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This is not a traditional surname index. These names represent our main lines and also represent the lines for which we have the most information. Some of that information is from personal research and some through the kindness of other researchers. In some cases the other sourced information is a result of published genealogies. I try to give credit, but please forgive me if I overlook someone - please know it is purely unintentional. If the narrative information seems to match the information you have for the same surname, click on the link provided in the left column. Each link will take the reader to the oldest known immigrant for that line. From there one can follow the links forward and backward, as provided. Know that the information provided is unique to our direct ancestor lines. I do have information on several of the sibling lines and will be happy to correspond with you. |
ANDERSON |
Locales: County
Ulster, Ireland; Augusta Co., VA
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George Anderson, Sr.
was born circa 1720 in County Ulster, Ireland and by 1740
was in Augusta County, VA when his second child was
born. In his will, dated 12 June 1784, he names as
one of his heirs his son-in-law, Adam GUTHERY.
The 1810 Cumberland County, KY census
shows Adam's son George and family. He appears again
in the 1820 Cumberland census, but by 1830 he and his
family are found in Fayette County, IL. George's
daughter, Mary Ann, husband David SIDWELL,
and family moved to Fayette County, IL circa
1830-1832. It was there in 1835 their daughter
Margret was born. By 1850 David, Mary Ann, and
family were located in Fabius Township, Davis County,
IA. In February 1858 Margret married Conrad Moots THARP in Davis County, IA. Their
daughter Mary Lucinda married Benjamin Baker ELDER in Davis County in 1880 and
their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Significant information supplied by fellow Guthrie researcher Floyd Owsley, web site - http://owslfl.tripod.com/adamguthrie/ |
BAKER |
Locales: New York;
Bradford Co., PA; Jackson Co., OH; Davis Co., IA
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The 1850 and 1860
censuses for Jackson County, OH identify Benjamin's
birthplace as New York state. Benjamin's wife, Lucia
Phinney, was also born in New York and her father died in
Broome County, NY when Lucia was only 8. It is
likely Benjamin was born in that immediate area.
Benjamin appears in the 1830s in the Bradford
County, PA area. According to Canton Township,
Bradford County tax records a Benjamin Baker acquired 10
acres of improved land and 40 acres of unimproved land
from a Silas E. Shepard in 1834. Benjamin also had 1
cow and had a total tax of $130. In the following
year, 1835, Benjamin was listed as having owned 70 acres
of unimproved land and 2 cows, with a tax bill of $113.
In 1836, Benjamin was listed as having transferred
to Chas. Finney/Phinney (Lucia's brother) all 70 acres.
What appears to be Benjamin is listed as head of
household in the 1820 Greenfield Township, Luzerne County,
PA census with a female of an age who could be his widowed
mother. In the 1830 Windham Township, Luzerne
County, PA census there is a Benjamin as head of household
with a female of 15 and under 20 (Lucia was only 15 years
when they married in 1830).
Benjamin's family was still in Luzerne
County, PA in the 1840 census but moved to Jackson County,
OH between 1844 and 1850. Daughter Marcia Jane Baker
married Alexander Johnson ELDER in
1850 in Jackson County, OH and remained there for some
years after Alexander's parents and siblings moved to
Iowa. Circa 1860 Alexander and family moved to Davis
County, IA where he raised a family of 7 there before
dying in 1905. Their son Benjamin Baker Elder (named
after his maternal grandfather) married Mary Lucinda THARP in 1880 Davis County, and their
daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
A fellow researcher of the Wyoming Valley area of Pennsylvania, Tom A. Foreman, provided the information on the land and tax transactions in Bradford County. |
BLACK |
Locales: York Co.,
PA; Loudoun & Fauquier Counties, VA; Greenbrier &
Cabell Counties, VA (now WV)
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Abraham Black is
first identified as Abraham Schwartz, hence the
possibility that he was born in Germany. This line
first makes an appearance with the baptism of son Peter at
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in York County, PA.
Shortly after this time Abraham Schwartz is found in
Loudoun County, VA parish tithe lists, where he is also
noted as Abraham Black, and then is found in Fauquier
County, VA Personal Property Tax records by their
inception in 1782, and is now referred to as Abraham
Black.
Abraham's family moves from Fauquier to
Greenbrier County, VA (now WV) in 1793. Daughter
Elizabeth Black marries William SAXTON
in 1801 in Greenbrier County and the family is located in
Cabell County, VA (now WV) upon its creation in
1809. Their son William Sexton married Mary JARRETT circa 1822-1824 in Cabell
County and relocates to Sangamon County, IL in 1828.
Their son Calvary served in the Mexican War then
married Nancy Young DODD in 1847 upon
return to Sangamon County. They then relocate to
Mahaska County, IA circa 1855. Their son Pierson
Ulysses Simpson Grant Sexton is born there and marries
Mary Eleanor FARR there in
1888. Their daughter Lena Hazel married Harley Clark
ROBERTSON in Mahaska County in
1907 and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in 1927 in Wapello County,
IA.
Others who have helped with this line include significant help from William Reed and Robin Black. See also the related story on this site The Black Family of Greenbrier County, WVa |
BLAKELY |
Locales: Ireland;
Botetourt Co., VA; Knox Co., TN; Morgan & Sangamon
Counties, IL
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Charles Blackley was
probably born in Ireland about 1736. There is some
question about this date, however, because it would make
him nearly 40 before his first child was born. His
wife was probably named Margaret Davis.
Nothing is known of Charles Blackley until
1770, when he appeared as a taxpayer in Botetourt County,
Virginia. In fact it is not certain that this
Charles was the same man that later lived in Knox County,
Tennessee. It is known, however, that the Blakely
family lived in Virginia in the 1770's, that this Charles
was probably the only Charles Blackley or Blakely in
Virginia during this time, and that he disappeared about
the same time Charles appeared in Knox County, TN.
Charles Blackley's Knox County, TN will of
1816 names 11 children, including daughter Agnes
Dodd. Agnes married William L. DODD,
Sr. before 1799 in TN. and by 1840 they had migrated to
the Morgan/Sangamon County, IL area. Their son
Josiah married Elizabeth Duncan in Jefferson County, TN in
1824 and migrated with his parents to Sangamon County,
IL. Josiah's daughter Nancy Young Dodd married
Calvary T. SEXTON in Sangamon
County, IL in 1847 after his discharge from service in the
Mexican War.
Calvary and Nancy then relocate to Mahaska
County, IA circa 1855. Their son Pierson Ulysses
Simpson Grant Sexton is born there and marries Mary
Eleanor FARR there in 1888.
Pierson's daughter Lena Hazel married Harley Clark ROBERTSON in Mahaska County in
1907 and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in 1927 in Wapello County,
IA.
Much information gleaned from "The Charles Blackley Family of Knox County, Tennessee, Vol. I" by Gregory M. Perry, Amundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, IA, 1991. |
CATON |
Locales: Anne Arundel
Co., MD; Washington Co., PA; Coshocton Co., OH; Mahaska Co.,
IA
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Under Construction - not all ancestors have been added
yet
This family got its
American start with the importation of Theophilus Kitton
to Maryland in 1675. He settled in Anne Arundel
County, MD and the next two generations lived and died
there. The generation after that began to wander and
over time the name morphed from Kitton to Kitten to Caton.
Great-grandson Thomas Kitten was born
likely between 1740-1750 in Anne Arundel County, MD.
During his lifetime the surname slowly morphed to
Caton. He married Susanna PLUMMER
and they had 7 children after moving to Amwell Township,
Washington County, PA. He died young in 1795 and the
children kept their families in the area while widow
Susanna was alive.
Son George Caton was born circa 1774 in
Amwell Township, Washington County, PA and married Jemima
? circa 1793 and they also had 7 children. In 1832
their son Gabriel purchased land in Coshocton County, OH,
followed by a couple of brothers. Their sister
Catherine married Joseph FARR in PA
circa 1820 and this family followed the Caton brothers,
and her parents to Coshocton County circa 1834.
Their son Joseph Farr, Jr. married Ellen FUNK in Coshocton County, and in 1854
they, along with Joseph's widowed mother, moved to Mahaska
County, IA. Their daughter Mary Eleanor Farr married
in Mahaska County, IA in 1888 to Pierson Grant SEXTON. Their daughter Lena
Hazel married Harley Clark ROBERTSON
in 1907, and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd
Wayne MORRISON in Wapello County,
IA in 1927.
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CHITWOOD |
Locales: Hereford,
England; Northumberland & Cumberland Counties, VA; North
Carolina; Knox Co., TN; Brown Co., IN; Poweshiek Co., IA
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Land grants of
Northumberland County, VA 20 April 1695 showed that an
Elizabeth Banks sold headrights on nine people to Captain
Thomas Eskridge. Among the nine was her servant
Matthias Chetwood. Mrs. Elizabeth Banks a widow in
Northumberland County brought in her servant to court to
have his age judged and it was judged 14 years old, which
meant that he was born about 1681, being born in Hereford,
England.
Matthias married Mary KEY
and they had 6 children. Captain James Chitwood, son
of Matthias and Mary (Key) Chitwood and brother to Richard
Chitwood, was a Tory during the Revolutionary War and was
captured and hung after the battle of King's Mountain NC.
