Howey and Mrak Genealogy - Person Page 196

William Garwood

M, b. circa 1695, d. 21 May 1767
Last Edited20 Apr 2003
Birth*circa 1695William Garwood was born circa 1695 at Evesham Twp, Burlington Co, New Jersey. 
Marriage*2 April 1724He married Jane Troth, daughter of William Troth and Elizabeth Field, on 2 April 1724 at Haddonfield, Burlington Co, New Jersey.1 
Death*21 May 1767William Garwood died on 21 May 1767 at Evesham Twp, Burlington Co, New Jersey. 
Note*Person Source.1 

Family

 Jane Troth
Child 1.Sarah Garwood+ b. 1730, d. c 1779

Citations

  1. [S303] Wilbur H. Haines e-mail address, HAIE8AE GenServ database.

Charles C. Gaskill

M
Last Edited20 Apr 2003
Marriage*Charles C. Gaskill married Sarah Cooper, daughter of William Cooper and Rebecca Wills. 

Family

 Sarah Cooper

Deborah A. Gaskill1,2

F, b. 10 September 1884, d. 29 November 1976
Last Edited3 May 2013
Birth*10 September 1884Deborah A. Gaskill was born on 10 September 1884.3 
She was the daughter of Samuel Gaskill and Amelia (?).4 
Marriage*circa 1902Deborah A. Gaskill married John Howard Woodlin, son of George H. Woodlin and Hannah M. Everingham, circa 1902.1 
Marriagecirca 1935Deborah A. Gaskill married Bert LeStourgeon circa 1935 at Bridgeton, Cumberland Co., New Jersey.1 
Death*29 November 1976Deborah A. Gaskill died on 29 November 1976 at age 92.3 
Burial*circa 1 December 1976She was buried circa 1 December 1976 at Overlook Cemetery, lot Di-173, Bridgeton, Cumberland Co., New Jersey.5 
Married NameHer married name was LeStourgeon.1 
Married NameHer married name was Woodlin.1 
(Witness) Family28 August 1908Homecoming
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brandriff gathered at their residence in Cedarville to hold their annual homecoming. A very enjoyable time was spent by all among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Brandriff, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Everingham of Heislerville; Mr. and Mrs. George Woodlin, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woodlin, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Woodlin, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woodlin, Mrs. John Nichols, Mrs. Webster Gandy, and Mrs. Brown, of Philadelphia; Misses Bessie Nichols, Helen Woodlin, Dorothy Gandy, Etta Stiles and Alice Stiles, Harry Everingham and Lewis Everingham of Heislerville, John Everingham, Alfred Everingham, Kenneth Gandy and Melvin Woodlin.
--Bridgeton Evening News, 28 Aug 1908.6 
(Witness) Death7 November 1929She witnessed the death of John Howard Woodlin on 7 November 1929 at 154 Walnut St., Bridgeton, Cumberland Co., New Jersey; at the home of father-in-law Samuel Gaskill, 8:30PM Thursday night. J. Howard Woodlin, residence 154 Walnut St., Bridgeton, Cumberland Co. Husband of Deborah Woodlin. Born 22 July, 1877, order clerk at Heiney & Dauch, Gloucester, NJ. Died 7 Nov 1929, age 52, of tuberculosis pulmonary of 2 years duration.
Burial at Overlook Cemetery, Bridgeton on 11 Nov. 1929. W. F. Garrison, undertaker. Parents listed as George Wooldin and Hannah Everingham, both born in NJ. Witness is Deborah Woodlin.3,7,8 

Census Data

DateLocationDetail
1910Cedarville, Lawrence Twp., New JerseyDeborah A. Gaskill appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of Jesse Stiles at Cedarville, Lawrence Twp., New Jersey.9

Family

 John Howard Woodlin b. 22 July 1877, d. 7 November 1929
Marriage*circa 1902Deborah A. Gaskill married John Howard Woodlin, son of George H. Woodlin and Hannah M. Everingham, circa 1902.1 
Child 1.Merlvin Woodlin10,11 b. 18 Aug 1903, d. 9 Aug 1921

Citations

  1. [S111] Elizabeth Bowen Howey.
  2. [S276] Unknown author, Baptismal Certificate, original in possession of Robert T. Howey 3/2/2003. Robert acquired it from his mother, Elizabeth Bowen Howey. Deborah A. Woodlin is listed as Merlvin's mother.
  3. [S120] Unknown author, Overlook Cemetery, Bridgeton, cemetery markers.
  4. [S61] Newspaper notice, Death notice for J. Howard Woodlin, lists him as father-in-law.
  5. [S120] Unknown author, Overlook Cemetery, Bridgeton, cemetery markers, Information provided by Overlook Cemetery in April 2012 lists Merlvin Woodlin 7 Jan 1904- 9 Aug 1921 and J. Howard Woodlin 7 Nov 1877 - 7 Nov 1929 buried in lot Di-173.

