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Gertrude DEHAVEN⁽²⁵⁵⁸⁾ was born in 1874 in Ia. She appeared on the census on 24 Jun 1880 in Grant Twp, Taylor Co, Ia.⁽²⁵⁵⁹⁾ Parents: Jonathan Hiram DEHAVEN and Martha A. KAY.

Hannah DEHAVEN was born about 1756.⁽¹³²⁰⁾ Parents: William DEHAVEN and Hannah CRAMBLER.

Hannah DEHAVEN was born on 28 Jan 1768. Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Abagail WEST.

Hannah Maria DEHAVEN⁽¹¹⁹¹⁾ was born on 12 Mar 1848 in Greene co, OH. She died on 31 Mar 1930 in Spring Valley, OH. She was buried on 3 Apr 1930 in Bellbrook Cemetary, Bellbrook, OH. Parents: William DEHAVEN and Hannah WATSON.

She was married to Isaac Dennis Newton SHAW on 16 Sep 1864 in Greene co, OH.

Henry E DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ was born in 1824. He died in 1908 in Leitchfield, Ky. Parents: Isaac DEHAVEN and Elizabeth DEAN.

Children were: Betty DEHAVEN, William Isaac DEHAVEN.

Herman DEHAVEN⁽²⁵²⁸⁾⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾ died in 1752. He was buried in Mennonite Cemetary, Skippack, Montgomery Co, Pa. Location is given in Pennypacker as "the Mennonite graveyard on the Skippack near Evansburg." Lived in Providence Township, Philadelphia, Pa. Herman and Gerhard bought 440 acres along Shippack Creek in 1706. Later Herman moved to New Providence near Evansburg and bought 200 acrfes. He built a saw mill and grist mill. He also kept an ordinary or inn. He was granted a license for the inn in 1734. Herman died in 1752 and is buried in the Mennonite Cemetary, Shippack. Parents: Evart DEHAVEN (IN DEN HOFFEN) and Elizabeth SHIPPBOUHR.

He was married to Annecken OP DEN GRAEFF about 6 Feb 1710 in Wytmes, Pa.⁽¹³²⁰⁾⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ Children were: Jacob DEHAVEN, Edward DEHAVEN , Abraham DEHAVEN, John DEHAVEN , Herman DEHAVEN, Margaret DEHAVEN, Mary DEHAVEN, Isaac DEHAVEN.

Herman DEHAVEN⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾ Parents: Herman DEHAVEN and Annecken OP DEN GRAEFF.

Houston DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ was born in 1828. He died in 1917. Parents: John DEHAVEN.

Children were: Julie DEHAVEN, J. C. DEHAVEN, Frank DEHAVEN, Mary A DEHAVEN, Adolphus DEHAVEN, William DEHAVEN.

Hugh DEHAVEN. Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Sarah HUGHES.

Hugh DEHAVEN⁽¹³²⁰⁾. Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Elizabeth KNIGHT.

Isaac DEHAVEN⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾. Parents: Herman DEHAVEN and Annecken OP DEN GRAEFF.

Isaac DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ was born in 1790. He died in 1871. Lived on a part of the present Planters Hall stock farm. Parents: Edward DEHAVEN and Margaret OP DEN GRAEF.

Children were: Johnson DEHAVEN , Henry E DEHAVEN.

Isaac DEHAVEN⁽⁹³⁴⁾ was born in 1763. He died on 6 Mar 1828.⁽¹³²⁰⁾ Parents: Samuel DEHAVEN and Susanna Yocum SPALDING.

Children were: Betsy DEHAVEN .

Issac DEHAVEN was born on 25 Apr 1765 in Philadelphia, Montgomery Co, Pa.⁽¹¹⁹¹⁾ He died on 27 Jul 1838 in Frederick Co, VA.⁽¹¹⁹¹⁾ Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Abagail WEST.

He was married to Susannah BRANAWAY in 1784.⁽¹¹⁹¹⁾ Children were: William DEHAVEN.

