Hi, I have been working on my Allens. I don't have the ones mentioned but I wondered if anyone knew of James Allen wife Lydia. They had son James Lawrence Allen. I wonder if Lydia's maiden name is Lawrence..... James Lawrence b.1821 m. Mary L Cramer Johnson (Jesse Johnson 1st husband) Thanks for any help, Paula --------------------------------- Inbox full of spam? Get leading spam protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail.

Maizie, I wish I could tell you. The earliest records we have are for Edward N. (Nixon) Allen b Feb 2, 1803 in Burlington NJ (Vincentown) This comes from a family bible. I have been searching for years trying to FInd out if my Allens were long time Jerseyites or recent moves. He supposedly married Eliza Matla(o)ck b. Sept 5 1806 on February 01, 1827. ( No Matlacks have been able to help me so far) My family tradition is to use the mothers maiden name as a middle name so I am fairly sure his mother was a Nixon ( Again a dead end so far ) They had 5 children Nehemiah B. Allen m ? Mary Ann Allen m. James T. Worrell Sarah Maria J. Allen m. Charles Gale Joseph T. Allen m. Amanda Brown Edward Nixon Allen Jr ( my ggGrandfather ) m. Susan B. Smith Could my Sarah be a namesake to yours? Is Ralph a namesake as well. My Grandfather Ralph P. Sr. b 1903. Not sure if memories went back 3 generations or not. If you can offer any suggestions or avenues to research, I would be grateful. Thanks, Ralph Allen Cooper City Fl.

Ralph Allen: Did any of your ancestors live in New Jersey, monmouth Co. in particular? There are several Ralph Allen men who come from MA in early 1600's and migrated south into Jersey....just wondering as I have a Sarah Allen b. 1727 who descended from a Ralph Allen b. in England and emigrated to "the colonies." Mayann Allen Ross [email protected] "Land of the free BECAUSE of the brave"

In a message dated 09/19/2006 10:53:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: MY GRANDMOTHER WAS MARY HORNER PANCOAST -------------- Original message ---------------------- Can you fill in the missing info and descendants? Bill Descendants of Mary Horner Pancoast 1 Mary Horner Pancoast 1873 - 1947 b: March 08, 1873 d: August 17, 1947 .. +Charles Parks 1864 - b: July 02, 1864 2 Edith Black Parks 1896 - b: August 31, 1896 .... +Walter Harbison Jordan 1891 - b: December 29, 1891 m: August 31, 1920 in Salem Co., NJ

Lily, Does you reseach show any Allen or Nixon families that migrated to Salem Ohio. Curious to me because of the time frame of 1803 in Burlington Co. was where and when my GGGGgrandfather was born. thanks, Ralph Allen

Is anyone on the list researching or connected to Andrew Clark and his wife Grace Wills, who lived in Medford until at least the 1880 census? Their children include Bella, David, Jay, Lawrence and Etta. Bella was born in 1861 and she was married to Robert A. SMITH in Mt Holly in 1880. I find Bella and Robert Smith in 1900 in Trenton with one child, William, born Nov 1883. This census says that Bella has borne 3 children, of whom 2 are living. Robert A. Smith was a son of Andrew Smith of Pennsylvania and Sarah McClain. Sarah was a daughter of Robert McClain, an immigrant from Great Britain who lived at least for a time in Groveville in Mercer County. I believe that Andrew and Sarah died young, as Robert Smith was in the home of his McClain grandparents for the 1870 census. He may have lived in Delaware County PA for some years in the 1880's and 1890's. Any further information about Bella Clark Smith and her family will be greatly appreciated. Nancy Cassada Nelson Chesterfield, NJ

my family has Pancoast in it do you? LOIS JORDAN JOHNSON MY GRANDMOTHER WAS MARY HORNER PANCOAST -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [email protected] > My two cents on this subject. There were a number of areas in Ohio to which > Burlington County Quakers moved.....two families I have followed are mere > examples: Borton and Pancoast. They are in Columbiana, Guernsey and Williams > Counties just to name a few. There is even a Pancoastburg south of Columbus and > a charming Quaker burying ground and meeting house near West Unity/Bryan Ohio. > > Why? good available farm land and an escape from the "crowding" in western NJ, > perhaps? > -------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

