Rachel VanTrease was born betwen 1791-1794 1782 in Pennsylvania or Kentucky. The family emigrated from PA to KY sometime between 1790-1800. They are on tax lists in Mason Co., KY in 1800, and purchased land in neighboring Fleming Co., KY in 1803. There is a Fleming Co., KY marriage bond for Rachel Vantreese & Allen Caskey dated July 31, 1815, with bondsmen Frederick Vantreese & Allen Caskey. At the time of this marriage, Rachel would have been age 21-24. Rachel is listed as an heir in the will of Johann Frederick VanTrease written in Fleming Co., KY on August 28th, 1817. There is a household of Allen Caskey on the 1820 census of Washington Co., KY. On Sept 9, 1829, son (James) Frederick paid $240 to his siblings Elizabeth (Mrs. Meshack) Browning, Emanuel Vantrease, and Rachel (Mrs. Allen) Casky for their shares in the land in Fleming Co., KY that had been inherited from their father (Johann) Frederick Vantrease in 1817. There is a household of Allen Caskey on the 1830 census of Washington Co., KY. In Sept 1834 the land deed of 1929 to Frederick from his siblings was reaffirmed in court, with Elizabeth Browning, Amelia Vantrease & Rachel Casky stating when questioned separately from their husbands that they had agreed to the land sale. The household of Allen Kaskey is listed on the 1840 census of Marion, Kentucky. There is an online tree on www.ancestry.com that states that Allen Caskey was the son of Robert Caskey & Jane Todd, and that he married "Rachelle Wantresse". This same tree states that Allen died July 27, 1852 in Marion Co., KY, although I have not been able to find him on the 1850 census at this time. It also states that Rachel died before 1852. Rachel VanTrease Caskey died after 1834, and probably before 1852 in Kentucky.
Notes for Rachel VanTrease Caskey
Marriage bond Allen Caskey & Rachel Vantrease
Fleming Co., KY Vantrease land records

Matilda VanTrease was born about 1815 in Fleming Co., KY. She is not listed in Frederick Vantrease Sr's will as being one of his five children that would inherit after his "beloved wife Kesiah's" death. There is not a female the right age group to be Matilda, age 5, in the household of Keziah Vantreese or Frederick Vantreese Jr. 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. (Jr) Vantreese on the 1830 census of Western Division, Fleming Co., Kentucky. I think both of those years she was living with her mother, identity unknown at this time. Matilda married Joshua John Hinton about 1832 in Kentucky, and they had ten children. On February 22, 1836, Frederick Jr paid Matilda Vantreese Hinton $90 for her "undivided share" of the land belonging to "her Father Frederick Vantreese deceased conveyed to him by deed bearing the date 24th September 1803 from Peter Hysong and wife containing 63 1/2 acres". On the 1836 Matilda Vantreese Hinton land record, I now have two possible theories to explain it.

1) The record is true as written, and Matilda was daughter of Frederick Sr. Her mother was unknown, since I do not find any record that it was Keziah. Frederick Sr was age 68 when Matilda was born, and Keziah was over 50.

2) Matilda was a daughter of Henry & Dorothy Gimble, who married in 1815. According to Frederick Vantreese Sr's will written and probated in 1817, after Keziah's death his land was to be inherited equally by his five children - Dorothy, Frederick, Emanuel, Elizabeth & Rachel, and also "my daughter Dorothy's eldest son Lewis, provided he shall submit himself in all things to the control of his grandmother my beloved wife Keziah until he shall be of lawful age." That made six heirs, who were to have equal shares of Fredrerick Sr's estate after Keziah died. Since it states that Lewis was the "eldest" son, it sounds like Dorothy probably had other children. Frederick Jr. bought out Emanuel, Elizabeth & Rachel for their shares of this land in 1829, which left the parts that had gone to Dorothy and Lewis as the only ones he did not have. On death records for Matilda's daughter Lucy Ann Hinton Balsey, it states that her mother's maiden name was Kimbal, which is close enough to Gimble to be a possibility. If Dorothy and her son Lewis were both deceased by 1836, I think the land would legally have gone to Dorothy's other children, so maybe Matilda was Dorothy's only surviiving child by 1836 and she had the land? That would mean that the 1836 land record had two errors - that Matilda Hinton, wife of Joshua Hinton was the former Matilda Gimble not Matilda Vantreese, and that she was the granddaughter, not daughter of the Frederick Vantreese, deceased who bought the land in 1803. Another possibility would be that Dorothy died when Matilda was young and Keziah raised her until she died in 1829, so they considered her to be Keziah's (and Frederick Sr's) (adopted) child and a Vantreese.

The 1817 will of Frederick Sr says their were six heirs of the 83-1/2 acres of land that Frederick Sr had bought from Peter Hysong in 1803:

"equally divided between my five children, namely Dorothy, Elizabeth, Fredericks, Emanuel & Rachel, and my daughter Dorothy's eldest son Lewis"

The 1829 record states that Frederick had been granted 40 acres of the 1803 land in 1812 by his father. He bought the shares (how many acres?) that belonged to Emanuel, Rachel and Elizabeth in 1829 for $80 each.

In 1836, Frederick Jr. paid Matilda Hinton $90 for her share (how many acres?) of the 63-1/2 (83-1/2?) acres she had of the 1803 land. I believe that Matilda had inherited the two portions that had gone to Dorothy and Lewis, which is why she was paid more than the other heirs.

When Frederick Jr died in 1836, he had 157 acres of land.

Note that in either scenario that Matilda is NOT the daughter of Frederick Jr. & Elizabeth Vantrease.

Joshua, (listed as John), Matilda and 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, husband of Mary Ann Vantrease, 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, and her children that I have been able to find are in service in other peoples households. There is a Matilda Hinton listed as an aunt in the household of Simpson & Martha Powell on the 1870 & 1880 censuses of Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky who may be this Matilda, although I have not been able to figure out how she would have been aunt to either Simpson or Martha. There is also a Matilda Hinton who married a Slingsby Lynthicumb (Linthicum?) in Jasper Co., Illinois in 1853 who may be this Matilda. Matilda Van Trease Hinton died sometime after 1852, possibly after 1880, but I do not know when or where.
Notes for Matilda Van Trease Hinton
Fleming Co., KY Vantrease land records