Notes, Queries, and Corrections

NOTES, QUERIES AND CORRECTIONS . MOUNTAIN, DRAKE AND MACPIKJE FAMILIES. The English surname Mountain seems to have been derived from the French Montaigne. The famous French essayist, Michel de Montaigne obtained his title from the chateau where he was horn, 28 February, 1533 * The family name was Eyquem There were Eyquems, or Ayquems, who were Sieurs de Lesparre, in France, before 1152, but there appears to be no connection between them and the progenitors of the essayist } The latter ’s grandfather bought the chateau of Montaigne, not far from the city of Bordeaux, where some of the family resided. Here must be left the early family in France, with these few sines for tbs benefit of those who may later pursue the quest It seems evident that other members of the family of Montaigne, in France, probably Huguenots, migrated early to England, and that some of their descendants eventually found their way to the American colonies Among the early State Papers of Her Majesty ’s Record Office at Lon don is one entitled : “ Promise of certain Walloons and French to emi grate to Virginea The date affixed is 1321, which from the context and notes seems correct < * Such as offer themself 3 to goe into Yirginea numbered two hundred and twenty -seven including fifty-five men, forty one women, one hundred and twenty nine children and two servants ” The signatures, indistinctly written, are headed by that of Mounsier de la Montague, medical student, marrying man, and Mounsier de la Mon* tagne, apothecary and surgeon, marrying man Hot ten 7s Lists of Emi grants to America, 1600 1700,$ give the names of the signatories. These Lists also include the name of Jo Mountain, aged twenty, as having embarked from Gravesend, 3 April, 1635,§ to be transported to St Christopher ’s, and that of John Mountain who left Barbadoes for Antigua in the sloop True Friendship, 7 October, 1679,§ The first of the name to settle in the American colonies was Jean de la Montaigne, or Johannes de la Montagne as he was best known. Accord ing to O’Callaghan, he was born in 1592 ; was a Huguenot physician, of varied acquirements, and came to New Netherlands in 1637 In 1638 was appointed one of the council under Kieft ; 1641 was appointed by Kieft to command an expedition consisting of fifty men in two yachts to Fort Good Hope, now Hartford, on the Connecticut River, to maintain the Dutch rights there against the encroachments of the English ; 1643 saved the life of Director Kieft, attacked by Maryn Adriaenscn , and the same year was sent to Staten Island with three companies to put down the , . . - .- 1 . . . - P .” - . - S . - G . . . * Encyclopedia Britannica , eleventh edition , vol. xvill , page 748, where reference is given to the elaborate researches erf M. Malv &fln, in his “ Michel de Montaigne, son origin et sa famine,” 1875. f Ibid . $ New York , 1874, p. 20. § Ibid ., pp. 60, 191. ( 185 ) 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 186 Indians ; 1644 headed an expedition against the Indiana of Long Island, where one hundred and twenty savages were killed ; 1645 accompanied Kieft on his first voyage to Fort Orange, to secure the friendship of the Mohawks, on -which occasion he conducted an analysis of the wax paint of the natives, and discovered gold therein, to the great comfort of Kieft ; 1647 was retained in the council of Stuyvesant ; 1648 was dispatched to the South river to secure the Dutch acquisitions there In 1652, it having been determined to establish a school in the city tavern, he was for the time appointed schoolmaster ; 1653 he was in the enjoyment of an income of nearly four hundred dollars a month from his public offices ; 1656, on the retirement of De Decker, he was appointed Clerk of the Courts and vice-director at Fort Orange, now Albany, which offices he appears to have filled successfully. In 1664 he surrendered the fort to the English and swore allegiance to the new dynasty * Another account gives his birth as of 1596 and states that, at the age of twenty four, as a refugee from Saintonge, France, he entered the Uni versity of Leyden, Holland, remaining there seventeen years, part of the time as a professor. He and his wife arrived in New Amsterdam in 1637 f He married before coming to New Netherlands, Rachel Monjour, who accompanied him , and on the voyage, off the island of Madeira, gave birth to a daughter , Maria, 26 January, 1637, who became the wife of Jacobus Kip J His second wife was Agnietie Gillis, widow, whom he mar ried 18 August, 1647. By both marriages there were children, some of whose baptisms are to be found on the records of the Dutch Church of New York One daughter was captured by the Indians and held prisoner for a time § Many descendants of this early settler have held, with considerable pertinacity, to the original form of the name There are indi cations that some of these may have settled in New Jersey and eastern Pcnnsylvania f| There are several references to Edward and Joseph Montayne in the Indexes to New Jersey Wills and Administrations, 1705 1804 , and to a Joseph Montayne, and the surname MONTANYE, in the volumes of the Somerset County Historical Quarterly.fl Abram, Edward, Edward, Jr. and Joseph Montayne served in the New Jersey militia during the Revolution from Essex, Morris and Somerset counties ** In the colonial and later records of New Jersey and Pennsylvania the name Mountain occurs with some frequency, John Mountain is in a ‘ Gist of Servantsimported by Benjamin Clarke, Senr , and Benjamin . . - - P . . - S . . . - . G - . . * History of New Netherlands , li, 21. ; Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York . j Manuscript notes from Dr. Howard Mountain, Confinance, Pennsylvania * ( 1827 ) . J New York Genealogical and Biographical Record , vol . vlll , pp. 68, 125. |IhidDr. Howard Mountain. | New York Gem. and Biogt Record , vol. ill , p. 4,7 ; Chronicle of the Yerkes f Family , by J. Granville Leach Plainfield , New Jersey, 1932-1818. * * STRYKRR's Jerseymen in the Revolution, p. G 5>2, •j - The term " servant ” or “ laborer,” as applied to emigrants In colonial f times, must not be misunderstood. . - 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 Notes, Queries and Corrections . . 