My two cents on this subject. There were a number of areas in Ohio to which Burlington County Quakers moved.....two families I have followed are mere examples: Borton and Pancoast. They are in Columbiana, Guernsey and Williams Counties just to name a few. There is even a Pancoastburg south of Columbus and a charming Quaker burying ground and meeting house near West Unity/Bryan Ohio. Why? good available farm land and an escape from the "crowding" in western NJ, perhaps? --------------

At 08:51 PM 9/19/2006, you wrote: >My two cents on this subject. There were a number of areas in Ohio >to which Burlington County Quakers moved.....two families I have >followed are mere examples: Borton and Pancoast. They are in >Columbiana, Guernsey and Williams Counties just to name a few. There >is even a Pancoastburg south of Columbus and a charming Quaker >burying ground and meeting house near West Unity/Bryan Ohio. A question for you....PANCOAST....do you happen to have a Sarah Pancoast that married a Price BLAKE in 1799 there in Burlington county. Sarah was born 19 Nov 1780 and Price 19 Nov 1780, died 18 Oct, 1851. Sarah died 29 May, 1829. I am looking for info on these two and their parents. Thanks, Maureen Maloney

Hello Charles, Nice to hear from you again. Yes, your ancestors and mine were close friends and church associates. In 1821 my ancestor James W. Leach and your ancestor Thomas Webb, both were among the 9 persons who formed the First Methodist Episcopal church in Salem, OH. It was a log cabin church, then later they built a brick church on Broadway, and the church still is existing today there, now called United Methodist Church. I am still looking for the parents of James W. Leach b. 1802 Maryland. Who are they? Did they both die before 1809? Did they die on the wagon trail to Salem, OH? Why was James W. Leach given to Joseph Wright to raise in Salem? Was there a relaitionship, or was Joseph Wright the only Quaker man available who would take on a foster child? I have written many letters to the church, asking for any info they might have, such as the funeral of James W. Leach in 1888, since he was a church founder, I thought maybe they would have a record of his funeral? But none of my letters or emails have ever been answered, so I am stuck. James W. Leach was born in 1802 in Maryland, so how did he get to Salem, OH and how did he get placed into the Joseph Wright household, who arrived in Salem OH in Fall 1809? Best regards, Lilly Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Coulter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [NJBURLIN] Isaiah Bowker, Mary Branin, Joseph Wright,Mahlon Wright, James W. Leach > Hello Lily, Your Bowker, Leach and Wright ancestors are all mentioned in > the "HISTORY OF SALEM AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO > by GEORGE D. HUNT. Noticed Isiah Bowker death date 6 Mat 1845 age 78 from > New Jersey. My fourth great grandfather, John Webb came to Columbiana Co. > 1803 with his eleven children from the Fawn Grove, PA/Maryland area (33 > mile marker of the Mason/Dixon Line). Son Thomas Webb married Naomi Smith > possibly one of the first marriages of the area and their son Samuel Webb > possibly the first white child born in Ohio. Lots of Webb and Painter > history if of interest and if you need other info I have a copy of the > above mentioned book. > My connection: > John Webb > Thomas Webb/ Naomi Smith > Samuel Webb/ Jane Stevenson > Thomas Mark Webb/ Mary Helen Farrand > Frederick Webb/ Flora Maskey > Helen Webb/ Leonard Coulter > Charles Coulter Port Charlotte, FL >

Excerpts from "History of Salem County, New Jersey" by Joseph H. Sickler, Western Migration...... Many reasons for the western migration....."In the fall and late summer of 1798, the city of Philadelphia was swept by an epidemic of yellow fever. Disease, death, and pestilence stalked at will through the desolate national metropolis and hundreds of citizens fled to the suburbs of the city for relief against the plague. Many accounts of fugitives coming as far south and west as this county (Salem) will be found in the records." Other events leading to the great western migration was "all the damage which the war had left hung heavily over the heads of the local citizens. Added to this, the 1790's found them unable to wrest even a meagre living from the ground. The soil had been exhausted but they did not know this. Neither did they know the fertilizing value of marl, which lay at their very door. With the foreclosure of mortgages, with famine stalking their thresholds, the farmers of Salem, harassed and worried, did exactly what so many of their comrades in other counties of the state did, they moved west.............The tide was first directed towards western NY and western PA. As the Indians fled westward, the hardier pioneers penetrated to the forests of Ohio in the very start of the winning of the west. Thus, it was that Salem, Ohio, was founded in 1803 by Zadock Street of Salem, NJ. "The ones who came from here (Salem Co) remembered the town which gave them birth to the extent that Salem, Ohio; Salem, Indiana; Salem, Iowa; and the state capital of Oregon owe their names to Fenwick's colony on the Delaware." Interesting.......Regards, Joan

