I am interested in knowing what you have on the Vanatta line. My husband's grandmother was Orilla Vanatta, married to Elmer Ashbaugh. Ruth -----Original Message----- From: MAPPAUSTEN@aol.com <MAPPAUSTEN@aol.com> To: OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:12 AM Subject: [OHPERRY] Re: OHPERRY-PETTY Surname >This site has been entirely too quiet since our Manager went to work full >time and is a busy lady. Could I stir things up a bit by asking about my >elusive ancestor? It has been a while, perhaps we have a newbie on the site >who knows something about my guy and his family. > >I am trying always to find the parents of Joseph PETTY b. Mar. 18, 1765 and >his wife Elizabeth whose maiden name is still up for grabs between the MIDDAG >and VANATTA families. Both claim her but neither has documentation that we >can find. > >1. Their oldest child was John, b. 1785 in NJ. He live in Perry Co. and >married Delia Danison who apparently died sometime between 1820 and 1830. >John is later found in Clark Co. where he married Martha Fort. IT IS NOT >KNOWN IF HE HAD CHILDREN W/ Delia or Martha. IF HE DID THERE SURELY MUST BE >DESCENDANTS. > >2. Moses, b. 1787 ended up in Lawrence Co., Ill. He married a WAGNER woman. > > >3. Mary Ann married Aaron VANATTA, s/o of John and Mary VANATTA. >Following Aaron's early demise she married an ANGLE. After his death, she >married Rev. John LEHMAN. She had children w/ Aaron VANATTA and ANGLE. > >4. Susanna married Stephen VANATTA. > >5. Betsy (Elizabeth) married a PEPPLE and went to Ill. > >6. Aaron was a blacksmith who lived in New Lexington and died young. He had >married Agnes McCreary and had at least 4 children. I KNOW NOTHING AT ALL >ABOUT THESE CHILDREN EXCEPT THEIR NAMES MENTIONED IN THE DEATH INFO. Are >their any Pettys remaining in the area or surrounding counties? > >7. Jacob married Amelia BARNES and remained on the home farm outside >Somerset. He and his father, Joseph, donated land for the school. This is >my line. > >8. Sarah married a PARGIN and went to ILL. > >9. Margaret, b. 1791, married Henry STOLTZ and lived in ILL. for a period of >time I think. She had a son Jeff/Josiah PETTY prior to her marriage. Jeff >went to ILL, married a WAGNER woman, and remained in ILL. > >10. Joseph PETTY, Jr. married Elizabeth CLOVER. They moved to Ill. also. > > >If you are descended from any of these lines, be they Petty or allied lines, >you might have information that would help me get the entire family lined up. > I DO NOT WANT TO WRITE A BOOK! I just want to get my ancestry together in >one place to leave for my descendants. Please, if you have anything on these >names or COLEMAN, MAJORS, MURDOCK, SHORT, I would like to hear from you. > > > >Marjory PETTY Austen >MAPPAusten@aol.com > > > >==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== >Browse the OHPerry list archives at >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ohperry > >