"A" Culbertson Families of Ireland

"A" CULBERTSON FAMILIES OF IRELAND

Compiled By: James H. Culbert
Last Revised: 22 Jul 2005


    1. Alexander CULBERTSON came from Ireland with his unknown father as a boy c. 1782, and lived at Washington County, Pennsylvania. lrc1  He married and they had:
      1.1 James CULBERTSON lrc1
      1.2 Thomas CULBERTSON lrc1
      1.3 Alexander CULBERTSON; (b. 1792; d. 1880) lrc1
      1.4 John CULBERTSON lrc1
      1.5 Elias CULBERTSON lrc1
      1.6 Joseph CULBERTSON lrc1
      1.7 Jane CULBERTSON; (b. 1803) lrc1
      1.8 Sarah CULBERTSON lrc1
    1. Alexander CULBERTSON; m. Martha DINSMORE; early 1800s they lived in Ballywattick Lower townland, Ballymoney Parish, County Antrim, Ireland wd They had:
      1.1 William CULBERTSON wd
      1.2 Robert CULBERTSON wd
      1.3 John CULBERTSON wd
      1.4 Margaret CULBERTSON wd
      1.5 Martha CULBERTSON wd
      1.6 Nancy CULBERTSON wd
      1.7 Alexander CULBERTSON wd
      1.8 James CULBERTSON wd
    Alexander CULBERTSON; 1861, lived in Ballywattick Lower townland, Ballymoney Parish, County Antrim, Ireland 1861  [Note: This may be the same person as the Alexander CULBERTSON shown above, child 1.7 of Alexander CULBERTSON and Martha DINSMORE.]
    1. Alice CULBERTSON; m.c. 1720, Joseph PARK (b.c. 1700, Ireland, s/o Arthur and Mary PARKE).  Joseph came from Balleybegly, County Donegal, Ireland and emigrated to Pennsylvania with his family, then moved to South Carolina (the 96th District, which for a time was also in North Carolina) in the mid-1750s or before.  They had:
      1.1 George PARK; (b. 1728, Chester Co., PA; d. 1805, Union Co., South Carolina)
        1.1.1 James PARK; (b. 1756; d. 1828 or 1829); m. [Jane RUSSELL or ENJOY jp] or [Jean DAVIDSON kph]
          1.1.1.1 James PARK
          1.1.1.2 Joseph PARK
          1.1.1.3 George Storey PARK gsp
          1.1.1.4 Jane PARK
          1.1.1.5 Ephraim PARK
          1.1.1.6 Margaret PARK; (b. 1787); m. Andrew LEEPER, s/o John LEEPER and Elizabeth DAVIDSON [see John PARKE, below in the footnote. kph]
        1.1.2 Joseph PARK; (b. 1764); m. Jane CULBERTSON, d/o Robert CULBERTSON  See 1.3.6 Robert CULBERTSON at William CULBERTSON Descendants
      1.2 John PARK
      1.3 Arthur PARK
      1.4 Robert PARK
      1.5 Culbertson PARK
      1.6 Margaret PARK
      1.7 Samuel PARK
      [Note: all of the above provided by kph except as otherwise noted.]
    1. Andrew CULBERTSON; (d. 1749); landowner of Augusta County, Virginia ofrcm
    2. Reverend Ira CULBERTSON; m. Mary Catherine MATNEY; of Scott County, Virginia.  They had: ofrcm
      2.1 David Johnston CULBERTSON; (b. 2 Feb 1853); from Scott County, Virginia; came to Huntsville c. 1885; m. Cordelia SKAGGS (b. 25 Mar 1871, d/o W.C.W. SKAGGS, of Huntsville; d. 17 Jul 1902)
        2.1.1 Mary CULBERTSON; m. 12 Oct 1912, Columbia, James KLINK, s/o John Phillip KLINK
        2.1.2 Susanna CULBERTSON; m. 25 Jul 1912, George JACKSON; (b. 6 Aug 1890, s/o Eugene and Ella JACKSON; d. 23 Nov 1968).  After George died, Susannah lived with her sister in Baldwin Park, California.
    3. Livingston CULBERTSON; founded Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri ofrcm
    Andrew CULBERTSON; (b.c. 1791; d. 1875, age 84, County Donegal, Ballyshannon Registration District, Vol. 12, p. 1) proni
    Andrew CULBERTSON, 1857, County Donegal, Kilbarron Parish, Laheen townland gv
    Andrew CULBERTSON, 1857, County Donegal, Kilbarron Parish, townland Ballyshannon/Bishop-Street gv
    Anne CULBERTSON; (b.c. 1806; d. 1886, age 80, County Tyrone, Omagh Registration District, Quarter 1, Vol. 2, p. 244) proni

