First Generation  

1. Donald Richard Conley

Donald married Scharmal Veronica Triesch, daughter of Joseph Peter Triesch, "Joe" and Mahala Winnifred "Winnie" Byers.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Jan Donnelle Conley

         ii.  Lisa Ann Conley

        iii.  Scott Fletcher Conley

         iv.  David Richard Conley

  Second Generation  

2. Clyde Albert Conley, son of James Albert Conley, "Bert" and Clara May Burkhart, was born on 7 Jun 1906 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, died on 23 Jun 1997 in Selah, Yakima County, Washington at age 91, and was buried on 25 Jun 1997 in West Hills Memorial Park, Yakima County, Washington.

General Notes: The mother of Clyde Albert Conley died when he was 18 years old.

Clyde Conley said at age 4 or 5 he mentioned there were raisins in the gravy (flys) he was sent outside.

Clyde Albert Conley went to Selah Washington in 1934 where he worked in the West Dependable Grocery store and after that in the Hardware store. During WW II, he managed a grocery store for Robert Lince (Jim's Market) while Robert Lince was in the war. Clyde later owned a grocery of his own, Clyde's Market, in Selah Washington, which Robert Lince purchased from him several years later.

Clyde was Selah City Clerk for a number of years and served on the Selah City Council from 1953 to 1972. Clyde also served on the Selah Chamber of Commerce and was president of that organization in the late 1930's. Clyde started the Chamber's Crab Feed in 1936 and it is still (1996) an annual event. Clyde served on the Fire District Board as secretary for several years and served on the Yakima Valley Fire District Board.

Clyde was Treasurer of his church, Selah Church of Christ. Clyde was also active in the Selah Lions Club and held almost every office in the organization, including president thru out the years.



Clyde and wife Alta Fravel Conley and baby daughter, Shirley, lived with Lora and Erwin Knowles on their ranch near Benton City, Washington in 1933. He worked for board & room, living in the 1 room cabin that Phillip Bachler had lived in years earlier, and at the same time rode a horse to Whitstrand, Washington and worked on the Deshayne Ranch for 50 cents a day.

We have a copy of Clyde Albert Conley's discharge from the National Guard, dated 10 November 1928. His address at the time was 7344 31st SW, Seattle, Washington.

We have a copy of a "Promotion Certificate" from the primary department to the Junior department of the First Christian Church, Waitsburg, Washington, dated 26 September 1915. (The church is still there in 1994)

CONLEY RETIRES FROM FIRE DISTRICT #2

It is very frequently the people behind the scenes, those that just keep things moving , are the silent majority that really gets things done, quietly and with persistence. Clyde Conley is one of those people. Clyde Conley retired from the position of Secretary of Fire District #2, Dec. 31, 1990, but his actual retirement date was February of 1989. On the date of his retirement in February of 1989, he was asked to stay on for the sake of continuity, so he did. Upon his retirement, he had spent 34 years as the secretary of Fire District #2. While doing this public Job, Conley was also serving as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. During his tenure, Conley had to prepare minutes of each meeting and see to it that copies of the minutes went to each of the three fire commissioners, a job that entailed a large amount of detail and bookkeeping. Conley also had to keep fire commissioners informed of previous matters that would have an influence on the decisions that they were making. He was responsible for having the paperwork and accounting ready for auditors and he also had to be aware of annexations and annexation policies and how they would affect the workings of the fire district Fire Chief, John Soden, recalls that Conley never missed a meeting. "He was always attentive, and kept good minutes," Soden said. "He showed a definite concern and interest for the people of Fire District #2." Throughout Conley's time as the secretary, fire district grew . It was incorporated with the City of Selah on Sept 26, 1966, and later incorporations included East Selah, Lower Wenas and Upper Wenas. Each time a new area of responsibility was added , Conley's responsibilities grew. Conley had to be aware of the various types of roads and whether access of specific types of fire fighting vehicles would be possible. All problems had to be anticipated. When Conley started as the secretary, the three fire commissioners were Axel Samuelson, Ed Brown and William Dowdy. Clyde Conley is now (1991) 85 years old, and can, at last, turn the wheel over to someone else. Carl North, firefighter and high-school teacher, is the new secretary of Fire District #2. Conley lives in retirement in Selah. (Source : Yakima Herald, 1991)

GETS BEAR STORY OUT OF DEER HUNT

Clyde Conley shot a nice two-point buck far up in the Wenas on Sunday and he almost got a bear in what he terms the hard way, The bear, probably frightened by hunters, came tearing down the ridge on which Clyde was walking. There was not much room to pass so Clyde let out a husky yell and the bear swerved to the side. About that time Larry Tyrrell got in a good shot and bruin rolled to the bottom of the small canyon and two more shots failed to stop him. Clyde sheepishly reported that Bobby Dubuque, who was in the party, also ran. (Selah news paper, sometime in the 1940's)

OBITUARY
CLYDE ALBERT CONLEY


Clyde Albert Conley, 91, Selah, Wa., died Monday June 23, 1997 at Selah Convalescent Center. He was born June 7, 1906 in Lincoln, Nebraska to James Albert Conley and Clara May (Burkhart) Conley. When Clyde was 6 years old, the family moved to Waitsburg, Wa. and then when 12 years old moved to Prosser, Wa. At age 18 he moved to Puyallup, Wa. where his mother died. Clyde graduated from high school in Puyallup, Wa. in 1925.
Clyde sought out and found Alta Fravel that he had met in Prosser, Wa. when he was 12 years old. Clyde Conley and Alta Fravel were married in Seattle, Wa. February 16, 1929 and lived in Seattle, Wa. a short time before moving to the Prosser and Benton City area. While in Prosser, Wa., their first child was born on June 26, 1931, Shirley Anne. Clyde and Alta moved to Yakima, Wa., in 1934, where their second child was born on April 29, 1934, Donald Richard . Clyde and Alta and family moved to Selah, Wa. shortly after the birth of their son in 1934 and have lived there ever since.
In Selah Clyde managed the West Dependable Grocery Store and then worked in the hardware store. During WWII Clyde managed Jim's Market for Robert Lince and later owned Clyde's Market. He was also a bookkeeper and dispatcher for McPherson Trucking.
Clyde was actively involved in his community. He was City Clerk for a number of years, served on the City Council for 19 years. He was on the Selah Chamber of Commerce, including the office of president in the late 1930's. He started the Chamber's Crab Feed in 1936 which is still an annual event. For his 34 years of service as secretary on the Fire District Board , a meeting room at the new fire station was named in his honor. He was an active member of the Selah Lions Club, holding every office including president. Clyde was a beloved member of the Christian Church at Selah serving there as an elder and treasurer.
Clyde is survived by his wife of 68 years Alta Conley of Selah; Daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Eli Reyna of East Selah, Wa., son and daughter-in-law, Don and Scharmal Conley of Kennewick, Wa., 2 nieces Abbie Shaw and Mary Lou Foresman, 9 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and many grandnieces and grandnephews, and he was affectionately called "Grandpa Clyde" by many, many other children who adopted him as their own.
Clyde Conley was buried June 25, 1997 at West Hills Memorial Park, Yakima, Wa., Shaw and Sons Funeral Home in charge.

Noted events in his life were:

• Soc Sec Num: 534-01-6698.

• Residence: Selah, Yakima County, Washington, Between 1934 and 1997.

• Residence: Lincoln, Lancaster CountyNebraska, Between 7 Jun 1906 and 1912.

• Residence: Waitsburg,Walla Walla County, Washington, Between 1912 and 1918.

• Residence: Prosser, Benton County, Washington, Between 1918 and 1924.

• Residence: Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, Between 1924 and 1929.

• Residence: 1925, 1627 W Stewart St, Payalllup, Washington.

• Residence: Seattle, King County, Washington, 1929-1930.

• Residence: Prosser, Benton County, Washington, Between 1930 and 1932.

• Residence: Benton City, Benton County, Washington, 1932-1933.

• Residence: Sunnyside,Yakima County, Washington, 1933-1934.

Clyde married Alta Leverta Fravel on 16 Feb 1929 in Seattle, King County, Washington. Alta was born on 19 Aug 1906 in Gypsum, Colorado, died on 25 Jan 2001 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington at age 94, and was buried on 29 Jan 2001 in West Hills Memorial Park, Yakima County, Washington. The cause of her death was Heart Failure.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Shirley Anne Conley

1        ii.  Donald Richard Conley

3. Alta Leverta Fravel, daughter of John Henry Fravel and Lilly May Carroll, was born on 19 Aug 1906 in Gypsum, Colorado, died on 25 Jan 2001 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington at age 94, and was buried on 29 Jan 2001 in West Hills Memorial Park, Yakima County, Washington. The cause of her death was Heart Failure.

General Notes: Alta Fravel was born in a log cabin in Gypsum, Colorado, she lived in Lincoln, Nebraska when she was 2 years old. (1908)

Alta's sister Mable named her. Source: Alta L. Fravel

Alta was 11 yrs old when she lived in St Peter, Minn for 2 years, she was there when World War I ended. (1918)

Alta Fravel said when she was a kid, she used to roller skate to the Capital Building in Lincoln, Nebraska.

William Jennings Bryant's home was across the street from the school she went to. Thats where her brother Ray got hit in the mouth with a ball bat. It knocked him out. He was laid on the porch of William Jennings Bryant's house to come to.

Alta took ballet lessons when young, she also rode horses.

Alta thinks her mother and father lived in Waco, Nebraska at some time.

Alta, Glen & Charlie (her brothers) lived in Prosser 3 years (1919) then to Portland, Oregon.

Alta moved around a lot as a child, only going to the 8th grade in school because they would always put her back when she got to a new school. She lived in Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska and Washington, living in a number of cities in each of the states.

In about 1918 Alta lived at St Peter, Minnesota, about 5 miles out of town.

On 8 June 1991, Alta met a lady who is the Granddaughter of Mary Magdalene Worley Jordon Carroll, who married her grandfather, Edward B. Carroll in 1910. She said what a nice man he was.

1929 address of Alta Fravel Conley: 7344 31st Ave S.W. Seattle, Washington

OBITUARY

ALTA L. CONLEY

YAKIMA - Alta L. Conley went home to the loving arms of her Lord, Thursday January 25, 2001 at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Alta was born in Gypsum, Colorado, August 19, 1906 to John H. and Lilly M. (Carroll) Fravel and moved to Washington when she was a young girl. She married Clyde on February 16, 1929 in Seattle, and moved back to the Yakima area in 1933. Alta was a very loving mother and friend. She was "Grandma Alta" to every child she met. Alta raised her family in Selah and was a long time, active member of the Christian Church of Selah.
Alta's survivors include her daughter Shirley Reyna, and husband Eli, of Yakima; son Don and his wife Scharmal, of Kennewick; nine grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Alta was preceded in death by her husband Clyde, and her parents, five brothers and one sister.
Graveside services will be Monday January 29, 2001at 2:00pm at West Hills Memorial Park. Visitation can be made Sunday from 1:00 am to noon. Shaw and Sons Funeral Directors are entrusted with arrangements. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made go the New Hope Christian Church building fund care of Shaw and Sons.

Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: Selah, Yakima County, Washington, Between 1934 and 2001.

Alta married Allen Darrell Murray, Sr on 9 Jul 1924 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, son of Edgar Allen Murray and Elizabeth Breth. Allen was born on 21 Oct 1905 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, died on 19 Apr 1980 in Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington at age 74, and was buried in Apr 1986 in Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington.

Marriage Notes: Source: Clark County, Washington Marriage Records 1924

Alta next married Clyde Albert Conley on 16 Feb 1929 in Seattle, King County, Washington. Clyde was born on 7 Jun 1906 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, died on 23 Jun 1997 in Selah, Yakima County, Washington at age 91, and was buried on 25 Jun 1997 in West Hills Memorial Park, Yakima County, Washington.

  Third Generation  

4. James Albert Conley, "Bert" " son of Ezra Conley and Agnes Ann Crawford, was born on 14 Jan 1874 in Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, died on 1 Jul 1959 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington at age 85, and was buried in Terrace Heights Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.

General Notes: James Albert Conley, as a young man, sometime during the 1890's, lived and worked in or around Sheridan, Wyoming, possibly for a sheep herder or cattleman.

James had a prune orchard in Zillah, Washington and at times had trouble with the Indians.

Betty Chappel one of James Albert Conley's wives died 7 Feb 1956.

Found J.A. Conley listed 1900 census of Elmood Precinct, Cass County, Nebraska, page 12 living in the household of McKinnon as a border, the listing is as follows: Conley, J.A. White, Male, born Jan 1873, age 27 Born Iowa, father born Indiana, mother born Iowa, farm laborer

23 Jan 1926 Valley Svgs & Loan (Grantee) J.A. Conley (Grantor) mtg bk 32, pg 549 Prosser lot 1, blk 8 Fee bk 95977

15 Dec 1934 Valley Svgs & Loan (Grantee) J.A.Conley (etux) (Grantor) His Judgment problems Bk 5, pg 357 (see record)

21 Oct 1919 J. A. Conley (Grantor) E.G.Damrell (Grantee) Deed bk 46, pg 281 Fee bk 63837 Halms add-Prosser Lot 1-2

19 Dec 1924 J. A. Conley-Clara May Conley GC deeds, bk 55, pg 365 Land in Prosser Fee bk 90556

556
THIS ENDENTURE, Made this 10th day of December A.D.1924, between Clara May Conley party o f the first part, and J.A.Conley, husband of the party of the first part party of the second part. WITNESSETH, That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one ($1.00) Dollar and love and affection lawful money of the United States of America to her in hand paid by the said party of the second part, does by these presents, remise, release, convey and forever quit claim unto the said part of the second part, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns the following real estate, lying and being in the County of Benton, State of Washington, to wit:
Beginning on the North boundary of Grant Ave. at it's intersection with the East boundary of 5th Street; thence run North on the East boundary of 5th street extended 500 feet more or less to the Yakima River; thence run Southwesterly along Southern bank of Yakima River to a point 60 feet West and Approximately 495 feet North of the point of beginning; thence South 595 more or less to the North bounndry of Grant Ave; thence East 60 feet to beginning, in the City of Prosser, Benton County, Washington, Also all my interest in my household goods and furniture.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, all and singular, the said described premises, together with the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs, executors, administrator s and assigns forever .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The said party of the first part has hereunto set her hand and seal th e day and year first above written.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of (signed) Clara May Conley M.F. Porter STATE OF WASHINGTON
ss. County of Benton

I, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said State, do certify that on this 10 day of December A.D. 1924 personally appeared before me Clara May Conley, Wife of J.A.Conley to me to be known to be the individual described in and who executed the within instrument and acknowledged that she signed and sealed the same as her free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned .

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL, this 10th day of December, A.D.1924.

(seal) M.F. Porter M.F. Porter Notary Public Notary public in and for said state, State of Washington residing at Puyallup in said County Commission expires July 2, 1827 Commission expires July 2nd, 1927

Filed for record at the request of Porter & Healy Dec 19, 1924 at 8:15 A.M.

Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1900, Elmwood Precinct, Cass County, Nebraska.

• deed: 23 Jan 1926, Prosser, Benton County, Washington.

James married Clara May Burkhart on 19 Apr 1905 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. Clara was born on 25 May 1880 in Grundy County, Iowa, died on 12 May 1925 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington at age 44, and was buried in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. The cause of her death was Brights Disease.

Children from this marriage were:

2         i.  Clyde Albert Conley (born on 7 Jun 1906 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska - died on 23 Jun 1997 in Selah, Yakima County, Washington)

         ii.  Agnes May Conley (born on 25 Jan 1908 in Oxford, Furnas County, Nebraska - died on 22 Dec 1984 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico)

James next married Elva L "Betty" Hudson on 29 Apr 1946 in Prosser, Benton County, Washington, daughter of Hudson and Scott. Elva was buried in Prosser, Benton County, Washington.

Marriage Notes: 1st marriage 26 Feb1927, Source: Vol 2, pg 448, Benton County, Washington marriage records. 2nd time they were married: 29 Apr 1946. Source: Vol 14 pg 5314 Benton County, Washington mar riage records.

Elva L. "Betty" Hudson was married first to a Thompson, then James Albert Conley, then a Chap pel, then again to James Albert Conley, and then a Boyd and then Blackburn.

General Notes: Buried in White Bluffs Section. Source: East Prosser Cemetery records.

5. Clara May Burkhart, daughter of John Montgomery Burkhart and Mary Elizabeth Sutphin, was born on 25 May 1880 in Grundy County, Iowa, died on 12 May 1925 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington at age 44, and was buried in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. The cause of her death was Brights Disease.

General Notes: Clara May Burkhart Conley never married Guy W. Van Voorhis, however according to court papers , dated 18 December 1899, Grundy County, Iowa, he was the birth father of Gladys Muriel Burkhart/Conley.

Clara May Burkhart Conley died of Bright's disease. Her son, Clyde Albert Conley, says that the only thing that kept her alive toward the end was that he rubbed her with olive oil which her body used as food, since she could not eat anything. Her body started swelling around her legs and in a matter of months it was swelling around her throat and choked her to death.

Clara May Burkhart played and taught the guitar and piano.

The Bible of Clyde Albert Conley, son of Clara May Burkhart, list the birthday of Clara May Burkhart as 4 Apr 1881.

QUITCLAIM DEED

90556
THIS ENDENTURE, Made this 10th day of December A.D.1924, between Clara May Conley party of the first part, and J.A.Conley, husband of the party of the first part party of the second part. WITNESSETH, That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one ($1.00) Dollar and love and affection lawful money of the United States of America to her in hand paid by the said party of the second part, does by these presents, remise, release, convey and forever quit claim unto the said part of the second part, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns the following real estate, lying and being in the County of Benton, State of Washington, to wit:
Beginning on the North boundary of Grant Ave. at it's intersection with the East boundary of 5th Street; thence run North on the East boundary of 5th street extended 500 feet more or less to the Yakima River; thence run Southwesterly along Southern bank of Yakima River to a point 60 feet West and Approximately 495 feet North of the point of beginning; thence South 595 more or less to the North boundary of Grant Ave; thence East 60 feet to beginning, in the City of Prosser, Benton County, Washington, Also all my interest in my household goods and furniture.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, all and singular, the said described premises, together with the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The said party of the first part has hereunto set her hand and seal the day and year first above written.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of (signed) Clara May Conley M.F. Porter STATE OF WASHINGTON
ss. County of Benton

I, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said State, do certify that on this 10 day of December A.D. 1924 personally appeared before me Clara May Conley, Wife of J.A.Conley to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the within instrument and acknowledged that she signed and sealed the same as her free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned .

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL, this 10th day of December, A.D.1924.

(seal) M.F. Porter M.F. Porter Notary Public Notary public in and for said state, State of Washington residing at Puyallup in said County Commission Commission expires July 2nd, 1927

Filed for record at the request of Porter & Healy Dec 19, 1924 at 8:15 A.M.

Noted events in her life were:

• deed: 19 Dec 1924, Prosser, Benton County, Washington.

Clara had a relationship with Guy W Van Voorhis, son of William Otis Van Voorhis and Mary Brenizer. This couple did not marry. Guy was born on 29 Feb 1880 in Grundy County, Iowa, died on 15 Jun 1969 in Grundy County, Iowa at age 89, and was buried in Liscomb, Marshall County, Iowa.

Marriage Notes: Clara May Burkhart never Married Guy W Van Voorhis. She got pregnant by him and gave birth to Glalyds Murial.

Their child was:

          i.  Gladys Muriel Conley (born on 25 Aug 1899 in Liscomb, Marshall County, Iowa - died on 31 Mar 1932 in Bellevue, King County, Washington)

Clara married James Albert Conley, "Bert" on 19 Apr 1905 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. James was born on 14 Jan 1874 in Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, died on 1 Jul 1959 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington at age 85, and was buried in Terrace Heights Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.

6. John Henry Fravel, son of William Henry Fravel and Amelia Elizabeth Pitman, was born on 2 Feb 1866 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, died on 19 Jun 1941 in Oakland, Alameda County, California at age 75, and was buried in Oakland, Alameda County, California.

General Notes: John Henry Fravel did not like the name Henry. Source: his daugher, Alta L. Fravel.

The following information was copied from a letter written by a Colonel Ira F. Fravel & sent to Glen Fravel in Portland, Oregon on 21 Aug 1952: "Isaac Frevel and his sons Henry & Moses came in 1750. Henry lived and died near Woodstock, Virginia. Isaac died in Rapahannock, County, Virginia and Moses went to Pennsylvania. Descendants of Henry are scattered all over the U.S. and so are those of Moses though not so numerous and some changed the spelling to Frable." (note: In the above letter that the spelling of Fravel is Frevel)(Colonel Ira F.Fravel , Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania) " Moses Frevel our Imigrant ancestor settled and died near Gilbert, Monroe County, Pennsylvania."

Have copy of death certificate of John Henry Fravel. It states that his mothers name was Elizabeth Pittman, born in Pennsylvania and that his father was William Henry Fravel who was also born in Pennsylvania. The informant of the certificate was Lilly May Fravel, John Henry's wife. The above certificate (#41 035132) states that he died at 1339 102nd Ave, Oakland, California on 19 June 1941 at 5:10 p.m.. It also states that he was a blacksmith (retired). He was cremated on 23 June 1941, at California Crematory. The funeral director was Clarence N. Cooper Mortuary, Oakland, California.

I, Donald Richard Conley, Grandson of John Henry Fravel recalls when our family was visiting Grandma and Grandpa Fravel in California I sat on his knee. (The only time I can remember him)

Have the marriage certificate of John Henry Fravel and Lilly May Carroll it reads: Grooms Father: W.H.Fravel Grooms Mother: Elizabeth Pitman. Brides Father: E.B.Carroll. Brides Mother: Rebecca Gray. Groom Born: Indiana. Bride Born: Cass Co, Nebraska. Age of Groom: 24. Age of Bride: 17. Date of Marriage: 29 Aug 1889. Place of Marriage: Cass Co, Nebraska. Consent of Bride s Father:" E.B.Carroll, Father of Lillie May Carroll was present in court and consented that she be granted license to marry" Signed: C. Russell, Co. Judge.

The following are highlights from letter from C.W.Fravel, 1140 Perl St, Boulder Colo. 14 Fe b 1938 : Dear Bro & Sis, Had letter from Mack, in wheel chair, heard Ida was in Calif, Wrote to Fr....? didn't hear from, Thea Carroll dead ,been 50 years since I saw John W Fravel, My wife dead. Sent news clip from McCool Junct Ne, The Blue Valley Journal. I have 2 boys Clifford & Douglas. Note from news clip:John Fravel of Waco visits brother Charles.

In divorce papers of William Henry Fravel and Amelia Pitman, dated August 25, 1869, lists John Henry Fravel as 4 years old.

John Henry Fravel died at 5:10 p.m. on 19 Jun 1941

Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: 1339 102nd Ave, 19 Jun 1941, Oakland, Alameda County, California.

• Cremation: Ashes Are In Same Urn As Wife Lilly May.

John married Lilly May Carroll on 29 Aug 1889 in Cass County, Nebraska. Lilly was born on 29 Aug 1872 in Cass County, Nebraska, died on 20 Aug 1947 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington at age 74, and was buried in Hayward Morturary Chapel , Hayward, California. The cause of her death was Heart Failure.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Frank Melvin Fravel (born on 17 Dec 1889 in Nebraska - died on 19 Sep 1946 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon)

         ii.  Mabel Lennie Fravel (born on 14 Jun 1891 in Nebraska - died on 4 Dec 1984 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington)

        iii.  Oria Venard Fravel (born on 5 Sep 1892 in Nebraska - died on 24 Jan 1972 in Alameda County, California)

         iv.  Glen Edward Fravel, Sr. (born on 28 May 1894 in Greeley, Greeley County, Nebraska - died on 3 Apr 1983 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon)

          v.  Charles William Fravel (born on 9 Nov 1895 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska - died on 19 Dec 1964 in Santa Rosa, California)

         vi.  Raymond John Fravel, "Ray" (born on 25 Apr 1901 in Nebraska - died on 8 Mar 1964 in Hayward, Alameda County, California)

3       vii.  Alta Leverta Fravel (born on 19 Aug 1906 in Gypsum, Colorado - died on 25 Jan 2001 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington)

7. Lilly May Carroll, daughter of Edward B Carroll and Rebecca Francis Gray, was born on 29 Aug 1872 in Cass County, Nebraska, died on 20 Aug 1947 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington at age 74, and was buried in Hayward Morturary Chapel , Hayward, California. The cause of her death was Heart Failure.

General Notes: Lilly May Carroll played the piano and sang.

Jennie Carroll Kannard, 1st st, Albert Lea, Minnesota might be related to Lilly May Carroll . Mrs. Bert Hohnbaum (Lottie Carroll) 5th st, York, Nebraska. Truman Carroll, RR 1, York, Nebraska. Truman could possibly be the husband of Ida Fravel which is the sister of John Henry Fravel.

I, Donald Richard Conley, remember at Christmas time my sister Shirley Ann Conley and I would always be excited about the expected package from our Grandmother in California (Lilly May Carroll Fravel) The package would always be large and contain nuts and candy and clothes for everyone in the family.

Letter from Ann Fravel (wife of Thorne) dated 6 Aug 1947 from Ukiah, Calif, Thorne took job as airport manager 1st of month, moved to airport housing, have new car & furniture, Hope this finds you well.

Letter from Ray & Martha Fravel (Lilly's son) dated 17 Aug 1947 from 1339-102 Ave, Oakland,Ca lif: Both laid off for a week from GE.

Letter from Glen & Grace Fravel (Lilly's son) 8005 N Van Houten, Portland 3, Ore dated 1 July 1947: Glad to get picture of you, Glenda with us past 10 days, suppose you will see Clyde & Alta & children soon, Hope you come back with them, have Nell & Nettie been there yet, Going to Bibs for 3 days, Can't wait to see little David again he is almost 1/2 yr old. Bib recovered from her operation, Haven't seen Ray for 2 wks-seems homesick, Hope Martha gets up to see him. Love Glen & Grace.

Letter from Mrs Nell Randolph 3942 Normal St, San Diego, Calif., dated 31 Jul 1947 to Lilly Fravel. Dear Aunt Lillie, I am well, Nettie is a lot better now. Nettie's daughter & husband are on vacation. We will be at your place after Aug 15, Aunt Lizzie & her husband was down to see us. They live in San F. Leaving soon for Oregon. We can visit Ray & Wife, also aunt Mam ie & Floyd. Your niece Nell.

Letter from Mamie (Mary Elizabeth Carroll Lumpkin) & Floyd 1143 92nd Ave Oakland Calif date d 28 July 1947. Sorry you have been sick. Oria (Lilly & John Fravel's son) taking good care of things.Mabel (Lilly & John Fravel's daughter) not to well, Floyd & Pete going on vacation , wish you could have seen Josie, she & Richard & Velda all went back together. Floyd & Mamie .

Letter from Josie,24 July 1947, Council Bluffs Iowa to Mamie & Floyd Lumpkin. Got home ok, to work Tues,going to Neb City Sunday, Lizzies birthday. Richard was pleased with Calif. & ready to go back.

Letter from Grace & Glen Fravel Portland Ore, 7 Aug 1947. Sorry to hear about your heart attack. I called Grace (sister in law) she said Louis will come up later, he works for a creamery.

Marriage record on file in Cass County courthouse, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Vol. G. page 12.

Mrs. Conley's Mother Dies in Selah Home

Mrs. John (Lillie) Fravel, 75, mother of Mrs. C.A. Conley of Selah, died in Mrs. Conley's home early Wednesday Morning.
Mrs. Fravel had made the trip to Selah with Mr. and Mrs. Conley after they visited her in her home in Oakland, Calif., in July. She had been ill but for a short time.
In the family are Mrs. Conley and her sisters and brothers, Ray, Oria and Mrs. Mable Lyons, all of Oakland; C.W. Fravel of Ukiah, Calif.; and Glen Fravel of Portland. newspaper and date unknown.

OBITUARY

FRAVEL-- Mrs Lillie Mae Fravel who had been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Alta Conley of Selah , for the past six weeks, was taken ill yesterday and died early this morning in the St. Elizabeth hospital. Her home was at Oakland, Cal. Besides Mrs. Conley, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Lyons and for sons, Oria and Raymond all of Oakland, Glen Fravel of Portland , Ore., and Charles Fravel of Ukiah, Cal. Her sister, Mrs. Mamie Lumpkin, lives at Oakland and a brother Jess Carroll lives in Nebraska. There are 15 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Shaw & Sons is in charge of funeral arrangements. Newspaper and date unknown.

Ashes are in the same urn as husband John Henry Fravel.

Noted events in her life were:

• Cremation: Aug 1947, Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington.

Lilly married John Henry Fravel on 29 Aug 1889 in Cass County, Nebraska. John was born on 2 Feb 1866 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, died on 19 Jun 1941 in Oakland, Alameda County, California at age 75, and was buried in Oakland, Alameda County, California.

  Fourth Generation  

8. Ezra Conley, son of Simeon Conley and Caster Combs, was born on 26 Oct 1844 in Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana, died on 26 May 1928 in Milford, Nebraska at age 83, and was buried on 30 May 1928 in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. The cause of his death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

General Notes: Source of Marriage: Bk A, pg 28, Ringgold County, Iowa marriage records.
Two children died Young, Possibly another Julia.

Don & Scharmal Conley, have a copy of Ezra Conley's civil war Pension Records from the National Archives, Washington D.C., Pension Record #308836

Ezra died in the soldier's Home in Milford, Nebraska. Ezra is buried in the Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Buried Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska sec 10 Lot 5727 sp-7

Ezra was a private, Co G,29th Regiment of Iowa Vol. Mustered in 11 April 1864.Enlisted 29 Feb 1864 at Mt Ayr, Iowa, Mustered out 10 Aug 1865. at New Orleans. Joined the regulars at Little Rock, Arkansas on May 4, 1865. Was with the expedition that resulted in the capture of Mobile, Alabama, paticipated in the siege of Spanish Fort and capture of Blakely in the spring of 1865, also in the skirmish at Whistler, Alabama on April 13, 1865, was with the Expedition from Mobile to Texas arriving at Banzos June 10, 1865 returned to New Orleans, La. on Aug 3, 1865, was mustered out and honorably discharged from U.S. service Aug 10, 1865.


Iowa 29th Infantry Regiment

Ezra's brother James was killed 4 July 1863, at the battle of Helena, Arkansas.

Address of Ezra Conley and wife Agnes Ann Crawford, 27 Jul 1920 was 925 M Street, Havelock, N ebraska.


29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry

Organized at Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs, and mustered in December 1, 1862. March to St. Joseph, Mo., December 5-9; thence to Benton Barracks, Mo., December 19-20. Attached to District of St Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas to August, 1865.

SERVICE.-Guard Prison at Benton Barracks, Mo., till December 25, 1862. Moved to Columbus, Ky., en route to Helena, Ark., December 25-29. Duty there till January 8, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., January 8, and duty there till March. Gorman's Expedition up White River January 11-26. Yazoo Pass Expedition and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Duty at Helena till August. Repulse of Holmes' attack on Helena July 4. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock August 1-September 10. Bayou LaFourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock till March, 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23 to May 3. Antoine or Terre Noir Creek April 2.Elkin's Ferry, Little Missouri River, April 3-4. Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. Liberty Postoffice April 15-16. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30. Duty at Little Rock till July, and at Lewisburg till September. At Little Rock till February, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 9-16. Campaign against Mobile and its Defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Whistler's or Eight-Mile Bridge April 13. March to Mt. Vernon and duty at Mt. Vernon Arsenal till June. Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, and duty there till July. Moved to New Orleans, La.; thence home and mustered out August 10, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 266 Enlisted men by disease. Total 310.



On Ezra Conley's declaration for pension, Ezra states that since leaving the military service he has lived in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.

Ezra's children went by their middle name as a nick name in most cases.

Ezra Conley came out to Waitsburg, Washington to visit his son James Albert Conley and his family in 1914.

In an affidavit signed by Ezra Conley, dated 31 Dec 1913, concerning his pension, he states that his father's name is Simeon and his mother's name is Easter, his brothers and sisters are as follows: Jemima, Chrlotte, (must be spelled wrong), Sserena, (Might be type error) William, James, Sylvester, Henry. He also states that he was born in Helts Precinct in Vermillion County, Indiana on the 26th day of October 1844.

Obit of Ezra Conley: Source: Lincoln Sunday Star, May 27 1928, Page 8A, Col 2. "Funeral services for Ezra Conley who died Saturday morning at the soldiers' and sailors' home at Milford , will be held at 2 O'Clock Monday afternoon at Castle, Roper and Matthews' Chapel with G.A.R , assisted by Rev C.L. Myers in charge. Internment will be in Wyuka. Mr Conley had been a resident of Nebraska for forty years, taking up his residence at the Soldiers' and Sailors' home about five months ago. He is survived by his wife Agnes; five daughters, Mrs John Foreman of Lincoln; Mrs Fred North of Plainview, Neb; Mrs I.L. Heart of Ravinia, Ill; Mrs Charles Sheldon of Glendale, Calif and Mrs Edwin Milkus of McCook; and five sons, C.L. of Havelock, S.W . of Maxwell Okla, J.A. of Groffer, (Prosser) Wash, D.H of Glendale, Calif."

Death notice of Ezra Conley. Source: Lincoln Evening Journal, May 26 1928, page 6, col 2. "Conley-Ezra Conley, eighty three died at the Milford Soldiers' and Sailors' home Saturday morning. The body is at Castle, Roper & Matthews' pending arrangements."