Ivy DEHAVEN⁽²⁵⁶⁰⁾ was born in 1870 in Ia. She appeared on the census on 24 Jun 1880 in Grant Twp, Taylor Co, Ia.⁽²⁵⁶¹⁾ Parents: Jonathan Hiram DEHAVEN and Martha A. KAY.

J. C. DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ was born in 1857. He died in 1943. Parents: Houston DEHAVEN and Sarah A SKILLMAN.

Children were: Miller DEHAVEN , Clara Belle DEHAVEN.

Jacob DEHAVEN⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾. Parents: Herman DEHAVEN and Annecken OP DEN GRAEFF.

Jacob DEHAVEN⁽²⁵⁵⁰⁾⁽²⁵⁶²⁾ was born in 1730 in Pennsylvania. He died in 1812.⁽²⁵⁶³⁾ He was buried in Old Swedes Burying Ground, Montgomery County, PA.⁽²⁵⁶³⁾ Merged General Note: During the battle of Germantown, Washington tried and failed in an attempt to drive out the British troops stationed under Sir William Howe. According to Issac C. Sutton, who does not cite any primary reference sources for his information but relies heavily on family tradition, "Jacob was the most distinguished of the brothers. He attained great wealth through the West Indies trade, owning several ships. During the Revolution, Jacob loaded the Continental Congress $450000 dollars worth of supplies and money for the army. In the winter of 1777, when Washington was at Valley Forge, the Congress ran out of money and supplies. The paper money was so depreciated that it had very little value. The Continental Congress appealed to the citizens of Pennsylvania for aid. At the end of the war, Congress offered to repay the claims in currency. As a result of the post war depression which lasted until 1787, the value of paper money was unstable. Consequently, Jacob refused payment in specie and asked for coin. He was not repaid. Claims have been presented before Congress several times but no action resulted. Jacob died in 1812. In 1792, the Continental Congress had an internal debt of $42 million dollars owed to civilians for their help in the Revolution. Alexander Hamilton urged the debt be paid. In addition, the government assumed the individual states' debt to citizens incurred during the war.

Following is from Michelle Sterchi.

Headline reads "Pay 1777 Debt Owed Patriot, U.S. Is Urged". Date line is Washington, September 9, (AP). The United States was urged Friday to repay $50,000 loaden by a Pennsylvanian in 1777 to help the starving Revolutionary Army through the bitter winter at Valley Forge.
It's not the money, it's the obligation to pay an old debt of honor that should prompt the Government to come up with the money, says Rep. Thomas M. Pelly (R., Wash).
'DISBAND OR STARVE' Pelly introduced a bill Thursday authorizing the payment and recounted for the House the history of the debt.
In the winter of 1777-1778, he said, the ragged Revolutionary Army wa almost destitute. there was no money for the Continental Congress to appropriate, the currency was depreciated and public credit was nonexistent.
In the crisis, George Washington turned to the people of Pennsylvania for help.
"Unless aid comes," he said, "our affairs must soon become desperate beyond the possibility of recovery. The army must disband...or starve."
$50,000 IN GOLD. Among the citizens who responded was Jacob DeHaven, who advanced $50,000 in gold and large quantities of supplies, which have since been valued at $400,000.
Although the national government born of th revolution agreed to assume the debts owed by the States, DeHaven never got his money back.
The family clung to records substantiating the load and made fitful efforts to collect it. In 1877 Congress was asked to pay back the money, but the legislation was never acted on by the revolutionary War Committee.
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The findings led to the filing of a claim against the government in 1901 but that, too, came to naught.
The earlier actins sought repayment of the full $450,000 plus 4 percent interest since 1777, which the law firm estimated ats totaling more than $1 million in 1901.
NO CONTACT WITH HEIRS Pelly, who says he has had no contact with DeHaven heirs but became interested in the case upon hearing of it through a friend, thinks repayment should be limited to the cash advanced.
His bill would authorize the Federal Court in the District of Columbia to hold the money and let the heirs present their case. The money would then be disbursed among them as the court sees fit.
"It would just be a token repayment," he says, "but it should be made. the United States prides itself on paying its debts and this is a debt of honor."

