Hello, I am a new member on this list. I am looking for the Charles A BELL family of Harmony Grove (part of Frederick District ?), Frederick Co, MD. Charles married Louisa STULTZ in 1874. Don't know eithers parents yet... Charles was born in May 1852, and Louisa was born in March, 1856. Their children were: Charles W, b 1874, Jessie E, b 1886, Edward Millard, b Oct. 1888, James C, b 1892, Lola? V, b 1893, Nathan Daniel, b 1895,and Luther, b 1898. Edward Millard BELL married my Great-Aunt, Arthemise LEFEBVRE, in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada in 1913. They and their two small children died in a shipwreck off the Alaska Coast in 1918. I have no details yet on the rest of the family. If any of this this sounds familiar to anyone, I'd be very happy to hear from you. Ginny _________________________________________________________________ Choose an Internet access plan right for you -- try MSN! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp

Hi anyone, Looking for any McClelland's or Cleland's. The line has Weaver, Wilson, Murphy, Hollebaugh, Leister, to name a few. Dot at : benedict@car.org

I am wondering if anyone can help me find information on whether this church is still in existence, and if so how to get copies of its records. Also, any information on this name - BEIGHLEY, would be appreciated.: Conrad BEUCHELE married Margaretta Wiles in 1764 in Frederic, MD. At this time he changed his name to Beighley. Their first home was near Funkstown MD on a tract of land known as "Wiles Beginning They were communicants of the old German Lutheran Reformed Church of Salem. It is still standing, as of 1991, one mile from Hagerstown, MD, on the old Saratoga Road. Thank you. Sylvia

I am searching for the parents of Meredith/Meridia Collins born about 1760 , not sure just where. Meredith joined McDaniel's Fincastle Co. militia 1776 w/ 3 other Collins men, George, David, & Lewis. I am also curious about Walkersville as WALKER is a middle name handed down in the family and so far I have found no Walkers in the family. I have searched Virginia and North Carolina for the parents w/o any luck. Brenda Collins Dillon "Life is a Rainbow Made up of Many Different Colors" Surnames: COLLINS SPENCER TAYLOR BENNETT WILLIAMS WOODS ROARK HOLLOWAY BENNETT COTTRILL PERRY PATTERSON ALLMAN MACE WEATHERHOLT STANSBERRY FISHER LYONS SHOULDERS PRINCE GODFREY BAILEY http://www.angelfire.com/wv2/dillon1944/appalachian_creek_index.htm

From the Frederick County web site: The Settlers... While the early land grants were to English-speaking people from Maryland, and the earliest settlers came from nearby St. Mary's, Charles, and Prince George's Counties, a large part of the actual settlers of the land were Palatines from Germany. Most of the German speaking Immigrants were spreading south from Pennsylvania. Commerce between the German settlements in southern Pennsylvania and parts of Virginia was common, and the main road between these areas was through this part of Maryland. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The German Influx... Long before there were any settlements in Frederick County, parties of Germans passed through it from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to seek homes in Virginia. The principal route was over a pack horse or Indian road that crossed the present Pennsylvania counties of York and Adams to the Monocacy where it passed into Maryland. Once in Maryland, the road passed through Crampton's Gap and crossed the Potomac at several fords. The first German settlement in Frederick County was as early as 1729 in the village of Monocacy, which was the first village beyond the lower part of Montgomery County in Western Maryland . Monocacy was situated at or near the present village of Creagerstown. Here around 1732 the first German church, which was known as the Log Church, was built in Maryland. The Log Church later became the church of Creagerstown and then was replaced by a brick church a few rods north of the old site in 1834. There were several taverns there to accommodate travelers on the Monocacy Road, which was constructed by the governments of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Monocacy Road was an improvement upon the old Indian trail which was formerly used. The road went from Wright's Ferry in Pennsylvania to the Maryland line, then to the Potomac, and then on to the uplands of Virginia. See http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/frederick/fredcoh.html for more information. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <TentKamper@aol.com> To: <MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [MDFred] MD to VA Migration Route > <PRE>I appreciate the information on Migration routes, and would like to add my > request: How would people travel in about the early 1700s from Philadelphia > to Frederic, Md, and then in the late 1700s on from Frederick, MD to Butler > Co.? Sylvia > > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > Come on over to the Maryland Roots Network at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/ > > ============================== > 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 >