Roster at Greenwood cemetery, Greenwood, Nebraska has several people listed and among them is Ezra Conley Q.M.S., Post No. 149, Dep. Of Nebraska.2 DATE 1864 2 PLAC Iowa In 1870 this family still lived in Ringgold County, Iowa

The 1880 census of Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, taken 18 June 1880 states the following: Ezra Conley, male, 35yrs old, b. Indiana, farmer, father born NY, mother born OH Agnes Conley, f, wife, 26yrs old, b. Iowa, father born NY, mother born OH Simeon W Conley, son, 9yrs old born Iowa James A Conley, son, 7yrs old, born Iowa Laura M Conley, daughter, 4yrs old, born Iowa Charles L Conley, son, 2 yrs old, born Iowa Virginia A Conley, daughter, 3months old, born Iowa John W Crawfored, father in law, 67 yrs old, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

Noted events in his life were:

• Enlisted in the Civil War: 29 Feb 1864, Mt Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa.

• Marriage: Book A, pg 28, Riggold County, Iowa marrieage records, 24 Dec 1868, Mt Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa.

• Pension Record: Civil War Pension Record #308836

• Physical Description: 5 ft, 8 1/2 inches, light complexion, hazel eyes, auburn hair.

• Death: 26 May 1928, Milford, Seward County, Nebraska. Nebraska Death Certificate #5642

• Burial: 30 May 1928, Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Section 10, Lot 5727, Grave 6

Ezra married Agnes Ann Crawford on 24 Dec 1868 in Mt Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. Agnes was born on 12 Jan 1854 in Charleston, Lee County, Iowa, died on 26 Jul 1932 in Plainview, Pierce County, Nebraska at age 78, and was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. The cause of her death was Heart Attack.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Simon Wallace Conley (born on 13 Jan 1871 - died on 28 Sep 1948 in Prosser, Benton County, Washington)

         ii.  Leona Addella Conley (born on 13 Jan 1871 in Ringgold County, Iowa - died in 1872)

4       iii.  James Albert Conley, "Bert" (born on 14 Jan 1874 in Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa - died on 1 Jul 1959 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington)

         iv.  Laura May Conley (born on 20 May 1876 in Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa)

          v.  Charles Leander Conley (born on 20 Apr 1878 in Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa)

         vi.  Virginia Ann Conley (born on 1 Nov 1880 in Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa - died in 1967 in Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois)

        vii.  Estella Jane Conley, "Stella" (born on 28 Jul 1882 in Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa - died on 6 Mar 1932)

       viii.  Pearl Agresta Conley (born on 16 Sep 1884 in Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa)

         ix.  Julia Esther Conley (born on 5 Dec 1886 - died on 16 Oct 1907, buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska)

          x.  Benjamin Harrison Conley (born on 2 Jun 1889 - died on 15 Oct 1961, buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska)

         xi.  Edgar Ezra Conley (born on 25 Jul 1892 - died on 15 Sep 1928 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado)

        xii.  Etta Velmetta Conley, "Etta" (born on 23 May 1896)

9. Agnes Ann Crawford, daughter of John Wallace Crawford and Julia Sharp, was born on 12 Jan 1854 in Charleston, Lee County, Iowa, died on 26 Jul 1932 in Plainview, Pierce County, Nebraska at age 78, and was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. The cause of her death was Heart Attack.

General Notes: Source: Family Knowledge
Burried Wyuka Cemtery, Lincoln Nebraska, Sec 10 Lot 5727 sp-6

Agnes married Ezra Conley on 24 Dec 1868 in Mt Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. Ezra was born on 26 Oct 1844 in Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana, died on 26 May 1928 in Milford, Nebraska at age 83, and was buried on 30 May 1928 in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. The cause of his death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

10. John Montgomery Burkhart, son of Henry William Burkhart, Jr and Elizabeth Mercer, was born on 29 Apr 1835 in Smithville, Monroe County, Indiana, died on 16 Apr 1907 in Feyetteville, Arkansas at age 71, and was buried in Liscomb, Marshall County, Iowa.

General Notes: he information about John M. Burkhart and wife Mary Elizabeth was taken from Probate records , Vol IV, of Benton County, Washington 1905-1907 and Yakima County, Washington 1869-1907. The above record lists Clyde Albert Conley, born 7 June 1906 as a grandson and Agnes May Conley , born 25 January 1908 as a granddaughter who live with Clara M. Conley.

Have copy of 1880 census of Liscomb, Marshall Co, Iowa which lists as follows: Burkhart, John , age 45, farmer, b. Ind, f.b.Wisc, m.b.Wisc, Burkhart, Mary E age 42,Wife,b. Ind, f.b.Ind, m .b.Ind, Burkhart, Lycurgus, son, age 20 born Ind, Burkhart, Miller, son age 15, born Ind, Burkhart, Elizabeth, dau, age 13, born Ind, Burkhart, Rebecca, dau, age 11,born Iowa, Burkhart , David S, son, age 8,born Iowa, Burkhart, Charles, son, age 6, born Iowa, Burkhart, Lillie , Grand Dau, age 2mo, born Iowa.

I Have a copy of the Last Will and Testament of John M Burkhart, (My great Grandfather). The Will is dated 14 May 1901. I received a copy from Yakima County Courthouse, upon request, in Yakima, Washington on 15 Aug 1991.

In the Last Will and Testament of John M Burkhart, dated 14 May 1901, Page 2, Par D, states quote: "No part of said trust fund shall ever be used by said trustee to pay any debt or claim against said Clara May Burkhart, not contracted by him, and particularly a judgment against her for costs rendered in the District Court of Grundy County Iowa in the case of The State of Iowa vs Guy Van Vorhies as said costs were illegally taxed against her."

At the time of his death, John M Burkhart held the legal title to the following described lot , tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Yakima County, Washington and particularly described as follows, to-wit: All the irrigble portion of the following described tract , beginning at a point on the center line of Section twenty five (25), township eleven (11) , North, range twenty (20) E.W.M. and 344 feet north of the south quarter corner of said sect ion twenty five (25); running north 42 degrees, 30 minutes east, parallel to and eight feet distant from the reservoir supply pipe of the Washington Irrigation Company, a distance of eight hundred and eighty (880) feet to an intersection with the right-of-way of the Washington Irrigation Company's main canal: thence in a northwesterly direction and then in a northeasterly direction, parallel to and 100 feet distant from the center line of said canal 1125 feet , more or less to an intersection with the east and west center line of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said section 25; thence west along said center line 540 feet to intersection with the north and south center line of said section 25; thence south along said center line, sixteen hundred and forty nine (1649) feet, more or less to the point of beginning, containing eleven and nine tenths (11.9) acres of irrigable land. On October 1st, 1906 , said John M Burkhart entered into a land contract whereby he agreed to sell to M.E. Burkhart and M.E. Burkhart agreed to purchase from said John M Burkhart the real Estate herein before described, at the agreed price of $2035; to be paid on or before August 1st, 1909 with interest thereon from August 10th. 1909 until paid at the rate of seven per cent annum. the above property is in the area of Granger, Yakima County, Washington.

The following letter is from John M. Burkhart to his nephew, Milium B. Moberly (son of the sister to John M. Burkhart, Christina): (Note that I have not changed any of the spelling or punctuation and have had to leave a few blanks where I couldn't read the word)


Smithville August 14 1864

Dear Nephfew

I received your letter some time ago but have been so busy and neglected to rite I was glad to heare from you I have rote you to or letters and never received any answer we are not all well at this but hope that these few lines may find you all in good health our two youngest children are sick but not dangersly yet I will gave you the names of our children we have four there names are edward luther & lucurgus susan & miller evans. edward will soon be large enough to plow we have had a dry summer corn is short wheat and oats was tolerable good wheat is worth $1.60 corn $1.25 oats 75 cts potatoes $1.50 chickens $3.00 per doz eggs 10 cts butter sys calico 40 cts per yd factory 80 cocee 60 everything els in proportion green back is tolerable plenty and answers my purpis gust as well as gold I am making $2.00 to $2.50 a day when I work from home I have built me a new barn this spring and 28 feet square & built one for chasley woodard 36 by 40 feett and tended my crop with the eseseption of two days following and have a house to build yet so you con tell whther have lost a mutch time or not I have not heard from your folks for neartly the last I heard from them they was all well and at the place the first wet to their post office addess in buffalo praria rockiband County ills I am going to rite to them to day I would like to no that you are ____lering and how you are getting along in this world any how I would like to no whether you profes to be a follower of christ or not if you dont I want you to obey the lord in all his commandments and be a christian search the scriptures that you may grow up as calvs of the stalll fit meat for our masters use let us all _____ to live in that manner whitch well be accepted unto the lord that we dont see each others faces in this world that we may have an insureance of meeting in the world to come sooner or later we will have to die prepard or unprepard for it appointed unto man or wonst to die and after that the judgement just think for a monent are we prepared to stand acquitted before god or not you must escuse me for not riting sooner rite when you get this I want to not whether you get this or not

yours truly until death (signed) John M. Burkart to Milium B. Moberly
and family

John married Mary Elizabeth Sutphin on 22 Nov 1856 in Monroe County, Indiana. Mary was born on 7 May 1838 in Indiana, died on 6 Dec 1901 in Grundy County, Iowa at age 63, and was buried in Liscomb, Marshall County, Iowa.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Edward Luther Burkhart (born on 14 Feb 1858 - died on 27 Nov 1937 in Liscomb, Marshall County, Iowa)

         ii.  Lycurgus Burkhart, "Cury" (born on 20 Oct 1859 in Indiana)

        iii.  Miller Evans Burkhart (born on 11 Dec 1863 in Indiana - died on 12 Jan 1912)

         iv.  Elizabeth Lucinda Burkhart, "Lizzie" (born on 1 Jun 1866 in Indiana - died on 23 May 1887 in Marshall County, Iowa)

          v.  Delythia Rebecca Burkhart, "Becca" (born on 12 Sep 1868 in Grundy County, Iowa - died on 10 Apr 1939 in Hempstead County, Arkansas)

         vi.  David Isaac Burkhart (born on 16 Dec 1871 in Albion, Marshall County, Iowa - died on 23 Oct 1944 in Seattle, King County, Washington)

        vii.  Charles Hickey Burkhart (born on 26 May 1874 in Grundy County, Iowa)

5      viii.  Clara May Burkhart (born on 25 May 1880 in Grundy County, Iowa - died on 12 May 1925 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington)

11. Mary Elizabeth Sutphin, daughter of Peter Alvin Sutphin and E. Lucinda Harvey, was born on 7 May 1838 in Indiana, died on 6 Dec 1901 in Grundy County, Iowa at age 63, and was buried in Liscomb, Marshall County, Iowa.

General Notes: OBITUARY

Mrs John Burkhart, age 65 years, died at her home two miles northeast of Liscomb Friday morning at 8:45 of consumption and diabetes. She leaves her husband, five sons, Miller, of Nelson, Washington. Davis and Cury, of Seattle, Charles who resides in Union and Ed who lives near Liscomb; two daughters, Mrs Melbourne, of Fayetteville, Ark., and Clara who resided with her parents, survive her. Mrs Burkhart was an old resident, having lived in Marshall county twenty years. She had been ill since June of the present year and her demise was not unexpected. The funeral services will be held at the Christian church at Liscomb Sunday at 2 p.m. , conducted by Rev. Hanna, and interment will be in Liscomb cemetery. (The son DAVIS should have read DAVID, and the son Cury is LYCURGUS) (The Evening Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Saturday December 7, 1901)

Mary married John Montgomery Burkhart on 22 Nov 1856 in Monroe County, Indiana. John was born on 29 Apr 1835 in Smithville, Monroe County, Indiana, died on 16 Apr 1907 in Feyetteville, Arkansas at age 71, and was buried in Liscomb, Marshall County, Iowa.

12. William Henry Fravel, son of William Fravel and Elizabeth Weaver, was born on 3 Mar 1822 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, died on 10 Dec 1925 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana at age 103, and was buried on 13 Dec 1925 in Oaktown, Knox County, Indiana.

General Notes: Divorce Papers of William Henry Fravel and Amelia Elizabeth Pitman Fravel
(was not able to read very well)


Thursday August 26 1869

Page 1

Amelia Elizabeth Fravil
&
William Fravil

Divorce

-------------The defendant William Fravel for ---------to this complaint of the plaintiff Amelia Elizabeth Fravel says he denies each and every motion, altogether therein contained.

2^nd and further answering by way of ------- complaint against the plaintiff the defendant says that for more than 25 years both partys---------has been a bona fide resident of said county -----------.

On the day of ------185- he and the plaintiff were united in marriage; that they lived together in the relationship of husband and wife until this day of Jan 1868 when the defendant was compelled to---------did abandon the plaintiff for this ----- good ----sufficient reasons. For many years before said abandonment the plaintiff was inexcusably abusive of the defendant falsely accusing him of adultery at ------ twice with -----. ------ and --------- women and especially with --------. And for many years before said abandonment the plaintiff ------ of being a good and affectionate wife was --------- unkind---------towards the defendant without any cause. ------ ----- complain of him that from this date of said marriage to the time of said abandonment this defendant at all times and in all things de-------- himself toward the plaintiff as a good and faithful husband..
Defendant further says that as this fruits of said marriage there are the following children; Ida -----age 10 years, Cora June aged 8 yrs, Charles Wesley aged 7 yrs, George McClellan aged 5 yrs, John Henry aged 4 yrs and Lewis Daniel Aged --- yrs.

Defendant prays that he has been granted a divorce from this plaintiff and that he -------the custody of all said children except the said Lewis Daniel.

Thos C. Slaughter
Atty for the Defendant


OBITUARY William H. Fravel

William H. Fravel, Knox county's oldest resident, passed away Thursday morning in the family home, 928 North Fifth street, at 3:50 O'clock at the age of 103 years, 8 months and 13 days. The end was not expected. Since Saturday evening, when Mr. Fravel retired at an earlier hour than was his custom, he had been confined to his bed, but was believed to be suffering only from a bilious attack. His condition at no time was regarded as serious, and the news of his death Thursday morning was a surprise and a shock to his scores of friends in Vincennes. Funeral services will be conducted from the residence Sunday afternoon at 1:30 O'clock and interment in the Oaktown cemetery. Mr Fravel had been a resident of Knox county for the past 41 years. He was born March 27, 1822, near Corydon, Ind. He came to Knox county in 1884, settling on a farm near Emison Station. It wasn't a station then-just a vast area of timber and farm land practicallly uninhabited. He resided there for a number of years, finding plenty to do, and enjoyed the work. During his long life he engaged in various lines of work, but his principal vocations were farming, following the carpenter's trade, black smithing and operating a sawmill. He was known practically all over the county by men who visited his mills and contracted with him for sawing up lumber from timbers on their farms . Mr. Fravel was twice married, and has a son surviving by his first wife-Charles Fravel , now more than 79 years of age. The following children from his first wife; Charles, born in 1848; Ida and Jennie, of Nebraska; Mack, of Iowa, and Lewis, of Nebraska. The second marriage of Mr. Fravel was to Elizabeth Crawford, and occurred in 1870-56 years ago. Five children were born to this union. They are Alvin, deceased; Hampton, living near Emison; Harriet Loveless, deceased, and James and Otto Fravel of Vincennes. Mr. Fravel voted for every President since James K. Polk, and while he never aspired to political office, always took an active part in politics, never missing an opportunity to go to the polls to vote for his candidate. On March 27, 1923, Mr. Fravel celebrated his 101st birthday anniversary, surrounded by members of his family, the Mothers of Battery E, 150th field artillery, in honor of his grandson, W. Scott Orndorff, who was a member of Battery E, and was twice wounded in action in France during the World War, a piece of shrapnel striking him in the back inflicting a wound that kept him in the hospital for several months. He was also severely gassed. Mr . Fravel during his entire life had never suffered a day of illness. But once in that long span of life-21 years ago-he was confined to his bed several days as the result of a broken leg . He was active until the last and took keen enjoyment in long walks, walking frequently to his old home place near Emison. Last summer he walked out into the country several times to pick blackberries. His eye-sight was good, and he could read a newspaper without the aid of glasses. Asked on numerous occasions for the recipe for his longevity of life, Mr. Fravel would answer: "Plenty of hard work and no worry. Worry is what shortens life." He never drank intoxicating liquor, and never used tobacco in any form. (The above obit was on the front page of the "Vincennes Commercial" Friday December 11, 1925, along with a photo of William Henry Fravel) (The above obituary left out a child from the first marriage: John Henry Fravel, still living in 1925 )

FUNERALS: Fravel, William H.:-Services will be held this after noon at 2:30 O'clock in his late home at 928 North Fifth street. Burial will take place in the cemetery at Oaktown.

Conley's have photo of tombstone in Oaktown cemetery. It reads "William H. Fravel. Mar 3 1822 -Dec 10 1925"

Conley's have a copy of the death certificate of William Henry Fravel: Number 38165, Indian a State Board of Health. It states that the place of death was 928 N 5th st, 6th ward, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. He died on 10 Dec 1925, age 103 years, 8 months, 13 days. His wife was Elizabeth Crawford Fravel. He was born in Corydon, Indiana on 27 March 1822. Birthplace of his father was Virginia and the birthplace of his mother was Virginia. The informant on the death certificate was Scott W Orndorff.

Conley's have a copy of the marriage certificate of William Henry Fravel and Amelia E. Pitman . They were married 4 Nov 1858, in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana. Source of marriage to Amelia E. Pittman, Harrison County, Indiana marriage records, Bk C, Pg 491.

Conley's have a copy of the marriage certificate of William Henry Fravel and Elizabeth Crawford. They were married 4 Oct 1869, in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana. William Henry Fravel was 47 yrs, 7mo, 1 day old and Elizabeth Crawford was 17yrs, 11 days old when they were married. Source of marriage to Elizabeth Crawford, Harrison County, Indiana marriage records, B k F, Pg 384.

Lived where Cecil Fravel now lives, the old house burned down in 1924 and a new one was built in the same place in Corydon, Indiana. (Source: Cecil Fravel, Corydon, Indiana, 1996)

Conley's have a copy of the divorce papers of William Henry Fravel and Amelia E. Pitman.

William married Amelia Elizabeth Pitman on 4 Nov 1858 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana. The marriage ended in divorce on 25 Aug 1869. Amelia was born on 10 Oct 1838 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, died on 19 Jun 1929 in Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota at age 90, and was buried on 21 Jun 1929 in Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska.

Marriage Notes:
Location of divorce was Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Ida Alice Fravel (born on 5 Aug 1859 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana - died on 7 Jun 1945 in York County, Nebraska)

         ii.  Cora June Fravel, "Jennie" (born on 21 Sep 1860 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana - died on 30 Jul 1955 in Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota)

        iii.  Charles Wesley Fravel (born in 1862 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana)

         iv.  George B Mcclellan "Mack" Fravel (born on 20 Oct 1865 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana)

6         v.  John Henry Fravel (born on 2 Feb 1866 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana - died on 19 Jun 1941 in Oakland, Alameda County, California)

         vi.  Louis David Fravel, "Lou" (born in 1868 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana - died after 1929)

William next married Elizabeth Crawford on 4 Oct 1869 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, daughter of Jonothan Crawford and Hettie Bliss. Elizabeth was born on 8 Nov 1851, died on 16 Feb 1937 at age 85, and was buried in Oaktown, Knox County, Indiana.

General Notes: Conley's have marriage certificate of Elizabeth Crawford and William Henry Fravel. They were married 4 Oct 1869, in Corydon, Harrison county, Indiana. Elizabeth Crawford was 17 yrs, 11 days old and William Henry Fravel was 47 yrs, 7mo, 1 day old when they were married.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Alvin Fravel (born on 8 Apr 1871 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana - died on 28 Jan 1874 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana)

         ii.  Hampton Fravel (born on 11 Jun 1873 - died in 1948, buried in Oaktown, Knox County, Indiana)

        iii.  Harriet Emma Fravel (born on 23 Jul 1876 - died on 26 Jul 1916, buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Vincennes, Indiana)

         iv.  James Fravel (born on 31 Aug 1878 - died on 7 Mar 1964, buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Vincennes, Indiana)

          v.  Lee Otto Fravel (born on 16 Nov 1881 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana - died on 13 Jan 1962 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana)

13. Amelia Elizabeth Pitman, daughter of David Pitman and Mary Young, was born on 10 Oct 1838 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, died on 19 Jun 1929 in Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota at age 90, and was buried on 21 Jun 1929 in Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska.

General Notes: On the 1880 census of Cass County, Nebraska, the name Amelia Fravil, 40 yrs old, appears in the household of T.H. Carroll, 24 yrs old, as a boarder. Also in the same household is Ida (daughter of Amelia) who is the wife of T.H. Carroll, Jenny, visitor, 20 yrs old, Edward Kennard, 30 yrs old, listed as a brother in law to T.H. Carroll (this would make him a brother to Ida?? ) Also listed is the children of T.H. Carroll and Ida Carroll.

Source Information:
1880 United States Federal Census . Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls.

Obituary:
Elizabeth Pitman (Mrs Elizabeth Fravel) was born in Carden, (should read Corydon) Indiana on Oct. 10, 1838 and passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs A. E. Kennard (Jenny), 223 First Street, Albert Lea, Minnesota, June 19, 1929, at the age of 90 years 8 months, and 8 days.
She was married to William Fravel Sept. 4, 1858 and to this union was born four boys and two girls, all living. She is also survived by sixteen grandchildren, twenty one great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. Although the last year she was unable to go out she had many dear friends that enjoyed calling on her in her home, and of which she looked forward to with much comfort. Funeral services were held from the Bonnerup funeral home Thursday afternoon and from there the body was sent to Ashland, Neb. for burial in the family lot.
(Newspaper name unknown)

OLD ASHLAND RESIDENT BURIED HERE FRIDAY
The body of Mrs Elizabeth Fravil was brought to Ashland for burial Friday, June 21. She passed away at the home of her daughter at Albert Lea, Minn, Mrs Fravil formerly lived in this city and had many friends here. She was 91 years of age at the time of her death.
Elizabeth Pittman was born in Carden (should read Corydon) Ind, Oct 10th 1838. On Sept 4th, 1858, she was married to William Fravil, to which union were born six children, two sisters and four sons, all of whom are still living.
The early part of her life was spent in Indiana, while the latter part was passed in Nebraska, the last years of her life having been spent at the homes of her daughters. At the time of her death she was living with her daughter, Mrs Jennie Kennard of Albert Lea, Minn., where she had been failing in health for several years, although bedfast only three weeks.
Mrs. Fravil leaves to mourn her departure, six children, sixteen grandchildren, and twenty -nine great grandchildren, and one great, great grandchild. Those present at the Ashland Cemetery, where the body was committed to its final resting place by Rev. Leo L. Duerson, Friday evening, were Mrs and Mrs T.H. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. T.O. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Hohnbaum, Mrs. A.J. Hohnbaum, Mrs. and Mrs. Wallelnden, Mr, and Mrs. L. D. Fravil, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lyle and daughter Delta, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pittman, all of York, Nebr. Mrs. G. W. Willets of Albert Lea, Minn, and Mrs. and Mrs. Harvey Kennard of Minneapolis, Minn. (Source: Ashland Gazette, June 27, 1929, page 1,, col 6)

In the above obituary of Elizabeth Fravil:
T. H. Carroll is Theodore H. and Ida Fravel Carroll
L. D. Fravil is son Lewis Fravil
M. G. W. Willets, is Ruth Kennard Willets (Mrs Guy W, Willets) Married 1912, Merrick Co, NE)
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lyle is dau and son in law of Theodore and Ida

Noted events in her life were:

• Census: 1880, Liberty Precint, Cass County, Nebraska.

Amelia married William Henry Fravel on 4 Nov 1858 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana. The marriage ended in divorce on 25 Aug 1869. William was born on 3 Mar 1822 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, died on 10 Dec 1925 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana at age 103, and was buried on 13 Dec 1925 in Oaktown, Knox County, Indiana.

14. Edward B Carroll, son of John Edward Carroll and Martha M Long, was born on 28 May 1841 in Kentucky, died on 17 Jun 1912 in Bickleton, Klickitat County, Washington at age 71, and was buried on 19 Jun 1912 in Bickleton, Klickitat County, Washington. The cause of his death was Heart Failure.

General Notes: Death certificate #5268, State of Washington states that Edward B. Carroll's name as Edward A. Carroll. It also states that his mother was Martha Long from Kentucky. It also states that he was born 18 May 1840. That his occupation was a farmer. It states that he dropped dead on the street, supposed to be heart trouble. Buried in IOOF Cemetery, Bickleton, Washington.

The following note from Ada Whitmore, Bickleton,Washington At the Methodist parsonage Tuesday evening October 18, 1910 at 8:30 the Rev C.W.Johnson united Mr E.B.Carroll and Mrs Mary M Jordan. The only witnesses were the Pastor"s Family and Mrs Nellie Quinn and Miss Pearle Harshbarger. Mr Carroll and Mrs Jordan were childhood friends and went to school together . Mr Carroll came from Nebraska about 6 months ago and met Mrs Jordan for the first time in many years and they decided tho well advanced in years they would pass the remainder of their days together. The groom is about 71 and the bride 73. The new Mrs Carroll is a kindly woman and a general favorite and all wish them a long life of comfort and happiness. (by Della Faulkner-Beatrice Zumwalt dressed her hair for her and fixed her blouse)

Ada Whitmore has on a record given to me that John Edward Carrell and Martha Long were married on 17 May 1840 in Andrew County, Missouri. I have the death certificate of their son Edward B Carroll that says he was born 18 May 1840 in Kentucky .

The following is a letter written to me from D'Rollin Carrell dated 4/25/1990 in response to my letter to him asking if he knew the maiden name of the first wife of Edward B Carroll and what the name of the person was doing the Carrell History. "Dear Don; Thank you so much for writing about your great grandfather I am enclosing some sheets of information that was taken from a family Bible that we found when Uncle Wilbur passed away. The niece who has done much research is: Beth Konshak, RR#1, Wembley,Alberta,Canada TOH350. Edward's 1st wife was: REBECCA FRANCIS GRAY. I do not know where she is buried, however, CECEL EVERETT, who lives in Bickleton should know, she is his aunt. Our daughter-in-law has done extreme research on the family tree, but has put it aside for a while. Would surely enjoy meeting you sometime. It is always great to find a missing link in the family chain. Yours truly, D R Carrell."

A Edward A Carroll is listed as one who entered the Civil War from Plattsmouth Nebraska area . (do not think this is our Edward B Carroll)

OBITUARY

Edward B Carrell

Edward B Carrell died suddenly in Bickleton, Monday, June 17th, of heart failure, aged 72 years. Mr. Carrell was taken ill a few weeks ago, caused probably by over-exertions, and apparently was slowly recovering his strength. Monday morning, he said, he was feeling better and made up his mind to walk down town, and see Dr. Brokman about signing some pension papers . He got as far as the hotel and stopped on the porch to rest. Mr. Emmet Wriston offered to go for Dr. Brockman, and have the papers signed there, but Mr Carrell thought if he had some liniment, he had been using for neuralgia, he would be better. Mr. Edmond Gleason procured this and went to call the Doctor. Before his return, Mr. Carrell quietly passed away in the chair. The body was taken to his home. The funeral took place at 11:00 O'clock Wednesday, the Rev C.W. Johnson conducting the services in the Methodist Church. The funeral was attended by a large number of friends and relatives of the deceased. Interment was in the Oddfellows Cemetery. Edward B. Carrell was born in Kentucky in 1840. In early life, he moved with his parents to Missouri, thense to Iowa, where he remained until 15 years old, later going to Nebraska. He was married in 1861 to Rebecca Gray, To this union, 14 children were born, six of whom with their mother are dead. Mr. Carrell enlisted in the army in 1864. He came to Bickleton a few years ago, and was married October 18, 1910 to Mrs Mary M. Jordan ( Worley).

General index of deeds, bk 3, Cass County Courthouse, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, lists: Edward B Carrell, Feb 7 1902, bk 40, pg 11. General index of deeds, Bk 1, 1882-1884, Cass County Courthouse, Plattsmouth, Nebraska list: Carrell, Edward B. & Wife, Feb 28, 1883, bk 5, pg 591.

Edward B. Carroll and Rebecca Francis Gray were married in Sanora Atchison County, Missouri on 20 June 1861. Source: Bk 25.900 Atchison Co, Missouri marriages, 1845-1863 V5:37, pg 60.

The Bible of Alta Leverta Fravel Conley, the grandaughter of Edward B Carroll list Edward B . Carroll's birth date as 28 May 1838.

Edward married Rebecca Francis Gray on 20 Jul 1861 in Sonora, Atchison County, Missouri. Rebecca was born on 14 Jul 1845 in Limstone County, Alabama and died on 24 Sep 1908 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska at age 63. The cause of her death was Heart Failure.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  John W "Will" Carroll (born in 1862 in Nebraska)

         ii.  Lewis A Carrell (born on 4 Sep 1863 - died on 5 Sep 1863, buried in Lewiston Cemetery, Murray, Cass County, Nebraska)

        iii.  Thomas O Carrell (born on 16 Jul 1864 - died on 29 Dec 1865, buried in Lewiston Cemetery, Murray, Cass County, Nebraska)

         iv.  Francis S Carrell, (Shorty) (born in 1865 in Nebraska - died in 1945 in Prosser, Benton County, Washington)

          v.  Edgar Carroll (born in 1868 in Nebraska)

         vi.  Ross G Carroll (born in 1871 in Cass County, Nebraska)

7       vii.  Lilly May Carroll (born on 29 Aug 1872 in Cass County, Nebraska - died on 20 Aug 1947 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington)

       viii.  Jesse C Carroll (born in 1879 in Nebraska)

         ix.  Charles Carroll (born in Nebraska)

          x.  Hattie Carroll (born in Nebraska)

         xi.  Jennie Carroll (born in Nebraska)

        xii.  Mary Elizabeth Carroll, "Mamie" (born in 1887 in Nebraska - died on 25 Oct 1957 in Hayward, California)

Edward next married Mary Magdalene Worley on 18 Oct 1910 in Bickleton, Klickitat County, Washington, daughter of David Worley II and Elizabeth Shinkle. Mary was born on 3 Jun 1838 in grundy (now Mercer County) Missouri, died on 8 Feb 1916 in Bickleton, Klickitat County, Washington at age 77, and was buried on 11 Feb 1916 in Cleveland, Klickitat County, Washington.

General Notes: *Note from Ada Whitmore, Bickleton, Washington At the Methodist Parsonage Tuesday evening October 18, 1910 at 8:30 the Rev. C.W.Johnson united Mr E.B.Carroll and Mrs Mary M. Jordan. The only witnesses were the pastor's family and Mrs Nellie Quinn and Miss Pearle Harshbarger. Mr Carroll and Mrs Jordan were childhood friends and went to school together. Mr Carroll came from Nebraska about 6 months ago and met Mrs Jordan for the first time in many years and they decided tho well advanced in years they would pass the remainder of their days together. The groom is about 71 and the bride 73. The new Mrs Carroll is a kindly woman and a general favorite and all wish them a long life of comfort and happiness. (By Della Faulkner-Beatrice Zumwalt dressed her hair for her and fixed her blouse)

*We have a source (Ada Whitmore) that says Mary Worley was born in Grundy County Missouri. Her death Certificate reads born in Cass County Missouri.

*Death certificate of Mary Worley says that her mother was Elizabeth Shingleford born in Indiana. Info from Gertrude Herda, Caldwell Idaho says in her records that her mother was Elizabeth Shinkle and that she was born in Grundy County Missouri.

15. Rebecca Francis Gray, daughter of John C Gray and Elizabeth Caroline Barnes, was born on 14 Jul 1845 in Limstone County, Alabama and died on 24 Sep 1908 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska at age 63. The cause of her death was Heart Failure.

General Notes: *The 1870 census of Rock Bluff, Cass County, Nebraska has in the household, Edward B Carroll age 29 born Kentucky, Rebecca F. age 24 born Alabama, John W. age 8 born Nebraska, Frank S . age 4 born Nebraska, Edgar age 2 born Nebraska and a THOMAS GRAY age 36 born Alabama.

*Received information on 27 Feb 1988 from Ada Whitmore in Bickleton, Washington: The cemetery records of Bickleton IOOF cemetery in Bickleton state that there is a THOMAS PETER GRAY buried there. He died 25 May 1909. It lists his sisters as: REBECCA GRAY, wife of EDWARD B CARRELL, SARAH GRAY, wife of BOB ROUNTREE, and ALICE GRAY wife of LASH CHANDLER.

*Found record in the Omaha World-Herald, 26 Sept 1908, Page 4, Column 4 "Mrs E.B.Carroll, age 63 years, died Thursday evening at her home, Twenty-seventh and J Streets." (The 26th of Sept 1908 was a Saturday Paper. It stated that Mrs E.B.Carroll died on Thursday evening, which would make her death on 24 Sept 1908. Her death Certificate from the State of Nebraska states the she died on 22 Sept 1908.???)

*In information sent to me by D'Rollin Carrell on 4/27/1990 from a Family Bible under marriages states the following: "Edward B.Carrell and Rebecca Gray were married July 20, 1861" A Handwritten note after this entry says :"Nellie Gray Gaines fathers sister"

* See on note for Edward B Carroll for a letter written by D'Rollin Carrell on 4/25/1990.

Clipping from Nebraska City newspaper: Neb Daily Press, Sat Morning Sept 26, 1908 reads : Death of Mrs Rebecca F. Carroll

Mr and Mrs R. C. Carroll and Mr and Mrs J. C. Carroll left yesterday morning for Omaha having received a telegram conveying the sad news of the death of Mrs. Carrroll, their mother, who resided in Omaha. Further particulars were not learned. She is the wife of Edward Carroll and was for many years a resident of this city. Being of high character she was respected and esteemed by all who knew her, her death causing much sorrow.

