nancy's daughter Priscilla, born November 30, 1810 in
Washington County, marrying Daniel Horn, Jr. circa 1830
in Washingotn County, Pennsylvania. The 1830
Amwell Township, Washington County census, page 135,
show their other children with Anne Caton as head of
household (see will information above for some of the
children's names).
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632. Peter Funk, born Abt. 1745 in
Pennsylvania; died Unknown. He was the son of 1264. George
Funk. He married 633.
Catherine Frankhauser November 09, 1771 in
Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
633. Catherine Frankhauser, born
Abt. 1752; died Bef. 1802. She was the daughter of 1266. Michael
Frankhauser, Sr..
Children of Peter Funk and Catherine Frankhauser are: |
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i. | Dorothea Funk, born
April 28, 1773; died Unknown.
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316 | ii. | Michael Funk I,
born October 20, 1774 in Brecknock Township, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania; died 1849 in Greene County,
Pennsylvania; married Savina Slusher August 11, 1798 in
Frederick County, Virginia.
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iii. | Elizabeth Funk,
born October 11, 1779; died Unknown; married John W.
Lichliter, Jr. August 10, 1808 in Shenandoah County,
Virginia; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iv. | John George Funk,
born August 08, 1782; died Unknown.
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634. John Frederick Slusher, born
Bef. August 24, 1737 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
(baptism date); died October 1802 in Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of 1268. Peter
Schlosser, Sr. and 1269.
Maria Margaretha
Waschenbach. He married 635.
Anna Engley Huntsiker Bet. 1760 - 1761.
Children of John Slusher and Anna Huntsiker are: |
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i. | Anna Christine
Slusher, born September 08, 1762 in North Annville Township,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (now Lebanon County); died
Unknown.
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ii. | Maria Barbara
Slusher, born September 22, 1763 in Berks County,
Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married Warner Buck March 26,
1782 in Frederick County, Virginia; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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iii. | Anna Margaret
Slusher, born December 26, 1765 in Berks County,
Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married Anthony Ridenour; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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iv. | Christopher
Slusher, Sr., born January 31, 1766; died February 08, 1819
in near Pleasant Valley, Washington County, Pennsylvania;
married Christina Gardner December 12, 1787 in Frederick
County, Virginia; born October 15, 1769; died June 09, 1838.
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v. | Elizabeth Slusher,
born Unknown; died Unknown; married John Harman; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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vi. | Rosanna Slusher,
born Unknown; died Unknown; married Michael Lemley; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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vii. | Catherine Slusher,
born Unknown; died Unknown; married Caspar Smith March 24,
1788; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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viii. | Susannah Slusher,
born Unknown; died Unknown; married Conrad Hass/Horse
September 28, 1790; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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ix. | Anna Ingle Slusher,
born Unknown; died Unknown; married Leonard Weaver August
13, 1793 in Frederick County, Virginia; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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317 | x. | Savina Slusher,
born Unknown; died December 07, 1863 in Greene County,
Pennsylvania; married Michael Funk I August 11, 1798 in
Frederick County, Virginia.
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xi. | Mary Slusher, born
Unknown; died Unknown; married (1) George Fathaling; born
Unknown; died Unknown; married (2) George Miller; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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xii. | Frances Slusher,
born Unknown; died Unknown; married Charles Brandon; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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652. Olof Olsson, born January 21,
1735/36 in Sweden; died Unknown. He married 653. Cathrina Nillsdotter June 01,
1766.
Children of Olof Olsson and Cathrina Nillsdotter are: |
326 | i. | Otto Olsson, born
March 27, 1768 in Sweden; died Unknown; married Anna
Hansdotter October 03, 1793.
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ii. | Eric Olsson, born
August 1770 in Sweden; died Unknown.
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iii. | Stina Olsdotter,
born April 08, 1773 in Sweden; died Unknown.