<PRE>I appreciate the information on Migration routes, and would like to add my request: How would people travel in about the early 1700s from Philadelphia to Frederic, Md, and then in the late 1700s on from Frederick, MD to Butler Co.? Sylvia

Need quick help on ancestors of Peter ROHR & Sophia HOOVER. They had son Philip Theodore ROHR, b. 1821, baptised in Evangelical Reformed Church of Frederick Co, Md. Philip m. 1847 Matilda CREAMER in Frederick Co, Md. Thanks Mick Burdge Dayton, Ohio

My HAGAN data base shows an Elizabeth R. RENNER, b. 1854; d. Apr 11, 1928 in Wash. D.C.; m. Charles McCauley HAGAN Jan 1, 1881 in Frederick, MD. This is not what you are requesting but you may be able to tie to this Elizabeth as well. I have no further information about this Elizabeth. Fred Hagan Subject: [MDFred] Renner > Can anyone help with a look up for Francis or Frank Renner that married Catherine (?) circa 1820-1835? > > Thank you > > Jack Turner > jack-n-nan@mindspring.com > > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > The OFFICIAL website for this list is: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/frederick/ > > ============================== > 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 > >

Can anyone help with a look up for Francis or Frank Renner that married Catherine (?) circa 1820-1835? Thank you Jack Turner jack-n-nan@mindspring.com

Bill, I am guessing you mean moving household goods and family. You would take a boat west up the Potomac from Williamsport to Cumberland. There was a road that was later the Old Pike (and later US40)that ran some what parallel to the river. The boat would have been the safest. They would get off at the Fort in Cumberland where the boats turned around and take the road south. The boats hauled people and food west the furs, lumber and coal east. Most people went west through the Narrow's to Ohio. The old trail south would today be RT51. I lived in Cumberland 1967-1972 and walked the old trails. tom -----Original Message----- From: Bill [mailto:bill-good1@attbi.com] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 4:03 PM To: MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDFred] MD to VA Migration Route Hello, What would have been the most probable migratory route ca 1770 from Hagerstown and Frederick, MD area to the Patterson Creek Valley of Hampshire Co., Virginia (S of Cumberland, MD to Headsville/Burlington area of present Mineral Co., WV) Thanks for your help. Regards, Bill ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== Come on over to the Maryland Roots Network at: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/ ============================== 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

Hello, What would have been the most probable migratory route ca 1770 from Hagerstown and Frederick, MD area to the Patterson Creek Valley of Hampshire Co., Virginia (S of Cumberland, MD to Headsville/Burlington area of present Mineral Co., WV) Thanks for your help. Regards, Bill

Looking for info re: Elizabeth Ovelman/Ovalman m. 10/10/1807 Johan Jacob Loy/Lay who was born in frederick Md. 4/11/1776 thanks, pete jeschke

In a message dated 9/12/02 8:53:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, joanngeo@BCPL.net writes: > I know this is not the person you are searching for, but it is an example of > Quaker > name conventions. Also, the Quaker calendar is different than the one we > know. > I know of no "Quaker" naming pattern but the early Welsh (whether Quakers or not) used Patronymics where the son would take the father's given name as his "surname." So David Ap (meaning son of) Meredith would possibly have a son named Owen Ap David or even Meredith Ap David if the son was being named for the paternal grandfather. Often when the Welshmen arrived in America they would retain the "surname" they came with as an actual permanent surname and the family used that surname from that point on. As to calendar differences, again there was no Quaker calendar difference as such. Europe used the Julian Calendar with the year beginning in March--this didn't just apply to Quakers. As of Sept. 1752 the Gregorian Calendar was put into use with the year beginning on January 1st. The only reason researchers note a difference having to do with Quakers is that Quakers don't use the names of months--January, February, etc. They use the names 1st month, 2nd month, 3rd month and so on. So the trick is to know when the change in calendar occurred so that you know whether a Quaker record refers to January as the 1st month or March, and February as the 2nd month or April, etc. Joan