Clipping from Nebraska City newspaper: Neb City News Weekly, Sep 29 1908 reads : Mrs. Rebecca Carroll Dead

Mrs Robert Roundtree last evening received a message from Omaha telling her of the death of her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Carroll at that place. Mrs Carroll was a resident of this city for many years and is the wife of Edward Carroll and leaves a number of children to mourn her death, among them being Ross and Jessie Carroll of this city. They left for Omaha this morning to attend their mother's funeral. It is thought that the remains will be taken to Plattsmouth for burial, where many of her family have been interred.The deceased was a noble woman and held in high esteem by every one and her death will be deeply mourned.

Have a copy of the "Registry of Deaths for the City of Omaha, Neb. It Reads:

Carroll, Rebecca 63yrs, 2mo, 10days, White, b Ala, m, 27th & J, Cause of death: Heart Failure , Date of death: 9/24/1908, Attending Physician: R.E.Schuded, Date of Interment: 9/27/1908, Place of Interment, Cemetery: Neb City.

Source: Bible of Elizabeth C Barnes

Rebecca married Edward B Carroll on 20 Jul 1861 in Sonora, Atchison County, Missouri. Edward was born on 28 May 1841 in Kentucky, died on 17 Jun 1912 in Bickleton, Klickitat County, Washington at age 71, and was buried on 19 Jun 1912 in Bickleton, Klickitat County, Washington. The cause of his death was Heart Failure.

  Fifth Generation  

16. Simeon Conley, son of William Conley and LaMima, was born in 1804 in New York and died on 5 Jun 1881 in Jefferson Twp, Ringgold County, Iowa at age 77.

General Notes: Simeon and Esther Combs Conley are listed on census of Vermillion County, Helts Township, Indiana, pg 43, house #610, family #615, taken 9 November 1850, LDS film #442,955. The census lists them as not being able to read or write and their property value was $400.00.

Marriage records of Vermillion County, Indiana: (hand written record) Simeon Conley and Easter Combs: State of Indiana, Vermillion County Sct. I certify that Simeon Conley and Easter Combs were legally joined in marriage by me on the ninth day of June 1831. Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of June 1831. (signed: Saml Rush J.P.-Seal)

Source of Death date: Betty Jo Ruby, Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa

Simeon married Caster Combs on 9 Jun 1831 in Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana. Caster was born in 1805 in Kentucky and died on 4 Aug 1868 in Washington Twp, Ringgold County, Iowa at age 63.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Jemima Conley (born on 16 Apr 1833 in Vermillion County, Indiana)

         ii.  Serena (Cyrena) Conley (born on 18 Feb 1835 in Indiana - died on 21 Feb 1922 in Fleming, Logan County, Colorado)

        iii.  William Conley (born about 1839 in Indiana - died on 8 Oct 1886 in Leavenworth, Levenworth County, Kansas)

         iv.  James Conley (born about 1840 in Indiana - died on 4 Jul 1863 in Helena, Arkansas)

          v.  Sylvester Conley (born about 1842 in Helts Township, Vermillion County, Indiana)

8        vi.  Ezra Conley (born on 26 Oct 1844 in Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana - died on 26 May 1928 in Milford, Nebraska)

        vii.  Henery Conley (born about 1847 in Vermillion County, Indiana - died on 12 Jun 1882 in Ringgold County, Iowa)

17. Caster Combs was born in 1805 in Kentucky and died on 4 Aug 1868 in Washington Twp, Ringgold County, Iowa at age 63.

General Notes: Census: 1850 Vermillion County, Indiana, pg 43B, #610/615. She is shown with Simeon and children.

Source of Death date: Betty Jo Ruby, Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa

Caster married Simeon Conley on 9 Jun 1831 in Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana. Simeon was born in 1804 in New York and died on 5 Jun 1881 in Jefferson Twp, Ringgold County, Iowa at age 77.

18. John Wallace Crawford, son of Archibald Crawford and Mary Wood, was born on 30 Mar 1813 in New York and died after 18 Jun 1880.

John married Julia Sharp on 15 Nov 1841 in Holmes County, Ohio. Julia was born between 1817 and 1820 in Ohio and died before 18 Jun 1880.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  John Jay Burris Crawford (born on 19 Oct 1842 in Prairietown, Holmes County, Ohio - died on 4 Oct 1919 in Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon)

         ii.  A, Elmore Yocum Crawford (born on 10 May 1844 in Prairietown, Holmes County, Ohio - died on 10 Jan 1925 in Carmen, Alfalfa, Oklahoma)

        iii.  Alma Crawford (born on 29 Aug 1845 - died in 1912 in Buffalo, Harper County, Oklahoma)

         iv.  Charlotte Deborah Crawford (born on 15 Oct 1848 in Lickcreek, Vanburen County, Iowa - died on 2 Apr 1931 in Buffalo, Harper County, Oklahoma)

          v.  Lucinda Ann Elizabeth Crawford (born in 1852 in Lickcreek, Vanburen County, Iowa - died on 18 Sep 1852)

9        vi.  Agnes Ann Crawford (born on 12 Jan 1854 in Charleston, Lee County, Iowa - died on 26 Jul 1932 in Plainview, Pierce County, Nebraska)

        vii.  Solomon C Crawford (born on 2 Apr 1856 in Marshall County, Iowa - died on 27 Jan 1859 in Jasper County, Iowa)

       viii.  Robert Berdine Crawford (born on 15 Jan 1859 in Jasper County, Iowa - died on 16 Mar 1940 in Iola, Allen County, Kansas)

         ix.  Julia Luginija Crawford, (Twin) (born on 4 Jan 1862 in Story County, Iowa - died on 29 Aug 1944 in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa)

          x.  Sophia Bertrum (Hattie) Crawford, (Twin) (born on 4 Jan 1862 in Story County, Iowa - died on 14 Apr 1935 in Neligh, Nebraska)

19. Julia Sharp was born between 1817 and 1820 in Ohio and died before 18 Jun 1880.

Julia married John Wallace Crawford on 15 Nov 1841 in Holmes County, Ohio. John was born on 30 Mar 1813 in New York and died after 18 Jun 1880.

20. Henry William Burkhart, Jr, son of Henry William Burkhart, Sr and Elizabeth Musser, was born on 14 Jul 1789 in Wythe County, Virginia, died on 25 Sep 1870 in Albion, Marshall County, Iowa at age 81, and was buried in Albion, Marshall County, Iowa.

General Notes: Henry William Burkhart is buried at Albion Cemetery, Albion, Marshall County, Iowa. A Tombstone could not be found by Don & Scharmal Conley in August 1996, when the cemetery was walked . According to Albion Cemetery Records compiled by Francis Brewster, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1995 , he is buried there.

Henry William Burkhart was a member of the Christian Church

Source: Application for wife's pension from war 1812

Page 59 Wythe County Marriage Register: "I do hereby certify that the following persons were joined into marriage during the year 1818, March 29, Henry Burkard and Betsy Mosser." She the daughter of Adam Musser. This Henry Burkhard must have been the son of our Henry, as named in the older Henry's will

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BABER, WILLIAM -----1 ---1 1 ---
BATES, THOMAS 3 ---1 -1 --1 -2 1 -
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BURKHART, GEORGE ----1 ---1 -----
BURNS, JOHN 1 ---1 -3 -1 -----
BUCHANON, ALEXANDER

Noted events in his life were:

• Military: Between 15 Oct 1813 and 1812, War Of 1812.

Henry married Elizabeth Mercer on 29 Mar 1818 in Wythe County, Virginia. Elizabeth was born on 21 Jul 1799 in Wythe County, Virginia and died on 23 May 1884 in Maryville Nodaway County, Missouri at age 84. Other names for Elizabeth were Betsy Mosser, and Elizabeth Musser.

Marriage Notes: Source: Will of Adam Musser. Source: Baptimal Records of the Kimberlin Lutheran Church, Wyth Co, Virginia. Source: Marriage bond 25 Mar 1818, Wythe Co Va., married by John Stanger G M

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Lydia Burkhart (born about 1813)

         ii.  Louisa Burkhart (born about 1814)

        iii.  Christina Burkhart (born on 6 Jan 1815 - died on 14 Aug 1894)

         iv.  Matilda Burkhart (born between 1818 and 1840 in Indiana)

          v.  Joseph Burkhart (born on 12 Nov 1821 in Monroe County, Indiana - died on 9 Apr 1874 in Iowa)

         vi.  Mary Burkhart, (Polly) (born on 26 Jun 1824 - died on 25 Apr 1850)

        vii.  David Burkhart (born on 11 Sep 1828)

       viii.  William H Burkhart (born on 1 Jan 1833 in Smythville, Indiana - died on 22 Apr 1893 in Alvord, Texas)

10       ix.  John Montgomery Burkhart (born on 29 Apr 1835 in Smithville, Monroe County, Indiana - died on 16 Apr 1907 in Feyetteville, Arkansas)

21. Elizabeth Mercer, daughter of Adam Musser and Maria, was born on 21 Jul 1799 in Wythe County, Virginia and died on 23 May 1884 in Maryville Nodaway County, Missouri at age 84. Other names for Elizabeth were Betsy Mosser, and Elizabeth Musser.

General Notes: Elizabeth Mercer (Musser, Mosser) was a member of the Christian Church.
Source of Marriage: Wythe County, Virginia Marriage register 1817-1822
Source: Baptimal Records of the Kimberlin Lutheran Church, Wyth Co, Virginia.
Source: Application for wife's pension from war 1812

Elizabeth married Henry William Burkhart, Jr on 29 Mar 1818 in Wythe County, Virginia. Henry was born on 14 Jul 1789 in Wythe County, Virginia, died on 25 Sep 1870 in Albion, Marshall County, Iowa at age 81, and was buried in Albion, Marshall County, Iowa.

22. Peter Alvin Sutphin, son of James A. Sutphin and Rebecca Salter, was born on 8 Apr 1808 in New York, died on 26 Nov 1868 at age 60, and was buried in Hayden Chapel Cemetery, Monroe Co, Iowa.

Peter married E. Lucinda Harvey on 13 Jan 1831 in Bartholomew County, Indiana. E. was born on 5 Dec 1812 in Kentucky and died on 19 May 1897 in Clear Creek, Monroe County, Indiana at age 84.

Children from this marriage were:

11        i.  Mary Elizabeth Sutphin (born on 7 May 1838 in Indiana - died on 6 Dec 1901 in Grundy County, Iowa)

         ii.  Miller M. Sutphin (born in 1844 - died on 12 Feb 1862 in Calhoun, Kentucky)

23. E. Lucinda Harvey was born on 5 Dec 1812 in Kentucky and died on 19 May 1897 in Clear Creek, Monroe County, Indiana at age 84.

E. married Peter Alvin Sutphin on 13 Jan 1831 in Bartholomew County, Indiana. Peter was born on 8 Apr 1808 in New York, died on 26 Nov 1868 at age 60, and was buried in Hayden Chapel Cemetery, Monroe Co, Iowa.

24. William Fravel, son of Henry II Fravel and Elizabeth Hockman, was born on 10 Mar 1793 in Hardy County, Virginia, died on 20 Oct 1861 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana at age 68, and was buried in Jordan Cemetery, Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana.

Birth Notes: Source: Tombstone, Jordan Cemetery, Corydon, Indiana

Death Notes: Source: Tombstone, Jordan Cemetery, Corydon, Indiana

Burial Notes: Source: Tombstone, Jordan Cemetery, Corydon, Indiana

General Notes: According to a letter from B. Paul Huddle, dated 17Jul 1993 from the Historian's office of the Hottel-Keller Memorial, Inc, Toms Brook, Virginia, 22660, this is the father of William Henry Fravel. (great great grandfather of Donald Richard Conley)

William Fravel lived on the Stroud Toler farm southwest of Corydon, Indiana, west of the Heidelberg Church on Valley View Road. He bought the farm from David Melton, 300 acres for $1200. 00. He was a farmer and a blacksmith. (source: Cecil Fravel, Corydon, Indiana)

Some records list his wife as Elizabeth Burns and others as Elizabeth Weaver, could she have been married before??

Don & Scharmal Conley have photo of tombstone which reads: William Fravel, Born Mar 10, 1793 , Died Aug 20, 1861.

1850 Federal Census, 45th district, Harrison County, Indiana

Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1850, 45th District, Harrison County , Indiana.

William married Elizabeth Weaver about 1821 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Elizabeth was born on 7 Jun 1803 in Virginia and died on 12 Mar 1878 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana at age 74.

Children from this marriage were:

12        i.  William Henry Fravel (born on 3 Mar 1822 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana - died on 10 Dec 1925 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana)

         ii.  John A Fravel (born on 13 May 1824 in Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 2 Jul 1891 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana)

        iii.  Catharine Fravel (born on 24 Apr 1826 in Pennsylvania - died on 30 Sep 1883 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana)

25. Elizabeth Weaver was born on 7 Jun 1803 in Virginia and died on 12 Mar 1878 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana at age 74.

Birth Notes: Source: Tombstone, Jordan Cemetery, Corydon, Indiana

Death Notes: Source: Tombstone, Jordan Cemetery, Corydon, Indiana

General Notes: Source: 1860 census of Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana
Source: Robert Hockman

Elizabeth married William Fravel about 1821 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. William was born on 10 Mar 1793 in Hardy County, Virginia, died on 20 Oct 1861 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana at age 68, and was buried in Jordan Cemetery, Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana.

26. David Pitman, son of John Pitman and Elizabeth Mauck, was born on 27 Nov 1806 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, was baptized on 19 Sep 1807 in St Paul's Lutheran Church, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, died on 23 Jun 1881 in Cass County, Nebraska at age 74, and was buried in MT Pleasant Cemetery, Nehawka, Cass County, Nebraska.

General Notes: Source: "Descendants of Peter Mauck" by Wm R. Wolph. David Pitman married Catherine Eddleman , Lic date 6 Aug 1827, Bk 1, pg 46, Floyd Co, Virginia. Source: Fred Griffin, Corydon, Indian a. Source of burial: Cass County, Nebraska burial records.

Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1880, Cass County, Nebraska.

David married Catherine Eddleman on 6 Aug 1827 in Floyd County, Indiana, daughter of John Eddleman and Mary Zumwalt. Catherine was born after 1800 in Kentucky and died in 1834 in Harrison County, Indiana.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  James Pitman (born on 10 Aug 1828 in Indiana - died on 22 Mar 1880 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana)

         ii.  Mary Catherine Pitman (born in 1830 - died on 11 Feb 1855 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana)

        iii.  Andrew Pitman (born on 1 Sep 1831 in Harrison County, Indiana - died on 25 May 1915 in Nehawka, Cass County, Nebraska)

         iv.  John Wesley Pitman (born on 25 Mar 1834 in Harrison County, Indiana - died on 14 Jan 1919, buried in Cass County, Nebraska)

David next married Mary Young on 12 May 1837 in Harrison County, Indiana. Mary was born about 1806, died on 26 Jan 1881 in Union, Cass County, Nebraska about age 75, and was buried in Cass County, Nebraska.

Children from this marriage were:

13        i.  Amelia Elizabeth Pitman (born on 10 Oct 1838 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana - died on 19 Jun 1929 in Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota)

         ii.  Eli J Pitman (born on 9 Mar 1845 in Harrison County, Indiana - died on 2 Nov 1920 in York County, Nebraska)

27. Mary Young was born about 1806, died on 26 Jan 1881 in Union, Cass County, Nebraska about age 75, and was buried in Cass County, Nebraska.

General Notes: Mary Young is the 2nd wife of David Pitman, married 12 May 1837, Source Bk A. Harrison Count y Indiana. David Pitman and Mary Young had 1 daughter and 1 son. source: Margaret Pitman Guinney, 2790 Monte Mar Terrace, Los Angles, Ca, 90064.

Source of burial: Cass County, Nebraska burial records.

Noted events in her life were:

• Census: 1880, Cass County, Nebraska.

Mary married David Pitman on 12 May 1837 in Harrison County, Indiana. David was born on 27 Nov 1806 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, was baptized on 19 Sep 1807 in St Paul's Lutheran Church, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, died on 23 Jun 1881 in Cass County, Nebraska at age 74, and was buried in MT Pleasant Cemetery, Nehawka, Cass County, Nebraska.

28. John Edward Carroll, son of John Carroll and Rebecca Larrimore, was born on 15 Feb 1820 in East Tennessee, died on 2 Dec 1901 in Murray, Cass County, Nebraska at age 81, and was buried in Lewiston Cemetery, Murray, Cass County, Nebraska.

General Notes: John Carroll, My great great grandfather was a farmer, raised in Tennessee, but moved to Missouri in the early forties, Stayed there a few years and then going to Iowa, where he opened up a number of different farms. In 1855 he again moved, going to Nebraska, where he acquired possession of fourteen hundred acres of fine farming land. At this time the Indians thereabouts were very troublesome, and the settlers were frequently constrained to band together for mutual protection, but Mr Carroll fortunately came out unscathed from his numerous encounters with them and lived to a good old age, he died in 1901.

Information sent to me by D'Rollin Carrell on 4/27/1990 from records from "Old family Bible" is as follows: "This certifies that the rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between John Carrell of Andrew County, Mo. and Margaret E Smith of the same county on November the 6, 1846 at 11 o'clock by the Rev Joseph L Cannon. Witness: Wm Smith and Anna Smith."

Information sent to me by D'Rollin Carrell on 4/27/1990 from records from "Old family Bible" is as follows: John Edward Carrell (Origin O'Carrell)(Ireland) Born 2/15/1820 East Tennessee. Died 12/2/1901 Cass Co. Nebraska. 1st Wife was Martha M Long (born 12/29/1821),5/17/1840 2nd Wife was Margaret Elizabeth Smith (Family Origin,England) She being born Aug 8 1829 in Michigan, Died Dec 27 1914 in Yakima Wash.

Rec from Vernon and Phyllis Zimmerman: Cass County, Nebraska census of 1870 lists John Carroll age 50, his son John Wesley as age 17. The 1850 census of Madison County,Iowa lists John Carroll, Margaret Carroll, son Edward Carroll age 9,born Kentucky, daughter Mary age 7 born Missouri. The Madison County 1850 census list John Carroll as living in District 18, Reel No: M432-187, Page 141B, Numerated on 3 Oct 1850, by Admiral B. Miller.

John Carrell buried Lewiston Cemetery,Cass County,Nebraska, near the town of Murray,Nebraska (Many Carrell's are buried there) (see Lewiston cemetery records)

When John E Carrell and his 1st wife, Martha Long and son Edward migrated west, they stopped in St Louis, Missouri and John bought a Negro slave lady & her son at a slave auction. If John settled in Andrew County,Missouri, he must have sold the slave because of the anti slavery there. (source:Laverna M Blakeman, Norfolk, Nebraska, she is a granddaughter of John Edward Carrell and Margaret Elizabeth Smith Carrell)

Have a copy of obituary of John Edward Carrell printed in the Nebraska Herald.

Have death notice on John Edward Carrell from the "Plattsmouth Journal".

Oct 1st 1857, John E Carrell attempted to purchase 160 acres in Cass County, Nebraska, (Source: Cass County Nebraska land records)

Vernon Zimmerman sent us State of Missouri marriage record of John E Carrell and Margare t Elizabeth, married in Andrew County Missouri.

Vernon Zimmerman sent us a copy of land transactions,Plattsmouth, Nebraska made to John E Carrell. He undoubtedly was a very wealthy land owner as well as having had considerable money at the time. Some land was issued by patent by congress during the James Buchannan Presidency.

From Madison County,Iowa Genealogical Society-Letha Heichel: East township later became Crawford Township. John Carrell may have Homesteaded there with McClain & Seth Anderson . ( see 1990 letter from Letha Heichel) Death records found W.H.Carroll, G.W. Carroll born 18 51, T.J Carroll, buried Winterset, Iowa.

Land records of Cass County,Nebraska: John Carrell took a patent on 2 pieces of land, each 80 acres, 1 May 1860.

1858 Land deeded to John Carrell also 1862 land was deeded to him. Some land was deeded to William Wiley.

Vernon Zimmermans said they will look at 1830 census of Eastern Tennessee, Washington County for the parents of John Edward Carrell.

There was a letter written by Phyllis Carroll Zimmerman dated 8 Feb 1991 to Christian County Historical Society, Hopkinsville Kentucky 42240. Phyllis ask for documentation on John Edward Carrell and Martha M Long and ask for a census report of 1840 of said county. The above Historical society answered that they do not have any info on John Edward Carrell and Martha M Long, but referred her to some books.

Nebraska Herald:--Plattsmouth--December 21, 1871--pg. 3. We understand that John E. Carroll, Esq., of this county, is a heavy loser in consequence of wares Nebraska City Bank failure where he has had his funds deposited for sometime.

Nebraska Herald:--Plattsmouth-- March 12, 1868--pg.3 . Mrs. John Carroll, Cass County, owns a sewing machine.

Cass County Historical Society Magazine: "CASS COUNTY IN PAST AGES AND PIONEER DAYS" b y G.H. Gilmore. Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE. Rock Creek Claims Association. A meeting of the citizens in the neighborhood of Rock Creek, Cass County, Nebraska Territory, was held on the 31st of August for the purpose of protecting settlers in their claims . The committee chosen are as follows. T. B. Ashley, Wm. Young, E'za Martin, John Carroll and Martin Neff. Meetings held at Lewiston, Ne. The proceeds of the meetings were published in the Nebraska City News. Date about 1855.

John E. Carrell brought his family from Madison County, Iowa to Oreapolis Nebraska Territory about 1855-documented by census and land grants in Cass Co. Ne. courthouse.

Article from Nebraska newspaper, 1993: "Motorists driving from Omaha on U.S. 75 see no entrance to Oreapolis, just north of Plattsmouth. But in the 1850's Oreapolis had about 50 buildings, including a hotel and seminary. It's demise was described this way in the 1865 Nebraska Herald: "Removed-a large portion of the buildings composing the town of Oreapolis have been removed to Plattsmouth, and what is left will soon travel the same road."

11 Feb 1992, wrote letter to County clerk, Christian County, Kentucky, in search of marriage records of John E Carrell and Martha Long. They did a search of their records from 1837 t o 1842 and found nothing.

Have copy of letter written by Phylliss E Carrell Zimmerman, 21 Mar 1992, to East Tennessee Historical Society, Knoxville, Tennessee. In the letter she is asking for information on the birth of John Edward Carrell or a Will or estate settled under the name of George Carroll that might indicate a son John Carroll in the Estate that corresponds to his age. A search was made on 8 April 1992 of Knox Co, Tennessee, court minutes (1792-1866) (1866-1914) wills and estates and marriage records. Nothing found.

Quick Claim Deed
No 51, May 3 1855
Know all men by these present that I, John Carter, relinquish all my right and title to a claim lying west of A.C. Turner's and east of William Wiley's and also east of Lewis Young's prairie to JOHN CARROL for the some of 422 dollars in cash notes.

WITNESS:: JOHN CARTER A.C. Towner NEBRASKA TERRITORY SS Thomas B. Ashley CASS COUNTY Personally appeared before me A.C. Towner who is personally known by me and duly sworn states that he personally knowing to John Carter signing the within instrument and that he done for the uses and purpose therein stated. Given under my (hand) this 6t h July 1855. Wm H. Davis. Filed for record July 4th 1855. Clerk of Cass County, N.T.

by Wm. H. Davis, Register

Claim Certificate No. 52 Commencing at my Southeast corner running north one half mile to a Burr Oak stake, thence east forty rods to a black oak take, thence north through the timber one half mile to a Burr Oak Tree and a Hickory Stake, thence west to Burr Oak tree on Wm. H. Davis east line, thence one half mile back south through the timber to an Elm Stake, thence west about 60 rods to an Elm Stake, thence easterly along a furrow about one half mile to an Elm Stake (to) the place of beginning about 240 acres more or less. Said claim lying and being in Cass County N.T. on public lands of the United States. Given under my hand this 5th of July 1855.






John Carroll

WITNESS:: A.C. Towner Jr. Filed for record July 5th, 1855 A.C. Towner Wm. H. Davis, Register of Deeds for Thomas B. Ashley Cass County, N.T. Wm. H. Davis

Have copy of Probate Notice of Will.

John Edward Carrell is said to have owned land at Lincoln, Nebraska, in the heart of the city , possibly where the capital building is at this time.

The 1885 Nebraska state census lists the parents of John Edward Carrell as being born in Maryland.

The 1900 federal census lists the parents of John Edward Carrell as being born in Virginia.

General index of deeds, bk 3, Cass County Courthouse, Plattsmouth, Nebraska lists: John Carrell & Wife, Sep 19, 1901, bk 38, pg 401. Also lists: John Carrell & Wife, Oct 17, 1901, bk 38 , pg 428.

General index of deeds, bk 1, 1882-1884, Cass County Courthouse, Plattsmouth, Nebraska lists : Carroll, John & Wife, April 2, 1884, bk 8, pg 596. Also lists: Carroll, John & Wife, Dec 8 , 1883, bk 8, pg 397. Also lists: Carroll, John & Wife, Dec 11, 1882, bk 5, pg 462. Also lists: Carroll, John & Wife, Dec 11, 1882, bk 6, pg 202

Early days in Nebraska
Written by F.M.Young Jr June 1904

"A STORY OF PIONEERS"

March 4, 1855, William Young and family crossed the Missouri river in a flat boat, landing at Kensosha, Nebraska. The town at that time contained one log building used as a store, occupied by a man named White; besides this there was a small shanty made of rough boards and occupied by George Winters and family, who kindly gave us shelter for the night. Although somewhat crowded, we were comfortable March 5 the settlers near here who were our neighbors in Iowa came to help us move to our claim about six miles northwest of Kenosha, where my father had located in November, 1854. Those settlers who came to help us move lived from two to three miles northwest of Kenosha; they were Rev. Abraham Towner and three sons, Harvey McGowan , William and Peter Ashley. When the wagons were loaded we took our way across the prairie. Myself, then a lad of fourteen years, and Peter Ashley and Mr. Towner's boys of my age drove the cattle and sheep. We passed but one house on our way, a hewed log house south of Rock Creek occupied by William Davis and family. As we came in sight of the house the family all came out, waving their hats and handkerchiefs and hallooed "hurrah for Nebraska." About two p.m . we arrived at our future home. Having no house built we unloaded in the woods and stretched a tent and cooked and ate dinner, after which our friends, with hearty handshakes and man y good wishes for our welfare and prosperity, departed for their homes. From that time on the longest period my father was away from that place at one time until he died April 25, 1899 , was fourteen days. Part of his original claim at that time is my home now, June 1904. As soon as possible we went to cutting logs and soon had enough cut to build a small house, but did not get it ready to move into until about April first. During the time we were living in the tent we had a snowfall of six inches, which soon went away. There were three families living within three-quarters of a mile of us in houses built of round logs with split chunks drive n in the cracks and then daubed with mud to keep the cold out. They were John Clemmons, Abel Crabtree and Joseph Tousignont. Two miles to the south were two more families, and at the mouth of Rock Creek lived Benedict Spiers and son Gus and son in law, William Frans. Just nort h of them lived three families of Murrays. As spring came on the work of making a new farm be gan. My father made that year what is called a sod and ditch fence around fifty six acres and got all the prairie inside broke out and raised a fair crop of sod corn. Some time in April of that year about 500 Indians, I think they were Otoes, camped on the creek half a mile south of us, but as they were friendly no one was harmed. The only Indian scare we ever had was one Sunday when their dog killed a hog for Mr. Clemmons. He shot the dog, and it came near getting him into trouble with them.

FIRST WEDDING

About the middle of March occurred the first wedding in the neighborhood and said to be the first in the county. The contracting parties were Vincent Faught and Christina Clemmons . When they took their seats Levi Churchill and Rebecca Clemmons rose and told the preacher to marry them, which he did. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Abraham Towner of the Methodist church.

FIRST DEATH

Two days after this wedding, John Clemmons, Sr., who lived with his son John died. Thus the first wedding and the first death in the neighborhood occurred at the same house within two days.

As spring opened other families came and settled, among them the widow Young, a mile and a quarter away; Lewis Young, two and a half miles; John Carroll, three miles; W.R. Ellington, three and a half miles. As summer of 1855 passed away, every few days a new settler would locate within a few miles of us. Considerable prairie was broken that year and nearly all raised corn enough to winter their stock. In January and February, 1856, my father cut logs fo a double log house, and in March hewed them. In April the neighbors were invited and the building erected in one day. This was the first hewed log house in the neighborhood. Owing to the busy season, however, it was not completed until fall. We then hauled stone and built a double fireplace and moved into the house November 30, 1856. The next day, December 1, it began to snow and continued snowing and blowing for three days. This has proved to be the greatest snow storm in the history of Nebraska up to the present date. It was nothing unusual to see a drift twenty feet deep in the hollows, where it blew off the higher ground. On this a crust was formed and teams could travel on top of the snow the country over. During the summer of 1856 considerable trouble was caused by some lawless men coming in and jumping claims held by the settlers. this caused the organization of a "Claim Club" to settle disputes, and protect the actual settler. One Lewis Johnson and his two sons and a few of his kin that were a terror to the neighborhood in March, 1857, with old man Kelly and his son Tom , were arrested by the committee and for some cause were held as prisoners. At night they were escorted over the river, and were never seen again. It has been a mystery to the majority of the people ever since as to what became of them, but it was generally supposed they were heavily weighted and put in the river. After that times were quiet in regard to claim jumping . In the summer of 1857 Miss Mary Stocking taught a subscription school in one room of my fat her's house. In 1856 the government survey of this county was made; then came the entry of the land. Money was scarce and a great many were obliged to borrow money to make the entry. Interest became very high, some paying 40 and some as high as 60 per cent interest. The result was that a great many were never able to pay out on their land, and it went into the hands of the money lender. Some time before this the town site of Plattsmouth had been laid out and the county seat located there, it being quite a trading point. Also the town of Rock Bluffs, three miles and half southeast of us, was quite a lively town.

FIRST COUNTY FAIR

In the fall of 1857 the first county fair was held at Rock Bluffs, and the people of those days thought it a grand success.

In the summer of 1858 William Young and Sam Buster bought the first reaper that was in the neighborhood, a stiff bar hand rake McCormich. We could cut about twelve acres per day, and I did the most of the raking off. Then the old cradle was laid away and people came for miles around to see it work. In 1860 there was quite an emigration to the gold fields of Colorado, also a great deal of freight hauled there on wagons, and we all know what happened in 1861. Thus I have given, to the best of my memory, the most important events from 1856 to 1861.

John Edward Carrell was also known as "Paddy" (Source: Beth Konshak, Canada)

Listed on the County Records of Carter County, Tennessee, pg 75, is the following will: "Will of John Carrell, made 23 Nov 1833, filed 1833, names wife Rebecca; son Wm. Carrell; daughter Ellener Buckner; daughter Elizabeth Smith; son John; son Elexander; daughter Sintha Carrell. Wife to be extx."

Listed on "Missouri Pioneers" Vol VII, April 1970, Andrew County, (Book # 25.900, LDS Library ) is the following: FROGG, POLLY-will dated 15 May 1845. To John Star, John Carroll, & William Long $3.00 each; to William Blankenship & Berry Blankenship $5.00 each; to Elizabeth Neatherly $40.00; balance of estate to Rebecca Carroll. Recorded 31 May 1845. (will A2-17)

Early East Tennessee Marriage Records lists the following: Carroll, John to Elizabeth Coppick, 5-15-1826 (Wa)

Found information from Judy Buckner on Rootsweb that list John Edward Carroll's father as John Carroll and his mother as Rebecca. His sibling are listed below:
Ellender (Elinor) Carroll was born about 1794 in Tennessee. She married Joseph Buckner about 1820 in Carter County, Tennessee, son of William Buckner (jr) and Mary Wilson. He was born 1786 in Virginia.
Isaac Carroll
William Carroll
John Edward Carroll was born 1820 in Tennessee
Elexandra Carroll
Elizabeth Carroll

Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: in East Tennessee, Between 1820 and 1840.

• Residence: in Missouri, Between 1841 and 1846.

• Residence: in Iowa, Between 1847 and 1855.

• Residence: in Nebraska, Between 1855 and 1901.

• Residence: in Kentucky, 1841.

• Census: 1880, Cass County, Nebraska.

John married Martha M Long on 17 May 1840. Martha was born on 29 Dec 1821 in Kentucky and died in 1846 in Missouri at age 25.

Children from this marriage were:

14        i.  Edward B Carroll (born on 28 May 1841 in Kentucky - died on 17 Jun 1912 in Bickleton, Klickitat County, Washington)

         ii.  Mary Elizabeth Carroll, (Twin) (born on 10 Jan 1843 in Missouri - died on 9 Sep 1926 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington)

        iii.  William M Carroll, (Twin) (born on 10 Jan 1843 in Missouri - died after 10 Jan 1843 in Missouri)

         iv.  Margaret M Carroll (born on 12 Feb 1846 in Missouri - died after 12 Feb 1846 in Missouri)

John next married Margaret Elizabeth Smith on 26 Nov 1846 in Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, daughter of William T Smith and Anna Jordan. Margaret was born on 8 Aug 1829 in Virginia, died on 27 Dec 1914 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington at age 85, and was buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.

Marriage Notes: Marriage performed by J.T. Cannon M.G. Methodist Source: Bible of Wilbur Carrell

General Notes: *Iowa & Nebraska census lists the birthplace of Margaret Elizabeth Smith as the state of Virginia.

*Rec Proof-Margaret Elizabeth Smith Carrell's father & other family members buried at Brush Ridge Cemetery, Crawford Township,Iowa.

