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1951 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Birth, baptism, death, and burial records found in Kharkov Panteleimonovskaya Church by Konnor Petersen. Orthodox church. Church books are in the Kharkov Archives and located per Records group 40, inventory 121, volume 66.
Birth records 1894. Page 244 (back of the page)
10/11 February - Aleksandra,
Parents: Nobleman Nikolay Lvov Filonov and Aleksandra Vasilieyva, Orthodox.
Witnesses: Kharkov 2nd Guild merchant Petr Davidov Aleksandrov and widow of captain Olga Vasiliyeva Vysheslavceva (Вышеславцева) the sacrament of baptism was performed by a priest Vasily Vetukhov and deacon Nikolay Sokolskiy.
Death records 1894. Page 382 (back of the page) - 383
10/12 December - Nobleman Nikolay Lvov Filonov his daughter Aleksandra 10 months from infant; the burial was performed by a priest Vasily Vetukhov and deacon Nikolay Sokolskiy, buried in the city cemetery.
Email dated 30 Jan 2019 from researcher which accompanied above research; Dennis Baranov, rusgen.info@gmail.com:
The work goes slowly because according to the rules of the archive the local researcher gets only a few volumes in a month. And we try to order and look through the volumes as quickly as possible.
1. We've looked through Blagoveshchenskaya church 1852 (Records group 40, inventory 105, vol. 10). Filonov surname is not mentioned anywhere - neither in births, nor in marriages or deaths, not in witnesses.
2. Panteleimonovskaya church 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 (Records group 40, inventory 121, vol. 17). Filonov surname is not mentioned anywhere - neither in births, nor in marriages or deaths, not in witnesses.
3. Panteleimonovskaya church 1892, 1893, 1984, 1895, 1896, 1897. There are only records of birth and death for 1894. The report on this volume is attached.
4. For further research there is a suggestion to look through Krestovozdvizhenskaya and Ioannobogoslovskaya churches for 1888 - 1892
Panteleimonovskaya church was built in 1885 and part of parishioners from Krestovozdvizhenskaya and Ioannobogoslovskaya church were transfered to Panteleimonovskaya church.
There is always an unusual research when it comes to nobility because they always traveled performing orders as officials. And we see in church books that the birth of children were in different churches. At this stage of the research I think that it will be right to stick to Krestovozdvizhenskaya and Ioanno-Bogoslovskaya churches. 		Vysheslavceva (I76)
 
1952 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book below only notes one child.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Book below notes: "Was Sergeant in Capt. Hait's Company in Co. Bradley's Regiment, Feruary 6th, 1777, and discharged Feb. 6, 1780. (Stamford Reg.; Conn. in Rev., p.144.)"

MARRIAGE:
1. Location of Greenwich per Ordinance Index.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. The book: "Genealogy of the Lockwood Family 1630-1888 - Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia. 		Lockwood, Eliphalet (I3152)
 
1953 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 25: "Hans Wampfler was born in Zwischenflüh, Switzerland. Because of insufficient data that has survived the centuries, there is some uncertainty with regards to his parents and his birthday. Careful examination of the church books for Diemtigen would lead one to postulate that Hans was christened November 10, 1616 and was the son of Heinrich and Verena (Herren) Wampfler. His marriage is recorded in the 'Eherodel Diemtigen 1619-1659' (Church Records of Diemtigen) and the translation follows: 'Year 1647, 15 October, Hans Wampfler, Madlena Knutti.' The names and the christenings dates for the children of Hans Wampfler and Magdalena (Madlen) Knutti:
Peter, 18 Feb 1649.
Hans, 7 Jul 1651.
Christian, 3 Dec 1654.
Hans (Johannes), 7 Oct 1660.
Anna, 29 July 1666.
See each Child's record for translation of full christening record. The church records of Diemtigen which church included all of Diemtigtal.

2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.:
Pp. 1-2: "Origin of the name Wampfler (Wampler). The name Wampfler is Swiss in origin. Most researchers of the family history have known this for sometime. However, the exact manner in which the name originated and evolved has never been accurately presented on this side of the Atlantic. This is given below. In Bern Canton in Switzerland lies the village of Diemtigen. About a mile away from Diemtigen is a place called Wampflen. This place consists of four houses. Near Wamflen there is a gigantic high rising wall of rock. This totally vertical structure is fairly common in this part of Switzerland and is overwhelming to the mind when one first sees this towering creation of nature. In Swiss German, 'fluh' is the dialect term for a steep mass of rock. 'Wand' is the German word for wall. Thus, 'Wandfluh' is the word combining both of the two words of interest and indicates a place having a steep rising wall of rock. Accordingly, German grammar would imply that a Wandfluher was one who came from or near the Wandfluh. In the case of Wandfluher, the name gradually changed from Wandfluher to Wampfler. Hans Sommer in his book 'Kleine Namkund' (Verlag Paul Haupt, Bern 1944) states 'the one living near the Wandfluh was called Wampfler.' Niclaus Siegenthaler in his work 'Bilder aus der Geschichte des Obersimmentals,' (Verlag E. Blessing, Zweisimmen 1937) mentions the Wampfler clan on page 59: 'Wampfler from the Wandfluh by Diemtigen, Wandfluher to Wampfler).' It is interesting to note this is found in the chapter entitled 'More recent Upper-Simmen Valley Surnames, since 1556.' The Obersimmental (translated - Upper Simmen Valley) is the area that includes the villages of Lenk and St. Stephan as well as other villages. These villages are particularly important because numerous Wampflers moved from the Diemtigtal (the Diemtigtal is part of the larger area known as Niedersimmental, translated - Lower Simmen Valley) to the villages of Lenk and St. Stephan. This emigration of many Wampflers from the Niedrsimmental to the Obersimmental took palce in the late 1500's and the early 1600's and that is why Siegenthaler includes the Wampler clan in the list of surnames after 1556 (i.e., for the Upper Simmen Valley). The Wampflers of direct interest to this book [database] did not move to the Obersimmental. However it may be of some interest to the readers of this book to know that in the Geimendehaus (town hall) of Lenk there is a family coat of arms hanging on the wall of the clerk's prominent among this collection of about a dozen is the Wampfler coat of arms. The first observed mention of the name Wamplen (instead of Wandfluh-place name) that I have found is a christening dated 22 June 1600, the father of the child Hanns Frey at Wampflen (Diemtigen church records). The immigrants to America carried the name Wampfler when they came in 1741 and 1747. The name changed to the easier to pronounce Anglo-Saxonized version Wampler. In Europe today the only form that is used is Wampfler. [The book contains photos of two of the four houses of Wampflen as it appears today. The houses are of swiss chalet type.]"
P. 4 discusses the Diemtigal (Diemtig Valley) . Diemtigtal consists of several places: Diemtigen, Wampflen, Zwischenflüh - each of which are within walking distance of the other. The church that served these hamlets was at Diemtigen (the old church our ancestors attended was in the exact same location as the new church of which the book contains a photo.) For the earliest eras that we have written records, Zwischenflüh was the principal home of our Wampfler ancestors.
Pp. 10-24: The author includes about three dozen Wampfler entries for christenings and marriages from the church records of Diemtigen which church included all of Diemtigtal. There are no obvious pedigrees for any of those entries nor a specific entry for Heinrich Wampfler.

3. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 54-55 contains an enumeration of the various clans holding citizenship rights in Diemtigen and how many children of each appear in the local christening registers covering the time periods 1659-1712 and 1713-1766 as well as how many appear in the death register 1713-1766. The enumeration was in the back of the local church records book "Diemtigen Taufrodel, 1713-1766. Of the 49 family names, the following have interest:
Herren: 32-2-23.
Klossner: 61-94-51.
Knutti: 58-61-56.
Wampfler: 9-16-9.

4. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999, quotes heavily from Fred Wampler's book. He does note that Fred found over thirty baptismal records among Wampflers from between 1559 and 1591 in the Diemtigen church books. The names of the fathers of the various children listed were given as Urgel, Hans, Anthoni, Michael, Jacob, and Niclaus. Maiden names of the mothers, where given, include Nidegge, Kammer, Herren, and Landbrandt. He also found marriage records of the period 1569-1593 recording the unions between the Wampfler family and those named Kammacher, Juzeller, Cuntz, Landbrandt, Herre or Herren, Kammer, Knuti, and Agenstien. No relationship has yet been determined connecting them. Villages within Diemtigtal having Wampfler associations are Diemtigen, Wampflen (related to the name Wamfler), Zwischenfluh and Oey. Lenk lies in the nearby Simmental.

5. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Some Swiss Marriages"; could these be some relation to our Knuttis or Wampflers:
"Anna Wampfler married Peter Knutti 1605 at Bern, Diemtagen."
"Magdalena Wampfler m. Ulrich Knutti 1588 Bern, Diemtagen."

6. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Bern, Diemtagen, Switzerland Wampflers," copied by Dorothy Hamm and sorted into families by editor. There is no exact known connection if any but I include this information for reference purposes:
A. Hans Jakob Wampfler married Elsbeth Gamacher (their children; all children born at Bern, Diemtagen except Hans):
Hans born 1569 Bern, Oey, Saanen
Anna born Feb. 17, 1572
Margreth born Aug. 1, 1574
Anthoni born Mar. 23, 1580
Gilgen born Jan. 1, 1582
Balthauser born 1585 m. Madel Huser [see below]
Magdalena born Dec. 25, 1586
Elsbeth born Oct. 5, 1589
Michel born 1577
B. Balthauser Wampfler married Madel Huser (their children):
Hans born Mar. 18, 1610
Margaretha born Feb. 16, 1612
Niklaus born Feb. 2, 167 married Elsbeth Waffler in 1643.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D. 		Wampfler, Heinrich (I2007)
 
1954 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 25: "Hans Wampfler was born in Zwischenflüh, Switzerland. Because of insufficient data that has survived the centuries, there is some uncertainty with regards to his parents and his birthday. Careful examination of the church books for Diemtigen would lead one to postulate that Hans was christened November 10, 1616 and was the son of Heinrich and Verena (Herren) Wampfler. His marriage is recorded in the 'Eherodel Diemtigen 1619-1659' (Church Records of Diemtigen) and the translation follows: 'Year 1647, 15 October, Hans Wampfler, Madlena Knutti.' The names and the christenings dates for the children of Hans Wampfler and Magdalena (Madlen) Knutti:
Peter, 18 Feb 1649.
Hans, 7 Jul 1651.
Christian, 3 Dec 1654.
Hans (Johannes), 7 Oct 1660.
Anna, 29 July 1666.
See each Child's record for translation of full christening record. The church records of Diemtigen which church included all of Diemtigtal.

2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 4 discusses the Diemtigal (Diemtig Valley) . Diemtigtal consists of several places: Diemtigen, Wampflen, Zwischenflüh - each of which are within walking distance of the other. The church that served these hamlets was at Diemtigen (the old church our ancestors attended was in the exact same location as the new church of which the book contains a photo.) For the earliest eras that we have written records, Zwischenflüh was the principal home of our Wampfler ancestors.

3. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 54-55 contains an enumeration of the various clans holding citizenship rights in Diemtigen and how many children of each appear in the local christening registers covering the time periods 1659-1712 and 1713-1766 as well as how many appear in the death register 1713-1766. The enumeration was in the back of the local church records book "Diemtigen Taufrodel, 1713-1766. Of the 49 family names, the following have interest:
Herren: 32-2-23.
Klossner: 61-94-51.
Knutti: 58-61-56.
Wampfler: 9-16-9.

4. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Bern, Diemtagen, Switzerland Wampflers," copied by Dorothy Hamm and sorted into families by editor:
"Hans Wampgler married 1647 Magdalena Knutti, born Nov. 4, 1621, dau. of Michael and Margaretta Knutti. (Their children, not in order):
Peter born Feb. 18, 1649.
Hans born July 2, 1651.
Christian born Dec. 3, 1654.
Johannes born Oct. 7, 1660.
Anna born July 29, 1666."

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 29-51 provides copies and detailed discussion of various mortgages contracted in the late 1600's by Hans Wampler and his sons with the Diemtigen Church funds which acted as a local bank. Using these mortgages, one can prove that Hans did in fact have three sons: Peter, Hans, and Christian. Several of the mortgages were redeemed in 1720 by Jacob Klossner and his sister Barbara Klossner - there was a Barbara Klossner who married the son Hans Wampfler. The Swiss named every piece of land and these names still survive - using these mortgages one can locate Schuopis, Geisegg, and Meniggrund. Specifically we learn the family home was on the Geisegg in Oeyen which is in Zwischenflüh and can be walked today. (The book contains a photo of this piece of land in a panoramic view of the large alpine valley.) The book has recreated some plot maps and there appears as adjoining neighbors: Christen Knutti, Peter Klossner's hiers, Hans Herren, Peter Knutti, and Niclaus Klossner - all related surnames even though the book does not provide any relationships.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003. 		Wampfler, Hans (I2005)
 
1955 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 4 discusses the Diemtigal (Diemtig Valley) . Diemtigtal consists of several places: Diemtigen, Wampflen, Zwischenflüh - each of which are within walking distance of the other. The church that served these hamlets was at Diemtigen (the old church our ancestors attended was in the exact same location as the new church of which the book contains a photo.) For the earliest eras that we have written records, Zwischenflüh was the principal home of our Wampfler ancestors. The church records of Diemtigen which church included all of Diemtigtal.

2. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Bern, Diemtagen, Switzerland Wampflers," copied by Dorothy Hamm and sorted into families by editor:
"Hans Wampgler married 1647 Magdalena Knutti, born Nov. 4, 1621, dau. of Michael and Margaretta Knutti. (Their children, not in order):
Peter born Feb. 18, 1649.
Hans born July 2, 1651.
Christian born Dec. 3, 1654.
Johannes born Oct. 7, 1660.
Anna born July 29, 1666."

CHRISTENING:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 26-27 has the following translation of the christening record from "Diemtigen Taufrodel 1613-1659" (Church Records of Diemtigen, Bern Canton, Switzerland): "1651, 7 July, a child christened named Hans, parents are Hans Wampfler and Madlena Knutti. Witnesses: Peter Widtmer, Hans Chlossner, (Klossner), and Margaret Knutti."

DEATH:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 28: "It is almost certain that the first Hans listed in the christenings was dead prior to the birth of the Hans (Johannes) who was christened in 1660.)"

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. 		Wampfler, Hans (I1149)
 
1956 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 4 discusses the Diemtigal (Diemtig Valley) . Diemtigtal consists of several places: Diemtigen, Wampflen, Zwischenflüh - each of which are within walking distance of the other. The church that served these hamlets was at Diemtigen (the old church our ancestors attended was in the exact same location as the new church of which the book contains a photo.) For the earliest eras that we have written records, Zwischenflüh was the principal home of our Wampfler ancestors. The church records of Diemtigen which church included all of Diemtigtal.

2. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Bern, Diemtagen, Switzerland Wampflers," copied by Dorothy Hamm and sorted into families by editor:
"Hans Wampgler married 1647 Magdalena Knutti, born Nov. 4, 1621, dau. of Michael and Margaretta Knutti. (Their children, not in order):
Peter born Feb. 18, 1649.
Hans born July 2, 1651.
Christian born Dec. 3, 1654.
Johannes born Oct. 7, 1660.
Anna born July 29, 1666."

3. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Some Swiss Marriages"; could this be the same Anna:
"Anna Wampfler married Jacob Buehler July 18, 1705 Bern, Diemtagen."

CHRISTENING:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 26-27 has the following translation of the christening record from "Diemtigen Taufrodel 1659-1712" (Church Records of Diemtigen, Bern Canton, Switzerland): "1666, the 29th of July, a child christened named Anna, parents are Hans Wampfler and Magdalena Knutti. Witnesses: Christ. Schwÿngruber, Barbara Klossner, and Susanna Mani."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. 		Wampfler, Anna (I1148)
 
1957 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 4 discusses the Diemtigal (Diemtig Valley) . Diemtigtal consists of several places: Diemtigen, Wampflen, Zwischenflüh - each of which are within walking distance of the other. The church that served these hamlets was at Diemtigen (the old church our ancestors attended was in the exact same location as the new church of which the book contains a photo.) For the earliest eras that we have written records, Zwischenflüh was the principal home of our Wampfler ancestors. The church records of Diemtigen which church included all of Diemtigtal.

2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 29-51 provides copies and detailed discussion of various mortgages contracted in the late 1600's by Hans Wampler and his sons with the Diemtigen Church funds which acted as a local bank. Using these mortgages, one can prove that Hans did in fact have three sons: Peter, Hans, and Christian. Several of the mortgages were redeemed in 1720 by Jacob Klossner and his sister Barbara Klossner - there was a Barbara Klossner who married the son Hans Wampfler. The Swiss named every piece of land and these names still survive - using these mortgages one can locate Schuopis, Geisegg, and Meniggrund. Specifically we learn the family home was on the Geisegg in Oeyen which is in Zwischenflüh and can be walked today. (The book contains a photo of this piece of land in a panoramic view of the large alpine valley.) The book has recreated some plot maps and there appears as adjoining neighbors: Christen Knutti, Peter Klossner's hiers, Hans Herren, Peter Knutti, and Niclaus Klossner - all related surnames even though the book does not provide any relationships.
The book indicates that Peter and Magdalena had the following four children of Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland:
Anna, ch. 8 Dec 1695.
Christian, ch. 20 Dec 1705.
Peter, ch. 24 Jun 1708.
Anna, ch. 24 Jan 1712.

3. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Bern, Diemtagen, Switzerland Wampflers," copied by Dorothy Hamm and sorted into families by editor:
"Hans Wampgler married 1647 Magdalena Knutti, born Nov. 4, 1621, dau. of Michael and Margaretta Knutti. (Their children, not in order):
Peter born Feb. 18, 1649.
Hans born July 2, 1651.
Christian born Dec. 3, 1654.
Johannes born Oct. 7, 1660.
Anna born July 29, 1666."

CHRISTENING:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 26-27 has the following translation of the christening record from "Diemtigen Taufrodel 1613-1659" (Church Records of Diemtigen, Bern Canton, Switzerland): "1649, 18 February a child christened named Peter, parents are Hans Wampfler and Magdalena Knutti. Witnesses: Steffan Waffler, Peter Klasner, and Anna Hager."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. 		Wampfler, Peter (I1147)
 
1958 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 4 discusses the Diemtigal (Diemtig Valley) . Diemtigtal consists of several places: Diemtigen, Wampflen, Zwischenflüh - each of which are within walking distance of the other. The church that served these hamlets was at Diemtigen (the old church our ancestors attended was in the exact same location as the new church of which the book contains a photo.) For the earliest eras that we have written records, Zwischenflüh was the principal home of our Wampfler ancestors. The church records of Diemtigen which church included all of Diemtigtal.

2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 29-51 provides copies and detailed discussion of various mortgages contracted in the late 1600's by Hans Wampler and his sons with the Diemtigen Church funds which acted as a local bank. Using these mortgages, one can prove that Hans did in fact have three sons: Peter, Hans, and Christian. Several of the mortgages were redeemed in 1720 by Jacob Klossner and his sister Barbara Klossner - there was a Barbara Klossner who married the son Hans Wampfler. The Swiss named every piece of land and these names still survive - using these mortgages one can locate Schuopis, Geisegg, and Meniggrund. Specifically we learn the family home was on the Geisegg in Oeyen which is in Zwischenflüh and can be walked today. (The book contains a photo of this piece of land in a panoramic view of the large alpine valley.) The book has recreated some plot maps and there appears as adjoining neighbors: Christen Knutti, Peter Klossner's hiers, Hans Herren, Peter Knutti, and Niclaus Klossner - all related surnames even though the book does not provide any relationships.
The book also notes there were two children of Johannes Hans and Barbara.
Anna Wampfler, ch. 1701
Christian Wamfler, ch. 26 Dec 1706

3. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Bern, Diemtagen, Switzerland Wampflers," copied by Dorothy Hamm and sorted into families by editor:
"Hans Wampgler married 1647 Magdalena Knutti, born Nov. 4, 1621, dau. of Michael and Margaretta Knutti. (Their children, not in order):
Peter born Feb. 18, 1649.
Hans born July 2, 1651.
Christian born Dec. 3, 1654.
Johannes born Oct. 7, 1660.
Anna born July 29, 1666."

CHRISTENING:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 26-27 has the following translation of the christening record from "Diemtigen Taufrodel 1659-1712" (Church Records of Diemtigen, Bern Canton, Switzerland): "1660, the 7th of October, a child christened named Johannes, parents are Hans Wampfler and Magdalena Knutti. Witnesses: Herr Niclaus Mani, Obman (The Obman was the president of the Chorgericht, the local ecclestiastical court.); Niclaus Mani in Schwende (We are dealing with two Niclaus Manis, the second having his residence n Schwenden, the hamlet at the top of the Diemtigtal.); Stini Agistein (Stini is a diminutive for Christina.)."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. 		Wampfler, Johannes Hans (I1142)
 
1959 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 4 discusses the Diemtigal (Diemtig Valley). Diemtigtal consists of several places: Diemtigen, Wampflen, Zwischenflüh - each of which are within walking distance of the other. The church that served these hamlets was at Diemtigen (the old church our ancestors attended was in the exact same location as the new church of which the book contains a photo.) For the earliest eras that we have written records, Zwischenflüh was the principal home of our Wampfler ancestors. The church records of Diemtigen which church included all of Diemtigtal.

2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 29-51 provides copies and detailed discussion of various mortgages contracted in the late 1600's by Hans Wampler and his sons with the Diemtigen Church funds which acted as a local bank. Using these mortgages, one can prove that Hans did in fact have three sons: Peter, Hans, and Christian. Several of the mortgages were redeemed in 1720 by Jacob Klossner and his sister Barbara Klossner - there was a Barbara Klossner who married the son Hans Wampfler. The Swiss named every piece of land and these names still survive - using these mortgages one can locate Schuopis, Geisegg, and Meniggrund. Specifically we learn the family home was on the Geisegg in Oeyen which is in Zwischenflüh and can be walked today. (The book contains a photo of this piece of land in a panoramic view of the large alpine valley.) The book has recreated some plot maps and there appears as adjoining neighbors: Christen Knutti, Peter Klossner's hiers, Hans Herren, Peter Knutti, and Niclaus Klossner - all related surnames even though the book does not provide any relationships.

3. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 54-55 contains an enumeration of the various clans holding citizenship rights in Diemtigen and how many children of each appear in the local christening registers covering the time periods 1659-1712 and 1713-1766 as well as how many appear in the death register 1713-1766. The enumeration was in the back of the local church records book "Diemtigen Taufrodel, 1713-1766. Of the 49 family names, the following have interest:
Herren: 32-2-23.
Klossner: 61-94-51.
Knutti: 58-61-56.
Wampfler: 9-16-9.

4. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 56-57 contains the following geographical information on Alsace: "No place in Europe has been subjected to more boundary changes than Alsace (in German this region is called Elsass). Today Alsace is part of France. It has changed hands between Germany and France many times. The culture of Alsace is German. Although it is part of France today, German is stll spoken freely in the smaller villages ... Alsace consists of the departments [states] of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin ... It is the department of Bas-Rhin [Low Rhine] that will be of particular interest to us ... [The book includes maps.] ...the distance between Keskastel to Hinsingen is about 2 miles. The French government has changed some of the German sounding village names to something that is easier to pronounce in French. The only name change that will concern us is Altweler. Today this village is called Altwiller. After wars between Germany (or, to be more exact, what was to become part of unified Germany) and France, boundaries in Alsace were often ill-defined. It is more meaningful to speak of our ancestors as being Alsatian, rather than German or French. To state that they were French is misleading, because their culture and language were German. To state that they were German is not in accord with the present boundaries of Germany. Please note that Alsace does border on the German states of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palitinate) and Saarland. Thousands of Swiss emigrated into the Rheinland (including Alsace) following the Thirty Years War (1618-1638). Most of this movement took place in the last half of the 1600's. Among these immigrants was Christian Wampfler of Diemtigtal, Zwischenflüh, Switzerland who was to settle in Sparsbach, Alsace." [Note: the villages of Keskatel, Hinsingen, Altwiller, Zollingen, and Diedendorf all appear to be within a 4-5 mile radius of Altwiller; however, this whole grouping of villages appear to be 20 or so miles west of Sparsbach and about 8 miles southwest of Herbitzheim.] The book contains photos of Sparsbach, Keskastel, Herbitzheim, and Hinsingen (home of Hans Peter Wampfler) as they appeared in the 1980's. Much of these villages have remained unchanged over the last several centuries.

5. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999, relying on Fred Wampler's work notes on p. 5: "Fred Wampler found documents (mortgages and records of the 'Anzugsgeld.' or departure tax) related to Christian Wampfler's emigration from Bern Canton. Once the Bernese government was satisfied that an emigrant had been accepted elsewhere and was still an adherent of the Reformed religion, he was allowed to liquidate his Bernese assets and remove them from Bern Canton, provided that a 10 percent departure tax was paid."

6. FHL film 1638364, it. 16, newsletter "Wampler Ancestors & Descendants in America," by Barbara S. Wampler, v. 5 (1979), "Bern, Diemtagen, Switzerland Wampflers," copied by Dorothy Hamm and sorted into families by editor:
"Hans Wampgler married 1647 Magdalena Knutti, born Nov. 4, 1621, dau. of Michael and Margaretta Knutti. (Their children, not in order):
Peter born Feb. 18, 1649.
Hans born July 2, 1651.
Christian born Dec. 3, 1654.
Johannes born Oct. 7, 1660.
Anna born July 29, 1666."

CHRISTENING:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 26-27 has the following translation of the christening record from "Diemtigen Taufrodel 1613-1659" (Church Records of Diemtigen, Bern Canton, Switzerland): "1654, 3 December, a child christened named Christen, parents are Hans Wampfler and Madlena Knutti. Witnesses: Anna Clossner (Klossner), Jacob Widmer, Petter Agistein - Enetchirell (= Peter's place of residence)."

DEATH:
1. Death mentioned in book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 63, Marriage Records for Diedendorf in Alsace: "1715, On May 14 were joined together (in holy matrimony) Johann Christian Wampfler, linen weaver of Sparsbach leg. son of the deceased Christian Wampfler former citizen of the same place (and) the maiden Anna: legitimate daughter of Jacob Trittten seigneurial servant at Herbitzheim."

2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 61 has the following record extract from the Staatsarchiv in Bern, Switzerland from "Wimmis Amtsrechnung, March 1716 - March 1717" giving the 4 heirs (children) of Christian Wampfler who had reached the age of majority (14) and who were receiving part of their deceased father's assets that had not previously been converted to capital and moved out of Switzerland: "The 5th of February 1716 District Treasurer Mani paid in the name of Hans Peter Wampfler, surviving son of a citizen and district subject, living in Sparbach, and for his brother Christian, married and living at Herzheim in the Nassauw Saarbrüggishen territory; additionally, for a single brother Hans, plus their sister Madlen living in Castel, married to Samuel Methauwer in the above county. Together 12 Kronen." According to the book, the following spelling corrections need to be made from that record:
Sparbach = Sparsbach.
Hertzheim = Herbitzheim.
Castel = Keskastel.
Madlen is equivalent to Magdalena.
Mathauwer = Mettauer.
Hans, Johannes, and Johann were often used interchangeably.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. 		Wampfler, Christian or Christen (I2004)
 
1960 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 29-51 provides copies and detailed discussion of various mortgages contracted in the late 1600's by Hans Wampler and his sons with the Diemtigen Church funds which acted as a local bank. Using these mortgages, one can prove that Hans did in fact have three sons: Peter, Hans, and Christian. Several of the mortgages were redeemed in 1720 by Jacob Klossner and his sister Barbara Klossner - there was a Barbara Klossner who married the son Hans Wampfler. The Swiss named every piece of land and these names still survive - using these mortgages one can locate Schuopis, Geisegg, and Meniggrund. Specifically we learn the family home was on the Geisegg in Oeyen which is in Zwischenflüh and can be walked today. (The book contains a photo of this piece of land in a panoramic view of the large alpine valley.) One of the mortgages refers to Peter Klossner, brother in law of Hans Wampfler, or brother to Barbara Klossner.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. 		Klossner, Barbara (I3655)
 
1961 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 54-55 contains an enumeration of the various clans holding citizenship rights in Diemtigen and how many children of each appear in the local christening registers covering the time periods 1659-1712 and 1713-1766 as well as how many appear in the death register 1713-1766. The enumeration was in the back of the local church records book "Diemtigen Taufrodel, 1713-1766. Of the 49 family names, the following have interest:
Herren: 32-2-23.
Klossner: 61-94-51.
Knutti: 58-61-56.
Wampfler: 9-16-9.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D. 		Herren, Verena (I2008)
 
1962 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 88-91 notes that the ship Lydia arrived in Philadelphia carrying passengers identified as being from the Palatine (the present German state of Rhineland-Palatinate or Rheinland Pfalz in German. The book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, as cited above, points out that vertually all German speaking people coming to America during this era were identified as Palatines. Part of the passengers could be Palatines and the remaining passengers could be German speaking people from adjacent areas to the Palatine. This was the case for the passengers aboard the ship Lydia. The following Wampflers were listed on the ship:
Hans Peter Wampfler, 40 years of age.
Hans Peter Wampfler, 18 years of age.
Hans Michel Wampfler, 16 years of age.
There were assuredly more of the family aboard but only the males age 16 and older were listed. Considering the list was made by the captain prior to the departure of a voyage that took about 3 months, the ages work out exactly. The book as photocopies of first two males who signed their names but Hans Michel did not since he probably could not write yet. The christening records for Anna Magdalena Wampfler, Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr., and Hans Michael Wampfler all indicated the family left for America May 3, 1741. Also in the record books of Zollingen (the home of Anna Veronica Lung, the wife of Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr., the following words were written on 12 Apr 1755: "Peter Wampfler married Veronica Lung, the heiress of Jacob Lung, who was a citizen of Zollingen. They have for about 15 years been moved to the new land." This was probably written since she was an heiress to her mother who was the last of her parents to die in 1754. Also on the list of arriving passengers was a Johannes Mettauer (age listed as 25) who was the son of Samuel Mettauer and Anna Magdalena Wampfler and a nephew to Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.
Another book by the same author, "Wampler Family History, 1701-1980," pp. 1-4, adds additional insight into the voyage to America. In the late 1600's and concurrent with the internal conflicts within continental Europe, there was a visit by William Penn of Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the German States of the Rheinland. He assured these very productive farmers, whose farming efforts were now largely in vain because of political and religious wars, that if they were to come to his Province of Pennsylvania, they would be free to worship according to their own beliefs and they would have the civil liberties they desired. By 1683 there began a steady influx of German immigrants. By 1729 the new German immigrants were required by law to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and also an oath of abjuration and fidelity to the laws of Pennsylvania Province. The actual voyage itself began when families left their German homeland by boarding a boat on the Rhine River around the first of May and journeyed down the Rhine through many custom inspeciton stations. The ships were often detained at each station and each family had to spend money there for essential items. This trip from their homeland to where the ship departed in Holland usually took about 4-6 weeks. There was usually also another wait in Holland of 4-6 weeks before the English ships sailed. After embarking in Holland, the ship usually had a 1-2 week layover in England awaiting proper winds for the 8-12 week transatlantic voyage. In the case of the ship Lydia, James Allen was shipmaster and they sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, with an english port stop in Deal. The ships were crowded with not enough food and water. Disease was prevalent and many passengers died. Once the ships arrived n Philadelphia, health officers from the city inspected the ships for persons with infectious diseases and if such persons were identified, the ship was ordered to be removed one mile from the city. The Wampfler family swore allegiance to the British Crown upon arrival on Sep. 29, 1741. These foreigners had faith that their new homeland would allow them to farm, prosper, and worship God in peace.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003:
A. Article on, "Hill Lutheran Church," 1733-1983, by the Lebanon Co. Historical Society, Lebanon, Lebanon Co., PA. Vol. 16, #2. Shown in the "List of Communicants of the Hill Church, May 19, 1795." Pg 23. Also: Married in Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lebanon Twp. Book of Records of Rev. John Casper Stover. Lebanon Co. Hist. Soc.
B. Children:
Michael Boger, b: 28 Sep 1746 in Jordan Luth. Ch., Lehigh Co, PA.
Christian Boger, b: 29 Dec 1747 in Lebanon Co, PA.
Maria Elizabeth Boger, b: Abt. 1752 in Lebanon Co, PA.
Mattias Jr. Boger, b: 10 Mar 1756 in Lebanon Co, PA.
Valentine Boger, b: 10 Mar 1756 in Lebanon Co, PA.
Anna Magdalena Boger, b: Nov 1762 in Lebanon Co, PA.

3. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 12-13:
A. "Anna Magdalene Wampler... was married 7 Jan 1746 at Hill Lutheran Church, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, to Mathias Boger, son of John Paul Boger and Anna Eve ___. Mathias was born after 1716 and died after 27 Mar 1784. He was a patriot in the American Revolution. Dr. Hiram Shenks, in his 'History of Lebanon Valley of Pennsylvania,' mentioned that Mathias Boger married Anna Magdalena 'Wamfler', daughter of Peter Wamfler who resided with his family on a neighboring plantation. Mathias Boger settled on land near what later became known as the Union Water Works, North Annville Township, Lebanon County, PA. This same land was in the possession of his descendants for several generations. [Roy Wampler as cited below adds that his will was recorded (Book E, vol. 1, p. 237) at the Lancaster County Courthouse, Lancaster, PA.]
B. Known children:
a. Christian Boger, b. 27 Dec 1747, d. 29 Jul 1779, bur. at Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery, md. Barbara ___. He served as a private in the Rev. War.
b. Maria Elizabeth Boger, b. ca. 1750; md. 6 Jan 1768 at Hill Lutheran Church to Lucas Shally.
c. Mathias Boger, Jr., b. ca 1756, md. 23 Dec 1777 at Hill Luth. Church to Barbara Foerster.
d. Joh. Valentine Boger,b. 10 Mar 1758 and bapt. at Hill Luth. Church on 26 Mar 1756 with sponsors listed as 'Valentin and wife.' Died 24 Jul 1826 ans is bur. at Hill Luth. Church with a grave marker. he was a private in Rev. War. He married about 1784 to Juliana Imboden (1763-1846).
e. Anna Magdalena Boger, b. Nov 1762, bapt. 5 Dec 1762 at Hill Luth. Church with George Wampfler and wife as sponsors. She married William Bohr. [Roy Wampler as cited below adds marriage was 1779 to John William Bohr.]
C. Referenced sources:
a. Parish Register, the Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annville-Cleona, PA, FHL974.819 V26L.
b. National Society of the daughters of the Am. Rev., "DAR Patriot Index," Washington, DC., 1966, p. 69.
c. Shenks, Dr. Hiram M., "History of Lebanon Valley of Pennsylvania," Vol. II, National Historical Association, Inc., Harrisburg, PA, 1930, p. 248.
d. Tombstone Inscriptions from Hill Lutheran Cemetery, Annville-Cleona, Lebanon Co., PA.

4. Wampfler is the proper surname for those Wamplers born in Alsace. It was anglicized to Wampler upon immigrating to America in 1741.

5. FHL book 974.8 B4pgp "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," by Annette Kunselman Burgert (Camden, ME; Picton Press), pp. 520-24:
"Wampfler, Hans Peter age 40 (Keskastel=67260 Sarre-Union; Altwiller=67260 Sarre-Union)
Wampfler, Hans Peter age 18
Wampfler, Michael age 16
[Immigrated on the ship] "Lydia," 1741; [Source:] S-H, I: 300, 301, 302 [Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William John Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers. 3 vols. (Norristown, 1934)].
European Records
Keskastel Lutheran KB [Kirchebook (Church book)]:
Peter Wampffler, linenweaver at Hinsingen, and wife Veronica had:
1. Anna Magdalena bp. 7 June 1720; Sp.: Samuel Mettauer, linenweaver at Kastel; A. Magdalena, wife of Peter S__tz of Newhausel; Anna Magdalena ?___. (Record extracted 3 May 1741)
2. Hans Peter bp. 4 Aug. 1722; Sp.: Hans Peter Klein, Harskirchen; Johannes Wampffler;
Anna Elisa, wife of Jacob Lang of ?Zollingen; Maria Barbara, ?daughter of Michel Buttner (Ext. 3 May 1741).
3. Michael b. ca. 1724
Harskirchen Lutheran KB:
4. Anna Fronica b. 5 Nov. 1726, bp. 7 Nov. 1726 at Altweyler
5. Anna Barbara bp. 24 July 1729 at Altweyler [Altwiller]
6. Anna Elisabetha bp. 3 Dec. 1732 at Altweyler
7. Anna Catharina bp. __ ___ 1734
8. possible Georg, bp. not located
American Records
Hill Lutheran KB, near Annville, Lebanon co:
-Mattheis Boger m. 7 Jan. 1746 Anna Magdalena Wampflerin.
-Jacob Brenneyssen m. 13 Jan. 1747 Anna Veronica Wampflerin.
[See Burgert, The Northern Kraichgau for Boger and Brenneisen].
Rev. John Casper Stoever's Records (F. J. F. Schantz, trans. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever, Baptismal and Marriage, 1730-1799. {Harrisburg, 1896; reprinted Baltimore 1982}. This translation contains errors and omissions.):
-Georg Wampfler and wife were sp. in 1762 for a child of Mattheis Boger..."

CHRISTENING:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 82 has a photocopy and translation of the christening church record from Keskastel as follows: "June 7, 1720 from Hinsingen Peter Wampfler linen-waver and his wife Veronica a young daughter baptized named Anna Magdalena. Witnesses: Samuel Mettauer, linen-weaver in Keskastel [uncle and husband of Anna Magdalena Wampfler]; Anna Magdalena, wife of Peter Schutzmann of Sarrewerden; Anna Magdalena ??? [Mettauer] from Sparbach, sister of the Wampfler. Removed 3 May 1741." Note Hinsingen did not have a church and the family used the one at Keskastel until a church was started at nearer Altweiler by about 1726. [The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999, p. 10 notes: Burgert (Annette Kunselman Burgert, "18th Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992) gives some additional data on the connection of the Stutzmans to the Wampflers. Hans Peter Stutzman, son of the late Hans Peter Stutzman, in 1716 at Altweiler married Anna Magdalena, daughter of the late Hans Jacob Lung of Altweler. Their third Child, Hans Peter Stutzman, bapt. 6 Feb 1724 at Hinsingen (Keskastel Lutheran Kirchenbuch), appears on the passenger list of the Ship Lydia in 1741 (age listed as 16) along with the Wampflers and Johannes Mettauer (son of Samuel and Anna Magdalene {Wampfler} Mettauer). Recall that the wife of Hans Peter Wampfler was a daughter of Jacob Lung."]

MARRIAGE:
1. Http://www.pa-roots.com/~lancaster/church/stoever/stoevermarriage1.html: "Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania," compiled by Mildred Smith (msmith@cybermania.net); these following individuals are all relatives and the marriage of this person is noted with an asterisk:
1737 09 18 Brenneis, Margaretha (Cocalico) - Uhrich, Johannes 1749 01 17 Brenneisen, Rudolph - Schaeffer, Anna Barbara (Cocalico) 1747 01 13 Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon) - Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) 1743 09 26 Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) - Wampler, John Peter 1751 01 21 Brennersen, John - Minier, Christina(Bethel)
1743 09 26 Wampler, John Peter - Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) *1746 01 07 Wampsler, Anna Magdalena (Lebanon) - Boger, Mattheis (Lebanon) 1747 01 13 Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) - Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon)

2. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 365-6, gives some of the history of the "The Hill Church (Berg Kirche)": "The Hill Church is located four miles northwest of Lebanon, Pennsylvania in North Annville Township. It was built in 1733 and was used jointly by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. Ref. John Casper Stoever formed the congregation in 1733. Rev. Stoever called it 'the church on the Quittapahilla' because he lived and had a mill on that stream. The Hill Church was the first organization for religious services in what is now Lebanon County and was the first to erect church buildings. According to Egle's history of Lebanon County, '...In 1754, and thereafter, when the Indians made frequent incursions, people often took their guns with them to defend themselves against savages. During divine service men with loaded muskets were placed at the door as sentinels.' The present church, built in 1837, is the third church in the same location. An ancient grave yard adjoins the church and many old markers are long gone. [The book has a picture rendering of the old two story Hill Church.]"

3. FHL film 599224 it. 2 "Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Cleona and Annville in North Annville Township, Lebanon Co., PA. Parish Registers 1743-1943," p. 121:
"Mattheis Boger and Anna Magdalena Wampflerin 7 Jan 1746."

4. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, p. 69:
"7103 Schwaigern...
Pennsylvania records...
Stoever's Records:
Mattheis Boger m. 7 Jan. 1746 Anna Magdalena Wampfler, Lebanon.
JORDAN Lutheran KB, LEHigh CO.:
Matthias Boger and wife Magdalena had:
Hans Michel b. 28 Sept. 1746; sp. were Michael Wamffler and Anna Veronica m. 16 May 1742 Philip Boger and Anna Margaretha Fix..."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999. He adds the following additional sources:
a. "Early Lutheran Baptisms and marriages in Southeastern PA: the Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730-1779," Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1988.
b. Eleanore J. Fulton And Barbara K. Mylin, "An Index to the Will Books and Intestate Records of Lancaster Co., PA, 1729-1850," Lancaster, PA, 1936. 		Wampfler, Anna Magdalena (I1180)
 
1963 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Both Barbara and Mary Burkett, who marry brothers David and Peter Graybill, appear to be sisters and daughters of Christian Burkett and Catherine Perry.

2. Censuses:
1800 US: Ashe County, North Carolina. The total population for Ashe County, North Carolina in 1800 was 2785, including slaves. The 1800 Ashe County Census was the first for the northwestern most county in the Tar Heel State. This county was formed in late 1799 and included all of Wilkes County west of the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountain. The 977 square miles that then composed Ashe County has been further divided, first in 1849 to form Watauga County, North Carolina and again 10 years later to form Alleghany County. This record includes families who may have been living in those areas at the time. The original census was in rough alphabetic order, and this does not facilitate the research of particular communities. I include all interrelated families of this time and place to better show relationships. A word of explanation on some of these families:
A. Mary and Barbara Burkett who married Peter and David Graybeal, had a father named Christian - unsure as to which is correct of the two.
B. Elizabeth Eller appears to be Elizabeth Dick, the wife of Peter Eller who had just died per his probate of 1799.The one daughter is probably Mary; unsure who the two boys are since there should be three: Jacob, Henry, and George. John Eller would be Elizabeth's eldest son and married to Susannah Kerns.
C. Henry Graybeal would have recently married Celia Henson and also the eldest son of [John] Peter and Christina [Wampler] Graybill who also appear to be in this same census. Note that Peter evidently had owned slaves at that time - the census does not say how many.
D. One of the William Hensons could be somehow related to William Henson who marries Nancy Graybill and to Celia Henson who marries Henry Graybeal.
E. The two Koons are probably brothers and are sons of Devault Koon judging from their ages. This would make them uncles to George Koons who eventually marries Mary Eller.
F. James Lewis, b. abt. 1790, marries Christena Graybill in 1807 - there may be a connection with these two James Lewis.
G. William Pennington marries Barbara (or Elizabeth) Eller and may be the younger of the two here listed.
H. Michael Stucker is a misspelling for Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker with their three oldest children: Polly, David, and Elizabeth.
Head of Family; Males 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+:
Burkett, Christian; 1-2-0-1-0; 1-0-2-0-0
Burkett, Christian; 4-1-0-1-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Eller, Elizabeth; 1-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-1
Eller, John; 3-0-0-1-0; 1-0-0-1-0
Graybeal, Henry; 0-0-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Graybeal, Peter; 2-1-1-0-1; 3-1-0-0-1
Henson, William; 0-1-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Henson, William; 3-0-0-0-1; 1-1-1-0-0
Koons, George; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-0-0-0-1
Koons, John; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-1-2-0-1
Lewis, James; 2-2-1-0-1; 4-1-0-0-1
Lewis, James, Jr.; 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Pennington, William; 0-1-0-1-0; 1-2-1-0-1
Pennington, William; 0-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-0
Stucker, Michael; 1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0

1810 US: Ashe County, North Carolina; I include several related families in my database for this time and place. Some notes:
A. One of the two William Penningtons is married to an Eller - I assume it is the one with a younger wife.
B. One of the two Christian Burketts is probably the parent of Barbara and Mary who married Graybeal brothers.
C. James Lewis married Christina Graybill.
D. The older Peter Graybill would be John Peter and Christina Wampler Graybill. The other Peter and Henry would be their sons.
E. Adam Wilker could be Adam Welker, father of James Welker who later marries Elizabeth Stoker.
F. Surprisingly there is no Michael Stoker who should be there unless in adjoining county.
G. One of the two George Koons should be the George Koons of this database.
H. Not sure why two J. Ellers unless the transcriber inadvertently named the "J." as both Jacob when in fact the older one is John. Peter Eller would be a brother.
I. The older Peter Graybill would be John Peter Graybill, father of the other two Graybills: Henry and Peter [Jr.].
Head of Family; Males 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Slaves:
Pennington, W. (William); 1-0-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Bourket C. (Christian); 2-2-2-0-1; 5-1-1-1-0
Wilker, A. (Adam); 0-1-2-0-1; 0-1-0-0-1
Graybill, H. (Henry); 3-0-0-1-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Lewis, J. (James); 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Graybill, P. (Peter); 0-1-0-1-0; 0-1-0-0-1
Graybeal, P. (Peter); 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Graybill, H.; 2-0-1-0-0; 3-0-0-1-0
Koons, G. (George); 2-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Pennington, W. (Wm); 2-0-1-0-0; 2-0-0-0-1
Eller, P. (Peter); 3-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Eller, J. (Jacob); 2-3-1-0-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Burket, C. (Christian); 4-1-0-0-1; 0-1-0-0-1
Koontz, G. (George); 1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-1-0-1; 3
Eller, J. (Jacob [John?]); 2-0-0-1-0; 1-0-1-0-0

1820 US: Ashe County, North Carolina, 19 pages as the follow related families:
Henry Eller, 1,0,0,1,0,0//2,0,0,1,0,0,1.
Jacob Eller, 2,1,0,0,1,0//4,1,0,1,0,0,1.
David Graybeal, 3,0,0,1,0,0//0,0,1,0,0,0,1.
Henry Graybeal, 3[or 5],1,0,0,1,0//2,2,0,1,0,0,1.
Peter Graybeal, 3,1,0,0,1,0//2,0,1,0,0,0,0,
George Koons, 1,1,0,0,1,0//2,2,1,0,1,0,1.
No Hensons.
No William Penningtons.
No Stokers.
No apparent Shaws - an area with possible Shaws is very light copy and hard to read; the two that could be Shaws [or something else] look like first names Nathan and Gabriel as heads of households.

1830 US: Ashe County, North Carolina, entire county search for related families found the following:
Henry Eller, p. 26a, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 15-20:1; 40-50:1//females 10-15:2; 30-40:1.
David Graybeal, p. 26a, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 30-40:1.
Henry Graybeal, p. 34a, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 20-30:1; 50-60:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; 40-50:1.
Peter Graybeal, p. 39a, males 10-15:2; 20-30:1; 40-50:1//0-5:1; 20-30:1; 40-50:1.
No William Hensons, Penningtons, Stokers, nor Shaws.

1850 US: Ashe County, North Carolina, p. 304B, 26 Oct 1850, dwelling 982 (next couple of houses have their children Simeon, John, and Rebecca with their families):
David Grabeal, 60, farmer, $3,000, NC.
Barbary, 52, NC.
Calvin, 21, labour, NC.
Louisa, 16, NC.

1860: Jefferson Post Office, Ashe, North Carolina, p. 497b, 11 Jun 1860, dwelling 162 (next door neighbor is their son Eli Graybeal, age 41; also there is a David Burket, age 40, who may be a relative of Barbara Burkett):
David Graybeal, 66, farmer, $8,500 real estate, $2,958 personal property, NC.
Barbary, 61, NC.
Calvin, 30, NC.
Susanah, 19, VA.
Joisa, 2, NC.
Cicero, 1, NC.
Selack Mitchell, 17, male, NC.

1870: Jefferson Twp., Ashe, North Carolina, p. 497b, 6 Sep 1870, dwelling 42:
David Graybeal, 76, farmer, $4,000 real estate, $400 personal property, NC.
Barbary, 73, keeping house, NC.
Sarah, 16, domestic servant, NC.

3. Per website http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/ashe1815.htm: "Ashe County, North Carolina - 1815 Tax List. Ashe County, North Carolina was formed in 1799 from Wilkes County. From 1799 until 1859, Ashe County included the most of the land now included in Alleghany and Watauga Counties, and part of what is now Avery County, North Carolina. In 1815, Ashe County was bounded by Carter County, Tennessee on the west, Grayson County, Virginia on the north, by Surry and Wilkes Counties on the east and Burke County, North Carolina on the South. This list was abstracted and totals were combined for brevity for individuals with multiple tracts of land. I abstracted this document years ago and omitted portions that I wish I hadn't now. Don't take it as absolutely accurate. Five categories are given: Name, number of acres of land, valuation in dollars, polls, and local situation or name of neighbors. I added the number of tracts of land in the consolidation process." [He did not get the parts of Ashe County that are now part of Alleghany and Watauga Counties. Also no Stokers found.]:
Henson, Nancy 100, 50, -, Long Branch, 1 [Nancy Mary Graybill?]
Graybeal, Henry 200, 255, 1, Laurel Fork, 3
Koons, Gasper 150, 150, 1, Charles Francis, 1
Koons, George 205, 200, 1, North Fork, 1
Koons, John 90, 130, 1, North Fork, 1
Koons, Devault 150, 200, 1, North Fork, 1
Graybeal, David 350, 212, 1, Old Field Creek, 2
Eller, Jacob 300, 200, 1, Horse Creek, 2
Eller, Henry 250, 200, 1, M. Carpenter, 1
Eller, Peter 215, 320, 1, 1
Pennington, William 103, 150, 1 1
Burket, Chris. 1260, 1800, 1, Buffalo [Father of the two Burkett girls who md. Graybills.]
Judd, John 196, 250, -, Pine Swamp [Father of Margaret Judd?]
Koonts, Mary 340, 600, 3, S.F. New River [Mary Eller?]
Koonts, Geo. 250, 150, 1, Pond Mountain

4. The book "The Brethren in the New Nation, A Source Book on the Development of the Church of the Brethren, 1785-1865," compiled by Roger E. Sappington and printed by the Brethren Press, Elgin, IL, FHL 973 Kzch gives background on the Dunker or the Brethren religious movement and some family ancestors as follows:
Pp. 10-11: "The Brethren, frequently known as the Dunkers (from the German, tunken, to dip) from their pattern of baptizing adult believers by three separate complete immersions forward. They are distinctly different from other groups which use the term Brethren, including the Moravians, the Plymouth Brethren, the United Brethren, and the Brethren in Christ or River Brethren. In 1836 they became known officially as the Fraternity of German Baptists, which was changed in 1871 to German Baptist Brethren and in 1908 to the Church of the Brethren ... these Brethren had been organized in Germany in 1708 under the leadership of Alexander Mack, a young German miller. They were influenced by the Pietistic movement of the late 17th and early 18th centuries and by the earlier Anabaptist movement, which was currently represented in Germany by the group known as Mennonites. Beginning in 1719 and for about the next fifteen years almost all of the Brethren emigrated to America, landing in William Penn's city of Philadelphia. From that port they moved west and south, primarily into the mountain valleys of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas, all of which had settlements of Brethren before 1785. They shared the German fame for agricultural skill, generally settling on limestone soil and building large bank barns to take care of their livestock. The Germans developed the Conestoga (from a stream in Pennsylvania) workhorse and the Conestoga wagon (the famed covered wagon of the American frontier)... [Information on the Brethren from] 1785 to 1865 is very limited, which was evidently the way the Brethren intended it to be... at present, a fixed principle with them, to make no communication; and that they feel hurt when interrogated respecting their society. Indeed, they have always been shy of the English, and suspicious of encroachment and exposure... [It has been observed that they] altogether neglect any records of their proceedings, and are opposed even to publishing their numbers, lest it should seem to savor of pride..."
P. 15: "During the years from 1785 to 1865 ... [the] Brethren were engaged [in emigrating] from their homes in the Atlantic seaboard states to the new territory of the U.S. that was being opened to settlement on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains... [due to] the dissatisfaction with one's status in the present location and the call to move to new areas because 'the grass might be greener...'
P. 17, 26-29: "North Carolina. Although there were Brethren living in in North Carolina at least as early as the 1740's and 1750's ... none of these settlements became the basis of a permanent Brethren congregation. They usually came to an end as the result of the loss of leadership, either by death or by emigration. By the end of the 18th century, however, Brethren had established settlements in two areas which would survive across the years and become permanent congregations. The older of these settlements probably began in the 1770's in an area south of the present-day city of Winston-Salem. The Moravians had purchased a large piece of property on which they established several different communities, including Salem... In addition to the Brethren settlement known as the Fraternity congregation which developed on the south side of the Moravian territory, the Brethren also put down permanent roots before 1800 in the mountainous northwestern corner of North Carolina in Ashe County. When the first Brethren arrived in this area is not known, but certainly they were there by the 1780's, for numerous Brethren names were reported in this area in the census of 1790. The number of brethren in the settlement increased during the 1790's, and in 1801 many of them placed their names on a petition to the government of North Carolina dealing with land problems. [The petition is as follows:] 'To the Honourable House of the General Assembly. The distressed Situation in which your humble petitioners by the late Act of Assembly for the Year 1801 in the Second Section, in respect to the Land Law's is reduced: it is impossible without flowing Tears the Grievances thereof to prescribe! it is evident, that the County of Wilkes before its division, that part of it, which is called now the County of Ashe, being first inhabited with Hunters, made their living by Hunting game. Ulrick Kessler, a Dunkard Preacher coming from the North, was the first inhabitance of the Germans who bought his land for 300 £, and paid for it, and by his persuasion, drawing his congregation hither, till this Wild Country became inhabited with industrious farmers, Purchasing their land, and give their Money, Horses, Waggons and nearly all their living for their Possessions. Then this part of the Country being Granted by the Legislature unto a party of Speculators, who by their granted Authority, oppressed this people very much, to make themselves rich of their Labour. The first Settlers and Hunters could not endure to live amongst Labouring and industrious farmers, Sold their rights, moving to the West Country's, Cumberland, Kentucky, etc. The Germans who had bought their Possessions, labouring with industry, clearing Land, building Houses, Barns, planting Orchards, made Meadows, raising Stock, building Gear Mills, Saw Mills, fulling mills; that this Wild Country became fertile Utility, by the blessing of the Supreme being, who made all things; paying their taxes annually, and living peaceably and quietly in their Possessions, under the Protection of the legislature of the State; till this present juncture of the above mentioned late Act, when the Speculators Grants and Rights was broke, and the Land Office for to make Entry's upon Land was estblish'd. Some of them made Entry's upon Vacant Treasury, getting their Grants; improved it by their families, without hearing of any other Claim of any other person of persons, of their possessions till now. at the time when Wilkes County was divided, and this Country became the Name the County of Ashe, the Commissioners faithfully Purchasing Fifty Acres of Land, laying it out in Lot's, Sold them, and Builded a Court House, made a Contract for to Build the Prison, out of the Surplus of that Money, which gave the date to Conceive and bring forth a New-Birth of the infernal part of Self Interested party Speculators. Robert NaIl, Surveyor who. had undoubtedly a View of this Speculation; for the former Benefit, made him Sure of the New, that by his influence, to the Committee of this County, under a Cloak that it was beneficial for the poor inhabitance, to petition for that Law; no Sooner that Law came in existence; than he had a Store of Old Warrants, which was bought for a trifle, having the Books of Fletcher, forming a Body of party Speculators, claiming the Town Land and all the plantations within Six Miles round, near the Court House, Surveyes the Land and especially where a German lives without distinction. For this Speculators Say, they had the Oldest Warrant, it was their Right and Title, and in any Court of justice and Equity they could keep it, for the Word: previous of that date give it to them by the Said Act. and not in one clause of Said Act is left a iota of reserve, for the defence of a Labouring industrious Citizen; it is impossible that your humble petitioners can believe, that the Legislature could be so Tyrannical to pass Such Act and Law, with an intent; that Honest Citizen should be cheated and defrauded out of their property and Possessions for the Cause of a few Speculating individuals. Therefore your Humble petitioners beg the Honourable House of Assembly to take the Grievances of the foregoing Circumstances into Consideration; and Consider at first That the Established Land paid into the Treasury, and that the Grants for said Land is Lawfull and Ought to be protected. Secondly That the Warrants, with which the Speculators will Cheat and Defraud, to drive honest Citizens out of their Possessions; if they had not be revived by the late Act, being all Dead and out of date, and then to make a Conclusion for a remedy of redress. Thirdly That an Additional Act, that it the meaning of the Legislature not is, that honest Citizen should be cheated, defrauded and deprived out of their Possessions by the said Act, and that the Older Grant should be protected in any Court of justice and equity for ever in which hopes your humble petitioners is in duty bound, and will for ever pray.'
[Signed {Kerry's note: the ones with asterisks are in this database and related to me}:] Michajah Pennington, Wm hubbart, Peter Hart, Jos Rowland, James Mulkey Capt, David Connelson, John Johnson, John Byrket, Andrew Fouts, Jacob May, Christian Byrket *, Wm May, George Grubb, William Migapha, Moses Toliver, George Eberly, Allen Noulin, William Pennington *, G Koons *, John Phillips, Henry Miller, George Miller, Henry Dulheur, John Kessler, David Engrum, Lewis Bonner, Andrew Sheets, Peter Dick *, John Dick jr *, Conrad Grubb, Luke White, John Koons *, Daniel Miller, Leonard Baumgarner, Michael Stocker *, Jacob Fouts, Wm Shepperd, Emmanuel Croster, Henry Michel, Andrew Rowland, Jonathan Miller, Wilm Henson Junr *, Jacob Grimes, benja manhubbire, Woller Weaver, Jacob Reese, John Ford, John Norris, Gilbirt Norris, Barnet Owen, Henry Graybeal *, John Whit, Jacob Eller *, Peter Eller *, John Maxwell, Zacariah Harwood, James rowrick, Jacob Pfau, Samuel Wilcocken, John Sturgin, Charles Williams, John Miller, Jas Bunyard, Samuel Taylor, Isaac Weaver, Id manhubbire, Landrine Eggers, John Ress, Henry agrer, Wm Morris, Ephrim Norris, Wm Owen."

5. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31, clarifies early North Carolina counties and land grant practices:
"Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh ...
Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families."

6. Website http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/ashe/deeds/deedsabs.txt accessed 14 Dec 2008:
"Ashe County, NC - Deeds - Abstracts of selected deeds." This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kyle R. Graybeal krgrebiel@verizon.net, 37 Spring Lake Drive, Stafford, VA 22554. Revised 9 October 2001. This file contains abstracts of selected deeds from Ashe County, North Carolina Land records, mostly involving Graybeal family members. The information contained herein does not constitute the sum total of deeds in the Ashe County records involving Graybeal individuals. There are a few incomplete fields in some records especially in acreage, land description & witness names. This means that I have not copied them, not that the information is missing from the court records. The file now includes more deeds and has been corrected for errors dealing with land grants appearing in the original file. In the original file, the entry date and the date the deed was signed were reversed. This new file corrects that problem.
Information sorted in date order, which is yyyy-mm-dd. Grantee & Grantor names are [last], [first]. Witness names are [first], [last]. NFNR = North Fork of New River. Mn and Vn means Deed Books M new and V new respectively. Information in [ ] inserted by me and correct to the best of my knowledge. Information in () added for clarification. Price paid, proven date, and registered date not included to save space. I have this information on most deeds in case it is desired. Some compass directions are indicated by N, S, etc., rather spelled out. Deeds for state grants did not require have witnesses' signatures. The indication that a particular person signed with an "x" is not consistent from record to record in this transcription. {Kerry's note: I have refined the list so as to cut it off after whom I think may be the first generation after John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler; see that more complete list with John Peter Graybill - this partial list are for those only including the name of Burkett}:
Graybell, Peter To: Pouts, Peter 33 a.; Signed: 1800-11-10; South side of Beaver Creek/Groves Corner & line; Book: A, 278; Witness: Anarun Pouts, Wm. McNies, David (x) Burket.
Burket, Daniel To: Graybeal, Peter 200a.; Signed: 1823-11-26; On the Waters of Beaver Ck, waters of NFNR. Book: E, 345; Witness: Thomas Calloway, H. W. Britt.
State (NC) To: P. Graybeal & C. Burkett 100a., Grant: 1275, Ent: 1825-02-08; Signed:1827-01-04; Buffalo Creek in Lenoir's Line. Book: C, 90.
Griffeth, David To: Graybeal, Peter 246 a.; Signed: 1828-11-22; 1st tract 96a Buffalo Ck/agreed crnr A. May, D. Burkett/2nd trct 50a/100; Book: E, 482; Witness: John Hamilton, Peter Earnest.
Burkett, C. (x) To: Graybeal, David 366 a.; Signed: 1850-10-22; Book: P, 372.
Graybeal, Mary heirs To: Goss, William 40 a.; Signed: 1875-06-01; Waters of Little Buffalow Creek/Daniel Burkett corner; Book: Z, 019.

7. Per website http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/asheslv.htm, which is a decade by decade census derived tabulation of slave holders in Ashe County from 1800 to 1860 and after a full PAF database for all individuals associated with Wilkes/Ashe county, no slave owners were found for families with the surnames Pennington, Henson, Hodson, Koons, Stoker, White, McDaniels, Kerns, Judd, nor Shaw. Slaveholders that were found:
Burkett, Christian (father of Burkett daughters who married Graybeals): 1850 -6; 1860 - yes.
Eller, Jacob: 1830 - 1
Graybeal, David: 1860 - 3
Graybeal, John: 1860 - 5 [Note this John Graybeal is too young to be a brother to David or Peter.]
Graybeal, Peter: 1800 - yes; 1830 - 2

8. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75, book has extensive downline of this family: "David Graybill/Graybeal, b. 1794, Jefferson, Wilkes Co. (now Ashe Co.), NC or possibly in Rural Retreat, VA; d. 19 Apr 1874, Ashe Co., NC; md. 1814, Ashe Co., NC to Barbara Burkett. Some of their children evidently changed the spelling of their name to Graybeal. Their children were Eli Daniel, Joseph, Daniel, Rebecca, Simeon, John, Calvin, Catherin 'Katy' and Louisa Joicy." Looking at some of the descendants, it appears several were in the Confederancy during the Civil War.

9. Burketts, Graybeals, and Ellers mentioned in the book "History of Western North Carolina," by John Preston Arthur, 1914, chapter 8: "Some Early Settlers of Ashe. These noble, self-sacrificing men and women of the early times endangered their lives and braved many hardships in the wild Indian country to open the way to happy homes, schools, churches and the blessings of our present civilization. Some of these were Henry Poe, Martin Gambill, Thomas Sutherland, Timothy Perkins, Captain John Cox, Henry Hardin, Canada Richardson, James Douglas, Daniel Dickson and Elijah Galloway. Besides these were many others whose names awaken much unwritten history: Miller, Blevins, Ham, Reeves, Woodin, Barr, Baker, Eller, Goodman, Ray, Burkett, Graybeal, Houck, Kilby, Ashley, Jones, Gentry, Smith, Plummer, Lewis, Sutherland, McMillan, Colvard, Barker, Senter, Maxwell, Calhoun, Sapp, Thomas, Worth, Oliver and others."
Also the following quote is found; note that they were from Germany and may only have sailed from Holland - they were not Dutch: "The Graybeals. They are said to be of Dutch ancestry, are generally thrifty and successful folk, and own much real estate and live stock. They are honest, frugal and among the best citizens of Ashe."

10. Children from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 17 Feb 2004 database ":480580" of Donna Shell :
Eli Daniel Graybeal b: 18 Jul 1818 in Ashe Co, NC
Joseph Graybeal b: 26 Oct 1819 in Ashe Co, NC
Daniel Graybeal b: 26 Oct 1819 in Ashe Co, NC
Rebecca Graybeal b: 1821 in Ashe Co, NC
Simeon Graybeal b: 1822 in Ashe Co., NC
John Thomas Graybeal b: 9 Apr 1826 in Ashe Co, NC
Calvin Graybeal b: 14 Mar 1829 in Ashe Co, NC
Catherine Graybeal b: 1830 in Ashe Co, NC
Louisa Joicy Graybeal b: 1834 in Ashe Co, NC

11. The two Burkett women who married Graybeals, Mary and Barbara, are noted in their father's (Christian Burket) will as found on the website http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/ashe/wills/burket01.txt accessed 20 Dec 2008:
"Transcribed by Kyle R. Graybeal krgrebiel@verizon.net from a photocopy of the document on file in Will Book A, page 79 at the Ashe County Court House, Jefferson, North Carolina.
I have made every attempt to preserve the original spellings and have inserted a following words which were difficult to decipher and [-?-] for words which were undeciperable. In the 5th paragraph, I have inserted commas between the names of his children for clarity as the court house copy does not contain them. The word "[and]" was also inserted by me:
'Christian Burket's Will and Codicil
In the name of God Amen. I Christian Burket of the State of North Carolina County of Ashe being in perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God. Calling unto mind the mortality of my body & Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General resurection [sic] I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate as wherewith it has pleased God to blefs [sic] me in this life I give devise & dispose of the same in the following manner & form
First. I have chosen my son Jonas Burket and my son in law [sic] David Graybeal my Executors, my slaves shall be left to their choice (only Cherry shall be set free at my death & her bed & clothing to go with her) who they or belong to being valued by three men chosen by the Executors & if to the heirs they take them at their valuation, as part of their legacy,
I give and bequeathed to my daughter Susannah Tredaway's heirs and her, her life time the tract of land whereon they now live lying & being in the state of Indiana Monroe County one quarter section valued to Six hundred dollars.
I give & bequeath to my Grandson Christian Burket son of Christian Burket deceased a tract of land in Ashe County N.C. on Clay bank [sic] Creek containing Two hundred & one acres valued to three hundred & fifty dollars the title made to him when of age by the executors
I give & bequeath unto all my children to wit John Burket, Mary Graybeal, Jehu Burket, Elizabeth May, Christian Burket, David [and] Barbra Graybeal, Catherine May, Susannah Tredaway, Salome Shown, Jonas Burket, Ann Goodman, Rachel Lawrence, Jacob Burket for each and every one to have an equal share of my estate after allowing all gifts debts dues or demands deducted from their equal shares.
I request that all my goods & chattels lands & testaments to be sold to the highest bider [sic] twelve months credit and I do hereby disallow revoke disannul all and every other former Testaments wills legacies, bequeaths & executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed satisfying & confirming this & no other to be my last will & Testament In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 23rd day of September in the year of our Lord 1844.
his Christian X Burket mark"

BIRTH:
1. Year per tombstone inscription.

MARRIAGE:
1. Website http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/ashe/misc/grybel04.txt accessed 20 Dec 2009: "Letter, John Graybeal to Dona Graybeal."
Letter from John Graybeal of Shell Creek, Tennessee to his grand-daughter Dona Graybeal of Fig, North Carolina. This letter was found among the papers and Letters of Dona Graybeal and her son W. Thomas Graybal, of Emory, Virginia. Dona Graybeal was married to my great-uncle Winfield A. Graybeal, a Methodist Minister.
John Graybeal, son of Andrew Graybeal, and grandson of Henry Graybeal of Ashe County, North Carolina, wrote the letter to his granddaughter Dona Graybeal, daughter of William Asbury Graybeal and Rebecca Graybeal. Both sides of Dona's family trace back to Henry Graybeal.
Notes: The original letter was written in pencil on tablet paper with no punctuation and paragraph breaks. Paragraph breaks have been inserted where it seemed logical to do so for clarity. Periods have also been added at the end of sentences. Spelling remains as it was interpreted except where indicated by [ ]. References to "Winny" are to Winfield A. Graybeal Dona's husband and son of David Melvin Graybeal and Mary Anne Jones.
Transcribed by Kyle R. Graybeal kgraybeal@erols.com:
"Shell Creek Ten Jan 26 1915
Dona we recv'd your letter was real glad to hear from you all. was glad you was having a good time & Doing some good in the caus of Religion there. Dont seam to be But little good Doing here. We have had some offel Bad weather this winter. the weather was the worst before Christmas i Ever saw. i think we got a litter from pa a few days ago Said Conly & wife had gone to New Mexico Lum has moved in bout 8 miles of us. i Recon Griggs preached a fine Sermon Sunday at Shell Creek We are having a fine day today 26 of Jan
Well you asked me about the Graybeals. My father always told me they came from Penn to NC. My grandfather settled rite on the lands Elihu & your grandpa graybial lived. My granfathers name was Henry. Winnys grate granfathers name was David. he settled probably on the lands that Winnys granfather & Calvin graybeal lived on Hoss creek. the old man Petter settled near Jefferson, they Both maried Birkets
My granmother graybeal was a Henson. ther was one them old graybeals Name was John he never was married. he fell Dead at a wood pile cuting wood. Ther was one Mike he went West long time ago they never could her from him after them Days. So that was all of the old graybeals. they was real Duch.
My father always told me he couldent understand a word they would say when they talked in ther language though they could talk English all rite. i remember seeing all of them they wer Dunkards them days
My grandfather was a Methodist Ex[h]orter a grate scriptonian i remember seeing my grandfather & old man Dav & Peter. My grandmother Died after i was a bot grown her name was Celia
Well Dona i dont guess you can read this letter if you can you can almost Beat me so we hope you are all well and enjoying life. give Winny my Best respects and wishes and trust he may Do much good.
Your grandma has had a Bad cold all this winter and holds rite on so we would glad to here from you all often. We remain your grandparents
John Graybeal write soon"

2. FHL book 975.5763 H2h "Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, from 1800 to 1922," by John Newton Harman, Sr., Member Virginia Historical Society (Richmond, 1922[updated 1975]), pp. 428-31, "Graybeal-Greear Families"; this article provides the descendancy of the two brothers Peter and David Graybill:
"The Graybeal family is of Dutch descent. The first history we have of them gives them located in Bottetourt County, Virginia. Two brothers, Peter and David, married sisters by the name of Burkett. They all talked and read in their native tongue, and spelled the name "Graybill".
One of these brothers immigrated to Ash County, N. C., late in the 17th century, and located near Jefferson in Ash County. At this time they changed their name to spell "Graybeal," instead of "Graybill" hence the difference in the way the name is now being spelled..."

DEATH:
1. See burial citation below.

BURIAL:
1. Per website : "Joseph Graybeal Cemetery: copied and transcribed by Kyle R. Graybeal . Location: Piney Creek Township, north of Lansing, NC. The cemetery is located on the right side of NC route 194 going north, about 1.1 miles north of the stoplight at the intersection in Lansing, on a hill about 300 feet up from the road. There is a primitive road that leads up from the main road to a barn just a few feet above the roadway. The cemetery is not currently visible from the road, except possibly in winter, due to heavy growth. It is about one eighth of a mile or less north of several new brick houses on the right side of 194. There is a mobile home which is set back off the road and just at the foot of the hill and to the right below where the cemetery is located. Most burials are descendants of the following couple. Their tombstones:
Graybeal, David 1791 - 19 Apr 1874 [s/o Peter Graybeal & Christina Wampler]
Graybeal, Barbary 1796 - 22 Apr 1874 [d/o Christian Burkett & Catherine Perry]
 		Burkett, Barbara (I3637)
 
1964 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Both Barbara and Mary Burkett, who marry brothers David and Peter Graybill, appear to be sisters and daughters of Christian Burkett and Catherine Perry. May also be known as Molly.

