Willis Darnell [Parents]
He had the following children:
F i Frances Darnell
Frances Darnell [Parents]
Jacob Francisco Sr. [Parents] was born about 1740/1750. He died about 1830 in Tazewell Co., Va.. Jacob Francisco Sr. married Catherine about 1774.
Catherine was born calculated 1750. She died calculated 1830 in Tazewell Co., Va. Catherine married Jacob Francisco Sr. about 1774.
They had the following children:
F i Mary (Polly) Francisco F ii Margaret (Peggy) Francisco M iii Jacob Francisco Jr. M iv Christian (Charles) Francisco was born about 1800 in Tazewell/Russell Co., Va. He died in 1824/1828 in Tazewell Co., Va.
li;Charles died between Sep 30,1824 and Aug 1 1828. As stated in Book 4, p.342: "George Francisco and Christian Francisco his son who died intestate and without issue."M v George Francisco
Rush Francisco [Parents] was born 1 in May 1891 in Kentucky. He died on 2 Apr 1977 in Pike Co. Ky.. Rush Francisco married Alberta (Birdie).
li;family in Pike Co,Ky.--1920.
li;from ky death records;
FRANCISCO RUSH 085 PIKE PIKE 04-02-1977 036 17946 1977
They had the following children:
M i Ralph Francisco
Johann Ludwig Franciscus [Parents] was born in 1719 in Lancaster, Pa.. He died 1 in 1799. Johann Ludwig Franciscus married Elizabeth Colley about 1748 in Botetourt Co., Va..
The birth order of these children has not been established. Some of
the listings are based on census records which give us an approximation
of a birth date. Where no birth date is available, the children are
placed based on the order of their appearance in their father's will.
There is no indication, however, that any of the children were minors
when the will was written in 1793, indicating that the children were all
probably born before 1775.
In 1756 Ludwick was a captain in the Augusta Co., VA militia. He
also acted in the capacity of a patriot by rendering material aid.
On 10 October 1771, Elizabeth (Sr.) was "unable to travel"...was she
pregnant?
There is a big question about the last name of Ludwick's wife. The
last name is based on the fact that Ludwick was an executor for John
Colley's estate, (father of Elizabeth Colley). [Will Book 1, p. 384 -
9th December 1759 - Will of John Colley--Daughters, Susan, Catharn,
Mary; son Christian, to mall 5,000 rails; wife, land he bought of Mr.
Courts/Curts; son, Peter; wife and her children, and Mary, Barbery,
Margt., Elizabeth, Clorah, Peter. Executors, Ludwick Franciscus,
Christopher Ermantrout. Teste: Thos. Poynter, Valentine Mitsker, Wm.
Beard. Proved 20th May 1760, by the witnesses. Christopher Armentrout
(the other refusing) qualified, with Augustine Price, Frederick
Armentrout, Jno. Couts.] In the 1785 Botetourt County census there were
7 white persons in this household.
Elizabeth Colley married Johann Ludwig Franciscus about 1748 in Botetourt Co., Va..
They had the following children:
F i Esther Francisco M ii Jacob Francisco Sr. F iii Elizabeth Franciscus F iv Elizabeth Francisco M v George W. Francisco M vi Ludwig Lewis Francisco M vii Christian Francisco F viii Margaret Francisco F ix Mary Francisco F x Sarah Francisco F xi Catrina Katherine Francisco
Ludwig Christophel Franciscus was born in 1680 in Grafschaft, Germany. He died in 1757 in Landcaster, Lampeter Twshp., Pa.. Ludwig Christophel Franciscus married Anna Margaretha Schwab in 1718 in Pennsylvania. Ludwig signed a will 1 in 1754 in Lancaster City PS.
ID: I11724
Name: Ludwig Christophel FRANCISCUS
Sex: M
ALIA: Christoffel /Frantziscus/
Birth: 23 DEC 1680 in Grafschaft, Rohrback, Germany
Death: 27 SEP 1757 in Lampiter Township, Lancaster Co., PA
Note:
From the research of Melba Taylor Hargis comes the following information:
"Christopher Franciscus, immigrant, sailed from London, England, on 29 June 1710 on the Maria Hope, called the Mary Hope ship, with John Annis, Master; arrived in September 1710 with a few German families including Christopher Franciscus and several Mennonite families, numbering 94 passengers in all according to the Reverend Chalkley's Journal kept on the trip over. This diary described the meetings the Mennonites had on board ship with the few Germans or Palatines, with one person who understood both Swiss and German interpreting the meetings.
Mr. Chalkley describes the trip over and the many weeks at sea with all passengers arriving at Philadelphia safe and well.