Hello Delores, Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio was founded and settled by QUAKERS who came from NJ, VA, PA, MD areas, starting in 1803, and by 1810 the area was occupied by many families. All the history books state that it was QUAKER families who settled the area, however many researchers have found that many non-Quakers did come along as well, and later a Baptist Church was founded, and in 1821 my own ancestor James W. Leach was one of 9 persons who founded the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and that church still exists there, now is known as United Methodist Church. James W. Leach was raised by a Quaker family, but apparently did not want to live the Quaker life, so he formed another church group. To answer your question, I suppose the reason for the mass exodus to Salem, OH was based on need for land, the eastern areas were crowded, or getting expensive, folks heard tales of new lands opening up out West, and Quakers tried to establish settlement groups, so as to promote fellowship and shared culture and shared religion among their fellow Quakers. The settlers of Salem, Oh came from all over, not just one place, they came from PA, Bedford Co VA, Hereford Co MD, Burlington Co NJ, and probably more areas that I am not familiar with. The one common denominator seems to be the Quaker faith, but then as I have said, others did follow along. The time frame was 1803 to 1810, but of course more late-comers would follow. By the way, Salem, Oh is not a big place, today there is roughly 12,000 people who live there. Best regards, Lilly Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores Cook" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [NJBURLIN] Isaiah Bowker, Mary Branin, Joseph Wright,Mahlon Wright, James W. Leach > Charles, I just read your reply to Lily about the book > you have about Salem and Columbiana Co. My husband's fourth > Greatgrandfather Job Cook came to > that area from NJ with his wife Mary Warrick in the early 1800's. We've > always wondered if they were Quakers. > I would appreciate it if you would look for anything > about Job in your book. Also, why did so many people > from New Jersey go to that area? And did Job fight in > the Revolution? Thanks for your time. Dolores Cook >

Terri. Mill and all: Thomas Potts, tanner, b. 12 Jul 1647 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Engand d. 1726, did not waste any time remarrying when a wife died and definitely did not conform to Quaker rules. Our imaginations can create scenarios for his affinity for the married state, but his reasons were never documented to my knowledge. His last marriage took place in Philadelphia, as I recall. There are a few articles written about this situation. His son, Thomas Potts, Jr., b. 30 Dec 1677 in Chestefield, Eng., first married Sarah Beakes of Springfield Twp. and a Quaker lady as I recall. I have not had time to follow that lineage. Thomas, Jr. then married Mary Borden, a Baptist; their 2 sons, Joshua and William, b.1721 were raised Baptist. They were born near Three Tuns (Hedding) along the Old York Road in Mansfield Twp. near the little creek going toward the Florence Columbus Road. A will mentions Grassy Meadows as a marker. The land was in close proximity or adjacent to the farm that once belonged to my stepfather-in-law, the late Fred Wainwright, Sr.. Thomas, Sr.'s grandson, Rev. Joshua Potts(b. 4 Jan 1719-d. 18 Jun 1761), was a Baptist minister in Southampton, Bucks Co. PA. He built the Southampton Baptist Meeting which is lovely to this day. Joshua was buried there in a grave with a large horizontal stone that was full of engraving, although unreadable in the early 1980s. It was surrounded by a vigorous vine that looked like honeysuckle. It was completely gone 4 years ago when I took a descendant and cousin, Debbie Cox of Bordentown, to see it. Joshua's mother, Mary Borden, was buried in the next row so her stone was facing his,while his close friend, John Hart (not the signer ) was near Joshua's mother. Another Potts descendant had taken a photo of it in 1943 when she went there with her father and showed it to me with the inscription. She lived in Oregon and is now deceased. That is how I knew what my husband and I were looking for and we did find it in a thin fragile state. We saw his house in Hatboro, but were unable to access his estate, Morland Manor. His wife, Ann Borden, was a daughter of Joseph Borden who purchased Farnsworth Landing from Thomas Farnsworth and changed the name of the town to Bordentown. At Joshua's urging, Joseph Borden is said to have given land near his home, which sits at the entrance to the beach, to the Baptists for a church. I used to attend that church. Their son, Thomas,b. 10 Apr 1757, married Alice Bunting of Crosswicks, Burlington CO, NJ. and settled in the vicinity. Some of my records say that the Buntings were Quakers, but Alice must have 'unsubscribed' as their children were Baptists. I have never found a death date for either Thomas or Alice, nor do I know where they were buried. Thomas and Alice had seven children. Their thirdborn, John Bunting Potts had 13 children. I've been trying to follow those families to as near present day as I can. When they marry into the Mount and Bird Families, it gets hectic. Ann Borden's sister Amy (Amey?) married Joshua's brother, William Potts. As I recall, their daughter, Amey (Amy?) married Col. ? or Gen. ? Cox and they lived in Upper Freehold Twp. or near there. I never found the time to follow up on this line, so I'm unsure of everything. I seem to recall that Joan Bohm of Indiana? did her DAR papers on them as they were in her lineage. William Potts was a Patriot (whatever that means...pro-Revolution?), according to what I was told by family. Rev. Joshua Potts was in great pain from a kidney condition. Some described him as a 'cripple'. He could not ride to preach his sermons... he walked the 12 miles from Morland Manor to the Meeting, which is now across from a lovely rustic park with a stream and facilities for enjoyment, Tamimend Park. It would be wise to check the specifics of this info as I am doing this from memory. I only followed my husband's line, so I have no idea where the other children of Rev. Joshua Potts and Ann Borden went as adults. I hope this is helpful to those who are interested. I want to put this online as a Gedcom, but am afraid of losing info. ...which already happened on my Kessler Line. I have several Lineages that are large. I use Family Tree Maker. I'm doing something wrong. Any suggestions? Nancy Potts

