HI, I have Andrew Longacre m. to Mary "Polly". Their dau., Isabella Charlet Longacre b. Jan. 1, 1836 in Harrison Co. Indiana, m. John Henry Emly. Both died in Harrison Co. after having 19 children. (that's a bunch!!) Could this Andrew be in your family---perhaps a grandson? Sally ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

Hello all, I just subscribed to this list, and am researching many area families. The Primary families are: SILVIUS/SILVIOUS (over 30 variations of spelling) - mostly in Shenandoah and Rockingham counties, but have been in the Valley since 1780's/1790's, and "have been fruitful and multiplied". Lots and lots of information about this family, to my knowledge has never been fully researched before. MOWERY/MOWREY - have been in Frederick, Berkeley and Shenandoah counties since mid-1700's. Lots of information on this family also, including a 200-page genealogy. PRATHER - came to America in 1622, have lived in northern Shenandoah Valley since early 1800's - primarily Berkeley and Jefferson counties as well as Washington and Frederick Counties in Maryland. Reply to either of the following addresses for more information: <dsilvius@tlcdelivers.com> <dsilvius@intrepid.net> Thanks, Don ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

Hi, Betty---- Could hardly believe it when I saw Longacre on my email screen! I have Andrew Longacre m. to a Mary "Polly"------their dau., Isabella Charlet Longacre was born in Harrison County, Indiana Jan. 1, 1836. She married John Henry Emly and they are both buried in Harrison Co. Do you think we have the same family? Sally ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

Roger, I am finally finding a little time for my passion of genealogy :) Sorry to have taken so long in getting back to you. I scanned over the book this morning. I did not find a minister mentioned by the name Dawson. Sorry! I assume you are attempting to determine the denomination with which Dawson was associated. If so, try writing to the Handley Regional Library, Piccadilly & Braddock Street (or P.O. Box 58) Winchester, VA 22604, Attention: Archives. Tell them you heard there was a "Larry Veach" collection housed there and you'd like them to check the file for (Rev) Benjamin Dawson. This collection has information on ministers identified in Frederick County, their time of service and the church they served as best determined by Pastor Larry Veach. Perhaps the collection will hold answers to your question. Good luck in your search, Linda At 09:17 PM 10/5/97 -0500, you wrote: >At 8:45 AM -0500 10/4/97, Linda Whitmer wrote: > >>Having said that... If someone would like to know what Dr. Quarles had to >>say about a Winchester Church, I'll do what I can. :) >> >Linda > >I understand that the book is not indexed. Is there an easy way to >identify whether someone was connected to a particular church. A Benjamin >DAWSON performed the marriage of my ancestors, Peter MADDEN and Susan >WHEELIN in 1799. > >Any information that you could find would be appreciated. (Without an >index, I am not expecting you to go to heroic measures). > > > Roger A. Rayborn - raybornr@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us >Searching -Anderson, Baughman, Gray, Hook, Ingels, Jackson, Madden, Nash, >Pace, Rayburn (All Spellings), Roberts, Rubart, Rush, Scholey, Sewell >&Wineinger >Page & Taylor Co, IA, Hancock, Henderson & Warren Co, IL, Ripley Co, IN, >Mongtomery Co, KY, Nodaway Co, MO, Greene Co, PA & Montgomery Co, VA > > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:daisy@usroots.com

At 7:21 AM -0400 10/15/97, Linda Whitmer wrote: >Roger, > >I am finally finding a little time for my passion of genealogy :) Sorry to >have taken so long in getting back to you. > Thank you for your search, I will check the Handley Library... Roger A. Rayborn raybornr@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us Searching: Anderson, Hook, Madden, Pace, Nash, Rayborn (all spellings), Rubart, Scholey Page and Taylor Co, IA; Hancock, Henderson and Warren Co, IL; Greene Co, PA ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

