Seeking information on John Hellings and wife Margaret James, about 1800. Margaret is found in Logan Co. Ohio with a son. Can anyone help with the parents of this couple? thank you. Dorothy

Dorothy, I don't know the parents of your John Hellings (perhaps Joseph - see the deed below), but I have some interesting information about him. Please share any info you might have about Erwin/Erwine/Tomlinson with me. Thank you. In 1810, Thomas and Tacy Harding sold 6 1/2 acres of land in Southampton Twp., Bucks County. PA to John Hellings for $100.00. (I see their son, Nathan Harding b. 1799 married a Rebecca Hellings). In 1811 John and Margaret Hellings sold the same property to my ancestor, John Erwin for $90.00. When John Erwin died in 1823, he owed $59.00 to Thomas Hellings. In 1826, Thomas Hellings insisted that the land be sold (though John Erwin's wife and young children were living there) to pay the debt. John Erwin's brother-in-law, Enos Tomlinson bought the property at auction for $100 in 1827. Below is a (terrible) transcript of the deed (as best as I can do figure out) I do have the original copy: Bucks County Deed Records 0098 Page 67 - 72 Deed This indentur made the first day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Eleven Between John Helling of Southampton Township, Bucks County, mason and Margaret his wife of the one part and John Erwine of the same place Labour of the other part witnessth that the aid John Hellings and wife for and in consideration of the sum of ninety dollars lawful money to them in hande paide by the said John Erwine a & ande upon the questionhere of Receipt where of they do acknowledge and own themselves fully satisfied & paide have granted bargained and sold in annd by these presents they the saide John Hellings & Margaret his wife do grant ___ sel release convey and confirm unto the saide John Erwine and to his heirs and assigns all that the following _______ piece of six and a half acres of land in the said township of Southampton ___ Thomas Harding by the deed of the second of April last granted unto the said John Hellings in fee beginning at and done in the Township line of Southampton ___ of another ___ late of saide Hellings ____ by the same south seventy five and three quarter degrees west twenty nine ande ae half perches to a stone corner of a lot late Joseph Hellings thence by the same South fourteen and a quarter degrees lasat twelveperches and a quarter to a Stone and South Seventy five and five quarter degrees west eleven perches thence south thirty right and three quarter degrees east ten perches one anth to a Stone South eighty degrees east seven perches forty five hundredths to a stone and north sevnty six perches half degrees east, forty seven perches and three tenths by saide Thomas Harding lande to a stone in saide Township linethen along the same thirty perches and nine tenths to the place of beginning. Together with the improvements hereditaments and appuntances ande the Revisions and remainder tents issues and profits these of --- all the estate right ___ and interestwhatsoever or whomsoever of John Hellings and wife of and to this sameto have and to hold the said ascribed piece of six and a half acresof Land hereaitamnets and premises hereby granted with the appurtances unto the said John Erwine and to his heirs andeassigns to the only proper use and behoof of him the siade John Erwine his heirs and assigns ande the saide John Hellings for himself and his heirs doth covent I grnat with ande to the saide John Erwine his heirs & assigns that he hath not willingly done or suffered any act matters or thing whereby the above described and hereby granted premises are or may be impeached in title or otherwise and that as he by virtue of the above recited deed ___ lawfully seized in fee simple ande have a just right to sell ande thus convey he will warrant & defend the same unto the saide John Erwine his heirs & assigns against all whomsoever otherwise lawfully claiming by from and under him in witness where of the saide parties have interchangeably their hands & seals John Hellings (seal) Margaret Hellings (mark) (seal)Signed and delivered in the presence of William Terhour I.s. Hicks Received of John Erwine on execution of theis deed - ninety dollars in full of the consideration money within specified John Hellings Bucks County this 20th day of April 1811 before me the sub___ a justice of the peace of said County. Appeased the within named John Hellings and Margaret his wife and in ___ form of Law archives league the within written indenture to be there act ande deed and ____ in might be recorded as such witness my hande abd seal IS Hicks (seal) Recordede March 25, 1857 On 24 Dec 01, at 20:25, saintgette wrote: > Seeking information on John Hellings and wife Margaret James, about 1800. Margaret is found in Logan Co. Ohio with a son. Can anyone help with the parents of this couple? thank you. > Dorothy > > > ==== PABUCKS Mailing List ==== > Contact Listowner ar judjack@rocketmail.com > Bucks Co Surnames http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/surnamepageA.html > List Rules http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/mailing.html > Bucks Co. PAGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks > Bucks Co at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~buckscounty > Genealogy of Pa http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6508/ marybeth@nothinbut.net Searching for These Surnames: ERWIN, VAN DYKE, TOMLINSON, MORRISON, DANEHOWER, HEGEL, FICHTNER, YERKES, DRACOTT, DRAYCORD, MAGARGEY, PARKER, BUCKLEY