187 Clarke, Junr., 1683/4, August 14, 1685 J * The New Jersey marriage licenses mention one John Mounten, of Salem county, and Mary Muckehenny, of Sussex county, under date of March 23, 1757 David Elder Mountain wan in the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia in 1780, and George Mountain in Philadelphia Militia in 1781 A James Mountain of Virginia appears in a list of “ Personal Karnes in HENNING S Statutes. In the published reports of the First Census of the United States, 1790, is found a Hugh Mountain in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and a Jonathan Mountain, Simsbury town, Hartford county, Connecticut The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex county, Virginia,J shows entry of the marriage of John Mountain and Elizabeth Jones, De cember 26, 1800. One Richard Mountain married Mary Paulin at Falls Monthly Meeting of Friends, September, 1711 His name appears some years later on the civil records of Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Roger Mountain, born in Ireland, aged 27, barber, enlisted August 6, 1746, ia Captain John Diemer 's Company, Provincial Service, recruited by authority of Proclamation of Governor George Thomas, June 9, 1746 ; went into winter quarters at Albany, New York ; discharged October 21, 1747, the late intended expedition against Canada having been laid aside. A James McPick, or McPike, was in the same regiment § Leaving these scattered notes, which may be useful to a future student of the subject, attention will now be given to a more connected narrative In a deed, dated March 24, 1749, recorded August 23, 1753, at Doyles town,|j Pennsylvania, the contracting parties are thus described : “ Rowland Powell of Northern Liberties, of the city of Philadelphia, husbandman, and Sarah, his wife ; Mary Asprell, and Joseph Mountain of Bristol, in the county of Bucks, Cooper, and Catharine, his wife ; the said Sarah, Mary and Catharine being the daughters of John Clay and Esther, his wife, which said Esther was a daughter of Esther Wilson, late of said city, deceased, of the one part, and Thomas Standaland, Junr , of Bristol township, Bucks county, of the other part 1' The deed was signed by Joseph Mountain and Catharine Mountain The will of Esther Clay, relict of John Clay of Bristol, Bucks county, blacksmith, dated November 27, 1749, probated December 17, 1749, mentions daughter Mary Aspril, and her daughters Mary, Sarah and Lydia ; daughters Sarah and Catharine and their children ; John Hall and Samuel Bunting, Junr., ex ’rs Witnesses : Thos. Stanaland and Thos, Stanaland, Junr and Darby Brannyn. The Joseph Mountain and Catharine Clay, his wife, who signed the deed, } . . ^ . - P . . . G S - . . . . . * New Jersey Archives , First Series, YOI . xsi, p. 84. Compiled by J. J. Casey , In 1896, vol. 1, p 86. t . J Published by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Richmond, 1897. § Pennsylvania Archives , Fifth Series, vol. 1, pp. 7, 15 |j Bucks County Deed Book No. 9, page 102. Bucks County , Will Book No. 1, page 171. ** The author Is much Indebted to Mr. Warren S. Ely, Librarian of the Bucks County Historical Society , for data herein presented. L 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 188 Notea , Queries and Corrections . G S P dated March 24, 1749, previously mentioned, were unquestionably identical with the Joseph Mountain of Bucks county, cooper, and Katherine, his wife, who were parties to an indenture mads July 25, 1749, * This Joseph Mountain was therein described as “ only son and heir - at-law of Bichard Mountain, late of the same place, brewer, deceased, but heretofore of the parish of Andover, in the county of Hampshire, England,f who was eldest son and heir- at -law of Richard Mountain, late of same place, and his wife who was the only daughter and child of John DaUamano, late of Andover/ ' An investigation of the title followed Joseph Mountain 's transfer of the Andover property , by which it was shown that John Dellamano died in 1672- It was further shown that his sonin-law, Richard Mountain, by his will of January 5, 1701, gave Andover land to his eldest son Richard, should he return to Andover within seven years of his, the testator ’s, decease, otherwise said land should revert to sons Joseph and Benjamin, who were sons of a second wife Ann, who was also bequeathed lands, as was his daughter, Ann Gray, It has been thought that the Joseph Mountain of Bucks county who signed the indenture of July 25, 1749, was identical with the Joseph Mountain who, in 1779, was taxed for land in Turkeyfoot township, Cum berland county, now Somerset county, Pennsylvania. But this is unlikely since the former ’s wife was Katherine, or Catharine, whereas the latter ’s wife was Elizabeth Drake, as will presently be shown. Joseph Mountain of Bucks County was, in all probability, at least twenty- five years of age in 1749 when he and his wife Katherine signed the Indenture, while Joseph Mountain of Cumberland Gounty married, 14 April, 1772, Elizabeth Drake, by whom he had seven children, the youngest born in 1785. It is, however, quite possible that the former Joseph was the father of the latter. Here it seems proper to insert a tradition dictated about 1868 by John Mountain McPike ( 1795- 1876 ) and preserved in writing, as follows : “ J. Mountain, from New Jersey — English, about 1554.