James
Frederick Vantrease was born in 1776 in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Johann
Frederick VanTrease, Sr. & Keziah.
Elizabeth was born about 1775
in Maryland. She was the daughter of Unknown Parents
THE FAMILY OF JAMES FREDERICK VANTREASE & ELIZABETH
 | James Frederick Van Trease & Elizabeth | James
Frederick Vantrease & Elizabeth (maiden name?) were married between 1799-1801,
possibly in Bedford Co., PA but probably in Mason Co., KY. Both James Frederick
& Johann Frederick went by the name Frederick, and both lived in Fleming Co.,
KY, so to try to avoid confusion in this writing I will refer to Johann Frederick
as Frederick Sr and to James Frederick as Frederick Jr. There is a Frederick Ventrece
on the 1800 tax lists for Mason Co., KY that is probably Frederick Sr. Frederick
Jr & Elizabeth settled in Fleming Co., KY by 1810, probably as early as 1803
when Frederick Sr bought land there. Frederick Sr & Frederick Jr are both
listed on the 1810 census of Flemingsberg, Fleming Co., KY under the name Frederick
Vantrees(e). On Sept. 10, 1812, Frederick Sr conveyed 40 acres of land in Fleming
Co., KY to Frederick Jr. Frederick Sr died in 1817, and the land he owned in Fleming
Co., KY was inherited in equal parts by the 5 children named in his will, including
Frederick Jr. Frederick (Jr) Vantrees is listed as a head of household on the
1820 census of Fleming Co., KY. On Sept 9, 1929, three of the other children of
Frederick Sr (Elizabeth, Emmanuel & Rachel) sold the land they had inherited
from their father to their brother Frederick Jr. There is a Frederick Vantrese
listed on the 1830 census of Western Division, Fleming Co., KY who is probably
Frederick Jr - ages are correct for his children, but not for Frederick Jr or
Elizabeth. They are listed on the same page as Barnet Lamar, Lawrence Dye &
Eli Hinton, all of whom were married to daughters of Frederick Jr. In Sept 1834
the land deed of 1929 to Frederick from his siblings was reaffirmed in court.
James Frederick Van Trease died in 1836 in Fleming Co., KY. Elizabeth Van
Trease emigrated from Kentucky to Illinois, probably in 1841 with several of her
married children. She is listed at age 75 on the census of District No. 21, Vermilion
Co., IL living next door to her married granddaughter Elizabeth (Mrs. David) Sconce.
She has 2 young Vantrease children living with her in 1850, probably children
of her son Squire "Silas" VanTrease. Elizabeth (maiden name?) Van
Trease died on August 5, 1851, probably in Vermilion Co., Illinois. Notes for James Frederick Van Trease |
The Children of James Frederick Van Trease & Elizabeth
| Keziah VanTrease | Keziah VanTrease was born on August
18, 1801 in Fleming Co., KY. Her father is on 1800 tax lists in Mason Co.,
KY and he bought land in Fleming Co., KY in 1803. There is a female the right
age group to be Keziah, age 8, in the household of Fredrick Vantreese on the 1810
census of Flemingsberg, Fleming Co., KY. There is a female the right age group
to be Keziah, age 18, in the household of Fredr. Vantreese on the 1820 census
of Flemingsberg, Fleming Co., KY. Kesiah married Elijah Lamar about 1822,
probably in Fleming Co., KY although I have not found a marriage record for them
there at this time. I also have not been able to find the family on the 1830 or
1840 census indexes, which is puzzling. Elijah & Keziah had 10 children, all
born between 1823 to 1846 in KY according to all later census records I have found.
Elijah & Keziah (age 47) are listed with their family on the 1850 census of
District 1, Fleming Co., KY. They are listed on the 1860 census of District 2
(Post Office Flemingsburg), Fleming Co., KY (Keziah, age 58). They are listed
on the 1870 census of Mt. Carmell, Fleming Co., KY (Keziah, age 67). Some online
trees list Elijah as dying in 1870, but I find both Elijah & Keziah on the
1880 census of Mt. Carmel, Fleming Co., KY, living next door to their married
son Frederick Lamar. at that time Elijah is listed as being age 79 and Keziah
is listed as being age 75. Keziah Van Trease Lamar died on April 30, 1893 in
Vermilion Co., IL. She is buried in the Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion
Co., IL. Notes for Keziah VanTrease Lamar |
| Margaret VanTrease | Margaret VanTrease was born on February 19, 1807
in Fleming Co., KY. There is a female the right age group to be Margaret,
age 3, in the household of Fredrick Vantreese on the 1810 census of Flemingsberg,
Fleming Co., KY. There is a female the right age group to be Margaret, age 13,
in the household of Fredr. Vantreese on the 1820 census of Flemingsberg, Fleming
Co., KY. Margaret married Barnett Lamar, probably about 1825 in Fleming
Co., KY although I do not have documentation for that at this time (An IGI on
www.familysearch.org states that the marriage was in 1830, but as their first
know child was born about 1826 I don't think that is correct.) Barnett & Margaret
had 10, and possibly 11, children. They are listed on the 1830 census of Western
Division, Fleming Co., KY, living next door to the household of Lawrence Dye.
