Index to
Ancestors of Gary and Ardis Dahlstrom Morrison
Ancestors of Gary and Ardis Dahlstrom Morrison
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This is not a traditional surname index. These names represent our main lines and also represent the lines for which we have the most information. Some of that information is from personal research and some through the kindness of other researchers. In some cases the other sourced information is a result of published genealogies. I try to give credit, but please forgive me if I overlook someone - please know it is purely unintentional. If the narrative information seems to match the information you have for the same surname, click on the link provided. Each link will take the reader to the oldest known immigrant for that line. From there one can follow the links forward and backward, as provided. Know that the information provided is unique to my direct ancestor lines. I do have information on several of the sibling lines and will be happy to correspond with you. |
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| ANDERSON |
Locales: County Ulster, Ireland; Augusta Co., VA
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George Anderson, Sr. was born circa 1720 in County Ulster, Ireland and by 1740 was in Augusta County, VA when his second child was born. In his will, dated 12 June 1784, he names as one of his heirs his son-in-law, Adam GUTHERY.
Significant information supplied by fellow Guthrie researcher Floyd Owsley, web site - http://owslfl.tripod.com/adamguthrie/ |
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| BAKER |
Locales: New York; Brandford Co., PA; Jackson Co., OH; Davis Co., IA
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The 1850 and 1860 censuses for Jackson County, OH identify Benjamin's birthplace as New York state. Benjamin's wife, Lucia Phinney, was also born in New York and her father died in Broome County, NY when Lucia was only 8. It is likely Benjamin was born in that immediate area. Benjamin appears in the 1830s in the Bradford County, PA area. According to Canton Township, Bradford County tax records a Benjamin Baker acquired 10 acres of improved land and 40 acres of unimproved land from a Silas E. Shepard in 1834. Benjamin also had 1 cow and had a total tax of $130. In the following year, 1835, Benjamin was listed as having owned 70 acres of unimproved land and 2 cows, with a tax bill of $113. In 1836, Benjamin was listed as having transferred to Chas. Finney/Phinney (Lucia's brother) all 70 acres. What appears to be Benjamin is listed as head of household in the 1820 Greenfield Township, Luzerne County, PA census with a female of an age who could be his widowed mother. In the 1830 Windham Township, Luzerne County, PA census there is a Benjamin as head of household with a female of 15 and under 20 (Lucia was only 15 years when they married in 1830).
A fellow researcher of the Wyoming Valley area of Pennsylvania, Tom A. Foreman, provided the information on the land and tax transactions in Bradford County. |
| BLACK |
Locales: York Co., PA; Loudoun & Fauquier Counties, VA; Greenbrier & Cabell Counties, VA (now WV)
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Abraham Black is first identified as Abraham Schwartz, hence the possibility that he was born in Germany. This line first makes an appearance with the baptism of son Peter at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in York County, PA. Shortly after this time Abraham Schwartz is found in Loudoun County, VA parish tithe lists, where he is also noted as Abraham Black, and then is found in Fauquier County, VA Personal Property Tax records by their inception in 1782, and is now referred to as Abraham Black.
Others who have helped with this line include significant help from William Reed and Robin Black. See also the related story on this site The Black Family of Greenbrier County, WVa |
| BLAKELY |
Locales: Ireland; Botecourt Co., VA; Knox Co., TN; Morgan & Sangamon Counties, IL
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Charles Blackley was probably born in Ireland about 1736. There is some question about this date, however, because it would make him nearly 40 before his first child was born. His wife was probably named Margaret Davis.
Much information gleaned from "The Charles Blackley Family of Knox County, Tennessee, Vol. I" by Gregory M. Perry, Amundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, IA, 1991. |
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| CHITWOOD |
Locales: Hereford, England; Northumberland & Cumberland Counties, VA; North Carolina; Knox Co., TN; Brown Co., IN; Poweshiek Co., IA
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Land grants of Northumberland County, VA 20 April 1695 showed that an Elizabeth Banks sold headrights on nine people to Captain Thomas Eskridge. Among the nine was her servant Matthias Chetwood. Mrs. Elizabeth Banks a widow in Northumberland County brought in her servant to court to have his age judged and it was judged 14 years old, which meant that he was born about 1681, being born in Hereford, England.