$ Children : Joseph, John, Richard, Martha ; also half - brother George Grinup. Joseph Mountain married Miss E. Drake ; one child, Joanna. Martha Mountain married Captain James M ’Pike. ” § Whether or not John Mountain or his brother, Richard, ever married and had issue, is not stated. The name Richard is significant. The reference to New Jersey as the former place of residence is rather confusing, because the tradition preserved by the Mountains now living * Notes contributed by Mr. Ogden D. Wilkinson of Philadelphia to The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , vuJ . ixx, pp. 381- 382. Mr. Wil kinson has since sent the author interest Lug material and suggestions. Among published marriage licenses for Hampshire, England , are the folf low lng : 1700, Samuel Mountain , Stockbrldge, and Mary Sutton, Andover. 1716 , John Mountain, Hornsey . and Sarah Shlpton , Andover. 1726 , Hen jasmin Mountain , Andover, and El !z. Pen ton , Winchester . 1726, Joseph Mountain, Andover , and Anne Spearing, Winchester. 1738, John Mountain , Andover, and Jane Eloombe. 1774, Robert Mountain, Winchester , and Elizabeth Leader. There are doubtless wills of Mountains recorded ait Winchester, Hampshire. J 1654 ? Cf . Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, xxx, p. 251. § Circa, 1.782, In Western Maryland. 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 189 ia Somerset county, Pennsylvania, is that their ancestors came from Bucks County Nevertheless, the relationship is very clear , as will soon appear The < f J Mountain, from New Jersey ” may, or may not, have been iden tical with the Joseph Mountain of Bucks county , living in 174-9, et seq bue he roust have been the father of the Joseph Mountain of Cumberland county, later Somerset county, Pennsylvania, who married, 14 April, 1772, Elizabeth Drake and had seven children The process of reasoning for this conclusion here follows: Three original letters, written in 1821, 1823 and 1328, signed by Eliza beth Mountaine, are now in the possession of the Misses Eleanor and Mary Sleeth, of Rushville Indiana, who are great granddaughters of Cap tain James McPike and Martha Mountain, his wife These letters are each addressed to the writer ’s “ Dear Nephew ” ( i e nephew -in law ), Joseph McPike, Newport, Kentucky The earliest letter, dated February 14, 1821 ( bearing on the outside the postmaster 's endorsement : “ Smyth field, Pa., February 15 ”) Teads, in part : Hannah Mountaine “ Catty and David live with me and Joanna and her father and mother are well Joseph Mount [ain ] and family, and Jonathan are all well must not forget brother James, for him and me [ are ] both traveling to the grave as fast as time can roll around Give my love to brother George Grinup And sister Grinup and all the family * * The foregoing letter mentions some new towns or villages near Smyth field : 1 1 one on big yough ; Smithfield has 38 houses ; Petersburg lyes joining our land > » The writer Jg reference to her aged * ‘ brother James 7 7 means James McPike * ( born circa 1751) whose wife, bom Martha Mountain, was a sister of the Joseph Mountain who, according to the tradition, married a Miss E Drake The latter certainly seems to have been identical with the Elizabeth Mountain , writer of the three letters The second letter, dated May the 5, 1823, with an outside endorsement : “ Smythfield, S C , Pa , May 6, ” reads, in part : “ We are all enjoying a tollerable degree of health at present . . looking for you and your companion ; try and bring her or cousin patsee with you Hannah Mountaine is at her father ’s and is very un healthy, and has been for a long time Three of her children live with tJ me. - Joseph ia married and lives on one part of this place The name “ patsee ” refers to Martha McPike, youngest daughter of James McPike and Martha, his wife The third letter, dated 10th March, 1828, at Petersburg, Somerset County [ Penna l sayB: i i I and all the rest of the family are well, you will please give my love to your Father and Brothers and Sisters and all inquiring friends. Joanna Mountaine is living with me and two of John Mountaine rs children, that is, Catharine and David, Jonathan is out in State of Ohio a-learuing the waggon making trade with his cousin 77 Oliver Drake The relevancy of the foregoing extracts from letters signed by Eliza - . . ., . . - - . .... P J . S - . . G . . . - - . . . . . - . . .. - . . . - * Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol . xtlt, pp. 00-91 ( Jan uary, 191S ) * 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 Notes , Queries and Corrections . 190 beth Mountaine will become clear when considered in connection with the genealogical records which follow, by the courtesy of Dr Howard Moun tain of Confluence, Pennsylvania His great -grandfather, Joseph Moun tain, was the first of the family to move into Cumberland, now Somerset County Land there was bought from the Indians in 1768, and in 1769 the first permanent settlers arrived The oldest settlement is known as the Turkey foot Region, where the first settlers are said to have been Drakes The first Mountain settled near Petersburg, now called Addison post -office He was the Joseph Mountain who married, April 14, 1772, Elizabeth Drake, and had issue: i ELIZABETH, born May 1, 1773 2 ii JOHN, born October 5, 1774 iii CATHARINE, bom December 2, 1776 iv. AGNES, born February 8, 1779 v. JOANNA, born February 8, 1781 vi. JOSEPH, born March 17, 1784,* vii, DAVID, born October 24, 1785 The eldest daughter, Elizabeth, was named after her mother Is it not probable that the second daughter, Catharine, was named after her pater nal grandmother ? If speculation may be further allowed, it would seem quite possible that the eldest son, John, may have been named after his paternal grandfather ? The fourth daughter, Joanna, was certainly iden tical with her namesake