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3751 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Adelshofen Lutheran Records, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA." German Soc. Pg. 74.
B. Rudolf Breneisen naturalized Philadelphia 10 Apr 1760.
C. Records of Rev. John Casper Stover, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA." German Soc. Pg. 74.
D. "Descendants of Valentine Brenneisen, Arrived in Philadelphia in 1730," compiled by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr. of Lancaster, PA. 1982. A 13 page article.
E. Burial: Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery in Ephrata Twp.

2. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Adelshofen = 7519 Eppingen
69. Breneisen, Joh. Valeintin
"Alexander & Anne," 1730
S-H 36
Adelshofen Lutheran KB:
m. 8 Nov. 1724, after premature concubitum, Valentin Brenneisen, servant of Samuel Bar, Anabaptist, and Margaretha Hertzler (Catholic), daughter of Andreas Hertzlin of Gimbert. Joh. Valentin Breneisen, day laborer at the Dammhoff, and wife Anna Margaretha (Catholic) had:
1. Job. Friedrich b. 23 June 1726
2. Joh. Rudolff b. 21 Sept. 1728
Pennsylvania records:
Muddy Creek Lutheran KB, Lancaster Co.:
Valentin Brenn Eisen, deceased, had:
1. Joh. Martin b. 4 Sept. 1731
2. Joh. Jacob b. 17 Sept. 1733
3. Joh. Cunradt b. 1 Feb. 1736
Joh. Valentin Brenneisen and wife Margaretha sp. 1736 a child of Philipp Schweickert. m. 13 Sept. 1737 Johannes Ulrich and Margaretha Brenn Eisen, surviving widow of Valentin.
Stoever's Records:
m. 17 Jan. 1749 Rudolph Brenneisen and Anna Barbara Schaeffer, Cocalico
Pennsylvania Patent Book AA-2:518
Warrant dated 30 Apr. 1746, surveyed 13 Dec. 1748, A 154 A. tract in Earl twp., Lancaster co. to Hans Urigh. Urigh died, leaving land to two step-sons, Conrad and Valentine Breneisen. Valentine released his right to Conrad on 15 Mar. 1758. Patented 13 Feb. 1762, recorded 19 Feb. 1762.
Rudolph Breneisen nat. Philadelphia 10 April 1760."

3. Mentioned in will of stepfather in FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 64, has the following excerpt: "After the death of Hans Valentine his widow Margaretha married Jo Urick whose will follows:
Earltown [Earl Township] the 7th February 1758.
Even this puts me in mind of going hence and of my Mortalyty because God Hath Wisietet me with an hard Sicknis and it is Seemingly Nigh Deth by Virtue of these Letters Given befor God the Allmighty and the under writen witnesses my Last will.
I John Urick Give and Give over to my two StepSons namly Conrad and Valentin Op, Rudolph Breneisen, Henry Kemper and Jacob Holtzinger, with wagon harness and Geers and Horned Cattle in Sumaall what is on the Place, thethern and ther Heirs for there own. Excepting my wife, their mother, shall have the out standing mony the Grain on the Loft and the Grain now Standing in the feeld and for her Maintainans During her Life the one halfe of wht Stands in the Agreement wich Christian Harman Hath in Kiping an and I Bequeth to my Brother Valentin Urick in Tolpehoken for his Heirship, Five pound to my Sister Ottilia in Dutchland one Shilling Starling for her Shear. To my Step-son Rudolph Breneise one Shilling Starling for his Shear and to Martin Breneisen one Shilling Starling for his Shear and Jacob Breneison one Shilling Starling for his Shear and further the Luthern Church Four pounds Ten Shillings and I Chuse for Executors Henry Sower and Valentin Opp for that the articels for my last will shall all be kept befor God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and witnesses present beside my own hand and Seal. John Gehr and George Yundt. Johnnes Urick seal. (The above will is transcribed from the original which is written in German.)"

MARRIAGE:
1. Http://www.pa-roots.com/~lancaster/church/stoever/stoevermarriage1.html: "Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania," compiled by Mildred Smith (msmith@cybermania.net); these following individuals are all relatives and the marriage of this person is noted with an asterisk:
1737 09 18 Brenneis, Margaretha (Cocalico) - Uhrich, Johannes *1749 01 17 Brenneisen, Rudolph - Schaeffer, Anna Barbara (Cocalico) 1747 01 13 Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon) - Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) 1743 09 26 Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) - Wampler, John Peter 1751 01 21 Brennersen, John - Minier, Christina(Bethel)
1743 09 26 Wampler, John Peter - Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) 1746 01 07 Wampsler, Anna Magdalena (Lebanon) - Boger, Mattheis (Lebanon) 1747 01 13 Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) - Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon)

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 365-6, gives some of the history of the "The Hill Church (Berg Kirche)": "The Hill Church is located four miles northwest of Lebanon, Pennsylvania in North Annville Township. It was built in 1733 and was used jointly by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. Ref. John Casper Stoever formed the congregation in 1733. Rev. Stoever called it 'the church on the Quittapahilla' because he lived and had a mill on that stream. The Hill Church was the first organization for religious services in what is now Lebanon County and was the first to erect church buildings. According to Egle's history of Lebanon County, '...In 1754, and thereafter, when the Indians made frequent incursions, people often took their guns with them to defend themselves against savages. During divine service men with loaded muskets were placed at the door as sentinels.' The present church, built in 1837, is the third church in the same location. An ancient grave yard adjoins the church and many old markers are long gone. [The book has a picture rendering of the old two story Hill Church.]"

DEATH:
1. FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 63, has the following excerpt: "Rudolph Brenneisen, b. ca 1729 d between Oct. 18 & Nov. 17, 1764, m. Jan. 17, 1749 Anna Barbara Shaffer. Last Will and Testament:
"In the Name of God, Amen. I, Rudolph Breinisen of Earl Township in the County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania, yoeman, being weak in Body, but of sound Memory (blessed be God) do this Eighteenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sisty Four, Make and Publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say)
Imprimis; my will is that my Just debts and Funeral charges be paid by my Executor.
Item, I give to the Church wardens of the Luthern Church built on George Verns land the sum of Five pounds to be laid out by them towards the keeping up and in repair the said Church.
Item, I give to the poor, the blind and lame who go about the Country for relief the Sum of Five pounds - to be delivered into the hands of my friend John Schultz and by him distributed among such poor aforesaid. The said Sums to be paid to the use aforesaid by my Executor within two Months after my decease.
Item, I give to my beloved wife Barbara the choice of one of my Beds and Bed Cloaths and one Chest and the one third of the remainder of all my Estate, real and personal whatsoever. To be paid to her within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named.
Item. I give to my daughter Cathrine the Sum of Twenty-five pounds Pennsylvania Money, to be paid to her by my said Executor within three years after my decease, and I do appoint my brother-in-law Philip Shaffer to take care of the said Money to put it out on Interest and pay her such a sum of it at any time as he shall think necessary towards her maintainance and learning, and the whole of it he shall pay to her or her heirs when she is Eighteen years of age.
Item, all the rest and residue of my goods chattels and personal Estate whatsoever I give to my Four Brothers (viz) Martin, Jacob, Cunrad. and Valentine to be Equally divided among them allowing my two brothers Martin & Jacob Ten pounds a piece more than my other brothers.
And I make Constitute ordain my said brother Jacob Branisen Sole Executor
of this my will in trust for the intents & purposes in this my Will Contained. In witness whereof, I the said Rudolph Branisen have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.
Signed Sealed and delivered by the said Rudolph Branisen as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who were present at the Signing and Sealing thereof. Henry Sower & George Yondt, the Witnesses. Sealed and signed Rudolph Branisen."
Source: Lancaster County Will Book B 433, Oct. 18, 1764, proved November 17, 1764.

BURIAL:
1. Photo of "Rudolf Breneis, 1728-176?" [Breneisen] tombstone in Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery, Berstrasse, Lancaster, Pennsylvania on file. Original from website http://www.pagstones.com/pgs_brg_1.page.html.

2. Edited selections made from the history of the Bergstrasse Church per FHL book 929.273B735bw "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 78: "The first notice of the church is an article of agreement among twelve citizens, dated Erlen Town, may 18, 1752, for the purpose of building a church and calling a minister. Then comes the 'Church Book (record) for the congregation in Earlings Down, which the same has purchased out of the common treasurey for 5 shillings, the 7th day of February, 1753.' On Feb. 27, 1762, George Wernes and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, gave a deed for two acres of ground for two pouts ten shilling to Andrew Sweigert and Conrad Breneiser, in trust, 'for the proper use and behoof of the members of the Lutheran congregation, for a school-house and burying ground ...' The first church, built about the year 1753, was a log edifice, weatherboarded; it stood nearly a hundred years, and in 1848 gae way to the handsome edifice on the hillside at present used by the congregation. The first pastor was John Theopilus Englloud, from 1753 until 1758, [subsequent pastors listed]. The church is built on a road leading from the Harrisburg and Downingtown turnpike over the Ephrata Mountains, hence its name, 'Bergstrasse' ... The following named persons were among the original members of the old Bergstrasse Church ... Rudolph Breneisen. The present church edifice is of brick ... built in 1848 ..."
The book continues with additional Breneisen baptismal records from the church records which are generally names of descendants not covered by my database. There is one for Rudolph and his wife Barbara in which Conrad Brenneisen and Anna Maria Schaefer are sponsors: Anna Maria Brenneisen, b. 5 Jan 1758, bapt. 25 Feb 1758.
 		Brenneisen, John Rudolf (I3672)
 
3752 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Book, "Wamplers in America," by G. M. Shouse - 929.273, W181sh [Kerry's note: I reviewed this book at FHL in Salt Lake City - FHL book 929.273 W181sh]; "Wampler Family History 1701-1980" by Fred Wampler 929.273 W 181-w.
B. Paper on "John & Ludwig Wampler, Sons of the Immigrant Christian Wampler (1718-1765), with Notes on William Wampler (1813-1886)" by Roy H. Wampler, dtd. 15 July 1988. Chart Pg. ii shows Anna Barbara died 1800. Therefore, she was Peter's 2nd wife. There is disagreement on who was the 1st wife. [Kerry's note: I reviewed this book at FHL in Salt Lake City - FHL book 929.273 W181wr.]
C. Families & History of Sullivan Co., TN, Vol.1, 1779-1992. Pg 626 [Kerry's note: I reviewed this book at FHL in Salt Lake City - FHL book 976.896H2]
D. Eichtersheim and Sinsheim Lutheran Records, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA German Soc. Pg. 75.
E. From: 7 Poplar Avenue, Shalimar, FL 32579; February 18,1997. To: Mr Herb Bohler, 10 Garden Place, Flemington, NJ 08822. Dear Mr Bohler, Thank you for your response on the Brenneier/Brenneisen family. I read your response with particular interest. I am appending a copy of a letter I sent recently to Ms Annette Burgert. I had some questions concerning her research. The letter is as follows: "I have read your book entitled Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America Volume 1: The Northern Kraichgau. The family I am interested in is #69, Joh. Valentin Breneisen. I am concerned about the assignment of the marriage of Anna Barbara Brenneiss and John Peter Wampler on 26 Sep 1743 to #70, Georg Michael Brenneisen. I think that Anna Barbara is the daughter of Valentin - his first child. Consider this. According to the Adelshofen church book, Valentine Breneisen and Margaretha Hertzler were married after premature concubitum. The usual way to discover this was because the woman is pregnant. Furthermore, she was Catholic but married in a Lutheran Church. It is my contention that a child was born shortly after the marriage - and may very well be recorded in a Catholic church book. After all, it was a girl. According to Dr. Udo P. Krauthausen in the Palatine Immigrant, Vol XXI, No.4, "the generally prevailing rule for religious intermarriages: boys had to follow the religion of their father and girls had to follow the religion of their mother." This would account for the fact that the record of Anna Barbara's birth was not found in the Lutheran Church. It may well be contained in the records of the Catholic church there. Consider that Johann Friedrich was born 19 months after the marriage. He was certainly not evidence of premature concubitum. There was, however, sufficient time for this to be a second child. Further consider that there is no evidence of Georg Michael Breneisen residing in Lancaster county. How likely is it that a 16 year old girl (named Maria Barbara) was married in Lancaster County (as Anna Barbara), if her father did not even live there. According to an excerpt from a Brenizer history (from the town of Brenizer, PA), Georg Michael disappeared from sight soon after he arrived. However, the names Jacob and Christian were recorded in tax records in Bedford and Somerset Co. I would be interested in hearing your assessment of my theory. Right now I am awaiting a reply. Sincerely yours, Edith W. Levin.
F. "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D., "Publication of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808," vol. 1. Arrived on Ship Alexander & Anne, 5 Sept. 1730. Pg. 35.

2. Mentioned as wife Barbara Wampler in Peter Wampler's will signed 8 June, 1792, probated 30 June, 1792; Source: Liber G. M. No. 2, Folio 444, Frederick County, Maryland; see Peter's notes for full transcription.

3. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 5-6: "On 1 Nov 1749, Johan Peter Wampler and his wife Maria Barbara were sponsors at the baptism of John. Jacob Brenneisen, son of Jacob and Veronica Brenneisen. [Veronica is Peter's sister; I am unsure why Peter's wife is noted as Maria Barbara whereas her correct name is Anna Barbara - perhaps since the first name is religiously ceremonial in their culture, then Maria and Anna may be somewhat interchangeable. ] The baptismal ceremony was at the Hill Lutheran Church. Hans, Johan, and Johannes are all forms of the name John and this record was the last record located which indicated that Peter had a double given name. On 3 Mar 1751, Peter Wampler was sponsor at the baptism of Valentine Heylmann and wife, at the Hill Lutheran Church."

4. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999, pp. 28-29:
A. "After his marriage, Peter Wampler continued to live in Lebanon (then Lancaster) County until at least 1759... By 1762 Peter Wampler was paying taxes in Reading Twp., Adams (then York) County PA, and on 7 Aug 1765 he was granted Warrant No. 2577 for 200 acres of land in Reading Township; the land was surveyed on 10 Dec 1765. In 1770 Peter Wampler purchased land in Frederick Co., Maryland, and he lived there until his death in 1792. His name also appears in land records of 1775, 1787, and 1792-94. The tracts which he bought in the 1770s were named 'Park Hall (or Pork Hill)' and 'Mattingsly.' It is known that these tracts are situated in the western part of present-day Carroll County, in the vicinity of New Windsor. A deed executed on 5 June 1792, shortly before his death, gives his occupation as 'Weaver.' Thus he followed the tradition of his European ancestors who had practiced the trade of weaving. A deed executed in 1793 (after his death) pertains to a 126-acre tract called "The Resurvey of Hunting Lot' which he had bought from Philip Fishburn and which according to his will, was to belong to his wife during her widowhood. In the 1790 census, Peter Wampler is listed as a head of family in Frederick County, MD, with two males of 16 years and upward, one male under 16 years, and three females comprising his household. Peter wrote his will on 8 Jun 1792, naming Martin Gerber/Garber Sr. as his executor, with Joshua Howard, Abraham Crumbacker and Philip Engler as witnesses. The will was probated on 30 Jun 1792... On 9 Feb 1796 the executor, Martin Gerber/Garber submitted his account to the Orphan's Court. He reported assets of 1561 pounds, 11 shillings, 1 penny, payments on behalf of the estate totaling 331.18.9, leaving a balance due the heirs of 1229.12.4. Among the payments were 270 pounds paid to Philip Fishburn (evidently to complete the purchase of a tract of land), various sums related to building a house for the widow as had been stipulated in Peter's will (including 9 shillings 9 pence paid to Jno. Grabell 'for whiskey for workmen'), and a legacy of 20 pounds which the testator left to Martin Garber 'for his trouble in settling the estate.' Abraham Hartman, one of Peter Wampler's sons-in-law, is mentioned as a workman on the widow's house. At the end of the executor's account is a statement: 'Then came Marrtin Garver, who being a Dunker, solemnly affirmed and declared that the aforegoing Acct is just and true as it stands stated...' Earlier, when the will was presented for probate, a similar statement was made: 'Then Abraham Crumbacker and Philip Engler, two of the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing... will... solemnly affirmed and declared that they did see the Testator therein named Sign and Seal this will...' One can conclude that these two witnesses, as well as the executor, were of the Dunkard faith. Like the Quakers, the Dunkers refused to take oaths because of religious scruples; instead, they 'solemnly affirmed and declared' any statements which they were required to make in legal proceedings. According to Guy Edgar Wampler Jr., a 4th-great grandson of Hans Peter Wampler, Hans Peter became affiliated with the Dunkers in the 1760s... One matter remained to be settled after the death of Barbara Wampler in 1800. Peter Wampler had devised to his wife during her widowhood all the land that he had bought of Philemon Fishburn, and after her marriage or death this land was to be sold by his executor. The executor, Martin Garber, however, died before this duty could be discharged. Thus the matter fell into the domain of the Chancery Court. Particulars of the case are given in records of this court. David Wampler, one of Peter's sons, acted as plaintiff and the other heirs were named as defendants. The plaintiff's solicitor recited the pertinent facts: Peter Wampler on 8 June 1792, being seized of divers Real Estate, duly made his last will and testament, and he devised that the real estate should be sold by his executor, and he constituted Martin Garber his executor; the said executor died without discharging the trust reposed in him; Letters of Administration De Bonis Non were granted to the plaintiff, David Wampler. The Testator left the following children and heirs: David Wampler, Jacob, John, Daniel and Joseph Wampler; Barbara wife of John Warts; Eve wife of Henry Kinzig (Kinsey); Phebe wife of Jacob Engler; Christiana wife of Peter Graybill; Ane wife of Abraham Hartman; and Jacob Snider. On 4 Sep 1802 the court appointed David Wampler as trustee to sell the land; sureties were named. On 26 Mar 1803, the trustee, David Wampler, reported that the tract of land, known as 'The Resurvey of Hunting Lott,' had been sold to John Fox for 470 pounds 5 shillings. The final record shows that court costs were paid, and then each of the heirs (named above) received 1/11 of the balance, or 39 pounds 13 shillings 11-1/2 pence each. Before the trustee sold this property, he placed an advertisement in a newspaper of Frederick, MD: 'Chancery sale of tract, Resurvey of Hunting Lot, 1 mile from David Roop's Mill, near mouth of Beaver Dam creek, possessed by Peter Wampler, Frederick County, deceased - David Wampler, trustee.' From the information given in this notice one can determine that the property was located in present -day Johnsville District, Frederick County. Beaver Dam Creek flows northward through Johnsville District and runs into Little Pipe Creek. A German Baptist, or Dunkard, church was situated northeast of Johnsville, close to Beaver Dam Creek, and it is known that the Martin Garber family who bought land in this area in 1771 was active in the German Baptist community."
B. Referenced sources:
a. Annette Kunselman Burgert, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992.
b. "Early Lutheran Baptisms and marriages in Southeastern PA: the Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730-1779," Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1988.
c. Peter Wampler's will written 8 Jun 1792, probated 30 Jun 1792, Will Book GM2, pp. 444-6, Frederick Co., MD.
d. Barbara Wampler's will written 16 May 1796, probated 28 Jun 1800, Will Book GM3, p. 392, Frederick Co., MD.
e. "Assessed Inhabitants of York County, PA, for the Year 1762, Book II (Townships Which later Formed Adams Co.)," Special Publication #6, South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, York, 1979.
f. Historical Society of York County, PA: Original land records, state of Pennsylvania. Warrant no. 2577, 200 acres in Radnor (sic: Reading) Township, York County, dated 10 Dec 1765. Some genealogical researchers have erroneously reported that this land lay in Chester Co., PA.
g. Land records, Frederick Co., MD, pertaining to Peter Wampler: N, p. 505 (1770); BD2, p. 97 (1775); WR7, p. 384 (1787); WR11,p. 11 (deed made 5 Jun 1792, recorded 13 Aug 1792); Wr11, p. 662 (agreement recorded 12 Jul 1793); WR12, p. 245 (deed made 22 Nov 1793, recorded 10 Mar 1794).
h. Chancery Court, Vol. B54, pp. 318-325, David Wampler vs. the Heirs of Peter Wampler; proceedings dated 4 Sep 1802 to 5 Oct 1803, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD.
i. F. Edward Wright, "Western Maryland Newspaper Abstracts (Vol. 2), 1799-1805," Family Line Publ., Silver Spring, MD; 1986, item 573, "Frederick-Town Herald," 19Mar 1803.
j. D.J. Lake, C.E., "Atlas of Frederick County, Maryland," Philadelphia, 1873.
k. C. E. Schildknecht, Editor, "Monocacy and Catoctin, Vol. 1," Shippensburg, PA, 1985.
l. "Our Grable History," (16 pages), by Joseph H. Piatt, Oakmont, PA, Jun 1991. Includes data on Peter Grabill/Grable/Graybill and family, and on Martin Garber, Sr. and family.
m. "Heads of Families at the First Census of the US Taken in the Year 1790; Maryland." Govt. Printing Office Washington, DC., 1907.

5. I looked the various publications giving the names of the immigrant arrivals on the various ships to the Port of Philadelphia. I also looked at the arrival list of the ship "Alexander & Anne" of 5 Sep 1730 on which Valentine Brenneisen arrived. I did not find Anna Barbara listed nor any of the other children.

6. FHL book 974.8 B4pgp "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," by Annette Kunselman Burgert (Camden, ME; Picton Press), pp. 520-24:
"Wampfler, Hans Peter age 40 (Keskastel=67260 Sarre-Union; Altwiller=67260 Sarre-Union)
Wampfler, Hans Peter age 18
Wampfler, Michael age 16
[Immigrated on the ship] "Lydia," 1741; [Source:] S-H, I: 300, 301, 302 [Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William John Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers. 3 vols. (Norristown, 1934)].
European Records
Keskastel Lutheran KB [Kirchebook (Church book)]:
Peter Wampffler, linenweaver at Hinsingen, and wife Veronica had:
1. Anna Magdalena bp. 7 June 1720; Sp.: Samuel Mettauer, linen weaver at Kastel; A. Magdalena, wife of Peter S__tz of Newhausel; Anna Magdalena ?___. (Record extracted 3 May 1741)
2. Hans Peter bp. 4 Aug. 1722; Sp.: Hans Peter Klein, Harskirchen; Johannes Wampffler;
Anna Elisa, wife of Jacob Lang of ?Zollingen; Maria Barbara, ?daughter of Michel Buttner (Ext. 3 May 1741).
3. Michael b. ca. 1724
Harskirchen Lutheran KB:
4. Anna Fronica b. 5 Nov. 1726, bp. 7 Nov. 1726 at Altweyler
5. Anna Barbara bp. 24 July 1729 at Altweyler [Altwiller]
6. Anna Elisabetha bp. 3 Dec. 1732 at Altweyler
7. Anna Catharina bp. __ ___ 1734
8. possible Georg, bp. not located
American Records
Rev. John Casper Stoever's Records (F. J. F. Schantz, trans. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever, Baptismal and Marriage, 1730-1799. {Harrisburg, 1896; reprinted Baltimore 1982}. This translation contains errors and omissions.):
-John Peter Wampler m. 26 Sept. 1743 Anna Barbara Brenneiss(en), Swatara. They had children:
1. Joh. Michael b. 6 Oct. 1747, bp. 8 Nov. 1747; Sp.: Joh. Michael Wampfler and wife
2. Joh. Jacob b. 28 Sept. 1749, bp. 1 Nov. 1749; Sp.: Johan Peter Wampfler and wife Maria Barbara
3. Anna Elisabetha bp. 28 Oct. 1750; Sp.: Michael Wampfler and wife.."

MARRIAGE:
1. Http://www.pa-roots.com/~lancaster/church/stoever/stoevermarriage1.html: "Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania," compiled by Mildred Smith (msmith@cybermania.net); these following individuals are all relatives and the marriage of this person is noted with an asterisk:
1737 09 18 Brenneis, Margaretha (Cocalico) - Uhrich, Johannes 1749 01 17 Brenneisen, Rudolph - Schaeffer, Anna Barbara (Cocalico) 1747 01 13 Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon) - Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) *1743 09 26 Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) - Wampler, John Peter 1751 01 21 Brennersen, John - Minier, Christina(Bethel)
*1743 09 26 Wampler, John Peter - Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) 1746 01 07 Wampsler, Anna Magdalena (Lebanon) - Boger, Mattheis (Lebanon) 1747 01 13 Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) - Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon)

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 365-6, gives some of the history of the "The Hill Church (Berg Kirche)": "The Hill Church is located four miles northwest of Lebanon, Pennsylvania in North Annville Township. It was built in 1733 and was used jointly by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. Ref. John Casper Stoever formed the congregation in 1733. Rev. Stoever called it 'the church on the Quittapahilla' because he lived and had a mill on that stream. The Hill Church was the first organization for religious services in what is now Lebanon County and was the first to erect church buildings. According to Egle's history of Lebanon County, '...In 1754, and thereafter, when the Indians made frequent incursions, people often took their guns with them to defend themselves against savages. During divine service men with loaded muskets were placed at the door as sentinels.' The present church, built in 1837, is the third church in the same location. An ancient grave yard adjoins the church and many old markers are long gone. [The book has a picture rendering of the old two story Hill Church.]"

3. Hans Peter Wampler, in his will probated 30 Jun 1792 in Frederick Co., MD, states: "I give unto my beloved wife Barbara Wampler all the land I bought of Philemon Fishburn during her widowhood..." and that part of his inheritance was to go to Jacob Snither equally with his other children and of whom Barbara in her later will notes as her son. Assuming, as many report but without documentation, that Hans Peter's first wife Anna Barbara Brenneisen died in 1782 in Frederick Co., then the above Barbara would be a later marriage. Some believe, as does Roy Wampler cited elsewhere in these notes, that there was only one marriage and Barbara was married before to Snither. I do not concur. The marriage is well documented in 1743 with Anna Barbara 'Brenneiss[en]' and it appears unlikely she would have previously been married to a ___ Snither prior to that time since so many of her Brenneisen siblings were recorded in the same Hill Lutheran Church and there are no Snithers reported. Similarly, several entries on Rootsweb.com Worldconnect are quite sketchy indicating that the second Barbara (Snither) was actually a first marriage to Hans Peter; however, this makes no sense since these databases all indicate Barbara Brenneisen died in 1782 - yet it is apparent there was a Barbara in 1792 that had been widowed before marrying Hans Peter. Additionally, in the same will, he names all of his children by name. Later he says that upon his wife's death or remarriage, any money remaining to be divided "equally between all my children and Jacob Snither..." Jacob apparently was like a son and most likely a son of the second Barbara's first marriage to a Snither/Sneither. Some Worldconnect sites as of Feb 2004 note the second Barbara's maiden name as Snither/Sneither which makes no sense since how could she have a son with the same last name. I concur with the book, "Wamplers in America," by G. M. Shouse - 929.273, W181-sh, pg. 6, where she indicates: "Peter may have married a second time to a widow whose name was Barbara Sneither. A Barbara Wampler wrote her will in Frederick County, MD on 16 May 1796, directing that all of her estate, except her wearing apparel, be sold at public sale and that the money be equally divided between her son Jacob Sneither and Joseph Wampler." When one considers that by the mid-1760s Hans Peter was most likely a Dunker, then it would not be a surprise that there were no records of the first Barbara's death or Hans Peter's second marriage since the Dunkards purposefully and traditionally did not keep church vital records to maintain their professed isolation and separateness.

4. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Pennsylvania records:
Stoevers's Record: m. 26 Sept. 1743 John Peter Wampler and Anna Barbara Brenneiss, Swatara."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL book 929.273B735bw p. 63: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978. 		Brenneisen, Anna Barbara (I2001)
 
3753 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
a. Books, "Wamplers in America," by G. M. Shouse - 929.273, W181 -sh; "Wampler Family History 1701-1980" by Fred Wampler 929.273 W 181-w.
b. Anna Margaretha was a Catholic.
c. Adelshofen Lutheran Records, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA." German Soc. Pg. 74.
d. Pedigree Chart of Doris (Skipper) Eggleston of Virginia Beach, VA, dtd. 7 Sep 1995.
e. "Descendants of Valentine Brenneisen, Arrived in Philadelphia in 1730," compiled by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr. of Lancaster, PA. 1982.

2. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Adelshofen = 7519 Eppingen
69. Breneisen, Joh. Valeintin
"Alexander & Anne," 1730
S-H 36
Adelshofen Lutheran KB:
m. 8 Nov. 1724, after premature concubitum, Valentin Brenneisen, servant of Samuel Bar, Anabaptist, and Margaretha Hertzler (Catholic), daughter of Andreas Hertzlin of Gimbert. Joh. Valentin Breneisen, day laborer at the Dammhoff, and wife Anna Margaretha (Catholic) had:
1. Job. Friedrich b. 23 June 1726
2. Joh. Rudolff b. 21 Sept. 1728
Pennsylvania records:
Muddy Creek Lutheran KB, Lancaster Co.:
Valentin Brenn Eisen, deceased, had:
1. Joh. Martin b. 4 Sept. 1731
2. Joh. Jacob b. 17 Sept. 1733
3. Joh. Cunradt b. 1 Feb. 1736
Joh. Valentin Brenneisen and wife Margaretha sp. 1736 a child of Philipp Schweickert. m. 13 Sept. 1737 Johannes Ulrich and Margaretha Brenn Eisen, surviving widow of Valentin.
Stoever's Records:
m. 17 Jan. 1749 Rudolph Brenneisen and Anna Barbara Schaeffer, Cocalico
Pennsylvania Patent Book AA-2:518
Warrant dated 30 Apr. 1746, surveyed 13 Dec. 1748, A 154 A. tract in Earl twp., Lancaster co. to Hans Urigh. Urigh died, leaving land to two step-sons, Conrad and Valentine Breneisen. Valentine released his right to Conrad on 15 Mar. 1758. Patented 13 Feb. 1762, recorded 19 Feb. 1762.
Rudolph Breneisen nat. Philadelphia 10 April 1760."


BIOGRAPHY:
1. Mentioned in will of second husband in FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 64, has the following excerpt: "After the death of Hans Valentine his widow Margaretha married Jo Urick whose will follows:
Earltown [Earl Township] the 7th February 1758.
Even this puts me in mind of going hence and of my Mortalyty because God Hath Wisietet me with an hard Sicknis and it is Seemingly Nigh Deth by Virtue of these Letters Given befor God the Allmighty and the under writen witnesses my Last will.
I John Urick Give and Give over to my two StepSons namly Conrad and Valentin Op, Rudolph Breneisen, Henry Kemper and Jacob Holtzinger, with wagon harness and Geers and Horned Cattle in Sumaall what is on the Place, thethern and ther Heirs for there own. Excepting my wife, their mother, shall have the out standing mony the Grain on the Loft and the Grain now Standing in the feeld and for her Maintainans During her Life the one halfe of wht Stands in the Agreement wich Christian Harman Hath in Kiping an and I Bequeth to my Brother Valentin Urick in Tolpehoken for his Heirship, Five pound to my Sister Ottilia in Dutchland one Shilling Starling for her Shear. To my Step-son Rudolph Breneise one Shilling Starling for his Shear and to Martin Breneisen one Shilling Starling for his Shear and Jacob Breneison one Shilling Starling for his Shear and further the Luthern Church Four pounds Ten Shillings and I Chuse for Executors Henry Sower and Valentin Opp for that the articels for my last will shall all be kept befor God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and witnesses present beside my
own hand and Seal. John Gehr and George Yundt. Johnnes Urick seal. (The above will is transcribed from the original which is written in German.)"

MARRIAGE:
1. Http://www.pa-roots.com/~lancaster/church/stoever/stoevermarriage1.html: "Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania," compiled by Mildred Smith (msmith@cybermania.net); these following individuals are all relatives and the marriage of this person is noted with an asterisk:
*1737 09 18 Brenneis, Margaretha (Cocalico) - Uhrich, Johannes 1749 01 17 Brenneisen, Rudolph - Schaeffer, Anna Barbara (Cocalico) 1747 01 13 Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon) - Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) 1743 09 26 Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) - Wampler, John Peter 1751 01 21 Brennersen, John - Minier, Christina(Bethel)
1743 09 26 Wampler, John Peter - Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) 1746 01 07 Wampsler, Anna Magdalena (Lebanon) - Boger, Mattheis (Lebanon) 1747 01 13 Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) - Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon)

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 365-6, gives some of the history of the "The Hill Church (Berg Kirche)": "The Hill Church is located four miles northwest of Lebanon, Pennsylvania in North Annville Township. It was built in 1733 and was used jointly by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. Ref. John Casper Stoever formed the congregation in 1733. Rev. Stoever called it 'the church on the Quittapahilla' because he lived and had a mill on that stream. The Hill Church was the first organization for religious services in what is now Lebanon County and was the first to erect church buildings. According to Egle's history of Lebanon County, '...In 1754, and thereafter, when the Indians made frequent incursions, people often took their guns with them to defend themselves against savages. During divine service men with loaded muskets were placed at the door as sentinels.' The present church, built in 1837, is the third church in the same location. An ancient grave yard adjoins the church and many old markers are long gone. [The book has a picture rendering of the old two story Hill Church.]"
 		Hertzler, Anna Margaretha (I624)
 
3754 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Books, "Wamplers in America," by G. M. Shouse - 929.273, W181 -sh; "Wampler Family History 1701-1980" by Fred Wampler 929.273 W 181-w.
B. Valentine was an Anabaptist.
C. Adelshofen Lutheran Records, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA." German Soc. Pg. 74.
D. Muddy Creek Lutheran Records of Lancaster Co., PA, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA." German Soc. Pg. 74. Valentine and Margaretha sponsored in 1736 a child of Philipp Schweickert.
E. Book, "Brenizer Then and Now," by The Brenizer Historical Society. Pub. Jun., 1988. Valentine arrived in Philadelphia in Sept. 1730 on the ship named Alexander and Ann.
F. "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D. Publication of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808. Vol. 1. Arrived on Ship Alexander & Anne, and took the Oath, 5 Sept. 1730. Pg 35 & 36
G. Pedigree Chart of Doris (Skipper) Eggleston of Virginia Beach, VA, dtd. 7 Sep 1995.
H. "Descendants of Valentine Brenneisen, Arrived in Philadelphia in 1730," compiled by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr. of Lancaster, PA. 1982. A 13 page article.
I. aka Hans Veltin, Hans Ulrich Crinston.

2. Alternative birthplace some use is Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands; however, I do not believe so - this was the port from which the ship that brought him to America departed and the ship's list notes he was of Palatine which is in the Baden area of Germany. Alternative death may be 1740 which is unlikely considering inventory quoted below which shows a death date of 27 Aug 1737. Alternative burial may Lutheran Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA.

3. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Adelshofen = 7519 Eppingen
69. Breneisen, Joh. Valeintin
"Alexander & Anne," 1730
S-H 36
Adelshofen Lutheran KB:
m. 8 Nov. 1724, after premature concubitum, Valentin Brenneisen, servant of Samuel Bar, Anabaptist, and Margaretha Hertzler (Catholic), daughter of Andreas Hertzlin of Gimbert. Joh. Valentin Breneisen, day laborer at the Dammhoff, and wife Anna Margaretha (Catholic) had:
1. Job. Friedrich b. 23 June 1726
2. Joh. Rudolff b. 21 Sept. 1728
Pennsylvania records:
Muddy Creek Lutheran KB, Lancaster Co.:
Valentin Brenn Eisen, deceased, had:
1. Joh. Martin b. 4 Sept. 1731
2. Joh. Jacob b. 17 Sept. 1733
3. Joh. Cunradt b. 1 Feb. 1736
Joh. Valentin Brenneisen and wife Margaretha sp. 1736 a child of Philipp Schweickert. m. 13 Sept. 1737 Johannes Ulrich and Margaretha Brenn Eisen, surviving widow of Valentin.
Stoever's Records:
m. 17 Jan. 1749 Rudolph Brenneisen and Anna Barbara Schaeffer, Cocalico
Pennsylvania Patent Book AA-2:518
Warrant dated 30 Apr. 1746, surveyed 13 Dec. 1748, A 154 A. tract in Earl twp., Lancaster co. to Hans Urigh. Urigh died, leaving land to two step-sons, Conrad and Valentine Breneisen. Valentine released his right to Conrad on 15 Mar. 1758. Patented 13 Feb. 1762, recorded 19 Feb. 1762.
Rudolph Breneisen nat. Philadelphia 10 April 1760."

4. FHL book 974.811 W3s "Pennsylvania German Pioneers, a Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, 3 vols. (Picton Press, 1992), pp. 34-37; the following list appears to only list male heads of household:
"(List 12 A) Ship Alexander and Anne, William Clymer, Master, Septr. 5, 1730:
-George Michl. Brinsens
"At the Courthouse of Philadelphia, Sepr. 5th, 1730, ... A list presented of the Names of Forty six Palatines, who with their families, making in all about 130 persons, were imported her in the Ship Alexr. & Ann, William Clymer, master, from Rotterdam, but last from Deal." From the Minutes of the Provincial Council, printed in "Colonial Records," Vol. III, p. 386.
"(List 12 B) (Palatines imported in the Ship Alexander & Anne, William Clymer, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Deal. Qualified Sept. 5th, 1730.)
-Hans Veltin Brenneisen
-Jerg Michel Brenneisen
"(List 12 C) We do swear or solemly declare, that we deny all obedience to the Pope of Rome; and further swear or solemly declare that no Prince or Person whatsoever hath any Right or Title to the Crown of Great Britain but his Majesty George the Second and his lawful Issue.
-Hans Veltin Brenneisen
-Jerg Michel Brenneisen"

5. Http://www.geocities.com/breniser2000/brenizerhistory.html: from "Breniser, Then and Now" (1730-1988) published by the Brenizer Historical Society (Breniser Family and Brenizer town history): "History of Brenizer, Pennsylvania. Nestled in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, on the northern edge of Westmoreland County, lies the small village of Brenizer. Although approximately 175 families live here at the present time, this was not always a village. In the 1800's, this area was owned by the Breniser family and used as a farmland, but hidden under this land was a rich treasure of coal. When the mining days began, the town was slowly built up to be one of the nicest mining towns in this area. We have traced some of the ancestors of the original Breniser family to Germany, where some descendants still live. The name Breniser comes from the name Brennelsen, which means: Bren (Burn) Eisen (Iron). Through the years, the Breniser name has been spelled many different ways. Hans Veltin (John Valentine) and Gorge Michel (George Michael) Brenneisen arrived in Philadelphia in September of 1730 on the ship named Alexander and Ann. Their records, including taking the Oath of Allegiance to King George III, are documented in the Pennsylvania Archives and also in Daniel Rupp's list of German passengers, which is considered to be a classic in the documentation of German immigrants. The two immigrants came from the Palatinate; that region of the Neckar Valley, southeast of Heidelberg, is now in the state of Baden-Wurrtenberg. This particular branch of the family, according to Wilhelm Brenneisen, the present day family historian in Germany, came from Lohrbach. Before immigrating, they worked on a large farm as day laborers. The name of the farm and village, still existing today, is called the Damnhof. John Valentine Brenneisen had several children when he arrived in the United States in 1730, and he had more children after he settled here. George Michael seems to have disappeared from sight soon after he arrived, since nothing more has been discovered about him. John Valentine's children grew up in Lancaster County. At the same time, however, the names Jacob and Christian were appearing on tax records in Bedford and Somerset Counties, and family members think they are George Michael's descendants. At Hill Church (Berg Kirche, Church on the Quitapohila) a record exists that shows the marriage of Jacob Brenneisen and Anna Veronica Wampfler in 1747. Later that year, a son, Michael, was born, followed by a son Jacob and a daughter Anna Barbara. We believe that Michael, born in 1747, is the father of Peter Breniser, who came to Westmoreland County. There is no documentation to prove this, but the family believes this. Jacob, the father of Michael, and his family left the Lutheran Church, according to the church record, and became Tunkers. Michael's wife, Barbara Myers Movers, was a Mennonite. Apparently, they did not keep records as the Lutherans did, therefore we cannot obtain any information on their church life. Michael is listed in the Pennsylvania Archives on the Revolutionary War lists, but he is also listed as a conscientious objector who did not want to fight because of his religious beliefs. In the State Archives in Harrisburg, Michael was continually being fined for not showing up to church, and so forth. Michael is listed as a head of household in the 1790 census. The family probably moved around quite a bit, and Michael is found in Elk Lick and Brothers Valley Townships in Lebanon and Somerset Counties prior to 1800. He is located in the south of Westmoreland County by 1802. A copy of a land transaction between Michael Breniser and John McCabe, dated October 1, 1802, was found. Both parties are said to be of Unity Township, Westmoreland County. It was the sale of twenty acres, "a piece of ground whereon he now lives situated on the waters of the Nine Mile Run." On April 4, 1805, Michael Breniser bought 225 acres. In 1812, Michael bought from Jacob Inistman 152 acres in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. On July 2, 1816, Michael and Barbara Breniser of East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, sold 152 acres to Peter Lucks for $4.258. In 1820, Michael is found in West Huntingdon Township on the Federal Census records, but has never been found on any record afterward. Although there are many descendants of George Michael Brenneisen and John Valentine Brenneisen, the descendants who are of great importance to this history were born in the 1800's. Down through the years, some of the same names were used repeatedly and, as a result, it can become very confusing to the reader. Whenever possible, we have used middle initials to distinguish between various family members. Although the original descendants settled in various places in Pennsylvania, moving often and buying other pieces of property, they eventually settled in Derry Township. Courtesy of Wilhelm Brenneisen."

6. Http://english-america.com/spls/730pa001.html ship passenger lists: September 5, 1730, "The Alexander & Ann," from Rotterdam, Netherland, but last from Deal, England, arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Compiled by Donna Ristenbatt for the time and effort she put into preparing and posting her excellent passenger list for the benefit of all. Thanks are also due her for approval of posting this alphabetized name reference extracted from her list. For ship's description and passenger information for this voyage, see Donna Speer Ristenbatt's Ships' List. Note: These three lists contains duplications of names, which show spelling variations, since it was derived from multiple lists in the above source.
List 1 - The signers of the Oath of Allegiance to England: "Palatines imported in the Ship Alexander & Anne, William Clymer, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Deal. Qualified September 5, 1730. At the Courthouse of Philadelphia, September 5th, 1730.... A list was presented of the Names of Forty six Palatines, who with their families, making in all about one hundred and thirty persons, were imported here in the Ship Alexander & Ann, William Clymer, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Deal." From the Minutes of the Provincial Council, printed in the Colonial Records, Vol. III, p. 386: (List follows with 'Hans Veltin Brenneisen' and 'Jerg Michel Brenneisen' separated by 14 names.)
List 2: The signers of the Oath of Abjuration: "We do swear or solemnly declare, that we deny all obedience to the Pope of Rome; and further swear or solemnly declare that no Prince or Person whatsoever hath any Right or Title to the Crown of Great Britain but his Majesty George the Second and his lawful Issue: (List follows including 'Hans Veltin Brenneisen' and 'Jerg Michel Brenneisen' separated by 6 names.)September 5, 1730. The Persons whose names are above written took & subscribed the Qualification by Law directed before His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the City & County of Philadelphia."

DEATH:
1. FHL book 929.273B735bw p. 63: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 63, has the following excerpt "Inventory of of the Estate of Valentine Breneisen, 1740": "A True Inventory of all the goods and Effects of Valentine Breneisen Last Deceased ___ the 27 day of August 1737 and given in by John Woorick.
The J___servmest, 60L.
to a horse sadele and Bridel, 7L,10s.
to a working horse, 6L.
to a horse geirse (?) and ___, 10s.
to a pan of olde plow yoreus, 10s.
to 3 cows and a hifer & 4 sheep, 9L.
to hoges & wheat, rye, Braly & oats, 6L.
to flax and H a ___ & big yoren (yarn?), 3 L.
to 2 small yaren ___ withe some other small Household goods in the kickin, 12s.
to a olde crose Kot saw at 15 see a chain 10, 1L,5s.
to Axes Hachet crobing other ___.
to Dung truck & fork augurs small things, 1L,15s.
to a tub an Breaikes 10 ___ ___ ___ ___.
to a ___ ___ for Beding and linen.
to a ___ of olde ___ brushes and a cot, 1L,18s.
to 7 head of horned cattell, 10L,5s.
to a mear and 2 Colts, 5L,4s,2d.
Total: 117L,14s,2d. Appressed ___ us, George __orb, Ennob L. Bowins."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL film 1597995 it. 21 "Brenneisen Family Notebook" was not helpful. It is a random collection of someone's notebook on the Brenneisens donated to the FHL in 1992. Most are scribblings and are in German. It does appear that the Brenneisens are a prominent family in the area from which they come from. 		Brenneisen, Johann Valentine (I625)
 
3755 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
a. Data from Marion Thomas of Orting, WA, Pedigree Chart 1993.
b. "Descendants of Valentine Brenneisen, Arrived in Philadelphia in 1730," compiled by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr. of Lancaster, PA. 1982. A 13 page article.
 		Agathe (I3679)
 
3756 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
a. Data from Marion Thomas of Orting, WA, Pedigree Chart 1993.
b. Aka Brenneiben.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL film 1597995 it. 21 "Brenneisen Family Notebook" was not helpful. It is a random collection of someone's notebook on the Brenneisens donated to the FHL in 1992. Most are scribblings and are in German. It does appear that the Brenneisens are a prominent family in the area from which they came from. 		Brenneisen, Matthes (I3676)
 
3757 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
a. Data from Marion Thomas of Orting, WA, Pedigree Chart 1993.
b. Descendants of Valentine Brenneisen, Arrived in Philadelphia in 1730," compiled by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr. of Lancaster, PA. 1982.
 		Leiss, Rosina (I3668)
 
3758 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
a. Data from Marion Thomas of Orting, WA, Pedigree Chart 1993.
b. Aka Brenneiben.
c. "Descendants of Valentine Brenneisen, Arrived in Philadelphia in 1730," compiled by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr. of Lancaster, PA. 1982. A 13 page article.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL film 1597995 it. 21 "Brenneisen Family Notebook" was not helpful. It is a random collection of someone's notebook on the Brenneisens donated to the FHL in 1992. Most are scribblings and are in German. It does appear that the Brenneisens are a prominent family in the area from which they came from. 		Brenneisen, Mathias (I3675)
 
3759 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Data from Marion Thomas of Orting, WA, Pedigree Chart 1993.
B. Aka Brennijben.
C. "Descendants of Valentine Brenneisen, Arrived in Philadelphia in 1730," compiled by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr. of Lancaster, PA. 1982. A 13 page article.

2. Http://www.geocities.com/breniser2000/brenizerhistory.html: from "Breniser, Then and Now" (1730-1988) published by the Brenizer Historical Society (Breniser Family and Brenizer town history): "History of Brenizer, Pennsylvania. Nestled in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, on the northern edge of Westmoreland County, lies the small village of Brenizer. Although approximately 175 families live here at the present time, this was not always a village. In the 1800's, this area was owned by the Breniser family and used as a farmland, but hidden under this land was a rich treasure of coal. When the mining days began, the town was slowly built up to be one of the nicest mining towns in this area. We have traced some of the ancestors of the original Breniser family to Germany, where some descendants still live. The name Breniser comes from the name Brennelsen, which means: Bren (Burn) Eisen (Iron). Through the years, the Breniser name has been spelled many different ways. Hans Veltin (John Valentine) and Gorge Michel (George Michael) Brenneisen arrived in Philadelphia in September of 1730 on the ship named Alexander and Ann. Their records, including taking the Oath of Allegiance to King George III, are documented in the Pennsylvania Archives and also in Daniel Rupp's list of German passengers, which is considered to be a classic in the documentation of German immigrants. The two immigrants came from the Palatinate; that region of the Neckar Valley, southeast of Heidelberg, is now in the state of Baden-Wurrtenberg. This particular branch of the family, according to Wilhelm Brenneisen, the present day family historian in Germany, came from Lohrbach. Before immigrating, they worked on a large farm as day laborers. The name of the farm and village, still existing today, is called the Damnhof. John Valentine Brenneisen had several children when he arrived in the United States in 1730, and he had more children after he settled here. George Michael seems to have disappeared from sight soon after he arrived, since nothing more has been discovered about him. John Valentine's children grew up in Lancaster County. At the same time, however, the names Jacob and Christian were appearing on tax records in Bedford and Somerset Counties, and family members think they are George Michael's descendants. Courtesy of Wilhelm Brenneisen."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL film 1597995 it. 21 "Brenneisen Family Notebook" was not helpful. It is a random collection of someone's notebook on the Brenneisens donated to the FHL in 1992. Most are scribblings and are in German. It does appear that the Brenneisens are a prominent family in the area from which they came from. 		Brenneisen, Niclaus (I3667)
 
3760 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Muddy Creek Lutheran Records of Lancaster Co., PA, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA." German Soc. Pertinent pages in custody of P. J. Phipps. Pg. 74.
B. Books, "Wamplers in America," by G. M. Shouse - 929.273, W181sh; "Wampler Family History 1701-1980" by Fred Wampler 929.273 W 181-w.
C. Book, "Brenizer Then and Now," by The Brenizer Historical Society. Pub. Jun., 1988. Jacob and his son Michael and his family left the Lutheran Church, according to the church records, and became Tunkers. Barbara, Michaels, wife, had been a Mennonite. (Probably after 1750)

2. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Children:
John Michael Brenneisen, b: 6 Oct 1747 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.
John Jacob Brenneisen, b: 28 Sep 1749 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.
Anna Elizabeth Brenneisen, b: 1750 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.
B. At Hill Church (Ber Kirche, Church on the Quitapohila) a record exists which shows the marriage of Jacob Brenneisen and Anna Veronica Wampfler in 1747. Married in Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lebanon Twp. Book of Records of Rev. John Casper Stover. Lebanon Co. Hist. Soc.
C. Eichtersheim and Sinsheim Lutheran Records, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau," PA German Soc. Pg. 75. D. Book, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," by Annette Kunselman Burgert. Pg 75 & 521. E. "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D. Publication of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808. Vol. 1, Arrived on Ship Alexander & Anne, 5 Sept. 1730. Pg 35. F. Lancaster Co., PA 1750 Tax Records, Vol. 3, by Gary Hawbaker & Clyde Groff shows a John Breneisen in Leacock Twp. taxed for the year 1758.
G. [Note the following is contrary to what I use since George came over in 1730 on the Ship "Alexander and Anne" and there is nothing known thereafter of this George or any descendants in most Breneisen family histories - hence I subscribe to Jacob being the son of Hans Valentine Breneisen b. in 1733 in PA as seems to be generally accepted.] Father: George Michael Brenneisen, b: 9 Dec 1702 in Eichtersheim, Lohrbach, Germany. Johann Jacob Breneisen, [supposedly] b. 12 Aug 1729 at Sinsheim, Germany.