Much information gleaned from "Descendants of Matthias Chitwood", compiled by I. O. Chitwood and published 1986 by Helen Chitwood in cooperation with Reuben Chitwood. |
| COGHLAN |
Locales: Maryland; Warren Co., OH; Keokuk Co., IA
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According to his son Daniel on the 1900 census, James Coghlan was born in Maryland. He went to Warren County, OH around 1804, since he was the first school teacher in Salem Township in 1804. In March of 1806 with consent from her father, Thomas Watson, James married Peggy Watson. They had five children.
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ANDERSSON |
Locales: Sweden; St. Paul, MN; Ishpeming, MI; Keokuk Co., IA
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When Andrew immigrated in 1887 his name was Andrew (Anders) August Andersson. On the same ship was Anna Lovisa GRUND and both were headed to St. Paul, MN. When they wed in St. Paul 3 months later they were wed as Anderson. Their first child (maybe two) of a total of 10 children were born as Anderson. Then, for some reason, they changed their name to Dahlstrom while in Ishpeming, MI. By late 1891 they had settled in What Cheer in Keokuk County, IA.
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| DEMPSEY |
Locales: Ireland; Chester & Northumberland Counties, PA; Jackson Co., PA; Wapello & Davis Counties, IA
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Cornelius Dempsey I came from Ireland (Clan Maliere) circa 1760-1770 and settled in Pennsylvania. He fought in the Revolutionary War as a private under Capt. William Harris, Chester County, PA militia 1780-1781 and died from an accident on his Northumberland County, PA farm in 1786. His children and wife lived in (then) Northumberland County, west of Lewisburg in Buffalo Valley. His sons and daughter migrated to Wellston, Jackson County, OH in 1810 then in 1837 the sons went to Knox County, IL where they, and several generations of Dempseys, homesteaded.
Assistance for the Dempsey line came from Derrel Dempsey and the Dempsey Genealogical Exchange |
| DIXON |
Locales: County Armagh, Ireland; New Castle Co., DE
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Henry Dixon and wife Rose came from Ireland to New Castle County, PA (now Delaware) in 1688. According to the Marriage Book of Lurgan Monthly Meeting, Ireland, "William Dixson and Isabelle Rea, both of Parish of Sego, County Armagh, Ireland, were married at the house of Roger Webb, Prish of Sego, 5 Mo. 4, 1683. Among those who signed the marriage certificate were Henry Dixson, Rose Dixson, Thomas Harlan, and Isabelle Logan." Henry, it is said, kept an inn at New Castle and had three children.
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| DODD |
Locales: Nelson & Amhers Counties, VA; Knox Co., TN; Morgan & Sangamon Counties, IL; Mahaska Co., IA
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John Dodd made a will in Nelson County, Virginia, March 29, 1803. In that will he names his wife and 8 children. Son Josiah, Sr. married Mary LUTTRELL in Amherst County, VA circa 1774. Between 1795-1799 this Dodd family made their way to Knox County, TN. Likely Josiah, Sr. and Mary were there by 1799 since all the children of their son William L., Sr. were born in Knox County.
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Locales: Northumberland Co., PA; Jackson Co., OH; Wapello & Davis Counties, IA
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This Elder family is clearly identified as living in Northumberland County, PA in the 1790 census and again as renting pew #31 in the Presbyterian Church at Buffalo Cross Roads. In this same timeframe, Robert Elder, Sr. married Mary A. DEMPSEY. Circa 1810 the Robert Elder, Sr. family migrated to Jackson County, OH when Ohio was yet wild territory. There Robert Jr. married Rachel McKINNIS circa 1827 and had a family before moving to Wapello County, IA circa 1854. His son Alexander Johnson Elder, married Marcia Jane BAKER in Jackson County, OH in 1850 and remained there for some years after Robert and his family moved to Iowa.
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| FARR |
Locales: Fayette Co., PA; Coshocton Co., OH; Mahaska Co., IA
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When Joseph Farr died in Mahaska County, IA 30 March 1916, his obituary gave many clues to who his parents and wife were and where they had lived. "Jos. Farr Sr., son of Joseph and Catherine Farr, was born March 2, 1827 in Fayette county, Pennsylvania and died March 30th, 1916, aged 89 years 28 days. The death of Mr. Farr makes the passing away of the last one of the old family of four brothers and four sisters.