mentioned in letters of her mother, Elizabeth Mountaine, partly before quoted. It is true that the tradition dictated about 1868 mentions only one child, Joanna, but, owing to the lapse of time, the existence of other children may have been forgotten This may be easily explained since, as shown in Elizabeth Mountaine 's letters (1821 1828 ) , Joanna wTas the only child still living with her. The others, if then living, had undoubtedly departed from the family hearth f to establish homes of their own In fact, the letters contain some internal evi dence of this. The writer 's grandson, Joseph, had married and settled upon a part of the home- place near Petersburg 2 John Mountain, eldest son of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Drake ) Moun tain, was born October 5, 1774 He married Hannah Drake, born August 4, 1775, daughter of Oliver J and Frankey (Skinner ) Drake; resided at Petersburg, and had issue: . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . P . S . . - . G . - - . * A tombstone to the memory of Joseph Mountain gave his age at time of death, in 1804, as twenty years. Mountain deeds of record In the Land Office at Cumberland, Allegheny f Oounty, Maryland : Mountain, Elizabeth, and Joseph, to Wm. Thistle, Book C, page 590 ( 1803 ) . -Mountain, Aaron and Mary, to Michael Kenard, Book 41, page 630 ( 1874 ) . J Oliver Drake, son of David Drake, born in New Jersey , January 35, 1745 ; married 22 August , 1770, Frankey Skimner . He settled at Draketown , Somer set County , Pennsylvania, and built the first grist mill in that section. Hi a children were : 1. Ann, born March 8 , 1771. 2. Hannah bom August 4, 1775 ; married John Mountain, q v 3. Jonathan, born September 15*, 1777 ; married July 11, l'81i3, Sarah Tannin ; settled at Draketown and continued Ms father’s business. 4. Lydia, born March 8 , 1780 , In a later generation there was an Oliver Drake, who went to Ohio and engaged in wagon making, as mentioned in Elizabeth Mountain's letter before quoted. He was probably a son of the Jonathan Drake bom September 15, 1777. From Dr. Howard Mountain, who long ago copied bis records from a family Bible, since lost. - . . , - — 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 191 Notes , Queries and Corrections . . . i JOSEPH , born March 31, 1798, ii CATHARINE, born January 31, 1800. iii . FRANCES, born February 28, 1802 iv. DAVID, born December 4, 1804 3 v JONATHAN, born October 24, 1806 . . . . . The children, Catharine and David, were of course identical with the Catharine ( “ Catty '’) and David, children of John Mountain and Han nah, his wife, mentioned in Elizabeth Mountaine 's letters, 3 Jonathan Mountain, youngest son of John and Hannah ( Drake ) Mountain, born October 24, 1806\ married Elizabeth Pringey, and had issue : v. NOBLE W. i. WILLIAM B. ix. NEWLON vi. LEVI x. HOWARD ii, JOSEPH P xi MART J vii. Ross iii , HARRISON H , viii. MARTHA iv WALTER S - . . . . . . . . . P Of these, only two, Boss and Howard, are now living (1928 ) There are, however, numerous descendants of that generation. If any reader of the foregoing will supply additional data, or offer suggestions which will lead to the acquirement thereof , the undersigned will be deeply grateful Eugene Fairfield MacPike 5418 Woodlawn Ave nue, Chicago — , - S DEHAVEN, SUPPLEE, and related families will be interested to know that Mrs. Frederick Dracass ( Ann Catharine Dehaven Tucker,0 John,4 Garret,s Garret, Peter 1 Dehaven ) , genealogist and historian, is again able to continue work on her collection of data of these families, said to be the roost comprehensive to be found anywhere. This collection was begun in the 1890 's through an extensive correspondence as secretary treasurer of the Dchaven Club of Chicago and through the many visitors to her home in Chicago It was added to in the 1890 ’s and again in the early 1920 's, by personal research in Government, State, and County records and by visits to the old homes in the eastern and western states. Owing to the pressure of other duties, not all of this collection has been tabulated j but the Dehaven family has been traced back to the early 1600 ’s and some lines have been brought down to the present time, Mrs Dracass 935 Wood Street, St Petersburg, Florida - G . . . . , — ELLOT MOORE. AS a descendant of Joan, daughter of Peter and Lucy Eliott, who married John Kirk at Darby Meeting * * on ye 14th day of 1st Month, 1688, “ I was very much interested in the data printed in Publica tions vol x, no 1, from the Ellot - Moore Bible, As a cross- reference I would call attention to the Kirk Genealogy compiled by Miranda 8, Rob erts, where about fourteen thousand of the descendants of the said Peter and Lucy Eliot are listed Peter and Lucy Ellot are specially mentioned on page 13 thereof Henry W Scarborough , . - . - , . — . . . . . . SIMPSON. In Publications, vol x, no 1, p 49, Cumberland County Marriages gives the marriage of William Augustas Harris and Margaret Simpson , under date of October 4, 1752, and that of William Kelso and Simpson, 24 May, 1757 In this latter, the bride was Jean Simp son as shown, date May 23, instead of 24, on page 173, in Early Records of Simpson Families by Helen A . Simpson, a eopy of which is in The . 