In a message dated 8/17/2003 10:24:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, SHUPE@citcom.net writes: > Lois, > If this site is still online, we may be able to knit something together: > > <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasomers/addison/augustine.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasomers/addison/augustine.htm</A> Carolyn, printed the above site information and added it to my information for the tour. When I opened my Hoyes Pioneers book, out fell a printout of the Early Somerset County Pioneer Obits site: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5429/som/pioneerobits.html">http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5429/som/pioneerobits.html</A> Lots of my ancesters are connected to the village of Petersburg, now "Addison" -- The Lenharts, Samuel Slabaugh (was one of the tollkeepers at Petersburg) and John Hetrick (b. 1870) retired there, but is buried at Accident. John, my grandfather Melchoir's older brother (one year) lived on Legeer Rd and two homes in Accident along 219 before he retired and moved to Addison. I have a copy of a letter writtin in 1846 from a Johann Hetrick to my g-grandfather Conrad (Conrad was b. in 1827, so he was 19 at the time) complaining about Conrad not answering his letters. The first mention of the Hedderich family was (Coblin) Carl Hetreich (that is, as far as the Hetrick family that put the book together). The Hetreiches sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, and from Dover, England. They landed In America August 27, 1733 on the Ship Elizabeth. Edward Lee, Captain. More dates of other families below and their connection to the areas we want to explore in Sept. The Glades, the Cove, Little Crossings, Little Meadows, Meadow Mtn (or Avilton), the Tomlinson House (Old Stone House where a Hershberger familily lives now). Curious how Christian Garlitz II and wife Elizabeth (Durst, dau of Casper Durst) Garlitz came to name their youngest son Basil Tomlinson. There's a story in Hoye's book about the Jesse Tomlinson Family and the Old Stone House -- there was an assessment of the property in 1798, so it's been there at least since then. All of Jesse's sons died childless. I sense that the Garlitz's and Tomlinson's were very close. There is a family graveyard surrounded by a stone wall on the property. Hoyes book talks about The Brown Family (William Brown I) who emigrated from Nottingham, England to William Penn's colony in 1682. Wm Brown II resided in Cecil County, MD--his will was made there about 1775. Samuel Brown, son of William II, was born Nov. 15, 1770. About 1800 Samuel and his friend John Bateman road horseback from their homes to the "Glades" of Somerset County, PA. They both found wives (married sisters, daughters of John Penrod, who resided about three miles south of the site of Somerset, PA). Samuel Brown's location was further described as north of Little Crossings. Could these Glades be the same Glades now part of Garrett County (Bittinger, Negro Mtn area) south of the Cove? The Garlitz Family -- Christian Garlitz I first settled in Montgomery County, MD (now Greenville twp, Somerset Cty)--listed in Bedford (now Somerset) in 1790. Had a family of 5 males and 3 females -- A daughter m. John Custer of Cresaptown, MD, and became the grandmother of the famous General Custer. John and Henry remained in Somerset. Christian II (b. 1777, d. 1845) m. Elizabeth (b. ?; d. 1863, dau of Casper Durst. In 1800 he was located in MD on the Samuel Brown farm north of the Little Crossings. In 1804 Christian "Garlets" purchased 4 lots on Chestnut Ridge, 3 miles south of Grantsville, later the property of Jacob Gnegy Samuel Brown first resided on the farm of Joseph Leichty, about two miles above Meyersdale on the Castleman. After several years the family purchased a small farm up the same river, near what was later known as the Jacob Livengood Mill. Hmmm. All these places would be good to scout out on the tour huh. We're planning to continue the tour on Friday, Sept 19, with just a few carloads of people. I still haven't heard from from enough people to fill the 47 seater. After 1812, Samuel moved farther south, just across the "Province Line" into Maryland, where he remained until his death 1829. Here's what I'm finally getting to: "The nearest neighbors of the Browns in those early days were Philip Hare, Solomon Durst, John Newman, Solomon Sterner (b. 1798-1851) husband of John Lightfoot Durst's oldest daughter, Elizabeth--1794-1864), Adam Shultz, John Hershberger and others." jaykaz56@netzero.net wrote in part, the rest taken from booklet by Ross Compton Durst 1966: " . . . Christian "Cristly" Durst (b. 1791 or '93) was still living in 1870 census. Was in Elk Lick in 1820. Married (1817) Hannah Wiland (b.1791), lived at Maynardier Ridge in her old age with John Custer (1808-1865) who married his granddaughter, Mary Durst, b. 1817; d. 1862). John was a first cousin to famous General George A. Custer." There are more Hetricks per capita in PA than in any other state! Lancaster, Huntingdon, Irwin and Berk counties, and Berlin are just a few. From my copy of the Hetrick Book, in the first official census in 1790, there were 4 families in NC, 3 in Mirginia, 11 in PA, and 6 in MD. Various spellings found: Hedreck, Heddrick, Hedrich, Hedrick, Hederick, Hedricks, Hederic, Heterik, Heydrich, Heiterich, Heidrich, Hyderick, Hetterich, Heiderich, Heterig, and Hetricks settled in WV, NC and > Some of the Augenstein brothers, arriving in America in the midst of this > political turmoil, changed the spelling of their name, > their religious affiliation and adopted new political views. Casper > Augenstein, his wife and son Peter had sailed from Rotterdam > aboard the ship "Two Brothers". They arrived in Philadelphia on September > 21, 1751, thus becoming the first known member > of the Augenstein family to settle in North America. On this same ship were > the******* Hershbergers*******, who were to settle as neighbors in > Maryland. Casper Augenstein, (later known as Jasper Augustine) first > settled in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, > Pennsylvania. In Hoye's book it talks about a Lepley Augustine marrying a Mahala Broadwater and that they lived near State Line, PA. In this same section it speaks of Maggie Broadwater marrying Nimrod Glotfelty. These are Rhea Hetrick's grandparents. She will be with us on the tour. Then more . . . Harriet Broadwater m. Eli Stanton who owned and operated the Little Crossing Grist Mill near Grantsville . . . more connections!!! I'm going to stop here before this get completely out of control ;-) In 1765, he fled to the wilderness of southwestern (Virginia) > > Pennsylvania. He settled along General Braddock's > Trail, just two miles from the Maryland line, in the area presently known > as Addison.The village of Petersburg will later have it name changed to the > present "Addison". > === > Your arrival date is a bit different----but some families may have come in > ensuing years--? My George Frederick Harsh family came in 1751, also, and > I have always wondered if they may have shortened their name and had a > phonetic/vowel change ; ) They lived near Hagerstown before coming to > Preston Co., WV, in 1788. I have a few Hershberger notes from the > Frederick area. Further on in the above quoted page it mentions a part of > the Wotring family. One of the Augensteins married a Wotring, I believe. > Wotrings are my family and came to Preston Co. in 1787 (bought the land). > > Sooooooooo, maybe the names are all close family----??? > > =;o) > Carolyn