Continue on the EVANS Quaker track. One of my Grandfathers was Jost HITE and we all know that his partner was Robert McKAY, the Quaker. In the "Fairfax Land Suit" William EVANS was listed as one of the Defendants to the bill of HITE et at vs. Lord Fairfax. EVANS, William; 604 opposite this page among the entries: Atta 8 Dec 1759 ag WRIGHT v EVANS for not answering ead. It goes on to say ----------P's formerly resident in PA invited others by encouragement proposed by governor of VA to settle frontiers. John VANMETER came from NY and ----------------Jost HITE Isaac VANMETER from West Jersey also 17 jun 1730----------------Jost HITE selling estate in PA removed here (Frederick Co., VA) "French & Indian War in Frederick Co., VA" by Norman Baker EVANS's Fort located 2.6 miles couth of the center of Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., WV built in the settlement of John EVANS probably in late 1755. -------------Isaac was the brother of John EVANS MENDENHALL's Fort. An Early stone dweling at Aspen Hall, the site of MENDENHALL'S Fort, on the west bank of Tuscarora Creek at the mouth of Dry Run, in the presents city limits of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV. MENDENHALL'S dwelling tract was narrow at the point where it crossed Tuscarora Run. It was crammed between the Indian path and wagon road on the south and a 300 acre tract of land belonging to Edward BEESON on the north. it was an ideal location for the operation of a mill. ------------------------------------------- MENDENHALL'S neighbors, adjoining BEESON's land on the north along the Indian path was militia Major Andrew CAMPBELL---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --John MENDEHALL, Jr. died in 1773 and he willed his son James his settlement fort site and mill, with house and orchard----------------------------known as Aspen Hall is now on the site at the north end of Martinsburg's Boyd Avenue.------------------
Chocy, David, and Listers, A couple of interesting things. I've been exploring some Henry's that were in the Union Co., IL area around 1820 - 1840ish, i.e., a Moses, William, Aaron, etc. (sound just a little familiar to the Henry names in Shenandoah?). Anyway, I'm finding that some of them seem to have been in KY just prior to their move to IL even though the older ones list their place of birth as VA. One of these Henry's was named Evan Henry. Never knew where that one came from but in light of the recent discussion thought I would mention it. I also want to mention that here in Ohio close to the stagecoach stop of Stephen Ritter and John Bell live many many Evans, as Chocy has pointed out, and several parks, athletic centers, schools, etc. were either subsidized by or given as gifts to the neighborhoods from the Evans families (Mostly from the Thomas J. Evans Family). Also, the Hite's and Heath's (local businessmen, attorneys, etc.) are in this same area. Every year at Christmas, it is a tradition for our family to go to the Hite Christmas party in Utica, OH but I never put it together with the Hite's from VA - must have been a mental block. To me they are just very close families and neighbors we grew up with. -----Original Message----- From: Chocybrown@aol.com [mailto:Chocybrown@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:58 AM To: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA] Quaker Records-EVANS/MENDENHALL/BEESON/CAMPBELL Continue on the EVANS Quaker track. One of my Grandfathers was Jost HITE and we all know that his partner was Robert McKAY, the Quaker. In the "Fairfax Land Suit" William EVANS was listed as one of the Defendants to the bill of HITE et at vs. Lord Fairfax. EVANS, William; 604 opposite this page among the entries: Atta 8 Dec 1759 ag WRIGHT v EVANS for not answering ead. It goes on to say ----------P's formerly resident in PA invited others by encouragement proposed by governor of VA to settle frontiers. John VANMETER came from NY and ----------------Jost HITE Isaac VANMETER from West Jersey also 17 jun 1730----------------Jost HITE selling estate in PA removed here (Frederick Co., VA) "French & Indian War in Frederick Co., VA" by Norman Baker EVANS's Fort located 2.6 miles couth of the center of Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., WV built in the settlement of John EVANS probably in late 1755. -------------Isaac was the brother of John EVANS MENDENHALL's Fort. An Early stone dweling at Aspen Hall, the site of MENDENHALL'S Fort, on the west bank of Tuscarora Creek at the mouth of Dry Run, in the presents city limits of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV. MENDENHALL'S dwelling tract was narrow at the point where it crossed Tuscarora Run. It was crammed between the Indian path and wagon road on the south and a 300 acre tract of land belonging to Edward BEESON on the north. it was an ideal location for the operation of a mill. ------------------------------------------- MENDENHALL'S neighbors, adjoining BEESON's land on the north along the Indian path was militia Major Andrew CAMPBELL-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- --John MENDEHALL, Jr. died in 1773 and he willed his son James his settlement fort site and mill, with house and orchard----------------------------known as Aspen Hall is now on the site at the north end of Martinsburg's Boyd Avenue.------------------ ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== IF YOU HAVE GOT ANY TECHNICAL LIST QUESTIONS:: Send to:Old-Frederick-Co-Va-Admin@RootsWeb.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.19/231 - Release Date: 1/16/2006 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.19/231 - Release Date: 1/16/2006