This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D886C42FFD14F8BA9FCFE924 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello Folks! Happy holidays to all. This just came in on the Greene Co. IN list & I thought I should share it . Carl oneallj wrote: > Stephen: > > Just a note- I have an Alice Stalcup born 1879 died in 1943 married > 01 January 1895 in Greene County, Indiana to Otto O'Neall born 1869 died > 1950. > I have listed only one son Ivan T. O'Neall born 1898 died 1969 married Nola > Harrell born 1911, one son Delmar O'Neall born 1937. > > Otto was the son of Nathan b. 1842 and Elanor Ferguson b. 1838 O'Neall; > > Nathan the son of Samuel O'Neall born 25 May 1820 Bush river South Carolina, > died 30 August 1851 in Indiana married 18 February 1841 in Daviess Co. > Indiana Mary Ann Chandler born between 1820 and 1825 died 1851. > > Samuel O'Neall was the son of Henry Frost O'Neall born 10 January 1776 > Mudlick, Laurens District South Carolina, died 17 November 1852 Cass > Township, Greene County Indiana, married 6 December 1797 Bush river meeting, > South Carolina, Mary Miles born 27 August 1782 in Virginia, died 27 October > 1845 Greene county Indiana. Henry and mary Miles O'Neall are my direct > ancestors. > > Does your Stalcup family connect to Alice who married Otto O'Neall? > > Jim O'Neall > oneallj@ncn.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stephen J. Stalcup <jumping@airmail.net> > To: <INGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 11:36 AM > Subject: Re: Biography to share > > > I would like to correct some of the data on the STALCUP family in Mrs. > Hugh Owen's 1908 biography of Jacob Bucher; based on additional research and > more current publications , including the three volume " STALCUP FAMILY > HISTORY "(1986) by Earl E. Jones and Dr. Peter S. Craig's 1993 work " THE > 1693 CENSUS OF THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE" and published early church > records of OLD SWEDES CHURCH, Wilmington, Delaware. > > > > All individuals with the surname STALCUP,STALLCUP,STALLCOP, STAULCUP and > other variant spellings descend from the same common ancestor who arrived > in the New Sweden Colony -- in present day Delaware -- in 1641. Hence our > ancestry is Swedish, not German. The first five generations, through > William Stalcop (1741-1819) primarily used the STALCOP spelling; and only > with the sixth generation -- that of Isaac Stalcup (1765-1841)-- did the > current STALCUP spelling come into use. William Stalcop and several of his > brothers migrated to Orange Co.,NC after the death of his father, Peter > Stalcop in 1768. He moved on to Sumner Co.,TN in 1796; and it is from there > that most of the Stalcups migrating to Greene County, Indiana came. I am > including a brief biographical sketch of the 'original immigrant' in this > email; and have additional data on thr four lines of the Stalcup family in > Greene County, Indiana, from about 1820 on my web site at the address > below. > > > > Johan Andersson Stålcop > > > > > > by Larry S. Stallcup > > > > Forefather Member, Swedish Colonial Society > > > > 1436 Lakeview Drive > > > > Virginia Beach, VA 23455 > > > > > > originally published in Swedish Colonial News, > > > > Volume 1, Number 4 (Fall 1991) > > > > > > > > Johan Andersson of Strängnäs, Södermanland, Sweden, was just a young boy > of perhaps 13 or 14 when he was hired by Måns Kling to go to New Sweden as a > farm hand. He sailed May 3, 1641, from Stockholm aboard the Charitas for > Gothenburg, where his ship joined company with the Kalmar Nyckel. The two > ships departed for the Colony in July and arrived at Fort Christina November > 7,1641. Johan Andersson was soon at work and, with the arrival of Governor > Printz in 1643, he became one of the first tobacco planters at Upland (now > Chester). > > > > At about the age of 19, Johan Andersson was hired by Governor Printz to be > a soldier. With the arrival of Governor Rising in 1654, he was promoted to > the position of gunner, an occupation which may have led to his wearing a > piece of armor called a breastplate, which probably explains the nickname of > "Stälkofta" (steel coat in Swedish) by which he was usually called in > Swedish records. During the Dutch invasion in 1655, Johan Sfälkofta was the > gunner at Fort Trefaldighet (Trinity) at present New Castle. His nickname > soon appeared phonetically in Dutch records as "Staelcop" and later passed > into English records as "Stalcop." This last version became the basis for > the surnames adopted by all of his descendants (Stallcop, Stallcup, > Staulcup, Stalcup). > > > > Under Dutch rule Johan Andersson StåIcop began acquiring land and > eventually owned the greater part of the land now occupied by the City of > Wilmington. He married Christina Carlsdotter, the daughter of Carl Jönsson. > Carl Jönsson and his family, from Letstigen in southeastern Värmland, > Sweden, arrived on the Mercurius, the last expedition to the colony, which > reached the Delaware River in 1656 after New Sweden had fallen to the Dutch. > > > > Johan Andersson and Christina Carlsdotter established