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iv. | Johan Olsson, born
April 14, 1775 in Sweden; died Unknown.
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v. | Nils Olsson, born
February 18, 1778 in Sweden; died Unknown.
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vi. | Maria Olsdotter,
born December 20, 1779 in Sweden; died Unknown.
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656. Mathes Larsson, born November
25, 1718 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown. He was the son of 1312. Lars
Martinsson and 1313. Annika Jonsdotter.
He married 657. Katarina Jonsdotter
Abt. 1750 in Sweden.
657. Katarina Jonsdotter, born 1731;
died June 24, 1787 in Sandsjön Rote, Nordmark Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden.
Children of Mathes Larsson and Katarina Jonsdotter are: |
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i. | Annika Matsdotter,
born 1751 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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328 | ii. | Lars Matsson, born
June 05, 1752 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden; died November 27, 1813 in
Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands Län,
Sweden; married Anna Persdotter June 27, 1779 in Nordmark
Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden.
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iii. | Gunilla Larsdotter,
born 1754 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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iv. | Jonas Larsson, born
1755 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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v. | Nils Larsson, born
1758 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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vi. | Mathes Larsson,
born 1760 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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vii. | Johan Larsson, born
1762 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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viii. | Erik Larsson, born
1764 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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ix. | Lena Larsdotter,
born 1767 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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x. | Sven Larsson, born
1769 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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xi. | Kajsa Larsdotter,
born 1772 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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658. Per Svensson, born 1716 in
Hårrsjön Rote, Färnebo Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden;
died October 31, 1768 in Hårrsjön Rote, Färnebo Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden. He was the son of 1316. Sven
Persson and 1317. Brita Persdotter.
He married 659. Annika Larsdotter
Bef. 1753 in Hårrsjön Rote, Färnebo Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden.
659. Annika Larsdotter, born 1727 in
Hårrsjön Rote, Färnebo Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden;
died March 03, 1797 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark
Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden. She was the daughter of 1318. Lars
Persson and 1319. Maria Jonsdotter.
Children of Per Svensson and Annika Larsdotter are: |
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i. | Brita Persdotter,
born 1753 in Hårrsjön Rote, Färnebo Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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ii. | Sven Persson, born
1755 in Hårrsjön Rote, Färnebo Parish, Värmlands Län,
Sweden; died Unknown.
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329 | iii. | Anna Persdotter,
born 1758 in Filipstad Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden; died
Unknown; married Lars Matsson June 27, 1779 in Nordmark
Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden.
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i. | Erich Sonesson,
born August 21, 1740; died Unknown.
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ii. | Per Sonesson, born
December 02, 1745; died Unknown.
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330 | iii. | Nils Sonesson, born
April 15, 1752 in Uddheden Rote, Norra Råda Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden; died March 09, 1816 in
Mokärnshyttan Gård, Mårtenstorp Rote, Norra Råda Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden; married Stina Larsdotter.
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662. Lars Svensson, born 1694; died
1759 in Filipstad Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden. He
married 663. Ingrid Danielsdotter.
663. Ingrid Danielsdotter, born 1714
in Filipstad Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden; died 1778 in
Filipstad Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden. She was the
daughter of 1326. Daniel Andersson
and 1327. Maria Jönsdotter.
Children of Lars Svensson and Ingrid Danielsdotter are: |
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i. | Katarina
Larsdotter, born 1735; died Unknown.
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ii. | Maria Larsdotter,
born 1743; died Unknown.
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iii. | Sven Larsson, born
1745; died Unknown.
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iv. | Kajsa Larsdotter,
born 1747; died Unknown.
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v. | Karl Larsson, born
1751; died Unknown.
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331 | vi. | Stina Larsdotter,
born December 24, 1755 in Fogdhyttan Rote, Färnebo Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden; died March 15, 1816 in
Mokärnshyttan Gård, Mårtenstorp Rote, Norra Råda Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden; married Nils Sonesson.