"In October 1710, these immigrant pioneers took up 6,400 acres of land on both sides of Pequea Creek which was surveyed 23 October 1710 and divided the 27th of April 1711 - all of this can be found in Taylors Papers in the Pennsylvania Archives. As the land was apportioned out, Christophel Franciscus took 530 acres. An original of this tract can be found on a map drawing (the original map) in the Office of Internal Affairs at Harrisburg, PA. It is called the 'Plot of the Original Tract of Old Rights in Lancaster County.' (Note: A section of this map also appears in the first volume of this family history, A History of the United States According to Franciscus and Related Families.) "All appearances point to the fact that Christopher Franciscus must have come to Pennsylvania from Germany by way of Switzerland, as he
accompanies the party of Mennonites. He has been mistakenly given in previous publications as a Swiss Mennonite, but this is in error, as his church affiliations and baptisms, marriages, and deaths in his family are all to be found in the First Reformed Church of Christ and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, both of which were located in Lancaster, PA. Since the Rev. Chalkley speaks in his Journal kept on the trip over from London, of the interpreter between the few Germans and the Swiss, we can rest assured that Christopher was not one of the Swiss. His early records were signed in German showing his origin.
"Christopher Franciscus and his second wife were buried in the churchyard of the First Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ located on Orange Street in Lancaster, PA. Their graves were marked with gravestones and their deaths are entered in the church records of this church which was organized at an early date and records are to be found from the year 1736. In the year 1870 the churchyard at First Reformed Church was abolished and the bodies were removed to the Lancaster cemetery. The tombstones were removed only if the descendants were willing to pay for this operation. After a certain length of time, if these were not moved from the old churchyard, they were destroyed.
But at the time of the destruction of the old tombstones, a rough record was made and kept in the records of the church. This is the record which is included here which was obtained from the church records of
First Reformed Church of Lancaster, PA.
"Ludwig Christopher Franciscus was born 23 December 1680 at Grafschaft, on the road to Rohrbach, Deutschland, and died 27 September 1757 in Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. No record of his first
marriage has been found. We know, however, from his will that he had one daughter, Johanna, by this marriage. He married a second time in 1718 to Anna Margaretha Schwaben or Schwab, in Pennsylvania. Anna Margaretha was born 21 May 1690 at Sinscheim at Elseng, in the District of Heidelberg, Province of Baden, Germany, and died 25 January 1773, aged 82 years 8 months 7 days in Lancaster Co., PA. She was the mother of the other 9 children in this family.
"Anna Margaretha (Schwab) Franciscus was the daughter of Jost Schwab born 1656 in Sinscheim, Germany. Jost was the son of George Schwab, baker and advisory burgomaster of Sinscheim, who died before 1689. Jost Schwab was also the father-in-law of Eberhard Ream (Rheim) who founded Reamstown, PA. Jost Schwab was married on Tuesday, May 27, 1681, to Anna Katharina Wolfharten, daughter of Hans Jorg Wolfharten. Jost and Anna Katherina (Wolfharten) Schwab were both natives of Sinscheim at the Elseng, in the District of Heidelberg, Baden, Germany. Anna Margaretha
Schwab was a twin sister of Anna Magdalena Schwab. The name of Schwab is one of the oldest family names in Germany, being derived from the name of a powerful tribe, called by Julius Caesar, the "Sueri" - the ancient Duchy of Swabia, according to Dennistons' history of the Ream family (p. 246). Jost and Anna Katharina (Wolfharten) Schwab were buried, according to tradition, in a field or orchard on the original farm, where 149 years later, they were disintered and reburied at Heller's Reformed Church Cemetery in Lancaster County a few miles north east of the city of Lancaster - their graves were finally located in Leacock, PA where both Jost and Anna Katharina (Wolfharten) Schwab are buried in the same grave. From Forest V. Ream of the Ream Family Association we learn that Jost Schwab was a member of the First Reformed Church and his wife was a Lutheran in religious belief.
"In Volume 4 of Statutes at Large of Province of Pennsylvania, you will find the naturalization of Christophel Franciscus along with other subjects of Switzerland and elsewhere, who took the 'Oath of Allegiance' to become loyal subjects of His Majesty King George First, his predecessors, Kings and Queens of England, the divers Protestants who were subjects of the Emperor of Germany, who now in February 1729 were to become loyal subjects of the Province of Pennsylvania. "In covering records we find Christopher Franciscus continued to function in the land transactions, tax lists, etc. - then in 1738, in
addition to his Pennsylvania transactions, we find he came down into old Augusta County, VA, where he bought 3800 acres from Jacob Stover** 'including the mansion house', taking notes for several thousand
additional acres put up as collateral when he loaned Stover additional money - this also came into his hands and we find some of his sons in Virginia at an early date taking care of his land transactions there.