Looking for 3rd great grandfather BENJAMIN LONGACRE b:March 1761 Frederick,Virg. Was married to RUTH ? in Roane,Tenn., He died in Johnson Co.,MO. His father was ANDREW LONGACRE from Sweden And his mother was HANNAH IRESON from Penn. ANDREW d: Bef 1795 and HANNAH d:1793 both in Frederick, Virg. BENJAMIN and RUTH had a son JOHN who had married PHOEBE P. THRORNTON who had a son RICHARD IRESON LONGACRE. If you know of anyone that was with this family,or know any history on the family would you let me know. Our LONGACRE had came to MT. from MO. Chat LONGACRE is our tie to this family. Thank you for your help. Betty zipper@wtp.net ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:daisy@usroots.com

Hi Donald-- I'm interested in placing a query! I'm interested in any and all info you might have on George Home/Hume b. 1698 in Wedderburn, Scotland, son of Sir George Home, 9th Baron of Wedderburn. George Home/Hume was born in 1698 and died in 1760 in Frederick Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Proctor. He was a surveyor and supposedly taught George Washington how to survey! Any info is helpful. Thanks! Barbara Price POBox 13202 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:daisy@usroots.com

As newsletter editor for the Lawrence County (Ohio) Genealogical Society I invite list members who have a connections in my area to submit queries to be placed on a space available basis in our quarterly newsletter. The "Lawco Lore" is mailed to about 350 individuals and other societies covering most of the lower 48. The only requirement is that I "MUST" have your mailing address. We do ask you to share any research which has turned up Lawrence County connections. We try to help all who inquire, and a large base of info will help those efforts. Donald Clark,Corresponding Secretary and Newsletter Editor Lawrence County Genealogical Society, OGS PO Box 945 Ironton, OH 45638-0945 Home Address: 1005 Township Rd 149 Proctorville, OH 45669-9082 PH 614/886-7230 New area code( 740 )effective Nov. 1, 1997 ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

I presume you mean the Holsten/Holston River settlement. I've seen it more often Holsten in the 1700s and it's Holston on the modern maps. It runs from Tennesee into Va. and squinting at my map I can't really tell if it runs north to the Shenandoah or South to the Tennesse basin. (I think the latter.) ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:daisy@usroots.com

Hello, Is there any way to calculate the approximate year of birth from the confirmation date of a child? I am speaking about an established Swiss German family, the SHOWMANs, of Old Frederick/Shenandoah county. A daughter, Elisabetha SCHAUMANN is shown to be confirmed at the Reformed Zion-Pine Church near Edinburgh on 24 Sep 1796, and admitted into communion the following day. This family was associated with the Zion-Pine Church (both the Reformed and Lutheran "sides"!) for several years, so can I assume they followed any sort of traditional dates for confirmation, and thereby figure the approximate birthyear? I have been told that the church records were kept in High (literary) German, hence Schaumann in records and Showman in popular use. I would naturally welcome, and share, any additional information about Elizabeth SHOWMAN, and other Swiss German families associated with the Showman line: KAUFFMANN, ZEIGLER, RINKER, FADELY/FA"DELE/FADLEY, HALLER/HOLLAR, and STONEBURNER/STEINBRENNER. Alternate spellings for Showman (originally from PA by way of MD) include: SHOEMAN, SHUMAN, SHOMAN, and later SHERMAN. Thanks, Rick - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Richard (Rick) Carpenter, Jr. Sam Houston Press, Sam Houston State University 409.294.1856 Huntsville TX 77341-2326 gra_jrc@shsu.edu ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

Does anyone know the location of a town or area, known as Holstein? I've checked VA, WV and NC, can't find anything. The time period of 1779, a relative of mine left Augusta and moved to the ares of Holstein. I guess, I need to call AAA. any help, please Bill ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

I am researching the following in Hampshire Co. and would love to hear from others also interested in these families. Henry SHEETZ m. Anne B. ENT. Had 10 children, only know of 2, Frederick (mine) and Zebulon. Who were the others? Henry died in 1793 in Hampshire Co., Anne d. 1839 White Co. IN. Benjamin PARKER b. 1723, d. 22 Dec. 1807, married Margaret THORNTON. Need information on parents of either. THOMAS EMERSON b. 1755, d. 1826 Pickaway Co. OH, m. Mary DOWNEY. Where was Thomas born? Some say Ireland, others say Maryland. Will appreciate any and all help! Adina ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

