Hi This is my Thornton line.too. I definitely have the Joseph Thornton and Peggy -Margaret- Gale line thru John m Sarah Walker, Joseph m Mary Cary, John m Julian Chapman, Mary Ellen m Charles henry Dayton, John C Dayton m Emma Barnes, Margaret Dayton m Leon Van Buskirk, John C me. What I hasver is largerly family Bible and memo between family members. I know the first Joseph and Peggy had about 12 chilren, and the direct line to me. I have very little on the brothers and sisters. I would love to know more. I also have the Chapman line that married a Twining, see my website. JOHN C VAN BUSKIRK http://www.geocities.com/vanbus1/ [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [PABUCKS] JAMES DE NORMANDIE & ELIZABETH STRICKLAND,dau AMOS& MARGARET T... > In a message dated 1/24/2007 3:02:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > On Sunday, January 21, 2007, Jacqueline Sleeper Russell wrote: > Would anyone have anything on AMOS STRICKLAND, his first wife, children, > and second wife MARGARET THORNTON, and all ch. with her? > > Response: > In The American Genealogist, Whole No. 59, Vol. XV, No. 3 (Jan. 1939), in an > article entitled The Family of Joseph Thornton of Newport Pagnell, co. > Buckingham, England, and of Newtown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, authored by John Insley > Coddington, M.A., there is a brief discussion of the activities of Amos > Strickland; of his first wife's family; and of the three children by his second > wife, Margaret Thornton, including Elizabeth who married (first) Dr. James de > Normandie of Bristol. > > Serious researchers will know John Insley Coddington as a meticulous > genealogist along the lines of Jacobus. > My photocopied article was obtained (for a fee) in 2003 from the Newtown > Historic Association, by the kind auspices of one Heinz Heinemann. If you > wish it, I could send you--or anyone else, for that matter--as an attachment > the two pages of the article on which the information is given, if you contact > me off-list. > > -- DK McLaren > Researching THORNTON, TWINING, HAINES (with limited success on the > Haineses--help me out, folks!) > ================================= > Hello DK MCLAREN, > > I am VERY new to Pennsylvania research. Most of my family came from New > England, Massachusetts & New Hampshire. > > I would love to have the item you are offering. I just obtained 18 pages of > NGSQ from the NATIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETY, Arlington, VA, which included AMOS > but only listed that he moved to Washington County, PA and that he was b. abt. > 1790. I have been doing census research on him over there and joined the > Washington County list which has been helpful. > > Here is what I have so far on AMOS. I am including his parent's listing. > Check the census research below listing. His wife is missing from the 1850 > census however by 1860 he appears to have found a much younger bride and has (if it > is his) a son AMOS. > ============================== > NATIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETY QUARTERLY > Vol. 65. December 1977 Number 4. > > DE NORMANDIE FAMILY OF BRISTOL, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. Page 243. > > Page 250. & 251. > > 31. JAMES DE NORMANDIE, son of ANTHONY and MARY (HALL) DE NORMANDIE of > Bristol and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was baptized 18 December 1754, according to > the register of ST. MARY's Church, Burlington, New Jersy. 