    Grave visit found that Merlvin is buried with J. Howard Woodlin and Deborah Gaskill listed as "our son".
  6. [S561] Bridgeton Evening News, 28 Aug 1908.
  7. [S131] Unknown author, Family member response to request for famliy information., Handwritten notes handed down to Elizabeth Bowen Howey. In my collection.
  8. [S106] Death Certificate, J. Howard Woodlin, residence 154 Walnut St., Bridgeton, Cumberland Co. Husband of Deborah Woodlin. Born 22 July, 1877, order clerk at Heiney & Dauch, Gloucester, NJ. Died 7 Nov 1929, age 52, of tuberculosis pulmonary of 2 years duration.
    Burial at Overlook Cemetery, Bridgeton on 11 Nov. 1929. W. F. Garrison, undertaker. Parents listed as George Wooldin and Hannah Everingham, both born in NJ. Witness is Deborah Woodlin.
  9. [S60] 1910 United States Federal Census, Name:     Jesse Stiles
    Titles and Terms:
    Event Type:     Census
    Event Year:     1910
    Event Place:     Lawrence, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
    District:     116
    Gender:     Male
    Age:     42
    Marital Status:     Married
    Race:     White
    Race (Original):     White
    Relationship to Head of Household:     Head
    Relationship to Head of Household (Original):     Head
    Birth Year (Estimated):     1868
    Birthplace:     New Jersey
    Immigration Year:
    Father's Birthplace:     New Jersey
    Mother's Birthplace:     New Jersey
    Sheet Number and Letter:     3B
    Household ID:     76
    Line Number:
    Affiliate Name:     The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
    Affiliate Publication Number:     M1283
    GS Film number:     1374888
    Digital Folder Number:     004330863
    Image Number:     00625

    Household     Gender     Age     Birthplace
    Head     Jesse Stiles     M     42     New Jersey
    Wife     Mattie E Stiles     F     34     New Jersey
    Daughter     Mellie B Stiles     F     17     New Jersey
    Daughter     Alice K Stiles     F     13     New Jersey
    Daughter     Etta E Stiles     F     11     New Jersey
    Head     Lewis R Brandriff     M     43     New Jersey
    Wife     Sarah K Brandriff     F     45     New Jersey
    Brother     Issac H Brandriff     M     49     New Jersey
    Brother-in-law     Alfred Everimgham     M     52     New Jersey
    Boarder     Howard Moolin Or Woolin     M     31     New Jersey
    Boarder     Deborah Moolin Or Woolin     F     26     New Jersey
    Boarder     Mehlbin Moolin Or Woolin     M     6     New Jersey

    Citing this Record:
    "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKTD-B9X : accessed 22 Oct 2013), Jesse Stiles, Lawrence, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet , family 76, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374888.
  10. [S120] Unknown author, Overlook Cemetery, Bridgeton, cemetery markers, He is buried with J. Howard Woodlin and Deborah Gaskill listed as "our son".
  11. [S276] Unknown author, Baptismal Certificate, original in possession of Robert T. Howey 3/2/2003. Robert acquired it from his mother, Elizabeth Bowen Howey.

Lovice Gaskill1

F
Last Edited23 Oct 1999
Marriage*Lovice Gaskill married Nathaniel Bowen, son of Thomas Bowen and Penelope Aldrich.1 
Married NameHer married name was Bowen.1 

Family

 Nathaniel Bowen b. 29 January 1767
Child 1.James Bowen+1 b. 7 Jul 1789

Citations

  1. [S19] e-mail address.