The first section bought in 1738 in the Mill Creek Valley of Virginia and in later years this section became known as 'Bogata', much of which was in present Rockingham County, VA. The second 5000 acres which he obtained from Stover for several hundred pounds loaned to Stover and his wife, with this land as security, was located along the Shenandoah River between Elkton and Port Republic. We are indebted to Chalkley's Abstracts and to Dr. John Wayland's 'Valley Germans' for a great deal of valuable information on Christopher Franciscus, who is called 'Ole Stophel' Franciscus/ Franciski/ Francisco; who is found active in records of Virginia for many years, sometimes with his sons acting as his agents with power of attorney for sales of land. As a result of his extensive land holdings which required constant attention, at least two of Christopher's sons and two of his daughters, with their husbands, settled in that section of Virginia, where the name Franciscus was lost immediately, and from that time to the present these sons and their descendants were known as Francisco, the name by which their father was most often called and shown in land conveyances and transactions. A study of the early histories of Augusta County, Rockingham and various other Virginia county histories of early settlements will reveal a great many items of interest about the Franciscus or Francisco, family and their various descendants."Much of it comes from "Swiss and German Settlers" by H. Frank Eshleman, printed in 1917. "Christoffel Frantziscus was a member of the Mennonites, who as a group fled from Switzerland in 1672. (This would appear to be the father.) The cause was religious persecution. They had been in the cantons of Zurich, Berne, and Schoffhausen. Frantziscus was from Berne. They took refuge in the Alsace region of Germany, above Strasburg on the Rhine River. They apparently lived under peaceful conditions until 1707, when they were again subjected to persecution...Political and religious turmoil in Germany now threatened the Mennonite men with imprisonment... Men found refuge in England and Holland. The
women were not subject to imprisonment...and stayed behind. This apparently had nothing to do with finances because the Mennonite men were 'well off' financially. In England the men met with William Penn and contracted for land in America. The group left London on June 29, 1710 on the ship Mary Hope.
It might be interesting at this point to look at the means by which Jacob Stover obtained so much land. It may explain, too, why he was willing to put so much of it up for sale or security. From Kercheval's
"History of the Valley", p. 46, comes the following story:
"On the application to the executive for his grant, he (Stover) was refused unless he could give satis-factory assurance that he would have the land settled with the requisite number of families within a given time. Being unable to do this, he forthwith passed over to England, petitioned the King to direct his grant to be issued, and in order to insure success, had given human names to every horse, cow, hog, and dog he owned, and which he represented as heads of families, ready to migrate and settle the land. By this disingenious trick he succeeded in obtaining directions from the King and Council for securing his grant; on obtaining which he immediately sold out his land in small divisions, at three pounds (equal to ten dollars) per hundred, and went off with the money."Christopher Franciscus was described variously as "an adventurous Swiss" and "a giant of a man." We get a glimpse of the man that was Christophel Franciscus from the bits and pieces of history which have been found concerning him. We can begin by noting that "Olde Chris" arrived here in 1710, and in less than 30 years had come into possession of more the 9000 acres in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
From the Lancaster County Pennsylvania Quarter Sessions Abstracts (1729-1742), Book 1, come several entries which add to the "personality" of Christophel Franciscus:
Page 6, May 5, 1730, in the third year of George II: Persons who asked to sell Rum, etc. by the quart include Jacob Bean, Francis Jones, James Patterson, James Cook, Andrew Cornish, Erasmus Buckamire, Martin Harnist, John Harris, John Postlethwaite, Christian Stoneman, Edward Dougherty, John Stull, Christo. Franciscus, and others. (Author's note: Selling "rum by the quart" is a request made by a tavern owner and is the equivalent of today's liquor license.)
Page 20, May 1, 1733: Christopher Franciscus for the appearance of himself and his wife Margaret. Henry Carpenter to appear and prosecute Christopher Franciscus and Margaret his wife. Joseph Hopkins to appear and give evidence against Christopher Franciscus and Margaret his wife.
(returnable to next session)
Page 21, No date shown: Christopher Franciscus: Assault and beating one Garrat Cofrand. Prosecutor: Joseph Growden. Jury: John Ross, Samuel Smith, Robert Duning, John McNab, William Mitchel, Benjamin Sterrat, Mathias Slavemaker, John Wilkin, Jon Feire Junr., James Moore, Phillip Lefevre, John Steer, found "Christopher Franciscus is Guilty in manner and form" and fined his twenty shillings and ordered him to find sureties for his good behavior till the next court. Margret Franciscus: assault and beating Garrat Coffrond. Fined one shilling.
Page 26, February 5, 1734: Jacob Berkley to appear and abide the judgement of the court. Christopher Franciscus to appear and prosecute said Berkly for assault and battery.
Page 29, May 7, 1734: Stophel Franciscus among those who petitioned for a road from "the Great Spring on Conestoga Road by Gap by most convenient way" to Emanuel Hares Mill on Pequea. He also signed one for a road from Richard Beeson's land to Andrew Moors Mill on a Branch of Octoraro in Chester County. Later Franciscus was removed as he and another man had been obstructed in laying out road, others appointed.