3. Http://www.geocities.com/breniser2000/brenizerhistory.html: from "Breniser, Then and Now" (1730-1988) published by the Brenizer Historical Society (Breniser Family and Brenizer town history): "History of Brenizer, Pennsylvania. Nestled in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, on the northern edge of Westmoreland County, lies the small village of Brenizer. Although approximately 175 families live here at the present time, this was not always a village. In the 1800's, this area was owned by the Breniser family and used as a farmland, but hidden under this land was a rich treasure of coal. When the mining days began, the town was slowly built up to be one of the nicest mining towns in this area. We have traced some of the ancestors of the original Breniser family to Germany, where some descendants still live. The name Breniser comes from the name Brennelsen, which means: Bren (Burn) Eisen (Iron). Through the years, the Breniser name has been spelled many different ways. Hans Veltin (John Valentine) and Gorge Michel (George Michael) Brenneisen arrived in Philadelphia in September of 1730 on the ship named Alexander and Ann. Their records, including taking the Oath of Allegiance to King George III, are documented in the Pennsylvania Archives and also in Daniel Rupp's list of German passengers, which is considered to be a classic in the documentation of German immigrants. The two immigrants came from the Palatinate; that region of the Neckar Valley, southeast of Heidelberg, is now in the state of Baden-Wurrtenberg. This particular branch of the family, according to Wilhelm Brenneisen, the present day family historian in Germany, came from Lohrbach. Before immigrating, they worked on a large farm as day laborers. The name of the farm and village, still existing today, is called the Damnhof. John Valentine Brenneisen had several children when he arrived in the United States in 1730, and he had more children after he settled here. George Michael seems to have disappeared from sight soon after he arrived, since nothing more has been discovered about him. John Valentine's children grew up in Lancaster County. At the same time, however, the names Jacob and Christian were appearing on tax records in Bedford and Somerset Counties, and family members think they are George Michael's descendants. At Hill Church (Berg Kirche, Church on the Quitapohila) a record exists that shows the marriage of Jacob Brenneisen and Anna Veronica Wampfler in 1747. Later that year, a son, Michael, was born, followed by a son Jacob and a daughter Anna Barbara. We believe that Michael, born in 1747, is the father of Peter Breniser, who came to Westmoreland County. There is no documentation to prove this, but the family believes this. Jacob, the father of Michael, and his family left the Lutheran Church, according to the church record, and became Tunkers. Michael's wife, Barbara Myers Movers, was a Mennonite. Apparently, they did not keep records as the Lutherans did, therefore we cannot obtain any information on their church life. Michael is listed in the Pennsylvania Archives on the Revolutionary War lists, but he is also listed as a conscientious objector who did not want to fight because of his religious beliefs. In the State Archives in Harrisburg, Michael was continually being fined for not showing up to church, and so forth. Michael is listed as a head of household in the 1790 census. The family probably moved around quite a bit, and Michael is found in Elk Lick and Brothers Valley Townships in Lebanon and Somerset Counties prior to 1800. He is located in the south of Westmoreland County by 1802. A copy of a land transaction between Michael Breniser and John McCabe, dated October 1, 1802, was found. Both parties are said to be of Unity Township, Westmoreland County. It was the sale of twenty acres, "a piece of ground whereon he now lives situated on the waters of the Nine Mile Run." On April 4, 1805, Michael Breniser bought 225 acres. In 1812, Michael bought from Jacob Inistman 152 acres in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. On July 2, 1816, Michael and Barbara Breniser of East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, sold 152 acres to Peter Lucks for $4.258. In 1820, Michael is found in West Huntingdon Township on the Federal Census records, but has never been found on any record afterward. Although there are many descendants of George Michael Brenneisen and John Valentine Brenneisen, the descendants who are of great importance to this history were born in the 1800's. Down through the years, some of the same names were used repeatedly and, as a result, it can become very confusing to the reader. Whenever possible, we have used middle initials to distinguish between various family members. Although the original descendants settled in various places in Pennsylvania, moving often and buying other pieces of property, they eventually settled in Derry Township. Courtesy of Wilhelm Brenneisen."

4. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 12-13:
A. "Anna Veronica Wampler... was married 13 Jan 1747 at Hill Lutheran Church, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA to John Jacob Brenneisen, son of Hans Valentine Brenneisen and Margaretha ___. John Jacob was born 17 Sep 1733 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. They had at least three children baptized at Hill Lutheran Church, then after 1750 they 'denounced Evangelical truth and Lutheran Church and became Dunkers.' When Anna Veronica died is unknown, but John Jacob Brenneisen was married a second time."
B. Referenced sources:
a. Parish Register, the Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annville-Cleona, PA, FHL974.819 V26L.
b. Archival Records, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

5. There is some discrepancy between birth and marriage dates since it appears with the dates I am using that he was only 14 when marrying which certainly seems incorrect.

6. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Pennsylvania records:
Stoevers's Record: m. 13 Jan. 1747 Jacob Brenneiser and Anna Veronica Wampfler, Lebanon
Hill Lutheran Church, North Annville Twp., Lebanon Co.:
Jacob Brenneissen and wife Veronica had:
1. Joh. Michael b. 6 Oct. 1747
2. Joh. Jacob b. 28 Sept. 1749
3. Anna Elisabetha bp. 28 Oct. 1750
("Renounced Evangelical truth and the Lutheran Church and became Dunkers.")
Jacob Brenniser, Lebanon tp., Lancaster co., nat. Philadelphia Fall 1765, without taking an oath."

5. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Adelshofen = 7519 Eppingen
69. Breneisen, Joh. Valeintin
"Alexander & Anne," 1730
S-H 36
Adelshofen Lutheran KB:
m. 8 Nov. 1724, after premature concubitum, Valentin Brenneisen, servant of Samuel Bar, Anabaptist, and Margaretha Hertzler (Catholic), daughter of Andreas Hertzlin of Gimbert. Joh. Valentin Breneisen, day laborer at the Dammhoff, and wife Anna Margaretha (Catholic) had:
1. Job. Friedrich b. 23 June 1726
2. Joh. Rudolff b. 21 Sept. 1728
Pennsylvania records:
Muddy Creek Lutheran KB, Lancaster Co.:
Valentin Brenn Eisen, deceased, had:
1. Joh. Martin b. 4 Sept. 1731
2. Joh. Jacob b. 17 Sept. 1733
3. Joh. Cunradt b. 1 Feb. 1736
Joh. Valentin Brenneisen and wife Margaretha sp. 1736 a child of Philipp Schweickert. m. 13 Sept. 1737 Johannes Ulrich and Margaretha Brenn Eisen, surviving widow of Valentin.
Stoever's Records:
m. 17 Jan. 1749 Rudolph Brenneisen and Anna Barbara Schaeffer, Cocalico
Pennsylvania Patent Book AA-2:518
Warrant dated 30 Apr. 1746, surveyed 13 Dec. 1748, A 154 A. tract in Earl twp., Lancaster co. to Hans Urigh. Urigh died, leaving land to two step-sons, Conrad and Valentine Breneisen. Valentine released his right to Conrad on 15 Mar. 1758. Patented 13 Feb. 1762, recorded 19 Feb. 1762.
Rudolph Breneisen nat. Philadelphia 10 April 1760."

6. Mentioned in will of stepfather in FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 64, has the following excerpt: "After the death of Hans Valentine his widow Margaretha married Jo Urick whose will follows:
Earltown [Earl Township] the 7th February 1758.
Even this puts me in mind of going hence and of my Mortalyty because God Hath Wisietet me with an hard Sicknis and it is Seemingly Nigh Deth by Virtue of these Letters Given befor God the Allmighty and the under writen witnesses my Last will.
I John Urick Give and Give over to my two StepSons namly Conrad and Valentin Op, Rudolph Breneisen, Henry Kemper and Jacob Holtzinger, with wagon harness and Geers and Horned Cattle in Sumaall what is on the Place, thethern and ther Heirs for there own. Excepting my wife, their mother, shall have the out standing mony the Grain on the Loft and the Grain now Standing in the feeld and for her Maintainans During her Life the one halfe of wht Stands in the Agreement wich Christian Harman Hath in Kiping an and I Bequeth to my Brother Valentin Urick in Tolpehoken for his Heirship, Five pound to my Sister Ottilia in Dutchland one Shilling Starling for her Shear. To my Step-son Rudolph Breneise one Shilling Starling for his Shear and to Martin Breneisen one Shilling Starling for his Shear and Jacob Breneison one Shilling Starling for his Shear and further the Luthern Church Four pounds Ten Shillings and I Chuse for Executors Henry Sower and Valentin Opp for that the articels for my last will shall all be kept befor God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and witnesses present beside my own hand and Seal. John Gehr and George Yundt. Johnnes Urick seal. (The above will is transcribed from the original which is written in German.)"

7. Mentioned in brother Rudolff's will per FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 63, has the following excerpt: "Rudolph Brenneisen, b. ca 1729 d between Oct. 18 & Nov. 17, 1764, m. Jan. 17, 1749 Anna Barbara Shaffer. Last Will and Testament:
"In the Name of God, Amen. I, Rudolph Breinisen of Earl Township in the County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, being weak in Body, but of sound Memory (blessed be God) do this Eighteenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sisty Four, Make and Publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say)
Imprimis; my will is that my Just debts and Funeral charges be paid by my Executor.
Item, I give to the Church wardens of the Luthern Church built on George Verns land the sum of Five pounds to be laid out by them towards the keeping up and in repair the said Church.
Item, I give to the poor, the blind and lame who go about the Country for relief the Sum of Five pounds - to be delivered into the hands of my friend John Schultz and by him distributed among such poor aforesaid. The said Sums to be paid to the use aforesaid by my Executor within two Months after my decease.
Item, I give to my beloved wife Barbara the choice of one of my Beds and Bed Cloaths and one Chest and the one third of the remainder of all my Estate, real and personal whatsoever. To be paid to her within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named.
Item. I give to my daughter Cathrine the Sum of Twenty-five pounds Pennsylvania Money, to be paid to her by my said Executor within three years after my decease, and I do appoint my brother-in-law Philip Shaffer to take care of the said Money to put it out on Interest and pay her such a sum of it at any time as he shall think necessary towards her maintainance and learning, and the whole of it he shall pay to her or her heirs when she is Eighteen years of age.
Item, all the rest and residue of my goods chattels and personal Estate whatsoever I give to my Four Brothers (viz) Martin, Jacob, Cunrad. and Valentine to be Equally divided among them allowing my two brothers Martin & Jacob Ten pounds a piece more than my other brothers.
And I make Constitute ordain my said brother Jacob Branisen Sole Executor
of this my will in trust for the intents & purposes in this my Will Contained. In witness whereof, I the said Rudolph Branisen have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.
Signed Sealed and delivered by the said Rudolph Branisen as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who were present at the Signing and Sealing thereof. Henry Sower & George Yondt, the Witnesses. Sealed and signed Rudolph Branisen."

8. FHL film 599224 it. 2 "Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Cleona and Annville in North Annville Township, Lebanon Co., PA. Parish Registers 1743-1943," p. 21:
"Jacob Brenneissen and wife Veronica (Renounced Evangelical truth and the Lutheran church and became Dunkers)
-A son Joh. Michael b. 6 Oct 1747, bapt. 8 Nov 1749, sponsors: Joh. Michael Wamfler and wife.
-A son Joh. Jacob, b. 28 Sep 1749, bapt. 1 Nov 1749, sponsors: Johan Peter Wampfler and his wife Maria Barbara.
-A daughter Anna Elisabetha, b. 1750, bapt. 28 Oct 1750, sponsors: Michael Wampfler and his wife.

MARRIAGE:
1. Http://www.pa-roots.com/~lancaster/church/stoever/stoevermarriage1.html: "Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania," compiled by Mildred Smith (msmith@cybermania.net); these following individuals are all relatives and the marriage of this person is noted with an asterisk:
1737 09 18 Brenneis, Margaretha (Cocalico) - Uhrich, Johannes 1749 01 17 Brenneisen, Rudolph - Schaeffer, Anna Barbara (Cocalico) *1747 01 13 Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon) - Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) 1743 09 26 Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) - Wampler, John Peter 1751 01 21 Brennersen, John - Minier, Christina(Bethel)
1743 09 26 Wampler, John Peter - Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) 1746 01 07 Wampsler, Anna Magdalena (Lebanon) - Boger, Mattheis (Lebanon) *1747 01 13 Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) - Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon)

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 365-6, gives some of the history of the "The Hill Church (Berg Kirche)": "The Hill Church is located four miles northwest of Lebanon, Pennsylvania in North Annville Township. It was built in 1733 and was used jointly by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. Ref. John Casper Stoever formed the congregation in 1733. Rev. Stoever called it 'the church on the Quittapahilla' because he lived and had a mill on that stream. The Hill Church was the first organization for religious services in what is now Lebanon County and was the first to erect church buildings. According to Egle's history of Lebanon County, '...In 1754, and thereafter, when the Indians made frequent incursions, people often took their guns with them to defend themselves against savages. During divine service men with loaded muskets were placed at the door as sentinels.' The present church, built in 1837, is the third church in the same location. An ancient grave yard adjoins the church and many old markers are long gone. [The book has a picture rendering of the old two story Hill Church.]"

3. FHL film 599224 it. 2 "Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Cleona and Annville in North Annville Township, Lebanon Co., PA. Parish Registers 1743-1943," p. 121:
"Jacob Brenneyssen and Anna Veronica 13 Jan 1747."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. He adds the following additional sources:
a. Annette Kunselman Burgert, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992.
b. "Early Lutheran Baptisms and marriages in Southeastern PA: the Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730-1779," Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1988.

4. FHL book 929.273B735bw p. 63: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978. 		Brenneisen, Johann Jacob (I3665)
 
3761 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Muddy Creek Lutheran Records of Lancaster Co., PA, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA." German Soc. Pg. 74.
B. "Descendants of Valentine Brenneisen, Arrived in Philadelphia in 1730," compiled by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr. of Lancaster, PA. 1982. A 13 page article.
C. PA Patent Book AA-2:518. Warrant dated 30 Apr 1746, surveyed 13 Dec 1748, A 154 A. tract in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. to Hans Urigh. Urigh died, leaving land to two step-sons, Conrad and Valentine Breneisen. Valentine released his right to Conrad on 15 Mar 1758. Patented 13 Feb 1762, recorded 19 Feb. 1762.
D. Burial: Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery in Ephrata Twp.
E. 1790 Census of Lancaster Co., PA. There is a Conrad shown with 3 males over 16 & 5 females over 16. Could be this John Conrad.

2. Some databases indicate a possibly two Conrads in this family with the first dead as an infant and this individual as the second; however, the birth date given for the first is generally the same as the second - hence I do not show the tentative infant Conrad. Some show the first Conrad (the dead infant) between Jacob (b. 17 Sep 1733) and Conrad (b. 8 Dec 1735); however, this seems unlikely considering how close the dates are. Some databases in trying to make the two Conrads work show the latter born "abt 1741"; however, I see no such evidence of the later birth and would have to be convinced with more supporting documentation. I have seen to date no documentation of a deceased infant named Conrad.

3. FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 66, has the following excerpt: "Conrad Brenneisen, b. 8 Dec 1735, d. 8 Apr 1824, bur. Bergstrasse Lutheran Church, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., m. Maria Elizabeth Harman. He served in 1777 as a Pvt. Fifth class in Capt. martin Bowman's Co., Lancaster County Militia commanded by Col. Elder Camp, 1777 as a Pvt. Fifth class in Capt. Bowman's Co., Third Co., Tenth Battalion Militia of Lancaster County, commanded by Col. David Jenkins and in 1785 as a Pvt. Fifth class in Capt. Martin Bowman's Co., Fifth Battalion Militia commanded by Major Henry Markley and Lt. Col. Jacob Carpenter. Children include:
Catherine Barbara, b. 23 Oct 1760.
Maria Elizabeth, b. 20 Apr 1763.
Daniel, b. 1 Mar 1768.
Zenie, b. 1 May 1770.
Adam, b. 12 Jun 1773.
Rebecca, b. 10 Mar 1777.
Salome.
Mary.
Susanne, 11 Jun 1779.
Hannah.

4. Mentioned in will of stepfather in FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 64, has the following excerpt: "After the death of Hans Valentine his widow Margaretha married Jo Urick whose will follows:
Earltown [Earl Township] the 7th February 1758.
Even this puts me in mind of going hence and of my Mortalyty because God Hath Wisietet me with an hard Sicknis and it is Seemingly Nigh Deth by Virtue of these Letters Given befor God the Allmighty and the under writen witnesses my Last will.
I John Urick Give and Give over to my two StepSons namly Conrad and Valentin Op, Rudolph Breneisen, Henry Kemper and Jacob Holtzinger, with wagon harness and Geers and Horned Cattle in Sumaall what is on the Place, thethern and ther Heirs for there own. Excepting my wife, their mother, shall have the out standing mony the Grain on the Loft and the Grain now Standing in the feeld and for her Maintainans During her Life the one halfe of wht Stands in the Agreement wich Christian Harman Hath in Kiping an and I Bequeth to my Brother Valentin Urick in Tolpehoken for his Heirship, Five pound to my Sister Ottilia in Dutchland one Shilling Starling for her Shear. To my Step-son Rudolph Breneise one Shilling Starling for his Shear and to Martin Breneisen one Shilling Starling for his Shear and Jacob Breneison one Shilling Starling for his Shear and further the Luthern Church Four pounds Ten Shillings and I Chuse for Executors Henry Sower and Valentin Opp for that the articels for my last will shall all be kept befor God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and witnesses present beside my own hand and Seal. John Gehr and George Yundt. Johnnes Urick seal. (The above will is transcribed from the original which is written in German.)"

5. Mentioned in brother Rudolff's will per FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 63, has the following excerpt: "Rudolph Brenneisen, b. ca 1729 d between Oct. 18 & Nov. 17, 1764, m. Jan. 17, 1749 Anna Barbara Shaffer. Last Will and Testament:
"In the Name of God, Amen. I, Rudolph Breinisen of Earl Township in the County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania, yoeman, being weak in Body, but of sound Memory (blessed be God) do this Eighteenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sisty Four, Make and Publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say)
Imprimis; my will is that my Just debts and Funeral charges be paid by my Executor.
Item, I give to the Church wardens of the Luthern Church built on George Verns land the sum of Five pounds to be laid out by them towards the keeping up and in repair the said Church.
Item, I give to the poor, the blind and lame who go about the Country for relief the Sum of Five pounds - to be delivered into the hands of my friend John Schultz and by him distributed among such poor aforesaid. The said Sums to be paid to the use aforesaid by my Executor within two Months after my decease.
Item, I give to my beloved wife Barbara the choice of one of my Beds and Bed Cloaths and one Chest and the one third of the remainder of all my Estate, real and personal whatsoever. To be paid to her within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named.
Item. I give to my daughter Cathrine the Sum of Twenty-five pounds Pennsylvania Money, to be paid to her by my said Executor within three years after my decease, and I do appoint my brother-in-law Philip Shaffer to take care of the said Money to put it out on Interest and pay her such a sum of it at any time as he shall think necessary towards her maintainance and learning, and the whole of it he shall pay to her or her heirs when she is Eighteen years of age.
Item, all the rest and residue of my goods chattels and personal Estate whatsoever I give to my Four Brothers (viz) Martin, Jacob, Cunrad. and Valentine to be Equally divided among them allowing my two brothers Martin & Jacob Ten pounds a piece more than my other brothers.
And I make Constitute ordain my said brother Jacob Branisen Sole Executor
of this my will in trust for the intents & purposes in this my Will Contained. In witness whereof, I the said Rudolph Branisen have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.
Signed Sealed and delivered by the said Rudolph Branisen as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who were present at the Signing and Sealing thereof. Henry Sower & George Yondt, the Witnesses. Sealed and signed Rudolph Branisen."

6. FHL book 929.273B735bw p. 63: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, pp. 66-76, documents in great detail the legal ramifications among the children of settling Conrad's considerable estate. All of the documents are quoted; however, I just summarize them as follows:
A. Source: Bond Book B-1-178, Original Docket Lancaster County Court House: William Sensiman Esq., Nicholas Lutz, and Christian Wolf all of Coalico township of Lancaster County make a $10,000 bond dated 10 May 1824 concerning the estate of Conrad Breneisen late of Cocalico Township.
B. Source: Petition of Daniel Breneisen, Aug. 27, 1824, 1822-1825 Miscellaneous Book p. 350: Daniel is the eldest son petitions about two plots of land in Coalico Twp. - one containing 96 acres more or less and the other 7 acres more or less. Mentions the 8 children of Conrad including himself, Catharine md. with Michael Bitzer, Elizabeth Acker widow formerly Elizabeth Brenisen, Solome md. with Frederick Youse, Mary md. with George Youse, Margaret md. with Frederick Brownether, Susana md. with Jack Royer & Hannah md. with John Sensiman all older than 21. Petition is to ascertain whether the tracts can be divided among the children without ruining the value of the parcel as a whole. Request review before the next court to be held second Monday of October next.
C. Source: 1822-1825 Miscellaneous Docket pp. 372 & 382: Inquisition made 2 Oct 1824 in response to Daniel's petition above concerning the two tracts. Twelve men, names mentioned but not recognized by me as relatives, determine that the land and their appurtenances cannot be divided among the all children without spoiling the whole but that it can be divided into two parts. The inquisition was attested as having been publicly notified in print with the "Lancaster Journal," a weekly paper of the county of Lancaster, and in "The National Gazette," of the City of Philadelphia, for four weeks previous to the time of the inquisition.
D. Source: The Original release in the possession of W.R. Branthoover: In order to settle the estate, the heirs make a release to Daniel Breneisen dated 30 Mar 1825. The siblings and their spouses are again mentioned including their residences and trades:
Michael Bitzer, yeoman, Lancaster Co.
Elizabeth Acker, widow, of same place.
George Youse, tinman, Dauphin Co.
Joel Royer, yeoman, Earl Twp.
Frederick Brauneller, yeoman, Fayette Co.
John Senseman, yeoman, Cumberland Co.
Notes Conrad's property was in Cocalico and Earl Townships of Lancaster Co. Also mentions a deceased son Adam. Daniel receives the land. Daniel is required to pay his siblings for the value of their shares of the land. The court also divides up the money between the children after accounting for monies already advanced them by Conrad prior to his death. The court reviews the agreement on 2 Jul 1825 with a hearing to be scheduled 15 Aug 1825.
E. Additional sources regarding the conclusion of the balance of the legal work including the children of Adam, the deceased son: 1825-1828 Miscellaneous Docket pp. 33, 34, 37, 54, and 91. Appears everything was concluded by Dec. 1825.

7. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Adelshofen = 7519 Eppingen
69. Breneisen, Joh. Valeintin
"Alexander & Anne," 1730
S-H 36
Adelshofen Lutheran KB:
m. 8 Nov. 1724, after premature concubitum, Valentin Brenneisen, servant of Samuel Bar, Anabaptist, and Margaretha Hertzler (Catholic), daughter of Andreas Hertzlin of Gimbert. Joh. Valentin Breneisen, day laborer at the Dammhoff, and wife Anna Margaretha (Catholic) had:
1. Job. Friedrich b. 23 June 1726
2. Joh. Rudolff b. 21 Sept. 1728
Pennsylvania records:
Muddy Creek Lutheran KB, Lancaster Co.:
Valentin Brenn Eisen, deceased, had:
1. Joh. Martin b. 4 Sept. 1731
2. Joh. Jacob b. 17 Sept. 1733
3. Joh. Cunradt b. 1 Feb. 1736
Joh. Valentin Brenneisen and wife Margaretha sp. 1736 a child of Philipp Schweickert. m. 13 Sept. 1737 Johannes Ulrich and Margaretha Brenn Eisen, surviving widow of Valentin.
Stoever's Records:
m. 17 Jan. 1749 Rudolph Brenneisen and Anna Barbara Schaeffer, Cocalico
Pennsylvania Patent Book AA-2:518
Warrant dated 30 Apr. 1746, surveyed 13 Dec. 1748, A 154 A. tract in Earl twp., Lancaster co. to Hans Urigh. Urigh died, leaving land to two step-sons, Conrad and Valentine Breneisen. Valentine released his right to Conrad on 15 Mar. 1758. Patented 13 Feb. 1762, recorded 19 Feb. 1762.
Rudolph Breneisen nat. Philadelphia 10 April 1760."

BURIAL:
1. Edited selections made from the history of the Bergstrasse Church per FHL book 929.273B735bw "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 78: "The first notice of the church is an article of agreement among twelve citizens, dated Erlen Town, may 18, 1752, for the purpose of building a church and calling a minister. Then comes the 'Church Book (record) for the congregation in Earlings Down, which the same has purchased out of the common treasurey for 5 shillings, the 7th day of February, 1753.' On Feb. 27, 1762, George Wernes and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, gave a deed for two acres of ground for two pouts ten shilling to Andrew Sweigert and Conrad Breneiser, in trust, 'for the proper use and behoof of the members of the Lutheran congregation, for a school-house and burying ground...' The first church, built about the year 1753, was a log edifice, weatherboarded; it stood nearly a hundred years, and in 1848 gave way to the handsome edifice on the hillside at present used by the congregation. The first pastor was John Theopilus Englloud, from 1753 until 1758, [subsequent pastors listed]. The church is built on a road leading from the Harrisburg and Downingtown turnpike over the Ephrata Mountains, hence its name, 'Bergstrasse'... The following named persons were among the original members of the old Bergstrasse Church... Rudolph Breneisen. The present church edifice is of brick... built in 1848..."
The book continues with additional Breneisen baptismal records from the church records which are generally names of descendants not covered by my database. There is one for Rudolph and his wife Barbara in which Conrad Brenneisen and Anna Maria Schaefer are sponsors: Anna Maria Brenneisen, b. 5 Jan 1758, bapt. 25 Feb 1758.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL book 929.273B735bw p. 63: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978. 		Brenneisen, John Conrad (I3666)
 
3762 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Muddy Creek Lutheran Records of Lancaster Co., PA, per Annette K. Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA." German Soc. Pg. 74.
B. "Lancaster Co., PA Deed Abstracts," compiled by R. Thomas Mayhill, Pub. 1973. Mardin Breneiser listed as a witness in Deed, K149b, transaction. Pg. 120.

2. May have died in York, York, Pennsylvania per unverified LDS IGI.

3. FHL book 929.273B735bw p. 63: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 65: "John Martin Brenneisen, b. Sept. 4, 1731, m. Anna Margretha. Children:
Valentine, b. 19 Jun 1758
Johannes, b. 3 Oct 1760
John Jacob, b. 14 May 1763
Catherine, b. 11 Nov 1765
Martin, b. 31 May 1768"

4. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Adelshofen = 7519 Eppingen
69. Breneisen, Joh. Valeintin
"Alexander & Anne," 1730
S-H 36
Adelshofen Lutheran KB:
m. 8 Nov. 1724, after premature concubitum, Valentin Brenneisen, servant of Samuel Bar, Anabaptist, and Margaretha Hertzler (Catholic), daughter of Andreas Hertzlin of Gimbert. Joh. Valentin Breneisen, day laborer at the Dammhoff, and wife Anna Margaretha (Catholic) had:
1. Job. Friedrich b. 23 June 1726
2. Joh. Rudolff b. 21 Sept. 1728
Pennsylvania records:
Muddy Creek Lutheran KB, Lancaster Co.:
Valentin Brenn Eisen, deceased, had:
1. Joh. Martin b. 4 Sept. 1731
2. Joh. Jacob b. 17 Sept. 1733
3. Joh. Cunradt b. 1 Feb. 1736
Joh. Valentin Brenneisen and wife Margaretha sp. 1736 a child of Philipp Schweickert. m. 13 Sept. 1737 Johannes Ulrich and Margaretha Brenn Eisen, surviving widow of Valentin.
Stoever's Records:
m. 17 Jan. 1749 Rudolph Brenneisen and Anna Barbara Schaeffer, Cocalico
Pennsylvania Patent Book AA-2:518
Warrant dated 30 Apr. 1746, surveyed 13 Dec. 1748, A 154 A. tract in Earl twp., Lancaster co. to Hans Urigh. Urigh died, leaving land to two step-sons, Conrad and Valentine Breneisen. Valentine released his right to Conrad on 15 Mar. 1758. Patented 13 Feb. 1762, recorded 19 Feb. 1762.
Rudolph Breneisen nat. Philadelphia 10 April 1760."

5. Mentioned in will of stepfather in FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 64, has the following excerpt: "After the death of Hans Valentine his widow Margaretha married Jo Urick whose will follows:
Earltown [Earl Township] the 7th February 1758.
Even this puts me in mind of going hence and of my Mortalyty because God Hath Wisietet me with an hard Sicknis and it is Seemingly Nigh Deth by Virtue of these Letters Given befor God the Allmighty and the under writen witnesses my Last will.
I John Urick Give and Give over to my two StepSons namly Conrad and Valentin Op, Rudolph Breneisen, Henry Kemper and Jacob Holtzinger, with wagon harness and Geers and Horned Cattle in Sumaall what is on the Place, thethern and ther Heirs for there own. Excepting my wife, their mother, shall have the out standing mony the Grain on the Loft and the Grain now Standing in the feeld and for her Maintainans During her Life the one halfe of wht Stands in the Agreement wich Christian Harman Hath in Kiping an and I Bequeth to my Brother Valentin Urick in Tolpehoken for his Heirship, Five pound to my Sister Ottilia in Dutchland one Shilling Starling for her Shear. To my Step-son Rudolph Breneise one Shilling Starling for his Shear and to Martin Breneisen one Shilling Starling for his Shear and Jacob Breneison one Shilling Starling for his Shear and further the Luthern Church Four pounds Ten Shillings and I Chuse for Executors Henry Sower and Valentin Opp for that the articels for my last will shall all be kept befor God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and witnesses present beside my own hand and Seal. John Gehr and George Yundt. Johnnes Urick seal. (The above will is transcribed from the original which is written in German.)"

6. Mentioned in brother Rudolff's will per FHL Book: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978, p. 63, has the following excerpt: "Rudolph Brenneisen, b. ca 1729 d between Oct. 18 & Nov. 17, 1764, m. Jan. 17, 1749 Anna Barbara Shaffer. Last Will and Testament:
"In the Name of God, Amen. I, Rudolph Breinisen of Earl Township in the County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania, yoeman, being weak in Body, but of sound Memory (blessed be God) do this Eighteenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sisty Four, Make and Publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say)
Imprimis; my will is that my Just debts and Funeral charges be paid by my Executor.
Item, I give to the Church wardens of the Luthern Church built on George Verns land the sum of Five pounds to be laid out by them towards the keeping up and in repair the said Church.
Item, I give to the poor, the blind and lame who go about the Country for relief the Sum of Five pounds - to be delivered into the hands of my friend John Schultz and by him distributed among such poor aforesaid. The said Sums to be paid to the use aforesaid by my Executor within two Months after my decease.
Item, I give to my beloved wife Barbara the choice of one of my Beds and Bed Cloaths and one Chest and the one third of the remainder of all my Estate, real and personal whatsoever. To be paid to her within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named.
Item. I give to my daughter Cathrine the Sum of Twenty-five pounds Pennsylvania Money, to be paid to her by my said Executor within three years after my decease, and I do appoint my brother-in-law Philip Shaffer to take care of the said Money to put it out on Interest and pay her such a sum of it at any time as he shall think necessary towards her maintainance and learning, and the whole of it he shall pay to her or her heirs when she is Eighteen years of age.
Item, all the rest and residue of my goods chattels and personal Estate whatsoever I give to my Four Brothers (viz) Martin, Jacob, Cunrad, and Valentine to be Equally divided among them allowing my two brothers Martin & Jacob Ten pounds a piece more than my other brothers.
And I make Constitute ordain my said brother Jacob Branisen Sole Executor
of this my will in trust for the intents & purposes in this my Will Contained. In witness whereof, I the said Rudolph Branisen have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.
Signed Sealed and delivered by the said Rudolph Branisen as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who were present at the Signing and Sealing thereof. Henry Sower & George Yondt, the Witnesses. Sealed and signed Rudolph Branisen."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL book 929.273B735bw: "The Brandhofer, Brauneler, Brenneiser Family from Eastern to Western Pennsylvania," compiled by W.R. Branthoover, 1978. 		Brenneisen, John Martin (I3664)
 
3763 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003: Data from Marion Thomas of Orting, WA, Pedigree Chart 1993.
 		Breitfuss, Katharina (I3678)
 
3764 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Irene (de Lanskoy) Petersen, adopted daughter:
"Certificate of marriage no. 1671 22 Nov. 1958, 10 a.m., address 2 Blvd Tzarewitch in Nice, in France since 21 Aug 1926, Nicolas de Lanskoy, born in Petrograd, Russia, 21 Oct 1892, son of Paul (de) Lanskoy & Eudoxie Rzenskaya, widower of Vera Vassilieff, remarried to Mnervert Nevoussia Sabaneeff who was born 24 Oct 1919 in Moscow, Russia to Leonide Sabaneeff and Tamara Koutznetzora. Nevoussia divorced from Maurice Jean Chiefaine."
 		Chiefaine, Maurice Jean (I2577)
 
3765 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Irene (de Lanskoy) Petersen, adopted daughter:
"Certificate of marriage no. 1671 22 Nov. 1958, 10 a.m., address 2 Blvd Tzarewitch in Nice, in France since 21 Aug 1926, Nicolas de Lanskoy, born in Petrograd, Russia, 21 Oct 1892, son of Paul (de) Lanskoy & Eudoxie Rzenskaya, widower of Vera Vassilieff, remarried to Mnervert Nevoussia Sabaneeff who was born 24 Oct 1919 in Moscow, Russia to Leonide Sabaneeff and Tamara Koutznetzora. Nevoussia divorced from Maurice Jean Chiefaine."

BURIAL:
1. Buried under one stone at the Orthodox Cemetery in Caucade, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; the dates are European style day-month-year. The stone is black, horizontal, and located about three or so rows in and about the second stone on the left:
-Leonide Sabaneeff, 2-10-1881/3-5-1968
-Tamara Sabaneeff nee Kouznetzoff, 2-11-1895/16-9-1980
-Nicholas De Lanskoy, 21-10-1892/30-10-1977
 		Koutznetzova, Tamara (I2576)
 
3766 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Irene (de Lanskoy) Petersen, adopted daughter:
"Certificate of marriage no. 1671 22 Nov. 1958, 10 a.m., address 2 Blvd Tzarewitch in Nice, in France since 21 Aug 1926, Nicolas de Lanskoy, born in Petrograd, Russia, 21 Oct 1892, son of Paul (de) Lanskoy & Eudoxie Rzenskaya, widower of Vera Vassilieff, remarried to Mnervert Nevoussia Sabaneeff who was born 24 Oct 1919 in Moscow, Russia to Leonide Sabaneeff and Tamara Koutznetzora. Nevoussia divorced from Maurice Jean Chiefaine."

2. Email dated 1 May 2016 from Vladimir Abarbanell :
"I'm very interested in information of Sabaneeff family because father of Leonid Sabaneef - Leonid Pavlovich Sabaneev - was a great Russian scientist and writer. He was born 10 of December 1844 in Yaroslavl city and died 25 of March 1898 in Yalta, Crimea. His wife was a descendant of a French officer in the Russian service - Yulia Pavlovna Delsal(?). I've just created a site in his honor http://www.sabaneev.org/ (in Russian, unfortunately) and my plan to set in his honor a monument in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia, +7 963 996 99 92"

3. Biography: http://www.belousenko.com/books/memoirs/sabaneev_vosp_o_rossii.htm

BURIAL:
1. Buried under one stone at the Orthodox Cemetery in Caucade, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; the dates are European style day-month-year. The stone is black, horizontal, and located about three or so rows in and about the second stone on the left:
-Leonide Sabaneeff, 2-10-1881/3-5-1968
-Tamara Sabaneeff nee Kouznetzoff, 2-11-1895/16-9-1980
-Nicholas De Lanskoy, 21-10-1892/30-10-1977
 		Sabaneeff, Leonide Leonidovich (I2575)
 
3767 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Irene (de Lanskoy) Petersen, adopted daughter:
"Certificate of marriage no. 1671 22 Nov. 1958, 10 a.m., address 2 Blvd Tzarewitch in Nice, in France since 21 Aug 1926, Nicolas de Lanskoy, born in Petrograd, Russia, 21 Oct 1892, son of Paul (de) Lanskoy & Eudoxie Rzenskaya, widower of Vera Vassilieff, remarried to Mnervert Nevoussia Sabaneeff who was born 24 Oct 1919 in Moscow, Russia to Leonide Sabaneeff and Tamara Koutznetzora. Nevoussia divorced from Maurice Jean Chiefaine."

2. As of 1 May 2016:
Madame Nevoussia de Lanskoy
Ctre Hospitalier
60 Rue nationale, 36110 Levroux, France
Phone:+33 2 54 29 10 00

3. Email correspondence between Nevoussia and Irene N. Petersen:
June 21 2016 from Irene to DORE Aurore
Objet : Nevoussia de Lanskoy
Thank you very much for your letter received today. I was so thrilled to hear that she was still alive and 97 years of age. That is amazing! I have obviously not heard from her close to the time she left Nice to live in Chateauroux. She came over to visit me in 1979 in Anchorage, Alaska. I paid for her trip here and we took another trip while she visited me. I love her very much and I have no idea why and how I offended her. The only thing I can imagine that I did not answer her letters promptly as that was one of my shortcomings. We have raised 5 children, have been married very happily for 64 years and my husband Jack passed away 2 years ago on May 27th 2014. We have 26 grand children and soon to be 52 great-grandchildren. I will be 83 on 9th of August.
I came over to the United States in 1950 at age 16 as a Nanny to small children and wasn't able to go back to Nice till 1959 with my 3 children to see my Mother and Nicolas de Lanskoy my legal father. I stayed for 6 months in Vence. If you could plead for me to Nevoussia that I love her very much and that I apologize for any way that I offended her and please tell her that I love her and admire all her accomplishments. I also want to thank you for the work you do. I too am very hard of hearing. Hearing aids only amplify noise and not comprehension. With my kind regards and gratitude, Irene. My name is Irene Nadia de Lanskoy Petersen or Irene N.Petersen.

June 24, 2016: Aurore Dore to Irene:
Hello,
I haven't had the time to give the information to Mme De Lanskoy and unfortunately I'm on holidays next week. But I'll make sure she gets all your love on my return on the 4th of July. I'll keep you posted if she whishes me to do so.
Regards,
DORE Aurore - Psychologue
a.dore@hl-levroux.fr

June 24, 2016: Irene to Aurore
Have a nice holiday and thank you for answering my email. I really hope that when you come back Nevoussia will have received my letter with pictures and that she will be much more receptive to me. I honestly have no clue what the problem was.Kindly with my regards,Irene Petersen.

July 6, 2016: Adore to Irene
Hello again,
I visited Mme De Lanskoy this morning, she agrees for me to write back to you. It seems she has received your letter although she did not speak directly about it. She was very touched to hear from you but she does not feel able to write back or give you any news. She thinks she is approaching her death and wishes only to be at peace. Moreover, given her age she has some memory problems that disturb her understanding and her feelings. I cannot give you any detail concerning her medical history (confidential data). But do not take her response personally. She remembers when you came to visit and it warms her heart. Nevertheless for her it is a closed chapter, it feels like another life to her.
I hope I was able to give you some kind of closure. If anything should happen to Mme De Lanskoy, I have arranged for you to be kept informed.
 		Sabaneeff, Mnevert Nevoussia (I2574)
 
3768 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Irene (de Lanskoy) Petersen, adopted daughter:
"Certificate of marriage no. 1671 22 Nov. 1958, 10 a.m., address 2 Blvd Tzarewitch in Nice, in France since 21 Aug 1926, Nicolas de Lanskoy, born in Petrograd, Russia, 21 Oct 1892, son of Paul (de) Lanskoy & Eudoxie Rzenskaya, widower of Vera Vassilieff, remarried to Mnervert Nevoussia Sabaneeff who was born 24 Oct 1919 in Moscow, Russia to Leonide Sabaneeff and Tamara Koutznetzora. Nevoussia divorced from Maurice Jean Chiefaine."

2. Email date 14 Oct 2004 from "Elena Tsvetkova" :
"Please find below our first report. Since you kindly paid for 10 hours more in addition to the $50 price for the preliminary search, we had a possibility not to limit this step with studying only directories and archival finding aids envisaged on the first step, but to study some from revealed materials.
Thus after revealing the file titled "Description of the Lanskoy family with biographical information about some members" (Russian State Historic Archive - Fond 1086 inventory 1 file 739), we ordered it in the archival reading hall and studied the content. It turned out that it is the work by Alexandra Arapova, nee Lanskaia dated January 8, 1899. There are 25 pages of typescript with her signature. Since we cannot determine your direct line of the family yet, we include just general information in this report, but may provide you with more information about some people who are mentioned below in future. It is also possible to make the copy of these 25 pages, describe the contents or translate them for you if you wish this.
The first part of this report contains information from this archival file and some general sources as "Encyclopedia" published by Brokgauz and Efron in the years 1890-1907, "Noble Families Which Glorified the Motherland. Encyclopedia of Noble Families" by V. Fedorchenko (Moscow, 2004), "Military Encyclopedia" published by Sytin in St. Petersburg in the year 1912 and some other general directories. Information which is listed in the text by Arapova only (and is not included in the directories) is marked with [1] in the text below.
There were the Lanskoy families granted with the Count title and the noble branches without title. According to a legend, the Lanskoy family originated from Francisk Lonsky who came from Poland in about 1500. His grandson Pert Dmitrievich was granted with the lands for his service in the year 1585.
Many members of different branches of the family were engaged in the civil and military service and become well-known.
Arapova [1] writes that the family legends are related with the Horse-Guard regiment very much. The names of nine members of family are mentioned in the annals of the regiment.
[1] - First, Vasili Sergeevich was listed in the regiment documents of the year 1742. Later lie started the civil service and was an important figure during the reign of Alexander I.
He had only one son Ivan (b. 1764) who passed away in Baden being not married. Daughters of Vasili Sergeevich: Anna (married Prince Alexander Borisovich Golitsyn), Sofia and Varavara (both served as ladies-in-waiting at the Court).
Alexander Dmitrievich Lanskoy (b. 1758, d. 1784). He was the son of landowner of the Smolensk province Dmitry Lanskoy. Alexander is known as the favorite of Empress Catherine II. He started his service as a private of the Life-Guard Izmailovski regiment in the year 1772 and had a rank of General-Adjunct by the end of his life. He was granted with three houses in St. Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo, owned large capital and collections. According to a legend [1], lie was poisoned by the Prince Potemkin.
[1] Jakov Dmitrievich (Alexander's brother), is mentioned in the list of the regiment for the year 1796. He did not serve. Married to Praskovia Nikolaevna, nee Dolgorukaia. Did not have sons. Daughter: Varvara (lady-in-waiting) who married general Kaisarov and Elizaveta, who married Count Suhtelen.
According to Fedorchenko, there were seven brothers (sons of Sergei): Nikolai, Petr, Vasili, Pavel, Stepan, Sergei and Dmitri:
Major General Nikolai Sergeevich (b.1746, d.1812). Pinsk military chief, then Grodno provincial marshal of nobility. His son Sergei Nikolaevich (b. 1774, d. 1814) served in the Life-Guard Izmailovski and then Horse Regiment, participated in many military actions, had a rank of General-Lieutenant.
State councilor Petr Sergeevich (b. 1752, d. 1800). Participated in the military action in Poland in the year 1792 and was awarded with the St. George order, 4th class. Then passed to the civil service and occupied the position of the Chief-Procurator of the Senate.
Vasili Sergeevich (b.1754, d.1831). Started the service in the Life-Guard Preobrazhenski regiment, participated in the military actions in Poland in the year 1792, promoted to the rank of Major-General, then passed to the civil service. Was the governor of the cities of Saratov, Tambov, Grodno. Since the year 1809 - Senator. In the year 1815 - member of the State Council, in the years 1825-1828 - headed the Ministry of Interior Affairs.
Pavel Sergeevich (b.1757, d.1832). Started the service in the Life Guard Preobrazhenski regiment in the year 1776, then served in the Engineer Expedition of the Military Board. Participated in military actions during the Swedish and Turkish wars as well as in Poland. Major General (since 1801), Senator (since 1821).
Stepan Sergeevich (b. 1760, d. 1813). Hoff-Marshal of the Emperor's Court. His son Sergei Stepanovich (b.1787, d.1862) was an important State figure - Minister of Interior Affairs, Senator. It was just him, who was granted with the Count title for himself and his posterity on April, 1861. His wife was Varvara Ivanovna, nee princess Odoevskaia (b. 1794, d. 1845). They had three sons: Count Stepan Sergeevich (b. 1814), Colonel Count Alexander Sergeevich (b. 1822, d. 1869), Count Mikhail Sergeevich (b. 1833). [So, if Nikolai Pavlovich really had a Count title, he had to be a descendent of one from them).
Sergei Sergeevich (b. 1761, d. 1814). Senator since 1809.
Dmitri Sergeevich (b. 1768, d. 1833). The Governor of Moscow (1806-1810), then of Kiev. Senator since 1821.
Arapova [1] writes that there were nine brothers but only one from them - Petr Sergeevich had four sons who served in the Horse-Guard Regiment.
The sons of Petr Sergeevich were:
Cavalry General Pavel Petrovich (b.1791, d. 1873). Started his service in the Horse-Guard Regiment in the year 1809; participated in many military actions. Arapova [1] devotes a large part of her work to him describing his personal and military qualities. According to her, Pavel was married to Nadezhda Nikolaevna Poletika, nee Maslova. Before she was the wife of his friend in the regiment but they divorced. Pavel's mother was against this marriage and restarted her relations with him after the birth of the first son Nikolai only. (As you may see, the names coincide with those, you listed in the inquiry, but the years are too early). Pavel Petrovich and Nadezhda Nikolaevna had two sons. She left them and escaped abroad with the secretary of the Italian Embassy. The divorce case lasted for about 20 years. After this Pavel married his pupil Evdokia Maslova. He passed away in Naples while visiting his paralysed son.
General-Adjunct Petr Petrovich Lanskoy (b. 1799, d. 1877). Since the year 1818 served in the Horse-Guard Regiment and was its commander in the years 1844-1853. He married widow of poet Alexander Pushkin - Natalia Nikolaevna, nee Goncharova - and had three daughters who were born to her: the author of the work [1] Alexandra (married Ivan Andreevich Arapov), Sofia (married Nikolai Nikolaevich Shipov), Elizaveta (married Nikolai Andreevich Arapov). Husbands of all three girls were lieutenants of the same Horse-Guard regiment.
[1] Alexander Petrovich (d. 1847). Entered in the Horse-Guard Regiment with his brother Petr together. Participated in the scandal related with the daughter of Count Stroganov and was sent to infantry. After many military exploits was returned to the Horse-Guard regiment. Wife: Natalia Fedorovna Petrovo-Solovovo. Children: Sofia, married Alexander Alexandrovich Pushkin (the son of the poet), Pavel (died being the Marshal of Tambov Provincial Noble Assembly), Petr (was still alive in the year 1899). According to Arapova, Pavel and Petr did not have Children.
It is what we stated basing on published sources and one manuscript (archival file). Now our task is to establish the branch which Nikolai Pavlovich originated from. It will be possible to receive more information and documents concerning the members of this branch after this.
We checked the 4th volume of the set "Unforgotten Graves. Russian Foreigners: Obituaries of the Years 1917-1999 in Six Volumes" published in Moscow in the year 2004. This directory is compiled on the basis of obituaries selected from various Russian emigrants periodic.
Lanskoy, Nikolai Nikolaevich (Pavlovich). Born on October 21, 1892, passed away on October 30, 1977 in Nice, Seaside Alps, France. Cornet of the 3rd Dragoon Novorossiisk Regiment of Her Imperial Majesty Elena Vladimirovna. Buried on the Russian cemetery in Nice.
Sources:
"Russkaia Mysl" [Russian Idea]. Paris. Issue #3178 from November 17, 1977.
"Chasovoi" [Guard]. Paris-Brussels. Issue #609 of the year 1977.
Were these obituaries the source for your information? It is quite unusual that the patronymic is listed by such a way: Nikolaevich (Pavlovich). May be one from these newspapers published the patronymic Nikolaevich and other Pavlovich. The patronymic is very important for our search because it shows the name of father.
Other people with the surname Lanskoy listed in this directory are:
Count Lanskoy (so, must be the posterity of Sergei Stepanovich):
Alexander Mikhailovich (1869-1936)
Andrei Mikhailovich (1902-1976)
Boris Sergeevich (1899-1944)
Dmitri Alexandrovich (1906-1961)
Illarion Sergeevich (1894-1984)
Mikhail Mikhailovich (1863-1924) Mikhail Sergeevich (1894-1963)
Countess Lanskaia, Maria Anatolievna (ab. 1898-1973)
Countess Lanskaia, Nadezhda (nee Princess Golitsyna), 1892-1937.
Countess Lanskaia, Varvara Vasilievna (nee Parusinova), 1877-1969.
The Lanskoy (without title):
Evgeni Pavlovich (b. about 1875, d.1943 in Yugoslavia).
Valentin Stanislawowich (b. about 1896, d.1933 in Harbin).
Lanskaia, Lizetta (b. about 1876, d. 1926 in Latvia).
The obituaries contain more information about each from them. Just let us know who is interesting and we will provide you with this information.
In hope to receive a primary information about Pavel Lanskoy who could be the father of Nikolai, we looked through the following directories.
1. Address Calendar of the Russian Empire, This yearly publication lists the people engaged in the state service. We checked issues for the years 1901-1916. The people with the surname Lanskoy are listed, but no one Pavel is among them.
2. St. Petersburg address directory "All St. Petersburg." Issues for the years 1897, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1914, 1916, 1917.
Many people with the surname Lanskoy (the Counts and not titled) are Iisted among the residents of St. Petersburg of that time. We selected those who had the name Pavel and so, could be Nikolai's father.
Lanskoy, Pavel Pavlovich is listed in the issues for the years 1897, 1900-1905. Retired Major-General, Vice-Chairman in the Society of Animals Protection. His address: #10, Pushkinskaia street.
Lanskaia, Vera Pavlovna, the daughter of Major-General [obviously, of Pavel Pavlovich] is listed in the same issues. She served in the Catherine's secondary school and resided at #137, Fontanka river embankment.
One more Lanskoy, Pavel Paviovich, second lieutenant (may be the son of the Major-General) is listed in the issue for the year 1900. His address was: #38, 7th Rozhdestvenskaia street.
They are not listed in the later issues. May be they moved from St. Petersburg. It is possible to look for more information about this family if you suppose that Nikolai could be the son of just this Pavel Pavlovich.
Taking into account a not definite patronymic listed in the obituary, we selected the people with the name Nikolai Lanskoy, too.
Lanskoy, Nikolai Nikolaevich, hereditary nobleman is listed in the year 1914. Address: #10, Nevski avenue. In the year 1916, his address was #9, 4th Rozhdestvenskaia street. That year he was the Chairman assistant of the Council of Society for Assistance [to Civil Population] From Military Actions.
Lanskaia, Lidia Trifonovna, the wife of hereditary nobleman is listed at the address #32, 4th Rozhdestvenskaia street in the year 1916. She probably was the wife of Nikolai Nikolaevich.
Lanskoy, Nikolai Sosipatrovich, collegial assessor is listed in the issues for the years 1914-1917. He resided at #15, Barmaleeva street, then #48, Shirokaia street. Served in the Administration for the cases related with small credit.
Sosipatr is a not common name, so we may be almost sure that the following person listed in the Provincial Necropolis was his father:
Lanskoy, Sosipatr Evgrafovich - the Marshal of Rzhev Nobility. Buried in the city of Rzhev.
(The majority of the Lanskoys who are listed in this directory were buried in the province of Tver).
3. The St. Petersburg Necropolis published by Saitov in the years 1912-1913 lists many people from the Lanskoy family. Mostly they were buried on the cemetery of St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery. Since Nikolai's parents were alive that time according to your information, they could not be listed there. We may apply to this directory again after finding out the name of Pavel's father.
4. The issues of the Memorandum Book of the province of Novgorod (since you informed us that Nikolai's family had the roots there) for the years 1872, 1882, 1885, 1896, 1912-1916.
Lanskoy, Evgeni Alexandrovich, captain of the 88th Infantry Petrovski regiment. Resides in the village of Gruzino of the Novgorod district (years 1912-1913).
Lanskoy, Mikhail Alexandrovich, staff-captain of the same regiment (1912, 1913). Residing - the same village of Gruzino. In the years 1882, 1885 he is listed as the lieutenant, chief of the regiment field hospital.
Lanskoy, Alexander Alexandrovich, colonel, commander of the 4th battalion of the same regiment (may be their father). Issue for the year 1896.
5. The catalogues of the Russian State Historic Archive list many files with the documents concerning the Lanskoys. Thus there is the file about the divorce of Cavalry General Pavel Petrovich (see the first part of this report) dated the years 1856­1859; concerning granting colonel Lanskoy with lands in the year 1821, and many others.
We selected the files of a more general nature which may help to answer the question concerning Nikolai's origin. So that you could have an idea about the nature of such files, please look at the information below.
According to Russian Law Regarding Nobility each generation of hereditary noble families had to be registered in the Genealogy Noble Books (Noble Register) of the one or other province. It was not a simple procedure. When the parents wanted to include their children in these Noble Registers they had to provide different documents confirming their right to be registered in one from six parts of the Noble Registers. The provincial Noble Assembly decided if the documents are enough for confirmation of nobility and, if they were sufficient, sent the documents to the high institution - Heraldry Department of the Ruling Senate. The final decision was taken there.
The Noble Genealogy Books (Noble Registers) were divided into six parts.
1 - Granted or Real Nobility
2 - Military Nobility (acquired according to ranks for the military service)
3 - Nobility acquired according to ranks for the civil service or awards
4 - Foreign Noble Families
5 - Titled Families
6 - Ancient Noble Families
Different sets of documents were to be provided for registration the nobility of a family in different parts of the Noble Genealogy Books. Sometimes the descendants of a family which was registered in a specific part of the Noble Register did not succeed in being included in the same part because the proves were not sufficient. It could happen in case if the family lost the estates (the confirmation of landowning was necessary to be included in some parts of the book), lost some old documents, or because of the fact that requirements for confirmation of the nobility constantly became more strong. In this case people tried to provide the Noble Assemblies with the proves which could be enough to be included in another part of the Noble Register, or apply to the Noble Assembly of another province.
The files with the documents of the noble families of all the Russian Empire provided to the Heraldry Department and the decisions of this institution are in Fond 1343 of the Russian State Historic Archive. As you may understand, it is possible to receive rather a complete genealogy information from such documents. This is why we selected the files concerning the Lanskoy nobility available in this Fond:
Fond 1343 inventory 46 file 1307. Concerning the Count title of the Lanskoy family. Year 1882.
Ibid, file 1308. The same title. Year 1879.
Ibid, file 1309. The same title. Year 1865.
Ibid, file 1310. The same title. Year 1912.
Fond 1343 inventory 24 part 1 file 517. Concerning the coat of arms of the Moscow and Simbirsk branch of the Lanskoy family. (Coat of arms included in the part IV of the General Armorial, page 64). Year 1859. The file itself was not preserved in the Archive.
Ibid. file 518. Concerning the coat of arms and the diploma for the Count title issued to the Lanskoy family. (Coat of arms included in the XII part of the Armorial, page 23). The file was not preserved.
In addition, there are many files concerning registering the Lanskoy family among the nobility of the provinces of Kaluga, Tver, Tula, Moscow, Tambov. Only two files pertain the nobility registered in the province of Novgorod:
Fond 1343 inventory 24 part 1 file 519. Year 1850.
Ibid file 520. Year 1860.
Of course, the years of examination these cases are too early to list Nikolai Pavlovich. Anyway, since you are sure (?) that Nikolai's family was registered just in this province, we received file 520 and briefly looked through the documents. It turned out that there are the documents of Petr Petrovich, his wife Natalia Nikolaevna (Goncharova-Pushkina) and their daughters Alexandra (b. 1845), Sofia (b. 1846), Elizaveta (b. 1848). All daughters were baptized in the church of the Life-Guard Horse Regiment. The service list of Petr Petrovich lists his origin: from the hereditary nobility of the province of Novgorod.
6. Golitsyn, P.P. List of Noble Families of the Province of Novgorod included in the Noble Register Since the year 1787 up to January 1, 1910. Novgorod, 1910.
We checked this source as well.
Only the same Lanskoy family is listed:
Petr Petrovich and his children Alexandra, Sofia, Elizaveta entered in the 2nd part of the Noble Register (see item 6 of this report) according to decision of the Ruling Senate from May 24, 1860.
7. We applied to the compiler of the data base on participants of the White Movement. This researcher worked with many archival and published sources for many years and compiled such a base as a result.
He did not find a mention on Nikolai Pavlovich or Nikolai Nikolaevich Lanskoy in his notes and copies of many lists which he has in possession. (There are the people with the surname Lanskoy but other names). As, he has the lists of people who graduated from the Cavalry Schools in the years 1900-1917, the lists of people who escaped from Crimea with the White Army in the year 1918 and others.
In addition, we should keep in mind that if he was listed as cornet in the obituary, it means that he was not promoted to the next rank. (It is quite unusual for people who served in the White Army during the civil war).
Dear Mr. Petersen, after receiving and analyzing all information exposed above, I should ask you about the sources from which you received initial information. I mean: the name and patronymic of Nikolai Pavlovich; his Count title: nobility registered in the province of Novgorod.
On this step we may suppose that just the people listed in the "All Petersburg" directory may be convenient if to compare with your initial information: Retired Major-General Lanskoy, Pavel Pavlovich and his daughter (as we suppose) Lanskaia Vera Pavlovna. But they did not have a Count title.
As a continuation of search we may offer the following.
-Russian State Historic Military Archive (located in Moscow) contains a big collection of service lists of officers. We may hope to reveal such documents of Nikolai or some his brothers. The service lists contain entries about not only service, promotions, awards of a person but about his origin, education, real estate property, composition of the family as well. So, we may receive a good information if such document concerning Nikolai was compiled before the revolt. In addition, we could find the service list of the Major-General Lanskoy, Pavel Pavlovich and see if the son Nikolai who was born in the year 1892 is listed in this document. Since it is really the most direct way to continue, I already asked our Moscow researcher to check the finding aids of this Archive. You will be informed about estimation after/if necessary sources are revealed.
-Selection the files concerning the Lanskoy nobility registered in different provinces for the most late period of time in the Fond 1343 and brief looking through the documents in hope to find Pavel who had a wife Endoksia (Evdokia), nee Rzhevskaia in one from them. (Of course, the second file about the Lanskoy nobility registered in the province of Novgorod may be studied too, but I do not think that it is reasonable to do this before we find out the names of the members of necessary family for the year 1850. We just will not be able to understand if the people listed in these documents could be Nikolai's relatives).
-The registers of the parish of the Life-Guard Horse Regiment are in the Central Historic Archive of St. Petersburg. Since we know that members of the Lanskoy family had a tradition to baptize children there, we may look for an entry about Nikolai's birth/baptizing. The complete names and patronymics of the parents and position of the father should be listed there. In addition, the relatives were the God parents as a rule. So, such entry could give us a good clue for a search continuation.
-Applying to the local historic Archive located in the city of Novgorod to check the Fond of the Novgorod Noble Assembly. It makes sense if you are sure that the family was registered among the nobility of just this province. On the other hand, the directory compiled by Golitsyn (see item 6 of this report) does not confirm this.
Dear Mr. Petersen, it is all the work which we could complete on this step. As you may see, the continuation of the work may be quite promising. Please let us know from what source you would like to continue this research and I will estimate the work. According to my opinion, we should start the next step with the Russian State Historic Military Archive, but of course you may have another suggestion."