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania - PGM Vol X No.2 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 192 - . Historical Society of Pennsylvania Further data concerning their chil dren may be found on p 174, and Jean Simpson 's family-history, pp 163-177 Of this family also is the above mentioned Margaret, who married Wil liam Harris, brother of the founder of Harrisburg. She was a daughter of Jean 's half -brother but older than Jean Simpson Records, p 165. Helen A Simpson . . . . . . — . REPRINT. The Burial Book of the Moravian Church at Lancaster, 1744 1821, containing 658 burials, has been reprinted in a small edition from the Publications Copies can be obtained from The Genealogical Society, in the building of the Historical Society, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, or at the Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Price, $1.00 - . . . WILLIAM ROMAINE NEWBOLD COLLECTION. The Society has recently acquired, by gift from the executors of the late Professor Newbold, his manuscript history of the notable New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania family of his surname The descendants of Michael Newbold of Shef field Park, Yorkshire, England, and Burlington County, New Jersey, have great reason for gratitude and pride in Dr Newbold 'g work, a labor of love on bis part continued over a long period of years in this country and in England The questionnaire -correspondence, together with the English and American note books are also included in the gift , In the final compilation Dr. Newbold had the assistance of the late Rev. L Bou dinot Stockton of Princeton. The well arranged and bound collection numbers twelve volumes . P - . . - S . . . - BRANSON GRAISBERY , Dr. James Hunter, Jr of Westv ills, New Jer sey, has made a recent donation to the Gloucester County Historical Society consisting of papers of the Glover, Branson and Graisbery families Among them was the appointment of John Branson as Captain of Gloucester County Militia dated July 8, 1802, and signed by General Joseph Bloomfield, Governor of New Jersey, who gave the ground for the Academy School of Woodbury There were several silhouettes of a special pattern and a large lot of receipts signed by various persons The fol lowing relating to the Graisbery family is of interest: James Graisbery, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth, was born November 12, 1763 Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Graisbery, departed this life November 28, 1763. Mary Graisbery, danghter of Benjamin and Lydia, was born November G . . . - . 11, 1768. - Abigail, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia Graisbery, was born De cember 23, 1770 Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Lydia Graisbery, was born December 18, 1772. Lydia Graisbery died February 5 1773 Lettisha Graisbery died November 4, 1785 Frank H . Stewart . . . , — . MONET, or MON NET, or MONNETT, sometimes spelled MONEY or MONAY. ^ Before 1685, Ancient Poitou, modern La Vendee, France In London, j 1928 i ^ Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania . ^ PGM Vol X No.2 Notes , Queries and Corrections. 193 . England, 1688 Emigrated to America before 1700, Staten Island, New York, and Calvert County, Maryland. Monnet Family Genealogy, published in 1911; a supplemental volume in preparation. Will pay for items furnished from original records, especially Maryland and Virginia, before 1800, not hitherto obtained Orra Eugene Monnette, 350 South Oxford Related lineages accepted Avenue, Los Angeles, California . . —. GAEOUTTE SMITH , Michael Garoutte married, 25 October, 1778, Sophia, daughter of James Smith of Burlington and Gloucester counties, New Jersey Mr Smith and his sons, James, Jr and Isaae, were inn holders Information desired as to the parents of James Smith the elder and those of his wife If rs. Mary Boss Headman . . . . . — . - THOMAS WILLIAMS of Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, boat builder, will probated June 12, 1769 His children, Thomas, William, John, Samuel, Sarah, James, Joseph and Charles, were baptized in the First Presbyterian Cbureh of that city. Hi3 eldest son, Thomas, baptized Sep tember 16, 1731, was living in Currituck County, North Carolina, in 1769, and had a son Thomas Poole Williams, William and John, son 3 of Thomas Williams, Sr , were boat - builders, and the son Samuel a ship master. The place of birth and information as to the parents of Thomas Williams, Sr , as also the maiden name of his wife Hannah is greatly desired Mrs Bertha Edwards McGeehan . P - . . . — . - . - S POINSETT BENNETT. Information desired of the parentage and fam ily of Lois Bennett of Fairfield, Salem County, New Jersey, who married 12 August, or 8 December, 1787, Thomas Poinsett of Jacob town. She had a brother Joseph Bennett who belonged to the Methodist Conference of Philadelphia and whose wife was Mary, daughter of John and Mary Page, also of Salem County ; and a sister, Hannah who married Charles Pitman and had a son Charles Pitman C H B, Turner Jupiter, Florida , , — G . . . , . , WANTED. 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PGM Vol X No.2 Notes , Queries and Corrections . 194 . September 21, October 26, 28 30, July 19, September 22. February 3, 8, May 24, June 9, 23, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORDS COMMITTEE, composed of members of this Society, acting in co-operation with the State Federation of Historical Societies, has been formed to make a survey of the county historical soci eties, in connection with the following : 1 Church Registers and Meeting Records, printed and in manuscript : Births and Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials. 2 Graveyard Inscriptions and cemetery records, printed and in manu script : Lists of Graveyards, public and private, by townships and religious creeds ; al3o corporation cemeteries 3 Bible Records : Family bibles in care of Societies, with earliest and latest date of record. 