Notes

1861 1861 Griffiths Valuation, Ballywattick Lower Townland, Ballymoney Parish, County Antrim, p. 134.  Viewed Jan 2003 at: Click Here  [See also Sarah CULBERTSON, same location.]

gsp George S. PARK came to Pickens County, Alabama by way of Kentucky.  1806 census, found in Hopkins County.  In the 1830's he is buying land in Greene County, Alabama, next to Pickens County.

gv Griffith's Primary Valuation, 1848-1864  1857 for County Donegal.  Index available.  Compiled by Richard Griffith, the Commissioner of Valuation, this resource lists the prime lessee and the lessor of every property, both buildings and land, in Ireland.  Under each townland or street is given a brief description of each property, with the acreage and the valuation due.  It was a tax, based upon the productive capacity of the land and the rent potential of the buildings.  It was initially intended to raise money for the maintenance of the poor and destitute of each parish, including the upkeep of the local workhouse.  Because Griffith's Valuation was taken about one generation after the Tithe Applotment (1828-1838), where the same family is found for the same townland in both records, it suggests a possible link.  As married women did not have property rights in the 1800s, any woman named was either a widow or a spinster (never married).  This survey serves as a default for the 1851 national census, which no longer exists.

jp James PARK's will states: 18 Feb 1828, will of James PARK of Union District, farmer...my wife Jane to enjoy the dwelling house, furniture, etc. and negroes (named); after the death of my wife, hand and negroes to be sold and money arising to be divided as directed: my eldest son James, a full share at his mothers death, provided he pay Joseph PARK as he has promised to do; Joseph a second son, a full share; George a third son, a full share; Jane, a full share, deducting $700 her husband has given his note to me with interest; Ephraim, a son, a full share; my friends, Joseph GUION(?), Andrew LEIPER, Executors.  Witnesses: John WRIGHT, James S. MCWHERTER, Mary WRIGHT.  Proven and recorded 4 Aug 1829, Union County, South Carolina.

kph Kaye Park Hinckley, Dothan, Alabama (a descendant of George S. PARK, as seen below)  [Email: KPH5 at aol.com]  Last Contact: May 2001.

    1. Arthur PARKE; (b.c. 1678, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland); emigrated to Pennsylvania from Ballybegly, County Donegal, Ireland, where he and his wife, Mary Esther JACK and family most likely lived for some years before the trip over to America.  Arthur's descendants married into the families of <>, DAVIDSON, MCKNIGHT, NOBLE or NOBLITT, DUGAN, JOHNSTON, MCCRACKEN, HARPER, CAMPBELL, MCBRIDE, MAYES, HODGE or HOGGE, WILSON, and also some PARK cousins.  By the mid 1750's, Kaye's direct ancestors descended from these families were in the Fairforest area of South Carolina.  Later members migrated to Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama.  They had:
      1.1 Joseph PARK; (b.c. 1700, Ireland)
      1.2 John PARKE; m. Ann NOBLITT
        1.2.1 Mary PARK; m. John DAVIDSONJohn DAVIDSON, Sr.
          1.2.1.1 Elizabeth DAVIDSON; (b. 1761); m. John LEEPER
            1.2.1.1.1 Andrew LEEPER; m. Margaret PARK, d/o James PARK and Jean DAVIDSON

lrc1 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., 1893, Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families, The Courier Company, Zanesville, Ohio, Section Eighth, p. 286.