Richard was born 1722 in Virginia, married
Winney Randolph and died in North Carolina. Of their
children was a son named James who married a Martha White
in North Carolina. A daughter of James and Martha,
Winnie Webb Chitwood (evidently named after her
grandmother), was born in North Carolina and married
Stephen ROBERTSON in 1800 in
Knox County, TN and the family moved to Brown County, IN
in 1828.
Their son Lazarus died in the Mexican
War. A son of Lazarus and Jane Leeper, William Riley
Robertson married Elizabeth Jane Bailey in Monroe County,
IN in 1849. Their son William Parker Robertson was
born in Monroe County and was married in Poweshiek County,
IA in 1871 to Sarah KNOX. Their
son Harley Clark married Lena Hazel SEXTON
in Mahaska County, IA in 1907, and their daughter Glenna
Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON
in Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Much information gleaned from "Descendants of Matthias Chitwood", compiled by I. O. Chitwood and published 1986 by Helen Chitwood in cooperation with Reuben Chitwood. |
COGHLAN |
Locales: Maryland;
Warren Co., OH; Keokuk Co., IA
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According to his son
Daniel on the 1900 census, James Coghlan was born in
Maryland. He went to Warren County, OH around 1804,
since he was the first school teacher in Salem Township in
1804. In March of 1806 with consent from her father,
Thomas Watson, James married Peggy Watson. They had
five children.
Isaac Watson Coghlan was born in Warren
County in 1809 and married Phebe Watkins there in
1830. They had a family of 10 children there before
Phebe died in 1850. Isaac migrated to Keokuk County,
IA circa 1855. In 1859 in Keokuk County he married
Lydia Easton and had a second family of 6 children.
One of the children of this second family, Mary M.,
married Nelson WATERHOUSE in
Keokuk County in 1884 and their daughter Icie Blanche
married Emil Edward DAHLSTROM in
1912 in Keokuk County. Emil's son Melvin Floyd
married Arlene Florence ZIMMERMAN
in 1940.
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DAHLSTROM/ ANDERSSON |
Locales: Sweden; St.
Paul, MN; Ishpeming, MI; Keokuk Co., IA
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When Andrew
immigrated in 1887 his name was Andrew (Anders) August
Andersson. On the same ship was Anna Lovisa GRUND and both were headed to St.
Paul, MN. When they wed in St. Paul 3 months later
they were wed as Anderson. Their first child (maybe
two) of a total of 10 children were born as
Anderson. Then, for some reason, they changed their
name to Dahlstrom while in Ishpeming, MI. By late
1891 they had settled in What Cheer in Keokuk County, IA.
In 1912 Keokuk County Andrew's son Emil
Edward Dahlstrom married Icie Blanche WATERHOUSE, and in 1940 their son
Melvin Floyd married Arlene Florence ZIMMERMAN
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DEMPSEY |
Locales: Ireland;
Chester & Northumberland Counties, PA; Jackson Co., OH;
Wapello & Davis Counties, IA
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Cornelius Dempsey I
came from Ireland (Clan Maliere) circa 1760-1770 and
settled in Pennsylvania. He fought in the
Revolutionary War as a private under Capt. William Harris,
Chester County, PA militia 1780-1781 and died from an
accident on his Northumberland County, PA farm in
1786. His children and wife lived in (then)
Northumberland County, west of Lewisburg in Buffalo
Valley. His sons and daughter migrated to Wellston,
Jackson County, OH in 1810 then in 1837 the sons went to
Knox County, IL where they, and several generations of
Dempseys, homesteaded.
My line is through the daughter, Mary A.,
who married Robert ELDER, Sr. in
Northumberland County, PA before moving to Jackson County,
OH. There is a petition at the Orphan's court in
Northumberland County, PA filed April 27, 1796.
James Dimpsey and Jonathan Dimpsey sons of Cornelius
Dimpsey petitioned the court to appoint Robert Elder as
their guardian. Robert, Sr. and Mary had 12
children. Robert Jr. married Rachel McKINNIS circa 1827 in Jackson
County and had a family before moving to Wapello County,
IA circa 1854. His son Alexander Johnson Elder,
married Marcia Jane BAKER in Jackson
County, OH in 1850 and remained there for some years after
Robert and his family moved to Iowa.
Circa 1860 Alexander and family moved to
Davis County, IA where he raised a family of 7 there
before dying in 1905. Their son Benjamin Baker Elder
married Mary Lucinda THARP in 1880
Davis County, and their daughter Florence Belle married
John Clayton MORRISON in 1902
Davis County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne
married Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON
in Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Assistance for the Dempsey line came from Derrel Dempsey and the Dempsey Genealogical Exchange |
DIXON |
Locales: County
Armagh, Ireland; New Castle Co., DE
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Henry Dixon and wife
Rose came from Ireland to New Castle County, PA (now
Delaware) in 1688. According to the Marriage Book of
Lurgan Monthly Meeting, Ireland, "William Dixson and
Isabelle Rea, both of Parish of Sego, County Armagh,
Ireland, were married at the house of Roger Webb, Prish of
Sego, 5 Mo. 4, 1683. Among those who signed the marriage
certificate were Henry Dixson, Rose Dixson, Thomas Harlan,
and Isabelle Logan." Henry, it is said, kept an inn
at New Castle and had three children.
William was married second about 1690 to
Ann GREGG, daughter of William
Gregg, who, it is believed, also came from the north of
Ireland. William Dixon was a weaver by trade and
settled on Red Clay Creek, in Chrisitana Hundred, New
Castle County, DE. Their son Henry married Ruth
Jones in 1715 in New Castle County. Henry and Ruth
had six children, one of whom was Martha who married
William TATE in New Castle County in
1753. In 1774 in Chester County, PA, daughter Hannah
Tate married Solomon THARP.
Hannah was christened in the Quaker Church, but was
disowned by the church for marrying a Baptist (Solomon
Tharp). By 1780 Solomon Tharp moved his young family
to Culpepper County, VA where the rest of his children
were born.
Solomon's son Nathan married in Virginia
then moved to South Carolina where his first 3 children
were born, then to Logan County, OH circa 1810 where his
other 3 children were born. His sons Abner and and
Henry married MOOTS sisters and
moved to Davis County, IA circa 1840, settling there while
Iowa was still a territory (Iowa became a state in 1846).
It is in Davis County, IA in February 1858
that Conrad Moots Tharp, son of Abner and Sarah Moots
Tharp, married Margret SIDWELL.
Their daughter Mary Lucinda married Benjamin Baker ELDER in Davis County in 1880 and
their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
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DODD |
Locales: Nelson &
Amherst Counties, VA; Knox Co., TN; Morgan & Sangamon
Counties, IL; Mahaska Co., IA
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John Dodd made a will
in Nelson County, Virginia, March 29, 1803. In that
will he names his wife and 8 children. Son Josiah,
Sr. married Mary LUTTRELL in
Amherst County, VA circa 1774. Between 1795-1799
this Dodd family made their way to Knox County, TN.
Likely Josiah, Sr. and Mary were there by 1799 since all
the children of their son William L., Sr. were born in
Knox County.
William L., Sr. married Agnes BLAKELY before 1799 in TN. By
1840 they had migrated to the Morgan/Sangamon County, IL
area. Their son Josiah married Elizabeth Duncan in
Jefferson County, TN in 1824 and migrated with his parents
to Sangamon County, IL. Josiah's daughter Nancy
Young Dodd married Calvary T. SEXTON
in Sangamon County, IL in 1847 after his discharge from
service in the Mexican War.
They then relocate to Mahaska County, IA
circa 1855, and Josiah and Elizabeth accompany their
daughter and son-in-law. Calvary and Nancy's son
Pierson Ulysses Simpson Grant Sexton is born there and
marries Mary Eleanor FARR there in
1888. Their daughter Lena Hazel married Harley Clark
ROBERTSON in Mahaska County in
1907 and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in 1927 in Wapello County,
IA.
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ELDER |
Locales:
Northumberland Co., PA; Jackson Co., OH; Wapello & Davis
Counties, IA
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This Elder family is
clearly identified as living in Northumberland County, PA
in the 1790 census and again as renting pew #31 in the
Presbyterian Church at Buffalo Cross Roads. In this
same timeframe, Robert Elder, Sr. married Mary A. DEMPSEY. Circa 1810 the Robert
Elder, Sr. family migrated to Jackson County, OH when Ohio
was yet wild territory. There Robert Jr. married
Rachel McKINNIS circa 1827 and
had a family before moving to Wapello County, IA circa
1854. His son Alexander Johnson Elder, married
Marcia Jane BAKER in Jackson County,
OH in 1850 and remained there for some years after Robert
and his family moved to Iowa.