On the death certificate of Margaret Elizabeth Smith Carrell, it says her father was Wm Smith, born West Virginia and her mother was Anna Jordan, born in Virginia. The informant on the death certificate is M. S. Graves. (This must be Mark Simpson Graves)

Margaret Smith had long red hair

Mrs Margaret Carrall
Mrs. Margaret E. Carroll, 88 years old, died of old age at her residence at Seventeenth avenue and Tieton Drive yesterday morning and the body is held at Shaw and Sons chapel until relatives in the East are heard from. Source: Yakima Republic,Yakima, Washington, 28 Dec 1914.

OBITUARY
Margaret E. Carroll

Mrs. Margaret E. Carroll, 85 years old died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mr s. L.A. Graves, 601 South Seventeenth avenue. Death was do to old age. She leaves, besides the daughter, four sons, three of whom live at Murray, Nebraska and one, W.T. Carroll of Wapato. She leaves also a brother, William Smith, and a sister, Mrs Charles Rychart, of North Yakima. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock at the home of Mrs Graves, the Rev. Amos H. House of the Second Baptist Church of Seattle, officiating. Interment will be in Tahoma cemetery in charge of Shaw and Sons. Source: page 6, Yakima Morning Herald, Yakima, Washington, Tuesday 29 Dec 1914.

Source: Bible of Wilbur Carrell

Noted events in her life were:

• Illness: Brights disease.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Francis Mason (Frank) Carrell (born on 10 Oct 1847 in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa - died in 1926 in Peace River, Alberta, Canada)

         ii.  Elisha Simpson "Liegh" Carrell (born on 8 Feb 1849 in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa - died on 25 Mar 1926 in Beaverlodge, Alberta, Canada)

        iii.  George Wells Carrell (born on 22 Dec 1850 in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa - died on 6 Nov 1915 in Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma)

         iv.  John Wesley Carrell (born on 17 Oct 1852 in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa - died on 9 Feb 1937 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska)

          v.  Margaret Annie Carrell (born on 25 Oct 1854 in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa - died on 21 Feb 1884 in Cass County, Nebraska)

         vi.  Ella Agnes Phoebe Carrell (born on 10 Nov 1856 in Cass County, Nebraska - died on 30 Oct 1918 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington)

        vii.  Isabelle Jane Carrell (born on 18 Dec 1858 in Cass County, Nebraska - died on 30 Aug 1876 in Cass County, Nebraska)

       viii.  Charles Elmer Carrell (born on 23 Mar 1861 in Cass County, Nebraska - died in 1935, buried in Lewiston Cemetery, Murray, Cass County, Nebraska)

         ix.  Emma Lurana Carrell (born on 3 May 1863 in Cass County, Nebraska - died as an infant in Cass County, Nebraska)

          x.  Jessie R Carrell (born on 11 Oct 1865 in Cass County, Nebraska - died on 2 May 1866, buried in Lewiston Cemetery, Murray, Cass County, Nebraska)

         xi.  Everton Valentine "Bub" Carrell (born on 14 Feb 1867 in Cass County, Nebraska - died on 21 Jun 1894, buried in Lewiston Cemetery, Murray, Cass County, Nebraska)

        xii.  Ida Estella Carrell (born on 6 Mar 1869 in Cass County, Nebraska - died on 16 Jan 1886 in Cass County, Nebraska)

       xiii.  Minnie L Carrell (born on 29 Sep 1873 in Cass County, Nebraska - died on 10 Dec 1873)

        xiv.  Wilbur Theodore Carrell (born on 27 Jun 1875 in Rock Bluff, Cass County, Nebraska - died on 7 Jul 1959 in Winthrop, Okanogan County, Washington)

29. Martha M Long was born on 29 Dec 1821 in Kentucky and died in 1846 in Missouri at age 25.

General Notes: Mrs Burns at Andrew County,Missouri Historical Society had many records (Savannah Missouri) No info on Martha Long Carrell in cemetery records there.

Try Northwest Missouri Genealogy Society, P.O. Box 382 St Joseph Missouri, 64502.

Source: Bible of Wilbur Carrell

There is a Martha Long born 17 April 1820 in Lexington Kentucky to a Samuel Long and Margaret Todd. Researched this clue and did not match. This Martha Long married James Warren Tutt 1841
Have searched Andrew County, Missour cemeteries for her grave and found nothing
Have searched Jackson County, Missouri cemeteries for her grave and found nothing 18 Dec 2006

Martha married John Edward Carroll on 17 May 1840. John was born on 15 Feb 1820 in East Tennessee, died on 2 Dec 1901 in Murray, Cass County, Nebraska at age 81, and was buried in Lewiston Cemetery, Murray, Cass County, Nebraska.

30. John C Gray was born about 1822 in Tennessee and died on 28 Apr 1859 in Marion County, Illinois about age 37.

General Notes: Elizabeth Barnes married to John Gray, 12 Dec 1841 by J.P. Surity/perf. name Thomas Sparks . Vol C, Pg 17, Lawrence County, Alabama Marriage Records.

Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee

Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 12 Oct 1850, Raleigh Precinct, Saline County, Illinois.

John married Elizabeth Caroline Barnes 12 Dec 1841 (Lic) in Lawrence County, Alabama. Elizabeth was born on 24 Apr 1825 in Lawrence County, Alabama and died on 27 Jan 1899 in Nebraska at age 73.

Marriage Notes:

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Thomas Peter Gray (born on 29 Mar 1844 in Lawrence County, Alabama - died on 25 May 1909 in Bickleton, Klickitat County, Washington)

15       ii.  Rebecca Francis Gray (born on 14 Jul 1845 in Limstone County, Alabama - died on 24 Sep 1908 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska)

        iii.  Sarah Catherine Gray (born on 15 Jul 1849 in Hamilton County, Illinois - died on 2 Feb 1917 in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska)

         iv.  Alice Gray (born on 8 Jun 1853 in Marian County, Illinois)

31. Elizabeth Caroline Barnes, daughter of Thomas M Barnes and Francis Miller, was born on 24 Apr 1825 in Lawrence County, Alabama and died on 27 Jan 1899 in Nebraska at age 73.

General Notes: Elizabeth Amanda Barnes second marriage to Joseph P Taylor was 19 July 1861 in Cass Co., Nebraska. Marriage license is filed in Vol A, page 74, Cass Co., Nebraska Marriage License in Court House in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. The following was given to Don Conley by Thomas Gray of Bickleton, Washington:

Amanda Elizabeth Barnes daughter of a Souther Plantation Farmer and John C. Gray.
He was a saddle maker and were married in Alabama. Living there until they had 4 children. Thomas Peter born March 29, 1844. Three girls; Rebecca, Sarah and Alice. After the death of her husband, she and her children moved out to Nebraska to be near an Uncle Barnes. After coming to Nebraska, papa helped to support his mother and sisters. Then his mother married Charles Henry Taylor. He was a widower with two boys and one girl. When the Civil War broke out papa wanted to join the Union Army. His mother refused. He then left Nebraska and went with a group of people that were going by Ox team to Colorado and where he enlisted. He was discharged on or about July 16, 1866. He served 3 years and 9 months of which was the war with Indians . On or about the 16th day of July 1865 I am not sure if his mother and Taylor were ma ried before he enlisted in the Union Army or while he was in the service. His sisters: Rebecca married Edward B.Carroll, Sarah married Bob Rountree, Alice married Bob Chandler. On September 12, 1866 Charles Henry Taylor was born, a half brother to the Gray children. I remember papa saying never turn a hungry person away, give them some food of what you have, For at one time before the Army he was not working he made his home at Uncle Johnny Carroll. He and the Carroll boy were close friends. I remember him telling that one time they had only fat bacon and brown sugar to eat. For a year or more he and Lash Carrell were with a Circus and papa played his banjo and sang songs like, Yellow Rose of Texas, I left Alabama with a banjo on my knee and several more. There is a picture of a little man standing by and there is also a tin type picture of papa and Uncle Frank Carroll taken in Nebraska City where they had gone to have some machinery repaired. The had a trapeze act in the circus. When Ralph Carroll was here from his home in Canada he came to visit me. He reminded me of the long years of friendship between our families. Later papa went to work in the machine shop in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, where he met Frank Badgley a cabinet maker and they became friends.

There is a marriage record in Lawrence County, Alabama of Elizabeth Barnes married to John Gray, 12 Dec 1841 by J.P. Surity/perf. name Thomas Sparks

Source; Boyce Morris, Tennessee

Elizabeth married John C Gray 12 Dec 1841 (Lic) in Lawrence County, Alabama. John was born about 1822 in Tennessee and died on 28 Apr 1859 in Marion County, Illinois about age 37.

Elizabeth next married Joseph P Taylor on 19 Jul 1861 in Cass County, Nebraska. Joseph was born in 1817 in Virginia and died on 30 Jul 1881 in Nebraska at age 64.

Marriage Notes: Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee

The child from this marriage was:

          i.  Charles Henry Taylor (born on 12 Sep 1866 in Otto County, Nebraska - died on 12 Sep 1947 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington)

  Sixth Generation  

32. William Conley was born in 1775 in Vermont/AtSea, died after 1860, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Grant Twp, Ringgold County, Iowa.

General Notes: William Conley is listed on census of Vermillion County, Helts Township, Indiana, pg 44, house #623, family #628, taken 9 November 1850, LDS film #422,955. The above census listed head of household as David Ruby, age 36, farmer, born Kentucky, wife's name: Cynthia A., age 28 , born Indiana, 4 children: Harriet I., age 7, Sarah E., age 4, Alexander B., age 2, Margaret A., age 1/2 yr. Harriet was born in Illinois, the rest of the children were born in Indiana . The above census lists William and La Mima Conley as not being able to read or write, their property value was $800.00.

The following information is from the records of Geneva Combs and Esther Vance: William Conley was born while traveling on the Atlantic Ocean or in Vermont. In 1860 he was living with his son Philander Conley. In 1850 he and his wife, Jemima, lived with their daughter Cynthia A. and her husband James H. Ruby. The 1860 Census of Helts Township, Vermillion County Indiana states that William Conley was born on the Atlantic ocean.

There is a William Conley Buried in Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa. He is in space
G-7. His son Mial is in space F-7, so I think this is our William Conley.

William married LaMima. LaMima was born in 1784 in Vermont and died between 1850 and 1860.

Children from this marriage were:

16        i.  Simeon Conley (born in 1804 in New York - died on 5 Jun 1881 in Jefferson Twp, Ringgold County, Iowa)

         ii.  Almira Conley (born in 1808 in New York - died on 29 Jul 1885, buried in Centenary Cemetery, Knowlton, Ringgold County, Iowa)

        iii.  Miul Conley (born on 7 Mar 1810 in New York - died on 30 Jul 1872 in Ringgold County, Iowa)

         iv.  Amos Fisk Conley (born in 1815 in New York)

          v.  Philander Conley (born on 26 Jul 1816 in Ohio - died on 1 Nov 1870 in Vermillion County, Indiana)

         vi.  James Conley (born about 1817 in Ohio)

        vii.  Cynthia Ann Conley (born on 9 Oct 1822 - died on 27 Feb 1884, buried in Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa)

       viii.  Harriet Conley (born on 9 Apr 1825 - died on 20 Apr 1890 in Knowlton, Ringgold County, Iowa)

         ix.  Henry D Conley (born on 11 Feb 1827 in Vermillion County, Indiana - died on 7 Feb 1908 in Creston, Union County, Iowa)

William next married someone

William next married someone

33. LaMima was born in 1784 in Vermont and died between 1850 and 1860.

General Notes: Lamima believe to be buried in Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa
Records sent to me by Patty Burgess, 203 Charles St, Long Beach, Mississippi, 12 Nov 1993, states that her name could be JEMINA.

LaMima married William Conley. William was born in 1775 in Vermont/AtSea, died after 1860, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Grant Twp, Ringgold County, Iowa.

36. Archibald Crawford, son of Archibald Crawford and Mary Benedict, was born on 4 May 1773 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York and died on 20 Jun 1842 in Holmes County, Ohio at age 69.

Archibald married Mary Wood. Mary was born on 13 Feb 1776 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York, died in Holmes County, Ohio, and was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Carmi Crawford (born on 5 Mar 1797 - died on 20 Jun 1842)

         ii.  Agnes Crawford (born on 23 May 1798 - died on 19 Nov 1814)

        iii.  Almy Crawford (born on 13 Oct 1799 - died on 17 May 1880 in Veteran, Chemung, New York)

         iv.  Ezra Crawford (born on 15 Nov 1800 - died on 19 Feb 1875)

          v.  Alfred Crawford (born on 28 Jan 1802 - died on 10 Jun 1851 in Holmes County, Ohio)

         vi.  Sarah Ann Crawford (born on 7 Sep 1803 - died on 8 Jun 1885)

        vii.  Deborah Crawford (born on 12 May 1805 - died on 17 May 1883)

       viii.  Lewis Crawford (born on 5 Jan 1807 - died on 2 Feb 1879)

         ix.  Purthenia Crawford (born on 4 Jun 1808 - died on 15 Mar 1884)

          x.  (Twin) Crawford (born on 3 Sep 1809 - died on 5 Sep 1809)

         xi.  Henry Crawford (born on 9 Mar 1811 - died on 25 Feb 1836)

18      xii.  John Wallace Crawford (born on 30 Mar 1813 in New York - died after 18 Jun 1880)

       xiii.  Daniel B Crawford (born on 14 Oct 1814)

        xiv.  Archibald Crawford (born on 20 Apr 1816 - died on 13 Feb 1862 in Princeville, Illinois)

37. Mary Wood was born on 13 Feb 1776 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York, died in Holmes County, Ohio, and was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio.

General Notes: Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy by Robert Crawford

Mary married Archibald Crawford. Archibald was born on 4 May 1773 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York and died on 20 Jun 1842 in Holmes County, Ohio at age 69.

40. Henry William Burkhart, Sr, son of Michael Burger and Ann Mary Lindamood, was born in 1761 in Coniecville, Shenandoah County, Virginia, died on 11 Dec 1838 in Smyth County, Virginia at age 77, and was buried in Kimberling Cemetery, Wythe Co, Virginia.

General Notes: Virginia Land Office Records for Shenandoah County show that on 21 Feb 1781, Henry Burkhard was granted 279 acres of land on the drains of Stony and Will Creeks adjoining Catherine Fox, George Lindamood and others. This land was granted by Lord Fairfax and Henry Burkhard was said to be "of Shenandoah County , son and Assignee of Michael Burkhard." The land was said to be part of Michael Burkhard's former survey. This simply means that Michael sold part of his land to his son Henry, but as ownership of the land was in a way retained by Lord Fairfax, and the buyers paid him rent for it, a new grant had to be issued to Henry. But for all practical purposes, the land was the property of the grantee. In this grant, however, as in most others in the vicinity, Lord Fairfax retained a right to the Royal Mines, and a full third part of all lead, copper, tin, Coal, iron and iron ore that should be found on the land. The Shenandoah valley was rich in minerals and mines were developed at an early date.

Henry Burger served in the Revolutionary War while he was still a resident of Shenandoah County, Virginia.
The pension records of the National Archives show the following facts: On Oct 1832 when he applied for pension he was 71 years old.
According to his statement when he applied for pension, he rendered the following service as Private in the Virginia Militia: He enlisted and served 4 months under Lieutenant Samuel Vance and Colonel Harrison in General McIntosh's Expedition against the Indians; he enlisted in June 1781, served under Capt. Lawrence Snappe and Thomas Marshall in Col Edmonds' Regiment and was discharged shortly before the siege of Yorktown.
He was pensioned on Certificate No. 16 168, issued under the act of June 7, 1832, at the Virginia Agency.
The name of his wife and date of their marriage are not shown. He was survived by children whose names are not shown.
He resided in Shenandoah County, Virginia when he served in the Revolutionary War, moved thence about the 1786 to Smyth County, Virginia. He resided there at the time he received his pension.
He died 11 Dec 1838, place not stated in pension record, but we know it was Smyth, County, Virginia.
The tax records (personal property and land tax) for Virginia do not begin until 1782. Hence, any records of our people before that year must be found in Wythe County records or in records of the Virginia Land office, and not in the tax records of the State.
Soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, a considerable number of Shenandoah Valley People began to move southward and westward. Among the familiar names of Smyth County families who came from Shenandoah County or its vicinity were Akerses, Griggers, Foglesongs, Wamplers, Musssers, Lindamoods, Vaughts, Davises, Fryers, Neffs Huddles and others.
It is likely that John Lindamood, Henry Burger and the younger Michael Burger, and John Musser (who may have been a brother to Henry Burger's wife) moved to Smythe County together. Henry Burger was married and had a least two children by this time, as shown by the census. They no doubt moved as the other migrants did, by pack horses, or in covered wagons, the women and children riding and the men and boys walking.

Henry Burkhart (here spelled Burker) appears on the Wythe County personal property tax list for 1793 with 1 tithable (man) in his family, owning 3 horses. In 1796, he was listed as Henry Burket, still had 1 tithable and owned 4 horses. On the 1801 tax list, he is spelled Henry Burckhard, and still has 1 tithable in his family and owned 4 horses. He is always listed near John Lindamood and John and Peter Musser, showing that they lived near together, and the tax assessor passed from one farm to the other.

John Lindamood was first shown on Wythe County tax list in 1793 and also John and Daniel Bales, Peter Musser, John Phillippy Jr., John Phillippy Sr., Christopher Phillippy (sometimes listed by his German name, Stephel Phillippy) and Henry Pickle with 2 tithables (men) in his family.

These people evidently stayed in Wythe County some time before receiving a patent for the land they settled upon. It took a considerable time for surveys to be made and legal papers to be issued. Often land had changed hands two or three times before the survey was a last made. On August 15, 1809, Henry Burkhart received a patent for 33 acres of land on the waters of the middle Fork of Holston River, Wythe County, adjoining John Musser.

But he aquired other land by purchase. The Wythe County land tax list for 1814 shows Henry Burckhard with 143 acres, and another tract of 14 1/2 acres, both on the head waters of the middle Fork of the Holston River.

Smythe County was formed in 1831 from parts of Washington and Wythe Counties. Smythe County included Henry Burkett's property. The first tax for the county shows him with 5 acres on the Middle Fork of Holston River, joining Michael Neff's estate, and 142 acres on the Middle Fork joining John Musser and Henry Savely, 12 miles east of the courthouse. (1832) In 1833, he still had the 142 acres as above, and the following tracts adjoining it; 14 acres, 25 acres, and ? (unreadable) acres.

In 1833, Michael Burkett, believed to be Henry's brother, had 5 acres on the Middle Fork of Holston River, 5 miles west of the courthouse. Michael did about 1834 or 1835 because in 1835 his property appears on the Smythe tax list as "Michael Burger's estate.

Henry Burkett appears on a list of pensioners in 1835, living in Smyth County. age 73. He died, as shown on his pension record, 11 Dec 1838. He had made his will on 28 June 1838. It is recorded in Smyth County.

He bequeathed his land to his son George as follows:
140 3/4 acres purchased from Samuel Davis and Hannah, Davis's wife.
14 1/2 acres deeded to him from William Davis.
2 1/2 acres deed from Lamie
25 acres received from Johathan Aker and his wife, Nancy.
33 acres granted to him by patent dated 15 August 1809.

There was a sale of the personal property of Henry Burkett, deceased on Jan 5, 1838. Some people who bought articles at the sale were:
George Burket, Molly Burket, George Musser, Abraham Musser, Simon Pickle, John Vaught, Joseph Musser, Peter Musser, Peter Snavely, Rufus Musser, George Musser Sr.

Andrew Lindamood was also there and bought 1 bedstead and furnishings for $12.00 and 1 large chair for 50 cents.

According to Belle Lindamood Pickle, George Burkhart (son of Henry) had 8 daughters and 3 sons, George, Tom, Mich (evidently named for his great-grandfather, Michael Burger) These were of course first cousins of Daniel Lindamood, since Daniel Lindamood's mother was a sister to George Burkhart, their father. George Burkhart's wife was named Mary, sometimes called Polly.

Deed Book "G" & "H", pg 85, July 31, 1788. Henry Burkard and Elizabeth his wife of the County of Shenandoah , deed to Michael Decker for 60 pounds money, land on the drains of Stony and Mill creeks. Patented to Henry by and from the late Lord Proprietor's office 2nd day of February, 1781. Witness were Jacob Rinker, Martin Mosser, Mary Miller. Elizabeth signed with her mark. Henry signed in German Script. Clerks record has Marten Musser as Witness.

The Henry Burkhard deed is important to us since it supplies the given name of the Miss Musser whom he married, which name had been previously unknow to us.

These people were evidently selling out with the purpose of migrating to Southwest Virginia. Probably they had a little part on this last day of July 1788, after the deeds were signed, and the women served cake and ale. But it was no doubt a little sad for the brothers, George Henry and John Lindamood, who were soon to part company, for George Henry stayed in Shenandoah



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Henry married Elizabeth Letherman.

Henry next married Marian Decour.

Henry next married Elizabeth Musser on 31 Jul 1788 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Children from this marriage were:

20        i.  Henry William Burkhart, Jr (born on 14 Jul 1789 in Wythe County, Virginia - died on 25 Sep 1870 in Albion, Marshall County, Iowa)

         ii.  George Burkhart (born on 18 Mar 1792 - died on 12 Jun 1876 in Marion Township, Smyth County, Virginia)

        iii.  John Burkhart

         iv.  Barbara Burkhart

41. Elizabeth Musser, daughter of Adam Musser and Maria.

Elizabeth married Henry William Burkhart, Sr on 31 Jul 1788 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Henry was born in 1761 in Coniecville, Shenandoah County, Virginia, died on 11 Dec 1838 in Smyth County, Virginia at age 77, and was buried in Kimberling Cemetery, Wythe Co, Virginia.

42. Adam Musser, son of John Adam Musser and Catherine Ramer, was born on 27 Jan 1783 in York County, Pennsylvania and died on 17 Mar 1861 in York County, Pennsylvania at age 78.

General Notes: Source: Family Search LDS

Adam married Maria.

Children from this marriage were:

41        i.  Elizabeth Musser

         ii.  John Musser (born on 2 Feb 1808 in York County, Pennsylvania)

21      iii.  Elizabeth Mercer (born on 21 Jul 1799 in Wythe County, Virginia - died on 23 May 1884 in Maryville Nodaway County, Missouri)

Adam next married Maria.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  George Musser

         ii.  John Musser

        iii.  Joseph Musser

         iv.  Christena Musser

          v.  Lydia Musser

         vi.  Molly Musser

        vii.  James Musser

       viii.  Peter Musser

         ix.  Katharine Musser

          x.  Anna Musser

Adam next married Barbara Wambach in Nov 1804 in York County, Pennsylvania. Barbara was born on 9 Nov 1783 in York County, Pennsylvania and died on 1 Dec 1863 in York County, Pennsylvania at age 80.

General Notes: Source: Family Search LDS

43. Maria .

General Notes: Source: Baptimal Records of the Kimberlin Lutheran Church, Wyth Co, Virginia.

Maria married Adam Musser. Adam was born on 27 Jan 1783 in York County, Pennsylvania and died on 17 Mar 1861 in York County, Pennsylvania at age 78.

Maria next married Adam Musser. Adam was born on 27 Jan 1783 in York County, Pennsylvania and died on 17 Mar 1861 in York County, Pennsylvania at age 78.

44. James A. Sutphin, son of Richard (Ryck) Sutphin and Ann Hoagland, was born about 1780 in Somerset County, New Jersey.

James married Rebecca Salter.

The child from this marriage was:

22        i.  Peter Alvin Sutphin (born on 8 Apr 1808 in New York - died on 26 Nov 1868, buried in Hayden Chapel Cemetery, Monroe Co, Iowa)

45. Rebecca Salter .

Rebecca married James A. Sutphin. James was born about 1780 in Somerset County, New Jersey.

48. Henry II Fravel, son of Henry Fravel and Anna Keller, was born on 29 Jun 1756 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia and died on 12 Dec.

General Notes: Source: History of the Descendants of John Hottel by Rev W.D. Huddle, B.S. and Lulu May Huddl e. "HENRY FRAVEL II, Son of Henry and Anna Keller Fravel, born several miles east of Woodstock, Va., about 1756; married first, Dec 12 1786, ELIZABETH HOCKMAN, dau of Rudolph Hockman. They were pioneers in Hardy Co., W.Va., during the early years of their married life. Here several children were born. Later they settled permanently near Woodstock, Va. A grandson, George W. Fravel, Gahanna, O., has in his possession baptismal and confirmation certificates written in German, showing that his grandparents were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church . Henry Fravel was a landholder in Hardy and Shenandoah Counties. There is a tradition in the family to the effect that in old age he was standing on the platform of a mill holding a high spirited horse by the line or hitch strap and was hurled to the ground and received injuries from which he died. His second marriage is not reported, but there was a Henry Fravel who married Nancy Coomes, at Lost River, W.Va., in 1820, which may have been this Henry. The Fravel family was destined, in part, to move into the unexplored, or at least undeveloped sections of our country. In 1836, five brothers and three sisters, sons and daughters of Henry Fravel moved to Ohio and other western states, where land could be bought at $1.25 per acre. With their indomitable energy they surmounted difficulties and succeeded in everything which they undertook in this wonderful pioneer country. They erected log cabins, barns, shops and corn cribs out of timbers cut from the forest which they endeavored to clear that they might improve the land. The corn they planted was covered with the hoe and hill tamped with the back side of the hoe in order to pack the ground well over it and thus keep out the air. They did intensive farming and the virgin soil produced bountiful crops. In those pioneer days, according to a noted author, hogs were allowed to run at large, being turned loose in the woods in the spring, and living mainly on pasture and nuts. Nuts made a very fine quality of meat. When the time came for killing their meat, they would have a 'rounding up' time , sometimes with dogs, sometimes on horseback. The pioneers would build a corral, providing the same with a trap door, to which was attached a rope to raise and drop as the hogs were driven in. A man would climb a nearby tree, and with his hands on the rope operate the trap. Sometimes the hogs were so wild and had such large tusks men were somewhat afraid of them. A large family would kill eight, ten, or even as many as twelve hogs for the winter"--Selected from Keller History.

Henry married Elizabeth Hockman on 12 Dec 1786 in Virginia. Elizabeth was born in 1766.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Henry III Fravel (born on 1 Nov 1787 in Hardy County, Virginia - died on 31 Aug 1848 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

         ii.  Absalom Fravel (born on 21 Dec 1789 in Hardy County, Virginia - died on 7 Aug 1877 in Franklin County, Ohio)

        iii.  Jacob Fravel (born on 26 Jun 1791 in Hardy County, Virginia - died on 26 Jun 1873 in Bladensburg, Ohio)

24       iv.  William Fravel (born on 10 Mar 1793 in Hardy County, Virginia - died on 20 Oct 1861 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana)

          v.  John Fravel (born on 27 Apr 1795 in Hardy County, Virginia - died on 4 Mar 1873 in New Albany, Franklin County, Ohio)

         vi.  Jonathan Fravel (born on 23 Sep 1797 in Hardy County, Virginia - died on 17 Oct 1854 in New Albany, Franklin County, Ohio)

        vii.  Elizabeth Fravel (born on 21 Aug 1799)

       viii.  Rebecca Fravel (born on 19 Apr 1801 in Lost River, Hardy County, Virginia - died in Marshall, Illinois)

         ix.  Catherine Fravel (born on 10 Jul 1806 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 13 Jan 1882)

49. Elizabeth Hockman, daughter of Rudolph Hockman, was born in 1766.

General Notes: Source: William Fravel Genealogy

Elizabeth married Henry II Fravel on 12 Dec 1786 in Virginia. Henry was born on 29 Jun 1756 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia and died on 12 Dec.

52. John Pitman, son of Nicholas Pitman and Anna Catherine Snapp, was born about 1765 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, died in May 1839 in Scott Twp, Harrison County, Indiana about age 74, and was buried in Harrison County, Indiana.

General Notes: Source: Book by Wm R. Wolph, "Descendants of Peter Mauck"

John Pittman and his family moved to Harrison Co, Indiana in 1809 and settled in Scott Townsh ip where he operated a ferry on the Ohio River.

Records of John Pitman's children, parents, brother and sister are in St Paul's Lutheran Chur ch, Strasburg, Virginia.

WILL OF JOHN PITMAN

Recorded in the Clerk's office of the Harrison County, Indiana, Probate Court, in will book B , pages 112,113, 114,115 & 116 on the 30th day of May A.D. 1839. H.W. Heth, Clk.

JOHN PITMAN DEC'D

Whereas I, John Pitman of the County of Harrison and State of Indiana have made and duly e xecuted my last will and testament in writing bearing date the second day of April in the yea r of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five; and being desirous of changing som e parts of said will; I do hereby declare this present to be a codicil to my said last will a nd testament, and direct that it shall be annexed thereto and taken as part thereof. And I d o hereby ________so much of my last will as gives and devises unto my oldest son Lawrence Pit man and his heirs, the Southwest quarter of section eight in township four south and range th ree east of the second principal meridian, having by deed bearing even date herewith conveye d the same to him and his heirs and have taken his note bearing even date herewith for the p urchase money obtained for the sum of three hundred and twenty dollars and also hereby revok e so much of my last said will as gives and devises unto my son John Pitman and his heirs, th e Southeast quarter of section nine in township four South and in range three east of the sec ond principal meridian having by deed bearing even date herewith conveyed the said farm to hi m and his heirs and to secure the purchase money of which I have taken his note also bearin g even date herewith for the sum of three hundred and twenty dollars. And also do direct tha t my said sons Lawrence and John shall account in a final settlement and distribution of my e state for the amount of the said notes which I ahold on them exclusive in interest until on y ear after my death and the death of my wife Christiana, unless I shall demand payment of sai d notes during my life. And I do also hereby revoke so much of my said last will and testamen t as directs the farm on which I now live being the Southwest quarter of section thirty one i n township three south and range three east of the second principal meridian; to be sold. An d I do hereby devise unto my son John Pitman and unto his heirs and assign forever the said l ast mentioned quarter section of land, to wit: the south west quarter of section thirty on e in township three south and range three east subject to the following conditions and consid eration, that is to say, he my said son John Pitman, shall keep and maintain me and wife Chri stiana during our joint lives and the survivor of us during his or her life according to th e time and effect of a certain indenture now existing between me and my said son John bearin g date the twenty fifth day of February in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred an d thirty five and in the manner herein described. And he shall also in consideration of sai d devise pay the executor the sum of six hundred dollars, four hundred of which shall be pai d on year after my death and after the death of my wife Christiana. The remaining two hundre d dollars he shall pay two years after my death and after the death of my wife Christiana, a s aforesaid. When he shall have kept and maintained myself and my wife Christiana as above d irected and shall also have paid the aforesaid sum of six hundred dollars in the manner (desc ribed above) then his title to the said quarter section of land shall be complete to him an d to his heirs. It is also my will and I do hereby direct, that the aforesaid sum of sex hund red dollars when paid in the manner above directed shall be equally divided among my six chil dren to wit: Lawrence Pitman, John Pitman, David Pitman, Sarah Fleshman, Katharine Pitman an d Polly Lopp in such a manner as to equalize their several portions after paying the severa l legacies bequeathed by my said last will and testament and shall be directed to be paid b y this codicil. And I do hereby bequeath unto my son Isaac Pitman youngest child, that is t o say his youngest child at the date of this codicil (a son its name not being know) My exec utors to pay the same at the same times and in the same manner as they are directed to pay th e several legacies bequeathed by my last will to the other children of my son Isaac,
And I do hereby ratify all and every part of my said last will and testament, which is no t revoked, altered or changed by this codicil. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 24 day of January A.D. 1839.

His Mark and Seal

Signed, sealed published and declared by the said John Pitman of Harrison County as a codici l to his last will and Testament in presence of us who have herewith set our hands as witnes s in the presence of said testator & in the presence of each other. Signed: W.A. Parter, H.M . Heth.

State of Indiana Harrison County

Be it remembered that on this 30th day of May 1839 the above and foregoing codicil to the las t will and testament of John Pitman late of the county aforesaid deceased was proven before m e Henry M. Heth, clerk of the probate court of the county, aforesaid and proven by the oath o f William A. Parter one of the subscribing witnesses to be a codicil to the last will and tes tament of the said John Pitman, deceased.

Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1820, Harrison County, Indiana.

John married Elizabeth Mauck on 7 May 1787 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Elizabeth was born about 1769 in Frederick County, Virginia, died about 1810 in Scott Twp, Harrison County, Indiana about age 41, and was buried in Harrison County, Indiana.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Sarah Pitman (born in 1792 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died about 1870 in Heth Twp, Harrison County, Indiana)

         ii.  John Pitman, Jr (born about 1795 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died in 1850 in Harrison County, Indiana)

        iii.  Lawrence Pitman (born in 1797 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

         iv.  Mary Magdalena"Polly" Pitman (born on 30 Aug 1799 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 24 Feb 1872, buried in Beach Woods Cemetery, Harrison County, Indiana)

          v.  Isaac Noah Pitman (born in 1802 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died after 1880 in Wea Twp, Miami County, Kansas)

         vi.  Philip Peter Pitman (born on 10 Sep 1803 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died in 1834 in Harrison County, Indiana)

        vii.  Catherine Pitman (born in 1805 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

26     viii.  David Pitman (born on 27 Nov 1806 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 23 Jun 1881 in Cass County, Nebraska)

John next married Christiana Pope on 27 Aug 1814 in Harrison County, Indiana.

General Notes: Christiana Pope was fist married to a man by the name of Oatman that ran the ferry on the Ohi o river at Mauck's landing.

53. Elizabeth Mauck, daughter of John Peter Mauck, Sr and Anna Delilah Ottilia Zumwalt, was born about 1769 in Frederick County, Virginia, died about 1810 in Scott Twp, Harrison County, Indiana about age 41, and was buried in Harrison County, Indiana.