Page 57, February 1, 1736/7: John Tangler and Emanuel Carpenter that Tangler appear and prose-cute his traverse with effect and abide the judgement of the court for assaulting and beating Christopher
Franciscus. Christopher Franciscus that said Christopher and his son Lodwick appear and prosecute and give evidence against Tangler.If all of this is not enough to give you a feeling for Christopher Franciscus, perhaps one last story will do the trick. From Daniel Rupp's History of Lancaster County" originally published in 1844, page 85,
comes the following:
"Every new country, it is believed, has had its man of 'notoriety' - Kentucky had a Boone - Pequea, a Franciscus. Christopher Franciscus was an adventurous Swiss, and one of the first settlers in the county. It is said the current of daring runs in the blood of the Franciscuses. His sons, after him, and his son's sons, and grandson's sons have, since the old man's day, been known as stout men. They made many a fellow cry out, in the language of Terence, auribus teneo lupum, i.e. I know not which way to turn, as said the wolf when Franciscus hugged him.
"Of Daniel Boone, the Kentucky adventurer, it is said, he slew a bear; of Franciscus and his daughter, it is related, they eviscerated a wolf, with a similar weapon, a butcher-knife.-- We give newspaper account of this story. In 1729 the American Weekly wrote 'at Conestoga, near the beginning of this month, a stout action was performed by CHRISTOPHER FRANCISCUS. He had gone to bed and soon after heard a great
disturbance among his sheep, which made him suddenly rise and send out his dog, and later hasten after to his sheep pen, where a large wolf was alarmed and was leaping over the fence just as the careful husbandman got there. The wolf being delayed by slipping one foot into a cranny of the fence, the man had time, and resultion to take him in a strong grasp by the neck with one hand, and by the hind leg with the other, and so pulled him down; and shifting his hand from the wolf's leg to his ear, and forcing his knee on the struggling animal's body, so held him without being bitten though very hard to prevent, because the trusty dog worrying at the wolf's hinder part, the more enraged him. Meanwhile the man had not neglected to call for help. He was heard by a daughter of his who had the courage and faithfulness to bring a knife and relieve her father by letting out the entrails of the wolf.' (Author's note: This was undoubtedly Johanna, since none of the other daughters would have been old enough at the time of this incident.)
"The place where the wolf was slain, is marked by the head of a fine spring, near Lampeter Square, where Daniel Zimmerman, who bought of Franciscus, erected a substantial sandstone house in 1750. Daniel was the son of Henry Zimmerman, or Carpenter, a Swiss patriot..."Lest there still be any question in your mind about the strength of will of "Olde Chris", we have his will as final proof:
BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 25th Day of October 1757 The last Will and Testament of Christophel Franciscus deceased was proved in due form of Law
Marriage 1 UNKNOWN
Children
Johanna FRANCISCUSMarriage 2 Anna Margaretha SCHWAB b: 21 MAY 1690 in Sinscheim at Elseng, Districe of Heidelberg, Province of Baden, Germarny
Married: 1718 in Lancaster Co., PA
Children
Johann Christophel FRANCISCUS
Esther FRANCISCUS
Ludwig Christophel FRANCISCUS , Jr.
Catharina FRANCISCUS
Anna Margaretha FRANCISCUS
Johann Michael FRANCISCUS
Johannes FRANCISCUS
Johann George FRANCISCUS
Johann Lodowick (Ludwig) FRANCISCUS b: 1719 in Lancaster Co., PA
Anna Margaretha Schwab was born in 1690 in Germany. She died in 1773 in Pennsylvania. Anna Margaretha Schwab married Ludwig Christophel Franciscus in 1718 in Pennsylvania.
They had the following children:
M i Johann Ludwig Franciscus M ii Johan Christopel Franciscus was born in 1732. F iii Esther Franciscus was born in 1733. M iv Ludwig Christophel Franciscus was born in 1734. F v Catharina Franciscus was born in 1735. F vi Anna Margaretha Franciscus was born in 1736. M vii Johann Michael Franciscus was born in 1737. M viii Johanns Franciscus was born in 1738. M ix Johann George Franciscus was born in 1739.
Sandra Lynn Jennings [Parents]
Other marriages:Dean, Steven Thomas
They had the following children:
M i Chad Randell Peters F ii Shannon Lea Peters
Sandra Lynn Jennings [Parents]
Other marriages:Peters, Randell Lee
John Cecil Jennings III [Parents]
Other marriages:King, Belinda Joyce
They had the following children:
M i Christopher Derrick Jennings
John Cecil Jennings III [Parents]
Other marriages:Hawkins, Stacey Lynn