Hello, I am seeking information on the following relatives in Bucks County. Please contact me if you have anything to share. John Donahower, d. Hilltown Twp, Bucks, 1797 w. Elizabeth (dau. Elizabeth marries John Yost). John. m. Elizabeth, sister of Ann Schleifer (New Britain Bucks) before 1814 (son Jacob) John Donahower, 1/3/4, Bucks Co. 1790 John & Elizabeth (Yerkes) had: George, 1803; Catherine, 1804; John, 1805; Charles, 1806; Jacob, 1808; John 1809; Rex, 1811; Ann Elizabeth 1814; Abraham, 1819 (Bucks Co.) Abraham Dannehour m. Barbara Trumpore, Dec. 8, 1811, Tohickon Reformed (PGS) ===== Rusty Danenhour Lang Please visit my websites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ~danenhower/index.htm and www.choctaw-web.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com

From: The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School While surfing for some genealogy references on the Google search engine, I came across this very interesting document site prepared by the Yale Law Shcool in 1988. The intent of the project was to compile documents with substantiating data as it applies to the original documents during the formation of the colonies in North America. Great reference page for the History and Colonial Buffs, and very possibly to the Genealogy Buff too. Edd Sinnett http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/chrono.htm

I am searching for any information (other than the DAR records) for Captain James Perry. He was married to Elizabeth (Sarah) Briggs. He was born abt. 1731 and died 1815 in Putnam County, NY. The DAR records indicate that he was captain of Continental infantry ,1776. I believe the information below is also his. Perry, James, Easton.Captain of a company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 10 days; also, Captain, Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's (28th) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 12, 1775; engaged July 1, 1775; service, 1 mo. 15 days; also, company return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also, Captain, 16th regt.; engaged Jan. 1, 1776; roll endorsed "3 mo from 1 Jany to 6 apl '76." Research from other family members indicates that he was sent to NY by General Howell as a POW and was charged as a spy, but apparently it never went to trial. If anyone has any information, I would greatly appreciate it. My e-mail address is: jkpcg@bellsouth.net - work or ddillmann@sc.rr.com - home Thank you. Emily

Hi Mark, I'm not familiar with Virginia but in Pennsylvania the oath had nothing to do with Revolution War service, everyone in the state was required to take it and it was to the state rather than any federal obilgation. The oath was seen as a kind of antidote to the oath that many Germans had taken to the King when they had arrived in Pa but as I said, everyone was required to take it. Jim Mark Allen wrote: > > Can someone help with some general questions on > the Loyalty Oath taken by men serving from the > State of Virginia? > > I have a reference to some officers that took a loyalty > oath at Ft. Pitt in Feb of 1778. > > 1) Was the oath taken at the time of enlistment so > I can assume these men enlisted in Feb 1778? > > 2) Was the oath only required of officers or did every > soldier have to take the oath? > > 3) Can someone provide the actual oath? > > 4) Was this unique to the State of Virginia or did each > State have their own requirements? > > 5) Any other information that anyone would like to expand > on would be appreciated. > > My ancestor was Charles Botkin, private, 13th VA > Jan 1777-Sept 1780 > > I would be glad to share information on the 13th VA. > > Thanks for any help. > > Mark Allen > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Conestoga Area Historical Society Web Page =-= Stokes Family Web Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm =-= http://home.supernet.com/~jlstokes =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

I am responding to the request for maps of the American Revolution. Today, while in the public library, I found the following book which looked very interesting and iformative. (I did not have time to look at it closely.) The book was: Atlas of the American Revolution Rand McNally and Company by Kenneth Nebonzahl & Don Higginbotham, 1974.