Annie, It's possible that the Meredith Family will enter into your research. I found the following in the book, "Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families, Volume II", which is extracted from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. "Meredith David, born 6th of 3rd month (May) 1675 according to family record, son of the emigrant David Meredith then of Radnorshire, Wales, died testate in Plymouth Township, Philadelphia County, Penna., between 4th of 12th month (Feb.) 1726/7 and 10 May 1927, the dates of his Will and its probate. Meredith David (as he was named in the Welsh System of Patronymics instead of fixed surnames), of Radnor in the Welsh Tract, Chester County, Penna.,..." I know this is not the person you are searching for, but it is an example of Quaker name conventions. Also, the Quaker calendar is different than the one we know. I am researching the Meredith Family in Frederick County, Maryland. In particular, I am trying to find information on the parents of Simon Meredith who purchased land in Frederick County in 1766. The deed shows Simon Meredith as being from Chester County, Pennsylvania. Good Luck with your search. George Meredith Nuetzel "Marshall, Michael" wrote: > I'm out of state but someone on the list could look up the land tract > "Whiskie" in Tracy's "Pioneers of the Monocacy" to see exactly where your > Gerard Lived. Meridith had lands on the Potomac at the Mouth of the > Monocacy. Meridith was a Quaker and there are articles in "Western Maryland > Genealogy" about the Davis family in Frederick Co. I seem to remember there > were a couple different Davis' that migrated to Frederick especially the > ones in the North of the County. > > My Marshall's were nearby on Carrolton Manor near Noland's Ferry by 1742. > William's (d 1778) son Alexander moved to Mason County Ky abt 1795/6 where > he shows up in the Census and court records. Mine were not Quakers. > > An email from David Fletcher just popped in that mentions Giddins Ford. > Don't know that location someone could look that up too in "Pioneers". > > Would be interested in why your family choose the 1796 time period and Mason > County. Most land warrants for Rev War lands were closer to Lexington. > > Mike Marshall > Frederick MD > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cardi2@aol.com > To: MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: 9/8/02 5:52 PM > Subject: [MDFred] GARRARD DAVIS > > Hi: > > I just returned from a trip to Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia. I > was in > Frederick County, MD several times although I did not stop to do any > research. > > Previously, I had been on this list looking for a Garrard Davis or Garad > > Davis who lived in Frederick County prior to 1796. I have now found > more > information on him: > > Inhabitants of Frederick County, MD, Volume 2, 1749-1800 by Stefanie R. > Shaffer (975.287 N2SHA) shows a Grarad Davis, 1745, Whiskie, 282 ac., > Pt#1 > 195, Now Frederick. > > What is meant by the word "Whiskie?" Is it a particular area of > Frederick > County? > > He was on a grand jury in Frederick Nov 1750. Also the following were > grand > jurors in March 1750: William Davis son of Garad and Benjamin Davis, > whom I > believe to be related. > > In Volume 1 of the above book, a Garrard Davis shows up twice: March 9, > 1780 > and 14 Oct 1767. > > In the following book: "This Was the Life excerpts from the Judgment > Record > of Frederick Co., MD 1748-1765" (975.287 P2, RIC by Millard Milhouse > Rice > there is a mention of my Garad Davis as follows: "Jury inquest on the > body > of a drownded Negro belonging to Garad Davis 28 Jan 1763." > > While at the State Library in Harrisburg, PA, I found the following: > Maryland Early American Series by Ronald Vern Jackson: Garad Davis, > Frederick Co., All Saints Parish 1756 and 1760. > > Where was All Saints Parish located? > > In the McLean (VA) FHC, I found a mention of a will of this Garad Davis > dated > 1764 in Frederick County. > > Apparently, his son, Garrard, came to Mason County, KY about 1796 and > died > there in either 1802 or 1804;. My 4th great-grandfather was Benjamin > Davis > born May 1776 who was the son of the Garrard who died in Kentucky. > Garrard's > will so mentions him along with his brothers and sisters. One of > Benjamin's > brothers was a Garrard Davis who married Elizabeth McDermott or McDermod > > probably dau of Francis McDermod in Frederick County, 1795. The > McDermodds > also moved to Mason County about the same time. > > Benjamin married Estella (Stella) Phillips dau of George and Mary (Bell) > > Phillips in Mason County, KY 1802/1804. They later came to Camden > Township, > Schuyler County, IL in 1832. > > I'm interested in any other records of this Garrard Davis in Frederick > County > or anyone doing research on this family. > > Thanks, > Annie > > PS: Back in August, I mentioned that a Mathias Davis lived in the > Monacacy > Area of Frederick. His name was actually Meredith Davis and he was a > Quaker. > He shows up in the two volume series on the Monacacy area of Frederick. > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > No FLAMING Allowed here! To contact the list administrator, send an > e-mail to: MD-FRED-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > 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 > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > Have you tried looking at the Washington County, Maryland site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdwashin/ > > ============================== > 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