From another clipping provided by Michelle Sterchi.
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Rep. Pelly introduced a bill on September 8 authorizing the payment and recounted for the House the history of the debt.
The payment is recommended to the heirs of Jacob DeHaven, a well-to-do German-Frenchman who immigrated to America in the 1750's with his three brothers, Samuel, Edward and Peter.
The $50,000 represents the original advancement made in gold.
Records at the Historical Society of Montgomery County indicate the DeHavens settled in Upper Merion Township, which before 1784 was in Philadelphia County. It was generally known that the DeHavens owned much land in upper and Lower Merion Townships in the vicinity of Swedesburg, Swedeland, Gulph Mills, Rebel Hill, Plymouth Township and Philadelphia, all of which is authenticated by old wills and deeds in Philadelphia and Norristown.
During the Revolutionary War in the cold Winter of 1777-78 when the suffering ill-clad poorly fed American Army camped at Valley Forge, Washington appealed to the citizens of Pennsylvania for aid to relieve his destitute forces. It is claimed that Jacob DeHaven, among others, notably responded by advancing the Continental government gold and larg quantities of supplies which have since been valued at $400, 000. This was done through Robert Morris, (?) of the Revolution.
According to Howard DeHaven Ross, Ph.D. in his "History of the DeHaven Family", the contribution was "made in a spirit of broad, generous and self-sacrificing patriotism bearing testimony to his unselfish devotion to the cause of American Independence".
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Rep. Pelly revealed he had no contact with DeHaven heirs, but became interested in the case upon haring of it through a friend. Pelly thinks repayment should be limited to the cash advanced.
Rep Pelly's bill would authorize the Federal Court in the District of Columbia to hold the money ($50,000) and let the DeHaven heirs present their case. The money would then be disbursed among the heirs as the court sees fit. It would be just a token repayment, Pelly pointed out, but it should be made, he said.
Jacob DeHaven failed in his efforts to secure a settlement during his lifetime because of the depleted condition of the National Treasury. Subsequently, DeHaven heirs presented their claim before Congress in the 1850's, but the Civil War halted these proceedings.
Again in the 1870's the claim was revived, but failed to effect a return. In May of 1905, the Law Firm of Anderson and Doan of Wahsington, D.C., attorneys for the DeHaven heirs, filed a claim, this being their final attempt until action taken by Rep. Pelly.
DeHaven heirs said tradition and family both authenticate the loan. An old family bible, whereabouts unknown, is said to have contained a receipt from the Government for money loaded it by DeHaven, reportedly sealed to a leaf therein by the Red Seal of the United States Government. Other testimony was also submitted.
The representations made by the DeHaven claimants has been that the records of the period have never been systemized, printed, or even assorted or indexed, and so, without permission of congress, they cannot be (?)
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Only the state, Treasure and War Departments are authorized to examint the papers, Wlter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State in 1895, submitted to cognress a plan for publishing these valuable historical manuscripts. It was declared too expensive.
Jacob DeHaven died in 1812. The later years of his life were spent with a brother, Samuel, at Gulph Mills. It is claimed that Jacob had two sons, one having been killed during the Battle of (?) during the Revolutionary War, the other dying in infancy.
For land donated to Christ Church, Old Sweden, at Swedesburg, the DeHaven descendants, for all times, were given a family right in the burial grouns. there are more than 45 DeHaven family members interred at Old Swedes. the DeHavens also donated land to Old Gulph Church, Gulph Mills.
It is fitting that DeHaven Street in the Rebel Hill, gulph Mills areas of Upper Merion Township and DeHaven Avenue in West Conshohocken, pay tribute to this distinguished family.
From time to time, the name of DeHaven is mentioned in the news columns of the Times Herald...that is Upper Merion Police Officer Carl DeHaven of 211 S. Tyler Road, Henderson Park. Carl, his father, Howard, and grandfather harry, are lineal descendants of Samuel DeHaven, brother of Jacob DeHaven. Samuel, a soldier of the Revolution, is buried in the Old Swedes Cemetery at Swedesburg.
Moses and John DeHaven also served in the Continental Army during the Revolution.
Rep. Pelly said, "the United States prides itself on paying its debts and this is a debt of honor? The times Herald brought public attention to the DeHaven Claim....unreadable....