2. Per website http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/ashe1815.htm: "Ashe County, North Carolina - 1815 Tax List. Ashe County, North Carolina was formed in 1799 from Wilkes County. From 1799 until 1859, Ashe County included the most of the land now included in Alleghany and Watauga Counties, and part of what is now Avery County, North Carolina. In 1815, Ashe County was bounded by Carter County, Tennessee on the west, Grayson County, Virginia on the north, by Surry and Wilkes Counties on the east and Burke County, North Carolina on the South. This list was abstracted and totals were combined for brevity for individuals with multiple tracts of land. I abstracted this document years ago and omitted portions that I wish I hadn't now. Don't take it as absolutely accurate. Five categories are given: Name, number of acres of land, valuation in dollars, polls, and local situation or name of neighbors. I added the number of tracts of land in the consolidation process." [He did not get the parts of Ashe County that are now part of Alleghany and Watauga Counties. Also no Stokers found.]:
Henson, Nancy 100, 50, -, Long Branch, 1 [Nancy Mary Graybill?]
Graybeal, Henry 200, 255, 1, Laurel Fork, 3
Koons, Gasper 150, 150, 1, Charles Francis, 1
Koons, George 205, 200, 1, North Fork, 1
Koons, John 90, 130, 1, North Fork, 1
Koons, Devault 150, 200, 1, North Fork, 1
Graybeal, David 350, 212, 1, Old Field Creek, 2
Eller, Jacob 300, 200, 1, Horse Creek, 2
Eller, Henry 250, 200, 1, M. Carpenter, 1
Eller, Peter 215, 320, 1, 1
Pennington, William 103, 150, 1, 1
Burket, Chris. 1260, 1800, 1, Buffalo [Father of the two Burkett girls who md. Graybills.]
Judd, John 196, 250, -, Pine Swamp [Father of Margaret Judd?]
Koonts, Mary 340, 600, 3, S.F. New River [Mary Eller?]
Koonts, Geo. 250, 150, 1, Pond Mountain

3. Censuses:
1800 US: Ashe County, North Carolina. The total population for Ashe County, North Carolina in 1800 was 2785, including slaves. The 1800 Ashe County Census was the first for the northwestern most county in the Tar Heel State. This county was formed in late 1799 and included all of Wilkes County west of the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountain. The 977 square miles that then composed Ashe County has been further divided, first in 1849 to form Watauga County, North Carolina and again 10 years later to form Alleghany County. This record includes families who may have been living in those areas at the time. The original census was in rough alphabetic order, and this does not facilitate the research of particular communities. I include all interrelated families of this time and place to better show relationships. A word of explanation on some of these families:
A. Mary and Barbara Burkett who married Peter and David Graybeal, had a father named Christian - unsure as to which is correct of the two.
B. Elizabeth Eller appears to be Elizabeth Dick, the wife of Peter Eller who had just died per his probate of 1799.The one daughter is probably Mary; unsure who the two boys are since there should be three: Jacob, Henry, and George. John Eller would be Elizabeth's eldest son and married to Susannah Kerns.
C. Henry Graybeal would have recently married Celia Henson and also the eldest son of [John] Peter and Christina [Wampler] Graybill who also appear to be in this same census. Note that Peter evidently had owned slaves at that time - the census does not say how many.
D. One of the William Hensons could be somehow related to William Henson who marries Nancy Graybill and to Celia Henson who marries Henry Graybeal.
E. The two Koons are probably brothers and are sons of Devault Koon judging from their ages. This would make them uncles to George Koons who eventually marries Mary Eller.
F. James Lewis, b. abt. 1790, marries Christena Graybill in 1807 - there may be a connection with these two James Lewis.
G. William Pennington marries Barbara (or Elizabeth) Eller and may be the younger of the two here listed.
H. Michael Stucker is a misspelling for Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker with their three oldest children: Polly, David, and Elizabeth.
Head of Family; Males 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+:
Burkett, Christian; 1-2-0-1-0; 1-0-2-0-0
Burkett, Christian; 4-1-0-1-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Eller, Elizabeth; 1-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-1
Eller, John; 3-0-0-1-0; 1-0-0-1-0
Graybeal, Henry; 0-0-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Graybeal, Peter; 2-1-1-0-1; 3-1-0-0-1
Henson, William; 0-1-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Henson, William; 3-0-0-0-1; 1-1-1-0-0
Koons, George; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-0-0-0-1
Koons, John; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-1-2-0-1
Lewis, James; 2-2-1-0-1; 4-1-0-0-1
Lewis, James, Jr.; 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Pennington, William; 0-1-0-1-0; 1-2-1-0-1
Pennington, William; 0-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-0
Stucker, Michael; 1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0

1810 US: Ashe County, North Carolina; I include several related families in my database for this time and place. Some notes:
A. One of the two William Penningtons is married to an Eller - I assume it is the one with a younger wife.
B. One of the two Christian Burketts is probably the parent of Barbara and Mary who married Graybeal brothers.
C. James Lewis married Christina Graybill.
D. The older Peter Graybill would be John Peter and Christina Wampler Graybill. The other Peter and Henry would be their sons.
E. Adam Wilker could be Adam Welker, father of James Welker who later marries Elizabeth Stoker.
F. Surprisingly there is no Michael Stoker who should be there unless in adjoining county.
G. One of the two George Koons should be the George Koons of this database.
H. Not sure why two J. Ellers unless the transcriber inadvertently named the "J." as both Jacob when in fact the older one is John. Peter Eller would be a brother.
I. The older Peter Graybill would be John Peter Graybill, father of the other two Graybills: Henry and Peter [Jr.].
Head of Family; Males 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Slaves:
Pennington, W. (William); 1-0-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Bourket C. (Christian); 2-2-2-0-1; 5-1-1-1-0
Wilker, A. (Adam); 0-1-2-0-1; 0-1-0-0-1
Graybill, H. (Henry); 3-0-0-1-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Lewis, J. (James); 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Graybill, P. (Peter); 0-1-0-1-0; 0-1-0-0-1
Graybeal, P. (Peter); 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Graybill, H.; 2-0-1-0-0; 3-0-0-1-0
Koons, G. (George); 2-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Pennington, W. (Wm); 2-0-1-0-0; 2-0-0-0-1
Eller, P. (Peter); 3-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Eller, J. (Jacob); 2-3-1-0-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Burket, C. (Christian); 4-1-0-0-1; 0-1-0-0-1
Koontz, G. (George); 1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-1-0-1; 3
Eller, J. (Jacob [John?]); 2-0-0-1-0; 1-0-1-0-0

1820 US: Ashe County, North Carolina; I include several related families in my database for this time and place - note no James Lewis, William Pennington, Welkers, nor Koons:
Head of Family; Males 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Slaves:
Eller, Henry; 1-0-0-1-0-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Eller, Jacob; 2-1-0-0-1-0; 4-1-0-1-0
Graybeal, David; 3-0-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-0
Graybeal, Henry; 3?-1-1-0-0; 1; 0-2-2-0-1
Burkt, Christian; 1-1-1-2-0-1; 1-2-0-1-1
Graybeal, Peter; 3-1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-1-0-0

1830 US: Ashe County, North Carolina, entire county search for related families found the following:
Henry Eller, p. 26a, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 15-20:1; 40-50:1//females 10-15:2; 30-40:1.
David Graybeal, p. 26a, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 30-40:1.
Henry Graybeal, p. 34a, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 20-30:1; 50-60:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; 40-50:1.
Peter Graybeal, p. 39a, males 10-15:2; 20-30:1; 40-50:1//0-5:1; 20-30:1; 40-50:1.
No William Hensons, Penningtons, Stokers, nor Shaws.

1850 US: Ashe County, North Carolina, p. 277a, 19 Sep 1850, dwelling 576:
Peter Graybeal, 65, farming, $2,000 real estate, VA.
Mary, 61, NC
Jacob, 30, farmer, NC.
Rachel, 25, Tennysee. [Wife of Jacob.]
Elizabeth, 5, NC.
Mary A., 3, NC.
Susan, 3, NC.
Catherine, 1, NC.

1860 US: Jefferson Post Office, Town District, Ashe, North Carolina, p. 324a, 12 Jun 1860, dwelling 242, living next door to son Jacob age 40:
Peter Graybeal, 76, farmer, $900 real estate, NC.
Mary, 71, NC.

1870 US: Jefferson Post Office, Oldfields Township, Ashe, North Carolina, p. 537a, 29 Aug 1870, dwelling 104:
John Graybeal, 60, farmer, $1500, $1000, NC.
Martha, 46, keeping house, VA.
Martha, 2, NC
Mary, 79, no occupation, NC.

4. The book "The Brethren in the New Nation, A Source Book on the Development of the Church of the Brethren, 1785-1865," compiled by Roger E. Sappington and printed by the Brethren Press, Elgin, IL, FHL 973 Kzch gives background on the Dunker or the Brethren religious movement and some family ancestors as follows:
Pp. 10-11: "The Brethren, frequently known as the Dunkers (from the German, tunken, to dip) from their pattern of baptizing adult believers by three separate complete immersions forward. They are distinctly different from other groups which use the term Brethren, including the Moravians, the Plymouth Brethren, the United Brethren, and the Brethren in Christ or River Brethren. In 1836 they became known officially as the Fraternity of German Baptists, which was changed in 1871 to German Baptist Brethren and in 1908 to the Church of the Brethren... these Brethren had been organized in Germany in 1708 under the leadership of Alexander Mack, a young German miller. They were influenced by the Pietistic movement of the late 17th and early 18th centuries and by the earlier Anabaptist movement, which was currently represented in Germany by the group known as Mennonites. Beginning in 1719 and for about the next fifteen years almost all of the Brethren emigrated to America, landing in William Penn's city of Philadelphia. From that port they moved west and south, primarily into the mountain valleys of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas, all of which had settlements of Brethren before 1785. They shared the German fame for agricultural skill, generally settling on limestone soil and building large bank barns to take care of their livestock. The Germans developed the Conestoga (from a stream in Pennsylvania) workhorse and the Conestoga wagon (the famed covered wagon of the American frontier)... [Information on the Brethren from] 1785 to 1865 is very limited, which was evidently the way the Brethren intended it to be... at present, a fixed principle with them, to make no communication; and that they feel hurt when interrogated respecting their society. Indeed, they have always been shy of the English, and suspicious of encroachment and exposure... [It has been observed that they] altogether neglect any records of their proceedings, and are opposed even to publishing their numbers, lest it should seem to savor of pride..."
P. 15: "During the years from 1785 to 1865... [the] Brethren were engaged [in emigrating] from their homes in the Atlantic seaboard states to the new territory of the U.S. that was being opened to settlement on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains... [due to] the dissatisfaction with one's status in the present location and the call to move to new areas because 'the grass might be greener...'
P. 17, 26-29: "North Carolina. Although there were Brethren living in in North Carolina at least as early as the 1740's and 1750's... none of these settlements became the basis of a permanent Brethren congregation. They usually came to an end as the result of the loss of leadership, either by death or by emigration. By the end of the 18th century, however, Brethren had established settlements in two areas which would survive across the years and become permanent congregations. The older of these settlements probably began in the 1770's in an area south of the present-day city of Winston-Salem. The Moravians had purchased a large piece of property on which they established several different communities, including Salem... In addition to the Brethren settlement known as the Fraternity congregation which developed on the south side of the Moravian territory, the Brethren also put down permanent roots before 1800 in the mountainous northwestern corner of North Carolina in Ashe County. When the first Brethren arrived in this area is not known, but certainly they were there by the 1780's, for numerous Brethren names were reported in this area in the census of 1790. The number of brethren in the settlement increased during the 1790's, and in 1801 many of them placed their names on a petition to the government of North Carolina dealing with land problems. [The petition is as follows:] 'To the Honourable House of the General Assembly. The distressed Situation in which your humble petitioners by the late Act of Assembly for the Year 1801 in the Second Section, in respect to the Land Law's is reduced: it is impossible without flowing Tears the Grievances thereof to prescribe! it is evident, that the County of Wilkes before its division, that part of it, which is called now the County of Ashe, being first inhabited with Hunters, made their living by Hunting game. Ulrick Kessler, a Dunkard Preacher coming from the North, was the first inhabitance of the Germans who bought his land for 300 £, and paid for it, and by his persuasion, drawing his congregation hither, till this Wild Country became inhabited with industrious farmers, Purchasing their land, and give their Money, Horses, Waggons and nearly all their living for their Possessions. Then this part of the Country being Granted by the Legislature unto a party of Speculators, who by their granted Authority, oppressed this people very much, to make themselves rich of their Labour. The first Settlers and Hunters could not endure to live amongst Labouring and industrious farmers, Sold their rights, moving to the West Country's, Cumberland, Kentucky, etc. The Germans who had bought their Possessions, labouring with industry, clearing Land, building Houses, Barns, planting Orchards, made Meadows, raising Stock, building Gear Mills, Saw Mills, fulling mills; that this Wild Country became fertile Utility, by the blessing of the Supreme being, who made all things; paying their taxes annually, and living peaceably and quietly in their Possessions, under the Protection of the legislature of the State; till this present juncture of the above mentioned late Act, when the Speculators Grants and Rights was broke, and the Land Office for to make Entry's upon Land was estblish'd. Some of them made Entry's upon Vacant Treasury, getting their Grants; improved it by their families, without hearing of any other Claim of any other person of persons, of their possessions till now. at the time when Wilkes County was divided, and this Country became the Name the County of Ashe, the Commissioners faithfully Purchasing Fifty Acres of Land, laying it out in Lot's, Sold them, and Builded a Court House, made a Contract for to Build the Prison, out of the Surplus of that Money, which gave the date to Conceive and bring forth a New-Birth of the infernal part of Self Interested party Speculators. Robert NaIl, Surveyor who. had undoubtedly a View of this Speculation; for the former Benefit, made him Sure of the New, that by his influence, to the Committee of this County, under a Cloak that it was beneficial for the poor inhabitance, to petition for that Law; no Sooner that Law came in existence; than he had a Store of Old Warrants, which was bought for a trifle, having the Books of Fletcher, forming a Body of party Speculators, claiming the Town Land and all the plantations within Six Miles round, near the Court House, Surveyes the Land and especially where a German lives without distinction. For this Speculators Say, they had the Oldest Warrant, it was their Right and Title, and in any Court of justice and Equity they could keep it, for the Word: previous of that date give it to them by the Said Act. and not in one clause of Said Act is left a iota of reserve, for the defence of a Labouring industrious Citizen; it is impossible that your humble petitioners can believe, that the Legislature could be so Tyrannical to pass Such Act and Law, with an intent; that Honest Citizen should be cheated and defrauded out of their property and Possessions for the Cause of a few Speculating individuals. Therefore your Humble petitioners beg the Honourable House of Assembly to take the Grievances of the foregoing Circumstances into Consideration; and Consider at first That the Established Land paid into the Treasury, and that the Grants for said Land is Lawfull and Ought to be protected. Secondly That the Warrants, with which the Speculators will Cheat and Defraud, to drive honest Citizens out of their Possessions; if they had not be revived by the late Act, being all Dead and out of date, and then to make a Conclusion for a remedy of redress. Thirdly That an Additional Act, that it the meaning of the Legislature not is, that honest Citizen should be cheated, defrauded and deprived out of their Possessions by the said Act, and that the Older Grant should be protected in any Court of justice and equity for ever in which hopes your humble petitioners is in duty bound, and will for ever pray.'
[Signed {Kerry's note: the ones with asterisks are in this database and related to me}:] Michajah Pennington, Wm hubbart, Peter Hart, Jos Rowland, James Mulkey Capt, David Connelson, John Johnson, John Byrket, Andrew Fouts, Jacob May, Christian Byrket *, Wm May, George Grubb, William Migapha, Moses Toliver, George Eberly, Allen Noulin, William Pennington *, G Koons *, John Phillips, Henry Miller, George Miller, Henry Dulheur, John Kessler, David Engrum, Lewis Bonner, Andrew Sheets, Peter Dick *, John Dick jr *, Conrad Grubb, Luke White, John Koons *, Daniel Miller, Leonard Baumgarner, Michael Stocker *, Jacob Fouts, Wm Shepperd, Emmanuel Croster, Henry Michel, Andrew Rowland, Jonathan Miller, Wilm Henson Junr *, Jacob Grimes, benja manhubbire, Woller Weaver, Jacob Reese, John Ford, John Norris, Gilbirt Norris, Barnet Owen, Henry Graybeal *, John Whit, Jacob Eller *, Peter Eller *, John Maxwell, Zacariah Harwood, James rowrick, Jacob Pfau, Samuel Wilcocken, John Sturgin, Charles Williams, John Miller, Jas Bunyard, Samuel Taylor, Isaac Weaver, Id manhubbire, Landrine Eggers, John Ress, Henry agrer, Wm Morris, Ephrim Norris, Wm Owen."

5. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31, clarifies early North Carolina counties and land grant practices:
"Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh...
Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families."

6. Website http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/ashe/deeds/deedsabs.txt accessed 14 Dec 2008:
"Ashe County, NC - Deeds - Abstracts of selected deeds." This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kyle R. Graybeal krgrebiel@verizon.net, 37 Spring Lake Drive, Stafford, VA 22554. Revised 9 October 2001. This file contains abstracts of selected deeds from Ashe County, North Carolina Land records, mostly involving Graybeal family members. The information contained herein does not constitute the sum total of deeds in the Ashe County records involving Graybeal individuals. There are a few incomplete fields in some records especially in acreage, land description & witness names. This means that I have not copied them, not that the information is missing from the court records. The file now includes more deeds and has been corrected for errors dealing with land grants appearing in the original file. In the original file, the entry date and the date the deed was signed were reversed. This new file corrects that problem.
Information sorted in date order, which is yyyy-mm-dd. Grantee & Grantor names are [last], [first]. Witness names are [first], [last]. NFNR = North Fork of New River. Mn and Vn means Deed Books M new and V new respectively. Information in [ ] inserted by me and correct to the best of my knowledge. Information in () added for clarification. Price paid, proven date, and registered date not included to save space. I have this information on most deeds in case it is desired. Some compass directions are indicated by N, S, etc., rather spelled out. Deeds for state grants did not require witnesses' signatures. The indication that a particular person signed with an "x" is not consistent from record to record in this transcription. {Kerry's note: I have refined the list so as to cut it off after whom I think may be the first generation after John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler; see that more complete list with John Peter Graybill - this partial list are for those only including the name of Burkett}:
Graybell, Peter to: Pouts, Peter 33 a.; Signed: 1800-11-10; South side of Beaver Creek/Groves Corner & line; Book: A, 278; Witness: Anarun Pouts, Wm. McNies, David (x) Burket.
Burket, Daniel to: Graybeal, Peter 200a.; Signed: 1823-11-26; On the Waters of Beaver Ck, waters of NFNR. Book: E, 345; Witness: Thomas Calloway, H. W. Britt.
State (NC) to:P. Graybeal & C. Burkett 100a., Grant: 1275, Ent: 1825-02-08; Signed:1827-01-04; Buffalo Creek in Lenoir's Line. Book: C, 90.
Griffeth, David to: Graybeal, Peter 246 a.; Signed: 1828-11-22; 1st tract 96a Buffalo Ck/agreed crnr A. May, D. Burkett/2nd trct 50a/100; Book: E, 482; Witness: John Hamilton, Peter Earnest.
Burkett, C. (x) to: Graybeal, David 366 a.; Signed: 1850-10-22; Book: P, 372.
Graybeal, Mary heirs to: Goss, William 40 a.; Signed: 1875-06-01; Waters of Little Buffalow Creek/Daniel Burkett corner; Book: Z, 019.

7. Per website http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/asheslv.htm, which is a decade by decade census derived tabulation of slave holders in Ashe County from 1800 to 1860 and after a full PAF database for all individuals associated with Wilkes/Ashe county, no slave owners were found for families with the surnames Pennington, Henson, Hodson, Koons, Stoker, White, McDaniels, Kerns, Judd, nor Shaw. Slaveholders that were found:
Burkett, Christian (father of Burkett daughters who married Graybeals): 1850 -6; 1860 - yes.
Eller, Jacob: 1830 - 1
Graybeal, David: 1860 - 3
Graybeal, John: 1860 - 5 [Note this John Graybeal is too young to be a brother to David or Peter.]
Graybeal, Peter: 1800 - yes; 1830 - 2

8. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 6-8, note that this book has some downline of the children of this couple: "Peter Graybill, Jr., b. 1 Dec 1783, Rural Retreat, VA; d. 15 Jul 1868, Ashe Co., NC; md. 6 Aug 1807, Ashe Co., NC to Mary Burkett. She was born 4 Dec 1789, Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC; d. 12 Oct 1875, Ashe Co., NC. She was the d/o of Christian Burkett and Catherine Pery. Peter's and Mary's children were Catherine, John, Susanna, David, Jacob and Mary."

9. Burketts, Graybeals, and Ellers mentioned in the book "History of Western North Carolina," by John Preston Arthur, 1914, chapter 8: "Some Early Settlers of Ashe. These noble, self-sacrificing men and women of the early times endangered their lives and braved many hardships in the wild Indian country to open the way to happy homes, schools, churches and the blessings of our present civilization. Some of these were Henry Poe, Martin Gambill, Thomas Sutherland, Timothy Perkins, Captain John Cox, Henry Hardin, Canada Richardson, James Douglas, Daniel Dickson and Elijah Galloway. Besides these were many others whose names awaken much unwritten history: Miller, Blevins, Ham, Reeves, Woodin, Barr, Baker, Eller, Goodman, Ray, Burkett, Graybeal, Houck, Kilby, Ashley, Jones, Gentry, Smith, Plummer, Lewis, Sutherland, McMillan, Colvard, Barker, Senter, Maxwell, Calhoun, Sapp, Thomas, Worth, Oliver and others."
Also the following quote is found; note that they were from Germany and may only have sailed from Holland - they were not Dutch: "The Graybeals. They are said to be of Dutch ancestry, are generally thrifty and successful folk, and own much real estate and live stock. They are honest, frugal and among the best citizens of Ashe."

10. Will probate information from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" of Donna Schell 21 Feb 2003: "Ashe Co., NC Wills Reviewed by Herbert Bohler on 13 Aug 1990 in Ashe Co., NC Courthouse: Peter Graybeal (Jr) Probated 1868 (?) Will dated 18 March 1868. Wife: Mary (Burkett); Children: David, Jacob, Catherine Edwards (wife of Clisby Edwards), [ her dau: Olive Edwards], Mary Shown (wife of Isaac W. Shown), John.

11. Various deeds noted from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" of Donna Schell 21 Feb 2003:
a. Crider, Michael to: Graybeal, Peter [Jr] 1810, 41.00 a., On Buffalo Creek North Fork of New River,$, Rcd: 1810-08, Bk: D, p. 213; Witnesses: John Rowland, David Griffith. b. Burket, Daniel to: Graybeal, Peter 1823-11-26, 200.00 a., on the Waters of Beaver Creek, waters of North Fork of New River, $, Rcd: 1825-11, Bk: E, p. 345; Witnesses: Thomas Calloway, H. W. Britt. c. State (NC) #1275 to: Peter Graybeal & Christian Burkett,1825-02-08,100.00 a., On Buffalo Creek in Lenoir's Line, $, Rcd:, Bk: C, p. 90. d. State (NC) #1270 to: Graybeal, Peter [Jr] 1825-10-13,15.00 a., His old corner/running N w/his old line/Griffeths corner and line, $, Rcd: 1827, Bk: C, p. 58 Witness: G. Burton Hutchens. e. Ray, John to: Graybeal, Peter [Jr] 1834-11-11, 130.00 a., J. Fletcher's line/Old Field Creek/stake in Wilcoxen's old line, $ 200, Rcd: 1835-01-14, Bk: V, p. 368. f. Graybeal, Peter [Jr] to: Graybeal, David [brother] 1838-10-17,188.00 a., Land on North Fork of New River held in trust for Susan Hauck & her children, $ 0, Rcd: 1839-06-23, Bk: M old, p. 525. g. Graybeal, Peter to: Graybeal, John 1839-02-20, 300.00 a., Old Fields Creek/Branch S. Fork of N. River/land originally conveyed by Thomas Calloway, $, Rcd: 1839-07-02, Bk: Mo, p. 26; Witness: Absolom Faw. f. Graybeal, Peter [Jr] to: Graybeal, David [son] 1846-02-24, 245.00 a., [not copied] $ 300, Rcd: 1847-11, Bk: O, p. 69; Witness: Joseph Perkins.

12. Children reported from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" of Donna Schell 21 Feb 2003:
Catherine Graybeal, b: 1808 in NC.
John Graybeal, b: 2 Jun 1810 in Ashe Co., NC.
Susanna Graybeal, b: 1813 in Ashe Co., NC.
David Graybeal, b: 14 Jul 1815 in Ashe Co, NC.
Jacob Graybeal, b: 19 Apr 1820 in Ashe Co., NC.
Mary Graybeal, b: 27 Sep 1829 in Ashe Co, NC.

13. The two Burkett women who married Graybealss, Mary and Barbara, are noted in their father's (Christian Burket) will as found on the website http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/ashe/wills/burket01.txt accessed 20 Dec 2008:
"Transcribed by Kyle R. Graybeal krgrebiel@verizon.net from a photocopy of the document on file in Will Book A, page 79 at the Ashe County Court House, Jefferson, North Carolina.
I have made every attempt to preserve the original spellings and have inserted a following words which were difficult to decipher and [-?-] for words which were undecipherable. In the 5th paragraph, I have inserted commas between the names of his children for clarity as the court house copy does not contain them. The word "[and]" was also inserted by me:
'Christian Burket's Will and Codicil
In the name of God Amen. I Christian Burket of the State of North Carolina County of Ashe being in perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God. Calling unto mind the mortality of my body & Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General resurection [sic] I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate as wherewith it has pleased God to blefs [sic] me in this life I give devise & dispose of the same in the following manner & form
First. I have chosen my son Jonas Burket and my son in law [sic] David Graybeal my Executors, my slaves shall be left to their choice (only Cherry shall be set free at my death & her bed & clothing to go with her) who they or belong to being valued by three men chosen by the Executors & if to the heirs they take them at their valuation, as part of their legacy,
I give and bequeathed to my daughter Susannah Tredaway's heirs and her, her life time the tract of land whereon they now live lying & being in the state of Indiana Monroe County one quarter section valued to Six hundred dollars.
I give & bequeath to my Grandson Christian Burket son of Christian Burket deceased a tract of land in Ashe County N.C. on Clay bank [sic] Creek containing Two hundred & one acres valued to three hundred & fifty dollars the title made to him when of age by the executors
I give & bequeath unto all my children to wit John Burket, Mary Graybeal, Jehu Burket, Elizabeth May, Christian Burket, David [and] Barbra Graybeal, Catherine May, Susannah Tredaway, Salome Shown, Jonas Burket, Ann Goodman, Rachel Lawrence, Jacob Burket for each and every one to have an equal share of my estate after allowing all gifts debts dues or demands deducted from their equal shares.
I request that all my goods & chattels lands & testaments to be sold to the highest bider [sic] twelve months credit and I do hereby disallow revoke disannul all and every other former Testaments wills legacies, bequeaths & executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed satisfying & confirming this & no other to be my last will & Testament In witness hereofI have hereunto set my hand & seal this 23rd day of September in the year of our Lord 1844.
his Christian X Burket mark"

BIRTH:
1. Per burial record.

MARRIAGE:
1. Website http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/ashe/misc/grybel04.txt accessed 20 Dec 2009: "Letter, John Graybeal to Dona Graybeal."
Letter from John Graybeal of Shell Creek, Tennessee to his grand-daughter Dona Graybeal of Fig, North Carolina. This letter was found among the papers and Letters of Dona Graybeal and her son W. Thomas Graybal, of Emory, Virginia. Dona Graybeal was married to my great-uncle Winfield A. Graybeal, a Methodist Minister.
John Graybeal, son of Andrew Graybeal, and grandson of Henry Graybeal of Ashe County, North Carolina, wrote the letter to his granddaughter Dona Graybeal, daughter of William Asbury Graybeal and Rebecca Graybeal. Both sides of Dona's family trace back to Henry Graybeal.
Notes: The original letter was written in pencil on tablet paper with no punctuation and paragraph breaks. Paragraph breaks have been inserted where it seemed logical to do so for clarity. Periods have also been added at the end of sentences. Spelling remains as it was interpreted except where indicated by [ ]. References to "Winny" are to Winfield A. Graybeal Dona's husband and son of David Melvin Graybeal and Mary Anne Jones.
Transcribed by Kyle R. Graybeal kgraybeal@erols.com:
"Shell Creek Ten Jan 26 1915
Dona we recv'd your letter was real glad to hear from you all. was glad you was having a good time & Doing some good in the caus of Religion there. Dont seam to be But little good Doing here. We have had some offel Bad weather this winter. the weather was the worst before Christmas i Ever saw. i think we got a litter from pa a few days ago Said Conly & wife had gone to New Mexico Lum has moved in bout 8 miles of us. i Recon Griggs preached a fine Sermon Sunday at Shell Creek We are having a fine day today 26 of Jan
Well you asked me about the Graybeals. My father always told me they came from Penn to NC. My grandfather settled rite on the lands Elihu & your grandpa graybial lived. My granfathers name was Henry. Winnys grate granfathers name was David. he settled probably on the lands that Winnys granfather & Calvin graybeal lived on Hoss creek. the old man Petter settled near Jefferson, they Both maried Birkets
My granmother graybeal was a Henson. ther was one them old graybeals Name was John he never was married. he fell Dead at a wood pile cuting wood. Ther was one Mike he went West long time ago they never could her from him after them Days. So that was all of the old graybeals. they was real Duch.
My father always told me he couldent understand a word they would say when they talked in ther language though they could talk English all rite. i remember seeing all of them they wer Dunkards them days
My grandfather was a Methodist Ex[h]orter a grate scriptonian i remember seeing my grandfather & old man Dav & Peter. My grandmother Died after i was a bot grown her name was Celia
Well Dona i dont guess you can read this letter if you can you can almost Beat me so we hope you are all well and enjoying life. give Winny my Best respects and wishes and trust he may Do much good.
Your grandma has had a Bad cold all this winter and holds rite on so we would glad to here from you all often. We remain your grandparents
John Graybeal write soon"

2. FHL book 975.5763 H2h "Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, from 1800 to 1922," by John Newton Harman, Sr., Member Virginia Historical Society (Richmond, 1922[updated 1975]), pp. 428-31, "Graybeal-Greear Families"; this article provides the descendancy of the two brothers Peter and David Graybill:
"The Graybeal family is of Dutch descent. The first history we have of them gives them located in Bottetourt County, Virginia. Two brothers, Peter and David, married sisters by the name of Burkett. They all talked and read in their native tongue, and spelled the name "Graybill".
One of these brothers immigrated to Ash County, N. C., late in the 17th century, and located near Jefferson in Ash County. At this time they changed their name to spell "Graybeal," instead of "Graybill" hence the difference in the way the name is now being spelled ..."

DEATH:
1. Per burial record.

BURIAL:
1. Website: : Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery Index Baldwin, (Old Fields Township) Ashe County, North Carolina, established in 1847 on land donated by Mrs. Elizabeth Houck Edwards. Row numbers begin in the right rear of cemetery and plot numbers are from right to left when viewed from the cemetery entrance road. Maiden name of spouse is recorded when known. Recorded by Warren H. Houck as of January 1,1999. A number of graves are unmarked and or have inscriptions that are illegible. Graybeal entries:
Row 9, plot 10-A: Graybeal, Peter, b. Dec.1,1783, d. Jul.15,1868.
Row 9, plot 10-B: Graybeal, Mary (Burkett), b. Dec.4,1789, d. Oct.12,1875, daughter of Christ. & Cathl. Perry.
 		Burkett, Mary or Polly (I3641)
 
1965 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. British Censuses:
1841 Census for Crayford, Perry Street, per FHL film 306874:
John Stoneham, 70, born in same county.
Richard Stoneham, 40, agriculture, born in same county.
James Stoneham, 11, born in same county.
William Lamb, 70, agriculture, not born in same county.
Rachel Lamb, 60, born in same county.
Mary Morgan, 60, not born in same county. [Grandmother.]
James Morgan, 8, born in same county.

1851: Plumstead, Kent, England at address: #57 The Slade [copy on file], FHL film 174827:
Cornelius Osburn, 37 laborer dockyard, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife, 41,
James T., son, 14, Lab. R. Arsenal, b. Boxley, Kent. [Age may be a lie since he was born out of wedlock to Harriet before her marriage to Cornelius.]
Edward L., son, 13, Cordwainer, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
George F., son, 11, scholar, Orpington, Kent.
Samson D., son, 9, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Mary Ann, dau., 7, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, 3, Woolwich, Kent.

1861: Eynsford Parish, Dartford Dist., Kent, house no. 67, Upper Aston Lodge, large farm with 15 people listed many of whom are servants including:
James Morgan, unmarried, 27, carter, born in Kent.

2. In the 11 Jan 1901 obituary of his father Cornelius Osborne in Ogden, Utah, it is noted that he is leaving four sons and one daughter. Unsure who the fourth living son may be; three for sure are George, Cornelius, and Lamberth. Is this individual the fourth?

3. Emigration Records of the British Mission 1875-1913, FHL film 25693: James Osborne, age 42, London Conference, New York only, sailed 27 June 1877 on the steamship "Wisconsin." A separate search of the LDS Perpetual Emigration Fund Company records for 1850-1877 provides no results. Not sure if this is the right James or not.

4. Chris Petersen on 11 Sep 1975 checked LDS Patriarchal Blessing Index without finding any Osbornes.

5. There is a James Osborne that shows up in the 1880 US census for Grouse Creek, Box Elder, Utah born 1840 in England with occupation of shoemaker, married with no wife listed, boarding with many other men with Joseph McKay as head of household. No further information is given and I don't think this James is the right one.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. LDS Emigration Card Catalog, by Michael F. Petersen, checked 9 Nov 1975, FHL film 929 #189, Lib. No. 1041:
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota" with:
Cornelius Osborne
Lambeth Osborne (son)
1869, Aug 25 on same ship [may or may not be possible relations]:
Ann Osborne
Annie Osborne
1871, May 10 sailed the ship "Wyoming":
Mary A. Osborne
Cornelius Osborne
George Osborne
Harriet Osborne, age 4

BIRTH:
1. Birth dates from old letter of family.

3. Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], November 03, 2006: My thoughts on your Morgans. My reason for thinking James Thomas was 17 in 1851 is his bapt.on 26 May 1833 at Bexley (mother Harriett) would make this age right. In the 1841 census he is shown as 8 years old with his grandmother, Mary at Crayford. If he was only four shouldn't he be with his mother? Also do you know where Jane (12) and Thomas G. (6) were at this time? Was she married as Morgan or Osborne? I can't find the record. [Not sure who the Jane is of whom Val is refering.]

4. James Thomas Morgan being born 1833 plays havoc with Cornelius Osborne and Harriet Morgan being married in 1837. The marriage evidence is incontrovertible, so do we consider the first two boys, James Thomas and Thomas G., born out of wedlock? Odd that Thomas G. only shows up at age 36 living with his mother in the 1871 census and not in any of the previous censuses. I wonder if this is really James Thomas going by his middle name as Thomas G with the census taker hearing G and not J as a middle initial. This then gives a birth date of 1835 — again before the marriage and not right on the 1833 baptism date. Need to find James Thomas Osborne (or Thomas J/G Osborne) in the 1861 census.

CHRISTENING:
1. FHL film 992454 with copy on file of baptismal record for Bexley 1833, entry no. 1397: May 26th, James Thomas, son of Harriet Morgan, single woman, abode: Bexley Heath, by David Evan - Curate. James was evidently born out of wedlock with no birth father mentioned.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. LDS branch records of Woolwich, Kent, England per FHL film 87039.

ACTION:
1. Considering possible 1877 emigration per notes above, locate him in US 1880 census. 		Morgan, James Thomas (I844)
 
1966 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. British Censuses:
1841: Woolwich, Borough of Greenwich, Kent, England, Mulgrave Place No. 4, FHL film 306884:
Cornelius Osborne, 27, Cordwainer, not born in county.
Harriett, 29, not born in county.
Edward, 3, not born in county.
George, 1, born in county.

1851: Plumstead, Kent, England at address: #57 The Slade [copy on file]:
Cornelius Osburn, 37 laborer dockyard, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife, 41,
James T., son, 14, Lab. R. Arsenal, b. Boxley, Kent.
Edward L., son, 13, Cordwainer, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
George F., son, 11, scholar, Orpington, Kent.
Samson D., son, 9, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Mary Ann, dau., 7, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, 3, Woolwich, Kent.

1861: Plumstead (Left Bank), Kent?, England, p. 18, no. 23, 17 Frances Street, FHL film 542633:
Cornelius Osborn, head, mar., 47 boilermaker's assistant, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife mar., 51, Islington, Middlesex.
George F., son, unm., 21, lab. in R. Dock, Orpington, Kent.
Mary A., dau., unm., 17, boiler mak- assf dawr, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, unm., 13, Woolwich, Kent.
Lambeth, son, unm., 8, scholar, Plumstead, Kent.

2. US censuses:
1880 US: 4th Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah, NA T9-1339, FHL 1255339, p. 417A, enumerated 11 Jun 1880, 262/279:
Carl Osborn, marr., 65, Eng Eng Eng, jor. shoe maker, not working for 5 months. [Definitely reads "Carl".]
Harriett, wife, 67, Eng Eng Eng, house keeper.
Harriett, g.dau., 16, UT Eng Eng.

1900 US: Fourth Precinct, Ogden, Weber, Utah, p. 202A:
Cornelius Osborne, b. Aug 1813, 86, widow, Eng Eng Eng, shoemaker.

3. Maps of Kent and various locations in London area mentioned in Children's births are on file.

4. Chris Petersen on 11 Sep 1975 checked LDS Patriarchal Blessing Index without finding any Osbornes.

5. Copy on file of 1869 LDS Church record from England; photocopy made by Chris Petersen but source and branch not given. Entry numbers:
#44: Cornelius Osbourn, present residence at Plumstead, b. 11 Aug 1813 at Highgate, Middlesex, England, bapt. 16 Jun 1869 at Woolwich by E. Blackman, conf. by Blackman, emigrated 25 Aug 1869.
#46: Harriet Osbourn, present residence at Plumstead, b. 25 Dec 1810 at Arlington, Sussex, England, bapt. 30 Jun 1869 at Woolwich by E. Blackman, conf. by Tuddenham.
#48: Lambeth Osbourn, 16, present residence at Plumstead Common, b. Jan 1810 at Plumstead, Kent, England, bapt. 4 Aug 1869 at Woolwich by E. Blackman, conf. by E. Tuddenham, emigrated 25 Aug 1869.
#49: Cornelius Osbourn, present residence at Erith, bapt. 26 Aug 1869 at Woolwich by E. Garrel, conf. by E. Garrel.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Shoemaker.

2. The following two items are on file but unsure as to which Cornelius Osborne they refer:
a. "Declaration of Intention To Become a Citizen of the United States. I, Cornelius Osborne do declare, on oath, that it is bona fide my intention to become a Citizen of the United States of America and to renounce and abjure forever, all allegiance and fidelity, to all and any Foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland of whom I was a subject. Sworn and subscribed to before me, at my office, at Ogden City, this 29th day of April, A.D. 1872. [Signed] Cornelius Osborne. G. Myron Hawley, Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court, in and for the Territory of Utah, per G.C. Wright, dpty. I, C. Myron Hawley, Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court, in and for the Territory of Utah, do certify that the above is a true copy of the Original Delaration of Intention of Cornelius Osborne to become a Citizen of the United States of America, remaining on record in my office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at my office, in Salt Lake City in said Territory this eighth day of May A.D. 1872. [Signed] C. Myron Hawley, Clerk."
b. "Certificate of Citizenship. United States of America, Territory of Utah - SS. Be it remembered, that on the tenth day of May in the year of our Lord, 1882, Cornelius Osborne, late of England in the Kingdom of Great Britain at present of Ogden City in the Territory aforesaid, appeared in the First Judicial District Court of the United States, in and for Utah Territory, and applied to the said Court to be admitted to become a Citizen of the United States of America, pursuant to the directions and requirements of the several Acts of Congress in relation thereto. And the said Cornelius Osborne, having thereupon produced to the Court such evidence, made such declartion and renunciation, and taken such oaths as are by the said Acts required; thereupon it was ordered by the said Court that the said Cornelius Osborne be admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said Court to be a Citizen of the United States of America. In testimony whereof, the Seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed, this 10 day of May, in the year 1882, and in the year of our Independence the 106th. A.C. Everson, Clerk."

3. LDS Emigration Card Catalog, by Michael F. Petersen, checked 9 Nov 1975, FHL film 929 #189, Lib. No. 1041:
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota" with:
Cornelius Osborne
Lambeth Osborne (son)
1869, Aug 25 on same ship [may or may not be possible relations]:
Ann Osborne
Annie Osborne
1871, May 10 sailed the ship "Wyoming":
Mary A. Osborne
Cornelius Osborne
George Osborne
Harriet Osborne, age 4.

4. "LDS Emigration Records, British Mission, 1868-1874" FHL film 6184, pt. 3 (025692):
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota," ticket no. 413, with:
Cornelius Osborne, age 36, Eng.
Lambeth Osborne, age 16, Eng.
1869, Aug 25 on same ship, ticket no. 483 [not a relative from what I can see - see notes for Edward]:
Edward Osborne, age 28.
Ann Osborne, age 28.
Annie Osborne, inf.
1871, June 31, sailed the ship "Wyoming," ticket no. 251, p. 144:
Harriet Osborne, age 60, P.E. Fund.
Mary A. Osborne, age 26, Pres. B. Young's list of 1870.
Cornelius Osborne, age 23
George Osborne, age 32.
Harriet Osborne, age 4

5. Minnie Margett's Member Card Index, FHL film 415452:
Cornelius Osborne, bapt. 18 Sep 1849 by Elder Bradshaw at Woolwich, London Conference, age 36, residing at Anchor Alley, Woolwich. Per book 458, p. 477, line 228.
Harriet Osborne, bapt. 18 Sep 1849 by Elder Bradshaw at Woolwich, London Conference, British Mission, age 60, residing at Anchor Alley, Woolwich. Per book 458, p. 477, line 227.

BIRTH:
1. 1900 census reports Aug 1813. Tombstone, death certificate, and cemetery record shows birthdate of 11 Aug 1814. The christening date I have is undocumented by me; however, if correct for 1813, then a birthdate of 1813 would be correct. Also the following by Cornelius himself per "Temple Index Bureau card for End. House, 18 Nov 1872; Bk H; No 31; Pg 2: Cornelius Osborne, b. 11 Aug 1813 at Arlington, Sussex, Eng., parents: Con Osborne and Dinah Daw" indicates 1813 as perhaps a reliable date.

2. Handwritten note on the back of a commercial advertising letter dated 1895 [on file], source unknown but appears to be a child of Cornelius and Harriet Osborne:
"Edward Lamberth, borned June 27/37
George F., October 29/39
Sampson D. Jany 2/42
Mary A., March 27/44
Cornelius, May 27/47
Lambeth, Jany 4/53
Dad, Aug 11/13 Arlington, Sussex
Mother, Decr 25, 1809 Crayford, Kent
Thomas Burnhope Feb. 22, 1845"

CHRISTENING:
1. Source of christening information from extracts of the Registers of Arlington Parish Church, Sussex, England from 1700 onwards by correspondence (copy on file) of 30 Nov 1953 from George Mitchell of Berwick Rectory, Nr. Polegate, Sussex. Cover letter reads: "In reply to your request for information about the Osborne family, I have searched the Registers from 1700 onwards, and find the entries given on the enclosed sheet. It is unfortunate that the marriage entries are so few, but it must be remembered that marriages usually take place in the woman's parish, and there is no means of finding out where this might be apart from inspecting the registers of the district. I have no record at all under the name of Daw; Con Osborne is married to Sarah Coleman in his 24th year, but if this is the Sarah who died in 1806, he may have married again between 1806 and 1813, though for the reason given the marriage would not be in the Arlington Registers. I have an older Register going back to 1609, but I have not searched this; it is in latin, and would take some time to go through... There is no one of the name of Osborne in the parish now, and my oldest inhabitants cannot remember any family of this name. The parish, which still covers about 24 square miles, was twice as large until 1845, when a 'daughter' parish was carved out of it, and it may be that there are entries after this year in the records of that Parish... If you are interested in 'your old Church,' I may say that it is an unusually fine one, and dates back before the landing of the Conqueror..." He also notes: "It is more than likely that 'Osborne' and 'Osborn' are the same family, and 'Edward' and 'Edmond' may be the same person."
Baptisms:
1813 Oct 10, Cornelius, son of Cornelius and Dinah Osborn.

MARRIAGE:
1. Marriage License, p. 92, copy on file, FHL film 405111: "Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St.Leonards, Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex in the year 1837. Cornelius Osborne of this parish, bachelor, and Harriet Morgan of this parish, spinster, were married in this church by banns this tenth day of April in the Year 1837 by me, John ???, Curate. This marriage was solemnized between us. Cornelius Osborne. Harriet Morgan (X) her mark. In the presence of Geo. Yarrow, Eliza Agram (X) her mark. No. 274."

DEATH:
1. Per obituary.

2. Per cemetery records.

3. Death Certificate on file: "Return of a Death, Ogden, Weber, Utah, record no. 326 of Cornelius Osborne, white, male, widowed. Date of death: 10 Jan 1901. Date of birth: 11 Aug 1814. Age: 87 years, 5 months, 30 days. Occupation: shoemaker. Born at Sessicks [Sussex], Kent, England. Father and mother born at same place. Father's name: Cornelius Osborne. Mother's name: not known. Chief cause of death: old age. Place of death: 2246 Madison Street, Fourth Ward. Length of residence: 30 years in Ogden. Undertaker: George W. Larkin and Son. Place of interment: Lot 1, Block 4, Plat D, Ogden City Cemetery. Date of certificate: Jan 11th, 1901. Date of burial permit: Jan 12th 1901."

BURIAL:
1. Ogden Cemetery online: Cornelius Osborn, b. 11 Aug 1814 in England, d. 10 Jan 1901 at Ogden, father is Cornelius Osborne, bur. D-4-1-1E.

2. Ogden Utah Pioneer Cemetery (Lot 1, Blk 4, Plat "D"). Approximately 18 total relatives (Osbornes, Burnhopes, Petersens, McCarrels, and Koepkes) buried in near proximity.

3. Date is surmised by obituary wherein funeral is announced for Sunday, 13 Jan 1901.

OBITUARY:
1. "Found Dead. Cornelius Osborne expires at home alone. Cornelius Osborne, an old gentleman who has resided for some years at 2264 Madison avenue, was found dead in his bed at 8:30 a.m. today by his little grandson. Death is supposed to have ensued from heart failure caused by a complication of the weaknesses of age. He was in poor health when seen by a son last night and the young man remained at his bedside until 10 o'clock when upon his father exhibiting signs of improvement he went home. When a grandson called at the residence this morning, it was found that the old gentleman had died during the night. Notice of funeral will be given later." Ogden Standard, Thursday, 10 Jan 1901.

2. "Died Cornelius Osborne age 87 years 5 months and 30 days, of general debility, at his home No. 2264 Madison avenue yesterday, leaving four sons and one daughter and a number of grandchildren to mourn his loss. The funeral services will be held at the Fourth Ward meeting house at one o'clock, Sunday. Friends can view the remains at the home of his son Cornelius No. 2102 Monroe avenue from 11 until 12:30 Sunday." Ogden Standard, Friday, 11 Jan 1901.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. LDS branch records of Woolwich, Kent, England per FHL film 87039. 		Osborne, Cornelius (I1259)
 
1967 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. British Censuses:
1841: Woolwich, Borough of Greenwich, Kent, England, Mulgrave Place No. 4, FHL film 306884:
Cornelius Osborne, 27, Cordwainer, not born in county.
Harriett, 29, not born in county.
Edward, 3, not born in county.
George, 1, born in county.

1851: Plumstead, Kent, England at address: #57 The Slade [copy on file], FHL film 174827:
Cornelius Osburn, 37 laborer dockyard, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife, 41,
James T., son, 14, Lab. R. Arsenal, b. Boxley, Kent.
Edward L., son, 13, Cordwainer, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
George F., son, 11, scholar, Orpington, Kent.
Samson D., son, 9, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Mary Ann, dau., 7, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, 3, Woolwich, Kent.

1871 Eng: Swanscombe, Kent. p. 49 of 77:
Edward Osborne, 32, cordwainer, born Kent, Woolwich.
Sarah Ann, 33, wife, born Kent, Woolwich.
Cornelius, 5, son, born Surrey, Croyden.
An unnamed daughter 3 days, born Kent, Swanscombe.

2. In the 11 Jan 1901 obituary of his father Cornelius Osborne in Ogden, Utah, it is noted that he is leaving four sons and one daughter. Unsure who the fourth living son may be; three for sure are George, Cornelius, and Lamberth. This individual does not appear to be the fourth since his wife shows as a widow in the 1891 English census.

3. Chris Petersen on 11 Sep 1975 checked LDS Patriarchal Blessing Index without finding any Osbornes.

4. Email from Val Bray [valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au] 30 Jul 2006: Edward Osborne married Sarah Ann Batt on 29 Mar 1862 at St. Thomas Woolwich. His father is Cornelius, her father George Batt. In the census for 1871 at Swanscombe, Kent is Edward Osborne 32, cordwainer, Sarah Ann 33 wife, Cornelius 5 son and an unnamed daughter 3 days. The census for 1891at Stone, Kent, is Sarah Osborne 48 widow b. Woolwich Kent, Cornelius 25 son b. Croydon Surrey, Samson 15 son b. Swanscombe, Kent, William Batt 15 nephew b. Woolwich Kent, Charles Batt 13 nephew b. Woolwich Kent.

5. There is an Edward Osborne that shows up in the 1880 US census for the 20th Ward of Salt Lake City born 1840 in England with occupation of carpenter, a wife named Annie age 36 of England, and a daughter named Annie age 12 of England. Same Edward shows up at online Utah State Burials Index b. 1840 and d. 1890. No further information is given and from other information we have on our Edward, we can be sure Edward in SLC is not related. It appears this same Edward could be the same Edward/Ann/Ann who is shown below:
a. LDS Emigration Card Catalog, by Michael F. Petersen, checked 9 Nov 1975, FHL film 929 #189, Lib. No. 1041:
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota" with:
Cornelius Osborne
Lambeth Osborne (son)
1869, Aug 25 on same ship [may or may not be possible relations]:
Ann Osborne
Annie Osborne
1871, May 10 sailed the ship "Wyoming":
Mary A. Osborne
Cornelius Osborne
George Osborne
Harriet Osborne, age 4.
b. "LDS Emigration Records, British Mission, 1868-1874" FHL film 6184, pt. 3 (025692):
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota," ticket no. 413, with:
Cornelius Osborne, age 36, Eng.
Lambeth Osborne, age 16, Eng.
1869, Aug 25 on same ship, ticket no. 483 [not a relative from what I can see - see notes for Edward]:
Edward Osborne, age 28.
Ann Osborne, age 28.
Annie Osborne, inf.
1871, June 31, sailed the ship "Wyoming," ticket no. 251, p. 144:
Harriet Osborne, age 60, P.E. Fund.
Mary A. Osborne, age 26, Pres. B. Young's list of 1870.
Cornelius Osborne, age 23
George Osborne, age 32.
Harriet Osborne, age 4

6. Email from: Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au] October 05, 2006:
"In your notes you say your Edward Osborne died after 1879. In the census of 1891 Sarah Ann is a widow. The only death I can find is 17 Jan 1886. It shows Edward 48 years, a shoemaker but the widow is K. J. Osborne. Do you think this is yours ? The 1871 census shows Edward and Sarah with a new born daughter. This is Alice Maria who died after a few weeks. I can't find Edward and Sarah in the 1881 census (maybe a different spelling ?) but there is a Cornelius Osborne aged 15, born in Woolwich on a training ship across the river in Essex. He is listed as Cornelius Osborne, pauper, scholar. The "Exmouth" with other ships known as the Thames Training Ships provided boys from all London's Poor Law authorities with training to help equp them to enter the Royal or Merchant Navy. The scheme proved highly successful. The Exmouth was put into service in 1877 and moored off Grays in Essex. Boys were able to join the ship at age 12. Their first task ws to learn how to mend and patch their own clothes. They also had to learn how to wash their clothes, and keep their lockers and contents in good order. Each boy had his own hammock which was stowed during the day, leaving the decks clear of bedding. As well as learning the skills of sailing, rowing, sail and rope-making, gunnery, and signalling, they continued ordinary school work, and other physical activities such as swimming and gymnastics. The ship had its own band and bugle-band.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Copy on file of LDS Church record of Woolwich Branch in England; photocopy made by Chris Petersen but source, date, and column headings not given. Entry no. 37: Edward Osborne, 42, M, High H Hor??? Old Bexley, 27-6-37 London, 22-6-79, Woolwich, J. Loveday, A. Vallis. [Kerry's note: appears birth was the first set of dates and the second set of dates and names may be baptism with persons who did baptism and confirmation - subject to reconfirmation.]

2. Copy on file of LDS Church record from England; photocopy made by Chris Petersen but source, date, branch, and column headings not given. Entry no. 178: "Edward Osbourne, 16, S, Plumstead Common, 27-6-37, London, Middlesex, Engl'd, 19-4-55, Woolwich, Priest Payne, Eld. Gillman, 25-1-54, cut off."

3. Edward Lamberth Osborne was cut off from the Church on 25 Jan 1854. First baptized 19 Apr 1853.

BIRTH:
1. Birth Certificate from General Register office in England.

2. Handwritten note on the back of a commercial advertising letter dated 1895 [on file], source unknown but appears to be a child of Cornelius and Harriet Osborne:
"Edward Lamberth, borned June 27/37
George F., October 29/39
Sampson D. Jany 2/42
Mary A., March 27/44
Cornelius, May 27/47
Lambeth, Jany 4/53
Dad, Aug 11/13 Arlington, Sussex
Mother, Decr 25, 1809 Crayford, Kent
Thomas Burnhope Feb. 22, 1845"

MARRIAGE:
1. Per marriage certificate copy from the General Register Office on file with me:
"1862, Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the new Parish of St. Thomas Woolwich in the County of Kent, No. 123, 29 Mar 1862, Edward Osborne, age 24, bachelor, boot and shoe maker, father Cornelius Osborne, boilermaker to Sarah Ann Batt, 25, spinster, father George Batt, blacksmith, both groom and bride residing at St. Thomas Woolwich. Edward signs with a mark and Sarah signs her name.

DEATH:
1. Death certificate from the General Register Office on file with me: "Greenwich East, Kent, England, no. 328, Edward Osborne, d. 20 Jan 1886 at 9 Vale Cottages, male, 48 years old, shoemaker, Asthma, reported by K.F. Osborne, widow of deceased present at death living at 9 Vale Cottages Woodland Street." The name, age, and occupation are all identical but the widow's initials make no sense. Not sure if this is the correct Osborne or not.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. LDS branch records of Woolwich, Kent, England per FHL film 87039. 		Osborne, Edward Lamberth (I845)
 
1968 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. British Censuses:
1841: Woolwich, Borough of Greenwich, Kent, England, Mulgrave Place No. 4, FHL film 306884:
Cornelius Osborne, 27, Cordwainer, not born in county.
Harriett, 29, not born in county.
Edward, 3, not born in county.
George, 1, born in county.

1851: Plumstead, Kent, England at address: #57 The Slade [copy on file], FHL film 174827:
Cornelius Osburn, 37 laborer dockyard, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife, 41,
James T., son, 14, Lab. R. Arsenal, b. Boxley, Kent.
Edward L., son, 13, Cordwainer, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
George F., son, 11, scholar, Orpington, Kent.
Samson D., son, 9, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Mary Ann, dau., 7, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, 3, Woolwich, Kent.

1861: Plumstead (Left Bank), Kent?, England, p. 18, no. 23, 17 Frances Street, FHL film 542633:
Cornelius Osborn, head, mar., 47 boilermaker's assistant, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife mar., 51, Islington, Middlesex.
George F., son, unm., 21, lab. in R. Dock, Orpington, Kent.
Mary A., dau., unm., 17, boiler mak- assf dawr, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, unm., 13, Woolwich, Kent.
Lambeth, son, unm., 8, scholar, Plumstead, Kent.

1871: Erith, Kent, England per copy on file, no. 171, address: 14 Oxford Terrace, FHL film 823477:
Harriet Osborne, Head, Mar., 58, born Crayford, Kent.
Thomas G., son, Widr., 36, boot maker, b. Crayford, Kent.
Mary, dau., Unm., 27, b. Woolwich, Kent.
Cornealus, son, Unm., 24, Boiler Maker Ironworks, b. Woolwich, Kent.
Harriet, dau., Unm., 5, b. Seven Oakes, Kent. [Probably granddaughter.]

2. US censuses:
1880 US: 4th Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah, NA T9-1339, FHL 1255339, p. 417A, enumerated 11 Jun 1880, 262/279:
Carl Osborn, marr., 65, Eng Eng Eng, jor. shoe maker, not working for 5 months. [Definitely reads "Carl".]
Harriett, wife, 67, Eng Eng Eng, house keeper.
Harriett, g.dau., 16, UT Eng Eng.

3. Chris Petersen on 11 Sep 1975 checked LDS Patriarchal Blessing Index without finding any Osbornes.

4. Minnie Margett's Member Card Index, FHL film 415452:
Cornelius Osborne, bapt. 18 Sep 1849 by Elder Bradshaw at Woolwich, London Conference, age 36, residing at Anchor Alley, Woolwich. Per book 458, p. 477, line 228.
Harriet Osborne, bapt. 18 Sep 1849 by Elder Bradshaw at Woolwich, London Conference, British Mission, age 60, residing at Anchor Alley, Woolwich. Per book 458, p. 477, line 227.

5. Copy on file of 1869 LDS Church record from England; photocopy made by Chris Petersen but source and branch not given. Entry numbers:
#44: Cornelius Osbourn, present residence at Plumstead, b. 11 Aug 1813 at Highgate, Middlesex, England, bapt. 16 Jun 1869 at Woolwich by E. Blackman, conf. by Blackman, emigrated 25 Aug 1869.
#46: Harriet Osbourn, present residence at Plumstead, b. 25 Dec 1810 at Arlington, Sussex, England, bapt. 30 Jun 1869 at Woolwich by E. Blackman, conf. by Tuddenham.
#48: Lambeth Osbourn, 16, present residence at Plumstead Common, b. Jan 1810 at Plumstead, Kent, England, bapt. 4 Aug 1869 at Woolwich by E. Blackman, conf. by E. Tuddenham, emigrated 25 Aug 1869.
#49: Cornelius Osbourn, present residence at Erith, bapt. 26 Aug 1869 at Woolwich by E. Garrel, conf. by E. Garrel.

6. Copy on file of 1869 LDS Church record from Woolwich Branch, England; photocopy made by Chris Petersen but source and date not given (appears to be approx. 1872/3). Entry numbers:
#227: Harriet Osborne, 60, residing at Anchor Alley, Woolwich, bapt. 12 Sep 1849 by E. Bradshaw. [Note there are many ditto marks in baptism column showing whole page of members baptized in 1849 which doesn't look correct.]
#228: Cornelius, 36, residing at Anchor Alley, Woolwich, bapt. 12 Sep 1849 by E. Bradshaw. [Note there are many ditto marks in baptism column showing whole page of members baptized in 1849 which doesn't look correct.]

7. 7 Sep 1979 letter from Rector Derek Carpenter (copy on file) of the Parish Church of St. Paulinus Crayford, Rectory, 1, Claremont Crescent, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4RJ: "Dear Mr. Petersen, I have had only limited success in searching the Registers of the Parish of Crayford as you requested. There are no marriages relating to the Morgtan family for the period that you mention, nor were Banns of Marriage called for anyone of that name for the same period. There appears, however, to be two families by the name of Morgan mentioned in the Baptism Registers:
Richard, the son of William and Ann Morgan, was born on 15th July 1807 and baptised on 2nd August 1807.
And then, obviously another family: Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Mary Morgan, baptized January 29, 1815 and Thomas, son of Thams and Mary Morgan, baptised Februaty 22nd, 1817.
I hope that this will be of some help to you."

8. LDS Emigration Card Catalog, by Michael F. Petersen, checked 9 Nov 1975, FHL film 929 #189, Lib. No. 1041:
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota" with:
Cornelius Osborne
Lambeth Osborne (son)
1869, Aug 25 on same ship [may or may not be possible relations]:
Ann Osborne
Annie Osborne
1871, May 10 sailed the ship "Wyoming":
Mary A. Osborne
Cornelius Osborne
George Osborne
Harriet Osborne, age 4.

9. "LDS Emigration Records, British Mission, 1868-1874" FHL film 6184, pt. 3 (025692):
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota," ticket no. 413, with:
Cornelius Osborne, age 36, Eng.
Lambeth Osborne, age 16, Eng.
1869, Aug 25 on same ship, ticket no. 483 [not a relative from what I can see - see notes for Edward]:
Edward Osborne, age 28.
Ann Osborne, age 28.
Annie Osborne, inf.
1871, June 31, sailed the ship "Wyoming," ticket no. 251, p. 144:
Harriet Osborne, age 60, P.E. Fund.
Mary A. Osborne, age 26, Pres. B. Young's list of 1870.
Cornelius Osborne, age 23
George Osborne, age 32.
Harriet Osborne, age 4

10. "Names of Persons and Sureties indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company 1850 to 1877," http://www.jacksonfamilyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Doc030_PEF.pdf, p. 156, accessed 23 Apr 2014:
Osborne, Harriett - Mary Ann, Cornelius, George, Harriet: 1871.

BIRTH:
1. Traditionally on archival family group sheets as year of birth has been reported as 1810; however, tombstone reports 1808 and obituaries calculate as Dec 1809. Temple Index Bureau card for End. House, 18 Nov 1872; Bk H; No 27; Pg 1: Harriet Morgan Osborne, b. 25 Dec 1810, Higate, Middlesex, Eng., parents: Thomas Morgan and Mary Ann Hawkin, bapt. June 1869. Endowment was live and information was probably provided by Harriet herself. Also 1810 shows on some of the British LDS Church branch records as cited elsewhere in these notes. I use 1810 date which may or may not be correct.

2. Handwritten note on the back of a commercial advertising letter dated 1895 [on file], source unknown but appears to be a child of Cornelius and Harriet Osborne:
"Edward Lamberth, borned June 27/37
George F., October 29/39
Sampson D. Jany 2/42
Mary A., March 27/44
Cornelius, May 27/47
Lambeth, Jany 4/53
Dad, Aug 11/13 Arlington, Sussex
Mother, Decr 25, 1809 Crayford, Kent
Thomas Burnhope Feb. 22, 1845"

MARRIAGE:
1. Marriage License, p. 92, copy on file, FHL film 405111: "Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St. Leonards Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex in the year 1837. Cornelius Osborne of this parish, bachelor, and Harriet Morgan of this parish, spinster, were married in this church by banns this tenth day of April in the Year 1837 by me, John ???, Curate. This marriage was solemnized between us. Cornelius Osborne. Harriet Morgan (X) her mark. In the presence of Geo. Yarrow, Eliza Agram (X) her mark. No. 274."

DEATH:
1. Per cemetery record.

2. Per obituary.

BURIAL:
1. Ogden Cemetery online: Harriet D. Osborn, b. in Kent, England, d. 23 May 1890 at Ogden, parents are Thomas and Mary Morgan, bur. D-4-1-2E.

2. Ogden Utah Pioneer Cemetery (Lot 1, Blk 4, Plat "D"). Tombstone reports birthdate of 25 Dec 1808 and deathdate of 28 May 1889. Death date is definitely wrong because of obituary. Approximately 18 total relatives (Osbornes, Burnhopes, Petersens, McCarrels, and Koepkes) buried in near proximity. Tombstone reads "Harriett E. Wife of Cornelius Osborne Born Dec 25 1808 May 23, 1889." Most interesting is the middle initial E. which is the only documentary evidence of a middle name of Elizabeth.

3. Per obituary.

OBITUARY:
1. "Osborne. - In this city, May 23rd, at 9 p.m., Mrs. Cornelius Osborne, of dropsy, aged 80 years and five months. Funeral services will be held at the Fourth Ward meeting house Sunday, May 25th, at 10 p.m." The "Standard," Ogden, Utah, Sat., 24 May 1890.

2. "Last evening at 9:12 Mrs. Cornelius Osborne died of dropsy in the City. She had been ailing for many years. She was eighty years and five months old, and came here from Islington, London in 1871 having resided in Ogden ever since. She is the mother of Cornelius Osborne, now the proprietor of the Chamberlin Hotel. The funeral services are to be held in the 4th Ward meeting house at ten a.m. next Sunday. All friends are invited to show the last respect to their friend, who has now gone beyond to await the resurrection to a better life than..." Ogden Standard newspapter, last page, 24 May 1890.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. LDS branch records of Woolwich, Kent, England per FHL film 87039. 		Morgan, Harriet Elizabeth (I842)
 
1969 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. British Censuses:
1851: Plumstead, Kent, England at address: #57 The Slade [copy on file], FHL film 174827, FHL film 174827:
Cornelius Osburn, 37 laborer dockyard, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife, 41,
James T., son, 14, Lab. R. Arsenal, b. Boxley, Kent.
Edward L., son, 13, Cordwainer, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
George F., son, 11, scholar, Orpington, Kent.
Samson D., son, 9, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Mary Ann, dau., 7, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, 3, Woolwich, Kent.

1861: Plumstead (Left Bank), Kent?, England, p. 18, no. 23, 17 Frances Street, FHL film 542633:
Cornelius Osborn, head, mar., 47 boilermaker's assistant, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife mar., 51, Islington, Middlesex.
George F., son, unm., 21, lab. in R. Dock, Orpington, Kent.
Mary A., dau., unm., 17, boiler mak- assf dawr, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, unm., 13, Woolwich, Kent.
Lambeth, son, unm., 8, scholar, Plumstead, Kent.

1871: Erith, Kent, England per copy on file, no. 171, address: 14 Oxford Terrace, FHL film 823477:
Harriet Osborne, Head, Mar., 58, born Crayford, Kent.
Thomas G., son, Widr., 36, boot maker, b. Crayford, Kent.
Mary, dau., Unm., 27, b. Woolwich, Kent.
Cornealus, son, Unm., 24, Boiler Maker Ironworks, b. Woolwich, Kent.
Harriet, dau., Unm., 5, b. Seven Oakes, Kent. [Probably granddaughter.]

2. US Censuses:
1880 US: Can't find.

1900 for Fourth Precinct, Ogden, Weber, Utah, p. 206A:
Cornelius Osborne, b. May 1846, age 54, married 24 years, Eng Eng Eng, cook, immigrated 1864.
Johanna M., wife, b. Dec 1855, age 44, married 24 years, 3 total Childen all living, Swe Swe Swe, immigrated 1875.
Ella E., dau., b. Jul 1877, 22, S, UT Eng Swe, dressmaking.
Walter C., son, b. Dec 1879, 20, S, UT Eng Swe, porter saloon.
Matilda May, dau., b. Aug 1882, 17, S, UT Eng Swe, at school.

1910 US: 4th Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah, 85A, 12 Jan 1920, 2256 Madison Ave. (note next door neighbor is sister Mary Osborne Burnhope at 2264 Madison):
Thomas Burnhope, Head, 63, widowed, Eng Eng Eng, emigrated 1870, naturalized, hotel cook.
Caroline Myers, mother, 85, widowed, Swe Swe Swe. (Mother-in-law?)

3. Son Walter C. Osborne buried in Ogden City Cemetery in plot 2A-16-4-1W. Record shows b. 27 Dec 1880 in Ogden and d. 22 Oct 1958 in Ogden with parents Cornelius Osborne and Matilda Lind.

4. Residence given in 1901 per the following excerpt from his father's obituary: "Died Cornelius Osborne ... Friends can view the remains at the home of his son Cornelius No. 2102 Monroe avenue from 11 until 12:30 Sunday." Ogden Standard, 11 Jan 1901.

5. "Perpetual Emigration Fund Company Records" of the LDS Church, FHL film 6180 pt. 22, P.E. Fund 1871:
"Harriet Osborne, Mary A. Osborne, Cornelius Osborne, George Osborne, Harriet Osborne."

6. Chris Petersen on 11 Sep 1975 checked LDS Patriarchal Blessing Index without finding any Osbornes.

7. Copy on file of 1869 LDS Church record from England; photocopy made by Chris Petersen but source and branch not given. Entry numbers:
#44: Cornelius Osbourn, present residence at Plumstead, b. 11 Aug 1813 at Highgate, Middlesex, England, bapt. 16 Jun 1869 at Woolwich by E. Blackman, conf. by Blackman, emigrated 25 Aug 1869.
#46: Harriet Osbourn, present residence at Plumstead, b. 25 Dec 1810 at Arlington, Sussex, England, bapt. 30 Jun 1869 at Woolwich by E. Blackman, conf. by Tuddenham.
#48: Lambeth Osbourn, 16, present residence at Plumstead Common, b. Jan 1810 at Plumstead, Kent, England, bapt. 4 Aug 1869 at Woolwich by E. Blackman, conf. by E. Tuddenham, emigrated 25 Aug 1869.
#49: Cornelius Osbourn, present residence at Erith, bapt. 26 Aug 1869 at Woolwich by E. Garrel, conf. by E. Garrel.

8. Copy on file of 1869 LDS Church record from Woolwich Branch, England; photocopy made by Chris Petersen but source and date not given (appears to be approx. 1872/3). Entry numbers:
#227: Harriet Osborne, 60, residing at Anchor Alley, Woolwich, bapt. 12 Sep 1849 by E. Bradshaw. [Note there are many ditto marks in baptism column showing whole page of members baptized in 1849 which doesn't look correct.]
#228: Cornelius, 36, residing at Anchor Alley, Woolwich, bapt. 12 Sep 1849 by E. Bradshaw. [Note there are many ditto marks in baptism column showing whole page of members baptized in 1849 which doesn't look correct.]

9. "Names of Persons and Sureties indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company 1850 to 1877," http://www.jacksonfamilyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Doc030_PEF.pdf, p. 156, accessed 23 Apr 2014:
Osborne, Harriett - Mary Ann, Cornelius, George, Harriet: 1871.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. The following two items are on file but unsure as to which Cornelius Osborne they refer:
a. "Declaration of Intention To Become a Citizen of the United States. I, Cornelius Osborne do declare, on oath, that it is bona fide my intention to become a Citizen of the United States of America and to renounce and abjure forever, all allegiance and fidelity, to all and any Foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland of whom I was a subject. Sworn and subscribed to before me, at my office, at Ogden City, this 29th day of April, A.D. 1872. [Signed] Cornelius Osborne. G. Myron Hawley, Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court, in and for the Territory of Utah, per G.C. Wright, dpty. I, C. Myron Hawley, Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court, in and for the Territory of Utah, do certify that the above is a true copy of the Original Delaration of Intention of Cornelius Osborne to become a Citizen of the United States of America, remaining on record in my office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at my office, in Salt Lake City in said Territory this eighth day of May A.D. 1872. [Signed] C. Myron Hawley, Clerk."
b. "Certificate of Citizenship. United States of America, Territory of Utah - SS. Be it remembered, that on the tenth day of May in the year of our Lord, 1882, Cornelius Osborne, late of England in the Kingdom of Great Britain at present of Ogden City in the Territory aforesaid, appeared in the First Judicial District Court of the United States, in and for Utah Territory, and applied to the said Court to be admitted to become a Citizen of the United States of America, pursuant to the directions and requirements of the several Acts of Congress in relation thereto. And the said Cornelius Osborne, having thereupon produced to the Court such evidence, made such declartion and renunciation, and taken such oaths as are by the said Acts required; thereupon it was ordered by the said Court that the said Cornelius Osborne be admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said Court to be a Citizen of the United States of America. In testimony whereof, the Seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed, this 10 day of May, in the year 1882, and in the year of our Independence the 106th. A.C. Everson, Clerk."

2. Mentioned in mother's obituary as the proprietor of the Chamberlin Hotel in 1890: "Last evening at 9:12 Mrs. Cornelius Osborne died of dropsy in the City. She had been ailing for many years. She was eighty years and five months old, and came here from Islington, London in 1871 having resided in Ogden ever since. She is the mother of Cornelius Osborne, now the proprietor of the Chamberlin Hotel. The funeral services are to be held in the 4th Ward meeting house at ten a.m. next Sunday. All friends are invited to show the last respect to their friend, who has now gone beyond to await the resurrection to a better life than..." Ogden Standard newspapter, last page, 24 May 1890.

3. LDS Emigration Card Catalog, by Michael F. Petersen, checked 9 Nov 1975, FHL film 929 #189, Lib. No. 1041:
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota" with:
Cornelius Osborne
Lambeth Osborne (son)
1869, Aug 25 on same ship [may or may not be possible relations]:
Ann Osborne
Annie Osborne
1871, May 10 sailed the ship "Wyoming":
Mary A. Osborne
Cornelius Osborne
George Osborne
Harriet Osborne, age 4.

4. LDS Emigration Records, British Mission, 1868-1874" FHL film 6184, pt. 3 (025692):
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota," ticket no. 413, with:
Cornelius Osborne, age 36, Eng.
Lambeth Osborne, age 16, Eng.
1869, Aug 25 on same ship, ticket no. 483 [not a relative from what I can see - see notes for Edward]:
Edward Osborne, age 28.
Ann Osborne, age 28.
Annie Osborne, inf.
1871, June 31, sailed the ship "Wyoming," ticket no. 251, p. 144:
Harriet Osborne, age 60, P.E. Fund.
Mary A. Osborne, age 26, Pres. B. Young's list of 1870.
Cornelius Osborne, age 23
George Osborne, age 32.
Harriet Osborne, age 4

5. Family group sheets for Cornelius and his wife Johanna Mathilda Lind prepared by Charles Hugh Parry (gg son), 3022 N. 550 E., No. Ogden, Utah, with copies on file:
Cornelius Osborne, Jr, aka "Neil," a cook/chef, b. 27 May 1847 at Woolwich, Kent, England to Cornelius Osborne and Harriet Elizabeth Morgan. Married three wives: (1) Johanna Mathilda Lind/Lindh, (2) 27 May 1912 Margaret Ann Maloney, and (3) 1 Mar 1913 Emma Fray/Fry. Died 23 Jan 1935 and buried 27 Jan 1935 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.
Johanna Mathilda Lind/Lindh, aka "Hannah," b. 26 Dec 1855 at Mickelsgarden, Ljungsarp, Alvsbg., Sweden to Magnus Johanson Lind and Carolina/Caroline Petersson. Died 24 Nov 1905 at Provo, Utah, Utah and buried 28 Nov 1905. Three children all born in Ogden, Weber, Utah with appropriate temple work dates noted per copy on file:
Ellen Elizabeth (Ella), b. 11 Jul 1877, d. 8 May 1965, m. 25 Sep 1901 to LeRoy Farley.
Walter Cornelius (Walt), b. 27 Dec 1879, d. 22 Oct 1958, m. 18 Nov 1905 to Harriett or Hattie King.
Matilda May (Tillie), b. 24 Aug 1881/1882, d. 5 Jan 1968, m. 3 Jun 1908 to Nephi Albert Bennett.
Many sources given as follows:
1. T. Somerset House Eng. birth certificates.
2. Ogden City Cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions.
3. Family bible in possession of Charles Parry.
4. Newspaper obituaries of Ogden Standard Examiner and Deseret News.
5. Death and marriage certificates with copies in possession of Chas. H. Parry.
6. Lutheran Church parish rec. of Nittorp par. Alvsbg Co., Sweden.
7. Ogden City 4th Ward LDS Church records.
8. Temple Index Bureau records.
9. 1851 census of Plumstead Common in Plumstead parish in West Kent Dividsion, Eng., p. 17.
10. 1880 census Ogden City Weber County Utah 3rd Ward page 27.
11. Conversations with Mrs. Ellen Farley and Mrs. Tillie Bennett of Ogden, and also with Mrs. Lucile Parry.
12. LDS Church branch records of members of Jonkiping, Sweden 1850-1875.
13. Woolwich, Kent, Engl. LDS Church records.
14. Ogden City Poll Tax Register for 1st Municipal Ward 1886 to 1892.
15. Over (but my copy does not include a copy of back).