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 Monday, October 21, 1776 Congress took into consideration the form of the oath to be taken by the officers in the service of the continent, which was agreed to as follows: I --, do acknowledge the ThirteenUnited States of America, namely, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, independent, and sovereign states, and declare, that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the third, king of Great Britain; and I renounce, refuse and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him; and I do swear, that I will, to the utmost of my power, support, maintain, and defend the said United States against the said king, George the third, and his heirs and successors, and his and their abettors, assistants and adherents; and will serve the said United States in the office of --, which I now hold, and in any other office which I may hereafter hold by their appointment, or under their authority, with fidelity and honour, and according to the best of my skill and understanding. So help me God. Resolved, That every officer who holds, or shall hereafter hold, a commission or office from Congress, shall subscribe the above declaration, and take the foregoing oath. *************************** IN CONGRESS, FEBRUARY 3, 1778. RESOLVED, THAT every officer, who holds or shall hereafter hold a commission or office from Congress, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation; "I .......... do acknowledge the United States of America, to be Free, Independent and Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great-Britain; and I renounce, refuse and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him; and I do swear (or affirm) that I will to the utmost of my power, support, maintain and defend the said United States, against the said King George the Third, his heirs and successors and his and their abettors, assistants and adherents and will serve the said United States in the office of which I now hold, with fidelity, according to the best of my skill and understanding." So help me God. That all officers of the army shall take and subscibe the foregoing oath or affirmation, before the Commander in Chief, or any Major General or Brigadier General. That all officers of the navy shall take and subscribe the same, before one of the Commissioners of the Navy Boards, or before a Judge or Justice of the Peace of the State, wherein they respectively reside or shall receive their commissions or warrants. That all persons holding any civil office of trust or profit, under the Congress of these United States, shall take and subscribe the said oath or affirmation before a Judge or Justice of the Peace of the State, wherein they respectively reside. That every officer having the disposal of public money, or who is or shall be intrusted with the charge or distribution of public stores, shall, at the time of taking and subscribing the foregoing oath or affirmation also take an oath or affirmation of office in the following words. "I .......... do swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully truly and impartially execute the office of .......... to which I am appointed, and render a true account, when thereunto required, of all public monies by me received or expended, and of all stores or other effects to me intrusted, which belong to the United States, and will, in all respects, discharge the trust reposed in me with justice and integrity, to the best of my skill and understanding." That every officer, taking the foregoing oaths or affirmations or either of them, shall obtain from the person administering the same, duplicate certificates specifying the time of his taking it or them and also his name and rank or employment. That every military officer shall deliver or transmit one of the certificates so obtained to the Commander in Chief or the Commander of a Department, or to such person, as by General Orders shall be appointed to receive the same; and the said commanding officers shall cause the certificates so received to be sent to the Secretary of Congress, and shall keep an exact list of the names of all officers whose certificates shall be received and forwarded, together with their several ranks and the times of their being qualified. That every officer in the navy shall deliver or send one of the certificates by him obtained to the Navy Board most convenient, who are required to transmit the same, and also a certificate of their own qualification, to the Marine Committee, as soon as conveniently may be. That every other person employed in any civil department or office as abovementioned, shall send or deliver one of the certificates by him obtained to the Secretary of the State, to which he belongs, or to such other person or persons, as the Governor or President of such State shall direct. And the Governors or Presidents of the several States, are hereby requested to attend to this matter and to cause the certificates, when received, to be transmitted to the Secretary of Congress. That each deponant or affirmant shall retain and keep the other certificate, by him obtained, as a voucher of his having complied with what is hereby enjoined him. Resolved, That every officer civil or military, now in office, shall take and subscribe the qualifications above directed, within twenty days after notice hereof; and every person hereafter appointed to any office, by or under the authority of the Congress of the United States of America, shall take and subscribe the same, previous to his acting in such office: And every officer who shall continue or presume to exercise any commission civil or military, under the authority of the Congress of the United States of America, without taking the qualification, in time and manner above directed, shall be cashiered and forfeit two months pay to the use of the United States of America, and be rendered incapable of serving in the army of the said States, and of executing thereafter any office under Congress. And whereas many persons, employed as Deputy or Assistant Commissaries or Quarter-Masters or in other civil departments are dispersed in various parts of the continent, over whom neither Congress nor the head of their respective departments can have the immediate inspection. Resolved, That it be recommended to the legislative and executive authority of every State, to take effectual measures for preventing any person, within their State, from exercising any office in the civil department of the army or in any other civil department under Congress, who shall not, when thereunto required by any Magistrate, produce a legal appointment to that office and a certificate of his having taken the foregoing oaths or affirmations, or who shall neglect or refuse to take and subscribe the said oaths or affirmations within the time above limited. Resolved, That the resolutions passed the 21st day of October 1776, prescribing the form of an oath or affirmation and directing the same to be subscribed by officers holding commissions or offices from Congress, be and they are hereby repealed. Extract from the minutes, CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary. ***************************************** Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG

The U.S. Armory at Springfield, MA by George B. Prescott, 1863 The U.S. Armory at Springfield, Mass and the manufacture of muskets. Source: 15 page article by G. B. Prescott which appeared in The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 12, Issue 71 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Co. Publication Date: September 1863 City: Boston , Mass. <A HREF="http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa& view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fatla%2Fatla0012%2F&tif=00442.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.l ibrary.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DABK2934-0012-59"> United States Armory at Springfield, Mass.</A> Note p.447 has article on Thomas Blanchard, Springfield & Boston, Mass.

by Rudyard Kipling [1911] The American Rebellion 1776 BEFORE TWAS not while England's sword unsheathed Put half a world to flight, Nor while their new-built cities breathed Secure behind her might; Not while she poured from Pole to Line Treasure ships and men-- These worshippers at Freedom's shrine They did not quit her then! Not till their foes were driven forth By England o'er the main-- Not till the Frenchman from the North Had gone with shattered Spain; Not till the clean-swept oceans showed No hostile flag unrolled, Did they remember what they owed To Freedom--and were bold. AFTER The snow lies thick on Valley Forge, The ice on the Delaware, But the poor dead soldiers of King George They neither know nor care. Nor though the earliest primrose break On the sunny side of the lane, And scuffling rookeries awake Their England's spring again. They will not stir when the drifts are gone, Or the ice melts out of the bay: And the men that served with Washington Lie as still as they. They will not stir though the mayflower blows In the moist dark woods of pine, And every rock-strewn pasture shows Mullein and Columbine. Each for his land, in a fair fight, Encountered, strove, and died, And the kindly earth that knows no spite Covers them side by side. She is too busy to think of war; She has all the world to make gay; And, behold, the yearly flowers are Where they were in our fathers' day! Golden-rod by the pasture wall When the columbine is dead, And sumach leaves that turn, in fall, Bright as the blood they shed. http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/kipli07.html#rebel

Mark, I want you to think about this; would you give any man, enlisted or officer, be issued a gun, a horse, given your full confidence with your life, limb and future, and any/all strategic information about your plans to break away from the ruling monarch without taking their promise first? I would hope the loyalty oath would be given before all this took place! Here's a Maryland Loyalist Oath: http://users.erols.com/candidus/oath.htm I voluntarily take this OATH to bear Faith and true Allegiance to His MAJESTY KING George the Third; -- and defend to the utmost of my Power, His sacred Person, Crown and Government, against all Persons whatsoever. Potential answers given: I DISAGREE, The King can just bugger off. I AGREE, Who fancies mob rule and anarchy Each state (colony) were furiously individual, and had their own loyalty oath created of their own. I'm sure one of the high requirements on each of their list was loyality to those who were tired of all the injustices and had nothing to loose but their family's futures and their individual 'selves' considering what they viewed as continual injustices. They individually as colonies were suspect of centralized control, were made up of different cultures, ethnics...like we are made up today. I would venture to say that yesterday as early 'Americans' each colonial grouping had their own ideas and ways of thinking they're way was better, as we do today. Rhonda Houston ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Can someone help with some general questions on the Loyalty Oath taken by men serving from the State of Virginia? I have a reference to some officers that took a loyalty oath at Ft. Pitt in Feb of 1778. 1) Was the oath taken at the time of enlistment so I can assume these men enlisted in Feb 1778? 2) Was the oath only required of officers or did every soldier have to take the oath? 3) Can someone provide the actual oath? 4) Was this unique to the State of Virginia or did each State have their own requirements? 5) Any other information that anyone would like to expand on would be appreciated. My ancestor was Charles Botkin, private, 13th VA Jan 1777-Sept 1780 I would be glad to share information on the 13th VA. Thanks for any help.