Circa 1860 Alexander and family moved to
Davis County, IA where he raised a family of 7 there
before dying in 1905. Their son Benjamin Baker Elder
(named after his maternal grandfather) married Mary
Lucinda THARP in 1880 Davis County,
and their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
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FARR |
Locales: Fayette Co.,
PA; Coshocton Co., OH; Mahaska Co., IA
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When Joseph Farr died
in Mahaska County, IA 30 March 1916, his obituary gave
many clues to who his parents and wife were and where they
had lived. "Jos. Farr Sr., son of Joseph and
Catherine Farr, was born March 2, 1827 in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania and died March 30th, 1916, aged 89 years 28
days (Catherine is Catherine CATON
born 1799 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
PA). The death of Mr. Farr makes the passing away of
the last one of the old family of four brothers and four
sisters.
He came with his parents, when seven years
of age to Avendale, Coshocton county, Ohio. Soon
after his father died, he and his eldest brother were then
mothers only support.
Nov. 15th, 1853, he was united in marriage
with Ellen FUNK, daughter of Jacob
and Annie Funk. To this union were born six
children, three of which proceeded him to the Spirit
Land." Joseph and Ellen migrated to Mahaska County,
IA in March 1856.
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FINNEY/PHINNEY |
Locales: England;
Plymouth & Barnstable Counties, MA; Bristol, RI; NY; PA;
Jackson Co., OH
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As stated by Howard
Finney in his book below, "According to Plymouth, Mass.,
records, John Finney was in that town as early as 1630
with his mother, his brother Robert, and his sister
Catherine. Tradition has it that the father died
while crossing the sea. No definite information has
been found as to the boat upon which they arrived or their
place of birth in England. Some investigators claim
that the family came from Wales and others that they were
from Pontypool in Monmouthshire, a county which once
belonged to Wales but was taken over by Henry VIII to
become a part of England early in the 16th century."
His son Jeremiah, along with his father
and siblings Jonathan and Joshua, went to Rhode Island and
their descendants form the so-called Bristol branch of the
Finneys. Jeremiah married Esther Lewis in 1684 and
they had 11 children. Their son John was born in
Bristol in 1696 and married Mary Campbell there in
1715. Together they had 12 children, including
Charles born 1734 in Norton, Bristol County, MA.
Charles married second Anne Campbell in
1758. He enlisted for service in the Indian War in
1758 and later went to Shrewsbury, VT. Charles and
Anne had three children, the third being Apollus,
Sr. Apollus married Phoebe Buck, and died in 1823 in
Broome County, NY. Some of his children changed the
spelling of their name to Phinney, one of whom being Lucia
(Lucy) who married Benjamin Baker. They migrated to
Jackson County, OH where their daughter Marcia Jane
married Alexander Johnson ELDER in
1850 and remained there for some years after Alexander's
father, Robert, and his family moved to Iowa.
Circa 1860 Alexander and family moved to
Davis County, IA where he raised a family of 7 there
before dying in 1905. Their son Benjamin Baker Elder
(named after his maternal grandfather) married Mary
Lucinda THARP in 1880 Davis County,
and their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Much assistance offered by the book "Finney-Phinney Families in America" from the notebooks of Howard Finney, Sr., 1957, reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA. |
FORSYTH |
Locales: County Down,
Ireland; Westmoreland Co., PA; Wapello Co., IA
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John Forsyth, third
son of George Forsyth and Mary Patterson of Ballymagough,
Parish of Morne, County Down, Ireland, born September
1788; married 1813 to Elizabeth, second daughter of
William McKinley and Jane Thompson, who was born in
Camray, Parish of Clonduff, near Rathfriland, in the same
county, March 1790. John and Elizabeth had 10
chilren, 9 of whom survived to adulthood. Their
eldest surviving child, James, made his way to America
before 1843 and soon sent for the rest of his
family. In the spring of 1843 the family sailed into
the port of Philadelphia and settled in Westmoreland
County, PA.
In 1851, John, Elizabeth and some of their
children made their way down the Ohio River and up the Des
Moines River to Richland Township, Wapello County,
IA. Daughter Elizabeth stayed behind in Pennsylvania
and married Joseph MORRISON circa
1851. By 1854 they had followed her parents to
Wapello County, IA. They had only one child, a son
named John Thomas, born 1852 in Pennsylvania and who
raised a large family in Davis County, IA.
John Thomas married Nancy Rebeca FORSYTHE in Davis County, IA in
1871, and their son John Clayton married Florence Belle ELDER in Davis County in 1902.
John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in Wapello County, IA in
1927.
See also the related story on this site Forsyths of Wapello Co., IA - A New Line |
FORSYTHE |
Locales: Fayette,
Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties, PA; Davis Co., IA
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According to Glenn
Luther Forsythe below, "The earliest record located so far
shows that Thomas Forsithe acquired a warrant to purchase
a tract of land in Tyrone Township (now Perry Township),
Fayette County, Pennsylvania on January 21, 1785. In
December of the same year he obtained a patent for that
land and purchased it...Mrs. George Marsh of West Newton,
Pennsylvania, stated that Thomas tomahawked a tract of
land, probably the same tract which he later acquired by
warrant when Fayette County was first opened to
settlers. But he had to leave because of Indian
hostilities."
Thomas married Nancy Parker in Fayette
County sometime before 1779. Their third son,
Thomas, was born 1791 in Fayette County. He was a
veteran of the War of 1812 and his grave in Glassburner
Cemetery in rural Davis County, IA is so marked.
Thomas married Elizabeth (last name unknown) and settled
down in Fayette County for some time. According to
the 1830 Federal census, the couple had five or six
children, but the names of only two are known.
Son John married in Fayette County and
they had 5 children before picking up stakes and moving to
Davis County, IA in 1855. They brought his parents
with them. Their daughter Nancy Rebeca married John
Thomas MORRISON in Davis County,
IA in 1871, and their son John Clayton married Florence
Belle ELDER in Davis County in
1902. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
See also the related story on this site Forsyths of Wapello Co., IA - A New Line Much assistance was provided by the book "The Pioneer Forsythes of Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Their Descendants", Glenn Luther Forsythe, 1982, printed by The Becker Impression Company, Toledo, Ohio. |
FUNK |
Locales: Lancaster
& Washington Counties, PA; Frederick Co., VA; Coshocton
Co., OH; Mahaska Co., IA
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George Funk (Jorg
Funck) landed in Philadelphia aboard the "Snow Molly" with
a group of 47 Palatines from Rotterdam. When the
group took the oath of allegiance to the government on 26
October, 1741, he signed the record with his mark and gave
his age as 27. His wife is unknown, but they had 7
children, all born in Pennsylvania. His first born,
Peter married Catherine Frankhauser in 1771 and served in
the militia of Lancaster County in 1779 and in 1782 before
selling his property and moving to Frederick County, VA in
1785.
Their son Michael was born in Lancaster
County, PA and married Savina SLUSHER
in 1798 in Frederick County, VA. They moved to
Washington County, PA in 1805 where the rest of their 10
children were born. Michael sold his Washington
County property in 1837 and around this time his son Jacob
moved to Coshocton County, OH. Jacob married Anna
Margaret Miller in Washington County in 1832.
Nov. 15th, 1853 in Coshocton County,
daughter Ellen was united in marriage with Joseph FARR. Ellen and Joseph had six
children, three of whom survived to adulthood.
Joseph and Ellen migrated to Mahaska County, IA in March
1856.
Daughter Mary Eleanor married Pierson
Ulysses Simpson Grant SEXTON in
Mahaska County in 1888. Their daughter Lena Hazel
married Harley Clark ROBERTSON
in Mahaska County in 1907 and their daughter Glenna Hazel
married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in
1927 in Wapello County, IA.
Much assistance provided by the book "History of the Funk Family", John L. Funk, 1993, Funk Publishing Co., Columbia, MO. |
GREGG |
Locales: Ireland; New
Castle County, DE
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The Gregs were most
receptive to the teachings of William Penn when he visited
Waterford, Ireland in 1678 and converted many Scottish
settlers to the Society of Friends. So the Gregs
became Penn Quakers. As a devout adherent William
Gregg was a member of a colonial Friend group which left
southern Ireland after October 1682, possible in the ship
"Caledonia". The ship of Friends landed at Upland,
now Chester, PA, 1682. No doubt married relatives
came with William Gregg besides his wife and four small
children. They later made their way down the
Delaware River to settle that part of Christiana Hundred
bordering the Pennsylvania line.
Daughter Ann married in New Castle County,
DE in 1690 William DIXON.
William was a weaver by trade and settled on Red Clay
Creek, in Chrisitana Hundred, New Castle County, DE.
Their son Henry married Ruth Jones in 1715 in New Castle
County. Henry and Ruth had six children, one of whom
was Martha who married William TATE
in New Castle County in 1753. In 1774 in Chester
County, PA, daughter Hannah Tate married Solomon THARP. Hannah was christened in
the Quaker Church, but was disowned by the church for
marrying a Baptist (Solomon Tharp). By 1780 Solomon
Tharp moved his young family to Culpepper County, VA where
the rest of his children were born.
Solomon's son Nathan married in Virginia
then moved to South Carolina where his first 3 children
were born, then to Logan County, OH circa 1810 where his
other 3 children were born. His sons Abner and and
Henry married MOOTS sisters and
moved to Davis County, IA circa 1840, settling there while
Iowa was still a territory (Iowa became a state in 1846).