Hello Again Lilly, Just a thought, but have you considered that maybe James Leach was not an orphan but apprenticed out to Joseph Wright? I had a relative who "disappeared" and then found him in PA. an apprentice to a saddler at the age of 9. Pamela Wetherill Wright Bucks County, PA. Researching Surnames: Ashcraft / Ashcroft, Ashfield/Aschwelt, Biles, Bullock, Canby, Goldstone, Hauf / Hanf, Hewlings/Huelings, Hiles, Hornby, Hunt, Kelty/Kielty, Levering, Macknet / Mackinet, Makela, Marshall, Morris, Nori, Ogborne, Robinson, Rose, Shoemaker, Stucke, Thorn(e), Wambold / Wampole, Weikel, Wetherill, Williamson, Wilson, Wisham, Wright.

Good Day, I have been doing a lot of updating to the New Jersey Biography Project. Check it out - Biographies, Cemeteries, Marriages and miscellaneous. http://history.sloco.net/NJBio/ Martha A Crosley Graham New Jersey Biography Coordinator

Charles, I just read your reply to Lily about the book you have about Salem and Columbiana Co. My husband's fourth Greatgrandfather Job Cook came to that area from NJ with his wife Mary Warrick in the early 1800's. We've always wondered if they were Quakers. I would appreciate it if you would look for anything about Job in your book. Also, why did so many people from New Jersey go to that area? And did Job fight in the Revolution? Thanks for your time. Dolores Cook ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Coulter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [NJBURLIN] Isaiah Bowker, Mary Branin, Joseph Wright,Mahlon Wright, James W. Leach > Hello Lily, Your Bowker, Leach and Wright ancestors are all mentioned in > the "HISTORY OF SALEM AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO > by GEORGE D. HUNT. Noticed Isiah Bowker death date 6 Mat 1845 age 78 from > New Jersey. My fourth great grandfather, John Webb came to Columbiana Co. > 1803 with his eleven children from the Fawn Grove, PA/Maryland area (33 > mile marker of the Mason/Dixon Line). Son Thomas Webb married Naomi Smith > possibly one of the first marriages of the area and their son Samuel Webb > possibly the first white child born in Ohio. Lots of Webb and Painter > history if of interest and if you need other info I have a copy of the > above mentioned book. > My connection: > John Webb > Thomas Webb/ Naomi Smith > Samuel Webb/ Jane Stevenson > Thomas Mark Webb/ Mary Helen Farrand > Frederick Webb/ Flora Maskey > Helen Webb/ Leonard Coulter > Charles Coulter Port Charlotte, FL > > > [Original Message] > > From: Lilly Martin <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 9/18/2006 12:37:04 > > Subject: [NJBURLIN] Isaiah Bowker, Mary Branin, Joseph Wright, Mahlon > Wright,James W. Leach > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a few ancestors who came from Burlington Co, NJ. I will now > outline > > them here, and if you are connected I would love to have a reply from > you, > > to further discuss these families. > > > > #1. Isaiah Bowker b. 1766 Burlington Co NY, m. 3-5-1789 St. Andrews > Church, > > Mt. Holly, Burlington Co NJ Martha Branin b. 1766. > > Isaiah and family moved to Salem, Columbiana Co, Ohio. Salem is famous > for > > having been founded and setled by Quakers in 1803 to 1810 time period. > > > > Isaiah Bowker served in the War of 1812 , and died 5-16-1845 Salem, OH, > and > > is buried at Madison twsp, Columbiana Co OH. > > > > The children of Isaiah Bowker, the ones that I know of, are: > > Samuel Bowker b. 3-9-1794 NJ, m. Hannah Atkinson; Sarah Bowker b. > 6-29-1796 > > d. 8-6-1872, m. Eli