Can someone help with some general questions on the Loyalty Oath taken by men serving from the State of Virginia? I have a reference to some officers that took a loyalty oath at Ft. Pitt in Feb of 1778. 1) Was the oath taken at the time of enlistment so I can assume these men enlisted in Feb 1778? 2) Was the oath only required of officers or did every soldier have to take the oath? 3) Can someone provide the actual oath? 4) Was this unique to the State of Virginia or did each State have their own requirements? 5) Any other information that anyone would like to expand on would be appreciated. My ancestor was Charles Botkin, private, 13th VA Jan 1777-Sept 1780 I would be glad to share information on the 13th VA. Thanks for any help. Mark Allen

Subj: The Theatre of War 1776 Map <A HREF="http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1776t4.jpg"> http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1776t4.jpg</A> http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1776t4.jpg

Is there an index for the Germantown Crier? If anyone has access to one I would really appreciate a lookup for listings for any Danenhouer/Danenhower, etc. I can get the articles by interlibrary loan, just need the publication dates, etc. Thanks, rusty lang ===== Rusty Danenhour Lang Please visit my websites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ~danenhower/index.htm and www.choctaw-web.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com

Does anyone have any info on Jacob Bishop of Hagerstown, Washington Co. Md., who was with Washington at Valley Forge? Big John in Mississippi.

Dear Ed, The photographs are absolutely breathtaking!!! What a good photographer you are. Where was the location? It is so pretty and I loved the angry sky in the first set of photo's. You are very kind to share them with so many people. With gratitude, Margaret Driskill, Regent Twickenham Town Chapter, NSDAR mdriskill@att.net

Margaret: My wife is the photographer, I'll pass along the kind words. The venue was Forest Lawn Cemetery, Hollywood Hills. They have a sixty-foot statue of The Great General, and a full-size replica of Boston's Old North Church (as in one if by land, etc.) which you can see in the background of some of the shots. The wall behind us in the earlier shots is a mural of American History. The building it is on has a nice little museum, if you're ever in the neighborhood. Only in Hollywood could a cemetery be an entertainment event! Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG

My ggg grandfather, Edward Mills, was killed at the Battle of Groton Heights at Fort Griswold, Groton, CT. He died of his wounds on 7 Sept. 1781. He was christened 5 April 1747. His wife was Hannah (Avery) Mills. Edward Mills has been an elusive ancestor. Any and all information on him, including his military service, his life, his family, and so on, will be very much appreciated. Emily

> I am hoping that someone can give me a brief primer on the > mechanics of muster. Every month every unit on the British establishment (including Provincial a.k.a. "Loyalist" and German a.k.a "Hessians") reported to the next higher authority the status of their unit. The commanding general sent a consolidated "State of the Army" report to London. This was a numerical report quantifying the number of officers and staff officers present. The balance of the force is reported by Serjeants, Drummers, and Rank & File broken out into categories such as "Fit and Present for Duty" or Hospitalized or Sick in the Regiment." Not all reports are the same. Some list those on command or recruiting out of the district. The final columns typically are "Total Effectives" and "Wanting to Complete." Adding these two columns indicates the authorized establishment of the Regiment. > I have two ancestors who were Sgts. for the Loyalists in > Burke Co. NC who were assigned to recruitment. The > entry indicated "muster; 1 Capt., 1 ensign, 2 Sgts., 3 > corporals, and 33 privates." > > My question is how were these ranks and rates determined, > who assigned them and was their pay commenserate with > them? Not all of the so-called "Loyalists" were created equal. See: http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/rlist/establish.htm Assuming that these folks were members of a Provincial Regiment mustered on the North American Establisment, then officer ranks were by royal commision, NCO ranks were by regimental warrant, and all got paid in accordance with the royal pay scale establisheed for the provinvial army. Of course, politics played a big part in the rank structure. All British and Provincial regiments at various times had people assigned to recruiting parties. The British recruited primarily in Great Britain while the Provincials recruited locally. The muster you cite above could reflect either a 2 officer + 5 NCO recruiting party escorting 33 recently recruited privates or it could be a reinforced recruiting party -- or a combination of both. If the recruiting locale was North Carolina and the date (not stated) was 1781, this muster could reflect the remnants of a larger unit sent out to bring its forces up to its establishment standard. > Were the Sgts. given a formula to follow and did they then > select personal to fit the quota requirements? The formula usually was "Go get bodies!" Once enlisted the recruits came under the rules miltary law re: desertion, failure to obey orders, etc. If the fool if he had all his limbs and signed (or "marked") the enlistment papers and accepted the King's shilling. He became a soldier. Of course, if not sober, he might have had some help signing. Bob Brooks