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vii. | Per Larsson, born
1759 in Fogdhyttan Rote, Färnebo Parish, Värmlands Län,
Sweden; died Unknown.
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664. Olof Andersson, born 1709 in
Ramshyttan Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden;
died Abt. 1773 in Djupdal Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro
Län, Sweden. He was the son of 1328.
Anders Olsson
and 1329. Brita Andersdotter.
He married 665. Kristina Larsdotter
September 08, 1745 in Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län,
Sweden.
665. Kristina Larsdotter, born
December 30, 1727 in Djupdal Rote, Ramsberg Parish,
Örebro Län, Sweden; died January 25, 1800 in Djupdal
Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden. She was the
daughter of 1330. Lars Johansson
and 1331. Margareta Larsdotter.
Children of Olof Andersson and Kristina Larsdotter are: |
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i. | Anders Olofsson,
born 1748; died Unknown.
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ii. | Greta Olofsdotter,
born 1751; died Unknown.
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iii. | Stina Olofsdotter,
born 1752; died 1753.
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iv. | Lars Olofsson, born
1755; died Unknown.
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v. | Stina Olofsdotter,
born 1758; died 1758.
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332 | vi. | Erik Olsson, born
January 25, 1760 in Djupdalen Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro
Län, Sweden; died April 26, 1810 in Sjötorp Rote, Ramsberg
Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; married Maria Eriksdotter
October 27, 1790 in Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden.
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vii. | Peter Olofsson,
born 1763; died Unknown.
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viii. | Olof Olofsson, born
1766; died Unknown.
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666. Erik Larsson, born July 31,
1724 in Allmänningbo Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län,
Sweden; died Unknown in Sweden. He was the son of 1332. Lars
Eriksson and 1333. Anna Persdotter.
He married 667. Anna Didriksdotter.
667. Anna Didriksdotter, born Abt.
1734 in Lindesberg Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län,
Sweden; died April 14, 1798 in Sjötorp Rote, Ramsberg
Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden. She was the daughter of 1334. Didrik
Ambrusson and 1335. Karin Jansdotter.
Children of Erik Larsson and Anna Didriksdotter are: |
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i. | Katarina
Eriksdotter, born October 04, 1753 in Jönshyttan Gård,
Lindesberg Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died
Unknown.
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ii. | Lars Eriksson, born
November 23, 1754 in Jönshyttan Gård, Lindesberg Rote,
Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died Bef. 1756.
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iii. | Lars Eriksson, born
January 08, 1756 in Gränshyttan Gård, Lindesberg Rote,
Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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iv. | Anna Eriksdotter,
born November 28, 1756 in Gränshyttan Gård, Lindesberg
Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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v. | Maria Eriksdotter,
born April 03, 1758 in Gränshyttan Gård, Lindesberg Rote,
Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died Bef. 1763.
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333 | vi. | Maria Eriksdotter,
born October 28, 1763 in Lindesberg Rote, Ramsberg Parish,
Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown; married Erik Olsson
October 27, 1790 in Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden.
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vii. | Stina Eriksdotter,
born October 12, 1765 in Gränshyttan Gård, Lindesberg
Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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viii. | Anders Eriksson,
born December 30, 1766 in Gränshyttan Gård, Lindesberg
Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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668. Mats Matsson, born 1753 in
Kittslingberg Rote, Norrbärke Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden; died September 04, 1821 in Norro Bredsjö Rote,
Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden. He was the son
of 1336. Mats Matsson
and 1337. Lisa Olofsdotter.
He married 669. Anna Andersdotter.
669. Anna Andersdotter, born 1749 in
Tolsboberget Rote, Söderbärke Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden; died February 26, 1827 in Norro Bredsjö Rote,
Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden. She was the
daughter of 1338. Anders Jansson
and 1339. Anna Mikaelsdotter.