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| FINNEY/PHINNEY |
Locales: England; Plymouth & Barnstable Counties, MA; Bristol, RI; NY; PA; Jackson Co., OH
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As stated by Howard Finney in his book below, "According to Plymouth, Mass., records, John Finney was in that town as early as 1630 with his mother, his brother Robert, and his sister Catherine. Tradition has it that the father died while crossing the sea. No definite information has been found as to the boat upon which they arrived or their place of birth in England. Some investigators claim that the family came from Wales and others that they were from Pontypool in Monmouthshire, a county which once belonged to Wales but was taken over by Henry VIII to become a part of England early in the 16th century."
Much assistance offered by the book "Finney-Phinney Families in America" from the notebooks of Howard Finney, Sr., 1957, reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA. |
| FORSYTH |
Locales: County Down, Ireland; Westmoreland Co., PA; Wapello Co., IA
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John Forsyth, third son of George Forsyth and Mary Patterson of Ballymagough, Parish of Morne, County Down, Ireland, born September 1788; married 1813 to Elizabeth, second daughter of William McKinley and Jane Thompson, who was born in Camray, Parish of Clonduff, near Rathfriland, in the same county, March 1790. John and Elizabeth had 10 chilren, 9 of whom survived to adulthood. Their eldest surviving child, James, made his way to America before 1843 and soon sent for the rest of his family. In the spring of 1843 the family sailed into the port of Philadelphia and settled in Westmoreland County, PA.
See also the related story on this site Forsyths of Wapello Co., IA - A New Line |
| FORSYTHE |
Locales: Fayette Co., PA; Davis Co., IA
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According to Glenn Luther Forsythe below, "The earliest record located so far shows that Thomas Forsithe acquired a warrant to purchase a tract of land in Tyrone Township (now Perry Township), Fayette County, Pennsylvania on January 21, 1785. In December of the same year he obtained a patent for that land and purchased it...Mrs. George Marsh of West Newton, Pennsylvania, stated that Thomas tomahawked a tract of land, probably the same tract which he later acquired by warrant when Fayette County was first opened to settlers. But he had to leave because of Indian hostilities."
See also the related story on this site Forsyths of Wapello Co., IA - A New Line Much assistance was provided by the book "The Pioneer Forsythes of Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Their Descendants", Glenn Luther Forsythe, 1982, printed by The Becker Impression Company, Toledo, Ohio. |
| FUNK |
Locales: Lancaster & Washington Counties, PA; Frederick Co., VA; Coshocton Co., OH; Mahaska Co., IA
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George Funk (Jorg Funck) landed in Philadelphia aboard the "Snow Molly" with a group of 47 Palatines from Rotterdam. When the group took the oath of allegiance to the government on 26 October, 1741, he signed the record with his mark and gave his age as 27. His wife is unknown, but they had 7 children, all born in Pennsylvania. His first born, Peter married Catherine Frankhauser in 1771 and served in the militia of Lancaster County in 1779 and in 1782 before selling his property and moving to Frederick County, VA in 1785.
Much assistance provided by the book "History of the Funk Family", John L. Funk, 1993, Funk Publishing Co., Columbia, MO. |
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Locales: Ireland; New Castle County, DE
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The Gregs were most receptive to the teachings of William Penn when he visited Waterford, Ireland in 1678 and converted many Scottish settlers to the Society of Friends. So the Gregs became Penn Quakers. As a devout adherent William Gregg was a member of a colonial Friend group which left southern Ireland after October 1682, possible in the ship "Caledonia". The ship of Friends landed at Upland, now Chester, PA, 1682. No doubt married relatives came with William Gregg besides his wife and four small children. They later made their way down the Delaware River to settle that part of Christiana Hundred bordering the Pennsylvania line.