Photos of the 20th Annual George Washington Massing of the Colors, organized by Don Moran and sponsored by the Sons of Liberty Chapter, SAR, are available for your viewing pleasure at: http://www.americanrevolution.org/massing.html Yes, the Civil War guys were allowed to participate, as well as civilian women and children and even some (shudder) "polyester patriots," but it was still pretty cool, anyway (did I say "cool"? - I'm dating myself again, I meant to say "rad." I regret to advise that there will be *no* photos of the George Washington Birthday Ball this year. I couldn't get my photographer off the dance floor. Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG

Hi, I'm looking for Adam Hamer or Hammer to see if he was in the REV, he was in Maryland, in 1790. Thanks, Terry Davison

--part1_87.17b5d766.29a1c7ad_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It is known that John Morton's father came to America from Sweden. I inadvertantly discovered that he descended further back to Marten =20 Martensson, whose family came to America in the ship the Eagle from Gothenburg, Sweden, settin= g=20 sail Feb 2, 1654 with 350 souls aboard - to New Sweden.=20 [website below. Have downloaded file for anyone who cannot access the site.= =20 =20 Janice Farnsworth aka farns10th@aol.com] The Eagle set sail from Gothenburg harbor on the icy, winter morning of 2=20 February 1654. Aboard were 350 souls, including Peter M=E5rtensson Lindestr= =F6m,=20 who would describe this voyage in his famous work Geographia Americae, and=20 Johan Risingh, who was destined to become the last governor of New Sweden. In Crum Creek, the authors propose that Johan Hendricksson, as the eldest so= n=20 and new family leader, inherited not only the family homestead but also the=20 task of supporting his younger brothers, which, in Anders' case, meant=20 helping him build a good house to live in when he was ready to marry. The=20 presence of a good supply of freestone dictated the material of choice. Thus= =20 was constructed a stone house for Anders Hendricksson and his bride,=20 Brigitta, the daughter of M=E5rten M=E5rtensson, Anders' old guardian and=20 neighbor whose great-grandson, John Morton, would sign the Declaration of=20 Independence as a representative of the colony of Pennsylvania. (skipping ahead, full file attached) Not long after John Hendrickson's untimely demise, his widow Magdalena=20 married Charles Grantum, a justice of Chester County, whose first wife,=20 Catherina Morton, was a granddaughter of M=E5rten M=E5rtensson. Magdalena an= d=20 Isaac left Crum Creek to live at their new home in Ammansland. On 4 January=20 1753, Magdalena Grantum died and was buried in the churchyard at Wicaco http://www.colonialswedes.org/Forefathers/Hendrick.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Morton=20 Signer of the Declaration of Independence=20 JOHN MORTON was born in 1724 in Ridley, in a part of Chester County that is=20 now Delaware County, Pennsylvania. His roots can be traced back to his great= =20 grandfather, who in 1654 was among the first Swedish emigrants to this=20 country. They settled in what are now the suburbs of Philadelphia. His fathe= r=20 died in John's youth, and his stepfather, John Sketchley, an Englishman,=20 supervised his education.=20 John Morton was reared on a farm, yet with the help of his stepfather, he=20 became a surveyor before he entered into politics. He married Ann Justice (o= r=20 Justis) who was also of Delaware Swedish decent. They had three sons and fiv= e=20 daughters. Morton was elected to the provincial assembly in 1756 while in his thirties= =20 and would serve there almost continuously for a decade. After losing his=20 seat, Morton was appointed high sheriff of Chester County by the governor of= =20 Pennsylvania. He held this position until he gained his way back into the=20 provincial assembly, where he was frequently speaker of the house. John Morton was a Pennsylvania delegate at both the First and Second=20 Continental Congresses, who initially refused to favor independence. In a=20 letter to a friend in England, he wrote: "We are preparing for the worst tha= t=20 can happen, viz., a civil war. I sincerely wish reconciliation; the contest=20 is horrid. Parents against children, and children against parents. The longe= r=20 the wound is left in the present state the worse it will be to heal at last.