their home only > about 400 paces (approximately one-quarter mile) west from Fort Christina. > Their seven known children and their approximate year of birth were: > > > > 1. Anders (Andrew), born 1656, who married Catharine (parents unknown) and > had five children before his death c. 1692. > > > > 2. Charles, born 1658 and died, unmarried, in 1692. > > > > 3. Daughter (name unknown), born 1660, who was the first wife of Lulof > Stedham, and had three children before her death c. 1691. After her death, > Lulof Stedham married Catharine, the widow of Andrew Stalcop. > > > > 4. John, born 1662, married Annika (daughter of Johan Ericksson). John > Stalcop played a large role in the building of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes') > Church by providing some of the land (inherited from his father) where the > church is built. Later he sold some 250 acres of land to the church for a > glebe. John died unexpectedly 1700. He and Annika had four children. > > > > 5. Peter, born 1664, married Catharine (daughter of Samuel Petersson). > Peter operated a large plantation on Red Clay Creek. He died in 1710, > survived by six children. [ Our Greene Co.,Indiana families descend from > Peter] > > > > 6. Mary, born 1666, married John Hance Steelman. They had at least four > children. > > > > 7. Jonas, born 1669, was unmarried and apparently died about 1690. > > > > > > > > Johan Andersson Stälcop died in 1685 and Christina Carlsdotter died about > a decade later. They probably were buried in the Old Swedish Burying Ground > near old Fort Christina which later became part of the graveyard of Holy > Trinity (Old Swedes') Church. Today their descendants comprise one of the > largest single family units in America. > > > > > > > > Steve Stalcup > > Farmers Branch, TX > > > > > > Stalcup Family Page : > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4426/ > > Greene Co.,IN Stalcup Page: > > http://web2.airmail.net/jumping/ > > > > --------------D886C42FFD14F8BA9FCFE924 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <INGREENE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.27]) by mail.gtec.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-55235U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for <rosebud@gtec.com>; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 22:11:52 -0600 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA12761; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 20:10:48 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 20:10:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <011101bf3e0e$66edfbc0$0100007f@ncn.net> From: "oneallj" <oneallj@ncn.net> Old-To: "Stephen J. Stalcup" <jumping@airmail.net>, <INGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> References: <005901bf3ceb$c54cf780$c93d88cf@osgyfqel> Subject: Re: Biography to share Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 22:13:46 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Resent-Message-ID: <I3Wr1C.A.NHD.HRJS4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: INGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: INGREENE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <INGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/574 X-Loop: INGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: INGREENE-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Stephen: Just a note- I have an Alice Stalcup born 1879 died in 1943 married 01 January 1895 in Greene County, Indiana to Otto O'Neall born 1869 died 1950. I have listed only one son Ivan T. O'Neall born 1898 died 1969 married Nola Harrell born 1911, one son Delmar O'Neall born 1937. Otto was the son of Nathan b. 1842 and Elanor Ferguson b. 1838 O'Neall; Nathan the son of Samuel O'Neall born 25 May 1820 Bush river South Carolina, died 30 August 1851 in Indiana married 18 February 1841 in Daviess Co. Indiana Mary Ann Chandler born between 1820 and 1825 died 1851. Samuel O'Neall was the son of Henry Frost O'Neall born 10 January 1776 Mudlick, Laurens District South Carolina, died 17 November 1852 Cass Township, Greene County Indiana, married 6 December 1797 Bush river meeting, South Carolina, Mary Miles born 27 August 1782 in Virginia, died 27 October 1845 Greene county Indiana. Henry and mary Miles O'Neall are my direct ancestors. Does your Stalcup family connect to Alice who married Otto O'Neall? Jim O'Neall oneallj@ncn.