General Notes: Source: Jake Mauck, Topeka, Kansas, 1993

Elizabeth married John Pitman on 7 May 1787 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. John was born about 1765 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, died in May 1839 in Scott Twp, Harrison County, Indiana about age 74, and was buried in Harrison County, Indiana.

56. John Carroll died in 1833.

General Notes: Source: Judy Buckner
Source of Marriage: Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850

John married Rebecca Larrimore on 30 Jul 1812 in Talbot County, Maryland.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Ellender Carroll (born about 1794 in Tennessee)

         ii.  Isaac Carroll

        iii.  William Carroll

28       iv.  John Edward Carroll (born on 15 Feb 1820 in East Tennessee - died on 2 Dec 1901 in Murray, Cass County, Nebraska)

          v.  Elexandra Carroll

         vi.  Elizabeth Carroll

57. Rebecca Larrimore .

General Notes: Source: Judy Buckner
Source of Marriage: Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850

Rebecca married John Carroll on 30 Jul 1812 in Talbot County, Maryland. John died in 1833.

62. Thomas M Barnes, son of Stephen Barnes and Sarah Johnson, was born in 1795 in St Andrews District, Brunswick County, Virginia and died in 1848 in Lawrence County, Alabama at age 53.

General Notes: Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee
Source: Roy B Rhodes

Thomas married Francis Miller on 23 Jan 1821 in Madison County, Alabama. Francis was born in 1804 in Tennessee and died after 1870 in Lawrence County, Alabama.

Marriage Notes: Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Amanda M Barnes (born on 30 Mar 1823 in Alabama - died after 1880 in Lawrence County, Alabama)

31       ii.  Elizabeth Caroline Barnes (born on 24 Apr 1825 in Lawrence County, Alabama - died on 27 Jan 1899 in Nebraska)

        iii.  Sarah J Barnes (born on 12 Nov 1827 in Lawrence County, Alabama - died on 10 Apr 1858 in Lawrence County, Alabama)

         iv.  Adelia H Barnes (born on 21 Jan 1830 in Lawrence County, Alabama - died in Lawrence County, Alabama)

          v.  Clarissa W Barnes (born on 27 Apr 1832 in Lawrence County, Alabama)

         vi.  Mary Ann Barnes (born on 13 Nov 1835 in Lawrence County, Alabama - died on 12 Oct 1884 in Lawrence County, Alabama)

        vii.  Stephen Wesley Barnes (born on 12 Mar 1837 in Lawrence County, Alabama - died on 4 Nov 1921 in Lawrence County, Alabama)

       viii.  Martha Eleanor Barnes (born on 14 Mar 1839 in Lawrence County, Alabama)

         ix.  William T Barnes (born on 14 Mar 1843 in Lawrence County, Alabama)

          x.  John C Barnes (born on 4 Feb 1847 in Lawrence County, Alabama)

63. Francis Miller was born in 1804 in Tennessee and died after 1870 in Lawrence County, Alabama.

General Notes: Souce: Marriage Records of Madison County, Alabama
Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee
Source: Roy B Rhodes

Francis married Thomas M Barnes on 23 Jan 1821 in Madison County, Alabama. Thomas was born in 1795 in St Andrews District, Brunswick County, Virginia and died in 1848 in Lawrence County, Alabama at age 53.

  Seventh Generation  

72. Archibald Crawford, son of John Crawford and Jane Henderson, was born on 13 Aug 1733 on The Ocean, was baptized in 1733 in Episcopalian Church, Long Island, New York, died on 8 Jun 1806 in Saratoga Springs, Saratogo County, New York at age 72, and was buried in Whitford Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York.

General Notes: Archibald Crawford was a strong supporter of the Revolutionary War, but due to a birth defect of his hand, he was not excepted in the service. Abract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol I, p.-Serial 10572; Vol 12.
Arhibald Crawford was born on the boat from Ireland.
Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy by Robert Crawford

Archibald married Mary Benedict in 1763 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. Mary was born on 15 Nov 1740 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, died on 21 Mar 1813 in Saratoga Spa, Saratoga County, New York at age 72, and was buried in Wilford Cemetery, Saratoga Spa, Saratoga County, New York.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Daniel Crawford (born on 14 Jan 1764 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York - died on 23 Oct 1839 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York)

         ii.  John Crawford (born on 18 Jan 1766 - died on 26 Nov 1831 in Saratoga Springs, Saratogo County, New York)

        iii.  Lewis Crawford (born on 20 Apr 1768 - died on 7 Oct 1839 in Charlton, New York)

         iv.  Wallace Crawford (born on 20 Oct 1770 - died in Baldwinville)

36        v.  Archibald Crawford (born on 4 May 1773 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York - died on 20 Jun 1842 in Holmes County, Ohio)

         vi.  Robert Crawford (born on 19 Apr 1780 - died on 20 May 1867 in Chili, Illinois)

73. Mary Benedict, daughter of Daniel Benedict and Agnes Wallace, was born on 15 Nov 1740 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, died on 21 Mar 1813 in Saratoga Spa, Saratoga County, New York at age 72, and was buried in Wilford Cemetery, Saratoga Spa, Saratoga County, New York.

General Notes: Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy by Robert Crawford

Mary married Archibald Crawford in 1763 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. Archibald was born on 13 Aug 1733 on The Ocean, was baptized in 1733 in Episcopalian Church, Long Island, New York, died on 8 Jun 1806 in Saratoga Springs, Saratogo County, New York at age 72, and was buried in Whitford Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York.

80. Michael Burger, son of Francis Burger (Burkhart) and Anna Mary, was born about 1710 in Palatinate, Germany and died between 1785 and 1796 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

General Notes: Source: William J. Leonard Sr, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Michael Burger, our ancestor, came from the Palatinate to Pennsylvania, arriving 5 Sep 1730 in the ship Alexander and Ann. William Clyner ship-master, sailing from Rotterdam, Holland and stopping en route at Cowes, England.

Probably Michael Burger stayed for some time in Berks County, Pennsylvania where many other Burgers settled, before he came to Shenandoah County, Virginia. He must have been at least twenty years old to have been head of a family when he arrived in 1730, which would have made the date of his birth about 1710.

Michael Burger was living in Shenandoah County, Virginia by 1780, when Christopher Lindamood was granted a tract "Corner to Michael Berkhart" on a spur of Buck Hill. Andrew Lindamood was another neighbor of Michael Burger. Andrew was granted land in Shenandoah County, Virginia "on and near Buck Hill" adjoining land of Michael Burger.

Michael Burger was listed in the census of 1785 on a list taken by Jacob Rinker who tabulated those living in and around Conieville. At the time Michael had 4 people in his family. A Simon Burkhard is also listed as living in the same locality with 10 people in his family. Probably he was a son of Michael.

In December court, 1772, Michael Burger was at law with on Isaac Zane or Lane, the cause not stated. Zane was the plaintiff against Burger. A man named Abraham Brubaker went bond for Michael for costs of the case if he should lose. (Source: Dunmore County order Book)

Michael Burger was granted 400 acres "on the drains of Stony Creek and part on the drains of Mill Creek" on 23 Jan 1777 in Dunmore County, Later Shenandoah County. This land was granted by Lord Fairfax.

Michael Burger appears on the Shenandoah County Land tax list,1782, with this same 400 acres, valued at 50 pounds (about $250.00)

He had sons Michael and Henry (our ancestor) and perhaps others. The 1796 land tax list shows Michael Birket Junr. with 200 acres of land in Shenandoah County. This Michael probably served in the Revolutionary War, as a Michael Burger is listed as serving and the older man was probably too old to serve. It is likely that Michael Senior died between the years 1785, when he is shown on the census, and 1796. He would have been in the neighborhood of 85 years old.

Other Burkets (Burger, Burkhards, etc) who lived in Shenandoah County were Abraham Birkhead, Andrew Burger, who was given license to keep an ordinary or tavern in 1773, and Simon Burkhard, who owned land on Hill Creek near Henry and Michael Burkhard, and in the 1785 census had ten in his family. Perhaps some of these were other sons of Michael Burger.

Will of Michael Borger found in Shenandoah County Will Book D, pg 341. He leaves his wife Mary 1/3 of his land and of his movable estate, and her bed, chest and clothes. To his youngest son George Borger he leaves the land and the plantation his mother would leave at her death. Since Mary should and could not live in the sam house with George, one wonders why, George is to build his mother a good warm house with a good roof with two floors and a chimney therein and "the iron stove which is in my room his to put in her room" The house is to be 20x16 feet inside and is to be built where she wants it. George is to find, cut and haul oak wood by the house so that she can use it fireplace and in the stove. The wife is to get 1/3 of the movable estate after it is sold and the rest is to be used to Pay Michael's debts. He names his older two sons, Henry and Michael, who are to pay an equal part of the debts to that George will not have to pay it all. He appoints "my friend, George Henry Lindamood", executor. The will is dated 25 May 1794. Witnesses: Charles Smith, Michael Lindamood. Signed Michael Borger (his mark)

The will was probated at Shenandoah County Court 8 Jul 1794. It was exhibited in court by George Henry Lindamood, the executor thereof, and proved by Charles Smith, Michael Lindamood and William Rider. The executor with some others, gave bond in the sun of $2,000.00. He signed the bond as G Heinrich Lindamooth in the German looking writing. Michael Burkett is thus seen to have been about 84 years old when he died


Source: Rosa Altizer Bray, West Point, Virginia



Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Michael Burger
Year: 1730
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Source Publication Code: 7820
Primary
Immigrant:
Burger, Michael
Annotation: An index by Marvin V. Koger, Index to the Names of 30,000
Immigrants...Supplementing the Rupp, Ship Load Volume, 1935, 232p. is
inferior to Wecken's index in the third edition (above). Page 449 contains
"Names of the First Palatines in North Carolina, as
Source
Bibliography:
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, with a Statement of the Names of Ships, Whence They Sailed,
and the Date of Their Arrival at Philadelphia, Chronologically Arranged,
Together with the Necessary Historical and Other Notes, also, an Appendix
Containing Lists of More Than One Thousand German and French Names in
New York prior to 1712. Leipzig [Germany]:
Page: 64
Source Citation: Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1730; Page Number: 64.
Source Information:
Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The
Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-
1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.
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you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.
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Virginia Census, 1607-1890
Name: Michael Burger
State: VA
County: Shenandoah County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1783
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 065
Database: VA Early Census Index
Source Information:
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Virginia Census, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
Description:
This database contains indexes to the Virginia (U.S.A.) portions of the 1800-1870 U.S. Federal Censuses as well as indexes
to the 1840 Pensioners Lists, the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules, the 1890 Veterans Schedules, and other early censuses.
Information contained in these indexes can include name, state, county, township, year of record, and name of record set.

Michael married Ann Mary Lindamood. Ann was born about 1714 in Shenandoah County, Virginia and died in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Children from this marriage were:

40        i.  Henry William Burkhart, Sr (born in 1761 in Coniecville, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 11 Dec 1838 in Smyth County, Virginia)

         ii.  George Burger (born about 1763 in Conieville, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

        iii.  Michael Burger (born in 1764 in Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 10 Jul 1818)

Michael next married Elizabeth Keil about 1730 in Palarinate, Germany.

Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestry.com

81. Ann Mary Lindamood was born about 1714 in Shenandoah County, Virginia and died in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

General Notes: Source: William J. Leonard Sr, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Ann married Michael Burger. Michael was born about 1710 in Palatinate, Germany and died between 1785 and 1796 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

82. Adam Musser, son of John Adam Musser and Catherine Ramer, was born on 27 Jan 1783 in York County, Pennsylvania and died on 17 Mar 1861 in York County, Pennsylvania at age 78.
(Duplicate. See Below)

83. Maria .
(Duplicate. See Below)

84. John Adam Musser died on 23 Jan 1770.

John married Catherine Ramer.

The child from this marriage was:

42        i.  Adam Musser (born on 27 Jan 1783 in York County, Pennsylvania - died on 17 Mar 1861 in York County, Pennsylvania)

85. Catherine Ramer .

Catherine married John Adam Musser. John died on 23 Jan 1770.

88. Richard (Ryck) Sutphin, son of Arthur (Aert) Sutphen and Janetje Van Mater.

Richard married Ann Hoagland.

The child from this marriage was:

44        i.  James A. Sutphin (born about 1780 in Somerset County, New Jersey)

89. Ann Hoagland .

Ann married Richard (Ryck) Sutphin.

96. Henry Fravel, son of Isaac Fravel and Unknown, was born in 1731 in Switzerland and died on 18 Jan 1819 in Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia at age 88.

General Notes: Source of the following is from the book: "History of the Descendants of John Hottel", by Rev W.D. Huddle and Lulu Huddle. Henry Fravel was the son of Isaac Fravel who emigrated from Switzerland to America at an early date, the exact time unknown. According to tradition he settled in what is now Rapahannock County Va., and spent the remainder of his life there. Isaac was the father of three children, Henry, Moses and Mary, whom he brought with him. Mary was lost in the voyage across the Atlantic and Moses, it is said, settled in North Carolina before going to Pennsylvania. But little is known concerning Moses, but it is believed he left descendants as historians have found Fravels that could not be placed in the family of Henry. According to some, Isaac had a third son who went to Indiana. The Fravel's spoke the German language being scarcely able to speak English at all. The original name was FROVEL. Henry Fravel located permanently in Shenandoah County early in life. Soon after marriage he settled on a farm of 200 acres two miles southeast of Woodstock. He built the first house in this section and lived there ten years before the village of Woodstock (Muellerstadt) was laid off. The nearest white man at that time lived at Mt. Olive, a hamlet six miles north of Woodstock. The land was deeded to him by his father-in-law in 1767. This was received by grant from Lord Thomas Fairfax, Oct 20, 1750. Henry Fravel's neighbors were the Kellers and Hottels at the head of Toms Brook ten miles away. The principal settlements within the present bounds of Shenandoah County were by the Funks near Strasburg, The Allens, Moores and Whites on the bottoms about Mt. Jackson. The only road into the valley was the Indian trail on the present site of Mt.Pike. Mr Fravel was a man of much energy and wise in his choice of location. The bottom land of his estate is still rated among the best in the vicinity, while all of his land has produced bountiful crops for more than a century and a half. Later in life he bought and improved much other land which at his death was parceled out for homes for his children , each being nicely provided for. At various times Mr Fravel was called upon to serve as guardian of orphans, to settle estates, and in other ways assisted his neighbors in matter of business in times of real need. It is believed he lived sixty years after his marriage . At the time of his death which occurred in 1819, he possessed a large personal estate. He always employed free laborers, being without doubt opposed to slavery. He was an elder in the Reformed Church and his children were brought up in the same faith. He is listed among the vestrymen of Gen. Muhlenberg's church at Woodstock, Va., when two lots, No 113 and No 144 were transferred to the vestrymen for a church building and a graveyard. The deed was admitted to record on Sept 27. 1774. See Wayland's History of Shenandoah Co., pages 400 and 401. George Keller was issued a Fairfax grant for 300 acres on Toms Brook where he lived on 14 November 1752. The 300 acre tract had been surveyed for him on 23 April 1750. He and Ulrick Stoner had paid Hite 4 pounds for a section of the 300 acres on 2 May 1737. George Keller purchased 126 acres adjacent northeast of the 300 acre tract from Lord Fairfax on 4 September 1764 . Sections of both these tracts were a part of Hite et al's 4,600 North Mountain tract. George Keller also purchased 82 acres adjacent to his 300 acres tract from Lord Fairfax on 24 June 1772. These 3 tracts are located approximately two miles northeast of Toms Brook via Shenandoah County Highway 653. Highway 623 runs along the southeast property line of the 300 tract for about 3/4 mile from Toms Brook to the south corner. Highway 656 for one tenth mile from 623 forms the southwest line and Highway 623 forms the southeast line of the 126 acre tract. On 20 October 1750 George Keller was issued a Fairfax grant for 400 acres (occupied by "a Tennant") which he had bought from Jacob Falkenbrugh on 23 March 1745. This tract, located south east of Woodstock, can be reached by Shenandoah County Highways 670 and 609 on the west side and on the North River Shenandoah. Two hundred acres of the 400 acre tract were part of the McKay, Hite, Duff and Green 2,200 acre Narrow Passage survey by James Wood on 10 March 1734 /35. The 400 acre tract is on the west side of the North River, east of Woodstock, Virginia on Shenandoah County Highway 609/669/670. George Keller Sr. and his wife Barbara sold 200 acres of the 400 acre tract 1750 grant land to their son-in-law Henry Fravel and the remaining 200 acres to their son George Jr. and his wife Barbara sold their 200 acres to William Kennedy for 600 pounds on 25 March 1778. George Sr. was deceased by 30 October 1782 when his wife Barbara and son George Jr. (eldest son and heir-at-law) sold 214 acres of the 300 acre Fairfax grant land to Jacob Keller for 70 pounds. George Sr.'s will (dated 13 Jul 1779) was proved in Shenandoah County Court on 28 March 1783 . He listed his wife Barbara, sons: George, Isaac, Jacob, and Henry: daughters: Elizabeth, Mary and Barbara. He also listed sons-in-law Henry Fravel and Mathias Wilken. He mentioned but did not specify relationships of an Ann Keller. George Sr. appointed sons George and Jacob so serve as executors. John Keller (as assignee of Henry Fravel who was assignee of John Morial had 400 acres surveyed on 3 January 1754 and was issued a Fairfax grant for the 400 acre tract on 22 July 1762. The tract was within Hite et al's 4600 acre North Mountain survey by James Wood. John Keller and his wife Mary sold 220 acres of the 400 acre tract to Jacob Borden for 10 pounds on 1 November 1767. John and Mary through a lawsuit "in the high Court of Chancery did recover the said land (220 acres) on 18 June 1798. The 400 acre tract on Jordan Run (a branch of Toms Brook) is located approximately one mile northwest of Maurertown, Virginia on Shenandoah County Highway 625. County Highway 600 forms the southwest property line and Highway 642 crosses the tract from the south corner to Jordan Run. Interstate Highway 81 is southeast and runs near the tract. (Sources: Gray, Northern Neck Grants, H-209: Joyner, Northern Neck, Warrants and surveys, Augusta County, Pg 32, Hite Fairfax Lawsuit, British Copy, Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 11, pgs. 601, 604, Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book C, pg 67, Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book D, pgs. 27, 30, Shenandoah County, Virginia Will Book A, pg 487, Gray, Northern Neck Grants, K-487; Joyner, Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Frederick County, pg 84, Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 11, pg 596, Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book L, pg 260)

7 Jun 1782 Indenture same from George Huddle & George Keller & Barbara his wife to Christian Copp was asked. by the sd. Huddle Proved as to Keller by Jacob Rinker, Henry Fravel & Frederick Woolford and ordered to be recorded...(Source: Order Book Shenandoah County, Virginia 1781-1784)

28 Mar 1783 The Last Will & Testament of George Keller, Dec'd was proved by oaths of George Huddle & Augustine Windle...sworn to by George Keller and Executor therein named... & ordered to be recorded....,Henry Fravel & David Keaner his securitys. (Source: Order Book Shenandoah County, Virginia 1781-1784)

Henry Fravel is listed as a Sergant in a muster roll of Captain Andrew Finck's Company in Colonel Van Scgards Battalion of Forces in the service of the United States of America at the Battle of Saratoga, 17 Dec 1776 (Source: New York Military in the Revolution)

Source of full death date: William Fravel Genealogy

Noted events in his life were:

• Living: 27 May 1778, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Henry married Anna Keller from 1754 to 1755 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Anna was born in 1740 in Lancaster County , Pennsylvania.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  George E Fravel, Sr (born on 29 Jun 1755 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 19 May 1823, buried in St Pauls Cemetery, Woodstock, Virginia)

48       ii.  Henry II Fravel (born on 29 Jun 1756 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 12 Dec)

        iii.  Barbara Fravel (born on 24 Jan 1757 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 24 Jun 1789 in Frank Crisman Farm, Lost River, Hardy County, West Virginia)

         iv.  Jacob Fravel (born in 1759 in Lost River, Hardy County, West Virginia - died on 20 Apr 1828 in Hawkinstown, Virginia)

          v.  Joseph Fravel (born on 12 Nov 1760 in Lost River, Hardy County, West Virginia - died on 2 Nov 1836)

         vi.  Elizabeth Fravel (born on 17 Nov 1763 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 10 Jun 1822 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

        vii.  Anna Fravel (born in 1765 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 18 Jan 1819 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

       viii.  Margaret Fravel (born in 1767 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

         ix.  Mary Fravel (born in 1769 in Lost River, Hardy County, West Virginia - died in 1839)

          x.  Benjamin Fravel (born on 4 Mar 1779 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 4 Mar 1826 in Lost River, Hardy County, Virginia)

         xi.  Rebecca Fravel (born about 1770 in Lost River, Hardy County, West Virginia - died in 1845, buried in Bowman Cemetery, Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

        xii.  Jonathan Fravel (born on 18 Nov 1783 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 24 Sep 1837 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

97. Anna Keller, daughter of Hans George Keller and Barbara Anna Hottel, was born in 1740 in Lancaster County , Pennsylvania.

General Notes: Source: History of the Descendants of John Hottel, by Rev W.D. Huddle, B.S. and Lulu May Huddle. Anna Keller, (second child of George Keller) was born presumably, in the eastern part of Pennsylvania in the seventeen-forties. In 1750 she came to Shenandoah Co, Va., with her parents, who settled on a farm near the village of Toms Brook, and married HENRY FRAVEL in 1754 or 1755. Henry Fravel was the son of Isaac Fravel who emigrated from Switzerland to America at an early date, the time unknown. According to tradition he settled in what is now Rapahannock County, Va., and spent the remainder of his life there.

Anna married Henry Fravel in 1754-1755 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Henry was born in 1731 in Switzerland and died on 18 Jan 1819 in Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia at age 88.

98. Rudolph Hockman .

Rudolph married someone

His child was:

49        i.  Elizabeth Hockman (born in 1766)

104. Nicholas Pitman, son of Andreas Pitman and Anna Gertraut Schworm, was born on 19 Dec 1727 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany and died in 1798 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia at age 71.

General Notes: Source of information on the Pittman family came from Sherry Carrell in California and Jake Mauck in Topeka,Kansas, who quote from a book by the name of "The descendants of Peter Mauck 1 708-1980".

A footnote in the above book on Nicholas and Catherine Snapp Pittman, John Pittman's parents , as follows: "Pittman was often spelled with only one "t" in the early days, but later two were generally used. The family name in origin is occupational - a "Pit" man being a miner". Nicholas came to America abt 1740 from Bingen, on the Rhine River. As a pioneer farmer he lived upon his land north of Strasburg, Va, on Cedar Creek in Shenandoah Co., Nicholas served in the Rev. War, (see DAR Patriot Index). All of his children emigrated to Corydon , Indiana except Lawrence. (Lawrence acquired an estate of several thousand acres in Shenandoah Co., and erected as his home the famous mansion, "Red Banks", which still stands today about 10 miles south of Woodstock, Virginia.) There is also a book out "The Nicholas Pitman Family of Va" published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Gen. Magazine. Vol 32, pp 139-145, 234 -245, 313-324. Also a note on Catherine Snapp Pittman. She was the daughter of John and Barbara Snapp. See Frederick Co., Va Will book No 3, page 35, for John Snapp's Will."

In the early part of the 18th century, southern Germany had been scourged by war, pestilence and famine to such an extent that life there had become unbearable for many of the inhabitants.

The Palatinate and upper Rhine state is one area which the inhabitants moved out in great numbers. There were so many immigrants moving that they were called "Palatines". This was true in England where many took refuge.

Philadelphia was the port of entry of the great majority of German refugees. In fact, they came in such numbers, that officials became alarmed. A law was passed, whether single or married , be properly registered by name, the vessel they came on and from what port, giving name of the captain, and port of landing. They were further required to sign an oath of abjuration to the government of Pennsylvania.

Most of these lists have been preserved. Little is know about Nicholas.

Nicholas Pitman and two cousins came over from Bingen-on-the-Rhine, Germany, about 1740. The y bought land near Strasburg, Virginia, Then Frederick County, later became Shenandoah County . They were religious and some were musicians.

One reason that there is not more Pitman information is because of the translation or corruption of it. The entries on old church records is "Bittman" and the records show "Bittman" and "Biettman". A gradual approach to American spelling, and finally became "Pitman" in English . The names Pittman and Pitman are used by various branches of the family.

Nicholas Pitman is not listed with the German immigrants of "Pennsylvania Pioneers" so it is evident that he did not land at port Philadelphia. It is assumed that they landed about 174 0 along with the Bakers, Conrads, Wills, and Snapps of near Winchester, Virginia.

Lawrence Pitman was the progenitor of many Pitmans and some migrated to Harrison County, Indiana and to Ohio.

Phill Pittman was also a Shenandoah County man. He married Susannah Grabill and had the following children: Emanuel, David, Jonathan and Abraham.

April 9, 1775, Nicholas Bitman and Frau Catharina took communion with about 45 other people at St. Pauls Lutheran Church of Strasburg.

September 27, five adult children of Nicholas Bittman and Frau Catharina were baptized into membership of the church.

The present writers do not believe that the name Pitman was the original German name but the many translations and English speaking people, it became Pitman.

The court records in Shenandoah and Frederick Counties where notices of transfers of land, deeds, etc. show the form Pitman.

The following are from the register of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Strasburg, Virginia. T he entries in chronological order are:

On April 9, 1775, "Nicholas Bittman" and Catharina Bittman (German feminine form) partook of communion with about forth-five other persons named.

On September 27th, 1776, five adults were baptized into membership in the the church and "Nicholas Bitman und Frau Catharina" are listed as witnesses.

On December 5th, 1785, "Nicholas Bittman und seine Ehefrau" were again witnesses at the baptism of several Children.

On the 29th of October, 1790, "Nicholas Bittman" and "sein Haufrau Catharina:" were sponsor s at the baptism of Johann Scheider's infant son.

On the 20th of October, 1797, "Benja Grabill" and wife, Catharine were sponsors at the christ ening of Magdalena, infant daughter of "Johannes Bitman" and "Frau Elisa".

On the 19th of March 1797, "Dorentz (Lawrence) and Cath Bitman" had their infant son baptized Philip. The child had been born on the 22nd of January of that year and the sponsors were Lawrence's brother "Johannes Bitman" and "Frau Elisabeth".

On Mar 25th, 1804, Peter Mauck was godfather at the Christening of "Philip Peter", infant son of "Johannes Bitman and Frau Elisa.

And again, on September 19, 1807, "Johannes and Catherine Schneider" were sponsors, "Johannes Bitman and Frau Eliza had a son Christened David.

The earliest documentary evidence or record of Nicholas Pitman that we find bears the date of Mary 3rd, 1760. On that day, he bought of Lewis and Mary Stephens for 10 three lots in the town of Stephensburg, "Part of a larger tract of 674 acres granted to Peter Stephens October 3, 1734." Although his wife is not mentioned in this transaction, Nicholas Pitman was probably married at that time, 1760, for the will of his father in law, John Snapp, discussed above, dated November 30, 1761, names Catherine A. Pitman as his daughter.

On June 7, 1763, Nicholas Pitman bought three more lots in the town of Stephenburg of Lewis Stephens. Again "at a court held on Tuesday, May 28th, 1776... Among those transferring land were the following: Ch. Whitmore and wife to Nicholas Pitman..." Wayland records 1777, February 24, 25 Nicholas and Catherine Pitman sell to John Heckman for L150.5, 100 acres on North River of Shenandoah; land conveyed to Pitman by Christian Whitmore, S.C.D.B.B, pg 436.

Nicholas Pitmans Revolutionary War Record is indicated solely by the inclusion of his name in: "A list of Captain Alexander Machir's Company in the Strasburg District (15th): "Pitman , Nicholas". Also named in the list are: Philip Pitman, Lawrence Snapp, Peter Snapp and Philip Snapp, Jun'r Ensign.

In the census of Shenandoah of 1785, Nicholas Pitman is named in the list returned by Samuel Porter as being the head of a family of eight whites and possessing one dwelling, and one other building. From this it would seem that Nicholas and Catherine had others than their three children living with them.

On September 30, 1797, Nicholas Pitman, farmer, conveys to his son, Lawrence Pitman, farmer 2 02 acres "in the said County of Shenandoah", originally belonging to Martin Roller, for L200 . On this same date, Lawrence Pitman and his wife, conveyed 100 acres, a part of the same tract to John Pitman for L200. Although not stated, these two transactions May have been connected with the settlement of Nicholas Pitman's estate. an Examination of the tax records in Richmond shows Nicholas a taxpayer each year up to and including 1797, but not thereafter. He probably died that year.

"On the property located two miles south of Strasburg, on the Shenandoah River, are located the graves of Nicholas Pitman and his wife. I have seen them at a distance. Two large blocks of limestone, I understand. The present owner of the property told us these stones had no inscriptions on them, so we did not visit them. This place was the farm purchased by Nicholas , where he made his home. There seems to no doubt that Nicholas and his wife sleep there".

RED BANKS

Nicholas Pittman came from Bingen on the Rhine about 1740. The Conrads and Bakers of Winchester came over in the same vessel with him. He bought a farm on the north branch of the Shenandoah River near Fishers Hill and married a daughter of Johannes Snapp of Gen Mahlenberg's Church at Woodstock.
All the children of Nicholas Pittman emigrated to Corydon, Indiana, except Lawrence, who married Catherine Will and became the owner of the noted Red Banks farm, where in 1802 he erected the large brick house. Red Banks was a favorite stopping place for travelers from Baltimore going to the Greebriar White Sulphur Springs. Madam Jerome Boneparte (nee Patterson) always spent the night there on her way to the latter place. General Jackson (Old Hickory) used to stop over and take the children on his knee.
Lawrence Pittman, son of Nicholas, had ten grandsons in the Confederate Army. Philip Pittman, his oldest son, at the age of 16, served in the War of 1812, and in 1861, at the age of 64, he enlisted in the Confederate Army, taking with him his youngest son, just 16 years old . The last year of the struggle, his friends implored him to come home and be a candidate for the Virginia Senate. His reply was the army had no soldiers to spare, but if they wished to elect him they could do so, but he would remain in the army until officially notifide of his election. He was elected, but remained at his post until the Senate convened.
During the Civil War, in the spring of 1862, Stonewall Jackson's Army camped several times at Red Banks. Camp Buchannan was the name of his camp. It is probable that the famous Stone wall lodged in the old mansion at Red Banks on these occasions. If so, one may be curious to know whether he was aware that Andrew Jackson had been a guest there a few years earlier.
The records in Woodstock show that on August 8, 1803, Lawrence Pittman bought 347 acres (evidently the Red Bank Tract) from Abraham Bird and Rachel his wife for $5,555.56. The said tract is described as being "on the northeast side of the north river of Shenandoah, it being part of 550 acres conveyed to Abraham Bird by George Ruddle and Magdalene his wife, February 1 0, 1776" The sale by Bird was witnessed by Jacob Rinker, Samuel Walton and Lewis Moore.
The records also show that on September 1, 1849, Lawrence Pittman Sr., sold Red Banks farm (375 acres) and another tract (186 acres) formerly belonging to Abraham Bird, to William R pley for $18,900.00.

The above given in part, page 457, "Old Shenandoah Homesteads" by Wayland in "History of Shenandoah Valley County" under date of November 6, 1902.

Nicholas Pitman Came from Framersheim Germany arriving in America 15 Sep 1749 on "Edinburgh " with cousin Philip Becker, Signed "Nicholas Biedman" Lived on Cedar Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Revolutionary War Veteran.

Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: 15 Sep 1749, America.

• First Communion: 9 Apr 1775, St Paul's Lutheran Church, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

• Military: Revolutionary War.

• Occupation: Farmer.

• Religion: Lutheran.

Nicholas married Anna Catherine Snapp before 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia. Anna was born on 28 Sep 1734 in Frederick County, Virginia and died about 1797 in Shenandoah County, Virginia about age 63.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Elizabeth Pitman (born about 1760 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

52       ii.  John Pitman (born about 1765 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died in May 1839 in Scott Twp, Harrison County, Indiana)

        iii.  Catherine Pitman (born about 1765 - died after 1837 in Harrison County, Indiana)

         iv.  Lawrence Anthony Pitman (born on 17 Aug 1773 in Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 19 Oct 1850 in Shenandoah County, Virginia)

105. Anna Catherine Snapp, daughter of Johannes Schnepp, Sr. and Barbara Dutt, was born on 28 Sep 1734 in Frederick County, Virginia and died about 1797 in Shenandoah County, Virginia about age 63.

General Notes: Anna Catherine Snapp received First Holy Communion on 9 Apr 1775 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Source: History of Shenandoah County, Virginia says she is the daughter of Johannes Snapp and sister of Lawrence Snapp.

Noted events in her life were:

• First Communion: 9 Apr 1775, St Paul's Lutheran Church, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

• Religion: Lutheran.

Anna married Nicholas Pitman before 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia. Nicholas was born on 19 Dec 1727 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany and died in 1798 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia at age 71.

106. John Peter Mauck, Sr, son of Hans Peter Mauck and Juliana Rheinhart, was born on 25 Nov 1739 in Opecquon, Frederick County, Virginia and died in Oct 1821 in Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana at age 81.

General Notes: John Peter Mauck was baptized by Rev. Stoever on April 29, 1740, Abraham Wiseman was listed as a witness.


John Mauck', will, dated October 26, 1816 and recorded November 8, 1821, in Harrison Co., Ind. Will Book A, 1809.1832, pgs 64-70, is as follows
"In the name of God, Amen. I, John Mauck, of Harrison County in the Indiana Territory, being of advanced age and weak in body but possessing a disposing mind, do deem it necessary to dispose of all my personal property by making this my last Will and Testament to wit:
In the first place. direct that my Executor hereafter named shaIl pay and discharge all my just debts and funeral expenses out of my said personal property or estate.