= " When the British would not accept offers at reconciliation by he spring of=20 1776, Morton supported the vote for independence. Thomas Morton gave the=20 casting affirmative vote of Pennsylvania on the question of adopting the=20 Declaration of Independence. He was chairman of the committee of the whole o= n=20 the adoption of the system of confederation, which was the committee that=20 adopted the Articles of Confederation, ratified after his death. At the close of his life he was abandon by many of his friends whose=20 political sentiments differed from his own. On his deathbed he said "Tell=20 them they will live to see the hour when they shall acknowledge my signing o= f=20 the Declaration of Independence to have been the most glorious service that=20= I=20 ever rendered my country." John Morton was the first of the Signers to die.=20 He passed away quietly in Chester, Pennsylvania on April 1, 1777. http://www.rebelswithavision.com/JohnMorton.net/ Court Document requiring William Archer to appear before the General Court o= n=20 the lastTuesday of the present month. dated February 12, 1774 and signed=20 "John Morton" =20 http://www.rebelswithavision.com/JohnMorton.net/ =20 John Morton 1724-1777=20 Home Biographies -Signers of the Declaration -Signers of the A. O. C. -Signers of the U. S. Constitution Documents Search Trivia =20 John Morton was a native of Ridley, in the county of Chester, now Delaware.=20 His ancestors were of Swedish extraction, and among the first Swedish=20 emigrants, who located themselves on the banks of the Delaware. His father,=20 after whom he was called, died a few months previously to his birth. His=20 mother was some time after married to an Englishman, who possessed a more=20 than ordinary education, and who, with great kindness, on young Morton's=20 becoming of the proper age, superintended and directed his education at home= .=20 Here his active mind rapidly expanded, and gave promise of the important par= t=20 which he was destined to act in the subsequent history of his country.=20 About the year 1764, he was commissioned as a justice of the peace, and=20 was sent as a delegate to the general assembly of Pennsylvania. Of this body= =20 he was for many years an active and distinguished member, and for some time=20 the speaker of the house of representatives. The following year he was=20 appointed by the house of representatives of Pennsylvania to attend the=20 general congress at New-York. The object and proceedings of this congress ar= e=20 too well known to need a recital in this place.=20 In 1766, Mr. Morton was appointed sheriff of the county in which he lived= ,=20 an office which he continued to hold for the three following years, and the=20 duties of which he discharged with great satisfaction to the public. Some=20 time after, he was elevated to a seat on the bench, in the superior court of= =20 Pennsylvania.=20 Of the memorable congress of 1774 he was a member, and continued to=20 represent the state of Pennsylvania in the national assembly, through the=20 memorable session of that body which gave birth to the declaration of=20 American Independence.=20 On the occurrence of the momentous subject of independence, in the=20 continental congress, Mr. Morton unexpectedly found himself placed in a=20 delicate and trying situation. Previously to the 4th of July, the states of=20 Delaware and Pennsylvania had voted in opposition to that measure. Great=20 doubts were therefore entertained by the other members of congress, how the=20 Pennsylvania and Delaware delegations would act. Much was obviously dependin= g=20 upon them, for it was justly apprehended, that should these two states=20 decline to accede to the measure, the result might prove most unfortunate.