It is in Davis County, IA in February 1858
that Conrad Moots Tharp, son of Abner and Sarah Moots
Tharp, married Margret SIDWELL.
Their daughter Mary Lucinda married Benjamin Baker ELDER in Davis County in 1880 and
their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Gregg information can be found in the book "Descendants of William Gregg", Hazel May Middleton Kendall, 1944, reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA |
GRUND |
Locales: Sweden; St.
Paul, MN; Ishpeming, MI; Keokuk Co., IA
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Anna Lovisa Grund was
born 1865 in Gr�ngesberg, Grang�rde Parish, Kopparbergs
L�n, Sweden to Johan Pettersson Grund and Maja Lovisa
Ramkvist. Johan moved May 27, 1865 to Gr�ngesberg,
Grang�rde Parish, Kopparberg L�n, where he married Maja
Lovisa Ramqvist 4 weeks later and Anna Lovisa was born 2
weeks after that. Thus it is suspect that Johan is
the father of Anna, although it is possible.
According to the parish records, April 22, 1869 Johan
moved to "Amerika", leaving his family behind. He
was never heard from again.
Grund is not a Swedish name. Swedish
names follow the patrynomic pattern where the children are
named after the father's given name with son or dotter
appended. Johan's middle name, Pettersson, rightly
identifies him as Petter's son. He was the sole one
of the 8 children of Petter and Maria who took the name
Grund, and it is assumed he assumed that name from the
farm where is was born, Grundsj�hyttan Rote.
Anna immigrated to America in 1887.
On the same ship was Anders ANDERSSON
and both were headed to St. Paul, MN. When Andrew
immigrated in 1887 his name was Andrew (Anders) August
Andersson. When they wed in St. Paul 3 months later
they were wed as Anderson. Their first child (maybe
two) of a total of 10 children were born as
Anderson. Then, for some reason, they changed their
name to DAHLSTROM while in
Ishpeming, MI. By late 1891 they had settled in What
Cheer in Keokuk County, IA.
In 1912 Keokuk County Andrew's son Emil
Edward Dahlstrom married Icie Blanche WATERHOUSE, and in 1940 their son
Melvin Floyd married Arlene Florence ZIMMERMAN.
Much significant data was donated by Rolf Bj�rklund on Anna's ancestor lines. |
GUTHRIE |
Locales: Ireland;
Augusta & Fincastle Counties, VA; Sevier Co., TN;
Cumberland Co., KY; Faytette Co., IL
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Throughout his
lifetime, Adam's name was spelled Guthrie, Guthry, Guthery
and Guthrey. It appears Adam Guthrie married Mary ANDERSON, daughter of George
Anderson, about 1770. The marriage probably occurred
in or near Augusta County, VA. In 1784, George
Anderson's will was recorded in Augusta County, VA.
In his will, he names his son-in-law Adam Guthery.
Adam Guthrie was living in Fincastle County, VA in March
of 1773 when a law suit was filed against him by James
English.
Adam Guthrie was living in the Western
Territory (East Tennessee) in 1787. He was a signer
of a petition to form a new state in 1787. In 1793,
Adam received a land grant for 123 acres of land on the
north bank of the French Broad River in Greene County, NC
(now Sevier County, TN). By 1810, Adam Guthrie and
his family had moved to Cumberland County, KY. They
owned land in the vicinity of Illwill Creek which is now
in Clinton County, Kentucky. (NOTE: Clinton County was
formed from Cumberland County in 1834.) Adam Guthrie
was listed in the 1820 Census of Cumberland County, KY.
The 1810 Cumberland County, KY census
shows Adam's son George and family. He appears again
in the 1820 Cumberland census, but by 1830 he and his
family are found in Fayette County, IL. George's
daughter, Mary Ann, husband David SIDWELL,
and family moved to Fayette County, IL circa
1830-1832. It was there in 1835 their daughter
Margret was born. By 1850 David, Mary Ann, and
family were located in Fabius Township, Davis County,
IA. In February 1858 Margret married Conrad Moots THARP in Davis County, IA. Their
daughter Mary Lucinda married Benjamin Baker ELDER in Davis County in 1880 and
their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Significant information supplied by fellow Guthrie researcher Floyd Owsley, web site - http://owslfl.tripod.com/adamguthrie/ |
HOCHWARTH |
Locales: Baden,
Germany; Bureau and Henry Counties, IL; Keokuk Co., IA
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Carolina immigrated
from the village of Helmhof in Baden, Germany, arriving in
the port of New York 1 August 1882 aboard the ship
"Neckar" from the port of Bremen. On board the same
ship was August ZIMMERMAN.
They both travelled to Bureau County, IL and one year
later were married in neighboring Henry County, IL.
They had a large family, 10 children, in the Bureau and
Henry Counties area. Circa 1907 they, and 8 of the 10
children, moved to Keokuk County, IA.
According to Manfred Hochwarth, and the
Official Hochwarth Web Site, the name Hochwarth appeared
for the first time in the context with the foundation of
the village Helmhof, which was about 1712. The
Hochwarths were among the foundation families. The
first Hochwarth to our knowledge (at least up to now) is
Johann, David Simon. He is listed in the family book
of Neckarbischofsheim (1594-1810 - page 262). From
that source we know that he was born on December 14th 1732
in Helmhof. At this site it is also mentioned that
he was married to Anna, Maria, Kunigunde - daughter of
Philipp and Maria Umhau - and that he deceased November
1782. We haven't been able to find an entry about
his parents and their origin.
I was able to locate the parentage of
Carolina through church parish records for the village of
Helmhof. The linkage of her mother to her Hochwarth
ancestors was easily accomplished thanks to Manfred
Hochwarth in Germany and the other Hochwarth researchers
who have contributed to his Official Hochwarth Web Site.
A note regarding the naming convention
used for the Hochwarth and Zimmermann locations.
Early Germany geography, especially prior to the German
Empire formed in 1871, was a conglomeration of independent
entities (margratates, duchies, kingdoms, principalities,
and the like). The Zimmermanns will be referred to
as living in W�rttemberg and the Hochwarths as living in
Baden even though the further back one goes in time the
fuzzier this definition becomes. The map at this web
location published by Mike Pantel
along with an excellent history of Baden-W�rttemberg at
this site, shows how fragmented the area was prior to
1800. Clicking on the map causes it to expand to
better see the fragments. Just where
Massenbachhausen and Helmhof were in relation to the
geographic fragments is uncertain.
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HOLLINGSWORTH |
Locales: County
Armagh, Ireland; New Castle Co., DE; Chester Co., PA
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In 1682, Valentine
Hollingsworth, Sr., and his family, including son-in-law
Thomas Connaway, left Belfast for Pennsylvania. They
arrived a few months after William Penn's arrival on the
ship "Welcome". He settled on a large plantation of
nearly a thousand acres on Shelpot Creek in Brandywine
Hundred, New Castle (now Delaware) County, PA. That
Valentine was a man of ability and influence, and a
respected member of the Society of Friends, is
demonstrated by his appointment to the first Assembly of
the Province of Pennsylvania, that of 1682-83; also of the
Grand Inquest empaneled 25 October 1683 to consider the
famous case of Charles Pickering and others charged with
counterfeiting.
Eldest child of the marriage of Valentine
and Ann Ree, born 1656 at Belleniskcrannel, Ireland, was
Mary, wife of first Thomas Connaway and second Randal
Malin. The third child born to Mary and Randal,
Catherine, married George Tate 1721 in Chester County,
PA. Son William Tate married Martha DIXON. In 1774 in Chester
County, PA, daughter Hannah Tate married Solomon THARP. Hannah was christened in
the Quaker Church, but was disowned by the church for
marrying a Baptist (Solomon Tharp).
Solomon's son Nathan married in Virginia
then moved to South Carolina where his first 3 children
were born, then to Logan County, OH circa 1810 where his
other 3 children were born. His sons Abner and and
Henry married MOOTS sisters and
moved to Davis County, IA circa 1840, settling there while
Iowa was still a territory (Iowa became a state in 1846).
It is in Davis County, IA in February 1858
that Conrad Moots Tharp, son of Abner and Sarah Moots
Tharp, married Margret SIDWELL.
Their daughter Mary Lucinda married Benjamin Baker ELDER in Davis County in 1880 and
their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Information on this family can be found in the book "Descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr.", J. Adger Stewart, 1925, reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA |
IDDINGS |
Locales: Shropshire,
Wales, Great Britain; Chester Co., PA
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Richard Iddings was
born 1636 in Shropshire, England, the son of William and
Ursula Idwyns. He married Margaret Charles and they
had nine children, including son William born in
1665. Richard married second in 1683 Sarah Thomas
after the death of his first wife. In the spring of
1698 Richard and Sarah and several of his children from
the first marriage were aboard the ship "William Galley"
as it departed from the town of Rhayader upon the River
Towy, Wales and landed in Philidelphia in the fall.
Richard had been employed to establish the village of
Nantmeal in the new area.
William married Mary Moore and was the
only male offspring to carry the Iddings name
forward. William purchased the family farm at the
edge of the village of Nantmeal, Chester County, PA in
1716 and the parents died there - Richard in 1725 and
Sarah in 1727. William remained there until his
death in 1739.