3. On 5/24/05, Elena Tsvetkova , researcher for Kenny Petersen wrote:
"We found a new character for investigation: the Count Lanskoy, Nikolai Mikhailovich. He resided Moscow, it is why we did not find him before looking through the St. Petersburg directories.
We found him in the St. Petersburg High Society Annual for the year 1914. St. Petersburg, 1914.
A Countess Lanskaia, Anna Sergeevna is listed with the same note (resides Moscow) as well.
No more information about them is provided.
We received more information about the Count Lanskoy who resided in Moscow from the directory "All Moscow":
It turned out that the Count Lanskoy, Nikolai Mikhailovich had a rank of the titular councilor and served in the Moscow Office of the Emperor's Theatres (years 1916, 1917). In the year 1917, Lanskaia Varvara Mikhailovna is listed on the same address (the Countess title is not listed).
Now we try to find his service list in the Russian State Historic Archive. Such document could let us information about his children. If to remember that the patronymic of Nikolay could be Pavlovich or NIKOLAEVICH, we may hope that just this person appears to be Nikolay's father.
In the same time we look for the brothers Georgy, Andrey and Nikolay in the materials concerning two Cadet Corps which were located in St. Petersburg. Unfortunately, we did not find published directories for the convenient years. Because of this we look for their documents in the Russian State Historic Military Archive which keeps the documents of the both Cadet Corps. Hope to find out if their documents are there to the end of this week.
So, we work. I just did not want to overload you with information which may appear to be not related with your family after checking this."

4. From Kenny Petersen to his researcher Elena Tsvetkova , Jul 1, 2005 at 12:34 PM
"Elena,
Excellent research. I hereby authorize the charge of 20 more hours for continued research. I especially liked pursuing the Nikolaevich connections in Moscow as you noted:
'If to trust this information, Alexander and Stepan Sergeevich junior were not married and could not have legal Children. In such a case the sons of Natalia Nikolaevna were the grandsons of Michael Sergeevich (1829-1905), and her husband was a Major General Count Lanskoy, Stepan Mikhailovich. (We just compiled this name from the patronymics formed from the names of previous and subsequent generations).
'So, Count Lanskoy, Nikolai Stepanovich, b. 1862, the son of colonel could be the son of this (still virtual) Stepan Mikhailovich. The service list of the person who had such a rank has to be in the Russian State Historic Military Archive. We may look for such document and check our supposition by such a way (the children should be listed there). But first we should understand if some from these Nikolais was the father of Nikolai Nikolaevich (Pavlovich).
It appears to be our best lead unless you think of something else. (Maybe the Life-Guard birth records, but I will let you choose.) I will trust you choice of direction and use of time."

5. From: Elena Tsvetkova Oct 14, 2005 researcher for Kenny Petersen:
"Dear Kenny,
I am sorry for a long silence. It was caused with the fact that the Archives were closed for a summer vacation in Russia. After they were opened, we tried again. We spent 12 hours to this work but did not receive some important information. You still have a credit and should not send the next advance. I just wish to keep you informed about the course of our research.
1. We checked some materials available in the Central Historic Archive of St. Petersburg.
Since the Counts Lanskoy baptized their children in the church of the Life-Guard Horse Regiment (see our report from October 14, 2004), we checked the entries in the registers of this parish for the years 1891-1893 (to be sure) available in the Fond 19 inventory 128 files 186, 222, 276. Unfortunately, an entry about birth/baptizing Nikolai is missing there.
So, he could be baptized in other St. Petersburg or in a Moscow church. In our previous report we wrote about a Count Lanskoy, Nikolai Mikhailovich and a Countess Lanskaia, Anna Sergeevna who resided in Moscow.
Just to remind you:
The Count Lanskoy, NIKOLAI Mikhailovich had a rank of the titular councilor and served in the Moscow Office of the Emperor's Theatres (years 1916, 1917). The address of the house of this Chancellery is listed: #1, Kuznetski line. In the year 1917, Lanskaia, Varvara Mikhailovna is listed at the same address (the Countess title is not listed). She could be the sister of Nikolai Mikhailovich.
From the archival documents (see the same report) we know that he was moving to the St. Petersburg office of the Direction of Emperor Theatres since December 15, 1916. So, he could be in Moscow in 1892. If to suppose that Nikolai could be the son of Nikolai Mikhailovich, he could be born in Moscow and not in St. Petersburg.
I would offer to check the registers of the Moscow perishes, but it is not possible since we do not know in what church he could be baptized. Unfortunately, the registers are not supplied with indexes of names and it is not possible to check the documents of hundreds Moscow churches even if we know the date.
Anyway, should not we check the Moscow Cadet schools? If you remember, we checked the schools located in St. Petersburg but did not find the documents of the cadet Nikolai Lanskoy there.
Previously we found the exams record book of Count Lanskoy, NIKOLAI Stepanovich. He was born on March 7, 1863. Son of colonel. The nobility of his family was registered in the province of Vladimir. Studied in the 2nd Moscow military gymnasia since September 1874 up to June 20, 1880. On June 20, 1880, he was moved to the 2nd St. Petersburg military gymnasia and graduated from there according to 1st category in the year 1882. (Russian State Historic Military Archive Fond 315 inventory 1 file 2323).
Taking into account information about his origin, we checked the directory:
Tregubov M.I. Alphabetic List of Noble Families of the Province of Vladimir. Vladimir, 1905. The directory consists of three parts: nobility confirmed with the Senate, not confirmed yet, and not confirmed because of not enough proofs. The Lanskoy are not listed at all.
Since the patronymic of Nikolai was Stepanovich, we checked the documents of the file "Concerning education of children of the Count S.S. Lanskoy" in the collection of documents of the Petrograd Noble Assembly. (Central Historic Archive of St. Petersburg Fond 536 inventory 11 file 209). No one Nikolai is listed in these documents.
2. You may know about a Stalin repressive era in the Soviet Union. Millions people were arrested, exiled, imprisoned, shot that time. The members of noble families could be arrested or shot just because of their origin. Any person could be arrested because of a fabricated sentence. We checked if the documents concerning the arrest of the Lanskoy with the names Pavel, Nikolai and Endoksia (and similar variants) arrested after 1918 are in the Archive of St. Petersburg FSB (former KGB) office. No one person with such names is listed.
Short information about repressed people compiled according to archival documents, is publishing in the special Memory Books of Victims of Political Repressions last years. Of course, not all repressed people are entered there and this information is completing with more and more names.
To be sure we checked such sources. If a part of family stayed in Soviet Russia, some from them could be repressed. If so, we could find out not only about this sad fact but also about the exact location of their origin and residence. The files concerning the cases of each person are in the Archives of local FSB offices in the same cities when the people were arrested. Such files include personal and family information. In addition, the repressed people were rehabilitated. It is possible to find the leaving relatives who initiated rehabilitation by such a way.
We found the following people:
Lanskoy, Pavel Vasilievich, was born in the year 1870.
Place of birth: the province of Novgorod.
Served as the bookkeeper of ship-repair factory in the city of Archangelsk.
Arrested on July 14, 1920.
Accused because of anti-Soviet agitation.
Sentenced to 5 years being in labor-corrective camp.
Lanskoy, Sergei Pavlovich, was born in the year 1870 [may be the son of Pavel Vasilievich].
Place of birth: Karelia.
Served in the timber company in the city of Archangelsk.
Arrested on December 15, 1937.
Accused because of anti-Soviet agitation.
Accused to be shot on January 20, 1938.
Lanskoy, Pavel Alexandrovich, was born in the year 1879.
Place of birth: the village of Sosninskaia Pristan, Chudovo district of the province of Novgorod.
Resided in the city of Staraia Russa of the province of Novgorod.
Chief of mechanic equipment department of the timber rafting company.
Arrested on March 25, 1933.
Sentenced to 10 years being in labor-corrective camp.
Lanskoy, Anatoli Vasilievich, was born in the year 1898.
Place of birth: the settlement Opochenski Posad of the Borovichi district, the province of Novgorod.
Resided in the same settlement.
Served as the bookkeeper.
Arrested on January 13, 1931.
The case was stopped.
Lanskoy, Sergei Sergeevich, was born in the year 1891.
Place of birth: Moscow.
Served as the bookkeeper assistant on the poultry farm in the city of Biisk.
Arrested on June 8, 1937.
Shot on August 25, 1937.
Lanskoy, Ivan Jakovlevich, was born in the year 1887.
Place of birth: the village of Diadkovo in the Dmitrov region, Moscow region.
Resided in the city of Gorki, the province of Nizhni Novgorod.
Arrested on October 22, 1940.
Sentenced to 7 years being in labor-corrective camp.
As you may see, mostly the people originated from the province of Novgorod are listed. It is possible to apply to the FSB Archives to find out their origin. It could help to understand the social status of the Lanskoy who resided in this province. (According to your initial information, the family was registered in that province). I do not insist, just offer.
3. There is one more way. I did not offer it to you before because it is rather labor intensive and will not give some important result. You wrote that Nikolai's brothers were killed during the WWI and he was wounded twice. The lists of killed and wounded were published in the provincial newspapers. If to be sure that they went to the war from St. Petersburg, it is possible to check such lists in the issues of the St. Petersburg Provincial Records. If we can not be sure, it is possible to examine the lists for all the Russian Empire which were published in the military newspaper Russkii Invalid. There are no indexes and it is necessary to work with many lists published in many issues. As a result, we may receive: the names and patronymic; military rank; military unit; date of killing (or wounding), may be some more information. Does it make a sense?"

6. Undocumented biographical note posted in Nicolas' memories on FamilySearch as provided by Kathie Hudson 4 Jul 2021. It says it was written by his wife:
"Count Nikolai Pavlovich Lanskoy (1892-1977) was born in St. Petersburg, was educated in a cadet corps and a military school. A brilliant career awaited him as an officer in the Russian army. During the First World War he took part in battles and was wounded twice. Both of his brothers were killed. During the revolution and the Civil War, he lost all his loved ones and, having got on the last ship that saved parts of Wrangel's army, ended up in Constantinople. He lived in Belgrade for several years, then moved to France. He acquired many professions, knew how to do everything. (He only said that he could not work in a mine, underground.) These are only dry facts, milestones of one human life. which, like a shard of a broken mirror, reflected the tragedy of Russian history."

BURIAL:
1. Buried under one stone at the Orthodox Cemetery in Caucade, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; the dates are European style day-month-year. The stone is black, horizontal, and located about three or so rows in and about the second stone on the left:
-Leonide Sabaneeff, 2-10-1881/3-5-1968
-Tamara Sabaneeff nee Kouznetzoff, 2-11-1895/16-9-1980
-Nicholas De Lanskoy, 21-10-1892/30-10-1977
 		de Lanskoy, Nicolai or Nicolas Pavlovich (I2570)
 
3769 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Petersen family photo album prepared by Jack Petersen: "Doyle Charles Hales. Son of Charles Henry Hales and Sarah Catherine Stoker. He was a captain in WWII, serving in the Coast Artillery in Panama. He was the only family mamber to receive a college degree. He married June 29, 1943, Margaret Mary Scott, in Panama... They had one son, Edward Scott Hales. She died July 23, 1946. She is buried at Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Utah. He remarried Feb. 15, 1948, at Tooele, Utah, Helen Grant, born Nov. 10, 1910, at Appleton, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Fred Grant and Bertha Lund. By a previous marriage she had a daughter, Ann Preston Carroll. Doyle and Helen had no children. Helen had nervous eyes; her eyelashes fluttered as she talked."

PHOTO:
1. Numerous photos of Doyle Charles Hales in my Petersen family album including both wives.

BIRTH:
1. Conflict: Hales family group sheets have always shown birthplace as Appleton, Swift, Minnesota; however, burial records indicate birthplace as Bemidji, Beltrami, Minnesota.

DEATH:
1. Per burial record.

2. Did not find in Social Security Death Index as of March 1999.

BURIAL:
1. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database (on the Internet): "Hales, Helen, b. 10 Nov 1910 at Bemidji, Beltrami, Minnesota and died 28 Dec 1989 at Salt Lake City, UT. Buried 2 Jan 1990 at Tooele City Cemetery in 8-171-2. Source: Sexton records. Parents listed as William Grout [Grant?] and Bertha Lund."

2. Photo of gravestone: Helen W. Hales, Nov. 10, 1910 - Dec. 28, 1990.
 		Grant, Helen W. (I671)
 
3770 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Children:
John Michael Brenneisen, b: 6 Oct 1747 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.
John Jacob Brenneisen, b: 28 Sep 1749 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.
Anna Elizabeth Brenneisen, b: 1750 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.
B. At Hill Church (Ber Kirche, Church on the Quitapohila) a record exists which shows the marriage of Jacob Brenneisen and Anna Veronica Wampfler in 1747. Married in Hill Evanagelical Lutheran Church in Lebanon Twp. Book of Records of Rev. John Casper Stover. Lebanon Co. Hist. Soc.

2. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Pennsylvania records:
Stoevers's Record: m. 13 Jan. 1747 Jacob Brenneiser and Anna Veronica Wampfler, Lebanon
Hill Lutheran CHURCH, NORTH ANNVILLE Twp., LEBANON CO.:
Jacob Brenneissen and wife Veronica had:
1. Joh. Michael b. 6 Oct. 1747
2. Joh. Jacob b. 28 Sept. 1749
3. Anna Elisabetha bp. 28 Oct. 1750
("Renounced Evangelical truth and the Lutheran Church and became Dunkers.")
Jacob Brenniser, Lebanon tp., Lancaster co., nat. Philadelphia Fall 1765, without taking an oath."

3. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 88-91 notes that the ship Lydia arrived in Philadelphia carrying passengers identified as being from the Palatine (the present German state of Rhineland-Palatinate or Rheinland Pfalz in German. The book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, as cited above, points out that vertually all German speaking people coming to America during this era were identified as Palatines. Part of the passengers could be Palatines and the remaining passengers could be German speaking people from adjacent areas to the Palatine. This was the case for the passengers aboard the ship Lydia. The following Wampflers were listed on the ship:
Hans Peter Wampfler, 40 years of age.
Hans Peter Wampfler, 18 years of age.
Hans Michel Wampfler, 16 years of age.
There were assuredly more of the family aboard but only the males age 16 and older were listed. Considering the list was made by the captain prior to the departure of a voyage that took about 3 months, the ages work out exactly. The book as photocopies of first two males who signed their names but Hans Michel did not since he probably could not write yet. The christening records for Anna Magdalena Wampfler, Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr., and Hans Michael Wampfler all indicated the family left for America May 3, 1741. Also in the record books of Zollingen (the home of Anna Veronica Lung, the wife of Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr., the following words were written on 12 Apr 1755: "Peter Wampfler married Veronica Lung, the heiress of Jacob Lung, who was a citizen of Zollingen. They have for about 15 years been moved to the new land." This was probably written since she was an heiress to her mother who was the last of her parents to die in 1754. Also on the list of arriving passengers was a Johannes Mettauer (age listed as 25) who was the son of Samuel Mettauer and Anna Magdalena Wampfler and a nephew to Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.
Another book by the same author, "Wampler Family History, 1701-1980," pp. 1-4, adds additional insight into the voyage to America. In the late 1600's and concurrent with the internal conflicts within continental Europe, there was a visit by William Penn of Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the German States of the Rheinland. He assured these very productive farmers, whose farming efforts were now largely in vain because of political and religious wars, that if they were to come to his Province of Pennsylvania, they would be free to worship according to their own beliefs and they would have the civil liberties they desired. By 1683 there began a steady influx of German immigrants. By 1729 the new German immigrants were required by law to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and also an oath of abjuration and fidelity to the laws of Pennsylvania Province. The actual voyage itself began when families left their German homeland by boarding a boat on the Rhine River around the first of May and journeyed down the Rhine through many custom inspeciton stations. The ships were often detained at each station and each family had to spend money there for essential items. This trip from their homeland to where the ship departed in Holland usually took about 4-6 weeks. There was usually also another wait in Holland of 4-6 weeks before the English ships sailed. After embarking in Holland, the ship usually had a 1-2 week layover in England awaiting proper winds for the 8-12 week transatlantic voyage. In the case of the ship Lydia, James Allen was shipmaster and they sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, with an english port stop in Deal. The ships were crowded with not enough food and water. Disease was prevalent and many passengers died. Once the ships arrived n Philadelphia, health officers from the city inspected the ships for persons with infectious diseases and if such persons were identified, the ship was ordered to be removed one mile from the city. The Wampfler family swore allegiance to the British Crown upon arrival on Sep. 29, 1741. These foreigners had faith that their new homeland would allow them to farm, prosper, and worship God in peace.

4. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 12-13:
A. "Anna Veronica Wampler... was married 13 Jan 1747 at Hill Lutheran Church, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA to John Jacob Brenneisen, son of Hans Valentine Brenneisen and Margaretha ___. John Jacob was born 17 Sep 1733 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. They had at least three children baptized at Hill Lutheran Church, then after 1750 they 'denounced Evangelical truth and Lutheran Church and became Dunkers.' When Anna Veronica died is unknown, but John Jacob Brenneisen was married a second time."
B. Referenced sources:
a. Parish Register, the Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annville-Cleona, PA, FHL974.819 V26L.
b. Archival Records, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

5. Wampfler is the proper surname for those Wamplers born in Alsace. It was anglicized to Wampler upon immigrating to America in 1741.

6. FHL film 599224 it. 2 "Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Cleona and Annville in North Annville Township, Lebanon Co., PA. Parish Registers 1743-1943," p. 21:
"Jacob Brenneissen and wife Veronica (Renounced Evangelical truth and the Lutheran church and became Dunkers)
-A son Joh. Michael b. 6 Oct 1747, bapt. 8 Nov 1749, sponsors: Joh. Michael Wamfler and wife.
-A son Joh. Jacob, b. 28 Sep 1749, bapt. 1 Nov 1749, sponsors: Johan Peter Wampfler and his wife Maria Barbara.
-A daughter Anna Elisabetha, b. 1750, bapt. 28 Oct 1750, sponsors: Michael Wampfler and his wife.

7. FHL book 974.8 B4pgp "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," by Annette Kunselman Burgert (Camden, ME; Picton Press), pp. 520-24:
"Wampfler, Hans Peter age 40 (Keskastel=67260 Sarre-Union; Altwiller=67260 Sarre-Union)
Wampfler, Hans Peter age 18
Wampfler, Michael age 16
[Immigrated on the ship] "Lydia," 1741; [Source:] S-H, I: 300, 301, 302 [Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William John Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers. 3 vols. (Norristown, 1934)].
European Records
Keskastel Lutheran KB [Kirchebook (Church book)]:
Peter Wampffler, linenweaver at Hinsingen, and wife Veronica had:
1. Anna Magdalena bp. 7 June 1720; Sp.: Samuel Mettauer, linenweaver at Kastel; A. Magdalena, wife of Peter S__tz of Newhausel; Anna Magdalena ?___. (Record extracted 3 May 1741)
2. Hans Peter bp. 4 Aug. 1722; Sp.: Hans Peter Klein, Harskirchen; Johannes Wampffler;
Anna Elisa, wife of Jacob Lang of ?Zollingen; Maria Barbara, ?daughter of Michel Buttner (Ext. 3 May 1741).
3. Michael b. ca. 1724
Harskirchen Lutheran KB:
4. Anna Fronica b. 5 Nov. 1726, bp. 7 Nov. 1726 at Altweyler
5. Anna Barbara bp. 24 July 1729 at Altweyler [Altwiller]
6. Anna Elisabetha bp. 3 Dec. 1732 at Altweyler
7. Anna Catharina bp. __ ___ 1734
8. possible Georg, bp. not located
American Records
Hill Lutheran KB, near Annville, Lebanon co:
-Mattheis Boger m. 7 Jan. 1746 Anna Magdalena Wampflerin.
-Jacob Brenneyssen m. 13 Jan. 1747 Anna Veronica Wampflerin.
[See Burgert, The Northern Kraichgau for Boger and Brenneisen]..."

CHRISTENING:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 85 has a photocopy and translation of the christening church record from Altweiler as follows: "November 5, 1726 was born in Hinsingen to Peter Wampfler a linen-weaver and to his wife Franica a young daughter and christened November 7, 1726 and name Anna Fronica. Witnesses: Johann Christina Caspar of Sparsbach near Lützelstein, Anna Maria Mettauer [cousin, daughter of Aunt Anna Magdalene (Wampler) Mettauer] of Keskastel, Maiden Fronica, dau. of Hanss Adam Lungen [Lung, possible brother or uncle of mother Anna Veronica Lung?] of Hinsingen." Note Hinsingen did not have a church and the family used the one at Keskastel until a church was started at nearer Altweiler by about 1726.

MARRIAGE:
1. Http://www.pa-roots.com/~lancaster/church/stoever/stoevermarriage1.html: "Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania," compiled by Mildred Smith (msmith@cybermania.net); these following individuals are all relatives and the marriage of this person is noted with an asterisk:
1737 09 18 Brenneis, Margaretha (Cocalico) - Uhrich, Johannes 1749 01 17 Brenneisen, Rudolph - Schaeffer, Anna Barbara (Cocalico) *1747 01 13 Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon) - Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) 1743 09 26 Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) - Wampler, John Peter 1751 01 21 Brennersen, John - Minier, Christina(Bethel)
1743 09 26 Wampler, John Peter - Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) 1746 01 07 Wampsler, Anna Magdalena (Lebanon) - Boger, Mattheis (Lebanon) *1747 01 13 Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) - Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon)

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 365-6, gives some of the history of the "The Hill Church (Berg Kirche)": "The Hill Church is located four miles northwest of Lebanon, Pennsylvania in North Annville Township. It was built in 1733 and was used jointly by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. Ref. John Casper Stoever formed the congregation in 1733. Rev. Stoever called it 'the church on the Quittapahilla' because he lived and had a mill on that stream. The Hill Church was the first organization for religious services in what is now Lebanon County and was the first to erect church buildings. According to Egle's history of Lebanon County, '...In 1754, and thereafter, when the Indians made frequent incursions, people often took their guns with them to defend themselves against savages. During divine service men with loaded muskets were placed at the door as sentinels.' The present church, built in 1837, is the third church in the same location. An ancient grave yard adjoins the church and many old markers are long gone. [The book has a picture rendering of the old two story Hill Church.]"

3. FHL film 599224 it. 2 "Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Cleona and Annville in North Annville Township, Lebanon Co., PA. Parish Registers 1743-1943," p. 121:
"Jacob Brenneyssen and Anna Veronica 13 Jan 1747."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. He adds the following additional sources:
a. Annette Kunselman Burgert, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992.
b. "Early Lutheran Baptisms and marriages in Southeastern PA: the Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730-1779," Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1988. 		Wampfler, Anna Veronica or Fronica (I1178)
 
3771 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Tax records that the author of the database believes are not the right Michael of this database:
a. Lancaster Co., PA 1750 Tax Records, Vol. 3, by Gary Hawbaker & Clyde Groff shows a Michael Wampler in Lebanon Twp. taxed for the year 1751. b. Lancaster Co., PA 1750 Tax Records, Vol. 3, by Gary Hawbaker & Clyde Groff shows a Michael Wampler in Elizabeth Twp. taxed for the year 1758. c. Lancaster Co., PA Deed Abstracts," compiled by R. Thomas Mayhill, Pub. 1973. Deed K192. Michael was a principal. Signed 2 Apr.1765. I have a partial copy. B. FGR from Glenn Kinzey of Prague, OK, dtd., 26 Dec 1992/notes: Buried in St. Paul Lutheran Church Cem. Served in Lord Dunsmore's War in 1774. Moved by 1771 to Fincastle Co., VA of which Montgomery Co. VA was formed and from that Wythe Co., VA was formed. Was on William Crockett's list of tithables in 1771. Transferred his land in Montgomery Co., VA 18 Apr 1879 to his sons Michael Jr. and Christopher. Deed was recorded 1 Dec. 1789.
C. He was on the Montgomery Co., VA Personal Property Tax 1789 - List "A".
D. Children:
Elizabeth Wampler, b: 1752 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co, PA.
George Wampler, b: Abt. 1754 in Lancaster Co, PA.
Christopher (Stophel) Wampler, b: Abt. 1756 in Lancaster Co, PA .
Lovice (Louisa) Wampler, b: Abt. 1758 in Lancaster Co, PA.
Peter Wampler, b: Abt. 1762 in Lancaster Co, PA, (?).
Michael Jr. Wampler, b: Abt. 1765 in Lancaster Co, PA.
Catherine Wampler, b: Abt. 1766 in Lancaster Co, PA.
Esther Wampler, b: 1771 in Botetourt Co, VA.
Catherine Wampler, b: Abt. 1766 in Lancaster Co, PA.

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse
a. pp. 366-7, gives some of the history of the "St. Paul Lutheran Church": "St. Paul Lutheran Church is beleived to have been organized in 1776. It is the oldest church in Wythe Co., VA still in operation and functioning from its original location near Rural Retreat, VA. A church record book was purchased in 1779 and was shared with an adjoining community. It is located with the records of Kimbelin Church. A second record book was purchased in 1793 and contained only the baptisms and records of St. Paul Church. This book is preserved by St. Paul Church. Listed among the deacons of St. Paul were George 'Wambler' and George Wambler, Jr. They were among the signers of the Order of Agreement, 30 May 1798, which included four Lutheran churches in Wythe County. The St. Paul Cemetery adjoins the church and burials began in the last decade of the 1700's. There are not many of the very old grave markers left standing. In the early years many wooden grave markers were used and those remaining are unreadable. Some of the hand-made stone grave markers have also weathered away with the years... [A photo of the church is in the book.]
b. P. 375 has a photocopy of the signature page of the Ship Lydia's passenger list in 1741 including the signatures of Hans Peter Wampfler and his sons Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr. and Hans Michael Wampler (who signed with an "X."
c. Pp. 379-386 has several maps including an 1807 map of the Holston River area of Virginia, an 1810 map of the rivers and waterways in Wythe Co., VA, on which Wampler land was located, an 1745-1858 settlement map of Wythe Co., VA, showing roads and locations of Wampler land, a current map of Wythe Co. showing location of St. Paul and Kimberlin churches, and land survey plans of Hans Michael Wampler's land in Fincastle Co., VA.

3. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 88-91 notes that the ship Lydia arrived in Philadelphia carrying passengers identified as being from the Palatine (the present German state of Rhineland-Palatinate or Rheinland Pfalz in German. The book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, as cited above, points out that vertually all German speaking people coming to America during this era were identified as Palatines. Part of the passengers could be Palatines and the remaining passengers could be German speaking people from adjacent areas to the Palatine. This was the case for the passengers aboard the ship Lydia. The following Wampflers were listed on the ship:
Hans Peter Wampfler, 40 years of age.
Hans Peter Wampfler, 18 years of age.
Hans Michel Wampfler, 16 years of age.
There were assuredly more of the family aboard but only the males age 16 and older were listed. Considering the list was made by the captain prior to the departure of a voyage that took about 3 months, the ages work out exactly. The book as photocopies of first two males who signed their names but Hans Michel did not since he probably could not write yet. The christening records for Anna Magdalena Wampfler, Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr., and Hans Michael Wampfler all indicated the family left for America May 3, 1741. Also in the record books of Zollingen (the home of Anna Veronica Lung, the wife of Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr., the following words were written on 12 Apr 1755: "Peter Wampfler married Veronica Lung, the heiress of Jacob Lung, who was a citizen of Zollingen. They have for about 15 years been moved to the new land." This was probably written since she was an heiress to her mother who was the last of her parents to die in 1754. Also on the list of arriving passengers was a Johannes Mettauer (age listed as 25) who was the son of Samuel Mettauer and Anna Magdalena Wampfler and a nephew to Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.
Another book by the same author, "Wampler Family History, 1701-1980," pp. 1-4, adds additional insight into the voyage to America. In the late 1600's and concurrent with the internal conflicts within continental Europe, there was a visit by William Penn of Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the German States of the Rheinland. He assured these very productive farmers, whose farming efforts were now largely in vain because of political and religious wars, that if they were to come to his Province of Pennsylvania, they would be free to worship according to their own beliefs and they would have the civil liberties they desired. By 1683 there began a steady influx of German immigrants. By 1729 the new German immigrants were required by law to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and also an oath of abjuration and fidelity to the laws of Pennsylvania Province. The actual voyage itself began when families left their German homeland by boarding a boat on the Rhine River around the first of May and journeyed down the Rhine through many custom inspeciton stations. The ships were often detained at each station and each family had to spend money there for essential items. This trip from their homeland to where the ship departed in Holland usually took about 4-6 weeks. There was usually also another wait in Holland of 4-6 weeks before the English ships sailed. After embarking in Holland, the ship usually had a 1-2 week layover in England awaiting proper winds for the 8-12 week transatlantic voyage. In the case of the ship Lydia, James Allen was shipmaster and they sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, with an english port stop in Deal. The ships were crowded with not enough food and water. Disease was prevalent and many passengers died. Once the ships arrived n Philadelphia, health officers from the city inspected the ships for persons with infectious diseases and if such persons were identified, the ship was ordered to be removed one mile from the city. The Wampfler family swore allegiance to the British Crown upon arrival on Sep. 29, 1741. These foreigners had faith that their new homeland would allow them to farm, prosper, and worship God in peace.

4. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, p. 2, mentions both Michael and Peter Wampler as bondsmen to their mother who was adminstratrix of their father's estate upon his death: "Hans Peter Wampler lived less than 8 years after arriving in America and died intestate in 1749 at Lebanon, Lancaster Co., PA. His widow, Veronica, survived him and made application to be the administratrix of his estate on 24 Apr 1749. Michael Wampler and Peter Wampler, planters, were her bondsmen. The amount of the bond was 300 British pounds. Veronica was granted her request and under the condition of this obligation was required to make an inventory of the personal estate of her husband. An inventory and appraisement... was made 30 Apr 1749." For further information and a transcription of the inventory, see notes for Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.

5. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 7-10:
A. "Hans Michael Wampler... died in 1789 in Wythe County, Virginia and is probably buried in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery there. He was an Elder in St. Paul church in 1782 when a tract of land containing 100 acres was surveyed for the use of the congregation. He apparently dropped the 'Hans' from his name as later records made reference only to Michael Wampler. A record of his marriage has not been found but he was probably married about 1746, presumably in Lancaster County, PA. The given name of his wife was Elizabeth. Nothing further is known about her except that she survived her husband and was living with a son, Peter, in 1807 when she gave testimony in a court case 'Wampler vs Wampler' involving her husband's land in Wythe Co., VA. Michael Wampler bought 158 acres of land in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, from the executors of the will of John Connelly on 25 Mar 1751. Unfortunately, a record of the sale of this land was not found, but the name of Michael Wampler appeared on a tax list in Lebanon Twp. dated 16 Dec 1751. Michael was assessed 4 pounds, 6 shillings. Michael Wampler, of Lebanon Twp., became a naturalized citizen on 17 Aug 1765 at the Philadelphia Courthouse. His name was listed among Quakers and other Protestants who scruple to take an oath. Foreigners who had resided in the colonies for seven or more years were granted citizenship and given the rights of natural born subjects of Great Britain after they produced certificates proving that they had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in some Protestant or Reformed congregation in the Province within 3 months before they took the oath of cititzenship. Quakers and Moravians consceintiously objected to taking an oath and were granted cititzenship under the heading of 'affirmers.' Moravians could be distinguished from Quakers because they were required to prove that they had taken the sacrament. The cost of the naturalization was 2 shillings. Michael Wampler was apparently the first of the Wampler family to move into what was then Fincastle Co., VA. (Montgomery Co., VA was formed from Fincastle Co in 1776-1777, and Wythe Co. was formed form Montgomery Co. in 1789-1790.) His name appeared on William Crockett's list of tithables in 1771. Tithables were males of 16 years and upward. The area covered was from William Sayers to the head of the Holston River. Appearing on Capt. Doaks list of tithables for 1773 was Michael Wampler, with two tithables. The tithable other than Michael was probably his son, George Wampler. The next record found for Michael Wampler was in 1774 when his name was included in the list of those from Fincastle Co., VA who served in Lord Dunmore's War. An entry in Montgomery Co., VA, Plat Book A, page 141, showed that on 13 Dec 1774, a tract of land in Fincastle Co., VA, was surveyed for Michael Wampler. This tract contained 270 acres of land. It was surveyed by virtue of an Order of Council of 16 Dec 1773 and was part of the Loyal Company Grant. This land was situated on both sides of the south fork of Reed creek and it adjoined his former survey. A search for the former survey was unsuccessful. The 1782 Tax list of Montgomery County, VA showed that Michael Wampler was assessed for 2 horses and 4 cattle. The last legal transaction found for Michael Wampler was on 18 Apr 1789, when he transferred by deed, all of his personal estate to Michael Wampler, Jr. and Stophel (nickname for Christopher) Wampler. His personal estate consisted of livestock and all of his houshold furnishings. The deed was recorded in Montgomery Co., VA on 1 Dec 1789. This date may be very close to the date of Michael Wampler's death. His wife, Elizabeth, made reference to the fact that shortly before her husband died he had conveyed all of his personal property to Stophel and Michael and said that he ought to have given it to George. This reference was made in the testimony of Elizabeth Wampler during the court proceedings of 'Wampler vs Wampler' in Wythe Co., VA. The names of all the children who survived Michael Wampler were listed in a deed in Wythe Co., in 1805. Their names were listed in the following order: George Wampler, Christopher Wampler, Peter Wampler, Michael Wampler, Elizabeth Abel, Caty Harden, Lovice Wampler, Jacob Kinser and Esther, his wife. Elizabeth Abel, Caty Harden, Louisa Wampler, Jacob Kinser and his wife, Esther, and Michael Wampler released their interest in their father's 270 acre estate in Wythe Co., to their brothers, George Wampler, Christopher Wampler and Peter Wampler on 15 Jul 1805. On 16 Dec 1805, Peter Wampler assigned his interest in his father's estate to his brother, Christopher Wampler. Apparently this was not a satisfactory arrangement because it was on 18 Apr 1807 that Christopher Wampler filed his bill in Superior Court of Chancery of Wythe Co., against George Wampler, his brother. Following is part of the bill where Christopher Wampler was: '...humbly complaining... that on the ___day of ___1789 Michael Wampler departed this life intestate leaving Elizabeth his widow and relict, four sons towit: George Wampler, Peter Wampler, Michael Wampler and your Orator Christopher. Also four daughters towit: Elizabeth, 'Easther,' Caty and Lovis... that during his said father's lifetime it was well known to the family that he intended to divide the whole of his lands amongst his sons. Your Orators sisters therefore released their rights of the whole of the said lands for the sum of 100 dollars to your Orators said brother and himself. Your Orator further states that the said father in his lifetime had permitted the said George Wampler... to settle on the lower end of that tract of land whereon he then lived and promised to give him a part thereof but had never divided off or converyed the same...' This court case of 'Wampler vs Wampler' continued for several years and was finally decided in favor of George Wampler. It was in this same court proceeding that a deposition made by George Wampler, Sr. said that Michael Wampler was his brother. This is the only record this compiler has found which shows the relationship of Michael Wampler to George Wampler, Sr."
B. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 10-12, provide the following small biographies of the children of Michael and Elizabeth Wampler:
a. Elizabeth Wampler, bapt. 12 Aug 1752 at Hill Lutheran Church, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; md. (1) Ludwig (Lewis) Abel, who died abt. 1801 in Wythe Co., VA; md (2) 17 Sep 1806 in Wythe Co. to George Davis. Res. Greene Co., TN in 1808. She had 11 children with Lewis Abel.
b. George Wampler, b. abt. 1756 presumably in PA. His name on list with his father as having served in Lord Dunmore's War in 1774. Was also listed as a tithable with his father in 1773 and not 1771.This George Wampler was distinguished from other George Wamplers in Wythe Co, VA, as George (miller). He owned a mill which was situated on land given to him by his father. In Oct. 1822, a court case of "Wampler vs Kettering" noted that he declared he was between 60 and 70 years of age. Another case where George Wampler was the plaintiff and Leonard Straw was the defendant was stricken from the docket in April 1837, because George was dead. No marriage record has been found. More information is contained in the book.
c. Catherine Wampler, b. ca 1758; md. a Mr. Harden and was apparently a widow by 1805.
d. Michael Wampler, Jr., b. ca. 1764; d. after 1830 presumably in Greene Co., TN, md. Susannah ___. She was listed in 1850 census in same county as 81 lifing with Frederick Wampler, 48, probably her son. They had 7 or more Children.
e. Peter Wampler, b. between 1766 and 1775, d. in Wythe Co., VA. His will was written there on 29 Oct 1823 and probated 13 Jan 1824. Md. to Mary Magdalena Wolf, dau. of John Wolf, Sr. They had 9 or 10 children.
f. Louisa (Lovis) Wampler, apparently never married. St. Paul Lutheran Baptismal records in Wythe Co., VA, show Catherine 'Wambler', b. 15 Sep 1799, dau. of Louisa 'Wambler', unmarried. Appears as head of household in 1810 census of same county.
g. Christopher Wampler, b. between 1766 and 1775; md. 25 Aug 1796 in Wythe Co., VA, to Elizabeth Kettering, dau. of Jacob Kettering. they were living in Washington Co., VA in 1830 and had 8 or 9 children.
h. Esther Wampler, md. Jacob Kinser/Kinzer. Living in Wythe Co., VA, when she made deposition in trial of her brothers on 6 Aug 1808. Had large family with some of the children settling in Monroe and Lawrence Counties in Indiana.
C. Referenced sources:
a. Parish Register, the Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annville-Cleona, PA, FHL974.819 V26L.
b. Church Records, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Rural Retreat, VA.
c. Deed Records, Lancaster, PA, Book K, p. 192.
d. Eckenrode, H.J., "List of Colonial Soldiers of Virginia," Special Report of the Dept. of Archives and History for 1913, Balto, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965 reprint.
e. Kegley, Mary, compiler, "New River Tithables 1770-1773," 1973, pp. 9 and 29.
f. Deed Records, Montgomery County, VA, Book B, p. 35.
g. Deed Records, Wythe County, VA, Book 4, pp. 361-363; Bk. 9, p. 367.
h. Superior Court of Chancery Pleas, Wythe Co., VA.
i. Circuit Superior Court Law and Chancery Orders, 1835-1853, Vol. 2, p. 75.
j. US Censuses for Wythe Co., VA, 1810, 1820, and 1900.
k. US Census for Greene Co., TN.
l. Will Records, Wythe Co., VA, Bk. 1, pp. 317-318; Bk 3, p. 48.

6. Wampfler is the proper surname for those Wamplers born in Alsace. It was anglicized to Wampler upon immigrating to America in 1741.

7. Book, "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, 1980, p. 92, has photocopies of two signatures of Hans Michel Wampfler. The first signature was written in conjunction with his father's probate inventory on 24 Apr 1749. The second was when he sold his personal property to two of his sons in Montgomery County, VA on 18 Apr 1789. The same book on page 94 also has a photocopy of the 1774 survey of land for Michael in Montgomery (originally Fincastle) County of southwest Virginia where if was one of the first German settlers. This deed is from Plat book A of Montgomery County.

8. FHL film 599224 it. 2 "Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Cleona and Annville in North Annville Township, Lebanon Co., PA. Parish Registers 1743-1943," p. 21:
"Jacob Brenneissen and wife Veronica (Renounced Evangelical truth and the Lutheran church and became Dunkers)
-A son Joh. Michael b. 6 Oct 1747, bapt. 8 Nov 1749, sponsors: Joh. Michael Wamfler and wife.
-A son Joh. Jacob, b. 28 Sep 1749, bapt. 1 Nov 1749, sponsors: Johan Peter Wampfler and his wife Maria Barbara.
-A daughter Anna Elisabetha, b. 1750, bapt. 28 Oct 1750, sponsors: Michael Wampfler and his wife.

9. FHL book 974.8 B4pgp "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," by Annette Kunselman Burgert (Camden, ME; Picton Press), pp. 520-24:
"Wampfler, Hans Peter age 40 (Keskastel=67260 Sarre-Union; Altwiller=67260 Sarre-Union)
Wampfler, Hans Peter age 18
Wampfler, Michael age 16
[Immigrated on the ship] "Lydia," 1741; [Source:] S-H, I: 300, 301, 302 [Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William John Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers. 3 vols. (Norristown, 1934)].
European Records
Keskastel Lutheran KB [Kirchebook (Church book)]:
Peter Wampffler, linenweaver at Hinsingen, and wife Veronica had:
1. Anna Magdalena bp. 7 June 1720; Sp.: Samuel Mettauer, linenweaver at Kastel; A. Magdalena, wife of Peter S__tz of Newhausel; Anna Magdalena ?___. (Record extracted 3 May 1741)
2. Hans Peter bp. 4 Aug. 1722; Sp.: Hans Peter Klein, Harskirchen; Johannes Wampffler;
Anna Elisa, wife of Jacob Lang of ?Zollingen; Maria Barbara, ?daughter of Michel Buttner (Ext. 3 May 1741).
3. Michael b. ca. 1724
Harskirchen Lutheran KB:
4. Anna Fronica b. 5 Nov. 1726, bp. 7 Nov. 1726 at Altweyler
5. Anna Barbara bp. 24 July 1729 at Altweyler [Altwiller]
6. Anna Elisabetha bp. 3 Dec. 1732 at Altweyler
7. Anna Catharina bp. __ ___ 1734
8. possible Georg, bp. not located
American Records
Quittopahilla Reformed KB, Lebanon Co.:
-Hans Adam Wampler and wife had a daughter: Maria Barbara bp. 21 May 1749; Sp.: Valentin Kueffer and wife
-Michael Wampler and wife Anna Elisabetha had a daughter: Elisabetha bp. 12 Aug. 1752; Sp.: Mathias Boger and wife Magdalena; Jacob Brenneisen and wife..."

CHRISTENING:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 82 has a photocopy and translation of the christening church record from Keskastel as follows: "Keskastel November 19, 1724 did Hanss Peter Wampfler the linen-weaver from Hinsing(en) and his wife Veronica baptize a son named Hanss Michel. Witnesses: Hanss Michel Wampfler [uncle], Johannes Lentz, Maria Salome, daughter of the deceased Hanss Adam Weger, Anna, wife of Christian Wampfler [aunt and uncle] the linen-weaver at Herbitzheim. Removed 3 May 1741." Note Hinsingen did not have a church and the family used the one at Keskastel until a church was started at nearer Altweiler by about 1726.

DEATH:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, 1980, pp. 14-15: "On April 18, 1789, in Montgomery Co., Michael Wampler, Sr. sold to Michael Wampler, Jr. and Stophel Wampler (sons of Michael, Sr.) for 37 pounds (English money) many items including several mares and household goods. This list seems to indicate that Michael, Sr. was anticipating that his lifespan was about consumed or that he had plans to rid himself of his personal belongings in order to facilitate moving. Michael died intestate in 1789 sometime after April 18, but a close examination of the court records leave considerable doubt as to exactly where Michael died. In the most valuable source of early Wampler information I have ever examined, a court case between Christopher Wampler and George Wampler, (sons of Michael, Sr.) Michael's wife Elizabeth, states, 'that shortly before her husband left this country he gave a conveyance or bill of sale of his property to Stophel and Michael Wampler and said that he ought to give it to George, but he heard that George intended to take possession of the old place when he was gone and for that reason he would not.' Furthermore, in the same trial Esther Kinser, Michael's daughter, stated 'that shortly before her father left this countrty he expresssed his uneasiness that he could not settle his affairs, because he had no right himself for his land and his intention was to earn money abroad to pay for his right.' The same court record states 'that on the ___ day of ___1789 Michael Wampler departed this life intestate. There were no entries for either the month or day in 1789 in which Michael died and since the trial involved every member of the family it seems that if Michael had died in Rural Retreat, Virginia, (Wythe Co.) where the family was residing that someone would have known the exact date of death. The only reasonable conclusion that one can deduce from the above documented information is that Michael apparently decided to return to Germany, and it is completely uncertain exactly how far he got or what fate he met which caused his death. [Kerry's note: "abroad" doesn't necessarily mean Germany in my opinion and could have been just simply outside of Virginia.]"