ofrcm "Old Families of Randolph County, Missouri, A People's History," Howard Wight Marshall, 1976, Randolph County Historical Society, Moberly, Missouri, section on "Culbertson - Klink", by Mary Culbertson Klink, pp. 84-86.  The following quotes come from this:
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"The marriage of James KLINK to Mary CULBERTSON took place in Columbia, October 12, 1912.  Her father was David Johnston CULBERTSON, born February 2, 1853 from Scott County, Virginia.  David lived with his uncle & aunt, the Livingston CULBERTSONs of Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri.  Livingston CULBERTSON was a prominent farmer, founder of the town of Rich Hill.  After 10 years David came to Huntsville, about 1885.  There he married Cordelia SKAGGS, d/o W.C.W. SKAGGS of Huntsville.  Cordelia SKAGGS CULBERTSON was born March 25, 1871 and died July 17, 1902.  Mary KLINK's paternal grandparents were Reverend Ira CULBERTSON & Mary Catherine MATNEY of Scott County, Virginia." [p. 86]
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"The CULBERTSON descent is from a distinguished American patriot family.  Mary KLINK traces her ancestry to Andrew CULBERTSON(sic), landowner of Augusta County, Virginia in 1753.  The family came to America from Londonderry, Ireland.  They settled in Kennet Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  This is established by tax records & wills proved.  Her ancestor(sic), Andrew CULBERTSON, died in 1749, a wealthy landowner of the Cumberland Valley.  Still earlier, c. 1665, the family had entered from Scotland into Ireland, giving her a Scots-Irish record."
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"Mary KLINK's sister, Susanna CULBERTSON married George JACKSON on July 25, 1912.  George JACKSON was born August 6, 1890, and died November 23, 1968.  He was son of Eugene and Ella JACKSON, & the grandson of Judge Burkhart & wife of Huntsville.  George's widow lived in Baldwin Park, California".
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"Mary & Susanna's father left the family in their childhood.  Their mother died when they were young girls.  The John Phillip KLINKs took Mary into their family, and later she married the bachelor KLINK son in 1912."
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"Mary continued to live in the old KLINK home after her husband's death until her departure for California to live with her sister a few years ago."

proni Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Civil Registration Index Volumes, Marriages 1845 to 1873 and Deaths 1864 to 1895.  [Note: for the death records, the birth year is estimated from age and year of death.]

wd Will of William DINSMORE, who died in 1818 in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland.  William had emigrated to Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and later returned to Ireland c. 1800.  He married Jean BLAIR and they had no children.  Thus, all of his siblings, nieces, and nephews are mentioned in his will.

wrr Will of Robert ROSS, Diocese of Derry, Written 20 Jan 1759, Proved at the District Registry in the city of Londonderry, 1771.  The text follows:
"In the name of God Amen.  The twentieth day of Jenuary one thousand seven and fifty nine being sick of body But sound of memorey do mak and ordain this my last will and testement as folouth, viz. I leave my soul to God and my body intarrd at the church of Churchminester at the discration of my executors.  2ndly I leave my wife Agness CULBERTSON otherwise ROSS the one half of hir dwellinghous as she shall chus togither with hir garden and one cows graising free and one barrall of shilling and one half barrall and one hundred of turf cut woon and drawn by Oliver and Andrew if she should chus to live seprat from Andey every year during her life togither with the third part of all my goods and chattls; and sole heire and to have the deviding of what clos is in this hous and to have the rents of the hous of Straban during her life if Robert dos not com home.  3dly I leave my son James twenty shillings ster and one old pot.  4thly I leave my son Samuel ROSS the third of my lands as he now possesses and one English shilling.  5thly I leave my son Oliver the third part of my land stockt and sown as usuall.  6thly I leave my daughter Betey thirtey punds star.  7thly I leave my daughter Margret one pound ten shillings.  8thly I leave John WILLSON one shilling star together with the remainder of his portion that is yet unepaid.  9thly I leave my sone Robert ROSS ten pounds of the hous in Straban providing he coms hom and is in want otherwise to be sould and eqully devided betwixt my three sons Samuel Oliver and Andrew.  Roberts want to be judged by my executors the said hous not to be sold untill after their mothers death.  10thly I leave my son Andrew the full third part of my land stocked and sown as usell; but is to live with his mother so long as she shall think prober to stay or live with him.  11thly I order if aney of my children now unmarried shall dispose of themselves in marriage unregolair; or without the consent of executors that their part shall be eqully devided as my executors shall think proper.  12thly I order that if aney of my sons shall mak a seall of their lands that the others brothers shall have the preference.  13thly I order if Samuel or Oliver or Andrew shall dye without ishew that that part shall be devided equally to the other too and lastly I constitute and apoynt James ROSS and Hugh FULTON and Jas CULBERTSON and Agnes my wife executors to see this my last will and testament put in execution given under my hand and seal the day and yeare above written.

his  mark

Robert "R" ROSS

witnesses present Jas CULBERTSON John WILLSON Hugh FULTON

The above will was proved in common form of law and probat therof granted to Jas CULBERTSON and Jas ROSS exors saving ye right of the widdow, they being first duly sworn this day 25th 1771 May."


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