4 Pennsylvania Genealogies: separately printed, with allied families, family sketches in county histories, ete. ; manuscript Pennsyl vania genealogies ; Pennsylvania genealogical pamphlets 5 Diaries and Journals, Account Books, Common place Books, manu script or printed : Colonial, Revolutionary, Post Revolutionary 6 Music : Music Books, religious or secular, printed or in manuscript ; early song sheets, ballads, broad -side ballads, folk songs. - . . - . . . . . - . - . P - - Of the above, the Committee is most desirous of obtaining information as to the whereabouts of country graveyards, and of inspiring the copy ing of gravestone inscriptions, before time and modern encroachment sweep such genealogical source- material beyond reach of the investi gator. All data furnished will be catalogued. One catalogue will remain with this Society ; another will be given to the State Library. It is hoped that eventually such catalogue will be printed and deposited with each county society For information, address The Genealogical Soeiety of Pennsylvania, or Albert Cook Myers, Ph.D., President of State Federation S - G . of Historical Societies. , . . CRAWFORD PARKER. Publications vol. viii, p 207 John Crawford married Isabel Parker Partial reply : This marriage was by the Rev John King, D.D., Presbyterian minister at Mercersburg. It was called the Upper West Conocoeheague Congregation, and the church edifice was two and a half miles from Mercersburg, at Church Hill The name Parker was not usual in that vicinity at that period but there were Crawfords in all directions There was an early Robert Parker near Welsh Run, Pennsylvania It was not uncommon for York county people about Gettysburg to go to Mercersburg to be married. In the records of Rev Dr , Dobbin of Adams County there are Conocoeheague people mar ried. Mrs. Virginia S Fendrick , Mercersburg. . . . . . — . - . . W ASHBCRN. Partial reply to query : Publications, vol ix, p. 91 Caleb Washburn, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, there inquired for, is almost without doubt the Caleb Washburn who, after some vicissitudes of resi dence, found his way to Smithfield township, Northampton County, Penn sylvania, where his estate was administered upon by John McDowl, or McDowell, 5 February, 1764.* His widow, Mehitable ( Allen ) Washburn, . ' - * Norttompto-n County Probarto Office, Register's Indent and Liber 1. 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 195 Notes , Queries and Corrections. may have married Benauel Leach of Bridgewater and W i lb rah am 7 Maasa* chusetts The latter is said to have married, for third wife, Mehitable, daughter of Benjamin and Mehitable ( Cary ) Allen of Bridgewater Should this be true, she was none other than the widow of this Caleb Washburn. If one might hazard a suggestion, after considerable search over a period of years, it would be that the elusive Caleb Washburn, whose only known descendants are through his daughter Lydia, born 16 May, 1757, who married James Atherton * of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, was brother to Jesse Washburn, who also removed from Bridgewater to Lower Smithfield township, Northampton County This Jesse Washburn married at Bridgewater, 29 December, 1748, Silence, daughter of Josiah and Sarah ( Eichmond ) Washburn, and was the owner of a sawmill in Lower Smith field township, Northampton County, standing on, or near, Beaver Creek Dam before 26 May, 1762 J He was a lieutenant in the Revolution and his son Jesse a private.§ Jesse and Silence ( Washburn ) had six children, all of whom lived in Northampton County : 1 Rebecca, married Jacob Blinn ; deceased before 15 May, 1810, leaving only daughter and heir Catharine Blinn 2 Thankful , married 8 December, 1772, Peter Andreas, died before 15 May, 1810, and is buried at St John ’s, Pennsylvania ; had eleven children y 3. Jesse, born 25 July, 1759 ; buried at Kunkeltown, Pennsylvania, aged 56 years, 8 months and 8 days 4 Daniel , born 1763, as shown by his Account of the Wyoming Massacre jdied after 1846 ; buried at Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania, in an unmarked grave, Maple Grove Cemetery, now abandoned 5 Sarah, died 23 February, 1803, aged forty years ; buried at Ben Salem Church , Lizzard Creek Valley ; married Jacob Andreas, brother of Peter ; had six, possibly more, children. 6. Caleb , died after 1 January, 1811; probably named for the first men tioned Caleb, who may have been, doubtless was, his uncle The main facts as to the children of Jesse and Silence Washburn ’s children of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are to be found of record at Plymouth, Massachusetts,** under dates of 10 May, 1810, and 1 Jan uary, 1811 There is some reason for believing that Jesse Washburn 's second wife was a daughter of John Rhodes, who lived at the junction of Lizzard Creek and Lehigh River, Pennsylvania. By this marriage there were six children. j f M A L. . . . - . . P . . . . . . S . . G . - - . -- — . . COLLADAT PASTORIUS: Addition to Life of Francis Daniel Fastorius by Marion Dexter Learned, Ph D. ; Philadelphia, 1907, p 307. Colladay, Kalledie, Galada, Callete, Calleda Jacob Kalla die sailed from Rotter dam, Holland, on the ship Thistle, John Wilson commander, and arrived in Philadelphia, where on September 19, 1738, he took the oath of alia * . . . - * Publications , vol . vl-1 , pp, 265. j- Bridgewater Vital Records. J Northampton County, Mortgage Deeds, Liber A , ff . 261-2. § Pennsylvania Archives , Fifth Series, vol . vlil , p<p. 305, 306. || Information furnished by W. T. Stauffer, lvsq. , Newport News, Virginia, a descendant. jf Proceedings of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society , vol, vll, . p. 79 . . ** Registry of Deeds, Liber 118, ff 32, 33 H* W T Stauffer, Esq. . . 