Notes, Queries and Corrections

NOTES, QUERIES AND CORRECTIONS. THE TURNER COLLECTION AND ITS COLLECTOR.— By the death, in Octo¬ ber, 1930, of the Rev. Charles Henry Blaok Turner, at Waycross, Georgia, the Society loses one of its most staunch members and friends. For more than thirty years Mr. Turner has been interested in gathering historical and genealogical data pertaining to the Three Lower Counties of Pennsylvania, now the State of Delaware. Many years Rector of St. Peter’s Parish at Lewes, Delaware, he had large opportunity to know its history, to love its parishioners and to be loved by them. Inde¬ fatigable in parochial duties, he was almost as indefatigable in his work for the preservation of public and private records. To Mr. Turner the people of Delaware and the members of The Genealogical Society are deeply indebted, since eountless Bible, Prayer Book and family records of that section would irretrievably have perished but for his persistent care. One marvels at the vast number of records he copied in long hand, and rejoices that he was so wise in the choice of a depository where his collections will continue to bear his name and be of immeasurable value to many. No student of Delaware genealogy can afford to pass without careful consultation the twenty-five volumes known as the Turner Col¬ lection on the Society ’s shelves. HOOVER— SCARBOROUGH. Descent of Herbert Hoover, President of the United States, from the Scarborough Family of Bucks County, Pennsyl¬ vania and London, England: Herbert Hoover,10 son of Jesse Clark Hoover and Huldah B Minthorn, daughter of Theodore Minthorue and Mary 8 Wasley, daughter of Henry Wasley and Ann 7 Tool, daughter of Aaron Tool and Rachel « Haworth, daughter of Mary and John s Haworth, son of George Haworth and Sarah * Scarborough, daughter of John 8 Scarborough, a settler of Bucks County, in 1682, son of John 2 Scarborough of Hoosier Lane, London, son of William i Scarborough of Hoosier Lane, London, who was born in 1598, belonged to Peel Monthly Meeting of Friends and is buried at Bunhill Fields.— Henry W. Scarborough, of Philadelphia. MEMORANDUM OP MARRIAGE LICENSES PILLED UP AND RECEIVED PAY TOR JOSEPH SHIPPEN, SECRETARY OP THE HONbie. RICHA. PENN, GOVERNOR, [These marriage licenses antedate those from the Docket of Isaac Hicks, justice of the peace, Bucks County, 1772 to 1824, printed in Publications, volume III, 201-225.] June 10tb Benjamin Severas & Mary Vandegrift— reed £1 5/ 1772 16tb Samuel Bennezet & Catherine Severns. — * The fee, recorded with meticulous care, was always £1 (194) — 5. Notes, Queries and Corrections. 20tu July Ilth Augt. 1th 10th 11 11 Septr. 10 14tb Nov*. 15th 25 Deer. 10th 16 24 1773 Janr 22*. Decr. 2d 195 Jonathan Ingham Ju* & Ann Welding. Joseph Slack & Elizabeth Logan. Samuel Lawrance & Ann Knowles. John Kees and Elizabeth Gissip. John Martin and Mary Stringer. George Snowden & Marcey Green. George Jewoll and Mary Hibbs. John Krewson and Jane Corssen. Ifaiah Balderston and Martha Ely. The Revd W“ Vanhorn and Lavinia Budd. Malakiah Richardson and Sarah Ihingan. Ifaac Vanhorn and Alice Neafus. Joseph Roberts and Jane McKenny. Joseph Vanhorn and Ann Searle. Jacob Vansant and Mary Cornish. Enoch Beth and Ann Humphreys. Febr 6 th Daniel Staats and Mary Pxaul. 1773 9 Robert Johnson and Amie Newburn. Alexr. Scott and Mary Kinsey. 10 22 Nich». Johnson and Rachel Sevems. Charles Dongen and Eleanor Moore. April 10 Burnes. David Praul and Abner Ferril and Sarah Clayton. 23 May 29 William Levins and Margt At h ins on. June 23d Abraham Knight & Anna Croasdale. 3d Gabriel Vansant and Joice Brelsford. July John Holmes & Mary Coursen. Septr. 14 Samuel Kirkbride & Mary Hicks. Octr. David Parks & Rachel Conrad. Novr. 1st Adrian Wynhoop & Sarah Randle. James Swinny & Rebecca Worthington. Benjamin Brown & Prudence Clayton. Cornelius Neafus & Jane Shelton. Afa Cary and Agnofs Ashburn. John Nut and Phebe Ashton. Peter Dewitt and Elizth Barcroft. January 3d Thomas Richey and Luther Ofenond. 1774 Joseph Griffith & Mary Thornton. John Barwis & Hannah Brelsford. Henry Bowman & Mary Barris. Feby. 15th John South and Elizth McDannel. 26th Lewis Taylor and Sarah Baker. March 5th Ifaac Palmer and Rachel Brelsford. 15th Samuel Boyd and Elizabeth McFall. David Laren and Apame [sic] Ashton. 