Samuel Gaskill1

M
Last Edited16 Mar 2003
Marriage*Samuel Gaskill married Amelia (?).2 
(Witness) Death7 November 1929Samuel Gaskill witnessed the death of John Howard Woodlin on 7 November 1929 at 154 Walnut St., Bridgeton, Cumberland Co., New Jersey; at the home of father-in-law Samuel Gaskill, 8:30PM Thursday night. J. Howard Woodlin, residence 154 Walnut St., Bridgeton, Cumberland Co. Husband of Deborah Woodlin. Born 22 July, 1877, order clerk at Heiney & Dauch, Gloucester, NJ. Died 7 Nov 1929, age 52, of tuberculosis pulmonary of 2 years duration.
Burial at Overlook Cemetery, Bridgeton on 11 Nov. 1929. W. F. Garrison, undertaker. Parents listed as George Wooldin and Hannah Everingham, both born in NJ. Witness is Deborah Woodlin.3,4,5 

Census Data

DateLocationDetail
23 January 1920Bridgeton, New JerseySamuel Gaskill appeared on the census of 23 January 1920 at Bridgeton, New Jersey.2

Family

 Amelia (?) b. 1863
Child 1.Deborah A. Gaskill+1 b. 10 Sep 1884, d. 29 Nov 1976

Citations

  1. [S61] Newspaper notice, Death notice for J. Howard Woodlin, lists him as father-in-law.
  2. [S44] 1920 United States Federal Census, Samuel J. Gaskill household, 1920 Census, Roll: T625_1026 , page 8B, ED 138 Gaskill, Samuel J Age: 60, Birthplace: New Jersey, wife Amelia, 57, also born NJ.
  3. [S120] Unknown author, Overlook Cemetery, Bridgeton, cemetery markers.
  4. [S131] Unknown author, Family member response to request for famliy information., Handwritten notes handed down to Elizabeth Bowen Howey. In my collection.
  5. [S106] Death Certificate, J. Howard Woodlin, residence 154 Walnut St., Bridgeton, Cumberland Co. Husband of Deborah Woodlin. Born 22 July, 1877, order clerk at Heiney & Dauch, Gloucester, NJ. Died 7 Nov 1929, age 52, of tuberculosis pulmonary of 2 years duration.
    Burial at Overlook Cemetery, Bridgeton on 11 Nov. 1929. W. F. Garrison, undertaker. Parents listed as George Wooldin and Hannah Everingham, both born in NJ. Witness is Deborah Woodlin.

Sarah Gaskill

F, b. 2 June 1779, d. 9 November 1816
Last Edited20 Apr 2003
MarriageSarah Gaskill married an unknown person.  
Birth*2 June 1779She was born on 2 June 1779 at Burlington Co., New Jersey. 
Marriage*February 1806She married William Troth, son of Paul Troth and Mary Hillman, in February 1806 at Burlington Co., New Jersey. 
Death*9 November 1816Sarah Gaskill died on 9 November 1816 at age 37. 
Note*Person Source.1 
Married NameHer married name was Troth. 

Family

 William Troth b. 9 July 1784
Children 1.Ezra Troth
 2.S. William Troth b. 18 May
 3.John B. Troth b. 16 Jul
 4.Joseph Gaskill Troth b. 17 Jan 1806
 5.Paul Troth b. 16 Apr 1807
 6.Mary Troth b. 11 Sep 1808
 7.Sarah Troth b. 20 Jun 1813

Citations

  1. [S310] Unknown author, from the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol II, William Matlock's Bible, p 575.

Maria Gasparic (Gaschparitsch)

F
Last Edited27 Jun 2001
Marriage*Maria Gasparic (Gaschparitsch) married (Kunschler) Blasius Podplatnik. 
Married NameHer married name was Podplatnik. 

Family

 (Kunschler) Blasius Podplatnik
Child 1.Franz Podplatnik+ b. 9 Nov 1841, d. 18 Nov 1910

Josip Gasparinic1

M
Last Edited15 Sep 2001
(Witness) Marriage5 November 1913Josip Gasparinic witnessed the marriage of Nicholas Mrak and Katarina Kucaic on 5 November 1913 at Lovran, Croatia.1 

Citations

  1. [S90] Unknown author, Marriage Certificate, Fedarativna Narodna Republika Jugoslavije - Narodna Republika Hrvastka. Izvod iz maticne knjige vjencanih. This is based on a translation by Robert Howey on 15 Sep. 2001. Marriage certificate copy date 23.IV 1952. Marriage appears to be 5 Nov. 1913. Nokola Mrak, born 28.II.1885 born Lovran, father Mrak Franjo and mother Angela r. Ruzic married Mrak r. Kucaic Katarina born Lovran 15.VII.1887 father Kucaic Franjo and mother Antonija r. Dobrec. Witness Josip Gasparinic and Ivan Anicic. Offciating Ivan Luk.

