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Finally. Barbara was kind enough to send me this URL which links to an online, pdf version of the 43-page Iling records book. <http://lancastergenealogy.tripod.com/church_records.htm> This is a very nice recource because it contains not only Rev. Iling's marriages and baptisms (which begin on page 17), but also contains names of subscribers (who paid Iling's salary) and their locations, and contains information about the various congregations as well. Lots of people from the Chester County area and right adjacent. Again, the years Rev. Iling was working are 1780 to 1799. So this is an extra bonus; the records are "found" again, and now I can crawl back into my cave for a while to read all these. Thanks Barbara! & Best wishes to all, Liz J

Biographical sketch of Robert Eyre http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/chester/bios/eyre-r.txt As of today, I will no longer be notifying members of server problems. If you find yourself unsubbed, I suggest you visit the rootsweb HelpDesk to see if they list any particular problems (they don't always do so) http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ and try to resub. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.4/319 - Release Date: 4/19/2006

I found this in the old Chester Archives: Samuel Jefferis was married 11,24,1759, to Margaret, daughter of John and Joanna Townsend, of East Bradford, born 7,27,1742, died 7,9,1832. They resided for many years in West Whiteland, but died in West Chester. They had two sons,--William and John, of whom the first died with yellow fever in Philadelphia, leaving children, who went to Baltimore. Are there any Jefferis-Townsend descendents in this group, other than myself? Kim Townsend Spangrude

Someone pointed out that the link for Rev Iling records which I sent the other day, goes to a page which contains the marriages only, and not the baptisms. Oops. I still recall the very fine web page which had both... hope it still exists somewhere. So, back to the drawing board, if I find that, I will post a link for it. Otherwise, the baptisms of Rev. Iling (1780-1799) can be found in the archives of this list, a couple of years ago. Pardon the confusion, everything is always "under construction" here. Best wishes, Liz J

from a lookup in Early Court Records; Joseph Burden attorney for his father Matthew Burden, delivered a deed to Samuel Buckley for 3 tracts of land in Chester.....201 acres of land except Ralph Fishborn's lot....dated 10th of 4mo 1701. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.4/319 - Release Date: 4/19/2006

from a lookup ; Moss doesn't appear to be a common area name, as there are only 3 in the 1765 Chester Archives; Moss, James owned 70 acres in London Grove. John is enumerated as a freeman* in London Grove Josh owned 95 acres in London Grove * freeman = unmarried man who did now own land but lived in the twp -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.4/319 - Release Date: 4/19/2006

A couple of weeks ago I had been looking for a collection of marriages and baptisms of Reverend Rev. T. F. Iling, who was a minister in southeastern Pennsylvania between 1780 and about 1799. The area which Rev. Iling served was quite broad; his ministerial duties took him to places which are now parts of several counties, including locations in Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon and Berks Counties. In addition, Rev. Iling's work was not limited to one denomination but covered, as many did, people of various faiths who needed his services. Rev. T. F. Iling's marriages and baptisms had been posted to the list here a few years ago, in a series of posts extending over a few month's time. But I knew they were all in one place, somewhere online; now I have finally found them again. They're in an obscure "corner" of the USgenweb archives for PA, not under any specific county. I had been asked to post a URL if I did find it, so here it is. <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/1pa/church/illing-mar.txt> Note that when Rev. Iling writes "in the Forest", he means in the area of the "Forest Church" at Robeson, also known as Plow Church. Hope this will be of use to those here at some point. Best wishes from Liz J

And down here in Alabama, Birmingham is called Bumminham! LOL Diana in AL ----- Original Message ----- From: Erayl@aol.com<mailto:Erayl@aol.com> To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 6:34 PM Subject: Re: Early Chester court records 1697-1710 (Stroud) In a message dated 4/21/06 3:00:44 AM, Sandra Ferguson writes: > The only mention of John Stroud (Strood, Strode) is that he purchased 50 > acres of land in " Brimigen" ( I feel sure this means Birmingham twp) , from > Richard Glasscock...16day 9mo 1705. > Probably so. "Brummagem" was the old name for Birmingham, England. People in Birmingham still refer to it as "Brum" and call themselves "Brummies." Eleanor Rayl (who has ancestors from "Brum")

from a UK site Brummagen is a slang version of Birmingham, which is a version of Bromwicham, itself a version of Brimidgeham, the old name for Birmingham. The Bromwicham form persists in the name of the town to the west of Birmingham - West Bromwich. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Erayl@aol.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 7:34 PM Subject: [PaOldC] Re: Early Chester court records 1697-1710 (Stroud) > > In a message dated 4/21/06 3:00:44 AM, Sandra Ferguson writes: > >> The only mention of John Stroud (Strood, Strode) is that he purchased 50 >> acres of land in " Brimigen" ( I feel sure this means Birmingham twp) , >> from >> Richard Glasscock...16day 9mo 1705. >> > Probably so. "Brummagem" was the old name for Birmingham, England. People > in > Birmingham still refer to it as "Brum" and call themselves "Brummies." > > Eleanor Rayl > (who has ancestors from "Brum") > > > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing..... To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot." > > If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list > contact me personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS...contact me personally ferg@ntelos.net if posted you > will be unsubscribed > > please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area photos, > helpful URLs and lots of county information > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > ============================== > 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 >