29 29 Tho» Cary and Rebecca Jones. Courtesy of Mrs. Stanley E. Lee of Newtown, Bucks County6 18 196 Notes, Queries and Corrections. BELL— JACKSON:— William Bell of Mahoning County, Ohio, executed his will May 22, 1851, and named therein: wife, Mary Polly; sons, John, Thomas, William, James M. and Robert Wick Bell; daughters, Elizabeth Orr, Sarah Marstellar; grand-daughter, Polly Bell; son John Bell, executor. On file in Probate Office, Youngstown, Ohio. John Bell of French Creek Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, made his will March 10, 1876, proved May 18, 1881, and named as beneficiaries: wife Sarah E. Bell; sons James and John; daughters Polly Voorhees, Margaret Thompson, Sarah Thompson. Executors, M. T. Bell and J. W. McConnell. Recorded Mercer County Will Book 7, pp. 84-85. JACKSON: William Jackson of Shenango Township, Mercer County. Wall dated December 25, 1841; registered January 12, 1846, with letters of administration de bonis non, September 4, 1847. Executors, wife Margaret Jackson and Thomas Miles; sons Joseph, David and William; daughters Sarah Johnson and Anna Wallace; heirs of son Thomas Jackson: John, William, Charles, Isabel, Thomas and Robert Jackson; heirs of son, Hugh Jackson: Rachel Jackson, John Jackson, Hugh Mc¬ Connell, Forgunson [sic] W. Patterson. Recorded Mercer County Will Book 3, pp. 59-60.— Contributed by J. H. Bell, St. Paul, Minnesota. OBITS OP REVOLUTIONARY VETERANS, from The Franklin Repository and The Franklin Telegraph and Democratic Advertiser, published at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and on file at the newspaper office : April 20, 1824: Died on the 14th ultimo at the residence of his son in Letterkenny township, in the 89th yr. of his age, Mr. William Kirk¬ patrick, having lived near eighty-six years in said township. His father was killed by the Indians the year after Braddock’s defeat, the son being at the same time enlisted as a soldier for the protection of the settlement of Pennsylvania against the Indians. He took an active part in the Revolutionary War; was in camp under Washington at Princeton, Trenton and New Brunswick.— The Franklin Repository. Sept. 14, 1824: On Thursday last Mr. Thomas Murray, an old inhabi¬ tant of this borough; a soldier of the Revolution. On Friday his re¬ mains were interred at the Roman chapel with military honors in the presence of a large number of his neighbors and fellow citizens.— Ibid. Feb. 20, 1827 : Died on the evening of Tuesday, 13th instant, at his residence in Guilford township, Mr. John Crawford in his 82nd year. • The deceased was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary army and one of the garrison that defended Fort Washington in 1776, etc. He was captured and was a prisoner of war four years, etc.— Ibid. April 20, 1834: Died on the 12th instant, at his residence in Lurgan township, Franklin County, Mr. Samuel Cox, an aged and respectable citizen and a patriot of ’76. Ibid. July 14, 1835: Died on Friday the 26th ultimo, Enoch Crosby at hia residence in the town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York. He was the character, Henry Birch in the Spy, by Cooper ; had testimon¬ ials • • . from Washing to u . • for his services in the Revolution.— I bid. .. — . ... Notes, Queries and Corrections. 197 Tuesday, January 31, 1832 : Died at Allentown, Lehigh County, on the 18th inst., Gen. Thomas Craig, an officer in the Revolutionary War, aged 92 years.— The Franklin Telegraph and Democratic Advertiser . Tuesday, February 28, 1832 : Died on November first, last, at his resi¬ dence in Fannett township, Franklin County, John Harmony in the 103d year of his age. The deceased in early life emigrated to this country from Germany and, at the breaking out of the Revolution, served several tours in the militia. On the organization of the government of Penn¬ sylvania, he received from Governor Mifflin a commission of Justice of the Peace, which some years since, on account of age, he resigned. He was an industrious, valuable citizen and enjoyed good health until within four days of his death.