At that time they had 2 daughters under age 10 in the household. They are listed
on the 1840 census of Divison 1, Fleming Co., KY, living next door to the household
of Mary Ann Dye. At that time they had 8 children and owned 2 slaves. Based on
birthplaces of their children, they moved from Kentucky to Illinois in 1841, probably
at the same time as Lawrence & Mary Ann (VanTrease) Dye. They are listed on
the 1850 census of Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL. Barnett died on November 1,
1856 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL, and Margaret is listed as head of household
on the 1860 census of Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL. I have not found her on the
1870 census, but she is listed as widowed, age 73, on the 1880 census of Georgetown,
Vermilion Co., IL. Margaret Van Trease Barnett died on July 25, 1888 in Georgetown,
Vermilion Co., IL. Barnett & Margaret are both buried in the Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL Notes for Margaret VanTrease Lamar |
 | Mary Ann VanTrease | Mary Ann VanTrease was born on November
21, 1809 in Fleming Co., KY. There is a female the right age group to be Mary
Ann, age 1, in the household of Fredrick Vantreese on the 1810 census of Flemingsberg,
Fleming Co., KY. There is a female the right age group to be Mary Ann, age 11,
in the household of Fredr. Vantreese on the 1820 census of Flemingsberg, Fleming
Co., KY. There is a Fleming Co., KY marriage bond for Mary Ann and Lawrence
Dye dated Jan. 20, 1825, and their first child was born April 4, 1825. Lawrence
& Mary Ann had at least 9 children. The family is listed on the 1830 census
of Fleming Co., KY. Lawrence fell into debt about 1837 and went to South Carolina
& Georgia between 1837-1841 to earn some money. On the 1840 census, Mary Ann
is listed as the head of household with the children. While Lawrence was gone
the court awarded his property to his debtors, and when he returned the family
emigrated in 1841 to Vermilion Co., IL. The family is listed on the 1850, 1855
& 1860 censuses of Vermilion Co., IL. IN 1850 they are listed in District
21, and in 1860 they are listed in Elwood Twp. In July of 1862, Lawrence enlisted
on the Union side in the Civil War, and he is described on military papers as
being 56 years old, 5"7" tall, with black hair and black eyes. His occupation
was Farmer. The tours of duty were hard on Lawrence, and he became ill and was
discharged on January 28, 1863 at Nashville, TN. According to pension papers,
Lawrence contracted "camp diarrhea" in the service, and spent the later
years of his life in poverty and never fully recovered. Mary Ann VanTrease
Dye died on January 29, 1865 in Vermilion Co., IL. She is buried in Mt. Pisgah
cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL. Lawrence is listed on the 1870 census
of Elwood Twp., age 63 and living alone. He remarried in 1871 to Delilah Mills
Creitzer. Lawrence died on September 7, 1879, and was buried September 8, 1879
at Mt. Pisgah cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL. Son-in-law David Sconce
was appointed guardian of his minor children from his second marriage after his
death. The Family of Lawrence Dye & Mary Ann Van Trease Notes for Mary Ann Van Trease Records for Lawrence Dye |
| Elizabeth Lucinda VanTrease | Elizabeth Lucinda VanTrease was born
aout 1813 in Mason or Fleming Co., KY. There is a female the right age to
be Elizabeth, age 7, in the household of Frederick Vantreese on the 1820 census
of Fleming Co., Kentucky. beth VanTrease. Elizabeth married Eli Hinton about 1831
in Kentucky, and they had six children. Based on birthplaces of their children,
the family moved from Kentucky to Illinois between 1840-1845. They are listed
on the 1850 census of District 21, Fleming Co., Vermilion Co., Illinois. Elizabeth
VanTrease died sometime after 1850, probably in Vermilion Co., Illinois. Notes for Elizabeth VanTrease |
| Squire VanTrease | Squire/Silas VanTrease was born
about 1812 in Fleming Co., KY. He is not listed as a child of this family
in the book by Robert Van Trees, but census records indicate that there was a
son in this family born at that time. There is a male the right age group to be
Squire, age 5-9, in the household of Fredr. Vantreese on the 1820 census of Flemingsberg,
Fleming Co., KY. There is a male the right age to Squire, age 15-19 in the household
of Frederick Vantrese on the 1830 census of Western Division, Fleming Co., KY.