Secondly, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Christena Mauck, the following property which the said Christena owned at the time I married her and which she has acquired since to wit: one chest, one pair steelyards, one flax hackle, two tea canisters, one coffee pot, one hand box, two bowls, one sheet, one tea kettle, and twelve dollars which my executors are to pay her for a cow which she possessed and which was killed by me, and which property and money she may dispose of as she may think proper. .

Thirdly I give. and bequeath to my beloved wife, Christena Mauck and to her heirs forever, to be disposed of as they may think proper, the following sums of money due by notes and obligations from a Peter Schmucker of Virginia to me and her after the dates following to wit: one obligation for one hundred sixty six dollars and sixty seven cents dated the thirty first day of August, Eighteen Hundred and Eleven and payable the first day of November, Eighteen Hundred and Thirteen; one obligation of the like sum of one hundred and sixty six dollars and sixty seven cents dated the thirty first day of August, Eighteen Hundred and Eleven and payable the first day of November, Eighteen Hundred and Fourteen; one obligation for the like sum of one hundred sixty six dollars and sixty seven cents dated the thirty first day of August 1811 and payable the first day of November 1815; one obligation for the like sum of one hundred sixty six dollars sixty seven cents dated the thirty first day of August 1811 and payable the first day of November 1816, which obligations were given by the said Schmucker for the sale and purchase of a certain tract of land which she owned at the time of her marriage with me. Also the sum of fifty dollars due by Philip Wiseman to me by note payable on demand and dated the twenty seventh day of August 1811, which note bears interest, is hers, and this amount is due her in consequence of my having made use of her money.

Fourthly,. give and bequeath to my wife an her wearing apparel, to her and her heirs forever.

Fifthly, give and bequeath to my daughter, Barbara Grable, the sum of one dollar in addition to what I have heretofore given her, to her and her heirs forever.

Sixthly, I give and bequeath to the heirs of my son John Mauck, deceased, the sum of one dollar, having heretofore given to the said John Mauck, my son, his share of my estate as by a release which is herewith filed will more fully appear.

Seventhly, . give and bequeath to my grandson, John Grable, son of Christian and Barbara Grable,the sum of fifty dollars to him and his heirs forever.

Eighthly, I give and devise to my wife, Christena Mauck, the one third part of my movable property to her so long as she may live, or until she marries, in either case the same to be returned to my five children hereinafter named to be divided equally between them..

Ninthly, all my moveable property is to be sold and after the payment of my just debts and funeral expenses, and the one third put of my moveables is taken by my wife and the bequests herein contained are fully discharged and paid off, then the balance of any of the proceeds of sale are to be divided equally between my four children to wit: Catherine Grable, Wife of Benjamin Grable; Jonathan Mauck; Peter Mauck; Frederick Mauck; and my son-in-law, John Pitman, who intermarried with my daughter, Elizabeth, to them and their heirs forever.

Tenthly, all the money which may be due me or which I may have in possession at the time of my death shall be equally divided between my said four children - Catherine Grable, Jonathan Mauck, Peter Mauck, Frederick Mauck, and my said son-in-law, John Pitman.

Eleventh, it is my will and desire that my three children - Catherine Grable and her husband for her, Peter Mauck, and Frederick Mauck, and my son-in-law, John Pitman, shall yearly pay over and deliver to my wife, Christena Mauck, during her life the third part of the rent of the land deeded to them by deeds bearing the date of the twenty- fifth day of this month, provided that if the land should not be rented then they shall pay her yearly one third part of what the said land ought to rent for. The quantity of rent or value which each of my said children has to pay her to be determined by the quantity, quality, or valuation of the land as deeded to them as before mentioned.

Twelfth, if the proceeds of my personal property after the one third part is valued and given to my wife and the money left and due me shall not be sufficient to pay my debts, funeral expenses, and legacies herein contained then I direct that my said four children and son-in-law, John Pitman, before named shall, agreeable to the value of the land deeded to them as before mentioned, pay such sums as will be sufficient.

Lastly, I do hereby appoint my son-in-law, John Pitman, my sole executor of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills made by me, declaring this only to be my last Will and Testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of October in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixteen.

(signed)

John Mauck

(seal)

Witnesses:

R.M. Heth
James Samuels




Source: "Descendants of Peter Mauck" by William Richard Wolph

John married Anna Delilah Ottilia Zumwalt about 1760 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Anna was born about 1742 and died after 1800 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  John Mauck, Jr (born about 1761 in Frederick County, Virgina - died in 1810 in Washington County, Tennessee)

         ii.  Barbara Mauck (born in 1765)

        iii.  Catherine Mauck (born in 1768 in Frederick County, Virginia - died between 1850 and 1860 in Harrison County, Indiana)

53       iv.  Elizabeth Mauck (born about 1769 in Frederick County, Virginia - died about 1810 in Scott Twp, Harrison County, Indiana)

          v.  Jonathan Mauck (born on 4 Jan 1773 - died in 1823 in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois)

         vi.  Peter Mauck (born on 4 Jan 1775 in Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 7 Jul 1855 in Knox County, Illinois)

        vii.  Frederick Mauck (born on 31 May 1781 in Shenandoah County, Virginia - died on 13 Sep 1856 in Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana)

John next married someone

John next married someone

107. Anna Delilah Ottilia Zumwalt, daughter of John Wilhelm Andreas Zumwald and Anna Catharina Margretha Jacob, was born about 1742 and died after 1800 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

General Notes: Source: Gerald Spore
Source: Margaret Pitman Guinney, 2790 Monte Mar Terrace, Los Angles, Ca, 90064

Anna married John Peter Mauck, Sr about 1760 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. John was born on 25 Nov 1739 in Opecquon, Frederick County, Virginia and died in Oct 1821 in Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana at age 81.

Anna next married someone

124. Stephen Barnes, son of Thomas Barnes and Unknown, was born about 1765 in Virginia.

General Notes: Source of Marriage: Patricia I. Withers
Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee

Stephen married Sarah Johnson on 23 Dec 1786 in Brunswick County, Virginia. Sarah was born about 1762 and died on 27 Aug 1827 about age 65.

Marriage Notes: Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  William J Barnes (born on 29 Apr 1789 in St. Andrews District, Brunswick County, Virginia - died on 8 Feb 1867 in Danville, Morgan County, Alabama)

62       ii.  Thomas M Barnes (born in 1795 in St Andrews District, Brunswick County, Virginia - died in 1848 in Lawrence County, Alabama)

        iii.  Nathaniel H Barnes (born on 3 Apr 1803 in Brunswick County, Virginia)

125. Sarah Johnson, daughter of William Johnson and Rachel, was born about 1762 and died on 27 Aug 1827 about age 65.

General Notes: Source of Marriage: Patricia I. Withers
Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee

Sarah married Stephen Barnes on 23 Dec 1786 in Brunswick County, Virginia. Stephen was born about 1765 in Virginia.

  Eighth Generation  

144. John Crawford was born in 1705 in County Of Tyronne, Ireland, died on 15 Dec 1770 in Pond Ridge, Westchester County, New York at age 65, and was buried in Whiteford Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York.

General Notes: Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy by Robert Crawford

Will of John Crawford:
In the name of God Amen, I, John Crawford of Old Poundridge, in North Castle, Westchester County, "Being something indisposed" All debts to be paid. I leave to my wife Jane one bed and furniture, and a 3 yr old heifer, and my son James shall pay her 20, "if she comes to want it" I leave to my son Robert 57 acres of land where he now lives, and 10 acres if another piece which is possessed by him and his brother Archibald. I leave to my son Archibald 57 acres of land in his possession. I leaveto my son John 40 acrs of land, beginning at a stone wall at the north side of the North meadow, thence running to the road as the wall runs, then north along the road to Joseph Lockwood's land, then east to a fence, then south to the first bound; Also 2 pair of oxen and 2 cows and 6. I leave to my daughter Ann a suit of Camlet curtains, and 1/2 of household goods and 6 sheep. I leave to my daughter Margaret "a new cupboard, to be made such as her sister had" and a pewter pot and 2 basons, and 1/2 of all household goods. My son James is to pay all debts and to have all debts due, "and he shall buy for each oif my sons such a Great Bible as I now have" and I leave my Great Bible to my son James.

Will found in Book of New York Wills Abstracts of Wills, Will of John Crawford date 1770 and proved 1773 pages 167,168,242 &289



John and Jane Henderson Crawford emigrated from County Tyrone, Ireland to Stamford ,Ct USA in August 1733 and settled there until 1743 when they moved to Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. There was a dispute in 1730 regarding the state line and that portion in which Pound Ridge is situated was given to New York. In 1741 a settlement was made where the village now stands. In 1744 John Crawford was Assessor for the Eat Patent, Westchester County.
Source of above: Brandley Family Tree, Gardner/Johnson Family Tree, Curtis Family Tree

John married Jane Henderson in 1729 in County Tyronne, Ireland. Jane was born in 1709 in County Tyronne, Ireland and died in Westchester County, New York.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Robert Crawford (born on 13 Aug 1731 in County Tyronne, Ireland - died on 16 Oct 1777 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York)

72       ii.  Archibald Crawford (born on 13 Aug 1733 on The Ocean - died on 8 Jun 1806 in Saratoga Springs, Saratogo County, New York)

        iii.  Margaret Crawford (born about 1746 in Pond Ridge, Westchester County, New York - died in Ballston, Spa County, New York)

         iv.  Ann Crawford (born about 1748 in Pond Ridge, Westchester County, New York - died in Ballston, Spa County, New York)

          v.  John Crawford (born on 7 Jun 1738 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 4 Feb 1818 in St John, New Brunswick, Canada)

         vi.  James Crawford (born on 13 Apr 1743 in Pond Ridge, Westchester County, New York - died on 7 May 1830 in Long Reach, Kingston Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada)

145. Jane Henderson was born in 1709 in County Tyronne, Ireland and died in Westchester County, New York.

General Notes: Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy by Robert Crawford

Jane married John Crawford in 1729 in County Tyronne, Ireland. John was born in 1705 in County Of Tyronne, Ireland, died on 15 Dec 1770 in Pond Ridge, Westchester County, New York at age 65, and was buried in Whiteford Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York.

146. Daniel Benedict, son of Benjamin Benedict and Mary Platt, was born on 27 Nov 1716 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

General Notes: Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy by Robert Crawford

Daniel married Agnes Wallace. Agnes was born in Jan 1717 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut and died in 1757 at age 40.

Children from this marriage were:

73        i.  Mary Benedict (born on 15 Nov 1740 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 21 Mar 1813 in Saratoga Spa, Saratoga County, New York)

         ii.  Donald Benedict (born on 2 Apr 1743 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 23 Dec 1822 in Warwick, Orange County, New York)

        iii.  Daniel Benedict (born on 2 Apr 1743 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 23 Dec 1822 in Warwick, Orange County, New York)

         iv.  Rachel Benedict (born on 27 Feb 1745 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York - died on 17 Jan 1816 in Long Reach, Kingston Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada)

          v.  James Benedict (born on 30 May 1750 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         vi.  Sarah Benedict (born on 13 May 1752 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York)

        vii.  Benjamin Benedict (born on 22 Aug 1754 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in 1778)

       viii.  Joseph Benedict (born about 1756 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         ix.  Martha Benedict (born on 14 Jan 1757 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in 1827-1831 in Beaver, Panama)

          x.  Elizabeth Benedict (born about 1758 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

147. Agnes Wallace, daughter of James Wallace II and Mary Hyatt, was born in Jan 1717 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut and died in 1757 at age 40.

General Notes: Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy by Robert Crawford

Agnes married Daniel Benedict. Daniel was born on 27 Nov 1716 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

160. Francis Burger (Burkhart) .

General Notes: Source: Peter Burkhart, Nancy Lehto

Francis married Anna Mary.

The child from this marriage was:

80        i.  Michael Burger (born about 1710 in Palatinate, Germany - died between 1785 and 1796 in Shenandoah County, Virginia)

161. Anna Mary .

General Notes: Source: Peter Burkhart, Nancy Lehto

Anna married Francis Burger (Burkhart).

176. Arthur (Aert) Sutphen, son of Guisbert Sutphen and Geertruy Van Pelt, was born about 1741 and died in 1798 about age 57.

General Notes: Source: Van Pelt Family by Smith

Arthur married Janetje Van Mater about 1741.

The child from this marriage was:

88        i.  Richard (Ryck) Sutphin

Arthur next married someone

177. Janetje Van Mater .

Janetje married Arthur (Aert) Sutphen about 1741. Arthur was born about 1741 and died in 1798 about age 57.

192. Isaac Fravel was born about 1696 in Alsacc-Lorraine or Switzerland, died before 1790 in Rapahannock County, Virginia, and was buried in Rapahannock County, Virginia.

General Notes: Isaac's last name is FROVEL in many records. Isaac Fravel was the emigrate Fravel, emigrating in the early 1700's. He had 2 son's Moses and Henry. He also had a daughter Mary who might have been lost at sea on the voyage from Germany. Rumor has it that there was a third son that went to Indiana. Little is known about Isaac Fravel. Isaac Fravel's wife is unknown, might have died at sea, enroute to America.


About 50 years ago , Colonel Ira Franklin Fravel examined as many early records as he could find for Moses son of Issac , brother of Henry , and concluded that the Fravel surname was initially spelled 'Frevel '. The name is written 'Frevel ' in about half the sources he found . This conclusion differs from an earlier researcher who wrote that Fravel is derived from Frovel (first reported in a Hottel Family History ). Perhaps this was a transcription error caused by a dirty typewriter . (Some of us may still remember how quickly typewriter keys can accumulate excess ink .)

To learn what the surname "Frevel " might derive from , I went to the library for a look at some dictionaries and name books .

First , I checked Hans Behlow's _Deutsches Namenlexicon_ (pub. 1967, revised 1989 ). This is a German Name Dictionary that examines the origin and meaning of thousands of german surnames and firstnames . [I don't have access to the English version as translated by Edda Gentry , _Dictionary of German Names _, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993. Another reference I would like to check but don't have access to is _German-American Names _ by George F . Jones , Genealogical Publishing Co ., Baltimore , MD . Maybe someone can check these two books and let us know what they find .)

Behlow located the surname Frevel in public records as early as 1306 in Württemburg , with the first appearance of the variation Frebel in 1487 Kassel . The Frevel surname derives from the middle high german word vrevel or vrebel , which oddly enough is a verb . The noun forms include 'Freveln ' and 'Frevler '. 'Frevel ' carries various shades of meaning along the lines of transgress , sin , commit a sacrilege , or commit a heinous crime . I've found contemporary documents where 'Frevler ' is used in a context where we might use Traitor , Evil-One, Criminal , Thief , Culprit, etc. It's widely used in Biblical translations , as in Psalms 10:2 , "In seinem Hochmut quält der Frevler die Armen " which translates more or less as "In their haughtiness , the Wicked oppress the Humble ". Despite it's appearance in the Bible , it's not a "Bible Name " in the sense that Moses , Isaac , and Levi are . In fact , it doesn't appear to be considered polite speech to label someone a Frevler . So why would families willingly retain the name generation after generation ?

In any language , a word can convey one of several different meanings depending on its context , so what we're seeking is some evidence of the context of the name as it was originally applied . Original sources would be nice if we can find them , but even without a source , I think we can rule out most negative meanings of the name because I don't think too many families would resist changing their name if it became a source of humiliation in subsequent generations . So I would look for a neutral or positive sense of a name . Also , place names and trade names have to be considered as possible alternatives . For these reasons , if 'Fravel ' initially served as a descriptive name , it seems likely that we'd find a meaning that fits an entire family or group rather than just one particular person .

One guess is that you might see 'Frevel ' used to distinguish someone who has committed an apparent sacrilege by converting from the mainstream religion to a less popular one . Another guess is that 'Frevel ' may have a descriptive meaning within a trade like textiles (what do they call the person who passes the shuttle through the threads in a Jacquard loom ?) or printing (could it be similar in meaning to the term "printer's devil "?) or something else that is not readily apparent in our century . It might also mean anyone holding a foreign belief , much like the label Ishmaelite was once applied to Muslims. Another guess is that we're dealing with a different root altogether , and we have the contraction of a place name that perhaps sounds like Fravel . These guesses can be considered and tested against available evidence until you rule out or confirm one or more explanations .

While looking for evidence , I recently found a modern usage that struck a chord . At a website describing a german film (www.vertriebsstelle .de /autoren /marriott .htm), appears the phrase 'frommen Frevlern ' which translates as 'pious sinners '. Piety and Sin ... how opposites attract ! This oxymoron strikes me as fitting phrase for a fourteenth century origin . What if the first Frevel families were members of the Pietist movement in central germany , or followers of the Pietist successor congregation , the Moravians ? In that case , the name 'Frevel ' would aptly reflect their self-perception as Sinners who are redeemed only through pious belief in Jesus Christ . Currently I'm leaning toward this explanation , even if the evidence is a bit flimsy .

As to a Swiss or Alsatian origin for Isaac Frevel , I haven't found evidence to support it yet . The idea of a Swiss origin seems to originate from a Fravel Family History published in 1925 by William March .

The 1790 Census of Shenandoah County, Virginia does not show an Isaac Fravel, therefor he must have died before 1790



Positive facts of the place where the Family origi-nated have not been established. There are several stor-ies about the Family that I am still researching endeavor-ing to reach a final conclusion so at this time of writing everything known will be given. Then if more is found they will be added at the end.

Some claim the Family came from Lower Silesia and go
back to about 1500. At that time Lower Silesia was under the control of Austria which in turn was dominated by the Germans. They could have been members of the Schwenkfelders Brotherhood. This Confederation was started and promoted by Casper Schwenkfeld von Ossig 1489-1561, a Silesian noble-man, lay evangelist and reformer. The persecutions they suf-fered even unto death for two hundred years was extremely bitter. But all this did not prevent peasants and artisans, merchants and professionals, statesmen and nobles both Cath-olic and Protestant from following after religious leaders. By the end of the Thirty Years War they had apparently dis-appeared from South Germany. Thereafter they were found only in Lower Silesia and in an area west of the cities
of Liegnitz and Goldberg in the villages of Harpensdorf, Langneundorf, Armenruh, Lauterseifen, Hohenau and Laub-grund. Later they showed up in Switzerland and then still later in Holland. They sailed from Rotterdam landing at the Port of Philadelphia about 1750.

Undoubtedly the family was in the Philadelphia area
for some time. The story goes that Issac the Father, his wife, two sons, Henry and Moses and a daughter, Mary sailed from Rotterdam. The Mother and Daughter, names unknown passed away at sea. In 1759 the name Moses Frable is en-tered in Will Book L, page 302 (#191) Philadelphia County
as Executor of the Will of Hugh Jones, Tanner of Montgomery Township. The Will was signed, June 23, 1759 and proved August 19, 1759. Moses must have been at least 21 years
old and well known at this time but probably older. His birth from this has been established as about 1735 probably in the Netherlands.

The Father, Issac, passed away while they were in the Philadelphia area but the exact time and place is unknown. Henry then went to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia near Woodstock about 1750. Moses first settled in North Carol-ina before returning to Pennsylvania. About 1755 Henry married Anna Keller and settled on a farm in what is now Rappohannoch County, Virginia and spent the remainder of his life there. The farm was located east of what later became Woodstock, Va. Twelve children were reared from this union. More complete details of' the Henry Fravel branch of' the Fravel - Frable Family can be f'ound in the book, History of' the Descendants of' John Hottel, Pages 821, 859, published by Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., Strasburg, Virginia, 1930. Over 500 Frave1s are listed. Isaac Frobel was the Great, Great, Great, Great Grandf'ather of' Frank L. Frable, Sr.

Moses f'inal1y settled in Northampton County, Pennsyl-vania. In 1772 Moses paid taxes on land he lived on in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, Pa. Pennsylvania Archives Series III, Vol. 19, page 24. Moses was born about 1735 and died in 1804. He married Catherine Evans. Eight children were reared from this Union.

The other story of' the original Family comes from a letter dated August 30, 1933 addressed to Charles O. Fra-bel, Kunkletown, Pa. and written by S. H. Fravel of' Potas-kala, Ohio. He def'inite1y states the Family was f'rom Swit-zerland, that land that has been free f'rom any King or Kingly Ruler f'rom over 1600 years. Regardless of' the spel-ling of' the name, Fravel, Froobe1, Fraebe1, or otherwise, S. H. Fravel's Grandfather was Henry Fravel, Sr. of' Wood-stock, Va.

I hope to continue my research in Switzerland as well as Lower Silesia, now a part of' Czechos10vokia. Since Czechos10vokia is Communist it is difficult to get information f'rom this Country. It is now November, 1976 and my continued research has brought information f'rom Gen-ealogists in various parts of' Germany that the name was
no doubt Frobel. These genealogists have also stated that the name could have been Wrobel, meaning sparrow if' the family came f'rom Lower Silesia. They also say the name Frobel is often found in Germany and the name Wrobel in Czechos10vokia. All of' these genealogists with whom I have corresponded have requested advance payments of' at least $100.00 before they would begin research with ad-ditional payments of' an hourly rate f'rom $2.00 to $10.00.
I have refused to make such payments until they come up with definite proof' of' these names. None have accepted this challenge up to this time so I am at a standstill

Source of much of the above was researched by Frank L.Frable Sr

Isaac married Unknown.

Children from this marriage were:

96        i.  Henry Fravel (born in 1731 in Switzerland - died on 18 Jan 1819 in Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

         ii.  Moses Frable (born in 1732 in Switzerland - died in 1804 in Gilbert, Monroe County, Pennsylvania)

        iii.  Mary Fravel (born in 1734 in Switzerland)

193. Unknown .

Unknown married Isaac Fravel. Isaac was born about 1696 in Alsacc-Lorraine or Switzerland, died before 1790 in Rapahannock County, Virginia, and was buried in Rapahannock County, Virginia.

194. Hans George Keller, son of Bastain Keller and Elisabeth Hildebrands, was born on 17 May 1711 in Weiler, Baden, Germany and died before 1782 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

General Notes: 28 Mar 1783, the last will and testament of George Keller, Dec'd was proved by oaths of George Huddle and Augustine Windle.. Sworn to by George Keller and Executer therein named....ordered to be recorded....Henry Fravel and David Keaner his securitys...
Source: Order Book Shenandoah County, Virginia 1781-1784

George Keller Land Grant of 1772 JUNE 16 1772
GRANT TO GEORGE KELLER
"...on Mulberry Run a branch of Cedar Creek..."
*NOTE: Transcribed from the original document as written


The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron in that part of
great Britain called Scotland proprietor of the Northern neck of Virginia
To all to whom this present Writing shall come sends Greeting.
Know ye that for good Causes for and in Consideration of the Composition
to me paid & for the annual Rent hereinafter reserved, I have given
granted and confirmed & by these Presents for me my Heirs and Assigns, do
give Grant and Confirm unto George Keller of Dunmore County a certain
Tract of Waste and ungranted Land on Mulberry Run a branch of Cedar Creek
in the said County bounded as by a suvery thereof made by Peter Stephens.
Beginning at a Black Oak Corner to Margaret Blackburn & on the Line of
Augustine Wendall, Thence with Wendall's Line So 44° Et. Thirty Two Poles
to 3 White Oaks Corner to the said Wendall & to Joseph Keller on the Bank
of Mulberry Run, Thence down it's Courses So 83° Et. Six Poles, No 59° Et.
Twenty six Poles So. 86° Et. Fourteen Poles, No. 44°30' Et. Fourteen
Poles, No 23° Et. Twenty Poles, No 66° Et. Thirteen Poles to the Line of
Thomas Newell, Thenc with it North Twenty three Poles to a Black Oak
Corner to the said Newell, Thence 77° 30' Et. Fifty four Poles to a White
Oak and a Hickory (sic) James Colvill's Corner, Thence with his Line No.
38° 30' Wt. Thirty six Poles to 3 White Oaks the said Colvill's Corner &
on the Line of the said Blackburn & thence with it to the Beginning
containing Thirty Acres Together with all Rights Members & Appurtenances
thereunto belonging Royal Mines excepted and a full third part of all Lead
Copper Tin Coals Iron Mines & Iron Ore that shall be found thereon.
To have & to hold the said 30 Acres of Land Together with all Rights
Profits and benefits to the same belonging or in any wise appurtaining
Except before excepted To him the said George Keller his Heirs & Assigns
forever.
He the said George Keller therefore Yielding and paying to me or my heirs
or assigns or to my Certain Attorney or Attorneys Agent or Agents or to
the Certain Attorney or Attorneys, Agent or Agents of my heirs or Assigns
proprietor's of the said Northern Neck yearly & every year on the Feast
Day of St. Michael the Archangel the fee rent of one Shilling sterling
money for every fifty acres of Land hereby granted and So proportionably
for a greater or lesser Quantity. Provided that if the said George Keller
his heirs & Assigns shall not pay the said reserved annual Rent as
aforesaid so that the sum or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by
the Space of two whole Years after the same shall become due If legally
demanded that then it shall & may be lawful for me my Heirs or Assigns
Proprietors as aforesaid my or their certain Attorney or Attornies Agent
or Agents into the above granted premises to reenter and hold the same so
as if this Grant had never passed.
Given at my office in Frederick County under my hand & Seal. Dated the
Sixteenth Day of June 1772.
Fairfax

Hans married Barbara Anna Hottel in Jun 1733 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Barbara was born on 5 Dec 1713 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany, was baptized on 10 Dec 1713 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany, and died in 1798 in Tomsbrook, Shenandoah County, Virginia at age 85.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Barbara Keller

97       ii.  Anna Keller (born in 1740 in Lancaster County , Pennsylvania)

        iii.  George Keller II (born in 1749)

         iv.  Jacob Keller (born on 16 Jan 1750 - died on 25 Mar 1810, buried in Keller Cemetery, MT Olive, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

          v.  Mary Keller (born in 1753)

         vi.  Henry Keller (born in 1759)

        vii.  Isaac Keller

       viii.  Elizabeth Keller

         ix.  John Keller

          x.  Margaret Keller (born in 1749 in Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia - died in 1803 in Lost River, Hardy County, West Virginia)

         xi.  Ann Keller

195. Barbara Anna Hottel, daughter of John (Johannes) Hottel and Elizabetha, was born on 5 Dec 1713 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany, was baptized on 10 Dec 1713 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany, and died in 1798 in Tomsbrook, Shenandoah County, Virginia at age 85.

General Notes: Source: Janet Ariciu.

Noted events in her life were:

• Immigration: 11 Sep 1732, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Barbara married Hans George Keller in Jun 1733 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Hans was born on 17 May 1711 in Weiler, Baden, Germany and died before 1782 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

208. Andreas Pitman, son of Hans Heinrich Pitman and Anna Dorothea, was born on 10 Jul 1701 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany and died on 26 May 1763 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany at age 61.

General Notes: The name of Pittman was spelled BITTMAN when the family came from Germany. Source: "From th e Rhine to the Shenandoah" by Daniel W. Bly.

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Mason, Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany.

Andreas married Anna Gertraut Schworm on 22 Feb 1724. Anna was born on 10 Oct 1700 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany and died on 17 Nov 1758 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany at age 58.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Johann Heinrich Pitman (born on 1 Mar 1726 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

104      ii.  Nicholas Pitman (born on 19 Dec 1727 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany - died in 1798 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

        iii.  Maria Margaretha Pitman (born on 30 Mar 1730)

         iv.  Anna Elisabetha Pitman (born on 28 Mar 1732 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

          v.  Anna Petronella Pitman (born on 28 Dec 1733 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

         vi.  Antonius (Anthony) Pitman (born on 12 Apr 1736 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany - died on 10 Mar 1803 in Stephens City, Frederick County, Virginia)

        vii.  Gertraut Pitman (born on 3 Feb 1738 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

       viii.  Anna Margaretha Pitman (born on 17 Aug 1739 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

         ix.  Johann Philipp Pitman (born on 16 Nov 1741 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany - died on 1 May 1820 in Shenandoah County, Virginia)

          x.  Maria Gertraut Pitman (born on 2 Aug 1744 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

209. Anna Gertraut Schworm, daughter of Valentin Schworm and Anna Catherina, was born on 10 Oct 1700 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany and died on 17 Nov 1758 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany at age 58.

General Notes: Source: "From the Rhine to the Shenandoah" By Daniel W. Bly.

Anna married Andreas Pitman on 22 Feb 1724. Andreas was born on 10 Jul 1701 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany and died on 26 May 1763 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany at age 61.

210. Johannes Schnepp, Sr. son of Lorentz Schnepp and Anna Catharina Haber, was born on 1 Dec 1695 in Duntzenheim, Alsace, Germany and died on 19 Mar 1762 in Frederick County, Virginia at age 66.

General Notes: He immigrated on 17 aug 1733 on the ship "Samuel" Hugh Perry, Master to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swore to oath of allegiance to the British Crown on 17 August 1733. Source: Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Volume 1, 1727-1775 pages 107-112 by Ralph B. Strassburger 1934.

John Snapp Sr listed in the "Frederick County Virginia Early Troop Record, 1755-1761, Reel 9, page 4B He is listed as a foot soldier in the company commanded by Captain Lewis Stephens who was discharged in a list of Frederick County, Virgina Soldiers in the French and Indian War" Reference: "Frederick Findings", Volume 1, No. 2, published by the Linage Search Associated, Arlington, Virginia 1988. Also found in "Early Troop Records 1755-1756" in Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 18, page 412.

In the will of John Snapp, which is brief, and in which he does not specify the amount of his bequests, he directs that his body be "buried in a Christian like manner in the burying place by my wife Barbara, deceased." He then directs that all his "worldly estate" be equally divided among his children, whom he names as "John Snapp, Lawrence Snapp, Barbara Baker, Catherine Pitman, Christiana Beard, Margaret Mason Smith, Salomy Wisecarver" . John Snapp did not sign his will, but made his mark and it is witnessed by Joseph, John and Richard Fawcett.

This John Snapp family gave to the Pitman descendants one ancestress, Catherine. She was evidently one of the four younger children born to John and Barbara Snapp after they entered the country at the port of Philadelphia in 1733. Catherine married Nicholas Pitman, presumably in Virginia, but when and where, we do not know.

The following was taken from "Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia' by Cecil O'Dell. Marceline, Missouri. Walsworth Publishing Company 1995.