— Ibid. March 20, 1832: Died at the residence of his son in Jefferson town¬ ship, Captain Gabriel Peterson. Captain Peterson was born in the State of Maryland, in 1741. He entered the army of the Revolution July, 1775, as an ensign; was subsequently promoted to a lieutenancy and as such served in the Continental army. He was in the battles of Brandy¬ wine and Germantown, received a severe wound. . . . On the conclusion of the war Captain Peterson, at the head of a company of Rangers, assisted in defending the Western Frontier from the attacks of the In¬ dians and was present at St. Clair's defeat. Ibid. Tuesday, May 1, 1832: Died on Monday, April 23d, in Philadelphia, Mr. John Peters, aged 100 years, 5 months, 23 days, who enjoyed until the last four months all his faculties. He was bom in Lisbon, Portugal; emigrated to this country shortly after the earthquake of 1755. Was a Revolutionary soldier; was in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, in which latter he was wounded; was at Monmouth and Princeton, and at the capture of the Hessians at Trenton. . He fought under Wash¬ ington and Lafayette at Valley Forge where he was again wounded, and was discharged in 1783. He later lived in Philadelphia. Ibid. Contributed by Miss Anna R. Rupley, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. — . . — PENNSYLVANIA SURNAMES IN THE PALATINE TOWN OP OTTWEILER.— A correspondent calls attention to the wealth of information concern¬ ing the forebears of Pennsylvania German families to be obtained from the Westdeutsche Gesellschaft fur FamAUenlcunde,* E. V., “the leading Genealogical Society, or Association, of West Germany, printed at Cologne, Germany. To emphasize his suggestion, he quotes from this publication, Volume VI, Number 7, a list of the surnames genealogically amplified in the Family Chronicle of the town of Ottweiler in the Palatine. Many of these surnames are well known to Pennsylvanians of German descent, and the list follows: * Another series otf articles published by thlB association, Volume VI of Communications (Uetteilungen), la that of the Basis for the Sawbriicken Qenealogioal Research, by District Court Councillor Dr. Filrst, from the archives. A special Index shows the church books o-f the Saar District and their places of safekeeping. There is no other source which shows more clearly the descent and migration of the population of Saarbrlicken and its vicinity. In this compilation not leas than fchrese thousand citizens of the old town are mentioned. 198 Albert Albrecht Alt Altvater A Tnmftnn Notes, Queries and Corrections. Dorrenbaeher Dort Dreifus Durr f eld Ebersold Andes Eichboru Armbrust Bach Baesel Einz Eissenbeisa Euler Fischbach Fischer (2) * Baeseler Baron Bast Bauer Baumann Bechtold Beck Becker Bentz Benzel Bettinger Biekelmann Bien Bigam Bingemer Bischof Blatt Bohler Bonaventura Boat Braun Braunschweig Brenner Breyer Buck Buxbaum Herter Hosa (3) Hild Hobler Boer Hoffmann (4) Bolderbaum Leonhardi Lerch Levy Leydorf Lichtenberger (2) Lichtental Lind Loff Luther Maes Geiss Holler Honecker Hopf Houy Hubig Hufschlag John Jung Kahn Kaiser Karcher Kastor Georg Germesin Kaul Kausch Gerstenmeyer Keller Kempf Kerger Kessler Kiefer Kilburger Kirz Morgenstern Kleber Oertel Klein (4) Kliebenstein Klumpf Kniessel Kneip Knomer Ostermann Ott Pape Flaccus Fleisehhauer Prey Friedrich Funk Fiirst Garosse Gertung Gottschalk Graeser Graser Grauvogel Grenner Gross Grub Gutzlaff Haas Haass Hafner Cano Garoli Charrois Coblenz von Hagen Hamm Hans Hansen Harich Conrad Cron Haupt Hassenmiiller Kohl Kohl (2) Kotz Koch Kramer (3) Kron Kuhn Kunz Laferr6 Lauer Mailander Mainz Martin Marx Matheis May Meenvein Meier Meyer (2) Mettel Molter Muhlenbacher Muller (3) Miinchen Nordheim Neufang Neuheisel Paul Petri Petry Pfander Pfeifer (3) Pflug Pfordt Philippi (2) Presser Psotta Quaack Rau Diesel Dieter Dietrich Dilk Henn Dittmjann Herber Lauermann Rebenack Dobrzanski Hermann Hertel Lautz Reeb Leinenweber Reichard Dollinger Hausam Hauswald Hellriegel Rauch * Numerals refer to number of chronicles under the particular surname. Notes, Queries and Corrections. Reinshagen Reis Reeplandin Richard (2) Ritter Rodenberger Ros Rosenkrunz Roth Riippel Ruppenthal Ruppert Sahner Schneider (3) Schiipfer Scholl Schonwolf Schorr Schroder (2) Schue Schulz (2) Schumacher Schwabe Strauss Streccius Strohm Stutzmann Tag Theis Thienes Thraem Trapp Traub Trundt Tgchunky 199 Weiand Weingard (2) Weiss Weissenbach Weisshaar Welter Werkle Werner Westennann Sander Sehwendlcr Seel von Seel Schaefer (2) Schaller Seiwert Senne Scharwa Schei decker Senz Servatius Scheidhauer Sick Siegel Vogel Weyl Weyerich Wien Wilhelm Wirz Wittig Wittling Wolf Wolff Wolfling Volz Woll Scherer (2) Simon Speer Voswinkel Wachter Wagner (2) Wahlster Walter Waltzinger Wiist Ybe von Zastrow Schellenberger Schenielberger Schwan Schild Stade Schirmer Steeg Schley Sehlosser Schmidt (5) Schnautigel Stephany Sticher Uhl Uhlisch Unverzagt Uwer Veith Villie(r) Zeiger Zimmer (2) Z um.br od Z walla Weber Stier Weckel Zweifel Stillemunkes ASKEW.