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen J. Stalcup <jumping@airmail.net> To: <INGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 11:36 AM Subject: Re: Biography to share > I would like to correct some of the data on the STALCUP family in Mrs. Hugh Owen's 1908 biography of Jacob Bucher; based on additional research and more current publications , including the three volume " STALCUP FAMILY HISTORY "(1986) by Earl E. Jones and Dr. Peter S. Craig's 1993 work " THE 1693 CENSUS OF THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE" and published early church records of OLD SWEDES CHURCH, Wilmington, Delaware. > > All individuals with the surname STALCUP,STALLCUP,STALLCOP, STAULCUP and other variant spellings descend from the same common ancestor who arrived in the New Sweden Colony -- in present day Delaware -- in 1641. Hence our ancestry is Swedish, not German. The first five generations, through William Stalcop (1741-1819) primarily used the STALCOP spelling; and only with the sixth generation -- that of Isaac Stalcup (1765-1841)-- did the current STALCUP spelling come into use. William Stalcop and several of his brothers migrated to Orange Co.,NC after the death of his father, Peter Stalcop in 1768. He moved on to Sumner Co.,TN in 1796; and it is from there that most of the Stalcups migrating to Greene County, Indiana came. I am including a brief biographical sketch of the 'original immigrant' in this email; and have additional data on thr four lines of the Stalcup family in Greene County, Indiana, from about 1820 on my web site at the address below. > > Johan Andersson Stålcop > > > by Larry S. Stallcup > > Forefather Member, Swedish Colonial Society > > 1436 Lakeview Drive > > Virginia Beach, VA 23455 > > > originally published in Swedish Colonial News, > > Volume 1, Number 4 (Fall 1991) > > > > Johan Andersson of Strängnäs, Södermanland, Sweden, was just a young boy of perhaps 13 or 14 when he was hired by Måns Kling to go to New Sweden as a farm hand. He sailed May 3, 1641, from Stockholm aboard the Charitas for Gothenburg, where his ship joined company with the Kalmar Nyckel. The two ships departed for the Colony in July and arrived at Fort Christina November 7,1641. Johan Andersson was soon at work and, with the arrival of Governor Printz in 1643, he became one of the first tobacco planters at Upland (now Chester). > > At about the age of 19, Johan Andersson was hired by Governor Printz to be a soldier. With the arrival of Governor Rising in 1654, he was promoted to the position of gunner, an occupation which may have led to his wearing a piece of armor called a breastplate, which probably explains the nickname of "Stälkofta" (steel coat in Swedish) by which he was usually called in Swedish records. During the Dutch invasion in 1655, Johan Sfälkofta was the gunner at Fort Trefaldighet (Trinity) at present New Castle. His nickname soon appeared phonetically in Dutch records as "Staelcop" and later passed into English records as "Stalcop." This last version became the basis for the surnames adopted by all of his descendants (Stallcop, Stallcup, Staulcup, Stalcup). > > Under Dutch rule Johan Andersson StåIcop began acquiring land and eventually owned the greater part of the land now occupied by the City of Wilmington. He married Christina Carlsdotter, the daughter of Carl Jönsson. Carl Jönsson and his family, from Letstigen in southeastern Värmland, Sweden, arrived on the Mercurius, the last expedition to the colony, which reached the Delaware River in 1656 after New Sweden had fallen to the Dutch. > > Johan Andersson and Christina Carlsdotter established their home only about 400 paces (approximately one-quarter mile) west from Fort Christina. Their seven known children and their approximate year of birth were: > > 1. Anders (Andrew), born 1656, who married Catharine (parents unknown) and had five children before his death c. 1692. > > 2. Charles, born 1658 and died, unmarried, in 1692. > > 3. Daughter (name unknown), born 1660, who was the first wife of Lulof Stedham, and had three children before her death c. 1691. After her death, Lulof Stedham married Catharine, the widow of Andrew Stalcop. > > 4. John, born 1662, married Annika (daughter of Johan Ericksson). John Stalcop played a large role in the building of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes') Church by providing some of the land (inherited from his father) where the church is built. Later he sold some 250 acres of land to the church for a glebe. John died unexpectedly 1700. He and Annika had four children. > > 5. Peter, born 1664, married Catharine (daughter of Samuel Petersson). Peter operated a large plantation on Red Clay Creek. He died in 1710, survived by six children. [ Our Greene Co.,Indiana families descend from Peter] > > 6. Mary, born 1666, married John Hance Steelman. They had at least four children. > > 7. Jonas, born 1669, was unmarried and apparently died about 1690. > > > > Johan Andersson Stälcop died in 1685 and Christina Carlsdotter died about a decade later. They probably were buried in the Old Swedish Burying Ground near old Fort Christina which later became part of the graveyard of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes') Church. Today their descendants comprise one of the largest single family units in America. > > > > Steve Stalcup > Farmers Branch, TX > > > Stalcup Family Page : > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4426/ > Greene Co.,IN Stalcup Page: > http://web2.airmail.net/jumping/ > > --------------D886C42FFD14F8BA9FCFE924 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="rosebud.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Carl E. Porter Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rosebud.vcf" begin:vcard n:Porter;Carl English tel;fax:618-498-4826 tel;work:618-498-4826 x-mozilla-ht