Children of Mats Matsson and Anna Andersdotter are: |
334 | i. | Anders Matsson,
born July 24, 1780 in Kittslingberg Rote, Norrbärke Parish,
Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died December 04, 1844 in Norro
Bredsjö Rote, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden;
married Anna Abrahamsdotter 1805 in Sweden.
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ii. | Anna Matsdotter,
born April 22, 1788 in Kittslingberg Rote, Norrbärke
Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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iii. | Kristina
Matsdotter, born September 19, 1789 in Kittslingberg Rote,
Norrbärke Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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670. Abraham Abrahamsson, born July
13, 1757 in Hagetorp Rote, Malingsbo Parish, Kopparbergs
Län, Sweden; died December 31, 1836 in St. Djurlången
Rote, Malingsbo Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden. He was
the son of 1340. Abraham Abrahamsson
and 1341. Ingeborg Jansdotter.
He married 671. Maria Andersdotter
October 07, 1780 in Malingsbo Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden.
671. Maria Andersdotter, born
September 25, 1752 in Tolsboberget Rote, Söderbärke
Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died January 27, 1826 in
St. Djurlången Rote, Malingsbo Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden. She was the daughter of 1338.
Anders Jansson
and 1339. Anna Mikaelsdotter.
Children of Abraham Abrahamsson and Maria Andersdotter are: |
335 | i. | Anna Abrahamsdotter,
born September 22, 1784 in St. Djurlången Rote, Malingsbo
Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died January 30, 1858 in
Norberg Parish, Västmanlands Län, Sweden; married Anders
Matsson 1805 in Sweden.
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ii. | Anders Abrahamsson,
born October 07, 1782 in St. Djurlången Rote, Malingsbo
Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died 1787 in St.
Djurlången Rote, Malingsbo Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden.
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iii. | Abraham
Abrahamsson, born September 14, 1786 in St. Djurlången
Rote, Malingsbo Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died
Unknown.
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iv. | Maria
Abrahamsdotter, born May 02, 1788 in St. Djurlången Rote,
Malingsbo Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died 1788 in St.
Djurlången Rote, Malingsbo Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden.
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672. Nathan Walterhouse, Sr., born
Unknown; died 1790 in Sussex County, New Jersey. He
married 673. Sarah Mann.
Children of Nathan Walterhouse and Sarah Mann are: |
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i. | Nathan Walterhouse,
Jr., born Unknown in New Jersey; died 1813 in New York;
married Margaret ?; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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336 | ii. | Asa Waterhouse,
born Bef. 1762 in New Jersey; died Unknown in Cambria,
Niagara County, New York.
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iii. | Elkanah
Walterhouse, born Abt. 1764; died Unknown; married Polly
Granden; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iv. | John Walterhouse,
born Abt. 1766; died Unknown.
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v. | Gideon Walterhouse,
born Unknown; died Unknown; married (1) Phoebe Rhodes Bef.
1814; born Unknown; died Unknown; married (2) Cena Jackman
Bef. 1838; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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vi. | Esther Walterhouse,
born Unknown; died Unknown.
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vii. | Sarah Walterhouse,
born Unknown; died Unknown.
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viii. | Mary Walterhouse,
born Unknown; died Unknown.
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704. Rudolph Zimmermann, born Before
March 6, 1716/17 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died February 27, 1780 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire. He was the son of 1408. Johannes Zimmermann
and 1409. Anna Clara Frustert.
He married (1) Catharina ? April 25, 1750 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire; born Unknown; died October 20, 1752 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire; married (2) 705. Maria
Theresia Gantner July 9, 1753 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire.
Notes for
Rudolph Zimmermann:
Rudolph's baptism gives his parents as
Johannes Zimmermann and his wife Clara.
Witnesses to Joseph's baptism were Rudolph Utzmann,
bachelor, and the spinster Magdalena Gantner.
The record of Rudolph's death/burial
simply identifies him as a citizen of
Massenbachhausen.