— Memorandum of an Agreement entered into this 25th day of March, 1797, between William Askew and Andrew Quigley. Witnefseth that the said William has this day Advanced the said Andrew 337 Dollars worth of Merchandise to enable the said Andrew to gather all the Oil off the spring on Drakes Credk in the state of Kentucky and bring the same to Redstone Old Port, where the said Andrew may Receive it, or, in Berkeley County, Virginia, as the Case may be, and dispose of the Bame to the best Advantage for the Mutual benefit of Both the Parties. The said Andrew shall keep a fair and Just Account of the sale of the Goods Aforesaid and the Expenses Attendant on Gathering the Oil and Conveying it as Aforesaid, and Account with the said Win. for the goods Advanced, and shall be Intitled to one half of the Neat profits that may Arise from the sale thereof. In Witness Whereof the parties have set theiT hands and seals. WM. ASKEW ANDB. QUIGLEY [SEAL] [SEAL] Testes: WINN WINSHIP WM. SLAUGHTER, JUNB. William Askew, a large land trader of Northern Virginia, Ohio, Ken¬ tucky and Tennessee, had considerable business with men of Chester Notes, Queries and Corrections. 200 County, Pennsylvania, between 1780-1801. His last land transaction was in 1826 at Mill Creek, Berkeley County, Virginia, and he died March 6, 1827. He married Catharine Slaughter, traditionally a daughter of Wil¬ liam and Amelia Slaughter. Their son, Eyre Askew, 1807-1868, was a famous schoolmaster. William Askew is thought to be a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Eyre) Askew of Bethel, Chester County, and grandson of William and Sarah (Yarnall) Askew, also of Chester County. Verifica¬ tion of this is greatly desired by James Field Askew, Daisyfield, George¬ town, Kentucky. — BURTON SPENCER. ‘These are to Certify those whom these presents may concern that, Whereas I the subscriber have formerly gone under the name of Robert Spencer from my infancy, and now being informed out of England by letters from my relations that my true and right name is Robert Burton and so to remain thenceforward until death. January the 19th, 1679. Signed Robert Burton. Records of Accomac County, Virginia, 1676-1690, p. 84. Does this declaration concern Robert Burton, member of Pennsylvania Assembly and Provincial Councillor from Sussex County-on-Delaware in 1700, and the ancestor of many Sussex County families of the name, or is it another Robert Burton! Is there any proof that William Burton, also of Accomac County in 1679, and Robert Burton were brothers, or near of kin! ” — — READ— COLLING— SCOTT. Jottings from an old Bible: Stephen Read, born May 6, 1734; married Mary Colling, November 6, 1760. She was born October 20, 1739. Robert Read, their son, was born in August, 1761, and Cornelius Read, another son, was bom May 2, 1763; baptized May 19th following. On February 18, 1772, the little family left Eng¬ land for Nova Scotia and arrived at Halifax May 2 of that year; was at Cumberland, May 24, and at Barronfields, June 9. On April 23, 1778, Stephen Read was at Amherst and from there removed to Green Isle in — 178 [page broken], The foregoing is clearly written in an old Bible bearing the imprint of 1599. It had a succession of owners before it was given to Rebecca Scott Lowrey by her grandmother, Rebecca (Scott) Peek. Of its own¬ ers, Robert May, his book, June 14, 1612, is the first with date. Then George Peacock, his book, 1622; Thomas Harland owns this book 1652; William Harland, 1652; Stephen Read, his book, 1770; Mary Read, her book, 1776; John Scott, Amherst Point, 1788. Other names and facts are recorded: John Shorr, his book (no date) Samuel Creath; Willdam Creath; John Creath; Jacob Creath; Samuel Creath, Jr., North Carolina, County of Gran(?)ule. John Scott, John Scott, Robert Scott. John Scott born June 14, 1773, baptized July following; Robert Scott; Hr. John G. Scott. Information is greatly desired to clarify the relation¬ ships between the respective owners; particularly the connection between John Scott and the Reads. Also the date of John Scott's marriage or marriages, the date and place of his death and his family record. Ad¬ dress the Society. PUBLICATIONS OP THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: Two dollars each will be paid for copies of Volume I, Nos. 2 and 3; Volume III, No. 1; Volume IV, No. 1; Volume VIII, No. 1. Address the Society.