The text of H.R. 17632 introduced by Representative Pelly is as follows:
A BILL For the relief of the late Jacob DeHaven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, into the registry of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the sum of $50,000 in full settlement of the claims against the United States of the late Jacob DeHaven for repayment of a loan made by him to the Continental Congress in 1777. Section 2. the funds paid into the registry of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia pursuant to the first section shall be disbursed, on the order of such court, to the persons whom the court determines to be entitled to such funds.

From the Congressional Record reference cited, the text of Representative Pelly's introduction speech is as follows:
Mr. Pelly: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute, to revise and extend my remarks, and to include extraneous matter.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Washington? There was no objection.
Mr. Pelly: Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing a bill to repay a debt of honor that goes back to 1777.
This debt goes back to the Revolution, when General George Washington and his army were at Valley Forge, during the Winter of 1777-78.
George Washington, in this desperate crisis, turned to the citizens of Pennsylvania for aid.
Among the citizens who responded was Jacob DeHaven, who advanced $50,000 in gold, along with large quantities of supplies.
Mr. Speaker, in 1901, Isaac DeHaven, who resided in what is now Bellingham, Washington, filed a claim against the Government and, as I am informed, since then 19 other DeHavens have made inquiry of the General Accounting Office about repayment.
Mr. Speaker, every American is aware of the suffering of the Revolutinary Army during the Winter of 1777-78. The Army was almost destitute, suffereing indescribable hardships. Congress could do little. There was no money to appropriate, the currency was depreciated, public credit was gone.
Turning to citizens of Pennsylvania for help, Washington said: "We have never experienced a like extremity at any period of the war. Unless aid comes, our affairs must soon become desperate beyond the possibility of recovery. The Army must disband...or starve."
This dept cannot be disregarded without a breach of faith. My bill authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay into the registry of the U.S. District Court-District of Columbia-$50,000 in full settlement of the DeHaven claim. The funds shall be disbursed, on order of such court, to the persons whom the court determines to be entitled to such funds.
At this point, I ask unanimous consent to insert the findings of Anderson and Doan in 1905 with regard to this matter: In the Matter of the DeHaven Heirs v. The United States Government. In 1894, our firm was first employed to prosecute the claim of the heirs of Jacob DeHaven, deceased, against the United States Government for the recovery of $45000 loaned thereto by DeHaven, then a resident of Pennsylvania, and a man of large means and intensely American.
The greater part of this sum, it is claimed, was paid in gold, and from cash realized from securities on his land, and the residue consisted of supplies furnished the army. This loan, with its accumulations of interest, now aggregates more than $4,000,000. The fact of this loan is well established in the annals of the DeHaven family as tradition, circumstantial evidence and the positive declarations of Jacob DeHaven himself could establish any fact in which his heirs have a common interest.
That it was nevery paid is equally well established.
This is a case of very great interest, and appeals to the highest consideration of justice on the part of the United States. The debt could not have a more sacred origin. Washington, who had so often appealed to the people for help, speaking of that dark period in the history of our forefathers, says of the Revolutionary debt, "Ti is more than a common debt, it is a debt of honor".
The United States Government so regarded the debts made in the defence of liberty and independence from the mother country.
That such a loan as Jacob DeHaven's was authorized, there can be no question.
The Continental Congress passed a resolution to raise %5,000,000 at four per cent interest October 3, 1776.
Some four months thereafter, to wit: February 22, 1777, the same Congress passed a similar resolution to borrow $13,000,000.
In these resolutions it was among other things, declared that the money so to be borrowed, was for the use of the United States at tghe annual interest of four percent, and directed certificates to be issued accordingly. So the absolute authority for the loan existed by positive authority of the Continental Congress October 3, 1776, and February 22, 1777, at four per cent interest and certificates to issue accordingly.
Again, has the Federal Government (U.S.) authorized the payment of such loans so made under these resolutions of the Continental Congress.
The National Government commenced March 4, 1789.
Hamilton's report, as Secretary of the Treasury, was presented to the House, January 15, 1790. It embodied a financial scheme which was generally adopted and remained the line of financial policy of the New Government for more than twenty years.
