===================================================================== Match: Bole Source: FULTON-L@rootsweb.com From: <mmontgo@mindspring.com> Subject: David Hunter Fulton -- where did that middle name come from? Fulton list readers may recall various discussions about Alexander Fulton and Sarah McDonald, both born around 1750, who were married by Rev. John Roan in Lancaster County on 1 December 1774. Rev. Roan was a Presbyterian minister who served the congregaions of Derry, Paxtang and Mount Joy from 1745 to 1775 in a part of Lancaster County that in 1785 became Dauphin County. His congregation lists and marriage lists are in Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania along with a list of those buried in Derry cemetery and another list of those who contributed to the building of a wall around the cemetery. Alexander and Sarah had the following children: Jane Fulton, b. 1775 David Hunter Fulton, b. 1777 Robert Fulton, b. 1780 (my ancestor) John Fulton, b. 1782 Sarah Fulton, b. 1784 William Fulton, b. 1786 Margaret Fulton, b. 1787 Alexander and Sarah eventually moved to Huntingdon County PA, and after Alexander died between 1800-1805, the rest of the family moved down to Indiana County PA except for David Hunter Fulton who moved at some point to Centre County, then Clearfield County. Researchers of this family have long thought that the middle name of David Hunter Fulton might provide a clue that would lead to discovery of Alexander's parents. Now I have found something that seems to suggest that David Hunter for whom David Hunter Fulton was named was more likely a connection of John McDonald, who with his wife Sarah were members of John Roan's congregation and are buried in the Derry cemetery. John McDonald's grave says he died 23 December 1793, age 81, and Sarah's says she died 10 November 1789, age 75. Here is a link to the burials in Derry cemetery: http://www.maley.net/dauphin/OnlineData/cemetery/DerryPresby.htm Because these are the only McDonalds in the cemetery, and Rev. Roan, the minister who married Alexander Fulton and Sarah McDonald presided over the church, I had thought it likely that John and his wife Sarah were the parents of Sarah born about 1750. John McDonald and David Hunter, by the way, are both listed as members of John Roan's congregation in Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania. Not having much luck finding John McDonald as a grantor or grantee in Lancaster County, I took a look while at Salt Lake at the Dauphin County records. Bingo. On April 7, 1793 there was a land sale by John McDonald of two tracts of land in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, to John Bole. The deed was not recorded until June 13, 1804. The deed is very hard to read, and I have sent to the county in hopes of getting a better copy. At any rate, in the description of the parcels, John McDonald states that he bought them with David Hunter, and that they held them as tenants in common, and that the tracts lay between the existing lands of him and David Hunter. He also said David and he had made an "amiable division" of these lands. This all suggested to me that John and David are likely to be related; possibly they were half-brothers, brothers in law, or some such relationship. Law.com gives the following definition of tenancy in common: tenancy in common Title to property (usually real property, but it can apply to personal property) held by two or more persons, in which each has an "undivided interest" in the property and all have an equal right to use the property, even if the percentage of interests are not equal or the living spaces are different sizes. Unlike "joint tenancy," there is no "right of survivorship" if one of the tenants in common dies, and each interest may be separately sold, mortgaged or willed to another. Thus, unlike a joint tenancy interest, which passes automatically to the survivor, upon the death of a tenant in common there must be a probate (court supervised administration) of the estate of the deceased to transfer the interest (ownership) in the tenancy in common. It appears that John McDonald had never recorded the deeds for the land, and is furnishing the purchase information and deed chain at this point of sale. The first parcel was 102 acres, and had been purchased of William Sawyer and his wife Sophia on 23 November 1764 by John McDonald and David Hunter. This tract was bordered by land owned by Christopher ?, John Campbell, and Peter Dole. Prior to the Sawyer ownership, the land had been owned by David McCord who made improvements on it in 1744. The second tract, which adjoined the first, contained 51 and a quarter acres, and had been sold to John McDonald and David Hunter with a release date of 22 March 1768. Prior to that it had been owned by Andrew Roan who was a brother to Rev. John Roan. Neighbors were Benjamin Boyd, other lands of Andrew Roan, John McDonald, and David Hunter. In addition to these two tracts, a small piece of land of 3 and a quarter acres was included in the sale, and it had been sold to John McDonald by Ro! bert McCallen (it was his company that Alexander Fulton was in the the Rev. War.) with a release date of 2 November 1772. The John Bole that John McDonald was selling this land to appears from online sites to be married to a daughter of William Sawyer. The number of acres sold in the entire parcel were 165, and I don't understand what happened to the part owned by David Hunter since the total should be about half of what it is if David, or heirs, retained his share of the land. Well, I am continuing to research all these folks, but more deed examination will have to await another trip to Salt Lake. By the way, I noticed the name Sophia Sawyer, and in the Derry cemetery there was one Agnes Taylor who died in 1763 at age 15. Another Agnes Taylor (her mother?) contributed to the building of the Derry cemetery wall in 1771. Weren't the names Sophia Sawyer and Agnes Taylor mentioned by Pat Stark in an earlier list message about Rev. John Roan's concern with a possible witchcraft episode on which he was seeking advice from the Donegal Presbytery? Mary Montgomery