Thomas Gasper1

M, b. circa 1660, d. 1710
Last Edited21 Jul 2013
Marriage*Thomas Gasper married (?) Vandevere, daughter of Phillip Vandevere. 
Marriage*Thomas Gasper married Mary (?).2 
Birth*circa 1660Thomas Gasper was born circa 1660 at Germany.3 
Marriage*before December 1688He married Ann (?) before December 1688 at Delaware.4 
Deathcirca October 1692Thomas Gasper died circa October 1692 at New Castle Co., Delaware.2 
Probate*5 October 1692His estate was probated on 5 October 1692 at New Castle Co., Delaware; Name: Thomas Gasper Will Made Date: 22 Jul 1692 Will Probate Date: 5 Oct 1692 Will Book: Misc Page: 1. 76 Comment: Wife, Mary. Exc. wife, Mary Gasper.5 
Death*1710He died in 1710.6 
Note*Burials in Old Cohansey German Presbyterian Graveyard at Cohansey [Cumberland Co., NJ] from Early Records of Cumberland County New Jersey, Charlotte Meldrum, Family Line Publications (now Willow Bend Books), 1998, p. 45.
Lawrence Casper, d. Mar 1810 aged 90 years, son of Johannes, who had a farm with a German graveyard on it near the church town on the Delaware River in 1714. Johannes's father, Thomas Kaiser [this must be Casper/Gasper as his children are known by Casper] arrived at Philadelphia, Aug. 20, 1683 on the ship American, lived until 1710.
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Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph B. Strassburger and William J. Hinke, published in 1934 by the Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA.
The first ship, of which a record has survived bringing a larger number of Germans to Philadelphia, was the ship "America," Captain Joseph Wasey, which landed at Philadelphia on August 20, 1683. It brought Francis Daniel Pastorius, the leader of a colony of German Mennonites, who came in two sections. The smaller number came in this first ship, in the company of Pastorius. They were: Jacob Schumacher, George Wertmüller, Isaac Dilbeck, his wife Mariette and two boys, Abraham and Jacob, Thomas Gasper, Conrad Bacher (alias Rutter) and an English maid Frances Simpson. They had left Rotterdam May 4th and Gravesend June 6, 1683
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http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7439/
"George Wertmuller also fell down extremely hard, Thomas Gasper had an eruption of the body, the English maid had the erysipelas, and Isaac Dilbeck, who according to outward appearance was the strongest, succumbed for the greatest length of time."
Source: Francis Daniel Pastorius, Positive Information from America, concerning the Country of Pennsylvania, from a German who has migrated thither; dated Philadelphia, March 7, 1684, trans. J. Franklin Jameson, in Albert Cook Myers, ed., Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey, and Delaware, 1630–1707 (New York, 1912), 392–411. 
NoteThe German and Dutch Mennonites on the ship Concord were from Crefeld and Kriegsheim. 
NoteSource states Thomas Gasper/Casper who came with Pastorius in 1683 was from an unstated place unstated in Holland or Germany.7 
Name Variation Thomas Gasper was also known as Thomas Kaiser.3 
Immigration*20 August 1683He immigrated on 20 August 1683 to Ship American, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; The following text and dates and ship names are from the book Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph B. Strassburger and William J. Hinke, published in 1934 by the Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA.

The first ship, of which a record has survived bringing a larger number of Germans to Philadelphia, was the ship "America," Captain Joseph Wasey, which landed at Philadelphia on August 20, 1683. It brought Francis Daniel Pastorius, the leader of a colony of German Mennonites, who came in two sections. The smaller number came in this first ship, in the company of Pastorius. They were: Jacob Schumacher, George Wertmüller, Isaac Dilbeck, his wife Mariette and two boys, Abraham and Jacob, Thomas Gasper, Conrad Bacher (alias Rutter) and an English maid Frances Simpson. They had left Rotterdam May 4th and Gravesend June 6, 1683.|R2|r|Pxvi|p.1,3,8 
Will*22 July 1692He left a will on 22 July 1692 at New Castle Co., Delaware; Name: Thomas Gasper Will Made Date: 22 Jul 1692 Will Probate Date: 5 Oct 1692 Will Book: Misc Page: 1. 76 Comment: Wife, Mary. Exc. wife, Mary Gasper.5 

Family 1

 Mary (?)
Marriage*He married Mary (?).2 

Family 2

 Ann (?)
Marriage*before December 1688Thomas Gasper married Ann (?) before December 1688 at Delaware.4 

Family 3

 (?) Vandevere
Marriage*Thomas Gasper married (?) Vandevere, daughter of Phillip Vandevere. 
Child 1.Johannes Casper+9 b. c 1695