On his recommendation the New Government assumed not only the foreign and domestic debts of the Old Government in carrying on the war, as its own, but also the debt contracted by the several States during that period for the general welfare, viz
1st. Foreign debts with interest $12,000,000 due chiefly to France and private lenders in Holland.
2nd. The domestic debt, including outstanding Contental money and interest, amounting to $42,000,000.
3rd. The State debts assumed amounting to $21,000,000 to the States, of which Pennsylvania was to get $2,200,000. The propositions of Hamilton were agreed to in March, 1790.
The Act of August 4, 1790, pledged the fith of the United States to make up all deficiencies in interest.
For superintending these loans and for general management of the public debt, the old Continental system of a loan office commision in each State was continued. Robert Morris was appointed Superintendent of Finance and Secretary of the Treasury under the Confederation, and so served until 1784 when the fiscal affairs of the country were placed in the hands of three Commissions.
Under the old Colonial Government, there existed a loan office system or financial agents of the Government in each State to receive loans and subsistence to carry on the war.
It is generally believed that the Jacob DeHaven money was received by Robert Morris.
Now, As To The Settlement Of The Financial Agents Of The Continental Congress.
The indebtedness of the Revolutionary War, and its settlement with all creditors both public and private, was passed over to the New Government.
The accounts of many of the loan offices were unsettleed. There seems to have been much laxity in their management. The papers of the first Virginia loan office were lost.
In South Carolina and Georgia the loan office proceeds had been appropriated to State uses, and from only five States have returns been made; but of more than $2,000,000 advanced to the Secret Committee of Foreign Affairs prior to August, 1777, a considerable part remains unaccounted for. The expenditure of fully one-third of the money borrowed remains unexplained.
Had the accounts of the various financial agents of the Government been correctly kept, and the reports of the agents from time to time been presented and filed as contemplated by law, and a faithful discharge of public duty and trust demanded, no difficulty would have existed in effecting the payment of this loan.
The fact is astounding that of all these agents, but 5 in the States have made reports.
For the truth of this fact, we give Professor Benson J. Lossing, author of the "Cyclopaedia of United States History, Volume 1, page 317." Divers authorities confirm the saem and it is in accord with our investigations.
Statements, transactions, etc. etc. covering the Revoluitonary period and the struggle for independence, together with manuscripts embodying the collections of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton, as well as the journals of the Continental Congress, exist in the State Department in a chaotic state.
To carefully investigate these valuable papers and Continental records is no ordinary task. So important are these papers now in the archives of the State Department, that our late Secretary of State, the Hon. Walter Q. Gresham, on January 6, 1895, submitted to Congress a general plan for publishing these valuable historical manuscripts, in the course of which he recommended their publication in a set of fifty volumes at a cost of $100,000 for the first edition of 1,000 volumes. He also suggested that the work should be done gradually, on an appropriation of $25,000 annually, and under the supervision of a competent editor and stafff.
We believe that with a full and careful examination of these State documents, reports, revolutionary facts, etc., that the loan of Jacob DeHaven will be established.
Without some authority from Congress no one outside of the State, Treasury and War Departments can be permitted to examine these valuable papers.
SUMMARY OF THE CASE--What has been found and what settled:
1st. The Colonial Government being in financial distress, individual loans were authorized by the Continental Congress and loan office certificates were issued therefor.
2nd. That the Federal Government recognized these obligations and passed a special Act for their payment with interest.
3rd. That out of the thirteen financial agents appointed by the Continental Goverhnment to receive these individual loans and subsistance for the war, but five have made reports to the Government as required by law.
4th. The existence of an unassorted and confused mass of revolutionary records, documents, papers, etc. is the State, Treasurey and War Departments, aggregating say fifty or more large volumes.
5th. The recommendation by Mre. Gresham, late Secretary of State, for the proper editing, indexing and publication of these records of the Continental period now found in a chaotic condition.
6th. Unbroken family history and traditiona alike authenticate this loan.
7th. The possession by the DeHaven heirs of a number of old affidavits of sundry persons testifying that they knew Jacob DeHaven; that he Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Sidonia LEVERING.