Cathy, Smith's Creek was named for Daniel Smith, I believe, in the 1730s. I have not researched the Stepp surname. Wilmer L. Kerns At 08:24 PM 10/12/97 -0400, you wrote: >Do you find any STEPPS living in the Shenandoah Co. before 1800? Michael >SMITH of Page Co. married Susanna STEPP of Shenandoah Co in 1818. They >moved to Upshur Co. WV. after the marriage. Michael was born in Lancaster >Co. Penn. >What or who is Smith's Creek named after? Cathy cathys@erinet.com ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:daisy@usroots.com

Hi All, If any of you are interested, the Lists will now be archived on-line. The archive is brand new and still in the testing phase, but you are welcome to check it out. Please send a few messages to the list, or re-send some of your old queries or county information to be added to the archives. http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/ Good luck in your quest, Yvonne ****** Yvonne James-Henderson, Burke, VA My Home page: Daisy's Roots: http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/1daisy.htm alternate addresses: daisy@usroots.com or hen1@idt.net Listowner for these Family Discussion Lists: BALLEAU BRISBIN COOKSEY HITT HORN KENTON LAWSON LUCKY MORROW SWEET ZIMMERMAN Listowner for: The PRINCE WILLIAM, OLD FREDERICK, ROCKBRIDGE CO., VA and MASON CO., KY Discussion Lists ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

Need to know where Old Stone Church Cemetery is located. My "Dick" family is from the Whitehall/Greenspring area; trying to find Peter Dick, my great-grandfather and father of Edgar Lee Dick. Edgar and his wife Maggie owned the "Diamond K" ranch until they lost it in the 30's I believe. There's no one alive who can help me. Maybe there are some clues in that cemetery. I've been to Pine Grove Cemetery and the Mt. Pleasant UM Church Cemetery. There is a Peter Dick in the former buried with his wife Harriet (probable 2nd marriage) but I don't think he's mine. Edgar's mother was Martha who later married John Wesley Webber. Can anyone help? Thanks so very much. Jo Jarvis ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:daisy@usroots.com