=20 Happily, the votes of both these states were, at length, secured in favor of= =20 independence. But, as the delegation from Pennsylvania were equally divided,= =20 it fell to Mr. Morton to give his casting vote. The responsibility which he=20 thus assumed was great, and even fearful, should the measure be attended by=20 disastrous results. Mr. Morton, however, was a man of firmness and decision,= =20 and, in the spirit of true patriotism, he enrolled his vote in favor of the=20 liberty of his country. Considering his novel and solemn situation, he=20 deserves to be remembered with peculiar respect, by the free and independent= =20 yeomanry of America.=20 In the following year, he assisted in organizing a system of=20 confederation, and was chairman of the committee of the whole, at the time i= t=20 was finally agreed to, on the 15th of November, 1777. During the same year,=20 he was seized with an inflammatory fever, which, after a few days, ended his= =20 mortal existence, in the 64th year of his age. Mr. Morton was a professor of= =20 religion, and a truly excellent man. To the poor he was ever kind; and to an= =20 affectionate family, consisting of a wife, three sons, and five daughters, h= e=20 was an affectionate husband and father. His only enemies were those who woul= d=20 not forgive him because of his vote in favor of independence. During his las= t=20 sickness, and even on the verge of the eternal world, he remembered them, an= d=20 requested those who stood round him, to tell them, that the hour would yet=20 come, when it would be acknowledged, that his vote in favor of American=20 independence was the most illustrious act of his life.=20 http://www.colonialhall.com/morton/morton.asp Soon thereafter a smaller book came out: John Morton. Amerikan=20 itsen=E4isyysjulistuksen allekirjoittaja (John Morton: The Signer of the=20 American Declaration of Independence), printed in Hancock, Michigan in 1936=20 (76 pp.). The date of publication occurred in the same year as the United=20 States celebrated 250 years of independence, hardly a coincidence, as=20 referred to later on in this paper. In the book, Ilmonen discussed the life=20 and ancestry of John Morton, the probable second generation American born=20 Finn from the Delaware colonial period. As a member of the Pennsylvania=20 delegation, Morton signed the Declaration of Independence of the United=20 States in 1776. An English version of the book was published in 1937, at the= =20 time of the tercentenary celebrations of the Delaware colony. It was=20 celebrated extensively as a joint effort of the rival Finnish immigrant=20 groups and organizations. Official delegations from Finland, Sweden, and the= =20 United States government participated in the celebrations.(10) http://www.utu.fi/erill/instmigr/art/kostiainen.htm --part1_87.17b5d766.29a1c7ad_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; name="ELLIS.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline; filename="ELLIS.txt" Subject: ELLIS Source: Farnsworth Memorial p.65 Jesse Wilcox, Jr. b. Nov 5, 1809 at Newport, NH m. (1) Elizabeth E. Farnswor= th b. 1814 at Newport, NH. in 1838. She died 1845 and he m. (2) Sarah Ellis wh= o=20 died and he m. (3) Elizabeth Ellis. p.81 Carrie Farnsworth b. 1850 at Oconto, Wisconson m. O. A. Ellis and resided at Oconto. Their children: 1. George Ellis 2. Fred Ellis 3. Ethel Ellis p.207 Solomon Farnsworth b. 1738 b. at Groton, MA m. (1) his cousin, Lucy=20 Farnsworth b, 1743 and d. 1800. He m. (2) 1801 at Chute Cove, Nova Scotia, Mary Chute. He= =20 died and Mary Chute m. (2) Feb 15, 1813, John Ellis and had by him at Digby, Nova Scotia and had by him 6 children (see Nova Scotia site on Solomon Farnsworth= ) http://www.glinx.com/~woodhue/farnsw/main.html p.220 Benjamin Farnsworth, son of Solomon (above) b. 1802 at Hampton, N.S. m. (1) Anna Matilda Ellis b. 1805 dau of John & Rebecca Ellis of Milbury, N.S. She=20 died May 15, 1861 aged 55 and he m. (2) Phebe Milberry. He d. Feb 4, 1880 at=20 Annapolis, N.S. He had by Anna Matilda Ellis at Bayshore, Hampton, N.S. the following children: 1. Seraphina b. 1823 m. 1852 James Lowrywhod. 1886 aged 62. She died at=20 Danvers, MA. 2. Mary b. 1825 m. 1850 Daniel Gunnison who d. 1861. She d. 1890. 6=20 children. 3. Ezra b. 1827 m. 1854 Mary Jordan. 4 children. 