Children were: DEHAVEN, DEHAVEN.

Jehu DEHAVEN was born on 14 May 1781. Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Abagail WEST.

Jehu H DEHAVEN was born in 1808. He died on 3 May 1827. Parents: Jonathan DEHAVEN and Sarah (Catherine) THOMPSON .

Jennie DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ was born in 1850. She died in 1919. Parents: Johnson DEHAVEN and Sarah A. M. DEAN.

Jesse DEHAVEN was born about 1750.⁽¹³²⁰⁾ Parents: William DEHAVEN and Hannah CRAMBLER.

Jesse DEHAVEN⁽¹³²⁰⁾ Parents: Samuel DEHAVEN and Catherine RAMY.

John DEHAVEN⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾ Parents: Herman DEHAVEN and Annecken OP DEN GRAEFF.

John DEHAVEN⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾ Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Sidonia LEVERING.

He was married to Elizabeth POTTS in 1743.⁽²⁵⁴⁸⁾ Children were: David DEHAVEN, Lydia DEHAVEN.

John DEHAVEN Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Elizabeth MCNULTY.

John DEHAVEN was born about 1754.⁽¹³²⁰⁾ Parents: William DEHAVEN and Hannah CRAMBLER.

John DEHAVEN was born on 17 Apr 1784.⁽²⁵⁶⁴⁾ He died on 9 Nov 1859 in Frederick Co, VA.⁽²⁵⁶⁵⁾ Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Abagail WEST.

He was married to Rhoda DOSTER on 17 Oct 1806 in Frederick Co, VA.⁽²⁵⁶⁶⁾ Children were: William L DEHAVEN.

John DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ was born in 1799. Lived near hardinsburg, Ky. Parents: Edward DEHAVEN and Margaret OP DEN GRAEF.

Children were: Houston DEHAVEN, Alice DEHAVEN.

John DEHAVEN (Private). Parents: Johnson DEHAVEN and Sarah A. M. DEAN.

John DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ Parents: Adolphus DEHAVEN.

John DEHAVEN⁽¹³²⁰⁾ was born on 1 Apr 1753. He died on 16 Oct 1823. Parents: Samuel DEHAVEN and Susanna Yocum SPALDING.

Children were: Jonathen DEHAVEN, Elizabeth DEHAVEN, Susan DEHAVEN, Joseph DEHAVEN, Margaret DEHAVEN, Samuel DEHAVEN, Charlotte DEHAVEN.

Johnson DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ was born in 1819. He died in 1900. Lived on his farm adjoining Planters Hall Farm. Parents: Isaac DEHAVEN and Elizabeth DEAN.

Children were: Lizzie DEHAVEN, Mary DEHAVEN, Jennie DEHAVEN, John DEHAVEN.

Jonathan DEHAVEN⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾ was born on 5 Feb 1778 in Pennsylvania. He died on 25 Dec 1837 in Gainsboro, Frederick Co, Va. He was buried in Gainsboro Cemetery, Va. Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Abagail WEST.

He was married to Sarah (Catherine) THOMPSON in Frederick Co, VA. Based on fact that Jonathan came to Virginia with his dad when he was less than 10 years old and that their children were all born in Frederick county. Children were: Roland DEHAVEN, Daniel DEHAVEN, Jehu H DEHAVEN, Joseph Thompson DEHAVEN.