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To list administrator - I have been trying for weeks to have my husband's e-mail address removed from the MD- FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com mailings. It may be that the address that was originally used by me to sign up to receive mailings was the att/worldnet account listing under which we have two separate mailboxes. He is still getting mail that he isn't interested in at d.peirson@att.net Thanks for your help. B.Peirson

Should the list adm. not reply - to unsubscribe do this... Email MD-FRED-GEN-L-request@rootsweb.com In the body of the message merely write - unsubscribe. This should do it for you. Karen ---------- From: b.peirson@att.net[SMTP:b.peirson@att.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 6:27 AM To: MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDFred] Re:unsubscribe To list administrator - I have been trying for weeks to have my husband's e-mail address removed from the MD- FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com mailings. It may be that the address that was originally used by me to sign up to receive mailings was the att/worldnet account listing under which we have two separate mailboxes. He is still getting mail that he isn't interested in at d.peirson@att.net Thanks for your help. B.Peirson ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== Come on over to the Maryland Roots Network at: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/ ============================== 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

I'm out of state but someone on the list could look up the land tract "Whiskie" in Tracy's "Pioneers of the Monocacy" to see exactly where your Gerard Lived. Meridith had lands on the Potomac at the Mouth of the Monocacy. Meridith was a Quaker and there are articles in "Western Maryland Genealogy" about the Davis family in Frederick Co. I seem to remember there were a couple different Davis' that migrated to Frederick especially the ones in the North of the County. My Marshall's were nearby on Carrolton Manor near Noland's Ferry by 1742. William's (d 1778) son Alexander moved to Mason County Ky abt 1795/6 where he shows up in the Census and court records. Mine were not Quakers. An email from David Fletcher just popped in that mentions Giddins Ford. Don't know that location someone could look that up too in "Pioneers". Would be interested in why your family choose the 1796 time period and Mason County. Most land warrants for Rev War lands were closer to Lexington. Mike Marshall Frederick MD -----Original Message----- From: Cardi2@aol.com To: MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 9/8/02 5:52 PM Subject: [MDFred] GARRARD DAVIS Hi: I just returned from a trip to Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia. I was in Frederick County, MD several times although I did not stop to do any research. Previously, I had been on this list looking for a Garrard Davis or Garad Davis who lived in Frederick County prior to 1796. I have now found more information on him: Inhabitants of Frederick County, MD, Volume 2, 1749-1800 by Stefanie R. Shaffer (975.287 N2SHA) shows a Grarad Davis, 1745, Whiskie, 282 ac., Pt#1 195, Now Frederick. What is meant by the word "Whiskie?" Is it a particular area of Frederick County? He was on a grand jury in Frederick Nov 1750. Also the following were grand jurors in March 1750: William Davis son of Garad and Benjamin Davis, whom I believe to be related. In Volume 1 of the above book, a Garrard Davis shows up twice: March 9, 1780 and 14 Oct 1767. In the following book: "This Was the Life excerpts from the Judgment Record of Frederick Co., MD 1748-1765" (975.287 P2, RIC by Millard Milhouse Rice there is a mention of my Garad Davis as follows: "Jury inquest on the body of a drownded Negro belonging to Garad Davis 28 Jan 1763." While at the State Library in Harrisburg, PA, I found the following: Maryland Early American Series by Ronald Vern Jackson: Garad Davis, Frederick Co., All Saints Parish 1756 and 1760. Where was All Saints Parish located? In the McLean (VA) FHC, I found a mention of a will of this Garad Davis dated 1764 in Frederick County. Apparently, his son, Garrard, came to Mason County, KY about 1796 and died there in either 1802 or 1804;. My 4th great-grandfather was Benjamin Davis born May 1776 who was the son of the Garrard who died in Kentucky. Garrard's will so mentions him along with his brothers and sisters. One of Benjamin's brothers was a Garrard Davis who married Elizabeth McDermott or McDermod probably dau of Francis McDermod in Frederick County, 1795. The McDermodds also moved to Mason County about the same time. Benjamin married Estella (Stella) Phillips dau of George and Mary (Bell) Phillips in Mason County, KY 1802/1804. They later came to Camden Township, Schuyler County, IL in 1832. I'm interested in any other records of this Garrard Davis in Frederick County or anyone doing research on this family. Thanks, Annie PS: Back in August, I mentioned that a Mathias Davis lived in the Monacacy Area of Frederick. His name was actually Meredith Davis and he was a Quaker. He shows up in the two volume series on the Monacacy area of Frederick. ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== No FLAMING Allowed here! To contact the list administrator, send an e-mail to: MD-FRED-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com ============================== 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