Gregg information can be found in the book "Descendants of William Gregg", Hazel May Middleton Kendall, 1944, reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA |
| GRUND |
Locales: Sweden; St. Paul, MN; Ishpeming, MI; Keokuk Co., IA
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Anna Lovisa Grund was born 1865 in Grängesberg, Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden to Johan Pettersson Grund and Maja Lovisa Ramkvist. Johan moved May 27, 1865 to Grängesberg, Grangärde Parish, Kopparberg Län, where he married Maja Lovisa Ramqvist 4 weeks later and Anna Lovisa was born 2 weeks after that. Thus it is suspect that Johan is the father of Anna, although it is possible. According to the parish records, April 22, 1869 Johan moved to "Amerika", leaving his family behind. He was never heard from again.
Much significant data was donated by Rolf Björklund on Anna's ancestor lines. |
| GUTHRIE |
Locales: Ireland; Augusta & Fincastle Counties, VA; Sevier Co., TN; Cumberland Co., KY; Faytette Co., IL
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Throughout his lifetime, Adam's name was spelled Guthrie, Guthry, Guthery and Guthrey. It appears Adam Guthrie married Mary ANDERSON, daughter of George Anderson, about 1770. The marriage probably occurred in or near Augusta County, VA. In 1784, George Anderson's will was recorded in Augusta County, VA. In his will, he names his son-in-law Adam Guthery. Adam Guthrie was living in Fincastle County, VA in March of 1773 when a law suit was filed against him by James English.
Significant information supplied by fellow Guthrie researcher Floyd Owsley, web site - http://owslfl.tripod.com/adamguthrie/ |
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| HOCHWARTH |
Locales: Baden, Germany; Bureau Co., IL; Keokuk Co., IA
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Carolina immigrated from the village of Helmhof in Baden, Germany, arriving in the port of New York 1 August 1882 aboard the ship "Neckar" from the port of Bremen. On board the same ship was August ZIMMERMAN. They both travelled to Bureau County, IL and one year later were married in neighboring Henry County, IL. They had a large family, 10 children, in the Bureau and Henry Counties area. Circa 1907 they, and 8 of the 10 children, moved to Keokuk County, IA.
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Locales: County Armagh, Ireland; New Castle Co., DE; Chester Co., PA
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In 1682, Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr., and his family, including son-in-law Thomas Connaway, left Belfast for Pennsylvania. They arrived a few months after William Penn's arrival on the ship "Welcome". He settled on a large plantation of nearly a thousand acres on Shelpot Creek in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle (now Delaware) County, PA. That Valentine was a man of ability and influence, and a respected member of the Society of Friends, is demonstrated by his appointment to the first Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, that of 1682-83; also of the Grand Inquest empaneled 25 October 1683 to consider the famous case of Charles Pickering and others charged with counterfeiting.
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Locales: Shropshire, England; Chester Co., PA
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Richard Iddings was born 1636 in Shropshire, England, the son of William and Ursula Idwyns. He married Margaret Charles and they had nine children, including son William born in 1665. Richard married second in 1683 Sarah Thomas after the death of his first wife. In the spring of 1698 Richard and Sarah and several of his children from the first marriage were aboard the ship "William Galley" as it departed from the town of Rhayader upon the River Towy, Wales and landed in Philidelphia in the fall. Richard had been employed to establish the village of Nantmeal in the new area.
Assistance for the Iddings line came from the book "The Iddings & Their Forebears, Second Edition", The Iddings Association, 2001, printed by Casey Printing, King City, CA |
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| JARRETT |
Locales: Chester Co., PA; Kanawha, Greenbrier and Cabell Counties, WVa
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As Jarrett reseacher Lowell Jarrett relates, David Gerrad (as it was spelled in the records)and his wife Margaret lived in Berks County, PA. on Owantin Creek about one mile north of present day Highway US 422 and about three miles east of Reading, PA. The record shows that his property was parcel E-47 on the Platt sheet of the formation of Exeter Township in 1750. All the property owners are listed. There is a Lake at the eastern end of his farm now; it is Daniel Boone Lake. The farm just to the north was Benjamin Boone, uncle of Daniel. It is now a restored historical exibition farm where Daniel was born of Squire Boone. This gives credit to the story that Daniel was at Wolf Creek , Jarrett's Fort Greenbrier County, WVa. He was about the same age as Jesse (eldest child of David and Margaret), and was their neighbor in PA.