The record of marriage states that
Rudolph was a widower when he married Theresia
Gintnerin (first wife Catharina). The witnesses
were Christian Heinhe and Joseph Zimmermann.
705. Maria Theresia Gantner, born
Before July 20, 1732 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown. She was the
daughter of 1410. Martin Gantner
and 1411. Luisa Dorathea Matthes.
Notes for
Maria Theresia Gantner:
The record of Maria's baptism
identifies her parents as Martin Gantner and wife
Luisa. The sponsors were Catharina, wife of
Mathias Weber, and Caspar Weiss, both of
Massenbachhausen.
Children of Rudolph Zimmermann and Maria Theresia Gantner are: |
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i. | Augustinus
Zimmermann, born Before May 10, 1754 in Massenbachhausen,
Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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ii. | Catherine
Zimmermann, born Before January 14, 1757 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire;
died Unknown.
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iii. | Josephus
Zimmermann, born Before October 15, 1759, in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire;
died Unknown.
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iv. | Anna Zimmermann,
born 1761 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy
Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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v. | Maria Anna
Zimmermann, born Before July 28, 1762 in Massenbachhausen,
Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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vi. | Margaretha
Zimmermann, born Before October 21, 1764 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire;
died Unknown.
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352 | vii. | Joseph Zimmermann,
born September 17, 1767 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died April 18, 1821 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation.; married Elizabetha
Weber May 27, 1794 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; born May 15, 1770 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire;
died March 10, 1833 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
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viii. | Joannes Zimmermann,
born Before March 5, 1770 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
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706. Dominicus Weber, born Before
July 3, 1730 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg,
Holy Roman Empire; died February 19, 1784 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire. He was the son of 1412. Carl Weber
and 1413. Barbara Nothofft.
He married 707. Maria Elisabetha Bühl
May 1, 1758 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg,
Holy Roman Empire.
707. Maria Elisabetha Bühl, born
Before June 21, 1735 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died January 17, 1811 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation. She was the daughter
of 1414. Johannes Georg Bühl
and 1415. Maria Magdalena Goritz.
Children of Dominicus Weber and Maria Elisabetha Bühl are: |
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i. | Maria Catherina
Weber, born Before October 15, 1760 in Massenbachhausen,
Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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ii. | Magdalena Weber,
born Before March 15, 1763 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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iii. | Maria Barbara
Weber, born Before June 28, 1765, in Massenbachhausen, Duchy
of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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iv. | Genovesa Weber,
born Before August 6, 1768 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
353 | v. | Elizabetha Weber,
born May 15, 1770 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died March 10, 1833 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation; married Joseph Zimmerman
May 27, 1794 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg,
Holy Roman Empire; born September 17, 1767 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire;
died April 18, 1821 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
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vi. | Joseph Georgius
Weber, born Before January 18, 1772 in Massenbachhausen,
Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died February 18,
1853 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation; married Katharina
Heinsmann; born Unknown; died Before 1853.
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708. Johannes Henricus Leisle, born
Before February 1, 1728/1729 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died April 25, 1793 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire. He was the son of 1416. Jois Martin Leisle
and 1417. Maria Barbara Dax.
He married (1) 709. Maria Magdalena
Dehl July 4, 1756 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; married (2) Clara Auer
July 13, 1772 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg,
Holy Roman Empire; born Unknown; died July 11, 1774 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire; married (3) Agatha Gottler July 20, 1775 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire; born Unknown; died Unknown.
709. Maria Magdalena Dehl, born
Before November 2, 1730 in Sontheim, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died May 23, 1772 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire. She was the daughter of 1418.
Friedrich Dehl
and 1419. Anna Maria Rassert.