SNAPP:
Hans Schnepff/Johannes Schnepp/John Snapp Jr (b. 1 Dec 1695) and his brother Lorentz/Lawrence Schnepp/Snapp arrived in Philadelphia and swore an oath of allegiance to the British Crown in August 1733. Johannes Schnepp was in Virginia by the spring 1735 when Reverend Johann Casper Stoever baptized one of his children
On 23 July 1737, Hans Schnepff/John Snapp signed a road petition referring to Chesters Road through the Blue Ridge Mountains John Snapp Sr. had 400 acres surveyed by John Baylis on 2 7 February 1749/50. John had probably lived on this land since arriving in Virginia in 1734/3 5. John's house was drawn on Baylis' survey plat on branches of Cedar Creek, adjacent to his son John Snapp Jr on 14 Jul 1750, John Sr. received a Fairfax grant for the 400-acre tract (Tract G-371) This land located approximately six miles southwest from U.S. Highway 11 present-day Winchester, Virginia on Frederick County Highway 622/Cedar Creek Grade. County Highway 732 is the northeast line from Highway 622 west.
John Snapp Sr.'s wife Barbara died on 20 November 1758. John sold the 400-acre tract to his son John Jr.for 50 pounds on 4 June 1759. This sale was entered in the Frederick County Deed Books again on 5 May 1761 (Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 5, p. 320; Book 6,
p. 101).
John Sr. (b. 1695) was deceased by 6 April 1762 when his will (dated 30 November 1761) was proved in Frederick County Court. He requested that his body be buried beside his wife Barbara. His will listed children: John Snap, Lawrence Snap, Barbara Baker, Catharine Pitman, Christina Beard, Margaret Mesorsmith and Solomy Wisecarver. He appointed his son Lawrence Snap a s executor.
Lawrence Snapp (brother of John, b. 1695) apparently moved Rowan County in North Carolina in the late 1740's or early 1750's Probably at that same time, John's daughter Christina Snapp married John Louis Beard and moved to Rowan County, North Carolina (near Salisbury) Lawrence Snapp (baptized 16 August 1711) when his will (dated 27 November 1768) was proved in Rowan County Court. His will listed children: Christina, Cathrine Rial, Margaret Ritleman, Barbara Baninor, and Elizbeth and Lawrence. He bequeathed his Rowan County,North Carolina land to his daughter Christina and his son Lawrence.He willed that his 795 acres in Mecklenburg County, North Carolin a be divided between all of his children. He appointed John Dunn, Michal Hur and George Brune r as executors. John Lewis Beard one of the witnesses.
John Snapp Jr. (b. 1721 c.) had 400 acres on drains of Cedar Funk Jr. Creek adjacent t o his father's 400-acre tract surveyed on 20 April 1750. John Jr. was living on this tract at the time and received a Fairfax grant for it on 23 July 1750. The land is 114A-2, The land is located on Frederick County Highway 622/Cedar Creek Grade adjacent on, the north of his father's land. The highway is his southeast property line. The 315-acre tract is located on Frederick County Highway 616 east of Mt. Pleasant, Virginia approximately two miles north west of his 400-acre home place. With the 400 acres )Farfax grant land) he bought from his father in 1759/61, his acreage totalled 1,115.
John Jr. was deceased by 6 December 1786 when his will (dated 20 August 1786) was proved in Frederick County Court. He bequeathed the dwelling house to his wife Katherine for use during her natural life. He willed 400 acres (23 July 1750 Fairfax grant) to his son Jacob. He also wilIed that Jacob pay three pounds to each of his grandchildren (Elizabeth and Joseph Cackley) when they come of age. He bequeathed the 400 acres (14 July 1750 Fairfax grant) where he was living to his son Joseph. He also willed that Joseph pay his grandchild Katherine Hotsenpela six pounds when she arrives at the age of 18. He willed the 315-acre tract between the head of Cedar Creek and branch of Hoggs Creek to his daughter Catherine Spelman. He be queathed three pounds to his grandson Abraham Snapp (when he comes of age -- 21) and 10 shillings to his daughter Barbara Jones. He appointed his two sons Jacob and Joseph as executors . (Frederick County, Virginia Will Book 5, p.152)
Lawrence Snapp (b. 1721 c., son of John Snapp, b. 1 December 1695) was living on a 400-acre tract of land on West Run when the land was surveyed on 7 May 1750. The surveyor John Bayl is drew Lawrence's house on the survey plat .(Joyner, Northern Neck Warrants and surveys, Fr ederick County, Vol. II, p. 143) He received a Fairfax grant for the 400 acres in 1750 (no date or month recorded).(Gray, Northern Neck Grants, G-380) This tract is located approximately midway between Stephens City and middletown, Virginia, roughly1/2 mile east of Interstate Highway 81 at the weigh station. Frederick County Highway 735 coincides with the southern half of the northeast property line from U.S. Highway 11 and County Highway 709 crosses the property south of Highway 735. (Adjacent south of Tract 133D, Jacob Chrissman) Lawrence Purchased 450 acres on Tumbling Run from John and Ann Funk Jr. for 800 pounds on 23 September 1764 (Frederick County, Virginina Deed Book 10, p. 260) This tract is a combination of two tracts of land. 95 acres on the Shenandoah North River passing from John Funk Sr. to John Funk Jr. (Tract114A) and 355 acres which surrounded the 95-acre tract on the south, west and north and on which John Sr. received a Fairfax grant. Lawrence probably moved to the 450-acre tract lay shortly after the purchase.
Lawrence and his wife Margaret sold the 400 acres on West Run (where he originally lived) in two sections on 8 September 1773: 300 acres to Jacob Cline for 240 pounds and 100 acres to Christian Shipe for 100 pounds .(Ibid., Book 16, pp. 220, 223)
Lawrence received three other Fairfax grants; two on Funks Mill Run/Snapps Run (406 acres on 18 December 1772 and 234 acres on 26 September 1772) and one on Tumbling Run (632 acre s on 13 October 200 acres to ea 1779)(Gray, Northern Neck Grants, p-92, p-153, R-309) On 23 M ay 1774, he purchased 256 1/2 acres on North River Shenandoah (part of the 521-acre tract sol d to Benjamin Denton). (Tract 98E) He purchased 413 acres adjacent George Bounds on North River Shenandoah (near Waterlick, Virginia) from William Wadlington on 20 January 1775 (Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book A, p. 513; Book B, p. 105) Lawrence Snapp (b. 1721 c.) was deceased by 27 June 1782 when appointed his will was proved in Shenandoah County Court. (Shenandoah County, Virginia Will Book A, p. 420) He bequeathed one-third of the plantation, a negro woman named Hannah and a lot in the town of Woodstock to his wife. He willed 256 1/2 acres on North River Shenandoah to his eldest son John, who was living on that tract at the time. (Tract 98E) On 27 April 1796, John and his wife Mary sold this land to Ulrich Stover for 100 pounds while they were living in Rockingham County , Virginia.(Shendandoah County, Virginia Deed Book K, p. 251) He willed 413 (406) acres which he received from Lord Fairfax to his son Lawrence Jr.(This land was part of 1,791 acres near Fishers Hill) Lawrence Jr. and his wife Margaret sold this 413 acre tract to their son John for 500 pounds on 26 April 1788. This tract included 287 acres they had purchased from Stephen Beck on 3 September 1779.(ibid., Book G, p. 175; Book C, p. 360)

Lawrence bequeathed 430 acres (part of 1,791-acre tract) to his son Philip, who lived on the tract. Philip and his wife Catherine of sold the 430 acres to Peter Snapp on 15 August 1783 . (Shandandoah County, Virinia Deed Book C, p. 563) He willed 400 acres (part of the 1,791 acres), which included the mill, to his son Peter. Peter was deceased by 31 December 1789 Philip, when his will (dated 8 December 1789) and his will (dated 8 Dec 1789) was proved in Shenandoah County Court. Peter bequeathed the mill and 200 acres to his wife Catherine and his young daughter Margaret (when she came of age). Another young daughter, Susanna, was to receive the remainder.(Shandandoah County, Virginia Will Book C, p. 83) Margaret Hines (formerly Margaret Snapp and John Hines' widow) sold 190 acres to David Fisher for 5,000 dollars on 13 September 1813. This land was part of her inherited 200 acres located on Tumbling Run on the north side of the "big road leading from Strasburg to Woodstock." Susannah and her husband David Fisher sold the larger part of Susannah's inheritance (401 acres and two rods) located on ", the north side of the big road leading from Strasburg to Woodstock to Margaret Hines for 5,000 dollars. (By this time, David Fisher had become the mill owner) (Shendandoh County, Virginia Deed Book U, pp. 374, 376.) Lawrence bequeathed 548 acres (the remainder of the 1,791 acres, including the dwelling house ) to his son Jacob. He willed 200 acres to each of his sons Joseph and Abraham Snapp; the 400 acre tract (probably on Cedar Creek) had been purchased from Samuel Vance (no transaction record found).
Joseph Snapp was deceased by 30 June 1791 when his will (dated 18 March 1791) was proved in Shenandoah County Court. He listed his wife Elizabeth and his children: Elizabeth and Joseph. He appointed his brother Philip Snapp and brother-in-law Henry Keller as executors .(Shenandoah County, Virginia Will Book D, p. 26) He bequeathed 264 acres to each of his daughters Christina (wife of Michael Speagle) and Margaret (wife of Henry Keller). He had purchased the 528 acres from John Magill of Philadelphia on 26 October 1778.(Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book C, p. 116) This land is located on Pughs Run north of Woodstock, Virginia. John Snapp (eldest son and executor of Lawrence) sold 264 acres each to Michael Speagle and Henry Keller on 28 August 1783. John and his wife Mary were living in Rockingham County, Virginia in 1783.(Ibid., Book D, pp 310, 312)
He willed 413 acres (purchased from William Wadlington on 20 January 1775) located near Waterlick, Virginia to his daughter Susanna Snapp. (Shendandoah County, Virginia Deed Book B , p. 105)
Margaret Snapp (widow of Lawrence, b. 1721 c.) was deceased by 14 July 1801 when her will (dated 9 May 1801) was proved in Shenandoah County Court. She listed her daughters Margaret (wife of Henry Keller) and Susanna (wife of John Harr). She mentioned the children of her daughter Christina (and Michael Speigal) and her sons Peter and Joseph Snapp's children. She appointed her son Philip, son-in-law Henry Keller and son-in-law John Harr as executors. (Shenandoah County, Virinia Will Book E, p 446)

Swore to oath of allegiance to the British Crown in August 1733. Source: Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia by Cecil O'Dell.

Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: 1733, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Johannes married Barbara Dutt in 1720 in Frederick County, Virginia. Barbara was born in 1699 in Mulhausen, Alsace, Germany and died on 20 Nov 1758 in Frederick County, Virginia at age 59.

Marriage Notes: Listed as Frdk Colony, Virginia. (Frederick County, Virginia)

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  John Snapp, Jr. (born in 1721 in Alsace (France) Germany - died in 1786 in Frederick County, Virginia)

         ii.  Lawrence Snapp (born in 1723 in Mulhausen, Alsace, Germany - died in May 1782 in Shenandoah County, Virginia)

        iii.  Barbara Snapp (born in 1730 in Mulhausen, Alsace, Germany - died in Jan 1783 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

105      iv.  Anna Catherine Snapp (born on 28 Sep 1734 in Frederick County, Virginia - died about 1797 in Shenandoah County, Virginia)

          v.  Christiana Snapp (born on 15 May 1737 in Frederick County, Virginia - died in 1797 in Salesbury, Rowan County, (Now Davidson) North Carolina)

         vi.  Margaret Snapp (born in 1740 in Frederick County, Virginia - died before 1790 in Shenandoah County, Virginia)

        vii.  Solome Snapp (born in 1742 in Frederick County, Virginia - died before 1834 in Frederick County, Virginia)

211. Barbara Dutt was born in 1699 in Mulhausen, Alsace, Germany and died on 20 Nov 1758 in Frederick County, Virginia at age 59.

General Notes: Source: Walter Courtney Burgner Jr
Source: Linda Shumaker (lshumaker@kscable.com) 25 Feb 2002

Barbara married Johannes Schnepp, Sr. in 1720 in Frederick County, Virginia. Johannes was born on 1 Dec 1695 in Duntzenheim, Alsace, Germany and died on 19 Mar 1762 in Frederick County, Virginia at age 66.

212. Hans Peter Mauck was born about 1708 in Germany and died in 1771 in Opecquon, Frederick County, Virginia about age 63.

General Notes:
Peter Mauck was born in Germany in 1708 and came to America August 17, 1733, arriving in Philadelphia, Pa., on that date aboard the Ship Samuel from Rotterdam. He was then 25 years of age Peter arrived in the Shenandoah. Valley of Virginia in 1735. He was married to Juliana Rheinhart, a daughter of Michael Rheinhart by the Reverend John Casper Stoever, Jr., on April 30, 1739, at Opecquon in Frederick Co., Virginia. The earliest deed record found in the Shenandoah Valley involving Peter was June 23, 1742, when Joist Hite conveyed to him 168 acres on Opocquon Creek. At a court held for Frederick Co., August 8, 1745, Peter came into court and took the oaths appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and the abjuration oath. He subscribed the test in order to obtain Letters of Naturalization according to the Act of Assembly made in the twelve year of the reign of his Prefect Majesty. About two years later at a court held for Frederick Co., on May 5, 1747, the following entry appears in the court records:
''Peter Mauck, a German Protestant, after having made it appear to the court that he has been a liver in this Colony about seven years that he had complied with the Act of Parliament in that case made, and provided and also produced a certificate under the hand of the Reverend George Samuel Klug,' Minister of the Gospel for the Germans in Orange County, that he had received the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in order to obtain Naturalization, took the oaths prescribed by the Act of Parliament to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and the oath of abjuration, and then having subscribed the test, the same was admitted to record."
After his first wife's death, Peter married Leonnah______ . Peter died in the spring of 1771, leaving the following Will:

"In the name of God, Amen. I Peter Mauk, of Frederick County and Colony of Virginia being weak of body but well in mind and memory. thanks be to God for it. do make this my last Will and Testament. viz: I do give and bequeath unto my beloved wife. Leonnah, the third part of all my personal and moveable estate. I give and bequeath unto my belowd son, Frederick Mauk. one hundred acres of land joining Peter Spangler's' line and Frederick Alturpher and Martin Black. 'I give and bequeath unto my belowd son, Andrew. the plantation where I now live, with the improvements thereunto belonging. I give unto my son, Henry. the sum of thirty pounds currency to be paid him by Andrew out of the said plantation when he comes of age. I do allow my wife Leonnah to live on my said plantation her life time without she marry, and then if nothing be wasted till the said Andrew comes of age, I do make my beloved wife sole"'executrix. and my beloved son, John Mauk, and my beloved friend, Christopher Windle, overseers over my said estate that nothing may be wasted and that all my debts be paid before my estate be divided. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy one.

Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of

George Summers
John Windle
Samuel Mills"

(signed)

Peter Mauk

(Seal)

"At a court held for Frederick County May 7, 1771, this last Will and Testament of Peter Mauk, deceased, was proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded, and upon the motion of Leonnah, the executrix therein named who made oath thereto, certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form, she giving security whereupon she, together with Abraham Denton and Conrad Slushenher, sureties, entered into and acknowledged a bond, in the penalty of 300 pounds, conditioned for her due and faithful administration of the said decedent's estate."

By the Court

James Keith, Clerk of the Court."


Source: "Descendants of Peter Mauck" by William Richard Wolph

Hans married Juliana Rheinhart on 30 Apr 1739 in Opecquon, Frederick County, Virginia.

Children from this marriage were:

106       i.  John Peter Mauck, Sr (born on 25 Nov 1739 in Opecquon, Frederick County, Virginia - died in Oct 1821 in Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana)

         ii.  Henry Mauck (born about 1745 in Virginia - died in Sullivan County, Tennessee)

        iii.  Andrew Mauck (born in 1759 in Virginia - died in 1834 in Sullivan County, Tennessee)

         iv.  Frederick Mauck (born about 1760 in Virginia - died in Ohio)

213. Juliana Rheinhart, daughter of Michael Rheinhart and Unknown.

Juliana married Hans Peter Mauck on 30 Apr 1739 in Opecquon, Frederick County, Virginia. Hans was born about 1708 in Germany and died in 1771 in Opecquon, Frederick County, Virginia about age 63.

214. John Wilhelm Andreas Zumwald, son of Philipp Zumwalt and Susan Feller, was born in 1698 in Alsace-Lorraine, Strassburg, Prussia and died on 20 Oct 1764 in Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia at age 66.

General Notes: Andrew Zumwalt came to America on the Ship Virtuous, Commanded by Captain John Bukk, which sailed from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and made port at Baltimore on September 24, 1737. He settled at "Little York" in York County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Frederick County, Virginia about 1750. His will dated October 20, 1764, and recorded March 6, 1765 may be found in Frederick County, Will Book No 3, at page 256. Ann Delilah Zumwalt Mauck was a child of Andrew Zumwalt first wife, a lady from Switzerland who died in 1748 or 1749 in York County, Pennsylvania.
Source: "The Descendants of Peter Mauck" by William Richard Wolph

Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: 1737, America.

John married Anna Catharina Margretha Jacob on 2 Nov 1728 in Contwig, Germany. Anna was born on 14 Nov 1703 in Niederauerbach, Zweibruken, Germany and died in 1748 in Little York, York County, Pennsylvania at age 45.

Marriage Notes: Contwig Reformed Church records 1698-1764.

Children from this marriage were:

107       i.  Anna Delilah Ottilia Zumwalt (born about 1742 - died after 1800 in Shenandoah County, Virginia)

         ii.  Ottilia Zumwald

        iii.  Andreas Zumwald

         iv.  Susan Zumwald

215. Anna Catharina Margretha Jacob, daughter of Hans Wolff Jacob and Catharina Elisabetha Weidtmann, was born on 14 Nov 1703 in Niederauerbach, Zweibruken, Germany and died in 1748 in Little York, York County, Pennsylvania at age 45.

Noted events in her life were:

• Immigration: 1737, America.

Anna married John Wilhelm Andreas Zumwald on 2 Nov 1728 in Contwig, Germany. John was born in 1698 in Alsace-Lorraine, Strassburg, Prussia and died on 20 Oct 1764 in Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia at age 66.

248. Thomas Barnes, son of James Barnes and Unknown, was born about 1734 in Virginia.

General Notes: Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee

Thomas married someone

His child was:

124       i.  Stephen Barnes (born about 1765 in Virginia)

250. William Johnson .

William married Rachel.

Marriage Notes: Source: Boyce Morris, Tennessee

The child from this marriage was:

125       i.  Sarah Johnson (born about 1762 - died on 27 Aug 1827)

251. Rachel .

Rachel married William Johnson.

  Ninth Generation  

292. Benjamin Benedict, son of James Benedict and Phoebe Gregory, was born in 1678 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, died on 3 Jul 1773 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 95, and was buried in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

General Notes: Source: Berto Armstrong, rob.armstrong@gmail.com

Benjamin married Mary Platt on 29 Nov 1705. Mary was born on 26 Oct 1674 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York and died on 30 Nov 1771 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 97.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Elizabeth Benedict (born about 1705 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 30 Jul 1749 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut)

         ii.  Timothy Benedict (born on 15 Nov 1709 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 12 May 1791 in Connecticut)

        iii.  Mary Benedict (born on 5 May 1711 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         iv.  Benjamin Benedict (born in 1712 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 22 May 1797 in Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

          v.  John Benedict (born on 5 Oct 1714 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 9 Oct 1758 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

146      vi.  Daniel Benedict (born on 27 Nov 1716 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

        vii.  Samuel Benedict (born on 29 Jun 1719 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 13 Oct 1740)

       viii.  Rachel Benedict (born on 17 Jun 1721 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 18 Jan 1752 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut)

         ix.  Amos Benedict (born on 17 Sep 1722 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 29 Jul 1809 in Salem, Westchester County, New York)

          x.  Thankful Benedict (born on 23 Jun 1727 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in New York)

293. Mary Platt, daughter of Isaac Platt and Wood, was born on 26 Oct 1674 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York and died on 30 Nov 1771 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 97.

General Notes: Source: Berto Armstrong, rob.armstrong@gmail.com

Mary married Benjamin Benedict on 29 Nov 1705. Benjamin was born in 1678 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, died on 3 Jul 1773 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 95, and was buried in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

294. James Wallace II, son of James Wallace I and Unknown, was born in 1675 in Lancashire. Scotland and died on 8 Mar 1762 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 87.

General Notes: Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); July 1996, data as of 2 January 1996; Family History Library, 35 B West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy

James married Mary Hyatt in 1706 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Mary was born on 1 May 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut and died on 20 Feb 1766 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 83.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  John Wallace (born on 16 Oct 1708 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 23 Mar 1812)

         ii.  Rachel Wallace (born on 27 Feb 1711)

        iii.  James Wallace III (born on 6 Feb 1713 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 20 Mar 1780)

         iv.  Sarah Wallace (born on 1 Dec 1714 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 6 Jan 1765)

147       v.  Agnes Wallace (born in Jan 1717 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in 1757)

         vi.  Thomas Wallace (born on 13 Apr 1719)

        vii.  Jacob Wallace (born on 31 Aug 1721)

       viii.  Martha Wallace (born on 25 Jul 1724)

295. Mary Hyatt, daughter of Thomas Hyatt, Jr and Mary St John, was born on 1 May 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut and died on 20 Feb 1766 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 83.

General Notes: Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); July 1996, data as of 2 January 1996; Family History Library, 35 B West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy by Robert Crawford

Mary married James Wallace II in 1706 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. James was born in 1675 in Lancashire. Scotland and died on 8 Mar 1762 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 87.

352. Guisbert Sutphen, son of Dirck Jansen Van Zutphen (Sutphen) and Lysbeth Jacobse (Van Nuys), was born on 16 Oct 1693 and died on 18 Aug 1763 at age 69.

Guisbert married Geertruy Van Pelt about 1715.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Aert Sutphen (baptized on 13 Apr 1718 baptized in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey)

         ii.  Guisbert Gilbert Sutphen (born on 28 Aug 1720 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey - died on 16 Nov 1796)

        iii.  Elizabeth Margaret Sutphen (born on 18 Feb 1723 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey)

         iv.  Pieter Sutphen (baptized on 14 Nov 1725 baptized in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey)

          v.  Sutphen (born about 1727 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey)

         vi.  Neeltje Sutphen (baptized on 22 May 1730)

        vii.  John (Guisbert) Sutphen (born in 1732)

       viii.  Jacobus Sutphen (born about 1735 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey)

         ix.  Maria Sutphen (baptized on 5 Jan 1737 baptized in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey)

176       x.  Arthur (Aert) Sutphen (born about 1741 - died in 1798)

353. Geertruy Van Pelt, daughter of Aerte Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt and Neeltje Janse Van Tuyl.

Geertruy married Guisbert Sutphen about 1715. Guisbert was born on 16 Oct 1693 and died on 18 Aug 1763 at age 69.

388. Bastain Keller, son of Johannes Keller and Anne Senn, was born about 1680 in Schefferusen, Switzerland.

General Notes: Source: Janet Ariciu

Bastain married Elisabeth Hildebrands.

Children from this marriage were:

194       i.  Hans George Keller (born on 17 May 1711 in Weiler, Baden, Germany - died before 1782 in Shenandoah County, Virginia)

         ii.  Jacob Keller (born on 21 Sep 1702)

        iii.  Anna Maria Keller (born about 1707 in Weiler, Baden, Germany)

         iv.  Elizabeth (Anna) Keller (born about 1720)

          v.  Maria Elisabetha Keller

         vi.  Andreas Keller

        vii.  Anna Margretha Keller

       viii.  Johannes Keller

         ix.  Anna Catherine Keller

389. Elisabeth Hildebrands .

Elisabeth married Bastain Keller. Bastain was born about 1680 in Schefferusen, Switzerland.

390. John (Johannes) Hottel was born in 1680 in Germany and died after 11 Aug 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia.

General Notes: Herr Roland Paul, associate director of the "Institut fur Pfalziche Geschiechte und Volkskunde" in Kaiserslautern, Germany. "He said that the Hodel family was obviously well respected in their community. He based this on the statuture of the people who were godparents of his children [i.e. a court recorder, a well respected business man (the cooper), and the mayor) He said that if they were just ordinary people, none of the above people would have consented to be the godparents. Source: Janet Ariciu

Source of the following are from the book, "History of the Descendants of John Hottel", by Rev W.D. Huddle B.S. and Lulu Huddle. Johannes (John) Hottel, was born in Europe, about 1700, where he grew to manhood, took ship Pennsylvania, John Stedman, Master, probably in June, with his wife, Margaret, and five children under sixteen years of age, at Rotterdam, Holland, landed in Colonial America at Port Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sept 11 1732, the year George Washington, the father of our country was born. John Hottel must have been still a young man at that time. Of his parents we have not been able to find any trace. Probably they were lost in the terrible commotions of Europe, and their records destroyed. John Hottel and Margaret were married about 1720, and their five children were all born in Europe. The family name of Margaret, her parentage, time and place of birth in the old country are unknown. This family located in the northern part of Buck's county, Pennsylvania, where they lived eighteen years and by thrift and industry acquired lands and homes, so that the name Hottel appears on the tax records a few years after their advent. These immigrants took the oath of allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain. In religion they were either Lutherans, Reformed, or possibly Mennonites. They spoke the German language and were faithful, patriotic citizens . According to Prof. I.D. Rupp, (Sept, 21, 1732) Ulrich Hottel who was sick, arrived with 188 passengers. No further record is given. Probably he was a brother of John. Public records show that our Progenitor, John Hottel, Margaret, his wife, and three children, Charles, George and Barbara Anna, emigrated in 1750 to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, where their descendants are legion today. John and Henry remained in Pennsylvania. Why they became separated is unknown. The descendants of John Hottel rank among the prominent citizens of the Keystone state.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Less than 200 years ago not a white man dwelt in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Scientists claim it was at one time a lake, evidenced by the discovery of fossils and sea shells high up on the mountains. When discovered by the white man it was a blooming prairie, the only timber being along the rivers and creeks. It was then a dark and terrible wilderness, the home of the Red Man, where the reckless hunter and daring adventurer feared to pass. Wild game, fur bearing animals of all descriptions, wild fowl and fish abounded there. In 1716, Gov . Spottswood with a party of 50 gallant "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe" breasted the steep slopes and tangled underbrush of the Blue Ridge Mountains coming at last to the summit at " Swift Run Gap" He was the first white man to behold the Valley in its primitive beauty. Hence this entire section drained by the Shenandoah River was named in honor of Governor Spottswood. It was once the immense county of Spottsylvania. In 1734 there was a division of Spottsylvania and the valley became a part of Orange. In 1738 it was again divided and became the two counties, Frederick and Augusta. Dunmore County was taken from Frederick in 1772 and in 1777 the Legislature altered the name of Dunmore to Shenandoah. Rockingham County was organized in 1778. Other divisions were soon made. This country was long overrun by Indians of different tribes from whom it could not be bought, because there was a dispute as to the claimants. The influx of immigration to the valley began about 1732. Joist Hite, with his family, was one of the first settlers but he was soon followed by the Germans of Pennsylvania and other states. Some came direct to the valley on landing. Indians vanished into the shades of the forest as the whites enlarged the boundaries of civilization. Finally they all left the low country in the year 1754. Tradition places the nucleus of a town where Winchester now stands as early as 1732. Authentic records show that the first court was held in Frederick County in 1743. The great valley of Virginia, drained by the waters of the Shenandoah river, is bounded on the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains and on the west by the Alleghenies, and stretches from the Potomac on the north to the Tennessee border on the south. This includes the smaller valley of Shenandoah, which is from thirty to fifty miles in width and over a hundred miles in length. It has scenic and historical attractions and natural wonders, the most beautiful valley in the world.

EXACT LOCATION OF THE JOHN HOTTEL HOMESTEAD

Over near North Moutain on the head waters of Toms Brook, out a short distance from the village of Toms Brook, lies the original Hottel homestead, containing 341 acres, which was purchased from Lord Thomas Fairfax, Aug 30 1750. This body of land lies six miles north of Woodstock (Muellerstadt), the seat of Shenandoah County founded in 1760. It is believed the Hottel domicile stood near the Hottel spring on the back road leading to Mt Olive, near the present residence of David H. Keller. We sometimes wish these worthy ancestors who invaded and occupied these premises in the long ago, could return and reveal themselves to our curious eyes. Nearly two centuries ago they joined the spectral hosts that dwell among the stars , while in yonder Keller graveyard their ashes sleep. Lovingly Virginia's skies are arched above their tombs.

CHILDREN AND THEIR DESCENDANTS

Charles, George and the only daughter, Barbara Ann Hottel, married and lived their entire lives near the vicinity of their parents. They reared prosperous and progressive families . Charles was the father of 11 children; George was the father of 9 children; Barbara Ann, who married George Keller, was the mother of 9 children. Their descendants in the Shenandoah valley are legion. Apparently the valley could not accommodate them all, hence in the early years of the nineteenth century the Hottel bee hive swarmed, and today thousands are scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Alaska and Canada to Florida and Texas. A great majority of them have adhered to the faith of their fathers and are a fine people; some have attained to great age, few to great wealth. The majority are well to do. Some, if poor, are very respectable. None, as far as known, have been pensioners of public charity. While some have attained to eminence in the literay world and have acquired fame, others have blazoned their names in their country's annals and their deeds have engaged the historian's pen. They are included among the various vocations of the business and professional world. We find ministers of the various denominations, as well as doctors, lawyers, judges, teachers, farmers ; intelligent and educated men and women, high school and college graduates in vast numbers.

THE OLD FRIEDEN'S CHURCH AND HOTTEL-KELLER SCHOOLHOUSE

On the original Hottel homestead near where the first Hottel domicile stood, the old Frieden's church was built in 1821. It was owned jointly by the Reformed and Lutheran congregations. Many of our kin of that day worshipped in this church, being identified with one or the other of there bodies. The congregations were separated and the building abandoned and torn down in 1880 and separate churches were erected. The Lutherans since then worship at St. Matthew's not far distant, and the Reformed people at Harrisville. A community schoolhouse was built at the rear of the Frieden's church, familiarly known as the Hottel-Keller Schoolhouse. This was erected by free-will offerings of money, labor and material. George Hottel, John Snarr, the Kellers and many others figured prominently in this educational enterprise. They believed that education was essential to good citizenship and the welfare of our country.

JOHANNES HOTTEL WILL, FREDERICK CO., VIRGINIA

A copy of John Hottel's last will and testament is herewith produced in full, bearing date August 11, 1760, admitted to probate in the court of Frederick Co., Virginia, at Winchester, November 5, 1760, as follows:

In the name of God, Amen:

I, John Hoddle, of the county of Frederick and Colony of Virginia, being of health of body and of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God, calling to mind the mortality of my body and kowing it is appointed for all men to die once, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that it is to say, principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hand of God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the descretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of in the following manner and form.

First, that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid. I also give and bequeath to Margaret, my dear wife, one full third part of my whole estate by her to be enjoyed during her natural life, and then at her decease to fall to my executors. Also, I give to my eldest son , Charles Hoddle ten pounds of current money of Virginia, to be raised and levied out of my estate.
Also, I give to my youngest son, George Hoddle, and my son -in-law, George Keller the --- which two I likewise constitute,make and ordain my executors of this, my last will and testament---all and singular, my lands together with all my movable estate, to be equally divided between them after my decease and the decease of my wife, then by them freely to be possessed and enjoyed , and I hereby utterly disavow, revoke and disannul all land every other former testaments, wills, legacies, and bequests and executors by me in any wise before named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty.



JOHN X HODDLE. {SEAL}
Mark

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said, John Hoddle, as his last will and testament, in the presence of us who in the presence of each other and in his presence have hereunto subscribed our names.

Witnesses: Benjamin Denton John North John Little

Will book No. 2, page 444Johannes Hodel was very likely born in Switzerland in approximately 1685. He and his wife, Elizabetha, were married by 1712 and spent their early years together in Germany in the region of Alsheim bei Gronau, in the Rhineland-Pfalz (Palatinate), southwest of Manheim and northwest of Speyer. Although the tax record for 1722 listed the land as poor, Johannes and Elizabeth made their home on a 10-acre farm that included a 1/4-acre vineyard. The couple had four children:

Anna Barbara (English name: Barbara), born Dec. 2, 1713

Johann Carl (English name: Charles), born Oct. 25, 1718

Johann Georg (English name: George), born Apr. 4, 1722

Catharina Elisabetha (English name: Elizabeth), born Nov. 17, 1725

On Dec. 22, 1726, a year after her last child was born, Elisabetha died and was buried at the Reformed Church in Alsheim bei Gronau.

Two years later, on June 23, 1728, Johannes married Maria Margaretha Steph Rheinwald (English name: Margaret) in the Reformed Church in Meckenheim, Germany. They had one son, Johannes (English name: John Jr.), born October 27, 1731.

The following spring, Johannes and his family traveled down the Rhine River to Rotterdam, where they lived for approximately 3 months while arranging passage to America. In June or July of 1732, the family boarded the Pennsylvania Merchant and sailed to the New World, arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 11, 1732.

Johannes purchased one hundred acres of land in Oley Township, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1734. On March 23, 1742, the land was repossessed after he was unable to keep up the payments.

Early in this period, daughter Barbara married George Keller (who had arrived in Philadelphia on October 11, 1732) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

In the early 1740s, sons Charles and George traveled to Virginia to look for new land to establish a family homestead. Having found that suitable lands were available, they returned to Pennsylvania to help their father and his family move to Virginia, including their sister, Barbara, and her husband, George Keller.

In Virginia they moved onto these new lands, built their first homes and began farming, all before they received land grants in 1750, in what was then Frederic County (now Shenandoah County). The first of those land grants was received from Thomas, Lord Fairfax in 1750.

It is uncertain if John Jr. moved with them or stayed in Pennsylvania. We know that John Jr. married Mary Magdalene Musselman in 1748, in Pennsylvania, and they had two sons: Michael born c. 1750 and Samuel born c. 1752. John Jr. then died in the late 1750s, before his father's death in Virginia.
Johannes lived the remainder of his years in Virginia. He died in 1760.

Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: 11 Sep 1732, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

• Will: 11 Aug 1760, Frederick County, Virginia.

John married Elizabetha in 1712 in Germany. Elizabetha was born on 8 Sep 1686 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany, died on 21 Dec 1726 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany at age 40, and was buried on 22 Dec 1726 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany.

Children from this marriage were:

195       i.  Barbara Anna Hottel (born on 5 Dec 1713 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany - died in 1798 in Tomsbrook, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

         ii.  Carl "Charles" Hottel (born in 1718 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany)

        iii.  Jerick "George" Hottel (born in Apr 1722 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany - died on 8 Mar 1787 in Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

         iv.  Catharina Elisabetha Hottel (born in Nov 1725 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany)

          v.  Heinrich "Henry" Hottel (born in 1726)

John next married Maria Margaretha Steph in 1728 in Meckenheim, Germany. Maria was born about 1702 in Lablansch, Canton Bern, Switzerland and died in Jun 1773 in Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia about age 71.

General Notes: On 23 June 1728 Johannes Hodel married Maria Margaretha, daughter of Johannes Steph, and the widow of Caspar Rhinewald, at Meckenheim, about 3 miles south of the village of Alsheim. Margaretha had been born c. 1702, at LaBlansch, Canton Bern, in Switzerland. One child was born to Casper Rhinewald and Margaretha, whom they named Johann Hennrich, , baptized 31 Jan 1725 , at Meckenheim. This is probably the child listed on the ship passenger list as "Heinrich Hottel". Nothing further is known of him after the arrival in Philadelphia, and no Henry Hottel has been discovered there or in Pennsylvania at that time. Source: Janet Ariciu

Noted events in her life were:

• Immigration: 11 Sep 1732, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

391. Elizabetha was born on 8 Sep 1686 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany, died on 21 Dec 1726 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany at age 40, and was buried on 22 Dec 1726 in Alsheim, Bei, Gronau, Germany.

General Notes: Source: Bronnie Kroll: bonniekr@ix.netcom.com

On the 22nd of November 1726 was Johannes Hodel's wife, Elisabetha buried, her age 40 years , 3 months and 14 days. Source: The origanal church records of the Reformed Church in Alsheim bei Gronau in the Palat inate of Germany.

On the 22nd of November 1726 was Johannes Hodel's wife, Elisabetha buried, her age 40 years , 3 months and 14 days. Source: The origanal church records of the Reformed Church in Alsheim bei Gronau in the Palat inate of Germany.

On the 22nd of November 1726 was Johannes Hodel's wife, Elisabetha buried, her age 40 years , 3 months and 14 days. Source: The origanal church records of the Reformed Church in Alsheim bei Gronau in the Palat inate of Germany.

Elizabetha married John (Johannes) Hottel in 1712 in Germany. John was born in 1680 in Germany and died after 11 Aug 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia.