Citations

  1. [S162] Unknown author, Web Page, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/7010/…
  2. [S251] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Will of Thomas Gasper, New Castle County, Delaware Wills, 1682-1800 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800. Wilmington, DE: - , 1911.
  3. [S150] Unknown author, Early Records of Cumberland County New Jersey, Burials in Old Cohansey German Presbyterian Graveyard at Cohansey, p.45. Lawrence Casper, d. Mar 1810 aged 90 years, son of Johannes, who had a farm with a German graveyard on it near the church town on the Deleware River in 1714. Johannes's father, Thomas Kaiser arrived at Philadelphia, Aug. 20, 1683 on the ship American, lived until 1710.
  4. [S577] Crane Hook on the Delaware, p. 100. "Ann Lemmens was granted administration of her husband's
    estate. She had remarried before December 20/30, 1688, when
    "Thomas Gasper and Anneky Lemmens his wife" acknowledged
    in court a deed of that date to Henry Evertson for a house and
    lot in Crane Hook."
  5. [S251] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, New Castle County, Delaware Wills, 1682-1800 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800. Wilmington, DE: - , 1911.
  6. [S150] Unknown author, Early Records of Cumberland County New Jersey, Burials in Old Cohansey German Presbyterian Graveyard at Cohansey, p.45. Lawrence Casper, d. Mar 1810 aged 90 years, son of Johannes, who had a farm with a German graveyard on it near the church town on the Deleware River in 1714. Johannes's father, Thomas Kaiser arrived at Philadelphia, Aug. 20, 1683 on the ship American, lived until 1710.
  7. [S162] Unknown author, Web Page, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digitalbookshelf/28366115/…
    p. 411.
  8. [S162] Unknown author, Web Page, http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7439/
    “Compare the Ship that bore them hither with Noah’s Ark: Francis Daniel Pastorius Describes his impressions of Pennsylvania, 1683
    by Francis Daniel Pastorius
    Francis Daniel Pastorius arrived in Pennsylvania in 1673, commissioned by the Frankfort Land Company and a group of German merchants to obtain 15,000 acres of land for a settlement in the new colony of Pennsylvania. Pastorius, well educated in European universities, reported back to his friends in Germany. This report was later published as Positive Information From America, concerning the Country of Pennsylvania by a German who Traveled There (1684), a promotional tract to encourage other Germans to immigrate. Pastorius found the journey to be difficult but the prospects attractive. He remarked notably upon the ethnic and religious complexity of the colony. Pennsylvania attracted many colonists seeking religious freedom and communal prosperity. Pastorius went on to lead settlement of Mennonites and Quakers at Germantown.
    