His father died in 1837, and I have not found his widowed mother on the 1840 census
at this time. Several of the grown children of James Frederick emigrated from
Fleming Co., KY to Vermilion Co., IL, and I believe that Squire went there also.
In 1850, his widowed mother Elizabeth is listed at age 75 on the 1850 census of
District No. 21 Vermilion Co., IL with two VanTrease children that are probably
Squire's children. One is Harriet Vantrease, born about 1831 in KY. The other
is Henry Vantrease, born about 1839 in IL. This would indicate that Squire emigrated
from Fleming Co., KY to Illinois as early as 1839, and may be why I don't find
him or his mother Elizabeth in Fleming Co., KY in 1840. If this Squire had settled
in Illinois by 1839, it also may be why Lawrence & Mary Ann (VanTrease) Dye
and Francis & Susan (VanTrease) Williams went to Vermilion Co., IL when they
left Fleming Co., KY in 1841. There is an online tree that indicates that Squire
Van Trease was living in Twp 18, Kingfisher, Oklahoma in 1890. Squire VanTrease
died sometime after 1839, probably in Illinois. |
| Matilda VanTrease | Matilda VanTrease was born about 1815 in Fleming
Co., KY. I believe Matilda may be the daughter that Robert Van Trees lists
as being named "Pamela?", although he lists her as being born in 1811
and dying in 1843, which the records do not appear to confirm. Those may be the
correct dates for her sister Elizabeth, so there may have just been a mixup there.
There is a female the right age group to be Matilda, age 5, in the household of
Fredr. Vantreese on the 1820 census of Flemingsberg, Fleming Co., KY. There is
a not a female the right age group to be Matilda, age 15, in the household of
Fredr. Vantreese on the 1830 census of Western Division, Fleming Co., Kentucky,
and I'm not sure where she was living at that time. Matilda married Joshua John
Hinton about 1832 in Kentucky, and they had ten children. The family are on the
1850 census of Mason Co., Kentucky. They moved to Vermilion Co., Illinois soon
after that, however and Joshua Hinton died in 1852 in Vermilion Co., Illinois.
Lawrence Dye, husbannd of Matilda's sister Mary Ann, was listed on the papers
assigning Matilda as the guardian of the children after Joshua's death. I haven't
found Matilda on the 1860 census, but she had returned to Mason Co., Kentucky
by 1870, and she is listed in the household of Simpson & Martha Powell on
the 1870 & 1880 censuses of Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky. Matilda Pamela
Van Trease Hinton died sometime after 1880, probably in Mason Co., Kentucky. Notes for Matilda Pamela Van Trease Hinton |
 | Susannah VanTrease | Susannah VanTrease was born
about 1818 in Fleming Co., KY. She is listed as Susannah in the book by Robert
Van Trees, and listed as Susan in all records I have found for her. There is a
female the right age group to be Susan, age 2, in the household of Fredr. Vantreese
on the 1820 census of Flemingsberg, Fleming Co., KY. There is a female the right
age to be Susan, age 12 in the household of Frederick Vantrese on the 1830 census
of Western Division, Fleming Co., KY. Her father died in 1837. There is a Kentucky
marriage bond for Francis "Frank" Williams & Susan Vantreese
dated February 08, 1837 - it does nto list the county, but Susan's family, bondsman
Samuel Fitzgerald, and several Williams families were listed in Fleming Co., KY
in 1830, and Francis & Susan are living in Division 3, Fleming Co., KY in
1840. At the time of their marriage, Francis was age 38 and Susan was age 19.
Francis & Susan had 8 children. Based on birthplaces of their children, they
were in Kentucky in 1838 & 1841, but had moved from Kentucky to Illinois by
1843. The family is listed on the 1850 census of District 21, Vermilion Co., IL,
living next door to Ellis Hinton, who was also from Fleming/Mason Co., KY area.
Frank & Susan Williams are listed on the 1860 census of Georgetown, Vermilion
Co., IL. At that time Frank was age 60 and Susan was age 41. Francis died between
1860-1870, probably in Vermilion Co., IL. Susan is lsited as head of household
and widowed on the 1870 census of Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL. There is a Susan
Williams, age 60, born KY, listed on the 1880 census of Vermillion, Vermillion
Co., Indiana who may be this Susan. In 1870 she is listed with daughter Drusilla,
age 18 & son Noah, age 4, and the Susan in Indiana in 1880 is listed with
daughter Sarah, age 23 and son Noah, age 12, both born in Illinois with both parents
born Kentucky. Susannah VanTrease Williams died sometime after 1870, and possibly
after 1880 in Illinois or Indiana. Notes for Susannah Van Trease Williams Marriage bond for Francis Williams & Susan Vantreese |
