Yes very near. They appear to be joining counties. I don't suppose the census tells the names of the other family members? If this is my John, he had 6 children total. 3 girls and 3 boys. I believe the girls were born first. I don't have dates till John Jr. in 1796; Isaac b. 29 Sept. 1800 and George Hill Skiles (my line) b. 1809 Unfortunately and I am not sure where now that I got the information but as you can see from my previous email Rachel and Rebecca both married in Ohio prior to the birth of their brother George. Janean Janean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kneer" <bkneer@worldnet.att.net> To: <OHBUTLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 5:43 PM Subject: RE: [OHBUTLER-L] Death Information > I looked at the 1810 census. There is one John Skiles living in West > Pennsboro, Cumberland County, PA. There are other family members but I > can not tell the ages as ancestry chopped out the top of the pages > during filming. > > Is this area near Lancaster County? > > Sandi Deaton-Kneer > Orlando, FL > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janean Ray [mailto:JRay38@neo.rr.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:37 PM > To: OHBUTLER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Death Information > > I haven't done much on my SKILES/SKYLES line recently from Morgan Twp > area > but since the list has been active I am going to jump in here. > > I have a will of my 4th great grandfather John Skiles dated 9 Jan 1827 > that > does not name a wife. > > They had 6 children > > Rachel Skiles m. William Draper in 1807 > Rebecca Skiles m. James Kennedy 1806 > Elley Skiles > John Skiles Jr. b. 1796 m. Elizabeth ??? > Isaac Skiles b. 1800 m. Jane George 1825 > George Hill Skiles b. 1809 m. Catherine ??? 1826 > > In doing the math and making a giant estimate, Rebecca m. in 1806.... so > let's say she was 18... that would put her birth about 1788. That would > make her 8 years older than John Jr. So I'm estimating that John Sr. > and > this unknown wife married about 1786/87 area. > > IF this is generally correct and take about 20 years away from the > marriage, > John Sr. was born about 1767 making him about 60 when he died or at > least > when the will was written. > > Based on this information I'm looking for his wife's name. > > I believe they were married in PA specifically the Lancaster Co. area. > But > hoping she possibly passed away in Morgan Twp. I have no cemetery > information - nothing. I did find on a link given out earlier that > Rachel > m. William Draper in Warrent Co. Rebecca m. James Kennedy in Butler > Co., > George, Isaac and John Jr. were listed on the federal census as in > Butler > Co. 1830/40 and most likely father John Sr. in 1820 listed on federal > census > in Butler which I pretty much knew by his Will. There is no female > listed > in 1820 so I'm thinking she had already died. > > Is there an 1810 census? Unfortunately most of those only list head of > house hold. I'm just a little lost at this point of where to turn. Any > suggestions appreciated. Janean > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Search for Butler County family names ~ > http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2 > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio ~ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/index.html >