Eleanor W. Helper A life long friend, who was in high school & college with me, recently told me over the telephone, that there was a biography of the Lewelling nurseryman in the Oregon Historical Society. As I was talking to her about our upcoming DHS Class Reunion (or get-to-gether, by now), which was scheduled to be held in early May during Pioneer Days in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, she mentioned her late husband's Cherry Orchard. Yes, The Dalles is noted for its Cherries! I do recall my Grandmother's Bing Cherry tree. Remember this Bing Cherry was developed by the Lewellings, and they brought nursery stock in a wagon on the Oregon Trail in 1847! (The rest of Wasco County is known for its wheat lands -- my father would grow small plots of experimental wheat for the Wasco County Agricultural Agent on our Moore Family's BLM lands, along with winter wheat as the money crop & other grains such as oats & barley for horse/cattle feed.) I have hunted Lewelling references in Oregon for Jean Leeper, -- as Llewellyn/Llewelyn/Lewelling. 1) http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notother Lewelling, Seth (nurseryman, 1820-1896) under Other Notable Oregonians (but no information, so go the the URL for the Oregon Historical Society, below.) 2) http://www.ohs.org/collections/index.cfm Oregon Historical Society Go to Collections, then Search OHS book and serial holdings online using the Research Library Catalog. (I entered Lewlling, Seth -- 3 items including a biographical sketch came up.) *********** Eleanor, I hope my info will be helpful and intersting. I found your information so, and that the Lewelling name is Welch! My 5g-Grandmother was Hannah (Thomas) Mendenhall, d/o Richard Thomas, Jr., a Medical Doctor, who came to America at age 10 yrs. with his father, Richard Ap Thomas on the Morning Star in the late 1680's to Philadelphia. For awhile, I was previlieged to be on the THOMAS website, called Blue Hole ( referring to coal mining, I believe).. Violet Moore Guy 05/28/2006 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor W. Helper" <eleanorhelper@yahoo.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [PaOldC] MOrris Lewellin > Many thanks, Sandra, for your look-ups, your patience, and for separate > comments on name spelling. In addition to the LLewelyn and Llewellyn > that I am aware of from the 1600s, I have recently learned of the > spelling Lewelling from another listserv, known as the Quaker Corner, > http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers, abbreviated Q-R. Two brothers lived > in Iowa and Oregon in the 1899s and appear to be related to my > ancestors, although, including me has yet worked out the connection. > > By the way, from this list I learned of the QBI listserv, devoted to > Quakers from Brtian and ireland and connecterd with a distant cousin of > the Marriage family, a different ancestral branch who never, to my > knowledge were in Chester County. (Can you imagine what computer > searching for that name brings up?). If that rings a bell with anyone, > drop me a line. However, so far QBI has not brought me any > infomration on the origin of Morris and my > Llewellyn/Llewelyn/Lewelling ancestors. > > Happy ancestor-hunting to you all. Eleanor > > > --- Sandra Ferguson <ferg@ntelos.net> wrote: > > > THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, > > I looked Morris up in it and the only mention of him is on a doc. > > dated > > 5th 12thm 1701,,, as purchasers of the Welsh Tract....He bought 500 > > acres. > > > > The CD of wills has the same Llewellin spelling in a will of > > 1709, > > where he is listed as a friend ...there is also a will (that of > > Morgan > > David), in Philly, where Morris is included as an overseer for the > > will. 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