In my research on the "Frontier Brethren", I followed our church families as they moved through Kentucky. My primary effort was to locate the lost Brethren Churches in early Kentucky. HK-19 Abraham F Hendricks................m. 1820.............Jane Cox b. 20 May 1801 Warren Co KY...........................b. 10 July 1800 Buncombe Co NC d. 1 Dec 1869 Bancroft, Daviess Co MO.............d. 20 Dec 1888 Bancroft MO bur: Hill Cemetery..............................................bur. Hill Cemetery f. John Hendricks...............................................f. ?William Cox/?Amos Cox m. Fanny Welty ch: ...Eli N...........(1820-1903)...m. 1842, Nancy Lierley..............Gilman City MO ...Josiah.........(1822- .........m. 1847, Catherine Stroder.........Pike Co IL ...Peninah......(1825-1895)...m...........Wm R Lierley...............Liberty IL ...Minerva.......(1827-1908)...m. 1846, Alonzo Chaplin............Edgerton KS ...Muhulda.....(1830-c1910) ...John R.......(1832-1898)...m. 1855, Jane A Nichols............Coffey MO ...William H...(1836-1918)...m. 1865, Martha A Henwood......Cedardale OK ...James F.....(1838-1881)...m. 1865, Emily J Thompson.......Daviess Co MO ...Sarah J......(1841-c1910)..m. 1864, John W Johnson.........Harvey Co KS ...Abraham....(1844-1933)...m. 1870, Harriett B Wherritt........Watertown NY ...2 infants c1826 - Cape Girarrdeau MO to Adams Co IL I have slightly different dates for both Abraham and Jane - and I do not remember where I obtained the information I do not know Jane's father's name - these were the two Cox families living near to James Hendricks in Kentucky - I would appreciate more information. I suspect they were Brethren. I did not have the migration to Texas - the family migration to Cape Girardeau MO was to the Whitewater Church - it would now be in Bollinger Co MO. Many of these families, then, did move on to Adams Co IL. HK-1 John Hendricks..............m................................Jane Frena Welty (Fanny) WL-11 b......1746 PA..................................................b......1754 York Co PA d. 13 Apr 1814 Warren Co KY...........................d. 13 Sep 1850 Pike Co IL bur: Sulfur For Creek (Simpson Co KY) f. James Hendricks...........................................f. Abraham Welty m. Fanny.........................................................m. Magdalina Cocghnower ch: ...Catherine.....(1786-1810)...m. 1802, Charles Loyd.............Warren Co KY ...James.........(1788-1844)...m. 1809, Catherine Carlock......Cape Girardeau Co MO ...Mary...........(1790-1857)...m. 1807, Daniel Welty (WL131) Cape Girardeau Co MO ...Christiana...(1792-...........m...........Jesse Lanston ...John C........(1794-..........m............Mary..........................Adams Co IL ...Rachel........(c1797- ...Elizabeth....(c1799-1848).m. 1830, Isaac Miller.................Cape Girardeau Co MO ...William.......(c1799-.........m. 1833, Elizabethe Shell..........Sangamon Co IL ...Abraham.....(1801-1849)..m. 1820, Jane Cox.....................Daviess Co MO ...Henry.........(1804-1850)..m. 1830, Hester Lee...................Liberty IL ...Daniel........(1807-1882)..1/m........Mary S Crouse .......................................2/m 1830, Catherine Miller...........Carthage MO 1770 - James Henrick - minister, Little Conewago Congrgation - York Co PA (Morgan Edwards) 1775 - James Hendricks - wheelwright - Dutchmans Creek/Forks of the Yadkin - Rowan Co NC 1799 - to Drakes Creek Church, Warren Co KY (actually - Simpson Co KY) 1800, April 1 - Elder Gasper Rowland ordained John Hendricks and Joseph Roland to ministry 1800 - may be the "J.H.'" in Annual Meeting Minutes, named "Leader of the Universalist Brethren" 1814 - planned, but died - before migration to Whitewater, Cape Girardeau, Upper Louisiana WL-1 Abraham Weldy................1/m..................Maria Magdalena Gochenauer b......c1732 Lancaster Co PA...................b.....1833, York Co PA d. 17 July 1787 Rowan Co NC..................d. after 1773 f. Peter Welty...........................................f. Jacob Gochenauer m. Catharina............................................m. Anna Hunsaker .......................................2/m..................Mary ..............................................................b...Oct 1737 ..............................................................d. 30 Jul 1826 Nicholas Co KY (Hinkston Creek Church) ..............................................................bur: Carter Cemetery ch: ...Franey........