4. Lucretia b. 1829 m. Sidney Chute b. 1824; he d.1885 and she m. (2) Priest= ly Milberry as his 2nd wife. They lived in 1892 at Bear River, N.S. and she ha= d=20 11 childrenby Sidney Chute. 5. Matilda b. 1831; d. 1834 6. Jacob b. 1834 m. Louise Foster of Lyme N.S. dau of Isaac & Elizabeth=20 (Patterson) Foster. They had one child, Anna M. Foster whom. George W. Davis of Lynn, M= A She died 1894. 7. Ellen Ann b. 1838 m. (1) 1859 Merrill Tufts. She m. (2) James Mowatt. =20 One child by James Mowatt: Saville Mowatt b. 1880. 8. Abijah b. 1838 m. Anna Wallin (or Whalin). He d. 1874 and she m. (2) Jame= s Knowlin in CA. p.257 Mary Proctor b. Mar 4 1794 at Sullivan, N.H. dau of Philip Proctor and his=20 wife, Hannah Locke of Groton, MA. Mary Proctor m. (1) March 1822 Ira Ellis, son=20= of Simeon and Lydia (Comstock) Ellis of Lyme, CT. The removed to Rutland, VT i= n 1835; he died May 14, 1840; she m. (2) Oct 1842, David Boynton. She had 5 children by her 1st husband, Ira Ellis (not listed). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: ELLIS Source: Prescott Memorial p.150 & 212 Mary E.White b. Feb 14, 1841 at Washington, NH dau of Abel White & Anne=20 Fassett of Washington, NH. Mary E. White m. Dec 18, 1866. George Ellis (record end= s) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: ELLIS Source: SAVAGE DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND ELLIS, ARTHUR, came to N. E. in 1630, says Farmer, but my search for him has not been successful. CHRISTOPHER, New London 1682. CONSTANT, Ipswich, d. 26 Oct. 1686. Felt. EDWARD, Boston, m. 6 Oct. 1652, Sarah, d. of Robert Blott, had Sarah, b. 1 July 1654; perhaps others, certain. Edward, 26 Nov. 1656; and Ann, 3 Feb. 1659, wh. d. 4 Dec. 1678; and he d. 23= =20 Apr.=20 1695, aged 74. FRANCIS, Salem, perhaps as early as 1691. Felt, I. 420. By w. Sarah he had Francis, b. Feb. 1692; and William, 7 June 1702. FREDERICK, Norwich, had gr. of ld. 1678. HENRY, Boston 1666, mariner. JAMES, Stonington 1653, d. 1694. JOHN, Dedham, freem. 2 June 1641, m. 10 Nov. 1641, Susan Lumber, had John, b. 26 Apr. 1646; and Hannah, 9 Apr. 1651, was of Medfield 1653, where his w. d. 4 Apr. 1654. He m. next, 16 June 1655, or 6,=20 Joan, wid. of John Clapp of Dorchester, had Samuel, 24 May 1660, wh. d. at 24 yrs.; and Joseph, 24 Oct. 1662. He d. 2 Apr. 1697; and his wid. d. 2 Mar. 1704. Hannah m. 15 Dec. 1671, Samuel Rockett or Rockwood of M. JOHN, Sandwich, m. a. 1645, Elizabeth d. of first Edmund Freeman, had, perhaps, Bennet, b. 27 Feb. 1649; but certain Mordecai, 24 Mar. 1651; Joel, 20 Mar. 1655; and Matthias, 2 June 1657; d. 1677, then call. jr. yet wh. was the sen= . is unkn. His w. surv. and with Mordecai admin. the est. JOHN, New London 166= 4, [[114]] prob. rem. JOSEPH, Mass. freem. 1663, may have been s. of the preced. MATTHIAS, Sandwich, s. of John, had Matthias, b. 5 Nov. 1681; a s. 17 Aug,. 1683; Mary, 17 Aug. 1685; Experience, 26 July 1687; Malachi, 8 Oct. 1689; Remember, 1 Dec. 1691; ano. ch. d. 31 Dec. 1693, soon after b.; and Samuel, 12 Nov. 1699. RICHARD, Dedham, by w. Elizabeth m. 1650, wh. may seem to be d= .=20 of Lambert Genery, espec. as G. in his will calls E. s.-in-law, had, perhaps sev. ch. but certain. a d. b. 1651; and Mary, 3 Feb. 1655, wh. m. 12 Mar.=20 1680, Amos Fisher. ROGER, Yarmouth, had John, b. 1 Dec. 1648. THOMAS, Medfield 1649, may be the same wh. was bapt. at Wrentham, Eng. 13 Dec. 1629; and m. 21 May 1657, Mary, d. of Thomas Wight of Dedham, had Mary, b. 26 Sept. 1660; Abiel, 15 Oct. 1662; Samuel, 9 Nov. 1664; Thomas, 10 Jan. 1666; Patience, 22 Feb. 1668; Ruth, 31 Oct. 1670; Thomas, again, 24 July 1674; and Joanna, 17 Jan. 1677; and ano. d. nam. Juda, or Judith, in the will of her=20 gr.f. b. 5=20 or 15 Apr. 1658; and he a. 12 Dec. 1690. His wid. d. 7 Mar. 1693. Mary m. 20= =20 Mar.=20 1678 or 9, Jonathan Adams, and Patience m. 10 Dec. 1691, Henry Adams, both o= f=20 M.=20 One THOMAS, perhaps liv. at Marblehead 1668-74. WILLIAM, Braintree. See=20 Allis.=20 Five of this name at Harv. and four at other N. E. coll. had been gr. 1828.=20 Sometimes=20 it is writ. Elice. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth --part1_87.17b5d766.29a1c7ad_boundary--