BIRTH:
1. Birth certificate on file, certified copy BC311548, application PAS 24574/62/F/1, dated 14 Mar 1962: "Registration District: Greenwich; 1847; Birth in Sub-district of Woolwich Dockyard in the County of Kent; No. 317; Born 27 May 1847 at Church Hill Woolwich, Cornelius, boy, Cornelius Osborne father, Harriet Osborne formerly Morgan mother, occupation of father: laborer in H.M. Dockyard; informant: Cornelius Osborne living at Church Hill; registered 30 Jun 1847 by William J. Nokes, registrar."

2. 1900 Census has incorrect variant of May 1846.

3. Per burial record.

4. Handwritten note on the back of a commercial advertising letter dated 1895 [on file], source unknown but appears to be a child of Cornelius and Harriet Osborne:
"Edward Lamberth, borned June 27/37
George F., October 29/39
Sampson D. Jany 2/42
Mary A., March 27/44
Cornelius, May 27/47
Lambeth, Jany 4/53
Dad, Aug 11/13 Arlington, Sussex
Mother, Decr 25, 1809 Crayford, Kent
Thomas Burnhope Feb. 22, 1845"

5. "Record of Members of Ogden 4th Ward, 1900-1918": "Cornelius Osborne, father: Cornelius, mother: Harriet Morgan, b. 27 May 1847 at Woolwich, England, bapt. 1869 by A.F. Lyman and conf. 1869 by Wm. Blackman. Remarks: to 6th Ward."

MARRIAGE:
1. Per 1900 Census.

2. Temple Index Bureau card for Salt Lake Temple, Bk E, No. 20847, Pg. 817: Cornelius Osborne (Jr.), b. 27 May 1847 at Woolwich, Kent, Eng., lvg. [d. 23 Jan 1935 added later], parents Cornelius Osborn and Harriet Morgan, md. (1) Johanna Mathilda Lind, (2) 27 May 1912 Margaret Ann Maloney, (3) 1 Mar 1923 Emma Fry, bapt. 29 Sep 1921, end. 4 June 1925. Heir: self.

3. Wives buried in close proximity to Cornelius (Annex-1-5-1E):
a. Annex-1-5-2E: Johanna (Hannah) Mathilda Osborne, no birthdate and d. 24 Nov 1905 at Provo, UT, parents Magnus Johanson (aka Lindh) and Carolina Petersdotter.
a. Annex-1-5-4E: Emma F. Osborne, b. 19 Apr 1854 in PA and died 3 Feb 1930 in Ogden, parents are John L. Fry and Esther S. Keeley.
b. Annex-1-5-5E: Mary Ann Osborne, b. 27 Aug 1868 in US and d. 19 Dec 1916 in Roy, UT, father is Michael Malony.

DEATH:
1. Per burial record.

2. Per obituary.

BURIAL:
1. Per online index of Ogden City Cemetery: Cornelius Osborne, b. 27 May 1847 in England and d. 23 Jan 1935 at Ogden, UT, parents Cornelius and Harriet or Sarah Morgan, buried in plot Annex-1-5-1E.

2. Per obituary.

OBITUARY:
1. "Ogden - Cornelius Osborne, 87, died Wednesday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Farley, 2250 Ogden avenue. He was born in England, May 27, 1847, a son of Cornelius and Harriett Osborne. He joined the Church in England and came to Utah 64 years ago. He was an active member of the Church being a high priest in North Weber stake. He was a pioneer chef having worked at the Broom hotel in 1882 and at the Union Station in 1878. He was also a foreman during the construction of the Utah Central railroad at Kelton and Terrace. Surviving him are the following Childen: Mrs. LeRoy Farley, Walter C. Osborne and Mrs. Nephi Bennett, all of Ogden, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. in the Third ward chapel, with Bishop M.B. Richardson in charge. Interment will be made in the Ogden city cemetery." Deseret News, Fri., 25 Jan 1935.

2. "Ogden - Cornelius Osborne, 87, pioneer resident of Ogden, died Wednesday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Farley, 2255 Ogden avenue, following a three month illness. Mr. Osborne was born in England on May 27, 1847, a son of Cornelius and Harriett Osborne. He came to America from his native land 64 years ago and had resided in Ogden since that time. He worked for some time as a foreman for the Utah Central railroad in Kelton and Terrace, Box Elder. He was chef in the Ogden Union station in 1878 and was the first chef of the Broom hotel when it was completed in 1882. Mr. Osborne retired several years ago. He was a member of the L.D.S. church Third ward and North Weber stake high priest's quorum. He was married to Miss Emma Victie, who died in Ogden a number of years ago. Surviving are two daughters and one son: Mrs. LeRoy Farley, Mrs. Nephi Bennett, and Walter C. Osborne, all of Ogden; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The Larkin & Sons mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements."

3. "Cornelius Osborne. Ogden - Funeral services for Cornelius Osborne, 97, retired chef of Ogden, who died Wednesday, will be Sunday at 2 p.m., in the Third ward chapel with Bishop Myron B. Richardson officiating. Friends may call at the Larkin & Sons mortuary chapel late Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday until 1 p.m., at the home of Mr. Osborne's daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Farley, 2255 Ogden avenue. Interment will be in the Ogden City cemetery." Deseret News, Sat., 26 Jan 1935.

4. "Cornelius Osborne. Ogden - Funeral services for Cornelius Osborne, 97, retired chef of Ogden, who died Wednesday, will be Sunday at 2 p.m., in the L.D.S. Third ward chapel, with Bishop Myron B. Richardson officiating. Friends may call at the Larkin & Sons mortuary chapel Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday until 1 p.m. at the home of Mr. Osborne's daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Farley, 2255 Ogden avenue. Interment will be in the Ogden City cemetery." Salt Lake Tribune, Sat., 26 Jan 1935.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. LDS branch records of Woolwich, Kent, England per FHL film 87039. 		Osborne, Cornelius (I848)
 
1970 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. British Censuses:
1851: Plumstead, Kent, England at address: #57 The Slade [copy on file], FHL film 174827:
Cornelius Osburn, 37 laborer dockyard, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife, 41,
James T., son, 14, Lab. R. Arsenal, b. Boxley, Kent.
Edward L., son, 13, Cordwainer, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
George F., son, 11, scholar, Orpington, Kent.
Samson D., son, 9, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Mary Ann, dau., 7, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, 3, Woolwich, Kent.

BIRTH:
1. Civil Registration Birth Index FL Film #535,615, Reg. Dist. Lewisham, Vol. # 1d, pg. 377: 2 Jan 1842 at Woolwich, Kent, England.

2. Handwritten note on the back of a commercial advertising letter dated 1895 [on file], source unknown but appears to be a child of Cornelius and Harriet Osborne:
"Edward Lamberth, borned June 27/37
George F., October 29/39
Sampson D. Jany 2/42
Mary A., March 27/44
Cornelius, May 27/47
Lambeth, Jany 4/53
Dad, Aug 11/13 Arlington, Sussex
Mother, Decr 25, 1809 Crayford, Kent
Thomas Burnhope Feb. 22, 1845"

DEATH:
1. Per Death Certificate #DA740980 [copy on file]; given at the General Register Office, London, England; Registration District is Lewisham; death in subdistrict of Plumstead and Charlton in the County of Kent; no. 121 for 1855; died 1 Aug 1855 at Plumstead Common, Sampson David Osborne, male, age is 13 years, dead from injuries received by being run over accidentally; informant is Cha. Ja. Carttar, Coroner for Kent, Greenwich; registered 28 Sep 1855 by Eliezer Lewery Burnett, Registrar. Certificate made for us 19 May 1981.

2. Per obituary.

OBITUARY:
1. "Kentish Independent" newspaper of Saturday, 4 Aug 1855, p. 4, copy on file: "Fatal Accidents. - On Wednesday afternoon last, a young man named Osborn, in the employ of Mr. Dearsley of Woolwich, was engaged in driving a horse and cart laden with wood through Powes street, when he unfortunately met with an accident which terminated fatally. It appears that the deceased was on the wrong side of the road, and a vehicle came alone in the opposite direction, when the deceased pulled up suddenly, and received a jerk which threw him from his seat into the road, and the wheels of the cart passed over his body. He was immediately conveyed to Mr. Allinson, surgeon, who rendered every assistance, but the deceased expired at nine o'clock the same evening." Wed. was Aug. 1. According to the librarian of the London Borough of Greenwich's Local History Library "Woodlands" in Blackheath who sent us the obituary, there were two Mr. Dearsleys trading in Woolwich in 1855. Robert, who was a corn and coal merchant and John who was a green grocer. "Powis Street" was the main street in Woolwich then and now.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. LDS branch records of Woolwich, Kent, England per FHL film 87039. 		Osborne, Sampson David (I847)
 
1971 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. British Censuses:
1851: Plumstead, Kent, England at address: #57 The Slade [copy on file], FHL film 174827:
Cornelius Osburn, 37 laborer dockyard, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife, 41,
James T., son, 14, Lab. R. Arsenal, b. Boxley, Kent.
Edward L., son, 13, Cordwainer, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
George F., son, 11, scholar, Orpington, Kent.
Samson D., son, 9, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Mary Ann, dau., 7, scholar, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, 3, Woolwich, Kent.

1861: Plumstead (Left Bank), Kent?, England, p. 18, no. 23, 17 Frances Street, FHL film 542633:
Cornelius Osborn, head, mar., 47 boilermaker's assistant, b. Arlington, Sussex.
Harriet, wife mar., 51, Islington, Middlesex.
George F., son, unm., 21, lab. in R. Dock, Orpington, Kent.
Mary A., dau., unm., 17, boiler mak- assf dawr, Woolwich, Kent.
Cornelius, son, unm., 13, Woolwich, Kent.
Lambeth, son, unm., 8, scholar, Plumstead, Kent.

1871: Erith, Kent, England per copy on file, no. 171, address: 14 Oxford Terrace, FHL film 823477:
Harriet Osborne, Head, Mar., 58, born Crayford, Kent.
Thomas G., son, Widr., 36, boot maker, b. Crayford, Kent.
Mary, dau., Unm., 27, b. Woolwich, Kent.
Cornealus, son, Unm., 24, Boiler Maker Ironworks, b. Woolwich, Kent.
Harriet, dau., Unm., 5, b. Seven Oakes, Kent. [Probably granddaughter.]

2. US Censuses:
1880 US: Terrace, Box Elder, Utah, NA film T9-1335, p. 118D:
Thomas Burnhope, laborer, M, 36, Eng Eng Eng.
Mary Ann, keeping house, wife, M, 36, Eng Eng Eng.
Isaac, S, 7, UT Eng Eng.
Mary Ann, S, 4, UT Eng Eng.

1900 US: Promontory Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, Sht. 3, B:
Thomas Burnhope, Head, Feb 1845, 55, married 27, Eng Eng Eng, immigrated 1868, RR laborer.
Mary A., wife, Mar 1844, 56, marr. 27 years, 7 total children 2 living, Eng Eng Eng.

1910 US: 4th Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah, 85A, 12 Jan 1920, 2264 Madison Ave (note next door neighbor is Cornelius Osborne at 2256 Madison and daughter Mary and her husband live in close proximity 4 pages away in same census):
Thomas Burnhope, Head, 67, m. once for 38 years, Eng Eng Eng, emigrated 1868, naturalized, lives on income.
Mary, wife, 66, m. once for 38 years, 2 total children both living, Eng Eng Eng, emigrated 1868.

3. Maps of Kent and mentioned birth location in London area are on file under father.

4. "Perpetual Emigration Fund Company Records" of the LDS Church, FHL film 6180 pt. 22, P.E. Fund 1871:
"Harriet Osborne, Mary A. Osborne, Cornelius Osborne, George Osborne, Harriet Osborne."

5. Chris Petersen on 11 Sep 1975 checked LDS Patriarchal Blessing Index without finding any Osbornes.

6. "Names of Persons and Sureties indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company 1850 to 1877," http://www.jacksonfamilyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Doc030_PEF.pdf, p. 156, accessed 23 Apr 2014:
Osborne, Harriett - Mary Ann, Cornelius, George, Harriet: 1871.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Photos on file.

2. LDS Emigration Card Catalog, by Michael F. Petersen, checked 9 Nov 1975, FHL film 929 #189, Lib. No. 1041:
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota" with:
Cornelius Osborne
Lambeth Osborne (son)
1869, Aug 25 on same ship [may or may not be possible relations]:
Ann Osborne
Annie Osborne
1871, May 10 sailed the ship "Wyoming":
Mary A. Osborne
Cornelius Osborne
George Osborne
Harriet Osborne, age 4

3. LDS Emigration Records, British Mission, 1868-1874" FHL film 6184, pt. 3 (025692):
1869, Aug 25 sailed the ship "Minnesota," ticket no. 413, with:
Cornelius Osborne, age 36, Eng.
Lambeth Osborne, age 16, Eng.
1869, Aug 25 on same ship, ticket no. 483 [not a relative from what I can see - see notes for Edward]:
Edward Osborne, age 28.
Ann Osborne, age 28.
Annie Osborne, inf.
1871, June 31, sailed the ship "Wyoming," ticket no. 251, p. 144:
Harriet Osborne, age 60, P.E. Fund.
Mary A. Osborne, age 26, Pres. B. Young's list of 1870.
Cornelius Osborne, age 23
George Osborne, age 32.
Harriet Osborne, age 4

BIRTH:
1. Birth certificate on file, certified copy BC862525, application PAS 60746/74/F/2, dated 9 Sep 1974: "Registration District: Greenwich; 1853; Birth in Sub-district of Woolwich Dockyard in the County of Kent; No. 63; Born 27 Mar 1844 in Mulgrave Place, Mary Ann, girl, Cornelius Osborne father, Harriet Osborne formerly Morgan mother, occupation of father: shoemaker; informant: Cornelius Osborne living at Mulgrave Place; registered 6 May 1844 by William J. Nokes, registrar."

2. Temple Index Bureau card for End. House, 18 Nov 1872; Bk H; No. 28; Pg 1: Harriet Morgan Osborne, b. 27 Mar 1844 Woolwich, Kent, Eng., parents: Cornelius Osborne and Harriet Morgan, bapt. 18 Aug 1872. Endowment was live and information provided by Harriet herself.

3. Handwritten note on the back of a commercial advertising letter dated 1895 [on file], source unknown but appears to be a child of Cornelius and Harriet Osborne:
"Edward Lamberth, borned June 27/37
George F., October 29/39
Sampson D. Jany 2/42
Mary A., March 27/44
Cornelius, May 27/47
Lambeth, Jany 4/53
Dad, Aug 11/13 Arlington, Sussex
Mother, Decr 25, 1809 Crayford, Kent
Thomas Burnhope Feb. 22, 1845"

DEATH:
1. Ogden City Cemetery online: Mary Ann Burnhope, d. 15 May 1919 at Ogden, UT, plot D-4-2-2E.

2. Cemetery Records; Ogden City cemetery; Lot 2, Block 4, Plat D, Ogden, Utah. Tombstone in Ogden Utah Pioneer Cemetery shows birth as 27 Mar 1844 and death as 15 May 1910. Approximately 18 total relatives (Osbornes, Burnhopes, Petersens, McCarrels, and Koepkes) buried in near proximity.

OBITUARY:
1. "One of the oldest residents of Ogden, Mary Ann Burnhope, 75, died at the family home in Ogden May 15. She was born in England in 1844 and came to Utah in 1871." Clipping on file with reference nor date.

2. "Mary Ann Burnhope. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ann Burnhope will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Sixth ward chapel with Bishop O.M. Sanderson officiating. The body may be viewed at the residence, 2264 Madison avenue this evening between 7 and 9 o'clock and tomorrow until 12:30 p.m. Interment will be in the Ogden city cemetery." Ogden Standard Examiner, Sat., 17 May 1919, p. 8.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. LDS branch records of Woolwich, Kent, England per FHL film 87039. 		Osborne, Mary Ann (I49)
 
1972 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Burial date of 24 Sep 1742 may actually belong to Robert Hales, son of Jacob Hales and Mary Batchelor, reported per Online Ordinance Index to be christened 1 Nov 1741, and bur. 24 Sep 1742.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. 18 Dec 2002 website . 		Hales, Robert (I1242)
 
1973 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Burial nor marriage listed in Arlington parish registers.

2. Reviewed Rootsweb Worldconnect and LDS Family Search 15 May 2003.

3. Email from Val Bray [valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au] 16 Aug 2006: Bartholomew Osborne (farm bailiff) and Sarah (Sally) Day.
Their daughter Elizabeth married John Akehurst (born 1798) on 10 May 1827 at Hailsham. Their children are John bapt. 12 Apr 1829, Bartholomew 7 Aug 1830, Caleb 9 Feb 1832, Sarah 31 Oct 1834, Ebenezer 1839, Samuel 1841, John Akehurst (butler) died 1871, Elizabeth 1892 aged 90.
Henry Osborne married Charlotte Swain (father Joseph, mother Mary Adams) on 23 Jun 1835 at St. Clements Hastings, Sussex. Henry was a printer/stationer. Their children were Joseph Swain bapt. 15 May 1836, Sarah Sophia 26 May 1837, (unable to trace these two - Joseph probably died before 1842). Henry born 1841, married Maria Elphick 1867, Joseph Ridley born 1842 married Hannah Cox 1868 (Joseph died in 1876 and his son Henry was brought up by his uncle Henry.) William Bartholomew born 1846 married Emily Mary Hyde on 3 Aug 1874. She died in 1875 and he married Hannah Birch in 1876. Charles Frederick born 1849 married Ellen Maria Brazzier in 1882. Henry died 2 Sep 1855 aged 49. The four younger boys and Joseph's son Henry were all trained as printers. Charlotte died in 1874.

4. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], Aug 22, 2006: My information from Folkington, Sussex (very close to Arlington) came from FHL film 1364154, and the Sussex Marriages Index (a CD issued by the Sussex Family History Group from parish registers).
Bartholomew (bapt. 18 May 1777) married Sarah (Sally) Day (born 25 Apr 1779) at Tonbridge, Kent, father John Day mother Mary (FHL 82606) at Tonbridge 21 Apr 1801. FHL 883783. Children were Elizabeth bapt. 13 Dec 1802 at Arlington, Henry born 11 Nov 1805, Sarah Ann 28 Apr 1808, buried 10 Aug 1808 both at Hailsham FHL 1364156. Cannot find a death for Bartholomew or Sarah. Bart. was a widower in 1841& 1851 census at Hailsham.

5. Email from Val Bray [valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au] Dec. 3, 2006:
Henry Osborne (f. Bartholomew m. Sarah Day) Charlotte Osborne (Swain) died on the 19 Sep 1874 at St. Clements, Hastings aged 63 years from an abdominal tumour. I have a marriage for Sarah Sophia Hallett Osborne (bapt. 26 May 1837) on 10 Dec 1864 at Hastings to William Richard Coad (f. Richard). Hallett was the farmer that Bartholomew was farm bailiff for in 1851. Sophia and William had 2 children 1. Charles William in 1869 who died in 1902 and 2. William Ernest in 1874 who married Edith Harriet Atkinson in 1896. Sarah died on 21 Dec 1892 aged 55 years at Hastings from cirrhosis of the liver. The informant was W.E.Coad. William Richard Coad died on 26 Mar 1894 aged 53 years at Whitstable in Kent. (His body was found floating in the sea.)
Henry Osborne (f. Henry) born 5 Mar 1841 married Maria Elphick 3 Nov 1867. No children.
Joseph Ridley Osborne (f. Henry) born 21 Dec 1842 married Hannah Jane Dash (not Hannah Cox). Their children were 1. Joseph Charles 1869, died 1874, 2. Charlotte Ann 1870, died 1875, 3. Henry 6 Dec 1872, (brought up by his uncle Henry). Joseph Ridley died on 29 Jan 1876 at Shoreditch in London aged 33 years from chronic bronchitis and pneumonia. The informant was his widow.
William Bartholomew (f. Henry) was born on 3 May 1875 [1846?] at Hastings. Emily Mary (Hide) died on 26 May 1875 at Hastings aged 26 years from tubercular phthisis. William B. married Hannah Burch in Guilforg on 8 Jun 1876. Their children were 1. Henry William 1878, 2. Emily 1879, 3. Ruth 1880, 4. Lily 1885.
Charles Frederick (f. Henry) was born on 19 Sep 1849. He married Ellen Maria Brazzier 5 Nov 1882. I don't think they had any Children.
Elizabeth Osborne (f. Bartholomew) married to John Akehurst. Their children are 1. John died 1839 2. Bartholomew (baker) died in 1862.3. Caleb (bootmaker) married Lucy Clarke (f. Arthur m. Elizabeth Pope) on 12 Feb 1860. Their children were: 1. Fanny 1860, 2. Annie Elizabeth 1861, 3. Albert Ernest 1863, 4. George Osborne 1865, 5. Arthur Frederick 1869. Caleb died in 1874.
Ebenezer born 18 July 1838
Samuel Henry born 20 Aug 1840.
John Akehurst died on 19 Mar 1871 at Sussex County Hospital at Brighton aged 73 years from exhaustion following an operation for cancer.
Elizabeth died on 7 Sep 1892 at Lewes aged 90 years from senile decay. L. Akehurst, daughter in law was the informant.

6. Censuses:
1841 US: Hailsham, Sussex, p. 6 of 11, all b. in Sussex County:
Benjamin Peckham, 30, Wheelwright?
Frances, 30.
Henry, 6.
Thomas, 5.
Sarah, 3.
Bartholomew Osborne, 60, farmer.

1851 Eng: Hailsham, Sussex, p. 15 of 27, #61:
Bartholomew Osborne, widower, 73, Bailiff to farm for Mr. Hallet Brighton employing no labourers, b. Sussex, Arlington.

CHRISTENING:
1. Source of christening and burial information from extracts of the Registers of Arlington Parish Church, Sussex, England from 1700 onwards by correspondence (copy on file) of 30 Nov 1953 from George Mitchell of Berwick Rectory, Nr. Polegate, Sussex. Cover letter reads: "In reply to your request for information about the Osborne family, I have searched the Registers from 1700 onwards, and find the entries given on the enclosed sheet. It is unfortunate that the marriage entries are so few, but it must be remembered that marriages usually take place in the woman's parish, and there is no means of finding out where this might be apart from inspecting the registers of the district. I have no record at all under the name of Daw; Con Osborne is married to Sarah Coleman in his 24th year, but if this is the Sarah who died in 1806, he may have married again between 1806 and 1813, though for the reason given the marriage would not be in the Arlington Registers. I have an older Register going back to 1609, but I have not searched this; it is in latin, and would take some time to go through... There is no one of the name of Osborne in the parish now, and my oldest inhabitants cannot remember any family of this name. The parish, which still covers about 24 square miles, was twice as large until 1845, when a 'daughter' parish was carved out of it, and it may be that there are entries after this year in the records of that Parish... If you are interested in 'your old Church,' I may say that it is an unusually fine one, and dates back before the landing of the Conqueror..." He also notes: "It is more than likely that 'Osborne' and 'Osborn' are the same family, and 'Edward' and 'Edmond' may be the same person."
Baptisms:
1777 May 18, Bartholomew, son of Edw. and Ann Osborn.

BURIAL:
1. Email from Val Bray 22 March 2013: "I have found a burial date for Bartholomew Osborne. He was buried on 12 Jul 1852 at St. Mary's Hailsham aged 75 years."
 		Osborn, Bartholomew (I3532)
 
1974 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. By a circuitous route, we can determine that Elizabeth is most likely the wife of John and that she is probably the mother of the following children:
A. From the following entries in Hexham which I extracted to my visit to Hexham in Jun 2009, we can determine that John's (the weaver) wife is named Elizabeth. John is also at least the father of Ann (1784-1788) and John (1790-). Since there are no other Johns in the parish at this time, John of Yarridge is probably the same John.
a. Hexham Baptism Transcriptions, 1643-1850:
-24 Nov 1776, Mary Burnup, dau. of John of Yarridge.
-14 Nov 1784, Ann Burnup, dau. of John, weaver. [See 1788 burial record below.]
-9 May 1790, John Burnup, son of John, weaver.
b. Hexham, Burial Transcripts 1754-1851, extracted for Burnhopes only:
-27 Apr 1788, Ann Burnup, dau. of Jn., weaver. [See chr. record above for 1784.]
-5 Jun 1792, Eliz. Burnup, wife of John, weaver.
B. Very nearby Hexham is Whitley Chapel where Isaac Burnhope and his family lived including his son John, who was chr. in 1751 in the adjoining Hunstanworth parish across the county border in County Durham. Isaac's notes will show that his children were christened in three different places including Hexham. Due to the closeness of all of the various churches and the rural nature of the family, it was not unusual to see a family involved in several churches without moving residences. Having already identified the Hexham children above, LDS family extraction shows the following three children christened in "Whitley (near Hexham)" all born to John Burnop. Since there are large gaps in the birth years, we can safely assume other children were also born, but not christened in Whitley parish - therefore the children listed above in Hexham mesh in nicely year-wise as anticipated.
-George, 24 Oct 1773.
-John, 14 Aug 1774. [Most likely died young since another John shows up chr. in Hexham in 1790.]
-Elizabeth, 1 Apr 1781.
C. Since there are no other Johns listed in the area from 1751 to 1800, since the father of these children would have to have been born no later than about 1753, and since some of the children are born in the very small hamlet of Whitley, John the son of Isaac is the only one that fits the mold. Even though not 100% proven that John the weaver in Hexham is the same as John in Whitley, it is most likely the same person. Hexham was a regional abbey whereas Whitley was a subservient chapel in the proximity of Hexham.
 		Elizabeth (I4643)
 
1975 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. By following the various christening records of his children, we can ascertain Isaac's residence and and the name of his wife Jane. Isaac lived in the Newbiggin/Riddlehamhope area which was centered near Shotley, Hunstantworth, and Hexham parishes all of which he had children christened. Newbiggin/Riddlehamhope do not show on most maps since they are not villages as much as a just a location. Using older maps, I was able to locate them. On modern maps such as Google, locate Hunstanworth in County Durham. Just slightly above Hunstanworth across the field is the River Derwent going from west to east. Slightly to the west of Hunstanworth, the river turns upward northwesternly while a serpentine forested hill turns southwesterly. At this first bow on the north side is Newbiggin Fell. Continue to follow the river as it then immediately turns back west and then you are at Riddlehamhope on the north side of the river. Slightly to the west of that is Riddlehamhope Fell. Note that this river is the boundary between counties Durham on the south and Northumberland on the north thereby making the Burnhopes residents of Northumberland. The meaning of the old English word Fell is from the Old Norse meaning an upland stretch of open country; a moor; or a barren or stony hill. We know that Isaac was a miller because he eventually ends up at Woodhall Mill very near Haydon's Bridge where he dies in 1781. The location of Newbiggin/Riddlehamhope on a river may have been due to work as a miller even though his early profession is not given in the christening records.
The record of his child William must appear in two separate registers (a local and bishop's transcript?) because my transcription shows the entry below whereas the LDS IGI shows the same entry without the father but with a mother Jane Burnhope listed. This establishes Jane as the wife of Isaac. The various parish records showing the christening of Isaac's children in chronological order show:
Shotley, Northumberland:
William Burnhope, son of Isaac of Newggin(sic) hope chr. 21 Jul 1745.
Hunstanworth, Durham:
Kath. Burnhope, d. of Isaac, chr. 27 Jul 1747.
Isaac Burnhope, s. of Isaac of Ridlehope [sic], chr. 2 Mar 1748/1749 (bur in 1762 in Hexham).
John Burnhope, s. of Isaac of Newbigginhope, chr. 10 Mar 1750/1751
Hexham, Northumberland:
Mary Burnep, dau. of Isaac Burnep chr. 14 Oct 1753.
Joseph Burnip, son of Isaac Burnip chr. 7 Mar 1756.
Ann Burnip, dau. of Isaac Burnip chr. 9 Apr 1758.
Hannah Burnip, dau. of Isaac Burnip chr. 23 Mar 1760.

2. The following two records for the same son help establish parentage of William as Isaac and Jane Burnhope:
A. From the book of indexed baptisms (1675-1786) transcripts in the Shotley parish church from my 23 Jun 2009 visit to the Society of Genealogists in London, England. I also reviewed parish record transcripts in the Northumberland and Durham Record Offices. The baptismal entry transcript: "1745, Jul 21, William Burnhope, son of Isaac of Newggin(sic) hope."
B. LDS IGI has an extracted record for William Burnhope, chr. 21 Jul 1745 at Shotley, Northumberland, England with a mother shown as Jane Burnhope. No father is shown in this extraction. No other Burnhopes (or other name variations) occur in the fully extracted christening record of 1675-1861.
 		Jane (I4619)
 
1976 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Can't find in Utah in the 1900 US Census.

2. Parents per Ancestral File v4.19 are Eleazer Davis and Nancy Brown. Children are per the following but they all look to be born way too late to be right:
a. Sanford James Davis b. 25 Sep 1887 Rexburg, Madison, ID; d. 9 Jun 1888.
b. George Hales Davis b. 7 Feb 1889 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT; d. 11 Apr 1899.
c. Howard John Davis b. 17 Sep 1890 Spanish Fork, Utah, UT.
d. Laura Anna Davis b. 15 Dec 1891 Spanish Fork; d. 26 Apr 1936 Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake, UT; bur. 29 Apr 1936 Salt Lake City; m. Alfanso Kobell 16 Jun 1911 El Paso, El Paso, TX.
e. ?? Davis b. abt 1893 possibly of Spanish Fork.

3. Wife's obituary says she married and divorced a "George Davis." Is the name James Davis in error?

4. Reviewed Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 12 Dec 2002. No success under any combination of first names with surname Davis except database noted with birth below.

5. LDS obituary index has an obituary for James E. Davis in the Deseret News. Wed. March 5, 1941, pg. 20; however, this individual is different and not related.

BIRTH:
1. Location per 5 May 2002 Ancestry.com database ":1678334." Date and place per Ancestral File v4.19.

MARRIAGE:
1. Date and place per Ancestral File v4.19.

DEATH:
1. Date per Ancestral File v4.19.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per www.hales.org 21 Dec 2002. 		Davis, James Edward (I696)
 
1977 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Canterbury Probate Records; Will for John Clench (Clynche) of Otterden made and probated 1582, Register Ref. PRC/17/44/281, Original Ref. PRC/16/78 C/15, four pages. Extraction of the will:
- John Clench of the parish of Mounton now united with Otterden of the County of Kent, yeoman.
- Will dated 6 July 1582
- Daughter Rabech wife of Thomas Allene
- Daughter Benet late wife of Robart Barnes
- Daughter Ane wife or Rychard Allen
- Willym Allen the son of Rychard Allen my godson
- The three daughters of Edward Clench my son and Rose his wife -- Jane, Thomasson, Benet.
- All the children of John Clench my son.
- All the children of Thomas Allen and Rabech his wife my daughter.
- All the children of Robart Barnes and Benet his wife my daughter.
- The rest of the children of Rychard Allen and Ane his wife except William. [See above for his legacy.]
- Johan my wife -- named as executor.
- Anthony my son and his heirs.
- Some miscellaneous gifts to various people who I further detail in the notes of John Clench himself.
 		Allen, Richard (I5095)
 
1978 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Canterbury Probate Records; Will for John Clench (Clynche) of Otterden made and probated 1582, Register Ref. PRC/17/44/281, Original Ref. PRC/16/78 C/15, four pages. Extraction of the will:
- John Clench of the parish of Mounton now united with Otterden of the County of Kent, yeoman.
- Will dated 6 July 1582
- Daughter Rabech wife of Thomas Allene
- Daughter Benet late wife of Robart Barnes
- Daughter Ane wife or Rychard Allen
- Willym Allen the son of Rychard Allen my godson
- The three daughters of Edward Clench my son and Rose his wife -- Jane, Thomasson, Benet.
- All the children of John Clench my son.
- All the children of Thomas Allen and Rabech his wife my daughter.
- All the children of Robart Barnes and Benet his wife my daughter.
- The rest of the children of Rychard Allen and Ane his wife except William. [See above for his legacy.]
- Johan my wife -- named as executor.
- Anthony my son and his heirs.
- Some miscellaneous gifts to various people who I further detail in the notes of John Clench himself.

2. Other entries found in the area on Findmypast.com which may or may not relate to our Robert Barnes:
A. Kent, East Kent marriage index 1538-1754: Robert Barnes and Eliz. Sturgis[/Sturgis], both residing at Willesborough, marr. 10 Nov 1560 at Willesborough.
B. Possible relative of Robert and Benet [Clench] Barnes, needs more investigation. Kent, East Kent marriage index 1538-1754: Geo. Barnes, age 25, yeoman residing at Lenham, and Eliz. Barling, age 20 dau. of Steph. gent. Lenham, marr. 8 Jun 1620 at Wychling.
C. Probable child of Robert Barnes and Benet (Josias/Josiah seems to be a family name). Canterbury Baptisms: Joisva Burnes, bapt. 1579 at Wychling, St Margaret, father Roberti
Archive: Canterbury Cathedral Archives; archive reference U3/196, year range 1577-1719.
D. Canterbury Burials Transcription: Teresa -- not a "T" Joesa? -- Barnes, bur. 18 Oct 1580 at Wychling, St Margaret, Kent, England.
Archive: Canterbury Cathedral Archives; archive reference U3/196.

BURIAL:
1. From findmypast.com "Canterbury Burials Transcription": Robertus Barnes, bur. 27 Mar 1581, Wychling, St Margaret, Kent, England.
Archive: Canterbury Cathedral Archives; Archive reference: U3/196; Year range 1577-1719.
 		Barnes, Robert (I5094)
 
1979 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Canterbury Probate Records; Will for John Clench (Clynche) of Otterden made and probated 1582, Register Ref. PRC/17/44/281, Original Ref. PRC/16/78 C/15, four pages. Extraction of the will:
- John Clench of the parish of Mounton now united with Otterden of the County of Kent, yeoman.
- Will dated 6 July 1582
- Daughter Rabech wife of Thomas Allene
- Daughter Benet late wife of Robart Barnes
- Daughter Ane wife or Rychard Allen
- Willym Allen the son of Rychard Allen my godson
- The three daughters of Edward Clench my son and Rose his wife -- Jane, Thomasson, Benet.
- All the children of John Clench my son.
- All the children of Thomas Allen and Rabech his wife my daughter.
- All the children of Robart Barnes and Benet his wife my daughter.
- The rest of the children of Rychard Allen and Ane his wife except William. [See above for his legacy.]
- Johan my wife -- named as executor.
- Anthony my son and his heirs.
- Some miscellaneous gifts to various people who I further detail in the notes of John Clench himself.
 		Allen, Thomas (I5093)
 
1980 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Canterbury Probate Records; Will for John Clench (Clynche) of Otterden made and probated 1582, Register Ref. PRC/17/44/281, Original Ref. PRC/16/78 C/15, four pages. Extraction of the will:
- John Clench of the parish of Mounton now united with Otterden of the County of Kent, yeoman.
- Will dated 6 July 1582
- Daughter Rabech wife of Thomas Allene
- Daughter Benet late wife of Robart Barnes
- Daughter Ane wife or Rychard Allen
- Willym Allen the son of Rychard Allen my godson
- The three daughters of Edward Clench my son and Rose his wife -- Jane, Thomasson, Benet.
- All the children of John Clench my son.
- All the children of Thomas Allen and Rabech his wife my daughter.
- All the children of Robart Barnes and Benet his wife my daughter.
- The rest of the children of Rychard Allen and Ane his wife except William. [See above for his legacy.]
- Johan my wife -- named as executor.
- Anthony my son and his heirs.
- Some miscellaneous gifts to various people who I further detail in the notes of John Clench himself.

2. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Clench, Jane (I1434)
 
1981 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Canterbury Probate Records; Will for John Clench (Clynche) of Otterden made and probated 1582, Register Ref. PRC/17/44/281, Original Ref. PRC/16/78 C/15, four pages. Extraction of the will:
- John Clench of the parish of Mounton now united with Otterden of the County of Kent, yeoman.
- Will dated 6 July 1582
- Daughter Rabech wife of Thomas Allene
- Daughter Benet late wife of Robart Barnes
- Daughter Ane wife or Rychard Allen
- Willym Allen the son of Rychard Allen my godson
- The three daughters of Edward Clench my son and Rose his wife -- Jane, Thomasson, Benet.
- All the children of John Clench my son.
- All the children of Thomas Allen and Rabech his wife my daughter.
- All the children of Robart Barnes and Benet his wife my daughter.
- The rest of the children of Rychard Allen and Ane his wife except William. [See above for his legacy.]
- Johan my wife -- named as executor.
- Anthony my son and his heirs.
- Some miscellaneous gifts to various people who I further detail in the notes of John Clench himself.

2. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.

MARRIAGE:
1. Findmypast's "England Marriages 1538-1973": Edward Clynche and Rose Willmson, 7 May 1571 in London.
 		Williamson, Rose (I1134)
 
1982 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Canterbury Probate Records; Will for John Clench (Clynche) of Otterden made and probated 1582, Register Ref. PRC/17/44/281, Original Ref. PRC/16/78 C/15, four pages. Extraction of the will:
- John Clench of the parish of Mounton now united with Otterden of the County of Kent, yeoman.
- Will dated 6 July 1582
- Daughter Rabech wife of Thomas Allene
- Daughter Benet late wife of Robart Barnes
- Daughter Ane wife or Rychard Allen
- Willym Allen the son of Rychard Allen my godson
- The three daughters of Edward Clench my son and Rose his wife -- Jane, Thomasson, Benet.
- All the children of John Clench my son.
- All the children of Thomas Allen and Rabech his wife my daughter.
- All the children of Robart Barnes and Benet his wife my daughter.
- The rest of the children of Rychard Allen and Ane his wife except William. [See above for his legacy.]
- Johan my wife -- named as executor.
- Anthony my son and his heirs.
- Some miscellaneous gifts to various people who I further detail in the notes of John Clench himself.

2. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Clench, Tomassen (I1133)
 
1983 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Canterbury Probate Records; Will for John Clench (Clynche) of Otterden made and probated 1582, Register Ref. PRC/17/44/281, Original Ref. PRC/16/78 C/15, four pages. Extraction of the will:
- John Clench of the parish of Mounton now united with Otterden of the County of Kent, yeoman.
- Will dated 6 July 1582
- Daughter Rabech wife of Thomas Allene
- Daughter Benet late wife of Robart Barnes
- Daughter Ane wife or Rychard Allen
- Willym Allen the son of Rychard Allen my godson
- The three daughters of Edward Clench my son and Rose his wife -- Jane, Thomasson, Benet.
- All the children of John Clench my son.
- All the children of Thomas Allen and Rabech his wife my daughter.
- All the children of Robart Barnes and Benet his wife my daughter.
- The rest of the children of Rychard Allen and Ane his wife except William. [See above for his legacy.]
- Johan my wife -- named as executor.
- Anthony my son and his heirs.
- Some miscellaneous gifts to various people who I further detail in the notes of John Clench himself.

2. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Clench, Benet (I241)
 
1984 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Catherine Koons, who married Johannes (John) Stocker, is George's first cousin. George's father, Gasper Koons, and grandfather Devault Koons were in Frederick Co., MD prior to NC. John Koon, another son of Devault Koons, was the father of Catherine Koons per his will. See notes for the immigrant Johann Michael Stocker, b. 1730, for information about the common origins of several Kuntz families and our Stocker family in Preuschdorf, Germany. One of these Preuschdorf Kuntz immigrants, Hans Michael Cuntz, is possibly the same one who was with Dewald Kuntz on the 1750 immigrant ship "Phoenix." The following is my abstract from Anna Burgert's book "Eighteenth Century Emigrants of the Northern Alsace":
Entry #92. This is entry is for "Cuntz, Hans Michael" who was from Preuschdorf and is possibly the same person shown on the ship "Dragon" arriving 17 Oct 1749 (Strassburger-Hinke I:423) or on the ship "Phoenix" arriving 1750 (S-H, I:440) with Dewald Kuntz. The name Dewald Kuntz is significant because this is the immigrant whose progeny marries with our family (see the next note below). As for Michael Cuntz who was born Dec 1710, he was the son of Hans Diebold/Theobald Cuntz of Preuschdorf and his second wife Anna Logel. Michael marries 9 May 1730 Anna Eva Bender, dau. of Hans Jacob Bender of Langensoultzbach. Their marriage record has a later notation indicating "went to the new land. Michael had 8 children with half born in Preuschdorf and the other half in Langensoultzbach. In America he is later found in Philadelphia. The book does not give the whereabouts of Dewald Kuntz, but we do find that name in Frederick.

2. Variation on last name per 1907 biography of grandson Stephen Smith cited below uses Koonts. Other variations in various genealogies include Koontz, Koonce, Coonce, Coons, Kuntz, and Kountz.

3. Entries found for Koons family in the "Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1806" per website http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/as1806co.htm. [Note. Despite the fact that Ashe County, North Carolina was created in 1799, the first extant court records begin in 1806.] State of North Carolina.
A. Ashe County May Term 1806. In a County Court begun and held for the County of Ashe on the second Monday being the 12th day of May A.D. 1806:
a. "Grand Jury sworn and empanneled as follows (towit): Sidniah Maxwell, foreman, James Sturgill, Allen Woodruff, Saml Griffith, Seth Osborn, George Koons, John Green, James Dickson, Levi Pennington, Benj. Hubbard, Charles Kelly, James Mulkey, William Harris, ... FairChilds. Grand Jury Charged, Edward King constable to attend during court."
b. "A deed from John Koons to Fredrick Severs to 100 acres was duly acknowledged in open court by John Koons. A deed from John Koons to Frederick Severs for 200 acres was duly acknowledged in open court by John Koons."
c. "The court proceeded to the election of a sheriff, the justices present were: William Weaver, Micajah Pennington, Jno. Calloway, Jno. Koons, Wm. McNeil, Bendent Baird, Wm. Reeves, Joseph Doughton, Alexr. Smith, Jno. McBride, Nathan Horton, James Bunyard, Thomas Testerman, Solm. Baker, Elijah Pope, Charles Tolliver, & Joseph Rolland, Esqrs, after counting out the vots it appears that Martin Gambill was duly elected - and entered into bond of two thousand pounds for his faithful performance of the duties of sheriff and also in another bond of the same sum for the collection and payment of the publick taxes with John Cox and Jesse Reeves securities in both bonds and qualified as the law directs."
B. "State of North Carolina, Novr. Term 1806. At a County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions begun and held for the county of Ashe at the court house in Ashe on the second Monday being the 10th day of Novr. A. D. 1806:
a. "Ordered by the court that the sheriff advertise at the court house the making of stocks & whipping post to be undertaken by the lowest bidder on the 2d day of next court and paid out of the county treasury. [I included this for general interest only; it is the entry right above the following one below."
b. "Ordered by the court that John Koons, John Ellar, Abram Shearer, George Sells, Jonathan Baker, Henry Michael, Wm. Pennington, Junr., Christian Shearer, David Earnest, Jno. Henson, Conrood Grubb, Wm. May, Jacob May, Petter Eller, Micajah Pennington, Esqr., or any 12 of them be a jury to view and lay of a road from Petter Ellars across the Phenix Mountain to Christian Searer and make report to next court."

4. Per website : Ashe County, North Carolina Land Grants 1799-1936, filed in NC Secretary of State Land Office from NC Department of Archives Index. [To obtain copies from NC Dept. of Archives see http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/default.htm#Topics]. The following is by NC Dept. of Archives reference file number, name, then dates [no other explanation given except that first date may be when the transaction occurred and the second date could be when registered]: Unsure if this is the right George Koons or not. Note that there are also a lot of John Koons in the records as well.
12.14.28.94 - 94 - George Koones - 1780 - 1801
12.14.28.414 - 414 - George Koons Coln. - 1800 - 1802
12.14.28.618 - 618 - George Koons - 1802 - 1806
12.14.28.983 - 983 - George Koons - 1813 - 1814
112.14.28.1009 - 1009 - Geo. Koons - 1815
112.14.28.1676 - 1678 - George Koons - 1828 - 1830

5. Per website http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/ashe1815.htm: "Ashe County, North Carolina - 1815 Tax List. Ashe County, North Carolina was formed in 1799 from Wilkes County. From 1799 until 1859, Ashe County included the most of the land now included in Alleghany and Watauga Counties, and part of what is now Avery County, North Carolina. In 1815, Ashe County was bounded by Carter County, Tennessee on the west, Grayson County, Virginia on the north, by Surry and Wilkes Counties on the east and Burke County, North Carolina on the South. This list was abstracted and totals were combined for brevity for individuals with multiple tracts of land. I abstracted this document years ago and omitted portions that I wish I hadn't now. Don't take it as absolutely accurate. Five categories are given: Name, number of acres of land, valuation in dollars, polls, and local situation or name of neighbors. I added the number of tracts of land in the consolidation process." [He did not get the parts of Ashe County that are now part of Alleghany and Watauga Counties. Also no Stokers found.]:
Henson, Nancy 100, 50, -, Long Branch, 1 [Nancy Mary Graybill?]
Graybeal, Henry 200, 255, 1, Laurel Fork, 3
Koons, Gasper 150, 150, 1, Charles Francis, 1
Koons, George 205, 200, 1, North Fork, 1
Koons, John 90, 130, 1, North Fork, 1
Koons, Devault 150, 200, 1, North Fork, 1
Graybeal, David 350, 212, 1, Old Field Creek, 2
Eller, Jacob 300, 200, 1, Horse Creek, 2
Eller, Henry 250, 200, 1, M. Carpenter, 1
Eller, Peter 215, 320, 1, 1
Pennington, William 103, 150, 1, 1
Burket, Chris. 1260, 1800, 1, Buffalo [Father of the two Burkett girls who md. Graybills.]
Judd, John 196, 250, -, Pine Swamp [Father of Margaret Judd?]
Koonts, Mary 340, 600, 3, S.F. New River [Mary Eller?]
Koonts, Geo. 250, 150, 1, Pond Mountain

6. Censuses:
1800 US: Ashe County, North Carolina. The total population for Ashe County, North Carolina in 1800 was 2785, including slaves. The 1800 Ashe County Census was the first for the northwestern most county in the Tar Heel State. This county was formed in late 1799 and included all of Wilkes County west of the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountain. The 977 square miles that then composed Ashe County has been further divided, first in 1849 to form Watauga County, North Carolina and again 10 years later to form Alleghany County. This record includes families who may have been living in those areas at the time. The original census was in rough alphabetic order, and this does not facilitate the research of particular communities. I include all interrelated families of this time and place to better show relationships. A word of explanation on some of these families:
A. Mary and Barbara Burkett who married Peter and David Graybeal, had a father named Christian - unsure as to which is correct of the two.
B. Elizabeth Eller appears to be Elizabeth Dick, the wife of Peter Eller who had just died per his probate of 1799.The one daughter is probably Mary; unsure who the two boys are since there should be three: Jacob, Henry, and George. John Eller would be Elizabeth's eldest son and married to Susannah Kerns.
C. Henry Graybeal would have recently married Celia Henson and also the eldest son of [John] Peter and Christina [Wampler] Graybill who also appear to be in this same census. Note that Peter evidently had owned slaves at that time - the census does not say how many.
D. One of the William Hensons could be somehow related to William Henson who marries Nancy Graybill and to Celia Henson who marries Henry Graybeal.
E. The two Koons are probably brothers and are sons of Devault Koon judging from their ages. This would make them uncles to George Koons who eventually marries Mary Eller.
F. James Lewis, b. abt. 1790, marries Christena Graybill in 1807 - there may be a connection with these two James Lewis.
G. William Pennington marries Barbara (or Elizabeth) Eller and may be the younger of the two here listed.
H. Michael Stucker is a misspelling for Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker with their three oldest children: Polly, David, and Elizabeth.
Head of Family; Males 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+:
Burkett, Christian; 1-2-0-1-0; 1-0-2-0-0
Burkett, Christian; 4-1-0-1-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Eller, Elizabeth; 1-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-1
Eller, John; 3-0-0-1-0; 1-0-0-1-0
Graybeal, Henry; 0-0-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Graybeal, Peter; 2-1-1-0-1; 3-1-0-0-1
Henson, William; 0-1-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Henson, William; 3-0-0-0-1; 1-1-1-0-0
Koons, George; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-0-0-0-1
Koons, John; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-1-2-0-1
Lewis, James; 2-2-1-0-1; 4-1-0-0-1
Lewis, James, Jr.; 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Pennington, William; 0-1-0-1-0; 1-2-1-0-1
Pennington, William; 0-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-0
Stucker, Michael; 1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0

1810 US: Ashe County, North Carolina; I include several related families in my database for this time and place. Some notes:
A. One of the two William Penningtons is married to an Eller - I assume it is the one with a younger wife.
B. One of the two Christian Burketts is probably the parent of Barbara and Mary who married Graybeal brothers.
C. James Lewis married Christina Graybill.
D. The older Peter Graybill would be John Peter and Christina Wampler Graybill. The other Peter and Henry would be their sons.
E. Adam Wilker could be Adam Welker, father of James Welker who later marries Elizabeth Stoker.
F. Surprisingly there is no Michael Stoker who should be there unless in adjoining county.
G. One of the two George Koons should be the George Koons of this database.
H. Not sure why two J. Ellers unless the transcriber inadvertently named the "J." as both Jacob when in fact the older one is John. Peter Eller would be a brother.
I. The older Peter Graybill would be John Peter Graybill, father of the other two Graybills: Henry and Peter [Jr.].
Head of Family; Males 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Slaves:
Pennington, W. (William); 1-0-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Bourket C. (Christian); 2-2-2-0-1; 5-1-1-1-0
Wilker, A. (Adam); 0-1-2-0-1; 0-1-0-0-1
Graybill, H. (Henry); 3-0-0-1-0; 2-0-1-0-0
Lewis, J. (James); 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Graybill, P. (Peter); 0-1-0-1-0; 0-1-0-0-1
Graybeal, P. (Peter); 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0
Graybill, H.; 2-0-1-0-0; 3-0-0-1-0
Koons, G. (George); 2-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Pennington, W. (Wm); 2-0-1-0-0; 2-0-0-0-1
Eller, P. (Peter); 3-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Eller, J. (Jacob); 2-3-1-0-0; 2-0-0-1-0
Burket, C. (Christian); 4-1-0-0-1; 0-1-0-0-1
Koontz, G. (George); 1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-1-0-1; 3
Eller, J. (Jacob [John?]); 2-0-0-1-0; 1-0-1-0-0

7. The book "The Brethren in the New Nation, A Source Book on the Development of the Church of the Brethren, 1785-1865," compiled by Roger E. Sappington and printed by the Brethren Press, Elgin, IL, FHL 973 Kzch gives background on the Dunker or the Brethren religious movement and some family ancestors as follows:
Pp. 10-11: "The Brethren, frequently known as the Dunkers (from the German, tunken, to dip) from their pattern of baptizing adult believers by three separate complete immersions forward. They are distinctly different from other groups which use the term Brethren, including the Moravians, the Plymouth Brethren, the United Brethren, and the Brethren in Christ or River Brethren. In 1836 they became known officially as the Fraternity of German Baptists, which was changed in 1871 to German Baptist Brethren and in 1908 to the Church of the Brethren... these Brethren had been organized in Germany in 1708 under the leadership of Alexander Mack, a young German miller. They were influenced by the Pietistic movement of the late 17th and early 18th centuries and by the earlier Anabaptist movement, which was currently represented in Germany by the group known as Mennonites. Beginning in 1719 and for about the next fifteen years almost all of the Brethren emigrated to America, landing in William Penn's city of Philadelphia. From that port they moved west and south, primarily into the mountain valleys of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas, all of which had settlements of Brethren before 1785. They shared the German fame for agricultural skill, generally settling on limestone soil and building large bank barns to take care of their livestock. The Germans developed the Conestoga (from a stream in Pennsylvania) workhorse and the Conestoga wagon (the famed covered wagon of the American frontier)... [Information on the Brethren from] 1785 to 1865 is very limited, which was evidently the way the Brethren intended it to be... at present, a fixed principle with them, to make no communication; and that they feel hurt when interrogated respecting their society. Indeed, they have always been shy of the English, and suspicious of encroachment and exposure... [It has been observed that they] altogether neglect any records of their proceedings, and are opposed even to publishing their numbers, lest it should seem to savor of pride..."
P. 15: "During the years from 1785 to 1865... [the] Brethren were engaged [in emigrating] from their homes in the Atlantic seaboard states to the new territory of the U.S. that was being opened to settlement on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains... [due to] the dissatisfaction with one's status in the present location and the call to move to new areas because 'the grass might be greener...'
P. 17, 26-29: "North Carolina. Although there were Brethren living in in North Carolina at least as early as the 1740's and 1750's... none of these settlements became the basis of a permanent Brethren congregation. They usually came to an end as the result of the loss of leadership, either by death or by emigration. By the end of the 18th century, however, Brethren had established settlements in two areas which would survive across the years and become permanent congregations. The older of these settlements probably began in the 1770's in an area south of the present-day city of Winston-Salem. The Moravians had purchased a large piece of property on which they established several different communities, including Salem... In addition to the Brethren settlement known as the Fraternity congregation which developed on the south side of the Moravian territory, the Brethren also put down permanent roots before 1800 in the mountainous northwestern corner of North Carolina in Ashe County. When the first Brethren arrived in this area is not known, but certainly they were there by the 1780's, for numerous Brethren names were reported in this area in the census of 1790. The number of brethren in the settlement increased during the 1790's, and in 1801 many of them placed their names on a petition to the government of North Carolina dealing with land problems. [The petition is as follows:] 'To the Honourable House of the General Assembly. The distressed Situation in which your humble petitioners by the late Act of Assembly for the Year 1801 in the Second Section, in respect to the Land Law's is reduced: it is impossible without flowing Tears the Grievances thereof to prescribe! it is evident, that the County of Wilkes before its division, that part of it, which is called now the County of Ashe, being first inhabited with Hunters, made their living by Hunting game. Ulrick Kessler, a Dunkard Preacher coming from the North, was the first inhabitance of the Germans who bought his land for 300 £, and paid for it, and by his persuasion, drawing his congregation hither, till this Wild Country became inhabited with industrious farmers, Purchasing their land, and give their Money, Horses, Waggons and nearly all their living for their Possessions. Then this part of the Country being Granted by the Legislature unto a party of Speculators, who by their granted Authority, oppressed this people very much, to make themselves rich of their Labour. The first Settlers and Hunters could not endure to live amongst Labouring and industrious farmers, Sold their rights, moving to the West Country's, Cumberland, Kentucky, etc. The Germans who had bought their Possessions, labouring with industry, clearing Land, building Houses, Barns, planting Orchards, made Meadows, raising Stock, building Gear Mills, Saw Mills, fulling mills; that this Wild Country became fertile Utility, by the blessing of the Supreme being, who made all things; paying their taxes annually, and living peaceably and quietly in their Possessions, under the Protection of the legislature of the State; till this present juncture of the above mentioned late Act, when the Speculators Grants and Rights was broke, and the Land Office for to make Entry's upon Land was estblish'd. Some of them made Entry's upon Vacant Treasury, getting their Grants; improved it by their families, without hearing of any other Claim of any other person of persons, of their possessions till now. at the time when Wilkes County was divided, and this Country became the Name the County of Ashe, the Commissioners faithfully Purchasing Fifty Acres of Land, laying it out in Lot's, Sold them, and Builded a Court House, made a Contract for to Build the Prison, out of the Surplus of that Money, which gave the date to Conceive and bring forth a New-Birth of the infernal part of Self Interested party Speculators. Robert NaIl, Surveyor who. had undoubtedly a View of this Speculation; for the former Benefit, made him Sure of the New, that by his influence, to the Committee of this County, under a Cloak that it was beneficial for the poor inhabitance, to petition for that Law; no Sooner that Law came in existence; than he had a Store of Old Warrants, which was bought for a trifle, having the Books of Fletcher, forming a Body of party Speculators, claiming the Town Land and all the plantations within Six Miles round, near the Court House, Surveyes the Land and especially where a German lives without distinction. For this Speculators Say, they had the Oldest Warrant, it was their Right and Title, and in any Court of justice and Equity they could keep it, for the Word: previous of that date give it to them by the Said Act. and not in one clause of Said Act is left a iota of reserve, for the defence of a Labouring industrious Citizen; it is impossible that your humble petitioners can believe, that the Legislature could be so Tyrannical to pass Such Act and Law, with an intent; that Honest Citizen should be cheated and defrauded out of their property and Possessions for the Cause of a few Speculating individuals. Therefore your Humble petitioners beg the Honourable House of Assembly to take the Grievances of the foregoing Circumstances into Consideration; and Consider at first That the Established Land paid into the Treasury, and that the Grants for said Land is Lawfull and Ought to be protected. Secondly That the Warrants, with which the Speculators will Cheat and Defraud, to drive honest Citizens out of their Possessions; if they had not be revived by the late Act, being all Dead and out of date, and then to make a Conclusion for a remedy of redress. Thirdly That an Additional Act, that it the meaning of the Legislature not is, that honest Citizen should be cheated, defrauded and deprived out of their Possessions by the said Act, and that the Older Grant should be protected in any Court of justice and equity for ever in which hopes your humble petitioners is in duty bound, and will for ever pray.'
[Signed {Kerry's note: the ones with asterisks are in this database and related to me}:] Michajah Pennington, Wm hubbart, Peter Hart, Jos Rowland, James Mulkey Capt, David Connelson, John Johnson, John Byrket, Andrew Fouts, Jacob May, Christian Byrket *, Wm May, George Grubb, William Migapha, Moses Toliver, George Eberly, Allen Noulin, William Pennington *, G Koons *, John Phillips, Henry Miller, George Miller, Henry Dulheur, John Kessler, David Engrum, Lewis Bonner, Andrew Sheets, Peter Dick *, John Dick jr *, Conrad Grubb, Luke White, John Koons *, Daniel Miller, Leonard Baumgarner, Michael Stocker *, Jacob Fouts, Wm Shepperd, Emmanuel Croster, Henry Michel, Andrew Rowland, Jonathan Miller, Wilm Henson Junr *, Jacob Grimes, benja manhubbire, Woller Weaver, Jacob Reese, John Ford, John Norris, Gilbirt Norris, Barnet Owen, Henry Graybeal *, John Whit, Jacob Eller *, Peter Eller *, John Maxwell, Zacariah Harwood, James rowrick, Jacob Pfau, Samuel Wilcocken, John Sturgin, Charles Williams, John Miller, Jas Bunyard, Samuel Taylor, Isaac Weaver, Id manhubbire, Landrine Eggers, John Ress, Henry agrer, Wm Morris, Ephrim Norris, Wm Owen."

8. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31, clarifies early North Carolina counties and land grant practices:
"Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh...
Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families."

9. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31, in speaking about Peter Eller Sr.'s [b. abt. 1746, d. 1799] estate settlement, the following quotes refer to family members involved with the settlement. Note that sons-in-law William Pennington (wife Barbara or Elizabeth Eller?) and George Koons (Mary's husband) do not show up at the estate sale of 1799 but do show up from 1809 to 1817 when the inherited land of Peter Eller is sold. Of the younger sons, Henry and Jacob appear in the later land heirship land deeds, but they would have been only minors at the estate sale of 1799. George, the youngest son, never shows up which may be indicative of an early death. The older sons- John and Peter - and the eldest daughter - Catherine Eller Stoker thru her husband Michael - show up in both 1799 and the later land deeds. Elizabeth Eller Jr., the unmarried dau. shows up only in the 1799 purchaser list buying household items as if she were preparing for an imminent marriage (see her notes for more detail on her purchases). The open-ended question of who married Elizabeth and who married Barbara is not resolved by these documents except the assurance that William Pennington was definitely a husband of one of them. There is no Bumgardner listed in the later heirship deeds but there are two listed early in the estate purchasers - Michael and Leonard - but if Elizabeth really married a Bumgardner and had a son Simeon in 1807, why is there no listing of a Bumgardner on the heirship deeds. The various quotes are as follows:
"Peter Eller died before 29 July 1799 as evidenced by an entry in an old court record book found by this writer in the courthouse at Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC in October 1954. It reads as follows: 'Betsey Eller and John Eller having made application for Administration on the estate of Peter Eller gave Bowers and John Koons for security who were bound in the sum of 800 pounds and qualified as the law directs.'
Betsey Eller doubtless was Peter's widow and John his eldest son. The time was 1799 when Ashe County was being set off from Wilkes and the year just preceding the one in which the first federal census of Ashe Co. was taken...
Three deeds in the courthouse at Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC record settlement actions on the property of Peter Eller deceased. In brief they are:
1. Deed Book M, p. 163, dated 7 July 1809 shows Peter Eller, Jacob Eller, George Koontz and William Pennington of the county of Ashe in the state of NC, heirs of Peter Eller, deceased, selling to Leonard Fantz 200 acres of land in Ashe Co. the same apparently being the tract Andrew Baker had deeded to Peter Eller 3 Aug 1789. The deed was signed by all the said heirs except William Pennington. Why Pennington did not sign is not clear.
2. Deed Book F, p. 414, dated 17 Sep 1816, shows John Eller, Peter Eller, Jacob Eller, Henry Eller, Michael Stocker (Stoker), George Koontz and William Pennington all of the County of Ashe in the State of NC, heirs of Peter Eller deceased, selling Luke White Sr. 122 acres of land located on the south fork of New River at the mouth of Rones Creek etc. This deed was signed by all the said heirs named as party of the first part in the deed except George Koontz. Why George Koontz did not sign is not clear.
3. Deed Book F, p. 83, dated 11 Feb 1817 shows John Eller, J.A. (Jacob) Eller, Henry Eller, Michael Stocker (Stoker), George Koontz and William Pennington all of the county of Ashe in the state of N.C., heirs of Peter Eller, deceased, selling to Frederick Black, 25 acres of land on the south fork of New River the land being that warranted to Peter Eller, 3 May 1793 and granted to him 27 Dec 1797. All of these heirs signed the deed.
This writer believes that other heirship deeds exist probably of earlier dates and, if found, would show a Bumgardner heir. The above three deeds distributed only 347 acres of Peter Eller's estate when it appears that it consisted at his death of at least 470 acres. The Bumgardner connection is suggested in an ancient family Bible in which the birth dates of seven children of John Eller, eldest son of Peter and Elizabeth (Dick) Eller was recorded. Another birth entry in this old Bible is that of Simeon Bumgardner, born 8 Jan 1807. This child probably was a son of a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Dick) Eller who had marred a Bumgardner, probably James Bumgardner.
The old Bible was printed in the German language at Halle, Germany in 1770 and is now in the possession of Mr. Wade E. Eller of Warrensville, Ashe Co., NC. It may be the Bible which George Michael Eller willed to his son Jacob because on page 17 is written 'Jacob Eller his Bible.' On page 15 of the vorrede or preface is also written 'The Holy Bible Peter Eller.' The only information of genealogical value in the Bible are the dates of birth of all but the youngest child, Mary, of John and Susannah (Kerns) Eller… and of Simeon Bumgarner above mentioned.
The personal estate of Peter Eller was sold and an accounting reported to the Nov. 1799 court of Wilkes Co., NC by John Eller, Adr. The property, 111 individual sales, consisted of household utensils and furniture, farm yard tools and accessories, including one tomahawk, ten sheep, fifteen head of cattle, among which were a yoke of yearlings and one yearling bull, hogs, geese, bee hives, etc. The widow took a good deal of the furniture and household accessories including interestingly enough a trumpet which indicates that the early Ellers possessed musical interest. Other items taken by her were one lot of books, a chest, five head of hogs, four cows, one mare colt, two sheep, oven, hammer and anvil, and a pair of saddle bags. Other purchasers were John Eller, Peter Eller, Elizabeth Eller Jr., Michael Stucker (Stoker), Michael Bumgardner, Leonard Bumgardner, John Dick, Leonard Pfouts, Jacob Huntsinger, Daniel Dickson, James Dickson, James Cash, William Cash, Henry Michael Sr., Henry Michael Jr., Daniel Michael, Thomas Baker, Alexander Smith who purchased the tomahawk and some of the farm animals and other items, David Smith, Frederick Younce, Christian Shear, Abraham Shear, Coonrod Coldiron, David Ingram, Balsar Raime, Conrat Grub, William Colward, George Miller, John Calloway, Allen Nowlin, John Holman and John Tirey. The amount of the sale, including the items taken by the widow totaled 300 pounds, 18 shillings, 7 pence. (Will Book 1, pp. 540-41, Wilkes Co., NC.)"

10. Partial transcription from an article entitled "Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller." from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See notes of Michael Stoker for full transcription of this article:
"Settling New Territory.
After the French and Indian War new territories were opened up to European settlers. Michael moved south locating just inside the North Carolina state line on or near the head waters of New River in Wilkes County. Country side events that were going on at the time shaped the settlement patterns and life styles. In the book German New River Settlement: Virginia by Rev. Ulysses S. A. Heavener, the author goes into detail about life for the German settlers in the New River territory. Rev. Heavener states that the Germans of this area were not used heavily in the Revolutionary War because of the language barriers. It is known from parish records of these early years that the people still spoke and wrote in their native language, although English influences can be noted. Reverend Heavener further states that the military titles found among the Germans were from their fight with the Indians. But that is not to say that the Revolutionary War was not around them. "In the movements and battles of Cornwallis and Tarrelton about Greensborough, North Carolina, in the Revolutionary War, menaced the people of the Northern part of the Colony of North Carolina as well as those of the southern part of Virginia. In fact they were seriously threatened" (Heavener 1976)...
Picture, pg. 103: "First actual survey of the State of North Carolina David Stone & Peter Brown Esq. 1808." (North Fork of New River and Naked Creek are labeled.)
Land Records
James Hook states that Michael Stoker had a farm on the North Fork of New River in Ashe County. Then on 29 December 1792 Michael (Strucker) purchased: "100 acres from John Dick of land on Naked Creek in Ashe (Wilkes) Co. which creek flows west into the South Fork of New River" (Hook). The Morgan district, in which this land was located, in 1799 became part of the new Ashe County, North Carolina and was the same district where Peter Eller, John Koons and Conrad Dick lived. All now related by Michael's marriage to Catherine. There are two other reasons why Michael may have traveled south:
Living in North Carolina at this time was Jacob Fah born 1765. He was the son of Jacob Faw (Pfau) and his second wife. Jacob Faw (Pfau) was Elizabeth Fah's father.
Michael grew up around a religious group called the Moravians. They migrated a very large colony into northwestern North Carolina. (See John Michael Stocker story for more details.)
Michael (Strucker) is listed on the 1800 Ashe Co. census records as 'head of family' with one male age 0-9 yrs (David), one male age 26-45 (Michael), two females age 0-9 (Mary [Polly] and Elizabeth), one female age 26 (Catherine). The Eller, Koonz, and Graybill families are also listed.
On the 13 March 1806 Michael applied for 150 acres of land on the North Fork of the New River adjoining his existing land. The land was then surveyed and on the 27 of November it was granted to Michael (Ibid). Copies of these land transactions can be obtained by writing to the North Carolina Department of Archives.
The town of Jefferson became the main hub area for Ashe County during this time frame. The territory of New River is described as an area of: "hills and ridges and intervening valleys along the creeks and rivers. The supply of water is abundant. The north and south forks of New River pass through the county with their tributary streams. There is scarcely a plat of land to be found large enough for an ordinary farm that is not supplied with springs of clear, cold water and streams running through them. The productions are wheat, rye, corn, oats, buckwheat, sorgum-cane, tobacco, potatoes, flax, and a great variety of garden vegetables. The fruit-productions are apples, peaches, pears, quinces, and plums, with many varieties of small fruits, such as cherries, currants, whortleberries and gooseberries. Beautiful groves of timber, oak, hickory, ash, poplar, maple, walnut, pine and cherry. The climate and soil is well adapted to the growth of different grasses, as timothy, clover, red top, bluegrass, and evergreen" (Cox 1900)...
The 1810 census record [for Ashe County, NC] list members of the Eller and Graybill families but there are no names of the Stoker family. This is only a side note as there were many reasons why their names were or were not listed at this time...
In the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of February 1807 Michael Stuckard is listed record as a witness to the Last Will and Testament of John Koons. In 1808 he was witness for a land exchange between John Dick and Seth Osborn. In August of 1809, Michael Stoker sold 110 acres to William Colvard. Ashe County, North Carolina Records Inventory. Original Records. www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/asherec.htm. Note the different spellings of the last name on three different records within the same office."

11. Website http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/ashe/deeds/deedsabs.txt accessed 14 Dec 2008:
"Ashe County, NC - Deeds - Abstracts of selected deeds." This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kyle R. Graybeal krgrebiel@verizon.net, 37 Spring Lake Drive, Stafford, VA 22554. Revised 9 October 2001. This file contains abstracts of selected deeds from Ashe County, North Carolina Land records, mostly involving Graybeal family members. The information contained herein does not constitute the sum total of deeds in the Ashe County records involving Graybeal individuals. There are a few incomplete fields in some records especially in acreage, land description & witness names. This means that I have not copied them, not that the information is missing from the court records. The file now includes more deeds and has been corrected for errors dealing with land grants appearing in the original file. In the original file, the entry date and the date the deed was signed were reversed. This new file corrects that problem.
Information sorted in date order, which is yyyy-mm-dd. Grantee & Grantor names are [last], [first]. Witness names are [first], [last]. NFNR = North Fork of New River. Mn and Vn means Deed Books M new and V new respectively. Information in [] inserted by me and correct to the best of my knowledge. Information in () added for clarification. Price paid, proven date, and registered date not included to save space. I have this information on most deeds in case it is desired. Some compass directions are indicated by N, S, etc., rather spelled out. Deeds for state grants did not require witnesses' signatures. The indication that a particular person signed with an "x" is not consistent from record to record in this transcription. {Kerry's note: I have refined the list so as to cut it off after whom I think may be the first generation after John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler; see that more complete list with John Peter Graybill - this partial list are for those only including the name of Koon}:
Walder, William to: Henson, Wm. 100 a.; Signed: 1802-01-10; Head of a branch, Wm Smith's line, Smith's corner; Book: B, 467; Witness: George Koons, Seth Osburn.

12. See notes of son-in-law John Smith for extensive biography on entire family including this individual.

13. Massie Koons was the second child of George Koons and Mary Eller, born in 1806 in Randolph County, North Carolina. George Koons, also born in Randolph County, in 1782, was a Quaker who was disowned by his family for marrying Mary Eller, a Dunkard. George and Mary Eller Koons left North Carolina in 1819, moving Wayne County, Indiana, and finally settling in Liberty Township, Henry County, Indiana, in 1821. There Massie Koons met and married John Smith. Their first six children were female - Mary born in 1823, followed by Patience, Hannah, Elizabeth, Lydia Rhoda, and Anna. The first son, Stephen, was born in 1836. John and Massie settled on 80 acres of land in Liberty Township, Henry County, Indiana.

14. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 119-123: "Mary Eller, b. abt 1785/8, Rowan Co., NC; d. 1872, Henry Co., IN; md. bef 1804 to George Koons (also spelled Koontz, Koonce, and Coonce in some records). He was b. abt 1785/6, probably in Randolph Co., NC; d. 25 (or 26?) Mar 1849, Henry Co., IN. He probably was the s/o Gasper Koons and Abagail ___ and the gs/o Devault Koons and Margaret ___ (or Susan Dick). The Koons were Quakers and George was disowned by his family when he married outside of his church to Mary, a Dunkard. Mary and George emigrated from Ashe Co., NC to Wayne Co., IN in Sep 1819, then settled in Henry Co., IN. Their children were Elizabeth, Massie (md. to John Smith), Henry, Absolom, Alice, Davault, Catherine, Gasper, Martha, George and Peter."

15. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124:
P. 89: "Peter was the first son of George Michael Eller. Because there were a number of years between Peter's birth and the others, the question arises if he might not be a child of a first marriage. He grew up in North Carolina and married Elizabeth Dick in 1766. His land grant was close to other Ellers, beginning at the spruce pine on the Upper Ford on Rones Creek. In 1797 he bought the 70 acres which had been granted to his father-in-law, Conrad Dick. This land had been surveyed and chain carriers were listed as Michael Stoker and John Eller, neighbors. Peter had 470 acres at his death... Their oldest daughter, Catherine, married Michael Stoker and their youngest daughter, Mary, married George Koons and their great granddaughter, Betty Oman married Orson Hyde Stoker. Children:
a. John, b. 1767 or 1769; d. 1823; m. Susanna Kerns.
b. Catherine, b. 6 Mar 1773 at Rowan Co., NC; d. 1850 at Council Bluffs, Iowa; m. Michael Stoker.
c. Elizabeth, b. 1780; m. William Pennington.
d. Barbara, b. 1782; m. Pertune.
e. Mary, b. 1783, NC; d. 1872; m. George Koons (a Quaker who was disowned for marrying Mary, who was a Dunkard). She was 18 and he 19.
f. Jacob, b. 1784; d. 1855; m. Catherine White.
g. Henry, b. 1788; d. 1876; m. Elizabeth Johnson.
h. George."
Pp. 112-113: Speaks of George's grandfather Devault Koons, father Gasper Koons, and himself. Also mentions various other spellings including Coons, Kuntz, Koontz, and Kountze:
a. Devault Koons: "Devault Koons came from Germany to Pennsylvania, where he took his oath on August 28, 1750. Devault was in Frederick County, MD in 1751, where some deeds list his wife's name as Margaret and some Susan. They may be the same person or Margaret may be his first wife and Susan Dick his second wife. Susan Dick was a widow when she married Devault, her first husband having died on the ship while crossing the ocean to America. I do not know the relationship to Conrad and Katherine Dick [if any], also [to] my ancestors also at this time." [Lists five children: Devault Jr., John, Gasper, and George Koons.]
b. Gasper Koons, b. 8 Nov, 1759 at Frederick Co., MD and d. 8 Nov 1820 at Henry Co., IN. Married Massie Presnell and (2) Abigail Piggoth. "When the first Quaker Church was organized in Back Creek, Randolph County, NC, Gasper and Massie were listed as members. After Massie's death, her oldest three children were disowned for marrying outside the Quaker faith. Gasper remarried another Quaker, Abigail Piggoth and had 12 more Children. In the spring of 1808, the family left Randolph County and on June 25th of that year, they requsted a Quaker transfer to the Miami County, Ohio branch. The trip from NC to Ohio took six weeks by wagon. Later they moved to Henry County, Indiana. Massie's real name may have been Massa or Mercy. Both names have been given as probabilities on Utah geneology charts. [Lists 7 children of first marriage: Devault, George Koons b. 1782 disowned for marriage to Mary Eller, Martha, Gasper Jr., John, Mary, and infant daughter. From second marriage: infant, Jeremiah, William, Nathan, Henry, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, Jesse, Rachel, Susannah, and Hannah.]
c. George Koons, b. 1782 at Randolph Co., NC, d. 26 Mar 1849 at Henry Co., IN, m. Mary Eller, b. 1783 at Rowan Co., NC, m. 27 Jun 1801, d. 1872 at Henry Co., IN. "George Koons, Gasper's second son, stayed in North Carolina when his father's family moved to Ohio. In 1819, George and Mary moved first to Wayne County, IN, and later to Henry County, IN where they are listed in the Biographical History as early pioneers in that county. George was disowned by his father at the age of 19, for marrying Mary Eller, a Dunkard. A Dunkard was the common name for a member of the Church of the Brethren, which was organized in Germany in 1708, but after suffering persecutions there, it took root in Germantown, PA in 1719. Being disowned for religious reasons did not seem to hamper family affection, for the children were named after family members and they all settled in Henry County in Indiana. Children:
i. Elizabeth Koons, named after her grandmother Elizabeth Dick Eller, b. 1803 at NC.
ii. Massie Koons, named after her grandmother, Massie Presnell Koons, b. 1806, m. John Smith.
iii. Henry Koons, named after Mary's younger brother, b. 1807.
iv. Absalom Koons. Baptized by cousin Michael Stoker, Jr., a Latter Day Saint Elder.
v. Alice Koons.
vi. Devault Koons, named after great grandfather Devault.
vii. Catherine Koons, named after Mary's older sister, who married Michael Stoker.
viii. Gasper Koons, named after grandfather.
ix. Martha Koons.
x. George Koons, Jr.
xi. Peter Koons, named after his grandfather, Peter Eller."

16. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 141-171: "Mary Eller was born in Rowan Co., NC and, according to the 'History of Henry County, Indiana, 1884,' by the Interstate Publishing Co., 'died in Henry Co., Ind. in 1872, aged 84, making 1788 her birth year.' The 1860 Federal census of Henry County, Indiana, where the family lived after 1819, states her age as 76, making her birth year 1784 which probably is correct. She married before 1804, when her daughter Elizabeth was born, George Koons, b. 1785/86, in Randolph Co., NC probably, and died in Henry Co., Ind., 25 Mar 1849. The date of his death by family record was 26 Mar 1849. The 1810 census of Ashe Co., NC shows them both to be aged over 26 and living in that county with four children, two males and two females, all under 10. This would indicate that both George and Mary Eller Koons were born as early as 1784. The 1850 census of Henry Co., IN, however, gives Mary Eller Koons the age of 57 years which doubtless was an error and should have been 67.
George Koons may have been a son of John Koons who was settled in Ashe County, NC as early as 1790 although most believe he was a son of Gasper Koons, John's brother of Randolph Co., NC. Others might think that he was a son of George Koons who probably was a brother of John and Gasper and living in Ashe County, NC as early as 1800 and a prominent citizen there. This George Koons, however, had no son. The 1800 census of Ashe Co. shows him at age over 45 with wife of same age and one daughter, aged between 16 and 26. John Koons on the other hand is known to have had a son George, (Book C, p. 478, Ashe Co. Deeds), but this son probably was the George Koonce (sic) whose will was proved in Ashe Co., 11 Nov 1855 naming children John, Jacob, George, Sally, Polly, Catherine, Milly and 'the heirs of Elizabeth Koonce.' (Will Book D, pp. 20, 21, Ashe Co.) John Koons lived near the farm of Mary Eller's father, both on Reedy Creek in Rowan Co., now Davidson Co., where his name was spelled John Coonce and on Rones Creek in Wilkes Co., now Ashe Co., where his name was spelled John Koons. John Koons and Peter Eller witnessed deeds for each other in Ashe County and John Koons was one of the sureties for Peter Eller's widow and his son John when they took administration of Peter Eller's estate in 1799.
As for George Koons, who married Mary Eller, being a son of Gasper, the evidence is very strong. They named no son John, unless one was so named and died young, but they did name a son Gasper. The also named one of their daughters Massie which was the given name of the first wife of Gasper Koons who would have been George's mother if Gasper was his father. Moreover, George and Mary Eller Koons removed to Henry Co., IN where Gasper and his second wife and children settled in 1808/9. These facts, coupled with the Back Creek Friends Meeting Records in Randolph Co., NC which show that Gasper and Massie Koons had a son George, is pretty convincing. This son, George, of Gasper, on 27 Jun 1801 was disowned by the Back Creek Friends Meeting for 'marrying out of unity.' The date of this disownment showing that George Koons was already or about to be married on 27 Jun 1801means, if the ages of George and Mary Eller Koons shown above are correct that they married at extremely tender ages. As stated above, however, the 1810 census of Ashe County, NC shows both George and his wife at ages over 26 and with four children, two boys and two girls, all under 10. Later records show only three children, two girls and one boy, who were born before 1810 and one may surmise that the missing boy was born probably in 1802 indicating that his parents were married in 1801 at ages, if we accept the above census records, of about 17 years each. Their first Child, Elizabeth, was b. in 1803/4 according to the 1860 census of Henry Co., IN which gave her age as 56.
George and Mary Eller Koons seem not to have been Quakers as Gasper was, but that fact only bears out the disownment of 27 Jun 1801 of George Koons, son of Gasper, for marrying out of unity, i.e. for marrying someone other than a Quaker. Mary Eller was a Dunker or Baptist.
John, Gasper and George Koons were sons of Devault Koons, who, according to the Henry County Histories above mentioned, settled first in Pennsylvania. [The book continues with extensive history on Devault and Gasper Koons.]
As for which of John or Gasper was the father of George Koons who married Mary Eller this writer is certain in his own mind that it was Gasper and that his grandparents were Devault and Massie Koons of Randolph County, NC and Henry County, IN.
George and Mary Eller Koons, according to 'Hist. of Henry Co., IN,' by Interstate Pub. Co., p. 550, emigrated to Wayne Co., IN in Sep 1819. The Ashe Co., NC records show that he sold 90 acres of land to Henry Eller, 9 Dec 1819 (Deed Book C, p. 68). Two years later, in 1821, he and John Koons, his brother, doubtless, took up land in Liberty Township of Henry Co., IN and a year later both entered land in Blue River Township of the same county. Hazzard's History of Henry Co., IN says however, that George Koons lived on his land in Liberty Township for 16 eyars then sold it and removed to an 80 acres farm in Blue River Township where he built a log house that was his home until his death on 25 Mar 1849. (The correct date is 26 Mar 1849.) It also stated that he was a Repbulican in politics and that both he and his wife belonged to the Baptist Church.
[The book continues with George's will which I have already quoted in his notes from a different source.]
One of the settlement papers of the estate of George Koons of Henry Co. shows payments of $1.00 each to (1) Main Koons who was probably Massie; (2) Catherine Koons, wife doubtless of William Harvey; (3) George Koons; (4) Henry Koons; (5) J.R. Millikan husband, doubtless, of Martha Koons; (6) D. Koons; (7) Parnell Bales and wife, the wife doubtless being Elizabeth Koons, and (8) Jacob Harvey, husband, doubtless, of Alice (Allie) Koons. The sons Absolom, Peter, and Gasper were not mentioned, Absolom being deceased, Peter having been denied the 1.00 payment by his father's will and Gasper probably being omitted in the record in error. That there was a son Gasper is proved by the settlement papers in his own estate in 1865 when his brother Henry petitioned the court to be appointed executor and presented Peter and George L. Koons as security. The petition stated that Gasper Koons (son of George and Mary) died intestate on or about 7 March 1865. (Common Pleas Court Complete Record #13, p. 520, Henry Co., Ind.) Also see 'The History of Henry Co., Ind.,' pub. in 1884 by the Interstate Publishing Co. of Chicago, p. 550.
The children of George and Mary (Eller) Koons were, order of birth not certain:
Elizabeth Koons, b. 1803/4; m. 14 Jul 1822 in Wayne Co., IN, Parnell Bales (Wayne Co., Ind. Marriages). She probably was the Elizabeth Bales, age 56 who is shown in the 1860 census of Henry Co., IN, taken 28 Jul 1860, as having been born in NC and living with Joseph Bales. This would mean that she was born in North Carolina in 1803/4 and that her parents were married as early as 1802/3. The Federal Census of 1830 lists the family of Parnell Bales at age between 20 and 30 with wife and same age and with three male children all under 10. The 1840 census shows Parnell Bales and wife with ages advanced ten years with three male and four female children all under 15. Two of the females were aged between 10 and 15 and since they were not listed in the 1830 census very likely were children of other parents. [Biographies of their children and grandchildren follow in the book.]
Massie Koons, birth and death dates not found but born, probably, about 1806 and d. about 1840. She married as his first wife, John Smith, born 13 Feb 1799 and died in 1870 at the age of 72 years. He lies buried in the cemetery of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grove Township of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. He married as his second wife in Adams Co., IL, Miss Sarah Winegar who d. in 1882. [Biographies of their children and grandchildren follow in the book.]
Henry Koons, b. 1807/08 in NC; d. after June 1866; m. 24 Dec 1829, Elizabeth Harvey, b. 1812/3. The Federal census of Henry Co., IN, Prairie Township, shows children as given below and lving with the family, one Ellen McCollam, aged 67 who was born in NC. The 1860 census shows Nellie McCollam, aged 78, doubtless the same, living with James Harvey. She probably was the mother or Elizabeth Harvey having married a McCollam after her first husband's death. [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
Absalom Koons, d. bef. 24 Oct 1836 when admin. of his estate ws given to John Smith and Henry Koons. (Probate Records, Henry Co., IN) He m., lic. issued 19 Mar 1828, Nancy Russell who married, 14 Jan 1838, as her second husband, James Duke. Richard Haynes, on 15 Feb 1837, was appointed guardian of Mary Ann Koons and James Koons, minor heirs of Absalom Koons, deceased, and on 15 May 1838 filed an estate settlement with James Duke and his wife Nancy called the widow of the said Absolom Koons. The settlement provided that the said James and Nancy should keep and maintain the said minor children until they reached the ages of 13 years, free of charge except that said guardian would pay school fees. (Order Book B of Book AB and Complete Probate Record B, Henry Co., Ind.) [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
Alice (Allie) Koons, b. in NC about 1813; date of death not found. She m. 4 Sep 1828, Jacob Harvey, b. 1810/11; date of death not found. The sketch of their son Mahlon D. Harvey in the History of Henry County by Hazzard states that Allie and Jacob Harvey had a family of 14 children. The census of Henry Co. for 1850 and 1860, the latter taken Sep 1860 lists eleven of these Children... [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
Devault Koons, b. 12 Oct 1814 in Randolph Co., NC; d. probably after 1883; m. 30 Oct 1845 Polly Canaday, b. 1822 and d. 26 Apr 1883. She was a dau. of William and Hannah (Milliken) Canady. According ot the 'History of Henry Co., IN,' by Interstate Pub. Co., p. 550, Devault and Polly Koons lived on his father's farm for two years after their marriage, then on an adjoining farm until 1850, then on the farm of 151 acres of well imprved land where he lived for 26 years. He served one term as township trustee, and belonged to the Baptist Church. He wife belonged to the the Christian Church. He is recorded as having been a very athletic young man, once having negotiated a standing jump over a stick held by two men as high as his head. [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
Catherine Koons, b. in NC 22 Jan 1816; d. 3 Nov 1903; m. 1 May 1834, William Harvey, b. 1812/3; d. 7 Nov 1890 at new Castle, Ind., aged 79. The Federal census of 1850 and 1860 give their children as shown below and in 1850 show one Mary Koonts (sic) aged 57, born in NC living with them. Very likely Mary Koontz was the mother of Catherine (Koons) Harvey, her age being misstated as 57 when it should have been 67. Mary Koons born in NC, aged 76, was living with Martha (Koons) Milikan in the 1860 census.[Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
Gasper Koons, b. about 1819/20; d. 7 mar 1865. He m. 1st 15 Jul 1838 Lucinda Hedrick; m. 2nd 12 Apr 1849 Marie Houck, dau. of George Houck of MD. Mariah (Marie) Koons, the second wife of Casper (sic) died, according to her death certificate, 17 Aug 1913, aged 95. Her age in the 1850 census was given at 21 probably meaning 31. His age in the same census was 29. Admin. of his estate was given to Henry Koons 22 Mar 1865. (Appearance Docket 166, Henry Co., Ind.) [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
Martha Koons, b. in Indiana, 19 Jan 1821; d. 25 Jun 1900, aged 79 years, 5 mo. and 6 days. She m. 5 Aug 1838 John Russel Millikan, b. 27 Apr 1814 in Jefferson Co., TN, d. 12 Sep 1895. He removed to Henry Co., IN in 1835 at age 21 where he became prominent, serving as Justice of the Peace 8 years, member of the State Legislature and as one of the organizers of the Citizens National Bank of New Castle, Indiana. Living with the family of John Russel Millikan in 1860 was Mary Koons, b. in NC, aged 76, the mother, doubtless, of his wife. [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
George Koons, Jr., b. 29 Aug 1822; d. 28 Jul 1906. He m. 21 Sep 1843, Hannah Millikan, b. 1818/19, a native of Tennessee. She predeceased her husband. His will mentioning all living children was written in Henry Co. 28 Feb 1905 and probated there 21 Aug. 1906. It mentioned no wife and stated that he was then living with his daughter Martha Hewit. Executors were George E. Koons and George Hewit. (Will Book H, p. 548, Henry co., IN.) [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
Peter Koons, b. 4 Jun 1826 in Liberty Twsp., Henry Co., IN; d. 5 Oct 1908, aged 82 years, 5 mos. and 9 days; m. 27 May 1847, Catherine Rinard, b. 10 Oct 1828; d. 14 Jan 1902, aged 73 yrs., 3 mo. and 4 days. She was a dau. of George Rinard, b. in NC and his wife Catherine Reedy, b. in Kentucky. [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
The Koons Family of Randolph and Ashe Counties, North Carolina probably descended from Dewald Kuntz who came to Pennsylvania on the ship 'Phoenix' and took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennslvania 28 Aug 1750. (Penn. Archives, 2nd. series, Vol. 17.) According to an account of the family in the 'History of Henry County, Indiana,' p. 1163, by George Hazzard, 1906, Devault Koons, a native of Pennsylvania, married the widow Susan Dick, a native of Germany, whose husband died at sea while crossing to America. The account continues my naming three of their sons... The above account on the origin of the family is rendered doubtful, in one or two respects, by certain records found in the courthouse of Frederick, (Frederick Co.) Maryland. There we find a deed dated 21 Nov 1755 in which Devall Conce (sic) and his wife Margaret sold 70 acres of land on Grooses branch in Frederick Co. to Jacob Gallman. (Book E, p. 916) Another deed dated 2 Feb 1756 (Book E., p. 990) shows Devault Coons (sic) and Richard Kee leasing from Edward Matthias 100 acres of land on Abraham Creek at the foot of Kittocton Mountain called 'Davis Delight.' Still another deed dated 22 Aug 1770 (Book N, p. 305) shows Devalt Coons (sic) and Margaret his wife selling a lot in Sharpsburg to William Flick. The variation in the spelling of the name was due perhaps to the fact that the signatures were by marks making it necessary for the scriveners to write the name according to the way it sounded when spoken.
It could be said, of course, that the Dewald (Devault, Devall, Devalt) Kuntz (Koons, Conce, Coonce, Coons, Koontz) of Frederick Co., Md. was not the same as Devault (Davault) Koons of Hazzard's 'History of Henry Co., IN,' but when one notes that the Eller, Dick and Stoker families also lived in Frederick Co., MD contemporaneously with the Koons family and that members of all of these families later removed to the same county in North Carolina and intermarried and considering the uncommon name of Devault that appeared in both places, we can hardly escape believing that they were the same. This writer believes that the History of Hazzard errs in saying that Devault Koons the first, was a native of Pennsylvania, implying that he was born there and suggests that the Susan Dick account by Hazzard probably should have included the statement that she was Devault Koon's second wife or that her full name was Margaret Susan Dick, not just Susan Dick.
Devall Coonce (sic) was living in Frederick Co., MD as early 29 May 1751 when he, together with John Coon and Peter Apple, witnessed the will of Ballish Fought.
[The book continues with a will of another Devalt Koontz dated 8 Jan 1786 in Frederick Co., probably a son of the original DeVault and who did not join his brothers in NC. It also gives extensive biographies on the two sons that went to NC, John and Gasper and their progeny.]"

17. Land transaction and proximity mentioned in biography of Henry Eller, son of Peter Eller and Elizabeth Dick per FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 172-176: "Henry Eller, b. 1786/1788; family records said he died about 1876 at the age of more than 90 years. The 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses of Ashe Co. give his age as 62, 72 and 80 respectively. These records indicate a birth year of 1786/88 and a death year of 1876. He married, about 1812/1813, Elizabeth Johnson, b. according to the 1850 census of Ashe Co., NC, in 1791/92, her age being given as 58 years. The 1860 and 1870 censuses give her age as 68 and 80 respectively. She was born in Iridel Co., NC. Henry Eller entered 250 acres of land on the North Fork of New River, 16 July 1812. This land was surveyed 8 Sep 1813 and granted to him 23 Dec 1813. (Grant 840, Secy. of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.) The land was on the north side of 'feneck' (Phoenix) Mountain and bordered the 150 acre farm surveyed to Michael Stucker (Stokard, Stoker). The survey, dated 8 Sep 1813, was attested by Peter and Jacob Eller. Henry Eller figured in several land transactions in Ashe County after 1812. In one, dated 9 Dec 1819, he purchased 90 acres of land from George Koons for $150.00. This land was in Ashe county on the south side of the North Fork of New River 'to my south line and down to the conditional line made between Abraham May and John Dick Jr. against the mouth of Piney Creek being part of the 150 acre tract where Thomas Brooks Mill formerly stood.' George Koons, doubtless, was Henry's brother-in-law, the husband of Mary Eller, shown in... herein [see notes in this database for George Koons and Mary Eller]. The sale was made about the time that George and Mary Koons left North Carloina for their new home in Henry County, Ind. Mary Koons' name does not appear in the deed but this is not strange becasue the dower rights of wives were often not mentioned in early deeds of Ashe and Wilkes Counties. Later deeds indicate that Henry Eller's farm in 1845 consisted of 240 acres.
The records show that Henry Eller's brother-in-law, Michael Stoker (Stokard, Stucker) as well as his brother-in-law, George Koons, lived on farms adjoining his on the North Fork of New River. His brothers, Peter and Jacob, lived near by while his brother John lived on the south fork of New River near where Peter Eller Sr., their father, late deceased, lived. About 1816 John and Peter moved to lower altitudes in Wilkes County, John to Lewis Fork Creek west of Wilkesboro on a farm of 451 acres and Peter to a farm on Ceroles Creek."

18. The following LDS ordinances were done in Nauvoo by Michael Stoker acting as proxy for his family as follows per the book "Annotated Record of Baptism for the Dead, 1840-1845, Hancock County, Illinois - [7 volume set] ," by Black, Susan Easton & Black, Harvey Bishchoff, Provo, UT, BYU Press, 2002, pp. 1452-1453, with additional biography by editors:
"Deceased: Absalom Koons. 1841. Absalom (Abraham) Koons, b. abt. 1810 of Ashe Co., NC, son of George Koons and Mary Eller. Michael Stoker was the cousin of Absalom Koons. Source: Nauvoo Baptismal Records of the Dead, Book A94; Family Search, Ancestral File."
"Deceased: Barbary Pertune. 1841. Maiden name Eller, b. 1782 in North Carolina to Peter B. Eller and Elizabeth Dick, md. to William Pennington Jr. in NC, d. 1810 in Ashe Co., NC. Michael Stoker was the nephew of Barbary Pertune. Source: Nauvoo Baptismal Records of the Dead, Book A128; Family Search, Ancestral File."
"Deceased: Michael Stoker. 1841. Michael Stoker was the grandson of Michael Stoker. Source: Nauvoo Baptismal Records of the Dead, Book A156."

19. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"Elizabeth Dick, daughter of Conrad and Catherine Dick married Peter Eller, son of George Michael Eller, who moved to what is now Ashe County, N. Car. from Frederick County, Md. Their land adjoined that of her father and presumed brother, John. They had at least 8 children:
1. John Eller, b. abt 1767 d. 1823, m. 5 Nov. 1792 Susannah Kerns, who died 10 April 1853 age 87 years.
2. Catherine Eller b. Rowan Co. 6 Mar. 1773 d. aft 1850  		Koons, George (I2419)
 
1985 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION!
There is a false notion about this Simon Mills which has been and continues to be propagated. The premise of this notion is that there were two Simon Mills, the first being the father of this Simon. The first Simon is given a birthdate of 1612 in Yorkshire, a place on the ship "John and Mary" to Massachusetts, a brother named John Mills (of Windsor), and a wife he marries in 1635 at Windsor named Sarah Bissell, and a death date of 1661 in Windsor, CT. From this union, supposedly the next generation Simon Mills is born circa 1636, who later marries Mary Buell 23 Feb 1659 at Windsor. Sarah supposedly died in 1637, and the first Simon marries Jone ___ on 18 Oct 1639 at Windsor. The only part of this that is true and proven is the marriages of a Simon Mills with Jone ___ and Mary Buell. The rest is all made up and cannot be proven.
Three of the most prominent New England genealogists -- Donald L. Jacobus (the godfather of modern scientific genealogy), George E. McCracken, and Frank Farnsworth Starr -- studied the above scenario and all three concluded it was fiction. The correct scenario is that there was only one Simon Mills who married both women. There were no children born of the first marriage and all of the children are from the second. They analyzed every original record in Windsor including legal, land, taxes, church, and so forth and found not one shred of proof of the false scenario. They also found that there was no record of where two different Simons appear as a Sr. or Jr. in the legal or land records, which would have been the case as both would have been of legal age at the same time. They also found no credible clue as to where Simon was from in England or when he arrived in this country. The detailed and documented analyses of these distinguished and prominent genealogists are found in two publications:
-- Frank Farnsworth Starr, "Various ancestral lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut."
-- Donald Lines Jacobus and George E. McCracken, "The American Genealogist," 36(1960):128-29, in an article entitled "The Mythical? Simon Mills of Windsor."

2. Probably the most accurate and documented account of this family is by Frank Farnsworth Starr, "Various ancestral lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut," (Hartford, Conn.: unknown, 1915.) The book is available online at https://ia802609.us.archive.org/7/items/variousancestral01star/variousancestral01star.pdf accessed 18 Sep 2021.

3. Frederick Humphries, "The Humphreys Family of America," (New York: Humphrey's Print, 1881), pp. 243-52:
"Lieutenant Samuel2 Humphrey, (Michael,1) was born 15 May, 1656, in Windsor, Ct. He married Mary (dau. of Simon and Mary Buel) Mills,[1] born 8 Dec. 1662, probably in Windsor, Ct.
Lieut. Humphrey became an influential citizen of Simsbury, having removed with his father from Windsor, about 1669, to that town, then called "the New Village Massacoe,'' which had formerly been "an appendix to the town of Windsor." During the seven years following, he and his brother John, who was six years his senior, doubtless encountered many trials and privations at the new settlement. These culminated in its destruction by the Indians in 1676, after the inhabitants had fled to Windsor for protection.[2]
The next year, the appearance of danger from this source having diminished, many of the settlers returned to the "plantation" and among them Michael,1 Humphrey and his sons, — pioneers for the second time, the Indians having destroyed all the houses which had been erected and blotted out almost every vestige of the improvements which had been made. Samuel Humphrey was now about twenty-one years of age. We do not find much recorded concerning him during the next few years, when he was engaged in subduing the wilderness and in assisting to build up the little settlement anew. He may indeed be said to have grown up with the town; and through the discipline which he received in early life was, probably, the better fitted to become, as he evidently did become, one of its leading men.
May 7th, 1682, he was one of the signers of a document presented to the General Court, in which it was requested that Rev. Samuel Stow might continue his labors at Simsbury and that a church might be there gathered.[3] May 7th, 1683, he signed an agreement to decide by lot as to the location of the meeting-house, whether it should be on the east or west side of Hop River. He was a legal voter at that date. The church was erected in 1684. Samuel Humphrey and his wife both became members of the First Church, at its organization, and his name is frequently mentioned in connection with church matters.
He was a Justice of the Peace for several years;[4] Representative of Simsbury in the General Assembly, in 1702, 1719, and 1722-25; was commissioned Lieutenant about 1709-10.[5] It is stated that when, in 1711-12, forces were sent into the county of Hampshire, Massachusetts, to oppose the movements of hostile Indians who had assembled at that place in considerable force, a part of a Company attached to the expedition was raised in the town of Simsbury, of which Samuel Humphrey was appointed Lieutenant. His commission, signed by Governor Saltonstall, is in the possession of one of his descendants.
Like his father, he had a talent for affairs, and we find him filling many other positions of trust and honor between the years 1685 and 1725. The Simsbury Records give the following:
Dec. 31, 1685, Samuel Humphrey was chosen collector; June 27, 1687, he signed the agreement settling "Mr. Edward Tompson" as minister of Simsbury; June 25, 1688, "Saml & Michall Humphrey," with many others, signed the deed confirming the mill-lot to the owner of the mills; Dec. 13, 1690, he was chosen fence-viewer for the west side of the river.
In 1693, "Sergt Saml Vmphri" was on the town list; town rate for that year — "Samll Humphries," 13s. 4d. Dec. 17, 1694, he was chosen "select man;" Jan. 21, 1695-6, pound-keeper; 1696, — town rate for that year, "Sergt. Samuel Humphrey," 0-9-9-1 : in Dudley Woodbridge's (the minister's) rate £1-18-0. — Feb. 1, 1696-7, he was chosen "ordinary keeper," also Feb. 2, 1697-8; chosen "lyster and fence-viewer" the same day, but declined to qualify.
June 20, 1697, "Serj. Saml Humphries, Serj. John Humphries & John Humphrie Jr." signed an agreement about the minister's wood. Dec. 31, 1697, he was chosen lister; Apr. 4, 1698, was chosen Ensign of Simsbury train-band.[6] July, 1698, — an "Account of those men that wrought about fraiming of [Rev.] Mr. Woodbridges Barn:" 5th day, "saml., John & Thomas Humphry;" 6th day, "John & Thomas Humphry;" 7th day, "Ensign Humphries, John & Thomas Humphris." In 1698, the town owed "Samuel Humphries 10 pence for a pint of rum for the men that cleared the minister's well." Jan. 26, 1698-9, he was chosen fence-viewer; 1699, "Saml Huphres" was collector of the town rate; Dec. 20, 1699, and Dec. 20, 1703, was chosen selectman; May 20, 1700, and Dec. 8, 1705, "townsman;" 1701, lister.
May 6, 1707, he signed an agreement, with many others, to carry on the copper mines,[7] [See Fam. 17, S.2] Dec. 13, 1709, "Lieutenant Samuel Humphries" was fence-viewer for "Samon Brook field," and Dec. 18, 1710, "haward" and pound-keeper; 1712-1717, was Justice of the Peace. Nov. 7, 1712, Samuel Humphrey, "Sen.," signed an agreement about mines. Dec. 15, 1712, he was chosen tavern-keeper; also, May 18, 1713, Dec. 6, 1714, Dec. 15, 1715, Dec. 18, 1716, and Dec. 16, 1718. Aug. 23, 1714, "Saml Humphry, Sen." witnessed a deed; and Jan. 10, 1714-15, he deeded land as one of a committee. The deed was acknowledged before "Samuel Humphris, Justice of Peace," perhaps the one who signed it, as only the other three members of the committee acknowledged it. Oct. 31, 1715, he was a member of a committee to confirm certain grants, — which was done. In October, 1717, his name was included in the list of freemen.
Lieut. Humphrey was the owner of various tracts of land obtained by deed of gift from his father, by grants from the town, and by purchase.[8]
Mrs. Humphrey died 4 April, 1730, ae. 68 years, — probably at Simsbury, where the date of her death is recorded.
Lieut. Humphrey died in Simsbury, 15 June, 1736, ae. 80 years.[9] His will was dated 22 July, 1734. He gives his daughter Mary, £39.5.8; Elizabeth, £33.6.8; Abigail, £24.6.8; "the goods that he has given the three daughters, since the death of his well-beloved wife Mary, are to be applied on their portions;" mentions sons Samuel, Jonathan, Charles and Noah. Michael Humphrey was one of the witnesses to his will [Fam. 10 (121), J.2], which was exhibited and proved 6 July, 1736, Jonathan Humphrey and Mary Case being the executors. ("Hartford Probate Records," xii., 48: xiii., 24, 25.)
Children:[10]
I. Mary,3 b. 16 Nov., 1681; was married in Simsbury, by Rev. Dudley Woodbridge, 7 Dec, 1699, (Simsbury Records, "Red Book") to Bartholomew (5th son of John and Sarah Spencer) Case, of S., b. October, 1670.[11] They resided at Weatogue, in Simsbury, on the paternal homestead. He died 25 Oct., 1725, ae. 55 years. [Children and succeeding generations listed.]
II. Elizabeth,3 b. 22 Apr., 1684; m. 4 July, 1705 ("Hartford Records), ]ohn Collyer, Jr., of Hartford, Ct. [Footnote: "John Collier the son of goodm. [Goodman] Collier of Hartford m. July 5. 1705, Elizabeth Humphries dau. of Ensign Samuel Humphries of Simsbury."— Simsbury Records. Their children here given are mentioned by Judge H. H. Barbour in his work entitled "My Wife and My Mother," Genealogy, p. 48.] Children:
i. John,4.
[Four daughters whose names have not been ascertained.]
III. Samuel,3 b. 17 May, 1686 [Footnote: 20 May, 1686, acc. to Judge H. H. Barbour; 7 May, Shurtleff Records; 17 May, Simsbury Records]; d. 16 Oct., 1759, ae. 73; m. (1) Hannah Phelps; m. (2) Mary Tuller; m. (3) Lydia North; m. (4) Mary Orton. Family 3.
IV. Jonathan,3 b. 2 Dec., 1688 [Footnote: November, Shurtleff Records; 2 Dec. 1688, acc. to Judge H. H. Barbour and Simsbury Records]; d. 14 June, 1749, ae. 61; m. Mercy Ruggles.
V. Abigail,3 m. 24 Jan., 1716-17, John (son of John and Sarah Holcomb) Case [Footnote: Compiled from Goodwin's Gen. Notes, pp. 277-279; and Hist, of the Early Settlers of West Simsbury], b. 22 Aug., 1694; d. 2 Dec., 1752. He was brother of Hannah Case who m. Capt. Noah3 Humphrey, [Fam. 6, S.2] They resided in Simsbury, Ct. [Children and succeeding generations listed.]
VI. Hannah,3 b. 6 April, 1697.
VII. Charles,3 died in 1774; m. Hepzibah Pettibone. Family 5.
VIII. Noah,3 b. 1707; m. Hannah Case. Family 6.
Footnotes:
1. Simon Mills married Mary (dau. of William) Buel, 23 Feb. 1659-60, thirty-nine years after the first settlement of Plymouth: and the tradition is that his father came from Yorkshire, England. Their date of marriage is given as 23 Feb. 1649, in Brown's "Early Settlers of West Simsbury." In 1660, Mr. Mills was residing at Windsor; in 1669, he removed to Weatogue, or East Simsbury. Mary was the oldest child of Simon and Mary (Buel) Mills that survived to mature years.— Stiles' "Hist. of Ancient Windsor."
2. Page 107.
3. Page 110.
4. Lieut. Samuel Humphrey was made Justice of the Peace in Hartford County, by General Assembly, May, 1712, 1714, 1715, and 1716. — "Colonial Records of Connecticut^ 1706-1716."
5. He was commissioned Lieutenant in May, 1710, Idem, p. 145. He bears this title on the Simsbury Records, December 13, 1709.
6. "Samuel Vmphries" was made Ensign in Simsbury May 12, 1698; and was a deputy to the General Court from that town May 14, and in October, 1702. — "Colonial Records of Connecticut.
7. These mines attained a good degree ol celebrity, as appears by a public act passed by the Colony in 1709. Some of the companies were composed of persons of great wealth and respectability. In 1721, miners from Germany were employed. The work continued to be carried on at various periods, until 1773, when the mines were abandoned, for the space of about half a century, for prison occupation. [See Fam. 65, S.; also, Fam. 3, J.] In 1830, they were again worked, and, in 1855, a new company was formed. — Phelps' "Hist. of Newgate," pub. 1860.
8. Entries in Simsbury town books concerning land given to Samuel Humphrey by his father : —
Jan. 16, 1683, Michael Humphrey gives to his youngest son Samuel, "a certain Tract of Land on Salmon Brook, given me by the town ot Simsbury; onely tok what Articles sd Toune bound me to, respecting sd land, my son Saml by these presents shall be bound unto, as to Fence and Maintain fence, with the rest of the proprietors, with whom the sd land lyes in common with, which sd land is my first devision & in the lower Meadow, wh is thirty rods in Breadth, and goes from upland to upland being somewhat more than Forty rods in Length, and abutts Northerly, on goorg Sanders his land easterly on Nathaniell Holcomb his land, easterly on ye comons, westerly on ye comons, the said land being by estimation seven accres & three Rood be it more or less. signed 23 Jany, 1683. John Slater, Mary Mils, witnessses." Deed dated Nov. 3, 1684.
Nov. 22, 1684.— "Be it known unto all men by these Presents yt. I Michall Humphries of simsbury in the county of Hartford in ye collony of Conecticutt in New england for good consideration me thereunto mouveing have don & by these Presents do give grant Bargain & sell, unto My sonn Samuell Humphries of simsbury in ye county of Hartford aforesaid a certain parcell of Swamp Land wh is a part of my house Lott. and adjoyning to my sd House Lott, Being in Length sixteen Rods, and in Breadth thirteen Rods, & by estimation one accre, one Rood, and eight Rods, be yt more or less, as it lyes Bounded north by the House Lott of the sd Michael Humphries westerly by the land of the widow Mary Mills; easterly & southerly by land of John Moses; to him his Heyrs & executors, administrators and assigns, for ever to have hold possess & injoy. with all the Benefits & priviledges. of the said parcell of Land within ye Bounds specified in these presents, and do give him his Heyres & assigns full clear and peaceable possession without any Molestation or Trouble from by or under me or by my privity or consent. and give my son Samuel ful power to record these presents in the booke of records to him his heyrs and assigns for ever, as witnesse my hand, the Tweenty second of November, to the year. of our lord god one Thousand six hundred Eighty Foure. Signed and delivered in ye presence of Edward Pence, Mary Mills. Michall Humphreies. Michall Humphries personally appeared and acknowledgs this Instrument to be his free act and deeds the Twenty eight of November, 1684 Before me John Wadsworth Assistant."
Grants of land to Samuel Humphrey from the town of Simsbury: [KP note: Book details several transactions which I do not transcribe.]
9. Simsbury Records.
10. Dates of birth of the children of Lieut. Samuel Humphrey, as recorded in the "Red Book" at Simsbury:
Mary Humphries, the first Daughter of Samuell Humphries which Mary his wif bare to him who was the daughter of Simon Mills was Borne the sixteenth of nouember Anno Dom. one Thousand six hundred eighty one.
Elizabeth Humphries the second Daughter of Samuell Humphries Borne 22d of Aprill 1684.
Samuell Humphries the son of Saml Humphries Borne May seventeenth one thousand six hundred and eighty six.
Jonathan Humphries, ye second son of Sami Humphris was born december ye second 1688.
Hannah Humphris, the daughter of Sam'l Humphries was Borne the sixth of Apriell 1697.
11. Mary Humphries the Daughter of Ensign Saml Humphries was married in simsbury ["by Rev. Dudley Woodbndge," "Red Book," acc. to Dr. H. R. Stiles] the seuenth of December 1699 to Bartholomew Case the son of John Case of Simsbury." 		Mills, Simon (I7801)
 
1986 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION! Exacting proof of Susannah being a Palmer and a child of William Palmer and Judith Feake is deficient; however, it has been widely accepted and published in secondary literature.

2. NEHGS: "Mills. - Jamaica, (on Long Island) March 10, [1727.] This day died Samuel Mills of this Place, Yeoman, (who was born in America) Aged Ninety-five years. He was always a very laborious, honest Man, of a very Temperate Life, and was able to do a good days work by a few days before he died. He lived Sixty-eight years with one Wife, who is still alive, by whom he had Sixteen Children. He has left behind him Nine Children, Eighty Grand Children, and Fifty-four Great Grand Children, and several of his Great Grand children are marriageable. His Wife was Deliver'd of a child when she was One and Fifty Years of Age. - 'Boston News Letter, 1727, No. 14."

3. FHL book 929.273 M625u "A Mills and Kendall Family History…," by Helen Schatvet Ullmann (Boston, 2002), pp. 3-9:
"Samuel Mills, supposedly born about 1632 but perhaps a few years later; died at Jamaica March 10, 1726[27] age 95 according to his obituary; married about 1659 Susannah Palmer, born probably at Yarmouth, Mass., about 1640-41, daughter of William and Judith (Feake) Palmer.[28] She was still living on May 8, 1718 when she and Samuel with their son Ephraim and his wife Susannah sold land in Jamaica,[29] and was living at the time of Samuel's obituary.
The first record of Samuel in Jamaica town records was for a grant of a house lot on Nov. 18, 1660.[30] There were two marriages and two christenings in Samuel Mills family in the seven years preceding 1688.[31] Deeds document only three of his many Children.[32] The son Samuel3 Mills of Greenwich,[31] should not be confused with Samuel3 [Jonathan2, George1] Mills of Elizabethtown, N.J., discussed below.
"Mills, Jamaica, on Long Island, March 10 (1727). This day died Samuel Mills of this Place, yeoman, who was born in America, aged ninety-five years. He was always a very laborious, honest man, of a very Temperate Life, and was able to do a good day work but a few days before he died. He lived Sixty-eight years with one Wife, who is still alive, by whom he had sixteen children. He has left behind him Nine Children, Eighty Grand Children, and Fifty-four Great Grand Children, and several of his Great Grand children are marriageable. His wife was delivered of a child when she was one and fifty Years of Age.[34]
ENDNOTES
27. Some, in particular B.F. Thompson and in some places the James H. Mills Collection, have included sons named George and Nathaniel, saying the latter died at Jamaica on 4 November 1728 age 91 (James H. Mills, in several places, e.g. Box 1, Chart 1; Edward C. Mills, 1:3, probably had it from J.H. Mills who in turn had it from B.F. Thompson, published in 1919 in Werner, "Genealogies of Long Island Families," 105. The source of the death record has not been found. No trace of a younger George has been found. Nathaniel was not listed by Cook who discusses the erroneous transcription of a 1678 document by Benj. F. Thompson in his "History of Long Island." Cook said that Thompson dated it 1660 and changed the name of Zachariah to Nathaniel (Cook, 17).
28. Horace Wilbur Palmer, "Palmer Families in America" (Neshanic, N.J.: Neshanic Punting Co., 1966), 14, 19.
29. Frost, "Jamaica," 3:220-22, from 3:246-47; Ephraim signed and the others made their marks.
30. Frost, "Jamaica," 1:9, from 1:10.
31. "Return of Marriages Christenins (sic) & Burials in the Town of Jamaica F 7 Years Preceding
1688" in O'Callaghan, "Documentary History," 3:197.
32. On 22 Jan. 1682/3 Samuel, "sonn of George Mills Inhabitant of Jemaicae," sold 2½ acres of salt meadow to his son-in-law John Smith of Jamaica (Frost, "Jamaica," 1:226, from 2:55; also 3:11-12, from 3:70). On 25 Feb. 1685/6 Samuel and "Susana" made their marks on a deed to their son-in-law John Smith and Elizabeth his wife (Frost, Jamaica, 3:12-13, from 3:71. Samuel acknowledged this at Queens Co. on 19 Dec. 1709). On 6 April 1697 Samuel and "Sewzanah Miles" made their marks on a deed to Samuel Mills Jr. of Jamaica. It included three pieces of land with house, gardens, orchards, etc. (Frost, "Jamaica,' 2:196-98 from 2:401-02). On 6 July 1698 Samuel, Sr., and "Seuzanah" of Jamaica deeded several pieces to "our sone John Miles" (Frost, Jamaica, 2:294-95, from 2:477). In a Greenwich, Conn., deed dated 19 March 1716, Samuel Mills, Senr, and his wife Susanna of Jamaica made their marks on a deed to their son Samuel Mills of Greenwich, "in consideration of a mare," conveying one sixth of the land granted to "our brother John Palmer deceased of Greenwich." Samuel's mark resembled a backwards S and Susannah's a little pie with a piece cut out (Greenwich Deeds, 2:236, acknowledged at Queens County the same day, witnesses Jeremiah Smith and Samuel Denten, recorded 6 Feb. 1717/8).
33. Helen Schatvet Ullmann, "Samuel Mills of Jamaica, New York, and Greenwich, Connecticut," scheduled for the NEHG Register in April, 2002.
34. Cook, p. 10, from "Boston News Letter," 1727. No. 14; reprinted in "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," 14[1860]:106. Cook added by hand, "The original Gazette is dated from March 6 to Monday, Mar. 13th. 1726,' i.e. 1726/7 - examined in N.Y.C. Public Library, 5th Ave. & 42d St. L.D.C." A similar obituary notice in the "New York Gazette" as reprinted in Benjamin F. Thompson, "History of Long Island," 1st ed. (1839), 164; 2d. ed. (New York: Gould, Banks & Co., 1843), 1:272; 3rd ed. (1918), 2:48, reports, under date of March 15th, 1727 [i.e. 1726/7], "On Friday last, died at Jamaica, Queen's County, Samuel Mills, yeoman, (who was born in America,)" etc. as above."

4. Susannah is not mentioned as a childn in the book "One branch of the Miner family...," by Lillian Lounsberry Miner Selleck (New Haven, 1928), pp. 142-43:
"WILLIAM1 PALMER
LIEUT. WILLIAM1 PALMER appeared in Yarmouth, Mass., as early as Jan. 1639, and resided there until 1652. He married JUDITH FEAKE, born about 1620, daughter of James Feake, goldsmith, of London, Eng.
In December 1639, Robert Feake of Watertown, Mass., as guardian of Tobias Feake, aged seventeen, together with Sergeant William Palmer and Judith his wife of Yarmouth, son and daughter of James Feake, deceased, of London, goldsmith, signed a power of attorney to their uncle, Tobias Dixon of London, to sell a house on Lombard Street, London. Robert Feake of Watertown was uncle of Judith and Tobias.
Palmer was a Deputy to the Plymouth General Court, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1648, 1649, and 1650; and was appointed Lieutenant 22 Sept. 1642, under Capt. Miles Standish. In 1653 he moved to Newtown, Long Island, where he was a Magistrate from Mar. 1658 to Mar. 1660. He conveyed property in Newtown, 1 Aug. 1659, and his widow Judith conveyed 29 Nov. 1661, showing that he died between those dates; probably later than 9 Mar. 1660 when he was on the tax list.
Judith married second, Jeffrey Ferris, of Greenwich, Conn., and took her children to Greenwich with her. Ferris died 31 May 1666, and in his will dated 6 Jan. 1664 left ten pounds each to the "four boies" of his wife. Judith married third, John Bowers, who by deed 5 Apr. 1675 conveyed land to his "son Ephraim Palmer." Judith died before her last husband; and Bowers in his will dated 16 Mar. 1693/4, gave property that was her mother's to "my loving daughter-in-law [step-daughter], Judith Reynolds."
John Palmer, perhaps a brother of William Palmer, though usually given as his son, died at Greenwich prior to 26 Oct. 1672. Application was made for settlement of his estate, 24 Apr. 1724, in which it was stated that he died many years ago and that no settlement had been made. The next of kin were stated as William Palmer, Ephraim Palmer, James Palmer, Joseph Palmer, and Judith Reynolds. John must therefore have been their brother or their uncle; and as the "four" Palmer boys specified in their step-father's will are all accounted for, it is more likely that John was their uncle, and brother of William.
Children:
1. William2, m. Mary Tyler, daughter of William and Abigail (Terrill) Tyler of Milford, b. about 1660; they removed to Westchester County, N. Y.
+2. Ephraim2, m. Sarah2 Messenger.
3. James2, of Greenwich, d. 28 Feb. 1717; m. Sarah Denham.
4 Joseph2, m. Elizabeth Tyler, b. about 1663, sister of his brother William's wife; they probably removed to Bedford, N. Y.
5. Judith2, m. John Reynolds."

MARRIAGE:
1. Citation Information: "Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700." (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001:
"Mills Samuel (1632-1727) & Susannah [Palmer]; ca 1659; Jamaica, LI {Keeler-Wood 91-92; Reg. 14:106}"

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed:
-Hist. of G'Wich, by S.P. Mead (1911).
-Hist. of Stamford, CT, by E.B. Huntington.
-G'wich VR's.
-Fam. of Old F'fld, by D.L. Jacobus.
-Mass. Col. Rec., Vol. I.
-TAG Vol. 25, p. 38 (1949)
-New Haven Co. VR's.
-NEGHR, v. 14, p. 106.
-Typescript, Greenwich P.L., Greenwich, CT.
-Samuel Mills and Descendants, by Samuel Mills IX.
-Rundle Fam. of Amer. (1992).
-NYG&H Rec V11 & 86.
-7 Gen. of Judith's, by A. Gibson.
-Gen Frangments, by J.J. Latting.
-Feake Fam. Gen, by G. McCrackern (1955).
-Ancient Heads of Fam., by Holmes.

ACTION:
1. Find all 16 children referenced in the obituary above. 		Palmer, Susannah (I4760)
 
1987 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Caution! Hans may be either the brother or father of Christian Stocker. Currently I show him as the father based on a 20-year difference in death dates, a shared occupation of carpenter, and the exclusivity of these two men in G(H)ennenbach in Feldberg at the same time. The following is my Apr. 2017 conversation with fellow researcher Noel Stocker:
My question to Noel:
I was looking at my notes and I had the following based on Price's research:
"His great-grandparents are Christian Stocker and Margretha Wackerin (which may be the feminine version of Wacker). Christian was reported deceased in Feldberg prior to his son's 1680 marriage. His death at age 64 is recorded in Feldberg on 16 Apr 1669 calling him a "citizen and carpenter in Gennenbach." His birth calculates as about 1605. Besides his son Friedrich's 1652 christening in Feldberg, there are four other children of Christian Stocker "a carpenter of Gennenbach" and his wife Margaretha christened in Feldberg from 1650 to 1655. It is in one of these other christenings that we learn of Margretha's maiden surname. Christian most likely had some relationship with Hans Stocker, also a carpenter in Gennenbach, who d. 25 Jan 1649 per Feldberg records; the relationship may be as siblings or even as father and son, but it has not yet be determined for sure one way or another."
Do you feel stronger about a parental relationship than one of siblings? You are closer to this than I am and I will defer to you and change my notes accordingly once I hear back from you."
Noel's response:
"Robyn and I felt impressed to link Christian to Hans based on the fact that they both lived in Gennenbach at the same time and both were carpenters. Christian died in 1669 and Hans in 1649. Twenty years apart seemed reasonable for father-son. I haven't been able to find the documentation, perhaps it doesn't exist."

2. See notes in the next earlier generation of this tree for the extensive research on the earliest generations of our Stockers which apply to Hans.

3. Emails from August 2018 from Noel Stocker
A. From a July 2018 research report from RW Price to Noel Stoker. The Feldberg records were searched for christenings and deaths 1639-1739 and marriages 1639-1721. All entries up to 1721 are on film 1189398 item 5. The christenings between 1722 and 1739 are on film 1189398 item 6. They found the oldest Stockers in the database were the following as quoted from the report:
-- Hans Stocker (born about 1600 and died 25 January 1649 in Feldberg) with children: Hans Heinrich Stocker (married to Ursula Muller), Anna Stocker (married to Friedrich Kleinhenne), and Verena Stocker (married to Peter Hertzog). Having this death date, places this Hans as the previously found Hans, born about 1580, who was placed as father of the ancestor, Christian (LRT1-Z9R). It appears we already attached Heinrich to this Hans, but I went ahead and attached Anna and Verena. Previously we had Verena/Verona attached as daughter of a Hans with no other information. The burial record reads that he was buried on the 25th and was ill in bed for 9 days prior to his death. He was a carpenter (the type who construct roof frames on homes) from Gennenbach.
-- David Stocker (born about 1615 in Switzerland) married to Margretha and with son, Hanss Stocker (1649-1663). Hans was born in Switzerland but his burial was in Feldberg. David Stocker was not in the 2017 September report nor can I yet find the family on Family Tree.
The Gennenbach parish was contacted and the response was that there are no additional parish records in existence at the present day for Gennenbach.
Hans Stocker born about 1600 and died 25 January 1649. This would make him the same person as the Hans we already knew about and placed as father of the ancestor, Christian. But, Milan had him also as father of Anna and Verena. He was a carpenter. Do we know the occupation of Christian? If he was also a carpenter, that might add more credibility to Hans being the father.
David Stocker, born about 1615 in Switzerland. He was married to Margretha with son Hanss Stoker (1649-1663). Hans was also born in Switzerland, but his burial was in Feldberg.
B. Noel's hired researcher Milan Pohontsch [mpohontsch@gmail.com] confirmed the following entry on July 29, 2018 on a thorough research of the Feldberg church records. The image is for the burial of David's son Hanss Stocker (buried 1 September 1663.) The image is at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSWC-GQBT-M?i=529&cat=133625 (image 530) on the Feldberg film. Milan translates the record as:
"On the 1st of September, of David Stocker from the Swiss land of Bottenwyl [not sure about spelling, but there exists a Bottenwil in the Canton of Aargau] and Margaretha, his house wife, their 14-year old son: Hannß
Milan also notes: "I haven't a Swiss gazetteer here, but the church building could be Zofingen (my guess without checking)."
C. So how are you accounting for the new David Stocker -- as a brother to Christian (and son of the original Hans) or as a sibling to Hans? I note that David has a son named Hans, which seems to perhaps indicate some familial relationship since the name Hans is recycled. In any case David's origins in Switzerland seems to be providential. Perhaps the Rottwell we were looking for before is the same as David's Bottenwil?
D. Franz Anton Stocker from our research in Oberotweil in Germany was from Canton Aargau is of particular interest since Bottenwyl is also in Argau.

3. Email dated 19 Jun 2019 from Noel Stocker. This email was in response to some indexed records I found and attached on Family Search:
"See below Milan’s translation and comments. I am happy to confirm that Hans, who died in 1649, is the father of Christian, Heinrich, Verona, and Anna. Also that Anna was the name of his wife. It does not give us a clue as to where they came from, as ‘Kirchen’ is not evident in the record according to Milan."
Noel cites Milan's research from the following:
From: D Rogers
Subject: Your questions
Date: June 18, 2019 at 8:53:20 PM PDT
Milan was finally able to get to your questions. He had his daughter visiting from Germany and then had several unexpected issues come up that he had to take care of. So, here is his answer. I hope this helps. - Diane
From Milan:
In the two marriage records (see links sent by Noel) I can't see anywhere the word "Kirchen". I see Gennenbach and Feldberg, but no Kirchen.
When I compare the information gained from the marriage records, then Heinrich Stocker is very likely a younger brother of Christian (abt.1605-1669) and a son of Hans (abt.1580-1649). In this case, Heinrich's and Christian's mother would be Anna, a name not recorded yet in the PAF-version I have from an older project. The marriage record of Heinrich (from 1656) lists Hans Stocker as deceased. According to prior research he did die in 1649. The other marriage entry would then be for Anna, the widow of Hans, who remarried in 1651 (with Uhlin Müller). Also the towns Gennenbach and Feldberg fit perfectly into the picture.
And the link to the christening is definitely a son of Heinrich Stocker. Two of the three documents mentioned here, with the exception of the 2nd marriage of Anna, were already found during the March 2018 project. The data was entered by me into a separate PAF-file. I assume that in the meantime they found it's way into FamilySearch. It would be easy to connect those families.
Since Noel asked for a translation of the marriage record, here it is:
On the Sexagesina Sunday (which was on the 10 Feb., in 1656) were married Heinrich Stocker of Gennenbach, legitimate son of the deceased Hans Stocker, the late citizen and carpenter of the same town, married with Ursula, legitimate daughter of the deceased Hans Müller, the late citizen and finish carpenter of Veldtberg (=Feldberg). Because of poverty, the couple was married in their home without an appropriate ceremony and without an invitation for any wedding guests."
Milan"
 		Stocker, Hans (I2677)
 
1988 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION! Is Charlotte who married John Binkley the same Charlotte who was the daughter of John Michael Stocker? There are some discrepancies with these two Charlottes being the same person; however, Charlotte's sister Maria Catherina Stoker does mention her and her children in her will dated 7 Aug. 1839 which would confirm Charlotte as a daughter of J. Michael Stocker.
What is certain is that Johan Michael had a daughter Charlotta christened 28 Sep 1788 at the Evangelical Reformed Church in Frederick, Maryland (FHL film #13931 item 1). Her mother was Johan Michael's third wife Anna Maria. We next see this same Charlotte Stoker named in Johan Michael's probate of 1818 in Somerset, Perry, Ohio. This is the last of a Charlotte connected directly to Johan Michael in a record.
Next we find a marriage per Family Search's "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994": John Binkley and Charlotte Stoker, m. 20 Feb 1825 at Somerset, Perry, Ohio. There are no parents listed. This would seem to be the same person; however, in following this couple in censuses we find an age discrepancy:
1830 Lancaster, Fairfield, OH: John H. Binkley and his wife are reported as ages 20-30 (born 1800-1810) and 30-40 (born 1790-1800).
1840 Somerset, Perry, OH: John H. Binkley and his wife are reported as age 30 to 40 (born 1800-1810).
1850 Somerset, Perry, OH: Charlotte Binkley reported age 52 b. OH (born 1798).
1870 Somerset, Perry, OH: Charlotte Binkley reported age 72 b. OH (born 1798).
The death record supports the 1798 birth death. Family Search's "Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997": Charlott Binckley, d. 25 Nov 1877 at Somerset, Perry, Ohio, age 79 (1798), b. Maryland, widowed. (FHL film number: 910677).
In no case do any of the records above support the same Charlotte who was chr. 1788. Also it appears that John Binkley was born after 1800 which would seem to be a relatively large age difference between him and the 1788 Charlotte.
Some things to consider in ongoing research:
1. Was the date given for the 1788 christening erroneous for 1798? Not likely -- considering she is the last and youngest child of Michael and his third wife whose other children are chr. 1779-1785.
2. John and 1798 Charlotte had children born approximately 1826-1834 which would make 1788 Charlotte age 38 to 46 during the childbearing - certainly possible but not the norm (on the other hand that might explain the closeness of the children's births).
3. Michael's daughter 1788 Charlotte was not the the 1798 Charlotte but the 1798 Charlotte was a close relative due the time and location of the marriage. Could she be a child of one of Michael's sons. More research is needed of the children of these other sons, but curiously Johan Michael's son Michael who married Catherine Eller has a four your gap between the births of children David in 1795 and Elizabeth in 1800 in which Charlotte would fit nicely. This would mean the 1788 Charlotte disappears from the record after her name appears in the 1818 probate of her father John Michael (subject to more research for other currently undiscovered records).
4. Possible proximity of Binkley graves to John Michael Stocker. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams": "Cemetery Dilemma. [Johan] Michael, his wife Mary, and their daughter Mary were buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Somerset. There are two Lutheran Cemeteries within the town limits. The Stockers are buried in the oldest one located on Gay Street. Family researchers in 1971 noted that Michael's headstone was located near his daughter's (Mary) and John Binckley's (Charlotta's. Today Michael's headstone cannot be found. Mary's is still standing and some of the Binckley family but many of them are sinking or being overgrown by the soft earth. A local historian, Mr. Bope, notes the cemetery had suffered from serious vandalism and most of the old stones were deteriorated beyond rescue. There are no maps or directions of the cemetery but it is known to be a full cemetery. The church is no longer existent."

2. Per Oct 1999 email query of Trish Binkley in regards to her great-grandfather John Milton Binkley: "His parents were John H. Binckley born c. 1768 and Charlotte Stocker/Stoker (19 Feb 1788 - 25 Nov 1877). Both were born in Frederick, Frederick Co., MD. Their marriage date was 2 or 20 Feb 1825 in either Frederick, MD or Perry Co., Ohio." See birth notes below.

3. Censuses:
1870 US: Somerset, Perry, Ohio, p. 175b, entry 211 [John appears deceased at this date]:
Philander Binckley, 44, sawyer, OH.
Maria, 42, keeping house, OH.
Henrietta, 11, IA.
Fanny, 10, IA.
Walter, 8, IA.
Charlotte, 6, IA.
Louisa, 5, IA.
Sallie, 3, IA.
Charlotte, 72, MD.

1880 US: Somerset, Perry, OH shows the same son and family as above: P.H. Binckley, 52, OH, Atty At Law, but does not give parents birthplaces. Neither parent is listed.

4. Possibly referred to in the following from the book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, p. 87:
"Michael Stoker, the son of (John) Michael Stoker, was a 28 year old bachelor in Wilkes County, NC when the US census was taken in 1790. The farm which Michael Stoker bought from John Dick was on the north fork of New River in Ashe County. (The boundary line had been changed from Wilkes.) In 1792 Michael married Catherine Eller, the oldest daughter of Peter Eller and Elizabeth Dick. The Ellers and Dicks were settlers in this same area and all of Michael and Catherine's children, except Eller, were born and raised among numerous family members in North Carolina. In 1815, the family joined a migration of relatives moving west into Ohio. This party of Graybills and Stokers, all ages from babies to the elderly crossed the border into Ohio on Christmas Day, 1815. Michael and his son David, who had just turned 21, took part in the first election held in Jackson County on April 1, 1816. John Michael Stoker, Michael's father, settled in Perry County, Ohio, about 60 miles north..."

5. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams." See notes of Johan Michael Stocker for complete text of which the following is a small part:
"Surviving Children
Johanna, with her family, also moved from Frederick, Maryland to Ohio. She died in Hamilton Twp., Franklin, Ohio.
It was around the year of 1815 that Michael, (Michael and Ana's son), moved his young family from North Carolina to Vega, Jackson County, Ohio. They settled approximately 60 miles south of his father's family. In the early 1830's Michael and his family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left Ohio, and moved west. He died in the Missouri.
Jacob married Mary Swinehart.
John married Catherine Koons.
Both John and Jacob purchased land in Montgomery, Ohio in June of 1816 and both are found on the 1830 census for Fairfield County, Ohio as head of households.
Maria Salome married a Mr. Reynolds.
Maria Barbara married a Mr. Burdoon.
Anna Margareth married Mr. Phillip Baker.
Mary never married. She died on the 5 Sep 1839 and is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery by her father.
Catherine married a Mr. Hidlebaugh.
Charlotta married John Binckley."

6. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams." See notes of Johan Michael Stocker for complete text of which the following is a small part:
"Michael Stocker died on 26 March 1819 in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio. His third wife, Mary, died in the year of 1822. I do not have the location of Mary's death/burial at this point of writing. Michael's last will and testament was signed on 10 May 1818 listing the existing family: (note the Anglicized names used)
Wife: Mary,
Sons: Michael (Ana's son)
John (Elizabeth's son)
Jacob (Mary's son)
Daughters: Mary (Marie Catherine)
Catherine (Eva Catherine?)
Charlotte
Margaret (Anna Margareth?)
Barbara (Maria Barbara)
Salome (Maria Salome)
Magdalene (Johanna Magdalene)
The will of Michael Stocker was proved in special court, Court of Common Pleas, 17 April 1819, Perry County, Ohio."

7. Mentioned in father's will dated 10 May 1818: "my sons, Jacob, Michael and John and my daughters, Mary, Catherine, Charlotte, Margaret, Barbara, Salome and Magdalene," See full quotation in his notes. He also leaves the following land: "I do ordain and will and declare that the tract of land which I purchased of Fred Mains, Jr. shall be the property in fee simple of my first two named daughters, Mary and Charlotte, and do hereby will and bequeath the same to them equally, but my beloved wife Mary, shall have the use of it during her life." Since the will was written in Somerset, Perry, Ohio, I would assume the land would be there. Also Charlotte shows up in Somerset in censuses.

8. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 82-83: "Charlotte Stoker, b. 19 Feb 1788, Frederick Co., MD."

9. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 88-97:
"Michael Stoker, doubtless, was the son of Michael Stoker (Stocker) who settled in Frederick Co., Md. about the middle of the 18th century. No other family of the Stoker (Stocker) name was found by this writer in any of the early Frederick Co. records. The 18th century translated records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. established about 1746, show many Michael Stoker (Stocker) entries beginning with the birth, on 1 Apr 1758, of Anna Barbara, daughter of 'Mich. Stocker' and his wife 'Ana Barb.' On p. 552 of a copy of these church records, now in possession of the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, will be found a recording of eight children of Michael Stocker, the youngest named George, born 13 Nov 1781. The first of these children was named Marie Barbara, born 1 Apr 1758. She doubtless was the same as or the twin of another daughter named Anna Barbara mentioned above as having been born on the same date. Another record shows, again, the birth of Marie Barbara, daughter of Michael Stocker born 1 Apr 1758; baptized 15 May 1758. Thus the church records contain three separate entries of the birth on 1 April 1758, of a daughter to Michael Stoker (Stocker) as follows:
a. 'On 1 Apr. 1758 to Mich. Stocker et uxori Ana Barbara a daughter Anna Barbara. Witnesses (to baptism) Marie Barbara filia coelebs Michael Roemers.' Filia Coelebs means unmarried daughter of.'
b. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stoker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.'
c. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stocker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.'
As already stated, page 552 of the church book records, on one single page, the birth of eight children to Michael Stocker the last child of whom, named George, was born 13 Nov 1781 and baptized 7 Jun 1782. The first seven of these recordings obviously were made in 1769, the 8th having been put there in 1782 as will be explained later. Preceding the names of the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th and 7th Child, the symbol ϯ was added to show, doubtless, that the child was deceased when the record was made. The record, on page 552 of the church records, is as follows:
a. 1 April 1758, to Michael Stocker a child Marie Barbara; ϯ godmother, Barbara Romerin; baptized 15 May 1758.
b. 1 Jan 1760, to Michael Stocker, a child Johana Magdale, godparents, Heinrich Hanth (and wife) Magdalena. Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - On page 454 of the church record is shown the marriage on 2 Nov 1784 'by license' of Johanna Magdalena Stockern and Johann Jost Stimmel, Michael Stocker, Peter Stimmel and John and Peter Schnog serving as witnesses.)
c. 20 May 1762, to Michael Stocker, a child Michael; godparents Michael Romer (and wife) Charlotte Amalia, (Amalis). Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - This writer believes that this was the Michael Stocker who married Catherine Eller.)
d. 26 Aug 1764, to Michael Stocker, a child, Elizabeth; ϯ godmother, Elizabeth Romerin. Date of baptism not stated.
e. 24 May 1767, to Michael Stocker, a child Balthasar; ϯ godparents, Balthsar Bock (and wife) Rosina. Date of baptism not stated.
f and g. 11 gbr 1769 (two children) to Michael Stocker, namely a child Marie Barbara; godparents, Johannes Haas (and wife) Mar. Barbara, and a child Christina; godmother, Christina Romerin, ledig, meaning unmarried. Baptized 19 gbr. 1769. (Note gbr is usually an abbreviation in German for born but in this case probably means November of possibly February.)
h. 13 Nov 1781, to Michael Stocker, a child, George; sponsor George Bens. Baptized 7 Jun 1782.
The above record of children of Michael Stocker, together with others shown below are interesting in two ways. First it will be noted that one of the sponsors in every case bore the same given name as the child. It was a custom in early German families to select as godmother or godfather of children being baptized the person for whom the child was named, usually a close relative and in some cases a respected friend. Second, as was shown by the first record quoted above and as will be shown by other records quoted below, Michael Stoker's wife as late as 24 March 1766 (Deed Record) was Barbara and as early as 12 April 1770 (Deed Record) was Elizabeth. That these two wives, Barbara and Elizabeth, were spouses of the same Michael Stocker is definitely established by the land records of Frederick County but, as the two next following church records show, Michael Stocker's full name was Joh. (John) Michael Stoker.
a. Page 564 of the translated church records at Maryland Hist. Soc. - Johannes, son of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 4 Jan 1772 and baptized 9 Feb 1772. (Note by JWH - p. 233 of the church records show that Johannes Stocker, aged 19, was confirmed on 22 Apr 1791. A translated record of the German Reformed Church of Frederick Co., Md., p. 196, found at the Gen. Soc. in SLC shows a child Marianna Stocker, was born to Johannes and Catherina Stocker 10 Aug 1809. Susan Kuntz (Frentz) was her godmother. A Catherina Stoker (sic) is mentioned as a dau. in the will of John Coons (sic) of Frederick Co., Md. dated 23 Dec. 1816 and proved 6 Mch. 1817. (Liber H.S, No. 2, p. 55, Frederick Co., Md. Wills.))
b. Page 591 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Marie Salome, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker b. 9 May 1773; bap. 27 June 1773. Her godparents were John Michel and Salome Alex (sic).
c. Page 617 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society [Baltimore] - Marie Barbara, dau. of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 23 Dec 1774; bapt. 16 Apr 1775. Her godparents were Johannes and Marie Barbara Hass.
d. Pages 638 and 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Eva Margreth, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776; bap. 10 Nov 1776. Her godparents were Jacob and Margreth Bens. This child died 12 Sept. 1777, aged 1 year.
One may wonder why these four children were not listed with other children of Michael Stoker on page 552 of the church record (supra). After mentioning seven additional, more or less pertinent, translate church records the reason for this, as this writer sees it will be explained.
a. Page 407 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore, it is shown that Michael Stoker and Mary Adams were married, by license, 21 Jun 1778. The witnesses were Abraham Fah and his wife Juliana and Adam and Peter Schnock. Frederick Co. Marriage Records show that Michael Stoker and Mary A___, the spelling not complete, on 1 Jun 1778, were given a license to be married.
b. Page 209 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore] shows that Michael Stoker born 24 May 1862 and Magdalena Stockern (sic) born 1 Jan 1760 were confirmed. These two were brother and sister, children of Michael and Barbara Stoker (Stocker), their birth dates in their confirmation checking substantially with those recorded on page 552 of the same translated church record.
c. Page 664 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Anna Margareth, daughter of Michael and Anna Marie Stocker was born 15 May 1779 and baptized 24 July 1779. Her godparents were Adam and Anna Margareth Schnock.
d. Page 686 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City ] shows that Marie Catharina, daughter of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker was born 4 Sept. 1780.
e. Page 752 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City] shows that Jacob, son of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker, was born 22 May 1785. His sponsors at baptism were his parents.
f. Page 113 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City, Utah, shows that Charlotte, daughter of Michael Stocker, was born 19 Feb 1788. Her mother's name was not given. Her godparents were Peter and Julia (Juliana) Schnock (Schnod).
g. Page 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Elizabeth, wife of Michael Stoker died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33 years.
It should be kept in mind that the only Stoker (Stocker) family found in the early church, land or court records of Frederick County, Maryland was one headed by Michael. The only suggestion of a Stoker of Stocker of another given name was the same Michael in the recordings of his children by his second wife, Elizabeth. In those recordings he was called Joh. Michael Stoker. Deed Records in Frederick Co., calling him a saddler in every case and showing his wife to have been Barbara in March 1766 and Elizabeth in April 1770 proves the two Michaels to have been the same person. The second wife, Elizabeth, died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33. On 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams as already shown.
This writer explains the one page record that is found of Michael Stoker's (Stocker) children in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick Co., Md. as follows. When his first two daughters (twins probably) were born he had them baptized or recorded as they were born. When his twins, Marie Barbara and Christina were born in 1769 he had them baptized and recorded and when this was being done he decided to record all of his other children, four of whom had not been recorded, naming their godparents from memory. This would account for all of these children appearing on one page where immediately prior entries were 1769 and immediate subsequent ones 1770.
When children of his second wife, Elizabeth, came he had them baptized and recorded. Apparently there were four of them, one named Johannes, b. 4 Jan 1772, another named Marie Salome, b. 9 May 1773, the third was Marie Barbara b. 23 Dec 1774 and the fourth Eva Margreth b. 22 Jul 1776 - d. 12 Sep 1777. Then on 10 Oct 1777 his wife, Elizabeth, aged 33, died and on 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams, his third wife.
The first child of the third marriage was Anna Margareth, b. 15 May 1779. She was baptized and recorded. The second child by this third marriage was Marie Catherina, born 4 Sep 1780 and bapt. 4 March (May) 1781. She probably died young. The fourth child was Georg b. 13 Nov 1781. This child was baptized 7 Jun 1782 and the baptism recorded not on the current page of the record book but squeezed in on the 1769/1770 page where other children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) had been recorded enmasse. Thus we have on the 1769/1770 page of the church book a record of eight children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) born between 1758 and 1782 appearing on that page with other children of his who were born after 1769 appearing on other pages. The fact that his son Georg was so recorded is pretty conclusive proof that all of the eight Stoker (Stocker) children on that one page had the same father. The symbol ϯ apparently was to indicate that the child was deceased and, doubtless, was inserted when the baptism of the son George was recorded.
Other entries in the church records show Michael Stocker (Stoker) and his wife, Anna Maria, had two other children, one named Jacob, b. 22 May 1785, and the other named Charlotte, b. 19 Feb 1788, making 17 children as follows:
By first wife Barbara:
1. Anna Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758. She died young.
2. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758, the same as or twin of [Anna Barbara]. She died young.
3. Johana Magdale Stocker, b. 1 Jan 1760.
4. Michael Stocker, Jr., b. 20 May 1762 (24 May 1762 or 24 Mar 1762).
5. Elizabeth Stocker, b. 26 Aug 1764. She died young.
6. Balthasar Stocker, b. 24 May 1767. He died young.
7. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. [Twin of Christina.] She died young.
8. Christina Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. Twin of [Marie Barbara]. She died young.
By second wife Elizabeth:
9. Johannes Stocker, b. 4 Jan 1772.
10. Marie Solome Stocker, b. 9 May 1773.
11. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 25 Dec 1774.
12. Eva Margreth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776, d. 12 Sep 1777.
By third wife Anna Marie Adams:
13. Anna Margareth Stocker, b. 15 May 1779.
14. Marie Catherina Stocker, b. 4 Sep 1780.
15. George Stocker, b. 13 Nov. 1781, bapt. 2 Jun 1782.
16. Jacob Stocker, b. 22 May 1785.
17. Charlotte Stocker, b. 19 Feb 1788.
[Note: James Hook totally missed one child, Eva Catherina, who was born between George and Jacob; see her notes for church record documentation.]

10. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams." See notes of Johan Michael Stocker for complete text of which the following is a small part:
"The 1790 census record for Frederick Maryland lists for Michael Stocker:
2 white free males over age 16
Michael and his son Michael- age 28 (Ana's son)
2 white males under age 16
Johannes- age 12 (Elizabeth's son)
Jacob- age 5 (Mary's son)
It is this authors belief that by 1790 there should have been three boys listed on the census record. It is possible that Georg was not alive in 1790. There are no church records for Georg in Frederick except for that of his birth and baptism. In the original hand written record a cross mark has been put next to all deceased Stocker Children. Georg's record also has this mark next to it that he was deceased at the time the record was made. Georg is also missing from the will of his father Michael Stocker.
Next on the census record is the listing of seven white, free, females but they are not separated by ages. These individuals should be:
Wife- Mary (Anna Maria)
Maria Barbara- age 16 (Elizabeth's daughter)
Marie Salome- age 17 (Elizabeth's daughter)
Anna Margareth- age 11 (Mary's daughter)
Marie Catherine (Mary)- age 10 (Mary's daughter)
Eva Catherina- age 6 (Mary's daughter)
Charlotta- age 2 (Mary's daughter)
Johanna Magdalena is not listed on the census with this family as she married (Yost) Jost Stimmel in 1784."

11. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams." See notes of Johan Michael Stocker for complete text of which the following is a small part:
"The Third Family
The Evangelical Lutheran Church record lists a marriage on 21 June 1778 for:
"Michael Stocker and Mary Adams by License. Witnesses: Abraham Fah and wife Juliana, Adam and Peter Schnock." (Abraham Fah was a brother to Elisabeth.) This is also recorded in the Marriage and Burial in the Monocacy Church 1743-1811 in Frederick City Historical Offices.
In the collaborated retranslation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Records by Hinke and Reinecke, all entries for Mary Adams are listed as Anna Maria Adams.
The next record of Michael is a land record, dated 19 November 1778, in which Michael and Mary sold part of her dower land (Deed Book RP1 p.519).
Michael and Mary's children
[a.] Anna Margareth b. 15 May 1779 bp. 24 July 1779, Sponsors: Adam and Anna Margaretha Schnock. [Footnote 12. "A hand written record is found in the Church Record [Evangelical Lutheran], 1742-1910 Evangelical Lutheran Church (Frederick, Maryland) located in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. US/CAN Film #1414857."
[b.] Marie Catherina, b. 4 Sep 1780 bp. 4 Mar 1781, no sponsors listed. Marie was also known as Mary. [Footnote 13. "A hand written record is found in the Church Record [Evangelical Lutheran], 1742-1910 Evangelical Lutheran Church (Frederick, Maryland) located in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. US/CAN Film #1414857."
[c.] Georg b. 13 Nov 1781, Bp. 2 Jun 1782, Sponsor: Georg Bentz. [Footnote 14. "Georg is not listed in the same hand written record with Anna Margareth and Maria. In Frederick Weiser's translation he states that the name for Georg is not listed. But on the hand written record located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm, Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552 the name of Georg with his sponsor is given."]
[d.] Eva Catherina b. 31 Jan 1784. [Footnote 15. "Hand written record is found in the Church Record [Evangelical Lutheran], 1742-1910 Evangelical Lutheran Church (Frederick, Maryland) located in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. US/CAN Film #1414857."]
[e.] Jacob b. May 22, 1785 Sponsors: His parents. [[Footnote 16. "Hand written record is found in the Church Record [Evangelical Lutheran], 1742-1910 Evangelical Lutheran Church (Frederick, Maryland) located in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. US/CAN Film #1414857."]
[f.] Charlotta b. Feb 19 1788 bp. 28 Sept 1788, Sponsors: Peter Schnook, Juliana. [Footnote 17. "Charlotta is not listed in the same hand written record with Anna Margareth, Maria, Eva, and Jacob. William Hinke does include her in his translation Church Record of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Frederick, Maryland; Vol 1 1746-1833."]

12. FHL film 496745, item 11, Typescript "A Brief Statement of the Stimmel and Plum Ancestors from 1740 Down to and Including the Names of the Fourth Generation," compiled by John Stimmel, 220 W. Tenth Ave, Columbus, Ohio, May 1902. This typescript is the source of the statement that the immigrant Joh. Michael Stocker came to America from Alsace Loraine and lived in Maryland from 1735 to 1790. The statement of Alsace Loraine is significant since more modern research now strongly suggests he was from Goersdorf, which is in Alsace Loraine. In reviewing this statement there are some obvious problems -- Michael has been proven to have been in Maryland long after 1790; additionally, he would have been only about 5 years of age to have been in America in 1735, which is unlikely since no possible parents of his have been found in America. How to explain the date discrepancy -- Mr. Stimmel wrote this in 1902, which was 48 years after Charlotte (Stocker) Binckley (1788-1877) was 70 and the quoted source of the information. The transcript:
"MICHAEL STOKER'S FAMILY
No. 1. Michael Stoker was of German descent. They came from Alsace Loraine, between France and Germany. Michael lived in Frederick County, Maryland, from about 1735 to 1790. He was married three times. From these unions there were eleven children, namely; By first wife, Michael, Hannah Magdalene; by second wife, Salome, John and Barbara; by third wife, Margaretta, George, Catharine, Mary, Jacob and Charlotte.
Hannah Magdalene was born 1760. She married Yost Stimmel. Charlotte married a Mr. Binckley; they came to Ohio many years ago and settled in Perry County, near Somerset. I received the above largely from Mrs. Binckley when she was 70 years old.
John and Jacob Stoker also came to Ohio and settled at Rushville, Perry County. The Stoker family, formerly of Circleville, are descendants of Jacob.
YOST STIMMEL'S FAMILY
No. 2. The Stimmels are of German descent. I have no authentic account of them further than Yost Stimmel, who was born about 1756, in Frederic County, Maryland. It will be seen by the title page that there were two Yost Stimmels in Frederic County, Maryland, from 1768 to 1795.
Yost Stimmel, Sr., married Hannah Magdalene Stoker, who was born 1760; They were married about 1784. They remained in Frederic County until the spring of 1795, when they removed to Hampshire County, Virginia according to a deed made to them of 250 acres of land in said county. The farm was on Mill Creek about eight miles southwest of Romney. From this union there were four sons and four daughters, namely (name, birth, death, age at death):
Michael, 1786-1859, 73
Hannah Magdalene, 1788-1839, 51
Peter, 1789-1844, 55
Daniel, 1791-1863, 72
Elizabeth, 1794 -, -
Jacob, 1796-1853, 57
Catharine, 1798-1886, 88
Mary Ann, 1801-1876, 75
Yost Stimmel died in November, 1805, aged 49 years, and was buried on his farm. Mrs. Stimmel remained there until 1812, when she rented her farm and with the most of her family came to Ohio and settled on a farm two miles north of Pickaway County line (Lockbourne not being laid out until 1831). She remained there until June 1814, when she died, aged 54 years. She was buried in the Landes graveyard[d], now known as the Stimmel graveyard. The heirs then all joined together in one deed and sold the 250 acre farm in Virginia, to Zachariah Arnold in November, 1814, for the consideration of $1800 cash in hand."

13. FHL book 929.273 "Some Descendants of Michael Stoker 1731-1819," compiled by Kathleen Stoker Overton (ca. 2003?), p. 67-68. This book does a good job of tracing several non-Mormon descendancy lines from the original immigrant.
"Charlotte Stoker
Charlotte Stoker was born 19 February 1798 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland to Johann Michael Stoker and Anna Maria (Mary) Adams. Her birth was registered in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Maryland as being in 1788 but all census records list her as 10 years younger. She was single when her Father made out his will and he left her a goodly inheritance. Charlotte married John H. Binckley on 20 February 1825 in Perry County, Ohio. John and one of his brothers made and sold furniture. John died on 14 February 1849 in Somerset, Perry, Ohio at the age of 49 years. He is buried in the Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery on Gay Street in Somerset, Perry, Ohio. Charlotte remained a widow the rest of her life. In 1860 she is living with her son, Philander and family in Iowa. In 1870 she is still with this family back in Perry County, Ohio. Charlotte died on 25 November 1877 in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio at the age of 79 years, 9 months and 6 days. It has not been determined where she has been buried. The children of Charlotte and John are…
Sources of Information
1- "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America" by J.W. Hook page 94.
2- Perry County, Ohio Marriages and the LDS IGI.
3- Inscriptions and Photographs of tombstones from the Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery on Gay Street in Somerset taken on a trip in 1997.
4- " Record of Deaths, Perry County" lists Charlotte's death and other information.
5- "History of Fairfield and Perry Counties 1883 Reading Township" mentions the Binckley brothers.
6- 1850-70 Federal Census in Perry County, Ohio.
7- 1860 Federal Census in Iowa.
8- Last will and testament of her Father, Michael Stoker, mentions Charlotte and leaves her an inheritance."

14. FHL book 929.273 "Some Descendants of Michael Stoker 1731-1819," compiled by Kathleen Stoker Overton (ca. 2003?), p. 62. This book does a good job of tracing several non-Mormon descendancy lines from the original immigrant.
"Maria Catherina Stoker (Mary)
Mary was born 4 September 1780 in Frederick, Maryland to Michael Stoker and his third wife, Anna Maria Adams. Her birth was recorded in records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She moved to Perry County, Ohio with her parents when a young woman. She did not marry and her Father made sure he left property and money in his will to care for her and she lived the remainder of her life in Reading Township.
Mary wrote a will on 7 August 1839 and made John M Davis the executor. She left property and money to Allen O Binckley, Philander Binckley, George M Binckley and John Milton Binckley who are all children of her full sister Charlotte. She left one hundred dollars to George Hildebaugh the son of her sister Catherine. She willed and bequeathed four hundred dollars to her full brother Jacob Stoker and the balance of her estate real and personal to go to her sister Charlotte Binckley.
Mary died on the 5 September 1839 and is buried in the Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery on Gay Street in Somerset, Perry County. Her tombstone says she was 48 years old at the time of her death. This does not match up with her birth date in Frederick County, Maryland. It is about 10 years off as it also is with her sister Charlotte.
Sources of Information
1- Will of Michael Stoker who died in 1819 in Perry County, Ohio.
2- Will of Mary Stoker dated 1839 in Perry County, Ohio - a copy in our possession.
3- "George Michael Eiler and Descendants of His in America" by J.W. Hook.
4- Picture of her tombstone taken in the Lutheran Evangelical Cemetery in Somerset, Ohio."

BIRTH:
1. See christening record.

CHRISTENING:
1. Per LDS extraction program of FHL film #13931 item 1, "Church record of the Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, vol. 1, 1746-1833, copied by William John Hinke" as cited with online Ordinance Index: "Charlotta, no birth date given, christened 28 Sep 1788 with parents listed as Michael and Anna Maria Stocker." Ordinance work reference is Film 13931 IT 1, batch C711821.

2. From the publication "Records of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Frederick, Maryland, 1746-1800," translations by William J. Hinke and E.W. Reinecke (copy at the Historical Society of Frederick County, Frederick, Maryland), edited by F. Edward Wright; Mr. Wright notes that the original translation by Reinecke was made in 1861 and Hinke made is in 1941. The book is mainly based on Hinke since Reinecke alphabetized his list thereby losing the original order; Reinecke also did not include the godparents. The editor notes that an extensive history of this church is given in "A History of the Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, Maryland: Unto Us," by Ranck, Margaret and Dutrow, 1964. Also see Frederick Weiser's "Frederick Maryland Lutheran Marriages and Burials, 1743-1811," published by the National Genealogical Society, 1972. From Hinke/Reinecke:
P. 61. "Michael Stocker, Anna Maria/Charlotta b Feb 19 1788, bapt Sep 28 1788/Peter Schnook, Juliana."

MARRIAGE:
1. Family Search's "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994": John Binkley and Charlotte Stoker, m. 20 Feb 1825 at Somerset, Perry, Ohio, United States. Marriage was performed by a Baptist minister. Image of record included at website.

DEATH:
1. Named in father's 1818 will executed at Somerset, Perry, Ohio.

2. Family Search's "Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997": Charlott Binckley, d. 25 Nov 1877 at Somerset, Perry, Ohio, age 79 (1798), b. Maryland, widowed. (FHL film number: 910677).

3. There may be an 1822 will for mother "Mary Stoker" in which she may be mentioned.
 		Stocker, Charlotta (I2464)
 
1989 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION! It is assumed that it was this Edward Kidney who married Mary Bennett 13 Sep 1748 in Sutton Valence and had many children in Detling with parents shown as Edward and Mary. There was also another Edward having children at the same time in the same parish but his children show the mother as Elizabeth. This latter couple is probably the Edward Kidney and Elizabeth Gammon who married in Boxley 21 Sep 1743. Boxley, Bredhurst, and Detling are adjacent to each other and are the centers of Kidney families. When Elizabeth, wife of Edward died in Detling 28 Sep 1777, her husband was named as "Edward Kidney, Senior." Likewise when Mary wife of the Edward died in Detling 6 Jun 1777, her husband was named as "Edward Kidney, Juner." In the past, some have connected Elizabeth as wife to Edward Kidney was chr. 10 Nov. 1694 in Detling, but that would mean that he was 49 when he married and that he had children until he was 64 in 1758 -- it is possible but seems unlikely.
 		Kidney, Edward (I5491)
 
1990 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Caution! The case for Jacob being a son of Isaac and Rebecca is circumstantial and not proven, but I believe probable in light of Ernestine Siegel's quote below. I also include other research in which I have found Jacob's name in public records.

2. The following is a partial transcript concerning Jacob Winner from the "The Ancestry & Descendants of James Winner of Sussex Co., N.J. & Lycoming Co., Pa.," first edition; Editor: Ernestine Siegel, 1906 Watrous Avenue, Tampa, Florida, 33606; 1969; revised 1970; privately printed with copy in my possession, Preface, pp. 1-15, and Bibliography. (See notes of the earliest "generic" Winner for the full transcript.) She has collected a tremendous amount of information and identified the early Winners centered around Bucks County in Southeast Pennsylvania near Philadelphia and in the adjoining western counties of New Jersey just across the the state line formed by the Delaware River. She gives some generic information on the antiquity of the Winner name before providing a comprehensive listing of what is known to date on all early Winners in our targeted geographic area. I believe she has probably found all of them; however, the connections between each of them is obscure and subject to speculation. She acknowledges that many vital NJ records were destroyed in the Revolutionary War. She also recommends that: "Straightening out the Winner family tree will be a long tedious job for someone, for only by extensive search of colonial church records in both Pa. and N.J. can the various relationships be settled." Even though the entire transcript should be read for context, I include some specific quotes pertaining to Isaac as follows:
"Jacob WINNER of MIDDLETOWN and SOUTHHAMPTON.
Jacob Winner was married at St. Mary's Church, Burlington Co., N.J. on Sept. 29, 1774. In 1775 he is listed as a non-associator of Middletown Twp., Bucks Co. Pa. He died in 1778 in Southampton, Bucks Co., Pa., his widow Elizabeth (Hellingh) surviving him. (Bucks Co. File 1563). His occupation was that of a weaver. Dirck Hogeland of Southhampton and Amos Lubers of Northhampton were fellow bondsmen. William Mannington was witness, inventory by Phineas Paxton and Joseph Van Pelt."
Author continues with a part II, pp. 16-58, which specifically concerns her ancestor James Winner (who married Mary Parker and Mary Kester) and his descendants. James was the son of Isaac and Rebecca Winner. This portion of the overall transcript is contained in the notes of James Winner. There are two excerpts, however, that I include as follows in which the author seems to identify (or assume) a relationship of James which if correctly surmised would make Jacob the brother of James:
"Coming from a family that was only half Quaker, James Winner in his earlier years had several times found his beliefs running contrary to those of the Quaker church. Consequently, while serving apprenticeship as a teenage boy in Middletown Township, Bucks Co., Pa. in 1775 - learning to become a weaver - James had served a term as soldier in the Bucks County Associators, although his brothers Isaac and Jacob, as Quakers, did not. (James' elder cousin, James, son of John of Lower Makefield, had already moved to Lower Makefield Township with his brother John Jr. and served as an associator there in the same year.) Again, during later years in New Jersey, James Winner married his first wife out of meeting, as well as his second wife. However, he always returned to the church and brought up his children to be Quakers.
"...By legend, at the time [1801] James Winner migrated to Lycoming County, he had only two brothers still living, one in New Jersey, and one in Bucks County. Also by legend, he is said to have named his three sons for his three brothers. His elder brother was Abraham Winner of Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., New Jersey, an innkeeper and a New Jersey Revolutionary Soldier. The second brother Isaac was taxed at Middletown Township, Bucks Co., Pa. as early as 1779, although it is believed he was born in Burlington Co., N.J. The third brother, Jacob Winner, died in Southhampton Township, Bucks Co., Pa. in 1778. (Both Isaac and Jacob were weavers.) Dirck Hogeland signed bond for the estate. The father of James is considered to be Isaac Sr. who was also taxed in Middletown Twp., Bucks Co., Pa. In 1779 but then disappears from the tax lists. The mother of James is said to be Rebecca. His birth record eludes us as it is not known which side of the Delaware River he was born on. (His cousin James mentioned before, died in Warwick Township, Bucks Co, Pa. In 1796.) The marriage records of Isaac Jr. and Jacob Winner are found in the New Jersey Archives."

3. On 10 Sep 2011, I reviewed various history and genealogical books concerning Winners in pre-1800 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, at the Allen County Library in Fort Wayne, IN. Bucks county is sometimes credited as the source of early Winners who were in adjoining southern New Jersey. Possible variant spellings also checked: Weimer, Wenner, Winer, and Winne. My findings with Jacob Winner:
A. Tax Records 1693-1778 (year, township, name, ₤ value, tax s-d):
-1754, Middleton, Isaac Winner, 10, 1-8, married.
-1754, Middleton, Samuel Winner, 6, 1-0, single.
-1757, Middleton, Isaack Winner, 6, 1-0, married.
-1757, Middleton, John Winner, 6, 1-0, married.
-1760, Middleton, Isaac Winner, 4, 1-0. (Listed next to Joseph below.)
-1760, Middleton, Joseph Winner, 4, 1-0.
-1760, Middleton, Sam'l Winner at Joh. Winr., -, 9-0.
-1762, Middleton, Isaac Winner, 4, 1-0. (Listed next to Joseph below.)
-1762, Middleton, Joseph Winner, 4, 1-0.
-1762, Middleton, Samel Winner, 4, 1-0.
-1766, Bristol, John Winer, 18, 4-6.
-1775, Lower Makefield, John Winner.
-1775, Lower Makefield, James Winner.
-1778, Middleton, Isaac Winner Sr., 4, 2-0, married.
-1778, Middleton, Isaac Winner Jr., 4, 2-0, married.
-1778, Middleton, James Winner, 6, 3-0, single.
-1778, Middleton, Samuel Winner, 2, 2-0, married. (Listed next to John below.)
-1778, Middleton, John Winner, 3, 1-0, married.
-1778, Lower Makefield, Jacob Winner, 2, 1-0, married.
-1778, Lower Makefield, John Winner, 2, 1-0, married.
-1778, Lower Makefield, Samuel Winner, 3, 3-0, single.
-1778, Bristol, Jos. Winner, 1, 0-10, married.
B. Index of Wills and Administrations 1684-1850 (did not look up individual documents):
-1748, John Winner, Middletown(?), adm., #628.
-1753, Sarah Winner, Bristol, will, #833.
-1778, Jacob, Southhampton, adm., #1563.
-1791, John Winner, Lower Makefield, will, #2356.
-1796, James Winner, Warwick, adm., #2666.
-1805, Joseph Winner, Bristol, will and adm., #3313.
C. Oaths of Allegiance:
-1772, James Winner, Lower Makefield.
-1772, Jacob Winner, Southampton.
-1785, Joshua Winner, Bensalem.
-1788, John Winner (weaver), Plumstead.

4. I found the following additional quotes from several publications that add further information on the southern New Jersey Winners:
A. FHL book 974.961 V2c "Burlington County Marriages," by H Stanley Craig (1932, rep. 2003), pp. 95, 233, 248:
-Abraham Winner - Mary Thatcher, 9-13-1769. [See next note below for variation on this entry.]
-Jacob Winner - Elizabeth Hellings, 9-24-1774. [See next note below for variation on this entry.]
-John Winner - Hannah Car, 4-1-1776.
-Amos Winner - Mary Brackney, 9-16-1805.
-William Winner - Mary Horner, 7-15-1808.
-Joseph Githens - Susannah Winner, 12-20-1827.
-John Vanhorn - Eliza "Winnnr," 1-16-1830.
-Thomas Winner, Jr. (s. of Thomas and Sarah), Caldwell, N.J. - Hannah Williams (dau. of George and Margaret), 3-6-1832.
-Richard Winner, Trenton - Elizabeth Rosman, 10-27-1832.
B. FHL film 1320671, it. 5, the book "Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey," by John E. Stillwell (Baltimore, 1970), p. 72, "Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N.J.":
-p. 72: "Married - Abraham Winner & Mary Hatcher, both of Burlington County, were lawfully married, Septem'r 3d 1769, at Mountholly."
-p. 88: "Married - Sept. 29, 1774, Jacob Winner & Elizabeth Hellings." [Possibly a grand-daughter of Nicholas Hellings of Bucks Co,?]
C. "New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800," by William Nelson:
a. Marriage Licenses from New Jersey Colonial Documents:
-Winner, Amos, and Rebeca Cooper, 1779 May 1.
-Winner, Isaac, Bucks, PA, and Hannah Searl, Bucks, PA, 1776 Nov. 9. [Could this be a first marriage for the Isaac Winner of Dover as well as a potential birthplace of Bucks Co., PA?]
-Winner, Jacob, Bucks, PA, and Elizabeth Helling, Bucks, PA, 1774 Sep 29.
-Winner, John, Northampton, and Hannah Carr, Northampton, 1776 April 1.

5. The following interesting marriage is reported in the 1770s for perhaps a close relation or even brother to Abraham, John, and Isaac that will need closer scrutiny with further research. FHL film 1320671, it. 5, the book "Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey," by John E. Stillwell (Baltimore, 1970), p. 72, "Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N.J.," p. 88:
"Married - Sept. 29, 1774, Jacob Winner & Elizabeth Hellings." Note this is the same church in which Abraham was also married in 1769. The book "New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800," by William Nelson, "Marriage Licenses from New Jersey Colonial Documents" adds a residence: "Winner, Jacob, Bucks, PA, and Elizabeth Helling, Bucks, PA, 1774 Sep 29." I have not seen ongoing records thereafter for Jacob in New Jersey, so I suspect he married "out of meeting" and returned to Pennsylvania. We do find a Bucks Co. tax record in 1778, "Lower Makefield, for Jacob Winner, married." There was another Jacob in Southampton Twp., Burks Co. who appears on a 1772 tax list then in probate: "1778, Jacob, weaver, Southhampton, adm., #1563"; couldn't find actual probate, but was administration only. A couple of loose unsubstantiated Worldconnect entries show that Jacob who married Elizabeth Helling was son of a Jacob in Bucks co. - probably should consider the possibility that Southampton Jacob could be father of Lower Makefield Jacob. No other entries in Bucks Co. for a Jacob after 1778. A more likely explanation and one that Ernestine Siegel mentions in her book is that these two Jacobs were in fact the one and the same with Jacob then dying relatively young. His age would be surmised from the earliest entry with him being at least 21.

6. The following is a copy of email dated 4 Jul 2004 from Gary Coon in which was early discussion of the Winners of Egg Harbor. I believe my subsequent research reported above in a separate note has clarified many of the individuals mentioned below. I retain the note because there are still some very early Winners that we have not fully followed. I believe the second generation of Winners in Northampton Twp., Burlington, NJ, were exclusively sons of Abraham. They most likely include William, Jesse, Septuan/Septimus, John and probably others I have not yet studied. Gary's partial quote with my bracketed [comments]:
"...Now John Winner Sr. of Great Egg Harbor did have ties to the Winner boys of neighboring Burlington Co. Going over the tax records, land records, wills, and marriages of this group, there could be seven brothers: Abraham, Jesse, Thomas, William, John, Samuel, Septimus. (It is said that traditionally a Septimus is the seventh son.) These guys show up together on wills, land deals, and such. Ex: Septimus and William owed his father-in-law's estate for three years rent. Jesse and John are mentioned elsewhere as owning money together. I believe John married Hannah Carr on 1 Apr 1776. She died in childbirth in 1778. He married Melicent Mapes (widow of John Coates) afterward settled in Great Egg Harbor with her family (if not already living there).
So John [Winner of Clermont Co., OH who md. Hester Ann Mason] could have been the son of one of them. I've ruled out John, Septimus (he moved to Butler Co., OH, but his son John is said to be the one ending up in Logan co., OH), William died 1813 (and the adm'r was Jesse Winner; no family mentioned), and Thomas was a resident of Philadelphia at the time of his marriage in 1780 (though he had property in Burlington and his wife was living there at the time of the marriage). John [of Clermont Co., OH] was born in 1786 in NJ but both parents were listed from PHIL on a 1798 land sale in Burlington. Most likely his father was Abraham, Jesse, or Samuel. [My comments: John of Clermont, OH was the son of Isaac of Dover. John who md. Hannah Carr and Melicent was brother of Abraham. Jesse, William, Septimus, and a later John (who I believe Gary confuses with John of Clermont, OH and who was b. 1786 NJ) were of a later generation and probable sons of Abraham who is said to have been buried in Philadelphia with a son Joseph and Elizabeth. Judging from Thomas's marriage date, he is more likely of Abraham's generation and needs to be more fully identified.]
Other Winner males about his age, said to be related to Abraham are: Isaac Sr. m. Hannah Searle 9 Nov 1776 in NJ (both from Bucks Co., PA) and Jacob m. Elizabeth Helling 29 Sep 1774 in NJ (both from Bucks Co., PA). [Isaac is brother to Abraham and Jacob is yet to be identified but certainly of Abraham's generation.]
 		Winner, Jacob (I1973)
 
1991 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION! The connection of the "Widow Bancroft" as mother to the three Connecticut River Valley Bancrofts (Anna, John, and Thomas) is uncertain but tentatively possible. The name of her husband is unproven and so the connection to this "John Bancroft" is very uncertain and only speculative. She is not the Jane "Barcroft" married to John Barcroft. I have included below a noteworthy article in TAG by the well-respected Dr. McCracken with editing comments from the impeccable Donald Line Jacobus, editor of TAG. Other articles below are not as reliable as McCracken's and perhaps speculative, but of interest to better understand the progression of arguments. It should also be noted that this whole entry for "John Bancroft" is speculative and not proven.

2. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 37(1961): 154-60, "Bancrofts in the Connecticut Valley," by George E. McCracken, F.A.S.G.:
"In the middle of the seventeenth century we find living in the towns in the valley of the Connecticut River the following three persons named Bancroft:
1. Anna or Hannah, d. Windsor between 17 Dec. 1684 and 4 Apr. 1694; m. there, 13 May 1647, Sergeant John Griffin, to whom she bore Hannah, Mary, Sarah, John, Thomas, Abigail, Mindwell, Ruth, Ephraim and Nathaniel.
2. John, ferryman, d. Windsor b Aug. 1662; m. there 3 Dec. 1647, Hannah Dupper, who bore to him John, Nathaniel, Ephraim, Hannah and Sarah.
3. Thomas, d. Enfield 14 Dec. 1684; m. (1) 8 Dec. 1653, probably in Springfield, Margaret Wright, mother of Lydia, Margaret, Anna, Thomas, Anna and Samuel; (2) ca. 1668 Hannah, said to have been a Gardner, mother of Samuel, Ruth, Rebecca and Nathaniel.
While we lack positive evidence to prove relationship between the three, striking repetitions of the same names among the children of all three, and proximity of time and place, make it seem probable that we have here to deal with a sister and two brothers.
A woman named Jane married Thomas Barber at Windsor on 7 Oct. 1640, her surname not being stated in the marriage record set down by no less a person than Matthew Grant. (Here it may be stated parenthetically that in Grant's record there are several instances in which the marriage date for a couple is given but not the bride's surname. I am inclined to believe that the explanation may be that the marriage took place elsewhere, and that Grant's primary concern in learning the date was to show that enough time elapsed before the birth of the first child, a point on which the Puritans were even more sensitive than are we.) The claim was made by Charles Edwin Booth, "One Branch of the Booth Family" (New York 1910), p. 44, that the said Jane had been Jane Bancroft and the widowed mother of the three Bancrofts mentioned above, but no proof is adduced and we have found none.
That their mother was, indeed, named Jane had been claimed a little earlier by J. Henry Lea [New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 56:84-87, 196 f.), but he knew nothing of any marriage of Jane to Barber. Now between 1642 and 1654 Thomas and Jane (___) Barber became the parents of John, Thomas, Sarah, Samuel, Mary and Josiah, and it would have been physically possible for a woman who had previously given birth to Anna about 1629 and to John and Thomas within the next ten years, to have become the mother of the six Barber children after that. It involves, however, the conclusion that she had two sons named John and two sons named Thomas living at the same time, which although possible would have been unusual, and until actual evidence is produced that Jane Barber had been previously a Bancroft, we feel unable to accept the claim set forth in the Booth book. If some proof were now found that Jane had been a Bancroft at her marriage to Thomas Barber, it would be more probable that she was a sister to Anna, John and Thomas, than that she was their mother.
The article by Mr. Lea, cited above, also assigns, on the authority of Hinman, two other brothers to Anna, namely Samuel and William, but Royal R. Hinman, "A catalogue of the names of the early Puritan settlers of the Colony of Connecticut" (Hartford, 2nd ed., 1852), p. 123, actually fails to assign either Samuel or William as stated, but includes an Ebenezer whom Lea overlooks. On the next page, however, Hinman does mention Samuel and William Bancroft as early at Windsor, but he says nothing more of them and suggests no relationship to anyone. Suffice it to say that neither the present writer nor Mr. Donald L. Jacobus has found evidence for Samuel, William, or Ebenezer, and unless contemporary evidence can be submitted for their existence, we are inclined to dismiss them as fictitious.
According to Mr. Lea, all of these children, with the exception, of course, of Ebenezer whom he omits, were those of a John Bancroft with wife Jane, the father a native of Derbyshire. He claims that this couple came early to Boston and removed thence to Lynn where John died, and that Jane, and presumably her children, then migrated to Southampton, Long Island, whence the family once more removed to the valley of the Connecticut where we have found three of them.
The evidence from Derbyshire wills is extensively and impressively presented by Mr. Lea. It goes back three generations behind a Thomas Bancroft, yeoman of Swarkston, Derbyshire, who died at Chellaston in the same county, testate, leaving a will dated 13 Dec.1626 and probated 11 Oct. 1627, in which he names Rebecca, eldest son John, second son Ralph, third son Thomas, and daughters Dorothy and Elizabeth, both of them married. The third son Thomas is described as a resident of Bradley, then married and with issue, and his death is dated by Lea in 1658. How much of this comes from the will and how much is deduced from other sources is not quite clear, but the said Thomas the younger is identified as a poet who in 1639 published at London a quarto volume of 86 pages bearing the title of "Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs," containing among other verses the following dedicated to the poet's brother John:
"You sold your land the lighter hence to go
To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so)
Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them
That journey toward the New Jerusalem."
Passing over the implication that John, had he been willing to go to New England with more encumbrances, might have taken along his land, we must conclude that though he started on the journey, he did not complete it, dying enroute. Mr. Lea, however, is unwilling to accept this plain conclusion and resorts to the use of "poetic license." In his view, John did reach New England but died soon afterwards, hence might be said, in poetry though not in history, never to have arrived. This view is rejected by Meredith B. Colket, Jr. [supra, 17:20-22], and I must confess that I think he is right.
Those who maintain that John, brother of the poet Thomas Bancroft, actually arrived in America, would point to evidence printed by John Camden Hotten, "Original Lists," p. 150, and by Charles E. Banks, "Planters of the Commonwealth," p. 98. A John Barcroft [sic] and wife Jane took the oath on 13 April 1632 and came on the Ship "James," Capt. Grant, 5 June 1632, no children being named in the passenger list for them, though some are noted for other families who also crossed in the same boat. In the next year Jane got into serious trouble at Boston. Winthrop notes in his famous Journal on 12 Sept. 1633 that Captain Stone had been found "with Barcrofte's wife ... lying in a bed one night." In Massachusetts Colonial Records 1:108 [Shurtleff] we read under date of 3 Sept. 1633:
"Mr Barcrofte (sic) doeth acknowledge to owe vnto or Sovraigne the King the some of xlli & Mr Samil Mauacke (Maveracke) the some of xxl &c. The condicion of this recognizance is that Jane Barcrofte (sic) wife of the said John shall be of good behavr towards all psons.
Whether these Barcrofts were also called Bancroft is, of course, problematical, but it should be noted that the three records, the ship list, Winthrop's "Journal," and the court record, are all in harmony in calling them Barcroft, not Bancroft. In any case, no certain trace of the Barcrofts, if such they really were, has been found elsewhere. On the other hand, a man whose brother was capable of publishing a volume of verse some years later may have been of sufficient prestige to be entitled to be called "Mr." even in so unsavory a connection as this. Mr. Lea does identify John Barcroft with the poet's brother and says the couple removed to Lynn in 1632, though they were surely, as we have seen, still in Boston in the fall of 1633.
Mr. Lea is forced to conclude that John soon died in Lynn, as he asserts that his widow was given land at Lynn in 1637. The town votes of Lynn are now in the process of publication, but apparently there are none so early as 1637. There is, however, in "Essex County Court Records and Files," 2:270, a distribution of land at Lynn in 1638, and the seventh item among a large number is "widdow Bancraft, 100 acres." This is probably what Lea had to go on. Had this record called her Jane, We should have less hesitation in identifying her with the Jane Barcrofte of the Boston records, but since it did not, it would be well to be cautious.
It seems true, however, that a scion of the Derbyshire Bancrofts did come to America, a Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft, born ca. 1625, died at Lynn 19 Aug. 1691, having previously been resident in Dedham and Reading. A lengthy and unsatisfactory account of this man and his descendants was published by John Kermott Allen in the "New England Hist. and Gen. Register" (94:215-224, 311-321; 95:56-69, 109-117, 276-285, 363-383; 96:49-57, 126-137, 284-291, 327-336; 97:65-77, 124-134, 214-220). His eighth child, born at Reading 20 Aug. 1660, died 13 July 1661, was named Ralph, a name which appears several times in the Derbyshire family. The reappearance of the name Ralph suggests that the lieutenant was a member of the Derbyshire family. Mr. Allen promised at the outset to return to the subject of Lieut. Thomas Bancroft's forebears in England but he never did so, perhaps because he never reached any satisfactory conclusion. Another descendant of the lieutenant, G. Andrews Moriarty, Esq., has informed me that he is inclined to believe that the lieutenant was a son of the poet, but that he has never been able to find the proof in English records.
Though Mr. Allen says nothing of the poem, he would appear to have identified Lieut. Thomas Bancroft of Lynn as the poet, since he says he may have come with his brother John in 1632; and that Thomas's father died in 1627 and his stepmother in 1639. As to the last date he is following Lea, but Lea calls her his mother, not stepmother. He also quotes a history of Lynn to the effect that Thomas arrived there in 1640. The earliest record found of Thomas at Lynn is dated 1661, though he himself, in a deposition of 1681, says he hired a farm there in 1655. The history of Thomas is at least strange. He married at Dedham in 1647 and again in 1648 and had children recorded at Dedham in 1648-1650 and at Reading in 1653-1670, the twelfth and youngest child being Mary, born 16 May 1670, who is, incidentally, omitted by Mr. Allen though he notes her as unmarried and living in 1691 in connection with the probate of her father. While living at Lynn in Essex county, he served for many years as ensign for Reading which is in Middlesex County, though on modern maps the two places are but nine miles apart. He resigned this post in 1679 as he lived "remote from the said towns." Other errors of Mr. Allen do not affect our argument. To sum up what is certain about Lieut. Thomas Bancroft: he was almost certainly a member of the Derbyshire family described by Lea; he is first recorded at Dedham and Reading before he is recorded at Lynn; and there is a lacuna of seventeen years between the one appearance of the Widow Bancroft at Lynn and the first appearance of Thomas there as a tenant, not land owner. During this period Thomas Bancroft was for the last eight years recorded at Dedham and Reading. It is entirely possible that he was not connected either with the Barcrofts of Boston or the Widow Bancroft of Lynn.
As for Mr. Lea's further statement that the Widow Bancroft, and presumably her children, moved to Southampton, Long Island, we are able to say that a Widow Bancroft, this one or another, undeniably owned land at Southampton in or before 1644. George Rogers Howell, "Early History of Southampton, Long Island, New York, with Genealogies" (Albany, 2nd ed., 1887), p. 421, cautiously admits that a Widow Bancroft had a land grant at Southampton in 1644, but thinks she probably never came there at all. In that case, how she came to have the grant is not clear. Mr. Colket, however, subceeded [supra, 17:20-22] in finding a petition of Iohn Stratton and Thomas Talmage Junr "for the quiet and peaceable Inioyment of the lott betwixt them which was formerly graunted Vnto Widow Bancroft," which was there-upon "graunted and consented Vnto by the Generall Court provided that they shall keep, Improve, and possesse the sayd lott in their handes three years after the tyme yt was by the said widdow Bancroft given vnto them" ["Records of the Town of Southampton," 1:34]. The Records of East Hampton [1:24] show that they still possessed the lot on 10 June 1652, and John Stratton's will of 30 Aug. 1684 mentions a parcel of meadow lying with Capt. Talmage undivided. Mr. Colket concludes that this appears to indicate that Stratton and Talmage had obtained the grant upon their marriages to daughters of the Widow Bancroft, but Mr. Jacobus informs me that he has seen examples of the use of the verb "give" in references to conveyances which were clearly land sales and not deeds of gift. I do not think it proved that Stratton and Talmage were sons-in-law of the Widow Bancroft, but in view of the fact that there were migrations from Lynn to Southampton, I tentatively accept the identification of the Widow Bancroft of Lynn with the Widow Bancroft of Southampton.
To return to the Boston Barcrofts, stress should be laid on the absence of any child in the ship list. If these Boston Barcrofts were the parents of the three Connecticut Bancrofts, then we should expect at least that the daughter Anna would be with them, for her marriage in 1647 strongly implies that she was in existence when the Barcrofts sailed in 1632. Furthermore, Mr. Lea did not find in Derbyshire records any evidence as to the name of the wife of the poet's brother John. He assigns the name Jane to her solely on the basis of equating John Barcroft of Boston with John Bancroft of Derbyshire. There is thus no positive proof that the three Connecticut Bancrofts were children of a Jane, and not one of them named a known child Jane. Mr. Jacobus, to whom this study owes much, would interpret the absence of any record of John Barcroft of Boston after the year 1633 as evidence of a negative sort that he may have returned to England out of chagrin.
The Widow Bancroft of Lynn, quite probably identical with the Widow Bancroft of Southampton, may well have been the wife and widow of the John who died on the crossing. But we are not inclined to believe that she was the mother of Lieut. Thomas Bancroft, since no record has been found to show that he inherited the 100 acres she was granted in 1638. As the lieutenant continued to be recorded in Essex County until his death in 1691, he must be carefully distinguished from the Thomas Bancroft who died at Enfield in 1684. If the lieutenant was not son of the widow, then she is left as a possible mother of the three Connecticut Bancrofts, but there is really not the slightest bit of evidence to show that she was, nor that her name was Jane.
Editor's Note. Dr. McCracken has keenly analyzed the Bancroft problems. There are several interrelated problems, some of great complexity, and it may be helpful to the reader to summarize the conclusions reached, negative though many of the conclusions are.
1. John Bancroft of Derbyshire, brother of Thomas the poet, was lost on the passage to New England. The name of his wife is unknown, but he may have been accompanied by a wife and children.
2. John Barcroft of Boston with wife Jane was not a Bancroft so far as has been proved, and this couple has no known history in New England after 1633.
3. The Widow Bancroft of Lynn 1638, quite likely identical with the Widow Bancroft of Southampton 1644, was not named Jane so far as actual records prove; she may have had daughters who married Stratton and Talmage but that is not positively proved.
4. The said Widow Bancroft may have been mother of the three Bancrofts of the Connecticut River Valley, but there is no proof that she was. She may have married one of the Connecticut settlers, thus bringing her putative children into this area, but the claim that she was the Jane who married Thomas Barber of Windsor is extremely unlikely.
5. Lieut. Thomas Bancroft first appears at Dedham in 1647 when aged about 22, removed to Reading, and did not settle in Lynn until many years after the Widow Bancroft's brief appearance there. There is no strong reason to assume that he was her son, but his own name and that of his son Ralph strongly suggest that he belonged to the Derbyshire family and his age conforms with the theory that he might be a son of Thomas the poet or of Ralph, who were brothers of the John who died on his passage to New England.
So many false and improbable statements have appeared in print concerning the early Bancrofts that a careful appraisal of these claims in the light of what the records actually prove (and they fail to prove very much) was long overdue, and Dr. McCracken deserves our gratitude for undertaking the task."

3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41:
"John Bancroft came in the 'James' from London, Eng., Apr. 1632; arrived 12 Jun (8 weeks passage); res. Lynn Mass.; d. 1637; 'Col. Rec. Mass.,' 3 Sep 1633; 'Winthrop's Journal,' 12 Sep 1663; 'Hubbard's Hist. New Engl.,' p. 156. His wid. Jane received 100 acres of land at Lynn, 1638. Nov. 19, 1644, Jona. Strattan and Thos. Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, Long Island (a settlement emanating from Lynn), petitioned for the peaceable settlement of the lot betwixt them, 'which formerly was gr. unto Widd. Bancroft,' which was consented to. Tradition in the Bancroft family says she m. (2) a man who removed with her and her children to Connecticut. "Savage' mentions ch. John and Thomas.
Children (born England):
A. Anna, m. 13 May 1647, John Griffin; sett. Simsbury; 10 children.
B. John.
C. Thomas.
D. Samuel.
E. William (acc. to 'Hinman,' for which we find no authority.)
Thomas Bancroft, poet (a native of Swarkstone, on the Trent, Derbyshire, where his parents were buried and who produced a vol. of epigrams and epitaphs, 1639, London, Eng.) says of his brother John Bancroft:
'You sold your land the lighter hence to go
To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so)
Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them
That journery toward New Jerusalem.'
Tradition speaks of a sojourn on Long Island and the death there of one of the three brothers; that one then went to Mass. and one to Connecticut."

4. Many modern genealogies incorrectly show the name of "Widow Bancroft" as Jane with various surnames including Bonython and Coggins. One of the most persistent errors, which is repeated over and over again, is that Jane was a Bonython. This appears to have got started from the book "The Israel Barlow Story and Modern Mores," by Ora Haven Barlow. This book's subject is the well-known Mormon whose ancestry comes through the Bancrofts. Without any given sources, they indicated the wife as Jane Bonython. This then got picked up many years ago by the LDS Ancestral File from which many copied the erroneous information without verifying it. It in turned got posted to many Internet genealogies and is then recopied ad nauseum. Not one of these Internet genealogies out of hundreds has any prime source or citation. A complete search of the entire New England Historical and Genealogical Register for 150 years makes no such mention, nor does any of the published genealogies from the 1800s for either the Bancroft or Bonython families make any such connection. The Bonythons are shown in England as being from Cornwall whereas the Bancrofts are surmised to be from Derbyshire. A pre-Colonial marriage between two such separate parts of the country seems highly unlikely considering most of the presumed Bancroft children were born before the immigration. Additionally the Bancrofts emigrated to Massachusetts and Connecticut, whereas the Bonythons were in the Saco River area of Maine. In looking over Bonython genealogies in the NEHGS, I find no Jane Bonython whatsoever in the Colonial early histories.
In regards to John's wife even having the name Jane is currently dismissed. The following quote as well as others quoted in the other notes herein indicate that Jane has been falsely assumed from the ship record of John and Jane Barcroft. There appear to be no passenger records of the Bancrofts. The following is from "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33":
"John BARCROFT: John and Jane Barcrofte are on a list of passengers from London on 12 April 1632 [Hotten 150]; this ship was the James [WJ 1:94]. 3 September 1633: "Mr. John Barcrofte doeth acknowledge to owe unto our Sovereign, the King, the sum of £xl, & Mr. Samuel Maverick the sum of £xx, &c. The condition of this recognizance is, that Jane Barcrofte, wife of the said John, shall be of good behavior towards all persons" [MBCR 1:108]. (Jane's offense was to be "found upon the bed in the night" with Capt. John STONE [WJ 1:132].) 1633: John Raymond, in a letter to Ambrose Gibbons of Newichawannock, notes that "John Barcraste owes me for 1 barr. of pease and six gallons of aqua, seven pounds of beaver which I pray take notice of, and call in as the rest of the debts accordingly" [NHPP 1:76].
Comments: The ship on which the Barcroftes sailed was the James which arrived at Boston on 12 June. The association with Samuel Maverick suggests that they resided at Winnissimmet. Many writers have tried to make this name the same as Bancroft, and claim that John was ancestor of some of the early Bancrofts in New England. McCracken and Jacobus argue that the name was Barcrofte and there was no connection with the Bancrofts [TAG 37:154-60]. George Ely Russell presented evidence to show that John and Jane Barcroft had removed to Virginia by 10 September 1637 (and probably some time earlier) but that John had died there soon, without issue; John's brother Charles Barcroft, a London merchant, made several trips to Virginia, received grants of land and left descendants there [TAG 67:112-13]. (See also GDMNH 75-76.)
Sources:
TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+).
WJ: Medical Journals of John Winthrop Jr., 1657-1669, manuscript, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
GDMNH: Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, 1928-1939; rpt. Baltimore 1972).
NHPP: Provincial Papers, Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire from 1686 to 1722, 40 volumes, Nathaniel Boulton, ed. (Manchester, N.H., 1867-1943).
MBCR: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., 5 volumes in 6 (Boston 1853-1854).
Hotten: The Original Lists of Persons of Quality..., John Camden Hotten, ed. (London 1874; rpt. Baltimore 1974)."

5. Whether John Bancroft descended from Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, Derby, England or not is a matter of ongoing debate. The two known facts revolve on (1) what Thomas Bancroft the poet meant by his epitaph for his brother John, and (2) whether the John Bancroft who died in an adjoining village of Derbyshire and left a will in 1634 was the John related to the poet or not. I don't believe either record is totally conclusive, but I tend for now towards John the Immigrant being the son of Thomas of Swarkestone. The following are arguments against my position:
A. From the Internet 29 Dec 2007 of the Souther Family Association provides the following alternate viewpoint which unlinks John Bancroft the Emigrant with Thomas Bancroft the poet:
"Bancroft Addenda, with Sowther and Gilbert Notes, by John G. Hunt, B.S.C., Arlington, Virginia. This page was last updated on October 6, 2004.
The following article is taken from: The American Genealogist, Volume 42, Number 4, pp. 210-116:
In 1961 Dr. George E. McCracken (TAG, supra, 37; 154-160) developed these facts concerning Bancrofts of early New England;
i. Thomas Bancroft, eminent poet, native of Swarkestone, Derbyshire, was alive at Bradley in that shire as late as 1658. His brothers were Ralph and John Bancroft, the latter of whom sold his land preparatory to removing to New England but died before 1639 prior to arriving in the New World; see evidence below.
ii. To be distinguished from the said John Bancroft, a certain John Barcroft, with wife Jane, was of Boston, Massachusetts in 1633; not known to have had any children, nor is there record in America of this couple after 1633.
iii. The Widow Bancroft of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1638, was likely in 1644 of Southampton, New York; there is no evidence that her name was Jane, as has sometimes been supposed, doubtless in confusion with Jane Barcroft, above. The widow possibly had daughters that married John Stratton and Thomas Talmage, Jr., two early settlers of Long Island.
iv. The said Widow Bancroft may have had sons John and Thomas Bancroft who were living in the Connecticut valley in the 1640's and 1650's; their sister seems to have been Anne or Hannah who married Sgt. John Griffin at Windsor, Connecticut, in 1647.
v. In records of Dedham, Massachusetts of the year 1647, appears the name of Thomas Bancroft, then aged about 22 years; although he later removed to Lynn, there is no good reason to think him akin to the Widow Bancroft. His name, however and that of his son Ralph, conform to the theory that he was somehow related to the aforesaid poet, Thomas Bancroft.
Much of the material that Dr. McCracken reviewed had been gathered some sixty years earlier by J. Henry Lea who summarized his findings in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 56:84-87, 196 f. Most curiously, however, Mr. Lea seems to have neglected to consult the will of John Bancroft of Kings Newton, in the parish of Melbourne, Derbyshire, dated 5 Jan 1634/5 and proved 12 May following by his relict Anne (PCC 55 Sadler). Asking to be buried in the parish church of Melburne, the testator left his goods to wife Anne for life, stipulating that she should divide equally between the children, with the elder son John getting the usual double share and the other six children one share each, they not named but two of the seven children are minor sons and perhaps not yet apprenticed. And if any things shall happen to be doubtful concerning my meaning, ... "or that my wyfe shall happen to remoue from the place where shee now dwelleth it is my mynd and will that my Ouerseers hereafter named or any two of them shall expound the said doubt and it shalbe at my said wiues pleasure to remoue and dwell wth my children where shee pleaseth pvided that shee do yt by the consent of my said ouseers or any two of them." As will be seen below, this implication of a possible move elsewhere may be significant of plans laid before the final illness of the testator. Overseers were Henry Beighton of Ticknail, Nathaniel Sowther of Derby and John Ratcliffe of Kings Newton; witnesses were Nathaniel Sowther, Thomas Grimbold and Robte Draper [he by mark]. Sowther may have served as scrivener for the will, on which point see below.
As shown by Dr. McCracken, Mr. Lea made some wrong assumptions, the worst of which was that John Bancroft, the poet's brother, actually arrived in New England, dying soon afterwards. Both Meredith B. Colket, Jr. and Dr. McCracken reject this assumption, and with reason, for in memory of John Bancroft, his brother, are these words of the poet Thomas Bancroft, printed in 1639, and reprinted by John Nichols, History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, (London 1804), vol. 3, pt. 2, p. *886 [sic, not 886].
You sold your land, the lightlier hence to go To foreign coasts; yet (Fates would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journey towards New Jerusalem.
The question therefore now arises as to whether John Bancroft of Kings Newton, whose will we have abstracted, can have been brother to the poet, Thomas Bancroft. It must be noted that Kings Newton adjoins Swarkeston, the two being separated only by the River Trent. Moreover, the fact that the testator stipulated burial in the church seems to link him with the family of Bancroft long seated at Chellaston and Swarkeston, who in several wills abstracted by Mr. Lea, had also specified burial in their church, a privilege reserved for few persons. What seems much more meaningful, however, is the fact that Nathaniel Sowther of Derby, seemingly closest friend to the deceased John Bancroft, removed - almost immediately after Bancroft's death - to New England, where in 1636 he was given the position of Secretary to the colony of Plymouth. That Secretary Sowther of Plymouth was the Sowther of John Bancroft's will will be readily apparent from a comparison of the sign manual or cipher appended to his signature as witness to the Bancroft will with a similar signature to a 1653 deed of John and Martha Cogan of Boston where Sowther was then Notary Public. This deed is preserved in the Massachusetts Historical Society which kindly permits our reproduction of the part containing the signature.
[Images of Signatures, not available here.]
[In an appendix hereto we add notes concerning Sowther.]
Considering the foregoing facts, we are entitled to think it possible that Sowther, as closest friend to John Bancroft, may have carried the latter's family to the New World in 1636 or that he may have been the instrument who made possible their removal to New England around that time. We know from the poet that his elder brother, John, who lived in any case in the immediate neighborhood of Kings Newton, had died before 1639, having planned removal to New England. It seems rather likely that it was the John Bancroft of Swarkeston who sold his lands, say in 1633, and removed to the hamlet across the river, dying there at Kings Newton before he could complete his plans to migrate from England.
There are bits of evidence that conform to our reconstruction of the Bancroft story. In the first place, each of the three children attributed to the Widow Bancroft in Connecticut, had a daughter Anne or Hannah and a son Nathaniel. The girls' names easily could honor, the relict of John Bancroft of Kings Newton, their supposed grandmother, while the name Nathaniel could easily have been meant to honor Sowther, their supposed benefactor.
Significantly, also, it is to be noted that Thomas Talmage, Jr., of Long Island, in 1644 named one of his sons Nathaniel (a name not earlier found in this family). Moreover, Talmage had a daughter Hannah or Anna. His position as secretary or recorder at Easthampton, L.I., ties in nicely with that of Nathaniel Sowther, who was, if we are right, benefactor of Talmage's supposed wife's family (see Arthur White Talmage, Talmage Genealogy, [1909], pp. 23 f.).
In addition, we cite a Suffolk County, Massachusetts deed of 22d da. 9th mo. 1648 (Lib. 1, ff 96), which states: Mr. Robt Saltonstall of Boston (granted) to Mr. Nicholas Davison of Charlston his dwelling house in Windsor uppon Connecticut formerly the possession of ffrancis Stiles of Windsor, and now or late in the occupation of Tho. Gilbert and John Banckraft.
That Gilbert and Bancroft occupied the same house could mean little, but when in Mr. Lea's cited paper we read of acquaintance between the Bancrofts of Chellaston and Swarkeston and the Gilberts of Barrow, which adjoins Swarkeston, we may commence to think that Bancroft of the Connecticut Valley in 1648 was quite possibly from the same part of England as Thomas Gilbert, and that their forefathers can have been acquainted. This, then, is a clue that the Connecticut valley Bancrofts and Gilberts may have come from Swarkeston or vicinity. Hand in glove with the foregoing facts is the comparable relationship that seems to have existed between Nathaniel Sowther and the Bancroft family on the one hand and between Elder William Brewster of Plymouth and Sowther, on the other.
It appears obvious that the ruling elder's influence may have accounted for the immediate appointment of Sowther, a newcomer, as Secretary of Plymouth Colony in 1636. For the elder's son Jonathan had in 1624 married Lucretia Oldham of Derby, who must have known Sowther in that city, where he plainly seems to have been a scrivener. Indeed, it is not at all farfetched to think that Lucretia may have been closely akin to Sowther for here mother seems to have been that Philippa Sowther (daughter of John), who was baptized in the parish of All Saints, Derby, 6 July 1568 in which parish she married 17 November 1588 William Ouldham, known to have been the father of Lucretia, aforesaid (see New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 111:242 and the manuscript parish registers of All Saints, Derby).
At the time of Sowther's arrival at Plymouth in 1636, Jonathan Brewster was occupying an important trading post for Plymouth on the then remote Connecticut River; see George F. Willison, Saints and Strangers, 1945 edition, pp. 296, 302; p. 347 in paperback edition (1965), which is neither a reprint nor condensation of the 1945 but a revision of it, by the author himself.
It is not to be thought that Sowther's wife (whom he had married in 1613 at Derby) would have relished the continual shepherding of the Bancroft widow and her seven children, by her busy husband. So that even if Widow Bancroft came to Plymouth, where she has not been found recorded, it is likely that she may have removed not long afterwards. Connecticut was in 1636 too unstable for a widow with Children; Lynn appears to have been first stopping place and when many of that town removed to Long Island before 1650, the widow Bancroft may well have gone with them, Connecticut still not being thought too secure. Yet it is likely that some of her children found homes along the River Connecticut, perhaps through the influence of Sowtherand his kinsfolk, the Brewsters The trade of young John Bancroft of Windsor, a ferryman, suggests the fondness that his supposed uncle, the poet Thomas Bancroft, had for the River Trent. We give this extract from the poet's words (Nichols, loc. cit.):
To Trent
Sweet River, on whose flowery margin laid I with the slippery fish have often play'd At fast and loose. . .
Bancroft descendants will perhaps wish to read what the poet said of his own parents "buried near together in Swarston church" (Nichols, ibid.):
Here lies a pair of peerless friends Whose goodness (like a precious chain) Adorn'd their souls in lives and ends; Whom when Detraction's self would stain She drops her tears instead of gall And helps to mourn their funeral.
In tracing back the Sowther family at Derby, we find that John Sowter occurs 6 January 1498 in an extract from the court roll of the manor of Belper (Beau Repaire), Derbyshire, at Duffield, re 1 acre at Stanley (some five miles northeast of Derby - Derbyshire Charters, p. 37, no. 288). It was perhaps his son and namesake who served as churchwarden of the parish of All Saints, Derby, between 1535 and 1545 (History of the Parish of All Saints, Derby). About 1547 and again about 1554, John Sowter of Derby, plumber, and Agnes his wife, daughter of Thomas Fynymore, deceased, claimed property at Hanbury, Staffordshire, against Elizabeth Stafford and Alice her daughter, wife of John Greenwaye (Public Records Office, Lists and Indexes, 54:163; 55:95).
Perhaps a son of John and Agnes was that John Sower whose Children, baptized at All Saints, included:
Thomas Sower, baptized April 1567 Philippa Sowter, baptized 6 July 1568, married at age 20 to William Ouldham (probably the man of that name buried at All Saints, Derby, 26 June 1636). Their daughter Lucretia, baptized 1600, married 1624 in New England (New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 111:242).
The aforesaid Thomas Sowter may well have been father of Nathaniel Sowther or Sowter of Derby, who deposed 19 October 1654 aged about 62 (Suffolk County, Massachusetts Deeds 2:85), so was born circa 1592. He married at St. Peter's, Derby, 28 March 1613, Alice DEVONPORT. In 1634 Nathaniel Sowther was appointed overseer of the will of John Bancroft, signed the will as a witness (see above) and possibly was the scrivener who wrote out the text of the will. In 1653 he also signed as witness the Cogan deed and there are clear resemblances at least in some words between the handwriting of the Bancroft will and the Cogan deed and whatever differences are visible may obviously be the result of the natural changes in the handwriting of any man in a period of nineteen years or the conditions surrounding the production of the document.
For the subsequent history of Nathaniel Sowther in New England, see the fine article by Mrs. John E. Barclay which follows immediately. Now, however, there remains to be presented additional information tending to show the connection between Connecticut Gilberts and the part of Old England whence came, supposedly, our Connecticut Bancrofts.
Thomas Gilbert, named above as at Windsor, Connecticut in 1648, had sons Jonathan and Josiah who were styled kinsmen by the Widow Katharine (relict of John) Harrison of Wethersfield, Connecticut, at the time of her extended trial as a witch (Homer W. Brainard, Harold S. Gilbert and Clarence A. Torrey, The Gilbert Family, (1954), 5 f..; Henry R. Stiles, History of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1:276, 2:416). During the trial she testified in 1670 that she had been in Connecticut nineteen years, coming directly from England (R. E. Dale, Boston Evening Transcript, 11 July 1934).
Earlier in the proceedings against Widow Harrison, Elizabeth, wife of Simon Smith of Thirty Miles Island testified in 1668 that "Katharine was ... one that told fortunes ... and also would oft speak and boast of her great familiarity with Mr. Lilly, one that told fortunes and foretold many matters that in future times were to be accomplished" (John M. Taylor, The Witchcraft Dulusion in Colonial Connecticut, (New York, 1908), p. 56. In responding to the accusation, the widow cited as witnesses, among others, both Jonathan and Josiah Gilbert - it seems clear that she was related to them.
Who was the Mr. Lilly named by the widow's accuser? According to the Dictionary of National Biography, William Lilly (1602-1681), noted astrologer and fortune teller was born at Diseworth, Leics. In 1620, when 18 years of age, after being educated in a school at Ashby de la Zouch near Diseworth, he removed to London where his chequered career brought him into correspondence with the King of Sweden and friendship with Elias Ashmole, the famed antiquarian and astrologer.
We doubt that Katharine, widow Harrison, personally knew Mr. Lilly; her first daughter Rebecca was born at Wethersfield in 1654 and it would seem that Katharine herself was not born much before 1624, if that early; yet we think it quite possible that either her husband or her kinfolk had known Lilly as a youth before Lilly left his native shire. Diseworth, his birthplace, lies about six miles from Barrow on Trent, adjoining Swarkeston, which could very well be the parish where the Gilberts of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield originated. Two men named John Harrison were testators in the early 1600's, both of Bredon (close to both Barrow and Diseworth (see British Record Society, Index to Leicestershire Wills, Vols. 27, 51).
Too, it must be recalled that Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, father of the poet, in his will in 1626, named as overseer his neighbor, Roger Gilbert of Barrow, where the Gilberts had long flourished (see New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 56: 84-87; The Genealogist, n.s., 7:138-140). The original will of Elizabeth Gilbert, spinster, late of Barrow, dated 20 March 1614 (nuncupative), now in the Public Library, Lichfield, Staffordshire, tells us that her grandsire was William Gilbert, father of her uncle Roger Gilbert whose children she named as John, Elizabeth, Francis, William, Sarah and Anne. There is even a remote chance that the latter, Anne, may have been the wife of John Bancroft who died a resident of Melbourne. Note also that Thomas Gilbert married Anne Ward, 26 June 1611, at Swarkeston.
[Editor's Note: We are happy to print Mr. Hunt's interesting speculation concerning the Bancroft origin. The newly discovered will is important and the onomastic arguments and chronology fit nicely, but it is a bit strange that the Widow Bancroft shows up first at Lynn and not at Plymouth with the Sowthers.]
Richard Dennis Souther, Souther Family Association. Copyright © 1998 - 2007 - Richard Dennis Souther."
B. From: "Stu Wilson" swilson8@twcny.rr.com 29 Dec 2001: "I recently found some information/discussion regarding the Bancroft family that seems to very much put into doubt that the Thomas Bancroft mentioned in the email I am responding to was married to a Jane. Here is a link to the GenForum page where I first was clued in to this issue: "genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?wright:bancroft:198.html" Overlapped thus have it without the http://, you will have to paste the link to get there. It is over at the Bancroft Surname Board. ERB] I suggest that those interested read all three of the TAG articles referenced in this link above, especially Vol 67, p.112 (1992). [The following is what is at that link. There are several responses to this post thus you may want to go through them. ERB] Thomas Bancroft (d. Enfield, 1684) Posted by: Hal Langworthy Date: August 10, 1999 at 16:57:42 of 564. A number of interesting articles have appeared in The American Genealogist (TAG) about the family of Thomas Bancroft, who died in Enfield, in 1684. At the end of one of these articles, Donald Lines Jacobus, one of the very best of the 'modern' genealogists and the former editor of TAG, wrote; "So many false and improbable statements have appeared in print concerning the early Bancrofts that a careful appraisal of these claims in light of what the records actually prove (and they fail to prove very much) was long overdue ..." I thought it might be useful to summarize the probable ancestors and family of Thomas Bancroft as described in these articles, which are found in Vol 37, p. 154 (1961), Vol 42, p. 210 (1966), and Vol 67, p. 112 (1992): * Thomas Bancroft, of Swarkeston, Derby, England, died ca 1626. His will mentions his wife Rebecca and five children: John, Ralph, Thomas, Dorothy and Elizabeth (NEH&GR, Vol 56, p.86) * John Bancroft apparently decided to emigrate to New England with his family and sold his holdings at Swarkeston, but died at nearby Kings Newton, Derby, England, before May 12, 1635 when his will was proved. Thus he did not come to New England in the James. John's wife, who is named in his will, was Anne not Jane. (The confusion seems to have been introduced by the early assumption (Savage?) that John Barcroft, whose wife was named Jane and who did come over on the James, was actually John Bancroft. However it seems that these were two different individuals; John and Jane Barcroft appear to have gotten in crosswise with the Puritans and may have moved to Virginia.)* The widow Anne Bancroft, with her seven children, probably came to New England with the influential Nathaniel Sowther, a witness to John's will and an overseer of his estate. She moved with her family from Massachusetts to Southampton, Long Island, NY; some of the family, including her children John, Thomas and Anna/Hannah, later moved to the Connecticut Valley. John married Hannah Dupper in 1650, and Anna married John Griffin in 1647. Thomas married (1) Margaret Wright, (2) Hannah, perhaps the daughter of Samuel Gardner, and died in Enfield in1684. * Lt. Thomas Bancroft of Dedham and Lynn, Massachusetts may well have been related to this family, but was probably not a son of John and Anne."

6. Article "Genealogical Gleanings among the English Archives," from Ancestry.com's "English Origins of New England Families," vol III, pp. 514-518, communicated by J. Henry Lea, Esq.: 'The following extracts, taken from original wills filed in the Consistory Court of Lichfield, and the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England, go far toward building a complete pedigree of the ancestry and collateral relatives of John Bancroft, who, with his wife Jane, came to New England in the "James" in 1632,(1) settled at Lynn, and died in 1637, leaving children Anne, John and Thomas (and possibly Samuel and William), probably all born in England, although they are not mentioned in the passenger list with their parents (2) (there called Barcroft, as noted by Savage), but perhaps omitted on account of their youth, as they were probably born after 1627. His widow had a grant of land in Lynn in 1638, and afterward removed to Southampton, L. I., and thence to Connecticut. She died before 19 November, 1644, when we find Jonathan Stratton and Thomas Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, petitioning for a settlement between them of the lot "which formerly was granted to Widdow Bancroft."(3) He has left a large and notable posterity, preeminent among whom may be noted the distinguished historian, Hubert Howe Bancroft. The complete identification of the emigrant depends on a volume of poetry (4) published two years after his death, by a younger brother, Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, (5) who, beside mention of his parents as then buried in that place, refers to his elder brother, John Bancroft, in these lines: "You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journey toward New Jerusalem." In view of the proved facts, we may safely neglect the poetic license of the elegist, who.makes his brother die upon the passage instead of shortly after his arrival on our shores. The identity of the Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, whose will was proved in 1627, with the father of the two brothers, is unmistakable. A careful examination of the Swarkeston Parish Register (which fortunately dates from 1604), and perhaps others in the neighborhood, will of course be necessary to absolutely prove some conjectured points, as well as to provide cumulative proof regarding the emigrant, while an examination of the Derbv Feet of Fines, for the sale of his patrimony, might also be in order in this connection. Probate of the "Will of John Bancroft of Wolstanton,(6) Co. Stafford, granted 8 February, 1546-7, to Blanch Bancroft, the relict, and Thomas Rowley, the Executors named in the will. The above entry in the Act Books contains the earliest mention of the name in the Lichfield Consistory, and is the only record remaining, the will having perished. The Calendars show two earlier occurrences, both Johns, in 1543 and 1545, but examination of the original wills shows them to be Bromcroft and Bonrose respectively, and evidently not at all of the family in question. The testator, as being the earliest known of the name, may be conjectured, with much reason, to be the prepositor of the whole Derbyshire and Staffordshire clan, from whom our American emigrant certainly sprung. Will of Rauffe Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, dated 21 April 1557. To be buried in Church of Chellaston "nere my first wife." My mother shall have the land at Barrow. To my son Christopher land in Swarston and 6 spoones that were his mothers. To son Rauffe lease of Cottun(7) held of mayster Bradshaw of Osmaston. My leases of the Peake Hoone Lays (,) Parsons piece, etc., held of mayster Rolston of Swarston. To churches of Balton, Alvaston, Swarston, Barrow and Chellaston each Is. and sheep. Legacies to Swarston and Taine Bridges in the more. Godsons: Rauffe Bancroft, Rauffe "Wandyll, Rauffe Potter and Ellen "VVryght (sic). To each of the children of my sister Jane a lamb. Names Willm Tickyll, Richd Hoone and John Knight. To daughter Margaret her mothers goods at Barowe. Servant Robert Norman. Father in law Christopher Wryght. Godson Rauffe Pymm. To daughter Agnes goods wch. were my first wifes. Son William. My children all under 24. To dan. Marye pan that was her mothers. " My five children I had by my first wife. My gostly father Sr Thos. Gilbert." " Yf my wife be now with chylde." Wife Alice and son William Executors. Overseers: John Bancroft my brother, Richard Walleer, Willm Wandyll and Thos. Ryvett my brother in law. Witnesses: Sr John Gilbert, Curat, Jno. Bancroft, Richd: Walleer, "Wm: Wandyll, Thos. Ryvett, Robt. Nowell and Wm: Tyckyll. Inventory taken 10 May 1557 by Wm: Havre, Tho: Haryngworthe, Richd. Forde and Tho: Stone; total £269-19-5. " Proved at Lichfield 13 September 1557 by relict Alice, power reserved to William Bancroft the other Exor. Will of John Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, dated 11 May 1557. "My boys" under 21. To my eldest son, the Hall I now dwell in. To ___ my second son, the overhouse. To ___ my third son, part of land in Swarston, he paying his fourth brother xv. li. To daughter Margett goods &c., if any other daur. by my wife the same. GodChildren: Mary Bancroft, Phylyp Wandyll and Ciceley Hodkynson. " Every one of my sisters shall have a new xii. d." John Storer. Servant John Meakyn. My mayd Katheryn. My mother Bancroft shall have 2/. A lamb to each of my sister Jane's children. To sisters in law Joyce Mee and Alice Harynworth a new vi. d. To father in law and mother in law the same. George Haryngworth and Christopher my brother in law. To brothers in law Robert Mayre, Richard Walker and William Wandyll goods &c. To sisters in law Agnes Haryngworth and Alyce Bancroft vi. d. each. Master Rolston of Swarston, Roger Bryddon of Derby. To each of the children of my brother in law Wm: Wandyll and of my sister Alderman a lamb. To John Pereson Sen. and Jr. clothing. Wife Margaret and son Ralph Executors. Overseers: Richd. Walker, Wm: Wandyll, Richd: Haryngworth and Thomas Haryngworth my brother in law. Witnesses: Sr Thos. Gilbert, Curat, Ric Walker, Wm: Wandell, Henry Storer, and Richd: Haryngworth, Inventory taken 18 September 1557 by Thos. Haryngworth, Thos: Stone, Nicholas Peerson and Wm: Roberts; total £150-9-0. Proved at Lichfield 24 January 1557 by relict Margaret, power reserved for son Ralph, the other Exor. Admon. of William Bancroft of Chella«ton, Co. Derby, granted at Lichfield 22 April 1611 to Ralph Bancroft, the brother, for the tuition of Catherine, Thomas, Margaret and Mary, the children of the deceased, minors. Inventory taken 20 May 1611 by John Olyver, Willm More, Willm Smyeth & Roger Meare; total £125-16-2, exhibited at Derby 8 November 1611. Will of Thomas Bancroft of Swarston alias Swarkeston, Co. Derby, yeoman, dated 13 October 1626. To be buried in the Church of Swarkeston. To my Wife Rebecca £4 yearly out of land in Swarston. To Ralph Bancroft, my second son, house in Swarston now occupied by my eldest son John Bancroft. To Thomas Bancroft, my third son, 40/ yearly. To Katherine Bancroft, my kinswoman, 30/. To Margaret Bancroft, sister of the said Katherine. Thomas Byard, my apprentice servant. Alexander Arnefield, my servant. To every grandchild I have one ewe. Residue to my five children, John, Ralph, Thomas, Dorothy and Elizabeth. Executors: John Bancroft, my son, and John Erington, my son in lawe. Overseers: Roger Gilbert of Barrow, my neighbor, and Thomas Senior, my son in law. Witnesses: John Bould, Thomas Pomfret, Ralphe Bancrofte and Tbos: Senior. Inventory taken 19 October 2 Chas. I., by Roger Gilbert, John Joyner, Thos: Bould and Richd: Shepardd; total £275-17-2. Proved at Lichfield 11 October 1627 by John Bancroft the son, power reserved for John Errington, the other Exor.
Will of Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, County Derby, yeoman, dated 16 March 1628. My son William Bancroft, under 21. To Dorothy(8) my wife messuage farm &c in Chellaston and she Executrix (afterward called "my now wife"). Daughter Elizabeth Bancroft, under 21. The children of James Farman. To Margaret Bancroft 2/, and to Catherine Bancroft the same. Overseers: James Forman (sic) my loving father in law, and Thos: Hollingworth,(9) my loving unkle. Witnesses: Roger Allestrge (sic),(10). James Wildess and Richard Cartwright. Inventory (no date) taken by Richd: Whingates, William Soor and Richd: Farman; total £85-8-4. Proved at Lichfield 24 July 1629 by the Extrx. named. The above extracts cover all wills in the Lichfield Consistory, prior to the Commonwealth, which I can with certainty identify with the family of the Emigrant at this time. From the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, however, I obtain the following additional evidence: Will of William Bancrofte of Chelliston, Co. Derby, yeoman, dated 21 June 1649. I commit my body to be buried in the church or church-yard of the parish where I shall end my nat: life. I bequeath unto my sister Katherine Newton, 60 li. To my two uncles William Farman and John Farman, 15 li. apiece. I give to my aunt Elizabeth Farman, 151i. To my aunt Ellen, being the wife of John Farman, 15 li. I bequeath to Thomas Forman (sic), son of my aunt Elizabeth, 10 li. To Frances Farmer, daughter of John Farmer, 10 li. I give to the two eldest children of William Farman, my uncle, which are now living, to either of them, 10 li. I give to my aunt Katherine 10 li., provided that if she shall in any wise sue or molest my executors concerning any part of my lands and Tenements, then I give her only 10s. Item, to each one of the children of William Pickering of Chellaston, 20s. I give to the four children of my father-in-law, Gilbert Newton, 20 li. I give to Anne Orrne of Chellaston, 20s. To my uncle George Farman and my father-in-law, Gilbert Newton, to their only proper use and behoof, all my lands and tenements in Chellaston, in consideration that they be my executors, and pay my debts and legacies out of the same. Overseers: my friends James Wildes and Richard Domelawe. I give my cousin Thomas Bancroftes children of Bradley, 10 li. equally amongst them. (signed) Wm. Bancrofte. Witnesses: Tho. Lightwood; William Willis; Elizabeth Forman; Ellen Forman; Thomas Forman. Proved 8 June 1650 by George Farmer and Gilbert Newton, the executors named. (P. C. C. Pembroke, 89.) The above will is of especial interest as showing that Thomas Bancroft the Poet, brother of the Emigrant, was already residing at Bradley so early as 1649, aud that he was then married and had issue. In the next number of these Gleanings, I shall submit the pedigree deduced from all.
Footnotes:
(1) Hotton's Lists, p. 150. Col. Rec. of Mass., 3 Sept., 1633. Winthrop's Journal. Hubbard's Hist, of New England, p. 156. (2) Savage's Gen. Dict., I., 110.
(3) Southampton Court Records, extracted by J.M. Bancroft, of Bloomfield, N.J.
(4) "Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs " (481), pp. 86, 4to, Lond. 1639. (5) Stephen's Biog. Dict., III, 112. (6) Wolstanton lies in the parish jurisdiction of Newcastle-under-Lyne and Stoke-upon-Trent, and about twenty miles n.w. of Derby, around which all the other localities named in the wills cluster closely.
(7) There are no less than five hamlets called Cotton in Staffordshire, the adjoining county, one of which is no doubt intended. Osmaston is near Derby, to the northwest.
(8) As this Dorothy seems certainly to have been daughter of James Forman, the following entry in the Lincoln Marriage Licenses is probably only a coincidence: "1602-3, March 1- Thos Bancrofte & Dorothy Burton. (St.' Mich.)," although she may have been a widow at the time. (9) A curious aud suggestive entry is found in the following marriage license in the Vicar funeral's office, at London, half a century later: 1676, Sep. 26- Robert Barcroft, of Westminster, Midx., Gent., Bach'r., abt. 35, & Mrs. Mary Hollingworth, of St. Sepulchre's, London, Spr., abt 21; consent of mother Mrs Elizabeth Hollingworth, of same, Widow; at St. George's, Southwark, or Kuightsbridge or Mirvbone, Midx."
(10) Probably 'Allestry,' a well known Derbyshire family name, is intended."
Next issue with continuation:
"The search of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which was promised for this number of these Gleanings, in completion of the testamentary evidences on the Bancrofts to the Commonwealth period, has proved most disappointing, for, while a large number of wills and admons. were found, none have been received which fit certainly into the direct ancestry of the emigrant, John Bancroft, although both here and in the Lichfield Court there are many which throw light on the collateral branches. The following Admon. seems to be that of Ralph, presumably the eldest son of John and Margaret (Hollingsworth) Bancroft of Chellaston, and while his location is somewhat remote, it is by no means impossible, and the absence of the name in that neighborhood before that time (1)adds to the probability that he was a Derbyshire man who had crossed the border. Admon. of Ralph Bancroft of South Cave, Co. Yorks., deceased intestate, granted 12 February 1616 to Alice Bancroft, widow, the relict, to administer the goods, credits, etc. P. C. C. Adm. Act Bk 105. A word may be in order in this connection as to the construction of the tentative pedigree which follows. It is absolutely certain that Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, father of our emigrant, was the grand-son of John and Margaret (Hollingsworth) Bancroft of Chellaston — the wills leave no possible doubt on this point, hut they do leave us in uncertainty as to which of the four sons of John was his parent; but of these we may dismiss William of Chellaston, who died intestate in 1611, as his son Thomas, then under age(2), could not have been a grandfather at the making of his will fifteen years after! Thomas of Chellaston, whose will we have in 1629, may be also dismissed, as he left an only son William, who died without issue before 1650. This reduces us to Ralph and the unknown fourth son, and as I believe the latter to have died long before, and unmarried, it narrows the probability to Ralph (of South Cave ?), to whom (by his wife Alice?) I have ventured to attribute the descent, subject to correction by future discoveries. It is greatly to be desired that the parish registers involved, all of which, with the exception of Barrow, go far back enough to serve our purpose, should be examined, but this of course falls outside the province of these Gleanings. The wills of the comigerous families of Hollingsworth, Wright, Ryvett, Forman, Alderman, and others, would also add much to our knowledge of this interesting family.
Footnotes: (1) In Calendars of Exchequer Court York, 1389-1619. (2) See his tuition, on page 86, ante.
(3) Viz: Chellaston 1570, Bradley 1579, Swarkeston 1604, So. Cave 1558, and Barrow 1736."
Pedigree formulated from the research work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., in the English probate records (note he indicates additional work should be done to look at the parish records - something he had not done - to confirm this proposed pedigree). See notes with direct line Bancroft English-born males for full quote of Mr. Lea's research on which he based this pedigree:
1. ___ Bancroft, of Chellaston, Barrow, or Swarkeston, Co. Derby? Md. ___ ___, relict, living in 1557 and legatee of lands in Barrow by will of her son Ralph, of Chellaston, Derby, dated 21 Apr 1557.
2. Ralph Bancroft of Chellaston, co. Derby; will dated 21 Apr, probated 13 Sep 1557; bur. at Chellaston: md. (2) Alice (dau. of Christopher Wright; liv. and ex., 1557). First wife, dec'd before 1557 and bur. at Chellaston.
2. Jane and other daus. (2 or 3), who married Thos. Ryvett, Wm. Wandyll, and ___ Alderman.
2. John Bancroft, of Chellaston; son of above, married Margaret Hollingsworth (or Haryngworth); will dated May 11, 1556; proved at Lichfield, 24 Jan 1557, and inventoried 18 Sep 1557. Will refers to "my boys under 21. To my oldest son (Ralph) the Hall I now dwell in; to my second son the over house; to my third son part of the land in Swarston (Swarkeston), he paying his fourth brother xv li."
3. Ralph Bancroft, liv. 1611, and admr. of his bro. William (Qu. - if of So. Cave, Yorks., and adm. 12 Feb 1616, to relict Alice.); md. Alice ___. By process of elimination, most likely candidate for father of Thomas Bancroft (see Henry Lea's rationale for this).
4. Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, yeoman; will dated 13 Oct 1626; probated at Lichfield 11 Oct 1627; bur. at Swarkeston; md. Rebecca ___, liv. 1627, but bur. at Swarkeston before 1639.
5. John Bancroft, eldest son, was of Swarkeston 1627; come to NE. in the "James," 12 Apr 1632; d. 1637; md. Jane ___, widow and had grant of 100 ac. of land in 1638, removed to Southhampton, L.I., and after to Windsor, Ct., was dec'd in 1644 when her land was divided between Jona. Stratton and Thos. Talmadge, Jr.; she had prob. mar. a second time.
6. Anne Bancroft, m. 13 May 1647 to John Griffin of Windsor, CT.
6. John Bancroft of Windsor, CT; md. 3 Dec 1650 Hannah Dupper; she md. 2d to John Ludlam.
6. Thomas Bancroft of Enfield, CT.
6. Samuel Bancroft. (According to Hinman.)
6. William Bancroft. (According to Hinman.)
5. Ralph Bancroft, second son; legatee of lands in Swarkeston, in 1627. The other Thomas who was born 1621 and died 1691 in Lynn, Mass., may have been the son of this Ralph.
5. Thomas Bancroft, 3rd son; poet, author in 1639; of Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derby, 1649-1658; had issue.
5. Dorothy. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.)
5. Elizabeth. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.)
3. William Bancroft of Chellaston, d. 1611; adm. 12 Apr to bro. Ralph; bur. 20 May 1611; wife's name unknown but dec'd before 1611.
4. Thomas Bancroft, a minor in 1611.
4. Catherine.
4. Margaret.
4. Mary.
3. Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 16 mar 1628; probated 24 Jul 1629; wife is Dorothy, dau. of James Forman.
4. William Bancroft, of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 21 Jun 1649, probated 8 Jun 1650; no issue (Pembroke, 89.); md. dau. of Gilbert Newton.
4. Elizabeth.
4. Margaret.
4. Catherine, md. ___ Newton.
3. ___ Bancroft, a son; name unknown; liv. 1557.
3. Margrett Bancroft, only daughter, liv. 1557.
 		Bancroft, John (I1981)
 
1992 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION! The connection of the "Widow Bancroft" as mother to the three Connecticut River Valley Bancrofts (Anna, John, and Thomas) is uncertain but tentatively possible. The name of her husband is unproven. She is not the Jane Barcroft married to John Barcroft. I have included below a noteworthy article in TAG by the well-respected Dr. McCracken with editing comments from the impeccable Donald Line Jacobus, editor of TAG. Other articles below are not as reliable of McCracken's and perhaps speculative, but of interest to better understand the progression of arguments.
In regards to what follows, Stiles is usually dependable, but maybe not in this case. Savage usually relies on others, so he is not the best original source. Hunt's article is speculative but has issues as Jacobus edits at the end of the same article.

2. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 37(1961): 154-60, "Bancrofts in the Connecticut Valley," by George E. McCracken, F.A.S.G.:
"In the middle of the seventeenth century we find living in the towns in the valley of the Connecticut River the following three persons named Bancroft:
1. Anna or Hannah, d. Windsor between 17 Dec. 1684 and 4 Apr. 1694; m. there, 13 May 1647, Sergeant John Griffin, to whom she bore Hannah, Mary, Sarah, John, Thomas, Abigail, Mindwell, Ruth, Ephraim and Nathaniel.
2. John, ferryman, d. Windsor b Aug. 1662; m. there 3 Dec. 1647, Hannah Dupper, who bore to him John, Nathaniel, Ephraim, Hannah and Sarah.
3. Thomas, d. Enfield 14 Dec. 1684; m. (1) 8 Dec. 1653, probably in Springfield, Margaret Wright, mother of Lydia, Margaret, Anna, Thomas, Anna and Samuel; (2) ca. 1668 Hannah, said to have been a Gardner, mother of Samuel, Ruth, Rebecca and Nathaniel.
While we lack positive evidence to prove relationship between the three, striking repetitions of the same names among the children of all three, and proximity of time and place, make it seem probable that we have here to deal with a sister and two brothers.
A woman named Jane married Thomas Barber at Windsor on 7 Oct. 1640, her surname not being stated in the marriage record set down by no less a person than Matthew Grant. (Here it may be stated parenthetically that in Grant's record there are several instances in which the marriage date for a couple is given but not the bride's surname. I am inclined to believe that the explanation may be that the marriage took place elsewhere, and that Grant's primary concern in learning the date was to show that enough time elapsed before the birth of the first child, a point on which the Puritans were even more sensitive than are we.) The claim was made by Charles Edwin Booth, "One Branch of the Booth Family" (New York 1910), p. 44, that the said Jane had been Jane Bancroft and the widowed mother of the three Bancrofts mentioned above, but no proof is adduced and we have found none.
That their mother was, indeed, named Jane had been claimed a little earlier by J. Henry Lea [New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 56:84-87, 196 f.), but he knew nothing of any marriage of Jane to Barber. Now between 1642 and 1654 Thomas and Jane (___) Barber became the parents of John, Thomas, Sarah, Samuel, Mary and Josiah, and it would have been physically possible for a woman who had previously given birth to Anna about 1629 and to John and Thomas within the next ten years, to have become the mother of the six Barber children after that. It involves, however, the conclusion that she had two sons named John and two sons named Thomas living at the same time, which although possible would have been unusual, and until actual evidence is produced that Jane Barber had been previously a Bancroft, we feel unable to accept the claim set forth in the Booth book. If some proof were now found that Jane had been a Bancroft at her marriage to Thomas Barber, it would be more probable that she was a sister to Anna, John and Thomas, than that she was their mother.
The article by Mr. Lea, cited above, also assigns, on the authority of Hinman, two other brothers to Anna, namely Samuel and William, but Royal R. Hinman, "A catalogue of the names of the early Puritan settlers of the Colony of Connecticut" (Hartford, 2nd ed., 1852), p. 123, actually fails to assign either Samuel or William as stated, but includes an Ebenezer whom Lea overlooks. On the next page, however, Hinman does mention Samuel and William Bancroft as early at Windsor, but he says nothing more of them and suggests no relationship to anyone. Suffice it to say that neither the present writer nor Mr. Donald L. Jacobus has found evidence for Samuel, William, or Ebenezer, and unless contemporary evidence can be submitted for their existence, we are inclined to dismiss them as fictitious.
According to Mr. Lea, all of these children, with the exception, of course, of Ebenezer whom he omits, were those of a John Bancroft with wife Jane, the father a native of Derbyshire. He claims that this couple came early to Boston and removed thence to Lynn where John died, and that Jane, and presumably her children, then migrated to Southampton, Long Island, whence the family once more removed to the valley of the Connecticut where we have found three of them.
The evidence from Derbyshire wills is extensively and impressively presented by Mr. Lea. It goes back three generations behind a Thomas Bancroft, yeoman of Swarkston, Derbyshire, who died at Chellaston in the same county, testate, leaving a will dated 13 Dec.1626 and probated 11 Oct. 1627, in which he names Rebecca, eldest son John, second son Ralph, third son Thomas, and daughters Dorothy and Elizabeth, both of them married. The third son Thomas is described as a resident of Bradley, then married and with issue, and his death is dated by Lea in 1658. How much of this comes from the will and how much is deduced from other sources is not quite clear, but the said Thomas the younger is identified as a poet who in 1639 published at London a quarto volume of 86 pages bearing the title of "Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs," containing among other verses the following dedicated to the poet's brother John:
"You sold your land the lighter hence to go
To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so)
Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them
That journey toward the New Jerusalem."
Passing over the implication that John, had he been willing to go to New England with more encumbrances, might have taken along his land, we must conclude that though he started on the journey, he did not complete it, dying enroute. Mr. Lea, however, is unwilling to accept this plain conclusion and resorts to the use of "poetic license." In his view, John did reach New England but died soon afterwards, hence might be said, in poetry though not in history, never to have arrived. This view is rejected by Meredith B. Colket, Jr. [supra, 17:20-22], and I must confess that I think he is right.
Those who maintain that John, brother of the poet Thomas Bancroft, actually arrived in America, would point to evidence printed by John Camden Hotten, "Original Lists," p. 150, and by Charles E. Banks, "Planters of the Commonwealth," p. 98. A John Barcroft [sic] and wife Jane took the oath on 13 April 1632 and came on the Ship "James," Capt. Grant, 5 June 1632, no children being named in the passenger list for them, though some are noted for other families who also crossed in the same boat. In the next year Jane got into serious trouble at Boston. Winthrop notes in his famous Journal on 12 Sept. 1633 that Captain Stone had been found "with Barcrofte's wife ... lying in a bed one night." In Massachusetts Colonial Records 1:108 [Shurtleff] we read under date of 3 Sept. 1633:
"Mr Barcrofte (sic) doeth acknowledge to owe vnto or Sovraigne the King the some of xlli & Mr Samil Mauacke (Maveracke) the some of xxl &c. The condicion of this recognizance is that Jane Barcrofte (sic) wife of the said John shall be of good behavr towards all psons.
Whether these Barcrofts were also called Bancroft is, of course, problematical, but it should be noted that the three records, the ship list, Winthrop's "Journal," and the court record, are all in harmony in calling them Barcroft, not Bancroft. In any case, no certain trace of the Barcrofts, if such they really were, has been found elsewhere. On the other hand, a man whose brother was capable of publishing a volume of verse some years later may have been of sufficient prestige to be entitled to be called "Mr." even in so unsavory a connection as this. Mr. Lea does identify John Barcroft with the poet's brother and says the couple removed to Lynn in 1632, though they were surely, as we have seen, still in Boston in the fall of 1633.
Mr. Lea is forced to conclude that John soon died in Lynn, as he asserts that his widow was given land at Lynn in 1637. The town votes of Lynn are now in the process of publication, but apparently there are none so early as 1637. There is, however, in "Essex County Court Records and Files," 2:270, a distribution of land at Lynn in 1638, and the seventh item among a large number is "widdow Bancraft, 100 acres." This is probably what Lea had to go on. Had this record called her Jane, We should have less hesitation in identifying her with the Jane Barcrofte of the Boston records, but since it did not, it would be well to be cautious.
It seems true, however, that a scion of the Derbyshire Bancrofts did come to America, a Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft, born ca. 1625, died at Lynn 19 Aug. 1691, having previously been resident in Dedham and Reading. A lengthy and unsatisfactory account of this man and his descendants was published by John Kermott Allen in the "New England Hist. and Gen. Register" (94:215-224, 311-321; 95:56-69, 109-117, 276-285, 363-383; 96:49-57, 126-137, 284-291, 327-336; 97:65-77, 124-134, 214-220). His eighth child, born at Reading 20 Aug. 1660, died 13 July 1661, was named Ralph, a name which appears several times in the Derbyshire family. The reappearance of the name Ralph suggests that the lieutenant was a member of the Derbyshire family. Mr. Allen promised at the outset to return to the subject of Lieut. Thomas Bancroft's forebears in England but he never did so, perhaps because he never reached any satisfactory conclusion. Another descendant of the lieutenant, G. Andrews Moriarty, Esq., has informed me that he is inclined to believe that the lieutenant was a son of the poet, but that he has never been able to find the proof in English records.
Though Mr. Allen says nothing of the poem, he would appear to have identified Lieut. Thomas Bancroft of Lynn as the poet, since he says he may have come with his brother John in 1632; and that Thomas's father died in 1627 and his stepmother in 1639. As to the last date he is following Lea, but Lea calls her his mother, not stepmother. He also quotes a history of Lynn to the effect that Thomas arrived there in 1640. The earliest record found of Thomas at Lynn is dated 1661, though he himself, in a deposition of 1681, says he hired a farm there in 1655. The history of Thomas is at least strange. He married at Dedham in 1647 and again in 1648 and had children recorded at Dedham in 1648-1650 and at Reading in 1653-1670, the twelfth and youngest child being Mary, born 16 May 1670, who is, incidentally, omitted by Mr. Allen though he notes her as unmarried and living in 1691 in connection with the probate of her father. While living at Lynn in Essex county, he served for many years as ensign for Reading which is in Middlesex County, though on modern maps the two places are but nine miles apart. He resigned this post in 1679 as he lived "remote from the said towns." Other errors of Mr. Allen do not affect our argument. To sum up what is certain about Lieut. Thomas Bancroft: he was almost certainly a member of the Derbyshire family described by Lea; he is first recorded at Dedham and Reading before he is recorded at Lynn; and there is a lacuna of seventeen years between the one appearance of the Widow Bancroft at Lynn and the first appearance of Thomas there as a tenant, not land owner. During this period Thomas Bancroft was for the last eight years recorded at Dedham and Reading. It is entirely possible that he was not connected either with the Barcrofts of Boston or the Widow Bancroft of Lynn.
As for Mr. Lea's further statement that the Widow Bancroft, and presumably her children, moved to Southampton, Long Island, we are able to say that a Widow Bancroft, this one or another, undeniably owned land at Southampton in or before 1644. George Rogers Howell, "Early History of Southampton, Long Island, New York, with Genealogies" (Albany, 2nd ed., 1887), p. 421, cautiously admits that a Widow Bancroft had a land grant at Southampton in 1644, but thinks she probably never came there at all. In that case, how she came to have the grant is not clear. Mr. Colket, however, subceeded [supra, 17:20-22] in finding a petition of Iohn Stratton and Thomas Talmage Junr "for the quiet and peaceable Inioyment of the lott betwixt them which was formerly graunted Vnto Widow Bancroft," which was there-upon "graunted and consented Vnto by the Generall Court provided that they shall keep, Improve, and possesse the sayd lott in their handes three years after the tyme yt was by the said widdow Bancroft given vnto them" ["Records of the Town of Southampton," 1:34]. The Records of East Hampton [1:24] show that they still possessed the lot on 10 June 1652, and John Stratton's will of 30 Aug. 1684 mentions a parcel of meadow lying with Capt. Talmage undivided. Mr. Colket concludes that this appears to indicate that Stratton and Talmage had obtained the grant upon their marriages to daughters of the Widow Bancroft, but Mr. Jacobus informs me that he has seen examples of the use of the verb "give" in references to conveyances which were clearly land sales and not deeds of gift. I do not think it proved that Stratton and Talmage were sons-in-law of the Widow Bancroft, but in view of the fact that there were migrations from Lynn to Southampton, I tentatively accept the identification of the Widow Bancroft of Lynn with the Widow Bancroft of Southampton.
To return to the Boston Barcrofts, stress should be laid on the absence of any child in the ship list. If these Boston Barcrofts were the parents of the three Connecticut Bancrofts, then we should expect at least that the daughter Anna would be with them, for her marriage in 1647 strongly implies that she was in existence when the Barcrofts sailed in 1632. Furthermore, Mr. Lea did not find in Derbyshire records any evidence as to the name of the wife of the poet's brother John. He assigns the name Jane to her solely on the basis of equating John Barcroft of Boston with John Bancroft of Derbyshire. There is thus no positive proof that the three Connecticut Bancrofts were children of a Jane, and not one of them named a known child Jane. Mr. Jacobus, to whom this study owes much, would interpret the absence of any record of John Barcroft of Boston after the year 1633 as evidence of a negative sort that he may have returned to England out of chagrin.
The Widow Bancroft of Lynn, quite probably identical with the Widow Bancroft of Southampton, may well have been the wife and widow of the John who died on the crossing. But we are not inclined to believe that she was the mother of Lieut. Thomas Bancroft, since no record has been found to show that he inherited the 100 acres she was granted in 1638. As the lieutenant continued to be recorded in Essex County until his death in 1691, he must be carefully distinguished from the Thomas Bancroft who died at Enfield in 1684. If the lieutenant was not son of the widow, then she is left as a possible mother of the three Connecticut Bancrofts, but there is really not the slightest bit of evidence to show that she was, nor that her name was Jane.
Editor's Note. Dr. McCracken has keenly analyzed the Bancroft problems. There are several interrelated problems, some of great complexity, and it may be helpful to the reader to summarize the conclusions reached, negative though many of the conclusions are.
1. John Bancroft of Derbyshire, brother of Thomas the poet, was lost on the passage to New England. The name of his wife is unknown, but he may have been accompanied by a wife and children.
2. John Barcroft of Boston with wife Jane was not a Bancroft so far as has been proved, and this couple has no known history in New England after 1633.
3. The Widow Bancroft of Lynn 1638, quite likely identical with the Widow Bancroft of Southampton 1644, was not named Jane so far as actual records prove; she may have had daughters who married Stratton and Talmage but that is not positively proved.
4. The said Widow Bancroft may have been mother of the three Bancrofts of the Connecticut River Valley, but there is no proof that she was. She may have married one of the Connecticut settlers, thus bringing her putative children into this area, but the claim that she was the Jane who married Thomas Barber of Windsor is extremely unlikely.
5. Lieut. Thomas Bancroft first appears at Dedham in 1647 when aged about 22, removed to Reading, and did not settle in Lynn until many years after the Widow Bancroft's brief appearance there. There is no strong reason to assume that he was her son, but his own name and that of his son Ralph strongly suggest that he belonged to the Derbyshire family and his age conforms with the theory that he might be a son of Thomas the poet or of Ralph, who were brothers of the John who died on his passage to New England.
So many false and improbable statements have appeared in print concerning the early Bancrofts that a careful appraisal of these claims in the light of what the records actually prove (and they fail to prove very much) was long overdue, and Dr. McCracken deserves our gratitude for undertaking the task."

3. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts," vol. II 1656-1662 (Salem, Mass., The Essex Institute, 1912), pp. 270-71:
"Copy of the distribution of the land in Lynn, in 1638, paper addressed "For William Langlye": … widdow Bancraft, 100 acres … Jerrerd Spencer, 30 acres … Micaell Spenser, 30 acres … Abraham Beltnap, 40 acres … Will. Partridge, upland, 10 acres … Edward Bridges, 10 acres… Copy taken from the town book of the records of Lynn, 10: 1: 1659-60, by Andrew Mansfeild, town recorder."

4. The quote about the "Widow Bancroft" in Southampton is from "Records: Town of Southampton": page #84 in the book/Image #57 of 1740:
"Page 28. November 19 1644 - The petition that was presented by John Stratton and Thomas Talmage Junr for the quiet and peaceable Injoyment of the lott betwixt them which formerly was granted unto Widdow Bancroft, was graunted and consented unto by the Generall Court provided that they shall keep, Improve and possesse the sayd lott in theire handes three yeares after the tyme yt was by the sayd widow Bancroft given unto them."
The quote does not say explicitly whether these two men are sons-in-law or not.

4. Many modern genealogies incorrectly show the name of "Widow Bancroft" as Jane with various surnames including Bonython and Coggins. One of the most persistent errors, which is repeated over and over again, is that Jane was a Bonython. This appears to have got started from the book "The Israel Barlow Story and Modern Mores," by Ora Haven Barlow. This book's subject is the well-known Mormon whose ancestry comes through the Bancrofts. Without any given sources, they indicated the wife as Jane Bonython. This then got picked up many years ago by the LDS Ancestral File from which many copied the erroneous information without verifying it. It in turned got posted to many Internet genealogies and is then recopied ad nauseum. Not one of these Internet genealogies out of hundreds has any prime source or citation. A complete search of the entire New England Historical and Genealogical Register for 150 years makes no such mention, nor does any of the published genealogies from the 1800s for either the Bancroft or Bonython families make any such connection. The Bonythons are shown in England as being from Cornwall whereas the Bancrofts are surmised to be from Derbyshire. A pre-Colonial marriage between two such separate parts of the country seems highly unlikely considering most of the presumed Bancroft children were born before the immigration. Additionally the Bancrofts emigrated to Massachusetts and Connecticut, whereas the Bonythons were in the Saco River area of Maine. In looking over Bonython genealogies in the NEHGS, I find no Jane Bonython whatsoever in the Colonial early histories.
In regards to John's wife even having the name Jane is currently dismissed. The following quote as well as others quoted in the other notes herein indicate that Jane has been falsely assumed from the ship record of John and Jane Barcroft. There appear to be no passenger records of the Bancrofts. The following is from "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33":
"John BARCROFT: John and Jane Barcrofte are on a list of passengers from London on 12 April 1632 [Hotten 150]; this ship was the James [WJ 1:94]. 3 September 1633: "Mr. John Barcrofte doeth acknowledge to owe unto our Sovereign, the King, the sum of £xl, & Mr. Samuel Maverick the sum of £xx, &c. The condition of this recognizance is, that Jane Barcrofte, wife of the said John, shall be of good behavior towards all persons" [MBCR 1:108]. (Jane's offense was to be "found upon the bed in the night" with Capt. John STONE [WJ 1:132].) 1633: John Raymond, in a letter to Ambrose Gibbons of Newichawannock, notes that "John Barcraste owes me for 1 barr. of pease and six gallons of aqua, seven pounds of beaver which I pray take notice of, and call in as the rest of the debts accordingly" [NHPP 1:76].
Comments: The ship on which the Barcroftes sailed was the James which arrived at Boston on 12 June. The association with Samuel Maverick suggests that they resided at Winnissimmet. Many writers have tried to make this name the same as Bancroft, and claim that John was ancestor of some of the early Bancrofts in New England. McCracken and Jacobus argue that the name was Barcrofte and there was no connection with the Bancrofts [TAG 37:154-60]. George Ely Russell presented evidence to show that John and Jane Barcroft had removed to Virginia by 10 September 1637 (and probably some time earlier) but that John had died there soon, without issue; John's brother Charles Barcroft, a London merchant, made several trips to Virginia, received grants of land and left descendants there [TAG 67:112-13]. (See also GDMNH 75-76.)
Sources:
TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+).
WJ: Medical Journals of John Winthrop Jr., 1657-1669, manuscript, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
GDMNH: Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, 1928-1939; rpt. Baltimore 1972).
NHPP: Provincial Papers, Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire from 1686 to 1722, 40 volumes, Nathaniel Boulton, ed. (Manchester, N.H., 1867-1943).
MBCR: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., 5 volumes in 6 (Boston 1853-1854).
Hotten: The Original Lists of Persons of Quality..., John Camden Hotten, ed. (London 1874; rpt. Baltimore 1974)."

5. From the Internet 29 Dec 2007 of the Souther Family Association provides the following thinking on the Bancrofts:
"Bancroft Addenda, with Sowther and Gilbert Notes, by John G. Hunt, B.S.C., Arlington, Virginia. This page was last updated on October 6, 2004.
The following article is taken from: The American Genealogist, Volume 42, Number 4, pp. 210-116:
In 1961 Dr. George E. McCracken (TAG, supra, 37; 154-160) developed these facts concerning Bancrofts of early New England;
i. Thomas Bancroft, eminent poet, native of Swarkestone, Derbyshire, was alive at Bradley in that shire as late as 1658. His brothers were Ralph and John Bancroft, the latter of whom sold his land preparatory to removing to New England but died before 1639 prior to arriving in the New World; see evidence below.
ii. To be distinguished from the said John Bancroft, a certain John Barcroft, with wife Jane, was of Boston, Massachusetts in 1633; not known to have had any children, nor is there record in America of this couple after 1633.
iii. The Widow Bancroft of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1638, was likely in 1644 of Southampton, New York; there is no evidence that her name was Jane, as has sometimes been supposed, doubtless in confusion with Jane Barcroft, above. The widow possibly had daughters that married John Stratton and Thomas Talmage, Jr., two early settlers of Long Island.
iv. The said Widow Bancroft may have had sons John and Thomas Bancroft who were living in the Connecticut valley in the 1640's and 1650's; their sister seems to have been Anne or Hannah who married Sgt. John Griffin at Windsor, Connecticut, in 1647.
v. In records of Dedham, Massachusetts of the year 1647, appears the name of Thomas Bancroft, then aged about 22 years; although he later removed to Lynn, there is no good reason to think him akin to the Widow Bancroft. His name, however and that of his son Ralph, conform to the theory that he was somehow related to the aforesaid poet, Thomas Bancroft.
Richard Dennis Souther, Souther Family Association. Copyright © 1998 - 2007 - Richard Dennis Souther."

6. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41:
"John Bancroft came in the 'James' from London, Eng., Apr. 1632; arrived 12 Jun (8 weeks passage); res. Lynn Mass.; d. 1637; 'Col. Rec. Mass.,' 3 Sep 1633; 'Winthrop's Journal,' 12 Sep 1663; 'Hubbard's Hist. New Engl.,' p. 156. His wid. Jane received 100 acres of land at Lynn, 1638. Nov. 19, 1644, Jona. Strattan and Thos. Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, Long Island (a settlement emanating from Lynn), petitioned for the peaceable settlement of the lot betwixt them, 'which formerly was gr. unto Widd. Bancroft,' which was consented to. Tradition in the Bancroft family says she m. (2) a man who removed with her and her children to Connecticut. "Savage' mentions ch. John and Thomas.
Children (born England):
A. Anna, m. 13 May 1647, John Griffin; sett. Simsbury; 10 children.
B. John.
C. Thomas.
D. Samuel.
E. William (acc. to 'Hinman,' for which we find no authority.)
Thomas Bancroft, poet (a native of Swarkstone, on the Trent, Derbyshire, where his parents were buried and who produced a vol. of epigrams and epitaphs, 1639, London, Eng.) says of his brother John Bancroft:
'You sold your land the lighter hence to go
To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so)
Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them
That journery toward New Jerusalem.'
Tradition speaks of a sojourn on Long Island and the death there of one of the three brothers; that one then went to Mass. and one to Connecticut."

7. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 42(1966): 210-16, "Bancroft Addenda with Sowther and Gilbert Notes," by John G. Hunt:
"In 1961 Dr. George E. McCracken (TAG, supra, 37: 154-160) developed these facts concerning Bancrofts of early New England:
i. Thomas Bancroft, eminent poet, native of Swarkestone, Derbyshire, was alive at Bradley in that shire as late as 1658. His brothers were Ralph and John Bancroft, the latter of whom sold his land preparatory to removing to New England, but died before 1639 prior to arriving in the New World; see evidence below.
ii. To be distinguished from the said John Bancroft, a certain John Barcroft, with wife Jane, was of Boston, Mass., in 1633; not known to have had any children, nor is there record in America of this couple after 1633.
iii. The Widow Bancroft of Lynn, Mass., 1638, was likely in 1644 of Southampton, New York; there is no evidence that her name was Jane, as has sometimes been supposed, doubtless in confusion with Jane Barcroft, above. The widow possibly had daughters that married John Stratton and Thomas Talmage Jr., two early settlers of Long Island.
iv. The said Widow Bancroft may have had sons John and Thomas Bancroft who were living in the Connecticut valley in the 1640's and 1650's; their sister seems to have been Anne or Hannah who married Sgt. John Griffin at Windsor, Conn., in 1647.
v. In records of Dedham, Mass., of the year 1647, appears the name of Thomas Bancroft, then aged about 22 years; although he later removed to Lynn, there is no good reason to think him akin to the Widow Bancroft. His name, however, and that of his son Ralph, conform to the theory that he was somehow related to the aforesaid poet, Thomas Bancroft.
Much of the material that Dr. McCracken reviewed had been gathered some sixty years earlier by J. Henry Lea who summarized his findings in the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 56:84-87, 196 f. Most curiously, however, Mr. Lea seems to have neglected to consult the will of John Bancroft of Kings Newton, in the parish of Melbourne, Derbyshire, dated 5 Jan. 1634[/5) and proved 12 May following by his relict Anne (PCC 55 Sadler). Asking to be buried in the parish church of Melburne, the testator left his goods to wife Anne for life, stipulating that she should divide equally between the children, with the elder son John getting the usual double share and the other six children one share each, they not named but two of the seven children are minor sons, and perhaps not yet apprenticed. "And if any thinge shall happen to be doubtfull concerning my meaning, ... or that my wyfe shall happen to remoue from the place where shee now dwelleth it is my mynd and will that my Ouerseers hereafter named or any two of them shall expound the said doubt and it shalbe at my said wiues pleasure to remoue and dwell wth my children where shee please pvided that shee do yt by the consent of my said ouse or any two of them." As will be seen below, this implication of a possible move elsewhere may be significant of plans laid before the final illness of the testator. Overseers were Henry Beighton of Ticknall, Nathaniel Sowther of Derby, and John Ratcliffe of Kings Newton; witnesses were Nathaniel Sowther, Thomas Grinbold and Robte Draper [he by mark]. Sowther may have served as scrivener for the will, on which point see below.
As shown by Dr. McCracken, Mr. Lea made some wrong assumptions, the worst of which was that John Bancroft the poet's brother, actually arrived in New England, dying soon afterwards. Both Meredith B. Colket Jr. and Dr. McCracken reject this assumption, and with reason, for in memory of John Bancroft, his brother, are these words of the poet Thomas Bancroft, printed in 1639, and reprinted by John Nichols, "History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester (London 1804), vol. 3, pt. 2, p. *886 [sic, not 886].
"You sold your land, the lightlier hence to go To foreign coasts; yet (Fates would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journey towards New Jerusalem."
The question therefore now arises as to whether John Barcroft of Kings Newton, whose will we have abstract can have been brother to the poet, Thomas Barcroft [author's typo for Bancroft?]. It must be noted that Kings Newton adjoins Swarkeston, the two being separated only by the River Trent. More over, the fact that the testator stipulated burial in the church seems to link him with the family of Bancroft long seated at Chellaston and Swarkeston, who in several wills abstracted by Mr. Lea, had also specified burial in their church, a privilege reserved for few persons. What seems much more meaningful, however, is the fact that Nathaniel Sowther of Derby, seemingly closest friend to the deceased John Bancroft, removed -- almost immediately after Bancroft's death -- to New England, where in 1636 he was given the position of Secretary to the colony of Plymouth. That Secretary Sowther of Plymouth was the Sowther of John Bancroft's will will be readily apparent from a comparison of the sign manual or cipher appended to his signature as witness to the Bancroft will with a similar signature to a 1653 deed of John and Martha Cogan of Boston where Sowther was then Notary Public. This deed is preserved in the Massachusetts Historical Society which kindly permits our reproduction of the part containing the signature.
[Two images of signatures with one dated 1634/5 and the other 1653.]
[In an appendix hereto we add notes concerning Sowther.]
Considering the foregoing facts, we are entitled to think it possible that Sowther, as closest friend to John Bancroft, may have carried the latter's family to the New World in 1636, or that he may have been the instrument who made possible their removal to New England around that time. We know from the poet that his elder brother John, who lived in any case in the immediate neighborhood of Kings Newton, had died before 1639, having planned removal to New England. It seems rather likely that it was the John Bancroft of Swarkeston who sold his lands, say in 1633, and removed to the hamlet across the river, dying there at Kings Newton before he could complete his plans to migrate from England.
There are bits of evidence that conform to our reconstruction of the Bancroft story. In the first place, each of the three children attributed to the Widow Bancroft in Connecticut, had a daughter Anne or Hannah, and a son Nathaniel. The girls' names easily could honor, the relict of John Bancroft of Kings Newton, their supposed grandmother, while the name Nathaniel could easily have been meant to honor Sowther, their supposed benefactor.
Significantly, also, it is to be noted that Thomas Talmage Jr., of Long Island, in 1644 named one of his sons Nathaniel (a name not earlier found in this family). Moreover, Talmage had a daughter Hannah or Anna. His position as secretary or recorder at Easthampton, L.I., ties in nicely with that of Nathaniel Sowther, who was, if we are right, benefactor of Talmage's supposed wife's family (see Arthur White Talmage, "Talmage Genealogy" [1909], pp. 23 f.).
In addition, we may cite a Suffolk County, Mass., deed of 22d da. 9th mo. 1648 (Lib. 1, ff. 96), which states:
"Mr. Robt Saltonstall of Boston (granted) to Mr. Nicholas Davison of Charlston his dwelling house in Windsor uppon Connecticut formerly the possession of ffrancis Stiles of Windsor, and now or late in the occupation of Tho. Gilbert and John Banckraft."
That Gilbert and Bancroft occupied the same house could mean little, but when in Mr. Lea's cited paper we read of acquaintance between the Bancrofts of Chellaston and Swarkeston and the Gilberts of Barrow, which adjoins Swarkeston, we may commence to think that Bancroft of the Connecticut valley in 1648 was quite possibly from the same part of England as Thomas Gilbert, and that their forefathers can have been acquainted. This, then, is a clue that the Connecticut valley Bancrofts and Gilberts may have come from Swarkeston or vicinity. Hand in glove with the foregoing facts is the comparable relationship that seems to have existed between Nathaniel Sowther and the Bancroft family on the one hand, and between Elder William Brewster of Plymouth and Sowther, on the other.
It appears obvious that the ruling elder's influence may have accounted for the immediate appointment of Sowther, a newcomer, as Secretary of Plymouth Colony in 1636. For the elder's son Jonathan had in 1624 married Lucretia Oldham of Derby, who must have known Sowther in that city, where he plainly seems to have been a scrivener. Indeed, it is not at all farfetched to think that Lucretia may have been closely akin to Sowther for her mother seems to have been that Philippa Sowter (daughter of John), who was baptized in the parish of All Saints, Derby, 6 July 1568 in which parish she married 17 Nov. 1588 William Ouldham, known to have been the father of Lucretia, aforesaid (see "New England Hist. and Gen. Register" 111:242 and the manuscript parish registers of All Saints, Derby).
At the time of Sowther's arrival at Plymouth in 1636, Jonathan Brewster was occupying an important trading post for Plymouth on the then remote Connecticut River; see George F. Willison, "Saints and Strangers," 1945 edition, pp. 296, 302; p. 347 in paperback edition (1965), which is neither a reprint nor condensation of the 1945 but a revision of it, by the author himself.
It is not to be thought that Sowther's wife (whom he had married in 1613 at Derby) would have relished the continual shepherding of the Bancroft widow and her seven children, by her busy husband. So that even if Widow Bancroft came to Plymouth, where she has not been found recorded, it is likely that she may have removed not long afterwards. Connecticut was in 1636 too unstable for a widow with children; Lynn appears to have been first stopping place and when many of that town removed to Long Island before 1650, the widow Bancroft may well have gone with them, Connecticut still not being thought too secure. Yet it is likely that some of her children found homes along the River Connecticut, perhaps through the influence of Sowther and his kinsfolk, the Brewsters. The trade of young John Bancroft of Windsor, a ferryman, suggests the fondness that his supposed uncle, the poet Thomas Bancroft, had for the River Trent. We give this extract from the poet's words (Nichols, loc. cit.):
"To Trent
Sweet River, on whose flowery margin Laid I with the slippery fish have often play'd At fast and Loose …"
Bancroft descendants will perhaps wish to read what the poet said of his own parents "buried near together in Swarston church" (Nichols, ibid.):
"Here lies a pair of peerless friends
Whose goodness (like a precious chain)
Adorn'd their souls in Lives and ends;
Whom when Detraction's self would stain
She drops her tears instead of gall
And helps to mourn their funeral."
In tracing back the Sowther family at Derby, we find that John Sowter occurs 6 Jan. 1498 in an extract from the court roll of the manor of Belper (Beau Repaire), Derbyshire, at Duffield, re 1 acre at Stanley (some five miles northeast of Derby - "Derbyshire Charters" p. 37, no. 288). It was perhaps his son and namesake who served as churchwarden of the parish of All Saints, Derby, between 1535 and 1545 ("History of the Parish of All Saints, Derby"). About 1547 and again about 1554, John Sowter of Derby, plumber, and Agnes his wife, daughter of Thomas Fynymore, deceased, claimed property at Hanbury, Staffordshire, against Elizabeth Stafford and Alice her daughter, wife of John Greenwaye (Public Records Office, "Lists and Indexes" 54:163; 55:95).
Perhaps a son of John and Agnes was that John Sowter whose children, baptized at All Saints, included:
Thomas Sowter, bapt. Apr. 1567
Philippa Sowter, bapt. 6 July 1568, m. at age 20 to William Ouldham (probably the man of that name bur. All Saints, Derby, 26 June 1636). Their daughter Lucretia, bapt. 1600, m. 1624 in New England ("New England Hist. and Gen. Reg." 111:242).
The aforesaid Thomas Sowter may well have been father of Nathaniel Sowther or Sowter of Derby, who deposed 19 Oct. 1654 aged about 62 (Suffolk Co., Mass., Deeds 2:85), so was born ca. 1592. He married at St. Peter Derby, 28 March 1613, Alice Devonport. In 1634 Nathaniel Sowther was appointed overseer of the will of John Bancroft, signed the will as a witness (see above), and possibly was the scrivener who wrote out the text of the will. In 1653 he also signed as witness the Cogan deed and there are clear resemblances at least in some words between the handwriting of the Bancroft will and the Cogan deed, and whatever differences are visible may obviously be the result of the natural changes in the handwriting of any man in a period, of nineteen years or the conditions surrounding the production of the document.
For the subsequent history of Nathaniel Sowther in New England, see the fine article by Mrs. John E. Barclay which follows immediately. Now, however, then remains to be presented additional information tending to show the connection between Connecticut Gilberts and the part of old England whence came, supposedly, our Connecticut Bancrofts.
Thomas Gilbert, named above as at Windsor, Conn., in 1648, had sons Jonathan and Josiah who were styled kinsmen by the Widow Katharine (relict of John) Harrison of Wethersfield, Conn., at the time of her extended trial as a witch (Homer W. Brainard, Harold S. Gilbert and Clarence A. Torrey, "The Gilbert Family" (1954), 5 f..; Henry R. Stiles, "History of Wethersfield, Conn," 1:276, 2:416). During the trial she testified in 1670 that she had been in Connecticut nineteen years, coming directly from England (R. E. Dale, "Boston Evening Transcript," 11 July 1934).
Earlier in the proceedings against Widow Harrison, Elizabeth, wife of Simon Smith of Thirty Mileslsland, testified in 1668 that "Katharine was ... one that told fortunes ... and also would oft speak and boast of her great familiarity with Mr. Lilly, one that told fortunes and foretold many matters that in future times were to be accomplished" (John M. Taylor, "The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (New York 1908), p. 56. In responding to the accusation, the widow cited as witnesses, among others, both Jonathan and Josiah Gilbert -- it seems clear that she was related to them.
Who was the Mr. Lilly named by the widow's accuser? According to the "Dictionary of National Biography," William Lilly (1602-1681), noted astrologer and fortune teller was born at Diseworth, Leics. In 1620, when 18 years of age, after being educated in a school at Ashby de la Zouch near Diseworth, he removed to London where his chequered career brought him into correspondence with the King of Sweden and friendship with Elias Ashmole, the famed antiquarian and astrologer.
We doubt that Katharine, Widow Harrison, personally knew Mr. Lilly; her first daughter Rebecca was born at Wethersfield in 1654, and it would seem that Katharine herself was not born much before 1624, if that early; yet we think it quite possible that either her husband or her kinfolk had known Lilly as a youth before Lilly left his native shire. Diseworth, his birthplace, lies about six miles from Barrow on Trent, adjoining Swarkeston, which could very well be the parish where the Gilberts of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield originated. Two men named John Harrison were testators in the early 1600's, both of Bredon (close to both Barrow and Diseworth (see British Record Society, "Index to Leicestershire Wills," vols 27, 51).
Too, it must be recalled that Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, father of the poet, in his will in 1626, named as overseer his neighbor, Roger Gilbert of Barrow, where the Gilberts had long flourished (see N. E. Hist. and Gen. Reg. 56:84-87; "The Genealogist," n.s., 7:138-140). The original will of Elizabeth Gilbert, spinster, late of Barrow, dated 20 March 1614 (nuncupative), now in the Public Library, Lichfield, Staffordshire, tells us that her grandsire was William Gilbert, father of her uncle Roger Gilbert whose children she named as John, Elizabeth, Francis, William, Sarah and Anne. There is even a remote chance that the latter, Anne, may have been the wife of John Bancroft who died a resident of Melbourne. Note also that Thomas Gilbert married Anne Ward, 26 June 1611, at Swarkeston.
[Editor's Note: We are happy to print Mr. Hunt's interesting speculation concerning the Bancroft origin. The newly discovered will is important and the onomastic arguments and chronology fit nicely, but it is a bit strange that the Widow Bancroft shows up first at Lynn and not at Plymouth with the Buxtons.]"

8. Article "Genealogical Gleanings among the English Archives," from Ancestry.com's "English Origins of New England Families," vol III, pp. 514-518, communicated by J. Henry Lea, Esq.: 'The following extracts, taken from original wills filed in the Consistory Court of Lichfield, and the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England, go far toward building a complete pedigree of the ancestry and collateral relatives of John Bancroft, who, with his wife Jane, came to New England in the "James" in 1632,(1) settled at Lynn, and died in 1637, leaving children Anne, John and Thomas (and possibly Samuel and William), probably all born in England, although they are not mentioned in the passenger list with their parents (2) (there called Barcroft, as noted by Savage), but perhaps omitted on account of their youth, as they were probably born after 1627. His widow had a grant of land in Lynn in 1638, and afterward removed to Southampton, L. I., and thence to Connecticut. She died before 19 November, 1644, when we find Jonathan Stratton and Thomas Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, petitioning for a settlement between them of the lot "which formerly was granted to Widdow Bancroft."(3) He has left a large and notable posterity, preeminent among whom may be noted the distinguished historian, Hubert Howe Bancroft. The complete identification of the emigrant depends on a volume of poetry (4) published two years after his death, by a younger brother, Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, (5) who, beside mention of his parents as then buried in that place, refers to his elder brother, John Bancroft, in these lines: "You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journey toward New Jerusalem." In view of the proved facts, we may safely neglect the poetic license of the elegist, who.makes his brother die upon the passage instead of shortly after his arrival on our shores. The identity of the Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, whose will was proved in 1627, with the father of the two brothers, is unmistakable. A careful examination of the Swarkeston Parish Register (which fortunately dates from 1604), and perhaps others in the neighborhood, will of course be necessary to absolutely prove some conjectured points, as well as to provide cumulative proof regarding the emigrant, while an examination of the Derbv Feet of Fines, for the sale of his patrimony, might also be in order in this connection. Probate of the "Will of John Bancroft of Wolstanton,(6) Co. Stafford, granted 8 February, 1546-7, to Blanch Bancroft, the relict, and Thomas Rowley, the Executors named in the will. The above entry in the Act Books contains the earliest mention of the name in the Lichfield Consistory, and is the only record remaining, the will having perished. The Calendars show two earlier occurrences, both Johns, in 1543 and 1545, but examination of the original wills shows them to be Bromcroft and Bonrose respectively, and evidently not at all of the family in question. The testator, as being the earliest known of the name, may be conjectured, with much reason, to be the prepositor of the whole Derbyshire and Staffordshire clan, from whom our American emigrant certainly sprung. Will of Rauffe Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, dated 21 April 1557. To be buried in Church of Chellaston "nere my first wife." My mother shall have the land at Barrow. To my son Christopher land in Swarston and 6 spoones that were his mothers. To son Rauffe lease of Cottun(7) held of mayster Bradshaw of Osmaston. My leases of the Peake Hoone Lays (,) Parsons piece, etc., held of mayster Rolston of Swarston. To churches of Balton, Alvaston, Swarston, Barrow and Chellaston each Is. and sheep. Legacies to Swarston and Taine Bridges in the more. Godsons: Rauffe Bancroft, Rauffe "Wandyll, Rauffe Potter and Ellen "VVryght (sic). To each of the children of my sister Jane a lamb. Names Willm Tickyll, Richd Hoone and John Knight. To daughter Margaret her mothers goods at Barowe. Servant Robert Norman. Father in law Christopher Wryght. Godson Rauffe Pymm. To daughter Agnes goods wch. were my first wifes. Son William. My children all under 24. To dan. Marye pan that was her mothers. " My five children I had by my first wife. My gostly father Sr Thos. Gilbert." " Yf my wife be now with chylde." Wife Alice and son William Executors. Overseers: John Bancroft my brother, Richard Walleer, Willm Wandyll and Thos. Ryvett my brother in law. Witnesses: Sr John Gilbert, Curat, Jno. Bancroft, Richd: Walleer, "Wm: Wandyll, Thos. Ryvett, Robt. Nowell and Wm: Tyckyll. Inventory taken 10 May 1557 by Wm: Havre, Tho: Haryngworthe, Richd. Forde and Tho: Stone; total £269-19-5. " Proved at Lichfield 13 September 1557 by relict Alice, power reserved to William Bancroft the other Exor. Will of John Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, dated 11 May 1557. "My boys" under 21. To my eldest son, the Hall I now dwell in. To ___ my second son, the overhouse. To ___ my third son, part of land in Swarston, he paying his fourth brother xv. li. To daughter Margett goods &c., if any other daur. by my wife the same. GodChildren: Mary Bancroft, Phylyp Wandyll and Ciceley Hodkynson. " Every one of my sisters shall have a new xii. d." John Storer. Servant John Meakyn. My mayd Katheryn. My mother Bancroft shall have 2/. A lamb to each of my sister Jane's children. To sisters in law Joyce Mee and Alice Harynworth a new vi. d. To father in law and mother in law the same. George Haryngworth and Christopher my brother in law. To brothers in law Robert Mayre, Richard Walker and William Wandyll goods &c. To sisters in law Agnes Haryngworth and Alyce Bancroft vi. d. each. Master Rolston of Swarston, Roger Bryddon of Derby. To each of the children of my brother in law Wm: Wandyll and of my sister Alderman a lamb. To John Pereson Sen. and Jr. clothing. Wife Margaret and son Ralph Executors. Overseers: Richd. Walker, Wm: Wandyll, Richd: Haryngworth and Thomas Haryngworth my brother in law. Witnesses: Sr Thos. Gilbert, Curat, Ric Walker, Wm: Wandell, Henry Storer, and Richd: Haryngworth, Inventory taken 18 September 1557 by Thos. Haryngworth, Thos: Stone, Nicholas Peerson and Wm: Roberts; total £150-9-0. Proved at Lichfield 24 January 1557 by relict Margaret, power reserved for son Ralph, the other Exor. Admon. of William Bancroft of Chella«ton, Co. Derby, granted at Lichfield 22 April 1611 to Ralph Bancroft, the brother, for the tuition of Catherine, Thomas, Margaret and Mary, the children of the deceased, minors. Inventory taken 20 May 1611 by John Olyver, Willm More, Willm Smyeth & Roger Meare; total £125-16-2, exhibited at Derby 8 November 1611. Will of Thomas Bancroft of Swarston alias Swarkeston, Co. Derby, yeoman, dated 13 October 1626. To be buried in the Church of Swarkeston. To my Wife Rebecca £4 yearly out of land in Swarston. To Ralph Bancroft, my second son, house in Swarston now occupied by my eldest son John Bancroft. To Thomas Bancroft, my third son, 40/ yearly. To Katherine Bancroft, my kinswoman, 30/. To Margaret Bancroft, sister of the said Katherine. Thomas Byard, my apprentice servant. Alexander Arnefield, my servant. To every grandchild I have one ewe. Residue to my five children, John, Ralph, Thomas, Dorothy and Elizabeth. Executors: John Bancroft, my son, and John Erington, my son in lawe. Overseers: Roger Gilbert of Barrow, my neighbor, and Thomas Senior, my son in law. Witnesses: John Bould, Thomas Pomfret, Ralphe Bancrofte and Tbos: Senior. Inventory taken 19 October 2 Chas. I., by Roger Gilbert, John Joyner, Thos: Bould and Richd: Shepardd; total £275-17-2. Proved at Lichfield 11 October 1627 by John Bancroft the son, power reserved for John Errington, the other Exor.
Will of Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, County Derby, yeoman, dated 16 March 1628. My son William Bancroft, under 21. To Dorothy(8) my wife messuage farm &c in Chellaston and she Executrix (afterward called "my now wife"). Daughter Elizabeth Bancroft, under 21. The children of James Farman. To Margaret Bancroft 2/, and to Catherine Bancroft the same. Overseers: James Forman (sic) my loving father in law, and Thos: Hollingworth,(9) my loving unkle. Witnesses: Roger Allestrge (sic),(10). James Wildess and Richard Cartwright. Inventory (no date) taken by Richd: Whingates, William Soor and Richd: Farman; total £85-8-4. Proved at Lichfield 24 July 1629 by the Extrx. named. The above extracts cover all wills in the Lichfield Consistory, prior to the Commonwealth, which I can with certainty identify with the family of the Emigrant at this time. From the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, however, I obtain the following additional evidence: Will of William Bancrofte of Chelliston, Co. Derby, yeoman, dated 21 June 1649. I commit my body to be buried in the church or church-yard of the parish where I shall end my nat: life. I bequeath unto my sister Katherine Newton, 60 li. To my two uncles William Farman and John Farman, 15 li. apiece. I give to my aunt Elizabeth Farman, 151i. To my aunt Ellen, being the wife of John Farman, 15 li. I bequeath to Thomas Forman (sic), son of my aunt Elizabeth, 10 li. To Frances Farmer, daughter of John Farmer, 10 li. I give to the two eldest children of William Farman, my uncle, which are now living, to either of them, 10 li. I give to my aunt Katherine 10 li., provided that if she shall in any wise sue or molest my executors concerning any part of my lands and Tenements, then I give her only 10s. Item, to each one of the children of William Pickering of Chellaston, 20s. I give to the four children of my father-in-law, Gilbert Newton, 20 li. I give to Anne Orrne of Chellaston, 20s. To my uncle George Farman and my father-in-law, Gilbert Newton, to their only proper use and behoof, all my lands and tenements in Chellaston, in consideration that they be my executors, and pay my debts and legacies out of the same. Overseers: my friends James Wildes and Richard Domelawe. I give my cousin Thomas Bancroftes children of Bradley, 10 li. equally amongst them. (signed) Wm. Bancrofte. Witnesses: Tho. Lightwood; William Willis; Elizabeth Forman; Ellen Forman; Thomas Forman. Proved 8 June 1650 by George Farmer and Gilbert Newton, the executors named. (P. C. C. Pembroke, 89.) The above will is of especial interest as showing that Thomas Bancroft the Poet, brother of the Emigrant, was already residing at Bradley so early as 1649, aud that he was then married and had issue. In the next number of these Gleanings, I shall submit the pedigree deduced from all.
Footnotes:
(1) Hotton's Lists, p. 150. Col. Rec. of Mass., 3 Sept., 1633. Winthrop's Journal. Hubbard's Hist, of New England, p. 156. (2) Savage's Gen. Dict., I., 110.
(3) Southampton Court Records, extracted by J.M. Bancroft, of Bloomfield, N.J.
(4) "Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs " (481), pp. 86, 4to, Lond. 1639. (5) Stephen's Biog. Dict., III, 112. (6) Wolstanton lies in the parish jurisdiction of Newcastle-under-Lyne and Stoke-upon-Trent, and about twenty miles n.w. of Derby, around which all the other localities named in the wills cluster closely.
(7) There are no less than five hamlets called Cotton in Staffordshire, the adjoining county, one of which is no doubt intended. Osmaston is near Derby, to the northwest.
(8) As this Dorothy seems certainly to have been daughter of James Forman, the following entry in the Lincoln Marriage Licenses is probably only a coincidence: "1602-3, March 1- Thos Bancrofte & Dorothy Burton. (St.' Mich.)," although she may have been a widow at the time. (9) A curious aud suggestive entry is found in the following marriage license in the Vicar funeral's office, at London, half a century later: 1676, Sep. 26- Robert Barcroft, of Westminster, Midx., Gent., Bach'r., abt. 35, & Mrs. Mary Hollingworth, of St. Sepulchre's, London, Spr., abt 21; consent of mother Mrs Elizabeth Hollingworth, of same, Widow; at St. George's, Southwark, or Kuightsbridge or Mirvbone, Midx."
(10) Probably 'Allestry,' a well known Derbyshire family name, is intended."
Next issue with continuation:
"The search of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which was promised for this number of these Gleanings, in completion of the testamentary evidences on the Bancrofts to the Commonwealth period, has proved most disappointing, for, while a large number of wills and admons. were found, none have been received which fit certainly into the direct ancestry of the emigrant, John Bancroft, although both here and in the Lichfield Court there are many which throw light on the collateral branches. The following Admon. seems to be that of Ralph, presumably the eldest son of John and Margaret (Hollingsworth) Bancroft of Chellaston, and while his location is somewhat remote, it is by no means impossible, and the absence of the name in that neighborhood before that time (1)adds to the probability that he was a Derbyshire man who had crossed the border. Admon. of Ralph Bancroft of South Cave, Co. Yorks., deceased intestate, granted 12 February 1616 to Alice Bancroft, widow, the relict, to administer the goods, credits, etc. P. C. C. Adm. Act Bk 105. A word may be in order in this connection as to the construction of the tentative pedigree which follows. It is absolutely certain that Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, father of our emigrant, was the grand-son of John and Margaret (Hollingsworth) Bancroft of Chellaston - the wills leave no possible doubt on this point, hut they do leave us in uncertainty as to which of the four sons of John was his parent; but of these we may dismiss William of Chellaston, who died intestate in 1611, as his son Thomas, then under age(2), could not have been a grandfather at the making of his will fifteen years after! Thomas of Chellaston, whose will we have in 1629, may be also dismissed, as he left an only son William, who died without issue before 1650. This reduces us to Ralph and the unknown fourth son, and as I believe the latter to have died long before, and unmarried, it narrows the probability to Ralph (of South Cave ?), to whom (by his wife Alice?) I have ventured to attribute the descent, subject to correction by future discoveries. It is greatly to be desired that the parish registers involved, all of which, with the exception of Barrow, go far back enough to serve our purpose, should be examined, but this of course falls outside the province of these Gleanings. The wills of the comigerous families of Hollingsworth, Wright, Ryvett, Forman, Alderman, and others, would also add much to our knowledge of this interesting family.
Footnotes: (1) In Calendars of Exchequer Court York, 1389-1619. (2) See his tuition, on page 86, ante.
(3) Viz: Chellaston 1570, Bradley 1579, Swarkeston 1604, So. Cave 1558, and Barrow 1736."
Pedigree formulated from the research work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., in the English probate records (note he indicates additional work should be done to look at the parish records - something he had not done - to confirm this proposed pedigree). See notes with direct line Bancroft English-born males for full quote of Mr. Lea's research on which he based this pedigree:
1. ___ Bancroft, of Chellaston, Barrow, or Swarkeston, Co. Derby? Md. ___ ___, relict, living in 1557 and legatee of lands in Barrow by will of her son Ralph, of Chellaston, Derby, dated 21 Apr 1557.
2. Ralph Bancroft of Chellaston, co. Derby; will dated 21 Apr, probated 13 Sep 1557; bur. at Chellaston: md. (2) Alice (dau. of Christopher Wright; liv. and ex., 1557). First wife, dec'd before 1557 and bur. at Chellaston.
2. Jane and other daus. (2 or 3), who married Thos. Ryvett, Wm. Wandyll, and ___ Alderman.
2. John Bancroft, of Chellaston; son of above, married Margaret Hollingsworth (or Haryngworth); will dated May 11, 1556; proved at Lichfield, 24 Jan 1557, and inventoried 18 Sep 1557. Will refers to "my boys under 21. To my oldest son (Ralph) the Hall I now dwell in; to my second son the over house; to my third son part of the land in Swarston (Swarkeston), he paying his fourth brother xv li."
3. Ralph Bancroft, liv. 1611, and admr. of his bro. William (Qu. - if of So. Cave, Yorks., and adm. 12 Feb 1616, to relict Alice.); md. Alice ___. By process of elimination, most likely candidate for father of Thomas Bancroft (see Henry Lea's rationale for this).
4. Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, yeoman; will dated 13 Oct 1626; probated at Lichfield 11 Oct 1627; bur. at Swarkeston; md. Rebecca ___, liv. 1627, but bur. at Swarkeston before 1639.
5. John Bancroft, eldest son, was of Swarkeston 1627; come to NE. in the "James," 12 Apr 1632; d. 1637; md. Jane ___, widow and had grant of 100 ac. of land in 1638, removed to Southhampton, L.I., and after to Windsor, Ct., was dec'd in 1644 when her land was divided between Jona. Stratton and Thos. Talmadge, Jr.; she had prob. mar. a second time.
6. Anne Bancroft, m. 13 May 1647 to John Griffin of Windsor, CT.
6. John Bancroft of Windsor, CT; md. 3 Dec 1650 Hannah Dupper; she md. 2d to John Ludlam.
6. Thomas Bancroft of Enfield, CT.
6. Samuel Bancroft. (According to Hinman.)
6. William Bancroft. (According to Hinman.)
5. Ralph Bancroft, second son; legatee of lands in Swarkeston, in 1627. The other Thomas who was born 1621 and died 1691 in Lynn, Mass., may have been the son of this Ralph.
5. Thomas Bancroft, 3rd son; poet, author in 1639; of Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derby, 1649-1658; had issue.
5. Dorothy. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.)
5. Elizabeth. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.)
3. William Bancroft of Chellaston, d. 1611; adm. 12 Apr to bro. Ralph; bur. 20 May 1611; wife's name unknown but dec'd before 1611.
4. Thomas Bancroft, a minor in 1611.
4. Catherine.
4. Margaret.
4. Mary.
3. Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 16 mar 1628; probated 24 Jul 1629; wife is Dorothy, dau. of James Forman.
4. William Bancroft, of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 21 Jun 1649, probated 8 Jun 1650; no issue (Pembroke, 89.); md. dau. of Gilbert Newton.
4. Elizabeth.
4. Margaret.
4. Catherine, md. ___ Newton.
3. ___ Bancroft, a son; name unknown; liv. 1557.
3. Margrett Bancroft, only daughter, liv. 1557.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Mentioned in the book "The Great Migration Directory, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640," by Robert Charles Anderson, NEHGS, 2015:
"Bancraft, Widow: Unknown; 1638; Lynn [EQC 2:270; TAG 37:154-60, 42:210-16]."

2. Family genealogist Lynne Uhler emailed me the following in her ongoing research relative to finding any primary sources for the widow of John Bancroft in Lynn in the 1630s:
A. In the "Vital Records of Lynn to the end of 1849," on page 40 under "Lynn Births" is this notation: "John, s. John [bef.1637]" with this source: "P.R.4." P.R.4 explained on page 6 is "Vital Records in Lewis' History of Lynn." I attempted to find anything in Volume I of Lewis' book regarding the Bancrofts and did not.
B. In the "Early History of Southampton, L.I., NY," page 421, "Short Notices" is this: "Bancroft, widow. Land was granted to her in 1644, but it is not probable she ever resided here. She had a.s., Thomas, resident of Lynn, who had descendants." Lynne notes that this Thomas is most likely the other Thomas, of Dedham & Lynn, 1622-1691. 		Bancroft, Mrs. (I1982)
 
1993 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Caution! The listing of this individual as a brother of Elizabeth is only probable and inferred but not proven.

2. Entry found for surname Dick in the "Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1806" per website http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/as1806co.htm. [Note. Despite the fact that Ashe County, North Carolina was created in 1799, the first extant court records begin in 1806.] State of North Carolina.
A. State of North Carolina. August term 1806. At a county court begun and held for the County of Ashe on the second Monday being the 11th day of August A. D. 1806. "A deed from John Dick to John Holman for 70 acres was duly acknowledged in open court by Jno. Dick."

3. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 88-89 [same information more or less is found in FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 119-123 - any additional info is shown bracketed]:
"Conrad and Katherine Dick were living in Frederick County, Maryland as early as 1755, when 100 acres were registered on August 15, and named Mon Hime, perhaps after Manheim Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania or Manheim, Germany. He sold this land in [Mar] 1764 and 10 years later there is a record of buying 200 acres in Rowan County, North Carolina. His early deeds shows he was a weaver by trade. Conrad later was granted [70 acres of] land [in Wilkes County] next to his son-in-law, Peter Eller, which he sold to him. Another Dick, which is probably some relation, named Susan Dick, married Devault Koons, who in turn were the grandparents of George Koons, who married Mary Eller. Children:
a. John [b. abt 1767/9]; m. Mary ___; John sold land to Michael Stoker in Wilkes Co., NC.
b. Marie Catherine, christened 28 Mar 1758 [in Frederick Co., MD].
c. Elizabeth [b. 1750]; m. Peter Eller."
[d. George.]

4. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31:
"Peter Eller was born, say about 1746 and died in that part of Wilkes County, North Carolina that in 1799 became Ashe County, before 29 Jul 1799 on which date the administration of his estate was given to Betsey and John Eller. He married, say about 1767, probably in Frederick County, Maryland, Elizabeth Dick, daughter of Conrad and Catherine Dick who were living in Frederick Co. as early as 15 Aug 1755 when all of that tract of 'land called Mon Hime' lying on a small creek leading into Beaver Dam Branch in Frederick Co., MD containing 100 acres, was surveyed and patented to Conrad Dick. (B.C. and G.S. No. 5, folio 127, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD) Beaver Branch is a branch of Little Pipe Creek. Conrad and Catherine Dick, she relinquishing her dower right, sold this land to William Aldridge on 23 Mar 1764 after which they disappear from the Frederick Co. records. He was called a weaver in the deed. (Book J, pp. 244, 245, Frederick Co. Deeds.) Mon Hime, apparently, was his own name for this land and may have been named for the township of Manheim in Bavaria located about 80 miles south of Nurnberg. On 28 March 1758, Marie Catherine Dick, daughter of Conrad Dick and his wife Anna Catherine Dick, was christened in the German Reformed Church of Frederick Co., Maryland.
Conrod Dick (sic) purchased 200 acres of land from Martin Sheets in Rowan Co., NC in 1774. The land was located on Hodge's Fork, a branch of the Uwaree River, now in Davidson or Randolph Co. He sold this land to Adam Bowers, 20 Dec 1785. (Book 10, p. 388, Rowan Co. Deeds.) Coonrod Dick (sic), doubtless the same, was granted 70 acres of land on Rones Creek in Wilkes Co., NC, 28 Nov 1792. A record on film at the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City (FNCW 5B Land Entries, 1778-1781 and 1783-1785, Wilkes Co., NC) shows that this land was entered 20 Feb 1779 but the order for survey, dated 10 Mar 1787, in the Sec'y of State's office in Raleigh, NC, shows that Coonrod Dick's name had been written in over another name that the original entry may have been made for someone else who later assigned his right to Coonrod (Conrad) Dick. The land was surveyed for Conrod Dick (sic), 13 Apr 1795, and found to contain only 70 acres. Jno. Eller and Mich. Stucker (Stoker) signed the survey as chain carriers. (Grant #1258, Secretary of State Office, Raleigh, N.C.) In view of the fact that Peter Eller, son-in-law of Conrad Dick, entered land on Rones Creek about a year later (24 July 1780), it is reasonable to suppose that the two settled in North Carolina at the same time. Whether they came directly form Frederick County, Md. or not is not clear but the fact that Conrad Dick sold his land in Frederick County, Md. in Mar 1764 and didn't show up in NC until ten years later suggests that he may have lived in some intermediate place, say Virginia, meantime. Conrad Dick sold his 70 acres to Peter Eller, 3 Mar 1797. (Deed Book D, p. 165, Wilkes Col, NC.)
A John Dick, son perhaps of Conrad Dick, was granted 86-1/2 acres on the south fork of New River in Ashe Co., on 27 Jun 1797. John Dick Jr. and Jesse Ray attested the survey. John Dick and John Dick Jr. doubtless were father and son. John Dick was also granted 400 acres of land on the south fork of New River on 13 Jun 1798. This grant was accompanied by a document saying that it was issued to correct errors in an earlier grant not identified but probably the one dated 27 Dec 1797 for 400 acres that, on 3 Jan 1783, had been ordered to be surveyed probably for Robert Nall and actually surveyed for John Dick 22 July 1787. John Nall and Alexander Johnson attested the survey. On 1 Dec 1798, John Dick was granted an additional 100 acres on the south fork of New River. This land was first ordered to be surveyed for William Nall on 11 Nov 1779 and actually surveyed for Robert Nall 24 Jun 1794. How it came to be granted later to John Dick is not clear but very likely it was by assignment. (Grants 1484, 1749, 1547 and 1471, Secretary of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.) That John Dick and his wife Mary once lived in Rowan Co. is indicated by a deed of that county dated 3 Sep 1795 wherein John Dick, of Wilkes Co., sold to Jacob Helfer of Rowan Co., 200 acres of land including improvements located on Bear Creek in Rowan Co. He signed the deed 'Johannes Dick' in German script in his own hand. His wife Mary signed with a mark. (Book 14, p. 523, Rowan Co. Deeds.)
Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh. The two grants to Peter Eller totaling 350 acres on Rones Creek in Wilkes County (now Ashe) mentioned above has an entry date of 10 Mar 1780 in Wilkes Co., NC records. (Land Entries 1778-1781, 1783-1795 Wilkes Co., NC, on film at the Gen. Soc. of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City.) This was followed by a warrant of survey, dated 24 Jul 1780. The survey was made 28 Mar 1787 and the grant issued 18 May 1789. Apparently Peter Eller merely retained his entry privilege and did not ask for a survey and grant until some years later, probably about the time he removed there for his farm on Reedy Creek in Rowan (now Davidson County,) North Carolina. The same situation also applied to the Conrad Dick grant of 150 acres on Rones Creek. The Wilkes county entry date is 20 Feb 1779 whereas the order to survey was issued 10 Mar 1787, the grant 28 Nov 1792 and strangely enough the survey was not made until 13 Apr 1795. Very likely it was a resurvey because it showed that instead of containing 150 acres the tract contained only 70 acres, the same acreage that Conrad Dick sold to Peter Eller, 3 Mar 1797 (supra). Quite often there would be an acreage discrepancy between entry and survey. The reason for this was that the entries were estimates and the surveys actual. Instances are also found where a person would make an entry and not follow through, then at a later date make a new entry on the same land. The Wilkes County, NC entries mentioned above were found on microfilm at the Gen. Soc. of the LDS Church. ((FNCW 5B, Land Entries 1778-1781, 1783-1795, Wilkes Co., NC.) The writer is indebted to Honorable Thad Eure, Secretary of State of North Carolina for his letter of 2 Dec 1955 which explains early land grant procedure in North Carolina.
The date of birth for Elizabeth Dick, wife of Peter Eller, is not known. Her eldest son John Eller was born about 1767-1769 and her youngest son George after 1790. This would indicate that she was born not later than about 1749 or 1750. The 1800 census of Ashe County, N.C. states her age as over 45. She probably was alive in 1830 and, according to the Federal Census of Ashe County of that year, living with her son Jacob, her age being shown as between 70 and 80. The fact that her daughter did not have herself baptized for her mother as well as her father at Nauvoo, Ill. in 1841 as shown below, indicates either that she was then living or, as is more likely, that she had embraced the Mormon faith and was baptized in her own lifetime. [KP: This statement now appears in error since it has been found that Catherine Eller Stoker was baptized for Elizabeth White, her mother in 1843, who appeared to have remarried to Luke White, whose baptism was done by Catherine's daughter Mary (Polly) Stoker in 1841.]
Proof of many facts concerning Peter Eller and his family was gleaned from the microfilm records of the Index to Nauvoo (Illinois) Baptisms for the Dead of the [LDS Church] that are in the custody of the Gen. Soc. of the Church in Salt Lake City. They show the following [Kerry's note: baptisms are currently not done cross-gender; however, when first introduced in 1841 on the banks of the Mississippi River, there were indeed indiscriminate cross-gender proxies.]:
1. That Catherine Stoker, wife of Michael Stoker and daughter of Peter Eller had herself baptized in 1841 for:
a. Her deceased grandfather, Kinrod (Conrad) Dick. (Book A, p. 37)
b. Her deceased grandmother, Catherine Dick (Book A, p. 37)
c. Her deceased father, Peter Eller. (Book A, p. 41)
d. Her deceased brother, John Eller. (Book A, p. 42)
e. Her deceased daughter Rebecca Stoker. (Book C, p. 338)
2. Eller Stoker, son of Catherine Stoker had himself baptized in 1841 for:
a. His deceased uncle, George Eller. (Bk. A, p. 41)
3. Michael Stoker, son of Catherine Stoker had himself baptized in 1841 for:
a. His deceased aunt, Barbara Pertune. It is not clear whether this aunt was a sister of his mother or father. (Book A, p. 94)
From the above it is apparent that Catherine (Eller) Stoker in 1841 was living in or near Nauvoo, Illinois. When she and her husband embraced the faith is not known but indications are that it was some years prior to 1841 when they lived in Jackson County, Ohio...
Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families.
Land transactions in western North Carolina between 1740 and 1780 were so frequently unrecorded and in some cases titles supplied by the Earl of Granville and other British proprietors were considered so worthless that property owners found it necessary to have their land holdings legalized by grants from the state. This situation may explain why Peter Eller and many other settlers who are known to have lived in Rowan, and what is now Davidson County, of Western North Carolina during the period cannot be found in the records of that time. They must have done something to support themselves and their families and about all they could have done was farm lands that, by squatter rights, they assumed they owned or lands upon which they worked as laborers or tenants. [Kerry's note: Many may have finally gone for the actual grant after the Revolution since a new local and more responsive government was finally in place.]...
Peter Eller added other property to his holdings on 27 Dec 1797 when two parcels of 50 and 25 acres were granted to him by the State of NC. These parcels were surveyed for him on 21 Mar and 11 May respectively. John Dick, Jr., and Leonard Fouts attested the first survey and Michael Stuckard [Stoker] and Peter Eller, Jr. the second. (Grants 1479 and 1532, Secy. of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.) On 3 Mar 1797 he purchased from Conrad Dick, of Wilkes Co., his father-in-law, doubtless, 70 acres of land in Wilkes Co. The deed was witnessed by John and George Koons. (Deed Book D, p. 165, Wilkes Co., NC.) As already mentioned this land had been entered 20 Feb 1779 and surveyed for Conrad Dick 13 Apr 1795 with Jno. Eller and Mich.Stuckers [Stoker] attesting the survey as chain carriers. The land had been granted to him in the amount of 150 acres on 28 Nov 1792 but when surveyed was found to contain only 70 acres. (Grant 1258, Secy. of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.)...
The personal estate of Peter Eller was sold and an accounting reported to the Nov. 1799 court of Wilkes Co., NC by John Eller, Adr. The property, 111 individual sales, consisted of household utensils and furniture, farm yard tools and accessories, including one tomahawk, ten sheep, fifteen head of cattle, among which were a yoke of yearlings and one yearling bull, hogs, geese, bee hives, etc. The widow took a good deal of the furniture and household accessories including interestingly enough a trumpet which indicates that the early Ellers possessed musical interest. Other items taken by her were one lot of books, a chest, five head of hogs, four cows, one mare colt, two sheep, oven, hammer and anvil, and a pair of saddle bags. Other purchasers were John Eller, Peter Eller, Elizabeth Eller Jr., Michael Stucker (Stoker), Michael Bumgardner, Leonard Bumgardner, John Dick, Leonard Pfouts, Jacob Huntsinger, Daniel Dickson, James Dickson, James Cash, William Cash, Henry Michael Sr., Henry Michael Jr., Daniel Michael, Thomas Baker, Alexander Smith who purchased the tomahawk and some of the farm animals and other items, David Smith, Frederick Younce, Christian Shear, Abraham Shear, Coonrod Coldiron, David Ingram, Balsar Raime, Conrat Grub, William Colward, George Miller, John Calloway, Allen Nowlin, John Holman and John Tirey. The amount of the sale, including the items taken by the widow totaled 300 pounds, 18 shillings, 7 pence. (Will Book 1, pp. 540-41, Wilkes Co., NC.)"