11 He was listed > as an apprentice to (DR.) JOHN DE NORMANDIE, among the 124 men not members of > the Bristol Borough and Township Associated Company of Infantry in 1775. 45 > > His name appears among the single men in the tax lists of Middletown > Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1781-1785, and as DOCTOR JAMES DE NORMANDIE in > 1786. By deed 12 February 1783 JAMES DE NORMANDIE of Attleborough, Middletown > Township, practitioner in physic, and wife ELIZABETH STRICKLAND, daughter of > AMOS STRICKLAND, late of Newtown in said county, Gentleman, conveyed real > esate. 46 Administration upon the estate of JAMES DE NORMANDIE of Middletown > Township, deceased intestate, was granted 19 December 1793 to his widow ELIZABETH > DE NORMANDIE and MARK HAPENY. 47 The County Orphans Court, 22 April 1805, > appointed JACOB KISLER, their step-father, guardian of JOHN A. and AMOS DE > NORMANDIE, age over 14, and ABRAHAM CHAPMAN, ESQ., guardian of ANTHONY and JAMES DE > NORMANDIE, age under 14, sons of ELIZABETH KISLER, late ELIZABETH DE NORMANDIE > and her late husband JAMES DE NORMANDIE, the said children being entitled to > some estate by the Will of their uncle AMOS STRICKLAND, JR., deceased. > > Marriage Certificate. I do herby Certify that JAMES DE NORMANDIE and > ELIZABETH STRICKLAND were joined in Holy Matrimony by me in the presence of the > Subscribing Witness my Hand this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one > Thousand seven hundred and eighty seven. (signed) SAML. BENEZET. Witnesses. > JOSEPH THORNTON, ELIZABETH THORNTON, CHRISTOPHER PETER, ISAIAH SHINN, JOSIAS > FERGUSON, MARK HAPENY, MARGARET THORNTON, senr., JAMES M. RAGUET, WILLIAM > JENKS, HENRY BLACHKY, RACHAEL HAPENY, HENRY WISINER, JOHN BALDWIN, IS. HICKS, WM. > EWING, AMOS STICKLAND, THOMAS BILES, SAMUEL YARDLEY THORNTON, JOHN THORNTON, > JAMES GRIER FERGUSON, SARAH PETER, MARY ROBERTS, CLARA DE NORMANDIE, MARY > FERGUSON, MARGARET THORNTON, junr., SARAH THORNTON, ELIZTH. WILLET, JR., FRANCES > STRICKLAND, MARGARET THRONTON, MARGARET KNOWLES. Recorded 7 Sept 1787. 48 The > officiant SAMUEL BENEZET was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Newtown, > the Bucks County seat since 1784. > > The bride ELIZABETH STRICKLAND was the daughter of AMOS STRICKLAND and his > second wife MARGARET THORNTON, whose marriage 27 January 1763 was reported to > Middleton Monthly Meeting of Friends 3 February 1763. The will of AMOS > STRICKLAND of Newtown, Bucks County, Gentlemen, dated 31 March 1799 and probated 24 > December 1779, named my wife MARGARET, son AMOS, daughters RACHEL, ELIZABETH > and FRANCES. The will of AMOS STRICKLAND, JR. of Fallsington, Bucks County, > dated 15 May 1797 and probated 24 may 1797, named my nephews JOHN, AMOS ANTHONY, > and JAMES DE NORMANDIE, sons of my sister ELIZABETH DE NORMANDIE. As widow of > DR. JAMES DE NORMANDIE, she married JACOB KESLER, innkeeper and first > Postmaster of Newtown, Bucks County, appointed in 1800. 