    To fulfill my duty as well as my promise made at my departure I will somewhat more fully state what I have found and noted of these lands; and since I am not unaware that by imperfect relations many of you have been misinformed, I give my assurance beforehand that I with impartial pen and without deceptive additions will set forth faithfully both the inconveniences of the journey and the defects of this province, as well as that plentifulness of the same which has been praised by others almost to excess. For I desire nothing more in my little corner of the earth than to walk in the footsteps of Him who is the way, and to follow His holy teachings, because He is the Truth, in order that I may forever enjoy with Him eternal life.
    I. Accordingly I will begin with the voyage, which is certainly on the one hand dangerous on account of the terror of shipwreck, and on the other hand very unpleasant on account of the bad and hard fare; so that 1 now from my own experience understand in a measure what David says in the 107th Psalm, that on the sea one may observe and perceive not only the wonderful works of God, but also the spirit of the storm. As to my voyage hither, I sailed from Deal on the tenth of June with four menservants, two maidservants, two children, and one young boy. We had the whole way over, for the most part, contrary winds, and never favorable for twelve hours together; many tempests and thunderstorms. Also the foremast broke twice, so that it was ten weeks before we arrived here; yet sat citò, si sat bene, considering that it seldom happens that any persons arrive here much more quickly. The Crefelders, who arrived here on October 6, were also ten weeks upon the ocean, and the ship that set out with ours from Deal was fourteen days longer on the voyage, and several people died in it. The Crefelders lost a grown girl between Rotterdam and England, whose loss however was re¬placed between England and Pennsylvania by the birth of two children. On our ship, on the other hand, no one died and no one was born.
    Almost all the passengers were seasick for some days, I however for not more than four hours. On the other hand I underwent other accidents, namely, that the two carved lugs over the ship’s bell fell right upon my back, and on the 9th of July during a storm in the night I fell so severely upon my left side that for some days I had to keep to my bed. These two falls reminded me forcibly of the first fall of our original parents in Paradise, which has come down upon all their posterity, and also of many of those falls which I have undergone in this vale of misery of my exile. Per varios casus, etc. But praised be the fatherly hand of the divine mercy which lifts us up again so many times and holds us back that we fall not entirely into the abyss of the evil one. George Wertmuller also fell down extremely hard, Thomas Gasper had an eruption of the body, the English maid had the erysipelas, and Isaac Dilbeck, who according to outward appearance was the strongest, succumbed for the greatest length of time. So I had a small ship hospital, although I alone of the Germans had taken my berth among the English. That one of the boatmen became insane and that our ship was shaken by the repeated assaults of a whale, I set forth at length in my last letter.
    The rations upon the ship were very bad. We lived medice ac modice.Every ten persons received three pounds of butter a week, four cans of beer and two cans of water a day, two platters full of peas every noon, meat four dinners in the week and fish three, and these we were obliged to prepare with our own butter. Also we must every noon save up enough so that we might get our supper from it. The worst of all was that both the meat and the fish were salted to such an extent and had become so rancid that we could hardly eat half of them. And had I not by the advice of good friends in England provided myself with various kinds of refreshment, it might perhaps have gone very badly for me. Therefore all those who hereafter intend to make the voyage hither should take good heed that they either, if there are many of them, procure their own provisions, or else agree distinctly with the captain as to both quantity and quality, how much food and of what sort they are to receive each day; and to hold him down the more completely to this agreement, one should reserve some small part of the passage money, to be paid on this side. Also when possible one should arrange with a ship which sails up to this city of Philadelphia, since in the case of the others which end their voyage at Upland, one is subjected to many inconveniences.
    My company on board consisted of many sorts of people. There was a doctor of medicine with his wife and eight children, a French captain, a Dutch cake baker, an apothecary, a glassblower, a mason, a smith, a wheelwright, a cabinetmaker, a cooper, a hatmaker, a cobbler, a tailor, a gardener, farmers, seamstresses, etc., in all about eighty persons besides the crew. They were not only different in respect to age (for our oldest woman was sixty years of age and the youngest child only twelve weeks) and in respect to their occupations, as I have mentioned, but were also of such different religions and behaviors that I might not unfittingly compare the ship that bore them hither with Noah’s Ark, but that there were more unclean than clean (rational) animals to be found therein. In my household I have those who hold to the Roman, to the Lutheran, to the Calvinist, to the Anabaptist, and to the Anglican church, and only one Quaker…..
    IV. Philadelphia daily increases in houses and inhabitants, and presently a house of correction will be built in order that those who are not willing to live in a Philadelphian manner may be disciplined, for some such are to be found to whom fittingly applies what our dear friend mentions in his letter, that we have here more distress from the spoiled Christians than from the Indians. Furthermore, here and there other towns are laid out; for the [Free] Society [of Traders] is beginning to build about an hour and a half from here one [town] bearing the name of Frankfort, where they have erected a mill and a glass factory. Not far from there, namely two hours from here, lies our Germantown, where already forty-two people are living in twelve dwellings. They are mostly linen weavers and not any too skilled in agriculture. These good people laid out all their substance upon the journey, so that if William Penn had not advanced provisions to them, they must have be¬come servants to others. The way from here to Germantown they have now, by frequent going to and fro, trodden out into good shape. Of that town I can say no more at present than that it lies on black rich soil and is half surrounded with pleasant streams like a natural defence. The chief street therein is sixty feet wide and the cross street forty. Every family has a house lot of three acres.