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. He adds the following additional sources:
a. Annette Kunselman Burgert, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992.
b. N. Schreiner-Yantis and F.S. Love, "The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1787 in Montgomery County, VA," Springfield, VA, 1987.
c. Lewis Preston Summers, "Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800," Abingdon, VA, 1929. 		Wampfler, Hans Michael (I1179)
 
3772 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. 1810 Census of Wythe Co., VA, compiled by James L. Douthat, Pg 12.
B. Children [Bracketed notes are by me.]:
Maria E. Wampler, b: Abt. 1760 in Lancaster Co., PA. [bur. 1760 at Hebron Moravian, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.]
John Wampler, b: 22 Oct 1761 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. Bef. 1840.]
George Wampler,, Jr. b: 3 Sep 1765 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 11 Dec 1851 at Montgomery Co., VA.]
Catherine Wampler, b: 1768 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 8 May 1809 at Illinois.]
Anna Magdalena Wampler, b: 22 May 1772 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 19 Nov 1846 at Wythe Co., VA.]
Joseph Wampler, b: 12 May 1774 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 12 Apr 1840 at Indiana.]
Henry Wampler, b: 30 Mar 1777 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 20 Apr 1840 at Indiana.]
Jacob Wampler, b: 18 Dec 1778 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 7 Feb 1840 at Wythe Co., VA.]
[There may have also been Mary Margaret Wampler b. abt 1964 in Pennsylvania.]
C. Index to the 1770 Tax Records of Lancaster Co., PA, by Gary T. Hawbaker and Clyde L. Groff shows a George Wampler. Could be this George. D. He was on the Montgomery Co., VA Personal Property Tax, 1787- List "A." Compiled by Netti-Schreiner-Yantis. E. Abstracts of Wythe Co., VA Deed Book #2: #(51) Pg 80 - (1797) George & Elizabeth Wampler to George Wampler, 128 acres on South Fork Reed Creek adjacent to Adam Kattran. $100. #(223) Pg 350 - (1799) George & Elizabeth Wampler to Joseph Wampler, 165 acres on South Fork Reed Creek adjacent to Robert Cowdan & John Wilson for 90 pounds. #(224) Pg 351 - (1799) George & Elizabeth Wampler to Henry Wampler, 100 acres on South Fork Reed Creek adjacent to Ratcliff's Marsh survey; George Wampler's land purchased of Moore; Peter Etter, and Knave. 20 pounds. E. Will Books 1-2, of Wythe Co., VA, 1790-1822, Pg 1 of Will book 2, abstractons by Jim Douthat, March 1984. Pg 35 George Sr., George Jr. & Henry Wampler were witnesses. F. 1800 Tax List of Wythe Co., VA - List A, compiled by Netti Yantis, 1971. G. 1810 Census of Wythe Co., VA, compiled by James L. Douthat, Pg 12. H. FGR from Glenn Kinzey of Prague, OK, dtd., 26 Dec 1992, notes: buried in St. Paul Lutheran Church Cem.; Will probated on 10 May 1815. Will recorded in Wythe Co., VA (Deed book 1-A, pg. 10).

2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 82 has a photocopy and translation of the christening church records at both Keskastel and Altweiler for his first seven children; however, there is one missing for this George. There are records from Wythe Co., Virginia proving Hans Georg and Hans Michael were brothers. Note Hinsingen did not have a church and the family used the one at Keskastel until a church was started at nearer Altweiler by about 1726.

3. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse
a. pp. 366-7, gives some of the history of the "St. Paul Lutheran Church": "St. Paul Lutheran Church is beleived to have been organized in 1776. It is the oldest church in Wythe Co., VA still in operation and functioning from its original location near Rural Retreat, VA. A church record book was purchased in 1779 and was shared with an adjoining community. It is located with the records of Kimbelin Church. A second record book was purchased in 1793 and contained only the baptisms and records of St. Paul Church. This book is preserved by St. Paul Church. Listed among the deacons of St. Paul were George 'Wambler' and George Wambler, Jr. They were among the signers of the Order of Agreement, 30 May 1798, which included four Lutheran churches in Wythe County. The St. Paul Cemetery adjoins the church and burials began in the last decade of the 1700's. There are not many of the very old grave markers left standing. In the early years many wooden grave markers were used and those remaining are unreadable. Some of the hand-made stone grave markers have also weathered away with the years... [A photo of the church is in the book.]
b. P. 375 has a photocopy of the signature page of the Ship Lydia's passenger list in 1741 including the signatures of Hans Peter Wampfler and his sons Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr. and Hans Michael Wampler (who signed with an "X."
c. Pp. 379-386 has several maps including an 1807 map of the Holston River area of Virginia, an 1810 map of the rivers and waterways in Wythe Co., VA, on which Wampler land was located, an 1745-1858 settlement map of Wythe Co., VA, showing roads and locations of Wampler land, a current map of Wythe Co. showing location of St. Paul and Kimberlin churches, and land survey plans of Hans Michael Wampler's land in Fincastle Co., VA.

4. Censuses:
1810 US: Wythe County, Virginia (note that this census includes a total of 11 Wampler heads of households all of which are descendants of Hans Michael or Hans George Wampler who wer brothers and sons of the Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.):
George Wampler, 1 male 46+, 7 slaves, no other persons.

5. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 88-91 notes that the ship Lydia arrived in Philadelphia carrying passengers identified as being from the Palatine (the present German state of Rhineland-Palatinate or Rheinland Pfalz in German. The book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, as cited above, points out that vertually all German speaking people coming to America during this era were identified as Palatines. Part of the passengers could be Palatines and the remaining passengers could be German speaking people from adjacent areas to the Palatine. This was the case for the passengers aboard the ship Lydia. The following Wampflers were listed on the ship:
Hans Peter Wampfler, 40 years of age.
Hans Peter Wampfler, 18 years of age.
Hans Michel Wampfler, 16 years of age.
There were assuredly more of the family aboard but only the males age 16 and older were listed. Considering the list was made by the captain prior to the departure of a voyage that took about 3 months, the ages work out exactly. The book as photocopies of first two males who signed their names but Hans Michel did not since he probably could not write yet. The christening records for Anna Magdalena Wampfler, Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr., and Hans Michael Wampfler all indicated the family left for America May 3, 1741. Also in the record books of Zollingen (the home of Anna Veronica Lung, the wife of Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr., the following words were written on 12 Apr 1755: "Peter Wampfler married Veronica Lung, the heiress of Jacob Lung, who was a citizen of Zollingen. They have for about 15 years been moved to the new land." This was probably written since she was an heiress to her mother who was the last of her parents to die in 1754. Also on the list of arriving passengers was a Johannes Mettauer (age listed as 25) who was the son of Samuel Mettauer and Anna Magdalena Wampfler and a nephew to Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.
Another book by the same author, "Wampler Family History, 1701-1980," pp. 1-4, adds additional insight into the voyage to America. In the late 1600's and concurrent with the internal conflicts within continental Europe, there was a visit by William Penn of Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the German States of the Rheinland. He assured these very productive farmers, whose farming efforts were now largely in vain because of political and religious wars, that if they were to come to his Province of Pennsylvania, they would be free to worship according to their own beliefs and they would have the civil liberties they desired. By 1683 there began a steady influx of German immigrants. By 1729 the new German immigrants were required by law to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and also an oath of abjuration and fidelity to the laws of Pennsylvania Province. The actual voyage itself began when families left their German homeland by boarding a boat on the Rhine River around the first of May and journeyed down the Rhine through many custom inspeciton stations. The ships were often detained at each station and each family had to spend money there for essential items. This trip from their homeland to where the ship departed in Holland usually took about 4-6 weeks. There was usually also another wait in Holland of 4-6 weeks before the English ships sailed. After embarking in Holland, the ship usually had a 1-2 week layover in England awaiting proper winds for the 8-12 week transatlantic voyage. In the case of the ship Lydia, James Allen was shipmaster and they sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, with an english port stop in Deal. The ships were crowded with not enough food and water. Disease was prevalent and many passengers died. Once the ships arrived n Philadelphia, health officers from the city inspected the ships for persons with infectious diseases and if such persons were identified, the ship was ordered to be removed one mile from the city. The Wampfler family swore allegiance to the British Crown upon arrival on Sep. 29, 1741. These foreigners had faith that their new homeland would allow them to farm, prosper, and worship God in peace.

6. Mentioned as a brother to Michael Wampler per FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 7-10: "...This reference was made in the testimony of Elizabeth Wampler during the court proceedings of 'Wampler vs Wampler' in Wythe Co., VA. ...it was on 18 Apr 1807 that Christopher Wampler filed his bill in Superior Court of Chancery of Wythe Co., against George Wampler, his brother [both sons of Michael Wampler, deceased in 1789]... This court case of 'Wampler vs Wampler' continued for several years and was finally decided in favor of George Wampler. It was in this same court proceeding that a deposition made by George Wampler, Sr. where he said that Michael Wampler was his brother. This is the only record this compiler has found which shows the relationship of Michael Wampler to George Wampler, Sr."

7. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 12-13: At the baptism of his sister's Anna Magdalena (Wampler) Boger's daughter, George is the sponsor: "Anna Magdalena Boger, b. Nov 1762, bapt. 5 Dec 1762 at Hill Luth. Church with George Wampfler and wife as sponsors."

8. Wampfler is the proper surname for those Wamplers born in Alsace. It was anglicized to Wampler upon immigrating to America in 1741.

9. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 13 - 25:
A. "Hans George Wampler, Sr.... was born about 1736... He presumably came to America with his parents in 1741, although his name was not included on the passenger list with his father and two brothers because he was under the age of 16 years at the time. He died in Wythe Co., VA, between 14 Feb 1815 and 10 May 1815. On the former date he sold some of his land and on the latter date his will was presented for probate. He was buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, near Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., VA. His original marker is no longer standing, but a military marker was ordered and on 25 May 1980, the Fort Chiswell Society, children of the American Revolution, held special services at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery to dedicate a marker at the gravesite of Hans George Wampler, Sr. Several of his descendants attended this service. The name, George Wampler,appeared first on the tax rolls of Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, under the heading of 'Freemen.' He was assessed 6 pounds on 9 Dec 1757. After this thime, his name appeared as George Wampler or George Wampler, Sr. George Wampler was married at Quittopehille, a Moravian settlement in Lebanon Twp., on 5 Aug 1758, to Elizabeth Stephan. They were married by Rev. Philip Meurer, according to the records of the Hebron Moravian Church... The first court record found for George Wampler was in Lancaster Co., PA, dated 18 May 1771, when he received 29 pounds, 14 shillings, and 1 pence, as his share of the personal estate of his late father-in-law, Ulrich 'Steaven.' Two days later he bought from the heirs of Ulrich 'Steven,' 350 acres of land in Lebanon Township, where Ulrich Stephan died. His residence was given as Lebanon Twp. and his occupation was recorded as shoemaker. He took the oath of allegiance on 16 May 1777, while a resident of Lebanon Twp. and again on 8 Oct 1781. He was on the tax rolls of Lebanon Twp. in 1781 and he was assessed 6 pounds in hard money and 5 pounds in State money for 300 acres of land, 4 horses, 4 cattle. He served as 8th Class in Capt. Baltzer Orth's 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Lancaster County Militia. The length of his service in this company is unknown. In the year 1782, Capt. Orth submitted a list of men who were between the ages of 18 and 53 years, living in his district, and who were serving in his company. The names of George Wampler and his son, John Wampler, were included on this list. George Wampler continued to farm his land until 10 May 1783, when he and his wife, Elizabeth, sold to Johann and Elizabeth Wunderlich, 3000 acres of land previously owned by Ulrich Stephan. Wunderlich was to pay 950 pounds at the time of the sale and an additional 950 pounds were to paid over a period of 12 years. The deed gave the occupation of George Wampler as yoeman (an obsolete word which meant a freeholder below the class of Gentry, who worked his own land) and his residence as Lebanon Twp. The year 1783 was the last year that George Wampler's name appeared on the tax rolls of Lancaster Co., PA. After the American Revolution, hundreds of Pennsylvania residents made their way into Virginia and down through the Shenandoah Valley to new homes in the mountain wilderness of southwest Virginia. George Wampler and his family were among those families and less than three months after he sold his land in PA, he purchased land in what was then Montgomery Co., VA. This land was situated not far from the plantation of his brother, Michael Wampler, who had been residing in VA for more than 12 years. It was also in the general vicinity of the land of the brothers of his wife, Elizabeth, and other relatives and friends who had previously been his neighbors in Lebanon Twp. The land he purchased in VA on 4 Aug 1783 was comprised of two tracts. One tract had 270 acres for which he paid Patrick and Agness Campbell 1000 pounds. It adjoined the land of Rev. John Brown and John Maxwell and was sitiuated on the south fork of Reed Creek, a branch of the New River. It had been a part of a larger tract which the executors of Colonel John Buchanan had conveyed to Patrick Campbell on 24 Jan 1773. The other tract of land contained 350 acres and was bought from William and Tabitha Campbell for 800 pounds. it was part of a tract of land called Salem, which had been conveyed to William Campbell by his father, Patrick Campbell. George Wampler was included in the list of those paying taxes in Montgomery Co. VA, in the year 1783. George Wampler had lived in VA less than a year when a man by the name of Thomas Copenhaver, who was oviously a friend and neighbor, '...bound himself unto George Wampler in the sum of 400 pounds, gold or silver...' on 13 Apr 1784. It seems that Thomas Copenhaver had recently married Juliana Seek (Six) and had received with her over 200 poounds in real specie. Thomas and Juliana had made a prenuptial agreement that should she live longer than he and have a child or children by him, that the sum of 200 pounds money out of his estate should be at her disposal to do with as she pleased, besides her other estate. Thomas Copenhaver had a family by a previous marriage or marriages and was probably quite a bit older than Juliana. She survived Thomas and wrote her will in Wythe Co. VA, on 19 Nov 1813. George Wampler was a witness to her will. It is not known if the signature was that of George Wampler, Sr. or George Wampler, Jr. It could have been either as George Wampler, Sr. was living at that time. The effect of the will of Juliana Copenhaver will be shown later in this work. In the minutes of the Court of Wythe Co, VA, during the period 1790-1800, an entry on 9 Feb 1791 read: 'George Wampler permitted to keep an ordinary at his house.' An 'ordinary' is a tavern where food, drink or lodging may be obtained. Rates charged by ordinaries were fixed by the county court. One such price regulation was found in Wythe Co. Order Book 1, 1795-1796, on page 37 [an extensive price list for lodging, hay, pasteurage, various meals, and various bar drinks is included in the book and all are in the range of 6 to 12 cents]. A ledger, which bears no title, but belonged to the Second Battalion of the 100th Regiment of the Virginia Militia is housed in the County Clerk's Office, Wythe Co., VA. This ledger gives accounts of Musters, Courts of Inquiry and Courts of Martial. The first entry was dated 29 May 1797. On page 6 was an entry made for the meeting held on 18 Nov 1797, which read: 'George Wampler exempted from militia duty on account of Infirmity.' Most of the meetings of the 100th Regiment were held at George Wampler's and it is safe to assume they were held there because of the ordinary. Every able-bodied male was expected to do his share inbuilding and maintaining the county roads. Recorded 10 Jan 1797, in Wythe County Order Book II, on page 25, is the following: 'Ordered that Leonard Straw, Wm. King, Andrew Houndshell, Samuel Fuller, Abraham Staley, George Kinser, George Wampler, Christopher Wampler, Peter Wampler, George Baugh, Henry Baugh, Henry Nave, Peter Etter, Michael Cormany, Joseph Cowden and George Wampler, Sr., with their male labouring hands and tenants be exempted from working on the road leading from George Tanneys to the south fork of Holsten and work on the road leading from Straw's mill to John Phillippies and keep the same in repair and that Andrew Houndshell be appointed surveyor of said road from said mill to said Phillippies.' Finding evidence to prove that George Wampler who had lived in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, was the same George Wampler who bought land in Montgomery Co., VA, was on of the most perplexing problems faced by this compiler. Conclusive evidence was found in the land records of Lancsaster Co. which proved that they were one and the same. On 12 Sep 1797, George Wampler, of Wythe Co., VA, gave Power-of-Attorney to his son-in-law, George Killinger, Washington Co., VA, to relinquish his claim to a mortgage he had retained on a tract of land near Lebanon, Pennsylvania, for the security of the payment thereof. This was the land which George and Elizabeth Wampler had sold to John Wunderlich. Under the terms of the mortgage agreement, this land should have been paid for in 1795. The land, in 1797, was situated in Dauphin Co., PA. Dauphin Co. was created from a part of Lancaster Co. in 1785 and it included that part of Lebanon Twp. where George Wampler, Sr. had lived. Dauphin Co. was later divided and Lebanon County was formed from it in 1813. John Stanger, of Wythe Co., witnessed the above power-of-Attorney and Robert Crockett, Clerk of Wythe Co., certified that George Wampler acknowledged it on 12 Sep 1797. The instrument was recorded in Lancaster Co. on 11 Oct 1798. On this same date, George Killinger, in behalf of George Wampler, acknowledged that he had received full satisfaction for the monies the mortgage mentioned. On 9 Jan 1798 a wagon road was established from George Wampler's to the main road leading to Abingdon, to continue with the wagon road leading to the south fork of the Holston river. George 'Wambler' was a deacon when the Order of Agreement for the congregation of St. Paul Lutheran and Reformed Church, near Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., VA, was drawn up on 30 May 1798. This agreement mentioned a school master, so it would seem that the children of the members of this congregation were being educated. The church served not only as a place of worship for two congregations (Lutherans and Reformed), but also as a school house. The 1790 and 1800 Census of Wythe Co. were destroyed, but the 1800 personal Property Tax List showed George Wampler, Sr., with two tithables, 2 slaves and 21 horses. He was taxed $2.50 for one stud horse. On 16 Nov 1803, George and Elizabeth Wampler sold 50 acres of land to Martin Miller for $500. This land was part of a tract of 128 acres adjoining the lands of Martin Miller and Michael Knave. This was the last record found which mentioned Elizabeth Wampler. The 1810 Census of Wythe Co. showed George Wampler as over the age of 45 years, living alone, and the owner of seven slaves. On 31 May 1814, George Wampler (miller) appeared before John P. Nye, a Justice of the Peace in Wythe Co.,and swore that George Wampler Sr. was a material witness on his behalf in a suit in Chancery where he was the plaintiff and Jacob Kettering, blacksmith, was the defendant. His claim on a material point depended upon the testimony of George Wampler, Sr., who by reason of age and sickness was unable to attend the County Court. The deposition of George Wampler, Sr., was taken at his home on 13 June 1814 with William Ward and John Stanger as witnesses. He was apparently too illl to sign his name and made his mark with a 'W.' The will of George Wampler, Sr. is recorded in Wythe Copunty deed Book 1-A, on page 10... [The full will is lengthy and transcribed in the book. It talks of selling his slaves and two stills. He mentions his children George, Joseph, Henry, Jacob, John, Mary Killinger, Anna Magdalena Stanger, and his son-in-law George Kinzer. His sons George and Jacob were made executors and the will was witnessed by Peter Wampler and John King, Sr. The will was probated 10 May 1815. The book continues with detail of who bought what. It also includes a partial yet considerable listing of over 200 items of very interesting and varied items showing George to be quite wealthy materially.] George Wampler, Sr., was a shoemaker, militia man, plantation owner, slave holder, and an innkeeper who brewed at least some of his 'spirits' in his own distillery. During his sojourn in Wythe Co., VA, he bought and sold several hundreds of acres of land. In comparison with other personal estates during this time period, his was a very large estate. He was active in religious affairs and was a man who apparently handled his business affairs well. He was respected by his neighbors as he was often called upon to be a witness to important events in their lives."
B. Children [note that the book contains separate lengthy biographies on each]:
a. Maria E. Wampler, b. 1759,d. 1760 and was buried in grave no. 50 in the Hebron Moravian Cemetery at Lebanon, PA.
b. John Wampler, b. 22 Oct 1761, md. Elizabeth Jansen (Johnson).
c. Mary Margaret Wampler, b. ca. 1764; md. George Killinger.
d. George Wampler, Jr., b. 3 Sep 1765, md. Elizabeth Stephan (Steffey).
e. Katherine Wampler, b. ca. 1768, md. George Kinser.
f. Joseph Wampler, b. 12 May 1774, md. Esther Kinser.
g. Henry Wampler, b. 30 mar 1777,md. Maria Kinser.
h. Jacob Wampler, b. 18 Dec 1778, md. Esther Anderson.
C. Referenced Sources:
a. Tax lists (microfilmed), Lancaster County, PA, located at Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, PA.
b. Church Records, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Rural Retreat, VA.
c. Deed Records, Lancaster Co., PA: Bk R, p. 31; Bk S, p. 47; Bk W, p. 61; Bk ZZ, p. 509.
d. Deed Records, Montgomery Co., VA: Bk A, pp. 303 and 333.
e. Deed Records, Wythe Co., VA: Bk 6, p. 309.
f. Superior Court of Chancery Pleas, Wythe Co., VA: Vol. 5, p. 414.
g. Circuit Superior Court Law and Chancery Orders, 1835-1853, Vol. 2, p. 75 (and p., 96?).
h. Tombstone inscriptions form Hill Lutheran Cemetery, Annville-Cleona, Lebanon Co., PA.
i. Records of Quittepehille Hebron Moravian Church, Moravian Archives, Bethelehem, PA.
j. DeBord, Martha B. and others, "St. Paul Lutheran Church 1776-1976," Commonwealth Press, Inc., Radford, VA, 1976, pp. 16 and 104.
k. Shreiner-Yantis, Nettie, "1800 Tax Lists and Abstracts of Deeds (1796-1800) of Wythe County, Virginia," Springfield, VA, 1971, pp. 1-2.
l. Associators and Militia, County of Lancaster, "Pennnsylvania Archives," Fifth Series, Vol. 7, Harrisburg, 1906, pp. 166-167.
m. Tombstone inscriptions and cemetery records from Hebron Moravian Cemetery, Lebanon, PA.

10. Book, "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, 1980, p. 93, has a photocopy of the signature of Hans George Wampfler signed in conjunction with his will on 31 May 1814 in Wythe County, VA.

11. FHL book 974.8 B4pgp "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," by Annette Kunselman Burgert (Camden, ME; Picton Press), pp. 520-24:
"Wampfler, Hans Peter age 40 (Keskastel=67260 Sarre-Union; Altwiller=67260 Sarre-Union)
Wampfler, Hans Peter age 18
Wampfler, Michael age 16
[Immigrated on the ship] "Lydia," 1741; [Source:] S-H, I: 300, 301, 302 [Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William John Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers. 3 vols. (Norristown, 1934)].
European Records
Keskastel Lutheran KB [Kirchebook (Church book)]:
Peter Wampffler, linenweaver at Hinsingen, and wife Veronica had:
1. Anna Magdalena bp. 7 June 1720; Sp.: Samuel Mettauer, linenweaver at Kastel; A. Magdalena, wife of Peter S__tz of Newhausel; Anna Magdalena ?___. (Record extracted 3 May 1741)
2. Hans Peter bp. 4 Aug. 1722; Sp.: Hans Peter Klein, Harskirchen; Johannes Wampffler;
Anna Elisa, wife of Jacob Lang of ?Zollingen; Maria Barbara, ?daughter of Michel Buttner (Ext. 3 May 1741).
3. Michael b. ca. 1724
Harskirchen Lutheran KB:
4. Anna Fronica b. 5 Nov. 1726, bp. 7 Nov. 1726 at Altweyler
5. Anna Barbara bp. 24 July 1729 at Altweyler [Altwiller]
6. Anna Elisabetha bp. 3 Dec. 1732 at Altweyler
7. Anna Catharina bp. __ ___ 1734
8. possible Georg, bp. not located
American Records
Rev. John Casper Stoever's Records (F. J. F. Schantz, trans. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever, Baptismal and Marriage, 1730-1799. {Harrisburg, 1896; reprinted Baltimore 1982}. This translation contains errors and omissions.):
-Georg Wampfler and wife were sp. in 1762 for a child of Mattheis Boger.
Quittopahilla Moravian KB:
-Georg Wambler and wife Elisabetha nee Stephan had: 1. Maria Elisabetha bp. 18 July 1759."

MARRIAGE:
1. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 13 - 25: "George Wampler was married at Quittopehille, a Moravian settlement in Lebanon Twp., on 5 Aug 1758, to Elizabeth Stephan. They were married by Rev. Philip Meurer, according to the records of the Hebron Moravian Church."

DEATH:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, 1980, pp. 106-109, has a photocopy of the will of George Wampler, Sr. (Hans Georg Wampfler) from 1814 in Wythe Co., VA. The will is in English and in good penmanship. See quotation above from Genevieve Shouse's book for more information on this will.

BURIAL:
1. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 13 - 25: "He died in Wythe Co., VA, between 14 Feb 1815 and 10 May 1815. On the former date he sold some of his land and on the latter date his will was presented for probate. He was buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, near Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., VA. His original marker is no longer standing, but a military marker was ordered and on 25 May 1980, the Fort Chiswell Society, children of the American Revolution, held special services at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery to dedicate a marker at the gravesite of Hans George Wampler, Sr. Several of his descendants attended this service."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. He adds the following additional sources:
a. Annette Kunselman Burgert, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992.
b. Lewis Preston Summers, "Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800," Abingdon, VA, 1929.
c. "DAR Patriot Index," 3 Vols., National Society of the daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, DC. 		Wampfler, Hans George (I1174)
 
3773 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Children:
Elizabeth Wampler, b: 1752 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co, PA.
George Wampler, b: Abt. 1754 in Lancaster Co, PA.
Christopher (Stophel) Wampler, b: Abt. 1756 in Lancaster Co, PA .
Lovice (Louisa) Wampler, b: Abt. 1758 in Lancaster Co, PA.
Peter Wampler, b: Abt. 1762 in Lancaster Co, PA, (?).
Michael Jr. Wampler, b: Abt. 1765 in Lancaster Co, PA.
Catherine Wampler, b: Abt. 1766 in Lancaster Co, PA.
Esther Wampler, b: 1771 in Botetourt Co, VA.
Catherine Wampler, b: Abt. 1766 in Lancaster Co, PA.

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 7-10: "Hans Michael Wampler... died in 1789 in Wythe County, Virginia and is probably buried in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery there. He was an Elder in St. Paul church in 1782 when a tract of land containing 100 acres was surveyed for the use of the congregation... A record of his marriage has not been found but he was probably married about 1746, presumably in Lancaster County, PA. The given name of his wife was Elizabeth. Nothing further is known about her except that she survived her husband and was living with a son, Peter, in 1807 when she gave testimony in a court case 'Wampler vs Wampler' involving her husband's land in Wythe Co., VA... The last legal transaction found for Michael Wampler was on 18 Apr 1789, when he transferred by deed, all of his personal estate to Michael Wampler, Jr. and Stophel (nickname for Christopher) Wampler. His personal estate consisted of livestock and all of his houshold furnishings. The deed was recorded in Montgomery Co., VA on 1 Dec 1789. This date may be very close to the date of Michael Wampler's death. His wife, Elizabeth, made reference to the fact that shortly before her husband died he had conveyed all of his personal property to Stophel and Michael and said that he ought to have given it to George. This reference was made in the testimony of Elizabeth Wampler during the court proceedings of 'Wampler vs Wampler' in Wythe Co., VA. The names of all the children who survived Michael Wampler were listed in a deed in Wythe Co., in 1805. Their names were listed in the following order: George Wampler, Christopher Wampler, Peter Wampler, Michael Wampler, Elizabeth Abel, Caty Harden, Lovice Wampler, Jacob Kinser and Esther, his wife. Elizabeth Abel, Caty Harden, Louisa Wampler, Jacob Kinser and his wife, Esther, and Michael Wampler released their interest in their father's 270 acre estate in Wythe Co., to their brothers, George Wampler, Christopher Wampler and Peter Wampler on 15 Jul 1805. On 16 Dec 1805, Peter Wampler assigned his interest in his father's estate to his brother, Christopher Wampler. Apparently this was not a satisfactory arrangement because it was on 18 Apr 1807 that Christopher Wampler filed his bill in Superior Court of Chancery of Wythe Co., against George Wampler, his brother. Following is part of the bill where Christopher Wampler was: '...humbly complaining... that on the ___day of ___1789 Michael Wampler departed this life intestate leaving Elizabeth his widow and relict, four sons towit: George Wampler, Peter Wampler, Michael Wampler and your Orator Christopher. Also four daughters towit: Elizabeth, 'Easther,' Caty and Lovlis... that during his said father's lifetime it was well known to the family that he intended to divide the whole of his lands amongst his sons. Your Orators sisters therefore released their rights of the whole of the said lands for the sum of 100 dollars to your Orators said brother and himself. Your Orator further states that the said father in his lifetime had permitted the said George Wampler... to settle on the lower end of that tract of land whereon he then lived and promised to give him a part thereof but had never divided off or converyed the same...'

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. He adds the following additional sources:
a. Annette Kunselman Burgert, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992.
b. N. Schreiner-Yantis and F.S. Love, "The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1787 in Montgomery County, VA," Springfield, VA, 1987.
c. Lewis Preston Summers, "Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800," Abingdon, VA, 1929. 		Anna Elizabeth (I3661)
 
3774 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. FGR from Glenn Kinzey of Prague, OK, dtd., 26 Dec 1992 notes buried in St. Paul Lutheran Church Cem. B.1810 Census of Wythe Co., VA, compiled by James L. Douthat, Pg 12. C. Also known as Steffey.
D. Children [Bracketed notes are by me.]:
Maria E. Wampler, b: Abt. 1760 in Lancaster Co., PA. [bur. 1760 at Hebron Moravian, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.]
John Wampler, b: 22 Oct 1761 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. Bef. 1840.]
George Wampler,, Jr. b: 3 Sep 1765 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 11 Dec 1851 at Montgomery Co., VA.]
Catherine Wampler, b: 1768 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 8 May 1809 at Illinois.]
Anna Magdalena Wampler, b: 22 May 1772 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 19 Nov 1846 at Wythe Co., VA.]
Joseph Wampler, b: 12 May 1774 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 12 Apr 1840 at Indiana.]
Henry Wampler, b: 30 Mar 1777 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 20 Apr 1840 at Indiana.]
Jacob Wampler, b: 18 Dec 1778 in Lancaster Co., PA. [d. 7 Feb 1840 at Wythe Co., VA.]
[There may have also been Mary Margaret Wampler b. abt 1964 in Pennsylvania.]

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 13 - 25 has a lengthy biography on George Wampler which I include in his notes. This portion is about Elizabeth Stephan:
a. "Elizabeth Stephan, dau. of Ulrich Stephan and Anna Maria Schermer, was born 3 Dec 1738 (according to Hebron Moravian church records) or on 7 Dec 1738 (according to her grave marker). The place of her birth is unknown. Her marker was inscribed, 'She was born in High Germany,' but this compiler believes this is questionable. Her parents were living in Sulford Township, Philadelphia Co., PA, close to the time of her birth. Elizabeth died 16 Feb 1807, in Wythe Co., VA, and is buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery. In the summer of 1967, this compiler saw her grave marker and returned to St. Paul's Cemtery a few years later to make a photograph, but her marker was no longer standing in the cemetery. The history of St. Paul Lutheran Church makes reference to the inscription on her grave marker. It gives the dates of her birth and death and indicates that hers was one of the oldest stone grave markers in the cemetery. In 1827, some of the children of George Wampler, Sr. contributed to the St. Paul Cemetery Fund and were apparently members of the church at that time."
b. "The year 1783 was the last year that George Wampler's name appeared on the tax rolls of Lancaster Co., PA. After the American Revolution, hundreds of Pennsylvania residents made their way into Virginia and down through the Shenandoah Valley to new homes in the mountain wilderness of southwest Virginia. George Wampler and his family were among those families and less than three months after he sold his land in PA, he purchased land in what was then Montgomery Co., VA. This land was situated not far from the plantation of his brother, Michael Wampler, who had been residing in VA for more than 12 years. It was also in the general vicinity of the land of the brothers of his wife, Elizabeth, and other relatives and friends who had previously been his neighbors in Lebanon Twp. The land he purchased in VA on 4 Aug 1783 was comprised of two tracts"
c. "On 16 Nov 1803, George and Elizabeth Wampler sold 50 acres of land to Martin Miller for $500. This land was part of a tract of 128 acres adjoining the lands of Martin Miller and Michael Knave. This was the last record found which mentioned Elizabeth Wampler. The 1810 Census of Wythe Co. showed George Wampler as over the age of 45 years, living alone, and the owner of seven slaves."

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 25-28, contains notes on the Stephan family as follows:
A. " The Swiss spelling of this name is Steffen, and it has been spelled in various ways, ie: Staffon, Steffan, Stephan, Steven, Steaven, Stephen, Stephe, Staffe Steffe, Staffy, Stiffy, Steffy, Steffey, and perhaps other ways. The past several generations have used the spelling of Steffy and Steffey. The first American ancestor... is believed to be Ulrich Stephan, the father of Elizabeth (Stephan) Wampler. Ulrich Stephan was born 2 Oct 1710 at Affoltern, Bern Canton, Switzerland. He was a tailor and a farmer. He died 29 Arp 1760 and was buried in grave No. 49 in the Hebron Moravian Cemetery at Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The number on his grave indicates that he was the 49th person buried in the cemetery. Ulrich 'Staffon' came to Philadelphia on 18 Sep 1727 on the ship 'William and Sarah,' which had sailed first from Rotterdam then to Dover for customs clearance. He was 17 years of age at this time and there were three members in his party aboard ship, presumably relatives. The Master of the ship reported that about 400 persons were transported on this ship. They were described as 109 Palatines, with their families. Ulrich took the oath of allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain and the Province of Pennsylvania on 21 Sep 1727. For a time he lived in Sulford Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA. It was there that he was paying quit-rent on 50 acres of land prior to 1734. Quit-rent was a reserved rent in the grant of land, by the Proprietary, by the payrment of which the land holder was to be free from other taxes... Ulrich Stephan was granted his citizenship by the Supreme Court in Philadelphia, in April 1741. He produced evidence that he had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper on 5 Apr 1741, and that he had been in residence for seven or more years. At the time he was granted his citizenship, he gave his place of residence as Philadelphia county. By 1749, Ulrich Stephan and his family were living in LebanonTwp. Lancaster Co., PA. It was there on 4 Jan 1749, Warrant No. 617 was granted to him for 340 acres and 103 perches of land. The survey of this land is recorded in Book E. page 340. It is not known if Ulrich moved directly to Lancaster Co. from Philadelphia Co., or if he lived elsewhere between 1741 and 1749. In the year 1752, he was listed with his family as living in the Moravian settlement of Quittophille, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co.,, PA. Ulrich wrote his will in Lebanon Twp. on 25 Apr 1760, just four days before his death. It was probated on 4 Aug 1760. The date and place of his marriage is unknown, but Ulrich Stephan was probably married about 1736 in Philadelphia Co. His wife,, Anna Maria Schirmer, was from Petelsdorf in Alsace and was born 30 Aug 1716. She survived her hsuband and in his will he gave her 1/3 of all of his goods and furniture, a cow, and a gray mare with a saddle and bridle 'for her to ride upon.' As long as Anna Maria remained his widow, she was to have the benefits of the plantation and possession of the house. She remained his widow for over a year. She was married secondly, on 30 June 1761, at the Hebron Moravian Church in Heidelberg Township and they may have lived there after their marriage. The date and place of Anna Maria's death is unknown, but she probably died in Heidlebuerg Twp. (now in Berks County) and is probably buried there. [Children are then listed with short biographies on each. Children included Elizabeth of this database, Michael, Johannes (John), Heirich (Henry), Ann Maria, Dorothy, Peter, and another Peter.]"
B. Referenced sources:
a. Article in May-June 1978 issue of the Genealogical Helper by Jared H. Suess, "Beginning Swiss Research (Swiss Records Searched by Juliua Billeter), pp. 16-18.
b. Land Office of the Dept. of Community Affairs, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
c. Deed records, Lancaster Co., PA: Bk R. p. 29.
d. Guisseppi, M. S., ed., "Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies," Balto; Genealogical pub. Co. (1965 reprint).
e. Records of Quittepehille Hebron Moravian Church, Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, PA.
f. Tombstone inscriptions and cemetery records from Hebron Moravian Cemetery, Lebanon, PA.
g. Item in the "Pennsylvanian Dutchman" newspaper, Lancaster, PA, issues of 1 Dec 1950 (p. 6) and 1 Jan 1951 (p. 6).
h. Rupp, Israel Daniel, "A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776," 2nd rev. and enl. ed., 1876). Balto: Genealogical Publ. Co. (1965 reprint), pp. 470 and 476.
i. Egle, William Henry, "Names of Foreigners who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1725-1775, with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808," 1892. Balto: Genealogical Publ. Co., (1967 reprint), p. 8.
j. "Person Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania 1740-1773, Pennsylvania Archives," second series, Vol. 2, Balto: Genealogial Publ. Co. (1967 reprint.)
k. Will Records, Lancaster Co., PA.
l. Snyder, Marguerite Steffey, "The Steffeys of America," 1944.
m. Many other references are also given pertaining more to the children and the book should be referred to for the citations.
D. Pp. 363-365 has a photo of Ulrich Stephan's gravestone, a map of the Hebron Moravian Church Cemetery, and a 1750 drawing of the "Old Hebron Church-1750." The congregation was organized in 1743 and the building was erected 1749-50. It was a two-story stone building including a parsonage and meeting/school room. In 1755, the minutes of the church council revealed that the early settlers of those days were subjected to many trials during the Indian problems. Strong doors and shutters were fitted to the building so that member could take refuge there. After the battle of Trenton in the Rev. War, many of the Hessian prisoners were confirned at Lebanon, and the building was used as a military prison and hospital. The church was in use until 1847 when a new church replaced it. The old church was being used as a barn in 1883.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. He adds the following additional sources:
a. Annette Kunselman Burgert, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992.
b. Lewis Preston Summers, "Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800," Abingdon, VA, 1929.
c. "DAR Patriot Index," 3 Vols., National Society of the daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, DC. 		Stephan, Elizabeth (I3663)
 
3775 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Notes received from Norma Entrekin 5 Jan 2006 concerning various references to the Cazier family, into whom Mary Ann Adair and Sarah Frances Mangum married: A. Idaho.gov: Cassia County - Established February 20, 1879 with its county seat at Albion. The county boundaries were later reduced in 1913 by the creation of Twin Falls and Power counties. The county seat was changed to Burley on November 5, 1918. Named for Cassia Creek, which was named for one of two words: cajeaux, peasant French for raft; or James John Cazier, member of the LDS Church and of the Mormon Battalion, later a colorful captain of an emigrant train, whose name was corrupted to Cassia. Locally it is believed that the name is derived from the name of a plant." B. A Comprehensive History of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By B.H. Roberts- Vol 5 page 585: "Wyoming Settlements and Stakes of Zion.- Settlements were also begun in Wyoming in this period on Salt river, Uintah county; this under the supervision of Elders Brigham Young -- son of the late President Brigham Young - Moses Thatcher, both of the council of the apostles.. They dedicated the valley as a gathering place for the saints on the 29th of August 1878, when the name "Salt River valley," was changed to "Star Valley." The chief settlement was named Afton, and was organized as a ward in 1887, with Charles D Cazier as bishop..." (Footnote about this last line -- says it is from Jensen's Church Chronology, 1887, p 152) C. Cousin John T. Palmer's "The Mangums of Virgina, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Utah and Adjoining States." 1992 Page 16: "...Sarah Frances Mangum b 11 Sept 1838 Pickens Co, Al, m. David Crockett Cazier d 11 Nov 1889, Nephi, Juab Co. UT Issue: a. David William Cazier b 14 May 1858, Nephi Juab, UT m Euella Marie (Nellie) Christison b 1858 b. Adelbert Cazier b 4 Apr 1860, Nephi, Juab, UT m Elizabeth Grace Mc Cune b 21 May 1864 Nephi, Juab, UT c. Orson Cazier b 19 Jul 1863, Nephi, Juab, UT..." D. Bagley and Bigler's Army of Israel (that I mentioned above) tells of some of the Mormon Battalion members being very angry with Captain James Brown, one of their own, whom they thought misunderstood Celestial Marriage, was getting too power hungry, also too big for his britches and using unrighteous dominion. (Brown had trouble with many; including Sam Brannan, Porter Dowdle, Joel Terrell, William Tubbs, Thomas Burns, George D Wilson, George Rosecrans, and Robert Clift, to name a few, according to Bagley, Bigler and Norma B Ricketts.) "Army of Israel" page 316: ... Nothing better illustrates the leadership crisis at Pueblo than the episode that began when a poem lampooning "a graceless Captains heart" spread throughout the command: Old Blaso he would quickly be A-s wiper in eternity And many a spiritual wife of course Be ceiled for better or for worse O blessed church maid with you I part To cheer our graceless heroes heart "It all means me," James Brown protested, and both Higgins and Willis pointed to parts of the poem and said, "That means me." The Author - - George Deliverance Wilson - - was correctly "suspected with others of writing it." Wilson believed the insulted parties secretly resolved "he shall die whoever wrote it." On 4 March 1847 the officers secured the camp and ordered their men to form a hollow square. The officers tried to "scare (the) men to see if they could find who wrote" the poem. Claiming they were looking for stolen property, they searched the camp for Wilson's journal, which, he noted, "I took care of. I expected there would be a very bad time of it from the spirit shown by curses oath and other threats so I called in the Lord to give me a strong spirit & calm mind." Nelson Higgins named Wilson as the versifier and denounced his poetry as " the worst in the world trash of no account." With an unstated but sinister threat, Higgins noted the poem was "of the same spirit that murdered the prophets." If the women wanted to ride such a man "up and down the streets all day" he would not stop them. "Damnable" said another officer, "over and over." Lieutenant Willis called the poem "the grandest piece of composition he ever seen," and its "disaffected mutinous spirit entirely unjustifiable." Brown climaxed the spectacle by saying he "had a sneaking spirit ever since he (had) some d-md rascal disappointed in love. Continuous damning" followed, and Brown again leveled a deadly charge: the poem showed "The spirit that killed the prophets, Joseph &c" The officers said there were now two parties at Pueblo - -Brown's and Wilson's. "We'll give them h-ll in Purbelow," WIllis sputtered, and if the officers did not give them h-ll it would be because powder wood would not burn." Willis offered five dollars to anyone who would turn in the poet, but no one betrayed the author. Wilson and William Tubbs decided to leave their "quarters on account of persecution," and on 6 March Wilson was "alone in one of the holes of the mountains writing." Two days later he and Tubbs had apparently returned to camp and were "alone in our quarter." Sgt Thomas Burns "case was had over in private counsel" on 15 March, but "there was some difficulty on which clause of the Celestial Law he would put out of the way." Captain wanted the "tares rooted up immediately." Wilson, Burns, Tubbs, John Cazier "and others" decided that "if things are pushed to go to Bents Fort and claim protection under the US law" due to "the lousy condition of the camp." which showed "the entire indifference" of the officers. The officers retreated to a contrite position and on 17 March called the men together and said "many fine things" in "soft soap speeches." Brown left for Sante fe the next day and Willis went to pick up wagons and supplies at Bent's Fort. A temporary peace returned to the camp while its officers were gone...."
E. Cazier: "On the Mormon Frontier -- The Diary of Hosea Stout," vol. one 1844-1848, edited by Juanita Brooks, 1964:
Page 503: "January 1, 1854 to June 1857 -- Part 3 -- This part of the diary covers the period from January 1, 1854 to June 1857. During these years Hosea Stout served a short term mission as an officer of the newly created Green River County in present-day Wyoming. He returned to take up the practice of law..." Page 565: Friday 9 Nov 1855. Hence to Salt Creek where we arrived safe and sound before dark putting up with Patriarch William Cazier. Here we met with Deputy Marshall W.M. Wall with a posse in search of some Indians, who had been heretofore indicted for malicious mischief &c. He had been in search of them for some days but found them not, so he concluded to accompany us to Fillmore..." Page 633: "July 1, 1857 to December 25, 1859. This part of the diary covers the period from July 1, 1857, to December 25, 1859, with five short entries in 1860 and four in 1861. It begins as Stout prepared for a celebration commemorating the arrival of the Saints in Utah. At the celebration in Big Cottonwood Canyon, it was announced that a federal army was marching to Utah. Through the next turbulent year and the ones following, Stout was active as an officer in the military and also as a lawyer defending Mormon interests in court, his account being one of the best available." Page 690: "Monday 14 March 1859 Court met at 10:00 a.m. and after nutralizing a few foreigners adjourned till 4 p.m. Petition came in to the judge from Spanish Fork to the Judge, to have the troops removed from the court. Court met at 4 p.m. and the grand jury came in and presented an indictment against John Cazier for running off deserters..." Page 691: "Monday 21 March 1859. Court met at nine a.m. and called in the Grand Jury before they were all assembled and delivered to them an abusive and slanderous harangue in which he accused them and the whole community of conspiring to not only commit crime but seeking to evade the law. He again took occasion to revert to the church and Territorial authorities in the most abusive manner and notwithstanding the jury informed him that they had business before them on which they were nearly ready to report they were discharged. The case of U.S. against John Cazier was then called up. S.M. Blair & myself his attorneys This case occupied the rest of the day and about dark the jury brought in a verdict of "not guilty" and were discharged..."

2. Note that John's brother James was also in the Mormon Battalion. Also John's brother quoted below was married to Sarah Frances Mangum, daughter of William Mangum and Sarah Ann Adair. Sarah Frances was also married for a short time to James Richey before marrying David Crocker Cazier. See Sarah Frances Mangum's notes in this database for more detail on David Cazier. Their story is romantic and sad due to the polygamy of Utah at that time.
Both James and John Cazier were members of the Willis Sick Detachment at Pueblo and would have known David Frederick and Ebenezer and Jane Hanks.
From 31 Dec 2005 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database "ldshistorical": "Cazier, David, a High Councilor in the Juab Stake of Zion and a resident of Nephi, Juab Co., Utah, is a son of William Cazier and Pleasant Drake, and was born May 1, 1834, in Oldham county, Kentucky. The family moved to Moltry County, Ill., in 1840. Elder Cazier writes: "My father and mother joined the Church in 1845 and moved with their family to Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1846, where they shared with the Saints in the general hardships of that time. My brothers James and John enlisted in the Mormon Battalion; my mother died in the fall of 1846 in a hay shed and was buried in a coffin made of a hollowed-out log; there were no flowers in evidence at her funeral. My father went into Missouri to split rails, thereby earning corn and pork wherewith to feed his family. We resided in Iowa for four years and when we departed from that territory to migrate to Utah, we left a good house. We settled in Nephi in 1851, being among the first settlers of that place. I was baptized in 1852 and took an active part in the Walker and Black hawk wars. Together with my brothers John and Samuel, I also participated in the Echo canyon campaign during the winter of 1857–58." "Nephi --The first election in Nephi was conducted on the first Monday in May, 1852, according to the Deseret News of December 11, 1852. Officers elected were Josiah Miller, Mayor; Timothy B. Foote, Charles H. Bryan, John Carter and Isaac Grace, Aldermen; Amos Gustin, John Cazier, David Webb, James Crabb, Cleon Elmer, Levi Gifford, Ichabod Gifford, Thomas Tranter and Miles Miller, Councilors; Zimri H. Baxter, Assessor and Collector; William Cazier, Treasurer; Israel Hoyt, Marshal; and Charles Sperry, Supervisor of Streets."

BIRTH:
1. FHL film 1033729 "The Nephi Book," a complilation of Nephi, Utah, ward records, pp. 81-86 concern the extensive family of "John Cazier Family"; however, I only copy the information for John specifically as well as his reported father and wives:
-"Old Church Records, 1821: John born 14 Mar. 1821 in Wood Co., Va., son of William and Pleasant Drake Cazier, bp. July 1846 by Andrew Love, conf. July 1846 by B. Young (member 34th Quorum), rebp. 24 Oct. 1877 by Samuel Linton (of Seventies), reconf. 24 Oct. 1877 by George Teasdale; hus. of Frances E. LaMaster and Angeline Halliwell. No. 143 Torn pages, also No. 1184 pg. 50."
-"Old Church Records, 1826: Frances Elizabeth LaMaster born 10 Feb. 1826 near Nashville, Tenn., dau. of Lemuel LaMaster and Fances Hooper, bp. Oct 1845 by James Best, conf. same time by George Best. No. 144 Torn pages, also No. 1185 pg. 50."
-"Old Church Records, 1841 2nd wife: Angeline C. Halliwell born 24 June 1841 in Fleetwood, Lanc., Eng., dau. of John Halliwell and Ann Jackson, bp. Jan. 1852 by James Wilson, conf. __, rebp. 15 Sept. 1877 by John Andrews, reconf. (no opposite sheet) No. 152 Torn pages."
-"Burial Records, 1821: John born 14 Mar. 1821 in Wood Co., Va., died 14 Nov. 1890, Vine Bluff Cemetery."
-"Burial Records, 1841: Angeline born 24 June 1841 in Eng. dau. of John Halliwell, died 19 Mar. 1902. Vine Bluff Cemetery, pg. 15."
-"City Cemetery, 1794: William born 21 Jan. 1794, died 28 Feb 1872. Gr.S."
-"Vine Bluff Cemetery, 1821: John born 14 Mar. 1821 died 14 Nov. 1890, W.S. of stone."

MARRIAGE:
1. Other spouses per LDS Ancestral File and Ordinance Index are:
Frances Elizabeth Le Master, m. Feb 1843 at Lovington, Moultrie, IL.
Angeline Halliwell, m. 26 Oct 1856 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT.
Sarah Jane Scriggins/Scuggins, m. 5 Apr 1857 at Salt Lake City.

DEATH:
1. See birth notes.

BURIAL:
1. See birth notes.
 		Cazier, John (I3606)
 
3776 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Obituary for father of James Sagalyn that mentions Jane Herzenberg. Published in the Hartford Courant on 7/1/2004: "SAGALYN, Irwin Irwin Sagalyn, a lifelong resident of the Pioneer Valley who had been Chairman and President of Holyoke Machine Company, a manufacturer of paper mill machinery since 1948, died Wednesday, (June 23, 2004) at Baystate Medical Center after a brief illness. He was 88. Born in Springfield, MA to Dora Katz and Raphael Sagalyn, who founded Industrial Buildings Corporation (now Cabotville Industrial Park) in Chicopee in the 1930's. Raphael Sagalyn also was the founder of the Jewish Community Center in Springfield. Irwin Sagalyn was a professional engineer who attended Technical High School and graduated from M.I.T. in 1937. He continued to work until three months prior to his death. He married Lucy Rothenberg in 1943 and they lived in Northampton at the time of his death. A lifelong learner, Sagalyn recently took computer and Spanish classes at Holyoke Community College. A relentless tinkerer in 1954 he solved his strong aversion to advertisements on television by wiring a simple device to control the audio component of the TV, thus devising an early version of the remote control. He devoted himself to several local and political causes, including public television and radio stations, the ACLU, and scores of Democratic Party Candidates from Adlai Stevenson to John Dean and John Kerry. Sagalyn is survived by his wife of 61 years, Lucy Rothenberg Sagalyn; and three children, James Sagalyn of Northampton, MA who succeed him as President of Holyoke Machine Company and his wife, Jane Herzenberg, Ann Sagalyn Marks of West Hartford, a dentist, and her husband, David Marks, Raphael Sagalyn of Bethesda, MD, a literary agent, and his wife, Dr. Anne Boas Sagalyn. He leaves three grandchildren, Emily, Rebecca, and Erica Sagalyn; and two step grandchildren, Jesse and Sheena Reiter. The funeral will be held at Congregation B'Nai Israel at 253 Prospect St., in Northampton on Friday, July 2, at 11 a.m. The family will sit Shiva at the home of James Sagalyn and Jane Herzenberg on Sunday and Monday at 7:30 p.m. at 17 Woodlawn, Northampton, MA. The Harold R. Ascher & Son Memorial Chapel is in charge. Donations may be made to American Diabetes, 300 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450 or to the Joslyn Clinic, 1 Joslyn Place, Boston, MA 02215."

2. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. He indicates references by codes, which pertain to the original source and file held in his database, which I have not seen. I have no key to the sources except HL is Leonardo Herzenberg, HG is Gail Herzenberg, PC is probably Piltene Cemetery records, LA is probably Latvian Archives, FA is probably Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes), and YL is Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes); however, he lists the main researchers and their contributions in a lengthy report which I include in full in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg of this database. In regards to this individual:
Ja181 shows James Sagalyn, md. as second husband to Jane Herzenberg, no children.
 		Sagalyn, James (I4235)
 
3777 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I4233)
 
3778 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Occupation: farmer.

2. Censuses:
1787 census (GS 8506, pt. 30) for Helligsø, copy in files of Kerry Petersen. Shows Poul 36, Kirsten, his wife, 32, both in their first marriages, one child, Kirsten 2.

1801 census (GS 8507, pt. 35) for Helligsø, Thisted, Denmark. Shows Povel as age 52, Kirsten, age 42, both in their first marriage. Appears wife was untruthful on her age as compared with later census. Children: Kirsten 16, Else 14, Anders 11, Hans 5, Peder 3.

BIRTH:
1. According to Helligsø parish records, GS 9887, pt. 1, pg. 72, and copy in files of Kerry Petersen: Povel Andersen was born 23 Mar 1749 in Helligsø, father Anders Pedersen and mother.

MARRIAGE:
1. Researcher Bent Pilsgård; Viborg, Denmark Regional Archives; Helligsø parish; microfiche C124.2 plate 2 page 85. Also according to parish records seen by Chris Petersen in Denmark: "in Helligsø is married 23 Jul 1784 Povel Andersen and Kirsten Hansdatter of Helligsø"; witnesses: Christen Jensen of Tvolm, Ydby parish, Gravers Laursen of Giettrup (Gravers is husband to Maren Andersdatter, sister of the groom). Bent reports betrothal date of 24 Jun 1784 and that groom's age is 35.

DEATH:
1. Per parish records of Helligsø, GS 9887, pt. 2, and copy in files of Kerry Petersen. Shows age of 80.

ACTION:
1. Baptisms for husband and wife submitted in 1997; verify complete. Look for additional children after Feb 1801 census date. 		Andersen, Povel or Poul (I431)
 
3779 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Ogden Family History Library, Book, 979.2 V22br: "Bear River City, Box Elder County, Utah Cemetery Records," does not list this individual.

2. Censuses:
1880 US: American Fork, Utah, Utah, NA T9-1339, FHL 1255339, p. 289D:
James Kirkham, marr., 30, Eng Eng Eng, farmer.
Martha, wife, 26, UT Eng Eng, keeping house.
Emma, wife, 27, Eng Eng Eng, keeping house.
James, son, 7, UT Eng Eng.
Mary, dau., 5, UT Eng UT.
Francis, son, 3, UT Eng UT.
Albert, son, 3, UT Eng Eng.
Oscar, son, 5m, UT Eng UT.

3. All information from Kenneth Burnhope by email 1 Dec 2002. Also notes parents are James Kirkham and Martha Mercer. He cites source as the records of second wife. First wife was Martha Alzina Robison m. 2 Jan 1901 in Salt Lake City.

4. Francis left twelve missionary journals spanning from 1896 to 1900 with the Harold B. Lee Library of the Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Each journal averages about 200 pages. As of Dec. 2007, the are available to be read from digital pages on the Internet at the following Website: http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/mmd/

BIRTH:
1. Per Burial Index cited below. Same information in endowment information.

MARRIAGE:
1. Robison: Per Ancestry.com 9 Dec 2002 database "dpo32902": Martha Alzina Robison, b. 1 Apr 1879 at Fillmore, Millard, Utah, d. 7 Oct 1941 at Lehi, Utah, Utah, m. 2 Jan 1901 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Seven children born of this union. Online Ordinance Index marriage sealing record has her name as Martha Alzuia Robison.

2. Online Ordinance Index notes license date was 17 Nov 1942 and marriage on 18 Nov 1942 for marriage with Burnhope.

DEATH:
1. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database, online: Francis W. Kirkham, b. 8 Jan 1877 at Lehi, UT, d. 14 Sep 1872 at Salt Lake City of natural causes, bur. 18 Sep 1972 at Lehi City Cemetery 20_13_1.

BURIAL:
1. Per Burial Index cited above.
 		Kirkham, Francis Washington (I780)
 
3780 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Ogden Family History Library, Book, 979.2 V22br: "Bear River City, Box Elder County, Utah Cemetery Records," p. 46: "Isaac Burnhope, Father, Annie M. Burnhope, Mother, 1873-1925." Does not show any other Burnhopes including Mary Burnhope.

2. Mentioned in husband Isaac Burnhope's obituary of 5 Sep 1953. Also refers to her children from a previous marriage: "Married Mary Payne Summers in 1927... Survivors: Widow, Bothwell... three stepchildren, George Summers and Mrs. Dorothy Firth, Bothwell, and Mrs. Dolly Hanson, Ogden."

3. Censuses:
1881 Eng: Mildenhall, Wiltshire, p. 3 of 19, #14, Res: Chopping Block, all born in same county at Ogbourne St. George except Mary who was in same county at Mildenhall:
Thomas Pain, 39, shepherd.
Ann, wife, 39.
William, son, 15, farm boy.
Ann, dau., 9.
Henry, son, 8.
Hannah, dau., 4.
Mary, dau., 1.

BIRTH:
1. Per obituary.

2. Online Ordinance Index FHL film 178137, ref. 673, for sealing to her first husband, notes birth as 9 May 1880 at Meudall, Wiltshire, England.

3. FHL film 392640 LDS "Patriarchal Blessings Index": Mary Elizabeth Payne Summers Burnhope, b. 9 May 1879 at Ogdbourn St. George, Wiltshire, England, parents Thomas Payne and Hannah Ann Critts. Blessing date 6 Aug 1933 at Bothwell, Boxelder Co., Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch Myron J. Richards. Vol. 803, p. 282.

MARRIAGE:
1. Summers, Ephraim: 23 Dec 1896, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah; later solemnized Logan Temple; per obituary.

2. Burnhope: Per husband Isaac Burnhope's and her own obituary.

DEATH:
1. Per obituary.

2. LDS membership record thru the online Ordinance Index reports death as 11 Oct 1968.

BURIAL:
1. Per obituary.

OBITUARY:
1. "Mary E.S. Burnhope. Bothwell, Box Elder County - Mary Elizabeth S. Burnhope, 88, died of natural causes Oct. 12 in a Brigham City rest home. Born May 9, 1880, Ogbourne, St. George, Wilshire, England, to Thomas and Ann Cripps Payne. Married to Ephraim Summers, Dec. 23 1896, Brigham City; later solemnized Logan LDS Temple. He died April 15, 1925. Married to Isaac Burnhope, June 8, 1927, Logan LDS Temple. He died Sept. 3, 1953. Active member LDS Church. Survivors: son, daughters, George E. Summers, Mrs. Delbert (Dorothy) Firth, both Bothwell; Mrs. Boyd (Dolly) Hansen, Ogden; stepson, stepdaughters, Don Burnhope, Mrs. Francis (Margarete) Kirkham, Mrs. Lucille Swenson, all Salt Lake City; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 1 p.m. Rogers Mortuary, Tremonton, Tuesday 11 a.m. until time of services. Burial Bothwell Cemetery." Deseret News, Mon., 14 Oct 1968, p. B7.

2. "Mary E.S. Burnhope. Bothwell, Box Elder County - Mary Elizabeth S. Burnhope, 88, died of natural causes Oct. 12 in a Brigham City rest home. Born May 9, 1880, Ogbourne, St. George, Wilshire, England, to Thomas and Ann Cripps Payne. Married to Ephraim Summers, Dec. 23 1896, Brigham City; later solemnized Logan LDS Temple. He died April 15, 1925. Married to Isaac Burnhope, June 8, 1927, Logan LDS Temple. He died Sept. 3, 1953. Active member LDS Church. Survivors: son, daughters, George E. Summers, Mrs. Delbert (Dorothy) Firth, both Bothwell; Mrs. Boyd (Dolly) Hansen, Ogden; stepson, stepdaughters, Don Burnhope, Mrs. Francis (Margarete) Kirkham, Mrs. Lucille Swenson, all Salt Lake City; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 1 p.m., Bothwell LDS Ward Chapel. Friends call Monday 7-9 p.m. Rogers Mortuary, Tremonton, Tuesday 11 a.m. until time of services. Burial Bothwell Cemetery." Salt Lake Tribune, Sun., 13 Oct 1968, p. C5.
 		Payne, Mary Elizabeth (I913)
 
3781 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. On 30 May 1774, John Pain, base born son of Mary Pain, was baptized. Thomas may or may not have been the biological father of John Pain. John's chr. record of 30 May 1774 is the same day as the marriage of his mother Mary Pain to Thomas Clinch. No father is given in the baptismal record.

CHRISTENING:
1. Not found in the Stockbury Church Records. Age per burial record.

MARRIAGE:
1. FHL film 1835742 item #1, Bishop's Transcript of Stockbury: Thomas Clinch and Mary Pain, both of this parish, 30 May 1774. Witnesses James Redman and Will. Kerby.

BURIAL:
1. FHL film 1835742 item #1, Bishop's Transcript of Stockbury: Mary Clinch, 11 Aug 1819, aged 65 years.

2. FHL book 942.23/S7 V3s "St. Mary Magdalene Stockbury Monumental Inscriptions with possible transcription errors by author considering the difficulty in reading Kent deteriorated sandstone tombstones: "Inscribed limestone headstone. To the memory of Mary wife of Thomas Clinch who departed this life August 6th 1810 [1819] aged 65 years. She was a faithfull wife who lived and feared God above many. Also the above Thomas Clinch who departed this life April 10th [19th] 1820 aged 71 years. The Lord God of Heaven and of Earth keepeth covenant and showeth mercy unto them that love Him and keep his commandments."
 		Pain, Mary (I1192)
 
3782 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. On Christen Moller family group sheet, middle name appears as Cathrine instead of Catrine. Copy of Archive Record in file under Enevold Pedersen.

2. 1834 Census for Bedsted shows "Anne Cathrine Enevoldsen 21, Ugift indsidder of vaever [unmarried ? and weaver]" living with Morten Jensen family. Also appears in 1840, 1845, and 1850 censuses.

3. From Joyce Cupit email 30 May 2002: 1850 Census for Bedsted:
Christen Jensen Møller, 46, married, born in this parish.
Ane Cathrine Enevoldsdatter, 37, married, born in this parish.
Johanne Christensen, 10
Laust Christensen, 6
Christen Christensen, 4
Soren Christensen, 2
Anders Christensen, 25, unmarried.

CHRISTENING:
1. FHL film # 053026; Bedsted Parish Records, 1707 - 1814, book 1, p. 169. Ane Catrine, born and home christened 23 Apr 1813, dau. of Enevold Westergaard and Fredericke Pedersdatter, Bedsted.

2. Regional Archives in Viborg, Denmark; Bedsted Parish Records; microfiche C119.2, plate 5, page 169; 23 Apr 1813 at home and 2 Jun 1813 in the church. Ane Catrine dau. of Enevold Westergaard in Bedsted and his wife Frederikke Pedersdatter. Sponsors: The wife of Christen Benzen of Hørdum (Inger Pedersdatter) carried the Child, Caroline Pedersdatter, the daughter of the parish clerk, Jens Smed, Peder Christian Nielsen and Christen Broegaard, witnesses.

MARRIAGE:
1. Regional Archives in Viborg, Denmark; Bedsted Parish Records; microfiche C119.3, plate 5, page 142; Witnesses: Svend Jensen Kjaer (stepfather of bride) and Jens Christensen (father of groom), copyholders.
Same record in FHL film 053027. Date is 15 Dec 1835 in Bedsted. Christen Jensen Möller and Ane Cathrine Enevoldsdatter.

BURIAL:
1. From Joyce Cupit: Bedsted Parish Records: "Death, 17 Aug 1872, bur. 25 Aug 1872: Ane Cathrine Enevoldsen. Smallholder Chresten Jensen Moeller's wife in Elsted. Age 59. Born in Westergaard in Bedsted, dau. of Enevold Pedersen, married one time, death of 'taering'."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002.

2. Family Group Record for Christen Jensen Moller; LDS Archive Record; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Submitted by Dr. Roger A .West, 1172 Miguel Ave., Los Altos, California 94022, He is a 2 g.g.son. through Marie Christine Christensen. They note source records of Parish records of Bedsted, Thisted, Denmark, GS 9879, pt 1,2 and of Grurup, Thisted, Denmark GS 9879 pt. 4. Also of census of 1840 of Grurup, Hassing Dist., Thisted, Denmark, GS 8511 pt 45 and 1855 census, GS8516 pt73.

3. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999. 		Enevoldsdatter, Ane Catrine (I1618)
 
3783 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. On file from Jeannie Aldredge, I have a 40 page Nancy Fountain White descendancy listing with research notes. I have cited all information concerning this specific individual into these notes.

2. Jeanie Aldredge believes that Maynard was Nancy's first husband. Her notes: children of Nancy White and Unknown Maynard are:
Lucy Maynard.
Nancy Maynard.
Mary Elizabeth Maynard, b. 1839, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1915, Iowa.
Robert Maynard, b. Abt. 1843.
Benjamin Maynard, b. Abt. 1845.

3. The following Maynards and counties/townships are listed in FHL book heads of household index for the 1852 Iowa census: C.G., Washington/Oregon; F., Johnson/Iowa City; James A., Johnson/Penn; James W., Henry/New London, L.D., Henry/Center; Nathan, Guthrie/Cass; Oliver, Clinton/Olive; Stephen, Johnson/Penn; William, Johnson/Iowa City. This is for info only and no known relationship has been established with any of these individuals.

4. Nancy White seemed to marry LDS men and was in Iowa at the earliest part of the LDS emigration through the area. It would seem logical that Maynard may be LDS. The only early references to Maynards I can find appear in Far West during the Missouri mob persecutions in the late 1830's which seems at odds with the children being born in Tennessee between at least 1839 and 1845 per information with their files separately within this database. The Missouri Maynard is named Silas Maynard and is mentioned in the book "Far West Record" as well as the "Mormon Redress Petitions." He also received his endowment in the Nauvoo temple but there is no record of a marriage sealing with anyone. He became RLDS per Susan Black's book. No references to him as noted above have much in the way of biographical information.
The book, "Mormon Redress Petitions," p. 286, has the following petition from Silas Maynard which deals with claims the Mormons petitioned the U.S. Congress for compensation of mob damage in Missouri circa 1837/1838. Could Silas possibly be the ___ Maynard to whom Nancy White was married? The redress petition:
"MayNARD, Silas
State of Missori Dr to Silas Maynard
For Loss of House & Lot in City Far West
" " " " in Caldwell County: $500.00
For Abuse for Self & Family: 150.00
For one Cow Taken by Mob: 25.00
For one Rifle Taken by Mob: 30.00
For Loss of Furniture: 25.00
For being made prisoner unlawfully and kept Confined four weeks: 100.00
For Moveing to the State Mo: 100.00
For being driven from the St. M thereby deprived the right of Citizenship Contrary to Law & Constitution of the U.S.: 500.00
[Total] $1,430.00
I do hereby Certify the Above to be a just and true accompt according to my Judgement
Silas Maynard
(Sworn to before C.M. Woods, C.C.C., Adams Co., IL, 8 May 1839.)"

BIRTH:
1. Daughter Mary lists his birthplace as Virginia in the 1880 US census.
 		Maynard (I3600)
 
3784 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. On file is a photo of the following marriage record. The record is significant since it is the oldest record we have of our Adair family in America. It is the marriage record of Joseph Adare (Adair) and Sarah Lafferty in Sep 1747 in the Old Swede's Church in Wilmington, Delaware. It is strongly presumed (in my case: certain) that Joseph was the brother of James Adair who married Eleanor. Together they are in the early records of Laurens Co., SC in the 1760s. James is the father to Joseph who marries Sarah ___ who in turn have Thomas Adair who marries Rebecca Brown. Joseph in the marriage record is shortly thereafter in Pennsylvania in the early 1850's then to South Carolina. The Adair family may have come to America then through Delaware. There is no provable link thus far overseas.
The name Lafferty is interesting because using LDS temple records from the St. George Temple in Utah, James above probably had a son named Lafferty Adair in honor evidently of his sister-in-law. The records show Samuel Jefferson Adair, grandson to Joseph (son of James above), doing a baptism by proxy for the dead 14 Feb 1877. Samuel lists himself as a grand nephew in the baptismal record making Lafferty the son of the original James and ties the two original Laurens Co. brothers Joseph and James by the use of the name Lafferty both as surname and prename.
If you also look at the top middle of the page, you will find a Jane Adair marrying Hugh Ramage. The surname Ramage also occurs in Laurens Co., SC in colonial times associated with the Adairs; however, I have not yet researched a Hugh Ramage specifically but so far find no information on him. We cannot yet connect Jane Adair, but there is a chance she could be a sister - but that is speculation thus far.
The church has website at http://www.oldswedes.org/ It has a very interesting story and is still in service since colonial days.
Cousin Jett Hanna reports: "The church was one of the few in the area that serviced new immigrants-mostly "Scotch-Irish" at the time-because it's members were technically dissenters like the Presbyterians since they were Swedish protestants. They got along just fine with Presbyterians who were mostly passing through to somewhere else."
The source is at LDS FHL SLC was "Robert Adair 1770-1845 (An Adair Family History); In Memory of Oscar Lee Adair (1899-1975)," compiled by Shirley Brown Adair, 309 Dartbrook, Rockwall, Texas, 75087, (214) 771-2662. Copyright March 1995. FHL 929.273 Ad11as.
Rebecca Garrett Patterson is the researcher who found the record but date not stated nor her address or email.

2. In the note above I make reference to an LDS temple record for Laferty Adair. Here is more of my analysis, which was part of a response to Shawn Potter in May 2024 on his suggestion that Laferty may have been a son of Joseph1 Adair, and not his brother James1 Adair, which is our ancestor, and who I purport to be his father. The quote:
"Your most recent email proposed Laferty Adair to be instead the son of Joseph1 rather than James1. Relooking at my original data, I do not concur with this conclusion. The LDS St. George temple entry calls out Samuel Jefferson(4)'s relationship to Laferty as "Gd. Nephew," not "Grt. Nephew," which is a big difference. This single record is all the documentation we have to work with.
"I already sent you the St. George Temple data I extracted in a recent email. Here is my current thinking. I contacted LDS experts on the nature of the temple work that was done in that era in Utah. The St. George Temple, when it opened in early January 1877, was the first temple in Utah in which the Latter-day Saints performed vicarious ordinance ceremonies for deceased relatives, which included Lauren County Adairs for the first time. Very importantly, in St. George in 1877, the vicarious work on behalf of the dead had to be direct ancestors on a traditional tree, which could however include additional spouses and immediate children of each direct ancestor. The LDS experts further confirm that it has just been in the last couple decades of modern times that the LDS Church practice has evolved to include multi-generational downlines of direct ancestors (which would be what Laferty's relationship was if your interpretation was correct), but such modern practice was definitely not in place in the 1800s and 1900s. So Laferty2, to be done by Samuel Jefferson3 Adair in 1877, had to meet that qualification. That, then, would not have been the case with your proposal of Joseph1 being Laferty's father. Furthermore, the records of the temple ordinances were recorded by only one clerk, which indicates consistency of his recordkeeping notations. In all of the other ordinances I transcribed, the recorder consistently used "Gd." to refer to "Grand," as in the grandparent generation. For instance, when Samuel Jefferson4 and his brother George Washington4 Adair (assisted by George's wife) acted in the ordinances on behalf of the two brothers' grandparents Joseph2 (James1 the historian's son) and his wife Sarah, the recorder spelled out Samuel as "Grandson," George as "Gd. Son," and George's wife as "Gd. Dau. in Law." I don't believe the recorder intended anything else than exactly what is stated.
"Assuming then that James1 named his son Laferty in honor of the maiden name of the wife Sarah Laferty of his brother Joseph1, it of course confirms the familial relationship between James and Joseph, which your book confirms by different means. It also suggests Laferty was born sometime after the Adair-Laferty marriage, which occurred before 1735, most likely in Pennsylvania. For Samuel, who was born in 1806, to remember Laferty in 1877 may suggest Laferty lived beyond 1806 into Samuel's youth."
 		Adair, Laferty (I3685)
 
3785 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I4612)
 
3786 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. One author below states that this individual may have had the surname Freeman, but no documentation is provided nor does the authoritative "Great Migration" acknowledge the same as noted below.

2. The following partial excerpt concerning this individual is from the biography of Jeffrey Ferris in the "Great Migration" book. These are highly reliable summaries of early pre-1636 colonists and the entire biography can be read in Jeffrey's notes:
"Jeffrey Ferris
Origin: Unknown.
Migration: 1634
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Wethersfield 1635, Stamford 1641, Greenwich by 1650, East Town 1655, Greenwich by about 1659.
Church Membership: Admission to Watertown church prior to 6 May 1635 implied by freemanship...
Birth: By about 1604 based on estimated date of marriage.
Death: Greenwich 31 May 1666 [Gillespie Anc 118, source not cited].
Marriage:
(1) By about 1629 ___ ___. She died at Stamford 31 July 1658 (TAG 10:45, citing Stamford TR 1:20].
(2) About 1659 Susanna (Norman) Lockwood, daughter of Richard Norman {1626, Salem} [GMB 2:1334-36] and widow of Robert Lockwood {1634, Watertown} [Fairfield PR 1:65]. She died at Greenwich 23 December 1660 (recorded at Stamford) [TAG 10:118, citing
Stamford TR 1:98].
(3) By about 1662 Judith (Feake) Palmer, daughter of James Feake of London and widow of William Palmer {1636, Watertown} [NYGBR 86:211-12, and arguments presented there]. She married (3) John Bowers soon after the death of Jeffrey Ferris, for, on 9 March 1666/7, "Judah Bowers, lately widow Ferris sometimes wife to Jeffery Ferris, do openly acknowledge I have received in full satisfaction what was given me by my husband's will" [Fairfield PR 2:21].
Children:
With first wife
i. Peter, b. say 1629 in. (1) Stamford 15 July 1654 Elizabeth Reynolds [Stamford TR 1:55]; m. (2) Stamford 25 July 1705 Ruth (___) Weed [TAG 11:91, citing Stamford TR 1:128], widow of Daniel Weed [Gillespie Anc 537-38], son of JONAS WEED {1630, Watertown} [GMB 3:1956-59].
ii. Joseph, b. say 1632; in Stamford 20 November 1657 Ruth Knapp [TAG 10:112, citing Stamford TR 1:74], daughter of Nicholas Knapp {1630, Watertown) [GMB 2:1136].
iii. Mary, b. say 1636; m. (1) by an unknown date Jonathan Lockwood, son of Robert Lockwood {1634, Watertown); m. (2) soon after 3 June 1696 Thomas Merritt [Gillespie Anc 128, citing prenuptial agreement, location not stated].
iv. John, b. about 1640 (deposed 5 December 1705 aged 65 years old (Gillespie Anc 128, citing an unknown source]); m. (1) by about 1666 Mary Jackson (eldest known child m. in 1686 (Gillespie Anc 128-29, and arguments presented there]; m. (2) Grace ____ [Gillespie Anc 128].
v. James, b. say 1642; m. by about 1670 ___ ___ [TAG 26:230-32 (which was apparently not seen by Prindle [Gillespie Anc 129], with whom we do not concur)]...
Bibliographic Note: In 1976 Paul W. Prindle prepared a comprehensive account of this immigrant and his family [Gillespie Anc 117-36]."

3. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information...":
"Jeffrey Ferris came to the part of Stamford that later became Greenwich. He m. 1st (name unknown). She was mother of all his children. m. 2nd Susannah, widow of Robert Lockwood. d. 1666. m. 3rd Judith (Judy) Feake Palmer, who m. after Jeffrey's death, Bowers, erroneously sometimes called Burns. Jeffrey's only dau. m. Jonathan Lockwood, son of Robert and Susannah. There were 4 Ferris sons- John of Westchester, Peter of Stamford, Joseph and James of Greenwich. Both Peter and Joseph left widows named Ruth, and it was Peter's widow who m. John Clapp, not Joseph's."
"Jeffry Ferris was b. in Leicestershire, England about 1610 and came to America about 1634. His widow, Susannah, had a dau. Mary by first marriage perhaps- perhaps by second."

4. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), page 159/160:
"Jeffrey Ferris - bc1610, d1666, m1 ___ Freeman, m2 1659 Susannah Lockwood (d1660, prob d/o Richard Norman, wd/o Robert), m3 1662 Judith Palmer ... Jeffrey Ferris, possibly of Leicestershire, came to America in 1634. He was first in Watertown and was made freeman in 1635. He was in Wethersfield by 1640 and signed the original deed with the Dutch in 1640 in Greenwich. He and his sons seem to have lived in both the Greenwich area and in Stamford, where by 1650 he had a houselot on the north side of North Street. For many years he ran the town grist mill." Additional cited references: Captain James Ferris' "The Ferris Genealogy"; and "Harriet Scofield notes."

5. The book "Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie (Mrs. William Sperry Beinecke)," by Paul W. Prindle, 1976, pp. 117-129:
"JEFFREY FERRIS was born in England about 1610. He married three times. The death of his first and unidentified wife, mother of all his children, is recorded in "Stamford Town Records," 1:20, the edge of the page being worn away: "[--]wif to Jeffery Ferris, died 31:5:58," i.e., 31 July 1658. Shortly thereafter Jeffrey married, second, Susanna, widow of Sgt. Robert Lockwood of Stamford, Connecticut, and daughter of Richard Norman of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony ("History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 1:380, by Donald Lines Jacobus). Susanna died 23 December 1660 at Greenwich, Connecticut ("Stamford Town Records," 1:98) and Jeffrey took as his third wife Judith, widow of Lt. William Palmer of Newtown, Long Island, New York, and daughter of James and Audrey (Crompton) Feake of London, England. Jeffrey Ferris died 31 May 1666 and Judith married, third, John Bowers ("The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86:211). "Mr. John Bowers, Leftenant of ye Traned Band in grenwich, Deseased, departing this World upon ye 17 daye of March 1693/4" ("Greenwich Early Records": 85).
According to "The Story of Jeffrey Ferris," a typescript compiled in 1937 by Charles P. Stauback, Jeffrey Ferris "with the first settlers at Watertown, Mass., in 1630, is on the list of those who paid for the survey and received ten acres of land on the first assignment."
The name of "Jeffery fferris" appears on a list of freemen of Boston dated 6 May 1635 ("The New England Historical and Genealogical Register," 3:93). In that year a group of men from Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded a town on the Connecticut River which they also called Watertown, the name being changed in 1636 to Wethersfield. The land within the bounds of Wethersfield, at a place called Naubuc, on the east bank of the river, was laid out sometime prior to 1640. Jeffrey Ferris drew farm No. 26 of 45 acres. It was 7 1/2 rods wide and ran from the river inland for three miles. Next to his was farm No. 27 of nine acres, owned by John Whitmore, mentioned below. In 1645, after Jeffrey had moved to Stamford, he sold his farm to John Deming (Glastonbury for Two Hundred Years: 159-61, 177, by the Rev. Alonzo B. Chapin).
In "The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut," I:269, Henry R. Stiles wrote that Jeffrey Ferris received a homestead 26 April 1641 and a home lot and four acres. He sold one acre "to Wm. Comstock in 1641; the rest to John Deming, 1645. He came fm. Wat. to Weth. prob. 1635; rem. to Stamford, 1640 [sic -- it was 1641] , where he became a prominent citizen." Jeffrey Ferris was living at Wethersfield in April 1639 when he was placed on a jury which awarded £ 3 to a Mr. Williams for corn destroyed by cattle due to defective fences owned by the defendants in the suit ("The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1665": 6, by J. Hammond Trumbull). Less than one year later, on 6 February 1639/40, Jeffrey himself was found guilty of the same offense by a General Court sitting at Hartford (ibid.: 44). He was required to provide the plaintiff with two bushels of corn to replace that damaged by Jeffrey's swine, to reimburse the plaintiff for his 10-shilling expense in bringing witnesses to the court, and was fined £1 for questioning the impartiality of the men appointed by the court to determine the facts of the case.
That same General Court accepted the inventory of the estate of a Mr. Oldams, which included details of debts owed to others in the amount of £504:09:03, of which £3:15:00 was due to Jeffery Ferris.
Church controversies and a growing population in Wethersfield brought about the exodus in 1641 of a group of settlers, led by the Rev. Richard Denton, to a site purchased 1 July 1640 from the Indians for £33 by Capt. Nathaniel Turner as agent for the New Haven Colony. On 4 November 1640 that colony gave to the Wethersfield group the right to occupy the newly acquired lands provided the £33 expended by the colony was refunded ("Ancient Wethersfield," op. cit., 1:142). The new settlement, known first as Toquam, then Rippowam, was renamed Stamford in 1642.
The first "Stamford Town Record" is a book originally used briefly by William Collinson, agent for Mr. Edward Bradley and Mr. John Mount. The last of his entries in the book is dated 16 September 1631. Then follows, on page five of the original book, a partially illegible entry:
"[16]40. A towne book [of the] freeholders of the towne [of Stamford as it] was afterward called, but now Rippowame, conta[ining agreements] and conclusions of the Companie of Weathrsfeld men to [the] removall thith'r this winter, and also theire most matteriall agreements touching the place; how they came by it, theire rat[es] , accounts, theire divisions and grants of land, 84 records of every mans land and passages of land from one to anoth'r ...
"And whereas the purchase of ye place and vewing of it first maide by our frends of New Haven, and Wee stand indebted to them for it, it [is] Ordered at the same time that 100 bushells of come, at 3 s. a bushell, be paid in towards it, w'ch raised and sent them as followeth..."
In the list which follows (now partially illegible) of the contributions by 30 men of the 100 bushels of corn, "Jeff. Firries" is credited with three bushels, one peck.
On page 6 of this book there appears a statement, also partly illegible, concerning the allotment of lands, at two pence per acre, and three pence per home lot. The record bears no date but was recorded probably as of the fall of 1641:
"Also, this is to bee noted, That in a full meeting of the company yt was intend[ed] to come ‘hither the same spring yt wee came, every of these every of these [sic] 28 men aforementioned, and Jo. Jisop, were severally considered of, and what quantitie of aland was meete for every man determined of (the man under consideration absenting himselfe whil his case was in hand and so successivly, &c when hee was called in againe & demanded if so much gave him content; and so contentment and satisfaction was by every one of these men acknowledged; and they sett downe these numbers of acres of marsh and upland after the same proportion, as followeth..."
Then were listed the names and acreage of each of "these 28 [sic] men aforementioned, and Jo. Jisop." "Jeff. Firries" was allocated 10 of the 276 total acres.
On 18 July 1640, before Stamford was settled but soon after the date of the Turner purchase, Capt. Daniel Patrick and Lt. Robert Feake, also on behalf of the New Haven Colony, purchased from the Indians the area just west of the Turner purchase, which became known as "Old Town," later called Sound Beach, the eastern section of the town of Greenwich, now called Old Greenwich. The deed, recorded in "Greenwich Early Records": 2, and also in "Greenwich Land Records", 1:455, is transcribed below because of the part the subject Jeffrey Ferris played in the transaction:
"Wee, Amogerowe, Sachem of Asamock; Ramahtthoe Nawhorone, Sachem of Tatannick; Amssetthettowe, whith his Brother, Owenoke, Sachems of asamuck, have Sould Unto Robert Feacks 8c Daniell Patrick all theire Rights & Interest in all ye severall Lands betwene asamuck River and Tatomuck, which Tatomuck is a littill River which Divideth ye Bounds betwene Capt. Turners Purchase & this, except ye neck of Land by ye Indians Cauled Monakawoge, by us Elizabeth Neck, which Neck is ye Perticaler purchas of Elizabeth Feaks, ye s'd Robert Feacks, his Wiffe, to bee hers &c her heaires or assignes for ever, or else to bee at ye disposing of ye Afore mentioned purchasers for ever, to them & theire heaires, exequetors or asignes, & theye to Injoye all rivers, Iselands & ye severall naturall adjuncks of all ye fore mentioned places; neyther shall ye Indians fish within a mille of aney English Ware, nor Invite or permitt aney other Indians to sett downe in ye fore mentioned Bounds. In consideration of which Land ye fore mentioned Purchasers are to give unto ye above Named sachems twentie five Coates, whereof Thaye have Reseved Eleven in part of payment; to wittnes all Which thaye have hereunto sett theire hands this 18 of Jully 1640.
Witnes [each Indian signed by mark]: Robert Heusted, Andrue Messenger [by mark], Rasoabitt, Saponus, Whowhoron, Paaowhas, Powiatoh
Keofrum hath sould all his Right in ye above s'd Necke unto jeffere Ferris, as wittnes under written
Testifieth: Amogerowe, Whowhoron, Akeroque, Amsetthettowe, Keofferam
Wittnes or Testimones to ye Last name: Richard Welliams, Angell Heusted [by mark]
This above written bill of Sale was Entered in ye Years 1686 p'r Sam'll Peck, recorder"
The significance of Keofrum's sale to Jeffrey Ferris of "all his Right in ye above s'd Necke" eludes this compiler. The only neck mentioned in the deed is Monakawoge, or Elizabeth Neck, stated to be her property.
This Elizabeth, after whom the neck was named, was a most unusual woman for those times. She is the subject of a sympathetic historical novel, "The Winthrop Woman," by Anya Seton. A less favorable but more objective biography is given in the article, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London and Colonial America" ("The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86:221-221) by Dr. George E. McCracken, successor to the late Donald Lines Jacobus as editor-in-chief, owner and publisher of "The American Genealogist." Elizabeth, née Fones, widow of Henry Winthrop, was the daughter-in-law and also niece of Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She married second, Robert Feake, who died 1 February 1660/1 at Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He had been insane since the early 1640's. Whether or not Elizabeth and Robert were ever divorced is a question never settled, for no record of such an action has ever been found. Nor is there any record of her marriage, if indeed it took place, to William Hallett, Robert Feake's business manager, although William and Elizabeth lived together as man and wife and had two sons born to them while Robert was still living.
On 25 November 1650 Jeffrey Ferris made a most important purchase of property from William and Elizabeth Hallett ("Greenwich Land Records," 1:169):
" now witnesseth yt William Hallet of Greenwich in new Netherland, for &c in Consideration of three Score 8: Tenn pounds, hath Sould, & by this present doth Sell & allienate from him Selfe & his heares forever unto jeffere fferris & his heares, All his housing 8c Lands in grenwich, his Whole Right & Tittull, & his wiffes Right also, in ye Lands purchased by Daniell Pattrick & Robert Feke in ye New Netherlands. thee Persales of Lands yt William Hallet doth owne are thee house Lott bounded on ye North East with Goodman Meakocks & goodman Heusteds Land, from whence it Runs up Elizabeth Neck to ye two acres of Meadow that Edmon Sticklands is to Mowe ye next yeare, then that Meadow is to Retume to s'd Ferris. also a peace of Salt Meadow of five Eacres more or les; also Upland by ye Side of it on Elizabeth Neck. also ye halfe of ye Land in ye s'd Elizabeth Neck yt is not Already given out, both Upland & meadow. also six acres of Meadow, more or les, with a pease of upland by it, Lying betwene Goodman Heusted, his six acre Lott, & other of his Meadow. also a Pease of Upland in Consideration of ye Oxe Pasture good Man Sherwood did & should take in. William Hallett doth sell Jeffere Ferris of Stanfford his Right in all these Parsels of Land & also his Right in all thee rest of that Purchas which is undevided. also a Peace of Upland & Meadow on Myanos Neck yt Was William Hallett, his perticuler Lott. in Wittnes hereof hee hath sett his hand.
Witnes: Petter Mecok, Richard [T?]owles
[Signed by] William Hallett, Elizabeth Hallett
William Hallett Reseved full payment of this Sale except twentie one pounds, which is by bill to bee payd by three pounds a Yeare following ye Date here of.
1650 Decmbr. ye 5"
Another association between Jeffrey Ferris and the Feake family was his third marriage, after 1661, to Judith Feake, widow of Lt. William Palmer, late of Newtown, Long Island, New York, and niece of Lt. Robert Feake ("Record, op. cit.," 6:211).
A third such connection is found in the marriage of Jeffrey's son, Peter Ferris, to Elizabeth Reynolds, whose brother, John Reynolds, married Judith Palmer, daughter of Jeffrey's third wife, Judith Feake, by her first husband, Lt. William Palmer.
Still another association between Jeffrey Ferris and the Feakes is the marriage of Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Jackson) Ferris and granddaughter of Jeffrey, to Nathaniel Underhill, son of John and Elizabeth (Feake) Underhill. Elizabeth was a daughter of Lt. Robert Feake and his wife, Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feake.
William Hallett is called in the indenture transcribed above, "of Greenwich in new Netherland." In that early period jurisdiction over the Greenwich area was claimed by both the Dutch and the English. Capt. Patrick and Lt. Feake had on 9 April 1642 submitted to the authority of the Dutch and become patroons of Greenwich although, perhaps due to Robert Feake's disturbed mental condition, his wife Elizabeth had signed the act of submission in his stead. Stamford, however, claimed Greenwich as a section of itself, and actually exercised jurisdiction over it. In 1650 the Dutch acknowledged Greenwich to be part of the New Haven Colony, although the residents themselves considered Greenwich to be an independent state until 6 October 1656, when 12 heads of families, including Peter Ferris, subjected themselves, under pressure, to the jurisdiction of the New Haven Colony ("Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven, 1653-1665": 216, by Charles J. Hoadly). In 1665 the General Court in Hartford formally declared Greenwich to be a separate town.
The boundary line between the Turner purchase (Stamford) and the Patrick and Feake purchase (Greenwich) remained the subject of dispute for at least 44 years. On 2 November 1641 an agreement was signed between Daniel Patrick and Robert Feake, representing the Greenwich plantation, and Andrew Ward, Robert Coe and Richard Gildersleeve, representing the "Wethersfield Mens Plantation" (Stamford), defining the border but, as noted in John Mead's section herein, he and two other Greenwich men were named in 1686 to settle a boundary dispute with Stamford.
By 1655 Jeffrey Ferris had, with a number of other Stamford men, started a settlement in Westchester County which they called East Town, known by the Dutch as Oostdorp, and now called Eastchester. The Dutch, concerned over this settlement within their jurisdiction, arrested these trespassers and took them to Manhattan, where they were deprived of most of their guns before being permitted to return to East Town. An interesting account of the settlement and the subsequent acknowledgment by the Englishmen of submission to Dutch authority appears in "The Documentary History of the State of New-York," III: 71, 557-9, by E.B. O'Callaghan.
The Rev. Johannis Megapolensis and the Rev. Samuel Drisius on 5 August 1657 wrote a long letter from New Amsterdam in New Netherland to the Classis in Amsterdam, Holland, reporting on the state of the churches in New Netherland. They reported, in part, "On the West side of the East river, about one mile through Hellgate (as we call it), opposite Flushing on the main, another English village has been begun over two years. It was named Oostdorp. The Inhabitants of this place are also Puritans, alias Independants. They also have no Preacher. They hold Sunday meetings, reading from an English book a sermon, and making a prayer."
On Saturday, 30 December 1656, Director General Peter Stuyvesant sent Capt. Lt. Brian Nuton, Secretary Cornelis van Ruyven and Commissary Carel van Brugge to Oostdorp with instructions to have the Englishmen take the oath of allegiance to New Netherland. Their detailed and interesting report stated they had "gone ashore during the ebbing of the tide, on this side of Hell-gate, where William Hallet's house & plantation formerly stood, which were laid waste by the Indians about September of the year 1655." The party arrived late in the day. The inhabitants refused to meet with them on the following day since it was the Sabbath, so the party attended their religious services, at which Robert Bassett "read a Sermon from a printed Book composed & published by an English Minister in England." That evening Bassett had them as his guests at supper.
Early Monday morning the Englishmen assembled, summoned by the beating of a drum. When the nature of the mission was announced, Bassett objected to the wording of the oath of allegiance and offered a substitute of his own devising. This was acceptable to the Dutch and by all the inhabitants except Anthony Gill, who was thereupon ordered by the Dutch to leave the Province of New Netherland within three weeks. The statement drawn up by Robert Bassett, which avoided use of the word "oath," was signed by him and by 14 others, including "Jeffery fferris" (by mark), Jonathan "Llockwood" (Jeffrey's son-in-law),and John Finch. It read:
"This first Jannuary Ao 1657: in east towne in the N. Netherlands. Wee, hose hands are under writen, do promes to oune the governor of the manatas [Manhattan] as our governor and obay all his magastrates and lawes that ar mad acordin to god, so long as we live in his Jurisdiction."
The report goes on, "The business being completed and leave taken, we went to Mr. Ferris', who invited us to breakfast. This done, the tide being favorable after breakfast, we resolved to depart, though it rained hard." How long Jeffrey Ferris remained at East Town before returning to Greenwich is not known. His wife's death was recorded in Stamford in the summer of 1658 and he presumably had returned by then. He was certainly back in Greenwich by 5 February 1664, when the "constitution" of that town was adopted at "A metin 1664 Februare fift" ("Greenwich Early Records": 5):
"The propriators having taken in to Consideration what wee thought might make best for ye Comfortable Settlement of our towne, in Refference to which wee do conclude to Laye downe our Rites in Common lands lying without fence, mens perticuler Alotment exemted. wee do agree & Conclude that our Rites as above Spesified is now to bee Setled upon all Inhabitants that now are or Shall hereaffter bee added unto us, yt thay Shall bee [entitled?] unto all our out Lands as afore s'd with ourselves and as ourselves, by a Rule of proportion according to what each mans estate Shall bee visablez upon these Considerations, that they with us Shall Constantly endevor to mainetaine & too upholde thee ministrie amougst us. Secondly, yt thay with us Shall mainetaine & uphold, Strengthen & confirme ye Privileges of ye towne. the Proprietors are as followeth: Jeffere Ferris Sen'r, Joshua Knap Sen'r, Joseph Ferris, Jonathan Renalds, Angell Heusted, John Mead Senior, John Hobbe.
Why Jeffrey Ferris should have been designated "Sen'r" is not clear. There was no other of that name in either Greenwich or Stamford.
The name of Jeffrey Ferris seldom appears in contemporary Greenwich records. On 13 February 1648 he brought an action in court against John Finch, declaring that "John Fensh cam upon my ground and feld my tember and cared it away w't out my leave ...S entenc of ye Court. the tree in question ... appeers to be in Jeffery Feris ground and is his tree, and therefore John Fensh shall giv Jeffery Feris on[e] hundered of clabbord yt shall be answerabl to ye losse yt ye tree did make, and paye ye charge of ye Court, and for ye war'nts."
On 8 December 1648 Jeffrey Ferris and Robert Hustis took the inventory of the estate of John Whitmore, late of Stamford ("Jurisdiction, op. cit.": 159). Whitmore, previously a next-door neighbor of Jeffrey, had been murdered by Indians ("History of Stamford": 46, by the Rev. E.B. Huntington).
These two men, Jeffrey Ferris and Robert Hustis, brought an action in court 3 May 1649 against James Steward on behalf of local Indians:
"Declearation. ye sayd Jams Steward was by agreement w't ye townsmen to keep ye town oxen, and to have 12 s. ye week and on[e] man to helpe hem for on week, and then to Keepe himselfe and to hav 14 s. ye week, and he was to du his best indevors to Keep them from coming horn and out of ye Indien corn, but he hath neclleckted his duty and went about of other work w't other men and for hemself, and by yt means ye cattell did du damedge to ye Indiens in their Corne, it being duly proved ye damed[ge] was 12 boushell and half of Indian corn as 2 boushelles and halfe of pease ... Sentenc of Court, yt ye sayd Jams Steward shall pay ye Indians 12 boushell and half Indion corn and 2 boushell and half of pease, and bear ye charg of ye Court."
In the move in 1641 from Wethersfield to Stamford, Jeffrey must have settled in that part which was later known as Sound Beach (now Old Greenwich), a part of Greenwich. The record of the first allotment of Greenwich lands appears on page five of "Greenwich Early Records." "Jeffere feris" drew lot No. 8 of the 19 distributed, no date or acreage being noted. "Greenwich Land Records" reflect only two deeds in which Jeffrey Ferris was a principal, the purchases from the Indian sachem Keofrum, and from William and Elizabeth Hallett, both noted above.
"Fairfield Probate Records," 1:65, contain an acknowledgment that "Jeffery fferries, by mariage with his wife Susanna, now Deceased, Stands ingaged to pay certain Legasies Due to the Children of Robert Lockwood, deceased, acording to the Administration enterd in Courte 20 october 1658."
The inventory of the estate of Jeffrey Ferris, deceased, was taken and appraised on the 23rd, 24th, 26th and 29th of November 1666 by Joseph Mead, Angell Husted and John Holly. The listing, in great detail, represented a total value of £493:00:06, a large estate for that period. Among the literally hundreds of items listed were five pewter dishes weighing 18 pounds, five pewter plates weighing 18 pounds, Bible, Psalm books, earthen pot with honey, flint musket, beaver hat, etc. His house and lands were appraised at £170 (ibid., 2:29).
Jeffrey Ferris made his will on 6 January 1664. It was probated 9 March 1666/7 (ibid., 2:20-1):
"I, Jeaffery fferris, being now at this time, through The mercy of God, in Indifferent good health and good memory ... give unto my wife that now is, all the estate which Shee can make apeare that shee brought with her, And alsoe Ten pounds of my estate I give her alsoe. Item, I give alsoe to her four Children, That is to say, thos four boys which I brought up and kept, forty pounds, that is to say, Ten pounds a peace; that yf they Stay and live with any of my Children untill they be of the age of eighteen years, then it shall be put out for them and for ther use untill theyer Twenty years of age, And then To receive it into Ther possesyon. further, in case my wife that now is Shall See cause to remain a widdow after my decease, for soe Long as Shee Soe remayneth, I give for her use five Acres of Land that now is in till, the one half in my home lot and the other half at Tomuck. Alsoe, I give her free, for her and hers, one of my alotments that is on Mihanoes [Mianus] necke that is now fenct in. Alsoe, yf Shee Sees cause, I will that Shee Shall live in one part of my now dwelling house Soe Long as Shee Shall remain a widdowe. Alsoe I give her two of my Pewter Platters, one great, the other small.
Item. I give unto my Sonn James fferris, Twenty pounds, That is to Say, besides his Cattell that now is. And alsoe, besides the quarter part of thos Jades [i.e., worn-out horses] which I gave between my Sonn Jonothan Lockwood and James, That is to Say, thos Jades running remote in the woods. Alsoe, I give unto my Sonn James my great Copper kettell and alsoe my bed that now Standeth in the Low Room of my house, that is to Say, that bed, with all the furniture, which my wife and my Self commonly Lodg on. Alsoe, I give unto my Sonn James that bed with the furneture that Commonly that commonly [sic] James Lay on in the other fore Room of my now dwelling house. I give alsoe unto my Sonn James fferris half my farm half my farm [sic], that is to Say, that Land that I now gave him, be the one part of the half. Alsoe, I give unto my Sonn James fferris all my Carts and plowes and all materials therunto belonging. Alsoe, I give unto James my Iron pot and three Pewter Platters.
Item, alsoe I give unto my Daughter Mary Lockwood, that now is, twenty pounds besides the quarter part of my before mentioned Jades I gave to her husband, Jonothan Lockwood.
Alsoe, I give unto my Sonn Peter fferris, his three Children, one mare Colte that Shall run in Stoeke, to be equal] Proportion between the thre Children.
Alsoe I give unto my Sonn Joseps two Children one mare Colt to run for Stock for them, and for ther use and portion.
Farther, my will is that what more of my estate Shall be found after these above mentioned Legasies payd, Shall be equally devided amongst all my Children; further, it is my will that in case God Should please to give my wife a Child born of her body whilst Shee remayns my wife, that is to say, whilst I live, or yf I leve her with Child when I Dye, that then I given unto that Child, male or female, the other half of my farm that now I posses, with the rights and prevelidges therunto belonging; farther, it is my will that this Child Shall have a yong mare alsoe, which I give it by this my will, but in case this Child Should Dye before it hath any Issue, then this my gift to reaturn to the rest of the estate as before mentioned; further, it is my will and I Doe Depute my Loving freind, John Holly, now in Standford, and my Sonn Peter fferris as my overseers to See this my will performed acording to the Just expression extent of this my wrighting. in witnes that this is My free will and act, I Set to my hand.
This is the marke of Jeffery F fferris
Testis: Phillip Minthorn
Judith, widow first of Lt. William Palmer and second, of Jeffrey Ferris, who died 31 May 1666, did not wait long before remarrying. By 9 March 1667 she had married John Bowers. "Judah Bowers, Lately wife of Jeffery fferris, and Joseph ferris & James Ferris," swore to the authenticity of Jeffrey's will and Judith, by mark, signed a receipt: "I, Judah Bowers, Lately widdow fferris, Sometimes wife to Jeffery fferris, Doe hearby aknowledg I have Received in full Satisfaction what was given me by my husbands will, and I Doe hearby fully acquitt and Discharge, for me and mine for ever" (ibid., 2:21).
Judith and her first husband, Lt. William Palmer, had four sons, William, Ephraim, James and Joseph, and one daughter, Judith. The sons, stated by Jeffrey in his will to have been "brought up and kept" by him, had actually lived with him less than four years.
In his will, Jeffrey Ferris made provision for a child he felt might subsequently be borne by Judith. There is no indication, in the distribution of the estate or in other records, that Judith ever gavebirth to a Ferris child.
It is worthy of note that Jeffrey Ferris was one of the known founders of four towns: Watertown, Stamford, Greenwich and East Town; and perhaps also of Wethersfield. He must truly have been imbued with the pioneer spirit, for the difficulties of moving households at that time seem almost insurmountable. Overland journeys by these pioneers, traversing almost pathless woods and bridgeless rivers and streams, required driving before them their sheep and cattle, and of transporting in their crude vehicles their food, household furnishings, and tools for farming and building, not overlooking their Bibles -- and their guns.
Jeffrey Ferris and his first and unidentified wife had five known children:
i. Peter Ferris, born say, in 1633.
ii. Joseph Ferris, born about 1635, married 20 November 1657 ("Stamford Town Records," 1:74), Ruth Knapp, born 6 January 1640/1, daughter of Nicholas and Elinor Knapp ("Nicholas Knapp Genealogy": 1, by Alfred A. Knapp). Joseph died after 9 June 1699, the date of his will, and before 24 July 1699, when the inventory of his estate was taken ("Fairfield Probate Records," 4:190b).
iii. Mary Ferris, born circa 1638, married twice. Her first husband was Lt. Jonathan Lockwood, born 16 September 1634 at Watertown, who died 12 May 1688 in Greenwich, son of Sgt. Robert and Susanna (Norman) Lockwood. Jonathan was, accordingly, Jeffrey Ferris' son-in-law as well as stepson. Mary married second, in 1696, Thomas Merritt of Rye, their prenuptial agreement being dated 3 June 1696. Mary died 1708 in Greenwhich ("Old Fairfield, op. cit.", 1:382).
iv. John Ferris, born circa 1640, stated in a deposition dated 5 December 1705 that he was 65 years old. He was not mentioned in his father's will and presumably was given his portion of his father's estate when he married. John lived in Stamford and later in Throgmorton's (now Throggs) Neck, Bronx County. John Ferris was twice married, first to Mary Jackson, daughter of Robert Jackson, and second to Grace, surname unknown, who died 31 December 1716 at Flushing, Long Island. John died between 9 May 1715, date of his will, and 25 February 1716, when it was probated ("The Ferris Family," by Harriet Scofield, a chapter of the "Jeffrey Ferris Family Genealogy," by Floyd I. Ferris).
Proof that John was a son of Jeffrey Ferris is provided by a receipt dated 16 July 1705 and recorded in "Greenwich Land Records," 1:173:
"I, John Ferris, inhabitant of Westchester in her Majesties provence of new york, son unto Jeffre ferris of greenwich in ye countie of Fairfield in her majesties collonie of conecticut, have received of my brother peeter ferris & Joseph feris & James feris & Jonathan Lockwood, all of ye countie & collonie above s'd, as thay were administrators of ye estate of my deseased Jeffere feris; I say, I have received of ym all singuler, every part ... willed by to mee by above s'd father, Jeffere feris."
At first reading it seems that, since John acknowledges receiving property "willed" to him by his father, he must have been the unborn child Jeffrey appears to have believedJudith was carrying when he executed his will. But that cannot be, for John, aged 65 in 1705, was 24 years old when Jeffrey made his will. Even if John's age at the time of the deposition was misstated or misread, he had a daughter Mary whose marriage intentions dated 27 February 1685/6 were recorded in Quaker records. She married, probably on 10 December 1686, Nathaniel Underhill, born 22 February 1663, son of the famous Indian fighter, Capt. John Underhill, and his wife, Elizabeth Feake. Thomas Underhill, first child of Nathaniel and Mary, was born 4 December 1687 ("Underhill Genealogy, Descendants of Capt. John Underhill," 2:63-4, by Josephine C. Frost). Surely, had John Ferris been born after the 1664 will of Jeffrey was drawn, he could not have had a grandson born in 1687, only 23 years later! v. James Ferris, born about 1642, was one of the original patentees named in the patent granted to the town of Greenwich by the General Court at Hartford in May 1665. He died 6 November 1726. As shown in Fairfield Probate Records, 8:57, his widow Mary had by 4 April 1727 married a man named Reynolds.
References:
As cited.
Greenwich Early Records, sometimes called the Common Place Books.
Stamford Town Records."

6. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 51, no. 1 (Aug 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 2-6:
"FERRIS
As with so many other early Stamford families, we are fortunate to have the biographical and genealogical work on the Ferris family by Paul W. Prindle, FASG, available to us in published form.[1] Prindle's discussion of the careers of both Jeffrey Ferris and his son Peter is second to none, and cannot be improved upon here. The reader will want to make a complete reference to those biographical compilations.
The Ferris family of Stamford and Greenwich was also studied in detail by a descendant, retired U.S. Navy chaplain Capt. James S. Ferris, whose "A Ferris Genealogy" is available in typescript form.[2] Capt. Ferris has since passed away, but the present writer had the pleasure of corresponding with him several times and appreciated his helpful and always interested discussions regarding all branches of this Ferris family. Although Jim Ferris was not rigorous about resolving questions regarding these early generations using the primary records, his work on the entire family is by far the most substantial work to date on the later generations of this Jeffrey Ferris clan.
JEFFREY1 FERRIS was born in England say about 1610, and died at Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut probably about November 1666.[3] Various reports circulate on the Internet[4] giving his birthplace in England in an assortment of places, usually Leicestershire, and some of these give his father as one Richard Ferris, born in 1585. None of these reports has been confirmed or substantiated for this present compilation. As recently as 1981, a group of Ferris researchers including Capt. Jim Ferris himself was conducting research in England to determine Jeffrey Ferris' place of origin, but still without any conclusive or even encouraging results.[5]
He was married (at least) three times, but none of the marriages seem to have been recorded in Connecticut records. The death of his first (?) wife, probably the mother of all of his children, was recorded at Stamford, but her name has not yet been determined. She died at Greenwich on the 31st day, 5th month (July) 1658,[6] during the time of the epidemic of what is thought to have been malaria that claimed so many Stamford lives in that time period. The Stamford record of her death is partially lost because the original page is deteriorated, but Donald L. Jacobus transcribed the entry in 1933 as "[ ]ne wife of Jeffrey Ferris."171 No further identification or explanation has been found.
The Rev. Elijah Baldwin Huntington, Stamford's first historian, while not naming Jeffrey's first wife, reported a tradition regarding her that may or may not eventually be confirmed by future researchers:
"Tradition invests the emigration of this [Jeffrey Ferris] family to this country with the hues of romantic adventure -- the ancestress, high born, following her plebian lover out into this western world, to share with him here the fortunes which English aristocracy would not allow there."[9]
Jeffrey married second, possibly in December 1658,[10] Mrs. SUSANNAH (NORMAN) LOCKWOOD, born say 1615, the daughter of Richard Norman of Salem, Massachusetts, and widow of Robert Lockwood who died in Fairfield before 11 September 1658 when his inventory was taken.[11] Robert Lockwood was at Watertown during the period 1634-1646, and the couple must have been acquainted at that time and place. She had 11 children from her first marriage, 10 of whom were living in 1658, and many of them were young enough to move to Stamford with her when she married Ferris. Susannah (Norman) (Lockwood) Ferris died at Greenwich on 23 December 1660.[12]
Jeffrey Ferris' third wife was JUDITH (FEAKE) PALMER, daughter of James Feake and widow of Lieutenant William Palmer.[13] She had four young boys with her when she joined Jeffrey's household. His will set aside ten pounds apiece "to her four children that is to say this four boyes which I brought up and kept."[14] After Jeffrey's death in 1666, she married as her third husband, John Bowers, and used his name in 1667 when receipting for her share in the settlement of Jeffrey's estate. [15]
He was in America by 6 May 1635 when he was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony,[16] presumably a resident of Watertown at the time. He joined with other Watertown residents in their establishment of Wethersfield, Connecticut, probably later in that same year of 1635. He recorded his homestead in the Wethersfield land records on 26 April 1641, prior to selling a portion to William Comstock in that same year. He continued to hold land in Wethersfield until 1645, when he disposed of the remainder of his property there to John Deming.[17] An early Glastonbury historian found by analyzing the Wethersfield Land Records that Jeffrey Ferris owned land in the eastern portion of Wethersfield at Naubuc Farms, on the east side of the Connecticut River at what is now Glastonbury.[18]
In 1640-1641 he joined with those other members of the Watertown / Wethersfield party who went on to become the founders and settlers of Stamford, and his name appears on most of the surviving lists of the earliest Stamford residents.[19] He then purchased land in Greenwich from William Hallett and moved there about 1650.[20] His connections with both Stamford and Greenwich constituted almost a dual citizenship, considering the different jurisdictions that controlled these two towns during their infancy.
Paul Prindle's description of this period in Jeffrey Ferris' life is outstanding for its attention to the political and jurisdictional changes that affected the two towns in their early years. An excellent historical novel by Anya Seton also covers this area and time period in a popular fashion, and makes wonderful reading for any descendants of these early settlers, many of whom are named and described (of course with some literary liberties being taken), including Jeffrey Ferris himself.[21] One of the most interesting aspects of this entire historical scene has to do with the Feake family, including Judith (Feake) (Palmer) (Ferris) Bowers, Jeffrey's third wife, not repeated here but again treated amply by Prindle, and a central feature of the Seton novel.
According to historian Jeanne Majdalany, Jeffrey Ferris was the operator of Stamford's town mill in the early years, and his sons were probably a great help in this endeavor.[22]
Paul Prindle transcribed the will of Jeffrey Ferris in full for his book, Gillespie Ancestors. The following excerpts provide us with information on his children and grandchildren that cannot be found anywhere else: "...my sonn James Fferris my sonn Jonothan Lockwood ... my daughter Mary Lockwood ... her husband Jonothan Lockwood ... my son Peter Fferris his three children ... my sonn Joseps two children... [23]
Children of Jeffrey Ferris and his (still unknown) first wife:[24]
i. PETER2 FERRIS, b. say 1633, m. (1) ELIZABETH REYNOLDS, m. (2) MRS. RUTH (___) WEED.
ii. JOSEPH FERRIS, b. say about 1635, d. between 9 Jun and 24 Jul 1699, m. at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 RUTH KNAPP,[25] b. 6 Jan 1640/41 at Watertown, MA, dau. of Nicholas and Eleanor Knapp.[26]
iii. MARY FERRIS, b. abt. 1638, d. bef 31 Jan 1707/08 at Greenwich, m. by 6 Jan 1634(/35?) [author's typo for 1664/5?] (1) LT. JONATHAN LOCKWOOD, b. 10 Sep 1634 at Watertown[27] and d. 12 May 1688 at Greenwich, son of Robert Lockwood and Susanna Norman,1281 m. (2) 1696 SGT. THOMAS MERRITT of Rye, Westchester County, NY, having a prenuptial agreement dated 3 June 1696.[29]
iv. JOHN FERRIS, b. abt. 1640, d. betw. 9 May 1715 and 25 Feb 1716,[30] m. (1) MARY JACKSON, dau. of Robert Jackson, m. (2) the widow GRACE (___) PAWLING,[31] who d. 31 Dec 1716 at Flushing, Long Island, NY. Not mentioned in his father's will but proved by his receipt in the Greenwich Land Records referring to his deceased father Jeffrey Ferris of Greenwich and naming, his brothers Peter, Joseph and James Ferris and Jonathan Lockwood.[32]
v. JAMES FERRIS, b. abt. 1642, d. possibly abt. 1706,[33] married and had children including James3 who m. Mary ___.[34]
Footnotes:
1. Paul W. Prindle, "Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie (Mrs. William Sperry Beinecke)" (New York: The New York Public Library, 1976).
2. James S. Ferris, "A Ferris Genealogy" (5 volumes, typescript, Coronado, CA, 1980), copies at the Ferguson Library in Stamford and other selected repositories.
3. His death was not recorded at Stamford or Greenwich, but his inventory was taken on November 23, 24, 26 and 29, 1666 (Gillespie Ancestors [note 1], 125, citing Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 29.)
4. And in Family History Library materials such as the Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File, both widely available to researchers.
5. Letter from Capt. James S. Ferris to Edith Wicks dated 16 January 1981, Edith Wicks Papers, IC-10, Stamford Historical Society.
6. Recorded at Stamford, Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26.
7. Donald L. Jacobus, "Stamford (Conn.) Town Records," "The American Genealogist," 10(1933-34): 45.
8. I have examined the original record myself at the Government Center, and although there do seem to be possibly two letters remaining of the first name, it is impossible to make them out with any certainty. I hesitate to question Jacobus on this point, but it is a fact that the official transcription of this same record (i.e. as on Connecticut Ancestry Society microfilm #1), made decades before Jacobus, and usually very reliable, leaves the entire first name blank. So does Prindle (Gillespie Ancestors [note 1], 118.) Some earlier researchers, quoted by Jim Ferris without comment in his Ferris Genealogy (note 2), 1: 6, have reported that the first name of his first wife, "Mary ", could be determined from her gravestone at the South Beach Avenue Cemetery [sic -- this should be Sound Beach] in Old Greenwich, and that this stone could be read to give the last two letters of her surname as "... ne," and some have further speculated based on this that her surname might have been Bowne or Browne or Thorne, based on other associations the Ferris family had with persons of these names. This material may have come from an earlier researcher, perhaps Charles P. Staubach, and was certainly not the work of Jim Ferris himself (Capt. Ferris left the name of Jeffrey Ferris' first wife blank on his final family group sheets.) Both Capt. Jim Ferris in 1977 (reported in a letter from him to Edith Wicks of 19 May 1977) and myself on 28 Dec 2000 have physically visited this cemetery to see if any trace of this inscription could be found. There is none now, there was none in 1977 or at the time of the transcriptions for the Charles R. Hale Collection at the CSL, and there was none in 1908 when Spencer P. Mead made a complete survey of the Cemetery (actually on Tomac Avenue in Old Greenwich.) There are many burials marked with field stones in this fine old cemetery, and it is possible and even likely that Jeffrey Ferris and his wife(ves) are buried there. But if there ever were gravestone inscriptions for them, they did not survive until the 20th Century. In my opinion, the entire case for a first name of Mary, or first or last name ending in "... ne" is a fabrication based on the questionable reading of the death record by Jacobus, and some kind of a speculation with the Tomac Avenue cemetery in Old Greenwich. A similar fabrication that proposed that she was Anne Milton, sister of the poet, has apparently been disproved completely (Ferris Genealogy [note 2], 1: 6. At this time she is still a complete mystery.
9. Elijah Baldwin Huntington, "History of'Stamford 1641-1868 including Darien until 1820" (Stamford, 1868, repr. Harrison, NY: Harbor Hill Books, 1979), 31.
10. The date was provided by Ann E. Ferns, a correspondent of Capt. Jim Ferris, possibly originally from Charles P. Staubach, as reprinted in the Ferris Genealogy. Although it is reasonable, I have not been able to confirm it in the original records.
11. Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins / Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 4 volumes (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2: 1334-5. See also by the same author, "Robert Lockwood of Watertown, Stamford and Fairfield: English Ancestry, New England Connections and Children's Marriages," Connecticut Ancestry, 47(2004 special anniversary edition): 119-30.
12. Recorded at Stamford, Stamford Town Records, 1: 98.
13. For her career see the excellent article by George E. McCracken, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 86 [1955]: 132-48, 209-21, 87 [1956]: 28-30, 104-10, at 86: 210-12.
14. Will of Jeffrey Ferris, transcription in Gillespie Ancestors (note 1), 126.
15. Gillespie Ancestry (note 1), 118, 127.
16. There are two different published translations of this freeman list, and the most accurate seems to be that compiled by Rev. Lucius R. Paige and published as "List of Freemen," the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 3[1849]: 93. It is interesting to note that the names of "Jeffery Fferris" and John Reynolls" are adjacent on this version of the list. Also see John Winthrop, The History of New England From 1630 to 1649, 2 volumes in 1 (originally publ. Boston: Phelps and Farnham, 1825, ed. by James Savage; repr. Salem, NH: Ayer Publishers, Inc., 1992), 2: 365, which gives the names in a different order, and misspells Jeffrey's name as "Fernis."
17. Henry R Stiles, The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, 2 volumes (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904, repr. New England History Press, 1990), 1: 269.
18. Alonzo B. Chapin, "Glastenbury For Two Hundred Years: A Centennial Discourse" (Hartford: Case, Tiffany & Company, 1853), 160-1, 177. Ferris' homelot, however, was probably always on the west side of the River, with the main Wethersfield settlement
19. History Of Stamford (note 9), 14-26.
20. Greenwich Land Records, 1: 168. The earliest Indian deed to Greenwich land, secured by Robert Feake and Daniel Patrick on 18 July 1640 (Greenwich Land Records, 1: 455), contains an added notation that "Keofrum hath sould all his Right in ye above s'd Necke unto Jeffere Ferris, as wittnes under written," and this has led some to believe that Jeffrey was in Greenwich at that earlier date. Paul Prindle admitted to being confused by the notation (Gillespie Ancestry [note 1], 120). I would propose that this annotation was logically added to the record at the time of Jeffrey Ferris' main purchase of Greenwich land from the Halletts in 1650. Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) (Feake) Hallett's marital status was in public question at the time that she and her third husband made this sale in 1650 (see McCracken, "Feake Family," 86: 219, where the Ferris purchase of 1650 is mentioned.) Her second husband was still alive in England at the time and there was no record of a proper divorce. Jeffrey Ferris was certainly aware of two responsibilities of any purchaser: first, to satisfy himself that the title to the property was clear, and second, to place the necessary deeds on the public record. To protect his interest in his major investment of 1650, it would have been a prudent move to ask one of the previous grantors of 1640 (Keofrum) to validate Ferris' purchase of that portion of the sale that was owned specifically by Elizabeth Hallett even if her marriage to William Hallett was in some question.
21. Anya Seton, "The Winthrop Woman" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.)
22. Jeanne Majdalany, "The Early Settlement of Stamford Connecticut 1641 - 1700" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1991), 35, 70. I have been unable to find confirmation of Jeffrey's career as a miller in any of the town or land records. The name of Jeffrey Ferris does not appear as a grantor or grantee in any Stamford deeds.
23. Gillespie Ancestry (note 1), 125-6, citing Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 20-1.
24. All information from Gillespie Ancestry (note 1), 127-9 unless otherwise noted.
25. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74.
26. "Watertown Records Comprising The First and Second Books of Town Proceedings..." (Watertown: The Historical Society, 1894), 8. Some references give this date as 5 Jan 1641.
27. Anderson, "Robert Lockwood" (note 11), 129
28. His mother was therefore later to become Mary Ferris' stepmother. For another reliable treatment of the Lockwood family see Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood (c.1625-1693) of Stamford, Connecticut" (New York: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978), 6.
29. Gillespie Ancestry (note 1), 128.
30. Based on the dates of making his will and its proving. The Ferris Genealogy gives an exact date of 5 Feb 1716 at Flushing, NY.
31. Her surname was given by Capt. Jim Ferris, but not by Paul Prindle, who left it blank. Jim Ferris also states that she had been his (John's) housekeeper. This probably indicates that Prindle was unaware of Jim Ferris' work, which was probably in progress when Gillespie Ancestry was written in 1976, but was not generally available (in typescript form) until 1980.
32. Gillespie Ancestry (note 1), 128, citing Greenwich Land Records, 1: 173. The receipt was dated 16 July 1705.
33. A date of death of 6 Nov 1726 is often given for this James Ferris, including by Prindle. But Capt. Jim Ferris pointed out, based on original research by Harriet Scofield, that this date most likely applies to the death of another James Ferris, namely this James' son. See Harriet Scofield, "James Ferris of Greenwich, Conn.," "The American Genealogist," 26: 230-2.
34. This information also comes from the same TAG article about James Ferris, just cited (note 33). Here again, Prindle was misled into thinking that Mary was the wife of James` Ferris, and appears to have been unaware of the earlier work by Ms. Scofield."

DEATH:
1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Volume 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), p. 24:
"(___)[72] wif to Jeffery Ferris, died 31:5: 58.[73]
Footnotes:
72. Jacobus (TAG 10:1 [July 1933]: 45) transcribed the name as "[ ]ne." Could this be "[Ja]ne" or "[An]ne?" Prindle (Gillespie Ancestry, 118), who apparently saw the original record, stated, "The death of his first and unidentified wife, mother of all his children, is recorded in Stamford Town Records, 1:20, the edge of the page being worn away: `[___] wif to Jeffery Ferris, died 31:5:58: i.e., 31 July 1658." Jeffrey Ferris married second Susanna (Norman) Lockwood, daughter of Richard Norman of Salem, Massachusetts, and the widow of Sergeant Robert Lockwood (Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, 1:380). She died on 23 Dec. 1660 at Greenwich, Connecticut (STR 1:98). Jeffrey Ferris married third Judith (Feake) Palmer, daughter of James and Audrey (Crompton) Feake of London, England, and widow of Lieutenant William Palmer of Newtown, Long Island, New York (Prindle, Gillespie Ancestry, 118). Spencer P. Mead, in Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1911), 536, reported that Jeffrey Ferris "settled within the bounds of the present Town of Greenwich, where he died on 31 May 1666 ... m. 3d, at Stamford, Judith, widow of Henry Palmer, afterwards the wife of John Bowers, died in 1667." It is unclear where Mead obtained 31 May 1666 as the date of Jeffrey Ferris's death. Neither Floyd I. Ferris (Jeffrey Ferris Family Genealogy [Ithaca, N.Y.: Dewitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, 1963], 17) nor Prindle (Gilespie Ancestry, 125) published such a date. In fact, the Fairfield Probate Records 2:20-1 [FHL 0,004,287] prove that this date cannot be correct, since Jeffrey's will was probated on 9 March 1666/7.
73. 5 July 1658."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), page 160. She also references "The Ferris Genealogy," by Capt. James Ferris and "Harriet Scofield" notes. 		Jeffrey Ferris, Mrs. (I3140)
 
3787 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. One problem to solve is sequencing of dates: the daughter's Elmina's birth of 11 Nov 1848 it is problematic since it would put Arta and child in Mississippi in late 1848 when she should have been in Iowa since a son I ascribe to them, Beely Franklin Mangum, see his notes, dies and is buried in Winter Quarters, Nebraska across the river from western Iowa in Oct 1847. The rest of the Mangums and Adairs are generally in Mt. Pisgah halfway back across Iowa; however, James Richey, in his autobiography does place Joseph Mangum in Winter Quarters per this quote: "When we arrived at Winter Quarters it was late in season. We built a log cabin and then my brother-in-law and myself went to Missouri for supplies. We got a load of corn meal and pork. I was taken sick and had to be hauled home. After we got home Joseph Mangum took the cattle to the mouth of the Soldier to winter on the rushes. Sometime afterwards I went there on a visit and while there, there came a heavy snow and I started for home the next morning on foot and was two days and one night on the road. When I got home, my feet were badly frozen so that I was laid up in bed for quite awhile. While I was in this situation, my mother in law, (Rebecca Canida Knowles [Mangum]) who was living with us was taken sick and died from exposure in travelling so long a journey. She was buried in the graveyard at Winter Quarters." Her death was Feb 1847 which would help date Richey's statement. So again the question of when and who were in Winter Quarters, NE or Mississippi in the 1846 to 1849 period needs further research. Could the family have been partially split with Joseph having gone ahead of Arta and one of the relatives caring for Beely who went with his father with Arta following later with Elmina?

2. Beely does not show up in 1850 census in Pottawattamie, Iowa, with mother and younger sister.

BURIAL:
1. Burial information at the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery at Winter Quarters near the LDS temple as reported in the book by Susan Easton Black: "Inscriptions on Tombstones... LDS Burial Grounds," source: article by Andrew Jenson in the Deseret News, 17 Oct 1936, p. 7, which lists: "Beely Franklin Mangum, son of Joseph and Emiline Mangum, b. 10 Oct 1844 in Mississippi, d. 5 Oct 1847, aged 3 years."

2. Beely is in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery at Winter Quarters next to the LDS temple and visitors' center. Avard Fairbanks, the famous sculptor of the Angel Moroni on LDS temples, created a beautiful brpnze-sculpted Honor Roll of many names upon which her name is inscribed. See website www.avardfairbanks.com and www.signaturebooks.com/excerpts/avard.htm for other Fairbanks sculptures including several at this cemetery. The most famous is the "Winter Quarter Grieving Parents over an Infant's Praire Gravesite." I have visited the gravesite 8 May 2007 and found Beely Mangum on the plaque with his grandmother Rebecca Canida Mangum. There is now also a LDS temple on the burial grounds as well as a Visitor's Center across the street.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007 and also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com). Includes family group sheet from Ancestral File. 		Mangum, Beely Franklin (I3543)
 
3788 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Online article concerning Jacob Pfau, Joh. Michael's father-in-law from the website http://www.frederickcitizen.com/today040212.html accessed Feb. 13, 2015. Jacob's story may contain some parallels to Michael's timeline. Michael is mentioned as "Jonathan Michael Stocker" -- clearly a misnomer for our Joh. Michael, but certainly the right family. I believe the town of Winchester (formerly Frederick Town) in Frederick Co., Virginia (not Maryland), may be significant since it lies upon the Philadelphia Great Wagon Road down from PA into the Shenandoah Valley. Pfau followed the route of Winchester to Leesburg to Frederick and was into land speculation at the same times and places in Leesburg and Frederick as was Michael.
The article is dated April 2, 2012 and published with "The Frederick Citizen - Commentary and Thoughts and Curmudgeon by Contemporary Writers of Insightful Liberality!" It is entitled: "Finding a Two Hundred and Eighty Year Old House Ruin Admidst Suburban Sprawl? My Ancestral Quest for Jacob Pfauw, or Faw, 1749 Immigrant from the Swiss German Palantine." It is by Jack Lynch who notes, "This publication contains a number of images that are mine alone, fully protected by copyright, I won't allow them to show up on a hundred other genealogical websites by theft or appropriation. Any other use is by my sole approval." See website for the photos. The article:
"My life echoes with the spirits of a German immigrant family that came to America in 1749. He has long been traced as the original immigrant line of the family, but that seems more imagined than totally accurate. Over the years, the focus upon certain facts at the exclusion or poor weighing of similar salient facts has clouded the reality of the story - starting the Jacob Faw story in Frederick ignores a decade of life, and Abraham Faw's education in Winchester, Va and Leesburg, Va.
The letter home in 1750 written by Jacob Pfauw (or Pfau, anglicized as Faw) from Fredericktowne (Winchester, Va), mentions that on arrival by ship in Philadelphia, he rode horseback three hundred miles to see relatives (possibly those below) and get money to pay their passage over. Otherwise, you were sold into indentured servitude for many years.
The economic decline and religious belief in trine baptism have left the Basel Palantines impoverished in body and soul. A hundred years of scourges and internecine strife had reigned. Suzerainty and kingdoms called for peasant sacrifices and removals and church approbations.
A 1733 letter from Charlestown, SC by a certain local immigrant named Antony Gondy seems to have started much interest, hidden interest because the dissemination and promotion of leaving was punishable, among the allied families we find eventually coming to America and helping one another across generations.
In 1740 it is reported from Emigrant permits in Muttenz that Hans Jacob Pfau, showmaker, age 54 (not my immigrant Jacob, but a relative), and wife Katherina Spanhauer, age 60, with four youngest children (the two oldest children's spouses declined to go, Jacob and Sara Heyd, Margreth and Bernard Ramstein - government objecting to seperation of married couples. The latter of the laggards follow in 1749 on the ship "Crown").
They sailed eight weeks on "Friendship" under Captain William Vettery, and encountered "a most terrible storm upon the sea so that we all expected to be lost". Half, or nearly 60 emigrants from the Canton of Basel died on that voyage.
1740 the frontier is Lancaster County, by 1749 it is York, Pennsylvania though it is soon described as filled with artisans and devoid of open jobs. The mountains loom against a farming life, so immigrants point towards the Shenandoah Valley, moving through the Monocacy area. Soon they are west into what is now West Virginia, and colonizing the New River area of Virginia. Before long, some have settled at Bethabara, NC after Indian raids and frontier strife.
My Jacob Pfauw, a saddler, immigrates in 1749 with wife and four children, losing an infant girl in England to smallpox along the way. My Abraham survives the same smallpox.
Jacob's wife is ill after landing and they stay close to Philadelphia until Spring, when the Leonard Heyer family assists them in waggonage to Winchester, Va. Here he seems to have taken one of the first town lots from Lord Fairfax, a half acre with a five acre common pasture, and across the alley from him lives a surveyor named George Washington.
We know that Jacob Faw was paid by Virginia to send his man in servitude in 1756 to the French and Indian War, John Larbuck, a tailor.
About a year ago, my knowledge of Jacob Pfauw grew immensely, thanks to recent improvements in internet records of land grants in Loudoun County, Va. I found some additional help from the Office of the Circuit Court Clerk and ordered copies of all the documents.
Studying colonial deeds, or indentures, is a bit amusing, for in the 1750 timeframe, following English law, the sale, or Bargain and Sale in their terms, had to be complemented by an exchange, or in many cases, a lease agreement, which was often a peppercorn, a trivial item, which would never be worth actually collecting.
The largest Loudoun County tract was described as lying on the Tuscarora Branch of Goose Creek, about a mile above the mouth, which gave me a general sense of where it might lie on the map.
This tract was said to contain the former dwelling plantation of one George Slater, with orchards and other appurtenances.
A big surprise also came once I found out about the earliest map of lots owners in Leesburg! Jacob Pfauw had at least four, an interest in a couple more briefly, all before the family moved on to Frederick, Maryland.
Once I had collected copies of the deeds, I focused in on those I could identify on the ground. The large farm, a combined 355 acres, with house and orchard, was along Tusacrora Creek, just south of Leesburg, Va. From the maps, I found a likely undeveloped parcel alongside parkland.
Moving on to aerial maps, I discerned what seemed to be a stone foundation. Inquiries of county staff were fruitless, I had to get there and look myself.
I expected to be greatly disappointed, after all, it would most likely be a barn or working building ruin. It still in time could prove not to be the location I sought.
So I visited the site, not far off Route 7 in an industrial and quarry area, back winding roads until the pavement ended. The parcel just prior had bulldozers working. A work manager in a truck drove out of the gravel road leading to my site, and he tells me, "Oh yeah, there's an old stone house back there."
"How old do you think it is?" I asked him.
"Mid Eighteenth century," he said.
Exactly what I was looking for!
I talked to him about the parcel, which they did not own, and which he did not think would be any issue if I visited.
I drove in and found the house ruin below.
[Image] Faw House
If my investigation proves correct by land records, this could be the second house of Jacob Faw, circa 1760. It likely was already built by the previous owner.
[Image] The Chimney
[Image] The Front Side
[Image] From the stone work, I feel pretty confident this house is 1730 - 1750, in fact it seems to have some early modifications, maybe a ground level door was raised for a porch, a section of different colored stone fills a squared gap.
[Image] It survived apparently because much later a brick house addition was added on the right side, and a cement block foundation section was added to the back, and aerials from 1957 appear to show it being farmed still, but by 1980 aerials it was knoecked down and I saw that a windowsill has evidence of a fire, though the interior stone does not.
And the first house?
I am still proving that too, but it seems to have been one of the orginal Fairfax grant Lots in old town Winchester, Va. If the notes I've seen online are correct, and my extrapolation of maps is right, then it was across an alley from George Washington's Winchester abode during those early years of survey work. We know that once passage was paid, the family laid over with sickness and then allied family friends from back home assisted them in waggonage of their goods to Winchester.
[Image] One attraction of Winchester was frontier land, but also the German Reformed Church whose second ruins is in the Mount Hebron Cemetery shown below.
[Image] The German Reformed Church Ruin of 1764 which replaced the 1741 Church at the same cemetery location, and whose wall was restored in 2008. This church burned in 1854.
[Image] Pioneers plaque
[Image] A monument to Lutheran Pioneers is nearby, alonside a dozen or more Revolutionary Soldier graves and the resting place of Daniel Morgan below.
[Image] Daniel Morgan grave
[Image] And Revolutionary Heroes Monument at Mt Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Va
The complete story of the sons and daughters of Jacob Pfauw have been nearly lost to time, but here is what I think I've derived from multiple bits and pieces and sources.
Our best known, Jacob Faw II, ends up as our direct line in Ashe County, NC. For generations, this family history was held in written and oral traditions. His grave is at Calloway Cemetery along the New River in the Obids section of Ashe County.
Son Issac Faw and grandson Issac Faw carry the Brethren ministrial lines of Muddy Creek in Winston-Salem, NC. Much is written online about their extensive family, and many descendants as they move on to Illinois and Washington State. Jacob Pfauw is buried there at Muddy Creek on the family lands near where the home stood.
Son Abraham Faw has been delineated in both Frederick, MD and Alexandria, VA.
Son Adam Faw disappears after 1800 from Ashe County, NC - either deceased or headed West?
Daughter Magdalena died on voyage to America. Location of England burial is unknown.
Daughter Anna Maria Pfau marries Peter Engels, Jr a gunsmith during the Revolution in Frederick, Maryland. They have eight children, all noted in the Evangelical Lutheran Church records at baptism, but she dies in childbirth. He soon remarries in a wedding attended by Abraham Faw and wife Juliana.
Daughter Elisabeth Pfau marries Jonathan Michael Stocker. Much is written online about their extensive family, and many descendants from two subsequent wives in addition to Elisabeth. This has been hidden for many years by the records noting her last name as Fahs.
Sister Dorde Pfau married John Reagor, and they die in an Indian masscare at Fort Seyberts, WV in 1758 and are noted as buried at the stone walled mass grave. The children are taken captive, two girls escape a few years later and stake claims on family lands, Barbara marries John Likens and Dorothy marries John (Samuel) Caplinger. A son seems to reappear many years later, after a dozen or more years of captivity, appears married in Kentucky and progentior of a large family, he is John Anthony Reagor.
Grandfather Johannes Pfauw is said to come to America in 1758 and perhaps dies a year later for his name disappears from the record.
I welcome anyone who may add to, or challenge these pieces of the full Faw family, right now this is the best that I can determine. Much may be unproven assumptions and much may still be yielded from these connections I've drawn.
But I sense that the living descendants who have the inspiration and emotion of following this genealogical course are dying out, the spirits that float in my thoughts are no longer spoken by those from whom I heard about them from as a child."

2. FHL book "The Historian's Guide to Loudoun County," Vol. I, "Colonial Laws of Virginia and County Court Orders, 1757-1766," by John T. Phillips, II. The book has mentions of both Michael Stocker and his future second father-in-law Jacob Pfau/Faw:
P. 103: "June 15, 1758 - Jacob Pfhaw (Jacob Faw), a former ordinary keeper in Alexandria who is identified as a "saddler," for £4, subscribes Lot #27 in "George Town," the future Leesburg Courthouse lot. LDCODB, Book A, p. 89."
P. 224: "August 14, and November 15, 1759 - Richard Roach, a man who was originally known to be a blacksmith by trade, was granted "leave to Build a Mill ... whereon he now lives on Kittocton [Creek]" with an acre apportioned from lands of the Estate of John Colvill, Gent., dec'd. The valuation jury was composed of John Trammell, Edward Hardin, Ezekiel Hickman, Andrew Adam, Richard Roberts, Daniel Davis, Joseph Claypoole, Cornelius Donohue, Hugh Fouch, Michael Stoker, Thomas Squires and Joseph McGeach. They valued an acre of Colvill's land at £1, 5 shillings, and found that "Building the said Mill by Darning [sic] the Water will be of no Damage to any other Lands only the Acre." Attorneys Hugh West and John Patterson, acting for the Earl of Tankerville (the Loudoun Deputy King's Attorney and the agent of the heir of John Colvill), objected to the licensing of the mill and noted an appeal to the General Court. Order Book A, pp. 266 and 308; see, FXCODB, Book B, p. 67."
P. 329: "In March of 1758, months before the Assembly founded Leesburg or the Council had established the site of Loudoun's County Courthouse, Jacob Pfhaw (aka Jacob Faw) subscribed town Lot #27 for £4. Some serious maneuvering must have taken place privately between Minor and Faw in the next several months, because on September 12th Faw's lot was one of two lots selected as the site of the first Courthouse-gaol complex, and Faw never exerted his ownership interest in the property. Almost immediately after Faw's original deed for Lot #27 lapsed in the spring of 1761, Nicholas Minor issued a deed for Lots #27 and #28, conveying the Courthouse lots to the other Justices of the Loudoun County Court. [LDCODB, Book A, pp. 60, 89 and 117, and Book B, pp. 149 and 326; supra, Chapter on the Courthouse]."
P. 333: "Carpenters generated a demand for nails from the smithys' forges, and horses required horseshoes and saddles. A number of blacksmiths and saddlers responded to the opportunity. Saddler Michael Stoker was one of Leesburg's first residents, but he moved to Maryland in 1760 and sold his prime location, across the street from the County Courthouse, to ordinary keeper John Herryford. … Jacob Faw set up a successful saddlers shop and stables on Lot #25, on the northwest corner at Market and Church Streets. Faw generated considerable profits, and he bought other town lots and several outlying farm tracts. In 1763 Faw sold his business on Lot #25 to John Reiger and retired to his farm."
Pp. 335-36: "John Patterson, the land agent for Charles Bennett, Earl of Tankerville, arrived in Leesburg in the fall of 1761, purchased Michael Stoker's house on town Lot #11 on Loudoun Street and opened the Earl's land office. He had a silent partnership with his brother Fleming Patterson, who had travelled with him from England, and with Fleming acting as the "front" the Pattersons purchased several lots on west Market Street for their own account. Most of the early German town subscribers, notably Peter Creger, Andrew Link and Michael Stoker, sold their holdings to the late-coming tidewater merchants in 1761, extracting modest profits. [LDCODB, Book A, pp. 274, 369 and 374, and Book B, pp. 266 and 335].
It has been suggested that colonial towns "were breeding grounds for aristocrats ... [where the gentry] by more information, better polish and greater intercourse with strangers, insensibly acquired an ascendancy over the farmer." A parallel argument has already been advanced to explain the high proportion of frontier ordinary keepers who became Justices of the Loudoun County Court. While only one of every fifteen Virginia colonists could properly be considered to be a member of the gentry, a large proportion of leading colonists lived in Virginia's towns. Holding colonial Leesburg up as an example, the premise would be true if modified to incorporate the assertion that colonial Leesburg was both a strong magnet and a "breeding ground" for the gentry. In Leesburg's first decade at least two dozen of the most prominent local merchants, doctors, attorneys and magistrates acquired perhaps half of all the town lots, and most of these men eventually made Leesburg their home. [Radicalism, p. 31; supra, Chapter on the County Court, and Chapter on Inns and Taverns]."
P. 347: "The Loudoun Record:
-"February 17, 1758 - Jacob Pfhow, aka Jacob Faw, is a "saddler"; and, Joseph Janney is a merchant. LDCODB, Book A, pp. 89 and 94."
-"March 11, 1760 - Michael Stoker, living in Leesburg, is identified on a deed as a "sadler." LDCODB, Book A, p. 374."
P. 482: "September 10, 1766 - On a deed of sale, Magdalina Phaw, aka Mary Phaw, [or Mary Pshaw or Mary Faw], is identified as the wife of Jacob Phaw, [or Jacob Pshaw or Jacob Faw]. LDCODB, Book E, p. 238."

3. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 82-83: "Elizabeth was b. 1744; d. 10 Oct 1777. She was d/o Jacob Fahs and ___. She also had a marriage to Christian Schott... md. [Stoker] 15 Feb 1769."

4. James Hook in his excellent book as quoted below, does not give a surname for Elizabeth. I am not yet sure where other researchers come up with the surname of Fah. There is record of another individual surnamed Fah when Michael marries his third wife after the death of his second wife, Elizabeth. The quote from the book: "Page 407 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore, it is shown that Michael Stoker and Mary Adams were married, by license, 21 Jun 1778. The witnesses were Abraham Fah and his wife Juliana and Adam and Peter Schnock. Frederick Co. Marriage Records show that Michael Stoker and Mary A___, the spelling not complete, on 1 Jun 1778, were given a license to be married."

5. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 88-97:
"Michael Stoker, doubtless, was the son of Michael Stoker (Stocker) who settled in Frederick Co., Md. about the middle of the 18th century. No other family of the Stoker (Stocker) name was found by this writer in any of the early Frederick Co. records. The 18th century translated records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. established about 1746, show many Michael Stoker (Stocker) entries beginning with the birth, on 1 Apr 1758, of Anna Barbara, daughter of 'Mich. Stocker' and his wife 'Ana Barb.' On p. 552 of a copy of these church records, now in possession of the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, will be found a recording of eight children of Michael Stocker, the youngest named George, born 13 Nov 1781. The first of these children was named Marie Barbara, born 1 Apr 1758. She doubtless was the same as or the twin of another daughter named Anna Barbara mentioned above as having been born on the same date. Another record shows, again, the birth of Marie Barbara, daughter of Michael Stocker born 1 Apr 1758; baptized 15 May 1758. Thus the church records contain three separate entries of the birth on 1 April 1758, of a daughter to Michael Stoker (Stocker) as follows:
a. 'On 1 Apr. 1758 to Mich. Stocker et uxori Ana Barbara a daughter Anna Barbara. Witnesses (to baptism) Marie Barbara filia coelebs Michael Roemers.' Filia Coelebs means unmarried daughter of.'
b. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stoker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.'
c. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stocker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.'
As already stated, page 552 of the church book records, on one single page, the birth of eight children to Michael Stocker the last child of whom, named George, was born 13 Nov 1781 and baptized 7 Jun 1782. The first seven of these recordings obviously were made in 1769, the 8th having been put there in 1782 as will be explained later. Preceding the names of the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th and 7th Child, the symbol ϯ was added to show, doubtless, that the child was deceased when the record was made. The record, on page 552 of the church records, is as follows:
a. 1 April 1758, to Michael Stocker a child Marie Barbara; ϯ godmother, Barbara Romerin; baptized 15 May 1758.
b. 1 Jan 1760, to Michael Stocker, a child Johana Magdale, godparents, Heinrich Hanth (and wife) Magdalena. Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - On page 454 of the church record is shown the marriage on 2 Nov 1784 'by license' of Johanna Magdalena Stockern and Johann Jost Stimmel, Michael Stocker, Peter Stimmel and John and Peter Schnog serving as witnesses.)
c. 20 May 1762, to Michael Stocker, a child Michael; godparents Michael Romer (and wife) Charlotte Amalia, (Amalis). Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - This writer believes that this was the Michael Stocker who married Catherine Eller.)
d. 26 Aug 1764, to Michael Stocker, a child, Elizabeth; ϯ godmother, Elizabeth Romerin. Date of baptism not stated.
e. 24 May 1767, to Michael Stocker, a child Balthasar; ϯ godparents, Balthsar Bock (and wife) Rosina. Date of baptism not stated.
f and g. 11 gbr 1769 (two children) to Michael Stocker, namely a child Marie Barbara; godparents, Johannes Haas (and wife) Mar. Barbara, and a child Christina; godmother, Christina Romerin, ledig, meaning unmarried. Baptized 19 gbr. 1769. (Note gbr is usually an abbreviation in German for born but in this case probably means November of possibly February.)
h. 13 Nov 1781, to Michael Stocker, a child, George; sponsor George Bens. Baptized 7 Jun 1782.
The above record of children of Michael Stocker, together with others shown below are interesting in two ways. First it will be noted that one of the sponsors in every case bore the same given name as the child. It was a custom in early German families to select as godmother or godfather of children being baptized the person for whom the child was named, usually a close relative and in some cases a respected friend. Second, as was shown by the first record quoted above and as will be shown by other records quoted below, Michael Stoker's wife as late as 24 March 1766 (Deed Record) was Barbara and as early as 12 April 1770 (Deed Record) was Elizabeth. That these two wives, Barbara and Elizabeth, were spouses of the same Michael Stocker is definitely established by the land records of Frederick County but, as the two next following church records show, Michael Stocker's full name was Joh. (John) Michael Stoker.
a. Page 564 of the translated church records at Maryland Hist. Soc. - Johannes, son of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 4 Jan 1772 and baptized 9 Feb 1772. (Note by JWH - p. 233 of the church records show that Johannes Stocker, aged 19, was confirmed on 22 Apr 1791. A translated record of the German Reformed Church of Frederick Co., Md., p. 196, found at the Gen. Soc. in SLC shows a child Marianna Stocker, was born to Johannes and Catherina Stocker 10 Aug 1809. Susan Kuntz (Frentz) was her godmother. A Catherina Stoker (sic) is mentioned as a dau. in the will of John Coons (sic) of Frederick Co., Md. dated 23 Dec. 1816 and proved 6 Mch. 1817. (Liber H.S, No. 2, p. 55, Frederick Co., Md. Wills.))
b. Page 591 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Marie Salome, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker b. 9 May 1773; bap. 27 June 1773. Her godparents were John Michel and Salome Alex (sic).
c. Page 617 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society [Baltimore] - Marie Barbara, dau. of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 23 Dec 1774; bapt. 16 Apr 1775. Her godparents were Johannes and Marie Barbara Hass.
d. Pages 638 and 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Eva Margreth, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776; bap. 10 Nov 1776. Her godparents were Jacob and Margreth Bens. This child died 12 Sept. 1777, aged 1 year.
One may wonder why these four children were not listed with other children of Michael Stoker on page 552 of the church record (supra). After mentioning seven additional, more or less pertinent, translate church records the reason for this, as this writer sees it will be explained.
a. Page 407 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore, it is shown that Michael Stoker and Mary Adams were married, by license, 21 Jun 1778. The witnesses were Abraham Fah and his wife Juliana and Adam and Peter Schnock. Frederick Co. Marriage Records show that Michael Stoker and Mary A___, the spelling not complete, on 1 Jun 1778, were given a license to be married.
b. Page 209 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore] shows that Michael Stoker born 24 May 1862 and Magdalena Stockern (sic) born 1 Jan 1760 were confirmed. These two were brother and sister, children of Michael and Barbara Stoker (Stocker), their birth dates in their confirmation checking substantially with those recorded on page 552 of the same translated church record.
c. Page 664 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Anna Margareth, daughter of Michael and Anna Marie Stocker was born 15 May 1779 and baptized 24 July 1779. Her godparents were Adam and Anna Margareth Schnock.
d. Page 686 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City ] shows that Marie Catharina, daughter of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker was born 4 Sept. 1780.
e. Page 752 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City] shows that Jacob, son of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker, was born 22 May 1785. His sponsors at baptism were his parents.
f. Page 113 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City, Utah, shows that Charlotte, daughter of Michael Stocker, was born 19 Feb 1788. Her mother's name was not given. Her godparents were Peter and Julia (Juliana) Schnock (Schnod).
g. Page 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Elizabeth, wife of Michael Stoker died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33 years.
It should be kept in mind that the only Stoker (Stocker) family found in the early church, land or court records of Frederick County, Maryland was one headed by Michael. The only suggestion of a Stoker of Stocker of another given name was the same Michael in the recordings of his children by his second wife, Elizabeth. In those recordings he was called Joh. Michael Stoker. Deed Records in Frederick Co., calling him a saddler in every case and showing his wife to have been Barbara in March 1766 and Elizabeth in April 1770 proves the two Michaels to have been the same person. The second wife, Elizabeth, died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33. On 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams as already shown.
This writer explains the one page record that is found of Michael Stoker's (Stocker) children in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick Co., Md. as follows. When his first two daughters (twins probably) were born he had them baptized or recorded as they were born. When his twins, Marie Barbara and Christina were born in 1769 he had them baptized and recorded and when this was being done he decided to record all of his other children, four of whom had not been recorded, naming their godparents from memory. This would account for all of these children appearing on one page where immediately prior entries were 1769 and immediate subsequent ones 1770.
When children of his second wife, Elizabeth, came he had them baptized and recorded. Apparently there were four of them, one named Johannes, b. 4 Jan 1772, another named Marie Salome, b. 9 May 1773, the third was Marie Barbara b. 23 Dec 1774 and the fourth Eva Margreth b. 22 Jul 1776 - d. 12 Sep 1777. Then on 10 Oct 1777 his wife, Elizabeth, aged 33, died and on 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams, his third wife.
The first child of the third marriage was Anna Margareth, b. 15 May 1779. She was baptized and recorded. The second child by this third marriage was Marie Catherina, born 4 Sep 1780 and bapt. 4 March (May) 1781. She probably died young. The fourth child was Georg b. 13 Nov 1781. This child was baptized 7 Jun 1782 and the baptism recorded not on the current page of the record book but squeezed in on the 1769/1770 page where other children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) had been recorded enmasse. Thus we have on the 1769/1770 page of the church book a record of eight children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) born between 1758 and 1782 appearing on that page with other children of his who were born after 1769 appearing on other pages. The fact that his son Georg was so recorded is pretty conclusive proof that all of the eight Stoker (Stocker) children on that one page had the same father. The symbol ϯ apparently was to indicate that the child was deceased and, doubtless, was inserted when the baptism of the son George was recorded.
Other entries in the church records show Michael Stocker (Stoker) and his wife, Anna Maria, had two other children, one named Jacob, b. 22 May 1785, and the other named Charlotte, b. 19 Feb 1788, making 17 children as follows:
By first wife Barbara:
1. Anna Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758. She died young.
2. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758, the same as or twin of [Anna Barbara]. She died young.
3. Johana Magdale Stocker, b. 1 Jan 1760.
4. Michael Stocker, Jr., b. 20 May 1762 (24 May 1762 or 24 Mar 1762).
5. Elizabeth Stocker, b. 26 Aug 1764. She died young.
6. Balthasar Stocker, b. 24 May 1767. He died young.
7. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. [Twin of Christina.] She died young.
8. Christina Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. Twin of [Marie Barbara]. She died young.
By second wife Elizabeth:
9. Johannes Stocker, b. 4 Jan 1772.
10. Marie Solome Stocker, b. 9 May 1773.
11. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 25 Dec 1774.
12. Eva Margreth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776, d. 12 Sep 1777.
By third wife Anna Marie Adams:
13. Anna Margareth Stocker, b. 15 May 1779.
14. Marie Catherina Stocker, b. 4 Sep 1780.
15. George Stocker, b. 13 Nov. 1781, bapt. 2 Jun 1782.
16. Jacob Stocker, b. 22 May 1785.
17. Charlotte Stocker, b. 19 Feb 1788.
[Note: James Hook totally missed one child, Eva Catherina, who was born between George and Jacob; see her notes for church record documentation.]
The church records also show that Michael Stocker witnessed a goodly number of baptisms and marriages. One marriage, 'by license in Virginia,' which he and George Schaeffer witnessed, on 20/21 Apr. 1788, was that of Christopher Schaeffer and Elizabeth Adams, she, perhaps, a sister of his third wife. (Page 309 [of church record].) Michael Stoker attended communion service on 18 Oct 1778, 13 May 1779, 14 May 1780, 19 May 1782, 8 Jun 1783, 30 Jun 1784, 4 Jun 1786, 27 May 1787, 7 Oct 1787, and 24 Apr 1791. On 30 Jun 1784 and 4 Jun 1786 he was accompanied by his 'filia', meaning his daughter. A Michael Stocher (sic) attended services 23 Oct 1803 and 2 Jun 1805. After the latter date he was not found again in the records.
The spelling of the name in the church records varied frequently between Stoker and Stocker but in deeds mentioned herein, it was spelled Stoker. He obviously was a German but from whence in Germany he or his parents came was not discovered. This writer once thought that he was, very likely, the son of Michael Stoker, aged 31, who came to Pennsylvania on the ship 'Brittania' with Margaret Stoker, aged 24, his wife probably, and took his oath of allegiance 21 Sep 1731 but dismissed the idea when he later learned that Michael and Margaret Stoker's son Michael died in 1771 in Macungie Twsp. of Northampton (now Lehigh Co.) Pennsylvania, his will having been probated there, 25 Jan 1771, naming a wife Margaret and children Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Susannah and George.
Michael Stoker of Frederick Co, MD is first found in the records of that county on 1 Apr 1758 when the birth dates of his daughters Ann Barbara and Marie Barbara (they may have been the same Child) were recorded in the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Frederick, MD. On 14 May 1760 he purchased from Ballis Paugh lot no. 118 in Fredericktown, Frederick Co., MD. (Deed Book F, p. 985.) In that deed he is called a sadler. Another Frederick Co. deed dated 24 Mar 1766, 'Michael Stoker, sadler,' his wife Barbara relinquishing her dower, sold this same lot in Frederick Town to John Hoffman. (Deed Book K, p. 432.) On 30 Aug 1768, 'Michael Stoker, sadler' purchased from Henry Brunner lot no. 83 and a half interest in lot No. 80 located in Frederick Town. (Deed Book L, pp. 473-475.) This deed was corrected on 24 Dec 1772 to read lot 82 rather than lot 83. (Deed Book P., p. 530.)
Sometime near the date of the last purchase his first wife Barbara apparently died because on 12 Apr 1770 'Michael Stoker, sadler,' his wife Elizabeth relinquishing her dower, sold to Henry Brunner, a five foot strip off of the lot purchased from said Brunner 30 Aug 1768. (Deed book N, p. 90.) On 7 Nov 1774 'Michael Stoker,' his wife Elizabeth relinquishing her dower, conveyed to Samuel Miller a part of lot no. 82 that he had acquired from Henry Brunner, 30 Aug 1768, when his wife doubtless was Barbara. (Deed Book L, p. 473-475 and Deed Book w, p. 235.) On 19 Nov 1778 'Michael Stoker farmer,' his wife Mary relinquishing her dower, sold another part on lot No. 82 to Philip Shade, (Deed Book RP1, p. 519.) These deeds relating to Lot No. 82 first when his wife, doubtless was Barbara, second when his wife, certainly was Elizabeth and third when his wife, certainly, was Mary (Marie) are conclusive proof that it was the same Michael Stoker who married these three wives.
The Archives of Maryland, Vol. XLVIII shows orders in Council on 30 Nov. 1781 to pay certain sums of money to Michael and James Stocker. On 14 Mar 1783 other orders were given to pay Michael Stoker 17 pounds, 17 shillings and 1 pence."