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Locales: England; Northumberland Co., VA
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Richard Key, Sr. was of St. Paul, Covent Garden, London, England. Richard was the son of Ralph Key as evidenced by a land entry dated 20 Oct. 1663 whereby one John Choate assigned land to Richard Key: "100 acres to Richard Key, son of Ralph Key, deceased". He immigrated to Northumberland County, VA before 1694. (His son, Philip, is the ancestor of Francis Scott Key.) Richard married Mary Cartwright in 1695 and together they had seven children.
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| KNOX |
Locales: Scotland; Stratford Co., NH; York Co., ME; Mercer Co., IL; Poweshiek Co., IA
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According to W. B. Lapham, "The Nock or Knox family, which was quite numerous in Dover, N. H., a hundred and fifty years ago, has entirely disappeard from that ancient town, and there is nothing but faded and almost illegible records, and a marsh which still, as it was two hundred years ago, is known as "Nock's marsh," are found to indicate that families of this name ever lived there. Among the quite early settlers of Dover was a man called Thomas Nock. This was the way he wrote his name and his original signature may yet be seen in the archives of Rockingham county at Exeter. He was a young man when he came to Dover, and was a farmer. Just when he came or in what ship is unknown. If he stopped in Boston, he left no record there. He was taxed in Dover in 1662-5, but he had doubtless then been there some years and had married. Among those whom young Knox found at Cocheco, was Henry Tibbets, who had a family of grown up sons and daughters. One of those, Rebecca Tibbetts, became the wife of Thomas Knox. The year they were married is not known. Thomas Knox had a grant of land in 1652. He died as the result of an accident, October 29, 1666, leaving a widow and five children, the youngest being only about eight months old.
Significant information gained from the book "Thomas (Nock) Knox of Dover, N. H., in 1652 and Some of His Descendants", compiled by W. B. Lapham, 1890. |
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| LUTTRELL |
Locales: England; Ireland; Prince William, Amherst, and Westmoreland Counties, VA; Knox Co., TN
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The Luttrell name is believed to descend from Norman origins, which is often confused with French origins. In reality, the Normans were descended from the Vikings of Scandanavia. The original Luttrell immigrant, Robert, was from County Dublin, Ireland, and arrived in Prince William Co., VA circa 1665. There he married Anne Preston. Their second son Simon, Sr. was born there about 1682, married Elizabeth Canfield Pierce about 1705-1710, and died 1723 in Westmoreland County, VA. Their third child, and second son John, was born 1712, married Frances Patience Sanford in 1734, and died 1795, all in Westmoreland County.
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Locales: County Londonderry, Ireland; Ontario Province, Canada; Philadelphia Co., PA; Mercer Co., IL; Keokuk Co., IA
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Samuel McKay, Sr. was born in County Londonderry, Ireland, and there married Margaret Flemming in 1863 before migrating to Komoko, Ontario Province, Canada between 1870 and 1874, and then to Mercer County, IL circa 1890. His son Samuel, Jr. was born in Komoko, migrated to Mercer County, IL and then to Keokuk County, IA between 1905 and 1910. While in Mercer County, Samuel, Jr. married Annie Jones in Scott County, IA.
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| McKINNIS |
Locales: Scotland; Butler Co., PA; Jackson Co., OH; Davis Co., IA
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Charles McKinnis, Sr. was born 1722 in Bona Bornia, between Edinburg and Glasgow, Scotland. Family tradition has it that he was pressed into the British army in 1744 in the Grenadiers Regiment and that he was a Captain in General Braddock's army in 1755. He was supposedly wounded in the left side and thigh at Braddock's defeat during the French and Indian War. I have not seen records of McKinnis serving in Braddock's unit, so do not know if this is fact or fiction. However it happened, Charles settled down to be a farmer in Butler County, PA circa 1760. There he married Rachel Carr in 1772 at the age of 50, she being much younger since she bore him seven sons and two daughters.