    V. As to the inhabitants, I cannot better classify them than into the native and the engrafted. For if I were to call the former savages and the latter Christians, I should do great injustice to many of both varieties. Of the latter sort, I have already mentioned above, that the incoming ships are not altogether to be compared with Noah’s Ark. The Lutheran preacher, who ought as a statua Mercuralis to show the Swedes the way to heaven, is, to say it in one word, a drunkard. Also there are coiners of false money and other vicious persons here, whom nevertheless, it may be hoped, the wind of God’s vengeance will in his own time drive away like chaff. . . .
    The first [Indians] who came before my eyes were those two who at Upland came in a canoe to our ship. I presented them with a dram of brandy. They attempted to pay me for it with a sixpence, and when I refused the money they gave me their hands, and said, “Thank you, brother.” They are strong of limb, swarthy of body, and paint their faces red, blue, etc., in various ways. In the summer they go quite naked, except that they cover their private parts with a piece of cloth, and now in winter they hang duffels upon themselves. They have coal-black hair, while the Swedish children born here have hair snow-white.
    I was once dining with William Penn where one of their kings sat at table with us. William Penn, who can speak their language fairly fluently, said to him that I was a German, etc. He came accordingly on the third of October, and on the twelfth of December another king and queen came to my house. Also many of the [Indian] common people over-run me very often, to whom however I almost always show my love with a piece of bread and a drink of beer, whereby an answering affection is awakened m them and they commonly call me “Teutschmann,” [German] also ”Carissimo" (that is, brother). N.B. Their language is manly and in my opinion is little inferior to the Italian in gravity, etc. As to their manners and nature, one must so to speak sub-distinguish between those who have associated for some time with the so-called Christians and those who are just beginning to come forth out of their burrows. For the former are crafty and deceitful, which they owe to the above-mentioned nominal Christians. Semper enim aliquid haeret. Such an one lately offered me his strap as security that he would bring me a turkey, but in its place he brought an eagle and wished to persuade me that it was a turkey. When however I assured him that I had seen many eagles he acknowledged to a Swede who stood by that he had done it out of deception, in the belief that because we had lately come into the land I should not know such birds so accurately. Another at my fireside tested the brandy thus: he stuck his finger into it and then put the latter into the fire to see whether water had been mingled with the liquor. Those of the second class, on the contrary, are of a reasonable spirit, injure nobody, and we have nothing whatever to fear from them. . . .
    Of those persons who came hither with me, a half dozen are already dead. I and mine, however, have throughout the whole time found ourselves in good condition and good appetite, except that Isaac Dilbeck has for a week been somewhat indisposed, and Jacob Shoemaker on the first of October cut his foot severely with an ax and was for a week unable to labor. Of the Crefelders, no one has died thus far, except Herman op den Graef V’s decrepit mother, who, soon after her arrival, wearied of the vanities of the world, departed to enjoy the delights of heaven. The wife of Abraham Tunesen, our farm tenant, has now lain for more than two months in my cottage very weak, and was for some time quite unconscious but now bids fair to get well.
    Now as to the purchased land. It is divided into three kinds. First, 15,000 acres lying together in one piece, on a navigable stream. Secondly, 300 acres within the city liberties, which is the stretch of land between the Delaware and the Schuylkill. Thirdly, three lots in the town, on which to build houses. When after my arrival I applied to William Penn for warrants, to measure off these three kinds, and to obtain possession of them, his first answer respecting this was:….
    III. Concerning the fifteen thousand acres, two chief difficulties arose, namely, that William Penn did not wish to give them all together in one piece in order that so very large a space in the land might not lie uncultivated and empty, nor on the Delaware River, where indeed everything had already been taken up by others. But after I had repeatedly represented to him both orally and in writing that it would be very prejudicial to us and our German successors to be so completely wedged in among the English, and likewise that B. Furly had communicated to the [Frankfurthers] his William Penn’s letter in which he had promised otherwise to our nation, etc., he finally gave me a warrant to have our land in one tract, provided that we within a year would settle thirty families upon the fifteen thousand acres, namely, three townships, each of ten households, among which might be reckoned the three which are already here (but in case thirty families do not come he will not be bound to give the land in one piece). I for my small part could indeed wish that we might have a small separate province, and so might the better protect ourselves against all oppression….
    As for my domestic household, I very much wished to arrange it in the good High German manner and Jacob Schuemacher and the old Swiss are very serviceable to me toward this purpose. But the Hollanders whom I have with me adapt themselves but ill to this, especially the maid, who cannot get on well with the English one, so that I, to preserve the peace, must send the latter away because the former with her two children cannot so easily remove or attach herself to another master. I greatly desire to obtain as soon as possible a High German maid….
    But if the things I have mentioned do not come too hard for you, depart the sooner the better from the European Sodom, and remember Lot’s wife, who indeed went forth with her feet but left her heart and inclinations there….
    I remain ever your true and devoted servant,
    [Francis Daniel Pastorius]
    Source: Francis Daniel Pastorius, Positive Information from America, concerning the Country of Pennsylvania, from a German who has migrated thither; dated Philadelphia, March 7, 1684, trans. J. Franklin Jameson, in Albert Cook Myers, ed., Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey, and Delaware, 1630–1707 (New York, 1912), 392–411.
  9. [S150] Unknown author, Early Records of Cumberland County New Jersey, Burials in Old Cohansey German Presbyterian Graveyard at Cohansey, p.45. Lawrence Casper, d. Mar 1810 aged 90 years, son of Johannes, who had a farm with a German graveyard on it near the church town on the Delaware River in 1714. Johannes's father, Thomas Kaiser arrived at Philadelphia, Aug. 20, 1683 on the ship American, lived until 1710.