6. The book "Frederick County Maryland Land Records, Liber N Abstracts, 1770-1772," abstracted by Patricia Abelard Andersen, Damascus, Maryland, Jan 2003 from microfilm rolls CR 37,515 and 37,516 of the Maryland State Archives, copy of book in the Historical Society of Frederick Co., MD, in Frederick, MD, p. 17:
"90-91. Henry Brunner recorded 12 April 1770, made 24 March between Michael Stocker of Frederick Town, for ₤13 sells lot purchsed by the said Michael Stocker of Henry Brunner on east side of Brunner's house. Signed by Wm Blair, Thos Price. Receipt. Acknowledgement and Elizabeth Stocker released dower rights."

7. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams." See notes of Johan Michael Stocker for complete text of which the following is a small part:
"The Second Family...
The next land record for Michael Stocker also list his second wife Elizabeth. It was recorded on 12 April 1770, when they sold a five foot strip of a lot (Deed Book N, p. 90).
In putting together the family of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker, the date that James Hook uses leaves many questions as to who and if the first two children were twins and who was their mother. He list Maria Barbara born in May of 1769 and Christina in September. If Michael married Elizabeth in Feb of 1769 it would have been unlikely that Maria was born in May, but not impossible. However it is highly unlikely that a second child would be born only four months later. In Frederick Wieser's translation of the Maryland German Church Records Vol 3 he stated that the two girls were born in September and were twins. On the hand written record under the heading {Bapt. Mar. 26, 27- Festival of the Resurrection [1769]} it lists the two girls but with the dates as James Hook translated it and does not list them as twins. I have not located the original record that Wieser used for his translations...
Michael and Elizabeth's children [Footnotes 5-10. "Maryland German Church Records Vol. 3, Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation, and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland 1742-1779, as translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser pg. 34."]
[a.] Maria Barbara, twin dau of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 bap 19 Sep 1769 Sponsors: Johannes & Maria Barbara Haafs (Died in 1769).5
[b.] Christina, twin dau of Michael Stocker b 11 Sept 1769, Sponsors: Christina Romerin, single (Died in 1769).6
[c.] Johanes, son of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stocker b. 4 Jan. 1772, baptized on 9 Feb. 1772, sponsors: Joh. Michael and Salome Alex.7 A later church entry states that Johannes was confirmed at age 19, on 22 April 1791.
[d.] Maria Salome, dau of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker, b 9 May 1773, bp. 27 June 1773. Sponsors: Joh. Michael and Salome Alex.8
[e.] Maria Barbara b 23 Dec 1774, bp 16 Apr 1775. Sponsors: Johannes & Marie Barbara Haafs.9
[f.] Eva Margreth b 22 July 1776 bap 10 Nov 1776, Sponsors: Jacob and Margreth Bens d 12 Sep 1777.10
[g.] Stillborn b Oct 7 1777 this child is mentioned only in connection with Elizabeth's obituary record within the church's records. [Footnote 11. "A hand written record verifying the event dates for Johannes, Marie Salome, Marie Barbara, and Eva Margareth can be found in the Church Record [Evangelical Lutheran], 1742-1910 Evangelical Lutheran Church (Frederick, Maryland) located in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. US/CAN Film #1414857."]
...On 9 Oct 1777 Elizabeth Fah Stocker passed away only two days after giving birth to a stillborn child."

8. Partial transcription from an article entitled "Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller." from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See notes of Michael Stoker for full transcription of this article:
"Settling New Territory.
After the French and Indian War new territories were opened up to European settlers. Michael moved south locating just inside the North Carolina state line on or near the head waters of New River in Wilkes County. Country side events that were going on at the time shaped the settlement patterns and life styles. In the book German New River Settlement: Virginia by Rev. Ulysses S. A. Heavener, the author goes into detail about life for the German settlers in the New River territory. Rev. Heavener states that the Germans of this area were not used heavily in the Revolutionary War because of the language barriers. It is known from parish records of these early years that the people still spoke and wrote in their native language, although English influences can be noted. Reverend Heavener further states that the military titles found among the Germans were from their fight with the Indians. But that is not to say that the Revolutionary War was not around them. "In the movements and battles of Cornwallis and Tarrelton about Greensborough, North Carolina, in the Revolutionary War, menaced the people of the Northern part of the Colony of North Carolina as well as those of the southern part of Virginia. In fact they were seriously threatened" (Heavener 1976)...
Picture, pg. 103: "First actual survey of the State of North Carolina David Stone & Peter Brown Esq. 1808." (North Fork of New River and Naked Creek are labeled.)
Land Records
James Hook states that Michael Stoker had a farm on the North Fork of New River in Ashe County. Then on 29 December 1792 Michael (Strucker) purchased: "100 acres from John Dick of land on Naked Creek in Ashe (Wilkes) Co. which creek flows west into the South Fork of New River" (Hook). The Morgan district, in which this land was located, in 1799 became part of the new Ashe County, North Carolina and was the same district where Peter Eller, John Koons and Conrad Dick lived. All now related by Michael's marriage to Catherine. There are two other reasons why Michael may have traveled south:
Living in North Carolina at this time was Jacob Fah born 1765. He was the son of Jacob Faw (Pfau) and his second wife. Jacob Faw (Pfau) was Elizabeth Fah's father.
Michael grew up around a religious group called the Moravians. They migrated a very large colony into northwestern North Carolina. (See John Michael Stocker story for more details.)"

9. FHL book 975.287/F1 K28we "Maryland German Church Records," vol. 3, "Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation, and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 1742-1779," translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser; mentions of Stockers (the initials in [brackets] probably refer to the minister who made the record):
- Mich. Stocker and wife Anna Barb., a dau. Anna Barba., b. 1 Apr 1858, bp. 1758 Pentecost, sponsors: Maria Barbara, single daughter of Mich. Römer. [Kerry's note: bp. May 15.]
- Michael Allex and his wife Anna Salome, a little son named Michael, b. 1 May 1768, bp. 18 Sep 1768, sponsors: Michael Stocker and his wife. 18 Sep 1768 [Schw.]
- Bartholem Schuhmacher and Barbara (Ref.), a little dau. Anna Barbara, b. 5 Feb 1764, bp. 1 Apr 1764, sponsors: Michael Stocker and Anna Barbara.
- Gottlieb Geist and Margaretha, a little son Johann Michael, b. 10 Oct 1768, bp. 16 Oct 1768, sponsors: Johann Michael Stocker and wife.
- All recorded at once:
- Maria Barbara, dau. of Michael Stocker, b . 1 Apr 1758 (+), bp. 15 May. Sponsors: Mar. Barb. Römerin [now] deceased.
- Johanna Magdalina, dau. of [parents names not given] b. 1 Jan 1760, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Heinrich and Magdalena Fauth.
- Michael, son of Michael Stocker b. 20 May 1762, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Michael and Scharletta Amalia Romer.
- Elisabetha, dau. of Michael Stocker b. 26 Aug. 1764, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Elisabetha Romerin.
- Balthasar, son of Michael Stocker, b. 24 May 1767 (+), bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Balthasar and Rosina Bach.
- Maria Barbara, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haass.
- Christina, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Christina Römerin, single.
- [name not given], son of Michael Stocker, b. 13 Nov. 1781, bp. 2 Jun. 1782. Sponsor: Georg Bens. [Kerry's note: This child is George Stocker.]
- Johannes, son of Joh. Michael and Elisabeth Stocker, b. 4 Jan 1772, bp. 9 Feb 1772. Sponsors: Joh. Michael and Salome Alex.
- Maria Solome, dau. of Michael and Elisabeth Stocker, b. 9 May 1773, bp. 27 Jun 1773. Sponsors: Joh. Michael and Solome Alex.
- Eva Margreth, dau. of Michael and Elisabeth Stocker, b. 22 July 1776, bp. 10 Nov. 1776. Sponsors: Jacob and Margreth Bens.
- Anna Margreth, dau. of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker, b. 15 May 1779, bp. 24 July 1779. Sponsors: Adam and Anna Margreth Schnok.

BIRTH:
1. FHL book 975.287 K2w "Records of Marriages and Burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick County, Maryland and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the City of Frederick, Maryland 1743-1811," translated and edited by Frederick Sheely Weiser, Special Publication No. 38, The National Genealogical Society, Washington, D.C., 1972, p. 94
"Oct 10, 1777: Elisabeth Stockern, born March 15, 1744, to Jacob Fahs and his first wife. Married Christian Schott, with whom she had 2 children, of whom 1 son still lives. Feb. 15, 1769 she married Michael Stocker with whom she had 7 children of whom one son and two daughters still live. Died Oct. 9 after she gave birth to a dead child on Oct. 7, aged 33 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days."

MARRIAGE:
1. We find no record Elizabeth's maiden surname in any of her children's christenings.
James Hook in his excellent book as quoted above documents the fact that Michael had three wives; however, it is only for the third marriage that he an actual date can be provided. Subsequent more modern research since 1957 has failed to find documented dates for the first two wives: "Page 407 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore, it is shown that Michael Stoker and Mary Adams were married, by license, 21 Jun 1778. The witnesses were Abraham Fah and his wife Juliana and Adam and Peter Schnock. Frederick Co. Marriage Records show that Michael Stoker and Mary A___, the spelling not complete, on 1 Jun 1778, were given a license to be married."
For the date and place with first wife Anna Barbara Römerin, we can assume a marriage in Frederick prior to July 1757 based on the April 1, 1758 birth of their first child.
As for the same with second wife Elizabeth Pfau, we can assume a window of opportunity for the marriage in Frederick from 18 Sep 1769 (born 11 Sep 1769) when Anna Barbara's last children are christened with two of her sisters acting as sponsors and 24 Mar 1770 when Michael and Elizabeth sell land to Henry Brunner. Some secondary publications use and repeat the date of 15 Feb 1769; however, I believe it is erroneous since it predates the 11 Sep 1769 births of twins Maria Barbara and Christina. The original source for this date is perhaps the one given in Elayne Stoker's 2004 book:
"Hinke's translation of the death records of 1777 for the Evangelical Church lists the marriage of Elizabeth Fah to Michael Stocker on 15 February 1769. This death record also provides some vital information about Elizabeth's background. "1777 Oct 10. Elizabeth Stockern, born March 15, 1744, to Jacob Fahs and his first wife. Married Christian Scott, with whom she had 2 children, of whom 1 son still lives. Feb. 15, 1769 she married Michael Stocker with whom she had 7 children of whom one son and two daughters still live. Died Oct. 9 (1777) after she gave birth to a dead child on Oct 7, age 33 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days."
I am of the opinion Hinke may have added some of his own commentary to Elizabeth's death record; but I have to admit to not having seen the original record. It is curious that no other translator of the records mention it in their translations. If the original record does contain the date, then it may have originally had a clerical error for perhaps a different year, i.e. 15 Feb 1770, which would very well in my estimated timeframe.

2. Note possible previous marriage to Christian Schott per Pitt book quoted above and in James Hook's book.

3. Elizabeth confirmed as wife per the book "Frederick County Maryland Land Records, Liber N Abstracts, 1770-1772," abstracted by Patricia Abelard Andersen, Damascus, Maryland, Jan 2003 from microfilm rolls CR 37,515 and 37,516 of the Maryland State Archives, copy of book in the Historical Society of Frederick Co., MD, in Frederick, MD, p. 17: "90-91. Henry Brunner recorded 12 April 1770, made 24 March between Michael Stocker of Frederick Town, for ₤13 sells lot purchased by the said Michael Stocker of Henry Brunner on east side of Brunner's house. Signed by Wm Blair, Thos Price. Receipt. Acknowledgement and Elizabeth Stocker released dower rights."

4. FHL book 975.287 V2p "Frederick County Maryland Marriages References and Family Relationships 1748-1800," by Henry C. Peden, Jr. & Veronica Clarke Peden, (Colonial Roots, Lewes, Delaware, 2012). This volume is a "comprehensive compilation of marriage references, actual and implied, in early Frederick County, Maryland from its formation in 1748 through 1800. Marriages were gleaned from published license books, land records, probate records (wills and administration accounts), court records (judgments and indentures), military pension records, church records (marriages, births and baptism), bible records, newspapers, some family histories and other documented secondary sources." P. 272:
"Stocker, Michael (also shown as Johann Michael Stocker), of Frederick Town, m. Elizabeth (no maiden name) before 24 May 1770; son Johannes Stocker b. 4 Jan 1772 {ref: Frederick County Land Records (see abstracts of Frederick County Land Records, 1752-1772, by Patricia Abelard Andersen, 8 vols. (1995-2003), N:90; ref: Monocacy Lutheran Congregation of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick, MD (see "Maryland German Church Records," Vol. 3, translated by Frederick S. Weiser, published by Noodle-Doosey Press, 1987)}"

DEATH:
1. As quoted in the James Hook book above: "Page 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Elizabeth, wife of Michael Stoker died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33 years."

2. As quoted in the James Hook book above: "Hinke's translation of the death records of 1777 for the Evangelical Church lists the marriage of Elizabeth Fah to Michael Stocker on 15 February 1769. This death record also provides some vital information about Elizabeth's background. "1777 Oct 10. Elizabeth Stockern, born March 15, 1744, to Jacob Fahs and his first wife. Married Christian Scott, with whom she had 2 children, of whom 1 son still lives. Feb. 15, 1769 she married Michael Stocker with whom she had 7 children of whom one son and two daughters still live. Died Oct. 9 (1777) after she gave birth to a dead child on Oct 7, age 33 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days."

3. FHL book 975.287 K2w "Records of Marriages and Burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick County, Maryland and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the City of Frederick, Maryland 1743-1811," translated and edited by Frederick Sheely Weiser, Special Publication No. 38, The National Genealogical Society, Washington, D.C., 1972, p. 94
"Oct 10, 1777: Elisabeth Stockern, born March 15, 1744, to Jacob Fahs and his first wife. Married Christian Schott, with whom she had 2 children, of whom 1 son still lives. Feb. 15, 1769 she married Michael Stocker with whom she had 7 children of whom one son and two daughters still live. Died Oct. 9 after she gave birth to a dead child on Oct. 7, aged 33 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days."

BURIAL:
1. FHL book 975.287 K2w "Records of Marriages and Burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick County, Maryland and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the City of Frederick, Maryland 1743-1811," translated and edited by Frederick Sheely Weiser, Special Publication No. 38, The National Genealogical Society, Washington, D.C., 1972, p. 94
"Oct 10, 1777: Elisabeth Stockern, born March 15, 1744, to Jacob Fahs and his first wife. Married Christian Schott, with whom she had 2 children, of whom 1 son still lives. Feb. 15, 1769 she married Michael Stocker with whom she had 7 children of whom one son and two daughters still live. Died Oct. 9 after she gave birth to a dead child on Oct. 7, aged 33 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days."

2. Findagrave Website accessed 23 Feb 2015 for burials at the Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, 35 East Church Street, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 21701, (301) 663-6361. "Very few stones remain, as the cemetery was removed to nearby Mount Olivet Cemetery (area NN) in the early 1900s. The remaining stones have all been placed against the stone wall behind the church building and have been photographed." Memorials of interest:
A. Memorial #39323057:
"Elisabeth Fahs Stockern
Birth: Mar. 15, 1744
Death: Oct. 9, 1777
d/o Jacob Fahs
Md. 1 Christian Schott 2 children
15 Feb 1769 md. Michael Stocker, 7 children
7 Oct. 1777 gave birth to a stillborn child."
B. Memorial #39322782:
"Eva Margareth Stocker
Birth: Jul. 22, 1770
Death: Sep. 10, 1777
d/o Michael & Elisabeth Stocker
Consumption"

ACTION:
1. Look up records in Frederick Co., MD, for a birth of Elizabeth Fah circa 1744. 		Pfau, Elizabeth (I2453)
 
3789 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Online Ordinance Index extracted christening record for daughter Dinah Daw for Westham, Sussex County, England; batch CO42861 - includes parents as Thos. Daw and Mary.

2. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], Aug 22, 2006: Here is some research on your Dinah Daw.
Her parents were Thomas Daw and Mary Hilton married in Willingdon on 17 Oct 1768. (Mary was buried on 12 Oct 1783 at Westham.) Mary Hilton was bapt. 30 Mar 1746 in Wilmington, Ssx. Her parents were Richard Hilton and Susan Sergeant who were married on 15 Jan 1734 at Friston, Ssx. (Ssx. M. Index). Their children were Elizabeth bapt. 30 Sep 1737, Thomas 9 Mar 1739, John 29 Nov 1741, William 27 May 1744, Mary 30 Mar 1746, Ann 17 Jul 1748, Susan 26 Aug 1750, Edward 6 Feb 1757, Robert 6 Feb 1757, all at Wilmington. (From Familysearch Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File submitted by Camille Barker, 288 East 200 North, Smithfield, Utah 84335).
Richard Hilton was bapt. 1 Jan 1710. His parents were Thomas Hilton and Margaret Howell who were married on 20 Oct 1706 at West Firle (Ssx. M. Index). Their children were Ann (Mary ?) bapt. 27 Mar 1706, Thomas 23 Oct 1708, Richard 1 Jan 1710, Mary 8 Apr 1716. (From Familysearch Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File submitted by Camille Barker.)
Susannah Sergeant was bapt. 5 Oct 1716 at St. Clements, Hastings. Her parents were Henry Sergeant and Ann Gibbon who were married on 17 Jul 1707 at St. Clements Hastings. (Ssx. M. Index) Their children were ??? Susanna bapt. 5 Oct 1716, ??? Mary born 13 Jul 1726, Ann 30 Oct 1728, John 30 Oct 1728 at St. Clements. (I.G.I.)
Henry Sergeant was bapt. 23 Sep 1680 at St. Clements Hastings. His parents were Henry Sergeant and Ann Gawan who were married on 16 Dec 1677 at St. Clements Hastings. (Ssx. M. Index) Their children were Henry bapt. 23 Sep 1680, ??? Stephen 2 Mar 1687, Edward 1/17 ? Jan 1690. (I.G.I.)
A descendancy chart for Thomas Hilton and Margaret Howell on the Ancestral File on CD was submitted by: 1. Suzanne B. Bitter, 7498 South 2160 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84121 (AF96-112277); 2. Donald John Tucker, 8446 South 1330 East, Sandy, Utah, 84093. AF89-100975; 3. Donald John Tucker as above AF89-106760.
Thomas Daw was bapt. 28 Apr 1734 at Warbleton, Ssx. His parents were Thomas Daw and Elizabeth Mott who were married on 8 Apr 1729 at Warbleton, Ssx. Their children were Mary bapt. 4 Feb 1729, Lucy 4 Mar 1731, Thomas 28 Apr 1734, Samuel 21 Aug 1737, Elizabeth 10 Jun 1744. (From I.G.I.) Familysearch Pedigree Resource File -- submitted by Joseph McAlister Reed, 2059 East Brown Road #68, Mesa, Arizona, 85213.
Elizabeth Mott was bapt. 21 Mar 1700/1. Her parents were Benjamin Mott (of Herstmonceux) and Elizabeth Robonson who married on 27 May 1701 at Hooe. (Ssx. M. Index).
Note: A Thomas Daw married a Mary Bingham on 6 Apr 1758 at Warbleton. Their children were Samuel bapt. 14 Mar 1762, Mary 18 Jun 1763, Elizabeth 21 JUn 1765, all at Warbleton. (Did Mary Bingham die and Thomas remarry? Will look into this.)

3. Email from: Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au] October 05, 2006:
"I have checked on the first marriage of Thomas Daw and Mary Bingham in Warbleton. They were married on the 6 Apr 1758 and had three children. The records note that there were blank pages from 1752 to 1761, so there could be other children. Mary Daw, wife of Thomas was buried in Warbleton on 15 Jun 1767. I would say that he is your Thomas Daw who married Mary Hilton in Willingdon on 17 Oct 1768. Their daughter Sarah had a child Ann bapt. 5 Apr 1792. Thomas Daw (married Elizabeth Mott) the elder was buried 2 Nov 1764. (FHL 504418 Warbleton) Mary Daw (Hilton) was buried 12 Oct 1783 in Westham. (FHL 504419)
In your notes you say your Edward Osborne died after 1879. In the census of 1891 Sarah Ann is a widow. The only death I can find is 17 Jan 1886. It shows Edward 48 years, a shoemaker but the widow is K. J. Osborne. Do you think this is yours ? The 1871 census shows Edward and Sarah with a new born daughter. This is Alice Maria who died after a few weeks. I can't find Edward and Sarah in the 1881 census (maybe a different spelling ?) but there is a Cornelius Osborne aged 15, born in Woolwich on a training ship across the river in Essex.
I have found a death for Richard Dennis (husband of Eleanor Osborne). He died in Folkington on the 11 Jun 1859. Also I have some marriages and children for the next generation. Do you want these?"

CHRISTENING:
1. LDS Ordinance Index extracted record per FHL film 0504418, batch C042841: Thos. Daw, dau. of Thos. and Elizbth. Daw, chr. 28 Apr 1734 at Warbleton, Sussex, England.

DEATH:
1. LDS IGI.
 		Daw, Thomas (I1818)
 
3790 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Online Ordinance Index extracted christening record for daughter Dinah Daw for Westham, Sussex County, England; batch CO42861 - includes parents as Thos. Daw and Mary.

2. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], Aug 22, 2006: Here is some research on your Dinah Daw.
Her parents were Thomas Daw and Mary Hilton married in Willingdon on 17 Oct 1768. (Mary was buried on 12 Oct 1783 at Westham.) Mary Hilton was bapt. 30 Mar 1746 in Wilmington, Ssx. Her parents were Richard Hilton and Susan Sergeant who were married on 15 Jan 1734 at Friston, Ssx. (Ssx. M. Index). Their children were Elizabeth bapt. 30 Sep 1737, Thomas 9 Mar 1739, John 29 Nov 1741, William 27 May 1744, Mary 30 Mar 1746, Ann 17 Jul 1748, Susan 26 Aug 1750, Edward 6 Feb 1757, Robert 6 Feb 1757, all at Wilmington. (From Familysearch Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File submitted by Camille Barker, 288 East 200 North, Smithfield, Utah 84335).
Richard Hilton was bapt. 1 Jan 1710. His parents were Thomas Hilton and Margaret Howell who were married on 20 Oct 1706 at West Firle (Ssx. M. Index). Their children were Ann (Mary ?) bapt. 27 Mar 1706, Thomas 23 Oct 1708, Richard 1 Jan 1710, Mary 8 Apr 1716. (From Familysearch Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File submitted by Camille Barker.)
Susannah Sergeant was bapt. 5 Oct 1716 at St. Clements, Hastings. Her parents were Henry Sergeant and Ann Gibbon who were married on 17 Jul 1707 at St. Clements Hastings. (Ssx. M. Index) Their children were ??? Susanna bapt. 5 Oct 1716, ??? Mary born 13 Jul 1726, Ann 30 Oct 1728, John 30 Oct 1728 at St. Clements. (I.G.I.)
Henry Sergeant was bapt. 23 Sep 1680 at St. Clements Hastings. His parents were Henry Sergeant and Ann Gawan who were married on 16 Dec 1677 at St. Clements Hastings. (Ssx. M. Index) Their children were Henry bapt. 23 Sep 1680, ??? Stephen 2 Mar 1687, Edward 1/17 ? Jan 1690. (I.G.I.)
A descendancy chart for Thomas Hilton and Margaret Howell on the Ancestral File on CD was submitted by: 1. Suzanne B. Bitter, 7498 South 2160 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84121 (AF96-112277); 2. Donald John Tucker, 8446 South 1330 East, Sandy, Utah, 84093. AF89-100975; 3. Donald John Tucker as above AF89-106760.
Thomas Daw was bapt. 28 Apr 1734 at Warbleton, Ssx. His parents were Thomas Daw and Elizabeth Mott who were married on 8 Apr 1729 at Warbleton, Ssx. Their children were Mary bapt. 4 Feb 1729, Lucy 4 Mar 1731, Thomas 28 Apr 1734, Samuel 21 Aug 1737, Elizabeth 10 Jun 1744. (From I.G.I.) Familysearch Pedigree Resource File -- submitted by Joseph McAlister Reed, 2059 East Brown Road #68, Mesa, Arizona, 85213.
Elizabeth Mott was bapt. 21 Mar 1700/1. Her parents were Benjamin Mott (of Herstmonceux) and Elizabeth Robonson who married on 27 May 1701 at Hooe. (Ssx. M. Index).
Note: A Thomas Daw married a Mary Bingham on 6 Apr 1758 at Warbleton. Their children were Samuel bapt. 14 Mar 1762, Mary 18 Jun 1763, Elizabeth 21 JUn 1765, all at Warbleton. (Did Mary Bingham die and Thomas remarry? Will look into this.)

3. Email from: Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au] October 05, 2006:
"I have checked on the first marriage of Thomas Daw and Mary Bingham in Warbleton. They were married on the 6 Apr 1758 and had three children. The records note that there were blank pages from 1752 to 1761, so there could be other children. Mary Daw, wife of Thomas was buried in Warbleton on 15 Jun 1767. I would say that he is your Thomas Daw who married Mary Hilton in Willingdon on 17 Oct 1768. Their daughter Sarah had a child Ann bapt. 5 Apr 1792. Thomas Daw (married Elizabeth Mott) the elder was buried 2 Nov 1764. (FHL 504418 Warbleton) Mary Daw (Hilton) was buried 12 Oct 1783 in Westham. (FHL 504419)
In your notes you say your Edward Osborne died after 1879. In the census of 1891 Sarah Ann is a widow. The only death I can find is 17 Jan 1886. It shows Edward 48 years, a shoemaker but the widow is K. J. Osborne. Do you think this is yours ? The 1871 census shows Edward and Sarah with a new born daughter. This is Alice Maria who died after a few weeks. I can't find Edward and Sarah in the 1881 census (maybe a different spelling ?) but there is a Cornelius Osborne aged 15, born in Woolwich on a training ship across the river in Essex.
I have found a death for Richard Dennis (husband of Eleanor Osborne). He died in Folkington on the 11 Jun 1859. Also I have some marriages and children for the next generation. Do you want these?"
 		Hilton, Mary (I1819)
 
3791 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Only one child; lived on Armenian Perelog, 7.
 		Elizabeth (I534)
 
3792 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Ora Barlow, "The Israel Barlow Story and Mormon Mores":
pp. 310-313 quotes from a letter written 12 Sep 1853 by Israel while in Rock Island, IL at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lucinda Beebe Barlow, the widow of Israel's brother Jonathan Watson Barlow who had moved to that city in the 1840's and had died there 20 Jul 1851. Israel was traveling through on his way to his mission to England. Spelling uncorrected: "...the Evening I past Montrose I took a Letter out of the office from Br Truman it informe me of Mothers Death on the 18 of aug the Morning that I left Calvin Bushes 30 milds from Trumans place but Did not no it at the time I very mutch regreted that it So hapened if Mother has heur age Correct She is 72 years old She is the 5 out of the Circle of My Farthers Family My Eldest Brother Nathaniel My farther Jonathan Barlow, my Sister Annis Gennet george Stones wife, Jonatha W. Barlow at Rockiland my Brother & Annis gillet my Mother the wife of Jonathan Barlow My father. I have heard nothing from my Sister Margaret Bunnell Since Last Spring one of hur Sons by the Name of Joseph Lives with Truman..."

2. Reviewed LDS Ancestral File 30 Nov 2002.

3. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812.

DEATH:
1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Inf. s. Jonathan Barlow, d. 1806, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Inf. s. Jonathan, - , 1806, P.R.1. Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. The book "The Israel Barlow Story." 		Barlow, Nathaniel (I2610)
 
3793 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Ordinance Index reports parents: Thomas Sherwood and Mary Fitch (one entry shows mother as being Alice).

2. "Connecticut Ancestry," periodical published by the Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Dec. 2004, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 119-130: "Robert Lockwood of Watertown, Stamford and Fairfield: English Ancestry, New England Connections and Children's Marriages," by Robert Charles Anderson. Note that the following is a partial transcript of the full transcript in the notes of Robert Lockwood; the full article is well written by one of the very best modern genealogists and should be consulted in conjunction with the following notes:
"Daniel Lockwood, b. Watertown 25 March 1640. He m. by about 1669 Abigail Sherwood, daughter of Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield.(62)
Footnotes:
62. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:383, 548-49 (in her will of 29 January 1691/2, widow Abigail Lockwood made brother Matthew Sherwood one of her overseers)."

3. "The Great Migration," by Robert Charles Anderson:
"Robert Lockwood...
Children...
iv. Daniel Lockwood, b. Watertown 25 March 1640 [NEHGR 7:162; WaVR 1:8]; m. by about 1669 Abigail Sherwood (eldest known child b. about 1669 [FOOF 1:383]), daughter of Thomas Sherwood [FOOF 1:383, 548-49]..."

4. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 80(Oct 2005):278-82, "The English Home of Thomas1 Sherwood of Wethersfield, Stamford, and Fairfield, Connecticut," by Leslie Mahler:
"Thomas1 Sherwood, his wife, and some of their children, were one of the many family groups listed on "last of Aprill 1634" on the ship Frances, which departed from Ipswich, Suffolk, for New England. The passenger list gives the family as follows: Thomas Sherwood aged 48, wife Alice 47, children Anna 14, Rose 11, Thomas 10, and Rebecca 9.[1] Thomas left a will proved in 1655, which also names elder daughters Jane, Tamsen, Mary (or Margaret), and Sarah (see below), who probably came to New England separately. Since the family departed from Ipswich, it would seem that they had originated in either Suffolk or Essex. "Boyd's Marriage Index," which covers a very large percentage of the marriages in those two counties, shows no marriage for a Thomas and Alice Sherwood in the appropriate time period. That failing, a search was made in the Bishops' Transcripts from 1620 to 1629 for the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, which makes up the western half of Suffolk.[2] Only one entry seemed appropriate: the 1620 baptism of Rose, daughter of Thomas and Alice Sherwood, at Kettle Baston. Examination of a transcript of the Kettle Baston register has confirmed that this was the English home of Thomas1 Sherwood of Fairfield, Connecticut, as the baptisms for his daughters Mary, Thomasine, Sarah, Anna, Rose, and Rebecca are all recorded there. A search in Sherwood wills in the various probate courts in Suffolk from 1610 to 1650 has not revealed any definite references to this family.[3] Perhaps local manorial records will provide further information.[4]
THOMAS1 SHERWOOD was born about 1586 (age 48 in the passenger list of 1634)[5] and was living at Kettle Baston, Suffolk, from 1613 to 1622. He died in Fairfield, Connecticut, between 21 July 1655 (date of will) and 7 September 1655 (date of inventory).[6] He arrived with some members of his family on the ship Frances in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1634, and moved to Wethersfield, Connecticut, in the following year. He sold his lands there in 1640 and went to Stamford, Connecticut, moving again in 1648 to Fairfield, Connecticut, where he remained until his death there in 1655. Several daughters are mentioned in his will, most of whose legacies indicate that they were probably married, but he failed to state their married names.
He married first, say 1610, ALICE ___, who has not been identified. She was born about 1587 (aged 47 in the passenger list) and was still living in 1634. He married secondly, perhaps around 1637, MARY ___, who is also unidentified; she remarried by 4 June 1658 John Banks. She died between 4 January 1693/4 (date of will) and 13 March 1693/4 (date of inventory).[7]
A difficult problem in identifying Thomas1 Sherwood's children comes from his will, which was dated 21 July 1655 and proved the following 25 October. The original document does not survive, and the recorded copy is in bad condition. The will is recorded on two pages and is missing material at the top of both, where it was apparently burned.[8] Donald Lines Jacobus apparently used both the recorded copy and E. Champion Bacon's 1841 abstracts: "[l]n two or three estates in the damaged first volume, [Bacon's] abstracts made so long ago contained a little more information than is now legible."[9] Paul Prindle used a transcription, not otherwise identified, also made when the damage was less significant. Thomas Sherwood "gave unto the children of my first wife. I bequeath to my son Thomas five acres of upland lying upon the north end of Sasqua Neck. I bequeath to my daughter Jane twenty shillings. I bequeath to my daughter Tamsen twenty shillings. I bequeath to my daughter Marg. [sic] twenty shillings. I bequeath to my daughter Sarah twenty shillings. I bequeath to my daughter Hanna twenty shillings. I bequeath to my daughter Rose twenty shillings. I bequeath to my daughter Rebecca forty shillings. I will that the above named legacies-be payd within one year after my decease. I will and bequeath to my well beloved wife Mary Sherwood whom I make my executor and executrix of this my last will who shall pay the above named legacies." He then left to son Steven Sherwood "my dwelling house and homelot with all the buildings on this homelot and all the loft that layd next to my homelot ... except half an acre"; to son Matthew "all my upland and meadow lying on the other side of Uncawy Creek namely on the east side"; to daughter Mary £10; to daughter Ruth £10; to daughter Abigaill £10; to son Isaak "that dwelling house next to my dwelling house that I now live in," etc.; to "my loving and well beloved wife Mary Sherwood all the estate undivided ... Excepting a mare colt which my son Isaak shall have." Steven was to have his portion when he was 20 and Matthew also at 20. "And my son Isaak shall have four acres of meadow in the great meadow which I bought of Peter Merritt and five acres in the new field which he is to have at twenty years of age. To Mary, Abigaill and Ruth which I had by my last wife...." "Well beloved friends Thomas Staples and Nathan Gold to be overseers of this my last will."10]
On 18 January 1658[/9], John Banks, husband of the widow Mary (___) Sherwood, signed an agreement to pay Sherwood's daughters, Ruth and Abigail Sherwood, £10 each, as ordered by a court at Stratford, Connecticut, on 4 June 1658.[11]
Mary Banks's will was dated 6 January 1693/4 and probated on 13 March 1693/4. She mentioned her son Stephen, Stephen's daughter Ruth Sherwood, Hannah "Lumis" [relationship not stated], daughter Ruth, son Isaac Sherwood, and granddaughter Mary Sherwood (daughter of Matthew); son Matthew Sherwood was named executor and received the residue.[12]
Children of Thomas1 Sherwood with his 1st wife, Alice (___);[13] ii to vii bp. at Kettle Baston, Suffolk:[14]
i. JANE2 SHERWOOD, b. say 1611; probably m. by 1655 (father's will).
ii. MARY SHERWOOD, bp. 1613 [month and day not recorded]; probably m. by 1655.[15]
iii. THOMASINE SHERWOOD, bp. 10 April 1615; probably m. by 1655, perhaps WILLIAM1 BELDEN of Wethersfield, Conn.[16]
iv. SARAH SHERWOOD, bp. 26 Jan. 1616[/7]; probably m. by 1655.
v. ANNA/HANNAH SHERWOOD, bp. 13 June 1619, aged 14 in April 1634 passenger list; probably m. by 1655. Prindle suggests that she might be the "Hannah Lumis" in her stepmother's will (1693/4).[17] It is much more likely, however, that Hannah was Mary (___) Sherwood's granddaughter, a child of Mary2 (Sherwood) Loomis (no. x, below).
vi. ROSE SHERWOOD, bp. 10 Dec. 1620, aged 11 [sic] in April 1634; m. (1) THOMAS1 RUMBLE of Stratford, Conn.; m. (2) THOMAS1 BARLOW of Fairfield; m. (3) EDWARD NASH.
vii. REBECCA SHERWOOD, bp. 13 Oct. 1622, aged 9 [sic] in April 1634, living in 1655.[18]
viii. THOMAS SHERWOOD, b. ca. 1624, aged 10 in April 1634; m. (1) by 1654, SARAH2 WHEELER (Thomas1); m. (2) by 1659, ANN2 TURNEY (Benjamin1); m. (3) after 1673, ELIZABETH (___) CABLE, widow of John2 Cable (John1) of Fairfield; m. (4) SARAH2 (HIDE) COLEY, daughter of Humphrey1 Hide and widow of Peter Coley.
Children of Thomas Sherwood, all probably with his 2nd wife, Mary (___):
ix. STEPHEN SHERWOOD, b. say 1638; m. (1) REBECCA2 TURNEY (Benjamin1); m. (2) HANNAH (JACKSON) GALPIN, daughter of Henry1 Jackson and widow of Phillip Galpin; m. (3) MARY2 (ADAMS) (GUIRE) MERWIN, daughter of Edward[1] Adams and widow of Luke Guire and [___] Merwin.[19]
x. MARY SHERWOOD (again), b. say 1640; m. Windsor, Conn., 28 June 1659, as 2nd wife, JOSEPH2 LOOMIS (Joseph1)[20] Joseph and Mary (Sherwood) Loomis had a daughter Hanna[h], b. Windsor, 2 Feb. 1661[/2][21] and aged 25 when the inventory of her father's estate was taken on 12 July 1687.[22] She is probably the "Hannah Lumis" in her grandmother's will.
xi. RUTH SHERWOOD, b. say 1642; m. Windsor, Conn., 4 June 1663, JOSHUA2 HOLCOMB (Thomas').
xii. MATTHEW SHERWOOD, b. ca. 1644, d. Stratfield, Conn., 26 Oct. 1715, in 72nd year; m. (1) SARAH2 TURKEY (Benjamin1); m. (2) MARY2 FITCH (Thomas1).
xiii. ABIGAIL SHERWOOD, b. say 1648; m. DANIEL2 LOCKWOOD (Robert1).
xiv. ISAAC SHERWOOD, b. say 1650; m. before 2 Sept. 1676, ELIZABETH3 JACKSON (John2, Henry1).
Footnotes:
1. John Camden Hotten, ed., "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality ..." (London, 1874), 278-79. Note that with the same lists is a statement that the Frances departed on 10 April, despite the "last of April" dating of the passenger lists ([Samuel G. Drake], "The Founders of New England," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register [NEHGR] 14[1860]:297-337, at 332).
2. Bishops' Transcripts for the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1629 [Family History Library (FHL), Salt Lake City, film #951,985].
3. The courts searched were the Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, Archdeaconry Court of Suffolk, Consistory Court of Norwich, and Prerogative Court of Canterbury. A search in the published wills for the Archdeaconry of Sudbury from 1630 to 1638 (abstracted and edited by Nesta Evans) and the published wills for the Archdeaconry of Suffolk from 1620 to 1626 (abstracted and edited by Marion Allen) does not show anything relevant.
A search in the surrounding parishes of Bildeston, Brent Eleigh, Brettenham (which has a gap from 1617 to 1625), Chelsworth, Hitcham, Lindsey, and Milden, from 1605 to 1630, has not located any other Sherwood entries.
4. George F. T. Sherwood, "A Collection of Evidences More or Less Authentic, Illustrative of the Genealogy of Persons Bearing the Surname Sherwood, from the 14th Century to the End of the 18th," MS (London, ca. 1931 [FHL film #1,696,690, items 1-3]), contains numerous references to Sherwood families throughout England. The many items relating to Sherwoods in Suffolk (pt. 2:312-22) have nothing regarding the family living at Kettle Baston.
5. The most complete documented accounts of Thomas1 Sherwood of Fairfield are found in Paul W. Prindle, "Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie" (Mrs. William Sperry Beinecke) (n.p., 1976), 443-48 (hereafter cited as Prindle, "Gillespie Ancestry"); and, more compendiously, in Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. (Fairfield, Conn., 1932), 1:548-52 (hereafter cited as Jacobus, "Fairfield Families"). A treatment of this family is also found in Andrew Sherwood, "Daniel L. Sherwood and His Paternal Ancestors: Including Sherwood Evidences Both in England and America from the First Mention of the Name in History, about Seven Hundred and Fifty Years Ago, Down to and Including Thomas Sherwood, the American Pioneer, and Francis Sherwood, the Maryland Pioneer, and Some of Their Many Descendants" (Portland, Oreg., 1929), 29-70 (hereafter cited as Sherwood, "Daniel Sherwood"). Thomas1 Sherwood of Fairfield has often been confused with Thomas1 Sherwood of Stratford, Conn. This matter was dealt with by Donald Lines Jacobus in "Repercussions, II: Sherwood of Fairfield and Stratford, Conn.," TAG 27(1951):156-59.
6. Fairfield, Conn., Probate Records, 1:11, in Prindle, "Gillespie Ancestry," 445.
7. Fairfield Probate Records, 4:115, in Prindle, "Gillespie Ancestry," 445.
8. Fairfield Probate Records, 1:9-10 [FHL film #4287] (the original recorded copy was examined on microfilm by Clifford L. Stott, FASG).
9. Jacobus, "Fairfield Families," 1:2, 548.
10. Prindle, "Gillespie Ancestry," 445.
11. Fairfield Deeds, A:496-97, in Prindle, "Gillespie Ancestry," 445-46.
12. Fairfield, Conn. Probate Records, 4:115, in Prindle, "Gillespie Ancestry," 446.
13. All information for Thomas1 Sherwood's children not otherwise cited is from Prindle, "Gillespie Ancestry,' 446-48, and Jacobus, ‘Fairfield Families," 1:548-52.
14. Kettle Baston, Suffolk, parish register transcripts [FHL film #991,953]. No other Sherwood entries were found there from 1600 to 1640. The baptisms recorded for Rose and Rebecca are off a few years from the ages as given in the passenger list for the ship "Frances," a fairly typical occurrence.
15. Both Jacobus and Prindle, based on Thomas Sherwood's will, concluded that he had a daughter by his 1st wife named Margaret. The transcription of the will in the 1929 genealogy, however, renders as Mary the name interpreted as Marg. (Sherwood, Daniel Sherwood, 38-39). Unfortunately, the key provision about the daughter "Marg." or "Mary" was apparently lost from the recorded copy after the 1841 abstract used by Jacobus and the transcription used by Prindle were made. Normally, we would trust Jacobus and Prindle, but that is obviated by the fact that they based their conclusions on an abstract or transcription made by neither of them. It would, of course, be very easy to misread the name Mary followed by a comma as Marg followed by a period, or vice versa. Since the Kettle Baston parish registers indicate that Thomas1 Sherwood had a daughter Mary with his 1st wife, and since we have seen no evidence for a daughter Margaret other than a passage now lost from the recorded copy of his will, we suggest that Mary is the correct reading. That would mean that Thomas1 Sherwood had two living daughters with that name, which was admittedly unusual but did occur in early New England when those children were with different wives, as is the case here.
In the belief that Thomas Sherwood's will included a daughter "Marg.," Jacobus mentioned the claim that she was the "Margaret Sheerwood" who m. Charlestown, Mass., 8 Dec. 1669, Elias3 Maverick (Elias2, John1) (Roger D. Joslyn, ed., "Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850," 2 vols. in 3 [Boston, 1984-95], 1:71 [hereafter cited as Charlestown VRs]), but added that no evidence had been presented for this identity (Donald Lines Jacobus, "Repercussions: Sherwood," TAG 27[1951]:158). Geography and chronology -- Elias3 was born on 17 1st month [March] 1643/4 ("Charlestown VRs," 1:5) -- militate strongly against this identification.
16. Jacobus, "Repercussions: Sherwood," TAG 27(1951):158: "I suspect, but cannot prove, that she was wife of William Belden of Wethersfield." For William1 Belden, see Paul C. Reed and John C. B. Sharp, "The English Ancestry of Richard1 Belden of Wethersfield, Connecticut: With the Probable Ancestry of William1 Belden of Wethersfield," TAG 76(2001):122-28; this article says on p. 128 that William1 Belden "m. Thomasine ___, named in his will, dated 27 March 1655," but says nothing about her identity.
17. Prindle, "Gillespie Ancestry," 447.
18. She probably did not m. Angel2 Husted (Robert1) of Greenwich, Conn. George E. McCracken suggested this identification in "Rebecca, Wife of Angel2 Husted, of Greenwich," TAG 30(1954):127-28; Gordon L. Remington showed it to be unlikely in "Rebecca Revisited: The Unidentified Wives of Angell2 Husted and Jonathan2 Reynolds of Greenwich, Connecticut," TAG 73(1998):201-6.
19. Cf. Prindle, "Gillespie Ancestry," 447.
20. Donald Lines Jacobus, ed., "Additions and Corrections to History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 30 [published as a separately paged supplement to TAG 20 (Oct. 43)]; Elisha S. Loomis, "The Second Wife of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Conn." [Note], NEHGR 90(1936):385; "Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor Connecticut 1639-1703" (Hartford, 1930), 49 (hereafter cited as "Early Records of Windsor").
21. "Early Records of Windsor," 48.
22. Estate of Joseph Loomis Sr., of Windsor [1687] (Charles William Manwaring, comp., "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," 3 vols. [Hartford, 1904-6], 1:332).
A WARNING FROM DONALD LINES JACOBUS ON SPENCER MEAD'S HISTORY OF GREENWICH
A Note by the Editors
Spencer P. Mead published his book on Greenwich, Connecticut, under the coy title, "Ye Historie of ye Town of Greenwich," in 1911 (New York: Knickerbocker Press). For nearly a century, this massive volume has been the first source consulted by genealogists interested in Greenwich families. Since one of those families is treated in the above article by Leslie Mahler, we are publishing here Donald Lines Jacobus's judgment of Mead's abilities. The following is from a letter Jacobus wrote on 26 June 1930 to Col. Charles E. Banks, a copy of which was supplied to us by Gale Ion Harris, FASG:
"… where did you get [the] death of Daniel Finch in Wethersfield, 27 (11) 1673/4[?] He removed to Fairfield and died there several years earlier, exact date not recorded. All the Finches had left Wethersfield for good and all, years before 1674. Was this from Hist. of Greenwich or what? By the way, the latter book assigns dates [i.e., years] of births for large numbers of second and third generations in Greenwich, where few early vital records are found; which wouldn't be so bad if he had been a good guesser, but he was (he equals Spencer Mead) an exceptionally bad guesser. This by way of warning if you use this book much in the future. He didn't even have the consideration to place his guessed dates in parentheses, and the reader may assume that they are based on something tangible, such as age at death. These dates used to bother and mislead me until I discovered that they could be entirely disregarded (as well as most of the genealogical section of the book)."
In his genealogical sketch of Thomas1 Sherwood, Spencer Mead does not include a daughter with the first wife named either Mary or Margaret. [Spencer P. Mead, "Ye Historie of ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut…" (New York, 1911), 647-48."

5. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 27, no. 1 (Sept. 1984), "The Lockwoods of Norwalk, Connecticut," by Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C.G., pp. 10-11:
"Nearly a century ago, in 1889, two misguided compilers, Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood produced "Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America." Modern genealogists realize that nineteenth century family histories often contain errors, and this genealogy is among the most confused; but it continues to be used as a reliable source. In his "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus put in order the early Lockwoods of that town. In 1978 this compiler undertook a similar task for Stamford Lockwoods with "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood (c.1625-1693) of Stamford." There remain the Lockwood founders of Norwalk and Greenwich with lines to be set straight...
ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, son of Edmund and Ales (Cowper) Lockwood of England, bp. Combs, co. Suffolk, 18 Jan. 1600/01; d. Fairfield, Connecticut 1658, [Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet"; Jacobus, "Families of Old Fairfield," hereinafter F.O.O.F., 1:380].
He m. prob. at Salem or Watertown, Massachusetts ca. 1633 SUSANNAH, prob. NORMAN, dau. of Richard Norman of Salem. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris.
Children (LOCKWOOD), first six b. Watertown, Massachusetts, [VR], others prob. all b. Connecticut:
i JONATHAN2 b. 10 Sep. 1634; d. Greenwich, CT 12 May 1688; m. MARY FERRIS; she m. (2) 1696 Thomas Merritt.
ii DEBORAH b. 12 Oct. 1636; m. (1) WILLIAM WARD; m. (2) JOHN TOPPING.
iii JOSEPH b. 6 Aug. 1638; d. Fairfield, CT 1717; m. (1) ISABEL? BEACHAM; m. (2) MARY (COLEY) (SIMPSON) STREAM. [His descendants are the only Lockwoods carried on in F.O.O.F., 1:385-387, 715-716 and 2:586-591].
iv DANIEL b. 21 March 1640; d. Fairfield, CT 1691; m. ABIGAIL SHERWOOD. [See F.O.O.F. 1:383, 387 for his only son, DANIEL, who had but two surviving daughters. The name Lockwood ends there on this line].
v EPHRAIM b. 1 Dec. 1641; d. Norwalk, CT 1685; m. MERCY ST. JOHN.
vi GERSHOM b. 6 Sep. 1643; d. Greenwich, CT 1718/9; his three? wives are all being questioned.
vii JOHN d. 1677 unmarried.
viii ABIGAIL m. bef. 1681 JOHN BARLOW.
ix SARAH d. CT 1 March 1650/1.
x SARAH b. 27 Feb. 1651/2; ?m. ABRAHAM ADAMS.
xi MARY m. (1) JONATHAN HUSTED; m. (2) JOSEPH KNAPP."

6. The book "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2003), pp. 241-43:
"ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, baptized Combs, co. Suffolk, England 18 January 1600, died Fairfield CT by 11 September 1658, son of EdmundA and AliceA or RuthA (Cooper) Lockwood; married Watertown MA about 1633 (birth 1634) SUSANNA2 NORMAN, born England say 1615, died Greenwich CT 23 December 1660, daughter of Capt. RICHARD1 and (___1) NORMAN, married (2) Greenwich about 1659 (between 11 September 1658 and 23 December 1660) as his second wife Jeffrey1 Ferris, born England say 1614, died Stamford CT 1666, married (1) Watertown before 1634 Mary (___), married (3) Stamford about 1663 (birth 1664) Judith Feake (see Norman Chapter) (Torrey 470 and 263).
Robert1 came in the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 on the "Mary and John", and settled that year in Watertown, made freeman 9 March 1637, and removed to Fairfield in 1646, where he had owned land as early as 1641. On 20 May 1652, he was made freeman of the Connecticut Colony, and May 1657 the Connecticut Court confirmed him and Nehemiah Olmstead to be sergeants of the Fairfield Train Band under Capt. Nathaniel Seeley. He was executor of the estate of Edmund Lockwood, supposedly a brother, in 1635.
Children, surname LOCKWOOD...
iv. DANIEL, born Watertown MA 21 March 1640, died Fairfield CT 1691; married there about 1668 (birth 1669) Abigail2 Sherwood, born probably Boston MA say 1642, died 1692, probably daughter of Thomas1 and Alice1 (Seabrook) Sherwood. He was in Fairfield in 1667, a freeman there in 1669 (Torrey 470)...
(Pope 289; Colket 195; "St. John and Harries", Ben Cash, 1973; Savage III:104; "NY Genealogical & Biographical Record" 43:191, 58:395; "Old Fairfield", I:380, D. L. Jacobus, 1930; TAG 31:222-24)"

BIRTH:
1. TAG article, Vol. 80, October 2005, page 282, indicates Abigail Sherwood was born abt. 1648. Her father Thomas moved from Stamford to Fairfield in 1648 making either place a viable birthplace.
 		Sherwood, Abigail (I3282)
 
3794 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Ordinance Index shows a William Nelson Tidwell who married a Mary Elizabeth Reynolds in 1857 in Utah. This is not the same Mary because the 1880 census indicates Mary E. Tidwell, wife of Nelson Tidwell, was born in 1840 in Missouri.