I found a reference to Elizabeth Barker, aged 48 yrs, who had been a deponent in a land dispute surrounding the recording of a deed. The actual date of the deposition is not recounted in the deed, though at the end of the instrument, the final deposition date for the others cited is April 1, 1768. Elizabeth Barker recounted how about 20 yrs prior, she was in the company of her FATHER Gerah (sic) Davis, and her then husband John Harding. This was all recorded in Frederick DB L, pp. 518-520. They were on the east side of Monocacy creek near Giddin's Ford, and the two men gestured across the creek to the left of the ford, and mentioned that a tree standing marked a boundary of the Hazeltine property. The land in question was that of Humphrey Hazeltine/Hazeldine. From this instrument, I think you can deduce that a.) Gerah/Gerrard Davis had a daughter Elizabeth, born ca. 1720, who'd been married to a John Harding in the late 1740s, and by the late 1760s had been married to a Barker, and b.) Gerah/Gerrard Davis owned property near Giddins Ford, near the farm of Humphrey Hazeltine, in the late 1740s. Not knowing much about your Gerrard Davis' family, I'm guessing that daughter Elizabeth Davis was married to John Harding ca. 1740-45. Hope this doesn't duplicate anything you already know. David Fletcher Richmond, Va

Hi, Annie, I can't help with your Davis questions, but I can answer the Whiskey question. In the citation you mention below Whiskey refers to a tract of land containing 282 acres and named "Whiskey" by it's owner. John Cardi2@aol.com wrote: > Hi: > > I just returned from a trip to Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia. I was in > Frederick County, MD several times although I did not stop to do any research. > > Previously, I had been on this list looking for a Garrard Davis or Garad > Davis who lived in Frederick County prior to 1796. I have now found more > information on him: > > Inhabitants of Frederick County, MD, Volume 2, 1749-1800 by Stefanie R. > Shaffer (975.287 N2SHA) shows a Grarad Davis, 1745, Whiskie, 282 ac., Pt#1 > 195, Now Frederick. > > What is meant by the word "Whiskie?" Is it a particular area of Frederick > County? > > He was on a grand jury in Frederick Nov 1750. Also the following were grand > jurors in March 1750: William Davis son of Garad and Benjamin Davis, whom I > believe to be related. > > In Volume 1 of the above book, a Garrard Davis shows up twice: March 9, 1780 > and 14 Oct 1767. > > In the following book: "This Was the Life excerpts from the Judgment Record > of Frederick Co., MD 1748-1765" (975.287 P2, RIC by Millard Milhouse Rice > there is a mention of my Garad Davis as follows: "Jury inquest on the body > of a drownded Negro belonging to Garad Davis 28 Jan 1763." > > While at the State Library in Harrisburg, PA, I found the following: > Maryland Early American Series by Ronald Vern Jackson: Garad Davis, > Frederick Co., All Saints Parish 1756 and 1760. > > Where was All Saints Parish located? > > In the McLean (VA) FHC, I found a mention of a will of this Garad Davis dated > 1764 in Frederick County. > > Apparently, his son, Garrard, came to Mason County, KY about 1796 and died > there in either 1802 or 1804;. My 4th great-grandfather was Benjamin Davis > born May 1776 who was the son of the Garrard who died in Kentucky. Garrard's > will so mentions him along with his brothers and sisters. One of Benjamin's > brothers was a Garrard Davis who married Elizabeth McDermott or McDermod > probably dau of Francis McDermod in Frederick County, 1795. The McDermodds > also moved to Mason County about the same time. > > Benjamin married Estella (Stella) Phillips dau of George and Mary (Bell) > Phillips in Mason County, KY 1802/1804. They later came to Camden Township, > Schuyler County, IL in 1832. > > I'm interested in any other records of this Garrard Davis in Frederick County > or anyone doing research on this family. > > Thanks, > Annie > > PS: Back in August, I mentioned that a Mathias Davis lived in the Monacacy > Area of Frederick. His name was actually Meredith Davis and he was a Quaker. > He shows up in the two volume series on the Monacacy area of Frederick. > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > No FLAMING Allowed here! To contact the list administrator, send an e-mail to: MD-FRED-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > 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