Philip George Gaunt1

M, b. 6 August 1894
Last Edited19 Apr 2008
ChartsDescendants of Robert Howey
Birth*6 August 1894Philip George Gaunt was born on 6 August 1894.1 
He was the son of William Gaunt and Anna L. Howey.1 
Name Variation Philip George Gaunt was also known as Philip George Gaunt.2 

Citations

  1. [S400] Google Books, online http://books.google.com, The Quaker Ogdens in America: David Ogden of Ye Goode Ship "Welcome" and His ... By Charles Burr Ogden, Published 1898, Printed by J.B. Lippincott company, Ogden family (David Ogden, 1655-1705), 245 pages, Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Digitized Jul 17, 2007. p.157.
  2. [S412] The Quaker Ogdens in America, page 158.

William Gaunt1

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Last Edited19 Apr 2008
Marriage22 February 1889William Gaunt married Anna L. Howey, daughter of Jacob Channing Howey and Rebecca Lippincott, on 22 February 1889.2 
Marriage*22 February 1889William Gaunt married Anna L. Howey, daughter of Jacob Channing Howey and Rebecca Lippincott, on 22 February 1889.1 
Name Variation William Gaunt was also known as William Gaunt.2 

Family

 Anna L. Howey b. 15 January 1864
Child 1.Philip George Gaunt3 b. 6 Aug 1894

Citations

  1. [S400] Google Books, online http://books.google.com, The Quaker Ogdens in America: David Ogden of Ye Goode Ship "Welcome" and His ... By Charles Burr Ogden, Published 1898, Printed by J.B. Lippincott company, Ogden family (David Ogden, 1655-1705), 245 pages, Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Digitized Jul 17, 2007. p.158.
  2. [S412] The Quaker Ogdens in America, page 158.
  3. [S400] Google Books, online http://books.google.com, The Quaker Ogdens in America: David Ogden of Ye Goode Ship "Welcome" and His ... By Charles Burr Ogden, Published 1898, Printed by J.B. Lippincott company, Ogden family (David Ogden, 1655-1705), 245 pages, Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Digitized Jul 17, 2007. p.157.

Eliza Gauntt

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Last Edited20 Apr 2003
Marriage*Eliza Gauntt married Abel Evans, son of Samuel Evans and Rachel Sharp. 
Note*Person Source.1 
Married NameHer married name was Evans. 

Family

 Abel Evans
Child 1.Anna Eliza Evans b. 11 Jun 1850, d. 13 Apr 1925

Citations

  1. [S303] Wilbur H. Haines e-mail address, HAIE8AE GenServ database.

Reuben Gauntt1

M, b. 1765, d. after 27 August 1860
Last Edited18 Dec 2003
Birth*1765Reuben Gauntt was born in 1765 at New Jersey.1 
Marriage*14 January 1841He married Mary Venable on 14 January 1841 at Burlington Co., New Jersey.2 
Death*after 27 August 1860Reuben Gauntt died after 27 August 1860.1 

Census Data

DateLocationDetail
27 August 1860Evesham Twp., New JerseyReuben Gauntt and William Venable appeared on the census of 27 August 1860 at Evesham Twp., New Jersey.3

Family

 Mary Venable b. circa 1820

Citations

  1. [S40] 1860 US Federal Census, Reuben Gauntt household, p 1130, Burlington Co., Evesahm Twp., NJ., lines 1-4, contains William Venable, 25, male, farm laborer, born NJ.
  2. [S162] Unknown author, Web Page, Burlington Co. Library Web site site newspaper index. Marriage notice in Burlington Gazette and NJ Agric Register, Jan. 29, 1841, p.3 col. 2. Reuben T. Gauntt married Mary Venable 14 Jan. 1841.
  3. [S40] 1860 US Federal Census, Reuben Gauntt household, p 1130, Burlington Co., Evesham Twp., NJ., lines 1-4, contains William Venable, 25, male, farm laborer, born NJ.

Anne Francoise Gauron Or Goron

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Anne Francoise Gauron

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Anne Francoise Gauron

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Last Edited4 May 1998

Anne Francoise Gauron

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Last Edited4 May 1998

Anne Francoise Gauron

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Last Edited4 May 1998

Anne Francoise Gauron

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Last Edited4 May 1998

Anne Francoise Gauron

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Last Edited4 May 1998