2. Censues:
1850 US: Utah County, Utah, Roll M432_919, p. 135:
Joseph Adair, 44, M, Farmer, SC.
Rebecca, 35, F, Tenn.
Lucinda J., 9, F, Miss.
Thomas, 3, M, Iowa.
Margaret W., 1, F, Deseret.
Mary Adair, 23, F, Tenn. [This appears to Mary Reynold already married to Joseph before sealing same year in Dec.; I'm unsure of census date.]
Lorenzo Allen, 44, M, Laborer, Georgia

3. Mary Reynold Adair does not appear in 1856 Utah census.

BIRTH:
1. FHL film 0183374 "Sealings and Adoptions of the Living; Index 1846-1857," p. 693, states: Mary Reynold b. 8 May 1827 at Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee.
 		Reynold, Mary (I604)
 
3795 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Ordinance Index shows mother's name as Martha F. Hanks. (Hanks was adopted name - see notes with mother.)

2. Mentioned in his father's obituary of 29 Jul 1931: "He is survived by the following children: James Ferris, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Elton Richie Ferris, Rupert, Idaho; John L. Ferris, Beaver; Lucy, a daughter, at Sacramento, Calif.; Pitney Ferris, who enlisted in the world war from Montana, and who has not been heard from since; step-Children: Mrs. C. H. Hales, Ogden; Mrs. Grace Bishop, Los Angeles, Calif.; Ebbie Stevens, Fallon, Nev.; one sister, Mrs. Marlo S. Browning Stroud, Okla."

3. Per brother John Lincoln Ferris' obituary of 14 May 1937: "Besides his widow, Mr. Ferris is survived by a son and daughter, Duane and Martha Ferris, Beaver; a stepdaughter and two stepsons, Mrs. Julia Campeau, Inglewood, Cal.; Wallace Dean, Logan; Warren Dean, Beaver; two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Hales, Ogden; Mrs. Grace Hutchingson, Glendale, Cal.; a brother, Elton Ferris, Burley, Idaho; one half-brother, Ebbie Stevens, Fallon, Nev."

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Iron County, Utah, Probate Record Book #2, pp. 129-131: "In the Fifth Judicial Court of the State of Utah, County of Iron, Decree of Distribution of Estate. In the matter of the Estate of Jane W. Hanks, Deceased John t. Mitchell, Executor of the Estate of Jane W. Hanks, deceased, having on the 13 day of January 1897, filed in this Court his petition, setting forth, among other matters, that his accounts have been finally settled, and said estate is in a condition to be closed, and that a portion of said estate remains to be divided among the heirs of said deceased, and said matter coming on regularly to be heard, the 12th day of February 1897,
Now on this 12th day of February 1897, at 10 O'clock A.M. the said executor appearing by his counsel, Jos. T. Wilkinson, this Court proceeded to the hearing of said petition, and it appearing to the satisfaction of this Court that the residue of said estate, consisting of the property herein after particularly described, is now ready for distribution, and that said estate is now in a condition to be closed,
That the whole of said estate is real property, situated and being in the County of Iron, in what is known as Iron City, in the plat of said Iron City survey, filed for record in the office of the County Recorder of Iron County,
That the said Jane W. Hanks, died testate, in the City of Parowan, County of Iron, on the 27th day of March, 1896, leaving her surviving the following named heirs to-wit, Sarah Jane Caspar Hanks, age not known, Almira A. Hanks, McDugal, age 34 years, Jane A. Hanks, Sylvester 33 years, Ebenezer J. Hanks, age 32, Nancy l. Hanks, Gould, age 30 years, Ironna W. Hanks Davis, aged 27, Eva M. Hanks, Thompson aged 21, Neal W. Hanks, age 18, Charles C.R. Hanks, Mary Grace Shoemaker, Sarah Catherina Stoker, Amos Ebenezer Stevens, John Lincoln Ferris, and John Ferris,
That since the rendition of the said final account, No Estate, has come in to the hands of the said Executor and the sum of Two Hundred and twelve, 35/100 dollars has been expended by said Executor, as necessary expences of administration, the vouchers whereof, together with a statement of such receipts and disbursements are now presented and filed, and the payments are approved by this Court; and that the estimated expenses of closing said estate will amount to the sum of
That the said Surviving heirs as above mentioned are entitled to the residue of said estate,
Now on this, the said 12th day of February 1897, on motion of Joseph T. Wilkinson Esq. counsel for said executor, It is Hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed, That the residue of said estate of Jane W. Hanks, deceased, hereinafter particularly described and now remaining in the hands of said executor and any other property not now known or discovered which may belong to said estate, or in which the said estate may have any interest, be and the same is hereby distribut4ed as follows to-wit,
To Sarah J. Caspar Hanks Burnell the undivided one tenth of said Estate.
Almira A. Hanks McDougal, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Jane A. Hanks Sylvester, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Ebenezer J. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Nancy L. Hanks Gould, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Irona W. Hanks Davis, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Eva M. Hanks Thompson, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Neal W. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Charles C.R. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
To Mary Grace Shoemaker the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
To Sarah Catherine Stoker the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
Amos Ebenezer Stevens, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
John Lincoln Ferris, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
Jonathan Ferris, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
The following is a particular description of the said residue of said estate referred to in this decree, wand of which distribution is ordered, adjudged, and decreed, as aforesaid to-wit,
The Whole of Blocks Number 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32,
Lots number, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Eight, in Block number 2, And Lots number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, in block Six,
And Lots number 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, in Block 12,
And Lots number 1, 2, 5, 6, in block 14,
And Lots number 3, 5, and 6, in block 20,
And Lots number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, in block 26,
And Lots number1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, in block 33.
Iron City Town Survey, situated and being in the North west quarter of Section Eight, Township Thirty seven, South of Range 14, West of Salt Lake Meridian,
Done in Open Court this 12th day of February 1897, E.V. Higgins Judge, Filed March 13th A.D 1897 at 10.30 A.M."
[Kerry's note: I have on file a copy of the plat map for the above. It has the following description on the plat: Plot of Iron City in Iron County, Utah Territory completed June 29th 1880 by Edward Dalton County Surveyor. Located on the North West 1/4 of Section 8, Township 37 South of Range 14 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian. Blocks 24 rods square. Lots 6 by 12 rods. Streets 4 rods wide, except 3 streets that are 5 rods wide. Streets cross at right angles but vary from the cardinal points of the compass West 25 degrees north and north 25 degrees east scale 24 rods to the inch." The plat also shows 33 blocks with generally 8 lots to the block. The "Furnace" and "Foundry" are marked. In the 1930's all of this land was foreclosed in a tax sale for roughly $10 dollars or so owed on property taxes.]

BIRTH:
1. Online Ordinance Index uses the record of a deceased member and reports" Amos EbbyStevens, b. 5 Apr 1887 at Annabella, Sevier, Utah and d. 3 Jan 1964 with parents Reuben Stevens and Martha F. Hanks.

MARRIAGE:
1. Place from Hanks book. Date per Ancestral File.
 		Stevens, Amos Ebenezer or Ebbe (I2548)
 
3796 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Parents appear to be Thomas Washington Smith and Sarah Ann Boren.

2. Censuses:
1870 US: Kanab, Kane, Utah, p. 2 of 2, family 7 (next door to his brother John):
James Mangren, 50, $200, $900, farmer, NY.
Frances, 24, keeping house, IL.
Mary, 24, no occupation, IL.
John W. 18, UT.
Heber, 17, UT.
Frances, 13, UT.
Jane, 1, UT.
Amanda, 1, UT.

1880 US: Pah Reah, Kane, Utah, NA T9-1336, FHL 1255336, NA T9-1336, p. 457B:
Mary A. Mangrum, marr., 35, IL TN TN, keeping house.
Carrel Smith, brother, s, 28, UT TN TN, prospector.
George A. Smith, brother, s, 19, UT TN TN, prospector.
Sarah Ann Smith, cousin, s, 18, keeping house, UT NC SC.
Robert Mangrum, son, 8, UT MS IL.
Sarah F. Mangrum, dau., 5, UT MS IL.
Albert Mangrum, son, 2, UT MS IL.

1900 US: Jackson's Hole, Uinta, Wyoming, p. 225A:
Mary A. Mangum, Sep 1844, 55, widow, 5 total children with 4 living, IA TN TN, day laborer.
Carel H., son, Apr 1883, 17, S, UT MS IA, day laborer.
Francis M. Taylor, cousin, male, Oct 1889, 10, UT Unk UT.

3. Biographical info per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 516, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale [see book for photos of him and his wife Mary Ann Smith]: "James Mitchell Mangum, the third child of John Mangum and Rebecca Canida Knowles, was born Jan. 6, 1820 at Springville, St. Clair Co., Alabama. He married first Eliza Jane Clark in Aug. of 1844 [no source given and I dispute date per marriage source below]. She is the daughter of Samuel Clark and Phirley or Ferrely Adair, born Aug. 11, 1827 at Green Co., Alabama. She died in 1862 [disputed, should be 1859 per source cited under her death notes]. James married second Rebecca Francis Mangum, his niece, in Aug. of 1849 [definite typo considering she would've been only 6 years old and her first child isn't born until 15 Jan 1859]. She is the daughter of John Mangum and Mary Ann Adair, born Oct. 10, 1843 at Stawambee [typo for Itawamba Co.], Alabama. She died Apr. 13, 1938 at Duncan, Greenlea [Greenlee] Co., Arizona. James married third Mary Ann Smith in 1866 at Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the daughter of Thomas Washington Smith and Sarah Ann Boren, b. Sept. 27, 1844 at Pigeon Creek, Iowa [Several Ordinance Index and Pedigree Resource Files agree on 22 Sep 1844; they are split on whether Pigeon Creek is in Illinois or Iowa - I assume Illinois judging from a pre-1846 "exodus" birth date.] She died June 12, 1912 at Tropic, Garfield, Co., Utah. James died Feb. 4, 1888 at Nutrioso, Apache Co., Arizona. James and Eliza had six children:
a. Joseph Daniel, b. 1844, [Itawamba Co.?], Mississippi; d. 1846.
b. James Harvey, b. 29 Nov 148, SLC, UT.
c. John William, b. 14 Nov 1850, Provo, Utah, UT.
d. Heber C., b. 7 Oct 1852, Payson, Utah, UT.
e. Martha Jane, b. 5 May 1855, Payson, UT.
f. Lydia An, b. 31 Aug 1857, Washington, Utah.
James and Rebecca Francis had four children: (for a complete record see Rebecca Francis Mangum, daughter of John Mangum and Mary Ann Adair.):
a. Winnie Frances Coley, b. 15 Jan 1859, Washington, Washington, Utah.
b. James Alma, b. 17 Jun 1864, Diamond Valley, Wash., Ut; d. 6 Jan 1870, Washington, UT.
c. Nephi, b. 20 Nov 1868, Washington, UT; d. 20 Nov 1868, Washington, UT.
d. Amanda, b. 20 Jun 1877, Washington, Utah; d. 4 Feb 1878, Washington, UT."

BIRTH:
1. Ordinance index for endowment shows two varying dates both in Hancock Co., Ill.: 27 Jun 1844 and 22 Sep 1844. 1900 census confirms Sep 1844 but states Iowa. Robin Adair uses date of 20 Sep 1844.

MARRIAGE:
1. Ordinance Index has an extracted sealing record for EHOUS showing marriage of James Mitchell Mangum to Mary Ann Dowell on 9 Oct 1866 in SLC, UT with sealing same date. The sealing work is same date and place as Rebecca Francis Mangum. Mary Ann Dowell is Mary Ann Smith. Ancestral file shows a marriage to a Thomas Augustine Dowell (AFN: BCPT-ST) with no date nor place. Ordinance Index shows an extracted LDS sealing record on FHL film M183395 for Thomas Augustine Dowell and Mary Ann Smith 19 Sep 1861 EHOUS. Mangum Book says 1866 but Ancestral File says 1861 - Mangum Book is wrong in light of 1861 temple record.
Some family records show marriage of James Mangum and Mary Ann Smith on 19 or 20 Sep 1866, but I have not found documentation for this. They may have civilly married before a sealing in the Endowment House of Salt Lake City.

DEATH:
1. No entry in online Utah Burial Index as of 13 Apr 2003.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL Film 1697868 and book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Utah, and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Ph.D. Santa Rosa, CA 95409, 1993, 3rd ed. 		Smith, Mary Ann (I1395)
 
3797 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I4146)
 
3798 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Parents are Charles Whiting and Elizabeth Bradford, whose ancestry is well established and which I do not follow.

2. Society of Mayflower Descendants has a proven pedigree of Edmund Henry Wells through Elizabeth Whiting back to the Mayflower passenger William Bradford:
Elizabeth Whiting
b. Hartford, CT, bp 8 Aug 1725, MF 16:2:9; MF 19:153; MF 22:94, 371
d. prob Hebron, CT, aft 16 Oct 1780, MF 22:371
m. Wethersfield, CT, 10 Jun 1747, MF 22:371
married to Samuel Goodrich
b. Wethersfield, CT, 1 Nov 1721, MF 22:371
d. Hebron, CT, 16 Nov 1773, MF 22:371
Wealthy Ann/Wealthian Goodrich
b. Wethersfield, CT, 24 Sep 1750, MF 22:372
d. Cambridge, NY, 11 Sep 1814, Desc of Thomas Wells (Jones, MMS) 4 (no pars); J D Wells Fam Rec 15 (no pars)
m. Hebron, CT, 22 Feb 1770, Early Ct Marr 3:92 (no pars); JD Wells Fam Rec 15 (no pars); TAG 46:181 (no pars); Asa Fitch Papers 2:59 (no pars)
married to Edmund Wells Jr [Edmund Wells - Mary Howell]
b. Hebron, CT, 30 Aug 1746, Hebron/Barbour 18:274; Asa Fitch Papers 2:59 ("10 Sep 1744"); JD Wells Fam Rec 15 ("10 Sep 1746")
d. Cambridge, NY, 17 Sep 1826/8, Wells MMS 4; A Fitch 2:59; JD Wells Fam Rec 15 (80y & 7d)
Edmund Henry Wells
b. Hebron, CT, 14 Dec 1771, VR 1:44(no mo); JD Wells Fam Rec 17
d. Cambridge, NY, 2 Apr 1813, JD Wells Fam Rec 17 (pars)
married to Hepzibah Buell

3. Society of Mayflower Descendants has a proven pedigree of Elizabeth Whiting back to the Mayflower passenger William Bradford:
Elizabeth Whiting
b. Hartford, CT, bp 8 Aug 1725, MF 16:2:9; MF 19:153; MF 22:94, 371
d. prob Hebron, CT, aft 16 Oct 1780, MF 22:371
m. Wethersfield, CT, 10 Jun 1747, MF 22:371
married to Samuel Goodrich
b. Wethersfield, CT, 1 Nov 1721, MF 22:371
d. Hebron, CT, 16 Nov 1773, MF 22:371

4. FHL book 929.273 W462c "History and Genealogy of the Wells Family. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Wells of Saybrook and Hebron, Connecticut, who had come from Dudley, Worcestershire, England in 1712. Supplementing: "The History and Genealogy of the Wells Family" by Philip L. Cobb, 1897"; compiled by John. L. Cobb, 1999, pp. 9-12:
"Edmund Wells. Second son of Edmund and Mary (HOWELL) W. of Hebron, CT and Cambridge, NY, born 30 Aug. 1746, Hebron, CT; was town clerk of Cambridge, NY: 1777-1781, 1789-1805; in the Revolutionary War, he served as private and sergeant; VanWoert's regiment, Albany Co., NY militia; was a Yale College graduate 1768; m. Feb. 1770, Hebron, CT (Bailey's "Early CT Marr.") to Welthia Ann Goodrich, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (WHITING) G. of Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, b. 24 Sept. 1750 at Wethersfield, and died 11 Sept. 1814 in 65th yr., in Cambridge, Washington Co., NY; he died 17 Sept. 1826 at the Wells's homestead, Cambridge, where buried 26 Sept., age 80 yrs. and 7 days, in the cemetery on the Turnpike, south of the village of Cambridge...
Refer: Notes: Hist.: Washington Co., NY, by A. Fitch (1809-1879): 839, 1131; "Hist. and Gen.: Wells Fam.," by P.L. Cobb 1897: 3, 3a, 3b, 4; Wash. Co., NY deeds; BB: 206-7 (Apr. 8, 1830); "Hist.: Wash. Co.. NY," 1878: 68, 116, 150, 253, 255-7, 266, 271; "Cambridge. NY Cem. Inscrip., comp.," P.L. and L.B. Cobb 1913; "Hebron. CT vi. rec.," Bailey's "Early CT Marr.": I.G.I.: NY State as of Apr. 1988, CT as Mar. 1992; "Welles Fam.," by A. Wells 1876: 224-7; "Brewster Gen.," by E.C.B Jones 1908: 448 (DUNLAP); "Records: Prot. Presby. Congreg., Cambridge. NY (N.Y.G. and B. Soc., ed.: R.W. Vosburg 1916, reprint: 1994); Hall's "Bradford Gen."1951: 111, 400 (Goodrich, WHITTING)."
 		Whiting, Elizabeth (I3220)
 
3799 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Parents are Dr. Henry Smith and Ann Jackson. He died after 4 Jul 1687 at Stamford, Fairfield, CT. "In his will of 4 Jul 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp (FOOF 1:575) per the book: "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 1995, Robert Charles Anderson, ISBN 0-88082-043-8, published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116.

2. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), p191: "Hannah Smith - bc1640, d1685?, m1 c1660 Caleb Knap, m2 c1674 Thomas Lawrence." In speaking of her father: "Henry Smith, b1619, d1687, prob. m1 Hannah___, m2 1665 Ann Andrews (d1685, wd/o Francis)...according to H. Stanley Finch, was the son of Thomas Smith of St. Mary Ademanbury, England, but no sources for this are given. He was with the first group of settlers from Wethersfield in 1641 and lived on the east side of West St. He married secondly, Ann who had 3 children, Rebecca, Ruth, and Abraham. He left his home to his son John and his grandson, John Knap."

3. Hannah Smith's brother, Daniel Smith, is married to John Caleb Knapp's niece Hannah Knapp.

4. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information..." Second Generation:
"B-4. Caleb Knapp, son of A-1. Nicholas and Elinor ( ) Knapp.
B. 11-20-1636 or 1-20-1637. Watertown, Mass.
D. Before 3-4-1675, when his inventory was taken. His will dated 12-2-1674.
M. Hannah Smith at Stamford, Conn. about 1660 and lived there. She d. June, 1685, was daughter of Dr. Henry Smith, of Stamford and his 1st wife, name unknown, son of Thomas Smith of London. She m. 2nd Thomas Lawrence, b. 12-3-1648, son of Thomas Lawrence and wife Martha. Martha was b. England, 1619 d. ca. 1686, Stamford. Thomas Lawrence, Sr. d. 1648. He and wife Martha were admitted to the church at Milford, Conn. 7-4-1642. They had: 1. Martha, b. 8-9-1646. m. Elephalet Jones. 2. Thomas, b. 12-3-1648. m. Hannah, widow of Caleb Knapp. Martha Lawrence, widow of Thomas, Sr. m. 2nd John Chapman, of Stamford. She m. 3rd 12-17-1657, Francis Brown.
C-10. Caleb, b. 11-24-1661. m. 9-3- or 11-23-1694, Hannah Clements.
C-11. John, b. 7-25-1664. d. 4-5-1749. m. 1692, Hannah Ferris and Martha Weed.
C-12. Moses, b. ca. 1666. d. 1753. m. 10-30-1689, Elizabeth Crissey. [Author's later supplement includes note: "Perhaps Caleb d. 1773."]
C-13. Samuel, b. ca. 1668. d. 1739. m. ca. 1696, Hannah Bushnell.
C-14. Sarah, b. 1670, Stamford, Conn. d. at Greenwich. m. ca. 1685/91, Ebenezer Mead. He b. 1663. d. 1728, son of John Mead and his wife, Hannah or Anna Patton or Potter, of Stamford. Gen. Mead, in command at the Battle of Gettysburg, was a descendant. Sarah and Ebenezer had: -John.-Susannah, m. 9-5-1726, Moses Husted. -Abigail, m. 1724, Isaac Holmes. -Caleb, m. 1716, Mary Holmes, sister of Isaac, (Stephen-John-Francis.) -Jeremiah -Alpheus. -Sarah, m. Hobby. -Hannah, m. Hobby.
C-15. Hannah, b. ca. 1676, Stamford, Conn. m. 1st Nathaniel Cross, of Stamford, 11-6-1696. He d. 10-28-1714. She m. 2nd 3-31-1715, Samuel Palmer. She was probably a mother of Deborah Cross who m. John Knapp. (Hannah Knapp, dau. of Moses and Abigail (Westcoast) Knapp, is sometimes given identically with this Hannah. Which is correct is uncertain. As shown by their will, both had a dau. Hannah, but their future is uncertain.)
B-4. Caleb Knapp was admitted Freeman at Stamford in 1669/71. His will was made 11-10-1674 and says: "I give unto Abigail Smith, my minor sister-in-law, my wife Hannah and unto my six children, namely, Caleb-John-Moses-Samuel-Sarah-Hanna, etc., and implore my beloved friends, Joshua Knapp, John Hody, Daniel Wistell and Moses Knapp, witnesses." His inventory was taken by William Newman and Jonathan Sellick, 3-4-1774/5, amounting to 170 pounds, 16 shillings and 4 pence. (See Fairfield Probate Records, Vol. 1675-1689, p. 36.) In his father's will he is called "John Calep." He was probably a weaver by trade as his father left him his "loom and half of the geers." His wife Hannah Smith was dau. of Dr. Henry Smith of Stamford and Wethersfield who was b. in England ca. 1612/19. His 1st wife whose name is unknown was mother of all his children. He m. 2nd Ann . A Henry Smith, age 22, and Ann Jackson, age 23, came to New England, 7-27-1635, on the ship "Princess." After Caleb's death his widow m. Thomas Lawrence before 7-4-1686, of Stamford. (Fairfield Probate Records, Vol. 1675-1689, p. 239) Henry Smith, father of Hannah, made his will 7-4-1687 at Stamford. He mentions "grandson John Knap" and "dau. Hannah Lorance" etc. In Vol. 1689-1701, p. 48, Thomas Lawrence of Stamford, made his will, dated 7-26-1691, mentions "daughter-in-law, Hannah Knapp" and "son-in-law Samuel Knapp" (meaning step-dau. and step-son). The inventory of Thomas Lawrence's estate, who d. 8-16-1691, taken 9-16-1691 says: "John Knapp, having ye knowlig of this Inventory, being son-in-law to ye deceased, and having these things, most of them under his custody" (meaning step-son). Henry Smith's wife, Ann. d. June 1685."

5. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version:
"NICHOLAS KNAPP...
CHILDREN...
iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. Watertown 20 January 1636[/7] [WaVR 1:4; NEHGR 7:159]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 ["The American Genealogist" 10:174); in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575])..."

6. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 148-49:
"CALEB2 KNAPP (Nicholas1) was born at Watertown, Massachusetts on 20 January 1636/37, and died at Stamford between 11 October 1674 and 4 March 1674/75, the dates of his will and the taking of his inventory. [28]
He married HANNAH SMITH, daughter of Henry1 Smith, at Stamford say about 1660. She was born say about 1640, possibly at Stamford, the daughter of Henry Smith and an unknown first wife.[29] After Caleb's death, say about 1676, She married (2) Thomas Lawrence, born at Milford, Connecticut 3 December 1648, son of Thomas and Martha Lawrence.[30] She had probably died some time prior to 26 July 1691 when her second husband did not name her in his will.[31]
In his will, made on 11 October 1674 and probated 9 March 1675 (probably 1674/75), he mentioned his wife Hannah, and children Caleb, John, Moses, Samuel, Sarah, and Hannah. He also named Abigail Smith, a sister of his wife. Overseers were to be Joshua Knapp and John Holly, Sr. (who had also taken his father's inventory). The witnesses were Daniel Westcott and (his brother) Moses Knapp. His inventory was taken on 4 March 16[74/]75 by William Newman and Jonathan Selleck.[32]
Children of Caleb and Hannah (Smith) Knapp, all probably born at Stamford although only two recorded there:[33]
i. CALEB3 KNAPP, b. 24 Nov 1661,[34] m. 23 day 9th month (Nov) 1694 HANNAH CLEMENTS.[35]
ii. JOHN KNAPP, b. 25 Jul 1664, m. (1) HANNAH FERRIS, and m. (2) Mrs. MARTHA MEAD.
iii. MOSES KNAPP, b. abt. 1666, m. ELIZABETH CRISSEY.[36]
iv. SAMUEL KNAPP, b. abt. 1668, m. HANNAH BUSHNELL.[37]
v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 1670, m. abt. 1691 EBENEZER MEAD.[38]
vi. HANNAH KNAPP, b. abt. 1676, m. (1) 6 Nov 1696 NATHANIEL CROSS,[39] m. (2) SAMUEL PALMER.[40]"
Footnotes:
28. Fairfield Probate Records, 3: 36.
29. Robert Louer, "The Smith Families of Stamford, Connecticut," Connecticut Ancestry, 45(2002): 6.
30. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 376.
31. Louer, "Smith Families of Stamford" (note 29), 45: 6.
32. All information from Fairfield Probate Records, 3: 36, Mead abstracts used.
33. Spouses names from Knapp Genealogy (note 7), 6-7 except where noted.
34. Stamford Town Records, 1: 98, transcription copy, 116.
35. Stamford Town Records, 1: 104, transcription copy, 123.
36. Stamford Town Records, 1: 101 records the marriage but the date is not legible.
37. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 134-5.
38. Spencer P. Mead, "History and Genealogy of the Mead Family" (New York: The Knickerbocker Press), 1901), 183, 222.
39. Stamford Town Records, 1: 104, transcription copy, 123.
40. Horace Wilbur Palmer, "Palmer Families in America," Volume 1 (Neshanic, NJ: Neshanic Printing Co., 1966), 128-9, which has good additional information on both of her marriages."

7. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 45, no. 1 (Aug. 2002), "The Smith Families of Stamford, Connecticut," by Robert Louer, E-mail: vwrjl@att.net , pp. 3-6
"Part 1
Since the founding of Stamford, Connecticut, the Smith name has long been associated with its history. This history begins in 1641 when a small company of settlers set out from the new settlement at Wethersfield, in the Connecticut Colony, for the region known as Rippowam, located in the southwest corner of the New Haven Colony. Rippowam took its name from a small river that flowed through the area. In the previous year twenty-eight individuals who were tired of the division that plagued their little community purchased the right to settle at Rippowam from Nathaniel Turner, agent for the New Haven Colony.[1] Among them was a young man by the name of Henry Smith.[2] He received and settled on three acres of land located east of the river.[3] The following year the new settlement was given the name of Stamford, named after the English town in Lincolnshire. Soon it was apparent that the settlement would be a success as new families began to move into the area in ever increasing numbers.
Over the years numerous accounts have been published on the various Smith families of Stamford. These accounts have generally had three things in common, they are undocumented, they are full of errors, and they have been surprisingly incomplete. The hope of this five-part series is to try to resolve some of these problems and to give those researching these families a starting place for further research. Because the Henry Smith family has had the longest and largest presence in the area, the first four parts of this article will deal with this particular family. The fifth part will cover some of the other early Smith families. Not covered are those families that merely moved through the area, or individuals who purchased land but never resided in Stamford.
Note: All locations mentioned in this article are in Connecticut unless otherwise indicated.
Henry Smith Family
Over the years researchers have made unsubstantiated claims as to Henry's origins, and to his possible ancestry. Further complicating the situation has been the confusion of information regarding Henry Smith, of Stamford, and that of the Reverend Henry Smith, of Wethersfield. Early accounts of Henry have suggested that he was a son of Lt. Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Smith, of Wethersfield.[4] Recent research has now ruled out any possibility of this being the case. It is now known that Samuel and Elizabeth did not marry until 6 Oct 1624, five years after Henry's supposed birth date.[5] More recent accounts have suggested he is the son of Thomas Smith, of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London, England.[6] Unfortunately no evidence is given to support these claims. Presumably the basis for them is the mention in Thomas Smith's will of a son Henry:
"Thomas Smith the elder of Aldermanbury, London, Esq. 24 February 1665, proved 13 June 1666. My two younger sons, Henry and Thomas Smith. My eldest son John Smith, with my consent, did many Mary, one of the daughters of Sir Edmond Wright, knight, late Alderman of the City of London deceased. My daughter Jane was married unto William Gore Esq.; My daughter Martha was married unto Archdale Palmer Esq.; Elizabeth, Margaret and Anne Smyth, three of the daughters of my said son John Smith, not yet married. My grandchild Jane Bennett and her father, Sir Humphrey Bennett, knight. My brother in Law John Robinson Esq., and my brother William Robinson. The poor of St. Margaret Moyses parish in Friday Street, where I was born and christened. To Mr. Edmond Callamy, late minister of Aldermanbury Church, and to Dr. Walker, now minister &c. My three sons to be executors."[7]
By the year 1665 when Thomas wrote his will, Henry (of Stamford) had a number of minor children, yet Thomas makes no mention of them, as he had with his son John. In addition Henry had been residing outside of England for over twenty-five years, but no mention of this fact was made either. For the same reason it would seem doubtful that Thomas would have named Henry (of Stamford) to be executor of his estate. These facts would seem to rule out the possibility of Thomas as Henry's father, however, further research is required before such a conclusion can be definitively drawn. A great-grandson of Thomas did arrive in the colonies in the late 1600's. Thomas Palmer, a grandson of the Archdale and Martha Palmer mentioned in the will, he married Abigail Hutchinson and resided in Boston, Massachusetts.[8]
It has also been suggested that Henry (of Stamford) was the twenty-two year old Henry Smith listed among the passengers who sailed from London to Virginia on the Primrose on 27 Jul 1635. Once again, no facts are provided to support this conclusion, so one must assume it was due to his age, and the timing of the ships arrival being approximately correct. The presence on board the Primrose of eighteen year old Thomas Smith, and twenty-one year old Margaret Clark may also have contributed to this conclusion. It is claimed that they settled at Watertown, Massachusetts.[9] Since there is no record of a Henry Smith in Watertown, perhaps this led some to the conclusion that he removed to the new settlement of Wethersfield, which was being established at this time. Then, with the appearance of Henry Smith (of Stamford) at about the same time the outcome was obvious -- the two men were assumed to be identical.
So it would appear that the assumption of Henry Smith, of Stamford, as the passenger on the Primrose, is based on the claim that Thomas Smith and Margaret Clark had also settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. Thomas and Margaret's appearance places the Primrose at the right place at the right time. So did the Thomas Smith and Margaret Clark listed on the passenger manifest settle at Watertown? There is plenty of evidence to indicate that they did not.
As previously mentioned the age of the Thomas Smith who sailed from London on the Primrose in 1635 was recorded on the passenger list as eighteen years old, this would make his birth date about 1617. However, the Thomas Smith who resided at Watertown, Massachusetts, died at the age of ninety-two, on the tenth of March 1692 [1692/3], which would mean he was born around 1601.[10] With a discrepancy of seventeen years in their ages there is little possibility that the two men are the same individuals.
Regarding Margaret Clark, it is alleged that she was the wife of twenty-seven year old William Clark, who had sailed from England on 15 May 1635 on the Plain Joan.[11] In fact there were two William Clarks who resided in Watertown, Massachusetts. The first arrived around 1630, but soon after removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts. He would sail back to England around 1635.[12] The second William is first mentioned around 1639, and it is this William who was married to a woman named Margaret.[13] They removed to Woburn, Massachusetts, where he died on 1 Mar 1682, and she died on 11 Oct 1694.[14] It is now known that Margaret, the wife of William Clark, was in fact the widow of John Tomson.[15] John Tomson, of Watertown, died on 28 Dec 1638, at the age of thirty.[16] Thus, Margaret must have married William Clark around 1639, and therefore could not have been the Margaret Clark listed on the 1635 passenger manifest.
A cursory review of some of the other passengers on the Primrose could find no indication that any of them had resided in Watertown, or for that matter in Massachusetts. Therefore, there is no evidence that the Primrose disembarked its passengers at Watertown. Perhaps a more thorough investigation of the dozens of other passengers listed may yet confirm that the Primrose did in fact disembark its passengers in New England, but until that fact is established, there is no reason to assume that Henry (of Stamford) was on board the ship.
So when all is said and done, nothing is known of Henry prior to his arrival in Stamford. There is the possibility he may have been in Wethersfield as early as 1635, when he fought in the Pequot War. Perhaps he traveled there with the original party, however, to date no evidence has been found. For his service in the war the General Assembly of Connecticut granted him eighty acres of land on 11 May 1671.[17]
First Generation
Henry1 Smith, b. say 1619 in England, d. probably 5 Jul 1687 at Stamford.[18] He m1) ___,[19] b. say 1621 probably in England, d. before 21 Jan 1664 probably at Stamford. He m2) about 1664,[20] Ann (___) Andrews, widow of Francis Andrews, of Fairfield, d. 2nd week Jun 1685 at Stamford.[21] Henry's will dated 4 Jul 1687 was probated 6 Nov 1687.[22] An inventory of his estate was taken 5 Jul 1687 and was filed 6 Nov 1687.[23] Ann Andrews had ten children by her first marriage, Hannah, Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Mary, Esther, Rebecca, Jeremiah, Abraham, and Ruth.[24]
Children of Henry Smith and his Unknown first wife:
-Hannah2 Smith, b. say 1640 possibly at Stamford,[25] d. possibly before 1691 at Stamford.[26] She married say 1660 probably at Stamford, Caleb Knapp, son of Nicholas and Elinor (___) Knapp; b. 20 Jan 1637 at Watertown, MA,[27] d. before 9 Mar 1674/5 at Stamford. Caleb's will dated 11 Oct 1674 was probated 9 Mar 1674/5.[28] She m2) before 4 Jul 1687,[29] Thomas Lawrence, son of Thomas and Martha (___) Lawrence; bp. 3 Dec 1648 at Milford,[30] d. 16 Aug 1691 at Stamford.[31] Thomas' will dated 26 Jul 1691 was probated 3 Nov 1691.[32] Issue: Her first marriage Caleb, John, Moses, Samuel, Sarah, and Hannah.
-Samuel Smith, b. say 1646 probably at Stamford, d. 16 Aug 1658 at Stamford.[33]
-Daniel Smith, b. about 1648
-Rebecca Smith, b. say 1650 probably at Stamford,[34] d. probably at Milford. She m. 2 Jul 1672 at Milford,[35] Edward Wilkinson, of Milford, b. say 1648. Issue: Elizabeth, Rebecca, Edward, Ruth, Hannah, Abigail, Samuel, John, and Thankful.
-John Smith Sr., b. say 1652
-Abigail Smith, b. after 1656 probably at Stamford.[36]
-Mary Smith, b. 3 Oct 1658 at Stamford.[37]
-"Daughter" Smith, b. 9 Aug 1661 at Stamford.[38]
Footnotes:
1. Sherman W. Adams and Henry R. Stiles, "The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut...," 2 Vols., (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904), 142, hereafter Ancient Wethersfield.
2. Stamford Town Meetings 1640-1806, Book 1, Transcribed, 4-5, (Connecticut Ancestry microfilm copy used, hereafter Stamford TM).
3. Stamford TM, 7. Today this area is located south of Tresser Boulevard, near Washington Boulevard and Guernsey Street.
4. Ancient Wethersfield, 144.
5. "The American Genealogist," 32:202, hereafter TAG.
6. Edith M. Wicks and Jeanne Majdalany, "The Early Settlement of Stamford Connecticut 1641-1700" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991), 191, hereafter Early Settlement.
7. Henry F. Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England," 2 Vols. (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1901), 305-307, hereafter Genealogical Gleanings.
8. Genealogical Gleanings, 306.
9. "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register," 5:248, hereafter Register.
10. Watertown Historical Society, "Watertown Record...," 4 Vols. (Watertown, MA: Press of Fred G. Barker, 1894), 66, (Volume one is broken into three sections. Reference found in third section titled The First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriages), here after Watertown Record.
11. Register, 5:248.
12. Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins...," 3 Vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1:381-382, hereafter Great Migration.
13. Great Migration, 1:382.
14. Charles Henry Pope, "The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive List, Drawn from the Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents" (Boston: J. J. Aralcelyan, 1900), 104, hereafter Pioneers.
15. Great Migration, 1:382.
16. Pioneers, 451.
17. Hammond Trumbull, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut From 1665 to 1777... , (Hartford: 1852), 149. Although the Henry Smith mentioned in the grant was not specifically identified, the author believes he was Henry, of Stamford. The only other candidate would appear to be the Rev. Henry Smith, of Wethersfield, but he did not come to the Colonies until after the war, around 1636-1637, and he died around 1648.
18. Fairfield Probate Record, 3:239, hereafter Fairfield PR.
19. The name of his first wife is unknown. It is sometimes given in secondary sources as Hannah (see Early Settlement, 191), but no evidence has been found to confirm this fact. "Hannah" is most likely speculation based on the name of his first daughter.
20. Stamford TM, 101. Henry and Ann signed a prenuptial agreement 21 Jan 1664.
21. Stamford Vital Record, 1:108, as cited in Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Connecticut State Library, hereafter Stamford VR.
22. Fairfield PR, 3:239,
23. Fairfield PR, 3:239.
24. Fairfield PR, 1:79.
25. Based on birth dates of her husband and children.
26. She is not mentioned in her husband's estate.
27. Watertown Record, 4. Date recorded as 20d 11m 1636.
28. Fairfield PR, 3:36.
29. Fairfield PR, 3:239. She was called Hannah Lawrence in her father's will.
30. Milford First Congregational Church Record, as cited in Barbour Church Records.
31. Fairfield PR, 4:48.
32. Fairfield PR, 4:48.
33. Stamford VR, 1:20.
34. Stamford Land Record A:79, hereafter Stamford LR.
35. Milford Vital Record, 1:13, as cited in Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Conn. State Library.
36. Fairfield PR, 3:36. Mentioned in Caleb Knapp's will of 1674 as "my minor sister-in-law." She may be the unnamed daughter recorded born on 9 Aug 1661.
37. Stamford VR, 1:74. (Donald L. Jacobus, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 Vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991), 1:575, hereafter Old Fairfield. William A.D. Eardeley, Manuscript, Notes on Connecticut and Long Island Families (Long Island Historical Society), Microfilm copy, hereafter Eardeley MSS. Jacobus claims she died 3 Dec 1658. Eardeley erroneously suggests she married Joseph Brown. The first name of Joseph's wife is known to have been Mary. Presumably the basis for Eardeley's claim is that Thomas Lawrence in his will called him his brother-in-law. Because Thomas also states in his will that his sister Mary had married a Slawson, Eardeley apparently assumed the relationship mentioned must have been through Thomas' marriage to Hannah Smith. However, the reason Thomas called him his brother-in-law was that Joseph was his stepbrother. Thomas' mother Martha had married Francis Brown, father of Joseph Brown.)
38. Stamford VR, 1:98."

8. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, pp. 173-75:
"KNAP, KNAPP, Nicholas - bc 1600, d1670, m1 c1630 Elinor (prob Lockwood) (d1658, sis/o Robert and Edmund), m2 1659 Unica Brown (d by 1670, wd/o Clement Buxton. wd/o Peter).
Nicolas Knap, his wife Elinor, and seven children came to America on the "Arbella" in 1630. They came from Burys St. Mary in Suffolk, probably. In 1631 Nicolas was fined in Watertown, MA for selling water for scurvy at too high a price. He was in Stamford by 1649, having been previously in Rye, NY, and Greenwich. After the death of his wife, he married Unica Brown, the recent widow of Clement Buxton, and moved into the Buxton home on the east side of West Street.
His grandson Moses was a blacksmith in the 1680s.
Descendants of KNAP, Nicolas:
A. Jonathan - b&d1631.
B. Timothy - b1632, d by 1685, mc1665 Bethia Brundage (d/o John). Rye, NY.
C. Joshua - b1634, d1684, m1657 Hannah Close (bc1632, d1696, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich.
D. Caleb - b1637, dc1674, mc1660 Hannah Smith (d1685?, d/o Henry, she m2 167- Thomas Lawrence.
1. Caleb - b1661, d bef 1717, m1694 Hannah Clements (d/o William), of Norwalk and Goshen, CT.
a. Caleb - b1695, d1761.
b. William - b1697, d1770.
c. Sarah - b1700.
d. Abigail - b1702.
e. Joshua - b1704.
f. Joseph - b1706.
g. Hannah - b1710.
h. Jonathan - b1713.
i. Benjamin - b1717.
j. Reuben - b1717.
2. Capt John - b1664, d1749, m1 1692 Hannah Ferris (b1666, d1724, d/o Peter), m2 1727 Mrs Martha Weed.
a. Lt Samuel - b1695, d1751, m1 1720 Martha Slason (b1699, d1747, d/o John Jr), m2 1749 Mrs Marcy Bouton.
b. Lt John - b1697, d1763, m1 1723 Deborah Cross (b1702, d/o Nathaniel), m2 1736 Abigail Hoyt (d/o Samuel).
c. Hannah - b1699, d1724, m1 1716 Isaac Quintard, m2 Jessup.
d. Peter - b1701.
e. Charles - b1703, d1773.
f. Deborah - b1705.
g. Moses - b1709, d1787.
3. Moses - b1666, d1753, m1688 Elizabeth Crissy (d/o William). Reading, CT.
a. Elizabeth - b1690.
4. Samuel - b1668, d1739, mc1696 Hannah Bushnell. Greenwich and Danbury, CT.
5. Sarah - b1670, m1691 Ebenezer Mead.
6. Hannah - b1672.
E. Sarah - b1639, d1681, m1 John Disbrow, m2 1657 Peter Disbrow.
F. Ruth - b1641, m1 1657 Joseph Ferris, m2 1708 John Clapp.
G. Hannah - b1643, d1674, m1673 Zarubbabel Hoyt.
H. Moses - b1646, d aft 1713, m1669 Abigail Westcott (bc 1642, d aft 1713, d/o Richard).
1. Lydia - bc1670, d1710, m1685 Thomas Penoyer.
2. Abigail - b1672, d1706, m1692 John Crissy.
3. Sarah - b1674, d1717, m Samuel Husted.
4. Hannah - bc1676, m1 1696 Nathaniel Cross, m2 1715 Samuel Palmer.
I. Lydia - b1648, d1716, in Richard Mills.
J. Josiah? -.
References: Alfred Averill Knapp, The Nicolas Knapp Genealogy."

BIRTH:
1. Not found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011). Stamford was started in 1641 and there were not many vital records kept in it first years.

MARRIAGE:
1. Not found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011).

DEATH:
1. Not found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011).
 		Smith, Hannah (I386)
 
3800 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Parents are Franklin and Jane Carson per Ancestral File v4.19 and LDS archival group sheets.

2. Children per unverified information 1 Mar 2003 Rootsweb World Connect website databases "edmunds" and "rl1946":
John Carson, b. 22 Mar 1830 in AL.
Valentine Carson, b. 8 Nov 1831 in Pickens, AL.
Elizabeth Carson, b. 10 Aug 1833 in Carreltown, Pickens, AL, d. 23 Jun 1901 in Parowan, Iron, UT. Husbands may be Niels Otto Mortensen, m. bef. 1852, David Lewis, m. 4 Aug 1852, and Tarlton Lewis, m. 1856.
William Carson, b. 4 Oct 1835 in Pickens, AL, d. 15 Sep 1847 in Iowa.

3. According to LDS archival family group sheet as part of FHL film 2056025 pt. 5, Daniel Addison Mangum collection, Samuel and Eliza Jane had the following children:
John, b. 1830
Valentine, b. 1831, m. Mary Ann Adair, m.2 Hannah Waggle.
Elizabeth, b. 1833, m. Tarleton Lewis, m.2 Neils Otto Mortensen, m.3 David Lewis. [Note: order given here is in error - see citation from "Pioneer Women" below.
William Carson, b. 1835.

4. Censuses:
1830 US: Pickens Co., Alabama, pages 111-112. The first three related families are all on the same page, the next four related families are on the next page, and James Adair (with son Joseph) is on p. 129:
Thos. Peeks, males 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
John Mangum, males 5-10:1; 10-15:2; 15-20:1; 60-70:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
Cyrus Mangum, males 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 15-20:1.
Saml. Carson, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1; 80-90:1.
Saml. Adair, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1.
Thos. Adair, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1.
Daniel Clark (next door), males 0-5:1; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 20-30:1.
James Adair, males 0-5:2; 15-20:1; 20-30:2 (Joseph b. 1806); 60-70:1; females 15-20:1; 20-30:2; 60-7-:1; no slaves.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Reference to Samuel and Eliza Jane in Elizabeth Carson's biography per the book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude," Daughters of Utah Pioneers, p. 2060, no photo in article: "Elizabeth Carson Lewis Lewis Mortensen, born 10 Aug 1833 in Carrelltown, Pickens, Alabama; died 23 Jun 1901 at Parowan, Iron, Utah; parents Samuel Carson and Eliza Jane Adair Carson Pearson Price; pioneer of 1851; spouses (1) David Lewis married 4 Aug 1852 at Salt Lake Endowment House (he died 2 Sep 1855 at Parowan, Iron, UT), (2) Tarleton Lewis married 1856 in Parowan (he died 22 Nov 1890 at Teasdale, Wayne, Utah), and (3) Niels Otto Mortensen married 1862 in Parowan (he died 7 Apr 1912); had two children with first husband, none with second husband, and five with last husband [see book for names and birthdates]... Elizabeth was converted to the LDS Church as a young woman in Mississippi. She left Mississippi in November of 1845 with her mother; step-father, John Price; her brother, Valentine Carson; and two half sisters. They arrived in Nauvoo on March 6, 1846 and moved on to Winter Quarters where they put in crops and worked at various jobs to get some means to travel to the Salt Lake Valley. They were finally able to start for the valley in the spring of 1851 and arrived in late summer of that same year. Elizabeth married David Lewis in the Salt Lake Endowment House on August 4, 1852 and they had two children before she was left a widow at the age of 22 with two small daughters. They had also purchased two Indian boys to save them from slavery. Elizabeth learned to understand and speak the Indian language and raised these boys to adulthood. She married her brother-in-law with the idea that he would take care of her. He was called to establish and supervise other settlements and left her in Parowan. They had two sons together, but she needed to go to work to support her family which now consisted of six children. One of her employers was Neils O. Mortensen. She was providing care for his invalid wife. After his wife died in early 1862, the church sanctioned her marriage to Neils. They made their home on a farm west of Parowan. She was known as a welcoming hostess to the young people of the area, often having musical evenings and dancing parties in her home. She was an excellent cook."

2. From Sherril Clegg, 11 Aug 2003, who indicates she received it from a lady at the Kanab, Utah museum related to Valentine Carson:
"Sketch written by Valentine Carson: Valentine Carson was born in Pickens Co., State of Alabama, Nov. 8, 1831.
My father Samuel Carson died when I was six years old leaving my mother with a family of three children, my self being the oldest, another son William and a girl Elizabeth. My mother lived a widow about two years and married a man by the name of Pearson. She had one daughter by him, Jane, and he was killed by being thrown from a mule. And my mother was once again left a widow. She remained single for six years and married again to John Price who is still living in Washington Co., Utah. My mother had six children by Price: Rebecca Ann, George Thomas, John Wesley, Hyrum, Jacob Smith, and Elizabeth Price. Making eleven children in all.
After her marriage to Price he moved to Mississippi there we lived one or two years and moved two miles west of the Tombigbe river and made a new farm remaining till the fall of 1843. While there the Elders two in number, came from Nauvoo preaching the gospel. My mother and stepfather Price together with most of our kindred embraced the gospel with full purpose of heart.
That same fall the people of the neighborhood became excited and raised in mobs and compelled us to leave our homes and we crossed back to the east side of the river where there was a small branch of the church. Here we remained until the fall of 1845. I was baptized at this branch of the church by Daniel Thomas preforming the ordinance. I was about 14 years of age at this time.
My parents commenced to move from that country about the first of November 1845. The family consisted of my mother, my stepfather, myself, my sister Elizabeth, my brother William, my two half sister[s] Margaret Pearson and Rebecca Ann Price. We traveled and at times stopped to work on the road. We arrived at Nauvoo the sixth day of March 1846. The saints were then on the move. The first Presidency and others had crossed the river and moving on. With his family, my stepfather would sometime move one family on a day travel and then go back and move the other families and so we journeyed on.
It being the time of year to put in crops my stepfather consented to stop and put in a crop which he did. It was about 25 miles west of the river where we stopped. On the old mason route. I worked with my stepfather and helped him all that I could and we raised a crop and made some means which enabled us to move on. We started for the valley in the spring of 1851 and landed in Salt Lake City early in 1851. After helping my stepfather fix out for the valley I hired my self out and drove an ox team across the plaines. My wages was three dollars a month and board. I was freighting goods as well as moving Livingstons family.
After arriving in Salt Lake Valley my Parents moved to Provo which at that time was only a small settlement. After living in Provo for two years my stepfather desired to go back to Salt Lake and go in the lumber business which he did in the Mill Creek canyon. I remained in Provo, rented a farm and raised a crop and at times went to Salt Lake and worked at the saw mill chopping logs for the saw mill. After I chopped timber for President Young in Mill Creek Canyon this was about the time of the building of the Lyon [Lion] House in Salt Lake City.
I married in the summer of 1856 to Mary Ann Adair. The next spring we were called with the rest of the other people to move to the southern part of Utah on the Virgin River and help develop the resources of that country. We settled in Washington, Utah in 1863. I went back to the Missouri river and drove an Ox team to gather up the saints. I drove four yoak oxen there and back twenty seven hundred miles in a little over seven months, and did not loose [lose] an ox out of the team. And all came back looking better than when they started. I resided in Washington seventeen years working hard building dams and ditches and exposing myself in many ways. I became afflicted with rheumatism and fever and chills. I came out to Kanarra and farmed three years, I had a sever sick spell and lost the use of my right arm. In the spring of 1879 through persuasion of my brother in law I moved to Parowan and undertook to herd the Parowan sheep. But finding the exposure I was subjected to was too much for my health, I quit that and settled in Parowan and have remained. I am living on a homestead of 160 acres of land and finding my health still failing I was prompted to write this sketch of my life and that of my parents. My mother and stepfather are still living in Washington, Utah. I have done work for my father and quite a number of my kindred in the St. George Temple, and if the Lord still spair my life I would do much more work for the dead. My disease is of such a nature that I am liable to pass away at any moment or hour. I wish to have this account published for the benefit of my many friends. I am the father of 14 children which are still living in Iron co. I have 14 Grandchildren. I am in my sixty first year now. I wish to bear my testimony to the truth of the gospel revealed to the inhabitants of the earth. I they will be true and faithful and all that will obey him with true and honesty of heart and live up to the principles of the gospel shall gain their reward. I will now close hoping this sketch will be published in the Deseret News, I remain yours truly Valentine Carson."

BIRTH:
1. LDS temple work done in the 1870's in St. George, Utah, in his behalf by his family indicates birthplace as So. Carolina with no county mentioned. Also son Samuel's 1880 census entry states father was born in South Carolina.

DEATH:
1. As surmised from birth of children. Biography for his wife Eliza indicates he died on the first birthday of his son William.

2. Undocumented 1 Mar 2003 Rootsweb World Connect website database ":2444362": death date 4 Oct 1836.

BURIAL:
1. Not found in the FHL book 976.185 V3p "Pickens County, Alabama Cemetery Records 1983," by the Pickens County Genealogical Society, 1984.
 		Carson, Samuel (I1334)
 

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