The next generation began the migration of
the Iddings family from Chester County. Son Henry
was born 1727 on the farm at Nantmeal. Henry married
Mary WYNNE 1752 at Christ Church in
Philadelphia. He began acquiring land in West
Nantmeal, then sold his property in 1776 and relocated to
the wilderness of Buffalo Valley in Northumberland County,
PA. He built his log home near the confluence of
Spruce Run and Buffalo Creek. When Henry and Mary
moved to Buffalo Valley, their eldest daughter, Ann, was
23 years old and married to Cornelius DEMPSEY.
The youngest child, Thomas was just three. All the family
was raised to adulthood in the log home.
My line is through daughter, Mary A.
Dempsey, who married Robert ELDER,
Sr. in Northumberland County, PA before moving to Jackson
County, OH. There is a petition at the Orphan's
court in Northumberland County, PA filed April 27,
1796. James Dimpsey and Jonathan Dimpsey sons of
Cornelius Dimpsey petitioned the court to appoint Robert
Elder as their guardian. Robert, Sr. and Mary had 12
children. Robert Jr. married Rachel McKINNIS circa 1827 in Jackson
County and had a family before moving to Wapello County,
IA circa 1854. His son Alexander Johnson Elder,
married Marcia Jane BAKER in Jackson
County, OH in 1850 and remained there for some years after
Robert and his family moved to Iowa.
Circa 1860 Alexander and family moved to
Davis County, IA where he raised a family of 7 there
before dying in 1905. Their son Benjamin Baker Elder
married Mary Lucinda THARP in 1880
Davis County, and their daughter Florence Belle married
John Clayton MORRISON in 1902
Davis County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne
married Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON
in Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Assistance for the Iddings line came from the book "The Iddings & Their Forebears, Second Edition", The Iddings Association, 2001, printed by Casey Printing, King City, CA |
JARRETT |
Locales: Chester Co.,
PA; Kanawha, Greenbrier and Cabell Counties, WVa
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As Jarrett reseacher
Lowell Jarrett relates, David Gerrad (as it was spelled in
the records)and his wife Margaret lived in Berks County,
PA. on Owantin Creek about one mile north of present day
Highway US 422 and about three miles east of Reading,
PA. The record shows that his property was parcel
E-47 on the Platt sheet of the formation of Exeter
Township in 1750. All the property owners are
listed. There is a Lake at the eastern end of his
farm now; it is Daniel Boone Lake. The farm just to
the north was Benjamin Boone, uncle of Daniel. It is
now a restored historical exibition farm where Daniel was
born of Squire Boone. It is known from Lyman Draper
papers that the Squire Boone family left Pennsylvania
circa 1750/1751 and moved first to Linnville Creek just
north of Harrisonburg, Virginia for at least one and
perhaps two years, then moved on to the Yadkin River
valley in North Carolina. A story has Daniel at Wolf
Creek, Jarrett's Fort Greenbrier County, WVa. It is
unclear when this is supposed to have occurred, but it is
not likely during this trip. Daniel was in Virginia
many times in his life and it is possible he wa there
since he was about the same age as Jesse (son of David and
Margaret), and was their neighbor in PA.
David and Margaret had twelve children,
and several of the children began to wander early.
James, child number 10 and son number 4, married at
approximately age 19, circa 1769, Elizabeth
Griffith/Griffey in Greenbrier County, VA (what later
became Monroe County, WVa). When James died in 1822,
he had over 1500 acres along Muddy Creek, Greenbrier
County, a large house and significant possessions,
including cash.
The eldest child of James and Elizabeth
Jarrett was David, born about 1770 in Greenbrier County,
VA (what later became Monroe County, WVa). He
married Sallie Mitchell prior to 1795 in Greenbrier
County. By 1816 David and his family are in Cabell
County, (West) Virginia where he purchased 161 1/2 acres
from Thomas and Abigail Morris along Mud River.
Nearby was the William Saxton family who had moved to the
area in 1813. David died circa 1826 in Cabell
County, at which time his wife is mentioned in estate sale
records as Elizabeth.
Daughter Mary Jarrett married William SEXTON circa 1822-1824 in Cabell
County and relocates to Sangamon County, IL in 1828.
Their son Calvary served in the Mexican War then married
Nancy Young DODD in 1847 upon return
to Sangamon County. They then relocate to Mahaska
County, IA circa 1855. Their son Pierson Ulysses
Simpson Grant Sexton is born there and marries Mary
Eleanor FARR there in 1888.
Their daughter Lena Hazel married Harley Clark ROBERTSON in Mahaska County in
1907 and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in 1927 in Wapello County,
IA.
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KEY |
Locales: England;
Northumberland Co., VA
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Richard Key, Sr. was
of St. Paul, Covent Garden, London, England. Richard
was the son of Ralph Key as evidenced by a land entry
dated 20 Oct. 1663 whereby one John Choate assigned land
to Richard Key: "100 acres to Richard Key, son of Ralph
Key, deceased". He immigrated to Northumberland
County, VA before 1694. (His son, Philip, is the
ancestor of Francis Scott Key.) Richard married Mary
Cartwright in 1695 and together they had seven children.
Daughter Mary married Matthias CHITWOOD, Sr. in Northumberland
County, VA in 1711 and they had 6 children. Captain
James Chitwood, son of Matthias and Mary (Key) Chitwood
and brother to Richard Chitwood, was a Tory during the
Revolutionary War and was captured and hung after the
battle of King's Mountain NC.
Richard was born 1722 in Virginia, married
Winney Randolph and died in North Carolina. Of their
children was a son named James who married a Martha White
in North Carolina. A daughter of James and Martha,
Winnie Webb Chitwood (evidently named after her
grandmother), was born in North Carolina and married
Stephen ROBERTSON in 1800 in
Knox County, TN and the family moved to Brown County, IN
in 1828.
Their son Lazarus died in the Mexican
War. A son of Lazarus and Jane Leeper, William Riley
Robertson married Elizabeth Jane Bailey in Monroe County,
IN in 1849. Their son William Parker Robertson was
born in Monroe County and was married in Poweshiek County,
IA in 1871 to Sarah KNOX. Their
son Harley Clark married Lena Hazel SEXTON
in Mahaska County, IA in 1907, and their daughter Glenna
Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON
in Wapello County, IA in 1927.
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KITTEN |
Locales: Anne Arundel
Co., MD; Washington Co., PA; Coshocton Co., OH; Mahaska Co.,
IA
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See CATON
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KNOX |
Locales: Scotland;
Stratford Co., NH; York Co., ME; Mercer Co., IL; Poweshiek
Co., IA
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According to W. B.
Lapham, "The Nock or Knox family, which was quite numerous
in Dover, N. H., a hundred and fifty years ago, has
entirely disappeard from that ancient town, and there is
nothing but faded and almost illegible records, and a
marsh which still, as it was two hundred years ago, is
known as "Nock's marsh," are found to indicate that
families of this name ever lived there. Among the
quite early settlers of Dover was a man called Thomas
Nock. This was the way he wrote his name and his
original signature may yet be seen in the archives of
Rockingham county at Exeter. He was a young man when
he came to Dover, and was a farmer. Just when he
came or in what ship is unknown. If he stopped in
Boston, he left no record there. He was taxed in
Dover in 1662-5, but he had doubtless then been there some
years and had married. Among those whom young Knox
found at Cocheco, was Henry Tibbets, who had a family of
grown up sons and daughters. One of those, Rebecca
Tibbetts, became the wife of Thomas Knox. The year
they were married is not known. Thomas Knox had a
grant of land in 1652. He died as the result of an
accident, October 29, 1666, leaving a widow and five
children, the youngest being only about eight months old.
His descendants continued to reside in
Dover and the vicinity for nearly a century. Such
was the case for Thomas' second son Sylvanus, born 1657 in
Dover married 20 April 1677 to Elizabeth Emery.
Likewise with their son Zachariah, Sr., born about 1689 in
Somersworth, Stratford County, NH, and married to Sarah
Pinkham. Their son Joseph, Sr. was born 1717 and
married Mary Jones.
Their son William began the migration from
Hew Hampshire. He was born 1748 and married Sarah
Alley in Dover on 19 October 1775, but died 1851 in
Berwick, York County, ME. Their son Moses, Sr. began
the "far west" migration. He was born 1782 in Dover,
married Susannah Perkins in York County, ME on 24 November
1803 in York County, ME, and died 1856 in Mercer County,
IL. Their son John William was born about 1822 in
Franklin County, ME, married Elizabeth Clark on 15 March
1843 in Mercer County, IL, and died June 1885 in Phillips
County, KS.
Their daughter Sarah was born in Mercer
County and was married in Poweshiek County in 1871 to
William Parker POBERTSON.
Their son Harley Clark married Lena Hazel SEXTON in Mahaska County, IA in 1907,
and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in Wapello County, IA in
1927.