Jonathan Hiram DEHAVEN⁽²⁵⁴⁰⁾⁽²⁵⁵⁰⁾ was born on 6 Jul 1847 in Virginia.⁽²⁵⁶⁷⁾ He appeared on the census on 14 Sep 1850 in Berkely Co, Va.⁽²⁵⁶⁸⁾ He appeared on the census on 26 Aug 1860 in Glengary P.O., Berkeley Co, Va.⁽²⁵⁶⁹⁾ He appeared on the census on 24 Jun 1880 in Grant Twp, Taylor Co, Ia.⁽²⁵⁷⁰⁾ He was buried in 1917. Described as being of Conway, Iowa in his mother's obit. Parents: Joseph Thompson DEHAVEN and Rebecca ROE.

Children were: Ivy DEHAVEN, Alice DEHAVEN, Gertrude DEHAVEN, Fay DEHAVEN, Wyatt DEHAVEN.

Jonathen DEHAVEN⁽¹³²⁰⁾ was born in 1766. Parents: Samuel DEHAVEN and Susanna Yocum SPALDING.

Jonathen DEHAVEN⁽¹³²⁰⁾ Parents: John DEHAVEN and Hannah PAWLING.

Joseph DEHAVEN⁽¹³²⁰⁾ Parents: John DEHAVEN and Hannah PAWLING.

Joseph Thompson DEHAVEN⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾ was born on 4 Jun 1820 in Frederick Co, VA.⁽²⁵⁷¹⁾ 1850 Census gives age as 39, so possibly born in 1810 rather than 1820. He appeared on the census on 14 Sep 1850 in Berkely Co, Va.⁽²⁵⁷²⁾ He appeared on the census on 26 Aug 1860 in Glengary P.O., Berkeley Co, Va.⁽²⁵⁷³⁾ He died on 9 Mar 1863 in Oh. He was buried in Oh. Following is a section from the notebook of Nella Apicer Slater, granddaughter of Joseph and Rebecca . This account was told to Mrs. Slater by her grandmother, Rebecca Roe. The account is titled OLD VIRGINIA HOME and is set near Romney, Winchester, and Martins Ferry, Va from 1856 to 1863. "The millhouse was of a style well known to all Virginians, since it was built on very much the same pattern as Mount Vernon; two stories with a steep pitched roof and dormer windows. It stood long and thin, a front porch, supported by square frame posts, ran the length of the house. (Was it on that porch, second story, that Sissy De Haven blew on the old conch shell to sound the alarm when the Confederate soldiers were coming?) From this porch, the broad green lawn sloped a long way to a white picket fence where the mill yard began. Its boxed hedge walks were shaded by great sugar maples and old locust trees. All was orderly in front: flower beds, shrubbery and a lilac arbor trimmed in an arch beneath which a tall man could walk. Behind the house the laundry and the big two story smokehouse were draped with flowering vines just coming into leaf-bud, Virginia creeper, trumpet vine, Dutchman's pip and morning glories. From Easter on there would be plenty of flowers. No one could remember a finer autumn; (1862) frost before sunrise, summer heat at noon, chill nights. All morning the mountain lay in a soft haze, and in the afternoon, broad fans of heavy golden sun lit its back and flanks. The color on the hillsides, in the low meadows, and along the streams had never been more brilliant. Little rain fell in October, and the trees held their leaves. The great maples in the yard were like blazing torches; scarlet leaves fluttered softly down to the green turf, leaving the boughs above still densely covered. With November, the weather changed. Heavy rain set in. The earth was soon soaked, the meadows became boggy. The creek overflowed its banks. There was an outbreak of diphtheria. In the spring of 1863, three children of Joseph and Rebecca De Haven passed away."
The youngest daughter, Daisy, told her daughter, Iva Davis Bears, of the struggle during the Civil War. This area of Virginia, so close to the new border between Virginia and West Virginia, was divided, neighbor against neighbor, father against son, brother against brother. Although Joseph's horses were taken by the Confederate Army, he did not sympathize with them. On advice from neighbors, he hid to avoid conscription into the Confederate Army. The De Haven home was close enough to the fighting at times to hear the guns. Since his sons were also old enough to be pressed into service, Joseph thought it best to move his family. He made a deal trading his land in Virginia for land which he had not seen in Iowa, some or all of it in Taylor County, Iowa. He bought a section of land for each child and two for his wife. In early 1863, Joseph took his family to Ohio to stay with an uncle while he went on to Iowa. He returned ill and disappointed because he found the sections of land scattered and uncultivated. Before he died, he asked his uncle to look after the family and prevent them from going to Iowa. However, Rebecca moved her family to Iowa in 1868, settling in Union Township of Marion County for about three years. By this time the older children were starting to marry. When the family moved to the land in Taylor County, the girls' land was sold and the money held for them. The boys got their land as they married. Irene Davis Bears says "One reason I believe Rebecca Roe De Haven took her family to Iowa very soon after losing her husband is that she was a very capable and independent person. She lived in our home for many years. She was one to take her share of responsibility and never did she want to be dependant on anyone. She was a widow for about fifty years. Her money could not have held out if she had not gone from one home to another earning her keep with her tender care when there was a sickness or a new baby. She was much loved and honored by her many grandchildren." According to a newspaper article in the Marion County (Iowa) News, Pleasantville, Iowa, Rebecca Roe was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The article states further than Rebecca had excellent eyesight and read without glasses. At the time of her death, Rebecca was living with a daughter, Matilda De Haven Richards. Parents: Jonathan DEHAVEN and Sarah (Catherine) THOMPSON.