Do you find any STEPPS living in the Shenandoah Co. before 1800? Michael SMITH of Page Co. married Susanna STEPP of Shenandoah Co in 1818. They moved to Upshur Co. WV. after the marriage. Michael was born in Lancaster Co. Penn. What or who is Smith's Creek named after? Cathy cathys@erinet.com ---------- > From: Wilmer L. Kerns <wlkerns@intr.net> > To: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: New Jersey Settlers to OLD FREDERICK COUNTY > Date: Sunday, October 12, 1997 6:31 PM > > Vera, > > I recently completed a 28-page research paper on John Phillips (1720-1790) > and descendants of Smith's Creek, Old Augusta County--now Rockingham County. > Thomas Loker was a neighbor whose name was mentioned often in the public > records. Sometimes the name was spelled Looker or Lokey. Thomas Loker was > given a land grant in 1745 for importing from New Jersey to Smith's Creek a > person named William Phillips. It is my understanding that the Lokers were > originally from Suffolk, England, and first settled in Sudbury, > Massachusetts during the 1630s. A tradition says that Thomas Loker became a > Quaker and moved south after learning about the land opportunities in the > Shenandoah Valley. There were numerous Quaker families who settled at > Smith's Creek during the 1730s (Haworth, Scarborough, etc), but most moved > on to other frontiers by 1760. Reportedly, Thomas Loker was born circa 1705 > in New Jersey and died in 1795 at Tenth Legion, Rockingham County. This is > located near US Route 11, within the Smith's Creek watershed in the northern > part of the County near the Shenandoah County line. If I knew where in New > Jersey that Thomas Loker came from, there I would probably find the origin > of my John Phillips ancestor. > > I am not aware that Benjamin Bordin Sr. had any connection to the lands in > this stretch of Northern Rockingham County. This land was not a part of > Fairfax's Northern Neck, nor of Bordin's track in Augusta County. Col. James > Wood surveyed some of this land for Orange County during that period > (late1730s). His old survey book is kept in the Frederick County courthouse > in Winchester. Remember that Benjamin Bordin Sr. (1692-1743) died in what > is now Clarke County, VA. and that he had a son named Benjamin Bordin Jr. > whose name is occasionally confused with his father's name in later years. > > It was not unusual for families in New England and New York to move to the > Jerseys or Delaware during the late 1600s and early 1700s. Pennsylvania and > Maryland were the next stopping places for many (but not all) settlers. And > some of these people found their way to the Shenandoah Valley when it was > opened for settlement as early as 1730. Land was already scarce on Long > Island, and settlers were not able to expand westward in the Colony of New > York because of the presence of the Iroquois Indian Nation. I have > documented the movement of some of these families on their way to Old > Frederick County. For example, the Babb and Perkins (also Parkins) families > were among the very first to settle in Old Frederick in early 1730s. In the > late 1600s, they were living in New Hampshire. They had kinship connections > with the Hollingsworth, Booth, and Conway families. Being converted to the > Quaker expression of Chrisitanity, the Babbs and Perkins families moved to > Delaware in 1695 (bypassing Jersey), for more freedom to practice their > faith. They came directly from Delaware to "Old Frederick," perhaps as early > as 1730. > > Someone asked about Morgan Morgan's (1688-1766) roots prior to coming to > Frederick County. He too came directly from Delaware, but he was a member of > the established church (Anglican or Church of England). A claim is made that > Morgan came in 1726 and one history text says that he was "the first West > Virginian." Yet, a record in Delaware shows that he served as County coroner > for the year 1729. I have no doubt that Morgan was in "Frederick County" as > early as 1730-1731. He settled on Mill Creek near Bunker Hill, Norbourne > Parish, Berkeley County, WV, and in November 1735 received a land grant from > Alexander Ross and Morgan Bryan. A book has been published on Morgan Bryan > and his descendants. I am not an expert on this subject, and suggest that > you consult other publications. Also, the Norbourne Parish Register is on > file in the Library of Virginia. Among other things, it provides many vital > dates, as early as the 1740s. Sorry, but I cannot offer to do lookups. My > volume of e-mail and correspondence is already beyond my capacity to answer. > > While I'm on the subject of in-migration to Old Frederick, I should mention > that several groups of settlers came from Cecil County, Maryland. The > Nottingham Quakers and the Presbyterians (Rene Julian, e.g.). In fact the > Julian and Largent families came earlier (late 1600s) from Berkeley County, > SC up to Cecil County, MD, and then to the Shenandoah Valley during the > earliest years of the 1730 decade. So not all of the early Frederick > settlers came from the upper mid-Atlantic region or New England. There was > also a migration from Barbados to the Carolinas and Virginia. I'm hearing > more about researchers finding genealogical information in Barbados records, > which so far I've had no occasion to consult. > > Another place to look if you have Quaker ancestors is the Monocacy Valley > settlement in Maryland, (roughly the 1715-1735 period). I found the Wrights, > Ballingers and many more names that came to Old Frederick during the 1730s. > Monocacy is now in Frederick County, Maryland. Several good publications are > available on this settlement. I do not own any of these books and I cannot > cite the titles by memory. > > In searching for origins, I have found that settlers to Old Frederick often > had prior connections with each other, primarily church affiliations, > commercial endeavors, or blood kinship (a man and his brother-in-law or > son-in-law, e.g.). Therefore, it is very important to study groups of names > associated with each other, such as witnesses on a legal record, land > transactions, etc. It's almost unheard of for a "lone ranger" to appear on > the frontier horizon. It's rare. There were cases where people sought a > backwoods residence here in Old Frederick to avoid prosecution in another > Colony. A good example of this is the Parke family of New Jersey who settled > in Cacapon River Valley in present-day Hampshire County. Joining the Parkes > (or Parks) from the same community in New Jersey were the Thomas Smith, > Bartholomew Anderson and other families. This is a lengthy story to tell, so > I'd better stop here. > > I ask that this e-mail not be posted at a website. I have been talking > hurriedly from the top-of-my-head, trying to share some thoughts about the > inflow of settler groups to Old Frederick County. It's not the quality of > information and writing that I would want published. > > Wilmer L. Kerns > > At 10:10 AM 10/9/97 -0400, you wrote: > >I am looking for the city/county /state where Thomas Looker (Loker) was > >living before he came to Smith Creek where he and others purchased land from > >Benjamin Borden who was Fairfax's agent from 1732 to 1734 when he was > >replaced by Lord Fairfax's nephew. There were Lookers and Bordens in New > >Jersey in 1697, but I have been unable to trace my Thomas to that family > >either. Any help appreciated. Vera Boyatt vboytt@aol.com > > > > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm > > > > > > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:daisy@usroots.com