Much information and assistance provided by George W. McKinnis and Paul Forstad. |
| MOOTS |
Locales: Germany; Pennsylvania; Logan Co., OH; Davis Co., IA
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John Moots (Johann Michael Matz) came to this country in 1763. On October 5, 1763 John arrived in the port of Philadelphia aboard the ship "Richmond" from Rotterdam, last from Portsmouth. The family spent time in the Lancaster County, PA area for approximately 20 years, but by 1785 were in the Chillicothe, Ross County, OH vicinity. Between 1812 and 1815 three of the sons, George, Conrad and Charles made their way to Logan County, OH.
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| MORRISON |
Locales: Allegheny Co., PA; Wapello & Davis Counties, IA
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This is obviously one of our primary lines. But I have unfortunately only been able to go back to my gg grandfather. Joseph was born in Ireland, circa 1810-1820 according to censuses, migrated to Allegheny County, PA by 1850 and then Wapello County, IA by 1854. He had only one child, a son named John Thomas, who raised a large family in Davis County, IA.
See also the related story on this site Forsyths of Wapello Co., IA - A New Line |
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| ROBERTSON |
Locales: Fincastle Co., VA; Knox Co., TN; Brown Co., IN; Mahaska Co., IA
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Stephen Robertson, son of James, was born about 1775 in Fincastle County, VA, and in 1779 at the age of 4 was part of a party headed by uncle Alexander Robertson that travelled through the Cumberland Gap. By 1790 he was in Mercer County, KY and then circa 1793-1795 he migrated to Knox County, TN. He married there in 1800 to Winnie Webb CHITWOOD and then moved to Claiborne County, TN circa 1815. In 1821 their son Lazarus married Jane Leeper. In 1828 Stephen and the family, including Lazarus and his family, moved to Brown County, IN. From that vicinity his grandson, William Riley Robertson, moved to Poweshiek County, IA circa 1855, his father Lazarus having died in the Mexican War.
An early history of this Robertson Family was given me by John Darland. |
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| SAXTON/SEXTON |
Locales: Greenbrier & Cabell Counties, VA (now WV); Sangamon Co., IL; Mahaska Co., IA
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This line first makes an appearance with William Saxton in Greenbrier County, VA (now WV) in the 1790's. He marries Elizabeth BLACK in 1801 in Greenbrier County and the family is located in Cabell County, VA (now WV) upon its creation in 1809. His son William Sexton married Mary JARRETT circa 1822-1824 in Cabell County and relocates to Sangamon County, IL in 1828. Their son Calvary served in the Mexican War then married Nancy Young DODD in 1847 upon return to Sangamon County. They then relocate to Mahaska County, IA circa 1855. Their son Pierson Ulysses Simpson Grant Sexton is born there and marries Mary Eleanor FARR there in 1888. Their daughter Lena Hazel married Harley Clark ROBERTSON in Mahaska County in 1907 and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in 1927 in Wapello County, IA. Others who have helped with this line include significant help from Rebecca Thomas as well as information provided by Jerry Jordan and Kathy Brand. See also the related story on this site The Sexton Family of Cabell County, WVa |
| SIDWELL |
Locales: Cumberland Co., KY; Fayette Co., IL; Schuyler Co., MO; Davis Co., IA
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This line begins with William Sidwell and wife Mary Key, supposedly daughter of a Zachery Key. William lived on Illwill Creek, Cumberland County, KY. He is listed on the membership of the Sinking Springs Baptist Church in 1805 and again in 1806. In 1806 he is listed as having 100 acres surveyed on Sulpher Lick of Obey. He was also appointed clerk of the church. Other member of the church were in 1821-27: Rebecca Sidwell, Polly Sidwell, Susannah Sidwell, and Jonathan Sidwell.
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| SLUSHER |
Locales: Germany; Lancaster, Greene and Washington Counties, PA
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"Schlosser", the original German form of the name, seems to have been changed quickly to "Slusher" by English record keepers in America. Such Anglification was not uncommon for many names of nationalities foreign to the English.
Much assistance provided by the book "History of the Funk Family", John L. Funk, 1993, Funk Publishing Co., Columbia, MO.
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| TATE |
Locales: England; Chester Co., PA; New Castle Co., DE; Logan Co., OH
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Charles Tate was born between 1662 and 1669 in England, and died unknown, although he most certainly died in America since his son, William, was born circa 1730 in Chester County, PA. William married Martha
DIXON in New Castle County in 1753. In 1774 in Chester County, PA, daughter Hannah Tate married Solomon THARP. Hannah was christened in the Quaker Church, but was disowned by the church for marrying a Baptist (Solomon Tharp). By 1780 Solomon Tharp moved his young family to Culpepper County, VA where the rest of his children were born.