In a message dated 4/21/06 3:00:44 AM, Sandra Ferguson writes: > The only mention of John Stroud (Strood, Strode) is that he purchased 50 > acres of land in " Brimigen" ( I feel sure this means Birmingham twp) , from > Richard Glasscock...16day 9mo 1705. > Probably so. "Brummagem" was the old name for Birmingham, England. People in Birmingham still refer to it as "Brum" and call themselves "Brummies." Eleanor Rayl (who has ancestors from "Brum")

AKA The seven Years War The Pomeranian War Good article by historian Fred Anderson at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_that_Made_America visit"The George Smedley Homepage" http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net additional photos at http://smedley.george.home.att.net

For Laura > I have been advised by an archivist at the PA State Archives to look > at the following source for rosters of the French & Indian War: > > "The Pennsylvania Archives", Fifth Series, Volume One Laura, I do remember seeing some records of this era. It's not always called "French & Indian War" --you would want to go by dates. There might be a bit of reading, but maybe you can find what you need without having to go to a library or order films. I would wait until the beginning of May, when the iarchives website is supposed to be back up, then read the pertinent parts of the Penn Archives online there. Use the link which Diana had provided in her post of yesterday, which should take you to a search page. Here is the link again, with thanks to Diana: <http://demos.iarchives.com/anc_04/search.jsp<about:blank>> From here you would have time to peruse the Penn Archives at your leisure. Best wishes from Liz J

from a lookup; The only mention of John Stroud (Strood, Strode) is that he purchased 50 acres of land in " Brimigen" ( I feel sure this means Birmingham twp) , from Richard Glasscock...16day 9mo 1705. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.4/319 - Release Date: 4/19/2006

One possible place to look would be on the Mormon church website --also, at least a part of the Archives are online, 'though I do not recall the url. Check on PA Genweb too. > [Original Message] > From: Laura Anderson <kalkowski@mindspring.com> > To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/19/06 5:02:01 PM > Subject: French & Indian War rosters > > Hi all, > > I have been advised by an archivist at the PA State Archives to look > at the following source for rosters of the French & Indian War: > > "The Pennsylvania Archives", Fifth Series, Volume One > > He said the volumes have been put on microfiche and are available in > many places, as are some copies of the volumes themselves in larger > libraries. He said there are VERY few records of this war. > > Laura

If anyone has tried to use the IArchives site for the Penn Archive Series in the past 2 weeks, and nothing happened, it is because they are upgrading. Information from their site manager says that by May 1, they will be online again. (I sure have missed being able to search those volumes!) Here is the link: <http://demos.iarchives.com/anc_04/search.jsp<about:blank>> Diana in AL

Hi all, I have been advised by an archivist at the PA State Archives to look at the following source for rosters of the French & Indian War: "The Pennsylvania Archives", Fifth Series, Volume One He said the volumes have been put on microfiche and are available in many places, as are some copies of the volumes themselves in larger libraries. He said there are VERY few records of this war. Laura

Listers, Please bear with me as my Anderson research from Chester takes on a tangent to the Pennsylvania frontier. In some way, I know this will come around and one day make a connection to more of the Anderson family in Chester Co. Hoping to find more children accounted for and documented who belong to James Anderson and Elizabeth Jerman. I can see some connections here with Christopher Gist. He was on Wills Creek, Fort Cumberland, Maryland when Edward Anderson (and supposedly his brother George Anderson) was there. I wonder if Edward was married in Cumberland Co., PA or perhaps Frederick Co., MD about 1756-1757. His first child that we know of was born July 1758 at Wills Creek, Fort Cumberland. I know Gist was there, starting preparations for habitation (a store house, residence, mill) by about 1753. "The History of Western Maryland", p. 1371, says that Maj. George Washington writes "We pursued the new road to Will's Creek, where we arrived the 14th of November, 1753. Here I engaged Mr. Gist to pilot us out..." Continuing on the same page, "When the site of Fort Cumberland was selected by the Ohio Company, at the junction of Will's Creek with the Potomac (or Cohougaroutan) River, it was believed to be in Virginia..." Edward Anderson had left Chester County, by my estimate, as early as maybe 1753 when he was abt 18. If he really did go with his brother George, then maybe he was a little younger, as George was by all estimates older than Edward. Gary Glen Price mentioned in his last email that in 1755 Gist headed up an "unconventional group to be called a 'Company of Scouts'..." Makes me wonder if Edward was a part of this, since his son Peter Anderson was quite the noted scout, hunter and fighter. Could just be that they lived on the frontier and that's the way they were. Did anyone else's people in Chester County go to Cumberland County or Fort Cumberland, MD in the 1750s? I wonder if a small group left together and I might find them that way. Thanks, Laura

Cumberland Cemetery Company 447 N Middletown Rd Media, PA 19063 (610) 566-3105 Just north of Lima -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/317 - Release Date: 4/18/2006

Hi there everyone, OK, found this in my notes: Source: History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches - J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope (1881): "There is a letter extant, written by William Moore, of Moore Hall, Nov. 5, 1755, during the progress of the French and Indian War, to William Allen, chief justice of the province, recommending him for a captaincy." This was much earlier than I thought. Patrick was in some way nominated or applied for a Lt. Col. position, also (Rev. War), but no evidence that was granted. So, if Patrick Anderson was a Captain during the French and Indian War, where is a roster? I spent most of last night looking at the PA Archives and I'll send off a note today to see if they cane find that for me. Thanks again for all your suggestions. That Dauphin county book was awesome and I did try the google search. Laura