Children of Johannes Henricus Leisle and Maria Magdalena Dehl are: |
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i. | Maria Theresia
Leisle, born Before June 25, 1758 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy
of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Before 1761.
|
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ii. | Maria Theresia
Leisle, born Before August 4, 1761 in Massenbachhausen,
Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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iii. | Maria Josepha
Leisle, born Before January 25, 1764, in Massenbachhausen,
Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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iv. | Christina Leisle,
born Before January 28, 1767 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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v. | Franz Casparus
Leisle, born Before November 5, 1768 in Massenbachhausen,
Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
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354 | vi. | Joseph Leisle, born
Before January 19, 1771 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died March 20, 1842 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation; married Maria Elisabetha
Farni October 30, 1796 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; born December 13, 1775 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire;
died February 3, 1853 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
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710. Johannes Matthaus Farni, born
Before September 22, 1721 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown. He was the
son of 1420. Wilhelm Farni
and 1421. Maria Margaretha ?.
He married (1) Maria Martha Seiffert September 14, 1745 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire; born Unknown; died August 21, 1755 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire; married (2) 711. Margaretha
Elisabetha Fischer February 23, 1756 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman
Empire.
711. Margaretha Elisabetha Fischer,
born 1733 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy
Roman Empire; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 1422. Johannes
Peter Fischer and 1423.
Christine ?.
Children of Johannes Matthaus Farni and Margaretha Elisabetha Fischer are: |
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i. | Margartha Farni,
born Before December 9, 1756 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
|
ii. | Elisbetha Farni,
born Before July 24, 1758 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
|
iii. | Joannea Farni, born
Before April 30, 1759, in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
|
iv. | Franz Joseph Farni,
born Before November 28, 1760 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
|
v. | Maria Margaretha
Farni, born Before January 27, 1762 in Massenbachhausen,
Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
|
vi. | Conrad Farni, born
Before July 13, 1764 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
|
vii. | Anna Maria Farni,
born Before March 15, 1766 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
|
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viii. | Zachaus Farni, born
Before October 3, 1768 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
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355 | ix. | Maria Elisabetha Farni,
born December 13, 1775 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died February 3, 1853 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation married Joseph Leisle
October 30, 1796 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg,
Holy Roman Empire; born Before January 19, 1771 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire;
died March 20, 1842 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
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728. David Simon Johann Hochwarth,
born December 14, 1732 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden,
Holy Roman Empire; died November 1782 in Helmhof,
Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman Empire. He married 729. Anna Maria Kunigunde Umhau 1763
in Neckarbischofsheim parish, Helmhof, Margraviate of
Baden, Holy Roman Empire.
729. Anna Maria Kunigunde Umhau,
born November 25, 1734 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden,
Holy Roman Empire; died December 12, 1809 in Helmhof,
Grand Duchy of Baden, Confederation of the Rhine. She was
the daughter of 1458. Philipp Umhau
and 1459. Maria ?.
Children of David Hochwarth and Anna Umhau are: |
364 | i. | Karl Hochwarth,
born 1762 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman
Empire; died September 25, 1832 in Helmhof, Grand Duchy of
Baden, German Confederation; married Veronika Maria Ruegner
Abt. 1791 in Neckarbischofsheim parish, Helmhof, Margraviate
of Baden, Holy Roman Empire.
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ii. | Susanna Elisabetha
Hochwarth, born 1766 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy
Roman Empire; died Unknown; married Adam Johann Mayer May
22, 1787 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman
Empire; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iii. | Katharina Susanna
Hochwarth, born 1767 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy
Roman Empire; died December 22, 1815 in Helmhof, Grand Duchy
of Baden, Confederation of the Rhine.
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iv. | Heinrich Jakob
Hochwarth, born November 03, 1769 in Helmhof, Margraviate of
Baden, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown in Untergimpern,
Grand Duchy of Baden; married Katharina Hoerner February 03,
1791 in Untergimpern (Catholic), Margraviate of Baden, Holy
Roman Empire; born November 22, 1762 in Untergimpern,
Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman Empire; died February 17,
1823 in Untergimpern, Grand Duchy of Baden, German
Confederation.
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