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 196 . giance to the English Colony and its King * He settled in Germantown , and became a farmer ; having married before emigration Julianna who was living in 1746 and perhaps later. ] As Jacob Galada he died John Coleday witnessed a will in 1741/ 2 in Gerintestate in 17504 mantown As nearly all Palatines had two names, his full name was probably John Jacob, and he, as was common, used both Christian names not always together At least there is no trace of another of that sur name at that date who left descendants He had several children of Which the following can be identified : § -- ^ . . - . . . i MARY COLLADAY, born circa 1728 ; married November 11, 1748, Melehior Manny, ii JACOB COLLADAY , born circa 1730-5; married April 17, 1756, Pern Walter, daughter, or sister, of Swen Walter of German town Ancestor of the Colladay family of Philadelphia. 2 iii WILLIAM COLLADAY , bora 1738 ; married October 17, 1765 Han nah Pastorius, daughter of Daniel Pastorius. iv, SARAH COLLADAY , born circa 1740; married January 17, 1760, Ulrich Ming In the original church record her name appears as Sarah Galleten . . - . , . P . - 2. WILLIAM COLLADAY, son of Jacob and Julianna Kalladie, born 1738 ; married October 17, 1765,|[ Hannah Pastorius, bora November 17, 1745,fl daughter of Daniel and Sarah ** ( Shoemaker ) Pastorius, and great granddaughter of Francis Daniel Pastorius, the founder of Germantown William Colladay removed fiom Philadelphia to Moreland township, Montgomery County, about 1798, and died there November 28, 1823, aged eighty-five years He and his wife are buried in Upper German town Burying-ground, though the age of wife at death has been mistakenly transcribed ff His will of August 13, 1818, with codicil of No vember 23, I8I84J named four children, the son William being deceased. Children of William and Hannah ( Pastorius ) Colladay There may have been others not here given: i ABRAHAM COLLADAY, married at Old Swedes, Philadelphia, Decem ber 27, 1790, Hannah, daughter of Joseph Rakestraw.§§ Lived ia Philadelphia, at 136 Arch Street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, Died before 1855, His widow married ( 2 ) Henry B. Reinhard. Issue: 1. William Rakestraw Colladay, died circa May, * Pennsylvania Archives , Sec . Ser. , vol . xvil , p. 164* ]• Philadelphia Deeds, Liber G T, tf . 51* 330, 3fll, S . . . - - . G . - + Philadelphia County Administrations. S Records First Reformed Church , Philadelphia. || Records German Reformed Church, Germantown. ff Philadelphia Deeds, Lifter I 15, f . 123s which reel tee in full the relation ship of Hannah ( Pastorius ) Col lady. ** Daniel Pastorius was a saddler and built the Saddler Arms, In Germantown in 1748 , also known «s Green Tree Inn and the Great Hotel . He died in No vemibet , 1754. His widow, Sarah , married ( 2 ) DandeJ Mackanet, Jr. , also a saddler , who coartlnued the Inn until his death , October 19, 1761. The widow married ( 3 ) Andrew Hea/th of Germantown, who purchased the property May 10, 1775. 44 S'he Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , vol. 9, p. 83. Montgomery County Wills, Liber 6, f . 196. § § Philadelphia County Deeds, Liber G W R 18, f . 213. - ^ 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 Notes , Queries and Corrections. 197 . . . 1870; * married and had daughter, Anna L Braidwood 2 Charles Colladay , married Emily Rittenbouse ; died 1863, leaving issue : j Fanny S, Keen, William R Colladay and Samuel R. Colladay 3 Joseph 0 Colladay. 4 Hannah R Colladay. 5 Rachel 0 Col loday 6. Rebecca Ann Colladay 7 Samuel Colladay ii WILLIAM COLLADAY, born September 5, 1774 ; died December 13 1805 iii DANIEL COLLADAY , unmarried ; lived with bis maiden sister Ann in the homestead in Moreland township Will dated March 31, 1827 ; proved February 24, 1852 $ iv ANN COLLADAY, born December 9, 1789 ; died October 26, 1861 ; § bequeathed estate to her nieces and nephews and to her sister Julianna Yerkes ; j v JULIANNA COLLADAY, born December 14, 1789 ; died July 23 1878 ; married Jonathan Yerkes, December 1 1821. Both husband and wife are buried in the Southampton Baptist Church yard Issue : 1 William Colladay Yerkes 2 Ann Colladay Yerkes 3 Daniel Yerkes % Miss M Ellison Wood Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ . . , , . . . . , . . . . . - . , . . . . . . P WASSE, CONYERS, SANSOM , IZARD, CROUCH. 11 Martha Izard says that she was the daughter of Samuel and Martha Conyers, which Martha Conyers ' maiden name was Woodward She was sister to Mary Wood ward, who was wife to James Was3e, chirurgepn, the proprietor / * by whom he had James Wasse, Jr , who had no other chiLdren but that James Wasse, who kept an apothecary ’s shop in Philadelphia, and died there, G S “ James Wasse, Jr. had a second wife by whom he had a son, named Joseph, who died childless, unmarried, so that it is supposed that the estate wholly descended to James Wass, the grandson. “ Joshua Johnson, the tinman who lives in Second Street, near the Church, in Philadelphia, his mother ’s maiden name was Crouch, and she was half -sister to Mary Woodward, the first wife of the said James Wasse, Sr. William Crouch,ff who was joint purchaser, or, in some other way, had a joint right in a Proprietary with James Wasse, Sr., was half brother to Mary Woodward , the wife of said Janies Wasse, Sr. c John Sansom married Elizabeth Conyers, the sister of Martha Izard. I * Will proved May 31, 1870, at Philadelphia. $ Philadelphia Wills, Liber 50, f , 121. $ Montgomery County Wills, Liber 9, f . 297 ; Deeds, Liber 71, f . 157. § Gravestone, Upper Germantown Burylmg-ground , whieh her will directs shall be placed at her graven as well as one at the grave of her brother, Wil liam Colladay. || Philadelphia Wills, Liber 50, L 121. Chronicle of the Yerkes Family , by J . Granville Leach , pp- 76, 142- 3, gives descendants of this marriage. The close similarity of dates ora the gravestones of Ann and Julianna Colladay suggests that they were twins, and that , on one or the other stone a mistake ihad been made in the day of the month. ED. ** Patent from John Fenwick to Jaimes Wasse of London, citizen and surgeon , for 5000 acres in his Colony , 12 July , 1675. New Jersey Archives , First iSeries, vol . xxd, p. 564. One of the Proprlerors who signed the articles of surrender of East and West Jersey to the Crown , 15 April , 1702 / Md., vol . 