Hi Carey, I don't have any information on the ancestry of William CLUTTER but my RUNYON files show that William was born 6 Apr 1788, married 29 Nov 1816, in Maysville, KY to Charity Drake RUNYON and died 17 Jul 1878 in White Oak Township, Highland County, OH. Charity Drake RUNYON was born 24 Feb 1801 in NJ and died 24 Mar 1864 in Highland County, OH. Charity was the daughter of Vincent RUNYON & Mary DRAKE. Vincent RUNYON was born 23 Aug 1773 in Hopewell, NJ, married ca. 1797 and died Mar 1827 in Hillsboro, OH. He lived in the Maysville, KY area before coming to Highland County. There are quite a few Highland County records concerning him. His wife, Mary DRAKE, was born ca. 1776 to Ralph DRAKE & Rebecca STOUT. Vincent's parents were John RUNYON & Rachel HYDE. John RUNYON was born ca. 1749 in Hopewell, NJ, married ca. 1769 and died 27 Jul 1813 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ. Rachel HYDE was born ca. 1753 in Hopewell, NJ, the daughter of James HYDE. Rachel died ca. 1787 in NJ. John appears to have been the son of Cornelius RUNYON. Cornelius RUNYON was born ca. 1722, probably in Hunterdon County, NJ, to Vincent RUNYON & Alice CURTIS. Vincent RUNYON was born ca. 1701 in Piscataway, NJ and died ca. 1771 in Hunterdon, NJ. Alice CURTIS was the daughter of Nehemiah CURTIS. Vincent's parents were Thomas RUNYON and Martha Ann DUNN. Thomas RUNYON was born ca. 1673 in Elizabeth, NJ, married ca. 1698 in Piscataway, NJ and died 16 Apr 1773 in Hopewell, NJ. Martha Ann DUNN was born 13 Jul 1681 in NJ to Hugh DUNN, Sr. & Elizabeth DRAKE. (You can find both DUNN & DRAKE ancestries in NJ records.) Martha died ca. 1753 in Hopewell, NJ. Thomas' parents were Vincent RONGNION and Anne Martha BOUTCHER. Vincent RONGNION was born 7 Mar 1645 in Poitiers, France. He was a Huguenot (Baptist) carpenter who came to Elizabeth, NJ sometime between 1665 & 1668 to help build the town of Elizabeth. He was married 17 Jul 1668 in Elizabeth, NJ and died 5 Dec 1713 in Piscataway, NJ. His farm was on the Raritan River just adjacent to the modern Rutgers University. His wife was born ca. 1650 to John BOUTCHER in Hartford, England. Vincent invented the name RUNYON sometime after his marriage. Subsequent generations have, sometimes, modified the spelling. E.g. RUNYAN, RUNION, RUNNION, etc. Although the above looks fairly complete, I don't really have proof of the Cornelius generation and would not assume that it is correct at this time. It requires some more research. If you are able to come up with anything, I would appreciate knowing about it as I am still trying to trace may ancestry back to Vincent, but I think that my line may be closely related to yours. You might want to join the RUNYON discussion group at [email protected] We have over 160 members and it is an extremely active group. New people are joining all the time and you never know when someone will show up who can help you - and EVERYONE seems very eager to help & share. Happy Hunting! Norman Runyon Carey Weiler wrote: > I would like info on the parents and ethnic background of William CLUTTER > (b. ca. 1789 in NJ or VA) and his wife Charity D. RUNYON (b. ca. 1800) who > were married in 1816 in KY, then lived in Highland Co, OH, and owned land > in Brown Co, OH. Any info on sons Alfred CLUTTER, Peter CLUTTER (my gg > grandfather), James P. CLUTTER and Henry Clutter (who moved to Clay Co, IN) > or other siblings and their descendents would be most welcome. I have a > file a Peter and descendents that I would be glad to swap. Peter and James > P. went west and lived in Wayne Co, IL the rest of their lives. > > A Midge CLUTTER wrote an article on James W. CLUTTER, son of Henry CLUTTER > and Harriett BELL for a Brown Co, OH Historical Soc. publication in 1992. > Anyone know her whereabouts? > > Thanks, > Carolyn "Carey" (Clutter) Weiler > Madison, WI > > ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > Visit the US GenWeb: <http://www.usgenweb.com/>