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| THARP |
Locales: Talbot Co., MD; Kent Co., DE; Virginia; South Carolina; Logan Co., OH; Davis Co., IA
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For many, many years researchers have thought Solomon Tharp was descended from John Tharp, who was born in England and died 1630 in Boston, MA, and whose family migrated to Middlesex County, NJ in the mid 1600's, staying in the area for close to a century. According to an e-mail distributed to Solomon researchers in 2004 by Ellen Coffman, the DNA evidence from the Thorpe DNA project showed Solomon Tharp as a descendant of Thomas Tharp of Maryland, though the exact line of descent was unknown.. According to Ellen "it is very likely, though, that he was born in Delaware, where his wife hailed from and where Tharp's from Maryland migrated in the late 1600's. It is very unlikely that Solomon is a descendant of Thomas Tharp (1685), since this lineage has been well-researched by Thomas Tharp researchers. There are other Tharp's in Delaware, however, who appear to be connected to Thomas Tharp (including a John Tharp).". It is this John Tharp that several Solomon researchers, including myself, have chosen to link Solomon to with the possibility this may need to change if additional information should warrant the change.
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| WARNER |
Locales: County Worcestershire, England; PA
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Isaac Warner was born 1662 in Draycott, Blockley Parish, County Worcestershire, England and died April 1727 in PA. It was at the 30 October 1692 Philadelphia Meeting of Friends where Isaac married Ann Craven. Daughter Anne married 1730 in East Nantmeal Township, Chester County, PA, Jonathan WYNNE.
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WALTERHOUSE |
Locales: Sussex Co., NJ; Ontario Province, Canada; Niagara Co., NY; Kalamazoo Co., MI; Scott & Keokuk Counties, IA
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Much of this early Waterhouse information was provided by Walterhouse researchers Norma and Gary Curtis. In Hardwick Township, Sussex County, NJ on 20 Sep. 1788 a man named Nathan Walterhouse made out his will. It names his wife, Sarah, his eldest son Nathan, his other sons Asa, Elkanah, John and Gideon and his daughters Sarah, Ester and Mary. The clerk who drew up this document probably misspelled "Esther" as well as the name of Nathan Sr. which is shown as Nathan WATERHOUSE at the beginning and NAHAN WATERHOUSE later on. The signature, however, is clearly NATHAN WALTERHOUSE.
Much information on this family provided by Shirley Walterhouse, and Gary and Norma Curtis. |
| WYNNE |
Locales: Wales; Philadelphia Co., PA
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Dr. Thomas Wynne's family comes from a very long line of distinguished and notable ancestors, with the immediate line coming from Wales. Thomas was baptized 1627, at St. Stephen's, Bodfari, County of "old" Flintshire, North Wales. He married Martha Elizabeth Buttall in 1655 at Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales. Following the death of his first wife, Thomas married for a second time in 1676 Elizabeth Maude, widow of Joshua Maude, of Rainhill, Lancashire, England.
Assistance for the Wynne line came from the book "Dr. Thomas Wynne's Legacy", Lynn Larsen and Becky Thill, 2002 |
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| ZIMMERMAN |
Locales: Würrtemberg, Germany; Bureau Co. and Henry Co., IL; Keokuk Co., IA
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August Zimmerman's ancestors resided in Massenbachhausen, Württemberg, Germany from the early 1700s. August Zimmerman immigrated from Württemberg, Germany, arriving in the port of New York 1 August 1882 aboard the ship "Neckar" from the port of Bremen. On board the same ship was Carolina HOCHWARTH. They both travelled to Bureau County, IL and one year later were married in neighboring Henry County, IL. They had a large family, 10 children, in the Bureau and Henry Counties area. Circa 1907 they, and 8 of the 10 children, moved to Keokuk County, IA. In 1919 in Keokuk County their son Joe married Luella Florence McKAY. Their daughter Arlene Florence married Melvin Floyd DAHLSTROM in 1940.
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