Dear Dr. Kerns, Thank you so much for answering so many queries on this page.I am the person who is querying about Morgan Morgan. I have always felt that the Morgans, particulars Morgans son had a runiing feud with George Washington. Several items give me this sense. 1. Morgan Morgan had awarrant sworn out for George Washington and issued it 3 times. The warrant is for trespassing and one of the 3 times Sheriff Greene was keep off by force of arms by Lawerence Washington. 2. Only David Morgan voted for George Washington in his house of Burgess election. 3. George Washington and the Morgans had land holdings in the same area off Braddock Road in the area of Washingtons tavern. 4. The dissapearance of Washington's land holdings when he showed up in Monogalia County at John Pierponts House.Who was clerk at the time. Pierpont was Zackquill Morgan's son in law. 5. The terrible directions Morgan and Pierpont gave Washington home after the meeting in Pierponts Cabin. This is why I was looking to get hold of what was the dissent over the land holding with Lord Fairfax. Charlie Robinson Winchester, VA 22601 ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:daisy@usroots.com

Dear Clrzero, Ross and Bryan allegedly brought in 70 families to their Frederick County settlement, but the names have been lost to history. Generally, their land was between Opequon Creek and westward to North Mountain. I've studied the Ross-Bryan grant records in the Library of Virginia, all issued in November of 1735. Col James Wood's survey book gives some clues as to who the earliest settlers were. But there are less than 20 grants issued by Ross-Bryan (I used to know the exact number). I believe that numerous grantees were not recorded. For example, Arthur Barrett (1681-1745) received one grant for which there is a record. But several of his children took up land at the same time, which was not recorded by Ross-Bryan. I think this happened again-and-again. There was no grant made to Enoch Pearson, and he was one of the first to arrive in the settlement. Morgan Morgan got one of the Ross-Bryan grants, but he came independently to Frederick County. Morgan was a politician, businessman, church official and person in his own right. Unlike most of his peer-settlers, Morgan was a member of the Church of England. Wilmer L. Kerns At 08:06 AM 10/9/97 -0400, you wrote: >I am looking for information on the Ross/Bryan group. Was Morgan Morgan >part of that group? > >clrzero@mnsinc.com> >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