49 JACOB KESLER was listed > in the Federal census of Newtown 1810, but his estate is not found in the > county probate records. > > CHILDREN OF JAMES and ELIZABETH (STRICKLAND) DE NORMANDIE. > > 38. i. JOHN ABRAHM 5 DE NORMANDIE, b. say 1788, m. 17 Mch. 1811 ELIZA P. > ATKINSON, dau. of THOMAS ATKINSON of Trenton, N.J., the REV. JAMES F. > ARMSTRONG, Pastor of the Presbyterian Ch. there, officating. > > 39. ii. AMOS DE NORMANDIE, b. say 1790, listed in Federal census of > Washington Twp., Washington Co., Pa., 1830. > > 40. iii. ANTHONY DE NORMANDIE, b. say 1790, listed in census of > Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pa., 1850. > > 41. iv. JAMES DE NORMANDIE, M.D., b. 14 Aug. 1793, PENNS Manor, Bucks Co., > Pa.; listed in census of Falls Twp., that Co., 1830; d. 19 May 1866, Yellow > Springs, Ohio. He m. 3 Oct. 1822 at JOSHUA WOOLSTON's house, Falls Twp., SARAH > YARDLEY, dau of THOMAS YARDLEY of Lower Makefield Twp., said Co., with ISAAC > HICKS, J. P., officiating. > ========================================================================== > 1830 United States Federal Census > Name: Amos Dnomondy > Township: Washington > County: Washington > State: Pennsylvania > HOUSEHOLD: > 2 males - 0-5 > 1 male - 5-10 > 1 male - 30-40 > 2 female - 5-10 > 2 female - 10-15 > 1 female - 40-40 > ====================================== > 1840 United States Federal Census > Name: Amos Denormadie > Township: South Strabane > County: Washington > State: Pennsylvania > HOUSEHOLD: > 1 male - 5-10 > 2 males 10-15 > 1 male - 20-30 > 1 male - 50-60 > 1 female - 0-5 > 1 female - 5-10 > 1 female - 15-20 > 1 female - 40-50 > ======================================= > 1850 United States Federal Census > Name: Henry Denormandie > Age: 18 Estimated birth year: abt 1832 > Birth Place: Pennsylvania > Gender: Male > South Strabane, Washington, Pennsylvania > HOUSEHOLD: All b. PA > DENORMANDIE, ANTHONY age 27 occ: Livery v-$200 > DENORMANDIE, NANCY age 19 > DENORMANDIE, ELIZABETH age 1 > DENORMANDIE, AMOS age 60 occ: Carriage Maker v-$300 > DENORMANDIE, ELIZA age 28 > DENORMANDIE, WILLIAM age 22 occ: Carriage Maker > DENORMANDIE, JOHN age 21 occ: Harness Maker > DENORMANDIE, ONEY? (f) age 19 > DENORMANDIE, HENRY age 18 > DENORMANDIE, MARIA age 7 > ====================================== > 1860 United States Federal Census > Name: Amos Denormandy > Age: 70 Birth Year: abt 1790 > Birthplace: Pennsylvania > South Strabane, Washington, Pennsylvania > Gender: Male Post Office: Washington > HOUSEHOLD: > William Bollek age 60 occ: Gate Keeper b. PA v-$50 > Amos Denormandy age 70 occ: Coach Maker b. PA v-$50 > Elizabeth Denormandy age 30 b. VA > Amos Denormandy age 8 b. PA > ======================================== > AMOS12 DE NORMANDIE (JAMES11, ANTHONY10, JOHN ABRAHAM9, ANDRE8, MICHEL7, > JOSEPH6, JEAN5, LAURENT4, JEAN3, HILLAIRE2, GUILLAUME1) was born Abt. 1790 in > Pennsylvania. He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married (2) ELIZABETH. She was > born Abt. 1830 in Virginia. > > Children of AMOS DE NORMANDIE and UNKNOWN are: > i. ANTHONY13 DE NORMANDIE, b. Abt. 1823, Washington > County, Pennsylvania; m. NANCY. > ii. WILLIAM DE NORMANDIE, b. Abt. 1827, Washington > County, Pennsylvania; m. PHOEBE PLYMIRE; b. December 1829, Pennsylvania. > iii. JOHN DE NORMANDIE, b. Abt. 1829, Washington County, > Pennsylvania; m. MARGARET GRANT. > iv. HENRY DE NORMANDIE, b. May 1833, Washington County, > Pennsylvania; m. MAHALA PLYMIRE; b. March 1835, Pennsylvania. > > > Child of AMOS DE NORMANDIE and ELIZABETH is: > v. AMOS13 DE NORMANDIE, JR., b. Abt. 1852, Washington > County, Pennsylvania. > > > Thank you very much for offering this article to me. I really appreciate it! > > Best regards, > Jacki Russell > Jacqueline Sleeper Russell > website: > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=jacquelinesr > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.8/649 - Release Date: 1/23/2007 8:40 PM > >