416. Hans Heinrich Pitman, son of Friedrich Pitman and Anna Catherina, was born about 1670 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany and died on 5 Aug 1729 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany about age 59.

General Notes: Source: "From the Rhine to the Shenandoah" by Daniel W Bly.

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Mason, Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany.

Hans married Anna Dorothea. Anna was born about 1674 and died on 25 Oct 1740 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany about age 66.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Philipp Leonard Pitman (born on 22 Oct 1696 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

         ii.  Anna Maria Pitman (born on 2 Apr 1699 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

208     iii.  Andreas Pitman (born on 10 Jul 1701 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany - died on 26 May 1763 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

         iv.  Nicolaus Pitman (born on 30 Mar 1704 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

          v.  Anna Petronella Pitman (born on 25 Sep 1707 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

         vi.  Anna Margaretha Pitman (born on 9 Mar 1710)

        vii.  Anna Margaretha Pitman (born on 18 Mar 1711 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

       viii.  Johann Philipp Pitman (born on 20 Sep 1713 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

         ix.  Maria Catherina Pitman (born on 1 Feb 1716 . baptized Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

417. Anna Dorothea was born about 1674 and died on 25 Oct 1740 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany about age 66.

General Notes: Source: "From the Rhine to the Shenandoah" by Daniel W. Bly

Anna married Hans Heinrich Pitman. Hans was born about 1670 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany and died on 5 Aug 1729 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany about age 59.

418. Valentin Schworm .

Valentin married Anna Catherina.

The child from this marriage was:

209       i.  Anna Gertraut Schworm (born on 10 Oct 1700 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany - died on 17 Nov 1758 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

419. Anna Catherina .

Anna married Valentin Schworm.

420. Lorentz Schnepp, son of Johannes Schnepp and Maria, was born on 20 May 1669 in Pfaffenhoffen, Alsace, Germany and died on 6 Mar 1731 in Gumbrechtshoffen, Alsace, Germany at age 61.

General Notes: Source: Walter Courtney Burgner Jr

Lorentz married Anna Catharina Haber on 13 Sep 1689 in Alteckendorff. Anna was born on 3 Mar 1668 in Alteckendorff and died on 29 Oct 1725 in Breunsheim (Geissweiler Parish) at age 57.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Lorentz Schnepp (born on 10 Feb 1690 in Alteckendorff - died on 12 Jul 1710 in Breunsheim (Geissweiler Parish))

         ii.  Barbara Schnepp (born on 10 Jan 1693 in Duntzenheim, Alsace, Germany - died about 1787)

210     iii.  Johannes Schnepp, Sr. (born on 1 Dec 1695 in Duntzenheim, Alsace, Germany - died on 19 Mar 1762 in Frederick County, Virginia)

         iv.  Johann Georg Schnepp (born on 24 Nov 1697 in Bueswiller, Germany - died in Neuwiller)

          v.  Anna Maria Schnepp (born on 12 Jan 1700 in Zoeberdorf, Germany - died in 1744 in Geisswiller, Germany)

         vi.  Johann Jacob Schnepp (born on 9 Aug 1702 in Griessbach, Germany - died on 12 Dec 1772 in Muhlhausen, Germany)

        vii.  Johann Michael Schnepp (born on 12 Aug 1705 in Griessbach, Germany - died on 8 Oct 1705 in Breunsheim (Geissweiler Parish))

       viii.  Anna Catherina Schnepp (born on 8 Sep 1706)

         ix.  Johann Paul Schnepp (born on 25 Jun 1708 in Geisswiller, Germany - died on 19 Feb 1710)

          x.  Lorentz Schnepp (born on 16 Aug 1711 in Wickersheim, Alsace, Germany - died in Feb 1771 in Rowan County, (Now Davidson) North Carolina)

Lorentz next married Anna Barbara Stockel on 13 Apr 1728 in Hatten, daughter of Hans Stockel and Unknown. Anna was born in 1702 and died on 8 Mar 1742 in Gumbrechtshoffen, Alsace, Germany at age 40.

The child from this marriage was:

          i.  Felicitas Schnepp (born on 13 Jan 1729 - died before 1813 in Pennsylvania)

421. Anna Catharina Haber, daughter of Hans Haber and Anna Barbara Hans, was born on 3 Mar 1668 in Alteckendorff and died on 29 Oct 1725 in Breunsheim (Geissweiler Parish) at age 57.

General Notes: Source: Walter Courtney Burgner Jr

Anna married Lorentz Schnepp on 13 Sep 1689 in Alteckendorff. Lorentz was born on 20 May 1669 in Pfaffenhoffen, Alsace, Germany and died on 6 Mar 1731 in Gumbrechtshoffen, Alsace, Germany at age 61.

426. Michael Rheinhart died about 1750 in Frederick County, Virginia.

Michael married someone

His child was:

213       i.  Juliana Rheinhart

428. Philipp Zumwalt, son of Daniel Zumwalt and Veronica, was born on 25 Feb 1670 and died before 1711.

Philipp married Susan Feller about 1692.

The child from this marriage was:

214       i.  John Wilhelm Andreas Zumwald (born in 1698 in Alsace-Lorraine, Strassburg, Prussia - died on 20 Oct 1764 in Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia)

429. Susan Feller .

Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: Zweibrucken, Germany.

Susan married Philipp Zumwalt about 1692. Philipp was born on 25 Feb 1670 and died before 1711.

Susan next married Hans Nickle Seegmueller in 1713 in Zweibruecken.

430. Hans Wolff Jacob, son of Hans Christoffel Jacob and Elizabeth Mueller, was born about 1658 in Zweibruecken and died on 12 Mar 1730 in Niederauerbach, Germany about age 72.

General Notes: The married couple hat to leave Zweibruecken temporarily due to war insecurity and had a dau ghter baptized in Hamburg (Saar) in 1674. Zweibruecken completely burned down in war of 1676/ 1677 by armies of the French King Louis IIV. The married couple returned to Zweibruecken in 1 682.

Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Zweibruecken, Between 1675 and 1694.

• Residence: Niederauerbach, Germany, Between 1697 and 1730.

Hans married Catharina Elisabetha Weidtmann on 13 Apr 1675 in Niederauerbach, Germany. Catharina was born about 1658 in Niederauerbach, Germany.

Marriage Notes: Zweibruecken Reformed Church records 1564-1798.

Children from this marriage were:

215       i.  Anna Catharina Margretha Jacob (born on 14 Nov 1703 in Niederauerbach, Zweibruken, Germany - died in 1748 in Little York, York County, Pennsylvania)

         ii.  Susanna Elisabetha Jacob (born on 28 May 1676 in Homburg, Saar)

        iii.  Anna Veronica Jacob (died in Niederauerbach, Germany)

         iv.  Johanna Eva Jacob (born on 8 Jan 1682 in Zweibruecken - died in Zweibruecken)

          v.  Philipp Friedrich Jacob (born in Jun 1684 in Zweibruecken - died in Niederauerbach, Germany)

         vi.  Friedrich Barthel Jacob (born on 26 Mar 1687 in Zweibruecken - died on 9 May 1724 in Niederauerbach, Germany)

        vii.  Johann Jacob Jacob (born on 9 Dec 1689 in Zweibruecken)

       viii.  Susanna Catharina Jacob (born on 26 Feb 1694 in Zweibruecken)

         ix.  Johann Ludwig Jacob (born on 10 Nov 1697 in Niederauerbach, Germany)

431. Catharina Elisabetha Weidtmann, daughter of Andreas Weidtmann and Susanna Christina Meyer, was born about 1658 in Niederauerbach, Germany.

Catharina married Hans Wolff Jacob on 13 Apr 1675 in Niederauerbach, Germany. Hans was born about 1658 in Zweibruecken and died on 12 Mar 1730 in Niederauerbach, Germany about age 72.

496. James Barnes, son of Kitchner Barnes and Unknown, was born in 1695 in Virginia.

General Notes: James was a teacher and minister

James married someone

His child was:

248       i.  Thomas Barnes (born about 1734 in Virginia)

  Tenth Generation  

584. James Benedict was born on 6 Feb 1649 in Southhold, Long Island, New York and died on 11 Nov 1729 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 80.

General Notes: Source: Bonnie Pitcher Jenkens, Sunset, Utah
Source: W. David Samuelsen, Salt Lake City, Utah
Source: Berto Armstrong, rob.armstrong@gmail.com

James married Phoebe Gregory. Phoebe was born on 17 Aug 1653 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut and died in 1747 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States at age 94.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Phoebe Benedict (born on 21 Sep 1673 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         ii.  Sarah Benedict (born on 21 Sep 1673 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

        iii.  Jonathan Benedict (born on 3 Mar 1676 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 16 Jan 1766 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

292      iv.  Benjamin Benedict (born in 1678 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 3 Jul 1773 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

          v.  Joseph Benedict (born in 1679-1681 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         vi.  Mary Benedict (born in 1680 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 25 Nov 1762)

        vii.  Thomas Benedict (born in 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 5 Jul 1763 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

       viii.  James Benedict (born on 15 Jan 1685 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 25 Nov 1762 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         ix.  Mary/Mercy Benedict (born about 1687 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

585. Phoebe Gregory, daughter of John Gregory and Sarah St John, was born on 17 Aug 1653 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut and died in 1747 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States at age 94.

General Notes: Source: Berto Armstrong, rob.armstrong@gmail.com
Source: Bonnie Pitcher Jenkens, Sunset, Utah
Source: W. David Samuelsen, Salt Lake City, Utah

Phoebe married James Benedict. James was born on 6 Feb 1649 in Southhold, Long Island, New York and died on 11 Nov 1729 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 80.

586. Isaac Platt .

General Notes: Source: Berto Armstrong, rob.armstrong@gmail.com

Isaac married Wood.

The child from this marriage was:

293       i.  Mary Platt (born on 26 Oct 1674 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York - died on 30 Nov 1771 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

587. Wood

Wood married Isaac Platt.

588. James Wallace I .

General Notes: Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); July 1996, data as of 2 January 1996; Family History Library, 35 B West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy

James married someone

His child was:

294       i.  James Wallace II (born in 1675 in Lancashire. Scotland - died on 8 Mar 1762 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

590. Thomas Hyatt, Jr, son of Thomas Hyatt and Elizabeth Russell, was born `28 Mar 1650 in Dorchester, Connecticut and died on 28 Mar 1698 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 48.

General Notes: Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); July 1996, data as of 2 January 1996; Family History Library, 35 B West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy

Thomas married Mary St John on 10 Nov 1677 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Mary was born about 1658 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut and died after 1698 in Connecticut.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Rebecca Hyatt (born in 1678)

         ii.  Thomas Hyatt (born in 1680 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 27 Dec 1759 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

295     iii.  Mary Hyatt (born on 1 May 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 20 Feb 1766 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         iv.  Ruth Hyatt (born on 18 May 1683 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 20 May 1755 in Greenfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

          v.  Sarah Hyatt (born on 6 Dec 1686 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died on 9 Feb 1767 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         vi.  Millicent Hyatt (born on 6 Dec 1688 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died after 5 Jul 1763)

        vii.  John Hyatt (born in Jan 1692 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in 1766 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

       viii.  Elizabeth Hyatt (born in 1694 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in 1717-1718)

         ix.  Ebenezer Hyatt (born in Dec 1697 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in Apr 1767 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

591. Mary St John, daughter of Mathew St John and Elizabeth, was born about 1658 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut and died after 1698 in Connecticut.

General Notes: Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); July 1996, data as of 2 January 1996; Family History Library, 35 B West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

Source: The John Crawford and Jane Henderson Genealogy

Mary married Thomas Hyatt, Jr on 10 Nov 1677 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Thomas was born `28 Mar 1650 in Dorchester, Connecticut and died on 28 Mar 1698 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 48.

704. Dirck Jansen Van Zutphen (Sutphen) was born in 1645 in Tongelre, Netherlands.

Dirck married Lysbeth Jacobse (Van Nuys).

The child from this marriage was:

352       i.  Guisbert Sutphen (born on 16 Oct 1693 - died on 18 Aug 1763)

705. Lysbeth Jacobse (Van Nuys) .

Lysbeth married Dirck Jansen Van Zutphen (Sutphen). Dirck was born in 1645 in Tongelre, Netherlands.

706. Aerte Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt, son of Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt and Grietje Jans, was born on 10 Apr 1693 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, was baptized on 10 Oct 1693 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, and died on 24 Mar 1748 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey at age 54.

General Notes: Source: Van Pelt Family by Smith

Aerte married Neeltje Janse Van Tuyl on 10 Sep 1686 in New York, New York, New York. Neeltje was born about 1665 in New Utrecht, Kings County, New York and was baptized on 16 Nov 1669 in New York, New York, New York.

Children from this marriage were:

353       i.  Geertruy Van Pelt

         ii.  Neeltje Aertse Van Pelt (born about 1689 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York)

        iii.  Catlyn Aertse Van Pelt (baptized on 9 Oct 1695 baptized in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York)

         iv.  Jan Aertse Van Pelt (baptized on 25 Dec 1696 baptized in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York)

          v.  Lysbet Aertse Van Pelt (born about 1698 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York)

         vi.  Aert Aertse Van Pelt (born about 1700 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York)

        vii.  Peter Aertse Van Pelt (born in 1704 in New Utrecht, Kings County, New York - died on 6 Sep 1781 in New Utrecht, Kings County, New York)

       viii.  Grietje Margaret Van Pelt (born about 1792 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York)

707. Neeltje Janse Van Tuyl, daughter of Jan Otto Van Tuyl and Unknown, was born about 1665 in New Utrecht, Kings County, New York and was baptized on 16 Nov 1669 in New York, New York, New York.

General Notes: Source: Van Pelt Family by Smith

Neeltje married Aerte Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt on 10 Sep 1686 in New York, New York, New York. Aerte was born on 10 Apr 1693 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, was baptized on 10 Oct 1693 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, and died on 24 Mar 1748 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey at age 54.

776. Johannes Keller, son of Jacobus Keller and Anna Hengarter, was born on 28 Feb 1651 in Siblingen, Kanton, Schffhusen, Switzerland.

General Notes: Source: Janet Ariciu

Johannes married Anne Senn. Anne was born in 1654 in Schafferusen, Switzerland.

Marriage Notes: Source: Janet Ariciu

Children from this marriage were:

388       i.  Bastain Keller (born about 1680 in Schefferusen, Switzerland)

         ii.  George Seen Keller (born about 1680)

        iii.  Maria Catherine Keller (born about 1680)

777. Anne Senn, daughter of Hans Senn and Margreth Hess, was born in 1654 in Schafferusen, Switzerland.

General Notes: Source: Janet Ariciu

Anne married Johannes Keller. Johannes was born on 28 Feb 1651 in Siblingen, Kanton, Schffhusen, Switzerland.

832. Friedrich Pitman was born from 1627 to 1628 in Germany and died on 16 Feb 1708 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany at age 80.

General Notes: This is the earliest known ancestor of the Pittman Family. He and his wife, Anna Catherina, were living in Framersheim, Germany in the 1660's and he died there 16 Feb 1708, age 80. It is possible that he was born elsewhere because there are no other individuals in the village with the name Pittman except his only know son, Hans Heinrich and his descendants. Source: "From the Rhine to the Shenandoah" by Daniel W Bly.

Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: early 1600's, Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany.

Friedrich married Anna Catherina.

The child from this marriage was:

416       i.  Hans Heinrich Pitman (born about 1670 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany - died on 5 Aug 1729 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany)

833. Anna Catherina .

General Notes: Source: "From the Rhine to the Shenandoah" by Daniel W Bly.

Anna married Friedrich Pitman. Friedrich was born from 1627 to 1628 in Germany and died on 16 Feb 1708 in Framersheim, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany at age 80.

840. Johannes Schnepp, son of Hans Schnepp, Jr and Apollonia Mauser, was born in 1633 in Entzheim, Alsace, Germany and died on 17 Dec 1701 in Phaffenhaffen, Alsace, Germany at age 68.

General Notes: Source: Linda Shumaker, 25 Feb 2002
Source: Walter Courtney Burgner Jr

Johannes married Brigitta Schwing on 22 Sep 1656 in Alsace (France) Germany. Brigitta was born in 1629 in Alsace (France) Germany and died in 1662 in Alsace (France) Germany at age 33.

Marriage Notes: Source: Linda Shumaker, 25 Feb 2002

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Christina Schnepp (born on 23 Oct 1658 in Alsace (France) Germany)

         ii.  Catherina Schnepp (born on 21 Apr 1661 in Alsace (France) Germany - died on 21 Apr 1661)

Johannes next married Maria on 22 Sep 1656 in Phaffenhaffen, Alsace. Maria was born in 1644 and died on 1 Feb 1683 in Waltenheim, Alsace at age 39.

Marriage Notes: Source: Linda Shumaker, 25 Feb 2002

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  George Schnepp (born in 1664 in Alsace (France) Germany - died in 1720 in Morsbrunn, Alsace)

         ii.  Michael Schnepp (born in 1666 in Alsace (France) Germany - died on 23 Nov 1749 in Geisweiler, Alsace)

420     iii.  Lorentz Schnepp (born on 20 May 1669 in Pfaffenhoffen, Alsace, Germany - died on 6 Mar 1731 in Gumbrechtshoffen, Alsace, Germany)

         iv.  Maria Schnepp (born between 4 Feb 1675 and 1776 in Alsace (France) Germany - died on 13 Apr 1737 in Muhlhausen, Alsace)

          v.  Andreas Schnepp (born on 16 Oct 1679 in Alsace (France) Germany - died about 1722)

         vi.  Christmann Schnepp (born in 1681 in Alsace (France) Germany - died in 1757 in Grumbrechtshoffen, Alsace)

Johannes next married Maria Weidacht in 1684 in Graffenstaden-Illkirk, Alsace. Maria was born in 1652 in Graffenstaden-Illkirk, Alsace and died on 7 Feb 1732 in Eckendorff, Alsace at age 80.

Marriage Notes: Source: Linda Shumaker, 25 Feb 2002

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Salome Schnepp (born on 11 May 1685 in Alsace (France) Germany - died on 30 Jun 1685 in Alsace (France) Germany)

         ii.  Mathias Schnepp (born on 12 Feb 1686 in Alsace (France) Germany - died on 12 Feb 1686 in Alsace (France) Germany)

        iii.  Anna Chatherina Schnepp (born on 18 Mar 1687 in Alsace (France) Germany - died after 1701)

         iv.  Margaretha Schnepp (born on 15 Jan 1690 in Alsace (France) Germany)

          v.  Petrus Schnepp (born on 6 Jun 1694)

841. Maria was born in 1644 and died on 1 Feb 1683 in Waltenheim, Alsace at age 39.

General Notes: Source: Linda Shumaker, 25 Feb 2002

Maria married Johannes Schnepp on 22 Sep 1656 in Phaffenhaffen, Alsace. Johannes was born in 1633 in Entzheim, Alsace, Germany and died on 17 Dec 1701 in Phaffenhaffen, Alsace, Germany at age 68.

842. Hans Haber .

Hans married Anna Barbara Hans.

The child from this marriage was:

421       i.  Anna Catharina Haber (born on 3 Mar 1668 in Alteckendorff - died on 29 Oct 1725 in Breunsheim (Geissweiler Parish))

843. Anna Barbara Hans .

Anna married Hans Haber.

856. Daniel Zumwalt was born about 1635 in Bern County, Switzerland.

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Brick and tile maker, Switzerland.

• Residence: Petersbach, Lutzelstein County, Alsace, France, 1662.

Daniel married Veronica in Bern County, Switzerland.

The child from this marriage was:

428       i.  Philipp Zumwalt (born on 25 Feb 1670 - died before 1711)

857. Veronica .

Veronica married Daniel Zumwalt in Bern County, Switzerland. Daniel was born about 1635 in Bern County, Switzerland.

860. Hans Christoffel Jacob, son of Abraham Jacob, Sr. and Johanna, was born about 1617 and died on 21 Jan 1706 in Zweibruecken about age 89.

General Notes: Hans Christoffell Jacob's first sponsorship in Zweibrucken in on 20 Aug 1635 at Tobias Mueller's tin Caster, his future father in law.

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Shoemaker.

Hans married Elizabeth Mueller on 14 Dec 1641 in Zweibruecken. Elizabeth was born on 20 Oct 1616 in Bockenheim (Now Saar Union) Alsace and died on 27 Nov 1676 in Zweibruecken at age 60.

Marriage Notes: Zweibruecken Reformed Church records 1564-1798, Bockenheim Lutheran Church records by Gerhar d Hein. For Jacob and Mueller see also: Hugenotten im Zweibruecker land.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Abraham Jacob (born on 29 Oct 1642 in Zweibruecken)

         ii.  Anna Catharina Jacob (born on 19 Aug 1644 in Zweibruecken)

        iii.  Agnes Jacob (born on 23 Sep 1645 in Zweibruecken)

         iv.  Johanna Jacob (born on 31 Jan 1649 in Zweibruecken)

          v.  Veronica Jacob (born about 1655)

430      vi.  Hans Wolff Jacob (born about 1658 in Zweibruecken - died on 12 Mar 1730 in Niederauerbach, Germany)

861. Elizabeth Mueller, daughter of Tobias Mueller and Eva Kocher, was born on 20 Oct 1616 in Bockenheim (Now Saar Union) Alsace and died on 27 Nov 1676 in Zweibruecken at age 60.

Elizabeth married Hans Christoffel Jacob on 14 Dec 1641 in Zweibruecken. Hans was born about 1617 and died on 21 Jan 1706 in Zweibruecken about age 89.

862. Andreas Weidtmann .

Andreas married Susanna Christina Meyer.

The child from this marriage was:

431       i.  Catharina Elisabetha Weidtmann (born about 1658 in Niederauerbach, Germany)

863. Susanna Christina Meyer .

Susanna married Andreas Weidtmann.

992. Kitchner Barnes, son of Stephen Barnes and Unknown, was born on 7 Aug 1642 in Virginia.

Kitchner married someone

His child was:

496       i.  James Barnes (born in 1695 in Virginia)

  11th Generation  

1170. John Gregory, son of John Gregory and Alice Ashton, was born in 1585 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England and died on 9 Oct 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 104.

General Notes: Source: Bonnie Pitcher Jenkens, Sunset, Utah
Source: W. David Samuelsen, Salt Lake City, Utah

John married Sarah St John from 1635 to 1636 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Sarah was born in 1614 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England and died on 9 Oct 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 75.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  John Gregory (born on 26 Jul 1636 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in 1720 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut)

         ii.  John Gregory, Jr (born about 1638 in England)

        iii.  Jachin Gregory (born in 1643-1644 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in 1730-1733 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         iv.  Joseph Gregory (born on 26 Jul 1646 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in Apr 1718 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

          v.  Thomas Gregory (born on 16 Mar 1648 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died in Nov 1693 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

         vi.  Sarah Gregory (born on 3 Dec 1652 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut - died on 9 Feb 1692 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

585     vii.  Phoebe Gregory (born on 17 Aug 1653 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut - died in 1747 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States)

1171. Sarah St John was born in 1614 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England and died on 9 Oct 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 75.

General Notes: Source: Bonnie Pitcher Jenkens, Sunset, Utah
Source: W. David Samuelsen, Salt Lake City, Utah

Sarah married John Gregory from 1635 to 1636 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. John was born in 1585 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England and died on 9 Oct 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 104.

1180. Thomas Hyatt

Thomas married Elizabeth Russell.

The child from this marriage was:

590       i.  Thomas Hyatt, Jr (born `28 Mar 1650 in Dorchester, Connecticut - died on 28 Mar 1698 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

1181. Elizabeth Russell

Elizabeth married Thomas Hyatt.

1182. Mathew St John, son of Mathias St John and Unknown, was born in 1630 and died in Dec 1728 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 98.

General Notes: Source: Morris/Parsons family Tree, Pam Parsons

Mathew married Elizabeth.

The child from this marriage was:

591       i.  Mary St John (born about 1658 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - died after 1698 in Connecticut)

1183. Elizabeth .

General Notes: Source: Morris/Parsons family Tree, Pam Parsons

Elizabeth married Mathew St John. Mathew was born in 1630 and died in Dec 1728 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 98.

1412. Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt was born about 1629 in Netherlands.

General Notes: Source: Van Pelt Family by Smith

Teunis married Grietje Jans. Grietje was born about 1630 and died on 2 Aug 1696 about age 66.

The child from this marriage was:

706       i.  Aerte Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt (born on 10 Apr 1693 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey - died on 24 Mar 1748 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey)

1413. Grietje Jans was born about 1630 and died on 2 Aug 1696 about age 66.

General Notes: Source: Van Pelt Family by Smith

Grietje married Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt. Teunis was born about 1629 in Netherlands.

1414. Jan Otto Van Tuyl .

General Notes: Source: Van Pelt Family by Smith

Jan married someone

His child was:

707       i.  Neeltje Janse Van Tuyl (born about 1665 in New Utrecht, Kings County, New York)

1552. Jacobus Keller was born about 1623 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

General Notes: Kellers first found in Swabia and Wuerttemberg, which became fertile sources of the many succeeding branches of the family. Source: Janet Ariciu

Source: Janet Ariciu

Jacobus married Anna Hengarter in 1648. Anna was born about 1625 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Marriage Notes: Source: Janet Ariciu

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Keller (born on 4 May 1649 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

776      ii.  Johannes Keller (born on 28 Feb 1651 in Siblingen, Kanton, Schffhusen, Switzerland)

        iii.  Sabastian Keller (born on 20 Jun 1659 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland - died on 10 Mar 1734)

         iv.  Josephus Keller (born on 30 Nov 1660 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

          v.  Ursula Keller (born on 24 Mar 1663 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

         vi.  Anna Keller (born on 26 Jun 1664 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

        vii.  Barbara Keller (born on 16 Jan 1666 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

1553. Anna Hengarter, daughter of Johannes Hengarter and Catharina Brenner, was born about 1625 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

General Notes: Source: Janet Ariciu

Anna married Jacobus Keller in 1648. Jacobus was born about 1623 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

1554. Hans Senn was born about 1617 in Tann, Bern, Switzerland and died in Tecknau, Switzerland.

General Notes: Source: Stephen Griffis "One Great Family"
Source: Cynthia Stewart "One Great Family"
Source: Kimberly Patterson "One Great Family"
Source: Mimi Davidson "One Great Family"

Hans married Margreth Hess on 14 Mar 1642 in Switzerland. Margreth was born about 1621 in Tann, Bern, Switzerland and was buried in 1720.

The child from this marriage was:

777       i.  Anne Senn (born in 1654 in Schafferusen, Switzerland)

1555. Margreth Hess was born about 1621 in Tann, Bern, Switzerland and was buried in 1720.

General Notes: Source: Stephen Griffis "One Great Family"
Source: Cynthia Stewart "One Great Family"
Source: Kimberly Patterson "One Great Family"
Source: Mimi Davidson "One Great Family"

Margreth married Hans Senn on 14 Mar 1642 in Switzerland. Hans was born about 1617 in Tann, Bern, Switzerland and died in Tecknau, Switzerland.

1680. Hans Schnepp, Jr, son of Hans Schnepp (Snapp), Sr and Unknown, was born in 1600 in Alsace (France) Germany and died in 1670 in Alsace (France) Germany at age 70.

General Notes: Source: Walter Courtney Burgner Jr
Source: Linda Shumaker, 25 Feb 2002

Hans married Apollonia Mauser on 16 Nov 1629 in Plobsheim, Alsace. Apollonia was born in 1606 in Alsace (France) Germany and died on 12 Sep 1640 in Entzheim, Alsace (France) Germany at age 34.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Maria Schnepp (born in 1631 in Entzheim, Alsace, Germany)

840      ii.  Johannes Schnepp (born in 1633 in Entzheim, Alsace, Germany - died on 17 Dec 1701 in Phaffenhaffen, Alsace, Germany)

        iii.  Christina Schnepp (born in 1638 in Entzheim, Alsace, Germany)

Hans next married Maria Helffer on 9 May 1641 in Alsace (France) Germany.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Valentine Schnepp (born in Feb 1642 in Entzheim, Alsace (France) Germany - died on 4 Mar 1706 in Menchenhoffen, Alsace)

         ii.  Mathias Schnepp (born in Feb 1644 in Alsace (France) Germany - died on 3 Sep 1722 in Alsace (France) Germany)

        iii.  Maria Schnepp (born in Dec 1645 - died on 3 May 1710)

         iv.  Martin Schnepp (born in Nov 1647 in Entzheim, Alsace, Germany - died in 1711 in Retschwiller, Alsace)

1681. Apollonia Mauser, daughter of George Mauser and Unknown, was born in 1606 in Alsace (France) Germany and died on 12 Sep 1640 in Entzheim, Alsace (France) Germany at age 34.

General Notes: Source: Linda Shumaker, 25 Feb 2002
Source: Walter Courtney Burgner Jr

Apollonia married Hans Schnepp, Jr on 16 Nov 1629 in Plobsheim, Alsace. Hans was born in 1600 in Alsace (France) Germany and died in 1670 in Alsace (France) Germany at age 70.

1720. Abraham Jacob, Sr. was born about 1590 and died on 9 Jun 1668 in Zweibruecken about age 78.

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Shoemaker and Magistrate, Between 1651 and 1668, Zweibruecken.

Abraham married Johanna. Johanna was born about 1592 and died on 5 Mar 1665 in Zweibruecken about age 73.

Children from this marriage were:

860       i.  Hans Christoffel Jacob (born about 1617 - died on 21 Jan 1706 in Zweibruecken)

         ii.  Anna Jacob (born on 2 Jan 1623 in Bockenheim, Germany)

        iii.  Abraham Jacob, Jr. (born in 1624 in Bockenheim (Now Saar Union) Alsace - died on 14 Nov 1717 in Zweibruecken)

         iv.  Susanna Jacob (born on 22 Apr 1628 in Bockenheim (Now Saar Union) Alsace)

1721. Johanna was born about 1592 and died on 5 Mar 1665 in Zweibruecken about age 73.

Johanna married Abraham Jacob, Sr.. Abraham was born about 1590 and died on 9 Jun 1668 in Zweibruecken about age 78.

1722. Tobias Mueller .

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Tin Caster.

Tobias married Eva Kocher.

The child from this marriage was:

861       i.  Elizabeth Mueller (born on 20 Oct 1616 in Bockenheim (Now Saar Union) Alsace - died on 27 Nov 1676 in Zweibruecken)

1723. Eva Kocher .

Eva married Tobias Mueller.

1984. Stephen Barnes was born in 1604 in England.

General Notes: Stephen immigrated to America in 1630 with 4 brothers, each with families. Stephen was the youngest of 5 brothers and was known as "the musical one". He settled near Lynchburg, Virginia in 1631.

Stephen married someone

His child was:

992       i.  Kitchner Barnes (born on 7 Aug 1642 in Virginia)

  12th Generation  

2340. John Gregory, son of Thomas Gregory and Dorothy Beeston, was born in 1548 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, died on 29 Jul 1637 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 89, and was buried in 1637 in Connecticut.

General Notes: Source: Bonnie Pitcher Jenkens, Sunset, Utah
Source: W. David Samuelsen, Salt Lake City, Utah

John married Alice Ashton in 1579 in Nottingham, England.

The child from this marriage was:

1170       i.  John Gregory (born in 1585 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England - died on 9 Oct 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

2341. Alice Ashton .

Alice married John Gregory in 1579 in Nottingham, England. John was born in 1548 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, died on 29 Jul 1637 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 89, and was buried in 1637 in Connecticut.

2364. Mathias St John

Mathias married someone.

His child was:

1182       i.  Mathew St John (born in 1630 - died in Dec 1728 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

3106. Johannes Hengarter .

Johannes married Catharina Brenner.

Marriage Notes: Source: Janet Ariciu

The child from this marriage was:

1553       i.  Anna Hengarter (born about 1625 in Bernhardzell, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

3107. Catharina Brenner .

Catharina married Johannes Hengarter.

3360. Hans Schnepp (Snapp), Sr was born in 1575 in Alsace (France) Germany.

General Notes: Source: Walter Courtney Burgner Jr

Hans married someone

His child was:

1680       i.  Hans Schnepp, Jr (born in 1600 in Alsace (France) Germany - died in 1670 in Alsace (France) Germany)

3362. George Mauser .

George married someone

His child was:

1681       i.  Apollonia Mauser (born in 1606 in Alsace (France) Germany - died on 12 Sep 1640 in Entzheim, Alsace (France) Germany)

  13th Generation

4680. Thomas Gregory was born in 1520 in Broughton. Nottingham, England and died in Sulney, Nottingham, England.

General Notes: Source: Bonnie Pitcher Jenkens, Sunset, Utah
Source: W. David Samuelsen, Salt Lake City, Utah

Thomas married Dorothy Beeston on 18 Oct 1547 in Upper Broughton, or Nottingham, Nottinghamire, England. Dorothy was born in 1522 in Beeston, Yorkshire, England.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Thomas Gregory (born about 1544 in Broughton. Nottinghamshire, England)

2340      ii.  John Gregory (born in 1548 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England - died on 29 Jul 1637 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut)

        iii.  Thomas Gregory (born in 1554 in Upper Broughton, Nottingham, England)

         iv.  Henry Gregory (born in 1558 in Upper Broughton, Nottingham, England)

          v.  Dorothy Gregory (born about 1560 in Upper Broughton, or Nottingham, Nottinghamire, England)

4681. Dorothy Beeston was born in 1522 in Beeston, Yorkshire, England.

Dorothy married Thomas Gregory on 18 Oct 1547 in Upper Broughton, or Nottingham, Nottinghamire, England. Thomas was born in 1520 in Broughton. Nottingham, England and died in Sulney, Nottingham, England.