Significant information gained from the book "Thomas (Nock) Knox of Dover, N. H., in 1652 and Some of His Descendants", compiled by W. B. Lapham, 1890. |
LUTTRELL |
Locales: England;
Ireland; Prince William, Amherst, and Westmoreland Counties,
VA; Knox Co., TN
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The Luttrell name is
believed to descend from Norman origins, which is often
confused with French origins. In reality, the
Normans were descended from the Vikings of
Scandanavia. The original Luttrell immigrant,
Robert, was from County Dublin, Ireland, and arrived in
Prince William Co., VA circa 1665. There he married
Anne Preston. Their second son Simon, Sr. was born
there about 1682, married Elizabeth Canfield Pierce about
1705-1710, and died 1723 in Westmoreland County, VA.
Their third child, and second son John, was born 1712,
married Frances Patience Sanford in 1734, and died 1795,
all in Westmoreland County.
Their eldest child, son Richard, Sr., was
born 1735 in Westmoreland County, married Sarah Churchwell
there in 1754, and died 1790 in Amherst County, VA.
Daughter Mary married Josiah DODD,
Sr. in Amherst County, VA circa 1774. Between
1795-1799 this Dodd family made their way to Knox County,
TN. Likely Josiah, Sr. and Mary were there by 1799
since all the children of their son William L., Sr. were
born in Knox County.
William L., Sr. married Agnes BLAKELY before 1799 in TN. By
1840 they had migrated to the Morgan/Sangamon County, IL
area. Their son Josiah married Elizabeth Duncan in
Jefferson County, TN in 1824 and migrated with his parents
to Sangamon County, IL. Josiah's daughter Nancy
Young Dodd married Calvary T. SEXTON
in Sangamon County, IL in 1847 after his discharge from
service in the Mexican War.
They then relocate to Mahaska County, IA
circa 1855, and Josiah and Elizabeth accompany their
daughter and son-in-law. Calvary and Nancy's son
Pierson Ulysses Simpson Grant Sexton is born there and
marries Mary Eleanor FARR there in
1888. Their daughter Lena Hazel married Harley Clark
ROBERTSON in Mahaska County in
1907 and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in 1927 in Wapello County,
IA.
|
McKAY |
Locales: County
Londonderry, Ireland; Ontario Province, Canada; Philadelphia
Co., PA; Mercer Co., IL; Keokuk Co., IA
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Samuel McKay, Sr. was
born in County Londonderry, Ireland, the son of William
McKay and Margaret Loughery. Sam was one of seven
children, all of whom emigrated from Northern Ireland - 3
to live and die in Canada and the others to live and die
in the U.S. Sam married Margaret Flemming in 1866 in
County Londonderry and started a family there before
migrating to Komoko, Ontario Province, Canada between
circa 1872, and then to Mercer County, IL circa
1886. His son Samuel, Jr. was born in Komoko,
migrated to Mercer County, IL and then to Keokuk County,
IA between 1905 and 1910. While in Mercer County,
Samuel, Jr. married Annie Jones in Scott County, IA.
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McKINNIS |
Locales: Scotland;
Butler Co., PA; Jackson Co., OH; Davis Co., IA
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Charles McKinnis, Sr.
was born 1722 in Bona Bornia, between Edinburg and
Glasgow, Scotland. Family tradition has it that he
was pressed into the British army in 1744 in the
Grenadiers Regiment and that he was a Captain in General
Braddock's army in 1755. He was supposedly wounded
in the left side and thigh at Braddock's defeat during the
French and Indian War. I have not seen records of
McKinnis serving in Braddock's unit, so do not know if
this is fact or fiction. However it happened,
Charles settled down to be a farmer in Butler County, PA
circa 1760. There he married Rachel Carr in 1772 at
the age of 50, she being much younger since she bore him
seven sons and two daughters.
Around the turn of the 19th century, three
of those sons, along with their families, chose to start
migrating west. Charles, Jr. was born in 1780 in PA,
and circa 1810 emigrated to Chillicothe, Ross County, OH,
accompanied by his wife and family, and brothers, Robert
and George. According to a family history written
for a 1911 family reunion, Robert made the journey
overland from Butler County, PA, but prior to his
departure the brothers felled a large pine tree on the
banks of Beaver Creek, Butler County, PA, and from its
trunk fashioned a commodious canoe, of such size, it is
said, that the family flour barrel was stowed crosswise in
the stern during the trip down the Ohio. The canoe
was floated down the creek and the Allegheny River to
Pittsburgh where Charles loaded his family and all their
possessions and proceeded down the Ohio River to what is
now Portsmouth, where they were met by the brother,
Robert, and with the assistance of his arm and rifle they
safely made the rest of the journey to Chillicothe.
A few years later they migrated to and settled down in
neighboring Jackson County.
Charles, Jr. married Martha Craner in
Washington County, PA circa 1800. One of their
children was daughter Rachel, born 1809. It was in
Jackson County she met her husband, Robert ELDER, Jr., married circa 1827, and
had a family before moving to Wapello County, IA circa
1854. Their son Alexander Johnson Elder, married
Marcia Jane BAKER in Jackson County,
OH in 1850 and remained there for some years after Rachel
and Robert and family moved to Iowa.
Circa 1860 Alexander and family moved to
Davis County, IA where he raised a family of 7 there
before dying in 1905. Their son Benjamin Baker Elder
(named after his maternal grandfather) married Mary
Lucinda THARP in 1880 Davis County,
and their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Much information and assistance provided by George W. McKinnis and Paul Forstad. |
MOOTS |
Locales: Germany;
Pennsylvania; Logan Co., OH; Davis Co., IA
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John Moots (Johann
Michael Matz) came to this country in 1763. On
October 5, 1763 John arrived in the port of Philadelphia
aboard the ship "Richmond" from Rotterdam, last from
Portsmouth. The family spent time in the Lancaster
County, PA area for approximately 20 years, but by 1785
were in the Chillicothe, Ross County, OH vicinity.
Between 1812 and 1815 three of the sons, George, Conrad
and Charles made their way to Logan County, OH.
It was in Logan County that the Moots met
the THARPS. Two of Conrad's
daughters, Susannah and Sarah, married two Tharp brothers,
Henry D. and Abner. By about 1840 their families had
migrated to Davis County, IA, settling there while Iowa
was still a territory (Iowa became a state in 1846).
Abner and Sarah Moots Tharp had a son they
named Conrad Moots Tharp, born 1835 in Logan County,
OH. In February 1858 Conrad married Margret SIDWELL in Davis County, IA.
Their daughter Mary married Benjamin Baker ELDER in Davis County in 1880 and
their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in Davis County in
1902. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
|
MORRISON |
Locales: Ireland;
Allegheny Co., PA; Wapello & Davis Counties, IA
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This is obviously one
of our primary lines. But I have unfortunately only
been able to go back to my gg grandfather. Joseph
was born in Ireland, circa 1810-1820 according to
censuses, migrated to Allegheny County, PA by 1850 and
then Wapello County, IA by 1854. He had only one
child, a son named John Thomas, who raised a large family
in Davis County, IA.
Joseph married Elizabeth FORSYTH circa 1851 in Allegheny (or
Westmoreland) County, PA. Their son John Thomas
married Nancy Rebeca FORSYTHE in
Davis County, IA in 1871, and their son John Clayton
married Florence Belle ELDER in
Davis County in 1902. John and Florence's son Floyd
Wayne married Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON
in Wapello County, IA in 1927.
See also the related story on this site Forsyths of Wapello Co., IA - A New Line |
PLUMMER |
Locales: Anne Arundel
Co., MD; Washington Co., PA; Coshocton Co., OH; Mahaska Co.,
IA
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Under Construction - not all ancestors have been added
yet
Historically, the
first settlement in what now comprises the state of
Maryland was established by a Virginian name William
Claiborne on Jent's Island in 1631. By 1667 a Thomas
Plummer arrived in this infant colony where the family he
established here grew and flurished. Great
granddaughter Susanna Plummer married Thomas KITTEN/CATON circa 1772 in Anne
Arundel County, MD and moved to Amwell Township,
Washington County, PA where they had 7 children.
Thomas died young in 1795 and the children kept their
families in the area while widow Susanna was alive.
Susanna died in Amwell Township in 1824.
Son George Caton was born circa 1774 in
Amwell Township, Washington County, PA and married Jemima
? circa 1793 and they also had 7 children. In 1832
their son Gabriel purchased land in Coshocton County, OH,
followed by a couple of brothers. Their sister
Catherine married Joseph FARR in PA
circa 1820 and this family followed the Caton brothers,
and her parents to Coshocton County circa 1834.
Their son Joseph Farr, Jr. married Ellen FUNK in Coshocton County, and in 1854
they, along with Joseph's widowed mother, moved to Mahaska
County, IA. Their daughter Mary Eleanor Farr married
in Mahaska County, IA in 1888 to Pierson Grant SEXTON. Their daughter Lena
Hazel married Harley Clark ROBERTSON
in 1907, and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd
Wayne MORRISON in Wapello County,
IA in 1927.
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ROBERTSON/ ROBERSON |
Locales: Bedford Co.,
VA; Washington Co., NC; Knox Co., TN; Brown Co., IN; Mahaska
Co., IA
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Stephen Robertson is
said to be son of James and born about 1775 in Fincastle
County, VA, and in 1779 at the age of 4 was part of a
party headed by uncle Alexander Robertson that travelled
through the Cumberland Gap. This family tradition
has been unable to be proven by material
documentation. Now DNA resutls appear to show
Stephen as the possible son of James and Mary Fuqua
Roberson and born circa 1775 in Bedford County, VA.