Vera, I recently completed a 28-page research paper on John Phillips (1720-1790) and descendants of Smith's Creek, Old Augusta County--now Rockingham County. Thomas Loker was a neighbor whose name was mentioned often in the public records. Sometimes the name was spelled Looker or Lokey. Thomas Loker was given a land grant in 1745 for importing from New Jersey to Smith's Creek a person named William Phillips. It is my understanding that the Lokers were originally from Suffolk, England, and first settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts during the 1630s. A tradition says that Thomas Loker became a Quaker and moved south after learning about the land opportunities in the Shenandoah Valley. There were numerous Quaker families who settled at Smith's Creek during the 1730s (Haworth, Scarborough, etc), but most moved on to other frontiers by 1760. Reportedly, Thomas Loker was born circa 1705 in New Jersey and died in 1795 at Tenth Legion, Rockingham County. This is located near US Route 11, within the Smith's Creek watershed in the northern part of the County near the Shenandoah County line. If I knew where in New Jersey that Thomas Loker came from, there I would probably find the origin of my John Phillips ancestor. I am not aware that Benjamin Bordin Sr. had any connection to the lands in this stretch of Northern Rockingham County. This land was not a part of Fairfax's Northern Neck, nor of Bordin's track in Augusta County. Col. James Wood surveyed some of this land for Orange County during that period (late1730s). His old survey book is kept in the Frederick County courthouse in Winchester. Remember that Benjamin Bordin Sr. (1692-1743) died in what is now Clarke County, VA. and that he had a son named Benjamin Bordin Jr. whose name is occasionally confused with his father's name in later years. It was not unusual for families in New England and New York to move to the Jerseys or Delaware during the late 1600s and early 1700s. Pennsylvania and Maryland were the next stopping places for many (but not all) settlers. And some of these people found their way to the Shenandoah Valley when it was opened for settlement as early as 1730. Land was already scarce on Long Island, and settlers were not able to expand westward in the Colony of New York because of the presence of the Iroquois Indian Nation. I have documented the movement of some of these families on their way to Old Frederick County. For example, the Babb and Perkins (also Parkins) families were among the very first to settle in Old Frederick in early 1730s. In the late 1600s, they were living in New Hampshire. They had kinship connections with the Hollingsworth, Booth, and Conway families. Being converted to the Quaker expression of Chrisitanity, the Babbs and Perkins families moved to Delaware in 1695 (bypassing Jersey), for more freedom to practice their faith. They came directly from Delaware to "Old Frederick," perhaps as early as 1730. Someone asked about Morgan Morgan's (1688-1766) roots prior to coming to Frederick County. He too came directly from Delaware, but he was a member of the established church (Anglican or Church of England). A claim is made that Morgan came in 1726 and one history text says that he was "the first West Virginian." Yet, a record in Delaware shows that he served as County coroner for the year 1729. I have no doubt that Morgan was in "Frederick County" as early as 1730-1731. He settled on Mill Creek near Bunker Hill, Norbourne Parish, Berkeley County, WV, and in November 1735 received a land grant from Alexander Ross and Morgan Bryan. A book has been published on Morgan Bryan and his descendants. I am not an expert on this subject, and suggest that you consult other publications. Also, the Norbourne Parish Register is on file in the Library of Virginia. Among other things, it provides many vital dates, as early as the 1740s. Sorry, but I cannot offer to do lookups. My volume of e-mail and correspondence is already beyond my capacity to answer. While I'm on the subject of in-migration to Old Frederick, I should mention that several groups of settlers came from Cecil County, Maryland. The Nottingham Quakers and the Presbyterians (Rene Julian, e.g.). In fact the Julian and Largent families came earlier (late 1600s) from Berkeley County, SC up to Cecil County, MD, and then to the Shenandoah Valley during the earliest years of the 1730 decade. So not all of the early Frederick settlers came from the upper mid-Atlantic region or New England. There was also a migration from Barbados to the Carolinas and Virginia. I'm hearing more about researchers finding genealogical information in Barbados records, which so far I've had no occasion to consult. Another place to look if you have Quaker ancestors is the Monocacy Valley settlement in Maryland, (roughly the 1715-1735 period). I found the Wrights, Ballingers and many more names that came to Old Frederick during the 1730s. Monocacy is now in Frederick County, Maryland. Several good publications are available on this settlement. I do not own any of these books and I cannot cite the titles by memory. In searching for origins, I have found that settlers to Old Frederick often had prior connections with each other, primarily church affiliations, commercial endeavors, or blood kinship (a man and his brother-in-law or son-in-law, e.g.). Therefore, it is very important to study groups of names associated with each other, such as witnesses on a legal record, land transactions, etc. It's almost unheard of for a "lone ranger" to appear on the frontier horizon. It's rare. There were cases where people sought a backwoods residence here in Old Frederick to avoid prosecution in another Colony. A good example of this is the Parke family of New Jersey who settled in Cacapon River Valley in present-day Hampshire County. Joining the Parkes (or Parks) from the same community in New Jersey were the Thomas Smith, Bartholomew Anderson and other families. This is a lengthy story to tell, so I'd better stop here. I ask that this e-mail not be posted at a website. I have been talking hurriedly from the top-of-my-head, trying to share some thoughts about the inflow of settler groups to Old Frederick County. It's not the quality of information and writing that I would want published. Wilmer L. Kerns At 10:10 AM 10/9/97 -0400, you wrote: >I am looking for the city/county /state where Thomas Looker (Loker) was >living before he came to Smith Creek where he and others purchased land from >Benjamin Borden who was Fairfax's agent from 1732 to 1734 when he was >replaced by Lord Fairfax's nephew. There were Lookers and Bordens in New >Jersey in 1697, but I have been unable to trace my Thomas to that family >either. Any help appreciated. Vera Boyatt vboytt@aol.com > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

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