Branin, m. 11-7-1817; Elizabeth Bowker, m. John > > Flitcraft; Mary Bowker b. 1795 NJ m. James W. Leach b. 1802 MD, m. > 6-29-1823 > > Salem, OH. > > > > I believe that the children of Isaiah Bowker were all married in Salem, > OH > > or the near vicinity. The Bowker family descendants may have not > practised > > the Quaker faith in Salem, OH. They may have been Methodist > Espiscopalians. > > > > #2. Joseph Wright b. 12-22-1777 Salem Co, NJ, s/o John Wright b. 1744 (m. > > Hannah Barber), s/o Mahlon Wright b. 1712 of Burlington Co NJ. > > Joseph Wright married Rebecca Bunting 5-26-1799 Burlington , NJ. They > > arrived in Salem, Columbiana Co OH in Fall of 1809 to settle. They lived > on > > the old Lisbon Road in Salem, OH (toward the south part of the city) > > > > James W. Leach b. 1802 Maryland was raised by Joseph Wright from the Fall > of > > 1809 in Salem onward. I have never found the parents of James W. Leach. > He > > was either orphaned or abandoned, and Joseph Wright was his foster > father. > > I do not know if there is a Wright-Leach connection? > > > > In the Fall of 1809, as Joseph Wright was coming to Salem, OH he was > > visiting there a John Spencer, who was related to him by marriage. I > have > > confirmed that a John Spencer lived in Salem, but I have not yet found > how > > John Spencer and Joseph Wright were related. > > > > My mother was Emily Leach, d/o Charles E. Leach, s/o William Edgar Leach > b. > > 1872 Salem, OH, s/o James Augustus Leach b. 1852 Salem, OH, s/o Thomas > > Lupton Bain Leach b. 1826 Salem , OH, s/o James W. Leach b. 1802 > Maryland, > > died 1888 Salem, OH. > > > > I would appreciate any additional information or connections to these > names > > given in this email. I have already completed my full research of the > LEACH > > name in Salem, OH. But I have not spent time researching these names in > > Burlington Co NJ. > > > > Best regards, > > Lilly Martin > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Kathy, I have the three divorce/separations. One was Annie Ward Dennis divorce from her husband - the circus guy who used her and double timed her. That was from the old divorce records the archives kept in decrepit boxes in the hallway when you got off the elevator to the basement in the old site. As I recall you had to go up to another floor and pay before you could read them or get copies. Hope they are in better shape at the present location. I can't remember the actual location of the other two. Not sure if it was on Broad St. coming into Trenton but not far from the place where they have operas and other functions. These two were in the 1900's before 1920. Much better system and much better condition. Have copies of all three. Hope she gets what she is looking for. Louise

Thomas Potts was not a Quaker, but was Baptist. He came on the SHIELD with Quakers and was held in disdain for his quick marrying. Should he have been Quaker, he would have been 'called to task' for such behavior. He was my husband's ancestor. Nancy Potts On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:52:19 -0500 "Marilyn Hutton" <[email protected]> writes: > In the Burlington Court Book pg 51, 1685/6: " The Grand Jury Symon > Charles, Thomas French, Samuell Cole, William Alberson, Thomas > Farnsworth, John Hooton, John Key, Anthony Woodhouse, Walter > Pumphary, Richard Love, Thomas Potts, John Chamnis, William Black > Attested the Bills of Indictment found both Billa vera." > > Do you know if these were all Quakers on this Jury? >