In 1779 the family moved to Washington County, NC (the
territory west of current day North Carolina and that
would become Tennessee in 1796), by circa 1793-1795 he
migrated to Knox County, TN. He married there in
1800 to Winnie Webb CHITWOOD and
then moved to Claiborne County, TN circa 1815. In
1821 their son Lazarus married Jane Leeper. In 1828
Stephen and the family, including Lazarus and his family,
moved to Brown County, IN. From that vicinity his
grandson, William Riley Robertson, moved to Poweshiek
County, IA circa 1855, his father Lazarus having died in
the Mexican War.
William Riley married Elizabeth Jane
Bailey in Monroe County, IN in 1849. Their son
William Parker Robertson was born in Monroe County and was
married in Poweshiek County in 1871 to Sarah KNOX. Their son Harley Clark
married Lena Hazel SEXTON in
Mahaska County, IA in 1907, and their daughter Glenna
Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON
in Wapello County, IA in 1927.
An early history of this Robertson Family was given me by John Darland. See also the related story on this site The Stephen Robertson Family of Brown Co., IN - A New Line |
SAXTON/SEXTON |
Locales: Greenbrier
& Cabell Counties, VA (now WV); Sangamon Co., IL;
Mahaska Co., IA
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This line first makes
an appearance with William Saxton in Greenbrier County, VA
(now WV) in the 1790's. He marries Elizabeth BLACK in 1801 in Greenbrier County and
the family is located in Cabell County, VA (now WV) upon
its creation in 1809. His son William Sexton married
Mary JARRETT circa 1822-1824 in
Cabell County and relocates to Sangamon County, IL in
1828. Their son Calvary served in the Mexican War
then married Nancy Young DODD in 1847
upon return to Sangamon County. They then relocate
to Mahaska County, IA circa 1855. Their son Pierson
Ulysses Simpson Grant Sexton is born there and marries
Mary Eleanor FARR there in
1888. Their daughter Lena Hazel married Harley Clark
ROBERTSON in Mahaska County in
1907 and their daughter Glenna Hazel married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in 1927 in Wapello County,
IA.
Others who have helped with this line include significant help from Rebecca Thomas as well as information provided by Jerry Jordan and Kathy Brand. See also the related story on this site The Sexton Family of Cabell County, WVa. |
SIDWELL |
Locales: Chester Co.,
PA; Orange Co., NC; Greene Co., TN; Cumberland Co., KY;
Fayette Co., IL; Schuyler Co., MO; Davis Co., IA
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This line can be
traced back to Hugh Sidwell, Sr. and Elizabeth Golding in
the later 1600's in Letcombe Regis, County Berkshire,
England. They and their family of 3 known sons and
an unknown number of daughters moved to Chester County,
Pennsylvania circa 1715. Son John Sr. remained in
Pennsylvania, while 3 of his sons chose to migrate to
North Carolina in the 1750s.
One of those sons, Richard, married
Frances Brown in Orange County, North Carolina and moved
back to Pennsylvania for 7 or 8 years before moving back
to North Carolina. While in Pennsylvania, son
William was born. William moved to the western North
Carolina Territory (current day Tennessee) and there
married Mary Key. William lived on Illwill Creek,
Cumberland County, KY. He is listed on the
membership of the Sinking Springs Baptist Church in 1805
and again in 1806. In 1806 he is listed as having
100 acres surveyed on Sulpher Lick of Obey. He was
also appointed clerk of the church. Other member of
the church were in 1821-27: Rebecca Sidwell, Polly
Sidwell, Susannah Sidwell, and Jonathan Sidwell.
William's son David, wife Mary GUTHRIE, and family moved to Fayette
County, IL circa 1830-1832. It was there in 1837 his
daughter Margret was born. By 1850 David and his
family were located in Fabius Township, Davis County,
IA. In February 1858 Margret married Conrad Moots THARP in Davis County, IA. Their
daughter Mary Lucinda married Benjamin Baker ELDER in Davis County in 1880 and
their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
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SLUSHER |
Locales: Germany;
Lancaster, Greene and Washington Counties, PA
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"Schlosser", the
original German form of the name, seems to have been
changed quickly to "Slusher" by English record keepers in
America. Such Anglification was not uncommon for
many names of nationalities foreign to the English.
Peter Schlosser was born 1709 in Hilsbach,
Germany and immigrated to Pennsylvania about 1734.
Shortly thereafter he married Maria Margaretha Waschenbach
who was born 1713 in Eichen, Germany. She had
arrived in Philadelphia 23 September 1734 with her brother
John Henry aboard the ship "Hope".
John Frederick Slusher was born 1737 in
Lancaster County, PA and married Anna Engley Huntsicker
about 1760-1761. He was a farmer in Lancaster
County, PA until about 1768 when they moved to Frederick
County, VA. After Peter Funk moved to Frederick
County he bought his farm from John Frederick Slusher and
John Smith. They moved back to Washington County, PA
circa 1800 where is died. His will was probated
there 27 October 1802. Anna was still living 15
April 1804 when she was sponsor at the baptism of a
granddaughter, Anna Maria Funk.
Their daughter Savina married Michael Funk
1798 in Frederick County, VA, and they had a son Jacob
Funk who married Anna Margaret Miller. Jacob and
Anna's daughter Ellen married Joseph Farr 1853 and then
migrated to Mahaska County, IA in March 1856.
Daughter Mary Eleanor married Pierson
Ulysses Simpson Grant SEXTON in
Mahaska County in 1888. Their daughter Lena Hazel
married Harley Clark ROBERTSON
in Mahaska County in 1907 and their daughter Glenna Hazel
married Floyd Wayne MORRISON in
1927 in Wapello County, IA.
Much assistance provided by the book "History of the Funk Family", John L. Funk, 1993, Funk Publishing Co., Columbia, MO. Additional assistance provided by the book "A Genealogy of the Schlosser, Slusser & Slusher Families of America 1605-1994", edited by Particia Shaffer Frappier, 1995, published by the Editor, Kettering, OH |
TATE |
Locales: England;
Chester Co., PA; New Castle Co., DE; Logan Co., OH
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Charles Tate was born
between 1662 and 1669 in England, and died unknown,
although he most certainly died in America since his son,
William, was born circa 1730 in Chester County, PA.
William married Martha DIXON in New
Castle County in 1753. In 1774 in Chester County,
PA, daughter Hannah Tate married Solomon THARP.
Hannah was christened in the Quaker Church, but was
disowned by the church for marrying a Baptist (Solomon
Tharp). By 1780 Solomon Tharp moved his young family
to Culpepper County, VA where the rest of his children
were born.
Solomon's son Nathan married in Virginia
then moved to South Carolina where his first 3 children
were born, then to Logan County, OH circa 1810 where his
other 3 children were born. His sons Abner and and
Henry married MOOTS sisters and
moved to Davis County, IA circa 1840, settling there while
Iowa was still a territory (Iowa became a state in 1846).
It is in Davis County, IA in February 1858
that Conrad Moots Tharp, son of Abner and Sarah Moots
Tharp, married Margret SIDWELL.
Their daughter Mary Lucinda married Benjamin Baker ELDER in Davis County in 1880 and
their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
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THARP |
Locales: Talbot Co.,
MD; Kent Co., DE; Virginia; South Carolina; Logan Co., OH;
Davis Co., IA
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For many, many years
researchers have thought Solomon Tharp was descended from
John Tharp, who was born in England and died 1630 in
Boston, MA, and whose family migrated to Middlesex County,
NJ in the mid 1600's, staying in the area for close to a
century. According to an e-mail distributed to
Solomon researchers in 2004 by Ellen Coffman, the DNA
evidence from the Thorpe DNA project showed Solomon Tharp
as a descendant of Thomas Tharp of Maryland, though the
exact line of descent was unknown.. According to
Ellen "it is very likely, though, that he was born in
Delaware, where his wife hailed from and where Tharp's
from Maryland migrated in the late 1600's. It is very
unlikely that Solomon is a descendant of Thomas Tharp
(1685), since this lineage has been well-researched by
Thomas Tharp researchers. There are other Tharp's in
Delaware, however, who appear to be connected to Thomas
Tharp (including a John Tharp).". It is this John
Tharp that several Solomon researchers, including myself,
have chosen to link Solomon to with the possibility this
may need to change if additional information should
warrant the change.
Solomon married Hannah TATE
in Chester County, PA. Within 3 - 4 years Solomon
had moved his young family to Virginia where the majority
of his children were born. Solomon's son Nathan
married in Virginia then moved to South Carolina where his
first 3 children were born, then to Logan County, OH circa
1810 where his other 3 children were born. His sons
Abner and and Henry married MOOTS
sisters and moved to Davis County, IA circa 1840, settling
there while Iowa was still a territory (Iowa became a
state in 1846).
It is in Davis County, IA in February 1858
that Conrad Moots Tharp, son of Abner and Sarah Moots
Tharp, married Margret SIDWELL.