11, pp. 452-460. ff Thomas -Grouch of Aamm-ershaan, oo. Bucks, maLater, purchased, inter alia , one full share of West Jersey from Edward Bylllng, Caw in Laurie and Nich olas Lucas, 27 March , 1682. — — 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania — PGM Vol X No.2 Notes, Queries and Corrections. 198 . John Sansom was a cooper His wife kept a milliner ’s shop and lived at the Golden Ball, in East Smithfield, in London Perhaps Annis may know him, for Thomas Chalkley doth ? Chalkley had some goods from him for Izard t t Edward Shippen, Jr was apprentice to William Crouch, upholsterer in London, the proprietor. '’ £ £ The above is a copy of a piece of writing I found among my father ’s papers in my father ’s handwriting, which I gave to Molly Izard, April 11, 1770 Aaron Learning.’’ Prom the Jour nal of the latter in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, IN THE REVOLUTION. Among some original manuscripts recently sold at auction in Philadelphia were lists of Col Joseph Ellis ’ Regiment of Gloucester County Militia. The captains were Jehu Wood, John Stokes, William Harrison, Joseph Thorn, Jacob Maddox Jehu Wood was of Deptford township Browning and and the names of the men of his company will be recognized as the ancestors of a great many persons now living in the vicinity of Woodbury Governor Livingston, on July 17th, 1780, issued an order which was re -issued by Col Ellis on July 19th, to the effect that twenty five men of his regiment from militia classes one to four inclusive were to appear at Haddonfield well armed and accoutered with five days ’ rations to march to Morristown where they were to await the orders of General Washington and continue in the service for one month unless sooner dis charged Inasmuch as only twenty five men were required from the six known companies of the regiment it may be justly surmised there was no great rush to comply with the call. All able -bodied New Jerseymen be tween the ages of sixteen and forty-five years of age, unless exempted by law, were automatically members of the State militia Those who failed to Bubmit satisfactory reason for not answering the call were fined in accordance with the then prevailing laws of the State of New Jersey Sergeant Earl Davis was ordered to warn the men of Capt, Wood 's company to report for duty Their names follow . . . . — —. - . . . P . - - - - S . . G ^ First Class John Wood, farmer Thomas Wilson James Wilkins Moses Ward Jesse Dormant Thomas Low Joseph Low, Jr. James Whitall, Jr. Thomas Saunders William Cattell Levi Hopper Jonathan Brown Amos Cooper James Fletcher Levi Pierce Peter Andrews James Schhmo James Butterworth 1928 . John French Abraham Hilliard Isaac Ballinger Zephmiah Brown Aaron Hewes Richard Bickham Caleb Bickham Joseph Clement Joseph Brown Nathan Ward Jones Cattell Abel Clement James Cooper, Jr, Benjamin Clark David Chew Peter Crim Joseph Hewes Robert Henry Samuel Wheaton Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania . . Second Class John Stevens Samuel Brenson Thomas Andrews Third Class Samuel Hillman Robert Sparks, tavern Lawrence Chester Thomas Baker Joshua Hopper Benjamin Ward Mark Miller Jepthah Olden Jeremiah Paul Jonathan Gibson David Wood David Ward John Wood PGM Vol X No.2 Notes, Queries and Corrections . Henry Curts Isaac Snowden William Sharp X at ban Treadway Asa Brown William Frey Joseph Reeves Michael Corn William Beggins William Perkins Jacob Idol Joab Eldridgc Gabriel Davis John Jessop Peter Wheaton Thomas Gambel William Wilkins Fourth, Class Isaac Ward 199 Samuel Perkins Samuel Honlshead John Pierce, Jr. John Cox Robert Cook John Reeves Robert Fr ien d Price,J r Jonathan JIarker Elias Mattson . On August 28th, 1780, Sergeant George Hudson was ordered by Charles West, Ensign of Captain Wood ’s company of Gloucester County militia, to warn the following men to appear at Haddonfield, Friday, September 1st, prepared to march on their tour of duty : Henry Treadway, Jr. Isaac Wilkins under age Thomas Barton Anthony Sharp Jno Ladd Howell William Perkins John Hopper James Caruthers Samuel Perking Samuel Pedrick Isaiah Ward John Hcwes Samuel Inskeep John Reeves John Stetser, Jr Paul Cooper TJshvauIt Bush Emanuel Devault Constantine Lord Josiah Clark John Pew Michael Devault Christopher Foulk Andrew Miller Isaac Wiley William Marson Samuel Wood Joseph Wiley Garrett Gruff Hugh Mooney Seth Hillman James Ward, Jr Jonathan Ward George W ard,Blacksmith Elijah Cheeseman John Williams William Bates Mons Cox, Jr Joseph Matlack John Sparks, Jr, Richard Johns Isaac Butterworth, Jr Henry Sparks Nathan Kinsey John Paul Joseph Tatum Robert Sparks, Jr S . P . . . . G . The following were not warned, for reasons mentioned : Jesse Reeves, Out Gotlip Whitto, Gone to Mantua Creek James Rambo, Not found Jonathan Rambo, Gone John Jennings, Not found Jacob Wood , Not found Jeremiah Leeds, Not found Christopher Foulks Adam Cox William Peas, In East Jersey John Wilson, Over age James Ward, Jr , Under sixteen John Stow. Not found John Mahoon, Out of State . - Sergeant Hemy Sbiveler was ordered by Ensign West to warn the fol lowing men of Captain Wood ’s company, likewise to appear at Haddon- field : . Thomas Reeves, Jr Joseph Paul Abraham Myrers Samuel Mickle Thomas Langley James Gibson David Lorain John Suter Joshua Howell John Tatum Richard Thorne Isaac Cheesman John Amlin Isaiah Stratton Shiveler was probably a foreign -born soldier because his signature is apparently that of a German and does not compare in any way with his name written by some one else in English Contributed by Frank S Stewart 1928 . . — Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania . PGM Vol X No.2