(1754-1830).....m...........John Hendricks (HK-1) ....Pike Co IL ...Peter..........(1760-c1825)....m...........Elizabeth..................... ..Simpson Co KY ...Jacob.........(c1768-c1824)..m...........Rachel.......................... .Cape Girardeau Co MO ...David..........(c1774-c1839)..m. 1796, Mary Brown....................Highland Co OH ...John...........(c1776-c1835)..m. 1800, Elizabeth Hostetter..........Pike Co MO ...Abraham....(c1780-1842)....m. 1802, Mary Roland...................Lincoln Co MO ...Elizabeth...(1784-18700.....m............Joseph Moler Jr (ML-12)..Nicholas Co KY lived Mannheim twp, York Co PA 1763 - Frederick Co MD - 113 Acr from Gaspar Roland - sold 1770 to Abraham Roland 1773 - Dutchman's Creek, Rowan Co NC There were several early Brethren Churches along the Yadkin River in North Carolina. This was a central one, at the Forks of the Yadkin. It was north of Salisbury NC (where my ancestor was a minister in the Crane Creek Church), the Forks was the area in which Squire Boone Sr settled, and Daniel Boone lived a number of years. The "Carolina Wagon Road" was followed by US-15 to near Durham NC - then followed a major Indian road to the Yadkin River Ferry at Salisbury. The later, Shenandoah Valley Road came down to Big Lick (Roanoke Va) then the "Carolina Road" went through the Blue Ridge and followed the face of the mountains to the Moravian Salem (now Winston Salem NC), the Brethren had the Uhwarrie Church just south of there, then down to the Forks of the Yadkin and the Dutchmans Creek Church - and on to the Crane Creek Church, Salisbury. It went on to the Broad River, and into South Carolina, Newberry Co, where Elder David Martin (son of Elder George Adam Martin) was THE leader of the Eternal Restoration Brethren in the Carolinas (there were "Seventh Day Baptists" at Newberry - the Ephrata Cloisters branch of the early Brethren). One early Pietist Brethren belief, was called "Eternal Restoration" - that God loved His Creation so much, that He would leave none of them in Hell for Eternity. John Hendricks was one of the leading preachers of "Eternal Restoration". When the Brethren leaders in Pennsylvania began taking action against this movement (or its successor - Univeralism) in the Carolinas, John Hendricks went "West" - followed the Wilderness Road to Logan's Fort (Stanford KY), then the Cumberland Road to Bowling Green, KY, and south along Drakes Creek. His brother William, bought his land on the Forks of the Yadkin. I do not know the reason for the migration to Upper Louisiaina (before it became MIssouri). The Whitewater Church existed for years under the Hendricks family, but many of them followed the Brethren to Illinois. (Another Brethren family at the Whitewater was the Limbaugh family - ancestors of Rush Limbaugh.) (Eternal Restoration accepted that there was a Hell, Universalism denied Hell. - the Brethren in the Carolinas seem to have moved toward the Universalist concept - per Elder Jacob Stutzman - 1790.) James Hendricks may be a son/descendent of the John Hendricks, Mennonite, who was the first to move west of the Susquehanna River, into York Co PA. - by accident, the father (John) shot and killed his son (John). John Hendricks sold land to Michael Danner, - Under orders from the Governor, Danner opened the road from York Co PA, to Frederick Co MD c1730 - which became the original road south across Colonial Virginia to the Carolinas. (It was only following the French and Indian War, that the Shenandoah Valley Road opened in western Viriginia - to the Yadkin.) Information on both early Brethren Pietism and the Migration Roads may be found at my folder, at www.cob-net.org/docs/brethrenlife.htm. Merle C Rummel ---------------------------------------- Subject: [BRE] Abraham Hendricks and Jane Cox I am researching my Hendricks line, and am trying to locate parents of Abraham Hendricks and Jan Cox. I know they belong to the Dunkard religion, and they are buried in Daviess Co Mo, married in Cape Girardeau 1820, he was born in Kentucky 19 May 1801, and she was born in Buncombe, NC 02 Jan 1800. I have also read they came to Texas around 1850 for a religious movement, lived here four or five years and went to Adams Co IL.