He was married to Rebecca ROE on 7 Feb 1845 in Frederick Co, VA.⁽²⁵⁷⁴⁾ Children were: George Robert DEHAVEN, Jonathan Hiram DEHAVEN , Sarah Catherine DEHAVEN, Matilda Elizabeth DEHAVEN, Daniel Lewis DEHAVEN , Joseph Thompson DEHAVEN, Nathaniel Carter DEHAVEN, Rebecca Jane DEHAVEN , Daisy Emaline DEHAVEN.

Joseph Thompson DEHAVEN was born on 26 May 1856 in Virginia. He appeared on the census on 26 Aug 1860 in Glengary P.O., Berkeley Co, Va.⁽²⁵⁷⁵⁾ He died on 29 Mar 1863. Parents: Joseph Thompson DEHAVEN and Rebecca ROE.

Julie DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ was born in 1855. Parents: Houston DEHAVEN and Sarah A SKILLMAN.

Children were: Frank PAYNE, Marvin PAYNE, Virgil PAYNE, Clarence PAYNE, Nannie PAYNE.

Lizzie DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾. Parents: Johnson DEHAVEN and Sarah A. M. DEAN.

Lydia DEHAVEN⁽²⁵⁴⁸⁾. Mentioned in her dad's will as receiving land on the opposite side of Skippack Pike from her brother David. Parents: John DEHAVEN and Elizabeth POTTS.

Margaret DEHAVEN⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾. Parents: Herman DEHAVEN and Annecken OP DEN GRAEFF.

Margaret DEHAVEN was born on 13 Aug 1739. Parents: William DEHAVEN and Hannah CRAMBLER.

Margaret DEHAVEN⁽¹³²⁰⁾. Parents: John DEHAVEN and Hannah PAWLING.

Marie DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾. Parents: William Isaac DEHAVEN and Bettie FISHER.

Mary DEHAVEN⁽¹⁴²⁰⁾. Parents: Herman DEHAVEN and Annecken OP DEN GRAEFF.

Mary DEHAVEN. Parents: Peter DEHAVEN and Sidonia LEVERING.

She was married to Nicholas SCHNEIDER on 17 Feb 1769.

Mary DEHAVEN⁽³⁰²⁾ Parents: Johnson DEHAVEN and Sarah A. M. DEAN.

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