Marilyn Thomas French is a direct ancestor on my mother's side. Thomas French born Oct 1639, was a Quaker, although he was baptized in S.S. Peter and Paul, Nether Heyford, England on 3 Nov 1639. "His baptism, in childhood, in 1639, in the Protestant Episcopal Church........, is recorded, but when the religious Society of Friends arose he with other members of the family became actively identified therewith, suffering for his faith at different times." Source: Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French by Howard Barclay French, Vol 1, printed 1909 Russ McClelland ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:02:35 -0400 From: Anita G Clayton <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NJBURLIN] Bordentown area. To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I know William Black was, he is a direct ancestor, also I know Thomas Potts was, but he isn't my ancestor that I know. Thomas French is an ancestor too, but I can't remember if he was a Quaker, I am thinking not. Samuel Cole is an ancestor but he was not a Quaker. On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:52:19 -0500 "Marilyn Hutton" <[email protected]> writes: > In the Burlington Court Book pg 51, 1685/6: " The Grand Jury Symon > Charles, Thomas French, Samuell Cole, William Alberson, Thomas > Farnsworth, John Hooton, John Key, Anthony Woodhouse, Walter > Pumphary, Richard Love, Thomas Potts, John Chamnis, William Black > Attested the Bills of Indictment found both Billa vera." > > Do you know if these were all Quakers on this Jury? >

Hello, I have a few ancestors who came from Burlington Co, NJ. I will now outline them here, and if you are connected I would love to have a reply from you, to further discuss these families. #1. Isaiah Bowker b. 1766 Burlington Co NY, m. 3-5-1789 St. Andrews Church, Mt. Holly, Burlington Co NJ Martha Branin b. 1766. Isaiah and family moved to Salem, Columbiana Co, Ohio. Salem is famous for having been founded and setled by Quakers in 1803 to 1810 time period. Isaiah Bowker served in the War of 1812 , and died 5-16-1845 Salem, OH, and is buried at Madison twsp, Columbiana Co OH. The children of Isaiah Bowker, the ones that I know of, are: Samuel Bowker b. 3-9-1794 NJ, m. Hannah Atkinson; Sarah Bowker b. 6-29-1796 d. 8-6-1872, m. Eli Branin, m. 11-7-1817; Elizabeth Bowker, m. John Flitcraft; Mary Bowker b. 1795 NJ m. James W. Leach b. 1802 MD, m. 6-29-1823 Salem, OH. I believe that the children of Isaiah Bowker were all married in Salem, OH or the near vicinity. The Bowker family descendants may have not practised the Quaker faith in Salem, OH. They may have been Methodist Espiscopalians. #2. Joseph Wright b. 12-22-1777 Salem Co, NJ, s/o John Wright b. 1744 (m. Hannah Barber), s/o Mahlon Wright b. 1712 of Burlington Co NJ. Joseph Wright married Rebecca Bunting 5-26-1799 Burlington , NJ. They arrived in Salem, Columbiana Co OH in Fall of 1809 to settle. They lived on the old Lisbon Road in Salem, OH (toward the south part of the city) James W. Leach b. 1802 Maryland was raised by Joseph Wright from the Fall of 1809 in Salem onward. I have never found the parents of James W. Leach. He was either orphaned or abandoned, and Joseph Wright was his foster father. I do not know if there is a Wright-Leach connection? In the Fall of 1809, as Joseph Wright was coming to Salem, OH he was visiting there a John Spencer, who was related to him by marriage. I have confirmed that a John Spencer lived in Salem, but I have not yet found how John Spencer and Joseph Wright were related. My mother was Emily Leach, d/o Charles E. Leach, s/o William Edgar Leach b. 1872 Salem, OH, s/o James Augustus Leach b. 1852 Salem, OH, s/o Thomas Lupton Bain Leach b. 1826 Salem , OH, s/o James W. Leach b. 1802 Maryland, died 1888 Salem, OH. I would appreciate any additional information or connections to these names given in this email. I have already completed my full research of the LEACH name in Salem, OH. But I have not spent time researching these names in Burlington Co NJ. Best regards, Lilly Martin