Book Reviews

Book Reviews Jacob Stutzman (?-1775) His Children and Grandchildren., by John Hale Stutesman, jr., 308 pp. 1982 (Gateway Press, Baltimore), copies obtainable at $15.00 per copy from the author, 305 Spruce St., San Francisco, CA., 94118. This book contains an absorbing account of John Hale Stutesman's search for descendants of his "Dunker" ancestor, acob Stutzman, a member of that German Anabaptist sect generally known as the Brethren Church. The author sets forth in considerable and well documented detail the settlement of the Stutzman and Ulrich families on the Little Conewago and astride the Mason and Dixon line near present-day Hanover, York County, Pa., and their movements west into what is now Franklin County. The next generation settled Bedford County and the site of Johnstown. The book is a model for those daring to develop a genealogy on a pioneer immigrant family constantly on the move through 'virgin territory. Related families include; Abbott, Baughman, Carter, Dodds, Gerhardt, liars, Lear, McBain, McCorkle, Nesbitt, Oliver, Randolph, Rinehart, Shields, Shoddy, Stoner, Watkins, Whitmore and Wilson. The book is completely indexed, has a 6" x 9" hard cover, red cloth binding with gilt frame and title. John Collin Stem and Branches, by Ruth Collin Stong, 4-64 pp., 1982; copies may be obtained at $35.00 each, postpaid, UPS, from Mrs. Ruth Collin Stong, 926 West Water Street, Elmira, N.Y., 14905. The descendants of John Collin and his wife Hannah Merwin, of Milford, Conn. are traced to the tenth generation by Mrs. Stong in this fine family genealogy. She introduces this Huguenot immigrant of 1706 by giving background history _of the Huguenot movement in France and of the French parents and grandparents of John Collin. Extensive footnotes follow each generation, and 32 photographs of selected ancestors and family homesteads are included. Among allied families covered are: Armstrong, Barbour, Bartlett, Bennett, Bidwell, Burton, Clark, Dakiii, Gilruth, Goslin, Jayne, Kellogg, Niver, Pierson, Skelly, Trinder, Truesdell, Walcott, Wells, and Williams. A complete index of names with cross indexing of female members is provided. The book has an attractive hard cover; blue cloth bound with Huguenot Cross logo in silver, size 6" x 9", sewn in signatures. This Was the 4fe: Excerpts from the Judgment Records of Frederick County, Maryland, 1748-1765, by Millard Milburn Rice, 308 pp. 1979 (Monacacy Book Company) available from the author, Redwood City, (P.O. Box 765) California. 263 264 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Millard -Rice's abstract from Frederick County court records are highly recommended for anyone interested in families in Frederick County (which at that time included Garrett, Washington, Allegany, part of Carroll and Montgomery Counties, Maryland). Here are to be found the names of those accused of crimes, those who became involved in litigation with their neighbors, and those who were appointed to carry out the county's activities— marking roads, keeping ferries, licensing public houses of entertainment, not to mention the many who petitioned the court. Of greater import, the author reveals ways that genealogists can use legal records to provide interesting insights into their subjects' lives and times. Many Pennsylvanians were early settlers in Frederick County. The complete. name.inciex will make them easy to detect. The Cary-Estes Genealogy, compiled and arranged by May Folk Webb and Patrick Mann Estes, reprinted 1979 by Barn Hill, 825 Hallowell Drive, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., 19006; xiii, 250 pp., illus., index, limited edition, at $30.00 each, prepaid. This genealogy, originally published' in 1939 by the Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., Rutland, Vt. has long been out of print. Helen Estes Seltzer has reprinted the full text of the first edition as it originally appeared and provided a brief "errata" section at the end based on more recent research. A companion book, Volume II, entitled The Cary-Estes-Moore Genealogy, written and compiled by Helen Estes Seltzer (Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 1981) was reviewed in the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Volume XXXII, No. 2. Much of the documentation declared lacking in that review will be found in Volume 1. Volume II, also in limited edition is available at $35.00 per copy, prepaid, or the two volumes are available at $50.00 prepaid. Pennsylvania residents add 6% sales tax. In addition to Estes, Cary and Moore, these genealogies include information on connected families such as Fleming, Bell, Bates, Blair, Triplett, Thorp, Massey in Virginia; Folk, Mann, Walker, Yates, Smith, Hill, Leak, Terry and Crawford in Tennessee; Maxwell, Marshall, Moody in the Carolinas and Florida, and Snedecor in Alabama and Oregon. The Pancoast Family in America, by Bennett S. Pancoast, published by the Gloucester County Historical Society, Woodbury, NJ., 491 pp., 1981, copies available at $18.50 each, prepaid, from the Gloucester County Historical Society, (P.O. Box 409), Woodbury, NJ., 08096. John Pancoast, an English Quaker from Ashton, Northamptonshire and progenitor of the Pancoast family in America, settled in Burlington County, West New Jersey as one of the Proprietors of the Province in 1680. This genealogy traces approximately 7,000 descendants through seven generations. Female lines are not followed beyond immediate children. The book is well organized and documented. An accurate index both of persons, and places and things provides information on a wide-ranging group of descendants. A book that undoubtedly will become a prized family treasure. 265 Evidence: An Exemplary Study, A Craig Case History, by Milton Rubincam, (Special Publication No. 49, National Genealogical Society, 1981) available from the society, 1921 Sunderland Place, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20036; 41 pp., paperback, index, $5.00. As Milton Rubincam in the preface to his book states, "this study was initially made in an effort to discover the relationship, if any, between certain Revolutionary War officers named Craig who are listed in Heitman's Historical Register of Officers of the continental Army," with particular emphasis on Samuel Craig, an ancestor of the writer's client. All-told eight Continental Army officers are listed in Heitman's Register for whom Mr. Rubincam attempts to find relationships. The result is an exemplary study of a family case history centering in Northampton, Bucks and Montgomery Counties of Pennsylvania. Much of the reference material referred to was found in the collection of our own society. The style of the book is written to attract the interest of the reader. The author has a unique way of providing direct quotations from original records which are amusing as well as informative. The book is highly recommended not only because it provides an example of talented genealogical research, but at the same time makes interesting reading. For my husband's Barclay line, I have done considerable research in Buck's County carrying back to Margaret Craig the daughter of Daniel Craig and wife of James Barclay, of Warrington, Bucks County. Mr. Rubincam correctly states that on 9 April 1753 Thomas Craig of Allentown county of Northampton Province of Penna. and Mary his wife sold to James Barclay of Warrington, County of Bucks, husbandman (who had married his niece Margaret Craig), a tract of land in Warrington Township. Neighboring land owners included Daniel Craig (his brother). Unfortunately in his abstract of the will of Daniel Craig of Warrington Twp., made 26 July 1775, Mr. Rubincam lists as one of the beneficiaries "to my daughter, Mary, wife of James Barckley EN." L have again reviewed the microfilm of this will (in the Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania) and find it clearly states daughter Margaret as the wife of James Barckley. This information is provided to keep the records straight on the Barclay family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Katharine Beak Barclay