5. Partial transcription from an article entitled "Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller." from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See notes of Michael Stoker for full transcription of this article:
"Settling New Territory.
After the French and Indian War new territories were opened up to European settlers. Michael moved south locating just inside the North Carolina state line on or near the head waters of New River in Wilkes County. Country side events that were going on at the time shaped the settlement patterns and life styles. In the book German New River Settlement: Virginia by Rev. Ulysses S. A. Heavener, the author goes into detail about life for the German settlers in the New River territory. Rev. Heavener states that the Germans of this area were not used heavily in the Revolutionary War because of the language barriers. It is known from parish records of these early years that the people still spoke and wrote in their native language, although English influences can be noted. Reverend Heavener further states that the military titles found among the Germans were from their fight with the Indians. But that is not to say that the Revolutionary War was not around them. "In the movements and battles of Cornwallis and Tarrelton about Greensborough, North Carolina, in the Revolutionary War, menaced the people of the Northern part of the Colony of North Carolina as well as those of the southern part of Virginia. In fact they were seriously threatened" (Heavener 1976)...
Picture, pg. 103: "First actual survey of the State of North Carolina David Stone & Peter Brown Esq. 1808." (North Fork of New River and Naked Creek are labeled.)
Land Records
James Hook states that Michael Stoker had a farm on the North Fork of New River in Ashe County. Then on 29 December 1792 Michael (Strucker) purchased: "100 acres from John Dick of land on Naked Creek in Ashe (Wilkes) Co. which creek flows west into the South Fork of New River" (Hook). The Morgan district, in which this land was located, in 1799 became part of the new Ashe County, North Carolina and was the same district where Peter Eller, John Koons and Conrad Dick lived. All now related by Michael's marriage to Catherine. There are two other reasons why Michael may have traveled south:
Living in North Carolina at this time was Jacob Fah born 1765. He was the son of Jacob Faw (Pfau) and his second wife. Jacob Faw (Pfau) was Elizabeth Fah's father.
Michael grew up around a religious group called the Moravians. They migrated a very large colony into northwestern North Carolina. (See John Michael Stocker story for more details.)
Michael (Strucker) is listed on the 1800 Ashe Co. census records as 'head of family' with one male age 0-9 yrs. (David), one male age 26-45 (Michael), two females age 0-9 (Mary [Polly] and Elizabeth), one female age 26 (Catherine). The Eller, Koonz, and Graybill families are also listed.
On the 13 March 1806 Michael applied for 150 acres of land on the North Fork of the New River adjoining his existing land. The land was then surveyed and on the 27 of November it was granted to Michael (Ibid). Copies of these land transactions can be obtained by writing to the North Carolina Department of Archives.
The town of Jefferson became the main hub area for Ashe County during this time frame. The territory of New River is described as an area of: "hills and ridges and intervening valleys along the creeks and rivers. The supply of water is abundant. The north and south forks of New River pass through the county with their tributary streams. There is scarcely a plat of land to be found large enough for an ordinary farm that is not supplied with springs of clear, cold water and streams running through them. The productions are wheat, rye, corn, oats, buckwheat, sorgum-cane, tobacco, potatoes, flax, and a great variety of garden vegetables. The fruit-productions are apples, peaches, pears, quinces, and plums, with many varieties of small fruits, such as cherries, currants, whortleberries and gooseberries. Beautiful groves of timber, oak, hickory, ash, poplar, maple, walnut, pine and cherry. The climate and soil is well adapted to the growth of different grasses, as timothy, clover, red top, bluegrass, and evergreen" (Cox 1900)...
The 1810 census record [for Ashe County, NC] list members of the Eller and Graybill families but there are no names of the Stoker family. This is only a side note as there were many reasons why their names were or were not listed at this time...
In the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of February 1807 Michael Stuckard is listed record as a witness to the Last Will and Testament of John Koons. In 1808 he was witness for a land exchange between John Dick and Seth Osborn. In August of 1809, Michael Stoker sold 110 acres to William Colvard. Ashe County, North Carolina Records Inventory. Original Records. www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/asherec.htm. Note the different spellings of the last name on three different records within the same office."

6. A partial quote from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, from an article entitled: "Conrad and Katherine Dick":
"Conrad and Katherine Dick were living in Frederick County, Maryland as early as 1755, when 100 acres were registered on August 15, and named Mon Hime, perhaps after Manheim township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania or Manheim, Germany. He sold this land in 1764 and 10 years later there is a record of buying 200 acres in Rowan County, North Carolina. His early deeds shows he was a weaver by trade.
Conrad later was granted land next to his son-in-law, Peter Eller, which he sold to him.
Another Dick, which is probably some relation, named Susan Dick, married Devault Koons, who in turn were the grandparents of George Koons, who married Mary Eller.
Children:
1. John Dick, m. Mary; John sold land to Michael Stoker in Wilkes County, N.C.
2. Marie Catherine Dick, christened on March 28, 1758.
3. Elizabeth Dick, m. Peter Eller."

7. Internet Rootsweb message posted 25 Apr 2009 at "Brethren-L" by Merle C Rummel at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRETHREN/2009-04/1240688584 accessed 4 May 2015:
"Conrad's oldest son was Johannes who may have married a Roland/Rolland woman. He also lived in Wilkes/Ashe County in the 1790s. John Dick Sr married Elizabeth Roland - about 1770. She is claimed to be as sister of the Elder Gaspar Roland of Carolina and Kentucky. Elizabeth left John Dick, and in 1829 he filed for divorce ("abandonment"). About 1820 John Dick had moved to Warren Co., TN.
His son John Dick Jr married Anna Mary Donner (sister of George Donner of the fatal Donner Party). They moved first (c1808) to Simpson Co., KY (Drakes Creek Church, then (c1820) to Warren Co., TN, and finally (1828) to Sangamon Co., IL. He was an minister/Elder.
Son James - I found nothing about.
Daughter Catherine married James Dickson, and they seem to have remained in Ashe Co., NC.
Son Peter married Christina Shutt (dau of Jacob Henry Shutt and Elizabeth Grove) and moved first to Muhlenberg Co (1799) - where he married Christina, then c1820 to Simpson Co., KY (Drakes Creek church) and in 1829 to Sangamon Co., IL, and finally in 1831 to Morgan Co. (later Cass Co.), IL.
I have very little on John's son Conrad Dick. He married (1806) Charlotte Harrald. They lived in Ashe Co., NC - but about 1810 moved to Simpson Co., KY.
Daughter Mary Dick married John Toliver. About 1812 they moved to Warren Co., TN, then in 1839 they moved to Lawrence Co., MO."

8. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick," p. 13:
"Elizabeth Rolland
There are Rolland, Roland and Rowland entries in the 1790 N. Car. census. The only clue we have to the name of the mother of Peter Dick is the Amos Dick statement that the name was Elizabeth Relland.
John Dick sold land in N. Carolina to Abram Roulan. A Gasper Roland was living in Simpson County in 1820 near the families of Peter, Coonrod and John Dick, according to entries in the census. In 1830 near John
Dick was Finis E. Roland, male 30-40 and Tilson Roland male 30-40.
Salisbury Dist. Rowan Co. N. Car. 1790 had Gasper Roland, John Roland and Joseph Roland.
No further research about the Rolland (Roland) family has been done at the present time."

9. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
Supplemental material concerning Coonrod and Catherine Dick. Copied from "George Michael Eller and his Descendants in America." Inf. from Mrs. Willmetta Bauguess, Seattle, Wash, an Eller descendant.
p. 15 "Peter Eller, eldest son of George Michael Eller, b. c. 1746, d. Ashe Co. N.C. 1799, md abt. 1766 Elizabeth Dick, dau of Conrad and Katherine Dick of Frederick Co. Md."
p. 17 "Peter died in Ashe Co., a part that had been Wilkes Co. This also places the marriage as probably in Frederick Co. Md. and states that Conrad and Catherine Dick were living in that county as early as 15 Aug. 1755. Conrod Dick purchased land in Rowan Co. N.C. in 1774." (Note various spellings.)
p. 18-19 "Tell of a John Dick and his wife, Mary, selling land in Rowan Co. in 1795. He signed the deed "Johannes Dick" in German script in his own hand."
"Frederick Co. Maryland History" at Newberry Library, Chicago; Chapter "1st settlers of Germans in Maryland":
p. 14 "Between 1740-1754 the Palatines came into Maryland via Baltimore and Annapolis, 2800 of them. The lists were not preserved."
p. 18 "Many of them went to Ohio, Tiffin and Dayton." The Palatine region of Germany was along the Rhine River.
Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Strassburger-Henke. Lists of Palatines coming from Rotterdam, stopping at Portsmouth, Eng. and landing at Philadelphia. Many Dicks are named, Adam 1738, Frederick 1749, George 1750, Jacob 1750, Nicklas, Phillip, Johann Peter 1750, Johann Philip 1749, Peter 1754.
Supplemental material about another John Dick in Ashe Co. N.C., Simpson Co. Ky. and Sangamon Co. Ill. from Biography of Daniel Dick (his son) p.676- 677, History of Macoupin Co. Ill by Walker, 1911.
Daniel Dick was a native of Ashe Co. N.C. born Sept. 25, 1800 of Swiss and English lineage. His parents, John and Ann Mary (Donner) Dick were natives of the same state. The father was a minister of the Baptist church, moved from North Carolina to Virginia, thence to Kentucky, later becoming a pioneer of Sangamon Co. Ill. He died about 1838 at an advanced age and was buried at Thayer, in Sangamon Co. His widow died Jan. 16, 1844. They had six children, Daniel, John, James, George, Mary and Elizabeth. His grandfather, John Dick Sr. was of English descent.
Daniel was 3 years of age when he went to Virginia and the family reached Simpson Co. Ky about 1809. In 1827 he made a trip to Illinois, and later re­turned to Kentucky and was married there (Muhlenberg Co. 1830). A month later he and his bride started for Illinois. He entered land 18 miles south of Spring­field, where Thayer is now located. In 1847 moved to Macoupin Co. In 1853, he moved to Carlinville. Daniel and Susan (Gates) Dick were the parents of 4 daughters, Mary, Permelia, Susan and Lucretia."

10. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"Peter Dick was born Oct. 27, 1780 in North Carolina, the son of John and Elizabeth Rolland Dick, also natives of one of the Carolinas, who died in Kentucky when very old. The ancestry was German.(2) (We have reason to believe that John may be a native of Maryland.) Nowhere else is the mother's name recorded except as Mary on a deed in North Carolina.
Morgan District, Wilkes Co. N. Car. 1790 census
John Dick, 1 male over 16; 3 males under 16; 5 females
The following paragraphs are from research contributed by Miss Wilda Chase of Lincoln, Neb. from her Dick family history. The North Carolina research was done by a Dick-Eller descendant and the Kentucky research about Conrod Dick II by a Baptist preacher in Kentucky and that material was given to Miss Chase...
Coonrod Dick appears to be the first found ancestor of this family but little is known about him. He does not appear on any passenger list of those coming to this country. His given name is found spelled variously as Coonrod, Conrad, Kinrod, Koonrod, etc. He was of German birth.
Conrad Dick was in Frederick Co. Md. 15 Aug. 1755 when all that tract of land called "Mon Hime" lying on a small creek leading into Beaver Dam Branch and containing 100 acres was surveyed and patented to him. (B.C. and G.S. #5, folio 127, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.) On Mar. 23, 1764 Conrad Dick signed by mark a deed for this land to William Aldridge, his wife, Catherine consenting (J 224-5). Here they disappear from Maryland records.
He appears to be identical with the Conrad Dick found in Wilkes County, North Carolina with others from Frederick Co. Md. 20 Feb.1779, Coonrod Dick enters 150 acres of land (868). 28 March 1792, he was granted 70 acres (1068) which he sold to Peter Eller 3 March 1797. It seems strange he is not found on any census list. He cannot have been living with any of his known children as their families do not include any one of his age. The only possible explanation seems to be that his name was misread and appears as Conrad Fite in the printed census records.
No tombstone nor death records are found for either Conrad or his wife, Catherine (Anna Catherine, on other information). That she was the mother of his children is shown in the marriage record of their granddaughter, Catherine Eller Stoker, and in the baptism of their daughter, Maria Catherine. Probable children of this couple, order of birth unknown were:
1. John Dick. The fact that Elizabeth Eller's son acted as agent for the sale of part of his land after he moved to Kentucky, plus the fact that he had children Coonrad and Catherine makes it seem probable he was their son.
2. Elizabeth Dick married Peter Eller (see later paragraphs).
3. Maria Catherine Dick christened Frederick Co. 28 March, 1758."

11. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"John Dick seems sure to have been a son of Conrad and Catherine Dick. He was listed on the 1790 N. Car. census, but he is not found on the 1800 census. By 1810 all of his family had removed from North Carolina.
John Dick had many more deeds recorded than did his presumed father, Conrad, most of them are in the part of Wilkes County which is now Ashe County. 12 March 1779 (#942) 100 acres; #1323, 86-1/4 acres from Sam'l Ashe of 27 June 1797; #1512 on 13 June 1798, 400 acres to correct earlier grant; #1383 dated 1 Dec.1798, 100 acres from Sam'l Ashe; #1471 27 Dec. 1797, 400 acres from Sam'l Ashe, apparently the one later corrected. In Rowan County, John bought 200 acres from Benjamin Vancleave on 5 Oct 1782. As of Wilkes County, he sold 3 Sept. 1795 to Jacob Holfer, John signing Johann Dick in German script and his wife Mary signing by mark. This is the only record in which his wife's name is found and the only time his name is spelled Johann. John's sales in Ashe County included 220 acres to Abram Raulon 10 Nov. 1800, 188 acres to Christian Shearer 4 Nov. 1804, 102 acres to Seth Osborn 1 Nov. 1804; 200, 600 and 100 acres to Jesse Reeves on 27 Sept. 1809. These Reeves deeds were the ones in which John Eller acted as agent, indicating that John Dick had left North Carolina between 1804 and 1809.
In Logan County Ky. deeds is found: 29 Dec. 1810, John Dick from Logan County bought land from John C. Slocumb of Indiana Territory (C :190) Book E, p. 249; John Dick bought 145 and 3/4 acres from Harrison Powell, Koonrod Dick witnessing the deed, but no relaionship stated.
This is the last record found for John. Simpsen County was formed from part of Logan County in 181. The Simpson County Courthouse was burned. If John left a will in Simpson County, it was destroyed.
From manuscripts prepared by his grandchildren, county historian other sources this list of his probable children was prepared. If his death occurred in Simpson County, the settlement of his estate would have been destroyed, as were those of his son, Conrad.
Probable family of John and Mary (and/or Elizabeth) Dick:
1. James Dick, listed first in one account of the family. There were several James Dicks in the 1790 Guilford Co. census, but it is improbable, as that was the home of the English Dicks. "There was a James Dickey in Salisbury Dist. Rowan Co. in 1790 with 5 males over 16; 1 male under 16; 2 females. M.H.) We wonder of some of the Dickeys in both North Carolina and in Muhlenberg Co. Ky. could have been the same family, in spite of the variation in the spelling of the name. (No further information).
2. John Dick, probably the one who married 17 Nov. 1799 to Mary, daughter of George Tanner of Rowan Co. Their fathers owned adjoining land there.
3. Catherine Dick d. 23 April 1875 age 99 years, d. Ashe County, N.C., m. James Dickson in 1798 (b.12 Feb. 1777 d. 12 Sept. 1860)
4. Peter Dick (see Chapter I).
5. Conrad Dick b. Dec 22, 1782 (see later section of this chapter).
6. Mary (Polly) Dick said to have married a Tolliver and moved to Missouri. A John Tolliver 63 b. Va. is listed on the 1850 Lawrence Co. Mo. census with a wife, Polly, 64 b. N.Car. and 4 children who were probably grandchildren. She died 12 Sept. 1877 age 90 yrs. 8 mos. 5 da.
7. Nellie Dick, 54 on 1850 Simpson Co. census. Traditionally she was the common law wife of an unnamed man by whom she had several children who all went by the surname Dick. Known of these was Mary Frances Dick, who married Richard Odle (O'Dell) and had a daughter Adaline m. John Harrison McFarlin, her cousin.
There may be another son and several daughters."

12. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"Conrad Dick, younger brother of Peter Dick, was born 22 Dec. 1782 and died 8 January 1862. The family Bible of his son spells his name Coonrod at birth and Koonrod at death. The latter spelling is used on his tombstone. He married Charlotte Harral 26 April 1806 in Wilkes Co. N. Car. She was born 16 Mar. 1784 and d. 24 Oct.1851. Their children, order of birth uncertain were:
1. Mary called Molly d. 21 Oct. 1877 in her 70th yr. m. Matthew McFarlin. (Son, John Harrison b. Nov. 1828, one of 12 children, ref. Perrin's 3rd edition p. 686. John m. 27 Sept. 1858 his cousin Adaline Odle b. 31 Dec. 1838, had 6 ch.).
2. Peter Dick probably died without issue as the will of James mentions the goodly estate left to his sons by their uncle Peter.
3. John Dick on 1850 census 38 yrs. (Wife c __ 37, Wm 18, E (f ) 14, J 12, H 10, J 8, L 6 and Carwell 1, all males. He was not on the 1860 Simpson County census. On the 1840 census in John Dick family 1 male 70-80 and a young family, perhaps this younger John, 1 m 20-30, 2 m 5-10, 1 female 20-30, 1 female under 5.
4. Jesse A. Dick m. Cox, perhaps Mary Eliza and if so 1826-1906. His tombstone reads 1815-1893. On 1850 census Jesse 34, E 34, and M.E. 1. In 1850, Jesse 42, Eliza 32, Martha 11, Eliza 5, Maude 8, Charlotte 3, and John W. 2.
5. James Dick 1818-1887 according to his tombstone. James evidently married late. On 1860 census, James 40, Martha J. 26, Charlotte T.1 and James J. 6 mos. In 1870, James 53, James J.A. 10, Jesse 8, and Mary L. 6. Evidently his wife was dead. His will dated 28 May 1883 was proved 17 Apr. 1887, does not mention his wife, but his sons, J.J.A. and Jesse A. are men­tioned, also a daughter Mary Lucy, who was a minor in 1883, but is probably the Molly L. Dick who m. C.T. Tarrants, J.A. Dick attesting to the bond. Mary Lucy Tarrants tombstone reads 1864-1892.
6. Alexander Dick 1821-1850 perhaps the father of Alexander G. b. 31 Aug. 1850.
7. Lottie Dick m. Roland Cherry.
The above section about the family of Conrad Dick was based on research given to Wilda Chase. It has been changed whenever the census records proved that there were entries to correct or supplement that material. (M.H.)"
Coonrod Dick Family census records
1810 Muhlenberg Co. Ky, Coonrod 26-45, 1 f. 1 male child, 1 female child.
1820 Simpson Co. 1 male 26-45, 1 f. 26-45, 4 males under 16, 2 females -16.
1830 Simpson Co. 1 m 40-50, 1 f 40-50, 4 m. children, 2 young females.
1840 Simpson Co. 1 m. 50-60, 3 m under 20, 1 f. 60-70,1 f 10-15.
1850 Coonrod Dick 67, C.f. 66 b. Va. Charlotte died 1851
1860 Simpson Co. Franklin P.O. Coonrod 78 b. N. Car. in the shade of life. Coonrod died 1862.
1850 Simpson Co. John Dick 38 family, also Jesse Dick 34 family.
1860 Simpson Co. Jesse Dick 42 family, James Dick 40 family
1870 Simpson Co. James Dick 53 family, Franklin P.J."

13. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
"Research by the compiler of this booklet, enables us to add the following to the material that was shared with us.
The Jillson reference as given in Chapter I indicates that the Dick family went first to Muhlenberg County Ky. Jno Dick Sr. as well as Peter Dick had made early claims for land in Kentucky, south of the Green River.
References were found about the great age to which John and his wife lived. Amos Dick, "They died in Kentucky when very old." Watt Dick, "A great grandmother lived to be 102 years old." Wilda Chase, "John Dick is said to have died in the barrens of Kentucky when very old. He is said to have been a Dunkard preacher." We have been unable to find traces of a couple who were very elderly on the census records. An elderly John Dick, 60-70 was found on the Simpson Co. 1830 census, but no elderly female. In 1840 again, John Dick 70-80, but the rest of the entries are for quite young people. This John Dick would not have been old enough to be the parent of James, John and Catherine all older than Peter, who was 60 in 1840.
Peter had left Kentucky in 1829. There was also an older John Dick, d. 1838, bur. Thayer Cem., Sangamon Co., and an older Alean Dick found in Sangamon County in 1830 along with Peter. Alean Dick 60-70 with a male 30-40, 1 f. 2-30 and 3 children under 10 is also on the Morgan Co. Census, with identical entries with the Alean listed in Sangamon Co. His home must have been close to the Sangamon-Morgan Co. line. A younger John Dick, 20-30, with 1f. 20-30 and 7 young children is listed on the Morgan Co. 1830 census. The Alean Dick in Sangamon County is listed on the same page as Peter, so they must have lived near to one another. The relationship between them is unknown.
A Daniel Dick (son of John Dick above, b. 1800 N. Car. to Virginia 1803, to Simpson Co. 1809, was of English descent -- not a relative of the line we are following in this history) was married in Muhlenberg Co. in 1830 to a Susannah Gates and they came to Illinois. They can be found on the Morgan County 1840 census 40-50 yrs, and listed with his family on the Macoupin county census in 1850."

BIRTH:
1. Judging from the following quote, John would have been old enough in 1797 to have had a son, John Dick, Jr., who was old enough to be of a legal age to witness a deed. Assuming 21, John Jr. would have been born no later than 1776. Assuming that the John Sr. was about 21 years of age when John Jr. was born, he would have been born no later than 1755.
Quote is from the FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31: "A John Dick, son perhaps of Conrad Dick, was granted 86-1/2 acres on the south fork of New River in Ashe Co., on 27 Jun 1797. John Dick Jr. and Jesse Ray attested the survey. John Dick and John Dick Jr. doubtless were father and son. John Dick was also granted 400 acres of land on the south fork of New River on 13 Jun 1798. This grant was accompanied by a document saying that it was issued to correct errors in an earlier grant not identified but probably the one dated 27 Dec 1797 for 400 acres that, on 3 Jan 1783, had been ordered to be surveyed probably for Robert Nall and actually surveyed for John Dick 22 July 1787. John Nall and Alexander Johnson attested the survey. On 1 Dec 1798, John Dick was granted an additional 100 acres on the south fork of New River. This land was first ordered to be surveyed for William Nall on 11 Nov 1779 and actually surveyed for Robert Nall 24 Jun 1794. How it came to be granted later to John Dick is not clear but very likely it was by assignment. (Grants 1484, 1749, 1547 and 1471, Secretary of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.) That John Dick and his wife Mary once lived in Rowan Co. is indicated by a deed of that county dated 3 Sep 1795 wherein John Dick, of Wilkes Co., sold to Jacob Helfer of Rowan Co., 200 acres of land including improvements located on Bear Creek in Rowan Co. He signed the deed 'Johannes Dick' in German script in his own hand. His wife Mary signed with a mark. (Book 14, p. 523, Rowan Co. Deeds.)"

MARRIAGE:
1. Date estimated from the birth date of John Dick, Jr., who is presumably his oldest son. John and his wife Anna Mary Donner are buried at West Cemetery, Auburn Township, Sagamon, Illinois. His tombstone has a birth date of 23 Oct 1772. Anna Mary Donner was born 2 May 1778 and they married 17 Nov 1799.
 		Dick, Johannes (I3614)
 
1994 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION! The marriage of Susanna Sargeant of Hastings, Sussex to Richard Hilton in Fristed looks very suspect. The two locations are 22 miles away. Wilmington and Fristed Parish records are not online and this needs to be looked at with actual films of the parishs. I appear to be the only one using this connection with online family trees and I only have it on the authority of Val Bray below who got it from the old and somewhat unreliable Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File. I may need to disconnect the entire Sargeant ancestral line from my database. The more likely marriage for Susanna Sargeant is the marriage recorded in Hastings All Saints in 1738 to Robert Thatcher.

2. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], Aug 22, 2006: Here is some research on your Dinah Daw.
Her parents were Thomas Daw and Mary Hilton married in Willingdon on 17 Oct 1768. (Mary was buried on 12 Oct 1783 at Westham.) Mary Hilton was bapt. 30 Mar 1746 in Wilmington, Ssx. Her parents were Richard Hilton and Susan Sergeant who were married on 15 Jan 1734 at Friston, Ssx. (Ssx. M. Index). Their children were Elizabeth bapt. 30 Sep 1737, Thomas 9 Mar 1739, John 29 Nov 1741, William 27 May 1744, Mary 30 Mar 1746, Ann 17 Jul 1748, Susan 26 Aug 1750, Edward 6 Feb 1757, Robert 6 Feb 1757, all at Wilmington. (From Familysearch Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File submitted by Camille Barker, 288 East 200 North, Smithfield, Utah 84335).
Richard Hilton was bapt. 1 Jan 1710. His parents were Thomas Hilton and Margaret Howell who were married on 20 Oct 1706 at West Firle (Ssx. M. Index). Their children were Ann (Mary ?) bapt. 27 Mar 1706, Thomas 23 Oct 1708, Richard 1 Jan 1710, Mary 8 Apr 1716. (From Familysearch Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File submitted by Camille Barker.)
Susannah Sergeant was bapt. 5 Oct 1716 at St. Clements, Hastings. Her parents were Henry Sergeant and Ann Gibbon who were married on 17 Jul 1707 at St. Clements Hastings. (Ssx. M. Index) Their children were ??? Susanna bapt. 5 Oct 1716, ??? Mary born 13 Jul 1726, Ann 30 Oct 1728, John 30 Oct 1728 at St. Clements. (I.G.I.)
Henry Sergeant was bapt. 23 Sep 1680 at St. Clements Hastings. His parents were Henry Sergeant and Ann Gawan who were married on 16 Dec 1677 at St. Clements Hastings. (Ssx. M. Index) Their children were Henry bapt. 23 Sep 1680, ??? Stephen 2 Mar 1687, Edward 1/17 ? Jan 1690. (I.G.I.)
A descendancy chart for Thomas Hilton and Margaret Howell on the Ancestral File on CD was submitted by: 1. Suzanne B. Bitter, 7498 South 2160 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84121 (AF96-112277); 2. Donald John Tucker, 8446 South 1330 East, Sandy, Utah, 84093. AF89-100975; 3. Donald John Tucker as above AF89-106760.
Thomas Daw was bapt. 28 Apr 1734 at Warbleton, Ssx. His parents were Thomas Daw and Elizabeth Mott who were married on 8 Apr 1729 at Warbleton, Ssx. Their children were Mary bapt. 4 Feb 1729, Lucy 4 Mar 1731, Thomas 28 Apr 1734, Samuel 21 Aug 1737, Elizabeth 10 Jun 1744. (From I.G.I.) Familysearch Pedigree Resource File -- submitted by Joseph McAlister Reed, 2059 East Brown Road #68, Mesa, Arizona, 85213.
Elizabeth Mott was bapt. 21 Mar 1700/1. Her parents were Benjamin Mott (of Herstmonceux) and Elizabeth Robonson who married on 27 May 1701 at Hooe. (Ssx. M. Index).
Note: A Thomas Daw married a Mary Bingham on 6 Apr 1758 at Warbleton. Their children were Samuel bapt. 14 Mar 1762, Mary 18 Jun 1763, Elizabeth 21 JUn 1765, all at Warbleton. (Did Mary Bingham die and Thomas remarry? Will look into this.)
 		Sargeant, Susanna (I3836)
 
1995 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION! This child is probably an error for Anna Langestraet, daughter of Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet and granddaughter of Dirck Stoffels Langestraet, who married Samuel Osborn Jr.

2. “A Longstreet Family History,” by Rupert James Longstreet (DeLand, Fla., 1960), available on FHL film 2056005 item 3 or online at :
“OUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR. DIRCK STOFFELSE.
The first record of the presence in America of our immigrant ancestor was made on June 14, 1663, when a list of "equipment and munitions of war" possessed by the Dutch settlers at Ameersfoort (Brooklyn) revealed that DIRCK STOFFELSEN was responsible for one pound of powder valued at one florin. (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of N.Y., II, 463) In September, 1687, there was a "roll of those who have taken the oath of allegiance in Kings County in the Province of New York ... in the 3rd year of His Maj Reigne", and in this roll, "off fflackland" we find entered:
DIRCK STOFFELSE - 30 Jeare STOFFEL DIRCKSEN - native
Intrepreted, this means that Dirck had lived in the colony for 30 years (which sets the date of his arrival as 1657) and that his son Stoffel was born in the colony. (Documentary History of New York, I, 431) The following ante-nuptial agreement found in the Gravesend Town Records, Bk 3 p. 114, gives us more information about Dirck:
“To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall come: Know ye thatt I Dirck Stoffelsen living att Ameersfoort in Kings County upon Long Island in ye province of New York weduwaer of Catherine van Lewen deceased, being now remarried with Johanna havens widdow of Johannis holsard deceased my present wife:
Therefore know ye thatt I Dirck Stoffelsen above sd being in perfect memorie make hereby my present loving wyf Johanna haavens in my last will and testament my sole joynty heir and executrix of all my whole estate both moveable and unmoveable onely excepted my eldest son Stoffel direcksen shale injoye a lumm for weavings, so as ye lumm comes from ye workman: in the time of a yeare from ye date here of above his tother brother and sister butt all my whole estate as above sd is left unto my loving wyf Johanna haavens: she to be my joynty heir and executrix duering her lifetime: without any molestation or disturbance by my children, or by thier procurement, att any time or times whatsoever hereafter; remarrion or nott remarrien, my loving wyf above shall remain my joynty heire and executrix.
And therefore I Johanna havens widdow of Johannis holsard deceased, living in ye same towne and countie and province above specified, being now remarried with Dirck Stoffelsen my present husband I Johanna above sd being in perfect memorie, doe hereby as my last will and testament, make my present loving husband my sole and joynty heir and executor of all my estate moveable and unmoveable none excepted and if god should be pleased to give us children together in our marriage, them children then with the rest of our fore children: are to have equal portion together after our decease butt ye surviving of us either male or female is to possess both whole estates of both sides without molestation or disturbance of both parties theire children or anyone else of theire procurement att any time or times whatsoever hereafter: this is our will so to do being in perfect memorie, and in confirmation both parties have hereunto sett our hands this 18 of februa 1690/1.
DIRCK STOFFELS JOHANNA HAVENS
Subscribed and Acknowledged in the presence of us:
ARSTEN JANSEN BARENT YUIANSEN JOHN EMANS: Clerke”
We do not know the date of death of Dirck's first wife Catherine, but she was with him as witness to a baptism on 11-16-1684 (Documentary History of New York, 1898). As we see above, Dirck was remarried by Feb. 18, 1690/1. In 1698, there was a census of Flatland, Long Island, in which was listed the then family of Dirck Langstraat, consisting of "Men 1 Wo 1 Chil 3" (Kings County, New York, Genealogical Club Collections, III, 88). On 4-25-1696, Dirch is recorded with his second wife Johanna Havens at the Reformed Dutch Church in Brooklyn, witnessing the baptism of grandsons Jan and Dirck (History of Middlesex County, NJ, by Wall and Pickersgill I,79) The last known record of this family in Long Island is the following: (New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 54:180)
“Sept. 10, 1698: Antony Warshaer of Flatlands and Maritje his wife deed Stoffel Langstraat, Adrian Langstraat, Johannes Holsaer, Classje Lake and Cretje Williamse, late of Kings County, house, orchard, etc. in Flatlands bounded by property of John Vandyckhuys and Derick Amertman. The parties of the second part paying full value to Antony Holsaer, Benjamein Holsaer, Dirick Langstraat and Marytntje Langstraat when they are of age or marry the ninth part of said property. Signed by Antony alone. Wit by Henry Filkin and Ferdinand Vansycklyn, Jr. Ack. Sept. 15, Rec'd Sept. 16, 1698 before and by Henry Filkin, Reg.
We know from the ante-nuptial agreement that Dirck had three children by his first wife Catherine, viz. eldest son Stoffel and a brother and a sister. In the Warshaer deed we learn the name of the brother, i.e. Arian (Adrian, Aaron). We learn the name of the sister, Classje, from (M-11). Thus Dirck's first three children, by Catherine, were: Stoffel, Adrian and Classje. The Warshaer deed names two more as minors in 1698, and therefore of the second marriage, i.e. Dirick and Maryntje.
This list of five does not wholly agree with the Flatlands census of 1698. Who the third child of that list may have been remains undetermined.
The list of five is also in disagreement with (Register of Early Settlers in Kings County, Long Island, New York, By T.G. Bergen), where Bergen states that the children of Dirck were: Stoffel, Classje, Adrian, Richard of Shrewsbury, Johannis (sup), and Samuel (sup). Berger may have counted Johannis Holsard of the Warshaer deed as a Longstreet, in error. Of his "Samuel", there is no present explanation. Nor do we know why Bergen credited "Richard of Shrewsbury" to a place as a son of the Immigrant Dirck, for the Warshaer deed again lists "Dirick" as a minor in 1698, and in any case born after 1690, as a son of Dirck and Johanna. In the light of such data as we now have, it seems likely that this "Richard" is a grandson of Dirck by his son Stoffel, and the author of will #2659M (see later); that is, he is the Dirick b. 1696 to Stoffel and Mayke Lanen. Therefore we shall proceed to develop his family history on the assumption that the immigrant ancestor founded his line upon the two elder sons, viz. Stoffel and Adrian (Aaron). Of his third son, by Johanna, we have no further data.
DIRCK STOFFELSE [Children:] -Stoffel Dircksen b. ca. 1666 -Classje Dircksen b. ca. 1672 -Adrian (Aaron) bp. 9-16-1677
(Omitting Dirck's two children by his second marriage - Dirick and Maryntje - for neither of whom we have any record of issue.)”

3. The book, “A history of the Camfield family: with special emphasis on the descendants of John Freeman Camfield and Margaret Singleton Camfield…,” by Ernest Ross Camfield (Privately printed; 1999), “THE FAMILY OF LONGSTREET AND ITS TIES WITH THE CAMFIELD'S,” pp. 243-44:
“Dirck Stoffels Langestraet
Born: Netherlands
Came to America in 1657
Married: Catharina Van Lieuwen
Died: after 1698 in New Jersey
Children:
-Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet
-Claasje Dircksen Langestraet (She was born about 1672, and married Abraham Lott of Jamaica)
-Adrian Dircksen Langestraet (He was baptized 16 September 1677, and married Christina Janse in 1707, he resided in New Jersey)
-Richard Dircksen Langestraet (He was born 1680)
-Daughter (name unknown) (She married Samuel Osborne)
-Samuel Dircksen Langestraet (Married Barbara Antonides)
Dirck Stoffels Langestraet immigrated to New Netherlands in 1657, twelve years after the appointment of Peter Stuyvesant as Director of the Province, two years after the erection of the Church at Flatbush, and seven years before the seizure of the Province by Nicholls. Dirck Stoffels Langestraet settled in the area known as the Flatlands, (Amersfoort); and this fact indicates that since this particular village was of less consequence than either Flatbush, (only three miles away), or Brooklyn, and was named for a town in Utrecht, from which those who inhabited the town came, renders it very possible that the Langestraet's came from Utrecht. Dirck, or "Richard" in the English language, was in 1677 a member in good standing of the Flatlands Church. He may have been a member of this church for many years, however the church records for Flatbush didn't begin until 1677.
In September of 1687, thirteen years after the first cession of the Province to England, there was a general administration of the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown to be made by all Dutch people; Dirck took that oath at the Flatlands. He appears again on an assessment roll of that village for the year 1693 and on a census roll in 1698. After this his name appears no more on the Long Island records; and it is believed that he moved into New Jersey. In his younger manhood, but after coming to the Province he had married Catharina Van Lieuwen; afterward in his older age, on 13 February 1690 he married a second time to Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. A prenuptial agreement was made with his second wife and is on file in the town records of Gravesend; in this agreement, reference is made to his son Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet. He left land that he had purchased in Shrewsbury, New Jersey to his son Richard. He had no children by his second marriage. (Source: THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF NEW JERSEY)”

4. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D16-D17:
“DIRCK STOFFELS LANGESTRAET immigrated in 1657, twelve years after the appointment of Stuyvesant as Director of the province, two years after the erection of the church at Flatbush, and seven years before the seizure of the province by Nicholls. He settled at Flatlands (Amersfoort); and this fact, since the village was of less consequence than either Flatbush (only three miles may) or Brooklyn, and was named for a town in Utrecht, from which those who inhabited and named it presumably came, renders it probable that Langestraets were from Utrecht. However that may be, Dirck (or Richard, in the English) was in 1677, a member of the Flatlands church, sitting under the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Zuuren. He may have been for years before that an active member of the church, and probably was; for it must be remembered that the lists in the Flatbush record begin with the year 1677. In 1687, in September, thirteen years after the first cession of the province to England, there was a general administration of an oath of allegiance to the British Crown to all of the Dutch people; and with the others, Dirck took that oath at Flatlands. He appears again on an assessment roll of that village for the year 1693, and on a census roll of 1698. After this his name occurs no more on the Long Island records and it is thought that he moved to Monmouth county, New Jersey.
In his younger manhood, but after his arrival in this province, he married CATHARINA VAN LIEUWEN; afterward, in his older age, some time before, but not far from, February 13, 1690, he married Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. An ante-nuptial agreement made with this second wife is still to be found in the town records of Gravesend; and in it reference is made to his son Stoffel Dircksen. At an early period, date now unknown, he had bought land at Shrewsbury in New Jersey, which he devised by his will to his son Richard. By his first wife Catherina, he had issue as follows:
(1) Stoffel Dircksen, of whom hereafter.
(2) Claasje Dircksen, born about 1672 and who married Abraham Lott, of Jamaica.
(3) Adrian, baptised September 16, 1677. (Adrian; bapt. Sept. 16, 1677; married Christina Janse 1707. On asst. roll of Flatlands 1693, and census of 1698; owned land in Gravesend; moved to Freehold, N. J., and deacon there 1721; died in 1728; wife died after 1726. Issue (all bapt. at Marlboro): 1, Christine, or Katherine, bp. Nov. 27, 1709, mar. Aug. 24, 1741. Wm. Williamson of the Raritan; 2, Jan. bp. Jan. 13, 1712, mar. Dec. 17, 1746 Anije Cowenhoven; 3. Dirck, of Princeton, born about 1713, mar. about 1749, Margaret Shenck, widow of Wm. Cowenhoven; 4, Nellie, born about 1715; 5, Winnifred, born about 1718; 7, Maria, born about 1721, mar. Dec. 5, 1742, Dirck Sutphen; 8, Arianche, born about 1723; Stoffel, born about 1728, mar. Nov. 28, 1753, Nellie Shenck.)
(4) Richard, born about 1680.
(5) A daughter (supposed), who married Samuel Osborne.
(6) Samuel (supposed) married Barbara Antonides.” 		Langestraet (I5610)
 
1996 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION! This child is reported in some sources but not in the better source of Rupert James Longstreet; however, Rupert does note an unknown third child per the 1698 census who could very well be Samuel subject to more research.

2. “A Longstreet Family History,” by Rupert James Longstreet (DeLand, Fla., 1960), available on FHL film 2056005 item 3 or online at :
“OUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR. DIRCK STOFFELSE.
The first record of the presence in America of our immigrant ancestor was made on June 14, 1663, when a list of "equipment and munitions of war" possessed by the Dutch settlers at Ameersfoort (Brooklyn) revealed that DIRCK STOFFELSEN was responsible for one pound of powder valued at one florin. (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of N.Y., II, 463) In September, 1687, there was a "roll of those who have taken the oath of allegiance in Kings County in the Province of New York ... in the 3rd year of His Maj Reigne", and in this roll, "off fflackland" we find entered:
DIRCK STOFFELSE - 30 Jeare STOFFEL DIRCKSEN - native
Intrepreted, this means that Dirck had lived in the colony for 30 years (which sets the date of his arrival as 1657) and that his son Stoffel was born in the colony. (Documentary History of New York, I, 431) The following ante-nuptial agreement found in the Gravesend Town Records, Bk 3 p. 114, gives us more information about Dirck:
“To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall come: Know ye thatt I Dirck Stoffelsen living att Ameersfoort in Kings County upon Long Island in ye province of New York weduwaer of Catherine van Lewen deceased, being now remarried with Johanna havens widdow of Johannis holsard deceased my present wife:
Therefore know ye thatt I Dirck Stoffelsen above sd being in perfect memorie make hereby my present loving wyf Johanna haavens in my last will and testament my sole joynty heir and executrix of all my whole estate both moveable and unmoveable onely excepted my eldest son Stoffel direcksen shale injoye a lumm for weavings, so as ye lumm comes from ye workman: in the time of a yeare from ye date here of above his tother brother and sister butt all my whole estate as above sd is left unto my loving wyf Johanna haavens: she to be my joynty heir and executrix duering her lifetime: without any molestation or disturbance by my children, or by thier procurement, att any time or times whatsoever hereafter; remarrion or nott remarrien, my loving wyf above shall remain my joynty heire and executrix.
And therefore I Johanna havens widdow of Johannis holsard deceased, living in ye same towne and countie and province above specified, being now remarried with Dirck Stoffelsen my present husband I Johanna above sd being in perfect memorie, doe hereby as my last will and testament, make my present loving husband my sole and joynty heir and executor of all my estate moveable and unmoveable none excepted and if god should be pleased to give us children together in our marriage, them children then with the rest of our fore children: are to have equal portion together after our decease butt ye surviving of us either male or female is to possess both whole estates of both sides without molestation or disturbance of both parties theire children or anyone else of theire procurement att any time or times whatsoever hereafter: this is our will so to do being in perfect memorie, and in confirmation both parties have hereunto sett our hands this 18 of februa 1690/1.
DIRCK STOFFELS JOHANNA HAVENS
Subscribed and Acknowledged in the presence of us:
ARSTEN JANSEN BARENT YUIANSEN JOHN EMANS: Clerke”
We do not know the date of death of Dirck's first wife Catherine, but she was with him as witness to a baptism on 11-16-1684 (Documentary History of New York, 1898). As we see above, Dirck was remarried by Feb. 18, 1690/1. In 1698, there was a census of Flatland, Long Island, in which was listed the then family of Dirck Langstraat, consisting of "Men 1 Wo 1 Chil 3" (Kings County, New York, Genealogical Club Collections, III, 88). On 4-25-1696, Dirch is recorded with his second wife Johanna Havens at the Reformed Dutch Church in Brooklyn, witnessing the baptism of grandsons Jan and Dirck (History of Middlesex County, NJ, by Wall and Pickersgill I,79) The last known record of this family in Long Island is the following: (New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 54:180)
“Sept. 10, 1698: Antony Warshaer of Flatlands and Maritje his wife deed Stoffel Langstraat, Adrian Langstraat, Johannes Holsaer, Classje Lake and Cretje Williamse, late of Kings County, house, orchard, etc. in Flatlands bounded by property of John Vandyckhuys and Derick Amertman. The parties of the second part paying full value to Antony Holsaer, Benjamein Holsaer, Dirick Langstraat and Marytntje Langstraat when they are of age or marry the ninth part of said property. Signed by Antony alone. Wit by Henry Filkin and Ferdinand Vansycklyn, Jr. Ack. Sept. 15, Rec'd Sept. 16, 1698 before and by Henry Filkin, Reg.
We know from the ante-nuptial agreement that Dirck had three children by his first wife Catherine, viz. eldest son Stoffel and a brother and a sister. In the Warshaer deed we learn the name of the brother, i.e. Arian (Adrian, Aaron). We learn the name of the sister, Classje, from (M-11). Thus Dirck's first three children, by Catherine, were: Stoffel, Adrian and Classje. The Warshaer deed names two more as minors in 1698, and therefore of the second marriage, i.e. Dirick and Maryntje.
This list of five does not wholly agree with the Flatlands census of 1698. Who the third child of that list may have been remains undetermined.
The list of five is also in disagreement with (Register of Early Settlers in Kings County, Long Island, New York, By T.G. Bergen), where Bergen states that the children of Dirck were: Stoffel, Classje, Adrian, Richard of Shrewsbury, Johannis (sup), and Samuel (sup). Berger may have counted Johannis Holsard of the Warshaer deed as a Longstreet, in error. Of his "Samuel", there is no present explanation. Nor do we know why Bergen credited "Richard of Shrewsbury" to a place as a son of the Immigrant Dirck, for the Warshaer deed again lists "Dirick" as a minor in 1698, and in any case born after 1690, as a son of Dirck and Johanna. In the light of such data as we now have, it seems likely that this "Richard" is a grandson of Dirck by his son Stoffel, and the author of will #2659M (see later); that is, he is the Dirick b. 1696 to Stoffel and Mayke Lanen. Therefore we shall proceed to develop his family history on the assumption that the immigrant ancestor founded his line upon the two elder sons, viz. Stoffel and Adrian (Aaron). Of his third son, by Johanna, we have no further data.
DIRCK STOFFELSE [Children:] -Stoffel Dircksen b. ca. 1666 -Classje Dircksen b. ca. 1672 -Adrian (Aaron) bp. 9-16-1677
(Omitting Dirck's two children by his second marriage - Dirick and Maryntje - for neither of whom we have any record of issue.)”

3. The book, “A history of the Camfield family: with special emphasis on the descendants of John Freeman Camfield and Margaret Singleton Camfield…,” by Ernest Ross Camfield (Privately printed; 1999), “THE FAMILY OF LONGSTREET AND ITS TIES WITH THE CAMFIELD'S,” pp. 243-44:
“Dirck Stoffels Langestraet
Born: Netherlands
Came to America in 1657
Married: Catharina Van Lieuwen
Died: after 1698 in New Jersey
Children:
-Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet
-Claasje Dircksen Langestraet (She was born about 1672, and married Abraham Lott of Jamaica)
-Adrian Dircksen Langestraet (He was baptized 16 September 1677, and married Christina Janse in 1707, he resided in New Jersey)
-Richard Dircksen Langestraet (He was born 1680)
-Daughter (name unknown) (She married Samuel Osborne)
-Samuel Dircksen Langestraet (Married Barbara Antonides)
Dirck Stoffels Langestraet immigrated to New Netherlands in 1657, twelve years after the appointment of Peter Stuyvesant as Director of the Province, two years after the erection of the Church at Flatbush, and seven years before the seizure of the Province by Nicholls. Dirck Stoffels Langestraet settled in the area known as the Flatlands, (Amersfoort); and this fact indicates that since this particular village was of less consequence than either Flatbush, (only three miles away), or Brooklyn, and was named for a town in Utrecht, from which those who inhabited the town came, renders it very possible that the Langestraet's came from Utrecht. Dirck, or "Richard" in the English language, was in 1677 a member in good standing of the Flatlands Church. He may have been a member of this church for many years, however the church records for Flatbush didn't begin until 1677.
In September of 1687, thirteen years after the first cession of the Province to England, there was a general administration of the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown to be made by all Dutch people; Dirck took that oath at the Flatlands. He appears again on an assessment roll of that village for the year 1693 and on a census roll in 1698. After this his name appears no more on the Long Island records; and it is believed that he moved into New Jersey. In his younger manhood, but after coming to the Province he had married Catharina Van Lieuwen; afterward in his older age, on 13 February 1690 he married a second time to Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. A prenuptial agreement was made with his second wife and is on file in the town records of Gravesend; in this agreement, reference is made to his son Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet. He left land that he had purchased in Shrewsbury, New Jersey to his son Richard. He had no children by his second marriage. (Source: THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF NEW JERSEY)”

4. The book “This old Monmouth of ours: history, tradition, biography, genealogy, and other anecdotes related to Monmouth County, New Jersey,” by William S. Hornor (Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1974) “The Longstreet (Langstraat Family),” pp. 127-28:
“The Longstreet Family.
This substantial family springs from THEOPHILUS LANGSTRAAT (1), of Holland, through a son, Dirck, (2), who came to America in 1657. The Anglicised form of the name sufficiently indicates its original meaning and derivation.
DIRCK STOFFELSE LANGSTRAAT (2), son of Theophilus (or Stoffel) (1), came to America in 1657, eventually settling in Shrewsbury Township. (It may be noted here that among the Dutch the syllables, s, se, pe, and sometimes, te were used to indicate the paternity of the individuals to whom they were assigned, apparently as middle-names. Often the original last names, were dropped and only the "middle-name" retained. Thus we have the families of Hendricks, Laen, Giberson, and Tysen, all proceeding from an original (probably VanPelt), through several brothers who were respectively christened Hendrick, Laen, Gilbert, and Matthias, or Tice.) Dirck Longstreet married first, Catherine VanSiddock, and, secondly, Johannah Havens, widow of Johannis Holshart. His children were: Richard (3), of Shrewsbury; Adrien (or Aaron,) (4); Theophilus (or Stoffle), (5); Samuel (6); and, Classje (7)
ADRIEN, or AARON. (4), son of Dirck (2), was born in 1677 and died in 1728. He was a cordwainer, and lived in Freehold Township. He married, in 1707, Christina (or Stanchke) Janse. Their children were: John (8); Derrick (9); Stoffle (10); Katherine (11); Nelly (12); Winifred (13); Maria (14); Arinche (15), and, one other child (16), perhaps Christopher, who died in 1758 leaving children, Court (91), and Christine (92), both under age at the death of their father. Of these last Christine is said to have married John Saunders, from whom she was divorced by Legislative Enactment in 1780.
THEOPHILIS (OR STOFFLE) (5), son of Dirck (2), was born in Flatlands, Long Island, and died on his farm on the Manasquan River, in New Jersey, about 1741. He married Moyka, daughter of Gilbert Lane. She died about 1753. Moyka is, I think, the equivalent of the English Mercy. Their children were: Richard (17), of Squan, whose children are said to have been Derrick (42), born September 1745, and Anne (43), born June 1, 1748; Gilbert (18); Aury (19); Stoffel (20); Yonica (21); Catherine (22), who is supposed to have married William Chamberlain Jr.; Mary or Maria, (23), who married William, son of Daniel and Catherine Hendrickson; Sarah (24); Moika (25), who married and had children: and, Anne (26).
GILBERT LONGSTREET (18), son of Stoffel (5), lived at Squan, where he died in 1756 or 1758. His wife is supposed to have been Rachel, daughter of Garret and Nelly (Voorhees) Schenck, who married, secondly, Jacobus VanDorn. Their children were: Rachel (44), who died in 1765, having married William VanDorn, who married secondly, Mary Hunt; Garret (45), of Squan; Gilbert (46); Moyca (47); Nely (48); Jane, or Ouicha (49), married John Lake; and, Elizabeth (50).
AURY (OR AARON) LONGSTREET (19), son of Stoffle (5), was of Rocky Hill, near Princeton. One authority says that he married Catherine, daughter of Samuel Osborne, of Squan, who died before 1759. Another, makes her to have married John Longstreet. The name of his wife needs confirmation, as do those of his children, which have been given as: Moyka (51); Aaron (51-1/2); Richard (51-1/2); and, Lydia (52), bp. 6-10-1759.
STOFFLE LONGSTREET (20), son of Stoffle (5), was baptised 12-25-1713, and died 1784. He is said to have married Abagail, daughter of Thomas and Patience Woolley, who was born 3-17-1717, and to have been father of at least one child, Samuel, (41-1/2), who died 12-21-1829, at the age of 94.”

5. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D16-D17:
“DIRCK STOFFELS LANGESTRAET immigrated in 1657, twelve years after the appointment of Stuyvesant as Director of the province, two years after the erection of the church at Flatbush, and seven years before the seizure of the province by Nicholls. He settled at Flatlands (Amersfoort); and this fact, since the village was of less consequence than either Flatbush (only three miles may) or Brooklyn, and was named for a town in Utrecht, from which those who inhabited and named it presumably came, renders it probable that Langestraets were from Utrecht. However that may be, Dirck (or Richard, in the English) was in 1677, a member of the Flatlands church, sitting under the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Zuuren. He may have been for years before that an active member of the church, and probably was; for it must be remembered that the lists in the Flatbush record begin with the year 1677. In 1687, in September, thirteen years after the first cession of the province to England, there was a general administration of an oath of allegiance to the British Crown to all of the Dutch people; and with the others, Dirck took that oath at Flatlands. He appears again on an assessment roll of that village for the year 1693, and on a census roll of 1698. After this his name occurs no more on the Long Island records and it is thought that he moved to Monmouth county, New Jersey.
In his younger manhood, but after his arrival in this province, he married CATHARINA VAN LIEUWEN; afterward, in his older age, some time before, but not far from, February 13, 1690, he married Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. An ante-nuptial agreement made with this second wife is still to be found in the town records of Gravesend; and in it reference is made to his son Stoffel Dircksen. At an early period, date now unknown, he had bought land at Shrewsbury in New Jersey, which he devised by his will to his son Richard. By his first wife Catherina, he had issue as follows:
(1) Stoffel Dircksen, of whom hereafter.
(2) Claasje Dircksen, born about 1672 and who married Abraham Lott, of Jamaica.
(3) Adrian, baptised September 16, 1677. (Adrian; bapt. Sept. 16, 1677; married Christina Janse 1707. On asst. roll of Flatlands 1693, and census of 1698; owned land in Gravesend; moved to Freehold, N. J., and deacon there 1721; died in 1728; wife died after 1726. Issue (all bapt. at Marlboro): 1, Christine, or Katherine, bp. Nov. 27, 1709, mar. Aug. 24, 1741. Wm. Williamson of the Raritan; 2, Jan. bp. Jan. 13, 1712, mar. Dec. 17, 1746 Anije Cowenhoven; 3. Dirck, of Princeton, born about 1713, mar. about 1749, Margaret Shenck, widow of Wm. Cowenhoven; 4, Nellie, born about 1715; 5, Winnifred, born about 1718; 7, Maria, born about 1721, mar. Dec. 5, 1742, Dirck Sutphen; 8, Arianche, born about 1723; Stoffel, born about 1728, mar. Nov. 28, 1753, Nellie Shenck.)
(4) Richard, born about 1680.
(5) A daughter (supposed), who married Samuel Osborne.
(6) Samuel (supposed) married Barbara Antonides.”

6. The book “Register in Alphabetical Order, of the early settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y.; from its first settlement by Europeans to 1700; with contributions to their biographies and genealogies,” by Teunis G. Bergen (New York: S.W. Green's Son, 1881), pp. 181-82:
“Langestraat, Adriaen, bp. Sept. 16, 1677; d. 1728; m. Christina Janse. On ass. roll of Flds of 1693 and cen. of 1698; also owned land in Gd; deacon of Freehold R. D. ch. in 1721, to which place he had removed. In 1723, an Adriaen Langestraet and Christina Janse his w., mem. of Freehold R. D. ch. Issue, all bp. at Marlboro: Christine or Katharine, bp. Nov. 27, 1709, m. Aug. 24, 1741, Wm Williamsen of the Raritan; Jan, bp. Jan. 13, 1712, m. Dec. 17, 1746, Antje Cowenhoven; Dirck of Princeton, b. about 1713, m. about 1749 Margaret Schenck wid. of Wm Cowenhoven; Nelly, b. about 1715; Winnifred, b. about 1718; Maria, b. about 1721, m. Dec. 5, 1742, Dirck Sutphen; Arianche, b. about 1723; and Stoffel, b. about 1726, m. Nov. 28, 1753, Nelly Schenck, as per Rev. G. C. Schenck.
Derick Stoffelsz, emigrated in 1657, m. 1st Catharina Van Lieuwen; m. 2d, prior to Feb. 13, 1690, Johanna Havens wid. of Johannis Holsaert. Mem. of Flds D. ch. in 1677, took the oath of allegiance there in 1687; on ass. roll of said town of 1693 and cen. of 1698. In ante-nuptial agreement with his 2d w. on the Gd rec. of Feb. 13, 1690, reference is made to his s. Stoffel Dircksen. At an early period, as per Rev. G. C. Schenck, he bought land at Shrewsbury, N. J., which he devised by will to his s. Richard. Issue: - Stoffel Dircksen; Claasje Dircksen, b. about 1672, m. Abraham Lott of Ja; Adrian, bp. Sept. 16, 1677; Richard of Shrewsbury, b. about 1680; (sup.) Johannis; and Samuel, (sup.) m. Barbara Antonides. Signed his name “Dirck Stoffels."
(Sup.) Jan or Johannis Dircksen, b. 1629. Appointed Apl. 28, 1666, by the mag. of Flh one of the guardians of Aernout Reynders s. of Reyndert Arensen and Annetien Hermans, said Annetien being dec. and said Aernout having married Annetien Aukens, as per p. 61 of Lib. D of Flh rec. Allowed to follow the occupation of carman by the court in N. A. in 1674, as per p. 494 of Valentine's Manual of 1855. June 8, 1690, he made an affidavit relating to the troubles in N. Y. during Gov. Leisler's administration, as per p. 741 of Vol. III. of Doc. of Col. His.
Stoffel Dircksen of Flds and N. J., m. Mayke Laanen dau. of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt of N. U. Deacon of Flds D. ch. in 1698. Removed to the Neversinks in Monmouth Co., N. J., where his descendants abound. In his will, da. Dec. 1, 1739, pro. Mar. 1, 1741, he calls himself Theophilus, an improper change for Stoffel or Christopher. The will of Mayke his w. is da. Apl. 8, 1752, and pro. Mar. 13, 1753. These wills name as their children, Jonica, Catharine, Mary, Sarah, Maria, Ann, and Gisbert. Issue: - Dirck, bp. Apl. 25, 1696, in Bro, m. Jane or Jonica, probably d. at date of his father's will; Jonica or Jane; Catharine, (sup.) m. Jan Sutphen of N. J.; Mary or Maria, bp. May 6, 1702, m. 1st Wm. Hendricksen of N. J., m. 2d (sup.) Dirck Sutphen; Sarah, b. about 1705; Gisbert, b. about 1707, m. Rachel Schenck, d. 1758; Aurie, bp. Nov. 6, 1710, m. May 6, 1754, Lydia Hull; Stoffel, bp. Dec. 25, 1713, resided at Upper Freehold, m. Dec. 16, 1743, Abagail Wooley, d. 1784; Moica, bp. Mar. 6, 1716, m. (sup.) Johannes Leek; and Ann, b. about 1718. Signed his name “Stoffel Langstrat."
Abbreviations: Bro. = Brooklyn; Flds = Flatlands; N.U. = New Utrecht; D. ch = Dutch Church; N.A. = New Amsterdam; cen = census; Gd = Gravesend; Flh = Flatbush. 		Langestraet, Samuel Dircksen (I5611)
 
1997 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION! This Richard as reported in some sources is most likely the Dirck reported by the seemingly better source of Rubert James Longstreet. I believe Dirck can be rendered as Richard in English.

2. “A Longstreet Family History,” by Rupert James Longstreet (DeLand, Fla., 1960), available on FHL film 2056005 item 3 or online at :
“OUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR. DIRCK STOFFELSE.
The first record of the presence in America of our immigrant ancestor was made on June 14, 1663, when a list of "equipment and munitions of war" possessed by the Dutch settlers at Ameersfoort (Brooklyn) revealed that DIRCK STOFFELSEN was responsible for one pound of powder valued at one florin. (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of N.Y., II, 463) In September, 1687, there was a "roll of those who have taken the oath of allegiance in Kings County in the Province of New York ... in the 3rd year of His Maj Reigne", and in this roll, "off fflackland" we find entered:
DIRCK STOFFELSE - 30 Jeare STOFFEL DIRCKSEN - native
Intrepreted, this means that Dirck had lived in the colony for 30 years (which sets the date of his arrival as 1657) and that his son Stoffel was born in the colony. (Documentary History of New York, I, 431) The following ante-nuptial agreement found in the Gravesend Town Records, Bk 3 p. 114, gives us more information about Dirck:
“To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall come: Know ye thatt I Dirck Stoffelsen living att Ameersfoort in Kings County upon Long Island in ye province of New York weduwaer of Catherine van Lewen deceased, being now remarried with Johanna havens widdow of Johannis holsard deceased my present wife:
Therefore know ye thatt I Dirck Stoffelsen above sd being in perfect memorie make hereby my present loving wyf Johanna haavens in my last will and testament my sole joynty heir and executrix of all my whole estate both moveable and unmoveable onely excepted my eldest son Stoffel direcksen shale injoye a lumm for weavings, so as ye lumm comes from ye workman: in the time of a yeare from ye date here of above his tother brother and sister butt all my whole estate as above sd is left unto my loving wyf Johanna haavens: she to be my joynty heir and executrix duering her lifetime: without any molestation or disturbance by my children, or by thier procurement, att any time or times whatsoever hereafter; remarrion or nott remarrien, my loving wyf above shall remain my joynty heire and executrix.
And therefore I Johanna havens widdow of Johannis holsard deceased, living in ye same towne and countie and province above specified, being now remarried with Dirck Stoffelsen my present husband I Johanna above sd being in perfect memorie, doe hereby as my last will and testament, make my present loving husband my sole and joynty heir and executor of all my estate moveable and unmoveable none excepted and if god should be pleased to give us children together in our marriage, them children then with the rest of our fore children: are to have equal portion together after our decease butt ye surviving of us either male or female is to possess both whole estates of both sides without molestation or disturbance of both parties theire children or anyone else of theire procurement att any time or times whatsoever hereafter: this is our will so to do being in perfect memorie, and in confirmation both parties have hereunto sett our hands this 18 of februa 1690/1.
DIRCK STOFFELS JOHANNA HAVENS
Subscribed and Acknowledged in the presence of us:
ARSTEN JANSEN BARENT YUIANSEN JOHN EMANS: Clerke”
We do not know the date of death of Dirck's first wife Catherine, but she was with him as witness to a baptism on 11-16-1684 (Documentary History of New York, 1898). As we see above, Dirck was remarried by Feb. 18, 1690/1. In 1698, there was a census of Flatland, Long Island, in which was listed the then family of Dirck Langstraat, consisting of "Men 1 Wo 1 Chil 3" (Kings County, New York, Genealogical Club Collections, III, 88). On 4-25-1696, Dirch is recorded with his second wife Johanna Havens at the Reformed Dutch Church in Brooklyn, witnessing the baptism of grandsons Jan and Dirck (History of Middlesex County, NJ, by Wall and Pickersgill I,79) The last known record of this family in Long Island is the following: (New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 54:180)
“Sept. 10, 1698: Antony Warshaer of Flatlands and Maritje his wife deed Stoffel Langstraat, Adrian Langstraat, Johannes Holsaer, Classje Lake and Cretje Williamse, late of Kings County, house, orchard, etc. in Flatlands bounded by property of John Vandyckhuys and Derick Amertman. The parties of the second part paying full value to Antony Holsaer, Benjamein Holsaer, Dirick Langstraat and Marytntje Langstraat when they are of age or marry the ninth part of said property. Signed by Antony alone. Wit by Henry Filkin and Ferdinand Vansycklyn, Jr. Ack. Sept. 15, Rec'd Sept. 16, 1698 before and by Henry Filkin, Reg.
We know from the ante-nuptial agreement that Dirck had three children by his first wife Catherine, viz. eldest son Stoffel and a brother and a sister. In the Warshaer deed we learn the name of the brother, i.e. Arian (Adrian, Aaron). We learn the name of the sister, Classje, from (M-11). Thus Dirck's first three children, by Catherine, were: Stoffel, Adrian and Classje. The Warshaer deed names two more as minors in 1698, and therefore of the second marriage, i.e. Dirick and Maryntje.
This list of five does not wholly agree with the Flatlands census of 1698. Who the third child of that list may have been remains undetermined.
The list of five is also in disagreement with (Register of Early Settlers in Kings County, Long Island, New York, By T.G. Bergen), where Bergen states that the children of Dirck were: Stoffel, Classje, Adrian, Richard of Shrewsbury, Johannis (sup), and Samuel (sup). Berger may have counted Johannis Holsard of the Warshaer deed as a Longstreet, in error. Of his "Samuel", there is no present explanation. Nor do we know why Bergen credited "Richard of Shrewsbury" to a place as a son of the Immigrant Dirck, for the Warshaer deed again lists "Dirick" as a minor in 1698, and in any case born after 1690, as a son of Dirck and Johanna. In the light of such data as we now have, it seems likely that this "Richard" is a grandson of Dirck by his son Stoffel, and the author of will #2659M (see later); that is, he is the Dirick b. 1696 to Stoffel and Mayke Lanen. Therefore we shall proceed to develop his family history on the assumption that the immigrant ancestor founded his line upon the two elder sons, viz. Stoffel and Adrian (Aaron). Of his third son, by Johanna, we have no further data.
DIRCK STOFFELSE [Children:] -Stoffel Dircksen b. ca. 1666 -Classje Dircksen b. ca. 1672 -Adrian (Aaron) bp. 9-16-1677
(Omitting Dirck's two children by his second marriage - Dirick and Maryntje - for neither of whom we have any record of issue.)”

3. The book, “A history of the Camfield family: with special emphasis on the descendants of John Freeman Camfield and Margaret Singleton Camfield…,” by Ernest Ross Camfield (Privately printed; 1999), “THE FAMILY OF LONGSTREET AND ITS TIES WITH THE CAMFIELD'S,” pp. 243-44:
“Dirck Stoffels Langestraet
Born: Netherlands
Came to America in 1657
Married: Catharina Van Lieuwen
Died: after 1698 in New Jersey
Children:
-Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet
-Claasje Dircksen Langestraet (She was born about 1672, and married Abraham Lott of Jamaica)
-Adrian Dircksen Langestraet (He was baptized 16 September 1677, and married Christina Janse in 1707, he resided in New Jersey)
-Richard Dircksen Langestraet (He was born 1680)
-Daughter (name unknown) (She married Samuel Osborne)
-Samuel Dircksen Langestraet (Married Barbara Antonides)
Dirck Stoffels Langestraet immigrated to New Netherlands in 1657, twelve years after the appointment of Peter Stuyvesant as Director of the Province, two years after the erection of the Church at Flatbush, and seven years before the seizure of the Province by Nicholls. Dirck Stoffels Langestraet settled in the area known as the Flatlands, (Amersfoort); and this fact indicates that since this particular village was of less consequence than either Flatbush, (only three miles away), or Brooklyn, and was named for a town in Utrecht, from which those who inhabited the town came, renders it very possible that the Langestraet's came from Utrecht. Dirck, or "Richard" in the English language, was in 1677 a member in good standing of the Flatlands Church. He may have been a member of this church for many years, however the church records for Flatbush didn't begin until 1677.
In September of 1687, thirteen years after the first cession of the Province to England, there was a general administration of the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown to be made by all Dutch people; Dirck took that oath at the Flatlands. He appears again on an assessment roll of that village for the year 1693 and on a census roll in 1698. After this his name appears no more on the Long Island records; and it is believed that he moved into New Jersey. In his younger manhood, but after coming to the Province he had married Catharina Van Lieuwen; afterward in his older age, on 13 February 1690 he married a second time to Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. A prenuptial agreement was made with his second wife and is on file in the town records of Gravesend; in this agreement, reference is made to his son Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet. He left land that he had purchased in Shrewsbury, New Jersey to his son Richard. He had no children by his second marriage. (Source: THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF NEW JERSEY)”

4. The book “This old Monmouth of ours: history, tradition, biography, genealogy, and other anecdotes related to Monmouth County, New Jersey,” by William S. Hornor (Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1974) “The Longstreet (Langstraat Family),” pp. 127-28:
“The Longstreet Family.
This substantial family springs from THEOPHILUS LANGSTRAAT (1), of Holland, through a son, Dirck, (2), who came to America in 1657. The Anglicised form of the name sufficiently indicates its original meaning and derivation.
DIRCK STOFFELSE LANGSTRAAT (2), son of Theophilus (or Stoffel) (1), came to America in 1657, eventually settling in Shrewsbury Township. (It may be noted here that among the Dutch the syllables, s, se, pe, and sometimes, te were used to indicate the paternity of the individuals to whom they were assigned, apparently as middle-names. Often the original last names, were dropped and only the "middle-name" retained. Thus we have the families of Hendricks, Laen, Giberson, and Tysen, all proceeding from an original (probably VanPelt), through several brothers who were respectively christened Hendrick, Laen, Gilbert, and Matthias, or Tice.) Dirck Longstreet married first, Catherine VanSiddock, and, secondly, Johannah Havens, widow of Johannis Holshart. His children were: Richard (3), of Shrewsbury; Adrien (or Aaron,) (4); Theophilus (or Stoffle), (5); Samuel (6); and, Classje (7)
ADRIEN, or AARON. (4), son of Dirck (2), was born in 1677 and died in 1728. He was a cordwainer, and lived in Freehold Township. He married, in 1707, Christina (or Stanchke) Janse. Their children were: John (8); Derrick (9); Stoffle (10); Katherine (11); Nelly (12); Winifred (13); Maria (14); Arinche (15), and, one other child (16), perhaps Christopher, who died in 1758 leaving children, Court (91), and Christine (92), both under age at the death of their father. Of these last Christine is said to have married John Saunders, from whom she was divorced by Legislative Enactment in 1780.
THEOPHILIS (OR STOFFLE) (5), son of Dirck (2), was born in Flatlands, Long Island, and died on his farm on the Manasquan River, in New Jersey, about 1741. He married Moyka, daughter of Gilbert Lane. She died about 1753. Moyka is, I think, the equivalent of the English Mercy. Their children were: Richard (17), of Squan, whose children are said to have been Derrick (42), born September 1745, and Anne (43), born June 1, 1748; Gilbert (18); Aury (19); Stoffel (20); Yonica (21); Catherine (22), who is supposed to have married William Chamberlain Jr.; Mary or Maria, (23), who married William, son of Daniel and Catherine Hendrickson; Sarah (24); Moika (25), who married and had children: and, Anne (26).
GILBERT LONGSTREET (18), son of Stoffel (5), lived at Squan, where he died in 1756 or 1758. His wife is supposed to have been Rachel, daughter of Garret and Nelly (Voorhees) Schenck, who married, secondly, Jacobus VanDorn. Their children were: Rachel (44), who died in 1765, having married William VanDorn, who married secondly, Mary Hunt; Garret (45), of Squan; Gilbert (46); Moyca (47); Nely (48); Jane, or Ouicha (49), married John Lake; and, Elizabeth (50).
AURY (OR AARON) LONGSTREET (19), son of Stoffle (5), was of Rocky Hill, near Princeton. One authority says that he married Catherine, daughter of Samuel Osborne, of Squan, who died before 1759. Another, makes her to have married John Longstreet. The name of his wife needs confirmation, as do those of his children, which have been given as: Moyka (51); Aaron (51-1/2); Richard (51-1/2); and, Lydia (52), bp. 6-10-1759.
STOFFLE LONGSTREET (20), son of Stoffle (5), was baptised 12-25-1713, and died 1784. He is said to have married Abagail, daughter of Thomas and Patience Woolley, who was born 3-17-1717, and to have been father of at least one child, Samuel, (41-1/2), who died 12-21-1829, at the age of 94.”

5. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D16-D17:
“DIRCK STOFFELS LANGESTRAET immigrated in 1657, twelve years after the appointment of Stuyvesant as Director of the province, two years after the erection of the church at Flatbush, and seven years before the seizure of the province by Nicholls. He settled at Flatlands (Amersfoort); and this fact, since the village was of less consequence than either Flatbush (only three miles may) or Brooklyn, and was named for a town in Utrecht, from which those who inhabited and named it presumably came, renders it probable that Langestraets were from Utrecht. However that may be, Dirck (or Richard, in the English) was in 1677, a member of the Flatlands church, sitting under the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Zuuren. He may have been for years before that an active member of the church, and probably was; for it must be remembered that the lists in the Flatbush record begin with the year 1677. In 1687, in September, thirteen years after the first cession of the province to England, there was a general administration of an oath of allegiance to the British Crown to all of the Dutch people; and with the others, Dirck took that oath at Flatlands. He appears again on an assessment roll of that village for the year 1693, and on a census roll of 1698. After this his name occurs no more on the Long Island records and it is thought that he moved to Monmouth county, New Jersey.
In his younger manhood, but after his arrival in this province, he married CATHARINA VAN LIEUWEN; afterward, in his older age, some time before, but not far from, February 13, 1690, he married Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. An ante-nuptial agreement made with this second wife is still to be found in the town records of Gravesend; and in it reference is made to his son Stoffel Dircksen. At an early period, date now unknown, he had bought land at Shrewsbury in New Jersey, which he devised by his will to his son Richard. By his first wife Catherina, he had issue as follows:
(1) Stoffel Dircksen, of whom hereafter.
(2) Claasje Dircksen, born about 1672 and who married Abraham Lott, of Jamaica.
(3) Adrian, baptised September 16, 1677. (Adrian; bapt. Sept. 16, 1677; married Christina Janse 1707. On asst. roll of Flatlands 1693, and census of 1698; owned land in Gravesend; moved to Freehold, N. J., and deacon there 1721; died in 1728; wife died after 1726. Issue (all bapt. at Marlboro): 1, Christine, or Katherine, bp. Nov. 27, 1709, mar. Aug. 24, 1741. Wm. Williamson of the Raritan; 2, Jan. bp. Jan. 13, 1712, mar. Dec. 17, 1746 Anije Cowenhoven; 3. Dirck, of Princeton, born about 1713, mar. about 1749, Margaret Shenck, widow of Wm. Cowenhoven; 4, Nellie, born about 1715; 5, Winnifred, born about 1718; 7, Maria, born about 1721, mar. Dec. 5, 1742, Dirck Sutphen; 8, Arianche, born about 1723; Stoffel, born about 1728, mar. Nov. 28, 1753, Nellie Shenck.)
(4) Richard, born about 1680.
(5) A daughter (supposed), who married Samuel Osborne.
(6) Samuel (supposed) married Barbara Antonides.”

6. The book “Register in Alphabetical Order, of the early settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y.; from its first settlement by Europeans to 1700; with contributions to their biographies and genealogies,” by Teunis G. Bergen (New York: S.W. Green's Son, 1881), pp. 181-82:
“Langestraat, Adriaen, bp. Sept. 16, 1677; d. 1728; m. Christina Janse. On ass. roll of Flds of 1693 and cen. of 1698; also owned land in Gd; deacon of Freehold R. D. ch. in 1721, to which place he had removed. In 1723, an Adriaen Langestraet and Christina Janse his w., mem. of Freehold R. D. ch. Issue, all bp. at Marlboro: Christine or Katharine, bp. Nov. 27, 1709, m. Aug. 24, 1741, Wm Williamsen of the Raritan; Jan, bp. Jan. 13, 1712, m. Dec. 17, 1746, Antje Cowenhoven; Dirck of Princeton, b. about 1713, m. about 1749 Margaret Schenck wid. of Wm Cowenhoven; Nelly, b. about 1715; Winnifred, b. about 1718; Maria, b. about 1721, m. Dec. 5, 1742, Dirck Sutphen; Arianche, b. about 1723; and Stoffel, b. about 1726, m. Nov. 28, 1753, Nelly Schenck, as per Rev. G. C. Schenck.
Derick Stoffelsz, emigrated in 1657, m. 1st Catharina Van Lieuwen; m. 2d, prior to Feb. 13, 1690, Johanna Havens wid. of Johannis Holsaert. Mem. of Flds D. ch. in 1677, took the oath of allegiance there in 1687; on ass. roll of said town of 1693 and cen. of 1698. In ante-nuptial agreement with his 2d w. on the Gd rec. of Feb. 13, 1690, reference is made to his s. Stoffel Dircksen. At an early period, as per Rev. G. C. Schenck, he bought land at Shrewsbury, N. J., which he devised by will to his s. Richard. Issue: - Stoffel Dircksen; Claasje Dircksen, b. about 1672, m. Abraham Lott of Ja; Adrian, bp. Sept. 16, 1677; Richard of Shrewsbury, b. about 1680; (sup.) Johannis; and Samuel, (sup.) m. Barbara Antonides. Signed his name “Dirck Stoffels."
(Sup.) Jan or Johannis Dircksen, b. 1629. Appointed Apl. 28, 1666, by the mag. of Flh one of the guardians of Aernout Reynders s. of Reyndert Arensen and Annetien Hermans, said Annetien being dec. and said Aernout having married Annetien Aukens, as per p. 61 of Lib. D of Flh rec. Allowed to follow the occupation of carman by the court in N. A. in 1674, as per p. 494 of Valentine's Manual of 1855. June 8, 1690, he made an affidavit relating to the troubles in N. Y. during Gov. Leisler's administration, as per p. 741 of Vol. III. of Doc. of Col. His.
Stoffel Dircksen of Flds and N. J., m. Mayke Laanen dau. of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt of N. U. Deacon of Flds D. ch. in 1698. Removed to the Neversinks in Monmouth Co., N. J., where his descendants abound. In his will, da. Dec. 1, 1739, pro. Mar. 1, 1741, he calls himself Theophilus, an improper change for Stoffel or Christopher. The will of Mayke his w. is da. Apl. 8, 1752, and pro. Mar. 13, 1753. These wills name as their children, Jonica, Catharine, Mary, Sarah, Maria, Ann, and Gisbert. Issue: - Dirck, bp. Apl. 25, 1696, in Bro, m. Jane or Jonica, probably d. at date of his father's will; Jonica or Jane; Catharine, (sup.) m. Jan Sutphen of N. J.; Mary or Maria, bp. May 6, 1702, m. 1st Wm. Hendricksen of N. J., m. 2d (sup.) Dirck Sutphen; Sarah, b. about 1705; Gisbert, b. about 1707, m. Rachel Schenck, d. 1758; Aurie, bp. Nov. 6, 1710, m. May 6, 1754, Lydia Hull; Stoffel, bp. Dec. 25, 1713, resided at Upper Freehold, m. Dec. 16, 1743, Abagail Wooley, d. 1784; Moica, bp. Mar. 6, 1716, m. (sup.) Johannes Leek; and Ann, b. about 1718. Signed his name “Stoffel Langstrat."
Abbreviations: Bro. = Brooklyn; Flds = Flatlands; N.U. = New Utrecht; D. ch = Dutch Church; N.A. = New Amsterdam; cen = census; Gd = Gravesend; Flh = Flatbush." 		Langestraet, Richard Dircksen (I5609)
 
1998 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION: Research of the Israel Barlow Association provided an undocumented, unverifiable, and suspect gentry pedigree from John Spencer back to pre-1000 A.D. Normandy, France, beginning with John's purported parents William Spencer and Catherine Wentworth of Cople, Bedford, England. There is no other corroborating evidence published of this connection. At the FHL on 2 Nov 2011, I looked at several royal ancestry books pertaining to the proven gentry ancestry of colonial immigrants and did not find any purporting such an ancestry for any of our Spencer immigrants. A gentry pedigree for our Spencers cannot be accepted at this time nor is there any proven parentage for John Spencer.

2. "The American Genealogist," Vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A.:
"The present history of the Spencer family which descended from the four New England sons of Gerard Spencer of Stotfold, Bedfordshire, had its inception in 1947 in a correspondence between the present compiler, Mr. Clarence A. Torrey of Boston, Mass., and the late Mr. Homer W. Brainard of Amherst, Mass., all Spencer descendants who agreed to pool their data...
The Spencers were a numerous and an important family and being founded by four brothers their history is the equivalent of four separate genealogies...
Herewith we present the English ancestry. Mr. Torrey has collected a great deal of material on the interesting Whitbred family to which the mother of the four brothers belonged. This maternal ancestry, we hope, will be ready for a later chapter.
In 1903 the Rev. John Holding, M.A., then Vicar of Stotfold, co. Bedford, England, published "The Spencers of Bedford." Despite a lack of formal arrangement, the book is a mine of information. The most prominent family of the Spencer name in Bedfordshire had their seat at Cople in the 16th and 17th centuries, and a good account is given of this family, tracing it back to one Thomas Spencer who was living at Eton in 1433. Several other groups of Spencers in various parishes and towns are included, but their connection, if any, with the Spencers of Cople does not appear. Herein, so far as we know, the ancestry of William, Thomas, Michael and Gerard Spencer is for the first time set forth, though some years earlier the noted antiquary, Henry F. Waters, had found mention of the four brothers in the will of their London uncle Richard Spencer, and had published this in the "New England Hist. and Gen. Register" and in 1901 included it in his "Genealogical Gleanings in England."
In recent years the parish registers of Stotfold and Edworth have been included by F. G. Emmison in his "Bedfordshire Parish Registers Series. Careful comparison has been made between these and the entries as printed by the Rev. Mr. Holding, resulting in some corrections and in the addition of two or three important entries.
Since both the parish records and the wills which prove the ancestry have appeared fully in the sources indicated, it is deemed unnecessary to repeat them here, except as reference is made to them in the pedigree of the family which follows. It is not felt that Mr. Holding established the parentage or origin of John Spencer, great-grandfather of the four emigrant brothers, hence we start our account with him...
...So far as the early generations of the family are concerned, little use has been made of printed sources. Useful though they are for the later generations of specific branches, it was thought desirable to base the present account, as far as possible, on an independent survey of primary record sources. Two important manuscript collections, however, have been consulted and utilized, that of Lucius A. Barbour on Hartford families at the State Library, Hartford, and that of D. Williams Patterson on East Haddam families at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford...
1. John Spencer, born probably within a few years after 1500, buried at Edworth, co. Bedford, 9 June 1558; married Anne, perhaps Merrill, who was buried at Edworth, 16 June 1560.
John was called "senior" at burial. The recorder in entering the burial of Ann Spencer, widow, paid her respect by the following tribute: "the good hospitallity keeper; and she did give to the towneship of Edworth ii of her best bease [beastsl to be lett to ii pore folks in the towne for iii s. a cow & the parson & churchwarden to have the letting of them & the distributing of the money to the poore & to se the stock meinteined each of them to have iiii d. of the vi s. for ther paynes to se this truly done acording to her last will."
Her will, dated 13 June 1560, proved 21 Apr. 1561, calls her Widow, in Edworth, Beds., and names her son Gerard (aged 17); son Michael, to have the chest that was his brother John's; John Spencer, son Michael's Child, to have £20; Elisabeth Lymer, to have ₤4 at marriage; Alice Aystin, to have a calf; servants; for the mending of "London Brygge waye," 10 s.; brother Edward's children, to have the ₤1 that he borrowed of her, and the barley he gave her sons to his children; Nicholas Merryll and John Merryll his brother, to have the barley their father gave her sons; and the poor of Edworth, to have the gift already mentioned. Michael Spencer was a witness.
From this will we gain the impression that our Spencer family at that period was of the yeoman class, and somewhat better off than the average village family of the time and place. Whether they were in origin a younger branch of an older gentry family, or a more humble clan which by industry and good fortune had improved its lot, we are not in a position to affirm. It would be necessary to prove the parentage and more remote ancestry of John Spencer, Sr., by documentary evidence, before claiming any specific connection with any other Spencer family in England. From the terms of the will, it would seem that Anne's brother was Edward Merryll or Merrill, and that this was her maiden name. A search of Merrill wills might confirm this conjecture.
Children:
i. Michael, b. probably 1530-1535.
ii. John, bur. at Edworth, 21 Apr. 1560, as son of Ann Spencer, widow.
iii. Gerard, b. Ca. 15143; d. at Biggleswade, Beds, ca. 1577; m. at Edworth, 30 July 1568, Ellen Whyston. His will, dated 8 July 1576, proved 20 May 1577, calls him of Biggleswade, yeoman, and names son Richard, under 21 (to have ₤60); daus. Agnes and Johan Spencer (underage) and child unborn, to have 140 marks apiece at 18 years; wife Elen; god-daughter Johan Spencer, my brother 's dau. (to have ₤1); brother Michael Spencer (to have 5 marks); wife Helen and brother Michael, executors. (F.C.C. Doughtrey, 19.) Children: 1. Richard. 2. Agnes. 3. Joan. 4. A child, b. 1576-7.
...The records cited establish the parentage of the four New England brothers and their descent from John and Anne Spencer of Edworth. Various attempts which we have seen to push the line further back either contain fatal flaws or lack any acceptable evidence to sustain them..."

3. The book "Spencer Family Record of the Springfield, VT. and Evansville, Wis. Spencers. (Descendants of Garrard Spencer of Haddam, Conn. Emigrant of 1630," by William Henry Spencer, New York, Tobias A. Wright, 1907:
"Spencers:
First Generation:
John Spencer, Gent. of Southmylles, Bedford County, England, 14 - Edward, IV.
Second Genration:
Robert Spencer, Gent, of Southmylles, m. Anna Pecke, dau. of ___, Bedfordshire, Gent. Arms: Argent, 3 pickaxes, sable.
Third Generation:
John Spencer, Gent, Southmylles, m. Christian [should this be Christina?] Baker.
Fourth Generation:
William Spencer, Gent, of Southmylles, m. Isabella Osborn, dau. of Edward, of Northampton.
Robert Spencer, Gent, of St. Albans, County of Hertford, m. Frances Foster, dau. of John of Bramfield.
The above records are from the 'Heralds Visitations of Bedfordshire.' The county of Bedford was visited on four different occasions by officers of the College of Arms for the purpose of recording the pedigrees of the Gentry entitled to bear arms; the first in 1566, the last in 1669. The above records were made at one or more of these 'Visitations.'
Our knowledge of the Spencers immediately following is derived from old Parish Registers. The problem is to find the connecting link between this fourth generation of Southmylles Spencers and the next in our line. If we understand the claim of W. Scott Hancock, it is that the Rev. John Holding has found the connecting link in a third son, described as follows:
John Spencer, 'Sr.,' Gent, of St. George Parish, Edworth, Bedfordshire; birth unknown; m. 'Ann,' (confounded by several writers with 'Ann Clarke' who m. John Spencer, of London, who belonged to the next generation and who, so far as the records show had four daughters and no sons. This John was clearly a Southmylles Spencer). John Spencer of Edworth, d. June 9, 1558. His 'Ann' recorded as 'widow Ann,' d. June 16, 1560. They had '3 sonne.' Whether this means 'three sons' as Mr. Harold E. Spencer formerly supposed, or the '3d sonne' as he now thinks, seems to the writer not very material, for a 'third' son implied a first and second one - or three in all."
[Note: see notes included in this database with each descendant for the continuation of this descendancy.]

4. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, partial excerpts from pp. 79-80, 85:
"When we seek to define the status of the Spencers at Edworth in the mid-1500s, it seems clear that they were still in the "tenant" category. In Rev. John Holding's study, he found that the farm operated by the Spencers was held under a leasehold arrangement from the lord of the manor (in this case the PARRYS). A careful reading of ANNE (Merrill) Spencer'S will (widow of JohnC) shows that there was no mention of the distribution of land or tenements to her oldest son. Holding calculated that the leasehold at Edworth would expire in the year 1575. Anne died in 1560, so apparently her son's operation of the farm was safe for another fifteen years. We know that MichaelB did serve out the remaining years of the lease, but by 1573 he had located at STOTFOld, a short distance south of Edworth.
Just what lease or ownership arrangements the Spencers had at Stotfold has not been revealed in the literature, but presumably it was another leasehold. MichaelB and his wife Elizabeth still had several small children at this stage and indeed their last three children (including GerardA born at Stotfold There was at least one other living son (ThomasA, b. 1571), so it seems unlikely that GerardA (b. 1576) would have inherited a leasehold. In any event, GerardA and Alice Whitbread had all of their children born at Stotfold.
In the sequence of events mentioned above, it would appear that leases were the predominant pattern of land usage at least by the parents and grandparents of GerardA Spencer (b.1576) Rev. Holding notes that GerardA in 1615 conveyed a lease to his brother, ThomasA, (b. 1571) and quote "conveying them next year to the same". This may have marked the year when GerardA and Alice Spencer moved from Stotfold, but their new location has never been ascertained. Apparently they did not move to co. Essex as was once believed since a careful search of the records in 1993 in Braintree and nearby towns revealed no clue as to their presence in that region. At this time in the family's history, the children ranged in age from one to fourteen years."
"...This vast expanse of time brought us from Thomas1 of Badby down through HenryH, ThomasG, RobertF, and JOHNE Spencer. The "E" generation ended about 1500 with the death of JOHNE of South Mylls, Beds. His children, however had survived the internal struggles of the 1500s for the possession of the English Crown.
The children of JOHND Spencer of South Mylls and CHRISTIAN BAKER came on the scene in time to witness the attack on the Catholics by Henry VIII (1509-1547) and the great religious struggle of that period.
The life spans of the children of JohnSpencer of South Mylls (ca 1500-1568) (William, Robert, JOHN) and ETHELREDE BAKER coincide almost exactly with the reign of Henry VIII to the mid-1500s. It was during this period also, that we note the shift of the family from SOUTH MYLLS to EDWORTH. JohnC (later the husband of ANNE Merrill) was the first born at EDWORTH shortly before Henry VIII ascended the throne in 1509.
The Spencer occupation at Edworth extended on for another three-quarters of a century to about 1576. The last Spencer to be born at Edworth appears to have been ThomasA Spencer in 1571. His unborn siblings (KatherineA, GerardA, and RichardA) were born at STOTFOld. Thus, those who lived at Edworth survived the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547), EdwardVI (1547-1553), and much of the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). It was during this period that the Spencers in generations "C" and "B" of Edworth were exposed to the great religious convulsions under HenryVIII and the restraints implosed under Elizabeth I against the rising Puritan forces.
When GerardA (b. 1576) (father of the Four Brothers) was born at Stotfold, Elizabeth was in the middle of her reign and the great battle against the Spanish Armada (1588) took place when GerardA was only twelve years of age. When GerardA and Alice Whitbread were married at UPPER GRAVENHURST in 1600, Elizabeth'S long reign was coming to a close and Puritanism had become a widespread influence in the life of the average Englishman. During the years that Gerard and Alice's children were born (1601-1614), James I (1603-1625) had come to the throne and the struggle against the Puritans was intensifying. Charles I (1625-1649) continued to oppress the Puritans and by 1630 the stage was being set for a great Civil War between the religious and political factions.
We can now see that the Four Spencer Brothers were young men who had arrived on the scene at a critical juncture in English history. It is clear from the record that neither they nor their parents were in a solid position of land ownership. Indeed, this Spencer line for generations seemed to be in the "tenant" class. Consequently, Gerard and Alice's children easily could have looked to America for the "great salvation" and the acquisition of a promised one hundred acres of free land for each emigrant."

5. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, partial excerpt of full transcript in the notes of the earliest Spencer, pp. 53-55, 57-60:
"Vital Records for the Early English Generations of the New England Spencers.
I. The OVERALL VIEW.
In an earlier chapter, the authors presented a broad sweep of the early Spencer generations in England leading to the "Five Siblings of Bedfordshire" who came to New England about 1630.
The review included the Spencers of South Mylls, Bedfordshire, as well as the closely related Spencers of Cople, Beds. The latter group included the Spencers of Virginia who came to America about a generation later than the new England Spencers.
In listing the vital records for the early English generations we shall follow the sequence of generations as depicted in the "Holding-Phillipps " Chart of the authors' earlier article.
An overall view of the Spencer descendants from JohnC Spencer and Ann Merrill may be helpful in visualizing those Spencers who came to New England alongside their near uncles and cousins who remained in England. The relationships are depicted in Chart I. These cousins were descended from uncles JohnA (b. 1557), ThomasA (1571-1631) as well as their aunt, CatherineA (b. 1573), all of whom were siblings. Of course, none of the members of the "A" generation came to America and only the sons and one daughter of GerardA undertook this monumental task. (Please keep in mind that the English generations are labeled in reverse as "A", "B', "C", etc. back to the earliest identified ancestor in generation "I". For those who came to America, the numbering begins with generation "1", then "2", etc. up to the late 20th century which may be generation "12" or even "13").
We also have a chart (No. II) showing some of the ancestral lines of the Whitbread family since Alice Whitbread was the mother of the "Five Spencer Siblings" who came to New England about 1630. The Whitbread family became famous in England as the founders of the Whitbread Brewery enterprises and which today has become so well known as the sponsors of the Whitbread round-the-world yachting races.
CHART I: The near relatives of the five Spencer siblings of Bedfordshire who came to New England about 1630:
-JohnC Spencer (1505-1550) = Anne Merrill (d. 1560)
-MichaelB (b. 1531) = Agnes Lymer (d. 1562); = Eliz. (d. 1599)
-John (b. 1577 Edworth) children b. Baldock, Beds.: Daniel = Sarah Audley; Francis = Margaret Roberts.
-Michael (1558-1560 Edworth)
-Anne (b. 1560 Edworth)
-Joan (b. 1564 Edworth)
-Alice (b. 1566 Edworth)
-Thomas (1571-1631 Edworth) = Margaret Spencer (?). Children b. Stotfold, beds.: Gerard (b. 1601) = Joan Hills; Anthony = Katherine Hills; Thomas; Richard; Margaret (d. 1635) = Simon Spencer.
-Catherine (b. 1573 Edworth) = ___ Bland
-Gerard (b. 1576 Stotfold) = Alice Whitbread. Children b. Stotfold: William (1601-1640) = Agnes Harris; Elizabeth (b. 1602) = Timothy Tomlins; John (b. 1604); Henry (1605-1607); Thomas (1607-1767) = Ann Derifield, = Sarah Bearding; Richard (1608-1614); a son; Michael (1611-1653) = Isabel ___; Gerard (1614-1685) = Hannah Hills, = Rebecca Porter Clark. [Note that the pedigree continues with another generation from the children William, Thomas, and Gerard.]
-Richard (1580 Stotfold-1645)
-John (1533-1560)
-Gerard (ca 1543-1577) = Ellen Whysson. Children b. Biggleswade, Beds.: Richard, Agnes, Joan, a child (b. 1567).
-William (b. ca 1545)...
II. The Vital Records of the Early Generations in England [KP note: I delete all generations prior to JohnC since it is unproven conjecture.]
-JohnC Spencer of Edworth; b. ca 1505; m. Ann Merrill (d. 1560); d. 1558.
The Family of JohnC Spencer of Edworth (JohnD, JohnE, RobertF, ThomasG, HenryH, ThomasI) and Ann Merrill.
-MichaelB Spencer of Edworth, Beds.; (The first of the Spencers at Stotfold, Beds); b. 1531 at Edworth; m. (1) Agnes Lorimer (Limer), 22 Jan 1555/56 at Edworth. Agnes bur. at Edworth, 23 Feb 1562; m. (2) Elizabeth ___ in 1563; Elizabeth bur. at Stotfold, 18 Nov 1599; d. after 1599. Probably bur. at Biggleswade, Beds.
-JohnB Spencer of Edworth; b. ca 1533 at Edworth; d. ca 1560.
-Gerard Spencer, b. ca 1543 at Biggleswade, Beds. (perhaps earlier); m. Ellen (Helen) Whyston (Whysson), 10 July 1568 at Edworth, Beds. Ellen was the dau. of Wm. and Elizabeth Whyston; d. ca 1576 at Biggleswade. Will dated 8 July 1576 and proved 20 May 1577.
-WilliamB Spencer of Edworth; b. ca 1545 at Edworth.
The Family of MichaelB Spencer (b. ca 1531) and Agnes Lorimer (d 1561/62 and Elizabeth ___; (The first three children were by Agnes Lorimer).
-JohnA Spencer (MichaelB, JohnC, JohnD, JohnE, RobertF, ThomasG, HenryH, ThomasI). (Holding states that JohnA may have settled at Baldock, Beds, where several of his children were baptized); bapt. 20 April 1557 at Edworth, Beds.
-MichaelA Spencer; bpt. 27 May 1558 at Edworth, Beds.; bur. 21 April l560 at Edworth.
-Anna Spencer; bapt.) 24 July 1560.
-Joan Spencer; bapt. 21 Aug 1564 at Edworth. AliceA Spencer; bapt.) 30 Aug 1566 at Edworth.
-Thomas Spencer; bapt. 12 Mar 1571 at Edworth; m. Margaret Spencer (?) who was bur. 19 Dec 1635 at Stotfold. (So identified by Jacobus. Holding identifies Margaret as the daughter of Thomas who married a Spencer); d. 1631.
-Katherine Spencer; b. 1573 at Stotfold, Beds. m. ___ Bland; d. Before 1645. (Katherine had daughters Sarah and Hannah Bland). It appears that Katherine was the first child baptized at Stotfold after the family had moved from Edworth. Some records indicate that GerardA was the first of the children born at Stotfold.
-Gerard Spencer (the father of the Five Spencer Siblings who came to New England about 1630); bapt. 20 May 1576 at Stotfold; m. Alice Whitbread of Upper Gravenhurst, Beds, on 10 Nov 1600. Alice was born at Meppershall, Beds, ca 1580 She died in May of 1646. She belonged to a family of considerable prominence. Gerard moved from Stotfold sometime before his children emigrated to New England. Possibly Gerard moved to London, but this is not confirmed; d. before 1646.
-RichardA Spencer; b. (bapt.) 9 July 1580 at Stotfold. m.?; Will dated 17 Mar 1645; codicil dated 29 May 1646; proved 6 June 1646.
Donald L. Jacobus made the following comments on the Family of MichaelB Spencer: "The division of Michael's children between the two wives is somewhat different from what might be inferred from the Rev. Mr. Holding's book because of the discovery of the burial of the first wife, Agnes, early in 1562. The name of the mother is not stated in the Edworth baptisms, but Elizabeth is stated as mother of the two children, GerardA and RichardA, who were baptized at Stotfold. We therefore assume that Elizabeth was the mother of the other children who were born after 1562 and before the birth of GerardA in 1576, though it remains possible that there was a second, unknown, wife between Agnes and Elizabeth."

6. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, partial excerpt of full transcript in the notes of the earliest Spencer, pp. 62-63:
"Records PUBLISHED byVICAR JohnHOldING IN 1903 and Donald L. Jacobus IN The 1950s.
In his writings of the early 1950s on the Spencers of Bedfordshire, the Dean of American genealogists, Donald L. Jacobus, published the first comprehensive history of the descendants of the Four Spencer brothers as well as their immediate ancestors in England. It was a landmark in genealogy which has scarcely been equalled to this day. A half century before Jacobus, the first great landmark had been written by Vicar John Holding of Stotfold, Bedfordshire. Jacobus naturally leaned heavily on Holding's material and made the following comments:
In 1903 the Rev. John Holding, M.A., then Vicar of Stotfold, Co. Bedford, England published "The Spencers of Bedfordshire". Despite a lack of formal arrangement, the book is a mine of information...
Holding noted that most English parish registers are good only back to about 1538. He found the Edworth and Stotfold registers in Bedfordshire to be quite clear from the middle of the 16th century onwards for at least another century.
Holding further states:
"There have always been two large farms in Edworth comprising really the whole land in the parish with the exception of about eight acres attached, as glebe-land, to the Rectory, giving the total area of about 1,122 acres; so that the Spencers' farm would be over six hundred acres in extent, a very large farm even in the present day, and giving employment to half the laboring poor in the place. The population at the last census in 1901 was only 86. The Hall where the Spencers resided is still standing, although much modernized and is occupied at this day by a gentlemen named SMYTH, who holds a very good and respectable position in the county, and what is interesting to note is able to show his armorial bearings and to be styled "gentleman", although technically but a yeoman, farming his own land (Authors' notes: It is quite remarkable that a "SMYTH" family appears at this point because the surname appears associated with the Spencer lineage far back into the 1400s).
Edworth is a parish on the borders of Hertfordshire, and is situate half way between Baldock and Biggleswade, and about two miles from Stotfold. The Roman way (now called the "Old North Road") passes a little to the west of the village. The church is a small edifice of stone, built about A.D. 1250, and capable of seating 120 persons. It consists of a chancel, nave, north and south transepts, north and south porches, and an embattled western tower containing three bells. There are two ancient and stained-glass windows in good preservation, and in the chancel a memorial window to members of the SMYTH family."
Holding cites a marriage between RobertUS PARRYS of Ellington and Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Thomas Spencer of "Copool", but no date is given.
"With these indisputable facts before us, we think we may safely conclude that JohnC Spencer, who died at Edworth in 1558, must have been known to all or most of them, and that it may have been from a member of the Parrys family that he obtained the lease of his farm at Edworth. The lease of the Edworth farm would expire about 1575, which would make it one of twenty-one years.
We find ANNE Spencer in her will conveying her interest in the lease to Michael[B] Spencer her eldest son, who must have remained there as long as the lease was in force; and then, if not further confirmed or continued in the tenancy, he must have removed elsewhere. The latter event took place, for we find him at Stotfold in 1576, where the first evidence of his appearance there is the record in the register of this parish of the baptism of GerardA Spencer, son of MichaelB Spencer and Elizabeth his wife, 20 May 1576. We place the lease at twenty-one years for reasons which will appear shortly.
In closing our investigation we will gather together and summarize our facts. As early as 1555 we find a person named JohnC Spencer living at Edworth in Bedfordshire; he is proved to be the ancestor of Gerard1 Spencer who migrated from Bedfordshire to New England about the year 1638. This JohnC Spencer had the leasehold of an extensive farm, of which the terms of tenancy expired about the year 1575, being apparently one of the usual tenure of twenty-one years. He died in 1558, and from the contents of his widow's will he appears to have been of considerable substance; and although ranking as a yeoman and tenant farmer, was apparently connected with some of the best and most distinguished families in his neighborhood. There is every indication that previous to his advent at Edworth he had resided at St. Albans, where he was held in such high estimation as to be chosen one of the first chief burgesses of that town, and as such named in the Royal Charter granted to it by King Edward VI in 1553. For some reason his name suddenly disappears from the roll of chief burgesses and his place is filled by another, according to the provisions of the charter that "if any chief burgess shall die or live out of the borough, or be removed from his office, the mayor and chief burgesses shall within eight days after such death or removal choose one or more of the inhabitants to be the chief burgess for their lives". JohnC Spencer was not removed from his office nor did he die at that time, for the register of burials at St. Albans has been strictly searched, and no entry can be found there of his burial; hence we conclude that he removed himself elsewhere.
There also is the strongest collateral evidence that he left a son William behind him in St. Albans, who settled there, and in time also became one of the chief burgesses, and afterwards mayor of the borough.
We also have every reason to believe that this son, for some reason or other, travelled to his brother's home at Edworth, where he had a child baptized in 1565.
A grandson of this JohnC Spencer is proved to have possessed an estate in St. Albans, and is styled "Gent." in his Will; another grandson also, at his burial, is entered in the register as "gen" or "gentleman", both of these men had become citizens of London."
(Authors' Note: It seems quite clear from the above description by John Holding that he had mixed the two JohnSpencers of the same generation. It seems certain that Holding was speaking of the JohnSpencer who had married Ethelrede Baker. The reader is referred to the Holdings-Phillipps master chart showing the relationships between the families of the two JohnSpencers. The John Spencer who was the grandfather of the Four Brothers had married Ann Merrill and his father was married to CHRISTIAN BAKER.. As we have mentioned earlier, nearly all later genealogists were confused about these two main descending lines).
We shall close the material presented by Vicar John Holding and now turn to the important study conducted by Donald L. Jacobus in the 1950s and published in The American Genealogist (TAG). Jacobus commented on JohnC Spencer as follows:
"JohnC Spencer was called "senior" at burial. The recorder in entering the burial of Ann Spencer, widow, paid her respect by the following tribute: "the good hospitality keeper, and she did give to the towneship in the towne for iii s. a cow & the parson and churchwarden to have the letting of them and the distributing of the money to the poore and to se the stock maintained etch of them to have iiii d. of the vi s. for ther paynes to se this truly done according to her last will".
Her will, dated 13 June 1560, proved 21 April 1561, calls her widow, in Edworth, Beds., and names her son Gerard (aged 17); son Michael, to have the chest that was his brother JOHN's; JOHN's son Michael's Child, to have L20; ELISABETH LYMER, to have L4 at marriage; Alice AYSTEIN to have a calf; servants; for the mending of "London Brygge waye" 10 s; brother Edward's children, to have the L1 that he borrowed of her, and the barley he gave her sons to his children; Nicholas MERRYLL and JohnMERRYLL his brother, to have the barley their father gave her sons; and the poor of Edworth, to have the gift already mentioned. Michael Spencer was a witness.
From the Will of Ann (Merrill) Spencer we gain the impression that our Spencer family at that period was of the yeoman class, and somewhat better off than the average village family of the time and place. (Webster defines "yeoman" as "a man of the commonality of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born"). Whether they were in origin a younger branch of an older gentry family, or a more humble clan which by industry and good fortune had improved its lot, we are not in a position to affirm. It would be necessary to prove the parentage and more remote ancestry of JohnC Spencer, Sr. by documentary evidence, before claiming any specific connection with any other Spencer family in England. From the terms of the Will, it would seem that Anne's brother was Edward MERRYLL or Merrill, and that this her maiden name. A search of Merrill wills might confirm this conjecture." ..."
 		Spencer, John (I1956)
 
1999 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Caution: Some undocumented sources indicate Elinor may be the daughter of Edmund Lockwood of Combs, Suffolk, England. This should be considered erroneous. Refer to the research of Robert Charles Anderson as quoted in the notes of Edmund and Alice (Cowper) Lockwood for more modern research into the children of the couple. The most accurate statement is provided by Harriet Woodbury Hodge as follows: "Elinor, first wife of Nicholas Knapp of Watertown, Massachusetts and Fairfield, Connecticut, has been called "Lockwood" in older Knapp genealogies. No known record supports this identification. "The Nicholas Knapp Genealogy' by Alfred Averill Knapp, 1953, states that the origin of Nicholas Knapp is unknown and calls his wife simply Elinor. Elinor died 6 or 8-16-1658 at Fairfield and Nicholas died 4-16-1670. (See source below.)
Some have speculated on Elinor being a Lockwood based on Elinor's husband getting in trouble in 1630s in Watertown, Mass. for selling ordinary water as a cure for scurvy. Edmund Lockwood (and others) put up the bail of 5 pounds and it is this connection plus tradition that indicates Elinor was a sister to Edmund and Robert (who administered Edmund's will in Cambridge).

2. From "The Knapp Family" at website: "http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Knapp.html": Notes of Hal Young: Re: Elinor Lockwood - Some have indicated the Elinor's maiden name was Disbrow (Disbrough). Evidence that it was Lockwood comes from the manuscript compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp on Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (1953). On page 3 of that book is the following quote from the Hartford Times, Oct. 23, 1943, genealogical page, Query A-2695: "The late Judge H. Stanley Finch, long Surrogate Judge at Stamford and a keen student of Lockwood, Finch, and allied families, gave his opinion that Elinor, wife of Nicholas Knapp, was daughter of Edmund Lockwood of Combs, Suffolk, England and sister of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Mass. and of Robert Lockwood (1600-1658) of Watertown, Mass. and Fairfield, Conn. This seems probable though documentary proof is lacking."

3. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), page 173-175: "Knap, Knapp, Nicholas - bc1600, d1670, m1 c1630 Elinor (prob Lockwood0 (d 1658, sis/o Robert and Edmund), m2 1659 Unica Brown (d by 1670, wd/o Clement Buxton. wd/o Peter). Nicolas Knap, his wife Elinor, and seven children [this seems incorrect] came to America on the 'Arbella' in 1630. They came from Burys St. Mary in Suffolk, probably,..."

4. FHL Book 929.273 L814a or FHL film 1321248, item 6, 'Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693) of Stamford Connecticut,' by Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C.G., 1978, p. 82: "ELINOR and ROSE, CALLED Lockwood"
Elinor, first wife of Nicholas Knapp of Watertown, Massachusetts and Fairfield, Connecticut, has been called "Lockwood" in older Knapp genealogies. No known record supports this identification. "The Nicholas Knapp Genealogy' by Alfred Averill Knapp, 1953, states that the origin of Nicholas Knapp is unknown and calls his wife simply Elinor. Elinor died 6 or 8-16-1658 at Fairfield and Nicholas died 4-16-1670. He married secondly Unica (Unity) Brown, widow of Peter Brown and Clement Buxton on 3-9-1659.
No evidence has yet been discovered to indicate that Rose, who married about 1639- 40 John Waterbury, was a Lockwood. John died at Stamford, Connecticut 31 July 1658. The late Virginia Olson, genealogist of the Stamford Genealogical Society, did extensive research to uncover a Lockwood connection for Rose, without success. She did find much to show that Rose was not a daughter of either Robert or Edmund Lockwood. Mrs. Olson believed the confusion in Waterbury genealogies, such as Albert Welles' American Family Antiquity (1880-1), 3:163, came about because Rose (___) Waterbury married at Stamfold, as her second husband, on 11 May 1659, Joseph Garnsey. Their son, Joseph Garnsey, born at Stamford 30 June 1662, married there 2 March 1692/3 Mary Lockwood, daughter of Edmund Lockwood and his wife Hannah Scott of Stamford. Apparently the two Joseph Garnseys became confused in the minds of Watersbury descendants and Mary's surname was transferred to her mother-in-law, Rose.
Robert Lockwood, who died in 1658 at Fairfield, Connecticut, had daughters Deborah, Abigail, Sarah and Mary, according to his probate records. Edmund Lockwood, Robert's brother, died before 3 March 1634/5 at Cambridge, Massachusetts and his children are mentioned but not named in the estate proceedings. However, Edmund Lockwood and his second wife, Elizabeth Masters, had a son, John Lockwood, born __ November 1632, recorded at Cambridge. A series of records (see Appendices 1 & 2) show that when this John Lockwood died without issue in 1683 at New London, Connecticut, the sole heir was his brother (evidently half-brother) Edmund Lockwood [Jr.] of Stamford. Although "elder children" of Edmund Lockwood are mentioned in the estate records; it appears that the other siblings of John and Edmund Lockwood did not survive or have heirs living in 1683."

5. The book: "Genealogy of the Lockwood Family 1630-1888 - Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia: "...freeman of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in New England, May 18th, 1631. (Records of Mass. vol.1, p.366. John Farmer, Gen'l Reg., p.181) Was of Cambridge in 1632. (John Farmer, ibid.) In Paige's History of Cambridge, Mass., 1632, p.32, the same 8 names are mentioned on p.8, as being the first 8 inhabitants of New Town, and in both lists Mr. Edmund Lockwood's name appears third..." (Note: see hard file for numerous court records in which Edmund is mentioned. Note especially his willingness to pay the five pound fine of Nicholas Knapp who may have been his brother-in-law.) "He died previous to 3 Mar 1634-5, when his widow Ruth [?Elizabeth] was ordered by the court to place all writings left by her husband in the hands of John Haynes, etc...he was a brother of Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who was executor of his estate...to dispose of the elder children of said E.L. and the estate given to them at their discretion. It is probable that he had two wives, the first of whom was the mother of 'the elder children' assigned to the care of the Watertown church. His second wife was Elizabeth, dau. of John Masters, of Watertown, by whom he had a son John, born in New Towne, Nov. 1632. After his decease his widow married Cary Latham, of New Towne, who moved to New London, Conn., and by him she had several children. It is probable that all of the name of Lockwood in New England are descended from Robert and Edmund, and there is not much doubt but that there is a misnomer of the widow of Edmund in the Court Records of Massachusetts Bay."

6. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information..." First Generation:
"A-1. Nicholas Knapp, our immigrant ancestor.
Parentage unknown.
B. In England. Exact place unknown.
D. 4-16-1670, Fairfield, Conn.
M. 1st Elinor . She d. 6 or 8-16-1658, Fairfield, Conn. 2nd Unica (Unity) Brown, widow of Peter Brown, 3-9-1659. She had been previously widow of Clement Buxton. Clement Buxton was in Stamford, Conn. in 1650 and d. there 8-2-1657. He had daus. Sarah and Unity and a son, Clement. His widow, Unity, m. 7-22-1658, Peter Brown, of Stamford, Conn. who d. soon after. His widow m. for the 3rd time, Nicholas Knapp as his 2nd wife. All children b. at Watertown, Mass. except Lydia.
B-1. Jonathan, b. 11-8-1631, Watertown, Mass. Buried 12-27-1631, age 7 weeks.
B-2. Timothy, b. 10 or 12-14-1632. d before 1685. m. Bethia Brandish.
B-3. Joshua, b. 11-5-1634 or 1-5-1635. d. 10-27-1684. m. Hannah Close.
B-4. Caleb, b. 11-20-1636 or 1-20-1637. d. before 3-4-1675. m. Hannah Smith.
B-5. Sarah, b. 1-5-1638/9. m. 1st John Disbrow 6-12-1657. 2nd 4 or 9-6-1667, Peter Disbrow, of Rye, Conn. Peter lived in Rye in 1660, was one of the purchasers of Rye from the Indians. Was said to be 50 years old. He was Representative from Rye in 1665. Also from Greenbush. Sarah d. in 1681. Had dau. Martha who m. Peter Brown.
B-6. Ruth, b. 1-6-1640/41. m. 9 or 11-20-1657, Joseph Ferris, son of Jeffrey Ferris. Joseph b. 1638. d. 1699. They moved to Stamford, Conn. in 1646. He was made Proprietor at Greenwich, Conn. 2-5-1664. Jeffrey Ferris was made Freeman at Watertown, Mass. 5-6-1635. Moved to Stamford in 1640. d. 5-31-1666. (See Ferris Genealogy.) The children of Ruth and Joseph Ferris were: (1) John, oldest son, m. 2-13-1695, Abigail Hait of Norwalk. (2) Peter, b. 11-8-1660. d. 1-23-1690. Perhaps m. 12-12-1686, Mary ___. No heirs. (3) James, m. ca. 1705, Rachel, widow of Nathaniel Mead. (4) Ruth, m. 11-27-1685, Samuel Peck and d. 9-17-1745. (5) Moses, m. Eunice ___ and d. in 1748. (6) Joshua, d. 2-2-1746, single, estate distributed to brothers and sisters or their heirs. After his father's death, he purchased from his mother all her rights in her late husband's estate. She probably lived with her son Joshua or dau. Lydia. (7) Benjamin, d. 7-10-1710. m. Sarah (perhaps Weed). (8) Hannah b. ca. 1673. d. 4-14-1711, m. Jonathan Austin. He b. 1685. d. 1769. (9) Lydia, m. John Runnolds. (10) Caleb, m. Elizabeth ___. (11) Joseph, m. Abigail ___ and d. 4-7-1735. The executors of Joseph Ferris's estate were his brother Peter and son-in-law, Samuel Peck, in 1699. He left his lands in Horseneck to sons John and James. His lands on Cos Cob Neck to Moses, Benjamin and Caleb. Sons Joseph and Joshua and dau. Ruth Peck, "Lidia Runolds" and Hannah were mentioned. Probably Hannah was not yet m. Jeffrey Ferris came to the part of Stamford that later became Greenwich. He m. 1st (name unknown). She was mother of all his children. m. 2nd Susannah, widow of Robert Lockwood. d. 1666. m. 3rd Judith (Judy) Feake Palmer, who m. after Jeffrey's death, ___ Bowers, erroneously sometimes called Burns. Jeffrey's only dau. m. Jonathan Lockwood, son of Robert and Susannah. There were 4 Ferris sons- John of Westchester, Peter of Stamford, Joseph and James of Greenwich. Both Peter and Joseph left widows named Ruth, and it was Peter's widow who m. John Clapp, not Joseph's.
B-7. Hannah, b. 3-6-1643. d. 12-11-1674 or 6-4-1696. m. 1673, Zerubebel Hoyt, of Norwalk, Conn., son of Walter Hoyt. He was b. ca. 1650. d. ca. 1727/8. Had dau. Hannah who m. Joseph Whitney. Lived at Stamford, Conn.
B-8. Moses, b. ca. 1643 or 1646 or 1656. d. at Peekskill, N.Y. in 1756, "a very old man." m. 1669 Abigail Westcoat.
B-9. Lydia, b. 6-8-1647/48, Stamford, Conn. d. Dec. 1716. Her will made 12-1-1716. Probated 12-19-1716. She m. Dr. Isaac Hall, Stratford, Conn., son of Francis Hall, as his 2nd wife. Dr. Hall was a prominent physician in his day, b. in England in 1629. d. 5-17-1714, Stratford, Conn. He took the Oath of Fidelity at New Haven, Conn. 4-7-1657. Lydia and Dr. Hall had: (1) Dr. Isaac, b. 11-8-1667. (2) Sarah, b. 5-3-1668. (3) Lydia, b. 9-21-1670. (4) Elizabeth, b. 11-11-1672. (5) Samuel, b. 9-14-1674. (6) Francis, b. 9-16-1676. (7) John, b. 2-8-1678. (8) Mary, b. 8-7-1681. (9) Abigail, b. 4-1-1683. (10) John, b. 1-3-1679. (11) Jonathan, b. 12-2-1684. (12) Hannah. Francis Hall, the father of Dr. Isaac Hall, was in New Haven, Conn. in 1639 and in Stratford after 1648. He was made Freeman in the Conn. Jurisdiction in 1657. He left a large estate in Fairfield, Conn., dying in 1690 at Stratford. He brought his 1st wife, Elizabeth, from England. He m. 2nd 10-31-1665, Dorothy, widow of John Blakeman and dau. of Dr. Henry Smith. Dorothy m. 3rd Mark Sension, of Norwalk, Conn. who d. in 1693. She m. 4th Deacon Isaac Moore, of Farmington, Conn. Francis Hall had the following children, all by his 1st wife:-Isaac-Samuel-Mary-Elizabeth-Rebecca and Hannah who m. Joseph Blakeman.
...Copied from the Hartford Times, Oct. 23, 1943, genealogical page, Query, A-2695: "Nicholas Knapp, Emigrant, d. Stamford, Conn. Sept 16, 1670: his wife Elinor, d. there Aug 16, 1658. The late Judge H. Stanley Finch, long Surrogate Judge at Stamford and a keen student of Lockwood, Finch and allied families, gave his opinion that Elinor, wife of Nicholas Knapp, was dau. of Edmund Lockwood of Combs, Suffolk, England and sister of Edmund Lockwood, (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Mass. and of Robert Lockwood (1600-1658) of Watertown, Mass. and Fairfield, Conn. This seems probable, though documentary proof is lacking."

7. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991:
"Early research in the early days, found Nicholas Knapp, the immigrant, came to America, in 1630, with the Winthrop/Saltonstall Fleet. Fortunately, for the purpose of our list of immigrant ancestors (Nicholas Knapp, et al), there exists a list of 70 names of those who came with the Winthrop/Saltonstall Fleet; a rough list prepared by John Winthrop, and found entered in a flyleaf in the original Winthrop Journal disconnected from the main text. It was from this list that Nicholas Knapp and wife, Elinor, was identified...
We know from the Winthrop Journals that the Winthrop Fleet departed Southampton, England on 22 Mar 1630; sailed to Yarmouth for an approximate 2 week delay; finally setting sail for America on 6 April 1630...
Many writings found today pertaining to the wife of Nicholas Knapp, Elinor, make many claims that are probable conjecture. Some say the marriage of Nicholas and Elinor, took place at Watertown, while Charles E Banks, in his book "THE WINTHROP FLEET of 1630," an account of the Vessels, the Voyage, the Passengers and their English Homes from Original Authorities, reflects Nicholas and wife Elinor, as husband and wife; Elinor, being so identified from the Boston Town Record. While this does not identify specifically that they were married prior to the voyage, it does not identify the marriage as having taken place after arrival in America. My personal opinion is that the marriage took place in England, based on the theory that a condition for joining the movement to America was for a man to have a wife, as well as a trade of necessity for the well being and establishment of the Colony. Many researchers of this line of Knapp's seem to place Elinor, as having been a "Lockwood" and also as a "DISBROW," the first being the most predominate. This has been proven to be conjectural in nature, as recent research as late as 1985/1986, by both researchers of the Lockwood and Disbrow Lines, fail to identify an Elinor Lockwood or Disbrow. For those that claim either as a maiden name; none have been forthcoming with any documentary evidence to support the idea, either way. In view of this and for our purposes, the records of this compilation will reflect her maiden name as "unknown." As far as is known, mention is made of Elinor, wife of Nicholass Knapp, in two places- 1. Boston Town Records; 2. Stamford Probate Records, where her death is recorded, as having died intestate."

8. The Ordinance index shows an "Elin" which I believe is just an error for "Elinor".

9. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version:
"NICHOLAS KNAPP
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1630 (based on appearance at court on 1 March 1630/1 [MBCR 1:83])
FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown.
REMOVES: Stamford 1646.
EDUCATON: Signed by mark as a witness to the will of Nicholas Thele [Stamford TR 1:62-63]. Signed his will by mark. His inventory included "books" valued at 6s. 6d. and an "old Bible," value not stated [Fairfield PR 2:56].
OFFICES: His inventory included "1 gun & hanger" valued at 14s. [Fairfield PR 2:56].
ESTATE: On 25 July 1636, "Nicholas Knap" was granted a Great Dividend of thirty acres in Watertown [WaBOP 4 ["Lands, Grants, Divisions, Allotments, Possessions, and Proprietor's Book" in "Watertown Records Comprising the 1st and 2nd Books of Town Proceedings")]. On 28 February 1636/7, "Nicholas Knap" was granted six acres in Beaverbrook Plowlands [WaBOP 6]. On 26 Jun 1637, Nicholas Knap was granted seven acres in Remote Meadows [WaBOP 9]. On 10 May 1642, "Nicholas Knap" was granted a Farm of one hundred seventeen acres [WaBOP 12].
In the Watertown Inventory of Grants, "Nicholas Knap" held seven parcels of land: "an homestall of sixteen acres"; "two acres in Pine Marsh"; "one acre of meadow"; "thirty acres of upland ... being a Great Dividend in the second division & the seventeen lot": "six acres of plowland ... in the Hither Plain"; "seven acres in Remote Meadows ... & the thirty-nine lot"; and "thjirteen acres of upland ... beyond the Farther Plain & the fifty-nine lot" [WaBOP 86].
In the Watertown Composite Inventory, "Nicholas Knap" held eight parcels of land: "an homestall of sixteen acres"; "two acres in Pine marsh"; "one acre in Pond Meadow"; "thirty acres of upland being a Great Dividend in the 2 division & the 17 lot"; "six acres of plowland in the Hither Plain & the 35 lot"; "seven acres of meadow in the Remote Meadows & the 39 lot"; "thirteen acres of upland beyond the Further Plain & the 59 lot"; and "A Farm of one hundred & seventeen acres of upland" [WaBOP 29].
On the 29 September 1645, "Nicholas Knap of Watertowne" sold to "Edward Garfield of the same town one acre of meadow lying in the same town" [SLR 1:71]. On 6 May 1646, "Nicholas Knapp of Watertowne" sold to "Bryan Pendletown ... all his land in Watertowne granted by the town as by the transcript may appear with all the housing thereupon (only one acre in Pond Meadow formerly being sold excepted) with all the privileges thereunto belonging" [SLR 1:71].
On 26 September 1651, "Elyas Bayly" sold to Nickles Knape ... his house and homelot, bought of Jo[hn] Coe ..., the said land containing an acre & half" [Stamford TR 1:51]. (This is the only direct reference to land at Stamford held by Nicholas Knapp. There are, however, many references to him as an abutter to the land of other Stamford inhabitants [Stamford TR 1:26, 27, 29, 31-37, 41, 46].)
In his will, dated 15 Apr 1670 and proved on an unknown date, "Nicholas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to "my son Moses Knap my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with same moveables; to "my son Timothy the monies remaining due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in"; to "my son Calep the loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my son Josuah"; to "my daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband, about 37s. concerning the horse"; to "my daughter Hanna one mare"; to my daughter Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to "my daughter Ruth twenty shillings"; to "my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is they have onward of their portions"; to "Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift"; the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton & Uneca Buxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton, I say that their part and portions be currently paid according to their proportion of that inventory"; "my son Josuah Knap [to be] sole executor" [Fairfield PR 2:55].
The inventory of the estate of "Nicolas Knap deceased," taken 27 April 1670, totalled ₤166 13s. 11-1/2d., of which ₤50 was real estate: "house and lands," ₤50 [Fairfield PR 2:56].
BIRTH: By about 1606 (based on estimated date of marriage).
DEATH: Stamford between 15 April 1670 (date of will) and 27 April 1670 (date of inventory).
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor ____. She died at Stamford 16 August 1658 [Stamford TR 1:24].
(2) Stamford 9 March 1659 Unica (____) (Buxton) Brown [Stamford TR 1:77]. She was the widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in Nicholas Knapp's will.
CHILDREN:
With first wife
i. JONATHAN KNAPP, b. Watertown early November 1631 (calc.); bur. Watertown 27 December 1631 "aged 7 weeks" [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380].
ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. Watertown 14 December 1632 [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. by about 1658 Bethia ___ (possibly Bethia Brundish [GM 2:1:447-48]).
iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1634[/5] [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close ("The American Genealogist" 10:45).
iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. Watertown 20 January 1636[/7] [WaVR 1:4; NEHGR 7:159]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 ["The American Genealogist" 10:174); in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575]).
v. SARAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1638[/9] [WaVR 1:5; NEHGR 7:160]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough ["The American Genealogist" 10:112].
vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 1:8; NEHGR 7:162]; m. Stamford 20 November 1657 Joseph Ferris ["The American Genealogist" 10:112], son of JEFFREY FERRIS {1634, Watertown} [GM 2:2:517-21]
vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 March 1643[/4?] [WaVR 1:11; NEHGR 7:283]; named in father's will, 15 April 1670; no further record.
viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70], Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF1:660]).
ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647; m. Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/7 Isaac Hall [FOOF 1:250].
ASSOCIATIONS: See WILLIAM KNOPP {1630, Watertown} for a discussion of suggestions of a relationship between William and Nicholas. [Note: In the "Great Migration Newsletter," v. 4, p. 31, 1993, Mr. Anderson reviews Clifford Stott's article in NEHGR 147:313-28 concerning William Knapp/Knopp and states: "Stott found nothing to support the oft-stated claim of close kinship between William Knopp and Nicholas Knapp of Watertown."] COMMENTS: On 1 March 1630/1, "Nich[olas] Knopp is fined £5 for taking upon him to cure the scurvy by a water of no worth nor value, which he sold at a very dear rate, to be imprisoned till he pay his fine, or give security for it, or else to be whipped, & shall be liable to any man's action of whom he hath received money for the said water" [MBCR 1:83]; at the same court, "Mr. Will[ia]m Pelham & Mr. Edmond Lockewood hath promised to pay to the court the sum of ₤5, for Nich[olas] Knopp, before the last court of May next" [MBCR 1:83]. On 7 August 1632, "£3 of Knop's fine of £5 remitted" [MBCR 1:99]. At the general amnesty of 6 September 1638, it was noted that part of this fine "was paid, & the rest was remitted" [MBCR 1:243]. In the Beaverbrook Plowlands Nicholas Knapp received six acres, and in the Remote Meadows seven acres. Since these lands were granted in part on household size, this would suggest a birth in the interval between the two grants; the birth of Caleb fell exactly one month before the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, and it may be that this was not taken into account for the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, but was for the Remote Meadows grant. At the date of the Remote Meadows grant of seven acres, the Nicholas Knapp family was known to have five members: Nicholas, wife Elinor, and sons Timothy, Joshua and Caleb. This permits the possibility that there were one or two more persons in the household, not necessarily children; but the difference might also be explained if Nicholas had sufficient wealth in cattle, the other criterion for the size of these grants."

10. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, pp. 173-75:
"KNAP, KNAPP, Nicholas - bc 1600, d1670, m1 c1630 Elinor (prob Lockwood) (d1658, sis/o Robert and Edmund), m2 1659 Unica Brown (d by 1670, wd/o Clement Buxton. wd/o Peter).
Nicolas Knap, his wife Elinor, and seven children came to America on the "Arbella" in 1630. They came from Burys St. Mary in Suffolk, probably. In 1631 Nicolas was fined in Watertown, MA for selling water for scurvy at too high a price. He was in Stamford by 1649, having been previously in Rye, NY, and Greenwich. After the death of his wife, he married Unica Brown, the recent widow of Clement Buxton, and moved into the Buxton home on the east side of West Street.
His grandson Moses was a blacksmith in the 1680s.
Descendants of KNAP, Nicolas:
A. Jonathan - b&d1631.
B. Timothy - b1632, d by 1685, mc1665 Bethia Brundage (d/o John). Rye, NY.
C. Joshua - b1634, d1684, m1657 Hannah Close (bc1632, d1696, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich.
D. Caleb - b1637, dc1674, mc1660 Hannah Smith (d1685?, d/o Henry, she m2 167- Thomas Lawrence.
1. Caleb - b1661, d bef 1717, m1694 Hannah Clements (d/o William), of Norwalk and Goshen, CT.
a. Caleb - b1695, d1761.
b. William - b1697, d1770.
c. Sarah - b1700.
d. Abigail - b1702.
e. Joshua - b1704.
f. Joseph - b1706.
g. Hannah - b1710.
h. Jonathan - b1713.
i. Benjamin - b1717.
j. Reuben - b1717.
2. Capt John - b1664, d1749, m1 1692 Hannah Ferris (b1666, d1724, d/o Peter), m2 1727 Mrs Martha Weed.
a. Lt Samuel - b1695, d1751, m1 1720 Martha Slason (b1699, d1747, d/o John Jr), m2 1749 Mrs Marcy Bouton.
b. Lt John - b1697, d1763, m1 1723 Deborah Cross (b1702, d/o Nathaniel), m2 1736 Abigail Hoyt (d/o Samuel).
c. Hannah - b1699, d1724, m1 1716 Isaac Quintard, m2 Jessup.
d. Peter - b1701.
e. Charles - b1703, d1773.
f. Deborah - b1705.
g. Moses - b1709, d1787.
3. Moses - b1666, d1753, m1688 Elizabeth Crissy (d/o William). Reading, CT.
a. Elizabeth - b1690.
4. Samuel - b1668, d1739, mc1696 Hannah Bushnell. Greenwich and Danbury, CT.
5. Sarah - b1670, m1691 Ebenezer Mead.
6. Hannah - b1672.
E. Sarah - b1639, d1681, m1 John Disbrow, m2 1657 Peter Disbrow.
F. Ruth - b1641, m1 1657 Joseph Ferris, m2 1708 John Clapp.
G. Hannah - b1643, d1674, m1673 Zarubbabel Hoyt.
H. Moses - b1646, d aft 1713, m1669 Abigail Westcott (bc 1642, d aft 1713, d/o Richard).
1. Lydia - bc1670, d1710, m1685 Thomas Penoyer.
2. Abigail - b1672, d1706, m1692 John Crissy.
3. Sarah - b1674, d1717, m Samuel Husted.
4. Hannah - bc1676, m1 1696 Nathaniel Cross, m2 1715 Samuel Palmer.
I. Lydia - b1648, d1716, in Richard Mills.
J. Josiah? -.
References: Alfred Averill Knapp, The Nicolas Knapp Genealogy."

11. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 146-48:
"NICHOLAS1 KNAPP was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31, when he was fined for selling some "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy.[1] Since this was wintertime when no ships made the Atlantic voyage, it is likely that he had arrived well before this time, perhaps during the summer of 1630.[2] Anderson estimates that he was born by about 1606, based on the estimated date of his marriage.[3] He died at Stamford between 15 and 27 April 1669/70, the dates of his will and his inventory.[4] The family name was generally spelled Knap until about 1800, but the current spelling of Knapp will be used herein, except when in a direct quotation.
His first wife and mother of his children, who died in Stamford on the 16th day, 6th month (16 August) 1658, was named ELEANOR ___.[5] He married (2) at Stamford on 9 March 1658/59 UNICA (___) (BUXTON) BROWN, widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown.[6] Since she was not mentioned in his will, she is presumed to have died before 1670.
The standard "Knapp Genealogy" is full of error and must be used with caution.[7] It does, however, contain some interesting historical and biographical information, including a list of the lands of Nicholas Knapp in Watertown, and a complete transcription of his will.[8] He appears to have left Watertown about May 1646, since he sold all the land he had received from the town there to Bryan Pendleton on the 6th day 3rd month 1646, and another acre of meadow (purchased separately in 1645) to Edward Garfield on the same date.[9] According to one Stamford historian, he was briefly in Rye, New York, and nearby Greenwich, before arriving in Stamford about 1649.[10]
For some unknown reason, the Stamford Town Records do not contain a complete listing of the lands of Nicholas Knapp as they do for many other early residents. He is, however, mentioned regularly as an adjoining landholder in many of the other residents' summaries. The Town Records do contain an interesting purchase on 26 September 1651 by "Nickels Knape" of Elias Bailey's house and home lot of 1 -1/2 acre, purchased earlier by Bailey from John Coe, and adjacent to land already in Knapp's possession.[11] Both Bailey and Coe left Stamford for Long Island, along with many other Stamford people.
Nicholas Knapp and his stepson Clement2 Buxton, son of his second wife Eunice, "the [a]foresayd Nicholas Knap haveing by and wth the mariage of ye Widdow Buxston administred upon ye estate of Clement Buxton, deceased" made an agreement on 8 March 1666/67 and recorded 31 January 1667/68, the young man having reached his majority, that he (Buxton) would receive title to his father's house and property in return for granting Knapp and his wife the life use of the house and 1/2 of the barn and home lot.[12] On the following day (9 March 1666/67) Nicholas Knapp added an additional detail to the agreement in which he gave "unto Clement Buxton a beding in ye house wch I now am resedent in and what conveniancy I can conveniantly acommodate him wth all for stoedge [storage] of what necisary things he have to put in so that it may be understood I grant him this priveledge as long as I shall live in the house. This my agreement made 9th March [16]66.[13]
Then, within a year on 19 October 1668, Nicholas Knap purchased the house and 1-1/2 acre homelot of Daniel Simpkins of Stamford for the price of "two oxen and on[e] cow in hand resived & for full satisfaction."[14] This homelot was between the homelots of Richard Scofield on the south and Thomas Lawrence on the north and bounded by the highway on the east and the mill lot on the west.
His will was dated at Stamford on 15 April (2nd Month) 1670, probated 21 October 1670, and named his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrowe, Hanna, Lidea, and Ruth. Sarah Buxton and Eunice Buxton are called daughters in law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton.[15] His son Joshua Knapp was named executor and the will was witnessed by John Weed and Eleazer Slason. The inventory was taken 27 April 1669/70 by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed 31 October 1670. [16]
Children of Nicholas and Eleanor (___) Knapp, first seven born and recorded at Watertown[17] and last two born probably at Stamford:
i. JONATHAN2 KNAPP, b. Nov 1631, bur. Watertown 27 Dec 1631 "aged 7 weeks."
ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. 14 Dec 1632, m. BETHIA ___, said to have been the daughter of John Brundish or Brundage.[19] He moved to the town of Rye, (then in Connecticut but now in New York) about 1667 when he purchased a house and homelot there. He was active in community affairs and was constable of Rye in 1681 and 1682. He apparently moved to Greenwich by 1697.[20]
iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1634/35, m. at Stamford 9 Jun 1657 HANNAH CLOSE.[21]
iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. 20 Jan 1636/37, m. HANNAH SMITH.
v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1638/39, m. at Stamford 6 Apr 1657 PETER DISBOROUGH / DISBROW.[22]
vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. 6 Jan 1640/41, m. (1) at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 JOSEPH FERRIS,[23] and (2) 19 Jan 1707/08 JOHN CLAPP.[24]
vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. 6 Mar 1642/43,[25] living at the time of her father's will in 1670.[26]
viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645, perhaps at Stamford, m. by 1669 ABIGAIL WESTCOTT.
ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647, probably at Stamford, m. at Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/67 ISAAC HALL.[27]
Footnotes:
1. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686," 5 volumes in 6 (Boston: the Press of William White, 1853-1854), 1: 83, 99, 243. This fine was partially paid and partially forgiven, and it may be that the cure was somewhat successful after all.
2. Although there is no specific record of the fact, he may very well have come with the Winthrop fleet that arrived in Massachusetts Bay in June and July of 1630 (Charles Edward Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" (1930, repr: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), 78.
3. Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 3 volumes (Boston: The New.England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2: 1136.
4. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136.
5. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26, Connecticut Ancestry Society microfilm #1. Her name is spelled "Eliner" in the record, which was written two different times on the same page. She was called Eleanor "Disbrow" by Capt. James S. Ferris in his, "A Ferris Genealogy" (Coronado, CA: the author, 1980), vol. 2, ID No. 12. She has also been called Eleanor "Lockwood" by several authors but this is very unlikely (see Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood [1594-16351 of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood [ca. 1625-1693] of Stamford Connecticut" [New York: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978], 82.) Other surnames have also been proposed but all of these identities for her are considered speculative at this time.
6. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136, citing Paul W. Prindle's analysis in his Gillespie Genealogy.
7. Alfred Averill Knapp, Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Winter Park, FL: the author, 1953).
8. Knapp Genealogy (note 7), 2.
9. Suffolk Deeds Liber I (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880), 1: 71.
10. Jeanne Majdalany, "The Early Settlement of Stamford Connecticut 1641-1700" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 173.
11. Stamford Town Records, 1: 53, transcription copy, 65.
12. Stamford Land Records, A: 18-9.
13. Stamford Land Records, A: 19.
14. Stamford Land Records, A: 143.
15. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 55. The month was given as 2nd month on both the will and the inventory, which was April old style. Mead and others have incorrectly called it February.
16. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 56.
17. Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston ..." (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 327.
18. All data are as given in The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136-7 except where noted. Lists of spouses given in the Knapp Genealogy (note 7) and other secondary sources are similar, but have additional marriages for many of the children that have not yet been verified. This list follows Anderson who discounted many of these additional marriages for lack of proof. Also note his discussion and rejection of the claims that William Knopp of Watertown was a close relative of Nicholas Knapp.
19. Although Bethia's identity is given as fact by Norman Davis in his "Westchester Patriarchs" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), 36-7, 140, it is not confirmed by Anderson, or by Donald L. Jacobus in his, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 volumes in 3 (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Bun Chapter, DAR, 1930-1932), 1: 108.
20. All from Charles W. Baird, "Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye Westchester County, New York 1660-1870" (Camden, ME: Picton Press [reprint], 1994), 416.
21. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26.
22. Stamford Town Records 1: 19, 74, transcription copy, 74, 87. Some authors have claimed that she had an additional first marriage to John Disbrow, but this is unlikely since she was called Sarah Knapp in 1657.
23. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74, transcription copy, 87.
24. Stamford Town Records, 1: 128, transcription copy, 164. See also Ferris Genealogy (note 5), vol. 2, ID no. 12.
25. Mr. Bond gave the year as "1643-4" in his Watertown Genealogies (note 17) but Anderson gives it as 1642/43 based on the original (The Great Migration Begins [note 3], 2: 1137.)
26. Early Settlement (note 10), 174, lists a marriage for her to Zerubbabbel Hoyt in 1673, but there is no such marriage in the generally reliable David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families..." (Providence and Boston: the author, 1871, repr. Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1984), 311-2.
27. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 250. It is sometimes claimed that she married Richard Mills but Jacobus explained that this Mills marriage instead belonged to Lydia the daughter of Roger Knapp of New Haven and Fairfield (Old Fairfield [note 19], 1: 365, 411.)"

DEATH:
1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 24, author's notes in ( ): "p. 26 [1:20], Eliner, wife to Nickolus Knap, died 16:6:58. (16 Aug 1657. This death record was previously recorded nine lines above on the same page (1:20).)"
The other record reference herein reads the same except that her husband's name is spelled "Nicholus Knap."
 		Elinor (I855)
 
2000 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. CAUTION: The original Austen couple, John and Joane Berry, had a son Benjamin who had a son John Austin, which is my line.
Of the second generation, Benjamin who died in 1637 left a will. His brother John, who died in 1650, also left a will. Each of these two wills mention each other with John also mentioning all of their other siblings with their children. John's will aligns to the same listing of the children Joan (Berry) Austen left. More wills would be helpful, and perhaps they will come forth in the future if they exist.
Constructing the second generation Benjamin's family is challenging. The wills prove he died with a wife named Susan and with six living children. A marriage to Susan and five children can be found in church records; however, he was married before Susan and had a son named John from that marriage, who survived and is most likely the John I follow my line through. Benjamin's first wife is most likely Joan Stringer who he married 24 Oct 1614. No record of her burial has been found thus far, but she would have had to die before 26 Jun 1626 when he married Susan Brattle.
There is another marriage of a Benjamin Austen to Margerie Chepfield 5 May 1617 in Horsmonden with Margerie's chr. being one of three circa 1590 in nearby Brenchley. Her burial is most likely the one recorded 27 Aug 1638 in Horsmonden as "Margery Austen wid." She could not be married to our Benjamin since his will proves his wife at the time was Susan. Who the other Benjamin is for now uncertain.
The original John who married Joane Berry had a brother named Benjamin, who is most likely the one married to Elizabeth Bysshope (Bishop) on 11 Oct 1596 in Horsmonden. This would make him the one chr. 21 Mar 1572 to Roberte Austin in Horsmonden. From this marriage there are six to eight children chr. or buried in Horsmonden or mentioned in his nephew John Austen's 1650 will. This same will mentions his wife Elizabeth as a widow in 1650 with at least two children surviving, Benjamin and Peter. This suggests Elizabeth Bishop lived until after 1650.
One problem exists with a record of an Elizabeth Austen, wife of a Benjamin Austen, being buried in Horsmonden on 20 Apr 1614 with no age given. She cannot be Elizabeth Bishop. Could she then be a first wife to the same unknown lineage Benjamin who married Margerie Chepfield in 1617? Or could she be a short-lived first wife to our Benjamin (b. 1591) who married Joan Stringer later the same year on 24 Oct 1614? Or perhaps even an earlier generation Benjamin who the same parish records show as being buried 21 Jul 1614 in Horsmonden--could this unlinked possibly be an unknown uncle to our John Austen who married Joan Berry. For now, I tentatively place Elizabeth bur. 1614 as the wife to Benjamin bur. same year.
This leaves the other Benjamin who married Margery Chepfield also unconnected. Here is more on that Margery/Margaret, with the surname Chepfield most likely being a phonetic variation of Cheksill or Chexsell.
Online Brenchley Church records shows a Margaret per https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23569-46167-26?cc=1952887&wc=M62M-F29:252597701,252665801,252672901
"Chr. 3 Dec 1592, Margaret d. of Steven Cheksill."
Another entry in the same church record is for Margaret Chexsell, dau. of Solomon Chexsell, chr. 6 Oct 1594.
Another entry in Brenchley is 5 Nov 1589 d. of Edward Cheksill.
One of these entries is probably the same Margaret Cheksill who marries Azarias Higham in Brenchley 22 Jun 1618. Another may Marjorie Chepfield who married Benjamin Austen 5 May 1617 in Horsmonden.
A fourth entry in Brenchley is a Margaret Cheksill, illegitimate with no father or mother named; however, her chr. record of 7 Nov 1597 is followed quickly with a burial record 18 Nov 1597 with the same baby noted as illegitimate.
Now to descend one generation to our John Austin, son of Benjamin. Benjamin married two wives, Joan Stringer in 1614 and Susan Brattle in 1626. Burials for either wife have not yet been found. From Benjamin's 1637 will, we know his eldest surviving son was named John. It is assumed this is the same John who married Jane James 11 May 1647 and Margaret Mann 16 Aug 1675 both in Horsmonden. The problem is that there are four births of children born after the 1614 marriage to Joan Stringer; however, their christenings only give names of the father Benjamin Austen. Having already established there was another Benjamin Austen, the one who married Margery Chepfield 5 May 1617, then it is problematic as to which of the christened children belong to whom. These four and my assumptions are:
John chr. 22 Oct 1615 -- belongs to Joan since born before Margery's marriage. He would have had to die before 1620 even though no burial record exists.
John chr. 19 Mar 1617/18 -- assumed to belong to Margery.
Benjamin bur. 20 May 1619 -- birth would be too close to Margery's son of 19 Mar 1618, so would be Joan's born say 1617 to 1618.
John chr. 26 Mar 1620 -- assumed to be our John since he would have been 27 when he married, which is not far off the average age of 25. The earlier John belonging to Margery would incrementally older, but he cannot be ruled out.
There are no John Austens shown in the burial record in this period except for one who is buried 5 Mar 1620/1 and named as "John Austen Sen." He is the original John who married Joan Berry.
So our John who married 1647 and 1675 could be either the son of Margery or Joan. For now, I assume him the son of Joan, but there is no certainty with this. Additional proof is needed.
 		Austen, Benjamin (I8055)
 

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