Their daughter Mary Lucinda married Benjamin Baker ELDER in Davis County in 1880 and
their daughter Florence Belle married John Clayton MORRISON in 1902 Davis
County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne married
Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON in
Wapello County, IA in 1927.
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WARNER |
Locales: County
Worcestershire, England; PA
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Isaac Warner was born
1662 in Draycott, Blockley Parish, County Worcestershire,
England and died April 1727 in PA. It was at the 30
October 1692 Philadelphia Meeting of Friends where Isaac
married Ann Craven. Daughter Anne married 1730 in
East Nantmeal Township, Chester County, PA, Jonathan WYNNE.
Their second child, Mary, was born 1733 in
East Nantmeal Township, Chester County. She married
Henry IDDINGS in 1752 at Christ
Church in Philadelphia. He began acquiring land in
West Nantmeal, then sold his property in 1776 and
relocated to the wilderness of Buffalo Valley in
Northumberland County, PA. He built his log home
near the confluence of Spruce Run and Buffalo Creek.
When Henry and Mary moved to Buffalo Valley, their eldest
daughter, Ann, was 23 years old and married to Cornelius DEMPSEY. The youngest child,
Thomas was just three. All the family was raised to
adulthood in the log home.
My line is through daughter, Mary A.
Dempsey, who married Robert ELDER,
Sr. in Northumberland County, PA before moving to Jackson
County, OH. There is a petition at the Orphan's
court in Northumberland County, PA filed April 27,
1796. James Dimpsey and Jonathan Dimpsey sons of
Cornelius Dimpsey petitioned the court to appoint Robert
Elder as their guardian. Robert, Sr. and Mary had 12
children. Robert Jr. married Rachel McKINNIS circa 1827 in Jackson
County and had a family before moving to Wapello County,
IA circa 1854. His son Alexander Johnson Elder,
married Marcia Jane BAKER in Jackson
County, OH in 1850 and remained there for some years after
Robert and his family moved to Iowa.
Circa 1860 Alexander and family moved to
Davis County, IA where he raised a family of 7 there
before dying in 1905. Their son Benjamin Baker Elder
married Mary Lucinda THARP in 1880
Davis County, and their daughter Florence Belle married
John Clayton MORRISON in 1902
Davis County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne
married Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON
in Wapello County, IA in 1927.
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WATERHOUSE/ WALTERHOUSE |
Locales: Sussex Co.,
NJ; Ontario Province, Canada; Niagara Co., NY; Kalamazoo
Co., MI; Scott & Keokuk Counties, IA
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Much of this early
Waterhouse information was provided by Walterhouse
researchers Norma and Gary Curtis. In Hardwick
Township, Sussex County, NJ on 20 Sep. 1788 a man named
Nathan Walterhouse made out his will. It names his
wife, Sarah, his eldest son Nathan, his other sons Asa,
Elkanah, John and Gideon and his daughters Sarah, Ester
and Mary. The clerk who drew up this document
probably misspelled "Esther" as well as the name of Nathan
Sr. which is shown as Nathan WATERHOUSE at the beginning
and NAHAN WATERHOUSE later on. The signature,
however, is clearly NATHAN WALTERHOUSE.
It could be they were sympathetic with the
British because soon after the Revolutionary War, Asa
Waterhouse with his family emigrated to Canada. They
took their household effects with them on pack-horses as
they followed an Indian Trail. They settled seven
miles from the Niagara River, in the Province of Ontario.
Then after the War of 1812 Asa returned to
the U.S., settling in Niagara County, NY. His son
John migrated to MI, then Scott County, IA and then Keokuk
County, IA circa 1870.
John's son Isaac married Elizabeth
Philenia Palmer in Scott County, IA in 1844 and migrated
to Keokuk County with John. Their son Nelson married
Mary M. COGHLAN in 1884 in Keokuk
County, IA and their daughter Icie Blanche married Emil
Edward DAHLSTROM in 1912 in
Keokuk County. Their son Melvin Floyd married Arlene
Florence ZIMMERMAN in 1940.
Much information on this family provided by Shirley Walterhouse, and Gary and Norma Curtis. |
WYNNE |
Locales: Wales;
Philadelphia Co., PA
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Dr. Thomas Wynne's
family comes from a very long line of distinguished and
notable ancestors, with the immediate line coming from
Wales. Thomas was baptized 1627, at St. Stephen's,
Bodfari, County of "old" Flintshire, North Wales. He
married Martha Elizabeth Buttall in 1655 at Wrexham,
Denbighshire, Wales. Following the death of his
first wife, Thomas married for a second time in 1676
Elizabeth Maude, widow of Joshua Maude, of Rainhill,
Lancashire, England.
Dr. Thomas Wynne, his second wife
Elizabeth, and his only son Jonathan Wynne came to
Philadelphia, PA via the ship "Welcome" with William
Penn. The "Welcome" finally arrived at the old Dutch
seelement of New Castle, DE on 27 October 1682. At
least 30 passengers never completed the journey having
died from smallpox. William Penn reserved the right
to appoint all proprietary, provincial and county officers
and thus he gave the most important offices to those first
purchasers with the most land and his friends. on 13
March 1683 Dr. Thomas Wynne was chosen Speaker of the
Provincial Assembly.
Jonathan Wynne was the sixth and last
child, and only son, of Dr. Thomas Wynne and Marth
Buttall. He was born 1669 at the Bron Fadoc Estate
in Flintshire, North Wales. Jonathan married Sarah
Graves, to which union were born 9 children. Their
sixth child was also named Jonathan, and he married 1730
in East Nantmeal Township, Chester County, PA, Anne WARNER.
Their second child, Mary, was born 1733 in
East Nantmeal Township, Chester County. She married
Henry IDDINGS in 1752 at Christ
Church in Philadelphia. He began acquiring land in
West Nantmeal, then sold his property in 1776 and
relocated to the wilderness of Buffalo Valley in
Northumberland County, PA. He built his log home
near the confluence of Spruce Run and Buffalo Creek.
When Henry and Mary moved to Buffalo Valley, their eldest
daughter, Ann, was 23 years old and married to Cornelius DEMPSEY. The youngest child,
Thomas was just three. All the family was raised to
adulthood in the log home.
My line is through daughter, Mary A.
Dempsey, who married Robert ELDER,
Sr. in Northumberland County, PA before moving to Jackson
County, OH. There is a petition at the Orphan's
court in Northumberland County, PA filed April 27,
1796. James Dimpsey and Jonathan Dimpsey sons of
Cornelius Dimpsey petitioned the court to appoint Robert
Elder as their guardian. Robert, Sr. and Mary had 12
children. Robert Jr. married Rachel McKINNIS circa 1827 in Jackson
County and had a family before moving to Wapello County,
IA circa 1854. His son Alexander Johnson Elder,
married Marcia Jane BAKER in Jackson
County, OH in 1850 and remained there for some years after
Robert and his family moved to Iowa.
Circa 1860 Alexander and family moved to
Davis County, IA where he raised a family of 7 there
before dying in 1905. Their son Benjamin Baker Elder
married Mary Lucinda THARP in 1880
Davis County, and their daughter Florence Belle married
John Clayton MORRISON in 1902
Davis County. John and Florence's son Floyd Wayne
married Glenna Hazel ROBERTSON
in Wapello County, IA in 1927.
Assistance for the Wynne line came from the book "Dr. Thomas Wynne's Legacy", Lynn Larsen and Becky Thill, 2002 |
ZIMMERMAN |
Locales: W�rrtemberg,
Germany; Bureau Co. and Henry Co., IL; Keokuk Co., IA
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August Zimmerman's
ancestors resided in Massenbachhausen, W�rttemberg,
Germany from the early 1700s. August Zimmerman
immigrated from W�rttemberg, Germany, arriving in the port
of New York 1 August 1882 aboard the ship "Neckar" from
the port of Bremen. On board the same ship was
Carolina HOCHWARTH. They
both travelled to Bureau County, IL and one year later
were married in neighboring Henry County, IL. They
had a large family, 10 children, in the Bureau and Henry
Counties area. Circa 1907 they, and 8 of the 10 children,
moved to Keokuk County, IA. In 1919 in Keokuk County
their son Joe married Luella Florence McKAY.
Their daughter Arlene Florence married Melvin Floyd DAHLSTROM in 1940.
A big thanks to David Haines of Australia
for his immense help and willingness to share information
on the Massenbachhausen Zimmermanns.
A note regarding the naming convention
used for the Zimmermann and Hochwarth locations.
Early Germany geography, especially prior to the German
Empire formed in 1871, was a conglomeration of independent
entities (margratates, duchies, kingdoms, principalities,
and the like). The Zimmermanns will be referred to
as living in W�rttemberg and the Hochwarths as living in
Baden even though the further back one goes in time the
fuzzier this definition becomes. The map at this web
location published by Mike Pantel
along with an excellent history of Baden-W�rttemberg at
this site, shows how fragmented the area was prior to
1800. Clicking on the map causes it to expand to
better see the fragments. Just where
Massenbachhausen and Helmhof were in relation to the
geographic fragments is uncertain.
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